North Carolina Newspapers

i . - . .- .'it VOLUiMB IV. ' NEW BERN, N. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1822. ft NUMBER 199.- - - ; - - . j . PAST EUR -4- WATSON, D ruBLiSHED weekly bt I ja small blae pennant half mast, at the tress. A!! s a d At 3 per annum half in advance. DOMESTIC. Charlksto, Dec. 29. ' Capt. B. X. Stf ai.v, of the schooner yfax, of PJiihrfelphia, arrived here yes terdiy in the bri? Cyzw, from Havana. It will be recollected by our readers that Captain S. i the gentleman who was so cruelly wounded Uy certain, armed, sol diers in the harbor of Havana, a.-i stated in the Courier of the 15th inst. He 'pro ceeds on to Washington City, as soon as tht? nature oi tits wounus win permit, in r.ler to lav oeiore our government, a staiernfiit of his sufferings and ill treat nient in the capital of Cuba. Mr. Sa- vei. Watsn, second. mate of the Ajnx, dietl at Havana ofiiis wounds a few days before Capt, S. sailed. t. The U. S. brig Enterprize, under the orlers of that active and indefatigable o:rcer Lieut. Kearney, had arrived oil the Moro, and was engaseii in examining every Spanish vessel as,he came out oi pr.rt. " 1 Pessacola, Dec. 3. Fji'tlter Sticcest of the U. S. Cruizers. , We are indebted to the politeness of Mr. Thomas Purser, of the Hornet, for ihe following memorandum : " Arrived, the United States' ship Hor net, Capt. Henley, from a cruize, bring ii in the armed brig Centinella. This vessel, together with the slave brigantine Pensee, (which parted company three d.ivs since,) are ordered here for adjudi cation. They were taken by the Hor net, off Cumberland Harbor, (south side o:'C:i'm.) The Centinella, under Veo einelian colors, but commanded by Capt. Cruiford, a citizen of the United States, hitl some days previously captured the Pensee, under French colors, with 249 ilives on board, and was negotiating for a sale of them on tlieco ist of Cuba,, The Hornet also captured oil the West end of St. Domingo, (arid dispatched for Nrfj!k) the armed schr. Moscow, with SO men j being found cruizing without pa uYod may be assured our jcoramandeV, catinjgtheir children, that the State,) J It is a novel idea to vour 'Com nui iul? gujidiu iiwi, i5 a Muai oi uis-i -y r r. j caujr w icucve me uisirussea, io on ner part, nas not made corrcspon- miitee, that two or more States rn-r 11 'was sunoosrd on boa ad the I hditanenemv. or maintain the honor of Ain rr.itcx t eKt;cK ,1,1 .--i ' u L n i rat or that she was in .distress, and I his country's flasT, was not unprepared at cAi. - ..i,t u..I i rn.,t i,.. .uu - . he accordingly rundown for her,' under thivtime, with bis htje,schooner, forei- opp.rtunttv of educating their chil- they are successfol. rn C .M'U nress ofsail : but was- surprised bv the tner finding our suns shorter and lifht- j j tS , , " . Lt i i . ' ww w iicharw of tl sfcio. when within a hort er .han our an.ai.mKrt: aJ oar ?hot CD- . numper. wno nave ne LFa to, any portloni of each istance of her: She kept' up firinj for would nor reach, our co.nm.-mder deter-i m ,ot ",na'"S r cmwenj to "W wrntory by right vtcenjucst. nearly aniiour. in a rakin? Dosition. be- mined to lose no time in ; ciosinr with fvcm, or to ipe universuy, fore a single 2un was riretl froni the AIIh her, and If possible to aboard, which fr0m-4? ?rapamveiy Small . ana your otor.-i All this time, the flag of the Uni- I the wind's bein; light, exposed us to her ted States was 'flying' on board the AHi- raking lire, a long time before we could igator, and the ship was "without any na- I return it per. The Hornet, with her prize, the Cen- ti.ii!!a, cime into our bay on the 30th a!i. Titers and crew are all well. All oti: j i licial tribunals, denying cognizance of the case, the Centinella has been or derel for New Orleans, for adjudication a will be also the slave ship Pensee, if falle.i in with she not having been heard from jiuce she parted company. tional flag displayed. The Alligator, at the expiration of- about an -hour from the first attack, commenced firin on the ship', and continued the same till within about pistol