North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette

              vol i monday f4eb.uap.y i 1790 nl'mb 23 their liberties and properties every man v ho iecls interested in his own fate and the late of his off ipi ing ihouid jatn/jfcr kimfelf and inftead of alking hisiulorm.nl " are thele things f he lhould ap ply to the newspaper the faithful regilter of uie iraniacu.nb ot the t ; its pages teliiiy con ctrning public men and public meal'urcs if the ruiersoj the people act uprightly itudy the interell . of their couiiiiuents aiui confult the good ot the great whole the people will relt liuuhcd u they know it ; and the true and only lure channel thiough which this information can be gained is a ni-wb papek li rulers err the people llicmld know of their niiicoriduei which win e be pairrted in its true colours b me impani.tl i^aitoi u a and impiirtial every ljuor i-ugiit certainly to be for if patroni/.ed by the people n;ucii is entruiled ed to him ; i'eif-imxie;i 11 no oilier motive ltiiuu lates and mull ipduca an euitor of a newfpapcr to found an alaim when danger is at hand lor the deltructton 0 a frtt prcsj will be t mix objefti with men deterniined to en0»ve their fellow-eitizens sacli dcterminutions liowevcr v ill never be formed while the people ccniuiut walchinl ol their liglits attwuiveto till piocetumg of government and li beral patrons in the ans " iii.ony winch a flee pwij iiolds a diltinguiiiicd rai.k in iiis eye and his hands fl retched cut towards hea ven called god to v.itneis he was kotthc n.an ih_y took him lor they lull continued deal to his do ' durations and were jail on the point ot hanging ______ when the marquis delay fayette arrive having requelltd they would fuljpend the execution for a few minutes he aiked what was the abln.'e crime tiie mob replied lie was the abbe le roi the friend of the ariitocracy and the enemy of the people the marquis told them they were miflaken he fai i he very well knew the peilbn of the abbe le roi and he allured them upon his honour that the perfbn whom they were going to hang was hot the man he faid he did not know who the abbe then prefent was but he declared he was not the abb le roi oa this declaration of the marquis the poor abbe was releafed ; but had this nobleman arrived a quar ter of an hour later he would have found lhe man murdered such is the government which prevails in this city " there is reafon to believe that the majority of the members of the allembiy are extremely averfe to go to paris fearing their lives to be in danger but the ic-peated invitations of the p_ri_ans who will net be c.d'y without them at length determine j > their removal though not before the altei-.iy had received a formal deputation from the commons of paiis who engaged to anfwer for the jierioiial fecu ' lite oi every member to fliew how much more the purlliit of a fox is t preferred to the purtuit of religion a church wai lately erected at a village insuiiolk the coll of-whirh / was two thoufand pounds and hilt week the fake of richmond's dog-kennel at good wood was completed,the expenfe of which has been not left then <; ten ihounvid pounds ! so that according to modern cftimation a kennel of hounds is ju/l iive times the 4 value of a church ! the sbpv'e kennel is built on arclies all of lore rnflic with fomewhat of the tufcan chaiacler the , front has a fpacious entrance in the centre ; two feeding rooms } two rooms for the dogs tgr_eep in f two for t_oi«e that arc indifpolcd v ith oth»r iitpm ' denciesfor thofc hat are more ick c l'he door of each is well contrived as to the air hanging lev 1 k and gutters on all tides at the back of the bui'd-ij ing are rooms for the lituiifmen and whipfers-in and courts for the dogs the duke furniihcd all { the drawings himfelf ; and the expenfe ot tin whole occaflottcd drawing on iiis banker ior th above fum hi grace is mailer ol the ordnance an ajfccliiig event \ a few days fince were executed at rhrewfbtiry th mas phipps efq aged 47 and his foil thomas phipps jun aged 20 for forging a note of h.uid for sol purporting to b gl*_n b richard cokman the note had been put in ini — hut the defendant 1 inl'llcd that the note was a forgery after a full hearing the two phfpws were brought in g-ifty j and were fene ced to be hung mr phipps and his fmt from tn tftn of f-i oeadenuxuioii until the , morning of thi irexeaiti in | 1 rfifted in their inno * ccr.ee however beiore they left the gaol yoiing phipps confeflcd that he comnd'tted the forgery . avowii ; his father's ihrocenc - ' it and ig-orancfe i of its being forged when publri_ed they #«_ ( taken in a mourning coach tethe place of exechti on on their way to the fatal tree the fa:!u:i faid to the fen t nur.y.thnu haft brought pie to thi fli neful end bm 1 freely forgive thee to which v the ion made no reply when the awful moment arrived that they nutfc y leave the fable vehicle mr phipps faid to his ton .^ " u have brought me hither do you lead the f way which the youth accordingly did and in the moil cghipdfed manner afcended the ladder to a i temporary fcaff.ld erecled for the purpofe follow ed by his father when the devotions were hnifhed and the conviils tied up they embraced each other ii and in a few minutes the executioner let down the . fc___ld,and they were launched into eternity atnidft a vail concourfe of decply-afftflcd fpefiatorsji be holding a parent and a child fttfferjng an ignomini ous death for violating the huvb of their country tfcvtmiier 10 upon a fair toveftlgation it an pears that the lofs to the holy see by the revolu i on in france will be no lei's than four millions of crowns the american flates have obtained hulls fi rr roinc-for the confeoratiun of dr john carro the miscellany from the gazette of the ui::tsd states the guest u the mole that has no ivindaiv fir tie fun 41 finds jet a iiglt that tend to genial ion t a great part of mankiqd are held in boiid ipjl age to one abfurd culli.ra or another — hut perhaps a more ridiculous and niifchievous deviati on from the laws of nature and real'on never ob tained than the celibacy of the cleigy this is a trite fubjedt of declamation ; but all that has been written or could be urged againlt it would have proved ineffecrual,had not the rays