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. J r hfiU '! - . , . .s . . ; -! ;u- : ; ; . ilp- , ' f T i fHv-- vvV-' A-r vrr-
KlliJll-' "' " r':;-------'
-UlisrMfTOMS,
PSki bowels. cr.d cructallons.,
l8W--iAiic?pain9-.: ffiddmess, dimness
9" 4 -. s. i . o inn ill I r a 11 utfcvi iiihuuii i
I'hLnyjriikble. thouehital, despond
ilfldf1?Uiili4niirf nfrol ia r train of deas
m 3,U. 1 ilnaihaiion and - oTerh'e1mo
f .3 f : ' e
1 I.Li iifa f ii Linn. ! psnpriallv SPi
Kniiri.tiu.,vi i . -.- -p t c j - .
J t . JiWiui.il . inlorrvmrep. nr MX
K tiSil"!! imirnoderaie us of mercury,
f - M$, the soppres9ion of sorae ha
WiF&M&Lihe wbRUBction of the men-
M3!,a T;f!fi niia -rnniion ' relaxation . or
rf ii-i iTA AUUnrft imDuriaot oraaos within!
UudMrUUeci3 Qf treatment are, to re
Eifenmritswhlcii may promoted
afoHlhours regular meaJs, and
eirelullf 'rek ateiJ. hy the; . occasional tise
SoWtoatn .this end, than Dr, William
iaPAj)eflcln!sbeing mild and certain
Wilicifl itM -Hlhe bowels being, enca
SSiIiM!e Camomile Pillsrhich
y ,nr,y,knolrie; and antt-spasmodic; are an
f''teiin!upon any subject un
! 1 teinffiin any- tiling that de-
ff 1 ? lllri,fnWp - Also I Iai)?oidneSs
SfSSS nilHE Subscribe s would inform thei Frauds
mm Stti ;! ll and tk. P in general; that- .bey hate
mn&& ftinr to the nnmerousfiublio. !-
rfSoVhare recommended free
:'i?ulo iibooid not be resorted to ;
biUI tf If greljr agg-ra rale the Under the Firm! U Broww & Spakrow and
JnmeimSi and Astonishing Facts.
aMTIIREE YEARS' STAND
lij Ml Robert Monroe, Sch uy 1 k i II , afflicted
!pj lb aSoveilSistressiing ma ady. Symptoms:
retlanr; flatulency, distarbed restoer
wlsidlchepdifficwlty of breathing, tightness
i''st4rerossNth":breasi; oer
;ritliod ifesilessness, "could not ; lieT
a
-
iiytii i tit jKosi tioh without the sensation of
'iijpwii slfctioa; palpitaiian of the heart,
citbssinf ciJQco&uveness; pain ot the stom-
attiidrowsioejgroki debility and deficiency of I
!fetynernus 5 energy, oi i jxj mouroe save, up i : -
tef :boU'gM; recovery, aod dire despair sat
Ui ib 6a$afeiitte offevery' Person interested in
tWlxiste lellw! papptness . till by accident he
; refBovingpverBymptomr of his' disease, lie
iitoat!-ltji oibiite 'foHhia: declaration is.
l f? icau vw H
with the same Or any symp-
ft
;ihm .iO)i (ar d j hose I rom wnicn ne is nappuy
! rreJ,ffiay::)ikewse receive the inestimable
ueurm,' . 1. tut, I iV 1 . - .
fifen years with Tic Dojereux, vroient pain
b hr f lead r and vomiting. With a burning heal
lisiomachand! unable to leave her room.
Swtduld n4; 00 reHef from ihe advice of sev- f
P'fnisiciaoorfrera medicines of any Jnnd, al
tirtiijtershfad commenced using Ur Eans'l::
jbfticins!if CthaihamK!treet and from that I
raWJ?:Fia??BM V lMls "I
ft ebntifiueJ
jmivv. wm.iuca icw ujrs luiigei, 1
pilrcured. Reference can be had
m ti the fra
f the above, by calling at Mrs
pWotfaJdablliter'Store, 1889 Grand street,
;:. a,V L:
iJT?mne;lq Kenny,.No 115 Lewis
between Stanton and Houston sis. afflic
FKifiJf wtth the following' distressing
T)ioaii:jAidi eructationL daily spasmodic
aij inihe had, I9SS of aprpclite, palpitation of
pf beat;pddiness and d itnness of s'!ght,could
M eottlh'Iij!ht sild'e.-distorbed rest, otter! In-
'Willing) ng i W any thing that demanded
Si
I'S'I at iii-aM, sometimee i visionary idea of
f? fapf.fceediseaseL'a whimsical aver-
t'mis0ra&iyfiffl npvr wann nn hnrt witiS
;i $M .bailQcioiticjas,! ; : '. . f.
Ifl Willad !the advice of several eminent
PleAn,?4Kad recourse to numerous medi-
IJHhpof obtain eve'n temporary aljevia
fhel 4!4? stato.4ill ber husband per-
f?u.r ?W?ae;trial 0. my modeot treatment.
mtiiiy!
