i(‘d l:a; of lii . pvrJcrc'--.ot; liul,
>it,-ssrs. E>iiit>rs, where is ihc inatcrial
(iitlVrence l>i‘t\vi*(;n his Administration
and thatorMr. Monroe? We say there
is none—it exists only in the rant of Cal
umniators.
But time hurries me. Perhaps you
vill hear from me again. Farewell.
May 19, 1827. H. C. S.
Since Mr. Adams’ election to the Pre
sidency, and even from the time when it
>vas first known that he was a candidate
fortliat office, he has been the subject of
the most unlimited abuse with the Rich
mond Enquirer. In that paper he has
been called an aristocrat, a federalist, and
every but an enlightened republi
can statesman. But it is needless to re
count the thousand epithets, such as
“ bungling diplomatist,” “mere profes
sor of Rhetoric,” “weak and wretched
adaiinisiration,” &c. that this same
Thomas Ritchie,—for he is known to be
ilie sole writing editor of the Enquirer,
—applied and is daily applying, to Mr.
Adams and his Administration. That
our readers may know fully who and
•svhat John Quincy Jldams was on the se-
l ond January, 1819, we copy from the
liichmond Enquirer of that date, which
^vas solely udiied by Thomas Ritchie,
the now acting editor, the following :
—remarking by the way, that, since that
time Mr. Adams has taken no lessons
from “ the School,” nor even visited “the
Courts and Kings,” and therefore all the
principles he ever derived from that
source he must have possessed long be
fore Thomas Ritchie wrote the the fol
lowing paragraph. Speaking of Mr.
Adams’ celebrated letter, defending Gen.
Jackson’s conduct in Florida, the editor
«if the Richmond Enquirer, Mr. Thomas
Uiichie, said :—
‘*I cannot suniciently express the pro
found sentiments of admiration and de
light with which I have perused this
State Paper. It is written with an as-
ionisliing force of ingenuity; and adorned
\vith the most captivating eloquence of
J\ descriptions. It has the air of a man,
who feels most acuicly for the wrongs of
iiis country ; who is indignant at the in
sults oflered her by the aggressor, pre
tending to demand redress, and who
pours out those feelings in the most for-
I' tible strains. It is a monument of diplo-
matic genius. It is an ornament to mycoun-
iry. 1 feel proud of belonging to a
country which has produced such a
blaze of talents. It shivers the manifesto
of ilte Spanish Cabinet into dust and ash
es. Into wha; utter insignificance does the
jcdoubted Chevalier Ouis sink! He seems
like a pigniy in the hands of a giau;.”
Now let us see who and what General'
Jackson was, and ought to have been, in the I
opinion of this same Thomas Ritchie, in
1818. I will say before my God,” says
ihe editor of the Richmond Er.quirer,
Thomas Ritchie, “ that for the acts he has
done, on account of the precedents he has
•fl set, he (Gen. Jackson) ought to be called
I to answer. With all my respect for the
Administration, I must think them wrong
for the forbearance they at present appear
to have manifested towards him.”
If our readers are not yet fully acquain
ted with Mr. Adams’ character in 1819,
from he description of Mr. Ritchie, we
have another certijicaie, which, coming
from an equally high, creditable and ve-
j'acious personage, must be conclusive.
Remarking on the same subject, that
which elicited Mr. Ritchie’s eulogium,
Mr. Noah, ihe consistent, unwavering, en
lightened republican editor of the New
York National Advocate, on the tifih of
January, said—“since Mr. Adams has
entered upon his public duties, [as Secre
tary of State] he has not been diverted
from them by any extraneous circumstan
ces, but has proved, by assiduity, perse-
iverance and talents, that he is a most
useful, capable and correct ollicer. and
Jtieriis, fully, the confidence which the
people repose in him." Balt. Put.
iThe thampion of Economy.—That the
labourer is worthy of ins hire, is, we be-
r> lieve, an undisputed axiom, in politics as
Well as in religion. ,But we know of no
jninciple in either, by which one man
can be rightfully entitled to more than
another, for performing precisely the
tame i,?rvices. WMien therefore one la
borer demands and receives moie than
fiis iellow laborer, we may I)-.: jicrmitted
to inquire what he can allege to justify
vhe tlisiitK.tioM. The inquiry is still
more rtaiunable and proper, when he v^ ho
tlius claims the higljei' laie lor his ser
vices, happens to pobses.i principles at
''var wiih the extiavagance of the de
inand, and to be an avowed champion of
economy in public exj)enditures.
