V raos) T Susie-" rituni. , mtwi of niscitKTioy. ' ; At recent meeting of the citiens of o Hue .nd King and iceri counties, ia Virginia, Memorial oo the Might of Suffrage n adopted. Dr. Higen moved n amendment to the MemotUl, praying the Contmtion to reduce the age, at which the rights of cititenahlp shsll be "i-..:,.,illinili rvercised, from twenty one to eighteen yeerKr U?pW of this novel proposition. "-k;", . - n. iiiiran matntainea ir.tu. at eighteen, as no is, -b from which country lh present rule wss derived,-? twenty one-"it is wo.. "that rnsn, like every"otner enim creation, it Influenced in hie growth, me and dissolution, by the lati ,",! .nd climate in which he is raised. As you recede from the equinoctial line, you find :he human race either retarded i- .-i.r.ied in their erowth, according ik.ir loeelitv. In the Grecian lilanda, female, at the age of 9 or 10, and males at IS or U year, hae acquired all that maturity necessary ur matrimonial k.mnti. When rou arrive at the cold region! of Upland, the sexes do not manifest similar tleveiopemcoia unm ages' of -SO and 28 years. The tame course of observhtion and reasoning which ...i-M fothB of 21 a the natural Lri.-l of freedom in G. Biitaio, wou'd nrol.bl hate rtuced it in Virginia at II i and your memorialists believe, in revising t h Constitution oo this point, ana in ae lining when Virginians shall become Iree . men, that the interest of Commonwealth would be promoted by taking far our guide the immutable laws of -nature, rather than the example of e nation differ ing from us in climate, habits, laws and political institutions." The Doctor's motion was negatived, by a small majority. Gentlemen of our craft are very much puziltd in what delicate terms to gild Hie pill of dunning, so as to make it op erative upon the patient, without nauseat ing bis palate. An Lditor io Western Vir ginia seems to be much at a loss how to -address Jumstlfjo hj subscribers upon this unpleasant occasion. TTe "begins ilJ..io.ciessing that he " has no preten- sion losvit or ingenuity so that he "can Utdlr hope to be attended to when he r,nM nut nldinlv snd asks for his mo n.ey." Fortune befriend the fraternity, if the f wait for the rare qualities of wit and iftnury, before .they can ask and obtain rthrase to couch the disagreeable request, to render it more palatable, or less bitter to the taste of bis jutronahLP wpyld cer tainly adopt it but. disguise it or dress it upas you please, it arnourus at lsi aim ply to this J'ay ut our money. And" at many of the-readers of this paper - are that, in the climate of Virginia, min U es rjc:urrrwrUUelIec;u.)lr.nd.phjri' r- ...... . ... r .i donibtlesimucii-beiMt.dmtistttsftf -EuafiC. lhaOhe Kdnwy he; hss oo knid of objection to their dressing up the idea in " thy 'style that miy please theirown tastes, provided thty-w'tll only Ajr Arm the mo ney." This eloquent Editor seemVtb think thut he has two heavy difficulties to contend wrth ; the one is to earn his mo ney, and the other is to get it And in deed, let the honest truth be told, wheth er " in honied or polihed phrase," is of little consequence, there is a species of patrons, from whom it is much more diffi cult to obtain your dues, than it is to earn them. Whether such persons "do as they-would be dona by is another ques tion. Richmond Comftiier, . AUSTRL9. The capital of Austria is represented as at least a century in arresr of Paris in refinement, intellectual enlistment, and all the comforts and conveniences of arti ficial life. The Viennese have neither l be manly plainness of the English, nor ibe" if ji" gf Kf of thr-Ff encfc'tliei..ut described Ttt unlettered, heavy and super stitious, but cordial, honest, hospitable and faithful. The nobility of the Austrian -CourtJa-oLa.Jiighef-jprder thsn that of sfiy other court in Europe. Amongst the coui'tiers of Francis are to be found many high and powerful princes who have sub-tecis-ol iheif-owiiv-aucbai Esterhaty, Lichtenstcln, and eighteen or 20 others. --Betweikib cowt aoiihe city'' there - .iBeft,4): Jeuert afld tradciwn, fwaj.a.n' '-3T"hr-Oeiu.i and .Icirnine are rarely