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FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1824. Roanoke Navigation Comfiamj. The annual mccthg of the Stock holders in this Company was held it Weldon on Monday last. We understand that the meeting was attended only by a few persons, and that the proposition for receiving the $25,000 additional stoc!;, to be subscribed by the Board of Inter nal Improvement in bthalf of the State, for the express purpose of locking into the river, was laid over for consideration until the ensuing u:;r.ual meeting in November next. Presidential Election. Yesterday was the day appointed :or electing in this state Electors tf President and Vice-President of the United States. The number of votes given in this place was not declared previous to thispaperbe V;g put to press. We have receiv ed a few accounts of the returns of votes in this election: in Virginia the Crawford ticket prevails with a large majority. In Pennsylvania the Jackson ticket takes the lead. In Connecticut and Massachusetts the Adams ticket has a decided ad vantage. A'erj- York: A correspondent of the New-York Evening Post, under date Albany, November 3, writes as follows: "Well, here is Monsieur Ton-sc-n come again; or in other words, our Legislature has again assembled . There was nothing ,of consequence done yesterday. The Governor did not send in a message; and when waited up on by the committee to inform him that the house was ready to .proceed to business, he replied, rather tartly, "that the tow had pointed out their duty, and he had nothing to communicate." "There has been alreadymuch caucussing on the subject of presidential electors. Neither candidate has a majority, and the electoral ticket will have to he made out by compromise or not at all. The friends of Clay have taken a bold stand and in sist on a part of the ticket, and will probably enter into a com pact with the party that will yield them the most. It is my opinion, and I speak not unad visedly, that the votes of this state will be divided between Mams and Clay." Presidential. Electors of President and Vice President must be chosen in all the States, agreeably to an act of Congress, between the 27th of October and the 1st day of December. On Wednesday, December 1st, the Electorial Colleges will meet in the several States and vote on distinct ballots, for one person as President and one per son as Vice President of the U- States. Tennessee Fr0m the Legis lature of this state, now in ses sion, we learn that the proposi tion for thecal to revise the Constitution, had been much debated, and, on the question being taken in j0;nt session of both houses, the votes vere, 35 in favor of it, and 21 against it. Two thirds beinr 1 the number of votes required such a measure, it was, of - hc Lecture has amend- ed its electoral law, and in their amendment have omitted en tirely one of. their counties (Bledsoe.) We do not under stand whether this was discov ered in time to pass an act sup plementary to an act to amend an act, &c. &c. Nat. Int. Washington Nov. 5. Yes terday, negro Jim, charged with a rape committed on the bodv of a white woman, was rtrraii'n- ed before the Superior Court of iuu.wy siuing lor tins county, the lion. J. R. Donnell presiding. After a natient and laborious in- vestigation through the day, a highly respectable and intelli gent jury retired at about 10 o' clock at night, and at 2 A. M. brought in a verdict of Guilty. Recorder. Appomattox River. We understand that Mr. Alb. Stein, Engineer, who has been for some time engaged in examin ing the Appomattox River be low the town, has made a report to the Common Hall altogether favorable, which has been ac cepted by that body. The Re port, we arc informed, furnishes a complete survey, and enters into very minute calculations of the attending expense estima ting at gross the cost of the con templated improvements at S2S,500; for which sum all ob structions to the approach of the largest coasting vessels to our wharves can be entirely remov ed- We further learn, that the Common Hall have appointed a Committee to draw up a petition to the Legislature for an act of incorporation; and likewise to devise &. report the funds which may oe wanted over and above the Subscription of the State. retcrsburg Int. Hayti. An arrival from Hayti furnishes confirmation of the total tailure ot the negocia- tion between the Haytien Com missioners and the French Go vernment. The proclamation of President Boyer announcing1 the fact, is full of patriotism,' energy, and confidence Yet we : think, when itailmitsthe jrreat1 probability of an attack from the ancient mistress of the Island, it affords a strong persuasive a- ornnct fbo Pmi'nrntinn rC frrr Blacks from the United States. Lei those interested "look be fore they leap." lb. Remarkable preservation. late Niagara (N.Y.) Sentinel mentions that a stare,in crossing "deep hollow," near Rochester, was overturned in the night, on the brink of a precipice, and al though the descent was from thirty to forty feet, no one was seriously injured. The editor of the Chronicle has been fur nished with an extract from a