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1 - - :-7v -Si-.' rr V" V 5 Win.'.. 3 ;77 v Liu : v .. : --LATCRY; We published last week, the i4V!mon of the Presbyterian, General As MSemtTyfitt legtird to the subject; of slavery ; V and on anding the Report of tbe Committee '. a;th suhjtfctv tre are so struck with the forci vibfeqih aud arguments which the oommite -jtMsWiu tmslaiuiug their position, that we must : - lay the Report beforo our render. It is not long, but give the positiou ofthe Presbyterian - Churck: in a nutshell : r ' - ' . ' L.The'Corunuttce","lo whorrl Was referred the- " memorial o the subject of lfveiy, bg leave .. to eubmit the foUoitii report : :Th 'inemofial may be divided iuto three ' claes'9, viz v - . . - a. Thxve which repreaeut the eyftein or eiavery as il exists in these Uoiied Sfate, as ... a grearevit, and jlray tbi Geoeral AeeeinUy - to udopt measure- for the amelioration oi the coodirtop of, the slaves. , . 2. : Those which nk the Aanemhly t ie- peive metnoriafs on the eubject of slaver, to allow a foil djacusaion of it, d to eujoiu nj- . on tbo iiu-inhere of our church, reidi.ig in Slates vvfeia laws Turbid the .sUves beiiiff taught to" read, !o seeu by all lawful means the ; repeal of ibe liva. ; 3. Thoehieb represent slavery as e ;iral evil, a ''heinous siu ia the sight of Go), eelculated to bring upon the church ihe curse of God, and calliog for the exercise of disci- pliae' i.'Mhe oose of those bo persist in maiu- - laiiiiog or jtj!fyiog tbe relation of master to y Toe q'tdst ion . which' is nfvv unhappily ai ta;lag and , 'dividing other branches af the chueb, and whi'-h is pressed opoti ihw attsu- " - ,.tioa of ihe Assembly by the tbrey cl.isses of in'Jdnrinlitst,jut uamed, is whether the hold in&'ot slave, is under all circuuistaoc?s a bprnousHsiu, calling for the diaciplino of the - eli'uca. - , The church of Christ is o spiritual body, , whW ja'i-diction extends only to the relii "ou fouhj and moral conduct of her members. She cauuot -initiate 'here Christ hnt not legislated, nor make terms of membership which he ihnVnot tadc. The que-siian, there fore, which thin Awseuib'.y is called upon fo decide, is thi8t D th S.nriptue! teach that th-j noliiiojf of olives, wih ut regard to vh cumstauces is a sia, the ronuueiatinn of uhicb, should be uiade a condition of msrn bersbip to iho church of Chrisi ? It is irupcwsihlo to ansner this question in mu auiruiauvc, wiuwui cooiaaicuog inie o! the plainest deelatatioun of the Word M God. That slavery existed in the diys ofChmi and - hi Aiostle j an admitted fact. That thy ,did net'dnounui the rwluiioa itself as sinf!, aa iticoasiiteMit witti Chu'stsanity ; that . holders wens attainted to membership ?u the "J"" ; my u potues ; mai i wbtUt they wee lequlted to treat their slaves ....ta, uwu rawonai, Bccouniauie, 1 immortal beings, and if Chti:stinns, a broth-1 , ten tn the Lord, they were not commanded toi . emancipate therr , that slaves were required to be Ckobedieut to their master 'according to the Qewb. with fear and trembling, with single ness of heart as unto Christ," are facts - -bib ; meet tho eyo'of every reader of the New Tetsfameiir. This Assembly cannot, there- lJor 'JunuuflAQ L'the holdim of t"- - suriJy a heinous aud scandnlnua sia, calcuhrt ed to bring upou the church the curse of God, - without charging tho Apostles of Christ with conniving at such sin, introducing'-" into (he Church KUch giuodr, aud thus brhijjiog upon thero tho curse ol the Almighty. , I u so-saying, however, tha Assembly are . not to he understood as denying thai lliere is evil connected vita slavery. Much less do .. they approve those defective and oppressive' laws by which ja uiue ofthe States il U reg ulatl. Nor vFould they by any means cotintD naoce the traffic of slaves for the sake of " filthy lucre or for the eonvciiiecce of the master, or cruel treatment of slaves in any respect, fcveiy Christian and phibn;hfoiit certainly should seek by all peaceable and law ful means the repe-d of unjust and oppressive iaw, uau ma amend Jieuts ot such a are de fective, ao as to protect the slaves from crmd treatment by wicked men and to secure. to them the right to receive religious instruction. Nor ia tha Assembly to be ondertorj o 'couttteuattftog tbo idea thai masters miy re gard thin wvant bsj mere - property, not as bnman bciogf, ratiuaol, accountable, immor tal.. The Scriptures proscribe ust only the dalv ef servants, but of makers al-o, wamiorr tip. latter to dischurge those duties, knowing scot tueu master is in heaven, uertb cr la uicre respect .of. person, with bim." ":lt"TAAU p to S8y, that -T. A !.. - - " aiuct lain tin in-spired posii did uot ; ion, we as comt td; Christ, hare no authori ty to Jo o ;t ainee they did not attempt to re- . movoyiffroin the Church by leginilatiou. we ha vo no n uthority to Jea islate on . the subj set. We feci constrained further tu say, thuf, how- . ever desirable it may bo lo ameliorate the con dition of the daves of . Ihe. southern and west on States, or to remove slavery from our country, thee objects we are folly persuaded ctu never bo secured by ecclesiastical legisla liirn. Much less cau they be attained bv owj'indwerijninafe: denunciations against slaveholders, without regard to their character or circumstance?, WDich have, to so great an extent, characterized the movements of mod ern aUoiitiui( xvhbh 6o far from removiag the evils complained, lend only m porpetuato and aravat tbnm. 1 ' . 'h7 w!.n'l!le'rof.Cll,l"sl Sonbt lo ae!ionilo .Da tcodemon of sln, not by denouncing and escomntuuicalmg ibeir ma.trs fcn hv otasinra ana oiaveis h .,:- ' doctrines of the (ioocl nnt .ni : . - ",J" ""J"UIU1 UDOO b the helrS dX0 Tonn only .can the Church of Chrisi, n .tteb' now ,m;ir.ve ft eoudttion of the shayea in ourconntry- sieves m -Am in ikn . m .. - - Z 'r oi me evils invoipfd in bold i hi st- i-LMUf?ne n the slave- "f their eWraM; ' . " V ?eepor ense - - - . - . -3-"--, t ihe means of fi,eT and tne meai v fe - , not professedly reng ulation ' generally favorHbis object. We earuesuy ' to abound more aud more in this good wo(k. . - . . . - i..i;vinff master t e would exnorr every remember that hit master is also in Heaven, and in view of all tbe ci.rcumw-uw..r he is placed, to act ia the .pint ot the golden ..... til A Inat man snrkliUI rule: Whatsoever - - do to vou, do ve even the same to them. Important decision in a slave case. In ihe United Stnte Court ot Indiana the fol jpwiug important, case came on for argument oa the 19ih idr. oa demuirer. The poinls ind3. for a brief sketch of which we are in debted to out friend J. S. Reid, esq., were the follow iuj: : ' lat. Tbdt slavery i; ooly a SlMo or local in Utotion; 2 "'That slavey is based on local laws, not sustained or supported by either mor alnatural, or national law,- 3. T hat it a Klave escapes from the i?tate in which he i-s h-d in slavery, either by accident, consent of hi master, or against that consent, he i forever fee; 4. Tht the ordinance if 1781, organ izing the oorthwestcrn territory, only guaran tiee tho delivering op of fugitives from labor or citizen of the original State?; and that, as xMissouri (from whence the slaves escaped) was uotosie of the original Stiite, tbo eiiizons of Iodisus were not bonnd to Missouri her runaway slaves. deliver "up to Jude MLeiu who presided,--, delivered tho opioiou of the com t. lie admitted the correctness of the propositions 1, 2, sud but oven uled ihe demurrer, deciding that if Indiana had remained a territory, under the ordinance, sho would noj have been bouud to deliver up the slaves; but, having', adopted a constitution, which in pait abrogates tho law or the ordinance, she is bound by the United States constitution; aud Missouri, being tuie of tho great sUter family of States, is entitled to all IDG rights and privileges of the oriiual Stato, tforn all other States tu the Union. i - r .u .i: .-.;... ,.c !.!.' ncsiryiujj uio luriuor uihusmuh .t ui point on an est of jodgmen!, provided judg rnenf should for ihe plaintiff, the court over ruled the demurrer, and the cause whs put at issue, and is tujav ready for tri;;! oa tho merits. - From the Union. CHINESE'- COR U ESPON D E N C E. A report is in rirculation in the papar.-, ou the au'horitv of a ietit!eman who has la?t?y 1 ,, , , I, . . - i . ... it j o. , in c a United StwiGS a letter of surprising dimension ,. "i,', . i i c , - OOI lOris sIV fPt ii ur :lrlfl Ihicp ti.pt vent.- Though the letter i said to fo wiitteu iioih ia theChiues aud Maochu Tastar laugnftes, it must not be imagined ihat its extrnoidirj iy ize Is occasioned by the quantity ot us eon reats. ivenerauy. me size oi a VQinesc ooc- j mnent is iu proportion to tho impoitioce of J tne soojed it Heats ot, to the. rauK miui diijntty of the writer, and of ihe person to who. .7 it is addressed.".- When Mr -Cushion was negotta tina with the Chinese authorities, the commu iiicntious be received fro;n Ching and Ky Ying wero each about two feet and a half long, and ore r a foot joule, tcrttten in very , , 3 large characters. & - , , - , . . Every Chinese despatch is inclosed ma rr, . - m, ..hu cpso ofthe Rey Aiehtbald M Q-ieeiiratd ihe address, as well as the name and titles!