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r " 1-. . - r. - . - - V v ' . . Vac ' - - ' c- 1 - - . . o.rv '..'-.. , ; - .-v . .T. , . , , -J- ),' NEWBERN, N. C.jSATliRMY,; AUGUST -19, 1826. r-.rr f jmmmmmmimmmmmmmam, in i - i . ' t -' i """""''''i' i"i i "" ii mi ii ii f ' '" . i i , . . i , - , .... . . . vf v'V"' jt :y I I.--. j i ... ,111 1 It v . -s.c i . - " - " . """ t . : f Ik i M ii : 'i i ' . Hl.1I . ( . ". . I "5". - 1 I 'A ? jr ! ... , . . " 4 ; -PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY oi conqoienceoi ice mayo 01 ftew'ioric swers, jruien oy jonn iuincy aaams, '. . : " ' X" "' '- A .President of the'United States,) and by Thomas Al. Randolph. They, are pub- Uished by order of the Corarnon Council V- Few-York, July llth, 1826. Hi Excellency John Q. Adams, f Sir- An extra meeting ol the Gomrnon ' Council of this city was held oh Saturda last. toV the purpose o$ adopting measure to express their exalted sense of the pub" lie services and private worth pi our late y deceased lellott-citizens, John Adams andriorjdfas Jefferson. ; " 'At trie request, of the Board, I have the hpnourlo transmit to you a copy of the ' resolutions" which were adopted on that occasion, and to offer to you, and the oth er members of ihe family of your revered 'father," ibeir condolence on the loss which ydu have sustained.1 1 approach with re verence the sanctuary, of, your private , 'grief. But' the decease of your illustrious "". I I f' . J' . ' ".' . I '' 11.- parent, . iuu oi years, ana : wun an ins country's honor's blest," on such a day and apder such circumstances, forms so glorfoui a termination of his valuable life, aV cannot fail to afford consolation to his fdiuily and personal friends. 'V , - . TT?tJ ; J on . 1 v i s.-iyr - v.- , -''-I ';' ' - t--ii ihanu whicli penned ti its venerable au--i. it I Atx t!r 'annum half Jpayabltrin advance. , , , ; i I - . .' j f -f i . thor and jttrigtic poafljmof were re U i t-'r".rM',"" 1 S3 1 moved ;fi;M-or' a grateful-people, ' I - 4 VaIAMSND JEiFFERSON V I ricin the .i njfJ ; ,o. ihe blesswgs, fT 'tktfJ: U;n?rf i-h-J whh i lUeir wisdoni had.aireJicteaVand . o ne rejauves 01 tneOHHati? "'ii4 moment when the people of the - Hw ' United States were employed in celebia- event which he contribute in an eminent degree to produce, and. in invoking bles sings on' the heads of the three venerable ' suj viyors of the bahd of patriots , who signed its" Declaration, two othem were. the "grt'at, twbrkrt and .encourages us. to hope jhatJwe shall coniiuue to be aiavoT ed paiion.. ' - ii ? i prayjou sir, to receive the assurance of my protouud respect and affectionate aUacfimtni. - . . PHILIP HOiNE, Mayor of tiie City ot Mewf York:: Quinty,l5thJuly, 1826. Philip Hone Esq. Mayor of the city of N. York, a f OIK- i reccivu t wiwi uccp aciiaiuimy dence is so lemarWaUle, that werare led "?s"a,f Parupnea io? u. . ;i . v - t . i -1 i - : : i 'fi ' i,--i'L- r I take i n sti vins that the v are expressed in J - - Tii nm ii t i i i - - -' . - k&.ua&l.va r 111 mir a m t rr t iiirim 1 1 t . ' - que..t.y di,la J -7tr Jiiu evrnu U our bicari .- Ijc ' and ,,;,,,, L j tbe ietterfwhich you had the goodness f . personally, to deliver to me on the lllh I jnsttogether wiK a copy ofl the resolu tioiis of ihe Common Council of your ' . city', on the occisionof ' the remarkably ; ' coincident" decease of John Adorns and i Thomas Jefferson ; a coincidence render ! ed still mi.re remarkabif by itsoccurence ;? O i Hfe. n ueih anniversary; oi that, day Jf nc ric- ui-ir country, dites be r existence, i by an ac: to the accomplishment of which th hadfioth sVlarpfly contributed. , ' ti tfie f ame and on behalf of the tami- 1 v- ot. Mr. AJams, I pray you sir, Jo ac- cepi yoiirlt, and to tender to the Com mun Council jf the city oi Nw-York our graterui acKnowjeqgro?nis ior rne sympathy uhich you have kindly felt uiih us m the peculiar bereavement which ve have sustained.