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LATEST FROM EUROPE. By the Ontario, London papers to the 9th Ju ly have been received at New York. We are rj-r:iti(uHl to nerceive that the Cotton market con- o linued brisk, and a further advance of Id per lb. had been realized on American descriptions. The political news is unimportant. We subjoin a few extracts. American Colonization Society. Mr. William Lloyd Gurrison, the agent of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, opened a lecture upon the character of the American Colonization Society, on Monday, June 10, at the Rev. T. Price's Chapel, Devonshire square, Mr. Elliott Cresson, the accredited agent of the Co lonization Society, had been previously challenged by the lecturer to meet him in public debate, and discuss the char ges which he proposed to bring against that Society; the challenge was not ac cepted. Mr. James Cropper, of Liver pool, was called to the chair. Mr. E. Cresson and one or two of his friends were in attendance. The Lecturer said he had been ma ligned, threatened and confined in pris on, and, so far hud the malice of his en emies proceeded, that in Georgia a re- ward of five thousand dollars was offer ed for his body; and all on account of his attachment to the cause of abolition. One-sixth part of the inhabitants of the United States were in a state of slavery. The American Colonization Society was not an abolition society; but, on the con trary, was established to guard slavery, which he undertook to prove by the evi dence of its own reports the language of its authorised organ the speeches of its advocates and agents the proceed ings of it9 auxiliaries and its whole character. The Lecturer offered to prove seven propositions: the first was, " That the American Colonization Soci ety was conceived, perfected, principally managed, by those who maintain a large portion of their own countrymen as slaves nd proporty. " This Society originated in Virtrinin. nrwl tvna tnlnrntorl nml oun. ported by Georgia, Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, and nearly all the slave States. In Louisiana a law has been passed, im posing a fine of 500 dollars upon any one who should teach a slave child in a Sab bath school, and the penalty of death for the second offence. The society was established in 181G, and secrecy was enjoined on all its pro ceedings, which injunction a recent cir cular says, is not yet removed. A charge having been brought against it, that it was calculated to interfere with, and de stroy slavery, the managers referred with pride to the fact, that three-fourths of their body consisted of slaveholders; and an objection having been started that the society was secretly undermining the rights of property, the managers replied, "If this had been true, they would never, slaveholders as they are, have co-operated with the society." Its first Presi dent, Judge B. Washington, sold at one time more than fifty men and women, who were driven in chains to the Mississippi; he also offered a reward of 100 dollars for the apprehension of a female slave; yet the managers had the audacity to eend the portrait of this slave dealer to the English Anti-Slavery society, with a request that they would hang it up by tlc side of that of the venerable Clarkson! The next president of the society (Charles Carroll) owned nearly 1000 slaves, and, although he lived nearly 100 years, he found no space for repentance. The present president (J. Madison) is al so a slaveholder. The second proposi tion enforced by the lecturer was, "That the avowed and exclusive object of the society was the colonization of the free people of color of America, in Africa, or some other place." The venerable Clarkson had been deceived by the agent of the Colonization Society, who stated mat ins tirst object was, to assist in the emancipation of all the slaves in the Uni ted Slates. The Lecturer resumed Ins discourse, and quoted several passages from speech es delivered by Messrs. Randolph, Clay, and other supportersof the societv,8how mgthat they all agreed in holding slaves as property, sacred as any other proper ty, and denying any design of emancipa tion. The third proposition advanced was, "That the society was the active, bitter, and uncompromising enemy of im mediate emancipation, and deprecated the liberation of the slaves, except they should be simultaneously transported to Africa." Where, then, was the hope ot the slave? There were more black chil dren born in one day than the society re moved in a year. Yet the people of En gland had been told that the primary ob ject of this society was the abolition of slavery. Mr. Garrison concluded by de claring that Mr. Cresson had obtained money under falso pretences, in repre senting the society, whose agent he called himself, to be an Abolition society. Mr. Elliott Cresson, the agent, ac knowledged that it was most true. Mr. Thompson, the eloquent lecturer of the Agency committee, corroborated what Mr. Garrison had stated with re gard to the false and fraudulent misrep resentations