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^ter, a ropy of what is railed ti e Subtreesury
bill. It is entitle J 11A bill more efleclually
to secure the public money in tin
hands of officers and agents of the Government,
and to punish public defaulters." I:
occupies 30 pages of foolscap, and contains
32 sections. We shall give an abstract ol
it next week.
The Legislature of Massachusetts is In
session and it is stated that upon an offieial
examination of the popular vote for Govern,
or Judge Morton is found to have a majority
of four.
Nomination for Governor. The
Charleston Mercury, after very highly complimenting
Col. Richardson, late R^presen
sentutive in Congress from this district, nominates
him for the office of Governor; and
the Courier seconds the nomination.
The Administration party of North Carolina
held a convention in Raleigh on the
8th inst. and nominated Judge Romulus M.
Saunddrs as their candidate for Governor :
Judge Saunders has accepted the nomination
and resigned his Judgeship.
The Emancipator has ccme out agains
Gen. Harrison as a candidate for the Presidency.
It is true" says that paper,
? Gen. Harrison's person..! demonstrations
[in favor of slavery] are !< ss recent than
Mr. Van Burcn's; but they are much stronger."
Several striking facts are stated in
proof that Gen. Harrison is very, very far
from abolitionism.
Northern Rail Roads after th?* heaviest
fulls of snow are cleared in a few hour* und j
ready for the cars.
The third decennial convention of Medical
Colleges and Medical Societies, for the
review and correction of the " Pharmnco.
^ ? of the United Slates," met in Wash^
ington on the 1st instant, and adjourned on
the 3d. A committee of seven were appointed
to prepare and publish the revised
edition.
Delegates are now in Washington from j
each of the parties into which theCherokees
are divided, ... I
Indecorous personalities in the House
of Representatives.?Congress and the
nation have repeatedly been disgraced during
the present si ssion by the undignified
..kl,!.
nnu vulgar pcrswiio lines t\? ?mvi, ?vu?>members
have suffered themselves to de.
scend. An instance occurred in the House
on the 2d inst. Mr. Jenifer of Maryland
rose to comment on remarks repored in
the Globe, as having been made by Mr.
Bynam of N. C. but which Mr. J. had not
heard, and in which the term bullies was
applied to Mr. J. and ethers. Mr. J refer
red to "un affair of honor" between himself
and Mr. B. which seems to have been settled
on the Held satisfactorily to both par ies.
Yet Mr. J. says : "Since the 7th day of
June, 1836, (a day which that member,
no doubt, well remembers*) I have purposely
avoided noticing any tiling he might say,
or iti any manner coming in contact with
him, well knowing that no laurels were to
be gained, where even victory would be a
disgrace."
Mr. Bynam made a reply which closed
os follows "If the gentleman had culled
upon me, I wou d have explained to him mv
meaning : and if he had been agg-ieved by
the use of the word "bully," I would have
told hitr. tint by that term 1 meant a politica
champion. But if that genth man undertakes
to be my lec.urer in this House, we
cannot bo'h stay here?nor long in this
world. 1 have no more to sny."
Mr. Stanley, of N. C. next rose, and
3|h asked ifthe term bully had been applied to
him in an offensive sense.
Mr. By nam replied that he never con.
sidered his colleague a bully in any 6ense.
From Mr. Stanleys' reply we copy the
following sentences.
"Never before, Mr. Speaker, have I met
a North Carolinian from home that I did
not feel mv heart yearn towards him as to
""" -y ^
a brother. No matter if we iind been foes
at home?abroad I couM not look upon
him as an enemy. But, sir, shortly nfa r
my arrival here, I warned my colleagues not
to introduce me to this individual, i have
never looked upon him and thought of my
native State that I did not feel ashamed."
"At the last session of Congress I conie
info collision with that individual, and np
plied to him, personally, the most grossly
offensive-#pithe:s. Ho made a direct, unequivocal
threat that he would have satisfaction.
I wait' d, patiently, to hear from him
?but, sir, I have never heard a word from
him since that day. If, therefore, sir, I had
heard the remarks which he says he made,
I could not and should not have taken the
least notice of him."
After Mr. Stanly sat down, Mr. Byoam
said Bah !
Mr. Stanly saiJ to Mr. Bynum that ho
was a beggar for his life and for what of
character he had left.
Mr. B. then rose and said "When and
where puppy, puppy, puppy 1" and the
matter here clos d.
