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oT QRERX8B0R0UGU, JV C. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 182 NO 41 - 1 1 - i f V .i THE PATRIOT, JS prioted and published weekly by T. EARLY STIUXr,Kt 'At Two Dollars per annum, payable within thrve months from the receipt f ihe first number, or Three Dollars after the expi ra on of that time. "Jfi paper to be diHcnntinued rntil Ml arrear ag-H are paid, unless at the option of the Bthtnr; and a failure to notify a discontin uance VTilVtc considered a new ;engage- tsent. tyjDVRRTISKMrlXTS, t exceeding 16 lines, neatly inserted three times for one dollar, and 25 cents for eve jy succeeding publicat ion; those of grea ftr length in the same proportion Let u :.ter to the Editor must h; pdst paid. . From Colombia J We have been favmed with the,pfjusal of a letter received by Governor Burton from 'J. G. A. Williainm, Esq, Amer ican Consul at Laguayra, (Colom bia,) nd late of Pers n county in this State, dated the 18th ultimo ; from which we make the "following oxtracjss-Ho. Star. You will have observed, perhaps, by the newspapers, that the Cabil dos of Caracas and -Valencia huv declared Gen. Paez. civil and rail! fat y -hirf f this department, au he, i; cos-quence of this cirvnm Btanre. ha superseded every office o any importance, whose appoint intit had originated at Bogota tip der the Central Government. This change, whicb may be considered a radical one, has., grown out of the following circumstances Gen. Pa l os the military commander of Ten ezu'sv had rcceivtd instruct. i from the Vice President, St. Ander. to put in force a law of the Con grr9 in organizing the militia into companies, battalions and regimen's lie called a meeting of the citizens of Caracas, by public notice, at the convent of St. Francisco for thin purpose, but on the day designated no person attended. He again cal led a meeting, and again no person attended He immediately despatch ed a messenger t Bogota, with a statement of the facts, that the cit izens would not assemble tor that purposfc. In. return, he was ordered to execute it if possible- to bring them together at all events. He a gain issued a proclamation, calling upon the citizens for the above pur pose. They did not attend. He immediately ordered a file of sol diers ! go into the city, and bring every man they could find to the convent. He commanded them per haps himself, or accompanied them and I - suppose, in some instances made a breach upon the personal rights of some of. the citizens, but he succeeded in getting the most of them together, and the militia were duly organized. In the mean time, some of the citizens prefered char ges against Gen. Paez of having ..broken into their houses, invaded their rights, which had been guar anteed under the Constitution, in a forcible and unlawful manner. In . consequence of thcj circumstances, General Paez was superseded in his command, and ordered to Bogota flir trial. In the mean . time, , Dr. Tenia, the Supreme Judge of the High ..Courts, whn had reused to sign a decission of the, Court for the execution of a Coh for as, fliissmation, had received from the g vernment tw ' or three hundred. thoosand (loIlara in doQblaons, at 16 dollars each, for- and passed, point, and nothing but his presence .the members of the Society- un.ng' theltt off for 18 -d-.ilars each : byi can still the troubled waters of these: which were the negl-ct to advrrtno revolutionary movements. He, in- ine meeting in me papers tot- o y rhich he gained 10 oi SO thousand dollars, and did not or would not account for it to the government. JHte was likewise ordered to Bogota, to answer charges which were pre fered against him meeting with Paez at Valencia, he induced, in a confidential manner, him to believe that if they went to Bogota, they both would be shot. In the mean time, there was some excitement and inquiry among the -people nil' this subject, and it is said, and fully be Icived, from the finesse anjj iflgea uitv of Dr. Penia. he managed so ns f rt i. . IJ to have several men assassinated much near Valencia and were, brought iaiaical energy, deed appears all powerful, not on ! lyfn the auth ority invested in him by the government of this country, but in the hearts of its citizens. wThe improvements ot Venezula have been by these events (Vown bacx. 1 might almost say, dinyears. & th unfavornt)!euM of the vea:u r tie would therefore move that when the meeting adjourn it adjourn to Sa turday next. Vf r Mercer moved that in th- mean time the report, which had just been rend, be printed. That doeumcoi; he thought, would attract a great num- A broat her character has been ber of persons who might noi oUier snmewnm implicate anu ai 'none vrisediieaa. ii nau aio oeen m. Jjcr nergies have been divert- gested that, if the meeting was fix .d ed fnim thb true source of grandeur for ihe afternooh,1 many Members of and wealth. 