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COMMUNICATION. .. .. . .... . p - ' .v ... , roa raa aaV'- Alal.Eorros-Permlt ma to offer a fewe. marks oo swaa of the statement which appeared in your hit Tuesday' paper, inr"felioo W?lhe late Judge Gastox." And. lest I should be misunderstood in the personal bearing of these remarks, I will say, io advance, that I yield to no one lo veneration for the character of that dis tinguished man. It waa my good fortune to live Jot several yean jn the "same town in wbich-be t eaided, aod 1 apeak the .language of every citi len in f bar community :u ben I saj, that those who knew him best, esteemed hina moat. Sel dom haVeTsocb talents, meekness, delicacy, and -firmness, been found blended inne man as were exhibited in. him. -No one who i bad a. heart, eonld eorae in contact with him without feeling, ever after. n 'esteem' for 'binV'. He, was the cnoiajy, tne gentleman, . tne pnuaniuropisi. iUO christian; a od being such, there 4 was not an of- 'fice la tbo gift of hie country, much lesa of tbia Stale, that could bare tempted him to commit the ain.lpf-" perjury' knowingly.- lie may bave mis eonatraed Ibe (asiilotton--of this every,ohe is liberty to judge for himseifria obliging na tore may bave biased bis judgment, while -examining: the reqoist'tea of the office to which bis fel. -Jow-ciiiiens ae-urgently pressed him; kt which case, their solicitation was tnore" culpable than hie acceptance; if any fault was'comralUed ; but be didj 'not intentionally violate the Constitution. Having thus expressed my views and feelings toward the man, I can tbe more freely speak to the cast itself ; in doing which, it would be well to'forgor that, it ha any relation to biro, or to any other individual; Our . concern now is not with persons, but with principles ' And first as to the principles of interpretation applied in tbia case . .'. It ia admitted that the article in question was intended, to exclude Catholic from office of this, says tbe article tinder examination, "there is no doubt," And yet .it' is argued vlhat they might be "constitutionally 'appointed to civil of. ficee. I bad thought that the' known intention of a law was paramount to every other consider ation in it . interpretation and practical applica tion;' 7 ExxteTi haa laid it down as a rule, that m tery inrpvtlaiioh'thould harmonize with the mcgn vj ius jpruer. i nnciyics vj Amcryrzut' tion, p. 19) Statesmen in Congress lay much stress upon . the intention of the. framers of the Constitution in their application of its principles. But if a class of persons may be appointed to an pfSee, which a' certain law was intended to ex clude,' then the intention of the law haa nothing to do with its application. ; Is this a correct prin ciple of interpretation ? , But tbe prohibition of tbe article is against tboae wbo "deny the. truth of tbe Protestant re ljgkn.,'. ; 4To deny," it is argued, . is the op posite of affirm, and not of believe ; and there fore it neither includes those ' who doubt, nor those wbo disbelieve a proposition, unless tbe disbelief is made manifest by a positive, overt negation of it truth.'' So then, although it was t iniendecT by the section in question to ex dude Catholics from office, it doe not include ttefct, a they may only doubt or .disbelieve the trulb of the Protestant religion, without express- fngany positive negation I But leaving tbis for tbe decision of . those who are more certain than 1 am .which of the many forms in which a thing may be affirmed or denied was intended by tbe framers 0 the . Constitution, we pass to that part which says. or who' shall bold religious prin ciples incompatible with the freedom and safety ef tbe Stated ; Was" this not intended to apply rfpecificalfy to 'the Roman Catholic religion ! Did not the early settlers of this country, and the framers of our Constitution, regard tbe distinc tive principles of that system as M incompatible with tbe safety and freedom of the State 1" And not this section 'intended as a guard against this dreaded evil ? If so, to bold tbe distinctive sentiments of tbe Romish cborch was, in tbe in tention of the Constitution, to be disqualified for "holding office in our State. : I do not approve of tbe section as it stood no. tbe contrary, I heartily concur in tbe change that baa been made' in it, and willingly extend to -Roman Catholics the same priviliges and rights tba are enjoyed by other citizens. . But I cannot sanction a dangerous principle of interpretation tofvadethe force even of a bad law. KMy principal business, however, is with what ir said respecting the difference between the Pro testant" and ' Roman Catholic religion, &c. In the article under examination it is said There is not a single affirmative doctrine embraced by the Protestants generally, which is not of the Catholic faiihi". -The" great difference between them, as we understand it, is simply this: Ca tboh'c contend that ProtestanU believe toolittle, and Protestants .that Catholics believe too much.' The same sentiment ia expressed in Jhe accom panying speech, in the following Jangnage: Protestants have separated "from the Catholic, kecauae. as' they alledge, the latter, have, added to the. Christian code, doctrines not revealed. Protestants therefore reject as error, or at all ente aa of human invention, more or lees of uhat Catholics receive as divine truth. . But there is no affirmative doctrine embraced byPro leatant generally, which is