Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-03
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

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Pursnan.to notice. and o The, nrran-?rnen, made
b. ihc Suprenr Co:rt. thr mo'ian fr rIile 10 s,sv
cans" why Tohins Watkins should not b. b-ouyAt up
by WIT OF ilabeas Corpus discharged cane on D
Do beard Yesterday after tho preliminary husics, R
the Colft mad been disposed Of about h7Icrns,
Mr. Co:;c, 81 tho council for D.. Ws,sins orcnca
ihe ea,e oA6 argued with mere than even his accus
eon;ed ahity IN SupPo;; Ct tho motion. ue relied
much on th% course Of reasoning which lie pursued
before The District Court, in tho varions dcn,icTcri
which arc argued there during the las, y,irnr,cr
"nf introduced much new matter, and many stronr
rr' G dcHts He occnpicd the Court nearly an hour
and half, when lIr Bcrricn rnsa " reply he &c
niod altogether Tho Jurisdiction Of The Court in this
case and hol'in- he did the opinr, thatn oi:er
tam the MOTION w%S an act OF usurpa lin he declined
10 Z" into Gov OF the merits of the case Tho ground
nc tooE was that the judgment oi the District Court
N criminal cases was final; that tha. Court had in all
such cases uncontrolled and uncu ratlabl. iur,slic
ton; that u, ~ ts Vetou IL should even ufljc,
the sentence OF Ieath individual for moro u.s.
$50 anu 9e.:ery. there vas no power on appeal to
"aroh such sentenc, could be reversed: ard that
the notion now made was merely mn indirect mode
OF makuS rho Supreme Court n appellate tribunal
IN criminal case, which il could not be- there In no.
no law comforting II suo nppellate iirrisd;c.
ton except in cases ofa civil! character. Ha con-
tinued TO argue this point until / ocluck when tho
Court adjourned General Waiter Jones the o,hcr
council for Dr.. Watkins vii! reply 10 Mr. Beriicr
on Monday, and it is expected that his arrumcn,
will he very Interesting 10 tho bar and tina. The A.
'orney General will be made TO fee his opponent
You Will have learned the proceedings of tie pas,
week from The newspapers. The rffsct pro luced
here on all minds, whether friendly or opposed hv
Mr. W ebstcrs admirable exhibit on of rnin an Tues
day and Wednesday, has not vet oven began 10 sub
side. Nothing could exceed his eloquent euiopv on
the Patriots OF The South nothing could equal il but
his other eloquent tribute 10 Samuel Dexter. Phe
pungepcy OF his sarcasm was only 10 be matched
by ls accarote and astutc reasonmg and there seem
feI0 n sReiie @c on friends and
! The highest tri5ute which could be paiI IN ,n;a
splendid ension, IL to be found in tn" universal re-
gre, whioG rs expressed by the political opponent
81 MI Webster, that tho debate vss ,vrr nroducrJ
w hile hr. Webster was engaged in the Sunraun.
Cont on Thursday understand that Mr.. D.n,o,
made speech which he intended az n rcp,v On
Of his sentences ran 10 this effect ,b,, tic ro,',I
man fron Massachusetts, kicked as hard as "a iors.
hat had monkey OIL his back lie did NOT M,
coed to ilusirat" further being probably made cn
sible as soon es his caught thu brilliant SALT or
his OWE fancy, that !: ght rather please his cnccs
than his friends. $3.50 ~ =
me resolution laid on the table ,..atiyc TO tho
o'ectoh Of printer to the Senate on Thurslny next
- !ah amount To motion 10 turn ont Daft Green
~ Is prooaDe That Nj IT, Webster made his calcula
lions as 10 tic issue. bcrc he offered The resolution
should bc adopted when called up o.ino,roy tI,o
iatc OF the printer o tho Senate may be considered
sealed lhc vote on the resolution to purchase the
computation OF pubic documents by Gales and Sea
on ms very OninouS APP earancc fDr Green: and
is said that should the resolution NOW on tI,, ,ati
LOT me election OF printer succec d. there arc SIX mr.
seven administration Senators who will vote for sno
tner-l had elmOst said for any other--lban DUFF
Green, u may be well to state for the information of
the iashIonubIe world, that Duff has made n lndno
mont within It's boundaries. He has launched splen
ala chariot and magnificent hyories and TO show his
OF the fret visIis of himself and his
wiiG was TO Mr. and Mrs. Webster! IL may be as
Won To add that there no intervavg tho carrie S
INC newly indicted fashio7ables being according In
inc most approved practice merely discharged from
the carriage window
81 wa" ruInofed two days since itat Mr. Branch
was TO go on OF office III ten dnys arl that ST.
w oodbury was 10 succeed him; but the rumor Of
yesterday casts doubt tho subj CT, and states
nat there will be no change at present