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Jnd morth Carolina Gazette t rvntiii weekly, r .. LAWRENCE & LEMAY." TKKMS. t "r)lirrt4Mr4JievjlnUr per annnm-rone. fif ; advance. Subacriher in tther Statei snot be allowed to remain in art ear longer i ymr, arid persona resident without tint ' , of the year'a ubicnption in advance. , mint ! Kttti three time fof one dollar, not eaeeeninr nueen nnea. nd twen- i,4t eenl lor eacn cmuinuiuwe. -ti to the Editors mint be pott-paid. icopijfril OP-MIL; M'OUEEN 3iuuw- - - th bill proposing the erection of new coon out of parti of Burke and Buncombe, deli cfcd in the IHm of Commons of thin Stare k the Bit .Session. - .;vJ. , ; Mr. Speaker. Dunns the brief L in which I have served in a sphere public duty, I never have been more nlr penetrated by the responsibilW 1 i which surround a scene of legisla te action than on the present occa- bo; and I never have been more deep I impressed with the justice of any iim for relief .whjcb has been offered r the consideration of the House than tbst claim which, is e mbraced in the nl now a poo your - tablcTho con ientious advocate is Oppressed with e magnitude bfthe trust assigned him, ea the defence of either the life, the ooertv. or the character or a rational 'ins is committed to ..his hands; and jiperil the interest, the hopes and the rospects of hit client, by reario g in la deience a irau aira navaiHDs wrt ftication. If thea, air,-tba de fence of k e riehU" of one human tieing; i cat cu - (ted to excite distrust and agitation to; feelidg bosom, what trembling solici ide must be generated by the defence f this bill, in the hearts of its humble vcxaiew'-aTaaH,F- Toit bUI,.jir, contains a proposition relieve the exigencies, not of one citi- n only, but those of hundreds, whose art are animated by as pure and as miy esiaousnea iceiings gi uctuuuu the weal of North Carolina as oyer wed iJo : the mortal - bosoro-f-whose ais have been ever at open as the at of noon to make pecuniary ootri- utions for the support of b?f govern-! ient? and "wbose-vital-blood -would nwZaiJrCtloiwaterJrorh il font for the preservation of public bertv in ever? shape and form. In ihat mannef7"irv1ave the citizent of j luocombe county been- requited for eir loyalty to the public interest? Vhy;' tir, without jts blemishes, they lire incurred the pains and the penar et of guilt. Year after year, forma yyeart past, they have petitioned e Legislature for'relief, aridrwithoUt ta least shadow of reason, their ap pals have been met on this Boor by. an hUeiible. and, I am sorry to say, an hailinpiri t of Opposition? Year after tear vour assistance has been imolored h behalf of the citizens-of Buncombe p tones of eloquence wbith" would erce the dulleat ears and melt thetwhich has its abode in the heart of eve- oldest hearts; but you are informed by lis petition now on your table, that Jiete eenerous efforts of the : human tind and heart have descended io fu le and unproductive strains to the arth. I hope, sir, that this is the last etition which will be offered to the rfgislature of North Carolina on this ubjett. I hope that public justice, at- tr a lone oblivious ana sioiui siura kr. will ariie from its couch.to sdmin- iter the cup of relief to this' suffering leoplei ' ' It has been well said, Mr. Speaker, at tiie human' heart Is more sensibly nd irresistibly affected by the" suffer- Jig of wacT in his individual than 10 Vis collective iharactef.3Tbe ltory of ome . reientiesTShylockV who - had leeced his innocent" and unnroteeted feighbor of his substance to aatisfy a ining aeoi, or 01 some aivei ot mou- it days, who had repelled a suppliant r charity from his guttering dome. ould clcud every brow in thi House ilh the - frown of indignation. " We irrrat? th ' false tonme which " has iutssfully-;wiel ded-the batteryof -i!leOgpst the. reputation - of ; the nnocent; we-dissorve -iir felTbwship ith the hand which has maimed a How being; and we sanction every lithet of contempt and disgrace which tallowed BpOft ID oppressive jodgei upon a tury which has pronounced a le verdict, i These are all instances if individual fsUitv. of individual suf- Prior. and of individual injustice. put sir. distribute sufferinc or injustice mongst thou Tnds of immortal beings, nd our sympathy for their, distress nd our disapprobation of their iniquity P evidently weakened.'OWe can liear jjhe story of