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V jLUME XJ n-nasum VF.iritr I!. -'JEU. f'rflin the ficiiitottd i ‘ f J tirfr. - The Past— a;vl tan Future. Oi :U* elect| I• I I V* Caro*n* and V.*w Y > k arc no if a<* Oeriaived, iii li>* li’Sl, die t^<*w ford :\ U-i ti.it ben defeated. 1* the luf. Ciawfod tiaa ."ei'P’ved i oi hi iiuml ti votes, *> and Adams iUe residue* \ictn cvkuum\. The *’it deigb Si* ** lias u • tli . i ti y I is*, ronlai.i •* |lm* rftwnv of ihe votes in the -• *ei *1 roun’iesoi’ \ rl!i Caro lina, iti T'eivfd at the uive Ofli e. Th* votes fr<mi 5i e un tie- t'ive *he • P M#j e’s (V ‘Uei** tlOl<7—Crai*or<i i>kei, 15.i96 I lie only county not *|ft * ailv heard from, is O vv n.n is *ai't i * hive j*ivp.o a ui ja i v of a* b<> # 3 i-O for Hie P * i ket. *1 k Star doe* n-.i s< ie, how ma By of the “Peopli 7 * f kei’* iv ts endorsed 4 \f.* ks •> ;** w uii i> •‘dam*.*’ I s may be that this hs crii ti laiion wvs om made . . every ti ks; our eve > in the mj icily of them; hut it is <e*t un, tna> ‘he ti was -up m: Jed b> t e >ali i b .weeo the H*i d* *5 .lank-soi a (I ct ad.i’MS, ifovv in iy oi e*<*u. W nave no -• * o nT os -eri.ii ) in .* but • 5000 A 0 n i -*>. *ii .he K. < i:;h *<aic* in ly have b< n lie a*e, it H ee it* Hill i; ~v bird has um e to? )*’ ii)!cn hi s*J , tha either J i-*k| n or / t d o; ; and ipo s.o has a iif j riiy i A > • rdi i, yet Vjr. C .wm Un -a p‘'i iHiy i\ K W Yo K. The “long tfo ” s over bore to ; J 44v til ‘riH i ...|u j Vh i u uld h ill and ali prevjoas eahoil i >o; leeVnr for Vd nos -f for Crao ’onl—and v h * are It oi v|, liu-li In no feieods of Jr i w*oi*.i Clay iVlost of (he friends of Clay and ®f t radioed has a alfi nty for e . I oilier, than for the i\ it* d$ of \ii tnih. Slu the Clavites were fi **d wi ll res’ -itnie 1 at the e\o ;j •in if Mr. C v f o-ii tue hon e, ft: (1 more of hern vated f r \iltnis than for Oa\yf rd —Z r sp n in bi t U !)all os. Plus appeal's in he the priiieipal <’lue <o H*i* esHMordi na<*y oa as rophe. 3n that Hie man wii>. is le tsr the favorite f the Legislature, lias t ie. larges Voieol the State—tnd that he wu > is Hie fa'',rie. ints i *si u, is i vide ? f.om these la p'ti i eon •idr-aun-is, tss t'.iai ihe IVi/ ids of Ctawfo* and ’>ut a i nher. 4 Hi ♦.m cf Mr. \iii q —i <1 di* C *v *• frier.ds were n >re a* u*hed to Crawfard than to Itliiits, u il *o many of them vv re hurried vvm> b -t tun me. navy f'ehn-j;—>t and i id, tvnea ;he hi tak> and and vote on the hill t, VI C fi-vForPs four ole tors received an tjoihiy f Hit* to htte voted fu* huii; and Hits dj •idrtl ih * kt'i h ll'U. f|ad ihev vo ted in Hoe lirsu i s;an e, -lien* i t all |i >tuhi)i(y Hie v lies w mid h ive be*. assiif. ed o (’rawford, instead •f ‘ fatn . I’-ie s- e;ie at Ai >a y, the i t (B ivc;*a i ; the 11 use, aid the di> ttii*'’ in tfie dJeev. a e al tulaled only Hi.* s’ ife. T eni t ier tie .on L Hui>: J ick* on New J se S Pe m •>U;um 28 Maryland 7. \ Caro li t t 15, Sni • Caro!; .a 11. I’es t s e it. >l.s*issippi 3. iuin.Ui 3 •-sS •id ins —Maine 9 Vew H imp. •hi.r 8. Massai husrtti t 5 Un ie 1d 1 C one ;i u b, Vrrmo it 7. N v. Y rk ia. Maryland 3, O-d ---avv are I—so. Craujt ml Vrw Y> k i l>,da tvau* 2. Ma.