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-;;v i : " . nomth-cairoia gazette. . ' : . :-. ' "C' i I ' i . '! Oowp'd by pyMet Unlike brothwv- : , tt , " " ' 1 1 - 1 1 " - " 1 1 ' -- ' -' "' " ' " . i in i j, i i i t . ... . j iLs r C ';.-. Is published every FmnAt, by v JOSEPH GALES & SON, ' ' " At Thre e Dollars per nnuTO', or One Dollar and v Half for.balf a yearto be paid in advance- 1 ?ot eXceedinjr siiteen lines, neatly inserted 'Ureeitimes jtor Qiie.Dollar, and Twenty-r jve venxsioreveiy siicceeinpuniqaiion. i nuc of cr6atet tenffth M the same proportion. . . Com- J thunicatidnsr thankfully Vr6Ceive...Letters to j i -th WTifftf mnitih nost n aid. ' ; f TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1827 i 'i r -': -:' t " ' rV 'IriUrnal j Improvements. Th e "Board f 'fietMpTiyimt: on the Sea-coast I. on Timrstuy Jast at Newber n, and the G o K vernor, Golaiw.' Jones and the Secre- tarj? rcacneu thw city on fcaturuay even ing,SiVfK; David Clark having gone home by way of Washington. Mr. M'Kay, be iug enaed in fiusiness on hi9 circuit, did hot muaii yitU the Board after it left Fny elteville.. The Board lidying passed duwn - ttie Cape-Fear to AVilmington, and wit- , essea tne operations 0 tne iireagmg 31a chlne on the sand shoals betoW ihat place, 'and adopted tneksures; for prosecuting the work there, and on the Ituer above, as soon as the season w I permit, they proceedeii n ."the coast to Beaufort. "a id to Clubfoot and j,Harlo v?? Creek Canal, which they pass ed along and . particularly examined, and ffihs pleased to find tliat the work had, in iieni raK been well executed, and that little remalrieil to complete it. Some of the "Banks had slipped in, which hnd msile it "necessary to spile them for two m' three hundred yarn, and to throw behind the prlh.g whatV had fallen 5int the Canal. t The spiTtn, howevfer, is nearly finished, and the dirt wil be immediately thrown out succeeding the perpetration of this crime, he went over to Mr. Clifton's. On hf way, he passed Ned picking cotton, and asked him who had done that mischiefs led replied he did not know, perhaps a horse had kicked him. As a Masistrate, (and we, wish all were as vigilant in the discharge of their 'duty, he had the pris oner arrested and confined his arms with a tQrd.' ' ' .$fter, p'scini:' him' ;on a horse, to Bpivey-vhim, tof jail, i some one; proposed lurching his pockets for a knife or other :SnJealel weapon. A person approached L the purpMOSe, when the prisoner, who Jiad thea'rrTal use of his arm, , thrust his hand irti his pocket, and drew out an open knife, which he held as thou'i he intend ed to staff the person approaching him he ! however stepped back, and the prisoner cut his owa throat, exclaiming, he had ra ther die than be hanged. He measured the strides from the stable, which the pri soner confessed were his, to the place where he was found: when called by his mistress, and they were about $z feet dis tant. Hiasra. negro boy aged about 12, re markable for his intelligence and the di rectness with which he gave his testimony, deposed, that the prisoner was near the Stable lot, splitting lightwood;, and direct ed him to go and cut wood for the use of the house, and tjuld him to go, not to the osual place of getting wood vvidiin sight of the stable, but to a more distant place, out of view of the premises, and that he would come tJirectly. That he went to the place as directed by the prisoner,' and had cut a small log about half in two when he turned and saw the prisoner coming -in a fast walk. When he came up, prisoner took the axe from him, and cut through the log, and" had - commenced upon, another, the interrogatories above mentioned were put to him. ';- Tlie eyidence being closed, the Counsel on both sides, submitted the cause without argument, under the charge of the Judge. The Jury remained out fifteen minutes.! and returned with a verdict of Guilty ' Friday.'