Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-23


TO be extremely doubtful Wei drilled as the Con-
vention patty seem TO be, their leaders are at
iau'' IN counting numbers upon Ui,s question I'no
removal ut Judge Smi II has created no trinny dis.
satisfaction among their constituents /, il said lot.
ers upon the subject pouring into Columbia They
begin to learn that obeying implicitly the mandates
OF leader will not in oil instances be received az
Justihcation al home II is lesson that will cause
many To taulte- before the great question: upon which
so much depends, can BE- taken at present,
From The .Neo Jersey Gazette.
COMMUNICATED.
The excavation of the Delaware and Rariton "a,
nal Is now i'm rapid progress on number of sections
between Trenton and Rocky Hill Mills. ON tho Mill
stone north of Kingston. The different Contractors
arr using every exerisn to push the work forward
fast possible, with iLs exception of few sections
OF low ground which the late heavy rains have rem.
drred unfit for present operations
The Raii Road. which leaves the Raritan near
New-Brunswck. and runs south westerly nearly
straight line miles, to where it uterscc,s the canal
on the Milestone, one mile south of Kingston and
thence tn Trenton. is also under con, rnct and some
OF the contractors have already commenced opera
Ions The clearing, evcllinp and GRADING of tho
Rail Road the onractors ire to have completed bv
the LIST OF May next, and the excavation N the Canal
seventy five feet wide on the wafer line and Sc
ven feet deep, by the first of October next. The
doubling part OF the community are now compelled
by the evidence presented their own senses to be-
levc that New Jersey has commenced the work of
Internal IMPROVEMENT in good earnest, and that both
ration. -
n successful speculation tar-One of the mos, daring
forgeries tha, heard of for LONG time wa,
in this city yesterday geneel fellow easy address repre-
sen'ns himself to be Mr Henry Livingston called upon
Gen Robert Bosardu aud after making some inquiry respec
ing of his valuable lots proposed to become The
After few days deliben,on the were agreed on viz
and yesterday afternoon fixed upon to close The
sale He then handed Gen Bogaus two checks for an 900
purporng he drawn by Dennis Mccarthy E and received
twenty dollars in cash. and the of the General for $50
were
sened for payment they discovered be foreres
was subsequently aseerianed that the villain succeeded last
evening in negotiating Gen Bogardu check with Jacob ,e
and Go brokers in Wall No of him has vet been
discovered The description Of the fellow correspond. with
that ven nv N Judd of the villain who PLAYED so
a game with him a few weeks ago t Jour. Com
CAMBRIDGE, (Ohio) Ocr 10 Lorenzo Dom
This singular individual was in pla on Tuesday
the day of our election. aud preached IN the Court
House sqnare,to large aSsemblage ofpersons among
whom we noticed a (dir proportion of ladies' eli
drawn together, by common desire to see and
hear an individual whose strange habits and ercon
trici'v of character have, for many years past ron
d"red him an object If interest and curiosity wher
ever he hes appeared His style of preaching il o.
silly characi cried Without undertaking 10 saw
what 1t is ike, we will merely that il il a. un-
IKE that which is usually exhibited in the sacred
desk az he habits ut this singular rs I'M
like those of mankind at large. He is certainly an
eX'ra"rdnary specimen of the eccrntricity Of ge-
MUS, and his preaching is like himself singular in
The strongest sense of the world. You are aH
CLdV-f
was the Introduction to his discourse. in which he
dwell upon that passage of Scripture which des-
scribes man ns mere lump Of clay in the hands of
the Potter. in way that might have fully satisfied,
our Jackson friends. that good NAV sometimes ema-
nnie from man IF Clav, if not from Clay nan.-
Times.
"Unfortn,ate IeGrmiiy "-Thirteen dealers in
dry goods at Portland Me-. who ad suffered by u,
fortunate shopiting propensitics, have to
refrain from prosecuting the purloner in consequence
of the publication of the following confession
~ Y. Gazette.
l. the Subscriber resident Of Portland beno fully
sensible ofha several charges above aledged against
e,hereby acknowledge and confess the truth them
nasmuch That have feloniously stolen carried awav
and secreted with great skill and ingenuity sundry
kinds and considerable amount of drv goods from
several shopkeepers in this town-and to avoid Just
and reasonable penalty, herewith assent 10 this pub
lie avowal of my error. hoping that its influence
may br felt in staying the hand of stealth amonr
those VINO possess this unfortunate nfrmty.
lSisned) HANNAH WILSON.
Mrs. Sarah Perry whose DEATH at New Imndon.
we mentioned yes erday, closely allied, in her
slmpathies and feelings, with the American NAVY
Her husband Post Captain during the Admin
strat'on of John Adams and her five sons were edy
ucaed and devoted to the service almost from their
infancy. The Commodore was the Oldest sou; the
second, Raymond Fl Perry, Lieutenant in the Ma.
Wy. died few years since; the third. NJ C.. Perry.
is now comm nder of the soop Of war Concord. in
the Mediterranean; the fourth, james Alexander Per-
ry, was Midshpman Il years of age, at the COM
ncncemcnt o. the late war, and was with the Com
modorc in the brig Lawrence, the victory on Lake
Eric, and escaped unhurt. lie was drowned in the
Pacific Ocean IN 1920, in attempt to ave the life
OF me OF his comrades, who upset in one of the
shp's boats. The fifth son is now Purscr Two
OF her three daughters were married to Naval Off
cers.-l.N y. Jomynni of Comeyce.
MARRIED By th" Rev NcholIs IT, Cobhs. n,
Liberty on the itb November. WILLIAM McBAR-
WELL. Esq to Mss FRaNcEs only daughter of Mrs
Catha rinc Sfrpioe, of that place
by tn" samr, on the 25h November, CAay BnrcK-
ENRIpGE, Esq. of Boteiourt county. TO Miss EMMA
WALKER. eldest daughter ofPeochy r Gimer, Esq
of Liberty.
DIED.-Vcry suddenly. on Saturday morn,ng Irs,
Mrs ELIZABETH SPOOSER. consori of 4. ID Spoonor
Esq Attorney n, Law Of Petersburg
" ANTED for tho ensuing year n GOOD Cook
w aud Chamber Maid. For such rs come well re-
comm ndrd, llbc al pTcn viii b. given -Enoure at