of Mr. Cresson, who was in vited to answer his accuser; hut he decli ned, saying that he should hold it unwor thy of him to enter into any discussion with such a Chairman, such a Lecturer, and such a meeting- This announce- ment was received with marks of disap probation. The lecture was completed on the following evening. It has been justly remarked that Mr. Elliot Cresson must meet his opponent in the open field or take his passage to America. London paper. African Colonization Society.. .A meet ing was held in London on the 27ih June, at which Lord Bexley presided, having for its object to organise measures for founding a settlement similar to that of Liberia, on some part of the const of Af rica where the slave trade is still carried on, with a view to its extinction; the set tlers to be free blacks from this country, and native negroes. After taking the chair, Lord Bnxley called on Mr. Cresson, from this country, to explain the operation and success of the American Society; which he having done, resolutions were passed in conform ity, and a large and general meeting was proposed for the 3d July, at which the Duke of Sussex was expecied to preside. The question whether the proposed set tlement should be under British or Amer ican Government, was referred to a com mittee who were to report at the general meeting. On the other hand, Mr. Garrison has had a meeting at Liverpool, at which James Cropper presided, and where he stated all the sufferings and persecutions which his fanaticism had brought upon him in this country, denounced the Colo nization Society as the cunning device of slaveholders to perpetuate their own power, declared that all the proceedings of Mr. Cresson, in getting up an inter est in favor of that society, were carried on under false pretences, and challenged Mr. C, who was present, to contravert any of his positions. Mf. C. declined any discussion with Mr. Garrison. Thus we see that these fanatics, who aim at immediate emancipation, are not con tent with separating themselves from the Colonization Society at home, but must seek to injure it both at home and a broad. This course, we confess, seems to us to savor much more of passion, and the spirit of indiscriminate opposition, than of pure philanthropy. No one, we apprehend, disputes that the society does ameliorate the condition of those whom it settles at Liberia, and thus accom plishes positive good; and he that calmly undertakes to throw away positive good, in a speculative pursuit of something bet ter, is neither a wise nor a good man. New York American. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1S33. JThis number completes our ninth volume. ELECTION RETURNS. Martin County State of the Poll: Senate David Latham 255, Jesse Cooper 193. Com monsJohn Cloman 49S, Edwin S. Smithu'ick 4G4, J. L. G. Baker 427, M. M. Gardner 2S8. Clerk County Court Joseph D. Biggs 414, Thos. W. Watts 391, Harmon Eason 57. Clerk Superior Court VV. Martin, no opposition. We shall be enabled, perhaps, to givet com plete list of the members elect to the General As sembly in our next paper. Congress. 1st District. Wn. B. Shepard, re-elected without opposition. 2d District. Jesse A. Bynum,' elected over Andrew Joyner, by a majority of 722 votes. Gov. Branch having declined a re-election. 3d District. Thos. II. Hall re-elected, without opposition. 4th District. Jesse Speight, re-elected, without opposition. 5th District. James J. M'Kiy, re-elected, over Lewis Dishongh by a majority over 500. 6th District. Micajah T. Hawkins, re elected, over Rob. B. Gilm and Win. P. Williams- Hawkins 1649, Gilliam 1472, Williams 1189. 7th District. Edmund Peberry, elec ted by a maioritv of 37 oer Lauchlin Bethune, late member. Bill District. Daniel L. Barringer, re-elected over John G.A. Williamson, by a majority of 61. , 9th District. August! II. Shepperd, re-elected, without opposition. 10th District. Abraham Rencher, re elected without opposition. 11th District. Heiry W. Conner, re elected without onDoition. 12th District. Japes Graham, elected over Mr. Carson, late member, by a ma jority of 871. 13th District. Lewis Williams, re From Portugal. A letter addressed to the New York Journal of Commerce, dated Gibraltar, July 10, says: "A ves sel from Barcelona, stopping at this port for supplies, gives me a moment to in form you, that news has just been recei ved of the taking of Don Miguel's fleet by that of Don Pedro; so that there is lit tle or no doubt that the war in Portugal will find a termination during the sum mer in favor of Donna Maria. elected by a 1 a rgq majority over Samuel iving. (JIn reply to the remark of the Raleigh Re lister, relative to thediscontinuance of the Wash inscton Union, that 't is not improbable, that sufficient patronage is lavished from that quarter on northern newspapers, to support an establish ment at linrne, quite handsomely" the Editor of the Union observes: i lie Kegisfer has hit the nail on the head. If the sum which is now expend ed by our citizes for northern journals, was applied to the support of a