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; - : . .. - 1 ' - .. - - S ; ' - 1" ' ?. . .. - . ' i i 1 1-' . - -. 7 , ' 'J. f- V- v' . . '1 " ' KO 115. vi'-' : -t WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1835. - : WOBra JVC II -' f, ' : ' ' " ' ' f. 1 , - . , . , ' i-- ' -.,' .. u ; . - ; r; l" ; "T1 ' .-U t ' ... v : . JT. ' " " " : . 1 :i . , . . .r. : rT.r 'TTs. . h. 1 , , . " i .. . . ;.-," jB.f..""-w.-...,. i f - w.wuii.i , muuiu ujif ie sneui anu ufvounni; mrj-: wno move crtn in the iiri' cirelrs. nnd I Three DrxRs Kksxv;M,.i!ftAnvANCf:. I . ADVKUTySKBIKNTS ' Hot fTcerting i !'nr inflfHi'd nt G'E DOLLAR, the flrf, and TWliNTV -1VJ jL-LXtS i'or cacli ubM Client Inntrttnn. ii-- .'''''' S-.' '".'. ."' NoSubscribers taken far If s than one. yearj And all who permit iheir subiriptiori to run over' a yar, wunoiu giving nonce,, are cons w.jvpq i U hound fur the second year, o nd so on ftiill sue-j 1 cerding years.' ; i : Yearly advrtirs, who will aree to py c?W i per year, will f alluw 30 per cent, discount, on oil over tint bum, nnd that siiju inclu k;d,' so as not ti n dacn thl-ir yearly bill below J10. -. 'iapr'WFlV-R ttWdotn ide if Market Slrett,be - I I I I I ! I COUNTY MEETINGS. WJm ington, . Mirck 0, 133". , At a numerous 'meeting of . the citizens of the Town of Wilmington ainl Countv f ot iNevy ttanover, irjenuly to tlie preseni hdministration, and convent (I p?rsuant to notice the Meeting was eAlled: to' order; r" On motion of Mr. Wm. Ashej, Q ibriel Holmes, Esq. was called, tio thp iClmir. . Dn motion of Mr. Jas. T.Miller, L. II. ' Marsteller was appointed Secretary. : The Chairman then explained the ob "Cts of the meeting in arieat and appro priate address. . K r .! On motion of i Mr. Jas T. Miller, a Committee of vthree, wtis appointed to draft Itesoiutions e.xprossire . of io. vi'e.w-5 and sentiments i of the;. :meetirig The Chair thereupon appointed Tiios Loring, Win. Ashe, and .lames T. MiileiL to corh-Vsent pose said Comniittee. t The Committee a fur ri;riiig a short time, reported the Allowing I Preamble anu ixesoiuiioujj uie vuie upon nine u was taken senaratelv.'and each one unans imously adopted r . ' Whereas it is Iho du'v .and the privi all times, lege of freemen to express at their semnnents of public i i , i P nen ana mea constant viofi- 5U res. andx to watch with lance every enlc roach ment upon their i KM- 1 rights; to defend the principles of tie Constitution ; " and to support-ami uphold . their public servants who areinstru mn , tal in preserving! pure and uusul lit d those populrirrights and privileges :t!iiit are in sdred by an independent and honest ,ad jninistration of the Laws, emanating' from a.-?aered observance of the Constitution : iil u luipn w" hl r'umi i !il o - vil I rif ijc have-been bum? in the. minwIwinnVf A N d k f.w J ac k son ; we .th us publicly ubhclvex- press our confidence in his wisdom, pa . triotism and, integrity ; and deem it es sential to life future.-prosperity "'and glory of pur-happy Republic,, that tlie people who "have supported our venerable .Presi dent, should be united on sorn persons for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, "who possess congenial patriousin, intelli5 gence and honesty, with the present in cumbents: '.!:'' -:t v-;: -"I ; ;W- Therefore Rcso red, That' we .approve of the General Convention to be held in " Baltimore, where the great interests of the American people will . be represented and unity of action secured, ihmominatinf suitable persons as candidates for , Presi dent and .Vice President of, the United ; States. . ' ; ' " '.j . . " ;''' llesnlred. That a District Convention ' ought to be held in Wilmington on Mon day, the 30th inst., and thit we , will e Jeet Delegates toi'said Cnnventionj. Resolved, That we-;deern. Jt essential that the District Convention shonl J elect a Delegate to attend the Baltimore' :Con- vention : and also nominate a suitable can- didateto renresent this j district m the next Congress 'of the United Slates' ;.: 'rr,- r. i : :. - ; ; Resolrcdr'thal we have continued con- . . i i ' . : ' J - fidence ,n the n bilnies. patriotism nnd tn- dependence of the Tlononb e ; J JMc: Ivar. the present Representative to Con- Kay, the present Representative to gre.fromth,s 1.str.ct.. - s ; , On motion of Mr. Ashr. the Chairman wns m uc?iPU ,iu u uuim i vC ia ru'ii" i.i attend the District Convention on the 30rh inst. The' Chair thereupon.appojnted the following persons, viz :, N.