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prinrct'a itioorol
Print on my lip another kiss -
The picture of thy glowing passion;
Nay, this won't do, nor this nor this
But now aye, that's a proof impression.
The dear one continues '
But methinks it might be mended,
0! yet, I see it in those eyes;
Our lips again together blended,
"Will make the impression a revise.
ItE.IIAHKS OF
Ml 1FEBSTE0,
la the r. States Senate, March
:io, is a;.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
' The following resolution, offered some
days ago by Mr. J. M. Clayton, com
ing up, in its order, viz:
"Resolved, That the President of the
United States le requested to communi
cate to the Senate copies of any corres
pondence that may have taken place be
tween the authorities of the United States
and those of Great Britain since the last
document transmitted to Congress, in re
lation to the subject of the Oregon terri
tory, or so much thereof as may be com
municated without detriment to the pub
lic interest"
' Mr. Webster rose and said: I shall ad
vise my honorable friend, the member
from Delaware, to forbear from pressing
this resolution for a few days.
There is no doubt that then are letters
from Mr. McLanc; hut, as the Chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations
opposes this motion, I am to presume that
the Executive Government finds it incon
"vinient to communicate those letters to
the Senate, at ie present moment.
Yet, it is obiious, that as the Senate is
called on to perform a legislative act, it
ought, before the hour of its decision
comes, to be put in possession of every
thing likely to influence its judgment; oth
erwise, it would be required to perform
high legislative functions on mere confi
dence. There is certainly some embar
rassment in the case: If the Executive
"Government d?ems the communication cf
h correspondence inconvenient, it can
only e because negotiation is still going
on, or, if suspended, is expected to be
resumed. So far as negotiation is co:i
Vcrned, the communication, or publica
tion, of the correspondence, may very
"properly be thought inconvenient But,
then, the President has recommended the
'passage of a law, or resolution, by the
two Houses of Congress. In support of
this recommendation, he himself sent us,,
unasked, at the commencement of the
session, the correspondence up to that time.
Now. if that was necessary, the rest is' ne
cessary. If we are entitled to a part, wc
are entitled to the whole.
In my opinion, the mistake was in cal
ling on Congress to authorize notice to
England of the discontinuance of what
has been called the joint occupation until
negotiation had been exhausted. Nego
tiation should have been tried first, and
when that had failed, and finally failed,
then, and not till then, should Congress
h'ave been called upon.
I now go on the ground, of course, that
the notice for discontinuing the joint oc
cupancy is properly to be given by au
thority of Congress; a point which I do
not now discuss.
It is said, indeed, that notice is to be
used as a weapon, or an instrument, in ne
gotiation. I hardly understand this. It
is a metaphor of not very obvious appli
cation. A weapon seems to imply, not a
facility, or mere aid, but the means either
of defence against attack, or of making
un attack. It sounds not altogether friend
ly and pacific. I doubt exceedingly
whether under present circumstances, no
tice would hxsten negotiation, and yet
such arc those circumstances - that there
may he as much inconvenience in stand
ing still as in roinr forward.
'The truth is, that great embarrasment
arises from the cxtramc pretentions and
opinions put forward by the Prssident, in
his inaugural address, a year ago, and in
his message last December. But for
these, notice would have been harmless,
and perhaps would have been authorized
by both Houses without much opposi
tion, and received - by England without
dissatisfaction. But the recommendation
of the notice, coupled with the President's
repeated declarations that hcl.cld our title
to the whole of the territory to be "clear
and unquestionable," alarmed the country.
And well it might. And if notice were
required, in order to enable the President
to push these extreme claims to any and
even- result, then notice ought to be re
fused by Congrcs. unless Congress is
ready to support these pretensions at all
hazards. Here lies the difficulty. Con
gress is not prepared, and tndthc country
is not prepared, as I - believe, to make
the President's opinion of a clear and un
questionable right to the whole tcrritory
tn ultimatum. If lie wants notice for
hh j p-.irnosc, he certainly must sec that
it becomes igrav? question whether Con
press will grant it. -
It wa a great, a very great mistake, to
r company the recommendation ol notice
with so positive an assertion of our right
to the whole territory. Did the Presi
dent mean to adhere to that, even to the
extremity of war? If so, he should have
known that, after what has happenad in
years past, the country was not likely to
sustain him. Did he mean to say this,
and afterwards recede from it? If. so,
why say it at all? Surely the President
could not be guilty of playing so small a
part, as to endeavor to show himself to
possess spirit, and boldness, and fearless
ness of England, more than his predeces
sors, or his countrymen, and yet do all
this in the confident hope that no serious
collision would arise . between the two
countries. So low an ambition, such
paltry motives, ought not to be imputed.
