Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 15, Richmond, Wayne County, 24 April 1822 — Page 2
Intelligencer.
For the Richmond Intelligencer. Mr. Editor: Sir wjiile my rye wandered over the-12th No. of jour Intelligencer. I "paused to view , the features, of a singular, and., altogether proofless theory, which purported to weigh in -the scales of a. visionary-immagin-atio'j, the moral turpitude of the drunkard and the warrior. Unfortunate warrior! the sc ale preponder
ates against you; the drunkard as
cends, his towering front i
14. Would Moses had he beetr atin one instance 'the, "banditti," asfing forward to light it by one of the
christian or holy man, shed blood
without shewing mercy, as commanded, Deut. 7th chap'. 2d verse? 15 Did the Lord threaten to punish the children of Israel, if they did not by war, cut off, drive out and destroy the nations of canaan, as recorded in the 23th of Deuteronomy ? 1G After our author has read the 13, 14 15 verses of the 5th chap.
of Joshua, then let him tell us, whith
er the Angel therein mentioned, and
who said that "as captain of hosts ofjthat kingdom.
the Lord am I now come" believed
(with him) that those hosts of the
V Lord (whom the Ansel intended lead-
reareui. A . . i .
ling io icior aim renown i were a
they arc called, were said to amount to E00 men. A Liverpool papcr'of the Gth Feb. says "There has been in this neighbourhood, onlv 24 days of clear, cloudless sky from Jan. 1st, 1821, to 31st Jan. 1822, a period of thirteen months, and the greater part of the 24 were in the Months of January, February and March, 1821. The accounts from Spain are fa-
vorahle to the peace and quiet of
suggest that in u Conzreu
not act upon the subject at the
The rear of this ludicrous ent session, there should be "a r
gress of printers," convened duri
candles in the hats of his two front
carriers.
procession was brought up by several
other dustmen, coal heavers and
their ladies. The procession ?et out
would not be a bad plan, nrovu J
cd by an they could receive eight dollars l ered the day, and eight dollars for every twr I
Reports had reached Paris that a
revolutionary spirit had manifested
itself at Brest, and that two regi
ments of marines
from Charles street down Drury lane gestion is not intended as seriotn
- x v ..i- i- Hr:U 1.4 . k.l 1 ' "
Lrcai ueeu mhti, t nu sutvi,
round Clark market, foollowcd
immense crowd, which rend
streets nearly impassable. There ty miles travel. Bv this thev wn.-u
a. !!.. l. l 1 a l.i . 1 . . '
uc- ucuvi viiauicu io curry intaetfrTi
Mr, Mccsentcr,
Philadelphia has long been mnrfc
i-i i set of necessanlv depraved wretchesjof tho line had hoi
' V T- . ' .'inferior to the demoralized thief and of revolt. Measures were ndonted
his honestlv earned exultation. 1
drunkard?
. , i , ,f 1. II the Angel should diiler from with ihe author who calls himselt , . . . v , . ...
1
. . A , . j , . . .does) is he able to tix a rati enml d to expect that he, in uistice i .i
lie, ill answer, in print, the follow-
ir.c interi'atones.
li l in in Anniiit - I T.f'iiTili'
1. .i. i . i "inn in viMUiui: ia.' in. nun i li itiiui ut I think that I am, , i w ? i
rational or
were two collectors one on each side
of the street, very active in levying
contributions among the spectators, to defray the expences. The stop
ped at many public houses, where thev quailed oil oceans of beer, ale.
and one of infantry and gin, and then returned to their disturbed by certain disputes be
i;n uic idi . vii 1 1 li i v "i"" - - v.. w , -v. .wiiii. x.iiiiiviiii, UlMifn
" i it 1 1; iiit: Din-iH t " uiuniau m 1 1 uciut, in uicit, iiuu U5 aUuCrCnts
drink, tiiev and tneir ladies pas
sc-d the remainder of the evening as
to repress (he "factious enterpri.e.
