.
v
NO
. 300,
THE
PEOPLE'S PRESS. AND'
. . . : - .; . " - v -.- - i . : ' - v ,.:!- - ; ' "V. '
43
c.eived tms year was collected;. 'era gfht at
least to beequal tq that 6A-P yiejdipga
nett tax of mqre tbafl'thirty one thousand
dollars t and if the assessment were made
s'trictly.according to the requirements -of
- the act of 1819, it roust necessarily be
I gre iter, unless reduced by the BrTard of
Appeal constituted by that act.
- But let ns compare this result with the
actual assessment in 1833. Accofding
to the clerks' returns, and the tax collect
' ed thereon, the aggregate valuation of
the lands in' North Carolina, is less than
tfjrty three.millions showing a deficit in
the valuation, at the lowest estimate, of
more than thirteen, million : the nett
accruing upon which' would be near
eight thousand dollars, or about one third
'"if f he whole tax at present collected on
real estate. It is a fact
worth
notins: in
this place, that the land
tax li;is been gra-
dually apH'-intHtriaity diminishing for ev
rrv successive year since the year 1820.
.when the present rate of taxation was a
dopted. From the data collected on this
subject a table'has'beeri compiled, which,
itis believed, embraces all the informa
tion worth the attention of the Legislature.
It shows the valuation in each county in
1815 and in' 1833, in the aggregate, and
fheavt raqv peracfer the number of acres
it each "period- the number entered since
the" a zz regate valuation of.the whole
and the nett amount of tax that would a-
rise therefrom. Notwithstanding the inov
mendy depreciated ratev'at which -it is
fjiven in, in some of the counties, -uV will
he seen that the average rate of giving in
throughout tile State in 1833, does not
fall very far short of the average valua
tion per acre in 1815 the average rate
at the former period (1815) being$2 69;
r.t the latter 82 27.. 1 Ins arises irom
the fact that much of the land is not listed
i;tfill,ancr, in sever at. of the counties, that
-which is listed is rated at a higher valua--liftn
per acre 'than was fixed upon it in
,1815 It will also be perceived 'that al-j
though about a million and
a .(lca-U,r
'd since 1815,
cres of land have been enterc
full the Quantitv now jriven m for taxa-
,tion isiws than at the former period ,by
more than a milUoYi ofacre; and estima
ting the whole surface of the State at 32,
(300,000 acres, oiily about 'three fifths of
-v.lt are taxed. ". ; "- ' .
" , ; Ariattentive examination in detail, .of
the facts relative to fhepoll lax, will ex
t - pose abuses of equd magnitude.: Tn eon-.
-nection with the table above alluded to, J
columns are.preparedhowing the num
ber' of free and blaek:polbiisied- in each
county the number as it should be, cor
rected according ; to' the best (lata .to- ibe
,liad, such as it is thought may be, safe!y
' relied on and the nett amoulit of p.oll
' ax arising from the corrected- list In
; -making-this table the following methods
and rult were observed. In the first
place, it was important to avoid exaggera
tion n details, in order to pRn-ent weali
t
practical conclusions, as it was expeete
vjo deduce. - Hence the census of 1S30 ha
d
as
been Jaken as the: basis of, calculation
' without makiiig any allowance for the in-.
trease of population from that time, uutiii
The Ijx list was taken in 1833; lhecen
us exhibits the number of free white
hiales from to 30 ycarsld ; from. 30
.to; 40; from'40 to' 50, and so on. ,The
object Vas to ascertain the number to be
fisted fr ti , sat ion,'" to witj the nuiiiber from
2 1 to 45. Tnis was done by adding to
gether nine -tenths of those between '20
nd 30, the whokv ofuhose between 30
and 40, and one half of those betvven 40
jin 1 50. This result is supposed to be as
close art approximatioh. to the truth'as it
is practicable to make and may be relied
on as reasonably certain ; at all events
Woald be more probably too small thai too
la rue. The same DrinciDie was carried
oiu in sc?rtaiuing the number of, free
colored pi Is, and the number of fifa res
taxable, taking tbe slaves male and female
.between the ages 61 12 and 50 , Tlie re
Suit fur each countv, together with" the
' Rit: tax thereon, is placed, in the table re
ferred to, which exhibits in the whole
Stat; an increase on tlipoll tax of about
30 per cent. It is plain, .therefore, that in
- ,lhe land and poll tax .the revenue sustains
tilosi, at the, lowest estirnue,, of about 1G,
000 dollars a." sum which, with the pre
; sent revenue, would te abundantly ade
. Huste 19 defray the ordinary expenses of
; :iv: government, heretofore estimated 'at a
.'J 9 'k1 1 ?n1ln -rfiV lt.i-5 n)Sr nlain fKnt
tiv -iyflcit'. .rises;f:na''the. neglect, in 4ist-l
-'.'it. th p )tis anri 'iid, and assessing the
Jatier ; and, finally; ; that a remedy for the
t;vil)can only be founo) in such a revision
, and! change of the law iti this particular,
.as will Wave kfss to the honesty and dis
cretion' of the proprietors of estates, ia iH v-
xng m tneirtx . lists.
