Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-07-30


tn their fate, add that the Council Of Ministers
were thinking Of deserting the Congress and Colon
bia, by sanctioning the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the Re-
public and by violating the fundamental law Of the
were compelled to avow their sentiments aud to act
lest their scnce should give grounds for suspicion
that Venezuels acquesced in the d rnemberuent of
the country, when in fact she resolved support the
national integrity, the Constituent Congress and the
Liberator President s2csza
By this time the High Chief Of the Police had cir.
culated information of the retirement of Gen Bolivar
from the supreme command and his going to Csrtha-
gether with the abuses vomitted forth by the press of
Caracas against the Lberator eXasperated the Ven
ezueans to such an extent, that they abundant
~ ripe fer reaction. Con- Machado one of the
weahest of these vallies, has orders TO see the
Liberator wherever he may be found, and even to
follow him to Europe!i by any fatality he has left
Colombia. The regiment of Caucogua, which Gen
paez had ordered to Valencia, and from thence to
San Carlos, had deserted, with their arms and were
one OF the first corps in making the declarations BIZ
na the reaction general and the people have tn.
ken arms en- masse to support it. They demand the
presence of the Liberaor, and nothing ese rvl sat
isfy them.
CARTHAGRnA, June 14.-The' constitution sane.
tiooed by the Constituent Congress of $780, was
published on the 9Th inst. with an the pomp and So
temnity due to august act. g
An earthquake took place at Carthagena on the
izh jane, which created much alarm, but did no se-
nous damage. twas apprehended that in the nte-
ror provences the damage might have been consider
able.
Salem JNurdr-The Salem Gazette gives the following ex
tract from the able charge OF Chief Justice Parker the in
portant and NICE points OF Law involved the painful inyes
legations now IN progress at Saiem
may be subject of inquiry, what constitutes presence
WITHIN me meaning OF the second branch enactment
present aiding aud aeng the Of such crime
And the construction of this phrase, which taken from
he common law, has been settled times BY wise and
learned sases of the law and construction adopted and
sanctioned BY Judicial decisions down of
inns statute without doubt referred
when they framed it.
.ly this construction il is not required tina, ,,e she,, ,,
De actually upon the when the murder committed or
even IN sight othe more immediate perpe,raor victim
10 make hun principal.
III ne be at distance, co operating The by watching
prevent relief or to give alarm assist his
In escape haring hnoutde Of the purpose object of The
asasshis in the eye of the law being present aiding and
aoelnms 50 as to make him principal in the murder
denominated by accessory fact il, that
the latter not only absent from scene of
CRIME, butts not an immediate; pacpaor it, he NAV not
Know the time when and the place where committed He
Ia, as DAYS or months before, hred counsel
led or procured The deed to be done but he has immediate
.is crime deemed by the law to be as erea, as his; who
strikes the blow; it is often in moral point view greater
as may Combine greater number of desperate and dabol
motives without the influence of which the d
never have been denotes the savage heart of
the mureer without his bold and daring hand nuts in
rerl his own soul and the souls of others who b, H. b
might have gone free from the guilt blood Thus the law
Furnishes the accessory before the fact M
Furnishes actual are alike murderer,
fhere the law difference and it is supposed
10 exist also under statute regard form and the
cessores before the fact being held unless there be
conviction Of principal there trial the accessory
difference if it exist is relic of the unwise refinement
or ancient times being good an
before the fact TO crime proved have been committed
sooud not be tried and punished although the principal may
have escaped, bydeath otherwise the Punishment which
! awaited his crime in this world
But if occasion should examine this point, and the
common law should be found have varied by oy
statute the Legislature wipEobaby afford remedy for future
Cases"
Extract of letter dated
oeten my 70, io3O-Ihe Coun gave intimatiou of
their opinions this mornings regard 10 publication of the
evidence the trial proceeds expressed hope that this
psp The Grand jusy b @ ANY OF ,s
yonn Knapp as principal; and George Crownnshed and
- Knapp Jr as accessories before tho faetThree bills
naureo each containing several Seman and Chase
were discharged no bills having been found against them II
was generally supposed that Palmer would be indicted that
ne might be put uponbis Defence he refuse to
testify as there was some apprehcnsicns be might Fhe Grand
Jury are not dscharged, but will attend on Tuesday.
This is the,day appointed for the execution of the
slave Daniel, who was convicted of the murder of
James Drummond. The gallows has been erected
at the Powder Magazine, near the Poor House, and
the execution is directed take place between 10
and o'clock. Daniel is at preeen. confined in the
now City Prison. -
Couaterfeits. -Counterfeit notes of the denon;na-
ton of fifty dollars letter A. No 6S7, purportng to
De OF the Sank OF Virginia, payable at Lynchburu,
in circulation at Cincinnati. They are well eS
eeuied and are signed cambridge, cashier, and Brock
enL.jugh, president.
From China--A gentleman of this city, has recei-
we'd letter from Canton, via Salem statine that
TIE English have acquiesced in all the demands made
by the Chinese and that the trade had consequently
been resumed. -PhiLad. Gas.
Speedy. Communication. Intelligence from Toulon
IS conveyed to Paris by telegraph in 20 minutes
a distance of 399 miles.
MARRIED-On the 9Th instant, by the Rev Mr. !
Horre at the residence Of Mr.. James Kennerly JEFF
erson Barracks Missouri, Capt. G. C. HurTER, of
the U s. Army, to Miss HaRRiEF J. daughter of
MAJ j. Risque, of Lynchburg, (Va.)
DiED-in this city, on Wednesday, tho eth inst |
Mrs Nancy BAILEY, in the 48th year of her age
leaving large circle of friends and acquantances TO
dep!ore her death. She was formerlya resident of
Goochland, and for many years member of the
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