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f 0 WE M, "A - ' -4. VJ i KOTlh-Caroliii2i State Gazette. Vol-V.. p 1 - ) T0 THE lXGtttATOTCtir o? tbjS ' 1 i RESBEimVk STATES".. IetterFifsL- ' : ' in a periodof peace and prospe flm .pt mind is, natatfatly Uit4ttdtoyoidfeHbferatiotK The United States hate heretofore, in a great degree, bee contending for their existence aa an indepen dent nation. ! Haying claimed her rank among the nation of the earth, she hashappily. vanquished every tt)Stacie which a mistaken interest had opposed. Kising above all ese,- sire turn occupies the .com--immdnrg eirtinenee merited by the purity of Hef principles, and the virtuous direction Ut resources. Boktftr these; prm4pWsr and forti fied by increasing power she has nothing to fear from the violence or the intrigue of her external ene mies Indeed roost of those na ttensy who from the force ot early preiudicfrbm ignorance or from ambition, have heretofore indicat ed marks of ihosulity or distrust, have yielded to a more enlighten :d and liberal policy, and have at length-perceived that mutual bene fit will be the! result of an- inter change of got! offices. What share of this amicable spirit is owing to the wis conduct of those who ad minister the general government, 2nd what oart of it arises from the force of events We shall not; pre tend to saw All ithat is necessary ibr us & know; is, that we have a government thaprohting ot tfte r-n-rvtmstaoees that spring Up, uses them to pr6mote.abermanent good understanding wit$! forei cm nations. Under the auspices of suchmotives and talents, we pay confidently rely on a continuance bfeaceand external prosperity. ? TKe security of these great, ob jects is the duty of the; national go vernment. TVv promote the .intg. rior interests- is the great dutyof the governments . ot the ot&gsj While the tormer arc m nazara, ib is right that every resource shpuld be encraced towards their attain ment. Once secured other sub jects, worthy of the best patriot- ism. otter tnemseives ior acum nKshment. ! P'or the accomplishment of these objects the propitious season has m-rived ; and let me add, that sea son too, which J if neglected, will never return. Need I awaken your minds to a sense of their im portance? Their accomplishment involves the intelligence, the mo ' rals, the strength of the nation. These your naticjnal government may protect, but it cannot create ; and such is the structure of our po litical institutions,! that a decay of State virtues will naturally produce a destruction of ; the whole super structure that rests upon them. People ot America I By the re gard you feel for your children, by your attachment to liberty, by your abhorrence of tyranny, by the ho ivorable pride inspired on cbntem- plating the great prospects oeiQre you in case your resources be effi ciently developed,' I conjure you to Ponder on the advice which a duty as b ure as vour own hearts, oromots Jne to oiferw I feel th?t I- possess tio cmr claums to give the ad vic Aire haVjneithe;?spnnkied my brow, nor wVsdom showered on me lier choice Wendowmehts; But I ever have fet;ia ardent love my country, smile my under- Handing has peen.carpaDie ot appre ciating the value ot I Irust this affprtionJ 2 , - I Jng the solace of nfiyllife, will des- na with me to toe 1 grave, it is Qot because Amencsji i$ my court- IS TREK, V ; 1 .;: Dr. FRANKLIN. Vft sbme years since attracted the attention of the public tci a sub ject which we then deemed it im portant to investigate aucagcu suppression of warki of Dr. Franklin. No elucidation haVing been made, the subject has acquir ed additional consetjuehce. From the silence with which the enqui ries made have been treated, the suspicions then afloat have deri ved considerable confirmation. If they are well founded, the transaction to which they relate, is of so cri minal a hue as to require the se verest animadversion ; and if they are untrue, it is of some impor tance to relieve innocent men from aspersion. We trust, therefore, that the notice, now about t be ta ken, will draw forth information that shall guide the public in the ior matian of a correct decision. It was some .years agd cemfi jdently reportedthatTemple Frank lin, the grandson ot the Doctor, to whom was bequeathed his books and papers, repaired to London for the purpose of publishing his life arid writings, including several unpublished tracts. It is certain that Benjamin Bache, then residing- in Philadelphia, repeatedly stat ed that a complete edition of the Doctor's works was compiling by Temple Franklin, with a view