-.- ,, ,u t i ofthe person who sends it, and the date, are written on the " outside. - The Chinese date ?heir documents of public and private transac tions from the year; of tho reigu of the living x .t. ; i ,u In !nrr roirpsitorifterieft. rhtv u?t:afV ciodi importance to certain woids, bv which they designole Uieir letter, and which are used ac cording to the tank of those whom they ad dress. A great magistrate, for iu-tancs, writ ing o his equal in rank, styles his epistle shcQ'd vshtujy a luminous communication. A superior v?ntir;g to his interior in . rank, calls it yxiling, an imperative command; and an in lerior officer addressing i.is superior, must desiguale it with the character pien, a humble etatctnent. The despatches addressed to Mr Cubiog weie "luminous communications'! Kuowjug that the ambassador of the nation of the flowery Hag" was cuidered the equal or the highest statesrneu of the "central Ihnvery ompiro;' ou admission but of recent death Budiufiiciently indicating the revolution which han taken place in the ideas of the Chinese regardiug foreign nations. But, in address ing foreigner?, they arc careful to asceitaiu their respective innks, in order to observe tbe pt escribed etiqu?Ue rcfpeciinu' the dimensions i aad b! le of theii letters. In the course of the ' it tmrtt ir ?K i'na A - - cr, Ching. tbe governor of canton, nrfd.,. - r.... ...... ".i .iiiiviK.iu con:missioti- a letter to one of tho gentlemen - n .rhe.t t , I V, . . I . . .-iuain-r size lliau those addressed lo the commissioner, ai d bom the mark of neither a luminous rmuiuuiea'tioti, uor aa ' k' imperative command." It was mark ed with the character CIw, an ioslrurlive com position. Documeuts issued from tho nny-ko (or Cabinet) iu the name of tbe Emperor, are styled shang yu, supreme comma nd.-. Some limes, also, they aro promulgated as skinr-rh; the sacied will. The mandarin who received suen uocur; umeuts must, before opening tm use and proVtrate himself thrTce, and head nine limes on the i-rouod burn incense t i. f : - t- . buoctv iiss nean mue limes on the irojnd ''1- V-Il- T - . - iiie nmese goverunicfit attaches importance to the. observance ofthe formal ues useu in inetr cortespondence, that a - 7 . - ... clause (;to tna! efit has beeu entered iu the treaties lately concluded by it with foreign na- tious, as appears from tbe treaties with Great nr.-.. i r .... xriiaiu ttua rraucc, wnich have been pub lbhed.,u According to this clause . nohll.- l . cr . ; .m ? .u.mncms, in correspond t ior with -hit.P I - " v-ijuat I il li iif bouud to address 1 them "luminous commu uication!;'.' liut foreign merchants tvrii in to a Cbiuese Magistrate, of -whatever rank, must address a pcn, or humble statement. 1 he Chmese write iu perpendicular col umns from the lop to the button of the page; a"d, PeediUK from Ihe right hand to The letV It is wiib them n point of civility, in ad drewioc a letter, lu bin new cola'rnn,aiid place. Ihe name of ihi ".u i '?fJ"'"."'& ft b. i Ih. beainnimr. mirtHt ' . - v ' ' - - . ... iu inn wnrjfl I '. . .. r" , 4 . ... 'a -r.".. i- .--'..-. V '5 TsTl-.r ?"" -.- '-t- V. 1:-. .7 --'7-'7 - .;-.7; -,' - : ,i "77--i 1 , 777'- -x- - s rhere -o inauy titles, ter.r.s of respect, aud t-xpressious of politeness, are in ne a J iU f VrnmV thlk Kmoeror down lolth poorest laboter, people treat each other iu the most hyperbolical style. . there are hme words, however, which can never oe address ed to any o'her person ..except the Emptjor. 1 1 1 ti'ii' tft,w u . . 5 u uihmi: I T iran s?, ten thousand years .po hia. sfeps below; kwang shang, august supreme, lie expressions aro used as the wold sire' i'Ja certain countries of Europo. He is alsoal led lien I3z, the on of HeaAeo ; but thi4 as far as I kuow, is never made use of iulhis pro.-ence, nor in documeuts directly addtss ed to him. When the Emperor speakj iu the tirst person, he always uses very "HjJest language ; he calls himself kica jin, a rsti- tute arau. . - A governor of a province has the ti e of lajin, a grtat man ; the magistrate of a cho, or diitrict, is called tay Ian yay, great veiera ble father;, the perfect of a hien, or p t of a distiict, is addressed as tay yay, cm rent father. - ' la the lreofs of Canton and about Mcao, erne frequently hears laborers and coolio sa lute oach other with the title of sien. sanoT schooim'aster. Iu their lettcis, people f the pooler class use a very-singular form of polite ness ; iu place ot ih ? expiossious, your obedient servaut" used among us, a Chuese subscribes himself ijeujle, a stupid yotpger