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i r ' TflURSDAt, JUNE 23y I08. ' ; Solomon Graves, Eeq. of Pas well, is a can to represent that district m Confess. Duncan M'Fai land, Esq. we are told is a ' : -i candidate to represent Favetteville dis- Trict i Congress It has ,,, been confidently Stated that Mr, M'FarTantiiada3fitiredlr. rprvae uiai 11 nc wouhj uctumc a caucHuaie, 4at be (M'Farland v would support him. This treachery, ia AjlFarland is perfectly his cha racter, .. . ' - :-r : Ve have, inserted in the last pae, a letter from Paris, which states that our minister Gen. Armstrong is. treated by JJonaparte with riat contempt. . Wejianinot believe that 13 o plparte would treat- any minister with such, fontumely, when the government of that miV nister was so extremely obliging &nd so tame ly submissive as that of tne United Stales ' to France. The news' of the French emperorhaving confiscated all the American property at Hamburg. &c. in consequence of our not de claring imm-diate war agVist- England, is confirmed We publish this day a paragraph from the National intelligencer,-which con tfi-ma it- The Editor of iliat paper, makes bo comments on this violation of justice ; not a simple animadversion, in a government Mirr tins is a very proper course out how d&renUs his conduct, when any encroach jnents are made upon us 1 the English ? The account of the arrival of Mr. Nourse, ij England, the bearer ot dispatches jo our minister theif, and of the abrupt departure of . Geh- Armstrong from Paris, as -stated in this jays paper, wonis ,;onnrmauon. it is soine vhat extraordinaFy, that Mr. Nourse should be detained "at a French port nearly a ; month, then he har( ardersto land Mr. Lewis, and teced immediately for F.nerland. If he had r " , jiotlett Li urient ai me iiaieoi me last accounts fran hurope, it is pretty certain, he has been detained, by, order of- the French government. Hal we are prepared to meet the news of anv . - j outrage from that quarter, With perfect com-' ' l' j ' i V - posure wp nave experienced so mucn ot it offcle, and been taught by the administration tiAear it without even "a murrner, that "no outrage by Bonaparte can astonish us now. jMr. eflerson, in his-answer to an address frm the democratic repubjicans "of Philadel phia, WyVthntth design of those who con- tohe-Embargo la wsy-is-o TOisrepreeut the situation of "the country, to encourage ag j;re.sion from foreign nations. " Our ex pectation is," ton tinucs the .President, " that theTniiaterapered views' will be mjderstood by others, as they are by ourselvfes. But should wr be the consequence of. these delusions, ami the errors Of our dissatisfied citizens find atqiumentWily in the blood of tbefr sounder hretbrtn, we must meet it as an evif neeess:w illy flowing from that liberty of speak'.rig rnd writing which guat'ds our other liberties." The President of the United States,, whose viuvuw uu iutum,uiaie parries, nm inus calumniated.a certain portion of the nrnni h.o do not ftprove of all his measures, and puiniy insinuates tliat they wish atonement in shedding the bloorl of their sounder bre- Uireti meanintc those who annrnve 'nfii Enihargo, &c '-"J . ' of bcin j? prphibited j to Tt ptjted bv General Johnson to inftulre Jnr faf ; rirrrilfc France afterV bavifUr itouched ar En fnd ri,U,,nr,: --I'r " "'"""'i C-T-1 N 1 " -v-r . r , - vu- i cvasiaerauons oi Wbeaton's' KesomtionFw T the infw matlon received - from rnglad .. .ii .ocrcid! respects interesting. Mr. liose cibhed Lonc!on on Jhe' 'iS'dof April, when a vaymn couijcu was immettiately called. The promptness of this proceeding gdvs,Vorablc:Mr. Nourss, thu bearer ,,f patches from. -our government arrived in" London on the 25th ..day, of Aprih A the West London dates do not extend beyoml-Ttie- -"i,u.uc naa not eiapsecl to . learn the im. tiioiinf our. measures drt:iher- British cabt- trie next arrivals may be expected to Jnng something interesting. The informa tmn fromiFrance, stating' ths-de;parture. of Mr. Armstrong from Paris, is too vague .and rneral tQ bc CTtiUed either to milch credit, wtolhrowmuch light .on our affairs with at country. Naithcr the date or causes of departure, or the place of his destina'tion, t mentioned. , lr is possible that it may f,aye arisJrom the-imperial conSrmation of Uie scizmpat Hamhnrn.. cot,i; MWjde ; or it may have?iSen in conse. TOe ot the receipt of dispatches posterior jMepaitu.