Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-28
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Monday. lr,fiy
Instead of ageneral seizure of Az Sa
can property at Moose Island, by@ IVY, q
British, since the War, as reported H.
property, wiz land,) seized during Il
war. ~
One ofthe charges exhibited ar,;
General P;ssc!l at the late Court AISs.:lSS
was. suffering daroa Dar TO pass ~
post without molestation. Its
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Eoston, Noren,Jer 10
We have received Halifax papers to :,
beginning of the present month. His %
cellcncv 1t. Gen. the Right Hon. Geo,s
Earl Of Dalhousie, the new Lieut.. Co..
nor and Commander in Chief of No
Scotia and lis Dependencies, arrived ~
the oath ult and took the 0aths of ogeoo
On the Goth, he issued his proclama,a
prorogning the General Assembly sr"u
Nov. 20. 10 Feb. l3, then to meet .or,a
dispatch of business. we
Capt. CHASE, who arrived yestera.
from Jaquemel, informs, that the Sp,n;at
Revolutionary Gen. Bolivar was at p"s.a
au-priDce. One his Clerks had yisas
JacGuemel.
The Commissioners appointed bv IL,
District of' Name, have presented Men
rial 10 the Legislature of Massachuset,,
Praying, that. the separation of Maine q,
Tie state OF the votes already given, mas
be granted. I'm the Senate, the mernors,
was committed to Messrs. Otis, Pickmaa
Pickering, Fuller and Weston; and in ~,
House, TO Mcssrs. Gorhams, Saltons,nn
Lawrence, Hubbard and Howard.
Nouembcr q
On Tuesday, agrceably to previous an
engagements, the committee from N.
Maine Convention were introduced ~
His Excellencv the Governor. BY the Al.
iutant-General. Mr.. Davis, in behalf oe
the committee, addressed fns Excellencv
Ill the following manner:
May 1t please yott'' Ercellency,
The committee from the delegates &c.
semblcd in convention at Brunswick 10
themselves the honor TO pay Their 70
spects to the Chief Mag istrate ofthc Ccr,.
monwealtli. They have observed, with
great satisfaction, the peculiarly delicate
manner III which your Excehencv has
been pleased 70 notice the subject oftbei-
MISSION, IN your communications TO the
Legislature. They beg leave TO assure
your Excallency, that whatever may be-
the result of their mission, or whatever
difference Of opinion may exist, between
the inhabitants of Maine aud Massachu-
sets proper, upon the question OF Separa-
ton, the people of Maine viii fondly che
rish sentiments Of the highest respect
and consideration for your Excellency !:
and they will devoutly offer their fervent
PRAYERS TO the Governor of the Universe.
that life, eminentlv conspicuous in the
field andin the cabinet, may long be pre-
served to this people.
To which Ills Excellcncy was pleased
to reply =
lHi'. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee,
feel gratitied that YOU have called up
on me III this manner, and with the SER
tlmeuts YOU have expressed on this occa-
sion, and the handsome manner in which
YOU have been pleased to express them.
view the question of separation as one
ofgreat importance, and hope it will COR
tlnue to be discussed with that spirit oi
liberaiIty and magnanimity by which the
Legislature have always been governed
respecting it. TWAS with this view, that
| thought it proper to call their attention
to the subject. And whether the district
of Maine is separated, or we continue one
State. shall always feel interested in the
welfare and happiness of its citizens.
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