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future, an act of Congress ol 1818 com
uiitted tlie medical concerns ol Hie aimy
to a single responsible head, as ihrir di
rector and accounting officer, and placed
him under the supcrintendance ol' the
Secretary of War. 1 am not qualified to
judge of the many professional advanta
ges that are said to have uri«eo from the
manner in which this law lias been exe
cuted ; but its effect ou the expenditure
was immediate. Where formerly the ap
propriatiou was never less than ninety
thousand dollars, since the erection of
this office it has scarcely ever exceeded
the half of that sum ; nr to speak inexact
numbers, in no year since (tie commence
ment of liie system have file efforts ol (lie
present surgeon general saved the nation
a less sum tfiju loity thousand dollars.—
It is needless to discuss merits, which
proclaim and prove themselves.
The last, hut hy no means the least, of
these departments, is one that has been
long and most unfortunately neglected.—
All the foregoing have received some mo
difications uuder the guidance ot the pre«
sent Secretary of War, and some, alter
having passed their experimental stages,
have confirmed their own usefulness.
This department is that ol the administra
tion of justice. Tiie code by which Hie
army is governed, and the militia when
. in the public Service, is essentially the
same with that which existed during the
days ol the revoluti-n, and is borrowed
from that of Great Britain. Radically itn
perfect as it is, its incapacities arc in
creased by Hie faulty manlier of its adini
lustration. Tliepiactice of forty years lias
established nothing The t. x» ot the law
is unaided by a single coinmentaiy. There
have been innumerable trials, but each
commences as though it were the fir-t —ii
finds the law indeterminate and unex
plained, and leaves it so. A single legal
prohibition is tiiadw to extend to offences
incapable of a single definition, and when
the law proves inadequate, the statute
justifies a resort to custom, with no
common consent to determine what cus
tom is. This ambiguity of the laws, which
Coke and Montesquieu (widely different
as they are,) and the good sense ol every
intervening writer, rank as Hie worst of
despotism, finds no lemedy in the cousti
tutioil id lbe hibttu.il that administers
them. The capacities of the co-ordinate
parts of a court uiaitia! are as vague, as
'theeromidsnf their decision. Outlie part
of the tiM-inliei?, every authority that mav
ue asttismi'ti, cxcrpl Hit* final one, may b»*
made a subject •.f doubt anti contention,
i lie functions ul I be judge advocate are
nugatory bom contradicting (liems'lves.
J le prosecutes on tin* one sine, and regi-ts
bis own labor by aiding liu* prisoner t•*
rebut it «>o the oilier, and while lliecnuu
si l ol bulb parties before the court, is the
legal ad\i>tr <d the court itself, la tins
state ot utter diseoi.fancy, justice gives
plate to a vague and uncertain equity,
purchased at liie expense ol time, harmo
ny ami « coiMUtiy.
I lie nation a! largo, is a sharer of these
ccils. 1 he military laws, as they. now
cxi-t, are a meagre collection ol internal
jegulations. The great questions which,
during war,find their vvay into every man’s
v c»*icents, the conflicting rights ol the ci
vil and the military, property and person'
•‘•I liberty on llie one »:de, and ll:c audio*
r.ty of (lie public on the other, find no
place or definition in diem. Tltrse anil
the .subsequent faults ol administration
which I have just recited, may be lightly
tell, while they press upon an army pro*
per ; Inst during a war, when the nation
becomes an army, it may liml the evil of
incurring penalties dial could not be fore
Known, ol t;listing laws that are not safe
guards, and which can neither be under -
stood, nor wisely administered. A re
solve ol the last Congress calling lor a
new code of martial law, has made the
first advance toward the remedy .of these
yvils. lire next, and equally important,
13 to prescribe the mode ol aduiinisleiiug
•b s<* doing, there will be found ecu*
norny, as w« II as utility, Independently
«d the vast saving from repressing courts
martial, and shortening their duration, a
permanently efficient departmeut may lie
oiganized ut less expense than the pre
sent.
1 have not been led into this enquiry,
from believing (lie present to be die mo
riieiit ol peculiar military pieparation;
II is 1 tie lime lor economy. I have re
commended the foregoing departments,
not merely because lliey tire tlie safest,
but bemuse they are the cheapest (|rpo
^•lories of military strength, and urge, die
Maintenance ol them as the sole means
of enabling ns to retrench without dan
Rer. Since writing die foregoing, I have
seen (he proposition of Mr. Cobb, and
do not (tiller from it. If the present mi
metical lorce be adequate to the ucccsni
H|,s ill the frontiers, ami (lie preservation
oi its own elementary knowledge, and
the nation furnished with means of giving
iimi which it raises on a
sudden -we are completely armed.
HURON.
._ r Foil THE ENQUIRER,
lo R. J. Meigs, jr Estj. I*. M. (}.
&IR—It has often been said of men, that
as they approximate to old age, they increase
in avarice of wealth and pott er Whether
this arises from the accumulating strength
of habit, or from decreased ability for other
enjoyments, or from some, other cause, is a
question I leave for physiologists to decide.—
Without seeking for the cause, the effect of
both these principles is manifest in you, mid
without being attend/ d by that companion,
which alone can render them tolerable in a
public officer. [ will not say that that com
panion s/inul<l be unimpeachable integrity.—
flut as n public man you lack one other qua
hty which is the more unpardonable, because
it is perfectly in your powfr to possess it ;
and that is iiidtis'ry, or common /.pplicalion
to busm/ss. I here are men with nalu> al ta
lints but little superior to your own, who have
acquire'/an honest fame 'from making them
selves ns. ful by a steady at tent ion t > business,
and a laborious application to the faithful in
vestigntinn of nil subjects of a public nature,
which their official siahou made it their duty
to examine. Men of ordinary capacities,
placed in highly responsible stations, must
lu >or to supply the lack of talent if they wish
to preserve the public confidence. That de
pot t mint of our government which has been
committed to your snperintendance, not only
requires a mind to direct it to advantage,fer
tile, vigorous and aetive, but there should be
I u,‘,te'1 with stern and inflexible integrity ;
which will know no other distinction between
imen and things, but what is characterized by
ight and wrong. /J„t what shall be thought
>/ a man, who htf some fortuitous circum
lance is placed in power, for which he was
lever qualified by natural or acquired abi/i
ics ; forgetful of the duties thus incumbent
ijton him, lounges, or dozes away one half of
he day, and during the other performs little
fits subalterns to do every thing whrt'e more
exertion of bodu or mind is required than
merely writing his name ? Who is absent
entirely from his duty about one third of the
year, viz. from the beginning if June to the
l$< of October, either upon pleasure or at
tending to his private concents ~ and who, for
this time thus spent, pockets no less a sum of
the ptople’e money than thirteen lmn*lr*-it
Mild thr«*e dollars? Ify what si/stem
of ethics, permit me to ask, are u> to excuse
this conduct ?
