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rbotoughyCEdcombeOovnii,, JV. C.J Saturday, June 29,
1833.
Vol. IX JVo 44.
"Nor lh Carolina Free Press,"
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C7Tli Fayetteville Observer of Tues
day contains the subjoined reply of Gov
ernor Swain to the invitation 'tendered
hirn by tins citizens of that towu to par
ticipate wiih tiiern in tho celebration of
the approaching anniversary of our Na
tional Independence.
Raleigh, 2th June, 1833.
Dear Sir, I Imvj had the honor to
receive your polite letter of yesterday
communicating lo me the invitation of
lh citizens of Fayetteville, "to partici
pate witii them in the celebration of the
approaching anniversary of our Coun
. t Independence."
Alio kindness of your citizens to me
on a former occasion is so fresh in mv
recollection, and all the circumstance's
connected with it so agreeable to my
feelings, as to render n renewal of these
associations peculiarly desirable.
The citizens of Raleigh, however, have
determined to connect with their celebra
tion of the National Jubilee, the consid
eration of subjects in which all the peo
ple of North Carolina ought to feel a
lively interest, and about which 1 cannot
bo indifferent. Delegates from the dif
ferent counties and towns in the State
have been invited to assemble in this citv
upon that occasion, and I have promised
to be present and co-operate with them
in the attempt to harmonize conflicting
opinions, and concentrate the energies
of the community upon u system of inter
nal improvements, which shall be com
mensurate with our resources, ami cred
itable to our character for cnterprize and
.intelligence.
Permit me to hone that thn nliniiim T
shall forego, in declining the proffered
civilities iof your citizens, will be compen
sated in some degree, by that which 1
shall experience in taking by the hand
upon that occasion, such of my friends
as may. be delegated to be present with
& aid us in our deliberations.
Do me the favor to communicate to the
citizens of Fayetteville, the grateful feel
ings with which I receive this expression
of their confidence and kindness, and
for yourself accept the assurances of my
respect and esteem.
D. L. SWAIN,
lo James Seawell, Esq. Mag. Police,
Town of Fayetteville.
Rail Road Meeting. On the 23th
"It. a number of the citizens of Warren
county assembled at Warrenton; when
James Somervell, Esq. was appointed
Chairman, and Mr. Benj. E. Cook, Sec
retary. A resolution was adopted ap
proving of the construction of a Rail Road
trom the Roanoke, where the Petersburg
or Portsmouth Rail Road shall reach i,
to Oxford; and a committee was appoint
ed to correspond with similar commit
Xcea ln other counties on the propriety
ot holding a convention on the subject,
to be composed of delegates from the
several county meetings, at such time and
place as may be agreed upon by said
committees. A committee was also ap
pointed to institute an inquiry, in con
cert with similar committees in other
counties, into the practicability of effect
ing said improvement, and to report all
?uch information ennected will the sub
ject, as in their opinion may enable their
fellow citizens to form correct opinions
concerning it wFJions
I - h !r.f "? Bn,n.ort Republican
hMbeeu obligmgly rarore( wj,h
. following parting address of tin, Pre,
Mleiji of the United Stni,, delivered on
rl(Jy morning, to whirl, the Proph, t
made reply. a copy of which follows
tile address.
Black Hatch mu his party were intro
duced to the President, who addressed
them as follows:
My Children Whnn I saw you in
Washington, I told you that you had be
haved very badly, in raising the toma
hawk against the white people, ami kill
ing men, women, and children upon the
frontier. Your conduct laM year com
pelled me to- send my warriors against
you, and your neonle were. i,.r,,Hfnr7 ,;,i1
- I i .iUU (iu
great loss, and your men aurrRndr.i
to be kept until I should ho satisfied rl .if
you would not try to do any more injury.
. iu.u jkju i wouiu inquire wliethcr your
people wished you should return, and
whether if you did return, them wmiM un
any danger to the frontier. Gen. Clark,
and Gen. Atkinson, whom you know'
navo iniormeci me that Shecknk, your
principal Chief, and the restofyonr people
are anxious you should returm, and Keo
kuk has asked me to send you back.
Your Chiefs have pledged themselvs for
your good conduct, and I have given di
rection?, that you should be tuken to
your own country.