- On this day, negroes Handy and Paddy, were arraigned for the murder of Judith Woodal I, perpetrated in the most shocking manner, in January last, and on their arraignment, they plead not guilty.' Handy was first put upon his trial. Two witnesses, Guilford and William Olive de- posed; that the prisoner had made threats ! in their" hearing, that. he prisoner, would kill Judith Woodall. It was proved that these witnesses entertained feelings of hos tility towards the deceased, on account of an alleged intimacy between her and their father.. Two coloured witnesses swore, that on the night, the murder 'was perpe trated, the prisoner slept inthe same room with them and could not without their knowledge have gone out. A number of circumstances were detailed by witnesses, from which the'general impression create!, was, that Handv had some knowledge of the murder, though the evidence was not of such a character as to warrant his con viction. The Attorney General prosecu ted and Charles Manly, Esq. defended the prisoner The Jury remained out but a few minutes and brought in a verdict of acquittal. 'Saturday. Negro Paddy, was put upon his trial this day, Gen. Bai ringer appear ed as his counsel. A number of witness es and amongst them Guilford Olive, swore that Paddy 'had expressed his intention to kill the deceised. Handy, who was ac quitted the day before, was called as a witness. lie was informed bv the Judiie, yielded the administration" an indiscriminate support, nor have I been guided by a blind & prejudiced opposition. ; I have endeavour ed to give every measure proposed, a calm and patient consideration, , njJ when J deemed it conducive to the national wel fare, I have supported it without regard to its source,1 whether it came from the administration or its opponents. This I deemed an upright course, and I felt that 1 should do my Constituents great injustice it I adopted any other. or f The littltf cutting which remains to be, done, will nil so be shortly effected. There is a shoal in Newport ; river , at the tnouth of the Cinali which must alo be removed or overcome by a lock. The Board rt'eommend the latter course. It is expected the whole. work will be complete editoring the present summer. Believing tKis Canal will b one of great public utili ty, the Board ' t&mmend that the loan of 812.000 au thorized by an act of - our last Legislature, he. irhtnediately made to the Company on the terms therein prescribed. Superior Cowrh When pur paper was put to press on Thursday last, negro Ned was tindergtnng his trtilTor the murder of his master Azel John .Clifton, on the 2d ultimo. " Having been arraigned, Messrs. Seawell and George W. Haywood who had beert, assigned by Judge Ruffinas coun- . sel for the; Prisoner, objected to a trial, on the ground, that the act of Assembly re ! quires that notice should be given in such cases, to the master or owner of thj slave, .but iij this caset-notice was served on the Special Administrator of the deceased mas ter. .'Upon much argument by the coun sel, the Judged jnanifesting a strong incli nation to alUwf the objection if lesal, it Avayerruled.as insufficient, and tlie pri- or.putpn his trial. A Jury was ; - '4mpniTelii ''w-jthoufifBcuityj' the counsel Tfdr thepnsoner taking no exceptions to ! .any. Tife evitlence it; will be seen, was 1 VhoHy of a.cirfcunistantiai character but " presented suchi a connected chain if proof as toeave on.ine minus nruie Jury, no . loop to hang a"ioubt on.'' ,jimtWrZ?tmrf.'ioneP ofthe jury of in- queftt, testified that thecfeceased came to j, , his dea'Jv by two blows7 given apparently, f' with an aie 5 one on the back of his head and but slight the other -on'-, his' -forehead . ftbovc the left eyey which had .considerably' ' fractured the scut U aiiil depressed the botie y so much, that the .brains were" forced thro' 5 the nostrils. - ' ' i ' - t v . l appearedjfrom the evidence of sevfr- ytfo ilivitnesJS white andcoloureil, that the when Mrs. Clifton called to them ; that that having been tried, nothing