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',1 P I J,Tp4Af EitioteJitht Register iSir ' Aft, ' s ilCalany$ in whatever garb it .maybe'dresseaorhovvever secart Vilm its dtadly hifSsftqulil jiat all times be treatedvith: a marked disrespect xk v n rrr" t- r i rTifi 1 ' 11111 f 11 i r;ii i i i 11 its?AeWchafts,(but for Che sake of example to deprecate the prac- ts i votaries. Ani asTruth is the best specific; to ; purify the fetid breath of the calumniator, ' that Ubuld be arinisterecl boldly and in large doses- . ; these seiittments are particu ixf applicable toja. piece that ap peared in yaiirjalt Monpaya vcr siraed by the Justices of Lin- coln County, introduced with the avovcdand specious (pretence of Vimlicatlrig their relation against the supposed aspersions of Judge Potter t but really and in fact, With Secret maVtce; to'lesspn the worth'. ioTthe; Judge, for daring tVTssue iriminal warrants, .against .some oi their oxriiboiy.J .;' Having read the publication, and not doubting of hc real motives of the authors, 1 enquired if the Judge; intended to answer i. and was in armed j(ailexpecud) that he did vol : for that hrfeclared, his con science" approved every motive which actuate d riim on' the bench, nd his judgment approved every expression that fell from him rela-- .tiVe'ti'tlreymiohfor bailing the prisoners mentioned ; and that as the Justices were not satisfied with calling for Ian explanation, but thought proper to case out insinu ations of oflSciai misconduct in him, ' he should treat the publication w ith that silent, but, ineffable contcmpi which he deliberately thought it merited. Not satisfied however, withithis passport to oblivion, I, as a friend to ti;uth and foe to calum ny, thought! that, ere tlfc: piece withdrew from public tiotice, i: would be best to lash it with a few truths ; and therefore sought for such information as the nature oi .he case afforded. The facts v. Ml I shall disclose, though gaiiipg to the Justices bf Lincoln, are not, 1 am persuaded, so ample as might be dcve)t4iectwby the J udge. Bat such as I have been able to' collect, shall form the basis of my remarks, and , will befbiind by the candid reader, to answer the purpose I have declared, v M ' ,1 was one who happened to be prestnt in court when the motion 'was made for bailing Collins and Twitty at the last term, and heard, I believe, every word that was ut tered by the court upon that ques tion ;; and although I do rr6tecol. lect w"hst the literal expressions were, 1 know, I felt-myself iuliy impressed with the propriety of very : expression and with the ni'inner and spirit in which they Avcre tittered, as I think every on, present, who had any knowledge of. the case, felt And it sboulci not be forgotten, that several citi . sens of LincoUl C&unty (nerhap some of them J ustices) wcK: pre sent, yet not a amr.mu'r was heard J nor do I believe it entered into the head of :&hV' living soul a; court to conceive,' that anv kind ct oileacc was' intended by the J,wige--buu that his language was pruper, as an answer to the counsel for the mo tion, and as expressivemf his opi nion thereon. It is a litde singu ' lar too, that these injured Justices have remained so-long -is a torpid state. But they have the merit of being at least slow to anger. Whether the words published in the Regis ter compare exactly with, those spoken by the Judge, my mc lr.ory cannot determines but it is: 'cU known that publications of this- i.K are made up' trora memory; and ar there for e the les certain. "tit admuiing'this publication to ke literally corrects what was said V ' , I hat " the coxnbinaiion in thisle- tany -appeared to be -so extensive, ,and the prisoner Ut the bur so influential afidf hardy, thatjfio li justice in that county was to be trusted with' the performance of u such a duty-thiatwhatever his 44 confidence in the integrity of u some of them might be, he con 41 sidered them all tinderjtheanflu "tence of ardff favoufl No let