brother. f Confidential notes f tho Chiacjy are written on very fiue paper, ornamenr ivitn drawings of 1-itidscapes aud fantastic jircros. In former limes, the Chinese government usi:d to assume tho title of lien chaot, the celestial court ; this, however.has of latebeeu abandoned, aud the more modest stye of ta is'mg., or ihe giert puro dyuattr, is ul iu the documents addressed t- foreigncrs.fi. " j A correspondent asks "What is ihe jfTer ence between a high-church and a lovv-cbuh-man '!" We beliovo tbo oi igiu of all their difference- to bo this : The high-churaman asiserts the doctineof I3aptirnal Hegnera liou, .while 'he low-churchman deirts it. Opposite views of this fund lUiental sbjscl nrive fjso to opposite styles of pieatiing ( The low-churrhmati believes that man! who j havo "beeti baptized are on the road toflell, ! rvhi'e he liiih-churchuiaii assuredall such that they are oa the road to Heaven. PisTOis -Ton two. Mrs trnji, o Ver-l)Ud- ruont. recen'.ly pjesenled her duel hattu , , -. ' . , band with a brace of little rusiols. ' f t .Oop- Mr Hector Fc-i kins, of Baltimore. hit his leg amputated on the' 25th uli. oi ar count of a w ound which ho received it the brtlle cf Chippewa, thiity years ag.i. . Thc P.iesbyteuian Marriage Q;i;s TJON. On the last tliy of the Presb ia n Genera! Assembly at Ciueiunat i, iho cJo : M'Q,oeen (suspended for nta rymg his ifes sister) carnti up, when the following decision W33 made, by a vote of 36 to 62. j i.., . i i I'u.. .....'" ,.4-.u.. ! i ,. . , . , .. ' . , - i ; list be granted, so tar as theat this Gejerai i . !T . , . , f Assembly iccornmeud to the Presbviey ot ... . -, i ii in nit i jnuguicui ii 3IIIIUIU .ippedt i:oouu live to the peace of the Church, and the pti motion of religion io the region around then to restore Mr M'Queen to the commuti im , the Church, aud to the exercise of tho fuu'- i tions rrfthe gospel minis ry, ou the groutl - ... cs r j ' t-s' that in this case, the ends of discipline are t" tamed by the operation ol the sentence undr which Mr M'Quecu had been lying for a p liod of three years. j br.ouiDA Election. We received yd i tcrdav slips, irom tho I allahasseo Flotidin and the Star, of J one 3, giving the latest ele iiou news. The Star is neutral, Hnd v copy its statemcnis as not liktdy to be qoq tioned. "Thero roinains now no doubt of the ele tionof W. D. Moseley, Govet uor of Florid, and David Levy, Representative toCongres. The mail f-om the East of last evening brius accounts of an overwhelming vote havig been cast in almost every county East ,f te I Suwannee, for these gentlemen. Mr Lev, it is said, has a majority of 900, aud Tr Moseey's majority is not much less. i Gen. Call, West of the SuwatiHee, hl 300 majority; deducted this from Mr Mot ley's majority -East of that river, will leae rhts latter gentleman still a majority of 60 We have no estimate of air Levy's major V over his competitor, but know it to be muh greater thau this. It is said that not a sine. Whig has been returned to either bratich.f the Legislative Council, East of Leon cou ty. Tho do est and most popular-Whis tht is in East Florida, hive been defeated V overwhelming majorities. : In regard to the complexion of the net Legislature, it will be neai ly all democratic, f Strange Affair at Lynn, (MAas- As some men were blast r mi r,.r, ... o . :. ' 0" ett,ieaP Mr Joseph R. Mifct ,WPU! U.l-f" ";."B,?.10 ,hem he wa going !o 1 !"uc,h ?ff wllh -hw "ar- They tried to of- i-'okh owirirj- cnirld ni.n J r . 4 . . """3eu ,ney.rar- He immediately sertie 1 ill Il llilll'lf or r 1 M ... . m.1 I - .-. I i.i ..i"' s mnauny uis head blown to nieces, and when the im ,,..,.,,1 he was dead. . Mr Millet h,d a good .Wy at Swampscof, and had just built him a nv store. - , Eaklt- Cotton. -The Albany fGei.) Courtei of the 31st uli. saya : The,0 is i4w ymg on our ,ab!e a fully expanded Coin bloom, handed us on ihe 22d insLj bv Mr Edward jaes of Lee couuty, from one? of whose field u was plucked.' ' f We arc glad ti learn that th ou ,hm joth wo have suffered has not injured aur crrjs, and that ihey promise lo turn out We it'Ue are only favored with a moderate seaOB. The Ui S. ship Columbus sailed from New (York, on the 31st ult., for China, earning out iue nuii. -irea. yyvcrtsi as minister U that country, aud the ratification ofthe treaty, with I THE COTTON PLANTER. Under the head of Prospects ofthe Cotton Planter,' the Charleston Mercury ofthe SOth, in a most caustic article ou the wrongs of the Cotton Planter, givi,ug the causes of the depression of his foi tunes, and the prospect of a rise in the price of cotiou, closes with the following eloqneut paragraph : There is hut one thing under tbo sun which impedes or can impede ihe progress of the Southern planter to a career of prosperity not exceeded by any former period of brilliant success. He must be free. Ho must have justice. He must have free trade. He must be able to carry on his naturr.J commerce, and buy from those to whom he sells. V hen he pet mils his government to combiue against him, he must be an easy victim to all other combinations ; aud exhibit the stum go and wretched spe.