not religiously pro fessed also by Catholics. ? The latter, bold that ti ,f?nner erKnot in what they believe, but In rbat" they disbelieve.?.. Kow any body who will lake tberonble to examine and compare tbe dis tinctive principles of the Protestant and Catholic religions, will W tohVinced "that Ibis is not the greatdiffijrence"bet7een.tbetn ; Prolealants fot.onty cbarge Romaairts witn adding to tbe word of pod doctrines which it does not tonlain, tat !o with corrupting and, perverting that whicb it does contain, '. On tbe fandamental doc trine of Justification whicb is the cardmal)oint cf duTerence between tbem Profestanta'afflrra hat Catholics denyilf the Cooncil of Trent Is taken as an expoaent of their'view. Tbe Pro testanU' doctrine 00 tb-s subject is, that man is justified a i account of. tbe- righteousness of Christ, and not for bis own works or deserving nd by faith ;only.f4f Tr2iT aaysi IT any one halrsiy tbia 1 let , him be .nd&ma tUS Is tuls; ibe way Prot es'unt aJErmativee are rel igi. oustyreabaceiby.CaClcVl If so, we bad rafter be ;spaa ibe faor. aUer is, birrVotesUnta, aKon many tbingsT deemed fuarBejrtal, wbicb itbjtc.a ,4eny. and tie ttna. ?Tt aet.up a jingle caste aa medU atort iwMs'iIdd and man.' and to barter.fa ex. -tbang for . works.' and peaance and gold, tbe aalyaUoai freelyViWny Vach was Pop. - -tr-,-"- w i, uuru Bia esarvura and I- .a.B7.ea!or, and without that 1 eallUtselM lie church, fre.eeesa to the gift ef God, eternal ZiTcrfirocb waa Chris, tianity, and such was the Reformation ; ' Popery mly ber tompared to a high wait erec ted by tbe ,labor of gev between man and God. Whoever will scale it must pay or suffer in the attempt; and even theo be wHr fail to overleap it. f The Reformation is. tbe power Which, has thrown down this wall, has restored Christ, to man, and has Ow made plain the. way of acceas to tbe Creator.;,'; "T "4 V M Popery . in-'erposes tba Cliucch between,God and njaa. -1 Cbriuaniiy end v the Reformation bring God and man face to face."-D'Aubigne, vol. i- p. 3a Tam tony to fiud. that the Reformation is re ferred to in the speech as "the great schism.' We all know that Roman CathoJics' look bpon Protestants as schismatics . who have departed from, the church, and. that they are not only the main body," but the only body. that.can be prop erly called the church. But I should not bave expected such statements would have been made when seeking io remove, those clogs which Rom. ish intolerance in the old country had thrown io the way of Catholics in this Whether it be right thus to spurn tbe charge of schism against Protestants, 'may be seen from the following statement of Chillingworth : Either you sup pose the external communion of tbe church cor rupted, and that there was 'a necessity for them that would communicate with this church to com municato ia her corruptions; or, you suppose ber communion nncorrupted. If the former, sad yet will take for granted, that all are schismatics that leave her communion though it be corrup ted, you beg the question in your proposition. If tbe latter, you beg the question jn your supposi tion; for Protestants, you know, are peremptory and unanimous in the denial of both these things ; both that tbe communion 'of the visible1 church was then uncorrupted, ""and that they are truly schismatics who leave the communion of tbe vis ible church, if corrupted." p. 353. , i What I have written has been prompted by a wish to guard important principles, and nut to re flect in the least upon any one, living or dead. Our attachment to men must never blind us. al together to their faults, nor lead us to sanction what is erroneous. The truly great and good can afford to have their merits fairly tried with out the concealments and glosses which inferi ority needs to hide its deformities in order to se cure a little posthumous reputation. . Though time will wear at, and we mast grow old, Such men are pot forgot as soon as cold ; Their fragrant memory will outlast their tomb, Embalmed forever iu its own perfume." ' A PROTESTANT. THE OREGON SETTLEMENT. We observe by the Virginia papers that Mr. Leake, a Democratic member of Congress from that State, in a recent public speech in his district frankly ad mined that tbe peaceable settlement of the Oregon difficulty was not (as his party had claimed) attributable so much to M the notice" which the President recommended, as to the form which was given to the notice by the Whigs of the Senate, aided by some . independent Demo cratic members.' ' Without some such modifica- lion Mr. Leake believed there was great danger of open hostilities between Great Britain and the United States. " There is no doubt that Mr. L. is right, and such will be the judgment which history will record of the transaction; yet, for maintaining this view of the case, all who pre ferred a just settlement and .honorable peace to calamitous and unnecessary war were denounced by the parasites of power, here and elsewhere, as British-bought traitors. . The President pro claimed our title to the whole of this disputed territory to be u clear and unquestionable," and at the same time advised Congress to authorize immediate notice to the British Government of a termination of tbe joint occupancy convention. This was urged on tbe ground that it waa the only sure mode of bringing the question to a peaceable termination ; and all the faithful shouted paeans to the wisdom of the Executive head. But the Whigs mistrusted the