>iand t. 2i, iiee::?i. 9 —Hi. < if’y - K .tm kv }l. U*. /; Hi jni —': .V Y iv 7 Obi*? 16. J.oui i.* u 5. I’.l'in a b, liitOoi* 3. IViissmi.-j 3 ?;} lu* .'Clints i :'m Hus stamneni *’ ■’* 1 n neral JjL; iind >1 *■ ams \>*i* gniulj iae (iouie 4f it. •—* i*r <{ H’viii hi'twren Messrs. Craoiu p,i t; Ciy, wHi depend up on Hit* .)J Vs*ies i.t tup i- duum f •*doatJsiai f ,, li Uea. Jacksou get# The Washington News. WASHINGTON, (georgia) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1824, Ohio, be will Ihrr h** 10V votes, and. Mr, < lay is potkivetv rx hided; j hr aits * all w I ini he wh de of he j •pemaioint? d■•oh.ful votes, viz. Lie j 7 ii New Y * k. all Louisiana. I> diaoa, lltin■■* and Missouri, and , he will hr uov.hle to rea b Mr. * , Csawf nl% 40 vole*. Give him O j t in. however, and h* vvi!| utill won; 10 v ;es to tie M* Crawford —ls Vlr. t’rawtord le’ eives the 7 doubtful votes of New Y .k. Mr. Cisiy will the • want 17 voles to tie bi n—ls he receives all the v tt*s : i-t Louisiana, I -diana, | : !io< is a td ‘ Mi<iuri, tliev amou r !<• 1(3 o- !v, U and of course lie L nx-duded —sf, on llf* rooti it-y, he re ei%e- the 7 votes of New Y k, wih the aid of • Ohio, he wld want 3 only to tie ; him—4 f pass him -an! hese tie will proinli v glean from ‘he four small w ?ate, ,i!i ve enume ruled —ls. again, th*m 7 fl<uib*ful vo e-i are divided be-wer- Crawford • and C tv, i . the or ,ior-;io of 4 to 3. n hiii’e i rub u? tie:! by some Vp- rutni upon tin* >p-f, thro M I ravriord w,d !i ive 4k vo f es in the vt ole—.is Mr. %, \v* h these 3 vo*e , udded i>fhe3oi K.*otuekv u and Oir>, will have 33— still II , short oi ylt. C’-* nu.oeri il ■ I he tii*hi nnk >< ut of the tG j vt es ofiih 4 weste *i Sipes; that j dir vtiit-, off d ; a . , Louisiana, I * and ran ve and iiim o the 1 liotisr —3 m*-.er Shdiaoa. j 11 • n,i ii'fn ds will enable him to | tie M*. 1 raw ford, j k> il ?S resoii i, ha* Messrs. ; Ju-'k-mn tt:.d \duties -‘N eertai- ly r*a h he IS or-e ofand either Mr Ciuwford or Vj<-. Clay.— f<ds in a Bate o}'-iiiuga, th*i f s ur- ely ;i. tii uH‘ hid ioedj.'U’d foe >st uleubit'-rs hid always pu ed M . O .wford the highest op ? tlj? ballot, ad M . C*nv the lowest Vlr. 1-eawfo and wouh! er tai !y have hern lur from the II \ per ted turti events in \evv j ->• a Hd . Cinv may go i-to he Uons< ; m f Crawford, goes at ill, he ill arrive there the iovet 00 the hull t Presidential Election. The ri’esligen- e wh* h we pub lish to day f } \ rw Yuku-d S. Carolina, b.sffl *s ail ealrwati u;— and le.nes the <jus'io i still fl it as t* iho eumho .'u*B wtm are f he brought i ito ‘he H use of Mepte seoSa'ives. 81 rrq tires 4i, in ghost t n-e I corn bs g five to tell nC* thv*s list* ii so 1q 1 st**> would be de ••tded ov thi’ bub. W* eotifest • u,i trail the moment before the vole was a. luufy given, we It ttl riot ani ipated the result whi It has * iko-, p:ii*e to \oj*ft Carolina. she I ?