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Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-18
CLERKS OF COURTs


In the Senate on Tuesday last, the bill fixing the
tenure of the Offices of the Clerks of the Courts
Of Record in this Commonwealth was taken I'd. and
the amendments proposed by the committee of Gene
raj Laws agreed to. The first amendment provides
that Clerks may be removed on conviction OF NAL
teasance or corruption in office be tried and deter
mined in the Supreme Courts on information or ill.,
dictment The second provides that vacancies shall
be filed for the term of years, the term fixed
original appointments.
Mr. Morgan moved to amend tie bill so as to
change The term Of the office, from seven years to
five years. Some discussion took place on the mo-
ton, in which Messrs. Morgan and McComas. of
Wythe, took part for the amendment and Mcssrs
Mason Winston, and Edging!on took part against it,
Mr. Booker asked for the ayes and noes on the
amendment, which were ordered The amendment
was rejected ayes 10, noes 90 The bill passed with
ont opposition.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-18

Virginia Senator's by tho Van Rrro, p-,.-..
concusively illustrative of the n-oblcr
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-18
ILARRIAGE

GfLAR2IA GE9.
On TUESDAY. 8tn u- 0g b. Rev Jap,rr
DouEhcn, Mr. Wu & LfsDsAY, of Flrvanna. r.
Nlss ELLEN G. FLrNlNe l-.---
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

another Ch0in.-Pnssing the door O.
one of our t::eaters a few evenings since,
we observed young man Of country
look. with youns miss Of gcnteoi dress,
hanging upon his arm. She was trying
t. persuade him TO pay hackman for Il.
passage to her lodgings, bot the young
man being an economist, demonstrated,
and thought they could waltz. The hack
nan said il was siiaue, he had rather
go for nothing tie see than lady walk so
far, but did not 60, though the young man
persevered in his remonstraHce The
passed on til they came against one Of
the cellars, by the theatre, when she in
sisted upon his going in 70 give her some
thing TO drink. He <iemurrcd again, and
said he thought they could do without
l; will cost you only three cents, said she
But even this argument with the econom-
ical beau had no effect. Now this little
circumstance discovers the connexion o.
certain branches of business, in this city
The theatre is where the miss went for d
beau. Having securea the victim, tie
hickman mnsi have job, the keeper o!
the cellar g customer, and then-Here i
a chain-not exactly lake Lorenzo Dos's,
for that had five links, two hooks and a
swivel, but this only four links, one hooe:
and no swivel. She hooked him, ana
twisting merely will not free him; be
RUS. break the chain, or remain . prison.
eT-
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

Easily poraIOD.-f you are DESTROYS
Of having carly potztoes, tsxke ebox or =
sareal and pvt s1ayer ofdsy ssyth on the
bcttouS,, then . layer of potatoes; then
earth sufficient TO cover them, and 30 on !:
taking care to cover the top we'll, place
your potatoes in warm place in the
kitchen, and in a very few days they wall
begin to sprout, so that, by the time the
ground is sufficient warm, your potatoes
will be in fine order for planting out; by
this course two or three weeks time will
be saved. as it is we'll known that pota-
toes planted in the cold ground are q
long time in coming up.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

a wEIeHTy JuRY--Tac officer whose
province II Ii 10 summon the Couaty
Cour Juries for Preston, having boea
found fault with at the last court for
bringing together SO poor jury, was
rcqestcd on the next occasion to invite g.
more weighty and substantial class Of
men. Accordingly, on Tuesday last he
introduced into court ct Of Jolly looking
fellows, whose weight and substance will
not be questioned, when it is known tina.
the twelve good men and true, on being
put into the balance At the close Of the
DAYS business, wcre found 10 weigh no
less than ton 7cws. II lbs. or 3,O4S lbs.
tho highest man among them t,eing 22I
lbs, Joxyanl Of L6r
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

