mNERS^ & FARJttERS’ JOrRNAl..
PltlXTEU AWD^JBLISHED EVEnY JIOymAY, BY WOBI.K A HOLTON.^^rARLOT-rK, M1X;KL>:WBUR«; COirXTY, NORTH-CAROLINA.
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]WO]NDAY, NOVJBlWl8Kir23, 18.m
NO. 9.
TERMS.
THE MINERS* AND FARMERS’ JOURNAL
la printed aud putiliahed erery Monday mornine)^
at TW DoUan and Fifty C'etUt per annum, it
wd in advance; Thrrr IMlart a year, if not
W* until afler the expiration of «ix inoiitiif.
AUy ilRTI8EMENT8 wiH be innrrlud at f’lfly
ecnta per aquarc (not c^cccdin^ 20 Iiiir5,)4prtlic
tirat inaertion, and 95 ci-nta for each «uco«^ing
week—or #1 for three wooka, for one Mjaare.—
A liberal diacount wtU bo made to thoao who
adrerliae by the Tear. CTOn all udverliiicnu-nta
oommunicated for publication, tlie uumb!r of
innrrtiona niuat be noted on the raarjrin of tlic
moniucript, or they will be coiitiiiucd until
ibrbid, and char)^ accordin|;ly.
ID'All roinmunication* to the Editora must come
free of potlmgr, or they may not be attended to.
MfiCKLEKBllUi COUNTY.
■ Ttm vtn>rl IfFTOBWli joc*nau
DECORATION QF INDEPKNDKNCR,
By the citizens of Meeidenburi; county, (thi-n in-
eluding C'aharru*,) North-Carolina, on t)ie iiUtli
day of May, 1773.
Estimating this tranractiim oh eiving the
priiiwry iiiipulNe to our nattHMii Iiid'pen-
fc*iice; as directly op«>rative in pitxlucing
the declarmtion sulwefju^ntly made by tlic
liegiNlnturr of North C'arwliim; then hy the
I^j'i.'ilaturB of Virginia; and |ierfjftcd on
the 4th of July, 1776, Iw our N'ationnl Con-
/»r**«s; it boroine« a matter »f high inijx.r-
tnrirc to r-vtablish the fact, that (Ik ritiz;nt
of Mecklenburg cminty, through their d«‘l-
cgtite*, on the 20th of May, 1775, drew np,
mirned, and promulgated a deolamtion of
lmlept>n«ietice on the RritiHh givomiiK»nt,
and tranHmilted the aame to tlie Congntw
o’ the U. States for their approbation.
In claiming tluKa. the (tatnotic arhiove-
moiit if our forefatlicrH, we wish to derogate
m.light from the patriotiHm anl energy of
any state, or of .viy iiidividtMl on earth ;
but at the name time, we feel bouiHl, by the
mot»i aacred obligations of tnith an«l jiinti«f,
to guard this our birth-right with vestal
vigilancc.
To every ingeiHinus miml, the difficulty
is at once obviMu* ol'c^tabli*hing by potUicr
proof, such a tnuiMaclion, 5.'i years after its
occurrence; wlien no record of the trans
action could nl/ivMliy be ke|rt ; when a lon«
revoliitionar\ war suiier>enel; tlie placi; of
door, iu the town of Charlotte, and received
with cVerj' demonstration of joy by the in-
habitaaUi. I was then solicited to be the
bearer of the proceedings to Congrcsei. I
Hat out th|i following month, say June, 1775,
und in passing through Halisbury, the Ceii-
eml Court was sitting: at the request of the
Court, I handed a copy of the resolulions
to Cot. Cannon, an attorney, and they were
read aloud in ojien Court. I tlien pnicead-
ed to PhiladL'Iphia und delivered the Doclu-
nitionofMcckleiiburgladcpcndcnceofMay,
1775, to Richard CaiiwrH and William H.x>p-
er, the Deicgntcs to Congress froin Nortli-
Carolina. Certified before John Weston,
C. C. O. and James Oliver, attorney at law,
HIbert County, Georgia.”
