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CTTIIE W! IP 11 1-1 17 C. II. WILEY, Kdltor. ft. Sm citiquc tribuito.V R. J. M1TCI1K1.L, PioprietorV V- ( t 0- , T' r,- 'i VOL. I. 1 1 4 n : OXFORD, N.C., TriURSD'AY, DECEMBER 16, 1841. NO Xxnh MUSS AGE. I 1G THfc OXFORD MERCURY IS PUBLISHED- EVERY THORD At Two Dotljr pef annum, if paid. wit months after the receipt of the first nuti not, two dollars and fifty cents will be charged. Advertisemkst. Une ilolur for eVcry uuc, iimi insertion, anu-j cmts lor caewsue eeedinz insertion. J ! j '; . Court orders and Judicial advertisements will be charged 25 per cent higher; but a deduction or 33 perct. will be made from the regular price, for advertisers by the year. 1 1 j All letters to. the Propjietor or Editor.must be ,w- a,Vk I . M ' 1 ' ill i'li t to planters a. Dealers in probcce. PANNILL Si LEA. ooz&Xtixssxoxr xaxraoHAziTs; " "j rfcTLUSBURG, VA. I ! ; TTH-riLT; of Tobacco, IFAca,IFor, CoHi or Any other produce coiUinied to them. thU Uleal in neither article on their own account. Liberal advances will be made on consignments required, and ' every rjxertion made to the interest of their friends. Dec. 1U. 1 1 ". " 20' ' when pbnote our hill IS in good ordr forlgrinding Com or Wheat, with t wo Bolting1 Cloths, one of wliich is common, and the -other I superior. Our rniller is well skilled in the management of the Whole 2 To the Senate and House rof Urprc tqtes. the duties .with have charged u great occasion to People we find machinery;1 which together I with our personal attention, we expect tU give entire satisfac! all who may favor us with their custom. wr -i J f t : i - i c wi.411 io ouy nve.nunureu nusneu o W UK A T, and two hundred to bo delivered at our mill J SAM'L. DUTY &, Oxford, Dec 2 20 It ifX BBLS. Tanners Oilr JUlV 60 :41 Stone Lime,! i.ui ir ttrL;- t .11 G bbls. Mountain Linseed -Oil, Just received! and will !be )roluce. LJ. - On consienmcnt. 4,000 and 1,200 4bs. very superior LARD. I ii JAMES WVCI Henderson, DccJ2. 20 or soli low for ci ImL of good BA.CDN n to jfcCKKt barrels of CORN sentatices of the ' United S In coming together, fellow-citizens. to enter again1 upon the discharge of which the several! v rejoice in the gener al prosperity of tHe count ryV We ere in the enjoyment of all the blessings of.civil and religious liberty, with unexampled means of education riowlcdge and improvement. Thro' the year which is nov drawing to a elose, peace has been in our borders, and plenty in ,our habitations; and although disease has visited some few portions of the land wjh distress and mortality, yet in ! general the health of the j People has been preserved, and wc are all called upon, by the highest obligations of duty, to renew our thanks and our devotion to our Heavenly Parent,who has continued to. vouchsafe to us the eminent bles sings which surround us, and who has so signally crowned the year with his goodness. If we find ourselves increasing, beyond example, in num bers; in strength, in wealth, in knowl edge, in leVery j thing which promotes numan ana social Happiness, let us ever remember our dependence, for all these; dn the protection and mer ciful dispensations of Divine Provi jcnec.jlj . j; j Since your last ;adjournment,;Alex anjler McLeod, a British subcct,who was indicted for the murder of an A rhericari citizen, and whose case has Court of New York, which had been; rendered upon his application for, a dischargej to the SuiretneC6urt of the! uniieii states, or to suomit pis ease ,to the- decision of a jury, prefered the' llA . ' L A A I I ' 1 - ' - V jiaueiyueem ng it me readiest noue of obtaining his liberation, antl the re isull has fully sustained the wisdom of j NOTl.CJB. ' i .T RAJSrl SALE. i Y virtue of a Del of Trust, execulw by I Samuel F. Snecd to' William M. Sbted. Truntce, and for the 'purposes in said! j ' named, there will be sold to the hiihi?.t; I fur Cash, at the Court House door in Oxford ,n stiiircl.i the lit d. v 