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At a meeting ortho Democratic Mem
bers ot Uongros:*, in thb Chamber of the
(Iposc of Uepreao.ntativcs pf the United
f hates, February 14, 1«24, jtho followihg
resolutions tvm* unanimously adopted.
'Resolved, Ah the sense of this meeting,
ni ,
WM. tt. CRAWFOUB,
•if Georgia, be recommended to the people
olLilte United Stats as a proper Candidate
ioTtliC office ofl’rcsident, and
ALBERT GMAATUt,
bfl’ennsylvania, for the office of Vice Prc-
from the 4th of March, 1335
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, Mat 12,1824.
U. S. SENATOR.
The last Darien Gazette states that Col. Tarr*
k.vit is a camtidate fur Senator, Mr. Etuorr hav»
lag declined a re election We are authorised to
State that Col. Tix-rtf *it i* not a candidate, and
the Editor of the Gazette has been misinformed,
llo individual in the state standi higher in Its es
timation than Col. Tattnall, rihd'we believe If he
'had been a candidate for die Senate, kilt pure re-
publican principle'-, hi* usefulness and seat as a
Representative, would bate secured the suffrages
of the Legislature.
•T* ■ CBN. JACKSON’S LETTER.
. The Nation U Advocate speaking of Gen. J»ek-
son’s let tcr.totbr freddent *«ys, "re were as-
v rounded that the exis'eoce of ittcb a letter was
ever denie'. There Was a time thajf Mr. Monroe
. m in the habit of shewing this letter to every
.person who called oii him, for the purpose of dis
cussing; the acts of his administration. The tno
aent lie was charged with federalism, by any one,
he would deny it, and then contrast his conduct
with that which he had been recommended to do
by General Jackson and finh vould come the let
’ter.” *- <
rafutittenii, May 1.
PLAN OP THE CAMPAIGN,
accounts, from well informed person?,'
tig ton concur in stating, that the coquet
ich for some time has been coinp* on he
. % Mr. Adams’ friendsOnd the Friends of Gen
tiorna, is likely to r nd in n good understanding,
t not 0 permanent union, of the contracting par-
A tie first great end of this alliance is to defeat
rhe a loot ion of the Caucus candidate’—the second,
—to secure the election as President, of Mr. Ad
urns or Gen. Jackson.
A1 the chance of Mr. Calhoun for either of
ilioie atAiona.is regarded a* altogether hopeless,
he is to lend his name where it tflay be thought
useful to assist in attaining the.great end of the
eonfedentey If it, succeed-*, uo is to have hi»
choice of stations in the Cabinet.
It is ascertained, beyond all reasonable doubt,
that the, people of the New England statca are
pfetiy nearly equally divided between Mr, Craw
ford and Mr A cams There is not one of those
States in which there is any reason, under any cir.
obi
ny
eumsiances, to hope that Gen. Jackson may obtain
its Presidential vole. It Is however considered
that the loan of Gen. Jackson's name, as Vice Pre
sident, on the ticket with Mr. Adams, as President,
would, by inspiring a hope of ultimate success,
give strength to the Cause of Air* Adam* and ena
ble him to triumph over Mr. Crawford *11 the Eas
tern-States.
■Merit, of-the United Stoles, for foul yeafs ^nii* mho gain proposed to Mr. Adame by the
atlianec; while on the other hand, it is calculated
that, by. running Gen- Jufcksnn as President in
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ala
bams, he will enfeeble Mf. Crawford,and get votes
enough to secure hit return to the House of Rep
resentatives as one ol the three from whom a
choice of President must be mud**; while the vote
he mav receive a-. Vice President, with Mr, Ad
am*. may carry trim into the Senate as one of the
two from" whom a choice of Vice President must
oe m’iide.- -
Mr. Cmwford and his friends neither make bar
gains nor sales nor alliances nor transfer*, flic
numb and- bis recommendation, principles and
character are before the people, and with them,
without management, arrangement or intrigue,the
decision ia left.