When the President declared that, in his
judgment, our title to the w hole of Oregon
was "clear and unquestionable," did he
mean to express an official or a mere per
sonal opinion? If the latter, it certainly
had no place in an official communication.
If the former if he intended a solemn
official opinion, upon which he was re
solved to act officially, then it is a very
grave question how far he is justified,
without new lights, or any change of cir
cumstances, to place the claims'of this
country, in this respect, on other grounds
than those on which they had stood un
der his predecessors, and with the con
currence of all branches of the Govern
ment, for so many years; for it is not to
be doubted that the United States Govern
ment has admitted, through a long series
of years, that England has rights in the
northwestern , parts of tins continent
which are entitled to be respected.
Mr. President, one who has observed
attentively what has transpired here and
in England, within the last three months,
must, I think, perceive that public opin
ion, in both countries, is coming to a con
clusion that this controversy ought to be
settled; and is not very diverse, in the
one country and the other, as to the gen
eral basis of such settlement. That basis is
the offer made by the United States to
England in 182G.
There is no room to doubt, I think,
that thi3 country is ready to stand by that
offer, substantially and in effect. Such
is my opinion at least, and circumstances
certainly indicate that Great Britain would
not, iifall probability would not, regard
such a proposition as unfit to - be consid
ered. I said, some weeks ago, that I did
not intend to discuss titles at length, and
certainly not to adduce arguments against
our own claim. But it appears to me
that there is a concurrence of argument?,
or considerations, in favor of reirardinsr
the 49ih parallel as the just line 01 de
marcation, which both countries might
well respect. It has, for many years,
been the extent of of our claim. We
have claimed up to 49', and nothing be
yond it. Wc have offered to yield every
thing north of iL It is the houndary be
tween the two countries on this side the
Rocky Mountains, and has been since
the purchase of Louisiana from France.
I do not' think it important either to
prove or disprove the fact, that commis
sioners under the treaty of Utrecht estab
lished the 49th parallel as the boundary
between the English and French posses
sions in America. , Ancient maps and de
scriptions so represent it; some saying
that this line of boundary is to run "in
definitely west,'? others saying, in terms,
that it extends "to , the northwestern o
cean." , But, what is more important, we
have considered this boundary as estab
lished by the treaty of Utrecht, at least
on this side of the Rocky Mountains.
It was on the strength of this that wc
drove back the British pretensions, after
we had oolained Louisiana, north, from
the head waters of the Mississippi to this
parallel of 49 V
This is indubitable. 'We have acted,
therefore, and induced others to act, on
the idea that this boundary was . actually
cstablishcd. It now so stands in the trea
ty between the United States and Eng
land. If, so the general notion of conti
guity or continuity, this line be contin
ued "indefinitely west," or is allowed to
run to the "northwestern ocean," then it
leaves on one side the valley of the Co
lumbia, to which, in my judgment, our
title is maintainable on the ground ofG ray's
discovery.
The Government of the United States
has never offered any line south, of forty
nine, (with the navigation of the Colum
bia.) and it ne ver will. It behooves all
concerned to regard this as a settled point.
As to the navigation of the Columbia,
permanently or for a term of years, that
is all matter for just, reasonable, and
friendly negotiation. v But the 49th par
allel, must be regarded as the general line
of boundary, and not to be departed from
for any line further south. As to all
srraits, and sounds, and islands, in the
neighbosing sea, all these are fair subjects
for treaty stipulation. If the general ba
sis be agreed to, all . the rest, it may be
presumed, may be accomplished by the
exercise of a spirit of fairness arid amity.
And now, Mr. President, if this be sot
why should this settlement be longer de
cayed?. Why should either Government
hold back longer from doing, that which
both, I think, can see must be done, if
they would avoid a rupture? very
hour's delay is injurious to the interests
of both countries. ,It agitates both, dis
turbs their business, interrupts their inter
course, and may, in time, seriously af
fect their friendly and respectful feeling
towards each other.
