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IlALEIGIIIL 0. FMDiV2V JULY 19, 1C33
vol. rznr
jniJortk&urolina Gazette, .7.
tAWBENCE & I.EMAY.
tvTtor tkree dollars per annum m
?!, one year.and pemos resident wi thout this
-uibe atrietly require to pay 1ie hole a
w"' . iha sear's ubtenptioo tn advance.
,f,VTiRWT not Moeedinr fifteesHine;
4 L-ned three timet for one dollar, and twea
m' , .:
jjitses M the Editor mart be post-paid,
. untl inr men vmmuuww.
JJv 'orr. Every tnectlotej.Jhow-
II known that the-4earoed Grecian
.makti tobacco, and that every day.
Xther at home or abrosd.be indulged
hia laVOHlC ween, - ? urn ir.
IP han H nonnr; 01 uiuinxi vnmu
Mace, his Majesty, was so conde
flendingastogive Mm a smoking room,
land the company of Col. in or
!jerthathe might ufferno ineonve
menes. ' I don't like toJ amoked my-
!..ir sad the royal wit, but 1 am
..ina tnai your uic
should not be
Uil -One dar Dr- Parr wai to dine
Li th house of Mr. . who inform-
of the 1ion ,w pc, " t"0 v
vis much mortified and inflamed by
tbTs tniima ttonr nd wi t b-aome warmth
idesiid,' I'll tell you what. Mr. ,
I don't care a g r r, r a c
Ji.nl smoke here.' My uear.'
re-
t allowed to do io every where.'-
t ram me, Mr. ; he ahalrTtot
imnke hereileave it Jto ir.e, jny dear,
Itl manase it. The doctor came; a
plendid dinner ensued.' theGrecjan was
irlirittisntr After the Dr. called for
knrnMi.-" Pfpe!:orame44he lady,f
I' Dioes. for what purpdsff Why, to
moke, madim!' On my dea.r ur. I
Vhafet pipesM??
place; my curtaM-Wiirmelf'BrtB4Cs
ttfirfrweetC
ed the astonlsheo! and ftfTended Ore-
riant 'why, idamyiivjajjmoked jn
k-ir houses: --1erh"'M
-
int;il that lad v with ' 'dignity; and ahe
SultfeJ'rWtth firronei1J'rt ri be hap Tpubiic lbuft upwards of one
py, Dr. to show you ritet of hospiuliiy;4,ndred xhurches, the cost of which we
b oi tin ftot br irtla w
Tken aawl Dr. Parr, looking at her am- The fuJlowing Publie Buildmgt are nowm
. ... .l I.... I ,.i or'UM-M: t
pjft peiWaV BrlMit.HWu.'r Kic1I(.ig5;"16 fce cnmpTeTed Best
wy, madstn.' Sir, air, are you- going ytt xnu,-', ettimte, '
u hn rnde"' must saf mailam, he Nal A;lum, to be comleted thi
continued. that you are the greatest
tobacco stopper in all . England. i
: JUmaon t aper.
. .... -.ygw '
.
There lrteal ol hu mores. WVJi..a ,
vt in th fullowintr article from the
Nantucket Enquirer. We are cUd to ,
. ... It.'- -I
wesiich humbuga exposed. . '
Mehmaid. A thins compounded of;
l.tWnn lnpa: iiw8-feeU doz fifch akin
UtA .-ales. the tail of a dried hake,
Iwjoden Tiet mez eyes, glue, sawdust,
VsjSuManeiLJ)4ize;ia"iow
eing stared at by the aimple ones or
Sotham," and connived at for the muro
ny .of x mermaid. r 'rhia -practicB of
nanufacturinK monsters, is getting W be
hther rancid Nevertheless, if people
I l . ... .A..liiifl,!iil. n il
((lit nave grotesque uuuoi.i
ntstical friehta to feed their tastes,
jwithalitnlhe name f commen-tourte- f
f let their humora be - indofged es-j
Wially when willing to pay for these
hinitterings to a atarved
fancy.