The teurjtatioa thrown 'in the wdv of
the. citizens id commit ffa"id under "the
' present system, and Us mlfuence. upon the
morals df the commu-nity, form a consid-
tratiou, which it does not belong to Uiis
Dxjpartment to disc Uss.
"So fir, the eviLcomnlained cf relates on
ly to the public revenue or State tax. Let
tS examiife its bearFns upon the other re
" lenues m the State. It must be recdllect-
ttjihat the county thxVs are alTleviefJ. up-
, xn iae same Iisf and assessment as is trie
State tax and that .of course the evit ex
tends alike to them. From authentic
statements procured from fifty five coun
ties, it is ascertained that fheaverafe kind
tax paid th roughout the StatcMor) county
' purpose amounts to lventy six cents on
the liuodred dollars' Value ; andV that" the
a rerage pal I t&x paid ihi like manner, for
the same rrposes,;aniourrts to sixty, rents
n the poll. These rates of-taxation ap-
- plivd respectively, to ttu aiaountiof the de-
iicit in the assessment ; of real estate, and-
the number of polls listed in 1&33, will
exWhit a loss of revenue in the formcrr tf
wore than- thirty four- thousand dollars,.
and in tbe - latter of more than twenty fiVe
thonsairrl dollarsinaltirig loeether aboiit
sixtlhpusa'nd dollars, which,' viflt the
Joss to the .'public 'revenue, swells the a-mount-ts
upXfajdj of tsvsnfy five thousand
dollars a sum 6fmoje.y more Ihdnequal
ionhtulboU ofikebtttjevtmitl at pre
terit collected by Ihe jjieriflfs and paid into
this office. This is ja startltng-result;
but that it is noj exaggerated, the facts
upon which it depends, will; shew. In
deed, it is confidential beliered, that its,
correctness woujdbe proved in the fullest
manner, could a fair and equitable system
of listing and assessing property be adopt
ed and caVricdj?at efficaciously."
Charleston, Nor. $7.
ASSASSIN
ATION.,
Effects of Intemperance. The ship
Boston, capt. Mitchell, arrived at this port
yesterday from New York. Capt. M.re
portsthai at half past isevyn o'clock, p. m.
on the 21st rnst..6ne of the seamen named
James Vl. tiardywho had -been com
plaining much of the effects! of intempe
rance during the two pays th'ey had been
at sea, went into the! forecastle, 'armed
with a long sheath knife, which he had
sharpened in the afternoon,: and stabbed
two men who were I sleeping iti their
berths --one named fjlohii Lewin, (on
whose chest was painted "John Lewin
Dou2la.s',) said to be from -Liverpcoh.and
Charles j'-ndlrlon, said to pe worn feto
nington, Con, Both! were stabbed near
the navel a single bio w.only being given'
to each. The intestines protruded from
the vounds, and were observed to be much
cut and both expired In the course of 20
minute:?. At the time this bloody deed
was com mitred, two of the crew were read
ing on the opposite. 'side of the forecastle,
and . on hearing' exclamations froth the
wounded men, they : looked up and dis
covered the assassin making towards them
with the knjfe in hi? hand one of them
drew his sheath knife, and brandishing it
at the assassin, caused fhim to run up the
ladder on to the deck, the two men follow
ing iii pursuit, and;hal)owing to those on
deckfor the purpose of warning them cf
their danger.; The chief officer,: hearing
the- disturbance, was in. the act of going
t for ward,- when. helol;6crved Hardy run-
ningaft, and attemptedto stop him, when
the wretch stabbed 'bUn in the side, but
forrunatelv the lenife djtl not penetrate the
hoily, as it struck upon one of his rib.