A private letter, dated V cniee.
January 0, contains the followineiliappy as beer, gin, and tobacco could
intelligence: 'Ornor Vrion, Pacha
of Delvinon, who occupied the cit
18. Was the angel who announc- adel of Athens, has capitulated, to
gether with tin? commandant who
held the castle of Thebes; they sur-
rnakc them.
Late London paper.
ed himself 4 captain of the hots oi
v : 7 , ?r r necessarily depraved, and sunk be-; rendered those two cities, on condi
Ul 1IKI.1I t ll, 1U til III HMUtU JLJl.'i -i f il I I i, i ,tr TM Iniil ,t f nn ilrnul' )rl t
as ri.eordf u Uen. l ltlicliap? t0 t i u - i ' c i n
RICHMOND INTKLLIGKNCKR.
2 Was Mtlchesidek, kin of Salem,
ainr priest of the most hi'h G.ul, gailty of fale ascriptions of honor to God, u hen he Hesed him (God) for delivering Ahraham's enemies into hi- ha:;ds, on that oecasion, as recorded it. the C0;! of sd. chapter? 3. Was the Lord impeachable
with moral eil, w'nen he swore tbat he'the Iinl) W'Hiht have war with Am lek h-om get-c ration to generatio! , as nc)rdcd xvii. 1C. Exodus.
4. If M.es had been guilty ofj
wickf-diiC. m warring with, and cutth.g off Amelek, would God have a:, -'. :red the prayer of Moses, while ir. the very act of the supposed murder of Amelek? Ex. xvii.
o. Did the Lord grant to Phinca.i
ar.d his seed alter him, the covenant! of an everlasting priesthood, in cor.-!
sequence ot. and ns a reward fr.
19.
of the citv of derieo, falling at the
blowing of seven trumpets of rams horn, and the shouting of the host- - . I T I 1 1 1 tl
ounc i-oru, wno marcneu m. sacked
and burnt the city, recorded Joshua 6th chapter, wear the appearance of
a mob of intimated drunkards ? The 2?th verse of said chapter reads thus "so the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised throughout all the country.'' 20. Is our author now prepared to ay, and will he insist upon it, tha.' he the Lord's opinion of Joshua a it may, he is certain, that he(Jo-hua) in strict justice, merited no higher fame for moral rectitude, than the shameless, and abandoned thief.
and drunkard ?
21. Let "Subscriber" read the historvofthe wars of Joshua. a re-
WKDNKMiAv, Amu. 'M, 1822. CoNGsr.ss both bouses have azjreed t adjourn o.n Wednesday, the 0th ?.iav.
Ki,.P'(:n-ccm;i,.,T jn.tof.ti.n-im JCl,r,,oJ " the 10th chapter of hi
Javlin, the impiou Zimi i and Cuzhi.r0 ',k -Qlhvr with the other scrip-
in (lie c up oflsrael ? Num. xxv. 7. 3. 12. ard'-r 6. W;i -"the divine command given to M . fj i to the ciiildren of Is-ra-l, re .-rrled Num. xxxiii. 51, 5J, 51 aathi'rity sullicient to justif th rn in d ri iv.z out the Canaanites. and p'-- 'fsing tlu ir land? 7. A-.Iwould disobedience to tin aV i-i.erpri-e (and in w hifh war the ble.d ( f thouar ls of thousand
rua-t li.tve stained t!ie vestments of th- ar-hke ietor have procured
To jii'M'i auu nis armv me uivme
di-;i''v:-ur', a it is intimated it we ll.! in the and 50 verses of the
tion that the (ircks should allow them .i free pa-sage to Janina. The capitulation has been strictlv ohervd bv Ulvs-U and I'allacas, tb.e Greek lend r-. Both the Turkish
commandanN have arrivi-d at Jani: a. iMUr. T,v an arival at Baltimore J Sf"lr A letter from our repwe have Liverpool papers to the nth e-ei-tahve in Congre-s to a gentlcof Eehruarv. Great preparati w - ,,Kin 1:1 thislow t, daied Washington, were making to subdue the Iri-h :a Mardi, 1S2J, co-.tnins the welpeople, whose excesses appear to be ' m'' i' t dliizence, that the Secretaon the increase, and several ver , . . rv d the Treaui v has returned the rious affairs had taken place; oppres-'tl :iM-tL'r v f"m State debt to the State iori ha rendered the poor peaant-;Iinnk- Tl,is rsc of conduct i ry mad. There i- a talk of rcdurmzihb creditable, and will no doubt
the rate of interest for monev. fr0ni meet witn tticapp.rnhatmn it ileervf
5 to 4 per cent, which has caused much Jobbing and bustle on the exchange; but it i understood that the interest on the stocks will not be into fe red with. . There are some indefinite rumors
the reces?, to take the subject i . ....
