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fivcisffVPt, TO)Sepf. ti. Coining ani Forging. Sm im <l;iv* .g i a*? m.) (1 ihe ®ir'*u n< ii jc if tw men biving be <•, >nmi te?l Jo <m? j til, ft>r in# miuiiterfeit dollar* in this nity. S..ne irnplewanfs far oniain", us was supposed, were sou id iu the pussessio iof one of them. Bur the pri.ifijul !Q'!ie his been sprung id K. ‘ ; j f U'*ky ->y (lift active njurlnaj oi two of our citizens, Vlr B Ur ce--, and Tr. J. Gilmore. The gra id migaziue has been ffLeovered in Coviagtou, where has b*-ri found, coining implements, firged hank notes, and tickets pea dy for s;g nag; with pieces of met. nl ready milled and o ly waiting for ihe stroke of the die to make them ready for uttering—and a quantity of metal of which to make the dol Jhlrs—a die was also found for strik ing die reverse side of the dollar, And some pieces of steel of the same shape, supposed to be ready for having the die for the head side sunk on it. Two other persons have been ar rested who have been proved to be workersio this concern— hey have been c cn-nitfed to prison under oir rumsTances too strong to admit of bring permitted to g at large. We ooosider this discovery to be one of the most important of Ihe • ever made m the Ur Slates. % appears that these uieu are all in giminus nienbaoict—that they know their business well as to ihe me e.ianif-al part of tbe trade, both as •oi ers aud forgers—and one of ♦hem possesses an address and a character which rendered him ex tjvroofy useful in the memaniile pan. He wav furnished with leiters and reeoinrriendatious from persons of ihe highest respeoiability in Ken by which he would have im posed upon some of oar most res pectable citizens, bad it not been for the explosion lately made. Advertiser, Art electoral ticket ia opposition to Mr. Adams, in Cmneotieui, is rapidly ?onuiß, and gaining friends daily. I* will be eomp of the most respectable and > fluemial characters in the slate. S * alarm ed have the friends of Mr. Adam* become in that qn trier, that the New Llaven liegister, one of iheir 01 st prominent papers, has found ft expedient to declare that “the Adams electoral tii will vole ac cording to circumstances 99 The yU’dgc to Adams, therefore, would seem, in some measure, to have been abandooed. t his looks well for the cause f the National Cau didaie — -Wash, {i ity Ua%. from the viva *ity of the invert tve ag-tinsi Mr, Gallatin in the Na ♦imul Journal, it may be interred tbal nr. Calhoun is under great apprehensions of losing the Vitte Presidency. Hi* political pi opeets are evidently drawing to a close Hid. •PENNSYLVANIA WAGONS. f tom C obbett's It Tilings on Agriculture. j MVvingti} the greal stierglh of fbc white oak and the locust, a wag on or a earl iu America. is quite a different thing friu what it is here. Englishman are, when they first go to America, astonished to see sm b enormous loath pul upon car riages which appear to them so slender. The difference between the strength of iron, of Swedish iron too, and that ni locust and white oak (in proportion to ihe size ol the two) is not greater, if ii be so great, as tbe difference between the iEengtb of locust aid white ouk. and of the wood of which English wngons and carts are made, A Ptbcsyivania Wagon is loaded with barrels full of hue flour, at three bandied or four hundred miles west ward of Philadelphia. Jl carries i hwß three to f* ur ton weight, It comes over rocks and ai i*g ro*ds Qpon which an Englishman would not believe it possible for an empty wagon to gs. It has iwo horses nhreatt next Ihe wagon, with a pole beiwctn them* two horses abreast’ befoic them.and one horse inf;oil. r l he left hand pole horse lias a sad die on him. This horse Ihe driver occasionally rules; urd wi.h this emiroHuis load you see if rattliig down bills acd over rmks at a full (rot. 1 best wagons last for many jeats* and I venture so sty, that a vtaqtn .f ihe Mine size, carrying the nie lead, going the same pa* e anu upon the n-nup roads, and made tfco ordinary ikcgiish icateijaif. [ tvouhl baitnoeked to pieoes, would bad perrakned tbe te itb part of one single jol^ney. j Perhaps nothing of the kind was ever seen iu (he world so wop. thy of admiration as every thing he loogiag to those Pennsylvania w*g ons. They have a tilt over them, neatly put upon hoops of hickory wood, as slender as whale brae would be. and as lough, if not tough er- A manger for the (urges is bung at the tail of the wagon Tie wagon carries the provender for maa and horse. In summer time the