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FRIWAV, AUGUST 81, IMP
"}/-The WB of llichtand District
uav^C business In Court* will take notice
hut Hsturx Ij *? will be on the 19/A day
of St'fiteutbrr, instead of Octobcr as liw
i>ca? heretofore. J w
We linve published in this day's paper;
.in article on tight lacing. We hope the
> .idles will excuse us, for the ugly shape?
we have exhibited in the two accompanying
wood cut*. There being no engraver in
UU place, they were executed by ah inge
nious friend, who is no artist. It will, at
east, as brother Jonathan would sav, l' give
fie Idee:' -
In publishing an extract from the Hoston
Commercial Ciar.ette, in this day's paper,
<ve took occasion to remark vpon the ex
- cllcnce of that print. Wc cannot too high
ly recommend it to our fellow-citizens at
he south. It is an able and unctnsing rel
ocate of Free Trade; and looses no occa
ion' to present to the consideration of the
ood people of Boston, the double dealing
nd disgraceful conduct of Messrs. Webster
nd Everett. The tvooHen speeches of
lese gentlemen, haue acquired a name
tat will render tlicnt odious and ridiculous,
1 long as good sense und political honesty
rcvaiis In this country. We have rceciv-.
J information, from a quarter which we
ighly respect, that there nrc few gen
cmcn ' education or intelligei.ee in Ilos
n wht not firmly opposed to Mr.
lay's sj Hut tli?- late failures in
ew F.nglnnu, ^gins even to disgust them, J
lio at one time anticipated those immense t
ofits in plundering tlic south. Hut alas; I
cy have opened the goose that laid the!
ildcn Eggs
imkruitinv i,\w cam:,
Venlcrday at 12 o'clock Jeremiah Smith
w brought up from Cnuuk-u, on a writ of
iIh h* Corpus, before Chance." lor llarpcr.
ii|)|tc'uh that Siniili Iin<! keen convicted
\ 1822 for stealing a negro, and had boon
nloned by Governor Bennett on condi
. n of bin staying in prison accrtain time,
i d at the expiration of that time that lie
? >ulrt leave tiio state never to return,
e understand that complaint wa* hslged
ore hi* Excellency Ciov. Miller, that
itli wan residing in Chesterfield or Lan
. dor and ho tatted hi* proclamation ofler
; a reward of $200 for bin apprehension,
<u which he wan pursued by divers citi
t< of South Carolina into North Carolina
I brought into tins Htate and ronunitted
?\tmden goal, by a magistrate, Mi Hoy
? of that district. Mr. (!re?-< thi? morn
inovcd to postpone the cjsu until to
' row morning, as his colleague Mr.
'onl had just been engaged in tin* cause
had not liad an opportunity to consider
Mr. I)tsatis?tire for the slate consent
o it, and tho wuifl comes up again Iwfore
Chancellor to-day on the motion t i
?hargo the prisoner. It in a new case
I oxcitcs a good deal of interest.
We undcr&tat.d that the Eagle Tavern in
?pitt* was destroyed by fire on the 1 Ith
i. together with all the house* attach- i
. exccpt the Ice Ilooic, Stable*, audi
nulla.
'c ar.^ .is much disp.M>ed as any ol'cur
w citizens ran be, to treat with dofer
*?all who are put in authority over us,
notlotti than any, the Judge* of tho
'**?1 Courts. Hut the ntrong tendency
< ? Supreme Court of tho United States
Judge Marshall at its head, to extend
'?wits of the general government at
<pe:,?c ofstato '>? ?&ocbv iom to
ncealcc! or denied. That rciirt in not
rt of judicature partaking of the spirit
? Republican Constitutions. It is a
jro fif tho executive: it in appointed
ml any popular inllueticc and populicr
.jp: it flecm* to hold its prerogatives
rivileges "in contempt of tho people,"
ikeuftcofMr. Burke'nstiong language.
