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i j. ". ; j I ,; - :. ;; ' , ; - NO: 37! THE PEOPLE'S PRESS AND WILMINGTON ADVERTISER. VOL. I . I .: I: :- v--1' it' i ly facilitates the cleaning operations. : The business of ditching!; like every Other. branch of .labour, is improved by practice and by system. An experien ced hand will not only perform more than one who is raw,, but win periorm n mucn -better. It is important to observe the "Klntw rntire and unbroken. To do this in the first successfully my " practice place to draw a line On the Wd -res, and to cut the depth two exterior of the spade on these lines, in an angle of the intend J.J -1 ' ' T it . 1 : I .1 ' c'u sxupe. in me next piace tne operaror fnkes a spit from the centre, and so far from the outside, that the perpendicular cut shall not i disturb the earth below the slope;. When the centre is thus thrown out, the face of the slope is then readily tlnd symmetrically formed, and 'a second spit then taken from the centre as before, : and the operation thus continued until the . drain is finished. The price of a four feet drain varies from eighteen to fifty cents per rod, according to the soil-, and the obstructions which are to be operated upon, i he best season lor cutting open a rams is in August and September, be- -ause there is generally less water then to encounter, anu that .the time" to dry and con soli da slopes nave e before the i frosts of winter. - B. FRW THE PHILADELPHIA OAtFTTB. DONFiriTs -w,. notion n late-London paper in the- iournals of mrmet ropo I isUyr metropolis, by no means fare the report of an inquest held over the .body of one; Thompson, who was , killed in a pugilistic contestjwith Michael Murphy,' r T be body was cpve red with; bruises, but ;;the immediate- tause. of death was-aused by extravasation of blood ion the brain, produced eitljer by a fall or viol en t bio w. The following evidence elicited, -will show the barbarous character of these f .ondon fiilhts. William Lucas stated that-the - ring was frequently broken; in by men armed with sticks. Heard Murphy say ho had enoughs his ,brother : urged him to ' - Tcontinutrto fight; saw Murphy givenhe ,aeceasea a tout blow, and cried "foul!'. One of the. men present struck him w;ith itionto the. seconds. J. Stockman, Dan She'en, and a Paddinffton co.nchman, nicknamed. Beefy, weio very active, all acted in the 'most ib.ul manner. The determ ination peemed o .be to beat Robert Pur- i Thompson by any means. ; J vis saw a man named Lane, strike the deceased a severe blow with a stick. - James Porter saw a 'man kick Thompson. as he was .falhntr. Mr, To hburv. the but .'.nonstable of Whetstone- was pysent, having no assistance was, aft-aia to' inter-' fei'ejCMichael Mullaney swoife that fit was n fair fight; but his evidence was stopped by two witnesses swearing - that he was the man. who struck the deceased lie Avas immediately taken into " eustody, .and Avas" committed "to Newgate. l- The:Coroncr hat-ingTchargiidaijury on ine .Drutaiity ot the defendants, the jury, after an hour's deliberation, verdict of "manslaughter,' principal and seconds. returned a against the in uie same; paper we hnd an account of the trial of Burke and Curtis, the first indicted as principal, the seconfl s aiding and abetting, in the mqnslamrker f pycrilistic. combat with Burke. . Solomon . Oebrge Siiaw, a reporter for the Courity Press, who was present at the fight,' de posed as follows: . 1 The prisoners Burke and Curtis were there. A ring was made for a pri2e fight. Simoii Byrne was there, attended by Wart and Spring. They took their places and a fight commenced between Burke and Byrne. I took notes of the battle as it. proceeded. At about the 50th round something attracted my attention the two) principals were on the ground, and Burke patted Byrne , on the back very good liumoredly. ' Before the 70th round Burke vas lying on his face in a very exhausted statjK and Gaynor assisted him very kindly. About the 70th round there Avas aVcry of "Foul, ano Sbmc." Ninety-nine rounds took place.l saw the termination of the fight. Byrne was taken ofTthe ground in .a sociable. He was lying On his. back in it, and appeared fuite gone and exhausted; During the right, Byrne received some, tremendous blows on the head, face, and different parts of tlm body. Up to the 50th Tound it was doubtful who would be the victor, and after the 50th round there was great confusion. 