i V '
2Slh uitv fcA?s that "theGdVorrtof Has
divined lh tnty thfe t)U
f rrcLv with aft rulieeftrt bach author
: izid to Ciiil odt an? number of rtlcai
in Case ofricttiat , invrtsion, to repel
thd crtemy.nnJ tjiUt sctiaiing parties,
, areengtged niong I ho whold line of
position, tofecomloitry in advance cf
xhe settlcirttent & prevent a surprise
.to the inbabilaitis. A largo supply
of arras, ftnu'ammunioii has also
ht.ei ortivj 5y the Kfcecufive.iit
, Su!d the Sciiiioiti persevere in
vVute&rl ti'!MisSi ,-thoinsivea on
thissi.lu o tta u'vvhite'o.il is the in
(enlion fsfiht! tCxeeulive.-to Call tvjt
the iuiiiil i ch i.tassc. It is ralso ,oiv
( Jen: plated to establish posts on the
Withhechco, hud thfriee to the
Si ToHf " TT'a A'.vrhui country
W Uvu finally :u;inlom;d. 'At hat
: tne thni.in t persons, inns: j y irt pros
perous chcumstaiicos, na'vo been
rivea from their hu'meV "
.On tho 3th ' iiji. th house of t.
Jame o (Jo, of Ibis Town, forward
ed, by the Accommodation Mai!, to
' . tbrir house in. Richmond, a letter
containing $1,000 in bank notoi, and
achrck ior tl,0;Kr. As this letter
ti Fi P!irti t: destination, nnd us
it "feifJ evijf rit !y brn abst racial from
the imil, -, n in vrsiiVpition r wat
inslitaivd by .our vigilant fustm-ister,
T- lnU Tsq. fur the pippose of
ilciccirr.a thti ro!ber. EntTtHinin
strong :i Kpfeinn 4i?aiut n lriver
. not belonging to the lino by the
fiame of Huffman, nnd fearing that
Xho stf-pickuW of llie guilty mtht'be
excited, ifhit ahnuld bo .soen otijbq
road between the two places, and his
' object thereby defeated, Mr Snore
srnt an express tp' tho Postmnster at
Ridvnin;d on 'Saturday 'last, with a
reqwestthat ho would cause Hoffman
to be apprehended. This request
was promptly cornjijiod wuh; rand
the? cotpiii committed, to jail. The
whole of the vrey m found, in his
psess? .ft. fie stated thai it was
" t" him by Bordick, the Oriver
from tletorsbiini to tho Half iKa'v
Wo nro iuiiy tauthbrUecl 10 an -
hQiince tttditiab Uiwt ks n candi
tiuteYor the SherUfaUy of Warren
County at the tnauiiig August fcbo
tionk ' - '
A meeting of the friends cfrMAT.
f i.t Van I3unii and RiefiARO M.
JohN30x, is rcquo3!cd b tho'Cpart
liouae tn tlie town ofWarreriton; On
the 18'h day of June for the purpose
if adopting surii measures rnay
I w deemed best to secure thtjir elec
tion. ; '
L . 0000- '
PETERSBURG MARRT-S.'
Tobacco continuc.j in good de-
"StiiUsj yet
! ' T. . : --. . .'I .'. . . ' 1I-.. ... l:iW..i. t
&iici five liurVdtM
lUfn ira Hrtkrt Oft thA hrf fefeifeh'Whith thk'rrioi ! u P,e4. : .u. .3W
Arul' ;n) wiiti KHiij aidnrL-
V VVJ Utl'l WltU V TT WWV, ' t .
