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;...' - . . ' :; .x'.'Afr-.-v?'.-, & v; . . m - I'll1) A TfTii TP-: -"TMftilii A ' nv EDM. B. FREEA AX. A'OTOCATK Will h pf J:r mominff at 2 iO pc SceorifpaynicntwHot 3 Dlta' . ilIron!inUCl ntcl every j annum, in made within until all ar- j are paiK utiles at the option of 'foliar; an.l a failure to notify a lb.!tlnjnec will be coa.4Jerca asanrw of 3r,;pmpnti:. makinir bnb pquare or scent. , tnsrrtf J tlrce timfa for pne Dollar, I'tntT-ficpiits for every subsequent taJ nnm : rnniirtinn. All Jrti-ci--' wilr be (continued imlesa 'herwifc orJcre.!, and ?ach continuance SJCS "vrotn th-f Fnnkiofr. X I 1 v. i fjnimontator. Cat of Tr, VlcTcc. rltbe recent Ocatli of Kbcii'iT ivooeirsoj!, esq. former tnemtier oi tue . Assembly j from ru?scll county, at tlje hand of j Pierce, the I;kt and pn sent mem- i br, Ihs bpf n mentioned in t le papers, urhhiome iailitMO!) to uie bnormities vvbirfi rrrrlured a catastrori he so np- tit in t!iis wix a ft!l siiddei I lit: wit. i nit mi r.:..r and stri- kin.'. Tlif? county court jn; stttintr h ti;cv::!ni- wb'ere the paiiies resid- f! So:nr busniesa called mnrf. The first- objjct u biievv was Kbcrson--who 11.1 r- MMU I hich fixed bv acrree- i " i nevor to r-nt. bad! i'ft be lountv r(!,:ri nm, ibere, writink a! 'he C!r!s table. rirce gaicfi upon Mm, lor a moment, in muro f m a J i astonish- ! r.cu!; thn siuKlcnJy turner and, re tiring bv the Joor, re-a pptn red ii gently at th,e window, benei Roberon ?at, in the pri mer , Kearhincr in,! with ah tvh'cb c? of the a pistol. near ta ire head ofbi victlcn, Pierr- f.rrtL r:.d lo.'eii the conti nts in -his a v - ---- - l,ru , : ihtalshol! Vi'hat moved a r- i lh-'nan, til! then otild hive ever mild, patient, ami rom:iliatorv in itis deport- j meut, to a ileea 01 such suisiinar uar jng? KoOfTlson had violated' the rnarnagebed of Pierce, hh friend itrack at his honor ruined his family planted daggers in his bosom! And, with 'h'r.Tii!ity be it sptken, there w.isiio law in the ! ind for the ade quate punishment of such ati outrage! The fact was notorious, not denied e ven bv tlie offender himself. 4Satis ' faction,' in the way called honora ble.' had been demanded, but not ren dered. The wrong Was irreparable: nn adequate amends cotnai uc maue, The destroyer of his neighbor's peace Ahose unprincipled indiscretion has casta deep shade oer virtues which Eight otherwise have Jbriglitly slioire, u some concession, had agreed to gnforth from that part oftlje countryi to return no more. Yet le did re- tarn; Ac was there the coi sequence Lave been seen. Dr jPierce was re- Quired, bv the ludtrement oi two ma- pstratcs, to give bail for his appear mce at the next circuit coi rt in that taunty, to answ er what might then be presented against him in relation to tie matter. That court wbs in ses con last week: and Pierce li as in at tendince. One indictment airainst "Um for murder, and a- other for man- ilaaghter, were laid before Jary. Having made such tiOa as thev. under their oa he grand n nves tiga- hs, deem- ti proner. thev returned both indict- O'nts into court with their finding endorsed upon each :not a true bill 'not a true bill': atid whatever o- rVion, made upon jviewi merely Janice of the case, and upon theOi- mijuiry, oi ine grunu uiqucsi ur Bl county f the accused Jtands jnstifi- t3 acquited. He appeared in the AiJCmblv vesterdav. and wis aualifi j j , T , f I 3tsthe represcntative'f hjs county; 3, notwithstanding afl that has hap- pQt, may yet be, as(he hiis lierejp- oeen, ja laaiui rcpresepiaiive, a useful member. Two Views TffeUnw'i nd falsel 1iciple or Reduction Both ri (the Tariff and the Ai T.) ad tthat th'extingorlimcnt c f the pub btwill bring4long with it the taction of the Custom-hou?e Duties. Jf only question is, the ub modo. I aiiiuits die IUV ul" - ica rT.'