-e off the Emperor from- Paris? Biayavejnjuced Mr. '"Armstrong to ,w hlmv These are, howeve,r, rffere fcon H nres, vvlttch with a thousand others, may ?'ndu,Sfd n "the cccasion. ' It may ndf, be -useless state, as 'evinc'ivi of fuderprints, representing MrVlArm- aVe been l!'eated in. coptumeli ..utr py .Napojean, that llmt gentleman ttHore-leen Jpyariably; treated with ; i . -etl t,)Re acquainted with his l"ired know -that 'w.a i f,'... Mreatmenr. ' Z 1 p delay ofeOstge in France still re- S. U'.HCconnted for.fce .instriu-.tions anthw"toJa,,1 Mp wis -atL-Qrient, llieapprehension turn to gland, -his is the' j-ecent" ti"eatment of a vessel, havin&r dn board -the familv ftf th Prussian iiriinister, , wliich, ' in consequence of having tmirVicA ii VnrriwA .n from France without permission ha ving been givn to the family Co land, MthoUgh 'at tached; to th minister of a friendly nation. : . , , , :.v Watiohal -.Jfitel- A "letter from " tlvi American Corisuirat Hamburg mentions i iiS; all tbe seizures cf Antdfcan property nia.'.c prior to the 1st Ja- nuarv, 1803. bv the director nf th r..0t. House there,hU)een confirmed byhe Era peror of the French, who - had all the coffee, sugar and cotton hot in a pe- J i ibuauie state, snouiu be transported by land to France. , - Ibid. A report in Philadelphia, sayVthat Con gress are to be immediately called. The United, States' Frigate Chesapeake, Commodore Decatur, got, under "way and anchored in the bite, of- Craney Island on Sunday week last On tbe day following, she sailed on a cruise. Captain Parson?, of the fJverfival 'faciei arrived at New York, is the bearer of dispntcb es frora Mr. PiycKNEY, the American Mini ster in London, to the Secretary of State. The Commissioners for selling; fractional surveys of lands in the state oi'GeorVu, have l ; 1 i i t.. ... . P. been impeached. It is said they have swihd- ieti me scaie out oi iuu,ooo dollars. A Jury of Inquest was .held on iVtcThesday wetk, at the Seven miie Stone oiv the Gbose Creek Road, on the body, of Cotontili QKORcfc Boss, of Cabarras, county, Nort h Carolina, who, on- his return, from Charleston to bis hprne, was found dead in his waggon. The Jury brought in a virdict that tbe ' deceased came to his death by-the- -visitatiori of God, but bis death as hurried' oil by intoxication. Ctutrleston fiuier. The Brawis exported annually, to Portugal, 140,000 bags of cotton ; 25,000 cltess of. su gar; 12,000. sercons 6f indigo ; 1.200,000 hides, with horns and tallow in pibponipn. AH these articles will now exclusively go to England. - IMP()RTANT!. T!ie folivtsmg- information ivas laid befurp t,W underwriters this day, by a resectable -M'sr- ciant oj tins I it'j. " Thatbyiie French Emperor's special or der of the 2rth Januaryjast emanating from himself, not published or ptomulgaif t!; or 'otherwise made known af llaniWnr. "than bv a verbal message Horn tbe French custom- house there to the consignee of the. ship Juniata, of this port, about the 1 5th of Maj;ch, the cargo of this, ship, kvkfi offe rs in a nfiniar predica ment, ivas definiirvrlif lorrjscATFi), and the greater part of it ordered toibejniurfiorted. by tana to raris, to he sold there for consumption. iuiu ioe. u u)nn;u ot prizes was ordered not to take cognizance of any claims for these car-g0'es.-A'rA Wnieriten. . - vment it appears, thXt the informatiori: tipon ..t,jMVu vrcuciitt h,ksuii isuea iis oruers lor military arrangements, pioved to be " uttcrly-false.!'