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ar CASH, and the highest Prise
given for Liner and Cotton Rags, by
the Printer Of this paper.
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will, and BY Submission sss,s.,,.
tipnal 70 his mandates. Ia this !: soaat
trust OF themselves and their lsss d,,
power does j. never occur 10 our ...oaaay,
that submission to outrage, iosul, ' 9
ton never fails to induce repetition ~ !, ss's'
with increased weight; and tina. es... 'Nsa
We recede We have so much NOR. aY
back again, or else yield. Thus II. = qsa'
OF our government beget cur DANCE, ~ "a 'sa'
finely is this temper and conduc, ds.,' a0s
BY Burke, IN the following words. 40 'esd
ne applied in 1896 to the British MIN, "u''a
meanly begins negotiation from F.
!" In. the palpable night of their ,., aas'
men under CONSERVATION suppose 10, ' y
1t is the danger which by a sure in,' @s
calls out the courage to resist it, bu, ,ba.
the courage which does produce the d.. .
ger. They therefore seek for res 1'N
from their fears 10 their fears thsa,sIs'
aud consider a temporizing msaaus,, :,
the only source of Safety "
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From the Nesu 1o,k EUenisg Posi-.
THE EsVIE w.
NO. Vii.

We concluded oar last runber VITA Sir'
Randolph's charge againss Mr.. Jefferson.
that his object in holding Two different ian-
guages, ths one pubic and 0Di'c'a1, the osnef
6riyate and Confidential. was 70 shit the
responsibility OF AIS ewn measures OFT upon
congress. unqaestionabiy that was his de-
.;en. lis gerisc.jy cooscnant with tfiete.
nor Of his whole life, and particularly With
All his copalct ever since ne became prssi-
dent.
/, wss of this same dupiicity, this trsa-
cheroos, Two fold behavior that Genet once
COMPLAINED ia the bitterness OF his heart'
While Mr.. IsEerson seconded his terrible
]. ' Jews on the independence OF this couasry
IN the closet, he conibatted thsm 10 Puollc
as secretary of state. Ii was too much iof
sth. patience of the Frrnchnan and ne 'ex-
posed him.
IL was this same systemof low and COVE
artlly cunning that dictated the dlsPatcnes
60 commodore Morris in the Mediterrane'
an 10 which it was SO managed as TO De-
trayths commodore into war without com
mating the administration, thus leaving
the president free TO adopt or disayow MS
acts; and which ended, of course, 10 inc
persecution of that officer by Mr.. efer-
sen.
Twas this ntor stra,agem to retain
hisspopularity at the: expense, she sacrfhcs
of every one else, that made him 'nso've
Mr.. Eaton in snare which nothing but
she courage. the vigor, and the good sense
of that officer could have extrica'ed MIN
from. Il was this that bTough. rum and
deso!ation On Hames Caramanii, afEienu
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,uItsso 60 the senate with message,
forming them that it had been passed to- e.
nable the president TO commence with more
effecI a negotiation for the purpose OF the
Spanish territcrieslyiDg on the Atlantic O.
cean and the galph of Mexico and eastward
.of the river Mississippi, and thatthe nature
and importance of the measure had Undue
ed them TO act with closed doors Aud
thar therefore the senate would consider
the communication as confidential. Here
awe sec the ostensible objectwas purchase
of ,erritorysfrom Spain, and of course the
senate could infer nothing, bur that the
grant Of the two millions was wanted as the
purchase money TO pay Spain with
Whoever thinksso, however, willsbe eyre
giously mistaken For the true desuDa.
too of the money we must go back and
take up a fact that we have reserved till
this times
Some days previous TO the 18th of De
eember, Mr.. Randolph having occasion to
call on Mr.. Madison, The latter took the
occasion 10 break to him, as chairman of
the, select committee, a great and very
important state secret. lie then proceed
ed TO inform Mr. Randolph that if Spain
was ever so mnth disposed to settle her
differences with US, there lay a terrible OBJ.
stscle,in the way, namely, the want of con.
sent on the.part of Frances which was on.
ly 60 be got over IN one shape, and that
was by paying her good roand sum of
money, which, he added, muss be done.
