•tiUcr bomc ‘blows had j'.asscd between tl-.eiTi, Park fired a pistol at tlie Captain, v-liich uiissed him, and eiitcrtd ihc breast of William M’lice, one of the ) ounij men with Park, who died instantly. Park has left the place. Frankfort paper. Mr. Leander Clark, while applying the band to the shaft at Whitney’s factory, Saxton’s Village, Vermont, was caught by the strap and carried round the shall more than one hundred times before as sistance was rendered. His left knee bone was dislocated, the lower end of his thigh bone thrust through the in tegument, and the large bone fractured half way between the ancle and knee.— The limb was amputated and he is likely to recover. Two cases of forgery have been re cently d(?cided by the Supreme Court of the State cf New-York, under cir cumstances suHiciently interesting to deserve a brief notice. The lirst was the case of Charles E. Dean, an attorney at law, who was tried and convicted in the county court. The instrument forg ed was a note, and the forgery consisted in j)utting the name of the endorser up on it without his knowledge or consent. On the trial, the endorser whose name was forged, was a witness against the prisoner. The counsel for the prisoner oljjected to this witness as incompetent, because he was interested to prove the note a forgery to destroy his liability to pay. The Judge overruled the objec tion, and admitted tlie witness’ testimo ny and proved the forgery. Tiie pris- oner’> counsel excepted to that opinion, am! the pi isoner was brought up for the oi)iiiion of the Supreme Court, whether the |)erson whose name was chargcd in tlie inilictment to have been forged, could be a witness against the prisoner. Attor an argument of the ((uestion by counH'l, the Court dcf,ided that the wit ness was proj)ei:ly admitted, and, of coui sc‘, that the conviction of the prison er was legal, lie was sentenced to ten years continement in the State Prison. 'I'he other ca*bc was that of George Poacock, the trial of which our readers may recollect was noticed at the time it occurrejil in the lower court. For the sake, however, of a better understand ing of it, a comprehensive view' of it will not be amiss. A cargo of coals had beeli consigned by a men hant in New Castle, England, to George Peacock, a coal merchant in the city of Nevv-Vork. liy accident, the permit and bill of lad- in^ were sent to the prisoner, who was a bookseller. lie then endorsed upon tlie permit, an order for an auctioneer residing in the city, to receive the cargo, and signed it with iiis natne, represent ing himself to be the consignee and own er of the coal. Upon tiie security of the order, heieceiveu four hundred and fifty dollars. The question before the court was, whether liis having subcrib- eil liis own name to the order, and thus falsely represen,ted another person who happeneti to have the same tiame as himself, was lorgery. Thecounselforthe prisoner citeil a great number ofailjudi- calioii^ from English reports, to show that the crime was not forgery, but that it eaine under the British slutute oi'J'ahe p/'ctcuci’s, or JaLsc jicrsoiiijiculions. On the next nioriuug, the Chief Justice pronounced the ojnnion of the court to be, that his conviction was fully- war- rented by the facts, and that the signa ture of the prisoner of his owniiume, where the intent was to represent anoth- ci person, and thereby to defraud, as W'as the case before the court, was for- gi-ry. Balt. ^'Inicrican. JMammolh Bones.—We have received from Sullivan county, the following coni- jnunicatioti. Found on the Mth inst. in the town of IMainukuling, on the sutnmit of ihc Ucla- ware and Hudson Canal, near the IJranch ttnnpike, by Mr. Horace, ./idams, whilst digging ihe canal, 9 or 10 feet below the surface of the carih, a part of the lionts of n Mainmulli^ consisting of one of the hij) bones and a number of the joints of the back. The weight of the hip bon-, when first taken out, was 35 pounds, although iiujch depreciated in weight, on account of the great length of time it must have luiti in the earth. It is thought, from the dimensions of this bone, that the animal nuist have boon 8 or y feet across the hips when living. The socket of the thigh bone is 2 > inches in circumforence. I'he length and height of this animal can not he ascertained ui.lil more of the bones arc found. The al)ove described hip bone can be soon at the house o! John C. Ucynolus, Innkeeper, near where it was 1‘ound. (Jos/im Patriot. Irish Linen.