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their stock avery person vii" appropriateness,
connected with tie collection disbursement OF The re-
venue required before he enters the duties Ut his
Office, 10 depose with The Government, as security an
bmoaHt Of to the probable amount
ot tie pubic treasure that pass through his names
This MONEY is held by the Government as guarantee
f'e ese faithful administration ofhe trust conerfeu anu
foss, nj the saipeine part Of its
on interest per cent. til res.oiea
TO tue officer his satisfactorily aclung nse' OF ms
responsibilities or ill be otherwise io'ieea ny MS
fault The moneys thus deposited with the government
by public officers guarantee Tor the faihtul perform
anceof their duties, ARE denoninaed Cau''onnemens
and amountto very large sum, happen to have IN
my possession the report made by tie French Minister
of Finance Count Chabol, 10 the King i'll March, 1880:
from which appears that the Comonnemens on the Isl,
day of January OF that year amounted to tile enormous
sum Of 4S3 973 frs two hundred and twenty six mill
lions four hundred and eighty three thousand, nine hun
ded and seventy three francs) al time when The whole
revenue Of the kingdom did not exceed 300 GOO 600 frs
(nine hundred millions Of rancs) Now sir, It gentle
to introduce here The system OF individual dc
posilories Of the public moneys let them be warned by
the-experience OF the country from which they borrow
that system that il be made safe only by the pesnu
tionary device Of Cautionnemens, the effect OF winch
would be to give 10 the mionalres OF our clues the mo
nopoly Of all fiscal employ r,ens.
But, Sir, great as is the danger OF heavy Pecunary
losses 10 the Government unde! this system, regard
even that uie compared with The extensive 0smo-
radiation it would produce in the country-oY The Temp
taon held peculation 10 private cup'dy, 10 po'
ltical corruption in the large Of public money y
ing idle in the hands Of the public officers
Remainder in our neIt)
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III to Richmond and engaged in business here Which
prevents my attention 10 my iarm, will sell it at very
reduced price This farm is but lille over two miles
from the Market house in This City, and is The lower
meadow bridge road |. contains ZIG g. acres about
100 acres in woods, IL meadow and we'll Sc, in
grass the cultivated upland all in good heart, and about
SO very rich, which have recently been
well set in clover The buildings in good repair and the
barns, stables, COW houses SC, &c. well arranged
and conveniently situated. healthy residence
is no, to be found in Eastern Virginia. For terms ap.
ply 10 me at J. w. Randolph & Co Bookstore, Main
street, Richmond. }. d. ABBOTT
Feb 90 9l-2t
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES.

BANKS AND SPECIE PAYMENTS
On motion Of Mr.. VESABLE, the bill regulating ,m
Banks taken up.
Mr. ROBERTSON moved to strike out the 4th secuo'
and insert the following:
And the whole surplus profits and above he
amount of such dividend, accruing 10 any such 5sri
during the current, and every succeeding, halfyes'
SHALL so long as specie payments continae suspencet
be applied by such bank, at such times may
it expedient to the purchase Of specicwhich spec'
shall be held by such bank, applicable, the resumP
ton Of specie payments, to the discharge Of It's debt:
and other purpose whatsoever-Provided howevs:
that the conversion Of such surplus profits into specI,
sha! be completed within two months after the dviten:
herein. before authorized, shall bedeclored."
Mr. R. said that the section he proposed 10 strike 70
appeared 10 him very obnoxious 10 objection IL PROVE"
that in the event the Banks shall decnre dividend;
fore resuming specie payments they shall be liable
pay 10 per cent. interest all their debts. The Po
sion leaves altogether doubtful whether the Legisia'
deems it expedenl that dividends shall shall no:
declared-and yet, surely that point ought not 10 be
in doubt. The throwing into circulation, or within.
ing from it, so large amount OF paper, the gea! i
rest Of private stockholders in the question, we!
of the State in her character of stakeholder maze
imperative the Legislature TO speak It's vii! % m
subject, and not leave it ambiguous. These were e
sderations Of very deep interest TO the whole cotns.
ty They far exceeded in importance what be!onGea
the question, viewed merely in reference to The inter-,
Of the Bank. These latter alone come properly VIZ"
the view Of Bank Directors nor could they be expec1
look beyond them. The question, lie repeated, was t
of great magnitude and Of general interest il was
duty OF the Legislature 10 weigh and decide II: inv
Of referring it, the section under consideration ''
another tribunal. ~
Should the law pass in its present shape, and the y
reclors should decide against declaring DIVIDENDS;
would be the consequences; They would be ha'si
cruel in the extreme large number of ind'Vldaa
on widows and orphans-whose main, u not Sole;
dence 70, support was many instances, he
their bank dividends The Commonwealth, olso wo s
be seriously injured holding she did, large sno, -
of Bank stock BY withholding the dividends. Ines
the principal reliance Of her Literary Fund and inter-"
Enforcement systems, and the failure Of them wou''
attended with degree of embarrassment to these s.'
interests which he (Nr. R) did not believe the leg
ture would be willing the responsibility %
casioning. So mucT for the effects OF non
dividends. dscI,s
On the other hand should the Banks decide % G ~
dividends they of course expose themselves 70 -" n
naI,y of paying 10 per cent interest, on all ''e''
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Let US see (says the Poetaster) how Il
NTH a very little t1lnsnosillon:
CeInSLinL Phennmcnon.

