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MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
A Revolutionary Relic.—During a call
which the United States’ ship North Caro
lina made at Citaduella in the Island of
Minorca, in April, 1826. one >f her officers
picked up .in a shoemaker’s shop in that
place,acurious relic of our Revolution,name
ly, a picture painted on "lass, and well exe-
dated London. 1775, designed by the
frtist to ridicule the patriotic spirit
^fhich had begun to show itself in the then
* r colonies, residing the usurpations of the
, mother country. It purports to he a repre
sentation of “ A society of Ladies at Eden-
ton in North Carolina' > ' > —convened for the
purpose of entering into a compact to ab
stain from the use of tea and British manu
factures. That such an nrticle should have
been found in such a place, is not loss a
matter of curiosity than the picture itself, of
which the following is an accurate descrip
tion :
The picture presents on its left. the.' Iv
Moderator, “ fat, fair, and forty,” gnr eous-
ly attired according to the fashion oft ie day.
seated at the end of a table, with an uplifted
rjL mallet in her right hand, as if in the act of
' * calling to order a British officer who is at
tempting to ravish a kiss from the fair secre
tary, seated a little wav on he. right, whose
youth and charms would snom to be an in
disputable warrant of such boldness—though
Punishes it by puncturing his audacious
I with the sharp point of her pen. On
lejeftof the Moderator is seated a lady of
larkablv modest demeanor, and by her
is'supposed to be of high qualify, who
>ears to be blushing at the scene we have
described. Behind the cha : r of the
^rator.stands a tall, hard-favored female
8trtciwn io yeafs and coarsely habited, hut
with cast of countenance expressive of
great ftiltitude and resolution. Through
this famine is seen the round black face,
thick ftps, and Hat nose, (with their accom
pany ing, vacant. good nntnred smile.) of a
female dodiestip, who is handing a china
injistand tojvar.ds the table, upon a pretty
little cocquelico waiter. The front of the
picture she»*-on elderly matfon in a snuff
colored gown and black scarf and bon
net, who hil^juYit risen from an old fashion-
chair, and bending over the
he writing on a large scroll
>wing patriotic and spiri-
posture, is nine feet
younger and smaller,
rapidly. They swalio
iron nails, &c. with avidity,
fluid of the stomach possess
property of dissolving them in
The plumage is at present rathei
ed, as they plucked each others feathers on
the passage. The bird has but two toes on
the foot; the leg large, and white as a man’s
arm, is a great curiosity of itself. Its eye
is large and vacant, and what is remarkable,
the ostrich appears entirely destitute of at
tachment to its own species, or those who
have them in charge. The natives often
times ride them ; and though their wings
are too small for flying, their speed over the
deserts of their own native country, is grea
ter than the fleetest Arabian horse.”
ed mah
table
contai
ted rfe
ies of Edenton dh hereby
not to conform to
of drinkin
Athens, Sept. 14, 1827.
Reports, we arc informed, injurious to the charac
ter of Athens for health, are in free circulation; and
among those without the means of correct informa
tion, generally believed. We deem the removal of a
false impression like this, important for a two-fold pur
pose :—First, to allay the disquiet and anxiety which
may prevail among the fnends of those who repre
sent other sections of the rotate: and, second, injus
tice to its established 'reputation. Circumstances
authorise u3 'to say, 1 .atifi no previous year since
its settlement, not^rs^hs'.ending it - rapidly increasing
population, have the chi ions been favoured with a
greater share of health, t ? ran during the present sea
son : not u solitary exception to the contrary having
yet occurred, the origin of which could be considered
local, or in the least calculated to excite even a mo
mentary apprehension that its goneral character for
health could be suspected.—We regret to say, (but
this admission may be regarded as a confirmation of
the tact, that the village is amon; the healthiest of
the healthy,) that sickness to a Incited
arid still prevails; but the cases have rifiginat
every instance with.those who fiave ^sorted hither
in a diseased state, the causes of which hay? been
yhave essay-
re, according to
ktreaty, is to Fe
rn’empire, in the enjoy-
!y upon the prcca-
d of a liberty circumscri-
Turkish divan; or should
e negociations tail io result in an armistice, the
naval force of the “ high contracting parties,” it is
said, is to be employed as a barrier to the introduc
tion ot supplies in favour of the belligerents, leaving
Greece, with an arm paralised by defeat, to stnicgle
uopitied, or surrender, the victim of necessity, to a
despotism against which, even with the present auxi
liary aid, it is temerity to contend.—Though this in
tercession of the allied powers has been invoked,
still the policy which may govern the final decision
ofGrecte, baffles speculation; her language may be
that adopted by America in the infancy of her poli
tical existence, “ Millions for defence, hut not a cent
for tributeor preferring a change which she has
not the power to effect, the oppression of this trinity
of grants may be acknowledged as legitimate, while
Turkey acts as the authorised executor of their ty
ranny. We could wish, for the honour of the allied
sovereigns, that this restoration of peace to the Gre
cian arms, could be established upon a basis, sepa
rate and distinct from the influence or control of the
Ottoman power. Such a clemency, however, would
be at variance with the divlie benevolence of mo
narchs. While the authority by which they dictate,
and the Jesuitical policy by which they rule, owes its
safety to the suppression of principles not registered
in the text book of tyranny, Greece may suffer ; but
with their co-operation, she never can be free.
