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i55&rd of Missions. Also, Mrs. Eliza Bibcbck, oF Philadelphia ; Messrs. J. V. Stark, and J. D. Barker. Ship George, which sailed from Salem on Sunday, carried out.upwards of 8100, WO in specie, f BOSTON", JUNE I. House cf Industry Farm.'c learn that the committee appointed by the town, to procure a tract of land on which to erect a House of Industry, have purchased one, containing between 53 and 54 acres, situ ated at South Boston, two miles and three fourths from State street, lately belong ing to Samuel Brown, Esq. Whole pur chase S6CC0. THE FLORIDAS. mOI THE 2TATIOXAI. IXTELLlGEXCin. In our paper of the 5th inst. we stated the grounds upon which we were induced to believe that the possession of the Flor ida would have been transferred to the United States without delay. Since that date, however, circumstances have trans pired well calculated to excite suspicions that the policy of the Spanish government, which so unreasonably protracted the rat ification of the treaty by which those ter ritories were ceded to the United States, has been adopted by the local ofTicen; of Spain to whom its execution in this respect had been confided. By the treaty, possession of the ceded territory is to be given within six months after the ratification, or sooner if possible. For this purpose, a royal order directing the governor of Cuba to deliver the Flo Tidas to the United States was communi cated to the American government by the minister of Spain, immediately after the exchange of ratifications. This order, shortly after the adjournment of Congress, -was delivered to that officer, by colonel Forbes, the agent of the United States, "who had been despatched for that purpose, in a public vessel. By information lately received, it appears that as late as the 22d ult. no order for the delivery of the Flori das to the United States hud been given by the governor. It has also been ascer tained that the commanders of St. Angus tine and Pensacola will not deliver poses sion of those places until they receive an order for that purpose from the governor of Cuba. The motives of public officers ought never to be impugned, but on the most explicit evidence. Every allowance ought to be made in favor of the officers of .a foreign government, whose manner of act ing differs materially from ours Making all due allowance for such difference, we are unable to conceive of any legitimate cause of the delay Which has occurred in making the transfer of the ceded territory. The treaty was ratified by the king of Spain on the 24th of October, 1820. The course pursued by the United States, through, all the different stages of the negotiation, e vinced the steadfast determination of the government to avoid extremities, if possi ble, and to accept, at any time, of the terms -which it had proposed or acceded to. The subordinate officers of Spiin to whom the transfer of the territory was con fided by the king, must have known, long before the delivery of the order of the king for that purpose, that the transfer was to be made. The order presented by Mr. Forbes, ought, therefore, to have been obeyed with the utmost promptitude. Why has any delay in its execution occurred ? The candor and good faith which havecharac terized the conduct of the minister of Spain, forbids the idea that it has origina ted with him. The motive for delay, in making the transfer, cannot be traced to the government of Spain. Vhy then has it occurred ? It is impracticable to desig nate, with the precision necessary tobring home conviction to the public mind, the real cause of this delay. As no legiti mate se can with propriety be assign ed, i' -r necessarily inferred that the cause must be illegitimate, unless it can be ascribed to the habitual procrastina tion which has for ages characterized the proceedings of the Spanish nation. We attribute it to that cause, as the imputa tion of unworthy motives will thereby be avoided. It is however due to candor to state ex plicitly the circumstances of the case, as far as they arc known, in order that the public may be able to form a definitive opinion on the subject. , It is a matter of general notoriety that the duties now levied upon foreign mer chandize in the ports of Florida, arc much lower than those imposed in the ports ot the United Stales. It has been reported at the Havana, and Pensacola, that com mercial speculations are in a train of ex ecution by which immense quantities oi foreign merchandize are intended to be in troduced into those places before they are transferred to the United States. It is even rumored in some of the commer cial cities of this country that importation of merchandize for the benefit of draw back is contemplated, to a large amount, with the intention of importing them af terwards into Pensacola, and St. Augus tine, before their transfer to the U. States. These speculations are founded on the idea, that merchandize found in those pla ces, at the time they are transferred to the United States, mav" be