i- than that of human authority,
ivill compel the Executive of the
United States to enforce the laws,
and fulfil the duties of the nation,
by all the force committed for that
purpose to his charge. That the
arm of military force will be resor-.
lcll to only in the failure of all oth
er expedients provided by the
laws, a pledge lias been given,. by
the forbearance to employ it at
this time. It is submitted' to the
wisdom of Congress to determine
whether any further act of legisla
tion may be necessary or expedi
ent to meet the emergency which
those transactions may produce."
In the Senate the message was
referred to a select committee
in the House, after a warm discus
jion it was laid on the table. As
this session of Congress must ter
minate on the 4th March, it is pre
sumed that no legislative act will
he passed upon the subject, this
session.
Mr. Clinton icithdrawn from
the turf! -The last N. Y. Enqui
rer states upon unquestionable au
thority, that a certain high per
sonage would not be brought for
ward as a candidate for the Presi
dency and that the opposition to
Mr. Adams's re-election would be
concentred on Gen. Jackson.
It is conjectured that Mr. Clin
ton will be run lor the 'Vice-Presidency
on the ticket with Gen.
Jackson, in opposition to Messrs.
Adams and Clay. This is as it
should be let the question be
submitted fairly to the people, and
the friends of Gen. J. will cheer
fully abide their decision.
Divorces. -The Raleigh Regis-'
ter has the following remarks on
a recent application to the Legis
lature for a divorce:
"Facts appeared in one of the
cases which spoke loudly against
granting divorces on ex parte evi
dence, as they are generally gran
ted by the Legislature. A hus
band had prayed to be divorced
from his wife, charging her, on the
oath of a pretended eye-witness,
of the grossest violations of her
marriage vow; a member of the
House desiring to satisfy' himself
lduner in tne case, antl wishing to
give an opportunity to the wife to
make any defence she might have,
wrote to her brother, whom he
knew,'on the subject, which im
mediately produced eleven, affida
vits from respectable persons,
proving that the wife was as mod
est and virtuous a woman as any
in the country, and that the cause
of unhappiness in the family had
arisen from the improper conduct
of the husband, and that his wife
was blameless!"
Lotteries. Mr. Chastian Clarke
has obtained a judgment in the
Supreme Court of the U. S. against
the Corporation of 'Washington
City, for his 8100,000 prize, pay
ment of which was not made in
consequence-of the elopCment'of
D. billespie, the lottery manager.
I The loss which the City will thus
have sustained by the failure of
' A 1. A. A . - " J 1 1 . A A 'II
ine contractor ior tne lottery, win
amount., it is supposed to 150,000.
negro child, in exposing it to theihad brought hews of the cnnrin.
- ' X U I O - "vi.
inclemency of the winter of 1825,! sion of nnncn between Russia nnri
being compelled to go into the Persia, by the mediation of En-
uems ana to ao otner out-door nana.
work, without shoes or stockings
through snow and ice. The child's-! From Colombia. An nrrivnl at
teet were soon frozen, and so far Philadelphia, brin
neglected by these inhuman per- La Guavra to thc7tlru.lt. Boli-
sons, that they ultimately both var had arrived at Valencia, and
came off at the ankle ioints! The on the 2d ult. issued a Deere Hp-
J . 1 J v
mill tl'OJ rnr...'.4-4-.iA K I ,.1 ' A, 1 a. 1. a 1 1 t
w.ctt u0 au uuiuu, me wuiiiuiiMJiuriiiir mm nu is auinorizen hv
brought in guilty. Sentence had the people to exert extraordinary-
not been passed by the Court. powers fpr the salvation of the
rITl. .1 1 l m m m
Lvneie were tne -members ot country; and that the general in
the Abolition, Manumission, and chief J. A. Paez, shall continue to
Colonization Societies, who are so hold civil and . military command
much concerned about the treat
ment of the blacks in the South?
Virginia.-An election for Go
vernor, to supply the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of
John Tyler, Esq. took place in
the Legislature of Virginia, on
Saturday last. The votes were,
for Wm. B. Giles 107; Hugh Nel
son 62, John Floyd 37, Scatter
ing 4. Mr. Giles having a majori
ty of the votes, was declared duly
elected Governor of Virginia for
one year from the 4th March next.
