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i f PEOPLE'S PRESS AND WILMINGTON NO. 27. 1 ADVERTISER vol '- I, f i .t ' f i. I i ' i:s' I X " : I if , mi. I from the cellar to the garret of the house. The two actresses in the scene .were ter ror stricken, and "disappeared in double quick time, whilst the crowd dispersed. I also went on my way, having gained a new point in experience namely, that Avhen two. men are fighting, they may be vsenaratwl hv once naming the commissa- saryj but when two women quarrel, the j commissary's name must be repeated three'! times', and with a .voice like the roar of . . ..' lAr Trrill . ct ' Cannon cic iucjt v-.-. I .then with nervous haste, proceeded towards thV office of the commissary, to t whose authority I was to succeed It ap peared to me terrible and threatening, like the den bf jTrophonius; yet it was with sincere delight that I reached the portico of this temple, raised by the moderns to public security: j ; I began to ascend the stairs. . Letters of all forms and siies 'scrawled upon the wall, wpuld have indicated the way, had I not been more surely guided by the con- . fusion of voices, "which mingled and melt ed into one horrible sound, like the . de mon revels in Pandemonium. The stair case at length became so dark, that I seemed as if groping my way under a per petual (eclipse of the sun. On my en trance into the office, 1 was struck with the 'disgusting filthihess of the place. "As' the commissary is 'obliged to take care that the streets within -his jurisdiction be kept clean, I had imagined that he would . t : - 1 . t . , .- 1 1 ' take especial care inai xms cieanuness should extend to his own office; but I was mistaken The walls were black, the re gisters were black, the tables, chairs, and benches were black all, in short, ' was black and J dirty; and the light of day scarcely ? penetrated into this disgusting den. 7 -.- . ' :" :. I had fancied that the commissary, . whose very name had the power of termi , nating a riot, daunting a highwayman, making; a pickpocket tremble, and had just set in motion so many pairs of arms and legs, and tongues, must be one of Sa ltan's most powerful ministers. X had hot yet seen him, but his portrait was traced on my imagination: it was the. ezii idea.1 .of ulinesss a sort of sublime horror . -that would "put to flight a whole herd of : , oi rninoceroses or a. real t M,uasimoqo. The thoughts whichjthis fantastic portrait had conjured up in my mind,' were' sud denly interrupted by tlje arrival of an ele- gant young man. A strong perfume pre . ceded,-followed, and surrounded him, like the atmosphere of a planet. I lis counte- . nance was "thoughtful, amiable and pre possessing; his aress denoted care and at V tcntion: the fashion was rigidly though. - fastefully followed, his manners were graceful and easy. This was the com missary! Having shown him my letter, i the gracious smile which followed, and ' the open manner n which he congTatula . ted me, Effaced every unfavorable impres sion from- my mind. I 'As you aire to succeed me," he said, leading me into his private, closet, and Miiuning me uyui, uiiuw 'c- iu iuiiiu ' yoti into the mysteries of the science-for it is truly a science to" understand proper ly the dark, and secret, and hidden pow ers of the police. "Secret reports, denunciations, calum-i ,. nies, and crimes--do not these form a complete course of study of the human heart? .Here you will ..".not. see the most favorable side of human nature, that you may-depend upon. " T i - . "But we must return and attend to bu- :( ;j appeared to commissary smpss. The splen dor which . had mo to surround t,he office of had gradually disappeared; and my dreams of honor, and opulence, and idleness, fled at the not very flattering picture - which my predecessors had drawn. - Theseenes in the police office, though clever and graphic, would hardly repay the " English reader for the (space they would "occupy; and we shall therefore o rait them ' -' . ' Hitherto, nothing in my future duties oppeared disagreeable. To make up quarrete, settle differences, aud bring'rio ters to reason, was an honorable and phi lanthropic task. ;. - I "Now,"; continued the commissary, af ter we. had returned tp thc closet, "I must iriake known to youj the personal of my : administration, fn he first place; ' you will have for your secretary an old poet, - who. devotes his leisrre to the muses; wri ting couplets for the confectioners, epitha lamia, and birth day songs. ' His imagin