lawfully intro duced into the States, without payment of the duties of importation. The correct ness of this idea may well be questioned. It is true that the act, authorizing the Pres ident to take possession of the Floridas, extends to them the revenue laws of the United States, so far as relates to the col lection of the revenue. By the opera tion of these laws, the merchandize im ported into the Floridas, after possession is delivered, and consequently after the revenue laws begin to operate, may be lawfully imported into the United States. By the treaty, the inhabitants are to be protected in their persons, property, and religion, until they are incorporated into the Union. Under these provisions it by no means follows, that merchandize im ported for the consumption of the inhab itants of the terrritory, can be introduced into the general consumption of the Uni ted States, without paying the duties of importation enacted by the laws of the Union. Before the transfer, these duties would have been enacted upon all mer chandize imported into the United States from the Floridas. There is no reason for relaxing this rule, in favor of merchandize imported into them before the transfer. The du ties imported by the United States have not been paid upon them, and in justice to the fair American importer, they ought not to be permitted to enter into the gen cral consumption of the Union without paying those duties. It is to be presum ed, then, that measures will be taken by the government to prevent an abuse of this nature, and that ihn merchandize found there at the time that possession is taken cf the Floiidas, will not be permit ted to be introduced into the United States. This appears to us to be the most favora ble view of the subject that can be taken. There can be no difficulty in assuming that all importations made previous to the transfer, with a view to the supply of the United States, without paying the duties of importation icquired by the revenue laws, are fraudulent as to the United States. It therefore appears to be reasonable, that the government should consider such im portations unlawful, and the merchandize subject to seizure and condemnation. If, instead of seizing and prosecuting such merchandize to condemnation, the gov ernment should be content to subject it to the duties imposed by the revenue laws, the parties ought to felicitate themselves iioon the extension of a deirrec of elemen cy on the part of the government, to which their conduct presented no well founded claims. Wc arc not aware of the particular views of the government in relation to this subject. We have ventured upon the expression of such as appeared to us likely to be entertained by it. We shall rejoice if the anticipations here present ed should not be realized, as we shall take more pleasure in commendation than in blame. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1821. to connESPo vi)E?fTs. j ready commenced. But let the yeomanry The list of persons communicated to us as can-ibc enlightened, and virtuous, and inde didates in an adjoining countv for the next Gen-! pendent, its base is firm as adamant, and eral Assembly, will be published when wc can be satisfied they arc such. " Sirs, you are au thorised," Sec. is not good authority with us, in cases of this kind, unless it be accompanied by some responsible name. The article from Lincolnton is inadmissible. The sarcasmj for aught we know, may be just, and not too keenly pointed ; but it is neither our duty nor wish to add to its pungency by giving it publicity. Having published, a few weeks since, the communication of " Common Sense,' wc could not, consistently with the impar tiality which wc intend to observe, refuse to extend a like favor to the reply to it, (in this week's paper,) tinder the signa ture of " Truth.' Wc have uniformly endeavored to exclude from our columns individual crimination and recrimination. It is as contrary to our inclination, as it is to our duty to ourselves and the public, to make our paper'the medium of attack and defence between private persons, or to render it the vehicle of personal abuse. We arc by no means covetous of the rep utation of the Tickler or Independent Bal ance. Wc regret, therefore, that any thing which we have published, should have furnished cause for the acrimonious reply of truth ; we regret it, because it is really painful for us to wound the feel ings of any one, and particularly of those whom we respect, and whom we have cause to respect : But as wc have uncon fciously admitted into pur columns an ar ticle of a personal nature, we can do no otherwise than give to the individuals who feel themselves injured, or unjustly rc-1 fleeted on by it, the use of them for a re ply. We have now done this ; and we expect, that as far as it concerns us, the affair is terminated. It can no longer be the subject of anonymous invective in our pages. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. An Agricultural Society has recently been organized and put into operation in Warren county, in this state. The con stitution and the address of the President are contained in the last Raleigh Regis ter, the latter of which we have commen ced publishing, and shall conclude it in our next. We recommend it to "our ag ricultural readers as a well written pro duction, and deserving, both on account of its manner and matter, their attentive perusal. The time is not distant, we hope, when wc shall be able to notice the proceedings of the Roxvan' Agricultural Society. It is now in its infancy ; but the public spirit of our citizens will rapidly nurture it into manhood: Its existence and success are identified with their most important inter ests. There are doubtless some individ uals in this, as well as in every oilier com munity, who care little, if at all, about improvement, of any description ; who would violently oppose any innovation in their antiquated systems, and who follow the old track in every thing, for no other reason than because their fathers trod it before them ; but their prejudices and prepossessions will fade away like mists, before the light which a well organized and intelligent Agricultural Society will diffuse over the county Every intelligent farmer will come for ward and support this Society Every one, who feels the dignity and importance of Agriculture, will patronise it. A So ciety of this kind concerns not the farm ers only, but every individual in the com munity : the interests of all are more or less connected with it. No one, then, who has any thing at stake in society ; no j one, who has any tie that binds him to his I country ; who has any prelerencc or attec tion for her free republican institutions, can sav he has no interest in the improve ment of Agriculture ; for with it arc con nected the diffusion of knowledge, arid an increase of virtue and happiness. In no profession whatever is knowledge, sci ence, more necessary, than in that of the farmer. In no portion of the community are ignorance and vice so much to be de plored, and their consequences so justly to be feared, as in that whose occupation is the cultivation of the soil. If the yeo manry of a republic arc not intelligent and ! virtuous, its foundations are laid in the sand ; it could no more expect a healthy, or lengthened existence, than could a per son on whose vitals mortification had al- the superstructure will be perpetual. FOR THE WESTERN C AROLIXIAX". Messrs. editors : In your valuable pa per, of the 5th instant, I discovered a piece signed u Common Sense." The author, no doubt, may, in his estimation, be a man possessing more than common sense ; yet I fear his much reading, and not his learning, hath made him mad ; or at least he possesses so little, that I fear he has deviated from the truth, which I think is an essential qualification for a man of common sense to possess : and I shall be as much surprised as he is, it he will ever make the world believe that he pos sesses either common or acquired sense. This, I think, he has exhibited in the full est manner by stooping so low as to at tempt, by newspaper scribbling, to assail the character of an Old Indian Preacher, who, he says, has endeavoured to impose upon some of our western citizens a be lief that he has invented the perpetual motion ! In vindication of the old man, I think it my duty to contradict the asser tion made by " Common Sense for I believe such an idea was never suggested by him to any of his accruaintance in the western part of the state. But this is not the first mistake made by " Common Sense." Kvery man is the guardian of his own character, he knows how much it is worth ; and can scarcely fail of being the best judge how far an attempt to vindicate it when it has been aspersed, will be profi table or otherwise ; in which I trust, the old man will have an opportunity to stand the scrutiny of truth and of strict exami nation. Wc have men in this enlighten ed age, who pay no regard to truth, when it stands in their way ; their ambitious purposes are more influential over their conduct than any sense of moral cr re - ligious obligation ; and, of course, then practice is to trust to the sanction which the end can furnish, in satisfaction of the means they use for its accomplishment ; which is not common sense, but TRUTH. DIED, At his scat in Cabarrus county, on the 8th in stant, Captain Samuel Pickexs, in the 78th year of his age. Mr. Pickens was horn in Charlotte county, in the state of Virginia, in the year 1743, whence he emigrated to North-Carolina at an earlv period of his life, and settled himself in Mecklenburg county, (now Cabarrus,) where he continued to live until hi death. lie was one of those remaining few, who proved ever faith ful in the gloomy days of the American Revolu tion, in the god-like cause of freedom. Through out his life he cherished the principles of gen uine republican principles; and it may be safe ly said, that there is no man living whose bosom throbs with purer patriotic principles than his did. In his domestic concerns, he was a kind parent, and