-s *t‘the electoral vote of tint s ate, <i!iiy proves that Mr. C*n.w- I fil is not stronger there, than J ■ kson and Vdnms u itetf. Il was oly In a of the r*ieods of these •gemlein * *, that lh- C iw i’ rl rk-kei was defeated. I > New -4 k ity result, tfiougii wt evr-tlv ’•nil: ;?*. sh nv- that Mt* Ceawf :*d was the favorite with a plurality of the me nbers, ami that i competi tion with ei in*r f the other eaudi J dates singly, lie vvvi9 t!ie idioiee. of a mJit v. Rutin the fa-e of this • fa r If. C. loses twenty live eie •- torn* votes in that states by the ia di-i*i ?i •:> f three gentlemen, who put in bl inks, on the joint ballot. j Hie mu!) equent eieetion of f-ur i (hawtord eieetors by the two Hons : eswhen again met* in conven ion, shows that if, up 01 the first ballot the members had voted bum Jl d**, the v hole Crawford ticket w aid have been elected. Whether the blanks ought or ought not to have h en i-mioted, is u parliamentary II ie*> io*. whi -h rests, solely on Ibe laws of Ww York atid the u-ages fber legislature:’ The same ques ti- haß been differently decided in diffitersl legislative b dies in the Union. 1 Virginia, the linage was, for niutiv years, to count the blanks* Rut at length, some diffi uliy a c >se, at;d it was evpressiy declared by o e oi’ the standing rules of the Legislature, lliat they shouit’ not he -omitcd.- \nd this rule is yet ob served Lj cue legislative appoiat- L. L'V't S. Pul dwwatlß vole ei* Ohio for ‘!r, t Vvv and it i doulr : ftil whp’b* er he or lV|>. C-raws ird will b* re tur ed ! \ r be I of It p:*e*enta tiv:*3 If hi* will depend uti the 7 votes i* |\ew and upon the v te* fl li'i-HS, L ut iana, M •BSOII ri h and Id ana. ) “<i jfi'Unily 4*lai tn**d fu Mr Clay by his vVhat eourse tlie Lie ids of eaeb in iy hereafter pursue, we cannot undertake to pro * out :e with absti lute ertatoty* We tijvc re smi to believe the ‘most of VI , Crawl’ *r iL frie and may throw ttie*ns*lves upon M ‘ Ciiyas their ood ehoice— and that most the friend 4 of Vlr. Clav won 1 prefer Mr. Crawl*u a d I 1 tli n*i < - ne I- is ai do y o! Mr, Craw in ‘JL friends ■*<*■ keep eoni; < < *(isoil the great pi 111 1 pies which they have so to *g avow ed.’ and t - ft-l a* >t*d sgly. Lucy sit u*d io k t tie g*e it ivreres s ofs It ij! I* H* y om fear, fa vr or affn*4o n” Lhev should p e servb titesc ij iloence x weight, wun ail p* si hie lie is.on a-d Jiscretiatt. i 1 order etui Uey uiay hereafter gtve theta that direct ma which is b st cal u'ated to subserve the eau-e of the nalian, vie pse ume, that the electors who haie been chosen o v >te for Clay or Crawford witi, respectively redeem then* p:edg ad that 110- ih) ig bit tne \vindr-iv ii of die can didate Will absolve them iV ui tueir obiig * i m W- presume, too, that Lite lie preseniativey of the states will t the ti it iusta ee respectively v.ne for the man wtiotu tuey prefer. iVtm 1 Hint is (lone* itiey may thi*ow Rictus Ives upon (hell* 4J eh iev I j mu wy o<ity, can the voice of ibe Hi j *>be os ertasoed. bhotild Me. Cs .iYvi >tl so ceed, his coiifi try wiil nave reason io r joi e at tiis su cess. But, should m, frie ds b- defe led> U >uld ai* Uieir fair & h.mnr .b e oxer ions fail 10 bmg tiitn into the House, or whe he * Cii- -. V.auuiit fill! 11l Oil*, at .