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i "v 4 I , '4 V i v J ' -j r .!.! A NEWBERN, N. G. SATURDAY DECEMBER 8, J821 VOLUME IV I A v ftp t , nSJ - : i 1 c . ... , .- ' - " ftfcrZO AND PCBJLISHED WEEKLY, BY PASTEUR 4- WATSON, At $ 3 per annum half in advance. MISCELLANEOUS. (Selected f or the Centmel.) Ff.0M A LATE C t'ROPEA N PUBLICATION. UN TSALM-SINGING. Under our prrsent tendency to modern ise arid new- model whatever is old and H ',tiiuated, I am afraid the ancient, and truly Presbyterian and animating exer n(. of psalm-singing, is in danger of fal j:MfT into disuse. There has sprung up .i.ni"t us a reforming race, lueusudiic- h-2ir.fd in ; intof ears wnoiaKegnev otlVnce at the monotonous crou,, ..i.nrold wives, and.at the drawling dis cmJance of our old cliurch tunes, who e , into committees and associations, with a saitible eV cetera of " ways and means," it, order to have bands of vocal music j.lanted around our pulpits, and respond ,r siin" nines at convenient intervals liiioujli the church ; in consequence of which, tjie task, or rather the privilege, cl praising (iod. with the most perfect, as wrll as ilje most suitable of all musical orj,ans the human voice is removed from the conrecation from the " people and devolved upon a few spinning Jennies and weaver Jockies, who twine ut the labyrinths of God's praise, and knot ii the threads and ends of public devotion, with nearly the same appre hfiisions of religious feeling with which they C" through the routine and tasking of t'li-ir tlaily work. Ilavini occasion, a few days ago, to olLcitf, in my clerical capacity, in a neighbouring burgh pulpit, and being a botit fas I considered the singing of the first, or morning psalm o be concluded) to proceed, in all due solemnity, to pray er, and having actually advanced with the second sentence of my address to Heaven, I was not a little surprized to find that the music had only been suspen ded fur a little, and that, from a distant corner of the gallery, into which it had returned to tak advantage of the sinuosi ties of some extremely delicate'feraalepipe it was now bursting down upon the body of the church, in full swell and tide, and overpowering in "its progress every nobler note of opposition I was enabled to make. It was not till after the same concluding, and, (as I imagined, in the obesity of my. musical apprehension,) the concluded line had lxen hun", and halved, and quar tered several times over, into jerks, and jets, and "tjvirliewhirlies," of the most: astonishing character, that I could obtain an audience. Now, sir, all the while t'lat Ciod's praise was thus portioned out into parts and quavers, the old worsen tfnj were seated upon the pulpit chair, vrvre as mute as if their toueues had al ready hern silenced by theexton's spade, and the younv men and women seemed to be employed in carefully and repeated ly urvey i.i.: the walls of the-church, the slte of the peu s, and the various habili n.ents in which eich fellow-worshipper wj attire I. In fact, the congregation seemed to me to present the .spect of spectators in mi-opera-house, for whose gratification and entertainment a certain j'tity of modulated air was thrust, in li!i-rent proportions, through the wind piresofaiVw exhibitive performers. Now v hat our burgh churches do, our country p Irishes are very apt to mimic, I hive been under the necessity of giving ""-a precentor, more than one cau ''"wry hint upon the subject ; but 1 fancy, tv.t until I can fin 1 wavs and means of :;ressi:2 a singing school which has crept into the village, I shall never have y security on this ore. If was but .Mbbath, no further gone, that, owing t tue intenuptiorj occasioned : bv an old oann, who told him plainly, "she wad her .Maker's praise, in spite o' him, ' a her heart," he was fairly untuned ,r one of his outrageously delicate octaves compelled to have recourse to the Vjr and less intricate notes o:" the iMar to bear him through. Bfit this, even this aggravated and c v -seasoned absurditv, does not com ind thn f reach oi the, evil. Do Ucnvv, Sir, it has not only become iSMbk', from thedirTicuIty of the tunes, Jt absolutely unfashionable, from the ijormity of affectation, to praise God at . . crok one's mouth, or to rhodel on? $ j P mtq the attitude of psalm-sng- . UU fill fttirrV aeaiur,u " . . I take ' " i lcanhserve, when at times c-rs V Peep al them l,rusn mv fin - cai?ioy themselves whilst the psalm U, ' . nnnt