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Richmond, Tltiir*<lay, Jan. St. — . "■ ... -- COURSE OF VIRGINIA. Almost every eye in tho Union is fixed on the movements of Virginia. Press uftcr Press comments upon her duties and her measures. The interest she excites is very intense. Some of tho Federal papers to tho North charge her with urroganoe. Some accuse her of an attempt to play the Umpire. l)nt she has never assumed this office. Others charge her even with presump tion, in wishing to mediute between the contending parties. Mr. Wulsli draws huir-breudth distinctions on tho occasion ;—and avers that, “strictly speaking, Virginia cannot mediate; that slio can only inter cede, interfere, Interpose or intermeddle.” This is. trifling refinement. It is well understood iu what light sho places herself—not us “ guaranteeing”_ not us “ assuming an ultimate responsibility”—hut simply as throwing herself between tho contending parties—-and trying to produce n pause, and make peace between litem. True ; other States may do the saute. Virginia does not deny their rights— but why should not sho act ? Are there not indeed peculiar reasons why sho should do so ? “ Vir ginia (says a correspondent) bus always been fore most iu the great strugglu for the Rights of tho States. Sho is one among the aggrieved. Sho holds, by her commanding position in tho centre of the Sea-line of tho Union, an inlluetico upon her right hand and upon her left. Like Franco in tho centre of the great European powers, she is destined (said tho sagacious Abbe Correa) by her very position al ways to have great weight among her sister States. She stands as u bold promontory between two contending oceans; and I trust she will success fully -fay the silent encroachments of tho one, and the disturbed and restless movements of tho other. Let her act an becomes her—with moderation, but with firmness. Let her not countenance the un worthy indirection of the doctrines of Nullification —that mule remedy, which is neither one thing nor t’other, or rather that masked Medusa, which speaks peace when it means not peace;—but let her seek Also to press uj>on her sister States in General Con vention, such amendments ns will present success ful bulwarks for the Rights of the Slates, and secure u minority from the tyrannous domination of inter - 1 ested majorities, and from the oppressions und ex actions of selfish legislation.” Rut there are other reasons which apply with still I>eculiar and irresistible force to her situation. Ilcrlo-! culily gives her every inducement to preserve this Union, [('divided, she will prohuhly become a frontier ; State—the battle-ground perhaps of three now con federacies—worse even than was tho Northumber land of old England. She finds iu this relative si tuation the strongest reason, and with all liberal men, tho best apology for our intermediation. Let ! 11s make |>oacc, then, and save the Union. Our own ; interests combine with those of all America to call upon us for this patriotic effort. In what sha|>c this effort will bo made, it is im possible for us to say. It would require tho spirit of Divination itself to predict what course our Le gislature will pursue. There are so many projets before them—so many clashini; views—such u di veraity ot political mturcsts. Wo hud hoped, that tho course was marked out before us by u pencil of light—thut we should have protested iu the strong est terms against the Tariff—and instructed our Se nators, &.<*. to urge its immediate reduction—that we should have reprobated in tho most decided manner the remedy of Nullification, and respect fully requested South Carolina to sus|>eud her Ordinance, and await the result of another combin ed effort for removing tho evil of which the whole boulh complains—1 hat wo should rc-assert iu the most emphatic terms our Resolutions of ’99—pro testing most firmly and distinctly against so much of the Proclamation, ns clashes with the 3d Resolu tion of ’99, respecting the origin of the Federal com pact, and the right of the States to judge and interpose for arresting tho evil—declaring at the same time, that the South Carolina doctrine is an illegitimate *«d n dangerousinferenee from this resolution. Wo might make this disclaimer in the most friendly manner towards the President—and not even our gratitude or respect for the man, or the confidence •we repose iu his patriotism, ought to seal our lips up- i on this great subject. We ought never to let it go out to the General Government that we cun ncqui-j csce either in tho Tariff, or in this erroneous doc- I trine ol tho Proclamation—and we ought to extin guish forever, all hopes which tho Nullifiers of 3. Carolina may entertain, that we will countenance for one moment their heresy or their precipitation. We should have hoped, that nothing could induce "Virginia to abandon or fail to maintain these several positions, with the frankness which belongs to her character. She might do it without breathing any thing offensive to either party—to the President of our choice, or to one of the sisters of this Republic. There is too much truth in the following sketch, draw u of our situation, iu a letter Irom Washington, of 29th December, (published in the Baltimore Ga zette :) “Kvery thing will depend upon tho stand which i* la- : ken by that State, (Virginia.) Her attitude at present is that ot a mediator, though a partial and prejudiced one. j It is to be regretted that some of the doctrines advanced in the I’residenl’s Proclamation, have given the states- i men of Virginia a difficult part to play. Hut it is probable that their attempts at mediation will be met in such a manner by the Nullifiers, as to induce them finally to pur- i sue an independent and impartial course. In no slate of the Union is there more patriotism, more political intelli gence, or more regard to political principle, than in the Old Dominion; and if a proper deference i< paid to her, as ' the head ot the Southern States, and “ the mother of the Grncchii,” the country may yet he safe.” Heaven grant it may he so!—and if we mediate in a proper spirit, wo have every hope that the coun try may yet be saved. mu whilst hiic11 nre our own views—views, which we express with nil the deference which becomes ns, hut which nt this time we owe it to our fellow citi zensfrnnkly to express—Wo have no idea tiint they will perfectly agree with the opinions of any one.— We can scarcely hope, from the vast variety of views we have heard expressed, that they can square with the opinions of a majority of the legislature—and, in fact, wo should deceive our readers, if we at tempted to form any anticipations of the course which will he ultimately adopted. Time ulonc can ‘ solve the problem. OEbRCHA™ The Nullies in the Legislature towards the clos» of the session made an attempt upon the President’s Procla mation. Their resolutions were offered only in the Senate ' sad though carefully worded and made »* palatealde as ! (he weaker! stomach could wish, they got but 17 votes in their favor.—Augusta Courier. (Tho Bonnie of (Jeorgia determined, hy n vote of t19 to 35, to print 4000 copies of the Proclamation for the use of the members.) NORTH CAROLINA. The Senate have adopted the resolutions of the 1 Committee. One of these resolutions is ns follows: ‘•Resolved, That the doctrine ol Nullification avowed by the Stale of Huuth • aiolina, and lately promulgated in an Ordinance, is revolutionary ui its character, subversive of the Constitution of the United States, and leads to a di< solution of the Union.” A letter from Raleigh states that M The Nullifters fought hard tlmt they did their best to defeat the resolutions hy mium-iivrc and management”_hut in vain. “The refflffutinns passed by the overwhelm ing vote of 47 yeas to 7 nnys,” They will prevail in the House of Commons hy an equally triumphant MEETINGS of the people. We have on file the proceedings of the county of Botetourt, and we publish this morning those of the counties rtf Washington (in another part of our paper.) and Ohio all strongly in fnvor of the Pro clamation and against Nullification. A meeting has been held in Amelia of n different character; though we have not yet received the Re solutions. We learn thut counter-meetings have been called froth in Amelia and Powhatan—which will carry the sense of tho two counties, against tho course of South Carolina, by a decisivo vote. It it said, that Mr. Calhoun has declared it was useless for V irginia to debate or send deputies—that South Caro lina had taken her stand from which she would not depart —and unless she was assured that a Convention of all the States would bo called, her Ordinance, lie. would not be suspended. " e trust tliero is some mistake in this statement.