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KALKIGH, (N. C.) nmiTin. WKlCKLY. Br ALEX. LUCAS. at tub7cri!,tun , Throe dollars per yeari one half tn be paid i idvance. No paper to be continued wn- cti than three-nioftlhs after a yeara WMcripuon bp, e ....e dwe, and notice; thereof shall have been friveH. . , i,,'rmnt not exceeding 14 lines, are insertedthnce nutni insertion ; and In liKe proportion wucre uicrc 1 , ..,. .i...'niim!ic nf lines than fourteen: r- 0 stit;sc.ntin can in any case'be received without iSe-paytncnioUt least 150 in advance "Foreign. ; lrpvuiuieu,i LJ nuaUtLthe builders of Babel ? We do not :o the Jl uilcSdrarnTow long arc you ency and she privy council to proclaim the . wm, . ? S;npe mv 1Untism. what rlHSTLJUBANCES IN IRELAND, rftZii. Ozt. 4-SVith dismay and sorrow, we are compelled to statethat the whole of; the county of Limerick, ami even me noer tcs of the city, have been declared by a large and unanimous meeting of the Magistrate to be in a state of disturbance, and a memo rial has been accordingly transmitted to go vernment.. The meeting was held on Tues day, at the county court house, to take into consideration the state of the county, s The holt. Mr. Quia was called to the chair, when thc-J0Dsfetratwjidin5i every barony, were examined seriatim, as to the informa tions thcyliad taken of the state of their res- , Dcctive baronies, and it was thou unanimous- lv resolved tuat a memorial snouiu eem . to 1 county. The city Magistrates concurreu in Draviusr also, that the liberties of the city, 1.... ioo otfor-Vii! frw anrl P Yf'clll. I I II! I. 11 11.11 VI CJ vti.vai V va nui i'urn-ied a continuation of the city, should also te included in the proclamation. JJalta, Mg. 22." Five Tiratical Galliots, mounting from C to 8 guns each, with from iiHo SO men, have lately sailed from the , harbor of Maina, in the Morea, and capture vessels of all nations. Their cruizingground is between Ccrigo and tho Island of Sapienze, and thrtr ni'izes arc sent to thorny of Coion. They have jnade several capt V J. - - . 'h. a ma which are a Cephaloriian brig commltaded by mni'giotte Tanna, from the Blaclsea,' jiiili-r Knirhsh colors, laden with wheat Tuid caviare ; and a Maltese vessel, command by Villa, with a cargo of tobacco. &c. Part uf the nlundcred property,, to the value of 30,000 piasters,' has arrived at Patras for sab." .7. 0 Limerick, Sept. 13. It is with regret we , Btate, that scarcely a day. passes without ac counts reaching our otlice from different parts ?f. (his country, of atrocities committed by arimd bands of nightly marauders.'- On Sa turday night last, they attacked two houses In thtt centre of the. town of BillingSgary, of a m;:.n of the name of Kennedy, a locksmith, residing in one of them ; they forcibly carri- ed off a blunderbuss he had to repair ana oc cacse he did not instantly give it1 up, they flowed him unmercifully ; the Other house bc- : 4. 'I'liomnc' flniimin. tlipv hi'obf intn and robbed it ot a musKer. jrom tnc quan tity of arras those miscreants have obtained nnssi'Kfiion of bv nlurider, their darins:, and coiintless numbers, the gentleman who has au thorised us to make the above statement,' has no doubt on his mind, if the magistrates do 'not promptly -obtain military aid, rebellion will somi be orcanizeri so as to burst forth in deeds of massacre and blood. , - In conserjuetYce of tho recent murder com mitted near Charltsville, as stated in our hist, and other outrages iu that neighborhood, the magistrates 'have requested a military force to assist them in their exertions Jto preserve the peace; and u. detachment of the 5th bat talion, of the GQthl'egt. Jm been ordered there from Youghal. On Tuesday night, the Dis pensary House of Ballourh, jjear..Dundrum demesne, county of Tippcrary, was levelled to the' ground It Was intended to station a party of , soldiers there, and tins 13 supposed to be the reason of the rulllans for having le veiled it. A cow and horse the property of Mr. Brew, of Kilrush, were maliciously shot near that tovn on Tuesday nieht : five ricks of turf were consumed by incendiaries. Two of the men who were wounded on luesdav at the fair of O'Brien s