>?' Judges of that Court go wrong, who
?ir to correct them! Impeachment!
lot tho farco of impeachment Iwen tri
vain, in the case of the notorious
' 1^0Chanel Can the House of Uepre
i '.lives touch the*o men when they de
d. n direct hostility with State rights ?
i they proceed steadily on, in Hip
't road of Connolieiationl Alan! the
iary according to tho doctrine* of
ii. lem vifctoerary, in nacrrd from all at
i i.-k* hf the popular branch oTotir Legisla
i re*: Their decisions however absurd or
1 i inirsl are unattackahle The Judges
theniselve?up in|th'ir irresponsibility;
? /ami by State right* will fall before
? decisions.
vf thoroughly the Federal Judges
>e, and are apt to be the tool.) of power
ivents at Washington have fully
in ?be lain trial of l)i WatUins, comnr-n
? i sm, common law, and common justice
od aghast at tlw? proceedings. / more
'('(tied, bold,and open determination to
1 a notorkms delinquent never wns o\
/>.: n d, no not even in the dingrareful cane
of Mr, Wickliflc. Tlte court, tho Jury,
Ui ? cnufcfttl for tho Prisoner at Washington
*u?*e utterly astonished the American pub
lic ? d manifested how farcical all ourerim
<f a? proceeding)* can be made, when a po
litical delinquent of whose guilt no one
on doubt for fl moment, in to lie screened.
\Vb? .lithe accusation ought to full?who in
pai tit ular are delinquent in respect of these
(M/i??etlonft--whn ought to liedeemed ae
?'eiinl?|>lo for this strange per version of Jus
t, i, niuong the fetors concerned in it wo
j Jri?iv> not Mid nay noi: but if the next Con*
rfaf* not men#<ire? to wipo awsv
W ? Wt
ii?,. i.uin ual u Icikriu court, will
become ? by Mord of indignant reproach.
PINEVILLK TOASlh.
At a crisis like the present every indica
tion of public opinion, however small, be
| come* interesting to the friends of the couu
! try.
Among*! these Indications we naturally
look to the topatsof the 4tli ult. and we re
joice to say that hi our state they have
every where manifested but one tone, and
one spirit on the all-absorbing question of
state nnd southern rights except in Pint
viflr.
In the regular toasts of this place there is
certainly an ambiguity, and an obligulty*
not southern??or not very intelligible} but
awurcdly indicating a spirit not in unison
with the rest of the state. The 2d regular
toast reads thus:
" The easy recurrence of sovereign con
federate atatea to original principles al
ways of uncertain issue, dangerous in its
policy, and subversive of order and govern
ment."
A more anti-southern, oblique, and dun
gertu* sentiment could scarcely be advanc
ed. We are not ready to believe that it
was dictated by a southern head or sanc
tioned by a southern heart. We would
have commented on it with severity, but
we find it unnecessary. Upon looking into
the vcluutcer toasts on that occasion we
find from the very rcspcctablc names of the
parties that they form the true exponent*
of the public feeling of Pineville, and
therefore that Pineville is as sound aw
any other part of the ?tatc. In proof of
this we will only offer at present the volun
teer toast of Mr. S.iml. J. Palmer. It rcad?
thus:
??The easy recurrence of sovereign con
fcdcrulc states to original principles: the
only safeguard of our liberties when threat
ened by constructive views of a written con
stitution."
This toast evinces a soundness of views?
a boldness and iiulcpcndcncc of spirit wor
thy of the 6cuth?nnd aLso a directness of
expression worthy of all commendation.
We see nnd feel thni the antidote was equal
?full equal to the poison, nnd we are con
tent. WILLIAMS.
THE YOKKVILLE PIONEER.
Scarcely a crimr in committed however
base, but whnt its author will attempt to
excuse or justify. I know a man not far
from Columbin, who after having outraged
the feelings of another, and excited his re
sentment, by way of apology, assured him,
" that he entertained no unfriendly dispo
l siiion toward* him, but hnd been influenced
? entirely by a teme of duly and /iu contci
' etier.djfine refuge truly, for fiy/iocrky
ami malice! When such artifice* arc rc
sortcd to and countenanced, then will Tyr
| anuy have a full swing and the rights and
t liberties of the citk7.cn be in danger.
? What, shall v. e toleratr every and any
> charge that ignorance or malice may invent,
| when there is no evidence to sustain it?
| Shall the vile calumniator be excused, by
[the plea of " rente irnee. or his profession
of ?? honesty of motive," or hi* pretended
" tense of duty, when his slanders are as
apparent as the sun in its splendor ) Shall
the vittuous and the great be stripped of
their honor* and their fame by any hypo
critical cant that scoundrels may ns&umc ?
