Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-07
ling those to whom hey are sent either to leay

tlonai treasury. w know OF nothing 10 which
small annual sum might be more bcnefciay APP
Piled, than In supplying any deficiency which
might accrue in the of the Post office De-
partment from d reduction of postage
The President has replied to the resolution
adopted by the Il of r. few days since, on the
subject of the relations existing between this Coy
ernlnen, and tlrat Of Buenos Ayrcs. The Presi-
dent declines to communicate the correspondence
between our Minister and the government of tina,
Republic, on the ground that, as Minister has
been appointed from Baenos Ayres TO conduc, the
revived negotiation at Washington, the pnbica-
ton of the correspondence present would be pre-
judicial 10 The pubic interests
~ MIR Wickffe has ntrcd ueed a resolution
IN Congress, the ultimate object Of which Is to PRO
cure an ainendmeh; TO the federal constitution, pro.
tectIng the National Legislature from undue Exec.
tive influence, by prohibiting tic appointment Of
mtmhers oil Congress 10 Offices within the gift Of
tae President during the time which they may have
heen elected to serve rs Representatives OF the teo
PIE. There are some oil ELECTIONS, drawn from ~
pedcney, to the adoption of snch an amendment
but they weigh nothing compared with the good
consequences which may be expected from 1t We
may sometimes be precluded, by It's adoption, itom
procuring the most suitable persons TO fill vacan-
ci"s Which may occur IN some of the hig her Offices
but ON the Other hand, close a DOR TO u stream
ot corruption which may convert our representa-
axes into the mere creatures ofExecutive will and
we have already had aiaste of the evils of such
state OF things sufficient 10 make us dread decpcr
draush l.-Thc Editor OF the National Cir zrtte pro-
poses, MS an additional clause 10 Mr. Wickhtre's
amendment, that Governors of States be prohibited
rom abandoning their post, for offices under the
! general eovernment-a Irop"slt I'm sustainablc by
many coecn' reasons, and which especially recon-,
mcnds Itself 10 the attention of the inclusive cham
Pons of tate Sovereignty, who we hope will not
be deferred from nursing the ban,llng, IN conse-
quenc' OF the supposed hetcrodoxy OF its parent.
ind e Baldrin.-lt is said that Judge Baldwin
OF the Supreme Court ofthe United States, has be-
come insane, and is coniiaed in hospital. II is
feared from the manner ofthe attack and the symp
/ ioh'S uidt II VIII prove a ease OF confirmed and
incurable lnucy.
~ John C Calhoun, Esq passed through Rich.
m nd on the III inst. his way to Washing ,on.
ilc Times says, he has resigned the Vice Ptesi
.ency, and viii take his seat as Senator, i'll the
pncs Of Gov iiayne.
a. We have not inserted the Bulletins issued by
Gen. Blair and Duff Green consequent upos the
assault recently made by the former upon the LAT,
ter, both because W. had not room Tor them when
they were first received, and because the pubcn-
TONS growing olt of such occurrences reflect no
| credit upon our na!irn ii character. From all that
The assault was as unprovoked as il was violent
and dastatlly and we glad 10 that il meets
with the universal condemnation Of the public
pr SIS, without regard to party
TT Charles \ Clinton, Esq eldest son Of the
late Dewitt Clinton has received from the Presi-
dent the appointment Of Consul General to France
- reside at Paris
number of deaths in that city, in the two weeks du
ring Which the cholera prevailed there, a, about
500.
IL A French Editor sarcastically remarks
The United States were brought into existence
by tax upon ted, and they will terminate 1t by Il
dispute about duty on broad cloths"
g. On New Years Day large concourse of
visitors, says the National In,eigcncer usual,
thror ged the Mansion OF the President and ten
dered him the compliments of,hc season, with the
respect due to his station and were as on similar
occasions, courteousy received and entertained.
Contested Eicciion-The Committee of Prv
lcgcs and Elections in the Senate of Virginia, have
come TO a decision in the of the contested cleo
lion from the district composed of the counties OF
Halifax and Meckenburg.--It being ascertained
tina, Dr. Thos P. Atkinson, the 81 ting member,
was elected by majority of 25 votes, Mr.. Shell
ton, the con,estng candidate, asked and obtained
leave to withdraw his memorl a
Il Declinaiurcs-Gc VIM. Mccoy, the Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Augusta district,
and Robert Allen, Esq. Representative from the
Shenandoah district, decline rc-elccton-thc for
mer in consequence Of i'll health
yT Thomas Settle, Esq. of Rockingham county
(N c. has been elected Judge of the Superior
Court of that State, to supply the vacancy occa-
;onod hv tho election of Judge Swain to the Ga
, bcrnatorial chair.