and exprefs, together wiibfK' demurer
as '.he cauie thereof. And the faid courts
refpeclively (hill and mar, by virtue of
this aft, from time to time, amend all
and every fiich imperfections d'fecls, and
want of form, other than thofe only which
the parly demurring fliall fet down as
aforelaid, and may at any time prrmit
cither f the parties to amend any thing
in the proceis" or pleadings, upon ibch
conditions as the fa;d courts rc!peively
Ciall in their discretion and by their rules
prefcribe.
And be it further enafled by the au
thority aforefaid, thatfomuch of the two
acls, mentioned in the title cf this aft,
and lb! much of cveiy other act as comes
T.-ithin the prriew of this acV (hall-be,
and is hereby repealed and made void.
VV LEiNvjIR, S.S. '
S. CABARRUS, S. H G.
Re4 three timer anf ratified in general
Mjjembh, the 15vr faj of Dcemiir, A. D.
About one th mfand emigrants from
Scotland hate arrived in ihisttate with
in a few weeks pall. "
The lateft accounts from Europe are,
that the two fleets have returned into
their refpective ports without coming in
fight of each other, and that the prepara
tions br war were going on with as much
vigour as ever ; hut whether there will
or will not be a war is t i ill Woubtful
People in England are as divided in thiir
opinions, and at as great a lofs what to
believe as wcare. The teport of yeder
day is contradicted by that of to day.
Saturday, next, the firfl of January,
being the day appointed for the election
f town commidioners, it is requeued
that the inhabitants of this town will at
tend at the uluai place cf election for
that purpofc. 1
i'IED -On Monday morning laft,
after a (hort illnefs, Mr JostPH Pater.
ms', of this, town, meichant ; and r-n
Ti.e' iay his remtins were interred by
the Phoenix lodge of Free-Maons, with
the ulual folemnities.
- LaU week, J AMES COUN-
CIL, efquirc, of Bladen county.
In Wilmington, ARCHIBALD
MAC LAIN 5, e.q: ire. A
' F.zfttcviL December 10, 1790.
'rXTHEREAS feme illiberal at-
f iemp:s n.iv- oeen maue, lmcc
the JjoUrnment of Conrefs, to mifre-
prefent my conduct wkh regard to 'he
cifumption of the ilite debts, and :o im-
it. . 1 i i
ui Lii uii nir minus or r.'i nr iii a np.
ejqutre,
in Fay-
t
V.? rl.nt T have been recarcllefs bf their
interefts in not conveying timely infor
mation of that event to the prefsL lime
thought proper for the faJsfacVion of my
friends, to pnbliih the annexed papers
Copy of 0 letter from J'hn Stejlc,
to William B. breve, equire,
elteville, dated at N cut-far k, July 27,
1790.
" .9 ?,
" THE afmmption of tlie ftate debts
parted yeierday The yeas as d nays on
the Iqueftion are incloied This event
proves what cat be elFecle J by perfevex'
ance. In agoodcaue it kuiiiaUy dyled
a virtue, but in this inftance it deferves
the appellation of obftinacy. The paf
fage of the bill was effected by a change
itLthe fentiments of General S vmpter,
MrJ White, Mr. Carrol, Mr. Lee, and
Mr. Gale. I have fent pr. Sibley by
this conveyance the famt information,
and all the papers from j the tiiri21you
left this place until the-pr-e ent Jay, to
which I rerer you for the pews.
" J am fir, :
- U Your humble fervant,
I " JOHNSTtv LE "
Fayettevilfe, December 10, 1790.
THIS my cc-'if, tiiat .tfcej above
letter from Mr. Steele trs dflivered to
me in Fayet'eville, on cr about the 16-h
day of Auguft, icond ihe rev fpap-rs
inclofed therein (wLich I have lofl or mif
laid) containing the yeas andnays clatied
Mr. Steele aniorg l!.e number v ho had
voted againd the affumptiu of the rlatc
flcbts, .
WILLTAM B. GR VE.