Is it just, 13 it right, is it decent, to allege
any thing against character that will not ad
mit ot proof * Who is he that by insinua
tion, endeavours to create suspicions inju
rious to the peace and quiet of a family,
wlu n he known they arc false and unfound
ed ? Can he ba a good man or a good offi
cer who would act thus f Who then can
wink at such conductSurely none but
the base in principle and vile in practice?
the higot and the fool?the fanatic and the
knave. The truly Rood will ever scorn
the socicty of such beings and withhold fi rm
them their countenance and suppoit. The
/ilea rf" covtcience " mny dupe the weak !
and mislead the thoughtless, but even this
success, will be but for a season ; for the
cloak of hypocri-y soon becomes thread
bare, and the villain appears in all hi* de
formity. But even this is no punishment,
to those who delight in calumny and re
proach. The prosperity of such people
runs with their " conscience." Exposure
and conviction only hardens them in crime
and render* it more difficult to reform
their principle* or correct their habit*.
These remark* though intended for gen
eral application, have l?ecn occasioned by
what I conceive a ffrr.it tlander upon the
character of a brave and gallant officer, who
is now ahtent from his native country.
Perhaps, I wa* wrong In noticing it in the
first instance, and it is but right the public
should know why I did. In the first place,
I was satisfied that the authors of it were,
" devoid of those gencrou* feeling* which
arc so essential in " Editors, " and without
which even the p/lvate man 1* slow to gain
esteem." " And that they were lamcnta-1
bly deficient in whnt I conceived to be es
sential in the character ?>f a /food man.H
Secondly, I was satisfied th.it if thl* slander
was passed off In silence, it would encoar*
age others tiom the tame source, that might
lie ten times more insulting to common jus
tice and public feeling. Thirdly, that the
publio might know what importance to at*
tach to statements coming from m?ti who
appear t<? be mere adventurers in the state,
whose first editorial offering. Is a labored,
cruel, and unnecessary attack upon (he
character of a distinguished hero. For
these reasons 1 publish*din the Telescope
of the 3l?t ult., a nolle* of the first article
in question, that had appeared In the Pio
neeer of tho 19th. This presumption on
my part, for typing 0tredtotblnkiltf*
Dm reputations! CMmodon Porter than
of th? 8th Inst., with how much gfsot, dig
nity and truth, thoss can best jade* who
have read the precious article.
But tt ftoot the afltcted importance and
self conceit, of three Editor* thetl care
about?U U Commodore Porter 1 wbh to
defend, and if in to doing, the littleness of
these men should appear?the fault U
theirs net mine.
It Is generally known that daring the late
corrupt administration of Adams sad Clay,
Commodore Porter was fotved to quit the
service of his country and seek employment
abroad, lie was known to be a friend and
admirer of Jackson. This wai enough ;
the hirelings of the administration Justified
his banishment from the navy. Now the
government has changed Into abler and bet
ter hands, an opinion haa gone abroad,
that this exiled hero will no longer have to
earn his bread in a foreign service, but will
he invited to return to hta home, and the
flag he has no often defended. Tkls how
ever docs not seem to suit the palate of nil,
for be It known that whatever appears good
to the taste of the Jackson party and honora
ble to patriotism, Is Mire to sicken ami give
pain to the advocates of the late coalition.
And some of the milk and water sort, who,
can *' run with the bare und hunt with
the hounds," would do very well tor them
selves If they only had cunning enough to
conccal their duplicity. It Is a happy thing
that such character* can have but little in
fluence with a discerning public, ai.d none
with n virtuous administration.
I* it not the voice of the nation, "come
home Porter, thou injured champion of your
country's rights ! come to your family and
friends, and to the stars and the stripe* !
comr, the patriot Jackson rules?the hero
knows the patriot licroc* worth ! come,
we will rcjoir.c und "not be reluct to do thee
reverence !" come, " Free Trade and Sud
ors rights!" Adams and Clay can no long
cr trample you undtr their feet.
Who doubts but that this Ik the heart-!
felt feeling, entertained by the great bodv
of thr American People, for this absent hr
ro * Little then did it comport with the
character of intelligent Kditors, just enter
ing upon their career, professing " homage
to the will of the /teo/ile," to step aside from
their duty to assail a favorite officer.?
And how too have they done it ? Why, at
n time when every body seems to take a
deep interest in bis tate. Wc heat that
an armed banditti attempts his life, but lii?