Mlhui
oow,quite.ieiieyed4, and finds herself
cabable of laliendinior ta her domMti f-
.bUV.aVUWs thai eh eniriire ta itniJ KoallK i
OL1 m?fVany period of ber existence.
J?Keun; Ausbubd of the: foresaid Anne
I.
?ajPciwijrr. Com. of Deeds.
.11
L pll!i&l ARK ABLE CASEOFACUTF
Him ATllSM.i with an Affect, lit- k.Cl
-iu.--mM 'i -.'.t.. i .'. . . mo
rreo una.erv ine ireaiment of Doctor
:MLIJ ?? New.
;,- ; .uriiieniamm o jams, io centre
; J''in(all IbiVj irutsj which were always
hftpltfe slightest motion, the tongue
whiieness ; lossof app
appetite,
yfuv the Wine high coloured, and I
ve
often
I - i i?.r ' ojr icon. no m-
yoihijwpre also attended witb"cbDsid
Matl5'hi'eathingrwiih-...a sense of
rote chest, likewise a great want
t W e?!il M.e nervous system, t J
iti 1 1 -!f Symptoms were entirely removed,
O WMfafceA by Dr Wro Evans, i
ENJ.J JARVIS.J:
Cltniirm. i).M.n..J..J U S 'PL '
i rSWW.it-iT Jil f V U 1 hoinr itntBr i'.. J. L Jj 4
pMfjM'H facts suted. in tha a
Jfieateubscribedjby him, are in all
lHYiHi, KKN.I, O. JAR VIS. -
PA HUL, Notary Public, 96 naV.
I ti ffi?JVlJEftSrt.V r!AnH; e r a- .
j twtfeed inra public paper some cures efTected by ;
! DiWEVAiEDICiNE in his com- j
piaif icil id OccJ liim . M purchase aTpackf
' au'efiif iil RM'which resuhed in completely i
: :m .QAS0DF JIC DpLOREUX. J
1 fB.;JEpbnson, w'ife of Capt. Joseph
Jlwrijdf jlvnti,.51as3. was evetely afflicted
IWIWW iJPn anF places, groundless B. Stone of Alabama. The owner is requested yi V.wEr. V r, Zr 2.7rA7n
ntimmt personal dinger and -poverty , to come forward j pay charges, and tal?e him 10 heated fanaticista; rfeijm?m "ngj"-
lsortf Und wearinejeof Iite.disconien! away. J 1 hi DAVID KERNS Jailor. ' not"ale llo.n '? wl !S
Hqel4oD every slight oocsionJshe ' Jin. 24, tsioLtf. j . ?! i Pu.b ft8 .T1?8 ;.?f - 5cas-6 2ree
ived Hfiutd Uitber die'norlive; she wept, .. ' J " ' : 'm V ; wlN lr- G. lhat to? rouch zeal, frequently in-
smmi. m : 1 . 1 i.t . . , j .r rvl,...j jr : mrM inr mdsb.11 And we would ventare even
r-'i Besnonaea. ana unoujroi sne lea a 1 .siise necei vt;e ufcc t niuru
PENDLE'TOiV & BRUNER,
EDITORS A.ND PROPRIETOnS.
Ji
SIM?W:ORM;
1 ' . .BGGS.-.'M !'.
! ,
THE Subscriber offers for sale, at 50 cenis
per tbousand,a rery large quantity of
j Sillfritiorm Eggs, . I
carefully raised by herself, and in a good state of
preservation. ; 1 ' ' "."'.'!'.- t.'i ---TUf!
! MXRTHA D. FEONT1S. j
Salisbary, Janijll, 1840. tf f a
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WHOLESALE DEALERS lit :v T j '
r
125 Pcar r 78 Beaver StnUs
NEW-YORK.
January 17, 1840, 4t25. : j
AT:
DAVIDSON COLLEGE.
?? luo rW gnai, mai- iney
credlnu, co-pa rtnerSh,p,0 loe
Mercantile Business,
GOOD
New
sr - v.
u;o)iincii
solicit a continuance of toe patronage sa liberally
extended to tse i former concern - of ! Michael
Brown; " They hope by attention to business,1 a
good Stock of Goods, and at loir prices, to merit
conunnance or :tpe same. , ; r j
v MICHAEL BiROWN,,! I
1 f THOMAS SPARROW.
Jan:'lS.;t840N-S26'A-i .rci-J' - f ' I
P. S. Those indebted to the former concern' of
Michael Drown, (which waa dissolved job the
12tli Inst.) will please call and settle the same
wun i nomas v oparrow wno is ruuy aumor
ised to grant dischargee " - f- .''! I -
. ,- . ffn mivuawu jjuvimv
Great Wcstcrnystage Zinc,
FROM SALISBURY to ASHVILLE, N. C.