man, wrapped in his blanket, sleeps in the wagon. In winter time, wrapped iu his blanket, he sleeps upon the floor of the tavern where he baits, with bis feet to tbe fire, and bis head upon a log of wood. Ami as to the burses, never do they, in tbpse their journies, be it summer, be it winter, he it fair, be it foul, see the inside of a stable, or feel covering of mv sort. Five hundred of these wigons, and five times live hundred hones, miy he seen in ihe high street of Philadel phia at oqe aod thesam* m m*nt. The men are taking out their fl >ur, or taking in loads to carry hank; and you see tbe horse* feeding it the tail of ihe wagon, or lying about in the dirt, in tbe saow, or the dust. Many thousands of these horses have I seen, aod Ido qot recoile-t that i ever saw a poor one in my life. Phe-e wagons sometimes b-ing info the City in one day, pro duce enough to load several ships A <o:nm m farm w g n in England, that lias only t * move about the far*i. and along the turnpike roads, is, oo amount of ihe feehieoess of tbe wo ul, obliged to be made so clumsy as to weigh upon an aver age, ti ton aod a half lam safUfi ed that the Pennsylvania wagons, of which f have been speaking, and > not weigh a ton, though they carry in ire than double what is deemed a load for an English wagon ; and carry it over roads too, whi di would, in the course of a hundred miles, break to pieces an unload'd Kng lish wag *n, though it might be tie# from ihe Bbop. # * The Hew fit of the Clergy explained. The Benefit of Clergy, is ate gal phrase, or technical teem, which we open bear, and some time* repeat without understanding its prenise meaning. The da k rlcod of barbarism which succeeded the downfall of <be Homan empire having nearly < ffaced literary pur suits, ibe atlenlion of Ihe nobility a*‘d body of the people pla ed above labor, was wholly absorbed bv n’d itary exer ise and Ihe “have, while the regular aod secular clergy, be came, for ivhh some ex op tions, almost the sole depositories >f books, and tbe learned languages. A*iiisna ural to respect what we do not understand, ihe Monks turn ed the advantage to good amount, and it giadualiy became a principle of common law, that *o clerk, that is lovay, no priest should he tried by the civil power. This privilege was enjoyed and abused without restriction, till the reiga of Henry the second, when the council, or parliament of Clarendon, or the sense of the nation, were provoked by murder, rape, and other crimes, to *et bounds to ccole siastick Ijeontr usnrss, by a saluta ry regulation on the subject * but a law s- necessary was evaded by the insolence of Becket, and the base pusillanimity of King John and his successor. During, a period equally disgrace fu! to ihe rnonar- h asd the clergy, a provision, artful, because it seem ed to wear the face of a remedy, was enacted, by which auy pemoo tried filr felony and found guilty, was pronounced t be exempt from pun isliment si legit, ut clcricus , if be was able to tend as h priest. From this finesse the uiot.ks derived a considerable emolument, by teach ing prisoner* to read, which, bow everodi“y or bloody their crime*, rescued them from the penalty of the laws, and also answered another important purpos*, a* by tbee means n?m ot the most desperate characters, were thus rendered bumble and obedient tools of the church. This lucrative monopoly remained, till it was provided against in tbe reiga of Edward the 111. but tbe noxious weed grew up in a shade oi ignorance and confusion, during tbe hloi.dy contests of tbe houses of Lam aster a: and Yoik, (ill ii received u considerable check under Edward the AT. wkto it was determined tot f nt> psrsoi oonvioied of manslaugbt* er shall claim the benefit of clergy, unless be is a peer of the realm, or i a deck in priests orders; and by the ninth of James I. it was entirely , lakea hway from thase delinquent*. Persons at all conversant in legal points, or reading, will, perhaps, . smile at this article on a suhjeot : which they consider as generally • understood; but we have frequently ; met with person* who imagined that ! the words, without benefit of edergy, : implied that a criminal should have i no spiritual guide, when noAnore is meant, than that his being able to read or write shall not in any man ner exempt him from punislruent, * aod that he shall not he entitled to any of those privileges formerly en joyed by the Clergy. H. f. American. The fallowing annunciation ora death which latteiy occurred in Lou isiana, is taken flora a late New Orleans paper, It is