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t .j .-- v. - r f I Jerms S2 in advance J SOUTHERN CITIZEN, V flVSaturflay " Morning: U vanr f ; or Three dollars; i not paid within three nonius Jrmihedaiei,tf received. r-v V0 v-:-H-v? --V 4 iiy iufeicritfT inai; dfsconifm- ; ue withinthc Jirsi atnonww 'r of the -publication, v A u torrtpf If 6c ffcronfin- v uerffiK all arrearages oe pain 'unless at the discrctionofjhe TJitor; JIl letters, communications &c in tome cost paid. . Anvr.RTTSEMENTSi flWCrtf J On i : ffte iwunl frrctav- : ASHUonorcn. n: p Saturday .?x tm BANDOLl'Il SUPERIOR COUr.T ! Hi-ld last week bis Honor Judge J)iek presiding.' . . '. t ' Samuel Smitherinan j aTbe action wu brought on ; the Col lowinjf Ittstronient of writiog-not on dcrseal. rih April, I83J, Rffrited of uiluaro aVwr a note on vorroiiu f, W '' , . .l!t ",ln ; - V ?i Shield .Mil William Carr for three tiua dred and fifty dollars, for which I am to'give hia two hundred and U,JLJ'? dollars and twenty fite cents; and baj paid himixtyfur dollars and twraty five cents; and the two Undrtd dollars, 1 promise to pay sid IstngV wlieiietrr ie ctt for It. ' ? - :; J ' . . (Signed) . ' ' k - ' , SAMUEL BMITntRUA. ; (The defendant being dead, the salt as rev Wed against bis administrators, Hot) Smitherraaa and U.Bprnceg) Z ( The Instrument above sef fort!i had 'been endorsed to lie rh LnS, Mr El liotl," in the usual forui. by William ' - - t .. - f ....1 Long for a valuable connide ration.; 'j .The defeace wai, iu part.' placed tip- . on the ground, ttxt tie paper writing ; suV i n was wgotiatW according ijtft our act of Amcmbly, because It. art ' firtC V-'Ijr nrmorandora the pre ,cie consideration, and was made tiaV able to Wm. lnoo demand of him self, and no holy el-te.' 'Hie court ho , ever over-rulid this objection, and tbe trial orticrdrd, Tlie dofen f - t then orerejjl t't pVose -thartheDoli ( i C? arr5tnd Shirld jwhirii had tTn T sU W binlthennan as I the contidctaiion f i!.', iMttf, was a ..... , , . forgery, nl cnsron h'1 I -. re wjis 'noronaiderithrh to sojjHri note o .duiithermat to Inr. iiut Um mur reiffted tbi ttstimunr, . ri lti rt .u! ,'that the ntc negotiable, ar. ' actually transferred hy enVt. ,TnW; ild that, iV a suit brjweHi pwUherqin ' and Long, , tin, etidrnce ouWbelsdissi'jW -but 'thai it was aerwist betwern the pre.nT.t pnrtifH -'he phtntiff bcin;; t!,e Iwjftde am ;l'ioer of the p.t; fi faf a valunble 'flotation,.. ' , i .;' t . ; ' ;, ; )if. Jf!at further alleged, tl.at if tli r.ient inadi to ili pUintiff -was ! ? - ian-jwmn t ho .' gate , the V liistrsuirtit - d not sdmitj tliat thsr?ptr , macd the taiae cf iVilliatn r ::rra rrr urarcz surra mrors ouxizwzs 4:;d ns ASIIBOnpUOli; ; Lon in the transaction wish both .laiutiT and defendant, when in-fart that was not Lu ti oe nataei fnna a fnCilulfnt intent; and that consequent. j wiej5iiwi7if waf at rgoryi Aim bwas (imnittrd to prove that the per son who aligned to the plaintiff b) the name of YitlumInt aiwwt-rrd to the discriptiua of a f man wbo had for a hm t Ume taken vp aod kejit a school in the rouiitj of Moor; that be there went by another hainr; bnt no ..... ui ' . prooi couia oe naa as to xne tuwnpuon of the i man that took the not from Smit hermanr So that this latter ground at ailed the defendant nothing. And under the charge of his Honor, the Ju ry returned a erdid for the plaiutilL Jane D'atcton (allies) J0eftffts9. Joshua Sizaini ' T J " Thit was an actiod braghtr by the plaintiff, a woman of odor, agiinst her raaattr to recoTe'r her freedom, allei thUbe watthe d rijterofonejriii 1 a Mulatto woman who lived and died in the roanty of Caodeu; that Viry was the daughter of one Polly Jones a hite woman" of" good family in the same county mho left the child Viry with old Kobert Carteret (or Cart- riclit.J'and left the country with one Jan is Jonesthat on the datU of Rob ert Carteret, his aon Isaar took charge of her; that in process of- time, after Viiiey bad aeTfral childrri Carteret sold to Hubert Edney. who found it so digclflrjo ; rt'movt ;, thOKyoe v hat tahrrr4.