-tacle of starving, with the rich est product in ihe woild in his possession- whilst it impatts affluence aud power to all others. He who commands the favor of na tions, and ihe peace ofthe world, should spurn the thought of bowing down to the base and mercenary dominion of a few veual and cow. ardly factory owners whose "counters ate. their owners 'their ledgeis their bibles and gold their God." Eveu for revenuo to sup port this Government, ait burdens ou a com merce, three-tout ths of which is carried on by hi productions, must fall with unequal weight Upon him. But to be dept ived of his - natural customers, and to Ire forced to be th Legis. la'.ive customers of those who cannot be his, thus, to cripple and plunder him, i- to miko him a slave, a degraded, impoverished slave. With bun, his natural prospeiity may be ne cessary to his existence. . . Make cotton value less by increasing she ccs: of its production, aud whit wiil become of our institutions liaise up enemies oftho.se who ate out natu ral friends-, by refusing to receive from.oiu customers the manufactured goods they tenner in rctutn for our notion let a one-sided and trailing dependency be thus produced on the nnit ni imi'Mii n m !!,',) n . null W Oat f liilHi an rloits iiiiil sacrifices .nay not bc'made. - what hostility K.. rt t.i ,,1-mrhrotv our iutlu- tious? Ifontherontrary, weare left t ihe natural c urse ot commerce who u "'"' r liihls ' :tirl deoendeucv will biird to us . , - , " . .. . next writer, -with the stern aud immoveauie demand, lhal the tariff of 1SA2 should be i . I . . I t 'u promp: v aud niisouuety reptia.eu. n: o t i" 1833, perliidi 'ul v overthrown, sh-ole be the utmost limit of his concessions; and h'riod iess be offered, ho should reject it wi;h scorn. Justice, liberty, and tho couft't J'iou alike demand, that he s-hoiird obtain :i revenue tariff from Congress, or take :t hiujsel!'. For- j iuuafely, his mighty ta ! renders him the iat aian in the woild, with whom pcopl d.jien- j dent on manufactures or commerce will quar- ii'hlJNETlC I'XT.IN riNG TtL EG V. A P2i. We understand, says the Herald, that a Magnetic frintiug 1'elegtaph is shortly to be produced to the vv.nld, which is superior lo any now in use. Instead of making lines, each to desig uate a letter, it makes tht with astonishing rapid!!)'. e y will be o' great value. full letter itself" aud This new dicov for it can be man- aacd bv any one without difficult v. A Nsty Debutante. Mrs ' M.rwatt, the authoress of Fahion, will make her debut at the Paik boatds in the r-eurso of :iext -week. I on the occasion of Mr Crisp' heneat, io the character of ''Pauline," m the Lady of Lyons The Herald savs that mxnv of Airs ! friends, who have seen her at private .ehfar- ' sals, ssv that is likelv to h eminrnitv I successful. " ' f k ' j ExTKAOKDiNARY Foot P.Ace in Eso- ! land. A man named Maxfield, tan 20 1 miles in one hour 53 minutes and 20 second, ; the friend-hip aud support of all torei-ru ua- " -ouege wuu.s were iiequeuny mayo to tion-. The American Tariff is the or.gin of! nng'with ihe met ry notes of the Pitto Toite. all the hostility of foreign nations to the iusti-1 accompanied with soil and musical voices T tutions of the South ; and now puts France j the young ladles; and mi one or more ocr-a-atid England in combination, defeat ihe j us the sound ' of the 'Good Oid North annexation of Texas f the Union. The! Mate was heard as it by magic, wa.ibed by Southern planter shoubi go to Washington 'a.-t 100 voices, . Ibereby giving a ttroug .,A . uhllj thr fiPf nii.t lol'tv .-itiiit w-tii. ii na- cise ti is . a , . . . . ... - - . - , f t ui uiv uiiij: u y vonu ' l. r ,u.. v! u ...,t..cJ ! of a 1st to the t'r tiiirinal a nd.Dssialnot.-i ot thi i i r t ntro i.. - - - " ever cnu'acmrifo mc "imi, wioca t - - i ."-' j eat iy, ror u ve yoarK. to br nueo wim bastard-,) will carry htm through to J scr.oot. lacliol whom, however, are pe. haps expemled j., redeeming ibv -hues id th t i triumphant icdemp'.ioii, aud a most "glorious ; to. tu.kuown"er mu to arid a singly .woifil; inland ,.t,d competisati:." the Jo-bes '' till success." they are nevorth.