[COMMUNICATION.]
JWr. Editor,—It sterns almost unneces
sary to attempt an exposition of the useful
ness of good Penmanship, so evident must
it be to every one; and yet when we look
around among us, we see so many proofs
of the reverse, ifiat we are almost induced
to believe that the Value of it is knowh to
but very few. . Here we may see a mer
chant, who, of all others, should write a
neat legible hand, scratching entries and
charges in his books, in characters as unde-
finable as the Egyptian hieroglyphics—and
here a Lawyer, who has acquire^ every art
of Coke',T<ittietOii, and
ing to the court a \
present-
nioval of ]
hand,
be an
made by
the re-
we see a
written prescription
increased .by-exisftenif^rit, and coSfiraiod by the ex- which one would fonpy bad been transcribed
[by a patient with nn ague. Again, we may
contents
?,of
|PV|>)r « sly. j?gftNp ^HP
brown coat and red pferriwi<£ pefhap
char
ged by' these patriotic dames with thqioffice
of consigning the hated emblem of British
tyranny to the bottom of the Albemarle, or
to the flames. In the back ground rffpSerry
old Joan, cloaked and hooded, is seen ai-
■ready in possession of a suecedaneum for
the interdicted article, which she is quaffing
from an ample china punch hotel, with an ex
pression of great satisfaction, while her
nejghboui, with the long-eared cap and gyp-
scy hat. and a half beseeching, half upbraid
ing physiognomy, is extending a hand to
disengage it from her insatiable lips. In the
foreground are two prostrate tea-canisters,
dishonored by a dog which is licking the
cheek of an infant at play on the carpet, as
if in token of approbation at seeing the qhild
upset a w aiter of tea china.
The picture is marked * l plate V.” and
must have been one of a series of the same
description. The officer who discovered it
immediately purchased it from the mender
of sides, whose property it was, and presen
ted it to Commodore Podgers, who. we un
derstand, intends to present it to the Gover
nor of North Carolina ; a destiny which it
well merits, however humble its pretensions
Inaay be as a work of art—Norfolk Herald.
Extraordinary instance of enthusiastic
feeling of the grand effects of nature In
the year 1820, Captain Hastings, then on a
voyage between the island of Madagascar
and the Cape of Good Hope, was overtaken
by a violent storm. The furious turn of the
ocean—the mightiness of the surging waves
the blackness of the water, and the vivid
effects of the lighting coming athwart the
dark curtains of the Heavens, he beheld
with an intensity of feeling that almost ab
sorbed every feeling of personal safety.
Having taken the necessary means for the
security of his vessel, and anxious to con
template the grandeur of the scene* he order
ed himself to be lashed to an elevated part
> of the ship, that, during the raging of the
tempest, he might not only study, but actu
ally sketch the terrific appearances around
him. Collected amidst the uproar of the ele
ments, and regardless of danger, he produ
ced afaithful and spirited drawing of a storm
at sea, full of the fury and sublimity of his
subject. The drawing he sent to the Royal
Academy, where it was exhibited the follow
ing year, and attracted peculiar attention.
