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N. Carolina Chronicle from Murfreesboro, North Carolina • Page 3

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rrr- m. i- 1 i Pi The Drecedimr is li graall distressed situation. It; was froia that, hiimhlft nrolia itt-f Via nnlt I their will go tohlb vT11 Ko r'o i 4 1 lUUDAVj 'JUNE 1. 33 "I It most be expressly under- Mood, tU prions wuhmg Jobs prmtedatthl3 0fioe4ma3tbhng1h, tn nf far Hi'nm. nr hr will CASH, to pay for them; or they will rjbt be attended to.

YVc cannot bi-J tain paper wiLhout i We advise those citizens who a- i.u Jackson, as President of the U. States, and who weie requested meet at the Chrouicle Office to-1 niorrow, to hold ii at eoatie public 4iouae for that purpose. friend has politely loaned us the Nevir-York'IVulhTelr, a paper de-Totejd to; the interests of oppressei and theRcnnan Catholic Church, a'- religion abused by mine but intolbrant bigots a religion v- profapaed by Dry den, Pope, and the it Ah if a 1 1 1 1 vuz vttuuiewt -1 Kites and forsooth Are there none about the honest town of Norfolk, that Mri Brouhton has been uider the necesslqr. or Peking here Let him look bom and gratifjr hi3 curiosity there; he will have enough of carrion to peck wizzard than he appears td be; lo convince any reasonable man that Adams, Clay, Peter Force," and their yanfcee doodle hireling Editor; have by their hard-earned tame advan- vcu guou oi iqeir ana whose names are identified'with her proudest recollections But ac cording to the Herald, all who does not' think so, are "kites aiid bux- Mr. Brougkton appears tb be very rnuth astonished outright" at the 4 furious gesticulation 'with which'' the Editor of this paper hUrls the nery; arrows his indignation at those who are so unfortunate as to stand in his and modestly adds, a bcythian or a Sioux would be nothing to' hini.M i We a rf tint ware that any Editor In the State of uao cut up more anuc tricks.

than Mn Brdughton hiinseif, and who has so high an opinibh of his own rare talents I He may be in.dis position a Scythian or a SioUxV.fbr aught we know or; care, but he is politely ihformed that the epithet uu uieauiiig, wnen appiieatous. Perhaps he measures our corn b'V his. own bushel." We have not; sougiit a quarrel with the Herald, but since its Editor has become so we are du termineti td pay Ilim in his wn coin, and not let it be said that by his "gestitulations'Vhe. has awed us into silence. As.

he hascommenced hostilities, we have no objection to carry on the war of wotds but we beg him to remember, that the fiery arrow3.of his indignation" fall harm less at our feet, and that we will not yield one inch to him, or his party Adams nor Clay shall not tidy up our press; i. Miseries of Editors-1. To re ceive manuscript which even the au thor cannot and then to.be bla med for a dunce, because we cannot decypher iU Sometimes the compo sitor will mistake an i for a and a for an whifch1 gives him the trouble of correcting foul pfoofs, and thereby wasting much time. 2. Receiving a long article 6f3 or 4 columns, written in crooked lines and with watery ink," on the day previous to publication, which if admitted, all the late news must be canceled, ad if laid over for another week, we must bear the writers frowns, or perhaps losea subscriber.

3. Delivering a proof-sheet tb ari author for examination, when he alters almost every paragraph and sentence if we grumble, he tells us it is ouf. duty to oblige him." 4. Suing a subscriber who has taken the paper for ten yearst. and never paid a cent; if after much equivocation he is obliged to pay.

the debt, he exclaims I am now fully determined to encourage tbe.rascal no longer.1? 5. A visit from "a dandy in a fly-tailed stiftout, who sweeps down e-very thing id his way-read3 manu-scflpts in the hands of the compositors, and discomposes 'papers we must be silent for he is a polite gentleman 6. Inserting an ofiensive article. uioites us name prosecution if we do not give np the author kind soul, leaves us to fight our wiy through the law as well cs we are' able. 7.

Borrowing particular papers from the ofljee afterpromixn to return theto'; until our patience is al-rhost worn cut, on enquiry we are informed that they have been torn up for waste' paper 8 Inserting a pfefcfi of ptfeiry on korn0 pfetiy icfaid, and beinsr oues. tidned by every fair damsel in the ffejgfcbxtfhotfd, whether we alluded toherl Sending the pape toi 06 of three yeirs to a distant subscribef, who either rnns away or dies, and leaves nothinto pay- withr 10. A bill from the paper maker which ustvinimediately: be paid, pen of what. Editors endure; tiieir jxpences generally over-balance the incomes and upon the whole, it is in unthankful employment, creating enemies, arid combating with po- Liberty or the Press It Has often been alledged that the Tress in the United is more free, than in any other goyerrinient. By the national constitution its freedom is guaranteed; but those who cdn- uct it, have to be occasionally con- troled by men, who have their sinister view's to gratify; if the Printer refuses to publish whatever it is their pleasure to write, whetner it be uon- i.