-toss, peculiarly and happily masters. - . - , ' . i adap ed lo lha itmnil.Mlt rrbieet in uhii h rti'ev - - at Slough, ou a wager of Jt-200 to JS100, that WVJ "r" . ,!:,l!!liiS ut c..(St!g -out in the distance could u -t he run iu two h-urs. I "PP0"1""' to. Mr AVoith, whjth are in ry e Maxfield peifoimed the match iu most adniir- i I' 7?J "i1''!. : ' Mr D. admits aide style, and this is, we ar e informed 'the thiit "e is .-V ll fy'vujof Conventions Ciaa ... or .u ... ; rir.-t and only time thu extraordinary under taking has been accomplished.' He was immediately conveyed la the North Star and put to bod. W hen this account was despatched, he was, to u3e tits own word-, "a well as ever he was in his life." He never "pulled up" once 'during ihe race ; he was supplied with weak brandy aud water -by means of a sponge, while he was tunning at f ull speed. - Mr Gales, of the National Intelligencer, has given a dinner party to the British min-j isler; A free tn3n of color, by the nan e of Cdton, was arrested and examined before a Magis trate on last Sunday aud Monday, io the coun ty of David-son, on su-piciou of being the vil lain Wh j murdered Mrs Mary West and her. grensou, iu this county on the 9:h May last. He was committed to jail to await his trial. Salisbui'y IValchman. - ' 7 board? Because be points out to others The way they should go, yet never goes that way himself, . A ' v wri'T' iuaai uicaiur like a fSI'Ti-i. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. .ng to the Estate of Stephen Homncsvvort TdccM li lr-?VfLAW longing to ibe aid E- r'lr i 4 acr' an acB.and F1. the back ftelonsoigr to jjj,, or 9a much thereof as wit. satisfy 1 h- demands ainst the rsaffle. - . ROBERT MECVIN, - . .. . -." Communications. '' - r - : Fer tho Caroiiniau. "FLORAL cbLLEG t f . I was induced by a friend to visit the an nual comirieuceiiieut at Floral College ;- and although I .yielded to "the solicitatious of my friend, 1 must say T anticipated but a poor re ward for" my Up. This however, Mieing my first visit,! was determined' to acquutut my self as far as possible with the success of the. Itisiitmiou, as well as to form some little esti mate ofthe value of such a Seminary of learn ing to 1 the immediate neighborhood aud the surrounding country. The location of Floial College is pecolia'ly adapted loVuch ah lu slitutiou -it is a high healthy place, suriouud cd on all sides by an extensive grove of oaks, aud presenting to tho visiter a most beaulit'ul and shady appearance far'' remote from any town or village, when but loo often the m'nds ofthe youug are misled, and the more iub stanlial branches of a thorough education is neglected. I had previously learned that the settlers around the Ceiiegc were oL. Scottish descend ants, u race univeisally renowned for ibeir bospitaiitv; nor was 1 'mistaken iu this, fur in every one wiihvhom I was foitonate enough to make an acquaintance,.! fancied the nue iHdius oi iirenosntp ; auu tue ueany auo cor- . i. . - j- . .i : i . . . i . i - i niai wercowie i iet-ieu connrmwu anu strQUg- theucd tbo bene?. ' I did uot arrive in time to hear nil tbe classes examined, )et I heard u Siinicietrt uuutber tu Sttlify my mind that ihe course of instruction had bee u rss.. thorough' as'" could possibly be desiied. To&. ptomptnoss and OorrecJness w uh .hk-h all 'questions a.-Ked were answeredj hut too pisiniy told with'whaAi . discipline Ute youthful murd had been. UTsicd ! each 5'otsug tauy auswoiiiig u rttirillu ! and jtcooiurg modesty ad Q.t?Ssirona propoun ded, to the great saiistiittion of tho Trustees, parents, and guojrlians, n.s well as the large concourse ot i"iters. Tbissthool,' I under, stand, nurubeicU. obout 6u tlie past suasion- of this rtumbct o I think were deemed woiihy o 'utplonias. '! ho piispect is very good lor lW "ddiiious ihe utxi session; the exercises ere s.iuy euu'riurutim.tu au picieui.. in j tbe evn,ug a M Mendui cmeuatnn.ent I festivities of tne occasion . Out ing the even- ; , . . . . ' . . " . . o - : ' i: ... is . .. i- : - i j;i!.nuuitc ji meuevortou or an preseur to rjie eause ot our country, all seeming to givo n double interest. 'Tne evening passedc-otF leasautly, leaving rs it doubtless did, the ri!ot j"rveable imp-es-sious, mid n deteriniualiou in the mind of many ii attend the. future annual commence ment". , i. - .. , , , . ., I am imormed a large and sjracious HolUe ot Kutoita-inmeiil will soon be erected, ftu a to a fluid ample accommodation iu future to vj-f:eis. It would ba uopaidonubl in me to hasty sketch without adap ed lo lha io.ni taut object in which air eugaged I he e ver e ssr-s rt tne isch.M, Itm.t.r ! - --.w --....