^5pp^fpppr ■»iW lir Sourna^ CHAKI.OTTE : TL'I:?'UAY, JUNE, 7, 1825. l/uAflC'^ Franklin^ Esq. formely a re- c',entative in Congress, is a candidate 5urr>’ District, in opposition to Mr. illiams. The contest, it is supposed, ill be a very close ont', the candidates ssfssipj? pretty nearly an equal share popularity. The publication of the resolutions .p:c 1 at the nmeeting of the Meckkn- .r Convention Committee, is necrssari- .-c'^tjioni’cl. We hope to be enabled ,,ive them in our next. I; is now a favorable period for reviv- ^ the discussion of the Convention —*he excitement produced by f l^t.j election has nearly subsi.led, and (; public mind is now prepared to en- itain this subject, and to feel that inter- , jf, it which its importance merits.— !h' liiv.e is as favorable as we could wish r patient invcstig^ation and calm discus- o>i: and these are all that is necessary ro'isethe people to a manly vindication ihoir ri;^"hts, and to induce anunyield- determination to obtain them. Let t iVionds of a Convention, then, be ac- vo—there is no room fur delay—none !• incsolution. If we nef,doct from week MC(‘k. and from month to month, lo cvifjorous exertions, another question, the one w hich has recently been put icst, may arise—and then all exertion ;il be in vain for another period of two cj's. It is no doubt true, that during ,c priSt two years of inaction, we have jtmuch of what we had previously gain- —well-concerted plans have been dis- lans^ed, committees have been dis hed, and that unity of action, so indis- 1,sable to success, which was nearly octed, has been considerably broken; is important, therefore, that prompt lid spirited measures should be adopted recovtr what we luive lost, and to ke the utmost advantai',e ol the present ■opitious circumstances. The advocates of a Convention in Vir- inia are making rapid progress towards 10 accomplishment of their object, li'ctings, characterized by great una- imlty of sentiment and an excellent spir- , are held in the different counties, and riiiigements are made for a general eeting of dele.n;atcs from the upper unties, to devise proper measures for eeting a speedy consummation of their .shes. Judging from present appear* ■ces, we can scarccly doubt that their iccess is near ^t hand : ought not this, hen, to stimulate the friends of a Con- cniion in this state? '1 lie first move- icn;, we believe, was made in North- arolina—here the impulse was given ;— Tid shall she now, instead of leading, as he ought to, fall into the rear, and follow ta distance the steps of her more reso- te and spirited neighbors? We shall o(lout)t spoak tlio sentiments of all, by tisweriiijr in the negative, 'i'he snpj)ort- • 5 of a convention in t!iis state wei e ac- iied by no wtii;n of the moment, they PIC led on by no tMn|iOi'ary excitement; ie contest was fur equul rii^lus, fo: liu;- I'ltntal principles ; and alttu)i»;.ih com- '!led, by iincc^nti oiiiible i ircun;sU!tice*;. '51'Cmit their exertions for a tnue, we ive the utmost coiiruIt. ii('c th.il they wili w seek, with reiiofiMed vii.;or, the ac- 2niplisl)tnent of their most avdeiit w ish- '« an equal distriluition of rights and in- 'lence by a judicious r(;\isal cl t'le eon- ■‘iuiion. It needs only a inutlf^rate de- ■fe of activity, to excite all the interest i'ich was but recently felt in this impor- subject. fndiitns.—No dangei to the \\hite '‘•tlpinents, it would appear h om late ac- is to be appreheiide'.l li'om the re- ■!'tdisturbances among the Ci eeks. I he is altogether a domestic one, and death of Ai‘Into.