wttioflju 0m®mmim ,;,',■>„, i ... .' i philo ii '/,/'/..] salisbury n c tuesday february 7 1826 vol vi no 206 rni.e ,. . „, the terms ol he western carolinian are jr per annum or k3 50 if loud in advance no pap discontinued except sl the option ef the uditor until all arrearages arepind a.li.-riis.-iii.-nt will hc inserted t fifty cents sr square for the first insertion and twenty-five cent for each subsequent one all letters addressed tothe editor must be fost-pai'l nc llu-v will not be atlentlcil to mr editor : i feel myself called upun 1 to make some reply to .. s.rini of unfair snd ungenerous statements made by soma writer in a lale number of your paper in regard to the manumission sr-ietij qj north carolina and ils proceedings i feel the more encouraged to do bo from vour very impartial and genllemanlv proffer lo publish a reply if of reasona ble length nnd couched in decorous language " these restrictions shall be mos scrupulously observed asnearusthe nature of he subject will admit snd if in any instance the language may be thought a little bearing mr editor please turn to the counterpart in the piece which hiis elicited this in such espprcs siuns ns " designing men duplicity un der the mask or religion " not yi'uc deprived of reason sic wilh which the piece is well sprinkled would hnvc of iho propriety of turning iheir own children oui of doors ilcslilule of all support snd calculated to become a charge and an intolerable nuisance to society the next subject he neniiun i brings into view two ronspicuuus iiulitiduals in the society respecting th of whom he ventures lo raako eo ■> shrewd conjec tures the first he considers " eurly worn out in the cause of humanity i'l is is so random a shot that he may be informed for hia consolation that thc gentleman alluded to ia only one of many such who are so far from bciti worn out that ihey are still fresh and vigorous in the cause and constantly gaining new accessions of strength and numbers i und supported by the justice of their cause will never abandon il while thoy have a tongue to plead far those who hove none to plead for ihemselvcs ; knuwing thai ihcy are disinterestedly engaged in ihe same common concern which is gmwing and gaining ground all over the civilized world in behalf of the injured sons of frira i and which neither the puny opposition of interested men nor he pens of calumniators will ever lie able to effect any thing against while there is such a thing ei justice in he uni verae parties have been beard we hope ihev will now bold a truce : wc are afraid it ihe discussion is continued lhal it will acquire a warmth and acrimony which will impoia on os tbe disagree able neeesslt ofrwntfna sny thing i'm thei that may be lent it on the subject nine ',:.-, earl of ten which is thr number pec posed in the bill as i was reported the motive in making ibis proposition was o diver lie discussion from the general pnnriplc of ibr hill ll s iikrlv iha he committee « ill report hc bill lo day if lhe objr t of the morion ihoilld he obtained a r porti in par u.is made by the commiltee on elections on ihe subject of he tf-lchlirsn elect in the report which will he found in our procee dings stales ilia the hoard of canvassers had exceeded their duty mr wicklifto nf kentucky laid on the table a resolution on the subject of a canal from tho missis sippi to lhe bay nf pensacola mr liv ings on laid somo resolutions on lhe tsble to appoint a committee in ret nrt a the next session on the expediency of con solidating iho existing ism iii rotation ..■> duties on imports and tonnage and foi making uniform tlie laws relative to for eign hills of exchange a resolution was also sgreed to on motion of mr ingh un of pennsylvania directing the judiciary commiltee to inquire into an alleged pro fessional misdemeanor i is charged against a district attorney that after pro secuting a public debtor he received i fee from thc debtor himself or rather hi assignee — o rentier him srr.-ice in tho casu the subject exci.eil seme indig nation in he house and the committee was clothed wilh autliorily lo scnti fot per sons and papers ibid c\ia sujlmaitv washington jan 17 h thr senate lhc uill tu preicnl 1c seriion in the army und for other pur poses was read the bird time und passed the commillce on nuval affairs made a jfuw fashions retell & templeton tailors again oiler their services 0 their friends snd public nl large ; and hope by prac tical attenton to business still u merit a equal hare of encouragement we in ins re it id hi drafts figure he the latest 1'liila.lelphi'i failii ; whirl wo are inclined to believe will be quite pleasing to the major part of be dressy community in addi tion to which we have liadaf.iu.uramc opportu nity of examining laveral luitei of t loth i com pleted hi the most