[This is the same Captain Hastings who
was subsequently cashiered for cballeogin
a superior officer, and who-is now in fooU
Greek service under Lqrd Cochrane.]
Os/ricftes.—The Boston. Traveller men- ? C 'T. of Tul ? Uh or submit to the
tions that three live ostriches were brought unb °Y . ,ctate8 of a monarchical triumvirate, as
m _ if I. 1 • o ■ rmfll in mprcu nnn no onneoeccitfA in
that eity by a brig from the Cape de-Ve J
If captain procured them from a earn
imaN. The Traveller says, that “
, only eight months old, in a nat
, as appears from the following cx-
Constitutionalist, is felt ip regard to a
p™ the vacancy in Congress occasioned
resignation of Col. Tatnall. Upon this point
had hoped the last mails would have afforded us
something definite. ^ But one feeling, however, as
i we can learn, animates the west; public opi-
While it gives to Mr. Habersham, (whose name
n suggested in conjunction with those of
Wayne, Wilde, Cuthbert, Daniel, and Chari-
dccided preference, withholds not from these
n the consideration to which their talents
so deservedly entitle them. But the example of an
immolation of self-interest on the altar of public
good, at a crisis calculated to test the patriotism of
the patriot is remembered, and in the west will be re
warded. His election would give to the General go
vernment further evidence that Georgia estimates the
worth of those of her sons who have, in defiance Jif power,
dared to respect her rights..
j ^ e cordially unite in the general regret expres-,
sed throughout the State on account of the ill-heaP’
and resignation of Col. Tatnall. The qiiesti
now and by whom the vacancy is to be filled, Attracts
considerable attention. The names of Judge Wayne,
Mr. Milde, and Col. Cuthbert, are mentioned: we
should be gratified to see either of them in Congress,
but we deprecate all rivalry for office between mem
bers of the Republican party, and trust that these
gentlemen will not be opposed to each other in the
election. Some of our friends believe that the choice
of a successor can alone be made by the late elec
tion district in which Col. Tatnall was elected. We
entertain a different opinion—the District Law is no
longer of force; it was repealed on the 18th Dcccm-
ber, 1826, (l.aus Deo!) The district electing Col.
Tatnall is therefore, no longer in existence, as a
district, .aod the election to fill the vacancy must be
by General Ticket.”
Kentucky Congressional Election.—From the last
Kentucky Gazette wc learn that the following gen
tlemen will compose the delegation from that state
in the next Congress.
Henry Daniel, Thomas Metcalfe, James Clarl, Ro
bert P. Letcher, Robert M’Hatton, Joseph T.ecompte,
Thomas P. Moore, Richatd .9. Ruebier, Charles A*
Wickliffe, Joe! Yancey, W. S. Young, and Chitten-
den Lyon. The order of the names, I, 2, &c. an
swers to the districts which they represent.
Of the above, seven are the avowed and decided
friends of Gen. Jackson, and Jive the friends of
Messrs. Clay and Adams. The re-election of the
latter, however, is stated to have been only on con
dition that the claims of Gen. Jackson should be
supported, in the event of the Presidential election
being again referred to Congress.
We this week insert the Articles of the Treaty re
ferred to under the ‘Foreign’ head in our last, as
having hcen entered into bv the combined powers of
England, France, and Russia, with a viewlof offering
their.mediation to effect a reconciliation between the
Greeks and the Ottoman empire, the condition^ of
which a-e far less favourable to the former than we
had inclined to believe even the jealous poliev of
these governments would have led them to adopt.
However successful the terrors of authority, and the
threatenings of coercion, may in the end prove in
staying the march of carnage, and the desolations of
death, still the situation of Greece may be regarded
as Imposing claims equally strong upon the sympa
thies of a commisserating public. The present in
terference of powers, -whose mandate is law, in the
affairs of Greece, without which even hopes of.sue-
have oft gleamed across the dark ess of her
»y, leaves but the sad alternative eitherto bend
to the forcoofeircumstan and remain the menu
see a young student, whose mind has pene
trated the depths of many of the sciences in
a collegiate course, scribbling off a speech
which his intended prompter at first sight
would be very apt to conceive was a draw
ing of ^ a P ta * n Clodpolo’s rqhk and file of
militia, so independent does every letter ap
pear of a connexion with its neighbours:
nnd last of all, we often see an accomplished
Miss, who can execute fill agree work, draw
and paint to admiration, play exquisitely on
the piaffe, repeat half of Campbell. Cowper,
Lalla Rookh, and the chaste selections of
Byron, writing in an album lines and letters
which might be supposed to represent a
goblin dance. Why then not devote a few
hours occasionally to the correction of this
absurdity ? No art is more essential to a
gentleman or lady than that of writing, and
yet none is itflpre neglected. It is the me
dium of copnmunication between separated
lovers and-friends, and. it is the record of
the mind, which we transmit to our poste
rity; and what will he morel pleasing to a
son o*- daughter, when we have been long
hidden by the tomb, than to see the memo
rials of a beloved parent written in a style
that can be exhibited with pride?
