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t t ' N . ! .i ... . i -fc 1 O J mortal fountain of knon-Ir.. be came d'utinguHhed as'a sa! ilaryion trol over the destinies of his country. It will present them with" the name of Hetiry Clay, nhaiever char ges may be preferred against lam bjr political partisans, has arisen from the situation of a poor laborer, to a place-qf pride and spoken with a voice, whose tone have gone thro' our country rikea message of salva tionthrilled therepnblics of the South with a spirit cf liberty and in dependence;, and rung over the wa ters of the JLgean Sea, till, theses of Greece caughf up the sound and shouted loud for. joy; It will, pre sent theth with the name oi Frank lia who ruled the wildest of the ele ments with a rod of iron, and in the day .of his country's tribulation en couraged and sustained, fctr till the cloud of war was swept a9 by a hur ricane from her' borders, and the shout of Freedom ascended- proudly to heaven from the lips of two mil lions rejoicing patriots. It will pre sent them with the names 'of other, whose lives by noble exertion in the cause of; human happiness, have been' identified with the common fortunes of the race, and whose in fluence, instead of perishing with the dissolution cf their bodies is still flo wing on in i mightymass in that cur rent of moral power which will final, ly sweep down the pillars of ancient tyrannies, & tear away their wrecks upon jits returnless tide. AVith such examples before we need not be discouraged. "With the light of such names luring us bn to .exertion, we may well; go forward in despite of every obstacle, and effect a transmu tation far more glorious than any xvhich the visionary alchyruist ever hoped far the transmutation of our time, our talent?, and our opportuni ties into knowledge, j and wisdom, uid happiness. t AN ACT Passed by the General Assembly of X. Carolina, in the year &2S, to prohibit the trains whh Slavey exceptin the nsatiiiCf therein prescribed. Be it ennctrd bu the General A 'sank blyjcf the State of JJ&rth Carolina, and .-.., - . .... - it is hereby enacted by the Authority of , iAr ame,-Tliat. from and fW ;-th- : fi... t.U avTiat from aod after, the first day ot iMay next, iff any person or, per- . l . Art. sons snaii ouy pt, tramc with, or receive 'from any slave or slaves, any cotton, to hafco, wheat, riee, oats corn, rye, pork, bacon, beef, leather, raw hidesiron, cast-in-js, farming utensils, nails, meal, flour, spirituous liquor or wine, peas, salt fish, . tliv, flaxseed, hogs, cattle, sheep wool, lumuer, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, fod der, shingles, hoops, white oak beading, . end potatoes ; or if aoy person or persons naii sen, oarter with, or deliver to any slave or slaves, any goods, waresi and merchandize, or other article of personal jtf operty, every person so offending, shall idceach offence, forfeit and paythe sura of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by warrant, hefore any Justice of the Peace.-and applied, one half to the.' use of tne party suing lor the same ; the iother half jto tho wardens of the poor of the coumy Provided A(vtever,hzl h shall and njiy be lawful for any person or per 9vns, f n the day time only, Sunday a ex -rented, viz, between the rising of the sun and the setting hereof,Uo buy of4'tfamc with,' or receive from any slave or slaves any such article or articles s aforesaid. fir which; he, she, or they may have a iiuniiMjon jn wruinj;, trom his, he:, or their owier or manager j to dispose of the fcamt and further, it shall and may be U ful'for any person or persons, in the ; Hjy time as-aforesatd, to! sell and deliver - j ifi any slave or slaves, any ' goods Jware or merchandize, or other thing (spimrjous liquors always excepted) in exchange fur, or payment of the money, or article, or articles, which the said ;slave or slaves may have been, by the written permission aforesaid authorised to sell. "V , Be if further enacted, That if any peri son shall fraudulently give, or cause to be qiyen to any slave, the property of a nother, a permission in writing, to sell, , trade, or traffic in any article of personal property, without the consent or authori ty of the master, owners or the person having the management of such slave. V. Mv, v, v.. vj su oucuutng, sniu, upon 7 .v. . , Uillvt Ui tuc i rate wthecounty where such offence is com-, mitted, fWfcit and pay the ,sum of one hundred dollars one half to the use of .the person suing Torthe sam'e and the other halftotheuse ofthevvardens of the . poor of said county. - Be it further enacted. That if anf slave or slaves shall buy or receive any of the aforesaid prohibited 'property from any slave or slaves, or shall sell or deliver a ny of the same to a slave or slaves, con trary to the true meaning of this act, he, he or they, on conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, shall receive on his, her or their bare backs, not exceed ing thirty nine lashes, to be well laid on, C)C .eiijabctijt.P any rnah!c of trA county, or o thr r prrvn a;pb'f d for thai purple. T,e it further er.actrd, Trnt if any free, negro or mulatto shall trade "with any slave or slavcs, either by buying from, or seisin,! to him, her or iher any article or article! of property contrary to the true meaning of thh act, he or she may be prosecuted by indictment in the Coun ty or Superior Court, and, on coaviction', shall .receive not, .exceeding thirty-nine lashes ou Us or her bare hack. AN ACT To prerent free persons of color from migrating into this State, fur the good government cf such persons resident in the State, and for other purposes. -Be l enacted by thu General Assembly tfths Siotecf North Carolina and it is hereby epecjextby the jxitihority cf the sane; That it shatlnot Ue lawful hereaf ter for any ; free negro jjulatto to mi grate int0Uhis State i ; ancrlfSier or she shall do So contrary ..to the proyistoRs cf this act, and being thereof informed, shall ?ol,;wutnn twenty days the res ft er, re-' move out; cf the State, he or she, being thereof convicted To manner hereinafter directed, shall be liable to" a. pfrialty of fie hundred dollars:, and upon failure to pay the s4me, within the lime prescribed in the judgment awarded against" such person or peisons, he or she shall be lia ble lb be held in servitude, aad at labor for a term of time not exceeding ten years, ; in jsuth manner, and upon such terms as OGay be prescribed by the court awarding ;such sentence ; and the pro ceeds arising therefrom, shall be paid o ver to the county trustee for county pur poses : Provided ao, that in case any freeeeroT or mulatto soalt nav thrwn- .1 j g- ahytol fid hundred dollars according to tne provtstons ot tnis act, it shall be the duty ot su4h tree negro or mulatto to re mote blip 1 or herseit. out of this State within twenty days thereafter, and for ev ery, suob filure, shall be subject to the like penalty as is prescribed lor a failure to. remove in the first instance, i V 4nd be U further enacted That if any free negro jor mulatto shail come into this State as aforesaid, he or she ma "hn arreted upon a warrant from any justice ii uiq ptdo, auu earnea oetore any justice of the peacfe of the county in which he or she may! be attested : who is herphv authorised and required to exarrme into tne case, and it upon such examination it auaii appca lo ojuj, inai me 32ia tree ne gro or mulatto has1 come into this State contrary .tojthe provisions of this act. hp shall bind him or her over to the np i wuuvi vu:vu 9i2ivt -uumr . wiitcn snail happen thereafter, 'taking such securitv .f. fcU'-.'iJ. H- -i Ul4 County Court of said county which shall for his or her appearance as mav be rea sonable j anc upon neglecting or refusing to give; sucli security, the said justice shall commit such free negro or mulatto to me jaw oi tne county, there to be con fined until th)e-next County5; Court, un less, in the mean time,: he for she shall ive security as aforesaid : and ; at the said court, it shall be the dutv of the justices thereof to inquire into the case, and if it shall appear to . them that the said free negro or mulatto has migrated ima oianj, vuimaijr yj loe iprOVlSlOOS of this act, thef shall enter iud:ment a- gainst mm or ber tor .tne atoresaid nenal- l . !l- i ..' . r ... ' - . - .' T - . ijr, aim may jawara execution therqon ; and if in case he or she shall have no pro perty, or not sufficient to satisfy the said debt, the said; (court shall adjudges, that the said free nejro or mulatto shall be hired out for iterm of time, not erd. log that prescribed in the first section ol this act, in such manner and upon such terms as may seem expedient tothe said court. . - . - Be it!furtheteiiacted. That if after the expiration of ;tbb term of service for which such free iicorb or mulatto ishall have been held in servitude, he or she shall remain inlthis State for thirty davs. such free negro or mulatto shall be liable i me adiuc jiciiucs anu p;.aisncr-em as are prescribed inihe first atid s'econd sec tions'of this act!' i ' " f Be it farther enacted, Thatanv nerson. who shall bin cUttto this State bv water or land, 4y f'ee! nero or mo'.atto, he Or u .t 'it r e i I i i- i . -uc oiwu iorjc nana pay tor every sucn person, so brouisrfii into: the Sia"te.l the sum of five huudittd dollars, to be recov ered by action of debt in the name of the chairman of the fcountV Court for th time being, and jhi successors in office, where such offence shall be committed, for the use of the; county: Provided, that this act : shall not lexVend to masters of vessels, bringing lrto ttus State any free negro or mulatto employed on board, and belonging to sad vessel, and who shall therewith depart Urijor to any person tra velling in or thr!ih this State, having any free negro of tnulatto as a servant, and who shalli w;tlsuch person, depart out of the State. Ml. t A ACT 1 Passed in the yeajn j 823, to amend an act, entitled " an BcjstJ prohibit trading with slaves, except Jn the' maimer therein prescribed," pasied in the year one jhousajid eijh't hundred and twenty " six, i; j . - , Be it enaete4b'tthe General Assem bly of the State ofrth-'Caroliaa, and it is hereby enaele'dbyyheauthority of the same That if: ! any w iriteSre rfNn persons shalLhereijfcr'seil, barter tvlthrJ or acuver to any siafc or slaves, any fire areas, powder or shot, or lead, except it Ii ft!;'-!:- .