Executive judgment ; the assertion of title and the recom mendation wore too much the appearance of a movement ad Copland um tulgvs; and they, there fore, disregarding alike the clamors of dema gogues and ' imputations of the low and vile, listened only to the voice of duty, end boldly as well as wisely proposed that course of concilia tion due to humanity, due to a great and kindred nation, and still more to our own character, and thus rescued the peace pf the country from jeopardy and averted the calamity which Mr. Leake thinks the reckless course proposed by the Administration would have rendered immi nent. It is to the Whigs of 'the Senate, then, aided by the Bentons, and Calhouns, and Hay woods, and other independent' members of the dominant party, that the country i(now admitted by candid opponents to be) indebted for the pre servation of ita peace, ita dignity, and its honor. - . fiatiojial Intelligencer. A Meteor jn Vat Light. A correspondent of the Lynchburg Virginian, writing from Liber ty, Bedford county, relates the following story of the appearance of a meteor ia day light : . On Thursday, Aug. 6th, at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, this singular phenomenon occur red. The writer was about three miles above Liberty, on the turnpike, when he heard a loud report! a tbe air, not unlike tbe report made by blasting rock. Several gentlemen who were about five miles distance from my position, and a little West of North; heard ' it very distinctly, and thought the report was in ihe Southeast Others, who were about a mile and a half East of me, thought the report was nearly over their heads. It was distinctly beard by several per sons in Botetoot county, behind the Peaks of Otter,' some of whom were much alarmed at the unusual sound in the elements, and began to fear that it . was a premonition of . the destruction of the world. A gentleman In Franklin county, coming into Bediord, and a( least sixteen' miles East of my position, beard it distinctly. Bat the most remarkable facts of the phenomenon are yet to be told. The report was not only heard, but the Meteor was actually .seen in the brood daylight, . The sky was perfectly clear, with the exception of a few small clouds in the West and Northwest, and tbe thermometer in the shade, from morning to night, ranged from 03 to 96 Several persons who were on the Eastern side of The Peak, called Headforemost,? at a dis-" Unce of at leat 12 miles from me, had their at tention arretted by bearing a singular rambling sound in the air, and on looking up, they beheld a .Iaaiiaoua body .passing .along at the rate . of lightning, and leaving behind a long, bright tail," of the color of iron at white beat Its course seemed to tbera to be South. ; They heard, the rumbling sound that accompaTjied Uht4 jiotjhe report or explosion. Other persons occupying a position .between .these last and. myselt, . beard both the rumbling sound and tbe report.. From these statemenUr it may be inferred' that tbe course of this meteor was Southeast. . - TAsraTNoTEiwOo the 4tb instant at New Of leans, the Brokers were buying these Notes at two and a half pcfcent.Miscount, and selling jheni at wo per cent. dieceuot.ti L t ; ; DELxBETWEEN GENERAL HAMILTON AND COLvBURR. I' Having accidentally met with a detailed ac count of this celebrated duel, not generally ac ' cessible.'we have thought the narrative might - not be uninteresting to our readers. It will be recollected that in the violent party politics con. ; sequent opon the state of things after the close i or, the Revolution, that Ibeaa" two gentlentea, ! each holding prominent positions, were politically opposed to each other. In June, 1S0, Col. liurr, r then Vice' President of the United Sutes," ad- dressed the following letter. to Gerv Hamilton, requiring jhU 'aeknowledgifnent'or denial of the uae of any expression derogatory to his honor : ' Neu Tor,' June 18, 1804. Sib I send for your perusal a letter signed .Charles' D. Cooper, which, though-apparently published some time ago has but very recently corne to my knowledge. Mr: Van Nesp, i wtio does ine the favor to deliver this, will point out to you that clause of the letter to which I par. ticularly request your attention 4 ' ; '' .j" ' You must perceive,' Sir, the" necessity! of a prompt and unqualified acknowledgment or denial of the use of any expression which would war. rant the assertions of Dr. Cooper. , '-,.' 1 have tbe honor to bo t ; Your obedient servant, j - Gen. Hamilton. ii;A.:BcKR. Which received from Gen. Hamilton the fol lowing reply : 1 . ' Aew York, June 20, 1804. , Sir I bave maturely reflected On the subject of your letter of the 13th inst, and the more I have reflected the more I have become convin ced, that I could not, without manifest impropri ety, make the avowal or disavowal which you seem to think heeeasary. The clause pointed out by Mr; Van Ne?s is in these terms : I could detail to you a -still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton' has expressed of Mr. Burr.' To endeavor to discover the meaning of this de claration, I was obliged to seek, in the anteced ent part of this letterfor the opinion to which it referred, as having been already disclosed. I found it in these words : " General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one ico ought not to be trusted with the reins "J government.' The language of Dr. Cooper plainly implies, that he considered this opinion of you, which he, attributes to me, as a despicable one ; but be af firms that I have expressed some other, more despicable, without, however, mentioning to whom. when, or where. 