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-t-AV VVFV 1Cr?V "rV Vn'k rTTLTlTSS. 7V rw Ve?V V. .'.srta. rxr. . ' .. "- LT .: -'". - .v- ' i ' '- " 1 , - f ; ' ' ' ''' ; !- ' ----- 'V-'--; JuJ .NVA Carolina Guttle, rmmun, mn, it LAWItKXCK & LKMAY. ; ",' TKIIMS, ' . ifawairrij, bre dollar per annum one half in Su1crilx;ri in tther Stale ,nnot ba atljwcd la remain ii arrewi longer Ihm one rear, awl prraon i eaidrnl without tltia Sluts, -brt roajf deaire to heoome luUmi Uteri, will ba ttrictW rrmitren' in inv ilia whole a- knv(r!rwtiTS not exceeilma; hlleen luiei, MiwrtRil three time tor one dollar, and laer-ir-fl ve eenta for each enntiniianee. -ic'rrcai In the r!itnr matt be poit-jiaiil. . UiSlUTK Friday, June ZGth, The Convention having resolved itJ If into Committee of the --Whole Ir. risher m the Chair, on the 32d irticle in th'ijContitution, Mr. EDWARDS said, he had be - ivved Mima rellcction on the subject, ful it was !.qc to himself, to his coun- i Jrv; and to hi Creatr, to present the 1:1 ...I.:. I. i ...i a. -I . . i.. cw which leu iu me conclusion io, v pruniug uniier seieci, a paru hic.h he had come, The particular cular creed sanctify itbr a i)laco.io fc;idifictW wf tbe-Arricirtinitef 4eii4eelti erhiiDS-bejiccetttabU --tHCHvn )mj our ,ne was tree tj say, a less 4cesioi" totlvc liK'rlv otild not satisfy him. Mr. E. said, there was one sub- ret,'-more. than another, on which he rsirciHnar " usumle food or ojxm which :b'cr "fcff - 'it nperiously bound by the obligations 1 iluty an;l a sense of accountability Ire and herrnfler, to express I vis opin-' n, wit th becoming "frvedom it was liis. in tinvale Iile, it hau been his ilitt-inueed, be had prescribed it to niself as n law, to remain silent lieFUsTIgTous" tonics were discussed his presence; because, while he llaimed the riht of exercising and Injiiying his own opirion, he was Htmx nnoier;ere witn or become ?poirsibtrf ( rr'ln e'iplliioff u ptcacuv MinHHOll ltmaTloru a ttlT-" :rent course. The amendment he Iiould propose to incorporate nto our Cunstitutmn was one which, in i lirit of liberalism that would reflect nor;;dn.. o t-ntclaims troijrsdla2bwiw ijeet ,-tvt -aitrHabititiT'CX aing on account of diS'ereiices of imnioii in mutters of Ruliirjon, and lixwoims innMncttie-tiRatTrolHenl'umm irom ine Jjc"l)o unto others -as ye would honors, emoluments and distinctions tliatlWy should do unto you.". , Sir! vhich the humblest should be permit rhf should a line of discrimination ted to aspire to. The province of politi- exist? Vhy rstairt in your funda- uental law, a principle, which savours no strongly .of persecution and bigotry? A principle, which proscribes for opin- jiKuoeiirAcnt.ing a portion oi " iun ui ivnicinc, tuiiiinu lie commjinity and denying them an Mr." E. those inestimable rights qaul participation in the benefits of without which man would indeed be a iee government? Human institutions, said Mr. E. may torture the bodv mav sub e.rt tto the rackbut cannot enslave the iwid or contioiil its action. No fet- fis.ca.i hold it bound-even the ii-retched victim at the stake cannot . . . .. ... ... - te ueburred the nijjn pnvileEeJiolF?lli.u. oi oe so presuioptu- nuing out hislerveut asuiralions at id will ba so.in desnite of all human ia tltf..iid nl inupttf ;tl tlua miiaf Illations. And why? Because Be, who possesses the power of con- nitling alike the deMimes ot nations ml of individuals, has proclaimed by nitlterable laws, that the consciences f m-n shall ii-Vt be controlled in mat- ... . . r which concern their eternal ,wel- ire. Man's belief tah not be landed - the liberty of conscience is natural risht. t inviolable and in- lienable. Nor man, by. his engage - J nents with sotietvTca r absolve himself from fTie oblieation . frexerctseirfrc iramrTnihemscnarge oTZnfs iiuty his Goil77much Jes., :.can,-. Society xercise ..the power oi uispossessing im 01 11. Sir, said Mr. E v Imv nrnr.laim. JMsAcutH" aiiKuaie so clear an"d explicit that "he e a natural ami unalienable right 0 worship Almighty God according uie dictates of their own con- Icienre.", Is the provision in the l A rtii-Inconsistent with this de 'aration? 