Whole No. 379.
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Domestic
CIRCULAR,
Addressed to the Contributors
to the fund for the relief of
inc luiyettcviltc sujferers, by
the Committee appointed for
inc purpose.
TO
Fayettcville, N. C.
Nov. 14,1831. 5
The undersigned have been
deputed by their fellow citizens,
to lay before you the annexed
statements of the amount of the
fund for the relief of ihe suffer
ers by the desolating calamity
of the 29th of .May last, and of
the manner in which it has been
disposed of. They submit
them with a hope, that the pro
ceedings of those to whom the
distribution was entrusted, will
meet with the same approba
tion from the donors, so cordi
ally awarded to them by the re
cipients. Another duly with which they
are charged, cannot be so easi
ly and so satisfactorily perfor
med. The feelings with which
they have witnessed the sponta
neous outpourings of the bene
volence of their fellow citizens,
from one end of this vast Re
public to the other, cannot be
uttered. The accumulation of
such a fund as that exhibited by
the subjoined statement, unsoli
cited by us, and coming in great
part, from those upon whom
the citizens of our town had no
claims but those of suffering
humanity and a common na
tional origin, presents a specta
cle honorable to the character
of a great people, doubly grate
ful to the feelings of the recipi
ents, and calculated to impress
us more deeply with a sense of
the blessings of the happy Uni
on under which we live.
As many of the contributors
to this fund may never have an
opportunity of witnessing the
effects of their bounty, we can
not better express our thanks,
and those of the people whom
wo represent, than by faintly
sketching some of its blessings.
The calamity with which we
were visited was of an appalling
extent. It swept from exist
ence the fairest, the richest, and
by far the larger portion of our
flourishing town. It left pov
erty and despair where opu
lence and content had long
reigned. None altogether es
caped its ravages; and few were
left with ability to relieve even
the pressing wants of the suf
fering destitute. Under these
circumstances were the liberal
hands of our countrymen open
ed; and the heart of the widow
and the orphan was made clad
Instead of the ruin which
seemed to impend over so ma
Tarberongh, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Tuesday, Xovember S9, 1831
ny, and to paralyze their hopes';
unnuunce ana energy succeed
ed; and each one has been ena
bled again to enter into the
competition with his neighbors
101 tne emoluments of his won
ted vocation. Extraordinary
progress has been made in re
building our town, and evnrv
thing wears the appearance of
activity ana a determination to
rise with new vigor from our
ashes. To you, and to those
wno united with vou in this la
bor of love, is this hannv stnrn
of things mainly owing: and to
you and to them we render the
homage of grateful hearts.
Be pleased to convey to the
community with which you arc
connected, our sense of the
blessings they have, in part.
conferred upon us. And that
they may be spared from all si
milar visitations, is the earnest
lope of
John Huske,
Louis D. Henry,
John D. Eccles,
John W. Wright,
C
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Duncan Mac line, s
Edward .. Hale, j
Thos. L. Hybart, J
The statements are too
cngthy for insertion the fol-
owing is the aggregate amount
received from each State:
Massachusetts, 14,513 69
Maine, - 125
Rhode-Island, 2,007 G4
New-II a nips hi re, 290
Connecticut,
New-York,
Pennsylvania,
New-Jersey,
Maryland,
3,002 40
10,048 54
12,731
805 49
C,820 72
District of Columbia, 870
Virginia,
8,040 88
11.40G 34
2,100 37
4,102 72
45 77
1,153 02
1,119 50
5,0501
195 50
200
North-Carolina,
South-Carolina,
Georgia,
Tennesson
Ohio,
Mississippi, -Louisiana,
U. S. Army,
U. S. Navy,
Total, 892,297 83
Fayettcville, Nov. 23 A
friend has suggested to us the
propriety of stating, that in nd-
htion to the long list of contri
butions so liberally made for the
rchet ot the sufterors by our
great fire, (as published in our
last,) there have been about
15,000 collected for the re
building of the Episcopal and
Presbyterian churches; about
1,000 sent to different indivi
duals in town, to be disposed of
at their discretion, for the relief
of urgent cases of distress; and
a large amount of contributions
to different individuals from
their respective friends abroad.
The donations of all kinds pro
bably amount to SI 12,000.. Obs.
