Yet' the monev" placed in the hands
of Mr: Brent in 1816 for paYin.b0u-
ties and premiums for that yedrwuiot
considered by Mr. Calhoun as a part pf
the available funds from which bounties
and premiums otald bepaid ingai8 j
fbrufhte l6tte;tdf;the ri8th:oifDedemr
bery l8mbehairmanethe Comf
inittei 'ofWajS aftdMeanshe says,
The appropriation ' for, bounties and
premiums for the year, 1 81 7 Avas imade
on a supposition thatTfivehurfr
,5dred men6uld?;be recruited fwifhiE
the Tr ifbu t a? more; than three thou
sand men will have been recruited with?
in that period, the appropriation will
. necessarily bfe cleficientfr and as the
discharges trom tne
rlKnhl v he eflual ta those ma81 and
Tear 1818, and make H 44;0)d dollars
instead of 32,000, as stated yi the gen :
i oiiA " 1 Tail the money in the
hands of Mr. Brent been considered as j
within the reach of. Mr. Ualhounior tne
payment of bounties and premiums in
icir: this increase ,01 appronnauon
would not have been asken Tor oy mm,
nor granted by Congress if it had been
asked for. At this tim4ioweyervMr.
....Kf,.-. ... .
Uainoun nau imi uiuuc uw
discover v of refunding ih settlement of
accovnt only. , i x ' r - ' ,
r Much has beeri affected" by the. ma
gic pen -of the Second Auditotj hut
fiomething rernaiS yet ito be dbne.
More entries must be made Upon his
books.. From his statement it-appears
that ho more' than 34,125 dollars, were
in the hands of I'the Secretary of Wa
applicable to the? ; expenses of recruit
ing, (exclusive of bounties and premi
ums) as for quarters; fueUstiJiw, bunks
&c. -This was the sum appropriated
by Congress Tor these, expenses for
1,500 recruits, and would answer for
no more. l,7tl j-ecruits, 4therefore,
must have remained without fuel, straw,
bunks, i &c. if a part of the surplus a
vailable for bounties and premiums, say
gS9,03ir 63, had not been carried to
the' aid of this f appropriation, which
:.'inust;liave:l&eeh 'done, although we can?
jiot discover by what authority as the
appropriaftonVfor bou nties4 ancl premi
urns, and the appropriation s for- tlie o-
ther expenses o'f recruiting,1 were made
under distinct heads, and the accounts
under them so kept; as appears by the
According to
the r Auditor's state
in the hands of the
ment, there was
Secretary of War, for the payment of
counties ana premiums, 100 u .
deduct from; this bounties and pre
miums for 3,21 1 recruits, at gl4 each,
g44,95 1-and a surplus is left of 46,
179 03., ; l .' 'Vv- '; ;r'H?'l
The sum necessary for the expenses
of recruiting 3211 men, for quarters',
fuel, straw, bunks, &c. .at S22 7H
each, amounts to 873,1 62 63. The
sum abbticable tp this expense, as by
v the Auditor's statement, is g34,125,
shewing a deficit of 839,037 63, which
must have been takn from & ? surplus
above stated an d woul d still leave a
balance ot that surplus of S7, 141 40.
When these entries shall be duly
. made, welmay possibly have another
' report, that the account of expenses for
fuel, straw,' bunks, &c fbr 1820,' is
closed by changing it with a part of the
urplus on tliej account jof bounties and
premiums say S9,020 $8 and xredi
" ting bounties and'" premiums with -an
equal i amount, by which, transaction
(as tlie Auditor would say) bounties
and premiums will receive a credit on
his booksr w16 fuey strawy and bunks
will be debited. j -Arid this sum, thus
credited, may again be considered as
- available funds in the hands of tlie Sec-
retary jof? War, hfbrF the payment of
bounties anq premiums. .
. It is'not'Seasy, to'fe' a limit, .to 'the. ef-
ions oi tins new
ly discovered princi
pl6f of refun
in i settlement ot; ac -will,
unless 7 cheicked
count
only? Jt
by Congress, jgive! an impetris; to the
operations of our Derrtmehtssjiii;as
was given to our Banks by the suspen
sion of specie payments.