consiaeraiion. Aitiiougn this
into
anil the rev. Mr. TTnTir o
- . - .... . m. m w, v.. j, tl III it pf i a i i , . i . -
inai cnurcn ana ttie paster of $
31arv's congregation, and his frW,l
and followers; and a great deal has
been said aboutthese matters in ri
public papers. Mr. Hogan, it seem
was excommunicated in ample form but the congregation stood by him
and the trustees of the church heir
favourable to him. he continued to
preach and perform the religious se
vises of it as before.
inc election lor trustees tco!;
place on IhursJay last the poib
were advertised to be opened at 11
o'clock: hut during the night preceding, or very early in the mom ing, one part v took possession of the grave vard, in which stands the
church at G o'clock, A. M. the oth
er party met ir; the street in front a'
the church: they were now sepc
rated bv an iron railing. At abc&t
9 o'clock, from the pressure cf toe l.i i .
crowu, trie railing gave way, ar.d
particularly from the people of this! then a general battle commerced
state, who arc thcrchv c: abled. with-j with clubs and brickbats, previous.
out any luriner nuucuiiv, t pav tluir debt to the bank in the depreciated curreny now i?i our treasury. llwl Fitn'1. From the same
about the unsettled state of Ernnr e.!"'"01 lt appears tat the Secretary No additional news of interest W'-x isuc,! hU check on the Branch received from Greece hut it i. vaid 'in, al I"iIK in ftvor of Chris-
tures alreadv cited, and then let him that the revolutionist are divide- i:,0Pl;cr Har-is..u, for the amount of,
said .").5d f bap. f Numbers? It onrauth(r read from the
23 1 ia tne .lij verse of the 2d chap-t-r f' I)' au a mi then tell me, must
tl." mind of Moses, and his armv, be
iicee-?aniv uepraven, as a conse-
fpi'M.re of their smiting Sihon the Amnritc king of Ileshbon, taking ot his cities, and utterly destroying the men, women and little ones of evcrv citv? Or, 0. Must their mind, possess that deprivation, as a neees-ary tpialiti cation to their performing "the Di-I "vine mandate? LO. Is not that command which Hone but a necessarily depraved, mind can render obedience t be itself; necessarily immoral? j 11. If the command be moral mut the mind be necssarilv depraved, in order to surrender to its injunctions? In the i.i. of Deut. you will ye the bghtincr svstem, in all its
blood and carnage, casting from his pinnacle the proud usurper, and enemy of God, Ogking of Bashan: the itory is replete with all the horrors and depopulation, which Sihon, bis cities and people underwent 12. Did Mo-ses then ppeak the
mind of God, or did he prevaricate when he encouraged Joshua, bv telling him that as the Lord his God bad done unto the two kings, viz. Si-
fcnn and Og, sQ would he the Lord Irts God, do unto all the kingdom whither he " (Joshua) should pass?
