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MfWClPLRB Or ATION.
" We lay bdore oar better* ? beautiful
r, on the nbjcct of toleration In rdt<
The correspondence whichteooMM*
it, flrilci tnc conjcctu.c which liiul
previously formed; that Mr, Madison
author.?We sincerely wish, that by
icil precepts the rising republics of South
AmtiM'jwiould guide their cornset*
Nkh. Jim/4
Cefty of a re rrto/tondcnce with Mr. Aftdho*.
Of* *primg, mot Willtaiusi/erg, V4. Julv 4; 1*2*
S/r.?The enclosed papri4 came br acci
dent into mr bosMukm tonic time since,?.
Deeplywinded with the valuable truths
which if contained, and the piofound views
and liberal spirit which pervade every pert
of lit i onsi I Mill Via 1 cMwd an iMraMion
lo be made; and haeetJvenV through tb*k
weans, some circulation?Circumstance*
Intve since induced me to give it oue, more
ileiH by sending it for publlcatioo in
One of ear public prints.
therefore, a natural and in
was its author?
?ted to yourself, as
will, 1 trust, air, par
1 take, in requesting such
the Cut as you may be iu j
ifrom Sock pipers ss this tlint posteri
ty will draw their maxims of rel'gtoua, u
from the early papers of our rcvolntiun,
their axioms of npT.tkal and civil liberty. |
It is not* tbereMlt, alone a matter of cu
rious speculation, but of actual jasticv, to
aafcertain from an authentic sonnet-, to Whom
the honor of their com position it dte.
. Accept, I pray you, sir, the assurance of
my very exalted respcct, and great venera
tion.
Ydhr most ob't humble servV
G. MASON.
To James Madison, late President
it the United States.
MonTrKU.ir.n, July 14. iftce.
1 have read, sir, your letter of the rtth
instant, requesting such information us I
muy be able to gi\ c, as to the origin rf the
document, a copy of which was ink.lot.rd
\t<m
The m?tive ami manner of the request
Mould entitle it to ir^Mi-t, if less easily
complied with than by the following state
men*
During the session of the generil assem
bly* 17HA?5, a bill was introduced uitothe
house of delegate*, providing for the legal
support of teachers of the christian religion;
ami, being patronised by the most popular
talents in the bias**, *ecnied likely to obtain
e mtWjlr of votes. In order to arret* Ho
Strew, it was insisted, with success, that
|M1 ehoald he postponed till the ensuing
WOhMttMl, in the maan time, lie printed
public consideration. Thut the sense nf
" ^"people might be better called forth,
highly distinguished ancestor, CH.
X* ftlason, Col. Geo. Nicholas, nlso
possessing much public weight, and some
others, thought it advisable, tb-t a rtiuon
stnmce against the bill should l>e prepared
for general circulation and siguaturc; and
imposed on me the task of drawing up such
? Ptptf. The draught having received
their sanction, a large number of printed
?.-oples were distributed, and so extensively
signedby the people of evera religion* de
oomhiaRon, thut at the ensuing session the
' prelect*J measure was entirely frustrated;
and under the influence of the public senti
ment thus manifested, the celebrated bill
"establishing religious freedom" enacted
into a permanent barrier again* future at
tempts on the rights of conscience, as de
clared in the grant charter prefixed to the
constitution of the state.
Be pleased to exccpt, sir, my friendly
respects.
JAMES MADISON.
George Mason, Green Spriug, near Wil
liamsburg, Virginia.
To the honorable the general aooembly of
the commonwealth of Virginia.
*1 memorial and remonstrance.?We, the
subscribers, citisens of the said common
wealth, having taken into serious considera
tion, a bill printed by order of the last ses
stan of the general assembly, entitled, "a
' MQ establishing a provision for teachers of
the christian religion," and conceiving that
the same, if finally armed with the sanc
t tlons of a law, will be a dangerous abuse of
power, are bound, as faithful members of a
me state, to remonstrate against it; and to i
declare the reasons by which we are deter- i
?MIT remonstrate against the said ,
Because, we hold it for a fundamental and
ttnwniable truth, "that religion or the du
ty which We owe to our Creator, and the I
[ manner of discharging it, can be directed
' t*wy by reason and conviction, not by force
*r vlnfense."* The religion then of every
??? ^ to the conviction and con
science of every man) and it is the riahtof
?very man to exercise it as these may dic
This right tain its nature an unaiiena*
Me right. It ie unalienable) because the
tmiffione of men. dODendhm only on the evi
dence contemplated ta their own minds,
cannot follow the dictates of other mem It
is unalienable also) because what Is here a
right towards men, is a duty towards the
Creator. It Is the duty of every man to
ramler to Vie Creator such homage.
