vj'.ViU ormi'ufi' .u present on
.uul vv'.ll iiuleed thereby Uconu- in
amcasiiit* wctiiiiK'ss.
The expt-nscs cr st&nments oi ino
Jianks of this Slate, as required by a res
olution or the Assembly of 1H22, are
Jicrewitb transmitted.
Much and respectfully, gentlemen,
vour obeciient ser\ant,
.lOIlN HAVwOOl), Vvhlic Treasurer.
Jliiltiiifi, '27III December, 1SJ6.
N. h. On iiie subjecl oi CfC.ici ai
YOU are misinforiiM'd; a»ici I ran pul von
in the was to know another perbon whom
you have suspected.
The followinj^ note from Mr. Mix ap
peared in the Intelligencer of Friday
morning :
T(> Till' F.nrroHS.
iTavini^ set ii a j)ul)lication in the Akx-
andriaCia'/A tteol this date', pnrpoitin^^ to
.* I .1.1 K«r rrk^ I
•Sity Ui v'li.: c.u«*ptfu, r-.c biiOuKl no
rom')!ain of it, ii'>r v.;'iUl otlu-rb, il, m
pursuini> tiuit i-uurse. !.v liad not, ;;s we
il.ink he has. .nduli,M‘d in insinuations,
and thrown out imputaiions, very inju
rious to other ^cf.tU-nien, whose repnta-
tions are as untarnish.eil as is tluU ol *Mr.
Calhoun.
coa.'3C of vvi.ich -he said, '^oUlo
(t.deavor to merit a coniinuanco ot then
-ood opinion, in the honorable station itt
which the conlidence ol the people ol
Oliio had placed him. As he hud no-
thinir to conceal with regard to his opin
ions and political course, he would state,
tliat he was a J.upporLer oi the present
The rke-Vnsiilniff JlpprdJ.
3^. Cal/iomi and the Rip-Kap ('ouirnd. .
We published on Saturday, sa\s the
Baltimore Patriot, the proceedings of
CoiiLrress relative to n charge nuule b\
[I. Mix, and published in the Alexandria
(Jaze’tc, against Mr. Calhoun, relative to
the t rlebrated Hip-Hap contracts. 1 hat
ou" loaders may iully underswatul tin
rauM's which have produced this appeal
iVoni the Vice-President, we have con
.'fci'vfd il ni'ctssui V merely to republish,
in (-H>ne’xion, all that has appeared in the
-le ‘.papers in relation to it. A passage
in Mr. Calhoun’s letter, says the NVtional
Journal mav lead some to suppose that
ilif charge of his having parucipated it'
the p'» fi-^ of the contracts, i-j nuiiU;
ihi \iexandi i.i iJdzeae. A referen-c to
the annexed remarks of the Lditor ol
ihat paper w ill show that this is incorret i:
he savs unrquivocally, “ for ourselses,
Ave arnuit .Mr. Calhoun of any participa
tion Ml iho profits of the contract^ made
bv ■ I’.:' ” 1' " the
ao viuon; and? as he says, upon the au-
Um,'i!v of letters in his possession from
Col. Vandevcnier.
Fn-m tlic Alcxandriii Plienix (Uizottc.
Most of our readers, we presume,
Ifave eiihei- beard or read of the cele
brated Klijah Mix, whose name has
been so often as'ioci.iied with Castle Cal
houn and the Rip-i'
iiuished personage b's
apt'' a'])uh'.u al world, much
to !i.( annovancf, i.ouev. i, of those who
CO' ' ibn ted, and 'ven- still endeavoring
to -11’bn'.. . to hi'' f-.rtiine and conse-
Hr has kicked up a dust in
^Va'1ll:i■.gton, froni 'vhich the whole tribe
of hi‘ lute associates are ilymg in every
U;>e( 'ior^, dcmninnng him with an inten-
sii\ ol bitternhss, e(iualled only by that
of th‘‘ir previous I' iendship. It appeals
that ihp War Department vras yesterday
I . . Cr\t* 'I .mil*)-
be a copy of a letter addressed by me
some person in Kew-\ork, I take the
earliest opportunity publicly topronouncf
that publication not to !)o a
any letter penned by me. 1-
'2Hlh December^ lo2f).
