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th paper come to your eCco aJdretJ to a
y perauo, loe not Uie it cut, be o
food m to let me knew the reaao i Immediate,
jj. In order ttt jroa wy ale-ayaknow frbcth.
er the perron allretttl ' regarded ae a Sab
teribcr or not, look U the mrjia bf ihc paper
for the word 'gretutluui'tH "
. BcmitUncee my be ise jr Bud t mj
twk, itt current Bnk Note of yirfiut, J.'orth
or 8oith CarotiM. - ,
. Any Potmfir ho myencloe fj In N.
C or Uipe Pear pper('thttl receive three co
p'tet of the Ctiuct oae ) er.
r27:"" 'THE tDITCTl
araal Drpartutcti t
leneeasce or Tee i eicotei no
: ASHBOHOUOir, N. 0.
la:o)3 ovcn-L vrrcD.
' ( Question ly n Su cri ,:r.)
"Sq po:3 A and
tracts of land, cr.d r
deed calls (or A's corrTsf" ! l.-5, B
.claims to a line that over-hps AV; but
ocithcr A nor B can idcr.tiy by eny lo
cal marks, or liiinp tciltu its d cor.
ten U their rcrrcctivc Lr.J', would
prior porrcssio.n l" A f f a hr sori' t'
j , . . .
said lanJt"
' - A...J A.
1 If A hasench).;; 1 cr
atcd any
parttf t!;o d:?pu!oJ hr. l
'taacc, one cud of tl.a i!
7t-t ' .""V." -f k
t
for i.
wl.&b
of- tl.8
j
h.Ui) it mures cs rcsc::::i
Im!3. And if thi3 pos'.ua h - L . 1
'Udcf.cobt of 'tiitc Uo cr.a J l it.
1 What 14 and uhat is not, color cf L.L
may lo seen oh reference to tl.3 41 2Ian
of Easiness vol 1, pago SCI. 1 r
'TjtfQuetlhn by a Suhcriber.J
; .uIs a Trust Deed vaht without tho
receipt of a Dollar, from tlio Trustee t"
Wc w not prepared at present to say
that tho want of a consideration of some
, ion, moving from : lhj :TTrustoo to ' the
Trustor, would of itself, rcudcr the deed
absolutely void. For the point has nev
er been presented, and so decided by
owr.Courts., Judging however from a
tehgy, we are well aware tjiat it is
much tho safer wayjo insert in jho deed
an acknowledgment f tho receipt of a
dollar, or some nominal consideration
coRsisiinj o( money, iu fact, wo In-line
to tho opinion, that without such
consideration, tho Trustee has only., a
twkctt power, that tho Trustor may re.
vokc at pleasure.
( Question by a "Suhtcrihr.)
t "A madeovcr his land under Deed
in Trust; tho land was sold by the Trus-
11 oeeame the pwchnscr. A mtikos
a fhend of C for the purpose of satisfy,
tj years vvjU,o,t noh-j!: n (r;.. ! b hi, f, fctirn . ho had given to each of
tfkehadlho tliut,J I..-, d or any ;rurt ;s 5 80QJ fl o
v , . 1 . .t n out any c .cr cL:::.cration tnan
V
cn
t!io hrsd,
-ca I
ready, m.. j t.Vs HiIj i , C Krt tha j
person v.!;o;i C t' 1 i . , " i: t Lj i
made; C is Uicl U J i.'.i . , t .1 all
UIC1 J. . . j .. 4 IJf I, ,3 Uv v 14 l,kt. i I ; ir.J .J
officer, tLii Und aHiOj; C.j i-:, t'.-.
hs haa no title; the heirs aro v."!.'. j
j to
; arc
less tho
E S.1 said
redeem t!.j land, lut L.o ch:.;,
not willirj to rsijs lha levy c
money is paid t ) them.
