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TUESDAY, MAKCH 20, lS5r.
rOR TUB CATAWBA JUORNAfc.
Mr. Editor:—1 have seen in your pa-
^er oi the 27ih uliimo, a publication fi oni
the Rational Aegis^ headed “Ancieni
Landmarks.” A recurrence to the his
tory ot Federal Government of the
XJnited Slates, and to the publicatiotis
■which appeared in the newspapers during
last lour years of President \Va!>h-
ingion’s administration, I presume will
clearly shew that the era of the com
mencement of the formal organization
pf ihose parlies, under the names of
Aderal and democratic^ may be dated from
the lime of President Washington’s Pro
clamation of Neutrality, making known
to ihe citizens of the United Slates and
to the world, that we would take no part
jn the war then existing between France,
England, Austria, &c. which was issued
contrary to the advice of Mr. Jefferson,
iheri Secretary of State, but in concuj-
rcnce with that of the rest of the mem
bers of the cabinet. Those who took
the side of Mr. Jefferson were called
jjemocrats, and afterwards assumed the
Tiame ot Jiepublicans; and the oihers Fed
eralists'. 1 he opposition at that day en*
dcavored even to siigmaiize Gen. VVash-
ington as a partizun. Afterwards, during
the administration ol Mr. Adams, his
successor, when measures were taken by
the Federal Government to repel the
Yrench encroachments upon our rights,
by placing our country in an attitude of
deicnce, which measures were approved
by General VVashingion, (as may be seen
from his letier of acceptance of the com
mand of the provisional army,) the re
publicans then arrayed themselves against
ihf administration. They took advan-
taije ol the prejudices of the American
')Coj)le, in favor of France, on account of
the assistance we received from that na
tion m our revolutionary struggle, not-
viihsianding the people of France, who
were then at war with England, Austria,
&c. had beheaded Louis XVI. our friend
and benefactor, the agent of the nation
in uflbrding us this assisiance, and who
alone had the power to give or withhold
it; yet they wished to trausfer the grati
tude from him to the people who, under
a bloody Director), after the assassina
tion of their king, were comniiting the
greatest outrages against humanity, by
I the almost indiscriminate murder of the
I innocent friends of Louu.
The means taken by the party then
failed Republican, to turn Mr. Adams
and his friends out of office, and to put
Mr. Jefferson and his friends and adhe
rents in their places, were by inveighing
against almost every importani measure
ct the Federal Government, to wit: the
Jsaiional Bank, the Navy, Standing Ar-
Tny, Protection ofCominerce, &c. &c. by
which their purposes were effected. Al
ter Mr. Jefferson and his political adhe
rents had rode out the high tide of expe-
Timent, and uttered'' those ^^purest max
ims of political tvisdom,” (as spoken ol by
the National Jlegis,) adopting the Gun
boat system of national defence, embar
go, Stc. they were at length compelled,
m order to save the government from ut
ter ruin (as had been prophesied by some
of the wisest men in the nation) to adopt
the measures which they had condenmed
under the administrations of Washing
ton and Adams, viz: a National Bank,
I raising and supporting a Navy, a Stand-
I ing Army, protection of Commerce, £cc.
*1 Then the opposition of the federalists
ceased, and the petition wall of parties
"^crumbled doivn,' and they sacrificed
their rival interest on the altar of patrio-
Vjswj,*’ when the leaders of the republi
cans at lengths awificed their political er-
^rors. From the opposition of the fede-
•^Talists having ceased, (upon the Repub-
IRicans having adopted correct principles
in tlie administration of the government,
Rucli as they had contended for) it isevi-
»lent that they had been guided in iheir
'Opposition by honest molivesj but it is to
^>e lamented, that unprincipled dema-
Soi^ues yet, when they wish to obtain any
office either for themselves or their friends,
j^l^ndeavor to light up the torch of po-
iJilical discord, by stigmatizing their op-
^Jponcnts with the unpopular name of fed-
^^raiists, although they and their party
.^ihave adopted the federal policy. Upon
strict examination, I think there can be
jTio coincidence traced between the oppo-
f sition to the present administration and
gthat to the administration of the govern-
*inenl under Mr. Jefferson. The allega-
Jtion of corruption in the election of our
ipresent chief magistrate is without any
“Ishadow of evidence; and as regards the
l^oalition between him and Secretary
P^lay, the facts disclosed in his (Clay’s)
|:ircular letter, addressed to his constitu-
'cnts, are sufficient to convince any unpre-
ji'idiced mind of the falsehood of ihe
l^charge. The opposition of the federal
ists to Mr. Jefferson’s administration was
the erroneous policy which has been
ji^ince abandoned by the republicans, iti
^^onsequence of which the federalists
ceased in their opposition.
