;I0.33
HALEIGH, IT. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEimJEIl 10, 1035
VOX-.Z2VI
JL '.
T;OTllS J. XEMiY.
TKItMS.
L.ieTiJ. three riolUrt per inngn
c"' . . " ai. '.k... I'.,....
tnt kd (llawol tn remain in erreare longer
hn injf lre l bteoine eubtei-iberiJ
he flrtciijf mjnir in imj n
nv ' . . .11. A r. -
f rteiTtiirre timet Tor one dollar, antl ei.7
li,t'ill ,nr ec enniwiimiee.
: in the Kilitwt null be pod-paid.
-. .)KBATK
r. C.VUSON, of Burke, said, that
t i a . i r..
uiV Dern connneu to ma room lur
ml daVi uy'inuisposiuon, ana iear
return of his sickness, he wool it)
himself of the present opportu-
sto submit a few remarks on the
Cfiun under discussion and they
J necessarily be few on account
s physical prostration,
U. mud, that he hail not antici
I on his arrival here, that there
be any difference! ot opinion on
vuhiect. He. thoniht the aire.we
S the debate had, .taken, bad unde-
he had heard mentioned, why
lau -e should not be stricken from
opt,ratiottit-4ldn'harin. lint.
l)se we permit it to remuin where
nnd Jhus virtually re-enact it, will
titinue long mnonousr
lhall not, Mr Chairman, said Mr.
ti into history to draw thnce any
usions, but shall base myself on
(eat Jfii MdrnentaLiight -1 am. the
lure of God, and to that Uod I am
Intable. Who can interpose be
Iv my conscience and its Almighty
or? If any man can convince me,
lie is to be made responsible for
()nuuciofLrar.jn ai)a.i.aia.ciMiae-
. .- .. . v . ....
tly released from personal ac
ability -then I may acniTesce in
Rel igwu tests But u Btilo-t.
leil, I go for striking out the whole
r. C. said he had heard some een
fen.say,jin ooi-ior converaauon,
they felt themselves instructed to
againstany alteration of this arti-l
JNo man believed more implicitly
himself in the right of instmc
lipn Ipcitimatelv exercised. . In
vcwynut main I i v. wvmiv. ...
tactions and would oDey tnem; out,
inn permit n one 10 prcsunuc a
of action for him in religious mat-
except such godly persons as he
t-chose-'to--onsuU-for ptritoal
cation. No man should presume.
icfate fo li'im as to what Church he
Id attach, himself to, Whe nee
any man derjve this' right? Had
one been instructed by his Uod,
struct any delegate here? No
y authority certainly, could con
ch riarht. Of all the instructions
ht heard of, Mr. C. said, this in-
lion about Religious restrictions
flie most ridiculous and absurd!
C. said, he had not attached
If to any Church, lie had his
ences. arising nowever, more
thejnfluence of education, than
rrligrious feeline. It might, be,
kome (lav he should attach himself
lie Catholics. If so, and there
A he anv thinz in the Constitution
i7w1u?h gave him birth; anl
h hsd in some degree honored him,
Iwoalil prevent him irom aspiring
i ...
Sice, he should inueeu miu..ii
i . . .
Bat he protested again and
pose between hi in and his fllaRer,.
conclusion, . Mr- CL saul,-if this
le were" retained m the constito-
Irt its' pre seiridiape7her should
against its ratification, he did not
how beneficial the remaining pro-
in- v... . -in ir nie vntro.
ld J5ai.hardby W":
e of denouncing an Article so
Icommr the snint of the age inr
li .7 w
n we live.
r.-COOPER said, he could not
Wsjseat and refrain from giving
pws on the subject. Our good
Constitution had been standing for
f than 50 years, without any inter-
'oa -this article had Deen a ueaa
rand there was no use now in
aling it The notions of gentle-chatigej-
the older they get," the
r they get but we ought certainly
"rd against anv. thine calculated
inharrass our liberties, -s He did not
7" hot there was some as honest
Pn Catholics as any other religion,
I k l. r f ill
-"ch ne lounu one, ne wuuiu
" and take him ,by the hand
" the Drotectineof this one. we
'" uxe care we don't let in a tuou
J dishonest ones. , The Roman
lic is the very ofTsnring of a des
j 9ur fathers saw the necessity of
I article and placed it where it is.