H
! i JlRRJlh QEMENT I FOR 1840.
njlHE abote lina is now in foil operation and
il arrives at, and departs from Salisbury as fol
lows: ;i.: - 1- -1 ! '
Leaves Salifpury on: Mondays,; Thoisdays,
and Saturday 3, at 5 o'clock,! A. M.; arrives; at
Ashville next day& at 8 o'clock, P. AI. I i
- - - -nt Satnr
Retormng,IeayesAshUIeon aiondays, 1 hors-
, at 5 o'cloek A. ol.; arrives
SalisburT next (days at 8 o'clock P. M. .
V i 1.. A. BENCINf,
jj 1 , 'R: W.LONG.
N. B. Pasaeneers leaving Raleigh, N I C.
for Nashville litl'ennessee, will nnd nof delay
whaleTerotrini0Ute. A.B. & R. W.L.
Salisbury N. C Jan. 17th. 1840. tf 25. j
ND committed 10 Jail! of Rowan County,
,. u !t't 1 1 1 . rt 1
says his name is John, acd! belongs to Thomas
Wholesale or IZetaill
- hi. I. i i f
.75 KegB Kails, assorted sizes,
800 Banj Iron ll to 2 inches wide.
2000 lbs. lS()fing Steel, 1 !
500 lbs. !Amn. Blister do. ! i
100 lbs Bar Lead, I 1
15 Kegs Powder,
24 Hhds.1 Sugar,
CO Bags Coffee,
100 Kegs Wliite Lead,
15 Coils Rape,
20 Pieces Bagging.
40 Botes Glass 8 by 10, i
20 (io j dn. 10 by 12, v ) I
40 Noa iScotia Grindstones, -j i
240 Bottles Scotch Snuff, I ;
j I By J. & W. MURPHY.
SHORT KTOTIOB !
E, theondetstgned, haying disposed ofour
,.!a,shm.enl- 1 1,9 .0,lce l.he5
customers io come forward and make immediate
payment. -1 Those- who neirlert thia -our! fast
calli may expect to have their accounts to pay to
ov""' wiuj pmcerho is appointed tor said
r'r" i .. v - i - " 1 - i.
i ; - r i
JONES & ROBERTS.
January SS4, 1840 526
WANTED,
C. B. & C. K; WHEELER.
Jan. 24. 1840-tf26
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From the JCws Mountain Iron Cckipany:
nnHE Subscribers -have made! arraojements
wiih the above Company, for a i regular,
dy of superior Iroxr; which is ; well adapted
supii
to, Wagon and, Carriage work; Horse, Shoeing,
6iC. : which Will be sold on rensonihle terms.';
I V : J. W. MURPHY
Ussz nvuubu UALLONS ell Fresh weiB,?m,l an " . exrsted tn as greaia oe
Coloi less,1 Cold Pressed CASTER OIL. Bre iuce as before, and therefore, we aay,' tbat
j- Apply to J 'ii the Law has no beneficial effect, bofitia actual-
JSalJsboryi Ess. 6, lSrfjmlD m -; ,
. j-. I - -t j ; ,
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POETICAL.
id
THE PASSAGE. it
if'
FROM THE GERMAN OF CHLAHD.
L f . ... f k
many a year tstn its grave i
Since I crossed this restless wavej:r
, And the evening, fair as ever, u
S bices on rum, rock aod fiver. , I'
Mi
Then in this same boat beside,
Sat two comrades old and tired ;
t - r.a . -
V II
vne wun an a iaiiter s troib,
One with all the fire of youth.
One on earth is science Wrought,
And bis grave in silence sought ;
But, the younger, brighter form,
Passed in battle and in storm.
i
f
. ... I.
So, when'er I torn m;ne eye'
Back nmn lh Ha ttnntt hv.
5 Saddening thoogbts of friends come o'er me
Prieods, who closed their course before me.
Vet what binds us, friend to friend,
But thai soul with soul can bIend-4
Soul-like were those hours of yore-
Let na walk in soul once more !
''l ' ' v I-"-'"1'---' -Take,
oh boatman, twice thy fee i
Take I give it willingly f ,
For, invisibly to thee, j
Spirits twain have crossed with md.
I
i!
for the watchman
: JVfessrs. rfifofs. The Jong promised atten
tion fiom the Editor of the Banner, M length
appealed, and found me jpetfectly cool arid erm
ppsedl And though the remarks of Mr. G.'6a
vor a little f celidity, yet iihey are rnocb iuure
mild than those contained! in his firstj effusion.
But he appears to have : forgotten that he was
charged. with a misrepreseatatioh of the proceed
ings of the Temperance Convention; it :lf;he is
nut guilty, iusiice to himself requires a defence :
if be k guilty, if too much cheat arid a want of
true knowledge on the s"ubject,i led Lm into an
error, candor and trae macfnuninjitv renuiffl a con
fession.. Bnt in this mailer he can do as he inay 9
thlnk best.f be stands charged, but makeano de
fence aodt 4 silence gives consent. jVelhank
him, cordially, for the quotation which be has
presented oajrorja Steroei" thai heat is always
in proportion to the wan j of true knowledge."
