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l t' 'III! it I l mi an; tradition In t'.iccl tnta" tf0)l jut ef trie ,l my Irttria to Col, Seicr, whf re aute "that it mv i Mrlf sail. the great tdy if ihe men h croucd the fttbunuiii 01 that expedition were rHtd and en lu lled l;y your tu my own fcniud exertions.' 7 here I In reality no cof,iruiuK)n. jt Miru'i at tted In the 'memoir," that Cel. Campbell brought with him 400 men from Washington County, Vs. and UmI Setier'a regiment end mine consisted of only 20 mt n each. 15 ut when It thall be recollected, at I have It fore related, how thlt expedition wai teton loot! how, by the exertions of Se tier and mpself,. the refugees were as eemlled and brought to unite with us. I .! vr '.ft r and how iLi c'o-operatlon .of Vttl. Camp" fcell wai obtained, I think 1 am fuUjr ju. ' . ; , - tified la hiilnt tatd to Sevier, that It may be fairly said that tnnt of the men who crotaed Iht mountains, Ice. were . embodied by our cxertioni i or at Icaat 1 hall b relieved from that direct contra v . elktion which Mr. Preaton supposes tnutt nureir Ueatrerm? credibility As to the propriety of Mr, Preston's remarks In relation to the newspaper pub lication of 1813, In which I am re pre Noted at being "conspicuous through the thin veil of i fictitioui signature, I refer the reader to a letter ddreed to me on the eubicct by the late Col. Jno. D. Campbell, end my reply to it, (Nos. I and 3,J which 1 am rredibly informed wai for warded by Mr. Prctton. I there atate ttut those circumatancee relating; to Col. Campbell ere true, end that they were known to hit Itnmedute relative and friend yet that I had no participation whatever, in giving publicity to them, but had endeavored to auppreai their circu- , latlon. Why I wai not then aaaaUed, and Why It hat been preferred to wait the lapse of ao many yean, until I am brought te the very margin of the tomb, and hun dred! of the then living witnesses have - been gathered home to their father" the' public will judge. Before 1 conclude, permit me to atk What reasonable motive or inducement I could have had to fabricate falsehood for , the purpose of defaming Col. Cimpbellf Has my reputation been built up by put ling down that of other t Or ha it been blundered from the grave of the dead? " ? Let my "country answer the e question ; that country which ha riven me all that X nave ef narafLor reputauon, I think I have a right to be considered ,t least I "witness of fair character, one Who hut tome claims upon the confidence of hit eontrymen, snd who Is entitled to " ' ', f be heard without prejudir e.'although, It is 1 . Jits painful duty If apeak thus publicly und plainly of the dead. History, howe ..... Ttr, deal with the dead ; and this Is a tub : v--' Vtr of .h1nry And, altJionh my re "te'"'ljctance at the talk it certainly Increased by the circumstance thut Col. Campbell ia no more, yet It is very probable that I feel myself more privileged to ipeak on -- this -subject, than would be' consonant With Mr. Preston's ideal of tie sanctity . ano reverence cue to nis oecrasea ances tori lor 1 was a cotemporary of that an' cestor, and I shall soon lie down beside . b!m in the grave. My career 1 run. I 1 frel as though I were almost at nearly etantiing thu beiide my grave, and be ' "" tween two worlds, I solemnly declare that the facts I have atated in relation to the conduct of Colonel Campbell, in the battle of King Mountain, are true. , .,., ..J attjrntthe occasion that hat rendered it ntcewdYv Tor me. to make this avowal, , and to treat of this upleasant and invidi -iuljct.Jiiowike.my nal leave of it. I am animated with no spirit of con troversy. I have no fear of my rrputa tion, the hardy growth of mnv tears. I . can listen undisturbed to the animadver "" alons of Mr.' Preston, and nothing ahat) ever provoke me to ergage further inthia contest. ' Jpril, 1823. ISAAC SHELBY. . Appended 0 thia Lettr, a published in the r" Reporter, art several columns of Documents, ' the contents of which being recapitulated in the - - - letteritsetf, -it does not sppearjo us necessary to jive mem ai urge.j r foifowinl eitietio jihire Republican, a paper recently establiahed . In that state, and edited with wry efiicIenUa. lents by Mr. Butler, recently a member of Con- rw- : : ta We are inclined to believe'that Mr. Crw ford is at present estimated more lightly in New. m EK'Und than any of hit competitors l. and should the liand ot Providence bereave us of Mr.' A dams, should be be inclined to retire from the Contest, or should the revolutions of public opi nion render his election impossible, we hare no j doubt that the voice of New-England would be 1 heard for Mr. Calhoun or Mr. Clay, rather than .u. fop Mr.