The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-08
GENERAL LAFAYETTE.

RALEIGH. February give have al
length certain information, that this Illus
trlous veteran would yesterday leave Wash
lngton City for this place, and that he will
come by way OF Norfolk, Murfreesborongh
and Hallf,x In consequence of this intel
hgtnce, by direction of his Excrllency the
Governor, Adjutant General Daniel, &C
companied by Major Alfred Stanley, set
out yesterday morning, and were followed
in the evening by Col. VIM. Polk and
Chief Justice Taylor, appointed for the
purpose by the Citizens OF this place, to
meet the GENERAL at the line ofth State
These gentlemen will he joined nj Halifax
by Gen. VIM. Williams of Warren, Col
| Cadw Jones of Halifax, and Mr.J. q. A.
| Williamson of Person, whp were appoint
! ed for tins service by the Governor. -
The General will be welcomed To the
| State by an Address from the Chief jus.
| tice.
Ii is expected that the General will reach
| this city in tht forenoon of Thursday next;
| and that the contemplated Public Din
net oil the Citizens will be given to him on
that day, and their Ball ON the following
| evening.
The Mecklenhurg Troop of Cavalry,
commanded by Col. Thomas q. Polk,
| which the Governor has called out to "a.
cart the General, are on their march hither
and will probably arrive in time to meet
the Gen. at Col. Rogers Cross Roads
where he is expected to sleep on We dues
day night.
The General will be mct by The Raleigh
Blues short distance from the City. HIS
| SCI ,
be announced by Federal Salute from
Cannon placed in the Capitol Square. On
his arrival Mt the capitol, he will proceed
directly to the Government House, where
he will be he received aud addressed by the
Governor, in behalf of the State. He will
then he introduced to the lIeade of Depart
mcnts, Committee Of Arrangements, and
other gentlemen present. And after par
taking of some light refrrs hments, the Gen
| will repair to the Capitol, in order To re-
OrNe the Address of Col. William Polk,
IN old Revolutionary Othcer, in behalf oi
he citizens of Raleigh, which will be deli
yered in front Of Canova's celebrated Sta
tue Of the Father of our country.
! [Rsgister,
! CHARLFsToN, Is. c. Feb. 14.-The
punishment of branding IN the hand, was
On Saturday last, inflicted on Hugh Sher
,dan, convicted of manslaughter. II is
somewhat surprlzing, our adherence to
rules and customs, and even names de
rived from EnSland, when many of them
are obsolete IN that country. Statutes,
which because of their severity, have been
stricken from the British Code, remain as
monuments of our ,assalage, upon our
own. We lnnoyate at pleasure, upon the
common law, which represents the aggre-
gate wisdom of the law: hut we revere
every British Statute, though il may have
been the mere result of peculiar expe-
dcncy. To brand man in the hand
which by chemical preparation, may be
made 10 rrslsl FIRE, until he shall say, three
times, " God Sdve the STATE" Is this a
punishment worthy of an enlighted age, or
of a, christian comNunity Branding is
unknown in Great Britain, and in France
il is practised IN a manner, which is not, as
here, calculated 10 destroy all hopes Of "a
mendmeni, by making man carry in his
hands the credentials of {, ime. In France,
criminals are branded un The shoulder