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BY ’ LEASANTS vV
ABBOTT.
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VIRGINIA, FRIDAY MO!<\|Y<"
JANUARY 7, 10.31
Vol. VIII.—No. 2.
StfrftwonV
THURSDAY MQRNlgg, .1 WI'.YKY 6^ 1831,
The Legislature —Yesterday Mr. Harbour
(\vbo appeared and look his sent on Tuesday) sub
mitted a proposition for the establishment of on
Agricultural Chair in the University, nnd presented
some highly interesting views on the subject of Ag
riculture, its decay and the • fleet of the proposition
if it prevailed, to invigorate and recommend it more
to the attention of the youth of the country ’ Mr.
Barbour’s resolution was adopted. [Ills speech
Iiereafter.]
The Culpeper election again came upon the carpet,
aud was at length disposed of for the present, bv its
Te-commitment under the resolution proposed bv Mr. i
Goode, and amended nt the instance of Mr. Watkins
of Charlotte- This wo presume will lend to a tho
rough purgation of the polls of Messrs. Hansbrough
and Gibson, and probably to the extending 'o them
fbrther time to take evidence Mr. Pendleton was
thrown out of the ehase bv he vote of the day be
fore, refusing to set the election aside
The Judiciary- —The Committee of Courts nf
Jaefice. have as yet made no report on nnv branch of
the Judiciary, and have '»<• believe, decided nothing’
among themselves definitively—having been closely
engaged in considering the various nmnnsitions for
improvement in the Statu'e Law. Some skirmish
ing however, has occurred on the Chancery and
Gircuit Courts, and It. is pretty clearly ascertained,
that as it now exists, the Chancery System has no
chance whatever of being retained. To unite the
jurisdiction of the Chancery and Superior Courts of
Law—-or to increase the munher of Chancellors and
divide the State into convenient Di«'ricts—nr to re
quire the Chancellors to go into every county, as the
Common Law Judges now do all these projects
have been brought to ihe notice of the Committee.
There is also a proposition for n peripatetic Court
of Appeals—to sit iu part on this side, and in part on
the other side, of the Blue Ridge.
tlS’Tho reader interes'ed in the present state of
England, will find instruction in the able and excel
lently toned article from the London New Monthly
Magazine.
COL. MONROE.
[KP We lay before the Virginia Public, the pro
ceedings of the Monroe meeting in New York—
confessing our disgust nr the pprvading exaggeration
of the sentiment, and the indecency with which the
Government and People of the U States are treated,
by being represented as withholding mst ice, and as
requiring to be goaded into the discharge of their
obligations. Do these people wish to destroy the!
object they profess to advocate ? Ho they wish to
aroipel every man to remember, that Col Monroe
has been paid (justly no doubt) more money out of
the Treasury than any individual who has ever lived
in this country? That from the 4tli July 1776 to
the present hour, his annual average receipts from ;
the Treasury, exceed ^G'lOO per annum ? Do they '
wish, are they determined, by their offensive heroics,
to remind every citizen of this? And being remind
ed of it. do they imagine it possible to induce the
people to believe, that if Col. M -nroe is suffering
from poverty, that theirs is the fault ?
Wo trust—sincerely trust, 'hat if a shadow ofj
pretence can be found for it—Mr Monroe’s ciaiins
mav be paid But we are not content to see the
Country unjustly reproached, and its beneficence, in
stead of being acknowledged with gra’itnde, meted
with opprobium
Kentucky Senator.—This election lias not yet
occurred, and it has been understood to be extremely
doubtful, which party would succeed. A Jackson
majority has boon boldly and continually claimed,
front the period of the Auirus' election—particularly.
so long as the belief of that fact, was likely to have
any influence over the fail elections The postpone
ment of the event, has the appearance of a mutual
distrust of their strength on the pari of both. The
Hiouisville Journal of the 22d Dec., says:
ID" U. S Senator —The intelligence from Prank
fort leaves riot the shadow of a donb». that a Clay
Sonator will be elected. The moral certainty of • his
event is acknowledged there botii by the Clay and
Jackson parties.
Governor or Maryland —The fruit of the over
throw of the Jackson forces Inst fall, is displayed in
tbe result of the election for Governor. Gov Mar
lin was the gentleman displaced to make room for the
Jackson incumbent, Tho King Carroll.
From the Baltimore American of Jan. 4
Li.ection of Governor. — J^rom Annapolis we
Jcarn that the Legislature of Maryland yesterday
elected Daniel Martin Governor of the Sta'efor the
ensuing year. The vote stood as follows: —
For Darnel Martin, 50
Blank. 22
No other candidate, we learn, was nominate !•
GEY ERA I. ASS EM BLY,
HOUSE OE DELEGA I'ES.