—The amount of Irish Lin- exported frum (Jnnt llritain^ to the Cnited Stales in the year ending January 5, 1826, is staled, in the oflicial returns, at five millions t/iirti/ ttmmnd Jive hmulrcd nnd twenty tn;o yards. The amount of the exports of the same article, IVoin Great liriia-n to all ;>arts of the world iti tlie same yea_r, was yards. Greut TnJlan IVnI}:.—Some intcicstlng reminiscences of the early history of Penn sylvania have lately boon piihlished ill the interior of that Stale. It is related that Thomas Penn, who came over to make a settlement in i’ennsylvania in 173.2, con tracted with Teedyusccuing and some o- ihers whom the Indians said had no right to sell for a ccrtain sum, iht; Indian title to all the Isnd to be taken ofi’by a parallel of latitude from any point, as far as the best of three men could walk in a day, between sunrise and sunset, from a cert unin ches- nut tree, at or near Bristol, in a north west direction. Great care was used to select the most capable for such a walk. The choice fell on James Yeates, a native of Bucks, a tall, slitnman, of much agili ty and speed of foot. Second, Solomon Jennings, a yankec, a remarkably stout and strong man. Third, Edward Mar shall, a native of Bucks, a noted hunter, chain carrier. See. a large, heavy set, and strong boned man. The day was ap pointed and the champions notified. The people collected at what they thought the first twenty miles, on Durham road, to see then^ pass. First came Yeates, step ping as light as a feather, accompiert by T. Penn and attendants on horse back.— Afier him, but out of sight, came Jen nings, with strong and steady step; and not far behind, Edward Marshall, apparently careless, swinging a hatchet in his hand, and eating a biscuit—bets ran in favor of Yeates, Marshall took biscuits to support his stomach, and carried a halchct lo swing in his hands alternately, that the^ction in his arms slioiild balance that in his legs—as he was fully delermined to beat ihc others or die in the ailcnipt. Ho said he first saw Yeaies in desceiuhng Durham creek, and gained on him.— There he saw Yeates sitting on a log ve ry tired—presently he foil ofi, and gave up the walk. Marshall kept on, and be fore he reached ilif Lohigh, overtook and passed Jennings-;—waded the river at Bethlehem, hurried on faster and faster by where Nazareth stands, to Uie Wind Ciap. That was as far as the path hud been marked for them to walk on, and there was waiting ihe collection of peo ple to see if any of the three would reach it by sunset. He only haliod for the Surveyor to give him a pocket compass, and started again. Throe Indian runners were sent afier him to see if he walked it fair, and how far he went. He then j)assed to the right of Pocona mountain, the Indiar.s finding it difiiculi to keep him in sight, lill he reached Still Wairr —and he would have gone a few miles further but for ihe water: There he marked a tree, witnessed by three Indi ans.—The distance he walked between sun and sun, not being on a straight line, and about thirty miles of it through ihe woods, was estimated to be from 111) to 120 miles. He ihus won the great prize, which was five jjounds in money and five hundred acres of land any where in the ptfrchase. It is added that James Yeates, who led the way for the first thirty n;iles or more, was quite blind when taken out of Dur- hanis Creek, and lived but three days af terwards. Solomon Jennings di(l noi hold out but a few years. Edward Marshall lived and died on Marshall’s island, opposite Tinicum township, in the Delaware, aged about ninety years. He was a great huiiier, and fortunaiely made a more productive walk than he did for Thofnas Penn; for he found a rich silver mine, that rendered him and his family connections affluent, yet he carried the secret, where it was, out of the world with him. The Springs.