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SicimDltc.m ........ .*— ■— FREDtitUCK 3. FELL , CITT VIUKTIB. Daily Paper. Eight Dollars per annum. Country Paper .Six Dollars per annum FATARS* I* ADTAHra fl y zvU news <uu new ..u.eriisciuenU appeal' in „ both papers. ££ . Advertisements must be handed in by 12 o'clock, to insure insertion on that day. MONDAY EVENING, Fstiauam 16, 182* The Caucus to defeat d Caucus / In the National Intelligencer of the 7th inst. we perceiVe two notices, one inviting the Democratic tnembets otCongress, to meet to ‘•recommend can didate* to the people of the United States for the Offices of President »n<l Vice President of the U. States" the other notice, which states, it is deem ed "expedient at this time to make such nomina. (ion.*’—We have long been convinced that a meeting of the Democratic members of Congress for the purpose of recommending fit candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, was expedient! in other terms that the times demandcj a caucus, we have tho’t and reflected on the subject, as to the policy ol such a measure, and we have no doubt, wc formed our opinion from experience from which the best deductions can be made, we have aeen prece dents and the best results have accrued from them. As to the measure being unconstitutional, we are ,tof that old school, who are unwilling to imply powefc which are not given by the constitution or to connect with that instrument acts which do not violate it, and have no relevancy to its we ap proved and do approve t>f a caucus, because it will prevent diseonl and division among the de mocratic party We anticipated an effort to dt Vide political men, who long had acted in unison, and ilia} the party who have always remained in active while they were weak, waited only for the acquisition of disturbed and unpiiet spirits, to enter the lists, and distract the council* of the Democratic party, and that the designing and ma- chiveiian policy of *97 would not at this day be relinquished; our anticipations'have been confirm ed, and we regret that men who in 1816, were so resolved in their purposes, and fixed in their prin ciples, should in the space of 8 years, suddenly change their sentiments, and coalesce witl, their decried poli'iCal enemies. They have been en trapped and tilled into tbe ways of the evil one, br they have discovered that the policy of Jef fersun was erroneous, and Mr. Madison, a mere K tical theorist, if these are their eonvictiuns moral treason to conceal them, it is parricidal tiot to publish them The heads of the great de. tnocratic family never discovered; such terrors i;: • caucus, as ate now Conjured up to frighten the •ensitive nerves. In the notice stating the inex pediency of a caucus we discover the names ni Some who have acted conspicuous parts in such Iheetings. If we are not mistaken, we discover the secretary of a caucus, which nominated the present chief magistrate. The names of one or two others who in state caucuses were prominent and active, and who might have remained in ob. ecurity bad dot such meetings been assembled.— Decency forbids personality, but we cannot re frain from saying, we see in the list of the anti, caucus notice, one or two who figured sway at a legislative caucus held a year ago at Columbia, which recommended that very able and enlight ened statesman Mr. Lowndes as a fit person for president. The times are surely not so much changed in so short a period, as to render that in. expedient: which a year or two ago was deemed expedient, expediency is certainly a good rule, by which statesmen should be governed, but it often leads to very immoral and dangerous ends, it is inexpedient to' hold a caucus to-day, but it will be expedient UMnofrow. It it a rule likely to betray into much inconsistency, and one which renders principles as Wavering and unstable as ♦metis ideas are dissimilar and discordant it brands tv/ ry act with suspicion, and affixes to it the char acter of corruption. We would not say that all who reason and draw conclusions from expe.il cncy are corrupt, but make expediency as it exists hi the minds of each man, the test of truth we say vice and virtue, morality and immorality become symmimous terms Never was period in the political history of this country when it was more expedient for the Democratic party to select from the numerous candidates one who they wmld recommend as best fitted and most capable for tbt high and enviable situation of President of the United States, for seldom h * popular opinion 6een more divided, and never has a fairer oppor tunity been afforded to our political opponents to thurst into office their own candidate than the present time. And will they who are always vigilunt new sleep on their posts t It is incumbent on the representatives of each eection of the Union who call themselves Demo erats, to select some iHdividu*l,on whom the eye of the party may rest.