!Vk.n tho hnmbu? has been sufficiently
Mored by the curious gudgeons of the
fcsmmercial Emporium, it will probably
Etrve to catch gulls with in other places
nless indeed it ahould meet the late
KtheswmwaW !'.PMtJtcaiH" Art of
wiozless hooposr
pogrilT, made of a shaved
nd mutilated donkrr. with which , the
'Rood burghers of Boston, about 1' quar-
'w or a century ago were amusco. tor i
white i-uatit they concluded to throw
the . animal overboard, and escort the
prosrietors out 01 town, seated open
-1 '
a elegant rail, and adorned with
eadid coat ol . leathers cooled id
la regard to this NewYork mer
a'uj, the eihibiters Advertise her, we
ist suDDOse it to be 1 A aea . viriin of
Pt feminine gender as hiving been
Fght alive atrJava, embalmed in In
ia,sent as a present to the governor b!
rUvia and by him sold to a Boston
hipastecforfi.v. thousand dollars.
" ma gooa enuugm aiurj io' jicii su
"OirincsI But the Amateur naturalists
c debarred from any other than occu-
.lamination ine uauncai unucii
S .1 I I .... I
,-(, vilblllBCII ill giaas wt.
tie of the Cotnmf rciaL ventures to
hetbeA4t io poaMlilA- that
i boat inthease!"- -It ia
ainly there, if any where. ', 4 ;
uould this experiment upon the ere
y and cash M the Mothamite come
.profitably. We intend to set up a
ae snanafactorv of. marine enorroi-
' We shall build a glorious skele
ot i tea serpent, out of old1 vlile
. l casks.; n.d tarpaulins with
EaloVakull at oeud, and a sea
a tail at the other.' 'This we can
nve to set adrift upon the South
to ai to ret it sttsnded at Sia-
et m the first southeasterly storm.
away n goes to ' market; Any
ert in this line, frem the hunrrv
d lubbera of the eontlneat ioclos-
lee shall be duly regtidedV :
prppen alio to fabricate a coo
plete assortment of aquatic raritie nd
piscatory tnonstrositie. in all the
pert raent of ichthyology and coocholtf-p"
gy ready at u Bed and -demijohned fr
transportation such aa Hying floun-j
uer, inree leggeu ten, teatnerec craos, i
Irtcomotiyeoyatenrfjjr sklonedl6bstera,T
otcr-otcriacIudinjTnerinaids of alt ;
gj3!jiwAio,acea- 4 1
i .MV- .... .
City -of PliUadelphid.-mi t proof of",
the prosperity nl Philadelphia, the en-1
terprize & apitit of her citizens, the 4
public improvements in progress, and
the anticipated internal ad vantagee in
our city, the Co&merctaf Herald had
recently two articles on the local stat
istic of our city, chiefly relative to the
public buijdjngs pr works.reeentlT com
pleted or now in prepjration; " Wcex
tract the list, as compiled fur the Phila
delphia Gazette, 'with the computed
eot of each building W work:
The Fairmount Water Work.
cost . . 22,053,000
Dank of the United States, 41.,GtlQ
Bank of Pennsylvania, S iSJXXJ
Girard Bank, 250,000
Philadelphia Bank, 50,000
Mint, If 5,000
Arcade, 16!, 000
Unireralty, (new building! only) 60,000
Chennut Street Theatre, ' . 7S.O00
Arch Street Tbreatre, ' 63 ,000
Franklin Institute, 34,000
IScMyilMcrisMMaeM
Upper Kerry Urulpe, Fairmount, ixu.ojy
Araenal on the Scnuylkilt, below
South st. 150,000
First Preibytetisn church, Wah-
iinjton Square, 55,000
bove Spmce ata. . 65,000
City' Prison, corner of Broad and
A rrh at St.
American.. Sonday Schoot WniottV'
,aoo
8iWb ,Preabyteriaa . ".; Church;
Spruce street.
Baptist Church Sansom streeV
Baptist Church, Spruce street,
30.000
01,000
25.0'jO
Twelfth -Treshyterian unurcn,
Custom House and Stores, 97.1 '-"O
Tarmers and Mechanics"' HahV "' W
Commercial Bank. 27 '00
To these my be added the Fenn
ilJumbrACidemy of Fine Artt Acade .