In a report of the matter which we hav??
seen in some paper, one of the parties is
represented to have said ;o his opponent
that if he had him in the "ro undo" he?
would be witling to settle the matter there;
?that is, we suppose, he*d gouge him, or
perhaps bite off iiis nose or his lip.
Verily it is duo to the character of the
nation by the House of Representative s that
they adopt and rigidly enforce a rule
^ requiring any member who uses offensive
personalities in deba'e immediately to take
* * l>im n (Min In nni.
nis seal, anu luruiuumg v0v.,. >v
ceed on that occasion.
Maine and Georgia?New York and
Virginia.?VVc stated a few weeks wince
that a bill had passed the House of Representatives
of Georgia, the object which was
to subjoct vessels from Maine to aquaratinc
of 100 days. The bill was, on the las
day of the session, postponed in ihe Sen.
Ate, to a day beyond the session, that i
rejected, by a majority of five votes.
if a conflict it to arise between the Nor;h
and the South on the slavery question, it
. behooves the South to 'ake care that il
shall be only in a cas?* in which our adver>
sarhs shall clearly appear to !>e the aggr< s.
sors. The Georgia case is hardly such a
one according to the account ol it which we
i have seen. This account states that the
slave carried off, went on hoard the vessel
without 'he knowledge of P.jelhrook and
K*'ll run, who had charge oi her, and who
are now demanded as fugitives from
justice,-.that In* was not discovered by them
tor some da)S ?fler they had gone to sea,
?that when they discovered him, they
could not, owing to the nature of the cargo,
return to port without great injury to their
employers,?and that wben the vessel
reached her destination, p'*rsohs frorrl
Georgia, who had travelled by land and
gone ahead ofher, were in waiting and did
;<c ually apprehend and take charge of the
slave on board the vessel, as soon ns she
en.cred the port, and before Phelbrook and
Kelleran had time to shew what it was their
purpose to do n the case. And ?t is alleged
that the Governor of Maine now refuses
to deliver these men, from on apprehension
that they muy be punished, und perhaps
put to death, w hen the facts do not afford
proof of criminal intention, or of any act
which coul I perhaps have been properly
J avoided ; unless it was mere want of vigil
once whilst in port and at the time of leaving
it; a fault into which any commander might
have fallen. This statement of the facts
wo saw in a northern paper, the editor of
which wo are sure could not have intended
to deceive his readers; though he may
possibly hive been deceived himself. If
I the statement is correct the whole South are
[ under obligation to Mr. Gordon, Senator
in the Georgia Legislature from Chatham
county, to whose exertions the deleat of die
hill referred to above is asreibed. We do
not say that Maine, or her Governor, who,
quoad hoc nrgotium et hoc tempus, is the
Mate, intended faithfully to fulfil her obligation
to the state of Georgia, as well as to
her own ci:iz<'ns; hut the con rary does not
appear with .sufficient clearness to make the
case one on which to ground an issue <?n
il?e slavery question, if such an issue mus1
be forced upon us.
' The rase betw on Virginia and New
York is of an altogether different character.
The following extract from the message of
Gov. Campbell 'o die L"gislature of Virgin,
ta exhibits its points.
"During my absence from the sea! of government
in the summer, a demand was
made upon the Governor of New York by
die Lieuteaam Governor of this common
wealth, for t'ie surrender of three persons,
charged by affidavit with h iving feloniously
stolen and carried away from the S.ute of
Virginia a i.egro slave, the property of ?
citizen of the borough of Nut folk, in this
stit<\
'These men (being found in the harbor
of New York, with the negro alledged to
have been stol? n, concealed in the nold oi
lie. unuoul in uil.ich 11fi u'a< riirrii'd mv.'iv
11^ t VOOV I I ?.w n WW - ?- - .. w
from the port of Norfolk,) were arr?s ed,
for tie-purpos of await ng til" demand or
the Executive of this State for heir surrender
in the mode prescribed by the act of
Congress. The demand was m ide, and
the Governor of New York, waiving some
technical objections of form, which m?gir
hnve been easily obviated, refused :ocon?
ply with the demand of ttie Executive, o
this State upon tue broad and undisguised
denial of his obligation, to deliver up any
person charged with a felony or crime in
stealing a slave.
4-l send herewi h the correspondence
between the Executive of this State and of
New York upon the subject.
To remove all possible doubt of the
principles o t which the Governor of NewYork
has refused to perform, what I regard
with all proper respect for bis opinions, as
a olvin and manifest cons iutional duty, I
wiil quote from his letters to the Lieutenant
I Governor so much as is necessary, to exhibit
his conclusions.
