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Communications.
FOK THE FREE TRESS.
Mr. Editor: I am a plain
countryman and an original
Jacksonman. 1 believe there
is, in our State, little or no dif
ference of opinion in regard to
the next Presidency. I know
not whether this general acqui
escence proceed from genuine
consent, or from a knowledge
that all opposition to the old
Chief is in vain. I should ra
ther suppose the hitter.
But, Mr. Editor, how comes
it that there is so much noise
about the Vice Presidency? lias
it become more important of
late than heretofore? If so, I
should like to be informed why
and wherefore. I observe,
however, that the noise is not
confined to the true Jackson
party, but almost exclusively to
the old Adams party and "the
Calhoun faction. As far as 1
can learn, the friends of the
Administration are willing to
abide the decision of the Balti
more Convention,) which has
recently met and nominated
Mr. Van Buren, of which I will
say more hereafter.) But the
coalition have laid hold of Judge
Barbour as their candidate, and
seem disposed, whether or not,
fas nut tiff as, to forco him on
us without our consent.
What a strange anomaly this
presents in politics! There is
not a man in the U. Slates, who,
four years ago, was so obnox
ious to that party as Judge Bar
bour, &, mirabile dicta, strange
to tell, he is now taken up by
the opposition and forced on
the Jackson parly without their
consent as their candidate for
the Vice Presidency.
Do certain men in North Ca
rolina, imagine that the great
mass of the people are so blind
as not to see into this scheme?
Who has not sagacity enough
to see that all this is a manoeu
vre of the opposition to prevent
an election by the people, and
thereby bring it into the Senate,
in which event it is morally cer
tain that John Sergeant, the no
torious ex-minister to Panama,
will be elected. Fellow citi
zens, beware of the Jesuits! 1
say, gentlemen, hands off. Ev
ery man mind his own business.
These men have "crept iti una
wares, who were of old ordain
ed to this condemnation." They
arc "filthy dreamers that defih
the flesh, despise dominion am''
speak evil of dignities." The
"speak evil of tilings they know
not; but what they know natu .
rally as brute beasts, in thosi
things they corrupt themselves
Woe unto them, for they havi
gone in the way of Cain, and
Tarbovough, (Edgecombe Connly, JV. C) Tuesday,. June .9, 1832
ran greedily after the error of
odinam tor rewards, and perish
ed in the gainsaying of core.
These are spots in your feasts
of charity, when they feast with
you feeding themselves without
fear; clouds they are without
water, carried about of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth,
without fruit twice dead, pluck
ed up by the roots. Raging
waves of the sea; foaming out
their own shame; - wandering
stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness forever
These are inurmurers, corn,
plaiuers, walking after their
ownjusts: and their mouths
speak great swelling words,
haying men's persons in admi
ration because of advantage."
1 have recently seen,MrrEdi
tor, in your paper, an account
of a Jackson meeting at Green
ville, Pitt countv. A nrntiv
IT, " J
good Jackson meeting this!
All Jack son men when it suits
their convenience to be so, but
at the polls they all happen to
be opposition men. Gen. Wm.
Clark, I see, presided at the
meeting. 1 would like to be
informed, Mr. Editor, if this is.
the same man who was an Ad
ams elector in 1828; and if so,
what has produced the change,
and whether or not he has made
a general confession of his faith.
Counsellor Singlclary, Mr.
Grimes, Dr. Gotham, etc. 1 see
were there, all Jackson men,
good and true," only they hap
pened to vote for Adams at the ;
last election. I have much j
more, Mr. Editor, 1 could say I
on this subject, but for the pre
sent will desist You shall
hear from me again on this sub
ject. Felix qui pot nit, rcrum
cozrnosccrc can. ma.
Philo Faiu Play.
From the Washington N. C. Union.
Meeting in Hyde count y :
On Tuesday, the 29th Mny, the
County Court of Hyde adjourn
ed for the purpose of accommo
dating with the use of the Court
House, a very barge and respec
table assemblage of the citizens
of that county, friendly to the
re-election of Andrew Jackson
to the Presidency. The meet
ing being convened, Benjamin
Saunderson, Esq. was called to
the Chair, and R. M. G. 31oore
appointed Secretary.