"good genius" and his wonted intrepidity
saves him, and the leader of the hand <?
laid prostrate at his feet. Thus cviuciii);
the snme undaunted heroism and self pos
session in single combat and against superi
or force, that was displayed in h:t gallant
dcfencc of the P.sscx, and for which he has
ever been distinguished. Well may public
sympathy be manifested for smh a noble,
gallant Tar. Well may we wikh to see liini
on bis own native shore. Hut I am stopped,
a grumbling, groveling voice is heard, und
our sympathies and gratitude must give way
to the Yotkville Pioneer. Now it speaks?
listen ! " Porter it devoid of tnose gene
rous feelings which arc so essential in ail
officer ! lie is only above the common stan
dard of our ofliccrs ! he is not the man that
tit would w#rar in the core of our hearts ? !
wt would desire carneatly to improve him
upon first nature." ?? Oh modesty, where
arc thy charms !" So much for the fir?t
attack. Now for their apology. After au
awkard bow for noticing an *' anonymous
scribbler," these wiseacres inform us " they
nrc not dueled by the glory, that encirclo
the brow of a patriot," but " give an un
biassed opinion, justified by the tale of hit
life." " We wrote" say they," " from a
recollection of what we have learned, from
porsons more conversant with the unwrit
ten history of the life, the manners *nd hab
its of Commodore Porter, than Heniy or
hispirjudiccd informants!" Protect me
Ye Powers above, from "unwritten" slan
ders, What a retreat ! Away with the
records of the country and let it be known
that the ?? unwritten " statements of irre
sponsible tattlers is the only evidence of
cliArnctcr for a public man.
Hut render be patient, ami listen ngnin to
these just and righteous men, these judges
of the i|ualificuti<iu? ol an otficei ! ?? lie
will toy, that our opinion was loumk-d on
what '.vc are not witling should becoino
matter of fiublle talk."
I low dignified ' how honorable ' assail
the reputation and lame ol an absent man,
and when enllcd upon fur proof to support
the charge, hack nut from it hy saying, " we
are not willing it should beeome /mblic
talk." Monstious! What h refuge for
calumny! Hut a^ai.i uud worse Mill, driv
en to the wall and conscious of having viola
ted public decency and public tnling, they
have the impudcoce and folly to resort to
another artifice to cover their dastardly re
treat. They nay, " ItV will not particu
larize ; but thi<i we will dare vthtnper, (to
those who think well of Porter) go to the
borough of Norfolk, and enquire if there
beany who would reluct to do hint reve
rence?go to the City of Washington and
aak If their be none tojustify our opinion
go to the city of Baltimore and ? ? ?
then and not till then, sustain a defensive
argument against an opinion which might
truly be e*n*idered flaring," Thus the
reader will perceive the gronnd* 'upon
which the exiled Porter baa been assailed
and the tout absence of every thing like
proof to give even a colouring to the charge,
or to justify the attempt made to leaaeen him
in the affection* of the American people.
Who these Editor* are I know not, I am
? MUMI r;
ussi
told they art Minm la #
whilst I srarftd '
withoutpfMtmdflmi, ItfckkIhM
of their written ** history, msnnlj
Its,** and that too from their own pen, to
authorise me In saying that ^wy have been
guilty of a foul calumny on the wet) earned
reputation of one who is justly a favorite
not only with the people of this state, (Hit
throughout the Union. The base insinua
tion* and artifice*, to which they have re
sorted to sustain the charge* can only se
cure to them that pity and scorn, which al
ways follow the indignant feelings of an in
sulted public.
I might ash were I disposed to retort up
on them there own vile slang. Why did
they desert the place of their birth? Why
could they not live in Norfolk f Why leave
Washington, Baltimore, and ? But I de
test too much such conduct in them to
adopt it myself. For the future let them
keep to their "garret high, protected by
its cobwebs," and there I now leave them
to re fleet upon the ?? unwritten history of
Commodore Porter," their own, and the hon
ors and rewards of defeated slander.
. HENRY.
POLITIC A I..
(he Kentucky Atgti*.]
TO THR PUBLIC.
Circumstances, over which I have nooon
trol, make it necessary that I should again
address the public. Justice to myself to my
friends, and to my enemies, require it.?
Could I live at peace with all mankind, it
would be the situation whtah 1 moit desire.
But 1 will not yield my rights as u freeman,
even for that desirable blessing;
The friends of Mr. WicktiRe have used
every means which malice could suggest,
to brand my tunic with the guilt of Mr Ben
?tlnu's il<n;'n. With a strange obliquity of
head and heart, some of them have Mid, that
I whs the murderer, and others have Mid
that I was guilty at least of manslaughter.