->h was the conse- ut his treachery. His treaty \viih Reneral government, was in direct ^ ''uiiion of a positive lav/ ol the C reeks '^'*pted in a general council, “making '^^ath for any chief to propose an alieii 'fJii of any niore of their nalio'ial lands;' the penalty for its violation has been ■^‘cted on him, according to the usak'cs Indians. Jcai'n from the So'itu-Cr.rori:^:! State Gazette, that ^‘the population of the Creeks is contained in about 36 to'.vns or representative districts. Each of these is governed at home, and is represented in their national councils and asseinhlies by a chief, known to and acknowledged in that capacity by the whole nation. To render valid any national act, or to pass away any part of the national territory, a majority of these confederated districts must consent by means of their chiefs, by whom the deed of trans^^fer must be duly signed. This is the known and long practised law of this nation of Indians, and General M‘Intosh well knew it.” But the treaty for ceding away the lands of the whole nation, instead of being signed by a majority of the 36 towns, was signed by only M‘Intosh and the old Coweta chief; the “other signers were not repre sentative chiefs, but men of straw, crea ted on the spot by M‘Intosh, for the ex press purpose of effecting irregularly and by fraud, wliat the Creeks were deter mined never to consent to formally, and according to their known laws and usa ges.” If thiv. be a correct statement of facts, and we know of no reason to doubt it, where is the outrage of the Indians? The wrong, the injustice, were altogeth er on the part of M‘Intosh and his party; and although we may pily their fate, yet we cannot call in question its justice. In the opinion of the Indians, they were be trayers of their country ; and they have suffered the punishment which, among all nations, barbarous or civilized, is a- warded to traitors. frcjidency-—we do net spprore lus principles or his practice in all things—and yet v. e iirc not disposed to censnrc and condi-mn his course by anticipation. We will jud^c him .as we would judg'c all others, without pn j'ldice or affection hilc we are at liberty to censim- or approve his conduct as it shall be rig^ht or w rong'. When his claims are again proptrly broujjiit before tlic people, and it fhiill be necossary for the sovereij;-n arbiters tif his coiintry to pass upon them, we will speak as beconics an advocate of truth and a sentinel of justice.” Cenfrai Oa:cttc. -.Apropos to Ibis extract, is the following extract of a business-letter to the Editoi s of this paper, from one of the most re spectable citizens of Virginia, whose name would carry weight w ith it, were we at liberty to nume him, and with whom Mr. Calhoun was the favorite candidate for the Presidency : “ I avail myself of this opportunity to express to you the high satisfiiction I have felt at the course you have prescribed for yourselves, as Kditors, in relation to the new Administration. Opposed, as you were, to the election of Mr. Adams, you h.we s iid you woulil be povemed by his course as the President of the Union, and support or oppose him accordins:ly. This is the true American and patriotic ground, which every citizen of tlie country ought to take, and 1 cannot but belifve butthat the Ad ministration of Mr. Adams will be such as will meet the approbation and support of a mujority of the people.” Col. William Di;ayton has been elec ted a representative in Congress from the District of Charleston, S. C. to sup ply the vacaiKy occasioned by the ap pointment of Mr. Poinsett as Minister to Mexico. This is the same gentletr.an who was recomn'.cuded by Gen. Jackson to Mr. Monroe, in 1816, to fill the oflice of Secretary of the War Uepartmeni. Previous to the election, he w as called upon. In the public pupers, to avow his sentiments in regard to the present ad- iiiluisti ation, and say whether he would jt)in' the eml)ryo oj)positiun to it; the following is his reply, published in the Charleston City Gazette. “As I consider every citizen entitled to information on the ptditical sentiments of a candidate for a seat in Cotigress, in reply to the (juestion proposed to me by “A Voter,” I unhesitatingly answ'er, that I am not “opposed to the President and his Cabinet,” neither should I “join the opposition to tliem in Congress,” frum personal motives, in the event of my being elected a member of that body. After this declaration, that I may avoid the possibility of being misunder stood, I will avail myself of tl»e occasioq to add, /ha/ I regard nn opposition to i?idi- vidnnk as fm tious, and bnncjul to the -pros- perifi/ of the Union. A representative in Congress, in my opinion, is bound by the oblis^ations of honor and duty to support measures whicii, after the best considera tion he can bestow upon them, he deems beneficial to his country, and to oppose such as he believes productive of a differ ent result; in huth cases regardless cf the men fiom whom such measures may originate. wm. uiiayto.v. From the National Intelhgcnctr. Tl'.e subjoined o!)servations, oopied from the Central Ciazette, printed at Charlotlesville. i’.i Virf;iuia, iiave In'en c llcited !)y a conununir.aled i.j'tit le, reci'n- ly p.ihliohecl in the 1 jujuirer, nia!;ing a rfiiCcl a])iieal to l!’