Cily Library, Orphan' Asjlum, NVjd
0w Asylum VVlout Sueef Theaue.
0f Indenendence.iiodalonglistof other
$250,000
550,000
510,000
t , . ,hi.
,
; i;onni rnoB,
rAVUV H 4uW tUe-Lanveand,
! BIhhI, lo be completed Ihia eaon.
828,000
$0,000
AJmhouto be eoronleted neat
. . jwr. .. 7to800,ooo
ur !rw uu" 'v '
90,000
51.000
11.000
13,000
Central Presbyterian Church, es-
,imate.
Bricklayer's Halt.
j Moyamenaing Hall
South front of Girard 'a sauare,
lfi buuaes, A stories bighi-aritb, ,. ; . .
marble basements, r r 356,000"
North aide of Uirard's Square
32 houses, " " 200,000
Bad Road in Broad, from Vine to-
South sts. - : 60,000
Public School, Front near Pine sta. 10,000
Girard appropriation for impro. A,
ing the Eastern irom oi me
fOpOW !
PinllhtilsIaWemW' irwiH be seen
that' thevcost of the Public Improve
ments in progress at this" time amount
to nearly : Four millions and a naff of
nnllnrmV
And on the assessed value of real
'estate in the city and county of Phila
ij.f.L! ". .11 .i..-..Kt. k..;i.t
'delphia-excludisig all the public build
ings, all the cnurcnesr !4ne squares.
jurying grounda,c. none 01 wicn are
subject to taxation the uerani nas
been able
to asceruio me average
value: ,
to the City and Liberties, .'1. $35,063,057 50.
PeaMr townshin, Hiermantown,
Roiboroaghi Bristol, Oiford, .
Byberry, Moreland, Lower Dub
lin, Bloekley, and Kinge.ing, 11,878,350 00
Total,- - $106,WS,W7 50
V;: -s -c- ; ' . -
Frota the Baltimore Amerieao.
. Mr, Hush's forthcoming narrative of
his residence in England; as American
iMMiatexAoJtheJJpuri
received a verr liberal and commenda
tory notice in the London Literary Ga
zette. Part only of the wprk had been
received by the reviewer," front which
we infer that the publication is going
on limtituneouslyiil London and Phila
delphia. We anticipate very instruc
tive orodactioa. and one which will do
much to make the tree feelings) of theH
well disposed of both couo trie towards
each other better understood and more
generaHy appreciatedMiCIttMb Via
bailed in the Literary Gazette as a
laudable example of tbe class which
can observe fautU at home end abroad
without perKy. tnd hail the virtuea
which are common to every quarter
and portion of the civilized world." .
Contraated with Mr. Rush' work on
England, in' the tame articleof the
Oar.ette. is noticed a late book written
on AmerkA end American Insutuiions,
by a Mr sFidler, who,1 with hi family,
visited thi - country, and on his return
has followed ootabU xaroflle 10 pub
lishing hi experience. By; the report
nf the reviewer, the reverend gentle
man must have been A sort of supple
mental Trollop, quite 4geraot and
mpodent without an equal proportion
f pacity dull ai well wily n
malignant. - He ia luramarily depatch-
de-'edby thetrittc. - - ?
We make aVeifract or two from
Mr. Rush4 forthcoming work:
Of London. ,we transcribe some of
the aunorajmnmjrMsiona;
,rT tin (he savsT dliapooiated io the
general eiterioijjOhjejlUinthouMabooke-b
the west 'end of the town; moreaymme-
Uy; bMiUlinp gore by thfemaelye,,.'-de
noting . the reaideoee of the richest
people i therieheat city in Europe
But I do not see these. I see haberdash-
er'a ahons, poulterer's leaden stalls of
fishmongers, & the slaughtering blocjtauf
butchers, it the jiear vicinity of a no-
hleman's mansion and a king's palace.
tuu way oe tM!ceflry,-rjr-eonventent inspecrea at uvef, the order. Jor ex
fir the supplies of a capital loo Urge lo emption having by an ioadvertehec, not
admit of one or more concentrated been sent."
mukets; but the. imagination at a. dis
tance pictures something different.-
Perhaps it is "to give a hint of English
liberty: if so, I will be the last to find
fault. Being the day before Christmas,
there was more display in the shops
than usual. I did not get back uotil
candle light. The whole scene: tfessn
to be illuminated.