On these facts we bave but pno remark to offer
—if the People of the United States shall become
thoroughly satisfied that nut only Mr Adams Mr
Calhoun and General Jackson, but the President,
have united their forces, and made conltnon cause
against Mr. Crawford, so sure as lie Uvea he will,
by a large majority be elected, by the Electoral
colleges President of the United States
Item. Press,
By accounts at Mobile from Havant, we learn
that the Spanish fleet which sailed in pursuit of
the Colombian squadron, is commanded by an old
Spanish admiral who has not been in service since
the battle of Trafalgar. It consists of sfrigate ami
two stoops of .war, the former of whieh is said to
have tbout fifteen hundred men on board, including
the troops from the garrison, it being the intention
to Carry the Colombian vessels by boardiog^houhl
'they rail in with thjm. The gun brig which was
attached to :the fleet had been obliged to pu<
back, inconsequence of carrying away her main-
fltsst. . ■
A letter {rota Gibraltar, of the 18th of March,
tires that an English frigate arrived.Jhere on the
lfili from off Algiers, where she left a squadron
•>1 ckading the port. The D*-y had refused en
tering into any explanation*'with the Admiral, and
Wished to eommunicate direct with the British
government. He was making every preparation
for a rigorous defence by sea and land as be ex
pected the place would be attacked, which was
considered not improbable,
the brand of falsehood on the f.tcc ol the
charge of underhand dealing, as applied to
them, by the open and manly manner in
which, iti the face of the word, they have
declared their preference, fur the second ns
wall as for the first office in the govern
ment.—.Ao/. /nr.
Reports being in circulation, in various
Quarters, some purporting to have emana
ted from this City, tending to inculcate the
belief, that Mr Clay has been, or is about
to be, withdrawn from among the candid
ates for the Presidency—-all such reports,
we believe, are without foundation, So far
Jrotn Mr Clay’s friends abandoning him, we
al e • ssured by theta that they entertain the
most lively hopes of his success—and wc
are authorised to say, that his l'r#cnds never
have, for a moment, thought ofyielding his
pretentions, and that he will not be aban
doned, or bb withdrawn from tho competi
tion.— ib.
Eighteenth Congress.
A young man named Dr xsnsoxr, was appre
hended about ten days ago, „t Society Hill, in this
st ate, lor having either robbed or been concerned
in robbing the moil. The particulars arc not yet
sufficiently ascertained. It appears, however, that
Di kertpn obtained four letters from the mail, at
Manchester, An intermediate post office, between
this city and Camden. Another person by the
ur-me of Jon (linaa, was connected with him in
fh-: affair, and Dickerson received jfl20 as hi*
aii >re of the b ,oty. Dickerson is in confinement,
nod measure- have been taken to ascertain the
'facts, srd bring the culprit to justice.
Char, Courier,
For snme days, in the beginning of last week,
the Pee Dee River is stated to have been unootn-
Vnonly high. Murry planters bave suffered consi
der .ble loss in the destruction of their crops on
the swamp lands,—,5.
Two negro speculators, of the names of Whit-
field, and Tomkins, left Elizabeth City, (ST. C.) on
the 22d ult, with eleven negroes, and having ad
ded six others to their gang, at Gates’ Court House,
f ot which number one had been sentenced by the
Supreme Court to banishment) were proceeding
to the southward, when a few miles from Chowan
liver, in Hertford county, they were attacked in a
Wood by by sis armed runaways, and were com
pelled to lly for their lives, leaving their negroes,
v agon and baggage in possession of the robbers
Only tu-o of the negroes however, could be pre
vailed upon to join these outlaws—one, the fel
low had been sentenced to banishment. The edi
ter of the Elii'abelfr City Star, recommends the
adoption of prompt artd efficient -fneasures for
breaking up this horde of audacious banditti.—ib.
The Greek Committer of New York have se*
mitred to UAUtttf, UuotJJbus & Co. qf Ixjndon,
jjdl,938 to be transmitted by them to Greece, in
aid of the cause of that country. This .sum was
the whole amount in the hands at the Treasurer
1st iost.— id. • :
NINIAN EDWARDS.
The Sergea t at Arms is said to be on
the hue.and cry after this person. He will
follow him to Illinois, and if necessary to
Now-Orlcans. A'gentleman has.arrived in
Washington, who met Mr. E. descending
the Dhi>, tie -r Louisville—he was to visit
Illinois; Sc as ho was to make some prepara
tions for his departure, the Sergeant is like
ly to overtake him at his own house. The-
Washington City Gazette informs, that Mr
E. has only received his outfit and firs-
quarter's salary—suppose the President
should be induced to revoke his eommis
sion, what becomes of the g 11,250?
