Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 100, Richmond, Wayne County, 18 March 1826 — Page 2
NINETEENTH CONGRESS-
riasT session.
From the National Journal. Monday. Feb. 20. In the Senate yes
terday, the Judiciary bill was reported by
the Committee without any material amendincnt, and the Committee on Public
Lands reported a bill for further relief of i Thursday, Feb. 23. In the Senate vos-
j; fifteen gallons, the House adjourned before
the question on that bill was taken, j It will be seen that the Committee cn the District of Columbia prayed to I e discharged from the further consideration !ofa memorial of certain inhabitants of this ! District, complaining of the act of Incorporation, by which the right of suffrage I has been restricted.
purchasers of public lands. The bill for j! terd.iv, the bill for the reliefof James Dick-
the relief of James Dixon &, Co. was again -j son Lo. was ordered to a third reading.
taken up, and, postponed to Thursday. J hy a vote of 23 to 13. A bill was introthi- !
About two hours were passed with closed I j ced to extinguish the Indian title to lands in doors, in the consideration of Executive j Hie State of Mississippi; ami notice was business. 'given by Mr. Cobb, of his intention to inIn the House of Representatives yester- j iroduce a bill for the payment of theGeorday, two resolutions proposing different a- jjgia militia Claims. mendments to the Constitution were in- j In the House of Representatives two troduced. bv Mr. Dorsey, of Man land, bills reported by Mr. Wood, of New York, and Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsy Ivania. on the subject of Military Pensioner.; and The amendment of Mr. Dorsev is to estab-!. the re-solution offered by Mr. Hartley, of lisb the district system, to make the elec- j" M inland, on the preceding dav, relative tors vote viva vm and in cas" of no choice to the protection of our trade with Brazil in the primary college, to elect new elec- .and Buenos Ay res, was adopted. Mr. Arfors, who shall choose out of the two high- j cher then resumed, and concluded hi arest candidates. The amendment of Mr. j gurnent on the subject of the ConstitutionBuchanan is to restore the original consti- al amendment which occupied the House tution so tar as relates to this subject, ex- ' until the hour of adjournment, cept the part which refers the election to I; Friday, Feb. 21. hi the Senate yesthe House of Representatives: providing,! terdav, a resolution was o tie red instruct-
in case there is no election, that tne states ; ing the Naval Committee to consider
whether the supplies for the Navy will be best or mot economically m ule bv nur-
quarter? fired only hvr roui.u mr.de nil possible sail for tl
Mil . ... '
l ;e pnvaieer noi Oemg intirru ;ntea perior force, pursued. the brig, r.i.d ;ri" . hour afienvards, fnund himself in , j.,,, : tion w ith the commodore's -;;.! r,ir . j fo::ght the three brigs for two ho-.rs r he states, if partofhi-i crew had rri symptom? of cowardice and mutiny j
3.11111111 Mill" MH I eetjeu, cither V.'. f rr .
a.
THE WALDENSES. There are now in the vallies of Piedmont, called Iaizenda, Perosa, and San
Martino, about 1 8 000 Vaudois, the re
mainder of the Waldenscs and Albigenses. I who have in the midst of Popish' darkness, enjoyed the light of truth, and though stir-i rounded by demons of persecution have no-j blv defied all their rage and cruelty. ! These, like the famed 7090 of Old Testa-i
miltf I , . s-i i . . a , . , , I 41.... I . . - . .... I I k I a J A 1
".in uu'iu,mhu uuwvu lilU MilT jy 'UIITVlSf'Kl UIO lv o m 71 Of ! . re S Veis,.!
to Baal; and among them have been limn- j bringing her a prize into Gibraltar. lt
ners wno nave united tlie l'rotestant lailh j he discovered the spirit of his crew.
wiui a corresponding waiK and conversation. From France and Sardinia, they have endured thirty-two persecutions, in which the furnace seemed to have been heated with a design to extirpate their
whole race; and nothing has saved them from their fury but the almost miraculous care of the Almighty connected with their own union and courage in their mountainous, intricate and impregnable feastnes'S whether they have (led for shelter.