-iS. Nixon, C h a rles ; 1 Ten t Ric h'd Saunders, L. ' ; II . Ma rste I Iv r a n d T h os. Lo r i n g. Theffol lowing Resolution was ofkred ; Ho ggs titles ;Twantth em very much.' lend adopted unaniniousy; r 'JTo the; Imrary'to fetch hog's tales t;says Resolved, That the Representdtives inKl, Hhat'a qhaT'e place fo our State : Legislature from tWs Qouhly 3ese r ve tlie a pp rogatory ; meeting, for tbei r soport the united States Senate ; and inthe in- tiructions to; Senator M.ihgii'n : therehy evincing their attachment publican Doctrines, which ly contributed to render prosperous people". . j ,.,...: r .Mr. Holmes rose and expressed his ac- Icnowledgernents f5 the meeting- for the foregoms: testirAohv' of approhatio'n. and !t gave a detail of the course pursued by ; Representatives: from the County in the th e .r V: Mr. Ashe lfowed.'u'rsing the neressit pJcK bi oevec a. man :'i there would ut 'ty of unity of acton.t vigilance! and Vre llK6? PlSJ?sy ': -'"e nt inn in thf. rn.,Kf,v w T fll said the tan .was theeauty ; of :the " On motion indSecefar PeLlPrir J p eople s Press, and all papers friend v to proceed ings be signed by'tb e , Chair ma n ..... - ..B.auw?ic, uvjjrequesiea to nifoihom . , - -v C; AB R1EL UOLMES; C.V; J. II. MARSTELLER, Secy. " At a mectinor of the ffienJa of th Ad- m i' fiisfrat ion, i n the4 Oounty ! of ' Btacfeh, c me . ouri- nouse tin , ji,uzaDetDtovn.-on Tuesday the 3d-day?o ITebruaryi If&ij 1 lobe U Mt;lvin,' Esq. vras -called to "'tip chair, and George ; Crouiartie appointed Secretary, v'vulrl;:'; . ' ' '-f " The 'ohje'ctof the meetintj heinr 'staled by the ctttir ' (viz :) to take, measuresjto nave iis rieftprai I iistrict representea in the' National Conreriy ori, jlo ; nominate candidates for the officesof President and Vi e President of the United States : and also to nominate a candidate to represetit j th is Con or'ressiona 1 DistriVt ' On m nt inn u ii . , i - -Tc-w , the iolrow'iag gentlernen.were; appointed 1 u- r ,i- - i sive or the obieets ot this meetinor vmz :i Messrs. George Croon rue, 'George. W . - i -.o ' ! Melvm and John:-T. Giunore-who re- the following preamble, and res olutioiis,- which were- uaiaiuiously - a uujiieu. Whereasfrom the present; postur of i our political affairs, it is inrumbent up- o n e ve ry man w ho va 1 h es the pe r pet u a tion of ci vil and religion p'bjrty- calm ly to' express and deliberately maintain, the oreat principles-which the revolution gua ranteed to the; people of this cou ntr v. . And whereas we cotrdiallly, approve of tne principles upon, wmcn tne Aaminis-, tration of Gen. And rey Jackson has been coducted, as tending efrectually to pre serve both. . And whereas we deem it of the highest importance to the .perpetua tion of Republican -principles that the D r-m c rat ic Republican pn rty throughout the Union, should unite m the support oh suitaoie, persons: to succeea: tne pre-. incumbents in the office of President and Vice President of the United States. With a vie w of securing this result, this meeting decidedly approve of the Nation al Convention to be heldi for. that purpose. And,' whereas this meet-ng, views the course of the lion, J-imes J. McKay their immediate Representative ;in Congress, in opposing the Bank of the United States (that deadly "foe to tlie ijnsiuuions of ,our I Ayouniryj ana otherwise sustaining jtne Administration of Andrew Jackson with decided approbation Resolrcd -fhe rcfor i - - That this meeting a pprove of the General Convention of the; Rep u blican Pa rt y o theillnited States to beiheld in Baltimpre -as.he. surest means of promoting the harrnoiuous and united action-o the party; and of insuring a? per-; "petiiation.. of -X)A'nocrh tic- measures.