Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 12, Richmond, Wayne County, 29 May 1824 — Page 2

PRESIDENTIAL. Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Public Leger, dated, v New Orleans. April 24, 1824. The Presidential question was a fruitful subject for conversation, during our passage down the sentiment of the Cabin passengers were ascertained, and a decided majority of the whole number dec lared themselves in favor of John Q. Adams, as our next President and the vote for Vice-President was nearly unanimous, in favor of Gen. Andrew Jackson, (the Crawforditesonly dissenting,of which there were Two natives of Virginia.) On the Presidential question there were three Clavitcs two from Kentucky and one from Scotland via. West Indies. Jackson had some partizans chiellv fro in Tttuiessec. Among the supporters of Adams were two from Arw YurA one from .Yftc Jersfy, two from Pcnmykcr.iti, two from Ohio, three from Indiana, one from Dnnesscc, one from llrcmia: some from Mississippi jlhdiama, and the eastern states. From conversations had with gentlemen of respectability and intelligence, from Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana it appears that, Mr. Adams is the second choice of these states; in this state Mr. Adams is far more popular than Mr. Clav : in Mis

sissippi Adams and Jackson are thought to

be about equal no other candidates are named. As far as the sentiments of the Adam and Jackson parties could he ascertained, they entertain and cultivate reciprocal respect for each other, the favorite candidate of one partv is the second of the other. There is little or no doubt in this quarter but, that the choice will ultimately, fall on John Qcincv Adam, or on Andrew Jackson. Mr. Clav is out of the question.' and Mr. Crawford is "h-jrs du Combat, ?'

The editor of the National Republican, speaking of the meeting lately held in Cincinnati by the friends of Mr. Clay. say: We consider the result of this meeting

a derisive of the fate of that candidate, in

thi section of the state, and as a Mrong evidence that his prospect of obtaining the Presidential vote- ot Ohio i now weakened to the slightest prohabilitv. We have Lever believed, for a moment, since the attempt of the Cai'cts Junto at Columbus to pledge the state to his interest and views, that Mr. Clay could obtain the Electoral vote of Ohio. The means which have been adopted to carry this state for him, have materially affected his popularity among our citizens, and will contribute essentially to his defeat. Hi sanguine and ever Zealous friends have so often asserted that lie is the favorite candidate in Ohio, that nothing could prevent his obtaining our FJet toral vote-, and that no other candidate would receive anv considerable support. it i- time to speak out, and unrj'tr his friends and the people of other stat a. hva statement whic h accords with

the public sentiment, and which will be j fund correct at the f b tion, in Nov. next, j Bv great and 'Xtraordinarv exertions the ! triends- of Mr. Clav have obtained, in this city. 127 vote in hi favor, and although we have no doubt som' few were absent at i the l ite meeting, yet we do not believe they j w ill be able to increase that number at a- j ny meeting or election, in Cincinnati, on the subject of the Presidency. The great 1 contest in O do, will be between General ' J kon Mr Adams, and to one of these j candidate there can he no doubt the Pres- j idential vnt- of this state will be given. ; Mr. Clav r aimot, under present circum- j stances-, receive a support equal to either! of th" others; and it will he f.,r his friends and supporters to say, whether thev will throw their weight into the -rah- of Gen. ' Jackson or into that of Mr. Adam-. !

arc beginning to speak freely of their preference, and thev are found among that sober reflecting part oftbe community whose opinions and arguments will not he without their due influence. We do not mean to deceive ourselves with respect to the prospects of 3Ir. Adams, in the state of Ohio, nor do we think that we are deceived, when we state with sincerity and confidence our firm belief that he will receive the support of this state. Miami Hep. It is reported, that Mr. Adams utterly refused his assent to any thing in the shape of a Caucus for him; and said further, that he would not accept the chair if lifted into it by one. If this be true it is a long,stilfhome-made,ungenteel republican "feather in his cap,'' and there let it stick. The wind can't bend it, and the rain can't hurt it; and every son of a seventy-sixer, that has inherited from bis Bunker Hill ancestors, the same tate and ornament, w ill be for Adams. Then again J. Q. Adams speaks only when he is spoken to, attacks nobody, either directly or by his agents; he does not seem to practise the game that his rivals play on hini,&. on each other. He keeps in his office and minds hi business; and it is only when the tides of these political freshets ceme over the threshold of his seclusion, that he comes out; and then he comes, not as a fox drowned out of his 'hole not as a bear smoked

