Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-23

have been more palrioticaily as well as moro ,via..
ployed. ="
RIcnMoNp. Jan. 18Th. lSI2.
Inc senate Today. has been debating the bill. som.
time since passed by the House of D,lepa,cs .,,ha,;a...
the issue otSmall Notes, by the Banks,-bu, v;,bo,7
coming 10 any decision. As, however. a motion cx1.
Indefinite l"stronencnt If the bill failed. iy a resperia.
bic majority, the general impression is that il will n,.s
III 'e House OF Delegates, the Report Of the Con.
mlttee on FInance has been again On the ,apis-,b.
question Beng IN the adoption Of It's first reso
luton, proposing the creation, at once. Of
sinking fund, Tor the redemption, in twenty
I'VE years, o. the principal Of the State debt
This proposition was opp sed y Mcssrs. Yerby. Daniel.
Byrd, Broadus and CrutchfeId, and s,stain,dby Messr.
R%andolph, Leake tfAlitnafle and Williams Ihe,e
who opposed 1t did moi do so Itcause If their lt stiliiy Il,
the provision OF meals for the payment of The publio
debt, but because they do not bchet &c that This rsy aroni-
tons period for such an effort. The taxes. they
contend, must necessarily be raised, 10 meet The actual
current demands upon the tressury-wlile ll.e pro, IL arc
but little able to sustain new burtiens superadded To the
heavy Indebtedness which now almost brushes them Il,
the earth, and under the influence of which they are 3,
c'amorunsiy appealing to the Legislature for the adoption
of some measure of relief. Nor can the public credilor ssn
plain, five only providethe meuns 10 msei he interest on
our debt, (to which there viii not be a disseatient vice.
since that Is all he has a right to ask OF TO .ypect. All
parties concur in the %propriety of establishing a sinking
fund at as early a a'v as practicable, after the existing
distress of The people shan be relieved, aud when In,
country which is now 50 dearly pay,ag the penalty Of
the ''cxpcrimcn,s' that have been made upon the cur
roncv shall h,v nacsol eaC,Ir ,lr,,a,b, tho ferry cruol~
bic. No question had been taken when tho llvse at
journed.
The Locofoco members of the Legislature had a C,a.
Gus last night--the object of which, it seems to be gen
orally understood, was to determine whether or no TIN
Proscriptive Guillotine shall be put in motion hi.
winter--in plain words, whether the Treasurer. and
First and Second Auditors, who happen to be Wings,
shall be removed from office, to make room for some pat
riotic members of the dominant party who feel an intense
anxiety to "do the State some SERVICE at the low
rate Of $4,000 per annum. What conclusion the Sanhe-
drim came to could not learn, as, notwithstanding their
dennnciauons, a winter or two ago, of the secret meet
ings Of the Wings. it sat with closed doors. and as tho
members thus far guard well their secret. Some ofshe
cooler heads of the party, and men high in their coun-
els, are decidedly and avowcdly opposed 10 the removal
of officers. against whom their is no, a shadow of com
P'"lht ""ooc NIL anu Iuellly are aVourned by yea1s
honorable service, and who are admitted TO he the lrd
Executive Offices who have ever been in the employ
ment of the Commonwealth. 1t rerlains to be seou
whether moderate or violent councils are to prevail.
Our tidings from Georgia, are better and better. The
majority of the Wig candidate for Congress will bel
tween $ and G000-and, what is better, letters from tia.
State, as well as the papers, speak Of it as the iorernnner
ota create triumph to come. The last Locofoco Legs
lature in that Stale, it is confidently asserted, gave tho
death-blow to Loccfocoism and Wing principles are
henceiorth triumphant in that State. This result must
be particularly gratifying to Senator Berrien, who has
been so triumphantly sustained, while the men who bnt
the other day denounced and reviled him, aad instructed
him, in the abused name of the people of Georgia. to 20
hey or resign" must feel most keenly the mortifyiug re-
bnke which has been administered to them.
Gen. James w. Pegram was yesterday elected Pnsi-
dent of the Bank of Virginia, receiving the votes OF fvc
out of the nine Directors. including that Of DIR. Brock
enbrolgh himself, who might. by dividing the vote.
defeated an election. The election of Cashier has been
postponed until next Tuesday.
| observe in the proceedings of Congress, that Mr..
Calhoun, in presenting a memorial from Philadelphia III
favor OF The Excheqner, took special pains to exonorate
himself from all suspicion of being inclined to favor thai
measure. What will the Madisonion say to thai2
Senator Tappan, a few days ago. introduced an a
mcndment to the constitution, proposing to change the
tenure by which the Judges hold their office, from llr'
TO 4 term ofyears! was defeated by an overwhelming
majority; butit is worthy Of remark that every Locofo-
co Senator present, except Mr.. McDufie, (and shall l
say Mr.. Rives?) voted in favor Of it. Is it hereafter to
be regarded as a test of Democracy - that the indePen,
dence OF the Judlciary-the strongest safeguard OF ol"'
Freedom, and the only sanctuary into which Faction
has not yet reared its Gorgon heads to be broken downs
MIR. Calhoun was among the absentees Buchanan
voted in favor If the proposition
am rejoiced to announce the reelection of Senator
Crlttenden, by the Legislature of Kentucky, by a mar'f-
ity of 40 over II. NJ. Johnson-the more 80, that. during
the last summer, the Wickliifes, Marshalls. and other
d~saffccted Wings have moved heaven and earth By a
coalition with the Locoiocos. to defeat him THAT through
his defeat, they might stab Mr.. Clay!
The Governor of Delaware. in his late Message "
the Legislature Of that State, states that she is Tree i'on
and almost from taAatiun-Nhilu she hasa sa'i'u