Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 70, Richmond, Wayne County, 30 July 1825 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1325

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JhcTast Emporium contains a pair of certificates, as to Col. Raj's age. The ed-

enients the greatest credit may be giv-

"and contain in themselves, sufficient

t rpnuisitions" of the prlitnr of

(C SAU-lJ ,w thi rarcr ut we tliin differently. Without intending to question the veracity of the gentlemen who gave the certificates 'ho are strangers to us, and who niar be wortny f cre(li fr aught we know to the contrary we may be permitted to say that it is not the sort of proof cspccted. Col. Ray, himself, says he is ,n vcars old, and we would believe his jrorJ.15 readily as that of men unknown to u. p-jt when we are assured, by gentle--.-i r, ho stand high in public estimation, that according to Col. R.'s own state ptMits last summer, he is not thirty years eld, we must believe them. The proof, to be conclusive, must be made under the jcirMlity of an oath or affirmation. We cannct believe men whom we never saw, and never before hearJ of, in preference tL men cf known veracity, high political tar.cii , and unimpeachable integrity. Xe will state one fact, which is in direct contradiction to those certificates. M te early part of the last session of the Leci'iature, the Door-keeper, for his own ta!i;jction, took down the names, ages, lirtS liar es, &c. of each member. When Col. RiJ was asked his age he gave it at t.ventv-eight! but in a few days after, he requested the door-keeper to alter it to thikty! For the truth of this statement ttg liolJ ourselves responsible. It is well Lnown to most of the members of the Le giihture. One such fact outweighs a hot cf certtticatcs. h it likely Col. R. forgot his are in the first instance? No. Whv then, this discrepance in his statements within a few days? We will endeavor to show. At the commencement of the session Col. R. probably gave his true age, but in a feu days after when he saw a

prospect of being seated in the Executive '

Cirtir, when official patronage, and the enkhiovits and trappings of office floated before his enraptured vision he saw the necessity cf growing two yeais older very

Eiiddeiily; and, as the most feasible way,!

he did it cn the door-keeper's bock.

Ohio Canal. Governors Clinton and Marrow broke the first ground on the Dayton and Cincinnati Canal on the 21st inst. The rcrcinonv is said to have been verv iirposirg. Several military companies marched from Cincinnati to Middletown to assist in the celebration. Thus has Ohio ccn.mer.ced her great works; works prc gi.r.t with the most important and beneficed rcul: to the whole Union. We hail it as an era of the most auspicious import to the citizens of her sister states. Mav every cheering anticipation be more than

realized.

have at length had a pep at the Emporium of the 16th. The editor takes wcasion to find fault with us for requestCol. Ray to produce some evidence of ll S l eing thirty years of age. Now, with all due reverence for the better judgment -fcd clearer vision of his Honor, we must that we can see nothing improper in okiajr such a request. Had that been J - time Col. R.'s age was called in -stion, there would, perhaps, have been ifSl propriety in making the request so t;icrt a time before the flection. But such li r'Qt the fact. It has been stated both in cersattoris and in the public Journals "lt Col. R. hacj nnt reached the constitulalajje. It was and still is made use of 1 a rcihle objection to his election. . was it not contradicted then? His t1CnJS SaiJ th lt he WOU,d l50t nolicc a"-V n' corning from anonymous writers. As SivCol. R. an opportunity of con- ' icting gud, reports, as in compliance the wishes of several of our subscritr c made the request, in our own name. we can see no impropriety. Why iC:i all this petulance of his Honor? Wc

made no charge against Co). R. (the Emporium editor to the contrary notwithstanding), we expressed no opinion either way, but were content to make the request in as impartial and candid a manner as we knew how. Wherefore, then, we ask, this extreme sensitiveness on the part of brother Scott? Col. Ray could have given an answer ere this, had he been where his duty called him at the seat of government. Three weeks have elapsed since the publication, which is surely time enough for a letter to be conveyed 70 miles. Now in all this we can see no cause for censure. But the editor to show his zeal in favor of the Col. must notice every paragraph in which his name may be casually inserted.