-that ;. were, Irlehis-te r on 1 ceraliecn increased, but the fiU k rrhanrMt lhm ta Witlin Ravkiep ' ! the civil docket. Tlie State's business ries have been ereatly augmented. Whoanerwarda add t PUin.iff Jan fer, he pasard to the present drfcid- it Bwaim. v,'r- ;.;". --.'4.,' 1- - r Vr The testimony producrd by thplin tiff as aatiafartory as ls her gene al "gy back to Viney, a bright mulatto woman, drttcritn-d by the. witneHea as laving log straight black hair, ' and freckle fce 04 w hether this woman was tine daughter if Polly Jones, a free white womn.t tin-re as. no direct nrn Th U11 main lfhraaa fnr! r " " " 1 UT plainilU ailiuiw i vmmn r mnm bi sister 1 Barbara 'es' moreland,) Stated the fact on tlteir examination In chief? but ; being crW;es aminrd, it ap peared tbt hey derited their impres sions most Jy, if hot entir! fioitf repit- tation ; Krziah AVhitrhent, in her rfrmi t on! aha Mated jbe fact that Vi? ney, the motber f the plaintiff was the daughters of 'Polly Jones free white woman; but the drfrndant prof rd that (!i4 MitiieHS wan told.shortly befre tbe drjK siiioii was taken, that if (he plain- tiff .uccef di in nntablishing .her free- dra, andihat 0 her cbildfenXaheJ a linAjihoold:hs 'one W the plsln- tiff'tt gli U to wnit on her as Inner as nhe lived PlaintilT, oirred jto prnve the. d(Tltratin otKlizb' th CrrekmotCt a rry Ad woman who, many years ago. rrmaved from that part of the Country tn thi.1 f ountr, coin to show that .on r Jeathbcd-aorne twehe or fifteen j! n paat, she (Iceland what she knew ft!.? plaint! V -edigiTe. Dot this ; v.-'s rectrd by the codrt-'. Hi;. V log lo ev! i.!..3i . trained from gi -"'"rieril report and rep uUtton u Ur l edigrce in tho ronnty she cams from, nd cordon report ai si as to Lrr 1 i. ' IU ft cr-Iitn." The diWition f Owen Williams waa nad for tiiedt fcii ? nt;' which sta ted that Janls Jones siir,, sld Viify tr old Robert Carterefr and then men tio'ncd the several trsubfers nearly; as .. Wlllui 8. Ilinio,.- th.t H,,itti 4 th Solicitor GmkmI ... u jour aw cuccn, w .. N. C SATUKDA Y, APRIL set fai th by the p!iinU lie states; . . , - . .. : also that Jarvis Jur.ra r.r. Citu in that H county t that he had a son by the name of Jarvie who went to the west that! thi family of Joncnes were resjcta ble; nud that he never heard any thing of a ohV caa jo that part of the country by the nane or Jarv is JnnciJ I ,,v" v ," u. ft Polly Xiies ; ha ing a Colored , child; thai hvitnf.K, wav83 years oI The testimony of this writ nea wii ia some degrweorroberated by the depo- . . sr aj, I Muona oi joun ioeo oi rasqaotaiiK. -.v. ' 65 years old Thomas BclTTlSanry 0 iiritham, f Kelly Rhodes and John Spence of Camden; some of whom tes tify as to the bad character of plaintiff's wiinesscft, Cirt kmore and Weatroore land. The character and credibility of dcfettdarii's wiinrsnes w as supported by the depmitinn ct Col. Jhn Pooh' 7 : His Honor charged the Jury that the J,ttmPfl!rf!w-w?J t),l the freedom of a War k person; but that fttfrvthwpersinctMinn tone rrve.Waa nf m i xcd blood, of a ny sh .1 do between y whltr and black, no presumption arose either way. And that conneipiently the case mast turnpon the proof- that in this case the burthen of proof iay apan the plaiotiir. beroe the roles of law required lb. J plaintiff to make . . . . j not c.fore the deMaal cou d x required t make defence. And the J ury returned a verdict far the defend- 8nt 1 ."KfKrflNbt only, have thejmmber ofoQ i i. n... - r- ii. t. j- ... . . v . ' - - - only does credit tora self, as a !. themthe Utter to re ward parti lie offlcer.bot must operatf with a sal tan V and thereby DorNe effectually atary rffect on the morals of tbe com control the freedom of our elections. mouity. -a ; .