Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-27

N
wn'eh shc wants all the elements Of climate coaf and
edP"df-thls city now nversnilt swoln to the utmos
extent OF the mtcgufncnt, and utterly destitute n
'orce or weight III the union this bill for tho
presume"
Upon which tho Editor remarks:
cit is rue, that Bal,imore-nnd Philadelphia ware in
an nnc"r'forlablc state in 1924. The population OF
so'h ha' rnih"r declined than incrcnsc, sned 1920
because OF ,hc want Of employment FOR the laborinc
c'asSse' iun"fcdS OF houses were without tenants
and real prop"rty seemed Ia have no settled value
In either. But what followed u granting of thu
rGection which 'hcy sought. though sparingly en-
TENDED: WHAT is tho condition Of these cities now,
Since 1924, not less than 10 or 10000 dwelling hon
ees stores, factories and workshops have been built
IN them; ant filled they with people that a thou
su"o more,ii erected IN one week, would in week
Dc occupied In 1890, Baltimore contained g., 738
ih,bi'ants and the city and county o! PHILADELPHIA
I3Io97"-now. the FIRST has 30 .625, and tho las,
l6os6i souls, shelving together an increase of
os,'1o nearly oil OF whom are free persons; or I'll,
capital OF the two being loo,e35, in 1920, m in
crease at 'heretc Of more tn 81 per cent whereas
'rppa, OH capita OF l.o65,3G6 in 1920, shows q
preseht amount oil i.2l3,5iI--a total increase of
l48ie, or at the rate of 32 per cent nd though We
cannot now ascertain the fact, VIC may almos, ven
ture positive assertion that the whole increase Of
Tree persons IN Virginia, has been IN the western
grain growing and manufacturing districts So much
for Mr. Runduph's pity for Baltimore and Philadel
pha Blu, how splcnddly ridiculous is his saying IN at
Philadelphia wanted the elements of clinnt. coal
md CAPITAL, 20 become great manufacturing
town We do know what is the fault of the
climate, but the manufactures of ha, CITY md its vi
clnty IN one year, worth the whole tobacco crops
OF Virginia for eight ten ycars--us to coal she sup
Plies or is about to supply, twice her large pop
utionwith all that the people will iake and in respect
to capital let the legal interest b. offered on approved
security and twenty millions OF dollars Will be found
Tor thc new investment, at 4 few davs notice. II
would not be haznrding much to say that there is q
larger surplus money capital in Philadelphia tha n IN
the whole state OF Virglna.f Tho decay" and "dc-
scrtion" of Batlmore,--thc "atrophy" and cover
building OF Philadelphia, have PASSED away. The
"Amorcan System" has daw ned upon them. and ne
yer were they pr. sperous-so sound--so veal
thy, as al the present time"
s"vc pu, city and county Of PHILADELPHIA ,o,e,h. nc
cause Of their nsspsTabe cpuauon business
Notwithstanding something like complaints have recent
~ oeco made Of surplus money lying idle the
siate"
a. We invite attention to the letters of Mr. Sec.
retary Branch and the President. On slight peru
SAL the Presidents letter TO Branch strikes us as
being the same he wrote to Inghain nuaiis n,utan-
dis Having got the lesson by heart he thought II
was wrong TO leave the carl; like tho sturlinr m tho
Fleet prison, which gave the same answer to all
questions-''bad company brought him to that place
u Imaginary correspondence between Treasurer
Campbell ut Washington, and his friend and late
affairs of the Nation, furnished by Il correspondent
an fen days. The purpori of this imaginary cor
respondsnce appears to be- the political neces-
sty operating upon hose gentlemen, 10 resign Their
offices, in the present state OF things.
u 1t is currently ruInored in this City that P. p
Barbour, ESQ has been designated by the President
as Attorney General, in place of Mr.. Rerrien-who
although he has not resigned, will probably DO nut
aside.
The Pennsylvania Inquirer says that letters from
Washington mention that james Buchanan Of tha,
State sis the newly appointed Attorney General"
Connected with The first rumor that eached Phil
adelphio of the resignation of the Cabinet was
another, that John Quincy Adams had been appoint
ed Mr. Van Burens successor! Which appcars to
have acquired some circulation and authority
" The New York Commercial .avs-"The
present of horse from Mr. Randolph 10 Ex Secrc
tary Van Buren, exactly in season. He will be
able to trot out Of town well as out of Office"
Quory-Did Mr.. Randolph sell or give the horse.
Some Of his friends Ica ous of the affection which
present argues, that the horse was purchased
D caucus of the Republican Members of Assembly
was held at Albany Friday Their proceedings
were limited to the nomination OF Regent of the
University. and the adoption Of an Address to the
People of the State This has not yet come on.
Somebody has asked us about 1.-The harmony and
stability of the present Cabinet" which were audod
at the late Jackson meeting; "dcmortuis MI nisi :"
Phil T. S. Gas
mectin. OF tho Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar
took place Monday, at which resolution were
passed expressive of the highest esteem for Gen.
Taylor, and that his acceptance Of tho appointment
Of Judge Of that Circuit, would be highly gratifying
not only TO the Bar but to the citizens generally OF
Norfolk Borough and County.
II was not known whether the General would &c
cept the appointment.
FRoM GuADaLoUTE.-Capi ShockGord, OF the
schr. Compccr, arrived at " York, reports that the
inhabitants of Guadaloupo were very much alarmed
in consequence Of scvcrnl familics hnvnn hccn mi