-CrawJord..... Mr. Calhoun' mind is of the first order j to the finest talents h unitea dili- "" areht hab0' rid and political, he blends the loftiest and pur .. ,'v st patriotianu .Mr..noun the personal " friend-'tiMtr AdamwUh'WhOBi'liile- known to agree on all important pointa of national po licy, and ahould U ht-reafter become netessary : j0 clkwwe between. MrCalboun n4 any.other individual, except Sir. Adiims, we doubt not that ' Mr. A. and hit friends will be found amongst the strenuous supporters of Mr. Calhoun. B. J. McigS, Esq. haa resigned tlie office of Tost-Master General. Who las successor is to be, is not now kno-a. ' Li ftST 1iOM Sr.tl.Y. iw.fof, cs I, , We are JndrUed toCapuin Sioity, cf the ih'tp Lotii'.a Metild, arrived at llii rw.rt rn Saturday, in 40 days from Cattiz, for a regular file of Spanlh papers to the 36iH April, frvm which we make the r aa a m. loiiowinar lmDortsnt and Intereitinir ci. ; tracts. 15 y them it will be seen that the . . . . . i Kins; of Spiin had tent to the Council of State a solemn declaration of war arsintt the French, and that the Conitituilonalitti are actuated with a strong degree of en tritlasm. The French had not pasted the tbroonthe l!tb of April, and ahewrolonel of the guarJR. 139,) and add 4 V9 rflpRltlQni,i jda.srtv.JTJie. airay ef UmaUtmJoojiiuU wa4oniinuUy.lacreM. Ins; and receiving reinforcements, guer ilia parties augmenting on all sidesi and the glories of Aibufuera, Alaban, and San Martial will be repeated all over the Peninsula. The bpanlards are very busv In orean iiifrg their army, and the soldiery are all Baaing to tno iiece oi the capital, andj appear determined to give thf iropponens a warm reception. j Tramlatfdor the Xathntt Mvoeate. Seville, Arau 20 We have learned T m I ' 0 j , "1 7 P for certain, that a Decree of His Majesty "i1'1 U to ! ,ind has been sent to-day to the Council of. mh'ltr Ubt1 0rr .poUsm will be trl Slate, which contains a aolemndeclar.tion ph.nt; . For EngUnd to remain in.c of war of the Spanish nation against the French. As soon ss the government received notice of the French invesion, they sent eipresses to all the authorities, command ing them to proceed to hostilities against them by all the means in their power, without omitting any. According to the intelligence received by the government, the war has assumed k.Hri...Mt ..!..! kj i wj viraii wvis.1 silllilll siasillBf ilSUVICml the Fir.t fell from hi throne under our blowe-let us be united and constant, and s simila'r fate await, our new and ungrate- r..i Madrid, aratL 16. .They write from Saragussa, under da'e of the I3il, that the vnliinlrrr mililij rf thai rit ht rf. during the war, in case of invasion. -An7 19. The povernmem hasolT.cLI. Iv received the information of the invasion of our territory hy the French. 1 he pol itical chief magistrate of Burgos, that of .Victoria, and General Morillo from VjiI- I ladolid, esprcts theielve thus: lhe French army is preceded by a vangnard of Frenchified Spaniards, commanded by the infamous Quesada. The national troops fought vigorouslv againat the French in the province of Bilboa, when they retreated on seeing the great superi ority in number of the invaders. ..All tbe rich perions of the province of Vittoria have retired to Burgos, flrjng from the enemies. The chief magistrate of that province, after having saved all that which belonged to the nation, retired himself with a column of 600 militia be- longing to the same province. At Burgos they have re united all the troops of the district to act on the flank of the enemies. Gen. Balesteros, with the troops, and some militia of the fifth district, have been posted on the. left bank of the Ebro. Gen; MonlToyas