As if influenced by some unhappy forebod
i"gs, you look cure to have it ciiculated here,
by some *>f your dependents in office, during
your late Jour months holyday, that you
should retire from the Host Office in the
spring, and lain a certain office in Ohio...,
What, ver may have beta your motive ia this,
Iis quiti certain that yon were not sincere,
for you know you van never obtain the office
alluded to, wire you disposed to commute
your present situation fur it. liesidts, you
know your private, speculations in that state
have so far iiwolted you m embarrass,neats,
that you cannot do without the post office de
partnicut to buoy you up This may strut to
throw some light upon another circumstance
, as yet somewhat mysterious I allude to the
returns of your accounts to the treasury, lly
the section of the act of Congress for the
government of the post office establishment it
I is made the duty of the post master general to
“ obtain from postmasters their accounts and
vouchers for their receipts and expenditures,
once m three months or oftener, with the l>o
lances thereon arising in favor of the gene ml
/wst office.” And in the same section it is
madt the duty of the postmaster gninal
“ once in thrte months to render to the Secre
tary of the 'Treasury, a quarterly account of
alt the receiftts and expentfitures in the said
depart meat, to be adjusted and settled as oth
\ er pub ic accounts.” - These duties ar made
| imperative, no discretionary powers bring
allowed.
Iluu dors ittf.cn happen, that instead of
these returns being made every three months,
they arc nearly or quite as many tins be
hind—and that by them there appeared a I,a
lance against the general post, offic some
where about ihree Imitdrril thou an dol
lars? Was this laige amount in the hands
of deputy postmasters unaccounted Jor, who
you are required by law to sue within six
months from the end of every three months,
upon their refusal or neglect to render their
accounts, and pay over balances ? Or has the
public bn n 1 ublud <>/ it after the accounts uml
money hail reached Washington ! 'J'hesc arc
questions inti resting to the public, and then
have a right to expa t answers.
/ here are many other points which require
investigation ; but as the representatives of
the people in Congress have made a beginning.
I shail wait and si e if they are disposed to
devote the necessary attention to this impor
taut department of the government Hut be
fore l close this note I can assure 1/011 that
the opposition to you is not confined to Sew
York as some of your office clerks have said.
It exists as much in the south and west, as in.
the north and east. The reason why yon hair
been permitted to remain where you are, so
long as yon have, is because yen are in
** sweet pliability like a tump of d< ugh in
the hands uj a pastry cook susceptible of'any
impression or form FAUIdClC'S.
Kentucky —Tlie II of R. have agreed
to tin Senate’s aim mlmni placing the
new-fangled bank at Frankfort instead oi
I tat rod; bn i g 'J lie bill has passed both
bouses ; and it is supposed will obtain the
Governor’s Hgnatuie !
Mr. Shannon, of the Kentucky II. ot R
i has given us in debate the following
gloniny sketch of the debts of that stale:
Due the United States' bank, 3.000 000
Ba*k of Kentucky, 4.300 000
Independent banks, 1,300 000
Public Lauds 1,000,1100
Eastern Merchants, 4.000.000
Makirig in all, S14 000.000
“ Oi this debt all except tin- debts due
In the bank ol Kentucky and fnd pen
dent banks, may be called foreign debt,
fie believed the whole income of the
slate little more than sufficient to pay fin*
interest on this debt.”
Pennsylvania.—Her legislature conven
ed on the 3ili inst.—Tlie Senate elect
id Win. Mark* Speaker, in opposition to
Writ. Davidson, by a vote of 16 to I t.—
In the other House, they bad 0 ballots
in 2 days for Speaker, On the Iasi bal
lot, John Gilmore bad 83 out of 93 votes.
As far a* we scan tlie parti coloured par
lies of that great state, \V. Weaver, who
bad on the jet hallo! 42 vote-, was the fa
vorite of 11 lentil's friends—Gilmore is
said to have been a Findlay ile.—No doubl
this is all Hebrew to some of our readers.
To the (litiien.% of llhhniontl.
Ttie led me that has been (rail t<> you by tlir Com
mime or Manufactures I* enough to heud your beads
to ilif eaitb lu shame. You thought yourselves mulled
In siate your ideas, like freemen. l<> your representa
tives ; crustiis: that you had stated them correctly ; trot
meaiiing to show any disiespect to them, or to mislead
others by any inisiaieimnts; turning too, that iryoir
said any ibiog urmig, yam martyrs Mould condescend
id poun wit in inn iii ton 111 (cims as civil and respect
ful at I lie i r snpniuiity would peilnll llieui lo employ.
It serins that yon bate ni'slaken jonr own stain n as
well as that of Mr. Baldwin. It seems, that you have
arrogated a right which did not belong to tou ; and
that you have comimilrd an tnipanli-nanle sin against
the aoveteigiily of their High Mightinesses. All ikai
you can do now, is to oppress your huuihle contrition
foi ihe liberty you hate used ; amt prostrate yourselves
in dust anil asbrs at ihv feet -I (lie Coininillce of Mauu
fa*tiires.— A meeting of ihv citizens of Richmond is
therefore reqaested this morning, at the Menbants’
Coffee lloiisi- for the purpose of framing an humble
petition piatiug for the mercy of Congress, begging
pardon for the liberty you have taken, and promising
lo till no no re, to bear prniietnly any contumely that
may be offered lo the metropolis of Viigiuia, as well as
every vokeaud restriction n Inch Ihe Tariff Committee
may pteare to lat upon your necks.—A full meeting of
humble petitioners is earnestly irqiiest-d by
A REPENTANT CITIZEN.
I'l' nuiliniigr <i/nn7, we regard Mr. Baldwin's
report (attack lecture, tirade—what shall we
(•nil ii f) a* '• some I hi mi (In use hisfiwit words)
of a chaiactrr perjecthj novel, introilnred in a
inantifr. it in believed, ao totally unprecedented
in the lepiilutice history of the country, -is well us
iiironsisif lit with llie re.pert due |o the (Peo
ple) of the union, that it is fell to he a duly
to notice it.” We find (he sentiment of indig.
rut oa warm and gcneial. It is no* confined to
tbi* city—it pervade* llie llm Delegatus ol
Viiciniit, now here assembled. Ii extends to
New Vnrk-.,.«’l hree ol the newspapets ol
I hat cily, of different politics have, as il
vteio al llie same lime given vent lo those
gem ton* fcelicjrs of indignation which encli
a document is calriii.ifed lo inspire. The
levelling l*o»t “ cannot permit incli an
official paprr lo to tor tit lo the public, nriac
comjianii d wills sltong marks of di*appn>ha*
lion. ll a petition i* couched in decent
term*, ii is entitled to commitment; if not, let
it be thrown nndci Ihe table; but once tleliv»
erctl lo a commute'1, it js protected by the
rule* ol decorum, from al! disrespectful aiid
offensive Irenintctil by the commitiee. Toils.
pat» Irnni ibis course is, we conceive, not only
undignified, lint II amount* lo nothing le** I bail
lo discourage and thus indirectly destroy the
method of resort, lor the interposition ol ihe
national council*. As ibis is the tir*t occtn
renceof the kind, we lake leave for ourselves,
• o ptotesi against its hemming a precedent ; it
•hall nor Sat any tate, pass in silent acquit**
cence.” 'I'lie National Advocate pronoiimes
litis “ singular ruport" lo lie “ an attack on
tlie petitioners, and a delrnco of Mr- Itiildwin ;
and rcn!!y Wears innrlt siirptMcd, tlial a do
cun:»tif so rmcour'tfcu*, if not nr.di^tMied,
should hav < fiou t' •» hom r iM< ger
tletnav-” The Daily Advcniser declare * ti
“ one of »he itn>« Mtignlai document* ot tb«
kind that «e recoiled to b.»v,. seen.’ and with
much spiriMletcnd* the Kichiu.it <1 ineuion il
against (hr imputation* attempted to lie cast
upon it tn the irpoit. I'm ther « ouiiiieiu from
ii* ii unnecessary ; became we know om
cause i* in much lietter hand*; — tn the hand*
of a man who never yet shrunk limn vindic.it
«ii" the honor ol In* constituent* and tin. to
tcrusts of Ids country One wuidniore! Wo
should scaicely li.ive looked Ini mu Ii a blow
ftom a gentleman like Mr Ii ildvtin — to whn*o
intelligence and iuttepidity t the onmhelli pet -
pie. Icel themselves in sonic respects so much
indebted.