The foi'owing certiiicates, A:c. are in niy
Win. 8. Ah'xander, late of Cabnrniscoiin-
ty, has certified, “ that he wa« in PhilatJel-
I'hia in the spring of 1775, on a iiiercantile
concern: tlint on the day (iciieral Wasii-
ington loft that city to take command of the
Aiiiorican army in the north, lie met, in th*;
great concoursc on tliat «!ay assi-mbled, with
Capt. Jitmos Jack, of Mecklenburg county,
who iiiforiiiod him timt (luit county had ck;-
rlan'd thomselves independent of the gov
ernment rif (irout Britain, and that they
liad scnit him on express, with their decla
ration, to Consjress, and that he hod doliv-
crfd it to our representatives.”
'I'lie Rev. Humphrey Hunter, late of
Lincoln c(Hinty, in a biographical >iketch of
his own life, written by hims(;lf, on this
subject states, “ that orders were issued by
Col. TIkm. I’olk, that a delegation of two
men fromonch militia company should m»H't
at the Court iloiise in Charlotte, on the
l[>th Muy,J775; who accordingly met :—
that Abraham Alexander was ap|K»inted
chairman, and John M'Knitt Alexuiiiler aiNl
Kphraim Brevarrl, Secretaries ;—that aft« r
a full discussion, a number of rcsjlv«.‘s were
i entered intfi, after which bye-laws, &c. were
entered into for the goveniiiient of a stand
ing coniniittet? tif Public Safety, dtc. A se
lect committi.-e was then a|»|xiinted, to re-
|M»rt on the emtuing day a full and d linite
Htatenu’iit of grievances ajtd a more formal
Dei lanition of IiHle|K'ndence :—that on the
•iOlh May, the delegation met ; the select
committee r» [)orted a statement of grievan-
its «curreiHe fora sea-Hon being in the oc- ^es and a formal l)«M;laration.of lndeiK?n-
cii|)ation of tl>e enemy ; wlien ail the dele- Jence, written by I>oct. Ephraim Ilrevard,
gales are in tlie silent grave, ai«l when the
vulidily of the transaction has ntrrr been
callej III question until Mr. JetF rsuii. iuJL
«>f hiB r*wr.»ly putrtished, proooiinred
Chairnian, ami n ad hy him tothf; l)«‘lcgates.
The resolves, bye-laws and regulations,
aaM»re>«wl hy John MeKnitt Atsmnder, and
nil appn>v^, witliout a di*.s-nting voicc.
it “ a sjwnous anl unjustifiable quizbut „as read at the ( V«rt
difficult a« tlie task may ap,H-ar. we dnad (|ou*r d(ijr to a vcr> largt and approving
not to met 1 the . l.m.-8t ». nitiny. assembly of*thc citiz ’ns. \ co|)v was giv-
The firM priK>f wklueed, is a eertifnate j„ ci.arg;' to Capt. James Jack, to be
sigiHtl hy (Jen. (Jporge (iraUm, William prewnte.l by him to CHigi«ss. On the re-
Hutchison, J.Mias Clark and Robt. Robiw.n, of Capt. Jack, he rejiorted that Con-
Rmi-addr* s.«^d to, aiMi iH.w, we pn-sumc. in mnnif. sted their iij)prt.batiHi, Uit
the |KwssiiKi o( ( o|. \\ illinm I’olk, of Ral- , iloemed it premature to lay the proceedings
ci-h. In this tiM-y slate “ Wecertily anl j l» forr (.'ongress. 1 was over 20
oti .sir honor declare, that we were presi nt in | years of age and a deej)ly interested sjiec-
thetrtvnof('lmrl>lte,mtbcrHiiity of Meck-, jator of this transaction.”
I'Milwrg, on the 10th of May, 1775, when j Cien. JoHeph (iniham. now of Lincoln
two iiersons delegate.l from ea. h captain’s c«Hinty, certities, “ that on tlie ‘,Mlth of May,
Com|>any in said county, met: that these 1775^ liesides two persons from each iniii-
pii.l Delegat.1. continued in ^ossion until the ,j„ cf>mpany, a mn. h largi-r nuinlKT of cit-
night of said day : that on the 20th they ' ,2,.i,s attend«Hl in Charlotte than at anv foi-
again met, when several resolves were form-1 „M;r iiM-eting; the news of tlie l>altle cf
cl and signed by every member, and were | J^xingtoa having pnxluced a high excite-
read uiMfer tlie shwts and huzzas .>f a very I >n,p committee was or'^anized in
Lirgc assembly of the citizens of s:iid county;
wliich resolves went to declare lhems»-lvcs
and the peo|>le of the county, free and in-
the Court-Hoiwt', by ap|K>inting Abruhnin
•Xlexamier, Chuirman, luid John McKnitt
Alexamler, Clerk. After a full and free
d‘i>eiideiit of the King and Parliament ol j discu.ssion, the tjuestion was taken and thcv
Cl rent nritaiii. M e do certify and declare, resolved to declare themselves inde^tendeni,
tliat in a P‘w days after, Cu|it. James Jack, |„n,i |i,„( (heir prK!ceding9 might be more
of the town of ('harlottc.wasengftged to car- apiK.inted u select cotr..iiittee
r> tlie resolves to Congress; and we do know . „f vii. Ephraim Brevard, W ni.
