' ■ ' ■ '
Of the small portion of this Navy en-
tvaged in actual sctvice during the peace,
squardrons have continued to be main
tained in the Pacific Ocean, in the Wesl
India Seas, and in the Mediterranean; to
v’hich has been added a small armament,
to cruise on the Eastern Coast of South
America. In all they have aftbrded pro
tection to our commerce, have contribut
ed to make our country advantageously
known to foreign nations, have honorably
employed multitudes of of our seamen in
the service of their country, 8c have enured
numbers of youths of the rising genera
tion to lives of manly hardihood and of
nautical experience and skill. The pria-
cies with which the West India Seas
were for several years infested, have
been totally suppressed. But, in the
Mediterranean, they have increased in a
manner afflictive to other nations, and but
for the continual presence of oursquadron
would have been distressing to our own.
The war which has unfortunately broken
out between the Republic of Buenos Ayres
and the Brazilian Government, has given
rise to very great irregularities among
the Naval Officers of the latter, by whom
principles in relation to blockades, and
to neutral navigation, have been brought
forward, to which we cannot subscribe,
and which our owii Connmanders have
found it necessary to resist. From the
friendly disposition towards the United
States constantly manilested by the Em
peror of Brazil, and the very useful and
friendly commercial intercourse between
the United States and his dominions, we
have reason to believe that the just repa
ration demanded for the injuries sustain
ed by several of our citizens trom some of
his officjers, will not be withheld. Ab
stracts from the recent despatches of the
Comandersof our several squadrons are
communicated with the Report of the
Secretary of the Navy to Congress.
A Report from the Postmaster Gener
al is likewise communicated, presenting
in a highly satisfactory manner the result
of a vigorous, efficient, and economical
administration of that Department. 1 he
revenue of the office, even of the year
including the latter half of 1824, and the
first half of 1825, had exceeded its ex
penditures by a sum of more than forty-
five thousand dollars. That of the suc
ceeding year has been still more produc
tive. The increase of the receipts, in the
•year of preceeding the first of July last,
over that of the year before, exceeds one
hundred and thirty-six thousand dollora,
and the excess of the receipts over the
expenduitures of the year has swollen
from forty-five thousand to nearly eighty
thousand dollars. During the same pe
riod, contracts for additional tranporta-
tion of the mail, in stages, for about two
hundred and sixty thousand miles, have
been made, and for seventy thousand
miles, annually, on horseback. Seven
hundred and fourteen new Post Offices
have been established within the year; and
the increase of revenue within the last
three years, as well as the augmentation
of the transportation by mail, is more
than equal to the whole amount of re
ceipts, and of mail conveyance, at the
commencement of the present century,
when the seat of the General Government
removed to this place. When we reflect
that the objects eft'ected by the transpor
tation of the mail are among the choic
est comforts and enjoyments of social life,
it is pleasing to observe, that the dissem
ination of them to every corner of our
country has outstripped in their increase
even the rapid march of our popula
lion.
By the Treaties with Franch and
Spain, respectively ceding Louisinna and
the Florida to the United States, provi
sion was made for the security of land ti
ties derived from the Governments of
those nations. Some progress has been
made, utiders the authority of various
Acts of Congress, in the ascertainment
and establishment of those titles: but
claims to a very large extent remain un
adjusted. The public faith, no less than
the just rights of individuals, and the in
terest of the community itsell, appears
. to require further provision for the spee
dy settlement of these calims, which I
therefore recommend to the care and at
tention of the Legislature.
In conformity with the provihions of the
act of the 20th of May last, to provide
for erecting a Penitentiary in tlie Dis
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes,
three Commissioners were appointed lo
select a site lor the erection o't a Peniten
tiary for the District, atul also a site in
the county of Alexandria for a county
jail:J)Oth of which objects have been el-
Vected, The building of the I’eiiitentia-
ry has befn commenced, and is in such a
degree of forwardness as to j)romise that
it will be completed before the meeting
of the next Congress. This considera
tion points to the expediency of matur
ing, at the present session, a sistem lor
the regulation aiul government of the
penitentiary, and of defining the class ol
offences which shall l^e punishable by
confinement in this edifice.