The (lazette of I’tiday morning cor
rects its first publication ol Mr. Mix s
letter, thns-‘ln Mix’^ letter to “Uan-
cock,” which we published yi‘sterda\,
the amount (.f tbf receipt, .said to have
been given b> \'andeveTiw-r to Mix, was
accidentally on.iitcd in c -ovT-i;. It was
gio 50'), as st.ited 'n ou" r' ’.nark'- whicii
p.'ccided the leiu r. We r.-ul, ii'iso, ihai
the date was the si orM itistt ad ol I’ney/rs/
of N(.\ember, ISlJ.'i.’' It is prcsunu-d
v>ith these correrlioii;- u> be “a true
V^he fiazette of Saturday has the fol
lowing) i. r.iaiks, by wl i. h our lea'ler'i
w ill be aMe o '-me ai the ti ue rea«li:.r:
the letter 11 bn » d 10 :
“It \tas Mttr intemion to give a “tru-'
copy,” and we thought until^ the ne\t
day- that -we had Jone so. Wr did noi,
however, and we yesterday corrected an
error, »vhich though nniroportant, iel:
room for ecjuiv'^-eatio*!. Hesicb s the
mission of the “^19.500,” which w as the
an-.ount of the reecipt given by Vande-
\entei to Mix, vte utiderstand that the
interpolation of Mr. Calhoun’s n«me in
brackens, has been objected to. The
word [“Calhoun”] was inserted by us
several times, in order to make the letter
intelligible to every reader ; and by pal
ling the interpolations in brackets, we
intended to convey the idea, that they
were not in the orginal letter. We were
understood by every intelligent reader,
and Mix has only aggravated his lolly,
by resorting to a subterfuge so easily ex
posed.
While we avow om
there is.no reason whatever lo brlie\e
Mr. Calhoun guilty of any pers(Uial par
ticipation in the l^ip Raj) contract, such
as Mix alleges, we cannot but point out
what might appear to be, we hoi)e it is
not, in realiiv, an attempt on bis part to
forestall the public ssmpa'.hy, and to pro
duce an inipvessiou fhat ethers, by the
■ ■ have
uiat 11^ — ,1
convic.ion II,a. ,ul„.inis., uuo„, l!!! "i 1:Z
lllllllinibi I aiiun^ •111
fur :Ur. Adams. Mr. Adams, he said; had
hitherto pursued the policy which he be
lieved to be well calculated to advance the
happiness and prosperity ol the Union.
‘ * ('has. Courier.
atatf ?ifaislatutc.
jtONnw, .1
SKInA'IK.
vK. 8.- Mr. liilK ot Frank-
aiil of low means and it;sirmnents
endeavored to ioiurc bis reputation by —- anw inted to
u Tn'inird) ;r. ■-■u-.hicu
"' u 'h« 'u,n,nu,ur.uu0n Mr. Calhoun M r. I'icke... from .he
savs, “when such attacks assume the J .\n
From the National Journal.
Mr. Calhoun's Letter to the House of lie-
]/resentatii'es.
that ihe War Departmeni was yi-sitmay As introductory to a few brief remarks,
about to close a contract for a further sup-! ^hich appear to us to be called tor, on
ni- of siontv necessary to Lomplete the | letter, we ask the aiteniion of our
foHificalions at Old Point Comfort, and ' waders to the facts which recently occur-
that ihi.s same Elijah Mix ban made the j red, and which created tlVe occasion lor
lowest proposals; bui ju?»t when he j it.
some of his particular friends in the De- } '^jijah Mix, among others, had made
.1 _ l_ 4. . fc. « ♦ iWimr - «• X *- • -VW
3VCMV VI ••••' 1'^—
7>artment thought mat every thing was
astnus; as heart could w ish—a gentleman
opportunely arrived from New-\ork, and
as the Roanoke Senator would say, blew
them sky sir / sky hi^h!
The gtntlemaii alluded to is the author
of several articles, signed Hancock,
(which appeared m the N''w-\ ork pa
pers,) scrutin'zing i'. e oiTii iai coiiduct ol
IMr. Cull’.oun, whi'e Seer. ai‘V Ol War.