MISSOURI CONSTITUTION.
Some ol the lew Ii icmls Irom the uni lit which
Mi‘*ouii hail la»t winter, are now against Iter.
Among these it Mr Morisot New Ytnk. His
acquisition i* in iiselt a victoiv. The U.ofK
will prnbahly reject tiv a decided tn.ijotiiy the
Constitution of Missouri....(n the .’senate', the
resolution for the adiui-sion will be adopted
The debate i* now’ going on in that body. ’I'u
said (on ilit) that R1 r I'inkiiry ha> throw n down
Ins glove to Mr King with ni'icli contidi-nce,
and no little mom chalunce Mr. UnriiU'sspecch
(he opened the ill bate) is the only one whi* It
we litve seen. In Ids very premise* lie has
giv*n up Id* own cause ' In defining what
constitutes a citizen. In* say* that*- (t a person
was not a slave or foreigner— but born in the
U t'talc* and a Iret-mari—going into Mi-sonri,
he has the *aiue right' ;»• if lie had been born ill
Missouri”— lint a* a lice mail ot colour, bom
in Minoini lias no political tights thcie; as
he is no citizen, in the true sense of the let m; as
he will pei haps he dependant, like the eman
cipated man o* color in Virginia, upon the
court. »y ot the state, for the leav e *o slay
there lie cannot conic, according to Mr. Bs
own pi iociple, w it hi w this so iiihcIi cited clause
til Hi* Constitution ot the U. S
Hu: tlip case is milch sltonger if we look to
what was considered as a citizen at the dine
tnC constitution Wc* made....Let u* consider,
1st, that hi a similar clause ot the articles ot tlie
confederation the term used is • iter inhabit
ants which i* changed in the constitution, to
" citizen* —thus requiring, before thev came
tii’dr i this rlanve ol tiie constitution, that llicv
should not be free inhabitants only, bnt citizens —
2d, that these flee people ot color wete *caicrf
!>' any where, it at all, citizens iu the true
sense ot the let in. *' W e have a great number
ol people in this stale who are not in fact repre
sented at all who hare no voice in the gorerument
y t these will be included iu iln< ..Delation’.
not lwo-nfllts; nor three-fifth*, hut the whole.”
(Mr. Hamilton’* -peecli in the convention ot
N. » nik in l7Sb )Ms it credible lh< it since these
men were not citizens at the lime, not purlin
at all to the national compact, that it was intend
od llioy rtiionlil liHVf* coinr under tlio (ftMiomina
lion of citizens ; and of course tinder that
clause ot the constitution r — But even admit,
ting the po.ni is not,who were citizen* then,hut
who an- such now, then the question is ts it
the right* they carry with them or the rights
tliey tint belonging to their class in the state
to which they wish to eiuietate, which they
may tairly claim ? Adopt the first construction
Hull what himh/ aIi. v. « , »s ia.ill i. t.i_i *
j»» opli- (tutu heie are not on as good grounds
those trom olhrr states who come her*
I Ills IS one anomaly! Coinin' h< te from dit
ler. nt states, they biing with them different
rights j and hence the same class ot ui»*ii con
tains v»ry different tights in the same state.—
Pit* i* another anomaly ! W'ntiirn once voted
in New Jersey— goiut* to aumliei state, do they
carry w tli tiirm their r leclivc lianchise.’like
ili' ir it ticulc r or hud they only stirli political
right* as their *e\ enjoyed in the state to yvliich
they removed? Ii this be the tin* meaning of
Hint lame *»hrn us tree people of color are
not citizens here and will not be in Missouri
bow can tin* clause of the federal com,titulion
apply to them at all ?
When we know, too, that Congress has so
often 1I1 awn the line between the whites and
the miilatloes; denying to thehiltei the right
ot voii< g in 6,» m 1 hy territories—that they
have al*o recognized -everal new states, whose
constitutions dmw the -ame line belween
them; why, (may Missouri a«k.) aro we to be
deuteu the privilege ot d.awing the line
win n Ohio lias drawn it, and Con-res* has .*,
Ottvn sanctioned the distinction? When even
Delawaie. whin Virginia Keumekv, Geer
gia, drive these people away ; wheu we si e so
many piactical constinctious of the C U S
may we not also (relieve that Missouri is ti-hi
in/icr coustriictioir f Has any slate, too 'by
giving general iinmimities to the same class of
ciiizens as she has at home, parted hy this
concession with every power necessary to
her internal police? Is she bound to teceive
all paupers, all vagrants, all incendiaries from
other states, all penitentiary convicts rvlio
have commuted peihaps confinement for exile,
is she hound to receive them all into her bosom :
because they were once ciiizens of Pennsyl
vania or Delaware ? (Even Mr. Biirrill him
self hesitates ar.d sin ink* hack at thisl)-Mu»t
we he forced to liuilrour all the free negroes
0 ' 1 w ^°ik because they ate now ciiizens
there ; while she may diive all ours away,
because with ns they are not citizens ?— Let
no> man say, we are actuated by caprice ami
inhumanity in driving these people away—
Onr police requires ii. f
These arguments, if they do not convince
our opponents, go to show this at least ; that it
1* a mooted question ; that there is much doubt
about it ; Hie decision ot it may depend upon
Hie Circumstance, of each case : and therefore
it ought to he left to tne cool and constitu
tional judgment of the courts of justice • Hie
federal courts,or the stale courts, according
as difierent politicians vierv their jurisdic
tions. J
But whether Mr. Buriill be ri-ht in his
aiumneiit or not, he i*. w« suspect, wofnllv
mistaken in a point ot fact He asks what
consequences will follow from the rejection ol
the cons 1 i 1111 ion i lip only one w hich lie
could perceive yvas, that Missouri must remain
one year longer out ot the Union He yvAtiiil
not do her people the injustice to believe,
that lather Ilian erdtirc llip small incouve*
nience of 1 Plaining the territorial charar
ter a tew months longer, they would ra-hiy
throwawav nil the interest they had 111 the
live* uptyi 11! Missouri will not shrink hack *
vain iutM her Huy mis hell, she will never he
attain « ierritoiy She will never ieceive ano
ther Governor from the feHernl g-ovr-rnment,
luilfs* lie is supported by 30 003 bayonets—
Mas Mr B- made up liis'mtml to tins result —
for a few ni' u ol colour, whom his own cili*
*» ns consider as little better lliantiuisanr.es?
• The Federalist, No. «o, interprets this dansr ascon
vcjiiir an • equality of privileges and Immunities tu
w inch Ihr citizens uflhs union wul he entitled.".
t his is our own idea of it
t Mr. Walsh draws a disgusting picture of the free
people of color—he quotes a long passage from Mr.
Itsiper t lett'r, which paints them as a " nnisanreand
Imrdeii Mr W adds that * the ev perience of the stai es
north and east of the Siisquehaiiuali. with regard to
this c lass of persons, is mu, n the whn’e, much more
eiicouragirig ” (Walsh’s Appeal in ihip.) Again: —
I he disfranrhl'einenl, which exists tin the southern
slates,) ci is not he said to he unjust, if injustice in ihe
business ollif he no! a mere abstraction, and have any
unrig in do wiih the consideration at self rrestrva
linn, and Ihe welfare of ihe maj .riiy »»—jtf. IS no.v vt|.