- Among the many 1 1 ouHives oi consolation ritn which it has fplVused an overruling' Providence in this instance to mingle the cup ot .affliction, which' 'might not pass away, a voice or comzort to and of affectionate rever ence lor the memory w o.' the deceased fium our fellow-cilizens of New.York, fiooihestour present sorrow, and tii fav 1 through life .the sei .. pressed upon urremembrancefp V Accept my friendly'and respectful saU UtatlOnS. , Jo . ,.t ; i JOHN QUINC YADAMS.y iWw York July 12M. 1826. 1 Thomas Mann Randolph, Esq. . S -y. biR In behait ot the Common Coun jcil of 'this : city, T have the, honor to en close to you, a copy "t cetain resolutions adbpUuby jhem, rxprtss'iye oi. their pro found resdect,t for - the memry 'of our lately deceased felli) w-ci uzens,. Thomas 4tfferson and Johir Adams.,. -, j ; ,: I am .aware thatlhe tmily and person al friends of your illustn u lelvivrjhave sustained in bis death,, a l'ss wh.ch those only who enjoy ed'tus ociefjfy;iil.'lknow how to appreciate "j ' :w4hf retire :tiapii1jr circumstances Jonriected ;w ith lch cannot Jail afford you Vonsolaiion. - U was permitted io see lb uViein "ai iief ,11 1 sary of that glorious eveniiiv iiicWhe 1 acted so prominent ipa iiridionlhe 1 1 1 veV: WW when i the meMCan 'PHxtraordinary licity even" of physical f were .enlaced with ;e'nliiMHstiCittfMngs l' to repeating Iheyatliore'clatUaU ot -v - - , ... 1i. . 7 .. i Independence, and in invoking blessings the head which conceived, and . the. - , ! fl mtittm h M;if?ffirtn: rmiiyw e, ora mitiVe of Arrangenent for c(ebrating the 4tb of Jbjy, (and which will be pre- servea;as a precious reiicf ne expressea his (hanks to Providence fcr the preser vation of the lives of the tfiree survi ving signers of the Declaration,' a favor" (tp use his own words) u so ipuch the more gratifying, as It has enableil them, by its blessed effects, to witness the wisdom of the choice then made,' between submission and resistance." His.piouf wish was ac complished, he lived to set the return of that auspicious day ; and ull of years, and rich in the enjoyment if a nation's gratitude, he descended t the tomb of of his ancestors. 'N j s . t I orav. vou Sir. to belief that as no portion of ypur countrymen J knew better than the Corporation and citzensof New York, how to value the serjices of your deceased relative,, so none can sympa thize more deeply in the griif which his loss has occasioned to, his fa tiily. . ; l am Sir, with respect, bur obedient servant ; . .' - '--' : PHILIP HONE, ?Mayor. .' , . ... Monti cello, July i2dt 1826. Sir I received yesterdai evening, on the part of the family of ;T)omas Jeffer son, deceased, the letter ya did me the honor to address to me on tie 12th inst. communicating the proceedings of thei Common Council of the fcity of New Yorkj at their, meeting on ihe 8th tlay of July, 1826.; , With resped to the grate ful t feelings displayed by the Common Council towards the deceaied, and their regret- for - the VK loss sustained - by the American people ; on lithe pecjasioni i ; : sympathy also? expre towards the large family which has to en dure the misfortune of being forever de prived of such a head, I have the honor to make the only return in their power, the tender to the Common Council of that sincere homage of respect and grati tude which we arei'ell . equally proud to feel and to acknowledge. We request you, sir,- io iniorm uie vuiuuiuuuuuuun that the affections of tbe hearj, and the social qualities of the deceased were con stantly ascending in their scale to his last hour. Good ; as they had ever been throughout bis life, they had never attain ed their greatest height until t here was nothing lot .life left for him. Their ad vancement during ibe latter period of his exigence, towards a perfectibn seemingly more .than human,- became a subject of admiration approaching to awe in some, of those ; who witnessed the fact. . His qualifications for public services of various kinds, and bis unlimited devotion to the pubtic interests are fixed forever in all. memories : indeed they are the ration al groands