cell-lira e i simps in new york we feel no hesitancy in asserting thai our work possesses an equal shsrs of lasts and count product will be received in payment ufttork ilium in this hop sl be prevailing price '„, ease we should nu he supplied at the revell and templeton tender their gratea.1 thanks to all those who have extended their calronage to them and hope their favour maj e eoiiliuiird as our plan is to rinse our bookl at the end of everv var and lhe expiration of the f vear beii jr close at hand we pollll lv invite all those who nan had noil done in tin year to corns forward if convenient and close their accounts sea i.s he olli ta.i ni next salisbury dec hih ; h 14 b8 report on lhe of t'om porter accompanied liy the expression of their opinion that there was nothing in the clianiclcr of tbe transactions that re quires the interference of ihc senate and hut i is due to lie preservation of a proper discipline and lo the reputation of our officers thai appeals should nut be encbursged from tin decisions of the military courts three resolutions were submillrd one hy mr ilayne for iiifur ma ion in relstion to the surveys of iho harbour ul charleston and the port of st mary's wilh a view of deciding upon the expediency of establishing a navy yard al either of those places in the house of reprcscn.alivcs yes terday mr hamilton of s c reported a bill to increase the < orps of engineer a bill was also introduced by mr bur gess of k ii to proiiile for persons en gaged in hie land and naval service in lhc revolutionary war in conforntily wilh a recommendation contained in the presi dent's message a uill was introduced by mr baylies of massachusetts to es tablish a military pust at the mouth of ihc columbia river and lo provide for lhe exploration nf the roasts and wa'.crs the resoluliona offered on friday rela tive to the compensation of l'ostmsstcrs and lhe wesl-point cadets were agreed lo resolutions were laid on the table by mr scott of missouri calling on lhc treasury department for a list of bu lanccb due by ihe receivers of public money on account of the sales of public lands lor lhc lasi year tlie judicial bill was lhen laken up in commitlee when mr cook spoke for about an hour in sup port of he bill nat journal the statements srem to have been msde by one who professes great good will to his country government fellow rilizens nnd in short to the whole fm il of mankind if one mi judge from the i in gnage will whirl be prefaces bis ralinnn ; but unhappily for bis pretensions in the cubrie of his vituperation he b.-travs boi'i b waul of good will and good infor-nalion re spccling a part of his fellow citizens who have never had any object in view in as soeisting together oihcr than the well being of their country and the good of mankind be has also betrayed a mos deplorable want of good memory in re lating whal he asserts lo have taken place at ihe meeting when he called out of " idle curiosity he that when it might and bc his object what it might in attending ihere it would certainly be con venient should he rver fhink proper o gra ifv his idle curiosity again lo be pre pared to lake accurate notes of what passes lhe oilier member he alludes to he conceives " from dis known character for candor anil fair dealing must have joined ihc society " rilt.oul being fully acquainted wilh their prlncip s now the queslon here is si n ily this whether ihis genileman of acknuwledged " char acter for candor and fui dealing would become a member of siy soiiety without beceming fully acquainted with their principles ; and whether fron hia mature reflection und knowledge of the subject and society for some length if time he has not possessed penetratioi enough to become as well acquainted with heir principles as this acme gentleman pre sumes lo have done in the coarse of the time he was among them when he called out of idle curiosity " he says he is " much misiuken if the sui gentleman does not in a short lime riturn lo the old irnck of honest legisl.it on and fair dealing to effect politics changes this is no other than to aa the genlle man in question is acting unfairly and dishonesty but his piece ii full of such insinuations he may be told for bis comfort that hois 1i».lv to be as rgre giously mistaken in his conjectures of this member as of the oilier ; for he con tinues to be one of the most faithful and valuable members in the society and will no doubt continue to be surh from the conviction lhat he is acling honestly and fairly and assisling in ccn junction wilh the thousands of the benevo lem in our land to effect great and im portsnt changes loudly called for beyond all other changes in he political world speaking of a resolution which was before ihe meeting and did not pass tic says " it seemed however agreed hat the object