The truth of this remark; is glowingly I exempli
fied fq v Mr tJ's. lateeditorial remarks onUhe
Temperanca Convention for had he known that
the members, thereof were not j guilty ( of thodO
eharges whch he preferred against them he
would have remained silent. And jbad iho not
oeen heated in his opposition to Temperance So
cieties, he would not. oQ a mere suspicion of ob
jectionable features in th proceedings of a large
body of respectable men, applied the opprobioos
epithets of heated fanatics and misguided phi
Janthropisti to thera. Bst we are cautioned to
W more temperate in our remarks, if We wish se-
irous' attention. ;
h If we ever make a ttore severe charge upon
Jr. G. than heated fanatic, we will not expect
serious attention. Faualicism means heated en
thusFasm, and heated fanaticism most, therefore,
border so near on insanity or madness, that there
is na name? to distinguish it therefrom.' If Mr.
G's. feelings are so fine, as to cause him to writhe
under a slight cassation; he should hpreafter.be
more mild in his innictiori of stripes on others.
;Ooride6igh is not to offer him any persoual in
sult, 'we are devoid of all angry feelings 'towards
him J out we aisagree wun mm in opinion on
temperance, and claim aright to defend our optn
ions.! ' ' I ' '
Df. Yeiing obsei ves, "i to recriminate ts just."
vl- -e il. . ..f .u- .
naa an oeen ptronsnea 10 ne wona, sua jnej en
. ..; i ... u
a little further, and say i( always injures a cause.
But we confess, that we are surprisedafter for
mer charges of such ponderous, weighty to find
onr friend under the necessity of crossing the
Atianuo ucean, ana loeaung nis scenes pi neai
ed z4a1 and misguided philanthropy, in the tem
perance cause, in the British Parliament; And,
even there, be appears to find it in ri modified
shape, natinged with any thing-worse lhao mis
guided chilanthrtipy.C Heated fanaticism, al
though it appears to hayel embaikedlor a foreign
land, had not arrived jn the British Parliament
when our friend left.- ft seems necessary, al
ways, for ami-temperance men to locaHtho fa
natical operations of the . temperance party i re
motf regions, and lo' nse far fetched aVgnments,
fer tangible evidence is but seldom to b cornat
But wherein have the members ofi 11$ British
Parliament ron mad on the ipmperancrlsobjeci ?
Mr.f G. takes-care not-tic tell osl Have they
ceased to drink rum? Would it be a caofte of
regret in thiij coentry if ihe memHerslofiCon
gress wenld do the same ? ..We.Tei0fce4t.bat some
of them have done so. ! Or has it been throosh
theif insuomentaHty. that the btantifol and ac
cor4lished Queen Victoria U an aciiaient of
the Temperance cause f Or have the manifest
ed some opposiiioo to the support of the 47,000
gtogshops n the city of London, and to the an
nual expendiiore of 50,000.000 pnonS ferling
in Great Britarn and Ireland for ardeiij Spirits t
Or what have they done to v'e their ;m!isgoi
dedj philanthropy We wish, to be; Informed.
As ?0be Licence w;Mr G sayslthat in
temperance existed prior to its passage! I This
lyihjarioas.for the retailer cao now' plead tbe
sanction of the law in paliatioo of the disgrace
which, woold actually attach! to anyooe who
woId'aetually engage in bchaatii,i4ihoQl
uch sanction. Moreover,;he Jwhoipays for li
cence io retail, and establishes'a grnwrydogr
Bery. in order to make it profitable, jnritHs"Ji4
dottrv in entnv nstnmr 4nt liio iSnn ftnnn
rebmestbe resort orcrowds'bf the baser sert;
who quarrel aod fight and are indicted, an4 the
County U taxed - with the easts-1 Tbl 34 CO
I naiii Kv ih l?iil will nt Uw ifc.ii lnt"nn
font. and can Mr. Gnt out aMSribbhat
hDDt pfodutcd t sipgle fight ia tha cporse of
i
!' if
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one year? Now permit me to say to my friend
G. that I was once a violent op poser of Temper?
ance Societies my selfVI wrote against them, and
taiKed against tbem, and; tried to hate some good
reasons for my opposition, bat I never eoald find
more than one, and that loved tht article.
And 1 have the following reason for believing that
uie wppusuiuu oi einers arises ixom; pne same
cause, viz: " As f ice ana we re lb to face in A
glass, so doth the heart f man to man. .