The mate then seizedja handspike,, and
running aft, met Hardy, who had chased
the man frorrrthe ivheel, and a passenger
from off the quarterd ck; and knocked
diim down; . and in att empting to secure
him, received another very bad wound, in
the side of the face. At this time, "all on
board.vvere alanned pie second officer
came out of his rouYrt qti decji, secured the
murderer, and took th ? 'knife from him-,
alier which he was ironed atid put into
the louver hold. ' ; ;' . t
The next morning, before the two bodies
were committed to the deep, the wretch
that took their life; was placedjiiear them
and told to look and see the effects of in
temperance. . "He manifested
very
little
hen nked his rea-
sous for thus killing i
wo inhoeent men
d . li i in. answered
never knew them
who had never ofTeride
"that he did not know
f before ho came on boa
rd the ship, to his
uoWlt(j
-had
iserve
d ia British men
of war, and had rieyer killed 4r wounded
a ii y one before,, except in baltle: Pen
dleton was about 40 anil Lewin 21 years
of age the latter I is skid to'. have left, a
wife and- child ip tlui cjty.of New-York.
Hardy is about 20 years of age Courier.
FROMTIIi.y.li.iX
Y AC.CS.
A ritECiOUS CO
lSFESSIGN.
'None, Irave beeri so ready
to d
iscaifn
for the IBank anv adencv or design in
creating the state of things kripwifrfs "the
pressure," as th hireling of ifie N. York
Evening Star. . None w ere moire busy du
ring the panicr in cittern pting to produce
the impression that the "distress," which
the Bank succeeded to sorne extent in vi
siting upon the metropo is, was the neces
sary consequence of tlie removal of the
deposites -from one place to"' another, and
that the curtailments of tie' Great Afonopo
ly were-induced byj the want of confidence
resulting from tliatimeajsure, by a regard
to its. own safely,, and- ivifh no reitrence
whatever to fts political. effect. I t'-.
But -n'ow that the elections have gone'
by, and nothing is to bt gained by mis
representation, Vve have the confession" of
this same Bank , stipendixry, not only as
to iUeiOrigih of lhatj"pressure,'f but also
as to its design; and it will be found to
more than confirm all
that whs chargred
at the time pon the; Bsink and its retain
ed panic-makers, in and out of j Congress.
TIhj Star, On the day a.r the.reccnt elec
tion, partly by way of revenge! upon its
great benefactor for withhofding its aid
from its friends, and pa rlly to! decry the
value of the victory obta ued.byl the demo
cracy, openly reproached the Bank for its
"Jorbearancc" on the occasion, and ex
claims" that the " lories'1 (as it persistsjn
nieknammg the repibl icans.) owe their
increased majority icHttrely to that "for
bearahce !'J V II' ;. I'
. ; Ilev goes on "to explain. "Last spritfg,"
says this incendiary, ban 'truptcij and ruin
stareoT every - man" in "thi ; face'-t-mechah-ics.
were thrown out of Jinployment and
distress fdr the past, and appreh ension for
the future rtjve TnousAsrs into the
whig ranks, and gave them a control of
the; city !" 'But the Ba(ik (continues the
Star in a tone o(- reproakrh,) came U the
assistance, of the Ptoptc wade money
plenty gave ne w springs to coinraerce-
ttragloymentjo labor aid when our t-lec-lion
approached, fyndrcqs 'iefio voted with,
thewhigs last spring for, cjnssE fclt too
oafFOHTABLis to .xerLnhemsclves in bc-
"lf zf the constitution aAd lairs, and the
enemy triuhnpheii."
' How ttus Bank "came jtd the assistance
of the People,' and "made money plenty
by persisung in its curtailments. as it h
done ta this dajv'vejedthe''5ta:r to ex-1
pjain. -ttianwuue, we point to the con
fession contained in the above -extracts,
ibr thej eonsidtrratiort bf the "mechanic
who were throiyn out employment'
'every maft 1 w
honi
ruin'and
bankruptcy stared inlhe face," tha per
may nojonger doubt (if any yetioibtj
whence was the cause of these els, Vn"
what-wa3 their object. - ;
mm -
"Mr. Poindexter, it " is said, fnten3s
challenging the President, as hh lettjr
plainly iutimates.j as both' belong to tie
same school in regard to hair trigger
principles, it is not imprqbable that dunlg
the next session j oP Congress or bepre,
thp Rtrancr and deorradinf SHPf taclevill
e : o " o - i - i ,
be witnessed of the ChieJ ' Magi$lrit of
the United States taking the field1 Wth
dea'dfy weapons, and engaging jn mbal
combat as a duellist. Greenfield Gazie.
The following certificates, which re
published some years ago at the very hot
of the brave Mr. Poindexter, will relbve
the anxiety of the Greenfield man.
Lcxingtoji,July2Q, 181 4
Being requested by Dr. Brown to skte
whether I had not seen the Hen. Geobe
Poindexter, (of the 'Mississippi TeritoTv)
cowhided while I rvsiiled in the iid
T evrirory, 1 do affirm and state as foil'-M'S,
viz:that in the town of Greenville saw
said Poindexter receive six or eight -tripes
with a cowhide, tcelt laid on by David
Darnin, Treasurer of said Countf, and
that said Poindexter inade to residence;
but seemed only anxious to effect Ms es
cape, and was finally ,.rescueil bvuie by
standers. THOS. BAIJiEY'Jt. .