The Ilousfi of Representatives -had
called for information as to the num-
ber of men recruited1 in 1 8gpf;and'-ir'
to the fund from whitlii thef expends
" ofreci'nitlnir' had breil paid. Mr.
anatory note, snouiu
in direct terms, the
the fe35.364 65 was
hive espressejl,
fand from which
obtained, ami not have
cals to Mohfttcture that
left the Rndi
it came from
the dead. : s"T-M',-:nJ! V"; r.',:V.vi-;
One object offhel House, in calling
upon the tSefcrefnry for 'this 'iliforma-
tioh, evidently was to ascertain how
f;tr, in applying this money, he had
conformed , to the laws regulating tlie
TrsuryJt''VVar and ' Navy j Depart-
men ts! 'Butfif infbrmation more ex
t plicit could not be optairied j-it was in
. vain to pursue the inqidiy v N 7
As the inost enectnali meansot re-
OUClDg
the expense of the recruiting
service, and other enormous expenses
of thef Army Congress ;iesolved to 'jer
duc the Army itsdfVil
cruiting sei-vice in 1820 was pressed by
the Setretaryonfthe one-handjhn the
tth'eri-;h
riience to a resolution pf the House of
;ltepresentativesilbrfreducing tlielr
my to 6W)0?men And he ' Secretary
of tlie Treasury iwas ; bbrrowino; three
afcorresponaenx iiumi ."r
therefore required, it atl proper
in this -annropnations tor the
mil !ionsxf glollarto meet! thellmme
; VVhen'r'. the rmf itm$
reducedlin
1 821 Congress were obi
jred to tnakc
the following appropriation for three
j months " gratuitous . nay for disbanded
officers and soldiers',-fiiri
udin? travel-
ling allowances for the
thouiandtdollafs. H i
same t s
Asthelfuctip
a! most exel usivelyyupon th e rank 'and
liie, ; lew ouicersrreceivea
this appropriim;f 4n d,
anpartof
n no;more
itheJpreced-
men naq neen recruiTea in
ins four years, than Con
ss intended
a very smal I portion ?oft
s appropna-
tion would have been wanted;
:? e contests betweie;nl;the: Secretary
Of Var, and:t!Vewo .H?iife"e6FfvCoiif;
gres have been fretju
oui ; he stniggling'ta tlra w money, mo
ney, more nncfrom JtWe-Treasury
for the use of his ' Department, & they
to retain -it for other pu rposes. If, iii
all this, the Secretary has been riffht '&
be'eonsidered as'unfortunate, that they
Hlfl Tinf. ' in fliP VPar 1 ROhl I hnrrnw bit
borrow six
millions ot dollars instead nt thrp. Rr
in the : year 1821, ten millions instead
. 0f five. Then our peace establishment
ten thou-
. . . , . .. 1 - '
j auu ine,ii 5 our armvremoveu luuumnes
t further into the wilderness, from Coun-
cil Bluffs to Yellow Stone jriver : Then
we might have recruited nye thousand
men every vear : and eveitv vear have
expended two or three huhdreu thousand
dollars .upon Rip Rap contracts. '
T7IROM the subscriber about the 1st inst- in
; tlie city of RaleiHi N. C. a likely bright
mulatto g-iri named B AT? BAR Y, about sixteen
years of ae, spare made, bushy head of hair,
and carried o a bundle of clothes. I think it
probable ! she went off towards TTarborouh,
N. C. or in some one of the stages under the
protection of some white pers on or persons,
and very probable she may hs.ve a free pass.
I will give a reasonable rewj.rd for her ap
prehension, so that I get: her again.
ROBER'
CANNON.
January 15, 1 824.
18-3 w.
N. B. As the mother of Barbary lives in
Martin county, she may travel
lhat course.
Messrs , Tames D. Newsum, Wm. Ashlev'i
Fanning: Jones, Wm. Crenshaw, Jno.W. Pul
len, Young--W. Ailen, Littleton L,. Aycock or
Wm, Spain, Dr. Rrodie, Dr. Kidlev, and Dr.
Younir TAKE NOTICE, that on Wednes
day, the 28th of this month at
the Jail in the
application, a
: benefit of the
City of Raleiffh, I '-shall make
ereeablv to law, to take th
Acts of Assembly for the relief' of Insolvent
Debtors : at which time and
place you may
attend; if vou tliink proper.
JOHN RHODES.
Jan. 15, 1824,
18 It
TJ'N
IV c
ERED on the ray Books of Wake
County, on the"10th instant, bv James
Busbee; who lives ten miles east, of Raleigh,
a certain Bay-Horse, with bbth ot his hc
feet white, a small star: in hi;
s forehead, his
eyes thought not to be jrood,
our feet eleven
fi ve years old,
valued to thir-
inches high ; supposed to be
shoi befijre ;
T it TT 1
; which Stray is
- r ? . -. Ii i
ty. dollars.