.'- iV.ends of (ien. .Iac^k SON and Mr. (’u i o;i. , to romhinc, i;i op I'osili.i'i to the pi-.'seni Adiuinistr.ition. '.lal an'iuri- Mi-. C»AWK)iti> himsell wot.id make to siicli a proposition we iia\ e'.'■(■en ia his liber al and .truly Ib pul)- iican 'I'oast, al the first o!)portunity hr lias had of expressing his seiUinients on that poi;it. ‘‘i.et the present Athninis- tratiun l>e judged I)V Its measures,” suys that dist.in'gmshcd 'patriot. It is quite pi-oIj;u)le the sanw; reply would he mad by Gen. Jackkov, wvvc the i)njpusition madf'tohim. 1 lie Odlowinsj paragraphs \vt‘ are b(dd to say, express the decided sentiment of three-futii’ths of tliose v. ho durini;' the late can\ass for the Presiden cy. favored the eh’ction of Mr. Ckaw- y )iin: “Tlif' rorrc.iponden* nf the F.nquircr boldly and pl.iiidy asserts lliat tin re sliuuid hi.’ a co;iii- tion among the t'riernis of Mr. i;a\ tVnl r.’id Gen. .lackson. f 'lii f>nni) I-' Is this r.mlition to elect Mr. Criiwford or tlie (J . iievtl ^ V.’e .should like to know the terms of cinnprDUiise. ‘‘One from the east” labors, by i sp cie-. of two ed argument, to prove tlmt sui h 3 h '' ‘"'d eventuati beneficially to both t.'u-se gentlemen, but, uii'brtunutely for ii'.s concli they can not both be elected 1‘resi.ii r.t at once. “ H it isattrmpted by the foniiatlon ofle.if^ucs and tile establi' hnient of cfiveninits bi tween the friend*; (d'tbe disappointed raiididatcH, to create a sy-teniatir and trained b.ind in opijositmn to the admini .tntivn of .Mr. Aduni';, wc would re ject liie [irulfer with (h!;d.un did not ad- ’ the pixtvni^oni of Mr. Adnnii to tae Mr. Clay left Washington on Saturdav, for his late residence in Kentucky. We understand that he expects to be detain ed for several weeks by the necessary do mestic arrangements for the removal of his family to this city. The duties which have devolved upon Mr. Clay since his appointment to the State Department, have been peculiarly arduous. The or ganization of a new adtninistration, and the necessity of despatching' an unusual nundier of Ministers and other Pid)lic Agents, all of whom were to be especial ly instructed in the views of our Govern ment in relation to several new and im portant questions of policy, have thrown upon Mr. Clay a labour which few Se cretaries have had to encounter in so sliort a period af'er their appointment. He has bei.'n truly indefatigaljle in the execution of his task, having been se verely occupied for twelve or fourteen hours almost every day. The. mental ind bodily fatigue consequent upon such unremitting attention to his oflicial du ties, and the necessary confinement to end.’ a ftilcw crcatuve from an untimely In reading the mejnolrs of Madame de Genlis, we were struck with the subjoin ed account of her uncle. It has a very romantic air. Nat. Gnz. “As soon as M. deMezieres had at tained his thirteenth year, his mother sent hitn off, as incorrigible^ to America. ’Phis lad, nevertheless, turned out a dis tinguished character, c()ually eminent for his talents, his genius, his f on rage, and his virtues. On his arrival in North-A- merica, he made his escape, and conceal ed himself in Canada among the savages; he was not then fourteen. He made them understand that he was abandoned by his parents, and wished to live among them; they consented, on the condition that he would undergo the operation of taf/roing, that is to say. that he should .suffer tlie whole of his body to be painted in their fashi(»n, with the juice of herbs—a very jiainful operation, which he