Unsays, admitting lite affidavit to be
sufficient in form and substance, io cha'ge
th" defendants with the crime of s'ealinga
negro si ne from Ins master in the S ate of
Virginia, as defined by t!>ela\vsof thutstae
yet in my opinion the offence is not within
the meaning of the constitution of the United
Sia es.'
"The Executive of New York then
admits that the words employed in tho
constitution, 'treason, felony, or oihcr crime,
are very comprehensive;*?'that citizens of
the state on which the requisition is made
are liable to be surrendered ns well as
citizens of the state making ihe demandthat
the Executive upon whom the demand
is made, has no legal right lo refuse eom
pliance, if she off nee charged is nn act of
treason, felony, or other crime,* within the
meaning of the constitution.' He then
expresses the opinion, Mhat it is not competent
Cnr r.nv atntt*. at its nleasure. to declare
" -*V * ? I - an
act to bo treason, felunv. or other crime,
go as to bring ifwithin t!i? provisions of he
constitution,'and that'the provision applies
only to those acts which, if commit'ed
within the jurisdiction of the state in which
the person accused is found, would be
treasonable, felonious, or criminal by the
laws of that state."
"After a train of reasoning in vindication
of these novel and extraoidinary positions,
which I do not mean to notice further than
to express that it is wholly unsatisfactory
and inconclusive, the Governor of New
York proceeds to say that there is no law
of he S are of New York which recognize*
slavery, no statute which admits that nn?
man can be the proper y of anotner, or tUa
one man cun be stolen from unother,' and
that 'the common iuw which is in force in
New York does not recogn ze slavery, nor
make the act of which the parties are accused
in this case either f< lonious or erimin >'
He therefore concludes'tha* the offence o
; nol a felony nor a crime within the mean
ini? of the const tution,* and he refused t.
surrender the persons charged." *
Tlie two clauses of the constitution whicf
' bear upon this subject are tlie 2d. and 3d. o
Art. IV. sec. 2, as follows:
i A person charged in any state with treason
; felony or ANY other crime, wbo shall de<
H re is distinctly avowed the doctrine
that an offence against si .very; fcr property
in slaves is not a crime for winch the constitution
require the G<?verno?* of New
York to delivt-r H e offender if he flees in'o
that state nr.d is demanded by theexecutive
authority ol tile s ate from which he fled ;
and for this reason, that slavery s not recognized
in New York, and i's criminal
I co le do' snot take eogri'ZanCe of the crime
of stealing one man fiom a no; her. J
According to tins doctrine, although
New York, as an inducement for slavchol
ding spates to enter into a Union with her.
voluntarily and solemn y pledged herself to |
deliver slaves escaping into iier terri ory,
yet she may protect, and encourage h^r |
citizens in aiding or procuring their escape ! ,
And this her Governor puts forth as a fair
interpretation of the constitutional compact j
on this point. ,
If any one of the states is now dissatii- ,
fled with the compact as it exists, let her ,
manfully say so and honestly propose eith. '
era change or a dissolution ; and not at* .
tempt to slink from her obligations by a j
mean resort to absurd quibbles. Let the
people of any state in ihe Union deliberate. .
ly adopt and act out ihe doctrine of Gov. |
Seward, and it will be the instant duty of j
every slave holding state, thenceforth, most f
rigidly to exclude all the citizens of such j
state from their territories. But it may be
replied that the cons iiution secures to the r
citijt'Tis of oach s'h e the privileges and immunises
of citizens in the several sta es.? c
True: hut tlie offending stale, in the case v
supposed, throws h? rs< If without the ptilo of [
the constitution,and forfeits all privileges and a
immunities secur? d to her citizens by that
ms rument s
But is the Confederacy or Union depen- p
dent upon the whim of n Governor, or of n
even a state, . for carrying into etF ct the
provisions of the constitution, when the (|
rights of other s an s or of tint cmzen9 of z
other stales are involved ? Although the
demand of a fugitive from justice must be -j
made by ihe executive of the state from
wh ch he fled, it >s no' said that ir sh ill be
made of theexecu ive of the state to winch
lie h;is gone. Doe* the term "demand"
imply tant the call is 'o he made upon the 0
auth nties of t ie state / If so the Govern- p
or won! I be the proper officer. B;r f 'his
was t'?c intention wliy was i? no specified ?