jitrmitted to cross that enchanted circle which encloses the proud and high-born. Personal loyalty to the Emperor is a prevailing trait of the Austrian populace. This arises from his confess' d nationality iu entering into the common pleasures bl hjs people. No si' italioos fall upon his '.heiJ for any unpopular governmental ' jmeaiiurt'. In this ' howlve alljht, world doei justice to Francis, for all the world knows that Prince Meiternhh, with his lung head, and longer conscience, wields the destinies of the great Austrian em-, pire. Francis is individually the richest aovereign in Europe, although the trea sury ot bis empire is hardly worth plon 4ertng being 'mistrabjy jaijoverisbed. i... .. . .... r ' whom we have fathered the loregoing Information gives h following account i Ant fork Courier. The bastions surrounding Vienna ere ! feet in hcleht, ere pierced by ele ven gates of entrance the most modern of which, the Bun; Thor.ls massive and magnificent structure. The chief residences or the nobility overtook: mete nistions and the glacis but, although M...,r iT.ifnrMTranil ind Imnosinff, went of "unirormlty gives toVhe external aspect of the city nearly .that of tar lane Tha e-laeis is. however, I bo nub Ittrac tion end distinction ol)fhWte)tiM of e broad belt ot green swsrd, oewiy olanted, and separating the city from its IhanUwme, enc, popqioua suouro-. i f . : ...i i i. forma Jff reawo oi cverr . iwnM"" - tervention; for so close "Wfiir'ftf tiumin habitations as that within ttie alls, un purified by sub drainings, or by water otherwise dispensed than through the public fountains, causes a noisome and in salubrious atmosphere. The city cod tains several paved squares of sufficient extent, but of no architectural beauty. The basement stories are occupied by shops, low and mean, es those of the old quarters in Paris ; and the double case ments, universal throughout Austria, from the palace to the cabin, give a tomber and uninhabited look to the Jacudet of the houtet. Cheafi Education .While we bate been Jong accustomed to look alone to the East for the teats of science, we rejoice to see now rising in the West, public schools which- bid fair to rival the deservedly cel ebrated Institutions of the Eastern States, end for cheapness of expenses far excel them-" At Cumberland College, in Ken tucky, the wbole expense of a student's education, except clothes and books, are offered at 60 a year ; this Institution has connected with it, a large and elegant farm, of about 500 acres, which is culti vated entirely by the students. They la- fboi t wo hOurs hne'ach dayinsted of the usual recreations. There is likewise e College in Ohio, called Kenyon College, that is offering great facilities at a verjr cheap rate, in ac- Suiring the blessing of e good education, ne hundred and ten feet of the College stone buitdin? is now nearlv completed. ThrxxpwseV-tr4slnihulionuJn.Jhe . I a L . grammar school, are 860 a year. The i College students pay &70, and the dtyini ' ty students but 850. Virginian. Kerorm. -A corresponaeni oi me United States Telegraph, who signs, AV OJfite-Serker, remarks, that 't the success of every man to the honors of office and Urf.uifcUvM JCHUS Upwii Ilia lalvuut 1.1 virtues, and his good deportment: and to continue a man in office, because he is in, would be as wise as to suppose our ancestors should have cominucdLcolonies because they were so. Much has been said orthe injustice of displacing public agents from office, but experience shows have upon the ad minisirauoA of our tffiif s" ty . dealing: frauds and proSigicy in many, and crea ting business habits and industry in those who "take their places. Removals from 6fficrs1outc!l ways-rs ke-place-whn-4he public good is promoted, and surely a want of confidence in a clerk is a sufficient reason for removal ; for how can the pub lic business be well performed without a good understanding among its officers. In the declaration of independence, sanc tioned by the voice of all freemen as breathing throughout the pure spirit of patriotism and natural justice, it recogni ses " all men by nature