The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-15


ing the nomination Of Mr.. Clay TO the OF
ace OF Secretary Of State i; and on a refer
euce to the Executive journal, we find the
vote there recorded to be twenty seven IN
favor OF confirming, and fourteen opposed
10 IL.
On the question, Will the Senate ad
wise and consent to the appointment of
Henry Clay? Those who voted in the attir
native, were-Messrs.
Barton. Of No. Johnson, Of Lou.
| Bell, of n. Ii. Kane. of II.
! Benton, of Mo. klng, Of Ala.
Boulgny, of Lou. Knight, of X. |.
Chandler, of Me. Lloyd, of Md.
Chase. ofVt. Lloyd, Of Mass.
Clayton, of Del. Mills, of Mass.
D'Wolf, Off. |. Rowan, of Ken.
Dckeison, of n. J. Ruggles of OHIO.
Edwards of Conn. Seymour, OF VI.
Gailard of S. &. Smith, of Md.
Harrison, of Ohio. Van Buren,, of n. Y.
Hendricks, of In. Van Dyke, of Del.
Holmes. OF Maine.-27.
Those Who voted in the negative, were
-Messrs.
Berrlen, Of Geo. Jackson, nj Tenn.
Branch, Of ". c. M'll,aine. of n. J.
Cobb, Of Geo. Macon, oi N. 4.
Eaton, Of Tenn. Marks of Penn.
Findlay, Of Penn. Tazewcll Of Va.
Ilayne, of S. e. Thomas, afll.
Holmes, of MIS-. Williams, Of MISSILE.
Mr.. Noble. of Indiana, who came in AT
ter the vote was taken, We understand, re
quesrcd permisson to have his vote recor
ded in the affirmative but the Senate de
cided il not to be in order.
Mr. Barbour, of Va. and Mr.. Johnson, Of
Ken. were absent.
Four States, viz: New Hampshire, Con
nectict, New York, and Alabama, have
each but one member in the Senate, at pre-
sent.
OF the eighteen votes from the nine Yves
tern States, five only two from Tennessee,
two from Mississippi, and one from HI
'nois,) were given against Mr.. Clay.
AS the proceedings on this occasion was
with closed doors, we were prevented, of
course, from hearing what reasons, II any,
were assigned by the gentlemen who were
IN the negative for opposing this motion.-
We think, however, that the opposition
was rather of a personal character, growing
out of the unpleasant occurrences of the
tNSh "iiIt liidii otC UCiItl VI
Mr., Clay's unf,ness for the office. No
member of that body can doubt his ability
or integrity /; he has given too many proofs
OF both, 10 permit either to be called in
question. t.Niat. Jour.
The temporary charge of the Treasury
Department has been assigned, by the Pre-
sident to Mr.. Southland, the Secretary of
the Navy, until the arrival Of Mr.. Rush,
from London. ID.
Ii is said, that the nomination by ths
President of Mr.. Poinsett, of South Caro-
Tina, as Minister to Mexico. was yes
tsrday confirmed by the Senate. IT,
We have received a letter (which will
probably appear in our next from the Ho
nourable Francis Johnson, Il member of
the House of Representatives from the
state of Of Kentucky, in which he defends,
in bold and honest manner, the course
pursued by himself and his friends in the
late election. MIR. johnson prnounces
the charges brought against him, by the
authors 4 the address To MIR Kremer's
constituents, TO be false and sroundless ;and
brings home TO his accusers some things
which they will find it difficult to dsproye.
ID.
Areport has been raised, and has s;read
very widely, we observe, that Chief Justice
Marshall is about TO resign the important
Office which he discharges with such univer
sal respect, We feel ourselves authorized
to state, and we do so with much pleasure,
that the report is wholly unfounded. We
hope the country will enjoy, for many
years, the benefit of his luminous mind and
upright judgment. Nat. Int.