shot of hr, on her quarter, when all her broadside being ready, for a discharge, Capt. Stockton -i-- -t. i ir ..L.i i' . j iiaiieu tne snip i kiuiw who anu wiai ! she was, and whether she had any nation al flijr or not. fto answer was returned, bfit a few minutes after the Portuguese flag was run up to the mizen, una 2 guns were discharged at the Ailigatorafter the flag was up. Capt. S. then halted the ship saying if they did not cease firing, and send their boat oo board th srhr. he ,At l,30liaving.irecetvJ her fire fori more than one hour, and finding all at tempts to disundt her fjwn I'm ther Iks- ' , vumuuucc pprenena, mat wnue the eUorts oi the liberal and the more; wealthy u establish these sem inaries may have given to their chit dren. advantages which they did not b: fore oossesfi. that it ma'v h;ivf. j' tiliiie s were uuavailipg and having arrived j hadlthe contrary efTct within musket shot, we returned her tire. At 1,40 sue hoisted the Portuguese- en- ign, ami continues ner nosiiimes as sne liad dtne b4'ore under her blue fl ier. At 1,50 she surrendered, having sustained ome damageAin her sails and" rigging'. upon the would sink her. The crew on bo;ird the ship then deserted their quarters, and the captain of the ship soon afier came .on board of:the Alli-jator. For this attack on the flag, of the U. States, Capti Stock ston thought it his duty to order 'Her to this port for trial. The ship mounted 10 guns, viz. 2 long 12s. 2 long 6s. 4 24lb. cartonades and 2 l6lb. carronades, and had on board 29 men, including officers. Part ofthe guns were thrown overboard: VN the officers and crew are still on board. She came into port withthe same pennant flying,; and displayed in the same" man ner, as it was when she first attacked the Alligator, or down for her Flariiiian. The Pensee, our readers have already heard, has arrived at NewOrleans. ' Nat. Int. - Arkansas, Nov. 10. INDIAN MURDER.. Just as our paper was going to press, J eetitlemarj arrived here from Mississip-' pi, who informs us that a most horrid arid uiprovoked murder was committed about Lie last of October, in the nea; purchase otthe Choctaw Nation, on a party of the I. Mates' Surveyors, consisting often per-i"ni-oy oits of ichom escaped. .The Murder was committed on the lower' Hoe, "I about ir.O miles from Port fJUnrm. b the Choctaw Indians. The quarrel, understand, originated in consequence 5'tne trivial affair. Our. informant Weired the ahnve -Nirholls, who passed up the M issis a lew days since, on his way to the j L MW wah the Chickasaw . i uein ri 'roni "f t'leerfaca'ition of fin Nevv York, Dfc30. Ln LetNri rroni Mnntn VIm. . the oflicial ac- Lima. hv tiie t - 7 I ; troops, and occupation of the h' m Merlin, has been received 'i'.J itiudi speculation is on footfor t thl U. S. Stfir. AUizntor. y arrived" at Boston the 1 r fci' 7 !'P :,!anana I,ora Ventura Ji'-l - 5rtfla' master, bound frt)m Kief. 7 -7bon wi,h cargo of suar, 1 i tobacco, fcc. captured bv v, a;r. .L--Z -Ul The following l&n Ci,,e J lVon the Costo AUiijator. Cant. Stork, a s I . of .the" are the oston Daelv: V the 5th Nov. latitude the Mariana flora, was ator. sundi.i'j to ' o - soon after tack- r:rd, and as the lit: . - . I' 1 1 it,., 1 le. Sire l 1 'Iji.v,,,! . -HUh du f5iop gallant sail,, and hoisie.l when the Alligator run V Extract of a letter from Lieut. Abbot, of tltcNavj, to Commodore John Shaw commanding hava! Officer in 'Boston, dated. . ! ;" Coston Hareoh, Dec. 24. tfX I . i . I ' I . . ' i nave tn nounc to reoort to you my arrival in this place, with the armed snip Mariana Flora, having, on board all her crew as prisoners 29 in number; . ir rm t 11.. I ' .1 ! "'." ti i ins vessel aiiacKea tue animator on the 5th ov. (l it. about 20 38 Nitlohg. 