Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-04
c;I.i.sgloni, VA, TUESDAY, Zee. d
THE .SI.iIES.

z..,i Carolina The Legislature convened on TIE
Mr. Patrick Noble OF Abbcvilie was 70 elected
go, .,, { The Scrate wi,hou; cpposi,ion- Jsc"G
.v nc Peudlctns, Cieik.-in Ike II. Of 4 y, Col! IS
. y ,,y 81 Greenv.c MAS ca'rd to the Char-Ioi D.
, Ia;law of Ahhtvie IVES reelected Speek"r, wiki
!" ro,.,ion I. w Clover, Esq. of Ofangcburg was
,.-,a. c!etk, without opposition On Riocn ut H!T.
T.,,,G<. a resolution was adopted, instEuciins the
rr 70 issue writ Of election for three n!entcs ias
~ District 10 I'll lic vacancies occasioned BY tic.
a. ~, fol!owjne day. Governor Butter Message was
;,,i 10 tie ;wo Houses. II barely touches rs iei-
: % Inc general co.Iliion OF the country:
~ Wa.r wp we've lately convened Under these walls,
=, ham, oG affection was heavy upon US EntcIpris-.
.sr.l.d Commerce was pEcstlatsd, the c,cu!a"u,
4. blood OF Commerce, Yves tainted with insecurity
w.. s.rrc7. Our agricultural interest iet deeply the
al distraction: rs products we're deprec,atf 10
e, ,La, left The die riited planter bare rcInunc
I.c for his toll | am happy now 10 join ~ith you IN
,nr q, the commencement Ct better state OF ihings.
q i9yr weGthcrsd The gale end toe sun shines again:
rpr,,n,ss and corsdl restored. Credit is re-
,,h;.hfd; the Banhs have resumed The pnncua! iGi.
,r-p, u tlti! obligations; trade ERs returned with lie
ND yror 10 is wonted channels, AID our crops rem
stated N va,Cc, usan become fund OF prosperity
Tbr GOreinor IS silent upon The Sub Treasury any
other question Of Federal Finance. Ii is almost trtay
! asts Paper Among other Suggestions OK tits cha-
raster. he says:
Following the same spirit of domestic improve men;,
a. eli YOU have wisely led venture TO suggest ia youe
c-udt ration measure for the ceveioPement OF our
p, uces which does not appear 10 have been S" much
,.9:rciaed by By other States OF equa! intelligence
s,ensjvc Geological Surveys have been instituted IN
-; legislative sanction, in NEST Of the New England
SAFES IN New York, Pennsylvania. aud Virginia Be
s the contribution to Science. tie direct advantage Of
frsu Eves tons has Lten obvious as 10 o!iIniSh
tie Pynense by comparison into almost Dolh!ng. Tic
mineral resources of each section T.! country have been
fyuch 10 !ich, and laste available. Mines Q! buried
wealth oE every description lave been explored, their
QUALITIES gsctrained, end tker uses pointed out The
,hac.i.d soil of Lower Virginia has found elixir OF
,sw he 10 her long neglected beds Of Lime and hiar
Even the Granite Rocks Of Massachusetts have been
c4ssG and each variety examined, and precisely oca
i. TIE fruit of this enlightened labor is IN The
locks Of masonry which haze bee brought over thou
aL es Of Ocean, 10 adorn tie streets Of Charles
IN Dut propose rather 10 advise with you, than
:. Greet your councils leave this bare suggestion TO
y.G: better Intelligence. VIII only remark, that The
.,Yev Instituted years SINCE under the c,se Of
Yrcrssor Van UxCm, was rather iaogca than OF
general geological character, end therefore tended ra-
icr entertain the curious than 10 enlghten lie steps
q pracca! industry.
Gro-gia-A Correspondent of the Augusta Cops,tu.
,rrsIis, writes from Miedgeve the 2id Nov, that
he believes the General BgHhng scheme Ia Ia mode \.
York; before The Legislature, loM te rcjccted -
There ceain;y ority of the men opposed 10
gaming new bank charters: how could such majority,
wa entertaining such opposition vote for the enact.
ueEt Of law which would authorize the establishment
Of 100 banks: Have not banks enough in the inte
nor Of the State And 10 the market towns OF our State,
CO i9y require than few millions Of additional
INK capital? BY the establishment, of more banks,
d, the proposed General Banking scheme will we add
Iea. capital to the capital possess &c.-lt would
BE- better policy the part Of our Legislature instead
CT increasing the number of bank mouopolIes, to adopt
wholesome and effective lave which would restrict the
powers ard privileges too avshly and inconsidea;ely
sn,e in the charters Of the banks in existence
Various bills before the Legislature for the in
ergcra.ion OF separate Banks."The committee on ln
,e;ua improvements to whom had been referred
luton OF the Senate, iDssucng that committee TO en-
cute into the expediency Of constructing The Western
and Atlantic Rai'.old with bot track, reported
asaas, changing the plan adopted in Tie construction
Of he road, &c-On locking the report OF Mr..
Cotng. Safe Geoosis,, 10 tbs Governor, OF October
!ih. lS2 find that during his exploration OF Morgan
County, he discovered inr the FIRST time in GeoT2 "a,
tie substance technically termed grsensr0rd which is
hshy PRICED in France and EHgand as application
10 laGd and considered Gar superior 10 lime and mari
Il how used extensively in New jersey, Maryland,
virginia. etFeclua ,enovator of worn oUt lands.
TIE locality the plantation Of Mir john Mcneil
Il ?s not been discovered yet very extensively; bat
wherever used, il has been proved 10 be the best mine
ri manure applied 10 exhausted lands Even
tie i. yecr after lis application evinces its superiority
other annTes; the vegetation sussins the drought
better, is highly !uxuricnt aud when mixed with puires.
ceG manure, lis ctt!izng properties far supass every
oa!7 c.Epost hitherto made y"