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VOLUME II.
NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 25, 1819.
NUMBER 92.
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THE CAROLINA CENT1NEL
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PHILLIPS' SPEECH.
We have heretofore published several
of the speeches delivered by Charles
Phillips, Esq. (the celebrated Irish Or
ator,) both in public politcal meetings,
ami in courts of justice. We have now
the pleasure of presenting a specimen of
his eloquence on a new and very differ
ent occasion. The following is the sub
stance of a speech which he delivered at
Cheltenham (.England)-on the 7th of Oc
loher, at the Fourth Anniversary of the
Gloucestershire Missionary Society, tit
will probably be considered, by many of
our readersas one of his happiest ef
t'oiU. Spectator. ' !
Mr. Phillips came forward, and thus
addressed the chairman : " Sir, after
the eloquence with which so many gen
tlemen have gratified and delighted this
most respectable assembly, and after the
alnjfo3t inspired address of one of them, I
feel almost ashamed of having acceded
to the wishes of the committee by propos
ing the resolution which I have the honor
to submit. I should apologise, .Sir, for
even the few moments intrusion which I
mean to make upon this meeting, did I
not feel that I had no right to consider
myself as quite a stranger ; did I not feel
that the subject , unites us all 1 into l one,
great social family, and gives to the mean
est sojourner the claim rf n hmthanA
a friend. (Applause.) M a time like
j iviu.i u.iiu
this, perhaps, when the infidel is abroad,
and the Atheist & the disbeliever triumph
m their blasphemy, it behoves the hum
blest christian to range
himself beneath ;
the banners of his faith, and attPt'
bv his martyrdom, the sincerity of his al-
legiance. (Great Applause?) When I
consider the source whenr Cbrimt,, '
lias sprung the humilitv of its nrimn
the noverty of its disciples the miracles
of its creation the mighty sway it has
acquired, not only over the civilized, world,
hut which your missions are hourly ex-..
tending over lawless, mindless, and im- i
bruted regions I own the awful presence
of the Godhead nothing fess tban a DiT
vinity could have done it' The nowars.
the prejudices, the superstitions of the
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earth, were all in arms gainst it; ilhad
hor sword nor sceptre ats founder was
in rags its apostles were lowly fisher
men its inspired prophets, lowly and,
meducated its cradle was a manger-fits
home a dungeon its earthly diadem
a crown of thorns I And yet, forth it
went that lowly, humble, persecuted spi
rit and sthe idols of the Heathen fell;
and the thrones of the mighty trembled1,
and Paganism saw her peasants and her
princes kneel down and worship the unU
armed Conqueror ! (This admirable por
trait of the divine spiint arid attributes of
Christianity was hailed with the most en
thusiastic peals of approbation, If this
he not the work of the Divinity, then 1
yield to the reptile ambition of the Athe-
ist. I see no God above I see no go
vernment below; and I yield my con-1
sciousness of an immortal soul, to his
boasted fraternity with the worm that pe
rishes J But, Sir, . even when I thus con
cede to him the divine origin of our Chris
tian faith, I arrest" him upon worldly
principles I desire him to produce, from
all the wisdom of the earth, so pure a
system of the practical morality a code
olhTcs more sublime in its conception
WQre simple in its means more happy
j and more powerful in its operation ; and
I f he cannot do so, I then say to him,
Oh -' in the name of your own darling
policy, hlch not its guide from youth, its
sh.oi.Vr . j j i "f
nied from manhood, and its crutch from
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age! (Great Applause.) Though the
light I follow may lead me astray, still
1 think it is light from Heaven J , The
good, & great, & wise, are my compan
ions my delightful hope is harmless, -if
pot holy : and wake me ( not to a disap
pointment, which in your tomb of annihi
lation, I shall not taste hereafter .' ; To
propagate the sacred creed to teach the
fgnorant to enrich the'poortS illume
U$ world with " the splendours of the
next to make men happy j you have ne
Ver seen and to redeera millions you
can never know you have sent your hal-
lQWed Missionaries forward : and npvr 1
n:d an holier vision rise; than that of this
lestial, glorious embassy. (Applause.)
eihmks I sec the band of icillin" exiles i
TERMS.
biin" rewell, perhaps forever, to their
native country : foregoing home, and
friends, and luxury to tempt the savage
I 7'ur 4me more savage than the raging
l rmc.u iu udre uie pOIar tempests, and
overtheir.reports, and see .the blessed pro-
J a r . 1 1 . n a "
uuci or, tneir labors. I hey leave no
clime unvisited, no peril unencountered.