HIS exact words, as related by Mr.. Ran.
doiph, were, thats' France would not per.
NIT Spain 20 adjust her differences with
as; Franee wanted money and we mist
give il 10 her, or have Spanish s. French
war" Oh. natioual humiiiation! The
Administrations declares thar we must pur.
; chase peace, and of those too, 20 whom
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FROM THE PEOPLES FRIEND.

If we had the progrcs. eff the, affairs be.
no less al the want of common sense than
at the want Of spiri; in Dur uaiiouaf coun.
ellis. We we're compulsorlly pushed from
our rightof deposit at New orleans--ra-
ther than boldly resume il as thought TO
have been resumed, we negotiated away
the offence, buying New Orleans aud, for
phe sake Of it, all Louisiana. As soonas
we have paid our monty Spain makes an
intrscti9n upon us, torbiddlug usthe use
OF certain rivers 10 fireplace she had sosd.
We endeavor &C negoslate that offence away
te 20 but Spain, knowing that hdm'-
liation is our habit, refuses to'lfsseh to US.
1t will be remembered that two:yeass ago,
or more, the congressional house oi re-
representatives. came TO a resolution that n
merica must get the .Florldas either by Pur.
chase or by force; Spain says 70 US you
shall not have The Floridas by purchase
so, now keep your word If you can and
take them by force" The ambassador OF
Spain insults your chief magistrate, who
in paroxysm Of that kind OF courage
which timid hearts collect from the high
effervescence of their fears, orders The am-
bassador from the seat of government, and
his sovereign to recall him. Blu. that no.
march gives the ambassador fresh creden-
tials aud orders him to beard cur govern
ment. For halfthis, our legislature would
have been stimulated to make non-mpor.a.
ton laws against England, aud 10 try
which could do the most hurt" But our
Executive knows that England can at all
times be negotiated with, whereas the MI
serable pigeon Spain stuck under the wing
of us spolia,ing valture the Corsican' II
once irritased could never be appeased "
that ! fersonian neutrality-suspicious.. La
the eye of England, mild even 10 anger,
we might look for powerful though she
lis. she will listen to reason. But at the
bloody brow of Bonaparte we dare not
glance. In his terrific preseace the minds
eve becomes dazsled-in the contemplation
Of him the base heart becomes vanqulshed.
And while our rulers cape in tremulous,
panic stricken admiration at the enemy OF
mankind, not a CLEAN Of comfort breaks
across their minds, save that which they
derive, whatever il may be, from the hope
LOT compromise with his high and mighty
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BY THIS DAYS MAI,

KINGSTON, (Jam.) Aug, Is,
Arrived schooner Sophia, Loreuzo,lr,n
Marakaibo, 8 days. ''u
Schr. John, Ellis, Wade. Newb.p ..
days. =
In the schr. Sophia came passenger NJ,
Stocker. late supercsrgo ofths Am.rir,,
ship Polly, of Philadelphia, which vsm.
was unfortunately upset on the Main. N,
Stocker saved himself by two spars and
knowing nothing of the fate Of III. o,bs,
sufferers.
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!, Is not even pretended we had given any
sor. of offence; nay, Of those who have :
been for year. engaged 10 plundering ana
robbing Us as long as they had marine 70
enable them. TO do Il.