Can Ihof -nTEclICTsint;
land, and by L.-t sr.L dopnv e t.
j of
tho rrm.:"3 tfrcdcn-.rtjon,
.1 it his
al.vars Lem r.i 1 v C, t "t !
t!
wa to secure a home f ,r t!, j widow;
for there was co time set wlzz i.i had
should beicdcc.r.cd? ' Tho v.ilo'.v has
ever since lircd cn tf,3 lan 1, f. '.ouh
those who cultivated tho land, pnid the
rent to V.
Vj Li3 uzl3 r. i tJwj; but ccr.tomplatci
t
II
Tt:
; i..
t C I : ' r-!3 of
r t!.3
j .7" -2 cf r.-:tir
hir.sclf cf di.T-lty hcrcf:."
It is ir.pcr to answer t!.:3 r"rts
tion vi:!i!iy decree cf ccru:yt '
out kBOwing further, how tho cace stands
befvvcen B And C. If B fns entered in
to any lcal obligation to male tltlo to
C, or st?ch prson as I j may narr.s, and
has recieved his purchr.3 money lack
naifj, it follows cf co:rs5, t! ' t 1.3 ntust
finks ti:'.3 record "r-'y. " Put if, cn the
other Hnd. C h r-.Iy i i t!.3 i' -.tion of
a ,yoh:r.iry frier. 1, a!:ho"-!t 1.3 rmy
havo r?ccivrdt!.3 r:r.sar 1 p-rv' if i:c
has r'-'."'" HcoTel or draw t) hi.n
r -!f t'-? t t! 3 has no lo -l cr Eulta
1 N : ' , tl.lt Cn to Si:1 ; ct to Kxo
c ia cny sliipo uhaiaver. "Ar; 1
h thia state cf f-s B ought to lctaiu
thctiilv.; an lit Jd lo, proper and
rhht for him toLt tha heirs of A ro-
p . . .. , deem Uw land; though t!ey cannot com-otAi'J.::r.J;r-;
IVs pel him, cither at Law or Djuity.'
DISTRIDUTION OF AN ESTATE.
, f' Queslhn ly a Subscriber.
'.'mj;' a a d:cs, leaving ro Y ill, and
tors he had only ivcn arFcathcr-bc4
ar 1 furniturj ticach. Now the Ques
tion i?, -Can I. j sou3 coma . in fur an
equal i.;.:
.j d;
iur.tcrs, witaout
rertenr:'; a
ceived T "
l:3 cl' -the lands re-
JIcrtL-n-;
cadi l'
:r.a! 'y they , can clai;n,
r!V;:tIvs '--; t;f the -per
without Irirjirg his Jmd
into II-tch pot (as tho law terms it;) but
as to a division of real Etatc, it is other
wise. See Jones & others vs. Jones &
others, rvjjortcd in 2 T.Iurphey 150 al
so th-i case of Wilc-ja vs. Hightowcr, in
3 Hawks 70. . ",V -
.Qttrttfrn ly another)
"If A Of -vcv Vy" d.-ed' f r :iI"orVill
01 sa.o a lot ct i.. -n
B, and iter heirs, C .
C, who afl.rwar.li
.4 to f.;a rhtcr
cotiturj with
i ar. 1 haves - a
child by B, and 0: 3 ly a former wife ;
are the widow and said children equally
entitled to the said negroes in a distri
bution of tho cstato cf tl.a said Jo
ceased?". ; , , ; ,
ANSWEtL W ' v '
At common law, the distribution must
have oven made to tho widow and tho
two children Equally. Because tlio
whole property pissed to the wife, and
being personal chatties, v6stcd absolute
ly in the husband, (the remainder being
void.) consequently; the whole must bo
distributed according to tho Actof 17GU.
