John Q- Mains.--The friends
ct Mr. Adams have recently re
published his celebrated letter
to Mr. Otis, written in 1808, in
reply to the strictures of Mr,
Pickering, relative to Mr. A's
vote on the Embargo, with an
appendix, in which Mr. A. en
deavors to refute the charge pre
ferrcd against him by Mr. Pick
erinr: which was, in substance;
that in voting for the Embargo,
he (Mr. A.) voted blindly for
the measure.simply upon the re
commendation of Mr. Jefferson.
In reply to this charge, Mr. A.
observes, that he never express
ed or felt the sentiment imputed
to him by Mr. Pickering. We
regret extremely that the length
of the Appendix, lorbids its in
sertion in our columns; the con
cluding paragraph is as follows:
"If there be a lesson of politi
cal wisdom which the people of
this union have had cause to
learn from their own experience,
as well as from the uniform te
nor of human history, it is that
of carrying a temper of mutual
forbearance through all their di
visions; of making the partyfeel
ing, which never can include
more than a portion of the repub
lic, subordinate to the civic spirit
which embraces the whole. In
the collisions of political sys
tems, it is the duty of the citizen
to take his stand upon deliberate
conviction, and to pursue his
principles, regardless of conse
quences to himself. But when
the conflict is past, and the con
test of principle is at an end,
both parties, and above all, the
prevailing party should remem
ber, and practice upon the max
im of the Roman Republic, that
in civil dissensions success was
but a lesser evil than defeat, and
that no honors of triumph could
ever be awarded to victory."
Frcdericktown, Md. Aug. 13.
JVm. II Crawford, the Se
cretary of the Treasury, accom
panied by his lady and a few
friends, arrived in this city on
Tuesday evening, and proceed
ed westward on Wednesday
morning. He proposes, we un
derstand, to spend a few days
at the Springs at Bath, in Vir
ginia, & from thence will pro
bably travel through Pennsylva
nia to the north.
We are gratified in having it
in our power to assure our
friends of the complete re-establishment
in health of this much
abused and truly estimable man.
He is, however, still somewhat
a'lected with the debility neces
sarily consequent to his protract
ed sufferings; but is entirely free
from disease. A few days, we
feel assured, will restore him to
his accustomed vigor & strength.
The surest proof we can offer of
his rapid convalescence, is the
fact, that on Tuesday he passed
over 28 miles of rough and hilly
road, and refreshed by a good
night's rest, resumed his journey
at an early hour the following
morning. Citizen. -
Cotton All the old crop we
calculate has come in, with the
exception of a few scattering
bags. We may expect some ot
the new crop in by the first next
month. Never, within our re
collection, has the crops in the
surrounding country, appeared
better than they now do the
quantity planted is much larger
than usual, and the season thus
far very favorable. We calcu
late at least one fourth more will
ba made this season, than the
last: our merchants generally,
tre of opinion, that the market
will open at 12 a 13 cts; but
think from the extra quantity
that it will settle down a little
bolow these prices.
Ch:rawS.C. Gazette.
Cotton crops. A letter from
Petersburg, Geo. dated 29th Ju
ly, sfates: "Our cotton crops
are beginning to injure very fast
the squares (bowls) fall off,
nearly as fast as they make their
appearance: but if we could have
good rains now it would pre
vent the squares falling off, and
we should make nearly as much
this . season as the last, as the
quantity planted is much grea
ter.
f'P. S. We may expect bad
collections this fall and winter."
Canandaigua,N.Y. Aug. 4.
The Season. 'There has been
frequent and heavy rains in this
quarter the present season, yet
the prospects of our farmers .are
uncommonly propitious. We
hear some complaint of too much
Vct for the wheat to ripen well;
yet it is believed this stable arti
cle of country will yield abun
dantly so much more than u
sual, lhat unless some foreign
demand shall occur, the price
will be 25 per cent less than it
was last year. Of rye, corn,
flax, and Other products, at least
the usual crops will be had.
Apples promise a superabundant
upply.
New Orleans, July 21.