1 sf Junuarv nxt. a ! Tract of Land lying in the County of Grajjiiille, i on the waters of Island Cieck and adjoiiiiig toe Town of Witliamsboro.' I Said Tract c6 in Ninft Hundred Acrcf. and is the saiUei de- vised to Samuel t . oneeu y me wui oioiri Sneed, decVd This Land is valuaWe and wnrth the attention of farmers, or ail V one - - i - i . . ilcsirousot a residence in the vicuutv of Wu liamsboro. i . .ill to William M.Snced, Tturtco, will be coriVeyed to the purchaser by i r I ! TIIOS. II. WILLIE, Atto. for , ! W .VI. W. OK.C-U, iruirw Dee. Snd. 1841. i 20 5t itain h i s c h 0 1 cej T h e manner in..j which! (the issue Jtiljinittcd ( was:.-tried ! ' will satisfy thei rYns:lJ Government that; .the principles CTjusticc will! never fail to govern the enlightened decision of an American tribunal. I cannot fail, hoWejver, to suggest to Congress the propriety, and, in some degree,! '.1.1 .- f..-l e l - :- '! iiie necess iy oi maiung sucn provis iions by law, so far as they may con- flitutionally do sr, forthe removal at heir commencemeut,and at the option of the partyv of all such cases as may' hereaftar arise, 'and .which may in volve the faithful observance and exe cution of our international obligations, from the State to the Federal Judicia ry. This Government, by ourinsti tutiorisy i j charged with v the mainte nance of peace and the preservation of amicable relations with the nations of he earth, jand ought to; possess, With out question, all the reasonable and proper rrreanSjOf rnfaintaining the !ohe and preserving the other: Whilst just confidence is felt in the Judiciary of the States,! yet l this Govertiinent ought to be competent in itselfi lor the fulfilment of tht nigh duties which Jiave beenl devolveli upon it under the oiganie Iatv, bM the Stales them selves. Y In the month of September, a parly ol armed men lronifl Upper Canada in been the subject of a corresspondence vadd the territory heretofore comm uoicated io -.vXm kl.. lr sucn invasions, until tney shall volun tarily acknowledge their inability to acquit themselves t)f lhe r ilutie to otheis. - And in announcing this sen- liment, I do but aflirm a 'principle which no jiation on eartljiwould be more ready to vindicate, at all hazards, nan tlie. popple anu Government pi If, upon a full invesligatiion of all he facts, it shall appear that the owner of the Caroline was? go denied bv a hostile intent; or had made common 1 I ..." -' .' :'!!. . cause u itn those who werei in the oc(iipahcy of Navy Island, jithen, so faras he is concerned; there qan bejno claim to indemnify for the tektruction of his boat, which, this Government would feel itself bound .o prosecute- since he would have acted hot only in-jderdgation of the rights ?f Great Britain, but in clear: viol ttioh of tKe laws or me unnea states ;r.out mat is a question which, hovyevei 'settled, in nolmanner involves the hieher con-' sideiation of the violation; pli turrit o- rial sovereignty and jurisdiction. ,To recognise it as an admissible practice that each governmentl in its tjurn, up on any sudden and anbulhbrized out- break, which, on a frontier jthe ex tent of which renders it. .impossible ior eunor to nave an e.mcient.iorce on every mile of it, ard which pujt-bt eak, therefore; neither ma) be able to sup press in a day, may take vengeance into Urpwn hands, and without even a remonstrance, and in the absence of any pressing or overruling npcessiiy, may invade the .territory of the other; would inevitably lead io results squal ly to be deplored by both. )! (When citizens merce flag of sible 4hat rg aileget lesled prosecuting a lawful com- in the African seaf, under the thpir rniintrv'.-'arifnnt rpftvin'. ' F f --"-J tor the abuse or unlawful use of 1 flag by others : rior can thev on account of any such abuses, be interruptd. mo-. a ?? . and ifl while br detained while pn the ocean;. a - V; ." ' a inns molested .ana aeiaincu, pursuing honest voyages, inlho V usual way; and violaling no Jaw I hem '4 selves,5 ;they are unquestionably etiti-", . tied toindemnitv. This Government 1 ias manifested its repugnance to the? slav trade, in a manner hich cannot , be misunderstood. 