- ; Star, anD J3ortbarolir.a he fur the owp-;r cr employer cf such sbe or slaves, or by the order of the ow ner or person hating the m.nnacemcnt i the same, eery person so n!Ter.d:n shalt. for each offence, forfeit and pay' the sum cf one hundred dollars, to be rccoercd by . warrant, before any justice of tb peace, by the party suing for the sane ; and shall moreover be Pliable, to indsct ment, for each offence, in theCotintr or Superior Courts of Law, and, cn corivk-f uon, snau oc nnea or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court, the fine not to exceed fifty dollars, and - the "imprison msnt three months. 'And be it further enacted. Thai if any free negro or mutarto shait hereafter sell, barter with or deliver to anyT s!ae or slaves, any fire arms, powder or shot, or lead, except by the order of the oner or manager of such slave, he cr sfce mav be prosecuted by iodictment in the C - aty or Superior Court, and. cn conviction, shall receive not ' exceeding thirty-nine J lashes on his or her bare hack. We callpubiic attention to the extracts made from the" Wilmington Recorder, on the subject of the designs cf a paper prin ted in New-Jersey entitled the " Right cfmr . The people in the Southern States must act in self-defence. If Northern fanatics will jeopardize our lives and our properties, aad scatter amonjj us the fire brands of rebel! ion, and servile w ar, let the blow fall upon the heads of those who suffer themselves to become the dupes of the machinations of those fan atics. At all events, it is our bounden duty to provide against the mischief. ,The approaching General Assembly will be obliged to pass some severe, though salutary laws.- A Curclina Journal. ... The 9ih and 10th numbers of a' news paper, printed at Belleville in New-Jersey and entitled V ThehRighu of All," nave been handed to us for perusal.. We have read these numbers, with mingled emotions of surprise and detes tationsurprise at the audacity ; . and a( the insolent tone which pervades the edi torial observations and detestation, at the principles which the editor aims to promulgate under the cloak of religion ; ana under the prolession of philanthropic feelings. An admission of the free col ored people of the United State's,' to a full participation of rights with the-white citizens;, and a general emancipation of the blacks trom slavery, are the purposes to wnicn mis print is evidently devoted. There is now no doubt in our minds, that a conspiracy for exciting insurrec tion in the South is carrying on, by the free colored people of the' North, under a sense ot imaginary wrongs, and pnva tionsj; and that a part, a small part cniy, we hope, of the profligate while rabble of. that section of the Union, are combin ed with them itV this conspiracy ; and that emissaries have been dispensed, for some time, throughout the Southern States, lor the purpose ot disseminating false principles and infusing the 68T5rroFois- content. That a project so abominable in Us anticipated progress and accom plishment ; and so frightfully extermin atmg in its ultimate effects on the mis guided slaves who are to be dupes and victims of these machinations, ; betrays not, in its developments, any faultering of resolution, may be attributed to that unconcern which is experienced by those, "iv aivs ntii BuiTcya ui uuugers anu disasters, from points distant from the contemplated scenes of commotion. It is the province of. wisdom to prepare for warding off meditated raischitts. Our', commissioners have commenced with ordinances, whose ' salutary results are already visible. We hope our sis ter towns, roused into a f lust indignation. hy .the execrable- pampiiltt of the base bypocrate and incendiary, Walker, arc on. the alert that an! j active and strict and scrutinizing and iodtfatigable police, will every where be put in action i and that no precaution of vigilance will he o- mitted, which ought to have a hearing on the tree colored, pecpi taxation of discipline be mved at with regard to e.; nor anv re- allowed, or con- he slaves, until our State; and National legislature, shall have passed such laws as will forti