to publication at London to supply the European demand, and that a co-temperaneous edition would be printed by him at Philadelphia to supply "die demand in this country. This was at least seven years ao. About that time enquiries were of ten made when the work was to ap pear ; to which it was answered that itjmight be looked for pViIy From that day to this no life of Franklin, or any of his perform ances unpublished while he lived, have appeared ; nor has any reason been assigned by T. Franklin for its non-appearance. It was also re ported some years since, that Mr. Diliy, an eminent London book seller, .had boucrht the copy-right k)f the Doctor's works from Tem ple Franklin for a large sum ; on what terms I was" not stated : But that, instead of publishing them, he had afterwards disposed of them for a larger sum to the English mi- nistry,who bought them with aview to their suppression, and that thev have been accordingly suppressed. In ascertaining the truth 01 this statement, not only the friends of the character of Franklin, but like wise his country and the whole li terary and political world are inte rested. If it be true, it manifests a turpitude that will be but inade quately published by the severest reprehension. No man enjoyed a wider field for acquiring correct political infor mation respecting the Amencan revolution than Dr. Franklin He. possessed the confidence of his own government, and likewise, in an unusual degree, that of the courts to which he was sent. No one. from natural penetration, and from the access whichmsgreat reputation gave him to the great, was more qualified to trace the secret springs 4- V- of action, Hence the strong curi osity excited by the expected pub lication of his works I In France, the focus of ; information, he occu pied the highest reputation, and was in the confidence of all descrip tions of persons, eniovinor eauallv the respect and society of the vota- ry ot pleasure ana ambition. His share in the great events of this country is known to ail ; and it is likewise known that no man among us was better qualified, from the strength of his judgment & a happy knowledge of men, to develope motives and impartially to record events. We trust that those who possess the means of satisfying these1 en quiries .will hot deem it unimpor- Obrs ar$ the plan Mr delightful jeace, fcjnwMfcVlby pairtyfag, He like brothcri. Monday, August 27, 1804 tant to give that information which alone can or ought to allay the na tional sensibility already excited From the London Star. SAINT DOMINGOi The following pirticnlars of a failure of a Negotiation vrhich has been carrying on between our Government and Dessalines, the Governor of St. Domingo, has been received: The B ritish Agent Was dispatched from Jamaica on the 3d of January v on board the Tartar frigate, with proposals for a - treaty, which had for their basis the original agree ment between Gen. Maitland and Toussaint, with a few modifications and extensions favorable to the commerce of St, Domingo'. The Tartar touched first at St. Jeremie, a port on the south side of St. Do mingo : but as Dessalines was at Port-au-Prince, she sailed to that town and entered the harbour on the 15th. The British Agent had he following day an interview with the Governor-General, when nume rous objections Were made by him to the treaty, and amendments and additions were suggested, to which it was impossible to accede, so very extravagant was his demands. Des-r salines wished to stipulate for uni versal commerce, and for freedom : of navigation round the island to any distance from the coast his'ves sels might proceed. He also in sisted on being supplied by us with arms, ammunition, and what was most extraordinary, with negroes. From terms so excessive as these, no hopes could be entertained of any thing like a satisfactory issue to the tiegociation, and during five days more, while the British Agent and his colleagues remained at Port-au-Prince;" only another- interview took place. Dessalines seized the opportunity of recapitulating the number of old grievances complain ed of by Toussaint, and tending to shew his doubts of our sincerity. He laid vast stress on the confi dence reposed in him by the peo ple of Hayti, and of the dignity & independence of his government Which obliged him to reject the terms we proposed, and to which he could not think of acceding, since the island was open1 to the commerce of the whole world, France excepted. To a proposi tion that he should put us in pos session of the port of the Mole dur- ving the war only, he answered