In closing this communication, I trust
:liat it will not be deemed inappropriate
10 the occasion and purposes upon whicli
Avc are here assembled, to indulge a mo
mentary restrospect, combining, in a sin
gle glance, tiie period of our orii^in as a
National Confederation with tliui of our
tircscnt exi3te!ict\, at the precise iiiierv:,
of half a century from each othch Since
our last meeting at this place; the Fif
tieth Anniversary of the day when our In
dependence was declared, has lieen cele
brated throughout our land; and on that
day, when every heart was bounding with
with joy, and every voice was turned to
gratulation, amid the blessings of Free
dom and Indej)endence, which the sires
of a former age had handed'down to their
hildren, two of the principal actors in
that solemn scence, the hand that penned
the ever-memorable Declaration, and the
voice that sustained it in debate, were,
by one summons, at the distance of sev
en hundrtd miles from each other, called
before the Judge of all, to account for
their deeds done upon earth. Thev de
parted cheered by the benedictions of
their country, to whom they left the in
heritance of their fame, and the memory
of their bright example. If we turn our
thoughts to the condition of their country,
in the contrast of the first and last day of
that half century, how resplendent and
sublime is the transition from gloom to
glory ! Then, glancing through the
same lapse of time, in the condition of
the individuals, we see the first day mark
ed with the fulness and vigor of youth, in
the pledge of their lives, their fortunes,
and their secred honor, to the cause of
freedom and of mankind. And on the
last, extended on the bed of death, with
but sense and sensiblilty left to breathe a
last aspiration to Heaven of blessing up
on their country; may we not humbly
hope that to them, too, it was a pledge of
transition from gloom to glory; and that
while their mortal vestments were sink
ing into the clod of the valley, their e-
mancipated spirits were ascending to the
bosom of their God !
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington^ December 5, 1826.
CHARLOTTE:
TUESDAY, DECKMBEU 19, 1826.
Through the kindness of a correspon
dent, we have been favored with the Pres
ident’s Message, in time to lay it before
our readers the present week; and altho’
it occupies the greater part of our present
number, we conceive no apology neces
sary. It is an able and interesting docu
ment, and as such, we take pleasure in
placing it entire before the public.
We regret to notice a decline in the
price of Cotton; by last advices, it was
9ii and 9« at Fayetteville—8 and 9 at
Cheraw, and 9 and 10] at Charleston.
The dead body of a man was found on
the 12th instant, about four miles from
this place, near the Salisbury road. From
a certificate taken from his pocket, it ap
pears that his name was Samuel Weather-
by—that he was a member of the Marine
Corps, under the command of Colonel
Wharton, at Philadelphia, and was hon
orably discharged therefrom, in Febru
ary, 1817. Verdict of the Jury of in
quest—“Died by the visitation of God.”
anti resorting to vaflons olhcr mf.asnrcs Tor tb5
internal advancement of tlie country, His Ma
jesty’s Ministers now rnntcmplatc, the most
important ciiung-cs in the form and system of
the local p;'ovcrnment of the IJritish North A-
nicrican rrovinces. Conceivhig^ that the wel
fare of these fine provinces would be promoted
if placed under one general, vigorous and ef
fective government, they have formed the plan
of Uniting them into 6>e Cosfkukkate Srs-
KEM.
“ Each province will still retain its own local
government and two legislative bodies as they
at present exist, with some modilicalions; but
it will be required to send a certain numl)er of
delegates to the place of general govenment
to enect law s for the whole. At the head of
this Grand Confederation will be placed some
distinguished individual apjiointed by the
crown.” . Some speak of Halifax as the Seat of
General Govemnient, otiiers of Quebec, others
of Montreal.”
