Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-03

Clty, on the ground that that road of the de-
scription upon which the President of the IT, States
recently put his veto The bill is not known TO have
been signed by the President
O.. Rivers & HARnouRs.-The bill embracipe n
number OF provisions for light houses, buoys piers
and Improvement of harbors, and embracing also nm
appropriation of $40 600 for deepening Back Creek
lat the head of chesapeake Bay, aud forminr the
mouth OF the Chesapeake and Delawares(anaD Which
was contested In vain and some smaller items of like
character, passed both Houses, and is before the
| President. ~
y LoUIsvILLs Sc PORTLAND CANAL-I'be hill
authorizing an additional subscription to the stock
OF eae LOUISVILLE and Portthd Canal, which passed
the senate some time ago passed the House of Rep
resentaiyes by vote of 70 to e5 and is before the
President ~
.. FRhDERrcK AND ROCKVILLE RoAp--Tbe bill
authorizing subscription the Stock of the Wash,
lngton and Frederick Turnpike Road Comnanv tho
only deficient link in the Road from WASHINGTON Tn
the waters of the MissssippI passed the House Of
Representatives (having already passed the Senate)
ny vote OF "a to 81 and is before the President,
.. imD MASSACHUSETTS, CLAIAr.-The bill pro-
Viding Tor the adjustment in part of the lone cones
ted claim of the State of Massachusetts for services
rendered by the Militia during the war of Isl2-I5,
Whlch passed the Senate some time ago, passed the
House of Representatives by vote of SO to s4 and
is before the President.
10 Public LANps-The bill which had passed
the Senate for graduating the price of the Public
Lands was taken up, and, by vote to Law it on the
table, posi- poned to the mex, session.
III VIII be seen by the above statement that seye-
raj bills in the hands of the PaEs1nrNr of tho TT
states ior his appreciation, involving The principle of
internal Improvement Great interest is felt in the
question, whether not he will approve these h;rh
~ important bills, which question will be determined
QUAY we presume, as soon the House meets:
that ia, at sic o'clock this morning.
twas doubted, for some time whether the p,e,, ,.
sign the Joint Resolution explanatory of the act
the pay OF the officers of Marine Corps The toub was
day. bu, accompanied by message stating in nhs,,n ,
as the estimates for the naval had been founded
was rendered necessary carry Joint Resolution into eff
sc OH making such an appropriation accordingly
ana rush OF busness IT Impossible get considered and
- nov 700 ae 20 act upon IT. So that, until the session.
enher Tue department or the officers go upon tick
The Vice-Tresident having on Saturday retired from the
Chair OF the Senate for the of the session the Hon
Samuel Smith, MARYLAND was elected President of ,ha
ate, prS tempOre " Wv ~
Virgil Maxcy, of Maryland was nominated by the pidn,
OF the United States Saturday Office of Solicitor
@ which has just been created and the nomination
was Conhrmeo without opposition Wecongatuate Mr. Max.
cy On MS appointment and especially that to il ON
rum s Of no mans family by removal We congratulate
sonal worth and character for this Office
Much business of nature was transacted ~
SATURDAY part OF was the ratification of treaty. recensly
concluded with Denmark and part of was the reiec
ton of the nomination of Wharton TO the Office of
before and confirmation of the nomination of Mr. Brodbead
(sop OF me representative from New Hampshire the same
; reformed r'A00 - ALL '4"'''S
~ we iho d phrase we yesterday used. in speak.
ing of the application of citizen of Virginia to be
to Brazil, susceptible of an Interpretation We
did not intend To that citizen we did not intend TO
apply the expression, 'the who has never stood
firm to any principle but bis own advancement, de-
serves to be used and spurned"
u The statement that the Peruvian, who was
tried on Monday, for the murder of an American cit
South m had hoo
ground that he had received sufficient provocation
WIS erroneous. He was acquitted on the ground of
the want of certainty to the character of the YES
sci on board Of which the musderwas committed
The indictment charged that the offence had been
committed IN foreign port on board vessel owned
In whole or IN part by citizen citizens Of the IT,
States Phe counsel for the accused coniendcd, /,
that the fact Of the vessel being 50 owed, 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 Rens-
ter-that being the best proof The Court instruct
ed the Jury that thu LIST point concnded for the
counsel were right; but that on the other was not
absolutely necessary that the Register be exhibited
as that fact might be established by other evidence;
though the failure to exhibit it would bc.a ercum-
stance that would go far to strengthen any doubts
the Jury might EN- srtain to the ownership of the
vessel! The Jury having come into court and stated
that they were not convinced from the evidence adj
duced, that the American ownership of the 4 esseI
was satisfactorily proved, the court instructed then
that thcy must IN that acquit the accused which
they accordingly did.
One of the Jury, in a note requesting US to cor
rect the we were led into, says-.I am incll-
ned to the belief that mono of the Jury believed that
the Proyocation justified the act of the prisoner in
committing the homicide with which he was char.
ged q"
Counsel for tho accused, Il. G. Scott and Jos.
Mayo, esqrs.-for the U. S., Il. Stanard, U. States
Attorney.
: Virgil Maxcy, Esq. of Maryland who was cxpca-
ted to be successor to Isaac Hill, is appointed
Solicitor Of Tie Treasury, q new Office, created