ation is so fertile, that his official'acts ire beset with rhymes- and even in usignale nent, -certainly the least poetical of docu ments, he still contrives to rhyme. Be hold here a specimen of his talents: Light chesnut eyebrows, auburn hair, , . . A -well-turned mouth, .complexion fair, .; . Straight noseband stature middle, size, An oval face, and dark blue eyes. 4 "The inspector is a vulgar, positive, .dogmatical - fellow, who talks of nothing but beefstakes and his bottle." . Whilst "my 'informant was . drawing these portraits, I' had opened a register, and its contents raised in me such aston ishment and indignation; that I scarcely listened to him. This h6 perceived, and tired, no doubt, of playing the part of . cicerone, he seized the opportunity of toy pre-occupation of mind, and took his leave with marvellous address. Thus I had re ally become commissary.. i But let us return to the object of ray Surprize: It was a report and one, too. against myself. ; w w juiius uramn- patriot. r His opinions are moderate he fre quents the club of the. Amis du Peuplrt but he is too good to , herd with those montagnards. He appears, however, on the eve ofamendment.' ' I was thunderstruck. ; "The 5th and 6th of June had' supplied ! f olumes of accusation. ; Society, indeed, had then; in the short! space oh twenty (ibur hours, sunk -almost to the lowest I state of degradation. y I threw aside the documents in disgust. v V -. i; Hcarcefy td I clostd these ignoble ar -J ' h i i , . -r- -t-t : - , . . rr- .. i chives, when a municipal guard brought me a, warrant which required to be imme diately executed It was to apprehend a publicist: This mission ; was far from pleasing, for I particularly dreaded, the small fry of the public: press. ; i b ortunate ly, my good genius extricated me from this dilemma. The man of letters had changed his abodenobody could give me his new addresa-i-and my heroic expe dition wds reduced to a mere confidential report. V-': 1 1 . ' . It was bine o'clock jin the evening be fore I had despatched the letter, and I was perhaps the only person in Paris, who, with a good dinner within his reach, had hot yet dined. 1 1 was just about to perform this important business when the secretary appeared. I ! 1 j '' "Sir," said he,"you, are waited for with the greatest impatience.. There is a dis turbance at the -theatre- tle noise and confusion are dreadful; and the manager Has sent for you threej times. Force can not be used unless you! are present." ' I set out immediately. The noise, the cries, the stamping of j feet, the oaths of some, the lamentations of others, seemed to have assimilated the theatre to Pan demonium in a statef of insurrection. The occupants of the galleries showered upon the pit Tollies of wiled potatoes and old crusts" of bread, which projectiles' were thrown back to the place whence they came. The prompter had abandoned his post, and the stage lamps were broken. Having put on my. scarf, I advanced my head ana body out of my box in order - to impose silence on the multitude. At this moment something struck my fate and entered my mouth, . I tried to speak-- lmpossible: I was under ! actual suflbca tion; Noisy applause then burst forth rom every part of the theatre; and juries of bravo' and encore were vociferated, with a sort of frenzy. One j voice, shrill and piercing as a trumpet, uttered the almost prophetic words, "It is the commissary's dinnerl" I was .unde the necessity of withdrawing for an instant. . On my re turn peace was nearly restored, and the play continued. Finding, therefore, my presence no longer necessary, Iwent back to my office: and next day I found the fol lowing paragraph in' a ministerial paper; ''There was last night a slight distur bance at the theatre: the presence of the commissary of the, police proved alone sufficient to put a stop to it." : I confess I could with difficulty understand why I had been forced to swallow a potatoe to produce this effect, e that as it may, the receipt may be a good one for the sup pression of riots. You ;had- better try it, Messersj Commissaries.! Swallow a boiled potato instead of ordering the troops 'to fire upon the multitude and matters will ehd much better. , ! ! On my return from' .my theatrical ex cursion, narrassea ana ? worn; out, l was preparing, to go to bed, when a violent knocking at the door j was .succeeded by the entrance of a lady about 30 ' years of cra- ratYko-r lianfisnmfl. nilfl tna dialialill almost equivocal. She; stated herself.