thousands, who, in thejiour If- peril and of conflict, have given eir.xpirine breath, to thelistless f iuds, and ' their blood to the uocon Kious field of the slain, and;tfbthing yond a Hush of sentimental sorrow 'ashes across the mind. We hear of thousands, who', upon the bosom of the bcean, have resigned their breath a aidit the merciless waves, and without ny other witnesses to their anguish jui me star pf Heaven, and our im pression of regret Is ss trsnsient as the Jew of morning; 4: We - hear of ifatiooa parishing beneath the pressure pf acar- py and others bleeding and smarting yeorath the rod of pppreisioD, and oor emtion."ot sorrow are similar , to the inscriptions upon sandy shore, which are oouterated by the first wave which passes over them. Thus it U in regard to your present applicants for relief j-Tn magnitude of individual auffcrin i . , . . . . - e it concealed dj me numoerat the suffer ers, and the members of the Legisla ture, in . withholding relief, believe themselyes to Re delivered from the ram of; publicxluaf probation-bv- di. vision of responsibilities. We thus prac tice a species of injustice in our public capacity. Tor whtch we would blush as individuals 4-itUOJnpi without the least shade MxtenuatToov to wllS required relief; for we should ever bear in remembrance one fact tiiat is as im moveable as the foundations of the Globe itself; which is, that the benefits we confer on the public i.t our Legis lative career may expire and diannear; but that the injuries we inflict will be as lastin; as time. Yes, sir, they wHI be entailed in some form or other upun the latest posterity f those who sulHr; &4.he recolleciiun of these injuries will "cTeave tolfs like an arrow sticking fast. It will arise 4ike a spectre to Tirar our felicity wherever w are and whither- soever we pK4f we- repafrto theTeH motest booadf of the earth, it -will meet lis there, to reprove us; and if we take the-wins of themurning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, it will accost us there, and arraign us at the bar of conscience. ject was not the attainment of relief, but iha addition .otpomical strength, to the West. This is not the fact. " tn praying for a new county in The" West; tne citizens ot uuncomoe are mere ly seeking a deliverance from grievan ces which have long oppressed them, and an equal share of . convenience with , their neighbors who - surround them. This question Has nothing on earth to do with the enlargement of rwutical. nnwer.VYhen tho nUrra raent of political power is sought after, it.witl salute your vision in its proper forml It will not be bolstered up in any delusire guise. It will not be in for ma. request for one benefit, whilst it in subtunce an effort to obtain an other. " When we ask you for a new county r the bill appears under its- pro per title. When weasK you for an ac: cession to our political strength, that j request has been commonly denominat eu to convent too question. - And is it sof is a high minded and virtuous portion of the yeomanry- of North Carolina to be punished, op pressed and restricted in the enjoyment of the blessing of common convenience, because, in obtaining that convenience, they will also obtain an accession to tneir political power, wuicn is jusiiy their, due, The Catholic emancipation in I re- land was eagerly.: contended for. not i4irelRforlhft.enUrijement.jof political power.. It was ciueliy aspired Jo from that love of civil and religious liberty ry rational being. But the attainment of civil and religious liberty necessarily involved the enlargement of politica power for the' CatholicsV 'Tor the at taiomeot of civil and religioul liberty, the soil of Ireland has been crimsoned by the blood of thousands. Her gibbets were honored during the long sanguin ary and painful effort hyembrac.inzin, their cold and senseless grasp the life less-bodies of oatriot after patriot. Her public sheets were again and again im pressed with the most eloquent and convincing" remonstrances on the1 sub ject, and the legislative halls of Britain again and again resounded with the mu sic of Irish eloquence."