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HALIFAX, JV. 0. FRIDAY) DECEMBER 24, 1824.
FOX J.
THE "FREE PRESS,"
2?y Gccrgc Howard,
Is published evcrv Friday, at
THREE DOLLAR'S per year,
consisting of 52 numbers, and in the
same proportion for a shorter pe
riod. Subscribers at liberty to dis
continue at any time, on paying ar
rearages. Advertisements inserted at fifty
cents per square, or less, for the
first insertion, and twenty-five cents
each continuance.
Letters addressed to the Editor
fiuistbefiost laid.
Saddle Found.
SADDLE and a saddle
blanket were found a short
A
time since in the vicinity of the
Academy in this place. The
saddle is considerably worn; the
owner is requested to pay char
ges and take it away.
IFm.p. Clopton.
Halifax, Dec. 7. 3S-3t
One Hundred Dollars
REWARD.
RUNAWAY, or was stolen from
the Subscriber, on the night 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 runawav. 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, in
compliance with an order of the
county 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 of two summers at
Rocklanding, where I am informed
she cooked for the hands employed
to work on the canai; 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
and tnends, bhe is a tall, spare
woman, thin face and lips, long
sharp nose, her fore teeth in a state
ot decay, blie is an excellent seam
stress, can make gentlemen's and
ladies' dresses, is a good cook and
weaver, and I am informed is a
ood cake baker and brewer, &c.
by which occupations she princi
pally gained her living. Some time
during last summer she married a
free man of color, named Achracl
Johnson, who had been living in
tlnd 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. J 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 childon their delivery
to me, or so secured in jail or other
wise that I get them, Thirty Five
Dollars. Or, I will give twenty
Five Dsllars 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" she did before. I forewarn
all owners of boats, captains and
owners of vessels from taking on
board or carrying avay this wo
man and her child Eilza, under the
penalty of the law.
NAT. HUNT.
August 16, 1824.
23-tf
Blank Warrants for sale
at tiiis orrtcr.
NEGROES.
SHALL sell to the highest bid
der, on a credit of six months.
before the Eagle Hotel, in Halifax
town, on the first day of January
next, ten or ntteen likely NE
GROES, belonging to the estate of
James R. Bradley, deceased. Al
so, a fewarticlescf perishable pro
perty.
Those indebted to the above es
tate, or to the Subscriber in anv
manner whatever, are requested to
mase payment. 1 hose having
claims against said estate, Or the
cs.ftite of William Amis, deceased,
are requested to present them.
Win. B. Lockhart.
Nov. 30, 1821. 37-5t
NOTICE.
T the late November term of
Halifax County Court, the Sub
scriber qualified as administrator
to the estate of JAMES V.
ALSTON, deceased. All persons
indebted to the estate are renuest-
cd to make immediate payment,
ana the creditors ot the same arc
hereby notified to present their
claims duly authenticated within
the time prescribed by law.
JVillls JF. Alston, Ainh
Nov. 16, 1824.
NOTICE.
IF Willis Winters, or James
Winters be alive, or if dead
have left children, by applying to
John Pufticll, of Halifax county, N.
C. who is administrator of their fa
ther, James Winters, deceased,
they can receive their shares of the
personal estate of said deceased.
JOHN P URN ELL.
23d Nov. 182 i. 36-6t
DR.H.HABi)Y,
FTTAVING removed his office to
ii-il H iiifax, 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
the Farmer's Hotel, andoppositc 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.
In addition to his former supply
he has received the following,
which may be Ixiugnt at the sub
joined rates:
Epsom Salts, per lb. $ 25
Refined Salt Petrq, do 25
Allum, do 20
Brimstone. do 12
Cream tartar, do 75
Sugar lead, do I 2j
Orange peel, do 75
Arrow root,pulvcr3, do 1 25
Pearl ash, do 25
Borax, refined, do X
Copperas. do 10
Glauber salts, do 12
Rochelle salt?, do 1 25
Sanford's bark, do 4
Common bark, do 3
Fol: senna, do 1
Turmeric root. do 2
Orris root,
do
1 50
2 25
50
25
Lump magnesia, do
Calcined magnesia, peroz.
