LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the packet hips York tind North
America, arrived at New York, London
dates to the 15th May, have been receiv
ed. The plan of the British Govern
ment for the emancipation of slaves in
the West Indies has been communicated
to the public. It had caused the great
est excitement in London. It would
probably be brought before the house of
Commons on the 14th May.
An outline of this plan we publish be
low, remarking here, that iris a mea
sure in which our Government is more
deeply interested, than any other which
lias recently agitated the public mind.
A Liverpool date of the 15th, says:
There is rfo alteration in our Cotton mar
ket this week. We have had a good
import, but the sales are rather limited;
yet, though the market is dull, we have
only the old stock to work upon. Pri
ces remain quite steady.
ENGLAND.
Sir John C. IJobhousc has resigned
the office of Secretary of Ireland und his
seat in Parliament, feeling that if he re- by the
taincd it he must vote against ministers ' Majesty's Treasury.
ior tne repeat or tne nouse and -window
duties.
an apprentice, shall be entitled to a mon
ey payment weekly, in lieu of food and
clothing, should he prefer it; the amount
to be .fixed by a magistrate with refer
ence to the actual cost of the legal pro
vision. Bth. That every apprenticed laborer
be bound to pay a portion to be fixed, of
his wages, half yearly, to an officer to be
appointed by his Majesty.
9th. That in default of such payment
the master to be liable, and, in return,
may exact an equivalent amount of labor
without payment in the succeeding half
year.
10th. That every apprenticed negro,
on payment of the price fixed by his mas
ter, or such portion of it as may from
time to time remain due, be absolutely
free.
11th. That every such apprentice may
borrow the sum so required, and bind
himself, by contract before a magistrate,
for a limited period, as an apprenticed
laborer to the lender.
HI. That a loan to the amount of
15,000,000 pounds sterling be granted
to the proprietors of West Indian estates
and slaves, on such security as may be
approved by commissioners appointed
Lords Commissioners of his
availing. "This refusal," says the Gov
eminent gazette, being laid before Con
gress for their consideration, a long si
lence ensued;.atid when, the President
put the question, "will you receive this
refusal of Mr. Joaquin Mosquera to be
Vice-President of the Republic!" all the
members except five voted iu the nega
tive. The meeting then adjourned.
Mexico. New Orleans Bee has
received Tampico papers to the 6th May.
They 4iring the intelligence that Santa
Anna had voluntarily resigned the Pres
idency, to which he had been raised by
the grateful voice of the people. A pro
ject of a law to abolish all obstacles to
the liberty of the press is now before the
Mexican Congress. Another law has
been submitted to the Legislature at Ve
ra Cruz, to prevent the ecclesiastical
corporation from increasing their wealth
by testamentary donation. The aboli
tion of tithes in also spoken of.
In the Houso of Commons on the 30th
lilt. Mr. John Vey, in pursuance of no
lice, moved the repeal of the house and
window taxes. The motion was oppos
ed by Lord A 1 thorp, who declared that
iheir repeal would compel ministers to
resign; and after considerable debate,
was negatived by the following vote: for
the motion, 157; against it, 3G5; majori
ty, 198.
The Quakers and Moravians' affirma
tion bill is ordered to be brought iu by
Lord Morpeth, Dr. Lushington, and the
Solicitor General.
The general registry bill is to bej
brought m by Mr. W, Brougham and the
Solicitor General.
Mr. Charles Duller gave notice of a
motion for the 17lh, on going into Com
mittee of Supply, "to move resolutions
declaring the necessity of immediute and
extensive reductions in all departments
or the public service.
In the House of Lords a vast number
of petitions for the abolition of slavery
were presented. Lord Sufiield, on pre
senting 201, observed, that although he
had already presented 2000, he had still
100 more to bring under the notice of
the House. His lordship expressed his
dissatisfaction at "the Ministerial plan,
which he characterized as " likely to
protract rather than advance the object
in view."
Plan of Negro Emancipation. I.
That every slave, upon the passing of this
act, should beat liberty to claim, before
the protector of slaves, custos of the par
ish, or such other officer as shall be nam
ed by his Majesty for that purpose, to be
registered as an apprenticed laborer.
II. That the terms of such apprentice
ship should be
1st. That the power of corporeal pun
ishment would )G altogther taken from
the master and transferred to the ma
gistrate. 2d. That in consideration of food and
clothing, and such allowances as are now
made, by law, to the slave, the laborer
should work for his master three fourths
of his time, leaving it to be settled bv
contract whether for three fourths of the
Week or of each day.
