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the law suit was settled by a simple re
joinder, and meeting the cheat upon his
own terms. London paper.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 25, 1821.
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P. P. BAiiBocn, of" Virginia, wai elected Spea
ker of the House of Representatives, on the
12th balloting, on Tuesday, the 4th instant, by a
majority of one, over the whole number cf votes
given, and of 21 over Mr. Taylor.
Our readers (or at least those who preserve
fdes of the Carolinian) are requested to correct
the two following errors, which occurred in the
Knigma published in our paper of the 4th inst. .
the first one is of considerable importance, the
other more trifling. In the 10th line, read ora
tion, a lesser Roman trhmph, instead of ora
tion and in the 22d line, in place of Around,
read Aroiis'd.
A delicate little piece of poesy, the warbling
of the "rural muse" of our fair correspondent,
will be found in this week's paper. We rcjp-et
to learn from Mabelu, that she will probably
bid adieu to us and the muse, for several months ;
as we had indulged the hope, that we should of
tener have the pleasure of listening to her ' wood
notes wild," and of echoing the sounds for the
gratification of others. And we still hope that
she will not find it necessarv to remain so lomr
silent ; for we can assure her, that even " the
plaintive warblings" of her muse will not sound
discordantly, but will be pleasing, even should
they be painful, to the soul.
convention.
This question has been brought before
both branches of the legislature ; in the
Senate, by Mr. Williamson, and in the
Commons, by Mr. Fisher. lis fate is cer
tain. There is not the least hope that the
little counties in the East will consent to
give up one jot of the power, which they
constitutionally, it is true, but unjustly pos
sess. But some good will result from its
discussion, even should the Raleigh edi
tors not see fit to report the debates ; the
representatives of the West will hear
them, and report them to their constitu
ents. Additional light will be elicited,
and much valuable information obtained.
The subject will be better and more gen
erally understood ; and this increase of
knowledge will prepare the way for those
ulterior measures, which, it is too evident,
the West will have to resort to ; for that
dernier resort, which there is little hope
of avoiding.
EDUCATION.
The House of Commons have appoin
ted a committee (the names of persons
composing which were given in our last)
to inquire whether the injunction in the
constitution, respecting the establishment
of schools for the convenient instruction
of youth, has been complied with ; and to
devise such plans as they may deem ex
pedient, for carrying the requisition of the
constitution into effect. The first part of
their duty will be easily performed, as the
inquiry will be short, and readil v answered.
The latter may present more difficulties ;
but still they will not be of that nature to
afford any serious discouragement. There
arc some obstacles to be removed ; and
in what undertaking, of any moment, are
there none ? But the end to be obtained
is great, and will reward even the great
est exertions which arc made for its ac
complishment. It is no less than the
moral renovation of the state ; than illu
mining the path-way of every individual
in the community with the light of knowl
edge, and chasing the cold, clamp mists of
ignorance fVm every mind. This is the
object ! And is it not worth some labor ?
Is it not worth a little expense, a small
disbursement from the public funds ? Is
it not at least of equal importance to the
improvement of a river, or the construc
tion of a rail-way ? And is it an evidence
of wisdom, is it a mark of sound policy
in any government, to bestow all its atten
tion, and all its disposable funds, on the
improvement of the natural state of the
country, while the deadly night-shade of
Ignorance is overshadowing the commu
nity, poisoning its principles, and parali
zing the moral energies of the state ? liv
ery one, who has the sense of a man, and
the feeling of a man, must answer in the
negative.
The appointment of this committee we
hail as the harbinger of extensive good,
of a new era in our state. Itis at least an
evidence that wc are awaking from the
slumbers of half a century, and are open
ing our eyes to the moral condition of the
country. It is a first step; and that is
frequently the most important one. The
Maryland Resolutions, to which we have
heretofore adverted, have been laid be
fore the General Assembly, and their ob
ject approved ; and should it receive the
sanction of Congress, and there can be
little doubt that it will, we shall then be
put in possession of the means to make
the most liberal appropriations for the
general diffusion of knowledge among the
people. Our prospects now, we think,
are flattering ; and should no adverse cloud
arise to obscure them, they will grow
brighter and brighter, until wc shall at
length behold the whole community ex
tended before us, in a complete state of
moral cultivation.
S A LI S It TTRY AC A D K MY.
