FROM THK NAri«l.^’.VI, JUCRNAL.
6KN. WASHINGTON, Mil. GILK8, ?c Mil.
FOlttsVIH.
After President Washington had pub
lished in September, 1796, his memora-
t>lc valedictory address to his country
men, io which he declined beincj consid-
ercd as a candiJaie for the Presidency,
bf-deiivered, in December of that year,
his last Speech to Congress. It was the
custom of those days for each House to
eend an answer to the President’s speech.
When the committee of the House of
'Representative* reported to tbtt House
tlic answer which they had been appoint
ed to prepare for it, Mr.William B. Giles,
the present Governor of Virg;inia, rose
and moved to expunge certain passaj^es
of the report, expressing the gratitude of
Ihe House fur the services of the Presi
dent, its admiration of his character, and
its regret at his resolution to retire from
public life. Mr. (iiles sustained his mo
tion in a speech, in which, amunj^ other
opntempluous expressions, he said, “that
** with respect to the wisdom and firm-
•'ness of the Presidc*m, he differed in o-
*’pinion fronrj the answer; and though
••he might be singular^ yet, it beinj]; his
opinion, he should not be afraid to avow
it. He had not that grateful conviction
‘‘there mentioned,” kc. He then taxes
yreneral Washington wiih “want of wis-
»^dom and firmness.” “He was one of
‘‘those citizens who did not regret the
Prf sident’s retiring from office.” “ He
** wished the President a; much happi-
‘*nfss as any man j and hoping he would
he could not express any regrets
at the event.” It is needless to add that
Xhis motion to strike out was lost.
Not long ago, Mr. Giles, after many
previous abortive attempts to recover
public confidence, and to rise from* the
pc.litical contempt into which he had fall
en, addressed a letter to Chief Justice
>Iarshall,from whose biography of Wash-
ing’on the foregoing extracts are made.
In liiis letter the writer endeavors to coax
the Chief Justice into a belief that the
jatter had quoted from an inaccurate
report of the speech. No one can have
forgotten the calm and convincing man
ner ill which Judge Marshall showed the
Cf>r rf ctness of his work in this particular.
JWp. Giles is now taken dowo from the
•twit again, and has placed himself in the
-var' of the present Opposition, by the side
of Mr. Randolph, who, about eighteeu
Jftoiiths ago, denounced him in the Senate
of the United States, as a “scoundreJ.”
In this situation, these gentlemen have
abundant opportunities, which they faith
fully employ, for indulging their native
r.^.i>cuur and malignity, and for consoling
tlteir disappointments, by saying, at ran
dom, whatever tends to bring down the
most eminent of the People to thi*ir own
io'.el. Engrossed in this interesting oc
cupation, Mr. Giles has not, so far as we
have n»'ard, turned aside from it to abuse
ihe meaiory of ihc Father of his.country,
or to repeat he had endeavored to
unsay.
But the principles of Washington arc
too much respected in both the theory
and the practice of the present Adminis-
iration, for bis memory to escape entire-
Iv the reproachcsoi* the Combination.—
T!ic spirit of Mr. (iiles is not unknown
10 their courici’i.
At the last session of Congress, the
followii.g resolution was iubiuiited by
the Coinihitif-e on the Library, to the
House of Representatives, viz :
RB«oi.rKP, That the Clerk of tliis House be
•authorizi ci a;ul ilir( rtoil to piirclia»e the set of
Jtcvoiurioniry mecLtis, formerly tlu' property of
OciurvI Wushing^tnri, to be dcpositpcl in the
Libniry of Coiigrci-., pro%idecl tlie cxptiise of
xlie same shall not (.xcetd gWU, to be paid for
cut of the coiitiiifonl t’und of this House.