Not long alter this declaration e. che &C.
cretarysof ssa.e, Mr.. Randolph tells us be
was me. by the secretary of the treasury,
who pot into his hands a paper headed
I" P,eviisiion fer the purchase ct Florida,
andtold him, that he addevissd a plan tor
raising the moaey, as he had been request
ed or directed fbv thesnresidentl but
ris
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Isemblsnee 10 men Of any before seeu.-'
While beholding these three, her eyes were
attracted bv three more rising nearly from
4 The same place, and moving swiftly in the
same order and direction. After those,
lsryeral Others rose and went towards the
srock..
| During this view, which all the apscta.
tors thought lasted upwards Of an hour, she
sent for Mr.. Robert Siercy, who did not
come at first; on . second message sent
about fifteen minutes after the FIRST, Mr..
Siercy came, and being now before US, he
gives the following relation, TO the substance
of which Mrs. Reaves agrees.
Mr.. Siercy said, when he was coming
he expected to see nothing extraordinary,
and when come being asked IT he saw
those people on the mountain he answered
no, but on looking asecond time, he said
he saw more glissering white appearances
OF human kind than ever he had seen OF
menat any general review; that they were
Of all sizes from that of men TO infants
that they moved IN througs round large
rock not far from the chimney rock they
were about the height of The chimney rock
and moved In a semi. circular course, be-
tween him and the rock and so passed along.
in southern course between him and the
mountain, tothe place where Mrs. Reayes
said they rose; and tha, two of a full size
went before the general croud aboas the
space of 20 yards: and as they respective
ly came TO this place, shey vanished out OF
sight, leaving solemn and pleasing i'm.
.presti on the nind, accompanied with
dimlnution Of bodily strength.
Whether the above be accountable on.
philosophical principles, or wherher j. be
a prelude 70 the descent Of the Holy City,
i leave to the impartialty curious to- judge.
GEORGE NEWTON.
Z p S. The above subscriber has been In-
formed, that on the same evening. and a.
bout the same time in which Tho above
phenomenon appeared. there was seen by
agentleman of character, who was several
miles distant from the place, Albright rain.
bow, apparently near the sun, thea in the
west, where there was NO appearance OF
either clouds or ram; bur "a haze IN the
atmosphere. The public are therefore at
liberty TO judge whether the phenomenon
had any thing supernatural III it, or whe.
Their il was some usual exhalaticn or moist
vapor from The side ofthe mountain, which
exhibited such an unusual rainbow.
G. N.
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from the national honor aud national de-
tence, and of delivering the public purse
TO the FIRST cus-throat that demanded ii"
The answer was worthy native Of Anne.
RIGA. Ii was The language Of anindcpendant
freeman, who fell as he ought for the hu.
initiating state of his country. He con-
cluded with declaring that che held truc
zuisaom aud cunning TO be Incompatible in
the conduct of great affairs And in a
subsequent conversation with the president
himself, he declared that he too had cha.
racter TO support and principles to main.
tain, and that he was determined TO ep.
pose the whole scheme.
Its to be lamented that Mr.. Randolph
hadsnot made the disclosure of all this TO
the house at'an earlier period than he did,
for it was no,till aftersh appropriation had
been voted. His indignation it seems, at
length got the rbe,terof all prudential con.
sidrrasions and he told the whole openly
and boldly on TIT. floor Of congress. In.
which occasion, heiinforns US, Mr.. Nj
cholson (who had voted for the appropria.
ton exclaimed, that he trusted IN God the
negotiation would fail: and that severalo
Their members who had voted with him
were shocked, and eSpressedregret for the
vese they had givan.
The appropriation was made-the Bill
passed, and the nationwa dubbed and
dshonored.
-A-s :sD :ss~---
From The { .No,Yh Carolina Raleigh Register.
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SALEM, Sept. 20.
r 4 S II E r. I:

Arrivals from Labrsdore, state that 4.
fishermen have had excellen.!uck. Th ),
mount taken on board eight vessels, wei,
9o6, coo fish! A number of vts,rls lei, a,
Labradore, had each, from 80, 100000
Rsh on board.
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To the eaTter qf the Eveaing Past

DIR,
81 take the freedom Of droppnyya
this line, in order to undeceive youvih
regard to the fate Of the unfortunate crew.
