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MILLEDGEVILLE, MU' 20, 132.).
s=- tune, of dmi-c o# happiness, end-even ufi tlon; hurt dbjeet to iimoie particularly te- .uieots which were sent off from Aguad.lla
clnracter that Ve haw^seen ?—Yet ell this cause it hold* out inducements to indnidii- was more fortunate than ourselves, we
♦ took place tn a con.munin where the imp,..- els of full age, in the complete po Me »,on of have the' "tuffacHon to know that ,t he. not
We are authorise ! to state that the
Tteain Boat Company has paid into the
Treasury of the slate, twenty two thousand
dollar-, the interest due up to the 1st instant
on the stork lirld by the state in said compa
ny. under the contract made with the present
Governor.
07 s -On Monday the 12th inst. thejude-
... of die Superior Courts of mis State, held
their first annual convention at this place,
under the act of tiie Gen. Assembly of 1821.
There were present Judges Dooly, Clayton,
Shorter, Hams, Longxtreet, and Wayne.
Judge Walker did not attend, he having to
preside at B.nku Court.
The convention, having closed the busi
ness for which it was called, adjourned on
J'rid iv morning last.
The rules of practice that have been ad
opted are not to take effect until the 10th
Aug- next.
Among the rules, wo notice the following
as being id immediate and general interest
to students.
“ Every person making application for ad
mission to the Bar, must apply to some Court
in the circuit within whirl, lie resides, Sc pro
duce satisfactory evidence to the Court of
1 deuce of the borrower and the avarice of tho
lender were indulge I, if indulged at all, at
very imminent hazards.
The people of Louisiana, are no doubt
like every other people we have seen—they
will attribute their misfortunes to any thing
rat her than to their own imprudence—And
in their selection of a subject on wbii h to
vent their spleen, there has been some exer
cise of judgment. Our people have not been
so wise in their wrath—The planter* first
felt the influence of the approaching storm
and straightway the merchants were assailed
as the authors of all the mischief that ensu
ed. The merchants in their turn charged the
banks ; and the Banks preferred the charge
against the U. S. Bank. Thus thero was a
regular plan of preferring charges-—and it
was truly amusing to see with what invetera-
( y each department of the community ad
hered to their original opinions. Anxious
ly occupied in shielding il.cinsi Ives Irom all
iinputaiions ol imprudence, and in fixing on j
their neighbors the odium ol their own em- '
their understanding, to violate contract and
promises which they have deliberately and
voluntarily made, whereas the laws should
never interfere hut for the purpose of enfos-
cine agreements fairly entered into.
TH. B. ROBERTSON.
Colonization of Free People of Color.
been front any want of exertion on our part.
Piracy existed in full force and vigor off
this place and Havana to the hour of our
arrival—but we know of no instance of it
•inee. By the judicious arrangement w hich
the commodore has made of the force under
his command.—-and the whole of it at pres-
letter to‘a friend, are not unworthy of the
man who could delight as well the festive
board, as the har and tile Senate. They arc
the simple effusions of the heart, described
bv the pen of genius.
“ I do not remember (says hejever to have
had my mind compressed into so small a
space. So many human beings, so many
sufferers, so various in rank, so equalized in
the grave ! As I gazed upon the strange con
gregation, I could not distinguish what head
v ent is not equal to that of a frigate—com- _
Cony of a Inter from an intelligent ccntletuan in pl*te protection has been given to the trade had raved or reasoned, hoped or burned. I
C»#*or|ff*town, D C. to another in Putnam coun- to this island, as well as that to the Gulf of looked for thought ; I looked for dimples :—
tj—^rCommunicated for publication^ Mexico—and two formidable detachments I asked, whither isall gone ? Did wisdom ever
Georgetown, April 21, 1821. employed to ferret them out from their hid
Pear bit—Acci in my thank* for your kind letter . . ...
accompanied hv the report*of your Society. mg places. They must now bleak up, or
VoII have probably been informed, before thin, change their ground, and I think 1 may ven-
of the departure of the brig Osiwejo for the coai-t litre the opinion that piracy has been sup
of Africa In this vessel more than sixty colored passed on this part of the coast, for the
persons, selected from a great number of appli- f. I,nu<>
cams, liiraislied with ample supplies and means
defence, take passage to Nlontserado These per
"'Tof 'p rfisel1 * at least. " One or two instances have
sons j>osse,.s uncommon intelligence, most of them
appear truly pious, and all have exhibited remark-
aide devotion to the cause in which they arc en
gaged.
You have no donht received intelligence of the
attacks which have been made bv the natives on
our infant settlement. .Most of the surrounding
ti ibes attempted, for the purpose of plunder, to de
duce sausiaciury eviucin c i« wo e> - — ■ ----> ' .. . , i
his being 21 years of age, of good moral I ion and rejected in tho Legislature ol that
character, and of his h iving lead law.
