Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 25, Richmond, Wayne County, 3 July 1822 — Page 2

Intelligencer.

For the Richmond Intelligencer. Friend Inquisitive: In looking orcryour reply in the 20th No. of the Intelligencer, 1 was not a little amused, at the man

ner in which you attempted to prove a posit ion which you had taken in a former number, against a "Subscri

ber;" which was, that said subscri

ber "lived in the dail? habit ot pro

claiming war against hi fellow man, and of menacing hostilities." You

undertake to demonstrate this to be true, by laving down premises, and drawing conclusion?. For this kind of reasoning, yon seem to possess a sirgular talent. Your ccuhr vision

miut rrfni?ilv hr vrrv nriitr m ncr-;

ceive the connection between your

remise and concl"si'f; for certain

Surely friend Imraisitirc, you toaTefis &axm froia C&'old tests ' JL not beln taught this doctrine by that the. other from the goodness ctatee Kin UtT" M teacher which cannot err: at least, As you disclaim all evidence JVUT " havc been subject to mv doubts of its truth are so strong, from the old testament, your rhole The in!m

kfAr I mn mlimr it. vou will svstem must rest upon the good

Wo to apply the glass once more to of the cause for which you fight, that eagle-eve of your's, and let me But as base and wicked means are fre-

know whether it was in the tirst, quchtlr used m the best ol causes,

eni nr third heavens that those hre would always do well to examine

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"heavrnlv warriors 7 performed their the means seperate irom me cause , military operations. Nothing short and see. whether or not they are good f tw fTMMt nninted and conclusive and riirht in themselves, before we

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proof will indme the friends ot peart make the application, "as mri.

proot will muui etne inenas oi peart-maKe inc appuiauun. i. , i .ir fl,r RritUh to embrace your faith. It would I.eUr a bcltercnusc tt.an the gospel orit.cle, not the product of the British

a fruitful source of misery to them,

to believe that war and carnage weie not only to be commensurate with time, but with eternity itself. You tell me in the sequel of your essay, that if I answer your arguments. I-must do it fairly, without

iiibhling&c. This my tnend, i a

good hint; and certainly oery reason able man will -answer a rational

.i. . t:. -.,1,1 f hm-n argument in a rational way. oui

be,nm:rle by vonr intellect. We,' pray friend Inquisitive, what hae

. vour premises, and Amtvoti ncenaumii : "i.j u,u jv.u ..v..

give us an example ui ciosr; 'ui-um

w ill sin mine

at vour conclusions.

Your first premise is,

sender claims.

suffrage with tl

U. States.

"that sub-

in? or do vou claim the exclusive . it

Jesus Christ? yet where is the chris

tian or the man of sense that wishes fMif it TV1 th the sword. All

wise and good men unite in condemning those crusades and holy wars, as they were call' d, as wicked, and contrary to the spirit of the gospel. Church history irrefingnMy prores that the sword and the gospel never

unite; atl for this obvious reason:

ports end rnir.ors, &c The French and Austrian funds are generally

rising, in the belief that there win not he a war between Russia Turkey.

An additional duty on cotton is

wirrlv fnlUrd of. and will nrobably

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be adopted to amount to about WW was auTenisea instead ofeJ

double ofthe present rate on tne ar- .

lin Circuit Court, martin mST )

Lui lrj were inaicttd for PJ : -1 . , "(ft

rololiieS.

A Horse lately died in England

nr the advanced aee ot hlty years

He was the property of Henry Hol-

ford esq. of Devon. There, are some details of the con

dition of Ireland, especially of the

.state of the county ol Clare. Famine prevail, and the amount of the dis

tress is o irrcal. as to be declared to

RICHMOND mTELUg

"Wednesday, July 3, ig"

The Sheriff' Adv': '

" ' . iirn)prt 1

the sale of a lot of land taken m A

rmrfae, contains a typographical ror which escaped our notiW J1)

after the second insertion.

and exercises equal prerogative of 1 .mip(Kning and ma h- the swerl, I nk fri " le other citizens of theiination? it is cay to say of an oppo- what der-r nfpoodrit

wherever the rt of war rules, the M.e heyonct the means oi me gmci..-,:-u Ari. . uli-:irded: and merit to relieve. The people have

bere the uonel n i?t.. then? is become desperate in seeking for no usef.r the sword.' If the s-'fuod, and hangin? will not stop stcaloi i.,r. r,A rn,i. to defend witb!i: L' it. A man would rather be hu.g

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I r-.ouMtive tlianbe starved him.-cir, anti snr i. tnn-t b at- family also perishing around him.