The London Magazine for Octobcr,
in a kind of semi-comic description of
the growing desire for Catholic eman
cipation, has the following eimax:
“Meetings—county, parochial and
provincial, I'ollow each other with dra
matic regularity: petitions, Protestant
and Catholic, fly abroad on the wings of
newspapers; speoches>of all dimensions,
and resolutions of endless purposes con
vulse the civilized world with the
spasms of patriotic commiseration for
the white slaves of Ireland. The voice
of liberty, as JNIr. O’Connell peculiarly
expresses it, is heard on the winds ol
heaven ; the festivity of North Amer
ican dinners is saddened by the indig
nant recital of Irish wrongs; and at the
other end of the continent in Mexico,
diplomatists throw ofl' the reserve of
their official character, and all but come
to blows over the bottle, and the discus
sion of the Catholic grievances. The
ministerial journal of France has be
come, of late, as much the organ of the
Popish Parliament of the corn exchange
as of the cabinet of St. Cloud; and the
United States’ gazettes all but announce
the the sailing of an armament to estab
lish a republic in the f'merald Isle.—
The operas and balls of London, it
seems, are merged in the contemplation
of the ruined huts of the forty shillings
freeholders; and the Baroness de Mon
tesquieu, touched by the pathetic ap
peals of Mr. Sheil, instead of enriching
the treasury of a theatre, flings her
hundred pounds munificently into the
relief fund for these humble martyrs of
freedom. The philosopher, awakened
from his reveries, grasps his pen and
his purse, to contribute the sanction of
both to the claims of disfranchised Irish
men; while the school boy, eschewing
admiration of Brutus and plum cake,
encloses his pocket money in a declama
tion on the “William Tell” ofWater-
fordj to the new Cotholic rent. Wher
ever the name of Ireland is mentioned;
the best feelings of the heart are roused;
to hear of her wrongs is to be indignant;
to think of her distress is to be generous*,
to reflect on lier struggles is to wish her
success.
shiiT, is 94 years of age. On Saturday,
Sept. 2d, she buried the last of her
childern, in the whole nineteen sons
and one daughter. The day following
she said, “ Now I have buried nil my
children, and my two husbands ; thanks
be to God, I have seen them all remov
ed from sorrow' and care, and I am rea
dy to follow.” She stated that she lost
ten sons in the army and ndvy. “My
eldest boy.” slie said, “lost his leg in
an engagement with De Grasse, and
died in the West Indies. I was not 1(J
when he was born. Two were killed at
Guadalonpe, two with Nelson at the
Nile—four of my sons were there ; two
died at Chelsea, one having lost a. leg
and the other an arm. One died at
Newcastle, in the 20th regiment; ano
ther at the same place, on board the
tender; and the tenth lost his life in
going to Dublin.” She was born in
Mecklenburgh, and came to England
with a Mrs. McMullin, when 11 years
of age. She says her first husband was
in the Slave trade, hut afterwards be
came a soldier. She was nine months
with him at Gibraltar, and then went to
America, and landed at Boston. “I
was never in the' field,”' she said,
“whilst the battle lasted, hut I have
been to plumler afterwards. ” This ve
teran received 18d per week from the
parish of Pendleton, near Manchester.
She recently applied for some increase
of allowance ; but they threatened to
place her in the w'urk house !
DIED,
In this town, on Saturday, the 8th Instant, of
one day’s illness, Puiiline Josephine, daughter of
Edward M. and Sarah Ann Kronson, aged, ele
ven months.
An opinion is said to prevail in Eng
land that Mr. Canning has at last intima
ted the views of the British Government
with regard to Spain. They intend
is said, to establish Ferdinand on the
throne, and to make him once mure the
head of a constitutional monarchy: he
being compelled again to grant, of his
royal favor, a regular and more liberal
system of government Whether such
an opinion is well founded, or not,.it is
not destitute of probability—indeed, so
far as w« can judge in this country, it ap
pears more consistent with the course
heretofore pursued by England, than any
other we have heard suggested, as well as
more reconcileal)le with the accounts we
have had of late proceedings in Madrid
Spain; it appears evident, cannot long
remain without sulVering some import
ant change.—X I'. Daily Adv.
The scliooncr Revenue, Captain Tyler
for Bar^coa, (Cuba,) sailed yesterday
with about 40 cabin and steerage passen
gers, to locate on that valuable and fertile
tract of land belonging to the Moa Coni-
pany of this city, among whom were Cdl,
Richard M. Mulcomb, lady, two daugh
ters and a servant, Dr. Baren, and Messrs.
Wallace, Bowne, Stearns, and Wm.Mal-
comb of this city, and the two Mr. llew-
its, of Long Island.—Ih.