Tuesday, Jan t. 1831
The Speake presented a commimioation from the
First Auditor, transmuting informa ion upon The
revolutionary claim* asked for by the resolution of
Mr. Garland of Amhorst—On motion of Mr Broil
vnr, laid on the table for printing.
( Petitions were presented by Messrs. Rives of
Campbell. Booker, Miller of Powhatan, Watkins, and
Burfoot.
Reports were made from Special and Standing
Committees by Messrs. Shield, iliuhcrfoord and
Kppes.
Mr. JVeicbm moved tosu«nond a rule of the Mouse,
for the purpose <>f re consul ring a resolution offered
by Mr Marshall, extending 'hejurisdiction of Justi
ces of 'he Peace, beyond 'he value of £_>n — which
resolution was reported np>n unfivornhly bv he Com
mittee of Courts of Justice, and their report ngrerd
to by the Mouse
Air. .Marshall addressed the House in favor of (lie
mo?inn. whir l) prevailed—whereupon.
Mr. .Marshall moved to lay Mic report of the C rn_
mi'ice, for ihc present on tho table, which was agreed
fo.
0,1 motion of Mr. Jllkmnm. Hu* Auditor’s report
on the subject cf revolutionary claim-! was referred
»<> tlie Committee on Finance. and 500 copies ordered
to bo printed in part for country distribution.
CULHKPI'jR RL'EOTION.
On motion of Mr. Sem/tle the House resumed the
consideration of the Culpeper ennto-ted election.
5»r Gaotlr subini ted n substitute for the whole
r< port and resolutions [The substitute views the
e eetion ns void and null, on the various Rrounds of
Min failure to swear the commissioners, the preva
lence of variant rules at different places of votiim, as
to the tax payers of 1029 and 1830. and the cTolun-r
of the polls at one of the Precincts on the 3d daiT,
when at the others it was not closed before the 4th.—
b or all these reasons, thp substitute proposes to set
aside the whole election and award a now writ ]
Mr of Prince George, proposed that the
report of the Committee fce. for the present, aid on
the table—in order to cansider one subject at a time_
mid in the first place, to consider the separate report
o;, the memori.il of Mr. Pendleton, to which the
amendment of Mr. Goode, could be more properly
offered as a substitute
Mr (inode said he had offered the amendment as a
substitute to the report of the Committee on Gibson’s
memorial and not l’rndicion’s.
ivlr /imps said, all the iregularilies mentioned,
had beon brought i0 tlie* view of the House by the
ne morinl of Pendleton and not of Gibson
Mr Goode differed in this opinion. The irregu
larities \vere not alone brought to the House by The
memorial >f Pendleton—but Gibson’s also.
Mr Rives replied, that Gibson had brought but a
single nne o' the irregularities—the neglect to swear
the commissioners—to the view ot 'he House
Mr Morris addres-ed the House in favor of the
course suggested by Mr. Hives, as separating subjects
not in iheinselvc- identical, and facilitating ihe pro
gress of the enquiry. If this course were not fol
lowed, Pendleton's memorial was made a part of Gib
son’s petition, whereas the grounds occupied by the
two memorialists were wholly different lie had
snpnosed that this course wis the result of the vote
yesterday
Mr Goode said, if the course suggested were ta
ken he should move to substitute the report whenev
er it was again railed lip
The House then refused to lay’ the report on the
table and determined to consider the substitute.
Mr. Leigh opposed the substitute, on the ground,
that, considering Mr. Gibson to hive given p~oper
notice of his intention to cornet on the ground of
irregularity, ve' 'lie only irregularity Complained of
by him, was the failure t • swea' the commissioners
It had been decided in the Patrick case, that that
irregularity was insufficient to vacate the election_
against his opinion indeed—but was the House pre
pared to reverse that decision? It h*ad been also de
cided that Air Pendleton had not brought himself
pronerlv before the House. The only question now
was, it the House was prepared to reverse both de
cisions?
Mr. Goode replied, and denied that the House in
sustaining the substitute, would he reversing its de
cision in the Patrick case. The failure to swear the
commissioners, was not the only irregularity com
plained of by Gibson in his memorial He had also
complained of the prevalence of variant rules of
voting aT different nlacca Air o r.*fs>rr«d to the
Orange case, and alledgcd that that had been set
aside for this variance of rule, which was universally
admitted to nave also prevailed in the Culpeper dec
tion—and recited the circumstances of that election,
to -how that jusfic-- and the purity of elections de
manded that it should bo set aside. Mr G. made a
strong appeal to the House cot -o exhibit so much
inconsistency to the World, as to set aside one elec
tion and refuse to set aside another, upon precisely
• he same grounds.