Seoondlv that tl.U froeit" :.t that he quibble-, uses artil.rr (a,hed t.;. rai.r. toma'.r- ,t lanf.i Su .cripuons weie . . and be- ic. It I hae quibb.ed, or bee,, fofacl,rMa, 1

Ished tiisiirotner on-"-' iom;ic.aiiui iw

the widow mour

weep.

uut iir. in my answers to your mieropations, I confix?. I have not been

!f.M tn fn it with a 11 vour assist-

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su!irnjre coti

irr elected. These are our premises. Now for the conclusion.

'',- c'lr ' env vnu. "from the a

hnve premises, what is tlie naturaljancc. If I could view my remarks a- d ne.cesarv conclusioM? !s it not iu that liht, I would ask jour parthnt -nh.rriK. r hn. in averv don: notithstandinff you oUL'ht to

tient. and eive the same lati-

wr. hi fellow manr' For-ltudc vou have taken: for certainly

ciMe conclusion! vou must know, as well as your read-

Rf Int,. I ,r,L A.rilp UV clinll Ws. that voU have not ottered so

ro doubt, witness another displav ofjmuch as a shadow of an argument

Stealing, and sentenced toharS bor iu the Penitentiary; the for3 for three years and nine month. J

the latter for two years and 5 months, and each to pay a fine of $ to the state. : At the same term, jAMisj, J f.r SheVp Stealing, was.fcenteij to three years bard labour iathtpj itentiary,ar.d to pa) aline ofttr)

live doluirs to the state. At Wiscasset, iMaine, !Sas

Proucy was convicted of a rape,) sentenced to 2 months solitary

tiiicment, and imprisonment at V

labor tor life.

Foreign News.

u

ve-u ocular sajracitv. In order to ob-

nor so much as once tuched the ques-

th.Jfinn. For instance: what has the

a.enracv of vour conclusions bevond constitution of the United Stales, oi

the roach of quelle nvd artifice, you mv, that 4,Subscriberv has piven his assent to the Federal Constitution,

that he claims the privileges it ijive

conscience,) tiuriKS nirmen equal with hi fallow citizens; and exercise the. ritibt of electing and beinc elected: therefore he is a man of war; "livinc in the daily hbait of menacinp hetilitie against his fellow man.' Excellent lode! No wonder you pronounced it to be "little short of mora1 (hrnonstrationV What a pity it is that all your reader are not so Lvnx-eved as yourself, that tbev, likewise, might see the beautiful

the supposed war in heaven to dt with trie question ? The question between u? is, whe

ther the spirit and practice of war

him, Tone of which s the ricbN oflare consistent with the spirit andjnf the - aurn ultural distress. The

An arrival at New-York funv.Sin's with extracts from London pa

pers of the 7th of May. Tlie folio winp are all that have reached us that appe;ir worthy cf notice for which we are r dvbted, as we usually are 'o the "( v.iumercial Advertiser:"

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i-phanitevor, of which many died, ine

Clare Joun.al says " I lie aiioruing instant relief would prevent the ma-ul-tracy and civil powers from the performance of a most revolting duty to their feelings, namely, the hunt-

i:u; after human spectres maddened ivhu pcr and de-pair, and whose p, t.cnce is unequalled in the history wf mankind; dying with hunper, without committing any excess worthv of r;otice." Sivu.v. It is reported that a Span

ish armv of equal force with that of,

nractice of the rostel. AVe take tin

egative, vou come forward, in front of the opposition, and support the affermative. And instead of advancinp rational arguments, you have drawn oblique inferences from dark, ambiguous, and figurative pasage of scripture. To support thee inferences, your frantic imagination at once soared to heaven, and dived into the lower regions for evidence. But after all vour assiduitv, it i ;e-

7 lirfnirt fut TrplnruL In the

hou-e of commons, the marquis oflthe Fn -.ch corps stationed on the

Londo.drrrv brmiglit forward hi, frontmi s, xvill be immedniteiy marcn-lon-exnec'f d motion for the reliefied to the passes of the Pyrennets.

Norhcrn Kurope. It is calculated that 2.000 .hips have been wrecked, and 0,000 men destroyed, by the

late gales on the coast of northern Kurope.