Euloi'ies.—'Messrs. 1). F. Uoherson and Co,
and Norton and Kiissi 11 of Hurtfonl, Ct. were
to issurc: form tlie Tress on VVedncsilay last, a
volume ot'sck'ct Eulogies, delivered in various
parts of the country and by eminent men, on
the disccabc oftl>e lute venerable Ex-l’rcs-
idents. In order to incorporute the beautiful
address of Mr. Wirt into tlie volume, it h;is
been delayed until the prtscnt time. 'I he work
contains 426 i)uges 8 vo. printed on good pa
per. It comprises the best aiul aMcst prutluc-
tionsofsome oftheuiost distinguished Annri
can scholars, and is such a work as patriots and
gentlemen of literary last would wish to plate
in their libraries. L'ult. I'at.
Tlic Nt-'V York Al!)ioii ass.rts that “nntcon-
tcn*. ’.T'th oj'Ci'iin^’' caji^'l.-, t.rc'- iJiig' loHdicuUuiis
IHE
CHRISTUW ALMAJSMCK,
FOR THE YEAH OF Ot'K LOUD
1827,
Calculated for the Meridian of Raleigh.
For sale at this OfUcc.
YresAx lirocfeTios, &c.
The subscriber respectfully informs liis
friends atul the puldic generally, that he
has taken the Store lately occupied by Jonas
Cohen, where he is now opening an assort
ment of
Groceries and Confectionaries,
WiRHAKTKn oKNniNK; and which he will
sell low for cahh only.
THOS. A. NOUMENT.
N. B. No Spirits to be drank in the House. •
Charlotte, Dec. 15, 1826.—2t’Il
The colour of Cattle.—A writer in
the New-England Farmer, under the
signature of Agricola, attributes much
importance to the colour of cattle :—
“Having been for some years a consid
erable traveller in New-England, I have
noticed that the best farmers always
have the best cattle. Where you find
as in Worcester county, large barns
strong walls, square lots, great crops of
rowen, huge wood piles, fat horses
well painted houses, and all the ordina
ry indications of plenty and indepen
dence; you invariably find red or brown
oxen and cows.' Selection from his
calves, for three or four years, of red
brown, or brindle, by any farmer, wil
soon teach him the value of the expo
dient: a bright red is to he preferred
but next to this, th6 brown, and then
the mixture of both, (the brindle,)
vvhicii is an excellent hardy cologr for
working oxen. No purchaser of oxen
or cows overlooks the article of colour.
^ i.
NOTICE.
At Hayes’ Mills, the late residence of Mar
tha Hays, deceased; on 'I'uesday the 2nd
day of January next, will be sold on a credit of
twelve months, all the personal estate of said
deceased, consisting of fotir or fiv'e Negroes,
also, a wagon, horses, and cattle, household and
kitchen furniture. At the same time and placc
will be liired for one year,, two likely young
negro fellows, belonging to a minor heir of
said cicceased. Honil and approved security
will be required. Sale to commence at 10
o’clock.
\VM. M. NEELY, ) „ ,
D. M’UONALU. 5
N. B. All those having demands against said
estate, are requested to present them to the
Execiitors in such time and manner as prescrib
ed by Law. Also, those indebted, to make
payment to the Executors.
iJec 14, 1126.—2t’ll.
Public Sale.
WILL be soM, on the 22d instant, at
dwelling-house of Zcnas AUxander, cle*
ceased, his SAW Mlf.L & GKIST MILI seat,
including about fourteen acres of land. Sale at
12 o’cloi k, when the terms will be made known
by A. W. ALEXANUEH, AVr.
December 1, 1826.—.3tlO
23 IlKFrLY MiXilloES,
Stock, Crop, &c.—VZmo’s. Credit,
WILL be sold, at the late dwelling of Sant-
uel C. Caldwell, four miles east of Char
lotte, on Tue sday, the lUth of December next,
all the SLAVES, CHOP, STOCK, and person
al property of every description belonging to
the estate , among which are, an extensive
Theological & Literary Library,
A four wheel family Carriage, '
A geared Horse Grist-Mill, &c.
At the same time, all the lands will be rented.