1 Curtis seconded Burke and encouraged him by saying. "Now, deaf un, give it him; go it." Curtis was p sent during the whole of the fifrht. Which vJasted something better than1 tlTree hours. - Half a miriuti .was allowed between each round. '. . ; " A ' v-..' .". : " Other fitnesses deposed positively that there were cries of V'ghame,";"FouI play," ".Murder,". &c. heard frequently during - the disgraceful contest The physician ho attended Byrne, and upon, whose ev-' - i idence the case rested, made oath that ' he foundihe deceased in a tate of inscn sihility.from which every effort made to recover hira, proved unavailing. On ex amining the body after death, the abdo men was und to bfe in a healthy state, as were also-the contents of the thorax! with the exceptibn-that there Were small particles of pus in the lungs, caused by previous inflammation. The. general state of the lungs was, healthy.- In the head there was a great.deal of-extrarasa-ted blood between the integuments of the cranium. . On removing the skull, the- vessel s-in the cerebral membrane were -found to be -filled. The spine was quite uninjured. : Tire tate"of the vessels might have been caused; th6 physician -presum-: ed, either by blows, fallsy or by great ex citetnenf'i:or by a three hour'fe fight, with . out blows. ''.;;' By the Courtrlf he had" been' tirisuc cessful without jreceiving a blow, k might have caused, it? 7 . - d -Witneis-r-? Yes, certainly, my Lord. : :kaminatio;aibcnUedI:hdV: heard the account of the figfit and it is possible that - what took placethen might havel caused it. upon, examining the body I found several external bruises that had no corresponding internal iniuries. By the CourtThe bruises of the head or body?" - 1 ; f . I t WitnessBoth ray Lord, j By the Court You did not find the vessels more filled on that part of the head where there was a blow, than on the other . v .V. -i .... . parts; i x x Witness No mif jLord.h IrT my iudg- 1 -.: ment the death was caused by the con gested state of the cerebral membrane." . By the Court S upposing that consres ted state' had been caused by the blows, J I"i 1 1 : i ii .i wuuiu u nave nnea an the vessels over the head in the. same) way? ; ' Witness Not so likely, my Lord. By the Court Then finding-the essels the same, all over the; head as you sav aou am, i would you attribute it more to thegeueral excitement than the blows. Witness The ex Jrtion that he under went would be more likely to have caused it. than the blows and the external vio iwiic tuiicu iie natB received, in mv judgment I .cannot say that the blows he received was the cauf e of his death, either in the whole or jh part. That was the conclusion I came to from the post mor terri examination. I I i The Judge in charging the Jury, said the testimony of the physiciari made an end of the case,, as khe prisoners Were only responsible for the consequences of tne mows, and not tor, the excitement at tending the fight. - Thelprisxmers were accuiunigjy acquittecj; and a decision is established, that Byrnje died, hot from the blows he received, but from, those he in meted. ., 1 he result has ckused nii?ch dis' satislaction in the metropolis FROM THE PORT DEPOSIT (Mp.) COCRANT. THE WCREAsk OF CRIME. o . i i i i I oome notable observersKofranP A effects have lately been atlthe trouble of ascertaining the reason why crimes have recently increased -with aucb-alarmin rapidity m the Uniteld States T The rS suit of thei r speculations is, that the crim inals of other countries; UiaveY recently to, cause the demoralization allnnVrl to --.. ouuies inisucn aoupdance as liut win it appear-' from LexamiiiatioinsenEaTTr If my stable boy spelt i that a greaf majority df the crimes daily betterifhan rourAodor, I wonid turn hi recorded, are nernetrhtPr We think it will be fkuu quite the re verse; and this; simpl fict may-betrf umphantly opposed to! the theory of our speculators. , i ; ! j. That the emigration offpreigers to this country may have a demoralizing effect is very probable, but not in the way thesC gentlemen would insinuate As the pop! illation thickens. t'h' vAiff -OL WJiich men gain a subsistence; become 6- verburdened with practitioners. llenU some are, thrown out ojf employment, and necessity mayurj of depredatkms upon society i ll . f put -mere are other tauses of the great evil complained of. Causes nin:t Strike the mind of everf one vvho gives a uuujcm a runecuon to toe subject. To prevent crimes, punishments are necessa ry and punishments to be efficacious must , V , !? 