9C1ENTIFC Ijf^htning'Roda In the Aiiicricau touriul of Science and Arts for June, we ^,.,1 a valuable essay on the use and con- triiction of lightning-rods, which was eaJ l>y Dr. Van Rensselaer before the ,,yceum of Natural History, in New- Vark. A brief abstract of it will be in- • rcsti’Jg at this season of the year, when . little precaution would prevent the dis- • uction of many lives and much proper* y. particularly in our cities. It has been fully proved by experi- «,cnls, that the higher the rod is elevat- I in the air, other things being equal, greater will be its efficacy. It is jiin-i to protect a circular space, whose ucliiis is about twice that of the height f ihc conductor. Hence we learn the reason wh)% in so many cases, it affords j , pro’.ection to the building to which • is attached. 'It is placed at one end fa house or otlier building, thirty or j;ty Icet in length, and extends perhaps ix or eight, feet above it; whereas'its „osltion sliuuld be nearly central, and :'s elevation three times as great. Tlie inosi advantagooiis form for the extrcnii- is a very sharp cone placed perpen- ,;icularly. in Europe, particularly on he coiiiiiKMit, it is constructed in this laiincr; while in this country it usually jiTiintes in three diverguig points. A ol the top should be a conical ■.(■n) ol‘ 1)1 ass or coppr-r. gilded at its ex- ;vinity, or tci inljiutcd by a small needle I'tiuin’.a or standard silver, two inches nir. 'i'lir size of the stan^ nun»ely, the ,., t projecting above the roof, must de- ( ir.I ijii its length two and hall' inches jiiare at the lower end being sutVicieut r >.:i el' valion of thirty fe('t. 'i'iie extending iVoni the stem ) t!i‘.‘ground, should be an iron rod, ;-ief I'ourtlis of an inch square. If it is ) mu; !!, t'lrre is danger that the heat I'tlie lighiiting. the in'ensity of wl.icli j.nindsou its velocity, will dissijjate it, ):■ gi-t\itly .raise its temperutnre. It o:ld !'e siipjioited parallel to the roof, Ki'it six inrlies from it, by forked st^in- ’■.iDii?:, „hd ufi’er turning over the cornice .ithnui touching it should be brouv^ht '.own the wall, to which it should be istenod by means of cramps. At the )otto!n of the wall it should be ben.t at ii,'ht angles, and carri»'d from tlie build- twelve or fifteen feet. But as iron niinmediate contact with moist earth, ssocn co\erd with rust and in time des- royed, let tliis part of the couductor be irroundef! with charcoal. The conduct- ir should tf'rminate in uater, orin moist artli, by two or three branches. This I'lVcs the flu id, a re/idy pasaauc to l/iegroimd, !i which the efiiacy of the lightning-rod hiofly depenps. If a building contains any large masses ofmatal, as slieets of copper or lead on he roof, metal pipes and gutters, iron traces. Sec. they must all be connected 'iih the lightning rod by bars of some- hing less than half an inch scjuare ; with out which precaution the lightning might itrikc from the conductor to the metal, othe injury of the building, and danger 'fits inhabitants. Sc'/ppernonq Wine.—The editor of a 'ennsylvania provincial papper having ad a taste of the Scuppernong wine rom North-Carolina, extols it in the fii^hest terms, declares it fit for the Prcs- dent’s table, and thinks that nothing is vanted but a general knowledge that it s manufactured in our country, to insure a good market. There you are wrong,' Ur. Editor. Rather let it he prepared 'ith great care, (for every thing depends i!i that)—put up in bottles, sealed with French motto, packed up in chesnutor fech wood boxes of the capacity of a 'ozcn bottles, call it Frontinac (which it '“senibles in soine degree) or any other 'Utlaiulish name you may please to give lU and it will sell readily, provided the ivice is not less than a tlollar a bottle— '>Jt by no means let it be known that t is home made,—for, “a jirophet hath '0 honor in his o.vn countrv.” Norfolk Ihrald. sw.wvAH, .Ti'i.Y 9.