us s,ee wliacatise thj:" iudgeijjad for withholding his confidence from these men. yThat many persons of Lincoln County hiive been long suspected 6 making and parsing counterfeit bank note a -that it was so under Stood and confidently believed in the county generally and that the combination formed lor such prac tice was very extensiye, are facts not to be controverted :f vet it is believed, that no person was ap prehended, nor any attempt made to suppress the evil,until the Di rectors of the Branch Bank of Sa vannah employed and sent on a man from the State of Georgia for that .purpose. And it was then said, as it his since been fiequently jiaid. bv some of vthe citizens and justices ot Lincoln, that a number of rich," influential vxu..respct:tabls citizens of their county were strongly suspected; that the influ ence of Collins and .Twitty was so great, and their friends jand accom plices so numerous, that notice would at all times be given them of an approaching officer, crone suspected of having a precept, and recommended the! utmost secrecy, lest the airrof Lincoln-should waft the intelligence to the Bankers. Hence the necessity for putting.the lt( 111113 IlllVJ kill. JA tlltll Uti- A , , 0 t , , h suspected bv them. bo much did some of these Justices distrust their jj u , f companions and themselves, that thev desired oecial warrants issu ed, returnable before, the Judge, so that a fnir enquiry might be had and proper recognizance taken. Twitty, when first tfppfe bended, was bailed by the Lincoln Justices ;n s.i small a sum, that he chose to forfeit his recognizance rather than appear It is neither my wish nor purpose to give to ibis conduct a hard name ; but a member of their own body has insinuated iu terms too unequivocal to be misr.ndet svcocl, that the justices who took the bail were actuated by fear or favour. Indeed there was a general distrust prevailing hi that county all confidence wast, and the. appellation of Fiiend, was but! another name tor tcuntcrjritcr. I iie ci izcns were charging eac h other by turnsandwhtn one was apprehend ed, he implicated many others. Nor was this immaculate and patriotic body of Justice's exempt from the cen sure of the im;es. Warrants were issued "against some of them for pass ing counterfeit notes, and others were su'fc pecked.' One, k is presumed, slid lurks, as it is several months since a special warrant was issued against him, and no return is yet made ; by one mean or another, he contrives to elude 'he vigilance ot these patriotic guardtans. I am inclined to think it was not without some reason that one of those Justices said, If Collins or Twitty should be again bailed, - it .would oe impossible to raise persons in the county tluU could be dtp tndtd on to take him again.".; The persons e.ivrarreci in anorehenuinR- these men, considered the felonious pairy so strong, ! influential and base, that their lives were hazarded by taking an ac tive part against them.. But it is stddhy thexommittee, that u what " ever has been done towards the suppression and blinking to justice u iknf!t'nrlir.iti fmestit)!!. has been lllb Vi-Vr-.' 1 ti- done by the peopl of Lincpln.'r What: did they derive uoaui irom 'n.!rv'ro-"i ni fmm Uutherford ? Or if they claim all thtrnierit, let me. ask, W hen were they Jirst roused fromftiieirdethargy ? -What was the impetus Which put them m motion, or what' the accelerating principle? asrirsoney ? Wto it the S500 advanced, by the Charleston Bank, with the promise of more ? Or had , the reward offered by vheZeeper. of 1 the Ildlsboi'GughGaol, for the appre-! hehsiort of Colli tis and others, any influence ?