The Crops. From recent ac
counts we can state, that the
staples of Louisiana never pro
mised a more abundant yield, es
pecially that of sugar; the fields
are literally groaning under!
their rich covering. !
The Crops. In this imme
diate vicinity, and in all the low
er countries, the crop of corn
was never more promising than
at this moment, and, saving a
general hurricane, at no period
within our recollection, were the
prospects of the farmer more fa
vorable than at the present pe
riod. But throughout the state,
appearances are not so favorable:
In the upper counties, the rains
have been partial, and the corn
and tobacco exhibit an unprom
ising prospect. We have lately
taken an excursion of some dis
tance in the upper counties;
and from what we saw and
heard, we are disposed to be
lieve, that the corn crop will be
short, and that the tobacco will
not only be indifferent, but in
considerable in quantity. Time
ly rains may, however, effect a
wonderful change in the latter
corn; and a favorable fall may
yet produce a good crop of to
bacco. The cotton we have seen
is very promising.
Pctersbing Rep.
From the Geneva Palladium.
The Devil fairly voted out
of Penn-Yann. Fashionable
as it has lately become to apos
tatise from former faith, and to
desert former friends, yet we
must confess we were consider
ably surprised to learn, a few
days since, that his satanic Ma
jesty was fairly voted out of his
most favorite residence, and that
too by those, who judging from
their former professions and past
conduct, might be considered
by him and the world at large,
his best and warmest friends.
On Sunday, the 26th ult. a
Jury of inquest was held at
Penn-Yann, upon the body of
a young woman, whose death
was occasioned by opium, taken
with the intention of commit
ting suicide. The jury being
collected & impannelled, and
having become satisfied of her
felonious intent, both by con
plnsive testimony and ocular
( y
demonstration, the District At
torney and by the request of the
jury,urew up tneir inquisition in
the old established legal form,
commencing with "Wherein,
A. B. not having the fear of God
before her eves, and being in
stigated by the devil, &c. &c."
But upon the reading of this in
strument, a new and unexpect
ed difficulty arose. Manv of the
jury wishing to show to' the
world, that they had complete
ly divested themselves . of the
superstitious notions they had
imbibed, from education, refus
sed to sign a paper containing
a recognition of the existence of
the Devil.... who, as they alleg
ed, was a mere imaginary being,
the offspring of superstition and
credulity. Yet some of the ju
ry, still retained so much of
what their opponents termed,
the old presbyterian, supersti
tions they had received their
mothers, that they insisted upon
the obnoxious words being re
tained. Here then arose a de
bate of considerable length, and
which was strenuously sustained
on both sides.
First, one objected to the in
strument on the ground that
there was no Devil at all. ... An
other refused to sign it, because
he had always been taught to
believe in a plurality of Devils.
Then arose a learned gentleman
in a bob wig, who opined, that
although he believed there was a
devil, yet, inasmuch as it had
been formerly decided by a ju
ry of said village, "that to con
stitute an habitual drunkard, a
man must be drunk more than
half his time,... there fore he
believed it unfair to charge the
devil with the instigation of this
crime, inasmuch as it had not
been proved to his satisfaction,
that his Satanic Majesty dwelt
more than half his time in Penn-
Yann... .although good and suffi
cient proof was offered shewing
the reverse was the case. Last
ly arose a little gentleman, the
profundity of whose knowl
edge and the depth of whose
learning, must however, be
measured in reverse ratio from
the shortness of his stature....
and observed, that he regretted
to say, he could not coincide
with the very learned gentle
man who had preceded him....
he must be under the disagreea
ble necessity of considering all
their arguments as the result of
friendship and partiality,. ...as a
mere pretence to shield a friend
from merited censure, and the
devil from the reprehension he
so justly merited....and that for
his part, he must agree with the
old adage of 6 'Give the devil his
due."
Thus learnedly and wittily
was the debate bandied to and
fro, through nearly the whole of
Sunday, and the question was
only decided at last by a vote,
when it appeared that there was
16 for expunging, or expelling
the devil, and but 7 for retaining
him.
Price Current.
AUG. 20.
