Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

After the journal Of yesterday had
been read, in part of which the fact Of
Mir Randolph's having yesterday an.
nounceo the death Of Mr.. Pinkney was
stated
Mr.. Randolph rose and observed, that
he prayed the indulgence Of the House
and OF the delegation from MARYLAND.
and particularly Of the young member
behind him (hlr Nelson, Of Md whom,
a. we'll Is his late father, his fellow Ia.
bourer in that house, he was happy to
call his friend, for having announced /.
fact which took place yesterday, though
not true at the time the annunciatioa
was made. HE alluded to the death Of
Mr.. Pinknsy, of Maryland]-and it wa,
due to his own character to state with
precision the canal through which be oh.
tanned the information. On She seats
reserved for them, saw, said Mr.. R.
one of the Justices sfthe Supreme Court
of the United States, who told me that
the fact was 80. l asked him if he was
sure Of it. He replied that he was
for he had just seen another gentleman
"a most worthy member of the bar Of
Baltimore, equally entitled to credit and
mono could be mere so--whe told him
that he had seen the corpse. From
thence returned to my seat. At that
moment gentleman from Ohio, (Mr.
Ross) was addressing the chair. The
intervening time did not, as well ~ I
could judge, exceed two minutes; and
time, under such circumstances, would
hardly appear shorter than the reality.
l was myself, said Mr.. R. under an i'm.
pulse which was utterly unable to con.
troll, as now am to control the throb.
ing arteries of my frame. 1t was under
that impulse that announced it as . fact
to the Hoass-for could not bear that
we should be occupied with that sort Of
which was then pending, or
with any at 4 time when loss had oc.
Cured to this nation, anda void created
which naver can be filled-ths loss of q
man whose legal reputation transcribed
that Of any other man in this country
tho President OF thst Conrt--of which
both were illustrious ornaments-only
excepted; for Of all others, it might DO
said, that, in point Of professional re-
nown, at least, they were prorimi longs
intsruaiio. Mr.. r. concluded by eI.
pressing the hope, that the apology 10
had made would be accepted by those to
whom it was addressed He owed lite
his very respectable informant to state,
that the whole grew out Of that gentle
mans mistaking the statement of tho
gentleman from whom he had drawn hs
information, (which was, that he seen .
person who said he had seen the last sac
remains of Mr.. P. and not that he had
seen them himself)
By unanimous consent the entry above
to in the Journal was then sI'
plunged.
On motion of Mr.. Smith, Of Md. tho
order of business Of the day was dispen-
sed with, and recess at the pleasure
VI tuO LASubS W&6 uAb0SICo.
Soon afterwards a message was re-
ceived from the Senate, announcing the
death of the Hen. WILLIAM PlNKNEh
a Senator ofthe United States from
the state of Maryland, and that h" IT,
neral would be attended on tomorrow
from the Senate Chamber, at II O'Clock
in the forenoon.
Mr.. Smith, Of Nd. then rose apc SUD-
mitted the following resolution, which
was unanimously agreed to:
RESOLVED, That this house will stten0
the funeral of the Hon. William PINK
ney. late a member Of the Senate irons
the state of Maryland, to morrow "
II o'clock; and, as testimony OF.
spsct for the memory of the dsce''so,
will 60 into mourning, and wear crap
for thirty days.
And then the House adjourned over
to Thursday.
Ton Monday, our readers are apr,
zed of Mr.. Randolph's having mossa
md carried an adjournment of the hou.'
On the premature report of MIR. f'ns,
ley's death. That event having 10.
we publish Mr.. Randolph
on the occasion
Mr. Randolph rose, he said TO az
1ounce to the House fact, which, ~
loped would put an end, at least w.
his day, to all further jar or coII',S~'
,sre or elsewhere, among the msmD',
If this body. Yes, for this one day..
east, said he, let US say. as our u"
mother said to our first father,
.While vet we live, scarce one short as''