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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-01
r. B. WRIGHT

l " i'll here state, that on my return from
last Court. met Mr.. p. b. Wright in the
road, and in The presence of Mr.. J. Sears,
and Mr.G Winston. convcrsed with him
and he made the same statement to us, as
that contained in the foregoing certificate.
and said he would sign it, if pen and ink
had been at hand; and authorized his name
to be signed TO II.
APPoMATTox County, Feb. 5ih 1852.
l do hereby certify, that never saw or
heard read, the certificate to which my
name is signed, bearing date January 1879,
and included in the communication off amcs
McDearmon. in the Lynchburg Republic
can of,he 2nd Feb. 1852. signed Justice"
| met with DR.. Nc Dearmon, and he rep
resented to me that he had n communica-
tion.which did not see. From the repre-
senta'ion made to me by him, told him
he might sign my name to a paper express
ing it as my opinion only, that temperance
men did take sides against Col. McDear
mon and Chcatham. and do take pleas
ure in certifying that never saw Or heard
OF any effort on the part OF Col. Walker.
or Mr.. l.. ID. Isbcll, to array the temper
ance men against Col. McDcarmon and
Cheatham. (..iigncd.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-01
Feb. 7,h. 1852.

II was present when conversation took
place between Dr.. John II. McDearmon
and Mr.. Oils g. WEIGH, at the Post office.
at Clover Hill, about the Temperance
meeting at Walkers Church, and the
speeches made on that occasion. and the
communications which had appeared in
the newspapers, in relation to that matter.
Mr.. Welch remarked that no one could,in
his opinion. take any exception 10 Col.
Walkers speech. Iobservcd to DR.. Nc
Dearmon that supposed he would have
endorsed it himself. if his brother had not
been a candidate. DIR. McDearmon replied
that he supposed he.would have endorsed
it. but the fact Of his brother being can
didate made difference. lam a demo
crat. and voted for Col. McDearmon, at
the late election. am not a Son of Tenn
perance, nor am aware Of any attempt.
on the part ofany one. to use the order of
the Sons of Temperance,for politica! effect,
in the late canvass in this county.
(Signcd.) JOHN SEARS.
rosa
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-01
Yours respectfully. &c.
JOHN w. STRATTON.
Mn. a. w. CARTER.

Mr.. JOHN w. SrRATToN, Sir: In re-
ply to your note, I have to say that was
present last night in the dining room, and
heard Col McDcarmon curse and damn
temperance: damn them. they arc all go
ing against me. +. w. CARTER.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-01

What now becomes of this charge p
What becomes Of your statement that Mr..
Carter had disavowcd his letter To Mr..
Srattonl They fall ike your other charges
to the prison-house Of Lucifcr.
The public can now see how wanton
and grossly urjusi is your attack on Mr..
Stratton. You assaiI him for The circula
iion of his letter Of inquiry to Mr. Carer,
hen without his Knowledge or consent,
1t was used and circulated by your own
son, Col McDcarmon. Again: in your ma
lIgnlfy, you wantonly assail Mr.. S. +.
Mathews, one of the most esiimabIe Young
men III our county-a worthy son Of a
worthy father-a man hose unobtrusivr
merit and shining virtues have won far
him tie confidence and esteem Of all W ho
know him. And Tor what is this done +!
Because he as Wing. was excited as
you say. and supported my elecrion.-
Well. really sir, think that you might al
low Wing TO be excited enough 10 sup
port Wing or the day ofesec'ion. AMI es.
pecialy as you, sir, forgetting your sacred
calling. are for setting The whole commu-
nifty l'y the ears.and keeping up an excite
nenl for months after The election.
now come to the worst part of Ethe
hole transaction. Heretofore have spo-
ken Of yonr certificates Is il they were gen
uine and fairly taken. One would he apt 10
believe, from the great flourish it'll wIich
they are paraded into the newspapers. that
there was no fraud or forgery reserrcd to.
But the jury of'he public can r. ad and
Judge for themselves
IL have seen the statement in The l., nch
burg Republican Of the 2nd inst. signed
by IS vo'erso 81 The county of Apaomairox
II being pat and parcel Of publication
over the signature OF "Jus'iec." This j.
to Gently that tie paper ! sisnrd. differed
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

