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THE NORTH CAROLINA SPECTATOR AND WESTERN ADVERTISER.
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under the greatest obligation to his noble
friend for the subject he had introduced,
and the manner in which he had treated
message of 27th inst. ; In which you reit
erate your resolution not to accept again
the Ufaiet magistracy, even, though you i
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it, and he congratulated the house in ha-1 should be honored with the; votes of the
ving laid before them so admirable astate-1 Representatives of the people- and has
taKen tne same imo cunsiaerai.ion. -
Congress duly appreciates this new
roof of the civism and disinterestedness
that ! animates you. It realizes, in our
view, the glory that by many titles you had
already acquired, and putting to flight the
imputations launched against j you, con
firms your credit, and consolidates your
reputation.
You may be assured, sir, that each one
of the members of Congress! obeying thq
impulses of patriotism and. duty, and his
ment of the true nature of the 'National
Debt, and of the interest paid by the na
tion on that debt." - K
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
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From the N.Y. American.
Late and Important from .Colombia.
By the Athenian, from vCarthagcna, we
nave been furnished with papers trom
that place t o th e 30th ult. inclusi ve They
announce . Bolivarts approaching depar-
ture forever from: Colombia, and the elec
tion of a new President and Vice Presi
uent. We translate below . tne message
sent by Bolivar to Congress on tile
In private life you shall receive une- No sooner was the cargo sold and the
quivocal proofs of our attatchment to your proceeds fairly lodged in the. Bank, than
person. We shall ever recollect your Jonathan seemed to come to his senses,
worth andgervices, and we will; teach our He was now' wide awake. : He -found
children to lisp your name with lively sen some other papers that had beenqverlook
timehts of admiration and gratimdie. i ed. He could give a clear account of his
May Providence, Who has 'always voyage He proved beyond 'doubt, that
preserved by rescuing- vou uni niured from his Rum was manufactured at Danen.
His. vessel was released, and he pocKeted
65 cents more than the common profit up
on every gallon. I believe he .had the
grace not to sue the collector for damages.
Raleigh Kegistcr.J
so maqy dangers, prosper your days, and
shed on you all the blessing of which
your sublime virtues have rendered ;you
worthy." j . :. !
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mzacKn Algiers. We have seen' a
letter dated U. S. Frigate. Coiisteilaiion,
dated GibraltarMay 7, which saj
"The French will, it is said, ; attack:: Al-
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April, with the reply of that body. On Ad you to solicit that you may not be
the 4th May Congress having previously re-elected and these will .determine his
settled and adopted the new constitution Jlot?i" (Whatever be the . fate, however,
(which' is not yet published,) proceeded Vmt! Providence reserve fbrlypuir, and
u cnoose a resident and v ice rresiqeni.
On the third ballot Joaquin Mosyutra yras
Narrow Escape. On Monday, the 14lh
ult. a Mr. Timberlake, of Franklin, was
sitting in his yard, leaning against an ap-
own view of the public requirements, will I giers by the middle or last of the' present pie tree, through the limbs of which a mar-
weigh in the depth of his conscience on month, with nearly 100 vessels of War, J tinpole was erected while sitting there a
the election day, the reasons that have in- and upwards of 700essels of all descrip- thunder cloud arose, and just, as the old
tions, sustained by an army sot 4U,UU0 gentleman was m the act ot nsing trpm
men. - Should they not be baffled by the his seat, betore he could set mmseit in a
maintained 'in perpetuity without popu
lar education 1 ...
. .John M."" Stcdman, FayettevxUe.
11. Ontheuseandabuscotraruaqieiua-
ry Debate. .
- Aaron J. Spivey, Bertie.
12. A Fornesic Debate. " w in id vioiu
mines recently discovered in IVorth Vr
olina and other parts of our country,
probably be attended with greater ad
vantages or .disadvantages to our State
and to the Union 1"
Benjamin F.Terry, Pittsylvania I a.
William K. Ruffin, Orange. -
13. The Vahdictory Oration.
! John A. Backhouse, JSeicbcrn.