To this g‘i 'eivan IViija!. Mix addressed
ah tier, uruiei date ol Is) November,
I82j, charging Mr. Calhouti and M».
yande.venter, of the War Departn.ent,
witi a direct participation in the notori
ous Ivr-Uap com act, and stating that
he od i!m* receipt of the latte- gentleman
lb Si9,r'00, a portion of v> hich was de-
!m him, lo be for Mr. Calhoun’s
111, Iciterwas marked‘‘confiden-
tla :m,i llat^cock tioi choosing to con-
sic . it so, eominnnica.' d it yesterday to
thf Serretarv of Wav, who immediatfly
rejec r(i Mix's prop-• uds, deeming him
vmw'irthy to be a pui y in a contract, and
thinking, probably, U.at such a man
might have the haidihood here.ii'er, lo
make an atten iit upon //?5 reputi.iiov.
We have [ r (-cured a copy of the letter,
which will b. iound below, rvrhatim (I
hlernibih hal course will be pursued
t(l to it. we cannot say. Hut it is
•t,„' ( all will be made for it
1, -lav Tor ourselves, we
Laii-oun of any pai licipuiion
I ( otiiracts made by him'
in
n
b
ac(
in
I) LI
fOh
oil
\vi
he
an
-
proposals at the War Department tor a
supply of materials to complete the public
works at Old Point Comfort. The ofler
of Mix was the lowest, an(i, of course,
he was entitled to the contract, il no ob
jection existed. But when the contract
was aboui to be concluded, Mr. Saierlee
Clark, who had recently arrived in the
City from New-York, called on ihe Se
cretary of War, and asked leave to read
him a letter wrhich he had received Irom
Mix, dated November 2, 1825. When
he had arrived, in the reading, to that
part of the letter, in v. hieh it was slated
that there was evidence to show that Mr.
Calhoun had’ had participation in the
benetits of a former coniract in the De
partment, while he himself was at the
head of it, Mr. Barbour interrupted him
and observed ttiai that was a foul caltiin-
ny on the character of his predecessor in
office. Clark replied that it was so, ,and
that his object in re.aling tha letter to
the Secretary was that such a calumni
ator mighi not ha\e another contract in
ihi Department. Inis, we und-r.'iand,
at Mr Barbunr’s dwel.ing i'ouse.
On going lo tl'i Department, aiul tellect-
ir.g on the sn -jict, he caniP to the con
clusion that Mix w.is not a nropc-r pei-
-,.ii to de.d with, and j.a\e accoidingly
il.c f .viiari t ) the next i-uldrr. and im-
jiifd'inn'.'ii nt'irucif ihe Utter to i'ldrl;. )i
w;--.'.. >1 II'' fil'-' I theDepai t-
/''V ' . - .
ii'.’t t ispcjseu to aCMUii liini ol
anvt. .M>1 . jn we disbeiievo tl.p
Ml ' iaii-p 'o Mr. \ atide\i'n(
V t'l* broili' i-in-law ol Alix, until
. ; !'u\c vii.Qicalcd his cluiract* r,
' ,1,1-",ed .MiX lor so unprincipled
;in outrage.
aer„%'rtOK'?}, Xoi\ i, 182.i.
'l O ri!K AU'I IlOK OF HANCOCK
If . . inlt.i roa .>>n iswuiiied on the
j.jb of Mr. ('al rain’s infidiliiy, I have
il ;t. >, \ Dower, I tbiiik, to furnibh you
jti: -. ' ieiit to a^\uken any unbiass
ed > iiid. 'nat he was cone erned in the
Him IJap r;,.Tiirn(t, either directly or in-
,li '. .!id 1 h iNC written letters ol
Vatidei \ e’lter’s ti'v h most posili%e!y
meiitior., itot ''•[(. alhoun] was engaged
ilot
atul r ceived s
tr.i
in ' tr •'
10 I' 1 ti' [ ^ . ll.ot
pelhng lo '
jiortion of the con-
:iut Vandeveiiur was
i f It, and 1 rc))iTset.led
, 1 he injustice of com-
pv.', the aii.ount of the ad-
vatite v'birl' ‘an-lcveMtci hud received.