Thesf iMed:*,!' iiail been struck in Paris,
by oidiM- cj( t!se old Congress, and pre-
si'nied to («emial Wiisl)ington. Thry
yrere by some mean^ thrown into public
auctioT', and the dies from which thry
lud t)ecn struck vere lost. In opposing
the abovr-men'ioned resolution, Mr. For
syth, an active member of the Coinbiria-
lior. (and memorable for his annvtr^ on
the 25'h March,181S, to.Mr.Clay’s speech
on the emancipation of South .America,)
used the following remarkable languay;e,
Tiz • — ’!' “SUOOESTFU that th?»re v»as
“fio. in the rf i'olutionnry^ or subsequent
servmn of Otrteral ^Viiithiii^lons to induce
‘us to set so fiigh a value on any thir.g
wliic'i had been in his possession.”—
(Si* Debates in House ojlieprcsenttitives^ on
Feb. 2Hth. 1«27.)
\v e find thv following extract of a let
ter '» the last received Kentucky Com-
Xti' ma'or,which we publish with pleasure,
4i'.t I'lsing, as it does, certair. interesting
incidents in t'u- House of Rcprtscntatives
on Uic Presidential election, and comiiig
fiom the distinguished individual who
prestdea at the head of the Government
of Maryland, with honor to himself and
in the most acceptable manner to the
People. Hall. Fatrlot.
fxtrtict of a letter from his F-xcelleiicy, Joseph
Ki*irt, Ciovernor of MHrylaiid, to a gx;ntie(Tian
r>f Kmnkfort, Ken. dated “ Itoscmouiit, iStli
Muy, IH'27.
“ i have seeti so little of late from your
^tatc upon the subject of politics Hiat I
donut kno',7 whoih .i the violence of the
Dppiji.'tion to the pr-sent administration
hw extc!^(lf^1 ilsciratuoDg you or nor.
Oui Triciui, Mr. Clay, appCars to be
the chi«-f obji'ft of persecution \viih*the
opposition. They are with great indus
try, cotiducting a systematical attack up
on him, which commenced with the Kre-
mer story, which was an entire fabrica
tion.
“At the time the plot opened I wp a
member of the -House of Hepresenta-
lives, and heard Kremer declare he never
designed ‘to charge Mr. Clay with any
thing dishonor^'l)lc in his life.’
‘'The old man, naturally honest, was
imposed on at the time, by a powerful
influence, and ronstrained to act his part
in an affair, which, from beginning to end,
was as much a fiction, us the merry wives
of VV'indsor, or the School of ScJidal.
“The attack on Mr. Clay, during the
late session of congress, by Gen. Saun
ders, as far as I could judge from the de
bate as published, proved an entire 'aLioi-
tion, and I hardly Know which surprised
me most, the folly of the attack, or the
inconsistency of the General.
“You have seen, no dou!)f, *thatMr.
r. Johnson staled iu his reply to (lenirral
Saunders, that at the time of the presiden
tial election, in the House of Kei^resenta-
tives,that he, (len. S. was decidedly in fa-
vorof Adams, in preference to Gen. Jack
son.
“In confirmation of what Mr. Johnson
has stated, I well remember that not ten
minutes before the election, Gen. Saun
ders came to me, with an ans.ious coun
tenance, discovermg deep concern indeed,
and used these emphatic words, ‘I hope
to God you may be able to terminate the
election on the first ballot, for fear, we
fron» North Carolina may be forced to
vote for General Jackson.’—North Car
olina, you know, voted in the House of
Representatives for Mr. Crawford, whose
prospect of success was hopeless, al
though the electors of that state gave
their votes in favor of General Jackson.
“ Knowing the deep interest you have
alway* taken in Mr. Clay’s welfare, I have
been induccd to give you, for your per
sonal satisfaction, those particulars.
“ Mr, Clay I have known intimately for
sixteen years; his public career is com
pletely ^ identified with every important
event of the country, from that period to
the present lime, whether in peace or in
war.
“ During the last wjir, I have seen the
House of Representatives, afier having
gone out in committee of the whole, return
tu it again, for the sole purpose of aii'ording
Mr. C. an opportunity (then Speaker) of
putting down the desperate and infuriat
ed advocates *f British tvranuy, insult
and injury.
“ But his enemies say Mr. Adams
bargained with him—This is assertion
without proof, and as destitute of truth,
as it is of manly frankness.
“His superior qualifications placed
him in the Department of State, and his
tory furnishes no instance, when a supe
rior man ever had to barj^ain for j high
station, for which his peculiar liincss
was evident to every one.
