Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-07
MONDAY MORNING. FER = laa1-


10 The Northern Mail due on Friday, arrived yes.
'eiaoy' Those due on Saturday end yesterday, have
not come yet.
fHE LEeIsLATURE. On Saturday tn, House of
Deiegates disposed of much private and local bust
ness The Committee Of Courts of Justice met and
agreed upon the PRINCIPLES of the Judiciary bill, and
imposed 1t upon their Chairman tNr. L,igh) to draft
IT, ms duty will in oil probability, be discharged
In Gay ortwo II seems now to be- thought that
'"e'e VIII De less difficulty in arranging details than
was at one time nporehended; which if IL prove tn
90 So there Is no good reason for supposng that the
session VIII be of inordnate length. The EXECUTIVE
and the judiciary reorganized-no very important
measure remains, but the election Of the Judges and
tns Executive, (which will possibly occupy four or
I'VE days and Internal improvements. The hume
rous enquiries into the propie,y of changes in the
statute Law, required of the Committee of Courts
OF Justice, have, many Of them been declared mex
Peoient by that Committee. The ordinary business
OF legislation is less in quantity, and more uumpor-
aht In character than usual and may be rapidly des
patched, or altogether pretermited without any SO
rious inconvcnlence to any body or quarter of the
commonwealth. For divorces, there are very few
apprehension separate elections, an immoderate
number, but 1t has become a matter of course. TO
grant every application of the kind-for revolutionary
pensions there are many, but as il is the settled
rule to grant no pension where thnre was no wound
this class OF petitions has been thrown out by the
Committee Much future legislation will
DO prevented by two laws which are medtuted-fr,,.
TO transfer to the County Courts, jurisdiction over
separate eections-and second to revise the election
laws, now extremely obscure and contradictory. II
probable also, that jurisdiction over divorces will
be vested in some other tribunal than the Legislature
Some day this week. will no doubt be assigned for
the election of Governor and Councillors. The olec
ton Judges will not take place before the Judicial
ry bill is finally disposed of.
PUBLIC PRINrER.-Contrary to the tenor of pre-
Vious Information aud rumors from Washington, i,
VIII De observed that Duff Green has been again
elected Printer to the House of Representatives.
tfhe Senate have yet made no eection) Mr. Fran
CHS r. Blair was not nominated at all; who was gene
rally expected to have superseded Green. Arrange
nnents out of doors doubt controlled the vote
within.
In ,pect. feel IN approach to satisfaction a,
DUN luck II argues, that however potent in the
Cabinet, Van Burenism has yet to fight the battle in
Congress.
Ma MoNRoE's CLAIM The friends of this claim
appear to have rallied afer the vote in Committee
Of the Whole. We understand il will mss in tho
shape it has now assumed namely that if the nc
counting officers shall think him entitled to $50 600 ON
the principles of equity and ju,tice The same shnl be
paid him. This transfers responsibility from Con
Rress to the Accounting Officers
" The Nat. Intelligence Of Thursday, saws the
Senate the u States has ratified the treaty made
hv NJ, inJ ,uthr tn
reputed secret article, granting certain privileges
in reference to building chips of war.
q II will be that direct act of hostility to-
wards rechartering the Bank OF the U. States, has
been defeated in the Senate.
u The heavy rains on Tuesday and Thursday,
with the comparatively moderate weather on Thurs
day and Friday morning. and a strong current have
broke up the ice in the and OH Saturday night
the new Steamboat John Morris succeeded in getting
up with the Exit and Chcrub in tow.
Since Friday. however, we have had hard freezing
weather, and the ice The Dock, Dasip and Ca,aJ
is thicker and stronger han ever; but it is hoped the
current IN the River will keep It from freezing over
again this season.
Two negro waggoners frozen to denth on
their way TO this city last week. One of them WINS
driving coal Wagon. The other, belonging to
Philip Woodson, Of Hanover, wss sent to town on
Monday with load Of produce, and on Tue day
morning the Wagon fousd stalled on the rood.
and the unfortunate driver lying stiffencd corcse
alongside Oft.
FoR Wura
To Tie Rev. Clergy Of evcry Denou1idation oT The
City Of Richmond
Gentlemen: Permit me To- suggest 10 your humane
consideration an idea, dictated me by the extreme
severity Of this winter, aud which in my humble
opinion, accOrds with your immediate caliing-that
idea is--each Of you to have n collection made in
your resnectye Chnreas for the hnneGL Of lie snf.