As the greater part of the notes arising from
the sale will be placed in the hands of the guar
dians of the minor heirs, a considerable indul
gence may be expected, when the securities are
unexceptionable.
Every person indebted to the estate, is re
(luested to settle up ; and all those having clainnrs
against the estate, arc required to present them,
as the law directs. Sale to continue from day
to day. J. M’KNITT, .fidm'r,
November 27, 1826.—r>tlU
Benj. Hiirtj^i’Dve’s Estate.
The subscribers having qualified as Admin'-
istrators of the estate of Benjamin Hart-
j'rove, deceased, wdl sell at Public Sale, at the
late residence of the deceased, on Thursday,
the 4th day of January next, the follow ing prop
erty, to wit: Eleven or twelve negroes, one of
whom is a bricklayer; Household and Kitchen
Furniture ; two \V.ngons ; Corn and.Cotton, Hoy
and Fodder, Hogs, and other articles not neces
sary to mention. 'I’welve months* credit will
be given, purchasers giving bond with apprdt-
ved security.
HICHAKI) UANKIN, ? ,
HOBEIt r U H.SON, 5
Nov. 27, 1826.—r>tl01
N. B. All persons indebted to the estat**^
are requested to make payment; and those hav
ing claims against the estate, are reciuired to
present them, as the law directs.
John Stewart’s Kstate.
Til P'. subscriber having qualified as Exccu-
tor of the last will and testament of Johii
Stewart, decease*!, will sell at Public Auction,
on the 26th of l)eren>ber, the following prop
erty, to wit: Two tracts of land, containing
500 licres, lying on Waxaw creek ; four negroes,
a (|uantity of corn and cotton; Horses, Cows,
Hogs and Sheep ; one set of blacksmith’s tools,
a set of wagon maker’s do.; several wagons, im
plements of husbandry, together with two stills,
and a variety of other articles too tfdious to
mention. Terms of sale, 12 months’ credit^
purchasers giving bond with approved security.
All persons indebted to said estate, are noti
fied to comc forwartl and make j)ayinent; and
all those having claims against the estate, will
present them, properly authenticated, within
the time prescribed by law, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
N. B. All persons indebted to the said Joha
Stewart, deceased, as guardian of Jas. B. Carn«
and \Vm. A Cams, are notified, that unless thej''
come forward anil make payment to the cxecti-
tor by the day of sale, their notes will be put in
an ofticer’s hands for collection.
JOHN STEVVAUT, Executor.
Nov. 27, 1826.—3tl01
Uipeing,
At the late residence of F'redrick Dinkinj!,
deceased, on Saturday, the 30th instant.
1 will hire out to the highest bidiler, for the
term of one year, the Land and Negroe s belong
ing to the estate of said deceased.
JOHNSPIUNUS, Guardian.
Dec. 8th, 1826.—St’lli*.
WvYe of
1WILL hire on the 1st January, 1826, before
the Court-House in Charlotte, for twelve
months, three stout healthy negroes,viz:
Klias, aged 18 years;
Eady, aged 12 years;
Mary, aged 20 years.
Belonging to the estate of John Vail deceas
ed.
JOHN lUWlN, Mm'r.
Dec. 16, 1826,—3t’12.
Blarney.—This is the name of a
castle, about three miles from Cork.
Adjoining to the inhabited mansion,
there was formerly a large square tow
er, with a winding stone staircase to
the top ; the floors were all gone but
the stone roof was entire ; it was the
custom here for all strangers who as-
ccded to the top of the lower, to creep
on their hands and knees to the corner
stone of the iiighest pinnacle, and kiss
the same ; by virtue of which, the par
lies ever after were said to be endowed
with extraordinary powers of lofpiacity
and persuasion. Though nobody could
have believed that kissing the stone had
any such cU’ect, the custom was follow
ed, through innocent mirth, and it ac-
ct'rdingly became a common saying at
Cork, of any prattling fellow, he has
been at lilurney ; and ii( nee the phrase,
“ none of your blarney.”