J knew what a Roman Catholic
nd was afraid if they didn't put
tuin of tliili sort in, they might
H ...... .. .
. "ier nave a harrier trinfl than
l jost got out of. .';'-
f.faid Mr C. we. had better let
it is. The neonlaare we 1
i i
apprised that this irttcleUiulheenwheMiAest scats on the Judicial i
I : r i.i .. I.
UittQAaa,,ittejf,i,oi4,w nem agree-
to have it blotted out. Take it out.
and the people will say that the Con
vention has usurped power, and wants
to bring oppression on them and seize
their liberties. There were some hon
est men among the Catholics, bat
while we know thedoctrine is & dan
gerous one, we ought to exclude them.
He was willing to acknowledge, that
among the Catholics of this State
there vtmrTfttWnf-wenlfr Ben Wurmen
had nothing to do with thig question
we should decide it on principle, broad
ftiinclole.' ! '"" : ' Mr '-""
was noTone gentleman ui a hondredtand"disorderafhiFreTici-Rertl
that-wanted this article touched. He
Sftatir6TnmMn6reUHl'Tf. and
called upon the other Delegates to do
so likewise. If the people find out
that the provision is more hostile to the
Roman Catholics than they imagined,
they can call another Convention it
is not - so much trouble to amend it
again, the people ainoi want 10
step between a man and his Creator,
and would no doubt rectify this matter;
But they did not expect this Conven
tion to touch that Article, and he hoped
it Would riot be done.
Gen.-WELIiBlUN ' hoped there
ttik irGcle of tWePCanstitotW ;thrr
view.. At the same troe tha 1 v ' J it
to be so amen(lfd.a4ou4 t Wuflice
Clmstlafts 'of every denomiaatiori, he
was unwilling (o strike out those parts
of it which prohibited Athelsls and
Infidels from having any thing5 to do
with the Administration of 'the Govern
ment. Considerable, excitement he
said, existed in some parts of the counr
try, and fears were entertained that
some mischief -might-arise from dorm?
away this article. He hopedthere
fore, that some respect would be paid
to public teeting, and that no more of
the article would be struck out than
was deemed necessary.
Mr COOPER said,- he would, be
glad that those who wished this article
of the Constitution to be amended or
expungedxo4dd-greejunonglhera?.
selves as to the manner of effecting
thcir:bject."1ie dtdlittr'wlsirto" see
a single. word of. it changed- He wish
ed to keep out of oflice all those which
this'section guarded against. He had
been told bx3,-Per0Ovho hearaa
ivainoiic say, iimi u inane ui uiuci-
ence to nan wnemer ne swore on me
Xeio TtHament or a Spelling Bookl
He did not think that such men ought
to be trusted. He said that there had
been a great deal of blood shed about
Religion, and he waa airam, tins
section were expunged, there would be
more He d tit not care how wise men
were, if they did not agree with the
general opinion in religion, they ought
to be looked alter. . -
Dr. SMITH said, from the situation
he occupied, in relation to the subject
under discussion, he found it necessa
ry to express his opinion upon it. It
was well known, that, for years past,
the ainendmentof the Constitution had
been a matter of discussion among the
people, especially in the Western part
of the State. At the last session of
the General Assembly, certain amend
ments were proposed, and the people
were called upon to say whether a Con
vention should be called to irame ana
devise specific amendments to the Con
stitution, and propose to meir discre
tion several other matters for conside
ration,- amongst which was the amend
ment of the 32d Article of the present
Constitution. ' . '
Whence, aslftd the Dr. did this sue
..i..9 Wkn nritrinatei! it? Did
CBltlfll Ol Wtl , . w. .p ...
th,eonlai lares veaflsfor ilWas
ihnre miv nuhlic meetina held upon the
subjetVrahy xprsMt-o4h-w-iM
of iVr people
voluntary Wof some onerAnd
he expressed his uawiUingness to med-
.. i ju. I
die with this section, he spoke the
sense of his constituents, it was wjw
ius count-;
vote tor me uonveuuon.