The last New York Amrrienn
j om a vyvij' wi if r 4I . f fC
'of thdt bod tdwardi Hbcratulg the j vioiiS dktfSSUoh featistii Aetliberd:
"Slava ufthat pIsHlct ai a breneh ih iiYtlM& thd ; cdrefii bf theif
0f faitH toVafdi tUdse Stated, by owners, with which all pii? tdtub
"ihorft the territory Waif ongtri&Hy ; books abotihd. a.S&eU of ordiBdrV , Cmi Via fiatranhiti Oal'H sw.llilr-
cetletJj and woUltl ihi iucli inter leislatiort; anwork inVort ofj jjf hich it letirfii, 6anU -Antid had
"fernce as the first stejvtdwdfds a " private proprijS Add ifthtegfr J fii.ted-io bis ftitridiW eitco,t'haJ
"of the Soullu,r ; 1 tholaVe3 within iti limits by the j j? ttiy a shp between the cu rtd
It will be' readily perMwd thai Jeisl Of ht dwnri there; Would I tho lip; Ari, is ' DO.bar tl ;
aii-. L ti ''u.u .utbe hothih!? insitch d rnbasiire io" re i'tlespot nor 5 .iretfmati, 4, lis ta A la V(4 ' "
in the sense is prbduced hifie omis-i ana ftoldlo8 same species ot prd. ;corjsenlof theVebel Houston., Hved
aisn. it i 'iKatif itf Vpp , i lri ' per f5 tlio tlext dav The ektraordt. ' his life hanifs li W& the; breath of bis'
without consent of their owners.' nar Prs r soverhty alohe nosinls. But vvou aJ ,
. . . . Unnlrl rntorrwo r, hcFiK,V i now to Vhstt Mexico!. Wiltnotlb
On tho question to strike out the for
rtier, with the View to insert, :tnd, in
could Interpol an obstacle by nbo. ; no " 1 - V ? 1
. . ..... i", V ... ' wheel of forturid tUrn against lurni
lisning ine ngnin oi slavery; ana in-
j terdiciing its future existence. This
Lugs ' I 30 00 to 7 50
Leaf common td geell i 50 to 0 00
ood to btst 9 00 to 12 50
CoTrON Salts avo readily tnudc
at 10, and 18 . J
TVheat, nont? in niaTket, ptice
SI 3D to l.iJa.
President's vkto.
.. . . ... . .
Gen. jRcksonhas vetoed tlw hill anft ir enacting laws njorating
fixin": da'a for tho inteting and, hd
journment of Coure'ss in future....
i j
eifect. to adont thtf later: 11 Voted
oniieshfttibgly in the negative J The j oU,d b-c a restmi upon the citizen'
trie fl.iai yog On the subslilute I vo."
ted ugairisj it I did so becauseon
) - ; . '
Xlisfsificsi, consideration, I became
thorpughry convinced that Goagress
possessed the power to pdsi tcts of
emancipp.iiorj, liberatiug slave 1 in tho
District, on the dpphcalioA' d :'d toilh
the consent of their Qioncrs an would
only be chargeable with a breach of
j.-'Oh iVesday last; two Uero rhbti.
a privilege. It would be an nd two hctees wore .killed by ligHli
ofthe rights of property, -ad 1 njwoBf" ifafrt.lj? Utol.:AIIen;Teri. ,v
ar .as it rmght interfere with the eX-1 re pl0u8hing a a field, jn born, i
isting institution of slavery. - Sove- pany with four othel-s; brie of whoni ;
reignty abides with the people only ; was knocked down, but not serioul- :
no one will insist tbat the- Lc-isla "! 'Djureo; tne resi uemgio a a.ncr- :
ent part oi tne neia escapea
Pet. CotisK
That pit of the act which is intended
to tlx! the adjournment of every auc
ceediif) ConfjrcS'j to tho second
iMonday in May after the commcR,ce.
consent. The substitute, it will be
observed, caution-sly'' omits thewords
j4 without consent of their owners,"
and thereby virtually affirms any and
-every net of emancipatiof to
Ilou,
e.
A tnys3ener wTas iuimcdi-
aely d(:s'rttche3 to this place with
.jllrs information; and, about two
' o'c.iocw yesterday mornlo, B untie k
( was cottsfqacritly arre.4ed and Cvm
milted to jail, from whence he ' has
comcy.ejl to Richmond.
Pel Const
by '.he President lobe uncons'.itu
lional. The President's " mesago
on the subject may bo found in to.
ilava paper. We approve ofthe
veto and concur in the opinions con.
tained in the message as to the uu
cunstitutionalitv of tho 'till. The
ahernate Ions sessions of Congress
ment ofthe first" session is believed broach of faith. Such a poBition.'I
humbly conceive, can orfiy Hnd (fa
i i
vor with those who arc more influ
enced by prejudice than reason. 51
The Constitution oftha Unjied
States declares that "ConavSs snail
'have power to exercise exclusive
"legislation in all cases wtatsoever,
"ovcrsuch District (not txceedmg
tures possess it. Tho sovereign
power can abolish slavery ,v and in
effect, take away the rights of slave
owners; the legislative power can
only liberate or set free with the
consent of the owner
if there be any action of the last
legislature conceding the existence of
a power in Congiek l'u abolish slave
ry in the District of Columbia, It
be a' ,ue auustuuic , aaiuai wuilii
l voted. The substitute declares
in. substance, an u and etttv 'act
liberating slaves to 'be-' what ? a
violation of the Constitution ? no !
but sifnply a breach of i ait h towards
Maryland and Virginia. I That is.