METELLUS.
The Nineteenth Congress closed its
-J^ors un the .Td instant. Whether these
!''>-ors have been calculatc( to promote
or retard the public prosperity', is now
lor the people to judge. It must be evi-
dent, howevei-, to the most superficial
observer, that a large portion of the time
of the 19th Congress has been devoted,
not to the great interests of the country,
but to the purposes of a party, violent in
its character, and bent on opposing the
Administration, right or wrong; and ii
is for the people to decide, whether, by
countenancing the present coalition, in
its indiscriminate opposition to all the
measures of the government, they will
thus give encouragement to the disap
pointed and unprincipled, after every
succeeding election, to form combina
tions destructive to the peace and wel
fare of the Union; or, by now visiting it
with their indignation, prevent the re
currence of a like evil in future. The
question submitted to their consideration
is solemn and important; and we trust
their decision will be alike honorable to
their intelligence and patriotism, and au
spicious to the best interests of the coun
try.
T/te 5?na/c.—-Twenty-three members of
this dignified body, voted for LuffGreen^
the venal editor of the U. S. Telegraph,
as printer to the Senate, in opposition to
Gales & Seaton, the respectable and able
editors of the Intelligencer. Fortunate
ly, for the honor of the Senate, he was
not elected. We have indeed “fallen
on evil times;” and it behoves those who
have a real interest in the welfare of the
country, to stay the madness of party,
and frown indignantly on those who stop
at no means to accomplish their purposes.
Georgia and the U. Slates.—The commit
tees appointed in the two Houses of Con
gress, on the subject of the differences
between Georgia and the General Gov
ernment, made their reports before the
session terminated. The report of the
committee in the Senatt-, concludes with
the following resolution:
Resolved^ That the President of the U-
nited States be, respectfully, requested
to continue his^ exertions to obtain from
the Creek Indians a relinquishment of
any claim to lands within the limits of
(ieorgia.
The committee of the House of Repre
sentatives concluded their report with
two resolutions, as follows:
Resolved^ That it is expedient to pro
cure a cession of the Indian lands, in the
state of Georgia.
Resolved^ That, until such a cession is
procured, the law of the land, as set forth
in the treaty of Washington, ought to be
maintained, by all necessary constitution
al means.
We published, in our last, a tart reply
from Mr. Buckner, of Kentucky, to the
speeeh of Gen. Saunders, so ridiculously
bepraised in the opposition papers; but
we learn from the last Fayetteville Ob
server, that that did not end the matter,
and that Gen. Saunders finally received a
challenge from Mr. Buckner. “What
sort of a retreat the General made,” adds
the Observer, “we have not yet heard.”
|C7* We should like to know who pays
Duff Green for the Tclegrnphs .which are
sent to persons who never subscribed for
them. Duff Hays he is poor; he, therefore,
cannot afford to give his papers away,
worthless as they are. Have those who
contributed so liberally to the Columbian
Observer, during its brief existence, trans
ferred their patronage to its worthy sue
cessor, the United Slates 7'ekgraphP We
should really like to knoiv, who furnishes
Duff with the secret-service money; tho’
it doubtless requires but very little skill
to guess.
On some points, we agree with Mclel-
lus, whose communication appears in
this week’s [japer; but on others we dif
fer from him. We publish it, however,
without comment, that it may, unpreju
diced by any remarks of ours, have its
proper infiuence.