(; "Or could it be the larp;e s'umslaidvanced by the Government of the U. States as an extraoixhnary remuneration for supposed extraor dinary services ? I . . .. ' Let your Lincoln men look to this and bejvyare ; for it is already ru moured, that, under the mask of Pa triotism, the .vilest speculations have been pracused upon the tjovernment. and thit these men are so perfectly aliVe to their own Interests in monev concerns, that they haye become jea lousf'each other so much o, that they have charged some of the mpst respectable amongst them with fraud and perjury, in obtaining and no: distributing the U. States money. When theie things are .known (and the facts cannot be denied by the Justices individually, whatever they may do collect! vtly) where are those unjust and unfounded aspersions in die publication alluded to? I)id the Justices w ish the power of bailing, in order to multiply the chances of es cape ? I trust not I think not. Did they suppose the Judge, after allow ing several thound dollars of the U. S. money upo.i the subject, would surrender the hold he hud upon the prisoners, to the uncertain event of having them properly recognized by men of whom he had heard so much? Preposterous ! Why was the ruoticn made ? Surely to benefit the priso ners. But the court possessed the discretion of complying or refusVig: It very properly chose the latter; and as properly gave .the true reasons fur i:s refusal. The 'committee who signed the publication .from Lincoln (or from Salisbury, or from, whatever quarter it came) acted ostensively under an appointment by i7the Justices of the county. Can the fact be so ? Were xpax. against whom warrants ha've . , . . .A ' been issued parties to the appoint j , t r t , t"- - - j - ' ' peUed of counterfeiting or passing counterfeit notesi consulted tioon this occasion I But more especially I ask, was the Justice against wnom the warrant is now out, at this general meeting, or privy to the nomination of the committee ? If yea, why did not these vigilant, disinterested Lin coln Justices lay hands bu their im plicated brother ? Or was he a ne cessary agent in their real design ? Were his feelings better tuned than others lor chanting the so.ng of ca lumny up and down the country with vtngiful ire , Whatever 'Squire Wheeler may have done or refused to do, I neither know nor care ; but I cannot agree that his decisions have a binding au thority upon the opinions of Judges. I believe him to be an honest man, because I do not know, nor hve I heard the contrary ; but that his re fusal to issue the warrants, as men tioned by the committee, was con trary to law, there can be no doubt entertained beyond the limits of his county. What ! are the Lincoln Juices privileged from arrest ? ,'A.re. they superior to the constitution and laws of their country ? ' Is it the bu siness of a Judge, when application is made to him for a cnmi '-al war rant against a Lincoln Justice, to say to the informer, You dare not ap proach the 'sacred gr.und of this man it is consecrated the holy land, which no unhallowed foot is per mitted to tread ? Or do thecomf mittee mean to insinuate that the Judge should not have given credit to the oath made before him ? If that be their meaning, it is high time to have done with them. Can it be true, that this country affords even a solitary indiv.dual, who would wish a judicial officer to exercise theau- thority so contended for by implica tion ,? I hope in God there ia not drtif I sincerely hope I shall not live to sec the Tiial by Jurythat boasted bulwark of American Liberty laid prostrate by the arbitrary hand of an -fisurbinsr officer--that 1 never shall see aJudere so unmindful of hit duty as to weign iikc a jury me ccatti.yi Vwitne5. Ard, above all, '1 'trust. I shall never hear ot an American Jud ge so ; degraded and mean, as to refuse his warrant because the per son, sought to fcewcliared holds an elevated position in society. BiiiTl do conndtntlhopet&at I shall al ways see the usual apd legal course : puivaed ; hertVas a'matttr dfi-ight, any person," upon the information arid oath ofone'romrteff; in law fo matte 5uch dath, may demand a crtminAlJ warrant against any person, whether he he nth or poor, or whether he be a Judge1,, a justice, or a vagabond Then I shall see the accusation con