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V T i "T 1- r 4- V 4 I' I i.n.. i 4,: I- 3, . I' St v eason, -',4we minister to T rest ..tirje pM(WK(, and habits, of the Qoaen oT Ureal Ilriuin. Mr, Stevenson write from oppor tunities of eloaa mad frequent observation, which few person, even of th highest rank id (ha kingdom, can lie bad. 11a ay. 0(Uu Queen, I suppose you will ettpect ma to aay ometbin, and express my opi. ioa. The press in both countries, gives the modi flattering account of her beauty, wis dom, Indeed it i the fashion here to represent bftr (a I fuppoaa ibeydo all Queens) a toniethinsj, ahortonly of Divinity. Now, I will tell you very frankly what I think of her, and I have had a fair opportoni tv jf iudvinir. As to her pertm and face. tliev are orettrJirl represented in many of the numerous paintings and prints, soma of . - . ' i - j. .ii,. r aicQ I suppose you nio aweo. ounv a i think good and pleasing a likeness a any that baa bea taken. It has bee sent to , Philadelphia. Nona of thai however do justice to the expression of the feee. It le certainly not the sort thai I should call beau tiful hut, when lighted op by animated cun veisaiion, the faea is full of expression, and sweetness, and strongly indicative of charac ter. Her manners are bland and unaffected: indeed there is a simplicity and frankness and engaging affability about her cjujte remarka ble for a Queen. Anothrrattiking thing is, the total absence of all ambitious display or desire for admiration which might "be export ed from to young a person, and she a SSove- f)g n , " N'ooneraa apptoacK" the preaetrt QtMsan Without Wag Struck; not only with "her easy1 and charming deportment, ami inai peculiar aodiies of dispoaKtoa and ieia-per.far which lie is so remarkable, bnt with the entire eonv tnand and repose of manner, which Might be axpected to guard a Sovereign of more ad. sranced year and experience. She has, be sides, all 1h characteristic ton naturel and good tamper of the E nglUli. in relation te -die Quae' personal habits, I uude.rtad she rises between 8 At 9, break fast at 10, devote bejself I bisine Jill g, then exercise, generally on orsAack, and foal at rapi J pace, W r or 14 miles, an hour. Of lief hnrwroanship I had so onooiUinitv of iuiliriiiff, having self been present in. on of her excursion of aura you, rTho doe not ride like Cesar, or nnUlkeDi.b is yeione of the boldest ndjintjfeniajejidw I eeaw. -Cr" Her attention to buWesi T suetTibat I understand, if despatch eouie whiles I at dinner, she commonly rise and attend to It. She ha a turd and capacity for busi es, and will, she ad vane don jtless take oven deeper interest in affair of state than ahe dpe at present. , , $ okti.QiiTutilii th ih intt., streealfl" to previous ootice,r(Tii the Raleigh Standard,) a portion of. our Van Jurea fellow citizens of Stoke county convened to express their view ng helped itself . fizura' resolutions. column f the Standard.' ed five dletea iott i proposed to bo held iaWentworth, itoftkingham cot, on this day. j Tbssa resolutions being regarded as ths creed of the administration a rio Jitical confession of faith of our oppo nents of tha ninth rjistrict, w fr pose towalk in among them and Jobor m. while, in alt courtesy and Bae4..,hu- tnor. We are under the necessity -of - taking a ' ptoca at a ttme, anu as we - ! have no hope of -"saving all the pieces" w proceed to select a -few ol the most " brilliant. ., - l Tha first - rt solution "upon reconT" - is an unqualified hallelujah to the sub- treasury system and the second is a . poke at the hanks. This, is, what ' michl be expected. - , The next two, in order, read as fol- - lows: ; Hv!vtd, That th.Gwtl Government hav no power, under the constitution, lo-regu- Isle, make, or crest ereoti money or currency; ' tu anly pswer is "to coin meney, regulsW Ihe value thereof, and of (oreiaa eoio;" all other act f the O'enersl Government In rslstion la th . , eqrrenry. Is pstpsbj and flngranl usurpation, "Httotued, 1 hat the power to create forpo . rations is soereig power, and is retained by - Ih States, having never been delegated la 'the (jene,ral fiovernment, 'consequently the- Legis lature f the United 8utas,has no authority a slabliah a Waited Butte Bsnk, and tbal th t.hlhmant af such an Institution! Is a pltia - tod dangarpu violation of lb Censutulion of J( af,lh United States, and a usurpation ol th ! sulhoritv of th tflatss, cslculated la and in a total obliteration of Stat sovereignty.' What profound political jurists our ncizhbors are They hav a' wonder M knacE of iuakini ri;the1rl?cfsroflf juU Mka Gen. Jackson; he decided, in thtiaca of soma forty years practice "" arid .ioeaTsiSSa --r"ii Supreme Court, that a United States bank was " unconstitutional and hia decisions are ' lw.Butitisamsinr to'seevt'ah what zeal and consummate valor tho 'monster' is belabored now the breath " oat of the body. Wo art reminded of fierce ' little boys killing a ' dead snake. ' "' ' Rttlvtit, Thst th secret appointed inves tigating committee have In their proceeding violated every prmcipi si justice that in Ibeir - secret session and arbitrary Judgasant they have shown tli spirit of that (act ion by which " they were appointed, and xbibitad soother act " . of the real principle of Cadsrahua, taalth aai- ority should rule the majority. , .. . "Ktttlvttt. That w view the representative as an agent sent to act for his constituents, and akst bia course should aeepco ea4 kaawa w . Iboas whom hs professes te re present, w iher. for eondenn the eecret chosen minority ioves- ligsting committee brought from behind 0, io porvioos vie) of lbs seerect ballot, in full powar. - screeatng tbe respoasitHJily or n. Kepr -aentstrve." ; . ..';.. -.;.: A.-: .-",-.; . . Uew H does' fcilfizJrfj!Li. 'find some honest men amongst them! -VSomcadmibitration members of the hoot slipped the Collar and batlotted at their cooler reasons dictated they indepeaJcntly threw themselves on their ' own deliberate judgment, what every Uhval lenilUBCBt expects of Jiis repta- to nineteen "entire i ic wo,.ng men oi ine; that a poor man, or a mechanic, never and refreshing showa still descend up- to a ekstract eoaen. I"1"" Zman ""a5?S' . y Those whose constant aim. it is to nroluaeW in hi extended fields. We man Jiat aietl ciceeding mad about it. airaua - - - ..hi. tw tM of th iiiUL-iiiKM tentative. The entire figure?' ttmiCsfoterZ BaoieaMiativa'ia tWimati. however humble: maT be the ar- gra. ., Bt with aor decided disapprobation, sod tbst wa are mora than wtlhng he should retire froiu tlw I agitlstiva balls of the nation; believing that tea or tel ?ars U sufficieutly long a nough to pay a man 'for doing noting" That our Van Uuren Irtlow citizen of Stoke are will'mz M Sliepperd should retire from the legislative hall doubted. It ia of the nation, ia not granted', also, that, ten or twelve year is ladicivntlj long enough to pay a man fur doing nothing, but the rep resentative who, for the best part of hi legislative career, honestly ' and firrolj resiata the feailul encroach ment of the federal executive pow er, in our humble opinion earn hia mo ney. "flenlved, Tht the cry of tbs federal par ty, that tun administration is endeavoring to dWroy the credit jrtem, end that there can be oa credit without banks, i false, snd s reproach on their knowledge of honesty, and should be treated with contempt, by an insulted people." This resolve lias an awful squinting towards the loco foco "war iipon the bank." "Henlved, Thst "lh price of liberty is eter nal vigilance," sud that by the opposition, dein ocrstic republican htierly is swilled in all its eueiitul iestuie threatened to be supplanted, by tbatepsUrd faction of disappointed oflice seekers, the federal party, made up ot renegades, aboUtioniU. conservative, aud snli-maionf. VVe therefor recommend to the taurs of freedom, the democratic republican ttl N.wlli Carolina, te selvct their candidates and come boldly and dnterm ned, to save our free institutions from tb attenppteil snd unhallowed sristocratic grp of a unprineipied political faction." " 1 hat the spatted faction of disap pointed oflice seekers, the federal par ty, made up of renegades, abolitionist, conaervatifei and anti-masons!" Ver ily, our neighbors of Stokes apply ugl j warn to their opponent. - What (hint y of this, good cittoent of the ninth diatiMot, Uo are " hineatlf op posed to the measures of 'the iealeral ialnlajig!!OBt .