a valuable neighbor. He has left five softs and two daughters, and a numerous train of friends and relations to bemcan his loss. Beyond the narrow vale of time, "Where bright celestial ages roll, To scenes eternal, scenes sublime, Virtue points the way, and leads the soul. communicated. At the seat of Col. John Williams (his broth, cr) near Knoxville, on the 27th ult. Robert Williams, Esq. cf Raleigh, Attorney at Law, Adjutant-General of the Militia of this State, and for many years Clerk of our Senate. In Raleigh, on the 2d inst. very suddenly, Sam uel Goodwin, Esq. Comptroller of State. He has left a wife and three children to deplore their loss of him. Having settled in Rowan Count-, (at Mock's Old I'ield,) oilers his ser vices to the inhabitants in anv of the branches of Lis profession. lie may be found at his rooms, opposite Mr. Jones store. June 23, 1S2L 1 55 YADKIN XttYIgftVioil OoYHUy . -yoTICE is hereby given, that the President and Directors of the Yadkin Navigation Company have required the payment of the sev enth, eighth and ninth instalments, cf ten dollars each, upon every share subscribed, to be made to the Treasurer of the Company, or to such Agents as they shall appoint to receive the same : And that payment of said instalments be made on or before the 6th day of August next, or the shares of the subscribers failing to pay, will be sold at auction, at the town of Salisbury, North Carolina, on Monday, the -10th day of .Septem ber next. FRANCIS LOCKE, President pro tern. Of the Yadkin Navigation Company. June 20, 1821. 55tSplO Xegvoes loi! Sale,. iN the last Thursday in Julv, at the Court- J House in Salisbury, will be sold, on a credit of six months, several valuable young NEGRO Hoys and Girls, belonging to the estate of the late Col. Richmond Pearson, deceased. J. A. PEARSON, E.rccutor. E. PEARSON, Executrix. June 25, 1321. 55ts Two 'IVwuaway JSTegYos "ILlSy ERE taken up and lodged in ? t jail on the 29th of Mav last. One calls himself GEORGE, and is of a yellow complexion, six feet high or upwards, and says that he belongs to D. Patten, Esq. South-Carolina. The oth- tfciaB. er calls himself CHARLES, is of dark complexion, about six feet high, a black smith, and says he belongs to William Campbell, of York, S. C. Any person claiming said runa ways, is requested to come and pay charges and prove property, agreeablv to act ot Assembly. JOHN ZIMMERMAN, Gaoler. iJncolnton, V. C. June 5, 1821. 3 55 ROKE from the enclosure of the subscriber, on the 4th of June, a large gray HORSE, with a darkish colored mane and tail. He is tall before, and stoons behind, and is nicked. No other marks are recollected, if he has any. He is also a wind-sucker; Ten dollars reward will be given to any person who will return said horse to the subscriber, or give him information so that he may get him again. JOHN KLu i 1 S. Second Creek', Jtoiean Co. ) June 11, 1821. 5 3wt56 "Ran 'Awaj "F7IROM my stable, on the 10th of May last, a 1 small bay MARE, upwards of 14 hands high, and four years old. It is likely she will make for South-Carolina, by way of Salisbury and Char lotte. Any person who will deliver said mare to me, or secure her so that I get her again, shall receive-a reasonable reward. JA. HAKES. Fulton, JRoxcan Co. V. C. June 6, 1821. 3vt56 STATE OF NORTH -CAROLINA, ASHE COUNTY. p EORGE BOWER vs. James M'Guier : Orig 'vJT inal attachment, returned to May session, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that publica tion be made in the Western Carolinian for three months, that the defendant, James M'Guier, appear at the next Court cf Picas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Ashe, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next, and plead, answer, or demur, other- wise judgment by default final will be entered Up asujnst ! 'j'fixtSD dnst him. THOS. OWAY, Clerk. w -m -.1 , JL ot Salisbury and its vicinity, that sue intend- to recommence teaching jm.uuui,, on tie ytn dav cf Julv next. She will teach Young Ladies and Misses Reading, Marking, and Needle-Work. Her terms may be known by applying to her in Salisbury. June 25, 1S21. Swti7 A "VulwaVw Seat to' Sale-. ri"lIIE subscriber will soil, at anv time between JL this and the 19th Julv next, or if not sold by that time, will put it up to the highest bid der, at the Court-House- in Lincolnton, tlit PLANTATION on which he lives, three miles south of Lincolnton. I he tract contains about 1100 acres; a great part of t!:c land is a rich soil. Indian Creek, a bold .-itream, Lu-ye enough to work any kind of machinery, runs through it ; on which, for near a mile, -e good shoals. :v.d handsome sites for buildings. A Forga and a Grist and Saw Mill are now in operation, a3iiu 50 3'ards cf the dwelling-house. The situation is healthy. There are about 150 acres of land cleared and under cultivation, a great part ot which has lately been cleared ; about 16 acres of good meadow, in good order, and about 50 acres more may be m?.de into gocd meadow with little labor, as it has been covered with water. 