It is, said he, an agitating question)
but as it became necessary to enquire
whether any amendment was necessary
to be made to this article, it would be
necMsarv to look at the Constitution.
The 19tu article of our Bill f Rights
declares "that all men have a natural
n.: unalienable risht to worship At
mighty God according to the dictates of
their own conscience. .- wou uc nyum
go ai far as any onelo iecure to every
man mis rigm. " "" - -
into society, he has to surrender a por
tion of his natural rights. What says
the S 1st article of our Constitution?
"No tlergiman or preacher of the Gos
pel, of any denomination, shall be ca
pabie oi being a merauer vi "v
Senate, House ot Commons or Coun
cil of State, whjle he continue! Itf ex
ercise of the pastoral function. ' We
... h this article, that a class of men.
perhaps better qualified than any othtjr
to perform the dutiesf office, are ex
cluded. But Dr. S. denied that any
u'..nkml heen debarred of his natu
ral rights by the 52d article. Who,
he asked, had been denied office under
it? Have the Catholics been exciuuear
They had not, they had held seats m
the legislative Hall and had occu-
. . . ... I
' When we take into view the natural
rights of man, are there do other rights
as well as the rights of conscience?
Where are the rights of persons and
liberty? Do theynot stand next to our
duty to God? These hypothetic opin
ions, he said, formed excellent themes
for declamation. No scruple was made
some days ago in baaing away the rem
nant of libertyjiossessed by the free
cot6re3t people. TDr. Smith referred to
the 54th section of the Constitution to
shew, that every nun i entitled to a
free exercise of his religious opinions.
tion
during
the
reign of Danton and
erre.
It"wa8"'lrue7ne
Uhat the 3 2d article of the Constitution
was at present useless it was a dead
letter but the time might come when
it would be needed, and he trusted it
would never be used until some great
emergency should arise. This article
had been in existence nearly sixty
years without being called into-exercise.
The present excitement in his
part of the country could not be judg
ed of by persons at a distance) it was
I .1 i ? .1 I a . ' 4!
sucn as to nave prejuoga jnjejijuesuun
and such Is could not be easJrojrejc J
Tie wished: this ectIo?t6$beTlaidi
aside'as Sleeping Thunder, to be calj
edju pji hi y-wheece8sary"1tf defeat
some "deep laid scheme of mbition.r
lie would prefer for this purpose keep
ing the Constitution as it is. The peo
ple in his county were opposed to ma-
. n -i.i
KingTiiiy great innovauons on uiu
Constitution, and he lid nojt like to
thwart their views. " He should fear
much, if this 3 2d. article was disturb
ed; the-1 Constitution, as amended,
Hi therefore called on the friends of
the amended Constitution, not to agree
to any-amendment of minor impor-
. 'I ' J 4 1. -
tance wnicn migni inuuce me peupic
to reject the Constitution as amended.
-tiovernor a aixn aisiiKeu to eep
the Sleeping Thunder of this section,
ffts the gentleman from Orange termed
rule Js useainLBproe cinergencjjiere
after ; He dul i not .Jjke to leave, jtjn,
iR'e"KimaV-Tf"nen in- power who might
hereafter abuse it, by "
-"IWIinir riamnilion wnftd ihe ld, '
'Oa all they deem "d their foe." .... .
GovernQtJJRANCJLjaiiUiiiLliear
ing that the question on this 3 2d arti
cle would probably he tanen to-aay,
he had come to the House, though in
disposed, to give his vote upon it
The framert of onr present Constitu
tion, considering the circumstances un
der which they acted, deserved great
credit for their labors. . It .was true
that they did not go quite far enough)
but underit pur Jtate badl attained a
high character both at home and abroad.
