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II: l rzr -3: 1 v- 1,. great fcdingl and fehfibility, addufTed the piifor.er, bfei ving, that as he had had no Counfcl on the trial, if he, or any pcrfon for him, could point out atiy laC, - in the indictment, or legal ground for arreft of jodg- mcnt, ample time would be allowed for that purpofe. Dally jfjversijerj, J1 TIieihreeicr!di to the Bar, and received fentence of death'; to ht ex ecuted on Friday the 9th of May next. A fnormng;p1eTBHaoot into a moft iamenia-' V ble apoftrophe, that " in a government like ours - , there flrould be found individuals hardy enough to op- pofe their own private, force to the government of the . Union. We give credit to this paper for its inten tions ; but who arc the individuals that oppofe the go vernment Is poor frits to blame for ena&ing upon a different thjatre the murderous fcenes that arecon-r-n -- ftantly in rjeherfal in our own ftreets ? When the parr tizans of Mr. JefTerfon labour to imprefs the people V c neiier, triatiivir. Adams, Mr. iickenng, aad Mr . Wolcott, -artf endeavouring to introduce into this Fi country a fjfftem of riftocracti cbyern'mehtf Kmrst Lords and Commons "-and that the Fcderalifti, n and; out of Congrefs'tre aiding varidabetting in this defign --is it extraordinary, that there fhpuld be infurre&i ons, treafon, and rebellion, extending their accurfed influence throughout the land ?-.Fries and his adhe - rents in Northampton, merely attempted to execute . what wis planned in Philadelphia 5 The gefcat authors of the drama, beOdes many of their fubbrdinatejigentp, are permitted to' (talk our ftreets in proud fecurity, whilll the poor devils, who have been prompted to acis -of hoftility by them, are likely t tuffcr fjr their dc lufion ; ........ Thus little Villains muft fubmit to fate, That grent ones may enjoy the world in ftate. It would give us-much pleafure to fee the paper in . .. queftion fpeak out, and with boldnefs, on the dangers of out fituation ; When we fee a foreigner, a mad and 1 urbuient-foreigner, -who mult neceflanly be. ignorant. '-"6rihe vernmcnt, convi&cd of Dialling the well earned laurels nf our bed patriots, by traducing their motives and their views; When we fee tliis fame feigner after Conviction, and in the very face of jufticc and of com mon decency, careflcd by a fet o men amongiV us claiming the name of Americans; and holding the , ! lo be filent j It is cri- Cu The following AddrdTes to the Citizens of Me ro Diftrift, TenRelTee, we obtained from his excellen cy governor Williams, will be found on a perufal to be important to the inhabitants of this ftate, ' -MrBradfoid,- NASHVILLE, April 1. .Deeming it a duty I owe the people, and that "roy Office to be held at Nafliville, as Surveyor and En- :fftifetMili.tajrf, Lands, ' dictates, thus p-u'Wisi lyto announce my arrival here and to reque't per mifiion of doing fo through the medium of your vciy ufeful paper. - TO THE PUBLIC, ibUY MORE IMMEDIATELY TO THE CITIZENS of MERO DISTRICT, My Frieudi and Fellow. Citizens, (For as fuch I leg leave to aMrels you.) NOT W I T H ST A ND iNGi he many elaborate pub To rus CITIZENS or MERO DISTRICT t ' ' ' ' - .' ' . 1 K - 1 FCLLOW-ClUZENS, ' -T, . HAVING taken under' coo fi deration the Ccf" fion A&. paffed by the (late of North-Carolina, and compared it with the Aft of the General AfTtmbly of t h'eiTaWJLat.e paiLnl at theirJs ft fefiion, for open- V- V1t iKiia mnrl' .'I AV-it! rrnhir tr irfrii (V minar ro lament ' the unTTappy fate of PrTelTtrw expofingthe men by whom he has been deceived and lacnnceci, to miamy and deteflation, ' , T Brown's Gazette.' . The frigate New-York was lauBchc4fCilcidaon immenfe number of fpeclators. She moved into her clement with the fame graceful dignity which diftin guifhed the launch of the fliipJPrefident, amidft