Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-07-23


mac and west ofthe Mountains, those doctrines have
no advocates South Carolina stands emphat,callv
aione-her constitutional doctrines ridiculed, her
boasts condemned, her threats despised Her ..bayo
net rhetoric" will neither persuade nor intmidutc
She forgets that the spirit of the % menaced States
is as free, their courage high, her own. If she
does not wish become the scorn as she is now the
object of the Interpretation of the Union, lot her
reserve her threats for her slapes Thew are wasted
on freemen.
MIR. NJ Dufie has chined in with the Nufvers
5 Convention to nominate jackson candidate
Tor Governor, met at Columbus on the 18th and no.
minated Gen. Ro Lucas of Pike. Thirty-eight del
egates representing between twenty and thirty coun-
ties attcnded-.about third only, Of the whole num-
Der OF counties IN the State desperate effort to
conceal the sinking state of the cause in Ohio
015 The Ohio State Journal Columbus) of July 49,
has the following paragraph:
THE FEDERAL COURT.
The United Sates Circuit Court for the Dist riot of
Ohio commenced sitting on Monday last-preseut
the Hon JOHN Mi.EAN and the Hon john w.
CAMFBELL This town is now hronged with dis,in-
gnlshed visitors from this and the adjoining States
among whom is the Hon. HENRY CLAY, who attends
the Court on professional business, and whose health
we are much gratifed say, is completely restored
he came to this place, we understand, by way of
On'hcethe; and received on his rout the most une-
qulvoca proofs of attachment and respect which free
people Can bestow on public bcDctactor.
70 One OF the Hauquier papers complains of the
Executive for commissioning batch of seven,een
Magistrates, which the Executive In MIR. Giles ad-
ministration. had refused to commission. One word
VIII justify the measure and the Executives: When
the subject was before coDSilered rho Eyocn+;r,
fused to commission, because they thought serenteen
too great number, it being rule without some
good cause to the contrary commission all or none
OF the number recommended by the County Courts
Since that time is ascertained that to commission
the whole seventeen would not exceed the number
the county has had; and in addition to the va
cancies existing at the time the subject was before
considered, several haze lately occurred so tina, the
county has not now as many as it has had.
Jacob Hays-the High Conssabie.-A spirited cor
respondent of the Boston Palladium gives the follow
ing sketch of Jacob Hays, who in matters of Police
has earned reputation emitting him to be called the
American Fouche.
BY the way, had you ever a description of Jacob
Hays? If you would like brief Sketch of one whose
very name carries terror and dsmay into the ranks
OF vice, here it is Jacob is short thick man nj
great activity and unusual sagaeity. He has been so
long connected with the Police department that no
knows every rogue and vugabond, and ne has accom-
pllshed more towards the apprehension of desperaoes
and The prevention Of crimes han the public is appr
seq OF: Befsre Reed and Stephens arrested
rays mad accurate information of their various plans
one OF which, to rob the mail to Boston, was so well
conrlved that may be worth relating In their WIS.,
It's TO the Post Office they had opportunity to OBJ
serve rhe SIZE OF the mail Bag and calculating its d
menslons, they resolved to try, the first place, the
following experiment. One of the gang, who bore
great resemblance to one of the sta ore drivers yas
10 take bag which they had made corresponding in
SIZE and appearance with the regular mail bao and
filled up with papers and packages, start in horse
and sulky which they to act from he stable
frequented by the drivers, overtahe the stare abou
IL miles Oh, and tell the driver he had taken the
wrong mail bag from the Post Office. Ifthe exchange
OF bags was made, their purpose was effected and
time given for deliberate proceedings IF the driver
should refuse they were then to wait mar Stamford
ior the ARRIVAL OF the mail from Boston that night,
TOD IL ana return to the city by wafer, bsfore day
hght' oefor any information could be brought Of the
robbery The arrest of Reed prevented the exocu-
ton Of the plan, but Hays had made snch arrupoe
uents that they could not have escaped his grasp At
various times, Hays has brought to et circumstau
ces OF SO extraordinary character that the villains
themselves think he carries on his operations bv
means OF some supernatural agency. Be that as it
may ne Is most indcfa, gable vioilant and valuable
man IN his department, and in the event Of hi, loss
his place Could not be supplied:
M van Duren Is among us to make the ueces-
airy preparations for the fall campaign. HIS par
~ never needed his assistance more than aft the
present time In due season we shall have prom
!s5ng article from the Albany Argus setting forth
tne great necessity of adhering to 1.-The usares of
the republican party" and calling upon ali good
men and true to combine against it's enemies What
is termed the Albany Regency" is said to be com
posed of the little editor of the Argus who is five
feet, nothing Benjamin knower the State Treas
grer, Flagg, the Secretary of State, and Benz F
Butler, the protege of Van Buren, These are the
puppets that pull the wires keep the machinery in
order and report to their chiefan the signs of the
times.
'"0' 10 associate Mr. Van Buren, and Jacob Hays
out is IL not scandaous and violation of that pro-
MISC winch the Greatest and Best gave in this Tuau-
gurai' that "federal influence should not interfere
WIN the freedom OF eections"-no, it was not pro-
mlse' ne 'nslnuated that such had been lie practice
Of Mr. Adams Admnist is n MT srnd.