We are requested to correct an omission in
the report cf the examination of the students of
the Salisbury Academy, which appeared last
week. In the 6th class of scholars, in the lan
guages, &c. consisting of Zenas Johnston, Moses
Moore, Matthew Locke, Charles Pearson, Lewis
G. Slaughter, Milo A. Giles, and Ilobert Allison,
the subjects on which they were examined, and
in which they displayed great proficiency, viz.
Cicero's Select Orations, and Sallust de bello
Catalino ct .lugurthino, were not mentioned.
The examination was closed bv an Oration,
pronounced with much spirit, taste and correct
ness, by Lewis CI. Slaughter.
The voting gentlemen had been preparing
themselves for an Exhibition, from which much
gratification might have been expected ; but the
examination? for certain reasons, taking place
sooner than was at first contemplated, defeated
their arrangement. In future, public speaking
by the students may be expected to constitute a
pleasing part of cur semi-annual examinations.
It would be injustice not to remark, that all
the young gentlemen who are attending to the
languages, devote a portion of every day to
Arithmetic. This is so arranged as not to in
terfere with their daily recitations in Latin and
Greek. In this manner their whole time is
usefully occupied, and a grateful variety pro
duced. Heading, writing, English grammar,
and composition, arc made a part of their exer
ciscs. The influence a knowledge of English
parsing has in making them better skilled in the
syntax of the Latin and Greek languages, has
been noticed by a celebrated instructer in New
York, and will be acknowledged by all. who
make the experiment. In this way, their in
structer has it in his power to make them un
derstand something of the analysis of language,
or of universal grammar.
The baneful tendency of grog-shops,
and their pernicious effects on the morals
and manners of society, although univer
sally known and acknowledged, have cal
led forth few exertions, and none ade
quate to the importance of the object, to
suppress them, and to root out these nui-
r a Ti i ii
sanccs from the land. Like the deadly
simoom, they blast the existence of every
one who comes within their pestilential
influence. They stand as monuments of,
wrath ; and are like so many Golgothas
scattered through the country. And these
moral plagues have even been made sour
ces of revenue! Shall it always be so?
Shall a few individuals, for the paltry pur-
pose of gain, be longer permitted to scat
ter u fire-brands and death" through the
community, and unloose the very founda
tions of the social fabric, by destroying
.t , i r r.Kltion, and more deliberate consideration
the moral and religious sensibilities ot the "uu w 4 1 r
, , T , x - . i than it was possible for the court to give
people ? Let us hope not. Let it be ur- , . durincr the short progress of a criminal
ged upon our legislators to do something
to arrest the evil ; and this they can easily
do, by legislative provisions and penal
ties ; by lessening the facilities with which
licenses are at present obtained. The
following remarks, from the North-American
Review, " on the unrestricted manu
facture and sale of ardent spirits," arc de
serving the serious attention of every
well wisher to society, of every honest
and independent legislator :
" Nothing is more common than the
use of what was originally poetic lan
guage, in speaking on this subject. Peo
ple talk of swallowing distilled poison and
maddening draughts; but these expres
sions have ceased to be figurative. Tho'
we are fully aware of the mischief.. ...tho
we have seen it demonstrated to be almost
the sole cause of all the sufferings, the
poverty and the crime to be found in this
country, we still proceed without any at
tempt to lessen or arrest it. We convert
the exuberance of our harvests, which the
bounty of Providence has bestowed, into
a seductive poison, where " the ingredient
is a devil.' There is not only no restraint
on the production of the article, but every
facility i afforded for its distribution.
Men who are too lazy to work, are allow
ed, nearly without a check, to entice oth
ers to lose their senses, their property und
their honesty, in these infernal draughts I
Formerly, a dram could only be obtained
at taverns ; but now every store in the
country is turned into a dram-shop ; while
in the cities, they spring up in every street
arid at every corner. No farmer can go
to purchase necessaries for his family,
without being exposed to the temptation ;
no laborer can get to his home, without
passing a score of these tippling houses,
but for which he would have gone home
sober to his family. If he passes them
atfirstithcy are sure to decoy him at last.
Fatigued, thirsty, and seeing them sur
rounded by his companions, he may go by
a few times but he begins to enter by
degrees ; the practice soon becomes a
habit, and he finally consumes his earn
ings and his strength within their pestilent
attraction. Yet with all this acknowl
edged, this immense, and we fear increas
ing mischief, when a moderate tax would
be some check upon it ; a tax that would
supply all the deficiencies of the treasury,
and be levied upon the most noxious of
all luxuries, we find the legislators of this
nation shrink from imposing it, for fear
of popularity 1 Surely they ought to look
with some pity on the wretch who has
been drawn into the commission of crime
through intoxication, and the cheapness
and facilities for which they have declined
to lessen."