4n her fiscal arrange Congress would be able tu be present, menis, there is no order nor system ile therefore moved.in addition, that and the people are ecnerallr so ae iee,,n.!? " uv uo "1CU xhausted in purse and pl.y- Rt ?fve" , C,0K u' rv that thev would scarce. Mr' C,aj rofe 10 exPre" hear' aJ1"! iiej-;ouiii sua 4 - tfo ty concurrence in1 the motion' lie next morning and publicly exposed ly be able to supply any of there- thougfit however, that six oVhwk in the market. A cry immediately quisitcs of war 4lui -certainly there oe a more eonrenieni - hour. . arose, is Gen. Paezgointi Bo - is no section of the world; tlie pro. The very interesting report :u?d, go a? Who is to protect us? Our ductions of which are richer, and lP should conceive, be a great induce property and our persons arc in none where they can be grown ton ment to mniy to attend, danger -we have everything to much gn? titer advantage. All that Mr Powell suge,ed that the Co fear if he leaves us. During thfc Mtici this country wants is jieace, peace latnbian Institute, (in whose Hall General Paez whs at his country infernally and externally, and to 'he Soeiefy wa sitting) I ad a meet place near Valencia, and as soon as (discard some of the jcaiotisy they iog tbii day week, the feelmgsofthe people rose tot evince towards foreigners. There Mercer remarked, thaf tfie their prnpeV height, the Cabildosi is still ' some of the old fetter of '1jraed meeting would pn.babiy prnper lieigl wns called together, and they unhes hatingly declared Paez civil and military Chief of Venezula. Cara cas, a few days afterwards, followed the example. He accepted the hon or -conferred and of course, refused the order to proceed to Bogota lor trial .Phis, I belie o is a history of the early transactio.'iS, and, with the-exception of the argument used! phalically be laying the ax at the in (he delay of justice, from the un- tnonse distance betwen thfs depart ment and the seat of tlttCentral G n crnment, and, In coifeeqencc, a oifederativo frm wouldljeftcr suit the local situation of the country, oiay be considered the principal reasons fr the , assumption of the present authority, and of bringing almost to open internal war this part of Columbia, already exhausted by every circumstance that can attend war of the most lawless and san guinary kind. "It is fully believe:!, had not Gen. Paez met with Penia, he would have went to Bogota, and no doubt would have been honorably acqnited ; for he had, as a preparatory measure, stiTcndercd his authority to the officer sent to supercede him, and evidenced every disposition to com ply with the orders of the govern ment. These movements have pla ced Venezula in a very peculiar sit uation, and no part of the people does it affect more than foreigners. The government at Bogota has pla ced out of its protection, every man submits to the authorities here, and will not hold itself responsible for any of their acts. Out of these events have grown two distinct parties, $ud I am sorry to say, some foreigners, and, among them one or two Americans, have become involved in the changes that have taken place. The one party are for Bolivar and the Constitution and the other Gen. Paez and a con federacy. Gen Bermudez commands at Barcelona on the constitutional side, and Barccrno Mendez, in the recent change, at Puerto Cabellb, on the same ; and Gen. Paez, in the centre, at Valencia control ing La guayra and Caracas. But I do not believe it is the wish of either party to make an attackin other words, to commenced civil warUntil pos itive information shall have been received from the Liberator. Both mm. ..laB IaMMAM maJ f fl W A ..lift Spanish tyranny observable, ami rc'i ' r " ' ,f ; . ,. . move that a Committee be abpoitilfd not a small nart of their rrltzK'US . .. r, . stipersiition. 