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HALIFAX, JV. C. FRIDAY, .MAY 28, iS24.
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THE "FREE PRESS,"
i?y Georgz Howard,
Ts published every Friday, at
THREE DOLLARS per year,
consisting of 52 numbers, and in the
same proportion for a shorter pe
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DOMESTIC.
From the Western Carolinian.
AGRICULTURAL NOTICE.
The Legislature of this State,
at its session of 1822, passed an
act "to promote Agriculture and
family domestic manufactures in
this State;'' by the 10th section
of which, a Board of Agricul
ture was incorporated, with
means to accomplish certain spe
cific objects; among these ob
jects, one is the annual publica
tion of a volume on subjects of
agricultural and rural economy:
fifteen hundred copies of which
arc to be printed at the expense
of the State, and gratuitously
distributed among the farmers
of North-Carolina, through the
agency of the county agricultu
ral Societies.
The Board of Agriculture, at
ts meeting last winter, appoint
ed a committee for the purpose
of carrying info effect this libe
ral act of the Legislature: the
duties cf that committee are
prescribed in the following ex
tract from the "Regulations" of
the Board:
Article 6. The Committee of Se
lection and Publication shall select
trom the archives of the Board,
and from such other sources as thev
may think proper, the materials for
a volume on agricultural subjects;
winch shall be published under the
direction of said committee, accord
ing to the intention of the 6th sec
tion of the act of incorporation;
rnd, when so published, shall be
distributed, under the direction of
the Board, among the good people
of North-Carolina, by means of the
County Societies.
The Committee thus appoint
ed and instructed, are desirous
d entering on the discharge of
the duties assigned to them. To
enable them to do so, they take
his method of calling on the of
Jiccra of the county societies to
select from the archives of their
respective institutions, such ori
ginal articles as they may deem
worthy of examination, and to
transmit them to some one
".uember of the committee.
The committee take this oc
rasloa to remark, that tliey will
likewise gladly receive, from
"ji'aelical farmers and other in
, diligent persons, original com-
( muiMcationson subjects connect-
f,il with Agriculture, or on the
ji.iVitcal resources of the State.
The attention of the gentle
men composing the committee
correspondence, is in a very
particular .manner, called to this
notice. It is desirable that thev
should transmit, at as early a
,ia) as possible, the result oi
t hejr correspondence and inves-tlSations--more
especially on
tJie subjects to which their la-
oors were directed by a resolu
tion of the Board.
mmitteeofSelectionandPublica
tion, witi their jilace of residence.
Charles Fisher, Salisbury.
uaniei m. r orr.cy, Beatic's Ford.
Lincoln county.
Uev. Jno. Muskat, Statesvillc
lames W. Clark, Tarbarough,
Vinson uimstcilj University A. C,
Iniernal Improvements.
The Bpard for Internal Im
provements met at Fayetteville
on the 13th inst. agreeably to
appointment. Present his Ex
cellency Gov. Holmes, Duncan
Cameron, John D. Hawkins,
John Owen and Thomas Tur
ner, Esqrs. At this meeting
Mr. Fulton, the Engineer of the
State, was authorised to enter in
to contracts for the lumber ne
cessary to form the contempla
ted Jetties in the Cape-Fear Ri
ver between Fayetteville and
Wilmington, and for erecting
the same, and to employ such
overseers and hands as may be
necessary for removing the logs
which at present obstruct the
navigation of the river, with
the necessary flats and machine
ry for effecting this object. So
that we are in hopes, in the
course of the summer and fall,
the river between Fayetteville
and Wilmington will not only
be cleared of obstructions, but
that the flats below Wilmington
will be also complete! vremoved,
as wre are pleased to learn that
since the Engineer has obtained
the assistance of the Henrietta
steam boat, the Mud Machine
which had been made for the
purpose (but which, for want of
sufficient power to work it, had
not been brought into use) has
been very effectual in deepening
the channel over the Bulkhead.
Application being made to
the Board by the Commission
ers appointed to clear out Lum
ber river, for instructions, they
are directed to lay off the river
into convenient lots and let it out
to contractors, and if the work
can be effected for the sum ap
propriated by the Legislature
for the purpose, they are to lose
no time in having it done.
