Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-16

.ssipned otEerHiights and duties. which the
Legislature of Maryland believe they are
perfectly competent to perform w''hout ,he
corre Give interPos,iirn OF any other tiipu
nal and more especially OF That one which
al all others shout be most tree from The
influence of preconcered arrangement,
When the people shall have iaitd to
make the election, then and not I'LL then,.
will the period arrive Tor the members OF
Congress acting as the represe natives OF
the American people, to decide on the
qualifications and merits OF the respective
candidates.
The Legislature OF Maryland are not
discussed TO deny that when the Coustitu'
ton I, IN dd' ger, when an administrator
upprovsd By a majority Of the people, when
ony principle Of soDsrnmsnt essential 10 US
prosperity and happiness, IS likely 10 DE
defeated by a party 10 opposition entertain
inr different views and avOniDg hostile
sentiments, then very properly resort may
he had TO this expedlent, to produce UNION
Of sentiment and concert OF action among
the friends of the government. A nation
may be saved from danger aud destruction
by this remedy; but IN times OF pubic
peace and tranquility, when nothing ois'
trrbs the beathiul state OF the body pol''
tic. the people calm, dispassiunate and so
yereign. should not be Interrupted IN The
pursuit OF their legitimate purposes; there
| tore, ,, r
Be it Resoived By The GenerslAssembty Of
Maryland, That they disapprove Of, and
will dlscountenance, any Congressional
caucus nomination al this time OF Presi.
dent and Vice President OF the United
States. and that the Senators and Repre-
sentatives of this state in Congress be- re.
ouested to use their influence 10 prevent
tbs same. ;,
Resolved, That copy Of this preamble
and resolution be forthwith transmitted 10y
his excellency the Governor TO each OF the
Senators and Representatives IN Congress.
From the N Y Euening Post, Dec. |.
PORTUGAL.
The latest accounts from Lisbon state
that the ship Incompatible had arrived
there from Pernambuco, with 800 troop!
on board being part OF those which evacu
aed Bahia, and were subsequently cap
tured by Lord Cocbrsne. Three othe
vessels had also arrived there with car
! poes on board, having cleared out Tor Glib
raltar. The 18th Oct. being the brit
dsy of the Brazilian Emperor Don Pedro
was celebrated in Lisbon with great re-
io,cings. The Cortes had discontinued
ib- reloicings on the EmPeror's birthday
but the King had eneWed them under al
expectation of pleasing Don Pedro. ant
fattering him into disposition 10 return
: home and act the part OF dutltul son.
FORT ANTHONY AND EYPEDI.
TlON TO SANTA FEE.
ap,ears from the ST Louis papers o
The 10Th ult that the Indians at Fort 81
:. Anthony, within the agency OF Mayor la
liaIerro, continued to manifest The mos
friendly disposition towards the citizen
nj the United States. A counsel was he'll
a .hor, time since. composed OF Dumer0u
formations of Indians, in which they re-
newed all their former professions OF ami
~ The troops at The Mississippi pos
learn ne ala" s 81 BIZ lh9ushe W 6fs'ft
Fort Crawford. The celebrated Colone
Dixon, formerly in the British Indian ser
vice. died a, Drum mond's Island, leavin
y q wife and SIX children. II is said bla
ample provision will be made for them. :
Several me bers OF the expedition wbIc
lett St. Louis tor Santa Fee. had returned
7 in good health. They did not desps'r o
, realizing the objects Of the expedition
They passed through the various nation
OF the iioians and were treated kindly
Nothing was known of The fate OF Nc
Knight. The greatest obstacle to the sue
cess of these gentlemen was the JealoL
and ,antalizlng conduct OF the Spanlards
who. under the pre'ence Of saving then
from the Indians, would order them II
from their trapping stations, when It va
believed the Indians were more friendly
to the American party than they were II
the Spanisrds.
FROM THE SQUADRON.
By the arrival OF the scbr Princess Ann
Banks, in ;s days from Havana, We Iear'
tha, the u. S. schrs, Porpose, 1t. Com'd
Ramage; Ferret, Lit. Com'dt Duncan
and Jsckall, Lit Com'dt Oellers, were a
Havana on the goth ull the last vessel t'
sail Immediately on a cruise around The
south side of the island. The Wild Cat
H. Com'dt Wolber;, arrived on the i4tb
and sailed two days afterwards tor hatsn'
zas. The Greyhound, Lieut.. Faragut
was at Tbompson's Island on the l4'h
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