Bacon, - -Brandy,
Apple,
Peach,
Cogniac
Corn,
Cotton, - -Coffee,
Flour, superfine,
lamily,
Gin, Holland, -
American,
Iron, per ten, -
Molasses,
Rum, Jamaica,
Antigua, -
New-Eng.
Sugar, brown,
loaf,
Salt, loose, - -
sack, - -
Tea, Y'g Hyson,'
Imperial,
Tobacco,
Wheat,
Whiskey, - - -
Peters' g. Norfolk.
7$ to 81 8 to 8 J
56 62 53 56
60 62 Ai 55 60
130 150 110 126
150 200 155 160
13 14J 13 15
20 25 20 23
500 600
700 820
100 110 100 106
39 40 39 41
$85 100 $90 96
30 35 22 26
125 150 90 96
75 100 64 70
40 45 36 ' ' 37
8 13 84 12
15 18 15 20
75 87A 56 60
300 325 274
120 125 110 116
150 185 140 146
S3 10 $2J 8
80 88 80 100
, 30 40 29 31
Ntzv Advertisements
DR. H. HARDY.
TTAVING removed his office to
11 Halifax, offers his services to
the people, and hopes to receive
a part of their patronage: He has
taken the house formerly occupied
by Dr. Marrast, next door below
tfic Farmer's Hotel, and opposite the
Bank. He promises fidelity,promp
titude and moderation, in the prac
tice of the profession. He has on
hand and intends keeping, a general
Assortment of Medicines,
Which he will sell at reduced pri
ces for Cash, or on a short credit.
Among them are the following:
Nitric acid
Muriatic do
Sulphuric do
Tartaric do
Citric do
Vitriolic scthcr
Alcohol
Antimonial wine
Sugar lead
Muriatic ammo a
Allum
Tartar emetic
Antimony
Angustura
Arrow root
Lunar caustic
Calomel
Jalap
Rhubarb
Assafoetida
Aloes
Borax
Camphor
r lour sulphur
Cantharides
Cream tartar
Elatirium
Cascarilla
Castor oil
Blue vitriol
Cochineal
Colombo
Colocynth
Soda
Soda powders
Rocliclle powd'rs
salts
Epsom salts
Glauber do
Carb. potass
zinc
Pearl ash
Caline magnesia
Carbonic do
Senna
Manna
Carbon, ammonia
ferri
Castile soap
Cardamom seed
Cinnamon
Dovers' powders
Nutmegs
Benzoin
Cloves
Gentian
Colchicum
Liquorice
Ipecac:
Elix. vitriol
paregoric
Halifax, Aug.
Tincture iron
Nutgalls
Ginger
Mace
Balsam tolu
copaiva
peru
Ergot
Gum ammonia
arabic
myrrh
gamboge
scammony
kino
Digitalis
Black hellebore
London mustard
Mezerian
Lytharge
Opodeldoc
Sweet oil
Spirits nitre
lavender
British oil
Barks
Sulphate quinine
Croton oil
Swaim's panacea
Valerian
Verdigris
Prussiate iron
Pink root
Argentum
Laudanum
Quassia
Red precipitate
Guiac
Senega
Barley
Fowler's solution
Squills
Sarsparilla
Stoughton's bit'rs
Tapioca
Sulphate zinc
Hira picra
Sal martis
Spirits hartshorn
Sulph. potass
Sago
Oil wormseed
aniseed
cloves
cinnamon
juniper
peppermint
Essence lemon
bcrgamot
pep'rmint
Mercurial oint'nt
Sponge, &c.
18, 1824.
masonic NOTICE.
rilHE Officers and Members of
JL Royal White Hart Lodge ,.Vb.2,
will attend the FUNERAL of Bro.
Lawrence B. Wiggins, deceased,
at the residence of Mason L. Wig
gins, on Sunday, the 19th of Sep
tember next.
By order of the
Worshipful Master,
Sam I Johnston, Sec'y.