-.. win . I . 1 - . , I !i-fi1 me young ladles were si 1 1 anxiety to firojlirl their vacation w i;b fbei- u iends ; ami wee bidding their nssociates fdreweil lor a season, auu iu many lu-tanee.s the staitbng tear .would but too plainly bespeak the innocence of their pure minds, ami ther eby add ne w? beauty to their almost indise.nbable charms. ' By iv!u'r the above an iuseitiou in your n;mer. vu will greatly obiig . ... i j U. l - . ;ror ihe Carol. nianl ; " - Guilford county, -June "3, :ia45.: Ma Editok : You havo doubtless seon War. there mH bo a great cmtest lor Ihe h .mv vi fepresuiiMug the' 4h Congressional Diir'itt ol ,n,s - Gen. O ,CKety (tho Esciims t tbo Oid N"or.th State) h-is boldly ' come, out in opposition t'-3Ir Wo;ta,'who" -.was. tiomi- nillcd !VV tno lsl'3 Asheboiough Convention U!i a u"al" candidate for te'; ensuing J Vou ti'ess. Mr D- iu a late speech at Greens- oorougo. gave ins i ease us tor cooiiror Tool and at tha same timo says th it they should ap- proximate a rn rj cny t-in. people, -;-.or or' pat ty, so as to exprt-is b'uym:dasooabte Side, did uot anomvimaf n ,o;;,., ..c,,u 1 tie t niwj'.ii iif U ; IliC t peopte or party i,.r wliten it was held ; bm ihey aeted as n majority of the people, aud carried out the sentiments of a majority of the party. Mr D. intimates tbt it the wi.s'hes of a ma jority ofthe people had , beea carried out in the Asbbofough Convention, he would have been the mm ; for he had been fiequenlly consulted, and received uu.oe.rous solicitations throughout the district, to become a candidate. It is a great piiy for Mr D. that some ol those men who were soliciting him so .strongly,, had uot attended some ofthe public meetings aud had themselves " appointed '"delegate?, in order that they might have nominated Mr D. for the office he seems so anxious tu fill. If Mr 1). is as smart a man as would appear from his coming ut ou'his own hook in u positiou lo the nominee of the Abborougb Convention, why was ho not recommended to the Aahuerougb Convention by some on : ofthe live counties which held public' meet logs and appointed delegates to that Conven-: IPu ? T'bere must have beon a wide . difTer ence some way or the other. Mr D. says he received uumerous eolicitalions throughout the - district lo become a candidate ; and yet hi- name was. not mentioned in ony of the meetinga. Te meetings that were held in the-five counties that were representHT tu Th Couveutioh, were uoduubtedly comnoseU " of ine (mum epe.ciaDie ami most lntlueut ial cil r , in variably recommeuced J. Zl - acl itwaa ynri-r' - t tnu, tueit general w'i-lir;s nut .feelings. -.This ' ."jwvviiie io iuk .rntu urnsidi riiOori ilirip,0p r -is Hue enough;' but how tunny of soeh iui ! 1 ' ,A lMiDi &nl" trv.i I brooch to ci,t Ulgs eord appro,m-t arpm try ol;the vent tbo erection ot otrer tbu nreipr'f bL?u!,. , people, or party L Even tile Stale Convention ' e--ti' " a " ' iu the ..orporu e !i i s . of 1842, over which he had the hoar to '"me-1 Vibihi',,e'iman,'f'afltrwL and eftabUsUi I II I II II ; 1 1 I - -I-'. I ' ' - , " rtood Ihut U- M r Mhear xvool o iccent that they woufd. )ake the H JUl .ijffl man that ould accef nncl of bourse TZ ban M onh is the .mHu.'-; . ' " . - BAi'D. mym that he ft! VfTecY declared hW ell a candida.e last March, , but .hat .1. Z. thing; -any other common whig might have done the same, aud that would be' no ,casu why he should have been nominated by tha Conveutiu,, -He also ,aytf that V when he heard of the Ashborougb Convention he 'tood Mill and wa,ted lUdeeUio,,. Mr D. had d right to stand still ; Tor i, Mr M.uohe. J tod ' been the nominee, Mr D. would have bevi standing sl.ll ye, ; and uQM have been vei well satined to ifpr0sr,nt the good whig,: ?i:"inoud BSm in the Senate oi North Ca.rCi1iua. li e at Jat just ifics hnnself for coonng out on tbo grounds that if he had uot come Tool suftio other ? person certainly - would. Poor cvnsolatiou indeed ! -It is like the boy vho stole the ginger-bread, and when his lather asked him why be did if, he replied i". that if ho . had not done it Tommy would. . If any jer sou should feel himself coagriued by the ar lion ofthe AshooTough Convcutiou, it ouh? to be Mr MeUucnhall ; for be only missed Thi iiominoH'on by two votes, aud .Mr D. missed Ml by six! besides JMr M. has nrior riht to Mr D. has certainly at seen the reslgua, lion ol Mr Jones, ol Teuu., who wn Mothu uated as a candidate lor Coutgsf 'y1 largfe and respectable meeting tndhigiof ihe litrict, ud a wou.oe ,eat tch as Mr D., canre o ni ojmoi.ittou to him Mr J.peretnorilyeclihedVrsayiugl . C" :i. - ' " - . w j l ii C- CUU trf dlV idinrr lho"hiirraiik: : for n..lot",...t u-au wnii, aim mat h imvrr Wfinlrl K ih pri icrmentv ; MrvD.eeins to Vosses nolle of that oraguarniajoUs pir if w so deveb ped iii Goyernor Jones.