Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-02-10

anu teSutthn IN DIS dc1uil1l- hc siD-hi5
scene IS thus described:
The Hsuse Of Representatives, with theis
Managers, and the counsel fer the respon-
dent, having come into Court:
Mr. 9GsetosA moved the following resslu-
ten:
Re:olved, That this court will now pro.
nounce judgment upon James H. Peek, Judge
Of tae District Court Of the United States iop
the District of Missouri.
hIr. Jsze,eeH, observed that if there were
one member of the Court unprepared for q
decision on this mpeac hment at this time, or
preferred any other made of proceeding to
pronounce Judgment, he would cheefiully
withdraw the resolution.
No objection having been made, the ress-
luton was unanimously adopted.
The names of the senators were then call
ed over by the Secretary.
The Secretary of the Senate, under the
direction Of the Pice President, read the arti-.
Gle of impeachment exhibited by the House
Of Representatives, against James IL Peck,
Judge of the District Court of the u. States
for tlie District OF Missouri.
Tie Vics- President rose and said
Senator's: You have heard the article of
impeachment read: you have heard the EVIL
dence and Arguments for and against the
respondent: when your names arc called you
vii! ri;e from your seats aud distinctly pros
nounce anether he is guilty or net guilty, an
charged by Tie House Of Representatives.
The Wee Presidest then In an audible
voice, put the following question to each os
tina Senators IN alphabetical order, commence
ing with
Mr. Senator Barnard, What say you; To
James r Pack, Judge Of the District Court
Of the United Ssatcs for the District Of Mis-
ssuri, Guilty or not guilty of the high INSIDE.
neanor cE-t.se ed in the article OF impeachment
exhibited against him by the House Of Re-
representatives.?
Each Senator rose frsm his seat, as this
question was propounded to him. and answer
ed as follows:
GUILTY.-Messrs. Barnard Brown Clay
ten, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Hayne,
Iredell, Kane, King, Livingston, Mckinly,
Poindexter, Robbins, Sanford, Smith ofMd.
| Smith rs. C. I'roup, Tyler, Woodbury.. 81.
| NOT GUlLTY-Messrs. Barton, Bell,
Burnett, Chase, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Grun-
dy, Hendricks. Holmes, Johnston, Knight,
Marks, 9audam, Noble, Ruggles, Seymour,
! Silsbce, Sprague, Iazewell, Webster, White,
! Nliey-22.
! Alr, Benton and Mr.. Robinson were excused
from voting. Mr. Bibb, MIR. Chambers and
! bAc IC9tFa1 were absent.
| 1he VICE Presidentagain rose, & observed:
SENATaRs: Twenty enc Senators having
voted that the respondent is guilty, {. TWEEN
ty-two that he Is not guilty; and two thirds
OF the Senate ROT having voted for his con-
FIctoa, Ii becomes the duty of the Chair to-
pronounce, that JAMES H. PEcK, the Judge
Of The District Court Of the U. States for thu
District Of Missouri, stands acquitted of the
charge exhibited against him by the House Of
Representatives.
| The Nice-Presideat then directed the Mar
snail to adjourn the Court of impeachment,
and it was accordingly adjourned sine sic.
| Virginia In 1890 The "Ancient Douin-
ion' Contained within her boundaries one
tiIh o. the whole political power of the Con.
! tedefatIon-was twice as large as New York.
| and one-t third larger than Pennsylvania. But
the sables are now turned. Her political
've.sht II The scale will be just one half that
| O New YORK IN the Congress under the new
4; census, and sne-thrd less than that ofPenn-
| syiFania She will have to take rank with
Quo, State that vas not in existence when
'ho was III the zenith OF her prosperity.
! teorg'a The census of all the counties
IN Georgia, with the exception of Chatham,
has been received, and shows population
/ OF e02,s37. 1t is estimated that Chathasa
county contains 10000; which gives tstat
OF 5l5,337 The colored population amount.
10 elO,o45. The population OF Georgia in
! 1920 was S40,989. The representative pep
uiati0n is about 424,200; so that, if the ratio
should be increased to any number below
44,COO, Seorgia will be entitled to another
, member of Congress.
| Steamboat DisGster We have been YER.
bally informed, that ssme DAYS since. the.
steamboat Sylph burst her boiler somewhere
above Maysvsle. Captain Benjamin Potter,
tle commander, and many more are said to,
be killed.
Esrihfuakc.-I'he Montreal Gazette es
last Monday says-"Yesterday morning, a.
bout SIX O'Clock, the very rare and unusual
occurrence Of an earthquake alarmed many
OF our good inhabitants The shock was
distinctly felt in ell parts of the city, and was
tSieTabiy smart. Many attribute this event
to volcanic origin, and imagine that the APP
pearance OF an extinct volcano, which our
mountain presents, proves that the causeis
not lar distant-Others, more Inclined to the
marvellous, suppose that the comet now
seen towards the morning in the n. NE.
has gwen this earth a blew with its fiery tail
during one of its frisky movements"
The Fredericktown Examiner says-sTha