Thousands of them have suffered martyr- j
shall choose a President and Vice Prcsideut from the two highest on the lit. After the preliminary buines of the dav had been gone through, Mr. Archer,
was obliged to extricate himself in the h - Z way. ho could, from such a perilous &;., tion ; hcvyever, he soon effort ed his rc;! and fM bach to Gibraltar with fl o i
r - ...... mji an arm, rvhieh wascaustd by a splii,t,.r and, with the exception of this mislortu r K
neither me vessel nor the crew snff.-r the least iDury. On . the privateer's' return to the hay cf Gibraltar, the guards costa, stationed at Algesira?, seeing w!, ' was going on, ana' supposing the private t
yr-' to be disahhd. Siiuf onrsueit Kv kh.,,.: '
dom,and show their inflexible attachment ! force, made :io attempt to informs I :
to the cause ol the Redeemer, while like ; The brave Captain Cunningham peror him, these peaceable people invoked with 1 ig this, turned round upon the Spaniard' their dun-breath forgiveness ot their ene- and threw .into sueh confusiou that M muu' n. , , ! the anxiety to eiH-ct their escape. iL x ni i hcn 1 (,,lmnnt ""Jr the late gov- , tually discharged a gun while two uW
t iMuinii .i r lante, me v auuois were put . tunate fellows werestandinff beforeit
chae or h contract. The bill for the re- j! tion of the ISourbons, in tl
U"t ot J imes 1 )l( kson r u :u r
: . i" . l i i ! -
t 111 Hill pOSesHOh Ol ail Hie nriVllegeS tom- ;l ttPW nnn tout SnlAll.n .11 ir
to otherubject5; but on the re.tora-n ever, bad the Spanish ewl not run ,
i - -
mon
ot irginia, addrc-ed tfe House in Com- j and e t to the Hou-e of K.-oreentative.
mittee on the uhje t of the amendment t Th N ivy appropriation bill was pas-ed. ot the Constitution, hut had made but little j and the hills, "making appropriations (or progr -s, and obtained l i to sit again. the I.i hrary for the reh f of the heirs Ti kdvv, Feh. 2. I i the Senate tes- ( and legal lepresentativesol T.wis Oetien, tcrdav a I 1 1 1 wa reported to establish an deceased," and "for the relief of John A. u liform i-tcm if Bankruptcy, and a Ilill ! We!)-ter' were ordered to be enTosrd
granting a uautit of public land t aid J ; for a third reading about two hour were
e e,ir 1 o 1 4, j ground near the batteries of Alt'esira. d 4.
taey were again ur.itel to Sardinia; and privateer would have taken her."
ji though they never murmur, thev are sub- j
p'ctedto the most grievous restriction?. ) pD.. ,trt,., , , TK .. . t f T t i j 1 Rlx!0l : things. I he king ot Portej 1 hey cannot, tor instance, purchase lands ,.,. ,jr : i .. , V,i a ii.- . .;",t' n;i9 n immensely valuable co bet a h ut ot the conhned hmits afi'ned them: i r i ; i i ie ii j . , . I,, . . i diamonds, bul ion, gold dust and i) ar thev are obliged to desist from work, un- r . u r .i .V i . ' i p, . UI1 . Great boxes of the three last are pack. d der the pena It v ol tine or imnn-or rnent. i i . .i . t iV .i e r V , ni' up and deposited in the rooms which!-" ;j on the homan Catholic fetiva s which are ulm-ifrn vun ai i k i :,l,n11.tr,n.h1,i i .a a a . j "im.-li occupies. 1 he diamonds he al w.u s
tlu-Sf ite of Indiana in making a Canal be. ; pa.e(l in the consideration of Kxecutiw i , the professions ol phician, Mir cn, 1 twe-ntae river Wabash and like Erie. ' lui-ine. i r awVer: and these oenle. iotheri!
twe -n t ip river Wabash and like Krie.
.lr M-irK? gae uotii e that he slnoild .,sL Several nrr.noition u rn. i vi,-r.
le ue to introduce a hill to lav out and j d a v in the Houe of Keprr srntative to amake a Canal through the Cnited States1 mend the Constitution, b .Mer. Ileinppublicgreund near the c it v ol" Pitt-burg. ! hdLoul Thompson, Pems Ivania, Slo.ane, i .... 1 1 i " . . i i . . . .
i.u ii, .um- in upreeniauves, a ven oifin, reins ol .Man land, and Livi: "s-
cebsarv, and he had them with him uh
L . :,i .i , 11 ,, , " 1ook neiier on ocara an English v vd
i nil ii mmiMi is, aiL LCIIIJII IICU lO ?t I 1 C a private soldiers, without the ability ol
i.iiviiiiiii. ii. .-lit i ' 1 1 1 ' i 1 1 mnL'i -i rr ' . . .
i u:iriisii'iT nr Tri imnt r'f. it ...