14. Degrees conferred. .
15. The Reading of the Annual Report.
16. Conclusion with'prayer by the Presi
dent.
The Degree of Bachelor of Arts was
conferred on the young gentlemen men-
elements, and effect a landing; I j think walking position, the lightning struck the tioned in the above Scheme, and the De-
they will succeed with great loss. The martinpole and,descended to the first top
Dey has all the obstinacy of a Musselman, bough of the tree, where it'appears to have
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' chosen President, and General Domingo
I s Caicedo Vice President J There, were
' Torty-eight votesi and the constitution
quu-ea two-tnirds tor the successful con-
ateJThe ballots were thus: First
uauot, 60 tpr ir uaravaiy it tor oir
MosquerOf 5 for Sir Caicedo; 2d ballot,
27 for Mosquefa, 17 for Caravali &ndt 4
for Caicedo ;, 3d ballot, Which wag restrict
ed t6 the two highf itCandidates, 34 for
Mosquera, and 14 tor Caicedo. Sr. MoSr
' ouera was then declared lesrallv elected
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J ' vVVv,r,,v President bf the Republic. Proceeding
V!-'' -iV' r then to the election of a Vice President,
vienerai saiceay receivea oo votes; or.
Caraval 12, and three scattering. Where
upon, Gen: Caicedo was declared duly
elected Vice President. i
The President elect not being in Bogo
ta, a deputation was sent to the Vice Pres
rident, informing him of his electidn, and
inviting him at once to enter oh the du
ties of his station and of President ad tw-
terim. Gen. Caicedo returned with the
deputation, took the oaths,' and then ad
dressed the Congress. A committee was
also sent; to the LibefatoH announcing the
election to him, and lexpressing anew the
, aiimiratibn and regard ofCongress for his
character and deeds. : The Liberator ex
; pressed, in reply, the greatest pleasure at
v the choice that had been made, and at be-
, ing himself once more a private citizen.
On the 5th May a: complimentary ad
, . dress, signed by the Vice President, the
' Archbishop of Bogota, the Secretaries of
the Treasury, Interior,1 and War, and
, about 1200 citizens, w$s presented to
. Gen. Bolivar i n which the fullest epres
sions of admiration for his seyices and sa
. crifices are .je'myloye'd ahd as he was no
-longer in power, they may be taken as
-,, smcereH : . :r ;.. -s , ; :
' -On the 9 th Bolivar left Bogota for Car
thaffenaJ where he was to embark; as was
supposed, in the British frigate: Shannon
for Eneland. On his route he was re
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and is, therefore, fanatically confident.-- left the pole and followed (Jowri the limbs A. T. Ridley, Georgia, Charles B. Shep- y
for the nation, Congress entertains the
hope that every Colombian, 'sensible to
the j honor and loving the glory of his Public attention. here is fixed to the issue of the tree and struck the' old i gentleman
couuxry ,viii loot upon ypu with the re
spect and consideration due" to the servi
ces you have rendered to the cause of
America, and will fake care that the lus-
sree of Master of Arts on the loUowmg
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Alumni ot trie institution, viz; wuuwi
of his formidable expedition.'
. Norfolk Beacon.
on the back while in a stooping position, comb, Jesse Carter, Milton, William B.
ana toiiowed down both his legs, peeung uu riumi j
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'Algiers The followinir discriotidn of
tre 'of your name shall pass jto posterity Algiersgiven by the correspondent of an derably under them, and split the posts of
off the skin as it went, to the very bottoms
ot, his feet, tearing up the ground consi-
in such light as benefits the founder of the
independence of Colombia, t ,.,
Such, sir, are the sentknents of Con
gress, which, hy its order, have the hon
or to communicate to you
KKJCiZiO.
residait act'
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English paper, affords gome idea of what the chair in which he sat, entirely to pie-
opppsition the French may expect to meet ces, and killed a small house pig which
was lying'close by, and what is also very
strange, the lightning seems to have left
the pole at the top of the tree and came
in contact with it again immediately at
the bottom limb and descended to the
wards the land forms another! point at
the extremity of which is the new palace j ground and tore it up to a considerable
ot the JLrey, cauea tne uasoa. yx ne town
is commanded by a fort called! Fort Em
peror, which sweeps the plain of Babazon,
the town and Casba. . The star fortv sti
exists no
he Dutch
surrounds
consul, the
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with, in their Dendinsr attack upon . that
place :
t Algiers is built like an amphitheatre,
Hall of the Session, Bogota, April 30.' but forms a trjangle ; the otheri rising up-
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To his Ex. Simon Bolivar
Liberator, President
Proclamation of the Vice P.
