LAWS Or" N. CAHOIJNA.
AN ACT
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fii.h i t a i.u.vui.m to
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Moll.
ff 1 enacted Ay f Imn'ul . f oihly t,f
thf latr i f A'jrth Cur-jti in, and It it here
Ay inucted by the vniir,ri:y of the tame.
That when the smie prison is kppoiixcd
guardian to two fr mou minors, possess
ed of an estate in coimntn, it shall and
may be lawful of the Court of Plea and
Quarter Sessions, by which lie was ap
pointed, should the said court deem it
proper, to accept of said guardian, one
bond only, for the execution of his trust ;
upon which said bond, each of the said
minors, or any other person entitled, may
Hmrnr, ,H tsm Jr.,,, ,h .am, re tl
commenre and prosecute the same rem
edies as though several bends had been
given, in trust, for each of the said chil
, dren.
II. He it further enacted, Thatthc clerk
taking said bond, shall not demand or re
ceive more than a single fee for the same.
AN ACT
To authorise any three Justices of the Peace to
appoint some fit person to act a Cormier in
certain case.
lie it enacted by the General Jtnembly
the State of A'urt, Carolina, and it it
hereby enacted by the authority cj the atr,
That whenever any death shall happen in
anv county in this state, that shall rcnJt-r
it necessary for a coroner to act in his (
ficial capacity, and there shall be no coro
ner in such county, it shall be the duty of
anv three Justices of the Peace of such
county, to appoint some fit person to act
as coroner ; and such person so appoint
ed, .s hereby empowered so to act ; and
such person shall moreover be entitled
to such compensation as is now allowed
bv it to a coroner, Cor such service, and
sJ II he subject to the same penalties as
co oners are now subject to ; any law to
the contrary notwithstanding.
AN ACT
Tot the better regulation of the Militia i f this
State.
Whereas the existing militia laws, di
recting th? manner in which men arc to
be died out in aid of the civil authority,
either to guard a jail or for any other pur
pose, are insumrunt to compel obedience
ta such orders as may be issued of their
ofbi crs ; for remedy whereof,
?r it enactrd b'j the General Atnembij
of the Utate f .rrth-Car'.lina, and ir it
hereby enacted by the authority of the tame,
That wher. men are ordered out on duty,
and shall neglect or refuse to attend agree
ably to orders, that each man be fined at
the discretion of their company court
Tnar'.ial, not exceeding five dollars for
each day laid militiaman shall fail to do
Jut jr.
AN ACT
To 6x the tme of appointing the County fruj
trca of each of the count'- in this Mute.
lie it enacted Ay the General .1$emhty
cf the State oj Srth-Car'Jina, and it it
herba enacted by lA authority of the tarr.r.
That from and after the passing of this
act, the several county courts of this state
shall elect the county trustee of their re
spective counties at the same court that
the sheriff of each county in the state is
Tiw elected, and under the regulations
and restrictions heretofore observed in
the elections f county trustees ; any cus
tom, usage or law o the contrary not
withstanding. l.mXTS OF VHillh I.r.AI).
In October lust the family of Dr. I.on g,
of( oncord. N- II. began to use some su
par with which a little white lead was ac
cidental!? mixed, as was afterward ascer
tained la seven or tight days several
rti' mbersof the family began to complain
of p 'in in the head, limbs, stomach, Sec. ;
and in December, five of them, in addi
tion to previous symptoms, were aflectr d
with vomiting, nausea, faintness and op
pressive langour; and three of them ex
hibited all the characteristics of the dis
ease called painter's tholic. Mrs. Long
sufTrrtd extremely, became subject to de
lirium. spasms, palsy and epileptic fits,
and expired on the 14th of Januaty. The
rest were convalescent- The statement
of Dr. Long, published in the Concord
Kf posiiory, closes with the following re
.... .
in. ii on me iiaiut oi icao i
" People are ignorant, and therefore un
const ions of their danger. I hey do not
know that families biive been poisoned bv
eating .ttnle sauce, wr.ifh was made in
earthen pots, and bread which was knead
co in buttermilk, that had been kept in
su h esscls; yet such cases have been
familiar to physicians for many years. It
it known that acid, in contart with lead in
anv state, becomes impregnate.-, .md poisonous-
; and it should be remembered that
all our earthen ware is coveted with lead.
