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v ' .. - f., : ,, i Tol. 19. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 4817. 4 RALEIGH, (N. G.)- - pptiTin. tfHltl.nr irl.nen. Term of witcriptton Three Uoli'ars per year, one l)lf ger thr three months after a year's subscription be- comes uue, auu uouce mercor snau uare cecn given. Jl&vertiicmenta not exceeding' 14 lines, are inserted uiv3 w viic uvvj iui iwcmy-iivc vciiv cjh .nu seqieiit insertion ; aiid in like proportion where there i-, a greater number of linfcs than fourteen. The cash inudt accompany those from pttrjonj unknown to the UUllUI . . . . . . . . , . fjo subscription, can m any case be received without payment of at least gl 50 in a.iance ; and nodis continuance without psiymcut ofju-n-ars, unless at the " onti.")n7if "the"THn'r. " ' isr D03IESIIC. FROM THE CONNRCTICUJT OORAKT. r , If you think tli fjUfjin deserving a place ia 0.j the 7th day ef October last. Mas ebifiatff. tp(l to Newgnte prisoa, a man by tli uamVof lfe6arAS.VJ 2jeM of age,r a Swede by birth, lie was lentrnovd by the Superror Curtut New-IiOndon, Sept. 'term 1816, for the crime of burglary, f Jwa years imprisdometit and for paynent of costs. ; Xothing remarkable in the conduct of this prisoner wai unl iced except hU trit-f r.ttenUcn to the religious exerein-s in t!i chapel, until Sunday Biurnin" the 5Tlh of April. On tltut mnrning. wliiltttift prisitners were together iti t h? stone rooms as usual, ft. trifling dispute arose between Lieubir and anit her prisnnev Jauies Smith, a negro lud committed from New-Haven for hore-3leaIin. Id tlj he4t of dipiie the negro drew a small po:nd knife f om his poc- that a day or two after the murder dre bought the watch of a certain tailor who wai then at St. B. but had since gone away. Up on mis lestimooy Anare was acquitted. . J f it was a matter of some surprise to those who were present at this interview, that this poor wreteh should manifest so much rrr'r nn. cern -aad distress of mind about his perjury than n ; ' 'BAtxiMOK, uVit.37l8iT; ehinesi And firinwithiiBtenVtarWTi,- ' TO IVJRESIDENT o, tu8 U,STATE JspWe, be mayor and'eitr council of boroukb. last June s Ibbtbii f-i --li Aivru.? ; , . . . 7-r;;;7'-v- nn 6iw ewuic, iu iiug naeas on are, at ISewboli.' in th aiir oppai twityf personally congratulating the eounty. The nam.g of the tuddite were! ehief niattistrate of the uaiuii ou Ki krril in Jh,. mtsfk.il iw ri , u7 w""? i 1 ------ uuu vruwaerjona a mn. Willi. m T. n.i.'. . this bltkce. ;: determinrtion, in the commencement of the murder Of Mr. V inter. Hafenri(L haid.iTodr aamiffistrminn .,:.; t f .. . , - jui w, iu iijiucirmi ui vnciu'jai tnat he had committed the unpardonable sin: by i important places in the union, is auspicious of I. vino Ulm .).' ll... I'LL. 1 ' . 11... . . . laying his hand liDob' tlie bible and aurenritio in Almighty God. that he would tell the truth, ana tiieu wilfully falsify it. ' 0 dat little happy eonsequeiieeB : not' saiisfii'il with nrevi. ous Icitowledge, or second hand information, vAll..aru oiv.k..u 1. . a. - j.i..' ii on ytir pan, uoiiujig . ..... y ai iiuici;-'' iuuj uifi, on your part, UOiUtJlS cent) dat little prayer at defend of Oath S. Tost a ity whiet bore so comspicuous a help me Got," seemed to hane uuon his soul with a mot onpressn-c weight. Ha almrveA that in reflecting uuon his conduct Iia f.h th. - - m V a. a.w . V tUE Justice of God in..doomih him to bell, and had mieiy oueu prayea lor, meroy ; but he fXpresn cd r hope cr miij exeet4t 'migt kt 'ihttrr ted from his me6iaio' the case oi' the thief on the eross, which he.appeared to