Altogether what a
scene it waul the shops in the Strand
r
and elsewhere, where every conceiya
ble article lay before youj anu a!miJe
iri Eogfaflff , which' struck me the more,
coming . from,. country where few
things are made, however foreign com
merce may send them to us) then, the
open squares and garden?; the " parksl
PM waJksiW
iron, or enciosurers or sonu wqii,
lwheneferenclosurewere -renmsiu;
?sith;:MubtleMfl
equipages and Jne borses, the gigantic
draft horses; -what an "aspect the
whlihibiteH what industyi-what
luxury, what infinite particulars, what
aggregatelL,The men. were taller
and atraighter than the peasantiy I had
teetij?Th;; !tneaTnmitT(iiftatatn
scend, like their language. The peo
ple I met constantly reminded me rt
those of y own country I caught the
same .expre ssipnftenjt glidedby io
cuinptjete TJenittymy ear tooE mlc
cents to which it was native but I
knew nu one. 7 It.; was like, coming to
another planet, familiar with voices and
faces,.yelenci.rcled.by attangera."-.--
And again, a week after
" Went through Temple-bar into the
City, in contradistinction to the West
end of London, always called Town.
Passed along Fleet street, Ludgate nil I,
and other streets, in the direction of the
Tower. Saw the Bank, Royal Ex
change, L'inl Mayor's house, Guildhall,
India house, the Excise buidings. It
I looked with any feelings of wonder on
the throngs at the VVest-endj more
cause ia there for it here. The shops
stand aide by side for entire miles; the
accumulation of things is amazing. It
would seem impossible that there can
be purchasers for them all, until you
consider what multitude! there' are to
buy; then you are disposed to ask how
TCr-'-"'"?'"1' ' '"-'"I -
giddlebe atree U. coasAnd
tbt froera pan--. Be-. Buppiied. in , tne
otners as iarg, carta, irucas, ventcies
of every sort,- loaded ttt every -way,
paseqfe.""They 'are ini two close Hoes,
reaching farther, than the eye can see,
going reverse ways; the horses come ao
near to the foot-pavement, which is
crowd d with people that-their hoofa
and the great " wheels of the wagons,
are only a few inches from them. In
this manner the whole procession is in
movement, with its complicated noise;
it confounds the tenses to be among it
all. ; You would anticipate constant ac
cidents, yet they seldom happen; the
fear of the law preserves order; more
over, the universal sense of danger if
order were violated, prevents its viola
lion. 1 am assured that these street
present the same appearance every
day in the year except Sundays, when
solitudereigo-! must notice as before
the dress of the people. "1 A large pro
portion were of the working classes; yet
All were whole in their clothing; you
coold hardly see exceptions. All
looked healthy; the more to be remark
ed in parte of the city where they live in
. - JL- i. tZ. .i-- iun "i--j."eJ.
perpetual crvwus oyay, arm sieep in
confined place. The Culom house,
and black forestof ships below London
bridge, I taw by A glimpse; that was
enough to show; that the Thames was
choked , up i wfh vessels and ooats or
every description, much alter the man
ner that. I beheld Cheapside and Fleet
street to be choked with vehictel that
move on Ind-? , .iti-
Wheo the American plenipotentiary,
after remaining on board bis ship in the
road two days, landed at Portsmouth,
by some oversight the necessary orders
had not come down' 'rom' London" for
the' passage of his bsggageJ vhe ;ta te
When we reached the hore tide
wa'ittr$ advanced to take possession , of
my btggsge. They were informed of
my ; pubiio character.' i nis am not
turn then from their purpose. The
national ship from which I bad embark',
ed was in view; her colors lying.
