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L Wilmington; K. C. Q."uksDAV November ! 22, : UQS: ' r
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, Jt a meeting if the', Ctmmiffiontrt tf the
, , : Twn tf fFilmiittanNv tijiot.-i,
-f OtDEMi); Thai tht town'bf W ifmhrg
, ton be laid" off into .fix wards,' to wit
v The . 6rft ward r be campofed of that
. ; part, of the town Which lies oft the north
'fide ,aft market Arret,-bounded '-by front
flreet on theeaft,by the river on thewefl,:
" and -the limits of theStown on the north
and (ball be called the north weft watd
That the fecond Ward be cdrapofed of that
part ,of the town': bounded by Warket
; flreet ec the fouth; ieeond ftreet on .the
; eaft, front ftreet ,or tht vefl: and the"
; limits w twiwra a Kit nortrr, and i&ail
i be. called cb ; north eaR Ward:--That
thctbird fxroJ be com poled bf that psirV'
of lha" town bounded by market ftreet, W
! ihe.hortb, IKel x fyerl on the weft. Wock
flreet on the louth, and front ftreet on the
aft,.and (hall JbejcaHcd,, the fouth weft
ward Tht the fourth ward be com no fed
n cf that part of tht Tcmn' bounded by front
hisii vii hb ucv. urcci on inc.iuuin,.
f fecobd ftreet on the eaftyatid triatket ftrj'et;
Voftshb porlhV ahd lh all be called the fouh
;?'aft wardTh'at'the 'fifth ward (hall be
corxtpofed of that part of the town fttuated
."em the call fide of fccoriJ ftreet, Und .ft all'
v ; be called the eaft ward-f-That; the fixth
IVard (haU be cbnjpofcd 'if that part
the town Which lies on the-loiith tide of
f Jock ftreet, and ihall be; called the fouth
any trial to be had for the reeotefy of the pe
nalty for disobeying such command ordirtc
ton. : And ia cae the person so disobeying
Shall be a person of colour, he shall, on com
plaint, and coniction before any Justice ofthe
Peace, receive such number of lashes not ex
ceeding thirty-nine, as the. said Justice1 shall
ireqt
ward and that Thomas N Gamier,' be
.: appointed, fire waiden- for the fird or
- north, weft ward-Naihantel Hill, for the
fecond or north c'aft ward David Smith
for the third or fouth wefl ward-Archi
baldF. Macneill, for the fourth or fouth
i - aft.ward Jolhua O,'; Wright for1 the
r ifth or ea,(l ward, ' and Jacob Hartman
for the fixth or fouth ward and the fiid
..' fix fire wardens fh all have full power and
' authority to fuperintend, .controle and fil
reel, at the time of any fire, the otoceed-
, Ings of the citizens or others,' frt' .tar .ns
- Tela'.ei to the extinRoilhine fuch fire, and
lo far as refpedls the blowicg "up- or de-
moiitbioE any poufe or building for the
fiurpofe of preventing any fuch fire from
prMCiingi-irtwry Joine aa t the Uer
. neral alleTibly as follows, paftcd in the
.'year 1806 i
An Act for the further regulation of the
. towns of Ayilmtneton and Newbern.
Be it enacted bf the General Atstmblj of the
State of North Carotin, and it it hereby enach
. ' id by the authority of the tame. That the com
'mistioners of the towns of Wilmington and
, Newbern, respectivelyi at some one pf their
: ineetinKS previous to the first day of May
' : next, shall and may appoint such number of
persons as they deem necessary to' be fire
wardens ofthe said towns and the .persons
ao appointed shall be notified, and within ten
- ' days thereafter siaraify In writ in e to the
own-clerk, his or their acceptance or refusal
of such appointment. And any person fiW
, ' Ing to signify his acceptance or refusal as a
. foresaid, shall, unless ,eicued by the Com
tnissioners of said towns, forfeit and pay ten
: pounds, to be recovered by and in the name
'of said commissioners,' to and for the es of
. ; asid town. : And in ease of nc elect or refusal
of any person so appointed, the said .com
' missionert shall and may appoint some other
', person in the room and stead of the perwn
. ao negletting; or reliisinff. . ;
'", II. Ami be it fun fur nucJ, That the com
. tnissioners of said towns respectively shall
"-. have, and are hereby declared to have full
power and authority, from time to time, to
make such rules and regulations for the di
" 'vision ofthe towns into wards, and the gov.