In the South Sea ffsl
the population almost - pi-adiratH hv
the murders of idolatry. 4 It was God
Almighty says the Royal Convert of
Otaheite,;4 who sent your mission to the
remainder of my people P I do not wish
to shock your Christian ears with the
cruelties from which you have redeemed
these islands. Will you believe' it, . that
they had been educated in such cannibal
ierocuy as to excavate the earth, and
form an oven of burning stones, into
which they literally threw their living in
fants. and gotged their infernal jappetites
with the flesh ! Will you believe it, that
they thought murder gratefuj to the God
of Mercy .'and the blood of his'treatures
as their best libation ! In 9 of these islands
those abominations are extinct Vnfariti
cide is abolished their prisoners are ex
changedsociety is now cemented by
the bond of brotherhood, and the accurs"
ed shrines that; streamed with human
gore, and blazed with human unction.
now echo the songs of
sweet strains of pietv.
peace and the
In India, ton.
, wnere rroviaence, lor somespecial pur
; pose, permits these little insular specks
j to hold above one hundred millions in
subjection a phenomena scarcelv to be
j paralleled in history, the spell of Brahma
j is dissolving the chains of Cast are fall
. ing off the wheels, of Jughernaut are
scarce ensanguined ; the horrid custom of
; self-immolation is daily disappearing; and
the scacred stream of Jordan mindes
r . . j--, . o
( Z e anges ( ref applause.)
rven the rude, soldier, 7mid the din of
arms, & the license of the camp, ' makes
(says oar Missionary) the Bible the in-
. e ? .nis 1CJ ana the compau-
lon 01 nis .pillow feuch has been the
success of yr Mission in that country,
thal "e of your own Judges has publicly
avowed, that those who left India some
years ago, can form no just esitmate 1 of
what now exits there. Turn from these
lands to that of Africa, a name I now can
mention without horror. In sixteen of
their towns and many of their islands, we
see the Sun of Christianity arising, & as
u rises, me wnoie spectral tram of Su-
, .. MI!g .,n tair- Agriculture
an(f ,vllIzat;o!! are busy;,n the Desert,
andVlhe poor Hottentot, kneeling at the
altar, implores his God to remember not
Lthe Slave trade. CAoolau&c. ) If anv
thing, sir, could add to the satisfaction
that I feel, it is the consciousness that
knowledge and Christianity are advanc
ing hand in hand, and that wherever I
see your Missionaries journeying, I see
sch.ools rising up, as it were, the land
marks of their progress. And who can
tell what the consequences of this may be
in after ages? Who can tell whether those
remote regions may not, hereafter, be
come the rivals of European improve
ment ? Who shall place a ban upon the
intellect derived from the Almighty ?
who shall say that the future poet i shall
not facinate the wilds, and that the phi
losopher ancl the statesman shall not re;
pose together beneath the shadow of their
palm trees ? This may be visionary, but
surely, in a mortal point of view, the ad
vantages of education are not visionary.
These, sir, the propagation the
Gospel, the advancement of science and
industry, the perfection of the .arts, the
diffusion of knowledge, the happiness of
mankind here and hereafter these are
the blessed objects of your . Missionaries,
and, compared with these, all human am
bition sinks into the dust ; the ensan
guined chariot of the conqueror pauses
the sceptre falls from the imperial grasp
the blossom withers even in the patri
ot's garland. But deeds like these re-
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quire no panegvue in ine woras 01 mat
namo ran npvpr dJ
In this allusion to his lamented ' friend,
Curran, Mr. Philip's feelingsl wer evi
dently much affected. They are record
ed in the heart from whence they sprung,
and in the hour of adverse vicissitude, if
ever it should arrive, sweet will be the
odour of their memory, and precious the
balm of their consolation.'
u Before I sit down, Sir, Fmust take the
liberty of saying, that the principal objec
tion whih I have heard raised againstyour
Institution is with me the principal motive
of my admiration I allude, Sir, to tbe dif
fusive principles on which it is founded.