“ A ceitificatc of good moral character,
•md of the applicant being ol full age, signed
ty any Judge of the Superior Court ol ibis
State, or any reputable practicing attorney
thereof, will he deemed sufficient; but from
T.II oilier person* a written affidavit will be
required-and shall undergo the whole ex
amination touching liis qualification in open
oourt.
• “ All applicants for admission shall bc"X*
flinmed on the principles ol the common and
jtatmc law ot England in loice in this slate,
the pimciplcs of Equity—the Constitution of
the U. S and of the State of Georgia—the
jtatule law* of the state—and the mles ol
Court. A id in no case shall any person he
-admitted who shall r.ol he considered,by the
Court, to be qualified for the practice of
the La •*.”
We have “ The Rules” in press. They
will be published without delay.
, r \ rimes
bnirassnient, tliev never mice thought o' . Htruy our small and comparatively defenceless
looking at home for tho real cause of all their band. They were, however, repulsed with a res-
misfortunes. ciluiion and success whieh they will not forget, and
|tcitov whirl, arc alike honorable to the courage and
BN LSU11Y. ability of the colonists. Order is now res'ored
The following general remarks accom- | The matter of difference lias been leferred, bv the
pany the info of the Governor of Louisiana natives, to the governor of Sierra Leone, and vve
against the Usury Bill, lately under discuss- I " lal »*>* calamity will subserve the interests
b i i ..f I °ur cause. Our own government seem more
disposed to aid and defend the colony, and have
already directed the captain of the Cvane, now
upon the coast, to remain there as long as the set
tlement may require his assistance.
A new interest is felt in most parts of our coun-
iff- Our Uni vcrsiti/.— The original en
dowment of this institution consisted of
'tan Is. At. ait of the Legislature uulnor-
(led the sale of these lands by the Trustees.
They were sold a few years ago, and pro
duced the sum of 130,001. dollars.
Of this sum $100,000 was vested in B ink
stock. During the years 1817, 18,19, when
the hanks were prosperous, the revenue ol
the University amounted to from 8 tn 10,000
dollars. This was amply sufficient to lefray
the ordinary expenses of the Colleg ', and
leave a surplus, whicn, when added to tho
tuition money, would have been sutli 'ienl
f or the pm poses ot repairs, tic. of the build
ing-. But misfortune came. Bvnk Stoi k
became unprofitable, and the truster.* were
fedueed to the necessity of pplving io the
legislature for assistance. The assistance
esk-d for wa* granted, with a magnanimity
truly honorable. An act was passed iitthor-
isiug the Treasurer of the Univcisiiyto
draw on the Ticasurer of die State for such
sum annually, as when added to the proceeds
01 the Bank Stick owned bv the University
Would make up the suin of 8000 dollars.
la our last sheet we proved dearly that
the people-if the Stale are actually benefit
qd in a pecuniary point of view, by the oper
ation ot tills act. We proved dial by taking
from the Slate Treasury $2000, which was
the amount drawn for by the Treasurer of
*he University last year, the stun of 5:1,900
#as brought into the State, and put into rireu-
• -1,11101. among the people—That is, the whole
rf the capital was replaced, and n clear
pro: U realised besides, of nearly 100 percent.
TVe ask, now, emphatic illy, w iio will dare to
oensurc or oppose a policy productive of such
results.
Admit that the Bank Stock owneJ by the
T7itivs-rs.itv may become, by the happening of
anlbrscenevri)ts,ul(eily unproductive. Then
the state, by the operation of the act rvfer.cd
to. ill become tesponsibic for the whole
■n '. of 58001). W >at will the til ale lose m
tl ase ? It is certainly u re i-.ot.alde sop
[> ,'i Hi that as long as the institution is
• ted properly, there will be a certain
number of its student* who will untie mm
uiii Slates. Last yeui there were Idol
9 i s*. It is not probable that ti is null.
b< !l be diminished. Suppose there will
V in a vet age. 13 annually. H i< then,
fu \ i;u of $8t)00 expended hv the state,
the ■ n d $3,900 is br nig,it into the state,
• iid j.gt in calculation among the people.
Touv ttii e is a clear gain to the people, f
ftearlv 00 per cent, annually. What bif>t-
nt'ss, m those times, affords so handsome
jvrotii ?
Take into these calculations, the principle,
•that the money expended by the Slate isn
toiaed in the state, it. other w rr •*, that in
> these expenditures, the money advanced bv
the p ople to the Slate Treasury, is refunded
t i tlie people, and we are confident opposi
tion will stand silent and abashed.
State
TO THE SENATE
I have given to the act entitled “An act
to prevent usury, and for other purposes,"
all the consideration which the very short
time it lias been before ine, would allow me
to bestow on it ; and lor the purpose of en
abling the Legislature again to act on it pre
vious to their adjournment, returned it with
tli* following objections :
It belongs to u rlass of laws which I do
not approve, tn a lucd of legiilation in the
propriety of which I cannot concur.