It i iJ'Uou to conclude. th um.n o! thr
c!i-i-.ises ..nd pubis, which have Ix-tn en
4ured. and fur which no cause has been
ki.ovin. or a wrong one imputed, are just
Ik .ittrihutahle to the s..rne t atise ; so tl)ut
however distressing the eviis infii, ted bv
m .ns of this met.d, us un instrument of
War, iu secret tw! unsuspecting effects,
as a poison, may exceed them."
Ham;. Gazette.
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I.V OCT ..
in iomhh,
i mm Tar. nu'riutui iri,i.Li';tnuii
i iti iisnAY, jan. .10. The Semite, on
motion of Mr. J.lijyd, of Mass. took ip
in committee of the whole 'lie bill for
the erection of a monument over the
tomb of the late Vice-l'residcnt Llbiidge
(ierry.
Mr. Lloyd submitted a few remark on
the circumstances which had delayed this
act until the present lime, and moved to
nuke the uppropria'ion 100.) .dollars,
which was agreed to.
I he bill was then ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading ; and having
,.clw ,cu ,
lhlri1 ,,,nC b? UDUI.imOU Consent, passed.
and sent to the Mouse of Representatives
for concurrence.
HOCSF. OV REPRESENTATIVES.
TiivnsDAV, JAN. 30 Mr. Harvey, of
N. II. from the committee on Naval Af
fairs, to which was referred the message
from the President of the U. Slates, with
a communication from the Navy Depart
ment, in regard to an appropriation for
the purpose of erecting fortifications on
Thompson's Island, formerly called Key
tl'ent, made a report thereon, advrrse to
making the contemplated approptiation j
which was read and ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. f):!;!it, from the Sclerj commit
tee appointed on the 2 1 st inst. nn the let
ter of Messrs. Gales and Seaton, m ide a
report theteupon, acquitting them of all
blame in regard to the matter rcfrrted to
in that letter ; which was ordered to lie
on the table.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
1 he iiuninittce appointed in pursuance
of a resolution of the H'-use ol Uepre
scniatives, adopted on the 21st January,
to investigate certain r barges referred to
in the letter of Messrs. dales and Seaton.
bate attended that service, and ask leave
to report :
I hat thev have given to the sub ect all
that consideration wl,i( h i lie magnitude
of the charge-, and thr rrptit ,iiun of those
who have loner been in the scrvii e ol this
house, Mid hitherto high in its confluence,
seemed to ieiuire.
hat. while our committee have been
impreskcd with the importance of the
charge to the reputation of the act used.
they have not been unmindful, that it in
volved, ulso, a gross violation of the roles
of this house, and a contempt of its au
thority and dignity.
Nor have your committee omitted to
notice, that the charge against Messrs-
dales and Seaton is enhanced in impor
tance, by imputing to them the criminal
design of shit hling. bv the alledged onus
sion, an important Depart mei.t of the
government from a "just sesponsitility.'
To the investigation of such a subjt-ct
involving at once the confidence which
this house and the nation shall repose in
the information upon winch it acts, the
character of one of the first cfiirers of
the government, and the firlelitv of the
public printers, your committee havr not
proceeded without the most cautious in
spection of the documents submitted to
them, and the most solemn sanction to ilu
testimony of the witnesses, upon which
their opinion was to be founded.
I he evidence t.len in (he case bis
been preserved, and is submitted entiic
at ,he conclusion of ihe report.
fhr charge against Messis. ('.ales K
Seaton. in regard to which they praved
this investigation, wascentained in a coin
munica'ion ptinted in the Washington
Republican, of the - Hh of J..mu:v. in
stant. over the signature of A. B. and was.
in substance, as follows: (see document
marked fA) and the pper annexed.'
hat, in ptinting the documen s arcom-
panvmg the report of the Secretarv of
the Treasury, of the Utb of February,
18:2, in answer to a resolu ion of the
IIuse of Representatives, c lling upon
him to cxhiiiu a statement of his ttansac
lions w ith all those banks w hie h had been
m ule by him the depositories of pnMic
moneys received from the sales of public
lanilh, that they had suppressed and total
ly omitted in the piimed document which
thev furnished the house, parts of those
documents implicating Mr. Cravfrd the
most strongly.