—Several articles ;ive recently been piibiishv-tl, relative to ' crui/ei' sonu'wheii' on the ^oasi ol *''orth-(.'aroiina, suj)posed to be a I’irate. this, if true, would be a1i alarnung >!Tunistaricc, considering tlie i;-roal trade ■‘"ried on, and the number nf passengers are transported, e^^^pecially at tlie ;>''scnt season, aloii;;' our ccji.st. J he ^Howinv extract IVoni the lo;^--I)ook ol aptain Winuim, of the ship (;eor,ia. '"'^''titly arrived here, is Iruuied to us to that the supposed pirate is a mer- Utit vessel, and of coursc that alarm 'ii!l l)f* I'l’oundless. Ertror*.—June 7th, lal. .11- -^2, long. 67, j'pt^ke t!io scho(-iier 'rrimir.cr,(.'apf l^vei'- ’V-) days from New-'VOrk, bound to Cur- ’hajjena—had exiiericnccd Ivvavy gales "ind from the N.’l'. vhicii had driv- ''^her out of her course—requested to I'cporfed. ” ^^iptain Varnum describes the above '‘-^'ntioned vessel, as being about sixty burthen, sliarp built, with a gaiVto;)- '^il and topmast stay-sail, sweeps, top- aud* nettings, and a numerous having altogether a crui/.er-liUe i*l'pc’arance, and whieh it is not doubted ''the same vessel that has recently beeti in the, vicinity of Cape-Ilatteras, "■'H mistaken for a jiiraie. The late satisfacturily acccunt for her being the cuiiiit. ('kori:ian charlotte: TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, l82o. Thomas Kcffin, Esq. of IlTlTsb^,'^^ has been appointed by the Governor and Council, one of the Judges of the Superi or Court, in the place of George iiadger, Esq. resigned. Mr. Ruffin, we learn, has accepted the appointment. He was here tofore, it will be recollected, one of the Judges of the Superior Court, but re signed. We observe in the last Carolinian, pro posals for publishing a paper in the town of Wilksborough, to be entitled, “ T//fi iresicrn Fanner.'* Terms, S3 per an- tiiim, paid in advance, or §3 50, at tht; end of the year. It will be edited by Wil liam Austin. In the last Western CiiroUniayi^ ,we find the following: “A rail-way is now commcnred in the state ol New-'\ork—a survey for one is now going forward in Pennsylvania.” Catawha Journnl. JVfterc, in the state cf Xew-York, has a rail-way cornmenccd.—Ed. dhf. Caro. Our correspondent “jlAv./or,” out of whose communication the above scrap was picked, has doubtless anticipated a little—it is, however, a matter of no con sequence—a mere lapsusjjennne, of which, if we chose, we might I'l.rnish many much incjre striking ex'amples, without a long or a very distant search. But the answer to the question more properly belongs to ‘‘Mentor and to him we leave it. The accounts from all parts of the state, in relation to the corn crops, are ve ry encoura{>ing. In this quarter, with some few exceptions, the crops of corn are unusually promising. The season, thus far, has been propitious, and we have every, encouragement to expect an abundant harvest. Cotton also looks well, and promises a liberal reward to the farmer. 7'he wheat croj)s, in some parts of the country, suffiMed severely from the rust, and in some instances they were not cut, not being considered worth the labor; but on the whole, the culti vators of the soil have abundant cause for gratitude, and little caiise for mur muring or discontent. It w'ill be seen from an article in this week’s paper, that the heat has been ex ceedingly oppressive at the north, and in many instances it has been attended with fatal consequences. In a small pond in Rhode Island, in which the water was be tween two and three feet in depth, all the fish were suffocated by the excessive heat; and hundreds of perch, pickerel, Sec. some of them weighing a pound and a half, were found floating on the surface, and large quantities were taken from the bottom, entirely lifeless. After this in stance of the sun’s power of annoying the finny tribe, who can say, that the poet, when he broke out into the following sublime strain, was dealing altogether in impossibilities f— “ The sun’s perpendicular lieat llhiinincs the dcjitli ot the sea; ■ And fishes bcpinnuig' iosu cai. Cry, blast it, how hot we shall be !” FOK Trtf; .lOUIlNAt. Bingham : \’iewiiig you as the editor of the (^atav ba Journal, a paper of exti'itsive circulation, a'nd the medium tliriHigh which mucii very useful infor- matiuii is to be colleeied ; 1 hoj)C you ■will not consider it :>s prt'sumption in me, or a trespass on y(.ur good naiure, to re- (|uest an insertion ol ilie following, vvhich I accidentally stumliled on in ihe course of my destdtory r’ading.