press in mis place, it would (with what other pat ronnge there could be obtained,) prove amply sufficient to support a large and useful newspaper, furnishing them with every information they might desire. But it is characteristic of the present age, to "prefer tainted fish from abroad to fresh ones that are caught at home." From the Pittsborough Central Reflector. The publication of the Reflector will oe suspended tor a tew weeks, in the mean time we request those of our sub scribers who feel disposed to extend their patronage, to inform us of the same as soon as practicable, those who wish to withdraw their support will do -the same in due time. Printers, like all other clas ses of people, cannot live without a libe ral support, nor can they conduct a Pub lic Journal without Punctuality is ob served and adhered to, we conceive that n nlninoi" n'nf ?-.!. 1 K Zti .! ' .1 i . fK.iu, zicMt, huuiu uc in iiiueu anil su perfluous, consequently will close our re marks upon this subject for the present. The Harbinger will make its appear ance in a few weeks. This paper will he printed at Chapel Hill, and isintend ed to convey moral and scientific infor mation in a concise and attractive from. Politics and religion will not, according to Us prospectus, occupy any thinnr iti an exclusive snare in its columns, but will claim impartial notice in the shane of news. This periodical promises so well, that it must recommend itself to all who desire to patronize a useful literary journal belonging to our State,' Newbern Sent. Another Escape. A display of fire works was made a few evenings since ar the Rip Raps. The President was stan ding near a barrel of combustibles, to which by some means, fire was accident ally communicated when away went with an explosion, rockets, stars, wheels serpents, &c. one of the missiles just grazing the President, another striking one of the ladies, &c. Fortunately no one was injured. Alex Or as. CCA negro boy, about twelve venrsof age, the property of IN! erritt Dilliard, Lsq. near this place, was thrown into fits, which ended his life in a few hours, from partaking too freely of Brandy e.s it ran from the Still, where he had been left alone. Raleigh Con. Ncicbcrn, Aug. 16. Another very re spectable and numerous meeting of the citizens of our town and county was held in this place on Tuesday evening Inst, for the purpose of concentrating puhl e. o pinion on the subject of Internal Im provements. We neither entertain nor would en courage a feeling of hostility and abuse towards our southern sister, but we must be indulged in telling a good thing. Mr. Gaston, in his address on Tues day evening, made some allusion in tho course of his remarks, to the soubriquet of Rip Van Winkle, applied by Presian to this State. "Better is it" said he, "to sleep on forever than awake to madness and to treason. Better is it, that we should personate the drowsy hero of Washington Irving, than excite the min gled horror and ridicule of mankind, by representing the combined characters of Captain Bobadil and Catiline!!" Sent. (IT'The Natchez Journal estimates tho number of slaves in that State, (Mississ ippi) who have died of Cholera, at not over 1000, and in Louisiana at 10,000, or about 8 per cent, of the entre slave pop ulation. Valuing each slave at 400, which is not an exaggerated average, this would make the pecuniary loss alone of Louisianaowr millions. ?In consequence of the high price of cotton some of the mills in Paterson, (N. J.) have stopped.. It is said that snvral mills in the neighborhood of Philadel phia have for the same cause ceased operation. Internal Improvement. The Harris burg Intelligencer complains bitterly, nnd with much apparent justice, that the pub lic works of Pennsylvania are nut man aged and finished as they should be. It states that the representatives of the peo ple have appropriated something, like twenty millions, the annual interest of which at 5 per cent, is a million of dol lars. It contends that the system of in ternal improvement has been conducted with imbecile and wnstafnl ptnnnfliiurfl. the result of political favouritism. It ex- i presses a oeiiet, said to be held by nine tenths of the people; that one half of the sum expended, would, in better hands, have completed all the public works; that the Ohio canals cost only one fourth of the sum already expended by this state, and yet that the tolls on those works, in ninety days, exceed those of a year in Pennsylvania: that tho M cost less than one half as much as those of the commonwealth, while the tolls, of the former in two weeks nxnepd those on the latter in one year. The same paper, in speaking of the rail road, adds, that bridges contracted for Vflnrs ntrn. are still unfinished, and likely to be for years to come; ihn while, a million of interest annually; which in three years would be sufficiet of itself to construct the entire rail road. Allusion is mnrln tn tho Rnlrimnrn rind w w frlJVS M-M UJICIMW M " Ohio rail road, completed from jicle wa
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