I. sense or scanaai, ne is immediately denounced as unfit for the station of a public monitor In England, an Editor is not supported by subscrip tion, but by the sale of his papers. and his prosperity depends upon the independent principles by which he is guided. Things wear it different aspect in the U. States, where; Edi tors bave to dish us politics to suit the palates of particular friends, or he is told to erase names off of his subscription list, which is tantamount to Baying, if you wont do as we say, we will try to ruin you," and iBiHuuflej iney are not true to ineir wora, ana also endeavor tb persuade others to withdraw their support; In such a casej what ii the use of an Editor, if he is to be tuled by.

any arid evety body? ItJ were far better for him to send his tjrpes to the foundery, there to be melted up, and thus top all to become a tool in the hands of any man; Indeed, it is to be' lamented that subscriptions to nevspdpers were ever introduced in Aulerica i patrons think that" their pittance of two or three dollars per year, give them a Hght to rule the Printer's conscience, and he is expected to please one person, when it is evident that by doing sb he injures another. Thui he is kept betweeh kites and buzzards," as the Norfolk Herald would 6ay, and if he gets out of the scrape without being gouged or bit may congratulate himself on his escape. It is vain to iay that a press is free when an Editor must congee to the caprices of people who want to rule every body in their own A pdrsoft the other day aske'd us what we thought of the Negro Law passed at the last session of the T.p. gislature We think it a contempt lauxe scneme to get out of me mercnants, who are. already (Ia-den with more taxes than they justly ought to pa, and.

Is ah incursion meanlv levelled at the poor1 slaves, who, God knows, have little chance many pecuniary benefits. The member who proposed such a lawj was, no doubt, a tyrant. We advise our next General Assembly to Dass a law flight of mosquitoes, and to muzzle their noses, if they have no other mode of trifling away their by making foolish and oppressive laws. TO fcdRRESPONhEftT. 7e in8e'rt lne extract from the Norfolk Herald; with pleasure, and would advice "A Carolinian" to endeavor to catch a few "kites and buzzards," to present to the modest Mr.

Broughtonj John Quincy Adams, and Henrv Clav. Th tm'tt gentlernan, we presume, will riot like io see nis brethren of the gambling fraternity run so hard. But the Ed tor of the Herald has brougjUon i deal of mischief amc-mr the blacklegs. He had better tpn office doors, ot they rriay turn up" vw, lusicao. oi "jacK.

44 Knox" has writtpn witti ox truth too manv contmrt Age for the acauisition twoitK and it is strange that the so insensible Love cannot be bought with money. We expect Malancthnn will i ecu a anoiner protest airainst Huneir. is advised, in a fnendly manner, to keep his thoughts to himself, as the DUblic has cnmnlntnail AM 1 ate agamst our admitting the phfll-pics concerning dancing, into our 'Strange this difference. should ht 'lwiit Tweedle-duni arid Tweedle aee 'A fcitiieif 'tiftha gatiori of his piece in our last paper. lniormea mat me present Editor had no arencv in the trncrr.

nor would he. be influenced by any wuaiwrauoa, io ajcer the manuscript of a correspondent. The comments attached to "A hereby canceBedan'd we hope he Will Vk a ed to his countrymen for assistance, uuutu" and a sura was obtained. Having be come he went to Bos- ion wheWhh mother, resided, and g. or in he i published a biography himself, and a Volume of poems.

Jflis old coin- ed with increased violence, and after I much extreme suffering, he closed I his eyes on transitory, scenes to iipeB them again weliope, in Paradise. Mr. Coffin we believe Vas a native of the State of New-Hanipshire and considering his imperfect education, he was, without exception, the most correct and refined Poet-ever born in the United States. He was, Jn fact the Burns of Aulerica- but like that sweetest jot Nature's minstrels, he suffered from the Hard frost of poverty; and perhaps now, since his" lyre has been broken, sohle friehdlv hand will rear a shne to his themory. Why did he not receive bread while liviug? But we need noi havt? asked Geniua seldom re- ceives; encouragement in countries.