prohibited, t-xcept the hible, which l tub-, mmi, Thl. fifap nnfl rpnc. r i
of war about two var3 ago. Their value.
lis diiFerentU cab ulated by different -ini-
l.se i.e Hon o? iM M
1 1
V0t( am n ot
.Mihtarx Comtuitt'e
'J'lire into
important bill was reported from the coin
mitteeon Indian atl-iir, entitled "a hill for the pp'snatian and tinlizition of the Indian trine- uithin tie- I'mted States." Thi bill will be found iu our report of the pr cd;:'gs of the hone. (): the report from the War I).n.irtment which artorn p mi-d the bill. 3.0K copi,-s w re ordered t be printed. .Mr. Whipple, of H imphire, intr-.ft:- -d a r-. r-Iution callir.g tor information relative to the leasing d Lead Mm, .Mr. p..u t !l.o Virgini a. "Lid or. t.he t.,Mv a proportion to amend the Cofistifuti in. su .u f( nr. i ;,i i... .. t ....
nt t ofi;, v to the
Ot ltepre-ent.iti e. r o moi.L r . 1.
on the ot ea-inn .hall he digibb- to line fr three u;ir thereafter. On " f Mr. Mlt( hell, of .Mil ! :i r i d . the
were iristrm ted td in-
pr.priet of puhhr.ii ! a
tern nf (' t .dr orr:it i - .ti,-,,, ),
tn.ro Mr. Kver-tt, of Maaibueti?, the i Lihrarv ( nmitttee u i re dircattd to in
quire into the pppriet f pirn hajin 5
c.pn- o St ri klar.d's P4eprts on the
jcrt ni l- lt rr.al :iipnvi-nent. Trie Hid rej.tive to a sunev of a mute' teraship ean.,1 a, r.-st! e pe,dr:sula ot Tlor Ida as ti-. ilU paed, and a number of prnate bilN went ttr.ugh Committr e. tlie dleu-?lofi on t1(. ari!.f.dmrI)t of the ( 'onstitution having giver, for that pur---P-e, with the consent of the gentleman uh: had poscsion of the ileor. I n rr v l", !i ' I .. i .
V I . , v , )
01 .Man land,. appeared aral Alter the nrfspia-itiofi .,
e I'eiiuon. If V0j--,,
cutie hij-ir In lln. II . r t
' ' l"( ' ' lprc-cidatives a h wa. reported ronrer. ig th( Slaff of tlie .nr;1,!:, V-1-1 es;and, ;,!. ,
.01 o. , ?iaui;ri an anno
ton, ot Louisiana. Mr. .Miner, of Pennsv I vania I lid a reMdutiou on the table, of a dilb-rent character and ten.ienr ; it- object being to preserve the Constitution in its present form. The House then went into a committee of the it hole on the state ol the Union, when Mr. SaunJer, of North Cir lui 1, addressed the committee for about an hour and a (ju titer. On motion ot .Mr. Stevenson, of Virginia, the com-r.ii!te-th'-n re-e. and the House adjourned tillMoedav. Momivv, Feh. 27. In the Senate, the death of tie- Hon. Jo! n Gaillard, a mm -h 1 of that body from Soitii Caroli. a, was announced bv Mi. Hane, a; d alter a few remarks of .Mr. Havne and Mr. 1 )it ker .on, the u-iial order wa taken for alti ndu g the 1 J(,eral, aeil wearing crape as a mark ot r-pert lor hi rnernoiv.
In the lleii-e of t
e ept the i tivec. withheld il. :nd ihf V.nirtoU n .?,, i-i
m 1 T ....... m . -- ...... W ' V ' ' I - presentation ol petition?; and the making of ! (thirteen in number) are for the rnUtpait a tew reports. A rueon- In. Iu-..n r.. 1;. ;. ;.. ,e.,. ,.r ....