' But If tho transfer lo tho wife bonnes
within tfie provision of our Act of 1823,
(which it is impossible to say, withput
feeing it,) it then follows, that the whole
j vesta in tho child of tka.iacia&cd by B.I
Hero folbvrs the Act c"ui;Jt
1. "That every limlUi"::;), bv deed or
writing, of a slave or Llavcs, hereafter
r.ada, wlich K.r.itat!w.i if contained ia a
L;t v.;:i cf t"::iamc:.tv..Jdb3goodend
tctcil C3 z: executory devisa cr la-
cucit, lo, end b hereby declared
to he a ood and cu:ual limitation ia
remainder cf such slave or slaves
2. "That any limitation mada or re
served to the grantor; vendor or donor,
in any such deed or writing of a tlave
or slaves, shall be good an(T e.Tcctual in
law : 'Provided, such limitation, had it
been made to another personwould be
good and c.Tjctual, according to tho first
section ot LM3 Act.
3. "That all su
ahall be proved and registered, as other
written conveyances of slaver aro or
may bo by law required to be witness
ed, proved and registered." .
' TO A QUERIST.
Concerning the ,legal provision" for
Widows, (&c we shall take pleasure in
reviewing . tao several enactments on
t!.at subject; and will publish the result
as soonaspossiblcr perhaps next week.
" v v MATIUMONY.
Habit and long life together, are
more necessary to happiness, and
even to love, than is generally ima
gintd. No one is happy with the
object of his attachment until he
has passed ciany days.-and above
all,! many days of Ktsfartune. The
married pair must know each other
to the. bottom cf their souls; the
mysterious veil which covered the
two spouses in the primitive church,
must be raised in its inmost fold,
how c foscly soever it1 cay be kept
drawn to the rest cf , the, world.
What! on account cf a tit of caprice,
cr & burst of passion, atari to be
cxp used to the fear of losing iny
nile and my children, and to re
nounce the hope of my declining
days with them? Let co ono ia
igirie that fear will make c.z be
come a better husband Nor; we
do not love a property which we
are in danger 01 losing,
We must cut give to Hymen the
nings of.LoY, nor make a sacred
reality a fleeting phaatoou ' One
thine alone is sufficient to destroy
your happin::3 in such, transient
unions; you will constantly -coq
pare the one to the other, the wife
you have last t3 thtone. youhave
gamed; an, not deceive youn
self, the balance will always incline
tilhs past, far to God has con
klructcd the human heart, ' This
di.tricthn cf a sentiment 'Which
should be invisible, will empoison
all our joys. When you caress your
new infant, yoa will think 01 the
saitis cf the one you have' lost;
when you press your wife. to. your
bosom, ycur heart will tell you she
4, . W Oj
tj not tne l.rst. livery tnir ta
man tc::di to unity; he is no b::cr
happy he is divided, and like
God v. ha v.i'lz Jbia ix hii-icsc,
his ssul reeks incessantly to con
cetttrata rto one point, the . past
the prccr.ti cr.d tha future.
Ti.s v.i.'j cf a Christian h net a
sir.:; z r.tcrtal; she U a mystrrioos
; j,tue Ltiag; the flesh of the flesh,
tl.3 11 j 1 of the bh.od of her has-
taad. Man, ia uniting himself to
her, uses nothing but regain par
of the tubstancewhich he has lost
lib scut; 3 well es his body, is in
complete without his wife; he has
strength, sha has beauty; -ha c.:
bats ths enemy and labors" ia the
field; but he understands uothin
ofdomcttis life: his companion is
waijing to prepare his repast and
sweeten l.is txistence. He has his
crosses and the partner of his couch
is there to soften them; his days
may bo sad and troubled, hut in the
chaste arms of, his 'wife 'ho find
conifort and . repose Without
-r n
Wcaan carr::! I ba radCi "TOssdctac!.iJ from t!,e stage by thoSuperin
and solitary. Woman
sprcaC-t
a
round Liu the flowers of cxi
as the creepers of the forests which
larUMi.s trunk! of sturdy caks
.:th their perfumed gai lands. Ki
.lly, the christian pair live and
united; together they rear the
r...!i.".'ii": .:''"''. . , ...
i-us 01 uic union mine tiusttney
Is side by aide; and they are re-
uaitcd deyond the limits tl the
nb. 'Chateaubriand. ;
A Veteran Printer. -The Edi
tor cf the. Weekly Messenger late
ly paid a visit to Hartford, where
he records tho followiriginlercsting
incident: '--"'''4 -- -j
f'bmce ray arrival in thiscitv.