Having said this, Mr. President, it
would be needless for me, even if it were
proper, to add more. I have expressed
my own opinion plainly and without dis
guise. I think I see clearly where this
business must end, if it is to end without
serious collision; and I earnestly hope
that those in whece hands "power is, on
both sides, will exercise that power
promptly, in removing the great evils pro
duced on both sides by the pendency of
this unfortunate disturbing, and dangerous
controversy. , . j
It is not a case in which either Gov
ernment should stand on matters of form
or etiquette. The interests at stake are
too important for that. It is not humilia
tion, it is not condescension even, for ei
ther Government to signify to the other
iu readiness to do at once what it seems
must be done ultimately. Thus far, the
dispute does not touch the honor of ei
ther Government. Let, then, the propi
tious moment be seized; let candor, and ,
fairness, and prudence rule the hour; and
let these two great nations be restored to
the full enjoyment of their vast, useful, ,
and harmonious intercourse.
An Effective Speech. .
C7In the Senate of Virginia, on the
2nd ult., Mr McMullen from the com
mittee on Internal Improvements reported 1
the bill providing for a road from the
Guyandotte river in Logan county, to the
Kanawha River in Kanawha county. fIt
appropriates the sum of $3,000
On motion of Mr. McMullitn, Mr.
Gore, the member of the House of Dele
gates, from Logan, was granted leave to
appear at the bar of the Senate to advo
cate the bill.
The bill being read -Mr.
Gore rose and said, Mr. Speaker,
with much embarrassment I rise to ap
pear before this enlightened, body. In
pressing this claim for an appropriation
from the public Treasury, it will be ne
cessary to state some of the difficulties
which this section of country labors un
der. We have in our county high mount
ains and deep vallies we can't get our
truck to market except ou horses, for we
have no wagon roads: and we have to
carry salt, which is a bad thing to carry
; on horse back, because it ruins and skins
the horses, I went to tins countv in
180S. It was then a desert country.
Only four families had settled in the Coal
River Valley. I went there because I
had heard it was a good place for a poor
man to raise children, as the ground was
rich and the game plenty. I had not
seen the counlrv, but from what I heard
I thought it would suit me, as I had five
children, and I found them increasing
more rapidly than my means of support
ing them. When I started, there was no
road or path I got lost on the way, and
got up on the mountain, where I found
that my horse could'nt get back, and I
was afraid he could'nt get forward, for
there was a narrow steep place for sever
al hundred yards where there was hard
ly room for him to get down; and if he
fell, he would fall thirty feet and kill him
self. He was lame, too, and his lame
leg next to the precipice. 1 was then,
Mr. Speaker, reduced to necessity; and
necessity is the mother of invention; so I
tied a Tope to the horse's tail and guided
him down in safety. When I got to the
county, I had no time to build a house
but stayed in camp all the winter; during
which I killed enough of game to furnish
my family with meat, and cleared enough
land to make corn. I had no fencing to
make as there was no cattle there to de
stroy the truck. We had no mill in the
valley, and we had to beat our corn in
logs, and to eat the hominy.. The near
est mill was thirty miles beyond the
mountain. I went to mill but once in
four years; and that was once oftner than
any of my neighbors went. . Our chief
dependance was upon hunting, and game
was plenty. I went out one day and
killed five elks, one bear, and a painter.
I didn't want to lose the meat, so I skin
ned all of them and went home for salt.
I told my wife what I had done, and
you may be sure I told her a good story;
and she was exceedingly well pleased
fe nine months from that time she brought
a fine hearty boy. .When I went to the
county I had five daughters; thia was the
first son I had. From that time, so long
as the elks lasted, my wife had sons; but
as soon as they disappeared, my wife
commenced having daughters again. Our
county is rapidly increasing in' population
I have, myself, done my part in that
way: I have 137 decendants, and I do
hope I shall in my old age, be able to see
my decendanls hauling their truck and
salt in wagons, wich will be the case, if
you all will pas s this bill.
The bill was passed unanimously.
ScArxEv Unbustled ladies. Dure and
undcfilcd christians, disinterested friends,
common ' honesty, sound potatoes, first
rate butter, and rich Printers.