. ernment'of said wardens in cstet of Are
happening In Mid lowos as they shsll judge'
proper and shall aid mar authorise and em
power the said wardens, under surli rules as
(hy mar etablisb,tq direct the pulling down,
demon-thing, of Uowng aip any house or
' building which tbey the said wardens (or such
number of them ai the said contmitsioners
ynay authorise) shall judge oecstssry to pull
- 'down, demolish or blow up, for the purpose
' of preventing the further spresding of any
-4trwhichtrsy happen In said lowns.-'And"
'during the continuance of any fire, the said
. firewardens, or in their absence, the core-miseioners-of
the towns, or any one of them,
ahall hse power to. require awiitartce for
extinguishing the same, or for demolishing,
' bullian daw a or blowing up aoy building, or
for rsnaoring aoy goeds, wares and merchan-
. dao from aay Uuilntng on hre or in danger,
. la some place of aaUty, and to appoint guards
- , fo tecum the ssme. And any aod every per
eon failing to obey any command or direction
rf aay of the said comnsissioacrs or fire war.
". dens, given lor the purpose aforesaid, shsll,
if a free while man, forfait and psy the sum
'. of twenty -fire pounds, to he recovered In the
. name ci the cojnmmloneriofibe aslJ town,
respectively, before any jurWdirtion having
cogniisoce thereof to the use of said towns
"aod the wardens or omreislontr giving
. . such command or direction,, shall be derm:d
L competent witness to prove the same, in
III. And be v further watted. That it shall
nd may he lawful for any aumber of perons
in Mid jiowns respeqtively, dxeeefiing twenty
fiva to , form themselves into x company tor
the purpose of extinguishing fire or saving
property endangered toy fire, who, on having
their- names recorded in the record til the
towos rePtiteJy' kEpt by tb'e; clerks of said'
tow4, ahitlt bB onstdeee4 body poliuo auq
corporate, .under Mie name of. The fire Com-
. panj of the toftrn ,of Wilmington, or the town
ot wewDerOf .as tne ease may be and by that
name shall and my sue omrbe Sued, plead
.and be impleaded, before, any jurhdiction'in
tois states aoe snail and may have power and
authority to make such rules and regulations'
for their government os a majority shaln
aeem proper, p.m to impose and to enforce
, penalties iexceetUiig ten pounds for any
one pitenco, on and against any person or per-
r i
iiiik vt tujiif wnn enyiruie or regu-
lauon wfjich the companies ahall front
time to lime establish. '. i ; i -.ixi
,0k otRED, .That the aid aflof Affam-
bly, &c. be published three Weeks in the
AVilraingtorVGaxette, and .that each fire
-.WBTdtftt'be'furnllbedwiib'eonf-'-of'U'r
QftBkltxiOi That if be the duty ofthe
feveral fire wardens to fuperinrend their
refped i V wlruV, and m ake reports month,
ly ro the com'triitfioneri at to the condition
of fuch wards with; re(pet to their r fiie
buckeif and bags. . .
3 By Order of the Com'Snioneri-r
th Callander, t. c.
ST4TX Of NoaTR-CABOUHA, , v . ;
Brunswick county. ; f:$''j-'. '.-:;:''
By Robert, Potter and JohnCemycrs, trot of tht
Just it t of the Peace in and Jar raid county. . .
' AVtiERE AS eomplaint upon oath hath
been made this day to us, two of the Justices
Of the Peace ofthe said county, by Benjamin
Blanty, of the said county, merchant, that a
. ' .. TQ THE PEOPLE: ,
Cf.iihe district of Wilmington and county of
't (Concluded fremjmr last.) .sv
' I have eixicwoiU to lheVi iliat the re
flriaions on oor hade, jifipofed by Jhe.acT
Jaying a general embargo, and Its nume
rous lupnleraenH, originated in Mr. let-
tcrion a tnditterence id, commtsree, amtvj
fhat they wie thtf refult'of a peculiar and 'i
novel fyftem of policy, which he had adop. i
tea vor ine government ot me country.