Taxing Bachelors. A bill has
been introduced into the Legisla
ture of New-York, imposing a tax
of not less than &2 and not py-
IVashington, (N. C.) Kb. 6.
We have to inform the Patrons to
the "Washington Herald," that
the paper is discontinued, and that
we have rented the Establish
ment, and intend to publish week
ly from the press, a paper under
the title of "THE NEWS"
this being the first number. It is
to be devoted to the dissemination
of Republican principles, and the
dillusion of correct information
upon all subjects as may prove in
teresting to its readers.
Mr. Wm. Potter, who recently
conducted a paper in Greensboro'
in this State, has taken possession
of the above establishment, in the
place of Mr. Wm. T. Yeomans,
who published the "Herald." We
hope the present editor may meet
with better encouragement than
his predecessors we believe this
is the fourth publisher of a paper
from that office, in a less number
of ) ears.
A Cormorant. We Inst week
saw a very singular species of
duck, which was killed in Lum
ber river, near Lumberton, within
whose mputh, upon a slight ex
amination, the tail-fin of a fish was
discovered, and with a little exer
tion, a trout was extracted measu
ring 11 inches in length, 6 7-8 in
ceeding 20, on all bachelors be
tween the ages of 30 and 45, and
repealing the law imposing a tax
on dogs. We think this "a verv
impolitic change of the two ani
mals, the bachelors are certainly
most harmless, for however incli
ned they may be to snarl, but few
tne m will hitc.
oi
Melancholy. On Friday mor
ning last, Mr. Burrage Daven
port, who resided in this county,
about twelve miles west of this
town, committed the desperate act
self-destruction, by shooting
himself with his own rifle. He
was an unmarried man, between
;0 and 40 years of age; and had
sustained an irreproachable cha
racter for uprightness and fair
dealing, and was in easy circum
stances. It is difficult to account
for his rash determination to de
stroy his life, unless it be attribu
ted to a settled melancholy, which
js supposed to have for some time
preyed upon his mind.
Salisbury Car. I
Foreign. Bv the arrival of the
I packets Canada and Leeds, Lon-
don papers to the 1st, and Liver
pool to the 3d ult. haye been re
ceived at New-York. By the ex
tracts civen, it is almost reduenfl
O O ' " j -
circumference, and weighing 9 5-G jto a certainty, that the peace of
xjiuuiiliv iiien weiLiiieu -huiuijv hul ue uisiurueu uy
ounces.
1-2 pounds.- Faycttcville Obs.
Awful. Captain Rush, of Mont
gomery county, was burnt to death
iifhis own house, a short time
since. He was alone, and had
lain down before the fire, which it
is supposed, communicated to his
clothes. Fay. Jour.
Church and State. It is a cir
cumstance of rather curious coin
cidence, that,-on the same day of
last week, the popular branches of
the Legislatures pi the states ot
Virginia and Maryland should
each liavo been engaged in expel
ling one of their members, for the
i .i .
same cause, and unit tne vote
against the expulsion should in
each case, have been just two,
against the otherwise unanimous
vote of the two Houses.' The
ground of expulsion was that the
expelled members were ministers
of the Gospel, who are, by the
Constitution of each state, disqua
lified from being members of the
Legislature. The name of the
Virginia member expelled is Bil
lups; that of the Maryland mem
ber, Rauleigh. Nat. Int.
Cruelty. The Newark (N.J.)
Eagle, mentions the trial of a man
and his wife by the name of Brown,
fit the lat.fi. Quarter Sessions of
the movements in Portugal. Cot
ton was somewhat brisker in the
Liverpool market, but no advance
in the prices
The address to the Peers of
France by the Baron de Damas,
minister of foreign affairs, express
ly admits the right ot England to
take the part she has in the affairs
of Portugal, and expresses the ac
quiescence of France in her views
on this subject. Prussia and Aus
tria are in like manner said to
have concurred in the proceedings
of England; and the London Cou
rier states, that Spain herself has
ueciareq ner readiness to renew
her ancient relations with the ex
isting Portuguese government.