do with pecu liar impress and inlen'st. . i BATAVIA, MAT 2. f'hc house and barn of Mr. Waiter Kumsey, of Bethany, were consumed by fire on the af ternooti of the 22t instant, together with their content. We have nut undersold mni!,t of damages. The accident occurred, we are informed,- while the family were absent at a fu neral. - ' ', , . .. MosirExtraortlindrii .' One of th gular circunistaijces, recorded in the history of part iri the national defence, should first ie ho nored with the presence of the chief magistrate of the uruoii. i & i dtterinf ua.it' in iirnl. andjjaeerely hope that y ur observation of a.lt Uilfif uiii. nn.l mui Vi ....... . .. ., i.'.. tf uvu, iToicYiew your long trieut iuivti. fttl andaable Bervioes ; wnen we consider f be' mereasfnt' harmanv and cntieord nf ih Uniil Statc, vheu almost uiiiversal peaee reigns a-- uiuu5 me imuons, we .auirurgreat ana lastinc William Towlc. Villfam .T.' ' ! Havidge j the name, of the other Thomas Bea Tington. As early as six o'clock, in the mora.. tu5 they were removed, under military escort. v from the jail-to the flew Bridewell to be execuU ed on the bew drop.On their way, the Lud dites very theerfnily sung sob gi all the time , time thevTijassea.BfcafiBifn jeeled. Many thoesaads f spectators keol uiavniuiiug uuiu iHiDH), hi witness - tins truly tragic seeb, aDdlondaetea themielrea in the -most peaceable manner, without the least duv turba-nee. AHnr li ouk tU unhappy me4 appeared 1rMended by the Uefr. u.ighAB, th fierffj fottr officers; Wufee . their eoademnatloii the Lotfelites had ecmihefii s themsclre inf themo4 heeniibgm ii iag forgiyeliessVf God, and forgiving Biapk burn aBd Burton (by far the worst characters) ouiuiviru ctiuciicts BFninfti i it 011 it.- accidents, pecurred in the town of Mia(ll1rv iu this coiuily, oujhe 16th iiistan:, and vxbibils r ' M IV ':U the cool, deliberate, and determined v r u J- ly Mabbed -L.e.H M.ar the !ow,-r r,b .n the! , Ujecfks us follows. Arte.ua, ShauueT nt snk of th Lrct j tae Llade of the kife on thut ixy. in a piece of chopoina w fl'milf llir PhfcK nr. foil- .,-:..-,..' . . ,r . . '"i."1 lUttl lie was ;. V V ," -- 1 T , :? : eieanng, tell a tre6 across a stump, in which ir three olds of i-!utiiu did not. trobablv.pr:-iB;,.,.i;.f:. ; ,u?'r 'vcan sLuutiwLi 1 cuiuj lieu nciriv. O'fiunMuj . ... 1. : 1 . )- 'rinea. he unaertank- ti, . i. . 1 , - . . ' . . , t .0 uiuixvu v.iuiuit acinic Idem. m.ppuies to the United States, in firivin? full ' IScavii.p-. scope to the developemeut of her faculties injof his situation to the last, bayidge thanked, the arts and sciences, iu agriculture, maaufacrthe liev. Ministers for their kindas and at ten' f tires and commerce : and in the iiermsnent i tinn nn their ivam. . . h. .u,t i. 1...1 .... 11. tiilttltou ol the udvautages of alurui oi civil and! say mure but the time was too far rone. Itoned - ter far, if at ntf, i;,!o ;':e trm.k of 1 ), bodv. The wound at the time was considered by the j prison-keeper and others as f a serious r.ati';re : btit Lienb.ir exiressad ii't.re:U alarm abaut it until Sunday 4ih o-fMay ; he then commuaicat edto Mr. Ciark, the chanlain. a desire In see and converse with him in the hospital room im- mediately .'alter the forenoon exercises were .1 '....... . ... tnrotijrn At tnis interYiew,atviiich wcrepre sent t lie prison-keeper and some other gentle men, Lienbar readily disclosed the extreme dis tress of his mind occasioned by the rememnrance of his former crimes he now apprehended his life to be in some daneer from the wound he- bad received: he declared that he had been -guilty of wilful murder aDd perjury ; and, wjji tears u. us rye. ,u.i5 apparui nontniicn ot fnmit, pressed great foneern for his soul j but (he itr eme;v being then necessarily short, L it-rib. ir as unable to enter so fuily into the djtuiied circumstances of his condition as he wished, ol desired Mr. Clark soon to call on him a gain. ' In the evening Mr. Ciafk, accompanied by Capl. Washburn, the prison-keeper, uiid one of the overaeers of the prisoi:, called again at the hospital room. Lienbar, appeared glad to see them. At this interview he volunUriiv rel- ted the most important iacidents fhu life j the substance of which is as follo ws : - That he was born of poor parents at Stockholm political government, superior to any that has hitherto existed. To our fellow citizens it is a most interestTn!? spectacle, to See the chief-magistrate of this great auu powerful nation, making an oiticial lour through 'this cuuntrv iu the stle of vate citizen, guarded only I7 the-rtpect paid .. .... ...q.i omiiu.i no ucuujmcbj auu me uuecii MU -if a viriuiiusieonle. We, air, wish vou. in the sinceritv of nur , - , h . r ; - j - hearts, a pleasant lour through the states, a happy return to Washington, a remitatinn rtnd .... o ' 1 satisfaction in your presidency equal to any of (-icufufssors ; ana anany, me reward ol a wtli spent lifa in an eternal woridr Ve arev sir, with sentimeuts of -very great respect, j our most obedient servaets,x of the City of Lailimore. tmiit c Ii v f tJ rif.orl It l. si n.'lortn.. I- ..ji,. ii-.vj, uc uiiutiiuua. ill fiir (ha tri.ii .k two near the s'.ump upon which it was lodges' and while standing upon it for that purpose, lie cut so much more upon the upper than the u der part yf the tree, that the weight of the buit caused it to-split, and at th; instafit ofM.n jest ibralion or seperutioii of the severed Van, timber, aud r"emai;ier as linnly lixed as in answer of thij puKsibENr. vicehe,ieU .i:umd;atJy backward i whi,.tr?-i-0 TiiK MAYOIt A aB CI i Y COUNCIL fall he Just his axe, but soon 1 recovered i . .DF. BALTIMORE position that enabled him to hold upon the tree FklloW CitiZFs-I he sentimealg which by one hand, wit! the other he drew out ls y have communicated, have afforded me very pocket knife and cut a limb with li.i.vl- o i j.' erriit HKlikfitction. Thev ri'c iuf. as in the ol- t L J , , , . . " Mvyn. m-i o " J tl f - ucnea to it, with the mtentiou of drawing up ''-ecis adverted to,'and to me, they ait generous the axe and cutting the tree la liberate his faotVJBd kind. tried, to break his leg, as that would have ena- ithrut recollecting, 'with deep interest, bled, him to turn his hotly'iu positiou to sit upon -gaJiaut condtifct of her citizens a-tUe lata the trie aud .wait the liiigering hour of assist-''wr, 'and the happy result attending their ex ance ; but his posit iot prevented even the gra- ertions. The glormus victory which was athiev tifieatton. of this harsh relief. IV strength failing fas.1, and no prospect of timely tinr n'sl. ;d a pan, at a very important epoch relief f 33 110 human uxaifdan V -" 'l,IIIIlIIICClaal''t'l,J j"wi-v.u, itj'viviv vii? j -WMSiav4 riiiarloiB f n mi!u Iia oil,...i..J .t. 1 . .1 4 ijuu.. I.. v u uit; no auujueu lue only uiter grrht lustre on uvc .Aiufiicttu i.dnie, hative that remained of -saving himself from! Experience has shown our danr-, it . I 1 l'...'il m -a 1 the people would take warning lv ilir fiJ fear no man, but fcar ho man. but. fear God, and declared their innoeense of shooting. Amos addressed the people : ' Friends and fellow couniiymen 1 You here see six young meii go iiiK to suffer iuuocentlv t the man who commit. jjted'lhrriflisg