‘‘In Maryland, the administration is
daily gaining ground, and by the time
the election occurs, I hope we shall be
able to present and undivided front in
their support.”
Moral Distinctions.—In the present num
ber of the Edinburgh Review, a question
of considerable importance is mooted,
viz. W’hether there is any moral difl'er-
ence between a small and a large bribe,
and consequently, whether the man who
‘I)cars false witness against his neighbour’
for a guinea, is a greater'rogue than he
who does the same thing for 5000/ a year?’
This is certainly a very important ques
tion, and one in which we should like to
take a legal or clerical opinion. We
give the question at length, ‘ if a poor
man was to accept a guinea upon the con
dition that he spoke ail the evil he could
of another, whom he believed to be inno
cent, and whose imprisonment he knew
he should prolong, and whose privations
he knew he should increase by his false
testimony, would not the person so hired'
t>e one of the worst and basest of human
beings? And would not his guilt be ag
gravated, if*, tip to the moment of receiv
ing his aceldama, he had spoken in terms
of higii praise, of the person w bom he sub
sequently accused ? Would not the latter
feature of the case prove him to be as
much without shame as the former evinc
ed him to be without principle ? Would
tl'.e guilt be less, if he were above want ?
Would it be h ss, if the [)rofession and oc
cupation of his life were lo ovcide men’s
rights, or to teach them norals and reli
gion ? Would it be less by the splendor
of the bribe } Does a bribe of 3000/leave
a man innocent, whom a bribe of 30/
would cover with infumy ? You ate oi
a mature period of life, when the oj)in-
ions of an honest man ought to be, and
are fix.ed. On Nlonday you are a barris
ter or a country clergyman, a serious and
temperate friend to religious liberty and
Catholic emancipation. In a few weeks
frotn this time you are a bishop, or a
dean, or a judge, publishing and speaking
charges and sermons against the poor
Catholics and explaining away this sale
of our soul by every species of falsehood,
shaobine is and equivocation. You may
carrry a bit of ei mine on your shoulder,
or hide the lower moiety of the body in a
silken petticoat, and men may call you
Mr. Dean, or my lord, butjyou iu.vi* '.old
your h'jnoi* and joor -wns-.icncc fvr mc-
uej ; l!ioug!i utllrr you a.M base
as the witness who stands at the door of
the judgment hall to swear whatever the
suborner will put in his mouth, and to
receive whatever he will put into his
pocket.*
[Why may not all that is said in the
preceding be a[)plied to lawyers and
printers, who obuse their neighbors and
traduce private character, to benefit their
clients or earn the wages v»f infamy ?—
I'heBc sentiments work very moderately:
—a five dollar i'ee or new subscription,
may purchasu a yard or two’s length of
scurriJity.J
ji-nttUiQcntg.
'Ihe Southern Jicpuhlirhs—Our accounts
fi'om Mexico, Colombia, Peru, 8tc. are
far from being satisfactory. There is a
great want of .stability in all of them, and
the principles of lil>erfy seem yet but lit
tle understood ; and the superstitious and
ignorant multitude are made the prey of
artful and wicked men in numerous and
important instances. The jealousy of
these, also, of one another, and a real
want of good feeling between the several
states, we apprehend will prevent any
useful meeting or deputies in a general
Congress for the better promotin:; the
comn»on benefit; and it appears that, in
general, the British have a much stronger
hold on the afTection of the people of those
countries than we have, because of the
greater apparent zeal with which they
have espoused the cause of South Amer
ican Independence. It is in the nature of
our government that we should proceed
deliberatfly, if not sometimes coldly, in
matters of thif sort, and the opposition
of the Panama mission has been pervert
ed to our disadvantage. Our best wish
es continue for the succeioful march of
light and liberty in these interesting por
ticos of the earth. Niks* Register.
Bell’s (London) Weekly Messenger, of
the 3d ult. relates the following anecdote,
of a culprit named Lancelot Cooper, who
was recently convicted of various acts of
forgery.
“He played off an ingenious trick up
on the American Ambassador here, by
which he got hold of the sum of 50/. He
obtained some particulars of the domes
tic concerns of a member of Congress,
and represented to the Ambassador, that
he (Cooper) was brother to that member;
and that he was in daily expectation of a
large remittance from America, until
he should receive which he must be great
ly inconvenienced unless some country-
rnan would give him a temporary loan.
