Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-31
COMMUNICATED.
TO VIRGINIA LAND HOLDERS.

III may not DE amSS 10 Ie"iInu you, uid'
all lands sold by WIN. D. Taylor: (the de-
sgnated collector for the state Of Virginia,)
prior 10 the lst of June, 1919, and bought
by him in behalf of the United States, will
be forfeited to the United States, if not re-
deemed at the Office of Richard Jeffries, esq.
the clerk Of the United States district court
in Richmond, on or before the 3Ist inst.
All sales made since the first Of June,
1919, may be redeemed at the said office, at
any time within two years from the day of
sale. SUBSCRIBER.
At a late Supreme Judicial Court, held
in Massachusetts, came on the case of
Charles A. Goodrich VS.. Moses NJ Child
The plaintiff is minister of the Gospel,
and was charged by the defendant with
embez 81 ling or keeping back the funds Of
certain Society of Ladies in Worcester,
called the Female Western Mission Soci-
ciety, and also the POUNDS of the Asylum
for Deaf and Dumb Persons. The de-
PENDANT pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff
proved the speaking of The words set forth
in the declaration. The defendant OBJ ect-
ed that the words set forth were not, when
taken in their natural sense, defamatory;
and, as they could not be aided by inuen-
dos in giving to them meaning different
from their common import, they were
not actionable as, to charge another with
keeping back moneys does not necessarily
Imply crime, or impute to the one keep
ing it back any moral wrong. The court
over-ruled the objection, observing, that
it was alleged in the declaration that the
plaintiff was Minister of the Gospel,
and the moneys which were said to be
kept back were contributed in aid of cha
ritable institutions, the words themselves,
without inuendos, were actionable The
Judge summed up the evidence, telling
the jury it was their duty to give such
damages as they thought proper, taking
care not to ruin the defendant, nor to
send the plaintiff out of Court without an
indemnity The jury brought in YER
dict of us dollars in favor of the plain
tiff-Nat Gag.
From the London Courier, Of april S.
Madrid, March IS.
The special committee of the Cortes,
appointed to consider of the internal Sc
curity of the nation, has made report
through the medium of Segnior Calatra
va, of which the following is the sub
stance:
GA systematic series of plots exist for
the overthrow of the constitution. These
plots are directed by supreme Junta, un-
der which are secondary Juntas. Central
points for a similar plots have been esta-
blished by Spanish refugees, particularly
at Bayonne and at Paris in the Rue de
Richelieu. Many rich members OF the
clergy take part in this conspiracy. 1t
has shown itself openly on three occasions:
|. In the month of june last, when 1t
was attempted to disturb the session OF
the Cortes
Q. In the month of November, during
the residence of the King at the Escurial
3. At the commencement OF the present
session, on the dismissal of ministers who
had evinced SO much zeal in the mainten-
ance of the new institutions.
"The object of these plots is the re-es-
Enlistment of absolute power. 1t was
proposed among the conspirators to take
possession Of his majesty's person, or even