-to be an unhappy wife, deserted for a fat cook wench-and weary at being thus left alone, she had imagined' that the commis sary could seize her husband, and by vir-f tue of his magisterial aiithqfity, arrange all their family differences.,'' It was with the greatest difficulty that t got rid of this strange complainant. ! I i If Day had now dawned, and my h pf fice" began to be filled aid emptied tweh; tv times an hour. Here, i were lodarers who had gone away without paying their rents ; mere, women wno naa ; insuuea passers by ; next, men and women to set tle quarrels as impossible of adjustment as they, were insignificant. ; f 4. - A. L ' I . 1 J I A. J But behold a new personage taken in agk&hte delicto. ThO witnesses for the prosecution were learned dogs and a mon key: the crime was that of having made these quadrdped artistes dancer without a licence from the Prefect of the Police. The Italian boy Raggi,)' although acciis- ed was nevertheless innocent. He had obseryed the formalities prescribed in the police regulations, with jthisl only' differ ence, that he addressed! jhs application to the King ! I could have? no doubt of the truth of this defence, for; the lad had the answer about him. It ran as follows : ' "I have the honor to I inform you, that your letter has oeen forwarded to the Pre fect of Police, with i directions to attend to it," &c. 'V --.lf:4;;l:i '-: f- - I After such an example and such a let ter, I conceived tHat I had only to bow my head, and bear my burthen in silence. If the "King had been obliged to read and answer ah" applicatioh for a licence "to allow dogs -and monkeys j to dance.'i- I surely ought not to complain. But go and see the Italian boy Raggi ;' he lives at the Marche-Neuf'l tie will inform you how, 'in .the month of August last, he wrote to Louis Philipe Jin favor ofhis lerfrned animals, and how the King' Aerf the honor to answer his letter. j It was after dismissing this case thzrtl began to feel the weight of my official du ties: but I yet knew not ill. :I was now called upon to have a room opened, whose occupant (a female) had suddenly disap- fieared. Alas !.1 the wretched woman was ying dead Upon the floor, holding in her arms her dead child. . A mother's tender ness had led her to commit infanticide: she had been desirous of sparing her un happy babe the agonies Jbf poverty I and hunger The state of the room, the com plete absence of furniturf, and, the mise able rag3 on her body,ejft no doubt as to the cause of the poor woman's -su icide. ' r Dreadful as such a spectacle was, how many of the same kind was I not forced to behold! The rest of my. time was di vided between rioters,! boxers, ' disputants, pickpockets, swindlers, highwaymen,con victs, informers, courtarisand inlrigaps of every description. I jwas obliged .. to watch over the dens of prostitution, ! run ajter thieyes, apprehend malefactors ex amine the condQct of suspicious' persons, visit the gaming tables, seize smuggled goods, 'act as a spy among politicians, look out for conspirators, draw up proees verbaux, and HsiMn.6 haunts of crime. It cannot surely excite sufprise that with such duties, I should take a dislike to my office. I . I . ..: ! : Already bent upon my resignation! a last incident led me to send it in. Thfee prisoners were brought to my office. The first, a man about tony years o! age, was a liberated convict,; suspected of a fresh offence. He joked about his arrest; and as there was no direct evidence -nothing but) vague suspicion to support the charge! against him he had assumed an arrogant bearing; and his blood-shot and utmy cast mine upon the ground, without be ing able to account for. this superiority, of crime over probity. Whoever had seen; the infe rnal smile of mockery, and the air of eiull ation with which this disgrace to human nature gloried in the experience he had acquired, would, like me, felt con founded. He was guilty,- and his very guilt fen" and nourished his demonpride. Could any hope of moral improvement be entertained with regard to such a be ing? The second prisoner was a child, with an exn ressive rather tnan a nanasome countenance. ! On it were depicted saa- ness want, and fatigue! It was childhpod seared by misortune--a young but bligh ted heart; it was pain, in place of buoyant pleasure of young life. There he stood in the darkest recess of the' office, conceal ing his face in his hands, thro' the fingers of which his teats fell rapidly, and awai ting with shame and visible anxiety the