..j 1 i rri.JrAlt 14 we vrojeel of the N.'Y. Tariff Con don, wpu forth in tb'eir Address m I , 2 i t'copleof the Utdtes:-. Ia c .ncludinr this address, we vbitld' take occasion to observe, that the pre- sent posture of the affairs of the United; States impress upon u the necessity of declaring w bat we .believe to.be the .1 -V.I t . i if ! bCHumciii ni menus oi j jvmericaii . V U.llJicaUon in LSoston, I he lol- t,u nappcucu, uu nn uc ycr, industry, in reference to a great qes- fowing paragraph is copied from the "Whose joy was in the wilderness to tion which must, iii a short time,?oc- Massathusetts Journal, a paper edited . br1?"l,lc. . . . , . ! .. .. tt.. ; u.. nri ! nt . . . r i Ine einicult' air of the Jced mountain s : ii i v lilt- :ii i fin mil in i ,iinirri'!t , i. j 1 1 nv i r t -v r ' ft t . r-i f t . n i i to this period, the revenue of the gov- lery,' and an excellent National Re ernment has not exceeded its wants, j publican print. Had the same senti The debt has required a system ofdu-. mentsijt been avowed bv any editors ties that would supply at least 10 mil-? isouth hf the Potomac, what a shout of lions of dollars every year towards, its ; Treason would have been littered a extinguishment. That debt, under j gainst hioi by this patriotic press, the present course of liquidation, will! ; -It,iv better that we remain united soon cease to exist, j The ligation will for a while loneer, in order to see if a then naturally expect .' some 'j reduction better spirit and party may not fjet the of duties. Participating in the com-; upper hand there; but we must avow inon feeling on this subject, .wecannot : that we have been trraduallv brought close this address without respectfully! to feel a degree of indifference in re submitting t. public consideration thej gard to; the union of the States di expediency ofapplying that reduction minished reverence for it as a prima to such commodities as are incapable ry blessing. One thintr we are sure r ........ ... v - . - - - - f w ..... w v U31CI J II II' I III llil ni- I i of being brought within the scope of the protective system; holding it as we do, to be indispensable to the best in-; terests of the American people that that? system should be sustained Jind preser ved, w ithout dimiu ition,in:ts applica tion to every branch of domestic in dustry that may be benefitted by its influence.' This project is anticipated and re futed in thefolloiim remarks made by Mr. McOtHiie at a late meetinsr of "The S.i Carolina State Rights and Free Trade, Association" held ' at Charleston Gov. Hamilton in the Chair. ; ' J . j 1 4.Mr. McDfiie proceeded to praise tin uiagnaniwous spirit of forbearance and conciliation which had marked .lie course of onr delegates at the Philadelphia Anti-Tariff Convention. Of the Convention he said that he en tertained no hope that its efforts would operate a chance in the measures of i the manufacturing majority in ' Con gress. It might, in connection with other causes, serve to induce the man ufacturers to propose a modification of: tbeTariff but what would be the nature of this rtiodifirationf.lt would probably consist in a reduction, of the duties on imports consumed hut no; manufactur ed &l the North, but with i reernrd to the imports crtsitmcd by the South, and riC'.ivzd in exchange for Southern producti: ns I;t? felt assured there would be no reduction of duties -that thes- .vouhl not only be left fully as much burtheued bv taxation as they now an but that eventually thr effort would be made t throw the whob- burthen of i-t;t:! t'xclusivk upon therrt. rhnHtit it likely thre would be a m.ill retluctioo ir.T.tc of the. duty on Sugar that in f:iet th. North never had anv interest iii th?5 dutv. itw.is: originally tnde to influence the vote of Ijotmiann, but that her: vote was no 'onger. necessary to the view of the mauutactufers. If this reduction should be made, it would be us d by the Tariff party in this State, as an ...... idit ihu ix-Ii o ! evsl(m wnnlrl beiven upi and tbuto paralvte the'tance from the chalet before they efforts of the State. ; He coniured Wie friends of the State not to suffer them selves to be cheated in .this manner. He implored them 'as they valued their liberties, to inquire for themselve to exercise a severe scrutiny over the measures of the manufacturing majority in Congress -to regard with the most careful jealousy, all overtures of apparent concession or liberality from that quarter." 