Maj. Garland, who is with you, will
conduct you through some of our towns.
You will see the strength of the white
people. You will see, that our young
men are as numerous as the leaves in the
woods- What can you do against us!
You may kill a few women and children,
but such a force Would be soon sent a
gainst you as would destroy your whole
tribe. Let the red men hum and take
care of their families, but 1 hope ihey
will not again raise their hands against
their white brethren. We do not wish
to injure you. We desire your prosper
ity and improvement. Rot if vnn jutmIm
plunge your knives into the breasts of
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uui puupiu, i anuii seno a loree wmcii
will severely punish you for all your cru
elties.
When you go backj listen to the Coun
cils of Koeknk and the other friendly
Chiefs. Bury the tomahawk, and live
in peace with the frontiers. And I pray
the Great Spirit to give you a smooth
path and a fair sky to return.
To this the Prophet and the others an
swered. My Father My ears are open to your
words. I am glad to hear them. I am
glad to go back to my people. I wain
to see my family. I did not behave well
lost summer. I ought not to have taken
up the tomahawk. But my people have
suffered a great deal. When 1 get back,
I will remember your words. I won't
go to war again. I will live in peace. I
shall hold you by the hand.
Blade Hatch's Arrival: Public ex
pectation was disappointed, relative to
the presence of Black Hawk and his
party, in Castle Garden, to witness the
flight of Mr. Durant. It was about 5
o'clock before the Warrior and his suite
made their appearance near our shores.
The steam-boat in which he was convey
ed hither, then rounded to, and waited to
nhsnrvn the ascension. These sons of
the forest, of whom it is characteristic
to give no. apparent heed and express no
surprise at pbjects presented in a civilized
country, exhibited greater astonishment
on this occasion, than on any other upon
their journey. Black Hawk, in speaking
of the iEronaut, said, 'he must be a very
great brave,' and seemed to think that 'he
could go to the Heavens to the Great
Spirit.' . The Prophet and others ex
pressed equal astonishment.
After the balloon had dwindled in the
distance, the steam-boat proceeded to
her usual landing, aud in passing tlu
Castle, Black Hawk presented himself lo
the assembled multitude, raised his hat,
and made a few remarks to this effect:
?Hovdo you do? How do you do all?
The Great Spirit above knows thai I love
you, and that my heart is wiih you all."
On reaching the wharf the crowd was so
great that it Was extremely difficult to
effect a passage for their conveyauce to
their lodgings. It was finally accom
plished and they were escorted to the
Exchange Hotelj Broad street, where
they will probably remain about a week,
and then return, by-way of Detroit, to
their forest abode. It was at first pro
posed to conduct them as far eastwardly
as Boston, but the Secretary at War, in
eonsidesaiion of the fatigues tliey have
endured, has directed their less circuit
ous return.iV. Y. Com. Adv.
The Slaves in the British Colonies.
Few things, occurring abroad, are of
more importance to the United States,
in the present peaceful relation of this
government to the rest of the world, lhan
the measure now in agitation in the
Councils of Great Britain, which has for
iis object the amelioration of the condi
tion of the Slaves in her Colonies. The
last mail brought us by way of New York,
an outline of the plan of the British Min
istry for accomplishing this purpose; a
purpose laudable in itself, doubtless, but
surrounded with difficulties, which make
it almost impracticable. If the object is
ever to be attained, at least, we appre
hend it will not be by legislation, on the
part of persons not representing, in-any
material degree, the interest legislated
upon, and not sufficiently informed of its
nature to be able to legislate upon it in
telligently, ond providently.
By this class of persons, however, the
scheme of the British Ministry, has been
obviously devised. An ignorance of the
actual condition .of the colored slave
population runs through the whole of it.