Willing lo pour as many as he can Into Missouri, m .
Ac.—I his is the same Mr. W who is now holding out
in bonilile colors Ihe adveiliseinents of the marshal of
the district ol Columbia, of slaves in be sold under
execution, sher having slated in Ins Appeal, dial “ ne
groes car. not lie held as properly .without being subject
to alienation ."—(tie win maw, «presume, some
hair brsartih distinction between selling voluntarily
unit under execution.) — ** Mote of cant, hypocrisy ami
inconsistency , has never disgraced any oc asionthan
inti . 9
J Mr. Sergeant (in tits Speech) cites the Federalist,
who terms ibis clause " the basis of the Urn ms ’’ i»
Shtw its Importance. Now, two sentences a fie', the
P. says : M to secure the* full efTect of so fundamental a
provision against all evasion and subterfuge, il Is
neressaty that Its construction should he coin
milled to that frltiiinul which, having no local
attachments, will lie likely to be impartial between the
different stales and their citizens," (viz. the federal
Judiciary.)
L KG IS LA Tlf/t K () F VI KG IMA.
EXTRACTS FROM Till: JOURNALS OF TUB ROUST.
OP OEUEOATKS.
Friday, Dec. 0.— A coiuuiimifatioo was re*
reivoil Horn Ihr; Spnntp, sibling t* m they hud
ngreid lo the icsolutions of the Moils*. Ini
Ibjiiip tltp journals of I ho Ilxeculive. tut ot
tim Bo.nit* ol I'tiblir Works, nn<) tlie Literary
Fttml, br-fotp the General Assembly.
An engrosspt) hill “ roucerniti/ i Vrlaitt taxes
on Inw process in Hip county nt (ii<in<e«;tV
w»* read a 3d time, jM»seil, anil sent to the Sr
n.ite.
iVsr. M'lji:! from the C. of s'!. t»r present
4
«(i u resolution In favour of ilie jetiMon of R.
ai.il \> . Skunk* ol IVirr.sburtr. win* pray Ilie
(.'••Uim'>iiwr«llh to t< l''U*e In them its light in
tvi lam ptopei tv in l*eler*boi; and in Naose
| ill '*id. pvorwrU by ihiir'late uncle. Tills 1C
was Agn. f<l lo by tlie House.
A leiit-i wn* in eiveii fioni ilie Governor,
Communicating »» tlie trqurstof the I'resiileut
i thy If -".iiioke Nutigaiion Company an an*
, Ibci't K Hled copy d the acI of the Not III Caroli
} Ceeiduinrr.cliAiigniff the day ol the annual
j imctiog .in* atocklndilei» — in which the |*re
■ Mile in and l)n> I'tiiis request the coiicui retire
ot the Hegi-utiire ol Viigiiiiu-Rvieued lothe
l'. ot I,*, ami I.
iMi llouxri, from ilie committee ol' l’rivi*
lege* and 1-lleciions, repmtid that they hail
compaii d the »lu uli's letimis ul Delegates lo
set vein ibis Assembly, with the the form pre
set ibid by law ; and that the returns Iroili
counties aud Iroili I'etersbnig aid Williams*
bin.*, were in tin* loim presetibed by law; —
and those lioiti I I oilier cuniitics, nn<i from the
boiongU ol Norfolk were not so. '1‘lie said re
port wasurdeicd to lie laid oh ilie table.
On Mr. seldeii » uiolbiii, the House came to
tlin tollowin; resolution :
.** U liercai tlie Geueial AssembK of Virgi*
till have received ot’i'ial information that this
Common w eali li ha. Iteeii riled to appear lie*
toie tile liar ot tlie Federal Judiciary, to jus
tits . it she can. a recent judgment ol the slate
court imposing punishment upu» c ertain veil
diisol luttciy tickets w11 liin the bunts of the
state:
“ Kcsolrnl therefore, that somiich of the Gov.
ernoi’s comiiiuiiicMtioa as disci",< * this mlor
illation, lie ifit'lled in a select Couimillee. willi
leave to report by bill, or otherwise ; mid that
tlie Fxcrutive depai luient ut tip* Cloniuion
wealili Ue rtquired to lay before ibis House
their proceeding* in relation to ibis subject ’
'I hi> resohitioo w as agit cd lo aud u commit
tee accordingly appointed
O > Hint ion nt Mr While of Hampshire, so
•nwclt ol the Governors communication as ie
iHtes to coustiiictiiig Ilie buildings necessary
fui the adtniuistiatioii of justice in the coun
ties. was teleired to the C. lor C. of J.
Oil Mr Mu\o s motion leave was given to
l>rii)£ in a lull, to cinitial* flm tim** af hoiiiin<r
the circuit courts iiniie I3tli iudicial district”
com1 ^ed ot liie cotinlii*, of Lsu. .Scott lJus
»el.V Mir s'gton, Taz* yvell, Wythe & Grayson.”
On • r. Sexton’s motion b-'avc was given to
liriu; in a bill, ** declaring ihr magistrates of
the county ot Frederick residing within the
corporation nt Winchester, to bo eli ible as
meiubers of the cotnHion council.”
On Mr. Walton’s motion, leave was given to
brinit in a hill, *• to change the lime of holding
the quartet ly term of the county couit of She
nandoah lru:n May to June ”
On Mi. ( hapliwe’* million, the coimniitoc tor
courts ot mimic- was instructed to inquire into
the expediency ot amending the revised ac t
directing the method of proceedings in courts
of * qmty against absent dehtois, and other ab
sent defendants, and far settling the proceed
ings on attachments against absconding de
oi * ”
On Mr Bassett’s motion leave was given to
biing in a bill ‘ supplementary to the Reveal
acts to prevent i lie dost ruction of oysters”—and
on motion of Mr. Gleaves, to biing m a hill to
UlliiMIfJ ■ li.i rAxm.til !• ..It . _ *
--* IUI
killing waive*.
On Mr. M-WIrorter’s motion, the committe
fnr coml» ol ju.iice were in.siructud to enquire
into the expediency of changing the tunes ot
holding the monthly and qttaiietly couils in
Lew i< county.
On motion ol Mr. Eppcs, the committee of
ttnaoce were instructed to enquire it the pub
lic expenditure is susceptible of rclrenclimcut
without prejudice to the interest ot the (' mi
iiioiiwealth ; and report in what department*
the retrenchment, u any, is e\pedieut.
Petition* we.e presented—lM. Item Nancy
Taylor of Patrick. praying lor lea re to sell
the unproductive part lit her late husband’s
real estate ;—2d, from Jolia Ferguson of Hen
rico, slating that his mother was a native nt
the county of Essex in this state, but went to
Scotland before I lie birth of the petitioner,
who wa* born helote the revolutionary war’
and continued in that country until tire y« ar
I7SS, when nt; retained to Virginia ; piaying,
that fcii.ee Ire lias bought u tract of laud as a
plase ot permane nt lesidruce and has taken
the oath ol fidelity, lift may he ;iiolecled by a
lavs in lire enjoyment ot rial estate—Referred
to the C- for O. of J.
