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VOLUME II.
RUTHERFORDTON,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1831.
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rUUHSHED EVERY SATURDAY EVENING BY
. ROSWELL ELMER, Jr.
Terftw of subscription, v Two dollaTs and fifty
peats, per annum, if paid in advance ; 6r three dol
lars, if paid within the j-ear: but if delayed after
the close of the yearftwentyve cents will be
added. , ' . j-. - . ; ' "if
';No paper will be discontinued untif particularly
Wderedand all arrearages' paid, or at the discre
tion of the publislier. V ,
. Advertisements inserted on the usual terms.
All persons advertising will please note the num
ber of times they wish to have them inserted, or
they will be continued and taxed accordingly.
SCENES AT WASHINGTON.
LOST,
fK the public roadj
between the residence of
Col. J. jNIj Alexander and Asheville, on the
7th hist, a common sized FINE GOLD WATCH
SEAL, attached to atf brdinary Plated Ring, to
which was also attached . a Steel Watch Key . To
such person as may find said Watch Seal, &c. and
place the same in the hand Of James ratton, Esq.,
In Asheville, a' liberal reward wjll be civen.
I WILLIAM H. WALTON.
GOV. BRANCH TO THE TE3LEGRAPH.
: From the Washington Telegraph, Aug. 53
'' Enfield, Aug. I,1 1831.'
Sir: 1 have observed in the1 Globe, which
came to hand by the J.ast mail, theibllow
ing paragraph from Mr. Blair's letter5 of
tlie 21st of July, to Judge Berrien :
"When the statement which I made,
predicated upon Col. Jbhnsorifs letter, was
impeched in your second note, I made the
application to the President,; .: which you
seem to think, I ought now tojmake. He
immediately put into my hands the origi
nal memorandum, which he wrote, and
which he read to Messrs. Branch. In"-
ham, and yourself," &c. , j j
1 cannot believe that GenferalJacksoh
Rutherfordton, August 13, 1830.
26 tf
MOKE MONEY ! ! ! r . i
CASH will be paid, whenever the work is
completed, for the building of an amendment
on the Hickory-nut road, at the Stone Bridge or
- Half Ford, near JIr.l.I)obson Freeman's. It wilt
be let, in one, two or three parcels, as may best
: Kuit undertakers, and will be shown to such as wish
to undertake by Mr. Freeman. It is desirable that
it be uridertaken'and executed as soon as possibles
ive therefore advise such, as want the money to ap-
V 1 inline ia'hici y jl . i . iJiivuiiLi l l . f -
July 29, 1331. . 21tf
State of North Carolina,
' Haywood County. ;
noiirtiof Pleas and Quarter Sessions June Term,
, ; 1831
. Tolly Gambell )
vs.
John Gambell )
Petition for Dower.
J
r
has authorized any person to say that he
ever read, or made known to me!, the pa-
per or memoranaamt mentioned.
iias, then we are at issue. - Ko
der any obligatioi)s of a personal or polit- 1 presume you had the advantage of your
ical character to come betore tne puonc private memoranda, wncn you say l com
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previously, .YOU Will UUU mc as reauy us paicu imu iu u ruumw uiuii.
yourself to meet any, responsibility or dim-
culty ;which such a course may produce.
Up to this date 1 have considered my cor
respondence with you and Mr. Berrien of
a character not to be divulged to any one,
and have therefore confined it to ray own
bosom. The obiect of my first letter to
You attribute to mc another declaration
which jlj never madethat on our way to
Mr.' Berrien's I stated that the President
had informed me that he would invite Mr.
BrancliJ: Mr. Berrien, nnd Tyourselfy to
meet liim on the next Friday, when he
would inform you of his determination in
vou was to declare frankly and candidly, the presence ot Lr. iiy. l never receiv?
in the! spirit of perfect respect and friend- ed or cqmmunicatcd such an idea.
ship, that I was misunderstood, provided The, paragraph is substantially, correct
f was the member of Congress "to whom when that parf in reference to Dr. .Ely is
y . o , , ,. I , (.. i
reference was made, that you might have expunged.'