—An attempt is made to sever and divide the Democratic party, for the purpose of gratifying some of the wont passions of the heart—-a uoion of discordant and restless spirits will be solteited,for the exclusion of him on whom s caucus will fix, as best suited for the high and responsible station of President, but we feel „the anticaucus gentlemen calculate largely and extravagantly on theif strength, their men are (hen in Uuefcfam—Eighty representatives from different sections of the Union will likely better ■ represent the feelings of the people, than one hundred and eighty from a few of the states; and fbe candidate who receives the support if a can cus of eighty representatives (admitting that but eighty will attend which we doubt) will be the choice of the party and the people—We think it incumbent on the representatives of the people, who acting in the same -sphere with the esndi. dales of President, have an opportunity of scroti pizing the conduct of each, to declare who among them is best fitted to fill an office which claims the best talents the purest and most unsullied * political principles—we have always declared as our opinion that from his integrity and simplicity pf character, fits Wisdom, and solid acquirements, bis economy in the management of public affairs, his temnefance sfid forbearance in political life, bis energy and dcVotion hi the discharge of his bffir.iarduties, the Sec'y of the Treasy. was best suited for-lhe enviable station ofPres’t. of the U S. These qualities have rendered the Secretary fori raidable to bis opponents, And excited the fears ♦of thorn who hive viewed him a| the head of the o d fashioned school of democrats, which the; wished extinct, and its maxims forever obliterated from our political history. tn consequence of the athteitiehts which have gone abroad, in relation to a Congres sional nomination of Candidates for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States, the undei signed have been request ed, by many of their Republican colleague* and associates, to ascertain the number of the Members of Congress who deem it inexpedient, at this tiim, to make such a nomination f and to publish the same, for the information of the People of the United States* In compliance with this request, they have obtained from gentlemen, represent ing the aeverul States, satisfactory informa lion, that, of two hundred and sixty one, the whole number of members composing the present congress, there are one hundred and eighty one who deem it inexpedient, un der existing circumstances, to meet in cau cus, for the purpose of nominating 1 candi dates for President and Vice President of the United States; and they have good rea son to believe, that a portion of the remain der will be Tound unwilling to attend such a meeting. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky. John H. Eaton, David Barton, William Kelly, Robert Y Hayne, Charles Rich, T. Fuller, J. Sloane, George Holcombe, S. D. Ingham, R. Harris, Joseph Kent, D. H. Miller, Thomas Metcalfe, Robert S. Garnett, Tennessee. Missouri. Alabama. South Carolina. Vermont. Massachusetts. Ohio. New Jetscy. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Maryland 1 . Pennsylvania. Kentucky. Virginia. James Hamilton, junior, South Carolina. J. C. Isacks, Tennessee. George Kroner, Pennsylvania. U VV. Crowninshicld, Massachusetts. Wm Buileigh, Maine. L. Whitman, Connecticut. Jonathan Jennings, Indiana. San, Houston, 1 Tennessee. J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina. Now what does the above, prove-? Why (hat there is • combination among four of the candidates to defeat the nomination of u particu- arone. They have, it would appear, fount liemselves into a political knot to crucify the Si cretary of the Treasury. Is this fair? I* din- honorable? With whom does Mr. Grawfuhu combine ? With nobody. Does ht setk—do hi* friend* seek, by any union with any other candi oate, to destroy any of his rivals* No! Urn., ne and they disdain it. They have recourse \ no such stratagems—they have no need of them HD supporters rely upon the great and virtuou. qualities of their candidate: they confide in the ntelligence of the people. Notwithstanding the protestanti to a Congres sional i auras we find the following publish* id the National Intelligencer of the 7th instant. The DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS are invited to meet in the Represen>alive Chamber, at the Capitol, on the Evening of the 14th