Petition* weie presented frim lE-iiry W
Watkins, High slicrill ot Powhatan, praying a
iemission ol certain <11111**0, that have bee-,
recovered against Inni for defaults of bis depu.
ties; ftnm John Ervin of Rockbridge county,
ami from Ht»nrv Whitman of Randolph, ievo*
Intiouai y soldiers, pr aying for relief and pen
sions :-frcin Joel Left with, late sheriff ol
IJ.illoid. for a 1 emission ol Jam rges for certain
default* of his dvput.es ; a id from Jo*e.*h
Hicks ol Halifax, who seived in the. late war,
snir-red mneli fiom sickness, and was <1111 in’
great expense ; praying for relief Mom the
liberality ot the Assembly : — Keteircd to the
Committee ol Claims.
Petitions w<-rc presented—1 <t from sun
dry iuiiabiiants of Fauquier. Loudoun, and P
William, tor a new comity to l>» touted out of
parts ol them ; . 2d- from sundry inliabiianls
of I’rir.r** William, anti of the Dover Baptist
Association, for suppressing the practice of
retailing spirituous liquors in the vicinity nt
place* appointed !m religious worship ; 3d,
from sundry cilizensol Frankliu tor chaugi g
the lime of holding llicii superior courts of
law ; flh, from the inhabitant* of tiiat part ol
Frederick that lies it* The forks of tlieSheiiao
tloali liver, praying to he annexed to She.-aii
doali county ; ami 6'h, tmnr the owners i»
lot* 111 Covington, enmity <>l B iieloui t, lor h ave
to build on and irripi nvc liie same.—Refericd
to she C. ot I’ a4*1 G.
Petitions were presented from sundry in.
iiabilauis ot Morgan county, piaying thai rtie
board 01 public work* m i> -iib-cr’ib*- for *J-5ln*
of 1 lie Mock of Hie Sliuph-'iiFs town, Martins
bnrg.aud Potomac Tur p k. company.— Re
ferred to lire C. of R. and I.N.
A petition limn the school commission
er* of Prince William cciinty that the *01
l»lus disposable income ol Hie Li'eraty Fund,
may be di*tiibineil among the several cnuii-'
lies ol Hie commonwealth, for lhe education of
■'■v IVHIIMIUH, «.an •• M IIUI ID III i .Ul
S.and (J.
A petition from sundry citizens of Rocking
bam county, playing mat llit counts com I
thereof may lie audio used to pay ceitain i <;
w it ds lor killing red lose*, wax i ejected.
Saturday, Dec i in >»ion of Mr Fon
taine and seconded liy >1 r Blackbnrii,/Vc<o/o </,
lliat llie order of toe day. toi no. redin': i>\
joint liatlot with llie Senate to the eiecliin ot a
Governor tie noxfponod nil Saturday the 10th
m*t—And Mr. Foutanie was lequesiril to
(‘iiininuiiicale the said icholtiiioit to llie Senate,
anil r> quest Hit tr coiictii rettce. The Senate'
did concur in it.
An engrossed hi!) ** changing th* 0;||, tOlh
and 11 Hi judicial circuits and lor otiiei pur
poses.” was passed and sent to the Senate.
(tu motion liv Hi . Sexton, leave was grant*
etl to lit mg in a hill *■ changing the lime ot
meeting ot the boa id "I oveiseti* of the poor
for Fitderit k tnunly ;”~aorl lit Mr. Lovell, to
bring in a bill ‘ changing the lime ut holding
certain com is.”
On motion of Mr ?.Inrri» of Wood, the
committee tor courts ot justice wore instruct
ed to enquire into Hie expediency of amending
llie law lixmg the rule day* lor the different
courtsAnd on motion ol Mr. Morris* of
Gloucester, to requite into the inopricly of
amending the law respecting the examination
of comity smveyoi*.
On Mr Chainin'riayne’s motion, the Execu
tive wrre requested to lay before this house
information ot wlial ba* been done with Fort
Powhatan on Jaui-* Ktvei, since rt*-on ender
tiy the general lo the state government, dm
ing tin* yc^t
Mr. Ma/ill from lbe(’ for C ol .1. present
ed three resolution.* ;—1st,in favur ot agreeing
to llie petition of the Windy Cove Cohrrega
lion for incotpor.iiitig itseMm* to enable them
to icct ive from llie executor* of Kligihetli
sitlinglon of Italli the sum or SI0<K>, the inter*
e*t ul ttlmh i* to l) • applied annually fowattl
the pay nient of a clergy man of tlteir choice lor
Ills *ervir«.s ; 'J. nl, m | ivnr ol agreeing to.I.
Juliu* Itnrke's peiition. piaying the common
wealth to telease to him it* light to certain
pfoperty hi I'e'ersbui • j— ad agr<elng to the
petition ol W. Donaldson, for a ielt'.i*c ol the
connnoiiwea,tli's ii-htin ceitat.i property to
the cbildten ot Angus Me. Donald,—All these
ie*olutiou* were agreed to by the hoii*e. Mr.
W it*o« baying expressed hr-tin, a that they
would not pa** die fir*: mu «ii -out duly con
sidering it* cent, i i*. ’lb., Ionise derided ni>
oii it.atid •uiuj'tcd it by a majority of tiboo! 2o.
Mr. Mag'dl from the «Mnfi cohiintf tec nte*
’“‘tiled a revolution in l.tvor nfdi voicing lVtet
Myers ot \\ Mlie, from IrD wile D.tphnts—it up*
pcarnig tofhe committee. iliat alter having
lived with him mote than ll> yours, and home
him 4 fhlldicn ; she had about right sears
ago abandon d tier husband- that n idmit
limv prcviooi to her desertion, he trad caught
! one Joseph Davis in hod with her, ami mucc
quitting him she had become an abandoned
prostitute—On motion, how ever, thru resolu
tion was disagreed to by the House.
A petition Irom simdiy inhabitant* of Har
ri»nn county lor reducing constables' let* was
referred to the C. tor C. of J.
Petitions were presented—from sundry in
habitants af .'Southampton ptaviug that that
patt ot the comity in which they tesidc may
be attached to Greenville coiinty ;—also a
comiteiwfietition of Mtiidrv other inhaiiii*
aril*:—one Irom T. Slat kc of Mason, loi have
to keep n terry across the Ohio river iiom
hi* land .ihoui eight miles above Point Pleas*
ant : — hum sundry inhabitant* of Wood lor
a division * filial cotitiiy iui<> election disiricts:
Iiom Josiah Wolcott *ut fllouonguli i lot the
estabiishmeul ut a ferry overtire iMouogulin
river ;—nud front Samuel Claik | ie»vnt com
iiusMoner ot the revenue lor iWuuroe. praytiig
that the county coutt may appoint some oth
er person to assist in per lot itnug liie duties
of that office : — kelcried lo the. (J. of P. A: G.
A pvtttion Irom the tiusteesot the New
lamdcu Academy lor pecnniaty aid to pie
vent the total deslinciiuii ofthat institution,
was referred lo lira C ol S au I C.