It is true in some of our various conver
it in ypur poverto correct your misappre
hension of my communications.
sations, the name ot Ur ty was men
tioned J but in connection witti another
part of the subject. The President infor-
If he
paper1, of
known to
he kind was ever read or made
me, by lien. Jackson, to the
knowledge and belief. I
pared no narrative of the circumstances
connected with the dismissal of jfr. Ins-
iam, Judge Berrien and myself -and, in
ruth, where is the necessity,! now, for me
t6 do so 1 ' ! I
The President in his letter to Mr.'ing-
I did hot see how it could impeach your
character or lessen your reputation to con
sider and acknowledge it a mistake, with- med me, that when the rmiiors against
out your assumption of the ground that Maj. Eaton and his family had been open-
you understood me better tlian I under- ed to mm Dy ur. L.iy, ne naa invited tne
stood myself, and that you could make accusers to make good tneir charges, and
the public believe so. My standard of that they had failed this is the substance
le i best of ' mv rinfifiHeucn niiH frierirlshin. arisiiiir from" a of that Dart of our conversation in which
have as yet pre- personal and political intimacy-of twenty Doctor,Ely's name was rnentioiiecirt A-
. wt '. ' I . . ,. . . . . ! t i :J v
would have dictated tnat course 10 cam, you say i caucu ui, your iiouscui
Such a course' could have beed.Unju- about 5 o'clock, when we walked to Mr. PjTT j
to none, and less troublesome to all. Berrien The fact is that you called for & vm w i
R.it in for na I am pnnp.pmPf!' T fVl. rr mft nt mv lodrrini about that time, bv nl impartial ITf
fectlv! willing to take the course adopted by previous appointment. This is a mistake c1nTJblfi A
yourselt, ot placing our views Del ore the I in a mazier oj ja.ci or no grcax importance,
Dub he. I do not think that it will be much except to show how easily, wc torcet. it
& . . - i . - j
years
me.
nous
V 1
ihe
for the -last
Question of tbe
which is, strl
tween the h
and the W
the SiaUfr
a consideraM
they:' and ttf
general pnj I
solution 'ti if)
projaosuj
ent cssayl
The writer! :
ant tasKhe
self in . tie;
and it is rfotl,
to him to adv
to combat rr
nnd upon.:
guilty of a df P
the commuitjjj
from that cVj.1 '
case dictates i
pursue. V v
,are callr
that "e want of harmony in thi Cabi- benefitted by our labors ; and I am farther
ici, was? iijc tausc ui uui uisuussui , lnauceu to ueiieve iiiav. me
or, in other Wordstar his reorganization ; place
ana air inenam, i
'fTN this case, it appearing to' the satisfaction o
JX tho Court, that the defendant, John, Gambell
is not an inhabitant of this State : It is therefore
ordered by the Court, that publication'be made for
three months, in the North Carolina Spectator and
Western Advertiser, for the defendant, John Gam
bell, to appear at a County Court, to be held for
the County of Haywood, at the' Court house in
Waynesville, on the last Monday in December
. next, then and there to plead, answer, or demur to
the petitioners petition '; otherwise the several mat
ers and things therein set forth, will be , taken for
confessed, and decreed accordingly. ; '
Witness, Robert Love,- Clerk of our said Court,
at ofiice, tli,? last Monday of June 1831, and n the
! 54th year of American Independence. '
ROBERT LOVE, C.' II. C. V.
State of North Carolina, '
Rutherford County. ,
Court of rieas and'Quarter Sessions -July Session
. . 1831. ,? '
James Breedlove ) Original Attachment, v
, t, .S. . , t levied on lands: -
jsenjamm Magness. :
IT appearing to the Count that the defendant in
this cause is not an inhabitant of this State It
is ordered, that he appear before the Justices of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at the next
Court to be hblden for the county of Rutherford,
at the Court House at Rutherfordton, on the 4th
Monday after tlieth Monday of September next,
-give bond and security, and plead to issue, or
judgment by default will be entered up against him,
and the lands attached condemned lor. tne pay
ment oi plaintifrs ; .demand
It is further ordered that, publication of this order
be made, lor six successive weeks, in the JNorth
' Carolina Spectator and Western Ad vertfsier.
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and Judge Berrien and Mr Ingham,
kiwic have, truly interpreted the meaning
ot the mystical expression want oj liar
mony. r - jj . j y
I have too much rpspect for the intelli
gence of the American people to believe
that they will be at any loss to arpiveat an
accurate conclusion from theA facts alreadv
placed in their possession. .
wc thus differ in matters of fact, how much
LJULJis yy 111 uiuib iiuui it vvw iu uiuvi c&o ivr uuiuii y
a less value npon the centroversy and still more a9 to the time, mannerjand
than you do. In denying the confiden- circumstances in which these words have
i i. i . . . . . .... . .
ti'al character of our conversations, you been introduced, and still more as- to the
urge, las. one consideration, that the i ntim- precisd meaning the speaker wishes to con-
ation jo invite Maj. Eaton and his family vey to the hearer !