We witnessed on Tuesday night about 10 O'clock a
beautiful appearance in the Heavens. The night was
extremely cold and large portion Of the sky
vered with black clouds. But there appeared in the
East beautiful and broad rays of light which seemed to
emanate from common centre, and spread little 10
the South Of the meridian 10 the Southwest portion of
the Heavens These bright rays inlerspersed with
darker bands Of the surrounding clouds. 1t was an
unique and striking phenome non-and seemed 10
bic The Aurora Boreas its character # did CONT.
nue. for an hour from the time when first observed it.
PS. The Aurora BoreaIis appeared again last night
hut the corruscatons not in marked manner
The Sky was bright and unclouded
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anti national policy. So much for the grand Federal
Panacea!-While ! am writing. MIR. Clay, hriev. is
holding FORTH doubtless in behalf of his financial master
but political servant
With great respect, your friend and servant
Extract Of a letter Erom Washington, FRI. le Ic3S
81 heard nearly the whole of aIr CaItlnum's SPEECH
and listened with 10 ordinary attention. but for The lG
of me cannot discover what there in it, 10 cntirI.
il ,u such unbnunlrd admiration, as been By r,any
bestowed upon il. X was characterized, as ~! Cal.
houn speeches usually are, by many bold ass"ron-
Sustained by muny sophsms aud much metaphysics It
gIided sometimes into the extremes OF strict construction
and then nto tie extremes Of Ihudinaan'sn A;.cng
other extraordinary aud totally ndernslOle rnslI;ols
which he TOOK, he assumed that Tie Federal Govern.
ment had power receive in payment OF It's dues any
thing but gold and silver COMA position reued by The
practice of the Government, since It's foundation by
his own vote upon The National Bank question, and lie
paincst and most simple construction of the Coas,u.
lion In questioning The ability and sonndness OF this
speech, do not intend to call into question, Mr. Cal.
houns claim TO great talents; far from i'll Only mean
10 saw that he not strong enough for so ntsenshe
position the he occupied-he was deep the
raus that his vision had not sufficient range 10 Obtain
real light
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THONGS JEFFERSON.

Il piyes Us great pleasure 10 publish the following "
bule from of the first periodicals in the wofld 10 oe
of the first OF the ags.-As soon as We can lay WI
hands upou the last No of tile Edinburgh Review, we
shu Law copuus extracts if not the whole article bee
our readers:
(From the Men York Erening P0st)
Messrs Edilors-The last number OF The "Edinhnrsh
Review conlaus an article on Professor Tucker Lille
NJ Jrf.r.on. It is written in high strain OF eulogyr
and with mparality and freedom from prejudice. 1t
masses pliment Of the highest character upon the
noIca career of that illusirious statesman "Alirr
Washington and Franklin there is no person who ills
s eminent n place among the gIea. men oil America as
Thomas Jefferson At the stirring per iod he entered
uoon The duties and trials Of public lie, galaxy OF
npnt had awned upon the Western world OF unpre.
cedrnrd character. The thrilling notes OF Undergraduates
had called forth Abilities which but for the advent fiber.
IT, rnGht have slept in obscurty. Among That band OF
Revolutionary pariols Thomas Jefferson held con
spcous station boil, as efficient civil magistrate and
an able and industrious stacsncn aud as the drama De-
cac uniuIdrd his remarkable abilities and genius as al
accomplished public officer were fully appreciated and
consequently upon him derolved The important and
weiuhiy duties How he has done the Slate some
service the pen Of the historian records and until Inc
name of the American Republic shall have iuded from
the recollection of mankind, The ilIustrous deeds oil ms
distinguished pulrin shall fora The most important page
of her history The reviewer appears To have dvcsed
hi,nsefof all The prejuLices Of his connrymen and with
strict imparlialy that alone cond have rendered him
eooetcnt To the TASK done Justice to his cherished me
n,ory: and no Americana whose mind Is not warped ny
sectional feeling, or the more cupnble sensation oil 4
morbid PREJUDICE can refrain from rendering his sincere
thanks 10 the impartial editor, in treating so fully and
fairly Of eminent conntryman, and ol!"rnS soJust
tribute 10 his revered memory.
Your most obedlent servant,
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MERCANTILE ADVERTISER OFFICE,