Mr Leigh reiterated the views he expressed the
other day upon the impolicy of judging the law of
elections merely as dpectory, which might or might
no* be followed without affecting the validity of the
act lie considered such a determination as highly
dangerous—as in fact dispen-ing with the election
laws altngp h- r—and erecting this •House into a
Praetorian Court, to judge not by prescribed rules,
hut according to the very right of each case—Such
were his opinions still—but this House, sitting judi
cially, had within a few days, decided d:ff. rently—and
he was bound to conform Air. L. proceeded to show
the dissimilarity of the Orange and Culpeper cases.
In the Orange case, the question a^ to the variant
rules of voting was fairly raised—here it was not
raised—and the question was, whether we should
permit it to bo raised, when no notice had been givrn
to the sitting members when they had no opportuni
ty of rppelhng the allegation, and in the face of the
law requiring notice of the grounds of contest to be
given. Mr Pendleton had given no notice whatev
er—he disc] dmed all right to the seal—and was it
competent for the question of vitiating the election
on the ground of variant rules of voting to be raised
for him. when he could not raise it for him-elf, and
had n<>t raised ;f?
Ylr. Goode informed the gentleman from Henrico,
that he had not offered the substitute for Mr. Pendle
ton, hut for himself. II - hud had no understanding,
no conversation with that gentleman on the subject,
Mr. I.eigh did not by am mean-, intend to charge
collusion—but was it not the -ame thing, whether the
question was raised by Mr. Pendleton or by the gen
tleman from Mecklenburg? (Mr. Goode.) In either
| case, the consequences to the law, and to the sitting
members, Were the same.
Mr. Marshall next addressed the House at length, in
I support of the report of the Committee, and enlarging
| and enforcing the views presented by the speakers on
; that side—and strongly insisting upon the necessity ol
1 adhering to the law.
Mr. Williams of Shenandoah, said that three grounds
; of coni'st w<re put in issue by the memorial of Mr.
Pendleton. 1. The non swearing of the Commission
■ ers. 2. r e prevalence of variant rules of voting. 3.
The impropei closing of the polls at one of the pro
; cincts. The first *nlv of these, and he believed not
that, was put in issue by the me norial of Gibson. The
House having decided in the Pat rick case, that the
neglect to swear the commissioners was not cause foi
avoiding the election—the other two not being put in
issue bv Mr. Gibson, Mr. P nd eton bavin-, given no
i notice whatever, and t >e House hv a large vote yes
j terday. having decided him as not properly before it—
] he expressed his surprize, at the effort now made tt
set aside the election, in the teeth of the decisions
| come to in the Patrick case, and the provisions of the
I election law. Mr W. adverted to various circumstan
ces to show, tliai the people of Culpeper--whose
I rights had been spoken of, did not desire the election
) to be returned to them —on the contrary, that it was
■ against their wishes.
Mr. I.e gh enquired if the only complaint as to the
| irregularity of the election in Gibson’s memorial, was
i not confined to the question of the non failure tc
swear the commissioners?
Mr. Gibson replied that there was another—but that
it was waived in his memorial, anil bis rights pntiipor
the question of good and bad votes.
Mr. I.eigti insisted that the question now before the
House, was the one adjudged yesterday, when the
House refused to recommit the report?
1r. Goode expressed his surprise at the suggestion
j He .ail yesterday moved to commit with a view tc
get all 'he facts of the rase to day, he moved a sub
| stitute fort! e report vacating the election for various
i irregularities—and he was stopped by the allegation
tin ihe ra- \va« rrt (vljiiilical't! Could any pr u*
ositiona bo mor'- dissimilar? As to the alJedged simi
lardy between this and th> Patrick case, Mr. Goodf
! denied it altogether. He had vo'cU against vacatirfj
tluit election, because hr did not thin* the failure t ,
swear the commissioners ground for vitiation. U„« he
should vote to vacate that from Culpeper, not hecsnse
the commissioners were not sworn hut because it
wasm proof, that that failure had influenced the re
suit-because he believed ,t had produced a result
winch would not Have been produced-because vari
ant rules Of voting had prevailed, ns in the Oraucr,.
case, which had been set aside. In reply to the ar
gument of M . W Uhm-, against the rio-ht .»fa inom
oer to raise a question of contest which the parties
had not raised, Mr. (1 referred to precedent to sus
tain it. 4 f
| Mr. Moore rosoirfrnquiro ivliHt was the question
| before the House, wflfem. he substitute was ofF rp d?
V> as the report of the Committee on the memorial of
1 endleton. before the II use?