Fr.T.T.ow ;r!iTT7:r'.Ais Thp.vntPff of vnnr
representatives have placed tie in the se-
cond oflice of the Republic. 1 With more
fortunate aim the same votes-called to the
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i. residency mat uisunguisneapairiot, jo
aqutm. Mosquera. During his absence
from the capital, the Constitution deposits
in, my inexperienced hands the supreme
direction of the Executive Goternment. ;
' Colombians, after many Painful and
prolonged Oscillations, & new Constitution
is,presented to Colombia, combining and
confirming, in a stable manner) the pow
er of the government with the liberty , of
me people. , . nie enpsen mterpreters oi
the national will have preserved intact the
republican forms that we warmly reclaim
ed, j May the Constitution of the year
twenty be the rainbow. of peace, to' calm
agitations, to quell hostile passions, and
to concilitate all men and all interests.
Respectable Ministers of the sanctuary,
valiant Soldiers, honored nndj pacific Cit
izens I could not have undertaken the
without comitinunon vour co-Sneration. only PP1? of water is from ah operiaque-
in:u-o i nfX;Ji- duct, on a level with the ground, and it
depth." The old gentleman, I understand,
is convalescent. Warrenton Reporter: I
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The followinglunfortuuate circumstance,
which occurred in the upper part of Lau
rens District, S. C. should make the Com
missioners of Roads cautiouS; in leaving
oia trees stanaing on tne roaa siae
On featurday, the Mlih ult. as a young
marked on the several maps,
longer. From the garden of
consul, and the country that
the residence of the Swedish
v -mm r
eye overlooKs rort Ujmperor
even reach into the interior
fact is important, and is mentioned to I church in a carriage, they were knocked J
show how easily- this fort, on; which de- j down and terribly mangled by the fall of
court. .This I man and his sister were' returning from
pends the safety of Algiers, my be redu
ced. Though the defences of I Algiers on
the sea side are truly formidable, it is not
capable of sustaining a . seigej . fror4 the
land side for three days. It has noeven
a complete enclosure; the rampart are
broken at short distances by houses, whose
walls spring from the ditches atid give an
appearance of fortification, but in fact are
of no strength. The ditches are always
dry, and there are ' no means of filling
them; nor on account bf the rapid; des
cent would water lodge in them. The
town has three gates on the land side; the
Babalonet in the We'st, the new gate on
the West, and Babazon on the east' Its
an old tree. They were both expected to
die the last account from them..
TGreenville Mountaineer.
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We learn from the Washington papers
that Col. James W. Clark, of this State,
has resigned his office of Chief Clerk of
the Navy Department: and that John
Boyle, Esq. has been appointed his sue
cessor. Raleigh b tar. J
The Degree of Master of Arts was also
conferred on James A. Philips, Professor i
of. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy,
and upon N. Marcellus Hentz, Professor
of Modern Languages in our university.
The Degree ot Uoctor oi umnny, was
conferred upon .the lie v. AdamyEmpie,.-
President of William and Mary College,
Va. and on the Rev. Cornelius T." Ver- -mule,
of the Dutch Reformed Church ih:
the City bf New York. Register.
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Europe coming, to America. More than
fifty -three thousand emigrants from Eu
rope are said to nave come to this coun-
try during the past year, f Troy Sent.
For tbcSpectator and Advertiser.! .