—We I *,re aware, that a different opinion has been attributed on the strongest grounds to Mr. McDuffie. Hut let us do our duty—Let us try to save the peace and integrity ol the Union—This is the part that heroines us. If South Carolina declines our liberal overture, bo it —II she he so infatuated as to decline all terms, but up on her own dictation to all her sister-*, she will certainly i Kni" no few sympathy or support iu the South. Virginia ; can he as firm as S. Carolina. Mr. John C. Calhoun, tho V. President of tho U. S., reached this City on Tuesday night—was iu tho Hall ol the House ot Delegates yesterday during tho Debate on Federal Relations—and it is said would leave Rich mond last night for the City of Washington. FOR THE T-S'QrjtRER. Aheotfs Sarinf the eu*.‘ "I ho last tinio Mr. Calhoun visited this City, it is said that ho was roitslantly harping on thn ilHtrihutinn of a Hind fur Internal hniiror* tnrnl—then falsely otiod up at tho hobby of Unn. Jackson. Mr. C. look up a high key—as ruioou, In thu South, tea. ' nster.luy, it is said, Mr. C. ngiiin Rot tlio ruo, and dilatnd on tho inisctiiofs ot the President'* —as fntul to tlio interests of what lie culled thu ttlave, (or Hlurk States.) “ Always limping uu my daughter.’’—Hamlet. ClXMMUJrt CA TED. PUHLIC MEETING. At n large ami respectable meeting of the citizens of Washington county, (between two and three hundred per sons supposed to lie present) lailtl at their court-house on the 2 I'll of December, 1832, in pursuance of previous notice: On motion, Capt. Francis Smith was called to the Chair, and John W. C. Watson appointed Secretary. Whereupon, John N. Humes, K«q., in an eloquent and forcible manner, explained (lie object of tbo meeting, and then the Committee, which, at a previous meeting of the citizens ot Abingdon, had been appointed for that purpose, consisting of John N. Humes, Peter I. Branch, Peter Mayo, Col. David Campbell and John M. Fulton, submit ted the following report, which, on motion, was adopted: 1 hu citizens of Washington county, ever alive to the true boner, prospciity and happiness of our common coun try, have not failed on all former occasions in being im pressed with (he slate of national prosperity exhibited in the annual communications of thu stato of the nation, to its representatives, by tho Chief Magistrates who have been successively chosen. In all those official commu nications; we have lound much to warm tho heart and animate tho gratitude ot every American patriot, and on occasions less important and less interesting than the pre sent, wo have not deemed a public demonstration ol fool ing ami expression of opinion necessary or proper. Wo could not, however, have failed to know, that the recent disturbance ot our I- edcral relations had already reached u crisis, threatening tbo harmony of the Republic and tho duration of the Union. Under these circumstances, we hail the President's Message of December the 4th, 1832, as contributing now strength to (bo cause, and eminently conducive to tlio ultimate triumph of civil liberty ami constitutional union over the combined influence of lati. (udiu.iri.in doctrines and revolutionary rcmodics. It must he a peculiarsource of felicitation to every friend of repub lican institutions that ho who said—“the Union must bo preserved,” ami refused (o accept power ami patronage almost unlimited, ami put them back to tho people, still lives, to give the whole weight ol executive recommenda tion and influence in harmonizing the conflicting interests ot this vast Republic, ami iu bringing' hack the Federal (■overmneut to its legitimate ami constitutional sphero of action. A review ol (he tariff system iu all its bearings upon the great interests ol the Republic, and with a deter mination to dispose of it so that none can, with justice, complain; “a gradual reduction of the whole scheme of duties to the revenue standard;” “simplicity and economy in the present and futuro execution of the functions be stowed on the (leneral Government,” ami a proper adapta tion ol (he revenue to an expenditure limited to what, by an economical administration, shall bo consistent with the simplicity of the government, and necessary to'“an effi cient public service,” are some of the principal recom mendations contained in this Message, and in relation to which, we anticipate the cordial concurrence and prompt action of the legislative department. The result truly will be a machinery of government so “simple and so economi cal, as scarcely to be felt,” and yet so efficient, as “to pre serve and hand down to posterity, that liberty and that Union which wo have received from our fathers, and which constitute the sources and tho shield of all our blessings.” While, however, wo indulge in these pleasing anticipa tions, excited and strengthened by the late Message of! our present Chief Magistrate, and while we congratulate j our fellow-citizens throughout tho Union, on the happy consequences that must flow from the prompt and cordial co-operation of the legislative department with the Execu tive recommendations, we cannot omit to say, that we view with regret and disapprobation, the measures of oppo sition to tho General Government, recently adopted In the j State ot South Carolina, as disorganizing in their tenden- j cy, destructive ol peace and good order, and it may he, | procuring the downfall of the fairest temple of liberty ever erected by the hand of man. To avert, however, a consequence so disastrous to mankind, and to bring good out of impending evil, we repose lull confidence in an ovenuling Providence, and feel assured that measures j will he adopted l»y the General Government, fully ade- : quate to the conservation of the rights of the States and the 1'iiion of the Stales,neither of which, in our opinion, can he disregarded hut at the peril of both. For, frequent and long continued usurpation of the rights of the States will endanger tho Union; and a severance of the Union would not secure the rights of any of the States, hut de stroy the independence, peace, happiness and prosperity ot all. It must he painful, then, to every man who has pa triotism enough to prize the preservation of the Union, to see, in a great ami flourishing State, men of talents, men who in the private walks ol life are amiable, manilcs’iiig a spirit ot opposition to the General Government, so incom patible with that "cordial, habitual and immovcablo at tachment to tiie Union” inculcated by our Washington; so utterly at war with that peaceaful and conciliatory dis position in w hich the Constitution{o( these Slates origina ted: to see men, citizens of a State over which the Ameri can Eagle extends its protecting wings; men, who should be "Americans in heart and in sentiment,” flocking to the standard of Nullification, raised at first by the original friends and former advocates of the protective system, and to hear them rend the air with the unhallowed sounds ol secession and disunion, fills our hearts with emotions of mingled distress and indignation. Hut they cannot succeed. It is the acknowledged du ty ol friendship in the relations of private life to