NIGHT SCENE IN THE DEsEaT.-A
caravan presents in the evening d very
active and cheerful scene. The cam
els, which had been turned on. to Craze
as soon as they had halted and been
unloaded, now return in separate
groups, each of which, following Vie
bell Gifts leader, proceeds directly to
the spot where its masters tents are
pitched. When arrived the re the Do
Gle animals lie down OF their own ac-
cord in row, and their heads are at
tached by halters to a rope, which is
fastened 70 range Of stakes about
four feet high, extending along the
front Of the camp. They are then fed
with large balls composed of barley
meal and lentils, mixed up with water,
which they swallow whoie.and are left
to ruminatetiilmorning. As soon as the
night closes in, fires begin to blaze in
every direction. They are made with
dry thorns and stunted shrubs, collect
ed round the camp, and their flames
throw bright light on the e6erent
groups of travellers who are seen
squattedon the ground in front of their
tents, or beside their piles Of merchan-
die, some occupied with their pipes
and coffee, and others enjoying their
frugal evenings meal. In an oriental
company, of whatever class i. is com
posed, the harsh sounds of vulgar mer-
rin1ens are never to be heard; a low
hum Of conversation spreads through
the camp, and as the evening advances,
this gradually sinks into silence, dis.
turhed only by the occasional lowing
Of the care:s. AHthose persons whit
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09
LENGTH OF NIGHTS IN vARIoUrARza

LENGTH OF NIGHTS rNvARIoUrAR1a.
The longest night at Cayenne AID
Pondicherry is IL hours; at Hayti. Is,
Ispahan, Ia; at Paris, Dijon and Car
esonne, Is lat Afras and Dublin, l6; al
CoPnehagen and Riga, IL; at Stock
hold, Is; at Drontheim, in Norway,
Archargle, &c. 10; al ulin, Bothnia,
2l and at Tornea, D. AT Eaouteke,
the total absence of the sun endurcs
IS days consecutively; at Wardhuus,
So; at Cape North, "A; and lastly.
Melville Island is totally destitute CO
light for i02 days.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

s10sALOS S6AGGoAOEASs
ArrRMPr TO BURN THE BRITISH FRI
GATES IN THE NORTH RIVER, IN sULY
l776.
Messrs. Loyejoy and Miller; send
you for insertion in your paper, a cor
rect account Of the desperate attempt
to destroy, by means Of ire ships, the
vessels Of the enemy ia the hudson, in
July 16. Having seen in the Wor-
eester Magazine, narrative ofthat ex-
pedition, in the main correct, but mac
curate and detective in many particu.
lars, l am induced to correct that
abatement, ~ sending tou a de-
tailed account Of the whole Affair."
The narrative in the Worcester Mag
azine appears to have been complied
from the verbal statefnent6ade By MIR.
John Bass, who know was assached
to the expedition, lpresume thAt the
inaccuracies admitted into that article,
arose from a wrong recollection Of the
facts. Being one Of the small party
engaged in that desperate undertaking,
all the circumstances are indel.bly
impressed upon my memory. and can
give YOU them, as l think without ad-
dltion or omission.
The fire vessels were an Albany
sloop Of about 80 tons burtheD, and q
schooner of about 80 tons. Under
superintendent of Com. Tuppes, they
were fitted for the expedition at New
York, in the following manner. The
holds of the vessels were filed with
empty hogsheads, to prevent them
from sinking, in case the enemy's shot
should strike her hull. Two troughs
were then placed the whole length Of
the deck, on each side, one end of
which went through the bulk head of
the cabin, At which end the train was
20 be fired. An opening to be made
in the stern Of each vessel, through
which the man who fred the train
might escape into the whale boat that
was to be il attendance for that pur-
pose.
The .rouehs were about SIX inches
wide, ten deep, and as said before,
extended from the bows to the cabin.
In each trough was laid train of meal
ed powder half an inch or more in
depth, which was then covered with
wheat straw about l2 inches hong. dip
ped in birthstone. The trough was
then filed with black birch twigs,
made into small faggots l5-or Is inch
es in length, and diPt into melted rcsin.
BY the side Of each trough were piac-
ed a number Of empty barrels, each of
which was then filled with pitch pine
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