Re|’gton,tho press, the pri c of labor, of
articles of cninuieree, have all, from time to
time, been subject to the regulations of gov
ernment—one by one, however they liavo
been relu tantly freed, front restraint, and
the groa* truth generally acknowledged, that
mankind, when left to themselves, are better
judges than their rulers, of what best pro
motes their happiness and interests.
i'oo nineii interference in the affairs of
individuals has been attended with the woist
effect*. Despotic governments manage ev
ery thing , all wisdom, virtue, lalenl, is with
those in power. The people, in their esti
mation, are ignorant, unworthy of confi
dence, unfit to he trusted even with their own
concerns; timers very kindly save thotn the
trouble ot aciiog or thinking for themselves,
mu link them pay usurious interest indeed,
lor the arc 'hey tak -of their property, their
body, and tl.e.r souls. Free government
leave individuals, as much as possible, to
themselves; indeed, freedom of action, and
fieedoin of eontmet,abstaining always from
injuri' g idlers by force or fraud, is the very
lelimlion ol personal liberty—of that liber
t v wl if.li it istne duty of governments to res
The i tti/.ensof our Republic are not
occurred lately on the south side of Cuba
hut they will he attended to promptly, and
1 have no doubt of a similar result.
“ It must not be expected that piracy is to
he put down at once. So many persons have
been engaged in it directly and indirectly,
that it must be a wot k of time, and much
patient and hard servi c to accomplish it.
Our countrymen will be disappointed if
they expect many captures, or any brilliant
feats from us; the service ts extremely un
pleasant and harrassing, particularly to
those vvho arc in the barges and boats, but all
have entered cheerfully on the expedition,
and no one is heard to complain, or repine
at the absence of those comforts to be found
at home, or on more ugreeable service.
“ Tho Commodore was much surprized
to find the trade at this Island had been left
flow from these lips, or soft persuasion dwell
upon them? and if both or either, which
was the must captivating, whieh the most in
teresting ?—all silent—they left me to an
swer for them. So shall the fairest face ap
pear. I was full of the subject.”
try in thin glorious enterprise, and new confidence entirely destitute of protection some time
ol its sueeesvful and sublime result. On* funds, < before our arrival, and that the vessels lie
rwever, arc extremely low. The expenditures of had intended to afford regular convoy from
e present voiaec have been great, and will well ° , . • .
gh exhaust our resources. ¥et nothing can he j thl * P 1 ^® «nd Havana, and to contribute
important ili«m that our ooerations should he i mei1 for t4ie barges, had been withdrawn
continued und increased through the year ; surely I from the station without any reason being
(J7* Heretofore there has been no law in
XiO.iixian.i regulaing the interest ot mnn-
. cy. The hand of misfortune has been se
verely fell in that state as well as elsewhere,
“end the people have attributed all their cat-
gtpiitie* to a scarcity of m iney, arising out of
the neglect of the Legislature in relation to I
Rsuriou* contracts. This opinion became so
strong as to be sensibly felt in their last l.e- j
gislature. An attempt was made to fix the |
rate of iuteiest. A bill for this purpose was j
passed by both branches of i;, and sent to !
the Governor for his revision, lie returned !
It to the Senate vvith htsobje. tious stated at
length. The Senate re-enacted the bill by .
% majority of two thirds, as requited by the
sons’itiuion ;—hut in the II. of It. the >e-
qidshe majority for passing the bill could not
ue -<l>'. allied. So that the matter resi* where
thev found it.
Toe remarks of Mr. Robertson, the Go.
Ternor, are given below.
How the embaira-stnent* that have been
experienced by the people of Louisiana ran
be attributed to the want of usury law*, we
'..r* at a loss to conceive. The same degice
• if embarrassment lias hero felt in states
where usurious contracts are guarded against
by severe penalties. Take this slate for .n-
ttantsr
Cure w
P‘
Illinois in a stale ol pupilage; they have not
eonslitiiti ii their public servants, their tna
tors ami guardians; they aro not so modest
as to deem themselves incompetent toattend
to their own business, and they know very
well that agents and managers do not tak
better views than then principals, of trans
actions on which their property depends
Th e act uinler consideration does not ap
pear to me to have been demanded by th
community : thatpartuf our society in this
city, whose interests ere partn ularly cm
■ cuicd, and w hose opinions deserve, great
weight, object to the measure «s mischiev
ous in its tendency. To the citizens of the
country n is pruh iblv as unwelcome us unex
pected. During the last summer and fall I
travelled over the greater portion of th
stale ; I heard complaints of the want of a
oigamzed militia—of the situation of the
public lands—of the defenceless state of the
mat me Iroiitirr—1 heard nothing said ol
usury. Il the evil exists, it is brought on
individual- voluntarily, and mankind oidin-
■ 11y ate ashamed of denouncing their own
lollies, or whining over their own grievan-
That there is want of money, I atn not
disposed to deny ; but ihat it can lie made
by legislation more abundant and cheap, I
cannot admit. it is not wonderful that
mere sintuI I tie a scarcity of specie, and of
course any valuable representative of it,
alien we reflect on the falling off of the pro
duce of tue state, both as it respects quantity
and price—on the need and occasion for
limits always felt by an enterprising, flour
ishing, and industrious people—on the expor-
i.iiion from the U. States, in the last eigh
teen months, of upwards of 7,000,000 of
dollar*. In Boston alone, tn a few months,
nearly 2,000,000 were taken out of the sens
turned range of its circulation—the pressure
was great indeed, but that intelligent peo
ple resorted to no unusual expedients,
■eithei to usury laws, nor stop laws, nor an
incicase of bank* and consequent inunda
tion ol paper—they knew veiy well that the
movement of specie and it- price were as
independent of human ordinances as the.