Iowa ia south of line west from Davenport. and
must come 10 road, at that point, in seeking
New York. the commercial emporium Of the Uni.
ted States. No rival roads which will ever be
built can deprive us of the advantages for western
business which the facility for bridging the Missis
sppi river at Rock Island gives to enterprise.
"At this point the Mississippi is narrowed by the
expansion of the island TO eighteen hundred feet,
while at any other point OF projected road 1t Ia at
least four thousand eight hundred feet. The banks
arc rock bound on both sides, and high above the
greatest floods known The whole bed of the
river is solid limestone, and the average depth Of
water, in a low stage, not over ak feet. The APP
proach TO the river from the Illinois side is made
with grade of not five feet to the mile, and
on the Iowa side with grade of not thirty
feet and there ID other place where it can be
made at less than sixty feet grade to the mile
"It falls to our lot to forge an important link in
this great chain the continent, and we have
every motive Of pecuniary advantage and obliga-
ton OF duty, to ourselves and country, to slim
ulate to the successful completion of work
which we have commenced under such favorable
cirCumstanCes.b
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Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.

We find in the Rock Island CIll.) .adrertiscr
an interesting report from JAMES GRANT, esq,
President Of the Chicago and Rock Island Rail-
road Company, to the stockholders thereof. Civ
ing an interesting view Of this far-west enter
prise.
The road, we learn from this report, is now
under construction, and it is thought will be
completed in less than two years Its western
terminus is at the city Of Rock Island, the only
point where the Mississippi river is susceptible
Of being bridged, having the town Of Daven-
port, in Iowa, Immediately opposite, from which
a route has been surveyed westward to Iowa
City and Council Bluffs, and which. it is
thought, will be constructed at an early day.
At its eastern terminus Chicago it connects
with three or more grand railroad routes, lead
ing to New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
The president, in his report, says:
CAS- soon az our road ia completed passengers
con go from Rock Island to Chicago in six hours,
TO Toledo in fourteen hours, TO Dunkrk in twenty.
four hours, and 20 New York in forty-two hours
BY way Of Cleveland and Pittsburgh. passengers
can go from Rock Island to Philadelphia and Bal.
tmorc in forty hours"
The Rock Island railroad is to be ono hun
drcd and eighty miles long, and will run over
an extensive coal field in Illinois The total
capital will be something over four millions
OF dollars.
After stating the pccunlary condition aud
prospects Of the road, the president concludes
AS follows
"Our road will reach the Mississippi river at the
foot Of the Upper Rapids It will receive all the
business on both sdcs Of it for nearly two hun
bred miles, including oil Of southern and central
! Iowa
"a large majority Of the present population u
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21
Judge Sharkcy,
INGTON.

Judge Sharkey, it is said, is extremely dissats
fed with his position at Havana The Cnpt.ir
General refuses to recognise him as consul, bu
has intimated that he will acknowledge him al
commercial agent of the United States if re vii
make the application. Judge Sharkey, however
il ia alleged, has determined either to act consu
or not at all. Baltimore Sun.
We are well assured that the above state
ment is altogether devoid of truth. 1t is, il
fact, obviously improbable, as the Captain Gen
eral Of Cuba has no authority to refuse to receive
consul, whose erequatur issues from Madrid
and not Havana. Our Government have, more
in regard to the reception Of the new consul.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21
Colonization Society.

The report of the proceedings at last nights
meeting of the Colonization Society-given in
other columns-will be perused with interest
and pleasure 1t affords encouraging evidence
of the importance attached to the objects and
operations of the society while the steadily
increasing success which has attended the la
bors Of its managers during the past year, at
tests their capabilities for the work, and still
further strengthens their title to public conf
dence
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