'Uiis tract would be valuable to a person who would wirh to work the forge or mills, or equal ly so to cultivate the land, as there are but few tracts near Lincolnton having so manv advanta ges, and so large, all lying together, to be sold. The terms will be accommodating. It is expec ted a purchaser will see the premises, when thi? terms will be made known. CHRISTIAN RETNIIARDT. Jur.e7, 1821. 3vto6 Tvaln OW. TEN barrels of TRAIN OIL for sale, low for cash. Apply to the PRIN TERS. May 1, 1821. 47 STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, A SHE COUNTY. TT EOXAUD SHOWN versus James M'Guler: JLi Original attachment, returned to Mav ses sion, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that pub lication be made in the Western Carolinian for three months, that the defendant, James M'Guler, appear at the next Court of I'leas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the countv of Ashe, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next, and plead, answer, or demur, other wise judgment by default final will be entered up against him. 10wt59 THOS. CALLOWAY, Cleric. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, A SHC COUNTY. TTAUGH c FINLY tarsus James M'Guicr -. T t Original attachment, returned to Mav Session, 1821. It is ordered b' the court, that publication be made in the Western Carolinian for three months, that the defendant, James Mac Guier, appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Ashei on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next; and plead, answer, or de mur, otherwise judgment by default final will be entered up against him. 10wts9 THOS. CALLOWAY, CrJe. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA ASHE COUNTY. KOONROD SMITTIATr?. James M'Guler : Original attachment, returned to May ses sion, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that pub lication be made in the Western Carolinian for three months, that the defendant, James M'G -r.er, appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the countv of Ashe, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next, and plead, answer, or demur, other wise judgment by default final will be entered up against him. I0wt59 THOS. CALLOWAY, CL STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY. ROBERT K. WILSON versus William Beaty : Original attachment, levied on land. It is ordered that publication be made in the Wes tern Carolinian for thiee months, that unless the defendant appear at our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for said county at the court-house in Rutherfordton, on the second Monday in July next, and replevy, plead, or de mur, judgment final will be entei-ed against him, aiid the property condemned, subject to the plaintifPs recovery. 6vt56 Witness, ISAAC CRATON, C. C. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, WILKES COUNTY : COURT of Equity, March Term, 1821 Montford Stokes versus John Charmichael. In this cause it is ordered, that publication be made six weeks in the Western Carolinian, that unless John Charmichael, who resides out of this state, and is a defendant in this cause, shall appear at the next Superior Court of Law and Equity to be held for the county of Wilkes, at the court house in Wilkesborough, on the second Monday in September next, and answer, the bill will be taken pro confesso, and heard ex nartc. .March 19, 1821. 6vt55 J. GWYN, .Tun. C. .If. L. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. ROWAN COUNTY. COURT of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Mav Term, 1821. Henry Williams vs. William Butler; Original attachment, Jesse A. Pearson and others summoned as garnishees. It appear ing to the satisfaction of the court that the de fendant is not an inhabitant of tliis state, it k therefore ordered, that publication be made for three months in the Western Carolinian, printed in Salisbury, that the defendant appear at tne next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to he held for the county of Rowan, at the Court -1 lows -in Salisbury, on the third Monday in August next, then and there to replevy, plead or demur, or judgment will be taken against him bv default. Ilwt63 Test: J NO; GILES, V. H. C. C. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLIN-rT HOUAS CUliN I Y COURT of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May ' Term, 1821. Richmond Pearson's execu tor and executrix vs. William Langhorn, Joint Caloway, and J. S. Burwell Original attach ment, levied on land. It appearing to the satis faction of the court that the defendants are not inhabitants of this state, it is therefore ordered that publication be made for six weeks in the Western Carolinian, printed in Salisbury, that the defendants appear at the next Court of Plea and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Rowan, at the Court-IIouse in Salisbury, ou the third Monday in August next, then and "there to replevy," plead, or demur, or judgment will , be taken against them bv default. y 6vt58 Test : JNO. GILES. C. II. a C. f.