May not the demand he made upon officers
appointed by the Federal Government?? a
Musi it not have been the in ennon to pro b
vide for a contingei.cy requiring this? The ri
(onstilution eri c s a government wi'h pow. s
ers to execute its own provisions J and is no! t<
a mere trea'y depend mf upon the several ?
parties tbi its execution. Let Congress m
men legislate upon ti?e suhjeet. Oh no, I
say soma ; t'us would be recogn-ziug tie* si
right of Congress to legislate On slavriy.? si
True; the rijht to legislate mo far as the v
rons itiition confers such right and no far'h. p
r ; itiul is th- right to enforce the provision c
of I ho constiiu ion for t protection of s|.?v- a
cry. But il is said tint! if Congress art; if
permitted to legislate on the subject at nil, 8|
they mav legislate as we|| for its ubolition i|
as for is protection. Whence will they M
derive the right or ill" preiexi to do so?? g
From their own act? Can consti u ioiiqI u
legisl ition give a ri^ht *o resort to th ?f t|
which is palpably uneons i.u loiial ? Soni" s
inen seem afraid of th'ir shadow. T >? a
repida ion of many at the very mention of p
at'einpis, or apprehend'd a bmps o i the s
part of those who have no concern with u
slavery to med lie wfli it, is caleula e<l only n
o make an impress on abroad thut w feel n
the inst'iution to be weak and in d inger? w
dependent upon th'' m-re forbearance of its h
enemies. It is neither weak nor in danger; p
and no fenrs seein to us inoro silly than v
tlose which spring from an apprehension \\
hat i is so L"t the slave s'ates, eimer as yj
communities, or hy their representatives in f:
Congress, resolutely and firmly, bu' calmly, f<
I.ike ttte roitSMiunon ?l step* propei to r
cut" ilic provisions ir tin ir articles of union ;i
with o'lu rstates, intended ori both side* o s
s cure ihfir prop rty against any dane' r to n
which 'he union exposed it. If the other *
states (wludi wp cannot yet believe) have f
formed u determination to act in bad faith, f
and r- sisl theox<'c. lion oftneir own \olun- p
taiy solemn engage mollis on ths point, the \
sooner we know it the better. In such case, ^
l< t the i jured parties, wi'hout childish
threats or silly hindering, declare their lor r
iner associates, like other political commu* \
niii' S, l,fc?i?* mies in war, in pence friends." ?
We are pursuaded, however, that a well /
guarded and wis-ly framed act of Congress, f
such as the circumstances call for, would ho h
sustained by the courts, and easdv exec uted /
by the proper officers in any of the states. f
Since the preceding remarks were put (
in typo, wo se<*, in the Maine Farinor, a
somewhat d fferent account of the Maine f
cas". It is there stated thnt the slave was ,
appreh-ndttd by his pursuers, not on board ,
the vess? l, hut in a barn where he had se. ,
creted himself, after leaving the vessel.? j
This somewhat alters the features of the |
case. Phelbrook and Kelleran, one the (
captain, and the other the mate of the ves- j
se), first from wan' of vigilance, pc rm'tted ,
ihe slave to escape from his master on ,
board their vessel; and afterwards, knowing ,
him to be a runaway slave, they carried him ,
into port and suffered him to land ; thereby ,
Aoluntarily contributing to deprive his mas?
r of his services. If the slave had not
nren recovered, the owner could ma main
i civil suit for damages against them, and
oul I probably do so as it is, for the ex,
enso io whieh he was put in pursuing his
slave and the loss of his service. But i
whether an indictment would be, and if so,
at w hat stage of the transaction the [ability
to indictment was incurred, and within tha
> from justice, and be found in any other state,
shall, on demand of the executive authority
>f the stale from which he fled, be delivered
i|? to be removed to the state having jurisdic*
on of the riiine.
No person held to service or labor in one
-tate under the laws th< reor [including slaves
, <?f course] escaping into another shall in con,
-equence of any law or regulation therein, bo
discharged from such service or labor, but
shall be delivered up on claim of the party to
> whom such service or labor may be due.
jurist! etmn of what state are ques ions tc
decide which requires better knowledge n
the law applicable to the case than we pas
sess. O.ving to ih?j confiding, or ra'h"i
variunt laws of the different states b -ariiit
on such cage# and the limitation of diet
jurisdiction to limit- own territories, the cases
cannot he satisfactorily settled by the indi.
vidual states. In some of their features
th?-y come properly and only, within the
jurisdiction of the Federal government.
Forth' Frinnorb Gazette.