Maryland Slave Trade. The Genius

of Universal Emancipation gives a list of

four vessels, containing one hundred and

NINETY-NINE HUMAN BEINGS, Louisiana slave market!

bound for the Let us re

flect a moment one hundred and ninetynine human beings dragged from their wives, their husbands, their parents, their children and all that can make oppression tolerable, ofle red to the highest bidder like beasts of the stall ; and, for gold, consigned to the most rnerriless and interminable slavery. Wre blush for the honor of our coun

try. We pass laws for the suppression of the foreign slave trade, millions of money are spent in equipping vessels to enforce those laws, yet we permit the most active internal traffic. It is pleasant to turn from the contemplation of such sickening facts, to acts like the following, copied from the same paper. The editor should have given the name of the humane individual. A GLORIOUS ACT OF JUSTICE. Never, since I assumed the editorial pen, have I had it in my power to furnish an item of intelligence more gratify ing, or to record an act of justice more truly magnanimous, than I now have the unspeakable pleasure to notice.

A gentleman, from Virginia, applied at J the cilice of the Baltimore Haytien Etni-1

gration Society, on the 24th inst. for information respectii g the propriety and practicability of sending a large numlTof slaves to the republic of Hayti. After he had

received, from the Airent, a statement

the present situation of things, relative to the emigration of our colored people to that island, he requested assistance in procuring a vessel for the purpose above men

tioned. This was was cheerfully complied j with; and the next day a contract wasj closed, with a ship oarer, to take out EIGHTY EIGHT SLAVES, all belong-1 iug to the gentleman aforesaid, the price

of whose passage he pas himself, and for the use of whom, he alo purchased Airri cultural implements in this citv.to the value of one hundred and thirt) dollars!

now add nothing to the general wealth of the nation. The silk goods, imported last year, were valued at 7,103,000 dollars, and exported at 1,816,000 leaving 5,285,000 dollars for the consumption a large part of which might be saved, and chiefly by the wholesome amusement of children in the country, a few weeks in the year. Nilcs.

From the ashineton Gazette, Speech of an Indian Chief who assisted in killing M'Intosh. Brothers! M'tntosh is dead. He broke the law of the nation the law which he made himself. His face was turned to the white men, who wished to take our lands from us. His back was to his own people : his ear was shut to the cries of our women and children. His heart was es

tranged from us. The words of his talk were deceitful; they came to us like the

VELEJ2LP STORE!

THE SUBSCRIBERS have taken the Store room in Richmond, formerly occupied by James Maguire, where they are now opening a nevr and general assortment of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, &c. Also -A few barrels prime SALT, . All of which they will sell aa low at retail, fo Cash or approved Country Produce, as they can ba purchased in Cincinnati. BURNHAM & BEARPARK. Richmond, June 16, 1825. 65 8 "NEW GOOST

BASIL BIUGETT7HLIi

1TP ESPECTFULliF informs the public that h

sickly breeze that flie over the marsh of j ' received a large aumti.o to tus lorcer

the great river. The gain of his evil do

ings was in his hand. The Great bpint turned away his face from him in anger, that he might take vengeance on him. He fell by the hands of red men, at his own place, in the sitfht of his women and children. The false men who joined him, fell also with him. Brothers! M'Intosh was brave the deeds of his youth were mighty; but his heart became changed: he spoke the words of deceitfulness. He walked in crooked paths, which his brethren knew not paths which led down to death. He deceived us, and we slew him. The land is red with his blood, and with the blood of his friends. Our vengeance is satisfied. We bury the hatchet of revenge. Let us obey the Great Spirit, that he may lead his children in the path of their wandering.