bridge, (as stated in Ennis, Sept. 6. Mr. Molony Kiltanon, hay ing some time in the last month sent the man ,wbo receives his rent toathe lands of Beagha, in Burrcn, to desire Uiat nis tennant on those lanjwojjpay him half a year's rent out of live year due ta him ana the man naving un. vena feSv head of cattlei they . were rescued from turn. Mr. Molony, in order to try whe ther his presence would produce the same treat- jail j he l.ad a white Blurt oyer nis ciotncs, ; men , went jast iimrsuay, witu nve ui- that c6untry of hi$ hl2h orotoctionTni inVft was armed with a musket, and appe.area to oe ,ed, distrained about 160 sncep ana some noru-i tUm u sed ghi a--j . . t6'Nfth,-' ";"' H., iA 4Kb lln.1o.1 norfv . in hd nn IpA iflp.. fthirKu'aa flpivpn intn a vanl near the: .1. - .if. . ... ii, prg- Iodsrc. In some time he thoucht.it prudent to, i:on, ar. a n ... flf rAVaara ru. ... JL the party broke. into tlic sameiend the stock to pound, and was proceeding. ent, in. consequence, valuable . eargoei, whicb. 11 document was left which they with.his men for that purpose, when they werej were, aceordinff to eutom, eonfiated. Th attackert by above 300 persons, men ana w berties of this city, and after, attempting to break in the dwelling, demanded fire l arms, which, on Mr. Vercker hearing, he rushed out, and in concert with a faithful neighbor, dash qd after the ruffians, and succcedetl in appre hended two of tljom, one SliofiTw'aTuhfoT tunately rescued on the lifew road, he is how ever known ; the other fellow named John Connors, a farmer of Pass, was brought into Faot a r.airoa pafkr. In the confession made k Joaehim M . to a ijellow eollegiaa, au J now publiihed ii't utvts paper, the writer has forgot to mention a pecctt-r dillo, which no doubt, its insignificance induced JLpailjrjJilBirtrtlijLof notice Vhifa Joaehim waa aTCiug, hi ladTIn imita tioa of his brothef-in-luw, ordered a letter to bo written by a Minister to the Government of the United Statas, assurin- all the merehanU'of the leader of the deluded party ; in his pos session was found some ball, and in Tidney's house, which night, a written forgot, of which the following is a copy. . " What arc you ? X am a man. flow can you prove yourself to be a man? By being born a true member of Itbe church of Christ. Which is the greatest river you ever met 2 Were you baptised? Yes. What name did you get ? Truth and Liberty ? What do you mean by Liberty ? I mean the sons of Liber ty, the North Star. How long are you irom the centre of Ireland ? It lies in the centre of ray heart. Have you any proof for that ? Yes, God prosper the true United Boys long. W hat are you up to ? To the rights of my country. Who keeps your rights from you? My for mer Brothers. How comes it that we are in toe woiiar since my isapiisin. unai arms of protection do you carry ? I carry ihc Cross as a gitt liom uod, under my heart. What is your age ? My ago is my name, and my hameis my number. What is your number t JJ. What is the chief Countersign ? ! Etevhantio notes chstn Mmtiuue. What is j were driven off in different directions, Mr. Mo- that in English ? Death to a traitor, or a Trai-1 lony received a wound in his lei?, and two blows men, who set up a shout, and commenced to throw from slinsrs and Otherwise stones of I three or four pounds-weight. Mr , Molony in vain remonstrated with them, and then in his own defence, was obliged to fire, making use of small shot in hopes to intimidate them, Jiut it served only to redouble their fury. -Mr.Molo-ny, wishing to bring off his men, attempted to charge those on the road with his cavalry sword, but the showers of stones were so nu merous and well directed, that his horse be ing often struck, and frightened at the shots of the assailants, became quite unmanageable, ami Mr. M. was obliged to relinquish the stock, not, however, until ho" had collected his men, one of whom vvasTrunbledTntothe-1ieach of 4he sea, where he would have been murder ed, were it not for Mr.' MDermot,nephcwf the Parish Priest, who laudably exerted himself for his protection. Mr. Molony was then obliged to retire to his lodge, and remained housed with his men a considerable, time, while the