' i ! " MFJRIT DILLIARD, Rang-er.
. January 12.
18 3t
State
of. North-Carolina-JMpntgomery
fO-' County.
rgAKEN UP on the 16th day of November
S : 1823, bv Emah llmson,
raa leadiner irom sausnurv to Aiienton. a-
1 M A. I J till
bout eight miles from ji the latter place, one
Sorrel Mare with all four fee
ihe knee, and a white nose,
t white near, to
also her under
lip- is.'wiiite, ner near eye in
dining: to be a
glass-eye j . somewhat marked with the gear,
and a spot on her backj! just bVhind the wea
theTsthat is mixed with whi te hairs. Sup
posed to be four or five: years old next spring.
tour feet seven inches and a hah high. ? Ap
praisea to torty donars.
fy j i RICHARD
; ; January 8. s
STOKER, Ranger.
18w3t
ND committed to the Jaill of this Countv.
on the 21st of October la$t, a Nccto Bov
named BEN, about 12 or 14 years old, yellow
complected ; says that he belongs to James
Gillum of Lynchburg, Va. The owner is re
quested to come . forward, prove property,
pav charges and take him awsy. . ,
t ' .... -; S. GEREN, Jailor..
Greensboro, N. C. Nov. 29. I 7 law3m
Stale of oxtOTqVipi;
77 V-;?.;.n.dolph;iCou ''"
''-i Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
; j j November Term, 1823. S '7
James Wilson, sen. Original attachment.
j J ' v. Henj. jumon siimmon-
James AV'son, jun.A e'tl as garnishee.
X T appearing to the Cbiirt that the
1- Pefendant , in this case is -not an in
Jiabxlivnt -of this State; it is ordered that
publication be made for six weeks in the Mu
leiirh I Register, giving ilotice to the said De
fendant to apjear at the next Court of Pie
and Quarter Sessions to be held for- said
County on the' first Monday of February next,
and replevy, plead to issue, or demur, jother
wise judgment final will be lentered again ?
Pr. adv. 2, " - --r-i
TJ AN AWAY from the subs cribey, on the
IjiXIGth: day of November past, a Negro
Man yarned HARDY, about S 5 years of age,
of small stature, is lame in the; right hip wlncti
makes his right leg appear shorter thaii the
other j hasa scar near .tlie mould of his head
about the she of a dollars " I, purchased said
fellow of Ir.-Mayv who bougltthim of Mr.
Umpbrie8 m4PnsloWcountyfor which place
1 expect lie is making his way, . - ; . ' '
I he above reward ot ten dollars wjll be gi
ty, N.C.i
iQHtttSINCLAiR; Sen
January V,'
; 1 ti. ..;
ven '.to anv -nerson that will mvnrehend the !
anA ?zx JTc. H-'VJ rr:i ;.rrr;ness tntne ueciaranon (mis is uie ex
aaid negro and confine him, many lail within i a- - -j. . L -t ' . - : A(
this State,; or twenty doU
the subscreT near MiltoniUe, A
t:-vJ'.l"--- .- Hqrrt7, a ?r.te8ident Spy'f-oothft ii Piigai Amihistration, with "tnousaTku
CtE2SG2HT:-XISC3(35r,!t tumid : bartv. or iji-oVriat ffiean" Vet: tri$ui-. the, sumn of;
We remind our ; fel I o wci tizens that
Montla ri!xf is! thedafiiel3;bylw
for ;jtle;eTectionW
Gommis'sioners -of the Ci ty.; ' As; the
od'loftl er thgr prudent rnianagemleht
of its ncerns land perhaps the? gobb
healthjof the city," will depend on the
proper choice of! theseofficei ii vvbuld
beVUi-tVrfv diatattention to the
lection which ift impbrtahce deserves.
