Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-20


this piece ofiniormation too, the Editor evidently
ehuekles with great elee. lie, too singing 80 lately
Jeremiais ovec the dismissal Of those who had been
foe years plunderins the public. Prescription wa,
then the uost damning sin of which the President
could be capable now, however, when according
u hts own st'tement, than one half ct the ma.
ton arc prescribed fell swoop. it is all rich,
and proper ont consistency thou art a Jewel q,
rare value, and art entitled to a caskei Of equal "a.
t''y, and we would commend thee to inha bit the
body of our bco'her of the Enquirer.
| In sober sadness and in all truth we pity the con
dh'on to which the President has reduced himself
How much more to be envtd would his condition
have been, IN every respect, # he had pursued the
straight forward path Of honesty and pain de,lin,
ana nave d'sTegarded the charms Of the scrrents
around him, charmed they never so wisely"
The Appomatox Bulletin, at Farmyill- !. 10
change ITS head quarters TO Petersburg and beeom,
daily.
meeting Of the Alumni OF Hampden Sydocv
college, and others held on the 23rd ut have called
convention, to be held in this city, on the Isl d,v
oi December next, 10 take into consideration Tho
interests OF tue Colleges and Academies IN ,h,s
State. " "''
Nicholas Brown, who recently died at Providence.
bequeathed the sum Of thirty thousand dollars 70
wards the erection, In Providence or vicinity of a,
asylum Tor the insane
Samuel J. Bridge. Esq, Of Ch,rl,stown. has b..,
appointed 10y the President OF the Irn,t,d So
one OF the Appraisers IN the Custom House of ,h,s
B"s. .Nsr. Jour.
Faneui Hall, Boston, the old cradle of I ;b.,,, :;
Just 100 years old. Nc Peter Faneuil. made an of.
Ter IN town meeting TO huid It. in i7IO and !, y.
excepted by vote of 367 to 500 vas
The Steamer Troy made the run from New Vol
Ill
minutes. " N'S ""u -
The ticket Of the Locos in New >-otL C;,,. r.
members OF the Legislature, TO Judge from tbsi,
names are all foreigners. IL is SAID that iust ,L,
."'Ie 'outths oi the voters OF the Tammany Tick.,
In that City, frs, the light of the sun in ~ g.
Course. "e"' VI
ne I. = Gozstte says, that MIR Andrew McNI,-
~" mas an acre of corn, OF the yellow sourd sreI
S'nH' winch has twenty-.ix rows, Of fty kernels
stalk. ' 'P'"
The New York Tribune states that tho nunh.r
OF females employed IN Massachusetts /, Jo too -,
whom about $4,000 are in woolen factories. The
amount OF their earnings, annually, Is es.
Nma'ed at four millions Of do,ar-.
The receipts ut The late Mechanics Fair in Bos,o,
amounted TO $4,000. "'
Secretaries Forward, wickliffe and Upshur. Ar.
widowers, and MIR Lsgare is bachelor.
The majority OF Gov. Doce, in Iowa is 5I4.
Mcleod sailed in the Acadia, from Boston, on
Saturday. VIZ
a Tall Fam.iy.-Is1uc Hill in his diseopr,. ~,
Inc mountains OF Ne" England, mentions ths fol-
lowing fact:
81 know family Of sons and daughters horn mn.
On INC side OF the MoschlI'ock, which mounts nc,r
y I'VE thousand feet above the OCEAN thIrtc.n -,
"hom averaged more than six feet each IN height
and this family had repeatedly turned on, MS rG,c,
thousand pounds of maple ,u.nr annu,Ilv n,J,o,
hat season " hen farmers who have no sus,r tres
arc lying upon their OIrs"
Gov. Pok's long message to the Tennessee I o.
'isature, has no reference whatever TO national moi
tics. f''
Gen. Houston has a large majority of vo,s, o,,..
Burnett, tor President of Texas
a gentleman in Charleston, 5. C. bos :, HE ,,,.
SESSION prayer book, written IN the Hebrew In |
;ua"e, thirteen hundred and fity.scyen wears odd
inpoy ID SioeS.-We nre happy TO anroune, the
eturE tom England oiOur friend 4. q. Allen E.o
1t Buff 10, who has visited Gre,t Britain up5n n
's'r""H'a' tour and Inspected all the principal
II rds Of the kingdom. Perhaps We have mn -. -
: ho cou.d nave done this TO better advantage Mr
Allen has long been devoted 10 the GrerdIn, ~ a.,
lie, and has raised some beautiful Durham, and me-.
'uch rs we have never seen surpassed. lie now
South Downs, York. Keni.worth and BcrEer,-e
,'ss, shcperds' dogs, Docking fowls, Eu..rtsh ,br,.
ANTS, &c. tie has under hIs cIre valuable sheen l
Worth $500 head, Tor Hon. MIR. Stevenson. B,,I,n
'eade' OF HIrSn'a, and +. Ro'ch, Egg, OF Bot 1
ornuts, New Gok. Mr.. Rutch's lamb Is , S,,,,tb / I
Down, only six months old, and weis!,s one INN | .
i'ed 'ni MY Two pounds. II IS indeed IN srgy.i.
ION 10 our stlie, and VIC doubt not viii ur &c ,
o"rce OF proht to the importer MIR NHsn came , ! 4
passenger IN tn" Hendr'ck Hudson, CarttIn Nor.
IAN. lac asst named gentleman hoagbr out , W, :
lie Durham cow for ms own farm on the Cnuurc.. &
Ut Nc also learn thal an * en1td notice f t.. !
took will appear from Mr. Aliens own Den IN ono
II Tie agricultural periodicals atsn .ry d,y.