of February, at 7 o'clock, to recommend Candidates to the People ol the United States for the Offices of President and V ice President of the Uni ted States. John Chandler, Noyes Barber, Elisha Litchfield, M. Di. kerson, Walter Lowrie, Ed word Lloyd, B ii'weil Bassett, * H G. Burton, • John Forsyth, J. B. Thomas, Benjamin Rupgles. Washington, February 6, 1824. Now or never is the time to give permanent duration to the republican party and its princi. pies. No personal attachments should be allow ed to sway a genuine democrat from the path of duty. Whoever,{claiming to belong to the party, suffers himself to be drawn aside from that path, from bis inclination, for one man or another, whcaoevers strives to break up the forma of pro ceeding by which democracy has, for twenty yean preserved the ascendency in the councils of the nation; whosoever shrinks from the undaunted policy, by which republicanism may be secured from the fatal graap of its wily adversary; that man merits reprobation—He merits rebuke, re proof, and tbe severest castigation of the Press. Such, no doubt, will be tbe reward of tbe twenty four signen of .the protest against a caucus, to mv minate fit persons as President and Vice Presi. dent of the United States. CONGRESS—The Senate on the 6th inst. were engaged indiscussing the bill providing for the building of ten sloops of war. In the House, Mr Abbott offered the following joint resolution in complunce with directionsfrom the legislature of Georgia: Resolved, Ho, That the following amendment of the Constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several states, viz: " That no part of the Constitution of the United 8tates ought to be construed, or shall be construed, to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color in ♦o any one of the U. States, contrary to the laws of such state." The consideration of the bill for internal improvements was resumed, and occupi- ed the House the remainder of tbe day. Supreme Court, V. 5.—On the 6th inst. Mr. Emmett, continued hu argument it, the Steam Boat case, and occupied the court, until the ad journment. WASfcitiGTbN, feob. 7. Tbe bill yesterday reported in the House, of Representatives, for laying duties on Sales at Auction, is of some length. As, however, many of our readers may feel an interest in it, we shall endeavor to state the substance of it. It prbposes, then, that, from and after the ISth of April—too eutly a day,conside ring the time which - intermediate discus sion of the general subject connected with it, will probably occupy—there shall be le vied on all sales at auction, of goods, wares, Etc. whether of foreign or doiticslle growth, seven dollars and a half on each hundred dollars purchase money at such sales, and in the same proportion for less or greater amounts; and two and a half per cent, in addition, where the bales or packages in Which goods are imported, shall be broken, or subdivided. The exceptions to the general duty thus to be levied, are contained in the following proviso, extracted from the bills Provided, That nothing in this act con tained; shall extend to any sale or sales by auction, of goods, wares, or merchandise, made pursuant to, or in execution of, any rule, order, decree, sentence, or judgment, of any court, or judicial officer, in the Uni ted States, or either of them, or made in virtue, or by force of, any distress for rent, or other cause for which a distress is allow ed by law, or made in consequence of any bankruptcy or insolvency of any citizen of the United States, pursuant to any law con ; ccrning bankruptcies or insolvencies; or made in consequence of any general assign ment of property and effects by aiw citizen ot the United States for the benefit of ere ditors; or made bv, or on behalf of, execu tors or administrators of estates of citizens of the United States; nr made pursuant to the directions of any law of the U. Slates, or either of them, touching the cllection of any tax, or duty, or disposal, by auction, ol public property of the United States, or of any state; nor to any such sale or sales by auction <>f any second hand household fur niture or farming utensils, or of ships, their tackle, apparel, and lurnilurc, or to the car goes of any ships or vessels which shall be wrecked or stranded within the United States, and sold fur the benefit of the insur ers or proprietors thereof. Licenses are to be granted free of cost to auctioneers, on their entering into certain penal bonds for the compliance with the provisions of this law. They are to retain ’lie amount of duty from the amount >f sales, and for -this labor are to re vive an allowance ol one per cent commis sion. No sales are to be made without notice publicly given, nor in any other manner ih -n by public outcry. If any goods are imported from abroad, bearing American marks, or purporting to c of American manufacture,though really >f foreign make, they shall be absolutely trirleitect. These, are the principal provisions of the bill—Aar Int, Maryland.