New YORK, Sunday, Feb 10.
Dtstructee Fire Bu'ccry Theatre Barncd.-On Sun.
day morning, about o'clock, fire broke out in the
Bowery Theatre which entirely consumed The whole III.
terror CT the building, ngehewilh The machinery dress
es. &c. leaving nnlhing hut part OF the walls Standing
The building adjoining, known The old Bulls Head
Tavern, was also burned We understand the Theatre
WIS insured !o % COO dnars. The loss is said 10 he
about 90 GuO dl'ars. The fire broke GU, in the paint
room the gallery, in front stable belonging to
Mr.. iambln burned at the sumo time, corner Of
Christie and Walker streets, and co!ored was
bu ned to death.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-22

In publishing the Debate, in our last paper, the
election OF Councillor our Reporter noticed in few
lines the appeal which had been made by Mr. Stuart Of
Augusta to MIR. Mcdowell of Rockbrdge.-He simply
noticed The point made by MIR. S. without enarging his
remarks; but Reporter entirely pretermitted the
ply Of Mr.. Mcdowell. Ii was very happy aud appro
praie lie made direct and immediate response TO his
friend from Augusta-Andih The Debate passed on between
the other members OF the House.
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ENANOvER COURT HOUSE TAVERN is again
Al q offered far Sufc!-Thc subscriber, having made
considerable investments Of capital in the purchase of
Texas lands, which will require his attention. has deter
mined to replnye 10 that couny-and such, again Of
fers his Tavern establishment and Farm, ut Hanover
Court house, for sale.
This Tract of land contains between six and seven
hnndred and is skted by bold and never.faing
stream the south, which gives ample supply Of
meadow lands-a handsome portion of which is
well laid down in grass, affordng plentiful supply Of
long forage for the of the stabes.-There is also
the lands abundant supply very rich mari, capable
Of rrtilzing the whole q" the arabic lands The Tavern
buildings large and commndons, and have a,e I'M
dergone thorough repair, with extensive addilions-
There also attached several very convenient out houses
suitable be converted into house, md residences
for separate families will sell the above lands very
reasonable TERMS Us am anxious TO removed will sell
for cash or on crfdl exchange for young negroes
or Southern lands, TO suit purchnser-and invite such
as may be disposed possess this truly valuable proper
ty to call and examine 10. themselves believing that the
property will best recommend itself
J. D. ANDREWS
Feb 90 91-w4w
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K8LU8BLE DIscOYERY-Go n.b.od,

There TO be end 10 the Mineral treasures of
Enthusiastically we heard of another discovery,
which, according 10 present Appearances is destined 10
prove ncacunbe servce-The reader will recollect.
that during the last autumn spoke of rich vein Of
Iron ORE which was in of exploration, on the
South side Of the James River near the Coal Pits, and
from two TO three miles of the River. The ore has
been further opened and happy to learn promises
TO be Of great value 1t is under the auspices of John
Heth, Esq and is Immediately the new Rail Road,
which will soon be opened from The Coal Pits to the Ri
yer-But The discovery embraces object-a large
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-22
THE DEBATE

The discussion the great subject OF internal I'M
proyemput continues in the II. Of Delegates. The De.
bat. has been distinguished by great aby-as the read
er will probably pronounce when he sees our Reports OF
the Speechcs-Ihe last Speech was delivered yesterday
by Mr.. Mcdowell Of Rockbridge. We were un!ortu.
nate enough 10 miss -bui understand from various
ouarters that it was one of the powerful and eo-
queut Speeches which ever delivered in the CAPT.
toll He supported the Report Of the Committee
When he had closed, there strong and spon.
tuneous burst Of applause from some OF the members and
Spectators.
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Manchester Colton end HAL Manufacturing Company
Z narnIiun nI The PIE .idlu and Qicrcints Of Tic