We renu iut)er lo have seen it stated,
but in what j)aj)er has escajieil our iccol-
U'ction, I hut the Hon. Thotnan 11. JJcnton
U'l.eived a greater amount of tlie public
money than he ought to have received,
in the setUement of his accounts at the
• lose of the 2nd Session of the 18ih Con
gress. We took no notice of the state-
II iiient at the lime, not believing that a
S gentleman w lio, in his autobiography,
J asciibes to himself the virtue of disin-
vfl tcresied i)ati ioiism in a prominent de-
:;ree, would forfeit so high a character
• ■ lor the sake of a few dollars. But we
liave since _^'en the annual 'i'reasury
o.ent of Receipts and Kxitendilures
lor liic-year 1H25; aiul-lii pj.-^c i-I ol that
vtlumf'. it aprirsTS that were
to thG lioii, Duvid jjarton, and gj,-
C02 40 to the Hon. Thomas H. Benton.
'I'hese gentlemen are from the same
Stale, and Ironi the same spot in that
State—they remained for the same peri
od on duty, and served in the same capa
city. Now we do not pretend to decide
w hether Mr. Barton received too little, or
Mr. Benton too much. We simply state
the fact, and ask how a charge so much
beyond that ol his colleague, for the same
service, can be reconciled with that lofty
pride of piitriotism in Mr. Benton
which, It has been said, finds its highest
reward in the consciousness of having
served his country. Aat. Journal.
CHARLOTTS:
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1827.
The examination of the students af t!ie Char
lotte Acailemy took place on the 5th unJ 6th
instant, in the presence of a respect ible num
ber of citizens from the town and country.
The proficiency of the students gave |frc;it
satisfaction and bore ample testimony to the
superior qualifications of those who have charye
of the institution. We express it as our firm
belief, that there is not an Academy in the state,
where the pupils are more thoroughly instruct
ed, and more fully understand what they are
tau{jht, than in the institution in this town | and
we trust its merits will be so appreciated by
the community, as to ensure it such support as
will render it permanent.
I'he exercises of the Academy, we are re
quested to state, will be resumed on Monday,
the 18th instant.
We are authorised to announce W^'ill-
iam Davidson, Esq. as a candidate to re
present this county in the Senate of the
next General Assembly ; also, William
J. Alexander, Joseph Blackwood, and
John Ingram, Esqrs. as candidates for
the House of Commons.
ulii be disfiOscJ lo contradict Kim. Wc j lory aTid will uc supporled by V»*cst
have only one remark to make here—that i generally. The m.i strous calumnies
lio,.evc- much W,-. Adams’ IVii-nds may I “n>l Mr. Clay
, , .. have also tended tinncrease the re-action
be disposed to enlarge his powers, they i„ U'.eir favor mo.t essentially.,
have never had the presumption to set j Balt. Patriot.
limits to the power of that Being who is
all-powerful.
JMore Mischief—The following comes
to us from Salisbury, and f-urniMhes ad
ditional evidence of the evil inHuence
exercised over the good people of this
country by the “corrupt administration.”
Will not the people arouse at the call of
the patriotic ‘‘combination,” and dis
place Mr. Adams, who rot only blights
their wliea’, but docks their horses’ tails:
MALICE AFOUETIIOUUHT.
Salisbury, 4th June, 182r.
At a public sale in the neighborhood of this
place, on the Jst inst. some g'entlcinfn from
town being-there, on business connected with
their
wilfully
not in their persons
owing, as m.iy be v^'tll supposed, to the mulijj
niuit influence of John Q. Adams or Henry Clay.
Two of their horses’tails were amputated, their
saddles murdered, and tlieir bridles abihictcd.
'i’lie poor horses, like David’s ambassadors to
llunun, have been exiled until their tails be
grosvn, nefbre they return. Is not such villan-
ous conduct among the people suHlcu nt to c
vince them that J. Q. Adams is entirely unfit to
be the next President ? For he, by the com
bination, is made the father of all mischief—he
sends mildew upon the wheat, weevil in the
corn, Hessian flies into barley, smut on oats,
bugs upon cucumbers, and a plentiful -lack of
rain upon all thing's; together with frost, mur
rain, death and famine, in all their hideous forms.