that it was altogether impossible, and that he had given orders to destroy all the fortificat;ons on the land side of the town, which had been carried into effect atPort-au-Prince, and was to be seen throughout the whole of St. Domingo. Our agent returned to K ingston with the pro posals of Dessalines in waiting, af ter 1 solemn promise that an ans- wei should he sent from Governor Nugent, at Jamaica, with all pos sible dispatch. The promise was punctually exe cuted ; for the British agent did not. remain quite a week at King ston, when he embarked m th Fame Frigate for St. Domingo, with Governor Nugent's ultima tum. With the exception of some trifling modifications, it differed little from our first proposals. The Governor thought it, however, ex pedient to send presents to Dessa lines and his principal officers, to the Value of several hundred pounds, chiefly composed of hats, gold lace, epaulets, and sabres. On the 10th February, our agents were landed at Jeremie ; but as Dessalines was then at Aux Cayes no interview took place till his ar rival, which was the 25th Instead of relaxing in the demands he had Detore made, he renewed all his objections, and even insisted, as a preliminary, that we should fur nish him with one million pounds of powder, equal to five hundred ions, - with, fifty thousand muskets and ammft utionj fifty thousand sabres for infantry, five thousand i tor cavalry, and titty barrels ot corn; So extraordinary a proposal was a convincing pi oof that he had no intention bf trading with us ; but it was considered the wisest course to assure Dessalines that his de mand should be laid before the Gb vernor of Jamaica. It is added to this account, that the great mass of his officers and army are equally perfidious and brumal j and it is confidently main tained by those acquainted' with his character, that no treaty made with hi m or any of them, can be kept sacred. Such a measure would inevitably expose the lives and properties of our merchants' to the caprice of these ferocious ban ditti, who, if left to themselves, must fall a prey to each other. They have now an army of nearly 40,000 men on foot, without any material resources for its support. The troops are miserably cloathed, receive no pay and would be shortly without the means of existence, as cultivation is neglected throughout tne island, were we to declare the ports in a state of blockade. The actual ration allowed to each black soldier consists of a herring, arid half a pound of bad bread. The whole population of St. Domingo is not now 150,000 souls, and of that number not more than 25,000 are effective males. This popula tion, diminishing as it is, would decrease still more rapidly, were they deprived ot all external suc cour; With a people so dispro portioned to the standing army, it may be easily conceived to what a miserable state the plantations are reduced. The few which are still worked are cultivated bv women. children and old men ; and all the sugar works and distilleries, except in a few instances, have been to tally destroyed, A quantity of Tafiia sufficient for the consump tion of the military only, is not made in the whole island and not a single pound of sugar is to be obtained. It would seem from the sentiments expressed by Des salines during his conferences with our agents, that he ititends to make coffee and cotton the chief commo dities of the island. As the blacks naturally look to another attempt on the part of r ranee to recover tne island, their present system is to destrov all the 4 fortifications round the' towns, un less they protect the entrance of the harbours, Dessalines does not affect any mystery with respect to the plan of operations he has de termined to pursue should the French effect a landing. Persons 01 KVhrv nptrrinrmn orp i m mari 1 X . - . - . ately upon the approach of the ene-1 1 ti . t . my, wreurc Win ail tneir proper- iy iu uic atroog noiOS ana iastnes- ses in the interior, having pre viously burnt the towns. We learn with pleasure that no fears can arise with fesnect tn unv dancer to our nosseftsinns in the 7 1 -v U - 1 vv ei-maies, snouia-.tne new AjO vernment of St. Domimro nrove -- , 1 hostlLe to us The Blacks are des- tuuic 01 vessels capable either OI annoying our trade, or-of trans- nnrtmo. tnne nnA as. a .,11.. rr....