' 'Omits of the ocean, which, ebbing and
flowing, seek their level, reg.udless of the
chains of a Xe.xes, or the mandates of a
Canute. No individual, no community that
was anv thing of equal value to give lor
money, need be apprehensive ol not ob
taining it. ltgoeswheie it is wanted, and
ran be purchased with more certainty and
more celerity, than corn, cloth, ur any
article whatever—we as surely get money
(or produce, as produce for money—ive as
readily procure Spanish dollars for flour,
cotton, tic. as in Spain they obtain these ar
ticles for their dollars ; there is no danger of
their being enabled to prevent their expor
tation—this experiment has been sufficiently
tried in Spam, Portugal, and other coun
tries. Money escapes in spite ol every eff
ort to confine it—the attempt to do so is as
futile as an effort to stop up the pores of the
skin.
1 atn opposed, for n.y part, to regulate the
price of any thing—the biead of the baker,
the meat of the hatcher, the money of those
who have it, is their own property, as much
so as their houses or goods—they have a
perlei t right to part with them or not on
such terms, and on such alone as they may
choose. Tolls at bridges, ferries, loans by
might to place iliii, colony, at once, beyond the
iicli of danger. You will he gratified to learn,
that a company has hcen formed in Baltimore for
lie pnrpo e of trading at the colony—tlmt their
st vessel will sail to the coast in about a month—
nd that this will enable us to scud many persons
to the colony at a small expense.
ion the oeorgia journal.
Messrs. Editors—Hiding in company vvith a gen
tleman fiom Lexington on Thursday night last, a
tigiilar pile noun non presented itself to our view,
neither the gentleman nor myself have heard
or road of u similar effect having been produced
from such a cause, we should he glad tu have the
opinion of some of your philosophical corropon-
acnis on ilic subject
l'he object exhibited a brilliant phosphorescent
appearance, in the form of a large snalie, and as
lire head moved loiwnrds, il left behind it a long
train of the most beautiful scintilla 1 , which mnain-
d iinextinguished for several minutes. Front the
movements of the phenomenon, we were conscious
hat so great a quantity of phosphoric matter issn-
I from an animal ; and lining anxious to ascertain
what kind of creature it was, my companion went
o a neighboring house for a light. On Ids return,
wo found that a common Iron was the source from
which so much brilliant matter emanated.
That certain bodies have the properly of absorb-
ngihe rays of light—of retaining them for some
and of again evolving ihoin unchanged and
iiHarrompanied hv sensible heat, is a fact well
known : Huch are those phosphor! which arc ow
ng to putrefaction,as rotten wood, very stale meat,
und some sorts of stale fish, as oysters, lohstc
flounders, whitings, Lc.; and that otheito are the
ti ls of animated bodies, as (he Cirindtla, or glow
Oral, is also known to philosophers; but I have
ever understood lh.it any of the species of Rana
as rapablc of emitting so large a quantity of phos
phoric light. Yours, Sic. MEUICUS.
Madison, May 10.
assigned to him for it.—Very serious incon
venience has resulted not only to the mer
cantile interest but to os ; one half of the
vessels which were intended for the special
object of suppressing piracy have been taken
from that service, for tlio purpose of giving
convoy ; and in order *o be enabled to man
the barges and keep tip the crews of the
schooners, the Peacock, a fine ship and the
largest on the station, anil the Decoy have
been stripped of their crews, laid tip,and for
the present are entirely useless to us.”
From the Hii hmond Enquirer.
co.if.vo north: von tews sql'jwrom.
Extract ot a leitcr to the Editors nt the Enquirer,
from an officer in the United Stales’ Navy, da
ted
chartered companies; these are privileges
Here it was, until the last Legisla- conferred by government, and, of course,
5'v decreed that it should be other- subicct to such conditions as government
■ k .U_ I e .1. I . r J . . .. .
“ Sea Cull, Matanzas, Jlpril 18, 1823.