Hr mid nn- hir; -li:usiun was final, and
that there was no appeal,—jltnougb he
must ha.e Uno\'n the injustice f-l '.hede-
cis! n, and I p.t'.e biiO; a' the same time,
a M . . ip' w Inch I tied ierpi\ed tVoiu V'un-
uhu b he iCalliuun , iifus«.-d to
j,, 1,1 tin- I ui tj_oin \ ou a'5 ."ai U
slate W I.at W j\ 1 snail dl-
r.M-' vou, VouFcb'.'iicn'; E. MfTic-
mcnt, not >any k«‘pt ol n. ihe
eoj.> U'^ea ..>! pul.di. ation by ihe uewspa
pcrs Wits ,biaincd, we suppose Ump
('l.irk hinr^eif. 'I'lu se are the lacts as
e have underslood them, atid as we be
lieve they exist.
The occurrence having become known,
and the letter itself Ijeing publisned, Mr.
Calhoun on V’riday made his communi
cation to the House.
W hether the oixasion called for any
such pioceeding at all as that which Mr.
Calhoun has adopted, is a question which
we are not disposed to discuss. In that
particular b.e had a perfect right to judge
for himself, and to decide on wh.it his
station and character requiretl, W.- can
not rt frain IVoni obber\ing« howt'ver,
that he seems to us to have placed him
self in a condition of consid. l abie aw h--
wardness by one pait of the proceeding;
we mean by his ai;andoning tiie «.hair ol
thf Senate,' until the matter should be
iiujuired into, and dispobed of: for, alter
all, .here is no charge against bin;, ex
cept what is stated solely on Mix’s au
thority, whom he hiinsell designaies as a
“ base instrumentj” and. iberelure. w bom
he can hardly consider capable, by his
own bare assertion, of fixing any sVigrna
on any fair irputaiion. We repeat, how-
-ever, that Mr. Calhoun was llu.- nglrlul
judge of w hat his own ( har.-ctt r requi
red j and,--although-we niigl^: dilhr u-iih
ing placed among the i)ublic records, an
oni'.-,er thus assailed, however base the
instrument useil, il conscious of innj-
cence, can look for ufuge only to the
H.ill of the iiiuivjdii’> rrpiesentatives ol
11 ( i’rople. Il 13 tiius I f;nd myself most
un* xpecledh placed. ’
Now, as 'we have a’ready said, no
charge against Mr. Calhoun has been
placed among the records, or, by any
other aci, been made in any degree otti-
cial. As we have already slated, Mr.
Bail.our having r. ad Mix’s letter, with
becoming nromp!itude and j’.ist leeling
of indigiialion, refus ;S lo give ^lix the
contract, and returned the letter to its
owner. No copy was made of it at the
Department, nor was any trace ot the
ocrurrence left upon its records. I hese
being the facts, what ground is there we
ask, for the foregoing statement in Mr.
Calhoun’s letter t'
Aj?ain; Mr. Calhoun says, “On Wed
nesday morning last, “it was lor the
tirst time intimated to me, that charges
ol a very serious nature against me were
lodged in one of the “ Executive Depart
ments. ”
. Now, the facts which we have already
stated show that no charge was lodged in
the Department against Mr. Calhoun.^—
No charge was made against him. The
charge, as fur as there was any charge at
all, was a charge by Clark against Mix,
of having slandered .Mr. Calhoun.
Il is further be remat'ked, that in that
nassape of his communication which we
have first above cited, Mr. Calhoun
speaks of ?. “ base iiistvument” having
been “i.'sr.p” to assail his character. By
“base instrument,” we suppose he means
Mix:btit who, would he have the public
bt lleve, ha". “ vsur Mix for the purpose
of a:.sailing his ciiaracter ? Connecting
this form cf txpiession v^ith what he
says of the charges being “lodged mone
of the r.xeeuiive Departments;” and ol
ils being made “ ihe basis of an oiricial
act,” the iid’erence niiglit naturally lol-
lovv, -thai Mr. Calhoun does mean to
leave it to be inferred that the Secrctasy^
of War has Mix for the purpose of
assailing his character. If we are noi
mistaken in this view of the matl«r, we
shall be glad to see our error pointed oui.
ir w’e are in no error, we are then con
strained to sa.y it becomes Mr. Calhoun
»o make such explanation as will show
that Mix, in his foul aspersion ol the
public character of an iudividual, has
not found an imitator.