J.iLVEITAS.
i foa the WATcnaAiii I L
COMMOr&CHOOLS. ,
The Act passed by the last General Assembly
of the State of N. Carolina, to divide the cooofies
into School -Districts, and for other purposes, I
bare carefully read, and am inclined to think ihat
Common Schools cannot be brought into operatioo
under its regulations. The Act says tne size of
the districts stiaii be six miles square, but does
not say where the School House shall be located.
whether in the centre or elsewhere, but the tea
plication is, that it shall be in. the centre, and
there it certainly ought to be, to order to equal
ae as nearly as possible; the 'distance to the
school house from allpajts of the diatricti But
the centre sometimes would be foond in the cen
ire of a plantation, or io the centre of a tract of
land, where, if an attempt should be made. to
boiid. it is probable the proprietor Would; oppose
it. isut admitting the proprietor graats liberty
to ooiio, and a school -bonse is erected worth
a hundred or more dollars, he having1 jibe legal
right uf the land and all that appertain thereon
to, might dispose of itf in any way he might
think proper, and thereby entirely deprive the
school or the house. The act has mtde no pro
vision to purchase and Charter land for the tise
of Common Schools, and hence I presume many
will not feel disposed to build on such Uncertain
premises. The 9th eeetiotS of the act reads las
Uollowe ' Be it furthei enacted, that! forty doP
f lars out of- the nett income of the literary fond
ror meyear lasy, is nereoy appropriated toeacn
district in said Counties where the vote shall be
in. favor of the establishment of Common Schools,
which shall be paid by; the public Treasurer, up
on the warrant or the Governor, nporf the ceitt
ficate of the Chairman of the Board of sopertn-
tendentsof said Counties, that taxes have been
levied to the amount of twenty dollars for ' each
school district in their respective coqo ties, and
that school booses have been erected in oacb
district, sufficient to accommodate at least fifty
scholars.? : It is sufficiently plain from this act
that the counties that have voted for the . estab
lishment of Common Schoola cao obtain no mo
ney frota literary fund until they have built
school houses in EACH District.; If there
were 25 districts in a: county and 54 of them
had built such school houses as tbe act directed,
yet the county is not entitled to a ceqi frem the
literary fund until the ;25th is built, i Now, ita
king into consideration! this act, the thin popula
tion oT many parts of the couottes, and that the
school-hooses are to built gratuitously; we have
reason to believe that school booses j will not be
built in EACH District for years to . come;
therefore it would be preraatore in the. County
Courts to levy a tax for the schools before the
houses are built in EACH District J It is the
opinion of some that levying a tax Tor 'the sup
port of QommoQ Schools will ; have' a tendency
to cause the people to feel a deeper Interest1 in
their welfare, and excite them to swatch the
management of them more closely, but be this as
it may, matter ofjfecj has proved thst many.oo
this gronndf aie opposed tomKfid.therefore
are resolved to" withhold from ifiem their aid.
TfieTr concTo3on"lsTflrthe peopl e werealflabl e
to educate their children there would be no need
for snch schools, and therefore the ! needy. oQght
not to be taxed for their support, who i with great
difficulty pay tbe taxjjalready imposed on trem.
They are aware that tbe rich ate taxed as Well
as the poor, but th e poor man in proportion to h is
property pays as much as the rich man, and. the
rich have the same privilege the poor, have to
send their children to school, and thereby can get
the value of their money raised by , taxation as.
well as their fproportipnable part drawn from the
literary fund. Moreover, they think it nhjngt
their owh .e'xpeR slJdJbjfve a tax imposed up
erinnTiwhereasla considerable
nejtTKsr t'aisedJwnTgoo edlicateeichj37enjo
those, wblTarjaHi3cS
Thosepwho are natural Ijr sanguine j may deeatf
the plan sketched out: by the Legislature al sufl
ficienl to bring Common Schools info operation!
and may consider the; above objections frtvoloosl
but whether.they are frivolous or. notj they havi
divided the people, nl as the expense of bbild-f
ingof tfe school houfes falls on th eople,hr
must he a onion and a stmoltaneoos effort pad?
by them" to effect trie business, otherwise th
work will remain oodone foroeyer.1 This s too
evident. I think.' to be dispotedi L The ,wrfler oi
inese renrarKs rowpia lavor,, oi fo""'! .
be
is of opinion that the plan pointed oat by the
2';slatore will not answer 1 the j purpose for
Leg
which it was designed, and an education is a sub
ject of great importarice he thinks the plan laid
down by the begtiiajure ougni io oe iunyjcan-r
vassedfby which means, if the pjan s. defective
its defects would be discovered, and hence a beti
ter one might be adopled. - f- r j NERI. j
How soon the doors ofjhejtobate t
he. Inst inlditr 'af, the Revollit
tion !- How; soonf is: to, fall, the coitam o"
separation bet weeri the generation of hero
ic spirits,.vvbo achieved oor indepenncnce,
and the generation; to whom isrirrustd the
high, destinylbf ljs prescrvafori. Ajtnosjl
everv mail brir3io3 accounts of ihe decease
of revolutionary soldiers. : ?A Pennsylvania j
piper mentions the- detthj of Capt. Daviri
Davidson, id his 88th yeari at Lost Creek
Vallev. Juniata , county. lie died on the.'
night of the 25th jDecernber.! Sixtythree
years ago," on. the 25th December, he cross-
ed witn Qis Prtaurcw im ariiis me, river jlcm
wafe, to aid, for the first time,' to fight the
battle at Trenton. I He was a soldier, in the
full sense of tbe word, and was' in various
battles, such as Trtntonr Princeton, Bran
dvwine. Slonv Point. Germantown, Mon-
mouth, Greenspringi end -orktown ; apd
it was not until the conclusion nl the war
thai he exchanged jhe sword fbr tbe plough-
Eh:ie, end tbospear for the rmng hooV,
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NO. 27--VOLUME VJIJIY
? I WHOLE JVO, 391;
With an honorable wound, and without be-
: ; ... .
ing contaminated with the vices so
coata-
gious in carop Jv. F. Whig.