* ISg Oie majority, they will kow how to submit to their disappointment.-* and tuey will then k t w how io perform the do y whi h vvid devolve upon the u, of gua di g sue e oiati ’ tutiou ad ttie h-tppi ess of the peo ple.— tiichm ‘tid t.uq Fro<n the Nat. idvacute ]f Niv 9. i Eccentricities of the Press. 8 is si ‘gular and not wish >ut its in 3 ai i 11 mu e t o re;: j the * acinus anil cMr.friitli Ino y represent at ins made iiy p * es e dat 4 *H f * peesideut If exemp'dl *.* h *w ••nnpie eiv the ’ ,• irj ie if ••ah’s fair ?o polities,” tias s'*{ z*d p ossessioi iftbese pD'izios. The fll o win g'a \ prrfe t epitome of the style io whi =1 these things a*e managed, a id whiuh we range under die head *’ A\rU IRvri )Yl cm NO- V MB HL 18it-. F fm the Columbian Observer. Kxtcaat of a letter from a gentle man of high respectability, at Lexington, Kentucky, oft he 29 lh iost ‘♦Y u no doubt will lie surprized to hear of the death of the II mora b’e Hen l y Clay, one of the candi dates fm* the presidency. As soon as he discovered that the electoral vote w u and not carry him into flie house of representatives, as one of tne three highest candidates, he fell fl it upon his face, and gave up the Rb ost, Lhe entire vote of ike west will now go for Jackson, the true and only democratic candidate for the presidency. His election is cer tain. ’* From the Xitionnl -azette. “ i\ e have ju*i received informa tion that may be relied on. of the death *f Gen. Ja kson, the hero of New Orleans. He died on the 20 h of 1 his month, at his own bouse in Nadtvdle, of poison, admioiMered to him in a dish of 1 offee. on Hie morning of that day.— The perpe trators of tiiis nefarious act are not yet discovered; but tw men of sus picious appearance, supj osed to be Crawlonlites. were seen lurking a hout the General’s house, on the e vetiing of the 19th; at 9 o’clo-k | r.ex 1 moroiog they disappeared, and were met six hours alter ward*, fit- ly miles from this place, on the mil inwards Oeargi#.. v Ve waafc j• • fur? her pro if. that Mr. Cravr f v| is at the bottom of this horrid | affair. Ve i*e ii,nv to state tfiafc jibe General, 1 f* v mimlrs before ‘ he c\ni n **d, ma l? t f.ir:ail \ and va. Ld transfer in writing, ofthetdec tiv*al votes of lYnttessee, Peunsyl va ia, llabamo am) Louidana, to the Hon. J>h Qoiacy Adams—the j pe ple’s man.” From the ‘lnj il lhadem D irtmooP pip *, of the 17th Oct. “Lh * iltdi -ciis are blown up—* J licit* C de*’ is 00 m ire. Grawford is dead it <at. Lhe decent part el’ a ; c:y tlive long he?v, wiLi the assttcanee of this ;oa , id pre-end? g lobe alive, w!en alt tha world knows that lie has Uad 1 drop sy in Lie Peart, a paralysis of the ongue, and a rhe um i aflfe tioa ♦f the wnole system, which eih e* f v dep aved him of the use if uis *i nbs; 11 fi'*t, that for the lasi, ft 11 mtUs, he