OF Mrapda's two schooner's. It's slated
IN Laguira by all the Spaniards, as well
governmental oiHcersas others, that Of The
two crews. ten cf'the principal 'nen (vll
the otiicers) were hung at Port Cavsl''
and all the Remainder sent to the mines, OF
put in co6finenient for life. From thcs:
however, are to be excepted, two boys
from IL TO l4tyears of age, who are to o.
sent bach to The United S ates. Ihls
said, in Laguira, to be the real tate OF inc
crews. and IS universally cred !ed BY Sp''
niards and Americars indeed nave w
doub' OF its correctness. Afer thessP'Sp
pie were hueg, their heads were taken o''
aud SIX sen. to Caracas, two TO LasS"''
and swo'k kept at Port Cavello. Thew
heads sen, to Laguira, are pu. up IN NOV ~,
cages, and hung on lofty poles just "l'G'1 y
thefroh, gate of the city. Mr.. Lyoen1'
very intelligent gentleman from fn''s W.,
phia, residing at Caracas, told me- VS.. :,
he saw the two heads when first put uP a. {.
Lagulra--'hcy were then fresh, aud ns, .hs
pretty confident that one Of them was w. ".
hesd of captain Doneheau Il presume he hs
not spell the name properly the QUO hos.
thought TO be captain Gardner''- 'n''' wv
ever. must be only conjecture. -, n.
HE reason why / did not n'ens'0ff ,om
above circumstance in my letter to y0u nossd
quarantine ground, was, that supp MA.
the American public must have os." 70,
ses.ed of the fact. some time before ' -.
viii excuse my troubling you VITA ." ,r owa
iatioo, as it is merely to satisfy }oA'
mind upon the subject"
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ~,
Arrived ship Mary Jane, busse :Ga. IL.
pool s2 days; Amphion Iowos, saIt 13a
yerPool So Helen, Davis, Nn''.a ou.
brig Mary and Sally, Downes' p p.... N.
MIA, Jam. 22; schr. Eliza Ann Fea''
Haven.
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NETWORK, september %.

About 10 O'Clock last night, Int house
No rs, Pearlsreet, Owned and occupied
by MIR. Benjamin Blackwell, merchaulwss
discovered 70 be On FIRE. The family be.
ing in she country, The from. doors were
broken open with axes; and by the eSer.
tons OF the 'hieTsn and ciizzns, the FIRE
was exacgaished after considerable injury
had been sustained. The 6re origiustedia
the cellar, and is supposed 10 Ave beea
done by design.
On Saturday evening Mr.. Woods bake.
house in Fair street, received some damage
by fire.
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EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON

Thefollowing account Of an extraotdinary
phenomenon, that appeared to numbsr
of people in the county of Rutherford,
state of North Carolina, was made the
9Th of August, 1906, in presence Of Da,
vid Diekie, Esq ofthe county and sta c
aforesaid, Jesse Anderson and the Rev.
George Newton, Of the coun,y OF Bun.
comb, and Miss Betsev Newton, OF Il e
state Of Georgia, who unanimously a.
greed, with the-,onsent of the relA,rrs,
lha, Mr.. Newton should communicate
it TO MIR j. Gales, editor If ,heRaIeigh
Register and State Gazette.
Patsy Reaves, widow woman, who
lives near the Appalachian mountain, de.
clared, that on the slss day OF July last,
abou, O'Clock in the evening her daugh.
ter Elizabeth, about eight years old,ws in
the cotton field, about ten poles from the
dwelling house, which stands by computa.
sion SIX furlopgs from the Chimney noun
tain, and that Elizabeth told her brother
Morgan, aged elevenyears, that there was
a man on The mountain. Morgan was In
credulous at first; blu, the little girl affirm.