where the people are interested in the pursuit of yhd envy every perstfn who. has more knowledge than It would not surprize us to hear Americans main-' tain thdt the Bostotf Baid -wds an Englishman, as rdany are willing to give John Bull all the literary talent ot this country. But poor Coffin has gone where -tlie chills of penury can never more reach him. His oDiriion of the manner in which Genius flous rishek in the may' be ifft- ihered from the followinjr lines, Writ ten by himself: There isa land" Avnerfe strdrigth decays, -y Where Wisdom conies io nought Where vice Claims virtues honest 5 7 Where love with gold is boughth There aland where Genius dies; here Science meets its doom-Where, all thats great, 6r good or wise Sinks in oblivion's We quote no further, for has been said to attest the truth of his sentiments; 3ic transit gloria niuridii" A Compliment Return kb-iAir. Thomas G.Brbughtori, Editor of the Norfolk Herald, was pleased to flat ter us on oUr juvenileV undertaking when we first commenced our.

la bours; this was: very kind in him but the compliment coming jfrom such a source, we did not receive it with that gratitude', which this sapi ent'Adamsite expected to be plain we wanted not his 6 lam y. In the Herald of the 23d ultimo, he has "gi ven tis a rap on the knuckles, quo ting the Bible, and Shakespeare, to prove that his remarks are true, and course, unworthy of belief, on account of their, The owl cannot bear the light of the sun, no more than in Adams-Editor can the light of truth) but owls are birds of wisdom, and love darkness 4, rathdr than their deeds ar.e evil." Uur oflence appears to be very enicjus' the dhaste eyes Mr. Brouffhton, who must be mft- ed with secondsight, for he can be- i tirtues tfa9 Coalition jug- wmcn in laci mey ao notj nor ever did possess. The immaculate Henry Clay is held.up' as a paragon of i afcd et dry who dares to1 eip'dse thetcorruption of eucn patriots, must be stigmatized aa kites ar'Mzw' iiyjklr. T1.

G. Broughtori; What we said respect-, ing th National Journal the stui pidity of Peter Force aiid its hired Eliitor, has been affirmed by the N. York Enquirer, arid United States Telegtaph, pipers equally' as fes pectable as the Norfolk Herald We assume he Herald, ihat wedx) not jhteiTd la down and worship utheGr0at nVggei whose feet is of Clayl'l not even if we should dbtain the publishing or" tne laWs' by it Ve do not want, like himVto bask raysef dministrationT favour and we are inclined to think, that ho eyetAvill be President, he will be Vicar of Bry. It is to be hoped that these Coalition-Editors will yet be forced to humble themselves, after the 4th of March, 1829, when the National Journal, and all other cor- rupt presses cot i It- ShxxrsoreckJYWk br- WIIlfalF of Portland, was Iatp.ivvrHVlrol h'n 1 a TT aI an perisnea except the captaf ii i i a who. was taken off the wreck tL schooner bound to Corudna, being- 29 dats suffering extratid PhiladeiDhiii fi schoolmaster stole 400, anc( 4 1 .4 sconaea; ta porter robbed th y.

States Bank oFa considerable Jfni an4 was arrested and a peWS had been stopped by three sol St-. pads fie gave the alarm arvaxehed a when; vjo pf the fellows andcno was in cusiony. Neiv-York, May fel: M'Lean: who lately murdefod his wife has died by poison. ed for stealing a Dair of shopf Xt. being required by the court foetid in Kna I 1.

lJ I a. a 2.f uy, uci ijui uauu io pieaa 10 jktn indictment, she insisted that Afr'. was. wrong, as she was left 4. "An Englishman was put tb tfiti for assaulting a watchrn iri bui this cpart being convinced me lusauuy oi me prisoner) fjs aa.

I dea of being thought crazy. Of furJer-Last night 6 o'clock. Mr. Robert Stakes.f ho kept; a livery stable in Sprue jtst near William-st. (son of the? te7 wwws, was La the left side with a knife, bv a isian inamea as given at the police: JoF veatne wound but a short tf-tie.

M'Clelian was imrhediately iatfebj Into custody, We did. notfufkm the circumstances which to. this fatal act II: was said njhe provocation IrJAhei part of Stakes was slight.1 -Base Outrage The office Lansingburgh (. York) was entered lately, after theij per" form of the paper was pre'pjred and placed upon the press. 1 and thrown into confusion.

