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. LAM." I IU l.l UOIT.
Mir tBH, uct. 23.
, f imiua,iro(tiiinMjutn, tie lUJtUi
lome ltcr datee have been received from
England. To tbe politenett of T. W
Mo'-re, ra. 'Arrnt for the Packets, we
, tc indebted for Halifax pi per i to the I3tb
lost, containing Ixtndon dates tf the Vtb
tit. which, locil.cr with such snides it
appeared of interett from the morning
papers, win be tound IjcIow.
- Vt) shoulj lufer, from ht change in
commind of tha trench squadron block
r 'lnsr Cadli, and from the ill jsatufcctlun
hlf h tha link rf AnamAMmm la i
have expressed of Count Dourdetoult's
tardy mot c menu la tha siege, that discord
. among tha French it likely lo strengthen
tha Spanish cause. The Trocsdero,
which according to a statement in a Lon
Con p .per of tha 5th. hit fallen, it, it tvil
t f membcred, ctjf ibe main land, oppo
site to Cadiz, Irons whence It could onir
im!:u,k;i:
r be luecoured by sending dctichmanti
acrott the bay. Its Mils not otherwise
roaterlal, thiirt at It dimmithel, in loma
, decree, the diflkulty of penetrating with
fleet Into the inner baibour of Cadis.
a IT 1 I r ... .
ouiucirni ocienccs are yet icii no we re r,
h tha battel ie of tha clif, at Punt ale,
and at tba bottom of tha bar at the Carac
fit. In rmnAmm ant Biik ktfkMnl ah ft i.
, part ot the trench, high Improbable.
- - r-F -
irrrioir in appears that tha Empe
ror of Kuttta lately broke through i
- bridge. In fn tf hit loura i wathrrrlitlia
. ted from bit carriage, kicked by hit
Jiorte, lost tome of hit precious blood, and
, dered tha Inspector General of Roada to
'fit bamthedlo Siberia! Hera it royal jut
t Ilea for you I Such it the penalty for be
9 t - a a a t 4
ant; ne guiltiest cause oi sneuuing one
- crop ot the blood Of the Lord a anointed I
J ' FROM CIBBALTAR.
The ship Seine, Capt. Williams, arrl
fed at New York on Saturday, from Gi
uraiiar, wnence nc kancu on inc u.nuil.
Tapert of the 10th, llth, and 12th, are
rctcivca Of ner, wnirn, who me execp-
r lion of the ericlet below, announcing the
ikfur Ml9a. rfiDbm nnlhim. mi
the subject of Spanish affairs. Captain
Williams informs, that the communica
tion Wml mimr rTiKtiar t'mAm
kept open the tame at at former dates
that intelligence was receired diljr from
the latter pbee, and that nothing had o-
currec ot importance since me t reach took
. . viiiiwa vttuiaiiar mil nig
rirjlfooMjnot Jonjj holdout.- AJettejdated
' on tne iztn, saya, our datet trom la
--His to the Vthfgtve us to expect that the
affairs of Spain will soon be compromised
probably through the meditation of Eng
. aaiiu. ,
J mm
The Constitution, Com. Jones, and On
tirio, Capt. Chauncey, sailed from Gibral
tar fin th .8th. and th Nonurh on the
llth, for Mahon. Tbe American Mbit
ter to Spab, remained on board tbe
squadron. ,
ThcrA ihrifirt tn ka tian nn SnlP'
. ..... -rrw... ......
ruptton to our rn.ee with Malays in con
sequence of its capture by the French
ctstALTAK, strT.-5. The Tribune
' frigate has just arrived from Malaga
French division entered and took posses
eibn of that place yesterday morning
without the least resistance, and were joy
"fully received by tbo inhabitants. Gen
. . Jliego fled the preceding night about I
, pait II o'clock, at which time his flotilla
sailed from the harbor with some soldiers
ot tunereot corps. - '
Late on the evening of the 3d, some
cavalry and infantry retired by the road to
Velez Malaga and yesterday morning
the French cavalry pursued the rear
guard, and look the whole or tbe regi
, tnent del Rey prisoners.. i '
' It is known that Riego embarked i
large sum of money, . and. church plate
in e Itea nsvn
Gen. Ordoneii i with part pfthe gatrison
JiOMiu;ArgeMravwd-4lut4o-enter4U-4
The brig Cvpnis has arrived at Boston
wvhich passed Gibraltar on the 18th of
. t . 1 u
, which left that port the preceding evening
'and from which information was obtained
that' tbe Frtnchwas in possession of fa
' tiffa. ' 44 Had any event of importance
v -1 i f r j; . i. . i. :
y .U . V Ml.. v.w.w v.. I.V w .