A short review of the causes, will show bow
blinded by the venom of hatred that mind
must be, which could entertain either opin
ion.
On the 4th day of March last, "Coriola
nus," since avowed by Charles Wir.kliffe to
be his pioduction, appeared in the Report
er. The last paragraph contains the fol
lowing senttnresi ?
" Now 1 wish to be as explicit an* point
ed as possible in my allusion*. My re
marks arc applicable and intended for two
individuals, who have secretly presided over
the editorial department of the above men
tioned paper, and whose libellous abuse is
t ? be found under the editorial head. Kven
the tuercd robr of religion hat been ftrofun
r<l, and made a cloak for the malignity of
one oj thrte ficrton*. I akiag thrm ail in
til, it is hoped wc neVr shall see their like
ag llll."
I'he day after this article appeared, 1
w.ts informed of it by a friend, and, told
lh.?t it wasbtlieved 1 was one of the persons
alluded to in the above quotation. Mr.
Smith, the editor of the Kepoittr, has
since stated on oath, before the grand jti
r> and on the trial of Wicklifie, that 1
w;?? one of the persons alluded to. In the
following CJaaette 1 replied to 'Coriolanus'
under the signature of 'Dcntatus,' and the
public hating had these picccs repeatedly
before them, o.?n judge whether the retort
was not much milder than the provocation.
So little of fictional retort wus there in the
reply, that I believe n refusal of the name
of the authm would have been given by nine
editors out of ten, to whom such a demand
would have been made. When Mr. Bei.
ning informed me that the name wnt de
manded, 1 told him to give up my name to
the applicant,prot iJed he would avow him
self to be the author of 'Coriolanus,' but
that he must first inform me of it, that I
might be on my guurd; Accordingly, Mr.
Benning, after receiving Mr. Wickliffc's
avowal of the authorship of 'Coriolanu?,'
and a vain search after me to inform me of
it, postponed A surrender of the name until,
eight o'clock the next morning. Tb tht*
/loiifioncment Mr. IVickhffe agreed. This
important fact is proven by every witness
who heard the last conversation between
them, which cudtd with the fatal af
fray.
sVhat then becomes of one of the vile
falsehoods which my enemies have fabrica
ted, that I pushed Mr. Benning between
my self and a proper responsibility? If Mr.
Smith had published, In his statement of
the evidence, all which he gave on the trail,
I might have referred to his utatement of
Mr. Wickliffe'a remarks to him betoic h<
had his interview with Mr. Benning, toaltow
thnt Mr. WickllfTe wrote 'Coriolanus' in a
much more abusive style than it finally ap
peared in the Reporter, for the express
purpose of producing a reply which would
authorize him to demand the author; and
that when the rcplv was given, Wiekliffe
himself snid that he doubted whether he hud
a right to demand the autho, of that filece.
not withstanding thisfact, however, my name
was to have been given up, with the
promise of which, WickllfTe wns satis
fied.
A .other clrc um*tance has been stated and
is still believed by many* which it, that I
nvnsintlie office of Mr. Bcnning when the
affray t?*#k place, thereby hoping to prove
that I skulked from danger ami permitted
my friend to fall ?n my placc. l#ook ut the
??x dent e of the Hev. John P. Trotter and
flt.rge Norton, Jr. as given the Ke|?ort*
cr, and you lu\e it there uncquivocall)
proved, th.it I left the nfflre of Mr, Benning
"a short time" after the first interview;
that I was at John Norton's shop, which is
at least two bundled yards higher up Main
Street, when the intellljrenre reached there
of the affray, and that Mr. Trotter n^et me
going dowo in that direc tion, a short dls
tancc f<-om Mr. Norton's shop, and informed
me of the affair.