H I
. SLANDER, REFUTED.
i
I The following Letters from Geo. Harrison
scatter to the winds, the miserable slandkr of the
L:.s.....:. o..!- L . T e
u,u..M.uu no voieo w seli.
White men : 1
Correspondence with Mr Plcasaktsi I
Rift.nn s,n. 1 kattt !
wivuuunu, tepu ia, loo. 1
Vear bur : onr. political ODDoneots in the
State uf Maryland have, for some time, been ac- j
lively urgioo asainstyon a hew chamei-that oft
itUing white men, which probably had rio incon-1
sicerableenect in tbe recent elections in that State.
and; which is evidently much uelied upon to inh
uueuco mt jpiocuiB BiecuoBs mroognoui ine
unuea oiaies. 1 enciosa yon a papier (the Bat-
timote Republican) containing the charge in full,
and I beg of you, as an act of justice to jyonrsetf
ana your meojggaoje me to refute a charge
against the uniform tenojrof yoqr life, which I
im well aware, has been replete with instances
of distlQgoished private liberality and public sac-
lifice. , ; , ' ,J . j
J With the highest respect, have the; honor to
oe, yuor kuuw-iipb, ,
JOHN H. PLEASANTS.!
Geo. Wm. H. Harrjsow.
Richmond, Sept. 15J 1SS6.
Dear Sir : I acknowledge the receipt of your
fayor of this date. 1 have before heard bf the ad
cusation to which it tefers. On my wy hither
J met yesterday with a young genilemao of Ma
lyland, who informed. me that a voteof mine in
hi Senate of Ohio had been published) in favor
bf a law to sell neraons imorisooed onder a iod.
mint for debt, for a term of years, if unable oth -
erwise 10 aiscnarffe me execuu -n 1 ma not, lor
a moment, hesitate to declare that I had never
given any such vote ; and that, if. a vote of that
aescrtpf ion had been published and ascribed to me,
uricuj uih inrAJuuus jtukukki. ? oucn so aci
would have been repugnant to my feelings, and
in diiect conflict with my, opinions, public and
prrvaie, inrougn tne wnoie course 01 my nie
- l l - a I I ' r if f
ip sue a proposition was erer auomuiea 10 me
Legislature of Ohio none such woo Id I fur a mo-?
ment, have been entertained nor would any eon
of hers have dared to propose it. .. j j. i
: So far from being willing to sell men for debts,
rhhjh they are nnnble to discharge, I am, and
ever have been, opposed to all imprisonment for
debt. Fortunately, I have it in my ' power j to
show tbat such has been my established opinion ;
ana mat, in a puouc capacity, 1 avowea ana act -
ed upon; it. ill those who have preferred the
unfounded and malicious accusation, refer to the
journals of the Senate of the United States, 2d
session, 19th Congress, page 325 r It will there
be seen tbat I was one of the Committee which
reported a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt,
VV hen the bill was before the. Senate j I advoca-1 vote of the House, and itncken out in the Ren
ted its adoption, and oirits passage, voted in its J ate, in opposition to the twelve who have Urn
favor. - cee benate Journal, 1st se9ion, 20ih
Congress, pages 101 and. 102. f
1 It is not a little remarkable that, if the effort
I am accused of having made to subject men to
lale for the non payment of their debts, had been
successful, 1 might, from the state ot .my pectin-
fary circumstances at the time, have been the
first victim. I repeat, the charge is! a vile ca-
lumny. At no period of my life would I have
consented to subject the poor and unfortonate to
such a degradation ; nor have 1 omitted toexett
mvself in their behalf against such an attempt
oppress them. ' !
i It is Sought to support the charge by means of
garbled extracts from the journals ofitbe Senate
of Ohio. The section of the bill which is em-
ployed for that purpose bad no manner of refer-
ence to tne relation 01 creditor ana aeoior, ana nau sopposeo inai a woman, or a you-.p, f .
could not by possibility subject the debtor to the convicted of an offence, remained in Jail f-r tl -control
of his creditor. None know better than payment of the fine, and costs imposed, irii!,t
the authors of the calumny that the alledged sec
tion is utterly al variance with the charge which
U attempted to be founded upon it, and that, so
far from a proposinon to invest a creditor with
power over the liberty of his debtor it has. res-
n- rt only to the mode of disposing ot public oaeo
ders. who had been founJ guilty by a iory of
'their fellow-citizena of some crime against the
V -I- - ' - w
laws of their State. That was exdosively the
import aod design of thT section of the bill opon
4 he motion to strike out which I voted in the neg-
fative." So Too perceive that in plaice of voi'g
to enlarge the power of creditors, the vote which
a 3 vv v 1 ivj v v .u v . w - -
aA .Una tU ironfmont of main
faclors. convicted of crimes szainst the fvblic.
