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Wrhole No. 75
HALIFAX, X. a FKIDJir, SKVTEMUEll 2, 1825.
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DOMESTIC.
Com. Porter. The Naval
Court Martial has sentenced
Com. Porter to be suspended
from the service for six months,
which sentence has been appro
ved by the President. The
Court found the Commodore
guilty of all the charges; but in
relation to the Foxardo affair,
they say, that although he has
committed an offence, his con
duct proceeded from "an anx
ious disposition to maintain the
honor and advance the interest!
of the nation and the service."
Of the charge of disrespect and
insubordination, the following
letter formed the most promi
nent feature:
(COPY.)
Captain Porter has the honor,
respectfully, to state to the Pre
sident of the U. States, that a-
rreeable to the sujrzcstion of
the President, he, on the 16th
of Jast month, addressed a letter
ifcv:.yT
requesting an investigation ot
bis conduct in relation to the
affair of Foxardo, and the char
ges of Mr. Randall as early as
ivas consistent with the public
interests, and on the same day
lie received what purported to
be the Secretary's reply, in
forming him that the Executive
had determined that a
court;
should be formed to examine
into the occurrences, as soon as
circumstances will permit.
Captain Porter consequently
waited with patience until the
I3th of this month, when, not
being able to learn that any
steps were taken towards the
accomplishment of the Execu
tive will, he again addressed
the Secretary in the most ur
gent but respectful manner, to
cause his conduct to be investi
gated, and allow him, if inno
cent, to relieve himself from
the truly unpleasant situation
in which the order for his recal
has placed him. No notice has
vet been taken of this request,
and captain Porter despairing
of justice from any other quar
ter, bes and intrcats that the
Presi dent of the United States
will cause it to be rendered him.
April 17, IS25.
Lieutenant Whit lock, has
been found guilty " sleeping
on his post, four several times,
and sentenced to be suspended
from the service for two years,
without pav or emolument.
Lieutenant Hunter of the
Franklin, was honorably acquit
ted, and is one of the witnesses
in the investigation of the con
duct of Comm.Stcwarl, who is
now on trial before the same
Court Martial which tried Por
ter, "for unofficcr-likc conduct,
disobedience of orders, neglect
of duty and oppression and cruelty."
quested leave of absence during
the term of his suspension, but
we have not yet learned wheth
er is has been granted.
TVarrenton Ren.
Melancholy Occurrence.
la Currituck county on Wed
nesday the 3d Aug. while one
of those inhuman monsters who
is more devoted to Bacchus
than Cupid, society is some-
iiuiw uisiurocrf, oy xne name
of Ives, was chastising his wife,;
a man by the name of Taylor j
came up and begged him to de-,
sist. Ives immediately ordered
him out of the house, taking up
his gun and discharging it at
him, the contents passing
through one of his hands, near
ly or quite taking offhis thumb,
aid through both his thighs.
We have understood that his
life is almost d espaired of. Ives
has been taken and committed
to jail. Eliz. City Star.
From the Lexington, Kentucky,
Reporter.
Kentucky. We arc confi
dent that there cannot be found
in the annals of party violence
and animosity in this country,
a more atrocious act than was
committed here the last day of
the late election. It was charac
terized by a deliberate and dia
bolical malignity, which utterly
precludes the excuse, which
some seem disposed to make,
of trick and thoughtlessness.
How many, were the actors in
it, is not ascertained, but, we
trust writ be, ami Theif nahics
held up to the abhorrence and
indignation of mankind. That
a very considerable number
were privy and consenting to
it, and so far particepts cri
minis is, however, well knov:.
but for the act itself. It hav
ing been manifest after the se
cond day of the election, that
the Constitutional ticket would
succeed by a considerable ma
jority -and It being known that
a large quantity (f liquor was
making into. toddy and punch,
to regale! thofrids of the suc
cessful camlidates'after theifelee
tion, as is usual in this country,
a scheme was got up, and some
agent or agents engaged to pro
cure a large quantity of EMET
IC TARTAR (accounts vary
from half a pound to two
pounds) and infused into the
barrels of liquor standing open
and exposed. The miscreants
completely succeeded and the
iives of from 500 to 1000 citi
zens were thus jeopardized!
Even at the very moment when
the infernal scheme was operat
ing on hundreds and producing
nausea, vomiting, and cramp of
stomach threatening the most
serious consequences, they were
enjoying the scene with a plea
suremore befitting demons than
mcn. It is not known that it
has yet proved fatal to any one
of the great number who par
took of the liquor, but many
are yet feeling its' effects, and
it may be considered providen
tial should no deaths occur.