that Capt. Jack >xccuted the tmst,’ A.c. | ('annon, au attorney, the ether not recol-
Certificate of Capt. John Simesoti, ad-i le led todraftadce!flnitiononnde|>enc!ence.
dressed to Col. W m. Polk :— Sai«l committee retired, but the delegation
He st.ites, “tliiit towanis the close of | continued their delilH-rations und tmnsjieted
Isisiness of more local concern, until the
hum, and the lato Col. John Carruth, were
of the party who went on to iklisbury, and
they and two others of said party took Booth
from Charlotte to his place ^ d-'stination.
'1 his was the first military e:|)e(lition from
Mecklenburg in the Hevolulioaaiy war, and
it is Ijelieved to be the first hi the Southern
States.”
Maj. John Davidson, now of Mecklenburg
county, certifies, “thattwo meu,chosen from
deposited with General William R. Davie, to revert to Mr. Jeflerson’s interrogatories
for the use of sonK; future historian; and and exposition throughout, and promKinco
afler the decease »>f the Genera!, procured that this too is “a spurious and an unjusti-
and deposited with us, by Doct. Samuel fiaWe quiz,” and thus throw a disreputable
Henderson, now Clerk of the Sui.-erior Court vesture over that section and those citi»;ns
of this county. The resolves, Ac. are, viz: who deservedly stand pre-eminently distin-
The following nsolutions wore uiioni-1 guislied for originating that fearless and
mously ordained : I patriotic declaration, which only been
1. Ihsohfd, That whosoever dirertly or indi- and hereafter only (^an be iniftatM. uiitil
reclly aU ttcd, or in nny way, form or manner, | despf)tisin ceases to oppress the human race.
eacli militia company in tlsecouuty, met in  ou..ta.anccd the unchart, re d and dangerous in’ I If Mr. Jefferson were livinir I should feel
Charlotte, and after the niwtinir or dele-a- ““f dain.od hy Great Rrit.in, j Vn ^
mwting
ti(Hi was nigularly orgiuiized, a motion wiis
made to dc.hire ourseIv(‘H iiidt pendent of
the crown of Givat Britnin ; \fliich was
carried. Doct. Ephraim Bre^’ugd was then
appointed to draw a Doclaiali^n of Lide-
peudonce, which ho did. J^^ Jack was
then appointed to take if on to iJoagreas,
with diiectiuns to deliver it to our n?pre-
seiitativej4 from N. Carolina; wircn Jack
returned, he stated that our iJeclaralioi! was
highly esteemed, but that thr'y thought the
message prt^niature. I am coofident that
the Declaration of lnde(ien(iento, made by
the peo|>le of Mecklenliurg county, wa« at
least twelve months b« foi-e tlifl* made by
the Congress ol the U. States.?
Isaac Alexander, Clerk of |ie present
County Court of Mecklenburg, tjrtifies :—
I was presrmt in Charlotte, o> the 19th
uut I uii ciuiiiifu ny ureai nriiain. u j . ■ “ ...
is an enemy to this country, to Aincrica and to the-to investigate his letter, with that
inherent and iiiali. nable rijjIitK of man, ] reprehension it appears to merit; but he i»
2. Rrsaivrd, 'I'iiat we, thi' cili/un.t of Mecklrm-1 now in the silent tomb—calm be his repose.
u w i * n® disposition to disturb the sanctuary
wtiicli lia\e connccted ua to tlic mother country. t, ^ • i. r 1- ??
onil hrruby ol.^ve oursclvtn from all allepinncc to t " . . !T I*
tlio Hriiigh Crown, and abjure all political connco-1 '* * .Shade bleivlod With the highest huiitan
♦too, contract or adsociation with that nation, trbo ' attaiiwnwita* Let U9 rather vie^Mr. Jef-
have wantonly trajnplcd on our ri»)iUauf liljerfiea I ferson’s denial of this our birth-nght, as the
and inhmnanly abed tiie blood of American pat- result of a kind providence, enabling us, be.
riutK at IjexinL>1»n. ^ ... .... . .
