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in audition to their oth-
Ci ri sdnli hove charge of the
elnthinfj of the fr<*- ps.
The regulations o ifer that
x'si'in had t>ee*‘ Infrndui ed
vl‘f>r> f|i* prpceni .in the
i\■*’ vn*ks of h dmi ’miration,
pr fi>pni. f*n the tnti n
of nn,o pas masters, it is hcfoevrd,
V?w to m'ip*** themselves of*
In*i< r 3rd vesper.. y\ There
W , 1 u iao< evidrmc. ton. that an
pfTi Vnt *pt MiT i)l'i!i'i tor * lothing
hn*e saved tfinisand
and v a* c 3nrua^v # vli'lp the ft-nops
WOr'd have |>ppr* he"cr supplied
\VI pn flppp? I'd sip rffj'-p of Fay
ina-.fp General. which find been tic.
nrd upon |v(*. <ot m li< i’cd I was
5 x*nti Ip revive and i Bin inl> cf
fp’ l a sv*tem for ‘bp morn perfect
supply a*d appounlbili ! T of cloth
ing, rpi-nodJrs* of flip labor, which
Resum'd to liv'Vp bppn if* gu-ates l ob
]etion ; and t£r.*.in brought lo ibe
tin'i* p of ifip Secretary • f War.
vi'bont fT <f. a iPPasme who b ibp
|!>d pyppf'Pfop of fbp la*c war
strongly demanded—a ii)!*au e
%vl i* b bad bppn suggested ft!’ and sup.
pnrwd bv rffeprs of *!*sii'• triis?p<l
tlpn> ami >.crvi*P. to whom also
iboidd bp attributed all the rmport
ant ‘inprovt nienis in organization,
and the p< onorny of tbo military de
partment in all Ibp bran, hfs and dr
fails of eptvirp. Hill, when urged
Ip an officer of great experience,
I*w i* sprvfi p, ♦n iptivpibp former
sy* tern* with sin b tpodifi* nitons as
might be found expedient, ibp Hp.
rpia*\ is fcaifl to have eplicd,
“•ono-tbin? i* din* lo cnnsifiifncv ;
and I rpi.rated iSiosp regulolim s.
you know.” n bus !*ere is no bopp
that any thing ! ike a pprfn i accoun
tability v‘ the clothing of the army
ran bo rffpipd vi'liH)’ a mure p si
live law on that sul’jp* I
i . P'uvivn.
From she Nofi’ n 1 Intelligencer,
mm I
WPO AUKI* bR ! T>l ( \1 !
If is nol tbo rrceiVf'S, bill ‘ll* poy
ers who pon'plnio .if ibpox’fava
panpp of the p ice. F-’W 00-pprs,
p.-r-p • f ibp m 1 • rppnbliran habits,
rp ojji’c*e(\ with toomii’ b roirpen
gsfi< r r rbP #>rl> ii'UiHn p ipool-
Irotod is ba of a gnvproor of an
Faslptn stale, who v•*< so eopuni* 1
bprul will* a salav ol as lo 1
rp ortiniond it’ rpibi* lion t SfOftO. )
But iiiis pr bab? a Si.litan i*- j i
sfop. p- It is a rule that
Cd vers, if ‘-a will s lp.*t a
jfo.u! lirp for Hum*ehws, ‘nditis
ttno’lier lb el p pir v obtradrrs*
vb°n rpsi'inpd in ibpir rupidily,
a*v tm nvpr n tidnsi in uttpriof; (heir
complain’s. !
Ti p penplf, who bey flie laws, |
pat tire ‘sto* .ad defend the noun
fry, Wll bp u si t bful lost fbeir stew
ard v shall waste tbeir goods,
‘fbp animals wb* are
Wafehi’ g for the *•* limbs wbi b fall
f.ont tbo poll flea 1 leblo, the idlers
and vagrants, wiilmut falO’*t op rba
ra*trr„ wM l>*’ alwavs Striving to
lire; khi tbp Treasury They will
embrace the rpivrtunify when the
snptjr pig arp asleep : they will plead
their r\\ merits a**d ivvnrty ; urge
Ibn publ'n utility find opressity ; oie
tbn pro edes t‘ ; aid even rely on
|1 .ir 1 \vr b bits of indolence at'd
e>’ ’ vagan p fn *>nt>port of • lieit*
pi- in - : ebriild all these expedients
fail, il-ry mill res< rt to ibreats a*d
doniirria*ions. a**d ens tidy arraign
Iheip opposeng mR< (Vcnte
Ar bonesi and irdn*>ri u** farmer
b ‘d bion*>bt tn and edu ated a nu
npeoiiv ‘aniily, art! fteqnired a pro
pp ly. w ? it b. if ttpiidpnily o anaged.