The Ambassador, finciing tijat the story
of tlie a])plicaiit was probable enough,
and that Cooper had a bill purporting to
be drawn by the bank oi'the United States
upon Messrs. Baring and Co. gave him
a letter ol'iniroduction to that firm, who,
upon the responsibility of his Excellency,
immediately cashed the bill, which, how
ever, proved not to be worth three far
things.
“ Last summer he obtained the sum of
/^500 from Messrs. Hawkins and Sons,of
the Plymouth Bank, for a forged bill of
exchange on the house of Baring 8c Co.
Cooper got this bill discounted by means
of a forged letter of introduction from
\’’ice-Admiral Sir John Ciore, which in
troduced him as Captain Cole. For this
forgery a detainer was also lodged against
him in Newgale. The signature to the
bill is a complete fuc niinilc. Upon Coo
per’s person were found numbers of bills
and thecks upon Baring Co. ready to
be filled up, and an American passport in
the name of Allison.”
• Trial of the Pirates.—The trfal of the
pirates, Pepe, Couro, and Felix, came on
at Richmond on Monday* and were con
cluded on Wednesday last—each one oc
cupying a day. They were all found
guilty by the Jury after a lew miimtes
retirement. On Thursday, Judge Mar
shall proceeded to pass sentence. Two
papers were handed to the Court by Mr.
Leigh, written iii Spanish, and signed by
Jose Hilario Cusaren. and Felix Bai beilu,
respectively, pretending to give an ac
count of themselves, and denying any
participation in the act for which they
were about to receive sentence, declaring
the tesiimony of the mate and the other
witnesses, as it regarded them, false, and
praying the Judge to delay the sentence
till ihey could obtain te.stimony of their
good character from H;tvana. The
Judge replied that it was his duty to
execute the laws, and that they did not
permit him to comply with the request.
Sentence was areordingly passed, and
Friday, 17th August, fixed for their
execution. Felix and Couros seemed
atlecled by their sentence, but Pepe
remained unmoved. Balt. Patriot.
It has been remarked, in the British
House of Commons, as an extraordinary
revolution iii commerce, that Bnmfana
handkerchiifs. formerly imported from
India, by that country, are now made in
England and exported to India. 'I'his is
scarcely so extraordinary as the fact, that
all the white cotton goods rpnsuniecl in
the United States, a few years ago, weie
imported from India, and that we
manulacturt* and e.xport the sanu* kitjrl of
goods tQ Caoton frym this country I—/i.
Trnm K.;.tucVv Aa.cii'sJ'.
]\[».lanch')ly Aa:ukiit.—Oi 1 i :Uav, t»ie
2i>th uh. while Major C- P. Luckett, and
bis family, were spending the day with a
friend in'Portlaud, a' little negro boy, 7
or S years of age, who was playing with
the childi-en of the two families, got into
his hands a loaded gun from a closet, the
door of which chanced to be left open,
and presented it to a little daughter of
Maj. Luckett, about six years old, when,
dreadful to relate, it went off, discharg
ing its contents in the breast of the inno
cent and beautiful little creature. She
survived but a few moments, exclaiming
as she expired, “oh father—oh mother—
oh—Jesus—Jesus help me—Jesus lake
me.” Good God what a scene—to wit
ness the distracted mother pressing her
bleeding and dying child to her bosom—
it was awful beyond description.
Ferocity.—Courtland Herald, of
June 29th, gives us the following (we
hope exaggerated) account of ferocious
doings ai Tuscumbia, in ihe Stale of
Alabama :
“We learn, by the last Tuscumbia
Patriot, that, on Thursday, the 21st inst.
the Editor of that paper was invited oul
of a store, and knocked down on the
pavement, with a large hickory stick, by
a strapping young man. This was no
sooner done than a party came rushing
oul from about Godley’s corner, and set
up a tremendous yell, “gouge his eyes
out Bill ! Kill the d d rascal Billy !