-i I The following gentlemea. of the Bar 1 attend Uiia Court as practising La . ' C.Il. . . yers: Hueh Waddell of HilUborough, P.U. Win.to..W.ulMrm.gh. : - J. M; Moreh?ad and ttalph Gor- ourp.am annual pwuiuuiiu 11 n 1 ' r .. ings are to be tprn down to make rellretiHbough ptce for mure splendid edifices, v Geo. Cfrndenhall andVm. P nstcUd of more costly materi, Meodenball.Guilford, near Jamca town. t, tll(i f,ra&metited with marble sta-a..Otlierb?sntbam.- - ; tuc gyjted ftthet'; to a princely t J. H. Haugliiiiiii-Pttuborough. . t than a republican govcrnnient. But J, , Worth. lUBpiliott and D. this is not aU.A fleet has been Swalm Ashborough. , - , Mk. RENCHEll's GIUCUllAlt, lino." ; r . .r . .. j. . , . it. .' . ... :. . : . Fellow Citizen,: ' Tht constitutional term LJ i f I Ut Z . 5!f ured, I feel it ay duty, as usual, e x pi ffirgl " v . "'.!- j tbe it or Jin. ii33, w.i ; s8,E?3.sj . From puhlio tnJa, . . . i,JS7,w ji tSSKMfia?!? 13 rrom bthet aourcet. . . 711.891 94 Thote, with th. abwsiaiancs ; . ' M Tbe einend.turet durier tbt - saW year w.r : . i Un,iS.b.fe I on tbe it j-ur-145, of as 749,803 JPW ' the Treaeury i tlunoir Ihe yeif JS34. Were, ; fromoistont.' , 13,4x3,94051 uszrvt. to oxzjxomziif 0, IB37. 1 5? , ,;f From dmdendt ndMtetof Vm 5 ! m ted sutei snk ttck -323,674 67 30t,3lt 83 From othei.Murcev ww will hs uiiBiiLCi mm k wvmm i- TreMuiy on Th first of Jn. - :. . . a The rxnendituivt for tht yew ' " f l'S 1838, no an CTft'fVe of. TJ,S6,910 85 ithTiia- To OS d itr buted monr tho States ecordinjotht prori. iont of th depout kd of ''' j ' , n.re'eipu for ths mr!8JF . ; i - . m rA spa -. 'irrirr; - tom "4 publichtd.it . 45)00,000.00 From procerda of ulr of O. S. btnk oe kuttipr.gcd bj tb lut nation ' ' " f,5DO,000 00 Which, with the balance U V Trraaury an tat teat of Jan. . - 1 - 1817, maka an arrrrnte of 61,022 21 fj fbe eipendihirea tor the aanvt year may bt catimaUd at ; 30,000,000.00 Leaving; a balance In the TVeaau ' ry on 1,1 Jan. ittJS, of 131,9X2,71 TJ In lookinsfat the exnenditures of the 1 Government you most be 6trnck wth the mat and alarrain Lincreasawithin tjielut Jbur Of five! eara. ' Under-the' ad ministration of Mr, Adams, the expenses of this Goytrnment were, annually, about twelve mUAons , of f ddllars ; We lU0USty U extravagant, and for that re50n, D.?e thnnyifhr' wts lh" ministration p.it down by the people. Gen. Jackiou came into of tQ mrcnchl,iee,Pen. gf , ofe Government but, instead ofTttrencbingthenifiey have deuh led within the space of eight years! ikivc ii Federal-over- the, Stat Govern nd to give more patronage ' in' nower 'so As : to enable But the eiitravsgaoceW those in power is not confined to an increase in jhe number snd salaries of fli h ers, but is seen in the whole ope- ration of the (lovtrnmenL Old 1 I.k! ..J I anmip-wrw uuac avw.jr, ;auu - new j hnin5 have tomeito :wl;Ewn J manned and equipped at great ex pense, not to protect your com oerce but to explore unknown seas jiitir --a-i-.-ii - J i peaiuon, uu oaiy a a uuui ct r!"10' "a "Brj. M y i Adams, and which ..