Itnave alio fubmiitcd to :y on Tome r-
.maikscnding to rhew, "the ruinous confe '
qiicnces oi iacn a ryuem inat i is caieu-;!
lutei'to rlamp thipauonarenteiprlze pnd ;
fTepieTf tbe iiatboal fpirit ; bnt indepen
jdetit f objecliob jo the principle of fuch
ji fyfteni, it isbelieved to have been -pe
culiarly impolitic, at tlic lime it was env
forced, as it regarded the two nations tt,
-was intended to:Sti&.i.-;4;' v'
r .' It is well known that Napoleon has long
fi nee difcovcrerf, that he car, only wound G.
Britain by WarTing againft her com'fneTrceV
and in profec'ottoh of a war of this kind, he
has by the force or fear of his arms, com
pelled moll of the nations, of Ebrope,' to
prohibit all kinds of trade with her ; and
to exclude from their refpeQive countries,
her manufactures. A meafure, therefore,
Which deprive Britain of the benefit of our
trade," and which, in fa&, places tie in
the fame fituaiion, as the allies Of Buona
parte,. fcems td aid his views againft than
nation ; and is calculated to excite a fuf.
picion that ft has tefulted from fonle im.
proper predilcfllon or antipathy. Wne.
ther this fufpicion, Uluft or not, I will
not pretend to fay, but that if ha been ex
clred is too true and that it ha$ been, and
may yet be, attended with injurious corv
fequences,' is equally, trut. At a time
when wo have ferious difputes with the
g 'vernment of Great-Britain any otea.
lurci which in their Operation, 'arte likely
to prove diftrefsfu! to her, and advantage
ous to. her enemy, have a tendency to
Droanre m. aiinnuiinn. on ti n
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-k.iK k.-.-4 kt.ir t, k..t rt eu'jiiunicni wi inctc o'ipuici, ji tnii rn
w t IIIN wHrWSfl0 MISW.i Will 1 - t t .
ter's aervTce, and is lurkmg about in the ssid ll ,r ni"'0"1 of ..,0 cmba;g.
county, committing acts of felony and other
misdeeds t- These are therefore in J.be name
of the sute, to command the said slave forth
with to surrender himself and return home
to his said master t and we do hereby also
require the shen Oof the ssid county of Brunt-
wick, to make diligent search ana pursuit
after the said slave, and him having found,
to apprehend and secure, so that he may be
Conveyed to his said roaster, or otherwise
discharged as the Iw directs t And the said
thcriu"i hereby authorised and empowered
to raise and take with him such power of his
county as he shall think fi', for apprehending
the said slsve. And we drhereby by virtue
ofthe act of Assembly in sue1) case provided,
intimate and declare, thst If the said slsve
named Jim. did not surrender himself and
return hime immediately after the publica
tion of thc presents, that any person may
kill and destroy the aaid slave, by such means
as he or they msy think fit, without accusa
tion or impeachment of any crime or offence
for ao doing, and without incurring any pe
nalty' or forfeiture thereby. - t
"Given under our hands and seels, at Smith
ville. this ninth dv of November, in the yesr
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and,
. aisrht-'-v 1 "
ROnF.RT POTTER, J. t. Seal.)
' JOHN CONYERS, J. t. Seal.
A Act for the relief of the Incorporate He
.'; , thanlct ofthe tovrn of UVminjton " '
WHEREAS It is represented to this
General Assembly, that the laws now
in force, for the regulation ol alavet ii the
town of Wilmington, and for preventing tht
owners of slaves from hiring to them their
own time, are imperfectly etecuted, for the
want of some proper body whot duty it
shall be to see them earned into execution t
r i l r- i
lap remrur wncrroi. -
BCIt enacted brthe Crnersl Aneroblr et
the Stste of North-Csrolina, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the ssme, Thst
from and after the passing of this act it shall
be tht special duty of tht commissioners of
the town o Wilmington, and they are here
by enjoined tt cause to bt loTorced by tht
proper officers of the county of Ncw-llsno
ver and town aforesaid, all and singular the
aeveral Uwa rorflle for the regulation of slaves
and otople of colour within sill town of
Wilmington, end" also all and singular the
several laws made to prevent slaves from hir
ing themselves out, and the owners thereof,
Irom birluir to them their own time, scd Up
on complaint made to any one of the Com
missioners of ssid town, it shall be hit duty
to direct a meeting of tht Commissioners te
be cslled for the purpose of hearing and de
ciding on ssid complaint In tht ool manner
of bearing and deciding on complaints in 0-
thcr natorts,
and non-intercourfe. It will not be" fuf.