00 1lu'stlon that crime, weigirs1lislmriee: 1 i .1 ..a escape r""j "'cui. xu pTuponion 10 nis hopes of impunity willlbe his encourage ment to proceed in the commission of the crime. 1 hese hopes of impunity will be founded on examples. 1 If one guilty per son escapes unpunished, ten more may thereby be induced to fcommit, the same crime. , Let us suppose the case of a man who has a murder in contemplation. He considers first his chaijco' of eluding de fection, then the ;: want 0:'" evidence, the rkill of his counsel, the' influence. of some society of which he is :a member, &c But should he be convifcteil and! condemn ed he may enlist publie sympathy in his behalf; petitions may be presented to the executive, and a pardon may Be obtained. No human legislature cknlprovide against all these means of eluding justice; but the executive officer is placed in a station of a wfuljesponsibility, Pardojiing- is a dan gerous prerogative; and few- indeed are tbe cases invhieh itshbu d be exercised. To VKome loose on socnfertf as nmch mer cy as uncKiriingli tige fn the! greets of a populous city: But t return from "this ittle drgressipnwe offel: it as an fpinion, that the increase of crirhe in ourtountrv is oy.mg to a want oiXclrtkiniJ .V punishment: This important jSoint, so much insisted on by legal waiters, is too "mt l yregaraeo. Anpthecalise ancJ we feel coni fident that facts will tearus Ollt in tllP nccQilmn ii 1- ' Laying aside all fanatacifm or enthusiasm on this subject, we mostlsincerely believe that more than two thirds of the murders suicides, &c. whichwe read ofi are effects of intoxicating liquors, j flaking this view of the matter, we cannot hold to the com fortable doctrine that thelirtcrease of crime in uie unuea states is altogether owing 10 joieiga emigration, f The DuehA Fragment. . ADDRESSED TO THE MEN OP.HONOR. . Let mq see said the Colonel it is now two years sine 1 1 had a strange kind of adventure with a, Man of Honor who m consequence of having danced at an assetnbly with one ojf my daughters, did me the honor to visit; me from the ve ry barracks in wKich Vou 1 now i The man seemed to har4 had hat is izaueu a pome eaucation; j and though I foundhim extremely igporann -not only in the very jadimentsoflKirring but ev ery thing beyond1 A. B, p,. of iiis profes sion, yet asr he seemed ilq entertain my girls, who naturally; preferred a trifling comPfmon to'no company at all, I show ed him all the . civility m my power' and g,re liim a general invitation to my house .j:t:,i . He yisited us. twice! a week, for rh space Of three raonths, atjd very frequent ly ;ook. a oca.wiin us tin one night as I sat reading in this very room, my young- -j uauguici a uwiu .Bcnani came anu told me that she could not 00 to bed with out, informing me that the Captain had forced the key of her young mistress's chamber from her; thatheofTered he? five guineas, and bade her be silent if she would oblige her lady. I ordered heTto bed and leave the rest to me. I then retired into a room which is se puraieu irpm my daughters .apartment only by a thin partition, where I had not sat above half an hour before the Captain oinvw luuu m ma -snin ana havinsr o- pend the door advanced to my daught er's bed. Though I had no reason to suspect the 1 girl's Virtue, yet, as it was al most impossible to conceive howa man could have the impudence to make such an attempt, without 8omehbpe of a favourable reception, I waited to hear what she said but I was soon alarmed with the words, Lord.Almighty! Good God! For heaven's sake are vou mad? Helnl Flni T thpn rushed into tbe room with a lig-hted can- uie m my nana and lound him half in bed. I;seized the villain by liis shirt; hurried him out of the room and tumbled him down stairs, and there he remained until 1 had called up a servant who by my orers turned him out of doors, naked as he was; I bade them throw his apparel out of the window, and have never set eyes on him since. - But what is more astonishing than all the rest, the ras'cal had the assurance to send mearCbalfehge; and indeed a very extraordinary one it was. Stay, I believe I can find it; ,you'ir think it too great a curiosity to be lost. c The old bfentiemari arose from his chair and altera short search shewed following letter: ' 'Sir - - Touv uscd me scendeluslu: a Gentleman uj my projesnun is not to be treled in such & manor: so I erver.l f. kltl l .. r 1 - . . . " , ' i 'P.S. Menshon your time drweperC v To this epistle I senthiinn answer to hies enec t should not have though it worth I fflt! unwilling tn wnaie to wnteVou an answer, but that expose you to your no him out of my sepice.for' a bloctheadj- Should you think proper to favor us with companA', you may, depend unon emg soused, in our horse pond.' ; 1 1 Tims ended our corresnondencp: nnd thusiyou See that this man. so insensible to the sacred laws Of hosnitnlitv wnnlH have drawn his sword in defence, of his tlONOR ! i TTJPOPf A TTAV TXT A -KTrr-rrs. pf most Singular and Extraordinary was sometime in the month of. Sfn- tember, in the year of our Lord 1800 when a young female , personage, of res pectable appearance.' who snok th rhn. glish language, came to the residence i of ivir. ;ii. in the interior of Peimsvlvanin (about 50 miles in anortIk westerlv di rection of the citv from Philadel and brought with her a male infant, ap parently about six months old; well pro porrrosdark eves and dark hair, fair complexion; and had an 1 umbilical rup ture, (which was Soon afterwards perfect- iy cureu.j wnicn she left, together with a package of ffood children's cloth inn- n small white hat, a five dollar bank note, and a scran of naner hmnn wWli wrote the alleged name of her hushaifl the child's father,) Jn care of the family of Mr. N. Under, the pretence of sroinjr to n, to see her said husband, who she said , was passing that town on' that day, and; returning again; to receive her child before night: Thus she disappear ed, and never was seen there from that day to this. From circumstances, howe vert which occurred, and : were ascertain ed shortly afte'r the above date, it is ren dered almost certain that she came from, and again returned to Philadelphia. c fne Diessmgs ot JJivme Providence, however, and the special care of those under whose protection the o-oodnesslnf Almighty God has placed- this infant, it nasDeen graciously preserved and fortu nately! led through the vicissitudes of this Ue; received a liberal education, and a mechanical profession: arrived to the ao-p of manhood; is now a respectable citizen of this state, and the head of a iimily a 47 anu timurenj an m good health and prosperity of whom his real , ancestors whatever condition they may be in) need n no wise be ashamed.,' x uia uciiig a mauer or serious consi deration with thenquirer, and he hav ing been desirous long since to ascertain if possible, the facts in relation to his an cestryj he has finally come to the conclu sion to adopt this method, of most' ear nestlytand respectfully calling on all or any of such, to whom these presents may come, who should in any manner hp ar- I quaioted with these mysterious (or simi- -sf wutumsidiues, io give him some light oathe same,i or render it possible for him to obtain a knowledge of such facts that will lead him to, a dfsclosure of his ancestry, &c. r ; The reasonable design of this public inquiry-must be obvious to every enlight ened and feeling mind, who will for a moment reflect itself into the situation of tne inquirer. Names and residence are nere reserved in order to-1 avoid with those uninterested. ! l 1 - surprise Any information on the above subject addressed to Samuel Innes, Editor of the Easton'Pensylvania .Democrat & Argus, will be thankfully received and properly esumated. Pubfishers of paperatid r riodicals,throaghoutthe Union, and par ticularly in Philadelphia will confer an act of benevolence-bV- Hriho- ih k- one insertion, or atTeast. a passing notice in luieir respective Journals Sept. i 833. . Fire-Courage. The. F.HJt Kiehmond --Whiff rtublish the follr letter from Goochland, under date of An gust 31st: "--4"f? :' " 7" -I On the night of the 25th ult the dwel ling house of William Simms of this county, was consumed by fire. He and f wife were aroused from sleep by the Smoke and heat the adjoining room was in flames he escaped through the door, faking his coat and pantaloons in 'his hand. Mrs. Simms jumped out at the window with her infant in her arms. Three of his children by a former mar riage were asleep up stairs the stair way in flames Simms;. fired his gun in hopes to arouse them, but in vain he then got an old ladder from an adjacent house, on which he ascended burst in! the window, and got the two, eldest chil dren down