He believed with the gentleman from
Orange, that the "obnoxious portion of
the article had been inoperative but
this Convention having been express
ly charged with the consideration of
the subject, it ought to be expunged
from the instrument as being unwor
thy to remain in it. Our Constitution,
he believed, was the only one in the
Union which had retained in it any
thine like religious persecution. If
the whole of this section were stricken
out, heljouftTnot Tjelievelt would be
much regretted by any of our constit
uents; but he had no desire to do more
than was deemed necessary. He came
here to co-operate "with the friends of
Reform in order to fix our Representa
tion on a fair and firm basis, lie did not
meato enter at large into the question
as to the preference which ought to be
given in favor of one faithv over annth
er. - He wished to see Religious opin
ions of every description free from all
restraint. - He could not believe with
might-deem-it necessary to ma .n
t1"ia nrfirU. would nroduce any shock
WIKU HSV.w.vj. -. " J
on'the feelings of arty considerable por-
Uo.of.th people. no! thi &tate -lie
beircvedWia
ment had been produced on the minds
of the people,-" it would be necessary
only to communicate to theni more cor-
rect iniormation on me auujccu i wi
der to rectify the erroneous impres
sions into which they have been led. ,
'i Mr G RU D UP saidr as he should be
called upon to vote on th'u question be
fore the Committee, he thought it ne
cessary to give some of the reasons
which would govern his vote. No man
C6ttldJliold"thrrTghts'bf conscience
more sacred than he did. He believed
the article in question had been con
sidered as V perfect nullity, and had
therefore done no real injury to any
one. Liberty of conscience has on all
hand been considered as an unaliena
ble right. No Government can inter
fere between roan and hi Maker.
Mr. Cr said he made i distinction be
tween partial and complete toleration,
and took a pretty general view oi me
of Rel Uon in different con nines.
All the institutions of thin country, he
said, acknowledged tlie truth of the
Christian Religion and whoever im
for an amendment of this article, his
jfeBebasa
pedes its progress, is consiuercu a im
peding the happiness of man. :
Mr. C. said. Uiough he came to the
Pnnr.nlinn with an intention of voting
intention Lad been somewhat staggered
by the arguments used ih fatw of -'the
measure. IVor did he think the true
merits ot the questidn had yet been
touched.;' "T""T - S
It had been remarked by the gentle
man from Orange, that the Convention
must be careful how it approaches the
article in question that the passions
of the people are excited, and . thai the
ratification of the Constitution would
be hazarded by. meddling with it.hT
Mr. Crsaidne eniertaineda high
respect for - public opinion, but he
should think that it would br ge'ttCral -ly
admitted that no professing believer
of Christianity ought to be excluded
Conxx iicigiMMaii
as
unwilling q,t&,,
With the gentleman from Halifax
(Judge Daniel) he believed the Pope
of Rome possessed no temporal pow
er, exceot over a small province of
Italy, lie had therefore no fear of his
temporal, power., encroaching - on this
country. Indeed, the despots of Eur
rope would at all times keep him in
check.. - .
Mr. C. did not believe that Popery
wai"changed.""Hri.)eHeved it would
continue an unit, and, be the same.
He knew that it. hatL. been an- opinion
long, urged againsi the CUitlMrficawf ihM
countrytijat wey .jieiu- prinwpes-in-imvcai
to fre Uavermthtr bufc'nolhi
ing pf 'lhis kind had eiter been ubs taOf
tiated against them; and (acta were the
besLcvidencitia iheirrfavorrrM iv C
then adverted to the persecutions
which the Catholics had undergone in
different parts of Europe, and espect
.11iT-TTUirA:-3:-5 -
BIST is aivinuui
- - The spirit-of the- agef aaid Mr. C.
calls aloud for more liberal opinions
nn Ihu snViiprf itf ItflimntK T.il)prlv.
He had hoped that,thetinie.iiad pass
ed'for Tnteftaining any fears from
Popery in this country, ihe liiole
Societies of England and America had
done much in enlightening and libera
ting the public mind on the subject of
Religionm allpafts. .oOhjC.wond
The only proper mode of meeting
the efforts which are said to be now ma
tin!? br the Catholics in the-Yallev of
the MwaissbpLjind-el
8pr?ad.tb.eirJoctrjncvJ
testants ot all sects to become more
united amongstthemselves; By doing
away all petty division and strifes,
and exerting alt their moral influence
in support of -the great d octriiite s o f th e
Reformation, they would then have
nothing to fear on the score of their
Religion. i ,
Mr. C. concluded
with expressing
his belief that trreat nreiudice and ex-!
citeinent existed on this subject, which
it would require some time to allay.