—The Saratoga Sentinel of the 22d ult. stales, that the arrivals, during the previous few days, had been very numerous. From eight to nine thousand strangers are said lo have visit ed the springs during the season. The present number at the several hotels is a- bout 1,000. The Sentinel gives and icloa of the amount of travelling to and from Saratoga Spa, by staling tiiai on Thursday morning there were 32 post coaches and bucks standing belor** the doors of the principal hotels, nearly all of which had arrived the evening previ ous, and all depart'jd that nioriiiiig, in various directions. SrinKU Sii.i;.—A French Nohlomun who had cultivated the growth of Spiders (as an improvement on the Silk W orrn) directed a pair of hose to be made from the silk produced by the Spiders.—Those hose were worn by the Dutchess of Bur gundy at the French Court; and her Grace was nothing loth to exhilnl a line ancle covered with a silk much finer llian any other. The experiment proved Uiai the silk of the Sjjider was not only finer but stronger.—It is cultivated at much less expense than that of the silk worm. —'I’hose who have wiinessed iTie tenaci ty wilh which a sj)idei’s web, in which (lies and even beetles are caught, holds the captives may readily conceive of its sucngih. CH^RXiOTTZS TUr.SDAY, SKl'TKMHEIi 12, 1826. There aie many dogs that never killed their own mutton ; IjiiI very few w ho, hav ing began, have slopped. And there are many women who have never intrigued. Sc many men who have never gamed ; hui lho$e who have done eillier bul o/nr, arc vei Vi extraordinary .'jniinals, and more worthy ofa glass case v. lien they die, ihaii hal.*' M'.e cxoti--^- iii i!ic i.o-c'?'?- The subjoined is the amount of gold found near this place in one week. I’he statement was,handed to us by Mr. Hyams, Silversmtih, who was employed to fiux it, and exhibits the number of pennyweights of pure gold. At M’ConiI)’» plantation, 'JG7 pwts. 16 grs. At Uailisill’s 3.32 j)wts. I'otal, (Tl'y The value ot which, at 87 ' cts. a pen nyweight, isS542.20; making, it will be admitted, a pretty good week’s work, and sufficiently indicating the richness of the veins. It should be stated, that Maj. Mc- Comb’s mine was worked at only a part of the week, say four days ; and then on ly four hands employed. The last Warrenton Reporter states, that the public alarm in that (]uarier, from an a])prehended scarcity, has much subsided; and that any further public proceedings, to provide against it, are deemed unnecessary. At one period, serious cause fur alarm existed, in many parts of the slate ; but the prospect has since materially changed. The corn crops will turn out much better than was anticipated, at least in this quarter of the stale. In this county, although some will not make half a crop, yet the crops of others are unusally good; and we think it a safe calculation, taking the whole county, that the crop will be an average one. We learn from the Greensborough Pall lot, of the 30lh ult, that the Grand Jury of Guilford county, the week previ ous, presented a Juror for being intoxi cated in the Jury Box : the court fined him fifly dollars, but agreed to reduce it to one dollar at the next term, if he should then prove that he had kept sober in the interval. This is establising a good pre- cedejit; and we wish that in every in stance of the kind, the guilty person might receive a like punishment. The vice of intemperance is sweeping over the land like a pestilence, leaving in its track ilesolation, misery, and death j and if neither the exertions of the wise and good, nor public detesUtion and scorn, call arrest its desolating progress, we hope, that whenever it intrudes into the sanctuary of justice, the most summary and exemplary punishment will be infiict- ed. Mr. Amikiisox, our minister to Ci>lonibia, died at Carthagcna, on the 24th of July, on his way to attend the Congress at Panama, liis death is niuCh to be regretted. Mr. liandol])h expressed the very charitable wish, that the chinate would give a good account of our miii- ibtcrs to tiie Panama Congress; and it will doubtless be a matter of rejoicing to him, that it is in one instaiitc' realized. 'I'he man w ho couKl utter sucii a wi.