Aug. 21, 1S24. 23-4t
qUANTICO CANAL
LOTTERY.
fourth class: :::scheme:
1 prize of 5,000 is $5,000
5 of 2,000 10,000
6 of 1,000 6,000
6 of. 500 3,000
6 of 340 2,040
138 of 50 6,900
690 of 10 6,900
6,072 of 5 30,360
North-Carolina Bank Notes.
At. Petersburg, 4 di.se
6,924 Prizes, ") 17,550 C$70,200
10,626 Blanks, J Tickets.
Whole Tickets, - - $5 00
Half do. - - 2 50
Quarter do. - - - I 25
Eighth do. - - - 0 62
Package of 9 whole tickets, 28 00
do. - of 9 half do. 14 00
do. of 9 quarter do. 7 00
-::
(fcj0 The former Classes hav
ing met with greater encour
agement from the Public than
was anticipated, the Manager
has determined to offer the a
bove Scheme, foi'med on pure
mathematical 'principles, which
when fully exam ined and well
considered, will be found real
ly WOrt hit fho nitenlinn and
patronage of adventurers. The
drawing- will
place on THURSDAY, the
25th of JSovemher next,
and be completed in
ONE BAY.
.Ordcrs. enclosing: the cash or
prize tickets in any of the northern
l-otteries, for tickets or shares,
will meet with prompt attention
and the earliest notice given of
their fate if addressed to
WHITE'S
Virginia Lottery Office,
Petersburg, Va.
Aug. 26. 1824.
TIIOMASTON LIME.
CASKS just received from
ovy Boston, per sloop Cherub,
and are offered bv the Suhsr.rihpf r.
moderate terms for cash or on
credit.
Tho. G. Briit.
Plymouth, N.C. Aug. 7, 1824.
One Hundred Dollars
REWARD.
RUNAWAY, or was stolen from
the Subscriber, on the nteht of
the 8th instant, a bright mulatto
woman (slave) and her child, a girl
of about four years old. This wo
man ran away from the Subscriber,
executor of John Hunt, deceased,
in the summer of 1808, and passed
as a free woman, by the name of
PATSEY YOUNG, until about
the first of June last, when she was
apprehended as a runaway. On
the sixth of the same month I ob
tained possession of her in the town
of Halifax, since which time she
and her child ELIZA have, ia
compliance with an order of the
ccunty court of Franklin, been sold,
when the Subscriber became the
purchaser. She spent the Greater
part of the time she was runaway
(say about sixteen years) in the
neighborhood of, and in the town of
Halifax, one or two summers at
Rocklanding, where I am informed
she cooked for the hands emnloved
to work on the canal; she also
spent some of her time in Ply
mouth, her occupation while there
not known. At the above named
places she has many acquaintances
ana irienas. She is a tall, spare
woman, thin face and lips, long
sharp nose, her fore teeth in a state
of decay. She is an excellent seam
stress, can make gentlemen's and
laaies dresses, is a good cook and
weaver, and I am informed is a
good cake baker and brewer, &c.
by which occupations she princi
pally gained her livine. Some time
during last summer she married a
iree man ot color, named Aehrael
Johnson, who had been living in
and about Plymouth, and followed
boating on the Roanoke. Since his
marriage he leased a farm of Mr.
James Cotton, of Scotland Neck,
(Halifax county) where he was liv
ing, together with this woman,
when she was taken up as a runa
way slave in June last. I have but
little doubt that Johnson has con
trived to seduce or steal her and
child out of my possession, and will
attempt to get them out of the state
and pass as free persons. Should
this be the case, I will give Sixty
Five Dollars for his detection and
conviction before the proper tribu
nal in any part of this state. I will
give for 'the apprehension of the
woman and child, on their delivery
tome, or so secured in jail or other
wise that I get them, Thirty Five
Dollars. Or, I will eive 7W
Five Dollars for the woman alone,
and Ten Dollars for the child alone.
The proper name of the woman is
Piety, but she will no doubt change
it as sne did before. I forewarn
all owners of boats, captains and
owners of vessels from taking on
board or carrying away this wo
man and her child Eliza, Hinder the
penalty of the law.
NAT. HUNT.
August 16, 1S24. 23-tf
Blank Warrants for sale
AT THIS OFFICE.