1 Is: there -not-a palpable ncongruity between 'the two? . Does pt the one cive universal scope to the rnnciples of toleration, and conform mrtiy . to the uatural r.ights ot nian? "d does not the other limit and re rict the - inestimable rights of con science? It disfranchises one portion I1' your cilrxens on i account of their UlilllfTlmiA . ... - I " t - ! 4 HAM.ltt t n f 1 others the uninterrupted eniovment 'all the right aecured under our free natitution. , " M T- litjl laa UfAA .. llmmi . A Ct- ill r hear bin nwn vnirA nn thia anViiort? Qt, in pursuinir the examination, he Noqld. frum th rpanprl ilna tn tha Convention, endeavor to . subdue Ida 'lins af much as possible. II le was jt a loss to conceive why this clause ever introduced into the Con- itution ke had . searched in vain for lte reasons but it is-there and it is r duty to examine the influence it great fundamental prtnriplexo: vu and - KeIi?ioa T.i- oerij. ue laid it down as an aiiom, which erjr wise gavernment should keep ateadilj in view that en Re ligion and political Libcrtj are wlttillr incompalible. 'that to blend Reli gion and Politics, would have the'fr tect to open the door wide to a onion of Church, and State and that Gov ernments, which all experience, shows pie, would eagerly seize upon every pretext to strengthen the arm of pow rr,-by-calling: to their -aid-the 'in-' I nil... . a atiiniie fanaticism of oihers oathe BuBj m 'of -Rcl ighin pj ajtittte wTtRtn-lheTFTeachT Thus, Sir, might bs tlrivised the most odiuus tyranny nnd?r which mankind ever cruaned. Where will tbe dividing line termin ate? If we ater If we exclude one sect to-dav. what sect will the reckless spirit, of i prociiption next assail? - By and by, lome other may become pqual If obntn- ious on -accouiit.oftb.ek. oarticular -immle of worship. Yes, Sir, once an- r" i.:r . .i . .' sub$Crib' to it, and make those oad-- vword for itr if--vr-riip4 Jiune sirall- come when the public-min i most into phrenzy, by the tricks of cunning zealots and heated fanatics, a disordered and distempered state of mar ensue that will shake to - Very'fouhTafib temple ot liberty itself. Sir, a svs- tern, based on the principle that the consciences of men and their faith in matters of religidn shall become an "air oi uovernment, cannot lon. be tolerated without a total enslavement 'of the ftitizen. . Let us not forget, said Mr. E. that hy retaining this article, we declare and establish, o'a particular inlen', one, only faith, a,s tlie true lairh, and u iy ucnounce inose wno no not inc pnvui-gcs ui our cumiiiiiit country. We -'subject them to the burthensand exercise's on flemmd--il-anem-4iieTiot1iaTeT7rttuc to discuss, could incident to our institutions, while we deny them the privilego of in the rewards. to wliich thn. -Verroctainrthara"rtarticular fath shall be the price of otbeethat all who do not conform to it shall be Cttl assemblages, he had thought, was to regulate the intercourse between man n,an and not between man and his maker. v poor and wretched creature, owe their orS'n tn a source much higher than any eartniy power their kinUom is not of this world, and he who invades hem usurps the prerogative of Deity. hose whd chose may darelaJjecome sponsors lor the souls of men for his L I... ..1.1 . ous he could not, if he would. In illlS UUUI PC LliCIIICIl L 111 TII3L (Il'Pail 1C. count which all must sooner or. later render, every one must answer for himself no government or individual Wl" Ulgu UB 'uuu lo propuuiie in ins behalt. Let the truths of the trospel uo ?4U'7 u,c prupenr oi sueinpi no shackles upon the mind, and you i t . .ti r rr . . 