It is said, from Washington, that the
Committee of investigation vrill do-their
duty, firmly and promptly, all tho calcuia
lions to the contrary notwithstanding. They
have notified Mr Crawford of their procee
dings—in order to. put it in his power to
meet his accuser —Riehmond Eny.
We advise the Washington Republican
to Iteeft itself cool Its intemperance has
made it commit some gross mistakes in its
last Saturday’s No.—ft is not rrtfe,that the
facts communicated in the last Tuesdays
Enquirer were derived from the gentleman
to whom the W. R. alludes. No member
of Congress has written to us upon the
subject, except tho one whose letter was
published on Friday —It is also untrue,
that wc had the slightest allusion to Mr.
Clay, when we spoke of tho Junta —We
spoke indeed of the sentiments expressed
by some of Mr. Clay’s friends, because
they came from the West. - Some ol them
were witnesses perhaps from the very thea
tre whence Mr Edwards had drawn the
subject of his plot: and with all their par
tiality for another candidate, they did not
hesitate to do justice to a man, whom they
believed to be innocent and injured, as for
ourselves,we thank the W. R for the good
ofiinion it has been pleased • to express of
us. We assure its Editor, that wc would
shorn to screen W. H. C. Let the Com
mittee kift this whole matter to its bottom.
Ifinnocentfas we have no doubt he will
turn out lo be,) even the vjtupertion of the
W. R. cannot drive us from his support.
—If unworthy ol the public confidence, let
him at once be abandoned,—Rich. Eny.
A letter from Washington on Sunday
states that “ from every appearance the
tariff bill will be lost.”
v May 3.
IN SENATE.
Mr Jackson, Irom the joint committee
appointed to consider what business is no-
cessat-y to be acted On aMhe present ses
sion of Congress, and at what time ’he ses
sion tuny be closed, submitted their final
report on that subject; stating that, in.(he
opinion of the committee, the sesnion of
Congress may be tcrminaltul on the 19th
instant. The report was laid upon the ta
bic.
THE TARIFF.
The unfinished business of Saturday, be
ing the ct -..sideration, as it\ committee of
the whole, of the bill from the other House,
“ to amend the several Acts for imposing
duties on imports,” was resumed. Mr
King, of Atab. was again Called to the Cbair.
The question was, upon the motion sub
nitted on Friday last by Mr. Holmes, of
Maine, to amend^the hill *o is to except
:\re composed. In fact, at that early period, Ih
principles on which the claims for militia services
Ought to be audited and allowed, were but im
perfectly fixed. The subsequent presentation and
examination of the claims of" the several states, for
such services, have shed much light on this sub
ject, and have afforded many advantages at the
present moment in examiningJliose ol Massachu
setts. Distinctions, important to the elucidation,
of principle-, and to the ascertainment oftusrioe,
have been taken, and sustained, which might na
turally have been overlooked at the commence
ment ef tho discussion.
Your committee, however, cannot abstain froth
indulging in one' remark, that, if the fact of the
government of Massachusetts having declined,
for son e years subsequent to the late war, to re-
nouncc the unconstitutional doctrines of her then
executive, ai developed in the opinions of the
Judges of her Supreme Judicial Court, can be
supposed ever to have borne upon that portion of
the claim which the committee have recommend
ed for payment, the recent, disavowal of her pre
sent executive and legislature furnishes at least a
belief that all danger of a future collision between
rife General Government and the States, in refer,
ence to the authority of the firmer over the mill-
tia of the latter, has been permanently removed.
In fills light, the committee cannot but regard the
renunciation as honorable to the Chief Magistrate
and Legislature of Massachusetts, and us highly
useful in fixing the true interpretation of the con
stitution, on an interesting and important point
This disavowal, in consonance; as it is affirmed,
with the sentiment of the great mass of the pe r-
pie of Massachusetts, is indeed a reiteration of
the language which was expressed by. the Senate
of that state, aa early as October, 1812, at the mo
ment when the unfortunate irritatioirbetween the
Nations! and State functionaries was most exas
perated, and when remuneration of these services
formed neither a subject of calculation or desire.