I he attention of your committee was
tirst directed to an examination ot ll the
original documents which arcsmpmied
the Report of ihe Secretarv, above allu
ded to, and they find the following para
graphs, in the originals, eniireh omitted
in the ptinted documents which were
furnished the house, to wit :
In a letter from Wm. R. Dirkinson.
cashier of 'he Steubenville batik, to the
Hon. Wm. II. Crawford, cL-ted .Id April.
1319, and referred to in the otinin.-l doc
uments by the penti! matk, (A 3) the fol
lowing paragiuph is omitted :
I he difference id wl i h voti spenk in
vour letter of the I2'h i;!f, brtvetn the
sum mentioned in inv letter of ihe 1 3 r
of l' li uary , arises from the c ii nuns'. si . .
id". sour having extended jour himciH
l ispnsjtion io this bank beyond vhat a
tiar, (I A7 f-Mr f;rjUrd ti ask. I mention. i
onl the I'ebt t ithe Hii.nch ' Pio-Our.
w I rieas vou h ive din cted ( as writ .is ih ,t
mentioned) a tiaiisfci liom the Urancli at
Cl.iliicotlic, which debt thU branch was
taking measures to discharge. As soon
as the iransler it made from the Hank of
Columbia, the entries shall be made in
the books of this initution as you direct.
I remark, however, in the statement which
you furnish from the Hank of Columbia,
that "notes R3,3'J5M is entered, which I
know nothing of, having never before
heard of it."
The above extract in the original is in
cluded between lead pencil brackets; the
whole is crossed with a pencil, and the
words " what was dared by our bank to
ask" arc underscored by an ink line.
In a letter from John Scring, cashier of
the Fanners and Mechanics' Hank of In
diana, dated Madison, 24th August, 1820,
to the Secretary of the Treasury, the fol
lowing paragraph is included between
pmc il brackets, crossed by a pencil mark,
and omitted in the printing
This letter is referred to in the original
documents, by a pencil mark in the mar
gin as F. 6"I would, however, inquire
if the Mechanics' Hank of Alexandria, as
well as the Franklin and Merchants' bank
ought to be excepted." I he words Mr
cianict' Datik of Alexandria, are under
scored by an ink line, and the word out
written in pencil, in the margin, against
the above extract..
In a letter, referred to, in the original
document, by the pencil mark, (I. Cu) from
Aug. Chouteau, President of the Hank of
Missouri, dated St. Louis, 9th August,
1 8 1 9, to the Secretary of the Treasury,
the following words are crossed by a pen
cil mark ; the word out written in pencil
against them in the margin, and omitted
in the printed documents.
" It is known to us, that the same money
which has hen received in payment, by
the Receiver at this place, is not identi
cally presented forocposite at this bank."
In a h iter, referred to in the original
documents a 'L $) from Lerov Pope,
Picsideiit of the Planters and Merchants'
H jnk at Huntsville. dated 4th May, 1819,
to the Secretary of the I reasury, the fol
lowing paragraphs, included in pencil
brackets, and crossed by a pencil,
nnntted in the printed documents:
"You conjecture in relation to your
rir. ular of the I Ith July last, is correct ;
the important words, subsequent to the
30th of June last, are not contained in
the copy received by us; and this cir
cumstance Satisfactorily accounts for the
construction it received from the Hoard of
Directors. We regret that any mistake
should have occurred, but we rejoice that
ur decision is thus acknowledged to have
been proper. Agreeably to vour reijuest,
I return the cop heretofore received,
and under which we have nccessaiily act
ed, and retain the correct copy accompa
nying your last letter."
In letter (M 5) of the ericin.il docu
ments, ftom Israel Pi. kens. President of
the Hank of ombigbce, to the Secretary
of Treasury, date J St. Stephens, Aug. tti,
1819, two pages are scaled over with
white paper; and otnitteJ in the prin'cc!
dorummts.