without difficulty he return ed for the third, vL little boy about six yearaold he was running about the room in search of the door, some mo ments elapsed .before Simms could get bold of him, at that instant the flames burst into the room burnt: his (Simms) eyebrows and hair, and scorched his face almost suffocated,; he reached the window and got down with the child. uuusc vjiu me wiioie 01 11s remain-; Tins contents fexcent a was within reach of the window, and which for the night was Mrs. S's only clothing) was soon a heap of ashes J The family is a very respectable one -though in moderate circumstances no pne supposed they . had an enemy, yet some fiend had well nigh succeeded in ah attempt to destroy the whole Family! The house was most certainly set on fire, as none had been in the room in which it originated for some time. Their neighbors have been kind and generous in contributing both clothes and money to alleviate their distress. The Vircin W16. An awkward af fair which occurred to nnp of "fh the western circuit at Taunton, (Ene-. s recently been the subiect 'of much rhirth in the Temnle Hall. It n n npa r5 tjie pious judicial having finished his la- pors, had cast off his forensic wig at his luugiug ana retirea into the next room to wait for his brother Judire. whom he was about to accompany to some of the loCaj aristocracy to dinner The female , sen rant of the house had entered the hct ebamber by a side door, and not knnwincrl the Judge was in the next room, in a fro4 arrayed herself in the Judge's witr: Jiist at that moment, when the fair Mop- cnu A ;.;! 1 1 .1 , . aa aumiiing aerseii in tne looKin"" glass, thejudge very unexpectedly enter ed the apartment, and poor Mopsey catch ing a sight of his i stern countenance looking just over her shoulder " in the glass, and was so much alarnied that she fainted and would have fallen on the ground if the learned judge 'impelled by humanity, had pot jcaught her in his arms. At this cHtical moment his bro ther judge arrived and opened the dres sing room door with a view to see if his brother was ready, discovered his learn ed brother with the fainted maid in his arms. Not Wishing to interrupt what he thought to be an amour, he quickly at tempted to withdraw, when his brother judge vociferated, ,lfor God's sake Lr stop and hear this matter explained." isever mind said L , my dear .bro ther the matter explains itself," and he left his learned brother to recover the fainting maid as he could. : An Apology. When John Clerk (Lord Eaton) was at the bar, he was re marked for the sang froid with - which ne treated the Judges. On one occasion. junior counsel on hearing! their lord- hips give judgment! against his client. exclaimed that "he was surprised at such a decision.' This was construed into contempt of court, and he was ordered to attend at the bar the next morning. -Fearful of the consequences, he consulted his friend John Clerk, who mid him to be perfectly at ease; for Jie would apologize foT him in a way that would avert any uppleasant result. Accordingly when the name of the, delinquent was called, J!hn rose and coolly addressed the assem bled tribunal "I am very, sorry, my lords,, that my young friend has so far iorgot himself as to treat your bench with disrespect; he is extremely penitent, and you will ascribe this unintentional insult toj his ignorance. You must see at once that it did originate in that. He said be was "surprised at the decision ofyour lofd ships?" Now, if he had not "been igno rant of what take3 place in this court every day. -had he known you but half so long as I iiave done; curse me if he would have been surprised at anr thincr you did. ' i Violent Proceedings. The subjoined paragraph is from the Louisville, (Ky.) Advertiser of Aug. 28. It shews, alto gether, a state of things much to be depre cated, as existing in that city: - I "On Saturday :night about a dozen hou ses, occupied byworaen of ill-fame were almost battered to pieces, and several per sons were shot; on Sunday- there were a number of affrays, and on Tuesday night two houses were burnt. We notice these occurrences, merely to remind those who have any interest in. the city; that it is high time steps were, taken to enforce the laws, and to restore of der and tranquil iity A spirit of rancorous virulence has been gaining ground: a monocrotic feeling has been tolerated if not encouraged-r-and both are incompatible with the peace,i the prosperity and honor of the city." The Philadelphia papers are filled with accounts 'of riots-hog-fights LandL, do fights. Tithing can be done, in the city of Brotherly Love without raisine a moo whether it be subscribing to the stock 01 a liank or catching: a pig. Even Gi rard's bequest, which ought , to have put tnfm .,n humor for half a century, has set them all by the eaii, abd is fritter ed away in fees to lawyers!1. This is an awful stale of thitigs.