Another Democrat t Triumph I
We'leftm that tit trie election Tot
commissioners ofthe "district of Ken
sington, on Monday last, the demo,
crats, friend of Van iBureri and.
Johnson, Succeeded in electing; 1
out of 15 of their candidates; Thy ti
large majority. Tho . days of oppo
sition mis rlile are numbered in ttio
county of Philadelphia, and jn del
pite of the tricks of the minority Le
gislature, democracy Will obtain tti
accustomed' ascendancy thor'e . fa
Octobers Am. Sentinet. ,
are certainly a publlc evil, but that ut?n miles square) as may, by ces-
evil can only he remedied by feach ! 'sion of particular States. and the
Comrress fixin? for itself an ea rly j 4,acceptance of Congress, become j
REMARKABLE FEAT;
By the Freedonia, N. Y. Censori
of May 18, we learn that a man nn
tered h . store in thai villaee A tv
that Congress is only restrained by flays bel ore, arid offered some per
rly
dnv of nrlioiirnmprif: f)re Congress
V; j ri i
even with the consent of tluPresi. ted States.'V Subsequently to the
. . r i ..f.l TTi
"Uio seat oi vovornuieiu niic uu:-
the oblig.ilions of good faith in this
particular, aud, by implication, not
by the injunctions ofthe Constitution.
I will not enlarge upon, these ex
citing topics in this communication.
as fruitful as the may be of corn-
sons there if they would "foot tUb
j-bill" ihm he would swallow a pint of
wine and five dozen eggs, WJiich nS
accomplished with perfect case -
n;idin'5 Correspondence, nt Wash , T,
inio.t, "that a.plot is now on. but to anoUiCr 0on
Ceprive Houston of the command of
the Urmy 'of Texas, and placo Gen..
Janis llnmihon, of South Carolina,
at iSs head. Tho proposition has
btor "made' to the -Texian Commis-
Warrenton Acadciiij;
I rSlHlS ihstiiutioh will go into opctntimr;
.;' i ' i J. under the direction bl the feubacra-
ment. My purpose is merely to ber, on Tuesday the 5th of July net.a-
state onmions. I will simnly add, t Thfc courae of Irtstructidiitwul comprise the
" t tt 1 f l. ,i T
v c sec it si-aici in inc icw iorKt( enr. nns no rifrni to innu ia sessions uu , ohi' - -
: 9 - j- ----- " , I v . i l-i: -. I I
Mar, ori tho authority cfl roTf!lttt tua nft;,,,vnn(a nf slrumonh the territory now constitu- u,fl,rt'l'uu'u' ,vf CMUV5 gUages, Bdles Letters, Mathemali, , and
. . ; rv , c tt l, , uw, ouu uhcii uiuiu uiau 11c iaii i
ced?d lv 1U0 States oE JVlwryHnd hndJ
: , , . ,t 1 q nrc that in the dtschars of mv
;. i't man to c:vrrv the plans ;
Tcxtis iftti H?ict, and' a strong l.diUios 'as Senator inj the last LnaU-
sionos'S nnd is noy under considera
li.iriJ If IJami!to;i can lie p'accd at
the head of tho affairs of 'iV.xasjt is
saicl tfiat 8 l,00;,00f) ill bo.ednr.
i4 to. lhe c iurc. It is aticcci liotis.
tfi
. cf
prty in the . ii;h is ready to take
. KoMof tho struggle if Hamilton can
be elected to tlie "chief command.
, ' Tiitk. Co.nviler.
. " t?AMDEN BANK. , !
The wliole amount of Stock sub
scribed .in this new Institution -at 'the
Vnrinus plarcs- where books were
opened, was 10,126 share?, at 850'
each, mtthingtho sum of $5,100,300
....more than twenty times a much
as tho Capital stock of I lie Brink - is
W.horizcd to fie tjj' the: ChaiVer...
Ko on; person was allowed to take
raorellrinn fivn shares,, and thero are
r.9 subscribers. Ve Understand
it is tnlenued to cut down every sub
sCriber to one share, and then deter
mine, by lottery, 'who shall lose and
wh ret jtinf j pven hat small amount of
the Stock'. Since our capitalists
seem to have so much surplus ' re
v?r.T:e'' seeking employment, Could
Ihey nol find a provable invest:ucnt
f it ia'the Civark-staa and Cinciuna-
To Tire RniTou or TitrBti RTf!R.