Russia Tcrkf.t. 1 here are

many rumors, not worth notice in de

first propesitioitof the noble marquis

was to lend to the agriculturalists

the sum . of one million sterling, when wheat was below f0. per quarter;-on 'the security of grain to he deposited in the king's warehouse FHI I 1 ' ll

es. 1 ne secona, arm oy nir ine

104 to9090 dollars. When tt

tail, as to the present relations oHhe had S000 dollars in his ptest

At Tuscaloosa, in Alabama. Si indall lias been convicted of o.

terfeiting and passing fifty d

!ills of the II. S. bank, nml tJ

J VUIL

cd to be hung.

In Westchester co. N. Y. A!

ham Wright waScntenccd tose

vearehard labor in the State Pr

for firing a musket at Isaac Be

a constable, who had forced an frn inin hi hone to sprvf ai

rant. The charge oflhegnstK a pocket book in Dc ike's left t pocket, containg upwards of i

thicknesses of paper, which saved life.

T. Bfitton bus been scnterCei Bo5ton, to six years hard labour to pay a fine of 2000 dollar!, for tcinDtinc to pas a check on the I

hank which had been altered!:,

most important part of his plan, is these countries. They favour the

hannnnr wiiich erts between vourimueh impossible for your reader to

premise and deductions. But alas!.dicover the coinMcncv between the few of u are endowed with vour ex-!?piritof war, and the spirit of thegos-

quisite perception. Poor short sight-pel; a it is for them to pe rceive uu nd mortiK' it U not ff.r nv to wldencndancc which vour deduction

gurh heavenlv vissons: or to partake have upon your propositions.' of such hiehlv flavoured dishes of lo-j You seem to think hard of my yangic. Our sight is too eross to behold ;kee aiswer-; as if I had not as much the one. and our palate, too ohtu-e!right to ask qn1io .s as you. But to enpv the other. N mv friend ,jmy interogatiu-, sa yu, are irrelvou nvjst be content to riot" in these evant. If they were so, you had nothrare f. licities alone. Strong meat.ing to fear frMn th-m; hut let us belongs to m-n of strong digctivc examine whether this be the case. power. I"I understand your questions, the)

V11 mv rentrel reader, we mustiare intended to show, that the old te

live !,v faith: for if we were to judge tament saints lived in the practice .of

tV;s labored performance of trier d. war; and that it nau ine ui ine appro I.iquisitivc's by our reason, we would .ha' ion stamped upon it. My queries have to pronounce it political l:las- were designed to show, that these phemv, and a libel on tlie contitutinnaints also lived in the practice of poof our countrv. But I will returnll gorny, incest &:c ; and that these irfrom this digression; and attend to regula'rities had, likewise, the diny friend's relation of his further' vine permssion. This you havc not discoveries he seems all vision. undertaken to deny: hut you now

You insinuate, in the course ofsay, that you did not undertake to your remarks, that een the inhabi-jjustify war, merely from the circumtants of heaven live in the practicc stance of the old testament saints liv of war. Strange news indeed! ing in the practice of it; and "that he What! no peace in heaven, earth, would be a novice in theology with nor hell! No; Michael and his an-a witness, who attempted any such

pels fight, a-s well as the Dragon and thing." Now, in the name of com

the .imposition of new restrict ions

upon the importation of grain. One of the objects he proposed was to prevent any large influx of grain upon the fust opening of the ports: aid the means bv which this was to

he rib cted, is the imposition of an additional duty of live' shillings per

quartcf for tpehrst three months after the ports -are opened: which

not to take -place until the average price of wheat is GOs. when it might 'e imported on the payment of a permarentdutv of five fhiHinus for three

month?. If the average price of

wheatshoubl rise to 5s. the permanent duly would only be Is. hut therewouldstill.be what might.be called the provisional duty, which was to he paid, underall circumstances, for three months after toe ports

were opened. If wheat should decend below 80s. the ports w ere to

remain open until ir A ll to 70s. hut whilst it remains below 80s. it would

be subject to a permanent duty of

1 0s. and the additional duty of five shillings, supposing the poets at that time should, not have be-n oim n three months. When what wa- l:e-

his legions; "the angels and old

testament saints thitik and act alike on till subject" Gloomy and appalling in the extreme! I had always believed if I should he so fcrtunate as to enter the gates of Paradise, I would

there join the society of blood-washed saints which learn war no more; but if my learned friend has divined aright, my prospects are blasted my happiness niped in the bud. 41 A sword is mentioned in tlie New Testament.'" The Prince Of Peace has become a military chanicter hecommandswhim that hah no sword to sell his garment and buy one;" his kingdom is made the seat of war! What a change! The Lamb hec-mr a Lion: the shepherd the destroy er of bU Hock

mon sense, wnat oia you uucnipt? Did you undertake to prove that war was right in itself; and in unison with the eternal principle wich distinguishes between t good and bad act

ions, by the connexion of cause arid

effect. No; this you did not attempt.

