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l&ft, he has beftoweJ much atten
tion cn the improvement and ex*
tension of his fortifications. His
Lordship will therefore, rrteet with
a warmer reception than he antici
pates. Should he i'ucceed, howe
ver, I should not be surprised if the
philanthropic Job any, in his rage for
legitimacy, should hold the Re
gency in his own fate-keeping, un
til search should be made through
the Numidian forefts, for a lineal
descendant of either the renowned
Bypiiax, or redoubtable Massiriisas.
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1 H E N E W 3.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 28
Among the eccentricities which
naturally grow out of a high de- !
gree of liberty, is that of an extreme
latitude in all official ads that em
anate from the people. Grand ju
ry presentments are the rnoft re
markable for this. These bodies
pt citizens have wandered step by ’
step so far from their original pro
vince, that it may be, perhaps, in
ftrndive and ufeful, for them to
look back with us, and furvev the
extreme breadth of their devia
fioh. What then is a grand jury ?
What Is the object of that institu
tion ?. A fid what are its proper
duties ? ,
We understand it to be in its
judicial character, a prt of the Su
perior Court in each county to al
list in the trial of causes. , And
that in its inqififitonal capacity its
jproibAie anti duty is, fha* of i ge
neral fupervifiou of the body of the
county. To inquire and present
to the court, all violations of the
cxiiting laws, that the guilty may
be punched. The laws proceed j
cn the well known truth, that :
thole matters in which all are !
equally concerned, will be attend- |
ed to by none. Left, therefore,
delinquents should escape, merely j
through thk indifference, or inat- ;
ter.tion 6f the people, a ce'taih 1
number of the facts raped able of !
the citizens are periodically defig- I
nated by lot hs censors of the mo
rals of the COUNTY, to inquire |
diligently, and to inform the court \
of all offences against the exifling I
laws.
Without pretending to be learn- j
ed in the law, we are confident to ;
fay, that this ontline contains the !
sum and (übftance of the nature,
province, and duty of Grand Ju
rors—ar outline that every citizen
is bound to know. How widely
have they differed then from their j
original and proper province! No
longer censors of the morals of their
own county people, they now tread
at pleasure into any county of the
State —not contented with attend
ing to the execution of existing
laws, they now undertake to point
out how the laws ought to be
made, And they are found not
to trouble themselves so much of
late with the detail of individual
delinquencies, since they have tak
en up the whole sals bufmefs of
presenting a State Legislature, the
Congress of the United Stares, the
Birbary Powers, or the Empire of
Britain and Ireland. Indeed it is
not to be expected that so finall a
body of men, who have the whole
weight of the country on their
(houlders, to praise the Navy, to
encourage the Army, to fupervifn
the National Treasury, and criticile
our Foreign Diplomacy ; men,
who have to watch Spain O',
the one hand, the Indians on the
other, and to attend at odd times
to our own State Government, it
is not to be expe&ed that men
with their hands so full, can watte
milch time on the ‘riding matters
of their ovVr county. The Grand
‘Jury of this County have, however,
pons still a step further They have
undertaken to infor m and dired the
people what description cf candidates
to eled hereafter , which naturally j
enough, (on the event of difobedi ,
ence) may lead to the presentment i
of all tire people of the U St <tes ! ‘■
lhe abide may be accounted for
in this way. In ftridnels, the
Grand Jury ought to present no
offences but such as on conviction
are punishable by the Court.