stitutionally, and legally tried- then .he Jury, whose peculiar province it is, will weigh the credibility oi they Whether Claryvcarried with him his reprieve, as represented by, the :ommittce, is to ine unknown ; nor was it at all material to be known when the application for tne warrant was made : But thai he was a competent vitn3, the committee theniselvts5 can entertain no doubt : nor can thev be ignorant that arcriminal warrant may be granted upon the oath of one who states that he-believes, or. has just ground to believe, such an o'te committed-the offence. In the pre sent case, however, the. oath was full, clear and positive, both as to the commission of; the crimes", and the; " ' w & . w. w w V J it- identity ot the persons charged. The committee say, that if they had taken Clary's deposition, thev would have preserved a duplicate of u : i say, mat it mc Judge fcad taken it; he would have preseryed the QrL rinal. But the fact is, as Lam in- formed, no written deposition was taken ; but that the warrants, were granted in the usual way upon tht parole oath of Clary. And so cau tious was the Judge when the applU cation was made to him by Clary amt hU companion GUss,; that he exa mined them separately, and very cir cumstantially, in order to detect and commit them, if they should appear guilty, as was suggested to him from Lincoln ; but they were too well pre pared nothing against themselves could be extracted PDom them; The committee " would not have omitted to have taken security of Clary to ap pear tS support the charge he had exhibited." Ncr would the Judge have oniitted it, had it been offered. Indeed I am assured, that he tod Clary to look out for sureties. .Not that he possesied the power to com mit him, in case of neglect or refu sal to d so ; but on account of Cla ry's ill name and character, he wouh have taken bail had it been procur ed, 60 as to have insured his appear ance at the enquiry? No suretits how. v.r cculdbe piocured, and CI rv was permitied.to go, as he had a le- j al-right to do, on his own recog nizance. To have committed him,; as a witness, prior to the enquiry, without any charge . against him, would have been as great'a novelty in law as in justice. i Now say, impartial reader, whe ther any blame attaches to the Judge for the declarations ascribed to him, and which, for ought I can positively say. to the contary, may be correct. ('To every honest man of Lincoln county, I here offer an apology for the gentr f: y p(f the remarks I have been led to make They will readily see that such a course was unavoid able in answering. the complaint and charges of the committee. And, feeling no disposition to continue a controversy! "Amplcasant in itself and irritable in its. consequences, I take my leave of the Lincoln Justices, as they have already dene of VERITAS. September, 1806. NEW WHOLESALE STORE. 'T'HE Sutcribers beg leave to in foim their Friends und the Public iu general, that ttaey have entered into Co partnership,; under the Firm of KOGC. HALLIDAY & MEftG, Who have commenced Business (in the Houses heretpfore occupied by their H. Halhdav) ik the -Wkrolisaie and Retail Lino. In addition to their Stock on hand of Dry, Last and West-India Goods and ;alt, theyhuve imported, in the bhip Rodney, Captain Heard, from Liverpool, an extent sK e and general Assortment of Dry Goods, suitable to the Market and approaching Season, which they will sell on reasonable terms far Cah or Produce; or oil the ac customed Credit, by wholesale, to known respdnikibie aud puuctual persons. 'M JOHN HOGG, 4 R. HALLIDAY, . Wm.MNG- ' ; Faytttevills, ; Jug. 1, 1S06. - The Debtora cf RHail:day, and Hogg and Meng, are requested to make payment tp Hogg' Halllday and -.-Jifeng, who aie ti.orised to receive uch4tkvi ;and raat j discharges. v SXRIFFS SALES. : v;lVILIv:SE'OLI),N At the Court- Huki in Mizubetb Tow, 'tH TbursiLiy tft2otl day f&ptiinkcrl 4 tv , ipHE following Lots in said Town, or &o much tberecf as rilh satiny ijrhe , faxes for the year 1SU5,- and costs vL ad- Hrertitincr, via Kos. 1: 2. a er & 10, 31, 12, 13, 14. "16 v 18. lQ: 1 33, 34. 