1 1 nee, ,ear UBllunS ,ru,n error, jl ruin eom-'ist"c mJ fair 'ntagonist of error. ntl the latter "may be safely tolerated w the former is left free to combat - '." sir, if forgetting this subhnie Iaw uiterainsncuaLlU opinions, we., .must ience: them ,", i violation, we must; coerce obedience by pain and penaltiea-a resort then mast, bi had to legislative enactments, and they, in time, may render-eccteni- e-t can be wc.ll,T qualified-to the favored , faith. He did not ' pre tend to the spirit 'ofurophecy,-but he was grossly in error, should this career be onpe begun, if " bigotry and fanaticism do not run riot, and if the most direful consequences o 4iot re sult Let the passions of men, en listed on this subject, once get" rftto your legislative hatlsand no oneTcan foresee the effects for ' all know -the uncontrolable properties of . religious enthusiasm. The only true way to keep Religion and Politics apart was to confer no peculiar privileges on' any one sect, but to extend equal protec tion to all. Tlie surest way ol bietid ing them, was to legitimate some sects and bastardize others, and thnf set an example bywhich. ll butone mightlo bnaity denounced as neriiicai. Mr. E. said all no doubt held in e- qual detestation hypocrisy in politics and reliirioa all were sensible that it was bad policro furnish incentives to its exercise. "But shall, we not' pro mote it by leaving on our- Statute hook a ffilded bait to ensnare the con of men! Shall such a blot be permitted to stain our escutcheon llLesdjftjiot iJioUJntomptati r ot our baviour. If we hold the prayer Mr. E.; asked,, if tlie gentlemen were notwareihat Uiis spirit of per- and among our Churches aye, even in me same unurchr Uo ther not ii n til a crl -j- a u, uukc iu naiu luucscrve u, me nignesi praise, sei was not Known. Un makin Tup- induce men to play tlie hypocrite, are But on a subject like this, he would not ther enquiries, he found that the'youtte we not laying temptations before them? .exchange the privilege of telling the lady's brother (a surgeon ) wasoe of Are we not, by the seductive influence truth, of speakmghis own sentiments the rescued people! and that they had of earthly honors, alicnatins their, af- freely and independently, for the nlan- left Li vernmil anil rnni tn rpiiili in th icciions irora tneir reatorr know, that among the members of one which have always" sustai BIlfflSliLsir-oftttbiett of deeTTXOTrvlcrto"riliAiIlaw.r aftdrital interest tlw-vrre-atrath sir the question had been seriously j agitated by one portion of this Church residing north of a certain line wnemer meir Brethren, members of the same Church, should not be excluded , tthi8 " Stefemd.ln. fwnliiTntf to the noareat 1. ern country?, rVjes,' fore entitled ine to their confidence. ly hanoened to be a- surireon'a. ' He from the Communion table on ac-.in count of a peculiar description of pro- perty winch they hold thus tendering tahem4he-altematrrc ora surrender of rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution and laws of their country; Sir,-we shou id not dtaTIClbttiOk6tSS? ise-eTittrffi'aTllH question wmcn threatens to shake to no tcij iuuuuuuu me uiiiuit ui inec State?, ins been ; girjwily:m ffiom one. such are tiie truits of a ptriHf iwcfltio et us beware then, lest we altord en- cnuragemeht to it, by countenancing Jjy : - .- -----...- :. - Vr- But he took bolder ground. He de 1 nied that it belonged to or became any" Mr. E. also read the preamble to earthly power to impose shackles on the the Act of Religious Toleration, writ- consciences of men. He denied that it couiu oe required 01 them s a duty, to. interfere with the relations between CSod and his own creatures. On this sub- ject, he felt, no responsibility to mere man; and sliouldT. the Impious "aiffempt be made to despoil him of his rights in j this respect, as much as be loved North Carolina, he could never refer tho vo- taries of freedom to her as an example Li wtirthr-ofTnrrtatton I repeat, said Mr, E this is a nues tion which my own inclinations wiwld I have passed it by consistently with the dictates ot"duty.; - OentlemeTisay that this provision in the Constitution i t 2- TTT.-r.