peJunc, another member of the Chamber cf De
" putir performs hii functions. I f has made an
aAtiuotul demand tn the part n( the , Crown.
,Ttittc two papers, that lit tho retoiVnd the de
jnand.were printed for the use of the Peers only,
till the change their character of Jury tf Jccu
nation for that of Jury J 7Va(jutt such a des
potic business, you tee, as the trial of the Queen
of England ! t , . '. ,
Among the arrested is Col. Fab tier, an officer
""on half pay, and one of Ch6 most 'distinguished of
me oiq rmy dj nit nne taients, spienum actions,
generosity, and patriotism. Several Dcputlet,
Peerijmd Generals, haveibeen. denounced : in
r this prosecution a having the' conjidence of the
conspirators, and at having been selected to be
,pbt at the head ol the new government. The
demand of the crown has named iy en, end
leave it to the vltdmoT the Court to require a
- wfifttementi'or extension of the act of accusation.
The raviUiaMaruMt that is the party d'Ar
toll, and the ministry, have united To ob'taTn this
extension ; In other words, to play over again the
part of the-convention. and Hobespierre. The
Alinistera have even condescended to visit per
sonallythe Peers, and especially the members
of the Committee, to engage-them to-support
the organs of the crown in their demand.
These intrigues and solicitations have hitherto
failed, even though they requested only, at last,
'the accusation of three deputies, M. La Fayette,
M. D'Argenson, and M. Corselies, member for
Lyons. The members of the committee of
Peers have refused to receive indirect or second
26th uU. was a magnificent spectacle For us
to witness the manner in which the governors
delivered their powers Into the hands of the Na
tional Congress was most grateful and affecting.
The public joy was unbounded. The five per
sons chosen for the executive government are
men who give general satisfaction., Commis
sioners are appointed in every branch of admin
Istration, until a new code of laws Is established.
The plan of our new constitution, composed of
3Carticles7hai been presented tothc Cortes by
the commissioners appointed for that purpose.-
It is as liberal as any nation can wish for the
King, has. no povferj and it makes Portugal a
complete republic; rOne of the articles! on the
liberty of the press, has been three days under
discussion, and met great opposition from the
bishops, and some.of tbedergy, who are' mem
ber of the Cortes their objection being relative
to the points of religionbut finally decided that
the press shall be free in every, respect , - We
shall tTourisTfaml without doubt rprosperr- It it
astonishing to see how many men of talents have
appeared in the country.
Yesterday a schooner arrived here, having on
board three deputies for the Cortes, from Ma-
The King has sent orders to all the ports, di
recting that the free commerce bctwen Portugal
ami the Brazils shall not be interrupted, y
American vessels now get cleared immediate
ly by the Health Office, which is kept open at
all times, that vessels may suffer no detention.
hand evidence. v A" motion. wasj how'ever"raade
in the chamber of Peers, with closed doors, by
M. Desexe,the defender of Louis XVI. and se
conded by the Duke FiU-James. The most vio
lent debates ensued. Count Semonville, the
Crande Refelendaire, a warm royalist, declared,
that to push the accusation as far as was deman
ded by the government, would be to endanger
the throne and the monarchy. s The Ultras pre-i
tended, that after the expression of the request
of the government, they ought not to shrink be
fore certain namet, and denounced, as pusillani
mity, the refusal to attaint the chiefs of the con
spiracy which agitated Europe. The liberal
Prm contended, most victoriously, aeainst these
am of violence, and so many royalists joined
them, that there were against the accusation 101
voten, and for the government only 52. M De
eze, who made the motion, it is said, declared,
that, since they could not obtain the accusation
in tnas, they would resume it in detail. The
Pens holding places under the court and under
the Princes, voted for the supplemental act of ac
cusation. The Minister of War was absent, but
the two Ministers present, the Duke de Riche
lieu, and General Lauruton, voted for the accusa
tion. Two cousins and a nephew of General La'
Fa ette voted also for this measure, which was
designed to secure his an-esujion, and If tosiiJLll,r
ble, send Mm to-tfiguOTotine. Judge of the'Lj
uornu aiaic oi anairs.
Thf Peers, from whose honesty, in the main,
especially considering they feel they are an ille
gal court, much is to be hoped, are now employ
ed in examining the charges against each indi
vidual, and deciding whether they are to be liber
ated or put on their trial. About half of those
examined up to this time are liberated. The
explosions are to give life to all these iniquitous
proceedings. There areour police in the Cha
teau, and, therefore, the ihing does not concern
th" public it is their own plot. They alk. of
Prevotal Courts, c. r ranee is surte charbon
Extract ft the FJttort" of tftr Franklin Gntetlr, ditto!
liio, tiB. 17, 1821.