Gum camphor, do
Oil peppermint, do
Mace, do
Cloves, do
Cinnamon, de
Ginger, do
Nutmegs, do
Oil amber. do
50
25
25
12
37
25
Castor oil, per bottle, 1 25
Lemon acid. do 37
Opodeldoc, do $7
Best London mustard,do 37
Sal Eratus, do 50
Cologne water, do 37
Stoughton's bitters, do 1
Best sweet oil, do 1
British oil, do 25
Swaim's panacea, do 4 50
Soda powders, per box, 50
Rochelle powders, do 1 25
Cajeput oil, per drachm, 50
J7"Those who buy medicine at
his office will have all prescriptions
gratis, unless required in writing. (
December 1.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
(continued from our last.)
The principles Upon "which
the commercial policy of the U
nited States is founded, are to
be traced to an early period.
They are essentially connected
with those upon which their in
dependence W3S declared, and
owe their origin to the enligh
tened men who took the lead
in our affairs at that important
epoch. They are developed in
their first treaty of commerce
with France of 6th Feb. one
thousand seven hundred and
seventy-eight, and by a formal
commission, which was institu
ted immediately after the con
clusion of tbeir Revolutionary
struggle, for the purpose of ne
gotiating treaties of commerce
with every European power
The first treaty of the United
States with Prusia, which was
negociated by that commission,
affords a single illustration of
those principles. The act of
Congress of the third March,
one thousand eisht hundred and
fifteen, adopted immediately al
tcr the return of a general peace,
was a new overture to foreign
nations to established our com
mcrcial relations with them on
the basis of free and equal rcci
procity. That principle has
pervaded all the act? of Con
gress, and all the negotiations
of the Executive on the subject
since.
A convention for the settle
ment 01 important questions in
relation to the North-west Coast
of this Continent, and its adjoin
ing seas, was concluded and
signed at St. Petersburg, on the
day of last, by the
Minister Plenipotentiary of the
U. States, and Plenipotentiaries
of the Imperial Government of
Russia, it will immediately be
laid before the senate for the
exercise of the constitutional au
thority of that body, with re
fcrcncc to its ratification. It is
proper to add, that the manner
in which this negocialion was
invited and conducted on the
part of the Emperor, has been
very satisfactory,
The great and extraordinary
changes which have happened
in the government of Spain and
Portugal, within the last two
years, without seriously affect
ing the friendly relations which
under all of them, have been
maintained with those powers
by the United States, have been
obstacles to the adjustment of
the particular subjects of discus
sion which hove arisen with
each. A resolution of the Sen
ate, adopted at their last session,
called for information as to the
effect produced upon our rela
tions with Spain, by the recog
nition, on the part ot the united
States, of the Independent
South American Goyernmcnts.
The papers containing that in
formation are now communica
ted to Congress.
A Charge dVAffaires has been
received from the Independent
Government of Brazil. That
country, heretofore a colonial
possession cf Portugal, had,
some years since, been proclaim
ed, bv the sovereign of Portugal
himselt.an lnaepcnuentkmgdom
Since his return to Lisbon, a re
volution in Brazil has establish
ed a new government there,
with an Imperial title, at the
hesd of which, is placed tbe
prince, in whom the Regency
had been vested by the King,
at the time of his departure!
There is reason to expect that,
I)' amicable negociation, the
independence of Brazil will, ere
long, be recognized by Portu
gal herself.
With the remaining powers
of Europe, with those on the
coast of Barbary, and with all
the new South American States,
our relations are of a friendly
character. We have Ministers
Plenipotentiary residing with
the Republics of Colombia and
Chili, and have received Min
isters of the same rank from Co
lombia, Guatimala, Buenos Ay
res and Mexico. Our commer
cial relations with all those
States ore mutually beneficial
and increaing. With the Re
public of Columbia, a treaty of
Commerce has been formed, of
which a copy is received, and
the original daily expected. A
negociation for a like treaty
would have been commenced
with Buenos Ayres, had it not
been prevented bv the indispo
sition and lamented decease of
Mr. Rodney, our Minister
there; and to whose memory the
most respectful attention has
been shown bv the Government
of that Republic. An advanta
geous alteration in our treaty
with Tunis, has been obtained
by our Consular Agent residing
there; the official document of
which, when received, will be
laid before the Senate.
