Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-17

LEIGH, the seat OF government oil NORTH
CAROLINA on Wednesday last, a day EAR
lier than he was expected. He vas re-
ceived with most respectful greetings
by the authorities of the State, and with
open arms by the People. lie wa
welcomed by the Governor of the State
in a neat Address, and in another by
Colonel WILLIAM Polk, a compatriot
of the Revolutionary War. The Stu
dents of the University of the state, dis
tant thirty miles from the S pot, repair
ed in a body to meet him, and with him
viewed Canova's Statue of WASHING
Tos. He partook of a Public Dinner
andBall on the day &evening of bis arri-
val, received visits on the following
morning, & on the afternoon of Thurs
day resumed his route 10 the South.
Nat. Int.
A report has been raised, and has
spread very widely, we observe, that
Chief Justice MARSHALL is about to re-
sign the important trust which he dis
charges with such universal respect.
We feel ourselves authorized to state,
and we do so W ithmuch pleasure, that the
report is wholly unfounded. We hope
the country will yet enjoy, for many
years, the benefit of his luminous mind
and upright judgment. bid.
An important Constitutional question
was yesterday decided in the Senate,
by the refusal to admit Mr.. LANnAN TO
a Seat in the Senate, under a commits
sion from the Governor, granted before
the expiration of Mr.. L's late term of
service. This is the first time this ques-
ton has been adjudicated under such
circumstances as to form a precedent:
and we presume it may now be consi.
Sered as a settled construction of the
Constitutional provision, that a vacan-
cy must have literally Happened" or
come to pass, before an appointment
can be made to Gil it. The cas- has
once been questioned, and decided
differently, but it was in strong party
times, all the Federal Members voting
for and the Democratic Members "a
, gainsti it: undo which circumstances the
decision las not been much respected as
a precedent. So far as it was a prece-
dent, il is now reversed.-Ud
The Senate yesterday removed the
Injunction of secrecy from so much of
their proceedings as relates to the ques.
ton taken on confirming the nomination
of MIR. Clay 60 the Office of Secretary
of State; and on a reference to the Ex-
e%cutive journal, we find the vote there
recorded to be twenty seven in favour
of confirming, and fourteen opposed to
it.
On the question, @Will the Senate ad-
wise and consent to the appointment of
| HENRY CLAY"-Those who voted ia
the affirmative, were Messrs. Barton
of Missouri, Bell of New Hampshire,
Benton of Missouri, Bouligny OF Lou
I~isiana, Chandler OF Maine, Chase of
Vermont, Clayton of Delaware, D'Wolf
Of Rhode Island, Dickerson of New
Jersey, Edwards of Connecticut, Gail
lard Of S. Carolina, Harrison of Ohio,
Hendricks of Indiana, Holmes of Maine,
Johnston Of Louisiana. Kane of Illinois,
King of Alabama, Knight of Rhode Isl
and, Lloyd of Maryland, Lloyd of Mas
sachusetts, Mills of do. Rowan of Ken
lucky, Ruggies of Ohio, Seymour of
Vermont, Smith of Maryland, Van Bur-
en- of New York, Van Dyke of Della
ware-27.
Those who were in the negative. were
-Messrs. Berrien of Georgia, Branch
of ". Carolina, Cobb of Georgia, Ea-
ton of Tennessee, Findlay of Pennsyl-
vania, Hayne OF S. Carolina, Holmes of
Mississippi, Jackson ofTennessee, NJ
Twain of New Jersey, Macon N. Caro-
lima, Marks of Pennsylvania, Tazewell
of Virginia, Thomas Of Illinois and Will
hams of Mississippi-l4.
The nomination of JOEL r. PolNT-
sETT, now representative in Congress
from South Carolina) to be Minister to
MEXICO, was yesterday confirmed by
the Senate.-I6id
We rejoice to see that the supreme
court of New-York has annulledthe pa
tent of Messrs Livingston s. Fulton to
the exclusive navigation of the Hudson
by steam. This is going a step farther
than the U. S. supreme court, and the
murmurs at their decision will now be
hushed - Win. Rep.
albany, March l.-Yesterday the
court of errors decided on the great
steam boat case, of the North River
Company, appellants, cs. JohnR- Livings-