Kill him ! Kill him I Kill him 1” These
“outcries were made by persons lying in
wait.” The shouts of the mob drew forth
citizens, who interfered and rescued the
eyes and the life of the little Editor, who
does not weigh more than 130 pounds.
“ VV’e understand, since that time, al
most every man in Tuscurnb.a has taken
sides, and many stand ready for a fight,
and consequently there has been almost
an entire suspension of business in ihal
place ever since.”
.'J Uorrid Murdt.r,—The Repository,
published at Brookville, Indiana, gives
the details of a horrid murder commit
ted in that neighborhood. It appears
that a Mr. John Points had conceived an
attachment for a daughterof John Young,
a man of character in Rush County, and
their, affection being mutual a matrimo
nial engagement had been agreed upon.
But the fatlier of the young lady having
refused to give his consent lo the union,
the lovers, accompanied by several
friends, w’ere proceeding, on a moon-light
night, to the proper authority lo procure
the legal sanction to their wishes, when
they were waylaid by Young, who shot
Points through the head in the midst of
his laughing companions, and whilst his
intended bride was mounted behind him
on the same horse. On the fall of his
victim, Y'oung dragged his daughter to
his dwelling, and, in a few hours, he who
hoped to have been hailed as a happy
husband was enshrined in the gloom of
death—on the following day Young de
livered himself up to the proper authori
ty, who admitted him to baiU on the plea
that he had demanded his daughter of
Points before he shot him. The daugh
ter was aged 18 years, and marriageable
by the laws of the slate without the con
sent of parents. Men' Jicgistcr.
On Thursday, the 17th inst. an affray
took place in Iredell county, between
Thomas Harvey and Isaac W. Lawrence :
during which Harvey inflicted a wound
on Lawrence, which soon caused his
death. Several persons were present,
but Harvey was suffered to escape. He is
upwards of 40 years of age, 6 feet high,
slender niade, black hair, dark eyes, is
given to intoxication, when drinking is
talkative, and quarrelsome ; but when
sober, his appearance is decent and
gentlemanly: can neither read nor write;
had on a blue cloth coat, much worn and
patched ; white vest, pantaioons'and hat;
has a scar, made by a knife, leading bacK
from one eye towards his ear. The good
people of this, and any of the adjoining
states, wouhl do well to apprehend the said
Thomas Harvnj, that he may be brought
to jusiice. Printers will serve the cause
of liumanily, by publishing this.
P. CAI,1)\\ KLiSherijj of Iredell.
Jvhj 23, lojr.
^ Tornado was experienced in
the viciniiy of \ incennes, Indiana, on
the 3d ult. Its track was about thref>
miles in width—houses, fences and every
thing in its range were laid prostrate. In
the Prairie, below Vincenriess, every
house but one was blown dawn orunroof-
ed—large trees were uprooted, whirled
through the air and even blown across
the river Wabash.
At Hopkinsville, (fCen.) June 2d, there
was a most 1 err*nc Siorm accompanied
with unintei^rupted and vivid blazes of
lightning. The account says—“it was
indeed the most awfully sublime display
of Divine Power we have ever beheld.
iVany, to ^void the danger of being buried
under their houses, deserted them—the
stoutest heart was appalled and an idea
prevailed that the great day of reckoning
was at hand; we have much reason to be
thankful that no serious injury occurred.
A vet y large barn close by tlie town, the
property ofMrs. Long, was sot on fire by
lightning; its tremendous blaze, amidst
thn howling of the wind and torrents of
rain, added to thr di-.rTil gracf’etir of
'.he fCCTir* ”
Ui.rnd ar'/A/-.wicc.—3ome time durinrr
the lust week one of ^ >e .outrajvi.otit
transactions—and v.e really think,'o'
graceful to tiie character of civiliz,.,’]
—took place near the North East
dary line of Perry,^ adjoining I}|bb and
Autauga counties. 'The circumstances
w« are informed, by a gentleman from
that county, are : “that a Mr. M’\i- i
having lost some clothing or some oth/
property, of no great value, the slave of !