likely the phy sician alluded to will not very much admire the candour of the neerolo- SM< OBITUARY. “Mr. Fbuchaud, an inhabitant of the Parish of St James, an Im pest iiian, a faithful friend, after having struggled for five months against sickness aid the ignorance of his physicians, did lately die with the resignation of a sage and the lortitude of a martyr, parish of S . James, Aug. 7, 18 2k. Extract from the editor of the Che r w Intelligencer , hozo in New Jsrsey. y h I While at Patterson, a eiroutn stance occurred which to me was of a most novel and extraordinary na- j tore. I was told, however, it was a custom of that place. A man ■ ged his wife severely. He was ar- : rested and taken before a jury of j twenty one women. They senten- | red him to be whipped until he ; should appear perfectly penitent, j and beg h;s wife’s pardon on his koens. He refused. Seven Cow- j skins were accordingly provided, and ! were actively employed by seven of 1 the twenty-one women, no the ba> k ‘ of the criminal. He still continued ; stubborn. Seven others then took tile Cow kms and lashed him well. Still lie remained refractory. The remaining seven, with much energy, then commenced operations j they fl .-raced him so severely, he was at length compelled to “ surrender at discretion, M They then ducked , and compelled him, on Itis knees, to ask forgiveness of his injured wife. Whether or not, the parties were authorized, in this extraordinary measure, by law, I cannot say. It was generally considered a just and salutary punishment. I should sup pose that one or two repetitions of ihi< nummary and degrading punish ment would effectually pul a stop to wfe whipping. Anecdote. •A few weeks ago a blacksmith at CamfM ty. proposed marriage to a y<rung mantunm.ker. to wh an he hod lons paid his attention, being n good looking youth* Iris >jferwas accept sd* the notary sent for, and the mar. riage contract drown up ♦ but one of the articles not happening to please the lady, she expressed her disappro bation with go much asperity, that the son of Vulcan taking her y the sh aiders pu her out if the door de claring he ipas determined not to mar■, y a spit fire The notary com plained f having been called in to no pU'p ise. **&tay awhile says the i i*.uin ayan, “I'll try and find a wife.** and immediately depicted.— While going dong the remparls he met a pretty savant girl with whom he commenced the following conti'r sution—♦* Jire you good temperei%"■ **o. yes. you may enquire of my mis tress.** *• t lre you prudentT**-'* l have never yet hud a sweetheart 99 — “ l re you inclined to marry?*'-i~**res if l find a manta my likiig"- ••IVhat do you think of me 2”— * *O s you are very well.**—**Comi along zvith me then, the contract is ready / we have only to sign it.** *>&top at least till I have put myself en toilette. “JVV no, you wul do very well as you are—and l am afraid the notary will be out of path nee.— . %prju>*— what is your namS ••Annette. 9 * — **And m ne Francois, Take my arm and let us make has it. 91 — They arri ved at the house together, signed the contract, and in a few days were married—and we are ussund this singular union has not once ban troubled by a dispute, I THE NEWS, . 1 I L - - WASHINGTON, Oct- 9. 182 k. GENERAL ELECTIONS. It ETUJi.YS- Wilkes— l32s voles polled. Senate. —Thomas Woollen 677 elec- Railing Arrhony 627 11. o/R.— John H. Pope 693 elec. Rambert 679 elec James It rider 661 e!ec. John T. Graves 6 2 elec. J >hn W Cooper 1645 F G. itay 643 W C Lyman 635 D L. IL-nt £99 Congress— Ta niall 614 Cary 613 Co’hbert 6'Jd whether 694 Foray h 597 llaynea 597 Thompson 58 > As there wasm opposi'ion to ihe can dida'es for Congress, nearly one half of the tickets had no congressional names upon them. ELECLORS OF PRESIDENT, &C. . ..• People ” 763 “Legushtohe” 393 Aggregate of 3 counties. “People” 1691 “Legislature** 961 The first named in the returns of each coun y is ‘.he senator. Morgan. Stokes, Gilmore, Randolph, Len nard and Davenport. Oglethorpe. Gilmer, Lumpkin, Brockman and F eeman Lincoln ■ R?mjen, Murray and Fleming. Columbia. Crawford, Burnsides, Colima and Foster. Richmond Walker, Holt, Primrose and Watkins Mad son. Groves, Meroney and Gholson. Jackson Momgomery, \Y itt, Cochrane and Meriwe tber. Clark. Cook, Dougherty, Hull and Scovill. Franklin. Lit le, Anderson, Ash and Mar in. Putnam Hdt, Turner, Hudson, Clopton and Branham THE PRESIDENCY. The opinion prevails with many citizens, that, as we have a written constitution, in ! which the duties and powers of ihe President of