In regard to those parts of the Utters
(L 5) U'6i and (I 6) above extracted, arid J
omitted in the ptinted documents, the
committee are satisfied that they were
thus maiked by Mr. Dickens, one of the
thief clerks in the department of the
treasury, forthe purpose of tailing the
attention of the secretary of the treasury
to them, as containing information irrel
evant to the subject matter of the call,
and improper in his opinion to be com
municated to the public, on account of
disr losures they made, or opinions they
ex;i. veil, which might be injurious to
the ..If.iis of the banks rr individuals to
wh'.m titv alluded ; nd that the word ot.f.
in the margin of each of these three let-, Champollion, jun.' known bv the Sa
ters. w.;smKlebv h.m ns a guide to the , vanj of his work, rntitIe(1 .. yv,
compositm to omit them in the printinc-' i -,i , , .
Io reference to the matter concealed I 5K raS"s' h d"''.
in the letter. (Ms! bv the white paper ! as lI;c mosl 'mr""'1. tl;e discovery
sealed over it. thev ftel themselves con- thul lhc 1"'S rt,an, haJ ,nrfc modes
strained to sir, that it had no dealing up
on tl.e nhjet is of the call for infotm.it ion.
and might have been ii juiif.us to the in
terests of the individuals, or the banks
mentioned in it, had it been published at
lh.il time. 'I hev are satisfied, also, that
jti'.b were the motives which induced Mr.
Dukcns, the clerk, to cover the pages
with pjper, which he disclosed, was done
by him.
I he committee submit that they have
been hus enabled to suggest, satisfactori
ly to the nu-r, the causes which have
produced the omission, in the printing of
all '.he documents, except that of A. 5,
which they suppose to be the particular
document refetred ta in the communica
tion signed A. H. ; and. in regard to which,
after n examination e-f all the witnesses,
ho were considered to be important to
the investigation, .nd pushing the
quit iiH io the extent of the supposed pow-!nJ,nifS a" Mn"f ' inc "-"nan
trs of lhc committee, they are now obli i Emperors, Tiberius, Nero, Frajan,
gcd to confess (and they doit with regret) j Adrian ; that of the Empress S ,bma,
that thev have obtained no satisfactory in-! the titles Impetator. Casar, Augustus,
formation. the sirnanies Ormanicus, Dicicus,
II d the same causes existed for the f-c. on the monuments of Phila.T.
m. presMon or this particular paragraph, oml)()5, Thebes, Ksne,and Der.dcrah.
hah actuated the cle.k in the treasury; T, 0f lhr a!hw,r, 0f
ft pai'ment to mark a 1 the others, vein : ri i l r v " a-
,, r , , -. i Phonick hitrogbphirs wm, u is tifiirm
comtnittce would feel no hesitation in , , P ,'
m ing to the house the strong proba-
lain that it might hove been done by that:
. ntb nun. Hut a recurrence to his tes-1
iimon. communicated herewith, and
matkeU F, will satisfy the house that
that probability S loo much wcukenc.il to
be made the ground work of the opinion
of a committee of Investigation.
But, whatever difficulties the commit
tee may have encountered in iiscci taining
by whom the marks were made, und the
para;;ruph suppressed, they have none in
stating that the accused did not cause it.
And they cannot do justi.:eo the unani
mous opinion which they have formed,
from a careful consideration of all the
evidence before them, without stating
their strong conviction that neither Mr.
(lalcr; nor Mr, Seaton had any knowledge
of, nor participation in, the suppression
of the paragtapl) omitted in the letter
marked A 5, or imy other of the docu
ments which were si. Lusted to the. house,
in answer to the call so ofm ulkuUd to.
, In support ol ihor opinion, upon tl.is
j part of the rase, your romiiitce would
refer the bouse to the annexed testimony
of Ceo. M. (Ironatd, marked I' ; of Wm.
Kerr, ir. marked C ; of Mr. Hurch, dep
uty clerk of the House, marked 1); of
Asbury Dickens, marked I,; and ol the
I Ion. Wtn. II. Crawford, tnaked F.
In regard to the other individual impli
cated in the communication attached to
the letter of Messrs. Gales and Seaton,
your committee do not hesitate to say,
that there has not been any evidence sub
mitted to them tending in the slinhtcst
degree to show that the suppression of
the paragraph alluded to. was rauai J ci
ther by the influence of the Secretary of
the treasury or was done with his knowl
edge. The interesting nature of the present
inquiry has suggested to your c ommittee
the propriety of submitting to the bouse
the expediency of appointing some mem
ber or members of its own bodv, in every
case, to superintend the publication of all
documents which ma hereafter be ptint
ed by onlerof the House.