DUKLLINd.—The editor of the National Ga
zette makes the fcjllowing remarks on tlie cor
respondence between Mr. McDutFic and Gen.
Metcalfe :
“ Mr. McDiifRe, in his challengf', uses the
phrase, “ mode of settling" difference s custom
ary genllfmen.” 'I he word gentltman
m;iv, perliups, admit of various definitions ; but
the rij^ht one we slioiild presume to be tliis,—
lie, who while he observes the courtisies and
wo;irs tlie polisli of Ucenl lii'c, aljstaiiis from
all that is uujii*;t, crucl, i!ic,tr:il, merely scHish,
cif lAiicllQN Cirs jnlii.icnce. In stioit, we s^uuld
doubt whether refi»on would allovp tlic guilJt-
man to be any otiicrthan a just or moral per
son, accordiiijf to the jjencrai Christian st ind-
ard, incapable of doing- positive wronj' but by
mistake ; ready to retract and apologize wlien
thus mistaken ; conscientiously scrupulous of
risking- his own life except for the g-ool of oth
ers, and of shedding another’s blood, except in
the eases w'hich religion and law recognise as
excusable. General Metcalft’s friend adverts,
in deprecating the pisto! as the weapon to i)e
used, to the justice which the general owed to
himself andliis/uw/jVy. His family! Can any
greater injmiice to them be iniag-ined, than that
of exposing' them to the perpetual loss of his
protection and care, merely to satisfy the delu
sive notions, morbid sensibilityj or rhodomon-
lade of a stranger, or to escape the paltry sneers
of the unthinking' an»l unprincipled P There
is now, in South-Carolina, from which one of
tliese duellists c(jmes, an Anii-Lhtdling Society,
comprising indivuhials who have pretensions to
the character of gentlemen, as well founded as
those of any of the persons that pass for such,
or so dub themselves, elsewhere ; but they pro
claim duelling to be unfit for the order, and a-
like utterly repugnant to ull sound ethics and
real magnanimity.”
State Insolvent Lav's.—The Albany Ar
gus has received from a distinguished
jurist and legislator at Washington, the
following statement of the recent decis
ion of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
relative to the State Insolvent Laws :
“ 1. That as applied to contracts, made
before the dale of the laws, discharges,
obtained under state bankrupt laws, are
void ; and so must be holden to be, as w ell
in the courts of the stales as in ail other
courts.
“2. That where a contract is made,
between citizens of the same state, in
which a bankrupt law dues exist, at the
date of the contract, a discharge obtain
ed under such a law, is good and valid.
“3. Such discharges are no defence
against suits or contracts, made out of
the state: and perhaps would be no defence
to a contract made in the slate, if miide
with a citizen of another state, who could
of course, sue on this contract in United
States courts.
“I have stated this last part of the
case doubtfully, for I have not had any
oppoi tunity of collating the opinions of
iht four judges carefully, so as to learn
precisely what they do estul)lish—three
judges, as you know, held igainst the va
lidity of the state laws, under all circum
stances.”
Extract of a letter from a member of Congress.
The labor is over—many great and
interesting objects recommended by the
Executive, have been entirely neglected,
to the manifest injury of the public. The
Loan bill, by which the Nation would
have saved hale a million of dollaus,
was postponed in the Senate, and the
great attention of the Oj)position has been
directed to find matter of crimination of
the Executive. • Balt. Patriot.
From the Fayetteville Observer.
Cotton-—We have been favored with
the perusal of Liverpool circulars, re
ceived by a merchant in this town, dat
ed the 6th and 13th of January, giving
de ailed statements and comparisons of
the import and consumption of cotton in
Great Britain, for the last and several
preceding years, from which we have in
vain endeavored to find a reason to hope
for an improvement of prices of this
chief staple of the South. Every view
of the subject leads to a different conclu
sion.