We have yet another observation to
make on this letter of the Vice-President;
and w ith that we shall uke leave ol the
su bject for the jMesetit. It ir, this: Ihe
I,-tier would produce the impression that
Mr. Cali'.oun bad now for the Hrst time
betti made acquainted v'ith sny iniputa-
tions on his character in regard to the
Kip Hip contract. Now, it wa^ statec.,
aiul truly ctatcd in our paper of Monday,
mat Ibis was no new mailer, Out merely
the revival of an old Moi y. The gross»-st
irnputatioiis had bem made upon ibe
j ( h.wacter of Ml. (■ lihoi.n, in regard to
I'li- us!!i''SS, while he was siiil Secreta-
ly Courts of Rutherford, Burke and I.m
tohi,” without amendment. The bih
was then read the second and third times,
and a message was sent to the other
House, asking iheir concurrence in the
amendment made by the Senate on the
second reading of the said oill.
On motion of Mr. M’Leary, the com
mittee on the Judiciary "'ere instructed
to inquire into the cX4)cdiency ol so a
• I _ - _ t t I 1 t / »I'
VaiuAY, JA^u^av S.—Messrs Donohp,
Wv h'*, Scott and Fi- h. i wt re up;n nte^'
a coir.niiuee oti t’l s .ojfci ol esiaOli>ih.
ing a Medical Board for this State.
Mr. Swain, from the committee to
whom was referred the petition of sundry
citizens of Burke and Buncombe, on the
subjcct of a new county, reported that
tl,e committee deem it inexpedient lo
grant their prayer.
The report was concurred in.
Mr. Scott presented the memorial of
A. D. Murphey, stating, that in conse
quence of tht lottery granted him at ihe
last Session being restricted to three
drawings, and the sum authorised to he
rai-i d so small, he was unable to dispose
of the scheme to individuals who deal in
that kind of adventure, and praying ihui
the Legislature will authorise him to
raise a larger sum, and that no restric-
lions may be imposed on the number (jf
drawings. Referred to a select commit
tee.
Mr. Fisher ofT. red a resolution, propos-
inii: the appoinuncni of a joint coinmittee
of hoih Houses,Jio prepare a memorud to
Congress, praying for an i xtincii(ni nf
the icinaining Indian title to lands in ihl^
State; which was laid on the table
The House went into a rommitiee o?'
ihc vvlioleon the bill respectingthe grant,
ing of licences to students of law under
age; but rose without making any amend
ment to the bill. It was then put on its
passage, and, after a short debate, rejeci-
ed—81 to oy.
6.-Mr. Bain, from
and administrators, as to
tlemenis with the Court
ILUUAY, J.aNTTARY
vv. . I rommiitce appointed to conduct the
mending the law i,uHoiing for Public Printer, reported thi‘
■ • ■ ‘ make men sti- . t t-U.nrri.
final, at some
limited' time, after the heirs come to
miiurcage. , , r ,i
The following engrossed bills from the
House of Commons were read the hrsi,
second and third times, and ordered to
be enrolled : A bill to establish a poor
house in Anson county ; and a bill to a-
niend the act of 1825, establishing a poor
house in Burke county.
vHunsDAV, JAN. 9.—A mossage from
I.awrence fee Lemay were duly electcd:
which report was concurred in.
A message was ivcoived from the Se
nate, agreeing to refer the memorial ol
A. I). Murphey to a joint select Com-
mittee. Messers. I’orney, Stokes, M’Kay,
Sneed and Montgomery, of the Senate,
and Messrs. Scott, Alfred. Moore, Potter,
Alexander Sc Spruill, were appointed the
said committee on the part of thi«
House.
