Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-22


in wLiol. tho Conception troops were forced 70 re
Pirate ereeufed We learn from Captain vii
cox, who arrived this morning from Gibralter. tina
on tho day on which be- sailed, tho Captain Of the
gang of pirates recently executed at Cadiz, wa,
hung at Gibra!tar.-Com. .adu.
"What doyou mean, Mr. Editor, by this veto bea,
so much talk sboutS" said Kentuckisn TO u the 9th
er day-"I don't understand Latin, and have only Q
little common sense" Why, it means this: IF South
Carolina takes il into her head to think differently
from all the rest Of the United States about any Gci
OF Congress- she may rise up, and say veto, roasIr
ions and adopt that of Carolina or there in an end oil
the Union. Ills that what it means. Why, if that
Is what they arc after, q fig for the Union! The
States would soon be as unruy az q drove Of hogs
when we first start them from Kentucky, and would
come to about the Same cnd."-Ceoreia Courier.
Mr. Sparks has transferred his interest in the
North American Review to the Hon. Alexander II
Everett, late Minister to Spain, who is be tho sole
editor after the first OF April.
We have soon the proceedings Of the Court Mar
tial which recently sat at Washington, for the tria
OF Colonel Roger Jones, of the u. y. Army. II is
nat deemed necessary to recount at length the var
Gus charges and specifications of some of which he
was found guilty, and of others declared not guilty
The sentence of the Court is that, he 'be rcprnand
cd IN Goneial Orders" In explanation the Cour,
say:-
The court, in awarding this sentence, are sensible
OF Its apparent inadequacy when contrasted with the
offences implied in their various findings; nor wond
1t have been adopted by them, but for the convc-
ton they entertain that Colonel Jones abourcd
der misconcepon of his official obligations, which,
however little warrented by the regulations the
ges and the interests Of the service, has st they
believe, chiefly tended TO mislead him."
1.-THE Major General Commanding the Army, con-
Tho ooffh o fsotn z.
hereby released from arrest and will resume
his functions as Adjutant Gcneral."-Ban Amer.
Mr.. Clay arrived at New Orleans on the Gath of
Januarg. When the captain ofthe steam bout I'm
Gle Sam tepdercd Mr.. Clay passage to New Or.
leans, the Jackson papers said that Uncle Sam had
been carrying Mr. Clay DOWN STREAM for sone tine.
IL will not crafty them much to know that he has
gone down stream far as he intends TO 90, and
that now he will GO UP.-Dayton jour. Mar. 2.
Reirenctpient7-A beautiful specimen of Congress.
sional consistency appears in this paper. Our read
ers have all just been informed. that utter prodi-
gous effort, the Committee on Rctrcnchments sue
ceeded in abolishing the Office of craftsmen of the
DEMONSTRATING talked away thirty thousand dollars,
to save fifteen hundred. Already, however, does
the Committee upon the Public Lands demand n
craftsman, and resolution passed tho House Of Rep
resentativcs on Wednesday, directing this same Re-
trenchment Committee to inquire into the expedi-
ency of creating the office of craftsman! Surely
wisdom will die with the present Congress.-IN. Y.
Com. .4dr.
.4nother Factory Burni.-The Cotton Manufacto-
ry in Mansfield, owned by Capt. S. Pratt, disco
vered to be on fire last Tuesday evening between 10
and IL o'clock, and was entirely consumed, with nj
the contents. About SO bales shifting and bales
cotton were burnt. Loss estimated between $4,000
and $4,000. There no insurance. The fire was
supposed to have taken from defect in the chimney.
Adam Stewart exhibiting in Boston Of apparatus
TO Drove that compressed air powerful mechanical
agent than guupowder He processes also have
vented method Of casting hinges single pouring OF the
metal, and improved mode Of cutting all Kinds Of
is announced that he has made other invention,
"moEe wonderful but of less practical importance"
Remarkable Eclipse Of the Sun.-It appears by the Ame
Almanac that the 18th OF Feb 1881, will
remarkable eclipse the suu which will be very large through
the United Staes and actually angular in third OF
them.
Thunder and Lightning and Lotiery Tickets 1t
is ascertained that in the year ending January the
first 1890, the number of persons killed by lightning
in the United States has been dooble tho high prizes
in all the Lotteries drawn in the same time. Con-
sequenty, every person buying ticket, has tie com
Portable reflection that he stands two chances of be-
ing killed by lightning to one of drawing the high
prize. A very pretty reflection-BosLon Iraueiler.
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