The unfortunate gentlemen aforesaid had, as is
believed, forgotten in the huiTy of business, to
use the talismanic words (Jeneral .lackson, to
protect themselves from those coalition evils.
Trom the Kentucky Commentator.
Stateof the Action.—According to pres
ent appearances, and the news’ from all
quarters, if the Presidential Election
were to take place immediately, Mr. Ad
ams would leceivc the support of seven-
t£(./i S!(Uca, in each of which the Electors
Would be unanimous, with the exception
ol two or three stales where the electors
are chosen hy districts, and which might,
therefore, be divided.-These Stales would
give Mr. Adams about 170 votes, leaving
a little more than half that number for
the military chieftain.
Another Jlbducti'on!—We learn from the
Caiiandaij^ua, N. Y. Repository, that a
poor blind i>auper in the poor house of
uciiiK iiicic, uii uuMness eonnetiea vv lui , ' , , f ■
several vocations, were maliciju»lv and been stolen bodily out
ly, with diabolic.d intent, grossly insulted, window, by a lady who had for some
but in ti.eir piopeiiytime been enamored of him. We have
hearil of ladies leaping from windows in
to the arms of impatient and adoring
gentlemen, by the pale beams of the
Queen of Night, but we never before knew
an instance where a lady thus spread her
arms for a blind Adonis of real flesh and
blood. The “ happy pair” were last
seen at Lewiston, oa their way to Cana
da. Balt. Pat.
“ The late severe frosts, we understand,
did a good deal of damage to the cotton
crop in Rowan, as well as injured the
fruit. It is conjectured that they were
sent by Mr. Adams, to punish that coun
ty for being so decidedly Jacksonian^”
Charlotte Journal, 29th ult.
[Now we feel no disposition to gainsay the
Journal’s right or peculiar tact at guessing—and
arc, therefore, ready to attach all the credit to
its “conjecture” that may be claimed for it.
'I'he Journal, then, “ conjectureb” that the late
fi osls which have partially blighted the fruits of
the earth in this county, wtre “sent by Mr.
Adams to punish” the people of Rowan “for be
ing so decidedly Jacksonian”!! Of the political
sins laid at the door of Mr. Adams and his ad
ministration, a latitudinurian construction i>f the
constitution, and an unwarrantable assumption
of power not appertaining to tiieir oHices, are,
t know’, among the most prominent j but we
w ere not prepared to e.\pect they (or their most
devoted partizans for them) would claim the cx-
ercise of the prerogatives of Heaven,-—the right
of wielding the dcinmin to scourge their j)ohti-
cal opponents ! But so it is : for tlie Journal i»
one of the “aftihated” jjresses, and may be sup-
posed to speak advisably on the subject. Hut
these appalling weaj)ons are not going to coerce
the freemen of Uowan to “take rank and hie
according to size,” under the banners of “the
powers liiat be.” 'Ihey arc infected with
“ Jacksonism,” we admitbut it is a hereditary
“complaint” with them,—of which, neither
frosts, droughts, inundations, nor malignant
agues and fevers, whether sent as a scourge
from Mr. Adams, or from that source whence,
till now, such visitations have always been tho’t
to emanate, caii cure them, tn fine, “ Jacksoii-
ism” is an incurable “ disease” in Norih-Caro-
hna.]
W'e have but a few remarks to make
on the above. In the first place, the ar
ticle from this paper, on which the editor
of the Carolinian has commented, has
met the fate that seems to aivail almost
every subject which he handles,—either
ro be misunderstood or misrepresented.
But let this pass. Our little paragraph
needs no explanation—its inteniion is ob
vious J and surely it cannot be necessafy
to explain the import of such phrases as
“it is conjectured,” “it is said,” See.
