Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-13

race is among the best in point Of time in thu
country. The only race lost was when she was beae'
by Tyler, two mile heats, at Camden, in the Spring o
sd after winning the second heat. She is the pro
perty Of MIR. Gibbons of New Jersey, and may be EN-
phatoay classified 'lile Northern horse"
Rhode Island-The Charter Legislature adjourned
over till Wednesday last, when they expected to re-
ceive the Presidents reply their Requisition for as
sstance. The Suffrage Legislature have adjourned
till July Both parties have sent on Delegates u
Washington-Gov. Dorr, oil the part of the Suffrage
Party.
Arrests have been made Of several citizens, (amongs
them, Dutee J. Pearce and they have been admit'ct
to bail. But force has been Employed volencs
has been attemped-yet the signs have been onnous
some fatal extremity. If the troops of the u s. an
called out, we tremble for The consequences we cor
jure the President Of the u. S. 10 fosbcar He has nc
authority TO act in case like this Some Of the ST.:
rounding States ought 10 iniepose their best Offices Il"
| reconcilement.
Large meetings have been held in N. York and Phi
Iadepha for the purpose of expressing their sympathy
for the of the Suffrage Party, and of remon'
stratng against the nerpostion of the Federn an,ho
rity. The meeting at Philadelphia on Monday Eve
ming was a very numerous one-Mr. Andrew Miller IT
the Chair Among other resolutions, they adopted the
following
Rcsolr That we do utterly dsappove sending Of hired
regular Rhode Island In thu design to over
awe the people, and do belief that cause
which cannot be sustained by the militia ought not 10 be ea "
"Resooed That language The apostle of Liberty
In America rshort our brethren in Island maintain
al hazards the sovereignty of people, filler MOI fo
these Inc times that mems SOULS 'lc summer "liiei
and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink fon the service
ofhis county ht lie that stands n0D deserves The love ad
thanks of man and woman
from the enjoyment Of heir natural right Of scs"vcrnnen by
Of tho people, and will hold President Tyler responsible for ali
consequences HAT may result therefrom.
Thomas Dorr Governor Of Rhode Island Repre-
.enayes in Congress, witt, request that they be Immediately
laid before that body"
Mr.. Van Buren touched ut Memphis and at Vicks.
burg the Mississippi, his way from New o.
leans to the Hermitage. AT both thesei points, he
was received with great distinction. At Smith
land, (Kentucky,) situated at the confluence OF The
Cumberland and Oiio rivers, he was received by
the Committee from Nashville, who had gone to meet
him in The steamer Hermitage. They arrived on Mon
day night (25th) at Nashville The Nashville Union,
of the 2Sth gives CLOWN. account OF the arrival and
reception of Mr.. Van Buren, at that place. "iie stop
ped but short time in Nashvie-the old General had
sent his carriage, which Mr. Van Barren rode out 10
the Hermitage. sight of that meeting between the
two most remarkable Of the age would have been
"Worh ten years Of peaceful ie"
The Union says:
- citizens, regardless Of partisan
distinctions; graduate Van Buren, his arrival AT
this place is not only cicdahlc hi. eds bat To those who
spontaneous with which he met
al the landing by thousands there assembled tel mat nc mas
eTts Of th"sc leading advssae. who have asn rus sush
to d's, the popular tide against him. he seves In the affection"
Ga Thursday, the 25th, Mr. Van Buren, visited Nash
vile, accompanied by General Jackson, Mr. Pauldng,
and number Of gentlemen in carriages and on horse
back. The Nashville Wing says
hc consisted about hundred citizens pre-
coded by the Eashvil Blues and after passing through sevela
cped al The Ta;hy nn Where rooms an Ist on p
Ten or twelve hundred persons Sc &c MI van buren, hens
aons Of his friends with dignity and we were pleased to re-
mark that large number of his political opponents vailed upon
Mr. Van Buren, and MIR Paudnr the invitation of the
visited The Theatre 10 witness The london
Comedy performed with great spirit Mr. Van buren, we I'M
short time with GEN Jsck.on viii visit Kentucky, pass
few days at Ashland The express invitation Of Mr. Clay
The Columbus Ohio "Satesman, of the 9th inst,
says, "This distinguished citizen is expected to pass
through Ohio in the Of two or three weeks, on
his home from visit to General jackson at the
Hermitage. Democratic meeting was held oil Tues
day evening,at which resolutions were passed INVITING
him to visit city, and it is expected that the nvi.
tation will he accepted His Democratic friends Will
give hun hearty welcome
4 Gross BIunder "A Washington Correspondent
Of the Richmond Wing, in attempting 10 exaggerae
the expenses of the Florida War, states that twenty
three dollars and seventy three cents per bushel had
been paid for lime and fifteen dollars and ninety eight
cents per bushel for charcoal for the of The mill
tary force at Fort Leavenworth. Gen. Jesup pub
fishes Card in the last National nellgencer for The
purpose of contradiclng this outrageous assertion
lie pronounces the statement to be utterly false aud
slys, that Gan examination of the accounts will show
that Captain Swords purchased five thousand four hun
bred and thirty bushels of lime, Mt twenty-three
dollars and seventy three cents per hundred bushels for
which he paid twelve hundred and ninety dollars and
si1,y.seve cenis-and that he purchased, also three
thousand four hundred and seventy bushels and hall
of charcoal ut fifteen dollars and ninety eight cents
per hundred bushels, for which he paid five hundred
and fifty -four dollars and fifty eight cents. 1t will
thus be seem that the correspondent of the Wing has
committed the trlns of multiplying the prices
actually paid by hundred; or, in other words, that
he has charged the officer who made The purchases with
nying per bushe for articles The exact he padPer
hundred tushris."--A blunderer indeed
General Cleveland has been elected Governor of
Connecticut In hs Message Of Friday last, lie re-
commends lie passage of laws 10 reform abuses of The
banking institutions, and the restoration TO the Bank
Commissioners Of the authority with which they were
invested by the laws of 1857 He pays tribute Of res
pect the principles of the Independent Tren sorry
lie reprobates the Distribution Law and Declares that
it is the duty of Congress, spirit of patriotism, with
taxation for revenue and defence principle, and
protection TO American labor incident, promptly
IN tariff of nDosls upan reasonable.