" The Cortes arc now in session. They have
before them the constitution, the substance of
which I send you in the Gazette called The Con
ttitutional. It is nearly as liberal as our own,
(the American.) I hey have already abolished
all the privileges of the nobles, and established
the liberty of the press. -The debates on the li-
ocrty ol the press were very interesting, i nc
final vote was for civil liberty, 68 to 8 ; for reli
gious liberty, 48 to 36. The press is entirely
free. ' '1 he Cortes conduct their proceedings
with much dignity and unanimity. Madeira has
declared for the revolution, and sent three depu
ties to the Cortes. 1 hey have been received
with every demonstration of joy. It is with great
pleasure I inform you that all the vexatious im
positions and expenses have been abolished with
regard to the quarantine on American vessels
from the United sutcs. The government ga
zette, which i send, contains some interesting
debates. ' hey have translated here, and are
now selling, the constitution of the United States
and the declaration of independence "
A Berlin artist, Mr. Cbas. P. Rummer, has
impres
subject more forcibh upon the mind than
the mode hitherto adopted, and is consequently
admirably calculated for geographical instruction.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Nothing can be more contradictory than the re
pi t'stntations of the state of Great Britain, made
bv the ministerial orators and writers on the one
hid, and those of the opposition on the other.
Ail is Spring with the members and adherents
Ol rtaminisiniuon an itucr wiui uic wnii.
An intellk'cnuwriler in the London l imes
savs, with taxes and poor-rates amounting to
Hear seventy millions per annum a civil list and
a church establishmept : the most extravagant in
Europe, and nine hundred millions of debt, we
are not willing to be consoled by the declaration
' of any minister of finance, that for many years to
come he does Dot intend to burden us with new
taxes. ': ' '" ' " v-
Mr. Curwen, a distinguished member of the
House of Commons belonging . to the acrricultu
ral interests, be Id the following language in the
debate of the 24th January, 1 82 1 :
- .-" When he looked to the state of agriculture,
he would ask, could the noble Lord Castlereagh
be really ignorant that the agricultural interests
were in" ro wretched acondition, that even no
abatement would after some time, induce "the
cultivators ofjthe land Ippnwjth their labors.
" It was impossible that the country could go
on and pay the enormous taxes with which it was
burthened; how, indeed, could it be expected
that with an income so decreased, such an over
.. grown system of taxation could he discharged
The whole landed property of the country at 25
y wrs' piiTchasc ccmld not meet the demand upon
us. i he poor rates had increased beyond al
. precedent ; it was calculated that this tax alone
, was adequate o the whole rental of the country
Petersburg Intelligencer.
IJSTERLSTIXG, FR 0.1 PORTUGAL.
Extract or a letter, dated Lisbon, Feb. 16.
Yousare already acquainted with the orderly
manner in .which our revolution begun ; and I
have now to inform Vou of the hanov brhn-ri
. . , . - - . . - Ti r--p -
VioiwestVc.
IN'CEKDIARIES AGAIN.
NoaroLC, AraiL 12.
Another attempt wss made to fire the town of
Portsmouth,on Wednesday night, about hall past
9 o'clock, by depositing a ouintity of ignited ma
terials in a house on Mr. Joseph Porter's build
ing wharf. Happily it was discovered In time to
prevent the meditated mhc!,!;f. It was observed
by a negro, who says he t ' a white roan, wear
ing a aurtout coat, run away Uom the spot on his
Contlderlno the hour, and the circumstance
of the superior court being then engaged.whh
the trial of Castilano, it would not be itllo suppo
sition to suggest that the wfctchTwh made this
diabolical attempt is a colleague of that criminal a,
and that his object was to give him an opportu
nlty of escaping in the . confusion whlchoujd
naturally have ensued, if his plan had not been
defeated. ero """
The trial of Joseph Detnar Garcia Castilano,
one of the two Spaniards, charged with the mur
der of Peter Laguadette, in this borough, on the
20th March, came on yesterday before the supe
rior court in Norfolk county, which commenced
its session at Portsmouth on Tuesday last. The
court room was crouded to overflowing at an early
hour. Eighteen witnesses were examined on
the part of the prosecution, which was conduct
ed with great ability by general Robert B. Tay
lor, Mr. Nimmo, the attorney for the common
wealth, being too much indisposed to discharge
the 'duty." After'' an eloquent speech of about
two hours, in which he summed up all the evi
dence In the cause, gen. Taylor was answered by
Albert Allraand and Wm. Maxwell, Esqrs. coun
sel for the prisoners. The defence occupied
more than three hours, and was managed with all
the ingenuitv and zeal which the nature of the
t.ase would admit of, or the humanity of the coun
sel could inspire After an able charge from
judge Parker, the jury retired about 12 o clock,
and in "bout ten minutes, came into court with
a verdict of u ouilty of murder in the first
deorke M The ptisoner heard his sentence
without emotion, and was then escorted to his
prison. The trial of Manuel Philip Garcia, will
take place to-morrow. ib.