Mr. MACON said, . he took, the
broad ground that man vm alone res
ponsible to his Creator for his Reli
gious faith, and that no human power
had any right to interpose in the mat.,
ter, or to prescribe any particular opin
ions as a test of fitness for office. -If a
Hindoo were to come among us, and was
fully qualified to discharge the duties
of any office to which he might aspire,
his Religious belief would not consti
tute an objection, in his opinion, why he
should be debarred. Who made man
a judge, that he should presume to in
terfere in the sacred rights of con
science? He had always thought that a
mixture of Politics and Religion was
the very essence of hypocricy.
Mr. M. said, that some gentleman
had expressed the opinion that this Ar
ticle, as it now. stood, could do no
harmi Who can tell to what the spirit
of proscription, on which it is based,
may lead. A spark may fire the world.
Events push each other along, and one
passion, out serves to enkindle another;
So far as he was individually concern
ed, it .mattered - not what provisions
wereiacorrjorated.inJherConsdtntion;
His i liine had most coineBut this Ar
ticle was the only feature- in the old
Constitution which he had ever heard
objected to. out of the Statet and the
objection was alwayacmipled
. . . .i i . e.j .... i . .1
nave got lootnoid in a sute wnere tne
principles of Liberty were so well un
derstood. There were times, when a
man, if a true Patriot, must stake him
self for the good of his country. The
present was a crisis of that kind.
When pur country was in distress,
said Mr., M. in our Revolutionary
struggle, we applied to Catholics for
assistance, and it was generously ex
tended. Without foreign assistance,
we never should have; achieved our in
dependence, i . ,, . ;
Mr. M. said a part or the Article
re'errcd to Atheists. He did not be
lieve there ever was an Atheist, what
ever his nation or his color. It was
impossible for any man to look at him
self, at the water, at the animal and
vegetable kingdom, at the Sun, Moon
or SUrsrwithout acknowledgiBg the
existence of a oar. at tit cause."
What gave rise to the first settle
ment in North Carolina? The persecoi
tions in New England and Virginia.
New England, to use the language of
a great man, was settled by the Puri
tans of the Puritans Virginia wal set
tled by Episcopalians. These two
States never had any intercourse until
the Revolution. This goodly land, we
inhabit, wai discovered by Catholics.
Should not Wis fact occur to us when
we talk aboat disrranchisihff thc"rti?
lo him it appeared too plain a ques
tion to argue, thatjtvery- maa way
worship uod according f the
die-i
.
tates of his own conscience. But it is
a practical denial of its troth to de
bar a man Jront oluce, because he may
entertain tertain Religious opini.ns.
There was one member, of this Con
vention whose father had been inhu-
marrl-rmnrdered dv" the TTiirles in our
Revolutionary ' struggle he begged
pardon for tiie allusion, but it was
history-i-afid ihallit'ue5 said,' tWat KU
son, baptised, as it were, in the blood
of his father, is unworthy a seat in the
32gfaatul5nSu
r .. t. . ."...1.1
no cenman woti w- iay tnis, i ne
Christian . Religion was founded on
good will and peace to man. Exam
ine the Redeemer's sermon on the
Mount Is ithrre any persecution
there? And who made us greater
than Hk, that we should proscribe our
brethren for opinion's sake? You
might as well attempt to bind the air
we breathe as a man's conscience-
it is free liberty of,lhought i his
unalienable birth-right. Ile-nevex
heard thi great out-cry against Re
Ugiaus frefdim; bnt what he was for-
y f:;remidid
twfth'ed-'ti'tev
pSat dr but ever
futeinbered
At.. j . .
Roger Williams, of Rhode-Island,
Mr. M saidwas.i:the-firstinant
establish Tolerafion in .North Ameri
ca he was a Puritan. Charles Car
roll, of Carroll ton, the man Who stak
ed more by signing the Declaration
of Independence than any other in-
uuiuuai, as a uatnoiic. as ne
stepped up to ign, some person re-
jnarlwdrthew--twiriniHioHl-ttR
the dash of a pen! . Another friend
remarked, 0li Carroll, you- will gef
off, there are so many Charles Car-
rolls." He stepped back and added
"of CarrolltoiijiMrvLM.alluded.
fttsd io'-thi character of Bwlwp- GarroH;
a man so pure, that even sectarian
bigotry . could find nothing to alledge
againathim.-It-was-not-therefttre
g""" cmz-en or a goon man.