Petitions wett* presented—hum Peter '|’ii|>
h'tt, tin old tov olutionai y eohhcr. fora pen
sion;— fioui William Brough. an cl I rrvdn*
tioiiai V officer ill the cotrnty ol r.luaii.'th (lily,
reqm.Sting some. piovtsiun lot Inn.veil orlil
t rimly ;—from George Daniel nt Westmore
Uii'.l. who was wounded in 177U, being a car
p. nler on hoard tin* Patriot a lender l.i the
•ship iariai cl Iti guns commanded hv (’apt.
hi* liuni I ayior, praying tor a pension ; lio-'ii
Jiihn Kink of Momingalia. proving cer i.n
■utisler lines (amounting to S-3 ‘JO; to he re
mitted lo liitti ;—Iiom Jauics 1,. I ureer or
Botetourt, to be allowed the value ol a lioise.
impressed by h.til ns a deputy Muuli. which
lt*nse died in that service : -als.i a petition
limn Duni.-I Wi Nat .:t who served in it.c tev*
olttiionary war II years a* a private in ('apt
Higgins’s company III the Vngmia line, play
ing I lie aim. nut of his pay ami mini ,i .,,:ciii
tug thereon, vt-hich it yet due ; — Al I which
■ leinmns wc-ie referred t. ||,e
to SPOHTSMLN.
u.s..... .V|< . il l.lj)-(>p.\.\nlvl
r> LSi'KC I Fl'LLY informs ibe cdisons ..f j;t ,lfi
IV staucbeslct .m.l ih unrounding he
bas removed Ins eiublisbineiit from bis iaie str.• i i
i i:k*mvwt bouse lurmer.y occupied o> Ur Sam’!
Wbne.dvc on ibe Mam sucel.an • opposite i|,. r, „„
fuel, where l.e v.illcuinimie. by unie.oiiiea! aue
10 every biancb <n uis prolessi n, t ■ mmi thi,i ei.cou
raRemeut wblcli has been so liberally homi .. I]t.
as mi ban.1, an elegant anil general assortment of
t- .in « ' Ufrrl,%,y l«r toe sportsmen of the tie!.!
I'no hug Pie,*,. Pistols, llules. with or « ub nl bail
sVuor/'a dViV' B,ttC„h- D:iu,*,e «"<» Single Twilled,
Muon, and laiiiase"' Bair.la, ol all lengths a id >i*,v
L chs»mi m umi.ig, of evety dcscnpu.m, ...ui> f„r
completing any orueis be n ay receive. Itrpaiis ,1 .u,
to gun,, pistols. &c. su:< oiding ,|1K |» «.,? uno »ve.
rasr^!" mm,kn£?,!,f t,,,“
Vimli'catiou of the Usury Laws.
Rn.»u I lls are requested to cor'recl the folio* mg
errors of Ibe press veitli a pen: —
I’ageS line 22 lor mem hi rs itad member
II 13 lor times time
ir 33 for r.sets!, i re rets'ion
in i? !'frI’etnation ytryetration
it) 30 for th. se linse
"39 I all ike out Ih: word tut
5 foe filSi ui l
3d t for enacted ere. ted
31 il tor it is
■15 3 tor itcpise desyise
4il 10 lor that than
dtl la U 23 f .i I’teUan I’iebelnn
id 25 (or iinbruugliC unhuu-ht
57 13 lor deed tlreuii °
.___It! for infancy in fa mu
The large HI ale LJUphaut,
aarill. hr evhii.ited in tins cu> unfit Tomorrow
. . evening. 'fn>be ibat ti no not viewed ibis woo*
derful m..ns.tr, have an uppoitunity of seeing tins nay
and t*. inmion.
Her 12._ I,.
Haiti hestt r ami JJt f r i slnti g i .III y i kc i oinyuntf.
MR John I urpin. Superintendent, m l attend , t i;‘,e
Sycamore tavern in Petersburg, on il.e isiii an..
I9tb instant ; and at ibe Kkehnligr in Vam hrster ut.
Ibe 2lsl in.I gjd.prepaied to pay .U and tui*. op alt Ibe
bunds sin n fur ibe bite of laborers (nr the present year
By older ol tbe B.,aid of Hire-runs,
^ JAMES BIUNimn. Clerk
N. B. The Director, wislito lure a numlur of laimr
tts (or the ensiling year, for whom a im price wilt tig
given.—I hose inclined to engage such m ineir set vice
are requested to apply in
/Jr. James /lender son, ) .
Mr. lira nr h Cheatham, j 1,1 Manchester.
Mr. John ll Jit ou n i
Mr. Eduard Eon ell, J ,n i*eleffcl»nrj
Mr. (Seurge ten. j
Mr. Htch’-l rlrtgarff, sr lIII CliestciHeld
( ol. Edtrarit Archer, )
Miincliesier, Dec.12. (if !'. i fj * ’
t S It IS supposed My Ibe President iiu.l s.vrraiini m
bets ol ibe Coin.i.on llall, ut rhe ci:v i>r Kw h
mol.d, Ibat ct.nsnlrral.le public inconvenience will ..
sun Hum a inisundrrsianding of me innf.rr c t, .
' f 'b1" AH passed at die last session „i n * I . .
line, inspecting he circulation m nous amirr i.v. . ...
lars ; they advise Hit t the lollowmg opintoha ol tour
Sel upon thll subject sti .ulil lie publisiied.
,, . ... ^ SllfePPdKls, t hatnbf ilaid
l nder an Out nance of ibe Cuininoii ila.i i.i ii.e t u*
Of till hiiiond pa.s d oh (he V-ltb day ol v.igusi, JSi»
a number of small notes ( .r one aim two dollars, rigntd
*> 1 ►’testdei" ol ibe Hall, payable n. me older or ,
tbe Cuaniheilaiii, and endorsed liy bun, wrie pul into
circulation.—I am asked, whether or u t these notes
tha.. he legally coinInmd m cilct.lalioii under an art uf
the Ornnal Assembly, ernuled. " An act to mi. .m: an
MCI, more etirciiMlIy to prevent tbe circulation . f n irs
emluetl by uuchartfred Banks, * . bub t... k ..
ibe tirsl day ol lb present month, subsequent to toe
issuing «f the Doles si...vcnientuined.
I Mill of 1,pillion, Ibat ibe An , i hi, _
lion applies only to such bonds, notes, lulls, c,, .
Corpniniioiiii, as have l.rett or may or, made oner the
oayo» w ,,„ l, llie del t ok eff.... I lie pe> aiiies im
P'*m I Uy Uifc act. anarli (o tiit cin iiiiiiion of unh
bonds nolei, lolls. Ate. and not i„ l)le circulation 01
au> otlieis. Hie Corpoiation boles ahovt mentis-ned
.ire no of Km description. I l,e) were mane and is
sued al a lime wbeu lliere was no law in force to (..rind
it, and the ciicnDti.n of Ibem is not prohibited, elllirr
toe? r, V"1' 1^J*' by anyM.ov.smn
I tber.il ol Assembly m qn,st|.,n I . in ibersfor. o(
« .pwii. .1 diwilie Corporation notes aboveii.Miiinuu
may lawfully be c.iciilated and th.il no person Rj ,
im or any one of the penalties ol llie act by te.. n n,,. ut
oneriug them In payment, i\ Uraiiur
Kitliiiiond, Dec 2, itjiO.
CAST.
Ihe Corp ratlen of [tn bni mc (nndet an Ordinance '
of .I,-Cm,Holly Issued In August. IHIO. a number
ol Notes (or llie smns for one and two dollats p>| „f
o l.icli w tie put into rlti nlatiou ... lbf
"'' “ An ... to amend an act, “c
ell, toally loptewot the dtcnl <|lon of notes emitted
l.y din liarteied Hanks,’' passed on the 2vd I tli. I9an.
It tsatked whether It he lawful, |0, ;,„v ,o
oiler in payment or ctrtn'aie any of these notes, an t
w.ielher tueh person would the,el,y penally
o.len di.Ha.S’Orbtsiil.Jcet ..any ptimshintnl tiiiJ.r
the a< t hi question.
on the. ase above staled, I am of opinion thatllie act
does ro.t extend to any notes actually exeeo eil, and put
Into rlrculaib.i, before tt oa, passed, and that aoy pc.
sou may fin mate such nous without heme subject to
any penalty or buiiishmeiii under the act.