3. lle^lvrd, That we do hereby dcclare our-1establish our just
m lvf* a free and independent |H,ople, anil of right j flaim to these (tatriotic deeds jf our fath 'ra
oujflit to be a Kovercign and seli’-poverninjr aHsoci-1 and of placing them safe where misfortune
a;ion, under the control of no i>owcr other than our; cannot tamish, or even the malignant breath
irxrasar.:;!
soicniiily ]>Ied);uto cacli otiier tHUpiutual co-ope
ration, oiu- lives, our fortimesand our sacrod iMMior.
4. HitulrrJ, we now ocknowli-dgc the eiis-
lencc and cfmtrol of no law or I '^nI otljcir, civil
or military, within this rounty, we do her by or-
ilain luid adopt, as a rule of life, all, cr -.b and ev.
•inH yoth ..f Mnv u l.nn ■ r..milnr ^ wheri'n, ncv rihel««, the more pcn>etuai than tne snort I
•ind .^Othof Maj, 15, when a regular crown of t.nat Hnlam never tan be considered
deputation from each militia company in as hoMinp ri;his privileges, i.mnuniiics or au- n w. p.i[»cr public at ions .
Mwklenburg county, met to «j«isult and I diority tlicrein.
take measures for the pcace and faiKiuility I \ That i( is furiher decreed, tl.at all,
„r ,i,e cui»..., ,„„i .u,„ uf.0, 10 cl.„ui. ■
tation, declared themselves nlMpved from he acting c.mforniably to thete regulations; and
eat inheritance of an American citiz‘n.
JOSKPH McKNri’T ALEXANULR.
P. S. Should not some measure be taken
to p*»rj)etuate these evidences of our Decla
ration of Ind!pendence, and render them
more peq)ctual than the short lived exis-
?
VAKIEI Y.
their allegiance from the king of breat Brit
ain, and drew up a Declanition d their In-
dc[tendence, w hich was iinunimnwdy adopt
ed ; and employed (,’apt. James Jt:k to car
ry Copies thereof to Congress; nrlo accord
ingly went )n with them.”
Certificate of Samuel Wilson, l(Mecklen-
burg county, who certifies, “ thaiiomefiine
in .May, 1775, a coinniittc.'c iVoin lie difl«*r-
ent militia com|>anies in this count', met in
Charlotte, and after consulting tn;i iher,
publicly declared their Ind'pf't»d«pce f)ii
(ireat Britain and her (iovernnrtflU: tlii.s
was toi»‘ Uilore a large collecti* of |)co-
ple, who highly a|»proved of it. I'vas then
and there prt:s nt and heard it and from
the Court-ilouse dojr.”
CiDr.R.4-As the time for laying in t.’ider
, . . - r. — has comr, I would ob«‘rve, that Mustard
f”-- p';'-V"- .„„d.
IVace, iathe cbarnelor or.“committ-oma„,” to than Wny other thing I have tried,
issue prorcsa, hear and determine al! mattera of ' put a half pint Common mustard seed into
controversy, arrordinjf to said adi|>ti.>n of laws, ' a l>arrel of nlw cider, last fall, tuid let it re-
and to proicrve p^ ace, union and harmony in said i „,ai„ the fces without drawing (,tV, till it
county, and to every cxertKm ta ffprtud the , 11 i •* i * * 41
love of country and fire of freedom throughout | U8«Uand it kept it pert-ctly sweet
America, until more m-m ral and organizt J gov- I —1
ernnient be esfabUshed in this province. more like nK;iy>w old wine: the cider tiisted
These resolves having been concuried in, | little of the mustard, l>ut som^ gentlemen
hye-lawR and re^nilatioiis for the government ] " it,lhought it was improved by
of a Standing Committee of Public Safety ! flK* lasflyear was the first lime 1 put
were enacted and acknowledged, &c. i seel, I cluiiMrt jay that it will ahvavs
The whole proceedings of the Dck;gition,
though interesting, are too long for this
publication ; but to show, inaccordancc with
(ien. Joseph Graham’s certificate, is to
IhmnA; Booth, that niunici|jal authorit)’ was
a.vsumed and acted on hy tlii.s Committee of
have the same i fleet; but so simple a tiling
is worth try ing- —for iny cider was decided
ly the best 1 evfr drank.