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Senate, annoUlit ihg thi I'.li'irlorc mnv m;ikinc In wni..r lliu
p et to Mich a high dut as almost to place it beyond their reach. School are allowed on the old svstem; on the new they are prohibited. The Scriptures and Catechismhave sometimes been circuhitt d among the Vaudois leu f bv leaf, as the only means ot obtaining a perusal of their pages. They are not allow ed to multiply their places of worship, though they may rebuild and enlarge old ones. In the time of Oliver Cromwell, collections were made throughout England, on behalf of the Vaudois, amounting to .jL'.3,Jll, 10-. Ud. which after affording them eon-siderahle relief, left a fui d of JL I CO J-V lv-. od. which Charle the 11. on his restoratiou, used for bis ow n purpose, nssigi -ingasa reason, that he wasniet bound bv ny i t the engagement of an u-urper and a tyrant. ilharn and Man restored tin-
j of knighthood that he wears, is valued ?X sfiur millions sterling. He lent a headerj nament to one cf the saints, which waj ' ( bound roural the forehead of hi image, t composed nf diamonds, one of which was '
I worth 100.000. But he has a tnuffitode V
of diam nds, ami one that surpasses all ' other ever yet known. It was tbufjd io 1 Hrazd in IT 10, is of the size and sha cf ,
a lien's egg, and vu ighs 1680 carats, or 2 2 ounces trov weight. The IVrtug'n e lapidaries value it at 200 millio n sterli! g !eit the F.nglih and Dutch ihir.k , it worth oi Jj0o.7(7,500. Tin following statement of the largest diamond- know n in L'crope, will show eornparative si?' of tiiat iu possessiuu cf f the king of Portugal
(i jm n-ion; but during the reign ot .apui i , p r ( Cl; t a t i V , f the Hriti-b i'ni iTe-iwnt- fVofo i,.,hf o -.i m.i.
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tine ceived from tiie
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r a Uessia, eac
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i(irantl Duke of Tuscany, G cat M-'gu!, King of Persia, of Portugal.
Carat:. 10 a 1 zc 13J 210 403 1,0C0
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lr'e o .(!, :l,oun,., I. , ,tl!,:. une.,1 of Srl,oo!S and ll.c .!,;. j thaSi)nS pound per dav. He hirn-ri, i J S , h " , i , "' a i,0n" M r""n!i lU,"m- "'r n"; :! ' th: .-.id of kinfc or fork o'r r7 Tr i o i-'orgn ll- urlh ha pr-O.,1 j prcfcrril)i; tlis ,;,,.,.,. Vl(... I) r .K(.i.iM- iiifinliL-rol l!i- Srnrjlr. : I cm witli 100 Buineas. Several of tin . r
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-Mr. i lirimner w as ,u tlified.
r.ale went into t e-
"I teprrrnf.ifiv,.
rv i n the wit..r..
aier?. .nr. lioon, oj r,.l
I la v tt
lutlore
i ma, aral Mr.
. "t gi , laid on the table rrsoto amend the fm-fiititir, r .1...
... . w I I o I UK' ' 1 'J'd tc. the former giving to the 'i'i ditied voters of the rn.t numerous
""oocnes ot the State Legislat
ng'.toldirertiv voting for J
1 resj,.nt . aml t)f. ot)MK rn:ki f t f if I l.,r I. . i
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aires.
re-nlr nt
the
and
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i p,otetarjt States on tlie Continent are i:.V ( ...AMu.N vi. ! 1 he cardinal-duke of j torching t fit rnselves for thse suffering pen-1 lln hclieu, who was the "great man' ol i ole : and it U honed that a fvorn le mnJ
1 . . . . . . . t
1 ranee in iii5 (jay, like Ins hrothcr-t ardi-ment has .arrived for the relief of the opnal Ma irin, was one of the most nrotli-! nre.s.ed Vauduis. The v i!le h .t I ,t..l.
gate and faithless creatines ev er know n. bc.n visited by some KnglUh clergymen, Patin say that be kept three mistresses ;! w ho have taken a lively interest iu the fate! until a shot t time before bis doHth,though ! of their inhabitants. lie was an old man), one of whom w as his : A highly respectable committee has nu (( ! The following anecdote is related i been formed in London, to promote sub-, bv Patin, under date June , i,,7 j criptions for the Waldenses and to man-: " J'here ha been, during the hist 13 days, ! age the fund raiding lor thcin in the Uiiitcil ' a solemn eric: at Notre Dame, for the ; Kingdom. Mi. ! repoM-of the late king of Portugal's soul, j 2 ' Cardinal Richelieu, who liked a joke very j I'tract of a letter from (Jiliraltar, dated Novnn-i H, wheat. e wasnot tormented bv his ill . ,r . l,.r 0' l8- 1 oumor,onc dav asked his confessor. Dr. I An atlur took place in sight of this
Muiot, how manv mas.es were icquircd S;im' yesterday , which has excited the to recover a soul from pur-atorv. The -rcatcst o3ternalion among the Spanish doctor lej.lied.-that he eoohf not tVll ih.. U UIVT cl,a' h here at Malaga and Ca-
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- 10 ,)(' hy (Jem ral tic ket in the eV. H church having not settled that point" V Cob.mhian privateer hermapro?ral state, and in ra-eofno choice, to re-' T'' ordinal said, 'you are very i-norant lU' bn the S niU" Captain Cunningurn toe lw htghCst candidates to the poo- J; v ut have as many as von would ! h:im; S1 iUf ,0lh i,,st wti' '-'r and )le, to heaga.n chosen in the .;U)lr n,,in.H take snow balb to heat an oven? Are not 1 "loo(. Ut trt ta with Huht hreez wind
turn
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""- " J "o- reua resolution, ask-!! ;r P"'"y n nows tjet with the sacred ng for formation from the Navv Depart-li with which thev so comtLrtably boil ti) tt, as to the adequacy of, or ..... '1 :.. Ii their norrideo V , J
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j nm.ssion to protect our commerce to O-'I '"d Huenos Ayr,-. The .Indiciat) ' orninittee were in-tr-n, a
The National Journal savsThe b-11
aumonzmg 4lr. Jelleron todisnosr of hi.
