The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-22
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
KENTUCKY

| The Legislature 1iihe otatt OF hentnehy me
on he saae day as Congress. IuastaH Qacrte
va. elected Speaker the Hoss. Of hepreser
,si,yes. by majority al one yote over Judy
| oldham. Robert S. Todd was reelected CIert
OF the same body by III rriiy of one vote ovsi
his opponent. General McCatia. lhough ia,
friends of the present Administration OF Ihc De
neral Government voted generally tor the sue
cesstnl candidates for botn these offices, the vote
IN neither case affords true i..t OF the strength
OF pari,es. the friends OF Gen. Jackson bslng the
majority.
On the day following this election, one fthe
members declared his vote TO hnve been effonc-
ousIy recorded that he Ind in fact voted for alr
Me celia for CLERK, and had been put down as
having voted for Mr.. Todd and his declaration
was confirmed by the statements Of other mem
beers. Whereupun the record WAS altered, which
alteration had the effect TO make Mr. hcCaHd
Clerk, instead OF Mr.. Todd Both Mr. hcCdta
and Fir. Todd then resigned. new election
was held, and Dir McCaila was chosen by a
vote of6 votes to Is.
Let not th- case ever be drawn into prece-
dent I, is one Of,he worst thai can be conceiy-
ed OF in leg station although its effect ia the pre-
sent instance was obviously to promote the ends
ofjustice and right And even IN this case,
II is seen, n gIeater change took place
than Justice aud rig hi demanded The vote en-
the frs day Was AZ against lS. Changing one
vote enormously entered, II would stani 4S /
az. But the vote on the second bal twa. IN fact
81 10 fs. Nat. hi.
FROM ONO.
Letters from Columbus received in this city
yesterday, assure US, that on the Sd int. the
House of Representatives passed a resolution
by IA vote of 81 10 9 {, to meet the next day, N
Conventions TO choose Senator in Congress
This was sent to the 5cuatp tar concurrence, and
after some time spent in calling The ayes and
noes, &c was concurred IN, by II vote of 10 10
Is, with a mere bal amendment On the
question of agi eeing TO the am udment III III.
House, the various expedients known to yeiera"
Legislators were rcsoried 10, to gain time, DC. h.
which the yeas and nays were taken, aud faal-
Y. after the previous question The amendment
was agreed tD bv the vote of 80 to "a. The
time for meeting in Convention having arrived
II YRS found tina, every opponent OF the Admi-
nistgatiou, save one, IN the Senate, had left the
House, aud leH that hJdy without n quorum.
The Sergeant at AIMS was sent for the absen-
tees. Thrte members We're found, and they de
clned attending aud no being able to obtain
The attendance OF quorum TO 10 into the cleo
ton, the time 6Ied On for the choice passed by,
and the two Hou.es adjourned. An eitempt
was to be again made on the 9th to 90 into the e.
lection This m"thod of defeating an election
is new. NJ least though, during The hard party
times OF the war, we remember 10 have seen u
more than once rcsorted 10 to defeat the pas
sage of bill, IL is a rnaupuTs, however,
which never eau have any other effect than to
protrHct decision. to lose time. and derogste
from the dignity OF Legislation.
A case oi privilege has occurred nthc Senate
of Onio. MIR Moch, Senator from Hamilton
county, short time before the meeting of the
Legislature. but after the elect II. was arrested
aud imprisoned for debt on n ca SG IN favor Of
the Bank OF the United States, and had given
bonds for the all liberties. proposition Was
before the Senate to compel his attendance upon
hat body
Mr.. Muienhpgh, We understand has been e.
lectcd Representative in Congress TO I'll the va
cancy occssioned by the appointment of Mir.
Creighton judg'. Mr.. Nj. is friendly TO General
Jackson aud was opposed by another freud
NJ Hatidce. There vas ~ administration
candidate. ID.