Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-03

in behalf of poor citizen. payment for three hno,rs
pounds of powder. taken from him. nj Ds,ro,t h,
oracr OF General Hull, was not allowed 10 conside
u important. ana withdrew, leaving on the 4, blt
respectable note requesting tho attention of ,br
secretary to the when he could find tirue o Al,
."nd TO tho unimPorfanf claims Of poor citizen who
e ave already ncen postponed eighteen yesrsl In q
few days we shall know how important to the people
inc United States the present closet studies of
the Secretary.
Among the visitors Of the last week. and who NAV
,or ausht know bc still here, were Commolorc
Barron, our late commissioner, NJ, .Rhind. and NJ
James a. Hamilton. United States District ATTORNEY
Tor New York OF the business of the first. inoyv
nothing That OF the second suppose to be con
nected with his late negotiations with the Sublime
Forte which are said tn have been not only successful
but brilliant question has been started as 10 the
disposition to he made of the fine Arabians
oy TIE sultan. IL is OF little Importance how It shall
DC settled The animals have arrived in the United
otaIes and will be equally valuable whether they
snail remain the property of the commissioner or bc
sold the highest bidder and the purchase money nut
into the Treasury If sold there il, mo- J,ub, H..
proceeds will reimburse the outfit md SALARY of John
Randolph. But npprebend Mr. Rhind NAV claim
them lie went To Constnntinople with commission
issued IN the recess of the Senate, which you know by
expired at the end Of the next there
OF. So that he ceased to be commissioners or consul
as the case may have been. by virtue of Tint co,ms
sion, on the 3 st May last l, IS true his nomiration
10 tne senate was confirmed; but the commission
thereupon had not arrived at the time the present
was made by the Sultan Indeed Mr. Rb;nd b,s
never received it,
Much is said OF tho commercial benefits of the ar
rangcmcnt with the sublime Porte I hone il ,v;J,
turn out De 1t has been represented IL OUGHT IN bc
very complete To compensate the disappointnent of
our crcdulons merchants who had supposed. when
they sawthe proclamation of the President i'm relation
10 nir. McLane arrangement, that the ports of the
British West Indies were actually open TO American
vessels. The TACT Is directly the reverse The
american poris are open 10 British vessels coming
from the West Indies At this time 1 know thai
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Tor the British West Indies; and will proceed tbitber
by a direct voyage; while the American merchants
are looking on without the permission To par,icn,te
IN the trade by the time when this trade shall have
become reciprocal the British West Indies " III have
been supplied from produce but entirely Mt tho
expense OF our navigation. Give John Bull three
months start. and you may depend on it, the best
ankee Will have hard work 20 come nm with him
Pie naked truth is there had been so much objected
to the late Administration on accoun, of the British
West India Trade. that the present Administration
mas exerted every means to effect the same arrange
ment which had been before rendered by the British
Government; and at las; has consented 70 rccavo il
with decided advantages against the commerce of the
onteu states. we shall see at the end of one year,
what TINS trade Is worth; and shall before that
time, learn to smile at the boatcd ignorance of the
concerted political economists of New York who ac
tualy rSoiced at the arrival in that port of
vessels whose cargoes would yield thousand dol
lars IN dulles to the Treasury. Aye indeed and
who Pocketed the profits on the carsoes, British
shippers There lies the rub. That is no, all; these
same British vessels lose time in loading in TIE
port OF New York, for Jamaica or Bermuda; and.
entering there will pay to the British Treasury ano-
Their ten thousand dollars in duties Whose is the rain,
Who pockets the freight Who carries the proceeds
to the account of profit and loss Answer me that,
Sirs The American merchants know they have had
no lot or part IN the matter The little children in
our chimney corners are amused by the nurse with
Childish story: "ths pig went market: tbs mig staid
at home this pig got bread and buffers this pig got
none NC l should like to be informed at our
~ hnca n
whose pig got the bread and butters
From Tie .Ne,c York american of Nor 90.
The expectations of the Quidnuncs wer, bigbIv
excited escrday-and their devotions perhaps s5oi
ed,-by report that the DE Rhnm pa ket shin of
the LIST inst. from Havre, below. 1t turned out
to be mistake; but If the winds prevailing, and
that for SD long have prevailed here have blown on
the Atlantic, we may every hour calculate upon
short arrivals from Europe and such are anxiouslv
looked for. The state OF political affairs in the old
world does indeed justify The Amos; teverish anxiety
existing here for late Intelligence Belgium IS now
the point of att ac,ion fits affairs can be peace.
fully settled, and without foreign inter ven,ion there
will be more reason for believing that the general
peace OF Europe will continue undsturbed The RI.
port by the last arrival, tina: Antwerp had passed
into the hands of the Beyans though undoubtedly
communicated by telegraph from Lille to Paris, il
almost Incredible; though such event, if it oc.
cured must be decisive, think Of the separation
of Holland and Flanders. Whether, and how the
latter cad maintain separate independence, seems
to us, owing to its geographical position, a very
doubtful point Blu, the question il too near its de
velopment to make 1t either useful or wise to rur
into anticipation. few days mus, bring us deci
slvc accounts.
i Correspondence of the Journal OF Commerce.
United States Ship Boston,
| AT PoHT MAuoS. Aug. &c, 1870.
/ SR:-Wc arrived at Gibraltar on the second q
August, where remained about week. Her,
learning of the Capture of Agicrs. our destination
channnn m fho Incirn a., IL. n
ter set sail for Mahon, about the 9TH where ",
arrived on the afternoon of the 18TH Here we fount
Mr.. Lee and family who appeared in excecn, healtl
and fine spirits. believe it is his intention to leave