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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1827.
j facts, or have a responsible reference,
UClore we jucsuui mum iu um jiuujiu.
Thunder Storm. Our readers will
find on the last page, a minute descrip
tion of a thunder storm in this vicinity,
on Tuesday of last week. We under
stand that Mr. Isaac Norfleet, living
within a few miles of this place, lost
three horses in the same storm, which
were killed by lightning.
(QThis number closes the third
volume of the "Free Press" the first
of its publication in this place. We em
brace this opportunity to render to its
patrons our unfeigned thanks for the en
couragement which it has received, and
to assure them of our determination to
exert to the utmost the slender abilities
we possess, to render it worthy of theii
support. The enquiry has frequently
been made, whether an enlargement of
our paper would not ensure it a greater
extent of patronage when we look at
the difficulties with which similar estab
lishments in this section of the State are
confessedly struggling, and their occa
sional transfers and suspensions, we can
not but hesitate to increase our expeu
ces with the prospect merely of a proba
ble increase of income. We have to ex
ercise at present the most rigid economy
to avoid embarrassment we have but
little to lose, and feel no inclination to
jeopardize the property of others, well
knowing that a failure in such cases is
generally attributed to "extravagance,
incapacity, or indiscretion." In com
mon with the generality of mankind, we
are anxious to extend our business to
the utmost limit, and would be much
gratified to see the l'ree Press make its
appearance on a sheet of superior dimen
sions from the support already extend
ed to us, which we trust will be conti
nued and increased , we feci assured thai
at the close of the ensuing volume we
will be enabled to piescnt the Free
Press to its patrons in an enlarged and
improved form.
g3The Rev. WM. E. BELLAMY
will preach at Hardaway's meeting
house, in this county, on the fourth Sun
day (2Gth) of this month. Com.
May, I addressed him a letter of
which the public are already pos
sessed. How, and by what means,
it found its way into the columns
of a newspaper, Mr. Beverly has
explained: lie states to me mat ne
gave it into the hands of Mr. No
ah Zane, of Wheeling, Va. at his
earnest request, for perusal under
a pledge of honor that it should
T;he returned; and with no expecta
tion that any copy of it was to he
retained; that on his applying for,
and demanding the letter, it was
refused to he restored until two
copies should be made. lie pro
ceeds to say:
"Mr. Zane, an old and most re
spectable gentleman, asked the
loan of your letter as a favor; and,
contrary to all custom and pro
Gen. Jackson and Mr. Clay. We
present to our readers, Gen. Jackson's
rejoinder to Mr. Clay. The name of
the individual who made the proposition
is now before the public, and his state
ment will be looked for with impatience.
We rcarret that our limits will not ner-
mit us to insert all we receive, thai husjpriely in such cases, he, ill COU-
We would suggest to those unacquaint-
Oil TVltll nOU'Cninop lien .-no (lint it I.. n t
customary to renew subscriptions at theiI)C(' vindicate.
expiration of the year it is presumed
that they will continue, unless a notifi
cation to the contrary is given, which
can be effected personally at the ensuing
Courts, or through the medium of the
Postmaster at whose office they receive
their papers.
(0s3 We expect to attend Halifax
County Court, on Monday next, anti
cipating renewed assurances of support
from our old friends and patrons in that
that vicinity.
.This disclosure was made to nit
by Mr. James Buchanan, a mem
ber of Congress from PennsylVa.
nia, a gentleman of the first ,1
spectability and intelligence. The
evening before, he had communi
cated substantially, the same nro'
position to Major Eaton, my col
league in the Senate, with a de
sire warmly manifested that hV
should communicate with nie, ail(i
ascertain my views on the subject
This he declined doing, st.r
ing to Mr. Buchanan that u ),'
well as himself, could convMC
with me, and ascertain my 0pii7
on; though, from his knowledge 0;
me, he thought he could well con'
jecture my answer that I would
enter into no engagements what
ever. It was tho morniri" suc
ceeding this interview, after Major
Eaton had objected to converse
with me on the subject, and be
fore 1 had set out from my !o..
ing for the capilol, that Mr. j
came to visit me, and when the
conversation I have stated took
place. The answer returned has
already been published, and need
not here be repeated.