I have had a very interesting inter
view, with the very. venerable Geo.
Goodwin, who is now. SI btlieve.
the . oldest practical printer in A-
menca being 111 his eighty- third
year, but as hale, hearty and active
apparently, as most men are at fif
ty-five or sixty,, I found hica m
the ,iace place and at the same em-
ploymeut that I did when I called
oa hira tweuy years ago, viz. setr
tiag type for the Connecticut Cour
ant. When I expressed some little
surprise thereat, he observed that
he had been ettiei types for this
same paper more than 70 years.
and he, could not feel contented to
abandon his ' favorite employment
at this Urac of life." .
.Jl JIuax.Tht story of Ilr,
Scudder operation on the eye bfa
youn lady of Charleston H. C.,
proves to have been unfounded.
The extraordinary performance of
restoring her to sight, was said to
have been done at Balls ton Spa.
but no one know any thing; about
it." The editor of the Ballston Spa
says We have made inquiry into
the matter, and find that the article
waa written by Mr. Scuddcr him
self, and1 that he procured its pub
lication in the Gazette.""-Evening
Post " " ' " "
, i . Wilmington, rfvrui 25.
- SEVERE STORM. ,
- Sinccthe publication of tho last Ad
vertiser, our community and tho neigh
boring country have 4 severely sufiered
from a storm, whieh we fear has . been
felt "throughout" the 7 country."" For a
week or two past the skies have been b-r
yerclouded, with occasional intervals of
sunshine; but on Friday tho I8th , inst
tlio lowering of the clouds, and tho pre
valence of an easterly wind, plainly forei
told that we were to bo visited . by an
August storm. On the , alternoon of
Friday it began to rain moderately hard,
but as ; night began to unlbld her cur
tains, tho wind shifted to the N.E. and
the rain poured faster. Before midnight
greo as to threaten1 the ruin which too
speedily" followed, n The return of dav
revealed to our eyes trees uprooted,
streets washed into gulhcs, roads ob
structed" byTthonallinof:"trcerScT0s5
them, and bridges destroyed.' ; No houses
havo been blown down within the lim
its of Wilmington, although -some will
rcjuire slight repairs, and most of the
yards to bo re-cncloscd. The tin sheet
ing upon ths Banking House used by the
Branch of the Bank of the State, has
Lcca somewhat ripped o(F the S.E. cor
ner; also a part ot that upon the roof of
Law cc Savage's mill. A part of tho
wall has fallen from the western side of
ths new jail although no "material inju
ry was dono to that building. The quan
tity of water which has fallen has been
greater than we havo ever, knew and
the consequent injury very great VVo
arc told that there is not a bridge stand
ing .between Wilmington and Waynes
borough,' after crossing that uverStnidi's
Creek. On Saturday, the Halifax stac,
driving into Lewis' Crcek, three miles
South of Washington, had nearly been
swept away by tho swollen watcrs As
it ' was, tho horses in 1 the lead were
drowned before tlcy could bo extrica
tcdv Tho wheel horses were promptly
I'
VCLrriSI KU3IBER S3
i Or S3 .AITESI UOSTOtl
tendent of the Hail Road Company and
one of tho Engineers; who were among
the passengers, the driver, being unable J
to'swim, was forced to remain upon his i
scat. About 100 feet of. the embank- '
ment of tho Wilmington and. Raleigh; '
Rail Road has bccncarried -avay, a-
bout six miles-frorft" Wilmington. CAll
the water mills in the ncurhborhoodAt
ccpt that at Orton, have been, swept
way, or had tncirdams droken. Amonjr
tlio numbcrre Messrs. ; Bradley's,
Quince's, the mill at Oakley, that at
Greenfield,-Dr. Everett's and Eden's
milL Of tho injury dono to the rice and '
corn crops, it is impossible to speak ac-l
cbrately. The corn is all prostrated,
and a part Of the rice crop under water.