-ij?i. Gaz, Wednesday. Sept. 18V1S33. i ' 1 , 1 ' NOjIINATIOX. v Friday Sept. 2lh. 1833. At a respectable meeting of the citizens of up per Black River district on Friday the 13th. inst Bryan Newkirk, Esq. Was callecj to die chair and John Kerr, Esq. appointed secretary; the fullow in resolutions wenj unanimously adopted, I , Rovedy That placing implicit confi dence, in the talents, patriotism and genu ine republican principles of Owen Holmes Esq.' we hereby nominate and recommend him as a suitable person to represent us mthe Senate of the next General Assem bly; -:, ' -: j j-! "Resolved. That we hereby pledge our selves to support his election and dp so licit our fellow citizens of this county to co-operate with lis in securing his elec tion; : ; t - -j Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting, he signed by the chairman and secretary, and published -in the People's Press and Advertiser. j b1 NEWKIRK Chjiirmnn JXJtin ft.fc.KK, Secretary. VrT-.--r J. ..v..tj. ELECtiONEERiN&.p.We have sometimes been amused at the-tricks: which ignorant or designing demagogues often Ipractice, to impose on the credulity of the people, when they desire a public station. From some successful specimens! We -have almost come to the conclusion that maii is naiurauy a laughing aninial. We have seen the voters keep their jaufs distended, while some boo by or imposter was iaddresslng Uiem, in fear, we suppose, that they ould not be ready to swallow tne titillation, timej enough to eject Oieir haw i haw I as soon'as tJiejr neighbors. The following auaresses, irom a couple of worthies in Indiana are worthy of recordj as conducive to the immor tal honor to which thje authors aspire. , jl " Read this and weep! l lif you can To the Ktectors of Switzerland county Fellow Citizeils : t ?rOU ses UlT heo scratch there you'll fmd a bug You have my permission to elect me your honorable representative in the next legisla ture, and you that hfjve a knowledge of my splen did qualifications, know that you cannot do better Uian to send me to Indianapolis." j ; Thc Allowing appeared in the Indiana Weekly Messenger; I j Friends and Fellow Citizens I am a candi date for bchool Commissioner, I reside in Pleas- ant townshiphave lived in tour countv sevrln- teen years was a ssoldier in th Rovninfmno;,. . . j m War bore arms- injdefence of my country before my opponents for this office were thought of. I 'Methinks l ean hear my fellow citizens with united voices say, " Let's to the polls, and vole for the old veteran, John Shaddy. How cheering the Y" "vv giaiiiyiiig in oiq age mrpeeivia nimous voie, lor th& only office I ever seriously wishedfur. i "My wife, who has been jogging on through the last fty years wth me, expresses "much soli citude for my success it would do your hearts good to seethe old bocly, when I come'in from my daily labor, take' hei white napkin, and wipe the sweat from my face, accompanied, generally, with una a suuiza or iwo oi an old song, altered by her Oh ! Jonny Shaddy, dear John, When first we were acquaint, ' - - Your locks were like the sloe, John. Your bonny brow was brent ; But now your brow is bald; John, ' Your locks are like the snow, -l et blessings on your frosty prow, ' Dear, dear Jonny, oh my Jo. uenuemen, permit me to subscribe mvslf, yotir i .1 ... humblje servant, Jons Shaddv. ; Trade with St. JCroix. By an Ordinance in relation to the trade with St. Croix, the follow- mg articles are admitted free of duty : Cornmeal Indian Corn, Rum Hoes, Bills, Utensi Puncheons, Cooper Nails, s for boilmg Sugar and dis-- tilling Rum and for Su?ar Mill FT Mules and Asses. The former charges on ves sels under the deno mination of anchorage, fees, stamp duties, &c. arp revoked ; anchorage, how ever, to be paid on the whole tonnatre of the ves- sei. &t. Oroix, or Santa. Cruz, belongs to Den- mark, and is 30 mil c& south east of St. Thomas. It is 30 miles long ahd8.broad, and is remarka bly fertile. Ths