sustained with a courage that delighted the sava ges. lie had a prodit^ious memory, and a vigorous constitutiL'n ; very soon he acquired their language, and excelled in all their exercises. In order to retain what he had learnt, (for he had be»‘n an admirable scholar of his age, and gained all the prizes in his class,) he used to trace daily, on the barks of trees, passa ges of Latin and French poetry, and geo metrical figures. He had formed a great collection of these pieces of Inirk, which he preserved with the utmost care: he ac(]uired the hi,q;hest res pect among the savages, and before the ago of twenty, be was elected their chief, by unanimous proclamation. 'I’he sava ges declared war on the Spaniards. My ujicle taught them improved modes of warfare, and under his command they gainetl advantages over the Spaniards, which astonislu'd the latter, who were surprised to fmd such extraordinary tal ents in a chief of savages. They pro- j)Osed peace; my uncle was sent to ne- gociate ; and he completed the astonish ment of the Spanianls, by speaking to them in Latin. 'Phey put some (|ues- tions to this singular savage; and, touch ed with his narrative, and ciiarmed with the genius he displayed, they offered to attach him to the Spanish service, to which he consented, on condition of their making peace with the savages. When shall write one called The European So- ncttre, in which I shall insert all my uncle told me, and the i-est I shall endeavor to supply iVom my own imagination.”t • In the Latin, Frcnch, and Spanish authors. •f-1 have nev r had'time to v rite this novel, which might have been iricde vtrj striking'. which he has Iieen so little accustomed have i-endered this journey to the W ebt; peace was conchided, he made his almost essential to his heaith. c sin-j passed into the set vice of cerely hope that the air of his native j where he conducted himself So mountains, and the agreeable society ofi mimi^ably, that he made a rich marriage,, the numerous Iriends who are anxiously | q,. involve years was aj»j)ointe(l expecting to shake him by the hand, will' (i^vernor of Louisiana. He bought some give him new vigour, and that he may purchmed a sjilendid li return to us renovated in mind and body. perfectly iuippv. Afterwards he made a voyage to Pi' nice, when he found that his cruel mother no A new Society is about to be formed existed. I was then at the Palai- Nat. Jovrnul. in New-York under tiie title of the “ j!/- cadcmxj of JIncient Literature.” They con template, in the first place, the establish ment of a library of classical works ; 2d, the de^ivery of lectures on classical, stu dies and learning; 3d, the publication of a Classical Journal; and 4th, the endow ment of fellowships in. colleges, for the education of poor scholars. Chnn. Courier^ COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATKfj. Statement of the comnicrce of each state and territory, commencing; on the 1st October, lb’*3, and ending on the 30th September, 18? J . ST.iTES. 7’ot// vtibie 'J'dfol rnlite nf ijiiports'. of t.i'fifirt.s. 1 Maine, 7bH,64:5 900,195 2 New-llainpshire, 1?45,.01;5 185,.18,3 3 Massachusetts, 15,.'>7«,7o3 10,4r.4,.]28 4 Vermont, 161.8,)1 ‘208,258 5 Khotle-lsland, 872,899 6 Coniieetieut, 5K1,510 575,852, 7 Ni-w-\ork, 36,11.>,72.'J 22,897,1.14 8 New-Jersey, 6"7,518 28,989 9 Pennsyhania, ll,8C.5.5.n 9,.'j6!,89.'> 10 Delaware, 12,080 18.964 11 Maryland, 4,.>.'>l,r)42 4,86.1,2o:] 12 Dist. of Columbia >, 379,9:u-i 722,405 ! ■> \ irj:'inia. 6,59,787 3,27-7,564 11 Noi'tb-t'arolina, 4«5,8.^6 588,7:'.3 15 Soi.tti-rarOlinii, 2,166,185 8,0;>4,082 ]() (.eornfi;i. 551.S88 4,62.),9H2 17 I-ouisiana, 4,5.'.9,rG9' 7,9:8,8J ) 18 Alal)ama, ■ 91,6U4 460,727 19 Ohio, 20 ^Iiebi[ran Territnrv, 21 Horida ’ferritory 6.98(i 2tr,' Total, 80,549,007 75,i)8G,C57 At MontgotTiery, Alabama, merchan dize has been received in eighteen days from N-‘w-York. Jlntidote a;:ninst Poisons.