It is then proven that I neither refused to
assume the responsibility ut ? Dcntatus' nor
skalked in the time nf danger. Charity in*
duces me to say, that in mv opinion thoat
who made those charges did not themselves
believe them, and that they were intended
solely to injure my character. How can H
be said, then, that I am a murdrrrr, or that
I have bce-i guilty af mannlaughttr, when
Mr, Wkkbne, who directed the fatal ball
whieh terminated hi* existence* is acquitted
of all crime for the death of the unfortunate
Hennincf
And has it come to that point in this town
that ? freeman, because he it In the minori
ty, It to he assailed violently in the public
press, hit person plainly marked by mutn
do, with the direct Intention of provoking
him tosoeh a reply at will furnish an apolo
gy for an attack on hit person, and he be
u tended to vlmlcMv iu?n and principle*
rhkh are dear lo him? Tl?? men who m
lulgc W^Mtch dreams, misctlcuUte their
two strength, the firmness oi their ad
tmrlei, and the virtue of (he pep
>te,
I wu ntsaiied without prwodUon. 1 do
nost solemnly nvcr, that it U false that 1
iave ever used any aecret control over the
rditorial management of the Gazette, or t';*t
I have ever a*tailed any man under that
cloak. Whenever I have written tor that
itrtny other paper, my name waa always at
the service ot any man who had a right |<?
tlemand it) and to long aa I can wield a pen
?r raise my voice, 1 will defend a right
wbich Is the birth right of every Ameri
CM* |
That 1 should incur the dislike of the H
libera) of those opponents, with whom it bat
been my lot to come in contact during the
political struggle* of the country, waa to be
expcctcd. But that I ha\ c conducted my
self with a decorum and polUencss, at least
equal to thoae of my opponents 1 assert,and
I challenge them to niow the contrary.?
Under these circumstances, I little expect
ed the notice which 1 have received
from one particular quarter, and 1 wannot
consider it in any other light thuti'a* a com*
plunent. I was not present when Mi. Cluv
addressed the jury on the trial of WickliRV.
but I am informed by many who heard hltn,
that he condcscended, to take particulnt n?
tice of me, ut a time when he well kne#
that I coujd not defend myself; and th >t -ill
bis powers of declamation o| wit, and of sa
tirc, were exerted to demolish my humble
standing in society. An unfortunute expres
sion of my deceased friend, who |)crhn|>?
thought mure highly of me than 1 deserved,
and (or which I certainly was not to hlatn*. ,
was seized on bv tilth windy orator o. (Ik
West, and mudc tlie ground work of iti*.
nbufc
I have never, like tome gentlemen, boast
ed of my prowess. I trust, however, that
I neverhave been, and that I ntver will be
found wanting in firmness, to meet prefer! \
any danger which may assail me: Hutl think
it poorly becomes that man to sneer at oth
ers, whose faithless nerves have twiee dis
turbed liisaim in conflicts which I lis un gov -
ernahle temper had brought '?n, and who
now holds his life ah ttie gift of Virginian
magnuuimity.
JNO. M'CALLA.
Lexington, July 21, 1829.
[From tin* lUlluimre Itcjiutilirsn ]
The Editor of this Paper ha* appeared,
and went tlirouglt nn examination, before
the Grand Jury at Washington in obedience
to their mu< S talked of summons. The on
ly object nf ti?e summons proved to be, im
pertinent curlo*ity. The Grand Jury wai ?
te 1 to pry into our pi ivate correspondence!
mik. n < tiid not indulge them of<?airsct and
of course we were discharged, because tlie
ignoratnuaea found ?>ut they had no law t?
compel it* to reply to their stupid <nd impu
dent queries. We r.ongratulutc thenntion :?t
large, at the conclusion of the legal mum
mery, which hat lieen c arried on in vurimu
shapes for the last sixty dns ut Washing
ton. The C urt .ire composed of ?urh ma
terinlsns Shakespeare only, could describe;
tin- Counsel are worried to their last gasp;
Watkms is guilty legally at latl, us well .is
morally throughout(the Jurtea are disclinr
5cd; IfV ure discharged. l'hv faicc isen
cd? Exeunt omncaf
Hr.Nity S. Sandkiison, Editor ol
the U dtininre Republican," (>'??>* the U.
State*' Telegraph of Thursday evini?n)
"ItaviiK been Mimniontd by the Grnnd Ju
ry to answer as to the nutlior of a ser.e* of
letter* on the ease of Dr. Wntkin*, publish
ed in '.hat paper, appeared yesterday 'in
Court, nnd was informed that the Grand
Jury were not then prepared to exatnim
him.
" Til is morning that gentleman under
went a long examination, with respect t<>
the publication in the Republican, of the
statement <>f Dr. Watkins t? Mr. Harris,
nnd his letter to Mr. Southard, confessing
his guilt.
"Mr. Sanderson, after an exatninntion of
nearly two hours, (during which several
applications respecting it were made by the
Grand Jury to the Court,) Was informed
that his presence was no longer required,
he declining ti< give up the name ot the uu?
thor in question.