These remarks I have been induced to
make from the circumstance of having seen
numerous specimens of improvement made
by the pupils under the tuition of Mr.
Tucker, together with his own execution in
the art: the former of which may he seen
at any time by application to him, and the
latter, where it is now exhibiting, at Mr.
A. Graham’s store.
A FRIEND TO PENMANSHIP.
rites, ho devotional exercises cxtqnt in
Christendom, so admirably calculated to
move the sceptical, or obdurate of heart, as
those of the methodists, more especially
those of the night, at their camp meeting.
For. if the persuasive and reasoning powers
of their preachers fall short of their object,
there are attending circumstances which
never fail to produce the desired end..
The gloom of the midnight hour, render
ed more gloomy by the clustering tree's, the
thick volumes of dark and widely spreading
smoke which arise from feeble fire3, kin
dled upon man}' rude altars, the light of
which, foiling in yellow and uncertain beams
on the visages and grouping of the assem
bly, give to the scene an aspect singularly
indistinct, yet awfully impressive ; and when
to these are added, the loud imprecations
“ on the broken law ”—the calls of admoni
tion—the entreaty-r—the groan of agony—
the shriek of despair, all commingling in one
mighty swell, and rushing with full flood
upon the senses—resistless, overwhel ming
—then ebbing, and returning at intervals,
with lessened, yet convulsed billow, till
naught is heard, save the confused murmur-
ings of the past scenes, as they are borne
through the etherial ocean to the port of
Mercy, the soul becomes filled with such a
quickening influence, that every sublunary
consideration is yielded up or forgotten in
wonder, fear, and love !
And then what a scene presents itself to
observation on the morning succeeding to
such a night! Drenched with dew’—pale
and prostrate on the earth, cringing, writh
ing, agonizing, are to be seen, those who,
but a few hours before, forgetful of their de
pendence, their infamy, their nothingness,
stood bold erect, and dared, unblusling or
alarmed, to look on Heaven! A call had
been made, and more—attended to. The
blow of inexorable justice was thence sus
pended.
Contrasted to such a spectacle, you at
the same moment behold, like ministering
angels, those, out of whom, long since, the
“ ovil one ” had been driven, pouring into the
convinced ear, the rich balm of comfort, or
joining in sweet cadence, the lessening
hymn of those, who, having “ wrestled all
night with the Lord,” now bask in the de
lightful consciousness of their victory !
A Camp Meeting ! It is the place where
those tenets, so congenial in their affinity to
that divine portion of himself, which God
has placed in the souls of his rational beings,
walk forth in all the omnipotence of their
character. It is the place where the spirit
creative answers to the kindred call of the
spirit created ! The theme is love !—Im
mortality and Heaven the covenant.
cruel in its mercy, and as oppresssive in its compas
sion as it is unyielding in its tyranny. Such a corn-
10 Mhalion, with an objecg^apparently merciful, while
its tendency is virtually oppressive, is a scandal
[upon the humanity they profess to exercise, and an
'm
mESMH
FROM THE WASHINGTON NEWS.
[By Request.]
Camp Meetings.—The objections which
have existed against this class of religious
assemblages, begin to .dissipate before the
manifestations of its heaven blest influence.
