Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-04
DO MESTIC.

'' paper we gave the letter of the Vice
I.:s 10 ,ne speaker OF the House Of Repre-
Committee appointed to investigate the subject 10
winch the letter refers. The charge OF n,r,;c;.
pa''on IN the MIX contract, by Major Vandeventer,
"v, new neither Is It for the FIRST time that
an shesa"on mas appeared in the papers. that Mr..
Ga'ho"n was acquainted with that circumstances
ne rae. OIL participation is admitted in letter of
mayo. anoeventer, published in the Washington
S", the predecessor of the Telegraph. on the
ed OF April 1922; and the fact thai h;s n,,,ici.
Pa,ion was with the knowledge of Mr.. Calhoun.
anu INA. the contract with Mix was entered into
"""oa' 'ne usual notice being given by nublic
advertisements, was stated in the reporf Of ths
committee OF the House of Representa,;v.. unoo >
ha' suoJect. made at the close of the session. ;and
puoi'shed aoout that time. We shall take occ,-
o oon 70 iepuoish The letter and report, with some
ooservaticns on the subject In our merit w. can
not however, refrain from the exp, ession of our
'na' the subject should have been presented
10 congress al time when SO much and such i'm
Por,ah' business Is about come before that bodx
TOT .ne present, we will only observe thar ~.
'.nk mere Is something in Mr. Calhoun, . eom.mu.
non 70 the House of Representatives yerv obec.
|u' a. Is capable of being 70 construed.
thowever intended,) as to assign cause and or
GU 10 this occurrence which are ent;,e,v ,;a.s.,
rom us true Cause and origin. MAT. Journal
Inc 'eeinS which manifested itself in the House
Yesterday, on the reading of the letter from IN
vice president, was highly honorable To thu, bodv
ana most gratifying 10 the friends of Mr.. C,Ibonn
~ w ',' We seen, rom our Congressional proceed
lngs, that the letter of the Vice pr.s;dsn. -, ~
Senate. disclosed at an earIv ho,- A.. W ,'o
had adopted. There was scarce time for 80.
senger TO be dispatched 10 the State D.n,.,..-,
w"eh MT. clay made his appearance in nron,;,
p's""a' ana was seen anxiousIy looking on and
N, occasional consultation. The remarks of Cen
fIoyd' ana OF Gen Cooke, must have been ne nm
expected as they were unacceptable TO him.
Wash. C.. Tel.
Our details Of yesterdays PROCEEDINGS :, Con-
gress will show that Mix's letter nnh,;.h. I'm
Thursday last, has been productive. :, ,.s 80.
sure IL would re, OF formal investigation of The
suC)ect. The Vice President has demanded a, o.
quiry into his conduct, aud has vacated n. Tha;.
vi me senate un'ii that enquiry shall have BEEN
n'"oe ilIs communications to The respective Hou
ses VIII be found in another column.
MIX has addressed note to the Ed;,,,. &c H..
National Intelligencer, denying that The =, .'
ished by US is 6 trus copy of any letter nsrnsa
W Nun Out the miserable attempt al evasion ,yiii
avail MIN nothing 1t was our intention 20 ,;,..
true copy, and we thought until the neYt d.v
mat we had done SO. We did not. bowevsr "a
we yesterday corrected an error, which. tbe,pob
un''npol'ant' ieft room for equivocaton. Be-
s,aes 'he omission of the" $40. $780," which was
nc amount OF 'ne receipt given By Handkerchief
10 MIX, we understand that the intsrpo,.,ion &c
MIR. Calhouns name in brackets, has been ob;sc,sa
10. The word ['' Calhoun"] was inserted bv n.
several times, in order to make the letter in;.,,;
go'e 10 every reader, and by putting the inferno
istions In brackets, we intended TO convev ,,,a
H aea' mat they were not in the original letter
we were understood by every intelligent reader.
anu n''s mas only aggravated his folly, by resort
ing 70 suoterfuge so easily exposed We shan
go more fully into the subject on Monday. '''
l.aier. Phenir Go1.