refuse of t lie superfluous expendi'.ut
I of the country, flu -fragments-. if) u.
tli u tobies of luxury, the lev iiip; .
expensive culettniihutts and umose
oieuts, tho ftt r.tl garments of sump
tuous wnrdrnhe.t; or store or us !"
excess M)nuinjs, apq,aiini mpuraic
s ft!l(.V9 iw this land: and with llies
in a'.is, wo could pledge ourselves to
raise up a community, far more en
lightened tlian the world el u
Lot every, man, moreover, give ij.
ow n fait : I C'tj I personal eudeavors, rim
v e deetn.it not loo solium to add, his
v . - , , -K - j. -
ami uninlerupted. friendship1 for cine,
with whum he bus been combined in
lis eerions i.r the good of mankind
.lu has Klin few slaves (ree, making
provision for ih'ur fut'uro;-. support,
and praying of the Legfrltttnre, u&
lust luvur, ui addition to" so man)
w hieluhe has received at their hands,)
iiiut iheso eiiHUiciputediR slaves ungbl
be permitted to remain 'within the
Commonwealth.
OTire of tlie Colonization Society,
Washington, July 28, 1826. ' 5
Intelligence ha been received hi
earnest prayers to lleven, and here j thin office from Liberia, up to the 12ih
ii jn n thee, shores of promise, shall j of May, representing the Colony to be
lit; narcd up a community a pure if very healthy and prosperous cir-
a.: II w m m
end happy, as it shall bo intelligent
aim enngn
mod
the Enquirer.
JJr. .AjVrson's Jhmoir ij'cWe
understand, that M. Jefferson ha
left behind him a Memoir cfa part
of his own Life and Times: ho com
menced its composition ip tho 77th
year, of his Age in 1820, and finished
it in itial. Jt goes back to tho time
of his grand-father, traces to (hp pro
gress of his own Education, touches
upon the causes and events of the A-
ctimstances. 1 he tioverntnent of
Sierra Leone has laid a blockade on
the line of coast reaching from that
Colony to Cape Mount, which' pro
miles to destroy, as it has already
suspended, thejjlnve Trade, Werto I
carried on from the Gallnias rfic I
Colonial Agent at Montserado has
interdicted the trade from Cape
Mount tofTrado Town (120 miles)
on the ground of a qualified" jurisdic
tion, actually held by the . .Colony o
ver this whoje district of eountry. It
is therefore coohdently believed that
this odious traffic is forever banished
mrrifAn lipv.lnt inn. trivps n nurtieii
tfvrheWtltn-6nh&iJee1arAtl6u ofTh "T -ntniuw-nkMrnu
dcji.-i.dfncej presents many interest
ing sketches of the condition and eel
.whirled characters of France, while
(ireu mues oi coui. i no irauic ,oi
the natives is consequently turned info
a new. chunnel, and fowls., reliable.
... i i . i i
he was miuister in that country and rice in hitherto unknown
Ifim-naf s vi h hit acceptance if the l""", aro.iiuiy u,uu5rn iu inc
otlice of Secretary of State. He lias
also left he'nnd him for publication
three vol, of M. S. comprising vari
ous conversation and transactions, in
w hich he wes concerned, while he whs
Hecretftry of Slate. Benides these he
has prepared for the press, 2 or 15
Hfols. of correspondence labelled wtli
the years in which they were written.
in thse AJ, 8. vols, not hound, but
espies oi hii nis interestmg letters, as
taken by the roigrapu. It is unne
ceH?ary to state, that these letters are
-full of interest: they are addressed to
" " various pl rtfir.s and on varinus snh
jeei; and when published, will more
fully d splay that felicity of style and
grandeur of principles, for which their
author was ho eminently distinguish
ed. Home of these letters were prior
(o the Hftvolutioo; and the last of tin
Series is In celebrated Reply to Mr.