Tlie Charleston Courier, a paper
which supports fhe claims of Mr Cal
houn! for the Presidency, but always
with moderation! and decency, has; the
following remark in the last number--'"We
have seen a pamphlet, under the
signature of Catoliha addressed to the
people of .orthj-CarolinaV . contrasting
tfifeclaims nd merits of Mr. Crawford,
and IVtr. Calhoun, and seeking to ob
tain the votes of that State for the lat
ter gentleman, j Acquiescing entirely
in the eulogy passed upon Mr. Cal
houn's career, We cannot indulire the
hope after - the j legislature caucus at
Raleigh that- he can succeed in that
Sjate."
are pleased to hear that the
Trustees of our University, lately ap
propijiated thre thousand dollars for
the prchasejofla Philosopjiical Appa
ratusrfpr. theuse) of the Institution and
a like sum for tlfe increase of its Pub
lic Library. J ; '
Such liberality on the part of its
Trustees towards our University, will
Soon render it second to few Col eges
in th0 Union. We are glad to find that
the number of it I itudents continues to
increase. H j 'I
Bank DrviDENns.--rThe President
and directors of jthe Bank qf the; Unit
ed States, hayje (declareda dividend of
two and a half per cent, on the Capi
tal Stock for the! last six months. I
The President and Directors of the
Bank of Virginia have declared a divi
dend of three pejr cent, for the last half
year, subject to 'k deduction of one and
a quarter for the bonus to the Com
monweal tli. f i I
NThe President and Directors of the
Farmers' Bank
1 ; r
have declared a divi
cent. for 1 the last six
(lena oi, two .per
montns, wimouTi any aeauction. i
The Bank of (Cape-Fear has declar
ed a dividend of thriee per cent ; and
the Bank of Newbern, four per cent.
for the last half
lyear. ; 1
On Tuesday last Richard Allison of
Statesville in Iredell County, was ad
mitted to the practice of Law in the
Superior Courts of j this State :j and
James M 'Lol land of the same place ob
tained County Cfouri licence.
The TreasuryjEstimates wereyester
dav! sent in to Congress, being a week
earlier than they were sent in the last
year." The writers of letters to distant
places, tnereiorej, can no longer repre
sent Mr. Cravf)rp's recovery as hope
less. JUtm. JUt
Juatest from Ensrfahd. --London dates "to
the 3d December, have been received at N.
York. The general aspect of the news leaves
room yet; to doubt ikhat, are really the views
ot xne vonxmentai jrowers m relation to xne
States of South-Arrjerica.
-, Tor the Raleigh Register.
Messrs! GaiIes & x Son Nothing
short of the denial of common justice,
by the Junior Editor of the Star, in re
fusing nie the privilege of his paper to
repel an unmerited and illiberal at
tack of one of his correspondents, could
have induced he, at this time,to re
quest the favor bf you, to give the in
closed article a tolace in vour naner
I am sorry to be hinder tfie necessity of
borrowing your (weapons to supply the
place of those, the active Editor of the
Star should have been nrompt in ten-
dering.
way to
its1 feet
lish fa
But he clearly saw the only
keep his jricketty bantling upon
was to xcl u die facts' ; to pub
se inferences from his state cor
respondents ; ami copious extracts from
i 1. 1 . . a-l:i. . .... 'Ji.i;
nigniy Trsprcian$.r. geniiemen rehiuni
and the rapid strides Mr. Calhoun was
making to ascend the Presidential chair
but alas ! Siinonths of, active elec
tioneering; have passed away, and we
find him at the dame point, at which he
first started supported by South-Carolina
single haricied. ' A
To shew the boasted " liberality', of
this Editor, and that tlie public may
fairly judge of his one-sidea conduct,
it jhray ; be necessary to furnish-a1 short
statement f of .the tacts, precedinhis
refusal to publish the accompanying ar
ticle. i i;v;;i; "
'You well recollect the Tact ..of the
friends of Mr. Oalhouh claiming a vie
tory in the appoiptment of the Speaker 5
I to; this, I demurred,? and haying occasion
to write to a friend in Richmond, en
tered my.: protest, "against the correct-;
by supposing thd paragraph to be writ
m New-Yprk Washington CityV and
Milledgevijle j - 4ll.;.l going toproye the
decline of Mr. Crawford's popularity,
ten by a cousin-gennan cf ' Mr. Craw-
ftelings iiilirHoinde
as stated b.ht(IoppoAimn:dpMt'
theBubject xm its tnieBVOTie
iuiiur9 wuu iias nerp wiorjB ueen. no par
tyanljthe casecomeliout mtJa his re-
joindery ih wh;ch z he asks the. irespon-
ueni a numoer 01 qn esu z n s , aim warm
ly puse theauseTo
hnian,5 but refuses to receive the re
butter, For the . plausible reason" that it
woiua pot necome mm xo enter into;
controtersy with an " Anonymous wri-
ter." -;V 4 j-;
: For the Raleigh Star. -
, Mksshs. Editobs -You must excuse me
for the frankness with which I address you,
and the freedom of my expression 5 the cause
requires; -and your .conduct invites it, there
fore, v think me not your enemy, because I
tell you the truth." , . . .... : :
If my drafts have been larger and more re
peated upon your. liberality and impartial
feelings" than any of your other correspon
dents, it has been the result pf necessity, not
of choice, r springing,frpn acts of your own
creation. And however much,'! I might be
disposed to acknowledge myt obligation, your
demand would be ..dimin ishec I, by continually
proclaiming " from the house 1 top," how
greatly I am your debtor. '"
Surely you claim no credit for permitting
me to j correct an error into which your friend
A" (as- you confess) had fallen, and still
less should you do so, for aiding me to re
pel the unmerited attack of, A Native Car
olinian." Jt would have been the height of
inmstice m you, to have opened your co
lumns to him, for attack: while you refused
them to me, for defence. ' J j( .