of Representatives OF Pennsy vania ID seated in that
chair whence the Declaration of American indie
pendence signed. The first is whatEurope
wants in order TO have the scccess of the second"
But one thing would have been more sig
nlfcant or acceptable than that musket and
powder-horn, and that well filled purse,
ready for immediate transfer to the Hungarian
eXchequer. Let us hope that Harrisburg will
read New York and Philadelphia lesson on
the need Of sincerity in intercourse of this kind
by sustaining with deeds the promise typifed.
There has been enough, and more than enough
of the old system of false promises, and Harris
burg doubtless means TO inaugurate a new era.
Certainly her musket and powder horn contrast
tavorably with the gingerbread ornaments which
tory in New York; and therefore we have faith
in Harrisburg, if not in the Hungarian fund.
kossUTH has told the people of Pittsburgh in
what shape he desires substantial aid to be fur
nished. He says:
81 think that the safest and most convenient way
of getting substantial aid to Hungary is to form
Associations of the Friends of Hungary, every
member pledsing himself for the next four months
to pay twenty-five cents monthly-epsry nstalment,
as IL is collected, 10 be put TO my dspOsiti0n for The
benefit Of the restoration Of Hungary TO freedom
and Independence, and by this, for the of Eu-
ropcan liberty. | do not mean to exclude sub
scrptions OF a large amount accept them with
the greatest gratitude think also should be left
to the choice of the subscribers to pay at the
whole amount for the four months, but would not
obge them TO do So in order that even the poorest
might be enabled. and might have opportunity
to express their sympathy in practical way; the
share of every subscriber must be small, that the
nasses should not be excludes; it is by their weight
only that aid be afforded to the cause Of lib
erty."
The plan of twenty-five cent subscriptions
has been preached before, but we do not re-
member to have seen previously 50 explicit an
avowal of kossUTH's wish that ''every install
ment as it is collected shall be put into his
hands, to be exclusively at his disposal ''ior
the benefit Of the restoration of Hungary
We leave our readers TO form their own opin-
ION as to the propriety of such desire, or the
confidence which it is likely to create in the pub
lie mind. We will content ourselves with the
remark that if kossUTH is to be the sole, ire
sponsible trustee and administrator of what is
given or lent, it should be designated the Kos
sUTH gift or loan, instead Of the Hungarian.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21
Message of the Governor of Mississippi.


Governor WHITFIELD, ad interim chief
magistrate Of Mississippi, has addressed his
| message to the Legislature of that State 1t
| discusses largely the policy of an extensive
system of internal Improvements, deriving ar
guments in favor of it from the experience of
neighboring States, and maintaining that these
| Improvements must be effected by the local
government, out of its own resources, and not
by the Federal Government
The message makes brief alluson TO the pas
sage of the Compromise measures, and the ex-
| element growing out Of them, and to the steps
taken by the State of Mississippi TO consider
| the course rendered necessary by their enact
ment. Governor WHITFIELD, without cx-
| pressing any opinion as TO the wisdom of the
resolution of acquiescence in the Compromise
adopted by the convention called by his prede-
cessor, declares that he and the Legislature are
bound TO respect it as the voice of majority of
the people. He adds:
"1he day. fear, is not far distant when il will
become necessary for the southern States TO unite
for the protection of their constitutional rights
nay, for the preservation Of their existence as
people; but for all considerations connected with
the past, it s time that all further agitation should
cease, not only in the National and State Legisla-
ures, but in the primary assemblies Of the pcopc.
The country requires reposc, after the intense cx-
element which has agitated the public mind for
the last two years, and il could derive no benefit
from course which would be only calculated to
embitter the anmositics of different sections, and
keep alive The asperity of rival parties"
The trials of the past and the possible diff
cultes of the future furnish Governor WHIT-
YIELD with an argument for pushing vigorously
forward any and all local Legislation tending to
make the State Independent. Liberal encou-
ragement TO manufacturing enterprise, and to
the efforts now being made to establish direct
trade between foreign countries and the South
ern seaports, are specified as measures Of this
character. The message says:
"a well-digested series Of measures Of this cha
racter would not only render US moro independent
as State, and prosperous as people, but would
also convince the people of the North that il was to
their interest to carry out in good faith Compro.
mise forced upon the South contrary to lite wishes
and in spite Of its circumstances and do more than
any thing else 10 preserve the integrity Of tho
Constitution, perpetuate the Union, and promote
harmony between the States"
Among the other recommendations of the
message is one 100 favor Of a change in the or
ganic law to prevent the recurrence Of an in
terregnum in the executive department Of the
State, such as happened last year on the expi-
ration Of the Senatorial term of the Hon. j. j.
GUIoN successor Of Governor QUITMAN.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21
TIL e R E ? u B Lie.
WASHIN GTO N:
WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY q, 1882

