Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-08
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Gorrnsr-A cit zen OF Buckingham County sx.
presses his arNious hope, through the columns Of
the Euqsirer, ;hst the members of the Legislature
will duly weigh the very mary claims Of the Cd
Wheel Horss Of Buckingham, and elect him to the
stiits OF Governor.
The Enquirer mentions the receipt ola letter
ieoe SPottsylvAnis, giving fresh css. of the Mss
msfies, IN which q girl WAS put To sleep by an in
expert operator, "a green horn at the business wo
p'seuns) so strongly as to throw her into eonvul-
soas.
The last Enquirer contains q political sccoun,
current. 10 which, among others, Ohio, New Jersey
and North Carolina aic placed TO Democratic &C,
count. In the FIRST, the Locos have q minority Gov.
ernor and Lesi,a,ure-in the second, the whi..
have Just swept the platter" AZ carried Legisla.
turs. Governor, Ssustor, and ev6y thing else; and
IN !ss OLE North STATE, we have popular sjority
OF 5000 in thin vsts. which will certainly be
sousled IN ls4I. Thess Locos are great hands OF
eyphsrfng!
1t is now confidently expected that the Railroad
rom fredericksburg 10 Potomac Creek will be
completed by The a0th iss,.
A bag, containing the nails from Raleigh N. C,
Tor Baltimore and New York, was picked up the
other day 10 The Street, in Baltimore, and sent to the
post ofee.
The Mississippi river at St Louis was lower on
the 26ih ul. than it had been for two years. and
~ne falling. AT Wheeling, on the End instant, the
Ohio had ieet water in the channel, and was also
falling.
A Depu:stion from Tammsny Hail waited upon
Caleb Gushing at the Aston House, few days since
aud endsavorsd TO coax him TO make a speech in
tho WRwsm, but. Caleb very modsstly declined
the honor.
| Burdskin, the robbsr of the Bank OF M.nshs,,e,.
was seen by an English gentleman ia the streets
Of AIssy, the seeond day after the arrival CT the
Brtta mia at Boston.
Elisha Bo,iiek, Wing member elect to the N
House OF Commons. for the county OF Richmond,
IA g. H.
The Loeos are the As, to elect a President h.fore
they even have a candidate. 10 1910 the "swse,
little fellow" WAS elected moro times than he had
hairs upon hs hssd. on paper. in Sweat Houses
and all thai, but was beat TO jelly, in the end. II
the Loco, have tie good luck TO get candidate
upon the turf, bsf.rs the day of election, he will
share the same fate.
!D- II is stated that Elder Hines and Parson
Miller met about ten miles from Providencs for the
purpose Of h:h:ng a duet, the q iarrel having ORR
| sinatsd in some theological dispute. The officers
Got wind or the business and took them both into
custody.
Snk.-The bounty paid on silk, from the Tr:n-
suFy OF Massachusetts, this year. amounts TO 1851
81. This is about ono third larger than last year.
The Cashier OF the Branch Bank Of Terre Hsu,e,
Ind., he, proved to be d.fnultsr for some $1,000;
previous 20 which discovery his standing was very
hsh.-lPhila. North American.
The Joha Joneses arc in a fsir way 10 take pre-
cedehcs OF the John Smiths One OF them-ono OF
Capt. Tylcr's Pos,mas;ers, TOXINS lust beon
cfhbed for robbing the mail.
WESTERN (NAs,) RAILRoAp.-Ths receipts last
week were 80 follows v.z:-POsssngors 81 900;
Freight kc 1854; Total, Sl2, 53l; Totsi in De-
tober, $50, l4l Total for the las, ten m5nihs, si24
Ol0. Tbs year 1912 will consequently yield over
half million Of dollars; and this will DO doing
wonders, all things considered.
HURRAn FOR RASErH I'VE learn from I'm
doubted source that lady in R1nkin county gave
birth recently 10 hVe large living ehildred, at ore
nd the samo time. About year ugo the same
person brought into the world four fine hearty boys
at one tins. The woman, we learn, is a pious
christian, and doubtless thinks ~ her duty to ossy
as far as she can, the command of the Scriptures,
increase and mul,iply"-GFIoridian.
The Charlottesville J,ffer,oniun, speaking OF the
Bankrupt Law. observes: Had Mr. Clay complied
with the instructions Of TIE Legislature Of Ken
lucky, such law would have had no existence
Tbs j. oUeHr 10 know that no instructions were
given in the csse named.
Demss Ad,ms, Marshal Of Ohio, has been rec
msVsd, and a thorough Tory put in hi, psee.
The wes,her.wiss eronies are prognostiea,ing on
unusually severe winter before US.
| "A DsmooS:.-O Of the Tory candidates for tbs
! Legislature, IN Monroe County, New York, was n
vounisU in the British Army, IN Csnads, during
the var Of 1919, and was woundsd in an attack
which the British forces made upon ogdsnsburg.
! A fOf'sn fiddler is making a erssk sensation
among the Bestsnsns.
/ Col. Johnson, IN a recent speech At Sansbufy,
Pa, related the psrliculsts Of the Bsltle or the
! rhsmss, Asd GEM Hsuison's bearing on the oces-
sion, and told his hosrers "ihsre was no want Of
soufsgs there" The Swoathouse orators in lsi0
told a very different story.
The New York Canal Tolls are running up very
handsomely, and hops is INDUCED that they will
yet reach the amsunt OF last year.
tiers Of Cansds spprsscbes end active Preparations
are making on both sides Of the line 10 carry on
quite on extensive business during the winter sea-
sos. II - stated good authority, that number
Of smuggling houses, with large capitals, hsvs been
established IN Queoec, Montreal. and other cities In
Canals, with American partners on this side the
l.kes.-PhIladelpha lnqJirsr.