could tieiiher tie ii- t op 4 *e, fior walk, 0 >r speak, nor cat* Yd, from Hie radical pape s iC would appear, that he was travel- Ii jg to the mountains for ins aeaith, residing in the con <try. *atte -dig t • business at his office, di ;ing vul* La Fayette, and so f rtu, by w*ii f& 0 my of the good •utizeos nf ihe Lf* 8 ates leave been grossly imposed upon. But the lies and artifi e* of me radical edit ors will no I <iger a vail, for Mr. Crawford is not only dead, biL bu ied. Lae day befor® :Ci vi day he was setz tl with an ap pl *xy, whi h carried hi n otf ie fo eI) •. Simnts mutd be called t<> his'assiatance. The body valves erv diy conveyed to the puhho bury tog gr uod near the eas ero b a ten the p i’oiiae, followed by the ii u. John Q imi *y Adams a‘d the lion* | Joho \i. Calhoun, as chief m uro -1 ers. M * Ada.its, oa this m >t’tl* 1 fill oc;asi*** was frequently i>b *:r ! ved wdb tears in. bis ep cs, | Calhoun is also supposed to nave shrd, te?irs, as his eyes were very red, and he wa* distioetly seen i® carry an onion in his ha and. Lae elector* oi Virginia will now v t 0 fir Mr. Adams, the people’s mad* irl"Wev*r, his election was without the vote of that state. ’* Fr m thi Eli /ting Post . Extract of a letter from a geo:?#a mll at Washington, of h 25’b November. . , “This city, and be suburbs there of, arc n s he greatest ion r in cons-q ie j* e 01* a *0 *t melon ho- Ivec * % m > deatli of the ti >a >i*a hic J >ii Q 4da ns, the pe pie’s m vi. He si ia fallen a victim to uis dev itiiio to his belov i people, for whose sikes, without regard to nis * owi interest, lie was n*t only wil- J ling, but extremely noxious <0 be j colon chief magistrate of the union, j Having been informed that his late renowned and brdli int fete of sw Us ruing across the Potomac, had h eff of sig ial service to the people’s cause; and that it was considered, next to hi* fourth of July oration, as th * strongest eveden*e that could be offered, of his ‘ opacity to fill , the highest ;/H • in the nation; ua | detennin *d, the m cflT*‘*iually 1* l win the bear's of the Virginia elec tors, to swim the Pototnao a second time. Ii porsua- *e of ttiii deter tniuation, b fore sunrise this aiora ing, lie plunged i do the river, a j gainst the advice of his best friends^ I who considered his e!e> tiou sat’e # I without the aid of this tnzmlcii experitneut. He proceeded with the agility of a frog, for more ‘b a half a mile, when, (as is supposed) trusting too much to his “imphibi i ous nature,” he resolved to swim the remaining half mile under wa j ter. Hi’ first disappearance fro® the surface, excited no alarm a mog Hie numerous spe< tatoss upoa the long brd ;e f and the bciti of the river, ns o other ooca*iu, ha had been k owu to dive like t pr ---! poise. Tiiey expe - r cd him to re ‘ appear, *-•(] *pout. every moment j—after wa'i >g five .minutes, aid i no Mr. Adam to be seen or heard, ! they dis at bed boats 10 his assist ance It was, h wever, too late! • he • se no airc \ Ji thing ’ him aLove the space oi* bail eo uoar, [No. 49.