Virginia "to thf Congress knd Go
vernment of the United States, in full
and absolqte right, and xcfaive ju-
I have understood that a statement ri-dictioti'f and the ceSsion.act from
has been m ido in ccrtani par3 Of the j Virginia Gpntattl) this express stipu-
countv, by whom I know not nor
is it of sufficient I importance to in
lature, I expressed, by a vote, tl.e
opinion, 'that the Constitution Con
laion--,,ProvideJ, that ? nothing
hc,rein contained shall be ionstrued
" . r
Ho ves! in tlie United S'aTcs any
'f right of properly in tho,sriJ--br to
"effefi the rights vf IniioiduaJs
"llierein. that is, of Individuals
do, to account for, what he does; and
the usilal brancEes of a lihtfal eclucrvtion;
The Students of the Clasfciaal K?rt.
ment, vill be thoroughly greuueied; tS
that it neither comports with reason construction ofthe Languages; the Miorrir,
. .. and the beauties of the authors Wiil be cjre
fully noted, Stricl attctlion-will be, paid
to the pupils of the English department.-
They yill be prepared for thq cbuntiog
luslice or common sense, to hold
him accountable for what hs never
did. The wickedness that would
i i -
make such a requisition must be ac
counted for before a tribunal to
which all must finally. answer.
V.N. EDWARDS.
18th June, 1S3G.?
The Rev. Wm. M. Atkinson, of
loreJ on Con-ress the power to nbo- Ppsllten,. the District, bonffress Petersburg, V. will preach in tlie
lisu slavery in theDistnct of Colum.'! havit). ftCCepted the Cran uoon those I Prterian Chufch in this P,ace
bin." fothtsnplain answer is fur- (orm,, 5s hound to ob.cvVe knd fulfil , on next Sa3bath, the 19lh mst. .
nished by the fact, that no pvopusi- . them. It docs not
I tion, either asserting or denying th j enf tat the wor-Is Tex
(existence of such a power, was'sub-nation in the ConsJttuti
admit of doubt
xclusivo fegis-
: The Law Magifcine relates an an-
ecdote of Sergeant DaVy,...a distin
.T
Charlotte Journal.
mitted to tho Senate during the Ses
sion. I could not, therefore, , have
possiMv given the vote imputed to
mej 1 !-:
Recognizing, however, to the ful
lest extent, Representative Respon
sibility but utterly denying any arid
every, right in others to make ground
less accusation-! ask for leave jo
make a brief explanilion through the
medium of your columns. j
The Journals ofthe Senate will
show that Committee reported a
.rir.ar "hnt although
"tho Constitution secures to Cori
Vgress tlio exclusive, jurisdiction
u-; guished English lawyer at the time
State, aro controlled ,md qualified ; of Lord ManSfield....tba. being u,2K'i.'SfcS
house, or for whatever busineiiib or employ.
ment their parents or guardians may e.
sign thejn the Echoiars of both departments
will be lrequeatly exercised in composition,
declamation, dec. The object, of the sub
scriber being to prepare his pupils fer use- ,
fulness, and the business of active life; aO '
bains will be spared to attain these, impori
tants objetts. Those who patronize tlirj
Institution, may therefore rest assured that
every exertion will be made to merit their i
approbation and suppoit. L ; . , '
The morals and deportment of tho&d.
committed io his care, will likewise tse at
tended td. , ' , . : t.-
An experience of tTrenty-nvc years, tKe
greater part of which he has presided over
Seminaries of learning, as reEpectableja
any in the country, may be furthei; adduced
in support of his pretensions as a public Instructor
The situation bPTTarrenton, fta charad-
Cip:j'n Gabriel Winters f.t very ' "within tho District ceded by the
ptn opriate name has nccrrrding to j States' to the Federal Government,
"yet we 'should deprecate any action
he Planters Ad vocuta of Dona lds vn-
.ville, .'Louisiana, made nil ingenious
ajiparaius to pretent fires from the
siTi;ks of steam furnaces, it is syp-rMy--pd
it will be of much importance
to the stijar planters I wiui uso s!r?arri
porter. 4
"on the part of Congress, towards
liberating the skives of the said Dis
"trict, xcilhoul conseril of their otcntrs.
Dliv.l w a - o - . .
dividuals in slave property exist to - oint. rnli.l - I ionic silver : families, on reasonable tema. Ttie sub.
, , .4.-- ... ... . 7 , , , . i i u . i jScnber would in a short timebe able to eci
tue same extent that they did under . because 1 could not get gold; but 1 , commodate a few boarders, to whose im'.
the laws and institutions of Virzinia ! took fevery sixpence the fellow had . prrovement, deportment, and. comfort strict
attention wouia De paiu. .