If the scenes which have been acted before.
your own ; eyes, in which you nave played a
part, are not sufficient to convince you that
Mr. Crawrord had a majonty, and an impos
ing one too, over the coalition, in our state
Legislature, I feel confident, that no argu
ment I can use will have that efFect-if you
are not convinced, it is noti fori the want'bf
light, but because yoii are resolved to remain
in darkness. . t '.A? 7.. ' : V1
You enquire what replyI will make,1 when
you;nform me, that ther Native Carolinian"
voted for your opponents r It doca not re
quire j much depth of thought to furnish the
answer. Finding the current set so strongly
against "you, and that his vote would avail
nothing, he zhrev it arway upon Gales 8c. Son,
to furnish his party with ari onportunitv of
saying, "the election did not turn solely up
on the Presidential question" and vou have
availed yourselves of it. j '
Messrs. Editors. I am readv to admit, for I
did not; behave, that any question occUred
during the last Session of the Legislature, on.
which the whole force of the different par
ties was regularly marshaled. , But there is
such a positive coincidence on two facts, lntw
mately connected with each other, as to af
ford strong reason to believe there were very j
tew who left -'their own ranks. In the ap
pointment of Public Printer, by joint ballot,
Gales & Son had 118, Bell & Lawrence 70 ;
upon the indefinite postponement of Mr. Fish
er's decorous preamble and resolutionsr the
votesi were for postponing) 82, against 46.
Let us try this by the rule of proportion, and
find the result. 'If 118 give 70,
wnat wiu
result shews
pretty much
give f The answer . is 48: this
xnai xne true qaesxions xurnea
upon the same principle ; and that the Caroli
man" was perhaps . the on
; v i !t m .a:
ran ics u. . , . . ; . r
i , ' -
y suumer in xne
Is candour so rare a commodity .among your
corresnbn dents that . mv ownine thie fex-
tract," should induce you toj break out in the
following exclamation " he w candid enough
to acknowledge himself the author I" In
deed, Sirs, I deserve, no credit for the bon
fessioif ; I had advanced hot lung but the truth,
and it did not require much firmness tti admit
that. h While I congratulate! you , from this
symptom ; of your returning reason, modera
tion and accustomed good sense I-am con
strained to pity vou, in being compelled to
resort, to i the little subterfuges of appealing
to. honor able men and ojfi eta it chara r'ers, such
as
tt
A and Carolinian," to vouch fori you
and
to substitute, for argument or fact state
phrases, or unmeaning terms. ; If you knew
it, every turn has its opposite, as light, darkness-
truth, falsehdbd, economy, extrava
gance, Radical, Prodigal ! dont be alarmed,
Gentlemen, I am not mad,- f but speak forth
the -(Words', of tnith andSbberness," iit then
follows, of course, if yotf and your part'- are
" anti-radical, you are prodigal. ! The people
will judge between U3 and say who shall man
age i their. affairs,i the prodigal you support,
who will squander their money ; ' the hard
earnings of the laborious planter, upon his
parasites, and in ostentatious magnificence ;;
or the radical who will exact accountability
and responsibility from your officers a rigid
enforcement of the laws, a hrigilant watclifiiK
ness over your liberties and a due regard for
your interest and comfort j L . j ;;
Ypur, remarks are evidently 1 the efTeryes-
ence ot a disturoea mind ;i is it passible to
furnish a stronger evidence than that you