Of Woodfdd County.
October Kth, 1815.
This is to certify 1 that oi the first of
January I saw - Judge -Poinifxter pass a
brick house, about a quarter vf a mile a
bove the breastworks; (when;! was plac
ing some of my sick,) going t half speed
or better to wards New Orleans This oc
curred shortly after the firindcommeriC-
Led. " J. G. RICHAltDSON.
No cemter 24b, 1515.
- SIR In reply to . your inqiiries. with Iti
regard to the cbnduct of Judzti Poindex-r'o
ter at New Orleans, on the" morning of
the first of Tanuary, II lave voly to ob
serve, that I have.no hptation in stating
facts which: fell under jmy own obseiva
tjon, and vhich I have! fevetotore stated
without, the least intention of doing Judge
Poindexter any injury, orass-i'gning any
improper motives for his tonduct I did
on that morning see thje Judge o'ing up
the, Levee at full gallop towards New Or
leans, in .a few minute after the com
mencement of the actiui on thatoav.
. PEIERBISJAND.
-Thomas G. PtKCT j '
-The whole cauSe of Poiu dexter s ma
lignity toward the President isbcause he
would trot ceitiiyj -contrary to truth, to
Joindexter's courage ai Iew Oileans.--The
lississippi Senator is a miserable,
braggart, who skulked iron the insult of
being called " a titled scourdrel," in his
own State, and thetf attemped to shield
his cowardice from exposureby address
ing a blackguard letter io the president,
whom he knew never would les.cend to
notice him.- In- justice to the resectable
portion 5f the Federal party of tiis city,
we must sav that verv lew o mm nan
. ... " . ' s.
him much attention, and that thy were
. . . - . i -. il. . ! I r.
better pleased whenvliejhade thefi adied,
than during,any othej; thne of hissojournr
in Boston. isostoti statesman
The M e te o r s IT he No vv- Ha ten Dai
lv Herald
contains an article wr.tteu by
Professor
plmstead "of Yale Coiege, 1 ti
which it ii stated, that the phenomenon of
"falling stars'' iretftrned on the morning of
j the 13th of November, th'ouqh in a form-
.0 much less, imposing than tha'.cf the
last year, that- many persons, wilo were
on th-e watch, were.not isensible of its oc
currence. He states however tliat it did
occur, and was-attended by -some reinark
ui . i: Yv -iifWi: . j. . i. . - i-
iuju rt:uuaiiijey, inougu line presence, OJ
the moon, until about-4 o'clock in the
morning, permitted onlvtheiarg-er meteors
'to. be 'seen. ":- 3V.. . T
The numbef pf the meteors was sniailer
than last year, though rhuch above the
Common average.; 'jAt one o'clock, a fire
ball of unusual splendour blazed forth in
the east, like a signal, and hey were sub
sequently seen to falPat a pretty uniform I
rate, until the light of day was far advancr
ed. Sonie fell in the southWes't, a nd a fe w
in the northwest, tut" by far the greater
jidinbcr were in $he easterx) hemisphere.
j The -rriyteors appeared i's before, to ra
diate from a common centfe, in the cbh
steHalioif of Leo, atd wherever tbey fell,
their line of direction, if cohtiuued, would
pass through that point.
The radiant
and westward
point was, a little northward
of the place it occupied last
year .; and this
point was not observed to Vary in positiotn
tor at least three, hours; thus correspond
ing to tlie cenclusiqiis respecting' the ra
diant ef last year, from Avhich it.n'as in
ferred that the sourte-of the meteors was,
beyond the influence of the earth's rota
tion, and consequently beyond its-atmos-phefe.