of that gratitude so Honorably expressed by his fellow-citizens - of the Common Council ot eHy-Ybrk, and oth ers. But the , intensejid persevering zeal with widen he exerted all the stiength bi his capacious and well stored his ja ininous and powerful mind-upon the sul ject of the .scientific, literary and prbfes sional - education of youth, forthe last' eight years of his life, ilthouiu known by the visible effects of his mfustry and taste employed tor the technical advance ment of that end, cannot be fully -appreciated until the characters formed upon hisplaits shall have appeared ia the great theatre of human an urs ; f iiewwmvuuic but a magoificeni appendix to bis present renown ; a vast posthumous accesiob;to. that well deserved fame of which be died in possession.- mat another .uruuani halo of Glory will be then seeri lb encir cle the images of him upon earth; which shall -j. be . produced by individual genius a nd ipubl ic. bounty, need no prophetic tongue ;jto . announce. - " 1 cannot refrain from congratulating the Commob Council on their; beinfUie first - to call the atten tion of the instructers of the people iri re ligirijV tothVmiraculbus; Euthanasia of these t wb.enerabie patriots. Few: of the miracles recorded in : the sacredlwrttjngs are more conspicuous. : it seems ipse their first reward JibrHbat moral h excellence which has-been proclaimed by: all the world : in wtucn tneir lnxeneciuai powers - . .' - - v i'.t --it. - it t and eventful, lives bad made them known blf a century ago, nd. thenceforward to this day.iT hope tor indulgence when X take the libertv frotjher to"sayi: ibat irvthe tease of, j Tiiomas JeGerson tbete v&tt biilast ccrsents. I i..i f ,- : ' J ' 't 1 l:1...iiz'f ' I h - . !J, may fall in- n the 3d July, to oblivion. At 8 P M his medical friend, ' jrhtse emmence.it would be supertldous ki spjak but he bad never seen him until ine fcear'ago, pro-; uouncea. mar ue ' misiii iqe expeciea io cease' to live-. everv.cu3f!er of an hour froni r thafdme, VVfKe seventeen hours JLoh&ftfc ur auurriiig. or resiiessnfss : win sensi bility, and consciou s ness, and in telligence 1 ror vmch more than t(frelve tipors of the tinted His lungs were ; remaraably capa even for his stature, aid they re- ciousr mained, as also the tracked, unobstructed to the last. j. ; '). -; ' The play of his ' organic system had continued so ton?, and bad always been so moderate and equable, and tbe equili brium between the subordinate and minor associated systems, .had ever been so per- feet aurj Constant, that ho abiopt change could take place without violence.) More- over tne constant regularity of a life so long protracted, and so uninterruptedly which unless now'mention enjoyed in health ard peace of rand, had j of raising money for the publTc expendi in a mariner embalmed his mat ialsub- ture, which is usually done according to stance while ver animate, so as p render j the genius of the people and the v form of it insusceptible of sudden decay. I In con-1 their government. Most of those in Eu sequehce, he died neither of si fTJcation roje have occasionally been driven Iq the nor gangrene, but gradually sui sided in-; use of paper money, or making public to inanimation like ' a lamp ; u lich bad r securities serve thrpurposesbf ax medium shone throughout a !n and da k night, in trade; and the English have; gone spreading far its beneficent rays, and bad more: extensively, into ihis expedient continued to bum long euougmto usher j than other nations ; but I beleive none in broad day tight upon mankijd. His have ever made use of it with less tncon- desire to live to see; the mid day of the fourth of July, was wonderfully fmfilled, tontrary to the expectation pf almost all around himv Surely therein he obtained a most oppropriate reward for that pa - Hence find fortitude, and temperance, he I with men of rapacious principles who had Ccptint:edncessantly jo exercise ' sacrifice the common weal to their private thfougljc :t rD long a period pf such ac- emolument; who encourage gambling, vo tive exist t , ;That the mei6ers of the Iupt'ubusness, and every vice, wnat good Common Coiincil of Neu-York, and all can be expected from the wisest insti- wh toe constant tant, prayerof his descendants fives; fwho j have'i beHonored anu reiat lvps. ' vena navp Dem nnnnrca with the co'mmuniiation,,to fhichi i aran Kiif -'rrt tu sincerely feel With all respect arid eiteem your most obedient and hambje servant, .. " THOMa M. RANDOLPH, sen'r. lioivPHiLip HowiJ Mayor jf rCew-Yora.. From the Portsmouti Gazette. L - - , INTERCEPTED LETTER. 