) TrMrtU'.vtinl idttoitar in n innnn vpnient
Ilentrlh tn cro fnllv into the reasons which led
f . . iv iiu iu i-Ainiu 11113 iili . . ..........
at the time to an opinion in lavor or ine proposea
atmeot or4hat Iass or onenoersi wno would
! f have fallen
within its operations, nor is such
exooe called4 for. The measure wasby no means
a novellv in other pans ot me coiiniry. in
E state bf ' Delaware tliere is an act in force in sim
ilar words with the section of the bill before the
Ohio Senate, which has been madex of late the
pretext of such invidious invictive. Laws with
somewhat similar provisions may bejfbund io ma
ny of the States. : In practice the measure would
have ameliorated the condition of those who were
under consideration. As the lawj stood, ihey
were liable under tbe sentence to confinement in
.
,
the Tornon jail, where offenders of various de-
nM r ..;.fl m nf Ai(Tt.Tmt in!. ar and col
ori were crowded together. Under such circum
stances, it is obvioes that the bad must become
Worse, whilst reformation could bardfy be expect
ed :n respect to any The you.hfnl offender,
it miht be hoped, woyld be reclaimed under the
operation of the proposed system i but there was
great reaswc to fear his siill greater corrupnon
amid the contagion of a common receptacle of
vice. Besides, the proposed amendments of the
.anRTvw,.l ihtLiherfelinqtienl was in con-
I finement fonhTTroripayment of a fine and costs
of prosecmion the payment oi wme-n was a part
af, the sentence; it seemed, therefore, humane,
in' respect ta the offender, ip relieve ;bim from
confinement which deprived him of the means
of discharging the penalty, and to vj)Iace bim in
ftitoatmn in which be might work out his de-
f liverance, een al the loss for a lime of his per
1 cons) liberty. ','.'-.'- ' ?
j fjot f forbear to go further into
tne reasons
a member of
which led me. sixteen years ago. aa
tire Qbio Senatr. to entertain a favorable opinion
Ur ana
inal police cfthe Statp. It U certain that
iner in respect tomyfit, or thm who rotep.r?? '
illi me. vaa th opinion at the limo. cr.rsiif n '
as the reaolt cf unfriendly bias towards th-fc tt'
or ooiurtontie.: ay. the last 0jt hich I
could tiarpi aot cipaled e?en fiom the'ear sr.!
iurB3 ucaiio in assail me, was a cr.nrT r j cn.
inetiaiioesa lo tLe bumble and imor cf the c.;r.-
monity . r
I am, my dear sir. with irrpat rscr.
humble sextant.- v s
Letter toCikcirsati Editor, IS2I
Sir: In yonr paper of the 15th inst. I
rved a mist violent anark opon eleven M! tr
members ut ibe lale enaIp and mjsf It, fwr r.
nippued vote given at the last session, fur j!
passage ol a law ts ustll debtors in eerici:
Cases." If each had , ben onr binrinot. I
knowledge tharwe should not onlv deserte t!
censure which the writer has bestow J up-n v-
oui lav execration or every honest men in sr
f i wf !nM.M ul 0n,Jf crraj 1 3
lh8 Principles of justice and humanity; but wots!.,'
be a palpable violation tf the Coosiitotion of tl
State which everv legislator
and sanctioned by a House of Represeotatite 3
ana lweIT8 senators, it would Indicate a state tt
i deoravitv which tvonld fill PVAfV nsffiflir fine-.--.
I with the most alarming ant?emtimi. H,,t i' -
fact is, that 00 such proposition wis eTJ'r 4 nisi 3
in the tamlaibra or even ihnrist nf Ti,fl rt
to whicb the wntei alludes, has no more relati a
I to the collection of debts ,f than it has n i
discovery of longitude. -It, wis an act fort 1. 3
f -punisnmeni 01 onences sgt?nst the State : ar J
tbat part of it which has so deeply wonr.del t 3
feelings or -your correspondent, wss pa?s?d tj
the, House of ; Representatives and voieJ f.r
by the twelve .Senators, tnder tbe impress en
that tt was the mmt mild and humane mode f
dealing with the offenders of whose. caes ii
intended. It was adopted by the Hou?e cf Hep
reseotatives as a part of the general systetn:l.f
the criminal law, which was then onderoir " a
j com pieie revision and amendment ; the nece ity
of this is evinced by the following facts : Fur
several years past it had become apparent that
the Penitentiary system was betoming more a; i
more burdensome at every session ; a large 1 p
propriaiioo wascalld for to meet the excess; cf
expeoditnre above the receipts cf the; estal
mrt ;.In lie commencement of the Fpssiua
1S20, '"the deficit amounted to near 0,000.