But the “ Journal is one of the affiliated
presses.” By this we suppose tlie Caro
linian means, that this paper has pursued
a consistent course in its support of men
and measures, has turned no political
somersets, nor abandoned principles to
day which it supported yesterday. This
is our interpreiaiion. Wheiher wc “speak
advisedly,” or not, is wholly immaterial;
it is quite true we do not speak “i>j/
Jitithority. ”
Again. The editor(j1 the Carolinian has
put us in possession of several imjiortant
fticts, not before admitted, we believe, il
known. Fir st, tiiat the people of Rowan
arc *^i?fecttd with Jacksonism second,
that “it is u henditdri. complaint;” and
third, that it is not only beyond the a-
bility of Ml-. Adams, but ii is beyond the
power of him w bo controls all things, to
“cure them!” 'ihe editor then very ra-
tio’nally concludes, ihat “ JaLl.sonism Ts
an incurable imskam in N^rili-.!arciina
The friends of the administration in this
stale include a large and respectaable
portion of the citizens. Their number has
been underrated, because they have kept
still and enjoyed their opinions in quiet,
while their opponents have been active and
noisy ; but this state of things should not
continue. The zealous exertions of our
opponents should be met by corresponding
efforts on our part—the field should not
be given up to them without a struggle—
and the country should know, that the
friends of the administration in this state
are neither contemptible as to numbers
nor respectability. On this subject we
copy an article from the Raleigh Regis
ter, as expressing, very nearly, our own
views and sentiments; and we recom
mend it to the attention of Mr. Adams’
friends in this quarter of the state.
Pennsylvania.—Extract of a letter from
a gentleman of respi^ctabHity and intelli-
};ence in Pennsylvania, to his iViiiid in
Baltimore, dated
Alleghany County, May 18, 1827.
“ I have recently made a tour through
Washington and the adjacent counties,
aiul find that the changes in favor of the
Administration in these W^-stern Coun
ties surpass all prcvioir*T l‘7rj»^taiions.
Indeed, public sentiment is so cleaViy and
strongly expressed that ihere is good
reason to believe that the majority of the
state will finally be for Mr. ADAMS.
The Virginia ijoiions that there is no
constitutional [)ower to protect the in
dustry .of the country, and that a man
born North of the i’otomac, whatever
may be his lalenis, virtues and attain
ments, shall iiot be elected President,
will not be sanctioned by the vote of this
st;\te.” Balt. Put.
Fraud in Colton.—Capt. Goldie, of the
barque Herald, arrived yesterday from
Aberdeen, has in charge several bales of
cotton, fraudulently packed, which were
shipped from this port in the Herald.—
Two of the bags are marked diamond B,
and had about 30 pounds of seed each in
the centrc, which, with the cotton around
it, was well saturated with water. A
quantity of small stones were also found
in other bags. We trust the authors of
these frauds may be traced, and their
names exposed to the ignominy such acts
deserve.—Savannah Georgian.
Interesting Relic.—The Greenville Ga
zette says, that Mr. James H. Randolph
of that place, has in his possession a jJain,
but massive Gold Ring, which was found
by a farmer while ploughing on the
ground where the battle of the Cowpens
was fought in 1781. On the inner sur
face is engraved this motto :—“ This
and ye giver arc yours forever, 1722.” It
was discovered among some human
bones, »nd was bent in a manner which
could not havu been efieclcd only by great
violence.
A note from a respectable correspon
dent informs us of the singular fact, that
at a dinner given in Louisville, Ky. in
the month of A|)ril, there were present
fire gentlemen whose united height was
thirty twoftet fve inrhcs ! The height of
each was as follows; the tallest was six
feet 8 inches ; the next, 6 feet 6l inches ;
the next, 6 feel 6 inches ; the next 6 feet
4;, and the last 6 feet 1 inchts.
Balt. American.
Among the articles ai
the sale of tiie-laie Duke of York’s efl'ccts,
we find t.wo items “which provoke li
smile.” “Twenty. walking sticks” and
“sixteen whips.” One would think this
Royal Highness had been a dealer in these
things They show how saddly put to it
these wealthy idlers arc lo get througU
their money.
MJlUilED,
On Tuesday, 22J ult. by Jame« Doherty, Esq.
Mr. Abraham Sttlions, to Miss Mary Moore, of
this county.
VUa\tti\x liodge Si,
WILL ccIebratc the Anniversary of St. John
the Haptist on Monday, the ’23th instant.
The Lodge w ill meet at the Lodge Knom at 10
o’clock, and at eleven, proceed to the Presby
terian Meeting-House, where a discourse wdi
be delivered by the Rev. Hohert H. Morrison.