—It may j)rr- haps do some gf)od. II a single indi vidual sliouid 1)0 benelitted lherel)y, tlie highest expectation of your ii'-iglibor, j(in tlie country,) w ill be gratified. n \S -WI) OIMNIONS OF DU. MONROE. I “ If a w ould be a-drij, let him driuk—drink, drink. If :i uimi woulil be wise, he r.iust think—tliink, I lliink, ! If a in;i:i would be rich, ho must work—work, I woi!;, ! (And if lit- v.-'juld he fut, cat) pork—pork, pork Bu t—if— A in 111—witlt ca:.c would stud}', he must cat— ca*, ( ut, But liiilc u* his dinner ofhis—meat, meat; A voiith to lie distinji^uishLd in Iiib—art, art, uri, Mu-1 keep tlic g-'rls avny iVom hi? - herut. liearr, hK-i."*. Til! hc'« gotti'n him a character fot^life, life life, And a pocket full of cash, then—a wife, wife, wife.” l oss or THE SCnoONEK HERALD. Captain Doane, of the schr. William, arrived here on Frirlay eveningdast re ports, that on the 'JOth nit. .40 miles vSquth of cape Henry, he boarded the wreck of the schr. Herald, (of Plymouth, Mass.) bottom up, which had been scut tled in two places—saw sveral casks of Rice floating in the hold. This vessel sailed from this port on the 29th of May last, for a port in Mass achusetts. It is probable that she was capsized in the severe gale of the 3d of June; Jc as tl.is is the only account of b.i*r since the day of her sailing, it is feared that all on board have perished. In ad dition to her crew she had about thirty pass'engers, mostly of ibat class of indus trious persons who emigrate to the south in the winter season, and after earning a handsome sum, return in the summer months to share their hard earnings with their families. " Chas. Coiir. A letter from Buenos Ayros,dated 1 Ith May, received at New-York, states that Monte Video was expected to be placed in a state of siege on the 3d of that month : on which evening the j)atriots were only 6 miles distant, the guns of the town of Candoras, 3 miles from Monte Video, had been spiked,and the gai-rison had arrived in the latter city, the gates of w'hich were to be closed on that dav. All the fine country of Banda Oriental, stretching north-east frorn Buenos Ayi-es, is up in arms, and determied to assert its independence of Brazil. At Buenos Ayres a most splendid ball took place on the 15th February. The Consuladt) was illuminated withveriega- ted lamjjs, representing the names of Washington, Bolivar, and Sucre. The Ball-room, 45 feet square, was most niagnificently planned and adorned, a- liove seven hundred of the most respecta ble inhabitants being present. Lilierty, with the emblems of the United Stales on the right, and Britannia on the left, supporting the genius of South America, formed the subject of one of the trans parencies. ’I'he dancing commenced at 10 o’clock, and the supper was serveil at 2 in the mornig. The number of ladies present was about 250. Nat. Journal. Mui y at Montserrat was made of Wood. During the trial the couusel for the pris oner remarked, that there was no more harm in saying' that the image of the vir gin at Montserrat was made of wood, than in saying that her image at Saragos sa was made of marble. For this ex- prssion ho was sentenced by the commis sion to six months imprisonment in a,for- Franklin Gazette. OHIO CAN.VJ.. A Chilicothe paper furnishes us with the following information in relation to the commencement of the Great Canal, which is to connect the waters of Lake Erie with those of the (Jhio river :— “We learn from a gentleman who last evening returned from the Licking sum mit, that the c,om:*K*neeinent of the Ohio Canal, and the 4th of July, was celebra