A NEW QUESTION OF LAW. j
An extraordinary case has lately arisen
before the Circuit Court of the United
States sitting at Frankfort, in the State of
Kentucky.
A person was on his trial for resisting
the Deputy Marshal in the execution of
his duty and pled Not Guilty. In the
prog-ess of the trial (says a letter pub
lished in the Kentucky Reporter) it was
stated and made to appear, that John T.
Mason, Ksq. was appointed Marshal by
the President during the recess of the
Senate in July or August, 1817, and com
missioned to hold the office until the end
of the then next session of Congress. In
November following he gave bond with
security, and took the oath of office ac
cording to law. Afterwards he was nom
inated o the Senate, who confirmed the
nomination, and he received a new com
mission, bearing date the 16th December,
1817, long before the end of the session
of Congress, when the first commission
expired, and has ever since held and ex
ercised tiie office of Marshal, without
again taking the oath of office, and with
out giving a new bond. The deputy or
deputies mentioned in the indictment as
having been resisted by King, were ap
pointed while the Marshal was acting un
der the first commission, and were not re
afifiointed or qualified again after the date
of the second commission. (Some other
deputies were appointed and qualified af
ter the date of the second commission.)
Upon these facts, Mr. WicklifTc, as coun
sel for the defendant, contended, that Mr.
Mason not having taken the oath, nor giv
en bond according to the laws requiring
these things to be done before he entered
upon the duties of his office, was not in
fact Marshal, and that the deputies were
mere usurpers of power, having no right
whatever to molest the defendant; and
courtj composed of Judge.Todd and
Trimble, instructed the jury that the law
was for the defendant, and the jury there-
upon found the delendant not guilty
It will be readily perceived that the de
cision of this point of law goes far to au
thorize an inference that all the official
acts of the Marshal and his deputies, of
whatsoever nature, for nearly four years
past, are utterly -void
It was not to be expected that a decis
ion which seemed so universal in its ap
plication, and so tremendous in its conse
quences, should be received as the settled
law, without a more thorough examina-
'prosecution in which the point had uncx-
pectedly been made.
The question was accordingly again
brought before the court by a motion
made by Mr. Crittenden, in behalf of the
defendants, to quash the MarshaVs return
upon a writ of ca. sa. which had been is
sued at the suit of the Bank of the United
States against Logan and Griffith, and by
virtue of which the defendants had been
committed.
The motion was very elaborately, learn
edly, and ingeniously argued on Thurs
day the 10th, by Mr.' Clay, Mr. Whittel
sey, Mr. Monroe and Mr. Bibb, against
the motion, that is, in support of the va
lidity of the acts of the Marshal and his
deputies ; and by Mr. Crittenden, Mr.
Uttell, and Mr. Sharp, on the other side,
and the motion is now under the consider
ation of the court A'at. Intell.
FIIOM THE NORFOLK. HERALD.
Imfiortant ofiinion. We learn that a
question has been submitted to the Attor
ney General of the United States, wheth
er free persons of color are, In the state
of Virginia, citizens of the United States
within the intent and meaning of the acts
of Congress regulating the foreign and
coasting trade, so as to qualify them for
owning or commanding vessels ? and that
the Attorney General has given it as his
opinion that free persons of color in Vir
ginia cannot be considered as citizens of
the United States, and that therefore,
such persons cannot, within the intent and
meaning of the acts referred to, own or
command vessels.
This is an important fact, from the op
eration of which wc foresee much embar
rassment ; for, as the decision of the At
torney General cannot apply to free per
sons of colour in those states where they
are admitted to citizenship, a vessel may
be lawfully commanded by a free coloured
person from N. York to Philadelphia, or
from any one port to another, under the
jurisdiction of states acknowledging such
persons as citizens, and yet be prohibited
from going from any such port to one
where no such acknowledgment exists.
A vessel, for example, coming from New
York, in command of a colored person,
with lawful papers and regular clearance,
would not be admitted to entry, we pre-
XT' r-
sume, in a port m lrguuu ; or, it per
mitted, it must be as a foreign vessel, and
paying tonnage as such. And, again if
a free colored person, owning a vessel,
wished to sell her, how is he to make the
transfer ? Not being owned by a citizen
of the United States, no papers could be
taken out for her ; for the purposes of
navigation, therefore, she would be use
less. It is well that Congress is about to
meet, as some legislation is certainly re
quired to unravel and adjust the perplex
ities with which this conflicting state of
things is pregnant.