^li, is not an ohject of en vy, hut of pity; and the heai’t which could har- l)or it, is as great a puni.shmcnt as liis wcust en emy could wisli him. The elections in Kentucky Iiave terminaletl in favor of the Old Court Sijfhni. It is to be hoped tliat the reign of law and order w ill now he re-established in this slate ; and that its citi zens will have learnt, from melancholy experi ence, the dar."-er, as well as the tolly, of i.n- lru,.ting power to men deslitule of pniiciplr, and who, “ Pretending public good, to serve their nun,” will hesitate al no me.uis to ac('om))hsli tlieir purposes. 'I’o such men, the constitution forms no harrier, as t!ie histor) of Kentucky, for a few j’cars past, fully testifies : law, and the foi’in^ of law, were disregarded, and the whole state thrown into anarch). \ lolenet' and crime j)re- \ ailed to a leariiil cxti iit; assassinations and nuirders became alrno.it every-day occurrences , the bonds of society were nearly sundered, and the pco|de reduced to a stale of naturi', in which each one b. comes his own a\engi r.— 'I'lie iiiciancholy ( xample of tlii.'. state should teai ii us lo flown indignantly on selfish parti- zans anti heartless iJemagogiies, who sicli n()t(»- rit.'ty in promoting discord and disafh ction, and sti; np excitement and tumult, in order to ride on tlie w'hirlwiiul of popidar passion into pow'i.r and oliire. 'I’o them, traiKpiihty lias no eharms, bccause it is the grave .if their ambition, 'l lie} are not iho men whom the people, on calm re- fleclion, would entnisl with the managemeiit of tiieir afiairs; and it is otdy in the midst oi excitement, w lieti reason and ret’iction arc de- thrciiied, and pa.'ssion usurps their place, that they can hojjc tor success. hen government is well administered, and i'.s 'ii lie ft'Jit d'-purtmt-nt!* move Uarnioniyusly in iheirpro])Cr crLits, It can he of' no .'idv.'intigc to the great body of the people, to bring about a change. To seek a change, under such eircum- st:.nce.s, would be to tlic benefit of the few, not of the many ; would be producing a contest for men, not for measures or principles ; and from which the people could derive no advantage.' It Is their interest, therefore, to support their jtuhlic servants in the honest and faitliAil dis charge of tiicir duties, and to discountenajice unreasonable and factious opposition ; because the inevitable result of this is to embari’ass the government, and in many inslanccs, to defeat the best measure.'^, measures which the interest of the country imi)eriouNly demands. Unfound ed i)rejudices also, are created, distrust and sus picion awakened in eases where confidence is due, and that liarmony in society, which every good citizen should be anxious to promote, is disturbed and broken. Such a state of things would be propitious to the \icws of the ambi tious and the desii^ninj;, of those who seek the aggrandizement of themselves, even at the ex pense of their constituents, rather than the pi r- manent interests of their country ; but it would conduce, in no respect, to the public w oHure j on the contrary, it would essentially injure \\. If the people, then, regard their real interests, they w ill never encourag-e an opposition, which has its origin iu the blasted hopes of a few am bitious individuals, he these inilivitluars whom tlu-y niay ; but from such men, in whatever es timation they may have been previously held, they will at once withdraw their contidence. Supreme I'ourt.—An error in our state ment of points of law resolved at the last Term,.(says the Haleigh Register,) was not discovered until afier the publication. It has been suggested, and we hasten to correct it. The posiiion laid down in our report, should have been as follows : State V. .Qllen and another.