of the resolution might be effected by a caucus another of the unaccountable mysteries of this very mysterious gentleman towards the close of his vituperative remarks be ob serves : " tbe discussions of this meeting open to our view lhe real character of hc norih carolina manumission society which differs as much from the funda mental principles of.be american colon ization society ice as vice from virtue will regard to ihe discussions of lhc mee.ing opening io view he real charac ter of ihe society i coincide with him ; but ihc distorted feature which he has endeavoured to give those discussions is as different from its true one as plain truth is from unfair and iiiyidiom nus gv & coach making savn rimir lubsorihrr begs leave to acquaint his j friends and lie public a large thai be has rstiihli i himself a lew doors east of mr u ill ia h slaughter's mouse nf entertainment on main street balls nry ; where he is prepared to execute all orders in the above line ol lin-nies in ihe senate a bill was reported bv the commiltee on naval affairs for the rsiablishmeni ofa naval academy and tho f onunillcc on roads and canals lo whom iva referred the bill io provide for he survey of the proposed canal and ship channel across the peninsula f florid rcporird lhe same without any material amendment with a repoi of ihe opinion of ihe commiltee and a long communi cation bom mr while lhe delegate from florida or the subject mr hen ion rrom the select committee reported ;, resolution proposing :,„ amendment to ihe constitution of the united slates on the subject of the elce.ion of president and vice - president accompanied hy a report of eighty manuscript pages tho reading nf whirl occupied about on hour and a half three thousand copies of lhe report were ordered lo be printed the bill for the relief of sundry citliens of baltimore was laid on ihe table and tho bill supplementary to the act to regulate ibe collection of duties on imports and tonnage gave rise lo aomo dcbalc from which it uppcared lhat a roi.fidcuii.il agent had been sent lo philadelphia to investi gate the fartb relative o the recent cus tom house transactions in thai city after a little more discussion yesterday in the house of represonlalivrs on tbe subject ofthe judicial bill on whicn mr wright of ohio was lhe principal spea ker followed brieflv by mr wood of new york and mr kieincr of pennsyl vania iho bill was reported without amendment in the house a division look place by uyrs and noes on a mo tion by mr siorrs of new-york to givo but two new judges which was decided in the negalive — lhe ayes being 60 and ihe nonj 119 mr mercer moved to re commit the bill i tho judiciary commit ted with instructions io amend it bo sb te separate lhc appellate from the circuit court and reduce the judges in bo for mer to 5 a 11 was reported by mr hemphill concerning roads and canals which authorizes die president to apply to thc purposes of internal improvement anv surplus money which may remain ill ihe treasury at the close ofea i session of congress mr drayton ol south caro lina laid ii resolution on the table inqui ring of ihe scenery of war what had been done on ihe subject of ibe defence of ihe hurbonr of charleston i resolu tion w,s also laid on the table by mr ilolcombr of new-jersey calling for an csiimaicol thr cost ul cert iin llveoak tim bers md the preservation of tho live oak and red cedai on the public lands a fev other resolutions of minor importance was offered w > washington tan rt the subscriber returns bis sincere thanks for that liberal portion of public patronage he has received lor llu las thru tears and hopes hv continuing in lhe above business 0 reap u lib eral share with llu res of ins mends he speaks of " ihe mysteries of thc society what these arc ur what be bas allusion lo is wholly at conjee ure as lhe meetings have been held openly and publiekly for several years al different places in the space extending k.ast and west from hillsboro ta iredell county ond north and south from dan river to montgomery county and have been at tended by numbers of people neither is there nor has there been any restric tion in regard to the information of oth ers except in one particular — which is a prohibition that no conversation shall bc held with any person of colour on the subject nor any such person be admitted to be present at ihe lime of their deliber ations there would seem however to have been mysteries abroad from his ac counts ; for hc relates several particulars which if they have been known to any one mubt have been revealed since nr have occurred through a failure of mem ury or otherwise these shall he no lice.l in their places he gives some very fair and correct statements ; — such as the qualifications necessary to constitute members in the society ; and