uganty. The laird's hivl"V'rare silenl aI1 rav genteel farmers, e. of coursp.' m..i u.. :- c i 10 m sin?inr. : in lavine themselves op, arms- ana. every one or there, and settle thpir Odd bounti Fall v bestowed an it otatue at Wilra a-kimbo, in one of the four corners of respective demands against 'me with wurirsamDie i resoarces.irenms: en- 8fl! incloses a Re their'Dewr. or in surveyine, with a disr punctaality ' and "jasticc'.vf.'I; leave 'the I ternri:" unit niitrinrtc nrinrinle n ers appointed' criminating and congratulotary ej-e, the amazinand cratifying effects of Day and Martin's blacking. ' ' ' The sura and beating of the whple mat- ter is this ; the singing of psalms in our; churchesiis an exercise, wnicn, parity from the introduction of new, and in ma ny cases complicated and unpopular tunes, and partly from a sillv and capricious af- .iprraiion. -lids ui inir lktcii yclt iiiuii ic - . . i r i i L- i i i j . i :t .i. . . n n ri , - ungmsneu ,-dnu u pc,. interesting. His fine dark eyes beamed the hearers is to be-given, up, and the so muchintelligence, his lively coun: en whole service is. to devolve upon a tew - - p-nrppd sn mnrk in(rjL..Bn tiailjru rAlilUHIUUiau, ii-t. u. v uw mat IS uiauin-ii'tiii a ' J I. ,i:.:rw.i-.r m l-rachirtarian mnrchin dllU WCICUIIItT, III Uiir in si u.o, .vai, .. . . j i ana laiieriy, ic iiisiiuuicniai uanus, auu welcome the organ, the flute, or.xthe fid- dleas may best suit the convenience or . t t . predilection 01 our cnurcn sessions, ana r. La w nit i motolu In r m f a rttt o r o I caumc;M.. ....., aow tor suDsiance, snow, ana circum- sia..aiu .-Tvyv heart engaging simplicity of the rrsDyte- nan service- I I rue piety ana devotion, my, dear sir, pirmg to Him who forms the centre oi all - . . ; 1 - I desire, the ultimate object of all effort ever acuvc, auu nccc, uctu, mcy ui- sue tneir nanowea course, tor, ver singingas iney go, ana exuiting in an . i c . i i . i i ui" ciiiiuicu ui me u.i, uuicu .... nope in tnat moment desert him the, lap oj nature, and under all tne innu- i Nothing gave Brown pleasure ences of a purer sky, they are ever as-1 yq: they possess, and in all they hope to ob- monjy pretty. She seemed an angel, ad tain." May all sing thy praises," are the ministering consolation'to a man about to an uijr Hrrt, ic uic prayers, "with devotion in YotcyUnt -lours, &c. woras oi pur prayers, wun aevouon in our hearts, m our ip." A Presbyterian Clergyman. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. u u e , . I this information, he darted to the door pears in the shape of an advertise- u tU -J. e i- u. t-u -v .. i i r , . m t , . I with the rapidity of lihtning. The ment in the Columbia Telescope is respectfully submitted to the oppo- nents of the enfranchisement of the hornet debtor ; and, we. should like to see an answer to the argument it presents against that system which America is about to see the example of abolishing. If we mistake not, the imprisonment of our own citi- zens for debt, which there has been no fraud jn contracting, and which they have no means to pay, will, ere long, be looked back upon as a bar barity which had no claim to respect. but its antiquity. Nat. Int. to my creditors, .i Whereas by process of law, I am now confined in the jail'of f airfield district, unable to extricate myself from embar rassments,: to which, in the lot of human ity, we aie all subject, I have taken this method to give vent to my feelings and re flections, in the hope that those orKwhom my enlargement from these 'gloomy walls depends will take my situation into con sideration, and grant that relief which is consistent with the best feelings of our na ture and the soundest policy of a creditor. I he latter part of our Revolution is still" in my memory, and it is a subject of some consolation when I reflect, that, in the glorious scene at Little York, in Sept.1 1781, (if my recollection serves me,) I was one of the number who participated in the honors of that day. I do not men tion this boastingly, for my services: were a freewill offering to my beloved coun try, and I acted from the impulse of my own feelings. My republican sentiments since that' time are known to all my friends. I have with pleasure vje wed the rising greatness of these states, and wel comed the houcst emigrants to our shpres, who are now partaking of the blessings which my arm assisted in gaining. But, O ! how sad to look around on my own little domestic