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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-10-12


Gazette contain, III qu1ncrf statement oi inc Dana
ri England. from May 3olh 10 August ed
LIABILITIES. AssLTs.
Circulation clsaG9, one $ecurafie. c267l7,o0o
/ ncposife, Il.oD5,001 B4'lloa 5.15i690
r3a4r7.oao .c33.I7l.051
Il is stated in tn London tlohe talt more thaa
|lLo0o persons are noa IN rf.so. tot debt N Eng
land and Wales.
The London co3, Cucu'r STAT, hat the Queen
fidrs oui d., on horseback, accompanied by all The
lalds and ladies' Of her court-~r5h her mother at
her rehl mud. Truly 1oody compane' aud
quite novelty ion tlr English neither Of ihen PIE
eedus sugeleisas having Lad any ta'te FIR h"tSr-
m3ushlp.
The iortnae to which Miss Angela Burdcu has
succcedrd b. the viii oithe Duchess OF =. N5aus
Is only Ct, zoo, 0aa-Say nine millions oi Dullar5.--
Sho has changed hernaHe 10 Goaus
FROM FRANCE.
Our Paris letter Of Wednesday states, on tho best
authority, that "a Conacli OF Ministers held
TUESDAY, At which the Duhc of Orleans, who had
been sent tor to the camp oil ConpIclne, was pre-
seat. The expeditions against Constantine WAS re-
solved upon III thai Council and an on "Wednesday
morning tie Duke returned to Conipcgae.''
Advice, tom st Petersburg. tor The 10Th uit
stated the Emperor aud Empress had set out ON
the l2tl from their summer residence ut IarSkn-
eeelo, the ouucr Tor The southern proyaecs Of The
empire and the Empress for Nn'coH, Hteucc she
is also IN proceed to southern Russia.
The BIN sens announces HAT Prince AIcttetniu Ia
Is IN allrmino State OF health. "Vhlt alteration
Is. say, the Bon Sem, lsciibr in N1rnn.,to tie dis
appointment Npcfenced by the Prince IN his Lle
visit Ia Catlshad and to the nomination OF NJ de
W,riot to thr office oi the fri Minister OF Prlls-
ga Others attribute II 10 domestic ehaqio.'
FROM SPAIN.
fton Ntdod, ". have inform ZION II the effect
tit tae EtfArRAyA ministry had on thc oh August.
resigned. On 3na,se. The caa>e Of this unexpected
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sbEs. ysOAsSIssY' EI.fKL1,
SSs.EON DENTIST.