Island is divided into about 3& plantations, which yield 25,000 hogsheads of sugar-annually. The chief article of commerce W Sugar of a very superior quality. Rum of a per cuhar flavor is also exported. The chief town Is 1 Cliristianstadt. Lat, 17, 43, N. long. 63, 28, W. ' c - i ' V H 1 llseorough Convention. The Recprder of thcllth. inst haajthe proceedings of this meet ing at large. Aboutj40 persons attended on the fir&t day, the 0th. and several were added on the next day. A motiorj to appoint GoVernor Swain president of the Contention, was lost, 16 to 2C North Carolina has riot a more disinterested friend widiin her borders, than David L. Swain, but ills patriotism was too enlarged for the sphere of ac tion intended by the Hillsborough Conventitn.--Judge Ruffin received the appointment, who is of very estimable character and a man of talents. Various prepositions land resolutions were referred to a general committee, who reported in substanc that the necessary measures should be adopted to ensure the erection of a rail road, commencing at Weldon, and running thence by or neir Oxford to the western section of the State, for whlcli a Charter is to be asked, and the company to be styled the "Roafiokejsnd Yadkin RaU Road Coj" The .Convention did not think proper to express an opinion on ; any.' jother specific work in tKe State. Admirable! Not even to wish success! Mr. Ruffin, however' in his concluding address recommended liberal jcontributbns, on the part f the State, to all work of internal imprd? eraent, as the only sure means.of developing our resources; and disclaimed all sectional views, in the full be lief that the improvement of any portion of the State will advance the general good of the whole. The CHEROXEEs.-iThe'Chexokee Intelligencer of 24tb. ult. states that between.- two and three thousand of the natives hare enrolled' themselves, and will be ready to remove to the Arkansas by the commencement of the jail. It is supposed that twice this number will go in the spring, should not a treaty be effected, of which th?rc is scarcely a doubt, during ncxthK-Jtitcr. I . M N IBM W V - I h. I . V semwwnuallybut he is Ii; .1 . VJ bond, yearly. ;W of all the magistrates m lhe tounty ,: shah bl ' isent to receive the bond, and if no takfn bS u ciuui, uii y cunesuay, uie office of Sheriff i3 . cated. At the September term of xhtt CV,,.. Pleas andQ.uarter Sessions held in this town 1 . "w. uie onerin s Donas were not taken, ti,er not being the requisite number of magistrates jirp sent The Court was therefore held by the Co roner, and we have no Sheriff in the coum. The Clerk of the Court is ia the same predicel uieni. We trust a remedy will be applied by the en ing Legislature for althou-h the Coroner can iw1 form the duties of Sheriff, and prevent any ous inconvenience to the public, yt. the magii Urates have it at any time in. their ; to defW Uie wishes of the people, bv refu. t,,ij 1 ..Itv laice Donas lrom the person of the. tce. W plls do not suppose they would use. the power for s nefarious a Duruose. but neither tKev n.r A 9 JT J . " ther persons, ought to possess the power. The must be some ptnalty to compel their attendant at least on important occasions or else seme . 1 ''- - mer regulation adopted concerning die bonds. Vf me onerin ana Ulerk. ' i Education of YotTH.Ve are apt 10 oe uie appneauon ot this word; education vv keeping literary knowledge only, in view; :ya parents imagincjf they liave given their chi!: dr?n the best instruction of this kind, that ih cuuugH, u ciearea uicir conscience i of all consequences; But this conduct is like;set- ting one adrift on the ocean without cliart lA pass, or rudder leaving that to chance winch shouli be governed by rules.. Many:an achm heart will acltnowledge these triuhsi fhough pr may compress the lips' to silence. Which of w two, do our readers think, acta with the great",; humanity and wisdom, the man who se,td8 J; son to be educated among the savages of ihV'fjL rest, and compels him to assume the rtnigf garb of nature, or he who permits him ti'nL through -the temptations of civilized societv vr . out restraint, and without being taught to Acknnwv ledge the moral government of the Deity? w' should give the palm of wisdom as well oflA mamty to the former. But there is no ntcd for eidier of these extremes. Parents and guj . w. w iw cr iu cnecK uie youthfuhaspj. rations after infamous eminerrce, both