Sicit Peach
.'■ometime sine*, by a correspondent in tho
Certilicate of James Johnson, rf Knox
county, 're;ujessec*, the original ..(which is j Safety, I will only copy a ccrtificaU ! !«pe«* of this ^ty' that ccrtaiii facts had
isses^ioii t(f Doct. J. G. -M.'Ramsay. jjj posses.'iion, viz;
May, 1775, |Hirsuaiit to orders is;,uod by
’ol. ThoH. Polk to tho Captains, toop|M»int
two mca front each cninpany to n present
thom, >»ho drew up fhe .Mecklenburg dec
lanition of liMle|M'iMlence : the .xaine com-
tnlttx; also ap[iointetl iia'ii to secure all
liie mihtiiry stim's for the ns«' ofsnid c«hiii-
ty, I \v:u under arms war the head of tin
s'Ie-l committee relumed; and l)«Kt. E-
phniim Bn van! r^ad their ri'port, a.** nearly
as I can re-ollert, in the very words as we
have latterly s«'en them in |>rint:—this re
port was unanimously adopted ; the whole
proceedings were then rear! iit the Court-
House d(M»r anl received with enthusiastic
line, near Col. Polk, and distinctly heard jrlie*‘rs. 'rims far I state from j)crsonal
him read a long string of grievaiH'Cs niHl
the said D«'e.laratioii, and the military order
above MtatHl.”
'I’he late Rev. Kiaiu is ('uinmins, in a h l-
|er to the Hon. Nathaniel .Macon, states :
•'at length, in the same vear, 1775, the
males generally of Merklenhurgcfiunty met
on a certain day in ('harlott', and fniin the
head of the (’ourt-Hi'Use stairs proclaimed
Inde]K*inbnco on Kiigiish (lovernment, by
Col. Thos. Polk, their Henild. I was pit's-
cnt and saw and heard it; as a young man,
! was an agent in these things. Ca|»t. James
Jack, then of Charlotte, was sent with an
accmint of th-s‘ proceedings to (’ongn-ss,
and brought hack to the county the thanks
of Congress for their zeal, anl the advice of
Congitvw to b«' a little more |Nitient, until
Congress should take the measures thought
to be best.”
Capt. James Jack certifies, “ That when
kni>wled;'' and observation. I understood
afterwards, that Capt. Jami's Jack, then of
Charlotte, went express with the proceed-
iiig» to CoM^i-ess, and that on his way, at
SjilislHirv , Mr. Cannon, who was one of the
committee who drew tho Declaralion of lu-
(iejiendence, prevailed on  'apt. Jack to have
tho pri>ceedings puhliely read, which w as
(lone, and genenilly iiighlv approved of.—
Rnt two lawyers, Joiin Dunn and a M
R(M)th,d‘clared the proceedings tn'asonable
and endeavored to have Capt, Jf.ck detain
ed ; hut he being well nrnx d pa.->«‘d on. .\s
soon as iiitellig(^nc(! of this n>ached Char
lotte, the chairman of tho committee of
Public Safety onlered a |>arty of 10 or 15J
horsemen to bring said lawyers from Salis
bury to Charlotte, which was immetliafely
elKfted ; and (>n investi^tiou In'fore said
committee, Dunn wasdisciuirged, on giving
security, and Booth was sentenced to he re
in |)osa»‘i
He certifies, “that m tlie munt^of' May
ITTS.Tlrcl'e *-en(> iwvend nwtin^ In Char
lotte, «i vari'His subjects; !>ulao tliinsj I
do (Misitively remenilier, that pin ilenlairg
comity did meet and have i»Coivpntion,
declared Independence and aiot a man to
Philadelphia with the procee|ings.’
I should have been gratil'n^ u> have re
ceived from Col. W'illiani PoiR of Raleigh,
a statement on tiiis subject, fi'ftn a pamph
let published by Mr. Gales, inRa!ei;;h, in
IS^'i. 1 find ('ol. Polk wasp*c»‘nt and
bears evidence of the Det:laraio« >( ludc-
|K;ndence by the citizens of lleckienbtirg
at that time, as a fact; but w^ tO" young
to give the proccelings in det;ij[l. The fact
is what is now denied; hi.« certificate, Od
it is, is therefore importint.