“ 1 send yon a brief sketch of our opera
tions since I wrote you fiom Key Guinchos :
The little expedition dispatched from Key
Confites, consisting of the sehrs. Wild Cat
and Beagle, and tlie boats of the Peacock,
joined n- at this place after being absent a
week w,ilium seeing or hearing of a pirate.
After watering we proceeded to Thompson’s
Island to land and secure onr stores, and
arrange onr forces for future operations,
leaving at Matanzas the Wild Oat and Bea
gle to give convoy to eur trade every Son-
lay, as far as the Donnie Headed Shot Keys.
This arrangement was made by the Com
modore in consequence of the numerous pi
racies tl. it had been committed off the port ;
and it was considered so dangerous to go
out, that no vessel would venture for noarly
three wooks previous.
“On reaching Thompson’s Lland, the
Peacock and Decoy were laid up and their
rrpw* taken to man the barges ;—the stores
from the diffoient vessels that had brought
them out, landed, and two houses built to
put them in—the smalt schooners, as fast as
they arrived, were got in readiness for sea,
ami on the 6th inst. Capt. Cassin of the Pea
cock, sailed with tho Jackal! and Fox, and
ttie barges Uullinipper and Mosquito, to ex
amine the coast from Havana asfarasTrin-
iaada. A few davs after the schooners
Gtey llouml and Wcazel were sent off Ha
vana to give convoy to the Double Headed
Shot Keys every Saturday, and in conjunc
tion with <hnse stationed at Matanzas, afford
complete protection to all the intervening
coast. On Sunday list, the Commodore
shitted his pendant to (his vessel, and oil the
same day sailed with the l arges Midge,
Gnat, Sandfly and one of the cutters of the
Peacock ; we arrived here the following
day and received the pleasing intelligence
of trie <-«[>t!ir*» of i he >i fiiwner Pilot, former
ly of Norfolk. This vessel had been cap
tured by the celebrated Domingo, about the
time we arrived on this part of the coast, and
being a veiy fast sailo. was immediately
armed and converted into a crinzer ; she
had been chased for several horns within
gun shot by the Wild Cat and Beagle, but
escaped by running in among the breakers
at night; about two hours after she was
boarded and carried in very handsome style
by Lt. Stripling in the barges of Cjpt. Cas
sia's div ision—all on board of her were kill
ed except three, one of whom was taken ;
no one ou onr side injured, I consider this
one of the most important captures that has
been made in this quarter ; the vessel was a
remarkably fast sailor, commanded by one
of the most desperate and successful of all
the gang, the same persons w ho commanded
when Allen was killed ; and might have
done immense injury. Unfortunately he is
one of those v* ho escaped.
“ The day before yesterday, the barges,
of this division, under Lt. Cassin of the Pea
cock, wero sent to examine Signapa bav,
about thirty miles to windward of this, a
favorite and much frequented haunt of the
pirates. As we have information of several
CARLISLE, (PENN.) RESOLUTIONS.
“ Voice of Cumberland.”—County Meeting.
At a respectable ineetingof the democrat
ic republican citizens of Cumberland coun
ty, convened at the county hall in the bo
rough of Carlisle, on Wednesday the 9th inst.
pursuant to previous notice, the following
proceeding* were read :
Isaiah Graham, Esq. was called to the
chair, and Henry Ford, Esq. and Win. Orr,
were appointed secretaries. Ou motion a
committee were appointed, to draft resolu
tions, expressive of the sense of the meet
ing, on the approaching election for govern
or; and the committee having retired a few
minutes, returned and reported the follow
ing preamble and resolution, which were
unanimously adopted :
Whereas, the convention at Harrisbmg
have nominated Joiin A. Slmlze, as the de
mocrat candidate to be supported for govern
or at the next general election, therefore,
Resolved, that having full confidence in
the virtue, integrity, republican principles,
talents, and patriotism, of John A. Slmlze,
we heartily concur in that nomination, and
pledge ours»lves to use all honorable endeav
ors to procure his election. The following
From the Raleigh Register.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
Thin 1st day of May, 1823, is remarked
vvith a high degree of interest to the citi
zens of North-Carolina, as the period of
abrogation of one of the last proofs of feu
dal oppression, which disgraced our country.
Our readers will recollect that the last ses
sion of our Legislature was distinguished by
passing a law lor tlie abolition of Imprison
ment for Debt, in this State, for all debts
contracted after the 1st instant, when the
law goes into operation. From this time
(except for previous debt,) no honest but un
fortunate man cat. be incarcerated at the
will of his iron-hearted creditor—no inno
cent family can be exposed to penury, suffer
ing and misery, because their legal protec
tor has been unfortunate.