'Tis evident, that the phrase. u still more despicable, admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How ami to judge of the degree intended! or bow shall I annex any precise idea to language ao indefinite ! Between gentlemen, despicable and more des picable are not worth the pains of distinction : when, therefore, you do not interrogate me, as to the opinion which is specifically ascribed to me, I must conclude, that you view it as within the limits to which the animadversions of political opponents upon each other may justifiably ex tend, and consequently as not warranting the idea of it which Dr. Cooper appears to entertain. If so, what precise inference could you draw, as a guide for your conduct, were I to acknowledge that I had expressed an opinion of you still more despicable than the one which is particularized 1 How could you be sure' that even this opinion had exceeded the bounds' which you would your self deem admissible between political oppon ents 1 Bat I forbear further comment on the embar rassment, to which the requisition you have made naturally lead:. The occasion forbids a more ample illustration, though nothing could be more easy than to pursue it. Repeating that I cannot reconcile it with pro priety to make the acknowledgment or denial you desire, I will add that I deem it inadmissible on principle, to consent to be interrogated as to tbe justness of the inferences which may be drawn by others from whatever I may have said of a political opponent, in the course of fifteen years competition. If there was no other objection to it, this is sufficient, that it would tend to expose my sincerity and delicacy to injurious imputations from every person who may at any time have conceived the import of my expressions, differ ently from what 1 may then hae intended, or may afterwards recollect. I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman. More than this cannot fitly be expected from me; and espe cially it cannot be reasonably expected that I shall enter into an explanation iyxn a basis so vague as that which you have adopted. I trust, on more reflection, you will see the matter in the same light with me. If noti I can only regret the circumstance, and must abide the conse quences. The publication of Dr. Cooper was never seen by me till after the receipt of your letter. ! I have the honor to be, &c Col. Burr. A. Hamilton. A . very haughty, and, in its tone, offensive re ply was returned in answer to this letter by Col. Ourr, and the matter passed into the bands of Col. Win. F. Van Ness on the part of Col Burr, and Nathaniel Pendleton, Esq , on that of Geo. Hamilton. Several communications passed be tween these gentlemen without arriving at any satisfactory result, the tone of Col. Burr's demands-being dictatorial and uncompromising. On the 26th of June Mr. Pendleton wrote as fellows: 20th June, 1804. , Sir I have communicated the letter which you did me the honor to write to me of this date, to Gen. Hamilton. The expectations now dis closed on the part of Col. Burr, appear to him to have greatly extended the original ground of in quiry, and instead of presenting a particular and definite case of explanation, seem to aim at noth ing less than an inquisition into his most confi dential conversations, as well as others, through the whole period of. his acquaintance with Col Burr.v -: While he was prepared to meet the particular caso -fairly and fully, he thinks it inadmissible that, he should be expected to answer at large as to every thing lie may possibly have said, 'in re. lation to the character cf Col. Burr, at any' time or upon any pcasioo. ;. Though he is not con. scious that any cbargee which are in circulation to the prejudice of Col. Burr, have .originated witb him, except- one : which may have been so considered, and which has long since been fully explained between CoL Burr, and bimself yet he cannot consent to be questioned generally as to any rumors, which may be afloat derogatory to the character of Coh Burr, without specification of the several rumors,- eiasy of them probably un known to him. . He -does sot. however, mesa: to authorise any conclusion aa to the real nature of bis conduct in relation to' Co. Bum bv his de clining so loose and vague a basis of explanation. ana he disavows an unwillingness to come to a satisfactory, provided it be an honorable, accom modation. His objection "is, the. very indefinite ground which CoL Burr has assumed, in .which be Is aorry to be able to discern nothing short of predetermined hostility; , Presuming, therefore, that It Will be . adhered to, be has instructed me to receive the message which you have' it in charge to (jelirer. Foi this purpose J shall be at borne, and at your command, to-morrow morning, from eight to ten o'clock.' T"H """' V I hate the' jwnor ta be respectfully, ' '.' : k Yoor obedient servant, tiV- :r i. - ?y - :Nath Psdlht: . v . i - Y . - To this letter Mr. Van Ness sent a reply en. closing a . message in form to Gen. Hamilton, which was accepted. Gen Hamilton! after com menting upon ihe 'communication, gives the fol lowing instruction to Mr. Pendleton . Whether the observations on tbis Ietter.