arrest the j sell-murdering arm of the man w ho would attempt his own destruction. Our patriotic President has told his fel- j low-citizens of South Carolina, in language not to he mis understood, that the government of our common country i cannot accede to the mad project ot disunion, of which they would be the first victims. He ha« appealed to their ! honor, their patriotism, and their humanity, that they will not incur the dreadful consequences of the first attack on (tie Constitution of their country ! "There is yet time to i show that tho descendants ol the Pinckneys, the Sump- I tors, the Rutledges, ami the thousand other names which ! adorn Ine p<ii;e* of our revolutionary history, will not > abandon that Union, to support which, so many ot them | fought, and bled, and died. And while "there is yet ■ lime, we will still continue to indulge the hope, that,; that same generous southern public, who have been in duced to worship Nullification, heretofore clothed in tho robes of (lie Constitution and of peace, as a God ol civil liberty, will now, that the monster stands forth openly, in all tho panoply of war-threatening disunion and death, spurn it from their presence;—that their patriotic indigna tion hitherto undirected against (he friends of Union and State Rights, will he turned backward in it course, and overwhelm those who have caused this disorder_"the instigators of this insidious attack on the Constitution and the Union of our country:”-—and thus, without the elusion ot blood—without the recurrence of "the primeval curse on man for the shedding of a brother’s blood,” may peace and tranquillity be restored to our country. This is our ardent desire—our fond hope and expectation. But, in any event, we will rallyaroimd the Constitution and cling to the Union: and “never lake the field unless the star-span gled banner of our country shall lloat over us.” And we do hereby declare our unalterable determination tc co-operate wiih the General Government in all measures necessary and proper to preserve the Union—to establish justice, and to ensure domestic tranquillity. On motion ol Gen. Francis Preston, Resolved, That (his meeting do decidedly condemn a protective tariff, hut will support the President til the U. States in all constitutional means, to carry into execution the laws of the United Stales. The following resolution was submitted by Beverly If. Johnson, f.sq. .md rejected, blit three or four voting in its favor : ''Rendved, I b it this meeting deprerste the employ ment of military lores, for the purpose ol executing the f arWT laws -laws which We hold unconstitutional, and therefore void, as fraught with the most dreadful calami ties to our country, subversive of the rights of the States, and utterly destructive of the liberties of their citizens.” (hi motion of Col. David Campbell, Risolved, That our Representatives In the General Assembly be instructed to use their best efforts to sustain the Government of the U. States in the preservation of the luion, and in opposition to the doctrine of Nullification. Ordrrtd, F hat the foregoing proceedings he signed by ® President and Secretary of the meeting, ami he pub* »»■ u *n ^l(l Virginia Republican, Virginia Advocate, Richmond I'.nqoirer, Constitutional Whig, l.ynchhnrg and Columbia Telescope, and rhe Western Virginia Argu*. flu motion, Resolved, Tlist ibis meeting do now adjourn. FRANCIS SMITH, Vhantnan Jtto. vv. C. \Vafso.y, Secretory tt3T A meeting of tlie people of IWhatan is requested to be held at II o’clock A. M.,at the Court House there of, on tho 3d Wednesday in January, for the purpose of giving a full expression oi their views and opinions, in re ference to the present dangerous crisis of our public af iairs, caused by tho South Carolina doctrines of Nullifica tion. All parties are respectfully invited to attend. Many Citizens or Powhatan. Virginia Legislature. house ok delegates. ' Monday, Dee. Si.—(Continued.) rcotRAL hki.ations. Tho House having resolved itself into a Coiuiuitteo of tlie Whole on the Report of the Select Committee,on the subject ol the Federal Relations, Mr. Miller in tlie Chair —aome lime elapsed before any mo'ion was made, when Mr. Marshall said, he h id waited in tho expectation that tlie committee would oiler additional amendments i( any were deemed advisable; and alsoin the hope that wheu the measure was thought perfect by its friends, some gentle man opposed to it would oiler a substitute, which would meet his own views. He did not intend at this time to dis cuss the principles involved in the Report. It was stilli cient for him to say, that it did not express his sentiments, nor recommend th.it course which lie thought required by tlie exigency of tlie occasion. In his opinion Virginia | was not required to enter into a diieussiou of all the mat ters comprised in the Report. It was rather his duty to. ab-taiu from such discussion; and as time was precious, ami tlie period last approaching, when by the recent proceed ings of South Carolina, the revenue laws of the U. States ! should no longer be enforced within her terriloiy, it was i incumbent upon us, if wo acted at all, to act piomptly. The time had come when wo must either ask her to de fist from the further prosecution of her plans, or declare that we do not acknow ledge the doctrines ol S. Carolina to be legitimate, nor a fair corollary from the doctrines main tained by this State. Ol these two courses Mr. M. chose the former, and with that view lie had prepared a pream ble and resolutions which ho would now submit to tho con sideration of the committee. Mr. Uliobon rose to request tlie gentleman from Fau I quler to suspend his motion for a short time, as the Chair j man of tlie Select Committee was now in iiis chamber pre paring some important amendments to the report, which would probably reconcile tlie objections many gentlemen i now entertained towards it. Ho trusted the gentleman | from Fauquier—would extend Ids usual courtesy to tho friends of that gentleman who would bo ill Iiis sual in a | short ti me. Mr. Marshall said it would bo recollected, that he ' 1,11,1 introduced Iiis remark, by a statement, iliat lie had waited to ascertain, if some member of tho Select Com mittee did not contemplate the further amendment of the I i report. Ho should most readily extend tlie courtesy re quested to tlie chairman. He would not now ullV-r his sub stitute for the consideration of th« committee; but would read it a* a portion ot Iiis argument. Mr. Marshall then read the following preamble and re solution : Whereas, the Ceneral Assembly of Virginia is deeply impressed witli the importance of tho approaching crisis, which, by hiinging into collision tho powers ol the United States and of one of the States ol this Union, threatens a dismemberment of tho whole, w ith all its disastrous conse quences; and whereas, without entering upon an investi gation or the controversy, or presuming to decide between tlie parlies, and without committing or designing to com- i inlt the lutnre action of this Commonwealth, it is, never- ! thelcss, the anxious wish of this assembly to arrest, if pos-! sihlc, the progress of the evil ; I. He it therefore resolved by the General Assembly, That the competent authorities of the State of South Ca rolina be, and they are hereby earnestly and respectfully requested, in tlie iiamo and on behalf ot the people of Vir ginia; that they be adjured by the lies of interest and af fection—by the sacred bond which lias heretofore so hap pily connected us—by the glory oi our common ancestors— by the remembrance of their toils, their valour, and their blood—to rescind the ordinance of tho Convention lately assembled in that State, or at least to suspend its operation until the close of tho next session ot Congress, by which period there is reason to believe (hat the revenue laws of the United States will have been so modified as to bo satis factory to tho Southern