If vour argument docs not rest on the

authority of the old tejdament, its

foundation is like those on which vou

havc heretofore built invisible to all hut ourself. Lot its f u dilation be what it may, I hope you will make out your proof more clearh, before vou condemn us lor not believing so sanguinary a creed. I have heard but two argument.idv;nr.d by the advocaUs of war. in justification of the practice. One

idea that there will not be any war

Turkey. The Greeks appear to have made considerable progress in government. The ''National Congress" was to meet at Corinth each province or district i to have a subordinate legislature. These districts arc the Peloponnesus, Western Greece, Eastern Greece and the is

lands in the Archipelago. J tie sketch of the constitution, however, adopts a State Religion. There is still some talk of a division of Turkey among the holy allies. West Idil. The port of St. Marks, Hayti, has been opened to "foreign vessels, conforming to the custom house regulations. " Timber for building and shingles from the United States, are not to be subject to duty at the said port for one year. Brazil The editor of one of the newspapers of Brazil, in mentioning that the Portuguese cortes had passed a resolution that the prince royal

should travel in ru rone ana visit, uu

Wc have many accounts front ferent parts of Virginia, Marjk and Pennsylvania, epreseoli'?j annearance of the Wheat as unusk

principal courts, for the purpose of ly had. In some districts, not c

maturing Ins political education, ob

serves that it would havc been much

low 70s. trfe ports' were cut in ly cLi- better to assign the United States of

cd. America as the theatre of Ins trav-

A motion to abolish one of ihe post'.els: for, here, he would learn the true

masters-general, was carried in ppo-l principles of liberty, and witness the

dition to the ministry hy a nnjoritj true science of government m full

of 15. aivlJhc a rtsu.n tens received by operation.

Mexico. A minister from the

provisional government is said to

loud cheers in the h use of commons.

Some propositions, m regaid to

private hankers, are to be considered have arrived in Europe.

that may increase thenwr ciroula

ting medium of the country. The finances appear to be in a very bad condition and, judging by what wc

havc seen, the jtnwtnt conduct is re-

and suffering the morrow to provide for itselfr accord ing to our own plan of management. It teems to be bot

tomed lilezt isc on an invasion of the

inking fund. Mueh has been said of the reduc

on the rich, U the chief to that te

Millican and Wclchman, copm

ed in robbing a bank at Nesr Y.i

havc been sentenced 9 years te penitentiary.

A Lady of extensive readirs

fine taste is about to commenre

Washington a paper to he called

'Weekly Messenger," and cleft

principally to literature.

Important. Mr. Torres, v$

ceived by the president, n "

nesdav last, as Charge DAtk

of the Rtvublic of Columbia hi

most excellent man, one oi i

most enlightened of his own &

other country.

FLOUR, in Baltimore, on tV

of June, was $6 87 1-2 in Fit

delphia, $7.

The castle of St. Juan de Ulloa

still remains in possession of the roy

al force. This military work is said

to have cost nearly 8,000.000.

The republic of Colombia has ap-

commended of providing for to-daylpointed a minister to the Mexican

government

Gen. Iturbide, it is said, was proclaimed emperor of Mexico on the 18th of May, much to the satisfaction of the natives of the count r. Canada. Betw ixt the 29th of Ma

tionof (adeshi Great Britain hut it and 4th of June, 7iJ vessels arrived

ippears that the income tax, the tax At Qubec from Luropc, conveying

1)262 psengera.

iNilc

than two thirds of a crop is am

in others a half, or h in some it will scarcely 1

cutting. The severity of the wtfj

ana tne uepreuawous u caused this failure. , In this state. rNcw-Jersey,!

hnvn heard comDlaints from van

quarters of the unpromising apP) .. ...l.fif . l.nt ;o farasourF,

sonal observation ha cxtcru have noticed mote I'auseoftW'r;ess than of murmuring." 1 ill be neanv a

age crop, of rye there wi'U

bimdant harvest; ana w

flax, and giass exhibit a

prospeci. yn kuiw.-m'i f likely to be unusually p? J True Acieric

oa

AN EFFKCTUAL CURE FOR TI,J There is not a more ui j disorder than the fever ana j that is at the same time so

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iu every partol uie couuuj