—On the 4th instant, the bill, which had passed the Senate,providing for the election of Electors -of President and Vice President by general ticket, was re jected, by a large majority, in the House of Delegates.—ib Convention be signed by the Chairman and Secretory, and published in the Republican newspapers printed in this State. „ SAMUEL SMALL, Chairman. Beniamin White, Jr, Secretary. From Porto Rico—Late accounts from Porto Rico, at New 7 York, contradict the report publish ed some time since, that orders had been given to enforce a new blockade ol the Main, by means ol privateers fitted out of that port. From the Boston Statesman. A CHEERING VOICE. We this morning received a handbill from the office ol the Eastern Argus, dated Jan. 31. 1?24—-the following is a copy REPUBLICAN VOICE OF MAINE! At a meeting of the Democratic Rc/iub liean Members ->ftlie Legislature of Maine; held at Union Hall in Portland, on the eve. ningof the 30th of January, 1824, the fol lowing Preamble and Resolutions were a dopted and ordered to be published. It may be sufficient for the present to state, that more than two thirds of the Republi can members of the Legislature signed the Resolutions with their own hands; and a vote having passed that those repubtican members who were not present at the meet ing should have an opportunity to add their signatures, it is expected that several more will !>e added. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. Whereas the citizens in different parts of the country have expressed their sentiments on the subject of the approaching Presi dential Election, from which it appears that a great diversity of opinion exists, as to the must suitable person tc succeed our present excellent Chief Magistrate, and there is reason to fear from the influence ol sectional considerations, that no choice wilt be made by the electors, unless some mode is adopted of uniting the voice of the Republicans of the Union, and believing, under existing-circumstances, the interest of the country requires republicans to sa orifice sectional and personal predilections to t(ie security and stability of the republi can cause. Therefore Resolved, That we deem it of the highest importance that the union and integrity of the Republican Party should be preserved in the approaching Piesiden tial election. Resolved, Thot we approve of the mode by whioh this union on former occasions has been secured, and the triumph of re publican principles established, by a nomi nation of a candidate for the Presidency at a convention of the Republican members of Congress. Resolved, That while the' members of this Convention entertain the highest opin ion ol the talents, integrity and experience <>f John Quinot Adams, and respectfully recommend him to the people of jhe United States as a man eminently qualified lor the Presidency, they are willing to unite wiih the Republicans of the Union in the support of such candidate as, on a full and impartial consideration of the qualifications ot all the candidates, will 1 most fully meet the preference of the Republican party, and best subserve the interest of the country. Resolved, That, a copy these resolutions be transmitted to each of the republican members iti Cpngress from’ this State. Resolved, That tbe proceedings of this THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. From late English papers received at Chatiestoti by the Lalla Rookh. LONDON, Dec. 27. The Speech ofthe President of the Uni ted States is, in all its beatings, a document ot more than usual importance. The latter part, which arrived so late yesterday that we were forced to omit it in a small part of our impression, will be tound in our last page-today; and, waiving every other topic in the Speech, we direct our whole atten tion to that part the most important of all to every European Power. The question of the Independence and recognition of the South American Slates, may now be considered as at rest. Great Britain has, as we have repeatedly shewn, acknowledged their Independence defaetot and the United States, their nearest neigh bors, have not only acknowledged it, but have given a bold and manly notice, to the Continental Powers, that they shall treat "any interposition with the view of oppress ing or controlling them in any manner, as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards themselves—^ar.d as dangerous to their peace and safety,"—in other words, they shall view it as affording them a just ground for war. After so clear and explicit a warning, ihero is no one of the Continental Powers, wc suppose, that will risk a war with the United States—a war in which not only they could not expect to have either the aid or good wishes of Great Britain—but a war in which the good wishes of Great Britain, (if She did not choose to give more efficient succor), would be all on the side ofthe United States.