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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

ICE 10 hereby given, that a Called Meetioy 90
The Stockholders Of the Rivsnns Navigation Cor
pouy WIZ De heid In the Courthouse Of Albemsrls
county IN the town OF Charlottesville on m. e.,
tuesday alter the first Monday in February next-.
"hen matters important to the interests of the
ny will be submitted for consideration ~ ''P"-
by order OF the Board Of Direc,ors
Jan. g. 1881. Wv 10 1,''. 70
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

"A IEACHER WANTED.-A gentleman ousj1;.d
L& to insauct in the English, Lain and Greek In.
gusges-Wih nod an agreeable situation, and jmms.
oIate employment, ~ the management OF Sebool hv
application 10 the subscribers He will he ,xn.,,y
10 furnish satisfactory testimonials Of ebsrsr,r, "a
qushhca'ions' WILLIAM HARRISON.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

5 Not in the last DIRECTORY.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

~ iLtlAM N. WHITING, Attorney At Law
having located himself in Norfolk, will attend
me courts Of That Borough, the Inferior and supsrior
Cnsncery Tor the Williamsburg District All business
Norfolk, Jan. 6.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

R UMFoRD ACADEMY.-The 6rs, session Of
IA ne ensuing year. will commence in this Semna-
S , ne creek and Roman authors read In the
h ne are those which approved by
e on,'S,ersNy oil virginia. The English and Mathe.
ma'ica department will continue under IN. dir. elton ~
MI. henny, whose course OF instruction 10 extensive
anu anu fomp,ehsnds Algebra, Surveying. and every
SION into College, but like wise into the Nav ~ ,h.
Military Academy at West Point. " '"0
lsERMs.IBoard, Washing, and Tuition, leach Beard
$oo per session OF FIVE months, payable in advance
uon alone, Si5 per session; able also in adyaos.
poaruers VINO enter at any time previous to the I5h
onthe same rule il apple able to the charrs for dav
onoars Parents and Guardians requested mot to
"rn'sn s.e-arms. VIM. HAWKESWORTH
Zee. Ii. 6f-Dsc. Ia. 81 % Ian A ~
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11

VIE SCHoOL AT LLANGOLLEN.-The N. ~
n Session will commence az usuaI nm ,h. ex,s ~
January, and end on the 1t of July, 1891 This i.
classical and Mathematical School, intended to prepare
Tor eonege' or Tor the active pursuits of lie
acal structure are made the basis Of further tera
ny requirements and Arithmetic and Algebra of MIR
er Mathematical studies. VI "'s"'
'Ssrms.-For board and teaching vasb;nx u..
own bed-clofhes. mo ITu ..S' MS
No q. new's's Store p o., Spottsylvania County.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-11
$4,000 90

80 inc whole amount, 1868, 900 90
Should he that which we ought fairly 10 act
cost Of the rail roads which would combine the I'D
vantsges of both.
la addition TO all this, il may further be remarked
IN i IN order to institute far comparison, il was
Pedient to place in conpeon the three modes of i'm
provrment in their ultimate state of Perfection bu,
"hie canal or river improvement, cannot be eniarg-
ed without considerst lie additional expenditures rail.
way on the eoutsary, inferior scale at FIRST ay
iachta'e Its further Improvement: Therefore. soms
advantage would be found in ing in the fret
instance, only single track, the oil which pigb,
be S9SO,0OO, requiring only trade OF H. 42O tons
nearly that called for the river without consid.tiny
the turf Ike. This plan then, once superior 10 the
tax. '"'
9th. The last subject Of enquiry is " ,y5cfber
railroad toouid be better confined TO a connerion be-
ftDeen the eastern and tDestern pateTs and Beft,ee
,ohat points on the JJnles and Ranatoha it should
run"
This is question OF great intricscy il involves va
rious interests aud depends on the to-
biography OF the country the degree OF feasibility of the
Pan ana Its probable advantages productive and
Dement'S on each practicable route On these subjects
tne information have so far collected yet ncom-
pete; VIII, however, cndeavour to present with
clearness the prominent facts am acquainted with
Two distinct routes spoken OF the one from the
heads oil Dunlaps creek 10 Greenbrer river the other
between New River and Roanoke and thence TO James
river.
have not surveyed personally between Dunlap's
Creek and Greenbrer, but operations relative TO ca.
nal, were carried on In that quarter by the United
owR surveys, furnish the following facts concerning
connexon between the mouth of Greenbrier and
bynehbuTg, two points common to all the routes
| IA
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

my OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, that Tho hearty old
cocks generally receive theirs (mostly) IN whskey.
Ifthe learned and opulent gentlemen TO whom first
had the honor of addressing myself and all other up
uent gen lrmcn, and also, those mddlng clrcum-
stances will do rs have stated myself willing To do
tho parish livers WILDE iu five years reduccd-l
had liked to have. sad--,o nothing a, ail--at any
rate, the only remaining psupers, would be such as
have been reduced to want by old age, accident ar
discase-and such at present, make upa very small
part of our list of INDECENT persons.
feel greatly disposed 10 say moro upon this all
important matter of conGning stocks am anxious
to interest the country gentlemen the subject that
they may render assistance by their pcns-by getting
up peiions--and by endeavorins to convince their
ncighbors OF the propricty of such law. ! have
held conversations with many persons the SUBJECT
who, though at first violently opposed To the plan
became almost immediately convinced of its propric-
Ity AN old Plautcrs' production eXccllcn,
one. "Philo Peter Stuncr" has some admirable hits
but this matter must be treated more seriously.
The people must b. convinced and then the thing
will be done. Your friend, PETER STONER
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

alton which we zealously endeavoring to
check and moderate Such, sir, is the distng
man, with thirty years experience in the public ser
vice, with familiar knowledge Of all our national
cont ems, foreign and domestic; such the man to
whom the President assigned the charge OF our mis-
sion to Russia With n frame coustitutIon,lly in
firm, he departed upon his mission, and neccssa-
ry left at liberty to leave his station should his
health require il. lie rctreatcd, through evident
necessity. from the inclemcncics of Russian win
tor. Had he ventured, SIR, to remain, and with his
feeble constitution to encounter tho horrors of a
northern winter we should not be discussing
this miserable question about his salary, The career
loft this eccentric but ,str,ous man, it's close
perhaps even now, Mr. Speaker, while are a..
batting this wretched motion, Providence may have
placed HIM beyond :hc -e.ch Of all his enemies
Shoald IL be so, sir, every honorable adversary vii!
leave him to his repose; none will pursue him there
none will hover Ger his grave, the bald vulture
and the croaking raven
ITO be confinuei.l
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22
FoR THE Wutr.


In little communication Of mine some time since
stated, that IT the Legislature would pass law com
peIIng all persons TO conine their stock upon their
own lands ono Of the good effects would be- to reduce
the poor rates in brief space Of time to almost
hdrdty) nothing. In order TO sustain that opinion I
will state case. w. J. in my neighbothood, owns
$50 acres Of lond200 acres Of open land (snrne If
1t very open and SO in woods as we saw Stuat
ed as W. j. no,o is il is out of his power to permit n
poor family to live on his andhe can neither spare
TIMBER Tor housC--nOr wood TO burn--but if
law restraining stock should be enacted-he could
with perfect convenience, spare both timber and
,oood-(two very different things assure Won cen
temen,l rs he would in that case, only find il nsces
sary TO Keep about 90 Of land enclosed for tho
maintenance OF hs stockhe could also spa re- 10 fLe
poor family az much land they could possibly cuI
uVate Now, gentlemen, am not as toeiLoG ne w
). but II The Legislature will pass he i1,o will bind
myself to place any respectable poor family TO whom
twenty dollars may now be aoVod) upon INV land.
under circumstances infinitely more advantagc ous 10
them, than the pttance allowed by the oountv-n
p tance generally levied ~ the hands Of petty gro
c'rs' and doIed ou' 20 the miserable object IN worth
less articles at 5oper cent upon the prime cost:ex
actly IN the way the bounty of the General Govern
rnent is administered 10 tho revolutionary sodrors IN
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22
To the Editors of The Vhir.

