Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-16
From the .mU York .A,n.-ienn If 7..esdny

Commerce of this morning, publishes letter OF 30
November tsom London, which concludes with this
"Yhe American minister is much enganed In dis
sscussions with Lord Aberdeen and the President Of
1.-THE Board OF Trader but 1t Is feared it will DO
'vaiIiny: Principle must DO maintained, If colonies
''are beggurcd or starved" 80 t'a 9''t.+'. ON.
Upon which the Editors of that Journal remark,
that the public n,ny be assured, that the 3Oth OF
November, the prospects, of the negotiations M res
pect to American trade with the British West Indies
wore unfavorable to n satisfactory arrangement -
If such were the state of things the period re-
=ferred to--it, without any adverse indications fos
thus side OF the water, England then hssitai,ag
% ms to the expectancy of re opening the West Indies
10 even to procure abatement Of duties up-
manuactures--vhaiv be her Course when made
acquainted with the report un the Tariff u the Com
uittec OF Manufactures in the House Of Representa-
Qves! That Report proceeds unon the express ground
that rs iscxPcdent to attempt any modification of
The Tariff, tn the end that citizens aud for
esgn nations may thereby understand, that the pro.
fcrng syseD, IL the established aud unalternble po-
cy Of th.s country. Great Britain cannot but look
upon this Report declaring the sense of the House
OF Representatives IL it shall not be rejected, that
n:ither by legislation treaty, should the tariff
principle be departed from.
With such a weight suddenly cast into the already
nc'ining scale OF English exclus'vcness-l hard
b. expected but that the propositions Of the 1mc
rtcan negotiation Will kick the beam.
rs Extract from u letter from the correspondent
pf tho New York Daily Advertiser, dated w ashlnp-
ton. Jan. 9th. 1880. .....- -t...
wrote to you yesterday, that the President had
nominated Mr.. Baldwin TO tho Senate for m ascot
nte Judge Of the Supreme Court of the United
States. The nomination ha heen confirmed 10. day
by of forty-onc for. and two against II, the
tVo Senators from South Carolina being i'm the neg
alive. There were twenty-one Senator friendly to
the Lutte administration, who were in the rmatve,
ana II they had voted IN the negative the nomination
would have been jectrd. MIR. CLAYTON from Della
ware, whhc the nomination under confederation,
rnse, and remarked that h" had seen in the Tel.
graph, paper printed this city, hy the printer of
the Senate, some -erous and woghty churges against
Fir. Baldwin, and h wished to know from the Scna-
tors who possessed the Information and he solicit ed
II particularly from the Senators fron Pennsylvania.
whether the charges were sustained nv facts Mr..
Ma rks said he considered himself called on by the
Senator frJrn Delaware communicate the knowl-
edge he had obtained of Mr.. Badwa's character
and fitness for the Office, derived not ONLY
from public report, but from n personal
acquaintance Of more than twenty years. He
then went on to give general statement Of Mr.
B3ldwins character. a aud e. la. Mr.
Barnard under some excitement. and repealed
the charges that Duff Green had made with some
warmth of fecling n,-ntionod that Mr.. Baldwin had
the support Of large majority of the Legislature Of
Pennsy ania, and CONQUERED with his colleague in
the statement, he had made. Mr.. Clayton said he
satisfied and had lony since known that
rnents or charges made III that paper, mpcutng the
distinguished mcn of this country were entitled TO
uuy waght whatever. To thus expression, the SEN
ators gcncraly nodded assent. -..
DAsirL GoopErow (the anti jackson candidate,
was chosen Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Of Mime, FRIDAY, 9th inst (the third day of the
SESSION. There had been about twenty baotings
in tho Senate for n President, without success.
Jtnryiand Upon the change administration State
Government prodigious Tor Office Some
ia Of hmayb gained from the following paragraph, copied
from the Baltimore Chronicle:
I'VE have informed. that there upwards of
surP Ssi"r.sied devo,on to the public services bghl,
criiabe - the patriotism Of the JscksonpaHy When from
State, fear need he that Of the offices will
iiss"
large meeting of the citizens of Philadelphi
vas held IN the Hall of the Franklin Institute, in
THAI city, on Monday last, ITO consider the proprcty
"of memori.izing Congress TINT IN every measure of
'the Government, IN reference 10 the Cherokee and
"othor nations of Indians the foith of The United
I. STATES iowa rds them may be nvIoaby preserved "
phe Rev. Bishop WHTE called TO the Chair
Mr. Robert Vaux, and Mr.. Fl. J. Williams were ap-
pointed Secretaries.
In opening tho business Of the meeting. the ven
crablc chairman said that what he doing
was somewhat contrary to- the habits of his lie aud
might be considered by some not suited In the
character and sltuotion he held 10 society, hut for
his par, h, did consider that the rights of the cit
1Zcns merged in the clerical character,
though ut the time he fully conscious
OF the danger and improperly which hc had a-
ways end;avoured To- nvold--of appealing in
POUlIC pVb' Ey - tg'Ct v 'ICH
called tho present meeting together, his only
ruse for accepting the call TO the chair That sub
jcct he said Of ordinary interest; u invo
we'd motives and concerns or no ordinary character
II appealed TO humanity, TO love ofiustlce, and
Fright, from people, who Il appaarah were TO be-
driven from their homes and from their property by
the strong of powor IL not superstition TO
entertain the fear aud tho apprehension, which no
lover of his country could well divest himself of that
such injustice as 1t appeared TO him concuI-
plated might entail upon the country most calamI-
tous visitation Of Providence. The object Of the
meeting loudly claimed that every heart should feel
tho importance Of the subject, and every energy be
put forth that would efficiently avert the in
Justice which was now attempted to be exercised.
Yhs meeting wos addressed by several gentlemen
aud memorial TO Congress upon the subject was
sdoptCd
WAsHfNGToe, Jan. IS.
In the House Of Representatives yesterday, tho
discussion Of the resolution tho distribution Of The
Public Lands was resumed. hen ar. BGrgrs con-
Guided his remarks, and Mr.. Potts, from Missouri
i.