soon as he heard of Inva sion, adopted the best measure to carry on the war (ton tut fiolobra ttrnvnaiet) hia words are very firm, to the enemies of the country and of liberty. General Abisbal has turned out of Ma drid all the prisoners made on the 7th of July, and continues organizing his army with the greatest activity. He haa placed four battalion in the barracks, which are exercised at every hour of tbe day, and he has ordered the artillery which was in Segovia, to be brought there ; finally, he prepares himself to give' a good reception to the infamous hosts which come to en slave us. setiLlk, AMIL 32. The King, in or der to she j a testimony of his regard for this city, fist bestowed the title of Duke of Seville on tbe infant son of the infants Donna Louisa Carlota. - His Majesty has named for the Minis try of the government of the Peninsula, of War, Field Marshal U. Mariano Z.or faquInVchteF oTlv "BIT6T the firslirmf Of operations. tTiujpaxil.UurarinicsLire4 receiving considerable reinforcements; the guerilla parties which have begun to form, are augmenting on All sides, and the glories of Albufera, Arlaban, and San Marcial, will be repeated all over the pe ninsula. . We have received a letter from Madrid, dated tbe 17th, which sayai w Considering our circumstances, sir is tranquil, and the pure royalist of Saint Luuis , will he re calved' with iralor and resignation, while our armies are . completely organizing, and ji.lrpiiTmg to do more than merely to receive them. If the French rascals are bold enough to march to this, capital, rest I aasiirecf that they will pay dearly for their temerity. Ail the soldiers are running in with a degree of glory and revenge." We have no .news from the Pcmnsulft, and reports of all sorts are continually in circulation. Part of the French at my has certainly passed Vittoria, but that signl rlca r..!l.!i , f..r i!i f.fiter t!.ry r tl.ry Id'.tl.tr mu-.t !ii.'C,and tlC ti tr will te our wrfjre. A Icttrr frcni r.urgo rncntloni, thst great number of people are coming i frarn the North, trllirnj terrible sinrteio the French, and still wore of Ffcnrh SpitiianU. It U S'id here, that (!en. Dal IctcrosIiat 5artona. Our attillery ha irone to Madrid, and there it no natlona property led. to. fall Into.lho cnemy'i hands 1 hey write from Paris that a cettain At ? CaLbcrt,or thuc,(uppod name, was going to Madrid with lecret lntruc tion, to ettsbluh a direct corre ipondence with he ki2f by means of a minuter they saysha dee a brother In-law who I tlm jtba .fsrrlelJhr wji tfnJntrtc(totis on iilk-wpcr sewed upm Jier turtle Diarfa Drl Gollrrno, tr Gtvtrnmtntal Journal . LATK1T FBOM ENGLAND. rMiiADCiriiu, ;tjat 9. The packe ship PliiladclpnU, C.pt. Uowen, from Llv erpool, has put us in possesion of Eu ropean dates two days later than before ff ie. Capt. n. left Liverpool on the 27,h Aprj, tSundy.l The latest paper j, 0f ,he 36in, We tinr,0, bee,e ,ha lhe p eent aspect of Europe will long ttve, will he ImDOksible. she now re main passive, allowing herself to be drawn as it were into a war, by the whole nation, thai she may, for once in the an nals of her historvi have to record, that ahe commenced a war with the unul mous cobseot of her people. aa ton at, araiL 15. The French troops, on entering the Spanith terri'ory, took with them nine ; oy pmviMons. tacn J ff .! ? a Soulier csrried a a a a It a h' hve, and the trp. compl-lned !ou a'J ol in" our7n: 3mc? in" i beCn hued'J he "e b.ut b?dI' ff' he corn before St. Sebainan i obli- corp ged to live on puie and roots. ' I he Asia it cruUing before St. Sabas- tian. A French brigantine, loaded with St. Se I un' ' ne proviswna were pnrcnasea b ,un. , w,,,tn TC"CI ",,co w,,n ers. it was not eapectri that m. rtias. tian would hold out as it has done , BOO, 000 franc were offered to the Governor to induce him to urrender. Comhy and Molitor intend to attack him with three divisions. If their attack should be unsuccessful, the resuli in the present state of affairs will probably prove verv disastrous Tor the French. . Only fifty inhabitants have remained in I run. liuboe ha recently furnished volunteer corps of between 900 snd 000 young men belonging to the principal tamiiies. , . - . The French begin already to feel, not only at St. Sebastian, but throughout their whole. line, the deficiency of provisions. Flying columns of guerillas move about between the Pyrenees and the Ebro The paitoi commands one party of 1 J00, and displays sll hi former activity. 