equal," and equal ity embraces the whole, and when a part of a nation enjoy the emoluments and dis tinction of offices of gorernment, which the other part do not participate in, and who are by nature and talents, and virtues, their equals, it is a violation of natural justice, and repugnant to the feelings of freemen. . . The Postmaster General removed the postmaster of the town of Lahcasrer in this state, and appointed a 'Trierit! of the late Administration in his place. The coalition Editors, (resembling young fea iherless bifdJwhoiFTnomhsrarc-always open to catch whatever is presented,) no sooner heard of . the removal than they put down one of them as fiunithed, and the otlTeriswttritef Tbey extolled the virtues of the martyr, and blackened inevfci-f'''M"i fhf ,eiaggei:UQn dox, and the, tune is changed to the most TuTsbme" battegy rhrorrtbt new pottmatterl ride a late Jieutbrky aeportec. Royal Alliance. A letter from Madrid of July 9th, say a the Hero, of 80 guns, lately repaired at Ferrol, and the only ship of the line now in the ports of Europe belonging to Spain, Is to be sent to Na ples in search of the Neapolitan Princess who is to espouse Ferdintndt A The Mar quis Santa Crux will be charged wit b this commission. The King's marriage with a Neapolitan Princess has pot been deter mined on without. opposition. The Ap ostolical party have done every thing in their power to induce his Majesty to marry a Sardinian PriuceM.'1 Of the city orvienni, the auuior.irom '1 com tba IliclmoaJ Enqiuitr. MU. VAN DUREN. No Secretary of State, since the foun tiation of the government to the present moment, has had the labor lo perform, or the difficulties to contend with, which Mr. Van Buren his hid since the present administration went ioto power. Neither he nor the President bad ever been plac ed in a situation previously, in which they could bive msde themselves familiar who Ulhepaperib,slonginjc to the Depart ment fif Stater rrdleaUkiCJbuj!,meM belonging to our foreign relations, y How had i been with other Presidents and . .others, , Secret rie' of Stlte. Oen VV'as MngloV h hfytfc'tilNrv&frh&lum men'cad his'p 'ilHcal career with the com. mencetnent of ail our republican institu ttanwwhft Ui' trwo up with ell Us con- f I i rlif 7Hr-4isd otriboJedaioLjfajLB?3i and been a foiign minuter shotlly after it went into operation. , Mr.Jeffctson wis made President after being thus drilled in all oyjr foreign affairs, He, of- course, was familiar with the business of the Department of State and rarticularly with our relations abroad, fe selected Mr. Madison, who had the advantages of Mr. Jefferson's familiarity with the State Department and our for eign affairs. Mr. Madison selected Mr. Monroe, who had also been a foreign minister Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams. The latter had been a long time a foreign Min uter and after serving eigh y eara in the Department of State was mado President He selected Mr. Clay, to whom he could impart, at'any.ilrae, his knowledge of the papers and details of the office. . The twofirst Presidents bad assisted in laying the foundation of the Kepubuc ; or course, they were familiar with its history. The Jour following Presidents had all aerved lo the Department of State, and, of course, were firniliir with the business of that office, end could render any assistance to a recently appointed Minister of State, which bis new situation might demand The present vsnerated patriot who guides the helm of our affairs, had not the ad vantage of familiarity with offices. "His lofty patriotism- his glorious services his stern and unwavering honesty, had verv iustlr made hire to favorite of the nation, and placed him in the President!! Chair. Independent of these considerations, JWjlVan Bures has had to fit out more I r f :T i m- . L - - J .latrta lh.ll foreign ministers 1n"thestm i me, than any Secretary of State ever had before Ha has had ts furnish t or 4 roinuters with instructions on most Important sub iftf-ri. If h shall have Droved himself eaual to the creat occasion, he will have tested his character, and- fertility in reso