States. — Kcsolved, also9 1 hat a copy of tlio foregoing prcaiti- j ble and resolution, bo transmitted by the Governor of tlds' Commonwealth to tho Governor of South Carolina, with a request that it may bo communicated to the proper autho litics of that State. Alter a short delay Mr. Hrodnax said that having on Sat- i urday offered some amendments, to the report, ho owed an apology to the committee, for not having been prepared to' follow them up with such other motions to amend, as lie thought necessary. He had supposed that the report would have been taken up at 12 o’clock, aud had therefore debty ed coming to the House. He was now prepared to move a series ot aiiieudments which he hoped would direst the report of any objections which tho friends of Stale Uights had previously found in it. As it was vory desira ble that tho subject should be acted upon as soon as possi ble: aud lie had thought that by expunging trom the reso lutions their argumentative features, a harmonious action might bo attained. \V about regard to his own opinion, ho 1 bad endeavored to effect this object, in conformity with the opinions of others—and he believed that by staking out j some ol the resolutions which were only sequitcr * (if ho might use a Latin word with tin Uliglish plural,) aud retaining only those which affirmed the views of (ho com mittee, the end would be attained. The Clerk then read the amendments—which were put by the chairman, and agreed to. Tho amended Iteport is as follows: The select committee to whom wore referred an ordi- 1 nance and other proceedings adopted by a convention re- j cently assembled in South Carolina; a proclamation of An drew Jackson, President of the United State-, consequent thereon; and the communication of tho Governor ol this Commonwealth, on the same subject, have carefully ex amined these various documents, and devoted to them their anxious reflection and profound consideration, and they recommend to the General Assembly the udoption of the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, i hat we are painfully impressed with a sense of the difficulties aud dangers ol the impending cri sis, an<l. that we deeply deplore the occurrence of recent events in precipitate succession, which threaten -alike the rights of the Stales, (he stability of the Union, ami the peace and happiness of onr common counfry. That while we deplore the existence ol this perilous emergency, and tho extremities which have been unhappily approached, we feci called upon by every consideration which can in fluence patriots or philanthropists, to m ike every effort in our power to arrest the impending danger and allay the storm which threatens to sweep from the earth tho fairest fabric of human liberty ever exhibited to an admiring I world. . " j 2. Resolved, I hat next to civil liberty we appreciate the blessings and advantages of Union, and that wc most anxiously dcsiro to preserve it by the only means which in our opinion can ensure its preservation, by keeping the general government, and the governments of the several States, strictly confined within their constitutional limit-: and therefore, that wo cannot, without alarm, witness any attempt by an individual Stato to assume to herself rights unwarranted by the political compact to which she is a party, nor the usurpation of powers by the general govern ment subversive of (he rights of the State. The former il persisted in, might end in revolution and blood: while ii.« latter might pave the way to consolidation and despotism: anarchy on the one hand, unlimited power on the other. 3. Hesnlved, I hat we deem it unnecessary to under take, on the present occasion, any new exposition of the articles of our political creed. That they were originally asserted, after great deliberation, at an interesting and me morable epoch in our political history—that they have ! subsequently, on various occasions, been substantially reiterated by our General Assembly, as the settled doc trines and opinions of Virginia—and (hat no new assertion ol them, departing from the original and consecrated text, could tail to lose in strength, simplicity and dignity, to the extent of such departure. That wc havo carefully revis ed these several resolutions, and the arguments then ad duced to sustain them—and that, therefore, we regard it as only necessary now, to re-assert and declare, to our sister states, to the government of (his great confederacy, and ! to the world, our firm and unalterable adherence lo them. I. Hesnlved, as our deliberate conviction, That the acts of Congress, usually denominated the Tarill laws, so far as they were passed palpably and avowedly for the protection of particular species ol industry, are not only unequal in their operation, oppressive, and consequently inexpedient, but are contrary to tho spirit, true intent, and 1 meaning of the federal compact. 5. Hi solved, 1 hat Wfl can never acquiesce in the present system of duties, as the settled policy of the govern , merit—that we will by all constitutional and proper means oppose ils continuation—and (list we sincerely believe it j ’o he due to a spirit of mutual conciliation and harmony, to a proper respect for the opinions and interests of large ' portions ol the community, ami essentially necessary to | ,hr preservation of the Union, that ils burden* should be I gradually hut speedily abated, to the imposition of such ! duties only, as the exigencies of the govrri.ml may rc quire for its ordinary revenue. •t Hesolveil, That while wo concur with South Carol!- 1 na in repudiating this policy, we most sincerely regret the measures she has recently adopted lo obviate it* evils; i and that we disapprove the principle • assumed in the or- j ! 'hnance of her recent convention, her doctrines of nullifi , cation, and the measure* which her legislature has adopted to eairy them into execution. That we regret the pre cipitancy manifested in prescribing so early a day for the execution of said ordinance, without having previously re sorted to arid exhausted every constitutional means of re i dress; without having communed w ith her sister states, w mwe interests are identified with her own, whose sym pathies are cordially excited by common wrongs and mm. mon sufferings, and who are attached to her by ties as strong as ever bound political communities together. 7. Hesnlved, That we have observed hi the recent pro clamation of (he President of the f 'fitted Slate*, principles ! <’vo,v,!’,l *t*d powers assumed for the General Government, against which we feel it to bo our solemn duty to protest.' (Tlr.it wo regard them as violating the tmo construction land spiiitol the Constitution, ami as inconsistent with the doctrine* w hich this State has repeatedly asserted. That ere feel called on to express our disapprobation of these ! piinciples, lest our silence should be misinterpreted and l known approbation ol Virginia of other measures ot tho present administration, be regarded as sanctioning doc trines, which wo sincerely believe to be ul dangerous tendency, and which, if admitted, would revolutionize the character ol our government. That although the people ot theso United Slates, as is assorted in said proclamation,. assented to the present Constitution, and are bourn) by all hws made in pursuance thereof, yet we regard it as equal ly true, that it was a confederacy formed by the States as such, ratified by the Slates as such, ami ol which the States, asdistinctpolittc.il communities, are the members, ami that in case of “a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exerei»o other powers not granted by the said compact, | the States, who are parties thereto, have tho right, and j are in duty hound, to interpose tor arresting the progress ot tho evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, tho authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.'’ That a* a consequence from this principle assert ed in 1798, wo can never recognize the conclusion as sumed ill tlie proclamation, that the guilt of treason can lie incurred by a citizen ol a seceded State, who, in the discharge ot his allegiance duo to said State violates a law ot the remaining Union. Tint those doctrines do, in (lie opinion ol this (>encral Assembly, involve the same latitu dinous construction oi tho ledoial compact, which was contended lot by the ancient Icdeial parly of our country, and will tend, wc awfully fear, unless happily arrested, to accelerate the very catastrophe their promulgation was in tended to avoid. 8. Resolved, That wo earnestly deprecate tho inter vention ol arms on either side to settlo the present unhap py disturbances, as calculated inevitably to excite ami pro duce the moit disastrous ot all national calamities—a dis solution ol tiie Union, and a civil war. That we therefore affectionately, and with all that frjternal sympathy we leel, earnestly entreat our brethren ol South Carolina to pause in their career, to suspend the operation of their re centordinance, and of such laws as have been enacted to givo it effect, until the expiration ol the first session ol (lie next Congress, in order to await the issue of other ex periments—to see it Congress, actuated by a sense of jus l'CB—impelled by a spirit ot conciliation, may not interpose, restore harmony ami tranquillity, and save the Union and their country, by abandoning tho objectionable and op pressive ay stem—wh< thcr a general convention ol the States may not dtssipato all causes of dissatisfaction—and whether tho initiation ol other states may not he availa ble. 9. Resolved, 1 but we hereby instruct our Senators, and request our Representatives in Congress, to use their best exertions to procure an immediate reduction of the tarill ol duties, ami such gradual reductions afterwards, as may speedily accommodate them to the standard ol a necessa ry revenue. 10. Resolved, That for the purpose of sottling and ad justing the controverted powers oi the gsucral govern ment, restoring harmony among the several States, and rompromUing existing differences, it will ho expedient, should Congress disappoint our reasonable expectations, ami not ahjndou the present protective system ol duties before the expiration of its next session, to call a general convention of all the states. 11. Jteaoived, 1 hat it in expedient to appoint two com missioners, wlioso duty it shall hj to tear to the exc.cti* live ol South Carolina, or to any convention ol her citi zens i\ Inch may have assembled, the foregoing expres sion ot our opinions, remonstrances and rrcoiniiieiidatioiiN, and to d > all in their power to induce our sister sta'e to listen to our mediation, and accede to our advice. 12. Resolved, 1 hat the Governor ol this Commonwealth he requested 'o forward cop es of the foregoing res< lu tirns to th ■ President ot the United Sta'es, to the Gover nors of all the other Sta'es, w ith a request that they h« communicated to the legislature* thereof respectively ami to our Senators and KepreseiitHtlves in Co igress. Mr. Marshall said, ho understood that tho Chairman had gono '(trough all the atnenilincu.s In* proposed to of fer to the report—and ho wonl 1 now ask that the pream ble and resolutions which lie had formerly alluded to, should ho read by the ( lerk lor the Information o! mem bers who wero not present when they were previously reatl—ami ho should now submit them as a substitute fo the report ol the committee Mr Ko ine of Hanover, asked whether it wi* now in order to offer an amendment to the substitute—anti being informed by the Chairman (hat it was in order, said, that he would now submit a proposi’jnn to the committee. Ho knew that it was not now in order to discuss the general merits of the subject, nor bail he a ilisposi; ion to tin so He knew well that he was 'o be punished for his herc'ical notions—hat the betl of Procrustes was prepared t r him sell and some others, who had fallen short in their sup posed adherence to the line faith. Kill however he might differ troin others on matters of expediency, or in abstract docilities, lie fe’l short of no man in a fervent desire to preserve State Kights and withstand oppres-ion, let it come from what quarter it might. He might, even claim these sririments as hereditary; as Ids briitnriglif;*hut in a case like that which now presented itself to the consideration of the Virginia Legislature, he believed we ought to act truly and sincerely as mediators, and no» aspattlzans Ho, lor his own p irt, stood pledged to his constitutin'* .mil his country, to aid in measures w hich shoil'd place Virgin! i in the po -ition ot a mediator, and not (hat of a parlizan— which .should, if po sible, restore peace to our borders, am) pro serve entire the union o' the States. W hen the pre-cut danger should have been past - when the Union should, have been preserved—then lie would go as f.ir a» lie that would go farthest to sustain die principles ol State Kights. Hut lie would nut now pause to discuss those questions w’hieti could only increase tho difficulties at pre-ent e\| e r cured. II it were necessary, when any vice or tricked ness wns peipetrated in tho ue'glihoritood, tor Itiui o go1 about with the decalogue in his haul, crying aloud his profession ot laitii, he would do si every day in l e year, when iho peril ot the moment hail been dispelled. But let us first save the I'n'on font destruction. Let u< give our atten ion to the pressing exigency ol the moment, ami lay by oth»r questions ol difference in die mean while.— His proposition was founded oil these views. He was happy to ice that the am ilg .mating influence which grew up in the time ot Mr. Monroe, was done away, and dial the parties were now defined in such a manner as to test tho question whether the d inger to the country aroso from the centrifugal or the centripetal power.— W hen peace and harmony should have been restored, he shop Id he reatly to act on the doctrines of State Rights.— He should then ho disposed to watch with jealousy the acts of the General Government, and lie reatly to repel every attempt which it might make to encroach on the rights of the States. He knew that it was the nature o| power to extend and enlarge itself, and that it ought to be watched with vigilance. But now was not the time for the performance of that duty. A more pressing emergen cy called on tliis Legislature for action. And when the house over our heads was wrapped in flames, threatening to bury ns in its ruins, there was no time to turn round and inquire who was the inccndiarv bv whom it was tired.— 1N0, we should first extinguish the Haines, and remove the imminent danger. After that had been done, time would have arrived tor such inquiries. It was on this principle that he had drawn the resolutions which lie now ollered as an amendment to the substitute offered by the gentleman from Fauquier, which differed only from that gentleman's in affirming the adherence of this State to her anceint State Rights principles. hercas our sister State of South Carolina, acting in her high sovereign character, hath ordained and declared, that trorn and after the 1st day of February next, the rijf lairs olthe Government of the United States, are util] and void, and shall not he carried into effect within her li mits; and her Legislature in obedience thereto, has enacted laws for preventing hy force their execution: and where as the President of tho U. S. has by his Proclamation of the 10th of December, declared and published his deter mination to carry into ctlect the said laws, and if necessa ry to enforce their execution : whereby, there is great danger ol blood-shed, civil war, and even a dissolution of - this iiappy Union ; Resolved, therefore, hy the General Assembly of Vir ginia, That it behooves the Members of ibis Confederacy ot Stales, promptly, amicably, and impartially, to inter pose their good offices to prevent so disastrous a result. Resolved, That