-I-rnr ' -j-r rTT" " -1- " - t is w imomxiinci-m Ks praeitcai opera-, tion that it is a dead letter a mere brutum fulnem and harmless. If this be true, L it ; certainljr doesliot become iis ai a grave Assembly engaged in the important work of revising our funda mental law of prescribing'rules of con duct, not for to-day or to-morrow, but for all time I hope to let it remain there as a false light to mislead and deceive our fellow-m 'n. If it be anu biguous in its import, let us asrc.r t'airi its itieaningand render it so plain that all may at once understand it. But if, on the other hand, it conflicts with the great fundamental princi ples of Dublic liberty, do not the hifrh behests ot public duty and love of,a a iw leweiB, maue ner way to country demand of us to efface it en-Acre, took her passage in a ship bound tirelv? AVoulil it not be a holy work I for England, landed in London and to scatter it in fragments to the winda of Heaven? At to quilfications for office Mr. E, said, he had but one rule. He held the doctrine sound, that man is capa ble of self-government that he is the best just judge of his own interests. lie was not atraid to trust the people to choose their own agents. - If moral or religious disqualifications exist in candidates for office, they are compe tent to discern them. Fanaticism may for a moment delude, : but tlje people will, when reason resumes her emj)ire, and they are called npon to act definitively, burst the chains which blrul them aod aonno nee that decision which is b?st tilCTlated -tfladvanee their wo interest ntt -promotell cl r own happiness so - long as the public mina is eievaieu aoove me misi anu clouds brrpassibn and prejudice and set free fr'omlhe thraldom of bigotry and intolerance, we-have some securi ty for the perpetuity of our free insti- shai preram e to -sajJ hat idtfeni; hwgrgr'1ittaTttftii 'mcntj or distin guished his abilities shall not, if he entertain particular religious opinions, participate in the oiuces ot the coun try that Government is far behind the age in whickjwe-live, and has yet to learn the true principles on which de pend the equal rights of man, Mr. E. said, he had understood since lie came ncre, mai me puouc mind was gre y agitated on this sub ject: and that, in some counties, the . a a t . excitement bordered aimosi on pnren sy. " He had been vhoWy ignorant of this, and he still thought gentlemen were mistaken; he had hoped that there was but one opinion as to the proprie ty of expunging from the Constitution this foul stain on our character. These feeling are bat- momentary impulses thev will soon cive way before an en lightened public opinion the halluci nation will soon be dispelled by the liirhts of reason and truth. But It be came them to throw themselves into the breach, and stem this mighty cur rent of nomitar delusion if, indeed, it existed. For one, he was willing to breast it.- No one prized more highly than he . did. the approbation of his tion, he regarded a his highest re- dltt Of the World. hat is that nun. ... - i . ularitr worth which- is obtained by a sacrifice of principle and conscience? constituents I will throw myself up- on that libemlitv ami in(MH;,-onr ned ' ir.e I hi fehould they then demaml the sacrifice, I trust I have too much respect for them and for their rights not to .be ; 'prepared for it. I shall have left to it. I me the consolation of knowing; that. the discharge of the duty confided to me, I Jiave taken counsel only from my own head and heart-and- above which I cannot be deprived, that I have not yiolated that divine nrccent Jidi8 not lent recently looked into Vattkl on tht ,u meci -an anproveu ami stantiaro ty the subiect "bfIntematinnut Law;: occupies in this life, lie would detain the committee but a moment to read a giotis toleration.1 ten by Thomas Jefferson than whom, lr. K. said, there never lived a man more devoted to the cause of liberty or the rights of man. This Preamble, he could saj with truth, contained his own sentiinents, Mr. E. then submitted his amerid- mcnt m effect allowing freedom of worship and of speech in all matters of Religion and forbiddinz acts of licen- Uf - . - - 9z. - 1 8 " r-TT- luousnessriou -praeittet - tuconsisrent with the peace j.njjLafiJyf-rteTaTeTlTrat became of the mate, but could iTTetate to be continued.) From the New York