ot fort 1 rocade-o, a is more thau proba
ble the captain of the Emeime would
- have heard of it and- men tior.ed it. Uer
then we have another 18 day a elapsed
" V Hfioui if iartrTtha!rth in viiteri fiad
been able to begin the bombardment,
commence anoui a. luuiuu pve.wu. .: . , ,
, Advices from Zante and Corfu, con
tained in letters from Trieste, of ttjel'l it
ult. mention that the Turkish fleet in that
neighborhood, was jnji state of great in
aubordinationt and that the placue prevai
led on board many of the ships- That of
the Greeks m.Vintaincd a position favorable
'for an attack, but their naval commander
. had determined to delay it, until disease
aad the mutinous spirit of the sailors had
t..V'.'i :'. . c t in a ..I
ice-
I'orLI.AIION (jf inu.AM).
tftue parti ef the shter hlani!, the
fopulaiiun li rmjrxMe ilrnic. Mr. IteiJ
itatti, in hit Tnuh fa lreUn l, lht In
eleven (i!lns iMch he v Kited in Unci in
the icinitt of Cork, he found them ta
aterage a population frighten anJthaiA
it tatk. At Uraer.ci, the author went
into several housei, and found the popu
lation grcatlj beyond any thing he had
imagined, 3 umillet often occupying one
room, and upwsrda of 40 crowding one
house ! Ill numbered 31 In a house be
tweeo two and three-Vclork in th4 Ifier
soon and there waa a room cotH.M"t(
two mora famlllei to whkn he wat;not
admUiedrf ; London fiofier.
rjioM Vera csuz.
mw tou, octoiu 31-TheU. S.
sloop of war Hornet, capt. Smith, arrived
it thit port on Saturday, from Vara Crux,
and last from Havana. Left the former
port Sept. 74th. at which time all the ves
sel! there were ordered to leave the har
bor, and the tchr. Camilla, of Baltimore,
schr. Tom, and brig'Ceorge, of rhiUdel
phiaj several English merchant vessels,
and the British sloops of war Tyne and
Ucllette, which bad been taking on board
specie and coeblneal. were getting under
way the tame evening. Hostilities were
momently expected to break out between
the town and the Spanish rirrisoo in the
Castle of St. Juan, the fort a in the city to
commence the ore, with a hope or redu
cing the cattle to subjection. All the
old Spaniards of the city had fled into the
castle.
The Hornet touched at Sisal Autr. 14th,
and found that that place, and all the coast
wai governed by the Patriot!, and heard
of no uiratet in that quarter. Oflf Cape
... . 1 .a 1 a a a a
Antonio, in insi. ooaroed schr. Ida, Uaul,
from Philadelphia, for AlvaraUb, all well-
Lieut. Piatt, one of Commodore Por
ter's officers, while in the Havana, wai
grossly intuited by the Lieutenant Gover
nor of Cuba, who called the commanding
officer and hit men a set of pirates.
iommouore i oner wrote io tne iovcr-
nor an account of this, who replied in
terms of the greatest respect to the gal
ant omcer, and to :he men who served
under him. It is said that the Deputy
Governor, a poor little tadpole of royalty,
has been deprived of his command.
The Caraccas Colombiano has publish
ed a latter, wriuen by gen Paex, to the
president of the United States, acknbwl
edging in grateful terms, the obligation
he is - under, in consequence of his sons
having been plaied by the president lo Rie
military academy at West roint.
60METHLNG KF.W.
John Phipps Townsend, the famous
backward pedestrian, has undertaken to
pick up three hundred-stones with his
mouth, without touching any one of them
with his hands, each stone one yard a
part, in eleven successive hours, at a
distance of fifty one miles, five hundred
yarJs. This feat is to be performed at
Stepney.