Your committee, in conclusion, recommended
that, in all cases where the militia of the state of
Massachusetts were called out in conformity with
the desire of an officer of the general Government
or to repel actual invasion, or tinder a well foun.
......I....'... .ft. .1 • ,L-
deil apprehension of invasion, during the late war,
the clmr; offitie state for such militia service be
oweyer, that this House ought not t?
n a day of adjournment before ft fi, •
its proper business, he moved to 1 ■
port on the tabic.
Mr Stevenson wlsfibl to have it , .
ed to a day certain, and natped MomC*.
to which Mr McLanc assented.' M* ti
sett, however, renewed the motion uq
the rcfiort ujion the table. ° 1
On this question, which admits „r
Debate, Mr Allen required the Y,.. 0
Nays, which were ordered and t a k ft V'
cordtngly. There were
For the motion . )nft
Against it '.* £
So the report was ordered to |i e „n
tabic. ’ S n
Jr*
tw Free
13lb Inst
the in 3 *’ 11
ptctfuUy
tbl
••Russia, Holland's and Raven’s Duck,and **k leave to report a b II,
allowed under the usual rules or auditing Bnd al
lowing similar claims; provided the number of
troops so calle l out were not in undue pr jpurtlon
to the exigency.
Your committee likewise recommended, tliat-
thu claims ot Massachusetts not comprehended
in the above description 01 cues, be disallowed.
And in conformity with the foregoing principle*
In the first thiee day* of the week ending the
1st iost. there were 14/fiOO ship letters received
Ut the Post Office of New York.—ib.
RussiaShvctings,'’ from Ijiu duty ul twenty
five per centum ad valorem, which the bill
contemplates to impose upon all matiufac
tures of cotton, silk, flax, or hemp.
After an animated debate on this motion
in which Messrs Barbour, Mills, D’Wolf,
H<dmes, Taylor of Va Ruggles, Lloyd of
Mast Dickerson, Smith and Hayue took
part, the question was taken and decided
in the negative—Yeaa 21; Nays 26.
So the Senate reiused to except duck and
sheetings from the duty proposed in the bill.
Mr Elliott then moved to amend the bill
by striking out all the proviso which fixes a
minimum price upon which the duties on
cotton cloths, and cotton twiat, yarn, or
thread, are to be calculated.
Mr Elliott spoke at considerable length
in support of his amendment, taking an ex
tensive and general view of the principles
upon which the bill is founded, and ol its
probable operation upon all the various in'
terest of the country.
The Senate then adjourned till to-mor
row.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A fter the presentation of petitions—
Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina, from
the Military Committee, to which was re
ferred the Message of the President of the
U. S on the clt-i n of Massachusetts for
services rendered by the Militia of that
State during the late war with great Brit
ian, made a report, accompanied by a bill
•• to authorize the settlement and payment
of the claims of the State of Massachusetts
for certain services rendered during the late
war.
• • . NEW YORK, May 1.
; Captain 'Baker of the brig Funny, from Curae'oa,
informs (A that a Britiih sloop, laden with a cargo
of rum, from Kingston, bound to Marucuybo, in
beating up the south side of St. Domingo, was
boarded by one of the Haytien brigs of, war, and
Sent into Jaequeme); after retnuining there abput
twenty days was ordered to Fori au Prince, where
she was tried and condemned. The supercargo
applied to 1 lie house of Brothers, Mandon & C<\
of that place, who applied to president Upyer for
the release efthe vessel and cifgo. The president
considering the condemnation illegal, ordered
to be restored, with about $600 damages;
which offer was refused by the supercargo, not
being sufficient to defray.the expenses sustained
by the capture. The supercargo, master,, and
two- (Si the crew, went from thence to Jamaica
in an open boat. It was expected that a tJrilish
frigate would be spnt from Jamaica to -demand
Ihe surrender of the vease I. and payment for the
u s e sustained by the ijlegaUaptme.
“ V.': " v : ' ; Gazette.
WASHINGTON May 3.
