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was to be opposed to Him! .the British command -J- i .n; 1 thc boy shall not tindv said, . 1,1 - . . . omn:"hutheiouu(i mm Mfo often baffled by his younS encmr, that it became necessa ry to use the greatest vigilance to prevent his own army from being surprised. At the siege of York town, .La 'Favctte was again eminently conspicuous and materially as cisted in the capture of the Gen mil he had contended against The war now assuming most favourable aspect for the cause ofhbertv, he obtained pcrmis -fcion io return to his own coun- trv, where he thought his ser vices were wanted, and he re embarked in 17S1, loaded with honour, snd the gratitude of the American people. On his arrival in France, he was received, in the most en thusiastic manner. His praises were sung in the streets, busts "and pictures of him filled the shops, and universal popularity attended him. He was elected without opposition a deputy to the States General by his na tive province. When these were superceded by the Nation al Assembly, he came forward in that body (17SS) with his celebrated declaration of the rights of man. He opposed the measures of the court with such firmness, that he was made President of the Assembly, and Commandant of the National Guard. He accepted the latter post with pleasure, and swore io be faithful to the liberties of his country. It is unnecessary to mention with too much min uteness the numerous affrays and quarrels that took place at this time between the King's "body guards and the national troops. It is sufficient to re mark, that the whole influence of La Fayette was used to pre serve order and regularity in the French Capital, and to alle viate the public distresses. When he was ordered by the commune of Paris to proceed to Versailles with his army and take possession cf the outposts, he restrained the violence of his soldiers and assured the King and Queen of their safety, and saved the lives of fifteen of the household troops who had been selected as the victims of the infuriated assailants. lie also advised the Duke of Orleans to leave the kingdom, as his pre sence gave countenance to ma ny sanguinary procedures. The popularity of La Fay ette continuing to increase, he was, on the 14th July, 1790, made General in Chief cf the National Guards of France. At this time he occupied a most important station the eyes of the whole world were fixed up on him. A boundless influence and a devoted army might have j body guards had no longer a carried him successfully to the 'protector to check the cruelty highest grade of power. In a of their assaults. They were word, on him reposed the des- all massacred without mercy, fi?..nnnn Ti,;,.nc (Koihp-Ii nnt without a erallant crisis of his reputation, and from his course at that time, his friends and enemies took their opinions of his character. There was but one course for La Fayette to pursue, and that was the support of liberty, and the maintenance 0f the public tranquility, lie held, as it were, a magnanimous neutrali ty between the different parties, "When tneir projects went be yond the laws of justice and moderation. He gave his vote for the trial by Jury, and the emancipation of people of col our. But in thesnrinc of 17IU. the tide of public feeling began to change. Nothing had been done to settle the affairs of the 0 muw. violent re-actionj 01 parties commenced, in spite j 'of the restraint imposed upon them. Even his army became affected by the intrigues of his enemies, and when Louis XV 1 wished to visit St. Cloud, and La Fayette gave orders to let him pass, he was for the fust time disobeyed1. Disgusted witl this want of subordination, La Fayette threw up his commis sion, and did not resume it un til the most humble apologies were made to him. When the King afterwards actually fled, he was suspended for being Concerned in his flight, and the most violent abuse both in and out of the assembly' was heaped upon him. lhc retaking ot Louis at Varcnncs checked this torrent for a short time, but the royalists now turned on him from one side, and Marat and the friends of the Duke of Or leans accused him of treason on the other. His life was actual ly attempted by a ruffian of the name of Fournicr, whom he suffered to escape unpunished. When the constitution was a dopted, in the spirit of a Wash ington, he resigned his com mand, alledging that the emer gency which required his servi ces was now over. Un tins occasion a golden' medal, and a bust of Washington, were pre sented to him by the city of Paris. He was offered, in ad dition, a full remuneration for his losses by the revolution, and this he magnanimously decli ned. In 1792 he was given the command of the army of the centre near Ardonncs, but no opportunity offered in which . to distinguish nimseii. un serving, however, the wanton and unnecessary indignities offered the King, he caused remonstrances to be forwarded from the different corps