- And ihat we deem , it highly important to be re PrTnt?d l" Cony nvenuoh. . A?atTn theyiew of carry- ins: intb'eftect theobjvcts of the fregoino resolutions, it is important that a District Contention should be held, with the view of annointio sr a delegate' to the general Con-1 venijou, a iso in nominate a canoioate ior Congres? from th is- District. V And that we are, or opinion that such a Convention should be held in the Town of Wilming ton on the last Mondays in .March next. and that we will appoint ie p resent us' in th e same, five -persons to and that; we re- commend a similar measure to the other Coil nt ies composipg this Electoral District. . Rv solved, Th at t he saijd : Di st r ict Co n 'vention be authorized to appoint a Dekv gate tqVepresent this District, in the Con gress of theUnited-Staj.-; V . 1 . Resolved, That we diaye the highest confidence in the Patriotism, integrity, ta lents and independence of the 1 Ion. James J. McKay, and that we would respectful ly recommend; him to saidj Convention as a suitable candidate for re-electioh. - V " The fbl iOwinggentlem;en "were appoint ed Delegates to the District; Convention ! fio. T. Gil more, George' Cromartie, G. W . - T"t.ll ir rt iim m l r l.i rririi il".! Vk s n A m J- . - v m. i . uarnsuaie Resolved ""That the. proceedings of this ' i meeting be.signed.hy the Chairman and : ' w v . 1 1 ij .citucutuy 111c nun unit Secret anj b, pablisfef in the j, p-. the,NotU irolina Jo, . . T...i. . 'j .n Peo Journal. " i the North Ca roliha Stan dard, and all other Journals in this State friendly to the pro ' - ftf . . m t j ,T ROBERT MEL V IN, Chhi. Geo.;Cromar.tie, Sec'y. Hiss's T.iles.." Xnv commands, miss. dor yatheriora i says ' ' IIT" .1 i 1 M ft I. 'YeX says and bring me 1 sh e, go to .the 1 i b ra r y, at all," saystsV?; 'at.the English library f all sortings. there.' - Tb j be sit re t hey'd o,' aforgetDid r e- '-i'ivs vshe, .Tvou jtvon' ;iwhich m meaning -no;youpg- lady .ought, to d to adeoem off T wentin a huC f-Welf, the bustle? of the town ind one thing or other bothered me'" so, that I . 'I Ws-otVhere she said I was Jtb" get the ; h og s ; ta Us.j sotl; wai-K en.;; o ver' to n he j shmble.s,'andlhunted every stall .in the esavtVthinkinghdo iofmiss Jails? And - ? ; ri , it :t: vT : f r u :..j .; 7ul utA i tur ii lur ifu uui uiat-,.nuv. oiro- , was a sto ry book, written by -Jne mister Hoirsr and sure thaVs a O'leeF name for ;a christian V!-New Mmhhf. , W- ; notice ol this wnereveise would you gpt tick's 1 ales.' in fiJor jfihe i 'Oh its A f.tr, : 1 rn-h tn tUf tn frl ish IliKfrtTV. T Rtlnnosetbpv btn 0 7he old Re-K iqrget any thing youj bid me f-says I. haye so h'ighVj 'When T do, says 1 'rt'll be time enough us a 'hannv and Vou . to be-' backbiting f ma, says I: . A BROKEN BEAUT. BY WASmGTONravING. : 1 never heard , Of any true affection, but Vas nipt,. ' -- With care-, that !&e th caterpiller ats ' l ue leaves or tnsprinj ssweeibuJ aivJ rose ' t ' 'i v. Every one m?t: recollect- the tragic Stbry of Emmet, the Irish Patriot, for it was too touching to be soori forgone ti. Daring the troubles in Ireland he was tried, condemned charge of treason. and executed on .11 is fate ra tde a deep imaression on publiq svmpatbv.. lie 'was so yoaag,-?o "j intelligent, so brave'- so every ining mat we are apt to Hke in a young m in. - f fits conduct under trial and intrepid The noble jin- u'gnaiion - wiin wnicu, ne repeuea tne . - ; . : . , phifrronf irn.nsnn ;i(rfilht hie nmi nt rr me eioaueni vmurcanon of. nis name anu nis nathetic anoea! to nasteritv. in the hour of condemnation all "these. en- tered deeply, into eTvery-gejierous tigsom, atuteyen his enemies lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose an guish it would be in Ivain to describe. Ill ha nillOf (li wc fntrof r, ; ft it ri.Ji J ha' ! had Won the "affections 'of a beautiful -hnd interesting gii,-the iiiighter 61 a late ce lebrated