- lm a . .......j s . i inr rnonrv hava bfrn nronosra tn oe ana our sianmng army, in time oi augmeoicu. unis ior ogia vuese Ped th. Sentl. ,t iu las. jcssioo, du lonunaieiy couiu not oe.aetea on in our uouse lor want of 'time, and were therefore lostr'Httch IS thc sUTOng dlSDOSltlOtt HtwniiWe4 - thoieUi conven our pram rcpuo ican govr 6 eminent into one of extravagance ' -nd .nlendoT- whiehJunless C lCCk I .. r. ,rt ,. . W ty tne peonie sooner r aienoi uouara, xue ati proviaesiaat; VOLUME l r v V 11 ni.lt 1 5. - Or S3 afteh 8 mon nit, "J st endJo a taii tarjr dt apotisn' ursc Rjeasiires were;-orough Mor- ward as party measures, and avow. T ed to be such hy those who fuppof ted them. VAf party, measurea they ; were Intended to absor! the sur- pltis revenue,Vrathar tha,n , return that revenue to the'"rwoplefi ofli whom it had ;been: taken. iThls . . leads me to a consideration of the ' DEFOSITE HI IX " - V Notwithstanding the largq appro- priatioiis mad6 during the firt ses sion of the list CdngresC'ind tU elTortsonthe part of the leajli ngVaa. Kuren men to make stilTlargerap propnations it was cleai ly ascer-. tained, tha; owlnjf to the extraordi nory incrtase mthe sales of the pub lic landsrthers would certainly be, at theend of the ear 18 T a largo surplus tcvenue'invthe7r:easury. of the United StatesWbat was to be nunc wim .uui- targe surplus was a question of the deepest moment to toe peopleof the ;UitedSttes " Those n w i n no we r," as I have : orjted-i?dieil4xi:enlarg expenditures of the Federal Gov- 4 e rn meat .by increasing the Army and 7 , Vavyby constructing a 'large; and "r- in my9pimon.A useless number oi new furtifications aloiig our coast, byrensM'ting in 'a more cosU manner our public buildings, and by ; large increase in thr number and salaries of our public? ofilceri; while tht- opposi in wishfld to pro vide for the necessary wants ef the Govern men, but were opposed to- 'i any- inci ease - in its expenditures" -They wished to return to the peo-: 'h pie uch of j the . public ' revenue as might not be necessary for the or dinary wants of the Govt rnmeo to be disposed: of byhhem as thejr might think most likely toproaott their interest. You know when the revenue of the United States is so (arge that it cannot be expended by the Federal Govern mntt it re mains in suQh ofihe Stats banks, as the President may select, and is used by then! for the benefi' of the hanks. Yaw perceive, , therefore, that this was psrtly a contest be tween the banks - end the people; and resolved itself into this simple question, whether the banks should kvit tWa lun.Ai nfiku M-f ..v vu, pm rcy enue, or whether the people should - naye meir own money. returmd to them? But this was not the only question involved in this rase. If tins surplus revenue had remained io the deposite tanks to bo ue 1 by the r ederal iioyernment, it would necessarily have greatly enarged ihexpendi uirs ofthat Govern ment already double what it ought to be. This would greatly multi ply th numberVof contracts and of fices, and would give to the Presi-.. dentof the United States a patron-.' age and power over public senpi aeut, which it would be difiQcultio misfcIoney1- question was presented to the A- mencan people, wnetner tney wouf d piace nc wnoic 01 mis tremenaotia power in the hands of the President of the United States, or whetheiL they would divide it equitably a- mons; the States, to enable them to maintain their ancient freedom, in dependence and sovereignty For tunately for the people and the States,' both these questions were decided in their favor at the; first session ol the last Congress, though not Without a struggle. An act was passed to distribute - among the States, in proportion to the ir res pective number of Senators and Rcd KsentUvesJiirODgr.css.such.sur. Jilus" re venMasghr'lohT L"reasury on the , 1st of Jan ;afy, 1R37. ovi and ih tvC'llvp mlllinim I . .n.' rn. .1 - i Tr-TS jr-lL. syr V -- - '- HI - . i-lLf. . n " '" "V5'" ;'r",ti'.v J,' ,"'V
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