Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-26
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

SELLING FREE NEGROEs.-Mr G A
WickliGe, the Postmaster General OF The U.
States under President Tyler, presented the
following proposition 10 the Kentucky Conven
ton, on the 18th instant. We extract from the
official report in The Kentucky Statesman;
81 desire 10 submit resolution OF inquiry IN
relation 10 free ne sroes 10 one Of the commit
lees. | think from what we have heard ex.
dressed here, that all sides would be very glad
10 get clear of them from Kentucky. have
devoted some reflection 10 the subject and 10
the various expedients sugses &c TO attain That
object, as we'll as its connection Win our re'a.
lions as state arising und"r the ieoerai con-
stitu ion | propose. as subject oil inquiry, ior
The committee on LII: cs.ianeous provisions, Inc
propriety If substituting, 10 lieu oil Inc PUNISH
men. now imposed on mat class oil people ior
crimes other than murder, the penalty oil ex'
por.aion, or of being sold again into BOND &C.
think it is worthy Of inquiry, and II strikes me-
if it las no other effect, 1t will at least have Inc
tendency of keeping This class Of persons ou. OF
the Stale; and il may be the means of inducing
others TO leave it voluntarily. II is snoJec.
worthy of inquiry, and offer it IN that shape
The resolution was agreed TO.
THE TARIFF QUESTION SETTLED -
The result, ii the election in Pcnnsy ivania has
sci led the question Of the tariff, which was made
by the Wings The leading issue in The last cam
paien. The Democrats we're DESTROYS oil Keep
Ing that question OUT OF The canvass, but our op'
ponenls would mol permit il, and Insisted maj Inc
des rucon or permanency utthe ACT Of lo4b DE-
pepded on The election Of Henry NJ. Fuller or
Tho oio
great question oil The campaign and as Mr..
Gamble is elected by ar overwhelming majority,
O. course the people have expressed their SAUSAGE
lion with The tariff as il is, and do no. desire lis
d, srructon or even any essential modification Of
lis details. Is our neishbor Of The "EIaminer"
satisfied with The decision Of The soVereiens7
Lancaster (Pa.) Intelhg:.csr
SHIP CARPENTERS WAGES IN CAL
IFORNIA.-By private letters received here
from some OF our k"nsinsOn ship carpenters,
who have gone To California we learn that some
OF them are in the receip Of twenty six dollars
a day for jobbns and repairing about vessels in
the bay and river, and are about entering upon
contracts by which these wages can te doubled
Common laborers, TOO, about ship yard, who
know how 10 handle the axe, can make fifteen 10
twenty dollars day Phil. Bulletin
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
IL is stated that ia memorial has been prepar-
ed for presentation to the Ohio Legislature,
praying Tor grant of $1,000 a year Tor ten
years. 10 h devoted 10 inc removal OF negroes 10
Liberia. The memorial states that The Society
has had within lis offer len thousand slaves, TN
condition that il shall bear The expense of their
deportation" Cn. Cam.
The Frankfort (ky.l correspondent oi The Lou
isylle Journal says that son Of Thomas Ii
Benton stabbed Mr. Lyons Of Louisville, slight
ly, few highs since. MIR. Benton was about &C.
companying lazy from The paTlor Of The Weis.
siser House 10 her room. Mr. Lyons proposed
TO join them Mr.. Benton was offended al the
proposition, and soon after, in The adjoining PAR
lor, The sabbng took place.
CANADA-.The seal OF government has
been definitely removed from tins place TO Tolon-
10.
We learn that The Receiver General Of Cana
da, Leviger Trupon, has resigned his office; and
il is supposed the Provincial Secretary, Leslie,
has done The same.
Mr. VIM II Mcknight, Of This place, yesler-
day shipped on board Ihr schr. Repeater, CAPT.
Traverse, he frame OF Church, 10 be erected
in Tappahannock, Essex county, Va, BY The
Epscopaans, OF that place and neighboIhoed.-
The ediice will De very beautiful one.
The Portsmouth Journal Of Literature ard
Politics informs the world and its Wing con-
.cmporaries that The phrase sober second
thought" occurs in the writings OF Fisher Ames,
and was not therefore original with MIR Van
Buren, Who shall say The Wings do not learn
any ihing' They have been only nine years in
making this discovery boston Post.
Ex.Pfesitenl Tyler has lately written a letter
upon III. Proyiso, to judge Huntington, Of lndi'
ana, in which IL holds that The measure as APP
piled to California 10 a mere obstrucicn and that
tfee.sol is now Just AS secEre in Ny Mexico as
il is 10 Minnesota Republic.
LARGE YIELD.-The Winchester Virgin
ian states that Jac.b Rees, Esq, near Bunker
hill, in Berkeley county, raised on two acres
and near eevs-,y roio- ~ land, liz Uusnels OF
merchanlable wheat, Of The Zimmerman kind
which is fraction over 1G bushels to The acre.
Mr.. Buchanan goes 10 New ORLEANS in lew
weeks on visit 10 his friend John Siiril and
returns via Alabama, 10 visit Hon. William R.
King.
Nelson Dewey, The Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Wisconsin, declines 10 be considered
dered to him the nomination.
Al the agricultural far in Hartford Mrs. Sig
Quincy, III. author, took The premium Tor silk
stockings
MISSOURI SENAI OR.-Col. Doniphan is
spoken OF as the probable Senator from Missl u
ri, in case MIR. Benlon's friends ar not able 10
secure majority in ttc next Legislature.
NEVER SAY DE- lu English paper has
The following: "Nsihei tn,a, marriage. sickness
nor seasons, are known tu ediorS 10 This country;
death itself is no apology. They may die bur
their paper must come our"
A cousin Of Mrs. harrington, purchasing al
the dry goods Store Of an todd fellow" observed
that many Of his clerks wore breasl-pins bearing
lhose cabalislc !eue!s F. l.. T.-"Pray, Mr..
James, said The lady, "wha! mean those letters
so common in your store F. L. y "They mean
madam" replied The polite draper, "few lies told"
"Aha |" responded The lady, This is us The store
want"
The editor Of an exchange says he never saw
but one ghost, and that was The ghost OF sinner
who died without paying for his paper Twas
horrible 10 look upon-lhe ghost OF Hamlc, was
no Circumstance 10 il.
For tie Enquire.
Ar The President OF The Board OF Drecresses
OF the Female Humane Association, relu,rs lht
grateful thanks OF The Board ID the Propriclo,s
Of lae Panoramic Painting Of the Bay Of New
YORK and oil The Hrd.on River Tor The cenerou.
donation Of ntNtesn dollars, being The amount OF
one exhibition; and also Tor their Kind presenta.
lion oil a free ticket 10 The orphans
PROCESSION IN HONOR OF EX PREsl. |
DENT POLK.
On the 30h insfant
LIST The lin will be formed al 10 nclock, A. NJ. In |
front Oh Inc Comfy Court iiouse-he left ting nj the
intersection OF 9Th and Main street. and move 10 the
following order
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