was •u'fßeiei 1 ft*’ fhpir support. He
bad an m ti\p. in'rliigct, and in-
bm wild, visionary and
extra' aga* s f *r> His S’ femes
8?l spleitdid and uiug.ifi ept. but
and unforiimate* Always
plonsildr, insinuating and petsiia.
gjvp, bp . xiontrd frin <he fa
ti).% t’Jfecf i<'ns wbe-t fb Judgment
would •pftinp. Hunting was. bis fa
vnr||p. sfyin-emeni ‘Vliese parlies
wr'P so tr-Jiildesome and expensive,
thof they “*p**jl> grieved, fflh tetl.
a and nu • vrri>bed bis fn bo* . His
ron ps H. and exeursions were long, fa
tig iing and dangerous. Ilis eslab
li nent* were many,remote and ex-
| ff * His provisions uere abun
dant. hs retime nuinerons, and bis
anus a* and nn nnition M.fbc e* * for
gamp, for defenre, and for nggres
si; n The father saw the IVlly of
this, and would often resist his
fmpnrtunliie* and rheek bis extrava
panre I. ibis, however, h was of
fer pir 11 invented by *ht a r s of the
jiredigpf, nd llie n-r'r’ . - es and
iU’Aiageiua of (hole friends who
were the eompnninns of hit amese
mem* a* •) the object* *f bit bounty.
The efftics o r *he family had be
Come S'< rmbarrassed, and ihe reve
nues so deranged. that if was ncces
sary to borrow money upon mopt
gurre. Still * lie* son was dissatisfied
wi‘h llie father. He complained of
his parsimony, fretted at liis ava
ri e, and wished in his heart that
the old radial was dead. But a
crisis arrived : the son had pr jec
ed an establishment upon ail Ist tnd.
where no game was ever found and
no sportsman could ever live. It
was O’ avalr of extravagance which
transcended ail his other prodig&li
ties. ‘The father looked ser i , stam
ped. and ex laimed, ••Slop! I com
mem ed in poverty—have fed, nour
ished, and educated, *utner<>us fa
niily, and encountered want, disease,
and enemies—l nm not a ting for
myself. My time is sh rl,my agency
wilPsoon expire, and 1 must leave
my estate and my charge to other
hands Y>u, who have never known
the necessity of economy, are conse
quently ignorant of the dangers of
prodigality. Industry andp* utience
lead to virtue and happiness—indo
lence anti extravagance to vice and
ruin. W rah It squandered is worse
than wasted—for the example is
perni* ions ami often fatal. Excess
of iiidulgence begets an extrava
gance in thinking and acting, ad
habit steps in and seals the ruin.
It is, moreover, i< justice to ourde
seendat>ts, if the inheritance comes
to them charged with debts for use
less expendiirres. Should these
debts accumulate, they will become
discouragmg ,* labor will decline,
feuds n* and animositie* will prevail,
and a fluid di ipii e must be in
trodtieed to quel) far'ions a-d en
for* e subordination. I qualify will
be destroyed, and the family divided
at last in’oiwo classes—tyrants and
slaves.”
It is scarcely necessary to add,
*hat by ihe father, is mea it the fin •
(Heals, ad. by lheson,f/ie Prodigals
of the present day.
A RADICAL.
Proceeding 1 * of Congress,
HOUSE OF ItEPRESEN T\ 1 IVES.
Dee. 3. Mr Mai iary submitted
the following resolution, which lies
one day a cording to a rule of the
Hotter :
llesnh’cd, That the President of
the United Spates he requested to
lay before ih:g House su h inform
at ion n. be nity possess (and which
may be disclosed whhoui i jury to
the public good) relative to the de
termination of any sovereign or
combination f sovereigns to assist
Spain in the subjugation of her late
colonies on the imerican continent,
and whether any government of
Kurope is disposed or determined to
oppose any aid or assistance which
such sovereign or combination of
sovereigns may afford to Spain for
the subjugation of her Jate Colonies
above mentioned,
Dec. 24.—The Resolution yester
day offered by Mr, Mallary, calling
on the President for any informa
tion he may possess, (and which
nrmy he dis-|o-ed without injury to
the public good,, relative to the de
termination of auy Sovereign or Sov
ereigns to aid Spain in regai iog
her American olonies; and the
disposition of any other fCuropea
government to oppose it, was taken
up.
In support of his resolution, Mr.