Mr. Strange, from the committee or
vHunsDAV, JAN. 9. A mossage 1 o * i. • t to whom was re-
ihe House, proposing that I le two ous- .' . petition of sundry citizens ol
ses proceed this day to l)allot for two
Judgesofthe Superior Courts, to sup
ply the vacancies occasioned by the re
signation of Judge Nash and the death
of Judge Paxton; and stating that \XiUie
P. Man'nim, James Marlin, Robert
Stranges'^i'hB’s P. Devereux and Joseph
Pickett are in nomination; which propo
sition was agreed to. _
The other House having concurred in
the amendments made by the Senate to
the engrossed bill lo amend the act ol
18:o, ibr the better regulation of the
County Courts of Rntheroford, Burke
and Lincoln, the said bill was ordered to
be enrolled.
The proposition from the House ot
Commons, that the (lovernor’s message,
and the resolution of the Legislature ot
Georgia which accompanied it, be re
ferred to a select joint committee, was
agreed to, and Alessrs Seawell, Pickett,
lijit'iiiai 1 111 » V--^T
ferred the petition of sundry citizens ol
Burke r.o^nty;, reported unfavourable to
their praycr.—Concnrred in.
The resign.ition of William Uismukc*:
as Colonelcommandant of the first regi
ment of Anson County Militia, was read
and accepted.
Mr. Bain presented a resolution, in
siructing the committee on Internal Im
provement to inquire into the expedien
cy of altering and amending the several
acts in force, relative to common hii;h
ways or roads, leading to places ol pulj*
lie worship.
The bill to amend the revenue act by-
taxing gates at race courses, was reau
the third time, and on motion of Mr
Wyche, postponed indefinitely.—Ayei
66, Nays 62.
Monday., January S.
Mr. Strange, from the commitiee oi
Internal Improvement, to whom was rc-
■ .•II . IT/^uq-
a,reeU .o. and Messrs Pickou ^ floas
M’Kay, Spa.Rht ol ;'7,Ve,ec. qalcs across ccruin roaJs
„eri: apiwinicd said commmct. on hat it is ejncdienl to pass th
red; hnclr-aiihoug-tt-we ouk“- ^ - ’ . , —
him in rtjurd to the proiirict/ or nc.cca-l to tly: coijipany i-i .;‘.:.orra-dtc^
VVai, and pubiisliecl in this cilv,
under hisow; i of which, neverllieles.--
he dill not deem ii neci‘"-sary lo take an>
public, jinlie'-'. In |)r'ol ol ibis, take tin
following p..ragra])h. iVotii the Washing
ton (iazelte, M^y» IB2J.
“When the inifpiiious Hip Rap con
tract was loriiu'd, Air. Calhoun was at
his post, and instead of being guardian
of the “puolic ireasury, wna (/rivy tu
Hit fraud practised on the governnunt. ”
To what motive then arcwc to ascribe
a e present elToi l, Which we think is evi-
ik-ir l' tnad'J in Ihe letle!', of rei)i>'senting
the present otciirrence as a new bi:t pre-
mrdilaied aitack, now suddenly made on
the Vice-Presidtnl tor the i)urposo ol
pr(jsiraiing l»is reputation and character:
'I’be suli ject is now beloi e a C'ommillee,
which, while w" are ccjr.lidint that it will
tlo entire justice to Mr. Calhoun, will do
cfpial justice also, we trust, to otliers.
A I’nblir. Dnitier uas recently given lo
Ceneral llnrrison, one of lh; St nators in
Congress from ihe State of Ohio, bv tiie
riii/rns o! ^iib>oii (Miiitiiv, in the Stale
oi li.(liana, on tlie oC( asion of his v isiling
llial lit igbbol iiood. tJii tne (ji'iicrals
iMudih b. iirgdraiik, he rclnim;il h_is lhank ;
in the
part of the Senate.
Mr. King presented the petiiion ol
sun’dry inhabiiants of Iredell county, in
relation to the duty of coiifitables. Re
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
The Senate entered upon the orders of
ihe dav,and resolved itself into a com-
mittee'of the Whole,; Mr. Wilson of
l'^(?geconibe in the Chair, on the bill giv
ing lo the people the election ol Sheritls;
and, after about two hours spent therein,
ihe committee rose and reported the bi.l
] wiih an amenflnieiit. lo strike out the
I ii!-.si sectioti. On the question to concur
'vviib the report of the commitiee,^the
vca'. and navs being equal—31 to "1—
the Speaker'gave his casting vote in the
•irVi! inativo. On motion of Mr. Speight,
of (;reetie, the bill was then postponed
indefiniiely.