-sre designed merely to justify the result which is in dicated in the close of the: letter, or -may be iu tended to give an opening - for rendering any thing explicit which may have been deemed vague heretofore can only be judged of by tbe sequel.. At any rate, it appears to me necessary not to; be misunderstood.' Mr Pendleton ii there fore" authorized to say, that inl the course bfrthe present discussion, written' or verbal, there' has been no intention to evade, defy,' or insult, but a sincere disposition1 to avoid extremities, if it could be done with propriety. With this view, Geo. Hamilton has been - ready to" enter into a frank and free explanation on any and every object of a specific nature f but not to answer a general and abstract inquiry, embracing a period too long for any accurate recollection, and exposing him to unpleasant criticisms from or unpleasant' dis cussion' with, any and every person, who may have understood him in an unfavorable sense. This (admitting that he could answer in a man ner the most satisfactory toC6l. Burr) he should deem inadmissible, in principle and precedent, and humiliating in practice To this, therefore, ho can never submit.-Frequent allusion has boon made to slanders said to be in circulation. Whether they are openly or in whispers, they have a form and shape, and might be specified. "If the alternative alluded to in the close of the letter is definitively tendered,, it must be ac cepted ; the time, place, and manner, to be after wards regulated. . I should not think it right in tbe midst of a Circuit Court to; withdraw my ser vices from those who may have confided impor tant interes8.to me, and expose them to the em barrassment of seeking other counsel, who "may not have time to be sufficiently instructed In tbeir causes. I shall also waut a little, time to make some arrangement s respecting my own affairs." On Friday, the 61 h of July, the circuit being closed, "MK Pendleton informed Mr Van Ness that General Hamilton would be ready at any time after the Sunday following. On Monday j the particulars were arranged on Wednesday the parties met at Weehawk.oh the Jersey shore, at 7 o'clock; A. M- The particulars of what then took place will appear from the following state ment. '".'- -" ' It was nearly seven in the morning when the boat which carried Gen. Hamilton. his friend Mr. Pendleton, and the Surgeon mutually agreed on, Dr. Hosack, reached that part of the Jersey ehore called the . Weehawk. . There they found Mr. Burr and his friend Mr. Van Ness, who, as I am told, had been employed since! their arrival, with coats off, in clearing away tbe bushes, limbs of trees, etc., so as to make a fair opening. The parties in a few moments were at their allotted situtations : when Mr. Pendleton gavo the word. Mr. Burr raised his arm slowly, deliberately took his aim, and fired. His ball entered Gen. Ham ilton's right side : as soon as the bullet struck bim, he raised himself involuntarily on his toes, turned a little to the left, (at which moment bis pistol went ofE) and fell upon his face. Mr. Pendleton immediately called out for Dr. Hosack, who, in running to the spot, had to pass Mr. Van Ness and Col. Burr ; but Van Ness had the cool precaution to cover his principal with an umbrella, so that Dr. Hosack should not be able to swear that he saw him on the field. What passed after this, the reader will have in the following letter from Dr. Hosack nimsell. r August 17th, 1804. Dear Sir To comply with your request is a painful task ; but I will repress my feelings while I endeavor to furnish yon with an enumeration of such particulars relative to the melancholy end of our beloved friend Hamilton as dwell most forci bly on my recollection. I When called to him, upon his receiving the fatal wound, I found him half silting on the ground, supported in the arms of Mr. Pendleton. His countenance of death 1 shall never forget he had at that instant just strength to say, ''This is a mortal wound Doctor;" when he sunk away, and became to all appearance jdeless. .1 imme diately stripped up his clothes, and soon, alas ! ascertained that the direction of the ball must have been through 6oue vital part. His pulses were not to be-felt ; his respiration was entirely suspended ; and upon laving my hand upon his heart and perceiving no motion there, I considered. him as irrecoverably gone. 1 however observed to Mr. Pendleton, that the only chance for his reviving was immediately to get him upon the water. We therefore lilted nun up, and carried him out of the wood, to the margin of the bank, where tbe bargemen aided us in conveying bira to the boat, which immediately put off. , During all this time I could not discover the least symptom of returning hfe. I now rubbed his face, lips, and temples, with spirits of hartsborne, applied it to bis neck and breast, and to the. wrists . and palms of his hands, and endeavored to pour some into his mouth. When we had got, as I should judge, about fifty yards from the shore, some im perfect efforts to breathe were, for the 6r6t lime manifest: in a few 'minutes he sighed, and be came sensible to the impression of the hartsborne' or the fresh air of the water. He breathed ; his eyes, hardly opened, wandered, without: fixing upon; any objects ; to our great joy he at length spoke : My vision is indistinct," were his first words. His pulses became more perceptible ; his respiration more regular; bis eight returned. I then examined the wound to know if there was any dangerous discharge of blood ; upon slightly pressing his side it gave him pain; on' which I desisted. Soon