Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-29

mail furnished us with a few additional and il
true, more important items. A letter from Ba
vre dated Sept. 90. says have Just received
t"o letters from Paris. Of yesterdays dat.
one of which says that PEACE hds been mad,
M The Ea'i-the other, that government is en-
priced by telegraph ofpsace having been made
between the Russians and ks."--Ano,h.r
letter of the same date says" A Treaty q,
Peace was signed at Adrianople on the ooh OF
August This intelligence is generally credit.
ed. though we think it apocrypha II will be
recolieeted that some weeks ago, news was re-
celved from the same quarter, of the recent NJ
Paris OF a telegraphlc dispatch announcing the
fall OF Constanlnople, which turned out 10 be
untrue.
Another item is contained in the annexed
paragraph fromthe N. Y. Post:
We are just Informed by gentleman who
saw aud conyersed with Mr. Beaufort l. Watts
the American Secretary oil Legation Al the por,
of 81. Petersburgh, who arrived here IN the
packet ship Cambria, which left Porsmou on
The 10th OF September, that. jas, before he left
| 81. Petersburg about the end of July The Fan
peror Nicholas had personal interview with
Lord Heytesbury. the British Ambassador AT
his Loriships Office, In this interview the En-
peror assured Lord Hey,esbury tina, ne gotta
tons 10 avert The fate of Constantinople were
useless, for at that moment the Russian army
we're already at Consanlnope, Of course, thi
was meant only rs strong expression of the
Emperors conf ience IN the success aud pro.
| gress Of his armies
! Impeachment Of Judge Wiitihms.-The com.
mtiee appointed by the House OF Representa-
tves Of Tennessee, to enq,re INTO tho official
conduct Of Judge Nathaniel w. Williams, re-.
ported, on The 4th inst that the said Williams
is guilty Of the following high crimes aud
msdemeanors, viz That he illegally and
fraudulendy left the court house in Winchester,
and went some distance 10 a private house 10
take The acknowledgment and priyy eIamina
ton of Caroline Z. Taul a married woman, TO
Il deed for valuable LOT of ground in the town
of Nashville supposed To be worth 10 or SD,
900, with an intent 10 conceal the act from The
fiends of Mrs. L. and TO dcfraud her heirs at
law: That he made nm endorsement on said
deed, stating that said acknowledgment aud
privy examination were had in open court, when
in fact Mrs. Taul was confined 10 bed by sick
ness and could not get TO the court house
That he directed The clerk of The court. when
reading the record OF The preceding day, not
10 read the entry, which had been made by his
direction, respecting The scknowledg ment and
priyy examination, in order to suppress the
knowledge OF the facts from the heirs of Mrs
Tanl until after her DEATH which event wasex.
pected, and did occur in a few days afterwards
That on the day the said entry should have
been read, Judge w. caused the court 10 be
opened at much earlier honr than usual, aud
immediately adj ourned the court 10 another
Term without the business being finished and
without any necessity for so doing, except for
the purpose of giving effect to sad deed: That
he IS guilty of having construed a statute so as
to operate against personal enemy, to which
few weeks thereafter when The parties were
ind iirrent 10 him, he gave "A contrary consiruc.
ton : That he exercises habitual pa rita lily aud
pre- jadce among the Il fIerent members OF the
bar who prnctlce in his courts That his politi-
cal parliaIities of so strong character as
TO exercise an improper influence over his ia.
dica conduct: That he has been derelict in
duty, in omitiing 10 hold courts in his circuit
10 the great injury of suitIrs That his gre at
Inatiention 10 bus ness before him has been
manifested in some instances by sleeping on
The bench during the trial of causes of great
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he has been guilty of nrejudging aud pronoun.
cling his opinion with great earnestness upon a
case OF capital nature, which being in his cir
cult would probably be tried by him at subse
quent period.
| After negatiUing a motion made by Mr.. Gil.
lespie, that the eridence upon which lhese char.
ges are founded should be read, with closed
doors the farther consideration of the subject
was postponed until the Eth.
If these charges be subsiantated by credible
witnesses, there can be but one opinion as to
the proprety of his removal.
| u We thought we were explicit enough
with the four BY sir Tennessee " Spart Oman"
by the way, SpanO is quite an improvement
on the ancient mode of spelling) We re-
peat, that although its Editor may be as
witty. as wise aud as valiant as the ancient
Spartonions, we must decline the honor Of a
controversy with him. Mustard seed shot only
are suitable for such small game, and we are
afraid Sparta is so far distant that they won't
stick. So, sir, ailons'
| ~ The IT, s. Gazette (Philadelphia) Of the
18Th Inst. contains list of upwards of 800 appli-
Giants for he benefit of he insolvent laws-alnong
them mechanics OF all descriptions, merchants,
artists, and " gentlemen" The latter class, we
presume, is composed Of dandies, who wear
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