A large' Jtiul.. The Receiver General
of Lower Canada is' annouced at having
illegally taken out of the Public chest
about. 140,000. Some of tbe Canadian
papers call it a defalcation i otheri w.djrfi-
ctency; and otners again represent it a
mere misappropriation of the public mo
neys by theexecutive government, adding
that Mr. Caldwell has varrantt to account
for this enormous deficiency. ,A strong
suspicion hjwever it afloat, that it is in
fact an unwarrantable defalcation j because
it baa been attended by a failure of the
mercantile concern of which Mr C. is a
partner.
Lord Byron. A gentleman lately ar
rived at Boston from Letrhorn, states that
nermacr -pnofw mtcrrtejH
JjTjBBiEOlpfc
ship bad. honght bngantme and embarky
Wi his"wTioIe lort urie lOe Frdrho pjuK
poie for proMedinicf to Constantinople b
effect the release of a number of Creeks
held in captivity there. If th'it philan:
thropic mission proved unsuccessful, he
was determined to join the ureekt, and
assist them in person and with his money
in their stiuggle for independence.
KaUigA Keguter.
Persons lately arrived from England!
stste that Mr. Perkins calculated on be-
Ihif ibTe" to vtKew-Ybtfcrearlf rrThe
lprinJejvOTjtw
meant oi ine new dieam o nip w men ne
Prediction fawJcd-Meih (a shrewd
and calculating man) deemed; the N.
York Canal s very wild scheme. At the
ate it which the Forth nd ar.d Clyde
canal waijCornpletci M. calculated the
Grand Canal would take 220 years to fitvish
it ! But how stands the calculation along
side the fact I
At such a moment, how eminently
hied would its great promoter rise, if
some political oiunners naa iroi arresico
hi elevation l-tmRichmsni Enquirer
Mat t '- - - - iS
fj-1 r r ,1
:tt cr lit'
ttiiauki, Ma raiiTr, ioiti-c t aaLiii.
TtT.Mi.tr, Kovr.imr.ft it. ira.
imHPERANCK!!
At the Uta fall term of the Supertor Court
fi f fetoV'tt cowftiy, the Orand Jry foun4 true
bills of Imlictarrtnt agtlott in persona, fof ba
btnal drankeniKvl Tbil looks tka "taking
tha buB by tba Was.". Varioua have been the
rpreolatlrr plane-of rndividuai mOri!i, and
plsnanthrole MauciaUons tokrtk the power
of that fria, WKMfcef f ic iU imiMtahty,
dntnkennets, and to bring back bcr dclwUd
votaries te a proper ach4 of their comLttun at
rational bfinp and asorsl agents but no one
tneavire va have yet beard ot, aeema well
calculated to arrert the epread of this besetting
moral evil of 'our country, aa the plaa hit upon
in Stokes county. - Tha Grand Jurors of Stokes
deserve to be raid lit perpetual remembrance
by their fellow-citizens, tor this act of indepen.
dence. of fearkvt Integrity, arul faithful dis
charge of their duty. They bare set a noble
e sample to eMr counties. If neither tears, en.
treaties, threat, nor persuasive language will
do, let the proper authority try " bat virtue
there it m" the LAW
We perceive, by the but eek't rafrttnilU
0&mir, that it has changed hamls again t it is
now publinhed by Mr. Lemuel Bingham. From
our personal knowledge of his character and
qualifications, aa a printer and editor, we think
the patrons of that paper have now a full war.
ranty of the permanent continuance of an ably
conducted paper.
On the subject of the next Presidenry, the
OWrver luu tlecUred its preference for Mr.