decision of his case. I felt moved arid interested- it seemed to me" that this child could not be a criminal. j 4Well, my t little man,'' said. I, ''and what enormous offence have you been guilty bf?" The child made no reply, but hisj tears increased. A policeman undertook to explain the case. ' ! "The enormous" offence," said the lat ter, "which he has been guilty of, your worship, is no" less than burglary, tie has been inr the habit of climbing overla wall, and" breaking v into a kitchen much better supplied, no doubt, than, his own, where: each time, after regaling' himself at his neighbor's expense, he has darrjed off avpiece of plate." Thuslthis chrld, scarcely twelye yeas old, had; already made frightful progress in vice. His tears tvere th resource of in his distress he used them as cunnmsr a weapon of defence. So yo ung, and al ready 4oj corrupt! ! Uhfortunate child! Yet at his age can guilexist? and if so, is it without a remedy? Oh no! This child was only deserving of pity the blam, the disgrace of his fault, ought to have fal len upohis parents. Taught from his tenderest infancy to consider the whole world as; his prey, to rob was, in his idea, to work jand live, it was the exercise of ah maustryj or u iraa tw Urv lm p s-u.rfti him a subsistence. ! J J 1 1 now turned to the third prisoner, whom I had not seen before, and beheld a fe male leaning aga inst the Office table. Hjer fleshless hands, her livid complexion, her sunken and glassy eyes, her holl o w cheeks, and those deep jfurrows, du not by age but i by starvation, pictured her to my sen ses as death still clinging to life with des perate and pertinacious grasp. She was a living skeleton. She had been brought before me because she had fieen driven to do wrong by hunger, which she had not the virtue to support. Knowest thou not, thou poor wretch, that thou art permitted to suffer, but not to eat? the law grants thee protection at this price: and dost thou not appreciate such an advantage? dost thou not appreciate all that it has done for the, in allowing thee the privilege of dying, a Ione and deserted, on a bundle of straw, in some dark garret; whilst from the' rooms under thee thou canst hear the song bf gladness and the mirth of revellers? How ungrateful thou art! When thou wert stung byjhunger, and all thy fellow crea- lures reieciea inee. tnou nadst tne nase- ness to take a sin ele loaf of bread. Pie. fie!' thou art unworthy of the benefits of . . y 'r . . our social system; To prison with her! 'Yes,'j said the poor woman, with a ve- hemence, of which I should not have su posea ner capaoie; "yes, sir,! I took a loaf; but it was not for-mvself. What would it signify if I died life has little attrac- tions for; one who is always suffering1. Yes, sir, I did take nay, why should I soften the expression I did steal a loaf, and I would do it again in the same holy cause: I had no iother means of saving the life of my poor child!" And for the first time she wept Hers were tears of bitter ness. Until now she had seemed plunged in a kind of stupid insensibility: and it re quired the associations which the words she uttered had ;aroused within her to bring her to a consciousness of her situa tion. 'I wil 'visit her dwelling " said I to myself and .inla few minutes I had the most heart-rending spectacle before my eyes. The -child, about five years of age, lay stretched upon a few handfuls of straw, which constituted the, only furniture of the place and scarcely gave signs of life. Its dreadful emaciation told! the tale of its sufferings; and I it was a tale that chilled my blood. "Make haste" said I to the in spector, "and fetch a bottle of wine and a pound of sugar, for there is hot a moment to be jost, if we would save the child's life." The poor mother, began to soti. She ihanked me in the most affecting' terms prbssed my handstand I could perceive that it warjrith dificulty she re frained from thxbing her arms round my neck. - What a moment! how my heart -dilatedl. It had heen so contracted, and so full of gall and bitterness ever since I entered into public life. . ' ."What is the amount pf your loss?" said I to' the baker, who had accompanied us. Way, Sir this is, perhaps, not xhe nrsi umo tlger-lOOKing eyesf expresstxi me most iu sulting irony. I actually felt myself quail ; and L "Well ask what you like," and you shall it- it I The bakers self-love was aroused at this proposal. and he would take nothing. "Then you; will not prosecute? "No, your worship." j j "My good