which be prisoner immediately said, "run, boys, might say," could injure hin now. Handy run, for I reckon some of the little girls swore- that Paddy had told. him, whilst in haveunit tlmselves' arjd that they all jail, that he had killed the deceased, which started. Witness also described an axe. ron fusion Iim aCi 1 ' " ...... ... l. VV- . V. with which the prisoner had been working a white man, in the presence of Paddy, i. ' . .1 - u. a . .1 r i- 1 ...i.r. I i . '- - ... uu uie nwu, u;t ua j 01 ine inuruer, wuicn Vvho at ihat time, however, denied he had axe he had never seen since. ever told wimps sn. -Witni. .d .iUn. Addison, -a colored boy, about the same that Paddy had intimated that Guilford age of U:as, was also directed by prisoner Olive, one of the witnesses tor the Stale, to go for wood, and when he started, he was concerned with him in the morder. perceived prisoner going Upwards the lot A witness however, appeared in behalf ol in which the deceased waJ killed. He I the nnsoner, iiejrro China, who swore do- confirmed in every respect the testimony sitively, that at the time the murder must of Rias, as to the conduct of the prisoner have been committed, the prisoner Paddy on coming up to them, and of his expres- j was asleep in her room. The Attorney siori when Mrs. C'liftoh called them. d General did not argue the case, believing Mrs. Clifton (wile of the deceased,) de- lhe evidence was insufficient to justify the posed, that on tle day mentioned in the Jury in bringing in a verdict of guilty. The indictment, her attention was attracted by Jury brought in a verdict of acquittal, sounds of distress proceeding from the sta- We believe the impression was very ge- ble vard ; that she hastened thither, and JWral, from the whole of the testimony, that found her husband lying near the doorU boih Handy and Paddy were particcps cri- tlreadfully hurt that she took notice that minis, though the evidence was not strong the stable door was .shut, and the horses enough to produce ccuvictiou n the mind in their stalls. On coming to him, she of the Jury. It was also apparent, that 1 asked what had hurt him, whether the they had perpetrated the . murder, it must horses had kicked him ? To tills question have been done, at the instigation of some he did not respond. She then asked him, other person or persons. Of this opinion "did Ned (the prisoner) or any other per we presume, was his Honor the Judge, for son strike you r" To this question, then, he ordered the witness Guilford UtrceXo be and repeatedly afterwards, he expressed taken to jail, to await his trial on a charge himself affirmatively, in the best manner of murder. he was able to do, though incapable of lhe case of the State v. negro Lewis, speak.g. , Ihat it was nearly dark at this tor murder, was continued. time : that she hollowed to the prisoner to On Saturday, sentence of death was pro coine to her assistance, and that when he jnouncetl on Ned. He is to be executed on came in sight, before it was possible for Friday next, the Judge remdrking, that the him to see her husband, he asked her what! peculiar atrocity of the crime, required that was the matter with his master. That the punishmeut should speedily follow. prisoner assisted in carrying deceased to The prisoner received his sentence with thehouse, and afterwards went for the out exhibiting the slightest deg,ee of feel doctor. Sir. H. Clifton (brother to the deceased) testified, tliat the negro had expressed his unwillingness that his little daughter, which the deceased had drawn in the division of their father's property should live with him. He also deposed, that when about to bring the prisoner off to jail, he requested per Extract from the Circular of John Lon Jr. &sq. Jtepresentaltve in Congress from the tenth District, to his Constitu ents : " Present appearances, I think, are in dicative of considerable 'strife. 