3d. That the laborer should have i
right to claim employment of his muster
for the remaining one fourth of his time,
according to a hxed scale of wages.
4th. That during such one fourth n
his time, the laborer should be at liberty
to employ himself elsewhere.
5th. That the master should fix a price
r ...isvr.w MC me nine oi nis ap
prenticeship. r
6th. That the wages to be paid by the
nntri clinillrl linn.. I. . .
auun a proportion to
Inc price lixed by him, that for the
whole of Jus spare time, if given to his
master, the negro should receive l-12th
of his price annually, and in proportion
IV. That such loan be distributed a-
mong the different colonies, in a ratio
compounded of the number of slaves,
and (lie amount of exports.
V. That the yearly payment herein
before authorised to be made by the ap
prenticed negroes, be taken iu liquida
tion of so much of the debt contracted by
the planter to the public.
VI. That all children who at the time
of the passing of this act shall be under I
the age of six years be free, and be main
tained by their respective parents.
VII. That iu failure of such mainten
ance, they be deemed apprentices to the
master of the parents (without receiving
wages) the males till the age of 24, the
females to the ago of 20, at which periods
respectively they and their children, if
any, shall be absolutely free.
VIII. That this act shall not prevent
his majesty from assenting to such acts
as niHy be passed by the Colonial Legis-
atures lor the promotion of industry, or
the prevention of vagrancy applicable to
aU classes of the community.
I Ar rpi J . .
ijiai upon tne recommendation
of the local legislatures, his Majesty will
ue prepared to recommend to rarhamciK,
out of the revenues of this country, to
grant sucn aid as may be deemed neces
sary for the due support of the adminis
tration oi justice, ot an efficient police
establishment, and of a general system
ofreligious and moral education.
Fit A NCI .
From France there is nothing of in
orcst. The Duke of Orleans has ar
rived in London, but it is said his jour
ney lias no political object in view.
In i arts they have a new theme for
discussion in the birth of a daughter to
the Duches de Berri.
POItTUGAL.
The accounts from Oporto arc more
tHVorable to the cause of Don Ped
ro. Reinforcements are flocking to him
in considerable uumbers, and it is said
that desertions from D-.m Miguel's troops
are becoming every day more frequent.
The cholera prevails to a considerable
extent in London.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1833.
CANDIDATES.
Election on Thursday, 25th July next
For Congress.
Thomas H. Hall.
General Assembly Senate.
Gray Little.
House of Commons.
John VV. Potts.
Moses Baker.
Turner Bynum.
Clerk Superior Court.
James W. Clark.
Clerk County Court.
Michael Hearn.
Joseph Bell.
Nathan II. Rountree.
ftT'VVe are authorised to announce Nathan
Ft. Ilountree, as a candidate for the office of
Clerk of the County Court for this county.
FOR THE FREE PRESS.
for each lesser term.
7th. That every negro, on becom
ing
SOUTH AMERICA.
Columbia. A novel and interesting
political incident is related in the New
York Daily Advertiser, derived from re
cent papers from New Granada. We
have announced, says that paper, Mr. Joa
quin Mosquera's election to tho Vice
Presidency. On the 15th April, a letter
from him was laid b-jforc both Houses of
Congress, dated at San Jose, April 2d,
declining the office, on the ground that
he considers himself more fitted to dis
charge the duties of a more retired sta
tion, and that he had dedicated the re
mainder of his life 4 to the education and
instruction of the young and the common
people the only secure basis of our po
litical principles and national prosperity."
His request, although pressed with ur
gency, and with that sincerity of charac
ter for which he is conspicuous, was un-
To the Freemen of Edgecombe County.
Fellow Citizens: I presume the most
of you arc aware that at the last session
of our State Legislature that honorable
body thought proper to abolish the law
under which our Superior and County
Court Clerks have hitherto been elected;
and have nrso passed nn act by which
those elections now devolve upon the
free men of the county.
And having the good fortune to be an
American citizen, and also a native of
the county where all men are of right
free and equal a--, citizens, whose people
countenance or know no distinction or
superior among mankind on account of
their rank or riches; and whose laws and
institutions are republican &, wholesome,
which guarantee the same inalienable
rights and privileges to all free white
men as citizens, and as regards the hold
ing of public offices, when they are
- II !
constitutionally eligible.