The following is the speech fOiiver
Cromwell, when he dissolved the long
Parliament, Doth April, 1862, after
sitting twelve years, six months, and
fourteen days.
at is high time for me TO put an end
to your sitting IN this place, which you
have dishonoTsd by your contempt Of
all virtue, and defled by your practice
Of every vice. You are factions
crew, and enemies to all good govern
ment. Ye are pack Of merceDaTy
wretches, and wonld, Ike Esaa, sell
! yous country for an,ess q Pottage, and
Ike ludae, betrsJ your God tor : few
fTescS g lhSES5fs& therewa single
virtue now remaining among you Is
there one vice you do not posscss?-
You have no more religion than my
horse, gold is your God. Which of
you have not bartered away your con-
science for bribes! Is there man a.
mongst you that has the least care for
the commonwealth? Ne sordid pros
titutes. Have We not detlled this sa-
cred place, and turned the Lords tenn
pie into u den of thieves, by your i'm
moral principles and wicked practicess
You, who are deputed here by the
people to get grievances redressed, are
yourselves the greatest grievance.-
Your country therefore, calls upon me
to cleanse this Augean stable, by put
ting final period to your proceedings
in this house; and which, by Gods
help and the strength he has given me,
l am now come TO do. command
you, therefore, upon the peril OF your
lives, to depart Immediately out Of this
place. TO! get you out, make haste,
ye venal siaves-begone. So! take
away that shining bauble (the mace
there, and lock up the doors"
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

To preserce Bacon from SHIPPERS
When your bacon is cured, dip it IN very
strong iye so as 10 wet the outside per
fectiy; ncithc. the fly nor the bug viii
NEEDLE with it afterwards, though il hang
in the smoke house all summer. The
experiment Is Certainly worth trying.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

=
10 es:inrase the roe1s Of Others By Ii
sole Aandord ofo~ene-s6sios j. atreys
,lifHs1 1 ~ ~ ss&ssilhss-@s<
! Kind Nature il ker various will
Gave to men their share Of wit,
The various ranks Of life to fill
That seemed to her most cit.
Vet as if BY 6te decreed,
She gave to some greater share.
in which compound, il seems indeed,
Some neglected were, must declare.
As with partial hand she gave
Tosome feeling sense that's just,
While others only seem'd 70 have
Naught but srovelling pride and lust
To some she gave stronger mind
To scorn the base aspiring heart,
That seeks but vengeance on mankind,
And only acts dishOnast part.
0shGa seo, she gave hesrs Of truth,
Hener, virtue, honesty combined,
Thiis Others seem'd lorsoeth
Tho msre rubbish Of mankind.
IN summing up the 7a,isus crow
You'll find a fsw aspiring quacka,
AsTto give so6,e rhyme q clue
They pin great Homer on their hacks.
Ia my friend among this class,
Who build their fame on Others merit?
81 wish to let him pass,
Without wound from sword or bullet.
Cz.AkI0N
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

The largest iron bridge in the world Is
in China, near Kiug,ung, where it forms
a perfect road from the top Of one in-
nense mountain to another. II Is formed
of chains, 81 IN number, and bound to
eether by other cross chains. This
bridge IS more than $50 years old.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

PoErRY.-The study sf poetry has
been to me its own excee1ing great re-
ward, it has sootbed my attic t,ons-it
has multiplied and refined my ENJOY
ments-it has given me (or at least
strengthened In me) the habi. Of wish
ing to discover the good and the beau
tiful in all that meets and surrounds
me.-Cclerdge
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