10 the Pre sidential Election Jnust be admitted to be a source of regret, that circumstan ces should so soon after the disagreeable contest we.li.kve so recently h.idi make it necessary to again disturb the repose of the people on. this important subject. Howe ver, the circumstance of there, being but two candidates, and, consequently, the al most certaintyof the election being made by the people, is a great consolation, and will, J hope, preclude the necessity of ei ther candidates or members of Congress interfering with the subject. -v The same necessity for their sentiments being so free ly expressed and fully known does not ex ist, as on former occasions, inasmuch ,as there is no nrobability of the unpleasant task of electing the President again devolv ing on Congress, 1 1 for one, al though dis- claMniiig disguise or concealment in all mv official acts, believing there are conflicting opinions honestly existing amongst my consfiiur'nts, fcl no disposition to warmly engage in the cnlest. greally preferring to eave it to the wise discretion of those, who re equally capubte .with myself of judging d their own interest, and should I be con- nued in their service will be entirely con- rolled bv their decision, 'ft, must be with n the recollectinn of many of you, that I i;tve ben charged with over cting my art in the last contest, and contended that nembers of . Congress had no right to in erfere with the. Presidential Klec.tion. Under the therf existing circ'imstancesT believed that I did nothing more ih n my duty required of me, with a view of pre venting ihe' election from going to the II. f R.reseiitaiiveji. Hot as the' same ne cessity dot s not n-vv exist, I frankly tdm'v.. I should bi travelling out of toy duty were I anxiouslv to engage in the approaching A pretty pas3-we are' aiming j i JT1,iiV- i Enquirer boasts that theSertte hai bi ? -; -come The coSrrnbu,io powkb, 10.10''' Government and the Advocate cuiisidei8.r A if a dangerous pririciplc," and. a i Ji4 r: tion of privilege, to criticUe! the - vote . J fa sneech of, any member of tliat coatrolliDSL t, power: What aristocracy nay, what ? d despotism can be more odious thapaud f; Tli us it is, that in the fury ol party 9pi ;K : n7, on the yne hand, and jthe obaequuiai ness to party discipline, on the otjier, all the old lines of principle re vbl iterated 07 and disregarded- Nat. Int. . C A royal road to the Bar. T7. Hon-bUl Alexander Smyt A, of ap;calyptictiuenorj fb i advertises that he instruct youiig utl' rhem ri the .c.ienciof . Jawv at bia residence, .;v-; . W the-Court House, Virginia JJeai t.i..i.t 44 Six menths of diligent application, uuUr lAcf , instruttiun pf tfte sitbicnber, will probably qii3ldyy the Hodent to obtain a license. A fjenVeman from Mississippi (who did not confine hltasvlftsj the study of Law only)' passed an examination in five months and a week. ' A 'gentlemanVfroia je-''A" t"rnnsylvania,(whb lost no time) parsed an exam v 'rJ j'lation n; three month and a week uentlemcn from the low coxnUrt aiid Ha Hnnih way become 7j v la-uwrs -while itu4 -withdraws to imrt tr, excellent V&V. vtotrr, audit cool climate, during" ihf-Jsicklif ca' vC''? son." ' " ; ?lt- fwl;f j tr r r l nam imin ous metal have beeu discovered ih this county wMthifi a short time, and the rTow' iug ones say they are rich j So farwe be? rV ;iev they have furhisheT a liberJJcbm- ; pensation to those who hav' labored . af them; and oncVcompany hae obtained 60tv'.; d wts. in the space of three weeks. jvWb are' promised a statement of the amount V-. 1 h ta t n ed by th is c om pa n v , whi ch we, -sh al 1 ' puoiish, when received. Oar(tw, voixrrtat.' v- r - Trotter relates ten cases of a combustion"- Jt of the human body from the use of 'ardent fV spirits, all which are attended'1 by, roofas One of the cases is stated in the folI6win2 lanau 'ge : ' ' ' '&fv It is the case of a woman eighty yeariqf ae, exceedingly meagre, wlio had drank nothlnbut i ardent spirits For several year. She was sitting in her elbo chair, while her .waiting paid jrent-: out of the room for a fewr moments., t0; her rc- ,1 A turn, ses-ig her mistress m fini, she imrocdate c y gw the alarm, and some people coming to X h: r assistance, oile of them endeavored tO ex--?