!;, Well." sir, af ter a protracted series of fruiiless and pauifutslrugslesrlreland tlevoted Ire land was at last permitted to plant her feet upon the genial soil of political e mancipation. Where was ahe greeted on this introduction by a more cordial salutation than in North Carolina? Where was her deliverance hailed with a purer transport of joy than here? Where did the public press announce that inspiring event in more animating attains than here? And where, I would askriilliem and celebrated "Emmet '.''cherished :;with deeper reverence than here? The ro mantic sentimenta which he tittered in dtfenee oCthe libertie of hicountryj when urmn the verge of nn unmerited grave, have purchased for his memory a residence in every liberal and Virtuous heart, from which it will never be oust ed as long aa the tide of ages shall con tinue to roll. Those sentiments have given, perhaps, the earliest impulse to4 the chivalry of many a generous youth, who has bled for the btessing of ljbaly, and I am. satisfied that the light of his glorious and undying example has pour ed the balm of comfort upon the bleed ing bosom of many an aged patriot who has sunk to the shades of death on the field of rAuhialJjtri fe.X i!mire that elevation of foul which produces a ge rterous sympathy for the sufferings of a foreign people. But whilst we -are lending an enthusiastic and overflowing love to the liberty of another shore, will we close the portals- of ; our hearta lo the appeals- of beings who are of the same fraternity with ourselves?,; Will you refuse a responsive pulse,; and re main as deaf as the grave-to a note of guBermg which bursts ppon your hear- fin from a circle endeared to you by the most sacred and indissoluble ties? This belief, though it is prohibited by psst example, is certainly not prohibit ed by that confidence which we may be allowed to repose in the awakened jus tice of enlightened freemen that sense of justice, when properly aroused, has jiSver been appealed to in vain. I would asjc.if there is ho political 4fljujee n cflmpUng ,ofl class of ttt--j zens to (ravel twice as ur to reap the benefitof public justice,- to examine the public records, and to perform military duty, as another class of citizens? Their corporeal fatigue is great in sub is also a loss of time and labor produ ced by it, which is a loss of money. The fountains of public justice are thrown open to these oppressed citizens; but there are such btrriers thrown a cross the avenues to these. fountains, as almost to render them inaccessible. 1'he citizens of. Buncombe are subject ed, to a double tax. They are in the rst place taxed to support the machi nery of justice, and they are then taxed n availing themselves ol the benents ol that machinery. Why have so msny 'small' counties been laid orfrrtT rolinar- It certainly was trot for the purpose of increasing the representation of Uhe. S talejL fur.tha t w as large enou gli already. Nor was it because the politi ol these masses of citizens were not sufficiently protected by the representation Ahif "fof merfyi jads- Wliy tnert?'wm' lies lam on in uie aiaier it was irom humane and politic regard to the con venience ot the cuizen.7 , nytnaxe; jsh.iLen and flesh" of iriothef?" Why dispense bread to one whilst you give ' ,...s . v. iuub auuinrii , 11, menu ivi small masses of citizens in one quarter - . . measure ot convenience which you refuse to large masses, in another quar ter? . - IT "These oppressions are inflicted, too, byJhe JKaftchLavgovernmeo weara inenoiy appellation 01 nepuouc; This circumstance has a tendency to gild the bitter pi 1 1 in such a manr,er-as to render it in some degree palatable, and to disguise the odiousness Of the injusttce if-this-masureot -justice was withheld by a government protes- setlly despoticr it v ould be branded as the harshest extreme of tyranny. In csttmailng Mr. Speaker, I have generally assumed as the safest and heat, criterioajhe subi stantial character of the fruits they bore," and not the loudness and the splendor of their professions. Is this measure opposed because it will saddle the State with the encum brance of a fresh tax? Will the State be compelled to pay for the erection of the build Idings at the seat of county jus i will the public treasury incur tice? or any new coarge iu jujuiu yiz oiiiuuna- not mose oi uie cutzens 01 uuncoinoe tration of justice in that cottDtyThe:WantrwnoT.Ure.near the line of Ten- -L- 1 .lr-Ti I never proiesseMt tooppve 11 ii iiai , lions to remove to mat aute, wnere ground; for it is a well established fact 'they would enjoy '."tlio genial rayYofli that the county will be itself adequate heVal legislation? - Sir, -would not the to