I have seen too much, bir, of sectarian big-
otryas a man, I abhor it as a Christian,
blush " CRiT aeraajns to ,
. f . r ; ""u me nous aenoimnauons, but thev are strug-
torfeit of their lives to aivt tn'pir nro. ni;nn .1 i i-.-
ii i . - v - t,- tv- iu mc diue mansion, wougn oy au-
umn an , cepta a proot and an expiation .
at the op- iplause.) It is quite delightful to read ; their wavI Mrp tUa .U-
the religion that employs even the shadow
of 'intnWanro ht ; o
ism in the Government that Countenances
it. These are mv opinions, and I will not
suppress them. Our religion has its va-
thev
rrotestant .or rresbyterian; Dissenter
or Catholic, I know them as Christians,
and I will embrace them as my brethren.
This noble and liberal sentiment was
received with the warmest burst of heart
felt sympathy and (ieliqht.J I hail, then,
the foundation of such a Society as this
I hail jt, in many respects, as an hap
py omen I hail it as an augury of that
coming day when the bright bow of Chris
tianity, commencing in the heavens and
encorapasing the earth, shall include the
children of every clime ar.d colour be
neath the arch of its promise and the glory
of its protection. Sir, ltliank this meet
ing for the more than courtesy with which
it has received me, and I'feel great plea
sure in proposing this Resolution for their
adoption." v1 - ' : -;:
MISCELLANEOUS.
NORTHERN CANAL.
From the Sandy-Hill Times of Nov. 2.
We have great pleasure in announcing
to the public, that the first trial of the
Northern Canal has been made, and that
it has been attended with complete and
gratifying success: 1 )t
On Wednesday last, several gentleman
left the Hudson at Fort Edward in a boat
and proceded by the Canal to Whitehall,
where they Were received by a large con
course of citizens, from that and the - ad
joining towns, with the discharge of can
non and other; demonstrations of joy.
On Thursday they returned, from "the
lake to the rifer, accompanied by a hand
of music & three large boats, containing
mote than one hundred persons The
boats left the lake at 11, A. M. and
after stopping at several places, and rck
maining at I ort Ann about two hours,
reached the Hudson about half past sev
en in the evening. The largest boat Was
drawn by two horses, the remainder by
one; and the average speed was about
tour and a half miles an h6ur. At Fort
Edward many ladies and gentleman Were
assembled in expectation of their arrival ;
and the boats were hailed with everv
mark of delight ; cannon was fired, and
the air rung with the shouts of the admi
ring spectators. 1 j
The scene at that moment, was fine,
beyond description ; the evening was mild
and clear, and the music from the band
gave to every thing additional interest
and pleasure. Indeed the whole . excur
sion was peculiarly gratifying. The day
(was unusually fine : the borders of i the
canal, and especially at Fort Ann,; were
lined with spectators; and the occasion
was eminently calculated to inspire the'
mind with the purest and most elivated
sentiments. A navigable river opened
th rough forests and morasses -over " an
extent of country so considerable, and in
many places so uneven, and the whole
completed in so short a period as to baf
fle the-calculations, even of the most san
guine, is no extraordinary event. The '
locks, which are nine in number, were
in the finest order : they were passed with
pjuf little delay ; and the appearance of
the works every where reflected ine high
est credit on the talents & fidelity of the
Acting commissioner, Col. Young, and
Judge Geddes, the engineer.
This Canal is another proof of the en
terprising spirit of our countrymen, and
of the wonders which may he performed
by art and industry when aided by sci
ence and excited by love of country.
Among the party we recognised the
Hon. Samuel Young, Judge Geddes,
Hon. George Tibbitts, Hon. Martin Van
Beuren, Hon. It. Skinner, Hon. Z. 11.
Shipherd, Roswell j Western Esq. Wra.
A. Moore, Esq. M.j Wheeler, Esq. and
Capt. Budd of the! navy, (who kindly
permitted the use of one of the boats from
the fleet, and who is entitled to great
credit for his attention and exertions) to
gether with many other distinguished and
respectable citizens; from different parts
of the country. In short the first pas
sage from Lake Champlain to the Hud
son river, through the Northern Canal,
wilLever be remembered by jthose who'
performed it; as one of the most interest-
ring scenes of their lives. To our coun
try, we jibpe, that it may prove the har
binger of great and lasting benefits.
From the Lycoming- ( Penn.) Gazett
t 4 w- r. .!?.