-.' tlnnisli the flanef ith hV hands, bat they-ad heved to i hem as if they had been dipped' hV V -' brandy or oil on fire. Water whs brought Jind; r . , ttnown on the ldy m abuodance, yet ; theiire conies I. therefore, conddently hope aPPea1,;e mo,rt: an1 not extm)kar ! i :n i, r . r nm. i..;..t ed, tdl the whole body had been consumed.-1- : there wilt be found no cau.e of complaint The la(ly WJIS in lhc pJkcc in wUcU agaiKt me on this subject. the Journals every dAY ,'there was no extraordinary, finvaad ' 1 "- ofCongress will, show, that on. many nati- she had nut fallen' , .' on 1 subjects, I have disagreed with lhe s , , C -. Administration. My opposition to it art ses front, a different source from the charge of intrigue, bargain and management, T' vhich has been so profusely promulgated from one end of the continent to the other -r which justice amJ,xandor compels me to say, 1 uo not, anj never uid oeiieve. n is MARRIED, In this county, oii the 5rH inst' Mr-' Moses nZi'.J?'. Allen to Miss Lucy W. Khodes, only daughter of .vir. joun uuoaes., " - i rmr t -r H Cheap Stationary. 1 r.ir v tr crv .i . vv&. to the gneral p'dicy ot this as well us ir. jf su,,piy f , , - Monroe' administration (which was near- OJSJ?--CL POST'S J13?23t ly the same on the subject of internal itn- which will be 8oW lullisuauv iOWi t V V" provetnent and import duties) that I object, -.-J J ' 1 ; : 11 'Tr'. And whether that policy, which we in the JC lUC lAVlVtt. "'vr Southern States so justly complain of, j ' (i ' f fT't - will be changed-by placing the, power in HTlIITi suhscriher has jnst received, andnow.-s, the hands of others, 1 cannot posicively 1. otfts for ale, a few'first quality lhUadel- state. It will" no doubt, (as it ought) be a Phia Nvantcd WJtrnfr C-fr 1 , a J?t . ,.,;,. Beaver Hattt equal if not superior to any itt the t '" - subject ot inquiry and sober reflection with t '. 1 m u 8UITRV4 - he people ; antril they can come to just conclusions, that the evil complained of may be remedied, iu justice to themselves Italeijrh, Feb. 6. 2Lato School. ....1. n:,;n ..fl:.;,r ; 1 m&x timce continues onen tor the receotion 4 - f nicy uuiitiii uiiiic 111 ciitv-uui: it. iviihih wi . . r- me to embrace this opportunity of tender-: 01 aiuenw; ,; f . 1. ing to you my profound acknowledgments in return for the very generous support I haveQ repeatedly received at your hands, and akyou again to consider me a canuldale L.-HENDERSON. Near Williamsboro'. Feb. 187.' laxntrultr" 4 f for the next Congress. mg prisoner had manifested a grudge against ni5 master. and) hau repeatedly expressed jiis unwillingness to serve him. v v :oflrc;i.a coloured gi rl abou t 1 yea rs of 1 .age, deposed, tba$ about one hour before, f rifer master ieceived this; Injury," hci came - through the yard wit hi, a iece. ,nf , wood, intending to mak'e a plotigli of it : that she said to ppsbrierj I "have to ; .go to plough : rig on ' londay -That prisoner -replied, you don't Jcnovv that t'yor roaster will liye untjl Monday he may, fa I out. of the sta- cle loft,"a horse my. kick him some one u uay :huoc juiziy or ti may taice , tick anu Extract from the Circular of John H. Bry- an Jsq. Representative in Congriss, from the fourth District, Jo his Consti tuents It may perhaps be improper in a de tail of legislative proceedings and in ren dering you an account of my conduct as your Representative, to introduce the sub- Newbern, March SI. Mr. Stanly. We have the pi e-su re of stating that this gentleman, whose recent .it t -.Pi f.i .r .1... Illness nas cxcireu xne symuatuy 01 toe State o J"f6Tii-Ca.oViic,i Randolph Coontj.t; VftV Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Term, 1827.", " Samuel Smitherman '.'4t-z vi. Attachment,leviedonUncL , Neil McMillan. V 4 IT appearing tq the 'satttfaction't)F the Cour that the Defendant is not inhabitant of this! .'