anA such only, aa he believes trfbe accep
table to him) this doty la precedent, both
?an ean be considered a member of cTrll
tjctaty, he must beoenaidored as a subject
* .*> fyr* grvStmt, And y.
authority? much mmru ttwai
ligioo, no?an'i right to abridged by
stttutien of civil McktT| ami that reli
wholly exempt from
ltU,inat no other rule
qnrstioo whkh mu
ultimately dctermii
majority | bothIs also 1
ty may trcspui on the righto of the mi
^Becaus*, if rellgttoi be exempt from the
authority of the society atlarge, still less
can it Im subject to that of the legislative ?
body. The latter are but the creatftreeand I
vtecgeieiila of the Cromer. Tiheir iurtodic-1
tkmto both derivative and limited. It toi
limited with regard to the jmprdtnate de-1
nftrtraeuts; more uewmfflps it limited i
with regard to the constituents. The pre
nervation of a free government require* not
merely that the metes a nt bound* which se
parate each department of power be trtva
riably maintained; but more especially, that
neither uf them be suffered to overleap the
grcft barrier, which defvuds the rights of
the people. The rulers who are guilty of
such an encroachment* exceed the commit-1
sion from which they derive their authority, I
and aft tyralito, The people who submit
to K are governed by laws made neither by
themselves, nor by an authority derived
frem them, ami are slavcss & .
this prudent Jealousy to be the ftrst duty of
cttiaen* and one of the noblest chtrMUvii
tk? of the late revolution. The frcem?| of
Amerkadtd not wait till usurped power had
strengthened itself by exercise, and entan-.
Sed the question in prttoadrnts. They mm
I the conscqu enccs iff Hie principle, and,
they avoided the consequences by denyh%
the principle. We revere tbia lesaon too
much, soon to forget it AVlio does not see
that the same authority which can establish
Christianity, in cvri?iiiqof all other rell
gionr, may establish witfc.Uu> same ease,
any particular sect of christians to exclu
sion ef all other acuta? That the same an*
thority which can force u tfasen to contti
bute three-pence only of hto property for
the inpfnrt of any one establishment, may
force hmrto cpnform to eny ether eatabltolt
iuent in all eseM whatsoever*
llecaune, thin htt violate# that equality
Inch ought to be the basis of evmy Uw;
which ought
and which is more htdls|tensible, in propor
tion as the validity or expediency of any
lew is more liable to be bn|Mrnched. If "aft
m cu ere by nature equally free and Indepen
dent, "f nil men ere to be considered as en
tering into society on equal condition*, as
relmqnithing no more, and therefore retain
ing no lesr, one than another, of their rights.
Above all, are they to be considered as re
tahiing nu tttle to the free exercise of
religion according to the die^itcs of con
sciencc. "J Whilst we assert for ourselves
a . r .-cdron to embrace, to profess and to ob
serve the religion which wc believe to be of
divine origin, we cannot deny An equal free
dom to those, whose minds ha< e not yet j
yielded to the evidence which has convinced'
us. It' this freedom be abused, it is an of
fence again* Uod, not against man* To
(tod, therefore, nr* to men, must an ac
count of it lie rendered. Asthe bill viola tea
equality bar subject in
densj so It violates
equality hjr subjecting some to peculiar bur
tne same principle, by
granting to other* peculiar exemption!??
Xre the Quakers and Menonists the only
Kcti who lUiitk a compulsive support of
their religion* unnecessary and unwarranta
ble? Can their piety alotie be intrusted with
the care of public worship? - Ought their
religions to be endowed, above all others*
with extraordinary privilege*, by which
proselvtes may f>e'enticed from all others'?
We tnink too fivorably of the justice and
good sen?e of these denominations, to be
lieve, that they either covet pre-eminence*
over their fellow-citiscns, or that tltcy will
bu scduccd by them, from the common op
position to tiic measure.