urces, which must place him very bighl lm llrlU.'tlB.wn. It is understood, that Mr. Van Buren is strictly confined to his post. -He has just completed s long' series of Despatches for Messrs McLane and Rives -and now is preparing the- Despatches of Messrs. Preble (for the -Netherlands) sod Van Ness (for Spain ) vegetabiet recentlf introduced into this . . . . r ' . i . country trom r.urope, says e American Farmer, Isnow successfully cultivated in rtii-Tn-ftf U.wt k. nUanH n R.:.k I. !. i-j: r ..j c. - r ii is lnuigcnous io r ranee mi'.q oivnz-r land, and is a species of white Beet, cal led in Frsnce Svritt Chard (pronounrrd j cara.) it is considered the very best ot sll spineceoius plants, and is cultivated for its foot stalks and leaves exclusively, its roots being fibrous. The stalk of the leaf is very large, some exceeding two inches and a half in width, very white and so tender that when first gathered it will scarcely support the leaf. The leaf is pretty large, of a pale green, and also very tender. It is one of the most beautiful and luxuriant vegetables, while growing, that can be imagined. One plant vill furnish enough for a small family dinner. The atalks sre eeparsted from the leaf and prepared and served up in the man ner of asparagus -the leaves like spinsge. Courier publishes7 the following, from which it may be inferred that the East as well as the West, is about deriving equal! benefit from the effeCTrof native-gemus,-Fnm the Aew York Courier and Enquirer. I have iust been to see Mr. Richard iyanPjkeJ's "fitrhctual motion," at Horse's Coffee house, in Park Hbw .Thitiwortbria . . .. " "; T--" 7 far as to produce a machine, the motion leHafftf wnlcti the maehi inis made.. Jt will be seen at once that its power may be Jncrese may be applied to many valuible ptir poses. It is truly a great discovery, and its simplicrty is such that the beholder i astonished that he had not before discov ered it himself. There is, indeed there can be, no deception about it. -: A CITIZEN. The. Throne of England..... An infant nine; years old, Alexandrine Victoria, a daughter of the Duke of Kent, and a Princess of Saxe Coburg, is destined for the Throne of England. The Duke of Clarence, aged 63, jhe resumptive heir, bts oo children liU'lru V.VorA Carolina , The New Orleans Mercsntile Advertiser, of the 19th ult.contsins a notice of the Hlitory of North Carolina, from the earliest period, by Francois Xsvler Martin, Judge ct the Supreme Court of Louisiana, a work In 2 vols, recently issued from the press of that city. The Advertiser speaks In high terms of approbation of this work ouudge Martin. The manner is somewhat pecu liar. That part which relates to'the Re volutionary History of the State, contains the arruments and orations of the times, wTfftrwbWiiaenvf t ed f3r:lufr1 Ing cltuens and by this means the read er is led on step by step, from the first dawning, of dtststisiaction at the oppres sions of ? the mother country - untoVtLe open declaration, renouncing forever all alleeiance to the uritua throue. i he momentouVlefleCtl Hre -known to all of the-pTteent day, but to tbe.youfuIjejder it must be interesting, and at the tame lime instructive, to see faithfully depicted the numerous causes, some of them tri vial in themselves, but which as a wbole, led inevitably to the grandest results. The authoritef of Judge Martin, may be presumed to be of the highest charac ter, from the fact, that owing to his great familiarity with tlW Archives of North Carolina, he wss abort 30 years since, employed" to make e revisal of its laws, on which occasion, the whole records of the State were submitted to him, as well as a variety of other documents and cor respondence from cabinet papers, of some gentlemen whose merit had elevate Jtbera to places of honor in the State. South Emeries.