- r;..:-, " We have neither: room to ijiiert, nor time nor inclination :1b comment on, thereaolations in firror of Levi Wood WryriiBdtwuwTrrlto1miStrlng ewe A. Hynum and Martin Van Du ren, and the vai iou other matters .pertaining to, and growing out of, this meeting;. Uur fellow citizens who matle these resolves no doubt honestty and conventional jr stand up for what they. avoMU. andUiey4Kili.final4ibFalr firm, and we believe successful oppo nents. Greentborough Put vented, it prof u tea talshed Upon the dear people," the true source of all political power in .this confederacy, by oflice holders and expectants, and hired nswipapars. Jow, we are a Hiongat thote who realy cherish senti ments of the highest regard for all de cent operatives in our country. At a class of citizens, thejre useful,in telligent. virtuous, patriotic and are justly entitled to lar more respect than ill.,. iHHh.nJ.,.i:... i f. i - vuatiiic, uraiiness tilings of fashion, who flutter through ' use less life of dissipation, without adding a solitary atom to human improvement. anu numan imteiiigence. v But arathe great democratic -party sincerely at tached to the people? do they respect the rights, and cherish the interests of working men?. We unhesitatingly an swer noi-and we think that even a vsry aright investigation will fully prove that those . extravagant- profes sions of love in whicrj they so often in dulge, are entirely hypocriiicsl , ant) heartless. , How do modern democrats treat the people? .Instead of leaving the popular massfo (he free exercise of their own unsophisticated reason to the free exercise '.of "their Town" "calm discretion those tender; guardians of the sovereign people are conti,.nally engaged in Tjrintrigues and dis graceful schemes calculated and in tended to deceive and mislead "honest laboring men to excite their prejn dices, .inflame their passions, . and create sectionaj and aocial repugnance, highly detrimental to tUecomiwoo weal Instead -of diffuainr troth-awonjrst our populationrHl atvig,-bythe-aid Tif reason anu argument, to render the people intelligent, tha democratic par ty continually propagate the most unblushing falsehoods, the most reck less calumny, the most contemptible sophistry, the most inflammatory prin ciple! of agrarianism in' a word, th most altraloco-focoism. They do not, as the profess, desire - h happiness of the people they wish not to see the minds of men improved and enlighten ed, and the laborer elevated f in the scale of moral and aocial worth. Their true aim is, to secure the votes ol that class, and thus perpetuate their ' own power.and secure, for all time to come; th4 princely ' oflit ial salaries yhich they enjoy, ft order to da this, dem ocratic organs are continually telling me working men that . they are op pressed that they are not respected; that they are insulted and injured by the aristocracy that they ae, wrong fu.ll j. denied admission - to places of trust and profit, by tha rich that they are proscribed even'Trom" the refined Circles of society, and made "hewers of wood and drawer of water" to minis- ter to the luxurious tileaanres r.f lha wealthy. - f low abiared is all this inflammatory I TilEPJtltTY'!jlNi) TU&mOPLE. 