Mallary rose, and observed, that it
would be recollected, by every gen
tieman present, that the ‘'fessage
received at the opening of the pre
sent session from the president of
the United States, was of an extra
ordinary and strongly marked eha
racter. It* introduction prepared
the House for* suhje ts *f great im
porta e : oay, the Preiident went
so far as to say that **there never
was a period, since the Revolution,
when regarding the condition of the
civilized world and its hearing on us,
V. ere was greater necessity for de
votio. in the public servants, to their
respective duties, or for virtue, pat
riotism, and union, in out constitu
ents” When we come to examine
the body of the Message, said he,
we discover nothing to which this
language can apply* except the sit
uation of the great European Pow
ers. at and the beating which that sit
uation may have upon this country,
lit- sc power* had united theit ef
forts against the cause or freedom
on the Continent of Kurope, and had
successfully put down every strug
gle to maintain it. It was possible
they mght extend their plans across
the Atla&tic and that their id ten
tion woo'd .. .. -** the
Repuhlicof South America. Sir-h
appeared to be the impression of the
President; and if 9U ,4 h were actu
ally the s'atr. nf filings, the fruited
Staves must probably become deeply
involved in the event f uch a con
test. If was impossible we could
be indifferent to the attempts of des
potie power to crush the cause of
freedom in our own hemisphere.
That some plans of this sort were
in agitation, was plain, from the te
nor of the Message. Hie Pcesi
dent would noi have warned the two
.houses of Coogrcs* that ail fbeir
firmness would he called for, if there
were not something of serious mo
ment in the political horizon not
seen by all. A das, in this public
document, the Chief Magistrate bad
thought proper to go so tar, it was
certainly proper in the Hnuao to
meet bis communication by request
ing such information, on the subject
to which he had alluded, as he might
deem it consistent with the puhiiu
welfare to dis lose. It was proper
and desirable that we should know
as much as possible of the dangers
to which we are exposed
The questiin was then taken on
the reiulu ion, and it was agreed to
without opposhi n.
THE PRESIDED T.
A writer is the National lntelli
gen* er recommends the re-election
of Mr, Monroe to the Presidency
for another term, to avoid the dif
ficulty of a selection fr>m the nu
merous candidates presented tor
that elevated station. He remarks,
that the Message proves the loss of
no intellectual vigor in the Presi
dent, whom he me* in the street,
with the elastic step of youth, erect
figure, and physical power superior
to many under fifty. Some few o
ther papers, have also suggested (lie
idea of his continuing in “tfi e ano
ther term. There is very little pro
bability, however, of the proposi
tion being acceded to. The number
of candidates is in itself a sufficient,
if not a good ‘muse, why the princi
ple of rotation i'i llir ntfh-e should
tv? observed. Mr. Jefferson was so.
iieitt and to serve beyond his second
term, and declined. And whatev
er Tears may be entertained front
•‘the tempestuous sea nf liber’ y” in
a Presidential Election, the frequent
exercise of * right so inestimable to
the people. |* important to be
yielded (n anv consideration of that
nature Frequent elections are the
life ol liberty. And the higher the
ofli -e, the more essential it is, that
it be not monopolized bv any indi
vjdual, h<wcve n exalted bis merits.
If the example set by Washington,
and foil we<l by bis successors, has
n<t virtually established the ier*n
for filling the Executive chair, the
Constitution ought to he so amend
ed as to limit it to eight year*, if
not to the single period of four.
And in any event, what <le F >ther
of bis country refused, and Jeffer
son declined, ought *cver to be so
licited for any other President.
Carolina Gazette.
NORTH CAROLINA.
From the Raleigh egister, Uee. 26
We are f vnred with she follow
ing proceedings of a meeting of
Members of the General \ssembly
at the Capitol on Wednesday even
i g last:
Public, meeting of the friends of
William H. Crawfokd, to no
minate Electors to vote for a Pre
sident of the United States.
On the morning ofibe 2A It He ,
1823, th following notice was giv
en of ihe above meeting.
“The numbers nf the General
Assembly favorable to the election
of William H. Crawford, as Presi
dent, are requested to meet in tbe
Senate Chamber on this evening, at
7 o’clock, for the purpose of nomi
nating Electors for the several dis
trict* in this State.”
Pursuant to the above notice, a
large number of the Members of
both Houses f the General Assem
bly convened at the appointed time,
when Gen. James Wellborn of
Wilkes, was called to the chair, and
Robert A. Jones of the county of
Halifax, was appointed Searetary.
The following resolutions were
offered and unanimously agreed to s
1 Resolved , That a Committee
of Correspondence, consisting of se
ven persons, he appointed.