'I'liere is now a |>ap.T in my jD6s«'ssion,
written and signed by J. M. Alextider, and
pur|K.rts to be “ extracted from old min
utes,” Aic. On this there i^no date to
shr.w irhrn these extracts we* made: the
intnxluctory part is similar, as bra.« it goes,
to that phK. d in fhe hand of^ien. D-avie.
The resolves entered into, aW in this ex
tract noticed as follows: “1^. We, (the
couiitN) by a solemn vote, di|K)lve our Hl-
logiance to King George, mil the British
natiim. :Jd. Declare oun-clv^ o free .and
independent people, having a light and ca
pable to govern ourselves, as a p»rt of North
Cantlina. 3d. In order to hfe laws as a
rule t>f life, for our fiiture eowmnicnt, we
form a code of laws, by ad>pling our for
mer laws. 4th. And as theretvas then no
officers, civil or niiliUiry, in iHitcounty, we
decret'tl every military otficer in the county
shiHild hold his former commission and
grade, and that every member present shall
act as a justice of the peace, li««r anil de
termine all controversies, &c. 5th. Main
other laws and ordinances, &c. &c. .\fter
reading and maturing every part, all p:ls^-
e«l alKiiit r.2 o’clock. May 20,1775, Ate. \'e.
All sent on by James Jack,” Ate.
I hold these p|)crs, certificates, Ajc. sub
ject to the inspection of any one dc.^irous to
examine them.
I’rom the |>receding certificates, it ap-
[K'ars most prokible that there wert' drawn
, lately come to
NORTH.CABOMNA
MfX-KUrNBCRG COCNTV. S .111
lliisc may curtily to all whom it may concern, I "OUKI l)C
that the bearer hcreot; Williuni Ilrndcrson, is al- disca.se, prodiK
lowed here to be a true friend to liberty and ha.s , 'I'he Boston C'
►igntd the ajiFociation.
Cerliricd by ABM. ALEXANDER, C. M. ; . , •
Of tht> Committee of /*. A’.
^ ^ , . . puinttHl in burnt
Omitting a variety of documents tnci-1
ilcntally bearing on the subject of our Meek-1
lenliurg Dt'claration of Indei>endence, I will
iMin'ly advert to that which must alibrd tlie
i>jtn i> Hi tifut >\iiiLii ijiu7»i niioixi ii»u j fjcucrjillv
highest gratification to ever) citizen of the
tl»e Resolutions were agreed on, they were inovnl to Camden, R. C. out of the sphere
publicly proclaimed from the Court-House | of his iiilhience. My brother, George Gru
foUows:—The)
pot without watc
ced in an oven o
Trees.—It was mentioned
lis knowledge, whicii wen?
the boliH', that |K>w«;ei.-il
d about the roots of |M>8ch
t great preservative against
od by insects, worms, &•.
>urier in a recent notice of
this subject, cor oborates the above opinion,
ience ; and adds that, trees
and are universally healthy
oriiis at the rix>t.
Apple JtUy. —It is not known, perhaps,
it ouuht t(» be, that a[>ple.-4
make an excelk nt jelly. The process is ari
are to l>e [mrei, quartered.
tlie core compir ely reniovHl, and put in a
State of North Carolina, by placing before
them that res,.Ue, or law, which staiwis the
first Icgi.Mativc act on the subject of Ameri
can liHle|X'iMlcnco, in the I nited Stales.—
This 1 will ciipy from the printed Journal of j weil's^tew^' "ho
the Pn>vinciai Congress of North (’arolina, ^ t
held at llaIitax,onthe lthdayof April, 1770.; ofa„e„„ istob^
On the Sth of April, a select comnuttee of ^ irprevi,.^“'to'u,ihng,"the^
seven was appointed to take into considera-: proper consiaency, and an e.xcellent jel-
tionthe usur[«itions and violences attempted ] prdduct.
luid committed by the King and Parliament I T J_
of Britain against America, &c. &c. On 1 ]Vi7/otp Bark\-lt is stated, in a letter
the l^th of April, the said coniuuttoe re- that Vhe French medical men
ported a lengthyd eclaration of usurpations, I In jq administer, with
violences, ty rannies and cmeltics, &c. Acc. j success agMiist intermittent fevers,
and oflercHl the following Resolve ; j bark of the willow, 'riiese gentleni>n
Kr$otrnl^ Tliat the dclerates for tliis colony in , assi'rt that it has r lore power than Peruvi-
theConlim ntaK’onprcss, S' empowered to concur ; IJm-Ji.
with the dL'lcc.T(oi of the other colonies, in dcclar-
r, closely covtired, and pla-
over a fire. When pretty
juice is to Ije .«pieezcd out
which a little of the white
added, and then the sucar.
ce it
1 jel-
Gin.—Londo
ty-four millions ga
5 miles iu length.'