.hNNrNeSIr IUIlON EHN NI sHUEuJutIHTtUT OUHP"HT'
T meeting OF The President and Directors Of the
IA above Company, held on the 2Oth inst, it was
Orderd, That the capital stock If the Company he
increased by the ndd"n IF $1,000 or 100 sIares-and
That the present stockholders be permitted until and on
the l5.h Of March next, Subscribe such number of
shares of the augmented stock may b. in proportion
To the shares held by them, he scale to be arranged
by E. d. BEsrLEY AGent) paying fr the samc at the
time. in cash nr in dividend cerlicnes; and that tile
shares remaining uns"d, after the said 9Th day Of March,
be disposed Of as the Bourd may hereafter direct.
In pursuance of The above order have opened Books
OF Suisse rpon for The said 100 shares of STOCK mud the
their respective portions. L. Il. BENTLEY.
F.b22 9l-2awll5M
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EJrr In BHuHisiLei


The National lntclligencer has employed one of its
poeascrs in giving parody of one of our late para.
graphs II is in, poor opinion, rather wreched dog.
IRE but as we have bection That such things whe
liner good or bad should 60 the rounds we lay il cheer
fuy before our readers IF there any wit taste
in the Thing wc should lay at the door of worthy
friend S He is decidedly man Of genius; from
whose pen We have some charming productions.
But the following is much too tame and wtless for him.
At all events as The lntegencer says, Prs La Baga
ee # il brings smile upon the face Of one reader
we shall be content. The times Of Joint, and
Politics pouring rather too much acid into the cup II
the dogGel of the lntegencer administers drop OF
sweet into it, it is we'll The least portion Of humour
may produce good hamonr-and we are even willing
that il should be at expense, if it smooths for
moment the brow Of care dsspatcs the force of party
con,enlion-Su T'irc La Bagateis!
uuIclvrs cr not ono moment in the Position which
we seize We differ with Mr.. Van Buren, about his scheme Of e.
nance; rOne his qualifications md his prncipes
lie aud ling Rrpublcan-a friend Of the South
and the opponent OF aboonism.n distinguished states
Forsyth told the Senate the great secret Of his SucccssNo
lcrcn tho has not yet fokrn his wund buried
hs book-Wc Join with the Wings nncc-and say, ala
ia Van Buren, aud no national bahs sny Cy ana The
Bank" lhhhhnona enquirer.
with very little transposon
Firm in the strong position we now seize,
Our humble selves, we shrink aud alcr not:
No moment 10 we hesitate
With Mr. V. r. bout financial schemes,
We still do differ But, finance aside,
In his right principles we yet confde.
a staunch and true Republican 10 he;
OF abolition opponent stern
statesman, too OF sense and temper good
tThc which, MS ForsYTH to the Senate suid,
The secret constituted Of his great succcss)
No the Magician has not lost his wand,
Or buried yet hs hook of sramuryc!
With the cuTst Wings at once we issue join:
" Martin Van f'uren Nations Bank ~
"Agans, the Bnuk, and down with Harry CIny!"
These be our watci-word and our bate-cry!
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sdcnt Of Tho United States in relation 10 The banking
institutions of the country, wit, rrw to the ultimate
establishment of Government Treasury bank. which
policy this Sub Treasury bill is one Of The steps Tor
carrying out and effecting.
MI Clay concluded ,isspeech nj little after clock
when, after brief remark or two by Mr. Calhoun, and
reiolnder by MIR. Clay.
Tie Senate adjourned 49,
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Dinwiddie c. H.. Feb. 10, 1895.
GENERAL JACKSON.

WAsHisaTos, Feb. l9.-By express mail letter r.
ceved TO day from Nashville, have the pan,! int
gence that General Jackson has been again visited %''
hnmorrhuge of the lungs, and that grent apprebenso
entertained for the issue Of this second attack.
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NEGROES FOR SALE Will be sold at Surry
Court. house.. on the 4,l Monduy in alutch next,
Il, being Court. day) valuable Negroes, men, boys
and girls Terms at the sale.
PETER T. SPRATLEY,
Error. Of Haltsr and .7dm'r Wu. SprGtiey decd.
Feb % 9l-W4w
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conauc.oIs. We possess the elements, and will com
mnnd the field The Uned States viii! be The grea.ess
commercial nation that the sun ever shone npoh' "u
New Work will vet ouslrip London, Amsterdam, Car
thaqe Alexandria, Tyre Sidon.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-22