woman you; are free. Here are five francs go and put oh the pot au feu and do not blush to receive this trifle; you shall return it when you are able," "Ohi sir -may God bless you!" Joy and emotion' had exhausted herjremaining strength, 4b she fell fainting upon the floor. For my own part, leaving her to the care of a neighbor, and blabbering like :a whipped schoolboy, I betook myself to flight; then entering a cafe I, wrote a let ter, which I carriedmyself to its address. It contained my resignation. I FROU THB UNITED STATBS SA.ZSTTE. Among other valuable presents bestow ed upon President Jackson, while on his visit to Hartford, was an elegant copy, by Messrs. Andrus & Judd, of their ste reotype edition of the quarto Bible elegant ly bound in red morocco, and gilt. It is a fine specimen of the perfection to which the art of bookmaking has arrived. On the front cover is the following sentence "Andrew Jackson, President of the United States presented by Andrus and Judd. Hartford, Connecticut." -and on the re verse ?ide "Rightfeorisriess Exalteth a Nation." The president returned his ao kriowledgments for the present in the fol lowing term: j Hartford June Ylth 1833. Gentlemen: I return you my thanks for the sacred volume you have present ed to me; and for the personal kindness you have expressed. ' I fervently unite with you in your pray er for our, beloved country, and t suppli cate Providence to incline the hearts of all! our citizens to keep sits holy law- to realize 'the inestimable blessings we en joyand to become as distinguished for genuine piety among the nations of.- the earthy as they pare for the high favours, national andpolitical, which have been vouchsafedto them. ' For myself, Gentlemen, I humbly rely upon the blessing of God to guide me in the; performance of the high duties which my countrymen have assigned to me-com- mending all their requests to his carej and not doubting, as he led our fathers to acquire the Independence we enjoy, he win lead our sons in his own good way fo defend and maintain it, . j I I jam very respectfully, your obeientt servant j j ANDREW JACKSON, i Messrs. Andrus f Judd. cojtiJiiijjvicjiTiojys. MB THi PRBS8 AKD AOYBKTI9IR. If It is said that great Generals have, a' better opportunity of manifesjtinr their skill, moral courage, and military genius in effecting a retreat in the face of an en emy, than when advancing to an attack, or when actually engaged in the! doubt ful shock of battle. The I retreat! of the ten thousand under Zenophon In lanceint times will be rememDered as long, and esteemed as highly, as the victories and f conquests of Alexander; and the celebra- tedjretreat of MOreau through the Black Forest during the early! period) of the wars of the French Revolution, ranks fn the: opinion of military critics wth the most splendid achievements of Na'poleon. But of all the retreats recorded in history, whether of war or controversy, assured ly the most ingenious and wonderful is the retreat of the" Editor of the k Fayette ville Observer, from the discussion in which he has lately been engaged on the subject of the Cape Fear and Yadkin rail road The following is his able reply la our last attack, and the admirable man ner in which he extricates himself from the. horns of the dilemma, either of which threatened to involve him in a conclusion inevitably fatal to his argument and his cause. I , ' ' .; , ' ft ' ; "The fertile imagination of "Y " has in the last Wilmington Press created k sad dilemma, either horn of which he. is so polite as to offer us. He is too kind. The creatures of 'his imagination are be lowj par in this market. They may suit himself and some of his fellow citizens to han upon, but only merit contempt here. " The citizens' of) Fayetteville should real ly be proud of their champions. Who will dare hereafter to enter the! lists with them ? Yet will "there not be some diffi culty in deciding to which of them the palm of superior skill shall be awarded? Who has the best founded claim to the enviable distinction the Editor (of the Observer for his masterly retreat, I or the iLiUuvia vi me journal ior ineir notaoie discovery that the best and all sufficient security is "the success of the ehterprize?" "Palmamqui meruit ferat." Let him bear off the palm who deserves k. ! IT. T. 1 . 