Tornado. Oh Monday af
ternoon last, about 4 o'clock, a
violent tornado and whirlwind
passed over this town, in a di
rection from east to west. It
came on very suddenly, and in
a moment completely prostra
ted the frame of a large two
story building, calculated for
three stores, on Market Square
and Gillesnie street, which had
been erected during the last
week for Mr. Joseph Arey, the
proprietor of the lot. We re
gret to state, that a youth named
John Kivet, of Randolph coun-
r "
ty, was crushed by the falling
timbers in so dreadful a man
ner, that he died about six hours
after. He was about 12 years
of age, and had only been in
town a few hours, having come
in company with his father's
wagon, His distressed parent
has taken his remains to Ran
dolph, there to be interred.
a t.t . n . i !
iv cuiisjuui auiL portion oi mo
walls of the Cape Fear Rank,
which had stood uninjured since
the fire, and which we believe
were soon to have been built
upon again, were thrown down
nearly at the same moment.
Wo have not heard of anv
damage in the country, but it is
feared t hat some iniury has been
s u sty i n e d . Fayeitev illc Obs.
Treasuni Department. Nov.
16, 1831. The Secretary of
the Treasury has received one
hundred and srvcntr five dol
lars, transmitted anonymously
through the Post-office, as 4a
balance acknowledged at the
Confessional, to be due unto
the United States, by a mem
ber of the Catholic Church.'
(TThe Hon. Henri Clan
was elected to the Senate of
the U. States on the 10th inst.
by a majority of nine votes over
the other candidates, the most
prominent of whom was Col.
Richard M. Johnson.
Mr. Berrien, late Attorney
General of the U. States, has
been nominated to succeed Mr.
Lumpkin, of Georgia, in the
lower House of Congress, from
that Sttite. In a speech made
by Mr. Berrien, at a dinner giv-
en to cx-uovcrnor uinncr. in
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Milledgeville, he avows himself
in favor of the present Adminis
tration, and anxious for the re
election of Gen. Jackson.
(Cr'The Oxford Examiner
says: On Saturday last, a
number of gentlemen presented
to Mr. Potter a written request
to resign his seat in Congress,
to which he returned the fol
lowing reply.
Oxford, N. C. Yllh Nov.
To Messrs. James M. Wiggins,
D. Winston, and others.
Gentlemen I have just re
ceived your communication up
on the subject of my present
relation to this Congressional
District, and I thank you for the
generous and friendly motives
which induced you to send it.
You mav be well assured
that a seat in Congress or any
other public appointment could
have no value in my eyes the
moment I should perceive I had
lost, however unjustly, the con
fidence of those who had be
stowed it. With these senti
ments 1 should at once, on be
ing sent here, have returned to
the people the commission with
which they had honored me, if
1 had been assured that a ma
iority of them desired it. Pla
ccd however out of the view of
the community, and deprived of
all opportunity ot standing up
before the people in defence of
my rights, I thought it became
me to occupy a position purely
oassive. and not to recognise
any fact in relation to the will
ot the community unless it were
distinctly intimated to me. Ha-
ving now rcceivca sucn inn
0 - -
motion ns to justify this step, I
cheerfully return to myconsti
tuents the appointment to which
they had advanced me in the
public service. I have this mo
ment forwarded my resignation
to the Governor, in order that
an election may be forthwith
held lor my successor.
1 am with great regard, your
inend and obedient servant,
ROB. POTTER.
Treaty with Turkey confir
med. The New-York Courier
says: By the arrival of the Pa
vilion, which sailed on the 21st
Sept. from Smyrna, we have
received the important intelli
gence that the treaty with Tur
key has been confirmed by the
Grand Seignor, and that the re
lations of the United States with
the Porte are placed on the foot
ing of the most favored nation.
U. S. Dank. Bicknell's
Philadelphia Reporter says:
We understand that the mother
bank in our city has refused to
receive in deposit, or to ex
change at par, the notes of the
Branches of the Bank of the U.
States, for the discount of which
consequently the brokers exact
a half per cent. Imitating the
example of the U. States Bank,
none of our city banks will re
ceive the branch bank notes
at par.
A late decision in the west,
that drafts from the Cashier of
a Branch of the U. S. Bank on
the mother bank or an another
branch, were illegal, attracted
considerable attention, and cau
sed sonic uneasiness, in the
commercial community. But,
at a recent session of the U. S.