A retrospective view of the misery inflic
ted, under the laws sanctioning imprison
ment for debt, is painful to every feeling
heart. A sudden transition from the com
forts of life, to a dark and loathsome dun
geon—fair lame blasted, and happy pros
pects destroyed ; and when, after tedious
imprisonment, the debtor leaves tlie pre
cincts of misery, he finds his family sunk in
their own estimation, his friends grown cold
ly careless of him, and he knows not where
to seek subsistence. It will be said this is
overcharged ; let those vvho have endured
these sufferings, these privations,say how far
short it is of truth.
To the creditor and the debtor, this hu
mane law will he equally favorable, for cred
it will be necessarily more circumscribed,
since tlie |>otver of imprisonment for debt is
done away ; consequently it will prevent too
great an extension of r.iedit, which is fre
quently the source of ruin to small capital
ists. The debtor will he compelled to lim
it his indulgencies., since prudence will limit
credit. Be it therefore remembered, to the
honor of our State, that hereafter, crime, or
the accusation of crime, can alone place tier
citizens within tho walls of a prison. Ksto
perpetua.
¥*uvo\ituu Affairs.
GREAT BRITAIN.
HOUSE OF COMMONS—18th March.
France and Spain.—Sir James M’Intosli
expressed the sincere gratification he felt at
seeing the right honorable Secretary for
Foreign Affairs again in liis place, and hoped
that lie would allow him to take that oppor
tunity of asking him a question on the sub
ject of the foreign relations of tins country.
Indeed, the only circumstance which pre
vented such a question from being earlier
put, was one which tie lamented, and which
arose entirely out of tlie unfortunate indis
position of the right honorable gentleman,
preamble and resolution were then moved This explanation of the delay was necessa
wise, at the risk of the loss of the wit le of may impose; but the property of indiviffu-
thocap'tal lent, that more than 8 per cent, als, acquired by their skill and labor, stands
interest < oulti be taken. Yet lias the hand on a widely different footing; its worthde-
misfortune been arrested by the operation
Ot Ibis law. Look at our Dilhlic Drint* for
.. . - - -- tour public prints for
the last four yea.,, and tee how they have
Ven crowded w .th ,he advertisements of
Sa.es by.I, Shersffs. Who shall calculate,
l ttzer.c: property—tho wro:kef for-
idely different footing
pends on the market price—a much hotter
criterion of its value than any other hy which
it can be deteimiued.
Such are the view, of a general naturo
which have occurted to me in the hasty ex-
-uaui'iUcu cf tlio act tow under coes:dcra-
of their vessels having been there very lately, United States.
and seconded;
Whereas the period is approaching, when
the people of the United States will lie cnl
led ou, to make choice of a person to fill the
presidential chair, now occupied hy the ven
erable and patriotic James Monroe, whose
term of service expires on the 4th of March,
1825, and
Whereas, we owe it to ourselves and our
posterity, to select from among the candi
dates now before the public, he who is best
qualified to fill this highly honorable, and
dignified station, and who, if elected, will
not tarni'li the justly acquired reputation
which our nation lias gained, through its vir
tuous chief magistrates, and having duly
weighed this highly interesting subject, by
taking into consideration the qualifications
of the different candidates, we are of opin
ion, that John C. Calhoun, merits our sup
port in preference to any of the other candi
dates, because in soundness of democratic
republican principles, practical economy,
and simplicity of mannirs, wc consider him
as the counterpart of our illustrious Jefferson,
whose administration produced substantial
benefits to this country, imperishable fame
to himself, and lasting reputation to the re
publican party—therefore,
Resolved, That we will support John C.
Calhoun, for the presidency of tne United
States.
The preamble and resolutions being under
consideration,it was moved tn amend the same
by striking nut the name of John C. Calhoun,
where it occurs, and insetting that of gen
eral Andrew Jackson in place thereof, and
a division being called for, the amendment
was agreed to, and the preamble and resolu
tion as amended, were adopted hy the meet
ing.
Whereas, the period is fast approaching
when (he people of the United States wiii
he called on, to make choice of a person to
fill the presidential chair, now occupied hy
the venerable and patriotic James Monroe,
vvhosetetmof service expires on tlio 4th of
Mart h, 1825 : and,
Whereas, w e owe it to ourselves and to our
posterity to select from among the candi
dates now before the public, lie, who is
best qualified to fill this high and dignified
station, and who, if elei ted, will not tarnish
the justly acquired reputation which our na
tion has gained through its virtuous chief ma
gistrates; and having duly weighed this
liiglilv interesting subject, by taking into con
sideration the qnalificaiions of the different
candidates, we are of opinion, that General
Andrew Jackson, merits our support in pre
ference to any other candidate : because, in
soundness of democratic republican princi
ples, practical economy, and simplicity of
inaimerswe consider him as the counterpart
of our illustrious Jefferson, whose adminis
tration produced substantial benefits, to his
country, imperishable fame to himself and
lasting reputation to the republican party—
therefore
Resolved, That we will support General
Andrew Jacks.iN, for the Presidency of the
we are quite sanguine of the result. Wo shall
follow tlie barges in a day or two, and after
giving the bay and adjacent Keys a critical
overhauling, coast it down as far as Capo
Antonio,by which time it is expected our
piovixions will be so nearly exhausted as ;
to make it necessary to return to the island.!