-"--- -- " . . -r,.:r ' Were we disposed toimttate the example of co temporaryjprints, shoulA enlarge upon the" event by whicrV tb preek chWf chose to limit the continuance "the1 pacific conduct' of the nation, But thovgb we expect not any. les sons to emanate from, the present holders of the Floiidas, of a" nature to confism the habits ofrthe Indians in an amicable ' disposilion ; aid althjaigir foreignmtlgursrotless lurkingSm our owrc territories, wl.bKUeonta- ftiwu in ueu among mai power i ui, nation ot savages, we to not think Colbert's, relation, explained in so imperfect a manner, a fit foun datioh'for any further observations to-day. . . (North American.) . In the. cftuntv of Schoharie, at a late stie- riff's sale, horses, horned cattle, farming uten sils, kc to the amount ot 800 dollars, were sold idr ift'f'five dollars : and in Monto-omerv coUnty, upwards of lOObiisnelsof wheat, sciz- " vvvM.iwj ' V. iui Villi " ' 1 1 Li 5 WW nine pence per bushcL e state these tv o in stances, amoh many which We could menti on, as having recentlv taken plade.--Tbev e vince most clearly if not tbe ' pouariti"- 6t Mr. JefTej'sori's Embargo, the teriible tfiects experienced lrom it by-the community. gazette resumed,,! ,M r Story spoke againstthem, Mr.. Bradbury in their ; (avOr. At one ; ,. ' A"t:wbflrn, Stive 16. TfK' County Court was opened here on Monday. Tbe romt consisting of. five -iniii. ces, dismissed the jury notwiilTstawdintr a uiai uockc! otAwo Hundred -causes, was pre pared to nass before thrm. : '" '" , r ot "insensible to the difllchl'liesof-Jthe limes, ana as. anxioujy ie$irous as any ran be to see bur ditiwps just and hbnorttble means, we cannot say we IT'UTC motie '.aopren- ny the county court. The interference of the legislature to ; stay executions upon, security' c i vcn for- the jltaddra 7?rorf.-Capta!n , Hudsoni who arrived this morning, in 42 days from Made'w ra, informs us, that .a fewday previous to bis sailing, the Island of Madeira bud betn restor ed by-the British: to tbe Portuguese goverii--ment.; II states that an . English Cutter had arrived 6 davsfrom England, bi 'inp-uif new orders ii id regulation for that Island ; jn- conscc(v.ence,ot winch, ijenerai Ueresiord fe- stgntfd Ins HUtbO! itv and tbe Palace he had occupied, to t he uew Governor. The English colors M ere taken down and the Portuguese rjiHed at the. forts,... Gen. Beresford was a bout to embark on ixiard a frigate; and it was supposed, would immediately proceed to the Brazils. . . Capt. H. vas also iuformfed by the Ameri tin Consul at Madeira, that-a vessel which had just arrived from "Lisbon had brought in telligence that the King of Snain had been killed, and that Bonaparle Was near Madrid at,' the headd'an army of 8O,00Q men, ..The;. French General at Lisbon had levied a new contribution upon the inhabkants, seized all the provisions in the citv, and dealt them out 1-rttUe .j-opie, with -so sparing a hand, that" many were in reality perishing with hunger. ' .. . Y. Spectator.- Extract of n tetter J'rbm Liverwot, 'dated " A'ini 24. ; . : 1, " Tbe London niarkeffor grain is still very dull; prices have gr:idu-.dly experienced a de- . dine for some weeks p ist, and the farmer prevalent idea that an advance would inke place seems to subside ; but still, if the embar go in Arncrica iouKI be continued, and our West India colonies be s ipplied with"'' provi sions from, the mother counUy, we think it probable tils present prices niay be main tained, with.so.me advance. Salusbf New York wheat to a'ny extent, of any, consequence, rould not be efl'ected at ab'oue lis 6d per 70lbsl - Hat lib one, lutghts and Duncani K ...... Fx tract , oa tetter from r?d.va?im, taa gentle- v;a in this t;ii'n. 'kT-Jpllpvp I.hiwnnf ,Y..ti;rn,1 i'.Ai. !- any of niyter that'on.tfe BebkrPia bank, we were ovcr.-hiUlbdbv a Spanish privateer, under French colors Texamilleci rtHe brig's papers aiij permiuea her t7-iir0ceeu, We was and Mr..Bradburv o'clock the question wqs taken byvyeas snd nays, and decided in the affirm ative Veas 24 6 uuya -Aiaioruv tor th( rpcniiiion it. x C9VNSKLLORS. At 4 .o'clock the House proceeded to the election of Nine Counsellor, vice the geptleraen chosen on Tuesday, whc deJiBedervincrThefolIown had the number of votes affixed to their name Xieorge Cabot .:: , .. .. 275 ':," John C. Jones . . ? 276 . ' i.phraim Spooner 276 '.. . ; Thomas Dwight ; 276 Artemas War-l . . . 276 Benjamin Picbman", ju.n. 274' .V Prentisl Mtllen 276' ' 1 , y , Oliver Fiske , , . . 