i?roSVy oTt 19 fM,U u.inla ..... n f en.SL.H. . .1 . I .' u. .v... .tufus, uutu aiuiiiai , ailU WllUOUl UUy apparent agitaiiou they spoke to several friends in the crowd j and threw oranges, &c. to some of them, and desirine: to be remembered to their Nottingham acquaintances. When all things were ready for the fatal moment, Amos, with a firm and undaunted voice, said he would how sing a hymn, and desired the people to join them, w hich was readily complied with by num bers. The hymn he chose, ai d to which he pitched the tune, was from Dr. W atts. AH the iiidditt-s joined very earnestly in singing the hymn ; immediately after, which the platform -fell and launched them into eter ¬ nity 0 11 e a v i n e t on4?e !rsd 14s innocence to the last and called God to witness he did not set tho stacks ou fire. We lament to say, that the most of these mis guided men, in the bloom of life have left wi dam&aA mora thaji thtftg children to add the miseries of the present truly calamitous" times-l.-....-.-... L J .. HOUSK aVttK2S?jiiffc.a I Lord HidfnoulVs circular letter.'-Lord Sid-., mouth laid on the table his circular letter to the Lords Liutenauts of Counties in England and Wales roL.ive to the apprehension of ner. sons selling seditious writings moved for by. Lord Holland nhterved. lh! lofrcr nlnno wa not suffieieiit for'bringing the whole case before 'TV 1,A the hard and horrible death of expiring with monished us as to the means of 'averting them, his head down uiid h knife be deliberately severed his fiin. frnm 1. 1 j ! fnr I li R.rt i fi rut inn " Ii f mir'l'ultt. um Ifg at the aiicle joint, and on his hands and frontier, and for iiie establishment of naval dock their Lordships:, When bis nobje friend mov iKu !' fdik 1 r. " 1 ivneis ucui jus cuurse or uome. Ja this pos-' afd4, and Dm dins a navv. itisproosr, ttiai ehurch-.wa tanht to r,,! !.. K:kt. ru:.. v. sce aaio oe-;uaeiuy auu eeouomy ,,muc cpeo,.i u,B i.r -.j . '- . .u.r-. vtare several rods from a direct line to a rituletlc ltioii. on t.:i Executive, to whom exlensive . , nn.ru mo lcucuviuianuinenis. ine Hon '. i.:. .i.' . . r . eatcehism-hal h left w,. " T.1" " f "5" reuappy to u,mt is give. , as.o .-, ; i . . -. iu uucitcu ins lutfiiitr mini prayer and tL-j c-itcchism t hat he (.ft iv,.. i. . .. .3 .a . ... den when about 20 )ears old, went over to. ; Scotland where he. continued about five years' ' ir , , '. . . w'a laborer at thevbusinew of a ship carpeu-1 fa--A maniac passed thro' tiic set- ter. From Scotland he went to 'England and cmentot Manaville, apparently pn bis way was soon after impressed into the'sea-seryice fo Kiyer, abo,ut the 17th of. 'March "that he served ab-itit a yMir in t he Tetitsdos, ,ast irirgulat'.wauderings ercehtric ap- after that about, the same length of time in the pcarance, and strange conduct, occasioned Cerberus, and a while on board the Acastaia search to bje mads for hira soon after he had tngate--that in 1.303 he wratj voyage to St. left -.Marfavilie. No information however "h'omews, rii the brig Malagenda, belong- was obtained respecting him until the 19th ult. Wffto Gottenhnri. Ti hit. K.; : q. u ..i . r . . . K . . .3. ....v ,.,,f , ij. wiien 7 nersuns ftss.iriatc.ri rop"i ir i,r a . l.i t, .i... J' . r"re.wul 1111 : Dosture at somed stanrn ivam th mad M. J a number of ! tl.,cr in a 9tatc of Putrefacfion. No murks of hir ... vj ,.vv. ""mi icu w;uu iiiui miu III) UUUUl lftl-f hour tlmu ...All.s. ... I. v. . L.liv vvi.ii. II Vf ' ' ......... . tell upon them, beat and wounded mem and made'their nummit Sa I. . that aew: days after he and some other of his j "mained-of his having