"A crisis is approaching that must, If 1t cannot
: be arrested, soon decide whether order and good
government shall be preserved, or anarchy and
: confusion ensue. can most religiously aver
: have wish that is incompatible with the dig
nifty, happiness, and true interest Of the people OF
: this country. My ardent desire is, and my aim
. has been, as far MS depended upon the Executive
Department to comply strictly with all our en-.
gagements, foreign and domestic; but to keep the
United States free from political connexions with
every other country, to zee them independent
OF oil and under the influence Of none. In aword,
: want an American character, that the powers OF
Europe may be convinced we act for ourssIrss,
and not for others This, in my judgment, ID the
only way to be respected abroad and happy at
home; and not, by becoming the partisans OF Great
$ Britain France, create dssensions, disturb the
public tranquility. and destroy, perhaps for ever,
= the cement which binds the Union"
[GkoRoE WAsHINoToN, 1885.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

We have placed at the head of our columns
this morning passage from letter of Presi-
dent WASHINGTON, that contains advice as peril
nent to our affairs, and as important to the
American people in 1852 as it was in 1895
1t is extracted from letter written by the Fa-
Their of his Country to PATRIcK HENRY, under
date Of 9th October, 1898, which may be
found on the SOth page of the eleventh volume
of SpAREs's edition OF the Writings of WASH
INGTON
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

YEAS.-Mcssrs BayaId, Bel, Berrien, Borland,
Bradbury, Brodhead, Clarke, Davis, Dawson,
Dodge OF Wisconsin, Douglas, Downs, Fish,
Foot, Geyer, Hale, lIamlln, Hunter, James,
Jones of Iowa, Jones OF Tennessee, McRae,
Mallory, Mangum, Miller, Norris, Pearce, Sebas-
tan, Seward, Shields, Soule, Spruance, stockton,
sumner, and Underwood35.
NAYS Messrs 6 win, Wade, and Walkor-3 D.
On motion by Mr.. SHIELDS, the Senate pro-
ceeded 20 the consideration OF Executive business;
and after a short time spent therein, adjourned
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

In the Senate yesterday the joint resolution
making land warrants assignable was debated
and finally ordered to be engrossed for third
reading by vote of yeas 80 nays 3.
The House of Representatives had under
consideration the bill providing for the payment
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

CULTIvATIos oF BASKET Willow IN the UsrrEp
srATss Mr.. Watson G Haynes has addressed
letter to Hunts Merchants Magazine, commu.
nicating some interesting information in regard to
the cultivation and uses Of the Ozier or Basket
Willow. lie thinks that four to five millions
worth IL imported annually, tho price ranging
from Sl2O to $50 per ton weight The salix
Niminais 10 the species best calculated for basket
makers. Notwithstanding representations that the
fly will prevent its growth in this country he has
melted over all expenses the snug little sum of
1888 IS during the past year from his cuttings
from two acres. lie thinks one hundred per cent
year might be realized on this business
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

TArAsuRER OF PENNsYLvANrA.-Jno NJ. Bickol
Democrat, was ON Monday elected State Treasurer
by the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, receiving %
votes, to q for George narsie, Wing, aud scat
terug.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

LdTTELLs LrviNe AoE.-No. 4O1 Of this excel
lent rcpertory opens with biographical sketch Of
the Duke Of Wellington. occupying nearly sixteen
closely printed pages, aud taken from Chnnbcrs's
Papers for hc People. This number also contains
several leading articles from the British prcss.
The publication can be obtained at Taylor
Mlury's aud at Shillngton's.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