Because, the bili implies either that the
civil magistrate i? a competent judge of re
ligion* truth; or that he may employ reli
gion n* an engine of civil policy. The first
ife an urrogant pretention, falsified by the
contradictory opinion* of ruler* in all are*,
and through!nit the world: The hcconuan
unhallowed pervcr*io|i of the mean* of
salvation:
Hccause, the establishment proposed by
the bill is not requisite for the support of
the christian religion. To my that it is, is
a contradiction to the christian religion it*
self; for every page of it disavows a depen
dence on the powers of this world: It is a
contradiction to facts for it is known that
this religion both existed a?id flourished,
not only without the support of human laws,
but in spite of every opposition from them;
and not only during the period of miracu
lous aid, but long after it had been left to ita
own evidence, and the ordinary care of pro
vidence! Nay, it is a contradiction in terms}
for ? religion not invented by human policy,
must have pre existed and l>een supported,
before it was established by human policy.'
It is moreover to weaken in those who pro
fess this religion, a pious cenfidenre in its in
nate excellence. And the patronage of ita
author) and to foster in those .who still reject
H, a suspicion, thut its friend* are too con
scious or its fallacies, to trust it to its own
merits:
Bccause, experience witnesseth, that ec
clesiastical establishments, instead of main
taining the purity and efficacy of religion,
have had a contrary operation. During al
most fifteen centuries, has the legal estab
lishment of Christianity been on trial.
What have been Ha fruits' More or less in
all places, pride ai d indolence in the clergy;
ignorance ami servility in the Isity; in both,
superstition, bigotry and persecution. In
quire of the teachers of Christianity for the
ages in which K appeared h its greatest lus
tre) those of every sect point to the ages
prior to its Incorporation with civil policy.?
Pfopoee a restoration of this primitive state,
ht which its teachers depended on the volun
tary towards el their flocks* many of them
predict its downfall. On which aide ought
their testimony to have greatest weight,
whan for, or when against their Interest?
Because, the establishment In question Is
not necessary for the support el civil gov
?W>w?n. If It be urged as necessary for
the support of civil government, only as H
1VC
the guardian of tht Nbertie* of lUc people..
Rulers who wUhed In tebvert the public
liberty, may have fae^dsn est*Wi*hed cler
gy, convenktt 0
9)r, coavenlcst A jurt govern
MM, infttital *1 to ?ocofro end perpetuate it,
Mcdi them ait* ftra ? govern meet will
be but supported by protecting every cltl
?en In the cement*/ hi? religion With the
?erne equal hand, wh|c^ .protect* hU person,
"mid hUpropcrtyifcy neither hivadutg the
equal right* of uny fact) nor euffcving any
Sect to invade thoaeef another:
If trapse, the ftammM establishment, is
h departure from Ml generous policy;
whlen; oftrinfaMMi w the pemecoted
ind orinri urii of MKritttlon Mid rrllrion.
promised ahistre teweepnhy, and an ac
cotsion to the nmnb^atha cUtssas. What
a melancholy nwMiklM ef sodden de?
ig forth in esy
itsvlf, a signal ef
the equal
opinion* In
tnelegisla
v be, m its
n. hdiffcrt
9*e is (he *rst
career of to
?otferer on*
qthor haven,
tltlft *Kt#nt 1*1 i I1"
nw extern, iwiy awcranort renew repose
generacyf ,
lumto tool
i Because, it wiU beam* like tendency to
banish oariItiswna^.Wf*allurements pre
vented by other Mhni me every day
I thinning thekanmbeStaJTo superadd a ftxth
motive to cniigmsinw, ?(flr?vnking the liber
ty whWh they if ??B would be the tame
, of Ibny, y|Mj^B(ljl ^honored aim)
it will drstruy tlut moderation
aadharmony which thn-flrbearonce of our
WtolMiiniilill* wKb1 religion, has pro
*. Torrents
___ e old world,
by vein attempt* of tKe snfydar ai in to ex
t Unjni.wh rellK.nusdiecqrd, bj proscrioing alt
difference hi religious opinions. Time ha*
at length revealed the tree remedy. Every
relaxation of narrow and rigorous polk) ,
wherever it ha* been triad, has been found
to av.oage thailsoase The American thea
tre haa exhiMMd dimI% that equal and
complete liberty, if itlw not whotly era
ilicutc it, suKcientiy destroy* It* malignant
influence on the ke*|b md prosperity of
the state. If wit!* the ?intery effect* of
tkia system under oar' mm eve*, we begin
to contract the boeifc ef raliglous freedom,
we know no name-that will severely re
proach our fotty* 'ftwttkt wanting be
takoa at the first imits Sff the threatened
_ Thefdejv,.dM#uraiice ef the
bill haiMr?ii*fonn?d ^f^^tiahafarteiiN
ance, love and charity/* which of late sau
tually provided, into animosities Mid'
loasles, which may. not soon be appeaae*
What mlerhiefc may not ha dreaded, ahould
thia enemy to the publicquiet be armed
with the force of a law;
Bccause, the policy of the bOl is adverse
to the diffusion ? the light of Christianity.?