'We copy the following letter, of the Jate Ex President Adams, from the British Political iviaffazine?lor July, 171'V Tfce letter was written to Thomas Cushingi Esq. .Hvhile Mr. Adams was Ambassador atiimsUriiam, and forwarded by the way of Jrancet but" unfor tunately it was intercepted by thelvlisf Ibeing Captured on her passage and sett ' o St. Christopher'sr It is introduced iiltqtl Mag azine by some abusive remarks on ir. aras and others, 'whowere then taking part in our revolutionary contest ling Mr, Adams the 1 rebel Ambis says, that t" in taking tp the law in he spoiled . an. able 1 ploughman though the trade of a butcher wot! ter suited the bloody bent of his ip Amsterdam; Dec. 15 Dear Cushing I writ to y 2d instant by way of France,' , ver, to Congress ; but our frie well, who delivered tne your . dispatches going out by the way of St..- Lustatta, may get this letter to . you sooierr than the other. You will have hear of the unfortunate capture 6ft poor jLaurens, with his papers, and the British 'Ambas sador's Memorial fa the' State' General iti consequence thereotVt - What jit" may produce is yet doubtful,. though the" gen eral opinion here is, that it will b noth ing alarming. Sir Joseph Yor :e has presented a second memorial,' bit you may depend upon it the States ill not be bullied into any thing. . It is ihraght ibal ETogTaifd will not at this coojuBCjure wideh the brear h with ;the Repubr& bat everdif they should, it will do us nd harm for them to have rricre enemies M "con tend wttr. steptakenibv them at this time, wbetjfthepo rope are jealous of them and taforabiy incliued to American Independ ice, may prove their entire " ruin. Our rijdepen denis considered here!; as es tblished Trie Empress of Russia has ah ady in effect, taken a decided part In ot r favour; and other European nations, aresrelf in-clided-td support our; cause. , In this city, we have many owerful friends, who,' as well s all Eun ie, dis dain the pride of the flritish' linistry, which b not less conspicuous in le 4Me- morials presented to'; their -Higj t Migh tinesses, than it was intheanswi return- 1 .1? i -r-. e Z.ll'"l leu u iue ueuuuu -ui tuugrca Pride, indeed seems to be eudemial to at oa tion ; but I think it wont belong see'its downfall H & ore we Ipratest'fsee no grodnd forjoirglK my'BDDreherisions. j iou talk M the difficulty of recruiing the army,1 e qe- those who f haye manifested theit Ifiend- tutionf 1 wish these, good gentlemen, ship, towards hfm in that city, may enjoy '! whom yu mention, would exert them au ek I felicity in life and ia death, is ; selves in their several professions to, stnn I active rty- Ld V it ir porter i 1 oa on the i rider co-nliHearf- plaints of ptmlicreditors-ndtbl cT couaterfeitmonejrf am iijoa, I hese doubts and fears ari real! j provo- knig, and the source of jheb only in your own irresolute breast. VCa$ jrou expect to gain your ppint,tpr at f Jmplil-any thing great, without Ihe commonfci - dents ofwarH, Compare carsejvest w coiirrefBntrsee their exerUont fori pnusui ujuyi less moment. r.ngidna,( hi,:; I.Il, t -''-. r JLi- ' ry . tOr eXamnle at tllP hpomnmornf tht '! was a: hundred and thirty millions in oeot, and yet Uie British Ministry, mere- - ' 1 - ly to gratify their prideJnvolved their country in an expence of twenty millions per ann. more. ' This causes a depreciation of their money, and complaints 'among their cre ditors, who have ; quite; as much reason as