Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-23
For rmE WnIG.

discover from the legislative proceedings. tia, "a
new system Is about TO be adopted at least IN rca-
ton TO the road Disappointing each county to &C
Cept or refuse the proposed change. Tn novelty IN
Legislation suggested 20 me the possibility of apDy
ing the principle to other During the present
session, an c"r WA made 10 reduce the pay of the
members. IN which the mover failed | vii! suggest
TO the minority. cnd TO the friends of rerenchmcnt
remedy for the evil which, in all probability
would have escaped their attention.
Ia TIC first place, let the advocates of Rerencil.
ment reduce the gross amour: Of their paw By speak
ing less If this should fdIi of success let each uca-
tlemun, the end of the session. wien he ,ans NJ
the door Of the Treasury, settle his bill at 81 per
Gcni-ihis they have right to do, in despite of th,
majority In tins way, each nembgr will be paid uc-
Cordlng 10 hls estimate of his services and what is
still more rare III legislation, the majority and the
minority will both succeed Just bucl; your uJr
monts, gentlemen, and you will handsome sum
to the state. PlllLO CulLTON.
Buckingham.
The following history OF the origin Of the law for
organizing the Supreme Court If he United States
will be interesting to many Of readers at the pre-
sent moment
The reyy first order passed by the first Senate. ON
the 9TH April i729, was III these words:
Ordered, That Mcssrs Ellsworth, Paterson. Mac
lay Strong Lee, Bnssett. Few and WinCare, be a
committee to bring in a bill for orgdnizlnr She Jndj
ciury of the United States
And on the 18th Of the same month, Mr.. Carol
and Mr.. lard were joined, making the committee
consist OF one from each State.
On the 18th of Jane. Mr. Lee reported "a hill tn
establish the Judicial Courts Of the Unir cd States
This bill was debated on the ED. 23d, Goth Goth
and 30th of that month, and on the LIST, Cd Cd and
9th OF July; the 9TH it proceeded to third read
ing" and considered upon the Gth 9th 10Th and
18th; on the 18th the bill was re-commit ed; and ON
the 9Th the engrosscd bill passed to 4 third reading.
ayes II noes u.
Those who voted in the affirmative were Mcssrs.
Bassett and Read of Delaware: Carol and Henry NJ
MlrVpUl Dalton and pf GncI,t,
worth and Johnson OF Connecticut; Elmer and Pnicr-
son of Jersey; Few and Gum of Georgia; Nor
ris a. Pennsylvania. and lizard of South Carolina.
Those WHO voted in the negative, woro Messrs
Lee and Grayson of Virginia; Langlon and Winrate
of New Hampshire; Miclay Of Pennsylvania Sc But
Ter of S. Carolina.
The bill was thon sent TO the House, where it
was considered and debated many days; IL does not
appear by the Journal what propositions there were
to amend II, or whether there were anr; nor does !.
appear that there Il division even On It's final
passage The bill was signed by President Wash
nStOn on the Gath September, and has been the I'm
disputed law of the land until the recent attempt to
reform 1t by persons whose motives and whose rea
souings are best understood by themselves.
The bill for promoting the culture of Sill; was OK
peced TO be taken up Friday by the House Of Re
presentatiyes. The National Intclligcucer in aIu-
sion TO this subject, remarks that the plan of cstab-
lshng Futures which the bill proposes, would ena =
bic thu United States 10 make raw Silk an eyporia-
bic commodity The capacity of the country for the
production Of Silk unlmltcd; but w4thout the art
Of rceng Gan act, the difficulty and ingenuity rcqui-
site for which. can be appreciated only by those
some What acquainted with the subject il never c,n
become staple of commerce.. The culture of Sill,
must have beginning. CoCoOns will not b. .pun
unless they be sold and they will not find mar
kct IT laturcs be not established. TO provide these
Is the object of the bill.
The value of silk fabrics annually IGporieI into
this country S8Oo0,0oO; and Il is supposed that
under lIdlciJus system Nigh, export sufficient
quantities of ;hc raw material to pay UT the cos, OF
the imported article ACCORDING (, an authcrfic
wok III the library Of Congress, it appears that
during the term Of seven years, from 1921 10 1925
there were imported into Great Britain, 2II575IG
pound, OF raw silk, which, at s. the pound, cot
$40 1860 1t also appears from the same wors.
that during the Ike number of years, there was III
ported Of rh's article from Italy alone, 20 tho val
uc Of $5o,8gl ,2Jj.
AN I~pErENpryr JuprcilRy "A State law null
liicd by State Iudges,-Thc Nashville (Tcnncssec)
Banner of the 25th ult says--Ihc Judges appoint ed
by act of the last Legislature, to constitute special
Court for tho express purpose OF trying certain
growing out OF late dCIlcatiOns 20 the Bank of the
State of Tennessee, Monday delivered their opin-
ions sERGNrTI, sustaining the pleas To the jurisdiction
Of the Court, and deciding the act by which they
were appointed to discharge the duty to be unconst.
tution,L"
ia,c Jamaica papers couau correspondence bs1ccn the
foreign hau;s at lo ilaclc and Captain Clement ofrr
Brush hgatc shannon. Captain C. followed the expedition
against Eo Hachc, and aruvcd f,w hours after the
dropped anchor When thc attack begun Capt G. went
board English schooner aud STOOD close IN aud OH
Ndidcz's troops Getting possession, Immediately landed and
demanded protection 0fc lives and property tho urc
NJ every nation, except those of SPAIN whose behalf
declined interfere. Cen VALDEZ, the moment
flushed with victory asked Captain show he could project
particular interest duug srOB, bv soldiers who drscrv
Cd victory, and the fruits o ' Captain replied "Crn,d
fynu do not pracc, tho rehs NJ those for So 5r rgurr n
shall; and hold YOU responsible your G1ycrrrcut
well as NINE Tor the consequences shall not 'r
fed with The s;orng General became pacific rs llm,,
tir fI tita
petty wherever Captain G. required.
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