—Indictment for affray. Conviction as to one, accjuil- tal as to the other. Judgment may be given against the dcfendatit convicted as for an assault and battery. For an affray is but an aggravated mutual battery, and consequently includes the latter offence. Hence, wlien by the verdict, the circum stances of publicity and terror, are dis- afiirmed, the verdict may find the parties guilty of a simple mutual fighting, un accompanied with this aggravation. If one of the defendants ajjpear to have act ed in sell defence, though the circum stance of mutuality is negatived, as were in the last case stated those of publicity and terror, yet the battery charged upon the guilty defendant remain.?, and he may be convicted of that. Iiisnot invariably true that one person cannot alone be guilty of an affray* We have been requested to state that the Synod of North-Carolina will meet in Ibis place on the first Wednesday of No vember next, at 7 o’clock in the evening, and continue its sessions until the next week,—Business of great importance be ing aniicipaicd, the members, it is hoped, will be punctual in attending. The in troductory sermon will be preached by the Kev. John B. Davis. Fayetteville Tel. On the 2d inst. at Orrington, Me. sev enteen geese sitting in the road, were killed wilh lightning. There were no maiksof the electric fiuid on the ground. A wild man has been caught in the woods near Haverhill, Mass. He refuses to live in society. Sir Waller Scott has been appointed to the profitable office of king’s printer for Scotland. A' man has been performinp* on the jews harp before tl.e king of England and what is more deserving of notice, his majesty was in raptures. Ji True Story.—The I'ollowinn has been conununicated to u>> a ^'fart-inat/er In a i.eighboriiig county, a widower who had acted tl.e |)art of a hrute and a I) rant to his wilV. went, slujrtly after the domise (d‘ his spouse^ to |jay his respects lo a buxom \si(low, who, like her suitor, had not the liost repiitaliun foi suavity of inaiiiK't's and meekness of temper. The lolhiwing dialogue ensued : lie—Well, Madam, I am come to ser you. }ln—\\ ell, you may pist clear out a- gain, tor I’ll have noihirig to do with you. You iioed’iit think lo gel me. You abus ed and wliipl your iirjl wife—and I know what kind ofa IVHow you are. Ih — ^ OS, I did, and if 1 had you, I’d make you lav. thr tri^—I’d give you a d (1 good llnashiug every lime you deserved it. Suaii:;;e :is it may appear, they were united Hi the “ blissful Ixiiids of matri mony” ill ilirce days afu'rwiirds ! “ \\ ;isr\ir we.:;.an in t!i!shuniir w'fxiM, “ \\ a^> ever woman in thi'> liumor wmi Siuks. Uhiu jjrtc.'i. The Paris paper" reiats lliaf, near tlir precincts of (Juilhliere, in l)au])hiny, a, plnsician of the place, rcluiniiig on horseback iVom a visit to a patient iu the country, journeyt^d at his usual and slow and quiet pace, when he was suddenly stopped by a Icinale fanlastically attired, who asked him lor alms. He was abou’’ to give a little sutii; hut seeing her mako an endeavor to draw something from her own pocket, he took ilic alarm, set off at aioundtrot, and had not proceeded many [)aces before a bullet whisUed by his ears. The people of Ciuillotiere set out in pur suit of the ama/.on, and at length found her in a field of rye busied in exchanging her bf'ggar’s dress for the clothes of a la dy,—She proved to be the Doctor’s-, wife ! Hktort.—An extravagant young man> who had no great character lor courage, OIK' day asked a miser what pleasure he lound in amassing money and making no use of it. “The same sort of pleasure,” replied the miser, “that you have iu wearing a sword.” j)ii-:i), Suddenly, in this place, on the 3d instRnt, iu ‘he 40th y ear of his age, Mr. Joiki.s CvIicii, waich makcri Mr. C. w as a luitive ot the city of I.on- don. He emigrated to Charleston, S, C. in tho year lB15,and in 18iy, renivived to this place, w here he remained a citizen to the day of hi*? death. In the discharge ofsocial duties,Mr, C. w.a.'-J a kind friend and aH'ectionate relative : his ur bane ni.-inners, upright conduct and honourable dealing', had secured tin; esteem of all who knew iiim. 