Ilie Speaker replied negatively to the last ques
tion, and stated the question before the House
Mr. Monro warmly remonstrated against the joint
I consideration ofthe reports on the two cases, blended
. by 'lie substitute They were entirely different—
j the subjects had been separately considered by the
Committee, and separately reported on—and It was
i not fjur piny to the Committee, to consider them
jointly.
r lltves of Campbell. called for the readme- of
uioson s memorial, and the deposition of John ifen
snnw, ono of the commissioners of election in Col
l peper. who deposes that if sworn, he should hav
conducted the olec'Jon different lv from what he did.
I lioy were accordingly rend by the clerk.
Mr Hives of Pr Goo r-s« wit h the hope of indu
cinjr the g ntlcman from M cklenburg. to withdraw
; his subs*Itutc. lie had sa d that he should not vote
i tor vacating the election, if he believed the irregu
' "o' varie*l -ho result. If he could sntis
, fy him that results had not been affected bv the.ir
regularities, he presumed he would withdraw his
proposition Mr R. then examined the circumstances
at i ho different paces of election, to show, that the
parties to he benefited bv setting aside the ejection
(Messrs. Hansbmngh and Pendleton) had received as
mnci. advantage from them, as Messrs. Bronddusand
Gibson Mr R. .also referred to Mr P ndleton s
having given no notice, and i sisted that the House
onght to c mio to the judgment hotwoen Gibson and
liansbrough. which it wutld have come to. if Pendle
ton had been no candidate
Mr. Anderson or' B .t addressed the House on
i the single point of Gibson’s first notice in which lie
i apprised Mr Hanshrongh, that he eh uhl contest the!
return hefirn the Sh-*nff on tli™ various irregularities
of the elerton (Phis notice was decided bv the
Committee tob»* a notice to contest before the slier
iff*, and not tho House of Delegate .) Mr. A. argued
to pr've that this notice was sufficient—that it an
swered the object of the law. which waa {Q
thos£ whose sea's were disputed, to know the grounds
upon which they were disputed—and that the con
testing member’ Mr. Gibson, having given this no—
1 lice, and followed it up in his depositions and memo
rial. ought not now, to urge upon the House that no
such notice harl been given to him. Mr. A. alluded
to various facts connected with the election, as show
ing that it had been grossly irregular, and ought to
be set aside. Mr. A called for the ayes and^ noes,
j which was sustained.
1 lie memorialist..Ur. Pendleton. then addresssed
1 various question* to Mr Brnaddus—but Mr. Sornph
doubting t.lie rcg iilritv of-the proceeding, the speak
or declared it out of order
Mr. Pendleton observed, that such had been the
practice of the gentleman cotech sed now by him,
towards himself on yesterday
Mr Bronddus professed his readiness to answer.
Mr Gilmer, suggested that as Mr. Pendleton had
the questions in writing. Mr- Brnaddus could rend
and answer them. Without the irregularity of beimr
| catechised
j Mr Cfiolxon objeced to the admissions of Mr.
Broad,his. going to the effect 0f Ins (Mr. Brnaddus)
waiving the necessity of a notice to him, and gave
, notice to him, that if he so waived the necessity of
| notice, his views of the rights .f the case might be
! changed.
Mr Morri* and Mr IVntkins objected to the ir
• regularity of t!i« course. and it was desisted from.
] Mr 1 Jitrris briefly rephed f,-> the gentleman from
j Bot on 'he point of Mr Gibson’s notice, and on the
various points of law and order, involved in the dis
! cession.
Mr. Eppts adverted to his having moved to recom
mit th* report, ,.,id the refusal of the House to do so.
I Hiving refused to commit it was now objected that
j there was no facts forthe Hoosotn decide upon. But
! there were facts os broad as day. drawn fj-orn various
j soureos. As the friends of the report had refused
1 the opportunity of his seeing the evidence, he should
I upon the strength of these facts, vote to set the elcc
j rw>n aside
i .Ur. .utdcson enquired. if the memorialist, Gibson,
I had in Ins notice (to the Sheriff) objected to the lc
; gality of the election on t lie ground of variance in
the rule of voting?
Mr Gibson replied in the negative.
The question was 'lien taken, and decided against
the substitute,ns follows:
Avits.—Messrs Gilmer, Booker. Garland of Am
h»r~f. Kenney, M’Gne, Ander^m of Botetourt. Ya -
coy Rives of Campbell, Clay. Burfoot Wright,
Chichester, Rrskine. Cla'burne. Dunn, Atkinson,
1 Pollaid of King &. Queen, Uooe, Leland Ewing,
I Powell of Loudoun, Mason of Loudoun, Caldwell,
Street, Hudgins Knox. Goode. Billingsly. Preston,
Helms OFcrrnll. Garland of Nelson, IMurdangh,
Thompson. Blackwell, Baxter, Shcild, M’Dowcll,
M’Mahon, Crump, Enoes. K"llor, Jackson—l;j.