to your large parties! was offensive, altho' . Having thought it important to memo-
vou are kind enouffh to believe that I did randum our conversation, would it not
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so intend it. If tlie nature of the sugges- have given additional proot ot your lncnd
tion changed in1 your mind the character of ship and confidence, and would it not
the conversation, and the relation of that I have been an act of lustice to me, to
decide Ut'
topicjP
tptseliVtp
research
toward'
- "is
11, however, it becomes necessary here- perfect friendship which had so long cxis- have furnished me with it, (so far as I was
after forme to appear before the; public, I ted, would it not have been magnanimous concerned,) that I might have corrected,
Teste,
August 13, 1831.
T..F.BIliCHETT, Clerk.
Pp. adv. $2.56 " 26 Gt
so.
trust that I shall unhesitatingly1 do
Respectfully your's, &c. ,
JOHN BRANCH.
Totht Editor of the U.'S.
Coj. JOHNSON'S REPLY TO
Telegraph.
Mr. INGHAM
From the National Intelligence of August 12.
- ; TO THE IjDITOItS.
Blue Spring 2d August, 1s31.
Messrs. Gales: Sf Scaton'1 After hav-
i i. r! . i l i . i ' i . .' t t l-
ingnnisnea me wunin leiter, 1 a
in your paper or the )24d ulUjthat
iiam had published his letter to me as well
as his statement. You! will please, there
fore, -to pujblish this letter as jmy'reply, and
oblige your ouedient servant
07 Look at thisJcJJi
t nIHE compass'has beenrso 16ng:in use, thai.
. JJL . hope its utility will ere long find its way in
to Rutherford county, and put 'every man in pps
?ession of his own land marks they may then es
cape the judgment denounced in a certain bookr
This is therefore, to notify all persons,
(that they may not plead ignorance in future,) "that,
1 am determined to prosecute all and every individ
ual, who shall be found trespassing; by cultivating
.the soil, removing timber, or in any otherwise com
'rnitting waste upoii any of the various tracts of Hud
' belonging 'to CpL. Richard Lewi's, situate' in the
Rutherford county lots and land adjoining the vil
lage of luthrfordton, unless Vvith my written or
erbal consent ; and it is presumed that all leases
nnd permissions granted by him, for any of those
purposes, have expired. ' : . .
... -Persons holding bonds on him for titles, would
do well to present them. AloO' persons having
' tnade, purchases ot land, in which he is; interested,
are hereby notified that no titles will be executed,
'unless satisfactory evidence is adduced that, his
proportion of the purchase money has been actually
paid, or secured tobe paid , cither to himself or his
property authorized agent.
J OVERTON LEWIS, Aent
Rutherfordton, 25th JanV, 1831. 50 ly p
Il'II. M. JOHNSON.
Blue SntiN, JuJy 31, 1831.
Jtear Sir : lours oi the loth; instant
was this day received, accompanied with
a statement, which, it seemsfyou have pre-
L pared for the public, purporingt6 contain
separate conversations withjthe President
and myself, relative to an allegation made
in the public journals, that General Jack
son had authorized a Member of Congress
to require of Messrs. Berrien,, Branch, and
yourself, and your families, to associate
with Major Faton, and his family, tinder
the penalty of being dismissed from office.
row refer to two articles in! the Globe I to
ana generous, in you to have .odvisedvme it necessary, any, erroneous, impressions
of it T I 'now come to the material point which pay conversations may have made
in controversy -whether General Jack- upon you ? The witness in court is often
son, through me, required of you to invite misunderstood by lawyers and jury, and
iuaj. jji,aton ana uisiamuy to your. large as ouen canea upon to correct the mis
parties. This suggestion was made up-; take and to explain his meaning ; and you
on my, own responsibility, with ai anx- have gained little, in your desire to be ac
ious desire more effectually to reconcile curate j so far as 1 fim concerned, by fail
the then existing difficulties But tjen. ins to present me with vour private mem-
Jackgon nev'erdid make such a requisition, oranda ; and if now furnished, I dare think
iscovered 111 any manner whatever, directly or indi- that I might put a different construction
Mr. Inc.- rectly ; nor did I ever intimate to you that upon your own notes. ' .
ne naumaue sucn a oemana. x ne com- Again you are incorrect jn supposing
plaint made by ijen.iJackson against this that 1 informed you that the President re-
partot his Cabinet was specihe, that he
i i' '' i . t - i . . - .