But the Inqutft in many cases
not knowing which are i: cfictable,
ihty of courle arc led ro no".ice .na
ny that are not so ; and thus hav
ing innocently, and almost una
voidably oVerftepped rhe exaCt
boundary, they have since wander
ed at random into any part of the
Empire, and every department of
the Government
While this was confined to idle
animadvertion on any parr of the
general or local Adminiltration,
to Ipeculation on political fubjeCts,
or declamation on topics of nation
al feelings, although, unfit for a
Court, it was no more t han merely
idle, and therefore harmless—Af
ter the fatigues of a busy term, it ‘
may, perhaps, have been a fouree
of entertainment to the Bar and t ie
audience, to hear a chapter on Go
vernment, Or a political tflfay’
from the Grhnd jury, concluding
always with a compliment to the
Judge in the established form, for
“ his attention to business ” during
\ these things, if they were
nibt edifying, were certainly miio-,
cent. But when it >‘s attempted to
dictate to, or even to influence the
people in this way, the case is
changed, a Court of justice he- ,
comes an ele&ioneering grrmne
We would unfit here to be disc adly
underftorod as not intending . t
cufs the opinions a- var.cec by ni'e
Grand Jury, whether they were
cor'Yeft or not, is a ftperate quef- ,
fion, I’lie truth is, V/s concur |
with them in mod of rh. pofithms i
taken, but whether flu fe opinions j
be in themselves right or wrer g,
v/e folenmly protest again ft the me
thod of promulgation Addieft
ing oiirfclves, therefore, Yo the
hi tit court of public opinion : we
do present it as a grievance, that j
these things are seen in our land
We present il as a grievance, that
jurors should thus do rhofe things
which they ought not to do, and
lev- vc un one thole tilings that the y
ought to do. And finally, we pre
sent as the greatest grievance cf ail ,
that so foletnn and so sacred a place
as a Court of Justice, should ever
be made the theatre ol an ele&ion
canvals.
The cempenfation bill has roused
those spirits that would orherwife
have fiurrbered ai their polls for want
of of occupation. It has done more ;
it has not only pointed the pens of
fome of our abieft writers, but has in
spired those; wirh eloquence who nev
er spake before.
In Kentucky. particularly, it hat
excited much controverfey, and predu
ced an eppofition to fome men, whefe
popularity might have been supposed
invulnerable. We r are not furprized
at the force of public opr ion, thus ex
cited, in which confilts the moral
strength of our government ; but we
are furprized that the public opinion
should be what it is We should be
still rmre concerned, should this fin
ale mtafure, right or wrong, be per
mitted to cancel the m
honelt afliduity and ch.
iuport of the belt infei
tion. Ir would be truly
rhe re-election of such
Clay and Richard M ft
be jeopardised by a vo
believed to have been wifi
ery one known to have
and difinterefled. Even
votes unwise, on this quefl
we humbly think has nevei
monftrated, it would afford
cient ground for excluding i
feats in Congress, which they
formly filled with honour t
selves and advantage to their c
Every human being is fallih
none ought robe condemned
gie error, (especially on a
question,) except by thole whi
is lied of iheir own claim to
bility,
1 ha’ ReprcfentatiVes are r
to the Pionie for a due exe 1
the duties entrufled hem, it .
needing oo demor.lt ration
ver cochl hav; been defigiu
framers ol the constitution, t
tive dunes Oiould b? perforn
out adequate compensation,
gt.diifor, it appears to us, fin
p aoed not only above the teny j
ro agv’rsndtze himfeif by direct
niai v “benefits but also above the
ducuo.i (J moVe lucrative buts ..or*,
nate uftiees in the gift of the Execu
tive. It cannot be correct that the
Representatives of the people lhotsid
be lbinted to a compen'futio i, (as here
tofore,) inferior to that of their subor
dinate clerk s, and even to that of the it
doorkeepers.
Nat. htt.
A letter from Mu.:.-, i ... anted June 6, sky's,
“An accident ot’ ilit* most distressing nuturt
took [)l..ct y smdiy. Tlie large steam boat
built at V\ baling came toai oior(litre ll.• day
beti>ie yesterday at e\enm f > Abe bud st t out.
wi.hoiu beingpreparod tor ;lie purpose, and
wks detained uui-mg the night for some iron
wmk. They raised tne s’emi too high before
slit sui-leU, and while the hands were all called
together ana m the act of raising the anchor,
the boiler exploded at the end next to them.
U was tenable bey md conception’i almost all
wt ,v tci it (i- \ci board and dreadfully burned.
U.ae u ■ 1 ■. tied, and 15 or 16 much iirjured.
S,:v at a u t night, nd >. or J more must die.
A. i avivars ago : gentienian of a southern j
ha: tM . It) h: vtu ; - given onto cause of of.
t e a br iber lawyer, received a challenge !
Ironi Mr. T wh in lie had insulted. i). ac
cepted the challenge; but having come upon
4 i .t, pointed g t t.u:.u unprepared ‘for a bloody
mi mu'ion o tre quarrel, ‘1 ■ required a writ*
in acknowk bj--.sic:d of ins error, and a suit*
able afioltigy*, wlec) 1), jr dily paVe. Tln'se
papers civ published tfirongtiout the couu- j
e , i.jla t.irmi ol D. meeting him soon after* !
cauls, enquired why he had so tooli.dlly, so
basely consented to such a public exposure
and ciariiig that life was not worth have.,, on
such terms. Vqtio,” replied U- “ take my
word fiir it, I hau radier fill lorty ‘newspapers
than cihe ci fan.”