Noes.—Messrs Banks, (Speaker) t)-nmmond,
W’ood of Albemarle Mayse, Campbell of Bedford.
Heftwich, Dari*, Honslinw, Miller of Bottetourt.
Campbell of Brovko, Gholson, Shell, Christian.
Spurlock. Taylor. Tlalybur'on. Watkins. Wilson.
Brodnav Jones Marshall, Pavno. Powell of Frank
lin. Holland Mason of Frederick, Castlcnnn, Wood
of Frederick, King. Perrin. Bryce. Had, Lreen
F.asKy. Carskndon, Morris, Seymour, Davisson
l. ejoli. Over Semole, Lures, Gallagher. Pollard ol
i King William. Havs, Poindexter, Newman. Watts
j Vawter, Upshur Jacobs, Harriott, Barbour, Adams
Hiivr. Wit her, Swanson Mil’er of Powhatan Zinn,
Rives of Prince George. Tvler, fl irt, Moore, Lewis
Alexander Kilgore. Williams of Shenandoah. Har
n? Gatnwnod. Hamilton. Moncnre. Gillespie. M’Gov
M’Culloch, Newton, Crockett, Maxwell, Macfurland
Rutherfoord 70.
Mr Goode-then moved to recommit the report
with instructions to the Committee to regard the
notice given by IIan~l>rough to Pendleton, on the 2d
I November, ns a notice, and scrutinize the poll of
Gibson, in order to ascertain the number of his good
Mr. Morris said that the motion now submitted
involved a serious question, about, which the Com
m. ft.ee find nvtcb difiimiltv in deciding—if was. when
the five days within which «lie notice was to bo given
were to commence? Mr M. detailed circumstan
tially, the proceedings before »he Committee, and the
grounds upon which It had docided that the 2d Nov.
! was not in time.
Mr Gibson and Mr llansb'oogh, respectively
! narrated the course they had taken. wt*b a view to
sh w that neither had availed them® dves of teclmi
! ca'i’irr.
Mr f.etfrb inquired upon win' grounds the Com
Itn'f'ee had decided, that the return as. when tin
sh'-rifTs conducting the olection. me' *o compare thr
pol1-;—from which *iiie, the five da vs w'thtn v.'lnc!
!!•>' ie<‘ of c»ntcs> wa* to be given. were computed?
| I r* ■’.’’cpressed a strong impression, that that decision
h is erroneous. The comparison of the polls was not
i c*'! !° r,,a<^* 'n nuhlfc. nor the results to be
publicly known—Why therefore, was'tint tube taken
u'\r r?'urn? Mr L-pointed out the consequences
i "* ",’<'|Ston. and expressed ‘ho belief that the live
< ays ought to he computed from the proclamation—
r!.s?rv,n^ mvvever, the righ' of changing his opinion
' \i* '*"nns f*,e Committee were satisfactory.
vir. Marshall (a member of the C nirnittecj rcpli
et a great length, detailing the reasons which infln
one ( t m Lormnitfco to decide, tha in contemola
t ion of law the close of the election > as at the de
positing of the polls m the Clerk’s office. [This be
ing a matter of little interest, we arc compelled to
\TnSriW:!h °vcu a sk,'trU of thc views of member* ]
Mr Morns replied to Mr. Leigh’s idea of the pro
emulation ofthe sheriff*was the close that the election,
pnted' "011 ”° tUne f°r “’vin" ^lice, was to be cum
Befiire a question was taken on Mr. Goode’s pro
position, on motion of Mr. Morris,
The Mouse adjourned.
0 Wednesday. Jan 5, 1831.
1 [e er laid before the IInj~e a comuiunica
tion from the Governor, on the subject of Revolution
ary ( la-ms f <r lands which, on motion of Mr Gil
" as r‘ “trretl to the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims.
A communication lrorn tlm Senate, stated they had
* ' l,oblA5 *" ('i,an2'ng n quarterly court of
; & ??n~2 Amending an act passed in KJ19. es
tablishing several towns—3. Agreeing to elect on
:ind *« and
On motion of Mr. Chichester, supported bv Mr.