The possession on ihe part of the ne
groes of intelligence and habits of reflec
tion is implied, to an extent not warranted
by facts. The change proposed in their
condition is, besides, too Midden. The
requisition to the master to make weekly
payments, &ci is not suited to the condi
tion of an agricultural community, in
which slave labor is extensively employ
ed. Planters cannot, in the nature of
things, make weekly payments: it is well
if ihey can pay, once a year, the debts
which they necessarily contract for ihe
maintenance of themselves and planta
tions. There are oilier objections to this
scheme. There is, in fact, an inherent
and insoluble difficulty in the legislation
concerning slave-holders and their pro
perty, by those who are not only not
slave-holders themselves, but cannot be
made to comprehend the nature of that
relation. For that very reason it was,
thaf, in framing the Constitution of the
United Slates, that subject was left so
exclusively to the legislation of the sev
eral States,. that the Congress of all the
States cannot touch it without a palpable
usurpation of the reserved rights of the
States and the People. The several Stat
es alone, within which this class of pop
ulation exists, could act upon it, even to
ameliorate its condition, with the least
probability of doing good, or indeed of
avoiding to do mischief. The silence
of the Constitution of the United Stales
on that subject, therefore, is a most wise
one. Nat. Intel.
Myer, a taylor by trade and resident of
Norfolk amused themselves for a time
with shooting at small birds that were
flying over ihe vessel They then re
turned the gun to the owner, who very
deliberately loaded it with a double
charge of shot, aud fired it off at one of
the passengers, a Mr. Young. He re
ceived the whole charge in the left side
of his head about the eye and temple.
Myer then jumped overboard, but tho
vessel being hove to and the boat put off,
he was taken up, brought on board again
and so secured as to put it out of hia
power to commit any further violence.
Mr. Young is seriously wounded though
not dangerously. There is some reason
to fear he may lose one of his eyes.
Philadelphia Gaz.
(rQn the 24th ult. there were 24
steam boats, many of them of the largest
H iss, lying at the wharf in Louisville,
Ky. which will afford some idea of the
extensive commerce carried on in that city.
A new Paper at Washington. Pror
posals have been issued, by Mr. W. R.
Collier for ihe publication of a daily and
tri-weekly newspaper at Washington
city, under the title of The Moderator;
which will advocate the election of
John M'Lean, late Postmaster General,
to the Presidency of the United States
r?On the 8th instant, Mr. Jacob
Meetz was arrested in Charleston on a
charge of having set fire to his own storej
which was burnt down on the 25th Feb
ruary last, in Columbia. The property
was insured and the insurance money
proriiptly paid. It seems that Mr. M,
has been betrayed by one of his clerks
in consequence of not receiving the a
mouut promised by M, for keeping tho
fact concealed. He has been sent back
to Columbia for trial.
flAh affray took place, a few days
since at Cambridge, between the stu-,
dents of Harvard University and the cit
izens of that town. It originated at iho
raising of a new church, in the course of
which the students matters not going
on to their liking: undertook to chastise
the mechanics engaged in the building.
Many blows were inflicted on both sides,
and one of ihe students was dangerously
wouirded. The students were, with diffi
culty, dispersed by President Quincy,
who rushed among them, and finally suc
ceeded in compelling them to repair to
their rooms.
(t?"An occurrence of an extraordinary
character took place on board the schoo
ner Empire on Tuesday last, on her way
from Norfolk, Va. to New York. It
appears that some of the passengers
having borrowed o double barrelled gun
from a Frenchman of the name of Jonas
Painful Intelligence We learn with
regret that the brig Ajax, fifteen days from
New Orleans, bound to Liberia, with
nearly one hundred and fifty emigrants
on board, has been compelled to put into
Key West in distress. She lost her mate
and two blacks, when she had been only
two days out; and the ship carpenter a
board reported that 30 or 40 of the emi
grants died of the cholera, whilst the
brig was anchored off the town. They
are said to have been as fine a set of emi
grants as ever left this country. One
hundred of these were from Kentucky
of whom ninety-six were slaves and had
been manumitted upon condition ot their
deportation to Monrovia. v Forty were
from Tennessee and the residue from
Ohio. Among those from Kentucky,
was a female brought up by Mrs. Wick
liffe, who possessed a superior education
and gifted mind, and who was intended
for a teacher at Liberia.
The Ajax left Key West on the 16th
ult. for her place of destination. Since
that time there had been from ten to fif
teen cases in the town, nine of which
had proved fatal, out of a population of
two hundred. No case had occurred be
tween the 27th ult. and 1st inst. and it
was believed at the latter date thai the
disease had left the K y.
N.Y.Com.Adv.