Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-17
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after the presentation Of various petitiop
ana resolutions. resolved itself into a Hivh
Court OF inpcach,ueDt for the trial of Judg,
reck, OF Missouri; and the Managers on III,
Parlo' uie f,,use OF Representatives, Messrs
buchanan, M'Duffie, WiIkiiffe, and Snen
Ger, OF New York, and the respondent ant
MS counsel being IN ATTENDANCE, the Repli
cation OF the House of Representatives Il
the plea anu answer of Judge Peck, wa.
read and handed in by Mr.. Buchanan. AT
ter The calling over the names of the witness.
IS, which will be found i'm our report of 10.
DAY, the court, on motion of Mr.. King, of AL.
ALBANIA, adjourned over to Monday next. in
order to give time for the attendance of MIR.
Storrs, of New York, ono of the Managers
VINO has not yet arrived in the City, and for
tho examination, of tho Managers, of depos-
tions taken in Missouri, which the counsel o.
J"uge reck requested might be read i'm evil
dence. Alter the adjournment of the Sen
ate as Court, the Senate adjourned until to-
1 morrow.
In the House Of Repre- SCI natives, after the
| presentation of numerous petitions m.mori
ais, and resolutions, the Managers of the In
peachment against Judge Peck, M essrs. Blu
cnanan, nicDuffie, Nickliffe, aud Spencer,
OF New York, (Mr. Storrs, of New York,
being absent from the City, } proceeded to
the Senate Chamber, for the purpose of pros
ecuting that case. On their return to the
House, they announced that the further pro-
ceedings upon it were deferred unit! Monday
next Among the resolutions offered, was
ono by Mr. Haynes, of Georgia, to inquire
INTO the expediency of abolishing the duties
on foreign Sugars Imported but a division
oy yeas and nays, the proposition was mega
tiva,ed, by vote Of 80 to S3. The Rev. r.
II. Gurley, was, after several ballots cleo.
ted Chaplain to the House Tefegraph
In senate December z, the follwina COM
mittees were then appointed
On Foreign Relations, Messre. Tazeweil,
Sanford, " hite, Bell and King.
On inance,-Messrs, Smith, of Md,
Smith, of s. c., Silsbee, King, and Johnston.
On Commerce.-Messrs Woodbury., John.
ston, Silsbce, Sanford, and Forsyth.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Dicker son.
Ruggles, knight, Seymour, and Bibb
On observation-disclosures Marks, Wiley,
Noble, Brown, and Seymour
On Military AHairs.-MessIs. Benton,
Barnard, Trcup, Naudain, and Ireden
On the Militia.-Messrs. Barnard, Freing-
huysen, Clayton, Noble, and Bibb
On Naval Affairs. -Messrs. Hayne, Taze-
well, Robbins, Livingston, and Webster.
l. On Public Lands Messrs Barton, McKin-
ley, Keane, Ellis, and Sprague.
On Private Land Clailns:-Messrs Keane,
Burnet, Poindexter, Grundy, and Naudain.
On Indian Affairs.-Messrs White,
| Troup, Hendricks, Dudley, and Benton
On Claims-Messrs. Riggles, Bell, Chase,
Foot, and Brown.
On the Judiciary.-M Rowan, Nc
hinley, Webster, tiayne, and Freinghnysen.
On the Post Office and Post Roads-Messrs.
Grandy, Burnet, Forsyth Ills; and Sey-
mour.
/ On Pensions.-Messrs Foot, Holmes.
| Marks, Chase, and Chambers.
On the District of Columbia--Messrs
Chambers, Tyler, Holmes, Clayton, and
Sprague.
On tho Cont;noent E,,nd No.
dell, Baker, and Knight.
Or Engrossed Bills.-Messrs. Marks, Will
ley, and Baker.
On Roads and Canals -Messrs Hendricks.
tyler, Roggles, Dudley, and foindex.er:
! Shocking Saicide "A stranger hav-
ing the appearance Of a foreigner, was
observed to be acting strangely this
morning, in Maiden lane. He was
walking hnrriedly up aud down the
street, and looking into the shop win
dows. On coming to the window of a
cutters shop he dashed his arm thro'
the glass, seized case of razors, and
commenced cutting his throat. Some
gentlemen attempted TO interfere and
prevent the preparation of the deed
but he sprang TO the middle of the
street, and by another stroke OF the ra-
zor made an incisioD so deep as to be
almost instantly fatal We have moi
heard the name of this unfortunate
maniac-iOr such he must have been
We have since been informed that
the unfortunate man was a native oil
Scotland, named John Butter.-N. Y
COm. Adc.
BY letters from Raleigh, we learn
that the election for Senator of the
United States from the State Of North
carolina las terminated In favor OF
n Willie p. Mangum, formerly Repre-.
sentative in Congress from that State
On the last balloting, the vote was ior
Mr.. MaDgum, lob for Governor Ow-
en-, 81.
Second Atquittal. George Crownin.
shield has been tried at Salem f,r con-
cealing the conspiracy against the Lille
ofCapt. White, and acquitted,
A letter from Tampico, dated the LIST OF
November, receivedin New Orleans says, the
post from Mexico brought no papers. Letters
state that Guerrero is within rs leagues Of
Mexico, and the people are heartily tired Of
the administration Of Vice President Busta-
meDte, and no doubt is entertained that Guer.
zero will succeed.
Defusion oliver Cowdry, David Whit
mer, and Martha Harris, have lately com.
menccd preaching near PaiDesvlle, Ohio,
stating that they, had new revelation which
they call co1icel to the New Testament,
and aver to have been written, by the finger
of God. They say that the world is to come
to an end within fifteen years !; that is, the
incorriglble are all to be cut off They have
joined one Elder RigdoD, once Baptist,
next e Cambelite and now disciple of the
New Revelation. He and part Of his Aock,
abont one hundred, have been baptized in it,
and are going OF have gone west for coun-
try. they knnQy NOT yuhnre &C liz a..