1 he parties hover round the French, hara$ them, and leave them nothing to eat ex cept what thev have in their immediate possession.;.: Moat urgent orders ' have been sent to Bayonne to forward supplies at any cost or risk. THE PRESIDENCY Frtm iKeTOfutJ OUv Branch' It it doubted wnether any man in the Union it better acquainted with the manners, cus.oms, and intereata of the people of the United States, than Mr. Calhtunf or one who it freer from lo cal prejudices. . He haa lived in the eastern states five year, sixteen or seventeen in Penn sylvania, and the remainder of bit life either in South-Carolina or at the seat of the general go vernment. Thus he. has minded w ith the bet ter classes of society from north to south, and in a great way has obtained a better insight into their characters, than could have been derived from books, or from a mere casual visit among them, it naaottea been observed or Washing ton, that hia appointments to office were alwavs Judicious i and why were they so f Because ie had a rood judgment, and was personally acquainted with all classes of men in the Union. Toe same may be cxpecteafronu lrCUioun, if elected, from hit great personal knowledire of men, and his judgment which, is .sound slid jiLsi.sajii '-. '- - - "As 1:'CaJhwjn1 firofeTientioned i candidate for the Presidency, i" have thought it more than proper to inform the , people, of this State who be it, and what hia pretensions are, so that they mav be better enabled to judge of our next president is to come from tbe slave holding states, I prefer Mr. Calhoun to Mr. Clay, or any other candidate which has been named. It ia believed that Pennsylvania, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina are at present in favor' of Mr. Calhoun, end these states rive more votes than Mr. Clav can oocaiblv obtain, even ahould ke ret the votes of all the western states. But Gen. Jackson will obtain more than Clay in the Weat. 1 CvR OF THE PEOPLE. iSt-..,.,, fpaHippRepMmn.,., So far now as we are advised of public opini on, with reference ti the several competitors jbf the - Predency, Mr. A ground, and win, in 11 probability, be the suc cessful candidate,- And when we consider hit onr trie ftithfirf pul)lic acrvkes-the know ledge wmo& he naaunilonnly evinced with regard to the complicated machinery of Euro pean governments and the secret springs of Eu ropean policy, together with his well-known pre-eminent talents and unexceptionable cha ractert there is abundant reason to believe the helm of the Republic could not be entrusted to safcr or more able band. " .,"''. k' S.lLlSllUltY: TTf.xtUY MHItNINtJ, Jt'Nf. 24, I nil. MUxmcrjfCK. We are happy to hav it our power to at trie very (beraJ conduct of the America tiblc Society tord the lotlety la thU -Ucr, on of Hs afflHatid inttitat'ton. Tbe bilks and Ut- UiMnta druVrtd by the "Jjury Bible Society, and shipped by the brtf MHo, were ht at tea. On a r item nt of tltit cireurwtanee, male by the President of the sJlburT B lla Society, the board of msnirers of the Amcrkai Bible Sod. 'UA J'rpT'p.t'lcM, spd, benevolence wliith caanot be tooawca admirtd ordered aw a mi. br (Mpph.M s dRt'01 These bibles and tt. tsaientt mtyb espeetad in a few days, when it la hoped our Society wiO rent whseperstion, with s seal and ardor increased by tail gewtrtvi comltiet of the parent Institution, H should be remembered, that the annual meeting of the Society ill be on the lint Mon day lil August. We hope there wiQ then be a general attendance of the members. A ser mon will be preached va the occaaion. I The statement, by a committee in behalf of th Students of Pleasant Metrtat Academy, of a disturbance that happened in that seminary, we mutt decline publWiinf i for we conceive wt have no more business to intermedia w itb the internal Concern and discipline of a School, without the knowledge and approbation of the tiWcet snd teachers, than we have, to obtrudt ourtclf, as a