The inetedrs in general fell iii
arcs of great circles extending, from the
radiant jjoint, but four were seep, to ascend
from it. One shot ironv PrjoVyon toward
the jadiant ; and three liioyed slowly in a
horizontal direction from west to" east,
south of Orion and Canis myjqr. ;"
j The Zodical light began to appear at
4 oVlock,- aul exteiided itself -Jrorn the
horizon upward, terminaiihg - near tlie
place w hence the meteors emanated, pro-
ressor uimstead considers thrs as nnfim
f which. revolves round the sun, and comes
iu lus.upufuon near tne orpitti! the t-artb
boiu the 1 3th of November ft was on
independent evidence', that the bodV affhrJ
ing this "light; - nsually called Zodiacat
was xaierrea to dc uie jiebulous body it"-
selfT ' At 19 frtinutes past 3 o'clock,a laint
lyjummous aaroral cloud "branched off
from the extreme 'parts :of the luminous
pyramid and extended itself in n hsno-
zonerrounoVdat thir vortex; towards thl
pole (or perhaps the magnetic pole ff start-
Inrt mm mm s i ." v -
tug cai i.eguiusi"-5
'retchiug across ihe
head of oIiiior. ina teintinatim
near
1 ,r , , , , .... , P. ! - .-- . ": -... v . - ' - ,
Theta of 'the Great Bear. It tegan to
lade ifl five:mirfu
peared. - '- ' '"' ''i'... ' J
MrjDlmstea"d concludes bf stating one
or twoTactstin order, by comparison with
the observation of others, that the height
and velocity
lofthese-bodies 'may be esti
mated. At one minute before 4,
mean
with a
time, a briffht meteor in the north,
train loot or! lino spenn A . : f t nhth was a-
hwi 15 ogt atanngieof 60 with
the horizon, inclining to the west, and ter
minating io4 beneath Zeta of the: Great
Bea'n 4At 12 minutes past 4, another
brilliant one descrirJed a path of 20 inclin
ing to the west, at an angle of 75, .with
the horizon,and terminating near Beta
Bodtis, lasting at leat two seconds.
Theie were wo others; whose paths were
serpentirre, and their light' remarkably
white, one of which described a path of at
least !25, almost perpendlc-Urlarly io tlfb
horizorT, inclining to the west,-anG tefmin
atinc: G below Denchola. H
P.kr-cnoloy in'Cou.rU of Justice.--Al
a trial-of a boy at Portland, lasVwevjk.'for
the crimes, oj" maimiag . and assault, the
defendant's counsel tuidertouk to arjrue
the incapacity of the child to commit
crime as well from his tender years, (he
is nearly. twejve years oia,j as- woiu. t.ue
peculiar formation of his skull; a"nd from
the strange .and. horrible character of the
deeds. committed. He also attempted to
introduce evidence of certain elevations
and depressions in4he skull of the pri
soner -and their tena'ency and influence
on the conduct, &c. according. to the sys
tem of Phrenology. To this the Court
would not eensent, " In his charge to the
Jury, the Jutlge, Kmery made the. fol
lowing remarks: . . . !
It is ,said,that the hea Has a peculiar
formation 'called the. organ of desttuc-
-,- ' i r i V -c ! . I . .
tiwmess. : There is no disposition to keep
ut of Courts of Justice true scienfe, but
on the contrary to ruv .it marked 'defer
ence. If a (question were raised here, as
Jo a fact com milted in the -'East, todies,
and by two persons it should be said to
'have been, a fall moon at the time ; and
Astronomers should be called, who should
demonstrate from calculations that there
could not haji-e been a full moon at. that
time, it would be "proper- evidence: for a
jury. So if dye ts be called.as to tiie ef
feet ofcbemical combinations upon colors:
or if Physicvajis be called to show' the ef
fects pf poison upon the 'human frame,
sucn is the.
'when it shal
proof like th
there shal la
1 . t
competent tesmnony.' But.
have been demonstrated, by
s, that a bump here or bump
fleet the mind, either to des
lers of mind, op decidedly to
troy the pow
alter its character, then and not till then,
will such bee
qme proper evidence to e
a- j u r y. "VV.be re the' peo-
submitted to
pjc do not
speak from knowledge, w?
cannot suffer
mere theory to jjo a? evi-
dence to a i
nvf especully wnere one
says he is" a Delicvcr in the system, and
has no personal lynowledge upon the ub-
ject.
Our decision ate made in the day-
fili2ht, - and tlie lurv are mdses. oi law as
. i a i r i t . r i
. - - , , " - '
4;el-l as of L
cts.