( nwell of Loudoun, the joint order of the dav for
die election of a Brigadier Genera! in the place of
t.en. Rust, resigned -was postponed to Sa urdav
l 5tn inst
Mr. Jones^submitted the following resolu ion:
Kosoyed I hot the Comnii'tee for Courts of Jus
tice he instructed to enqui-, him the expediency ot
authorising the lessors of the plaintiff to recover
damages equivalent to - he mesne profits, in an action
of ejectment, to which the party claiming Mile shall
appear am. make himself defendant in the usual mode
pr-seribcd bv law: and that the said Commrtee far
thcr enquire into the expediency of authorizing the
plainnir in all cases in which judgment in such ac'imi
is render.-d in Ins favor, which is removed bv appeal,
writ of error, o supersedeas, to an appellate court,
and by such cour#a .iflirined, to sue out a scire facias,
orsuen other process, as the said Commi tee may
tJeem proper, to recover damages equivalent io the
mesne profits which have accrued subsequently to
the rendition of such judgment
Mr Jones observed tlial the object was to do that
by on** action which now required three. The res
lution wa- passed.
Mr. Barbour -ubmitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Agriculture and
Manufactures, be instructed to enquire into the ex
pediency of providing funds for th«• maintenance of u
I * r"ressor ,lf Agriculture in the Umven-itv of Vir-nn
| ia, in conformity with the original plan—And that
the said Committee enquire also into the exoeilienov
I ^ Purchasing a smalt ran of land Tor the Comtimn
; wealtn, to be used as a pattern farm
; The resolution was adopted byalar-re majority
Petitions were presented by Messrs. IJamil-on.
; Rives Of Campbell McCoy, and Powell of Loudoun.
I On motion of Mj I uncey. Hie 2d Auditor was directed u.
• ff°nl U,air and Shields, contractors 0t
tne Gauley bridge, &.c
I CUU'El'ER ELECTION.
e I ,Y , ' nruiuc COnSIClC
r.U.on of the ca>e of the* nlneper election The question ha
mg on the adoption of Mr Goode’s resolution, to recommit the
report with instructions fo enquire into the sufficiency of the
notice given l»v Mr Hansbrough to \lr. Gibson on the 2(1 Nov ,
and il sufficient, to scrutinize the poll of the latter
Mr Garland of Nelson, addressed the Mouse in a strong ar
gument in favor ol ihe motion to recommit.
Mr Watkins moved to amend the resolution by requiring the
committee to enquire into the legality of 10 votes on the poll of
Mr. Hansbrough (These votes had been retained bv the com
tltir’Ht* n ' lOiida r,l.I . I... S T r • .
r* V ....w, ...... ISI.III II till III II U
mit.ee, although objected to i>v Air Gibson on the ground that
they were neither housekeepers, heads of families, nor freehol
, wi iiihimrs, nor irccnoi
tiers—on the ground, that not withstanding this might be true,
they may have had qualification ofanother kind.)
Mr. 11 at kins said his object was, if the scrutiny was had
to scrutinize the polls „f hoiir He did the justice to Mr Gib-!
son lo say, tiiat lie had before the committee expressed ins wish
to go into a full scrutiny.)
\ discussion ensued, involving the question of upon whom
the burthens of proof rested, as to votes excepted to, when the
election closed, notice ic - in which Messrs Jlndersnn of Bnt
JUorris CsonHc, (hbson Rroda.tr, Garland of Nelson, i'hmts
i ,lltan,sn{ Shenandoah, participated —when finailv Mr
Watkin s amendmenl, and thus p mended, Air. Goode’s resolu
tion. were adopted by decided majorities.
(W e understood the House by this vot?, to have decided, that
the tune from which the five days within which notice of
contest u tu he given, is to he computed—not from the time
wiieti the conducting officers ineoi t.i compare the polls, as the
committee thought—but from the date of tiie Sheriffs proejama
non Hie adoption of e.iher (yet one or the other must he
adopter!) leads into difficulties and absurdities. The election
aws are full of obscurity, difficulty and discordant provisions
hut, we are happy t>> sav, that the present Legislature will on-’
dnuhtediv remodel and simplify them. This brio" the case,
precedent will be Mtperseded hy enactment, and the decisions
lately had in the Orange, Patrick and t’ulpeper cas<’« will be
rendered of little general moment.)
Many hills had their first and second reading, when
The House adjourned, on motion uf Mr I.twis.
I I’® Jersey elections for Cotifrrpss are
said to have resulted in the total overthrow of the
: Jne ksonians.
! ANTED.—The subscriber wishes to tine, to
, Z*1® enstiinir year, 5 or C first rat*- firm hands.
! *°r which, a liberal price will be given. None need
i nPp!.V» unless they can corne well recommended
_ , , B. L. VVIGIJT.
Inckahoc. Goochland County, Dec 22-6 te
Farmers' Hank of Virginia.