matters While miriv of wese men who came after our struggle. have risen into opulence, I am confined to the walls of a prison, in the land where liberty is emphatically said to dwell ; de barred frtim any exertions for my help less family or myself, and doomed to pine, in' solitary and unfruitful inaction; while the infirmities'of advanced years, brought oni prematurely by many days and nights of exposure in the tented fields, and often on duty in the pittiless storm, with nothing but the canopy of heaven for'my covering, are fast increas ing upon me. Without the lenity and in dulgence of my creditors, ray helpless family must inevitably suffer. Although the present situation of my affair has a gloomy aspect, if -my creditors unani mously indulge thetr humanity, and grant ; a suspension of their different claims, I i should not! feel the least dread in mind, 'or doubt, that I will be able to meet each whole to the direction of my friends and creditors. : - . . Ei JAMES. , &: Carolina, Fairfield dht'. NoY. 1, 1821. ' 1: instance of the effects-of imprison i nmujur utw m new-iorK : from a work of S. G. Wordsworth: c Some years since a young man by the name of Brown was cast into the orison i r.u: : j i n' ui mis uiv jur ui'ui. n s mannpK tvora k . v. . i aja iiu ni4 ...r. n i ...... . ... l ... - J I riilo. fn CPPk his arnmnitanro ons m m tprv Mnn Y.ma aoM. ... I ... , uvv-uun. aiiatucu to leach Other. Brown was. informed that one of hi is creditors' would not consent to his dis - ch thaf he abuse(J him - much; ' . . - - - - ' - fas is usual in such caes,0 -and made a Solemri oath to keenhimfn',1 roZd." 1 watched Brown's countenance wheri he received this information and ,ivhthr it-tvac Ai n-r nf t nnn c..f ;but t thought I saw the cheering snirit of .1 o . . . o f forever. but the lvvisit bt'.'hui amiahlf wiV ' Rv t!i , . w w X helo of-a kind relatmn. sh rn iht tn ive him sometimes soup, wine, and fruit; anu every day, clear or stormy, she' vis- ted the pris5on to cheer tfae drooping SDr ts 0r her husband. She was imenm- mmistenng consolation to a man about to I aaap a rt.ialps to tut converse with angels. One 'day passed venm the hour of oneo'clock, and she jSSw not. ;Brown was uneasy. .Two, three,; session, respecting t and four passed, and she did not appear ; Brown was distracted. A messenger ar- rived: Mrs. .Brown was 'viery 'dangerously ill, and supposed to be dying in a convul sive fit. As soon as Browri had received jnner door was open ; and the goaler who had just let some one iriywas closing" it as Brown passed virdMv '...'through it. The coaler knoclx ?d ' hi m down v i h a massy iron key which he h emiu hi: til. I! and Brown was carried back Jifeles, ud Covered wiih blood, to hts-'cWl. Mrs. Brown uied: and iii-r hu band jvas deprived evcri of the s.id privilege of closing her eyes, tie lingered tor s.mq time, ti!J, at last, lie called use one day, and gaiing on me; vvhijpn Taint smile played upon hi lips, he said, " he be- lieved death was more kind than his cred- ! hors." - After a few convulsive struggles he expired, ' . ' From a late Pittsburg (Pa.) Paper. WOLLEN AND COTTEN MANU- EACTURES, &c. The Grand Inquest, enquiring in and for the body of the county of Alleghany, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do Present, That one of the most primary grievances ; which the peo ple, of this county, the Western country, and the United States of America, labor under at present, is that of the great scarcity, of specie or specie token, by which means real as well as personal property are diminishing in value, and the labor and industry of every class in he community reduced to that alarming degree at present, that the most res olute hearts cannot, under such growing and1 severe pressure, feel easy, comfortable, or in a state of innate quietude, which the good peo ple of this free country were once in possession of. i The Grand In quest aforesaid firm ly believe: that the most prominent evils which the United States, at this important crisis, may be con sidered assailed with, is that of the enof mous Ec fearful balance of trade against our common couDtry, origi nating, as we conceive from the great influx oi goods manufactured in foreign countries, and largely im-4 ported into this; goods which might, and ought, to be Tnanufac tured in our own thereby draining the gold and silver, or United States' stock, which, in the humble opinion of this Inquest, ought to be