One word to "ji Citizen of Lincotnton." ,
.' Mr. Editor : TThis Citizen has given
us a second epistle by which he has con- '
firmed our opinion of his principles, taste,
and judgment. He says he had no expec
tation of calling down on himself, a
VscoVe of Priests," by his first performan ce. ;
I wish you, Mr. Editori to inform" him,
from me, that it takes twenty to make a
"score I, at first, thought he was an ig-v.
noramus ; now I know it. One Clergy
main replied, to him; and so did Patricius.
Now if Patricius shall be. found to be a
Clergyman, when he lays. aside his ficti
tious name, he would only make two, (and
he calls them a "score,") who designed to
noticehis "piece," which produced such
a mighty commotion in Lincolnton. But.
I assure him, the commotion was nothing to
hts honor no, poor fellow, his own party
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cord are the- most urgent wants ot our
present difficult social positionand ' in
asmuch as the government protects each
ceived, with yie highest testimonials ot at-1 alike, whatever may have been his opin
fection and respect.
He arrived on the 25th at Tabasco in
the vicinity of Carthagena. ' V '"'
The proclamation of the Vice Presi
dent on assuming his station, is ih a pro
per tone. It recommends oblivion' of all
past animosities, and promises that no
distinction shall be made betwedn citizens
on account of their origin, alluding doubt
less to old Spaniards, or past opinions
.Venezuela, under these , circumstances,:
j can have no ground to persist in her sue
P cession.
ions, whatever .the coutry of His birth let
no other voice be heard among you, no
other sentiments' uttered, than absolute
oblivibn or past errors, love of order and
liberty, and submission to the laws.
. DOMINGO CAICEDO.
The following address signed by the
Vide President the Arch Bishop of Bogo-
comesfrom about a half a league from Algiers.-
Nothing can be more easy tlian to
cut this . off, and force the place to surren
der for want of water. The garrison con- i in. the last land lottery.
sists of 4000 TurHs and 2000 more are
distributed in various surrounding .posts.
The fortifications are mounted with 8000
pieces of cannon, of different; calibre, to
wards the seal and from. 100 to 120 on the
land side."
Land Lotteries. Georgia distributes
the Indian Lands among her citizens by
lottery ; a law of the. State I specifies the
classes and the chances each is entitled to
The married man is entitle to two draws, despised his,"piece:" and him for it.
wnue tne Datcneior is entitled to but one.
This , is to encourage matrimony. All
illegitimate children are entitled to one
draw each, and it is said that three or four
thousand of that class claimed their draws
The Cherokee Delegation at Washing-
Our University. The.late
Examination of the Studeri
yersity was, we understood, highly grati
fying to' the Trustees and all others hr at
tendance: r . - ."
I On Monday and Tuesday evenings,
Orations were delivered in Person Hall,
v.
' ' Bolivar's course m : thialeonjuncturej ernment and ihe illiisiotVof authoritv.
seems to be noble,'. arid .rdis'interested; and; may iustly express our heartfsltkentimenfs
ii pursuea io ine enu vviu securp xu nin towards vou, : without bemg suspected of
ta 'the Secretaries vf the Treasury, of ton have presented to Mr. Frelinghuy son, by competitors selected from the Fresh-
oi tne unueu oiaies senate, t an' eiegani men ana opnomore yiasses, and on
belt of Wampum, made by the hands of a- Wednesday evening, by the Representa-
female of that nation. This simple pres- tjves.of ; the two Literary Societies. At
ent is intended as a testimony of Indian 11 o'clock on Wednesday, John H. Bry-
gratitude for Mr. FrelinghuysonV exer- an Esq. of Newbern, according to previ-
tions against the Bill recently, passed by I ous appointment, delivered before the two
11 dr, and of the interior. nc? 1200 citi
zens, teas presented to Bolivar.
Most. Esteemed Liberator : At pre
sent seperated as you are, from' t!e gov-
we
glory unfading. x N. Y. American.