Irish; barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a wo man's first and only love. - When every wbrdiy ma xi n arrayed itself against him when blasted in '"j fortune, and dis grace and danger darkened around his name, she loved him more ardently for his sufferings. Itthen his fate could! a:i waken even the svmDathv of his foes. whar must her whose image! Lt have soul, been the anfruiah j nf was' occupied by his 't th tell who hive' liad I se the portals of the tomb suddenly closed i between them and the being, most loved on earth, who havj? sat'at this threshold, as one shut out in -a j .cold and lonely world trom . whence all tnat was most lovely and lovirig had parted. ' of -such a grave, i But the horrors frightful, so dishonored ! There , was nothing for memory to: dwell upon that could; sooth the pangs of parting none of those tender, though melancholy cir- cumslances, that endear the parting" f nw ;nt ; scene nothing to melt the sorrow into blessed tears sent like the dews of heaven, to revive the heart jin the hour of anguish. To render her y.idowed situation mor.; desolate, she had jincurred hipy ifiither's displeasure by her pnfortunate attachment, an I was an exile . from the parental roof. B 3 nt could the svmnuhr nnrl L-ind otli.: t f . ' - - - ' - " I ot friends have reached a spirit if friends ha ve 'reached a snirit ' sn rivPn in by horror, they i'would. have experien ced no want of consolation,' for the Irih arte a people of quick and jgenerous. sen sibilities. The mtjfst delicate awl cherish ing attentions werp paid her hy the fa milies of wealth land distinction. Slie was led into society, and they tried hV ail mnas ot occupations ana amusements to', dissipate her grjef, and -wean her from the traeical story I of her lover. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch itho soul that penetrate theV vital eat of hap piness, and blast it,; never again to 'put forth bud.or blossom She never '.object ed to visit the haunts of pleasure, but 'she was as much alone there as in the depths of solitude. She walked "about in a sad reverie, apparently .unconscious' of the world around her. She carried , within her an inward Wo, that mocked atj the blandishments of friendship, and heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he e vcr so. wisely." - ' j'-- j " -The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade, ' There canbe no exhibition of so far gone wretchedness rmore strikinq and painful-than to meet it in such a scene.- 1 1 o. find . it ..-wandering like a spectre, lonely.. and joyless, where all-around is . gay; to see it drcsed!out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and so wo-begone, as if it- had tried in vain to. cheat the'poor heart into a'mb m e n ta r y fo rgetfu 1 n ess o f sbr row. After strolling through, the splendid and giddy crowd, with an air of utter abstraction she sat. herself down on the steps, of the orchestra; and looking about . some time with a vacant airJthat showed her irisen- sibihty to the garnished -.scenesne began with the eapriciousness of a sickly heart," to warble a dittle plaintive air.; She j bad an exqtiisite voice, but on this occasion it was so simple, so touching, it . breathed. forth such a soul of - 4vretchedness,"uiat it drew a. crowd mutd and silent around her, and melted every one in tears, j . .The ?. story. of one so true and tender, conldjiot but excite great sympathy; in a country so remarkable for enthusiasni. completely voh the heart of a! brave1 offi cer, who paid his; addresses to her, and thought that one so true to the dead. could not but-prove; affectionate to the living. She declined his attentions,- for; her Dhbughts: were irrevocably n grossed for memory of former lover. He how- tver, pnowiru iu xjio cull. cuiciicru He not her tenderness but her esteem, i He. vas.s assisted by j her conviction - of his worth and - a sense of her own destitute and dependent sjtualion for .she was exist ing on the kindness of her;; friends.