should condemn the friends ofj Mr. Crawford
for putting forth their strength to accomplish
the object of their desire ; jor censure an in
dividual for an act which was t6 repose a sis-;
ter state, and promote " the welfare of the
Union ?" Your , object from the first (Mr;
La. .win rccouect i xoia nim iour momns
since) has been to produce dis-union in , the
Republican ranks to sow the seedof discord-
among the states to prevent an elec
tion by the people through the means of
their, electors and have fc glorious scuffle
for the Presidency in the House of Represen
tatives this yoil know is the on'.y hope for
your favorite candidate, an I you are disposed
to act over again the scene of 1801---you are
willing to disappoint the views! and wishes "of
the people, by suttering a small minority to
appoint the Chief Magistrates of the' nation':
These are the true reasons which draw down
your heavy denunciations Rjrainst a Congres
sional Caucus. You pretend to peieartul
of trustine 120 members. xl of Congress : to
make a nomination, which) may either be re
ceived or reiected, least they should act un
der the influence of conptidn r btle you
are perfectly willing to trust 30 or 40pf these
same members to make , af President rYou
coxhej out under the specious garb of being
the people friend you arrogate to ; vour
seives ana. parxy, xne nonoraoie uxie 01 ine
champion of the people's rights- Away-with
such stuff.. The Ass brayjed, though c6ver
ed with the Lion's skin; and the .mask you
have put on, is too thin 'lo, cover yonr defbr
mity . The dust, vou havfepfabed will soon
subside, and the' people then judge' who
are their real fViemls. You wXo ar in favor
1 Frenem ii tavomcsmi - ana raxteiunsr upon.
hlie TabouiW 'fef thpOor i?r thoe Vho arg;
nteepfRjrthsbuwemcnts of th govern
happv':andlnfleph"iSO 7l '
trXbe; last tatemeht fromKte Trpsui"
proves the happyMssult sprih&insr from th ft
(this you charge as.a f,ult) to Mr. Crawford,
as being part! of h;Tadi plan, butt belie , y
it is.tdue io.Oonpress,- !. am;therefd,e un- 5
wiinng to give him the credit I am for ' ren- -" - 4
dering unto Cxsar that which ,;is Caesars-;. f
borrow amually; i,0O0,O'jOt wiaveisini v
ed our '-credit atJ home, ourJrespect abroad,
and have- $9.000,000 m enr cofTfrs. ; The "
people will approve. siicb radical actsj ;; C ,
i You hare leen sol Jongand earnestly, enr
gaged An 'a desperate; .'icVu,Xthat.jroii:8e4m
loth to give; it up,ven now ' althbngh your"
co-anjiiToj-, ana corresponaent, ijarojinjan.
are coveted,
' with tfism.iy they moped about?
s one without 1. pe." : ;I heard of
the city Vas
the. Carolinian"- oh his road borne wards-
the antici jjated comfoifts of domestic life j he
social enjoyments Of his ofd frjends, vre .in-
sufficient tbrbiise hlht fronfhii melancholy j :
he still looked as if all was lost." f j iXt
: - M'hy did your party not act with the same
manly frankness with--wr ? We held; pur .,
meeting openly and publicly ; every thing
was transacted above board ; , we had I no se
crets by whieh ? to beguile the public mind
every peon who was disposed, to see. or hear
what was going on', wa admitted I dare say
even you were ! there--We inadc but onf
ticket, composed chiefly - of, tharactefs- who
have heretotbre receiyed the support of; their .
country-men, for the same office, and dis
charged theirj obligation in such a way ai to""-.'-merit
their confidence acairi-Not so with
you, your nieetini: was in secret in ?i corner, -
you were juraiu to xru3i an vour own men.