4 - C iL. T 1 C .1 -o thb raaas and iDvunan. To Mrs. Royall, Editress of Paul Pry, City of I rvasnington Many of the good people wish to know precisely how to take you! To have so able an opponent to every thfng that the blue skins believe to be good, brbught'un der jthe ban of suspicion, would "be dread ful to your cause. Now T wish you to say whether or no, you have deceived the Post Office department by writing letters on the margin of Paul Pry- whether you have been begging for money- and abusing the good people of a certain; place, you once greatly praised in your Book &c. &c. There is a blue skin about here who says he has the proof in black and white against you? What say yoti; Guil ty or not Utnlty ! In the communication in the last Press pitFf in ismnm. and Advertise'lvsigned Many Citizens, the expression you nave too long oeen care less of your interest," was not Intended, as some imaging to- reflect on our late representative, who "discharged his duty with credit to himselT and satisfaction to his constituents; it jefers" solely to the late period at which the name of MrJ, U. Jojies was announced. Many Citizens, Wednesday, July lO, 1833. RaliIioh, 6th Jcly, 1833. i . . . . . . . . Mr Loring. I have Been with much pain communication in your paper signed " Many Ci tizens,'" nomihating me as a candidate to repre sent the Town of Wihnington in the ensuing Le gislature of the State.. j , ! ' J I certainly thank my friends for jtheir intended kindness and courtesy, but had I been previously consulted on the subject the necessity off the .com munication 'would have been entirely superseded. Ij have no wish to serve in the Legislature, and under the present state1 of feeling in the Town of Wttmingtdn, I could not di so with any pleasure or satisfaction to myself jl made it a fundamen tal rule, when I had the honor of serving fn a Le gislauve.capacity, to act as the Representative of a whole community and hot of a party. Under present circumstances 1 should probably give atr isfaction'to none. . With every feeling of respect ful gratitude towards my friends for their good intentions. I decline the honor of the nomination Very respectfully, your ob't serv'L I JOHN D. JONES fA meeting of the Trustees of the Donald son Academv and Manual! Labor School will be held in Fayetteville, on Thursday the 16th inst at 4 o'clock P.M. ,-. J : ' .. : The business - to Come before the board ia as follows: . j 1, To decide -when the school shall go. into op eration. ' j 2. To elect a principal way be open.. I instructor, should the 3. To take measures for the erection of the Ac ademy buildings. j 4. To dispose of the Donaldson Lot. 5. To procure a Superintendant of the Manual Labor Department. ( 6. To transact such other business as may come before, them.' . ; "j By order of the Executive Committee. " GEO- M'jSTEILL, Secretary jWe are authorised to announce VI LLI AM S. LARKINS, as a candidate for the Senate, in the next Legislature, The PaEsiDSNT.-4-The President had the der gree of LT4D. . conferred onhim at the Cambridge, IVfncs SrTrp tf liiA rkriAra snp.ak cfyntftmDtUOUS- Iv of this new 4iffnitv. as thouarh it were ' mispia-i ced. We do not conceive - that any degrees con ferred by a College can add dignity to a President of the United States.) The degrees conferred . them are not confined to any particular branch by of science. Dr. Franklin knew nothing of Greek or Latin; which some are vain enough, to con ceive to be the two main pillars of human knowl edge' 4 We do. not see why; it should notbe con ferred on men emmenr m the science of govern ment-i-or to those who add to the stock of English Literature, for it cannot be the meanest I thing in the world to improve the only language that is of any benefit to us as a: nation. It has become ha bitual with many to speak disparagingly of Gen Jackson s literary attainments. We know not upon what ground. '.His education was liberal, if his biographer speak the truth',' and the stations he has held, for the greater part of his life, have been favorable to improvement. We have fio iaea mat jacKson is a dull scnoiar.' l ne toilow ing remarks on this subject S are from a Boston Paper.,, . . . I J -' 1 . , "The-honorary degree conferred upon the Pre sident by Harvard University, has been carped at as a gratuitous, piece . of j flattery, undignified and uncalled for; and the reason assigned for the objection is, that "collegiate degrees are exclusive rewards of literary' excellence." , j "If there were no better reason for conferring this compliment,. than; that it had been previously paid to every President visiting the University, the proceeding would not have , wanted sufficient jus tification. Besides although such degrees may be the appropriate rewards' of literary excellence, none but those ignorant of their history, can sup pose them to be f exclusively" set apart for fthat purpose. vThey have been conceded to almost e very species of eminence connected with intellec tual and moral superiority, irj arts and in arms The records of the two English Universities af ford sufficient proof of this: and it was but a short tune since, that Oxford conferred the degree of LL. D. on a Russian Field Marshal. j The President proceeded jfrom Cambridge to Charlestown, thence to Lyen, Marblehead, and Salem. v. The University.