The New Hampshire Gazette

BY MAIL.

WASHINGTON, MARCH 9.

The Senate yesterday removed the injunction of secrecy from so much of their proceedings as relate to the question taken on confirming the nomination of Mr. Clay to the office of Secretary of State; and on a reference to the Executive Journal, we find the vote there recorded to be twenty-seven in favor of confirming, and fourteen opposed to it.
On the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Henry Clay?"—Those who voted in the affirmative, were—Messrs. Barton, of Missouri. Bell, of New-Hampshire, Benton, of Missouri, Bouligny, of Louisiana, Chandler, of Maine, Chase, of Vermont, Clayton, of Delaware, D'Wolf, of Rhode-Island, Dickerson, of New-Jersey, Edwards, of Connecticut, Gaillard, of South-Carolina, Harrison, of Ohio, Hendricks, of Indiana, Holmes, of Maine, Johnston, of Louisiana, Kane, of Illinois, King, of Alabama, Knight, of Rhode-Island, Lloyd, of Maryland, Lloyd, of Massachusetts, Mills, of Massachusetts, Rowan, of Kentucky, Ruggles, of Ohio, Seymour, of Vermont, Smith, of Maryland. Van Buren, of New-York, Van Dyke, of Delaware—27.
Those who voted in the negative, were—Messrs. Berrien, of Georgia, Branch, of North-Carolina, Cobb, of Georgia, Eaton, of Tennessee, Findlay, of Pennsylvania, Hayne, of South-Carolina. Holmes. of Mississippi, Jackson, of Tennessee, M'Ilvaine, of New-Jersey, Macon, of North-Carolina, Tazewell, of Virginia, Thomas, of Illinois, Williams, of Mississippi—14.
Mr. Noble, of Indiana, who came in after the vote was taken, we understand, requested permission to have his vote recorded in the affirmative; but the Senate decided it not to be in order.
Mr. Barbour, of Virginia, and Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, were absent.
Four States, viz: New-Hampshire, Connecticut, New-York and Alabama, have each but one member in the Senate, at present.
Of the eighteen votes from the nine Western States, five only (two from Tennessee, two from Mississippi, and one from Illinois) were given against Mr. Clay.
As the proceedings on the occasion were with closed doors, we were prevented, of course, from hearing what reasons, if any, were assigned by the gentlemen who were in the negative, for opposing this nomination; we think, however, that the opposition was rather of a personal character, growing out of the unpleasant occurrences of the past winter, than one founded on a belief of Mr. Clay's unfitness for the office. No member of that body can doubt his talent or his integrity; he has given too many proofs of both; to permit either to be called in question.