The New York Patriot of the 20th ulti
mo, contained a communication importing
that Mr Adams had suggested to Mr Fuller
ati arrangement with Mr Clay or his friends,
in regard to the Vice Presidency. Mr Ful
ler, who is a representative in Congress
from the State of Massachusetts, denies
the charge, by a letter to a gentleman in
New York, in the following termfe:
••I do hereby assert, that there is not one
syllable of truth in those allegations. Mr
Adams never uttered a word to me of the
nature there pr*. teftded, nor did I ever de
clare or express a word that had the remo-
test bearing that way to any person what
ever.*’
This is a* complete refutation, certainly,
ol the charge, though we ourselves should
not have considered the. offence very hein
ous, that a friend of Mr Adams should he
disposed to place Mr Clay in the Vice pre
sidency. We cannot conceive, indeed, that
guch a disposition would bo offensive to
poiiVical morality, or incompatible with the
greatest possible r/reference for the first
person for the higher 'office. We look at
these imputations of bargains, £cc. to the
several candidates for the Presidency, on ac
count of conversations of their friends, real
or ficttoiyj, accidental or purposed, in gen
eral, with utter incredulity/ The men who
are candidates for. the Presid9ncy, however
prcpjDstepouH the conduct of some of their
supporters may be, are elevated above ti-.e
suspicion of any thing like'corrujpt inten
tions ;and*> we verily believe that no one
among them will come before the People
with purer fiands, or less adventitious aid,
on this occasion, jjictr Mr Adams. It is
uot'long since an equally ridiculous attempt
The following is a copy or the report:
The Committee on Military Attain, to which
was referred the Message of the President of the
U. States; "on the claim of Massachusetts; for ser
vices rendered by the Militia of that state during
the late war with Great Britain, beg leave most
respectfully to report:'
That, in considering the subject submitted to
tbeir investigation, they have been fully impress
ed with its intrinsic import.'.nce, and its association
with events which were once the occasion of much
sensibility and excitement. They trust however,
that filer have approached the discussion, devoid
of all prejudice, with an honest desire, in doing
justice, to sustain those great principles of ?on
cord and power, which are essential to the dura-
bility of this union.
Your Committee deem it entirely unnecessary,
that they should recite all the cirpumstanees com
prising a history of this claim, as they are general
ly known to the nation, and are to be found in an
authentic shape, in the documents accompanying
the President’s message. To this source your
committee would ask a special reference.
It will be sulficienj,for present purposes to pre
mise, that a large portion of the claim of Massa
ebusetts does not appear to be affected by those
constitutional difficulties, which bo long in the
consideration of the Executive of the u. States,
operated aa an impediment-to its adjustment.
Your committee are unanimously of opinion,
that the services rendered by tbe militia of Massa.
chusetts, which may be considered beyond all ex-
itli Hi ’
ception, and os entitled to remuneration, are com
prised in a class of cases, in which, by the sponta-
*neous impulse of the militia, with or without the
sanction of ’lie Executive of that state, or with or
without a requisition on the part of the officer of
tbe U States commanding the Department, they
assembled, either mr tbe purpose of repelling
actual invasion, or under a well founded appre
bension of invasion It is, in fact, on this princi
pie, and on this principle only, that the claims for
militai services of the various states halve' been
audited and allowed at the Department of War.
Services of this description, patrio.tivally perform
ed, ought not to be prejudiced by a pre-existing
' ‘on b.
difference of opinion between the Executive ori
Massachusetts, and the commanding officer of the
(J. States’ forces, as to an abstract construction of
the constitution, when such a difference of opin
ion appears to have hud no sort of effect on-the
extent and character of tbe services afforded.
But, on the other hand, your committee are equal
ly unanimous in declaring, that, in all oases where
tlie acts of the Executive of Massachusetts gave a
direction to the services of the militia of that state,
in opposition to the views of {be general govern
mept, the claim for such services is altogether in.
admissible; for these, the government of Massa
chusetts may be considered to have incurred an
ulterior and exclusive responsibility to her own
people.
Your committee waive the .discussion of the
r_ ... pQrt of
question, how far the renunciation, on the 1
the executive nhd'legUlature of the state of Mas-
sacliuselts, of the. unconstitutional principles on
which the then governor rtf that state acted jn the
eatly stages of the War, is necessary to the allow,
ance of any portion of tbe clsats of the state for
Mr Hamilton moved to refer this report
to a committee of the whole on t* e state of
the Union.
Mr. Cobb, of Geo. objected to this course,
as giving undue preference to this over o
thcr business He wished it to be referred
in the usual course of business, lor the pur
P«? ot discussion, simply to a committee
of the whole.