- The committee appointed to enquire into the. expediency of removing the University from Chapel Hilf to the seat or go vernment, are unanimous in the opinion that it ought not to be removed as will be, seen by the Report of the JSxercises. We think the Commit tee have come to a wise conclusion. The advan tages the Students might derive from attendance on the Legislature, or any other incident, would be more than counterbalanced by their ' 11 i -. posed to the temptations to vice presented in that city, during the session, when gamblers, &c, rush in from all quarters to pillage and corrupt. JrThe Fourth of July was celebrated in this town with much harmony and good will. We heard of no riot or revelry, but good order prevail ed throughout the day, which' well befitted the oc casion when citizens of this republic recur to event which should increase their attachment to each other and to tJieir country; . ! Makotactukixg CipiTOL.---.The capitol inves ted in Manufactories at Lowell, Mass. is 6,150,(XX l dollars. Nnmber of Mills in operation 19: spuv dks, SifiOQi looms, 3000, females empioyed, 3800r males do. i 1200. More than 8,000,000 pounds of cotton are annually used. About 27,000,000 yds. of cotton goods, manufactured yearly. About 150. tXW lbs. of wool are annuallylnanufactured into Cassimerea.towel, is in Middlesex county, ai the FaUs of the Merrimack, and about 25 miles from Boston. The obstructions to navigation ai this place are obviated by a CanaL; The first cotton mill was erected in 181 " j . I p. Pbice, proprietor of a paper called the "Ticlder1n published in Philadehjluav has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and $100 ., fine for a libel on a sendeman of that city, , Other I indictments core feund against bin. hi The Rrth Of July was celebrate U withbut very httle pomp and parade-ana nA we venture to say, did it pass off with less 'J or less intemperance. ' 4 At sunrise the Volunteers went througb a T ' rietyj of evolutions and street firing, andatgS clock the Battalion, composed of the New ir VEK Horse Gcabds, the Independent a.j lert and WlLMINOTON Volukteers formj near the Court House, under the commard capt Fanning ; fiom whence it moved inproc sionfollowed by the Orator of the Day. ft- t derof the Declaration, the Clergy, and the Pi.' 1 tcuaio ine rresbytenan Church. After theper 5 formance of an Ode written bv the Rev T - Hpnt, for the occasion, foUowed bv martial ! sic and appropriate prayer, an Address was rf. ered by Thomas Lorino, esq. the Declaration ,: j Independence was read by Lt. Joshua James, Jr4 f: and prayers by the Revr Msrs. Jennett i-i 1 - Grxoo. . 1 1 After services, the procession returned and ' missed ; the ArtillehY firinff a salute at lo : clock, of thirteen guns. : L. Insolveint Debtors. The Legislature of rA diana.1-at its last session, sassed an "Kt,,: . t' Law"; which exempt the fbHoWmff articles fm.i l execution, when the same belongjJto heads ofCf. J miiie to wicA norse or yoKe of cattle vonM ' S40; mechahics' tools, 50; household gocU 3Jf cooking utensils, 25: provisions for three irmmJl necessary Decs and bedding, wheel, cards Rdai besides all wearing apparel and military accou(re: ments the whole bf which may be esCimatert Jl S300. This seems to us a very eauitahl 1a. J.jI although tlie propriety of not leavinr the insalf 1 entirely desUtute is admitted by all, except a fewl . . . . , '-4 pound ot flesh" creditors, yet these laws hate been among the hardest to get through our LeyU. latures. The reason is that the m ifit v . . . -J TV ""'CO; been much affected by the stripping system it has been difficult to engage their attention to tk, subject Our customs and laws have favor muao wuuse Dusiness nas oeen- more extensiT composition but starvation herein inconsroniwW. adopting the maxim "but whosoever hath nl i from him shall be taken away even that he ha.4 f Sf OBM.JWe learn by the Savannah GeorM' s. that a severe thunder storm took place in that citv , ana vicinity, on tne yyth ult. A barn beloogm;!,. ' to G. W. Owens esq. about nine miles fromti ! city .was struck by lightning and consumed: i1 wreck, lying, on the other side of the river ' struck and also a tree in the' vicinity of the TheCl ate Three . negroes on three different plant ' tions were killed, and three others stunned. ' DEriNiTiON.An author gives i the: following .