To be thus approached bv a
gentleman of Mr. B.'s hin-h c''l;i.
jracter and standing, with an apo
logy proffered at the time for what
he was about to remark to me,
one who, as I understood, had al
ways to that mnmnnt 1
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a statement over the signature of ferred to. and the above extract of miliar and friendlv terms; wit!,
II. Clay, contradicting and deny- a letter from Mr. Beverly atr- Clay, assuring me that on
ing, not any thing I have written. Wheeling, dated 2.1th of May, arc certain terms and conditions be
but that w hich be himself makes presented to show that I have not,jhig assented to on my part, tkn,
me to say. It is not the inter- as is charged, "plnoed myself in j "hy an union of Mr. C. and his
pretation given by him to my let- the attitude of a public accuser," friends, they would put an end to
tcr, but my own statement, that I and that whatever publicity has-the Presidential contest in one
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a direct bcarins; on the subject .lisclo- jIlllCH011 wi,, Mr. Clay and his
sures aro accuiTiuhitinc;: At a public dm-V i i r -I i
nerat Hamburg S. C on the 2d ult. Mr.l i! IL"( ' i ' CpIfiS f tll0Ut
APDuffie addressed the company, and in" lny Knowledge or privity in any
bis remarks said, 4I know that'he (Mr. u;iy, and without asking my leave
Clay) prevailed upon some of the West- to do SO. Soon as I understood
cm members, who bad made up their that such was the use they were
mmds to obey the will ot their const.- maki of jf , demanded 0f Mr.
Incuts by vctmir tor ben. Jackson, to v i ' t i i
vote for Mr. Adams.'' JNoah Aaiie the letter, and remon
strated against the unprecedented
From the Nashville Republican. course they were takin". lie re-
Yt the Public. A letter ad- fused to restore it tome, most pc
dressed by me to Mr. Carter 13o- remptorily, until they had satisfied
vcrly, of Virginia, has lately with- themselves by furnishing to Mr.
out any consent, agency, or wish Clay one copy and reserving ano
on my part, found its wav into ther for their own use."
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me newspapers, accompanied dv mc original conversation re-
Congrcssionul elections. The votes
recently taken in the several counties in
this district for a Representative in Con
gress, were to be compared at Washing
ton on Thursday last we have not re
ceived the official returns of all the
counties, but we are creditably inform
ed that T. . all is elected by a ma
jority oi about 300 vote
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am called upon to defend, and ex- been nivcn to this transaction, has' hour;" what other conclusion or
tww.f .1.. 1! !..!. 1 1 1 ' . 1 1 1
u iu vumicaiu. arisen irom no agency or procure-, miereuce was to ue made, than
To explain the manner in which meat of mine: and that .Air. Claw : that he snokc bv authoritw rithr.r
my opinions have found their way in fact, has himself held the mat- of Mr. C. himself or some of his
in the journals ot the day, seems, ter up to public gaze. In doing eonfidential friends. The charac
in the first place, to be due both this, he should have quoted what ter of Mr. B. with me forbids the
to the public and myself. Mr. I had written accurately and fair- idea that he was acting on his own
Beverly being on a visit at my lp; for then, the text and his com- responsibility, or that, under any
house, requested to know of me, mentary would have suited toge- circumstances, he could havt
other gentlemen being present,' ther; at. present his contradictTon been induced to propose an ar
whether the overtures heretofore is a something suggested bv him-' rangement unless possessed of a
lmputcd to Mr. Clay were well self, and is not contained in mwtisfaetorv assurances, that, if ac
iouudcd,and if I had a knowledge, letter. ' jcentcd, it would be carried fiillv
lysnlf. I
an
einr una-
oi anv oi trie lacts m
swercd him candidlv; b
hie, as well as unwilling, to refuse
telling things 1 had heard, and
knew to be true. A letter detail
ing our conversation, shortly af
terwards obtained publicity in the
"North-Carolina Journal," print-
We understand that IVillis Mslon : is! ed at Fayeltevillc. On the 15th
re-elected, without opposition, in the
J.lamax district.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Halifax County We understand
that Isham Matthews is re-elected, with
out opposition, to the Senate. Geo. E.