the scclamations of the citizens and the firing of cannon. The New-York is pit reed -for 38 guns : (he was built by Mr. Carpeater, at the expencejof our merchants, as a loan to Covern'ment ; and is an excellent fpecimen of navararchlTtft.irc. -Captain Robinfon, we unJer ftasd i apj.oinfed to the command of her. lications 1 find addrefledto your feelings and undcr rtandings, nn the fubjeft of t!ie land bufinefs, no doubt with pious intent; as well to preferve your rights as to Xupport the dignity and pflvilezes jof the ftate yet my fetlow ciuzeiris, 1 troft yoh will w pic the Jiittice to be lieve, that were it in mj( power to invade crther, I fhould and-would be one )f the laft men on earth to attempt it. The proert'j I have long poficlTed in this flate, and rhy abfolute determination to remove my fa mily, and I hope a" nnnibtr of my neareft relatives and friends, here this fall, atirj fhare the dcllinics of the ftate for life, are objcdls if too great magnitude with .me to be put in Cornpctitiwi with the little emoluments of m y' office. Let me alfo a ffu re you, 11 pon my ho nour, that I neither folicitcd nor expected the appoint ment,' and that my wifhes and feeb'c efforts, in cp-opV ration with Major A. Tatum, to have Major Abraham Murray appointed, were fincerely exerted knowing him, as 1 did. to be a rcfident amoogu: you to be generally k nown, a nd as general r efpefted , pre f u mcd 1 he would arioid more general latisfaction ; but as he -wa trot prefent toeclare hiinfclf and give feeufityr he colHd'norte elected then, arid ttoF'ttirtTien,''didT confent to accept of the appointment ; and indeed, not from ray ideas of the wifh of the people, when here lad feafon, the Opening of the office appeard to , me an pbjee dcjjred by all.. .o. .:... . To iuftify. orcenfure the metitsor demerits of the' aA fo loudly complained of, is neither my province no'r. inclination ins the Military Land. Office in this ilate, and perfect ing titles to claimants, under the aufpices of an officer rJ?p.jjited by them, an J for fufpendB!jiar law?,, and repealing other "paitsi'renforccd'here b)' the be fole .nientiontd ccflion (y wit hout power of allcr ation or repeal but by a legiflative authority of this ta rit.)rity ;we arc clearly of opinion that any officer ap pointed by (hat ft3te for th purpife of receiving lo cations for Military Lands, furveying or returning them to that ftate for the purp-jfc of having titles per- fedtd, woulcf act, in fuch cafe, under a void authsa-7 J jrAYhicJiiwnijldoii t L edly to the injury of fuch of our fellow-citizens, as from ignorance of the law or their own temerity, may undertake to have locations and furveys made with and by, fucK officer- ImpreiTed with this belief, wc think it r " dutffd recom mend, to them the propriety of refraining from mkii ahyr locations whatever with any fuch officer, and to wait ' withjatience, a redrefs of their prtfent. grievances, until the fovercign powtr of this ftate (iii whom the right certainty is) may thiivk proper to relieve "them, -- Wc ate your fellowcitizens and well wifteisi J. Robert fan, Joel Lewis, Bennet Searcy, IVm. Neelly, C. mite, G. M. Deaderhk,rR. C. Na tfr R li'eakley, Ho Tatam, M?k Searcy. ; :.: A BILL, , For the appointment of Admiral fjr the N,tvy. He it cnadted by the Sernre and Houfe of Hcprs fcntativei of the'United Statfs of America, in Ccn- grefa-iiiTeiiibleij h thcd!deiitoilAkeiitiL the honcft foldi!r or fair, purehafer, butthe contrary and thatlevery warrautrcallyirued by'thelfecretai-yl of ftate will -ultimately pafs into grants allythe Maws on the fubjeft having recognized the aflignee and ob jed hi n to liTae (warrants) to claimanis producing not NORFOLK, April 29. .. . AMERI CAN ENVOYS. Private letter from Bourdeaux received by the Tuly, captain Stone, mention, that our commiffioners paffed through that city on their way to Paris that they were every where received in France with the higheft demonflrationsof refped and that tie French government was making fplendid preparations to re eeive them. ' - A gentlemah in Bourdeaux writes his friend here, that it is fuppofed every rnatter of difoute between America ana t ranee would be readily arijulted. R a l e i g h, may 13, isoo. ftT' ' ' mm - vve.are authonled to mention that his ExrhVn ftntimnr TXritl.... - l.