Ther tjrm, was raised and broken I up; 1 jthe types scattered upon the floorf jmd an, iron stove cast upon a i rgo mass of them. The consequ ncei was, that the editors were bbVceol topubhsh their paper naif bl'ihk, abolical outrage. ''ix this lite, ori day last, after a "severe illnpj id the 21st year of his age, fcrson Warreit, son muel Warren, a respectable l-iha bitant of Northampton coiind 0 A jPn'iiadelphia adveNise-raerit came oo late for thiffek It shall ajjpeaf in our hextf is our wish to benefit all as al lies in our power. TO THE MEMBrjR Of the Methodist Enismnnl Fl 'h-S JnJVprfr-Carolinam I our Itinerant Pch-ers having assumed to themW Ives" the exclusive pnviledge bflna- king rujesjor of" our Church, and in the exercise of that, authority, have instances enchroached upon lour religious and evit rights five (by their general conduct)i Hn-ced to us, the necessity of a fnft- ral rcpresePtation of the Jcal. rreachers and Lay-merabf of our Church as a security for tUs: rightsrrrsomc of jus, act uates the purest principles, havej fjrm- eq ourselves into ynion Socii ties, and passed resolutions; bn? which are the following, pas-H at in Carfax county, Marqh 3d, 1827 Rctohed.

st, That in.the1st- mation of this Society, the of Reformation in. the Methjdist Episcopal Church in thisMjkte, ought to represented atltha ConVentibn to be KeM in PaUL. onthe i 5th. of ber, 1827. hi That the iotl our Church in this State favora tq Reform, be requested (6 mett, at some convepient place, in tach County, on the second ia June pext, and elect fwo fjele-gates for each county, to mh at! Bradford's Chapel, Hfe county, on the second' nlond jy in September, for.

the. purpoce of choosing Delegates foy UxiC cne4 ral Convention to be held Bal' timore as aforesaid." JAMES HUNTFtL pro'. nl I TVILLIAM BELL'A5 i greatest men who ever lived. We will select a few articles frphi it. The Negrb; man who was convic- ted for a rape on a white at the Superior Court for North- ampton county is to be executed on Friday tne J5tH of this month.

He a been that his ruaster would haVe; him pardoned, and was therefore indifferent, about' his fate ilutthe pQor wretch was awakened from this delusion; when a person V1 v.ai sent to measure him for his cof- fin Since that1 he ha3 become penitent, and prays incessantly, rfe baa made a full confession ofhis guilt. I The sale of town lots is to take plajce at Jackson, Northampton Coluft House,) on Monday next; 4th of June. The village is situated in tie vicinity of the most fer tile Idnds 4) cn the Roanoke, audi in the neigh borhood where large quantities of all kinds of produce is raised." I Fourth of July -It is almost tine to think of raakinff arrange-nichts for celebrating the J3irthday of i )ur National Independence, by an dri.tton, public dinner, and a ball. hope never again to hear of its Uing celebrated in af ter the manner it year, by reading 1r cold puritanical sermon, one salute, What, cannot we devote one day to festivity out of the 365 Let us remember that we cannot be too grateful fur the bles- eiigs we Lorenzo Dow This celebrated was at Tuscumbia, Alabama, "a weeks ago. The Western Ca- rouinian calls him an imposterv It is 'false, Lorenzo Dow is no imposter In ouf opinion, he -has done more giod in the world than ml the fana- intollerant preachers elver did or tn do.

IVAJ.EIUU OIAB LUIS trUjy fiJt' cllent paper has been enlarged, and presents a handsome appearance We hope Messrs Lawrence Le- may will recetvethat encouragement 'ti due to honest industry and persevi 'ii'' iim Jackson REruBtf havfe Iz-oitrofi hu niAAr ri" ivf oii suspended for a few! weeks, but "has again taken the field in delves of our beloved hero. "Alas, poor Yorick knew him well, llordtio. VtA-tU Of THE Bo'sTOH BARD l--tt has become ouTmelancholv dutv, to record with unfeigned de-; Aise cf Mr. ROBERT S. GOfFlN, better kriowii as the "Boston Mard; ho tjie 7th last mtontb, at Rowley, in the State df Massachusetts.

Mr. A profession a Printer, but re- uja wunuiy. consiuerauons to converse with the Muses, and sip ihe waters of Helicon. With no o- ther than i common English educa-; touched the magic lyrei and 1 JWas immediately received as an in-; 1 4ate sacred gresv Some years tiger, he went to Philadelphia; vhere he Resided some time with a after hose; death, he remo-. V6d to tfje City of New-Yorlc, from tfiat pJace fee went to reside at West-' cjiester, andwas there" confined by, sickness some months, in this I WVU3 qf a Quakef gentleman, who kindlv tpok compassioa oil his and ft i vV.

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1827-1827