neij'hboring planter was charged wiii,
theft. M’Neily in company wiUi hi^
brother, found the negro driving his tnas^
ter’g wagon; they seized him, and either
did, or were about to chastise him, when
the negro stabbed McNeily, so that h®
died in an hour afterwards—the nepro
was taken before a Justice of the
who, after serious deliberation, waved
his cjthority—perhap.% through fear as
the crowd of persons from ihe above
counties had collected to the number of
seventy or eighty near Mr. Peoples’ (the
justice) house. He acted as president of
the mob, and pul the vote, when it wat
decided he should be immediately execu
ted by being burnt to dl.ith—the sable
culprit was led to a tree and tied to it*^
and a large quantity of pine knots colleci-
ed, and placed around him, and the fatal
torch was applied to the pile, even agains-
the remonstrance of several gentlemeir
who were present ; and the miserable be
ing was in a short lime burnt to ashe-^.
An inquest was held over ihe remuinv
and the Sheriff of Perry County, with a
company of about twenty men, repaired
to the neighborhood where this barlja-
rous act took place, to secure liiose con
cerned, but CXvilh what success we have
not hoard, but we hope he will succeed ia
bringing the perpretrators of so high
handed a measure to account to their
country for their conduct in this aflair.
This is the second negro who has beeu
thus pul to death without Judge or Jury
in that county.
From a Huntsville (Alabama) paper.
Civilization in good Earnest.—It would
seem that our red brethren, and neigh
bours, the Cherokees, are about to try
their hands at consiituiion making, and
like many other nations in modern times,
growing tired of a kingly governmeni, are
determined lo make a trial of governing
themselves.
We wish them all success. We have
very little doubt, but ihey will frame a
constimiion and code of laws, under
which they can live contented and happy.
In fact we would as soon understake to
form a republic of the Cherokee nation,
as ofsomf*of the South American pro-^
vinces.
The Cherokee population in 1324, in
clusive of blacks, was 13,789. Of tlicso
something more than one third retain the
original manners aud habits of their nu-
lion ; and from iheir love of hunting, and
aversion to labour, they will no doubt lit*
ere long persauded to migrate to the West,
Sc join their friends beyond the Mississippi.
The remainder, consisting of all tliuse
who have any love for improvement in iho
arts of civilized life, are determined tf»
live and die in the land of their forefatherf.
And as ihey shew such a determination to
become permanent neighbours, we hope
they may prosper in whatever will tend
lo render ihcni peaceable ones.
iWi/Z-iSatt'a.—Owners of Saw-mills will
be gratified to learn, that a large manufac
tory of Mill-Saws has been established i'l
Philadelphia, at which they are mad'*
one-third cheapcr than they can bu
imported, and so much btiler, that per
sons who know the value of an Americar;
saw, would give one-third more for it.
than for a British one. The character
the manufaclty'er is ai stake in support o\
the one, which acts as an insurance Icr
the goodness of the article ; bui we havo
no such security for the goodness of th'
British article. It is, like Peter Pin
dar’s razorS) rnadt to sell!
lialcigh
l^'ashing Machine.—The New Bruns
wick Time* calls the attention oP the
public loa washing machine exhibiiiiii;
in that city, by Philip P. Crain. Ifi'
deserves the recommendation there
it is a valuable invention. The editors
say it is simple in its construction, is
worked with little labor, and does tlic
washing in the best manner, and wiih lc!> *
injury to the finest garments than the
ordinary mode. It is calculatcd thai
woman will do more washing in two
hours than can be performed in a day by
llie common process. N. Y. E. Poa!’
Early rising.—The Legislature ofN*;'*’’
Hampshire closed its session at 8 o’clock
on Saturday morning las!. The t"’^'
Houses met on that day at half past 4 m
the morning. Resolutions passed the
House of Representatives, disapprovinr,
the amenrlments of the Constitution i-*
the United States proposed by the Statci*
of Georgia and Tennessee. The resolu
tion to disapprove the amendment prf*
posed by Georgia, to amend so as W
prevent the choice of President from
ing on thu Ho«se of Representatives,
opposed in the Seriate by Mr. HiUj am*
was finally postponed to the next session
by a vote of 6 to 5. Acts passed tc» es
tablish t!ie county of Sullivan, and to i>-'
f:o;*prjrn?o 'he 'own of Drrby,