" Though we have not been fortunate in
leaking captures, lor not cue of the deftoto-
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed by (he chairman and se
cretaries, and published in the democratic
papers of this borough, and in the Parry
Forester.
Curran, the celebrated Irish Orator, visi
ted a few years ago the catacombs of Paris.
The following reflections, coiiv#y«d in %
ry, to show that it had not arisen from any
want of anxiety for the solemn and impor
tant crisis in winch the destinies of Europe
were placed ; nor from any want of sensi
bility for the magnitude of the interes's in
volved in that crisis. Indeed, lie might add,
dial independent of the absence uf the right
honorable secretary, the gentleman who act
ed with him (Sir J. M’Intosh) had felt an ex
treme and delicate -olicitude not to embar
rass the negoriation in which it wasunder-
stnod his M ijesty’s Government were engag
ed to avert a war between France and Spain.
Whilst the government were understood to be
engaged in the heavy burden of a responsi
bility of so serious a nature as that of main
taining a peace at this awful and arduous
crisis, any interruption of which must, at
tins moment, endanger the tranquility uf
tlie British dominions more ihan it could
any other European Power, and more than
it could he supposed to do almost under any
other circumstances, lie hud, together with
others, forborne making any specific inquiry
which could, by possibility, embarrass liis
Majesty’s Government in the conduct of
negociation at once arduous and most deli
cate, perhaps to the greatest degree; but
they nevertheless trusted, that that forbear
auce had been salutary, and that tho nego
r iation had been conducted upon those prin
oiples of national independence which be
came the British character (loud cries ofhear
—upon the principles of the inaintaiiiaiic
of that great balance of power in Europe
which if not the sole, was at least an essen
tial safe-guard of national independence
lie sincerely hoped that in the negociation
these great principles had been upheld—that
the faith of treaties had been enforced—
that the ancient principles of true British
policy had been steadily observed—those
principle* which were inseparable from the
national honor, and which contradistinguish
ed tlie best era of the history of Cheat
Britain, the reigns of Elizabeth and Wil
liam, from those of James and Charles.
(Hear, hear.) He most sincerely trusted that
in the negociation which it was understood
had been depending, those good ami only
great principle* had been pertinaciously
kept in view. Having said thus much, he
rose for the purpose ol asking—and he put
the question with feelings of painful anxiety
— whether the tight hot). Secretary for Fo
reign Affairs had still any reason to hope, that
the interposition of his Majesty’s Govern
ment w as likely to prevent that most unpro
yoked aggression which France was now
catryiug on against the national indepen
dence oi Spam ? Should the answer of the
right hon. gentleman be in the negative,
then his other question would be~whcn the
right lionotable gentleman meant to lay on
the table of the house copies of the corres
pondence which referred to the late media
tion of this country with France aud Spain ?
He hoped he might be permitted to entreat,
but not it. the duubtful form cf a question,
that when these papers were submitted to
Parliament, and before his Majesty’s Gov
ernment meant to take the sense of the
house upon them, that sufficient time would
be allowed to have them printed and well un
derstood, so that the house, after full prepar
ation, could decide with judgment and wis
dom upon the cenduct of his Majesty’s Gov
ernment at a great and unexampled crisis
like the present. He hoped that the right
honorable gentleman would excuse hint io
ftitling thisItitfttnn. <H«a.,he*r )
Mr. Canning Skid, that nothing was farther
from his mind than any thing like a com
plaint against his hon. and learned friend for
putting this question. It was undoubtedly
quite competent for his learned friend, accor
ding to parliamentary usage, to solicit the
information he now sought; and with re
spect to his delay in forbearing to put it, he
owed to him to state, that the delay was not
only proper and becoming, hut founded up
on) a salutary wisdom, considering the
state of public affairs; and also (and he
thanked him for it) dictated in * spirit of
benevolent courtesy towards himself. lie
was now prepared to answer his hon. and
learned friend’s interrogatory distinctly, and
with that candor which was fitting towards
him, and in accordance with the tone of his
question.—First, then with reference to his
hon. and learned friend’s preliminary ob
servations, he was only at this moment pre-
p-aicd to say, that the conduct of hismajes-
ty’s government, at what he concurred with
him it. thinking to be an awful and arduous
crisis in the politics of Europe, had been
becoming and befitting the occasion,——
(Hear hear.) lie desired, on the part of
Ins Majesty’s Government no other ground
to stand upon than that which his honora
ble and learned friend had laid down ; he
desired no other lest of reference for tho
guidance of their pulicy at this crisis, than
those principles of the British constitution
towhich liis lion, and learned friend had allu
ded, as recognizing and sanctioning the sa
cred independence of nations. (Loud cries
