Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-06

A stinp
Vvore the House whom the substitute was offered,
was the report Of the Committee on the nemor,,I =,
fendIc'on. before the Housei "
to-, ne Speake, replied negatively to the last ques-
'on AHu stated The question before tn. House
m', Mnore warmly demonstrated against the ;oin,
consideration OF the reports the two en- sea blended
~ me substitute Thoy were entirely different
tie subjects had been separately con.,de rod hy On
committee, and separately reported on-,nd I, ov.s
, Jointly. " ''nSuef 'hem
Mr Rvcs of Campbell. called for the reading of
Eios'h memorial. and the deposition of Jobn Hen
shhw' on2 OF the commissioners of election in OIL
pePsr' VINO deposes that if sworn, he should b,v.
Gnnoucted the election differently from what he did
ney were accordingly read BY the clerk
Mr. Rves Of Pr Geo. rose with tho hoo 50 ;,,s.
Sing the gentleman from Mecklenburp to Withdraw
MS substitute lie had SAID that he should not vo.
,ne election, If he believed the irregu-
u''i's nao not varis1 the result. If he could s,tis
~ MN that results had not been affected Inv tho ~
'eguiar'tics he presumed he would withdraw HE
proposit'on Mr. Il. then examined the c,rcums,,ncas
OF me different places Of election In sIo,v IT,, a.
parties to he benefited by setting aside Tho I,; .'e
lNessrs fian'brongh and Pand etan) had received .
mnch advantage from them as Meos,s Rr,oddrsr, nd
S; mr. II. also referred to Mr.. Pendleton'.
d'ing given M notices and Insisted that the Hons.
1I9ht 70 come To the Judgment weon Gibson and
'unsorough which 1t would have come to- if Pendle
ton had heen candidate ~
I Mr.. anderson OF Bot aldreesa5 Tho ILL.,
the single point Of Gbson's frs, notice in ,rh;L
app''sed VIZ hansbrough. that he sh uld contes, tho
return before he Sheriff on the yarious r,on,,.
~ O .Ae e!Nc'."n llhls notice was decided by the
COMMITTEE tobe notice IN con,es, before tho ssh
W. and Hot The House of Delepate-) Mr. A ornnad
10 prove that Tins notice was sufbcient-thot !, an
swered the object of the law. which was To enable
those whose seats were disputed tn l.no., ,ho 800
upon which they were disputej-and ~, slouno'
test'"a member Mr. Gibson. having given th;s NJ
tce' anu ollowedl It up in his dep1sitions and meme
.o ousie not now to urge upon the House that no
such notice had been given to him Mr. A ,II,II
l" various facts connect ed with the election as sh
ing mat had been grossly Irregular and ongbt n
DC se' aside. Mr.. called for the ayes and noes
which sustained ~ "oes'
The EIemoriaiist. Nh PendI,Ion Tho, ,, .,
various questions TO Mr. Broaddus-but Mr. Sonn,a
oouotnS the regularity of the proceeding tho snepl
er declared 1t out of order. r
M. FendIeton observed, that such had boep tho
p'aeuce OF the gentleman cntcch:sed now bv him
towards himself on Yesterday 0 ~ '''i'
ar Bro1ddus professed his readiness IN ,no,ve-
A. uiiu'er' suggested that as Mr.. Pendetou had
tue questions IN writing. Mr.. Broaddus couH re,d
catechised ""'''y Vi oeins
.ar Ghoison objec ed to the admissions Of NJ,
broaddus going to the effect of his fMr R-ood5ni
waving he necessity of a notice to him .nd ]
notce 70 MN, that If lie waived the necessity re
changed. ~"' N'iSh' %
Mr.. Norris and Mr. Walkias objected 70 III. j. =
regularity OF the course aud it was desisted fron,
MT 'uorr's briefly replied to the gentleman from
DOT OH me point OF Mr. Gbson's notice and IN ,h.
no lie
cussion. " tue U.S.
i Mr. EppeS adgerted TO his having moved 10 reco,-
n the report, and the refusal of the House IN do 60
.tt"vIng refused to commit it was objected tina,
mere was no facts for the House decide upop Rn,
there were facts as broad day drawn from vario"s
sources AS tho friends Of the report had raf,sad
nnon ,bo $500 ~ his s"sing the evidence, he should
| ton aside " " SET 'n' ole %
Mr. Jackson enqured. if the memorialist. Gibson
nan III ma notice 10 the Sherif) objected 10 the e-
fhn oil ion 81.
| te rule of votinos ' Il"
Mr. Gibson replied in the negative.
ne question was then taken, and decided against
the substitute. follows:
AYEs.-Nessrs G.lmer Rooker Co-,, g
h"rSt kenney. M'Cue, Anderson of Bntetourt Van
coy Rives Of Campbell, Clay, .Burfoot Wngbt
pp Um Ersk,ne Claiborne. Dunn, Atkinson
Pollard of King 81 Queen Hooe, Leland Ewing
ro"'h on l'oudonn, Mason of Loudoun. Caldwell
street, Hudgins Knox, Goode, Billingsly Preston
Helms' OBerra' Garland of Nelson, Murdauoh'
THOMPSON, Blackwell Baxter, SHIELD NDoweu
J NJ Alahon, Crump, EnDes Keller Jackson-43,
NoEs-Messrs Banks (Speaker) Drnmmond.
! wood OF Albemarle. Mayse. Campbell. of Bedford
G"nwlch, Davis Henshaw, Miller of Bot,etourt,
campbell OF Brooke, Ghoson, She'll Christian
SPurlock Taylor Halybur'on, Watkins Wilson
brotnaX. Jones, Marshall, Pavne Powell of Prank
nm hoIand Mason of Frederick, Castleman. Wood
g, Freder.ck, king. Perrin. Bryce. Hail, Green
hasley. Carskadon, Morris, Seymour Davssop
heie h. Dyer SemDr, Lucas Gallar cher Pollard of
hing William. Hays, Pondexter Newman Watts
nawtsr. Opshur. Jacobs, PARROT Barbour Adams
! timer. Wlt"hcr, Swanson Miller Of Powhatan Zinn.
| fiV's ot Prince George, Tyler, Hart, Moore, Lewis
| Alexander. Kilgorc, Williams of Shenandoah Uar
rs Lakewood. Hamilton, Moncure Gillespie M'Cov.
! NCuIloch, Newton, Crockett, Maxwell Macfa land
| Rutherford 10
.mr. 4oode then moved tn rccommit the report
with instructions 10 the Committee to regard rho
notice gwen by Marlborough to PendIeton. on the Cd
| November, ms a notice. and scrutnizc tho Doll of
"'oson' IN order to ascertain tho number OF LIS good
| votes. s''N
Nv Morris said that the motion now subn,it,.d
involved serious question, about which the Cr,n
mttee had much difficulty in decldinR-it was when
INC hVn days within which the notice was to be given,
were 10 commence Mr. M. detailed circumstan-
tally the proceedings before he Committee and the
grounds upon which it had decided that the Cd Nov.
was not in time.
l Mr. Gibson and Mr. IIansbrourh respsctivolv
narrated tho course they had taken with WOW, ~
show that neither had availcd themselves Of fecbni
calitiCs. ~
! Mr. Leigh inquired upon what grounds the Con,
mtee had decided, that the return was when the
shrrliis conducting the election me, To couoporc the
p1iIq-irOm Which time th, five ,y;,I,;r