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7'arfioroii5-i, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, July 25, 1835.
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jlartin Van Bur en,
of nkw y i: k.
Jlich'tyd W. Johnson,
OF KHMTl KY.
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h ,vv,i.hv i .M -Ml 1 1 N V AN lil'KKN
;ii"H IU.) M. JOHNSON, colar-.-.. re.
i mid i-Mir-ctt'l. 'o as to be abiabl to
. vei v Kivpr of his country, ami al.k" lion
i.rao!M t ine 'is. inui-li' d cuizi n-whom
"i the prj'PlE, iiitend still furtlier to
i , ir. bv thfir elevation to ihe ftiices of
J' riid'MH and "ice Pi si(ient of toe UniteJ
rtattrs, in the election of li. Tuns ue
j' s i-Il perpetual the principles of Jt'!kro!i,
" v 'i iC'J liave been so signally reviv. l, no
l.'v acted upon, and TRIl'MflllMLV Car
rie I our bv Amirkw Jackso.v, who, spur
i! : n a'l littery, knew nothing b'U the
1'eofle. th" vH Lf. Pl jtle, ami their re.
.'ffi.'fU'P rights, leardlesi ot their foitunes,
u"erirr Tick or poor; thus rendering Ins
?mk and iiiis nv.x as durable as the evkk-
USTINO H1I LS.
arrangement of th: volume wi'l be
B' f. !);-
1-'. Port rait of Andrew Jackson.
T i w hem the volume will be inscribed,
vm;ti an address by the Publisher.
21 Portrait of M. Van Buretx
T br followed by hi Bigraphv. enhr
t" 1 1' ! i l.i! -veraI valuable documen ts,
: lu'n:ne of his p-iblic character, and e
Mi;:ig the magical powers ot his gigantic
n.i.d. which ha- ever been devoted to sus
,,e rih s ! fiis country, ;nd the glury
1 i" o-pei ity of his fel o cinzer.s.
j!. Portrait of H. M. Johnson,
i h f., Unwed by bis U raphy . enlai
.''!. iim hiding arioiis Speeiies, Scndav
J - I'tPi '.TS. ai:d other (iocn inputs; i 1 1 n -'
ii. e of i i- luiiy contimid public life.
" j Iris rver b- n devoted to the ood
r li.s oiintry; inln ling an authentic ac
ovrr nf ihe fttl fif the renowned Imlian
1 "irriir, lKrrxsKH, on the ever m:uiu
l'1 ' ') h of Octo'ier, Hl.'l with an enjra-'-I
v.hw of tiif b itile fi Id.
w.nk vvi! be complete in one rol-
,-'"'.. of about 4M) flrs. I'tie pi ice lo be
ti'.e'! at the morierate sum of One Dollar,
'atly hound with cloth barks; or alf and
the additional expense of bind
liie work, which is now in a state of
J i virati mi, shall be su h as to give entire
"'i-fac ion; as it is in the h-mls of gentle
1 f"' who have for nearly forty years, been
i'-rsonally and intimately acquainted iib
' " !"'vain and public life ofili above na-
distioiiished citizens;.
t Iie celebrated aldre-s of the Hon
ll'"inas II. Benton, of Missouri, bearing
1 -tiiimny to the high chararter of Martin
: H" R'en; and Ihe eloquent speech of Ihe
"""James Harbour, of Virginia, in the U.
--naie, portraying the chivalry of Col.
''i-ns'm nn tl... i ..I I i .i :i .. e
"n i iiini in tuuiiiin ui
nation, will be appended to the work.
As t if-re is among our republican citi
t''S, an extensive population of German
''-iii, the work will appear simultaneous--'
' h'Xti the Knglish and th.- German lan--1ik-..
Ji Wj( therefore, be necessary
; '' uhscritiei s wlio wish to have the work
, ' German, to signify the same on the
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circulation to the work, be indis
i' ahV i;t : Mdscribers to pay at the.