Plenty. Old maids and dried apples.
THE NATIONAL. FAIR.
(CIRCULAR)
Or the Committee of Superintend
ence OF THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF
American Manufactures and pro
ducts of Mechanical Art,at the Ci
ty of Washington, in May next.
Many persons friendly to the perma
nency of the present protective system,
and others, who, without being commit
ted to its support, desire information in
reference to its effects, have suggested the
importance of procuring an exhibition of
American Manufacturing and Mechanical
Products to be made at the seat of Gov
ernment at as early a period, during the
present. Spring, as the opportunities for
accomplishing such a project might allow.
It is believed that an exhibition, embra
cing specimens of every kind of handi
craft or manufacturing skill employed iu
the nation, or at least all such specimens
as may be conveniently procured for the
occasion, together with the prices at which
they may be purchased, and the names of
those by whom they are fabricated, M ould
embody, in an impressive form, a mass
of useful facts w hich could not fail to be
appreciated as they deserve by the pub
lic authorities upon whom rests the re
sponsibility of sustaining the prosperity
of the great interests connected with thi
subject; and that such facts collected from
the daily transactions of the people, au
thenticated by the personal examinations
of all who choose to inspect them, would
furnish incontrovertable arguments in fa
vor of that industry which so greatly
honors as well as enriches the mechanics
of America.
A recommendation of a similar exhi
bition by the National Instiute two years
ajro met with a hiffh detriee of favor from
the public at that period; and the success
ol sucti an enori now may, u .is nopeu,
lead to its regular adoption hereafter, as a
means of presenting at suitable intervals a
vis lble demonstration of the advance of
the country in those arts upon which its
prosperity so greatly depends.
At a consultation recently he 1 1 by man
y members of the pre en t Congress
gentlemen of bot political parties the
proposition of inviting such au exhibition
as we have referred to was considered
and adopted, as an enterprise of eminent
utility at this time, and with a confidence
that it would find a hearty assent from
the friends of national industry through
out the whole Union. To g'vj efficacy
to this proposition they have nominated
the undersigned as a general committee of
superintendence, and have charged them
withthe duty of presenting the subject to the
coun try at large, of inviung the aid of the
friends of national industry to the scheme,
and of making such preparations as may
be necessary to render the exhibition as
full and aseflective as the time allowed
will permit. '
Thus summoned to this labor from a
source so amply entitled to the respect
and confidence of the nation, and fully
concurring in the importance attached to
the subject, the undersigned have not hes
itated to comply with the wishes of those
by whom they have been put in requisi
tion, and promptly to enter upon the du
ties consigned to them. In the perform
ance of these duties they invoke the car
nest co-operation oi all who may have any
thing to contribute to the proposed exhi
bition, hoping that this invitation will be
answered in such a manner as shall ena
ble the committee to present such a dis
play of the work of our artisans as shall
adequately attest the great skill and perfec
tion to which our country has attained in
manufacturing and mechanical art.
The committee propose that the exhi
tion shall be opened at Washington on
the 20th day of May next, previous to
which date ample provision will be made
for the reception, security, and suitable
disposition of all specimens which may
be sent to their care.
They invite the transmission of speci
mens of every kind of manufacture and
handicraft known to the artisans of the
United States, and desire that the price,
as well as the maker's name, be furnished
with each article intended for exhibition.
Committees will be appointed for the su
perintendence and arrangement and pre
servation of all parcels sent to the exhibi
tion rooms.'
-The rooms will be ready to receive ar
ticles for exhibition from and after the
first day of May. The exhibition will
be kept open not less than two weeks.
Owners of parcels exhibited during the
exhibition wilL unless directions to the
contrary be given, bs expected . to allow
the sale of such parcels at the prices
marked, to be delivered at the close of
exhibition.
All goods intended for exhibition can
be directed to Mr. David A. Hall, secre
tary of the committee, who will see to
their safe keeping, and attend to their
being repacked after the exhibition.
In case of a sale of them, the money
will be duly transmitted.
. As there will be many goods undis
posed of which the proprietors may not
wish returned, and prefer to have sold for
their benefit, the committee will cause a
sale at auction of such articles as the
owners may desire to hare o disposed
of.