Tranierlpt of July 15. Roniants in liwl JAfti Most-r all !of our readers must have heard of the fFmahtic epTsode iiilfhe loves and jives of the parents of the celebrated Thonj as A. Becket, Archbishop of Cariter burybeingnolesaJ& circumstance than that the father of the Archbishop went to fight the Infidel Saracens in the Holy Land, and while there he' was wounded, taken prisoner, and was nursed by a young female pagan, who like most -young warrior nurses fell in love with the object of her attentiou and solicitude-. After the elder Beck et sailed from the Holy Land for Eng land, she became absolutely inconso lable at his departure, and a short time afterwards she secretly left her father's house, with , a little money UUhoueh she could jifttapeak-a--wtml of the language, except the name of tlie being she loved, and only knew a part of , this, -viz: that his Christian name was Thomas, she went crying ihat word through the streets ot the great city until she found 7 hinS soon after which" they" married. "Singular as the above story seems, we have to record one to-day almost equally sin gula and romantic. Sometime in the course of the last year, as ona of our fast sailing Liverpool vessels was drop ping do w the Mersey, with a fair wind and tide, for New .York, the hands on bnard observed a small sail boat in the river astern of the ship, con taining a party of pleasure, - which; was opseTTDya squau. ino Binp a varus were Dr&cea rouna, jieriopsaus upac' ed, and a boatlowcred, winch m ad e for the party in: the water. 1 hey were all rescued except a young lady, who &ffiuit.ioM nad tr 1101 been tor the watchfulness and intrepidity., of the mate of the ship, who ..instantly jump ed into the fore diainsdroppcif into the water, swam to the drowning girl, and being a' strong yffungjman,p- ported her until tlie boat took them both up. She Was taken on board the ship (which was hove to) until she re- covered, when the rescued party were ultimately landed. - btrange to say the parties all separated without the name of the Vessel, or any of her peo ple being made Known to the res cued parties; and 'the ship was Boon under way for New York,; On her return to Liverpool, the mate who was a fine, handsome fellow, and who had not failed to observe, during their short acquaintance, that the' lady, he had rescued was very beautiful 'wos man thought it might not be so much amiss to endeavor to find her nut, and enquire after her health. With this object in view, lie hurried over a file of old Liverpool papers, and discovered on su.ch a day, 1 834, a party of plea sure in "a sail boat, including Miss Mary , had been rescued trom a watery grave by the crew of a ressel bound out; but as some 40 or 50 tes- becoming separated Irom the rest, was carried down the rive'r by the rapidity ed the wme day, the name of the res-1 i verm ninntrv. II li'it.im.l l..o r K sence front the ship, and without any chart or compass tosteer br, he mount toward Warrington. He had not nr - o,l,l i,,ir ,t.. -.: i.Qr- is horse to ,k jKriiiUiW4JlV.H lay some , days in a critical state, and the first object that met his vision on regaining his senses,' was the form of the fair Mary above, alluded to, seated by his bed-side bi thing his tetnplfs and officiating as his nurse. S!ie blushed deeply on perceiving that he recognized hcrr ant liastilr leaving the room, sent in her brother and. an older (bit less agreeable) female mtla1a Finding him still too weak to O - 1 wiTh friends, deeply" f,ienm-epTyse in.!i?Pt,c.!)