13 its fundamen- !al lawf it prescribed limits, in point of lime! to its continuance; and aeainst ' ils owrjjcitizens, who might so iar forget thc! rights of humanity .as to.. ehgagefin that wicked traffic,, it lus iong since, py us municipal laws, ue- nounced the most condign punish ment; j Many ot the states compos- v ing this; Union, have made appeals to the civilized world for itssubnreiisinn long before the moral sense oY other nations! had become; shocked' By the iniquities ot th. tramc.l Whether this Government should now "enter into treaties containing mutual stipu- . lauons upon mis sunject, ts,a question fon its mature deliberation. Certain it is, tht if the right to detain Amer ican ships on the high seas can be jus- . lifted on the plea of anecessity fof4: such detention, arising out of the cx- istence bf treaties; between olher na tions, the same plea mayJbe extended : and enllrged'by the new iktipulaticnt x; of newllrcaties, tls which the .United - States jfnay not be a Dirt v. This i m w - . a.. - been acquitted; by the- veruict pi an impartial anu inietngeni . jury, an has, Mnuertnejuugmeni oi me iouri, been regularly discharged. i Great Britain having made known to jthis Government that the ' expedi tion which was fitted out from Canada for the tdistiuction of the teamboat hen I Caroline, in the winter of 1S37, and which resulted in the distmctiort Imported iFlattererJ miUS beautiful and high bred fashionable JL tlorse will make his next season at Wilton and Oxford, as roav suii those who may Hifh to encourage hini. .The turityof his hrefng is uch will iustifv atllwho h.ivr cood mares to breed from him. he bcins half brother to thin bv Mulev. out of CUrebv Marmiori dim: tlarplace by Gohannah, &c. &c. five fct five-Wches high, of a deep inandi;any rolor. Hi pedigree will be exhibited iii fuU, as V llevia Gran He is S3 Of id boat; and in the death of an A- merican citizen, was undertaken by orders emanating from the authorities of the British Government, in Cana da, and'clemanding.the discharge of McLeod upon the ground that, if en tr.ed in that expedition, he did but fulfil the: orders of his Governinent, has Ihus jbeen answerett in tne only way in which she could! be answered by a Govern ment j the powers o wnicn are uistriuuteu among us sev eral departments by the fundamental ecjV fOiA5aT5T! f i r u m - t IhoriW of either GovdrnmentJ gerferal ample iremuneratiori forl'all losses. . -t n ... - i it carried him bevof cHhe limiU of the VVhile4l is the ardent desirof the Unitcd States; anawelivered him t p ;UnitedjStates to cultivate the Relations to fulfil to the authorities oi Upper Canada. ; of peace with all nations and nis immediate uisanarire wasoruereu an lue-uuues ui suuuiicism by those iuithoritieL upon the facts' of towards tljose who possess territories thecasa being brofght to the knowl- adjoining rejr.pynf that verv desire edge--a course 'olWocedure which would Ieadhe to denysthejiright of was to have been dxpecled From a na (any Ipreign power A to ;invajl tion vvith kvhom we are at peace, and boundarv within armed forc. neighborhood their The' which wasnot more due to the rights 'correspondence net ween the two Go of the United Stales,. than;'to its ovVn vernments on this sulject; will, at. a regard for iuslice. The correspon-; Future day of ourjsession, jbe sub- dence, which passed between the De-i milled to your cpnsideralionjl and in f)artment ot Sate, and ihe British the Envov. Mr Fox. and with the Gov-llhe ernment of Vermont, as soon rail Ihe 1 facts had beep made known to this .as a rule of future net ion, line prece- Dpnartmeint. nre herewith communis derit which has been set ni the mean time, 1 cannot nut inuuige hone that the British Government .1 :. . . - -, m si i . will