'''-''' ytlmrrilin-r all money U e H, a
, J r tun,. rvarded with the lists of si-
ii''(,U.es publishing committee
' ''Ui win i,e (jujy niaie know,, iV a 10.
the Washington ti.obe.
i ; Dei'ivicralic editors di-spoed ti en
u "' work, wi'l confer a favor,
l t,e ?aefiiily acknowledged liv
;i "u ,,L'iher, in giving publicity to the
il t::t." receiving snbscripiions at their
; MJ cuve offices, to whom a rtasotiable
' "''''.Hbeabowed.
"e ''eupie's obedi"iit servant,
nrM. EMMONS.
,Tl"rn City,. Tune 1, l$3o.
Hon. R. Johnson. The
Globe contain? a letter from one
of Col. Johnson's nearest neigh
bors, dated Scott county, Ky.
June 22, S35, from which the fol
lowing is extracted. The Globe
jsays it is a 'pl;iin statement of one
of the most respectable, venera
ble, pious men in the whole west,
and who has been intimated
with him for more than 20 years.
His statement can be vonched for
lv the whole neighborhood in
which Colonel Johnson lives, and
will be, we have no doubt, ifcon-
(radicted by any person having
the slightest claim to respectabil
ity." I beramp acquainted with Col.
Richard M. Johnson, and his
amiable and pious old father and
mother, early in 1S12, twenty
three years aj;o. Col. Robert
Johnson, the father of Col. Rich
ard, was a wealthy farmer, and
highly respt-etcd citizen, devoted
from an early period of his life
to the catiM? of Christianity, and
o continued to the day of his
I ii . .
ueatn. lie nave to eaeli ot ins
children, ;t they became of age,
respeciable lortunes, consisting
chietlv of laud and nefjrroes.
Col. Richard received an equal
proportion with the rest, with
which, bv prudent economy and
industry on his farm, rnid close
attention to the profession of law,
he in a few years became rich.
He never married, though he
frequently had some respectable
family to live in his house: for
many of the first years of his life
his own sister, Mrs. Ward, .and
family, lived with him in the same
house; his overseers and their fam
ilies have mostly lived in the same
houses, or in an adjoining one.
Since my first acquaintance in
IS 12, 1 have mostly resided within
a few miles, and during the last
ten ears, within a lew hundred
yards of Col. Johnson. ! believe
1 can safely av, that no brother
of his has been in greater habits
of intimacy w ith the Colonel than
myself; neither do I believe that
any one of his friends has had
greater opportunity to understand
and know more of his domestic
concerns and his disposition gen
erall' than myself.
As to his servants. I have often
thought, from the kind and indul
gent treatment received at his
hands, that they were an expense
rather than a profit; and although
humane and kind treatment has
been uniformly extended to his
black people, yt no one has ever
been more rigid to maintain good
order, obedience, and decorum,
than himself. I have been inti
mate with Col. Johnson through
all the vicissitude of fortune; in
moderate respectable condition in
life; in more favorable circum
stances, surrounded by wealth;
and also under the iron hand
of pecuniary embarrassment,
brought on himself by the frank,
open goodness of his own heart,
in becoming responsible for
others. Through all these
changes of fortune, 1 defy the
most inveterate enemy to say, and
speak the truth, that any other
than a high minded, honorable,
and dignified course has marked
his conduct throughout.
As to his patriotism, talents,
and usefulness as a great stales
man, and his bravery as a soldier,
the world is too well informed to
need information; and as to the
unparalleled kindness, shown to
the widow and orphan, and to the
poor of his own neighborhood, it
has only been necessary to be
made acquainted with their suffer
ing condition.
The great matter of slander and
abuse is the circumstance of two
female raised by him, the children
of a colored woman, and said to
be h is whether true or false 1
know not however, be that as it
may, he is entitled to much credit
at least for the kind and tender
manner in which they have been
treated in their raising. They
are the creatures of (.J oil, and ha J
no agency in bringing themselves
into the world, ami therefore, ad
mitting that they are his children,
he is certainly entitled to more
credit, in the sight of heaven, to
have raised them as he did, rather
than to have turned into a negro
quarter, or sent them to a cotton
firm; and if they are the children
of some other person, he is enti
tled to the approbation of his own
conscience, in the siuht of God,
for not placing two such girls as
they are in some degraded condi
tion, so common in our country.