1 The one has nearly to provide a more commodious place. The several motions were put and vanished, and theother is fast losing c&rnej ften the meeting adjotitned. Xat Int. its power over the hearts and c:n duct of the people. But, vvitJiout education, this counrry has done nothing for : itself. A free ;iod pro tecting introduction of it would eui- Leislature qf N. C, Tuesday, Jan. :6. DEBATK root oi me tree oi an tne oigotry anu ()n the bin Lo aJvaneo ,)ie adrnin. superstition, that must. Without iriiqn bT Juttiee in Courts of eradication, retard its grwh. The' fpniFnud to establish Courts foo people generally are ignorant of ( dial puipoie. Ijaws'and constttutions. of the mvrei .lt ... . , , , . . the House in Committee of the nghtsof necutn and turn ; but are . l ,, ,. .... . . i nolo Mr. Donoiio m the Ch ir" susceptiuie oi great improvements, j and disposed in every instance to recognize the system of our own goverement as the only one that can render secure and give to each in dividual his proper rights and due protection. The cheering intelli gence of the arrival oi B !:var at Bogota, on his way to VenezuU, is now placed beyond doubt, and we look for him about the 17th of Jan uary " The climate here is fine, and in Caracas, luxurious beyond any thing I ever enjoyed.' Washington, Jan. 22. COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Ou Saturday last th annual meet ing of this Society took place in the Capitol. At eleven o'clock Judge Washington, President of the Society, took the Chair. The Annual Ueport of the Maoa gen having been read, several reso lutions were offered and agreed to. Mr. Powell of Virginia) having risen to propose a resolution, oore testimo ny to a great change in his opinion of this Society: He said he had at Mr. Morfhkau smd, he ha' no doubt imperfection would be f uot a w bill before the ctninut ee but t h- iio imperfections, he hoped would bo r. moved 'v ameiidtnents, ns it rnu he allowed by all 'hut a bill of ibi k id is necessury to advanc - tKo tl nt v is tralion of justice jo Conrls of Equity tu tins fliulc Every "profession til reutletn i. es pccially ; thoie who p'atier in ho western part of (he Mate, must ba convinced of the necessity of a reme dy for the evils at present experien ced for want of a proper tribunal to decide eauses in Equity, fit) v old not himself say when day Superior Court for Hillsborough District, io which he practiced, heard a cause in Equity. He had been at the bar for hx, tu years and he recollected but very few cases being heard, for want of time, every day being fully occu pied with the Civil and Criminal Dockets. How it was in other parts of the State he could not tell Hut 4u the Hillsborough aud Mountain Circuits, they bad the name? f a Court of E(iuty, io which, indeed, they could commence an Equity suit, but could Uever get it tried; so that suitors were deprived of their rights, uoloss indeed they will eqnsent to first looked upon it as calculated to produce evil instead of good Ho did not think it necessary to explain tbe i have their suits transmitted to the manner in which th4 change lu his I Supreme Court, and put themselye to sentiments had been ellecied; but be the expense of employing, additional now felt eoovioeed Uiu liiis Society cpuasel to argue the-,eaiHe in that promised tb be the instruueut of great Court. This is, considered a hard and benifficeut results. I ship, both as it respects the parties Mr.. Key said, before the qoeition in all sueh canses,' who are access -trU was taken upon the resolution oifered, ly put io great inconvenience, and as he would suggest to the meeting, bow it respects the attornies who prae ce ever pleased the Managerit we're to in the Superior Jouris, who, th ogb see the gentlemen who wure present, they be employed to prepare thei oa wbether it would not be desirable ses for trial, cannot convenn ly oU that the annual business of the Soci- low them to the. Supreme Q art ety should be postponed until a jar- ".'Mr. M. then prioee.ded to ahew ger meetiog could bo convened. Sevr from tb;v ceosui of lso, that iHo eral circumstances had ooera;d to whtf nonu! ttiou of ttie,lliilb.i nab parties look to him as their ::raingjjpre7cnt .,the..ftttcnd than; oav-fbafth
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