1 ert-ai r rursr iiii rAmiKaiia a which 6U a aolid 1 coumry, wno iny siy ie th 'on anu. tnid noon the ardendtd carpet. . f Ms titi us. and the totlini planter still views -and appoint- 1!uJna- r7 l palace halls. the snowr staple ofTour State expand cant, in such a country as our;"a land where w nave no nereanary nonor J o tidd kUiibtttMaW , i tjficer 0f hia own fortune and hta own fame, and aspire, even from the dingy work-shop to the highest ofTicial atation in America! Is it not true that aspiring merit and ambitious genius receive more encouragement in this, than in any other land beneath the sun? Whenever lowly son of indieence evince talent, and shows a disposition to climb the steep a.cent of fame, a thousand willing hand offer It m assistancea thousand cheering voices urge him onward in hta rugged path and when, at length, he gains the summit ot renown, lua name be cornea even greater than it mis-ht have been, in consideration o,f the lowliness of his birth, and the humbleness of his early vocation. Our own great Frank lin affords an apt illustration of this tact. Who will deny that hia fame is increased by the mere fact of his early oWuritj? The transition from a dingy printer's boy, toiling at his midnight task, to that of an enlightened plul osopher, eliciting lite admiration of the world, is calculated to excite our spe cial wonder. Jiesides, there , is i certain sympathetic leeling exctteu in our bosoms, by contemplating the cruel poverty which surrounded him in earff'itie?Wllfiltctttffe to reTnde7r him f ir more dear to every American, than if he hadbeen reared upon the lap of wealth. These are" really the feelings which actuate the wealthy and intelligent, of our ennntry, but our mod ern democrats are still endeavoring to persuade laboring men that the en trance to promotion is burred against them. It is a singular fact, too, that a brawling democrat who enjoys a high official station, and luxuriatea upon the golden spoils of victory, is, himself, the most ultra aristocrat in the "world, lt tan declaim about democracy, and preach sermons against the baleful in fluence of aristocracy j yet entci his f aiacel once he dazzled y-thfrvn4m!ljrpiendrnm&f hf geitsb lishmerrt the gorgeous luxury in which he moves -the haughty supercilious nes of his family the pampered inso lence f his menials. Witness the great Tammany Hall orator the il lustrious defaulter. Price he who was .forejnosi jncLjmQaLzealouaidvU ing the rights of the "dear people" I Why, hta furniture, which was sold to pay a small part of the money which he stole from the -go vernmen f , eqnaif ed ensiave tne minas oi tne. people, are I .!. .a surely no friends to. the people. Is it not the constuut aim of democrats to do tor . Have they not a chain of liir ed presses, extending throughout the confederacy, and firmly leagued to gether, all "of which strive to counter act the operation of .truths by the dis semination of fiilsehood? Do not their hundred thousand office holders, from the highest to the lowest, use every enort to cerrupi tne ireeuom oi me e lective franchise-to gull the ii on est yeomanry of the land by ' ingeniously invented humbugs, and artfully con certed falsehoods to excite the bit ternest of party spirit, and place be tween tlve rich and the ' poor au im passable gulf? And why is this done? Why out of pure love for the dear peo ple, at lying demagogues declare but really for the sole panose of protecting a icw oiuciai piunaerers, as an obser vant men cannot fail to perceive. I'he party in power care .nothinir for I - .v.. ...... I me people, i hey no doubt chuckle o- ver the success ot their scliemes to gull the popular viiasg, and ridicule the stupulity of.the...yerj . men I forakoin they express so much affection and respect, j The people, tlie country, (he destinies, of America,' the sacred .cause of .iberty, are all. disregarded by that vue norue ol plunderers who revel in the luxuries of official distinction, and stolen wealth; selfishness and ava rice have absorbed all honorable snd patouttcviifrulsea and they .only strug gle to mailt- the ppwer whjch kthjy , buse." " " " . Jadt$on ( Slltiis$ippi) Sun.,. ' It afl'ords us sincere pleasure to learn that Judge Wilkinson and Mr. Mur dock, of this state, who were engaged in the"Oalt House affair' in Louis ville, Ky., have both been honorably acquitted of the charge of murder, by a jury of their country. Pecuniary rfufrrii. Ddriog the past week, our little city