by autha- rity and by example. If restraint and moral disci. ? pline did not highly cohtribute to die happing df u au ni uiem, we migm pause m our deci sions, without deserving the reproach of cfieW ness or indifference. But none deny the fact, that a "life of virtue is a life of the greatest happil ness;" and consequently no ene can be accused ct' being inimical, to his race, who urges them to pursue it There are boys in this town, and v. e dare say in every other town in the State, who: wouiy become, if restrained in season, an honor tv uie commonwealth, a consolation to their friends; M lp and a treasure to the community: but who will n left tn tlirniQalirnD ii .' ' ...v.u.v.,) owtiiu a icur cualiCc 01 uisup pointing all these hopes ; ' It wopld be well if parents and guardians Win to unite in some plan, for the promotion of the nwal happineas i this particular, and endeav ,- w ",aac u,use nours agreeable to youth, -whrtf .:':pff. are not appropriated to business. Debating S(!Ci':. V If I eues when DroDo.rlv rnn.lii..,! -r,,r- .......... . schools for fencingand other gymnastic exerciiJ would . draw the attention of youth from the fa-a pauiB oi leraptation, and convribute to bad: .1. . ... neaitn and mental vigor. Christians cannot I' at a loas to dispose of those under their ch,Hr-f oc the Sabbath. But some, perhaps, may prefer thr their children should not be brought Up under the influence of the Christian religion, and would i : ject to their attending any of the places of pui):ir. Worship. Such persons might establish" a. Sub bath School or Reading Room, in which th s . hours now employed to sow the seeds of f.i.ur.-,; misery, might be made morally ; aivantageou' and intellectually profitable. : , Battle of STONiNGTb.v.--The anriivcrsary oJ the battle of Stonington was celebrated on the l l tli : ult. by the firing of cannon, ringing; of b-'Va, d Our readers will recollect that an attack made on Uiis place in 1814, by a British sundr. of considerable force, which was compelled to re tire with great loss, before the gallantry of ti.: militia of the placej whose conduct was not t.x ceeded in bravery by any troops during the-JaO war. This .anniversary was chosen for breakii ground of the New Yorjc. Providence and Btosuni Rail Road, and a large number of gentipmfi from New York, New Haven, Norwich, Nev; London, Providence, and the adjoining tnw.nR Connecticut and Rhode Island; assembled at Stc nington to witness the 'ceremony. The IpUre chosen for breaking ground in Rhode Island, is c few miles from Stonington, where the'party V; ceeded, and having accomplished their objk rc-i turned to die latter place and performed a similar ceremony. Stonington is in New London cc.u;;J ty, Con 12 miles E. of New London," 55 S.E "j Hartford, and 19 S, E.)f Norwich, and con'air , . an industrious and thriving population. It. has a good harbor- up wards'of twenty vessels are em ployed in the sealing and fisheries from this phc befiides others in the West Indies and constii . j trade. There are numerous manufactories in the town and vicinity. j i The Mails, We do-not know if complaint3 concerning the Wails will avail any dung; but there certainly never was a time when so much neglect and carelessness pervaded the whole esta blishment. ATmercantile friend informs us that he received a letter on the 3d of the present month from Philadelphia, dated on the 17th of August the N. Y. American, 11 days from date; and the Philadelphia Saturday Courier of the 3IsL ult. on the 11th. insL If the whole community suffer in proportion, the amount of evil is incalculable. Fot" ourselves, we have never complained, but look for papers from 1 to 5 days nod upwards, af ter they shouid arrive, as a matter pf. course. There is a great deficiency somewhere eidier in the Head of the Post Office Department or his J agents. m '. . f Jail Bv&st. The public jail in .the town ol Vennillionville, (Lou.) was consumed0 by fire "oui , the lath ulL A negro slave prished in theflaiheai who was supposed to be the incendiary Ver million is in La Fayette parish, 19.1 fxoui at ! . . - -" . .:'.-' .' New Orleans. i B axh.-A- writer in the National :Inlcl:r.' cer estimates the Banks in the United Suwesat 705, of which 23 arc closed. 13 fraiHlCcrJ sA'! 123fa:!ed '." ii I- Jl w. - V'i-t - II m iV; -V, X i
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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