whilst Virginia has seen no cause to change in the slightest degree, the opinions and principles she has go repeatedly avowed, and we will add so ably maintained, in regard to the origin, structure, and powers of tho General Government, and the rights of the States, who arc parlies thereto—she still prizes above all earthly things, next to tho blessings of civil and religious liberty, the union of these States, as securing and perpetuating those blessings In us and our posterity; and a* affording (bo las’, best, and only hope to enslaved man throughout the universe, lo throw off the shackles which tyranny has Imposed on ignorance, bigotry anti superstition ; and that we therefore cannot—will not — lor light, transient and re moveable causes, abandon the bold amt hitherto successful experiment, which is making in this new world lor self government. Resolved, That we do most earnestly advise and beseech our sister Slate of South Carolina lo repeal her laic ordi nance and law* of Nullification, ami to defer all further action on the subject, at least till the end of the first ses sion of the Congtess which shall meet under the new cen sus. Hy that time, she will have ascertained whether it is ti., fixed purpose of Congress to fasten on these States, a permanent system of protective duties, »r will reduce them to the wants of Government for revenue only:— Ry that time she can have calmly ami maturely re-consider ed her constitutional right', whilst she yet continue* a mem ber of the Conferferary, and enjoy* its bles'iogs, to resist and nullify a law of Congress, which is, at • lie same time, operating on all it* other members:- Ry that time she ran decide, whether prior to any ulterior and liar-h course, shi might think proper lo pursue, she might not deem it advisable to seek a c*ll of a Convention ol all the States, or »f the Southern State* only. Resolved., That (he President of the United State* be re'|urifully and earnestly requested to countermand all military orders; and foi the present, to abstain fiom all | lurtliur military preparations for enforcing the execution [Of the aforesaid Tariil laws within (ho State ol South Ca rolina. Hetolved, That tho Governor ol this State be reqncsted to transmit forthwith a copy of these resolutions to the Governor of each State in the Union, and one to the President of the U. State*, and to each of ottr Senators and Representatives in Congress, with the earnest wish ot this General Assembly, that in tlierr respective spheres, they will in the same *• tpit it of amity, and of mutual deference and concetsion" which ri rated, contribute their utmost exertions to preserve unimpaired the union ot these States, and allay the dissensions which unhappily exist in our beloved country. Mr. Marshall was happy that tin* gentleman from Han over and himself, concurred on the main subject ol their rospective amendments. We agree, sai I lie, In asking South ( arolina to |*istpono the execution of her ordinance to a pei iod beyond that in which shu ha« proclaimed (hat the revenue laws of the U. States shall he virtually re pealed within her limits. They did not^howcver, agree upon another subject ol very great interest. The gen tleman had done him tho honor to say (hat he approved of the substitute he had submitted, in every respect hut its silence on regard to State Rights. If it was supposed by the gentleman from Hanover, or any other guntleimiu on this tloor, that Mr. M. was desirous to coiiipromit tho House, or delude them into an abandonment or that doctrine, the supposition was erroneous. In the shape which had been given to the preamble and resolutions which he had just submitted, he was inllueured mainly by the consideration that (lie case i* urgent, that time presses, and that the state ol South ('arolina requires prompt action on our part. In addition to this consider* (ion. he would say, (hat if the doctrine of Stale Rights he - introduced, whatever measure may result, wo shall ap pear as disputant* mid not as mediators. For, so surely as i that doctrine shall be discussed, so surely will the I’resi : dent’s Proclamation be (ho subject of animadversion; i and we, instead ol acting in tho character ot peace-ma ker*, shall appear as gladiators on the political arena. I It i* probable that the gi-utleman's proposition will he preferred to minis beeauae of his superior politi cal influence. Tho friends ol “the Report” will uii I doubtedly prefer it. Rut doe* that gentleman think that when lie shall have gained this point, he will have gainesl all, and that his resolutions will he permitted to pass with out a struggle? No, Sir. Let his amendment prevail, »nd then w ill come the “tug of war.” The friends of the Report will in-isl upon noticing those passages of the Pro clamation which they condemn. A protracted, if not an angry discussion, must be the necessary consequence. .Mr. M.’s object was to avoid that discussion; to give Vir ginia simply tho character ot a mediator; amf to prevent, if possible, a crisis in the atf.iirs of S. Carolina, which threatens to terminate in the effusion ol blood. With this view, lie had endeavored to present (lies hject to the con sideration of tho Committee, denuded of every circum stance which could distract (heir attention. In the pre : s. rtao ol (iod and of his country, lie declared, that the first wish ol hi* heart was, to save S. Caiolina, to save this Commonwealth, to .save this Union Irom impending ruin. . There are throe course* which Virginia may take. In the first place, she may give her sanction tojlut doctrines of South Carolina, either diroetly or by implication. The inevitable consequence of this procedure would he a dis nipiion oi trio union, with all two horrors of civil wur— i\ war as sanguinary a< it would lie implacable, in which ll>® two great sections ol the country would he arrayed , against each other in tearful ami interminable strife. In the next place, Virginia may denounce tho proceed ings of her si jter State. She may accompany ibis de imnciat'oii witli advice to desist from llieir prosecution; but, tlimk yon, that Jj. Carolina will ho grateful for such advice, or will he disposed to adopt it? No sir; she will 1 reply that our counsel is gratuitous, and that wo should have waited until it hail been asked. The poople of that State ore a high minded, chivalrous, almost a quixotic race. They have embarked in a desperate enterprise_ i tliey have nailed llieir colors to the mast—ami they have determined to go down in the struggle, if their demands t are not acceded to within a limited period. If wo say to them, your principles arc wrong—your violence is inde • fensihle;—they will regard us as intruders, not as medi i ; tors arid friends. They will spurn our interposition, and thus no good can result from it. We cannot doubt what they will do, it such be its character. They will submit to immolation, sooner than yield to the oppression which shey conceive to exist. Thcit country may he depopulat ed; and, to use their own language, every house on their fair territory he demolished, belore they w ill abandon their principles or surrender their pretensions. We ought to know the people of South Carolina. They live, loo near the sun—the blood that boils in their veins is too hot —they arc too proud, to listen to our reproof, or submit to our dictation. 