lhe meeting organizing and proceeding to business in a regular and systemalic manner fur these hc is entitled to much credit then he says their first object was a bill to organize courts of judicature for the sons of africa and comments on the evils which would have resulted from such a measure when ill fact the resolution alluded to wassimplv proposing a plan by which lhat part of our population who are fur he most part vcrv much uninformed yet are neverthe less subject to the penalties of the laws mlghl be brought belter acquainted wilh the nature and lurpiiudc of crimes ; and ihis on lhc domestic scale it recom mended as a plan lhat there might be amongst plantations of slaves an authority erected by the master which should be considered in some sort a tribunal for lhe ti ial anil punishment of minor cases of of fence amongst them ; to be under bis oversight and no srnlcncc lo be carried into execution but in thc presence of two white men or more ; whirl would save the master the disagreeable issk of be coming lioih judge and executioner and this is whsi has been strangely magnified into " courts of judicature for the sons ot africa next to establish schools to enliglilen them very well and raise up lawyers and judges lo adminis ter thc laws ihey should enacl for their government this is indeed one of he mysteries for lhat such a subject was ever hrard among ihem will require a slrength of evidence lo prove which shall he sufficient lo convince some hundreds that ihey have no ears " raise up law ye s and judges !" when they have never had nor ever held out any other view on iho subject of educating the bla.cks lhan lhal of proposing those thai are free and such as may be set free for lhat purpose o go home cilbcr tu lhe land uf iheir forefathers or to a gov ern,nen of iheir own kind and colour the manumission society of north caro una linvo as liule idea of die blacks being freed and turned tome bero as hay a journeyman is wanted at the above busi ness ; liberal wages tt ill he given t tt an is well skilled in tunnel work and is m im .! to be ol,fr cyrus w west new leather new fashions ! euenk/kk d10k8on again lenders his un feigned ihankh o hose who have patron ized bin und begs leave ta inform them and all thers concerned ba he has just received from philadelphia a v.rr supply of leather • nd n,-a la snd llzf v'et , i blob will ens we bio by his oiro faithful atd - 1 on to his shop and the employ nu n ol ihe best nf workmen be bides to mate and mend even d rripiion of washington jan 18 three llesolutions were submitted : two by mr johnston nf louisiana one for lhe erection of light houses ot cape flori da und caps carnavci.il and the oilier by mr clayton iclalive to he change of a post route in ihe slate of delaware the resolutions offered yesterday were all agreed to in the house of representatives yes tcrday the consideration of the judicial kill wns again taken up in commi.lec when mr kuckner.of kentucky mr li vingston of louisiana and mr ingersoll of connecticut all spoke very ably in sup port of the kill mr ingersoll is a new member and attracted great btlontion by lhe pertinence of his remarks and the force ana chastity of his expression a bill was passed for altering the time of balding the district court in the northern district of new-york on motion ol mr baylies of massachusetts a resolu ion was laid on lhc table calling for informs lion as to the correspondence be ween real britain and the united states ros pecting that pari of lhe boundary of tho united states bordering on the pacific ocean no other business of any irnpor lance was transacted ibid roius tu\t lavioes f n good mat rials in s fashionable a stvle ami workmanlike manner «■■ ut a tlie , nit 1 stales he ha reeeiveil a biippll of lunt rate stat skins .■ from t hid he will he able in make most superb light boots ami pumps lur gentle men he rt-spe.-u-.illy asks ness customers to tit him and old ones to nick ■■>, him call at the sign of lie '.,. loot opposite mr slaughter's house of entertainment slain street salisbury n c dee a„l l:,_'j b8 north carolina wilkes county fplik subscribers hating heei appointed ex j ecutors of the will of john coffey dee'd give notice dial on wednesday the jjiiil ila'v of february next they iiiii sell 5.'5 ncres of linil whereon the deceased last hied lying on l,e yadkin river in a goal lettlemeut adjoin ing the lauds of col william davenport capt t unla anil others a large proportion f mi.l laitil is first role low-grounds with two sjouil apple-orchards of lhe best kind of fruit ; two dwelling-houses with other buildings i ami cleared land enough in good repair tu raise up wards of 300 barrels of com one half tlie price of the land till he on two years rediti and the other balfin one v nr j washington ian 19 | in