naa Deen iniormea, ana was induced
quested me to converse with you and your
colleagues. It was ray own proposition ;
the
ma
in
lip
ded aifjtv
now prese
ftrjpped
charms, . iqatoiicc.s,, r ,
magnificenceXno longer conceals
tive features fromthe perception of the v
common mind. The rcwnt'disasteranat'iv
has befallen the Capitol has not augment
ed xhe'right of the people nor the justness
ot their claims, for its removal, but a -cir
cumstauce, that increases the necessity
of their determination as an apt time to .
efl'ect an object the public good has long'"
called for. It is true, its opposers havo
becOQiedeprivedof ihedata of their strong
argument by its destruction ; bui '.That of
that? If it is ascertained that its location '
at Raleigh ..isih competition with the
general interest of the great community of
the Staie the principles cf the question is
still the same, though it be thrown hnqk
to where it stood before the General As-""
aw
lit
ir-
to
believe, that they were using their , influ- and in this you Will find I am supported scmbly of lfc7 or the Convention of 1768.
ence to have Major . Eaton and his family by Mr; Berrien. ; Nor did I ever say that
your families had, not returned the call of
Mrs; Eaton ; and, that if they would leave
the first card, and open a formal intercourse
m tnat. way, the rrcsidcnt would be satis
fied. (Such an idea never entered mv
excluded from all respectable circles, for
the purpose of degrading him, and thus
driveihim from office : and that the at-
tem pt had been made even upon the for
eign ministers, and in one case had pro
duced the desired effect. He" proposed no mind : for I never did know the precise
mode ot accommodation or satistaction. manner in which the social non-inter-but
declared expressly that if such was the course -existed between your families,
fact He would dismiss them from office, whether cards liad ever nassed from either
He .then read to me j a paper containing or not j and sure I am that the President
the principles in. which he intended to act, and myself never had any conversation on
which disclaimed the right to interfere with the subject, rrora first to last my .efforts
the social relations of the cabinet. Act- were put forth to reconcile the parties con-
tjng n the capacitv 'of a mutual friend,
justify your appeal to the public, previous-. a,,d obeying the impulse of my own mind,
ly to receiving my answer, in which it iap- can u be supposed that 1 would have mis-
peared that I had dcuied4the above alle
gation; if it had any allusion to me. Af
ter the publication of this accusation a-
gainst General Jackson, I received a letter
from a friend, iqtimating that 1 1 was the
member of Congress to whom' allusion
represented any! of the parties, and thus
defeat the object I had in view 1 I should
have! considered it a 'gross violation of ties
of that friendship which then existed be-
tweeji lis, to have carrfed to you. such a
message, as that you should invite Major
sousJ to vour larsre or small narties uuripr
j " o r: r -
a menace of dismissal from qfSce. (NVhen
the President mentioned this chaWe of
conspiracy t vindicated you agafnst;it. I
gave it as my opinion that he was misin
formed to prevent a rupture, 1 requested
the President to postpone calling " udoii
J
.71
FANCY PAF30R.
"ITUST received and for s.llp' at this Offir.p. a
9jf assortment oreuperfine colored and while gill
fsded Letter Ppptr also, superfine : white Letter
i'nprr; Foolscav. Writing Paper, ft a
was made, and requested to know if I liad Eaton and his family, or any other '-per-
j .i 1 i ! ! . n J l.
evermaue sucn a communication.! in my
answer, I confined myself to the1 specific
accusation tnus puDiiciy made against the
President and which is attributable to
yourself, and, most ; unequivocally deni
ed that General Jackson ever made such
acquisition through me. and as positivelr
denied having ever made such a statement those members of his cabinet till Saturday,
to you. On the contrary, I asserted, and tnat I might have the opportunity! of two
now repeat, 1 did -inform you, in each and days to converse with them.
every interview, mat tne rresident dis- When I made mv reDort to th Vm
claimed any fight or intention. to interfierd dentj I informed him that I'was confirmed
in any manner whatever with the regula- in my opinion previously expressed, that
ne uau Deen mismiormea as to tne combi-
uaiiuu mm cunspiracy. 1. iniormea. mm
of your unequivocal and positive jtlenial of
the tact, and coramunicaied cvey thing
which transpired between us calculated to
satisfy his mind on the subject.. 1 It was
this report of mine that gave him satisfac
tion, and changed his feelings arid -deter'
never made ; mination not his graund as you'have sun-
mj j uu, sen- posea , wnn me ne naa no ground to
cnange. tie had. assumed none except
that which I have stated; nor diuf I ever
make use of such anj expression? to you
t- i i i i u: 1 ' i ,-. .
iiiai lie uau cuuugeu jus ground. 1 It IS
true that I informed you that the Presi
dent was very much excited,' but I do ' not
now recollect the precise language used
cerned ; they were for the time being suc
cessful.- 1 haveneAer claimed any merit
for what I did : I feel happy, however, that
I was in any way instrumental in prolon-
giug ine pouucai relations wmcn nave
since been severed, in which ' I have had
no agency, and which I deeply regretted.