Dublin ^lornin^ Post.
tl l'\'inalc I’ctcran.—Mary Hide,
now livi'i'j; at ri,nrK-\
\\av\ottv'. f c\\\vv\v.‘ .
riiiiE E xcrcises of this Academy, under the
i superintendcnci' of the Uev. 'I'homas (^ott
rell, his soji, and their ladies, will be resumed
on the 1st Monday in January, 1827.—The
course of instruction will cinl)racc spelling
reading, w riting, arithmetic, English (iramti.ar,
(iiography, Astronomy, Natural Philosoi)hy
Uiietoric, (diemisf y. Ethics, History, j)laiu and
ornamental Needle Work; Drawing, Painting
on veUct, and music on the I'iaiio Forte.
Price of tuition, exrhisive of ornamental
branches and music, for for each Student i)cr
Session 10.
Draw ing, Painting and Needle Work 10.
Music ?0.
Q j'iloarding can be had, on moderate terms
eitlu:r at the Academy, or at respectable pri
\ate housfs in town.
3t’H.
State of North-Caroliiia,
UUTHKKKOni) eoUNI V.
Superior Court of Law, October Term, 182C.
John Bradley, ^
vs. f Petition to va'
Ueulicn Searsey and the heirs C cate a grant,
of John Miller, dec. '
T appearing to the satisfaction of the Courf,
that Samuel Lowrie and wife, Susannali
Lowrie and John F. Miller, the heifs and r« pre-
sentatives of John Miller, deceased, are not in
habitants of the state : It is therefore ordered
by court, that publication be made for six weeks
in the Catawba Journal, for them to be and ap
pear at our next Superior Court of I,aw, to be
held in Rutherfordton, on the 3d Monday after
the 4th Monday in March next, then ani there
to plead, answer or demur; that said petition
will be taken pro confesso and heard, as t(»
them, ex ]»arte.
WiTifEsa, James Morris, Clerk of .said Court,
at ofiice, this 14th November, 1H26.
JAMES MOKUiS, L'ltrk.
6tl4—pr. adv. 1^3.
Estate of Jli I as J. liolnnson,
TNJU I KJ’. iM lifrcby given, tiiat all the notes
due to ibis estate, are in my hands for col
iL-ction ; and if the debtors do not avail them
selves of this information, they will find'the
accounts j)laced in the hands of an officer.
Tr-J. OUR.
2t’10
Va^iucnts mvvst made.
fllHE heirs of the estate of Sanii-iel Harvi
JL deceased, demand their legacies from ti
executors. Such as are in arrears to said estate
are rc(|uestcd t(> make pa\ menl by the first
.laniiary next; if not, they may anticipate th
result.
T.AIUI) H. HAUKIS, )
.lOlIN CrxrV.
JONATHAN' S
Nev. CO.
ol' XovlVv-l^a.Yo\\v\a,
Ku rnEHKoiti) couN rv.
Superior Court of Lav.', Ochibtr Term, lo.'6.
John Bradley ^
m. f Peti'inn to vi«
Joshua Souther and the heirs ^ cate a grant,
of John Miller, deceased. )
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that Samuel Lowrie and wife, Susanah Low.
rie and John F. Miller, the heirs and represen
tatives of John Miller, deceased, arc not inhab
itants of the State; It is therefore ordered iiy
Court, that publication be made for six \veckn
in the (latawba Journal, for their, to I)e aiul ap-
j)ear at our ui xt Superior Coin-t of Law, to bt‘
liolden in' Uutherfordton, on the 3d Monday af
ter the 4tii Monday in March next, then and
there to plead, answer or demur; that saiil peti
tion will be taken pro confesso and heanl, as
to them, ex pa' te. Witnes‘5, James Morris,
Clerk of said (;ourt, at ollice, this 14th Novem«
ber, A. D. 1826. JA.MES MUUUIS, Clerk.
6t’14—pr. adv. f >.
\iam\ 1\)Y
rfilHE subscriber has one hundred and fortv
I. acres of land for sale, nine miles east o:
(,’iiarlolte and on the hcail waters of Keedj
Creek, which he oflers on very accommodatinj
terms. 'I hcrc arc a good house and barn, an
other necessary buildings on the j)laec ; and i'
is a coiiimolious sCL»t for some tradesman. I’e
terms, apjjly either to Samuel Johnston, aJjo^
nii)g the land, or to myself.
JOHN JOHNSTON'
Nov. 122C —4tu^