- Capt. Bosstere, arri ved at Baltimore from Cbagres, brings in teresting information from Colombia and Peru t He states,, that on the 1 1th Aug. a government vessel arrived at Guayaquil from Panama, the captain of which came down bearing dupatchea from Bolivar. Nothing official bad transpired ; but the vetbal report of the oflkera and others was, that Bolivar had just entered Guaya quil when they sailed -the Peruvian army having abandoned It some days previous after destroying or carrying "ofTeVery thine like ammunition or articles of war. and were then at I leura. l here hid been a revolution in Bolivia. General Gamarra had sent the President of Boli via, Gen- Lamar, on board a vessel sailing for Chili, withjrivate orders io shoot him on the passsge. Gen. Santa Cruz had been elected President of Bolivia, and had dissolved the congress, ft was the gen eral opinion at - Panama, that . there was much important information suppressed by the officers and others who arrived in the vessel at Panama. " Eartir Coffo.The Augusta Chronicle mentions the arrival of two wagon loads of new Cotton, one of which was from the plantation ol Colonel Dowse, of Burke county, (Georgia) and was neatly packed in syuarc bales of domestic bagiMti rope ind ine. Toe. qua jity it very fine, udjtoatt 9 1-3 ceult had been ouered for it. I he first arrival of Cotton last seaton was on the 1 Mb August. Sat. Georgian. CCPU' Ff eiJe01-f ht, UVue Lw.i c-,,Wr..c AfBn. nn th. i ath ' UT l B - - H Paris nst'r savs, ,4 It seems that the Mi.n nl 1 7k ()rD )0 nf franca, which has ..!. nK-.... tr !., S.univh Government fjr thr .onqtigst ul Mexico, would oe pro duced by a iv-o, to be made Lv ancient possessors of ths couuiry, who have been expelled from it. Cucumber As an evidence of the un whotesomenesa f cucumbers,' a story is related of an ostrich exhibited In the eas tern states, the keeper of which fed him on brickbats, glass, and other good things but unluckily one d ty gave him a rucum ber, and he died of indigestion in 24 hours after! The Cincinnati (Ohio) Daily Advertiser expresses the opinion, irom the various sccounts which have been published of the fa voi able state of the crops, that there will be, at the lowest estiraate ofteTTttillton more 'barrels of flour, made . in tbey, States, the present year, than were ever made in one year before. NAaKBT IB THSTMUKB. Wheat is selling at Cleaveland, Ohio, at 50 cents per bushel, and in the back towBS at'-37-ls3Ua:th(V ftthef hand, la- the line of the canal at that place - 1.;; "nsr-r--jc--j-ii.. ..k , rece'nreTrom TS'tOldolhmper nvon4hi and few (says the paper) to be had. t me tlrnes I'drlhe' KbliCrrttff'Bwaloand ages high - RicA, Cwn.,, ,. ..... Ala ft of the-.U..SttUet,-rH c. Tanner of Philadelphia hat just published bis new Map, of the United States,-which is pro nounced to be a splendid production in point of execution. The Map is also said to embody more information than any other work of the kind, a large portion of which is new matter, obtained with much labor. 1 ; The Beaufort (South Carolina) Gazelle, of the 13th ult. ststes, that'4 a Pelican was shot at Bay Point last week, measur ing eight feet across the wings from tip to tip.. The pouch was found capabje of holding M rpiarts and a pin' of sand," SEPTEMttF.ll !J, IC23. JOSEFH WILSON, ESQ. . On Sturlty . evening, the 12th instant, at a meeting of Mount HoriU Itode, No. Hi, Suteu ViHe, held by order of tU worriiful Muter, tLo following resolutions were subuuiud, and Uaui Imrmilv adopted . , Ilnthid, That we, the memhf rs of the Lodje, sincerely and deeply affected by lUa detb w' our worthy Brother, Jrph ffln, Kfjiiire, aa SrilnH t hU iwainory and !' worth, ny t . our bret&reS in J. Oie'warki, u was, aa-a, . . " ! v a . tuaa arxl amaton, tjniaoio, ocnevoieni ana "" kinds in'hiro the 0or and the opprested knew their friend-acti,' energetic aud jmt. naica o inw enemies; o wci orucr -gemie-nuiuy, affable and estiy fn bit tnaoners and ad dreis, ha wu ttern, independent and uncooi- promUtnir urtih irnncip'ea r itrv- BfJuiary ulenU, improved byeuhivat'nm, ht,--- was rapioiy rawing on in inc pimr or -Drntotn and of fame, when his career wu aaddenly r rested, and his glory eclipsed by tba shadow of death. Wa mourn bit lost, for heall in (be full fruition of bia intellect i we mourn hit !ut, Ur he wu Ibe prida of hit profraxion, and an honor to hit CMintryi we mourn bia Iota, fur our