??The Grand Jury was subsequently di*
charged."
Then it was not for any ran/# tmht of Court
tha*. Mr. Sanderson was dragged to Wash*
ingtnn by the Cin uit Court of th>it District;
but merely t'? sive the (iruntl Jury an op
portunity to pump out of him, if they could
the name of the author of the letters from
Washington!! Mr. Seatoti wanted to know
who was Mr. Sanderson's c<>rrcsp?m||Rit,
mid as the Post Uftir.e at Washington was i.
other hands than those of his late obsequi
ous friend, betook tfiway ofatcertai'.
ing who he was. I bis proceeding could
have l?een lor nothing but to gratify malig
nant curiosty;for If Mr. Sanderson hud giv
en up the name of his ror respondent nothing
rould have been done to him.
It has not been pretended even that any
of the letter* published b> Mr. Sanderson
contained any thing hu. the I Itl) I'll; and
is a man in this country where we boast ?t
our laws and individual freedom, to be ta
ken from hi* family and his busbies* and
dragged off from "tie end of the country to
the other to give a /mrtitan Grand Jury an
opportunity to alarm him into a betray dot
hi* trust that the* may satisfy their ma
levolent curiosity t Shall not a tree man it>
HutHmore publish a truth, which ev<( >
man in the Oiatrlet of Columblu spoke of
freely?
A namk cannot give dignity to Truth,
nor deprive it of itsforct; and theiefore,
we cannot imagine ativ legitimate objert
the Grand Jury ciaild nave hud in seeking
the name of the author, when they <<.uld
not deny the truth of what he stated) unlets
they niennt to revive the Skmtiom law of
the PJder Adams, whereby the greater was
the Truth the greater was the fJbel.
Kt I<oci*. (Mioeotiri) July 14.
Important.-*Gentlemen who have arri
ved from tho Upper Mississippi, Male that
' would be formed, aa It would he
no treaty IT_? , ?
fou ' impracticable to gather a suH ricnt
notnlxr of Indiana to attend in council, The
Indian* we learn, had been notified to at
tend at Rock Island, by the two commit
sioners Arat appointed, and had in compli
ftnta there* ith, aMM?mhhsi very iiumeroua
iy at the Prophet?* Village about thirty
nMh*ftntn Rock Island. Whelk arrived
met by an onler from the
~ *? -*?? - -m
heir usual summer avocation*, frcto which
i would be impossiblo to withdraw them.
?ftp*
FORKION.
m
, II.. * V ' aii.1 _
LAiEST FROM FRAf
The packet ship Prane<4? Vr.
j state that Gl
000 vigorously bombarded by the ?I
liana. (Ten. Geismar i* at Kalafat with
15,000 men cheeked in hisoperatioo* by
the swelling of the Danube.
A letter (from Vienna of Juno 18th,
tho Russians have exjM0p?c?4 a mvsto
check in the. affiiir o( Pravidee. but that
they have not been prevented from bom
barding Silistria. The Turks can throw
shells as well as the Russians.
A sea fight lias taken placo at the mouth
of tho Bosphonis between a Turkish squad
ron and a Russian urig and four frigate*.
After a short contest, the brig and two of
tho frigate* took to flight,'the fourth firi
Kto mounting fifty piece* of cannon ?ur
udercd to tho Turk*.
It in said that tho King of S|?ain is about
to marry Maria Christina, princess of Na
ples.
For tho late papers wo have, we are in
debted to a friend who ha* frequently ren
dered to u* similar favors; wuf not liaving
received our regular files, we avail our
selves of the following translation* from tho
Commercial Advertiiier:?
Tho Pacha of Nicipolia announce* that
tho greatest misery |torvados the Principali
ties; and tliat tho peUtantry,- notbeing any
longer ahlo to comply with the requisitions
for tlio war, have retired into'the forest*.
It i* (lie Mime thing at Bulgaria. whore
friend* and foes fight together and lay eve
ry Uting waste. The inference from these
((liferent reports is considered at Pera to be,
that tho socond campaign will bejike the
drat, with 110 decisive result. Tho suc
cours brought to the capital aro consumed
immediately. The English Consul-Gene
ral Cartwright has arrived at tho Darda
nelles, where the Aml>as*ador, Sir Robert
(?onion is momentarily expectod. It is im
possibly to give an idea of tho impression
mado it? this eapital hy this approach mado
hy England to the Porto.