in circulation among the citizens of this once happy republic, instead of being shipped abroad to purchase therewith foreign fabrics. A country like this, blessed with, and producing, the raw materials, suitable for a manufacturing nation, ought to cultivate those profuse bles sings aad advantages which nature's perior to any. other country on the,. gIob Hence it is, that we proudly ask, !whyand wherefore the citizens of this republic, boasting offreedom and independence can remain much linger dependent on foreign nations for .the garments which coyer them from' the inclemency of the 'season t Therefore, : v Resolved, Unanimously. That the Grand Inquest of Allegheny1 county aforesaid, individually pled ge , t h e t r word and their. sacred honors, that for the time to. come, they will nei ther, purchase nor wear anyjvoilen clothes, or any. linen or cotten goods. wnich snail have been manufactured f OV any foretcrn nation ; and further. iurtitne, inquest atoresaia recom mend to their fellow-citizens through out th couatybf AUeeheny the a- uup upn or si m, i iars resolutions. Legishi Litre of JVbrA Carolina y.. I IN SENATE. 1 j Friday, Nov. 23; . On jmotion of Mr. Seawell, the follow ing resolution was adopted, viz :' That it be referred to the Committee to be appointed Vo take into the conside ration so much of the Governor s Mes sage as relates to the Judiciary, the ex- g or modifying the ure passed at the late thp rtef of hnnoct debtors: , and regUlatinff certain sales MnJL-o,.,,,; r i i. Saturday, Nov. 24. Mr. Leonard presented the following resolution i .. Resolved, That so much of the Go- yernori's Message as relates to the pecu niary distress of the people, be rejerred to a select committee. Which was. adopted. On motion of Air. Seawell, the refer ence of the communication from his Ex cellency the Governor, and hi corres pondence with the Secretary of War, wi.ich was made by the committee ou Military Land i Warrants, this day, by die two Houses, was reconsidered by the Senate, and a message was sent to the House of Commons, proposing to refer me same lo a se1ecr Joinl committee i i - Tuesday, Nov. 27 On motion of Mr. Deberry, the Com mittee of Internal Improvement was in structed to enquire into the expediency of instituting a Board of. Commissioners in each County to superintend the Public Roads, and of trarisfering from the County Courts to said Board, the superinten dence and regulation of the same. On motion of Mr. Bryan the commit tee on the Judiciary was instructed to en quire into the expediency of so amending the laws for the government of Execu tors and Administrators, as to provide for an equitable distribution of the assetts coming to their hands among the credi tors of; any person who may hereatter die insolvent.' j Mr. Ruffin presented the following res olution : " ! Resolved, That the Judiciary Com mittee enquire j into' the expediency of having but two Juries in the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in each and every County, annually, and make report! tnereon. Aaopiea. j Wednesday, Nov. 28. On motion of Mr. Wade, the commit tee of finance, was instructed to enquire into the expediency of taxing the seveial persons residents of this Stale m ho own capital stock in 'the Bank of the U. States. Adopted. Thursday, Nov. 29. On motion oj Mr. Graves, the Judi ciary "Committee was instructed to en quire into the expediency of passing an act requiring that the Courts of Justice shall, at each Tenn, first take up and dis pose of all cases on the State Docket, before they proceed to ether causes. HOUSE OF COMMONS. . Monday, Nov, 26. A Message from the Governor was re ceived, with a letter from Mr. Appletoo, the Consul of the U. States at Leghorn covering sundry vouchers relative to the Statue of Washington, with his account for costs and charges. The Governor states, that the account has been remit ted ; but suggests the propriety of allow ing the Consul some consideration for his services, the amount of which Mr. A. leaves to the government to determine. The Message mentions Ibc arrival of the . r - i - i The Message ah port of the Commission for purchasing a, lot and I L..!lJ- t .1 ' '? f .VS an .nouse sncreon.in .rayjue.; ville for a Armorv : and a Renort from the Commissioners appointed to sell tire Cherokee; Lalids accompanied by a letter from the Commissioners. .., That part of the Message which related to the Statue, was referred to the iommit tee