30 VA in a most outrageous and' pirati cal manner ; biit was foiled in her at tempts to capture her, and after ah ac tion of an hour and a half surrendered to die Alligator.,. '" " She is a ship of between 300 and 400 tons; ; mounted four 'long 12-poiin-ders, 2 long 6-pouhders and 4 24-pound carronades; four of which I was tinder the necessity of throwing overboard 'in a very heavy gale of wind, in the ,Gulf Stream, on the 6thi inst. in which gale, we lost some of our spars, and had our stern boat washed away. j "The prize crew consists of 16, inclu ding mj'self, and two officers, Midship man, George S. Clake, and Mr. J. Dixon, .Master's Mate; and it gjyes me pleasure to acknowledge their uniform, vigilant and correct conduct, and that theyhren dered me every possible aid. j "I will, take the liberty to add, that the reason of the great length of the action was in consequence of the iWg guns of the prize awf Capt. Stockton's desire to get along side before ho com-' nenced, (the wind being high) gave her tne ngnt to iiersuii tor more tlian one hour." ; ; , We yesterday received a .letter from , Lt. Abbot, in which he furnished some of the details of the above capture, hut usually given in ofiiciat letters. The fol lowing are eitrcts : M On the fh of NoV. in lat. of about 20, 38, N. and Jong. 20, W.'af 9 A. M. stan ding on our course to the Sfluth and East, we discovered a vessel on our larbrd bqw. Some time after we perceived she had taken, In top. gallant sails, hauled up her courses and hove too, and thfUishe had a fljg hoisted half mast, which we supposed to be a uational fiSg ina whifT, a signal of distress. We im meliately , hauled up and stood for her, with the expectation of relieving some worthy brother sailor. ' Abotit 1 1 30 we discovered her to be a ship bearing the appearance of a small frignte or a sloop of war, ami that her coloar hoisted was a small blae flag.' Soon after we were not l.ttle stinrised at bein" Piepfpd with REPORTiOF THE COM M I TT E E To whom was referred, the Reports and Res5lutions of the Legislatures of Ma ryland and New-Hampshire ; and the proceedings in the Senate of the Uni ted States, relative to the appropria tions of Public Lands, for the. purpose of Education ; made to th Legisla ture of .North-Carolina, Dec 12 11 The Conimittee to whom was re ferred; that part of the Governor's Message which relates to the re ports and resolutions of Maryland and New Hampshire, and the pro ceedings in the Senate of the Uni- trd Slates, relative to appropriations of nublic land for the purpose of ed ucation, respectfully Report : That they have given to the sub ject all the attentiou'and considera tion -which'. their1 time and " opportu-; mties would admit. Your commit tee are deeply impressed with the importance of education and the general diffusion of knowledge. In a govern men t which depends upon the public will, where the sovereign power is vestedrin the people, at;d where by the frequent recurrence ioi elections, our citizens are periodi cally! and frequently called upon to delegate Certain portions of th.Vt sovereignty winch is mnereht in them, it is almpst as important th n they should knarv thtir l ights, as that they shmld possess them. Without this knowledge, they too often be come the dupes of in. rigue and the unconscious instruments of faction. Your committee view with pridp the rapid progress jvhich North Caro lina has, dilate, made in knowU edare and science. Within the last 111 v j ance, not so l.ttle stiprised .atA. being gieeted will shot, and could'notbut at first thinl was an accident. Our. lar?e American ensign and :' pennant were immediately hoisted. We were very soon undeceived however, and- could not mistake her character and intention, for she opened-a racing lire upon us with round and erape, I utterly disregarding our colours, and hav j ing none other herself than the above j mentioned bhre" flag. : 1 wenty vers, academies have been established bv individual sibsciin- tion3 and by individual exertions' Lin k t almost every county in the state. At these seminaries, by the5 gene rous exertions of their founders and j patrons, thousands of youth of both sexes are instructedn the subordi nate branches of science, and quali fied for the ordinary business of life. ta " -' " . . QurUniyersity, . roo, is annu dly sending forth graduates", who gene rally embark in the business of in struction, or in some'bf