Motive power will be furnished at the
exhibition rooms for such machinery as
may require it. -
As the committee can only give this
general invitation to the manufacturers
and artisans of the country, each one will
be pleased to consider it addressed to
himself individually;
Editors of papers through the country
frieudly to the ohject are respectfully re
quested to give this circular a few insertions.
WILLIAM W. S EATON, Washington.
THOMAS P. JOAES.
JOHN. W. MAURY,
DAVID A. HALL,
W. A. BRADLEY,
R.C. WEIGHTMAN,
THOMAS BLADGDEN,
W ILLIAM ESBY,
JOHN F.C ALLEN,
do
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JAMES LYONS, Richmond, Virginia,
J. P.KENNEDY, Baltimore Maryland.
JOHN WETHERED, do do
O. C. TIFFAGY. do do
March 23, 1816.
A Witty Quaker In Congress.
Mr. Kennedy, of Indiana, (who says
he is "nothing but a plain simple Qua
ker,") delivered a speech on Oregon, a
few days ago, from which we quote:
"The march of the people is onward,
and it is westward; that is the destiny.
They arc going onward to the Pacific; and
if in the path which leads there the Brit
ish lion shall lav down, shall we on that
accout be craven to our duly and destiny!
No never. The lion must be removed.
The Bsitish may make pretensions to
Oregon, but rights thev have none. Do
we wantit?, Yes, and we must have it.
Wc want it to hold our people. Why,
how loiir has it been since the broad and
fertile valley of the Mississippi was one
great and unbroken waste. And what
is it now? The fairest region beneath
the sun, and teaming with people "in
swarms. Yes sir, and I tell you another
thing. The American multiplication ta
ble is at work. (Great merriment.) Go
into our western cabins and you will find
a young man of six feet, and the rest of
him in proportion, with a companion not
nu-h less than himself, and round their
fiet you will find a little company of 20
children. Ay, sir, that is the multiplica
tion table. And now do you take our
present numbers, and reckon twenty for
every two, and where do you think we
shall find hunting ground for them? I tell
you we must have Oregon. The multi
tude of the west is demanding1 it at our
hands, nnd they must have ti There is
a multitude of little white headed boys
and ffirl, (God bless them!) all over
t';at Mississippi valley, and they are not
going to ftip there. The only question
is, will you open a path for them? Will
you remove the obstacle out of their way?
or must they cut a way to their, inheri
tance by the sword? It is theirs, and
they will do it. And I for one will nev
er be a traitor to surrender one inch of
their patrimony."
JVEYV HAMPSHIRE.
A Triumph Complete. Among the
many just, wise and beneficent mea
sures of the defamed and vituperated
Whig XXVlIth Congress was the provi
sion made by the second section of its
Apportionment Act that all Members of
the House of Representatives should
henceforth - be chosen from the several
States by Districts, each electing one on
ly. Loeo-Focoism fought that provision
in the House with all its might, execrated
it in its journals and calumniated it be
fore the people. Every evil and iniqui
tous purpose was attributed to its au
thors. John Tyler, just then beginning
to reveal his treachery, attempted to stab
it in a message announcing his assent to
the bill. Four States were induced to
nullify' it out-Tight, ami proceed to elect
Members by General Tickets, and these
Members were received by the suceeed
in Loco-Foco House, and therein allow
ed to hold saats and vote 'in glaring defi
ance to an unrepealed law of the land.
Yet mark the sequel. The People of
Georgia speedily expelled from power
the party-, which had pursued this high
handed course, and elected a Whig Gov
ernor and Legislature who Districted the
State in accordance with the law of Con
gress. Missouri did not change her poli
tics, but after one nullifying she mended
her hand, and districted thoroughly. New
ILmpshire stood out, and her General
Ticket system has been the means of
overthrowing tjie Nullifying dynas
ty VND BRINGING IN A NEW RULE, wntCH
will promptly District the State.
The crime has therefore wrought out its
punishment. And even before this was
done, Mississippi, the remaining com
peer in ill doing, had receded from l er
nnjuslifiable position and conformed to
the law's requirment.
It is estimated by the Buffalo Com
mercial that there is now waiting ship
ment at the various ports on Lake Michi
gan 1,550,000 bushels wheat, 90,000 bbls
llour, and 24,000 bbls. provisions, ashes,
fce. If the stock at Detroit is included,
the aggregate of llour would reach 200,
000 bbls.