yours, most of them having, already sunk forty, per cent., of their capital, Shall we then, who have, our all at stake talk of burthens and the perplexities of a : paper medium. I Diffeient nations have different modes vemence, or given their creditors less ;cause pf complaint than the Slates of f : America have done , heretofore. But j when almost every public department , among you is filled, as I am informed, i those growing enormities which are source of all the calamities o ihelcVui i auurcu uihii in rniamitwani ihB'raiimni minim tiTTi r ti n it t . n inr n --r-- accomplished, andv in the meantime do the best you can. Many here w lb know, the country laugh at your complaijts; and say a few duties and excises, jud'ciously laid throughout tbe Continent, wdild pay the whole army expenses withoiVbeing felt. I ftdvise to restraining the cojisump tion of foreign superfluities, and titrodu cinff sumptuary laws i thonoh ithiav h po jltcy, for th? encouragegient of abldiers, to indulge them in a livery aksplehdid as m r mm ' Wn 4 yv tn mt -m m W' -.;."'v1 ' , t k - ' luny uc vwiivciirciii. a 1. .- . ' i. - f am sorry to see yon sq llnxous, A ..... i ., ' for an a ccom modation, 4 arid wish -Vou had shown how iouldfbe doneiv Are ybu aware; of the revolutions that will nna- voidably Jake place ? New arFangements made a nd the States new raoiel.Vdj "the better to serve the purposes 6f cespotism 5 the captors of British property bbliged to1 disgorge ; a debt Pf four millions sterling to be paid the Br itish cierchant to settle old .scores ; your fishery restrained, and put under new regulations ; forfeited es tates return to their former owners; a door r openea tor innumerable lawi siits lor illegal payment ; the properly of the wholeontinent set afloat ; and a Aer all, are you sure sent to ;it?;.Tt$ truth, 1 can see nothing short of Independerice fjiat can settle it, without helremeByjlirig more fatal than theiseaseyj: ; '-'. ' V-. It is true, I believe, what yoa suggest, to Lord North showed a ""disposition to eive up the contesr but too diverted at the Americans in London, who m coil- junction with their coadjiitor9 in "America have been thorns to us indeed tm both tides the wattr ; but 1 think their career might have, peen stqpt an your side, if the execu tive officers had not-been too timid in a point which I so strenuously recommen ded atjirst, namely, to FMS, IMPRI SON and HAN Q alt inimical to the came without tfavor :or, 7 infection. 1 1 foresaw the evil that would arise jrtm that quar ter, and wished to have tiinely tlopt ttr 1 would have HANQRD r tny1 own broth er, if hd had took a pari with out enemy in this contest. . ) . . - -'" : -' , I believe there never was an-insjtaace of such delusion as those peopirire un der to sacrifice their couniry, their filter est and their best connections to siieJ with a people" wbo neither regard riot thaok them ; and I have goocl authority to lay , that a great proportion of them have no thing to live upon but their loyally. ; One would think that this alone, 'if it jras known and believed, would prevent oth ers from tailing - into the same snare. Heartwell who has been some time fncjsz mtio in IdmddnT will give yoa much use f pi information ; be will tell yoa the talk j ire bad about a stipend fox ; . . . )' . esef t themrvei '. mucSi in our I catrse'.oufrhttlo'be:rfwardii!:Vaxffre ar .most essenliaUy, ser ved by' it ; Kut- pro-k found secrecy mast be observed.