Rochester, X.
ing liidi'pindrncc and forming (brcign alliances,
rew'rvins: to this colony the sole and exclusive rijfht
of forming a constitution and laws lor this colony
am! of apioiutinif di lejrati-o, from time to time, to ! '•YV'"!
iiicit tlic dclcifati's of the otlicr colonies, lor snch i Vear in r.t
piirixwes as shall l>c hereafter pointed out; which a riVer a yard deep
was ininiiiinouriy conciirrrd in.
[XoTF. The word Kcsn/rrrf, was used ns the en-
acting cIau?ctocvtry lawjiassctlby thisbgislat’.uc.]
The resolve so highly extolled, «>f the j d,cstcr is situated
\ irginia IjCgislature, wa.s on the I5th ol j eleven miles south 1
May, 1776, over one month after this, from ■ villaco, which, foi
which it evidently emanated. Here, then, j busit'iess, may soot
we see a document, printed and promulgat- „-as not settletl unti
ed to the world under all the Rolenmities ofi |^st war; its progi
a law i>a.ssed by the legislative authority of; umii about the year
a State, on the r,Hh day of May, 1770, and ; rapidlV im
circulated by tho members through every |,jay. ItnowconUiin
section of the State, and being X\\c first print- inhabitants. The
ed declaration made on the stdyect in the
I nited States; which I w ill venture to say.
editor affirms that twen-
lons of gin were consum-
glaiul, “ entHigh to form
twenty yards wide, and
up by a select committee, a declaration of iiever was leprinted in any publication, his
grievances and a formal declaralion of In-! torical or [HMiodical, previous to its insertion
de|)cndence ; which, if so, was tho pujier
st*nt on by (’apt. Jack to Cong^'3s; the
original of which i« b;-* ‘a us, *hi«ngh the
death, shortly aflerwartls, of D>.. t. E|»hraim
Brevard, the chairman of that committee,
and hy the (Kcupation of Charlotte Lv Corn
wallis, where the IXx-tor lived atwl where
his jMqiers prolmbly were. But lie thi.s as
it may, we have an autlu ntic cojiy of those
resolves and b\o-laws mentioiMHl in so ma
ny of the certificates, in the hand writing
of John McKnitt Alexander, and certitM-d
by him as Clerk, w Inch had been by him
in the ( ataw Im Journal, ofOctolier 19,1S24,
at which time, it might l»*‘ safely assorted,
it was n't known to one j)erson in each 20,-
000 of the present citizens of N. Carolina;
was taken in Decen
lier of inhabitants
and thirty one.—Si
\—The village of Ro-
in the tJeuess'e River,
>m Lake Ontario. This
|K)puiation, extent and
rank among our cities,
aljout the close of tho
‘ss Wiis not very rapid
1820, from which pcri-
rovtnl until the present
a i>o[>ulation of 12,000
rst census of the village
9er, 1815, ajid the nmii-
iien was three hundred
t. Bui.
Iion" Di'txses.--\t the “celebration”
Ball the other nigl t, I overln'ard a gentle
man obst'rve to aiu ther, “How very long
that young lady’s d t'ss is.” Iong, said tho
he very shortest in tho
and it has UH>n lately suggested by some, | \ think'it is
that there may not lie another copy of the | room. You dont ta le, said the tiiiit, I mean
Journalsof that Ix-gislaturt' to be now found, i jt’a fjo,,, m
In order, then, to invalidate the authen- j J
ticifv of this first, this hold and patriotic re-, jvir. Francis G raijger, we unilerstaml, de-
solve of our ‘Li-gislaUire, wlucli stands and ! ^ ,^e side of
will forever stand, the fii-tcor-1 . 1. i .
ner-rookof Ainenean In.I.'pendence, how i Anti-.Masonry; thti hol.l that associatioiM
easy w ould it l>c. ('V'’rc thi® copy burned.) ■ for keeping r yrcrfflare utdawful.