H AS returned to Lynchburg, and may be sooa
d Il the Franklin Hotel.
AuC. 81 tsli
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Aayccs from Milan. oil the 18th August, stated
that Immediately on receipt OF dispatches from VI.
enua, superior officer and member OF the com
missarat department, had been ordered to bologna
Tor the purpose It was supposed oil making The ne
ccS>arN preparations for the forward march OF the
troops. The Government received every day Spe-
cia courier from Rome and Naples. Travellers
lately arrived in Milan announced tlat lhe Nearli-
tan hoops were hochaded in the Apprentices, at y
qui!a and that all communication was cut oil be
tween the capital and that province. whose popua-
ton they represented rs extremely dsalectcd to the
Government. It was forbidden in Lombardy. I'M
der the seyercst penalties, to speak politics.
Two gentlemen. one ct them LAWYER. were lately
imprisoned at Mlau, and another at BrescIa, for
pressing their political opinions.
The Duke of Nodcna had ordered the deinitive
seGuestratien ami sale OF the property OF go indy,du
ais.
A letter from Bologna, dated the 20tll August, adj
Dire sscd the Commerce, mentions that the Swiss
garrison of that city had left on the 18th for Rome
aud that an Austrian regiment had come to replace
II on the following dar. raS movement of troa s
and letters received in Bologna from Rome and M
pleshad given Use to many coniceures. 1t was re-
ported that the Court OF Eome. alarmed the saua-
tory condition Of that capital, Which daily grow.
lng worse, had ordered the Swiss Legion to come
aGd reinforce its garrison. Others said that the
SWISS Legion was gong to form corps of obsersa-
ton the frontiers oithe kingdom OF Naples on ac
count OF the events stated to be passing the Abruz
III and CaabrIa
In Palermo the cholera had nerary subsidized but
II ragged IN the interior, and some parts of the
coast. with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l. was learned that
the epidemic VIII have carried off one tenth OF the
population OF Sicily. The Governor of lteuer Ca
abfia appfehending revolt among the gallcys slaves
ut Cnsenza, had called torare enforcement OF troops
10 rsprcss II. Inc Gotcrnnent sent hlm 800 men .
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TbHilE next session OF the Subscribers School, will
A begin on "Wednesday, the tth Of October.
llENNi\GHIAN Y. REID.
Sent. tslt
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FLOKIDN.--'rhc following lercrtlona co,,,..
pondem q. the Gtia3fc fstfieaa At ranp. E,,
although not OF the Latest date, contain, iniorn,,io
of interest
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Nh WISE presented memorial ofad,cs ana
gentlemen O. Halifax county. IN Tia State of ugi-
ma, praying Congress 10 furnish husbands, At lnhir
expense, TO all iema', petitioners upon subjects rplt
ting to slavery, thereby giving dreel.on IL then
minds calculated to maize them good natrans. ;,nl
averiing the evils Nrh winch The prlesf-cr,fl am.
analicsm Of he Eas.er6 States threaten the p. rlr
Of The South.
THIS peiion, following tar predes,iurd "a. of All
petitions III his session, Ordered 10 II, on thr
table.
INQUIRY As To TIE FLORIDA VAR.
The following resolution offered By Mr. Mise.
coming up now again i. order, Was taken mp for
consideration
. Resolred, That select committee be appoint.
cd by ballot to inquire into the causes Of The extraor
binary DELAYS aid failures AMI lhe enormous exDrn
ditures which have a'tcuded the prosecution OF the
war against the Indian in Florida that sand com
'HT,'ee nave power to send ior persons and papers
and that II have power 10 sit IN herecee aud tlat il
make report TO the next session OF Congress-"
To This resolution Mr.. GLASCOCK had offered
an amendment, proposing that the appointment of
ihe committee should be made BY the SpFAKFR
And TO this hir. HOWARD, of Maryland bad
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

with the steamer Prairie, and the fire caught
from the great heat caused by raising her
steam to its extreme power. A barrel of
whiskey was placed on deck for the use of
the hands during the race, who drank to
excess and became intoxicated
The number drowned and burnt is now
aesertained to be one hundred and seventy
five.
At about IL o'clock at night, the fur
mace became so heated that it communica-
ted fire to, the wood, of which there were
OIL board about sixty cords. When the
crew discovered the fire, they all leA theiI
posts and ran for the yawl, without giving
alarm to the passengers, who were all a.
sleep in their berths. The Captain, for 9
time, attempted to allay the extreme con-
fusion, by stating that the fire was extin
guished twice he forbid the lowering of the
yawl, which was attempted by the deck
hands and passengers. The shrieks o
nearly three hundred persons on board now
rose wild and dreadful. The cry was
to the shore to the shore and the boa
made for the starboard shore, but did no
gain it, as the wheel rope might have giver
way, or the pilot driven by the flames from
his station. The steam was not let of
and the boat kept on. The scene of horro
beggared all description.-Pha. Eng.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

Mr.. Biddle nominated President of the
United States.-When we asked the other
day whether the praises lately lavished on
Mr.. Biddle by the wing prints, were an in
dication that he was about to be nominated
President of the Union, we were not aware
that the thing had already been done. We
have since found the following paragraph in
Virginia paper, published about fortnight
since.
cat meeting of the citizens of New
London, Amherst county, in this State, 'for
the purpose Of taking into consideration the
present distressed state of the country, and
the propriety of nominating candidate for
the Presidency, in opposition to Martin Van
Buren,, on motion, Col. Alexander Austin
in the chair, and Edward Carter, Sec'y,' a
Committee reported, among others, the fol-
lowing resolution; which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That NICHOLAS BIDDLE, of
Pennsylvania, the able fnancier, who with
calm dignity has pursued his benefcent ca
reer,unseduced by fattery and unterrifed by
threatening, deserves well ofhis country, and
we hereby pledge ourselves, under any plau-
sible prospect of success, to sustain him for
the NEXT PRESIDENCY"
This resolution may throw some light up
on the visit of Mr.. Bidde to the President.
Perhaps the great financier wished to look
at the premises, to see how he liked the
White House, the furniture, the air, the pros.
poets. Perhaps he expected on being ask
ed his opinion on the state of public affairs,
to offer Mr.. Van Buren, such advice as
should enable him gradually to fall into
his own predetermined line of policy in
such manner that the nation should not
quite go mad with JOY in passing under
the happy reign Of Mr.. Biddle.-N Y. En-.
Post.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