-: In la word, heat. Jehgth succeeded in gaining her nana, tnougn witn a solemn assurance that her heart was utterly another's jtv He took hef with him to Sicily. hoping that a change or sene mignt wear ouitne remembrance of earl v1 woes. : v She was an amiable and ekemplarywife;nd made an effort to be a happy one; but nothing JcouTd cure ihe silent and devouring mel-j .! ancholvtbat" had entered into her vrv i soul. . She wasted axay into a slow l it hopeless decline, and at length sunk into the grave, the victim of a broken heart, j - : ri i HORRID MASSACRE. - . The Jacksonville GeoririaJ Courier of, the 2oth ult. contains the following st ite- ! ment of a most horrid murder, .committed tn this state : About 11 o'clock, on the night of Wed- i nesday the -lath ' inst. the residents in the house occupied by Mrs. Jane Casey, (sit uated on the Georgia side f the rirer St Mirvs about t went v. two -miles above th:' town of ct. M.irv's on the road to Centre- ; I ville) were attacked by Thomas Kiur 3d. ; and three of his son3, John. Iliram, and Georgei and two other men Simeon and Wi i;nn K.vie. Th,r hp t.rmuH iriil, ' dirks. . Nancv CasTy, a d uiqhter of the ; wopan,adabout.twenty-Hve, and James ' Sco t, aged about twent v'one, wew killed i onithe- spot. The mother was stale d ' Kvicoi .anil James Baldwin Casey and J G-arre-Djmont each more or less, and I t 'VO of thVnare not fxpected to survive, j John Kinj, Siroepn Rouse, and Wil - Ham Rouse: .have eii r arrested hv the 1 13 praise worthy exertions of Mr, Uarpes'F. Rvon. I)rnti!v Sheriff of C-imden conntv and are s.ifelv confirexl in irons in Jr ff,r !a nn ifiil 'rhof;itbn- fTimmni K,,A nnd 'a two sons crossed '.he St. Johns six or I ei- ht milqs above litre on Saturday morn ihg. "Their ages ar , fifty five, twenty two, and twenty four yejrs. The circumstances which induced this horrid raassacre ate stated to us to be as follows A week or two since a son of Mrs.: Casey elope, with, and, married a f daughter of King From that time the father and soii3 sTore to take their lives. The residence of (he couple was at the Casey house, hut lor some reason, per h-m'Ui. r,,iii.rf i h um ..-or., m Um- nn tb, niffbt nf il. ntt.-ieh- The srpne : as described to ua h'v a o-entleman who entered the house an hour or two after the I affair, va$ horrid indeed. To show the depravity of this family of King's,' we canr.ol refrain from stating hiik ii iiiKes uui uiuyu i ijiii, that the mother ot the girl, who eloped 1,. InAl ...ll . i nlv... 1 t 1.1..1 ilUlll with young Casey, visited the house on the next day afleT the murderers were committed, and, while the victims of their vengeance were before her eyes, said she should be satisfied, if she could but wash her Hands in her daughter's heart's DIooa ! bioodH M 1 . 1 iVlOHdayi p O CiOClC 1'. M. blllCe we P. M. Since wrptt tlie above, a small boat with a rath- er uncommon lot of passengers approach i ed the wharf, and on going to the spot, vg had ' the satisfaction to find the father and two sons charged with the abovr murder, safely guarded by High Sheriff Philips, of Duval county. It seems that they had. left their three horses at Dr. Aldrich's plantation, and passed the river in a canoe. They had spent the interme diate time, in the vicinity and came back to re cross, and bring over their horses. They were jrecognized by a young man in the family of the Sheriff, and immedi ately secured without, resistance. They will be forwarded, with a guard, to Cam-1 den county, Georgia, and there await j their trial William Rouse was a son in law nf King. The weapons found upon the fa ther and sons, were a small brass pocket pistol, loaded within a quarter of an inch of the end with powder and three or four balls, besides each -being ' supplied with a good sized knife.7 -. It was a mefancholv siidit a father la and his two sons accused of murder and that with tb' nrJo-irial deslo-n nf f:i I :in or the blood of a daughter and. sister. The same cause which leads to the commis sion of the most aggravated crimes occa- this notorious deed Intemi'ER- ance. Savannah Republican. ' "BU f BE. IS A GENTLEM AN-." - Not long since we chanced to" hear a short dialogue between a mother and her daughter, who had just arrived at the age of ."sweet sixteen." on the propriety of associating with ascertain individual who " was not named, but whom v the mo'her seemed anxfous that the daughter should shun. 