Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-28
From the National TateHigeacer of Feb 81

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From The National TateHigeneer of FEB. 20
BY the judgment ofthe Supreme Court
OF the United States, delivered yesterday
by Mr.. Justice Story, the discharge of
Tobias Watkins from Imprisonment was
decreed. The grounds ofthe decision, we
believe, are error or informality in the
| proceedings in the Court below, which we
! shall be careful hereafter to state
more particularly than we now can.
Mr.. Watkins was brought into Court and
discharged. On leaving the Court, he
had not passed the threshold of the Cap
itol, before he was arrested by the Mar
shall, at the suit of the United States, on
three Ca. Sa's issued under the judy
ments, upon which he was originally
confined, and carried again to prison.
This proceeding created, as might have
been expected in such case, great sem
sation In different parts of the building.
A motion for another writ of habeas cor
pas was Immediately made by Mr.. w. l..
Brent, and is to be argued on Saturday
next.
KENTUCKy.--The Legislature of this
State adjourned ON the Cd instant, after
a session of nine weeks.
The bill to establish a STATE BANK,
which passed the House Of Representa-
tiyes, was lost in tic Senate. 1t was or
dered to a second reading by the casting
vote of the Lieutenant Governor; but
having been reported to the Senate on
the last day of the session, the constitu-
tlonal majority could not be obtained to
dispense with the rule which prohibits bills
from being read twice on the same day.
There are advices from LONDON, by an
arrival at New York, down to the 18th
of January, which, however, furnish lit
tie of interest. The King of PORTUGAL
has retired from his army on the frontier
to Braga. The King of THE FRENCH
was on his progress to review the Army
OF the North, and was every where re-
| celyed with the greatest enthusiasm.
The klng of SPAIN on the 3lst Decem-
Der formally revoked the decree issued
during his late illness, derogating from
the Pragmatic Sanction of 1880.
OFFIcIAL.-Mr. J. r. CLAY, Secreta.
ry to the Legation of the U. States at
st. Petersburg, has arrived in this city,
( bearing treaty of Amity and Com
| merce, concluded between the United
States and the Emperor Of Russia, which,
as we understand, will be Immediately
submitted to the Senate for. ratification.
| Globe.
From Harrisburg, we learn that, on
| Wednesday last, the Legislature ofPENN-
sVLvANIA again essayed five times in vain
to choose Senator of the United States.
On the last balloting, Mr.. McKEAN had
a. votes, Mr.. RUSH As, Mr.. SERGEANT
II, Mr.. MUHLENBERG II, and Mr.. Scat.
termg 3. The further balloting in this
election was then postponed to Tuesday
the 18th of March; and our correspondent
thinks it now probable that no choice of
senator will be made at this session ofthe
Leglslature.-Nat Int.
The Charleston Patriot says--"Those
Southern memqers of Congress who con-
. denim the proceedings ofthe Nuilifiers in
this State, and yet are for withholding
power from the Presidet TO counteract
those proceedings, may be said to be a.
gainst theoretical, but in favour of prGcti-
cal Modification.