3 The modification I proposed by the Tariff Convention, not only leaves th South still oppressed by the Pro tective System, while it allows the ben efit to the Notrh but reduces the duty on luxuries, while it continues it on most of the necessaries of life. It relieves the rich and oppresses the poor. The H. of R- of Tennessee hive adopted tbe" following Resolution, which has been transmitted to the Senate for their concurrence: "Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Rep resentatives be requested to use their best exertions, to procure such a re- . .?..!fl. ., iUr hpad. ot the sicht of vision and . reduction 01 me exisung. vision auu rcu m .? , Tariff duties ol tne u. owi, wiiifjn...u.v. ; " u:, 011 the oavment and discharge of the natiopal debt, reduce tbe same to the standard of necessarr revenue, and 'the encouragcmcjpj? df 6ucb domestic ' ' ' ' ' - ' -mme. ir.anufictures alone, ns are inJisptnsa- ble to!bur national independence." j i Richt Una. j t i ' From th - f - e New Hampshire Patiiot. of; so long as the fierce ambition of a PAKT to govern the whole shall con- tinue, . the Union cannot be happy, nor for any. length of time beneficial. II there?; be anv thine worse than for . i? enemieS;to be apart and at war, it is, for them to he together in forced jriauhhip. Jin acknowledgment. In reply to Mr. Pre NCH, who proposed in the Tariff Convention at New York, that Congress should be petitioned to ap propriate. the surplus tund to the pur chase of slaves for emancipation, Mr. IGER8pLL -denounced the proposal as one j'of great iniustice to the peo ple of the Sonth -and said that it would be a flatrrant breach of the Constitution tito afftr to purchase slaves ffom our ft llowrcitizrns o f the SouthtWnil THEIR OWN MONEY." Is not this an admission by a leading Tariff champion that the Souih pavs the taxjtiy which the monopolists are enriched? Is it less unconstitutional and unjust to take the money of th' South for the benefit of the Northern Manufacturers', than' to take itfor the Southerjn Negroes? The. only diff r- ence is, mat the i arimtes unnr that thh! South may submit to the for- iDer but they know that the South .I -;;. will uof.suhmit to the latter. If Charleston Evening Post. LoifriChtld nestorev. An event which : occurred near Briaucon will cive sorrje notion of the incidents which emblazon the mountain' life and field sports in the regions of the Alps. ! A peasant, with his wife aad threo children1, had takn up hi summpr quarters in a chalet, and was depas-tnnop-bU flocks on one of the rich Aln which overhanc the Durance. The oldest boy was an idiot abou eicbt vears ol ace, the second was five vears old. and dumb, Pid the vonncrest was an infant I? so hap pened! that the infant was left one morriing in charge of his brothers, and the ithree had rambled some dis- were missed. When the mother went in search of the little wanderers, she found the two elder but could disco ver no traces of the baby. The idiot bov seemed to be in a t.ansport ofjoy; while the dumb child displayed every symptom of alarm j and terror. In vain did the terrified parent endeavor to collect what had become of the lost infant. The antics of the one, and the fright of the other, explained nothing The dumb boy was almost bereft of his senses, while the idiot ap peared to have acquired an unusual degree of mirth and expression. He danced;:; about, laughed and made gesticulations as if he were imitating the actions of one who had caught up something of which he Was fond, and hugged ;i to his heart. This, howev er, was of some slight comfort to the poor woman; for she imagined that some acquaintance had fallen in with the children, and had taken away the infant..; . But the day and