perished by famine andd eomrades," amfTng whom was one Andre, a icW A small sum "pf money and a few papers i T t ' 'y vSllance of Mr. Winter, ,our!U " ,J,S pocKet, out nothing to as who lived near the battery, arrested, and after 'certain his name. . fie was apparently about trial Cogger, 39 stripes for their abuse" of the!23 years old and was probably proceeding w,tch. That Winter having been on patrole! lrom Nova Scotfa or New-Brunswick. His that night particularly reeognized Lienbar and coat and waistcoat were found neap him but tiJn Te ami And Ti5 T-A" - lrkuH- not upon him-and llS surtout, hat and shoes ' SireVSle coun- had bee previously' found three miles. off. in J-athan Sibley, esq. of Jams' Gore, i the streeUloae. There comes Winter, said ame' C f'e , ' 'T?01- relativ, Andre, now let us pay him" to which Lienbar agreed. Upon coming up to Winter, Andre struck him on the head with a stone, beat him down and repeated the blow that he, i Lien bar, then took a heavy stone and threw it down Bpon Winter's breast, which instantly killed aim And ertben drew a wateh from Winter's pocket, and leaving the dead body in the street they returned on board ship. About en days" after this, Andre offered the watch for sale to Jifierent person8a,Jo some of whom it was QWB,-ant being marked itb initials of Mr. inter'a ntma. An'ilr.. ia. ' I. .i -nargiBof the murder. Upon the trial LienbarJ waited on tho president, at his apartments, a- ra the charge ; and testified that during the wnele afternoon and night on which the raur aer was committed, he aud Andre were toreth r on board the brig anijieithttweat oa shore -' BALTIMORE, .JUKE 3. THE PRESIDENT This morning, a lit' tle before seven o'clock, the president of the United States left this city in the. steam boat Philadelphia for the eastward." The, mayor and ci!y coutrciLaccompanied Inra to the boat, and Several citizens proceeded with him as far as Frenehtown. . It is expected that he will ar rive at New Castle this, day, where he will lodge, e.nd reach Philadelphia to-morrow. rii.ru.v i. . . w r i. ii mi a nnmn.n at ai i it.iih mone whom wcra tfacr nfficera at t h third 1 tiri. gade i and at an appointed hour. the mayor and; a committee from the corporation paid him their respects, and presented him with the following address : ..- - . ' ;:;-:v ""--;--,. -:r-:. .i . i i . . u.-v.t is iivei , as jo ine geuerai araugein.'ui , H.ii! to wiitim ti.e suieriiittidansc- exc.ttsi'velv bela igs. Yon do me justice in believing, that it is to enable nie to discharge theie lutit, with thf best advantage to my country, ti. it s 1 'have undertaken this tmir. Fnm the etu-reased harmony of pd'oite opin ion, founded on the successful career if a E,tX' erntrient, which has never been equalled, and which promises by a further duvelope-.aent of its laeullies, to augment, iii an.eminent degree the blessings of this favored pe-iple, t-'bijiie.jffjlh vou,: iri all the anticipations wiiieii you have so justly suggested. , . i;l pei'ioniiiug services, uuucMiy auu z.coiuuo ly iijtended for the benefit of my fellow citizens, 1 stall never entertain a doubt of their g. ntr mi id firm sunnort. Iticannble of any feel- ume no style, 'In regard to them, different from Lt that character. and it is a source of peculiar ha delimit to ine, to know, that whil. the chief i of ed for this teller, he had stated that it ana hi. :'v intention to move also, on another occasion, fnc ' ' the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, re - la a . A.m.. .I'm- '. a lerreu n n mat letter, anu lor tne case laid befere these oflieers, npOn which the opinion was