I beg leave through your paper, to offer to the
member of the Legislature who proposed resolution
The Of debts hy ps SRgn footing of
IL he practising lawyer, he entitled not only To
l"e ont tn the gratitude ofevery father and
mother OF family IN the State. But NIessrs Editors
no motion no resolution-no report of n seIact NJ
standing Committee, having such an object, will mass
INFO law so long as our Legislature contains large
mslonty OF practising lawyers will endeavor to
shew by stating single circumstance, that such n
law never will be sanctioned by an Assembly of Law
yers. man dies his executor qualiiies-the cour,
appoints commissioners to inventory his estate--ther
return shews the estate TO he 10000 dollars in pro
party fairly valucdthe debts due from the estate
supposed TO be 40 900 dolars-.ay JUDGMENTS q oOo
bonds with seals, 81 ,o00--notes of hand without
seals Sl5,OoO--open nccouns 5000. Now ac
cordIng TO what have understood, if an executor
pays bond or any other claim while there is . iudp
mont unpaid he mukes himself liable Sor the amount
Of the Judgments-if he pays note of hand 20 is Ii
able Tor all bonds and To the end of the cato
logue OF oeots OF superior dignity View the conse-
quences-evcy creditor rushes court in order to
dignity his debt, that the executor NAV be justified in
paying 1t OIL or that he may make his money nv ey
ecution. The result 49, that every claim against the
estate I'm other words, against the widow and orphans
OF the deceased) may be, s. often IS encountered UsI
with lawyer fees-(2d) sheriff. tickets-t3dl clerk
tckets-(4th) sheriff. full commissions for tnk;no.
forthcoming deiiosry bonds-(5th) lawyers fees a.
gam IN cases of aPpea'-t6thl shers tickets again
-(Tth) clerks tickets ag ln-(sthl sheriffs commits
SONS on actual sales of property, taken under execu
tion-(sth) sacrifices of property sold under execu
ton-(l0th) executors expenses (sometimes allowed.
believeJ-(llih and finally, executors Commissions
upon the whole amount of disbursements So YOU
VIII perceive that the surplus Of 900 dollars being
he orig nal difference in favor of the after de-
Quoting the amount Of debts is entirely swallowed m
IN the enormous expenses which the executor s com
PEELED to incur If he is man of ordinary prudence.
phus the poor widow who has lived IN afinencetbe
orphans who had been raised in idleness-never N
know want-becomc at once the most destitute and
helpless OF the human family. Lawyers practising
lawyers enact such n law! You might as soon ex
pect the deputy sherds themselves to do it,
The above enumeration Of expenses and classifica-
ton of debts may not be exactly correct-bnt when
the law deay'is added in, you'll find 1t nearly true
as MIR. Ahott can testify, if You, Mr. Peasants, be
ignorant Of the fact. Yours
jan. 10, 1891. EDMUND TONEY
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

ri H'thmond, December 80. 1870.
The parties insterested will nI.sse ,ato -; -;
have appointed the 29th day of March NJ, o '" VA,
Jce he time and place, for commeneirr, the aeco"n1
sec.ed ~ Tue foregoing order, when and wbcrc Ih.
ana with Office copies of such of IN. court n.n.r
as may be necessary. HILARY n AWrD ou, :, papers
IAN 22--lawgt Nom u
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22
Rtrt),,to,to eUDt9.
SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY %. 1881.

" Yesterday, Mr.. Miller Of Powhatan. ntsd
the memorial of Tho. Davis, complaining of Mr.
Barbour's return for Orange. The principal part oil
the day consumed in discussion on the bill called
the Lawyers bill. which finally ordered To be
engrossed. good deal of new business was orr
Ginated. The session OF period, has worn Sc
promising an aspect Of being spun out to unusual
length.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

a. The repeated failure of the Mails leaves us in
constant rerplexity. We are afraid TO commence
matters Of interest, but not Immediately So lest tn,
arrival of the immense budget now due from the
north shooid find US either without room, compel
us to have encountered so much labor in vain--and
after, day by day, waiting 20 late hour for ntelli
gencc we find it too late then to begin what had
before postponed. In this state of things the read
or must be content with the meugrc fare in our
power to furnish him.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