after recovering his sight, he happened to cast his' eye upon the case of pistols, and observing the one be had had in his band lying on the outside, he said, Take care of that pistol ; it is undischarged, and still cocked ; it may go off and do barm ; Pendleton knows, (at tempting to uro his head towards him) . that 1 did not intend to fire at bim.' "Yes," said Pen dleton, understanding bis wish, I have already made Dr. Hosack acquainted with your deter mination as to that." He then closed his eyes and remained calm, without any .'disposition to speak ; nor did he say much afterwards, except, ing in reply to roy questions aa ,to his feelings. He asked me once or twice how I found his pulse ; and he informed me that his Jower ex tremities bad losLall feeling ; tnanifesung "to me that he entertained no hopes that he should long survive. , I changed the posture of his limbs, but to no purpose ; they had totally lost, their aensi. btlity. - Perceiving that we approached the shore, he said, Let Mrs. Hamilton be immediately sent for let the eyenf be gradually broken to -.her : but give her hopes. looking 'up we: saw bis friend Mr. Bayard standing on the wharf in great agitation.: He had Deen to bj his servant that Geo. Hamilton, Mr. Pendleton and myself, had crossed the river in a boat together, and loo well he conjectured tbe fatal errand, and foreboded tbe dreadful reenlL (Perceiving; as we came iiearer, that Mr. Pendleton and myself only sat up in tbe stern-sheets, be clasped his hands together In the most violent apprehension t but when I called to bim to bave a cot; prepared, and he at the same moment saw his pwr iriend lying in the bottom of the boat, he threw up his eyes and burst into a flood of tears and lame mat ion.' liamiln al9ae aoDeartd'trftnauil and composed. ,Ve then eonvt ) veyed bim aa tenderly as possible op to the bouse; 'I be distresses or tbis amiable lajraHy-werer sucn. that till thefirst shock ' waa abafed, they;. were scarcely able to sumrn tortiiudei enougb a' yield sufSck ot assistance to tbeif djrng friend. Upon our.reaching the bouse be became cioreT languid, occasioned probably by the agiiatiol of his removal from tbe boat. -I gave htm. a little weak, wine and wa Wben be recovered bis feelings he complained of pain itf bis back ; we immediately undressed him, laid jim in bed, and darkened the roorn. v 1 thetrgave bim . a large anbdvb which I had frequently repeated. 'Du - ring the first day he took upwards of an ounce of laudanum ; and tepid anodyne for mentations were also applied to those parts nearest tho seal of bis pain yet were his suffering, during tho .whole of the' day altnost Intolerable. 5 .p'-xi-: I had not a shadow of a hope of bis recovery, and DrPosthopXl requested Wghbei sent for immediately on our reaching Mr, Bayard's bouse." uni'd with me in-this opinion. General Key, the French consul, had the-goodness ta in vite the surgeons of the French frigateit in our harbor, as ,lhey had had nroch experience in gun. shot wounds, to render their assistance. They iinmediaeiy ,came ; .but to prevent his being dis turbed I stated to them bis situation, described the nature of his wound and the'direcrion iuf ifie ball with alf Uhe ; symptoms ;that ; could: enable them to form en opinion as" to the event One of the gentlemen then accompanied: me to the bed-side. The result was a confirmation of the opinion that had already been expressecj b Dr. Post arid myself. " ' s . ,' ''' ' . r During the night, be' had - some; imperp5C sleep : but the succeeding morning bis symptoms were aggravated, attended however with a. dimi nution of pain. His mind retained all its usual strength and composure.'; The great, source of his anxiety seemed to be-in his .sympathy with his half distracted wife and children. He spoke to me frequently of them " My,' beloVed wife and children," were always bis, expressions. But his fortitude triumphed over his ustuation, dreadful, as it. was ; once, indeed,at the sight of his children brought, to the bed . side together, seven in number his utterance forsook him 7; he opened his eyes, gave them one look, and closed the in again, till ihey were taken away. , At a-: bout two o'clock, as the publip well knows,-he 'expired. ; .' - . ' ( Iocorrupta fides nudaque Veritas . . ' ' Quando ulium iuvenient parem 1 ; . , . Multis ille quidem flebi'is occidiL" ' ' " '" - .- ' .. u After the death of General Hamilton, a note which had been written tbe evening before- the interview,-was found, addressed to the gentleman who accompanied him toJhe field; thanking him with tenderness for his friendship to him, aud in forming him where would be found tbe certain key to drawers in his desk, in which he had de posited such papers as he had though proper to leave behind bim ; together with his last Will. The following paper as containing bis motives for accepting the challenge ; his reflections on his situation ; and some, remarks prf the conduct of the man who Was to be the cause of his death, is presented as a highly interesting dorUtnent. . On my expected interview; witb Col. Burr, I think it proper to make 6me rentarks explanato ry of my conduct, motives, and views. 