Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-03-23
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PANAMA MISSION.

limitations of Richard c. anderson, of
Kentucky, and John Sergeant, OF Penn
sylyania. as Commissioners on the part
Of the United States, to attend the de
alterations of the Congres' u the South
4 merican Republics, at thmns Of
Panama. William Is. Rochester, of New
ok, is appointed SecretITy to the MIS-
ion.
The injunction of secresy being re-
moved by vote OF the Senate, we are
enabled To state, that the question on the
pxpe dieucy of the Mission was deter
mined 10 the affirmative by vote Of "a
Ia 10. On tue confirmation Of the no
nination of NJ Anderson the vote was -
ayes ~, noes I On he nomination
Of Mr. Sergeant ayes DC, noes Is.
he $enaL agent into the considera'
ton Of Exc business at O'Clock
We sterdas boon, and adjourned az
ter o'cIo9' mornlng.
In the Senzl Mr.. Randolph withdrew
the emotion nH1e BY him yesterda' re
que sting of the House of Represents.
/ tives the copy Of bill passed By the
Senate in tle year 1907, 'suspending
| the privilege of ne writ OF iiabeas Cor
pus, for limited time, ia certain eases"
and after addressing the senate for four
hours, moved the printing Of the report
OF a Committee oil the Senate, Of which
Sir Adams was chairman, in relation to
the case of John Smith, a Sc ator from
Ohio; whom motion wa IA de to ex
pei from that body upon th' ground Of
his participation ~ the designs 1T Aaron
Barr The motion was rejected, when
! Mr. Randolph gave notice that he should
reneW the motion every day. and call
for the a, rs and noes upon ITS decision
In offering his motion Mr Randolph,
addressed the Senate from the hour OF
meeting until o'clock, in series of
desultorv remarks, in the course Of
which his attacks upon the administra
ton, upon tie political character oi Mir.
John lams, upon The administration
Of Mr. Jeierso upon the adminlsira
tions Of Or. Madison and Mr, Monroe,
were repeated anl severe. He lashed
reporters. talked Greek, spoke OF all
! Grecian heroes; admitted that he Was
! descended from one, (aihd!ng 10 Pofa-
! hontas) to whom John Smith was.nnder
great obligations: allowed that his pre-
! dscessor. the present Sscre 'arss Of War,
+, was a man of good heart, but too good
for the place he occupies, believed in
the salvation Of Socinians; thought the
election # Mr. Adams 10 the Presidency
more improbable event, than to sup
pose that he w0uhi be impeachpd and
tired by the Senate; that 'he report of
the Committee alluded TO. showed hirs
to be dcstitute of the most common IDEA
of iustire, commended that, In time of
pea =. the General Government had
I nothing to do, but attend 10 the concerns
OF Inc Post 0tEire; that this was the first
administration that had tired buying up
Deu. aud he was glad they had bought
none but Crawford men.
/ lie affirmed his willingness 10 unite
with any thing to pur down this Stuart.
described the old Feaeraiists of the Bos-
ton stamp. rs monsrchists IN principle,
4hoogh tor hiose'f. he would belong to
them rather ttan to these ultras iie
adyerted to he degraded state OF this
District. and concluded By declaring lis
readiness 10 try the ultima raj Q V'roTt5a
though he believed there would be lac
occasion for it. as these people would
sneak eut as they sllrunk from the Crap
pie Of the Missourians and the close
hug of the Georgia embrace lluding
60 the indispasition of the friends OF the
administration 10 engage in the debate
on the expediency Of the Mission TO
Panama.
inthe House Of Representatives, yes
terday. the routine business was soon
dispatched, and about half past i2 the
House went INTO Committee Of the
Whole. on the amendments Of the Con
stiuton. Nj, Pearce, OF Rhode Island
and Mr. " nod, nf New York, both ad-
dressed the Committee, against the pro-
/ positicn to amend; when IN motion OF
{ Mr lsaacks. of Tennessee, the Com
mittee rose.
WASHINGTON, March II,
In the Senate Yesterday no business
was transacted.
/ Tbe House of Representatives assem-
bled at eleven O'Clock yesterday, in or
der to attend the funeral Of the late
Christopher Rankin. he late Represen'
tative from the state of Mississippi As
during life no member of the House was
perhaps, more general, esteemed, So tht
death Of no one has excited deeper
feeling of regret. In the prime of life