COMMVMCATWXS.
FOR THE TREE PRESS.
Mr. Editor:
Altho' the
Committee hare
enuously
it would seem, to exempt
Mr.r.rnwfnril. tr nnlliflte and to
deny the charges of malversa-
lion in omce exni"'11-" n ,
u: u. at- "Edwards, yet
appeal to all unprejudiced and
11 i- i .:.j. ond solemnly de-
ranaia miuj .
:r fcf declaration be ne-
ccssary, that every charge made
against Mr. Crawford in the
memorial of Mr. Ld wards has
been distinctly proved, ana aa
;nd to be proved, by the
mmi'ttee themselves, and of
this I put myself upon the coun
try and fear not the issue and
I defy the whole legion of Mr.
Crawford's advocates to deny it
with any semblance of truth;
but instead of argument to sup
port themin their assertionsthey
resort to the low and vulgar a
buse of Mr. Edwards, no term
of reproach is too gross for him;
no argument if it was as sharp
as a sword with them will avail,
'whilst they found their merit on
false quotations, gross misre-
presentations, and an
eternal
begins of the question.
CO O i
" Destroy their fib, or sophistry
in vain
" The creatures at their dirty
work again. "
I Tow easily can the dirtiest
neggar boy throw dirt on the
clothes of a fine lady, as she
scrapes by; especially in the
dark: and how many malicious
by-standcrs will applaud his
courage, and deem his insolence
wit. This disposition, it is to be
lamented, is too prevalent, with
writers of both sides of the pre
sent political question &. whe
ther the pen of the future histo
rian, if it mention at all will
give the greatest honor or credit
to Mr. Edwards or to Mr.
Crawford, is quite disputable. J opposition in the cabinet, parti
But because Mr. Edwards hasiculariy from Chancellor Eldon,
brought forth these charges, a
gainst Mr. Crawford, charges
too that arc important in our
government for the people to
know, the whole sty is in a roar
against him; this sir, is tyranny
with a vengeance I had tho't,
that our government was found
ed in public opinion, that no of
ficer of government was too
high, or exempt from public
censure if he deserves it; I had
thought that the liberty of speech
and the liberty of the press were
fundamental principles of our
government; that the liberty of
the press and the liberty of the
people sink and rise together;
that the liberty of speaking and
the liberty of acting, have shared
exactly the same fate. I had
thought, that this was America,
the land where Washington
fought, and Henry spoke, and
Jefferson wrote.
Those who are entrusted by
the people with the management
of the public concerns, let them
hy their talents and integrity,
put it beyond the power of any
public censor to injure them.
High in virtue as high in honor
!Cwllem sollcit public inquiry;
let them court the severest scru
tiny, invulnerably honest, they
will have an opportunity not
only of confounding their re vil
ers, but of displaying their own
great capacity and virtno
no calumny can reach, no male
volence defame; and tW
people will be satisfied that tho
government is deposited in tvr
Very best hands, out of whioK
they would be sorry it should
be taken. But in a government
nte ours where the people is e
very thing, and the officers o
mere serv -
-w a-man for bring
krXrzes of delinquen
III t- mi ui c ...
V of those public serv
ants, is to me the height of folly
;ni!fi and tyranny; which i:
.-ndnlo-ed in these United States
Ir f!nm cfin fto rlnV thhf
ivfi rnav u tiiio hiv "r -
we may have to weep over me
triumphs oi Columbus. , ltomc
had her censors, wnose innuisi
tions &; lustrations corrected abu
ses, reformed manners, & purg
cd the Senate itself of corrupt
md nnwnrtlnr mp.mbers. Font
may be taken as a safe maxim.
that that government is strong
est, which builds its security on
public opinion, and whose virtue
defies the censure ot its enc
mies: for virtue is its own de
tence, as win as us uwu
- Ml . j vntirn w!
rAczus.
Enfield. July C, 1824.
FORE EG Ji
ENGLAND.
L6nuon nancrs to the 20th
unc have been received.
The petition of the merchants
of London, praying lor the re-
cognization of South American
independence, had been present
ed in the House ot Commons by
SirJamcs Mackintosh. On this
Occasion, says the Liverpool
Advertiser, Sir. Canning made
a statement of the present views
of Government with respect to
South America, some parts of
which were extremely satisfac
tory, while others were not ve
ry intelligible. One most im
portant fact, however, he dis
closed, namely, that ministers
were at length of opinion that
they had waited long enough
for the example of Spain; that
courtscy towards the mother
country had no further claims
upon us; and that Great Britain
was now at full liberty to acton
her own counsel. Mr Can
ning's views on this subject are
supposed to have met with some
whose lush tory notions are
lostile to every thing savoring
of liberal principles. The Man
chester Chamber of Commerce
had also petitioned in favor of
recognizing South American li
berty.