north east, and shoitly afterwards fell in
: with a Spanish convoy proceeding from ( Jad! to Malaga, consisting of three brig j of war and twos-oaller vessels under the orders of a Commodore, all under loose sail. The moment the orivateer was 11 )
.'I si
. "ngm 01 uiuo, to nupnre into the!' property b lottery ha, passed the Vir.. , , f lvV0Iit)-l "
the n; , i i"'Mu,b sialic of la leglsiatuie. The Vote in the Hon.e of ' : ' . , , toe pnva.eeror theDi.trn t Jud ,. , tdegates ttav.us 1 a L es A n ' V ,ln ! 'is:ht, by his .npcrior! 31 .tot the bills which were ordered toll Senate, ayes 13. ' j f Pt of the convoy. The a tfl l r U r';i 1 ! o , rr . , I. . 1 1 I . . .-. . i , 1 1 1 .r v ... i. w. I ! 1 . , . i
, , -10.. ,,,eei oir g uav were)! A puidic suhsrr nlion n.-mrr l 1 " s mioi, ami (lis
I r r1:1 - the'; opened in Xorfedk, Virgin a.' for Z 'l 'lY' " the privateer st
r; 1. a ,ex, .ttnMmp itation efgin aillj: of Thomas Jeff-rson. The 5ulsr, iui;on - u ,:, a ,,rav' iischarge ot grape shot a, nicassi ot not less cnrUcitv tl,, I of no n.-r-.v, to n v,4.,..l ;. ... a.n ulnion musketry ; tiie Spanish vessel tiui. en,-a
. I van-m nil UUII.I
Another account says thr.t the Grcr.tj
M gul 3 diamond weighs 900 catats ti a:, the emperoi of Russia's is 195. This l.et( was one of the eyes of an East Indian id l it was stolen by a Frenth soldier, w!ajv "changed hi religic:iM thgi i.v might wr- J hip the god, and he wr.z crr:r.:tgly trr- - devout until he got hold cf the god's eye, K when he escaped rith t::s prise, for which the empress Catharine paid CO.C0O stt , ling, with C,000 perpctud annuity. ; Anecdote. A scholar of Dr. Kn!y3 corning into the parlor nhere the thui.r . bad laid down a hunch of grapes f r -? " own eating takes it up and says ah ud pufdish the banns betivreri these prap- 1 and my mouth; if anv one knows any h-4 k caue or impediment why these tw o stu u J
not be joined together let him declare it The doctor bring but in the next room l' verbeard all that w as .said ; am! 'n';iiito the school he ordered the l )
11 ul eaten IPe grapes - to lie taken cr !' as it is call d, h rt .ft on ahother hoy's ' h hut before he preceded to the usual "l
nine, be cried out aloud as the delii 'l (; had done. "I publish the bam s Ih t l V my rod and this boy's back; if any o! knows any j;jst cause er impcdiir.ci t f thee two sin.utd not be joira d lt hi:' l;L clare it.,! -l fmhid the bar.n," ciicil bov. -Why soT said the d dor. "l' '
llPrt lo . Ii lllf 1 H'll'M' v: f . .i;i.',il llil
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mill', lac imrtir ore i ; eW
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Kj iw , . iiu 1 . t io 1 ;ai 1 anv 1 e i i o . . iii hi - ( ii ila;. th-:t he o.-'-mil! th:.'
I ed, not being satiitiL-d with such close : he et dawn.
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