After some explanatory re
marks, on motion, the following
gentlemen were appointed to
draft and report resolutions to
the meeting, viz: Henry Gibbs,
Benjamin Foreman, Banister
Midyett, Riley Murray, and
John B. Jasper, Esqrs. who af
ter retiring' about an hour, re
turned and reported the follow
ing, which were adopted una
nimously: Whereas meetings have ta
ken place in different parts of
our State, as also that of Virgi
nia, and others farther South,
expressive of their disapproba
tion of the Baltimore Conven
tion, where it was evidently in
tended to nominate Martin Van
tturen, of New York, as Vice
President of these U. States,
therefore
Resolved, That whilst AN
DREW JACKSON may be
preferred by us over any eandi
late before the people for the
Presidency, yet we cannot, and
will not, approve of the election
of Martin Van Buren to the
Vice Presidency.
Resolved, That we view the
Tariff as most unjust and une
qual in its bearings on the South,
and that Martin Van Buren,
having been one of the early and
fast supporters of said Tariff,
and having no claim upon the
Southern States, that we will
use all honorable means io pre
vent his election to the Vice
Presidency.
Resolved, That we cordially
co-operate with our fellow citi
zens in other parts of the State,
" their recommendation of
PHILIP P. BARBOUR, of
Virginia, for the office of Vice
President a Republican of the
Jeflersonian school of '98 a
statesman of unblemished cha
racter and superior talents a
patriot devoted to the interest
of the South, and to the riirhts
of our common country.
AM-autucu, mat we approve
of the Convention to be held at
Raleigh on the 18th of June
next, for the purpose'of nomina
ting a suitable character for the
Vice Presidency, and that a de
legate be appointed to repre
sent us in that Convention.
On motion, Benjamin Saun
derson, Esq. was unanimously
chosen said delegate.
Resolved, That a copy of our
proceedings be signed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and
that the Editors of the Union,
Raleigh Star and Register Fay-
etteville Observer, Western Ca
rolinian, Tarboro' Free Press,
Roanoke Advocate, Richmond
Jeflersonian, U. S. Telegraph,
and of such other papers as ac
cord with us m sentiment and
and principle, be respectfully
requested to give publicity to
these proceedings.
Bevj. Saunderson, Ch'n.
R. M. G. Moore, See'y.
Another meeting was held
in Hyde county, at Germanton,
on the 1st inst. Benj. Fore
man, Esq. in the chair, and Dr.
Wilson B. Hodges, secretary
at which resolutions similar to
the above were unanimously n
dopted, and Spiers S. Smith
and Benjamin Foreman, Esqrs.
appointed delegates to the Con
vention at Raleigh.
Washington, N. C.June 8...
Early on Wednesday morning
last, the body of Thomas Wool-,
ard (for many years a resident
of this county) was found in a
field within a few rods of his
dwelling. Mr. W. was appa
rently well the preceding day,
but was not at home during the
night. An inquest was held
over the body, and a verdict re
turned "Cause of his death
unknown." Union.
Shock ing Accident. A 1 e 1 1 e r
from a correspondent in Surry
county, gives us the particulars
of an accident by which Mr. A
quilla Windsor, a respectable
citizen of that county lost his
life. On the 26th ult. the de
ceased and a neighbor, were
shooting a squirrel, when their
respective dogs got to fighting,
and in endeavoring to part them,
the deceased struck one of the
dogs with the butt of his gun,
which had been previously cock
ed. The jar given by the blow
caused the gun to go off, and
Mr. Windsor received the ball
in his right temple, and almost
immediately expired. He was
an industrious, frugal and pious
man, in moderate circumstan
ces, and has left a wife and four
daughters. Obs
CAt the Spring Term of
me j.vjeeklenuurg Superior
ooun, fcally JLSarncastle was
convicted ot the crime of infan
ticide, and sentenced to be hum
on the 30th inst. The Char
lotte Jo irnal says, from the cir
cumstance of this case consid
erable sympathy has been crea
ted in behalf of this unfortunate
woman, and exertions will be
made to obtain a reprieve
fiC?A letter from Ex-President
Madison to Andrew Ste
venson, Speaker of the U. S.
House of Representatives, upon
that clause of the Constitution,
which gives Congress the pow
er to provide for the "common
defence and general welfare,"
is published in the last Rich
mond Enquirer. It js extreme
ly interesting, and explodes the
political hcresis of Mr. Adams,
in his recent Report on the Ta
riff, in a most masterly manner.