meet all the exigencies blended with Vitizens of Wake county have-strong its creation. V ' jinaicementa to remove from it, if the ' It is strictly within the scope of be- courts "of this county were held in nevolent governments to expend their Smithfield, instead being held in treasure freely to improve the happi-j Raleigh? Smithfield is about 32 miles m,ss of their citizens. They lavish from thiplace. . You arelnformed by their treasure for tiie opening of ca-( the report on your table that the citi nals and public roads. This is all zens of Buncombe, tn many instances, vry gootl j but what do you acquire by are compellejl -ta travel 70 mile to this? You acquire the benefit of safe court. If, sir, the citizens of Bun . and easy transmission of the fruits of combe how- enjiiy their futr-share of your iauorio market; out as precious as are the facilities of commerce, are they atWeM of public duty, of public justice, .and of perspnarprotectionF Nosir, Uiejr are like feathers when weighed against' virgin gold. Mr. Chairman, how would a law annearin your statute book, pro claiming in expresl'te'riiis that one classl ot citizens ahoulil travel tnrce times as far to muster, and three times as far to the courts of justice as another class of citizens? Would any human being in North Carolina possess a- bo som so cold and dull as to submit to that law for a moment? Well, then, what is the case now? " The law does not in-termprocl aim -that one-depart ment Ol our citizens shall travel tunce the distance that is travelled by other departments of ouFcitizens, to perform their , various T public" duties; buTthe fact is so; and those who are entrust ed with the power of removing grieir ances, haye long and positiytly declar ed that they v ill not enact a law to a bolish that grievance. . Is there any substantial difference between -the in fliction of a grievance and a stern refii sal to' remove that grievance,' when both rwer an dnty. -concur jn auroo hishin tis to do so? ' :';Ifovr .'mucKlesi culpable was he who passed by his poor neighbor who shivered in the cold, who implored his ' assistance in vain and perished, than the individual who thrust the poor sufferer in the cold? It a "Tt -.. -r t 'il y en, then, r now.mucn less cuipaoie would that government ' be. which should perseVere in preserving an odi - ous, grinding and oppressive law, than a preceding government which had en acted that taw? p-r-r-1 y''f't- i ; Is the money expended in legislating on thisMbjcct each returntne year of no avail to the State? I do not knowlpassage of a law which, has been long how long this subject has been acted demanded by the most impressive obli ociy the Legislature. It is 'oo doubt gtlons of justice;- ' - L -.-i '-""'' xSL-'- ""' v ""-'"v1'-. : ' v-"ri ' a proposition which has been intro duced in the Legislature every year fur- a long note past. - it has cost the State something like five or six hundred dol lar each time it wfs introduced j and as long as redress es withheld, the grievances of thi -county-will-prove an annual tar on the State, flere; then, are blended grievances which re- suit, irom wuiioiuing tne mconstuera- WetdoTt wliich Tiiiy'da 1 he cizensof liuncoiribe are ettcutn bered ith grievances,-for" a'deliTer ance from which they will ever continue-to pra-yi and the State- of North Carolina is made to pay for what? If from the treasury to benefit the county of Buncombe beyond the proportional share of the citixens of thatcouaty in the funds of the fState, other. citizens of North Carolina would have a right to complain of such an invidious dis tribution Of 'the public funds.- IIow much more solid the ground for com plaint, when, instead of accomplishing too much for their benefit, the State has fallen far short of rendering them their share of political justice? lft sir. you' were to refuse the incorporation, of ftn-ademrthepentrKroraneces- sarV road, in anv count v in the State I ol .Nrth Carolina, without just cause, . --;v---ir'-r T the note of complaint would be sound ed through our-borders'. How much more substantial is the cause for com plaint when you have rendered th.e courts of justice, and lhentaceaaBnoint ed for muster hideous monsters to the people of Boncornbe, from the jrhmewjie distance they are compelled- to travel i abashing fliem J n,whyorptract j ie term oi uieir- suiu'iinsrweuei will be. ultimately- obtained; for that spirit of reformation which ts abroad , , ... .v . . . 