3 1 . I was certainly desirous of avoiding this inter view for the most cogent reasons.' ' - , - 1. My religious and moral principles are strong ly opposed to the practice of duelling, and it would ever give me paid to be obliged , to shed the bipod of a fellow creature in a private com-! bai forbidden by the laws. ' . , ' "j 2. "My wife aud children are extremely dear to ine, and my life is of the utmost .importance to them, in various views. V : - 3. I feel a sense of obligation towards my cred itors; who in case of accident , to me, i by r the forced sale of my property, may be In some de gree sufferers. .1 did not think myself at liberty as a ma n of, probity, lightly . to expose ;. them to this hazard.,.. .. . :, , .4 - jj" - 4 1 am conscious of no ill will to" Col. Burr, distinct from political opposition, which, as I trust, has proceeded from pure and upright motives. Lastly, I shall hazard much, and can possibly gain nothing by the issue of the interview." - But it was, as I conceive, impossible for me to avoid it. There were intrinsic difficulties ia the thing, and artificial embarrassments "from the manner of proceeding on the part of Col. BurrCf, Intrinsic, because it is not to be denied, that my ' adunadversions on the? political principles, characier, and views of Col Burr, have been ex tremely severe ; and on different occasions, 1, in common wiih'many others, have made ' very un favorable criticisms on particular instances of tbe private conduct of this gentleman. In proportion as these, impressions were en tertained with sincerity, and utttered with mo tives, and for purposes which might appear to roe commendable, would be tbe difficulty (until they could be removed by evidence of their being er roneous,) of explanation or apology.-- The disa vowal required of me by Col. Burr, in a general and indefinitetforro, was out of my power, if it had realjy been proper for ,me to submit to be so questioned ;y but I was sincerely of opinion, that this could not be, and in this opinion; I was con firmed by that of a very moderate: and judicious friend whom I consulted, r Besides that CoL Burr appeared to tne to assume, in the, first instance. a tone unnecessarily peremptory and menacing, and in tbe second, positively offensive. Yetl wished, as far as might bo practicable, io leave a door. open to accommodation. This, I think, will be inferred from the 'written communications made by me and by mydirection, and-would !be confirmed by tbe conversations between Mr.'Vari Ness and myself, which arose out of the subject .. 1 am not sure wnetner, under all the circum stances, 1 did not go further in the attempt' to accommodate, than' a- punctilious; delicacv will justify:' ' If so, I hope the motives' I have stated will excuse, me.; ? w 'v ; " ' - .It is not my design, ; by what I have saidV tto affix any odium on, the conduct of Col. Burr, in this case. Her doubtless has beard of animadver sions of .mine which bore very hard uppnjiim ; and it is probable that as usual they were accom panied with.; some falsehoods. ! He , may5 have supposed, himself under a necessity of acun'as he has done. J hope the grounds of Bis proceed lui uiis wcu sum m vuui 10 sausiy ata own conscience,;, :" '.-s?'-' X"s I trust at the same time, that the ! world' will do me-tbe justice to belie ve that 1 bave not ca n eured bio ou Jigbt groands, nor f rpm unworthy inducements. 1 certainly bave. bad, e.Urpnggrea sons for what I have saidt though it is possible that in some particulars,. I may hae beeih iafluv e need by misconstruction or . snisinfor matioa.' . It is-onlytny ardent wish that I rosy bave bees wore TBistaken ' than I - Chink ; 1' have : been tnd that be, by his futore conduct enay show himself worthy of all confidence and esteem, and Drove an ornament and blessing to thteountnr;t . - 11 1 . :. ix : l 1 . , . 1 " nw wni bwiuw iv m jjuhsioiis toai i may nave' injured CokBurr, however convinced myself that my, opinions, and declarations have beenwell founded, as from- cny general principles "and tetn per in relation to similar affairs, I -have resvlved if our intertieW Ts conducted iu the usual tnan rier, arid It pleases Gbd'to give jttte ' (be opportu nity a reserve and throw lavey raj first'' Ifirej and 1 hate thoughts e'veri'of teserting; my "seeorid'flre and thus giving a "double tipportanity to Cob Burr, to pause and reflect;?; .'-" feIt is not, however,' my int any explanation oh the grou od--apoldgy; from" principle, I hope, rathfr than pride ia out bf lhc ; To those. who with me. abhorriner the ... tice of duelling may think that 1 ought on no accouht to have added to the number of bad ex ampler, answer that my relalUe ."Situation, aa well in pubUd as private, enrbrciog all the Con siderations, which constitute what men of th(i world denominate honpr imposed on me (a, r thought) a peculiar necessity not to decline thn call. The ability to be in future uselol, wheth. er in resisting mischief or effecting good, in those crises of our public affairs which seem likelv . happen, would" probably be inseparable from I conformity with a public prejudice n this panir I ulaf-"';- . " ' r ' rrfA. ."