letter by one of the passengers, giving the particulars of this ex traordinary escape. "We left Rochester in the stage at 3 A. M. perfectly dark no lamps and ten passen gers, myself the only female. We had proceeded little more than a mile and a half from the village when the driver lost his direction, and while crossing a causeway, made over a gulfa bout seventy feet deep, we were precipitated down a precipice of thirty feet; the stage rolling over and over like a log. It first struck a slight railing that had been placed as a guard; the top was broken through, and we went over and overagam till we rested on a small level, where a stone breastwork a foot or two in height had been made. The corner of the stage in which I sat stuck into the earth, and the whole weight of its contents came on me. The unutterable horror of the moment you can not conceive. I expected to die in an instant, from the aw ful, the amazing pressure. It was dark as it ever is, and it rained violently. Each thought the others dead, and it was not till the persons above began to move, that a word was uttered. In releasing themselves two or three" stepped upon me, and one climbed up by resting his foot upon my head. All but myself at last were extricated, and I from the shock, had lost the power of moving; besides, the sand and earth poured in upon me so that I could not lift a foot.. I heard my husband calling my name in an agony, and "some crying out, "where is the lady," and others replying she is dead. For a few moments I lay buried in the wreck, unable to speak or move. . At last a man found, in the darkness, where I lay, and lift ed me out by main strength. But we were now in an awful uncertainty respecting our situ ation, and what would be our fate; for we supposed, when we turned over, that we were go ing off the bank of the Gennes sce, which was in fact only a few rods from us, and the preci pice of that is at least 150 feet. When we rested, it was just on the brink of another descent of nearly 40 feet, at the bottom of which was a stream wilh rocks and bodies of trees; we after wards saw the place by day light, and therefore know. Had we gone over till little breast work, our death had been inev itable. As it was, our preser vation is justly considered a mi racle. We remained in this condi tion nearly an hour, not daring to move at all lest we should plunge we knew not where. At last a light was brought and we walked through the mire a quar ter of a.mile, to a house, where we waited till day. We then took seats in another stage, and rode to Lewiston, a distance of SO miles! All the passengers were somewhat injured, but none so much as to be unable to travel. Not a bone was broken except the poor horses ribs. Our preservation was beyond all human calculation. God had mercy on us; no other reason can be assigned why we were not killed on the spot. La Fayette at the tomb of 11 ashinglon. 1 he solemn and imposing scene of the visit of Ja layette to the tomb ot Washington, took place on Sun day the 17th ult. About one o'clock the General left the steamboat Petersburg at anchor, off Mount Vernon, and was re ceived into a barge manned and steered by captains of vessels from Alexandria, who had hand somely volunteered their servi ces for this interesting occasion. He was accompanied in the barge by his family and suite, and Mr. Secretary Calhoun. On reaching the shore, he was re ceived' by Mr. Lewis, the ne phew of Washington, and .by the gentlemen of the family of Judge Washington, (the Judge himself being absent on official duties,) and conducted to the ancient mansion, where forty years ago, he took the last leave of his ."Hero, his friend, and our country's preserver." After remaining a few minutes in the house, the General proceeded to the vault, supported by Mr. Lewis and the gentlemen rela tives of the Jude, and accom panied by G. W. La Fayette, and G. W. Custis, the Children of Mount Vernon, both having shared the paternal care of the great Chief. Mr. Custis wore the Ring suspended from Cin cinnati Ribbon. Arrived at the sepulchre, after a pause, Mr. Custis addressed the General as follows: . "Last of the Generals of the army of Independence! At this awful and impressive .moment, when forgetting the splendor of a triumph greater than Roman Consul ever had, you bend with reverence over the remains of Washington,the Child of Mount Vernon presents you with this token containing the hair of him, whom, while living, you loved, and to whose honored grave you now pay the manly and affecting tribute of a Patri ot's and a Soldier's tear. "The ring has ever been an emblem of the union of hearts from the earliest ages, of the world, and this will unite the affections of all the Americans, to the person and posterity of La Fayette now and hereafter; and when your descendants of a distant day shall behold this valued relic, it will remind them of the heroic virtues of their illustrious sire, who recei ved it, not in the palaces of princes, or amid the pomp and vanities of life, but at thejaurel Ied grave of Washington. Do you ask 'Is this the Mausoleum, be- fiting the ashes of a Marcus Aurelius, or the good