night wore away, and no tidings'of the lost child. On the'; morrow, when the parents were pursuine their search, an eagle uw ' , . . . . . tU ' : j:ftt rtnwrA his antics, and the dumb boy clung to his lamer, with shrieks of anguish and affright. The horrible troth then burst upon their minds, tl?at the miserable infcnl had been carried off in the talons of a bird of prey, and the half-witted elder brother was delighted at his riddance pf an object of whom he was jealous. On the morning on which the 01J j F ' l.J U' nau uccii v.m;miig near uu eagie & i seat, undei the hope of shooting the j bird upon her return to her nest. -The f yager waiting in all the anxious per-; uMv.sutisiucii, ycuciu s me monster siowiy winging ner way towards the rock, behind which , he j was concealed. Imagine his horror, when, upon her nearer approach, he heard ithe cries and distinguished the figure of an infant in her fatal trrasp. In an instant his resolution was form edto fire at the bird, at all haxards, he moment she should alight upon her nest and. rather to kill the child, than leave it to be torn to pieces by the horrid devourer. With a silent prayer and a steady aim, the moun- aineer poised his rifle. The ball went directly through $ the head or heart of the eagle, and in -a minute af terward, the gallant hunter of the Alps had the unutterable delight of snatch ing thechild from the nest, and bear ing it away in triumph. It was dread- hilly wounded in one of its arms and sides; but not mortally;- and within twenty-fou r hours after it was first mis sed, he had the satisfaction of restor ing it to its mother's arms, I Gilley's JVatdensian Researches. The Life of a Physician. -There are few medical men who will not be ready to assent to the accuracy-of the following sketch. It is drawn by one, who is represented j to have attained eminence in the profession, but who is dirous of dissuading bis nephew from pursuing i 4 Of all professions, that of medi- Tuie is the ujost anxious, the most dis gustful, the most thankless. Forced to humor the capricious, to soothe the fritable, to persnrfe the headstrong, to'roingle in scenes, which even famil iarity cannot divest of their loath someness; to feel the gnawing of anx iety, when fathers, husbands, and brothers confide their dearest interests to your skill still more, when with the life ofyour patient your own rep utation lies at stake and then, When all is done that man can do, to have your services requited with a grudging hand, and unthankful heart,-r-such the life of a physician! Nay, even in the eyes of those, who should know how to appreciate your merits, you, will find that the discharge of the pe cuniary debt cancels all obligation. As if monev could repay such servi ces as ours! Remember Jpremy, I speak of the better '(would; I could say the trreater!) part of the profession, for, as' for those whose onlv object is to earn a liviner, who would draw the last drop from the veins of their vic tim, could they but coin it into gold- Nephew! a quack you shall not be! I will bury you with this hand firt! 44 Believe me, this is no fanciful picture. If vou have genius, if you 1 . be of an impatient -temper, it your impaurni it-mu., . ac-j character be proud and bnaiiy sensi , no6f country. Poor Europe seem tive, I warn you study not medicine. ; deglmed to become a prey of war, dis, Yet I repeat as far as concerns myself, ; CQrd and yi phremv, and to com I have no, objection; I am willing to neaH a, of bcr nnabitahts lrt instruct you; Duiweignwcu uuw j"" ao isi jru fcpCui, "..v.. ..r,. lance win iiviui yuu ..yim4. .Tmimal of Health. Proof o f Death. A subscriber to one of the Eastern papers, a few years ao-o, being sadly in arrears for the same, promised the Editor that, if his life was spared to a certain day, he would, without fail discharge his bill. The day passed and the bill was not paid. The natural conclusion, there fore, was, that the man was dead. Prpceeding on this conclusion, the Editor, in bis next paper, placed the name of the delinquent under his obit uary head, with the attending cjreum $tances of time and place. Pretty enon after his announcement, the sub- " . , . . jectof it appeared to the Ed.tor, , with the pale cbastly countenance as cribed to appsritions, but with a face as rect a scufiL. .