—Thus, then, we re peat, that the question may be considered to be set at rest; we shall hear no more of a Congress to settle the fate ol the South A merican States. Protected by the two na tions that possess the institutions, and 9peak the language, of freedom by Great Britain on one side, and by the United States on the other, their independence is placed be yond the reach of danger ; and the Conti nenial Powers, unable to harm them, will do well to establish that friendly and com mercial intercourse with them, which they could never have done had they temained under the yoke of Old Spain. . , There is one more point in the Presi dents’s Speech, which we shall touch upon shortly. It relates to part of the north west coast of America, which was first ex plored, we beliove, by Captain Cook. Rus sis had set up some territorial claims which neither Great Britain nor the United States could submit to. They are now tho sub ject of an amicable negociation between the three Powers. But America has thought proper to lay down sn limine the principle "that tne American continents, by the free and independent condition which they navt- assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future co ionization by any European Powers." What effect this notice to the Emperor of Russi; that he must abandon his favorite project of making a settlement upon the Americai coast will produce we are yet to lesrn. Bui we trust that a similai notice with respect to any project of making settlements else where will not be necessary.— Courier, , The President’s Message to tlvo Cot, gress of the United Slates, on the 2nd inst ant, has reached this country. It is impos sible to avoid remarking the essential difte rence between this pertadical communica lion from the Executive Government ofthe first Republic in the wortd to its Legisla ture, and those documents which ate term ed King's Speeches, addressed i**like man ner, but in substance far unlike, to Lords and Commons, to Peers and Deputies, in kingdoms nearer home. The latter class of discourses, having for their apparent object to elude inquiry and to disarm atii madversion, may be looked upon as a com plimentary form between parties who are thrown together by overruling necessity and who meet under feelings of reciprocal suspicion and distrust. As sources of in telligence—as indicatiops of policy—as keys to national history, they have ol late dwin died to nothing, realizing with curious ac curacy Talleyrand's definition of the use of language—"an instrument for concealing men’* thoughts," The genius of a popu iar Government rejects these mysterious devices, which we are sorry to see practised amongst any people alive to the natural and almost indissoluble intimacy between frank ness of speech and rectitude of action.— The President's Message of the United States is a paper breathing business in eve ry line. It is at once a picture of the peri od elapsed since the labors of Congress were last interrupted, a prospectus for the forthcoming year, the detailed report of a commissioner, and the formal account of a trustee. On scarcely any occasion do we recollect a message irotn this high officer of the U. States, delivered daring a time of peace, which might not be consulted as a safe and pregnant authority lor the events and politics of the crisis at which it was made public, whether with regard to the concerns of the Union, or to those of sur rounding nations. In the present instance, we have read this State Paper with an inte rest more profound than any of its precuts * ropat usdful political lessaoWhirh , . or later must love the sulutai v e ik This manly, able,and rational stata L will act like a two edged sword Wu paM, l tection ofthe infant liberties of rvi ^1 It will encourage the British del whtL... net J°as- encourage i sume a decisive attitude; whilst the n i bons will, in the same degree, and h*T 0llr, l same cause, become dispirited, a„n probability, abandon their criminal’., tb re-establish despotism and bi ?0 ^ de,1 ^l other side of the Atlantic. So in otit view, is the message of Mr M that, if this country remain at continental powers (which in bility she will now do) we are of that so fortunate a circumstance mill maifily owing to the firm and unr*! H expression of the determination of A®! ted States with respect to the south * H Ionics.