I her* is a clear and <d>vl»ns distinction hetweeneir
ciilaliug. anil issuing or pntiin:; into circulation, and
this distinction was certainly in the view of tbc Leers
talure. When they passed the ad. lire iwnrtrst actions
prohibit the Uiultip or j.uilinp Into , initiation of
...cl. notes by any tltiltvldual or body corpoiatr, alter
the ilftte of ib<f aci. I iir iinrd tfetion prohibits the
bringing min me Commonwealth, with ioienttnii to I-.
Mr.’ ' 1,1 Mrnirnt, am note fi t a less
sun lh.111 .,«»• dollar ; Slid the lonitb seilion prohibits
the cltciilatn.n ol all n ics iuuert or j ut Into t ircula
tlon, contrary to the art. and os the.. in qnec
lion were a.| i*surd and put into ciicutstioii previous
■ ,!'* fassage of the ait and therefore r.erlstnly not In
. lolailon of in provisions, no person r an he made sub.
jer.t in ai.y punishment or penalty pndet the an f< r
olietingin payment or circulating any of these notes
thus law fully i**rttd „r pUl cireuiaiii.it before the ait
c** ,!rn.r8, JXd. WICKHAM.
Itli hin.mil, f-tec. 1. IH70.
I hunk nt the yultnj ttt yir -’litl.t Vim. 2 t I n to
IIH ANNUAL MP.MING oi the Smrkl,olders (nr
Jbe election . ( Directors, w ill be held at the j:allg
on il iiittitjj, theJtfnt rtatt oj .It nnttrjt ntjet.
'Irc J• w..*(«* 1/ A IA Ml.PF,
I’UK lui.icrtbwi wishes l* litre a!ruuf~;i0'torn alT3
• boys for (lie u xtvtar, W wo,* in atohaet« fm;lot
D i.gj. c..,i. M.U'fttiusfi «r.
YOSTSCIUYT.
£xtrcct »t ft ItlUr from it frir,.f t!r.li (
Irer.tAiu^tott, /fee. UfA, ls2(>.
" Tlir discussion «mi the Missntni ([:;«•*<
finnga gains; on in both but,, h s < ! tin- le
gislalme, cV lilt* tttiib ifir* *ttit pi<>tiuuti('i.‘
different (I* cisi»*n«—a maj >r• Iv •*» tin Ne -
uale !»• i»sjj|»ii thtnr ul aOu.issi. i>, when
j as IJn* n \. rse is the fa.-I, m regard to the
j H"Ust ol lief ruse ul.ttiv#s.—Tin* quodnur
now ugilalfil, is wholly <l;tftrmt fn.;.i
liiat ol I he Iasi session.—Mis.touii i> u<»
longer opposed on l!ic* ground ol her f
log a slave holding stale— hul sol* !v -< -i
llit* ground ol ilje inhibition lt»lii<- migra
funijof freeiiegines and snuhittoc*.— 'J Ids,
\ on will j . re« ivt, pKSi bl.' lot* simple
question w lie I her a slide has nr l as i..,c
a right lo s!it:l il.--. If up ugitiuid ll.e inlr..-*
duel:on of litis nuisance.—One would ii*(,»
giue, ti.al conflict,ug opinions could not
• \ist . ii n proposition ,.r fhw character—
hul is it in your iu;uJ lo coiicmv. a more
unwise and short sighted policy than that
which u..w g> v. ins I'eonsy Ivaiiia, Ui..o,
In.! aiij, nnd Illinois, on l.ds subject (—
I nose, .-date*-, !»\ Hitsr location, i-re im.ro
lii.Ide lo a fi-iod «.f thin sort or poptihiiuoi
Han tn y oilier—and ycl tfrey in- heic
if. cl a riii g that no stale lias tin- aulhoi it v
lo prohihit lhe migration of tree iicgroeo
and inula)tuel .iihidcdphia ha*, ulna
dv experienced the cur*.* arising Irooi
(his vagrant class—a m1 ice know I he di
rection winch things are taking in ref. i -
v-iico to die lioitli Western states.It
would uol by any intuus In so singular
and remaikahle lor Virginia to b: found
ill cpposilioii lo iM ss.-iiii, liecuu.-e of :■
fea’uiciii h< r constitution —loi it i
mililntfs against her mlere• I—lo. • i .
her Iiilercsi lo keep opeucveiy a.ei.ii
by which she n ight g t tj.i oi l i- . ,>s
ol In r popul.il-,on Bn' V _ te*
lo look to in i interest pie in,n ,.f
ti is so,i. W. wsl to po: at, cn • t . the
I lev., under wire l • L -ton i;. a lab. is
— to put due n l:i, < \ .!• tin i.i wi.t, I: n vv
prevails, and ihei.bv ba-'M, a n lu>u
ol |i,n e f, , lings Of g, nd -.sid an I I J J. • v* -
* hjp w Inch tint !(»*•«• siller dhai.v-, .< d
I lie people of tin g drtpob,.. 1 r. : ffy
i oiisi.tt i n ;S sui jeci oh eonginln'iit :i
id lhi> question ba assumed soiiiti.i*
Mil an a-pt. ! from iha - inch i! pe,s-<s,
*'d .it Ioe la-1 s ssi. 11 I i »• dvn.Bg K*,fi
wdl lie disarmed j-j.. ice . t.-Tof
doors will take no pail in ; i. cice-sh),,—
am: t:' I ti-iness will be f im gb, | . tt t Io
I be Ic-bugs and ui:b:,.sse- judgment of
i enrsy nail a, 81 illl lajt
*• ssii u o< it- legislature, !ia<. under i s
coiisi<l< r.iiion tiic |n<ipiiety tu a< > j {;ng
• nnu-lu •• ol exclusion—and a> oi (Imhui
•tay i', together with the nidi i siat> s,
.iIm.m- specified, will he lotccd to tiiltlA
iaie upon tt.
lit not a 1-n h< seen, t hat Congr* s* i n
pi'oi iaw.mg a -eatuie in a slate t. i.siitti
t.on to b in ep;>ng lit ice |(» t lie u n
I.>n of the l . Slates, n • n |f the same
oe so, anil (turn ing tin- tiiss deduction if.tt
i/tr same is unit am: rr .if, an* eng. gni in a
useless business. Lo,t.s not ii;. n»n
-nut ion oil lie U State* idi'iah iluLie
M i nll and \uni—anil can m and by onr
• leehnaiioii any nei» lour In the supieme
law. In my mind vise torn »,»>e mef
• ogaged in a more uij.i li able task. in
fighting lor -i s! aifou, lioMi vet, llu y w ul
'■tow, Jur jtahi/.tic pnrposm uotLj.lt, riu
-i. 1. it a iircucr iit-fti.. . xc 111 mriii, «<•■(
Pvipelnand a mate id feeling Im-ide to
flic harmony amt the good id the L'uiuii.’*
I Olii'ION M'.U S.—'I lie ii.ni) last niglit,
t.ioiigl.t us ttaliiiii. it- |i,i|ie » gi\iiu* un inern
l.n itiaai ui loteien news, limit put licula i y
• rlattii^ in il . tin., a. \t i pit ti e in.low
ing 11 e m li e [ Otlll.M (iaZfllt ill ildlilliiin io
ilie >ti In !»s 11Din tin M. ( tnoiiiele in mir pre
coin inns (••in ii,ct accounts ni our
•"‘Xl ) i In’ (Jill ( |l iilns IlC <l( <|l||l|i il |i\ i,,.
l'l.is ; Cfcltrtlinl by I lie |>i oj e. [| i|,. ini. |,t
•■st, ii is iiu.it piobnbie iiic nuiiisiei s e.j.l •
i i I lie watt.