This growing evil required the immediate i
terposition of some vigorous Kgislafive measu
Two were rectmnended as being likely to
dace the eifrct: hrst, placing the institution
der better management ; and, secondly, us;
1 ing the number of convicts who . were serttei r
lor s&ort periods, and whose labor was laur.d t
Ibe most unproductive. Io pursuance of ihe 1
ler principle, thefts; to the amount of $10 or
upwards; were subjected to punishment in il.
i pennemiary, insieaa 01 iu collars wntcn
) the former minimum sum : this was easily d
i But the sreat difficulty remained to detrrut
i a 1 t t a . 1 a m -. - 1
t wnai snoniu oe me panisnmeot ot tnese nun cr
i ous larcenies Deiow ine sum or 5011. 13 y si
I wbippins was proposed ; bv others, puoishra nt
I by hard labor in iha county jail ; and hr ethers
j it was thonghf best to make tbem work on the
! highways. To all these! there appeared in? i
I perable objections ; fine and imprisonment r j
adopted by the House of Representatives as thi
only alternative ; and aa it was well known
these vexatious pilferiogs were generally perr ?-
1 iratea oy ine more wortniess vagabonds in sect
I ety, it was added that when they could cot ray
the fines and costs : which were always part tt'
J the sentence and punishment, their vices shooid
I tbe sold out to any person who, woold pay", -.their
l fine and costs for them. This was the chcc
j that was passed, as I believe, by a cnanim t :
denounced. A little further trouble in eia;r, in
ing the Journals would have shovn your corrr
pondent that this was considered as a subsutuir
for whipping, which was lustby a smgh vufr
of tbe Senate, and in the House by a small r.::
jonty.afierheing once passed. ;
1 think, Mr. Editor, I ? have eaid enooli t
show that this obnoxious law would not have cr
plied to4 unfortunate debtors of sixty four years'
j but to infamous i offenders' who depredate up
I Ihe property of their fellow citize03, and l ,
to I by the Constitution. of the benate, as well as t:.
principle of existing law; ; were subject to
voluntary servitude. I most confess I hai r
very sanguine expectations of a beneficial i
from tbe measure, as it woold apply to form-
1 who bad obtained the age of maturity ; t u I
- 1 with great, advantage be transferred to the rfH
Ldenceof some decent,; virtnous private farr ily.
whose precept and example would gently it ;
tbem hark to the paths of rectitude ;
I Woold appeal to the candor of yror errrr -pondeht
to say whether, if ther .weie an imi:
vidualrconfind under the circumstances I I. ' -
mentioned,' for whose fate he was interested ', 1
woold not gladly see him transferred frtro !
filthy inclosore of a jail, and ihe still more fiUhy
inhabitants, 1o the nomforlable marsii n of r. "
virtoou3 citizen, whose admonitions would cIk ':
j his vicious propensity, and whe auth rity t
- , "
- I him would hp. no more thtir '.a eXf-msed iv
thousands ot apprentices now in oor cuumryr
1 ibncn hound fiervhtila uhtrh are loteritlVd "
me as well as in every S-ate m th
, " - -
I
r I'-
urom aavocaung, mc auomtnuir, y "uy. . .
inovica io me yy your cnrTtqwurm i t.
an I that imprisonment Jor uebt .under any nrr.
ces but that where fraud is aueea is m
the wun ine utsi priiennes tj vvr wmiuium
ortgta io uc aubusnea. t . - -
1 am, sir, your homHfe wervint,'
WM. H. HARRISON.
North Bend. Dec.22, 182 1.
' Whatever Mr.; Cooper undertakes to e'- -scribe,
he does it with ibe Hand of a roaster ; ar I
a single chapter of discription from his v(jl i ;
pen, conveysmore disiioct ideas of the ihin;-i
i noA tjerioos nf whom.be writes, thin all it.;:
volumes of first impressions which have ever
be'-e poblibtd M Sat. tXetes. v
The fcllowing exiraci i from his '' Gleaning
in Europe by an American1 .-They contain cuca
mauly truth;
' There is less of mimolaied public cpinici in
the English Press than.in or own. I prturrsf-;
owing to the simple fact, that: publ'e'pinicti i
neii ber so over helming nor so easily ir.fluer.rr '.
Tbe consttnt pTaciiceof appealing io tbe .ruble,
in America, has ai'o 10 'he viltst fiat Ji 1 1
this charseter, that are of constant recuirerro.
When it is wished Jo induce the public to th' '
in a particular way, the lirst aep is lo aff-ci l z t
sue b is already the common seniirtieni, ib exp r
taiion that deference lo ibe general impu-. .
will bring about tne desired end. I have know n
frauds of this nature, conneried with perse if
inwlice, which, if ex pfed;would draw down t!
indignation of every honest man in the nan .
on .those who practised .htm. j ; some of whe:;
oow pass for men of fair characters. Il is scare?
ty nwesjT 10 S lhat soc mtQ ztt tIlisT3
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