the learned proft ss ons. Many of them are now distinguishing themselves in their several callings, and some arc doing honor to thejegislative councils of the state. The effect of the estab- tisnment oi tnese institutions nave been to give to the pe pie of the state a more expanded and . liberal view of her policy. The subiect ol internal Improve- poorest classesof the commnnitv. The population! of North-Caroli na is so thin that in most parts of tne state, it requires the whole of a neighborhood to f d employment and dtord the meaoioi paying neigh- Djjrtiuod teachers. W here the means exisjt, as those who are most engaged in the cause of education generally sei.d their children to some Acade- or to the University, the bal- jMstly appreciating the importance o the subject, sufler' it tti remain neglected for the want of suitable persons to give an impulse to theiV exertions! The establish ment of primary friee sihool, where the poor as well as the rich can have an opportunity of 'instructing their children in the rudiments of an En glish tducaiion is certainly ""a thing devoiitly to be wished for'" by every friend of his country. Your Committee:, however, in the present embarrassed condition of the country, would despair of this State, without any fund at its disposal, ex cept what is collected by taxes from the people, being (able to do any tiling tffectual up6n this subject, were it not for the 'claim which N Carolina has upon the general gov ernment for an appropriation of pub lic lands tqr the purpose of educa tion, i This claim is not a new one on the part of Nonh-Carolina. The subject was broughtj before the Le gislature at a former session, which, by a joint 'resolution; ol both Houses, instructed their Senators, and re- Lque.3ted their 'Representatives in Congress from this ' State, to urge the tight of North-Carolina, to 'par ticipate in the appropriations of Pub lic Lands for ihe purpose aforesaid, in just proportions to what had been1 granted to the new states. This claim ihe Senate of Ithe U. States i - Jliic v-ciorv wtiicn is Ik !- . . a ' -w . w v. - a oyer the common enemy y but the con quest, it seems is over each other. Unjler the articles of confederation the jStates were sovereign to all in. tents and purposes. The confede ration was only a strict alliance for purposes of mutual safety and de fence. When, therefore. Great' Britain ack'noyyledged our indepen- ' dence, it warVas sepcrateJsovcreicra . and in dependent States. I ' Again, conquest implies the ac J uisjtion of territory. ' No one state in thb Union acquired any territory bytrie war. .Ech remained within its former chartered limits. 1 he larger -States,, however, have now (hought it inexpedient to grant -Your Committee are, however, grat ified that the subject has of late been much canvassed by the old States ; particularly by Maryland and New Hampshire, and that there is reason to believe that they are disposed, through the medium of their rep resentation in Congj-ess, to assert their rights to share ih the benefits of these appropriations. Your committee do not consider it important to enter minutely into the discussion of the question in the Maryland, and assented to in the menr, once thought to be impracti cable, and visionary, now meets with a friend in every man of intel ligence. The question now is, how shall we best render, navigable our rivers, and open and improve our roads? How shall we lessen our dependence on the adjacent states, and best avail ourselves of the; ad--vantages which nature has given us? Our criminal code, once sanguinary and bloody, has become mild and just ; our citizens have become more civilized and refined, ana J. Carolina begins to have a just sense: of what is due to her own character and standing as a member ot the Union. Your committee regret, while ad vantages have been thus afforded to men of property and fortune, of eduv a i - 'a previous to the several cessions which have been made to the trene- ral government, tne, non-ceenng states were in justice entitled to par ticipate in the extensive back coun