Historical and Philosophical Socie'y Of Virginia,
The Society assembled in the Capitol on Tuesday
night large and respectable audience attended their
Proceedings The Address Of their accomplished Pre-.
sident Judge Tucker, was exceIIent-hr. Baxter then
rose To deliver The Annual Address. 1t abounted in
strong and striking views OF The History The character
and manners of YITSinia-and Of essential aids which
such Society can contribute to ILLUSTRATE the Insu-
tons Of the Siate--Wc hope, blh these Addresses will
Je laid before The Public-Sere!al specimens were ex
hiblcd Of The mineral curos'i's and resources OF Vr
girn DR. Coleman presented them with various beau
tirul fossils and s,es.-Dr Cohen exhibited precious
sample OF her wealth in three bran! bars Of pure gold
which had been extracted from The Of Bookrrs mine
in Buckingham. They weighed near 1oo pennyweshts
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-22

PERMITTING lNK-Just received al this Office, a
RI supply Of johnson u Durant's Hinter .Ns,cs Ink,
which will be sold for Us cents per pound for Cash
Sept
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md rich bed of natural Coke which is just below The
Iron ore-and is suspected of being IN large hein-
and Of beno near II feet thick-l'he Coke was hrst
discovered by those who engaged in laying down
the Rail Road they thought of burning it fuel, and
the experiment has answered 1t is said that Professor
Rodgers has pronounced 10 be natural Coke-ana we
understand that MIR Dean is about try lis virtues in
his Iron Rolling Mill.-SiioulL il correspond with the
indications which have far transprrd, il will prove
source OF great wealth to lis worthy, liberal and enter
prizng prOprirtnras well of advantage to the rising
Manufactures uf Richmond.
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COMMUNICATED.
II stated in the Enquirer Of day, that if the House
had voted third time, the Senate did, MIR. Cat
land would have been elected. This is mistake of the
Reporter. The third Of the Senate was, IL for Gar
land TO H. say for mcfarland. Major fancey had re-
tired owing 10 ndisposition. The vote in the House
would have been the Sd ca-ior mcfarland, GG-o'
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-22

COMMUNICATIVE
"The hold and rig0rous Vaughan" in tie f"Id
A farce took place to-day at our Court, which would
have made you laugh, if you had been there. The
Wings were about to hold caucus to bring out Wig
candidate, and the presen. incumbent declared
himself as candidate, the Wings quit cGucuslnG. end
seemed to be very dumb the subject. The pfesfE;
representative will be elected without doubt; and when
he arrived at the Court house, lie had idea 0! beIn.
candidate, but from the very many solicitations Of hs
friends he could not decline. would give you mot
full and perfect history, but time will moi admit.
A DEMOCRAT Is EARSES:
l;o
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The vote would have been
For Garland Ga, added to Il, is equal 10 81
For mcfarland G6, added to II, is equa! 10 ~
Necessary 10 q choice, e.
Absences from the House-klpssrs. Garland Pete!
and Yancey--!n The Senate, MIR. Ellis
February 90. A MEMBER.
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Smith
ILLINOIS ELECTION.

The returns from this State have been so various
and contradictory that no definite conclusion could
be drawn from them the final result, IT both
sides were TO be- taken into the account. The dli-
ficuIiy mainly arose from the closeness OF the vote
The appearances are that Carn is elected Gov
e.aor and the latest news from there as to other
candidates is as follows, which may assume new
aspect by another week s...
UP STUART!-DOWN DOUGLASS!
BY this m rnngs mail We rece ived the Chicago
American of the :0th uIt. from which the following
is an extract. 1t will be seen that the Wings have
IA majority IN the Legislature, which will enable
them 10 elect United States Senator and by tee
election OF Stuart, there is an anti Locofoco major
ny in the Congressional delegation. This is the
real triumph
SpRINoFIELp, I'LL. Aug. 26, 1888.
To the Editor Of the Chicago .71neriean:
Dear Sr-You are undoubtedly in suspense in
reference to our Congressional election. letter
from Vandalia, this evening, gives the official re-
turns ION all the counties except z, and there is no
doubt entertained here of Stuart's election by So
votes You will hear much l presume about 80
votes in Greene, in favor of Douglass. not counted
in the official of BIZ, but we have it from gentle
man Of this town who left Greene this morning,
thai 'sit all humbug"
PS. The Legislature will s,and-Senate, %
Wings, Conservatives, l6 Locofocos. House, 46
Wings, al Locuiocos, conservatives.