Canada.
The Canadian Parliament assembled
at Montreal on the 20th ult. . Lord Cath
cart, the Governor General, delivered a
speech, from which we take the follow
ing extract:
"I should under any circumstances
have directed your early attention to tha
condition of the militia law. But the un
settled state of the negotiations which
have been for some time past carried ort
between the Imperial Government and
that of the United States of America,
renders it imparative upon me to prcsj
immediately upon your consideration tha
necessity of a re-onrmization of this arm
of the public defence. I feci the most
unbounded confidence that the loyalty and
patriotism of every class of her majesty'
subjects in Canada will be conspicuous,
as they have been heretofore, should oc
casion call for their services to aid in tho
protection of their country; but a well
digested and uniform system is indispen
sible to give a fitting direction to the most
zealous effort."
FURTHER SECESSION'S FROM
MEXICO.
The secession of some of the North
ern States of Mexico from the confederar
cv, has for some time been freely spoken
of as an event in the chapter which is of
more than probable occurrence. Ia re
lation to the Northern confederacy of tho
Ncuva Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and
parts of Zacatecas and San Luis de Poto
si, on the model of the United States, tha
Corpus Christi Gazette says there is not
a doubt; and adds, that they have already
organised and declared their independ
ence, unless prevented by "untoward e
vents," such as the approach of Gener
als Aupudia, La Vega and Wool with
GOOO troops; and the editor concludes
with the statement that he has printed
copies of the proclamation and accompa
nying orders of the said confederation. .
Tiie Subtrcasury Dill.
This odious measure was" taken up in
the House of Representatives on Monday
last, aud, by the application of the legisla
tive screw, the discussion was brought to
a close yesterday, and the bill passed by
a majority exceeding fifty . votes. This
is a bold step of the dominant party in
Congress; after the emphatic manner in
which the scheme was denounced and
repudiated by the voice of the country in
18 tO. One currency for the Govern
ment and another for the People is a sys
tem obnoxious to our free institutions,
repungant to public sentiment, and will
never be tolerated in a free country. If
we are permitted to augur the future front
the past, public indignation will, pro
nounce upon it and its authors a final
doom in 1819. Nat. Intel.
The Vicksburg Sentinel, a leading Lo
cofoco paper: thus scathes the hypocricy
of his brother Locofocos in Tennessee .
Bank Democrats. A dirty mutilated
shinplaster should be the ensign of tho
rag Democracy of Tennessee. The De
mocracy of that State seem determined
to cling to their thieving paper money
machines, as long as they can succeed in
palming off their printed rags upon tho
industrious producers, in exchange for
their labor. We observe at the head of
the list of Bank directors, lately appoin
ted by the Governor, the name of Hon.
A. O. P. Nicholson, tho nominee of tho
Democratic party for United Stales Sen
ator at the late election. Such a hyocrit
ical, unprincipled parly . has no right to
complain when one of its members hap
pens to out-general another in the contest
for the only object for which the leaders
strive office and spoils. The devil taka
such democracy, sav we. Oh'l
An Outrage.
The Louisville Journal says, "A few
months ago, a young man from near
Snow Hill, Maryland, named David T.
Riley, came to this city with the inten
tion of practising law. Not finding suf
ficient encouragement, he went about four
miles into the country, on or near tho
Flat Lick road, and took a school. On
Wednesday last, a young man from
Shelby county, named Richard Meri
wether, Jr., went to Mr. Riley's school
j house, called him out, and under pre
tence that Mr. R. had reported a remark
or a question of his concerning a gentle
man in the neighborhood, stabbed him
five times, wounding him severely and
most dangerously. The physicians say
that Mr. R. will probably die, unless ona
of his arms be amput-tcd.and he re fuses to
submit to amputation. Meriwether wus
pursued, bat we have not heard of hi
arrest.
A Bright Spot in Politic. The
Democratic majority in the Louisiana
Legislature, by a vote cf 59 to 15, hire
vacated the seats of the three sitting .er
bers from St. Landry ojntv, why vere
of their own shade of poltie, 8I1j fj3v0
given them to their wH con?estart?.
The latter received a Majority rf votes in
th county, hut Iot the return thrcujh
some official blunder.