The Brethren and others are respectfully invii*
ted to attend. By order,
AI.I.XANDEK GRAHAM, Secrdary.
Charlotte, June 7, A. L. 5827.—2td5
iicauvV i:\\aY>teic of X. i.'.
The annual convocation of the Grand Chap
ter of North-Carolina, will be held in Kay-
ettevillc, on the 23d day of June next; at the
same time and place a CONVENTION is called
to meet, for the purpose of taking into consid
eration the propriety of altering and amending
the Grand Royal Arch Constitution.
By order of the M. E. G. HIGH PRIEST.
May 23, 1827.—2t:55
#S*oUce.
ON the 25th day of June instant, I will ex
pose to sale, at the Court-House in Ch-atw
lotte, several NEGRf»ES, the property of Dr.
Samuel Henderson, conveyed to me by him ia
trust, to satisfy various debts which he owes and
for w hich Thomas B. Smartt and others are hl»
securities. Sale to take place between the
hours of ten and six. Terms, cash or bank ac»
commoilation.
LA\VSON H. ALEXANDER, Tmstcf.
2t.'15
Noticc.
ON Monday, the 2Sth instant, at the CouK*
House in ChaMottc, I will sell, upon a
credit of twelve months, the tract of land for
merly the property of Nelson Gray. I'his land
is well adapted to the culture of corn and cot
ton. WM. J. ALEXANDER.
June 5, I82f.—2t35
I^ROM the subscriber, some timo
in the latter part of April last,
a small sorrel Horse ; no particu-'
lar mark is recollected on him —«
Any person taking up said horse, and giving mo
information of the same, will receive the thanks
of the owner, and all reasonable expenses paid.
JOSEPH PRITCHARD.
Charlotte, June 8, 1827.—3t36
and his
vd-
From the JJesf.—We learn from a gen
tleman of intelligence and observation
who has just l eturned from an excursion
through the Western Country, that he
took particular pains while in Ken
tucky to ascertain the feelings of the
1‘cople on the Presidential question. He
found them satisfied with the policy pur
sued by tiie Administration, and that
Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay were very
j)opular with a decided majority of the
State, so much so, that all those represen
tatives who voted for Mr. Adams in
Congress will be rt-elecied by a trium-
piiant majority, while the re-election of
those who voted for (ien. Jackson is re
garded as very doubtful, so much so that
it is deemed almost certain that tioi.e but
Mr. W'ickliH’e w ill succeed, and if he does,
it will not be upon party but local grounds.
'I’he gentleman further states, that the
People arc so much averse to the military
and loctnil) disclosed |)olitical tactics of
the General and his followers, as exhibit
ed by their movements and votes on the
gieat questions of Internal Improvement
and Domestic MatiufaciureK, ihat it is
reduced to a certainty tiiat the Electoral
vote of the State will be unai.imous for
the re-‘lect:oii of Mi . Adaiui to the Prc-
sidtticy.
'i Ills irifaimation accords with letters
we have ',cen \utliiii llic* last week from
some of the best inlijnned men in the
Western Counir), and who speak with
equal certainly of Uiiio aiitl the adj-*jin-
Mik£_Siates. ’A’hei^»*al loa'lii);fjncasures
Should a man happen to err in suppos
ing the Christian religion to be true, he
could be no loser by the mistake. Bui
how irrecoverable his loss, how inex
pressible his danger, who should err in
supposing It to be false.
Men raised by merit.—Dr. Franklin, who
from a Jvurncymun Printer, became one of
the greatest men in the civilized world ;
and whose life, written by himself, is a
beautiful illusti-ation of what may be ef
fected by industry and application. Watt,
the impi-over of the Steam Engine, and
thereby the donor of one of Ihe gi-eaiest
gifts ever bestowed on the human race by
man, was a mathematical instrument ma
ker, in a very humble sphere. His la
bours have benefitted mankind to the ex
tent of thousands of millions ; and his
own family by U[)wards of one tnillion
sterling.* Sir liichard Arkuright, the
greatest improver of the Cation Mill, was
a common Barber. The great Dr. llut-
tuty, was ■a\CuuI Porter. JJuddart, an emi
nent matluinatician and machinist, and
known from his improvemenis in the
manufacture of cordage, was a Shot: Muk-
vr. Urindlvy, a man brought forward by
the Dul;e ol Bridgewater, from the hum
ble condition of a common Labovnr, una
ble to read or write, became the gteatest
iUvil E/ii^imtr of his day, for the con-
sii iiciiiui (;f Canals. Branch was d ram-
mon Joiner, and i-stablished himself as a
machinist in London, where he became
celebrated for his various inventions,
among which his Jlydrostiitic Press, and
his Jjoikj, stand pre-eminent. Kcslic, v\ho
fills a Professor’s chair in the University
of Ediuburt^h, was a common Shtphtrd-
Boy. Stevenson, who '.»uilt the J.ight
Jluiise on the Jieilrock, (which is dry only
once or twice for a few hours in the
year,; a work of great difFicully and mer
it, was a Tin-platt uorkur.
