Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-29

Aue LcgHature OF pennsylvania nave passed res
ciutions, ustructng their Senators, and requesting
their Representatives in Congress, toprocurc tho abo-
Iton slavery in the district Of Coumbia--in our
judgment, very III advised ind mstimed procedure
however abstractly benevolent.
The continued indisposition of Mr. Rush has rem
dered il necessary to appoint Secretary of the
Treasury, pro tom and Mr. Southland has been author
ned by the President, to discharge those duties.
Psra uoee roing.--We Omitted to notice at the
proper time, that the attempt made by Mr.. WicklIc
IN the H. OF Representatives. to change the mode of
cecting officers in that body from ballot TO rira roce,
was laid on the table by vote of 81 to %.
We denounced this proposition intended for no
other imaginable purpose, but to dragoon the party
INTO the choice of friend Duff, as Public Printer
and we arc pleased to find confirmation of our
views, from different and distant sources We think
honorable to the country, that attempt so ia
GRAVITY PERSONAL unjustifaby individual in its OBJ
jcc, and 90 derogatory to the independence and hon
ourofth the II. of Representatives, has been nailed to
The table Of that body; and we are further pleased to-
iearn, that had the vote been directly taken on the
passage Of Mr.. Wickliffcs resolution, very few would
have been found for it. From unwilingness to re-
y
several high minded Representatives from Virginia
sgainst laying on the table.
It Is certainly, one of the mos. ippudcnt tl,inps
ever heard OF, that rule of proceeding sanctioned BY
the constitution, and acted upon since the foundation
Of government should be changed for the single
purpose of cocrcg flor it means that) reluctant and
tlmid members of Congress, to vote for the magnan
NOUS Duff as Public Printer! It is insulting to the
II. of Representatives and to national pride.
~ We are authorised to say that Robert Crlig.
ESQ Of Montgomery, will be candidate for Congress
in the district Of Aeghaney, Botetour,. Giles, Mont
guuey and Rockbridge.
SoufA Cz'oinn Resoiufions.--fhe Anti Tariff res
oiutious of s. Carolina have been forwarded TO the
government Of Virginia by Special Messenger, and
were yesterday presented to TIE II. OF Delegates and
referred to the Select Committee on that subject
Thc report of the select committee may now DC
speedily looked for We have some curiosity 10 sec
how it viii propose to enl list Virginia in the crusade
aud We have yet more to know with what feelings
Gen Jackson will be regarded by the protesting par
ty, when he acts-as act he will and must--decisye-
~ In favor ofa Protecting Tariff
The following is an extract Of Letter from An.
gusta, received in Savannah, the subject of the
late Duel, between Colonel Nixon and Major HOP.
"They met abont re o'clock, and fought NJ tcn
PAGES, with Pistol in each hand, and the PRIVILEGES f
advancing upon each other at pleasure. Colonel n
fhe challenged party. At the word fire" CoIonoi
~ advanced rapidly about two PAGES and fired with.
out effect, and then received the fire of his
who retained his first stand. 1t not at all evident
that he was struck for two three seconds whom in
taking the pistol into his left hand and ende
yoring TO present 1t, he suddenly reeed one or two
PAGES from the line. dropped upon his back and ex
PRED instantly without struggle n groan So
simultaneous were the first evidence of his reeno and
Ills death, that he was fully dead before the nearest
prisons could reach lin"