That this was not chargesble to the adminis-
tration, we will prove by referring back twenty
years, to like practice of the same monster. .
'trick Of youth "-There was heavy and uni
versal pressure in l6le-19. From February.
1917, to July 1918, period of eighteen months.
the national bank had issued its paper promises
TO the pretty snug sum of $50, 100000 but soon
smelling trouble, il began rapid contraction Of
its loans and cutting short its discounts, till
the end of 1918, its discounts were ten millions
less than in July, and its circulation from nine
was down to seven millions. This contraction
continued for two years more, till the discounts
were down to 100000 and the circulation TO
three and a half. The bank was saved but tho
people were ruined. And this is the institution
SO much beloved by the Advertiser as shelter
from all banking storms, the pulling down Of
which it terms robbery!
The growing length of this article admonishes
us to defer the remainder of the subject-indivd-
ual cxtrayagance from high speculation hopes,
and the general distress in England Oith her ana.
tional bank"-till another number.
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AN AC to amend an act entitled "An Act to

AN AC L to amend an act entitled San Act to
regulate Hyhways."
Sec. /. BE IL enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the State Of
Michigan, That every person who shall be
assessed on the highway, shall work the
whole number of days he shall be so asses
sed, or commute for the same at the rate of
one dollar for each day Provided, That
no highway tax so assessed and collected,
shall be expended out of the surveyed town.
ship and district in which the land so situa-
ted are taxed.
Sec. 2. Whenever any road shall be To-
Gated through any unimproved lands, if not
on section lines, the owner or owners of a.
nv such lands shall be entitled to the same
remedy and compensation for damages as is
or may be provided for by law in case of
improved lands.
Approved March ls. 1887.
A true copy, KINTzING PRIrcHErTE,
Secretary of State.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07
A Man of Observation-Disclosures Rath.

A Mdnqf NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rath-
bun, the great Buffalo defaulter, publishes
an address to,the public, occupying five and
a half columns in one of the large papers
of that city, relative to his business and its
unfortunate termination. Amongst other
matter he gives statement of his agents,
overseers, foremen, &c. from which it ap-
pears he had employed in his various oper-
atoms IL general agents o superinten-
dents; 46 foremen 2 architects; / Meas
urer of lumber; teller; 2 ook-keepers; l
paymaster Of Mechanics IS head clerks,
and about 40 under clerks. Under these
superintendents, &c. he had in his employ
about 1000 operatives /; and he states his
daily disbursements to have been not less
than $4,000. There is scarcely branch
of business Of any kind, in which he was
not engaged, besides which he kept four of
the largest stores in the western country
two dry goods, one carpets, and one of gro
ceries, provisions, hard ware, &c. in each
ofwhich he had from to clerks.-N. Y:
Sun, yFp'A
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07
CONSTANTINE REPUBLICAN.


psThe Legislature is to meet, in extra session,
next Monday. The same measures will be pur-
sued probably, as were adopted for relief, by the
N. Y. Lsgislature,---to suspend the operation Of
law against the banks for suspending specie pay
ments.
Being business season Of the year, the session
must of necessity be short-probably not over
weeks duration. There will be no time to act
on petitions, if any should be offered. And the
only matter of attentiors beside the relief demand
cd by the times, will be 70 make provsions for the
election in July or August of representative to
Congress. That is matter of great Importance
as our state, without special act for the occa-
sion, will have no representation in the house, ut
the appointed September session.
In some of the states, the members are elected
in November, the year before taking their seats.
Thus it ought to be here, and thus it probably
will be, when our state has had age'enough to get
every thing matured. 1t is strange that the old
or states had not long ago been prepared. That
delinquency necessarily caused delay Of two OF
three months, in calling the contemplated extra
session of Congress.
The session will be short; that is our hope at
least that is what economy in regard to public
expenses, the members will consider, time like
the present demands.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