trom tus hiding place; out as a lion irom the swelling of J'-rdan. e'll leave it to Gen. Smyth, to Mr. Clay, to Gen. Jackson, to the British commissioners at Ghent, to Don O r . i we'll leave it to the country to sav, if it is not tnr. He was a federalist once, so was Madison ; he once made a poor oration, so did Demosthenes; he once wrote poetrv, so did Mansfield and Blackstone; and if it will help him, be it known, that he was altogether the poorest poet of the three. He fights no duel, tells no lies, and drinks very little, if any whiskey. He is a man of business ard literature. Hi life has been spent abroad with republican Quakem. and he has brought no foreign fashions home. Hi greatest faults are such as will best recommend him to the majority of the American people. Much may be said in favour of all the candidatet, but all this may be said ofhim. Connecticut Mirror.

We publish to-day, by request, resolutions, adopted by a meeting held in Liberty in thi county on the first irist. in lavor of Gen. Andrew Jack-on Pre-ideut, and John Todd, Ls. Vice president of the U. States. Prom the personal conversations which we have since had with some of the respectable and influential individuals composing that meeting,weare gl.,,1 to b arn that they are not remarkably tenacious of their preference for the General, and that Mr. Adatns is their second choice. When thev shall have ascertained that their votes will he lost if given for Gen. Jackson, (and surely thev will ascertain this before the election; we have no doubt they will go for Mr. Adam, la tnith,the friends of Mr. Adam are much more numerous in this State than we had anticipated. His supporters are not among the boasting, boisterous part of the population; consequently in the tmise and clamor which has been made, his strength h is not been fairly represented. However, as the. eltcUou approaches, they

SENATE. Wednesday April 28. The senate proceeded to consider, in committee of the whole, the bill from the house of representatives, u to amend the several acts for imposing duties on imports," together with the amendments proposed thereto, by the committee on Commerce Sc Manufactures of the senate, which were agreed toby the committee of the whole. Mr. Mills then moved to amend the bill, bv striking out the following clause: uOn iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured, in whole or in part, by rolling. 90 cents per hundred and twelve pounds weight." An animated debate took place on this amendment; the question was then taken, and decided in the affirmative, yeas. 2-J ; navs, 23. In pursuance of not ire given yesterday, Mr. Benton asked leave to introduce the following bill: A bill to sell and (!fapor of the rrfufe lir.ds belonging to tbe Uuitrd St;itt,c. Br it enacted, ir. That the lands belonging to the United States, which have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, offered at public sale, and shall remain five years thereafter without being sold at the minimum price of one dollar twentv-five cents per acre, shall be again offered at public sale, but shall not be sold lor a less Mini than fifty cents per acre. Sf.c. 2. And be it furthn enacted, That anv head of a family, or young man, above twent-one years of age, or widow, being citizens of the United States, may demand and receive f rom the register and receiver of the proper land office a w ritten permission to take posesion 'of, and settle upon, anv half quarter section of land, which shall remain unsold after having been ofteied for sale at the minimum price of fifty cents per acre, and upon inhahitating and cultivating the same for three successive years, shall be: entitled to receive a patent therefor, as a donation from the United States. Skc. 3. Jlnd he. it furtht r evaded. That the lands which shall remain unsold, after having been offered for sale at the minimum price of fifty cents per acre, may he sold at private, sale for that sum, at anv time before permission shall have been to settle on the same. In asking leave to introduce this bill, Mr. iUnt'in said this was not the time to discus it probably the time would not come during the present session. In that event, what was done now would operate as a notice- for the next session ; would turn the minds of the senators to the changes contemplated, ami would prevent the ne-

cessiiy of delay. He believed that a change

in the manner of selling public lands was called for both by the voice of the people and the interest of the government. By the present rule, said Mr. B. the good and the bad, land are held at the same price. The best can he got for one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre ; ihavorst cannot be had for less. The minimum price of one dollarand twenty-five cents per acre for