-
CrvILIxArrow AND BARsAarsM.-
What is civilization2 Noah Webster
says il is s.the state Of being civilized
the state ofbeing re6ned in manners. >
What then is refioemeuk. "a nice OBJ
servance ofthe cirilities Of social life. >
says he, and thus the seeker Of the de-
inition vibrates like tbependulum of a
clock between two wor5s, learning on
" that civilization Is replacement. and
that refinement IS ciyilsanfioo.
Let us be permitted d, define a little.
Cipilised people are these whose man
ners and customs are HE our own. in
whatever country we f.ag be likely 10
be. born-~1lsf. 5oxSa< ~ ~ zrs scse
whose l1.ahncrs and a1s. f7furs
cnt for orrs,here, for instance, civil
xed man is one who wears brooches,
boots, cost and hat; who cats with a
knife and fork, and drinks coffee or tea
With his breakfast. Pass othe banks
Of the Arkansas, and the wigwams Of
the west; and there the man Is civil
zed who wears a blanket-dr;nks wa
ter, frun, is the oHsprineof civilization
and sleeps on the ground. There the
civilized lady bores holes in her nose
and suspends her ornaments to that
very respectable organ--here the re-
fined lady bores holes in her ears for
similar purpose. What is there alb
stractlY, more civilized in the ears than
than the nose? Yet we laugh at the
squaw in her blanket and. with her ma
saiernaments and cali her a savage!
Again-Mr. Brown comes down
from Buffalo and meets his old friend
Smith, in Broadway. Their right
hands instantly meet, and violent
shaking ensues. "What are those
men fighting about" says the dark son
oftroP1cal Africa, to his white friend.
II ienune:Poch! iney are oio irichos
.nat nave no. me. sor song time, ana
they are expressing tnelI good WIZ To-
wards each other by shaking hands.
""nat oaroarians why 10 my coun-
Try, wnen TWO ir,enos meet they rub
tneir noses .oBetner nat sasa-
ges: says the wmse man. :,
1he ceremonious mr.: fi'zeeraid
meets the co@1J Mr. SIarence, ana
eacn raises ais peere na1 ooss
maf mean: says nassau Cgiou- we
are saiunne each other, Is the reply.
=" hat . ridiculous customs says Has
san,inmy country ~esaiafe ny ciaPpins
ooto bands On tne roreneaa, ano ma
nng a 10" saloon. :" NAT naroa-
rams" exciains the Songoes, I'm my
land, whenever TWO gentlemen meet
they snap the nnger ana thumb Al each
Other" SHOW indeeorous: says the
white man. Spirit OF common sense.
wilt thou deign to tell US whether the
manners and customs OF any one OF the
three are more ridiculous than those OF
the others.
The Persian pulls his meat to pieces
with his fingers, and eats horse flesh.
1sShock,ng," says the New Yorker, as
he sets down to a game Hihqer, TO dish
Of bears meat. The Mdinn cooks his
rattle snake much TO the horror Of
brother Jonathan, who breakfasts on
stewed cells. The Abyssinian cuts a
steak from his cow, sews the skin over
the wound. and lets the animal go a.
bout her business till another fit Of
munger LEADS MIN To cut 0HOt0cr StlCe.
Ihe unteennS ~retcn. cries the Eu-
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

Nothing more clearly indicates rank
and education, than evenness Of TEN
per and constant desire to please.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-04-09

BYRoN.-Misfortune stamped him
for her own at his birth; and with no
equiyocal sign, termagant and lib
ertine were his cradle watchers. He
had no ''monitor of his young years"
His youth was blasted in its spring;
and itrue, indeed, like many who have
built themselves monuments in the bo-
som Of ren) be, who eonh move all
hearts with sympathy, was unable to
touch the one Of his choice with love.
He lived
--s-as lives a withercd bcugi,,
Blossonless, leafless, and alone"
He died-he, the man upon whom
the eyes Of the world were fixed with
admiration, ifnot with favor, died in a
cherries barrack-room, without a
friend or relative to minister to him;
his last moments disturbed by the cla-
mours of mutinous soidiery, and his
eyes closed by mental. Nay, more,
his very remains cannot escape con-
tumely. His ashes are excluded from
a public cemetry by his oountrymen;
and there are those found in the land
which he delighted to honor, who
would brand his name with infan1y.-
If such are the penalties Of frailty and
indiscretion, what ignoininy is reser-
ed for actual crime?
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-09-23
MO. 8.