What I know about those chil-
dren, I am w illing to state to ihe
world, regardless of either its
frowns or smiles,
Shortly after I first took charge;
oi tne unoctaw Academy to in-
struct Indian youth, under the!
patronage of the Baptist Hoard ol
.Missions for Foreign Missions, by
the authority of the General Gov
ernment, the subject one day be
tween Col. Johnson and myself,
turned on the necessity of impart
ing sufficient learning to color
ed people to enable them to read
the Rible; and finding that I was J
mti' h in favor of it, he asked
whether 1 would be willing to en
gage in a task of that kind; ob
serving, at the same time, that he
had always very much desired to
have all his people instructed at
least sufficiently to read the Scrip
tures; consequently I engaged on; spirits; although he has usually
evenings, after the ordinary duties kept it in the honse for the use of
of the Academy were over, toj visiters, yet the most uniform
give lessons to about six or eight temperance has marked his life, to
servants and the two females spok-1 my own knowledge, during the
en of before. I soon discovered I long acquaintance of twenty-three
such uncommon aptness in thesei ears.
two girls to take learning, and so! The most profound order, d?
mnch decent, modest, ami unas-j coi urn, and strict discipline, are
sinning conduct on their part,! the order of his house, be the
that my mind became much en- j charges what they may; and as to
listed in their favor. At that age, ! those two children, 1 do know
nor even now, a stranger would
lUM M II MOW , Ml (llri noum im. nu u. vvtiij.it imo v. v mnj
not suspect ihem to be what theyimude to impose them on society;
really are the children of a co
lored woman.
I continued to give them lessons
until their education was equal or
superior to most of the females
in the country. Their mother,
about whom so much has been
said, was one, among others, that
f.di i t '..in.,i i. .,"oV ;.. il
irii nit? d, -.v -
d.str.Duttonothislatners estate;,-
i, ii i- .i i.
sue naa neen raised ov ui, mou.er (
one ot tne most exemplary aim .
- i
pious oi women, ne was
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good servant, laithful, ohedient,
1...I i...mi.in. o.irt J.,n.v..vil in!
ililll IIIMII1III . IIIIU t 1 ' I "l
know hrr place and her business
both at home and abroad, as such
She always, so far as I could ever
discover, filled her place faithfully
as a servant, with others, in wait
ing in the house, and performing
the necessary business thereof.
All the difference that could ever
be discovered between that wo
man and other servants was, that
she, from her age, experience, and
skill, seemed to be at the head
and was the chief manager of the
domestic concerns of the house.
From my earliest knowledge in
the Colonel's family, he has had
his house crowded with company,
on visits and business, while at
home. Two years of his time,
since I first knew him, were spent
in the late war; during which
time, he was scarcely ever at
home; since that, nearly one half
of his time has been spent in Con
gress; and while at home, lo my
own knowledge, his time has been
almost exclusively taken up, day
and night, in the transaction of
business for the public; so much,
so, that it has been, on many oc
casions, impossible to enjoy the
society of his friends and acquaint
ance on visits.
One thing I have often remark-
ed that w hen his house has been
crowded with gentlemen and
ladies of the highest rank, w ho
iiad visited for tiie sake of visiting,
and the poorer classes, together
with the suffering old soldier,
widow, ami orphan, on business,
that they all alike received the
same courteous and friendly
treatment.
No house, within my knowl
edge, has been ftiore frequently
opened for religious purposes,
and for preaching the gospel by
different denominations; and no
one more liberal than Col. John
son in giving support to the gos
pel and the promotion of pious
and religious purposes.
If he stands charged with keep
ing a disorderly house, 1 have, as
a constant visiter for twenty-three
years, and living for the last ten
nearly in the yard, never been
able to discover it.
Through all the changes of ad-
versitv and nrnsnpritv. one tini-
form, high minded, and dignified
course governeu mm. u lien
rich, he was not nroud and
haughty, but social, friendly, and
easy of access; neither did adver
sity, under pecuniary embarrass
ment, drive him to that miserable
alternative dissipation low hich
il has driven so many of our
friends; neither did 1 ever know or
hear of a card having been thrown
in his hour.e. When at home.
during the time of his misfortunes,
I have known him to fall in the
ranks of his few remaining ser
vants, to perform labor in the
corn f eld.
