Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-19

great, yet It's far less than had been anticipated. One
OF the Engineers estimates, however, that the cost oil
repairing the Canal will not exceed Is or 10000 dollars
&c. The injury 10 the Canal will be most severely
ieli; our warehouses being heavily stocked with tobac.
CO, while the new crop of wheat is just beginning to
come fairly into market.
We understand the rain did not extend as fnr down
the river as Scottsville, so that all the injury sustained
by the Canal will probably be between that place and
Lynchburg.
The Lynchburg Republican describes the astonish-
ing Deluge Of rain which began to fall on Wednesday
night, half past A. Nj. "There was neither lightning
nor thunder, but the fall of rain seemed momentarily
to increase from the period mentioned above until
about 6 o'clock P. NJ. We never witnessed so inces-
SAINT a shower. The earth was perfectly %deluged; and
every branch and ravine became a mountain torrent.
The creeks were in u few hours swollen beyond their
banks, and about 9 o'clock At night the river began 10
rise, and continued 10 rise until about Ill o'clock L. M.
OH Thursday night. We have not heard from beyond
the ridge, nor from the Southern or Northern counties
this side oft, fully. But We much fear that the injury
done to the crops, is dreadful indeed"
The whole affair seems TO be more like a waterspout
like the inundation which fell about this time last
year at the Mountain Canal.
EXTRACT Of a letter from
".naMeto's county, "a, July IL.
W. have a gloomy prospec. before US to-day
Four weeks ago, il commenced raining, and has rained
every day, except three, during that time, and ONE days
very henvy. | do not think that we can calculate on
The third of a corn crop, and, indeed, some will not
make as much as they planted, Gas am iniormed) A
gentleman told me, the other day, that he had not had
4 hoe or plough in his corn for seventeen days toge-
Their and he has a large crop. Our oat crop bid fair
10 be a good one but the winds and rainy weather, |
lear, will destroy q great part. II now bids fair for q
| Pust-the wind Nprth East and blowinu he1vv. with
occasional showers. The wheat crop has been very
much injured. Though We do not make a great deal,
We have saved it, with n great deal Of trouble"
A letter from an intelligent friend at Washington
gives us reason TO hope for an early and satisfactory adj
justmeni with Great Britain. Indeed, he writes us on
the 18th, that he "learns from different sources entitled
to credit, that our disputes with England are likely to
be satisfactorily settled, and were probably so on yester-
day, or would be to-day" But the Washington "Spec.
tator' Of the 10Th does not 30 quite as far as this. 1t
states, that a basis for the adjustment of the Boundary
has been agreed upon between Mr.. Webster and
Lord Ashburton-and that it now remains for the
Maine commissioners 10 ratify or reject. The Port
land Argus of the lllh instant says: "No settlement of
any of the difficulties has yet been finally agreed upon;
but we have no doubt that preliminuries have been
arranged, which, if carried into effect, will be satis(ac-
tory TO Maine. The final result may not be known
short of two or three weeks, but that it will be salisfac.
tory when known, we ha We many reasons for believing"
We shall be among the first to thank Messrs. Tyler
ana webster lot 4 satisfactory ana n0noraDle treaty
but none can be such, which yields the right of search,
and trammels the liberty of the seas. We agree with
The celebrated de Tocqueyille in his letter 10 a citizen Of
the United States, jus, published in the New York
Courier, that we should lose caste in The eyes of France,
and, indeed, of all Europe. But the Senate could
never ratlfy such a treaty.
EXTRACT of letter from Washington City, dated
"July 18th, 1S42
1.-THE Wings themselves, so far as we can judge, have
been laundering in the dark during the whole session,
IL TO embarrass The Government, disgrace the country
and ruin themselves had been their objects, they conl
not have accomplished such purposes more etfectnall Y
After being an unusual time in session, they have ef
fected no retrenchment, the Treasury is without ] 10
ney, the proceeds Of the lands given away, the Powf tt
collect any revenue from customs doubtful and con test
cd, and tie credit 10 borrow money sacrificed and gone
Why, is this so IL is not the case from any over
ruling necessity in the condition Of public al hrs
Could they have been conducted on the same PR nciple'
which would have guided n judicious lndiYidu7 in the
management of his private affairs, it wou ID have
been easy 10 have reduced expenditures wit hout i'm
pairing efficiency, TO have adopted Il certain and AIDE
qua,e system of revenue laws, and to have e Established
public credit on a solid basis of the public lands, OIL
revenue pledged for lis support. Has the ] Democratic
party obstructed the way ? No. They h7 We had mel
Their the will nor the power TO do SO. Ha The Presi
sident been in their way No. His f7 ut has been
that he has gone with them too far, and did not more
completely arrest their reckless career. " there is no ex
cuse in The majority of Congress for sacc iicing the pub
lie interests 10 their party objects. L hey refused Il
provide for the collection and dsburseJ nent Of the pub
lie money, except by means Of a Nati onal Bank; they
RI iect rlans for revenue, unless cont iyed with q view
10 favor particular interests; and, as ar as was in thei
power, they refused any revenue at all, except on The
condition of giving away the pvocee DIS of the lands. A
we'll might they make it n conditi, n of legislaling TO
The public interests, that the Star e debts shall be as
sumed, that slavery shall be ubol,s he'd, or that the Con
slitution shall be changed, so that the President may b,
removed. Should the minority IN Congress continue
to pursue their course, the Cove rnmsnt must be utter
ly foundered, and come TO piece ,. This cannot be So
they will surely yield, or the p .ople will step forwar'
and overwhelm them.
"1he Tariff bill, which pre- crosses with a steady ma
jorty, in its different sectio as, in defiance OF oil re
monstrance, will probably s .ss both Houses, with dis
tributIon attached to IT, am 4 will, on that acconnt, b,
vetoed by the President. In that event, | think tina
the bill will be passed With out the obnoxious provision
and, afterwards, The neco ssary provisions be made 70
carrying on the Govern nent. But this is presumin!
against the declarations # the majority-many OF WHOM
declare they will leaU The Government TO lis fate
without further legislfti ion. II hos been suggested, an'
it is possible that the, bill may be amended in the Sc
nate, by striking ont the distribution clause, so that
simple agreement " the House may end the dIificui
ties, which the Tar IT party are beginning TO fear"
Mons Perrons.
The position of Mr.. Bolts is unique, and s%upremel.
ludlcrous. ie, Ia At boosted of im impeachment as the Fo
did in Shakespeare. that "lhe sovereign st thing on cart
WIS parmaceti 10 an inward bruise'-who talked q
carrying it thIoui Oh the liouse-and lien, OF suspend
ing Capt. Tyler and Men, of carrying oil the WIN!
measures under the signature of Citizen Mangum, y
now left in the lurch by his comrades" alone III III
glory lie says, in his brief card in the Ma
tional lntelll zencer, that lie has not attended
Caucus for a long time, and that he has no
submitted n IS articles Of Impeachment "to any poi
ton Of the party and yet he %confesses in hI
speech, tho 'there were some of his friends (tlo,
manyD VIII oconcurred with him'-but that "d,ficu
ties were in the way, and the fear that they could nc
succeed vas an argument with gentlemen" Certal
it is, tha t he has beenreduced to the unpleasant d
lemma of putting forth his articles at the tail
his prir ted speech-and he says lie proposes to pr.
fer the' n before the House! That is 10 say, y HI
more discreet friends will ever give him the Of
portu' aity of suspending the rules, or bringing them TO
ward They will never admit them; and therefore, tn
artic les fall still born from the Press. They are howeve
beio 20 tho Peonle ZONE of the most extraordinary case