..e8S JJo,Junu.j.adwSo were ! but too happy to have it in their power twg:flri18P-liHi sound sleep they left him. Ha awoke very late the next Jay much refresh ed j bnt as neither his . host nor the atr' masfe theljr jpyajnejexAeiiy qutr'ei forithciiiv anil learnt, that they had both been called np in the night, and had cone some distance to attend the dying bed of a near relative. Not thinking it necessary to ex plain to . the old nurse, ha did not state to her who he was, but waited anxiously for the -appearance of Mary, .wJ.)em be ,Jml.already..bcgaiLio.Aiiil,jin interest for. The next day he was surprised by the visit of his captain, who stated that the horse had found its way-back to tlvo 4i very table witb- to tnVlsMiw&ehanrie out not until that very days he had heard at an inn that a young sailor had been hurt, arid was IrfajgtMfT v -Tlie captain added," "that the ship had been tod d en ry- brd ere d t o sc ar -bad taken in her carsn, and was ready to sail with tliat afternoon's tide. There being no time to lose, the mite wrote a letter to thestirgedhf"w1iicii he left unsealed on the table, and in which he said all that was necessary, including an intention to revisit them on bis next voyage; a carriage: was procured, and he, thou'rh feeble, went to Liver pool, and that evening sailed in bis oM essel for New York. 1 he quer left by-the male, unfortunately ""war never received by those lor whom it was intended, being, as was supposed. obtained, read and destroyed by a young lawyer, who had made Mary an offer of marriagi', and been, refused, bat who still visited the house. Thus on their return home, Mary and her brother were still; withotheLeaaL cTuTtoUie'Uocal habitation or name" ot their preserver, with this exception, that the lawyer, in the course of an incidental conversation, had snecring ly observed, that the mate was 'a poor mean Yankee," but denied knowins his uame. V Mary fretted - and - pined away, and at last took to her bed, for almost unconsciously she had become deeply attached - to tli(T sailor: ucr ill nens assumed at last a serious charac ter,; and- it : being evident that she would hot survive unless she again saw the object of her affections, her brother fat her urgent request took ship for North Amnca, anj landed in'Bostem.rfewdaji'aoTwhpce ibje3rjscitm.ft'' ftn'io'iitis'.'titiiiaiiil. niKht. ine passage, and the nope ot meeting with the otle she - loved,- re j stored -her to xomparatire iicalth and strength, and' they put up at a private boardinz house in 1'eari street. Itius had Mary travelled -double, the dis- JanjoL. Bjickctinotbcrr!ithottt ot her beioyed. 111 . ine mean tune me mate arrived at New York, was transferred to the command of a mer chantman in the southern, trade, Was cast awayfelPiltr Tote liTLurope, his letter miscarried ho sailed him self for England, went to the surgeon's house was told all about Mary, and that she had sailed : about seveu days for Boston. He took passage in the first vessel, came on to New York, and without knowing that they were in the house, actually put up at the same plac. and slept beneath the same roof with Mary and her brother on Sunday night. In - the morning when he descended to the breakfast table where he found the family al ready assembled, the first object tfiat a I - 1 ik. ... met i view of? cuicriniuxw" wa4 the lorm ol the lair traveller. She saw his face, uttered no exclama- t'tnn l.,.f am-iiriir fi-nm her apst toward him, and would have fallen had he not rushed forward and caught her in bis arms, exclaiming, "Good God ! 'Mary is thatiyou?" as she fainted away. When she recovered, mutuat explana tions and greetings took place," and we are haonr to'say, that they were mar- fternooirnd iet o JT end the honev moon at Albany, and by this time, .doubtless know ona another as well as ' though 'they had bceu acquainted for yearft. - - ';..?. . . Mobile, Ala. July SO. Outrageous .ibduction of a C'hild.-r Thia community, have perhaps never the sama evening to ep JiexiMrttexcittttraged than it - was the day belore yesterday by the intelligence that a child of one of our duction were not generally and fairly Known until about II o'clock in the morning of that day. About that time an alarm of (ire had been 'riven, wliich had called out the several fire compa- mes, and a ronsruerable number of the citizens of the place. The lire which had caused thio alarm was easily and speedily extinguished. Information was then commtftiicated to tmr of "the-" fire companies that a child of Dr. Ges nard. five or six rears of acre, had been Btolen by on of his (Dr. ti'si brothers thi ilitii ilihumao