fy US effect h ally against future emergen cies. We rely confidently on the mass of intelligence and principle in the North ern States j that it will co-operate with us, by its represenLativfcS n congress ; in enacting such laws, as wu restrain the ill-dispescd citizens cf ihje. North, from instigating the blacks of tie South, to in surrection and its attencjaijt crimes ; and that our .State Legislature will repeal such of our statutes, as; prolong and en viron withtechnicalmesi the legal pro ceedings against culprits of the -colored raccjor such as mitigatfcthe severity of penal enactments, against fjonvicts of that race ; and will make such wise provi sions, as may enable 'tis to meet future emergencies with the requisite decision and energy. I We regret that the conduct of aew of our freel negroes, in giling , counten ance to pernicious publications will oc casion much inconvenience and trouble and distress, to ethers of that class, who wc know to be useful and Exemplary ci tizens ; and that ourstaves'a're necessarily abndgedcr their innorenl recteatiors from laborand are exposed tointerrup- eastern -SntcIIiacnccr; ticn and annoyance but rertts arc un availingare worse than unavailing. The crisi- has arri?cd which demands impcrii,vlyt the stror.gtst tocasures, that omt co-vitution aoj laws tan suihomc ar.d if these be dtluicn; in precautionary guards, such summary process ai d such as arbitrary course must be resorted to, self-defence dictates atid as sclf-preser- at ion may erfiircc, ;: ... :;. : W;. I In the mischievous '"putllcattcn refer red to, wc find persons mentioned as a gentsvvbose names, we deem it our du ty to republish, exrjres&ing cur hope, that those who live in our sister towns, freni their standing as men of character, may h a v e it i n thei r po w e r to e x c u 1 p a t e t h e m selves, from the imputation if knowing ly and wilfully erigaging as supporters of principles," which arc subversive cf law and order. . Pravi th; lights if AU. '-Authorised Agents in Norlu-Carolina Newbr rn, John C S'.auley. Eliz-ibeth-town, Lewis Sheridan. Ih;son, Massa chu5!fUvDaid Walker. New Otltan. , Peter Howard. Frt-dei iekshurtr. Va.. Ml D'. Batsh and Arthur Waring.--- Sciclh Carolina. Out of the city of tnarieston, we had supposed, that the people of this.State tvere nearly unanimous, upon the question cf calling a Convention to consider of the proper stfp to he taken in rela tion to the Tariff. But we were mis taken. The citizens of Greenville district have lately given uncontro vertible proof, that they are opposed to Convention, Nullification ?r Disu nion.. 7 . A dinner tvn given, a short limp ago, by rr poriion of the citizens of ureenviue, lo the Uon. Warren IL Davis, their representative in Con gress. In the course of the enter tainment Mr. Davin made a speech, in which he developed his vieU's on t he line of policy vvhich.Socth Caro lina should pursue at this time: This speecli produced great excite ment, and the people, with great tin animity, as we understand, cried out, from all cruarters, not only against Nullification, but against Cc?ifcnion. The excitement became so high, that that Messrs. Thompson, Duller and VValker, the three candidates for The Stale Legislature, favourable to Con -Tent ion, and whose election; before then, was considered as undoubted, immediately withdrew from the con t e st, and rel i nquished all intention of continuing to be candidate. Op position to Mr. Davis, ior Congress, was also, seriously talked of. To give readers an idea .of what, at least one, South Carolinian thinks ought to be done in the present em ergency, we subjoin a part of Mr. Thompson's remarki!, which he made, upon declining to be considered long era c and i da t e.- JV. C. Journal ' I Ihink tha t a conven tio nought to be called, to meet next spring. Let fiye or six of oUr most venerable, distinguished and trustworthy citi zens be sent by it to Washington : not to. jhreaten, but calmly and so lemnly, to lay the subject before Con gress, and more in sorrow than in anger,", to exhort that body, by every consideration of justice, of their own and our interest, br a iust and wis r-ard to the permanency cf a gov ernment of common benefit! m . all, and by a sacred regard for the cause oi civil liberty, which depends mainly upon the success of our oreai experiment, to pause in-a course that i . . . ay orive us to desperation. Inhere is any prospect of a change of-nol irv. woul'd not this cantribute lojt ? u If there was nature in them" snrh . appeal, could; riot be resisted. But tt it was, and our deputation was sent back, ? havins received nothir but; taunt added to oppression,' I would stand firm upon the Fovereian. ty of the State, declare the law null ana void, and that it shouhl not ho enforced! I If borne - down, I shall have done tny ditty, and left the con sequences