Fiiseiteville, YSectmber 10, 1790;
HAVING rcfided iri New-Y rk du
ling fhcla'.t ft (Ti on of Ccngrefs, and hav
ing brrn incimarcly acquainted . v ith the
conduct and fentiments of the repr-fema-lives
of North-Carolina on the pafage
cf the fnndirg bill, I am enabled to cer
tify, that John Steele, efquire, and his
colleagues not only voted againft the
aTdmptionof the ftate debts butoppefed
the rceafure fpiritedly in all its ftjages.
ABISHOU THOMAS,
jigerJ for fettling the accounts of Korth-
Carolina tvitb the United States.
IT is well known that the i unding
bill rever received the fignature of the
Prefiticnt until the 4th of Augulr ; and
it can be made appear by Spruce Macoy,
efquire, that a copy of the law, ai d aler
ter from me on the fubjeifi, j we e read
publicly at Morgan fuperiorj cnirt the
firfl: or feconddar of September.,. Add
to this, I declare upon my honour, that I
wrote a letter to Dr. Sibley, tie fame
hour that I wrote the above to Mr.
Grove, con.Jair.ii g the lame iipibrirHtiun,
atconipxiiiccJ wiih o or 30 ucv.-
papWt'VtqnsAirigjWm to pwbltfh ijie ac
count through thCsmedium of his pa ser,
toiv3 the people jftom ?mpfitionv-
That I have not diieiy or inc'ircftl 7
been concerned irvtb- purchife of certi..
ficates,and I defy the tongue of'rnalice
itfelf to make ji appear that I have 0:1
any ocrafinn de'erted or r.egltdled thein
tercilof my conllitiients.
i;. v JOHN STEELE.
FayettevitUl 'Uecet7lsr id, i 700. .
I THIS may certify, that $he letter
apd newf papers which Mr. f teeie for
Warde4ior me ficjrn NewtYorjc, alluded
to in hio letter to Ivfr- Grove, I never $e
ceiyed, they having, as T fuppofe, f.tilen
in:o the handb of idxne perfon intereite i
ii keeping from ths prefs theiiiformutn
contained thereiii And 'I do further
dechtie, that I never bought or 10IJ, or
have been interette0 in buying; or felling
a public lccuiity of any kii.d i whatever,
fiRfj2 I have been iif Nonh Care iina ;
and that the hill tot; the. aiiiimp'ion of the
fiae debts by Conprefs was pubiithed in
the Fayettevijie GHette thenexi publica
tion afer I received it, ihidh was .in
clofed to me in a letter from Gol. Benja
min Smith, who as at thai; time ii
Ghaileiton, accor pinicd viih a requeit
for itsipecdy publication ; and that in-
ltead of keeping back from the puahc
any ulcftil iifprmajion, it has; been ipj
conftaht endeavour! tp difltjmiAate it ;as
fan as poiTible. fhe public mail beirg
carried along she e4 coa-ij wjth which
vre hae no connexion, except at a pri
vate cxpence, whici jthe pfocurirg Con
gr?iil.nal iuformaf ion has generally ben
attended, it woald 'therefore feem that
the reader of the iFayetteillej Oazetre,
in the nordiern and wrftern parts of he
ftate, where the greateft number are cir
culated, would rattier be induced to won
dr that fo much, than to find fault that
Co littld of the proceedings of j Congn is
were tranfmi :re4 to them, through that
channel. Imieedf the editor leoncives
himfelf morejuftly leatitled to a-punctual
narmentof fubfcriblioc monevasare ad
for his expence and trouble, than illiberal
reproaches. The reat' pumoerbf let
ters that paTed-, through-toy harufs fern
Mr. Steele, while at CongrefVto ptrf i "?
in the diftricls of Sjaliibury and .Morgan
would; have induced any one to bch - ve
that dtis negligence n correfp- nding wii
his cqnftituents wofild he the lH.tharjje
brought agatnft. birrs. It wa nicl a
matter of fur.'Ti'e rfiathe could fnd tint;
t; write fb much ; and I undet&ood fu
rinjr the. late feflionbf the general a5" m
bly, that the executive of the ; ttate re-
. . . f r
ceivedmore commanications from 11.1.
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