Stilt thry airedged, that hating receiv
ed no order to the contrary, they must
upset my biggage. 1 said to Com mo
dore StewaVC that, Itrictly, they were
rtxhl, Abd directed toy sertaDl w? de
liver it. ' There . wa but little?, th
nrincioal oart having been left en board
to await tb permit of exemption. , It
roiehtrhave been tops jsed that the
guardian of tb revenue would have
aiisueuj ineif bouw vi uvij j - .
mat examination of what -wiw delivered"" rWtf Charleston urier. ;
oreadtlv. Not so: camet bars srt An extract ot a letter, dated -Ash
ransaf keJ; the folda or linen opened ville; Buncombe County, (NC) June
as if Brussels lace had been hidden fn.28th tne followIngtwMr. Palton,
themj email portmanteaus peered iato.
aa if contrsrun.l lurk erf in nfi w auout two weens since, Dy a man
ber,NQthifl wat AtertookeiLT- A i.wnarned Dto1y whs waa tftt eUinswUh
had to ro on without them. I ahould'
eVear.diP'd t
of this mock olBctlf fiJelitf and aubal
1ern folly; but front in unwiinnEnea to
beein mr oublic career with a com.
plaint. And I remember tn hate heard '
Mr. Adams say, that when the allied'!0'0 while drinking from a spring of
sovereign visited England after the
btfle of VVaterloo;their bazgage wa
" VTiiIat aealed round our parlor fire,
in the evening, fatigued by the excite
ments we had gone through, and wait
ing the summons to dinner, we heard
the bells, It was a . fine chime, to
which we all listened. My wife was
especially fund of their music. Some
times the sound grew faint, and then
from a turn in the wind, cane back iri
peals. We knew not the cause. It
passed in our thougHta jhxL the taame
slfmfliiirl'r'ang'theSr hurras for
the victories, of Iliwke and Nelson;
May be." said one of the party,." for
air - Cloudesly Shovel's too." Thus
musing.Jinexpcte.fl4eyoan
ePnce fou
isi4 119 a J lllllf 11 til WlfZe
gtwn te Ufrderstand that tbey
were ringing on tne occasion oi my ar. I
,v;-ciu(i4-tiiei TO tny staTton to
which I had not looked. We went in
to .oor;firt;drn-nerin"En'gIan(t"nder""i'
continuationo
removed, wenaa a glass or two to our
country and friend w after jwhich.tvs
returned to our ait ting room. When
alj were. re Assembled- there, an4nti na
tion was given that" The royal
bell ringers were in waiting in the hall
desirous
ask admittance,-! was told, but at my
pJcasure-. I directed them to- be sIio wa
f Jit,t ,h . k- .!..
at once, beginning .now to unierstanr
J " ,w vr-."
the apnng.to.. the compliment. Eight
men with coats reaching down tb: their
heels, hereupon slowly entered. They
rangcu tnemseires one liter anotner in
A solemn ' Q 5 "? 1 fe5rXl
thing being Adjasledrthe spokesman at
tneir. neaa Drone silence wun tneioi
low'ing .jjBteili2jbie,..ddesa.iIiUii;.aid.
that they had come, '.with their due
and customary respects tn wish me joy
on my Sife.arrival in Old England as
ambassador extraordinary from the U
nited States, hoping to receive from me
the uiual favor, such as they had re-
i ve "Trblhb th e r
which they L had their book.te thotoJ
Their book was a curiosity. It looked
like venerable heir Unm of ofiice.
There were in it the names of I know
not how, many ambassadors, ministers,
and other functionaries, arriving Irom
foreign parts, through the lapse of I
fcirow cut how BTJigeaVJtHlUhU
ost;oTtr
Magna
Charla . itself i not-a more important
document to the liberties of -England,
than thi book to the royal bell ringer
of Portsmouth! I cheerfully gave - to
the good humored fraternity the gratui
ty which their euorts in their vocation
appeared to have drawn from ao many
other under like circumstances. So,
and with other incidents, passed. my
nrst day in England."
A simitar imposition awaited hi re
ception at court; and as it may be news
to our readers, as to us, we copy the ac
count. ' .';'; v
" Since my reception, I have had
calls from servants of official persons
for favors. '"" I be'eame acquainted
with the term at Portsmouth. They
had no-warrant from their masters, but
came tinder - ancietitr r custpto.1 There
have also been to me fraternities more
nearly allied to the Portsmouth bell-
ringers; a the ' palace drums and
fifes,' the royal waits and masici' and
a third, the derivation of which I could
not understooil, and which no external
signs that I saw bespoke the king's
marrowbones and cleavers.' ; bach pre
sented me , with A-wngrattilatory-ad--dress,
esch'.' had their book to show.'