Mr. Crowell's defence. It will be recollected that the Gov. of Georgia in his late message, endeavors to fix the stigma of Mrlatosh's execution on Mr. Crowell, the white agent among the Creeks. The Milledgeville Journal of the 7th ult. contains Mr. C.'s defence, which is at once ample, and dignified. He rejoices that he is not amenable to Gov. Troup, but to a higher trbunal, which will not fail to do him justice. He alludes to the investigation undertaken by the authority of the U. States has no fears for the result holJs in contempt, the ex parte testimony which has been given in the Georgia Legislature

requests the citizens of Georgia, most of

whom will not approve of the Governors conduct, to suspend their opinions and tclU the Gov. that the people know the agitations produced by a guilty conscience will not mistake his contortions for the movements of innocence. Utica Recorder,

The editor of the Emporium state?, on the authority, (as he says-,) of a letter from Col. Rav,that the expense incurred in the reception of the venerable Lafayette docs not exc eed 280! This may be correct. But it is the common report at Indianapolis, that bills to the amount of 1300 have already been presented. In addition to this, we have received a letter from a respectable citizen of that place, one whom we

have been intimately acquainted with sev-j

al years, and upon whose word we can place unlimited confidence stating that he was informed by a public officer, that the expenses would exceed the last named a-mount

The West. We have several times noticed the trade which is carried on by the people of Missouri with the interior pro

vinces of Mexico. One party of traders, stopping at fort Oiage on the 1 Gth of May last, consisted of one hundred and five men, who had with them 34 wagons and 240 horses arid mules; besides, there was a large party in advance. Cash is said however, to be very scarce in the countries to be visited, and the returns will chiefly be made in horses and mules. The first are had in exchange for goads sold at one hundred per cent, profit, at from 10 to 20, and the last at 20 or 30 dollars a-piM e. JS'ilcs.

Silk. The public attention is called, in several places, to t tie planting of mulberry trees, for the supply of silk worms and the making of silk. No doubt, this might be made a profitable business in mnny parts oi tbe IJ. S. and afford a valuable and pleasant

employment to thousands of persons whoij

Upwards of twenty thousand children now receive a gratuitous . education in New York, only one of whose names has as vet been found enrolled on the criminal re

cords: branches of the New York Free School Society, are extending themselves over every section of that city, such are the wonders capable of being brought a-

bout by imparting to children the rudi

ments of learning. Are not our republican institutions safe under such guardianship.

AUGUST ELECTION.

CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR. Isaac Blackford, James B. Ray, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. John H. Thompson, Samuel Milroy, Elisha Harrison. G. W. Johnston, Joseph Warner, D. Pennington, William Cotton. SENATOR FOR UNION AND FAVETTE. Ross Smiley, Martin M. Ray, REPRESENTATIVE FOR FAYETTE. Newton Claypool. SHERIFF FOR UNION. Asa Cooper, H. H. Brandenburg, William F. Elkin, Thomas M'Mcuns, REPRESENTATIVES FOR WAYNE. JOHN McCLAIN, SAMUEL HANNAH, ELEAZAR HIATT, ITHAMAR WARNER, HENRY HOOVER, ABEL LOMAX, JOHN C. KIBBY, THOMAS SWAIN, . JOHN WHITEHEAD, SHERIFF FOR WAYNE. DANIEL REID. ENOCH RAILSBACK.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, riHO all the creditors of AMOS HAWKINS, deJL cna-eil, that LOT BLOOMK1ELD mikI WILLIAM STEELE were appointed Commissioners, at the last term of the Wavne Circuit Court, to liquidate nil the claims for and against the said deceasAnd th said Commissioner intend to meet nt thchouenf E. Lacey, in the town of Richmond, on tl: SECOND MONDAY of Au-ust next, and to contiuwc successively until the business assign them i completed. It is hoped the Creditor will not 1U to exhibit their account!. LOT ULOOMFIELD, WILLIAM SI EELE, Coimnisioners. July 26, IC25, 70 2t

CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENS HA RE, WRIT MOTEEii CAsnxas, IRON, NAILS, SALT, be. Which will be sold on the oiott reasonable teres for Cash, or bartered for Country Produce. Richmond, June '24th, 1825. BURNHAn & BBilllPiimi HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN ASSORTMENT OF Juniatta Iron,

English blistered,.

