Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 52, Richmond, Wayne County, 26 February 1825 — Page 3

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WSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday. Feb. 9. t twelve o'clock the Senate entered the I, and took the seats on the right of the ir, which had been vacated the sident of the Senate taking the chair cii had been placed by side of the Spea'ho President of the Senate then ad--ed the two Houses, stating that he received two sets of certificates; one . fining the appointment, and the other votes of the Ejectors of the United 1 js for President and Vice-President; by the hands of the Electoral iMessenand one through the Post-Oliice .e certificates would now he given to Tellers on the part of both Houses. rhe President of the senate then handed : Tellers of the two Houses the cer- . ,-s of the appointment of Electors the votes of New-Hampshire, and so on through the different States, de-

' , g the result as follows: r J. Q. Adams .Maine 9, N. Hamp- ( 8, Massachusetts 15. Rhode Island 4, ecticut S, Vermont 7, New-York 2P, warr 1. Man land 3, Louisiana 2, llli1. Total 34. r A. Jackson New-York l.New-Jer-, Pennsylvania 2P, Maryland 7, North

' .H-i 'lina I 5, South Carolina 11, 1 ennessee I 11, Louisiana 3, Mississippi 3. Indiana 5, j

Illinois 2. Alabama 5 I otal 9fJ. For W. II. Crawford N-w-York 5, TVIuvare 2. Maryland 1, Virginia 24, Georgia 0. Total 41. For II. CI iv New-York 4, Kentucky 11, Ohio lb", Mi-ouri 3. Tidal 37. The votes hr Vice-President were

J. C. Calhoun, 1-2 Nathan Sauford 30 Nathaniel Macon, 21 Andrew lat Ivon, 13 Martin Van Bit t en, 9 He. rv Cl.v, 2

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Ofli ii it. that qU'tion whieh ha-

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The President of the Senate then, in pursuance of the re-oluiion, announced the -tale ofthe votes for President and VicePresident, to the two 1 louses of Congn5 and after the annum "nation, continued 'It thus appears, that no person has obtained a majority of the votes of the elec torfor the oflice of President of the Uni States, and that the three hi-ihe-t on the li-t are Andrew Jackson of Tenne-ee. John Q aincv Adam-, f Massachusetts. a;al William. II. Crawford, of Georgia, and that the dutv ofeh ctii ti devolves on the House of Representatives.

H do further declare that John Cald well Callioun, hainir reci ied a majority of the votes of the electors, for the office of , Vic -.-President oflh- U .ited States, is du- ! h ' beted Vice-President of the United States, for the term of four ears from the j If i of Marcli next." T;e Senate then retired. ! J'ae Speaker then addressed the Hou-o. ! tatin-i that rontinijefu havi t oeiurred irh devolved on the II his - the duty of rtinija Pr.-ident, the Ch-rk would pro-; I, in conformity with the rules which; , oeen adopted, to call over the roll of j nernh' r? h) states, i e S-rjeant at Arms was then directed j der the Doorkeeper to clear the' i, ; M.fall persons who, by the rules a-1 id, had not been privileged to re-j . .... i 1 roll wa then called, and the mem-1 is their names were read over, took; eats by states, to the riht of the ! ' heinninu with Maine, and so goiim j . uIi..r to the order in which peti-j re ea I led. Clerk havinir reported that there is j i e a!-enfee. the Speaker announced , t . House that th'v were sullicient to j ( d to the performance of the duty j . had devolved upon them, to ele t the 3 lushest candidates presented ' m,tobethe President v( the United ( ,ai d reipiesti dof them to prepare allots accordingly. j 1 eplv to a question by Mr. Toy for, the j er stated, that the States would ap-j their own teller. , (e ballot boxes were then presented, ch state, and each state having deposi- j ; 'is ballots, the Scrgeant-at-Arms was. s ted to take two ballot boxes, and;

nt them to the tellers of each state, e states were called over, to receive , I? licates of the votes of each state. : . , llowing gentleman were then aped t llers on the part of the diflerent . f .s. Mesrs Cu-liman, Liveimore, . stCr, E hlv , Tomlinson, Huck, Tay lor, . lict, lu'.iam, M'Lane, Kent, Randolph, ,.ks, Camhell, For-y th, Trimtib-, Allen, ne. Livingston, Jennings, Rankin, , Owen and Scott. le tellers having xamined the votes, unced the following result: Tor J. O. Adams. 13 states

