Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-02

contemplated ~
Al, In the House of Representatives on the motion OF
Mr EVerett, the bill tn subscribe for $50 copies or
Gales & Seatons compilation of Documents we
called up and the House agreed consider it bv n
vote OF 81 to rs The question It's engrossmrpg
was deciaed IN the afiirmatlve-ay"s 81, noes %.
PARAGRAPHS
i Inc population OF Virginia is ascertained to be-
I,2U7-7S3. In 1890. ,065 ,S63-ircrease lA2 Aa1 =
ATT ratio of either 49, or $4,000, she will lose two
members of Congress.
SHIpwREcK.-TIe ship Ann, C8st Byrd, arrival
IN he delaware from Liverpool brings the crew of the
Orig antelope, OF Boston, which sailed from ST Tho
mas on the 9th January in ballast. bound tn M,,ei
The Antelope was abandoned on the I'd mir ot =
o'clock r. NJ. she being then half full of $50 az
going down very fast. ~
MAINLAND. The Legislature of this State adjourned .,
Thursday night at IL o'clock having passed public and
the trusnt and not thrfv dollars AZ S,
tore enormously stated and takes effect after 9TH of uv
SMALL CorNs.-The attempt to depreciate the val.
ue OF the small Spanish coins, and introduce into more
general circulation the dimes and half dimes of the
United Statet mint, is likely to prove abortive
We understand that the Branch Bank received them
this morning at the old rates. and that orders have
been given at the Custom House to the same effect
Boston Transcript
The Banks in New Bedford have determined IN
take nine-penny pieces at IL cents and four pencs
hall penny pieces at cents.
The Boston Patriot states that $50 900 have beep
subscribed for the Boston and Worcester Rail RooI
Inc DOCKS were still open for further subscriptions
SHOCKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS afternoon No
MIR. Wm. Sheldon, butcher, was engaged in carryrrr
quarter If beef Grand street on his bach b;
foot slipped, and he fell, the beef resting on him
Persons went instantly to his assistance but the I'm
fortunate man was dead, the neck being broken
DIT .. was Il young married MANY Y. Com. .ldy
Wse,Sa party in Washington, long
been prepared by his cabinet lf the said ano
her rather dry, "the C1bin-naaker no hand in the
work ~ $50 ~ - 'Ae
GRA"p FNNcY BALL fashionable old Bachelor, of New
York have determined to give Grand Fancy Ball to the BE.U
greatest display which has taken place years in anv Of
the country. ' F oA
The following paragraph from the National Jour
nal of Friday, Shews that Mr.. Crockett is also oe
from the administrations
Mr. Crockett yesterday stated that he had suppor
tea the present administration when General Jackson
cam into power, as well as his colleague Mr. Polk:
bui he went on to say, that he was a Jackson man
still but Cen Jackson not for that the General
had LEFT the principles which he avowed when he was
elected Now, said, Mr.. Crockett, that he is off
fom his principles, / am off from hiun.
AwFUI. EXPLosIoN AT GrBRALrAR-Extr..t F
letter. dated Gibraltar, Dec. 10Th, addressed hy
bombardier of the 9th Battalion of Royal ARTILLERY
to his father, in London. ''
~ number of men belonging 10 our corns were
at land practice, Saturday the 27tb Novenber
they were firing from the Queens GaIaries ~ Tar
get placed on the sea shore, from 81 Founders
WIN round shot. These Galleries are passapes cut
out OF the solid rock, facing the Spanish lines The
men who work the guns this line of batteries.
whch extend near mile, are quite secure from the
shot Or she'll of an enemy. A. the same time mr.
men were firing, the wind was blowing very stronn
from the west and it was supposed that when one
gun went OIL the flash from it carried by the wind
to the next gnn, which also went off-aud the Rash
OF the second was driven up the galleries into mac
aZlne which contained large quantity of punnowdep
ne magazine ole" up IN an instant, and sergeant
ana nine 6unners were killed; and six gunuers and
drummer were dangerously wounded; one of tIre
wounded men died soon afterwards
On the 9th of January, F. l.. Bennon, sailor. was
received as A member of the Legion of Honor hy tho
Naval Commssary at Havre. He was the Ct
VINO set foot on the Agerine shore, and hosted the
French standard. ' 'i'S
The Posen Gazette mentions that the Commercial,
interest OF ST. Petersburgh and Moscow have nIace5
IL millions of silver robles at the disposal of be -
peror: the States of CourIand are said to have do
CARED themselves ready to furnish 1900 yoked
s'edges Tor the transport of the army.
IMPORTANT EccLEsrAsT1cAL Observation-Disclosures. f, d.;
received by the last French packet the mpoan fac,
at very extensive detection had taken place in the Caho
nc Chhfch Oh rance II sam that Gallo Church E IN
be established Independent Of Rome renouncnr the an
on.,y ." 'e iopesIha the organization will take place
'' N''' '"' iuue Sumo thousands OF priests
- Jour Com
Zen Nina, on his return to Bordeaux, gave din
ncr 10 MS companions IN arms, which he decared
that he hoped that in a very short time thew would
again enter Spain to quit IT. and that be had
tbe strongest grounds for believing, that at theif
next attempt, they would be powerfully seconded by
numerous supporters OF the Constitution in the in
terror Of the country :"
ROYALTY IN 1890. This has heen an ominors
year for Princes. Three have died-the Kings oP
England and Of Naples and the Pope of Rome.
n.ree have been driven from their doninlons-the
hlngs OF France and Saxony, and the Duke of
Brunswick. Queen Donna Maria has been refused
adlnittance into her kingdom, and the king of HoI
nd has lost half of his while two thrones Belginr,
ana greece, are gong begging t London Age
,r,,r, 80. -o 49, rrrEEsRURe, MARcn l.
TIE RAIL ROAD-Wc informed thai SOM tyv1sko
since The work OF excavation and cn5auSen was commence
at both ends Of the first section of the Rail Roadths1 The
Contractors are prosecuting operations with spirit tbon1b
retarded by bad weather and the scarcity of labor
ployed ~ "''0 cut
Wib 2iIAO-In ms article appeared in ou Market YES
reasonable prices. 1""''''' '"" sou 81
~, BosToN, February %.
T 5U ne DELICIOUS bird, known by the name
of Grouse or Heath Hen rarely appears in orr mar
ket' and commands an extravagant pTice,-from five
- ninc dollars pair. They are found only at
Morthas Vineyard and Nashuana Island, where they
were numerous some twenty or thirty years ago,
AItCr that time theV WHOLLY disannearnd. md. i'm The