Wultuctuu. ? From tho frontiers. May
24th.?The executive divan has received or
der* to prepiiro provixiona for 90,000 men.
Two hundred labourer* are at work on
the bridge of boata at Kallarasch; but it
will not lie finished for some tie**, becau?o
40 pontoons liavu been carried away and
destroyed hy the late inundation*.?vVu
rcmb< rg < uu> ier
/<cy > -n. May 28.?Wo learn from
Alexandria that a part of tile Egyptian
troops, de .tintd to reinforce theTurkisn ar
my m Asia are on their march; but the re
mainder, which forms the strongest part,
and which had tho Mine destination, have
received counter orders, and will embark to
rejoin tho Grniid Scignor's army in Eu
ro|?e. This change of destination is ascrib
ed to tho influence of a European |?ower.?
^iuLhbuiff (in st tie.
Tho same paper announces, on tho au
thority of the Journal of (Wu, that tho
Egyptian expedition is retarded; and that
a Stop ot toe fine, with four Turkish frigate*
and twenty Egyptian corvettes and brig*
are at Alexandria, ready to sail for Con
stantinople.
Tho following intelligence fr?nu Trieste
is dated June 0:?" We learn by advice* of
May 20th. from the frontiers of Servia, that
lluwiein Paclui, who loruicrly oommanded
at Houtschouk, has received orders to com
b!u?*J*.'1 wiu? the garrison
ot furtukai, and march towards Silistria,
to cover, during tho contemplated attack,
the danks of the ('rand Viaier'a anuy.?
From hence, it ap|>eani that tho Russian
corps which is before Giurgevo and ntinr
llouuchouk in not considerable. Before
Silistria, on thu contrary, tho Russian* havo
sssembled 24,000 men. Tho Turk* will
unquestionably employ their utmost effort*
to maintaiu that fortress; and under its
walls, probably, ? bloody battle will bo
fought that must have great influence on
tho campaign. Congrevo rockets are now
mado use of by the Turks. They havo
boon taught to uso them by an English
officor, and expect to find ihom of great ad
vantage in the uneten ground of the Bal
kan and againat the enemy's cavalry.?
Utters from Corfti, dated May ?, an
nounce tliat two English ships of the lino
and two frigates continued in that sea. Af
ter the blockade of Prevesa bad l>een raised
two cutters returned thither. Since the
coast has been free from blockade, a great
nuiulier of veahvtt havanrvivad at tho Ioni
an Island* to buy com, the price of whicli
lias risen in consequenoo."
Our correspondent at Lisbon writes us as
follows, under dale of tho 3d inst?Tho
new Spanish minister in this capital htt
frequent conferences with l>on Miguel art*
tho Que*n Miguel. Uc has succeeded in
prevailing with Don Miguel to accede ton
marriage with hi* niece,l*.nna Maria but
has now an enterprise much more difficult
to accomplish, that of inducing him tore
sign the character of King for that <7Re
gent. lo (hi* end the ambassador ha* re
ceived very minute instruction*, concerted
Mwcen the C ourts of tendon and Madrid.
A.tho the om|>erof Don Pedro has testified
to ""bun'cabinet* that he. no longer wish
es to treat with his brother, and has even
shown " desire that his dangkflK should re
turn to llraxil, w< now have certain in
formation that the cabinet of fit, Jamas, in
accord with U.at of Vienna, will oppose a*
far a* |?o*?itde the departure (4 the jountr
Queen; and that the great question now 1*
to ?'??k?ge Don Miguel to mwume the office
ol Regent, in order that, having complied
with hi* bn.ther s w,,|,es, Don Pedro may
no longer op(M?e the marriage. The <abi
Il J.'n i.S" that Dim Migu
el n ill in ifiiture l?e more submissive to its
counsels (ban hitherto."
at 20.?Fives closed
im lAr r *** ,7{* $?*"?? Bank actions
n?inl Sl??*sb
4fl4f ? l^n from 4W. to
I Jw plliam,r '.of P<'rn,.on ,h? IMt, (lie
?Jby a majority of W against 22
messumgxte much excitement.
,. vb? Propagateur ,n c;irom|o
, ?n, pu**^re;
socli is the distress of the wine trade, (list
aaany growsr* are obliged to give uo their
wine in nayment of the
?Itr Augsburg (iaxette, savs. "?he let
P'*tur? of tho
wfisMssyps