se the propriety oi renouncing, cated. affair at Schlosser. I herewith submit the !co dence which has recently taken place on- I regret that it is; not in my power to make known .toC&ou an equally sat Uv. ijappilyTor the people of Great i;sfactory-conclusion in the case of the between the American Minister at the tiritain, as well as. nose oi.tne jUniteu Uarolioe steamer, avium tne circuin-; j vourt pi. - oi. james, mr. oicusuu, States, the only mode by which an stances connected with the destruction - and the Minister of Forejgnji Affairs hv an ; nf ' that Gnvtrnment. on ; lHe riffht limiT lUUdlt SI I 0nuu - u .iasiaaaiv tai"-aij).aa y w vvi'v" j "j . j I : . J ft p. offence, before the Courts of either, armed force fitted out in the. Province! ; clai med by lhat' Government to visit M'n fthta n' u ( ipharrt tk hv ihn in- 61 I nneH tnada. vou are a ready ana uetain vessels sawing unaer tne may be seen by handbil published. dependent action of the iudiciary, and made acquainted. No such atonement - American flag and engaged in prpse- Dec. 5nd, 1841. 3, WDlCll Will PC EDWARD H. CAR' 20 shortly rpR. Seven' more Piano Fortes JUST RECEIVED BY E. P. NA$I1. im Y the schooner J ulict. I have received seven UP inore Piano Forttf, which, added Jtp the twelve lately unpacked, make my stock very large mild , complete, l have a teautiful viriety of uatternsl varying in price from two hundred and seventy-five to six hundred dollars, all of which will bo sold subject to be returncdi if not really ffoo.1. and with So uncommonly! large a stock (upwards of thirty instrumenU) I cannot .tail to please those who; may be in wanHojf the article. 4 No one steps in the dark, or tM any risk in purchasing a Piano Forte from thi! sub scriber, as he is willing 4hat purchasersj should withhold payment until they are fully tried J . ti. rf pi ASH, reterstiurg. by proceedings equally familiar to the Us i ws due for the public wrong done cut ing lawful commerce in. t jieAfri; jo the Unitedj States, by this invasion 'cy seas, r Qttr commercial jnterests Courts of both countries. 1 - If in 'Gret Britain a power exists of her territory, so1?: wholly irreconcil- in hat region have experienced con irt the Crown to cause to be entered a able with her rights as an independent iderable increase, and havebecome I.I .;..-.. -!...-. '. I . , . I ! I . I I." . . ': 1 . . 1 . . .I nolle prosequi, which is not the case power, has yet been made. In the view jan whether! arising ffrom detention 1 or otherwise, to which American citizenr have heetolore beei, or may hereafter be subjected, by the exercise of rights which this Government cannot recog nise as legitimate and proper. Ndr will I indulge a doubt but that the sense o justice of Great Britain, will ' constrainjier to make retribution for any wrong, or loss, which any Ame- t rican cifizen, engaged in tho prosecu- j tionvoriiawrul commercei mav have i experienced at the hand of her crui- ! aers, orbther publit authoritie. Tliis ! government, at the same' lime, will relax n0 effort to prevent lis Citizens, if lher be any j so disposed, from prosecuting a trathc so revolting to the feejings !of humanity'. It seeks to do no more than' to protect the fair and honest trader!, from molestation and injury; but while th& enterpris ing mariner, engaged in the pursuit of an honorable trade, is entitled to its protection it willjvis'it wfth condiga punish rpfcnt, others " i of in oppostto character. ' !' ... ' t I iirvltei your altentionto existing' laws foj. the suppression of the- Afri can slave-trade, and recommend all such alteration., as may give to them greaterlforce and 'efficacy That the ; :. a - 1 - with the Executi ve power of the Uni-1 taken by this American fag is grosly; abused by obiect of much importance, and it the abahdoned and proBigste nations. taken bv Uiis Government, the enqui- lis the duty ot this lUovernment to is but lloo probable. tOngress has.