Ralegh nearly destroyed by fire l j
Tlie foiiowmg are extracts f f a lette. from a
gentlemen jin jUt.leiglf, to tin* Editor, but lor
w.mt ot ;:0m prevtn * our.giving a copy oi the
wii le • —Oi. toe night of the lltfc inst. a fl RK j
broke out ~t In lioiiseof Mi S -,av., kept as a i
Grocery; from frfiich itsp ‘ad with tinconi
mon vapidity, t.iJ it lisd des'idyi ICo < ‘/o
houses. \V<* have not I (■eii n forrin i that any |
lives were lost, ‘Hie amount oi pioperly <m
caicutaud, h•• supposed to be immense. We .
are sony to m.p n the ciiizens • t that place ;
ofr'emissness it. prm idtng against the • sh-. s or
that distrltc ive fit meal bit’ It appears that j
litre was a total want af the meat.S to ex. in- .
t'utsh it.
liALl’i.MOiin, June 8.
The Washington, T 4, with Mr, Pinckney
and suiti ot, board, sailed from Annapolis yes*
erday ab./Ut o’clock.
Norfolk, June 7 •
ANCHOR FISIITNG—Four small vessels
a longing o New* lie llurd, came in to bis pott |
on Wednesday Ut& : ,witji 2o,o'H) wt.ot anchors, |
widen they had fished oj> from the bottom ot
Lynueaveii Bay. [Herald.
‘ According <o tin late General-ftrder, the
Aids-dc Cutup of tlic United Mates Army, me,
,i. future to be tu.cu from the Subalterns ot
the line.
Messertu, in his justificatory memorial, says,
.ontent with fame and.fortune, he was careless
who was King.
It was so with many Revolutionis's-
The estimated annual revenue cf the New
Canal heiwec-n Edinburgh and Glascow, Scot
iur.,l, i 4.l,fXWl* i'he passenger of the couches
witicli “o between those places at e reckoned at
4,0.00( suuuntifv.
t heii .il> M*r. Neville lias been offered ten
* thousand dollars for Ilia horse Sir (ushua—-
London, dpril 20.
On Monday, ‘1 c North Star, 2d, arrived front
Jamaica and Huvaoouh, with Upwards ot on •
million of dollar > >,,0000 • a.. mu ot gov-
I cromc.it, SW, el ■’ g'-d. *” uivtc!-- n’.t.
.. ** ftlli'W
him in.” But what was La Haq/s
surprise ft) ice his pupil; he wilhed
to apologize, but Alexander plac
ing his finger upon his lips, laid*
“■ my dear tutor, do not mention
it, an hour to you, is w'orth a day
to me ; anc! belults, I have had a
hearty breakfaft wiiii yourfervants,
which 1 (hould have loft, had t been
admitted when I came.” The por
ter’s feelings may be better ima
gined than deferibed : but Alex
ander laughing, laid, ‘ I like you
the better for it, you are an honeffc
servant, and there is one hundred
roubles to convince you I think Cos.
! iMfi.W THEATRE
inil be presented by the Thes
plans of this place , on Fri
day the sth of July nex /,
THE MUCH ADMIRED, GRAND
DRAMA GF
AB JELLING.
To ’which will be added tbs of tel*
piece of
‘TU ALL A FARCE.
The drama ot Abafihno,
when first introduced from the
German, oh the English and
American stages, was perfor
med m London an hundred,
and iii New-York twenty
nights m succession to crow
ded houses, and still contin
ues to be a very popular play
in tlio.se places, ine moral,
incident and style are of that
happy cast, which will ever
excite in the reader or spec
tator a lively interest.- 1 his
exhibition will close t’m* per
formances fi,r this si.'mm r
CAUTION.
Whereas my wife Elizabeth
Mallory, lias left my bed anti
board without any provocation,
whatever, this is to roiwarn all
persona from trading with, or har
bouring her on my account as 1 ain
not accounrable for any of her
contracts, —thole that do not com
i ply with this notice, may expect
j the law to he pvt in rapid force a*-
l -rainfl them.
\VM. H. MALLORY
\ June 13 —-t
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