edit, aud-said she saw him rowling rocks
or picking up sticks, adding that she saw a
heap Of people. Morgan then went to the
place where she was, and calling GU, said
that he saw thousaod or ten thousand
things flying in the air. On which Polly,
daughter of Mrs. Reaves, aged'14 years,
and negro woman, ran TO the children,
and called TO Mrs. Reaves to come and see
what sight yonder was. Mrs. Reaves
says, she went about Ave poles towards
them, and without any sensible alarm or
fright, she turned towards the Chimney
mountain, and discovered very numer,
ous scroud of beings resembling the human
species; but could not discern any parsicu.
lar members Of The human body, nor dis,
tinct;ou of sexes; that they were of every
size, from the tallcst men dawn to the least
infants; that they were more of the small
than oil the fulltgrown, that they were all
clad with brilliant white rainlens, but could
NOT describe any form of ,their raiment !;
that they appeared to rise off the side Of a
mountain soutts of said rock, and about ais
high; tina. considerable part Of the m GUN.
tain's top was visible above this shining
! host: that they moved 10 northern d,rec.
ton, aud collected about the top of the
Chimney rock. When few had reached
1saidTock two seemed sorise ioge,her, aud
behind them about ewo.frxt, thirr, rose.
These three moved with great agility to-
wards the croud, and had the nearest 70.
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half OF ony whc,e terri; Dry, coriain;re Of
this time ono eighth OF our population Sc
progressing with a rapidity beyond the
experiences OF any former time, or Of any
other nation. The Fioridas aud New Or
leans ccmnpnd the only outlets to- The
sea, and our bestinterest require tina; We
should get Possession u them. This re-
cushion however arises not from dispo-
sllion to increase our territory ior nei-
Their the Floridas nor New Orleans, offer
any other inducements than their NEAR
geographical relation 10 the United Safes.
But five lock forward to the free use of
the Mississippi, the Mobile, the Apala-
chicola and the other river, Of The west,
by ourselves and our pos,eri,y, New Or
leans and the Floridas must become a
I part of the United States either by pur
i chase or by conquest.
| lIo b. eontinued.l
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ITO be continued.
FROM the sAr,osAL rsrELL,cEscsn.
REMARKS

On fbe measures oT roe Idst session of Congress.
THE events Of the last session Of ConStess.
connected with the circumstances accompanying
them are TOO important not to merit the gene
raj attention OF the people The events them.
selves, considering either the Causes in which
they originated. The means by which they were
eHcaed or the consequences in which they may
issue, involve, in ne nconsiderabe degree, the
dignity &C the government, and the general vel
fare of The community. Measures, thus intcres-
ting in Ihsaieeiyes. have derived additional i'm.
portanco from the collision of opinion which
has attended son.e of them. Under these cir
curptancss i, becomes the duty of the press TO
lev before the public the best materials within
its reach for the formation of a correct and no.
nest decision. This duty becomes imperioHs
from tlle copious stream in which rlisrepresenta-
ton has been poured forth. and from the high
elimination not merely of ads. bur likewise of
motives.
Protesting ourselvest TO be the friends oftruth,
aud OF ruth only, willing TO support her casse
b. all honorable means. and determined TO sup i.
port no other cause, no apology need be offered
for occupying part of our columns with those
plain s'aemenis OF facts, and the natural inter.
ences dedueibe from them, which we believe
will BE of use 20 enlighten subjects wrapped in
uncommon obscurity. and TO insure that sober
c-nvitlicn of mind which reposes in confident SC
curity on the results 10 which il is led by full
iaycsiirati5n-
Some apology may, perhaps, be due for the 81.
lenee which, under existing circumstances, we
have for some time maintained. We have not
been insensible 10 the duties of print at the cen
trc Of the union. But such has been the ex.
treme pYcssurc of other duties. and particularly
tina, &C rcpor,ing the proceedings OF Congress
(Which oe i,sels Affords full occupation for one
person that we have felt total inability, from
vast Of time. 20 submit any original matter to
our readers worthy Of their attention.
In the remarks we shall cler, we promise
our readers 10 maintain the same temperance
which has invariably characterised our columns.