fxac-ujrr, into the n.kl.t of a fa mily, during the height of one of thote domestic bkkinirs which. Eke "time and chance, happen unto all men." Hie addrett delivered before the Rocky Spring Sunday School Society, hat U-en reCeiv. ed. We hart now lying on our bands, t o or three communications of the same tenor at the above, but each of them about t vice the length of it. If we can, contittently with our failure to publish them, insert the above, we shall most willingly do it. In sn article, last week, briefly noticing the formation (if a Society b) the ladirs of Salisbury, we fur remarks escaped us, whose applica tion has, in some instances, been misconstrued. We very well know thst sn honest difference of opinion prevails u to the policy of bestowing our charity on an object, for the furtherance of w hich the ladies of our town have associated themselves into a society. There are, in our estimation, many objects which chum the eaer cite of our benevolence in preference to this. We would impugn the motives of no man, mere ly because he waa opposed to giving alma for die furtherance of (his Scheme, if you please thus to call it. Our hurt week's remarks were solely intended to vindicate the ladies against the uncourteous and illiberal aspcrion, of hav ing formed the Society from no other motive than a restless desire of " cutting a figure in tba world, and of being "in filiion,"kc. From w hat we have seen and heard, we are fully ner- auaded that those ladies whosubscribed in order to form a Society, did it as well with their heam " as with their hands. wmm uoeraiea coiomwa. ro do awy-luwreng tmpretsTon tBrf have gone out, we wiUttaU, that the Rev. Dr. n" "rived at Rio Janeiro, and entered Freeman bad no wency, whatever, in our last in, lhe "ce of the Emperor of Bra week's article on tj-U subject j the article itself Z'd- "e was invested with the com eumciently indicated that it waa written by the mr"' ?f the imperial fleet, consiating of Editor. ione ome frigates, smaller vessels, CLtfER.1L SUMMARY The legislature of Rhode-hlund ha lately' had a short session ; among the laws they passed, were two or three autho rising lot le fir to build tr.rriing-Avuttt ! ! The end justifies the mtant, we suppose. In the Connecticut legislature a propo sition, was offered for restricting the la king of a fish called Ale wives, on the sup position that they were young iW. A committee was appointed to investigate the subject, who made a sage report :o' the legislature, that the anatomical struc- ture of the Alewife was the same as the Shad, that t he- number- of -briber was he same, &c. Let the Yankees' no more ' "A negre named Burfeil, rinpamcteo county j Georgia, was tried and conttcted of murdering his master, B. Sheffield, head to be cut off and stuck upon a pole, and hia body burnt. Negro Lewis, in Norfolk county, Va. was to have been huntr on the 51st. for murdering his master, Mr. William Walker. . . Mr. James Gunnel!, who lately died in Fruquier Co. Va. manumitted 28 ef bis ilaves, and gave them "S300;rand 'a go teain, to shirk for themselves in lhe world. They have lately journeyed into Pennsyl vania, seeklnzfor a Acme. The rev. .Mr. Paul, (a negre; has been appointed by the Massachusetts Baptist Associationrbn a Wlision te the Island of St. Domingo. ' - - v : The legislative council of Florida con vened at St. Augustine on the 24th ult. George Murray was elected President of the councilj and oiv the same day, Gov etnor Duvall transmitted bis'mesaj;e,in v''c), a;nsrj tl' rr t'.! -il.ifc.4-ti.4.,Ji a tlie en tf s r i . r Duwtiire, or betwirii it and the M.ktiuVey, a tht the f Jture seat cf jovt rnineitl cf 1 briJa. A mott tiotent storm and tempest were etperienced in soma parts ol ConncctU r tt. the latter part of Msy. Barns, sheds, (cures, &c, were levelled with the groundj and in Montulle, in that State, the Pres byterian Meeting house wss struck by lightning whili civliio service was per forming and juit ss the pastor was tir ing out a psalm, which began as follows, afcthlnks the but great day ha Come. Methittk heir the thunder soynd'-i.e. the electric fluid entered tbe church, shivered to etomi sever I plIWs, pewi, window sashes, c. killed two ladles, cd wounded a number of ethers. 