'From what we could learn from "the conversation it seemed that the indi vidual in question, possessed a preposses l . was fami- sing exterior, dressed well. liar and affable in his manners.. -bad ma naged to keep up his head in what is generally termed "good society in con sequence of his winning' ways, but who was nevertheless 1 a heartless, depraved wretch a debauchee and a notorious gambler. It vas after these qualities of . l : ' Lit- - . i - - me man naa Deen portrayed Dy.tne anx ious moioer as a warnincr to ner. inexpe rienced daughter, that th artless girl ex claimed as thoughshe had hit upon reason that more: than outweighed alt 1 and they, have not the, pleasure of sinking her mother's objections 'But he is a"a'felons blow," at the fairest fabric' cv gentlemanV' Jv-r "."-; " .'V' " er" efpcted lo IJbVny This might bet These words, struck our-, m'nd forcibly, plainel, by the fact; that their 'councils nor will ..the honest simplicity with which were in . in great measure." governed by they were uttered be soon effaced.;" But ivco.fereisntrs, every act of whose livrs, he is'a gentleman 1" What then1 vhy showed them inimical to bur Republican these cannot be vices. a srtntUta.an would intiiiitions." Anrf it rnn!d bare been a Bot practice any thing' that is not proper,! is . undoubtedly the" conclusion to which the unsophisticated 'mmd of this girl at one arrived. "How much" misery, how much ; disappointment, " how, much over whelming sorrow:.and, regret; has this one short sentence caused in the w-irldJ How. many heartless villians ire there who move cren in the flryt- circles. nn3 whose c!iarrt rs nr. L-rivn tnu infm'nn who yet hold up their heads for Vd other re.i son than tht-y are ?EtTLECNV-that i to say they possess the rrteriar ofea- tmt, a conr.'ly person a fFible maam r?, and a goo3 suit of clothes- Hbir few" ire f3peci:il!y among the young,, who ,ook beyond these accomplishments" in ijrming their estimate of character. Let a man bo ever so cnrut.t lt-t his nrhnte character be what it nj.y, if he only pos i Sf'S5;-S lln-se little external" aecomp.ji jttiYt France in mrnts, it will nt i Hv.;r.un h-r the will St ut co:)tr.uiiOM f ji.ioiety to ce:iur- huu, ( fr " he is a ce.i'.'e :i m." 15 .t let a fe-' ,n,,e wander fr-:n th.- pr'i of propri.-ty. .Vl'tf' ,K -,ur eVtf w s ;. n 'U thuqh M,t ma3 ut vxvr afompiiaui o. uiou-n ;5np U,:,.V he ever s charm, oj, the g'and SUIVO IJlll She IS a HdV. Will IlOt Of Ivo ' Uut she is a U.Wr wi not b swfIi 'itnt to-ifover her failing. Such a certificate will nM sustain her she mnst h" consigned to disgrace and inhniy. Iu wf !t consists the difference ? Why is it t,,;l1 ",(,n ,nay practice with impunity vi- riS u lnc(h will not .he lor a moment toie- ra''( 1 iu the other sex ? That there i? a il;,,,s standard of grittiliy set up ie 3 Kie- I there can be no doubt. The p k(1 old . maxim ol Pope's; that worth make? the nion, .. nas gQUOUkj3r vogue, at leasi.wuu v,,rv4ge porti6nAfdtfr, OfceUe P "t betji differt.ni standard of tcorlh ha? up which' is. to mran're a. man's worth hy the quali'y of cloth he wears, or th errace with which he bows. . hamentahh Ctitft$t raphe. It mijit be supposed that, so freqneH have brti the warnings, no one was unacquainted with the danger of sittina with a charcoal fire in a clode room.- Still it sterns that the warnings are unheard or nnheeJed. We . understand that, last week a lady, who was 'ri'tiltincr in an nnprr room in her nouse. tnrected a charcoal nre to be Kindud in a furnace in the room Some. n & had ignited, be felt uti well; but hoisting, the window and brea:hing the air she soon recovered. She aain reaumd her. occupation,-when she- suddenly biutvd. She would proba bly have perished on the spot; had she not fallen on the furnace. .by which she was mo?t dreadfully bnrnt in the shoul der. The anguish of the. burn recalled her suspended animation; -and she suc ceeded in escaping. fiom the effects of the gas; hut is still suffering from the dread ful injury inflicted by. the fire. ; THE CONVENT RIOTERS.'