Antonius? I tell you, that the Father of his country lies buried in the hearts of his countrymen, and in those of the brave, the good, the free, of all ages and nations. Do you seek for the tablets, which are to convey his fame to immor tality? They have long been written in the freedom and hap piness of his country. These are the monumental trophies of Washington the Great, and will endure when the proudest works of art have "dissolved and left not a wreck behind." "Venerable man! Will you never tire in the cause of freedom and human happiness? Is it not time that you should rest from your generous labours and repose en the bosom of a country which delights to love and honor you, and will teach her children's children to bless your name and memory? Sure, where liberty dwells, there must be the country of La Fayette! "Our fathers witnessed the dawn of your glory, partook of its meridian splendor, and oh! let the children enjoy the be nign radiance of your setting sun; and, when it shall sink in the horizon of nature, here, here with pious duty, we will form your sepulchre, and united in death, as in life, by the side of the Great Chief, you will rest in peace, till the last trump a wakes the slumbering world and calls your virtues to their great reward. "The joyous shouts of mil lions of freemen hailed your re turned foot-print on our sands. The arms of millions are open ed wide to hug you to their grateful hearts, and the prayers of millions ascend to the throne of Almighty Power, and im plore that the choicest blessings of heaven will cheer the latter days of La Fayette!" The General having received the Ring, pressed it to his bo som, and replied: "The feelings at this awful moment oppress my heart, and and do not leave me the power of utterance. I can only thank you, my dear Custis, for your precious gift, and pay a silent homage to the tomb of the greatest and best of men, my dear paternal friend!" The General affectionately embraced the donor and the o- three gentlemen. r., intently on thfi rP,0, , of departed greatness. fnrxLi6 pressed his lips to the dnn, I the vault, while tears fdln.i fu rrovvsin the veteran's cheeks. T Y u Vw aPPlied to the lucK me uoor new 0pen discovered the rL ' and stre wed with flowers eens. The General descend". ed iiiu steps, ana kissed the en cells which contained the is of the -rreat Chlnf . . lead ashes v enerabfe consort, and then re tired in an excess of feeljn(, language is to which descri ibe. Not a soul intruded upon the privacy of the visit to the Tomb nothing, occured to disturb its reverential solemnity. Tlie old oaks which grow around the se pulchre, touched with the mel lowed lustre of autumn, ap peared rich and ripe, as theau" tumnal honors of La Fayette Tis done! the greatest, the most affecting scene of the grand drama has closed, and the nil. grim who now repairs to the tomb of the Father of his Cour tly, will find its laurels moist ened by the tear of La Fayette! Nat. Int. Spices. By the last report of thcjSecretary of the Treasury it appears that 4,580,637 pounds of spices, of all description, were imported into this country, 0f which 3,133,443 pounds were black pepen and that 2,636,583 pounds had been exported, du ring the same period, not entitl ed to drawback, besides 1,851,. 959 pounds of previous impor tation: The merchants ef this country, during the same peri od, supplied Italy and Malta with more than 2,000,000 of pounds, besides Holland, the Hanse towns, and other ports in Germany, with more than half a million. The whole an ual production of black pepper, within the parallels above men tioned, amounts to 333,000 pikols, or 45,066,666 2-3 pounds, which sells for $0 a nikol. The sum therefore paid by the civilized nations of Eu rope and America, for a zest to their dinner; or an aroma to the beverage, amounts to more than three millions of dollars, in the article of black pepper alone. . Huntsville, (Ala.) Oct. 15. Rank Robbery. On Wed nesday evening last, a short time after the usual supper hour, as the Cashier of the Huntsville Hank .was going from the bank ing room to the directors room up stairs, he was knocked down in the passage, and robbed of a large bundle ofnotes of the bank. We understand he had takca the bundle from an iron chest, and was approaching the back door of the passage, which had previously been left unlocked, with a candle in his hand, when it was suddenly burst open by the robber, who stunned the cashier by a blow on the head, and possesing himself of the mo ney, made a precipitate retreat the back way. The notes were all of a date previous to the 19th July last, signed by Den. Cox or Eldrcd Rawlins, cashiers, were principally of large deno minations, and had recently bcea redeemed by the bank. As there are but very few notes o? this description, in circulation, the public should he caution how and of whom they receive them. The amount taken is between 25 and 29,000 dollars The bank offers a reward ct 2000 dollars for apprehending the robber, and we cannot but sincerely hope that such daring villainy will receive condign punishment. ther
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