Spruill and Wm. E. Shine, Commons.
Jesse A. Bynum for the town of Hali
fax. We will give the official statement
in our next paper.
ilarm -Joseph Williams, no oppo
sion, S. Gabriel Stewart and Jesse
Cooper, C. State of the poll: Stewart,
424; Cooper, 395; John Ward, 202.
Bertie George Askew, S. Thomas
Speller and Joseph D. White, C. State
of the poll for Commons: Speller, 3G0;
White, 291; Joseph Whatford, 2S0; II.
Sessums, 274; P. Tyler, 194.
OCT A reply "to Sampson Snakcroot,,
in our next.
We would with pleasure aid "A Citi
zen, in correcting any abuses that may
xist in society; but where they are par
ticularly specified, and instances addu
we must either b- knowing to the
of May last, from Louisville, Ken
tucky, a communication was ad
dressed to me hy .Mr. Beverly,
statimr, what before I had not
known, that he was the writer o(
this Fayetteville Letter, lie ex
plained the reasons for his hav
ing repeated the conversation, and
requested to be informed if in any
thing he had misquoted or mis
conceived my meaning. Under
such circumstances, concealment
and silence might have seemed
mere atlectation, or indeed some
thing of a different and even worse
character. Publicity having been
given to the conversation, and an
appeal made to mc for its accura
cy, 1 felt it to be due to Mr. Bev
erly, that nothing of fabrication
should be imputed to him, and
myself that what I had stated
should be correctly understood.
Accordingly, on the 6th of June,
and in reply to his of the 15th of
J lie statement contained in my into effect. A weak mind would
letter is this: That in January, 'seldom or ever be thus disposed
jo-., a memoer oi Lonjrcss, ot to act, an intelligent one never.
Under all tue circumstances ap
pearing at that time, 1 did not re
high respectability, visited me one
morning and observed "ho had
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been mlormed bv the friends ofisist the impression that Mr. B
Ml Clav, that the friends of Mr.
Adams had made overtures to
them, saying, if Mr. Clay and his
mends would unite in the aid of
the election of Mr. Adams, Mr.
Clay should be the Secretary of
State; that the friends of Mr. Ad
ams were urging, as a reason to
induce the friends of Mr. Clay to
accede to this proposition, that if
1 was elected President, Mr. Ad
ams would be continued Secreta
ry of State, (inuendo, there would
be no room for Kentucky that
the friends of Mr. Clay stated, the
west did not wish to separate
from the West, and if I would
say, or permit any of my confiden
tial friends to say, that in case 1
was elected President, Mr. Ad
ams should not be continued Se
cretary of State, by a complete
union of Mr. Clay and his friends,
they would put an end to the Pre
sidential contest in one hour; and
he was of opinion it was right to
fight such intriguers withthcir
own weapons."
had approached me on the can
tiously submitted proposition o
some authorised person; & there
fore, in. giving him my answer, did
request him "to say to Mr. Claj
and his friends," what that answer
had been. Whether the commu
nication was made to Mr. C. am'
his friends I know not; this tho' I
do know, that while the opinion?
and course of Mr. C. as to tliu
election, were but matter of con
jecture with many at and before
this time, very shortly after this
conversation took piacc, his, and
his friends' opinion became forth
with matter of certainty and gen
eral knowledge. Still I have not
said, nor do I now say, that the
proposal made to me was "irith
the privity and consent" of Mr.
C. nor either, have I said that
his friends in Congress mmlc
propositions to mc. These arc
interpretations of my letter to Mr
B. and not what my letter itselt
contains. . What I have stated, are
the facts or a conversation be-