In conclusion, vour lonitoi tre would
beg leave to submit the follow i;ig icsolu
tion. to vs it :
fiiom. That the Conm.itH-e appointed up.
J on tlit Letter of Messrs. CuIch U N-a'on, be
rl .,,.,1 1... .... 1 1., 4'.l... ..... J ... ' ll...
T he following; r;inilcmcn have 'ocen
appointed by the I'tesiJent, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, to be
F.mbassadrjrs KxiraortUn.uv and Min
isters Plenipotentiary to the following
p!a i s :
(t-n. Andrdw Jackson to Mexico.
Richard C. Anderson,. I r. of Ken
tucky, to the Republic of Colombia.
Ci sar A. Rodney, of Delaware, to
Huenos Ayres.
Ilr.M an Alun, of Vt. to Chili.
Tlte following gentlemen have been
Appointed their Secretaries of Legation.
John Mason. Jun. of Georgetown.
Jons P. Kennedy, of Baltimore
Cit ARLF.iS.'i'oDU,of Kleniucky, and
JottN M. Forbes.
A New-Orleans writer calculates that
the produce of Louisiana in 182- will on
Iv afford a profit of gl.jOO.OOo ; and that
the planters owe to the l ank nearlv that
sum. The whole piod'uecf Louisiana,
in in estimated ul :.:.W.O. I he
produce of Tennessee and Alabama re
reived at Ncw -Oi leans is estimated at S -.-OOO.GO)
that of Kentucky and Ohio do.
RI.8uO.ocX that o!' .Mis:.i',sippi tlo. S-r
000 ,00 .
AM I KM HAITIAN I.I I I'.HATt'Itr..
1 he Paris Moniteur of the 1st Oc
tober, contained a ctirioMi article on
thi M-vrrnl litrr.irv :!--,rrvrrir r.i M
of writing-, the hierobphicjue or sa
cred, the hicratique or sauidotal, and
the demotic or popular, but all tnree
painting directly ideas, and not indi
cating sounds or vocal signs. The se
cond, however, was in some modifica
tion, susceptible of expressing sounds.
The rigns which he has submitted
to the Academy tf inscriptions, cc.
are said to be equivalent to the vowels
and consonants in the Greek language
and applicable to the intetprttation of
the hierogliphic inscriptions lound on
the Egyptian monuments. It is ad
ded, that Mr. C. has made out the
names of Alexander th Great, the
Ptolemies, Cleopatra, Benerice, and
others ; and what. is more remarkable
U .1 1 L I .L .1
cu ,oe !,r 01 ,I,C, m0Sl lmP' jn
mcnlcrn ,,mts' ard l?e mosl crt!"? in
lts application to ancirnt learning. A
'chro. ol. gy ofthe itrnn mrntxol'Egv pt
1 from the era of Cambyses, is promised.
in-i35'"' nen.iweau ine ..lies, ne
S.IFJSHUR Y:
Tl ' K.isPAV MOUSING, YV.W. IB, 18-.i,
KXTUACT OP A LETTT.U
I HUM rillLilHiLMM.
'1 lu- fullowing extract of a letter is from tie
same correspondent who wrote the one from
which we made; a f:w extract in our paper of
the Hlh ultimo. As the v. ritcr has got b;lck tl
Washington, ws slinuld be glad to publinh h.
Iclti r.'i from that place. "
l'ud.-l,hia, January, 182.1.
" Vhiladt'hih; ii mostly known as t
great eotntnereial city ; ahc should he cipully
distinguii.hed for her nnnierout and v&luuble
niaiiiifarlorics khe merits to be Ckllml the Br.
minyhttm ttf .hirrica. I was astimislied to wo
,o much of :vrry kind of niamifactnring go.
ing on, and to heir it estimated that tl.tr
animal value of the manufactures, of thin citv
alone exceeds ten million of dollars. It ii k' i
that the roinmefec of this city is not ultog, thr
as flourishing now a it ha been in years pay,
New-York i taking the lead : many section', .l
the hack country, that were formerly supplied
with imported goods in thi market, now tru!
in New-York. There is a much greater ditl'i-.
ence in tne commerce oi rnese r.vai eiiu-t, uir.
there in the amount of their population. Yt .
will recollect that the amount of revenue reeei.
el at the collector' ofiice in NtM'-Yurk for t!,
Lit vcar, was several million more than th i
sum taken at this jilire for the same peri..;.