. The Supreme Court was opened on the 24; h (f Feb. at East Cambridge, M iss, and Marvin Marry, Jr. was brought up and sentenced -to three days solitary con finement, , and imprisonment for Jife at hard labor in the Sfat'e . Prison. Pond and others' will he tried a participators in April next at Concord. Mirclr is a young man of 19 years of age, whose melancho ly interview with his dying father was lately narrated in the papers. It was re ported in Boston that after" the sentence he poisoned himself. The following par ticulars are given in the Bost6n papers of the 25th : - - "VeMerday a'ternoon abont 3 oclock. Marcy was discovered insensible on the floor of his cell.! Dr. . Hooper was imme- di'itely called in. He was in the same state at 4 o clock -cause unknown; lie has been frequently heard to say, that he never would be carried to the State Pri son. Dr. 11. states that there is .-nonappearance of poison : some 'snppose that he has eaten irlaj?s. In the course of the medical examination, the Sheriff called to j convey him lo Unrl-rtown COUTSe Was not removed " lie of 'J'he Boston papers of a later, dat, how ever, sav his illness was not 'occasioned by poison, but by dislns of mind, briyht on hy the agony ol hi? motner anu ?i-trs. tlie late death of his iHther, anu. hi" hor ror of the sentence, fie is recovering. A petition for his pardon has been pre sented to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, bearing nine thousand sig natures, nmonz which art the ninvsof Bishop Fenwick. and the LiJy Superior' of the Uriuline. Convent -r-MV? THS f5HKfc.NVILt.E MlK'NT AtKF.ZH. The XuWfurs and :cur Affairs rrlth ' Vma'tfi. A ftrr so" ' mnfdi .has leen said ! nbom the reputed rial Jantrv and natriotism . w j ;of tKe late valiant Nullifiers of this State. it must have been surprising to those; who j do not know them as . well as we no, tn I bear of their publicla'nr rp-ated declira lion that they ill not volunteer tn aid of their country, in case of 'a war wfth France. When tberecvas art opportuni- jly . of !" a rn pi u re here, at. home." a fair r of injuring our Government, and chance pecha:s. of destroying it, 'these same men ! appeared active and zealous, lest the on- a ' poninity should pass by unimproved. r those men! when they could ave exuhed oVerthe ruins of ihe Tm plerof ;Libertr. i?et roved. by the hands of Americans f That day, howerer. ha not come. Bat the sm demoniac spirn exists. And now. when thre ia prola btlity of a contest with a foreign power, on account of out rt,t. it can b seen - " proud day f h agaru.bnmlnff forth, from' their ' Fenator in.conre, con oo ue ioitci ana niu$., ignorant if th'eir pitly. (W mnit do Mt.'Presto'nllhr'ynstice to iiy, .that, he, has tjEwrtrhonsrlf, somewhat ofl an A nttriran m ioHitt'r ) Their rhirC declares -oa the idoor of the Senate, ' that Frante otrii'tilatothing, and his und-r Ifngs'ht'Teieitcrate it. They undertakr trottoca!ctjUte!the phyeal -tren-th ct thv Ameriran Jn3 Prt-nch pivT. by J;,nd and sm, nhd .ilraw th. ronclusion. whip us with th ntnnl pre-;rTer. a-.d'astbi itheVa like iriiianu chiv'.ilrou ,t tn f!hti spirus, concliide H bst t foxiooClx. there WlU U dnirer in ihe trUU" They sir.tliat n trnr w i,b in' wr4ld ffi opori us fi h - iw debt, f it grraU-r tlnn'lUt ,23.i)iU. O'JD tra nr. couM viy.' 1 he 'principle 'in . yolved i, itiat we tnj'st suhauo any in"; an!t or onlrat! qn'.i lit Dcvo:n.- prnttalfj to" g& to war - ahnt in These men ; are somewhat fimcd for ' a tAlcujMhijf. sp t ri t? A . i c w y a r si nee. t hty " c t Idled th rat if of th Utio. : Nofcr thrr caleul ite ihe winh of our SaliofJl IT,'. 