& auu uctmcuiy 4ucbuun ine policy OI any COmmer- ciat ircaiv wim mem. wnirh wnnlH not only expose the lives and nro- perty of our merchants, but involve us in connections that might inter- iere in our future arrangements with France, and hold up an ex- ample to our own colonies ultimate ly productive of the most dange rous consequences. FOR SALE OR RENT, In the City of Raleigh t A LARGE two Story House, with the State House ; being a part of the Square "uc n.cre juvi j convenicnay situatea near aajoinmg Mr. uasso's, on Morgan street. or 1 enns apply to- WILLIAM PEACE. Raleigh, June Sib, 1304 No. 254 THE CO-PARTNERSHIP Robert Fleming & Co Having been this day dissolved. Thr StBck of G&ds on Bandy Will be sold at Cost, for Cash only BY JOSEPH ROSS) Trt Whom at! ttins :4.U-I .t,A !a-A. ... VVii U1UWKU IV lUfc ;Firni of Robert Ftenling-ScTTo. are requested te Trial- PavtviT3- liafe& Aa$. t, 1804. SHERIFFS' SALE'S On Saturday He T0 dhSiptem! ritxt a$ Buncombe Cotift-icncse, p HE following Tracts, or Parte A of Land, lying in tbe? County of Bun combe, or as much thereof a trill satisfv the Taxes and Costs doe thereon fot the. year 1803, viz. -; 192,200 Acres of Land, the property of Wm. Gathcart & Co. not given in for Ta ation as the Law directs. ' 300 Aeres the property of John. May, of Burke County, lying oh the West Fork of Pigeon Rivet. 700 Axres, the property of William Ma; kay, lying on Romony Creek Pigeon River and Richland Creek. ' 6O,C00 Acres, the property of Silas JJptt dinot, in Said county. SAM. H. WILLIAMS, Sheriff f Buncombe County, .. On Wednesday the 12th of Septerabe ritxt Will be sold at the Court-hckute in &an- dolph County, HPHE following Tracts bf Land, 01 so much thereof as will satisfy the Tatf and ail Expences thereon for the years 1803 and 1803, which have riot been given 4a agreeably t Act of Assembly, viz- 25,000 Acres of Land belonging to Na thaniel Morton 8c CoV merchants, of Balti more, on the waters of Uhara, Litde Rive and Deep River Waters 300 Acres of Land belonging? the Heirs of Harmon Husbands, Wm. Cox and others, known by the name of the Mine Laftd on the waters of Deep River. 180 Acres belonging to Rasha Hamilton, on the waters of 5ahdy Creek Jul? 18. s ; J. LANE, Shff. s Music arid Dancing Academy FRANCIS MAURICE, Professor qf.tbe French Language, Mmic and Dancinv. RESPECTFULLY informs the La- A dies and Gerrtlemen of the clrr of Ra leigh and Vicinity, that he has opened a, School in, Kaleigh to teach the abov agreeable and elegant Accomplishments. Mr. Maurice flatters himself that the mo derate terms on which he engages Pupils and the strict attention he pays to their B. haviour as well as Instruction, will increase the number ot them, which, is already very respectable, for the Piano Forte, Violin, 8? Dancing. . A few Pupils Will be taken irv lam French. aw a. JOHjPSQX & FLE MING, Have iust received Best West-India Rum, Molasses, vrm, juuai of. jorown sugar, Cogniac Brandy, 9 Coffee, imperial and Young Hyson Tea, onerry W ine, With an additional Supply of DRY GOODS WhrV rrtTYinlptfJo tlinir A cm n-ft Ill 1 1 - ! i none, nv kwninrr uti n mnpni r a tic,5s caluared to suit the market, anddis. II posing of them on the most moderate term; to deserve the ericouragementof their friendi I Warrenton, dug. "2. NORTH-CAROLINA. Treasury Office. August i. t804. ?tHE handsome and punctual man anrl the 7?wmu.OS;r. ftf tv,;c Cf, j 11 ' . iiua uvai VU1CS llvciiicriyscn:iea ana accounted tor ?? Tare?!,iothl,ubUc Dues' nhorise 11 uiac ic no longer remains necessary they should be reminded of the propriety of a srr,ct ana continued attention to this im- r TTina,!pe, T- ltistuiir liU .crea, mat tne conauct ot n those Gentlemen for the current year, will further prove their determination to sustain ,vruluvu wbuwcuucacrroi. xpis therefore, is rather addressed to the Jew who have railed arid are in arrear, than to the many who have done theii duty, and are in the habit of paying in full ; and is meant to can their attention to the List of Xiafnes and Balances, published by order of the last Assembly, and bound up -with the Acts of that session. At the Court for Hillsborouzh district Which will commence on the 6th day of Oc tober next, Judgment , with Interest aj$ i-osts, will be had in every instance of a-. rear. It is not necessary that more &houl be said on a subject in itself so little agreea ble, the duty of the Public Treasure lieing defined and known to aU It remains only therefore for him to hope, that those con- penned willperceive in this early and timely! W armng, a renewed proot ot his tnendshiu and exposition to serve and to oblige ; and that, losing sight ot all further indulgence. they will tortawith seriously set about dom away, the very disagreeable necessity of hU proceeding against them.
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