I i. ever saw nor heart! of his
being intoxicated with ardent
that no attempt has ever been
and although they are well edu-j
cated, they never entered a school
house for that purpose
rpi
are now married lo respectable
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I tin nwxtlit.r ii'lui ivic o roirn I TP
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member in a larjje and respectable
ijapust entire ii tor many years
with mvsell. sustained
trood
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wiiva.'t mis siandei
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J suppose all the charitable
deeds and acts ot benevolence and
, . , ,, . ... i
kindness, all the patriotic exploits
, ; . j . , c . 1 . ,
in the field, and the indefatigable
, , . . . . -i r
zeal and labor in the councils ol
the nation
..i,., tvi.i. o lift..
, lU-tlllVI "Oil U HIV.-
' t.
lime worn
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out in the service ol
his country, in other respects are ,
to be forgotten, looked over, and
passed by, for a supposed impro-
priety of his youthful day?
wii :c : i, o.v l. a
he is dead and gone, his fame,
like the imtiH rial Jefferson, will
live and shine on the pages of
history, when the foul breath of
slander will tarnish his reputation
no more.
1 make not these remarks so
much because Col. Johnson is my
friend, but to do justice to an in
jured patriot, who has merited
difierent treatment. 1 am not the
only one capable of making these
statements from personal knowl
edge; but hundreds, and perhaps
thousands, can testify lo the same.
Most respectfully,
THO. HENDERSON.
The State Convention ad
journed on Saturday last, the 11th
hist, at about I 1 o'clock, A. M.
after a session of 3S days. The
tf til, II It IlllISi 3V7, UIIU lit 1 .1 I-
, ' , . . . . . for his discharge; the application
is to destroyed m this way. when!, . . . r
closing scene was an interesting
and impressive one: each of the
members took a last and affection
ate leave of the revered President,
on his quiting the Chair; when
many an eye was moistened at
the reflection, that, in all human
probability, most of them would
never agaiu enjoy the privilege of
meeting him in this world.
Just before the adjournment,
Gov. Swain being temporarily in
the Chair, Judge Gaston rose, and
after some appropriate remarks,
the following resolution, offered
by him, was read:
Resolved unanimously, that the
thanks of this Convention are due,
and are hereby respectfully and
affectionately tendered to the
Honorable NATHANIEL MA
CON, their venerable President,
for the distinguished ability, dig-
nitv, and impartiality, with which
he has discharged the duties of
i ofntinn
At the suggestion of Mr. Car
son of Burke, this mark of well
deserved respect for their venera
ble friend, was testified by every
member of the Convention in
stantly rising to his feet.
The President having resumed
his Chair, addressed the members
of the Convention, a follows:
"Gentlemen: The merits which
you have ascribed to me in the
performance of my duty in the
Chair, belong to you. 1 have
been for a long time engaged in
public business; and, though no
one will charge me with being a
llatterer, I must say, that I have
never witnessed so much good or
der and decorum of conduct in
any public body with which 1
have been connected. When J
entered upon the important duties
to which the Convention in their
kindness called me, I was fearful various committees on the differ
that I should not have been ab!e Lf hranri, tho ctn,i,oc
to discharge them with any satis-
I faction to myseli or to the Con-
vention, nor should I without your
attentive aid and assistance. To
If II J
'0U' ll,eret0,;e; tnanks are due
lor an your Kinaness.
"This, I expect, will be the last
5v. cut ui iiij jjuuiic inc.
w
e are
anout to separate, anu it ts my
fervent prayer that you may each
' of vou reach home in safety
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and
i have a happy meeting with your
. . ., v. , ,
" ; family and friends, and that your
' T.imillT ni'rl Irionnt iiirl ill-it t'nup
, davs mav be lantr. honorable and
. , "
happv
-While mv life is spared, if any
r J
i of vou should pass through the
county in which i live, L shall be
! Klad to see vou."
, g(anaf
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I Important law decision. In a
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recent case in bouth Carolina
0 r .
