Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-02

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scntatives, and has become q law -.
8. THE CvmnEnLAND RoAp.-The bill which pro-
vdcs for the continuation OF the Cumberland Road
aud of Surveys for objects of Internal Improyement
passed the House Of Representatives. An amend
mcnt was made there, striking the Augmentation
Tor continuing the road from st. Louis 10 Jefferson
City, on the ground that that road of the de-
Scripiion upon which the President Of the u. States
recently put his The bill is not known 10 have
been signed by the President.
o. RIVERS s. HARBoURs.-Ths bill EMBRACING n
number of provisions for lighthouses bpoys, piers,
and Improvement of harbors, and embracing also an
appropriation of $4,000 for deepening Back Creek
lat the head of Chesnp eake Bay, and forming the
mouth ofthe Chesapeake and Dels ware CanaI which
was contested IN vain, and some smaller items of like
character, passed both Houses, and is before the
President.
2. LoUIsvnLE &, PORTLAND CASAL.-Tbe bill
authorizing un additional subscription the stock
of the Louisville and Portland Canal which passed
the Senate some time ago, passed the House of Rep
resenaives by vote of 70 TO 35, and s before the
President
8. FREDERIcK AND RocKviLLE RoAD.-The bill
authorizing subscription to the Stock Of the Wash
ington and Frederick Turnpike Road Company 1.-THE
only deficient link in the Road from Washington to
The waters of the Mississppi) passed the House of
Representatives (having already passed the Senate)
by vote of II to 81, and before the President
.. The MASSACHUSETTS CLAM.-The bill pro-
vlding for the adjustment in part of the long cones
ted claim OF the State of Massachusetts for services
rendered by the Militia during the war of I8I2-I5
which passed the Senate some time ago. passed the
House of Representatives by vote OF 80 TO %, and
IS before the President
10 Public LAsDs.-Thc bill which had passed
the Senate for graduating the price of the Public
Lands, was taken up and, by to lay it on the
table, pos, poned to he next session.
Ii will be seen by the above statement, tina: seve-
raj bills are in the hands of the PRESIDENT of the u.
States, for his appreciation involving the principle of
Internal Improvement Great interest is felt in the
question, whether not he win approve these high
iy important bills, which question will be determined
to-day, we presume, as the House meets.
that is, at sic orIock his morning.
II doubted time whether the President would
sign the Joint Resolution explanatory of the concerning
ended by the bill being returned with his signature Saur
day, but accompanied 10y stating, substance that
the estimates service had been founded upon
the new construction of tho law, additional appropriation
was rendered necessary carry the Joint Resolution
ported by the Committee of Ways but, in the hurry
aud rush 6usine's was impossible considered and
il is too late upon H. So session.
shcr the department, or the officers go upon
The Vice President having Saturday retired from ,he
har OF the Senate for the remainder Of tbs session. the Hon.
samuel smith, OF Maryland, elected President Of the
ate, pro tenPors
Virgil Maxcy, Of Maryland nominated by the Presidep,
oil the United States Saturday, the Office of Solicitor Of
the treasury which has just been creaed and the nomination
was confirmed without opposition Mir Max
cy on his appointment and especially that he
the ruin OF no mans family by removal We congratulate the
public also the selection Of gentleman Of Mr. Maxcys per-
sonai worth and character for this Office
Much business Of an executive transacted
Saturday part of the ratification of treaty recently
concluded with Denmark and another part ejec
ton of nomination Wharton Rector 10 the Office of Indian
Agent for which he nsmiDated unsuccessy few days
before, and confirmation Of the nomination Of Mr. Bodhead
(son Of the representative Hampshire the same
name to be Navy Agent Boston, the place of Mr. Harris
reformed,
~ We find phrase yesterday used, in speak.
ing OF the application of citizen Of Virginia 70 be
Charge to Brazil, susceptible Of Interpretation we
did not intend To that citizen, we did intend to
apply the expression ''the who has never stood
firm to any principle but his advancement, de-
! serves to be used and spurned."
u Phe statement that the Peruvian, who was
tried on Monday, for the murder ofan American cit
izen in South America, had been acquitted the
ground that he had received sufficient provocaton'
was erroneous He was acquitted on the ground of
the want Of certainty to the character of the
sci on board Of which the murder was committed
The indictment charged that the offence had been
committed in foreign port, board vessel owned
in whole or in part by citizen citizens of tho u.
States. The counse! for the accused contendcd /,
that the fact Of tho vessel being 50 owned must be
established beyond doubt, in order to bring the case
within the jurisdiction of the court; and 2 that that
fact must be proved by the exhibition of her Regis
tor-that being the best proof The Court instruct,
counsel were right; but that on the other, it was not
absolutely necessary that the Register be exhibited,
as that fact might be established by ohor evidence;
though the failure to exhibit it would be circum-
stance that would GO far to strengthen any doubts
the Jury might entertain as to the ownership of the
vessel The Jury having come into court and ted
that they not convinced from the evidence adj
duced, that tho American ownership of the vessel
satisfactorily proved, tho court instructed tn
that they must in that acqut the accused, which
they accordingly did.
| One of the Jury, in u note requesting to COR
rect the error were led into, sags--"I am incli-
ned to the belief that of the Jury believed that
the provocation justified the act of the prisoner in
committing tho homicide with which he was char
gcd"
Counsel for tho accused. Z. G.. Scott and JOS.
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