. community, reached his residence in this State ; it is therefore Ordered; that publication ba . 8 place on Saturday last We are happy to ide wwc eksin the Sleigh Kegister; that lui ; r 1 1 k u ct.frrf1 frm the f appear at theneXt Court , of Pleas and Quartet: J:; add, that he has not fered rrom the fa- to u f . c rf tigue of travelling, and that bis health is at , he Court House at AsttbordUgn; on tt.e first, i iWWIIIH. improving. Monday in May next, then and' there 'ta pleaxL'- . -1 ,1. ' W - - l -l .t. - answer we utiiiui w uis niu UKUDinUi 4iucrt s mission to see ; his daughter, and said to icct of the next PresidentiaJ election ; but ' ri- " tiling, you are uiecause 11 cannot;iorDear expressing my satisfaction olf wivcoming to this.' - r diat there are and will be Yas is believed iiMrlBihton (brother toMrs. Clifton) deHT'"?1 posed, that several days; after i the death the House of Renresentatives. butmustbe of Mr. C. he aw :.jMb'spitte;..iijp a- made .by the electoral colleges ; tu which, gainst the boards in the stable near the one or the other,, candidate must obtain a door, from which circumstance, he believ-l majority of the suffrages of the People as The Nationar Advocate, of New-York, wise jt will be taken pro corfesso.and adjudged; u. .i:..- in miiSir-- accordingly..' vt itnes4ese Harper, Clerk cfour lW Ti ! J F TV 1 " lT ,h ??. M rt. at Office at Aaftboougb, thia .Crrt - - i W(,.au i w ...rv w-. ... . jonaay ot reoruary, a u. lo, : - .." s has recently promulgated, whose alpha and I A Copy, . 'u'A V'' i.V-'t omea are, , that no man, (ano especially no jesse HARPEk, re c; -.C- Editor) haaa light to Wu opinmh of ivt t1 his own. I he nei pniicipie, wwen u now i ------ "n '''i;tiTn V- ed, that one blow at least was given in the stable.' . From a question asked by a juror, it appeared; that the axe which was Bwqrn to have been in the prisoner's "possession, on that day, has never since been . found. itiwocas piaiu, as uiu vJirS.-UlCon, they are given by the Electors upon whom soever that choice may devolve, Jj trust I know my duty tdv well as a good citizen, not to'yield him an liohest support- ; J believe, our present Chief Magistrate ta be . an . enlightened and Z experienced statesman, and that he is honestly disposed to promote: what he deems the best and the Court of Pleas ana Quarter Sexsiuna, 1 February JTernv 1837 : DaDiel Craven and Wto t Petition frt N out forth, is, that no commentary cap, with propriety, be made upoo speecnes oe livered. in legislative Bodies T , In the language ol the Advocate, it u a -napger ous principle,'' xynicn ot having given, utterance KMVvgf landHiram Hendricks, three cflheOefendanUin a.speech or vote in his public ct. cay.--r. . mlw uinl. .fl(,t; u This out-heroes UeroU. ll peais nc ans- ihaf0re orderedVthatP uublicatn be nadtf iix' tocralic somerset of the Richmond biiUi-J seka inthe BakieblterHter, tbatthey iprs?- rer. all to nothing. " We see, by the"f ! . . the next'; Count .Cpurt Ot Pleas ani Quarter satqples, what is to De expectea success ol tne enons to erect, ty upou the, ruins oi we ewuiut t fCror oemur to, fiaid petition otherwu it principles oiiu bciuvu iuiivj , y mv vw?' ,aJten pru souiesso, ' mnu.wjuueu mucur-j . erument. . The most deluded'advocate rof Idinglyi Winiess Jesse Harper, Clerk cfpursaid. :; he. old 15 edition Aaw never u ream t oi so rvp vohinffaxliMCtriiie, as that tl, conduct 61 from s - ssions 10 De neia tor lue. vouniy ai , ianus ; P- c the Court House at AshboroasTb.' Qd the CwtT I V. " . . -nday of May next; then and there to r!;sdV""1 tie" ' ' " 'I " ' Knt tsAu ,uQri,,.fti vo promoie wnat ne ueems xne nest auu me ucwuocmiuwu is,w Wf v, r , , ; ,2 " , - , .'v'vv- .''"4 that tnougn the deceaseu was una.. totals r. . ' A r i- m. l a. vint tt . Vnduet oil 9 February, - - . .. - ' - " , r "v . a" . v. - i ; f .V, r fv s :f. -'- t
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