-: Tbe :deatnr general: ;tiaroilton.;ihrew whole nVtmn-inta mrournTng Washington he stood highest in the affections of the people. Cojl BaVr wa" fOrCed ! to lea?e ITuited States "a?neVef recovered his 'rt tton td the Couutry,iboQgh after many years ab. seoce be was permitted to return without meet, ing With legat hindrance avoided, although his mental superiority was eoru ceded by "his fellow Citixenf. J Botb of these gen. tremen .wero men of small stature, (no man that bad ever met the glance of Aaron Burr's dark piercing eye-woold'evcr forget , him,) both had belonged to the military family of General Wasb ington. ho, wilb ;Jjis .1 instinctivej insight into character, had early made Jjia election between tbenv acd. w itbdrawn : ii confidence from Burr. Both had distinguished themselves in the baujea of the Hevolution, and both bad received the ver. diet of popular opinjon,--tpnaias a pure, gen. erous. aod.unaiucbing pit riot-tfeeother. ,.ag bold, taleniedupriric4pjedtn4 aspiring man. Hamilton waVaged fort-ievenVben be felL The blood of Ihmilton in' ' hit descendanta still flows' through the veins' ofsonie of the most ele gant ahd refined of our fciijzen ad vanced age desceptled intcV bU solifarygrave un mourned, tifipitied rchildless and.ajone.iii i TT WILL self, at the Court1 Houie, rnHenderwn, IfAtaCfhisa fiwf MArt'v sftaitrWfM,fk " If r' cprember next; the folToWhlff TVarJir Af Lin.l, or to niuch -thereof as wilt saiisrybe; Tafihw, s a double Tr for 1844,' and tbe :conUnsent?cxrenses'of said " WBV U1- IVUIHI ' ill UtHI J t MyerV Heir, on ; the wtri of !Milb. River, 505 Acres, valued at $5,9ft6TtfS:'$'49 UM:.-, -"Mysr's Heirir, 100 Acre, aluJ at $150, on the f Afyer's Heirs, 50 Acres,r ott lbs-wateraj Clear CreekJ" ' V m&Jtt- ' -i - -JLIVING8T0Nh"Kflr, ; . ; llenderaotr County. 1 ' Angost 14V'846rT T,68 w6w'p . jJ3 CoTt. Courtuf Pieaf and Qeaiter Kessiuru, iAugust Tetmr'16461.. Wm K i.;-. i (. Paniel Uurrie and.is'eiirCurriei , ( William Hagerson and wife, and RobettCarris. 'PetMttft& ':&msio&3ofitUut l-Estatet which -MitM Alfi ffjiMr iMMiv V.a; J-JP Ordered, that publication ibe madfl' at the t'ourt House door, and jn-the Ualeigb Register, fbs six weeks, thsl'th Defendants ipwar at the next Terra of mis Ceurt, to be beid at's Vjnurt Houm in the Town of Lumherion.on the fourth Monday in Nuvem ber next; then and there- to plead, answer or demur to the Petition ; Otherwise the same will be taken pro eohfcxso itiii bmtd ex parte. i - ; Wiiocas, Khadracb HowHl. Clerk of said Court, at Office, to Lnmbrion, -tbe fourth Monday in Au- ffuet, A. D., 1846, and of American Indqendencs U7lst-ysaiifcvV'V.i'-; ..-. -- SHD.' HOWELL, C, C. C. gept: 12; 18461 tPrAdvi!5 fi8:)v 75 6w TATE OF KORTH; CAKOLINA, Hssnra- s os tyoosTT-i--Superior Court of Law, Junt n ;ykMary ; Ann" .Ward,; '';.. t " ':!r 'if - Benjamin ,Wsrd --'1 '.. ..", . T j i-i'i-T-i iMiPlwr-'-:. .,' . . . It appearing to ibe satisfaction of ; the 1 C'otrrt, tliaf the defendant, Benjamta.Ward, Uit an inhnbiuuf of ml buteaid tbat process cannot Ite personally served up bim; it w ordered.; .that publication in . m.ll 111 fKji lalifvW FSaMvi.it A .ml ITlfrKlatVfi M.sjn.- " 1 ... ..uw f -. vfm-ftm mwnm . ww ger,; for three month. wmRiandms the said Benja min Ward, to appear at our next Superior Court of Lir, to te nkl lor the tJuunlv ot Henderson, at tba Court Hons in Henderionville, on (be first Monday after lue fourth" Moniday In September eit, theo nd there to plead Uu or answer the said Petition, other wise, lbs same will be heard x parte ; v- . r witness, j. 0.1 uiucKv Uiers:. ot sara i;enrt ai Office, the 4th Monday in June. A. D 1846. ,. .. . a r. JJCGULLICK, Clerk. MEDICAL COLLEdFTHE STATE OF ITPHB Annual Course!, of C'rURES in this tLmLi Institution will commence on the Mcon J Mon day t November, upon the fullHwiiig branches : -ANATOMXVby J. E. Hoibmook. M D. SURGE KY( by E. Gidbi jts, M, D. INSTfTUTBs PRACTICE, ty 8 H. Dica soar Mi D"' -: fi-itu V fjyslOLOGY, by J jr MoctTai a, M.D. MATERM MEDiCA; by Hiaxt R. PaosT, -bBVrETRi8,rryTawAVG.Paio 'CHEMISTRY, by C. V; Satrap, M D EM08TKATOR.8trJctiaKarESSt)M..i. " Tbs Itemonstfator's apartment haa recentlr beta much improved, and will be opened on tbe firrt of November oearlier. under the immediate directioo of Dr.'nireart ? f K l . ' -" A - tCLINICAlmSTRUCTION will be delKerrf at the Marine HotpifaVMlms House, and lo Hospital, to which tbe 8todeuii are admitted (? Students bave access ;to a valuable Medical Library. Good boardmg can be obtained at from three anJ a hahfto four doIUrs per week. n. . ' ... Specimens jn Pathological Arnttorny, and tara)H iatory t will be thankfully teeeted. ; i r For farther information refer; to ?h Annual Cw cnlar of LKe !e4fcw. a iirmrt ti .:- ;H EN K Y il-. FROST. Vtu. . Charletton, Aegont itqr i ; g , 10 w6tr To the nixt or XKt' Ht ions Jdstfce, decea' ed i.Inbeaiterof. William H- Bridge ana Sarah hie Wtfe3obn Justice, William Duoc and EHaabeiH his wife. Warren Durham and NaDcyihiawjfe, Allen Justkie, David Jusucr, : Keziah JuaticevEliaabetb Justice, Sarah J tiee, Allen RobertsiW Nathaniel Robertsortr Stephen-Robertson, David, Robertson, Merrit .brtstn, Vbhh Robertson,- William "TV1?' nVsonatirJ eiizabetb hid1 wif. WHlrant ?Jtrstiee. . ' Claybor' Jostrce; ,Wesleir Edwards and Doll tifliaTtdet Barab bia StepbeaPleaaaEaecutwiirw.r : fStepben Justice, deeeaed---li?nfn I TmTJRSfJANTie aDT Order bftbeapvis Coert yof Nortb Carolroi,' directing mi tttyArt suts to the Court who .were the' children of ? J a-tice, deceased, (a brotber of tbe testator. Stephen, Justice) jiviag st His death of the" said tetai wit, in 18.15, snd whether ssny of tbem are since dead,' end if desd, wbb to or ars tbeir rsonal repre amatjes; t srsasaT sia oTicav io all fore me, at the Office of sakt Count in ths CT 01 Kalelgh, on tbe'second Monday in Msreb tietU in fAntt ttw,.nf tK -III Im, cTeladed from all bn' eEtTS tbe diatribution i of a fondi.ow in ssiJ Court. - - ' - -t m . &i at 1TB i'1 i 1 ., ; , V EDllUriD U- rKJ5Alv, y - - 4-
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