13. And was the 22nd -verse of
gaid chapter, intended to animate
Joshua, and the Soldiary? " Ve shall
say, whether bis puclication has, or epin has not. implicated (and that nece--a-'a re
lily
the most high God ?
22. Was not the mint! of the angel ot the Lord, more than commonly depraved, who marched by night into the Assyrian camp, and slew of them, with bis single war-like arm. IC. 500 men? 2d Kings, 19th chapter, .loth verse, and 2d Chr-n. 32. 21. 23. Did the Lord command anv-
inion whether thev shall rfadi .!i 1 '", lir 1 1 rc" r-
implu ateU (aial that nccesa-'a republic, or proclaim DemctrtM, ie ou?ri
i'vj 11. c 11101,11 peiicciioiis 01 1 o-u.uiu Miij, 1 ne course i.nu
ku-sia will pursue is as uncertain as,
fund dm
Or
to our
at!e.
done under the Moaie'the atKiirs of the revolted provinces
thing to be
dispensation, which command, was
m fact contrary to the Divine will? 21 Was the Divine will, at any time, or in any instance, hostile to, or contrary to the spirit of the gospel? 2j Is there anything in the gospel which secures the total destruction of the finally incorrigible enemies of the Lord ? 20 Was Paul's invocation against Alexander the coppersmith, recorded 2d Timothy 1 b contrarv to the spirit of the gospel? 27 N. B. How man v more asser
tions would it take to prove that the proofless opinions of the Subscriber
arc true?
'!lUn Although "Subscriber" is so de
terminedly opposed to the fightlne
system, that he has indiscriminately
juLiiimianizco, ana siigmitizea lithe lumn; yet, strange as it may
eem, I pledge mvself for it, and seri
ously engage to prove that he himself
Mas since, and in a very direct manner, proclaimed war against his fel
low man, and is living in the daily habit of menacing hostilities against them; and this I am ready to do w hen "Subscriber' shall, through the me
dium of the press, require of me the favour? INQUISITIVE.
ever. Latrst awlintrrrstin?. Liverpool papers: of the 9tb nf Feb. have been received at New York. The chief thing contained in them are as fallows.
l'he Spanish cortes have bem
general rosy oFi'icr.. It appear that ihe expenditures, for the vear
1321. amounted to the irreat um ofl
13(J.."79 more than the. receipts. The V. M. G. suggests some of the cntb' s of ths great deficiency and proposes curtain means to reduce the . i: a i . it
expei.uuure and anemone tne re-
deeplv engaged in a consideration of "eipts: but the idea of preventing
in America. Liberal plans of con
cilliation w ere suggested and discus
pasengers in public stages and steam I A t ' ...
noais irom carrvmg letters, never
can be submitted to by the pcoph
ed and a Paris paper, of 'the Mb'0 lno States, until a king.
m
of Feb. savs uWe have advices from
Madrid of Jan. 2S. The government
has at length, wisely acknow ledged
name, as w ell as fact, shall reign over them.
- If we were to speak of the pi
the independence the S. America os,t,un relative to newspapers, it
-tates. W e have not yet obtained the mlS,lt he tliouglit to "smell . ol the particulars of the interc.-ting event.' , 'lt,l,, but it is a little singular that jat the moment when what must net BURNING SHAME. ns an obstruction to the circulation
Yesterday we witnessed one of f intelligence is contemplated ia the the most ludicrous processions evcr!- States, the public of Columbia
seen in this great metropolis. A pbould have passed a law provided
dustman residing in Charles-street. ,or 1,10 gratuitous transport ot those
Iy prepared lor the occasion, bj which many were wretchedly mai
gled. though it is said that none were
killed. After tb.e fight had contiru ed for some time with the geatest fu
ry the civil authorities interposed
vrith so much effect as to cjuict the people sutheicntly toattend to thee-
lection. There was much dispute
ahout who were the legal Juds,
and it fin ally resulted ia thi tl
me partizansot each snle commen
ced the receipts of votos and eaih claimed a majority i:i its favor. Tv
ets oi trustees being elected, it
sunrioscd that the matter will go bo
fore the supreme court for sett! ment.