NEwsrAFER DEBTs.--In a case recently tried in
Philadelphia where suit was brought by the
'GcrmantoNn Jdtgrah against subscriber for
twelve years subscription, aud the defendant
pleaded the statute Of limitation the Judge charged
the jury, os reported by The Philadelphia papers,
az ioows:
"Judgc Kelly charged the Jury that, when a
person subs flbcs for paper and gives directions
where u shall be lct, hc is bound 10 pay for il,
unless lie pf,scrIb's the time for which il shall be
left. " a subscriber wishes TO discontinue the
paper ~ Is bic duty ~ square bis accounts and
thtn give notice Of e disCOutinuaucc. II a paper
10 scut To- person Though thc poet office, aud be
takes u out, DC s bound to pay for H. II cub
sCflbcr changes HE rcsIdCucc, II docs not follow
that tho Garner must take notice q 10 and deli
very Of the paper al thc place where nc was fret
directed 10 leave 30 H delivery 90 the auhscrbcr
unless the publisher receives notice 20 discontinue
or send be To- nunIhcr piac The statute 81 hinita.
ton d.j not affect tho case, rs tTc defendant had
paid 3. mytl1ug on account ir June, l-1t Yer
dl,l Tor plaintiff so 81
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

ALAS, Pooa ORPHASi-Thc Philadelphia Sun re-
laics that as one Of tho police officers Of that city
was proceeding along the sidewalk on Sunday az
tcrnoon, whilst the was falling thick and
fast, aud the wind blowing in eddying gusts and
picrcingly cold, the sobs ola child attracted bis at
tonhon. lie soon found poor little boy in an
alley standing up to his middle in the snow, and
bcnumbed with the Geld. The little fellow told
the officer that be had been scut out TO clear away
the snow from the alley. GO in the house." said
the officer, "and tell your mother that che ought to
be ashamed Of herself" "My mother, I" replied
the boy, "is dead I'm little bound boy. now
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

RoBBERY or THE BANK oF YpsIStA.-An ex
tcnsye bank robbery was perpetratcd at Ports.
mouth, Va, on Sunday night The banking house
Of tho Branch Bank Of Virginia wos entered durin,
tho night, the rogucs taking advantage Of the storm
that prevailed and robbed Of sS7 900, Of which
$4,000 was in notes, and $4,000 in gold. A dc.
spatch from Portsmouth says that no clue has yet
been obtained as to who the robbers we're II is
supposed they arc the same party who recently
made an attempt to enter one Of the banks Of
Charleston.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

The Legislature Of Virginia on Thursday con-
cluded the counting Of the votes for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor at the late election. The
following lie the result in all but ten counties from
which no official returns were received:
Joseph Johnson las Governor) received 65 ,527
u. W. Summers do do 5000
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-16
London in 1852.

Mr.. Weed, of the Albany Evening Jour
nal, in a late letter from London says:
Have you a realizing sense Of what
London, in population and magnitude,
really is' Do you know that in popula-
ton it is larger than the census OF 1640
showed the whole entire State Of New
York? The inhabitants of the cities of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Balti-
more, Albany, Troy, Utica, Syracuse,
Rochester and Buffalo combined, would
not make, by three or four hundred thou
sand another London !
1t bas already swallowed up all the
surrounding villages, and is extending its
lamp districts" in every direction, as
Milwaukee or Chicago spread themselves.
] have driven FIVE, six, seven, and eight
miles in different quarters, without getting
through the wilderness of dwellings
The railroads run for miles, not through
but over the city. And as for the wealth
of London, why thatis beyond the power,
if not of figures at least of computation
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-16
PIOKing and Seeding.

Messrs. Editors wish you would en-.
courage our agriculturists always to seed
their grounds as fast as thoy plow The
amazing advantages viii at once be ap-
parent to the rejecting farmer. To those
who viii not think on the snbjectenough
at once to see its Importance, recon-
mend to "try patch a7aas 7e.a
1t is lamentable to see so many farm
ers blowing for week, and then when
the whole field is done, and the weed and
grass seed pretty well germinated, begin
70 put in their crop. sas5 r,3
The moisture and melloWness of the
earth, when first turned, creates iAmedi-
ate vegetation; delay loses this to the
crop, and gives the advantage to the weeds
and grass that are in the soil. Only.look
at /! -s-y su @ AGRICOLA.r
The above is from the OhiO CaLtlCatOr.
Farmers are not as likely here, as there,
TO have field that will occupy one week
10 the blowing. We are over-fond of
small patches, and four-acre lots. But
the advice of AgrgcOIa is good anywhere !;
and we also advise trial of "a patch. .
~"-JourSsat Of agriculture.