We have said that it was pre
meditated, and we say so, be
cause we are well assured, that
$ person was employed to cal
culate as to the probabhs num
ber of persons who wotihl par
take of the liquor, and hovV. ma
nv grains might be allowed to
each person without producing
(.ICaiU VV1I Hit. lilJW'i
I .1-1 TU-.o ivnvn tlia lime
our fellow-citizens placed on are suddenly taken with a stiff-, before he left Lexington, "dis
a footing with those of the un-.'ness in the legs, Ihcn blunder I posed of every species of pro
happy victims of British Mili-jabout with their eyes staring i perty he had, except a' farm near
tary Despotism, where the Sur
geon is made toieel the puisc
of the sufferer, from time to
time to ascertain how far the
torture of flagellation may be
carried, without producing
death. A course of Ijgahinves
tiga'ion has been instituted to
detect the authors of this mali-
i icious nartv trick. sa,u one
or
two individuals supposed to
have been concerned, are in
custody, or on bail, and others
we understand have absconded.
On the 3d of Aug. last.' a
Coroner's Inquest was held by
Mr. John Murchison, Coroner,
on the body of an unknown
person, found dead near the
house of Thomas Davis, Esq.
(Rockfish.) The verdict of the
Jury was died by the visita
tion of God. There was no
thing found about the person of
the deceased, except bundle
of clothes, and twenty-five cents
in silver there were no papers
about him that would lead to a
discovery of his name; He
was about five feet six inches in
height, and apparently 35 years
of age....Fayctieville Sent.
Horrid Murder. Da niel B.
Shelton, and Mci ideth Parsons
his brother-in" law residing near
Pittsylvania C. II. returning
from Mill on Monday evening
the 8th. Aug. had a difference
whicl continued. untU they ar
rived' ur Hid 'ptsujutiTirTjr'iSTjeT"';
ton, when Parsons ' "discovering !
a mattock, applied ltseto the'
head of Shelton, which termi
nated his existence on thVsu
day following. The fact being
made known, the citizens of
the neighborhood "turned out"
and in a very few hours had
Parsons before the civil author
ity; he is now safely lodged in
jail to await the decision of his
country. I he prisoner states
that he did nothing' but what
was indispensable to the defence
of his own person. The corro-
Tier's inquest is uii(j)wxsw: gapimt ibill go. ...but ij
der." Danville Vu. Sent.
Water melons. All those
who are desirous of having a
touch of the cholera morbus, or
of the ague and fever, are re
commended to eat plentifully;
of loafer melons, .which art
now brought every day to our
doors, and may be had very
cheap. For a six-pence, enough
may be bought to give, two per
sons avccent kiud of dysente-
ry, or a gentle shak$ of the
agre:be careful tojject such
as have lain longest exposed to
the sun. Procure the hardest
ones, for the soft one; will only
produce a common kind of fe
ver. There is . "no mistake"
in the above prescriptions; only
eat as much as your appetite
craves, pull off your coat, and
cool yourself in the night air,
(which is very grateful) and you
may depend upon it, you will
not fail of having the cholera
morbus, the ague, or the fever,
without any doubt as to the
character of the disease.
Western Carolinian.
Horses. The
Georgetown
(South Carolina) Gozette states,
that there is a disease among
the horses in that neighborhood
that proves very fatal. They
wuie open, penectiy mtnu, ana
in a lew minutes drop tiown
lead. A great manv have died
lately.
The Creek Treaty. The
accounts from Georgia are so
mingled with the local politics
of the contest between Troup
and Chrk, for the Go'.srrrar,s
chair, that it is difficult to ex
tract from them the real state
of the affair, as relates to the
treaty. It. appears, however,
that there are 26 chiefs in the
Creek nation... .that the assent
of a majority of them is neces
sary to bind the nation to the
act done.. ..that the late trea
ty was signed by 'M'lntoslf,
and two other chiefs only, and
that M'Intosh, aware of the
danger he incurred, fled to the,
Governor of Georgia, for pro
tection against the people he
bad betrayed.. . .that Gov. Troip
sent out his aid. with a "War
," in defence of the treaty
maker... .that the aid returned
and reported peace.... upon
which, M'Intosh ventured home
and was put to death bv the
chiefs... .that the Governor of
Georgia has recommended an
immediate surveying of the
land; although, by M'Intosh's
treaty, the Indians were to hold
the country until 1826. These
are the facts, as far as we can
gather them from the Georgia
publications. Connected with
and believe it founded on fact,
which goes to show the defer
ence paid by the Creeks to the
correctness and justice of our
distinguished .citizen, Gen.