a host of dories in caas of an attack. My COM
lpanion, however, Piled his oar so well that we
reached the schooner unmoIested by the shark,
and without any assistance, in few minutes.
Arrived on board with the blood streaming
from my wrist and hand, sat about searching
for such other damage as | had sustained.
My feelings were such at this time that [
should scarcely have felt them if had had a
dozen wounds like the one which CAPPED before
me. The result of my examination proved
that all other parts of my person had escaped
unscratched. Not so with my cloathing my
clothes were bitten through shirt and all, to
my very skin, in more than dozen places.
Most of the holes in my leather trowsers were
in the hinder part. and about the waistband in
front. Several of them were more than am
inch in length, and were apparently done by
single teeth Providentially the only wounds
of much importance were confined to my wrist
three of his teeth having entered the back of
it about the joint as far as the bones would
let them. One large tooth also entered the
back of my hand about an inch below; all the
rest of the harm was confined to scratches of
but little depth on my arm and hand, The
trousers have to this day.
Upon examining the dory afterwards, it was
found to have the impression of many teeth on
the side and bottom, some of which were
broken INTO the OAK plank OF which the bottom
was composed. The compass of the surface
bitten would equal the dimensions of a large
plate. He left one Of his teeth nearly entire
in its bottom, which tooth l now have in my
possession. 1t is much larger than the tooth
of a common saw, and bears no proportion to
the impressions made in my trowsers. or the
sears remaining on my wrist; SO that infer it
must have been one of series of large ones,
it being known that these animals sometimes
have several rows of teeth of different Sizes.
| have the jaw Of one myself that has part Of
five rows.
Several different sized sharks kept round us
during nearly all the time we were grappled
to the whale: but the one that attacked us was
well known from his size and appearance to
Re the most constant After we arrived on
board, he was the only one that we could see
near u.s. and for the time kept continually
swimming around us so near that he could
sometimes be reached with an oar. A one
time. of our crew plunged two edged
knife attached to an oar into him; he dragged the
oar after him, and disappeared nearly half an
hour when he cleared himself of his incum-
brance, and appeared alongside again as bold
las ever. The same gig was now brought up
that had served on former occasion to cap
ture a huge sword fish. This was attached to
the iib down-haul, and four Of our crew
whilst standing ON the whale, plunged it into
him !; he dragged out al the wrap, and then
cleared himself of it. Finally, finding further
work upon the whale dangerous, and having
secured about FIVE butts Of blubber, we cut
adrift about p. NJ, and Immediately made
sail and left him.
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-09-23
TIRCIS.

The WILMINGTON ExposIToR will be published
weekly on Super Royal sheet, at Two Dollars pei
year in advance; Three Dollars at the end of the
year. No paper will be discontinued, until all ar.
rearages are paid, except at the option OF the pub
lsher-and failure to notify discontinuance will
be considered new engagement
Advertisement not exceeding square, will be con-
spicuously inserted three times for One Dollar, ant
for every subsequent insertion Twenty Cents. Those
exceeding a square in the same proportion.
All communications relating the business of the
Enlistment, if sent by mail, TO ensure attention.
must be post paid.
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-09-23
ELOOJTENCE.

young sprig of the law, just commencing
practice in one of the southern states, deter
mined to make a hit in his maiden speech
and thereby put the noses of his older cotem~
poraries out of joint. He therefore volunteer
ed in the case of poor man who had been
guilty of sticking knife into one of his neigh
bours hogs, and commenced his speech in the
following manner:
Your honor the Judge and gentlemen og
the july-While Europe is deluged in blood
while classic Greece is struggling for her
rights and liberties, and trampling the un-
hallowed affairs of the bearded inhdel to dust
while the chosen few of degenerated Iberia
are waving their FURNISHED swords in the sun
light of Liberty-while America is standing
forth the brightest orb in the political sky
II with due difidence arise to offend the cause
Ioft this humble hog-thief
Another specimen of Ciceronean eloquence
lis still fresh in our memory. A committee
man on the construction of certain turnpike,
once addressed meeting in the following
language:
Who among you gentlemen, can mark the
onward march of Internal Improvement, with
out cheering feelings of pride for the present
glory of your country. The stupendous work
now under construction, when completed will
be an additional star in the coronet of our ma
tion's greatness-millious will admire the
patriotism and enterprise of the citizens Of
county; the hog-trade with Kentucky will be
secured, which will be of immense benefit to
this hourishing village. which l can already
. picture as one of the proudest cities OF the
! world! l therefore. gentlemen, motion that
, we appropriate an additional wheelbarrow and
5 two shovels for tn. use of the workmen.
f. Bait. MinerVa.