Circuit Court at Philadelphia,
(Judges Baldwin and Hopkin
son presiding,) where the point
was made in favor of a man na
med Shelmire, indicteuVfor pas
sing a forged draft, purporting
to be drawn by the cashier of
the Branch Bank at Mobile on
the U. S. Bank, Judge Baldwin
delivered an able and conclu-(Mr. S. C. Benjamin, of New
sivc opinion, establishing the J York, from Philadelphia, left
,uo,,,,,.7 vuiJiiff, juu mo ,
liability of persons to be pun
ished for forging them.
Facts. The Banner of the
Constitution mentions that in
August last, a gentleman pur
chased a suit of clothes, super
fine coat, vest and pantaloons,
in Montreal, for $40. The
cost of the same in New-York
is $02. The difference in price
actuallv oaid the exnences ofi
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the purchaser from New-York
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to luouireai, niiu uiicu. ou mm ns uisposai, i give It lor Its
the rich who can travel escape 'grave the deep Atlantic. And
the duty, while the poor must! let not Turk, Christian, nor Pa
stay at liome and submit. An
other gentleman saved $200 in
duties upon the stock of clothes
he bro t with him from Lurope.
Sugar Planting. No won
der Louisiana advocates the ta
riff! The average produce of
an acre, on the Mississippi, or
the numerous bayous which
empty into it, is at least 1000
lbs. A Louisiana planter, who
plants 200 acres in sugar, is of
fered a bribe of $0000 for his
support of the protective sys
tem. The calculation is sim
ply this: 200 acres at 1000 lbs.
per acre, produce 200,000 lbs.
. . - . it
A duty ot a cents per id. on tins,
600.000 cents, or SfiOOO.
o
J Perhaps no class of monopo
Pol. FIITXo 15.
lists receive so much at the
hands of an usurping govern
ment, as the sugar planters of
Louisiana. One hundred per
cent, is much too low an esti
mate of the present dutvon su
gar that particularly on the
coarser sorts, feugar, such as
that the Louisiana planter re
ceives 6i cents for, is sold in
Havana for 2i cents, making
the duty nearer 150 than 100
per cent, on the prime cost.
Columbia Times,
An acknowledgment. In re
ply to Mr. French, who propo
sed in the Tariff Convention
at New-York, that Congress
should be petitioned to appro
priate the surplus fund to tho
purchase of slaves for emanci
pation, Mr. Ingersoll denounced
the proposal as one of great in
justice to the people of the
South and said that it would
be a flagrant breach of the Con
stitution "to offer to purchase
slaves from our fellow-citizens
of the South, Q3with their own
money." Is not this an ad
mission by a leading tariff cham
pion, that the South pays the
tax by which the monopolists
are enriched! Is it less uncon
stitutional and unjust to take
the money of the South for the
benefit of the northern manu
facturers, than to take it for the
southern negroes! The only
difference is, that the tariffites
think that the South may sub
mit to the former but they
know that the South will not
submit to the latter.
Charleston Ev. Post.
Good Example. The new
Legislature of Brazil have ex
empted periodical and all na-
l t i . r -i
tionat publications irom tnc
charge of postage an example
worthy to be followed in all
free nations.
Singular Suicide. The N.
Y. Journal of Commerce savs:
ma uiiin iiuu piungcu into uie
sea, sometime during Monday
night. A letter was found in
the pocket of a coat left be
hind, addressed to Mr. Isaac
Price, 308 Market-street, Phi
ladelphia, in which he says:
"The loss of one whoje ab
sence is insupportable, has led
my spirits to the resolution of
bidding farewell to time. My
body of course I must leave be
hind; and that 1 may not occa
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sion anv one trouble resnectinrr
J! 1 T r- P
gan have the foolish assurance
a ...
to pronounce my doom, until
their spiritual lawgivers and
doctors of theology know more
of our Creator and the mystery
of life and death than 1 do."
(ET'The Superior Court of
Canada, has recently confirmed
a decision of a lower Court, that
a husband is not bound to pay
for articles of luxury and extra
vagance furnished his wife with
out his consent. A plaintiff un
der such circumstances was
non-suited, and lost a debt of
$400, except that necessary ar
ticles in the bill were allowed.
These two lines, that look so solemn,
Were just put here to fill the column.