ficient tor our government to far to her,
Our courfe is .impartial, and the meafures
we have adopted, apply alike jo you and
your enemy-; She will readily reply, that
although they have tht appearance of im
partiality, to reality they are partial and
unequal, in their operation ( for while
(hey injure' France, in a frca'l, they in
jure us in a great degree ( and that they
attect France in a war (he. it willing to
fiiffer, If in doing fofhe can bring diftrefs
upon'is. She may alfo tell uf, that
r ranee has tht command of molt of the
coniinental powtrs of Europe, and from
thtlt Ihe can draw fnpplici.that U ia in the
vvcnvi ndia colonics ihe principally fuflei,
and that fht it resdy to iurrender thefecau
lOmes. in aid of her views aeainft ut : be.
caufe fht can readily regain them whefce
ver, Ihe (halt have (uccceded in fubidga
ting our nation, i hit will bt the lan
guage of (jrcattBritairt ; and it will be
the language of truth. , But lhn may g6
tanner, and enquire it noSnlipathy againft
her, or preditcclion for her cnemv. iniu-
enced the meafure of our adminiftration.
why If it, that all thofe editors of new (pa
pers, who are continuallv tilling their co.
lumnt wiih tht mod virulent abufe againft
rrer gorcrmnent and palliating excufes for
the serreuions of France, receive ihe unu
form fupport and patronage of the admin
iftration, whilt thofe of an oppofite cha.
rafler, who recommend an . impartial
courfe of conduit towards all nations, art
uigmatifed as diforganrferi, and hirelings
in int pay ot ner government. Alan
American, ankious for tht fair chancier
of my country, I fhould bt at a loft, wbat
anfwer to mikt to fuch art enqoiry.
When I f; that ont of ihcfe editor! hat
dtclarcd that Franco fhould not relax in
her conduct towards ua ; that another has
declared, that Buonaparte fee ma to have
been dedihed by ptovidenre, to direfl tht
condition of focicty, and hat cautioned
tht federalifls to beware of offending him t
that a third has declared tht French mlnif.
tet'i infuliirg latter to our gorernmenl
refpeclfol and friendly ; and that a fourth
has declared him Pelf a French partisan i
and when I ft theft editor balking in
jht.ion (hint of prcfidchtlal fiou, and
ont of them Intrude with the command
of a frglmtnt in Our armiei, without tny
rreienfi'ni to fuch a difiinguifhed as.
oolntment, bot what may be derived from
(til labours at the prefi a ptcfi which
pmired forth tht mod Infamous abufe
agaiuil lit fl fame qod viriuoua conduct
of our beloved WASHINGTON t I far, - r:
'when J fee thtlc thfngs I am daggered ia ,
that opinioti'which 1 bavojitrctofore tn.?
, teriained of tHe adminiftration of the go- '-;
vernmerti7 and however tfifpofed, , I. am
flill to b'e1irve,hat they have net been cor
rupt, J fhould do vU'Jence to my cojifci
ence,in faying that,! believed them to haye : ;
acted correctly and impartially in their m-
t.ercoinfc wttn foreign nations. ' Let ma
not be confidered.as haying any difpoGlion"'
iq palliate the coutle, tjrcat-Britain hat '
urfued towards us. f JLhave .no Intecll i;
in being her app'oid.', Born' and reared .
an Amctican. I triift 1 hare none but tha ' ;
feelings of American. -?.Tht Great.