If aitimokk I Jeer mbit y Py the fast sw’ing
blip C/talstforth. t uptiiin liry, r- uimit ii.,d
i t out port ijist rilny in tin tin, t p s.u,y, t at
iluys fj'r in Luiiiui/ii, ire /..it rin.i.u Litre tieun in
tdiligence to llu first < ; A or, I ce.
In ctiiistijodiict oj it ii gw i ily of > ur /.<.»
tlun U.ites. the putitti'itiuH h, ,.<,t,.ii „/ n,e t,,ti~
inony in furor of ■ « (f i n mu .L n.assarily l„ sus
pewitit ti i n:wtit ur a I,
II is»; pin t, , til , t,i, highly r.H l lir toiy uiili 114
on the pul t oj the (Jhu a i u . .. rnn
unueistanitii.gbn u\m some u) thru... t im.imnt
mm in Uu ministry pi r.ilu, etl thi rejection vj the
bl t uj Punt- ami i on, iiu •. in t n if. us, tf / .
the paragraph in he l.umton ;ui)him irlalue u>
the assioi, o) the l-p j i. , . t0 tum ivi niiy In ti,e
Co it s of Spurn is too tuiitfimfe to ea fi, mltieH.d
eorti, ever ; it i. uu ooi.blihs eilusstu irilhthisc
ecu meant rtiinui -. th l /.-o- tun. uUtm iluoi gli
uiv country for lit, lost si.i /. nrhs an.. ti.,t, U
pi vi ably gore rise to the speculations ■ th, i.uti.
,Im Jou a lists
si’ / r.r.cts llniu'etl is sujfaing vi.dtr u secern
attack oj tin gout.
\ iROfllA Lh< ISMTldsR.
^ klTCRI'O . Im1 II. IK il aj.rcril Ii Ills pnicnitnifl t
•••f I*, if Ii llic i> i ale Ii. Die I. •i-InIk ii ill II.. Jli, i.
(Hindi Ii ml Jia zp I. ill. I as II,. ,la; (Ol e rein,, a s r !
cl.-r ol lie l 8 Die j ;ai;c .u cupitil'b) Mr. J. . ...
I In: auirlirlii.tlil i.l li e S. h’alr cbaiUto llu ujj lu Mull,
i" > il.r . Hi ii Jftr.uai >.
Mr. Mitlrr adreiaMy |n Die le.lirc b. p«ti,i l ilila-,
ycsltntuy sutiii.illrit tiir fall.iu In- reM'liilUm ; It, i.(t, ft*
lii .1 leave l.e Riven lu |.r.iiein a Ini " ii. imIi.ic ib.i
iwigrs of lh( iii' iut). IS «.t iMe Ot-i’ri ;.l Aid Ii I e ”
.Mr. l» ui lull in,.Mil loan. I!,. ||i |rs,.lu| n |,t i(1,l|„2
■ iitiiiu. 4iiumi.v«e «*jii i ns of i|je i t'lMimli*** a 11 •«
»ln»t salaiius tan l.e constiii.tionail) irilctirt." i|,i«
amendment <•.as agreed tu by a inij.oity, n «t ui.ce:-.
stand, of about 8 or lU.
I •'< question mi thru pm on the resolution as p.
ii'tsiinl, Uadi lij uytsand noes, cud can itd, ay cs liv
i. - » * .
,» —> ■ I ' < tv JOHN (iIUHaH deceased.
•* * uro i n»esirtl t > in.ike payment to me In mtdiately,
as I an, desirous ol closing the udiiiiiiisiiaili u .is soon
as possible, and tberetnre rannul gram Indulgence tv
any body. W LTF.I. lil'N, t-amitor
^ 1 *_' -t • •1 of ••ohii fiiehum, di e’il.
i.A -. i Ion s \xf
Id '1 desiious of set.mg Hie valuable llile F ■ fl M
whereon I foimerH li»r 1 in l.nuHu. lying on ib«
Si.uilirti.ua liver unjoining Yancuyvtlle, amt ■ Him 7 cr
k miles oi the courihnn-e, l ins tun I t>" la i s m in ,
■niriliiid i,l wLtrb is prime lost ground* ibrirrsa
g i d dwelling louse snd an i xirilm on in n,, <
»Imle ui ihe i iop lam's ve out 7bu at rap) ;.n m a I igiiiy
i in pro if d stale, ami sei in «lover.
I here ate re *ral aces of lord gras* and tin oil y
meadow. Adjoining Hiis, |g a n.itiof ton anrs.aio
cnl.rr Km rl laud, r mine.and the iV> i|ii*cli'> l eh ng.
ing lo Sir. Jobo I. Biagg, foi sale, w is t ii hr pu11 l.assr
mille ftrsl might ttIHi |.» possess. Cam. I inii.d I'rii
•ilelini, living in ihe fit ighli. > bood, v.»!. slow ihi pi •
peitc,and is imp.oseiod to conirac f .r ii or appil a
iioii ion lie made in me, living m f.o i bland
_I’fS H_ft4..W’f i \ IHI US K F AN.
( mi‘ l.umlti, ,\v. Jor Sole,
rf Y viiine of a deed of iin*' earr medio llm vubsgrf.
bfr by Rotieit J Mi.Unison. and ».f ier. rd in tea
clerk’s offli r of (lie conn s court ul 4 loir rleiri,
will he mid fjf tiisb, ai me said ts ilkins n’s
•Hwll'ite bouse user ihr Coel Mur-, oil the Af/i (/,/r;
i\f Juvuury isyi, the following ptopeiH, r a: god
personal, lo wii : loi n live acies s»f laid, I on in', if hs llis
lands esf %l Ul fill Italic) ‘s rtlair. the lands of nauwllia.
bile’s estate and lb* lands ol n„l»> « <>.e j also forty,
live acres of |;uil bofliiilsd by the lands of Alsiliil
Halley’s estate, llie lauds of said Wilkinson. H e bi t.*
of llaley Cole, and Ihe lauds < oinmnntv kiurwti and
called ihe slower mils, am) the Man o* land common
ly i ailed tbo tlMlOn pi's j al«rs thirty f|te ncres of land,
kcirttdcd by li.r lands • f Haley Cole. Willism suit, n
and the llavl of Ian1 Coimmiuly called Ihe ricxrrpt* j
Mso (t'e rq«al bill midisidsd tweulioibs ol Hi) acie ,
cmniuouly called Ho dotecr pits ; also ll'e valuable ntf
ilio*,» olio riding chair, line carriage, r'mk of cues,
sheep and hogs—and all the household and kiul.ns litr.
niiure of the said WlUlnron. lot thepnipose of satis
fying the debts specified In said deed.— A mote particu
lar description of llie laud, is defined nnueeesiasy av
it is pcruined llnl tbote inclined cn pure hate is.ll view,
the same pievlooe l« ll.* day of sale. Mr M-Mns t
lives on llie pied lses, .Mid will give any inlnroieli -s
which may%( rcqnetied.
I will convey the.'.!!’« ruled In me bv Hie -si' dr- i
, Of irusl tv a»;its IOI , f •e - •
I P*r. •, tj.,w»

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