Weigh ninii, ritfen ten days before
his deash. This is laid the very luxt
in the vol. for- Some of those
letters nre very long they discuss n
vari ty ol the most interesting topics:
among the rest we have heard an i?lu
borate letlei of his to Col. Monroe,
iuuiif diutely after the capture of
M'-t.!iiiigoij spoken of in the highest
ttro-s. j
II' lia a!o left mat.y o'her
arr.owlus (rijiern: with thene some
C'.iopoit ion labelled "Juvenilities "
All I i- p vpers are put up with a
, neutneM iimI regularity, which uni-
' formly db! lnguished Mr. JefTerson
Jt is remarkable, that he had put a
wayas among his most select papers,
... his own. Will, a copy of the first
'"draught-and alterations of ho De
coration of Independence, and some
aOectiunate memorials of family feel
(ingv . These three were arranged to
gether in the same compartment.
lVsioon as the proper arrange-
; nitfots: can le niiide, this Memoir,
these Anas and most of this corres
pondence will be laid before his
country. Few men's papers can he
no rich in valuable materials as those
of Mr. JtftVrson. His style and his
eritimerls contribute to lend an iues
tin'; 'Me, uttraction to rvery subject
m . 1 1 he handled. 1'etiit kiiiftil
(jU'ii oiunvit. The I'lihlie w ill wait
n: ;t( c.nlly f r the publication, and
tin mo! distant potterily- will profn
hv l-is labors, 'i'he hcaiilirs of Li
btrl,'ifv renl j lincijiUd ol the con
tiluiiort: wdi h fonnd developed in
(hi n.inl ip.piessite forms.
'I here lnu hern no opportunity yet
n r rrrtif dit lf6, JrOW son's -V ill Mt
v h. ' w rittci1 in March last, condensed,
. niiinvf, ur pie and elegant, lb
American Colony.
4kU jia circumslancej" say i Mr.
Anhmun, you will learn with plea
sure, that all the late emigrants from
North-Carolina, of all ages and ha
bits, have got safely thro' the slight
fver which assailed them, without a
ingle exception. ? The liev. Mr.
Ilolton b far advanced in convales
cence, and a. commodious School
building by tho people, for, anutionol
School's, in the Colony. Captains
Chase and Cotterplt, of the Colom
bian emee, have recently been upon
the eoasrj and chaied away almost
every Guinea-man, known to be hp
tween SiorrVi Leone ami Cape'Pltnas.
To the former oflioer, the American
Colony is indebted for the liberal do
nation of 30 stauds of arms, 8 casks
of gun pow er, and neveral valuable
articles of provisions."
J ut
Mrs". "Nash's dwelling, it is impossible
i i caiculatc huv far i hey woud hVe
xtendT. I
The flames having been thus check
d here, it hecuue. necessary t nse
redoubled exertions to aava Old and
IJ.vuk streets, which flanked the lire
on the north and south; and here we
could not but again admire the inde
fatigable and successful exertions oi
t.he tiro companies particularly on
Bank street, where the danger ap
peared to be most threatening, the
tire having already caught in' one or
two plates. Notwithstanding lb
g neral opinion that Bank st. could
not be saved, that portion of it at
least to the east of Brick House run
the firemen, uolhing daunted, put
forth their best energies, and succeed
ed in arresting the progress of the
destroying elemeu, not, however, tilt
several buildings were more or les
destroyed
Only Ywd "houses of value werft de
stroyedone, a largo brick "lumber
house, belonging to Mr J. V. 'Will
cox, ! immediately in the rear of Mr.