cattle tor to Death. Where do you keep your se crets ? In a Bone Box on my. left side. How high are you ? Three steps towards Paradise. Which arc themr .. J?. 11. t. Ihey are se ven clouds over us, I hope heavy showers will bring them down. You are going one side on your shoes? It is no matter to you whe ther I stand upright. k Do you stand so? No. Why so? 1 here is a heavy yoke over us sinm tli Riirfhfirt!i'ft 1jOVIip.w i The fair of 0-3iiens .Bridge, oir Thurs day, was a scene x)f -'dreadful riot. At ten o'clock a general engagement between two clans commenced ; each party fought desper ately, with guns, pistols and blunderbusses, and though none of the persons that were en gaged were actually killed on the spotyct the following were wounded, some ot whom are pronounced to be in imminent danger OUmlivan, a farmer, received a gun shot through the thigh ; L. Dohany, dangerously wounded in the leg and thigh ; Mrs. liyan, a musket-shot through licr thigh ; U linen, a shot in the sic; Ked Lynch, a shot in the leg r. and John Quilligan, stabbed in different parts of his body.' A party of infantry and cavalryF;vithmajtrttegtttrtial Barrjvft tlikj at two o clock for O'Brien's Bridge, but we regret the battle was over before the troops reached the field to dispossess the sanguinary combatants of their, fire arms. Oh Wednes day night a large party of armed desperadoes attacked the house of Mr. Clohane at Liscar rol, near Charleville, in search of fire arms. Mr: Clolihnc and his sons made a resolute re sistance, but having lighted a candle, the as sailants outside took deliberate aim with a loadednu:skjct at Mr. Cloliane, sen. which unfortunately took effect, and mortally wound ed him; On Monday night, a very largo party, of stones on his thighs, one of which, (but for the steel scabbard of his sword) would have been broken, and before he retreated, one of his men was . s wounded in the groin and chest, as to be taken home in a state of uncer tainty as to his recovery. Dublin, Oct. 7. In the neighborhood of Wilton, in this county, OP Friday night, upw ards of fifty miliar s assem bled and administered to each other illegal oaths. Monday Jast, Lieut. Gen. Merick, (who is ap pointed to. command the Proclaimed Counties) arrived here from Clonmel ; and already he has made, in concert with Gen. Barry and the ma- gl.lll llll. IU1HM! Illij UIO JSltlUII U till; troops," viz. I The 71th rcgimeut 700 strong, are ordered to he cantoned in this county j . head quarters to he at Rathkeale. They are to leave this to-morrow. Tlie 2d batafion, 88th rcginvent, under the command of Major Dunn, are. ordered Irom this garrison to be stationed at Clare Castle. Fjpt division moves to-morrow. Tiie 7it,h raiment are to be replaced hereby the 93d Highlanders, under the com mand of col. Creagh, and the 88th by. the Lei trim militia. This morning an officer's detach ment of the 7-itli regiment marched; hence for iHiirrPauliismgerfEDepfl Commissary General, has arrived here to make arrangements for the troops that arc to be cantoned in every part of the county of Li mcrick. lullingar, Oct. 5. We regret to state that the same spirit of discontent which has been manifested in the counties of Tippera ry and Limerick, and has or somc: time past subsided in this quarter, has now re-appeared with renew ed vigour. mercnants are well known to whom Joam sold before-hand, at Paris, inajdurney he made to bis capital, the eargoes of eertain vessels frmNer-Yorit, whieh were announced a com ing to N r. ' This is an undoubted fact, Jo achim had the address to sell thaskin of the bear before he was caught. Bomcstic. Extract of a Icitcr from Bordeaux, dattd, Stith September i 18 i 5. i The allies arc beginiiihg.to strip the Lou vre of all its' proudest ornaments; and I much mounted and armed, traversed the country be tween M.irlficld and Baro. compelled the far mers to swear that thev would pay no titles but i fear, that soon but little wll remain of that in kind or at the rates ol 2s. per acre. They once immense uispiay oi imperial magnince posted urt-arMritten notice to this. cffwiWtheiand. taste,!, but jthc hare walls. : I look u nee ipon our. last) liavc died in consequence ; and ano ther -with a desperate wound .in the back, is received into the County Hospital, i; T he following is one of the notes served npon the Protestant clergymen, in different parts oftlie county of Tippcraryby " the re doubtable champions of the poor man's iiar- tcst 'j-or, in language better understood, by ih ru0an gangs of murderers and spoliators, KWtigtfli4wgracCT, thn f lisliMpfejajal nation' . ' ' -'";,:t ---'' : Yoia are to take notice, that any Proctor,, collectin.g tithes in this parish, either by day or by night j or any person in company with them, Shewing them any lot of groundwill be suie to meet the same fate as the Proctor himself two shillirft-tt in be allowed Per acre, for third or. entiucu gro uno, . . - (Signed) : Captain KlLLPROCTOrw ':0 On Tuesday5 se'npight, at finir oVlockin the morning, a nuaiber pJ Uows, aftcr a.night's excursion, wen t to the servant's - lodge of UouiJrcrcker lsq. nt AVightfield, Jn.;thc'.U turn pike gate, at Marl field, threatening With vengeance any . person -who ,. should tear it downi Monday night another party travers ed the .neighborhood of Liellesty, -beyond Fc thard, to the westward of Slievedem'ain Mouri tain,'ajid swore niimcrbus farmers to tile above import. From New Inn to Suir. Castle, various-troopof midnight legislators drove througtV the -"country on Sunday night, on a siaiilarrjand-on ..fetich night a house was this dismemberment of the arts, as one of the greatest calamities attending the .overthrow' of Napoleon. The dispersion ot. these great mo numents ofartjover all the countries of Eu rope, w ill render dTjnlCrslirnd' impracti cable to mojit travellers, (he gratification of a liberal curiosity, which before might have been indulged within the precincts of one city. A military execution took place here on the 27th inst. umjeivjc'ircumstaiices peculiarly in-teresting-two Generals rxf Bonaparte's old army twin-brothers men who- had never been seperated from the moment of their, birth burnt by them to the ground, on the road from Casliel to the New Inn j scarcely a mile from the citv ? - On Monday niglrt, information hav ing been Nthc resemblance so strong between them iiiiti j.uey couiu scarcely oq uisiinguisneu irom each other theirjaltachment extraordinary, and so complete a coincidence of opinion even- on the most trifling subjects, that , they were scarcely ever known to act separately, or dress differently. ' They were condemned to deajh folrd oL--jJigJvingt't a crjme of Twhich hundreds of thousands have been guilty of but being men of talents, fortune and influence they "were pe culiarly obnoxious to the Bordelais. They died as brave merronly can. They marched with a fi rm steji, tp the place of execution- would allow no bandage over their eyes--car tied the troops through their exercise--gave the fatal word, and fell at the moment. Thej entered the world together, were never sepa rated through life, and quitted it at Jlicsamc moment v received by Mr. Taylor, of Noan, a Magrstrate, that an illegal meeting was to be held ala cer.- tain place In this neighborhood, he took a party of the W exford Regiment with him, from the barracks of Ballyntire, and Went in pursuit of tHemrsthey.wer&o lireu oq by a party-of wretches from behind the covcra onzthi'foad sidebypwhich a sergeant Was so servercly wounded, that his recovery is very doubtful. It is even sain he has since died, but we hope not truly. The military party fired after and pursued the ruffians, but we know not with what affect, as it seems, they dispersed - the" bogs immediatelj after the per petration of the crimei On Sunday afternoon Edmond ' Dwyer, a Procf orf the Rev. -M r Armstrongi was shot dead hear Clonoulty, by a party of assassins - The particulars we have not heart!. '',-- '''.fv-VlT7- Certinly the circumstance is curious that the names of the four candidates chosen for the Assembly in Alle- . gany county should begin with C- Tlieir names are Odurtney, Cochran, Coon and Christy. Lancaster county sends a James, two Joels, a Jeremiah and an Emanuel. Quite a jiious selection ! If Allegany county has shown 1 singular partiality for "CV Chester county him itipla a ....lfu no less remarkable. The