oti Public Buildings ; and that on the Cherokee Lands to vthe.' Committee on that subject. iThe Speaker laid before the, house the following Report of the Public Treasurer. TqJhe Honorable the General. Astembly j of the State of Nort Carolina. i j Gentlrmen The Receipts of the Treasury of Noith-Carolina for the year commencing with the' 1st day of Novem ber 1820, and ending wiih the 31st day of October, 1821, including sundry pay ments of arrearages, and the public taxes of (every other description, which became due, and were paid at the;Treasury within th.t period :' The Dividends declared bv our three several Batiks oh the stock or jshares held in them respectively by this Stale, and the Bonus last declareM by the State: Bank. The purchase money or proceeds of the vacant aud unappropri ated Lauds lately entered, and paid for in course of the jime above mentioned anil the collection made from the Bonds g'jvjen by the purchasers of the public Lands near Raleigh, amount to one bun dred and fifty thousand! nine hundred and seventeen dollars -and 'forty-eight,- cents.. To this sum, the . balance remaining in the Treasury on the 1st day of November, 1820; and thereafter to be accounted for, asjreported to the last (ieneral Assembly, being added, to wit: one hundred and fifty six thousand eight hundred and. seventy five dollars thirty-nine and one-fourth cents, an aggregate amounfof three hun dred add seven thousand, seven hundred anid ninety-two dollars, eighty-seven andN one-fourth cents is formed. 1 From this aggregate sum, Disburse ments have been made, within the time I f I . .1 i ?H-J e nr&t auove menuooeu to amount oi one hundred and ninety-three thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and forty-three cents, including . Treasury rotes and other money burnt ($193,693 43 j) the voucjiers for which are in pos session of the Comptroller and are of course in readiness for the committee of Finance. This expenditure, when taken from the sum total above mentioned, will be found to leave a balance of one hundred and fourteen thousand ninety-nine dollars forty-four and one-fourth cents remaining in the Treasury of this State, on the fiist ' day of November instantsay bn the fust day of November 1821, yet to be accoun- . ted for ($114,099 44 1-4.) For a soecification of the Several items, forming or composing the reception and expenditure above mentioned, the Trea surer would respectfully ask leave to re- fer to the printed statement furnished by the Comptroller'for "the use of the mem bers of the present General Assembly. The nett amount of the Dividends and Bonus declared by the State Bank, on the shares held in it by North-Carolina, ; as above mentioned, (after deducting the in terest retained by that corporation, as due and payable to it, under the provisions of the act of 1811, on account of the un paid for shares of the stock of the State, up to .December last) was thirty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-six cents, which sura was paid oyer to the Public Treasure r by the Bank, fn money of tthe emissions of 1783 and 1785, and was thereupon burnt and destroyed as the law directs. ; Of the sum of one hundred and four teen thouQnd ,and ninety-nine fdoI lar forty-four and one-fourth, ertt, above mentioned, as being the balance dud and payable from the Public Trea surer to the State of North-Carplina, 'on the first day of the present month l& wiu on the 1st day of November 1821, forty- two thousand two hundred and thirty dollars, are deposited at my credit, as Public Treasurer, in the State Bank of North-Carolina, at Raleigh. Thirty-nine thousand and eighty-two dollars and eigh ty -two cents are deposited and stand at my credit, in like maimer, in the Bank of Newbern, in Raleigh and nine thou sand four hundred and forty-six doUfrr and fifty-seven cents are deposited, in like manner, and stand at my credit, Pub lic Treasurer, in the Bank of Cape-f ear, at Fayetteville. the remain ler is in the Treasury or Public Chest; and is fornted of Cash or Bank Notes, kept there jo be st hand and in readiness to meet the or dinary expenditures or demands ot the day, Of vouchers or claims which have been paid off at the Treasury and takpn upi since the nrst day of Novembus; in stant, and which are therefore biouhv cp ington. ' ,1 '1 I ! i- 4 1 v V: v 4i i i ' i A i i; i ! f 1 1 1 J u- i i .: I -. 5 ; -, .of. ' Hit "' "i 11 ' ! Kf -.-Jt, m&: ..11.-.' i - : ... ; .. : . .