275 - . The Democratic List consisted of the Couii sellors hi last year, who had 224 votes each' Senators At 5 o'clockthe house prp cceded to'the election of aNatipncl Senator,' as Mr. Adams's term ofseryice expires with? the .3d of March next. r -Hon. James Lloyd, jun. 48 votes . Jp.hn Q. Adams 213 Laban Wheaton, Esq. '1. Communication. - - Ahb;htr; petition from .Granville ccuntyi (publishul in the Kegister of last week) ha4 lately been presented wuhe Governor, in favor of convening the. Legislature to suspend the collection laws .. It win be remembered, that , wl tn the Governor called the attention of the council to this subject some time ago, if.waa, disagreed to by them on'. the ground that there vtsi-e only 4 or 5 petitions in -favor of it. Tt ' was reported, at the time, and has been re peated, that the Governor has avowed his de termination of convening the council (without whose "advice and consent" nothing can "be done) should such a portion Of the state peti- tion iis-would probstbly "have any influence on ' theirdecisionS It is said that not more than 5 or 6 petitions have since been presented,Nand it is not pi-obable the council after refusing to act upon-four petitions at an early ami jnori proper periods will at this time consider six other petitions as an adequate expression of, the public seiitimeht, to require 6r even lustifv their calling the Assembly. As the ijoundV of the decision of the council were published both in the Minerva and in th RpoUok. nJ .. as so few petitions' .bave been since offered, it is qouoitut. whether any thing willbe effect ed. Indeed it would seem 'from this circum stance that the general sense of the state wa opposed to it. - BANKOFCAPE-EEAIL A -dividend of four per cent, on the orio-fc ml Stock bf this Bank is declLired for the six H.bnths ending orithc 30th inst'."&nd the same will be haul at the Bank on the 5ih ' July nest, of any day thereafter, to the Stock- . . A ' litiiacrs or their Attcnies dulv authnrispd. JOHN HOGG, Cashier. Hth June, t 80S. ; , .. cbtrOTrermakmgroper a had previously seen her bring-to "and-"exa-valuation, (which are spoken cf) however mine two Atric'ricart ' brie-s. i'n;.:si'"n"t; oTti neai-it mav aonroarh tn n vr!-.tTof tlii. u,t ' . i- tu ..c 1. ' near it may approach to a violatioti of . the co'nstitutionr which : rrrobibits' ?nv arV" m- pairing the-obligation of contracts'." would yet be infmitely.pt eferable . to the mode of arre$tingjustice. 1 he creditor, now sees him sell barred frorn the recovery of his debt ; the property of his ' debtor pkircd beyond the reach of the Jaw, Vasts before his , eyes. .A further objection to this course-is. that it can not be general through the state, and that' the. same measure 01 justice will uot Je meted out to all ournchizen'r ; forjahil- some roni ts l may follow the example of ours, Others will aim uie superior uourts We nrcsume. - - T" t will certamry not feel tliemseivci at liberty to. suspend tne execution otithe laws. " I f the example' of onrmirt is- like 1 0 be followed by others cf "Perse vet ed in bv oiir own, po creditor should hwhate' to petition the Geyernor for a call cf the Legislature, by. whom no remedy can be saggesfed not preferable to tbe plan we have noticed. " Ah article under the heaJt?f Nashville, fay 12, contain-j detailed omcia"t trorresnondences on the subject o the rumours of a warlike at j tuuue assumed y the, UeJisnnynhtir. FRANKLIN ACADEMY. ,i 1 ne-snnuai lxamiriation ot the btudent4of; ; this Seminary, comnVenced Sn Monday the 6th " inst. and Continued three days. Jt wa attend-" ed by ths Trustees and a iiumerous and .re-:-r spectable assemblage . of ladies and -gentlemen " from various parts.