They all. have something to do . with
out door arrangement when levee are
held.' -.The contribution upon ' the
diplomatic stranger awakeneJ, at c first,
my.iurprisel fierwrds beard What,
perhaps, ' may erve as ; explanatory.
Ambassador on leaving Engliod,., re
ceived front the govertiment a present
of a thousand pounds.tand mir.lstera
ptenipotentiary fiye ',hundre3,.fi5lh.ejl:
on their arrival, and afterwards,-there
are appeals to their bounty by., those in
menial and such like situation abou t
the. government, the . latter , it teems
par back again!- I do not hint that it
doe so in the, light of an indemiiifica
tionj . but,. jthe customs harmonise.
l ru8?ioe pinisier, ptenipotenimry - oi
the United States never takes the five
hundred pounds, the constitution, of his
couoty lorbidding it, out this is point
which,, it may he presumed he does not
stop (a i ; expo'unjjjo th servants ot: the
foreign , secretary, or ' the royal wail
and ntusicr it would doubtless be to
them a novel plra in bar for not putting
bf band in his p:ckt! ? Whenr be
pays for oi us'uj he must consider Vim
.scit as hivtojjan tquivaleut its alive
ouods. ' " ' "4.. r ,
poel that he had about (our thouiand
comolaint!ollr" with him at the time; with
which no - inieooeorjto purcnase.-lanu
id " Alabama. The body was found
near Winchester, and from its situation
il (opposed that he received the fatal
waterr Thf v murderer mounted Pat
jon's horse and made o(T: he.' was pur
sueu, out at ine taat accounta was not
yet apprehended. I have these facts
from Mr. Pattun of this place, his cou
sin." -
AnotVer letter, dated Noah's Fork,
(Ten.) 0tlTJune, says that the murder
took place on the Cumberland Moun
tain, abou t 60 miles from that place, on
the 10th June. Dooly, the murderer,
lived at the head of E k River; he went
home and remained one night, and then
atarted for Texas. .
After the above was in type, we re
ceived a letter from the Post Master at
copy 'of a letter received Jy hjm,the
preceding evening. Mr. Patton was a
merchant in Abbeville District, and is.
. . -
said to nave lett ti amiaoie wile and a
v Janper, (Marion County, Tennessee, Jujie
M?ir A ri(isit faAiriS niiPi1ei. kia kssen
1 0th intt. at auDoosed from the circumstan.
cca. . The deceased ia eupposed to bo of the
name of Win. Patton, from your di
triolr--'OA hirway theWestem eonii
as appears from letters and papers found
a'tanccsoftfle case are these as far a ascer
tained, Oo.Sun.day night -be- staid-at Col.
tVaits, a few mile from Uiit place, iu cojnpuny
with a man by the name of Uinnctt Uooly;
they left Col. Dalts together, and called at
Mr A,.. Kelly's, wbere.
pose his name to be, endeavored to get
some change, he aeemed to have a large
ome ciianur, ne aecmeu to nave a
nromirr-They -wwe-aeetr at other pia
ces passing lohg th:noiaTwo: miles
from th'w place ihey; wpuU .Uafl.t;Aioaud
the Cumberland Mountain, bear the top of
which he, Patton, was discovered yesterday,
by some jotsm men among- the nhucksr who
sv aa hockijF.gljf snnglecLii vin beit bAt ta
were aUracted by the Uuctards. - His face
deatti. fatten was well dressed, tidinif a
good bay horse. : Doofy has been pursued"
by . our ieputjr soentt j ndqtjvet citie..
lie lives in an adjoinintf Cituoty, and we
have just heard that he went home the same
day, Monday, and left early Tuesday Morn
ing, where he is, 4s yet unknown. Our
citnens are greatly excited, and will do
everything that can be done to apprehend
tne villain, ins horse and all his money is
mtttingr" iwotjrwas aeetr-oirTtis Tiufie the
same day." . . - .. :.-i.-' .A .