Taliafer-o's restdencw, on B.titk re t;
the oihei was the large frame build
J.ii ItJ: to t.is il!u'i urns tfeiiit Jtirtif
Miuii -i i), lisj he unul ean 'm tun-
Intell genccr.
and slift Is the daughter of a respecia
Ide tradesman at lliruiingham; that
her brother, A . boy aboutrher e.ge, had
been seduced bj two elder boy, to
join them in stealing some gold be
iongiug 4o a Mr. Price, of that town,
and iiurrison and one of his compan
ions were convicted of tho oU'ciic at
the last Warwick sosiztff. No dit
tjucliou was made between the old
offender and Harrison, who had be
fore committed a theft, and they were
both sentenced to transportation for
life. Wheo Miss Harrison heard of
the situation of her brother, and that
iter mother's life was despaired of, in
consequence of her excessive grief oc
casioned by her child hing forever
separated from her, thi poor girl pack
ed up a few articles of apparel, and,
without advising with her friends,
started by the .coach from Bi.ftiiog
ham to, London, to present a petition
to the king in his favour. When s .e
learned that the petition could only
bo presented through Mr. Peel, she
called again at the Home Office, and
enclosed with thftipetitinn addressed
to hisrMajesty.ithe following letter"
addressed to Mr. Peel:
Loudon, May 28 1826.
"Right Honorable Sir. Aery
humble individual, a yrung female
4M I y -i xteert-yea r .f hg, ha- t-ra y e ft
ed from Birmingham to London, to
have the satisfaction of personally
laying before you a petition in favour
of her brother. This is her first
journey; she is perfectly inexperien
ced; and she has no opportunity of
enquiring the most proper mode :of
applying for so great a favour, but
she '.rusts the innocence of her char
acter, as well as the delicacy of her
sex, and the distressing nature of her
objectsto obtain mercy for her1 bro
ther, will be allowed by a gentleman
of well known benevolence, to out-
weiffl
.1 tl - B
in? on tue aney iu me rar oi oyca-
uiorest belonging to the estate of
John Uaird, dee. and w hich has been
rendered AnspLCiioiJs tfiiui -dh&,cUm
cuinstance, that it withstood the ter
rible conflagration of is 10, while eve
ry other building around and near it
was destroyed. 1 hese two buildings,
we unuersianu, wero insured, anu per
haps some others, but to what extent
we know not ....
The small buildings destroyed,
were principally occupied by free per
sons of color, and from their inflam
mable nature, had Ion? been viewed
with fear and apprehension, particti-
f larly as t hoy were located in the very
Lean oi me town.- uepuoucan,
h any unimuortaot violation of
Charlottesville Gazette states, that how much the claims of humanity, are
ir Jjonroe nas laueu ngsiu to sen i regariieu Dy a greav .Minihier, neiore
hisTanded estate in Albemarle "for those of ceremony, My reason. Hicht c
iioooranie ir, tor taKing mis long
journey, and for s oliciting his audi
ence is that mt parents mav hava
the' case
the payment of his debts, contracted
in a long course of public service.
Few persons attended, and none, who jei
Wishf-d to purchase uwro than a few il
Petersburg Jiujr 1.
Another Conflagration. W i: have
to announce to our readers the me
lancholy fact, that our ill-fated town
has been visited by another conflagra
tion, almost as serious as either of
lhoe that immediately preceded it,
and which it has been our piinful du
ty to make known within the last
three weeks I
Between twelve and one o'clock on
Sunday morning, our citizens were a
roused from their slumbers by the
appalling cry of lire. We immedi
ately discovered, on looking out, the
vicinage of the fire to our own estab
lishment, and the destructive conse
quences that would result from it,
unless every exertion was made to ar
rest its progress. The flames broke
out in a stable in the rear of Old st.
adjacent to a number of wooden build
ings, and to such a height had they
ascended before the alarm was given,
that no hope was entertained of saviug
any of the frame houses, from the
east side of Baird's alley, to the west
side of the alley in the rear of Syca
more st. amounting altotegher to be
tween lwent)-tiv and thirty, princi
pally small buildings aud ofVbut little
value.