of the army. These producing no effect he went in person to Paris, to make his complaints. The military once mere opened their arms to receive him, and asked to be led against the Jacobin Club, the authors of the injuries of which he com plained. This, from a gener ous desire to prevent the effu sion Of blood, he refused, while he proposed to the King, at the same time, to throw himself upon the ,army .for protection. The imbecility and distrust of Louis prevented him from ac ceding to the offer, when no doubt it would have changed the current of affairs. On the 10th cf August, mem orable for the horrid massacres at Versailles, and the flight of the royal family to the Nation al Assembly for safety, La Fay ette was deprived of his com mand. His humanity had once saved the place from destruc tion, but the Parisian mob now thirsted for blood. The Swiss resistance. lie lost his com mand at that time for taking a bold stand against the heated populace, and although the ar my prolessed still to love hum, he withdrew in the night from the giddy throng of the soldie ry, and the madness of party 'pa-lots. Immediately his ene mies rave loose to their fury, a price was set on his head, and the golden medal before . pre sented to him, was broken to pieces by the common hang man, li nis cnaruuici a3uu aspersed bv the Revolutionists,; hi s person the moment he cros - d the frontiers, was endan - sea ;gered by the persecution of the! which I sweetened my brandy, royalists and emigres. Thedrank it off without tasting it petty J)uk0 of Saxc Teschen arrested the illustrious fugitive, land the' gullows was actually in preparation for his execution. io run :r in i russia men in terfered and changed the sen tence of death, to that of close confinement in the dungeons of Wcssel and Magdeburg. After a year's suffering in the latter, the Emperor of Austria next claimed him, and threw him into chains at Olmutz, where death seemed about to close his sufferings. It seemed as if all the despots of Europe wished to contribute to his suf ferinirs. Washington at this time attempted to obtain his release, and two gentlemen, Dr. IJollman and a young Ameri can, named Ilugar, almost res cued, him from prison, by a romantic and extraordinary at tempt. He was re-captured, and confined more closely than ever, but was permitted to en joy the society of his wife and iaunhtcr. In 19, Bonaparte effected his release, and offered to protect him. La Fayette, however, retired to Hamburgh, and lived privately until the overthrow of the French Di rectory. He claimed the offers then made him, and kept close ly on his estate until 1S15, when he was elected a Deputy from the department ot Seme and Marnc. was nominated to the Vice Presidency, and had 0 votes for the office of President. After the battle of Waterloo, it is said, he advocated the abdi cation of Napoleon, and acted with Fouche, in declaring the sittings of the Chambers per- mancnt. The exile of St. Helena save him credit for his intentions on this occasion, but according to Las Casas, "pro nounced him to be the dupe cf men and things." It is re markable that Madame Campan expresses nearly the same opin ion of him. One thing is cer tain, however, that La Fayette has overacted with a single eye for the good cf Francs. On tlie final restoration of the Bourbons he again retired to private life, when he was once more elec ted a Deputy, from La Sarthe, though opposed by the whole weight of ministerial influence. At the late election, however, he was unsuccessful, because the most unjustifiable means were taken to prevent his suc cess. The leisure afforded him happily occurs at a time when the whole American people are desirous to see him and he will be received by them with universal joy. When wc con sider the services of this illus trious man, during the revolu tion, our hearts glow with love and admiration. And if his career since has not always been equally fortunate, it was the fault of the people with whom he was engaged, the fickleness of the nation which he endeavoured toserve, and the bloody rapacity of the times in which he has lived. He is now sixty seven years cf age. FOR THE FREE PRESS. "Lock before you leap ' and taste before you drink. Mr. Editor: I am induced to offer the a bovc advice to your readers, in consequence of a mistake I made the other day. 1 went to my siucooaru to make a dram, open- ed the drawer where loaf sugar was commonly kept, and by some mismanagement in the girl about the house, there had jbeen a piece of basket salt laid j in the drawer, with the sugar of until it was too late, when to my .great astonishment I discovered ugar. vever, consider it but iust, how remark, that the mistake had rather a desirable effect than otherwise. W. FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1824. ELECTION RETURNS. Sampson Thos. Boykin, Senate. John Crumpler and David Underwood, 'Commons. Bladen D. Shipman, S. Sinzleton and M'- Millan, C. Hyde David