Vlamt. "Printers, in a peculiar manner, are
dependent upon other clasaes of their fellow
cit'ueni fur tbe very eiiatence of their estab
lishments i consequently, we find them ss great
caterers after public opinion u any other set of
men. We may infer, hence, that the people in
Die vicinage of KavetteviUe w ill favor the election
of Mr. Adam; became the prpcr in that place
supports hit pretention. Thii ia very simple
logic ; but its simplicity docs not make it the
lets true : truth wants no blandishments to re
commend it to a virt'ioos people, -like the glo-
aiout orb of day, its resplendence it not created
by reflection, the plainer the truth, the mere
powerful ita agency. According to the evi
dence, then, furaithed bjr the ObaerTer, it ajr-
pean thai (1rvAdams sanda first, and Mr. Cal-
hotln neat, in'the estimation of the people of
mat district; ' How vm radical stomachs digest
tbiafacii '
We are informed by a correspondent
in Lincolnton, that at tbe late fIl term of
the Superior Court for that county, Mi
chael Summy was convicted of passing
counterfeit metal dollari, and wat w hip
ped. David Powers was convicted of the
tame offence, but appealed to tbe Su
preme Court. Powera it an old man, and
has two tone in jail, implicated in the
saffairiJheiiilu'estof whom is tmder
21 years.
Nicholas Whissenhunt, who was lately
pardoned by the Governor, under a con
viction of perjury, was convicted of horse
stealing, and" punished by whipping. V
There were 8 or 10 persons in jail,
charged with criminal offences, but the
above are-all that were tried at the lata
terra of the court.
Cto.'on. It will be perceived by our quotXM
tions of the prices in Fayetteville, Charleston,
and Che raw, that thit great staple of our coun
try ia looking up." The Fayetteville paper
of the 30th ult. has an endorsement on the mar
gin,, that Hales have been effected there at 16
of wttorf vcre'tbU as I'TghlaOMlti
buLlhat in less .than one month after, . it waa
down si tor us nine cents.' We hope such w ill
not be the 'case-this season j for our farmers
tMrnrnta fttHaSl Maatatl ifalMl B)ttJttTitl flaas ii
'trT swIUwew "TUxSHW g VVSJ TTT rVVJ g lt 11
this time, to relieve tbem from their pecuniary
embarrassments. We are not prune to. sooth
saying i but we think there- it something more
than our ow n speculative notions to w arrant us
in assuring our country friends, that "now is
the time" to tlispose of their crops to advantage.
We think it very probable that prices will hold
their ow n longer than hvstyew; hut itia impos
little, in tba jiatuBe of commercial Unnsac.twum,
that cottpn should, remain at steady prices
Uuvugh the Mrttr-eeewn.
.- TA TTPf tftoitcvril, says the Leesburg,(Va.)
paper, will be put forth to the world in a few
weeks. We suppose it will be a counterpart to
the Polititai thru Kucc, as it is from the same
author. The "lovers of laugh' may wbet thei?'
appetites, for it is thought the trig" will be
frualed to the liking of many' a( merry' soul. . ;
' Jfe Pott-OJice.'J. new post-office has been
established by the Post Master General, in this'
count-, on the great Southern route to Charlotte,
Le. tr uJU'int mm fl5ury Irfl CortoH,
an I Noah fartce, Fj. appointed foal la1cr
The ofHce U name 4 China Cr,
CmaAM-Teten!ay (tU 13th) the
day for the roetuiif of the Convention Dele-
gus In Ujcij-h. I row the temper and ipli.t
evinced by , thoea deb-gstes we have acen, we
are animated with hpea of tbe moat favorable
kind, that the result Of their prcient conference
will be highly attiafactory to theiT fiIlowlti.
aem of Uia Wert, and have a most ealuta7 in
fluence on tha minds of our brethren of tbe
Earf. It is entirely miaecetaary fur ot to aUempt,
Itttul laU period, any eonjecture of the tpe
Ci1c mrmauret this meeting will adopt, for the
Tfthtyof tbetr proceeding! aUlbo bcfurlllie
people la a very few days. J
11 COMMON 8KX8K."
ra tea wvrrsae caaeunst,
Mr. Editor i In my first communica
tion, I ciprested ray intention not to ei
amine such of the argument! of " Com
mon Sense" as were bottomed on the cal
culation of federal numbers, because they
were altogether irrelative to the true ques
tion in contettation. It may, indeed, be
true, ss be lays, that some of the corres
ponding committees have highly applau
ded this principle, and that Individuals
have expressed a like opinion ; but does
this prove thanuch will be the prevailing
sentiment in the convention, or that fed
eral Humbert will form the batis of the
new constitution f Certainly not i liut, it
proves that thete committees and individ
uals have mistaken their grounds; and
that 44 Common Sense" is either blind
enough to fall into the same error, orto
phist enough to build his arguments on
false premises. The first step in jutt sr
gument i, to state the question fairly ;
the next is, not to pervert the arguments
of your opponents. Let the candid rea
der answer whether thit hat been the
course of " C. S."