- The Trustees are'hannv in announcing to parents , and gaidians,. and to the ...pubhenn general, that1 in Hg toured of ":r ihe Examinutin, the StUden'.s acquitted tliem' 7 - selves' ill' a manner highly satisfactory to tht . i board, manifesting great assiduity in their liT; luriuy uisuns, wiuic ai uisrae lime, XIU,' . nng the.. session, they have evinced a strict V- oni I. - - r -a-. JHetViL, V ""1Ce torth'-with to -repair to is one circum- itv ,w . i nere niav h "s il sme"what probalde, t hat ' ft maincd at L'Orient under TT "- - .' "- tack upon a "boat near the mouth of Duck ri ver.. -Thes.e nimburs appear to hate been ge- ncay uiuyunueu tr exaggeraieo ; ana u rs 3ii uiai iiicjjurij, Miiitu.HiiiitKcii ineocat,Ti head." In the af ernod1; we . cdme un . with ons ot them. 1 he Polly, irom Charleston, captain. Fat on, also informed us thi-f the pri vateer bad been plundering h:rn of every thins: ke Had on boad that - was .'. v'aln:Mi. rCAptaio E. gave1 a most 'pitiable account of J I his treatment, saying that they' had robbed lum. ot all his charts, books, cloth-s, even to the ha'tfronrbis head, as well as of. 4 negroes, one of them was his own property. We therefore considered ourselves hitrhlv favbr-d in havirtg.been treated sojrjyi, by .these' seaH motisiers. ;iini they cti-en to have ptiinder- cu un, 1. miuuui pronaniy nave lost all" my clotlres, wateh, money, cp ; and to this day e arc noc anie to account ur sparing us. Vessels are dropp tig in here cvefy 4 or 5 days from New Orleans Avlth loads of flour. Tbey come off the pert, and then send, in a deputation to the Governor renuestinr hlm-w Lserlp'. a.girn boat to takethein ! ! Ffoiir is w&rin ai)0ut 25 dollars.? -. -r--:"- - - f- r .... . . . ' Captaifi Tredwell, bf the; En'zabnh, fom' Gibralter, informsT that the British sloop of war Squirrel arrived at Gibralter with infor... jaatjon that a French, ir-wlron of seven sail . lOxafrv Mr. Knur' wUIMt AvUx, VtQ ,"v'ns-Air.Tinckney's dispatch- 7 .V, - . j urnto L'Orient, and take on board Chief said he wished peace, and uould not go - !A,iUtth ' SWal - Arni'stroiirs-disi 1 wUl? thf ffff1? Ms .BoA " " j , iuai 111c hiuiujisj v 111 naumauc the'attack on. the boat, hid not livedr in the nation for ten yearsi and the act was unau thorised by ihe naf ion." This passage is ex-' Rafted frOTWnci;pOTTtf tairSWaonPdc of the-fine amrnity transnoi ts had passed hv .umoroa, supposed to be bourd to Cetta-or AJgcziras. . A Jngatel wis imniediatcfy ; dis patched with infoimationtQ th"eiitish squad roii'off Cadiz. " ' . ' . ..r l:.,.. . conformity to the l;.s of the institution, and a moral deportment irreprcberLtble. At the clb6;fJthe exhibition an anpr'jcriate Address' O 1 behalf ofjhe Trustees, was delivered by .the in leV4 William iLancaster vThe exefcise3 of thcennuing'session wilj commence oln.3Io.nday th"eS27tU irfiC i Thei price tf tuition, boardv Sec as usual; .. "- .,-'- - - By order,' 'i ' . .. . , ''""7;. ' X (; ILL, jun. '5'frVy.A Lomsbnrg. Jun? 20, I 03. ' LOS l OR MISLAID, :. ; ; . A note of hand -for about .171 dollars, giv- ; "en." to me by William Boy lan, some; time inT Februa.ty fast, payable, as well'as I can re collect, in three months----As MK Boylan haa paif meva part, of- this, note and is- about to 'dwhi-geit balance, 4-lbrwarn all persons ; froni trading for it.' T ' :r!::L-: ISAAC HUNTER, sen. ...".- W ae Qtratr Mt22, 1808. 1! ;'". - ; : - Dp. RO BI NSON,' " ' ': CLl: Has-jiist received ,at kfs Ih'opV Hay Streef, Fay etteville, a fresh tid .very general 1 a6ortJ merit of genuine . Medicines', which-I he viH h sell on reasonable terms, - ; ' He hs Castor Oirbv, the dozen, a ouantitv-' . oi .uoia i.eai, mcic -btiver, Aquafortis, strongest Spirit of. Nitre, ajid mostf thTTa- tcnt iMeuicints now m use. . a - ' - ""s""';- '.o' - June 22. - 1 . .. 1 . 'a- I . r : rir ; r " .:', ",""' ' ' -' ', J y ' ' : A M l ot- ?hic i m the neighborhood rr ' t -.. t. w i.oitign, Has ween uncovered, wnenmseu rived from Charleston! that one of. the. French: i as a paintv to: triakeltbe roof of houses' fire privateers tVluch lately sailed from that place, proof; is-wld at the;Mine at ten dollars tbV v. as permuted by the collector to take away barrel of 500 wt. The Editor, "of this pape a till I l.1rOTl CY nvm;ivinnc imj.n 4U. i-'" 1 " Til '- '- . p 1 . . - -i ' --". p-. ' 1 "c.prcieiift:- win conirrct ior tne supply ot r few barr' 1 cruize. . .- ' , 1 Dorins? str-tH." .. . .- -' : - '-.. f ) I o .TV
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