At a meeting to organize the Clv-raw
Engine Company,heid at ihe C< unci! Chamber
on Tuesday evening, 14th January,
L840, Col. D. S. Harlleb was call-d to
he C iair, and Thomas A. Bryan appontid
S creiary.
The meeting then proceeded to elect the
ollowing officers, to wit c Captain, 1st Eneneer,
Assistant Engineer, and S"Cretary
md Treasurer. The result of the election
vas, Col. D. S. llurlee, Cap-am, Franklin
rurner, 1st Engineer, Edward B'twrji-s,As.
aslant engineer* and Thomas A. Bryan,
^ cietary and Treasur r.
On mo ion, Resolved. That the Cha r
ippoint ibree to draft a consiitution and by
aws lor the regulation of the company; in
tursuance of which resolution the Chair ap~
?o:nted F. Turn'-r. John J. Marshall, and
Lones W* Bl.ikeney.
Oil mu'ioii, Resolved, That the Cuairnan
be a?JdeH o the Committee.
Resolved, That a committee of the offi:ers
of said company correspond forthwith
with some gentlemen of New York and
'hiladelphta, to ascertain the cost, &c. of
ai Engine for the Company.
Resolved, That the Secretary and Tieanrer
call on all delinquent members lor
he amount of their subscription before the
ie.\t meeting.
Rewlved, That rhe proceedings of this
iieeimg be publish-d in the Fanner's Uaefte
and Cherav Advertiser.
Resoitfd, That the meeting adjourn nil
Tuesday evening next a G o'clock.
1) S. HAKLLEE, Chn.
T. A. Buyan, Sec'ry.
The following coin nuuicuuon has been
n h ?nd some weeks but was unavoidably
os poned.
For tins F.irm *r'i? O iiotfo.
THE KEV. JOHN PIKBPONT.
The name of t'ns distinguished seholir |
nd powerful writer has recently been
roitght before the public, us many of your
pad r* arc aware, under peculiar circumances?but
circumstances well calculated
i raise him still h'gherin th'* cs'eem of Jill
rho have any just regard for tlte welfare of
ocjefv or the happiness of their fellow men.
'he efforts of Mr. Pierpont for t ie ?m*.pres.
ion of internperance were too efficient, it
eeins, to p is* uii'io iced. There ar indiiduals
in the IJollis Street Church, (as
tere are probably in most of the other
linrflipa in Bosonk 11 gen lemen of wealth
*" / t?
nd standing*'? who could but have seen
lat " |heir craft was i:i danger." They rejected
then Pastor?ho had been wjtn
tern for more ilian twenty years?and they
rere awnre that he stood high in toe re
nrds of he conimim ty. But " their craft
'as in dangerand this cons deration, to
lein so irii|M?rtan% could not induce him to
hut his eys on the ravages of intempernoe,
to clone nis rnou'h or lay side his
en. lie felt (do deeply the awful r?-sponibilify
which rests on the minister of Christ,
nd he knew too well his duties as a man,
> mast* Hie sacrifices of principle which lotus'
have made, had he y ehlcd to their
wishes. We say sacrifice nf principle; for,
oth by tim laws of God and man. intern
erance is foul iniquity ?and it requires no
erv 11bored process of reasoning to show
lint the ir idic which leads to ir, is the trafc
of iniquity. Mr. Pierpoilf doubtless, as
ir as w a?. possible, regarded the views and
tidings of the gentlemen alluded o, but lie
egarded the best interests of society, an I
lie cause of aujf ring human ty more. 11aw,
{to borrow Irs wn expressive Ian
:u ?ge) i ip Giant Sin spreading us de.
ol tion anund him?conrng in'o his own
lock, &nd se z tig its vie irns under his o ah
yes?and dooming him to w tness and de
ilore their ruin w hde they yet breathed, an I
n consign oa hop?d 'ss^rave their initialed
>odles when they were d- ad " On such
i scene h" had not the heart to look with
:<>ld indifference. No?his warning voice
vas raised?s-'ind riot in vain !?and his was
1 the head and front of hi* offending." Foi
his he was 'o he punished hy a dismission
torn the people of his charge. The man
igi*rs m those war establishments, the distil
ery and die dram shop. had long had ih ir
yes fixed on the minister of Hollis Sireet
Church. He was too formidable an enemy
?and they hud come to the determination
hat he must, at all events, be put out oj the
cay. Buttocnrry the determination into
sxecution was found to he rather a more
liffieult matter. The ewer prize require] a
greater degree of skill and ingenuity thin
Tails to the share of every man. The gen.