first name of everv ;n -nber elected beg-ins with that letter. There kre three Johns, . a Jacob, and a James. - It is said that a(gTeat headpiece is elected Senator" from Franklin county." Poh ! Pot .'Then u notlung in it. . From Lancaster county they have chosen a Smith to ' represent them in the Senate, " a ennnin iwrkmun." He is very capable of batting up a jlaote aiuiviij them by his eloquence, and of. haurnei-inj th'wv., bvhli iu ments, info a proper shape. But he has tuiigii material to work upon. From Philadelpha tlu-y liuve resolycl to send awry orderly Sargeant to 'ontji-essj a complete discici:vart:tn, who umlersiamls h s duty veli. It is 'trhly hoped that he will brin things into better order teach the majori ty to change their front, and to take up a nev" and more eligible position. . . The State Assembly will need no Didler, as Lehigh county will enable them to raise the Wind Th& effects of the late election gale have been some what extraordinary, as it lias biown JFiid and s:Shrtd-' into the Legislature at Harritburg. v The interest of Westmoreland county in i Senate, de pends mcrely'upon a Reed ,not a broke-n one we hope. They order thmg3 better in Allceany and DeaVer, for from thence they have sent a mai: o. Pon-ers. : Two Sellr will be in the House . one from Bucks arid th other from Montgomery, But a Sharp member from Chester, it is Jiop'ed. may preveht the Assembly from be ing sold. All the Buyers who were candidates have got intq the Gommissioner's office in KortLi mberknd. Whether the : Franklin Smith, will be able to set hit Ai in the Speaker's desk ; or whether Jacob, from Phiiadcl- . pliia county, will Ua'd the gate, and Jceep him out, can not be known, until the wise men of Gotham shall exhi bit their wise noddles at Hawisburfch.-, Should the wise opes become tired hefpre spring1, they can amuse themselves by singing " High betty'.Wortn,' with the iiiereibtr from Bedford. ' The Navy. -The. democrats will insist. Up on it, that they are and ever were, the. friends of a Navy, and this in face of factsmpon re-. coruV-The-first act tor- the estrtbhshment of e V Navy, passed on tlie 10th of March 1794 after being ably supported by the federalists and .opposed, most bitterly in every stage by the democrats. The fidlbwihglirczthe-rtames of some of the distinguLslicd members '"of both parties, who voted upon the passage of the lawi the federalists voting for it arid the demo crats against it."orf. Ledger; . . , :'T Federalists: -Fisher Ames,- Cobb, Sed wichy Thatcher, Helten,' Coffin, Wadsworth, Hillhousc,,Trumbu"l, Smith, Swift, Bourne, Fitzsiramons, Foster, Malbone, Vans' Murry Kittera, TalbofriVacy, and Boudinot.- fiemocruts.J amrs MadiSok, Giles, Clai bourn, Smiley, FindleyrBlountrIaun,' Nicho las, New, Niles, Israel Smith, Ycnable,' Gree nup, Page, Williams, &c . . . . . ', mmmmm Congress. a general answer tfl ebqujrie on the subject, it may be proper to state that the Fonrteeth Congress commences its First Ses sion on the first Monday in next month; being tlie day fixed by the Constitution for (ht Annual Meeting of the National Assemblies, when not otherwise directed by law." The nregeutis the longest recess w hich has taken plaice for many years.; ur. int. ;VT Comt of a. letter from Com. Decatur to his ex-, ceiiency Vie juarquis verccuo, secretary oj state and minister of foreign affair's jq jus Majesty the King of Jtfiples. " .... U..S. Ship Giieijrjerp; Naples, Sept. 8th, 1815". SIR -I have the honor to inform your ex cellency, that in my late negotiation with the Bashaw of Tripoli, l demanded and obtamea the release of eight Neapolitan captives, Sub- jecta:of4iilMajJ Sicilies. These I hate Tanded af Messing It affordSnie great pleasufe to liare had it nr my power, by this small service, to evince to his Majesty the grateful sense entertained by my government of tlie aid formerly rendered to us by his. Majesty, during our war with Tripoli. v'; ' . With great: respectjandcomidcration, I have the honor to be your excellency's most obedient:serVant:,,'; ;-r : STErilE DECATUR. ; Ilia Excellency the MarquisCKiicEito, Secretary of State arquis e, fee.
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