— Mercury. uthern co. MELANCHOL?-Y°cSl e y b X? t| 5,1 the smack Lark, in company with » 00n ’ others, left this city, and last anchor at the quarantine ground r ? Daniel Fowler, of New London. 3$, Eldridge, of Mystic, (Ct ) left the $ .b.». s o-cioct .o e o’<i .he fhompson, whcie they remained a,2 time, and returned to their boat ft morning the bodies ol both were f oun " the beach, a short distance from Cantor” ris, having been frozen to death, it, ‘ posed, that after leaving the shore, the* ?! off in their boat to gain the smack/but ? ing to the darkness ofthe night, could t^ find her, and returned to the beach, whIS the bodies were found. The boat was fn near the Narrows.-C’om. jtdv. MERCANTILE NOTICE. Havana, Jan. ig uo. . 2Vonafo;,o«-The CapmSu-Gcnorafot this Island having proclaimed the royal 1 ernment completely established in 8r.ni«b ta.lnio™' o„ tl» „ m VLS,'S they were in March 1820, as i, esnSi. ordered by his Majesty's Royal Decree J the twentieth December last, yourmc! chants must hereafter be very tareful I have all theirTapers for the pJrt?"? jf Island perfectly certified by the SpJ Consuls, as in defect thereof his intended to subject them to the penalty of 10 percent additional duty on the value of the whole I cargo;and byUwCaptain-General's oJI ol 21st Dee. a Bill of Health from Spahisli Consuls will i* indispensably ne! cessary for each vessel, as well as a passiS I for each passenger according to another order published on the 7th inst. Greet Fund—The nett receipts from the fir*, oall in the N. York York Theatre,Terc aim The receipts from the bands of the ge.fij Amateurs who performed in the Cl,trie, on W.;! r .l.y l.„, .... fm ‘fiKg N. C. I lieatre was opened on the 24ih ul'.ind, play performed for the benefit of the Greek,- the nett receipts were f 154. 8«tati*»awar I’OttT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED, Schr Friendship, Dudley, Washington, N.C. to I to the master. ' . 1 Schr Louisa, , 4 days from Ocruock.M.C, with corn, to .? P Coit. » Schr Dusty Miller, Johnson, Norfolk, 8 days, I t(» Hall & Perry At Quarantine, line ship August*, Evans,Ne*. York, 10 days, to Hall & Hoyt The brig Andrew Mackay, Houseman, fron I ape Florida, (where she had been beating On lie I reel, but was got off without much damage) bouni I ‘or Charleston, put in below on Saturday onK>] count of head wind andsailed again yestenlijr. I Sailed yesterday, brig Adeline. Martin, Liwn I pool. 1 I Went down yesterday, brig Morgians, Bki<| chard, for Havre. I The sloop Independence, Osborn, ar. at Char-1 lc9tor, on Thursday from Darien- 1 Up lor this port, nt New New York, 6th initut, I F. f.. ship C'orsuir, Porter, 10th; B.L. ship W» | Wallace, T. Wood, 7th. Auctioneers. T AKE NOTICE—-You are hereby requirriw I make returns of sales of Merchandise, soM I at auction, from the lsi May to the 1st Jan.**-1 on or before tbe 25th inst. JOHN I. ROBERTS, *t. fob 14 36 New England Rum. BBLS New Knglaud Rum, just receive! I i?" " and for sale, by - I CALVIN BABBB. fob 11 n33 ors had excited. The foreign relations of the United States are at this moment so deeply involved with those of Europe, of South America, and of England, that we turned impatiently to that division of the Message, and it well repaid us — Times. LIVERPOOL, Jan 2. The message of the President of the U nited States of America, which arrived here on Saturday last, is a document of unusual, and, we may add, of incalculable importance in a political, commercial, and moral poim of view. It is equally honorable to the fre< and prosperous people with whom it origi nated; and gratifying to our countrymen, o whom It presents, at the same time, tin most cheering commercial prospects, qm Castor Oil and Sweet Oil• 500 Bottfes Fylies & Talbots superior Cel 200 bottles American Cold Expressed do do, i 20U do do second 1 quality da do L 200 do West India do do for plantationoXl 20 doz do Sweet Oil in Boxeso one du»iw| and for sale by “ 1 F, I. LAY, Druggist, Shad's budding. fob 12 i34 v-c. Grand Lodge of Georgia- O N Monday the first d»y of March npxt, 6P bly to the Constitution, a Grand MOW ( munication ofthe Grand Lodge of tieor^' ^ the election of officers will be held, ol p .^1 officers and members are desire I to tage u i By order of the Most Worshipful Gnmd ^ 1 WM. P- BEERS'^ I Grand Se?«W fob 7 30 ffactorage and Commission 8ines8. riHE subscriber continues Comminion Business,and tenders nm o his friends and the public.-- • • . His Ware houses ate Fire Proof, larz« “ venient. 1 ■ For Sale 150 Tierces new Rice j, v. yytLt ; oct 21 797 1 "