American, and Crowley

jT f Irtrl r nil Iri .jlf

asiiuj?, ui an jwiiius, Window Glass, 8 by 10, New-Oi leans Sugar and Moists, Muscatel Raisins, Tea, Collee, Rice, Spices, &c. Together with an additional suppiy of DRY GOODS, STRAW BONNETS, FLATS, &c. All of which will be soli at the very lowest prices for Cash or approved Couutry Produce. Richmond, Jul ltt, 1825 67 COLLECTOR S NOTICE. . THE Citizeti? of Wujne county are hereby notided, that I have coiumt need collecting the revenue for the present year. I expect to call on the citizens of Wayne and Centre rowbshipi, during the month of JUNE, JULY, and AUGUST. Mr. THOMAS HARDIN is authorized to rretm ihe tax of Washington Township, JONATHAN PLAT TS, Esq. of Jackson, Perry and Green, and Mr. J AMES HARRIS of New-Garde Towntrip. ThuBrtoiitriiKU arr r.rnU licitt! to be prepared to discharge their tax when c alled on. P. S. I will attend in Richmond on the firsi and third SATURDA VSin each month until the nusr of September, and in Centemlle on the second

and fourth Saturdays. THOMAS COMMONS, Col. V. C. June 8th, 1825. 64. LIBRARY NOTICE. rrp HE shareholders of the RICHMOND LIBRAU RY, are requested to au et ut the oflice of the subscriber on the 20th of next month, on business of importance to the institution. All those having in their possession Rooks belonRinp to the Library, are earnestly requested to return them on or before said time, 'in order that better arrangements may bo mU 6 J. It. MEN DEN HALL, Librarian. July 23d, 1825. 69 3t. Notice. T WILL sell low for Cah, FIVE HUNDRED 11 ACRES of LAND, lying between Salisbury and Rjchmoud, in Wayne couiity . The Laud is well Timbered, Rich, Watered and Level. Persons residing adjacent to the premises can show and give t lipsrrintion.

JAS. NOBLE. July 8th, 1825. 8 LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the l'ut Oflice at Richmond, onthe30th of June, 1825, which if not taken out before the 30th of September, will be scut to the General Post Othce as dead letters. A James Alexander. B John Baldwin, John Boys, John Bell, Henry Benson, William Ballinger, Randal Booue 2, Patrick Beard, Dillon or James Bridges, John Bain James P. Burgess 2. C Salver is Cary, Benjamin Cox jun. John Charles, Levi Casseday, Charles Carter, liarvj Clark 2, Benjamiu Crews, William Clark, Jesse Clark, Elijah Coffin, David Cook. D Malacbi Davis, Harry Davuis, Jacob Denuu; E Ephraitn Ennuous. G Capt. Ghilith. H William llarrold, Joseph G. Hopkins, Abner Hibbs3, Joshua Harlin, Ann Horn, Thoua Hobson, Jacob Hasty. I H. P. Irvin. i J -Timothy Jones, Mill Joy, Nathnn Jessep, Peter Johnson, Daniel Jauei, Solomon Jackson, Levi Jessop. . , lrK Jassa Keesling, Jesse or Samuel king. L William Lock. M James McLelland, Mntthew Moore, Thoma3 Moore 2, Aofabam Marlett. N John S. Newman, Polly Nichols, Isaac Norman. O JohOzborn. P Gabriel Poe, Philip Pedrick, William Persons 2, Hcndtrson Palmer, Robert Parsons, Richard Pedrick. R Hannah Rinker, John Raper. S Nathaniel Smith, John Stretch, JaoeShn5er. James Smith, Samuel W StewartT John Talbot 2, Joan Teagle, Abel Thoraberry, Thomas Taylor. U John Underbill. .. W-Samuel Watts, Jesse William v George AV itt, James Woofter, W.lliam VVicsner. William Webb, Andrew Woods 2, Conrad Waters, Mary Milli, William Williams. Hannah Wools. , William WllI""uoCERX MORR13SOA P. M. Richaoud, July 61