Mr Hamilton urjjed the importance of
this claim as claiming from them urgent
consideration. -The coufsc which he now
proposed had been pursued in regard to cer
tain claims 61 the State of Georgia, and he
thought the claims now reported upon were
at least equally entitled to attention from
the House. The misrepresentation in some
cases, and misunderstanding i- others, un
der which'this claim labored, rendered, it
highly expedient that it should have a
prompt examination, when he had n - doubt
of being able to satisfy the House ot the
expediency of providing for its liquidation,
See. i ,*
Mr Cobb said, he did not mean to utter
a single Word in opposition to the justice of
this claim. It was very probable the gen
tleman from Sbuth Carolina might be able
to convince even incredulity itself on the
subject. My only objection to the propos
ed reference is, said Mt, t. that there is
no resemblance between this case and that 1
of the Georgia Militia claims, to which, I
presume, the gentleman refers; but, if thore
were, that the subject of those claims of
Georgia is before an ordinary committee,
and not a committee of the whole on the
state of the Union- I am willing to give
this claim the same direction as they have
received. .»
Mr. Hamilton said, that, with regard to
the Georgia Militia Claim, he knew it had
taken that direction. The claim of Geor
gia to which he alluded, however, was that
last reported uport, respecting t; e Indian
Reservations within the limits of that State.
The question was then taken upon the
motion of Mr Hamilton, and decided in the
negative.
On motionjof Mr Cobb; the report' tVaa
then referred to a committee of the Whole.
PROPOSED ADJOURNMENT.
Mr. Taylor, of New Y >rk, from the Joint
Committee appointed to consider the sub
ject of the day for terminating the present
Session of Congress, reported an amend
ment to the resolution from the Senate on
that subjrct, proposing to substitute the
nineteenth day of May for the day pro
posed by the Senate.
The question being on agreeing to the
amendment thus reported—•
Mr. McLane, of Del. professed himself,
for one, to be unprepared to vote upon this
question now, for want of the means ol as
certaining.what timo would be required for
the completion of all the necessary busi
ness before the House. Adverting to the
committee appointed on Mr Edwards’ Ad
dress, he remarked, that, altho’ he should
be as unwilling to institute such an inves
tigation as any member of the House, yet,
having constituted a committee for that in
vestigation, he-was, for one, unwilling to
terminate the Session, until it was complet
ed. Until, therefore, he could know when
that investigation would end, he could no*
give his consent to any proposition fixipg
a day for the adjournment. We shall pro
bably have satisfactory information on this
subject within a few days; and, to give the
House time to receive it, he would move
that the report of this committee should
lie On the table.
Mr Taylor said, if the gentleman, had in
tended to address an inquiry to him as to
the time at which.the committee ot inves
tigation might be abte to report, he Could
only answer, that he had no information 7 to
communicate to the House on that point,
except that the committee in question were
actively engaged in the discharge of their
duty. The joint committee had confined
their inquiry and report to tho legislative
business before the House-—
Mr McLane here rose, and said he. had
not intended to direct an inquiry to the geo*
The Speaker laid before tho tf n „.
letter from Thomas J. Rogers,
his seat as a-Member ofthi*' 8 ( ? 111 '
the state Of Pennsylvania j which vim ub
on the table; and it was
Ordered, That the Governor of P.J
sylvanta be informed.of the vacancy or"-I
sioned by this resignation. 1
OCCUPYINGCLaIMANTLAWs I
Op motion of Mr Letcher, of Ken'
House resolved Itself into a committee'
the whole, on the state of the Union \
Dwight in the chair, on the remonat’ranrl
addressed to the Congress of the Unn d
States, by the state of Kentucky, un th!
subject of the decision or the Supremt
Court, in the case of Green vs. Biddle iJ
volving the constitutionality of the occ’uuJ
Ing claimant laws of Kentucky, as the,
are usually called. .'!