• Preflid-’nt and Directors have declared a
| A dividend of two and a half per cent, on 'lie
| capital stock, for the last six months; which will he
| paid to the Stockholders on the 15th instant.
jsri 3—-2aw4t d \VM, NEKEHV1S, G«»hV»
President tint! Directors of the
j Hank of Virginia. have decjlin d a dividend of
i the profit for the Inst half year, of two and a 3i»lfp. r
cent, which will he paid to the stock holders, niter
the 15th instant. A ROMNSON | . Cashier.
i j,n s
LOYAL COMPANY.
IN consequence of the fadtire of n merhnj* of the
. -ucceseors ol the Goyal Company at the staled
period, a meeting will bn hold at th»« Cnpitol. in the
j city cl Richmond, on Monday the 17th .I tntiary next
THOMAS \V. GII/MBR Aeon.'
N’OTiCE—Application will be mad to \’r- -
stdefil and Directors of he II ink Virginia,
for the duplicate of a certificate for twelve sh ires in
| the capital stock of the Hank of Virginia, m the name
of George Puffin, No: 1530, d ried 2ltlr February,
1306, which has hceo lost or rmsl id.
THO: DOCK,
Kxecutor of
GKOftt.F, KLFFIN.
Prince (..-orgo County, 2jtb I) c., 1850.
jan 3—1 a wfif
^ BAflK MILL,—I have received ano
»*’r Dark Mill, said to b< of sup r.* t con ruc
tion, » r sale. fWINSTON,
tan 6
BJOiiTK B£EZtfB IM
FOR SsJLE.
rjnnis valuable Mountain Est re m Albemarle
(tbe former residence of r„|. Monroe.) is b-till
“ i. ted at private sale. The tract contains uu
wnrds °ine hundred acres, of the very b-*t moon
Ja,n rod loam soil, and is, therefore, susceptible of the
nijhest possible state of improvement—and i’ de*ir» d
will be divided into two division* with improvements
on each. Hie buildings on it. nre of th. v. ry bc*t
Kind, and are extensive and valuable In the event
e-,n tS« C’ Ull,1'*r '!f U,V wh,,1‘" or n P;*rt, the purchaser
can be accommodated. with riinnv facilities in lettmtr
,f.' and which will bo reod.lv afforded—such a- pro"
visions, stock, plantation utensil.*, &c. The crop cl
wheat seeded, is upwind? of two hundred bushels —
* he leans will be liberal and accommodating to :h;>co
who may be disposed to purchase, and possession cr,V
on immediately. Dot if the above Estate is not so]d
privately before the lGtii day „F February next.
(Wednesday.) it will, on that da\,(if fair, if not the’
Hex' lair day,) be offered at public sale, to the high
est bidder on the premises And in the event? of
the sale ol the land, the stock of all kinds, corn, fod
der, plantation utensils, . w.U he sold on a credr
, twch'e months Terms t.fsale for the land, will
be on a errmt of on.’, two and three vears, with ap
proved security, ami a deed of trust'on the land—
but the interest vvill b< deduced, ou the whole sum,
Oi any part, by paying th*’ cash; and a release, will
be given, by the Bank, b v my assignment of the pro
ceeds, of such sale to the Bank, or a* much as will
discharge the balance of my debt, including h<* col
lateral bonds, already assigned in par pavment of
the same. E. O. (iOODWYN.
US' To prevent too great a sacrifice ..f property,
the right ot one bid will be r- served in each case to
the proprietor_dec 24-2u\vctf
MONTAEIU HOSPITAL,
*1/1/1 .Vertical, Classical and Scientific Institution
'PUB eub.scrib-" havin': recently purchas'd of Mr.
1 .'Jward A. Liynch, his estates <m the Appo
mattox in the county of Chesterfield (C. bbs and
1.1 *min Airy) eight miles bel ••• P 'ersburg, four a—
hove Bermuda Hundred and Citv Pmnt. and fifteen
from Kiehniond, respect fully nmific, tne public, that
he is in the act of preparing buildings for the accom
tnodation of persons laboring under chronic diseases,
as scrofula, epilepsy. Sic. Slc and will be ready, af
ter the loth ot January, to rccctv. anv additional
number or patients. Every focilitv will be afforded
hir administering water and v.>por baths, galvanism
electricity, ilie gases, Sic.
Terms—In cases not nckn wh dged hopeless, the
pay will he, no cure, no jiaij except for beard. In
confessedly hopeless cases, thr pay will be expected
to i>e in proportion to the 'relief given.
Board from one to four dollar- per week, accordin*
to die accoinmoda'u>n required. Tin average may he
stated at tv.o dollars per week Persons’ able and
willing to render an equivalent for their board in la
bar. will be allowed to do so.