The trained theologist has met its power
has conflicted with its welfare—and has
yielded, at last, the victim of its benign in
vincibility! Before its march, prejudice
hath bowed, and bigotry and pride have been
led captive. That hi&rarchal assumption,
which has been wont to characterize the
conduct of a certain denomination of Chris-
tipns, toward the Methodists, their forms
and doctrines, if not wooed from its ilfiberal
and haughtj exercises ty the dove mildness,
the unresisting humility, and the soul-touch-
mg prayers and practices which have home
this people, like the primitive followers of
our blessed Redeemer, through an ordeal,
which none but the favoured of Jehovah
could have withstood,.it has ceased to huzza
its aspersions and derisions, because of the
impervious mantle of protection and respec
tability, which an enlightened nnd enlighten
ing community has, at length, thrown around
thesm.
A t a camp meeting, whnl is the excellent
improvement whiffi the moral minded at
tendant may not realize? What, the ineffable
bliss that does no4 pour its cordial into the
pious heart. A (lamp meeting is the feast
of saints—i t is a Hospital to the diseased of r
soul, . There religion tells her inspired
tale, is heard, ahd trusted. There the
strong are strengthened, and the weak are
healed. ! \
It is a fact, which we promulgate without
the fear of contradiction, that there are no
Convention, tfr No Convention.—This
question demands the attention of the elec
tors, on the first Monday in October next.
Although very little seems to be given it in
this vicinity, we believe it is otherwise in
some parts of the state, and would again
particularly call the attention of our readers
to that subject. We have heretofore ad
vanced objections to a convention, and deem
it unnecessary to recount the n. The object
js stated in a resolution of the last legisla
ture, (in to-day’s paper.) ** exclusively”
for the purpose of’eqiializitig our system of
representation,, nm} 'reducing the number of
members so as to correspond with their pre
sent accommffljwys. Plausible arguments
are advanced in, ofat convention, the
the most prominent of which is, that the
minority governs the mafbrity. The only
remedy which seems to offer is, that two,
three, or more small counties should form a
district for a senator and representative. We
could not possibly conceive a proposition
more unpopular than this would be with all
thusaffpeted by itl and tlvhich would create
and entail more sectional disaffections and
dissatisfaction. To be curtailed in right?
which have been enmyed without even a
suspicion of their being disturbed# since the
settlementofthe state, would light aflame of
contention heretofore unequalled in Oeor
gia. We acknowledge the error of our
system of representation, but are convinced,
suffering it to exist, would be far less an evil
than to endure the proposed remedy. It al
so strikes us as a novel doctrine in the his
tory oflegislation, that (as has been avowed)
a state constitution should be altered to ac
commodate a representative body to the
size of a particular house or room. This
involves a question, a slight view of which
will show, upon what rests the principal part
of the support a convention will receive. If
the present state-house does not answer its
purpose, the subject ofa removal of the seat
of government, will, of course, be brought
before the legislature with renewed strength,
and additional grounds for support. Should
any portion of our population feel ihteres
ted in its removal, they manifest *#, as well
as oppose measures that would long tend t6
disturb the peace of the state, by voting
against a c onvention.—JMacon JVfessenger.
sustain them in the event of any member of
the Seriate desiring further investigation.
Respectfully yours. &c.
JOHN BRANCH.
Mr. Pf,f.sident.—As I cannot consis
tently with a sense, of duty, give a silent
vote on the present occasion, I must ask tho
indulgence of the Senate for a few moments
while I shall attempt in a plain frank and brief
manner to give them tjie reasons why I am
unwilling to advise anchoqnsent to this ap
pointment.
I am duly impressed with the momentous
duty we are about to perform, and the im
portance of the crisis, connected with the
deep responsibility which attaches to each
and every meml*er ; and hence my solici
tude to arrive at trutli by the best reflections
which I have been capable of bestowing on
the subject.
To guide and direct us on this, as well as
every other occasion, it may be well, first,
to look to the commission under which, and
from which we derive all our powers, to wit:
the Constitution of the U. States, which
we have all taken a solemn oath, to preserve,
maintain and defend, not in the letter only,
but according to its true intent and mean-
»ng. While I readily admit that the letter,and,
perhaps, the rigid construction of that instru
ment, does not imperatively forbid the con
firmation of this nomination ; yet I hazard
nothing in saying that every reason which
could have operated on the Convention to
induce them to insert the following clause,
applies with increased force to influence the
Senate to reject the distinguished individual
whose nomination we are now about to act
upon. The qlpuso is ns follows:
“ No Senafor or representative shall, du
ring the lime for which he was elected, be
appointed to any civil office under the au
thority of the United States, which shall
have been created, or the emoluments
whereof shall have been increased during
such time ; and no person holding any of
fice under the United States, shall be a
member of either house during his continu
ance in office.”