Having thus acted, to mv rreat inortifica-
ion I find myself dragged before the pub
lic to Vindicate myself against sentiments
and conversations imputed to me bv a
-
part of those friends, without the opportu-
tion of your private or social intercourse.
' ' Thus, in a matter in which I was enga
ged to serve you and other jfriends, in l a
matter of a delicate and highly bo'nfiden-
tial nature, and in which I succeeded, un
. i.-.iii iei 'i' . i
eiuecieuiy i iouna myseii preseniea in
ihe public journals as a witness impeach
ing one of those fnends, and ascribing to
mm oeciarauons wmcn ne
and placed in that attitude
respeci ana sen-aeience cauea upon me
to correct that erroneous jBtatemenU I
cannot therefore, agree with you, that I
did in any degree change my view of the
sunjeci in.consiaering.il improper in any
of the parties to come "before the public.
without the opportunity of comparing our.
different recollections. But if you feel un-1 to convey my idea of that excitement.
- j!.: k . . 1 ' . i , ;
That we should be. met at the thres
hold of this question by 'those witbiu "the
vicinity of the Capitol, is, a natural con
sequence. Their objections, though of,
minor consideration compared with the
main question in the solution of the pro
position, arc nevertheless of a character
calculated to excite the strongest sympa
thies" of our nature, and to throw upon our ,
mind an irresistible bias. But we would
ask, in what ratio would the injury to Ra
leigh by" the removaf of the Capitol bear
to that which the if hole community of tho
State have already suffered, and o that ;
which would ensue if it should remaia at '
llalcigh ? or in what ratio docs its benefit -to
Raleigh bear to the incalculable advan
tage the people of the State at large would
derive by its removal to, and in .aid of a
commercial depot of the State? Let the
people, who arc the best judges, answer
these queries. ' , ; -
It surely will not be contented that
where the private interest of a minimum
section of the State come in contact with
its general interest, the great interest of
nity of explaining to them their misappre- the whole should be sacrificed upon die.
nension oi wnai i oiu sav. . 1 the altar oi inaiviauai a?frrauaisemenr.
Without adverting to any faither inac- "NVbere can it be shown in this country
curacies' of your letter and statement, ; 1 j that the public welfare has been made .to
have the honor to be, very respectfully, yield to individual interest in such cases?
L L LI' ! . . .1 rii -1 ". . 1
your obedient servant,
i R'H. M. JOHNSON.
Honi Samuel D. Ingham.
POLITICAL.
; -1: From tbeTaleigh Star.
TO THE FREEMEN OF K. CAROUXA.
. Fellow Citizens. The proposition here
submitted for your consideration in trulv
one of momentous concern toj ou in both
your public and private relations. It is
upon the expedency of calling a Conven
tion for the purpose of considering the pro
priety of removing ypur seat of govern
ment, to a more eligible place than Raleigh
a measure, it is believed, public exi
gence or the future welfare of the people
at large imperatively calls for.
In the dicussion of this interesting top
ic the writer is aware it involves a varie
ty of conflicting interests influenced by lo
cal' prejudices, a consideration that is to be
regarded as having in its consequences
already produced ia- our
legislative
The principle is without example in the
science of political economy, and is di
rectly at variance with common justice. "
Then, is it to policy or justice, or to
both, we must resort j for the determina
tion of such questions 1 It .will not be
deempd, but that it is an inseparable char
acteristic of justice to shape its decis
ions to the existing situation of things,
and that it will continually direct us to
pursue our own happiness and interest
whenever our pursuit does not mitilate to
the injury of others. : Neither justice or
somid policy will ever compel us to acts of
unntnn ntrorPSSinn T but ther will com-
man Jus to exert ourselves with; steadi
ness and fortitude for the preservation and
attainment of our very rateable right. -V
A proposition therefore like the one in
question, "of policy or expediency rw is
properly summonable before the people, . -whose
incentives to act eternally emanate
from considerations promotive of ther
good of mankind. If it should .be coa'
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