Tbe Tuscaloosa InMUetacrr Contains an
account ofthe circumstancea pretty mneh as
detailed above, but states that tbe gentleman
murdered was supposed to be a Dr. llender
son. trom .aoum-Carolina, Uliarleattm.
From the Charlottesville ( Va 1 Advocate.
Wejlfttlnj
spared the '.painful necessity of saying
oftovvord jiL. relation ta the very
UMpieflsantiaffairfc-w
this place on Monday last, between
the Uon, Win. C, Hives' and Thom.
as W. Gilmer, Esq. After the free
and full exposition of all the ci rcu in
stances of tltdcascrwlilcfrbotli par-
tics had ampin opportunity of making
to their respective friends, aiitl which
actually was made in the presence
and under the section of thejudi
cial tribunal of tne conntyj -and more
especially a both gentlemen avow-1
cd their .determination to give to
the public the entire correspondence
between them, we did not for a mo
ment doubt that Iherpropriety bf Tt
fraining from any ex parte atatement
of the ticcurrence, or ofthe circum
stances which led to it, would be at
once recognized and cheerfully ac
quiesced in; by all. Notwithstand
ing tins expectation, however, the
course which a contemporary Uah
tliought- proper to pursue,'- has left
us no alternative; In .the absence
of Mr. Gilmer, who has been called
to: LewTHburg byprofessioivat bust
ness in the Court of Appeals, we'
jihoulil be wanting in justice as writ
as friendship to that gentleman,
were wo to suffer public sentiment to
be forestalled, hv nnssiiitr u mint iced
a ilatemcut, w iiicli, had-lio himself
an opportunity of doing ao, we know
he would: promptly , reject as, in his
esti matirtn, widely varian t froul the
truth. . . With the. tfauc thus made up
between the parties, we have nothing
to do.rUur buinesi is' not to rcn
Iter a'Verdict; hot, to dojustice to an
aoseni man, uy fiuuiimiiic toxuenuu
Uc what we believe, to be his version
of that occurrence, lest, the truth of
that which has emanated from an
other sou rc, because , . Uudenied,
abdiild be deemed iindeniabis."
'vOf f tlie cnrrsnotidchco between
Mr. unmcr jinii ir.
Rives, as
will Very 'soon briti 1 the possession
ofthe public, we even now fe.tl a re
luctance tusay, any thing,' ' It wiU
ikpeak !( itself; and the public can
,1 ,ci'l lentn its t'll0r mid the Tacts
which it will develoue, whether Mr,
Giluicr merely coiopliuedf Mr
Rives injustice in niistmsting Lis
friendship, or demanded reparation ,
fur tbe wrong he hid done him, by
cliArginflf him with gross duplicity
And double deAling. . ,. ,
With respect loxthe Assault mAde
by MnCitmer iipoTrIrt:RTres, TthV
at&tcmeat wUicb ha been eubtttittnl -to
thp publk, differ very widely
from Mr. Gilmer . own acceunt of
tJie jMXurrence- It ia Alleged that h
not only committed upon Mr. Rive
tb IlAndoIpfi outrige,'' but actu
ally inflicted a violent blow, uhilat
he (Mrr R.) was yet in hii chair
and altogether unexpccUng the aU
iAirbecau8e Mr. Gilmer had risen,"
fur the purpose as he believed of lea v.
ing the room. Thi atatement having
been heard by Mr. Gilmer, before
he left here, he declared thet it was
utterly untrue: that he was sitting:
in his chair, immediately by the aide
of Mr Rives, when, after several In
effectual demands for acknowledg.