Roanoke Inlet. In the de
bate in Congress on the internal
Improvement bill, Mr. Speight
said in reply to another mem
ber: "If, said Mr. S. he will ex
amine a Report made at the
present session by the gentle
man Irom Virginia, (Mr. Mer
cer,) in relation to Roanoke In
let, he will see that the practi
cabiliiy of that improvement is
despaired ot, though he, Mr. S.
for one, would most willingly
see the experiment tried."
OjThe Revolutionary Pen
sion bill which has passed both
Houses of Congress, and now
waits the signature of the Pre
sident to. become law, pro
vides that each of the surviving
oflicers, and soldiers, and In
dian spies, who served in the
continental line, &c. State
troops, volunteers, or militia, at
one or more term, a period of
two years, during the war of the
Revolution, and who are not en
titled to any benefit under the
act of the 15th May, 1828, be
authorised to receive the a
mountofhis full pay, according
to his rank, but not exceeding,
in any case, the pay of a cap-j
tain; such pay to Commence
froth the 4th day of March,
1831, and to continue during his
life and that any such officer
or private, who served in the
continental line, State troops,
volunteers, or militia, a term or
terms less than the above peri
od, but not less than six months,
shalt be authorised to receive,
during his life, an amount bear
ing in such proportion to the
annuity granted to the same
rank for the service of two
years, as his term of service did
to that term. The law dates
its operation from the 4th day
of March last.
Declaration of Independence.
If any one still entertained a
doubt of the fact, which has
been so frequently maintained
in this paper, that North Caro
lina declared herself indepen
dent more than a year before
the Declaration made by the U.
States, we would refer such per
son to' the following extract
from a Proclamation of the Go
Vol. nnjs'o 43.
vernor of the Province of North
Carolina, issued from on board
his majesty's ship Cruizer, lying
in Cape Fear river, dated the
8th of August, 1775, which is
copied from "The Remembran
cer," vol. 2, p. 166, published
byj. Almon, London, 1776:
"And whereas, I have lately
seen a most infamous publica
tion in the Cape Fear Mercury,
importing to be a set of Re
solves of a set of people, styling
themselves a Committee for the
county of Mecklenburg, most
traitorously declaring the entire
dissolution of the Laws, Gov
ernment and Constitution of
this country, and setting up a
system or rule and regulation,
repugnant to the laws, and sub
versive of ids Majesty's Gov
ernment," &c RaZ. Register.
The Comet. From the fol
lowing paragraph it appears,
that one of the Comets, that is
looked for this year, is now to
be seen by a telescope:
"A JNew York paper states.
that there is another Comet
now visible, which will arrive at
its perihelion, or nearest dis
tance to the sun, in the month
of May, 1832, and will be near
est to the earth in June; and
this Comet has been confound
ed with the Comet mentioned
by the German astronomers;
but this is a small Cornet.
scarcely visible, and at its near
est approach is near the orbit of
Mars. This Comet may now
be seen by a telescope, due
south, soon after the sun sets,
and about as high as the meri
dian sun is in summer. Its pe
riod is three years, three months
and twenty-six days, the short
est period of any Comet yet
known. It was last at it peri
helion on January 11, 1829,and
will consequently arrive there in
IMay, but it is too remote and
too small ever to attract atten
tion, except from mistake or
ignorance. This Comet was
calculated by Damoiseau, and
these are the only two that will
appear this year; and hence the
reports about Em ke and Hal-
ley, are necessarily mistakes.
The Comet foretold by the lat
ter gentleman, which returned
withconsiderable precision, will
not again return until 1334."
tf?"At a log-rolling in Cum
berland county, Kentucky, on
the 5th ult. a large tree that
was on fire fell on a party of six
men and one boy, and killed
four men, and seriously wound
ed two others. One only esca
ped unhurt.
(E?Mr. Houghttfn, the Fire
King, is published in the Co
lumbia (S. C.) Times as a de
tected impostor. It seems they
got some "nullification poison,
which killed all the cats and
dogs that could be produced,
maugre Mr. Houghton s anti
dote, and he finally 'exploded,"
as the Time9 calls it, leaving
bills to the amount of 813 un
paid. It is supposed that a de
ception was practiced by remo
ving the phial of genuine poi-
i . . . i
son and substituting some Harm
less liquid.
ftTR is said that in a certain
section of the country kicking
shins for a pint of rum, is the
favorite amusement.