I atia lia ,1 another brother, that for"lAirv 'thou- el" """ '"ptirentsrand ""nn4esanhl'"ran-'rr" if more. ' Itrvms-farttier statcd " that the agonised father had consented to redeem his boy in the nuhner pro Tars, which- vras Tfu . brother who was " acting" as 'mediator " was at that moment at the Mobile Bank receiving a part of thjsj;aSuaom money. r The company to which these facts were . made known immediately repaired ia a body to the Bank, seized the brother they found thcre. and bore him aar to a place of secret confi ncment for exV : ahiinatioii. -TTliTsone securedv'. it was next resolved to make sure of two 0 ther brothers, who, if not actually in the plot, it was ..feared would tominu ni ca te i n t elli iencef-r.tlietoTimjm " tITatweregnmjonio thefliaiVtliaf was absent with the child, and thus thwart all further effjrts far its recovery. The citizens of the place had by this time become generally informed of the facts;-anifcihor very grat, hail become universal; In " a hhort tim V'tind at short intervals; the other two brothers were found anit" -taken into custody.- In the meantime el- measurea-lind - fcen"ta ke n"wrth the first that was seiz.ed as extorted from him a confession of his knowledge of the hiding place of the absent" bro . ther and child, lie solemnly promis ed, on condition of his lif' being spa red - himr tha t h e- would - se a 1 1 -1 h e- -means in his power to1 rescue the child aih?e.whtca lie believed could . be. tlona. . by allowing the brother who bad borne him off to escape also with his life, af ter surrendering up the child; suno' he had been assured i( he brought any other persons with him, the life of the boy should be saenhced on the instant. 'he necessary arrangements were soon inaile for thejiursuit; but by thia time the populace, exasperated ai me unnatural act of barbarity which had been committed, had assembleiftn such great numbers around the prison, mani festing, too, such a spirit of vengeance and indignation at the outrage, that its-was -coosidrrel utisafe -to-take -the individual, who had promised to act as their guide, out from his con finement until the crowd could be dis persed. -As the first step; to accom plish this end, the City 'lroop and the Guards, . who had been called out , shortly after the excitement' began, were dismissed, and ' the assembled citizens were reaui'steir by the com-. mamler of the-eavarry-compntiyrin an- aitrie1eeF:itF' their homes and leave all tartlicr pro- ceedings ila aipartyliif ii tizena l tliatl. had taken the matter for the-prescnt A into their own hamls- The request was complied with, though not with- '. out some apparent reluctance. : While , the rowa8. an, a small loW-pressuire boat that runs - remarkably still, was chartered, and eot in readiness for. the expedition, : . - Just arternighliklVhe party with their guide embarked on the boat and ' left tlie city, for the place designated, which was some fifteen or jweoty J. miles up the Mobile river. . Yesterday morningat sun-rise," the boat returned and joyful to relate; , with the stolen child in safety 1 he joy of the parents! especially of the lather, who was awaumg snuouoij io return of the boat, can be better imag ined than painted. As the boat reach- - - ed the wharf, the child was held up to; ' t the view of the father, when in the - ' rapture et his fecliogs he fell on his knees and gave thanks to God. .To . .t ' 1, .1 . .. A. . those wno naa witnessen nis agony inei iltfy previous,thia scene lather, embracing his lost boy, was realty af- (ectingbeyond all description. W he- . ... ther the brother that , acted as me- . diator and guide on this "occasion, and 1 ' the one who committed this strange and atrocious theft, were allowed to " , ' escape, or what was or is to ' be their, fate, is more than we can fully ascer tain. Certain it is, they were not brought to the city by the reiara boat, ':"v -"-';'--f -'-.'- ';,,.-.,. "."'.,.;. m Trr-
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 20, 1835, edition 1
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