IL The Brstoe tract of land, was called the Bris-
toi tract in our paper yesterday.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-22

v .hSlNiAi-At a Superior Court of chanc.r,,
noiden at the Capitol, in the city of Richmony
tne th'Td day Of April, 1880: Damaris TavIor' nI,f
ssIuns. joseph Dudley, adm'or with the viii snn. pr
Sa EDMUND Iayor deed, and in his own right. and
V. Taylor infant children of the said Edmund Tsv"r
ms sea cause came on this day to be heard on the hill
Tor confessed, and exhibits and w,s argued 49,
INC p'antifis COUNSEL On consideration whetsnC ,t
uo,n order tina, the defendant joseph Dudlcy
rCnuer an account OF his administration of the e.,ao
IS directed to examine state and settle ,S VINO
rePort thereof to the court with any matters
TSich W,S stated tat deemed pernen, by himself or
a copy. Testc, WILLIAM G. prrn,yTo % S'".eo'
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12

regaled with the sweet effluvia that pro-
ceeds from his putting mouth, especially
if the customers happen to be Ladies.
! admire, when am sick, to be con-
stantly visited by that class Of friends,
who are careful to discover all the alarm
ing symptoms, and not less careful to in
form me Of them.
admire to receive the newspaper and
before have an opportunity to read it,
have request to lend it to some good
friend, who perhaps will return it the next
day or perhaps not at all.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
From the Massachusetts Spy.

WHAT ] ADMIRE admire to pass
school house, when the young ideas are
out, arranged along side Of the road, and
as | pass them, salute me with bows and
courtesies and close with shout
] admire to attend church, where du-
ring the services, my ears are often salu-
ted by the squalls of some half dozen
children, brought there by their pious
mothers to be early initiated into the
mysteries Of Goodness.
admire TO call at public house, and
obtain leave from the Landlady, who is
in the back kitchen, to take care Of nine
own horse; and when / (as ! occasional
ly do, not being a member Of the Tenn
perance Society gently knock at the
Bar, to be waited upon by the good wo-
man, attended by "nine small children
and one at her breast.
/ admire TO see young merchant so
attached to his cigar, that while his Gus
toners are examining his goods, they are
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
POETRY
From the National Intelliyencer
SEA SONG.

Our pennant glifters in the breeze,
Our home is Oh the sea,
Where wind may blow or bow flow,
No limits to the free!
No limits TO the free, my boys,
Let wind and wave wait on;
The boundless world Of waters is,
My merry men, our own.
One mute farewell, one look-as where
The blue sky meets the foam,
Headland and isle fas, fade the while,
Then proudly greet our home
Though wind and wave we've hearts TO brave
The battle and the wreck;
For ocean is the sailors grave,
Ills heritage the deck.
Or be il east or be il west,
Or to the pole or line,
So, free like sea-bird to her rest,
Our fleet ship cleave the brine;
Our fleet ship cleave the brine my boys,
As now with stan sails square,
And royals light she seems to quit
Her element for air.
CHEEKY, cheerly, my merry men,
For merry men are we;
From sun to sun still rowing on,
As the breeze that watts us free;
As the breeze that watts US free, my boys,
My merry men and true,
Where wind may roam or blllow foam,
Our native land, adieu
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
TO GROUP OF CHILDREN.

How glad, how beautiful You steal
Our hearts into your play,
And with sweet deluson chase
Lies WEAKNESS away.
We gaze, until we fondly deem
You thus will ever be,
A little race, distinct from US,
From mans disquiet free.
We are not light as playful winds,
Nor graceful as the flowers;
And gadness flashes from your eyes,
Whilst sorrow is in ours.
Boys! can you ever grow to men.
Wars horrid game to learn
Girls! must you lionel y women be,
Their distant doom TO mourn
A blessed life, blessed lot,
Should yours be evermore;
The light which gathers round you now
You send far on before.
Coloured from this your future life
In fancy is as fair;
Alas, alas! ye know il not
Glad pilgrims unto care.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
From the New England Weekly Review.