J.... A ,ilr..w l:i.-Lrnn 7 states

!ror W. 11. Crawford

The Speaker then announced the result j Illinois Canal. The legislature of ii to the House, and declared John Quincy ' linois at its late session passed an act hf

Adams to be duly elected President of the United States, for 4 years from the 4th of March next. The, following is the wav in which the

states voted: For Adams Maine, NewHampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New-York, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Louisiana, Illinois, and Missouri 13. For Jackson New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana Mis-issippi and Alabama 7. For Crawford Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia 4. .On motion of Mr. Taylor, a committee was ordered to be appointed to wait on the President of the United States, and on the President elect, to announce to them the result of the election; and Messrs. Webster, Vance (of Ohio), and Archer, were appointed. A message was also ordered, on mo-

corporating a company for the purpose of opening a canal between the Illinois river and lake Michigan. The report of the commissioners shows that the facilities arc great. The estimate of the expense is about 7(KVXXL The act makes over to

i the company the grants of the (J. States' ! lands made or to be made, in aid of the ! undertaking. The company are to coo j struct the canal within ten years, and to ; have exclusive enjoyment of the profit? of lit, and the exclusive control of it when made; subject to a redemption at the end ! of fifty years, on the payment by the state to the company, of all the advances arid expenses, with interest at the rate oi six , per cent, per annum thereon.

During the last month, and the few days past of the present, a grdat rnortalitv has

: prevailed among old persons.arising probablv from the rapid transitions of the weath-

tion of Mr Taylor, to be ent to the Senate, er from heat to cold, and from the unusual

to announce the result.

Thursday, Feb. 10.

Mr. IWhster. from the committee appoint-

degree of dampness which has at diiferent

times prevaded the atmosphere. O 'C

very striking fact in connection with this

ed for that purpose, reported that the ; subject deserves to be mentioned : There

( ommittee had waited on John Quincy j! were ten deaths during four days ending

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4 states

Adams, and had notified to him in the re

cent election of President of the United States, no person having received a majority of the votes of the Electors appointed, and the choice having consequently devolved on the House of Representatives that House, in the manner prescribed by. the Constitution, did, vesterdiv. choose him to be President of the United States.

for four years, commencing on the foi day of March next; and that the contee had reeeived a written answer, wh he presented to the House. Tne committee, also, in further pe " " rnanceofits duty, had given informat. of this elertion to the President. ! JWr. A limits AiiSiVi r to the Cnnrtiittrr. Gknti.lmen: In receiving this testimonial tVntu the Representatives of the people and States of the Union, lam deeply ensi!de to the eircumtancei under which it has been given. All m predece-sors in the high station to which the favor of the Hou-e now call- me, have been honored with majorities of the electoral voices in their primary colleges. It has been mv fortune to be placed, by the divis ions of sentiment prevailing among our coiifitrvmen on this oi c assion, in competition, friendlv and honorable, with three of mv felli. w citizens, all justly enjoying, in eminent degrees, the pul lie favor; and of whose worth, talents, and services, no one

! on the 2d inst. among old persons, the

; ted ages of whom were 755 years maki g 'an average of 75 1-2 years to each individ i ual. Tne deaths, during the month of i January, is supposed to exceed the gener- ! al average of deaths during he sumirvr months, and January is uuali- a health

U ; ' - - . I goat just sinking down into the little end I of a long hogshead, which was nearly tilled ! with water, and at the same tim1 spilling it so wonderfully as to convey it into a curinus figured vessel of twelve sid"s. Rut i I was pleased to find that the goat cauld be ! measured in this position, and 1 found him to contain 15.033398074 solid feet.