Gibbs, S. Wm. Watson and Jar- vis C. Jlshc Elijah Calloway, S. Vlexandcr 13. M'Millan and Joshua Weaver, C. (tpWc have several selected communications on hand, some of which will be inserted in our next paper. Sickness. We regret to state that bilious complaints, to an alarming extent, prevail gene rally throughout this and the adjoining counties; the black population appear to suffer most, whom several deaths have recently occurred. Our town, happily, continues unusu ally healthy. Cotton. Notwithstanding the favorable appearance of the Cot ton crops, noticed a few weeks past, wc are informed that the rot has made great ravages, and that the planters in this vicinity will not realize more than half a crop. The succession of rains which we have had for ten or twelve days past has added con siderably to the disheartening prospect i Tribute of respect. In con sequence of intelligence reach ing Tarborough, on Monday, the 13th Sept. 1824, the first day of the Fall Term cf the Su perior Court of Edgecombe, that Moses Mordecai, Esq. had re cently departed this life, his honor Judjre Daniel and the gen tlemen of the Bar attending the Court, assembled at the Judge's chamber in tne evcninjr, and unanimously adopted the follow ing resolutions: Resolved, That we deeply la ment the melancholy event which has deprived us of the society and the community of the talents ot our late distin guished brother. . Resolved, That as a token of respect and affection for the me mory of the deceased, we will wear crape on the left arm dur ing the term. Resolved, That these proceed ings be published. J. J. DANIEL, Ch'n. Wm. Diiew, Esq. Sec'y. Williamston, Sept: 1, 1824. The death of Gen. Slade, j which happened this morning, being communicated to the I Court, an adjournment was or idered till Thursday, 12o'clock, for the purpose of attending his funeral. After the adjourn- ment, the members of the bar ; convened at Capt. Yellowiy's: ! tavern, and his honor Judge Daniel being called to the chair, I had taken salt for Ijand Abraham Maers beina to pointed Secretary, it was 1 Unanimously resolved, Tjw in testimony of their Jncer regret at the death of the deceal sed, who has long been a d: tinguished, Member of this 1! they wear crape upon their Icf arm during this term. ' " Resolved further, ThattK t Vi r ilinvo rrc-lfi inn. . . lishpd in thr nnMin v pub- this state. (Signed) A. MAERS, Sec', Gen. La Fayette has return ed to New-York. If is triumph! al progress continues to absorb all attention in the north, and to fill every newspaper with its de tails. From Salem the General pro. ceeded to Portsmouth, in New! Hampshire, where he received a. splendid dinner and ball; after which he sat out on his return on Wednesday night, reached Newburyportat 1 o'clock in the morning, and Boston at S o' clock. At 2 o'clock he left Boston on his way to New York. He was accompanied by a large number of the members of the city government, and proceeded by way of Lexington and Concord to Beaton. On reaching Lexington he was cordially received by the inhabitants of that town. company of artillery and one of riflemen, appeared to compli ment him. Among the persons presented to him were fourteen men icho were engaged in tht bat tie of Lexington, almost fif ty years ago. After visiting the field of the battle of Lexing ton, he proceeded on his jour ner, and reached New-York on Saturday about noon, in the steamboat, by way ef Long Island Sound. The wharves and shores of the Eastrivcr,for two or three miles in extent were lined with people, who kept up a continual huzzaing as the boat passed the whole dis tance. On passing the Navy Yard a national salute was fired by the Franklin 74. The Gen oral landed at Fulton market wharf, where he was met by the Committee of the Corporation. lhousands ot citizens had as sembled at this point to greet his return to that city, and ex pressed their satisfaction by loud cheers. New-Jerse y A Convention of delegates from the several counties in the state of New Jersey, was held in Trenton, on the 1st inst. when an Electoral Ticket was formed friendly to the election of Gen. Jackson. . Kon-consumption. Associ ations have been formed ir. Georgia, by which the associates pledge themselves not to con sume any article of American Manufacture for the encour agement of which new duties were imposed by the Tariff, on similar articles imported. This was one of the measures adopt ed in 1774 to compel the British Parliament to repeal oppres sive acts. Corn. A letter, dated at Cincinnati, (Ohio) Ati. 25 says: "any quantity of Corn may be had at eight cents per bushel,' deliverable in town f soon as it is fit to pull, say1" two or three weeks, as it is ve ry forward, and the crop more abundant than was ever known. A letter from Paris, of a late date, mentions the arrival c Mr. John Randolph, of oa noJce, in that capital, and that his strange costume attracted much attention.
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