The statements shew, that,
“The injport of cotton into the King
dom, in 1826, was 380,381 packages a-
gaiiist 82(),‘)29 in 1825; being a decrease
of 240,548 l)ags; vi/. 28,911 American,
137,f)93 Brazil. 14,898 Denierara, West
hdia, 8cc., 63,524 Ep;ypiian, and an in
crease of 4178 E. India.
‘•The decreasr from Brazil, in a great
degree, arises from the defit iency ol'the
crop of 1825; and the low price in Eu
rope has, no doubt, been the cause of a
part of that ci op remaining in the coun
try. The growth of 1826 is represented
to be a very abundant one and of guod
quality, and a large supply may be ex
pected from thence this year. The 1‘all-
ing offin the import from Egypt, we be
lieve, is tu)i from any inability to furnish
greater supplies, hut, because the inade
quate price offejs no encouragement;
and it is believed tlu* I’acha hokls a con
siderable stock ofljotli old and new Cot
ton, ready for shipment whenever the
markets of Europe offer an inducement.
It is not expected that the import fron)
ihe East Indies will be as large as the
jiast year. The import from Demerara
and the West India Islands, the last
year, is not so great as may b^ expected.
“From the large stocks in the Ports
of the Continent of Europe, and the a-
bundance of the crop of the United Slates,
a much larger import is expected IVom
thence this year than during the past.
“ The trade of the country is now con
sidered in a prosperous Titate, and at the
present low piices, the consumption of
Cotton this year is expected to be as
large or larger than at any former period:
notwithstanding which, we see no dispo
sition among the capitalists to make in
vesin\ents o’- in dealers to increase tlieir
slocks. It is estimated that spinners
now hold "0,000 bajjs more lhan at tlic
cU'«r‘ of ai;'.l from present :tppf:\:-
•:;ncc!itbey arc ly^orc inclined to diminish
than increase iheir stocks of the raw ma
terial.”
Duels, or rather invitations to combat,
seem to be the order of the day. I'he
last Natioi!al Intelligencer contains a
correspondence of this character, between
Messrs. Saunders of this State and
W' right of Ohio. W. in his speech gn the
Resolution calling upon the Secretary of
Slate for his reasons in taking the publi
cation of the laws from certain papers
and giving it to others, which has not
yet appeared, expressed himself in
terms of the most hitter sarcasm towards
Mr. Saunders. On the same day, Mr.
S. addressed him a note by Mr. Archer
of Va. wishing to know if Mr. Wright
held himself personally responsible for
such expressions used by him, as he (Mr.
S.) might deem of an offensive character.
In the reply of Mr. Wright, which was
quire laconic, not three lines in length,
he informs Mr. S. that his note is of a
character that requires no answer. Mr.
Saunders immediately transmitted a chal
lenge to the gentleman from Ohio; but
•Mr. \\ right, in an epistle of four lines,
informs Mr. S. that the very rude note he
thought proper to send him the day pre
ceding, altogether forbids his giving
him the desired interview; and thus ihe
aflair ended. Rclcigh Register.
From the statement of the Treasurer of
the Mint, it appears that the coinage ef
fected within the last year, amounts to
82,110,679, exceeding by g250,000 the
coinage of any previous year, since the,
establishment of the Mint. Of the gold
bullion deposited, the proportion from^
this Stale was nearely g29,000, exceed
ing by g3000 the desposiie of 1825, and
by j590-'0 that of any previous year.
Register.
—0*0-
Succession in Offices.—Among the Gov
ernors of CotHiecticul there have been
two'I’rumbulls, father and son: two Gris
wolds, fu'her and son : three Wolcotts,
father, son, and grandson.
The Island of T^nriffe has been visited
by a dreadful tempest, by which many
lives were lost, and not only the face of
the country greatly changed, but the
summit of ihe celebrated itself bro
ken into chasms and much altered in
form. One account states its altitude to
have been lowered by the fall of the top
most rocks.