Your ticket is already made out amoncr your-
selves (or I. have, been misinformed) why hot
give it to the light ; you prefer darkness to
light because! V your deeds are evil."! t :K
Let me advise you, as one who wishes you v
welf, to keep your temper foe a fe w Ves---
a little, reflection! a little more time', and a
few more facts, will teach you, that vbti and .
your. co-aijuu)rs, is not tne source ;pom
which the peqjjle will take their opinions;
Gentlemen, who expressed deep re&ret that
John Adams! welit out of bHlce at th.
time he did, although he had saddled them
witn neavy taxes, . ami put' gags 111 tneir.
mouths, will 'nbt be cortsidered by the North
Caroliniansjias.belohginc: to the Hepublican
ranks;,-- - - L;- r ' -t j ' j'
You 'will narticularly oblige me, bvj 'point
ing out how, and. in what I have been! so un 1
fortunate as to err in my Views and state
ments, respecting the r appointment of the );
Public Printer j for I'have not been able td
discover; the ; tntstakej though 1 have given
the' subject t ie; most deliberate revision-.
and I assure you if you can . convince! me 6f
the fact, I will correct the error with as much -
pleasure as promptness. '(
The education of youth has, ever been cor-.
sidered an object'of the highest importance. -it
has in every age engaged the attention and. t
occupied th pen of the greatest and! wisest
men, legislators philosopher ?ind ;Iivinesi
When we consider how much depends upon
it, it is riot surprising tliat it has excited Such
eeneral interest,, and elicited so manv various
plans for carrying' it into effect. iHe dtes art
advantage to the public who devises ;
and judicious! plan for this, object V
a, wise
a plan
wnicn is not. oniy Deauuiui ny ttieory, iiJCfc r
that of many elegant and sensible writers, but'
which is capable o practical application.
Such a plan seems to have been devised by . -the
Principal of the Raleigh Academy iri the no
tice which "he has presented to the public
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v itiiout . meaning tq , depreciate the- other ''
schools which are. established in bur State,
we cannot but think that this jsystem, as far r
as it is publicly disclosed to usj is one of the
oest wmcn wej nave , ever seen presented j"
calculated to promote industry, ( to improve
the mental powers,;and to prepare a boy to
enter with credit a higher institution of learn- "
irig. No magnificent promises which all. .,
KJiow cannot j dc xumuecij are matte to u$; no
expectations excited that the youth is at once
to , become an elegant and finished plassical j
scholar. But we are, told, as we. should be,, '" '
that much pains on the part of the instructor .
and great' application on the' part' pf the pu
pil are requisite to attain the least'skill m the
ancient languages. AH this labor the jteacher
is willing tojundergb for the benefit! of his- '
scholars; he seems determined to use' every i
effort to impress habits : of industry, Parid to
teach them, J by example as wll as t?y pre- -feept,
vigorous perseverance. ;' His system too
has the efTeet of inspiring youth with a taste
for the classics, of leading them to' discover
he various beauties of tbe anciehtphilesdphers f
is once gained, what an advantage Is it to the-
stuaent. . wnat ne petore considered ;as anr
irksome task, he now views as art "agreeable
employment ; he enters upon his studies with
alacrity, and while reading the writings of an
tiquity discp vers -sucb beavitieis as' incite him
forward with eagerness"!artderitiiusias.:An
attention tojthe morals of youth i- also notic- ,
ed and insisted upon with all that ibrce which:
the subject deserves.r yithaut this alother in- '
struction will be worser'than useless neitlier
the , greatest diligence of the jristnictnnr Tif ,
the most unremitting industrv of thi
Will be suflicient to fenrri' virtuous and resnec-
table members of society; without the princi- V
pies of religion and moralitv. Earlv should
these principles be instilled into the mind t
constantly snouia tney be entorcetl in such a
manner .6 make a deep and permanent im-"
pression upon tbe heart, zz. ':'Xyry
-iThe Circular which is proposed tbbe ieht;
to ' the relativea. of the youth eVerr tJne will
perceivejtq be important arid uefuL -' It will i
at once give, parents a knowledge of the cha-
racter and conduct of ; Ihariebadrer. and of-
the
aca
demical'studies, ; wh'de at the same time it
matured,, be Earned fully into executiom alS
must acknowledge thai ; those who! tre th
subjects j oftie&:InstructionWuX': &vr
taught The: object the, preceptor is; hot 1
b? adorn njs.pupus'Wiih!sikowy. superlHial v
qualities buttd4mproVe tii& bowers of tlieiif
mjrids to lay, good and solid ' foundatiori xiffr
which superstructure can be ?iei&ri7
rearedM tJ-J-V U&'-i -- - ' ' .'
Therei3 hbdo1ibVip .-.
fiU be eraUlexterided, and that partitb
in diffident parts pf the State; b!i.afixitiiS
that theiJcbjldrerishsitL!. fee idsuJrdjf ft
will afford to the yputh, a poweifal incentive : .
(o exextiorffJ!;-) , : .
If this plan, so audiciouW to correct.' s6 weil 'y'
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