( definition of a proud man; he "is a fool in a fci! mentation, that swells over and boils like apor- ' ridge pot. He sets out his feathers like an owl. to . ' t-swell and seem larger than he is. He.is troublct With a tumnnr nnH inAin.t: r . -T ...i.uuuuuuuii ui scri-conceu ',, that renders every part of him uneasy.' We wiir not pretend to say whether the above definition L right or wrong. One thing we verily believe , i whicfi is that all fools are proud, qfjeourse, wiihotr $ 'i merit. AJ1 nten of genius are m-oiiA ni. iBn1 -i ; . . - r- , .... only are fortunate who have common sense enough to conceaTit from the world. We believe no sta tioil is exempt from this vice, if it ma Ka cn ml led, (which we very much doubt) from ..the sailo. "tt rVl? Pllrao a .nr i . . .... to the fop who cannot bear that the vulvar shouldi1 " " ..-v.. man iia.nu wr an iETioram land u hivfr i 'come between him and his nobility "or the dh ly pateician who treatV with contumely the rougl-; j out nonest salutation of the Dleheinn. Weiearn from the Newbern Spectator tlmt tk steam packet ship David Brown,' capt Pennoyer, from New.York for Charleston, put into Beaufoi on the 3d insUnt, m conseqtrence of having he boiler irregularly heated and ihat it would be dan-gerous-to proceed. . The captain hired a vessel to convey his passengers to Charleston.-: , The same gun that injured a man on board ths revenue cutter, on firing a salute pn the PresTdent'i arrival, has since burst and took off the right hat! of another man. . . '.- ' r Mr Brooks, the New Orleans correspondent cf - 2 tie Portland Advertiser, statet that on "an average two oueis a week are fought in the former city: T The Legislature of Rhode Island commenced its ! session at Newport, on the 25th ult A bill haa passed to authorise Yates and Mclntvre to issue 52 lottery claises fpr 10,000 each, commencing the" . 1st of August The petitions of Amos Miner and Charles Brown, now under sentence of death at 4 Providence, for a commutation of punishment wis rejected by a vote of 36 to 15.' A bill nassed to i ' incorporate a company with a'capital of S30,(X to build a spacious hotd at Newport V ' ' t From Tampico. The schr: Emoeror. capt . Boy lan, arrived at New York, brings accoucttff irom rampico to the 9th ult The cholera is ra ging thejre with great fury. 5 The average deathi, daily, for 14 days previous to the 6th was op- wards of 40, and on that dav thev amounted W !- J 130. Tampico is a town of Mexico, in Vera Crux, 1 on the south side of a bav of the ?ulnh oT Mexico, I j - m . r r- . i at.tha mouth tC thi rivpr Txmnion nrPanUCO. f 300 miles N. E. of the city of Mex ico, and 250 ' N. E. of Vera Cznz. There are three towns 09 ?he Itio Panuco, which bear the name of Tamplca. The principal, and the place where the cholera if now so fatal is Pueblo Viejo de Tampico, coni tajnin about 4,000 inhabitants. The climate i at all times unhealthy, the situation being loW anu unpleasant - Another Cajoaltt.Two ' members of tba corps of volunteers, in LowelL Mass! were chare ing a piece in honor of the President, when tltf powder prcmatacrely: exploded and twe off a hand fromeacn the arms -were amputated. , Thens" eye of one of them is also lost I : The (Mississippi) State Rights Banner ht the following: . . - j ilt is with feelings of deep regret that wean thi. dwitii nf h ; Frrrllencv A. M. SCOTT. Governor of the State. He died at the house Colonel Grimball, in this place, last night about 11 o'clock, of Cholera. On Sunday evening last, u..t .i;r.tlv indisDosed. and took his bed. He eontinued unwell, but not at aQ alarmingly so un til about 4 o'clock, P. JV1. when he was attacked violently with the symptoms of spasmodic cholera Every thing that medical skill and the attention and kindness of friends could do, was done to save him but all in Vain. r . - A Taw aboliahiTiir imnriionmmt tne debt "fof all sums under 53 cU. went into operation Al the State of renfisylriia, oa tho ilh July. COMMUNICATED. i r t:
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