Mr Letch<T then submitted a pronosi-
tion, in the following words s
“Resolved, That provision ought to be I
mado by irw, requiring; in any cause deci-l
ded in the Supreme Court, in which shall
be drawn id question the vtUditv of m [
part of the Constitution of a State, or ot any]
act passj-ri t»V the Legislature ot a Swte.1
that ——— Justices shall concur in pro-1
nouncing such part of Che said constitution
or act to be invalid; and that* Without th»|
concurrence of that ndihber of said Justices,!
the-purl of the constitution, or act ot Abel
legislature, (as the tnib may be,) so drawn
in qudstion, shall not bo deemed, or holden.
invalid. - I
' Resolved, That the'^ugtlees' aforesaid,itl
pronouncing thcir'judgment in 'any sued
cause, as aforesaid, ought to he required,!
by law, to give.their opinions', witlj their red
pectivo reasons therefor, separately and
distinctly, if the judgment of the Court to
against the validity o< the part of the cod*|
stitution or act drawn in question,.as afore*
said. V' ''
Resolved, T iat the Committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to report a Bill tel
conformity to the preceding resolutions."
Mr, Letcher proceeded at considerable
length to deliver his sentiments in hupp.rt
of the resolutions he had proposed; when if
debate arose, which/ionrinudd till half ptjll
4 o’clock, without being concluded.
Mi Forsyth offered the foliowing:
ment, as a substitute to the first of the v]
bove resolutions:
Resolved.'.That.' A quorum of the Su-I
preme Court, to transact the -business of)
that tribunal, should consist of such a num*
her of the Justices composing it, that a nta*
jori'ty of the quorum shall he a majority c
tho whole Court, including the Chief Jui
tic®.
Mr. F supported his motion in a short
speeph; and Messrs. Wickliffe, Clay. Por. I
syth; Webster, Mercer, P i* Barbour, Ran
dolph, and Trimble, having, 1 respfec'.iyely, 1
spoken at considerable length on the ants*
tion, the committee rose, oh motion of Mr*
McKiin, of Maryland.
And then*the House adjourned
Wc have heard from Col Gadsden 1 he is"
now busily engaged in surveying tbtHian
reservations in the vicinity of the * *"
chicala.—St, Aug. Herald
Col. Humfihenjs, Agent foy IndianAffurs'
in Florida, in a letter to the Editor,' 0ifta
Pencacola, 11th April, says, ult has been
determined, on account of the lateness of
the 8eaboh,arid for other reasons,to postpone
tho removal of thelndians Until the ensuing
faU.’WA, ;
Sheriff’s Sales*
On ihe first Tuesday in June next.
l^ILL be suld at -the. Coutt House, in
ham County between the usual hours.
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dec! S by lnnd of Shultz, B by, land of Metzger,
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His Excellency the Governor was expec
ted at Tallahassc (the'hew seat of Govern* |
ment) in a few days. Preparations were
making to accommodate the Counfcil with
all things necessary for a faithful discharge
of their duties.—id.
W by land of McIntosh, levied on as the property
of Matthew fteiser,to satisfy an execution ip f» T1 »
of John Berry.
Two hundred acres of land in Effingham coon*
ty, granted to Benjamin Bleteh, bounded Sr. “/'I
land of James Wilson—also four hundred ■«*• ” |
land adjoining the above tract granted to Tbotnw
Wdsels levied on as the property of Drury W'r
per to satisfy sundry executions ‘
A negro man named Billy, levied qn as t» e P r ®'
perty ot Jno Exiey, to satisfy an execution in t* TO
of David Gugel. . .
Forty nine and one half acres of land, bounac
on the N by lands of Jushua Dasher, S by lands®*
Samuel Wilkins, B by lands of Rasher, and onW
N W by lands of W J Spencer, known as the Gl W
Lands, and formerly sold by the Trustees of uo*
shen Cnurch, to Joshua Dasher, now the PJ®r
erey of CbarleB Tiot, levied on under execunou 1
against tbe said Tiot, in favor of Henry MeAipw ; |
and others.
THOfi. ELKINS, a. fc®’
mayl • 102
‘ Sheriff’s Sales.
On the first T ue. day in June I
VCWILL.be sold at the Court House in Kice , |
\M rough, Liberty County between
hours of 10 and 3 o’clock the following property*
Two negro boys, N?d and Monday, hes'JI *
cattle, more or less, 20 head of huge 4 l, orsrKi
waggon, 400acres oflan.ds on the vgE
'Creek, levied on as the propsriy ot -Bcv-io* ^^
3enr,.to satisfy n balance due ou an rXecMU"
uued frota thb Executive Ikfav.tin'*nl . ■
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