.' r-KCMThBOCttNAi;OP COMMEnCK.'i
- ' INFAMOUS OUTRAGE. ,1
A rc.ther inet?sting looking girl, about
eighte en-years of age, cairie to thislchy a
few xlayS-bacK. fromvjCJincinrrati,. with the
view of obtaining a situation as servant;
On Thuroda; morning she saw an adver
tisement in one. of the newspapers, stating
that a lady wanted a :?ervatit, and the girl
thinking theT place likely to suitiier,
in. seajh of t. Jn'ordef to guide her in
findmg out the lady's house", he got her
address written on a piece of pnper,.and
wlren passing through Pearl street, re
curred to, l he paper, to refresh "her; recol
lection. ' Frriding that she .Was'unable to
decypher the w riting, she. applied to an-
.other girl who W'as passing, whom she
Pf). tne gi
ed told her with much !kindne)ssf man
ner, and apparent frankness,that slie1 knew
a,h'cy.'r(,speVlable lady who "wanted' a
servant, and it hat she-would bring her to
the house if" she .wanted.: . Thp girl- from
Cincinnati i immediately embraced the offer
ofiier pew atfjuaintdnce, who brought
her to a house of notorious bad chatacler,
in Centre strUt " A short time after .the
girl entered ihe houser rlre Mistress of-it
mad-her appearance, and instead !of -jie
gotiating wi
h htir -about becOmih-her
help, she began to deFcanVoii the! ereat
hardships attending the shoatiun ofa Ser
vant and . contrasted it -with the deliyipixs
life led by young ladies residingin hoard
ing houses, and finally proposed llifu the
girl from Cincinnati, instead of hclng her
servant, shdul d Jive with her as a boarder
and pay her . four dollajs a Week." i'l'he
unsuspectfhg girl' was'f course nol. ailit
tle astonished at such a -proposal, and ru
rnarlced that she had -rejneans-ef jmain.
taniog herself but by -ler labor, as !a ser
vant, and the miscreant woman vbflhe-i
-liouse then pointed out fb her how she
wright lead a jlife of ease-by, abandoning
oneof yuf;ue. :The,girJ indighantlybcoul-;
cu tn iniamqus proposition, ana attemnt
ed to lea veh'e house, but the Mistress of
t was detem Ined to detairi hervf, in!
troduced to h?r.a well dressed vounr; ftl-
III 11' IX I 1 J m TTAI-tUI trim-. 4 mmj - T II
got into, refnsedio Ifeten to any further
auu w-n5 towards tne tloor to
get out, hut Avas stopped by the jvoman of
the house, who dragged her back ,jtnd
c-t r-T-i r.- I. .. L. J 1 - l i , -: . . i-r -,
struck her a Violent hhtu. D??-
also acauainfed with the business she was. been loosened and finally carried jsl
going on. On hearing that she wished Stone and oyster shells are thrown
lor a situation tne erirt wh.om she address- ii 'z -rV:r - j-u '.;.
The poor girljaiu straggled tvt&oikA?
W1 torei jieii upon, tier and beat
her mpmmifully jlhVir object bwn
seemingly to terrify the .'unfortunate ,1
into a cpmplianct? wfth tCe ' iafotnaus pro
posal madejo het hihi .
l ing no ;.clTS'rd
h tAA rrndfi ho farther attempt at it an-:
lil evecing, when she fortarmtely sricceed-
ea and 'got away, xrotn neriormeniuruuv
with theloss of two dollars and a part df
her dres3 which they had robbed her of.
fin rrrft In tr a short distance from the house.
the girl stopped a gentleman whornVshe,
informed oi the transaction, ana ue imiue
diately paid a man to bring her to the-Police,
in order that she might lodge a pom
plaint - against the miscreants whoj had
maltreated her. On hearing her tory,
the magistrate sent a party of Police to
the house, and they arrested the (o low
ing persons' found in it : Ellen Inyard,
niistres3 oi the house ; Amie Ray Vigin-
ia Starr : Francis Ford, ahd a young man
jiamed Chas. iVandorn all of whom have
wen l uuiumicu iu piiauii. ,
r V AtjetfstAj (Geo:) Not. 22i "
' fire! -;
.About a quarter past 9 o'clock, last
evening, our -ciliJtens .were alarmeq .by
the cry of Fire, which was discovered in
the Stable attached'to the Store, Hot e of
Messrs. W. & H. Bryson, gituafe on .the
corner ,tof Jackson and Reynold stfets-
Before assi'stancij iio.uld breach .tle,. sppi,.!
the while buildings were, in one complete
blaze, there biing a Considerable quantity
of fodder in iheVotabJe It was with
much difficulty the1 horses in the. stable
could be'got out, but they were finally
rescued without much jp jury. The fire
soon communicated, to the back j;tore,
which' waa of Wood, and contained goods;
to the amount of about S 500U, whicv i we
understanch xyns fully insured. The ?tore
vyas owned by, the estate of J. Campbell
The building xnext to the store, also of
wood. belongina to the same estate oceu
pied by.Mrs Iiehols, was likewise. cCn
sumcd. .Every exertion was" mace to
save the next buildfpgto this, a three sto
ry wooden housei belonging to Jams
Gardner; but thfe' water giving ontj, all
efibrts proved unavailing, and the build
ing was burnt to the oround. We urider-
stand thefe was $ 2000 insurance on
Here 1 he-flames were arrested abou
oclock, without doing: any further
it.