the senate the bill amending the juduisl sysiem which was made the or der of be day was ordered lo lie on he liable the chairman of be judiciary com mittee mr van bu en being prevented from altendlngby indiapoailion the bill for lhe rclierof sundry citizens of haiti mote was ordered to be engrossed for its third rosdlng without opposition — and the hill supplementary so an act lo perfect certain locations and sates ol public lands in missouri passed april 86 1822 pas sed and was sent to the house ol repre sentatives for concurrence mr johnson uf ken gave notice of bis intention to bring in a bill lo mihorizo tho columbian college in this district to raise certain sums by lotteries for ihe benrlit of that institution a memorial was presented hy mr llarnc from the city council ol charleston for the establishment ol a ha rine hospiial nt that plate lur the use ol sick and disabled seamen an attempt was yesterday made lo r.,,1 jhorl the discussion in ihc commiltee of the house of representatives on tbe ju dicial bill with a view 10 brmi the de bale which has now occupied tbe house lor a fortnight lo a point mr mercer at the suggestion of mr storrs,of new-york withdrew lis motion to amend ihe lull by striking oa the first section mr storrs then bubflilted a motion to amend ibe bill by striking out three additional judges ami insef-ing lwo i '■" '** "' m , ! j . | e . ,',.-' ■ ; ul tl " supreme judgci also it the same tintc.and on die above premises uill in sold the following property al twelve months credit i one like n'rgro boy bout 16 years old i il head of lion -.,.,. • ,-.,', tie ami hogs a parcel of bacon al >,„ 50 bar rels of ram one copper still - ifhlack smith tools one wagon ihrei beds and furni ture household rami kitchen fum run , farming tools o too tedious to men i ni alsrgcnuan iity of wain ll and cherry plank u ii ■ ned the sale o continue from da lo day until all is old nines with approved security will be requirdb in every instance belbre the properly ts delivered representation there c several other allusions and i sly iimuendns in this piece of ca'icalure j besides hose which have already very unpleasant nnd unwillingly led lhe wri ler of this to make use of some replies which noil ing but tho dealing of slan derous and calumniating misrepresenta tion could have called forth such as riiling ihc hid black horsr into the leg islature ; which seems o have been s subject so big about him that he saw his own likeness on lhe black huise through , ihe mists of error and mistook it for lhat t of some other person hul i forbear lo ) notico any further mr editor lest i should quite ransgress the limbs very prudently prescribed in yuur paper as u his giving a " skeich of lhe proc.ccd mus uf ihe socie.y ii order dial the pub lic mav judge mure correctly of i's ob ject your very gentlemanly proffer o publish what ihc society have to say for themselves will no doubt be thankfully embraced and save this gentleman from having oo much of ihc trouble ; as lbs society arc desitotis lhat eery part ol their principles should bc fullv known wm davenport ,. levi coffev executor januaryss 1836 4,97 n h all those indebted lo the above decea w.l m-i requested to come forward and settle their accounts i and those who late demands npa'ui-t thr estate an requested ," presen hem or the ac uf assembly ill be plead against hem vi i ts i c earuvs wublngtoni jin 91 in the house of representslives ■■> bill was reported from the n ivel t ommiitee lor the establishment of a naval school a bill was also reported lo authorize iho laying out and opening certain roads in ih territory of michigan inst aw the speaker had called up iho nn i.i in i business of the preceding day mr stevenson ol pennsylvania rose ami i communicated to the house thc death of mr i attelly oneol be representatives i from thai state on motion of mr lug hum who delivered a pathetic and juat eulogy on his deceased colleague be ilousu resolved unanlmouely lo wesr tape on the i'i am for -, month he j liouse tttf idjourncd a the senile did nnl sit yesterday to lhe heirs at law of jesse sftenccr tlec'tl and till others concerned at november lerm ol rowan count court i8»s,the nuncupative will of .,, sc bpen eer dee'd «■». filed in the clerk's office of said county said wilt having been dull 1 91 ibli in i by reducing the same ui writing and hating it proven within ten days all r ilia death i said les,e spencer before jamb marah esq of said count notice is iii nil i herein triiet 0 ih heirs ie f the said jesse spencer deo'd that i shall apply to the worshipful c • ol said county l hi.wan a feb'y 1 on ih.-fi ,„ 1 tbe aforesaid will duly recorded and established nohman owings i 5,57 a mikno to th causb we ven cheerful publish hi foregoing in reply re •'.-. t - 1 sh ■ ■ - ill i is - lh