faunded. - f lis 'noble friend he tinderstood, most , undoubtedly meant to make that mention j and he was auxioiisthat 1 he-noble Secretary of State ' should now state whether be woold have any objection to tfie-jiroductioft of these papers ? The circular letter of the heble Secretary cer tainly gave rise to the most important questions witli. respect to'the administration of justice in this country ; and be understood it was intend ed to bring the subject formally under diseus siorf. unless, on the nroduction of the cnae anh.. - ' milted to the law oflieers of the Crown, and the opinion of these nthcers upon it, it should ap pear that Such dkeus4'Ja s unaeeessary.-TJiO letter of the Noble Lord bad been, as tjbere was reason to believe, already productive of some consequences, which probably, vthe Noble Sec- v r itf n r . i. 1. J f . 4 't'-. X'l, 1. ' : i'pfv;ciK'i'iWiio.iJii uius Lord some time ago, supported a Bill which had beeu brought into Patliaroent for tbe repeal ief i of -the only obnoxious clause w hieh diserrated magistrate ot ine Xinitea -Oiates acts lolly ti iiu.tncitiriuui iw w me auieraiion aci; yei. V . ' . . . . - . . ill: .!.... ', B- - A .t.. D. j;.. to this principle, lie win require no other t;uaru thau what may be -deriv.id from their confidence. nd aft'ejciion. . JAMES MOXiiOE. Baltimore, June. 2, is 17. . ' . Afier this interchange of sentiments and feel- iticri! flu. iii'ivnr.- ill hi liu'n anil iti tin hehalf fl .417, ..... J.F.ip ... ... ...v.. .. l . ... ... - - the corporation, cordially invited the president to a public dinner which he declined, on the ground, that it would not be consistent with his previous arrangements for him to aceept of this publiccranifestation of their regard. The pre sident, in the most feettng manner, .expressed the lively sense he entertained of the civility aitd attcntinii of hi' fellow citizeus. but was compeHed. from inotiyts of public concern, to j ioreo ine acceptance o mcii iuiiwiu FOREIGN; ' ..; ENGLAND. : J ; , JiJTherinost melancholy "spectacle ever witness ed at Ieiccatcr Inn I: nla.ee thia dav. in the cc eation of seven men under sentence of death, since the passing of a lafe Act (the Seditious v Meeting Act) a person hid been' molested for preaching iu a chapel or meeting house, such doctrines as persons of his religious persuasion thought, it their duty to teach, and which they had been permitted to teach for thirty, or forty, or fifty years past. This transaction had tak en place At Liverpool. ' It might indeed be said, that it would, probably have happened, though;, this letter had never bten published j yet the f person to. whom he alluded had been held to bail and this at least warranted a strong sus- ,v nieion that the eirenlar in ouestion was the cause of the proceeding:' He did not mean to say that the Noble, Secretary of ftftate, or any of the pbrsons concerned were to blame ! but it - ...... o ..'11:. It ...'. was a matter or very greai jmporianc mat tne subject should be discossed; andlhat, its rder to.' hrirfW hpf.ire the House' the j-enuraitw infnt m : . J atiojJLlotlhat:dicusAten4b-ea .1 . . .'. . . ... i. H.i i. . . ,"i.-' ' sneniu ne iaiu ou me iboib.. i ot person who " had beefv molested in lr maimer he had statril I .. . . AM lTWpian hrA..lkra..- XI XA1. '' J? 1 rrps O.U viw" jiv.mwiiiii ji llglil,V All verpooi. Lord Sidmouth. TheirXflrdsl.ina'iira'or K.4 ' t T g w - k mm wm . tVnamni m n. m t 1 1 o4 aaj 1 1 1 ' Mt 1 1 A ai m-mm I. ' L rix. the six Luddites, for destroying lare ma 'lia had thought it Iim duty, to publish, jraj tuiW
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