The first With df thane who enjoy this pre
cious gift, ought to be, that it may be im
parted to the whole rate of mankind. Com
pare the number of those who have as yet
received it, with the number still remaining
under the dominion of false religions! and
how small is the former.' Does the policy of
the bill tend to lessen the-disproportion?
No: ivat'once discourage* those who are
strangers to the light of revelation from
coming into the region ef it; and countco
enccs, by example, the nations who con
tinue hi darkness, in shutting out thhee who
might cohvey i* to them. Instead of level
ling as far as possible, every obstacle to the
victorious progress of truth, the hill with
an ignoble and unchristian timidity, would
circumscribe It, with a wall of defence,
against theenr roachmentsof error:
Bcrcttae, attempts to enforce by legal
sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a pro
portion of citiseas, tend to enervate the laws
In general, and to slacken the bands of so
ciety. If it be difficult to execute any law
which is not generally doomed necessary or
salutary, what must be the cssci where it Is
which is not generally doomed necessary or
salutary, what must be the cascw where It is
dcemea invalid and dangerous? And what
may be the effect of ao striking an example of
impatency In the government, on its general
authority:
Because, smeasureof such singular mag
nitude and delicacy ought not to he Imposed,
without the clearest evidence that It la call
ed for by a majority of citisene: And no sat
isfactory method is yet proposed, .by which
the voice of the majority in this case may
he determined, or Ha influenoe secured.-*
"The people of the respective counties sse
indeed requested to signify their opinion res
pecting the adoption of the bill to the neat
session of assembly." But the representa
tion must be made equal, before the voice
either of the representatives* or of the
counties, will be that of the people. Our
hope is, that neither of the foftner will,
after due consideration, espouse the danger
ous principle of the bill. Hhould the event
disappoint us, it will still leave us la Bill con
fidence, that a fair appeal to the letter will
reverse the sentence against our liberties.
Because, finally. m Uie ?qual right of eve
ry citisen to the free exercise of his reli
gion, according to the dictates ef con
science/* is held by the same tenure with all
our other right*. If we recur to he origin,
it is equally the gift of nature ( if we weigh
its importance, it eamxttbe tos* dear to us;
H ws consult the "declaration ef theee
rights which pertain to the peed people of
Virginia, as the baaia and foundatienee gov
snumeentsd with equal so
ernmentfMKjt is
lemnHy, or rather studied emphasis, 'ftfcher
tben we must say. the* the will of the le
gislature le the only menenre of their au
thority. and that in the pkfftitade of this
authority, they mw ew?jp away aQ far
fondsmrntal rights; or tltuft they art fata*
or we must w?yt that they lisve no authority
tmUf of this conmmwmMi km no
Mvorityi And thst no ellbrt my be
en our part sgalnst so dang*""" ?"*
km, w? oppose to It this
stance* earnestly praying, *s we art In dur
ty bonttd, that the supreme lawgiver of the
universe* by illumkiatiag those to whom It
Is addressed, may, cs the ooe hand, turn
theli counciisfrom every act which would
sflVont hl? holy prerogative, or vMnte the
truM committed to themt And on the other,
guide them Into every measure which may
no worthy of his blessing, may redouud to
their own praise, snd may establish more
flrmlr the liberties the prosperity and the
happiness of the common wealth.
? DcsUrstloa oe RkMi, An. 16.
1 P( slsmuss on IUgbtf| A?t. 1.
I Art. 10.
f ftsmhlf to lbs Declaration of Rijiht*.
State of feouth-Carolipa.
By It" Excetttncy. Hu h akd f. Manning,
.Governor fnd Cqmmarukr-in-CAUf, in
mndover ike State aforetaid.
A PttOCLAM ATION.