'I’he writer of this brief obituary, long enjoyed his friend.slii[), l>oth in Kngland and in the U. States; and while he regrets to say, that his death was hastened by indulgence; in a habit which is, unliapi)ily, too common, he cannot help sympathizing w ith his bereaved re latives for the irri-parable loss thi’y have su.stain- d. Mr. ('ohen has left an aged nu)tlier and two si.sters in rngland, besides two brotlic'rs in this country. roMMi NieATKn. In this county', on the 5th instant, Mr. Ell. .lli.iandiT, aged about 60. He \ enttobed in usual health, and in the morning v.’iis found dead in his bed. At his resilence, in T.incoln county, on thn nil in.stant, Joujt I'i’i.knwidkh, sen. aged 70 years, a highly esteemed and most useful citi zen. Atlend ! You are commanded to appear at the Court- House in Charlotte, on Saturday, the 16th instant, at 9 o’clock, A. M. completely eijuip'* ped in Summer Uniform. Hy order of the Captain, P. TH(>MPSON, O, Serg’t. Charlotte, Sept. 8, 1826. I'ubVic N rriday, the 29th inst. will be sold, at ’ the dwelling-house of /e- nas Alexander, deceased. the following property, vi/ —a Saw Mill and^ (Irist Mill .seat, including about fift' cn acres ot' land : a tract of land of al>out 200 acres, three miles from Charlotte, on the west side of Heat- tie’s Ford road, ofa good quality and Well tim bered ; a front and back lot in Cliarlotte, unim proved and handsomely situated; ai)out thirty acres of laiul near Charlotte, joining the land of n), lludisili, Samuel M’CoHibs and others; two negro w omen, stock of all kinds, with a varii ty of other articles. Also, above one hun dred copies of the first volume of W’m, C, Davis’ lectures on the New Te.stamcnt. S.ile to com./ nience at 11 o’clock;—terms made known ou the day of sale, A. W. ALEXANOF.H, Ex’tor, Sept, 1, 1826. 4tlU0 P, S. All persons indebted to the estate of /enas Alexander, deceased, t>y note or book ac count, are re»|ue.sted to come forward and mako payment, as indulgence cannot be given, A. VV. A, J Sr riKirr.iTV,—This is a mightily fash- ioiiaiiie \\o;d, and very convrnient v^ithal, I'Aery thing lliat one cannot relish in a public jinnt, however irue in fact, or decent in jjhraseologv, is snirrilous, |)Clitral hypocrite, whose perfidy must needs !)e (‘\j:osed in a newspaper, prc hono imhUeo^ discovers his likeness, and throws j ||,hia .1 down with a curse U|)on the ncurrdousX j ; ^ editor. Nii'ituckct ['>ijnirf:r • DCC(IS) for .S^U* f|iK ot ICVi , That on Tuesday', the 19th of Sejitember next, there will be ?old at Mount Mourne, the late residence of .lanu s H. Houston, dec’d. in the lower eu(\ of Iredell county, the eslatrt of said deceased, consi.stlni^ of Uie following ju’opcrty ; tliat is, a full Store of w ell assortcti (;ood,M, of every dcseription common in coun try stores; a superior Cotton (iiii and running works; also horses and cattle, and va'iom oth er articles unnecessary to mention. Twelve months credit will be given, by :>t‘J9 W. L, DAVIDSON, Ex’tor. N. IJ. All persons indebted to.said estate, arr? rc(piested to make immediate paym. iit and. those fi.iving claims, to present them in the time {)re.scrihed by law, or tliis notice will i)e jilcaJ in l):ir of recovery. ^V, D. VI.T, pe rsons ii>d: |tel to me, !)y note or ,ic ■ count, in Mei kh iiburg county, are forbid den lo pay them to ;iny person except to my n. gent, Dr. Dunla[), or :i lawful ofHeer l)v him ap. |jointeil. Simll.ir noti.e was formerly given, :uid if ncc( s.'J:irr, will Ijc attended to. K. JKNNINt.S. _ Au;r_2.S, 1826. 3t''*y Vu\)V\c ^vvVv'. rillir, vubsenber will sell, at Pjihlic .Auction, E, on the !?6lh instant, lh' plantaticiion w iiich he now live^, containing 1 >0 acres, and lying ou •Ml .Michael’s creek, Tlii-: pi.int.iiion is i fpial to a i\ OIK' III I'rovidence srtth im iit , about ?’J a- ITS of it are ckared, and in e\ci llent order.— ■ I he land is n(>t interinr to anv in th-^ county, f.)i' corn and cotton ; ot' which tiie crop on it at. tiiis time is snliieieiit evidence. A r'asonable creili* will be ipvt ii (ir a part of the purchasi: iimney , but thi; teiiri.s will be mori; particular. Iv made known (;ii the duy of sale. .lur.iK.v. SeptemS. r 1 .'•LYi. — VViilYiiviv’s JSlviiiUives. 1^1 I't 1{I.I;-HKI», and fur sale at this ot- iic, .'stri'.luri s on a b(.ok, intirled, ‘An for tile l5ook of I’su.'niv, by tiilbert McMasit r,’ To which are a.!(l' il, Ifeinarsk .1 l)(iok, [l)v Alexander fiordoii) i iititltd ‘'I'he di sign and u^e of the fSook it Psalms.’’' U', IIkmiv IJcfKNEii, A, M. "iili an .Appendix, by' ,1(111 s .M. WiLsnv, pa^jtf/.’o.“ Itocky Ki\ c;‘ ane

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