SECOND TRIAL FOR MTRDER.
Manuel Fnlii Garcia, was yesterday put upon
his trial at the bar of the Superior Court of Nor
folk County, as an accomplice with Demar Jotrfih
Garcia Cattilano in the murder of Peter Lagua
dette. As this case was included with that of Castila
no in the same bill of indictment, and the wit
nesses were the same, there could of course be
Klit little rr nn 4tvrWir'Kitivn tVim rvr r! in tr
recently. pttfcuhr .OIwts.htynuiBa.lta ctKJGen. Tayloagaln appeared i assist.
bkiir-xcuted m relief. This method impres-7. n. rv.,n.i tn thZ nrrt,tinA nnrt m... aii
mand and Maxwell as Counsel for the prisoner :
but as the cause was to be tried before a differ
ent jury, it became necessary to go on as mi
nutely with the examination of the witnesses and
the pleadings of Counsel, as at the preceding
trial.
The receiving of evidence occupied the Court
from 12 till 5 o'clock in the afternoon ; and the
pleadings were not concluded until 1 o'clock this
morning. 1 he jury then retired, and after an
absence of precisely six minutes, returned and
rendered a verdict of Guilly of Murder of the hrtt
degree
The prisoner, on learning the purport of the
verdict, exhibited a considerable degree of emo
tion, not so much, as it appeared to us, the effect
ot grief and despair, as of chagrin and disappoint
mcnt, the result of a fallacious confidence he had
all along indulged in the inefficacy of our laws
to punish capitally upon presumptive evidence
Not so much from a disposition to doubt the ius-
uce oi me veraici, asirom me laiiure ot the able
Counsel he had employed to effect his acquittal
10.
MORE COUNTERFEITING
We deem it proper to caution our readers
against counterfeit Five and Ten dollar bills of
the Bank of Cape-rear a number of which we
understand are in circulation, and are so well
executed as to deceive good judges of Bank pa
per. We have now before us a five dollar bill of
the Bank of Cape-Fear, which has been sent to
the bank and condemned, and was leturned a day
or two past from Fayetteville to a friend here ;
the following extract from the letter in which it
was transmitted will evince the opinion of the wri
ter as to the accuracy with which the represen
tation of the true bill has been preserved :
" I his, says the writer, " is the first bill of
the kind I have seen, and is so like the original
. ii at irs i i . i a - T.
Dote .i snouia myseu nave Dccnaeceivea oy it.
Several of this kind, and of ten dollars nearly of
a similar plate, have.been presented at the bank
lately.". -If several have recently been presented
at the bank in North Carolina, it is probable that
many are in circulation, and our reader Ivill do
well tobe guardetl aeainst-them. The one now
before us is dated,' Wilmington, 1st Jan'yi 1814,
No. 466, payable to J. Adam, or bearer John
London LPresident,and R.Bradley, Xasbier..
The paper and plate are a good representation of
the true bill, and would not rca lily be suspected
in the ordinary course of business. I he bill is
ieft at the Augusta Bookstore for the inspection
of any persons who may wish to examine it.
" Aug. Adv.
.. ..'.xaox.xaX' -xl-oaIvB--'-'-, "
Iinhortant . I' he particular property of the
Colchicum seeds in allayint irritation of the
winuuiuc, lungs, kc. anu inereuy rcmovine ine
causes of the asthma, consumption, Sec. is the
grcaicsi uiswvcry xnax nasoeeu maue m raeui?
cine. It appears by the last . number of the
Monthly Gaz. of Health, that a few doses of sy
r up will effectually remove the symptoms of
i ...... t
ttsiniua, anu arrest incipient consumption, anu
in a few days it will restore the patient to health 4
and that the wirie of the seeds', combined with an
alkali, as speedily cures ecut and rheumatis'm.
So extraordinary has been the salutary effects
of these new remedies in those diseases, that the
editors do not hesitate to. pronounce them speci
fic. j Thev other information this popular, me
dicali dietetic, and philosophical iournal contains
Iparticularly the-exposltion of literary ciuacke'm
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1821.
utTbc co-partnership heretofore suWuting between
the subscribers; U this day, by mutual consent, diMohed,
All persons, t!ierifure, who are. Indebted to us, either by
book, or otherwise, will, it U Loptd,-cW their accoumi
aaiwnp()sslbte,7rr7Tt:-;; J..kmi)Ei
.Jfrlmt. ; ; , BINGHAM.