The question-in dispute it. not whether
federul number, or whethcr''l"" tjnf
should bo made the basis of future rep
resentation ; but it is, 44 Is the existing con
stitution defective? it there a reasonable
certainty that a convemloircah ahe t tf for
the better ? Instead, however, of fairly
meetine the Question, thit writer first lets
loose his imagination, to conjure up a new
constitution for flie friendt of convention
and then turns about to show ut that tbit
child of hit own begetting it a rickety
bantling, " without form or comeliness.'
Thit sort of tophistry may answer for the
regiona.of 44 Cold-Water," or 44 Cottle
Creek ;" but it will never antwer to tra
vel abroad. Leaving, then, thit hopeful
offsntintr of 44 C. S." to be swaddled and
nursed by hTmselfTwe wilt proceed brief
ly to consider what be says, and what oth
ers so often before him have said, on the
subject, 1st, of equal Hghts; and 2d,
on 44 the biennial meeting of the Legia
lature."
On the subject of Equal righti, 44 C. S.
again misconceives the question, and labors
to disprove a proposition that nobody af
firms, unless indeed it may be a delegate
or two of some captain's company. The
whole of his argument goes to show, that
it would be unjust for ihtfrtt-Mder to
have no morertvelghl in the government
than the person who holds no freehold. If,
by this, he means the firofierty-hQtdert then
I agree perfectly with him; but if hit
meaning is a strict construction of the
constitution, then I shall show thnt he con
tends for an unjust principle- When the
friends of convention make use of the
terms44 an equality of privilege," or44 equal
rights," they certainly do not intend to
convey the idea, (bat there shall be no
difference in the quuliicationt of electors
for the two branches of the Legislature ;
tbat the lazy vagabond, who cares neither
for his country, his family, nor himself,
should weigh down the good citizen, who
by his industry acquires the property
which supports hit family, and contributes
to the support of government; they do
PiJ.l?.!n..Jlbis.lu?. they mean that cit-
lirvtttlth to
government., in other words, tbat tne
citizen of Mecklenburg owning 100. of
real property ought to have no greater nor
loJiiiuiJBcighjLiha
i us, who alto possesses 100. worth of the
same species of property. This is what
we call 44 equal rights;, and this is what
majority of the property-holders of
North Carolina do not enjoy under the
existing constitution, ror example i in
some of tbe small counties in the East,
sucb as Gates, Green, or Columbus, there
areiiever mere than from 1 SO to 2 J0 free
hold rotes taken Thile iff Orange, Guil
lore, Kowan, Jiurke, Lincoln, western
smalt counties, ire equal to 1500 in the
large ones; or one freeholder there, jbas
power in making the laws equal to eight
in Orange. This is as io the number of
freeholders. Let us examine if this ine
quality doet not exist, both io the quanti
ty and in the value of tbe land. , ,
. 1st. As to quantity; Qhowan has 92,
0 )Q acres of land ; Orange 526,22 ; yet
Chowan has an equal weight in the Sen
ate with Orange. - " r .."
2il. As to valuation thp lands of Gates
are wucd t rij7,bj3 t!i0i tf ( .
rus at 6ivi,2Ji inosof-f j
thosor,f J'runil: " '
ilheUtu'scfJI-; i
M13 Ind thaler n, i
1 83,019 1 while
valued bt
anire at Stl.etl.T42 i TVn.