ted in a manner worthy of the event and of those engaged in it. The Hon. Dewitt Clinton, the great cliainpion of Internal Improvements, was present and threw up the first spadeful of eai tli. It is thought there were at least ten thoil- saiul persons who'witnessod this interest ing scone. AFRICAN MAMJFACTritKS. A cotton shawl, inanu!actured from the gi'owth of their country, has been re ceived at Baltimore. It consists of five pieces, woven two yards in length, and six inches in width, sewn together, and is considered a favoralile specimen of arts yet in their infancy among that rude pe(jple. Cotton, of the quality of which this shawl is manufactured, is said to grow in abundance over a tract of coun try extending over forty degrees of lati tude, and sixty or seventy of logitude, in habited by many milions of naked human beings. GP.EAT LUCK IN LOTTERIES. In the Lotteries drawn 1 Hh May last, Mr. Aaron ClarUt*, who keeps a Lottery office at 1S3 Broadway, sold to a young merchant in pearl Street, one quarter of a splendid capital prize of Fift>f Thonsniul Dollars! and Mr. Clarke also sold, to the very same gentleman, one (piarter of the Twenty Thousand Dollar prize in the next succeeding Class of the same l^ottery, which was drawn last week on Wednesday. ASCENT OF AN jF.ltONAUT AT NEW- YOKK. NKW-YOUK, JULY 11.—Ml’. Robcrtson made his promised ascent in a balloon from Castle Garden on Saturday, to the great gratilication of ibe many thoi.sands who witnessed the performance. By an error in iilling the balloon, the ascent was delayed about lialf an hour too late, or it would jjrobably have !>een one ofi the handsomest ever seen, 'i'be ballof.n j began to rise just at dusk, and rose quite j slow at first. As soon as it was above the garden walls, the iEronaut threw out some of his ballast, took a graceful leave of the comjiany, and then arose more rapidly amidst the shouts of the multi tude. 'I'he wind was from the westward, and took him in a direction over luarly the whole length of the city, so as to be visible to nearly every inhabitant—in the lower part he skimmed apparently about 50 feet above the tops of the chimneys, and continued to rise so long as he was seen, when the balloon apperaed like a small black spot high in the horizod.— It was visible about seventeen minutes, and did not appear then to have begun to descend. Tire darkness obscured fur ther view. 'i’he jEronant, we are happy to state, alighted in safety in a corn held on the farm of Mr. Abraham Remsen, at New town, L. I. wbicb is stated to ije 10 oi' 11 miles from the ])lao.e of bis ascension. The car struck the ground gently, close by a fencc, which Mr. R. laid hohl of with his hands, a!id secured the balloon without having recourse to his graj)- pling irons. lie returned safe to the Garden al)out 1) at night, and recei\e! the congratidations of numerous cilizcus who v^ore in wailing. We understand that the time occupied in the voyage was less than half an hour. 'i'he ]iassage of the Imlloon ov(t the city was exceedii;gly beautiful, granf!, and interesting, 'i'he ii:,rouaut was dis tinctly seen in(;st of the way em;)!o\iiig himself in throwing out slijjs of ])apei-. Merc. Adc. SOME OF KID’S MONEY FOUND. On Saturda\ r.ioriuuiv. the workmen engaged in digging- a vault for a new Iiouse, at the ( orner filTayetf'-st, and Chat ham square, New-York, discovered al liie depth oi' 10 or TJ feet from tlie sur- i'are, a closed arched \aultof brick work, v.liich on being opeueil was foutul to contain an iron chest, v.ilh a consiriera- i)le sum of money iu gold anil silver. Repoits state the amount to be from to 60,0'''0 doMars.—'I he building w hich bad stood on this ground it is said, was about 50 years old. Balt. Fatriot. A remarka’de instance r.f superstition and admini'^f!”itic;n f f justice occurred at Barcelciua, in .Spuin, a short time* >inre. 'i'hat milit.iry commission con.'i«-ni;iefl a man to the galh v s for ten year-, for I'.av- im^ id 'Ij:!' t!'^ i n vc:'' ol' Stap;c Coachcs.