Mr. M.- said,- fears "seemeiTjfol "be
eriferfained o r some gentlemen, that
the Roman Catholics w-ould overrun
the1 couniryi -They-might-dn it"" but
he did not think it was half as proba
ble, as that a m;use would kill a uui-
faloe! Let them come when they will,
and Mr. M. said, he would lay a wager
" 'I ll AAt T J. A. A . I A .
that the Protestants
mat tne rroiesianis convertcu jwp, io
the Catholics one. As for - himself,
he was inclined to the Baptist Church,
and he did not care who knew Hi but
he was far from believing in all their
doctrinesj - Neither-1 did he belie vr it
essential, that a man should attach
himself to any particular Church." If
ne faithfully discliarged alt his du ties
on earth j, and obeyed .the. precepts ol
the Gospel, lie would -not be1 asked
when he Veachcd Heaven, to what sect
he belonged. ' ' ,; ' '
; Mr. M. said in conclusion, he would
not have troubled the Committee, but
he did not wish any one to believe that
he was disposed to tkulk from re
sponsibility. He was not vain enough
to believe liis opinions would have any
weight in that body, but, he must be
allowed to say that he- considered the
decision of this question as involving
the future character of North Caro
lina. , . : j! '-".-'-
Gen. SPEIGHT rose and said, if
he knew his own heart, he felt no
rancour againstany TRoligious "sect.
He regretted that gentlemen who had
spoken on this subject had thought
it nccessarr to arraign the
motives
the Protestants. He might . Jhaseiw,!..-.tiik :i.:a-;
taltaWd-iheiF charicsT ahd :ihe wn
that persecution had always been re
sorted to by the Catholics and that the
Protestants had always acted on the
defensive. "But this would beun-
ear. - . y ,V" '.V.r . : ;';...;.'"..
It would 'appear, he said, from the
course of the debate, as if the Conven
tion were about to deny the people the
liberty of conscience. - Are we, he
asked, about to form any new article
on this subject? Certainly not. On
the -contrary,: we arc called together
to consider an article which has exist
ed in our Constitution for more than
half a century, to determine whether
it shall be amended, and irr what way.'
r It should be remembered, that tne
other day, the gentleman from Bun
combe (Gov. Swain) had said, that the
Protestants were not only at war with
each other, but they had combined
against the Roman Catholics. What
evidence had the gentleman of this
warlike spirit on the part of the Pro
testantsP. JI called upon him to ad
duce the evidence on which be found
ed his opinions.: 'r "
Gen. S. said it was unnecessary for
him to go back to the time of the'Re
formation to shew the hostility of the
Catholics to the Protestants. . Yet,
at this day it is asserted that the Pro
testants have combined to put down
the Catholic Religion. r
" He regretted that the 52d section
had ever been admitted into the Con
stitution but we find it there, and
the question is on striking it out It
... v i vt as m. t VU W I
vets said that no man . tomd deny "the-
being ofGod. But if there were any '
such person, would the eeonle of
North Carolina be 'willing to admit
i . . i. i i v . .
nuii into any mgn omce ot the Gov
ernment? Or would they admit any
person, to office who denied the com
log of our Saviour and the doctrines
which J-e taught? Or those who hold
relixiouapj-ittcijJaieor'e""Uh
the freedom and safety of tho State?
Do gentlemen believe they were sent
nere-lf d'tt,,iif -prosukion -of this
kind? Why, he asked, do you require
an oath from your officers that they
vx .i '"i-v't
no
nroDecsense-
ofmmr&ccouhlaoility)'
;. Geh. a. went on to state what a
good Protestant believed, and then
stateduJhe articles W belief of the
Catholic CliurcX-ahd shewed wherein
they differed, quoting some authorities 1
for this purpose and to exhibit-in-stances
of persecution against the '
Protestants. -
Gen. S. stated that he had not the i
leant wish to disfranchise any member .
of the Catholic Church but-he desir-r--
ed to debar all who denied the beine-
of a .Oou,and whaJioltl, jreIif(UMM
the - free- v, , ;
dbrn'Snd salety of the State. And if
gennemen are uekirous oi strik-ing
from the- Articlethr wertt Protestat. t, '
and insert Ihrnnan in its place, he
did not know that he should object Id
(Debate o be continued.)