- ?.J .ttt-'ii" r. .'v .. ittiauio, ud appuuiicq vyiiiiam vtiite 1 Lfquire, Secretary of State, Public Agent, irthe placa of Major Samuel D. Purviance, refighed His Excellency the Governor has commiffionfd the ' feveral Judges of this ftate, to hold a Courti. this City, on thrioth Juneriext,or the lWif'pTrToliV concerned in certain frauds. The Northern Mail due on Sunday has not arrived.. Mr. Gore and Mr. Cabot, American tlommiffion-' ers for fettling the difpute refpefting .Bt Jtifh ddbts,' ar med at Philadelphia the 25th ult. 'They brought out important difpatches from London for , this govern--"rhent. '- ,- Z A letter from London dated.Ftb. 28, fays, " The American Comm iflioners havearrived at Paris via Co runna." .r " - . . The Federa 1 Governor GiJma, of New-Hampflilre, is re -elected over Mr, Walker, thef candidate of the Jacobins, by a majority pf jrlpwards of .5,000 votes. It is faid Judg e WaWington will be the federal candinate for V icc-Pefidcnt -at the next eleaion : than whom a wo rthier character des not exift. Tht Prell lent of 'thc Uhited States has been pleafed to appoint Charl esiWillmg Bird, Efqr Secretary of 1 v iz xcrriLury oiipc unitcq states, north weft of the, -river Qhra MH undtr the grade of a captain, without any retrofped or reference whatever to thejnuttcr rolls,- will convince of their ina perfeftion nor do I believe the jjmher of warrants yet iffued adequate to the number of foldiers entitled, notwithftanding all the" clamper that has been made about it : It is alfo my opiiiioft that the poeiby law in thc Secretary of North Carolina, which indeed nearly conftitutes him ?chancc!!or, will be exarcifed by that gentleman witlijuftice and moderation hav ing had this information froai hfnifclf. At all events, (hould he rtjed f rejafe any as unfair, there is ft ill j falvo, a panacea jtjt application to the General AG ftmbly; Nor will the prefent worthy jQoveFiior, Wil liams, withholdyhis aid and influence- in tftablilhir.g tlx.' rights oJhiV brother foldiers, who fought for and defended qiiriberty smd independence. For my part, 1 have no ihllruclions whatever to refufe entries on any warrant, nor fliall I, which has been iiTued by James v'"5," v,ul v imc 1, 11 is uic uuiy iTiiciiori I have. to go by ; and any advice or explanation in my powe, with refptcl. to the evidence of transfer,-the removal of locations, the fwrrender of grants, the p'u ;fahty of; locations IS5Feo by nc warranty-the t elto pat ion of warrants carried ia by cd deficiency of quantity, I (hail feel a great pleafure lu rendering chearttillyi -s How far one ftate delegates, referves or ufurps pow ers by cefliorj t? or from another fWe, iVerrtircly out of my capacity to judge of, havi.ig never read Vattel or any of the pther celebrated writers onurifpi udence ; nor am Idifpofed to fay wlether the lirlt Executive of--ficer under your territoi ial government, , has 01: has not fupinely negleft his duty as required by the ctffion nor hmfarhiss cojj,rt or his aiTertionsor will implicitly obeyed as found law ; but if this has really been the cafe, then indeed ha3 North-Carolina been extremely accommodating in per -fefting your titles without expence te you, or prpSt to hefclf. Would to heaven you could look forward t'a70ur7.6wBIei.tVturc1,;.forVedr1e;fsr and removal of thofe fources of complaint. " After all that has orcan be faid on the fubjedt, whe ther you do or do not enter in my office, mutt entirely depend on the .dictates of your own anderftanding and difcietipn ; nor am I at all amcious ahoujE the event, further than your intercft is cpnecrned aituring you thattheprofperity;of the fjate and peopltf are,, and -flull be, objefts of my mod unceafing wifhes and regard'. ; I am; with great refpeci, - .