1.. e . . . . ... ., , ..s 'ita f.M-j-a anfl ilnmmiAn unril it all-ill n. nalJx prove, triumphant -Is it a small matter, Mr. Speaker, to expatriate your citizens? The citi zens of a country are retained within Us borders by a liberal and benevolent system of policy) they are driven from it by a harsh and severe one. How far do the facte of tht case go to estabttslt the position? You are informed by the report on your table that the -county -of Uuncomoe Is" three ortour times as large aamany oihecontte her soil is fertile? and that the increase compared w iffrlniaTfAih immediately adjoining her. Why this relative disparity? What does it re suit from, other than the superior con venience enioyed by the citizens of Ashe county beyond those of Bun combe? Are not the citizens of Bun combe, who live near the line of Ashe, presented with strong inducements to remove to that county, where their con- venience would be -enlarged? And are . . if.!' -.j.-- " f T 1 1 pumic convenience, anu ineiriuiisnarji of political weight in the councils of thirS tatep then it ri most certain that many ot the Binajier counties siiouui either resign their corporate charters of. pay an equivalent to "the State" for ine reienuon oi mem; ioru ;tne cm zens or Buncdmbej are invested with no less corivenienCff and no 1S3 pdliti- al powpr than they are justly entitled to, men uie natural resuumusi incvii- . -.a . i i a. t i t .i "i ably be, 'that many of the smaller coun ties nowpossess greatly more than their proportional ? share, both of political power and public convenience. t Mr, Speaker, there is a poetical max im that is as just as it is beautiful, which proclaims-tliat thead'ections'of. thehu maa heart are . proneto linger Arftuwd that scene where the light f , heaven first broke upon the vision, and which has been consecrated by the joys of in- lancy, oy uie viguaoi care oi a lamer, and by the doting tenderness of a mo ther; - :Thi prwpehsityi so amiable in its nature and so invincible in its force. whilst it operates with its accustomed force and power within the county of Ashe, has been rendered leeble and fowerless in the county of. Buncombe, h'the one county, Jiome.is';dear to the heart "of the cit'izcnf and engrossc;his warmest predilections in the other, its charms and attractions haye withered and perished beneath a system of cold and blighting legislation. Whilst Afte county tias auvanceu in prosperity wan a brisk and onward march Buncombe, perhaps more kindly distinguished by tle partial band of nature, lias dwin- Jjtled both in resources and in crowth It is the; solemn duty of the Legisla- ffni-A tn hnirlif pn th.ian.rtaf im meant9 and I fondly. trust that it will grace the iroll of its present performances by the From the X. Y. Commercial Advrrtiier. IrtttT from ll'uhinz'oi ri'r. The friends of this distinguished writer will be well pleased to hear from him again, and still more to read the lol low ing sketch of his recent journeying a- mong the wutLtrjbei .beyoml the, serge of civilization; and we earnestly hope, that it will not be long before we hsve1 something more than a skech uf this in teffattff' wliiyhg1ir't be4tev-Ke-; has as yet written nothing upon the ub jectUfor the presUJrhe,Jetter:befor - -- - - a . a -1.. us, it win on perceived, w written 10 a f iend in Europe, during Mr.; Irving a recentsojourn in Washington It f-'achea.-Ui .through tha-niedwut of the Lond'in AthensrJum. ' lFashbpmCitif,J)fe. 13,183:. I arrived here a few tlavs since, from a tour of several months, which carried me fir to the Weat, beyond the bounds of civilization. ' . ; .- -" After 1 wrote to you in - August, from. I think, Niagara, 1 proceeded with my agreeable fellow trivelleri; MfrL. and Mr. P. to Buffalu.'and we nnbuked at Black Rock, on Like Erie. On board of the steam boat was Mr, E. one of the commissioners appointed by go e.CnMnl,ti jueiintenjlJLhejsettl.eue6A of the emigrant Indian tribes, to the west" of the M ississi ppi ;: 1 1 ewa on his way te the pi acenf rend ez vou s, an d on his invitation, we agreed to accom pany him tn hia expedition." The offer was too tempting too tempting to oa resiateo: 1 should have an opportunity of seeing theK jemoaoit 4boe,- grat, nrjian tribes, which are now about to disan- pear as independent nations, Of to be amalgamated under tome new form of government. I