has been literally crowed with anxious strangers, from every part of the State, most of whom came lor the sole purpose of procuring money from tho Union Bank. The crowd around the door of the banking house was so dense, that one could scarcely elbow ' his . way . through - th multitude. This general solicitude affords a distressing commentary upon the hardness of the times. "The truth it, tha fairest portion of our State it upon the verge of ruin distress per vades our entire population a settled gloom 'i:opott"; every"" countenance. That man whqgared upon the anxious throng pressing around the door or the Union - Bank, and felt in his bosom no generous impulse of svmnathv for human suffering., hat a heart render ed callous (o the finer feelings ot our naturer-Th merchantr the Planter. .: . . ' tli mechanic, the profeMionaf maa, all whr there, awaiUog, with leeUDg efalternate.hope and despair, -in r- . . . . - i .!.;. wa either to sae-thm ftom irnpen ding ruin, or comigri tvtwi. and their lammee to pecumarYtaeaiu, families to pexuntatyUAtb, Many ot thoae who constituted the croup, bad utomlail iheir vroun from the distant " x. : .. . i-.i. ..' extremities oi e state, ami wuu iected looks, stood silently in the midst of straneers. 'with' no. voice of friendship or sympathy to excite the cheerfulness of hope. Those men were dessolate. There is solitude in theawfyl stillness of the untrodden forest in the boundless prairie, which no human foot hath ever trodden but there is a feeling of loneliness, far more intense, experienced by one who mingles as an utter stranger in the bustling of a sordid crowd, bearing in his bosmn a heart laden with misery and grief. Alas', how many of our fel low citizens have returned to their homes in utter disappointment! How many have reached their domestic fire side only to ber the aad tidings to their wives and children, that the last exoedient has failed that hone has tied that their hard-earned property must become the prey of sordid misers and soulless shavers and that poverty and want are inevitable! Most sin cerely do we sympathise with our fel low citizens. Had their distress been rfttimed twtd llieir'wieerie -been the result off dishonesty, or indolence, we should have been liess grieyed at the calamity which has fallen upon Hem. Rut when we reflect that our citizens are honorable, industrious and moral men (hat they have vainly toiled from morn till night, to bear their heads a bo?6 th iwelting fiood of ruin but that, despite their mighty efforts, a sor did and selfiith and ignorant party has engulplied their prospects, by a se ries of wild experimental then indeed, do our sympathetic feelings Qow; unit ed -whh iterii indignation IbwSrdthose corrupt politician who . recklessl a: produced the rum. Now. indee are ttie people of this State and of the IJnToTirwyptftgTlir bitterfrttlttof'trp umphant loro-focoisni! That blighting storm which ' observant men foresaw and predicted, many years since, as the inevitable result f the . experi ment" upon the currency, is how a round us and upon us. The variuus combined causes of wicked - anHgn rant hgislation have produced their effect. Our present pecuniary prospects are gfoomr indeed Tet trorsTanot'aiiope- ed. by. are hot ruined we are only crippled. lime anu aiteniinn win . resiuje pros perity.' The first step, however, which should be taken, is to change our ru lers. The party in power have proven to the world that their novel policy is ruinous that they are incapable of governing the destinies, of su,;,yast a country asours--that ever since they seized the reins of Government, the UnitedStates have been declining in prosperity. VVe teel well assured, that to long as our public affairs are con ducted by the loco-focos, so long wi I dittrets prevail but if the etforts of the people were seconded by a wise snd virtuous administration, it would re quire but a few years for a . country possessed of such herculean energies as ours, to arise from bondage, and march onward in the pathway of happiness