Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-14

he had been actaed and the obecls he mad faDoreo
accomplish. The principles by which his poi'ucai
career had beef regulated, well in the Farticuarsr
ferred to- as in all other respects, had already he
trusted. been too frequently and too unreservedly
spread before the people OF the Unted STATES renoef
any farther explanations Of them at this time, either
necessary or proper. The whole subject was in the
hands of those whose right it 10 decide in the last
resort upon the conduct of public servants lie hoped
the refore TO be excused if he contencd himself on
the present occasion, with assuring the numerous ard
respectable friends by whom he was surrounded and
he did SO with the greatest sincerity M . no
md conduct, so earnest, and so unqualified as those
which had lust been pronounced IN their names, have
proceeded, which would have given them greater
value i'm his estimation, or tor which he could have
| been more truly grateful
| The Kentucky Gazette, from which gather the
above account says -As the cor,ege approached the
city the crowd increased every tenement poured forth
its inhabitants, every prominent point was occupied by
etators Along the roads were gathered groups OF
ladies' and gentlemen the windows fronting the streets,
through which the procession passed, were filled with
ladies' waving their snowy handkerchIes, and almost
every countenance in the vast crowds which thronged
the streets, beamed with pleasure Upon his arrival
on the ground lie found Col r. Nj Johnson waiting tor
him in the carriage which bore him TO the city and,
Immediately after his arrival, MIR. Clay called upon
him, renewed his invitation, and claimed the per-
Torrance Of his promise TO visit Ashland.
Mr. VAN BUEEs.-It is said by gentleman who
| witnessed Mr.. Van Burens reception ut Lexington,
that il was the grandest affair OF The KIND that mas
ever taken place in the Western country. ABOUT
seventy carriages, a thousand horsemen and large
concourse of military and pedestrians are represent
ed 10 have constituted the procession. Mr. Van Bn'
rem and Mr.. Pauldng took lodgings at The Dudley
| House. where they remained until Saturday morning
receiving visits from their friends, when they were
invited to visit the to take place That Gay IN
the vicinity. They are understood TO have passed
most of the time since with Mr.. Clay, who acted the
Kentucky host towards them, in most honorable man.
ner On this day. MIR. Van Buren, and his friend visit
Col r. nj. johnson, with whom they will dine, and
remain at his residence and at the White Sulphur
Springs until about o'clock on Friday, when they
will leave for Frankfort and will reach here about three
or four o'clock that evening.-Kentucky pcoman
Gairanisn in Blasting Roeks-Amongst the tri-
umphs Of science in operations OF practical utity IS
one by which massive rocks may be rent from their
ouarries, by the action of the galvanic battery In
looking over foreign paper, received by late art
VAL saws the Providence Express, saw an account
of an experiment in West Craigs quarry, by hlr ko-
berts the ingenious inventor of This new system, gwen
by a traveller who present lie stood on the Top
of precpice, and close battery when the galvan
c poles were brought together and says that Tue elect
was instantaneous as the lighnngs flash from summer
clouds The hill which he stood was shaken 10 Its
foundation by earthquake, and The rlven mass OF
rocks went crashing down into The depths of the quar-
| ry 1t was a startling and beautiful operation. In
| another case, after proper disposition Of the oattery
and connecting wires Tor conveying the ga'Vahc cur
rent to the charges of powder, and the assistant, MI
Wilson safely ensconced in the bed OF the quarry
the discs were brought in contact and the whole lace
of the rock rven asunder from top to bottom ano
from three TO four hundred tons of stone were torn
from the hill, and laundering down like an ava
anche The process of blasting rocks in this way is
said to be perfectly safe and simple in its operation
\ GBr00kiyn Earle.