From the National Intelligencer.
The President's Message left this city
at half past two o'clock, on Wednesday,
by two express riders for Baltimore. The
one employed by Stockton & Stokes arri
ved at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock ; the other
arrived five minutes afterwards. So that
the journey was performed in one hour
and fifty minutes. The foremost rider
lost six minutes in changing horses from
unruly steeds. Deducting this loss, the
distance was performed in cue hour and
Jorty minutes. This was rapid travelling,
and, considering the state of the roads,
which were slippery and heavy, must have
been dangerous to man and horse. The
distance from the door of our Office, from
which the expresses started, at the same
moment, to Baltimore, is about thirty-seven
measured miles.
Nothing is more common, and nothing
can be more unjust, than to judge of a
General's talents by the simple test of a
battle lost or won. To fight a successful
one upon just principles, will indeed en
title a commander to high praise for his
talents ; and the qualities of his mind
must be various and rare. The greatest
exertion of the most valuable and even
contradictory endowments are requisite.
In the midst of havoc and confusion, his
view must be rapid, and his decision and
execution instantaneous ; calmness must
be his, when all around is turbulence and
horror ; and the greatest impetuosity must
be united with the most consummate pru
dence. But a battle may be won by acci
dent, without any exertion of these ad
mirable qualities. Most battles indeed
are so won. There are very few great
generals . Edin b u rg R evievj .
Sir T. Robinson was a tall, uncouth
man, and his stature was often rendered
still more remarkable by his hunting
dress, a postilion's cap, a tight green jack
et, and buckskin breeches. He was lia
ble to sudden whims, and once set off on
a sudden, in his hunting suit, to visit his
sister, who was married and settled at
Paris.
lie arrived while there was a large com
pany at dinner. The servant announced
AT. Robinson, and he came in, to the great
amazement of the guests. Among oth
ers, a French abbe thrice lifted his fork
to his mouth, and thrice laid it down, with
an eager stare of surprise. Unable to
restrain his curiosity any longer, he burst
out with, " Excuse me sir. Are you the
famous Robinson Crusoe so remarkable in
history?" JValft.
MARRIED,
In Burke county, N. C. on the 11th inst. by the
Rev. J. C. Davis, Mr. Lewis Dinkixs, of Meck
lenburg county, to Miss IIarkiet E. Eawix, of
the former place.
DIED,
In this town, on Thursday, the 20th insts.nl,
Mr. IIexhy Mcll, in the 22d year of his age.
It is w ith no common feelings of regret that the
death of this young man is announced. Three
weeks ago, his friends were called to witness
scenes of innocent gaiety and mirth at his nup
tials with an amiable young girl in this vicinity.
If the distresses of a bereaved father, the agonies
of a lovely woman, or the tears of youthful as
sociates, may be received a3 the evidences of
virtue and merit, society has sustained a loss
in this young man which time itself cannot easily
repair. Communicated.
Near this town, on hursday, the 20th instant,
Mrs. Esther Ruixaox, aged 68 years.
In Randolph county, on Wednesday, the 12th
instant, after a long and severe illness, Mrs.
Elizabeth Allen-, aged 33 vears.
r.ir.unisii hooks.
BOOKSELLER, at Philadelphia, has in press
Bradley's Popular Discourses, two volumes
in one, octavo, about 553 pages, in boards, $2 75.
Just published, Withersponn's Moral Philoso
phy, carefully revised by the Rev. Dr. Green, and
freed from errors in former editions ; to which
is added Dr. Witherspoon's Farewell Address to
the Senior Class, Letters on Education and Mar
riage neatly bound, upwards of 300 pages, one
dollar twenty-five cents.
Jfr. jr. JVoodxard is waiting- the return cf his
subscribers to ascertain the number of an edition,
in 6 elegant quarto volumes, at 7 dolls, per vol.
bound, of Henry's Commentary.
In press, all the writings of the Rev. Charles
Buck, author of the celebrated Theological
Dictionary, a new edition of which (from the last
London edition is iust published, 600 paTes.
three dollars fifty cents.