Message of his Excellency the Libirator
- , President to the Constituent Congress :
, .FELt'ow-Citizens: The Constitutioi
settled and charged as you are by the na
tion with the, nomination- of the high
functionaries who are to preside over the
t nattery, a5 well as pay a debt of justice;
by rendering to you the purest homage of
our jesteem and gratitude. I - i
During the protracted . period . of i our
. revolution-r-amidst the vicissitudes of war.
and! the fluctuation of public opinion, you
nave always proyea yourseiijio De tne in
Congress, and was accomDanied hv a' let-1
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ter expressive of that 'gratitude. We have
no fault to find with such a memento of
their feelings. There is something of
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societies ana m tne presence ot a very
crowded assemblage of strangers .and vis
iters, a chaste and eloquent Address.-
This we shall take the earliest onoortu-
touchingnterestin it which would almost nity of laying before our readers, confi-
lead our mind into a momentary emotion dent from the character which is given of
of sorrow for those lingering remnants of it, that we could not serve them : with a
our Forest Children, if we were not thor- richer intellectual treat. !
republic, I think it proper to reiterate rhyj tfepid soldier, and have achieved the most ougy satisfied that CongresY had taken, I On Thursday the following was the or-
that could be devised for the 'benefit of 1 ed by the Graduates.
repeatcd protestations, not again to accept;
of the chief magistracy, even should youj
honor me with your sunrages. x ois
.should be assured that the good tt my
country requires of. me' my sacrifice of
sf peruiiu niyseir iorever i rum me .coun
try which gave me life, in order that my.
remainihg in Colombia may not be an
impediment to the happiness of my fel4
low-citizens. Venezuela, in order to jus-
tify her seccession, has ascribed amhitibiif
views to me: next she would alledge my
re-election as an obstacle to reconcilia4
tion, and finally the Republic would be
subject either to disrhembermeht, or a ci
vil war. The consideration which I sub
mitted to Congress on the' day of it3 ini
stallation, combined with many others)
should all concur to. pursuade Congress
, that it most imperious obligation is to"
giye to the people of Colombia new mar
roic and eminentservices for the cause
of our emancipation. How often have
you! rescued your country from destruc
tion, and exhibited her toth4 world glori
ously triumphant, t When ! Spanish do
mination spread itself oyer our hemis
phere, and appeared to have irrevocably
fixed the foundation : of its j power, your
name reunited the brave kindled in their
hearts a noble enthusiam r and by. caus
ing hope to revive m their bosoms', con
ducted trig m m triumph from the banks of
the! Oronoco to the silver regions of Pot-
osii You it was,. who prostrated the ar
my of the tyrant, while the shout of liber
ty resounded, and rendered the indepen
dence or the new world certain.
wr m '.' f-i -'" " i ft- ft
x oi nave iurnisnea tne tounaation on
But how is thist :Ile did not cxpectv
the Clergy to reply to his "piece." No'
not at all. They' had no right to speak
to a man of A is grade. No, no, indeed.
They arc all hypocrites, conspirators, re
bels &c. as he is pleased to call them.
But to be serious, for it is a serious sub-
te Anniversary ject ; would any man in his sober senses,
ts of our. Uni- .Ppose thai any order of men yould see
memseives inus puDiicniy auacKeo, anq
wantonly scandalized, and make no reply.4
This avowal of "A Cilizen of Lincolnton,
rends the vail, so that it is quite easy to
see the cloven foot. Who can help seeing
that his principle does not allow religion
to raise her head, nor religious men' their.
voice in our land i 'However, regardless;
of his wishes, and 'contrary to his expec-
tation, one Clergyman thought it his pri-i
vilege, and duty to reply. lie "did' it as!
decently .as the.;piece he reviewed, would
permit. And here hoped the 'discussion j
would end, at least with JA Citizen of i
Lincolnton." But this "Citizen has been 1
pleased to come outfwhh a rejoinder. In '
my turn I answer him with one word, viz; .
until A Citizen of Lincolnton' fairly ?
meets the arguments in my first piece,1
and learns to use decent , and becoming
language, he must expect no further no
tice from A CLERGYMAN. .
the Indians themselves. j. - ;
Camden Journal.
A' northern vessel came into Washing
ton, (N. C.) with a cargo of IRum distill
ed as the dull awkward'eaptairt alledged.
in the United States, and as jhe believed,
in Georgia. His riapers appeared' fair
enoughi as far as they went, but were
thought to be rather defectivei . The dates
were somewhat old. .. JJe had touched, at
Charleston he had assisted! a distressed
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FORENOON. . i
Prayer by the President. .
