Usurpation on their rights to de
nounce tlicm as they occur iii the
most peremptory terms, to protest
against them, as wrongs to which
- our present submission shall be
j,:iC(nsi(Icrc(l, not as acknowledg
ing nts or precedents of right, but.
aj a temporary yielding to the
lesser evil until their accumula
tion shall ovcrweigh that of sepa
ration. I would go still further;
and give to the federal member,
by regular amendment of the con
stitution, a right to make roads
and canals of intercommunication
between the states providing suf
ficiently against corrupt practices
in Congress (log rolling, &c.) by
declaring that the federal propor
tion of each state of the monies so
employed, shall be in works with
in the state, or elsewhere with its
'consent, and with a due salvo
jurisdiction. This is the course,
which I think, safest and best
Til. JEFFERSON."
.as yet.
Outrage. On Saturday last,
(says the Washington Herald of
the; 4th inst.) two men, named
Crandall and Nicholls, commen
ced a dispute on their respective
wrestling powers, when Crandall
became so irritated, that he sprang
upon Nicholls with an open knife,
and gave him five severe stabs a
bout his head and face before they
could be separated. We under
stand that the wounds arc not
?d a nacrous.
company, for aught we know, for
we (fortunately for once) did not
embark in the speculation; but we
arc well assured, that if that much
money has been "divided" by the
company, it has been in instal
ments, lather than in 2rqfits. ib.
Edenton, Sept. 4. We under
stand from a Captain of a small
boat, just arrived from the North
Banks, that a vessel came on
shore at Nags Head, last Thurs
day, called the Enterprize of E
denton, xmos Ethcridge master,
part of her main deck broken up,
her main mast cut away, and her
foremast carried away, sails and
rigging all stript by the hard
winds, and not a man on board, it
is believed all the crew were
drowned: he also states that he
of believes there had been eiirht ves
sels cast away between Ocracockj
and Cape llattcras in the gale of
fcaturday, 2oth ult. Gaz.
Suicide. It has again become
bur melancholy task, as a public
journalist, to announce the self
destruction (hc fourth occurrence
of the kind in this county during
the last eight months) of another
of our fellow-citizens: Capt. Da
rid Craige, who resided about 8
'miles from town, put a period to
his life, on Saturday, the 1st inst.
by cutting his throat with a razor.
We have heard no cause assign
ed, for the commission c t this des
perate deed: it is supposed, how-
tliat a settled melancholv
Orinoco Cotton. We learn,
(says the Augusta Geo. Constitu
tionalist,) that in a garden at the
lower end of the city, a stalk of
Orinoco Cotton has reached the
height, of upwards of six feet. It
is a beautiful plant, and worthy
the inspection of the curious. It
is said the plant will grow into a
tree of considerable size, and that
it will not attain its maturity be
fore the second year from its be
ing planted.
Rosencath, Sept. 11, 1827.
To Exum Lewis
Sir: In the 'Free Press,' of the Sth
inst. you have endeavored to make some
explanation relative to a Note which I
had cautioned all persons against trading
for, and you have also made unwarrant
ed insinuations altogether unconnected
with that Note.
Now, Sir, your conscience must have
given you an incorrect statement when
you say, that I stated 1 was unable to pay
the amount of the Note; for you do
know that I never was unable to pay
that amount. As to your accommoda
tion precious accommodation, indeed!
when a man pays for it. You say that
"a considerable part of which amount
was for cash, and paying other debts for
him." You must have forgotten that I
have a copy of the account, and that the
amount of cash received bv mo or naid
forme was $15G 65; that the amount of
my wages from 1st January, 1822, to
10th December ensuing, (at which time
I quit,) at S200 per year, was SlSS 89;
that a negro boy of mine, which you hi
red at S20 per year for Ihe same length
of time, amounted to SIS 09, making
$20G 9S where now, Sir, is your cash
advanced for me, and where those "oth
er debts" you paid for me? Were those
have brought forward charges for the
ounal expences ot my brother? Mr.