- "t "' your very humble ferrant. ; April r, 1800. v ; Wm. CHRISTMAS. Slates Le, aii'd heicbv is authorifed. Lv and 'wiih'tht advice-9fL,thecriatjr-.to-atpaiat -Jkicc-Admualia. xiear dmals to aid in the better management 'of it Sec! i. And be it further enadkd, that the pay of thcV'icc Admiral ftxall be dollars per mont.h, .anc ations per day, or money as an equivalent ,thercfor. And that the pay .f a Rear Ar)miFaI fhrll be . dollars per month, and .rations a day, or money therefor as an equivalent,! ' " V sc?,' And Tie it further' enaHt7i;'Tlnt""the Vice" -Admiral fhill only receive hs pay and rations whilft aflually employed in the commahd f a fleet, and a Rear Admiral only whilft employed in the cor mand of a fquadron in actu.il fervice. 'See.. 4 And. be it further ennflei. tint anv Admi- tortcetve half t..s monthly piy and ra'i ).. Sfr; 5' A,ld he it further rnr.clc-d, ihat the navy nali he d.vided into fquadrons, a'id lnvt fuch variety in the flg, that each may be known under the de icnption of Tiie White-,. Blue, and Read. : See 6. An 1 be it further cnaVted, th u each Admi raf.whiU on da:y fhal! be aiUvid a captain to aid and alhiLhim on bojrd the fiip on which he , (hall hoift his . nag, 10 pc taen out of eaptaina in the navy. A letter to a gentbman in 'Bakimore cor.tains-the fol- . 7 lovvnig parti Ich Ian of. a nioft flecking' filicide, com. muted by a young gemlemau of refpeft ability and eafy i.fcumllancea at Broad Creek, uhoft name is - omitted through regard to the feelings of his connecv " XlOM. ' - '-. .... ' v . . ' . . u-; BaoiD Creek, Feb. 28 Dfar Sis, ' '. . . : - . OF all the fcenes of life that I ever pad, laft Mon day prefented the mnR fuddenly fnocking. ' About "io o'clock in the morning I left home, was abfent until lln''' t,lc afternoon. On my return 1 found the Jioiife.kt-df-1 a Iked -the fcrv'ama w h e i c w--r- was thty ani Ared-they knew not, as he ofien we'nt to his couim s,- Mr. : , 1 fait . there' for the kev. th boy returned with the- aiifwcr he had not been there,: and ohferved to me that he faw the key in the door, and further that-- told him he was going a ducking. I attempted ' the wiridivws, one of which I found 1 could opejn ; went in and fuund my gun gone ; .reft i rig fat isfied that he was gunning, I eat dinner, afr ter which as I was- reading a newspaper 1 obferved a J wet place in thd wall over head, which led me to Tup? ,.Mlla4MJatfixJiaLbeeii' fpiltuhat fliould have beea iviped up I afcehded the -(lairs- until my headT was abore the floor when I faw "the unfortunate young man on the floor. . The blood having run a fhort dif tancr, my firft furprize was tot fo great, fuppoCng " him in ; a. fit, his face not having the appearance of death, 4iowever, the afcent of one ftep more prefented tomyvlew the 'gun with a ftickran ihrttugh the guard -above th nigger then, fir, rriy aorjflimcnt was fuch for. an inftant, that defciTptioo falls fnorf, or can hu nan (b ing imagine what were 'myfeelings. He had. behaved ;ii fnch a manner that not the lcaft fufpicion had entered the bread of any onfe in Hurt, cenfider ing his conduel-and chcet-ful behaviotir durrng the great length of lime and what appears by the letters lie Ivft behind, (four in number) that he had had it in con templation ; this tianfaitnraarks the greatcft icfo liition, added to the moft perfect compolurc of axind 1' rHai-or- --.-4
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