Jackson. It is said, that the
head chief of the Creek nation,
at the will bj the council, has
written a lcftci to lhe; General,
detailing the circumstances of
the negotiation of ihe treaty, to
which the nation was no party,
and submitting to his opinion
what they ought to do. ki7
you, says trie cnici, "say we
you doribt jsay ive must go.
(ne soLiiier$i:oj .your govern
ment cdiilltus on onr land,
but thcifc bayonets cannot
wove us. '
?SfIusband and Wife....i-
tooljg some who have read
illackslone, and more who have
not, the ungallant opinion pre
vails, that a man may chastise
his wife, provided the weapon
be not thicker than his little
finger. For the benefit of the
ladies, the information of the
gentlemen, and the honor, of
our land, it should be known,
that this is not the law of South
Carolina. There was a decis
ion in their Supreme Court, a
uout 13 years since, pronounced
by Judge Wilds, in the digni
fied sweetness of his noble spir
it, in which he proclaimed the
law of South-Carolina on the
subject, in the following grace
ful extract from the Honey
Moon:
"The man who lays his hand upon
a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, ii a
wretch,
Whom 'twere gross flattery to
name a coward." . .
x llaleigh Reg. ,
Mr. Clay.... A letter from ;
Kentuckv, states that Mr. Clav, !
i iown wnien stood mortgaged
ior more man it was worth: of
course it was left... .Every thine
else, save that, was sold off for
cash, and he has left us, neve;1
more, I dare say to return."
llcx. Herald.
We
hasten
to correct the
:( - tntT,r.jt , r
the last week, relative to the
apprehension of Col. Boswell,
son-in-law of Gov. Desha, at
Iiipley, Ohio. The editor of
the Castiator, from whom
we derived our' information,
says in his last number, that th?.
affair between Col. jBos well and
Mr. Clark was one of da:iy oc
currence in Kentucky, and was
conducted without any viola
tion of the customs of that state ;
....which, we believe, admit of
biting and gouging... .that Col.
Boswell was not arrested, but
departed or Maysvillr, of his
own free will, as soon as it was
rumoured that the life of his an tagonist
was in danger, where
he met a fair investigation, and.
was honorably acquitted. We
are left altogether in the dirk,
as respects the fate of Mr. Clark,
but as the contest was maintain
ed according to the etiquette of
Kentucky, it is not unreasona
ble to suppose he may have lost
at least one car and a pair of
eycs....Chillicolhc Times.
Mr. Minge'$
iTa v tS "X. iTSci loou
Slaves... .We j
the 87 negroes emancipafed"by J
Mr. Minge, were very loth to, ,;
go to Hay ti, preferring to re-S
main, even in slavery. ..So far;
as the lessening of our slave po- j
pulation is a benefit to our'
country, Mr. M. has contribu
ted his mite: but it is question
able with us whether sending
ur slaves to llayti, against
their will, is, under all circum
stances, strictly consonant to
justice, humanity, or sound po
licy, it they are tgbe torcul
into'freedom and sc-vu ' iie
our. try without their cn
why not send them to cur Af-
rican colony where there is ,
some hope of their forming in
time an independent nation,
speaking fjur language, adopt
ing our religion and laws, and
owning a filial attachment to
cur country. Why send them
to Hayti among a strange peo
ple, speaking a different lan
guage from themselves, among
whom, in spite of all that may
be said, their, condition can be
very litjle belei; than that of
absolute slavcryT"
Norfolk Herald.
Masonic....At the annual
meeting of the Grand Royal
ilrch Chapter of Georgia,
held in May last, information
being receivec that a certain
Royal Arch Mason had been
engaged in a duel with another
Mason, it was resolved that he
be excluded from all the Chap
ters while in session, under
their jurisdiction, under penal
ty of the forfeiture of their char
ters. Were all societies to a
dopt the same course towards
any of their members who
shouIuVbe engaged in duelling,
it might, perhaps, have a ten
dency of render less frequent
this reproach to a civihzejj cop:.-5
munitv
Commodore wrier u.