hearts were grappled unto with hooka of it( r ne wu our menu, our aaaocute, our brother. The golden vue which held hit-eUterial itkihr it broken, but the perfume of its contend wil long gratify, animate and refresh tbe who once felt the Pwer and virtue of iia Influence, Rettlvtd, That the members of tbu Lodge waar the usual badge of mourning for the tpato of thirty day. Jitioived, t hat rheae resolutiona be publinhei in the Western Carolinian and the Yadkin and Catawba Journal. RefheJ, That a copy of thee proceeding be forwarded to the widow and family of tba deccwed. JAS. THO,lPi$O.N, .Vc'o. At a meeting of Phalanx ldge, No. 31, hefj" at th Lodge Kooro in ClHirltitton the 29th of Aaguat, 1429, the following resolution wu ttntn. tmouIy adopted t ' - . Henhed, That the members of tb'w Lodpey as a token of the high uul diitingiiihed coitid. eration io which they held Brother JOSEPH WILSON, deceived, do wear crape on the left arm for one month. Trade Jfilminp0n It is stated in tlir Recorder, that there have arrived in ibe port of 'Wil'mln'jpon, 'lirtMs ttafe; fortheart year, entU -Ing the 3Ut of August, 1829, 6 Ship, 275 Brigt, 200. 8chooner, loops total 4'J vetelt. Of these, 12-1 were from foreign port, 280 coastwhe. 1 jmail nurubtf of Mfit, iu proportion to other clusxs of vessel?, is owing to the difficulty large vessels experience in p,.i sing over the bar to get into the harbour. TLe wntempUt'ed impMV tmenTjr in the tmrW, ( effect which an appro;)ilati m was lat wiuttr made by CongrewT will render li eay of accm to the largeat cIush of anipt ; consequently the trade of the place will begreMiy improved, and. a a?odly ppup.M-tou of the peojfi cr . th. be much benefitted tlicrbj. TLe Mutni and .1 uti Mat am, ".n the Wester;. purt of New -York, arc trying which can c-Zi the other the KurJttt nsmri. ,t the celebra;i', of St. John's day, a masen jjic the following' tft'sfac May they .be .lathered wiitc Cre and brimstone, am! kliaved w'rha streak Ct lightning !H , .ft.it -it- n lli'iKia ralltr mftri. mr-ir.il fttir. . --jr bf 1JshereJ WltTi W 8Bd "" a- 'aaadww" because Ue l.irntninc wouiadoits Ias1ntisin hwryt-while ihtLaad raw ' ipeu tion would be rather tedium, as well as ur.cc-t. f3riabt - Hard Fufe. The town of Tusjumbia, (or l ,Spring) in Alabama, is of about 7 or 8 ytv$ growth. Somewhat more than six years since, a Newspaper w as established there ; Inch sunt, died for want of nuumlmetU that is, ht die w ant of a uflicicncv ot subscriber?, job wort and advertweineiita, and particularly for t lie want of punctuality in payments. Since then. rijtt other paper in that ill-omened town Imt gone the melancholy way f their predecfus' Why w ill Printers besortcklcrtof their inter v. as to adventure where there ia no reasonable probability of eacaping a w reck of fortune au perhaps of famr, too The Prttident't Ifralth. A correspondent iA h timore Republics und?r date of 1st ht remark?, in relation to the health of the I'rt'- dent: The Ires.dent arrived a fcw hour's agi' in the Potomac i and I rejoice to add that he i io tlio bf at hcailiL-andapirits. lmleed 1 have beard th&t he is declared to be better at the present moment than be has been for the last ten yean. This fact will be a damper to the faction, but a-aignal futisj .UtL) aniong the trite republicans, wfc may still look forward to i'fM rui'tible Patriot." C ' jastoffke,aX UCHS?Jj,,ta'c f Delawair. ha been -detected U embeMbng nioiiey frS'' letters passing through t!ie oH-e. Upwards ti 600 dollars were thus stolen by him. 74nrr ...Col. CrocUeft'e msjonfy r Congress is upwards of 2,000 votes. Tjie vote in the diatrict atood as follows : Crockett S.5B1, Alexander 4,360, fttet 132, Clark 9! Henry L. Tinckneyj Esq. editor of the Charles ton Mercury, has been elected Intendant c that city, by a majority of tothething more than 100 votes over Thot. S. (HtiVe, Esn a senat. a in the IrgislaVarfr. 1 I ( I i ! I t I I c k c t a 1 i! a (1 tl tu -V ti Y X ti rr w X bf tit or w! te ! tic tb a'n tis tl.i in tor or lit! tll( COI sm ayi . thi bo tio po ... : i ' :

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