mem ot the wrong he alleged had
beeu done him, he told Mr. Rives that
naaaltcriiati ve waa left" hlm;but 'liT
pronounce that his Mr. R.s cohdurt
tawards htm, bad eenr that tr a hy
pocrite. that Mr. Rive Auirklv re,
torteil language equally- offensive,
aitd-tuat whilst ho, was uttering tlia
retort, both parties were simulta
ticnnslyrTlslrigoiat-theificA
tuUe or rising, when he flirt commit
This tlotic, Mr,. RJves coininenccd
striking' him with the butt end of hU
horsewhip, and inflicted-with it one
Or two slight blows; That whilst trdfTH;
waa (KtiMiug.ihe attemptetl ttvcrzo -ftr
Mr, (lives by.ihc-tOAtwith hii Icft
hand, but in doing ao, was so tinfayttfyff"
nate as to get his finger in Mr, Rivca'au:
mouth, a circumstance which resui-j
ted In the only injury that Mr. GiU""
mer received in the Affray, I; And l
atTegea, Whllit hif flnNf wai actaafesss:
ty uiidefgomgi iitost painful opcrr
"Jb.at . no.ltruc.k.Mr. Jtlvea twd
bldwa tn the ftc1'-
this with a: viewrof TxtriiaUng the-" "
luckless member. Having succeed
cd in this, he wrested the TiorseNvhiii
mm - at . m. .
lrRrres.hand,s:nd strucfi "inh?
or rather rut him several times, with
the sinajl end of it. They were then
seiaratcd. .J. . . . : 1- V, '.i .
, We . have mado this-' atatement
fiwu no other motive than a convict.
tion, that it is duo to Mr. Gilmer.
1 1 ts not our own version of tho
affair, " nor do we make it upon our
own resMusibiIity. T the best of v -i
"MtlrTMIcctio
Mr. Gilmer himself . He is absent r
from home, and we know. - not how !
Igyyie iayrf eiBafc
not, .unuer, sticii circutustAucea jt.vj.i r .
just to withhold from thu public his1 -;y '
account of sn mxurreiictv that flofi y i
regret more than ourselves. ; In jus "
tied to ;Mr. Riyea, we auhjoin the'
following article from the Chronicle:'" ;
LAgooddeal.i;AettAaliott4-waA---
I produced among the popleon our last C :
court.uuy, by a very unexpected and ,
loleitt assault, which was made on c
the iier8imfrfirSenatori MritTt
lives, by Thomas Wr Gilmer, orio' -
ftlio ue prescntativcs of our county
t seems .that "some; rutxespoiidciico ; ,
ad existed between thtra as totlio
character of their rclatlons.i:Mr.r .i
Riyes haying rankly told him of thi
circumstances, -which; had ?Uflwced ;' "'
a reluctantln ist'tist r"lilav fmndfV
proicssiaua, sutl Mr. uiliner i-equir. T -
ng him U ackowlcugc the Injustice of -
t hat mist rust; From the correspond . .
rtice, which" was read in our court, n
the jHtndenr y ofthe question, whether V .
they should be bound in recognizan- i
ces for keeping the peace, it spear' ,
etl that wr; Jiivrs had wi-iitcii tho,
ast Jcttcrj 1 wincji expressed ja-vcry-
temperate and unoffeiisive laiiguagfa' -
its , (leiermmatimi to close the. cor- - ?
rcspondeiice on his U. art, as Mr. .v
Gilmer' picviotH letter was, hide- ;
eiidriit ofotlieij. evidence, aloi e suf- .
ficicnOestimony of his utifi-lciidlygz,:
feelings towards him, and particular- ,
y as he had no right or iHtentioii tn
co i plain that he was not hisfiiend .
that having thus ascertained their k
true rclatiotis, and divested their lii'"ZZ'ZT!
tercourse of those delusive apjM'ar .
ances which might prove as injurntiS
o him, as thej ccrUmly wei e re due .
nant to his feeling, he had accom, '
plUTtcTlTie only bhjecl he had in view. .
Before the receplioii or Air. Gilmetr'a
last letter, it is true that Mr. Bivesr
proposed to . cqnyersQ switlv liim n
tho subject their ; difference, . buV:
that letter, and especiaUjr.hia reply
to it,auperci;dtjdtliincceaslty of'osjr -such
cob tki-XSwai-'i however, -
mctat ono yf ifitr tavei nt, And retir
ed to s rein( ll the"rnriiotj of tnU
ing over th? Vibj'-tt of tlieir rorre . 1
pondenct. At the close) - or llm
toiivertu!innriIrGtla.ir ' decanJ
ed that; 1 Jr. " " sbcjiltt 4aas 7
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