he United States are c early defined, and i a nationa* legislature, which has full power to { control the proceedings of tliat offictr, he cao i not, should he be so inclined, do much injury ! to this nation, either by violating the laws, by | encroaching on the rights and privileges of the ; people, pr by being instrumental in the making of iaws repugnant to the established principles ! of this republic. If those ci izens were io re flect at emively on tbe subject, hey would, i we conceive, abandon tbe opinion in question, i as being ntirelv erroneous, and adopt another | more conformable to existing circumstances and te the political situation of he United ! Slates—iha a President can occasion a great deal of mischief in he coumry if his propen : sitirs lead tha; way. It is true tha we have a constitution where he dunes and powers of the President are marked'mt, and laws to punish him should he violate them . a<*d that we have representatives elected by ourselves who are ihe poiit.cal guardians of the consti tution and the jaw s, and who are empowered to wa ch me conduct of ail pub ic officers.— But notwithstanding these wise provisions in our sys'em of government to check the ambi tion and ;he aspiring views of a President, the ex'ensiVe pa ronage he possesses by law will always be in his hands a powerful engine for <he acquisition ot popularity, and of a gieat in fluence n the adop ion of national* measures by (he federal legislature. This patronage cons.s’s in the appoiniment of a vast number of officers of ail grades in the several s ates aod (erritories of the Union, with small and large salaries. A man possessing such a pow er by tha authority of the law, must na.uia ly have for his friends nearly a l those citizens who aspire to fill any of ih-ise offices , and vhese friends consequently wili be subservient to the views and political measures of he man upon whom they depend for emolument and au thority.—They will control their own feelings to please him ; ihey will give up their virtue, if ii was required, to ob am what they desire from him- To say that such things have hap pened in this coun ry, would be an insult offer, ed o the people; but cannot those things happen as well here as it has happened in oth er countries ? Shall we always have as virtu ous Presidents as Washington ? It ernnot be expec.ed ‘We mus* .hen guard by severe laws against the harm a President might do; with rhe means a President now possesses to do harm, we have no remedy but in ihe choice of a better one o succeed the form r, for he may have conducted himself so cau lously as not o make him3e)f liab*e to the laws exist ing respecting the chief magistrate of the na tion. No material evil has aa ye resulted by the extensive pairor.age of the president. Yet if Mr. \dam had continued m office another term, the public institutions of the country would have been completely changed by the influence he and bis cabinet exercised over Congress, the members of which, a majority ai leas , were expectants for offices, and who would have supported him in every measure he rpigh have recommended. The admum trativn of Mr. Adams mus be a warning to the people of the danger, even in our system of government, to confide such an office as Pre sident tp hands that have not been hed, and to men whose principles and feelings do not lead them to consider an unmixed republican g ivernmeni as the best this country could have adopted ; for it must be acknowledged, that there are men of talents, of virtue, and of sterling integrity, who are devotedly attached to their country, and yet who firmly believe that the present tysiem of government of the United States has seme material defects in it, which, if not repaired, must occasion its ruin in leas than twenty or thirty years. If con trary to all reasons men of uprightness enter tain such an opinion of our government, would they not consider it an imperious duty, should they be elected to power, to have those defects removed in the manner they think expedient? Would they not exercise the influence they may possess to effect their purpose : and yet firmly persuaded at the same time that it was for the good of the country ?W M b then, that such men, though virtuous and excellent patriots, ought not to be intrusted with ’ho power of the people. Thus we see, that men, with good intentions, can do a great deal of harm to he country If instead of hones men we were to elect ambitious and designing I citizens, what would be the consequences? The work of 4tevr*frtioo wool* sooner be 1 Competed, that’s all. As by the nvlure r r rnan, specially when placed m a civilized s a's, ! he is fond of weahb and power, a Preside*, can esercise the greases irfiuence in ih. country, and employ it t i her ter good or bad purposesAnd as members o.