.... f ..J . y '
yVV;f-URflJA'GEMFJfTi
- From a Western Paper,
Stop laws, (or laws Tor suspending the usuaj
process for enforcing the payment of just debts!)
are not so mcern arTnany thinteTheywfcre
frequently attempted among the Romans tbey
were-desired bv the maioritv, or rather br the
prpfligateramong- themrand a$r theumer of
whose Immediate interests werVfo be Relieved
were not loud m their resistance to theilnjustice
ot which they were to reap the benefif." A pop
ular government is calcuhted to bring forth the
noblest virtues and qualitiei TbTraalbut there is
no perfection on earth ;;and where tne ruling part
w'tnwpopatat "government Is touched in its in
terests, unfortunately injustice isioo little regard
ed.- - There is no difference between denying: the
debtor what is due to him when he i entitled to
demand it, and depriving him of it altogether.
The only fair reUef to the debtor it a bankrupt law ;
u a r vui rmacT y m property to oe aivtaea o
mong hit creditor. The contracts between indi
viduals should be held sacked, and if the suffer
ings of. any portion of the community are so
great ana general as to require legislative re
lief, it can only be done by a loan, if the means
ot the government suffice for the purpose.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer!
Gen. L. B. Mitchfli., at, the head of the
Creek Agency, Georgia, has been dismissed the
public-service by the president of the U. States,
The underilgjied )iaving become the joint and
sole owners of the etubllshment of the WiVteh
CAifouxiiitilt UllI in future beonductcd under 1
the firmof Oixqium & White. i
In announcing this changetbe undersigned beg
leave to add, thaas they are both regularly bred
PrhUers, and i'y birth and in principle Amer
icanli they- jhobc. to renief.it an'adyanUg'eouT "
one.., Under rthy late Yrrangementi' but'oiie of
the partners was an active one and, consequent
ly, all the duties,' editorial and others, devolved
exclusively upon hiraf; under the present, the
time, and labors, anexerdonsvof jwd will be
unremittingly employed toWndeT Die CAkoW
kiaw, as far as their limited means' will permit,
deserving of public patronage and support, and
not disreputable to the character, and talent, and
literary taste of the Wmt.
vm. ninth iuv; Jiwuttv U UMMICU aiCIUlUH,
an unceasing derotednesj cm the!rjart, they are
fully sensible if these alone arelo be depended on,
their paper cannot assume that elevated charac
ter which they wish, and which the interest and
respectability of the WESTjrequre.. cThey so
licit, therefore, with confidence, the correspon
dence of literary gentlemen ; of the clergy, to
whom a portion of our little folio wilialways be
cheerfully devoted ; of the politician of the ag
riculturist ; and, in brief, of all who can contri
bute, in any way,to add interest and pleasing va
riety to our columns. Should the Musx " wake
her wood notes wild" in our native groves, and
tunc her voice to song, we promise that her
strains shall not die away in air.
On the conclusion of the present volume, we
shall enlarge, the. j?ages of the Carolinian, so as
to enable us to addxonsiderable to the quantity
of matterThich lheyarprescnt contain: It is
not unfrequently the case, that as the patronage
and, emoluments of a newspaper increase, its
character and value decrease in an inverse ratio:
We know the uncertainty and impolicy of lirom
ties generally; but notwithstanding, we shall
hazard little, we think, in trpmiting that such
shall not be the history of the Carolinian.
LEMUEL BINGHAM.
PIIILO WHITE.
.
44 We cannot resist the temptation," said a classical
and accomplished American writer, on a similar occasion,
" to cite a pertinent passage from one of the wisest of
mankind. The opiiuon'cf King Solomon is not only per
fectly just, but his fortification of it is impregnable : ' Tvt
are better' than one; because thkt havk a good re
ward roa the ta labor. For if they fall, the one will
lift up lis fellow i but wo vnto him that it alone vhen h
faUethfi for he bath not another to help 1dm.' "
i
r j
v
W trifth wmp nfmir nrarlial flrir wntdd
jfind leisure to furnish us occasionally j if not re-" '
gularly, an essay for our Agricultural Depart
ment. Some of them, undoubtedly, have dared
to deviate from the beaten road ; and the results
of their experiments and a statement of their im
provements will be of no inconsiderable interest.
To poiht out defects in our present system of
husbandry, to state facts, and to suggest
new methods of cultivation as -will increase the
quantity and quality oi our products with a de
creased quantum . dMabor ; in short, to contribute
in any Way to the improvement of the agricult
ural interest of our state, or country, is not onljr ?
delightful, but a dignified and honorable employ
ment: an employment so dignified, and noble,
and patriotic, that it could entwine an additional
laurel arbiind the brow of xyen-tlieillostrious
Washington, the American Cikcinxai:
It Seems that our silence latterly, on the sub
ject of a Convention, has been most unexpect
edly and unaccountably attributed to a diminution
of patriotic spirit and to a less lively interest in
the politicargrievances of the West ! Hovr this
unjust imputation could have been cast on us,
after the few remarks we made in our 37th No.,
in respect to the very silence which' is now com
plajntdjrf;.anto referred to
highljr ? Snterestlnffi
wir tij- irm-t, (W
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