I would ask, why and wherefore is it that
no member of either House is permitted to
bold an office which he has assisted to cre
ate, or the emoluments of which have been
increased by his vote 1 Because, sir, it was
vfisely foreseen that he might bo -influenced
to vote for the one or other from mercena
ry or interested motives. What is the pre
sent case? Henry Clay, a member of the
House of Representatives, has mnde, or, if
you please, has mainly c ontributed to make
John Q. Adams President of these United
States, and this President, thus made in op
position to I he known will and wishes of
the American people, and under circum
stances of an extraordinary character, has
called upon the Senate of the United States
to advise and consent that this efficient
friend, a member of the very House that
has conferred on him the Chief Magistracy
of this republic, should be made Secretary
of State. I would respectfully ask wheth
er, in sanctioning or confirming this nomi
nation, we are not infringing on the obvious
policy of the Constitution ? For if a mem
ber may be supposed to voti
office, or to increase the
to his individual gain,
much propriety be suspei
sordid or interested coni
he make^ an officer, who, ti
an office ? I will not trespi
of the Senate, by any further
trate and enforce the coincii
reasons in the two cases. They
cate an
view
h as
‘from
, when
y is Him
lie/time
to illus-
b of the
must be
FROM THE RALEIGH (n. C.) STAB.
Wake County, August 27, 1S27.
To Messrs, Lawrence & Lemay :
Gentlemen,—'The incorrect impression at
tempted to be made on the public mind in
relation to the proceedings of the Senate of
foe United States, on the nomination of the
Honorable Henry Clay, as Secretary of
®tate, in March, 1825, hris placed me in the
unpleasant dilemma of acquiescing in what
every Senator
apparent to;every intelligent mind. Again,
waving all objections which manifestly re
sult from the foregoing considerations. I
would ask, whether, from n decent respect
to public sentiment, we ought not to put
our veto on this nomination ? I am not pre
pared to assert positively that corruption
has mingled with this transaction ; but this
much I feel authorised to say v and believe,
that the circumstances connected with the
recent Presidential election and thi? nomi
nation are sufficient to fix on the public
mind the strongest suspicions that they have
been cheated out of their rights by corrup
tion and intrigue ; and, inasmuch as our
government is based on public confidence,
it is of the very last importance that our
foundation be well guarded. The adminis
tration of the government should not only
be pure, but its purity, as far as practiaahlc,
should not be suspected. Let us view things
as they exist in practical life. The Senalc
was prudently designed to act as a check
on the appointing power, not, I admit, to 1 e
exercised capriciously, but fearlessly and in
dependently when the public good requires.
How often have we eulogised and boasted
ol our republican institutions ; our happy
distribution of foe powers of the govern
ment ; the salutary checks and balances to*
be found in our Constitution ; and foe effec
tual barriers which have been provided 4o
prevent the encroachment of either upon the
powers of the other, and the consequent pro
tection to all classes and interests ? But if
these things are only to be found* in the
theory of our government, I would nofgive
afigfof thenO The differenMepartraents
should, in some respects, be considered ns
rivals, each Watching every Opportunity to
strengthen itself «nd wealtlnits rival. Let
us, therefore, be vigilant’in the OXercise Of
our constitutional powers, guarded u d
against -open assault as covert, insiduoS
encroachment. For, however 1
high sounding may berfee sent
^■ present must know to hfetl w Bummient wmc
*rong, or submitting to a candid world the sometimes hear uttered of independent
eiharks, -end the only remarks that were ® f #e people, foe legitimate proprietor n
made on foe<occasi
determined! to f»
publication. I will
fie
‘f' have, therefore
them forthwith for
ily add, ihaJpeveral of
urrence in the
declared lo me that
ee*
this
people, the legitimate proprietors of
government, yet, this indeoendeiMje
connected with a dependence on* the dis
pensing power, is fraught with
itingiushed Senators expressed alarming consequences to the lib
people; forx as we recedejfroriu
imperceptibly glide into the