- o- " - ' , ate h.
ry great difference Io the value of t'
lands In Ibete countiet) but under t
present Constitution, they are all equ("4
felt In the Senate. , '
.txlt As to the support each cova..
contributes to the state I while OnlJ
Guilford, Stokei, Rowan, Lincoln, WW
and 1 number of others, annually pj
tw sua treasury irons iuu to z'.i'A
there art some, such as Tyrrell, Ct
ret,.Columbut, Ilydcn Currituck, tnd rj
others, that actually .711 short of ei,
money enough to pay the wages of they
own mtmbrs.,,
There is yet another point of view,,
which this freehold franchise preienuk.
self ai being unjust and unequal io in a,
eration under the existing Constitute
A. bat 49 9-10 acres of rich bottom UttL
worth B30 per acre, equal togS.sooj kj
is not allowed to vote ; D bas SO acres d
poor barren sand hills, worth 10 unit a
acre, 83 Ar is permitted to vote. Whe
ther has A. or ii. the greater stake Utbt
country f lit that has the greater Interen,
has tbe lesser influence, in regulating too
government. Thii li what the friends af
convention call unequal rights, and akti
they would remedy.
If, then, 44 C S." holdi out the tdei.
that the friends of convention wik to ti
ter the constitution so as to destroy the
influence of property, he either ignonns
ly misconceives their object, or unfairly
misrepresents it. Such may be the ct
with s few individuals, bst certainly kk
not the prevailing sentiment. We sty,
let property have its due weight but 1st
the flrineifile ttfieratt equally an all.
The gentleman who brought the Con
vention question before the Legislator!
in 1820, in his remarks on that ocesw'oa,
saya, 44 It is a principle now universally
acknowledged, that property ought tabs
felt in the council! of the government
not to have a predominating influence, bui
a proportionate weight. One of tbe great
objects in establishing government, it fat
the protection of property ; and nine
tenths of all the taxes that support gov
ernment, are raised directly or indirectly
(rorn property. It is, then, nothing mom
than justice and good policy, that proper
ty should have something like a relative
representation in tbe councils of the state.
It thit the case under our existing Coe
ttitution f Is the weight of property grad
uated and represented ss it ought to Wl
Certainly , not.'J Herev then is oe-sl-the
friends of a Convention objecting ft
the present constitution on the ground
that property Is icH "idstlyrepresented;
and yet we see 44 C. S." put it down tn
granted, that in the fie w Constitution Inert
is to be no difference in the qualifications
of electors. The fact is, this writer not
have some sort of premises to build ai
arguments on j and his plan seems to be,
when bis opponents do not lurnish om,
to draw on his own imagination for ItT
No intelligent person, let him be either
a friend or a foe to the convention, b
has any rational idea of the nature of go
vernment, can contend that property
should be altcecthcr disregarded in the--
arrangement of the powers of the consti
tution.. Every approved writer op gov
ernment, cither ancient or modern, bat
avowed and inculcated the principle. The
celebrated Gyotius. ei4eyholdslkis
sentime'nt, and he illustrates it by a refer
ence to several institutions among the in
mm m . m, - m
cienta. Montesquieu highly applauds tns
Roman retaliation, which distributei tb
powers and burdens of the clattet accord
ing to wealth. Lord Bacon, 44 the great
est, wisest, meanest of mankind," holds
out the same idea ; and Harrington bai
expanded and built upon it, in his Ocea
na. Can it, then, be feared in this day,
when political science is so well under
stood, that a constitution would be formed
in which property would be disregarded?
Experience shows otherwise ; for proper
ty is, in some manner, felt in every coo-
anu-now-couta-n oeotnerwisc, wueu
etihe.
is ihe7Totectiori'of property f t
Let then CrS! brace up his sensi
tive nerves t his property is in no danger,
nojrJuijeMOftl
the fnends of convention ask, is, that toe
principle, be. it what it may, should be
fixed, uniform, and efualto all. " .
r In my next communication, I will n"
ih with 44 C. S." by expositiB the unsound
ness of his ergu meats on the biennul
meeting of the I-egi&lature, "
A C0NVENTIOM3T..
FOB TEl WSSTIBS CAaOLISI'.
Alioula vear ago, a stage
line was proposed, through the newspa
pers, fmm Charlestor! via Cberawi CMf'
lolfe. I.inrnlntrn. Morpanton and AsbC
ville,.to Newport in Tennessee ; petiuoni,
for, this line , have been; in circulations
from Lincomtott to itioxville i and I an
fnfnrm1. hxm h,n ajVtted bt ft llUmD"
of respectable persons' wherever they hJ
been presented. A petition was
ted to Congress last session for w'f'v
hich faileaVperhaps, from tne F" :
tent of the line.
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