I all sorts of land was arbitary and unjust to ! the people because it prevented them j from getting the inferior land at a fair

price; unjust to the states, because it checked their population, and deprived them of their right of taxation; unjust to the nation, because it prevented the public treasury from receiving the monev which such land was worth, and for which it would sell. The continuance of the rule would give to the United States the fabled position of the dog in the manger. The rule should be changed. The United States is a great land seller, and she should follow the practice of all other sellers; she

j should apportion her price to the quality of I her land. When a quarter section has been ! offered for years at one dollarand twenty- : five cents per acre, and nobody will give I that sum, it is a proof that it is not worth : it and justice to the people, the states and the treasury, requires that it should be ofI fered again at a less price. The bill introj duced assumes fifty cents per acre, as the second minimum at which such lands should

: be oflered; and it proposes to give away.

j without price, to such poor persons as may j be willing to take and cultivate them, the t refuse lands which will not sell for that ! sum. I The leave wn given to introduce the bill, which wa read, and ordered to be printed, j April 20. The senate then resumed, as in committee of the whole, the unfinished i business of yesterday, being the consideration of the bill from the house of representatives u to amend the several acts for ; imposing duties on imports." 31r. King. ! of Alabama, was called to the chair. Mr. Lloyd, of Mass. moved to amend the bill, I by striking out the folk. wing claue: uOn j hemp, two cent per pound,"' which motion ! after considerable discussion, was carried i in the affirmative; aves, 2d; noes, 23.

April 30. The seriate resumed the consideration of the bill "to amend the several act lav ing duties on imports"' Mr.

1 ' i j King, of Alabama in the chair. Mr. Kolj ly moved to amend the bill by striking out J after the words, 4 cotton baggir g, 4 1-2 cts. I per square yard." the following u until

the 30th day of June, 1C25; and afterwards a duty of 5 1-2 cts. persquare yard."

i The amendment was adopted. Mr.

j Holmes, of Maine, moved to except from j the following clause, uon all manufactures not herein specified, of cotton, silk,' I flax or hemp, or of w hich either of these ; materials shall be a component part,. a duty i of 21 percent, ad valorem," the follow iug

articles, "Russia, Holland, and Havens !

duck, and Russia sheeting," w hic h motion wa carried. Mr. Barbour moved also to except from the same clause, f)naburgs.

! and ( ierman linens. This amendment was j

I opposed by Mr. Dickerson ; but before taking the question, on motion of Mr. Talbot, ! the bill was laid on the table, and the seni ate proceeded to the consideration of Ex

ecutive business. Saturday, Miy 1. The senate resumed the consideration of the bill to .amend the

j several acts for imposing duties on imports, Mr. King of Alabama, in the chair. The question pending was a motion to except j from the claue, u on all manufactures, not

herein specified, of cotton, silk, flax, or hemp, or of w hich either of these material shall be a component part, a duty of 25 per cent, ad valorem," the following articles, Russia, Holland, and Raven Duck and Russia Sheeting." Mr. Barbour moved to .amend the amendment by adding "osnahurgs, th klenhurg, and burlaps." On this motion a long discussion took place between Messrs. Barbour, Dickerson, II. Johnson of Lou. Hayne, Branc h, Smith, Mill, Macon, H( hues of Ma. Van Dvke, JD'Wolf, Ta vlor of Ya. Talbot, and Johnson of Ken. Mr. Barbour called for the ayes and noes on the question, and the result was ayes 23; noes 21. So the amendinent was rejected. The question then recurred on the original amendment, on whirh seme remark were made by Messrs. Lloyd of Mass. and Barbour; but. on motion of Mr. Bar! our, the senate adjourned without coming to any decision.

Tompkins, widen was rend m corw A large number of bills, for the rl ;','?'"' -dividual--, and for other punu,v( : '

general importance, were passed, 1

ers acted on.

May. The house was exclusive !

gageu in uisposii'g oi private lnls

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IIOUSK OF RI J'RKSKNTATIVKS. About 22 relief bills were passed, and sent to the senate for concurrence, and IB were passed to a third reading. jlprit 2i). The house wa principally engaged to-day, in the consideration of relief hill, many of which were passed. April :;0. Mr. A. Stevenson, from the select committee, to whom the message of the President on the subject was referred, reported a bill making an appropriation for the pajnient of the claim of Daniel D.