lemon who engag'd in it knew full well that,
in the present onward march of the temperance
cause, (more especially in Massachusetts)?a
cause in which are enli* ecJ the
sympuhrs of the wisest and best men in
I.lis and in other lands,?it would not do to
say to the world that they had turned away
their minister, principally on the account of
his efforts in that cause. S ill, the * report"
of the committee which recommended his
dismission charges him with b iving enter,
ed into the "exciting topic" o[ "temperance"?and
the stubborn facts, which have
b<-en developed in Mr. Pierpont's replies
to the charges brought against him. show
beyond ull controversy, that "hostility to in
Temperance" is the principal, if not the on
|y source of disaffection on the part of hu
opponen's. To what mus\ therefore, l><
ealVd the chief count In M the bill of his in
dictment." the accused pleuds 41 guilty," am
no one can doubt that he has been ' veril;
guilty." Ti'CSe are ''is worJs ;
44 4 Temperance.* Gu l;y, guilty, guilty
? t _i _11 |,.. ?
On thl4 count, geiwrnrn, i s iuii ma*" u
defence. Nolo contendere. Iw llnoicnn
tend with my adversaries. I wonld gladl
i make full confession of all my offences, t
) this behalf, but that4 how great is the sunt
f of them !' Sundays and week days, by day
light nrfd candle light, by lamp light and
moon light; 4 af sundry times, and in di;
vers manners,' in sermon and in song, in
pro3e and in poetry* in rhyme ngd blank
i verse ; m conventicles and conventions, in
ci y and coun'ry, on both sides of the Alh'ghaiiies,and
both sides of the Atlantic;
in pulpits heterodox and in pulpits ortho.
dox ; in st tgei coach and steamer; in winter
and summer; by petition and persuasion
--elm fly' by 44 moral suasion," have I labored
o.i this 4 exciting topic.' My trespasses
on this scdre should be laid with a
'continuando'; for I have continued and
hope to continue them "
If I mistake not, Mr. Editor, I learned
from your paper a few weeks since, that tlm
proceedings agains' Mr. Pmrpont had been
14 nullifi-d," and that he had been thus invited
by Ins people to remain their Pastor.?
Llut whatever may have been, or may yet
be the result, it must interest the whole community;
for it can hardly fiil to advance
the principles of the temperance reform,
and bring nearer the day of its final and
universal triumph.
With the system of faith which the Minister
of Hoilis Sree; Church preaclvs, I am
tar from concurring, believing it essentially
detective and erroneous. Still, I cannot
hut respect him for what he has done for
the rising generation, end for the literature
of our country ; and, more especially, for
his iincomproin'sing warfno aga nsf the
44gunt sin." The following lines, which np.
j pearod some time ago in the Boston Merc.ntile
Journal, shuil close tins communication.
E. II. D.
Cheraw, Dec. 26th, 1839.
LICENSE LAW'S.
BY TltE REV. JOHN PIERPoifT.
"We license ttno for no much gold,"
Said thi*y who filled St. Peter's chair,
"T?? put away thy wife, who's old,
Ami take one th't is young ait J fair:
F ?r public g iod requires * dome
To swell like heaven's, for us at Rome."
'For bo much gold, we license thee,"
So say our laws, "a draught to scl\
That bows the strong, enslaves the free,
Aud opens wide the g?to of hull:
For public good requires that some,
Since in any die, should live by Rum."
Ye civil fathers J whi'e the foeB
Of this destroyer seize their swords,
And heaven's own hail is in the blow9
They're dealing, will ye cut the cords
That round the falling, fiend, they draw,
And o'er him hold your shiold of law ?
And will jo give no man a bill
Divorcing liiui from heiven's high sway.
And whi'e God says, "Thou sh It not kill'
S y ye, "For gold ye in iy, ye may ?"
i Compare the brdy wit It the soul !
Compare the bullet with the bowl!
In which is felt the fiercer blast
Of tho destroying angel's breath 7
Which hinds its victim tho more last 7
Which kills him with the deadlier death ?
Wi lye the felon fo* restrain,
And yet take oif the tigei's chain 7
The living to tho rotten dead
Tile God contending Tuscan tied,
Till by tho way, or on his bed.
The poor coipso carrier droop'dand died :
Lish'd hand to hand and face to face,
In fat J and in loath'd embrace.
Less cutting think ye is the thong
That to a breathing corpse for life,
- - - .* I ?_ ^
Lushes, ill torture io.uiio . ana long,
Tito druukard'j child, the drunkard's
wife ?