—A corrcspon- flrnl of the London Literary (iazette, al hiding to the numerous cases of death from accidental poisonings, and pai ticu- lariy to the mfdancholy fjio of t!ie late royal acach-mii ian, M'-. Owen, a(hls:— “ 1 may venture to aflii m, there is scarce >ven u cottage in tiiis counti-y that docs not contain an invahiahde, certain, and immediate remedy for sueii events, which is nothing rnor; iliaii a desert spoonful of made mustarrl, mix'd In a tiimlilep ghi''S of -.varm water, and rlrank immediately : it acts as an instanta’u ous emetic, is al ways ready, and may be userl witlisartty in atiy case wliere one is rerjuired. — By u mistake, where a gentleman took a full ounce of j)oison ir;stead of salts, the cas ters wert; fortunately ut han'l, and tio doubt an invalualdf life \v;'S pri'served to his family h.y giving the r:^;^^‘:•d dii-e. t- Jy. )’y mok.Mig t!m siiirpl', kiiov,’n, you nrry he Hoyal, where he came almost qvery dav to dine with me : he had a grav(? and mel ancholy air; his talents v.eje great, and his conversation of the highest interest. Besides the extraorditiary things h; had witnessed, he had read extensivelv,* and his memory was astonishing. Tht* ser pents painted by the savages on his lej's, might he seen'through his silk stockings, so deeply were they engraved. He shew ed me his breast, whi( b was covered in the same manner, with lariice jiainted flow ers, of which the colors were very vivid. I felt great admiration and tenderness for this siiu^nrMr and excellent p(;r';on. He answered all my (piestions brielly, bu! with exceeding mildness. I have iu-vcm known any one say so r.iuf h in so f*-w words. lie had preservefl a tender re membrance jf t'.ie savages, and even j1’ their way of life. He.told me one thing which sur|)rised me; he said that th generality of travellers, wh() have spoken of the savages in detail, have Tin spile of a little exaggeration) estimateil their cha racter tolerably well ; and though p'r- fectly ignorant of their language, they have made them speak |)retty nearly as they actually do. .“'I’he reason is plain added my uncle ; “if we judged the Ivi- ropeatis fto’ii their professions and their outward show, we should lie much mis taken : hut tiieie is no deception’in judg ing of savages ; their gestures, features and actions express wliat th*y are, and what th'7 feel.” Yet, in spite of my uii' cle’s remark, as metaphysical ideas ;.n not rejiresetited in tills manner, a j^rc'at many of'the speeches which Irav' llri-s attribute to savages, must necessai'ily b» lidicMloMs, My imcle gave me a stiort notice of the savages, which he wrote at my request, and I inserted it six or seven years after in my Jhinnlfi rtf l irtue., acknow- ledgi’igihi: autlior IVom v. hom I received it. This part (d’ the work, on its aj)pear anc^, was much sjioken of; and the only tauk found w'ith it was, that it was no lot\';er. I did not change a single word in it. Ills manner of writing is very re markahh'. for a man wh.o hatl I)cen exiled from infancy, a?id who had passed fifteen years among the savages. My moth( made always a tliird party in these con vers;-.tions, ami aa she led tiiem, I wa gcreraily ch!i(3;'ed fu he no mort^ than listener. I had thus an adn\ira!de (jpjior tmity of infiM’ming myself wi’h certainty of til'- many curious tilings of whicIi the ku(A\ h'di.'e would hav(‘ het ii r’.ost usefu ill the prosecution of my f.oorite study— t!ie human h.eart : but 1 regret tiiat 1 proHterl l)utsuper!;( ialiy by tli'j oceasion Xcver'heh'ss, a** 1 ain aliout to publish Persian lIorsenvfi%'^hip,--\x\ Morier’s Journey through Persia, he thus speaks ofthc present king of Persia’s Horseman ship ;— “ At full gallop the prince could shoot d deer with a single ball, or w ith the ar row IVom his how hit a biid on the wing. He Combines indeed the three great finali ties of the ancient I’ersian^;, w hlch Zeno- photi enumerates—riding, shooting with the bow, and speaking truth. His coun trymen however arc, iti jroneral, less se- vt're in tlu'ir estimate of the r equisites of a f^reat eharacter, and are contetit to o- mit the last trait of excellence ; but they never praise iu>y one without placing iu th! foremost of his virtues his hoiseman- ship, in which alone jierhaps they pos sess any national pride. 