Information of the passage
into a law ot the larm Bill had
reached England. i( The high
import rates, observes the Hull
Advertiser, imposed on British
goods by this absurd law will be
severely felt in the manufactur
ing districts of the country; but
we have no doubt it will be felt
nrore injuriously in America.
Accounts from Galway, in
reland, represent the western
part of that county as in a state
of "frightful distress" and that
the condition of the country was
so alarming, that, if the peasan
try were not relieved," starva
tion must be the inevitable con
sequence." The typhus fever
had also set in, anu several iami-
were reduced to a scanty
morsel once in twenty-tour
nours There was a total want
of employment
GREECE.
Letters from Greece convey
the agreeable intelligence, that
the Turks, who had affected a
landing in Candia and Negro-
pont, were repulsed at the first
mentioned piace, wun greai
slaughter. The force of Ulys
ses at NeTOpont was considera
ble and it was fully expected
that the utmost extent of the
evil of the arrival of the Turk
ish troops would be to prolong
the resistance of. that fortress.
The Turks are said to have aban-
: doned all idea of iirvading thefrcss, the several states are re-
Morea this summer.
SOUTH AMERICA.
It is stated by Captain Sprih
of the brig Julia, 20 days from
Lamira, that when he, sailed
10,000 men were ordered to be
raised to reinforce Bolivar s ar
m v in Peru. They were ordered
to rendezvous in. the Valley of
Aragua, from thence to proceed
to Puerto Cabello, and embark
for the Isthmus of Panama, and
thence to Peru. All . English
officers in Caraccas were order
ed to join the army, and all Offi
cers on parole were ordered to
join their respective corps im
mediately.
Brazil newspapers to the 15th
have been received. Among
these w;c find a Proclamation of
the Emperor, Don Pedro, to the
Brazilians, dated 10th June,
announcing the receipt of in
formation that a powerful ar
mament was about to sail from
Portugal to reduce them under
the dominion of that Kingdom.
He exhorts the Brazilians to
the most determined resistance
against the invaders of their li
bcrtics; tells them that they
must adopt for their motto " In
denendence or death" That
as their Emperor and protector
ic will shed the last drop ol hi
blood in defence of their rig
and for the security of their hap
pmcss; that should the enemy
torove too formidable lor them
in the contest, they must aban
don their towns, and retiring to
the interior,entrench themselves
strongly, until they can array a
competent force to expel them
rom the territory; that their
fleet will come to their assistance
whenever it can co-operate with
them successfully, in annoying
that of the enemy, and that
swarms of Privateers will sweep
the commerce of Portugal from
the ocean, &c. &c.
1 he above is a very cencra
and imperfect outline of the pro
clamation of the Emperor, of
which wc expect to present a
translation in our next, by the
polite assistance of a gentleman
conversant with the language.
FRIDAY, AUG. 6, 1824.
To Correspondents. "Halifax"
in our next.
Xaleisch, July 30. The Su
preme Court is still in session,
but will adjourn it is expected,
during the present week. On
Saturday last, Benj. Persons and
John Hall, both of Warren
county, obtained County Court
licences, and Elisha Young of
Orange, a licence to practice in
the Superior Courts. Reg.
Blundering. The legisla-
tute of Tennessee, at its last ses
sion, passed an act providing
for the election of President and
Vice President, according to
which the election is to be held
on the 1st Thurday in October,
and the electors are to assemble
on the third Monday in Novem
ber, for the purpose of voting
for President and Vice Presi
dent. By the constitution of
U. S. the electors throughout
the union are required to as
semble in their respective col
leges on the first Monday in
December; and bv a law of con-
auired tn rW.t their electors
within thirty four days prece
ding the first Wednesday in Dc
cember. How' the intelligent
legislature of Tennessee should
have committed such a blunder,
is very surprising. An extra
session of the legislature must
necessarily be called to remedy
the evil.
Love and murder. A free
coloured man was murdered on
Saturday last at Norfolk, by an
other coloured man, who has
made his escape. They were
riv als for the good graces of a
"negro beauty," and Jaco threa
tened Jim that if he caught him
at her house, or serenading un
der her window, that he would
do for him. Jim, regardless of
this threat, continued to pay his
devoirs to the "interesting" ob
ject of his affection, when Saco,
rather unlike a "man of honor"
it must be acknowledged, at
tacked Jim with a "brick bat,"
and some sharp pointed instru
ment, and "did for him" in re
al earnest. As soon as the fact
was known, Jaco took to his
heels, was pursued by a possy
of constables and others, but he
proved himself to be the best
bottom and far outstripped these
limbs of the law."
Vessel burnt. The Schoo
ner Harriet, Stanton, of Ston
ington, six days from Ply
mouth, North-Carolina, laden
with COO barrels of naval stores,
anchored in the bay last night.