The dinVrenre in population, a well as I po
recollect, is something like 25 or ji'1,0"' souli
favor of the great emporium. This shov !!-;
difference of the trade of the two eitie in for-
eign gnoi'.s; it is ji.f., to remark however, th'
'the c.tensivc s:iln of I'hil.delpliia domestic L.
jlr'o, erv far ccec,!s th.it of Nework.
j I a'.'ended tlor tltcitrc ; saw Ci''fn r in trig, i!'.,
,.! i it. . : r.. ii i. . ..
;jn at vo(-hc as art actor. fr,-i U ubout the
..v.. . i .. i . .... Tl. I . .
. .i, K.t- ?iKiini tak. i lie i:e" tnc.iire :saij
ehgant boildir.;. Inside, it is ti'Imirahlv r j.
ncteil, ami superbly deenratrd; altnetli. -lighted
up by gas hich makes a he.i':,.r
light. Tlie r.n'lili comic attor, .li.-r.-V-..-.,
making a great noi .e here the tow n i ri::i
mivl to see Ins csliibi'ions. In truth, his j o t crs
in that w ay are wonderful. It it a'nl th:,t I.e. ci-
tends sisidng Washington, for the purpose i f
Catchirg tlie manners and the pee uliaritic '
our Congress orators, to be exhibited w lten l.c
return to England. This w ill .fiord line enter-
tainmcnt for Joh.i Hull.
, i r.i ..... .. ..
i uc oeucr eiass oi inc I'liiuucipuians are
great reader of newspaper ; and at this time
you can scarcely drop into ny company, but
you will hear speculations on the object of th
('residential election. Some arc for Mr. Adams,
some for Mr. Calhoun, and a few for each ofthe
other candidate. It i thought, on all '!,
that Pennsylvania will go for Mr. Calhoun ; ar,d
neM to him, that Mr. Adam stand the bct
iianre. Mr. Craw ford has his friends but they
nr nut powerful; ihe amc may be said of Mr
Clay ; and one town ha come out for Jjckvr ,
This s'.i'f lus heretofore generally turned th.
vale in the Precedential election; atjd hrrbemj;
in fivnr 'f Mr. f'allioun now, goes f.ir towa-!
innrinj hi 1 1, rtion. This I am certain, ,ou
will be pleased !, a I know your high opinio:,
if that gt nlicnian's talent and virtue.
I iNpect to retrain in W ashington until the
last of next mouth. Agreeably to J our rrquest.
I uill write you at len'h eonccrnirtjwhit I m
iiid hear there.
)
V"c received no paper from Charles
ton last week, in consequence of the fail
ure of the mail from layettcville. Ihe
roa.ls, for some time past, have been in a
very bad state ; yet thi is the only failure
of any of our principal mails, during the
present season. And even this, for aught
we know, was unnecessary ; as gentlemen
oT this place came up from Faycttevillo,
the early part of last week, without meet
ing with any obstruction from high wa
ters, or from any thing else, which would
necessarily prevent the regular arrival of
the mail.
inr. srrrr.F.ssr.n docvx&yt.
The rcpoit of the committee of the
House of Keprc.cntathcs, on thi sub
ject, honorably and justly acquits Messrs.
(Jalts Sc Seaton of being privy to the
transaction ; bui after taking the testimony
of mrssengers, clerks, the Secretary,
members of Congress, Sec. the commit
mi'tce were just as wise as when they le
Ran : they found themselves" puzzled with
mazes," and gave tip the search in des
pair. So it seems that that mischief ma
ker, whom every one names, and no one
knows, that invisible tibiuuitary, Sir .Vo
bodu, must take the odium upon his owo
shnuldeis, until the mystery which ia
volves this matter be cleared up.
It will be seen, by an article in our pa
per which wc have copied from the
;,' iirgiitcr, that the Hoard for IntcrnaJ