A rice planter, upon Whose judgment wo;
TlAv. tnlt tin ihnr liruin hl' nlantittsn inn
the North East, he thoughf his average -"
loss' would not amount to one-fourth.
Another froni below, who plants upon
the riven and unon Town Tiwlr::''tti.A.
mates his own loss and that of some of
his neighbors as complete. . One gentle-
man has lost a quarter of a mile of bank
ing. Town Creek was on the 21st up
in iKa ffsvirinnr ft f thai knslmv nnAn tUn
lower road. . The public works upon tho
river, and tho fortification at Oak Is-'
Iand,have sustained less inguryrrwe
hear, than the Engineer in charge had
apprehended. .
. The brig Mary and Eliza, of Glou
cester, Mass. anchored in the bay at
Smith ville, was driven on an oyster rock,
where she remained dry at the last ac
count .She has. sustained no material
injury.
Jt ears are entcnamed mat a piece 01
painted and carved wood, picked op up
on the sound at Wrightsville, may prove
to be part of some wrecked ship or
steamboat, and the fury and duration of
the gale afforded too great cause for
founding such apprehensions. The gale
was certainly the most violent we have
ever witnessed, and tho quantity of wa
ter which fell from midday on Friday,
until midnight on Saturday,; was greater
than has ever been known. It is pain
ful In itiinlr nf tKrt nun 1 nA Inaa rvf lifn
.Ml V MMMW - v. M.w . VU WUU VW - w 'U.W
which must assuredly follow.
We have received no mail here since
Friday,' although three are due from
Fayetteville, and one from Newbern.
They are doubtless stopped by the wa
ter courses--but when they do come,
they will bring accumulated intelligence
of loss and wreck. The papers fronj
every quarter for weeks to come will be
filled with accounts of the iravages of
Saturday.
I'urtler particulars of the Storm.
A gentleman from Portersneck Sound
has informed us, that six masts, some of
which have evidently been cut away, a
painted water cask, a great coatr a lea
ther and a hair trunk, havo been washed
up upon the beach near his house.' The
banks in many places have been swept
away; and two new inlets were said to
havo broken in oppositedr neatMcIlao's
w a . vnuiiui ,r 4 aau pax vt
Oak Island has been Washed away, and
the trip making out from that Island much
changed. ; Wo think it highly probable
that the Bar has been changed, and think
it- necessary- that an investigation bo
made. 7 ?,' TT' ' - -rr
Tliere were - eight or- nine horses
Caught upon the marsh at Federal Point
that attempted to. swim across to Bald
Head, a distance of three miles, but the
4 sea-was running so-aign, mannoy-wra
all drowned, except one filly, of three
years old. ihoncc-plantation of Gov.
Dudley,- opposite the Sduth end of tho
town, has lost about half a mile ofjiver
banking. We know of no other rica
banking which has been leveled, except
Mr.Gibb's, alluded to in another arti
cle.1' ; ' : f - - .
We are just informed by the Chief
Engineer of tho Raih Road; that tho
work has suffered not more than one
twentieth of tlio injury he had apprehen
ded, and that the 100 feet of banking wo
have spoken of as destroyed is about
Prince George's Creek, and not' six
miles from town as thero staled.
Some fears are entertained for, tho
safety of tlio Regulus: a barrel or keg
having been washed upon tho beach at
Wrightsville, marked KEGULVS upon
one end, and STORES unon the other.
i vidvertiscr.
Tht fate Gale. We conversed yes
terday ith a gentleman fram Edenton,
N. C. who stated that many of tho beaa-