A letter from a p;entlem.in of Wash-
inf^ton, in this State, of the 1st inst.
says, “We have to-day had tlie most
tremendous hail storm, aecompanicd
with thunder and lightning, ever wit
nessed in this country. The hailstones
weie;hed from an ounce to an oz. ii and
fell with such force as to break in my
iiouse from 50 to GO panes of glass—in
some houses in the place from 70 to 80
panes.’'
Consider'ihle stir is made in'Congress
about the removal of some printers as
publishers of the laws. Formerly they
were turned out without receiving the
least commiseration—nobody made a
motion in the National Legislature in
Iheir behalf. If they complained, they
were told they wore served right for be
ing opposed to Mr. .fellerson’s or Mr.
Madison’s Administration—t.'iat bjipos-
ing an Administration was opposing the
Government of their Country.
FaHudiinn.
Debftling Sucii tics are often produc-
tivi* of good, because in addition to im
provement in graces of elocution, they
inspire the speaker with eonridence in
public. ]5ut we often have cause to
smile at the questions advertised in the
country papers for discussion. W^e ob
served the other day in a Providence pa-
j)er, the following question, or some
thing like it; brougiit forward for the
wise consideration of the Providence
Debating Chib ;—“ /v it pruhahh thdl
the Ilohf iciU under fake the
suhjn^ation of the free I'ovcrninvnts
of ,/hncrica W’hy n(,t debute the
([uestion whether, if the sky siiould fall,
the Rhoile Island jieople would be able
to caleh any of the lai ks }
N. Y. Spectator.
Coi.oMKiA.—We have received Ma-
laeayho papers to the dth ult. which
contain the lcti-r of Gen. Paoz to Bol
ivar, in which the form«“r resigns his
j)ower, and the rc])ly from Bolivar’s
Secretary.
Paez says, that he was induced only
1)V the pul)lie danger to receive again
the command at Valencia: and that in
spite of all his^enemies have said, he
had no sinister intention. He then says,
that since the Liberator has appeared,
peace has returned, and he (Paez) has
sworn never again to obey the govern
ment at Bogota; it is his first duty to
request tiiat liolivar will aj)point a tri
bunal to try liim.
In the r(ply, Senor iJevenga says,
thvat Bolivar’s words had alre:i(ly been,
“yesterday Paez saved tho Republic,”
and “ ],c luis given uu-domcstic
jieace.*'' ^‘’Cen. Paez, far from heinp;'
culpable, is the saviour of the country.’^
By the latest accounts from Bogoto,
both chambers of Congress had adjourn
ed for want of a quorum ; but it was
supposed that the sess.on would not bo
deferred on that account.
Changes are to be ma !e in the dcpartf^
ment of Boyaca. The Intendency and o^-
ther governments are to be in the hand»
of capable military men, the direct tax
es generally to cease, and several parts
of the Spanish system to be revived, is
better for the people and government.
EXQUISITE MECHANISM..
A watchmaker of Bayreuth has man';^
ufactured a cage filled mitli birds, t-j tho
number of sixty, representing parrots,
sparrows, swallows &c. each of whicli
has the peculiar note given by nature.
The cage is made of brass, and th&
wheels which move them, and produce
the sound are silver ; the plumage is
real. A person of distinction, it ap
pears, offered the watchmaker 32000
florins for his cage, he will not take les^
than 60,000 London Alec.
F.lcven iireck Yottlh.f, of promising t.denfv
have been sent to tlie United States, hv Uie
Missionaries employed in the Mediterruiu un hy
the American Hoard of Commissioners for F(»r-
eijfn Missions, anti are now under,the putron-
age of that Hoard, pursuing- their studi's, pre
paratory to future usefulness among their c( im-
trymon. Two of these youths are meinhfrsot'
Yale College, ahd three of the College in Am-
herst. 0( the others, four arc in the Academy
at Amherst, and two in the Academy at Mon-
Lson, Mass.
PLEASANT SPKECIir.S.
Lati' ('hoiiceiy lirpinrf.—Franklin vs. tht DuoJi
of /'England. Mr. Su^>-don wished to mention
this case to his I.ordship. It was once heard
sliortly previous to the last recess.