We shall aal.ain from all personal remarks, we
STALL stare fans az we believe than, t. exist and
IL, from the obscurity attendant on some of the
Transactions, we are involved in any incorrect.
ness, Ne shall. on its exposure, be the first to
ackpowledgeit.
az u unnecessary, we trust for ns to say that
or pcliiieal .nbicAs we think, as we ever have
though: and Ina, we have not forfeited our res
r,ea anf venrra;ipn fot those republican princi-
PIES which we inbibsd at aa early period Of
tie "a may. however. be necessary 10 pro
mise in CtGsr that the obiea Of our remarks |
may be fully understood, that our confidence \
in che yirsuc and talents, the motives and |
Ynes .nses &C hose who administer our national /
cor e rms, is unshaken TO declare thar recent I
ev. ~. 81 far from npaising, have strengthened
n t.eon6depce, by furnishing US with new and
additional evidence that the great end oil the ad.
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Nego York, Ahrit2e.

JNew YORK, I1frit>26.
At meeting oil FEDERAL REPuBLI.
CANS al the 1online Coffee House, called
this day to take into consideration the
deienceless state Of our halbor, Cornelius
Ray, esq. in the chair.
On moiion ResofDrd, That Rufus King.
Ebenezer Stevens, Oliver Wolcott, Wilt
am w. Wooisey, and William Hender-
son, be a committee 10 prepare and report
10 this meeting, resolutions expressive Of
the objects Of this NEE ting, as To the
subjects on which they were convened
which committee reported the following,
Resofved, That the citizens Of the u
nited States are Of right, and &C sotding
TO the Constitution and Laws of the Land,
entItled to the enjoyment Of life, liberty,
and properly: and that it is the primary
and mosi important duty of the Govern
ment to defend, pre- serve, and protect
the same.
Resolved, That it is upontbe strength
and resources of the United States, that
We can alones under Providence, rely for
national safety and the maintenance OF
national rights.
Resolved. That the repeated outrages
committed ny ioreign ships OF war al the
mouths of our harbors, merit the resent
ment and Indignation of every friend to
his country.
Reso!Ued, That an administration which
consents To pay money 10 avoid foreign ip-
science, or 10 prevent the vioIstion of ma.
tional rights, while il sells and dlsmaniles
its naval force, instead of increasing and
preserving it Tor the defence of our ports
and commerce, pros,rales the national ho-
nor, endsngers the public safety, and IN
vilss both injustice and Insult.
Resolved, That the suffering Of foreign
armed ships TO station themselves off our
harbor, and thete TO stop, search and cap.
ture our vessels, to impress, wound and
murder our citizens, is gross and crimi.
nal neglect Of the highest duties OF eo-
vernment, & That an administration which
patiently permits the saline, is not emitted
TO The confidence Of a brave aud Tree peo,
pie. ~
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Last evening, the sloop Richard from Brr
DIVINE, was krsd i, by the Lsander and ws,is,
laying to. a ball struck John Pierce (br other 10
the eaptain) in the neck. as ne was standing 1t
the helm. and killed Instantly. Two sho,s were
of c.g.ft ~. . -
The ship Aurora, Fairchild, from the yavan.
ma, Belonging 70 Samuel Russell, was captured
on tie Hook yesterday. By ons Of the block.
aiding squadron. after having pilot on board /,
and ordered for Halifax.
The brig Ceres. from the West Indies, was
captured Yesterday of the Hook by the above
soekading squadron. and ordered for Halifax.
The three niasted schr. Nimrod, Manning.
fram Curacao for New York, was captured yes.
te.day morning. CT Sandy Hook. by The British
ship OF war Leander. and ordered for Halifax.
The trigate Carbriaa, now OF the mouth of
our harbour, ia froIi Halifax, and the Driver
slooP OF war from ersize The Leander we
understand, will sail for Halifax on SUNDAY next.