Vm. Parker, who made the coffin, &c.
brought forward his account against you
as administrator you refused to pay it,
and told him to call upon me for it. He
told you that he had no claim against
mc, and that yon as administrator wtfs
bound and should pay it. . , He warrant
ed you and obtained a judgment for the
amount. Mr. Parker never claimed any
thingof me you, Sir, had the unparal
leled impudence to request me to pay it,
when I simply told you that you were
bound by . law as administrator to pay it;
that I had always, understood such debts
had the preference to all others; that if
my brothers estate was unable to pay it,
I would do it if it was my last cent; bui
you as administrator I considered bound
to pay it, and that if there was not suffi
cient to satisfy the deeds in trust, &c.
which I had on the property, I would
freely advance it. Do you, Sir, suppose
that I would have been such an egregi
ous fool as to let you take the adminis
tration and commit myself further when
I was already losing (but have never
complained) and had an opportunity of
saving myself. You well know that I
let you take the administration in order
that vou mieht save something for vour-
Iself, provided there was more than suf-
You must have known
my advertising the Note-
sell for cash, or keep the property, for
you know that besides the trusts 1 had
a fee simple title, having bought the
rijrht ot redemption under execution:
hnni:
j
'M nl-
Suicide. A Mr. Rolin
himself in Boston, on the
titno, in consequence of a quarrel
w.th his wife ! !
ever
had for some lime proved noon
his mind, which finally brought
him to tin rash conclusion of hur
) vinLr himself out of mortal nvist-
Jence. lie was a man of many so
cial virtues, nossessirif nn intnlli-
"ciit mind, and a high sense of
iijikik iii iii 1 1 1 1 1 : ' i 1 1 i . wiiii ;i i-i ii m-
'.'potent estate, and in the vigor of
nnrnI nhnlit J. a ho Iimu rit o
family, and very respectable con
1 noxious, to deplore his lamentable
"exit from time to eternity.
r Salisbury Car.
1 Gold. Mines. We frequently
oe, in papers from abroad, the
-most extravagant statements in
relation to the Gold Mines ot this
rotate. We have observed the
' ioikuving article published in nia-
j ui uiu iui mui n apei s:
i kli is stated that the members
of t Sic company formed to work
the ''old mines of North-Carolina.
i t. . . , .
Jiawi divided each StfUUU."
fa
"f H 1'niM ..) - 1. I
this statement was derived, we
Mro nnt iK!-v ...i " I . 1 a.
ui. m,i iiuii, m s I Mill IIS
v ide variance from the fact, would
"induce us to suspect it first met
.the public eye in prints remote
" tt om the operations of the "com
any" alluded to. Three thou
sand dollars may have been "di-si-lur
Uy "each" member of the
(CpThc Rev. YVM. B. WORRKLl!
is expected to preach at the Falls Tar;
River Tuesday (2d Oct.) before the Kc-j
hukee Association, Wednesday at Tar-,
borough, and Thursday at Greenville,
Pitt count v.... Com.
DIED,
In Halifax county on Tuesday, 21st
ult. Mr. Thomas IValson, in the 60th j
year of his ae. Also, at the samci
place, on Wednesday, 5th inst. Miss
temperance I liaison, aged 15 years.
In Greene county, on the 2 1st ultimo,
Mr. John Pope, in the 50th year of his
age. The deceased and two of his chil
dren were taken sieat the same time,
andjiccamc the rare of the afiecliotiate
wife, she not being abb to tell which
most needed her attention; but death
bid his icy arm around one of the chil
dren, and relieved the mother's solici
tude as to him; and she fondly hoped
the monster was at that time satisfied;
but, alas! she had not more than prepa
red the shroud for her little son, before
the same ruthless hand arrested the hus
band also, and in the space of two hours
they both lay dead. Mr. Pope was a
kind husband, an affectionate father, a
humane master, and philanthropic neigh
bor. Com. for Ral. Star.
oilier aeots a note ana account vou fimnnt tn cmisfv mr loimc trn.
voluntarily let me have, and which you! offered other creditors the same oppor
considered very doubtful, but which I;tunity, I could not well refuse you on
had an opportunity ol saving? Did you j the conditions that you would satisfy my
not request that I would take this note claims, provided the estate was suffi
and account as yoi h:.d no opportunity cienti And although-it wes much to
of collecting them at that time? disadvanlno-o. n I hA tho rltrfct t
4 K C- . . . 0
that von had
refused to correct an error of in my
lavor, in the claims I held against you;
that I have applied to you three several tJt I felt it my duly to give the credi-
uuius iui a senium iu, uui nave never tors every opportunity to save what thev
been able to gel you to one; and that up- could, and did repeatedly offer that any
on your refusing to come to a fair settle- creditor might take the administration
ment. audio correct th error above na- on the above conditions, when none
med, in justice to myself I felt bound lo would do it but yourself,
take every legal advantage the law would Why in your pitiful piece do you
allow. Your pitiful excuse for not com- mention the burial expences of my bro
ing to a settlement, was that you did not ' thcr? What has it to do with the Note?