—The Stage Register, published in the Jmerican Traveller, a x\tv/ semi-weekly paper, gives a list of sixty- eight which take their departue from Boston. Many persons are now alive who remember the time when there were only two lines of stages from Boston— one to Salem and Portsmouth ; the other to j)rovidence ; and when \.\^p p;rent mail was carried on horse back, one week by Mr. Hydk, and the next by INlr. Aoams. Of those now running, four leave Boston every day, twenty-three every day except Sundays, thirty-four tiiiee times a week, one live times a week, one four times, and t hree twice,makiug in all two hundred and eighty-three departures every week- Twenty-six stages lead oui of the State, viz. Four daily, and eighteen of those which depart tliree times a week, mak ing too every week. Four others which go six times a week, thirteen three times a week, and one twice a week, go vari ous distances, from twenty to one hun dred miles—and the remander go to the neighboring towns, inclutling six daily to Salem, and two to Cambridge. Most of these stages ^are handsome and con venient carriages drawn by four horses, and many of them, when the roads are heavy, have six horses.—I’he punctuali ty of their arrival, even in towns beyond the high hills of New-Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Stc. is jiroverbial ; and the proprietors appear to be well compensa ted for their enterjiise. Boston Ccntinel. of the cmolumetita fop the lu^.t twenty years.” “ The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that the plan was not so fair as it appeared to be. Some of the Judges iit the succession profited larf^ely by the sale of the offices under them; withotiiers, none fell vacant to sell during their whole pub lic life. 'I'he present Chief Justice has as yet made nothing of bis offices, f^c.” I was aware that this was the fact, but had no idea that it would be thus public ly alluih'd to, without producing some an imadversion. On the contrary, not one of the most rigid of the reformers, not ‘ven Mr. Hume, made the least remark upon tile sale of judicial offices by the Chiel Justice ; and although the debate is recorded in one of the most radical of the l'.nglish Journals, the Editor does not seem to be aware of there being any im propriety in this system of venality. What would be said of our ChieT Justice - ir he were to sidl tlie offices of Clerk, .Marshall, 'i’ipstaff, and C'rier of his Court, to the highest bidders Fidelity and sa^'acity of the Dop.—We liave never read a iii(»re interesting anec dote of the fidelity, atlaciiment aud sa gacity of the dog than what is contained in tilt' following occurrence son of' Mr. John Stevens, Navy, V'ermonl, only five years of age, went out to gathiM (low ers on Tuesdy, 7th June last, and was sent lor in aljout half an hour. He wa.s tracked more than half a mile, but not disro\ered until the Friday following, 'riie first day and night was warm. TIk*. seco^id and third night it snowed. 'J'lie faithful dog which acompanied the child, came in on 'I'bursday nigiit. He. was then fed, and the people taking torches the dog followed his tracks (there, being a light snow') and found tiie child soon af'ter sun rise. He was under a log on his face, bedded in leaves ancl brush, and was literalely frozen to death. .The dog’s bed was by the child’s head, and marks where the' d«g had fondled and lapped him were discovered. He had nothing on liut a tow shirt and trowsers. 'I'he dog, when within ten rods of the spot where the child lay, went all around and set up a most hideous and mourtdul howling, and would not go nearer, aud seemed to be as much afTected, if possi ble, as a human being. It is stated in the Troy N. Y. Farmers* Register, that Lafayette will most proba bly take a passage to France in a New- York packet,-in order to prevent any un pleasant feelings which the French gov ernment might entertain towards our own, should he return home in an Amer ican frigate. This information the edi tor of that paper,Mr. Adancourt, deriv ed from the Cieneral himt.elf, while in 'Froy, last Friday. 