1 lie third plan which Virginia may ndopt, is that pre i wiled by the substitute. He conjured gentlemen to pause; to weigh well the propriety of adopting a conciliatory course; to be duly impressed with the necessity of divest ing the subject ol every adventitious, and, above all, ol every exciting circinnHt.ince. Tint present moment in ert tical. It allowed to escape us, it can never be recalled. Tho moment too is auspicious. A light is dawning upon us, which promises to dispel the gloom. Tho last intelli gence from Washington gave the cheering information that while Congress had declined to discuss the Ordinance of Carolina, and the Proclamation ol the President, that body was wisely, temperately, and with a dignity befitting Iho occasion, engaged in maturing a plan lor the gradual reduction of duties to the standard ol revenue. He (irm ly believed, that those proceedings would terminate in a reMili which ought to be satisfactory to id! the Southern Slates. They cannot take ellect, however, yvithin the pe riod prescribed by S. Carolina for the operation ot her law s. Unhappily, no benefit could accrue to her from any modi fication, however acceptable, in the policy of the General Government, unless she should determine to prolong tho peiiod which she has herself assigned. And what can he more likely to iutliienro her determination, what more suitable to the exigency of the occasion, than the liiendly interference of ^ irginiu, unmixctl with any other console '' *'on8 than those expressed in the substitute. May we not hope, may wo not expect, that the timolj' interposition ot this Stalo will induce S. Carolina to rescind her Ordinance, or to suspend its opcietion? In this belief, and with this hope, he had prepared the preamble and resolutions now offered to the committee. He could not have rested, lie could not have slept upon his pillow, it he had allowed this opportunity to pass without exerting his feeble efforts to avert (he approarhing catastrophe. Mr. Drown of Petersburg,said that while lie applauded tho patriotic feelings anil purposes to which the gentle man Iroin I-auqiiier had given such eloquent expression, lie could not help thinking that lie had formed too favora ble an estimate of the advantages to he exported from the course pointed out in his resolutions. He had said that the (_ uroliniutis were <t spiiitt-rl and chivalrous race of peo ple—that they had decided on their plan of operations_ had nailed the Hag to the mast, and would go down with the ship on the l«t of February, unless some mediation were offered.—This. Mr. II. said, was all true-. . .li.i not the gentleman perceive in these very facts, reasons for the belief that it would he no easy matter to prevail on Carolina to abandon her measures? When every Slate paper which ramo from Ihe South dearly evinced that she w«« closing the door to retreat, and throwing down the ladder on which she had ascended to her present (earful e'ni'!?"c.ct "'* ,fF *'*' rxpeeled that the simple request ot Virginia, unattended with reasons or explanations, would have Ihe potent effect of inducing her to desist? It was not underaling tbo dignity or importance of the Old dominion, to say that, tinder such circumstances, her me diation would lie fruitless. 'I here was only one aspect in which it could prove effectual in the shape of the gentle man s resolutions. If ftouih Carolina should con-ider that, by proffering a request that she should repeal her Ordi nance, without further explanation, Virginia intended to take up her cause and make it her own, tho Ordinance would very probably be repealed, lint this was ihu strongest ground of his objection to the proposition of the gentleman from Fauquier, lie was determined, so far as his vote would go, not to comu.it Virginia to the fortunes ot South Carolina—and if that State could not be induced to desist otherwise than by binding Virginia to sustain Her in every extremity, lie for one, picferrrd that she should l>e left fo her own riUrrefioti. The proposition of Ihu gentleman from !• aoquler, would either be inoperative, or also would commit Virginia. Mr. Marshall said (hat, before the gentleman went fur ther, he would ask Ihe reading of the preamble to the resolution* which he had offered, and that would he the only answer he should make to the gentleman's remarks. ihe ( lerk read the preamble. Mr. Ilrown said that lm understood the proposition now as hu had done before. It was true it did not commit the State in express terms, lint the objection be bad alrea dy stated,.existed in I lie foi ni of the gentleman's propo sition. He asked whether any member of the House w as prepared to «ay, dial, if all other means of relief should fall, the Union must he dissolved on account ol tho Tniitl and if not, it behooved gentlemen in time, to shun a course, which might in the end, leave no alternative hut tin; severance of flie Union. It was urged that it opinions were now expressed respecting N unification, Slate Higlils, etc. they might prove offensive toS. Carolina, ami the mediation he defeated—that all could agree in requesting Ihe repeal of the Ordinance for the present, and the ab stract questions likely fo produce discussion, might be set tled hereafter. \\ hen lie came to declare his opinions, he should he constrained to express truths unpalatable to l a- 1 rolina, but for that very reason lie preferred doing «r» at once. If,, was unwilling to a-k a favor of her to-day, in the language of conciliation, ami lo-morrow, 01 a mOii'li lienee, alter she had complied with our request, condemn her doctrines, ft would be more frank xml ingenuoti and heller comport with the dignity of Ibis Huic, to point out fully the course which Virginia would pursue, and then allow Corolin. toju.lge ami act lor herself. If ti n should defeat the object of our interposition, be it so_we should have done our duly. If was better to meet the difficulty at mice, (ban to put ofl the evil hour, and en eounier greater embarrassment* in Ihe end. He w it op posed to making an appeal to S. ( aicdtna m terms so iude finite, aa fo impair the independent actum of Virginia! I hereafter, but at ll»o same time he did not wish to go h tar a* some gentlemen, in deluding abstrset principles; ami ; tie Imped to have an opportunity of giving his support to some intermediate nieastue. 1 he question being then taken on adopting the amend ment ottered by Mr. lloane.it was decided in the nega tive. [Debate to be continued.] Turning, January 1 A message was received Inuu tin Senate, staling that they had passed a Mil to establish the town ol Jacksonville in the county ol l-'loyd. On motion of Mi. Cline, leave w»« given to bring in a lull to iiirorpor.ito a company, lor the pur)>n«e ol coii-'iucl !,,b :l *o.ul In,in the most practical point on Skidinorw's lot k in Ktiekiiigliaiu toon'\ arro-* I In1 mu ill inoniil.iin, to n poi*. t on toe -outli loik ot the south bianeliot the Potomac lit Pendleton rounty. On motion ol M r Stin nnm, leave was given to luing in a bill to atllholizu a sale ol land belonging to .Stella Y out * Dull, fee. * h Petitions, kr. were presented mid refened—by Mr. Sliinger ol Mitchell Carter and others, lor the amount of a lino——by M r. M cC til loch, ot citizens ot Washington coin, ty, against the petition of Uriah Bowman lor leave to ex tend H (bun, fee. James River and J< \sahiu Company. On motion of Mr. Cabell, the bill lo authnu/e the Bank ol Virginia and the Farmers Hank ot Virginia to sut>sciili« lor tlie capital stock ot the James Kit er and Kanawha Company, was taken up, and the question being on itspas • age, oh'motion of Mr. I'cgram the ayes and w»es were orJered. Mr. Sims rose to more an aitieinliiiriit, wliiclt he accom panied with some remarks Hu objected lo the 1(111(111 the ground, that the interests otllie individual stockhold er* wore not protected. lie was replied to by Messrs. Cabell and Campbell, by whom llie objects ol the bill were explained. Mr. Brown ot Petersbuig sustained the views of Mr. Sims, and was opposed by Mr. Rutherfoord. Mr. Suns then presented an amendment to the hill by way of ryiler, which provides dial ut tlie Board ol Stock holders nt the Banks, when the question shall he taken on subscribing to tlie stock of the James River and Kana wha (. ompauy, the stock of the commonwealth in the Banks shall not l e represented. Mr. Hrodnax said (his proposition placed the question in a new light, and as there was not now time lo di.