4t iJhtt 4ua also been a violent storm of' hail and ralrt In Union-town, Md. which broke. Jq ,pan ef. flats io that village fields of grain wen beat dawn, roost kinds of fruit knocked off from the trees, and much other damage done. From one gardes in Raleigh, there vlere lately gathered, in 10 successive days, too ntaaits of strawberries. Sossys me rtrgtstcr.- - In the State of Maine,' a young lady was Utely struck with lightninx and the rings in her ears melted, but she herself was not dangerously injured. A very old and respectable Quaker, by the name ef Fox, was lately stabbed, killed and thrown kite lhe water, 'Sup posed to have been done by two negroes, who have been apprehended. Letters from officers on board Com. Portcr'a squadron, mention,' thai the ofli ctis snd crew arc in good health) that they are constantly en. ployed in cruizing smong the late haunts of the pirates, but nut a pirate is to be found afloat the trade is siopped. Assassinations are fre quent in Havana ; the city it very healthy. I he troop there are constantly esercis- injr, and other military preparation ma king. t Information ha been received, by a late arrival at Philadelphia, from f.im, that notwithstanding the Patriot had been defeated, they were still confident of ul timately exterminating the Royalist. I he people and army 'of the citv of Lima had declared and organized a Republican government. The Supreme Director of Chin, B. O'lIifTKint, has resigned hi oflice, and a Provisional Junta of three member, haa been formed for the government or that Republic. 1 hit measure was thought to be expedient, in order to allay the po pular ferment which existed among the Patriots, and to give mere energy and ef fect to the- operations of the Patriots ' against'the Royalist, the Utter of whom eem of late, to have had tbe "best of the fight." , -rr . . In Colombia, the Royalists are driven -to their last hold ; snd notwithstanding Z. the Patriots have suffered a severe loss in the capture of Com. Daniels and two vessels of his squadron, they are not ia the least disheartened, but fight with a dctei mutation ancT a fair prospect, of soon "Piling, or driving from their country, ,he remnants of monarchy that stains the ft f l!i . a? and hre-ships t and had tailed to St. Sal vador fqr the purpoe of destroyinK the fleet of the old king of Portugal, which was I) ing there. Iturbider the ex-mushrooo emperor of Mexico, lately embarked, with hi family and suite, at Vera Cruz, on board a Bri tish ship, fur Italy, the place of his ban iahment. The following address from CoL John Csrson, to the citixens of Burke county, when a candi- date for a scat in the General Assembly, ia 1800, 'twentv - three veara iro. vaa aommunicated for publication by an esteemed correspondent in 4 j Q . , Burke county Its homebred and unrarmshee -jtjrlc.wart H as w effusion of oklen times i but, tteewi.'Maiifitor:. msjmsM'ft tf? defeta'of our" "Sute f or ernm accordance with the Sentimenta of the people of theWesat u"jZ'tUman offer to serve you as a legislator in the House of Commons, I conceive it my duty, to exmou to you my opinion on poliucs. In the first . place, you will observe there are sixty counties inthia State, and seven Borough townsj each county, at this time, sends three members, and each Borough town one, which eonatitutea tbe General Assembly, a body of 187 member. This body meets oncein every year, and every year coats the State between ten and tw el ve thou- " sand pounds t tttd In consequence of those enefv mous sums occasioned by the General Astern- : My, our Treasury is exhausted f and at Jasfc.s session of Assembly, the Treasurer reported to -the Ilouae of Commons the necessity ofrsuang the taxes, in order to support government. ' Now; gentlemen, in order to get clear of those useless expenses, and also to get clear of raising the taxev let tie point out a mode of govern , ment less expensive and more salutary to the Eeople at large,--whicb, if you are all agreed, t it be as follows: . . In the first place,. let us new-model, our State Constitution, sikI say that one Commoner m. rJt nuintr II nil Aim fjimmOneV OUt Ot i. Sacb Bowugls totn, Jp a body of members sua -V- "f I