Mr. Sneed, from the committee ap
pointed to conduct the balloting ior two
Judges of the Superior Courts, reported
I but' Robert Strange was duly elected.
Conci*ned in.
ivEDNF-SLiAV, JAN. 10.—Mr. I'omcy,
t’rom the commitiee appointed to con-
,!u(.t the balloting for a Judge of the
Superior Courts, reported that James
Marlin, of Ro>vaii couniy, was duly elec-
icd. t^jncurred in.
Mr. Leak, from the comtr/ittcc appoin
ted to conduit the' balloting for Maj.
(ieneral of the Hth division, reported
that Brig. ^ren. Jaines O. K.. illiams
was duly elected. Concurred in.
ilousn or commons
rru.usuvY, jam \hy 4.—Mr. Morehead
presented a bill to advance ti.e adminis
tration (jf jusiice in Courts ot I'^tiuiiy, and
to establish Co irts lor that purpose;
which Was or'iered lo lie on ilie table and
be primed.
Mr. MoreV.ead pre'.entoi a Lil! to e-
maneipa'e slaves on ecrlain conditions;
wliieli was ordered to lie on th'j table
I and hr printed. Mr. r>hepperd, a bill to
I pic:>c;u litig^flon by rerulaviiig costs in
certain ca r's; w liicli was rc.'\d the hrst
tlioeaiid icl'erri'd to the comnuLtee on the
Juf'ir.iary.
Ml'. H..in, who voted in ilie m.'joi ity on
the (piestion of the ri'jeelion ot the bill,
lo provide for the sup[)ort (jf the insol
vents and Ihe edueaiioii nl'iheir children,
movTil for its : c Lousidcv;;’iv,';.^ ',}hic!i
w;is;u‘j:Ulvevl. ~ —
lUII IV^
reported that it is expedient to pass tlic
same, which report was concurred in.
Mr. Allison then moved for the indefinite
postponement of the bill, which was ne
gatived, and the bill passed its secunc
reading. .
Received from the Governor bv hi5
private Secretary, Mr. Campbell, a mes
sage, transmitting a resolution of the Le
gislature of Georgia, instructing the Sen
ators and requesting the Represeniaiivcs
of that State in Congress “to promoti'
such an alteration of the Constitution o.
the United Slates as will prevent the
election of President from devolvinj; ii'
any event on the House of Represeiita
lives, and which, at the same time, "iH
7)rescrve inviolate all the rights ol u>e
States growing out of the compromises
of the Constitution;” which was scni w
the Senate, wiih a proposition lii^i . !?
said resolution he referred to a scit>
committee.
tl'f.sday, jav. 9.—On motion ol . ^
Foy, the committee on the Judicia.;
wc:‘e instructei! to inquire into
pedlciicy of so amending the law i i
tion to the levying of executions b. co..
stables on insolvent debtors’ lands, ab
include all the executions which n.uy «
in the hands of a constable in one sc.i
facias, and thereby incur thereon butoiv.
set of costs.
Mr. Newland presented a resolutK
i„ fuvor of Samuel M’D. Tate. Siu'ir
of Burke couniy; vvhich was relerred i-
the committee of Claims.
The bill to empower Jos. Houston.'^'
Iredell couniy, to erect gates across
tain roads, was read the third time >•“
order to be engrossed.
vvr.nNESDAY, JAN. 10.—Mr. Carson pf‘
senied ih'j following resolution,
was adcjjiicd : . „
Whereas in many parts of this _
mu'-.h dilViculty is experienced in
ing proper persons to accept the app«''^‘^
n,. nt of Constables, "owing, in .
Uit; smallness of the lees and the
respo’isibility under the bonds nou
tfuired to be given by them:
Ht.ohrdy 'i'hat the committre on
Judiciary be instiuctedlo J
the expeiiiene.y of so amending * , j.
relaiivi' to Constables, as lo-allow
a cei'tain per centum on all exeiu • |
eolh-cied and accounteil lor by theii^
Mr, Pjr.' nrcsvnl(;U 'he pcut.icn o