Letters from Pera state, that
the steps taken by the Ambassa
dors of the xreat powers to termi
nate the affairs of Greece, begin
to be so active as to give a hope
that tins important neffociation
The Greeks also suffered. Fif
teen cargoes of provisions had
been forwarded from Ancona to
under the name of -high or suoeri-
or chief of Venezuela. Qn the
same day Paez submitted to the
decree and accepted the office.
MARRIED,
"Happy pair,
None but the brave deserve the fair."
In this countv, on Thursday last, bv
Dan'l Hopkins, Esq. Mr. Joseph Pin-
pen, an officer of the Revolution, aged
7 J, to Mrs. lemperance Lee, aged. 4 3.
(communicated.)
In Halifax county, on Sunday evening:
last, by Valentine Bailey, Esq. Mr.
JJenjamin Johnson, tailor, (formerly of
Tarboro',) to Miss Lctiiia Read, of
said county;
O, may her charms his amcrcus soul bewitch,
While he broadcloths, Sec. does be-stitch;
May lie, we pray, find a constant use,
For his sleeve-board, needle, and red-hot
goose.
May he be blest, (may he be happy,)
With babes twice six to whimper papa;
May both as long as Tantrabogus live,
And whate'er they ask may Jehovah give;
May they thro' life "the one thing needful'
have,
And at last drop anchor in a quiet grave.
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Price Current
FEB. 2. per Pcters'g JV. York
Bacon, - - lb 7 S 8 10
Brandy, - - gal. 75 100
Corn, - - bu'h 65 80 60
Cotton, - - - lb 8 10j 9 lOf
Coffee, - - - 17 19 13 -16
Flour, family, - bbl 600 700 525 600
Iron, - - - ton $105 112 90 100
Molasses, - - gal 35 40 27 33
Rum, New-Eng. - 42 45 35 38
Sugar, brown, - lb 8$ 121 7 10
leaf, - - 18 25 17 19
Tea, Young Hyson, - 100 112 75 107
Imperial, - - 150 175 110 135
Wheat, - - - bu'l 90 100 92 95
Whiskey, - - gal. 40 45 33 35
North-Carolina Hank Notes.
At Petersburg, 2 to 3 discount.
At New-York, 3 discount.
lleligions Notice.
MEETING of the ROANOKE
UNION SOCIETY, of the Medio-
A
dist Episcopal Church, will commence
at Whitaker $ Chapel, on the first
Thursday in March next, and continue
FOUR DAYS; the two first days will
be taken up in business of the Society,
the two last days will be appropriated to
public preaching, the administration of
the Ordinances, &c.
All persons friendly to a reform in the
government of the Methodist Episcopal
Church are requested to attend, as there
will be business of great importance be
fore the Society; that of forming a Con
yention, the time and place of meeting
of said Convention, &c. &c.
For the information of those who are
ignorant of our views, I will merely state
that we wish to bring about a reform in
our Church government; so as to obtain
will end satisfactorily. Nothing an equal representation among the local
had been heard of the Egyptian preachers and the laity in the law-mak-fleet.
Ibrahim, who had entrench- in?Aepartm??!' u! J3'
1 i i r m . .
ecunmseii at inpolitza, wTas cx- h,vnnnc,n,i Procirlinnr T.lrlorc Viowo on1
posed to the greatest distress by do exercise all the legislative power in
nis poncy .o i mining tne Harvests, sam unurcn.
m i a m I t-1 "T vt- .w- -w v-w-r r rr
President Roanoke 17. S. M. E. C.
Feb. 1827. ' 26-2
1 n n i 4. i I rre dont wish or intend to leave
tne IxrftpKs. nt. t.nn pvnfinsft of t.hfil HL. . . . ' . . .
tic?- i tne Lhurch; but wish a reiorm nrough!
rrencnancl fewiss consuls. L., ; n f,;im,nnBr fnr r
A Tl TV i! . I . J. . . . . C '
a v I -aiiKiori leiicr says mat motion ot Christ's kingdom, ana the pet
Essex county, for crncltvto apoorlerchnnts' letters from Vienna.jter to unite his members