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OXFORD, N.C., TriURSD'AY, DECEMBER 16, 1841.
NO Xxnh
MUSS AGE. I
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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
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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
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it
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