'. Van -i JJurrnUm.TUt Jesuitical '
cliaracterof Mr. -Van Buren is ad mi
abjy bit off in' the following toast,
dru nk in Sou th Carolina. ou4h -4th of
Joly last: .;. ; ;u .V
: JUarlin Van Suren.- Who Inhere? It me! .
Wlitek tide of lite ft-nee ere yon onf Yliie"
iiU lit iq dark I caul ere you! Where m-
joa? Here I am U lire arc yon li-lewl .i
A lettlt to ihe Northern of the 8nuihard!
Where are you timing' This ar! Uuod '
oigi-tJ." ir" l.
From the North ltier Time.
i .Extraordinary , circumstance and
providential encape from dralh, On -iJL
Moiid4yof48st-weekrihe hands em-
ployed in the qua
Ldackerj-sftua-
tuated-under the h'tgli -
range of uiountains below - SlauEhterU"""'
Landing, in this county, were afarmeil - '-
by the cry of murder! proceediiitr
Ifrom a femaJe-jfoice-but-were- otally
unania to-uiscover tno source Irom
whence it came. At, the ssme mo-
ment tne crew oi tne sioon Henry -
Edward, which was passing down the -river,
saw something suspended at the
side of the mountain resembling a .
female form. With commendable
promptitude they 'immediately put '1
aboutf Tdropped-anchor'and jumped " '"
n.to,the small., boat, - rv wed to the
shore. On arriving at the foot of the " -mountain,
they found it to be a young
girl (aged about ($) hanging by one.,
loot in a cedat- buslu-ibout 100 feet : .
from the base,' and' CO feet from the .
tpp of the perpendicular rock. To
reach her from the bottom, was im-
possible, and providing themselves f
with a rope, they hastened around to
the top from which they lowered it.
The unfortunate girl was yet able to
fix it around her waist, and by this "
means was drawn. from her perilous
situation, and rescued from impending '
and almont certain death. She prov
ed to be Miss Phoebe Wr I Is, a niece
of Mr. Benedict Wells, who had left
his residence without the knowledge
of his family,-with-a view of going to -New
York to seelierfiiends. Unac-" "
quainted with the passage of ' the
mountains, it is supposed, she was
unaware, of the danger until she fouml '
herself descending the precipice, and
the . rock, being nearly-perpendicular, ";
ner lail-could -only nave been broken
" V ' -
from the side 6f thecliff, until, luckily
lor her, site strucK; the cedar bush, 4,11 ,
which her loot lortunately caUght.
Her situation here may be imagined
loot to a" sterider'buUi, and a yawning'
gulf of rocks and stones 100 feet be- "
low unable to extricate herself, and
for aught she knew, far beyond the
reach of human call. : It is not at all -
probable that in five hundred thousand
cases, one could have passed the cliff
as she did, and - not have been dashed -
to pieces long before reaching the
bottom. , She was not materially in- "
jured, and was conveyed to her friends
in V.i. Vfilr iKa .lni.n-.llan..
Edward, the Captain and crew of
which are entitled to the highest com- -
mendations for their promptitude and
numaniry.
1 ' " n 1 . .
We are told that, at tome of the
Boxes, at the election on the 13th, 10 "
well were the Tory-caucus Party
drilled by their file leaders previous to .
going to the Po!s,that numbers actu
ally refused to listen to one word of
reason, and rushed up to ueposite their
votes with their eyes literally shut and
their ears stopped with their fingers!!
Alas tor the degenerate otuprmg ot
those noble sires who dared to make a
public declaration of their destestation-
of, and determination to free them
selves from, -the tyranny of ihe Ln
lish crown, in 1T75I ! How have tne .
mijlityben bruught Lw! ' - '
i harlot! t Journal.