and prosperfty;-JacA:ort JtJ'minippt Staff ma,. mw.1. J ,2imtmr . . LATEST FROM EUltOPi?. ' ; 'By the Packet ship Georsi , H'aih ingion, ' Capt. Holdredge, "Liverpool papers were received at New Yoik on Monday eveninz to Marrhi29th,"'jt " The Liverpool Steam Packetwiilch tailed from New York on the 9th of March, had arrived at Liverpool, after a passage of 16 days. Sue carried out, of course, the Act of Congress, the Re ports of Committees, &c bearing upon the Maine Boundary affair. We subjoin all the information, ex .tjracted frotu, English papers.lht,.has yet reached uj.by way of , New,, York ffu.w4L9'iitwi'JJ)e een that.no Bp-I prenension neeu now be entertained of any other than a friendly termination to the diffcutty which has arisen on the Northeastern frontier concerning the queston of Boundary between the U nited States and Great Britain. . From lata London Papers. ' In the House of Commons, March 27th, in reply tea question from Sir Stratford Canning, who had a motion on the paper for the production of Mitchell's map of the disputed territo ry - ' .4 Lord Palm erst on replied that he had yesterday received a : despatch from Mr. Fox, stating that a plenipotentiary was about to" be tent by the American Government to England,' to open a ne gotiation with the view of settling the boundary question; but that he could not at present lay any papers before Parliament respecting these transac tions. He' would, however, state that .there was no reason to expect that the Iriendly communications between this country and America would be" infer ropteu..r..-. r.; -. : .isjzz: House of Lords, March 6. Lnrd Brougham said h sincerely hoped the necessity of a warwith America would be lvQidd.JIewou'd-not counsel, the Government, nor would their lord - ships sanction any course contrary to the public honor t but on the other IwndrtWTrOTSemreyrceTif the" high war-1 cUiaaJeTeu,ta a impen- all over dhe world by the valor of our heroes, both by sea and land, it would not be derogatory to our honor to con cede as much as possible for the main tewirrce of the inestimable blessings of peace. This was the principle upon which the uovernmeni ougnr, to act in every case, and above all in respectloOor lair broad empire, aute with tiu. theunltaDDV differences betwen this country and America. There was one consolation on this subject: which was, that we were undeniably, clearly.'.and inanifeally in the wrong, and giving up when we were in the wrong, never could harm us. . Late and important from ( hina. Suspension of trade. Molt Lw in the Celestial Empire. By the lii p Yot k , from Canton, we have advices to Jan. l'2ih. The smuggling of Opium had continued to increase until Dec. 3rd, when 2Q3 catties being about to be landed in front of the foreign factories at Canton, they were seized, and the foreign trade entirely suspended. The Coolies who were arrested ac cused Mr. Innes a British merchant, of having sent money to VY hampoa for the Purchase of fheOpium, and Mr. Talbot, of the AtnericanJiouse ofTal- Hbot, : Olypfiani &JrwavHg-iinfrt-- ed the same in the ship i hoar; Per kins. The hatches were ordered to be sealed, and Innessand Talbot to' be expelled. The Hong merchant Pun hoyqua, who was security for the Per kins, was exposed in the pillory. Several communications now passed betwetn th6 C4i3mberTf Commerce of the for. ign resident and tho Govern or." Mr. TalboJt. declated his inno1-, cenCe, and tlutt the Perkins brought nothing but rice. The. Chamber re monstrated at the treatment towards him ihil the Hrtiig" MerchifV": "7 Mr Innos was directed to leave im mediately or hi house should be pulled down. On the lth Dec. nutters gTeW'Wftrsein coiiieMncT"tfn1teTTTT tempt of the authorities to insult the foreign merchants by strangling iu front of the facttMies a Chinese accused, trf smuggling opium. All immense crowd gathered on the square, and the foreign residents ind. the . crews of he essetrTrsreti trg Iheera Coolies consent to remove the instru ment and criminal to another place. The crowd