?\\rMKlUi:ABH u Am to Almighty OoJ, the
W ittbf of KMrtH and Kartb,lhat he should
be bnmbly adorid nd |mhc4 by nil bit Moral
end Intelliftent holnjt*, for Mi (tmI and wonder
M creation and preaervatkm ef nil thln^t And
whereae It It a duty, (be obMgeilon fa* Um per
fonnance of wbkb, h eagravea on every UMuw
nf (balnea of nature, that alt natloMof every elime,
kindred end tongne abould at Mated period*, or
at particular lien, eonUp aed pniw tbe God
ef i(?t end of eternal end evelaating |Niw?r
and glory for nil national iwuaperlty and nappi
new: And wberena It Is im|treaeed noon the pett
and preeent bMory of our country, that God fine
bieaaed (bit (Mete-end tbe Uidted 8t?te?. tviih
marked end peculiar triemlnga: tbat bare tbe u?U i
of pollahed end Improved lite bave happily flour
ished,and tbat bere intleeel liberty bae found Ita
permanent abode; And wbereev it haa pftwd
God to tarn aarey from our count#*, peallleeca
and famine, nnd nil thorn tvili which mi dee to
?in aniidlaobediaece:
Know, therefore, thet I bave l?tn??d title, my
frolematton, cilliet enon ail MinMnra of the
GoapcJ, and epoa en lUIUioea Denmolnatloni
within thia Slate, te aet apart Friday Ikt MA e/
Mimkr, 189*, are day of general TH*a?aetv
i*a and e*amw
In teatlmony whereof, I have enoaed the
eoel of tbe State to l>e hereunto efllaed,
in Columbia, thia fifteenth day of Novum
bir, in the yrar of our lord one thousand
rltbl hundred and tvfrenty ?ii,end in the
Ally fiirat yeei of American Independence.
IflCIIAHl) I. MANNING.
By the Governor:
William Laval,
Hitrttmry of SttUt.
ftov*mt?r II 4A 1
03* We are authorized to an*
mmm Jirnn M Pitll, n* ? riiidldali tor lb*
?Am of Hm$remr Otmrmt.
Nuvemiter 81 _. t- 47. tf
? C7" We a*e authorized to an
?KHM?e* JOSKPJf TRK8COT, ? ? candidal* for
tli* olct of RegUler of Mun* Cutiyant* for
ClnrlMlon diatrkt.
November 81 47 It
Sale of U. S. Muskets.
UNDKR lntlraui?ni ffoa Ik* OnUut* IV
l?rlniiil, I will oflfcr ?l |Mil4ie Miction at
Colombia, in houlli Carolina, IwUMn the lenth
ind tflMnlb of Diwabar Mil. In hundred
?land of U. S. MmiktU, of (ha Briti*b|*tt*rn. Tb*
Mu*keta*r* well lMlekMllMbolteconlahd??ghven?
ty *acb, and wb*n I bay a a tad in AttcM 1816,
war* foand in a good alula of pretervnlion.
Ttrmt */ iab>?AiC on daily or v of (Improper*
l> j wbiab will laka placa Immediately artar Iba
Scab money only aa la rcca'ved by lb* United
Stale* Bank on account of government, will b*
received in u*y meal.
M. M PAVNH,
Mmjtr ?/the U 8. Armf.
V. 8. Artenal, near An|pn- ( _
. la, Ci*o. 7tk Nov. I KM. f 47 8
GRAPE-VINE.
I
1HI anbecriber will anil Ur*p*-Vln* .cutting* |
?t lb* follow in* price*-.
For on* Meg** doacu f| 00
00 cullirga 0 00
100 do. A 00
600 do. 19 AO
1000 do. 80 (HI
U* Printed direction* for planting I lain will lie
Order* by latter mImM will lie attended
to. N. HKMBEMO.NT.
glwa.
November 31 *47 If
Wotico
\IX perton* having demaudt agaluil the r*
(at* of UrUli Gaady.'ar* re*netted to tan
dee them duly attmted to ib? aulwcribar; iIwm
indebted to the aald ctlate, to m*h* hnmedii.it;
; p*ym*nt,
C1F.O. COTCIIRTT, Qua^rd F.i r
! Colnmbb), April li, I KM. 17 If
TO THE PEOPLE OP THE
United fitalet.