should see those fine coMftea:f fiPfaifestK white sH1 in a state of pristine wilderness, snd behold henls of buffaloes scouring their native prairies, before they are driven beyond the reach of a civilized tour ist. . ' " ' We, accordingly, traversed the cen- ire ot uniOa.anu emoaraea .10 a steam boat at Cincinnati, for Louisville, in Kenfucky,tfiencev"tw 'descended th Ohiotiver in anothertteam boafr and ascended the Missusippi to St. Louis Our voyage wai - prolonged : by - peat edly running aground, in consequence of the Jowitess of the -waters, and on tharat occasion,we-iwere wrecked and sent to the bottom, by en cou nterihjjj; another lijeim b'aOt!,Wf'S 'IJjhaim nately .we had time to shear little so as to receive ' the tilow oblinuefy,- whidr carried away part of a wheel, and all the upper woiks on one aide of the boati - . . 1 From St.; Louis I went to Fori Jef ferton, about niiw mites distant, to see Black Hawk, the Indian warrior, and h'Ufeltow prisoners a forlorn cew, emaciated and dejected the redoubta ble chieftain himself a flteagre old-man upwards of seventy, i He has, however, a fine head, a Koman atylje of face,- and a preposse jcottBtaaancwic At St. Louis, we bougltt horses for ourselves, and a coyered wagiin for our baggage, tents,' provisions, eVe.; and travelled by land - to Inilependence,' a siiiaU frontier hamlet orVlug-hiiusci, sit uated between two and three hundred miles up the MissoQri, ' on the utmost verge of civilization. " From - Independence, we struck across tne Indian country,-along the line of the. Indian inisaious; and arrived, on-r the Birfnf Jcober, aft et ten "or eleven days' tramp, at Fort Gibson, a frontier fort in Arkansas Oar , journey .... lay , al most ; en tirely through vast prairies, or open i grassy platnrdiyerifted -occasionally,; by beautiful -groves; and ee feitile".oot torn atonE ine streams ot -- watery vv e lived in: frontier and . almost Intlian style; camping , out at . nights, except when Ave atopped ailhe-aMissionane. scattered hereand thri-itli vw wilderness. The weather was serene, and we epcnutitered but one rainy night &nne thunder storm, & I found sleeping in a tent a veiy sweet' and healthy repose. It was now, upwar-tls of three weeks since l; had ; left ..St. Louis and taken to travelling on horn; backrahdtt'agree v On arriving at Fort Gibsonf we found that a mourited"body of Rangers, nearly a hundred, had set tiff t wo days before to make awnle lour tou the.. weitnd southnhrough the wild bunting coun tries,-by Way of protecting tne friendly Indians, who had gone' to the bufftfo hunting, and to overawe the Pawnees, who are the wandering Arabs of the. West, and continually on the maraud We determined to proceed on the track of this partyi escorted by a dozen or fourteen horsemen (that we might haye nothing to" apprehendTfrom any Ufag" gling party of Pawnees.) and with three or four Indians as guides.aod interpre. ters, including t captive " Pawnee wo man. A couple of Creek- Indians were despatched . by the commander of the Fort to oyertaVe the party of Hangers, and order them to await our coming up with them, i We were now to travel in still simpler and rougher style, taking as little baggage as; fiossible, and tie- . Mr Latrobe and Couirt I'ortali. Mr. lr Inr had met with Ihoaa gentUmea at Boston, in July, ami had travelled together to the White M euuiaint ot fe Uampibire, llirough a eoantrT which he deaeribes as beautiful, with a fine mix ture of label and furcita. and brWL lad ttvre runoine lUtam. ... . . 'J'. pending on our hunting ' for supplies; but were - to go through a country a bounding with gtme. The finest sport we had hitherto had. was an incidental wolf hunt, as we . were' traversing a prairie, wljich wa very animated and piciuresque llfll now completely launched in a savage life, and extreraa ly excited and interested by this wild ' country ani thewild scenes and peo- pte ny whtcn 1 "was urroumied. uuf - " rangeriWjpre..xpert.Jiunters, heing - mostly from Illinois, Tennessee,, .c. We Overtook the exploring party ot' mounted Rangers in the course of three) : djys, on the banks of the Arkansas; and uie wiiuiv w 'mil tiucu , uiav ncr an the 16th of October; some on rafts, soma fording. Our own immediate party had a couple f half breed lodians ai servants, who understood the Indian eustomSiThey constructed a kind of ? boat or raft nut of a buffilo' skin, on