'I'he Register says-^ “It .was precisely 41 years from the day, that the editor of this paper first saw and embarked with the Marcpiis de Lafay ette, at L’Orient, in France, for the U- nited States, to the day, (last Friday) on which he took leave of him, in Troy, for- evT. ” HYDHOFIIor.IA. A London jjaper states that several per.ions at iiri,'> blon, l.ngland, liave been liilteii by inad dogs. One of the number was .Mr. Whit', a surgertii. This gentle- n>an tloc's not believe tiiat the disease callerl Hydrophobia can be communica ted in the way generally. supposed, and has res(dutely refused to adojjt any of the precautions recommended in sucii cases; and his wound, which vvas in ihe arm, has been sufVcj’cd to herd. 'I'hc dog was secuied ;-iid siibsequenlly died in his keepini;: exliibiting the' various symp toms of byd!u])hobia. Mr. \\ bite, iti r.Terence to this case, says—“Tiiata bite iV(jm any dog, dying under similar circumstances, can infuse a spe( ihe poison in the human sy.-»tem— let it be called !>y aiiy name—1 deny. I have, in the minds of medical friends, staked my life on riiy opinions ; 1 have every confidence,sIkh i of Idgolry, in their c»>rrectne.ss ; and, with (whal others have been pleaded U) term) tlie most (ireadful of liuiiian maladies presumed to be lianij- ing ovi*r me, feel compelent to dec lart; that iniaginati(;n will, at least, have no share in the residt.—A"///. Journal. I'ron> the New-Vork .\ir.eriran. rUinTY OF FNt.MSH .iriK.KS. In lof)king over the deb.Ues in the Brit ish Farliament, under date of .May IGlli, I was ,'irpiised to see the fuHowing pas sages ; •‘.Mr. Scarlet moved, for fixing the salai”.'.". of 'iijt'f .1 u'jliLf."*, by tb'* av»*ragi; In thi« county on the 21st ultimo, by ihe Rev. .John Williamson, Mr. Ttmnaa M*l)unald to Miss Suxmi M. Jlhxander. XoUce. IWIT.I, attend at the Coui’t-JInuse in Char lotte, on the last Saturday of this month, to t:ike in the tax return in the bounds of (;aptain Sloan’s company. It is requested that town lots be returned hv their number. WM. DAVIDSON, /. P, July 14, 1B25.—2t43p. feVaVe oV* XoYUi-l'twoWua, mkcklenhl'hg coi’nty. Court of Fqnity for Mecklenf>urg county. May Sessions, I82.'j. Samuel lioach, ^ JN this case it is ordered, r.v. f 1 that publication be made Andrew Heron, T six weeks in the Catawba .lamtai Moore, j Journ;d, that nnh ss Andrew Heron and .lames Moon-, two of Ihe defendants in this case, appear at the next Superior Court ori,aw and E(iuity, to be held for this countj', on the seviMitli Monday after the.fourth Monday in Septemiif r ni xt, and answer, the bill will be taken pro confcsso and heard ex parte as to them. I). R. DUNLAP, c. .m.e; (■)t49.—price adv. %2. \i‘cvst .VhWe.fc. I HAVE this clay closed m\ !)Ooka a;,'-ainst all, except 11 lose to whom I stand indebted; and request all those indebted to me, either by note or book arconnt, to com* forward on or before the first day of Aufcust next, and settle u|), as I an> determined to place all niy accounts ill the hands of U m. Lucky, and Allen liahlwin, for collection, after that date. EDWn. M. RRONSON. Charlotte, July 12, 1825.—3t44 Wuuawa^. 'B^ANaw:iy from the subscriber on 11 the 2Glli ult. a nejjro girl, rmiiu'd MILI.V, ratlier light complexion, slim made, and in her 17th yi ar. Slic wa3 bound to me by the last February (Jounty (Jourt, until she should airive al tile of tuenty-one years; and persons are forbid h.'irboriiii;;^ her under the penahy of the law, as it w ill positivily be put. Ill force against any one so lo:ii|,'-. \Vhocver vvii! appri lu nd and ronfitie licr, so that 1 get her again, shall be h:in(!sonid\ rewarded. \M1.LI.\M H. bMirif. July 13, 1«25.—.".IM VIWMII.Y of Ni-'jroes, consisting of a frl- h»w, his wit'c. and several chihlreii. would '■I- dispnrii'd tt tipon ill'" iiiobt accouiuiodatmg tcruis, hy anplyiiip; lo \\ . f J’olk, or '.o Dr’. S.niiiiiel 11 • lid' r'ldii, Julv '■>, I -