Burder's Villa-e Sermons. XV. XV. XV. has
just completed a new edition, in four vols. The
third and fourth volumes sold to accommodate
those who have the first two volumes price,
S4, or St each volume. One hundred and one
sermons, with prayers.
Jenning's Jewish Antiquities. 'Will shortly be
put to press, the above valuable work, in one
volume, with engravings.
M'Ewen on the Types: a neat edition, just
published, one dollar.
W. W. Woodward has always on hand a very
large and valuable collection of Books, wholesale;
and retail. 3wt83
C. 1.1 JfJ F1.N 11.2 C KS.
THE Camden Races will commence on Wed
nesday, the 9th of January next, and con
tinue for two days. Free for all horses, mares
or geldings on the continent. By order of the
Club.
Camden, Dec. 6, 1821. 2wtS2
Waiving Wnsiiiess.
THE subscriber having employed a compe
tent person, will keep on hand a constant
supply of
Bread and Crackers, and Cakes, of ev
ery description,
as well as the various articles usually kept in a
Confectionary Store, all of which he will dis
pose of on very reasonable terms.
THOMAS HOLMES.
Salisbury, Dec. 18, 1821. 80
An OvfcYSfcei: "WtviiteA. -
I WILL give liberal wages the ensuing ear,
to an Overseer of sober and industrious hab
its, and good character.
JOHN BEARD, Jr.
-4wt82
December 10, 1821.
JVO TICE.
P
URSUANT to an act of the General Assem
bly, passed in the rear 1820, entitled "An
act further pointing out the duty of Guardians,'
making it the duty of all Guardians of every de
scription, heretofore appointed, to renew their
Bonds at the first court after the first day of Jan
uary, 1 822, and every three years thereafter dur
ing their respective guardianships: All Guar
dians will do well to avail themselves of th's no
tification, as the law has made it my duty to is
sue scire facias against all delinquents.
3wt81 ISAAC ALEXANDER., C. M. C.
50 Dollars TVerwavft.
BROKE the jail of Orange countv, on the
night of the 30th November, 1821, two
prisoners, Archibald Broion and Meredith Cha
rters. Said Brown was charged with murder,
and was sent to said jail from Chatham county.
He resided on Rocky River, in Chathrm county,
where his family now lives. He is about 5 feet
9 or 10 inches high, fair complexion, has pimples
upon his face and nose, and is addicted to intox
ication. Chavers is a free mulatto, about 6 feet
high, and formerly lived on the waters of Back
Creek, in Orange county. The above reward
will be paid to any person who will arrest the
said Brown in this state, so that I get him again ;
and a reward of five dollars for the arrest and
delivery of the said Chavers to me.
JAMES CLANCY, Jailor.
December 1st, 1821. 3wt81
10 Wollavs Wewavd.
RAN away from the subscriber, living in Fair
field District, S.C. in August last, a Negro
Man by the name of BACKUS. He is about 30
years old, of a middle size, and is quite black ;
plays pretty well on the fiddle, and is rather an
impudent fellow. He was raised in Stokes Co.
N. C. by Mr. Rann, and may possibly be lurking
about that quarter now. The above reward will
be given, if the negro is delivered to Mr. Ma
thieu, in Salisbury, or the subscriber i;i Fairfield
District, S. C. or secured in any jail, and notice
civen, so that he may be had again.
THOMAS CUSACK.
November 22, 1821. 3wt81
oO WoWovs lUwai'd.
BROKE JAIL on the night of the 17th in
stant, a white man and two negroes. The
white man is by the name cf John Prince, said
to have come from Grayson county, Virginia, who
was confined on a charge cf counterfeiting mon
ey ; he is about 35 years of age, dark complex
ion, about five feet ten inches high. One othe
negroes says he came from Charleston, S. C. and
that his name is Bill, and is a runaway; ha is a
trim built fellow, of a middle size and age, has
been cropped, or lost a piece of one ear, 1 think
the right ear : The other is of a yellow com
plexion, heavy built, thick lips, and a small scar
on his under lip, supposed to be about 35 years
of age, says his name is Owen, and is a runaway
from the state of Georgia. It is thought by
some that Prince will pass for their master, and
perhaps sell them.
Any person that will apprehend them, and
confine them in any jail, or bring them so that I
get them again, shall receive the above reward,
and all reasonable expenses ; or 10 dollars fov
each or cither cf them.
1VM. AUMFIELD, SheriJjT.
Greensboro', Guilford Co. J C.
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