which Mr. E. aruL myself crossed the river and its branches, at several times, ' on the top of about 1 hundred weight of baggage an odd mode of : crossing river a quarter of a mile. wide. We now led a tree hunting me. sleeping in the open air, and living tip w-the- prodoee -ttf thechaser4or "w . . ' were three hundred miles beyond ho iffitt hlWrirtaii7aT-a;t:of.lne.!'llaie' " la 1 cnifntrf hitherto unexplored. - We got to the region of buffaloes and wild'hWa'es; killed some i of the former, - - and caught -some of the latter. VYa were, moreover, on the hunting gmuads of the JAswoeet, the terror of iha tron -. h tieri a race who scour the prairies on fleef nnr&K and ffimke1:.the Trtar" 4" or roving Arabs. ' We ha J to set guirds round our tirii ptHriif tie tfp twr hOrteTr for feat bt surprise; but, thoogh we had an occa' sional alarmv we passed through tie " country without teeing a single pawee I brought off, however, the tongue of a . buffalo, ofny own shooting, as a tro phy of my hunting, and am determined. ?' tasfm r: leDOa"ii.Tiliofit't(rcri) poir'rf tha eiploit. and never .. to :1escenil. t..lL' smaller game. i-AVe returned td rort Gibson, alter a campaign of About thir- ty uys, well seasoned by hunter a fare a tid hunter' l i le;-' --r- From Fort flitMOitrf was about -five- .4ayaes,ccainfheA.f fc"lt : to., the .V' Mississippi, in a steam boat, a distancel'v otieveralhuttdreit tinueil down, the . latter river la New ' verv nleasantlr. flewt)rleans it one ofthaTTnrrstr moilry and amusing places in the Uni ted States; a mixture of America and Europe. The French part of the city-, is a counterpart of tome French provin cial towns; and the levee, or esplanade along the river, presents the most -- ' - - a - a wiunisicai groupes oi people oi ail nations, castes, and colors; Frenrh, Spanish, Indian, JIalf Breeds, i -Creoles, Nlulat toes. Ken (uckiins, &.c. I: passed two diys with M , on hit sugar plan taftoni afe; "stiwe whe,u.they,wcre:i,; making iu gar.;,.-,,i, 0 - - - "From Nevf Orleans I set off, on the mail stage, through Mobile, and pro ceeded, on, through Alabama, Georgia, ... South ami N. Carolina, and Viigioia.to Washtngtonra long and rather a drea ry journey, travelling frequently a dy and night, ' and . much of the oad through pine forests, in the winter set son. !;, .. - it;... . At Columbia, the capital of! South Carolina, I pasv a tlsy most cordially wiih oUr friend P. I dined also witii O. II., whom I had ki"Wii in N. York, when a vonng m m,' who is a perfect genttemahi tlioogh soTnewhat a llntspur in politics. . lit is really lamentable to . see so fine a set f' gallant fellows, a the leading Nullillers are sulsadly Inl the wrong. -They have jut cause of complaint, and hve been hardly dealt" with, but tbey-fare pultinz themselvet - oinBleteJy jrh'ojw they take to redress themselves. , As a cooimittee of Congress is now occupied -nrttre-forinatUin of a bill for the reduc- v tinn of the Tariff, I hope that auch a bill t . . may be devised and carried,, as will ' sstisfy the moderate part of the Nul . lifter's f But I grieve to see so many element of national prejdkei-hostility and selfishnesCitirruig and fermeoting . . with activity and. acrimony . . : v 1 intended stopping but a few days at Wihinjjttm, and then proceeding to New York; but I doubt now whether I 3 shall not linger, for some time. I am very pleasantly, atiluateii l nave snug, cherry, cosey, litlla apartment", - in the immediate neighborhood or Mr , ahd take my meals at his house. : v and, in fact, make it my home. I havo thus tht advantage ot a family circle, and that a delightful one, and -the pre cloos comfort-of .-a- little bachelor re- tret and. lanctum lanclorum, where ( can be as lonely and independent as I r plfase.v Vashington is an interesting place to see public characters, and this ' it an interesting crisis. - Every body, too.: is so much occupied with hit own-- " ' or the public business that; now that " . have got through the formal visits, I can have the time pretty much tn myself. - ; Alto the kind of pledge I gave, yoo are correct la your opinion. . It wat ' given in the' warmth and excitement ' of the moment wat from my lips be- ; fore I wat aware of its unqualified . ' tent, and ji to be takta cumgrana a( f T
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 3, 1833, edition 1
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