up" to this time were Irientl trliatthe foreigners "having- mdiscreietly The olil Hon y,uick taack,. stMoti .ol the .Civ t ne se. w tli inTO'tt tti'em '"Wttfil--siioWeriTitl- sWtes. long Merchant Howqua miw.f' '' boats up the bay lNew in the scehe, and beckontti York the "roar of iinflotf, and' the gen" appeared oil to the foreigners to retreat, widely they uiu, into ine i imper.at ; noug. I ne mob, amounting to some()t)t), tore up the palisades, and did jnuch injury to ine veranuaiis anu mart ot the facto nesby brick bats, stones. Sir. The military were finally called in and the mob dispersed. The troops with" their camp nres and , gorgeous lanterns, bivouacked on the. square .during. the night. Capt. Elliot, superintendent of the British trade, arrived in the course of the night from Whampoa, with 120 of -the crews of the shipping. The Chamber of Commerce on the 14th re inbn&trated against the execution , of criminal on the "factory gr The Governor replied that tl irrounu. ie "round was tlie tmperor's, ami the executions should go on if the smuggling did not cease. A few days after His Excel lency published an order ileclaring Mr. Talbot innocentr Mr. Innes went to Macao." - - Captain Elliot, at,a meeting of the foreign merchants; chiefly "Americans; admitted that foreigners were engaged in the smuggling, and dec bred that in regardjii the British he houM put a stop to it, as it. was , disgraceful, .and would. lose, them the eniiie. trade., with China. He issued a notice prohibiting all British boats engaged in the smug gling to return to tlie Hnca TigrisLaifd enjoining respect to Chinese authori ties, &c. . ; ' The trade was re-opened Jan. 1. . 1 Numerous brilliant meteors were s.en at Canton by the Missionary, the Rev.Dtv,Pakec, onth'e 9th amr; t5ih November. The Doctor had brn hoa. oredwith a reqetH4oreini4bfur-the Namhoy. , Uusmess is not yet re-established since the blow it received by the troub les. - ' .' v , ' The Hong merchant have deter mined to "Jive no tecuritv for thin, un til Ue captains and consignees give se cCrit'y that they are not eii-rae-ed in smuggling , opium. ,-As - the -captains and ctnsignees cannot give .this, secu rity, the residents have petitioned to have'Hong merchants compelled to give security as before, which request would probably be granted. The prices for the new teas -were not yet fixed. A. J'. S.nr,,. ' - - Prom the New Votk Espies. , The FirriBTH Akmvf.rsaev or the Inauguration or Washington. The setui-centin'el celebration yesterday was one of the most .intervstmr event of the kind that ever took , nTace in this city. -At 11 o'clock, the doors of East Middle Dutch Church were thrown o pe"n,antl those who annlied for tickets had admission. Every spot was soon filled to overflowing,, except that, re served for the members.. At 12 o'clock the procession eniered.when Peter G' Stuyvetantluok the chair, supported by the venerable Col. John Trumbull, and Morgan Lewis, who were the cotrtj. ions of Washington.- President lw. OerciHfrnrlTnoaTro present, aa well as diatinguuhvl ilru gates from tngOde was sung; ODE. Great were the heart, and strong the mlais Of those who framed, in high debate. i n misnoriai .euguc 01 ioto iqbi bindt And ever hatjowed be the honr, When, a th aospicious task was doo, A nation1 gift, tha sword of power, ' -Was given to Glory' unspoiled sou. That nobl race i gone; the suns . Of fifty years have tiaen audi tefc; The holy iMiks those migttysne ' Had forged and knit, are brighter yetv Wide our own free race increase Wide shall it irelch the elastic chaia. And bind,' in everlasting saee, Sulaaflrlatear-nttghyfi9iBv-- r The Rev. Dr. Knox "addressed1 (, throne of grace in a 'most fervent oray. er, ii which he happily enumerated th blessings that hail followed the service, and example of the illustrious Wash ington, lie closed by invoking 'happi ness both here and herraj'ter for the distinguished Orator of the. day. M,. Adams then rose he appeared in fjti health, but much thinner in flesh than formerly "his nerves