To clasp that clay, to breathe that breath,
And no use ip j 7 O thai is death !
;
Are yo not fithers ? When your sons
liook to you for their daily bread,
Dare ye, in mockery, load with s'ones
The table th it for them ye spread ?
IIow can ye hope your souk will live,
I; ye, for fish a serpent give 7
O holy Cod 7 let light Divine
Break forth moro broadly from above,
Till we conform our laws to thme.
The perfect law of truth and love :
For truth and lovo alone can save
Thy childron froin a hopeless grave.
MARRIED
In Ans< n coun y N. C. on the 19'h ult. by
the R^v. Jool tiullege Mr. William Moore to
Mi*s Lydia Gnggs elder daughter of Mr. John
Griggs.
laCUAtV P.*ICE CCHBEMT.
Friday. January 17.
articles. rtr J $ U. j $> C.
Beet hi market, lb 0 5 a 0 7
Bacon from wagons, lb 11a 12
-by retail, lb 11 a 15
Butter lb 15 a 25
Beeswax lb 20 a 23
Bagging yard 18 a 25
Bale Ripe lb 10 a 12$
Coffee lb 12$ a 15
Cotton, lb 8 a 9$
Corn, scnrca bush 62$ a
Flour, Country, scarco brl 4 75 a 5
Feathers fin wagous lb 45 a 5'J
Foddor. lOOlbs 87$ a 1
Glass, window 8x10, 5?)ft 3 25 a 3 37*
, 10*12, 50fl 3 50 a 3 75
Hides, green lb 5 a
dry lb 10 a
Iron lOOlbs 5 50 & 6 50
Indigo lb 75 a 2 50
Lime cask 4 & 4 50
Lard scarce lb 11a 124
Leather* sole lb 22 a 25
Lead, bar ib 10 a
Logwood lb 10 a 15
1 Molasses gal 45 a 50
., N. O. gal 50 a 62j
Nails, cut, assorted lb 7| a 9
' , wrought lb 16 a 18
Oata bush 54 a 50
> Oil, curriers gal 75 a 1
I . lamp gal 1 25 a
, linseed gal I 10 a 1 25
Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52
' , Span, brown lb 8 a 12
Pork lOOlbs 5 50 a 6
3 Rice lOOlbs 5 a 6
, Shot, bag 2 50 a
, Jb 124 ? 13
* Sugar lb 10 a 12
i Salt sack 3 25 a 3 5
f ? bush 1 25 a 15
Steel, American Ib 10 a
, , English lb 14 a
* .German lb 12 a 14
0 Tallow lb a 12
i- Tea imperial lb 1 a 1 37
y ?.hyson lb 1 a J 25
q Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 50
'fry- + M* '
1 A New Jail for Chesterfield.
PROPOSALS, scaled and directed to the
subscriber at Chesterfi Id Court House, will
be received, from this time to tho first Monday iu
May next, for building a Jail at this place, at
which time the board of Commissioners will open
the seals and award the job to him who may offer
proposals most advantageous to the Public.?
The contracter will be required to give bond
with ample security for tho faithful fulfilment
of his contiact, upon which a draft on tho Treasurer
of the upper Division of this State will bo
given for a portion of tho m<moy m advance.
Reference to P. L. Robeson Esq. or myself of
this place, for specifications (and for tho convenience
of some) a copy will be deposited wttfc
Col. J. J. Marshall of Che*aw.
JOHN EVANS.
Secy, and Troaa. Board
Com. Pub. Buils. C. D.
Chesterfield C. H., S. C. )
Jan. 16,1840. $
10 > 5i_r
'lax Notice.
THE Subscriber will attend as follows to
take returns and receive the taxes for Chesterfield
District. Vir;
At Mount Croghan on Monday the 2nd of
March.
Blakaney's Old Store on Tuesday 3rd
Michael Miller's on Wednesday 4th
John Soagor's on Thursday" 5th
Spiers' Mills on Friday Gth
John Johnsons on Saturday 7th
Steer Pen Springs on Monday 9th * f
Levi Casity1! on ^Tuesday 10th
Sarah Johnsons on Wednesday lith
Chosterfichl C. H. on Thursday Friday and
Saturday 12th 13th 14th
Cheraw on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday 23rd 24th 25th 26th.
N. B. The Oath will be required in Gvery in.
stance as tho law directs.
Also all returns must be made by the 1st day
of May or a double tax will be imposod.
W. L. ROBBESON.
T. C. C. D.
J.inuary 15.h 1840.
10 tma.