12
am-
age Fortunately, the wind was very
linht. otherwise the destruction of proper
ty would have- been " .verv nreaL We
could not learn how the fire originated.
Wilmington , N. C .
Wetlnestlay, bcc. 3, 1 S3
tr. rrxrr. PrwS in tho 'Presbvtefian
Church will "be rented to-morrow, Decem
ber 4th, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Olir liivei The result, thu
far,
of the exertions to improve purlpver. isj
exhibited in th-followihg Ceriificatek. it
annears that there are 13 feet oi water, on
the worst shoal,. a cotnmon tide's..1 A year
. i
or two ogo "no pilot would attemplio bring,
up a vessel drawing more .than 10 a
tfd a
half feet of .water. We undetstand
"that
Major, B'laney's plan of stonihg lb
tees, 'has produced a vory. good effect
, and
vvill 'prevent the jAvaihing away t)
the
sand at the bottom of the River, by w
hiclr
the plank of tjie' jettees have hefetpfore
.way
qontT
guous to the plank. anur the."ruinotis
efTect
of the wash prevented.
;-;" .S'mithvu-ce, N. C' e8thJovcmler, v131
..we, uie muersigned, riiot on the? Uaptj
Kiver, nerety. certily thattue brig 1 clegrap
tfwcd over toe Vreckt MkUIs, and liulk
S5ho&l, hy tha. Steani, Boat Clarendon,' on Ui
lystantj and. tliat she (the brig) drew 12
inches! 'V here were 13 feet of v.aterou the A
Shoal t which we consider to be the'H'oist
Riyti ) When the bri"- went oyer, notwiihsta
che Viudsjiad beei from the West and fvorUi
west, for tw. or tliiiee days previous, which winds
usually redace the tide about ond foot.
PETER. DANIELS
; henrVruakk:
. Ii AN SO HU A RK.
, We.are'litidwiiig to tlie abbv facts, hayiitg; ac
companied the above named brig over -the vU-eck,
M'ldtiltf, and Bulk Head Shoals' oa'the day ab)?e-
nuimoned. : - ' ' ' 5 .
. J OHN A. W'ADE. Com S J : Clarctidan.
: DAVID BllANCHARDC. i. Telegraph.
We, the uidtrsignedjVPilots on lie Cape Fear
River, l;ave no hesitation ki declaring it 'as our
opinion, thai 12 Ifeei caxi be "icarried oTer the Bulk
Head, Middle, and Wixk Shoal at-high v ater,
ou orduiarvt oi conyiion tides . . (
, uoArir rruet : ?t. Peter Daniels.
Elijah Todd, .'Henry Ruark,
- "Hanson Rwarfo "Lewis raig
Simcra Grissvm,' I Jdmes Burriss,
Win. (ftisiom, Jesse? Craig.
We learn that Major BAche, assisted
i;p,pn:n);pn ; To '
b lieutenants Cragg and Boy
rcE, made
La tH? .of the- Cape.Fear River," below
IV II m 1 n iN.W- -k A f . . . ' "1 V .1 If I
f P D-'ffV' ;VThe improve-
U11. w,.r f as uiev-'nave cone, nave
been , made in strict- ton form Kv io Ithis
V? jetteesio
fThe editor of thelYestemearotinTdii tf&
lttaliTeetiongh toaufr thejifPS
and prpsptYpirit which eiwy
portion 6f'Unk partyi-li k' Sf1!
. k Decourtedus to its xonents: na canuw u
4 TJie I-eslslature. Txe follow
ing. Slandtng Cdmmitteea were-appointed :
in the Senate on the 20th November ;
Qri Finance.-Messrs. Beard, Branch- ,
Dowd, Edwards, Fairly, Lockhart, Wei
born and Wyche. ,
.On the Judiciary'MSTS. Hogan;
Holmes, Little, McClueen, Sawyer, Shipp(
Spaight and Wilson.
On, Internal Improvement, fSlei?rs.
JBurns, Carson, Gavin, Hawking Holmes,
Phelps, Stephens and Mebane.
, )jt Education and the Literary Fufli)
Messrs. Arrington, Mcdueen, McMiU
lan. 'MeCormick, Mann, Martin, Moore
and-Spencer. . . .
4)n privileges and ecw?J.-f-'Messrs.
Cahhvell, Dobson, Harrison,; Howe!,
Lindsay, Montgomery of Orange, an.!