of ‘ hear.’) He desired to be judged hy the
earnest desire they had evinced to fulfil and
preserve the faith of subsisting treaties, pos
itive or conditional; and in addition to those
tests which his hon. and learned friend had
laid down, he desired also to be judged by
the fixed drsire of maintaining and never
losing sight of the interest and honor, and
station of the British nation in the eyes of
the world.———(Cheers.) Having made
these general allusions to his honorable and
learned friend’s preliminary observa'ions, he
should now apply himself to his specific
question—a question which it was quite
competent for his honorable and learned
friend to put and which he was prepared to
answer in that spirit and candor which gov
erned his honorable ami learned friend’s
conduct.——He should deceive his honora
ble and learned friend and the house, we.e
he now to state that he clung to any ration
al hope of averting a war between France
and Spain : indeed, it was incumbent upott /
him to admit that the hope of averting this
calamity, whieh his Majesty’s Government
had previously cherished, was, if not totally
extinguished, at least very remote, aud rece
ding fast from their view. Under these cir
cumstances, he had come down prepared, if
liis honorable and learned friend had not pul
ibis question, to intimate that on as early a-
day as Ins personal convenience possibly ad
mitted, it was his intention to place upon th(F
table of the house the papers which rela
ted to the subject; and on the first conve
nient day after the recess, to take the oppor
tunity of any motion of mere form and
without presuming to commit the house its
any opinion upon the conduct of liis majes
ty’s government both here and in the other
house of Parliament, to state generally tho
principles upon which they had acted in tho
present crisis; of course taking care to al
low the fullest information, before Parlia
ment were called upon to expicss any opin
ion upon their policy.—Being called upon in
this manner, lie was bound to add, that how.
ever they might he disposed to despond on tho
present state of things between Franco and
Spain, there was no difficulty in declaring,
that at present there existed nospeciffcground
which could involve this country in war at
this moment.—(Cheers.)
Tiie following is an extract of Lord Liv
erpool’s reply to Lord Lmsdown, in tho
House of Lords, on the 19th March, on the
same subject:
“The noble lord seemed to understand
that all hopes of an amicc'-de termination
of any proceedings going Oil had ceas
ed tn exist ; if such were liis idea, the nohlo
lord had been misinformed of what had been
stated elsewhere. It was stated (and he
would repeat it) that the hopes which lie (tint)
Earl of Liverpool) in common with other
persons, entertained, had considerably aba
ted ; but it was not stated, neither could it
he so stated consistently with until and fact,
that all hopes were extinguished.’'
A general sentiment appears to prevail
among the large commercial towns in Great
Britain for the repeal of the laws relative to
imprisonment for debt, and petitions have
been presented to both houses of Parlia
ment strongly urging the expediency of- that
measure.
The bank of England had reduced theif
semi annual dividend from 5 to 4 per cent.;
not however, without considerable opposi
tion fromtwoof the proprietors, who insist
ed, though unsuccessfully, on having a gen-',
eral statement of the affairs of the Bank
laid before them. Tho necessity of this re
duction is accounted for hy the general state
of commerce, and the falling off it) the pru*.
fits of all business.
From the National Gazette.
The number of the North American Re
view for April, which we received yesterday,
contains several instructive and well-written
irtiiles. Praise is particularly due to thoso
f which the subjects a re foreign j such a»-
the Life and Chaiacterof Lout Bacon—the
Lite and Writings of Schiller, and Nei-
liuhr’s Roman History. The ability and in
formation displayed on subjects of the kind,
have a special tendency to exalt our counli/
in the estimation of tne Europeon literal),
while thev enlargcthe knowledgeand extend
ami liberalize the enquiries of readers at
home.—Tudor’s Life of James Oii>, Long!)
Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Bige
low’s Materia Medico, and the last Report
ot' the Commissioners of the Connecticut
School Fund, are so reviewed, as to furnish
a useful portion of their contents and valua
ble original intelligence and reflection. Tha
third article of the number consists of an
entertaining and skilful abstract of the
“ True Travels, Adventures ami Observa
tions” of the famous Captain John Sinitly
whose name is essentially connected with die
history of Virginia, and whose character is
one of the most engaging and heroic know!)
to modem annals.
We were sorry to find in this journal, *
critique ol Moore’s Loves of the Angeh,.
which did not condemn that preposterous
•nd mawkish work in almost unqualified
terms. The indulgence shewn to it is, how
ever, in part expiated by the srictures pa'seo
upon his general character ns a poet. '*
the best of cotempoxaiy song writers; *
ballad monger of the first order; a manufac
turer of melodious and glittering lines, an
generally a clever artist, in “lascivlou
lyrics” and squihs in rhyme. We shallop' •
bis Fables for the Holy Alliance, with l *
pectalions that we can never entertain ‘ •
refereoge waoy t*|Ww poem