" r? zj 11~
ij. o. iiurneu.
Takes the method of iuforming all thosa in(tabled
to him by note or account that they are
generally requested to come forward without delay
and settle the demands against them. Ho
would not be so pressing on the present occa.
sion wore it not for the circumstance that lie is
also indebted to otherd who are urging him to
pay up. And this be is unable to do unless
those indebted to him will come forward and relieve
him by sotlling thoir dues. Ho would entertain
the hope that this reasonable requirement
may be willingly complied with but should any
neglect or refuse to do so before next return day
I he w ill be forced to the alternative (though a
f painful one) of collecting such debts according
to law, and this course be is compelled to rosort
to in order to save himself from ruin.
Jan. 13:h 1940.
JO Ojn
Society Hill.
To Rent?a large and Commodious Store
House, lately owned and occupied by Mlddleton
and King, a good stand far mercantile business
be ng in a coutrnl part of tho Village.
ALEX. SPARKS.
Jan. 15th 1841).
10 tf
Tho Subscriber has just received, am! will
keep constantly on hand.Cotton Yarn and Twine
at wholesale, from the Manufactory of Rockingham.
Cheraw, Jun. 1840. .
GEO. GOODRICH.
10 tf
(Jaution.
ALL persons aro herobv cautioned against
trading for a note of hand, given by the
Subscriber to Thomas Oarrentine, for seven
hundred and fifty dollars, dated near tho last of
October 1839. aud payable on the first of the
present month .* As the property for which said
note was given is not sound and I will not pay
the noto unless compelled by law*
PLEASANT NEWTON.
January 18th, 1840.?3t.p.
Garden Seeds.
Just received pr. Steamer Swan a very forge
and extensive assortment of Garden Seeds,
the growth of 1639. Also, a few copies of
the Kitchen Gardners Instructor, and Florists
Guide. Persons wishing supplies will pleaso
call early while the assortment is complete.
D. MALLOY,
January 16th 1640.?tf
Sheriff's JSales.
ON Writs of Fieri Facias will be sold before
the Court House door on the Brat Monday
and Tuesday in February next within the
legal hours the ful.owing property viz:
900 Acres of land more or less whereon the
defendant resides, lying on both sides of the
road leading from Chesterfield C. H. to
Lancaster and adjoining the lands of William
Blakeney at the several suits of John Maseey
for the use of the Estate of John Massey and
Tabitha Hoiliman vs. Even Threat.
1000 Acres of land more or less whereon
the defendant resides at the several suits of
A. Blue, Wm. Martin and John N. Williams
vs. Ranald McDonald.
2 Lots in the town of Chcraw known in tho
plan of said town by Nos. 107, & 106, (one
hundred and 6cven, and one hundred and
eight) having a front on Kershaw street, of
tan hundred feet bv three hundred feet deep.
Also five lots in Powe town known in the ^
plan of said Powe town as Nos. 55,56,57, 105
and 106; aleo part of a lot in the rear
of Church street, in the town of Cheraw,
between Lots No. 44 and 45. Also, Household
Furniture, consisting of Beds, Bedsteads,
Chairs, 5cc. &c. The personal property will
be offered for sale in Cheraw the second day
of sale, at the suit of Alex. Graham vs. L S.
Drake.
50 Acres of land more or less on the south
side of the Beaver Dam creek whereon the
defendant resides adjoining the lands of J.
Kizia and Henry Hail at (he suit ofK. Bennett
& Co. vs. John Grooms.
Terms Cash?Purchasers paying for papers.
JOHN EVANS Sheriff C. D.
Chesterfirld C. H. Sheriff's )
Office Jan. 10, 1940- \ 10?tf
1 ? ? m
itiorus iuuiuvauus.
THE subscriber has for sale a large number
of Morus Multicaulis cuttings. In tho
qualities which give value for planting, viz:
size and maturity or wood, they are believed
not to be surpassed, perhaps not equalled by
any others forsale i# the United States. This is
owing to the great distance allowed in planting
as well as to suitable soil-and good cultivation.
Owing to the present scarcity of mo.
ney, and the conseqent depression in the price
4 of every thing else, they are offered at a very
0 redt'ced price. Persons wishing to parchaae
0 should apply early because aU not engaged
arc now offered in a distant market. Besides,
if not sold before Spring the price may
then be higher. Printed directions for pTant4
ing and cultivating will be furnished without
* charge to those who purchase.
M. MACLEAN,.
1 Chemw P. C. Dqpenbcr 4th 183D.
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