of political know ledge recently opened the eyes of mankind to their true interelt their is now a fair proipeft that this intolerable yoke will be taken oil the clergy of the roman catholic church ; and the door ol honour able love and connubial felicity be opened to them in common with their fellow-men •• marriage is honourable in all :" it is an iiilliuuion wile politic and benevolent initfclf — md leads to all the tender charities that knit the family of mankind in the hup • picft unities of love concord anj peace wlun i behold a well-regulated happy family the obje&infplfei the moll pleaimg fenfatton's and reflections i ca my eyes buck to the period when the parents nt a lovely progeny rirft commenced the acquaintance that lias proved the origin of fo many agreeable ciicumftances happy moments of love honour and mutual conlidencc ! — how refined and delightful the fweel intercourfe of kindied minds ! their mutual attritions cemented by the facred bonds of wedlock have gathered llrength with ad vancing years and their lalt letting fun flnll go down in peace when this connection is founded on proper principles it is not fuhjeft to thofe pertur bations and depreffions of faints which lender the marriage ftate a jefl to the ihoughtlef libertine and make the timid waver and doubt till u'mc.e.vtinguifli ing-thc beft pafiions in tlie human heart creates art indifference either to pleafing or toeing pk-aled the cares of life in every i\mtcvrtttt3by — in the mar ried'ftate they are divided as they increafe — and the pleafarcs of life are doubled — the mind retains its natural foftnefs and generous fympatby and having a vaiiety of objc&s to engage us attention thofe objects interelt its feelings and animate its cxr ertions till its felicity conlills in living to the hap pinefsof its connexions and of mankind society derives its bell fecur'ty from the attuchrrlents which originate in the ties of family fathers mothers and children are the furell and belt pledges of fideli ty to the commonwealth — to thofo endearing appel lations nothing is indifferent that has reference to the peace and profyerity the misfortune or mifery of their country ; but the voluntary exiles from the temple of hymen while they violate the laws of realbn and fociety in palling through life in the li litary walks of b.ichelorifm lofe by degrees the bell b&e&tons — they contract a temper of infcnfibility to the happinefsor infelicity oftheir fellow-creatures and from neglecting and being neglected by the btfi part i)t our lpccies tliev acquire amorofe and ceofo rioii hifpoliiion-r and leaking war with the world b r their con'.emni for its maxims and cuftoms they always come oft fxondb.j for e 1cn all air $. london ocfoblr 2 another ftr.-miigt.'vgto+alloiith'owomnn empire which may probably retard ihe opera tions that are sow carried pn by fame great powers in europe for ece&jrig a peace bets een ail the belli • gerent powers or which will oblige the porte to make greater facrifices than ilie might have at iiril intended to procure a peace the court ot naples has lately flarted claims to the prewiuce ct alb-nix bcrckiir.g on uieauriatic * and now in po/tcff^n of the turk_s this appears to the court of naples to be the muff favourable moment to urge thofc claims when the i'mte is engaged in a conteil with ruitia and auf tria thofc claims fupported even by the whole of the forces of the two sicilies would nor greatly embar rafs the turks if the king of spain was to hand neuter but his catholic majcfly we tire informed has caufed it to be lignificd to the porte that he will fup port the pretenlions of iiis brother the king of the two sicilies in aliening the ancient right of the crown to the province ol albania f.,frafl cfet letter from p,vh dated otfober 16 " the inhabitants of this city » ho happen to think that the mob arc not infallible fcjtrcejy dare open theii lips in public about ail'aiis such is the lima tion of affairs at prefent that a bold calumny bold ly propagate would bc fnflicient to make die mob proceed to extren eltes of the moil alarming nature before they would take time to cpnfider whether or not there was the fmallvfl foundation for fuch vio lenre if one of the rabble mould happen to point to a man and cry out aiillocrate !" the deatli of the wretched man would probably be the confe tjuencfe " 1 his is n t a mifreprefehtatjon or an exaggera tion ; with my own eyes 1 faw an infhincc that ful ly warrants the ailcrtion a clergyman of the name of le roi had the misfortune to fall under the dif pfeafure of the mob who refolved to difpatch hint without any form of trial and by their own fove reign authority the poor man feeing feme people advance towards him wiihfury in their looks and crying " aiirtocrate !" inliantly ran into a houfe for flicker and efcaped by a back door the mob fooft followed dragging out an abbe who happened to be in the fame houfe they roared out that they had got the abbe le roi and wore they would im mediately hang him whilfi they wer'a draggine him to the place of execution the unfortunate victim of their fury declared in the noil nletfrn manner that he was not the abbe le roi hm they would not attend to him w'l.en ihey got him to the place of execution ihey fixed the fatal cord round his neck while they were dc ing this th pooi ir.an v ith tears the follrwino oh e nations on the great importance ami utility efnfwstapfp ?, mrextraped from the fir number of the western star j paper pub lifbed by mr loring andrews at stockbridgc maltachufetts it is owing in a great degree to the want of in formation that the people are fo often fufpicious of their nilcrs and entertain the idea that the in tcreft of the people and the intereft of the govern ment is unconnected ; and that the latter have no object but to aggrandize thetnfelves acquire unli mited power and lay heavy burdens upon their con ftituents which they themfel ves mean not to feel the weight of remefs and difappointed men out of office everpropagate.fuch ideas ; and fo lnnir as the people at large.or anynumher of them ground their opinions upon verbal reports thev will be likv ljr to remain in a late of uneafinefs wijh mjai _' to ■ . - . the north-carolina chroniclfe ; or fayetteville gazette