Briwin has much to anfwer for, 1 1 bava
no htfiiation rt fay ingit She hat wronged '
.tit much 4' and flit ;ha wounded,5 deeply
wounded, the honor of the nat ton and it - .
behovet thofe to whom aVe coromitied The
powers of jhe Government torcdrefs our :
wrongs and indicate otr iion6r. &it I
wifliihem to purfue an opein, manlr poli-
y. ifl fiat the ly item witicn they leem t ,
hate adopted, is I k different thataCter,
Is what 1 have endeavoured to fbe'Wj aitd x
hat it is radically defeaive", weak ', rui- "
nous to our' bed in'tcreds, and calculated '
to iriviie fhfdlu by declaring, thai we '
ill fubmit To injury by retiring frOm, tha .
field of competition. If fuch has been, .
and fuch (till u, thefyftem of policy pur-
luca oj mil auaiiniiaron, it u ytvvtf
is it fafe, ls.it cor fiflent with the tnterefil "
r the honor of . ihe nation, tq place Mr. c ;
Madifon S1 prefidem of the Umre.t Siatel, ,
at the head of', the next "adminiftration, - j
when ft Is uriderftckjd, and indeed avowed.
that.' he will porfoe i all importarit
poioti, the fitue conrfe bf theafurer, that
he participated in; aa fectetary ot ltate
tinaer Mr. JerTeifon. ' t- '- ;
I Know tail tut rcpuoucan comrniuccv -will
tell us, that there is nothing to ,ba ,
apprehended, from bit adminiftraiion of .
.t . .t ' i in --. a ,,
me government, .mar as ne wm new mi
the ftepi of Mr. Jefiferfon, fo like him, ha .
ill leave os.in the full courle ot progrel-
firt improvement ( and they will refer ot
-ticr-t;rrcoi3ri lot lengthy Hat cinema
e , ti:, . ... . a . -a
lone details of the repeal of odious lawt
and oporefllrt taxes, and fmmeaforabla
tracts of land purchaled lor a long, a mera
bagatelle of 15,000,000 bt dollars. 1 hava
run over tnele lUtcmenit and detain, ana.
itihough tbey furnilh ii with little Infor-
(nation, wt had not betore,they turnt,fh ua ,
with additional evidence, of tht many fine
of bmi(fion,thia committee have to anfwer '
for in their adJrefi to the public, while
they tiultlngly dwell upon iht facreafing,
condition of the public revtnue,& dec real-
log flate of tht public debt, they have .'
raited to tell us, that It was by, tht com- -mercial
regulations & finincial arrange
tnents a?6p cd by Gen. ya(hinglon, and '
continued by Mr Adam,. aided by tht irt
crealihg population Of the country, by tha .
rale bt our (hint ot war, by tht laie 01 our
bank flock, and by additional burthens oa '
our trade, that the Ireafury department,'
has been enabled, to exhibit theft flats-
ments of debt sn.i revenue, while theyr '
talk much of the repeal of Jaws, laying att
txcife, and (mpofing a land lax, they
have bmlttec to tell at that the hrd wis
faid to bt recommended by Mrt Madifon, i
and that lha ntber, tot fcnly received tla. '
vo:e, but the firm fupport of Mf. Galla
tin, another member of the adminiflra. ,
tion t and they hsve alfo oxitted to tel .
til, that by the" fufpenfion of otfr traJt fof
twere month, w have beeit deprived of
thd tccelpf of nearly fixtechi tfnillioni of .
dollars ; and that to reptentdVour exhauU
ted treafury, we fh all probably be tinder
tht neeefilty ot rrc jning to thofe very tax
cs, by an unfounded clamour againft '
which, their party grafped an ill deferved
topularity. While they nake a vairi
oid of not reviving ihe fediiiorl a Q, the
omit to inform us thst thst all wst a a.
improvement of the then ctifting lavr bf
Ihe country, that whPe it imbofed fpecific -.
penalties aga'md the publication of falf
hood, it fecured tht liberty of the citiXcri.
by permitting Mm to fhicld himielf in tU
truth ofthe fQ, fot the utteting of which,
he miht be profecuted by a pcrfecatirg
adminiltration and while thry alfo boa It
of the purchaft of Lquifiani, they omit
to tell ui,that its limits sr yrt snknown,
sad ihst, as it has already nearly embroil .
ed ot in one war with Soain, to it will
continue a fubjet? of difpuie, and, In all
probability, provt fori tee of many oher
wtn. - But enonph tf this rtpeVJicsn sd
drtf., and its diAorttd tlrwi of pub'i
men and public meafuret. h il rot by
paper reprrfenisiiont, Ind ariibmclieal
Calculation! of dnlfsrs and cent, that wa
ait to afectuia tht ctmpiratirt merit of