- - WHOLE NO. 144 other apparitions, wait to be first spo ten to, nit broke silencer 44 What the Sir do you mean, by publishinpf my death? Whv sir, the same that I mean, by publishing the death of anv other person viz: to let the world know that you were dead." " Well, but I am 'not dead!" Not dead!" then it is Vour own fault, for vou told j ; - tf . ' r me VOU Would nositivplv nov m htr L- i r. v l"V J sucn a day it you lived till that time, The day is past, the bill is not paid and you positively must be dead, for I will' not believe you would forfeit vour wura; . i see you 'nave pot ruunu me,, oir. runor out say no more about it, here is the moneyt And harkee, you wag, just contra- diet my death next week, will you?' 44 O certainly, sir, just to please-you though, upon my word, I can't help thinking you died at the time specified, and that you1 have merely comeback to pay this bill on account j v r tt i . t of your friendship for me." ; The following parar- graph is extracted from Governor Pope's Message to the Legislature of Arkansas, j 4 It is confidently believed, that nothing has conducted more to dis turb the public pence, and impair the security of human life, ihan the miti gation of murder to manslaughter, ii cases of ordiaary provrw n'on, or sud den heat of passion. Men should bo taught to bridle their passion?, wheri life is at stake, and ho excuse for $hedv ding blood should be received, but that of necessity. The distinction "bev tween murder and voluntary many slaughter,: should be abwlishc d in alf cases where a dirk, pistoi. e other deadly weapon is used, except m ner I cessaryi self-defence. If a lew cases of extraordinary provocation might form reasonable exceptions of tho general rule, it would be better to leave them to the consideration of th Executive under the influence of pub lic opinion generally inclined fo-tho side of 'mercy than to destroy that rule which has been found necessary in all ages to the security of huR arj life. Should the General Assembly deem it improper or inexpedient tg change the law to the extent sugges ted I trust you will adopt the rulo proposed, so as to reach alb cases of homicide perpetrated by dirk; pistol or , . I 'J' II ' ; . 01 ner aeaqiy weapon, except in case$ of necessary Felf-defence, otherwise wo shall soon; become as jfamou Ybr u-? sing secret daggers as the. Spaniard? have been! for the ! use of the stijetto. A man, conscious of his ow n integrity pfpurpWe, unless he has specfa' rea-' son to apprehend danger, ouht nor to carry tut h ' weapop, in 1 be riyiTinqJ social walks of life! n,nd he who wears them, should b- ?eld 10 a rigid acy cuntability, fo; !ieir use." The nation. followiifC compliment to onr is contained in a letter written by a ' K us s i ft t ; c C great St. Pel rsburii a r.- dist.ir.ction at r ri ant ol this city, "dateti Stpt. 2d, .1831. f Po&t. o 'The concurrinir events of every bere, fcv day, increase our interest t 1(. nriln.1. ;. . , nr -m1. Uant cros$ tbe Atlantic to vour peacefut j shores. ! xvussia is the only country that anords a prctpect of future tran- -i. . i, f Commerce of iVc wr Yorlc. The Daily Advertiser , of N. York, of Wednesday last, contains a list of all the vessels in that port on the 15tb inst. -They amonnt to, the prodigious number of 585; namely, 66 ships! 87 brigs, 97 topsail schrs., fore and aft schrs. and216 sloops, Judge Mar shall. udge MaU SHALlf arrived in: Richmond in tl 2 Steamboat on Tuesday ight, tnnk his seat on the Bench of the Fed- ral Conrt on neonesiuay. ine inriiT is nearly entirely recovered WfcJeflfe, f lbe operatic-and his general! health appears inJ every' respect to be very njucn improve
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