State vs. M Lemore, for the mur-
, . . . .
ueroiv,oi.iiyers uiejury oemg
I
iinahlo ffri oirpna mi ,'iirl irr ivoro
HIKlUlb I VJ aILC Jll X ICIUIVIi mo.
.. , ,s
; uiscnarcrea dv me ouri ai i-
charged by
o'clock on the
last day of the
term. The prisoner being re
manded into custody of the Sher
iff, applied to the Court of Appeals
has been refused by the Court,
and the prisoner ordered to jail,
to stand another trial. On a sim
ilar case in this State, (from An
son county, we believe) a decision
the reverse of this was made by
our Supreme Court. ib.
The President of the U. States
is now on a visit to the Rip Raps,
(Fort Calhoun) in the midst of
the Chesapeake Bay, where he
arrived on the 9th hist, in good
health, accompanied by Andrew
Jackson, Jr. Esq. (his adopted
son) lady and children; Mrs.
Douelson, and children; Mr. and
Mrs. Blair, and daughter; the
Secretary of the Navy, and others.
The advantage of sea bathing; the
refreshing sea-breezes of the Bay,
&cc. will be a grateful relaxation
to our venerable Chief Magistrate!
toils and cares of
07"Mr. R. IL Madra has as
sociated with Mr. T. J. llolton,
in editing the ( harlutte Journal
which under the new arrangement,
is tl decided opposition print, it
having previously affected neu
trality. ib.
Einigraiion. We had the plea
sure of an hour's conversation, a
day or two ago, with an intelli
gent gentlemen from the Eastern
part of the Slate, who has been to
the West and South, to explore
the country, with a view to remov
al in case lie were pleased. He
has returned, thoroughly satisfied
to stay where he is. He speaks
of the latul as fine, of the produc
tions of the plantations as nbun
dant, and of course ot the facility
,op money-making as very great;
and sas that lf to make mone.v
were the only object of life, he
would not hesitate about a remov
al. But the rich portions of the
country are not healthy, the peo
ple have few of the comforts of
life, and many of them are dis
satisfied of the ladies, especially,
he did not see one who was satis
fied. He represents the whole
South-western world to be wild
with speculation; nothing being
talked of but land, negroes, and
cotton. Every man's land is in
the market; the proprietor being
ready, at a moment's warning, to
make another move.
This may be a country to suit
some people, but how a man can
carry his wife and children to it,
provided he can make out to live
tiere, is matter of surprize to us.
Fay. Obs.
West Point Academy. The
Globe contains the report of the
Board of Visiters to West Point,
accompanied bv the renorts of the
affairs of the Academy, v. The
board testify in the strongest terms
to the ability and conduct of the
Professors of the institution, and
j to the result produced by the
i.,rco nf miiinn onrl rllirj;.
! directed by them. Thev recom-
mend enlargements and improve-
menis in several departments, and
the addition of a new branch of
military instruction. Cavalry
Tactics hae never been
taught in the Academy. The
board suggest the propriety of
ptocuring forty horses for the
double purpose of aiding in the
artillery exercises and of instruct
ing in Cavalry Tactics.
The annual expense to the U.
States of this institution, is on an
average one hundred and eighteen
thousand five hundred and sixty
six dollars; that is for the pay of
Professors, and pay and subsis
tence of Cadets, $93,5G6, and
academic purposes, $25,000.
jMexico Great A'ews.By an
arrival at New Orleans, dates
from Vera Cruz to the 1 52th, have
been received. An entire change
has taken place in the Mexican
government. It is no longer a
republican government. It is a
limited Monarchy, with Santa
Anna at its head, and the Catholic
is the established religion.
The change commenced at
Toluca, the chief city of the Prov
ince of Mexico, and has been
adopted in most of the States.
The present authority not opposed
to the new plan of government,
are to continue in office until the
government is organized.
Texas. The Franklin (La.)
Republican has received infor
mation, that a difficulty having
occurred between the Mexican,
troops, stationed at Galvestoi
and some citizens of the United
States, there were six men killed
whether Americans or 31exicausa
it is not stated.
from the
office. ib.