35. 36, 37, o$, 4lr--4 143. ,4445 46,4?, 43, 49, X), 51; 33, 53, m, 61, b2, -63, 64,66,' ' 681 69, 7 71, 72. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77. 73, 70, ZOt 1, -82 S3, 85. S6, 27, 89, 90, 91, 92, 9&Ml 95r, 93,-99,'luO, 101.102, 103, 104, lua. 100, lor, jij, JI4, 115,116,117, 119, 120, 121, not -iven in. Alt., 4i6 Acesr lying on B Colly SwaWjpl property tbe same. , ; 70 Acres, Jv in? on th Bic? Swaifri m rTleganses Path, joinnig Thoniaa PeVtrs Sc John Robeson's land, the prcporty rit tie ute lienjamm Moore, dc. X . DAVID L. WHITE, Skf.a Bltdep, A?- 11,1806, WILL BE SOLD.. M the Court Heusc tn Western,- on Sizur$ay tbc lltb of Qmoferl the Jbltetoty .Trcxt rj ZtWid, or,, soinucb tbertcf, w witi pJjt. the Taxes diit tixreonfor 'the jear Ufy, S0Q Acres, theipoperty! of Wiliiinx blade, on Bac'hflof'&rL-. r 50 acres the nrowrrv of XV r. bhadford, in BayK.ver Pcccson, jomimr htr Lands of CJ. Henry Tilman - 640 acres-che property of Jonathan Sar.i craft and vvtfe. lying in Kay River Peep, son. joining the: Lands of Joshua Fulshi CHARLES WTLlAMS, ... Sierifof Craven County 9 ' .VILL BE hOLD On tie STtb ofOctular. at the Court Rseof Brum-id County, fvr tU luxes due ibere onfortbtyearV&jS,. " 50,000 Acres cf Land the property of Mr John Gray Bicimt situart-d -'in "B;,m. - wick County JOHN G SCULL, Sbff. WILL BE SOLD, . - At tbe Court-Hcse in XeJeigb, oh fteidar the 7tb of October, if tteunuue thereon for City u axes he not paid to tbe Collector in the mean time t , 'J'HE following Lots ia the City of Haleigh, on -whicn the City. Taxes .ave not been paid iox th presert year, and upon wme of them for several iirecsd' n years, vis. w . " . Lots not given in, Kos. 3, 5, 9,10, 13. Mr 26. r7, P8, 29, 30, 4 42, 43, 45 4. 59. 6J, 6, 120, 121, 122, i56'. mi , ijo, iti, iJi, iOi, a 13. OI6 91 7 2: 2-3' 248 26 v 27 J ar,d 273. 9 JiA D1LLARDT. Collector cf the City Taxj. Jug. 23. MARSlAVs SALE. TO BS SOLD to the highest BuMer fofr reaf y Money Geld or Silver Coin, the H.use 01 Wnham H. Peace. in Gran v.lle County, near D,ckinson Bridro onTar UlVer, on Saturday the 4th day ct October next ' 930 Acre of Land on the north s'de, of TAr,?,Ver jo'nwgtlieRivtfrhe Larda of WiUam Wiliams,: john Talor and others. 150 Acres on Little CreekJaHiWno. William Williams . 1 - . . . v aim w m n. reac Acres lyspgron Lick )g .-on Lick t Branch of Uolo's Creek in thi e t-ouaty ot Anson. Also, eighteen likeiv Nfu. ststing of MeAVarncn, Boy, likely G.rl, and ChUdrarpo .the men arc two excellent 'Bhckruittts.-or so" much ?r0per?us WU the sum Qf g4559 55 Cts. and the expences of Sale, to sansiy an Lxecurion from our Circuic wr, in iavourof John.Ha- mU.ton and Co-against the Exec.tdt "' jonn AJ;cktnson, dec. For JOHN S. WST, M. N. C. D August 12th, 1SC6. CAUTION. -yHcreas the fcoriducof my Vifo Milly, in leaving hiy houifcwid carry mgaw ay my property, has- beejiij mar. However unwillingly, I am compeijjd to lorewarn all petsons from'maintaihiii! r. louowing 1 j acts pi Land not given ir.j . 12J7 Acres, Jyjiig on Big Swamp, the ' property of William Henrv of Ntwbctiu . 00 acres the property of Rogr Moore," ' lying on the north side ct Nf-use' river joining the Lands ot Samuel Garr ck A Lots returned, but not paid for. Kos 4 I 04.55, 58.78,143.143, part of 147. I51 w ww, w, V4y. ani her, from purchasing any kind of prcpertyL . from her, aud from giving her any cfedjf in expeciatiou ot payment from me, as I will not be answerable for any of her con tracts. JOHN FARR'aK; jiuu t'batbam County , Avg. 21, ISOo. 1 hereby fivcNofce to ll Persons to whom 1 am indebted .to present their Ac counts' 'for'' Settlement; immediately i and such as are indebted to me, are recjuested' 16 make payment by jthelSih of September, as 1 ana aV;iu i sieve to Ihe, State of ill V - - , 'V"
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