Il appears as if two or three thru sand persons may have been cor.cer.v ed, in this hideous and disgraceul adair which must be a subject cf great grief to a large majority of a very numerous and highly respectable congregation, as well as to the obcr-nii!.ded people of Philadelphia at large who we hope since this u
happy aflair, may find increased charity for the misfortune of the oth ers.
Drury lane, was found in bed with
another dustman's wife; he was immediately taken to a neighbouring
public house, where he was tried before a whole bench of the society.
and found guilty of the offence laid
useful vehicles of information."
The deficiencies of the two last
years have been supplied by collec
tions of outstanding balances, and
yet on the 1st of January last, still amounted to more than half a mil-
to his charge Sz the usual sentence of non f dollars! We should like to
Foreiofn News.
Ry an arival at Charleston, we
have; extracts from Liverpool papers of the Ml of Fe bruary. Thev irive
detailed accounts of several rencontres between the king's forces and the people in Ireland, generally attended with the loss of snm. liioc
cot fear them; for the Lord youriin some cases thue was pretty severe
MOO uc suanugui iuryou. lighting between email parties, but
t
"Burning Shame," "passed on him,
which was put m cxecntion in th(
following manner: The offender
was placed astride of a small ladder, Mich as the carry at the tail of a dust
cart, with a coal sack for a saddle:
there was a bunch of Christmas in his bat and two large carrots, with
the small ends upwards, in the front, to represent horns. In this manner
he was mounted on the brawny shoul
ders of four of bis companions, prei ii t j .:
ceueu ny me rner of trie court, an other dustman, with a bell, proclaim
ing the crime he was guilty of. After the crier followed eight more
of the fraternitr, two and two. their
hats ornamented with bunches oil
holly, and a burning candle in the front of each hat. Then came the
culprit carried a already mentioned. He had a pot of porter in oneliand.
and a pipe of tobacco in the other. it ...
which tie occaaioually emokedf stoop-
sec a list of the names, and hear that
every deputy had been dismissed who
had su tiered himself to be m a r rear.or refused or neglected to render his accounts. Punctuality and promp
titude are essential to the welfare ofl
the public, and the means to enforce
them arc so completely in the pow ¬
er ot the heads of department, that we feel little disposed to excuse a
want of them in persons retr lined ii
office. The people's money will ne
ver be well taken care of, until II
shall be understood as a rule w ith
out exception, that every officer w ho
fans to settle up and pay oil Ins account at certain regular periods, w ill Ixe dismised. The nursing of such is
culpable, and tempts men to hecom
defaulters.
e
The Editor of the National Intel
ligencer in speaking of the late prop
osition of the pest master general.
Lr.udable proceedings. At a late
meeting ot a countv convention, irom
Albany, the following preamble and resolution (with others) were adopted: Benjamin Knower, esq. being
chairman and John Mc Carty, esq. se
cretnrv
whereas the practice of making eor
tain appointments within the gift -of
me national amninisirauon, iroin r mong the representatives of the peo
ple, in the congress of the U. States,
by creating frequent elections, in or
uer to supply the places of thos
who are induced to vacate their seats in consequence of such appoint ment causing much expense and in
convenience to the public; and as it
nlaces such representatives within
A A.
the reach of improper influence, may in time become dangerous to the right and liberties of the people: Anil whereas, the constitution of this state recently adopted, restrains an member of the legislature from accepting any office within the gift the governor and senate, during the
term for which he shall have been
lecled JltsohcL That the senators from
this county, be requested to use their best endeavors to induce the legis
lalure to n commend im adootion otO
amendment of the constitution ofthe
U. States, disqualifying any member
of the national legislature firora rc