try which'then formed1 a part of the states, which have since made suth W i large cessions to the Uuited States ; because they cannot see how it can be made to have any bearing upon the main question. If, howeveri they were to express ah opinion, it would be unfavorable to the claim then. set up by the minpr states. I he war of the revolution was a war ef defence, and not of conquest. The States, from a sense of individ ual weakness, associated together for theirmutual safety, in the character of States, having certain chartered limits, which were recognised as their respective boundaries, for the purpose of protecting the persons and property c f iheir citizens from the exactions c f i bitrary power, and of defending the unalienable rights of man. It never was understood, or even contemplated, that the war as to be waged for the acquisition of territory. No ouch motives ever: actuated the citizeas of the United States. pirtt d with any right they formerly nau in tne lands they have ceded, and the other states, though their representation in Congress have admitted that the right was in ihe ceding States, by accepting their cessions upon the conditions and qualifications contained in the seve ral cession acts. In 1789 the Gen eral Assembly of Nprth-Carolipa passed an act, ceding all that tract of country, which now. constitutes the State of Tennessee., to the Uni ted States. As it regards the claim of No rth-Carolina' to the territory over which she thenand previous to thaC time, had exercised jurisdic tion, there can be no question. Her boundaries had never been defined by any charter, subsequent tocher own ; her claim, there, rested upon' as firm a basis as the claim of Ma ryland to the territory over which she now cXercisrs jurisdiction. 1 he act ot cession has the follow- , ing preamble : 4 Whereas, the U uited States in Congress assembled, have repeatedly and earnestly re- commended to the respective States in the jUnion claiming or owning Western Territory, to make ces sions of part of the same as a fur ther mans as well of hastening the extinguishment, of the debts as of establishing the harm. ny of the U nited Sptes ; arkLthe inhabitants of the said Western Tetritory being also desirous that such cessions should be made, in order to pf;tain ,i more ample protection than they have heretofore received. Now this State b:ing ever desi'ous of doing ample justice to the public creditors, ' as well as the establishing the har- mony oj tne United States, ana com plying .with the reasonable desires of her citizens : Be it," &c. Which -shows' .very' clearly, the "temper of the peop e at that time. It was soon after the close of the revolutionary struggle, when the States, having each their quota of public debt to pay, and having no surplus fund. that is to say, the smaller States, New'-Hamnshire Kenort. whetherlwhen public and private confidence 7 . . . . I - . . - . . t .t were in a great measure snaiceti, mc creditor was apprehensive of the loss of hi j debts, & the people were oppressed by the burthen of the taxes imposed tofdefray the ordinary expense yf Gbyernment, and borne down' unc er the weight of debts al ready contracted. ; ; ; These circumstances gave rise to much discontent and complaint, and, no doubt to the' pretended claim on the part of minor States, to participate in the Western Lands belonging to other States, It was certainly gent rous, and may hava been politic in those States, to m ike large cessons to the Uni0n? for the purpose of securing the pai inept of the public debt, restoring harmony fo the people of the different States, and gratifying the wishes, of a part of their respective citizens, who were anxious to set. up for them selves. It ls.no lessccruinly the duty of Congress to -see that this magnanimous act of generority be not abused, and the fund which was intended for general, applied tqjo- cal purpose. I his act also contain! tl.ii provision : I'hat all the lands intended jo be ceded by virtr.e of uie uuiiea ocatcs oi a- this act, td ;'M t' Ml J ml 9 ) IV If ft Li! A. n h i A J :"-) 'I t .