Therefore 1 hope it will not be consid
ered presumption in me, in making a ten
der of my services to the good citizens
or the county, for the office of County
Court Clerk, when- they are assured that
it seems to be the wishes of many very
respectable citizens. Though unwilling
to tax ray friends with being the cause
of my offering for the Clerkship, and
ever ready and willing to attribute my
motives to the legitimate cause, 1 must
in candor confess it is my own wish also.
For it seems that my nature and dispo
sition, in one respect at least, partake
largely with that of other men, which
goes to say as the office is left to your
disposal and as it is believed to be an
office of honor, profit, and trust, which
I believe to be the grand desideratum
with all candidates for public favor, to
gether with a disposition at all times to
yield to the wishes of my friends, when
ever- I can be useful to them in the ac.
complishment of any laudable purpose
are the primary inducements for thug
holding, myself up to you fur public fa.
vor. And all I can at present say on
the subject is, should a majority of the
voters of the county think proper to favor
me with their confidence and support, in
the discharge of the duties of the office
1 will use every possible means in my
power, by strict and studious application
to the affairs of the office, to render and
keep the official papers tree ot access at
all times and on personal application for
a search of the office, or for a written in
strument. A spirit of accommodation
and promptness will always be strictly
adhered to. And to arrive at this more
effectually, 1 should abandon all other
pursuits and devote my attentiou exclu
sively to the office.
By such a course any man of ordinary
capacity w.ould soon become thoroughly
acquainted Willi the omcc, and could not
even fail to give general satisfaction. My
pecuniary situation togetner witn my de
voted attention to the discharge of the
duties as assistant in the Post-oftice, and
also of the office which 1 have received
and now hold at the instance of a worthy
&, most respectable class of citizens, will
1 trust be an ample excuse for my de
clining to attend the various muster
grounds, and other public places, previ
ous to the day of election. And I also
feel morally bound, to give into the
measurelwhich the other candidates have
adopted in regard to treating, &c.
I should deem a Circular of this sort
altogether superfluous, i f it were not from
the circumstance of there 1 ing already
two other candidates before you for the
same office, whose names have been an
nounced for some time; and as the day
of election is not far distant, I view this
plan as essential in order to make it
public in time for each and every man to
deliberate maturely before he goes to
the polls, as I neither seek or desire any
advantage. And as regards the other
candidates, we so far as I know, are all
personally friendly". I can speak for
myself, I can say iu truth 1 have no hosJ
tile or unfriendly feelings towards them
or towards but very few persons in tho
world; but on the contrary, I view them
as my friends and as gentlemen.
Most respectfully,
N.H. ROUNTREE.
. Tarborough, June 22d, 1833.
Candidates in Nash.... For the Senate: W.
VV. Boddie and Samuel Arrington. For tha
House of Commons: Geo. Boddie, Arthur Whit
field, Ford Taylor, and Buntin.
Martin.... Senate: David Latham and Jesse
Cooper. Commons: James L. G. Baker, Edwin
Smithwick and Wm. Clomaa. County Court
Clerk: Thomas VV. Watts and Asa Bisrsrs.
(fj We have received a few pamphlet copies
of Judge Upshur's address to the people of
Northampton county, Va. In a preface, the
Judge says: "Knowing that he addressed an as
sembly of republicans,, it was not so much his ob
ject to prove that their principles are correct, as
to prove that those of the (President's) Procla
mation were opposed lo them." It must be
highly gratifying to every true republican, to see
so many of Virginia's talented sons pressing for
ward to the rescue of those principles, which for
upwards of thirty years past have been regarded
as the prominent landmarks of the republican
party; but which of late have been so mystified
by professed friends, as scarcely to be distin
guished from those of their opponents.
(PThe last Raleigh Star contains an "Ad
dress on amending the State Constitution," sign
ed by William H. Haywood, Zr. Richard M.
Pearson, Romulus M. Saunders, and Thomas
Dews, Jr. the committee appointed by a meet
ing held in Raleigh during, last winter. We
would freely insert this talented Address, that
our readers might have an opportunity to weigh
its contents, but its extreme length forbids its in
troduction into our columns.
Internal Improvement. XSy the annexed
notice it will be seen, that another vigorous ef
fort is about being made in this State, lo rouse
our citizens from their apathy as regards inter
nal improvement. So long as these efforts aro
confined to individual exertion we heartily wish
them success; but we reiterate our protest against
appropriating the funds of the State to any pur
pose by which merely ono section or one part of
it may be benefitted. If our citizens are either
so blind or so indifferent to what may be urged
as their true interests, as to refuse directly to
give pecuniary assistance to those projects which
may be suggested to them; we, think the most
prudent and proper course is to wait until they