-cuss it, he moved that the hill and ryiler he laid on the tohlv. Agreed to. [The debate on this bill will be given here after.] federal RELATIONS. On motion ol Vr. Hrodnax, the House | roceeiled toeon rider the order ol the day, leii g die report of the Select Committee on Fedmal Relations, &«•., -nd resolved it sell into a cotemif.ee ot the whole Mr. MilVrol Bote tourt in the ( hair. I be nmendiri nt c.lH red Ry Mr. M'Dowell to the • nh ; siRute a Ifereil Ry Mr. Ma shall bting umler conside ra'ion, 4 Air. M Dowell a.ldres’e I the commltleo at great I, ng'fi i in supprrt ol he amendment. Mr. Cantm made soma brief remark*, anil after a few ob.-eivations from Mr Gilmer, the que.-tbn was put, and Iho amendment vie Ins'. I he question recurring on Mr. Marshall's suhsti u e. Mr. Dickerson addressed Ilia committee lor about an ! hour .'gainst the suhsti ute, lint beto e he had concluded, Mr. Yancey observed, that ns the hour was laie, l.o would suggest to tho gen'leman from Caroline to sus pend Ids reinaiks, and allow him lo move that the com mittee do now rise. Mr. Dickerson acced d <o the request; and the commit tee rose, reported progress, and had leave lo si xgaiu. On mo ioii ot Mr. sin mill, Ti.c House adjoin tied. ll'cdnesday, Jan. 2. A communication from the Governor was presented by the Speaker, Transmitting the resignation ot Thomas It. Umdolpli, Brigadier General of the Fourth Brigade, &.c., —which was laid on the table. The following petitions, &r. were presented and referred —by Mr. Moore, of citizens of Bath county, for the forma tion of a new county out of parts of Augusta, Rockbridge and Bath t>y Mr. Urodnix, ot the Commissioners to lay oil tho town of Lawrcnceville, in relation to the streets ot mid town—by Mr. Witcher, of Nathaniel Wilson and others, lor the extension of the town of Danville, accom panied by the proceedings of a town meeting on the same subject—by Mr. Persinger, of James Burke, for compen sation for three stands of colours furnished I23th Regi ment—by Mr. Dcaring, ol tho President, &e. of the | Lynchburg anil Concord Turnpike Company, for the con struction of a road near tho Blue Ridge—by Mr. Stephen son ot Nicholas,of citizens of Nicholas, Tor the establish ment ol a Branch Bank at Buchanan in that county. On motion ol Mr. Nash, tire consideration ol the report of the Committee oil the arrangement of the Congressional ami Flectoral Districts of this State, was postponed to Mon day next. On motion of Mr. Gregory, leave was given to bring irv a hill to authorize W illiam F.dloe and Goodrich Durfey, to levy ami collect toll lor passing over a bridge which they have erected across a creek from tho putilic land on the main shore in .fames l it) County to Jamestown Island ill the same county. On motion of Air. Fry, leave was givun to bring in a tdll to amend the acts regulating the inspection ot salt in Kanawha county. On motion of Mr. Berry it was Resolved, iliat the Committee for Courts of Justice ho instructed lo enquire into the expediency of amending or altering the third section of the net of Assembly, passed the 5th February, 1831, so as to extend the (into, within | within which suits may he brought on land titles accrued ; prior to the passage of that act On motion of Air. Witclior, it was Resolved, I hat tin* Committee of Prepositions and Grievances he instructed »o inquire into the expediency of ra\iving the acts ot the General Assembly, ineornnraling j the town of Danville, passed on the 17th' day ol Fehnn ty, 1830, and of extending the boundaries thereof-—ami that they have leave to report by hill or otherwise. nCDKRAI. HWt.ATIONS fin motion of Mr. Hrodnax the Hniun resolved itself in to a comini tee ot the whole on the report ot 'ho Select Oornnd tee on Federal Relations, &r., Air. Miller ol Bo c'onrt in the Chair Mr. Marshall a substitute being nnd-r consideration. Mi. Rickeiscn of Caroline, took the floor, ami conclud ed Ins speech, at considerable length Ho was followed by Mr. Stuart of Align ta win *l,r - ed that he hail rere veil the proceedings of a meeting irr i his county, at which its represrn'a'ives were ins’ruc'ed to i -uM'in the Proclamation ol the President. After a speech I ef about an hour in length, v r, Stuart olTercd a resolu tion approving of tli e President’s Proclamation, and pledg ing the support ol the Legislature lo the measures of t‘ « President as set forth in that document, as an amendment ot the substitute ; Alter some conversation in which Afessrs. Campbell. Gilmer and Stuart took part, relative to the acceptance of the amendment. Mr. Stuart offered to withdraw it lor tho j present, but as this could not he done without the unani i mous concurrence of the committee, and many member# : objecting, the question was put on the amendment. Mr. Bruce of Halifax addressed the committee at great length on the general subject. The vote being taken on Mr. Stuart’s amendment, it was lost, Ayes 21. Noes 101. The question then reclining on Mr. Alarafnill’s suhsti I lute, Mr. Witcher addressed the committee, and at the close of his remarks, On motion of Mr. Knox the committee rose, repotted progress, and had leave lo sit again. Du motion of Mr. Dnnton, the House adjourned. MATCH I ED, At the residence of Mr. Waller Hoffa-biy, on tho Kith nit. hv Ih* Ktrv. John A. Billingalny, Mr.Jninp* M.Hcotl to Mi»« Sirrah T.,duugh tut ol th« tot* lb. Richmond Lewis, all of flpotUylvanin. DEATHS* „.l^"h 7' Weihmajfoy nitfht |n«t, Mr*. Ann T. Macfnrf.ind, wife of U H Irani If. MicfiirUnil, K,n. id the tNlh yr.ir of her ngn. l-.wm-cd nntmully of nn ainrehln, gentle apirit. associated with imuanal apiighi line** el intellect, anil charming urbanity of mnnnera,— to know hor wn* to love h«r. Religion hail thrown n« pure end holy influence over her ntmuirter, lovely mid hoatilifnl before; nn.l, growing rapidly in il< grave*, nml imbibing every day tnnro of il» apirit, «he anemed rintlgned by Providence Ibi dislinguiabed mnfnlnesa in the Chtrrah— toil nrre.te.l hy a pulmonary dianaae, onder the effect* of which *h« suffered and wiftod for several month*, it wan only in the privacy of the arrk chamber and amid it* pain*, it* patience, and il« peaco llml die cotil.11 manifest the power over her heart of tlm Hoard aha ProfoMort. The summon* eaimi lieforo ’tw-aa looked for-but aho waa ready, < almly and meekly resigning her apirit to the keeping of her Saviour, ahe died in the penro of fnitli, lonki.ig wilh a elm* linn « hope fur n cliriatian’a reward .—Norfolk Hrat.cn. Died , fit Ilia re.i,fence, hi the county of Hanover, nn tho 9°th nit., I.anov Jonea, Kar,. High Sheriff of the county. Mr. Jones waa a man "rnnhonilmg integrity, and a patriot and democrat rrette of tho *rho«| t.r .W. lie loll no men of aniinilor principle* behind hinv - Win mi moron* and amiable family, and large circle of fiionda, will long la men! M» lot*. ' * ID* HI,If SALE.--Hv viilttc of a Deed ol Trust rg . eeuted to the subscriber, by John M. Price, for llio P'irnose of securing certain debts In said Deed specified U» \\ iltinni A frire, w bicb Deed wn« tluly adrnillctl tr» record in the flcrk s office of the courtly court of Louisa, on ibc 10th day of March, lft.TJ. | dull procr-sd to fell lo (be bigbcnl bidder, for cash, at the tavern door of John M. Price, at I ouisa court*house, on Saturday llio 2Dib day of January, 1H33,»II the said Prics’a hoti *c hot it fur nilurc, including hod*, bedding, bedstead*, tables, chair*, table furniture, s.ifas, sblcboartl*, bureau*, de*k* anti alf otltei articles ol household furniture in lb® tavern and dwelling hon*e of the said John M. Price at f,CMii«t* court* botne. The furniture is unusually various anil v doa ble. Sclbng as Trustee, I shill be liable for such title only as is vesied in me by the Deed of Trust aforesaid, DAVID M HUNTER, Trustee. January a. 72—win* Irri'fiH lo employ, on i email faftn, a men ef good cbaracler and linbt'a, and who is acquainted wilh agri coltiiro and the rare ot cattle f will hire out for ihe en suing year a Sboetnakn P V. DANIEL. December 2*) «7-w if