At the l?itP f'o.irf of O
for Tioga county, Builcr B. Am was
indicted for malicious tnischief.
In tli
course of his trial, it proved that he had ly great. Probably from thirty to ' fifty
threatened vengance on a Mr. Mathers waggons' daily cross theJMississippi at the
(for some cause not stated) who is since different feiries,and bring in an averge of
dead. About six months after his death, four to five hundred souls a day. 7 The em
several cattle, lately the property of the igrants are principally from Kentucky,
deceased, were stabbed, whereby some Tennessee, Virginia, and the states fur
of tliem died. It was in evidence that ther south. They bring great numbers
Amos said " they should not have a hoof of slaves, knowing that congress" has no
of cattle left by Christmas," and that he power to impose the agitated restriction,
had offered one young man five and1 an- and that the peopje of Missouri will never.
other fifty dollars, to seduce the daugh- adopt it. St. L. Enq,
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icr vi me aeceasea. jc
h The charge laid in the indictment, was
supported by a train and concurrent cir
cumstances, that hxed the crime on A
mos, beyond a possibility of doubt. ' The
jury had no hesitation in returning a ver
dict of guilty. The counsel for the de-
iriiiiMru limn fnnvpn nrrocr nr uinirmanr
r ww.ww
on xne grouna inar ine inaictment snouid
w ..uuu cuni.ay mw, lows 'the partv claiming the perfdrmance
but contra fbrmam statuti." The pros-, of such contract to recover only hir prin
ecutor for the commonwealth contended i r;nnl uu an na ti,:- ..
that as theie was no act of assembly a
gainst malicious mischief, except for tri
fling oliences, the English statutes form
ed the ueces.sary law, upon which to pre
dicate such indictment; that it would be
hovel in Pennsylvania, to , conclude an
indictment, s contrary to acts of. parlia
ment," those acts, paving; been incorpo
rated at or after the, declaration of- inde
pendence became the. law bf the land. . fc
As a case of this kind lias very seldom
occurred in the courts of this common
wealth,' it was a matter of serious doubt
to the associate judges (the president be
ing absent) whether the indickneiiit,' as
laid, was agreeable to law. Cut; after
taking some time to consider, they over
ruled the motions, and sentenced "the pri
soner to pay a fine of fifty dollarsfe be
imprisoned one year in the county jail.
- Sierra Leone, May 15.
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Pei, a captured and liberated negro,
was indicted for the murder of Zonpobia,
another captuied negro, at Charlotte
Town, in this colony, on the 5th bf
January last, by severing his head from
his body with a sharp instrument, made of
a piece of iron-hoop.
According to the evidence, Zongobia
was missed ' at ration time, and search
was made for him among the bushes, out
ot which another captured negro, named
Quia Pei, was found coming with la can
vass bag. He was asked what it contain
ed; and he said meat ; but on inspection,
the horrid contents proved to be part of a
hand with the thumb, part of a human
shoulder with the lower part of the neck,
and some human intestines. Quia Pei,
confessed the fact, and alleged that the
prisoner Pei first suggested it to him, say
ing that the deceased was fat, and good to
eat both together seized the opportuni
ty of surprising the deceased as he was
stooping down in the brook searching for
crabs ; . the prisoner caught the arms of
the deceased behind his back, and held
him, while Quia' Pei threw him over he
struggled hard. They were obliged first
to cut off his hand, arid afterwards they cut
off his head ; they then proceeded, to the
process of cooking and eating the flesh, &
in this abominable repast it was understood
that others also assisted. This statement
was given freely and voluntarily bvQuia
Pei; the man who has since (lied in prison ;
the prisoner Pei also confessed, but slowly
and reluctantly, and not till the other re
peatedly accused him, and remonstrated
with him on the inutility of his denial.