HIRAM K TURK, after wiahing to purchaa*
from m* fur part of ib* litate of Georgia,
my Improvement In Iba mod* of letting water on tb*
w***la of M*ebln*ry, baa |W*n * * per (men of hi*
koMMty, by going Into tb* Mm* ot tlaorgi*, (aa I
am Informed) to nrott by lb* nee of my plan,
wtthMtt my approfwtlon. But not ludiug the *i
nectad aoe**a* without mm* authority or claim
lm ha* foonded on* anllr*, oa |b* affirmation of
7**maa Jtrjfe, who *latr* b* I* lb* original inven
tor, who aany pnehape, b* en hooeet man?lint It
appaara annnot ?haw any of Ma work on tb* above
plan, until | Introduced H over ? gr*a| p*t( *f
Am*rl*o.
Now, m I am determined to tapper! my claim
I to any p*raon whatever, | t bfuk It a
hpgei
.OT til* Kfiiinirer, Kooivill*. t*nn. Mar. 1MM*
AtMMl l/k HI If-I- fkm 1*1 *HnU* a J?, ,*?
-I, r aIjhi
to it* Mh?crfbar i
To tbe people
ammo with -
laynwul hr^wt of (Im
i?rO?MtKtatMN(k#NllMM4ikpr?>
dOOl toaotpWchMOnutil 1 ahouktbe UAptJ
by mm of my li ici?U ol Georgia ohal wnM be
Dm |?vbaU? iincm of ?uch ? pe reborn/ fcf (hat
tHirpoM I wrote to lt?m and mkm received ike iu
formation UmI ? Mr. TImm* X?y of UmU *Ui?.
wh tmriMq the lika l<frwpm>r tltuu "
? Inumi mm alter wftUh? I wtot
Omrgi*. mm! mw Ktjr, iad beeeme convio*?l
tlMt he w?? III* utveotor purolmaed of Mm %
right of eaerofcief Mt loreolfoe M my of d?*
United 0WIM e*?*|>t Oeorgie, provided on
inetiooby the proper awhtrity Ma tfceeld bo ?Im
fir>t invention. K*y having furoiUttd WO with
evidence of hi* claim, I weot to Washington City,
where tbe proper anthertli*a*<ynf*d hie their* la
vention, and for wM* he obtained a pntenLwMar
whieh by Ihe a foresaid contract of K*j and myoolf
I not. Being thM aatboriced, I again eaetioa nil
p*noM agaiust acting nmlor mH Bpervy's io
pmwiMi m ihe Uw will otttaMy m
all UMh. .f'hel the people may he lb*
baiter Htidftl ea ttftbe propriety of the claim o?
.Mr. Key, I refer them \o ih/miMil eertUkeus
of Mr. Cn*(arJ,owl Mr. I^oHon, wheM cheiac
ItrtVe eitesuively known.
Hirinr Am with the pnhUo, I MM ?? in
permitted to tell Mi. 8j*rry that hM informant, ff
any atioh esist, who told hi* I went le Geurgk
with Ihe view of prelUng by the Me of hie pla% it
hi tnferMl <1 ? -A Nor. bet f a? MalineJ to
believe Mr. Sperry hi aw eU to hen nob betus an
titled te e patoot for the Mventicn of thai, than
he h to the ooa ehiA U the select of hk publi
cation. * . ;T; HIRAM K.TUItK.
Jaiptrtnuuiy, Owyto.
? -??? . (J) .?
I hereby rertifV that I have Uiu intimately
acquainted. with 'l*bomas Key, of llenry county,
" r last vi* y
for thf ia?l mi yi", awl frttn wy acquaint***^
with Itiai. K lior a fiiie to be a mn wl'ne uotdeaswh
od a ohaianlcr for honetly awl morality ao aoy
em hmtpecq lainunce. Given under i?y h-o >
the thM for tif December IMP*;
? KNT CRAWFORD
Jatprr rstm/jri Oerfh.
1 boreby.certify that I hare been itawhUJ
with Mi.Thoeai Key, of llMry eoffe for aero
rel year* and from my acqnalMnnee wkh Mm t
hero no heettation in Mtiw I hrlieve him te be ei
gentleman of a* unblemished n ehnraeler fotj
licnt iiy, probity andmorality,aeanygantlemib/fc
Ihe enuie of my acquaialaore. Given my
heud litis the Ihird day of Nov. 1M5.
.* L 8. fiOLLKX.
