Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-26
DOMESTIC.

Perhaps no case which has been brought be-
.ore "a Court Martial since the establishment
sfthe Navy has involved such important Ques-
tons and principles i'll relation 10 the discipline
aud welfare of the service, as this and none,
we are confident, has ever excited more in
tense interest in those acquainted with the
facts, and the nature of the prosecuton.-At
present IL would be improper for us To enter
into particulars. The Court, /; gives us plea
sure To say, is compOs, of bIgh-rnlnded, hon
Durable aud intelligent men, from whose de
iiberatiODs we have reason to anticipate q de
cision which will be worthy OF such charac-
ter.
The defence was delivered by General Tay-
Tor, acting as Counsel for the accused, aud
occupied little more than two hours in the
delivery. The room in which it was delivered
was crowded, and such WAS the interest and
curiosity excited on the occasion, that could
here have been a certsisiy Of accommodate
ton for all that might have attended, The press
of spectators would have filled To ov erfiowing
the largest building that could have been
selected an the staiion.-The defence, as had
been anticipated, was a mastery one,-at once
bold, manly and animated, and borrowing adj
dltional lustre from the e acefil and elegant
manner of its delivery. In a word, il was
such defence as might become "a brave and
cb,alrous heart TO conceive, and an eloquent
and classic tongue TO utter.
The Court have been occupied with this
case since the 30ih January. Some delay was
occasoned by the necessity of obtaining from
the editor of the Savannah Georgian, evidence
in legal form To identify the author of the a.
anonymous and lib-ous attack in that paper
Of October o, on Lieut. Kennon, which was
not received until last Wednesday. Herald.
OF the Town meeting, held on Wednesday af-
terDoon in the Count, Court House. We
learn that there was similar one in South
wark in the evening, at which the friends of
Mr. Calhoun went over, in like manner, Ia the
standard of General Jackson. The asse IN
b!age at the County Court House, was yery
ooisterous, ne are told, until the surrender or
capnulation was announced. This stilled the
uproar-a h+ye5 We're siraned-all ears in
clined-ail faces animated with expectation
and surprise. Until within the few days be-
fore, Il had been s0 confidently asserted that
MIR. Calhoun was preferred by the majority
OF the Pennsylvania Republicans, so much
toll and trouble bad been SO long undergone
IN pleading his Cause and emblazoning his
lite and acions-ihat curiosity was excited 10
know in what terms aud from what ostensible
motives, he would be abandoned for General
jackson.
The kno'oing ones have since argued that
his principal d'Ocates had at length discov-
cred hts cause &c be desperate in this common
wealth, aud resolved 10 side at once with
General Jackson in order To retain some inffu-
ence al least ia our affairs Others have sur
missed that it is hoped finally to defeat the
success OF The General, by a present seeming
corporation ~nh his adherents or at ali
events, 10 case II shall appear in the end that
Pennsylvania can not carry him To the Office
of President, to secure her weight for the
scale of Mr.. Calhoun. We cannot, ourselves,
pretend to furnish the real meaning and drift
Of such sudden and violent e,elutions, not
being adopts III party tactics bat the alleged
reason is certainly good-the duty of presery-
ing harmony and defeating the late nomina-
ton at Washington. With regard To the
election of the next President, no object is so
important as the Illustration of so outrageous
an attempt as that of the sixty-six usurpers.
Nat. Gdz.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, MEETING.
A full meeIiDg was held in Fanpui Hall on
Sunday evening last, when Col. Samuel ID.
Harris was chosen Chairman, and John b.
Davis, Esq Secretary when resolutions were
adopted on motion Of Samuel A. Wells, ESQ.
Recommending the Hon. JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS, as the most suitable candidate for
the Office OF President of the II. States and
expressing the opinion, that in his election 10
the first office of the Republic, IFS dignity
would be supported, IFS honor sustained. and
its welfare promoted. They also voted, that
a Congressional Caucus, for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for the Office of Presi-
dent and Vire President, would, at this time,
be dangerous expedient TO control public
opinion, and hostile TO the spirit of the consti-
tuition. They also appointed Committee of
Correspondence, consisting Of Hon. Aaron,
Hill, Gel. Samuel ID. Harris, Samuel A. Wells,
Esq. Major Joseph T.. Smith, John Brazer
Davis, Esq. Gesrge Halett, Esq. Col Gerry
Fairbanks, Col. Russell Jarvis, MIR. Charles
Steward, MIR. John p. Rice, Mr. VIM. Barry,
and Mr.. Charles Wells, with full pswers 10
adopt such measures in relation 10 the SUBJ
lect rs they may deem expedient, and to cor
respond with such men, or bodies of men, in
this and other states, As may be authorized
and disposed 10 cooperate in carrying into
effect the measures adopted by the meeting.
Although the weather was Indictment, the
meeting WAS fully attended and the resoIu-
lions adopted nearly unanim ously, only one
IN the negative. Boston Centinel.
FRESHETS.
The interior papers give numerous accounts
uf,he destruction 0f bridges, &c. by the fresh
cts between the nth and 18th instant. The
bridge az Northampton, and two bridges at
Dover, are nfthe number. The Bellows Fails
paper mentions, the entire or partial destruc-
ton Of bridges at marlborough, between
WaIpole aud Westminster, WestmOreland and
Putney, Windsor and Cornish, CharlestOwn
and Springfield, and between Hartford and
Lebanon. These bridges cross the Connect
lieut. river. Also five bridges on Williams RI
yer several on the AshuelOt and Mesrmack,
and three on Cold river, in Ac@Orth. A si-
milar rise of water has not been recoIlected