2. Resolved, That the said C*m
mittee communicate to the persons
nominated as Electors, their oomi
nation; and that they ascertain
from them, whether they are wil
ting to torre if eleoitd; aad whoth
erfnFT will vnte for tlrillbffi H.
Craw'ord for President.
9 Resolved , That in the event,
any of the persons nominated decli
ning to support William U. Craw
ford. or should die r remove from
the district in which such person
n*ay reside, that the said commit
tee be requested lo fill such va< all
ey or vacancies, by ruminating
pr person or persons.
4. Resolved That the following
persons be appointed a committee of
porrespordrncp, to wit: J .sepli
“ ijsne. J sepli J. Daniel, Bartlett
Yancey. R beet Strange. James
Graham. .Tt u>es W Tlaik, and
\A dliarn
5. ncso'red. That the members
of the General Assembly be furnish
ed with a copy ot the Elec torsi
Ticket.
6. Resolved, That the proceed
ings of this meeting be signed by
the Chairman and Secretary, and
that the same be published ill the
Raleigh Regis'er.
JAS. AVKTUB OR worm.
Robert A. Jones, See’y.
From the ILrrishurg Common-wealth, Dec 12.
Ii has been ascertained, ih> t the
present House of Representatives of
this state, is composed of 100 mem
bers, viz. 36 farmers, 8 manufac
turer*, 10 merchants 7 artists, 12
lawyers, t physician, % surveyors, 1
tn’.ikeeper, and two • apitalists, of
whom 79 are married, S wld'.wers,
aid 18 entitled to the distinguished
appellation of Old Bachelors !
Suppose the Bachelor* in ibe **tae
to he propoi ifonate to the represen.
tatives, there must be about 40,000
of this class of useful citizens I Now
would it not he good poli* y lor the
legislature to repeal he odious &nd
oppressive shop license, and suhsti
tme in lieu thereof, a tax of one or
two dollars, on Bachelors and Hid
owers ? by such a measure, an equal
or greater amount of revenue uugiit
be obtained; t would he less op
press')ve, inasmuch a* the sum would
be paid by more lha:* leu Uu.cs the
number of citizens.
vs. -<*. -*. - .> i nlf>iamillirii>i
LAND SALES.
The fractious that have been sold
up to Saturdav last, have produced
the sum *( Si 94 549 (2 12, Osie
fourth of this suu. ha- been tv id in
to the treasury, viz. s4B„<i37 Ss 18.
It is supposed that the wh,le of the
Fraction* will sell for some where
ahout 525P,000
Dori <g the sales (lie following
singtil r circurns'ance oceu> red. A
geellenv.ut bid ffa Fraction at she
rae of SIGO pc* ame. The next
day he *old it, and made 100 per
cent, by the sale. The second pur
chaser has been offered 50 per cent,
for bis ha gain, a* and has i •dused it.
This Fraction consists of the one
hundred and sixtieth port of an
acre, — Geo, Journal, Dec, 30.
9ROXI THE GOCTHERX RECCUIDE*.
SYNOPSIS,
Os some of the Acts of a public na
ture passed at the late session of
the liCgi lature.
To providefor taking the Cencns
of this Stn e as required by the ron
stitution
ferior eouri,nr any three of them,
in each county, to appoint, within
ninety days after the adj uenment
of the Legislature, one person in
each battalion, to take an a * urate
enumerftf ion of the free while per
sons and people of color therein,
distinguishing in separate columns
the one from she other, and **efurn
the am< to the Clerk of the Supe
rior court of the county, certified
ut der his band, by the Ist of Octo*
b.*r next—To be sworo to perform
tnis duty—The Clerk to make re
turns to the Governor by the first
Afonday in November next, to be
laid before the Legislature, If the
Justices of she Inferior court fail to
appoint a person or persons to take
the census within the time specified,
then the Justices of the Peace, or
any three them, may do so—The
persoas appointed are authorised
and required to administer an oath
to all heads of families or others,
that they shall not give in more
than they actually have*—The <om
of twelve and a half < ents for each
family is allowed as a * ompensation
to the persons appointed to take the
Census.]