Specie Cwcular-some of its efects.-Tho
sales of Government Lands at the Kalamazoo
Land Office, from the LIST of January to the Gath
of May, last year, amounted to the enormous sum
of 81 ,092,2S5 81 which was bought with bills of
banks which were allowed to issue twice and
half and three times the amount of their actual
funds for their redemption when returned upon
them. From the LIST January to the oath May
this year, when nothing but specie would be re.
ceived,the amount of sales was only $344, 1915 Al.
Last year, May 10Th and Goth, two days. the
amount received was $32, 663 3s-and the 10Th
and Goth of May, this year the amount received
was 300.
From May LIST to May oath, 1886. the amount
received was 1871, 525 60, from the LIST to tho
gath of May this year, the sales amounted TO only
$lO,973 O3.
Had the Specie Circular been issued one year
sooner it would have saved us from this sudden
and ruinous contraction of such immense a
mounts Of paper money.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07


1--WE have good reason to be proud of RocH-
ESTER. Her stability has been tested. She has
passed thus far through the pending unparallel-
ed pecuniary pressure unscathed II has not
caused single failure. Our manufacturers,
merchants and MECHANICS stand as firm AZ in the
palmest days of her prosperity. And this Is not
because our business is paltry; for such is not
the fact. There is not place of the same popu-
lation in the Union whose business is so extern
sive. Neither is it because our creditors are
more lenient than others, or our banks more ac-
commodating. The first have pushed their claims
with all possible zeal, while the latter have scarce
ly discounted dollar in three months, and have
been continually curtaing their circulation. We
can attribute this singular soundness to nothing
but the stability, economy and industry Of our
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Rochester Democrat.
IL Our manufacturers, merchants and ME-
CHANCES fall rIined mol stand FIRM as in
the palmiest days of her prosperity !" Thus
says the editor, who but few days before en-
dorsed the statement fthe Buffalo Journal that
the pressure, by means of our dreadful rulers,
was so severe upon the MECHANICS of Rochester.
that the erection of FIVE HUNDRED build
ings this season had been abandoned. Who are
the heaviest men in that city, to erect buildings
Why, the Manufacturers and Morchants--who
stand as FIRM as they ever did! And to wind up
the pretty bundle of consistency-this singular
soundness' is attributed to nothing but the STA
BILIry, ECONOMY and INDUSTRY Of oar citizens .
That industry to b, Of any use, must be pre-.
ductive if not so, where would be the boosted
stability r-and if building is suspended, to that
great amount, what do those Mechanics, the
Carpenters, Joiners and Masons, in their econ
omy,' busy themselves about2
In TRADE of bitter complaining, one day, by
an editorial flourish, Rochester is destitute Of
business and her mechanics thrown out of EN-.
ployment-fve hundred ercctions being abandon.
ed. Another day, not long enough after for any
material change to have taken place" There is
not place of the same population in the Union,
whose BUSINESS is SO EXTENSIVE !" Two
statements SO Numerically opposite, cannot both
be true. Which would the Democrat have US
believer
We are not disposed to accuse our editing bre-
thren of uttering falsehoods; that would not be
gentlemanly,' lin our own view, and according
to the written theory Of the Buffalo Journal ~
but wh;n any thing SO barcfaced in self-contra-
diction appears, and we are cautioned about ques-
tioning it, we feel in duty bound to make an ex-
posure. Discrepancies of the kind, to use a mild
term, are too common with the contcmncrs Of
the administration. TIE anxiety to gain the as
cendancy, by a defeated party, is not unfrequen..
ly carried to such an extent as TO dcf,at the eff.
feet intended There is no better way to exhi-
bit the recklcssness of violent partisans than to
expose the contradictions of their own pare.
graphs.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

10 An editor at the east makes, bitter com.
plant, in its usual low rant because we exposed
one of his mis-statements. The paper is com.
monty so full of wrath and i'll will, that il never
mentions Mr.. Van Buren, or any member of the
administration, without disgricing its publishers
by indecent and harsh language. In paragraph
of its accustomed slang, not long since, was n
statement that the erection of fpe hundred build.
ings in Rochester had been abandoned the pres.
ent season. result Of some evil device Of the
general government. We doubted as to the mum.
Der. 1t smelt too strong of Munchausenism for
our credulity. For this, we are belabored with
an epithet which decent schoolboy would des-
pise, and accused of making "gross attack"
And in the same TRADE of complaint is this elias.
steal expression-the " Knavery of our national
administration" Laughabe as it appears, in
the same paragraph we are accused of having pur.
sued an "ungentlemanly coursc!" The print to
which we allude is entitled "Daily Buffalo Jour.
nal"
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

u The opinion of such veteran editor as
Phinehas Allen, Esq., who has published the
Pittsield Sun nearly forty years, is worthy of
respect We have paragraph, from late mum.
Der of his paper an follows;
"When the specie payments were suspended
in 1913, il created no kind of sensation-no kind
Of difference in business Bank notes passed cur
ront then, as they will now, in exchange for every
commodity, and in payment of debts. We got
out Of the difficulty then we shall get out Of h
now
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