Tile attention of the Govern
ment has been drawn, with great
solicitude, to other subjects, and
particularly to that relating to a
state of maritime war, involv
ing the relative rights of neutral
and beligerent in such wars.
Most of the difficulties which
we have experienced, and of the
losses we have sustained, since
the establishment of our Inde
pendence, have proceeded from
the unsettled state of those rights
and extent to which the beliger
ent claim has been carried a
gainst the neutral party. It is
impossible to look back on the
occurrences of the late wars in
Europe, and to behold the dis
regard which was paid to our
rights, as a neutral power, and
the waste which was made of
our commerce by the parties to
those wars, by various acts of
their respective Governments,
and under the pretext, by each,
that the other had set the exam
ple, without great mortification,
and a fixed purpose never to sub
mit to the like in future. An
attempt tq remove those causes
of possible variance, by friendly
negociation, and, on just prin
ciples which would be applica
ble to all parties, could, it was
presumed, be viewed by none,
other than as a proof of an earn
est desire to preserve these rela
tions with every power. In the
late war between France and
Spain, a crisis occurred in which
it seemed probable that all the
controvertible principles involv
ed in such wars might be bro?t
into discussion, and settled to
the satisfaction of all parties.
Prepositions, having this object
in view, have been made to the
Governments of Great Britain,
France, Russia, and of other
powers, which have been re
ceived in a friendly manner by
all, but as yet no treaty has been
formed with either for its accom
plishment. The policy vi!!. it
is persumed, be preserved in
and in the hone that. Jf u 1
r . . may uu
successful
It will always be recollected
that with one of the parties to
those wars, and from whom we
received those injuries we
nought redress by war. From
the other, by whose' then reign
ing Government our vessels
were seized in port as well as at
sea, and their cargoes confisca
ted, indemnity has been expec
ted, but has not yet been rendered.-
was under the influx
ence of the latter, that our ves
sels were likewise seized by
the Governments of Spain, Hol
land, Denmark, Sweden and
Naples, and from whom indem
nity has been claimed and is still
expeeted, with the exception of
Spain, by whom it has been ren
dered. With both parlies we
had abundant cause of war, bun
we had no alternative but to re
sist that which was most power
ful at sea, and pressed us near
est at home. WTith this, all
differences were settled by a
treaty founded on conditions fair
and honorable to both, and
which has been so far executed
with perfect good faith. It has
been earnestly hoped, that the
other would, of its own accord,
and from a sentiment of justice
and conciliation, make to our
citizens the indemnity to which
they are entitled, and thereb
remove from our relations anv
just cause of discontens on cur
side.
It is estimated that the receipts
into the Treasury during the
current year, exclusive of loans,
will exceed eighteen millions
five hundred thousand dollars,
which with the sum remaining
in the Treasury, at the end of
the last year, amounting to nine
millions four hundred sixty
three thousand nine hundred
twenty-two dollars and eighty
one cents, will, after discharg
ing the current disbursements of
the year, the interest on the
public debt, and upwards of e
leven millions five hundred
thousand dollars of the princi
pal, leave a balance of more than,
three million of dollars in the
Treasury, on the first day of Ja
nuary next.
A large amount of the dcbC
contracted during the late war,
bearing an interest of six per
cent, becoming redeemable in
the course of the ensuing year,
than could be discharged by the
ordinary revenue, the act of the,
2Gth of May, authorized a loan
of five million dollars at four
and a half per cent, to meet the
same. By this arrangement an
annual saving will accrue to the x
public of seventy-five thousand
dollars.
Under the act of the 24th oC
May last, a loan of five million
dollars, wasauthorized in order
to meet the awards, under the
Florida treaty, which was nego
tiated at par, with the Bank of
the United States at four and a
half per cent, the limit of inte
rest fixed by the act. By thi$
provision the claims of our ci
tizens, -who had sustained so
great a loss by spoliations, and
from whom indemnity had been
so long withheld, were prompt
ly paid. For these advances
the public will be amply repaid,
at no distant day, by the sale of
the lands in Florida. Of the
great advantages resulting from
the tcr-'isitign cf the tencry