know whether my brother's estate would What have I to do with it? What are
he able to satisfy the deeds in trust the charges, whether high or low, to me
which I had on the property or not or to theXote? I cannot see how I have
but you did know that there was more any thing to do with it. I again repeat
than sufficient. it) that Mr. Parker never claimed it of
You havebecome very tenacious of me; butafteryou refused to pay it, I told
your character all at once have I, Sir, him and I tell his administrator, that I
attacked your character? In my adver- will freely pay it if the law dont com
tisemcnt I merely stated a simple fact, pel you to pay it. Since you pretend,
which you have not, and which j-ou against your conscience, not to know
cannot deny I said nothing of your: the cause of mv ann-nr of which vou
character, nor do I care any thing about (complain, permit me to say that it was
Price Current.
SKlT. 14.
Bacon,
Brand-, -Corn,
Cotton, -
police,
Hour, iamily,
Iron, -Molasses,
Rum, New -Eng.
3ugar, brown, -
loaf,
Fea, Young Hyson,
Imperial, -
Wheat,
VVhi.skev, -
per Veterti'c?. A. York.
lb 9 10 9 11
gal. 2. 30
bu'h 50 55 60
lb 8 10 9 10
16 17$ 1.3 IT
bbl 600 700 475 550
ton 105 112 $90 100
gal 35 40 C2 35
42 45 38 39
lb 8. 12 7 10
IS 25 17 19
100 125 75 125
- - 110 150 115 145
im'l 75 30 90 96
gal. G6 38 27 31
jYcrti-Carolina Bank jYotes.
At Petersburg, 4 to 4 discount.
At New-York, 5 discount.
it. I'shaw! talk of vour ehniMPlpr!
your character is indelibly imprinted on
the hearts of many a widow and orphan,
and cannot be forgotten until oblivious
time shall throw a veil over the grave
of departed tin worthiness!
As lo my having an opportunity of
knowing your principles of honesty, I
can only say, that twelve months ago I
thought you an honest man; and that
when those principles were attacked a
bout two years since, by a respectable
gentleman of your neighborhood, at
your request I promptly gave you a cer
tificate of my opinion of your principles
at that time. I3ut, Sir, I shall not call
upon you lo say whether I am honest or
not; but 1 defy you, with all your mar
lice, to show any tiling to the contrary
I despise your base and malicious insi
nuations.
As to our "family connexion" I am
happy in having it in my power to say,
t hat no tic of consanguinity exists be
tween us; but bitterly regret that such a
tie does exist between yourself and those
I most highly esteem. You speak very
spirited about risking your life indeed,
Sir, I think with the addition of a little
more spit its you could have fairly snap
ped your nose off.
I come now, Sir, to that part of your
pitiful and malignant piece, where you
say that "It may be necessary to state
further, that the said Dickcn got angry
with me sometime since, about the bu
rial expences of his brother Ii. H. D. ;
which I considered highly extravagant,
and by no means corresponding to the
Doctor's '-'circumstances" in life. I prof
fered to pay the cost of a decent burial,
but further than that I would not go,"
&c. Do you wish to insinuate that I
the base insinuations vou have thrown
out on the memory of a deceased and
beloved brother! Know you then, Sir,
that it was from the insults offered to the
memory of him, (in whose presence
while alive your cowardly heart almost
forgot lo beat,) and from your having
taken repealed occasions to wound the
feelings of an aged female, to whom Dr.
Dicken was near and dear, and one
whom I will protect against your un
feeling insults with a life worth millions
of yours. These, Sir, you well knew
were the real causes of that anger which
nothing but your gray hairs prevented
from bursting on you with a vengeance.
Arc mr expresssions severe? Then,
Sir, I am defending the memory of the
dead; 1 am defending the memory of a
noble brother! Have I not, Sir, pre
vented Dr. Dickcn in his life time from
lacerating your worthless carcase? As
to any malignant insinuations which you
may attempt to cast upon my character,
I heed them not. But, Sir, while you
have with feelings the most inhuman
and unnatural, endeavored lo cast dis
honor on the memory of Dr. Dicken;
know you, Sir, that so long as one of
that generation in which Dr. Dicken
lived, shall survive, his memory will bo
cherished with the fondest recollections,
and the name of Richard Henry Dicken
handed to their children as a memento
of the most untarnished honor; while
the name of Exum Lewis will become
the by-word for every thing base, and
detested by all honorable men.
In your next piece let us have some
thing beside your bare word. I now
leave you to your conscience and your
God.
Levis Benjamin Kencbn Dick??,