\^Cakutta pamphkt.
\a\uab\e. riautation
rou SALE.
HE subscriber, in
contemplation of his ^
moval to another state,
offers for sale th»* farm,^
whereon he now resides, 3 miles from ilie viU
lage of Charlotte, and containing about 900
acres, equal in fertility of soil, to any body of
land within the county. On the above tract
there is a two story dwelling-house, and other
improvements; a sufliciency of land open for tho
employment of between 20 and 30 hand-s, a
great proportion of which land has been clears
cd within a few years.
Terms will b« accommodating, and madu
known by ai)plication to the subscriber.
WM. J. POLK.
Mecklcnburg Co. May 29, 1827.—4t3r»
')!' :K-
• It is calculated that \Vatt’.s imiirovenient of
the stcatn engine i>, at present an amaial s:.ving
of 1 ibor to (ji'eat llntain of 2j millions sterling 1
And th.it, willi a [lopulation ol I I nnlliuns, siit
IS efj'ial in res(jui-ces, with us.-.istance ot the
steam eir^^ine, to a jtopulatiun cf 117 millunis '
1 Ins will explain the power and the r.ink
which (ireat IJritain holds uiiiong the nations
uf Kuropt, behig in rcsonrees actuall\ superior
i'j {i!! t’M* agiirret her
K-an *lNva^
I^ROM the subscriber, some time in
April last, my negro boy SAM,
between 18 and 20 years of age, 6
feet 8 or 9 inches high, dark complex
ion, active, and walks very erect, with
a considerable swell in his breast.-—-
Any person who will apprehend s.iid
boy and deliver him to me, or secure him in
some jail or otherwise, and give me informatioft
thereof, shall be reasonably rewarded, and
necessary expenses paid.
WH.I.IAM LEES, sen.
Charlotte, N. C. May 31, 1827.—3t35
Tvfent^j DoUavs HeNvatd.
Ran away from the subdtriber’a
plantation, two miles from Char
lotte, a negro man named HANNf-
BAL, who is in the habit of changing,
his name and the name »f his master.
He is about six feet high, of dark mul-
atto complexion, a little cross-eyed,
bushy hair, and downcast countenance ; has the
srars of a little nich or slit near the middle of
the outside rim of each ear; a scar on his cheek
bone^ occasioned by a bullet shot at him near
.Toiu sborough, 'I'eni’essee j a large scar near
the middle of his breast, and many on his back
and tliighs. He has very liirge feet, and the
f)ig toes longer and more prominent than th»s
rcbt. '1 he al)ove reward, and more, if neces
sar}, w ill he i)aid to any person who will deliv
er him to the subscrilier or the ovcraeer at the
above mentioned place-
ADAM A. SPRINGS.
May 22, 18:7.—4t36
'I'eu IVeward.
UAN AW'AY from the subscriber,
on tlie 3(Jth ult. a blai-k tdRL,
(daughter of a woman well known hy
the name of “free Sukey,”) betweea
18 and years of age, and took with
her a child about 11 months old. She
u as bound to me by the County Court,
at N'oveniber 'l erin, 182-1, until the age of 21 ;
and all jiersons are forbiil harboring lu r, as tho
law will he positively enforceil against any one
so doing. Whoever will return her to the sub
scriber, shall rtccive the above reward.
WILLIAM H. SMITH.
June 1, iy27.—3t35
•UVue\\i\\ei\is and \iom\s
For saU^ at th«; ofhcoofthe .lo'ii’nal.
DccdS; f(jr at Offici?.