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. ."War may
stride over the land with the crushing
step of a giant-Pestilence may steal o.
yer it like an inrisibh curse-reaching
its victims silently s. unseen-unpeople-
ing here a village and there city-un-
til every dwelling is sepuchre:-Fam-
inc may brood over it with long and
weary visitation, until the sky itself is
brazen, and the beautiful greenness gives
place to parched dcsert-a wide waste
Of unproductive desolation. But these
are only physical evils. The wild fiow-
er will bloom in peace on the field Of
battle, and above the crushed skeleton
The destroying angel of the pcstilence
will retire when his errand is done, and
the nation will again breathe freely--and
the barrenness of famine will cease at
last-the cloud will be prodigal of its
boarded rain-and the wilderness will
blossom But for moral desolation there
is no reviving spring. Let the moral
and republican principles of our country
be abandoned-our representatives bow
in conditional obsequiousness to individ-
ual dictation-Let impudence and in
trigue and corruption triumph over hon
esty and intellect, and our Liberties and
strength will depart forever. OF these
there can be no resuscitation. The ga
domination Of desolation" will be fixed
and perpetual; and us the mighty fabric
Of our glory totters into ruins, the nations
ofthe earthwll mock us in our overthrow,
like the powers of darkness, when the
throned one Of Babylon became even as
themselves-and the "glory ofthe Chal-
dee's excellency" had gone down for
ever.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
SIGNS SOF PROSPERITY

From the Chinese.
Where spades grow bright, & idle swords
grow dull;
Where jails are empty, and where barns
are full;
Where church paths are with frequent feet
out-worn;
LuD court-yards weedy, silent, and for
lorn;
Where doctors foot it, & where farmers
ride;
Where age abounds, and youth is multi
piled;
Where these signs are, they clearly indi-
cate
A happy people, & well-governed state.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-01-12
DROPOSALS by MARY BARNEY,

III OItOA OohLso ny MARY DAhNkf,
u for publishing on the first Day OF
November next, and on the beginning
of every month thereafter, in the city OF
Baltimore, new periodical work to be
entitled the NATIONAL MAGA-
ZINE; or LADIES EMPORIUM.
The intended work will be generally
literary, and occasionally political The
literary department shall be conducted
in manner not inferior to that of the
best periodicals in the country-in the
several departments of prose and verse,
and their subdivisions into narrative !;
sentimental and didactic compositions,
original or selected. Nor, although its
general head be literature, shall the lu-
cubrations of science, in any of its bran
ches, be neglected, when they shall be
offered for publication in the "National
Magazine.
In the struggle which is now going on
between civil liberty and wild anarchy,
under the garb of democracy, she will
sometimes raise her feeble voice; not as
disputant in the arena eff party, but as
ali advocate for certain great principles
which it may become her sex and condi-
ton to feel Il lively and deep interest in
maintaining, these times Of miscalled
reformation. AS victim of "pro-
scrption," she has suffered too much,
and knows too much, to permit her en-
tire silence. Upon that subject she
cannot avoid speaking feelingly-she
will try, however, to speak discreetly
If there are any who would still frown
upon this last struggle of a mother for
her family, they are at liberty to with
hold their support-A Daughter of the
Revolution, and the grandchildren of
Revolutionary Heroes, will perish ere
they beg in the land where they should
live in honour.
This work will be comprised in eighty
octave pages, on fine paper, in new type,
handsomely stitched, and coloured COW
ers-making two handsome volumes a
year.
TERMs.-The annual subscription will
be Five Dollars payable in advance, or
on delivery Of the second number, at the
pleasure of individuals.
All subscriptions remaining unpaid at
the end ofthe year to be discontinued.
For single number rs cents.
Much attention will be paid to for
warding the numbers, and with the least
cost to subscribers--it being intended to
establish agencies in all the principal ci-
ties and towns, by whom the work will
be carefully delivered. To other places,
or when the number of subscribers may
not be sufficient to establish an agency
they will be forwarded by mail; unless
otherwise directed. Subscribers are re-
spectfully requested distinctly to pre-
scribe the places, or persons, to whom
the work shall be sent for their use.
MARY BARNEY.
II Prospectus IS open at this Office
for Subscriptions.