About 12 o'clock, the watch dis
covered the vessel to be on fire
in the forecastle. All hands
were immediately called, and
every exertion was made to ex
tinguish the flames, but in vain.
They had penetrated into the
hold, and it was soon found ne
cessary to abandon the schooner.
The captain and crew according
ly took to the boat, having bare
ly time to save part of their clo
thing, and were picked up by
the ship Lafayette, coming in
from Charleston.
i ne lire is supposed to nave
originated from a negro seaman
on board having, during his
watch, fallen asleep, and left a
lamp burning below, whence
the fire took. New-York flm.
Atrocious murder. Mrs.
Manfield, wife of Joel Mans
field, at North Haven,(Conn.)
has been committed to prison,
charged with the wilful murder
of her husband on Sunday mor
ning last On the investigation
of the case before the Justices,
the following facts were deve
loped, as related by a physician
Irom New Haven, who wascal-
ed On to attend the deceased:
Mrs. Mansfield (according to
her story) had conceived the i-
dea that her husband had con
spired with Dr. Foot, to poison
her, and as she expected to die
soon, she wished inm to accom
pany her. It seems that Mr.
ti. had been up that morning
and having given some direc
tions to some members of the
family, had again thrown him
self upon the bed, and while in
this situation, his wife entered
the room with a small broad axe,
with which, as she says, she
struck him two blows on the
side of the head, and beat it in,
in a most shocking manner. She
states that after the first blow.
(and sometimes she says after
the second,) he rose up on the
bed, and said to her, I believe
you have killed me; upon which
she struck him the second time.
Mr. H. survived the wound a
bout six hours, but was destitute
of reason, and unable to speak;
his age was about 45 or 50. A
ittle boy about 7 or 8 years old,
states that he entered the room
and met Mrs. H. coming frcin
it with the hatchet in her hand
and perceiving Mr. H. in -s'
tress, he asked him the matter
and Mr. H. replied that an oi
had gored him. This was con.
sidered unlikely, as from the
nature and extent of the wound
it was judged that he could not
have spoken after receiving it
.i.jia. xi. is sum 10 nave be
on a
troublesome W'oman for
years, and given to
ranee. N. Y.E.Post.
mtempt.
Important Invent ion.
Norfolk Herald describes a m,'
chine invented by Mr. Charles
Brodie of that town, bv whU
the workmen latelv rWm,K i
IS feet under water, and rc-nlo
ced a plank on the bottom cf
the Delaware 74, which had rot
ted in consequence of the acci
dental removal of the eoppcr
thereon, at the time the shp
was launched. On the old plan,
it is said, the cost of repairing
it would have been from 25 to
30,000 dollars,
Depreciated bank paper
A letter from St. Louis of June
Oth, states that Illinois state
paper was selling at that place
for thirty cents the dollar.
Jl rogue caught On Mon
day evening, the 5th July, John
B. Murray & son, of the city c?
iew xorK, entrusted to their
clerk, Lamberton Cooper, 2400
dollars, to be deposited in bank.
The clerk, thinking the oppor
tunity a good one to set up for
himself, departed for the west
On Sunday last he arrived m
Wheeling, with a fine horse and
rir
which he had purchased,
and was about to continue his
trip, when he was tapped on the
shoulder by Mr. Joseph L.
Hays, an enterprising police
officer of New York, who set
out in pursuit eight days after
his departure. Mr. Hays per
suaded him to return, and took
a seat with him in his gig as far
as this city. On the way hither
however, Cooper overset the
rrirr i nn'o i n r? Vioomf sn nnnilv
that Mr. Hays, on his arrival
here, took him before the Ma
yor, who, upon examination,
commited him to prison. AH
the money was found upon him,
or acounted for, but one note of
1000 dollars, of the Mechanics
Bank of New York, supposed
to be No. 150, dated February
12. 1824. with the name ol b-
wyn endorsed on thejback. This
note is believed to be now ia
Pittsburgh, and Mr. Hays ha
offered a reward of 50 dollars for
its delivery to him at the Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia siagt;
office. Pittsburg Gaz.
Singular
Case .A woman
named Rhoda Goodncn,
examined before the magistrates
of Nantucket on Thursdcy last,
charmA with manslausrter by
killing her infant child. It was
proved in evidence that Rhoda
was in a state of intoxication,
and alone with her infant in her
room; she was heard to fall on
the floor, and her child, at the
moment, cried; about an hour
after she was found lying onLic
floor, in a sound sleep, with t her
infant lying under her, bota
face down, and the child dead.
The magistrates were unani
mously of opinion that the
... t , -in.
crime tnus proveu was w
slaughter, and the wretched wo
man was committed to jail to a-
wait her trial at the next term
of the Court of Common Pte
to be holden in October. The
Nantucket Inquirer states, that
this extraordinary case occasion
ed a great o.xnfrpmp.nt. and tha-
between 2 and 300 persons af-
tended the examination.