- ted States upon a prosecution pending ry; whether tjiu vesseljwas in the em- , protect them against all imprdper and not long since, had this subject under irt a state Lpurt; yet crCj no more pioymeni oi tnose wno were prosecu- jvexauuus luicnupiiuu. iu .un,...ciauuu, uu n nnpui umwo than here, cau the chief Executive ting an unauthorized war against that Isirpus the United States may be for i well justices renewed ahd anxious ;e, orwan engageu oy.ine own- ; ut uuurciuu. ui inc iimp iiut iiicuiiun. the business of transporting they cannot consent to interpolations ers to' and fro I from Navy Is- into the maritime code, at the mere will and pleasure of other go vern- Oct2l 11,1 NOTICE. fTTlUE subscriber being desirous of clewing his M. business at nemierson, n. k; now otters for -lie hi HOUSES land LOT. one of which in an elegtntly finished Dry Goods SVofeJ'wiih ix rooau.'aeTeral of which are well suited for the accommodation of ' a family, the other an 'excellent Store, attached to which, is a'A oflice Xivl excellent Kitchen and other outhousei. . Terms accommodatinir. call and examine. 4 IPrlO. E.'AJONES.. Hethlerson, Sept. a. I i 6 t If vy 1 which nower rescUe a prisoner Irom1 custoqv frovince without an order ot the proper iriDunai er in directing his discharge. The precise passengers stage pt the proceeiiings at wnicn sucp ana m nopes oi pnvaie gawi, order may be made, is a matter or mu- was most probably the case, in no n rinal Tporulation sxelustvelv. and desree alters ithe real Question at issiie ' ' . . t 1 1 I I : l I I . . .1. - I '....n .. . a noi to ne nomniainea oi k ov an v uiner i oeiweeu uic wu uu ci umcuu. Government. In cases of this kind, I Govemnieht can never concede a I 2 I.a..ll-. I r. I -v.l.-v . ft t a i-tnja aa a suovei nmeni oecomes pomicauy res- iui citii vuci nmcm , This o any ex- ments. We deny the right ot any such interpolation to any bue, or all the nations f the Eirth, without our consent. We claim to ha ve ' a voice I '" "" i. '"' . - e in an amenamenis or alterations oi tishment and elucidation of this prin ciple, no naliontas lent its puthortty more efficiently! than Great Britain. Alexander 'McLeod having his option either to. prosecute a writ of error from the decision of the Supreme gv the municipal laws pvernmeTit,- or have may have vi of such fore! disregarded thein obligations arising juuder the lasv of nations. The Ter ritory of the United Slates mustibe re garded as sacred !v secure against all jl also communicate herewith thn copy of a correspondence? between lr. Stevenson and Lord Pal merston. upon llhe subject so interesting to several of the Southern Htatev of th r rice duties, which! resulled honorably j to the United St'ates. I . ' v At Ihe opening of the last annual ! Con then i foreign Government, thai its treaties been made in negotiating a convention with other nation cannotibe executed between, this Government and that of .vuu tne esiaunsnnieni aim i ciuuitc- xniiauu, wnu a view ' io mo unn ponsible only, when I its tribunals ; of cept in a case of the most urgent and- th'at code arid whcii we are given to session the President informed Con last resort aie shown to have render- Extreme j necessiiy, of invading its understand, as in this instance, by a gress ojf the progress whiih had ther eu unjust ana injurious juugmenis in len uory, ettner 19 aucai mu pcisuus matters not doubtful. To the estab- or destroy tile praperly of those who ' ! i i - - '" " - ' 1 'ti: i. Thrjrm:-- .At 1..... i nn ui im: ui in- 1 111a v uvc viut-i.k.i 1110 hiuhui wi 1 ment of new principles of maritime settlement of the question of the j police,' to be applied without our con- boundary between the territorial limits j ent, we must employ a language nei- of the two countries. I tlegret lossy iner 01 cquivccai lmpnri, or usccpu- 1 inai nuic turiuur 111 UVtl ble of misconstruction; ! American 'object advancement of the accomplished since - - r- 0 i t it I.
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