Whitaker. .;'.. . i-" .-
On Praposilions and Grierancc
Messrs. Buro, Durham, - Edmonstu:),
Husseyi Itendall, Mc Lea ry, Mc Will iair.s,
'and Mo ye of Pitt. , " -
On CVa?as. -Messrs Gooper, of TT
t in,l Co wper af Gites,. Klutts, En nett, M'.r-
tin; Parker, Slaley, and Vrtlder.
r-Or IM.n)3i'A Hills. .Messrs. Moy ? cfv
Gfeenv, and Sherafd.
On Library', s. Carson, Ed wards,
and Sawyer,; "".- - .
Aballoting for Governor took place cn--
the 24th, and stood ns folio vs
. 1st . i
'Swain; 93 93
, Moseley, So 89
Scattering, 10; G
3d
97
4
Nathan A. Stedman, ,esq. of Char
ham, is electei Comptroller of tjie Trea
sury for the ensuing year, in place? of
James Grant, esq. deceased.
On the 24th, in the House, Mr. Jordan
presented certain papers relative to the.
contested, election' of the- member repre-
senting the town of Fayette'ville. "
No business of general interest had
been introduced, down to Uie 27th. 7 .
Gov. Swain's Message. We hail no
sjace for "remarks on th Governors Mes
sage in our last ; Hor does copnioht, Jiu
cerrerul, seem, neeessarvv on a document
which avqids party allusions, and which
is almost wholly devoted to the interest
pf Xprth Carolina'.' We may safely say
that no man in the Uviiion could have vri'
ten a message better ui ted to lh warlis
and condition of our citizens. There is',
indeed, one paragraph uhic,h 0fms g'!
ception, and a very ftntrlul except k
undej certain constructions :-'to the genera!
tone of ardent patriotism which pervaihi"
Kbe Message it is the following:
- -Thr prediclions of" able and patriotli.'
statesmen in our 'Convention which re
jected -the. federal v Const itul ion, that a"
svstem of heavy-taxiition and lavilrex
j penditure worild grow up trader it, akho'
derided at- the time as chimerical bv oihr
ers, neither less wise nor patriotic tlm
themselves ha ve beep realized "to an ex1
tent which the(ihost fearful and fir-sijl.tivl
did not 'apprehend."-' - Whether these evik
Wire nof rdther to be regarded' as obvitu
.1-
tesuUing..l:iom the abuse jol delt galvu
power, t ha hns' effects' whiohmilit rt.a-v
sonably hive been anticipated from ilV;
insirmneht - itself it is "-not- no v proper
mquire. put lie wlio iAfs not perceiro
the constant tendency oi the r ederai t ov
ernmeiitlo extend' i'-S powers, augment it;
rejoarces'and multiply its 'expehditurysj
must, be very inattentive lo ofir past ay'i
present history- ' v !
. The abo is a censure on the " Fedci
ral. Government'4 lfot . the .present adaii
histijation, bUX the go vernment of the U::
ion, since ihe adoption of the (Sonstitutior.
- 1 When a 'Governor "of a State mak
of hist)fii6ial infiuencelo. lender the Cucj
sutution of the United States- unpopulu
every .pairiotic' bosom .Jnust - feel alarnj
For whether the evils (real or imagifi-irv)
do result .from the)" abuse of delegate
powerv5 ofare the M efiecta which might
ha ve-beeri-anticrpated from the instrumci:-itself.Tw-e
have an argument for the dii;
memberment of ther Union. If delegated
power has been abused since the adoption
of the Cpnstitutionntil now, so that there
is u constant tendency" t e:;tond the
powers and .augment tlie resources of the
General Government, whatjs thcccncl-J-sion
Or if tlie abuses are to Wregarded
fe the . effects which, naturallyflow "front
the Constitution, what is "the conclusion
Since the Go vernor dTd open tbL subjt,
we wisn ne naa ibeen rnoreexpiun,
hot have left his fellow c it irens to concbt- ,
that he-is dissatisfied with the Constita.
tion . and the General Government, ani
desires a, change." None will look more,
anxiously than ourselves for the develope
mcnt of more patriotic conclusions, in the
course of the' Governor's public career.
But if he is indeed tired of the Constitu
tion,.and wishes to encourage the secedcrs
and nuilifiers, we are confir :ifat h:s
manly n-ture- will scorns Aypocrisy. or
conceakent!a
case and he should stand before the peo
tAe in all tbe odious deformity ol a politi
cal airanC who, feariul of. the chances
oFpfoinotion und'eTthe General Govern-
inent, looks, with Calhoun and others, to
tte honors of a 'Southern " Confederacy
and finally Somhernn3Ionarcny ; her
will find that all his talents, and private
virtoesVrict republican simplicity of man;
nr; wilt avail him"nothing. V: The people
of North Carolina afehoevery measure