- lie rrppcntc to be imper vious-tl the Vpii it a nd txc itt invt j for uuioo " whieh ia uow mrssing like au electric t. am throughout the United States, aud penetrates deeply info the heart of t!Vcly Ameucau citizen. I thiuk Mr Vau liu-eu j Saoijdtjr woujo inveneen no hi uhu,, .;,i,u.,. .' t . in, Bom iwui truitu tnorrght there was no other-man " in -v..,,,, r ..." , , ,f; .fa . 1 Hice bur bim- M.r Hoi ken-. j Uoe oes he (Mr D.) r ccitect hU f, cqueut t':! ten-made assertions thai h would tu,i be member of Co.grWi, tor it seemed Irke majf. mg his wife i widowvf uijfT his 'hi!dten or prions? J d not think theie is much danger of Gen. D.'s w ife ver - being nide a widt.v or his children orphans 'by his going. i.oCi gress; for I think bis ambition fu Cuiigtfc viil be Htir-tieu Iretote the aM of next A ugui; for the whigs of trie 4th Uisnirt w ill certlm! all soppotl the uomuiec t.f theAshbototrga Cuuvemiou; ' -;;:-;:-" ;- ''- Eno Sum , AMicvt? 'Jva'-vvtiss. Slavery abolished in Sr. ttAUTUoio-Mw--7 A I f ff-r from JSiockholm dated the lt'iu ol Aiiri. ilii t ti.'vin a ' U . rv : . j. ; r - Aie ns re- sponded .to tlnVapoeirl of the ICm.r. lfl i . .. mattner thnt secures fieedon. to' ihe four r tive butidteii slaves belonging to ta 'Swedi-L island of St. liartbolomew. 'J he Estates HC- ! no. ,.r.l . .. ... . ... ... r Witi;.. ....... i w .... -7. " " i ....ou" auu ojr William rhi.ir'. t h r.l.o rot trreeliiig was rVaamau's C. I. i.fiK,. w',.... j of Delaware, at) - ; - j mi uiu i:igu "U. 21 miles frtoo thr' r-n-. i B olh comb Hauls' fired lethei: 'treltvo ih' words oe and two, ;.ur bo(it -Mis ,ook lert at ihe brst lire. Mr Willing was wound od in ooth thighs, Urn bull gr'uzUtg the ,o ; atro passing-.entir'tl- ih.ougb. '..thi;' b'fi Mr bchott received his adversary f5,J ju 7:,. flehy part oi btp. T he wounds' are n..t con sidered dangerous. It 'is :f tn..f Mr ill waS the ;hH?.tiger, in CoosequeuCe'ef an ahercatioa.wiih Mr Sehott in WatAmt ut.e.i I u. u.y. ,ftcriioo.. h'sLl'hi&l'LedL'tr. hi hi cliifdrer.' v, eoinu, o ali.niy cl,iHlrtri?e t lo lr. rUt a l -w, autl 1 Lop.,. .fajf ,.iic:hu. H tlw ia u: torn, mo ot ir. .. . ;- . AVm. J 1 . tjAYNL ai TOWN MBETLW. villcj.toMrgiraic. of IV.wi.8 c.eci. ri to or f , i - 7 t .i r I. " .anrrcu - Mrumneuureojj a nix to payl.irtsroard, !. -Warren W ...-! .-, Ataauale orPl co of Kay fUcvi;le;x., t,frely ic specnuby nqaist t u, .-freemen and ft, -t Ir. i-,' i St 1 rr V, mii m,Tu., AJ. er.n .,t tie , tiasi on brtdav iJim 20th dav ol J urw, nt t o c.oeK, a. i.l i ort'er totake jntd CJnsideratioo toe t..reoi:i tuatters. - - ' WARREN WINS LOW. Wruuji S. Jsiscc. Towh Cb rk. - VVlfi are authorized to an nounce the name of Edward I'itt man, as a candidate for the oliice of County Court Clerk for the County of Montgomery-: to whomIt may concern. rTTIHERE came ( my houee about 16 irnes w 6t OA. U aye'tevi!le three weeks ago, a fad. ap parently between 19 i, i 20 years ot wl.o is pars lo be d&raned, and carrnot,or will nol.xi ny account of himself, - CXCf pi that b' name i Randolpb Gq He is near about fix fet liiah, dark hair, dark cfr, Iu nose, and fair 65; in." H has iv beurrf. , -ria only clothing when -Jre came to?t hnns", was a dark or brown cotton and rot rniyetf pair of pa.itjlooni, shirt, nunpenders hihI old strawTua, a!t wall wota. lie eo.netrrnea apprrs rational, and w-rll eommeno"1 tu job of . work; btrt seorvtiy off from it in onefh-s fi't oi absent oiind edas9. sTf be has any- f-i-'.-irt. . I would te g-d. "f thy would comc forward arid, take charge "bin . minitdra rely. 'I .7 . ,;' fvEILJL .RAY. - Juns 7, 1845. i -f y ' ; . ; 7. ' . - - w r-f . uare 11, niet 1 u rk i sr , cap nmto (if cWafi 1 be h tl. tlu i , I , very la-e UvisUd eiik lass.,i lltl, h,I ,e O: lo lae sik.u ocrs : a s,!t o. twi.n..o i( n, ... . -ivrs ir. iow, "W.;;iur:-, in o'leuieriuft lolhe i. rr,n-.n rr. I tu ntua.ioiJ in c.nitp! a.)ce ,mu o,eai..riaT1(J... ! fie ir cno ders ut.,U Tow,,, rirtii.S a r.,-1- E ii' t if re TitiTn;i f nnii.,.. - - r- 1 v v tiiji zifl.o I in i i it .) f siii . n in i .!
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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June 14, 1845, edition 1
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