Texxs, s&ch as are usual in other respec
table. Academies, and which may be knowtt
by application to: the subscri&er, or any of
the 'board of Trustees. ' ' I
EDWARD itUfiftES, Principal
TFaxrenton, June H. lwC . -.
Female Academy t wiU also 14
-need CnacT me sujjoruiic.-K.-v. .
irh.iinil ber daughter. -Th3
i branches usually called for in the moSt rei
,1 U . . -v . ' " i . 'i in the wold, and I hope you don I
f Pand Maryland (for I presume that n th disgracing the profession."
tne terms oi cession are tne same; . .. , ,.
and the ordinary, legislative powers A parisbDner complained to his
of those States over such property; parson that his pew was too far from
and no other or greater, were de ol. the pulpit, and that ho must purchase :
ved on Congress as the local Legis- J one nearer. "Why," sud .he pr- cHe
, , f. . ' son, can't you hear distinctly .... jurs. ilui
llitu Tll.o District.- Now no
ticubis ih.-t it is withiti tb
one
41 vuci f n Jifnr well
enoa
tence of the Legislatures of Yiitrraia can see nerfectlv well." " "Then m -tuw.
and Maryland to liberate slaves itith what can bo the trouble V Why,
t . "". ' . e" there are so many in front, of me,
the consent of tkeir owners-for those ch:whaiJ70U say .firiN at
States and all the Southern 'States; by the time your.words reach my
and none with a more liberal spirit cars thev arc asflat as dishwater.,,
!',., vhu p..i;na i,cn uosion rest.
' .
that power ever since the foundation
of their respective governments. To
"Yes, 1 ; spectable FemaleScminar:cs,willbe tapgh
as a nreacn ot iaun to varos inordenv. therefore, this onwer to L-on
STRAYED,
fjnWd lixe i31coded
JL , Bay mares, five arid
six years old, black mane 3
di tails-, without any, w bit J
marks. These mares were senito my car"3
froid some gentlemen in the South fo" the
Horee, and have just returned; pofesiily iaty
be on their way home, or to where th'
were raised. An perron taking them up
Th Governor of (jeorgia has "ceded; and will regard such an in. j the rights of the slave holder and by AUGH ths bases are l0XJ "
Getttsbchg, ( Pa.) May 23. '
- 11EAYY, LOADS.
Two teams of Mr, Jonrr TAron- fhall be well rewarded and paid for all ex
koBT. ftANSOM;
brch as wel l as their master, of this . Tpion, N. C. JcmC4, lBZtri
nUci lor three-haltalions oiUaitin, terference as the. first step towards consequence, aiolatton.of the ces- countrv drew frorrt Philadelihia -to
.to 'tie raised hv voluntary enlistment,?... ...tn. . . . . ' , :.t i . . ' !
to no ratsea i0 voamuip em,,m.n, .,j ;slali?e flciron with regard U our sion aefs; in as much as the right to I
to protect the- cstcrn O-Oiilter of - - . . . T t - 1 ...' . V ;
r. - u.u I'luu. .t:jhm was iioerate, wneoever an -aci numons-
;. tfv.it ' Slut-1 fronTtho hostile- incur
s".on oftlio Creek ; Indians, This
.n?q j:si tion is made chiefly from the
Ch itta!iooc!iio Corinlies, and will,
.wi:U that under Major Howard,1 con-
Fti4ote tw.i. full Regt.iicnts, to serve
'r.jftl:rc'.-j:'nwRl!l5.r'''- ' '"' ':
otfered, by way of amendment.: a
substitute in "the following words :
l!Resolcea That although by the
"Constitution all legislative power
over the Distrlcl of Columbia is
Pittsburg, a lew days ago, the astoir j
m G W k II a - . u
il -U- SJLy JlA
jngicanbe obtained, has always
been regarded as a benefit or privi.
'ecc to ths master himself..
I The sale of valuable cattle at Pow-
SAm authorised au3 empowered it pur
chisse fcr some gendemeifintheSouifi",
a e.W fine thorough bred mares ort fillip
and one Horse Coll. Those who hav
V.ton, on Saturday was numerously fWT " ' V
a- r.1 111,- : vmrwr. n IkTCrtr
The mistake committed somp i i ,r. .C ill.-.
. , . T . . , ailcUUCU IT Vllh iailUU9 vi.r ."V ,
njlnds on this subject seems to me country. , Twenty three ; animal- "
ROB'f . RANSOM
Warrcrttoa, Jcrte 1 1636 rt
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