In e,ery case ot pure dyspepsia, the subscriber
Will engage to forfeit $50, u he fails to efleet a enro
up.-n physiological prnciples.as speedily and as efifcc
tually as can be dune by any empirical j-emedy what
over—upon condition however, that the patient ri
Uicly observes vh&nil 'S prescribed.
Prtiicnls most. i>e well supplied with clothing; as duo
warmth and cleanlinesss are necessary in every cu
rative process, J
Operations connected with midwifery and sur^etc
will be performed on the poor gratis. * " “ ’
Eight or len medical student- would be taken, if
early application he made, al $100 per year, payable
quarterly iu advance, unless a specific bargain be
mace totiio coDtra y. Thi> n« ludts expenses for
board, washing, lodging, instruct on in al! the sciences
connected with the studv of medicine, use of library
museum, &c Should anv be disposed to i.resecuto
at the same time the siudv of rl„ languages, math
ematics, or.auv of ihe sciences unc nnected with me
dicine, facilities will bo provided:—bu*. m sucli an
ev.-uf. * boy will be subjected to an additional cli. ro-e
$•25 per year. ”
Tlur advantage? of this Institution arc, first its l«,c u ,
which is proverbially healthy: while the „„ round in • count,' ,'s
remarkably ilio reverse—Secondly, it- proximity t() ;,vo 1
flourishing towns, which afford an opportunity of gain n- H|i"
intelligence of inipnivcn.cn:- in the science of medic m. iU;j o.
consulting occasionally mill mam of the most (listin'". ■,
(heal gentlemen of the present aje: th.rdlv, Ihe a' •.
the usual lures of vice; fourthly, ihe fariline- »r w fi j
student of frequently testing among the poor Ins _,< , f
ledge and lastly, the multiplied opportunities >ha • ;t) t»;-.
nisiicd of practical demon-lratinns m anatoniv
Should any young gentlemen.com lode to prosecute be • «■
dies at this institution they would do well tocon.mer.ee a
iv as practicable, as the subscriber e\p,ecist« perform in a
tunc the following important operations—
An operation on the eye fi r Pterygium.
f^dto ditto, Ectropitno,
An amputation.
An operation Tor the extirpation of d.«cased ovaria- an oo
pmfmm Wh,Cl* bUl raroly fa,ls »he lot of a physician to
Application may he made to ihe subscriber personally ov
through the medium of the Tost Office. Petersbura. J
Monloon. Pec. 25— lnwtf JOS. S CARER
DISSOLUTION.
' 0^ HH Copartr.- rsliip hereinti re existing between
-» tlm subscriber under »ft* Firm of Blair «St An
derson, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
persons having claims against the same, w ill present
them to Beverley Blair, and those indebted tt. the con
cern, will make payment to him; be only, being au
thorised to receive and grant discharges f rlbe same.
BEVERLEY BLAIR,
DAVID ANDERSON,
Richmond, 31st Dec., ldj.t.
I be subscriber will Continue to transact commis
sion business at the stand on Cary-street, heretofore
, °ccttpied by Blair & Anderson. To the patrons of
j *bat concern, lit- tenders bis acknowledgments and
| assures them and the public generally, that any bust
! ness confided to his rare, shall receive unremitted
! attention. The hooks and papers of Blair ?i Andep
I son being left in his custody, be invites all those liav
I mg claims against them, to call on him for payment
j and ihose indebted, to liquidate their respective bal
I ancesj he only being authorized, as mav be seen bv
I the advertisement above, to receive an l grant dis
charges for the same. BEVERLEY BLAIR
Richmond, 1st January, 183C.
ian 3—2aw4»
1R.C. UJNVOlQ,
Surgeon Dentist.
i £! 1 n, w I’r' bilj f'-rtan Church, and about
# " ?" **' v‘* ',5'* Office, wliori* evrt—
to I ni. '• !,v ;:rt! pfr firmed upon tho
. ! nPPr,,vcd principle and with
tie grentetf i’(i- a and df.hcaey.
, Dr. M. h... just rec- ivrd from London. a parcel of
• very superior incorruptible Tenth, whirl, ho will set
| Pl ‘‘ r WI’h Hasps, spring ..r on p:vo»3, at n low
j pneo and warrant them for mm y years
j rj Two more students will In received, for tho
ptt pose of civinp them a perfect know-led — f.heorct
tca'ly and practirally) in the science of Den t.! tft.r
,/,rv . _ jni«r<BoOt
^ with rent:m< nt« of high resp^rf,
- lints the patronage of her friend-.. t,* n ADn
:ll take
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