Mr. Kerney, a magistrate, caused them
to conduct him to the place where the
deed was perpetrated, and to show where
the further remains were to . be found,
lie saw the place where the fire was
made, and the bones that had been left,
some of them bearing the marks of such
rftersevering voracity, that a thigh-bone
fad been, broken for the purpose of ex
tracting the isarrow the head, with the
tongue and upper part of the neck", had
been left entire & buried. He caused them
to be taken up; the face was recognized
as Zingobia's. The reason given for the
distinction with respect to the.head and
its contents, was, that eating any part of
the head was supposed to cause madness
in the country of these cannibals. Some
difficulty arose as to a supposed confes
sion being made by the prisoner ; for the
interpreter was so bungling, that his bad
English, was obliged to be translated by
another. The prisonerdenied the charge
on his trial ; but the jury found him guilty; j
in opposition to the opinion of the Judge, i
wno seni a statement of the case to Go
vernment, and the prisoner received the
Regent's pardon Quia Pei died in pri
son before he could be brought to trial.
st. louis, (M'ri.) oct. 30.
- Notwithstanding the great number oV
persons who are held in check by the agi
tation of ihe slave ouesrion in rnnc
4ha anurrrii Inn .i '. .' ' ? ' . -. - . .
MILLEDGEVILLE, NOV. 23. .
A bill is now before the Senate of this
state, which some days ago passed the
House of Representatives by a large ma
jority, modifying the old colonial law res
pecting usury. It attaches net penalty to
i . .
maKing a contract for receiving
making
interest than that fixed by law, but al-
sider one of those happy hits in legisla
imiii nf-ui uiiticou iius nc tun
tion tha do not very often occur, adopt
ing a just medium which protects equally
the rights .of the needy and opulent in
spiring the lender of money with confi
dence, while it protects the. borrower a
gajmst the cravings of inordinate avarice,
lnr the present time of pecuniary diffi
culty, the passage of such an act may be
of much utility. Many persons ha e mo
ney on hand, who. if not deterred by
the fear of forfeiture under the existing;
law, would readily put it out, on good
security, at ten, twelve or fifteen per
cent, although not willing to loan jt at
eight per cent. G. Journal.-
The learned Mr. Olbers, has published
on the subject of Comets and of their,
motions towards the eartb, a calculation
or system, &hich is by no means encour
aging for our descendants.
One of those planets 'approaches the '
earth' as near as the distance of the lat
ter to the moon, but this only jrr 88,000
years. If may have been in one of those
movements that we have conquered that
moon, if the tradition of the Arcadians,
who pretended to remember a period '
when it did not exist, be credited. j
In four millions of years from this',
time we shall be visited by another comet, -which
will come to the distance of 2,5GO
leagues, and,, if its bulk be equal to that
of the earth, it will exercise a force -of
attraction that will raise the waters of the
sea to 13,000 feet; and will produce a dc- "
luge &, at last, in 220 millions of vears.
another of those wandering bodies will "
come in contact with our poor globe,
which will then be very old and very
much decayed. Who knows how it will
withstand the encounter ! Constitutioiiel
10 Septrc, 1819.
ELEGANT AMUSEMENT.
A bloody battle of one hour and nine
minutes was fought on the 28th ult. in the
suburbs of London, between Turner arid
Martin, for 100 guineas a side. Twenty
thousand persons formed the ring f At
tne end ot the 42d round, "t urner's ear
was gratified with " enough" and the
poor mangledbody of Martin was Lome
off by Cribb, his second. !
' Fhil. paper.
PATRIOT PRIVATEERS. -
Baltimore, Dec. 7.
For. the information of the good peo
ple at Washington, and others whom it
may interest,' we insert here the names
and force of different " Patriot priva
teers in our harbour on Saturday last.! Jt
will be no difncult matter to ascertain,
that each of these originally sailed from
this place, else were prizes to one of
that description. " - , :
Brig La Irresistable, 14 guns.
ongressia, V )
.alias Nereida, 5 " " "
Independencia, - - i. - --
Puerrey don alias,
Tigre Oriental, A
16
14
14
Schr. Almeda, - - - - . . 1 m
: Castillian, -.- - - - - - . .
guns 77
And at a moderate carculation; 550 men.
"A pretty effective force to be emyloy
edyoey Vin the cause of Liberty and
Independence. T here is also ; a brig of
16 guns, we are informed, in the bay, the
commander of which has sent up for sup
plies. - His modesty or some other cause.
deters him from favoring us with his pres
ence at this time. - .1
We are farther informed, several pri
vateers have lately departed. Where was
the report ? Whose fault that it was not j
made?.. An honest coaster would not
have got off thus. - K v . . ; ' !
T wo superior new vessels, built on a
warlike .construction, are fitting rapidly
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lor sea. We Khali hear ofThe . Uert al
ter.
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