lo Uodic alone control cdnsequences ; can see the path of uuiy ana pi nonor; let it lead to vic tory or defeat, I will follow. ; I may be vanquished I shall not be dis honored. As an individual or fl Slate, life is- only, desirable upon certain terms ; take, them away, the sooner it ends, the better. I Hnt desire to perpetuate a tVembling cow- ard's exifitecr.n. Avhnae nnhr ! the caprice of ray master., I would say to the spirited sons oT a Stat whose home was honorable! until ii was ours, I "If we are doomed todje,we are enough To do our country loss--But if to live, The fewer men, tbcreater share ofhoh- I have 'no fears of any etjch result :j -none cf disunion les, if possible, of ar.y resort to force Did pot Msi siclrisctti hreve JcTjrsoa in the rlcnituslecf his power, tacked by the whole republican -p-rtj-of the country, Cecurc by an act ci us L,e- . . . J ' . . . r t 1 gisiatare, mat tne tmuirg istr void, and should not be ccfcrccd ? and u hat was the consequence ? . CayoRcts sent to Massachusetts ? or disunion ? neither.' -Hut JcfTer son was driven back, and the Emhar-. go was'rcpealed." , The reccnimcnd-ticn cf Nlchohs piddle, of Philadelphia, as a guitable persca to act as Treasurer, and re ceive the donations collected on board the various steamboats for the benefit cf Fulton's heirs, seetns toba generillvand favorably noticed ; and, by the follovviog article, it will be seen, that by a respectable meeting lately held in that city, be has bcea confiilcd with tlis trust : .. ! ' S The FuUcn J!ccling,T Philadelphia, on Thursday 2Gth ult. was respectai b!y attended, as vrell as to character as numbers. Matthew Gary; "was called to. the chair, and P. $. Dupon ceau and John Vaughan appointed Secretaries. The object of the meet ing, as stated by the chairman, was, to consider the propriety of following the example of Virginia, of placing boxes, in the steam boats, toreceirc ihe contributions rof, liberal citizens for the heirs of the Jate Robert Ful to'n. . A resolution, was then passed, approving of the plan ar one of the most feasible; under all, circumstan ces, that can be adopted, foy rpaying; some portion of the debt cfgratitudo due to him and them.-. It . was also resolved tp take :tb- necessary mea sures for procuring boxes for all tho steaaiheais plying on the Delaware and the other waters? to that neigh boi hood, and to prepare an address to sn-amboat travellers, in that State, recommending the measure tojlhefr pajrpnage.; Another resolution was passed earnestly recommetiding tho adoption of similar measures to the citizens of Pittsburg, with regard to steamboats- plying on ' the western Waters of tiat J?late.- Nicolas Bid dle, Esq. tyas appointed Treasurer to receive the donations to be made for the foregoing object. , From the Charleston Courier. A M'Dtjffie Puzzle. "The grower pavsthe duty on the im ported article." M'Duffi. , "A nian irf our district raised ten bales of Cotton, which he sold to a store-keeper here for' SO dollars a bale, making 300 dollars.. They fell me that these thirty bales when tjiey have been manufactured by. British Mechanics, -will make goods worth three times as much aV my neighbor got for his Cotton ; that is, 900 dol lars, if the cloth is the commonest. The duties, Mr. M'Duffie says, ara equal to 45 per centon such goods, so that the duties on the goods made out of my1 neighbor's ;ten bales" of Cotton are, y75 dollars ; v arid ! these are paid by the Planter. Now,' f know for a fact, that .my neighbor paid his storeVaccount, 75 dollars"; -iiis taxles, 25 dollars ; ;and bought a wench and two children for 500 dol lars ; and paid lSO dols. cash, anil always kept gome small change a- -bout him, and calculates to pay as much more next year, on bis ne- groes. Now where d id her get the money to pay out of 300 dollars, the price of his Cotton, his 375 dollars duties, and have enough left for his other purposes ? Thi puzzles me mightily. ' We farmers don't under-' stand it. We get alon, pay our debts, and b.uy a little every year, and don't know that we are ruined yet.1 The Lawyers- who go to Con gress say we are I'll give a fat calf to any body who will just let mo know who it is that robs me of moC ney I never bad, and ruins me v;",tn. out letting me know a word about it AN EDGEFIELD TARMEU, Jl new Voyage around the World It" KWf ;j nd.A meelinff has been held the Royal Institution, to consider of a piaDvfor a oj discovery directed to the East of A sia, and the gfeat Archipelago of the islands that stretch from Java to the Kunles, to be performed by . Mr. Buckingliam. The Duke pf Sussex presided ; and the resolutions an provingot the object of the xoyne. and of Mr.. Buckingharn'a fitness to take the management of it, were moved and seconded by the Duke of Samcrret, Lord Duiham, Lord John
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