1 rentfil v . j, ..,s,he. that these m-n are A ntrlcatist Have thee anr of the kloo'd of their lant ires in their vein? thai they under take t c ilculat? the wor.h ot prinriph I in i.-es aid cejiu,; tlnthpy nre 'evcy" Mq4nd ifojpinn tl"ir CnHZU- A ov meir acuous anu sneecnes. enrura cing a foreign power to force Uf into.uar. n war in which ihey da not desijn: to assirt their countrymen ! Fallen fillrn indeed is Carolina, when such principles, or rather sentiments, are epresed open ly, and without bhnth, 'within her bor ders. It i attribtitaMe to Nullification alone; fir that has degraded tlie t moral chaja'-teT of all who have come within, the sphere of its petiferio:is influence ! - We should not be at all surprized 10 find, in 'case of war wi:H .France, tht sotrieoflhesepatr'ot'c NuUifieri should wish enter into a leagne w:lh that na tion, in hopes of carryina ontthe fdrorltt doctrine of their Stale, preclahning her a sovereisi rotttiitp'' A'ld certain- ly the' expression will not. be ?onsiderejJ as o hazardous one, ivjien h is consider ed that they were re idy. to involve tin it country in a cicil tca (the moil horriUa of .all "wars) merely fur a few shillings. -exacted of them in the form of duties. ' rnn?i r.i nriost. intkm.i i.scrx. THE UO.N.GEORGE POlNJiiX TER. .V Tim .S.V.tr: Mmcn2. IIV , ' ' Iu the Evening Session of thi dr.cj the following proceeding took place, i whieh the Senate have indignnnily act the seal of reprob-ition on the atrovio'H plot ncainst ihe character f Mr. VofX' dexter, the Senator from 'Misiiirri Mr. Smith made the following Rl- port: The Select Committee 11 whom. w? referred (the commuuiraiion of the lljn. George PoiNDtxTER, reipecimliy re pJrt: V . - - That with an anxious dejre to -ascertain the trulh'concerniug the. grave mat ters submitted to them, they proeeedt-i to take surh testimony as they consider ed calculated to elueidate the facts; aid, hiving carefully ex.iinind the sun-, sub-niit-the following' report as the rex,: c' their investigation;. 'jt2ive'thiri great pleasure to say. that in evety and".conclasion hen imf'er set forth the Committee 'was unaoimons.' At the first roretiu7.of the Cimmitte, Mr. Tyler and Mr. Wright vere tppoin-,, ted a' sub-committee to .vait upon the Pre.- sidf'nt.and re? pct fully. ri-qu; him io furnish the- affidavits of M or decai Ffy and Dtvid Stetart, together with any in formation in his jwrrsion rcLtv tp the nbj -ct matter jof inquiry . These gentlemyn made a Written re port to the Cinmiitee of their ' inter riewr witli the President (5e Pc. A) They also obtained the. original ..fTiJji;' of Foy and Sietart. copies of which, mar ked B ind G, are hereto annexed V -The ComrnitIte readily unfie In th declaration' that the testimony talen he fore th-ra.s far a i appliraU. felly nstahed the President i th"' ratcmcr.: which he made to the sib--nmume: orr does it jn any way appear, from ony eT. dence. before the Cominiitcf. that the Pre ident bad any connexion with thisafftir. directly or ' indirtTily. ether titan thu t w:hich he bimselL haJ avowed ' Th Commit'ee will c,oeven farther. nd tty that; considering the ?i nation of hazard and danger in which be had U-en pNced, by the attempt of Lawrence upon hi life, it urns but na'-iial thtt the PresicVr.t -should dmire to hive exnfored. But the C the nh'.le. mitirr ."omT.Iee, 'while the.V use ibis declaration. ' 1- ' partial juticr. will not withhold the ex pression of their deep repagnanre at the ronrs of thoie who have gathered arpond"1 hi- (as if for nothrr purpose .th.no to. advance their own selfish view.) to give to his fceliugs and his judgr.-ni a lalstf direction. . , ,-The Comroitteevare fully KttishrJ tbit the design and" tehdenry 'cf the publica tion of tb Mi l affidavits, mi to fix up on the Hon.-George Ptoexier - the most infamous of all rjimc. that of hav- . inrbefn aceMrr W1" ,he fatf. !n attempt to fake the life'of, the Chief Mt Citrate bv f he hnnd of anflfsa-vo. Af ter a thoro'tgh inrrfitration OV holft . caie, the Committer Cod that ib charre rests ukly cpon lle etideuc .jof soi i " -
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