Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-16
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IJ, cstcrdIy the Judiciary Bill was reported To
the House. with amendment respecting contemps
OF Court neary the congressional proysion) insert
ed by the Senate, cXpuuscI. The House rcilstated
:he amendment and passed the bill There is no
doubt OF It's passing, the Senate. The revenue bill
was also passed, and bills put their passage first,
0Nin5 the salaries Of the Circuit Court Judprs and
second. arranging tn. terms OF the County Counts
M order 10 conform them To tie terms of the Ctcuit
Courts. These matters Of course IL, the sct,c
mcnt of which, there is not much pretext for n
speech, that the election of the Judres is the on
serious utfir remaining to be adjusted. This done
the General Assembly will return 10 the boso,, of
the constItuency-au event, we presume not los,
GcSira bic To them, than To the Eenple. Man woma,
and child, are wcaricd with hearing the perpe,unI
question, when will the Legislature adjourn and a
few more such sessions only are wanting to satisfy
the People Of Virginia tina, once in two years is
often cn1ugh fer the Legislature to assemble
We understand that Com. R.rrsn will be ,i,.,a
III command nfthc Navy Yard al philadelp,ie ne rho
= successor OF Com. Ranbsilre instead nf o.,
a'Ins'oE ana Fat tie last named Officer will tsko
w. pave % 'oi' Barron at he Norfolk Navy Yard
u "c se'Su!.ifv excited by the removal of Con,
nN:Hn-,1DGE from the Philadelphia Navy Yard bas
occurred for that gallant officer the compliment of
public dinner by large number Of the most resne,
{ Nat L,L
The Philadelphia Sentinel of "Wednesday. in tho
following paragraph leads us TO hope that the ,ss,s
;, t1nt perpetrat"r of TIE robbery of the New YorI
CITY Bank has at length been taken:-
We understand that on Saturday uiubt obo,,
ten o'clock, man calling himself JoHN ELLIS. but
: whose real name is WILLIAM JouN Murray was
arrested by our High Const ables, and rm,nedatoIv
taken before the Mayor Before tic Mayors officpp
he threw away sum OF money, which, it is ascer
tanned, was part OF that taken from The New York
CITY Bank and made vigorous effort 10 escape from
: the otlicors-We learn, that he is a Scotchman NOT
long in this country. fhcrc are stronr reasons for
believing, that he is the person who was concerned
with SMITH ~ tie robbery of the City Bank
Letters from the of Africa describe the ac
ton III which the boats of the British schooner Con-
ilct' (l2) Lieutenant George Smthers, engaged nd
captured large schooner, full Of slaves az gal
liant affair. The Conflict on her return from tb.
river of Gambia, on the LIST of December when she
y tell IN with suspicious looking sail, which she
Immediately gave cbsse, but it falling dead calm.
an armed boat was sent, under command Of Ar Rose
tho mnste with orders 10 board ard search tho 81 ran
ger The latter, ttr boats pach DISCHARGED
guns and small arms into her, which wounded sever
al men. mr Rrse then made siuual fn- ano,b.
boat from the Conflict which soon ioined tbe nnl
together they carried the schooner after desno,a,
resistance IN which tho British had nine men ,ronn1
ceu' the SaVer seventeen men Killed, and drowned
he latter by bong driven overheard III the GONNA,
Ehe cap,ors found ca slaves on board IN a misern
bio CONDITION, the whole Of which were tskcr 70 81
ezra Leone, where the Captain and crew were inn.
pr'Soned' end were to be tried Under special com
mission.
y late Nassau paper states that ,'the Lords nj
= the Admiralty have promoted to the rank OF Comman
DER Lieut.. John Z T. MHardy, late commapdrg
INC r,ckie schr MS reward for the gaantry dis
payed ny that Ulcer III the capture of the Boiodora
slave schooner, after severe action in the Yves,
Indies, when the Pickle lost three other crew besides
ten wounded Tho Eolodora had Oh bonrd 33j
slaves at tho time Of her capture, and had long car