The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-01-04
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.



al the commencement Of the past year, and
The receipts during last year were S40,365
81 ~, and the disbursements during the same
period S44, 16l AZ; leaving balance in The
treasury OH the 18th Nov. of S4203 81 l-2.
GEORGIA.
A bill has passed The Senate, reducing the
salaries of the public oficers-the governors
10 $4,000 the judges to $500. lis passage
by the House is considered probable.
S. CAROLINA.
The windmill on Cape Roman, which has
so frequently been the cause Of the shipwreck
OF vessels bound to Charleston, in consequence
of IFS resemblance 10 the Light Of that hsrbor,
has, al last, claimed The notice of the legisla-
lure Of South Carolina, who have passed
resolution appointing certain persons TO tx
mark OF distinction upon the building, 10 pre-
vent like accidents ia future.
OHIO.
Fire.-A letter from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Of
% instant, says, at 2 o'clock, Oh the morning
OF the "a instant, hre was discovered in some
out buildings in Ibis place, which coIHmunica-
ted 10 the adjacent dwellings, and before the
flames could be extinguished, all the buildings
IN one Of the best squares 10 The town were
reduced 10 ashes. ~ This account so nearly
resembles hOGr played eff upon the pubic, Of
a pretended fire IN Tie 9Th NO0, last, that 1ge
are inclined 10 tclicve IL is not frue.-Ed. Goz
bill is before the legislature Of Ohio, the
object Of which is TO reduce the compensation
Of certain officers of the government Its
proposed TO reduce the per diem allowance Of
members Of The legislature TO s..
VIRGINIA.
In this State, there has arisen collision be-
tween the Governor and the Executive Coun
Gil with respect to his prerogatve and their
authority Each party has appealed 10 the
Legislature, which, however, shews no disro-
sition 10 interfere in the controversy. The
point in dispute is, whether, in the case Of the
Governor not being present at any Of their
meetings, the Executive Council can act in
dependently of him, under the provision of
the constitution which authorizes them TO act
when the Governor is 4" absent from the gov
eminent" The Governor maintains that &C.
casional absence from the city al few miles
distance does not constitute absence from the
~-~--r'rur-dnu protests si.:..i. s,,,.L
grounds, agains; such a construction. The
Executive Council, on the other hand, dis
claiming the shield OF pure intentions interpos.
cd in their favor, challenge scrutiny, and az
firm that the construction which they have
given 10 the constitution and laws of this
commonwealth is the true one tina. il is the
only practical or practicable exposition Of
which these instruments are capable that il
is moreover the Interpretation they have re-
ceIved from the patriots who formed the con-
sttution and introduced it into practice that
1t is IN fac; the Interpretation which has been
given both TO the laws and The constitution,
from the commencement Of the government
down 10 The administration of the present Gov
ernor. The precedents are certainly in ia
vor Of the Council, but the Governor contends,
in the true spirit of q republican," not mere
Iy OF fsctious republican," as the Governor
himself has it-lhat precedents cannot change
the letter Of The law, nor length Of error jusli-
fy continuation of it. The controversy,
though conducted with professions of mutual
respect, is rather P'q"dnt. Nat. Int.
Trouble in The .4neient Dominion.-Hostili.
ties on paper have been commenced, and
prosecuted for a short time past,
between the Governor and Commander in
Chief OF Virginia, and his Select Council
In answer TO an attack made upon him by the
Council, The Governor says, " The Governor
OF Virginia, for the last FIVE years, has been no
more than reading and signing clelk. Adj
vices OF Council are called orders Of Council,
and issued as such, the COUnselloTs very fire.
quently directing the clerk, in The presence of
the Governor, 10 serve them as orders TO be
executed without any concurrence whatever,
on the part OF the Governor, who has no more
10 say IN regard To them, according TO the
avowed doctrine of several Of the CounseIlors.
than the foreman Of petit jury has with The
verdict" Again. his Exceency says, {" to
tae charge, that have been incapable Of
meeting the public exigencies from intorien-
ton, now make The only possible answer,
that there never was a more outrageous LIE,
subscribed 10 by man. ~. Y. Paper.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Bv report of The Treasurer OF the State
Of Pennsylvania. it appears, that more than
halt 81 the expenditures OF the past yeaI, was
Tor Public Improvements
The President of the United States has &C.
credited Anthony Mellen, as his Britannia
Majesty Vice Consul for the State Of North
Carolina.
NEW-JERSEY.
The Treasurer Of Ne,c Jerseg 1t has