Nothing but the most extroor.dina
rj exertim.s ot the fire companies sav
ed an incalculable amount of property
from, destruction. Their first efforts
were dirrcted to Mrs. Nash's large
trame residence, w huh was.ou fue
before the engines could commence
active operations; but a flood of wa
tit the UKMihishnicnt of evtry body,
the fire was put out, without materi
ally damsgiug tbe house1. Had the
Wilt ma afiin k ii ii rS tm - is tl An rrTiiaii Vnm rr-TrrssiT--Vi tnnntr
hundred tieres, and few of them, and
in consequence, no part was tfere l
for sale to tho highest bidder. It
w is shewn on the ground, by a letter
from Mr. Swann, the President of
the Branch Bank of (he United States
at Washington, that eighteen thou
sand dollars of the debts due thatBank
Sc B ink of Columbia had been paid by
the sale of a small part of his Moun
tain tract (JO 3 acres) and that the ba
lance due (twenty thousand dollars)
was secured by the mortgage of the
residue of that tract, consisting of
two thousand eight - hundred acres,
w hich is considerably more than am
ple security for it, provided the sale
is nut fixed and the land sacrificed.
It appears by that letter, that the
Bank was not disposed to push the
sale by the sacrifice of the property,
and that full power was given to Mr.
Monroe to delay it, until a more fa
vorable season. It is said that 'he
money allowed by Congress on ac
count of his claims, has been applied
to the payment of his debts, to other
bauks in the District of Columbia, in
this State, and to individuals there
and elsewhere. Of tho amount of bis
other remaining debts we are ignorant
but we indulge a strong hope, that If
he can sell hit Valuable estate here,
at a fair price, he may save his Lou
don property, and have, by means
thereof, a comfortable provision for
his family. The interest in the mean
time, is a consuming fire, which, as
our crops are short, and our produce
sells, at a low price, may create em
lMrrasinent, but we hope for a favour
able change for us all."
ie solar; Of . know ins: tb.it
of my unfortunate brother, was really
knwn to, and duly considered by
you, sir: and that 1 may hereafter re
flect, that my bumble voice was heard
for. mercy by you, right honorable
Sir.
"1 have the honor to be Right Hon
orable Sir, your most obedient, most
humble servant. v
ANNE MARIA HARRISON.
' To the li'ght Honorable Robert
Peel, E q. his Majesty's Principal
Secretary of Stale for the home de
partment." It is almost unnecessary fo say,
that Mr. Peel, with that humanity
for which he is so distinguished, gave
the poor girl an interview, and pro-;
mised not only to present her petition
to the king, but to make enquiries in
to her brother's case, and if there
were eircutmtancs in his favour, be
would recommend a commutation of
his sentence The youth is now on
board the Dolphin, at Chatham, and
the affectionate sister waits in town
for Mr. Peel's decision.
7Curk for wens. The following
extraordinary fact has lately come to
our knowledge,; A planter in the vi
cinity of Raleigh, North Carolina,
had been for some years afijicted with
a wen on his neck, which grew so
large as to be very inconvenient and
distressing.' After trying a number
of lemedies. he was advised by one of
the neighbours to wash it two of three
titnr a day with strong salt water,
in which salt had been dissolved. He
did 50, and to his great relief and
comfort, the wen gradually decreased
Interesting Ctrcymstance. Last j in size, and finally disappeared! Let
week, a very modest and interesting ! those who are similarly afllicled '
arirl, about sixteen years of age, pre-land do likewise.' Raleigh lie g. -.
sented herself at the home department
ler front the hydrants -wn-poured - fUcewiUi a petition . w hicli she said Ifti!lfe;. VW&MHM9Mh J&9JlX..
upon it with such happy effect, that ''"he wished to present to the king; and vowids of the alphabet staud in their
teig' inform! that it must he pre- ('ammatieal order, a c i o wr The
Aciieil through Mir. Peel to- his ma t ord facetious presents the sauio ac-
jesty, she said she would call, agiin 'idental singularity; and facetiousd
"id..