Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-14


u The trial Of Judge Williams has result.
ed in his acqu,ital Ills enemie. and p.rsecu.
tors. bailied in their iniqnhous attempt to ruin
him because he would not bow down 4, worship
their Jugeernsut, are nstounded at The defeat
of their malicious vaccinations. A Mr. rnr.
ney, who moved the impeachm eni, and who is
said TO have been heir eIpectant 10 the Jadgr-
ship which he hoped To render vacant by the
oosdemno'ion OF Judge Williams. abuses the
Senators who voted Tor his acquitial " like .
very drab." lie says that IL Judge William,
had been Jaeksonian. nothug could have
saved him Fudge II lie had been Jack.
sonian. no crack Drained or snviou. nspiran, To
the Judges Office would have been fool hardy
enough To have araigned him on such nimsy
preIexis. The Na.hvile Banner says, j" the
Judge proved, from the mosi respectable sour.
nigh, we'll bo proud. The strongest aud mos,
emphatic expressions of confidence in his In.
'egfi,y, Independence aud purity of intention,
were uttered by host of witnesses "Seye
'"' WV ""i "H'h WIN MN iTan ~
to 80 years, said he was as homes, man NJ
they ever knew, Some iholght him remnrka-
bic Tor unbend,ng sterling integrity. 6rmoc"
and impnrtialiiy. The result of this scrlo.
ludicro affair, Ill has moi ex llod the character
Of Tennessee, has N leas, preserved il from a
foul and ndebe stain.
Contention. columns are filed with the
proceedings Of the Convention, which become
more interesting his the session draws 90 q oiosr.
We hope thai we shall have he plealure OF
announcing their al tournament in our next Tor
| ihsir proceedings are really calculated 10 in
spire any other feeling Than respect We hone
they will NOT adhere To thepreseni arrang am. nt
OF Senaroria districts Il, which Campbell 10
annexed to Bnok'oshs and Cumberland. i,
rs worse arrangement, than the f,s. ohjec ION.
able as tina, was. In point Of interest. utter
course and feeling. Cumberland is no nearer
to us than Warwick 81 II is ncsrl, the snIne case
ne /, respects Buckingham. Idcutlty;of interest
community of feeling. and neighborhood NJ,
tachmenus make Bedford Il Campbell onr, and
they should not be discovered Nor should
| Franklin be separated from the Roanoke mite
rest, AMI annexed 10 u James River county,
| whose powerful vote Gan NJ any time destroy
| its weight There is M difficulty in arranging
| these Districts properly and satisfactorily, ms
| is shown by the classification OF MIR. Clnytor
on our first page.
Among the proceedings are several short and
piquani Speeches Of Mr. Randolph. and IN
unique memorial from Apocalypse Smyihs.
aGD-
Congrtss We have no room, al present, for
regular and full details Of the proceedings Of
Congress. Tho most prominent subjects, how -
ever. TINT have been under consideration In that
body, are noticed below
There is now going on n warm and inferrg.
ing debate on n motion of enquiry relative TO
tho disiribslion of the Public Lands-a subject
of great intrinsic difficulty, and which every
day assumes new interest.
The contested election from the Cd Congre,
sional District of Tennessee, has bsen sfgu,d
by Thomas ID. Arnold. the petitioner, in his
own behalf and by Pryor Lea. tho sitting
member. in reply II has excited great warmth
Of feeling, aud called forth no little asperiiy of
remark. MIR. Arnolds chief ground is hat
bribery md corruption were resoried TO by Mr.
Lea and his friends in the election but, so far
as we have bson able 10 judge, he has failed 10
sustain II, except by strained and unfair inf
renee, such ms was resoried to, for the purpose
OF sustaining n similar charge against Messrs
Adams aud Clay. Among others whom he
| i'nplicates IN the charge, Is Judge White,
member Of the u. s. Senate, and Mr.. John J
Green, n member Of the State Senate Of Ten
nessee. Messrs. S'andiier aod PtIk, Of Tenn
indignantly repelled The impuis,ion. and vindi
Gated those gentlemen, declaring Ii Mt the charge
was " as base and impure the source whence
ii proceeded Mr. Arnold is opposed to Gen
Jackson, and was beat by Air. Lea 2oD votes.
An important bin has been Introduced into
Buffalo, IN the state of New York. by the WAY
Of Washington city. TO New Orleans This Is
an extension of the grand project or road
from Washington TO New Orleans. which was
so much talked Of few years ago, but which
has been for some time permitted to sumber.
n the bill should become a law, it will subject
the opinions of the President to a direct test,
from which, II we may judge from the tone Of
his Message, he will be glad to escape.
| The committee on Manufactures has ma de n
Report, recommending that no alteration be
made in the existing rate OF duties.
aJ' The contest about the Mayoralty 10 the
city of New York has terminated in the re- cleo
ton Of Mr.. Bovine. Having declared tina, Il
never had been his intention to vote for him.
self under any circumstances, the Board an,