" Pla vfairV question appears to be solved by Algebra, more naturally than b? anv other rule I make l.GlCOand 2.6180 the 1 wo numbers. A solid ring is 1 2 inches in girth. a.d its internal diameter is 36 inches, at d it weighs on the surfac e of the earth 1200 lbs. Required, the solid contents of the ring, the

i siib' of an rieosiedron formed of the same,

ii earth and moon;

BONNYCASTLE.

iMitertai'i a higher and more p-spoctful j! a,,d the number of pouod- it will weigh on sense than msdf. The names of two ofj; the m on, calculating by the de sitv of" the

them were, in the fulfilment of the provision of the constitution, presented to the selec tion of the House, in concurre: ce with mv own nanus closely associated with the glorv of the nation; and one of them fui ther recommei ded by a larger minor it v of the primary electoral sutlrage than mine. I.i thi- state of thing', could hit refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me, give an immediate opportunity to the p'-o pie to form and express, with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge; and to submit the decision of this m-'men-tuous question again to their determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal. I shall, therefore repair to the post assigned me bv the call of mv country, signified through her constitutional organs; onnressc d with the magnitude of the task

before me, but cheered with the hope of that generous support from my fellow-citi-Z'-' which, in the vicissitudes of a life devoted to their service, has never failed to sustain m-. Confident in the trust that the wisdom of the Legislative Councils will guide and direct me in the path of m official dutv. and reiving, above all, upon the superintending Providence of that being "in whoe hands our breath is, and whose are all our ways.7' Gentlemen: I pray you to make acre; -table to the House the assurance of my profound gratitude for their confidence; and to accept, yourselves, my thai ks for for the friendlv terms in which you have communicated tome their decision. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Washington. Feb. 10, 1825.

Look Here !! SUuSC'RIHKIt fxpectinir t leaf the I phi re be fiov ircn ip in the sprine, is under the neceiy "1 'closine hi arrount ' iiii?ii'l i i trl v, iti'l all t!io-'e indented to the firm of Test k LEfcns, f whose iccniints he i .j uthorized to coiled,; and ilj persons indebted to himself individually , ine the dissolution of the copartnership heretolore xi-ting b twern the said Tet k Lee ds, are requested to make immediate pa merit. l'hoe wh i.edert to romplv with the above reasonable r quest, previously to the fir-t day of the 4th month ( April) next, must not he surprised if the cost of collection beadded to their account. All person bavin? Cloth at the Fac tory, are also requested to r ill an ' -et'le, arid rertive their loth, between this and the time above mentioned, other wise be cannot be accountable for it. WAIiNKR M. LEKDS. Richmond, "2nd mo. rFeb.) MMh. I8.'.i 49 3 fjj- fit niter 4RDI.NG M CIIINK fors.le "N. 1$ It ! expected, after thelt.day of the 4th mo. next, that the m inuf e liir ur will be carried n at the -amest in I, by JOHN KhT. & 8NS who ire experienced workmen in the diif rt i.t brain-bet of Mir busiries-, and persons in whom the -subscriber believes the public inuv with safelv confide.

Buffalo. Nothing more strikingly illustrates the rapid advancement of the United States in strength and population, than ti e 'increase of many of the western village. The town of Buffalo, w hich m IClOwasan insignificant place, now according to 'the "Kmporium," a valuable paper printed there, contain 211 '2 inhabitants. 104 stores and shops, 1 1 r ns, 232 dwelling houses, a bank, 3 pti ti g ofiices, a readmg room, public library, 5 churches, a theatre, and 17 attoruies, &,c.

OWEN KDGKKTON, BO T J Yf) SflOh: MAKER, llK-5PECTFIJlJ.Y informs

public that he has removed to Mainstreet, one door e:ist of . Hollowax't store, mid that he is now pr p rrd to execute nil orders in his line ;tt the rhorte-t notice. lie hns now on hand a lanre nortn'Uf of Men's Women's and Chil rru SHOF-S, whi'-h he will cell ort Jie most reasonable terms.

, ,v. d Tountn Produce taken in pay-

mrnt for work at cash prices February 5, 1323.

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Ei uAH II ma., for 75 bushels of Corn, due next fall, as said note was obtained by fraud fnun an indiuent and infirm old man, ami I wilt not pa it unless coiopellfl by law. RODERICK CRAIG. February 12th, 1855. JJl PRODUCE. The following articles ol country Produce will be taken in payment for subscrii tions to the l.E- Mi viz Wheat itye Oats -Corn llacoii la' S,itfar OiMiu Beesswax Tallow hii-U.-s---FI:,k .Wool Linen Rags, fcc &c. to be delivered at the office Junr 18,1824

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