1 once In fact was ill some danger «if a sei'ious dispute, by hazarding a doubt, that the Turk? rode better than the Persians. It is quite ridiculous to hear thi-m hoast of their Okvn feats on hor^eii.u k, and f es- |li^e the cavalr, of every other nation, 'i'hey ah. ays said, ‘ Pechaps your inf.in- try may surpass ours ; hutoUr horsemen ar*‘ the best in tlie w(;rhl : nothing can stanil before their activity and imneiii- osity.’ In fact they have courage—ouo of tiie first qualities of a horseman ; they ride without the least api)reliension over any country, climb the most dangerous sleeps over rot k and shrubs, and Ueej) their way in defiance of every ol)stacleof ground. They have also a firm seat : and that on a saddle wliich, among an huii- dreil different sorts, would bt* cailetl the least commodious, lint that is all : they understand nothing of a line hand, nor indeed with their bridles can they learn ; for they Use only a strong snafHe fisieii- ed to the rein by an immtore ring oil each side, which they place indif’erently in the strongest or’weakest jtiou its ; nor do they know how to spare their li )rse^^ and save them unnecessary fatl 'le, lor heir pace is either a gallop on -i full stretch, or a walk.” Alh\c;oricnL—A travt Her, r.eitoig out pon a lotig jourriey, was assailei! on tli« latl by curs, mastiffs, and hall' rro'.v fi jiuppies, which came out from t!ieirk( n- tds to l)ark at him as he passed aloni;-.—• Ie ofien dismounted from his horse to rive them Iiack with stones and sticks, .into their hid in j'-places. 'I'his operation was rt'pealed every day, and someti;nes as often astv> enty times a day. 'I'ltecon- setpience was, that more than half the i-a\eih>r's time was consumed in chasing hose dogs and puppies. At last he was ivertaken hv a nei.’-hhor, who was going he same road, bul who had set out a )Ug time after him. 'Phe latter travel ler was very much surpiise.d to find the other no further on his jooi nt-v, and on hearing the reason, ‘.Alas,’ said he, ‘is it possil)le you ''ave lost your time, and wasietl your stPeni^th in this idle occtipa- lion } These same aulm.ils have beset me all along the road ; hut 1 have sav*d my time and my lalsor in taking no no tice of their barkings; while you have ost yours in resentinjj' insults which did you no harm, and in chastising dogs and luppies whose manners you can never mend. ’!i.. a coli' cty n vf n-'veln DfED, In Lincoln county, very suddenly, on the 15th ult. the Hev. Damki. Asm iir, in the G+th year of his age. lie had btcnuiiiler the care of a jiliysician several weeks, for u dro])sical com plaint, but had nt arly n covered. The morning before he died, hf! set nicd very well and cheer ful, and about half an hour before his tleath, wrt^e a few lines to a minister to preach a fune ral sermon from Fsalnvs Iv. 12, l.^, H, 15, on the leath of a woman who was niiirdereil by her husbar.d ; aft(-r thi^, he was conv* '•sing' with fiia family in the piazza in a very familiar m.iniK-r, when Mrs^Asl)ury discovered bis he.ad fall b.'iek on the rad of the piazza. Slit ran to him, and he was looking up, with n smilmfj eonntenanee, as if he saw somelbiriF^ i'nronnn«)n, and breath- out his last with two t.r tiiree brealb-;, with- ciiit a sit;Ii or ((roan, and ultli(;ut nioviiif^ head or foot. 'I bis servant fjf f!od had iaborerl 37 years in the Methodist .'O'lnex on, ami finished bifi life and his laixirs foiij'eflu r, and is now j.;'onc! home to lieavi-n, fo reecive bis j^reat reward. He left a wife anti ten children, and a larsjc cir cle of acqu'Aiiitance, to mourn lus loss. [rOMMI'MC ITHI. fJIHF, subserihe wish- irijrtori-i.iovetoT 1,- nrssee, %vill s( II, of| Kiw terms, the. plantation on V. Inch be now Iivt^•>, tv, o nules west of Charlt)tte, coiilaining llG ACKKS OF L.WT), w,tb two if'iod dv.'' lliug-hf)ir es, kItrfu ns, barn I'lul out-iiuii.ifs ; a'io\e 2(1 a( res t)f good mea dow, and a'xiet t50 a'-res e,|'elearetl lond, :.ll in ['•()t>d rt par.'. ,\tiv person wi^hin,',''to pjtirebase, niay eall .ind vi-\v the pn inises and know the tLPii.. JONAS ( LAT®i. M iv 27, Jt.38 for Suit', at this OlUc^\

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