were sot ofhojj f. fee led, jiul his voice had ntAsulficieut ftutpaala place to speak in. - He however iippe,r. ed in all his youthful vigor and fi-rvoi, and for tlie space of an hour and three quarters chained the attention of one of the most respectable and iiitelleciUif assemblages ever convened in this city. It would be utterly imp sihle to do the slightest juslite to. this production ol one of the most profound sclmlari oi any.agev, He gave ah intetesting 1ii. tory of the iiihalbitanfii of this thinly peopled count ryjrrior to the Uvolutii.i peopled from Kngrand, Hol'and, Ff ant e;nd arther iou lifrieH, a'T VulCi- ing in the fiie of ad versity, but ail burn- n r .... tng one uaroe ot paTHiitatn. lie urpic f d, in most ctowin-r term, the tiitiii r of oor difficultes which led to the det - laraiion of independence, and of the Confederation and Constitution that foil owed. His description of the ah nouncement, to Washijigtim, ut hia . lection as Pieiilent ; his letter to lien. Knox this doubts of his capacity; hii of the people was very' able. He itel rave a history nfGett. WashiniLtnii'i 4lenprture from Mount Vernon, his feel in m leavi ny a life- of e iVuml d- nieatir. iiivai bin tiiiimnli.il imirne b3jisd'iiai tKeipVa. i rtd.Ia.?aqMc, eral Joy. lie closed by a most all. ct inx analogy, in wliich i.e described tlie childieu of Lrael on their en'rauce t the pminised land," and the blessing,, or the curses, at d. scribed by J.(.tiu, to await hem on their -future,contlucl and i,, lie said, it w.tt'd be will th people of this country, in their future course,' as they yielded obedience t.i the laws of God and to nur blessed Con stitution. Although in a Church, tli power of hi eloqueuce was such that he was frequently interrupted by peala of applause, lie finished hi discourse apparently without fatigue. . ,Tiik Dimnicr- A lige numler of gentlemen sat down at the t'ltyilotrl about 5 o'clock to a splendid hanqurt provided by - the managers of this now fiistrate Hotel.' The company a unusually intellectual, and the tffe sione of eloquence, w it, and rfj arte were .very remarkable. Mr. Adam, he ora-tiir of the day .'was wit iYe com " pany (ill jt broke up, toward midnighi. and made a happy p.h- whew called" the Revolutionary, worthies; Mr. iu ator Southard, of New Jersey, set foitli at length the importance and vast p'' era of the Supreme Judiriurjj and iu tlie course of remarks compliinen'ary't" the Chief Justices who had prodded o ver that august t. t , j'.'lihe did ni fa- mit MrrCliierJifeA;iuauji'.iriey, against whose appotntineii, thougTi he voted it the Senate, yet for whom now lie had feelings quite different from those that prompted hi mi to give that vote. Geo. Scott. w. alsa-xf ailed out,- and tl oufih not n,Aafur, "Vet av'rillaut-Sobtv-rj. andlhc.i;lorious-Pacijit44M-neej:lLei- less. , Commodore Claxtn had a word to say for the Sailors and the murine. An original ode was recited bv Greir- ilr'MeMn, Esq. ' ' ' - Mr. Folsom, of this cifv. called nut Mr. Willis, of Portland. Alain. Ther were a creat many other aneechf, with, many sentiments. &c. that de hted the -company,- even' to- "th witchintr hour" of n'crlit when all sep arated,- with livelier appreciations of the services of Washington, and the Illustrioos Framers of the Constitution, Our Republic, it is true, is but half century old, ut the Republics" feelings, and Republican customs are old fye, older; as the days of It a Pu ritan. What' Liberty lost in England: by Cromwell's . usurpation, survivrtl! in Emeries, transplanted by JheEn. igrants, and modelled by our Conttitut tien. - .'-'... , ' . c- t The School law again. . lSeven'eights of tho money paiJl county taxes by the people ot "vn Carolina, it laid out in paying for Cbrt Houses, Jails, Whipping posts: in maintenance of insolvent persoptv d Tor bunging offenders to justiceV""'.! grea.terproport'n of Ihe remaUior eighth is ditburaed "W'lhi f If t i
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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