Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-12-29

o'iid table comprehended properly in the scheme of
nrn'shng the Presidents honsc' Fit was there is no
ground ofcompiaint even psincipic--if ii was not
there was at least designation in the bin 90 the con
rary. The reservation ola billiard room, would seem
10 imply, the carly n'oai Of those under whose so
pcr'ntcndance the house b1t to have a Lil;nyYl
'Gbte--,as without table there is no playing of bill
lizards.
We won'd extract ihis nora! from the ariir-gIoy
little real cause of complaint mast there he agains, the
Government, when 50 humble transaction as this is
swelled into consequence?
Mrs. Rnndoiph.--We give room 10 the E,,Iow; nr
extract of letter from Columbia, with pleasure
South Carolina with her accustomed gaIlantry and
naguanimity has taken tho van in the work of nation
al gratitude The act appropria,ng 600 TO Mrs.
Randolph, passed amid the cheers Of Tie peopl Assem-
bied and their tlaudiis viii be responded bv civilized
mankind The deed is full of nora! instructions indi.
eating the profound devotion OF the people to Repub
oansn persunided in Thomas Jefferson and holding
forth assurance o gratitude reward to tl.e future
defenders ofpuhhc liberty The ,.5fal example is in
valuable What oush, Virginia to feel, when South
carolina partaking by comparison uncqually of the
benefits o! Mr. JeIerson's services nnacquaned with
OF having given him birth, has stepped forward TO res
cue bis family from want' Can she cease TO ren,et
that she did not set the examples do less than emu
late it, The letter and spirit of our institutions
no obstacle, and the act is already anticipated BIZ the
sanction of the people
Extract Of letter from Colulnbia s. C. 2lt Der 1926
81 wrote you BY the last OF the success of the
appropriation of 900 Mrs Ran!o!ph in our Sc
mare, ana 'etnfcd I" predict that ii woud succeed in
The House. Ii has done TE.. vote was an man;
nous one on the resolution. Bul the next dav fvesr
day. when the question occurred the appropration
b'i, there was an unexpected AMI serious IN
IT, seven gentlemen, the Number required bv the
rules "t The iiouse, f denHnd the ayes and noes
pom hS The matter was discussed; and then the pea
ker asked, Nt sever gentlemen rise for the ayes and
noes: -Four got uIrtliGn another. Cries of sbamei
shame. were heard in the HALL aud i,c u,os, evct
i"eht manifested. Another rose-and the most
hfeaticss anxiety prevailed. wi lille the Speaker an
nounced There are six up" several voices exclaimed
:" VIII surrender our pay bills" The Speaker with
manifest cxu''aon, said The ayes and noes are not
detnandcd-thcrc are but six up.D Union the instant
there was shdni re echoed through the tiouscburst
ing rom HE warm hearts of those NOZZLE South Caro-
lInians, Oh the Of a efcat yicforr NIu,u.,
congratulations wcnc exchanged, and thew praspe,
each others hands and called across the Hall in
o'gc'tu'n&Ss OF The gravity of their station While
se"tra II my friends were shaking hands with me in
Inc Lobby tie Door keeper stepped up To US and said
ll am glad they have passed this law: for if they had
rejected " would not have been door keeper for them
an hour longer" The sum OF $40, 900 was fixed upon
after much dehcraiion. II is a round SIM, Ma
might have been Observation-Disclosures .xpud have hoen
mean There was proposition (iu conversation f.,
buy Monticello aud give TO her-bnt IT was Thought
best To leave This for Virginia
The Sentinel of the Valley reports the death of
Judge White Of The 18Th Judicial Circuit but az tho
report is not confirmed, we hope is premature.
james Noble has been elected a Senator f,om the
81 ne ct indiana, for the term of six years. from the M
of March ~ "
meeting nftle citizens Philadepha friendly y, ,h
cause OF the Greeks, held in city on SATURDAY
week. to Consider of The means calculated - n;,
mat oppressed people IN their heroic struggle for liIertv
preamble and resolutions offered bv NJ, NIa;ha
to this Effect ' was
Hesofed That this meeting earnestly recommend to the
'uHchs "i inc United States, contribute in rfonoon
hsr means I'D with all possible despatch to
supply OF the neccssaries OF life, for s,ccour of The
Greeks at this pc,ious stage y their warfare
committee of twenty o the most resncct,b,o c;,v,
was app"rtedto carry the wishes mertinp into r.
' In the discussion which took place the passage of
the resolutions, Mr. James c. Bddc dwell win ,n,,ch
eg ana elect on the degradation and misery of
Greece, as conrased with her anccnr- po,e annsaI;n
gw'ns terms TO the sympathies of the friends offccdon
ana Christianity, in her behalf Mr. Josiah Randall -,
pertinent address detailed several fcts of ,erv
ing Chh'acter tending ncs, tho stat. o r,,,
sentiment aud the probable success of ~, ,r,I .,
charity Among the libesa offers Of gentlemen some ~
"h"m he named he mentioned the case of one pcn.l.n
merchant OF Philadelphia. who had voluna rilv como for
Ward with pledge to procure and furnish rrniis the on
u'rd part Of cargo of one Thousand barrels of Four
'e was submitted from Mt Peter Toz, Jr. offering his
srat"Itous services commander Of the vessel which ~
be employed - convey provisions to Greece
.
:, FROM tie j}dfiE'oTe 7merican Of Dee o.
rom an authentic source at w asiogion we learn
nt' me convention recently arranged at London BY
our Minister MIR Gallau, fixes the total an,onnt cf
compensation TO be paid BY tie British Government for
slaves Iobacco &c carried off by the British Office,
subsequent 1" the treaty al Client at one million feo
Hun"Fed thousand dOitdrs. The amount claimed b.
our citizens exceeds Sl,5O0O0O, WY tbose ~
wary land S28o.ooo; Virginia S5eoOOc Lonisana
9 900 Georgia $500 Oo; Alexandria sII30n0
$1,000. "' @o' De'""''e
rom INC same source learn tlia' as n,easp,e
OF retaliation II IS believed that Congress will inteIdct
thc Trade 10 The Britsh possessions on fI,o ,,;