-' i J shall write to the Governor, thcHfi 1 I sbajl be more explici? "' nut-!' and which be Drohablv wil!commonicat.v' I I. . . . . . l . ' which makes it unnecessary to add any.. I mnr wn ...... v K" i, . . !l am, tout affectionkte fnendi &c. I - . V ; (Copy) JOHN ADAMS. LAFAYE1TK. - ' - . i' ' . ,. V The following is a codv of a fter recrnflr received by J. H. Skinner, Esj. of Baltimore. from the Nation's Guest.'' j - La Grange, May 2 8f A, 1826. Mt dbab sir. I have with much gratification, received the Tihybfume of : the American Farmer, and hope, early in June, by Captain Allyn, to hear from you, and to know how you all fare in the beloved city of . Baltimore, j Captain Macy has been pleased to take on board a couple of shepherd V dogs Yor you : Mr.' VVorthington, son to the former Governor of Ohio, took charge of them in Paris they are of the best breed and well trained. But I fear the 'American method of keeping a flock will not give so much 'scope and usefulness to their instinct as when they are under perpetual admonition from their master. And since I have entered on farming Itopicsi fmuit . cel' yu m dear sir," that I am making great improvempnts founded on American importations.- .Your' hogs are beautiful, and while I keep some individuals of pure breeds 'I generally cross it witb Anglo-Chinese animals of the best kind. But yours are better shaped, aod 1 have arranged a piggery after your principles. Of the handsome Holkamcows,vgivn me by, Mr Patterspn, three ate alive. ' and thriving, the younger bull,., and two females. Of the wild turkeys, one only has been preserved ; I particularly regi'et pew conferred obligation. 1 he surviving one' has rmixed with the Chens "of tla country, and f have got a number of cros- sed eggsbuta few wild ones of both 1 V sexes would be very welcome. : So would be my good friend, some American -partridges, a variety unknown in Eurbp j . and of terrapins, two sorts of novelty which -1 would like first to nurse at the farm, then to naturalize on my grounds. The1' splendid boiling ' steam machine -fjiven" to me by IVlr. M or ill," has brea mucli admired : drafts have been taken, and it shall be in a few days 'placed in a building I have made oik purpose to receive it. t You see that my Ballimorean farming obligations have not been lost upon me. And sincyou allow "me to utter all my wishes I Will add that , one or tworouple of A.nerican rabbits would be also a new introduction on this .side of the Atfantic- As to the justly eel-' 1 ebrated canvass backs, they can only be enjoyed in the vicinity of the i Susque- ' hanna and the Potomac, a condition to ', .which nonemore heartily than' myself would like to submit. , " i ; 1 receivp three times a month, accounts' ----' ,l- ' . ft ..CV " IIUIU IUC V...J. uy nous Nivnri,, an insufficient compensation for absence ; they are however very . precious; 'to-' rne. Every? particular of public a'nd personal nature, are eagerly looked for, and when you are pleased to .write, X beg' you to let me know as much -as you can of. my Baltimorean friends. Present ; me very affectionately to them. ' I T v Permit me to enclose a; letter to Mr. Cornick, a " Virginian, who certainly, is known' to you, , as well at the plough ; 'which has" been presented tothe examio Vtion of h AfirjcultuialSjcietyJn Parif, ; ; You will learn the favorable opinion that has been expressed. : t,.V ' . v",, f Most cordially I am V Your. affectionate friend, I ' , ; LAFAYETTE. i Our readers have all felt the impres sion made by tbeextraordinarjr coincl- dences presented on the 4 th of July lasu'" -The following extract from the editorial' Observations- of ' tbe Natchez Newspa" per,' printed on the morning of -the 4th, ' may be added to tbe number. It breathes the same spirit which marked the last ' moments of Air. Xefferson. Nat. Int. V ;u Hoiv gratifying to the feelings of the veoerable Jeflerton, mast the! arrival of " this day be I ' Fifty years ago, j; be said this country was, and of right ought to be. , free. :, itbecame fiee-lt is free. Hi V grey hairs cannot ga'down with sorrow to the graved Melhinks I see this boaiy l Statesman and Patriot, urging hi iay to the pinnacle of bis mountain residence.-He- leans upon liis staffs Hiseye-lida..-are heavy, and hirbody boiredddwrb on- def 'the burthen" pf accucaulated years He wiiT Xio loow road upon bJtv ? ":-'..'".-- ' : .viw.-" r-J uas uevii preset Teu , i puriivuiariy rrgic ; , . r the, giant turkey which my friend had so . ' I ; ' ;j C aociruttnBalo b a 1 V: : j 4 1 -1 '"V .
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