1 he I.ord Chancellor would hear nothing un
til the Haiikni])t Petitions on lh«- list hail hecn
disposed oh If Mr. Su|rden saw th.- date of
them, h* would agree in the i>ropriety of thit
determination.
Mr. Sudden : My Lord, I have very little tr>
s-»y. ,».ll I have to say is, that I have got noth-
inj-- to say [a laiifjIi.J
Ihe Lord Cliunceilor: Then all I have to
say is, that I have not heard a pleasanter speecli
fur some time.
AmiRIKD,
In Perry county, (Al.) on Tuesday, the 20til
of February last, by the Hev. Thomas Alexan
der, Mr. Washington Orr, to Miss Cynthia Mor?
rison, daughter of Robert Morrison, of UalUa
county.
DOCTOnS
Thos. L Johnson & Tlios. Harri!;,
HAVINI; associated in the practice of MKI).
ICINK, respectfully tender their servijew,
in the several departments of their profe.>sion,
to the citizens of Charlotte and its cont ffiious
country. They can at all times lie found, at
their newly established shop, on the lot form
erly occupied by Dr. 'I'liomas Henderson, two
hundred yards south of the Court-House, ex
cept when professionally tn^^aged. They arcs
in ilaily expectation of afresh and geniiin as«
sortmeiit of Medicine from Philadelphia and
New-York. -jj*
MendinhnlVii Valent Grist Mill,
fllHK subscriher, uemg legally a|»poiiite.l a.
A gent for the county of Mecklenburg, of
fers for s.de patt nts for making and usinjf thb
above pati iit .Mills, to all such as may apply.
.lAMKS DINKINS.
10th March, 1827.—Ct’27.
’fo W\e VwbUc.
The suh.scrihers having united themselves
in the Mercantile Uusiness, under tho
linn of ,
& ORAHA.vr,
in the house formerly occupied by Cooper tntf
M‘(;iiiii, take this metiiod of informin;; their
frLnds and the public, that tliey have just com
pleted opening a general assortment of Drv
;of)«ls and Groceries, which they offer for sal«
.it reduced prices, for cash
Those wishing to purchase, woidil do well to
call, examine their goods, hear i)riccs and iuflcfs
for themselves.
MHiINN St (.UAIIAM.
Feb. 17, 1827—4t22
The suliscriber still continues to carry oip
the Tailorinjf Uusiness, as usual, with tliis e,\-
ception, that he has i-finoved his (Cutting' Hoard
to the back room of the store, where lie may
be found at all times. A. (iUAIIAM.
Druga, .Me'ilh-lnes, (Jv.
XlAVXIiAXm & ASRTXEU)
OKKKH,
AT 304, KING STIIKF.T,
A.V I X 1 l.NSIVK ASSOUTMKNT OF *
108
—ALSO—
3 hite LKAD, warranted nu.'-'fi
iti.i Do. (111. gooil,
160 Do. Spanish Hrowii,
H(J Do. Vi-netian Itcd,
20 H!)ls. W’liitiiifi-, Knplish,
2;> Do. I.inseed Oil, Philadelphia.
1(J IIlids. Cop[)cras,
I S Kegs Vt rdij^ris,
T3 Do. Yellow ()lire,
1200 I.bs. Putty, ill lihidders,
4 H ds. (^ipal and Japa’i Varnish,
8 Hills. Spirits of Turpentine,
4 llhds. Lamp Hlaek,
4o7 Hoxcs Window (.lass, embrarinjr all s]/.
es, {Voni 7 by y, to 22 b) '2H. Lot-’wood in stick
and chipped; chipped Camwood; Nicara},nia;
Fuhtic; Redwood; lndiR;o, Spanish and Caroli
na l ullers’ and Dyers’ articles of all kinds.
n. & A. can inform Merchants and other
Dalers, that tiu y are daily receiviiiir arldition?,
totlu-ir stock from their hou.se in New-York
ed taiicv tliat iiidiicem-nlsi are . librdcd to pm
chuscis U) call as a!»ove.
Charkaiur, L'u.