U" The Raleigh Star, N. C. awl Columbia
8. C. will publish the abeya three
lime*, and forward their accounts to me at Tillioo,
Monroe county, Cat! Tennessee, for caymrut
II.K. runic.
Sot. 81. 47-3
SherilFs Sales
OA* WHITS OF FIERI F1CM1.
WILL I* sold r>e?o?e tl?e Court-?lohm,in C#.
InmMa, oh the Am MONDAY mi IDES
DAY it DECEMBER ant, nMiIm the legal
ilBWI.
'i'lurte Boat Aucbor*, one Cable,
old imimnIIii, * dutch ovens, 1 spider. at Ui*>
nM? Ihomaa TChlbot lb C. Uvr?i. lamia A.
MoofivM^
7 Negroes, uomcly, Jack, Lotvr>,
llMtrf. Wry aud bar two children Toin mil
AbcsUam, aUo Willie, levied oaaad to ho nold as
ik? property of H.W. Walter. Tha mM negroe*
] art nkl (om WHltr Mrtyin, and wilt ha *otd
atUNcb at tha suit* ol the Plwdtni and Dlrnvtois
ot the Baak of tlta Stale of Sooth L'arrdlna, I kl.
llobsou, and Walsh k Doaa, Vs. H.W. Waller.
Tkans?t'As If.
W. Ill I.LI A Itf) 8. R. I).
Sheriff. OHW. Nov. It, liOA
Wolicc.
ALL ptfWM bnvlu any dfiuwdt against Iks
?Mata of Major tlmilfrne CHflu, deceased,
J aia hereby nntilU d lo hand them In In ma tor jmj
' mcnt; *n<i ?il |?er?oi?s indebted to the estate either
I hy bond, note, or aeaonfcl, ara earnestly iollcH4d
1 to eoine to an Immediate settlement of their debt*.
1 lodulgenoe can in ho t-aie be i steudud beyond
natl return day.
wm. c. c. cLirrox. r.* r.
November 81 47 tf
Public Sale.
TJF.FORE tha market |imt*e in Columbia, will
X# be told, on' IftMmttfij/, lh? ?M ttuf. rt II
o'dofkt itvia valualde BO\T HANDS, to fore
elok a mortgage, lull* k Co. v?. James Moor
mm*.:. "y.T0
nbNeiMr id M a
This Day are Published
T ECTURKb on tbe Element* of I'OLfTICAL
JLi ECONOMY, by Thoma* Coorca, IT. U.
I'rice 2 Dollar* aim,
TWO ESSAYS;
On the Foundation ef Civil (ioft?r<.auut,
t>n the Cooetitotion of the t/mled Htat**, aad
the Qiietluiiu that have arisau on it, by tbe >?at.
I'rice 75 rent*.
tT Te bt Aad-af Thii GMtt, and ul iht link.
MlUrt"
November 14 --d6 ?f?
Notice.
A LL perrons having any demand* against Ilia
/l. Kftatn of Mr. iamet flluart, deeea?ed, late
of St. Mat hew'* Parish, are reqfcestrd l? i?-ndar
lhem in, proj* rly attested. andttoie imle lel I"
maae paymota immediately*,
WM. L'i, nWuEWM, A In.*..
April tt, l?t<V. it- tf __
To Tanneva and Curriers.
| fa^MKsnltscrilwr wishes to employ one alio will
X rime well recommended tm point of rhaem ?
ter, and a pn.Arh-nt In both 7We?fajr aad C*rrit< -
?'?# JOHN T. COLEMAN,
VmmtrUgt 8nlH C*r*ti*a
November tl ^ 4(1 tf
Ten Dollars Reward.
'It AN A WAY from the sahserlhers about the V"
la ot Octolier last, a negro woman aamed
JUDY. Tim said negro is atom! four feel elgt'
l?rM. hi*., small made round the waist, hrr row
(deskM? k father inclined l i he yellow, h??t ?ome
of her front teeth, talk* rather Ine and slow The
said negro lias n Mnband at Mr. Cleorg* llenner
sey'a. Conch Maker in thl* town, who may br
likely to harbonr her. tba has been frequently
?een In tha lowerpnrt of the town, and aboot
Rorki y Branch. The above reward will be paid
for b? r delivery to as In tMs |date. or fur tha
Conviction of My peraon alto dWV Ihrhahr Wee.
sons the law meyl* ilgidly
feiAe 01. ' *? ' t> "?r