The Salutatory Oration in Latin.
; Grecian Independence.
i Cicero S. Hawks, Newbern.
5. The importance of Liberal Education
1 to Professional Men.
George G. Lea, CaswtU.
vessel at sea he had been blown off; the 6, Oration on Political Economy.
wasi, anu x Know noi wuai lame auu sus- j rucnara x xlul, ireaeii.
picious accounts he gave. It was suspect- ,7 On Desi gn in the Constitution ofNature.
liawley Gallaway, Rockingham. :
A Forensic Debate. "Could the exis-
. As to the second letter of John Lcland,
I just observe that throughout it betrays
insanity or infidelity, or both.'' After what
be has said we may expect soon to hear
Nathaniel H. MCain RockinghamA him saying that Took Pantheon is as
Oration on Moral Philophr. good, or better than the Bible. The man
James W. Osborne, MccklcnburgA who will say, But as an institute of State
un the prospect of the- continuance of poucy, a quesuon arises wnetner ir tbe
ennsuan rengionj "nas Gone any good"
is prepared to say anything to the dispar--agement
of religion. The world ought
to stand in awe of that man, who, with
his tongue, and pen, so flatly and impious
ly, contradicts the Bible as does John Lc
land in his second letter to the Hon. R.
M. Johnson. A CLERGYMAN.
Rutherford, N. C. July 2d, 1830.
ed.he was smuggling from the West In-
which the edifice of bur future happiness I dies, and a very bad, a damning circum-
must oe eievaieuaua jiving yourseu I sian.ee u was, nis.rvum was i gooa, mucn
voluntarily abdicated trie first ofiice'in the! too ffobd to bp, made at home. Everv
gistrates possessed ot the eminent qualif krift of a free people, with airesolvenever rubicond nose in Washington smelt, and by the Atlantic Ocean, ther were imme-1 Ground, commencing on Thursday crening oftte
8.
ting Constitution of the United States be
maintained, if, instead of being separated
Campnueting. A Campmeeting will be held at
tne ite, known by the Rutherfordton Camp
' . , " " 7-. y .i - I I again io jusuiuc ure tcigiis ui guvcruuictu, i every paiaie lasieo, ana an fcaiu aim awore uiaieiy contiguous 10
lie weal. . . , . r 1 lyou have secured to ypurself rmmortall it
l oeseecn you ienow-citizens to receive fame. An act so noble so generous an-df collector very properly libelled. both ves- . : JohnH.
this message as a pi ooi oi my ardent par So 'magnammous, places you m the spheref sel and cargo. The whining captain re- . Elisha B.
pro
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tnotrsm, and ot the love 1 have ever
fessed for Colbmbra.
- SIMON BOLIVAR
' ' Bogota, 27th April, 1830.1;
Answer of Congress.
Sir: Congress is possessed of
youj
of heroes. H , ; quested the Rum might be sold to save
The pages of history are filled with the I expense, while the" trial was pending,
actions of : valiant soldiers and victorious I which was accordingly doiiev It sold rea-
warriors, and their brightness can only be ddy at auction for $1 10 a gallon, while
increased dv those oi a Washington or a nanen and iNewbern rium, Known as
Bolivar. f il I such, would have brought only 45 cents.
9.
the continent of Eu- 29th ins't. The encampment lies neir-tfce road
leading from Rutherfordton to Poors Ford, or
Edwards, Person. Broad River, about 7 mileristanee fron thi
Stedman. PitUborough. I place.
' . APTEBNOON.
On the Influence of Periodical Litera-I King cEnglaad A bulletin dited Jlay 10,.
ture. . I was received at Plnnrail. England, hich rives
Win-W.L. Kennedy, TFJltrtgo7ulepeo much kn-
10. A discussion of the question, t Can! ger.l Sir Henry Hal&rd, one of his attending phj-
xvepuDUCan UovemmeniS sucn as outs DC stcians. pronounced his case bopelea.
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