elected from various Eastern pa,t, , f; From Poktigai . Capt. BiU!U ship Mary Ann, arrived at AntigU;i' .'''v' 17th ult. in '1-1 davs from Lisbon,'; the report that the assassination of, Prime Minister of Portugal wa ultra l to the king s second son, and that tlw ff,t try was in a state of commotion. The?1 cers and troops had positively refusei1 ing under Marshal Beresford, wlio j j ?' consequence been deprived of his rmand. The people evinced the m.t r . .r . ed feelings of hostility towards the L''i. States, in consequence of the langua J f

dopted by the President in his mes;:

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Accounts from Martinique sav, uVtH coloured people of that Island were ;,, ing away w ith as much despatch as p.l.V hie. No distincti

them. Whether high or low, rich or ' ', whether guilty or innocent; whether-.': plicated or not in the late prerneditat, .,, surrcction, the sentence of banishjiK r tv. 1' the same. The hue of the skin w;is ,.,.)' sufficient, and a passport was politeb !, , ; fjf

ed to everyone whose name and rcio was known, as well as to those wlm v only known abroad, in the public ir and high-wavs. A considerable mm

of these people had arrived at Trinid;;: pr where thev met with an unmolested r ( Fr The Griikks ai Ti iiks. The (in . t' are said to have ellected another las : C near Caroburu in Macedonia, that a!: C them who were in prison at Salojiirhi ,;. '

been released, that they had supplied v'

nous points ot 1 hessaly with arms. A ki:

of two millions and a lalf sterling fr t1.

services of the ancient Kingdom of (in. K mala, or the United Provinces of C i tr; i America, had unexpectedly appeari d ;: C the London market. The advices V.

Odessa, to March 10, giv e accounts lie C Constantinople to the 27th Feb. when lit.:? s ing certain wa known respecting the volt of the Pacha of Fgypt. It was h.r- A: ever ascertained that he had withihavO his troop which were to act againstGreee: from the Island of Crete, ard the Sulti:wns so much exasperated at his conch uca that he had sent an agent to Cairo to Lri" c?. I'im the head oftlie viceroy. A letter In Zante, of March 2d, states", that Lord By-enroll had negot iated a reconciliation le---" twoon some of the contending G reek chkfj ' and had induced Theodore Colcotroni tj-i evacuate the important fortress of N-ipn:-3 1 lie. Which wa now occupied by the F triot. Spuw The Old Spanish bonds were Jc: gradually sinking in Lor, don: it h.vr.rg been ascertained that Ferdinand had k- Hc termined not to sanction the constituti! al loan. An article in a Paris paper nu ntiot.s as a rumor from Madrid, that a rcr.-c; saltation had been held in that city by the Foreign Ambassadors, on the subject tMcs tablishinga constitutional government. C7 It was said that C. Bourmont, the Frc!fhy: Commander in Chief had been askei Jrr whether he would be. able to support t!.c plans proposed; to which he replied tht considering the spirit that predominate ti in the provinces, the forces under his r. rr- p. mand were insufficient : and thatbe shnu! 1 T require reinforcements to the am-nnit ft .50 or G0.000 men, to maintain order a: -1 tranquility; to which it was added, that he should have whatever force he desired. Something extraordinary was expectc d lo take place, and it was positively asscrtci that there had been a discussion on thocs tablishment of a government which w.'U not to the taste ol the absolute party otuc monks. That the dissatisfaction vh:cwas known to exist in the provinccs,shei:M have led to a consultation as to the heft remedy to be applied to the eil, we have littlcdoubt. But that any thing like a rcijstitutional government was contcinpl.'iU'M after the violent measures which have bf'S pursued against the patriots, is w hat 'Jl1' c' pears altogether improbable. If Spam n (- ever to have a free Constitution, et'5t; Lk means must be resulted to in order t i'1 feet this than a conference of the agcrA ci , crowned heads, or the ministers of an n;ibecile monarch, who is altogether uu,r i the control of monks and fi ia i s. The King ot Spain has declined the nUiation of langland between himand hblate J Americ an pio inces, and announces In termination to ie everv etlort to ren Ui

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them, beginning v. ith Mexico. A llU

sijuadron, under Admiral Neale,waa bl' tn ading Algiers Feb. 25. The adv ices Madrid were to the 2dth Feb. The hn-' j had dismissed 11 of his Counsellors ofttu . It is said the Greeks have again landing 2G leagues north of Smyrna; t..4

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