To npeal part of an net, to raise
a tax for the support of government,
Cffc. [So much ol the act above re
ferred to as imnose*. a tax of 18 3 4
cent son every hut deed dollars worth
of warei} lijuon aod rnsrekaaiiao .
sold, trafficked or bargained for by
Factors a* and Hr i;er>. 9 <pi t.h and j
To raise a itw foi Ihe support of
Goremncnt for the poUlin l year
1824 -*-[ The act nf (822 is rout inn
ed intone; otic half of ihe lux tu
he paid into the Treasury, and (ho
other half to the inferior courts n£
she respective counties, for county
purposes—stub ua (lie creel ion of
public buildings, tin* bunding of
bridges, improvement of mad?, and
, the education oryctith; as the Courts
respectively may dictu most expedi
ent. All n . ; 'ies c* llecteil aa! [{aid
,511 f 0 the Clerk** off, eon account of
taxes as hemol'ore rolleeted fou.in
the insolvents list authorised bylaw,
is vested in and he onus apart of
(he ‘ounty find 1
7 0 corry into ts ct tnr s'x 1 h sec
tion of the f u h nrliclt of iht ’< n
stitution.— [>(> Collector, Mietifi’,
Coroner, Clerk of she Superior
court, (.lerkof the Inferior court,
or any oilier person who is or may
be a holder of public monies a: and c
le* ted (o any oIK e. shatl In* (m.
missiooed by ibe Governor oj qual
ified by any Judge, Justice of JlO
Inferior Court, or Justi e of tit©
Pence, until he shall pcodureto tho
Governor. & h< lore whom he ap
pears to bt qnvttifiiul, a ceitifi t.<o
from the Treasurer of the State,
countersigned by Hie Comp roller
General, ?e tTying tint he lias ae
cuun.ed lor and paid into tin- *1 rea
suiy dll ums for whi n he is ac
count able and lia Is Ir addition
to ihe oath of off e. the p oe-
IcH shall swear that he is not the
holds* ol a“> public monies unao
ei)cted so r Cot ire tors a*d other
off* cs shall qualify within thci
lime and in the manner p es< rih< and
by law, or their office to be consid
ered vj, a'cd j
ioxmrnd the I stray laws,
[ ! l<7ind t!*t J e, Sbetp, (iioats
Hogs, 10l ed in Oi lormity to the
estray kws now n lore, may he
sold bt Fu* expiratim ol *ux moi! hs
from the lime ‘ •• y wrr t tied j
/'o est’ bhsh v (ffioe for 7 < cord
ing bn ths in the respective c unties
OJ mis tote.— [lt is made ih doty
ot the C rtks if ihe Courts of tlp
diuary in eaeh county to register
in a book to he kepi for that pur
pose, the names of persons who may
report themselves to him, or who
may he repoi ted hv dieir parents or
guardians, a.s well asul! thuse who
may he hereafter horn w thin the
said county, and who may he re
ported as aforesaid, upon due proof
being made by eifid vit >r oath to
the sail) C-erk of the sa<d birth—
rl he Clerk’s fee for each registry it
26 ets ]
To compel Shei'ffs n nd f'arnvns
todel ver p ssess/ n f real es uie
soil by Hum, &r — [l is marie ‘ho
duty *.i ihe iffi e), upon applica
tion, to put thi purchaver, his a
gent or attorney in p< ssesjoe of re
al estate—but the off i makng
the sale is not autbet * fc ed\ \ turo
out any ther perngn lhf o?fen
dant in exeeution, his heir • their
tenants, if sueh other person were
in possession at lie term • f itie ren
dition nf the judgmei 1, or if such
person has a- quired f*. ssessiori un
der the judgment of a Court nfeom
petent juii>dietioi, or elain* under
the person or persons ’ qu'ufo g u< h
right by the j*.dgrnen t*l C n, i *J
Concerning bill - of t xchavge.—*
[Five per eent. damages, hesh e tho
lgal interest, allowed on biifo <T
I x hange drawn *>r negoeiatrT ;
thi* State on any part cf *hc 9
Slates, and which may he r
protested for non.pay men ]
JHnre effec'UoHy to secure pro
perty of Minors ilg. Ins Hit w W M-
of their nntu atgu tr Lutis.
—[Where properly to ncy
child who lias a father or mother li
ving. su< h ehiid shall he consider
ed an orphan, so far as to author
ize the Court of Ordinary, I* xe u
tor, Admin is* rat or or Trustee, as
the ease may be, lo withhold such
property from the natural guardian,*
until se**uity be given for the faith
ful performance of the trust. If
the natural guardian refuse to giv*
bond and security, then <h* court
may app int some other fit person
to act as u< h.]
To amend the seventh section of an
act entitl’ dun act, to amend an aet 9
to revise and amend the Judiciary
Syshm &c.— [One or more Justi
ce* ot *he Inferior rourt shall not
discharge or admit to bail any per
son under a writ of Habeas Corpus
unless a majority of the Justices of
the said court shall concur in npirw
ion. The sheriff of the e< unty. or
bis deputy, or a constable pro- ur
td fcy (bt shall attend ea 9-