‘Congress arc not exempt from the foib.es of human nature | a President can exercise a greu influence ovei iheir proceedings, because a great p;ri ui them mus : naturally beexpectati's for offices and to acquire winch, they uii: be more liabi* to be swerved from the du ies tiny one te iheir constdtients, and to be Hie active in striiinen:B of an amb;uou a;;J designing p J( _. stdent. F.om the above desultory remarks, it inu3t be concluded, that ‘he poopie ought to be careful m their choice of a citi i.-en tor Pr C s:- dent. 1 heir choice ougli, o tali tip.tii a man who has been long *„o\vn as an undevta ting democrat; who fi m y be ieves ihe pre sent system of our g ivernment the Lat that could be d.-vised ir order to pru mo'e our welfare and maintain the mheicnc rights and privilege a of the people, who would consider eve ( y violation *. f inc conall tstion and iaws as the greatest crime a citi zen could commit j and u .i<> ivuuld employ in offices only those ciuzcos who inttrtain sh;; same principles, and the same devotion o die public msutudons of the country. By choos ing such a man for President, w e prevent much barm, ana du .nucfi good ta our coun try. There are four Candida es at present fer the presidency; one of them possesses in aneminen; degree the q laiifications we have describe above; and Him no diubi the poopie usu choose to succeed Mr. Monroe. |C7* He shall often return to the above sub” ject, mid urge the expediency of adopting ih* treasure recommended bu Mr Cobb m Congress, that no ‘nember of Congress shall be appointed ti • °j, 7 tce of trust or prof t du-tr.g the term fats which he Shall have been elected. ‘ It is with feelings of sympathy and sorrow that in recording tiia fun tier effects of the late Gale, we, have now in addition to ihe destruc tion of property, to detail also the loss ol many valuable lives, by its awful violence; and to present an avcouut ol sufferings and disasters which have never before, we believe* been rivalled in any part of (jjjs Stale by a similar visitation, pirn readers will find tinder it* priale head, in this day’s paper, as. largp a portion of ifie aeeouoils \y have received on this subject, as limits would admit; aod it vyhf ht> with no ordinary feelings we are convinced, that they peiqise ancholy account of the iniujry doua by the late storm ai iiauru sai! ii| neighborhood. We fear that ;V ture at counts from the feouth\vani t will make further addiiiuns to detail oi losses ant) sufferDig*. •augusta Chronicle , 29t/i u]U The subscriber returns bis ’'grateful 1 ackiiuwf gnitnts to the cons ituen sos Wilkes’ for their liberal support to lwm as'fax Col*j lector, at the late coon y elec non ; and them ht is a candidate for the aame office, oijh the first Monday in January next. JOb l A II li. HOLMES. Oct 4, 1824. \LL persons having demands a gainst (lie estate of Elizabeth Norman* deceased, are required render them within tbe (ime scribed by law, and those who are*, indebted to moke payment. Richard B. IVouUtn, adm-r^ Oct. 6,182*. Al 3t Administrators’ Sales, A T the house of the siiberjbcft 1 m will be sold on Saturday ih< 20ih of November next, a{l the per* sotijii estate of Elizabeth Norman, deceased; and also, at (fie court house of Wilkes county, ou the first* Tuesday in December next, a negro fellow beipnging to the estate of said deceased. Terms madekuowa on the days of sale. Ricfiard B. IVooiten , adm’rv Ort. it otnvvaoi \Jk ILL be at LihertoD, Et ▼ w bert coart hous<s on Tues day the 25!h of November next: Horses, mules* wagon and harness, together with a parcel of dry jcoods, and perhaps some cthe*.’ articles ; it being the balance of lives personal estate Unsold of William Woods, deceased. The sale wiit continue from day today until all ii •old; and the terms made known on the day. J. y. Harris, adm’r- Oct 2d, 182$ $1 3 X j INE months after date INI plication will be made to the honorable the nferior Court lof Wilkes County while sitting i for ordinary purposes, for leave to > sell the half of one tract of land lying in Fayette county, but for* trerly in Henry county, 13th dis* trict, and known by No. 195., fas the benefit of the heirs of Wash* iogton Hoff, deceased. Solomon Arnold, adm’r. Harriett Hoff, adm*:c. July 0, 1824. BLANK OKRI>S’ for sale at this officer y