Sec. 90. One dollar on each share shall
be paid in, on each share subscribed at the
time of subscription.
Sec. 81. Said railroad company shall
never be entitled to any damages on
any similar improvements made by this
state, that may render its stock less valu-
able. ~ ~
~ Approved March %, 1887.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

The Appaling Disaster Of the Ben Shcr-
rod, caused BY Drunken ness.-We learn
from the Natcilez papers further particulars
Of the less ofthe Ben Sherrod. AT the time
she took fire, she was engaged in race
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

uIt is a curious mistake of good breeding in
the Buffalo Journal, to belabor another for the
supposed offence Of having accused it of false
hood--as an "ungentlcmanly" act--and in the
same paragraph brand the general administration
with knapery! A certain record of antiquity
has the following appropriate qucry-"Thou that
abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilegeF7"
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07
The Questionable Wheeling Gazett
of the 18th inst, says:


"What will Mr.. Van Buren, do1 Let the press
and the people, rich and poor, speak in one voice
that SHALL force the Executive to open his eyes
TO their sufferings, and apply some relief. Let
him be made to speak, though his words should be
death to our bleeding country. Let the question
be bank or no bank. And let the people know the
worst, that when they do act, their actions
shall be fiat that none can resst-none with
stand"
The Louisville Public Advertiser of the Goth, in
reply, says -
The public will soon understand the rea-
son why universal ruin continues to be pre-
dicted by the wing papers. They want
national bank to regulate the currency
and politics, according to their own notions.
Will the gentlemen answer one question
as they proceed why has not the nation
al Bank of England, preserved that country
from the blighting effects of the present re-
vulsion?
We cannot perceive how national bank
would prevent overtrading and overbanking
in this country, if established on ordinary
banking principles, when no such effect is
produced by the national Bank of Great
Britain.
To our Wheeling contemporary, we will
put two brief inquiries
LIST. Why was not the revulsion of
1S1s-19 prevented by the Bank of the u.
States
I'd. How in the name Of all that is decent,
did it happen to permit the revulsion of 1925
to occurl
We recollect something about the CON-
mercial reactions of 1919, and 1925, and
if our memory serves us, the U. s. Bank
was as mischievous then, as the State
Banks have lately been. We clip the
following glance at the past, from the
Globe, and recommend an attentive pesusal
of it
INSTRUCTIVE PARALLEL BETWEEN
1919 and 1897.
1919. 1895 and 1886.
L Excessive bank issues ditto.
by u. States bank, and
State Banks following
suit.
1878 and first of 1919. 1895 and 1886.
2 Great importations of ditto.
foreign goods, andgreat
sales of landslide last
equalling over five mil
lions of acres in 1919,
and in half of 1920
over thirteen millions.
Last of 1919, & in 1920. Last of 1886 and 1897.
3 Exchanges deranged, ditto.
many failures of mer-
chants and spectators.
Runs for specie, and
export of it.
See causes under two Ditto, and a distribu-
first heads above, and ton bill to carry ca.
conduct of u. States pital to the interior,
Bank, as then charged and a u. States banls
by II. Niles, Ohio &c. by Pennsylvania, 10
No specie circular,and carry specie abroad,
yet the same results, and strip tho CON-
though an u. States mercial cities of all
Bank to help and re- accustomed means.
lieve, If it could or
would.
3 Then the pressure was Now like diminu-
assigned to the true ton of revenue is
causes, and not attrib- probable, and was
uted to the adminstra- predicted in the an
ton. Then the dimn- nual treasury re.
ution of revenue COM port last December,
PEELED Congress to au- and may lead to the
thorlze loans to pay same consequence,
current expenditures or a repayment by
in both 1890 and 1921. the state of the de-
posites distributed.
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Ditto, and a distribu-
ton bill to carry ca
pital to the interior,
and a u. States bank
by Pennsylvania, TO
carry specie abroad,
and strip tho COM
mercial cities of all
accustomed means.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-06-07

ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY LIVES LOST
We take the following particulars of a
most appalling steamboat disaster, from
accounts in the N. Y. Express: