Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-24

rod He had alluded to Elizabeth Hary;.,.
and that lady, as appeared from the affdayi, q,
her pby sician, was not in consumption but in
state of great nervous eXcitability produced h..
the late events, and the trouble to which she h..
subsequently, been subjected. She was NOT nNS.
in a condition to answer the interrogatories otM.
court but it was believed she would be able ie
rive her evidence in the Spring. Three o,bs'
witnesses would also be prevented from attend.
ing in December; one was sick, another had
gone voyage, and the third had absconded.
This was the state OF the case, and he respect.
fully submitted to the Court whether undsr
these circumstances it would be proper to nro,
coed to the trial in December. There was ano
Their witness, too, whose name he would M,
here state. but who, since the time he had been
called as q witness, had been broken up in br
siness-dd not dare to sleep in his bed-and
could not be got to the Court in safety. Gen.
tlemen may say there was no danger-tbev
might feel none The Court, firm and inAeyi.
bly resolved to do its duty, might feel none: bu,
il was otherwise with the witnesses; their minds
were accessible to alarm, and they were alarm.
ed and unwilling to give their evidence in con.
sequence of the threats which had been held
out toward them. Such being the case. h.
should not consider that he performed his duty
if he failed in again submitting to the Court the
The Court, after short deliberation. decid
ed that they had heard nothing sufficiently
strong to warrant them in departing from The
opinion expressed yesterday; they Therefore
named Tuesday, Cd of December as the dav
mon which the trial Of this case should CON-
mence.
Mr.. Prescott moved the Court that Alva KeI
" be liberated on bail. The application was
rejected -Boston Atlas.
Vermonf.-The Message OF Governor Palmer
to the Legislature of Vermont is brief and un
pretending document 1t treats for the most
part, of the principles, according to which the
government of Republican States should be
conducted, and particularly enforces the neces
sity of constant regard to the preservation Of
moral and religious principles. The subject Of
the militia is recommended to the Legislature
by an earnest panegyric OF its efficacy and
importance, but no particular measures in ref
ence to it, are suggested. Governor Palmer
expresses his conviction of the indispensa.
BILE necessity Of National Bank, but is opposed
to the renewal of the existing charter OF the pre-.
sent one. He considers its conduct liable II
censure. but as affording no justification lOrthe
pernicious measures Of the Federal Executive
All indications of a disposition on the part Of
that executive to overlap or abuse its powers
ought, in his judgment, to be resisted al The
threshold. In pursuance OF resoutlonOl The
Legislature, he has addressed letter TO the Go.
vernon General of the British Provinces, reques.
ting him to appoint Commissioners to act in
concert with others appointed on the part OF Yer.
mont, in or to ascertain the causes OF the inuR
dations of land on the margin of Lake Cham
plain, and the nature of the instructions at its
outlet; but no reply has been received.
Boston Pat