Stark Armistead, Esq. is au
thorised and requested by the
Board to lay off the road from
Plymouth to some poi,nt on Pun-
go river, in pursuance of the se
veral acts of Assembly incorpo
rating the Plymouth and Pungo
river Turnpike Company
John P. Daves, Esq. having
declined to accept his appoint
ment to supply the vacancy in
the Board occasioned by the re
signation of Durant Hatch, Esq.
Lren, Win. A. Blount, of Beau
fort county, was chosen in his
stead.
The Board adjourned an Sa
turday, to meet at Raleigh, on
the first Monday in October
next, or sooner, if the President
of the Board deems it necessary.
Raleigh Reg.
Gas Lights. To enable any
one to form some judgment re
specting the illuminating gas af
forded by Cotton seed, Mr. Olm
sted proposes the following sim
ple experiments:
Exh. 1. Stick a pin into a single
seed, and hold it with the tongs
near hot coals, or in the flame of a
candle. The oily vapor being set
on fire as it issues from the seed,
will burn with a white and pure
flame.
Exfi. 2. Put five or six seeds in-,
to a tobacco-pipe, and close the ori
fice with ' a clay stopper. When
this is quite dry, place the bowl of
the pipe among hot coals, ana spee
dily raise it to a low red heat
The gas will issue at the stem, when
it may be set on fire. The stopper
may be made of brick-dust, beaten
up with water sufficient to make it
into a paste. If a little quick-lime
be added, it will dry the sooner.
An ounce of cotton seed is ca
pablo of affording more than
1000 cubic inches of gas; and
the quantity of seed, that annu
ally results from that portion of
the cotton crop which is impor
ted, would afford a quantity ex
ceeding 2827,000,000 cubic feet
of gas of a
power. ib.
high
illuminating
President, Vice-President,
and Governor elected. We
understand that Wolf, who made
his escape some time ago from
Franklin jail, has again left his
place of confinement, leaving
behind him a note, in which he
has appointed the Sheriff and
the Clerk of the Court, Presi
dent and Vice-President of the
United States, and the Jailor
Governor of the State.
Raleigh Star.
Fayetteville, May 13. Wc
are informed by a gentleman,
who was present, that at the
late term of the Superior Court
of Lincoln county, Collins, the
celebrated counterfeiter, who
has so often evaded the claims of
justice, was convicted of making
and passing counterfeit dollars.
His moulds, which were of
steel, and very ingeniously made,
together with a quantity of coun
terfeit coin, finished, half finish
ed, and rough, were exhibited
on the trial. The sentence of
the court we do not precisely
recollect, but it consisted of fine,
imprisonment and whipping.
He is now in Lincoln jail, with
his distinguished coad utor,
Twilty, who was convicted at
a former term of a like offence.
Observer.
Edenton, JSlay 1 1. On Mon
day night, the 3d inst. the old
Jail in Washington county, was
set on fire by some person un
known, and entirely consumed.
Two prisoners (Asa Davenport
and Jesse Swinson) narrowly es
caped with their lives, the lat
ter was considerably singed.
They were however taken into
custody-, and salclv lodged in
the jail at Plymouth. Gaz.
Negroes Fed and Peter, who
were found guilty of Burglary
at our last Superior Court, and
sentenced to be executed, have
been pardoned by his Excellen
cyme ijovernor. lney were
immediately released. ib.
Slave Trade. We are grati
fied to learn, that a Treaty with
Great Britain has been received
and laid before the Senate, in
which a mutual right of search
has been provided for, by the
commissioned vessels of the two
nations, with proper regulations
to prevent abuse. Ihis mea
sure has been pressed by Great
Britain, as being indispensable
to the entire suppression of the
Slave Trade. The United
States have condemned the
trade as piracy; and a bill has
been introduced, in the British
Parliament, which no doubt has
been adopted, having the same
object in view. Each nation,
therefore, has adopted the favor
ite measure; and their fleets will
operate in concert to suppress
the iniquitous Slave Trade. It
is necessary, however, to the
complete success of the mea
sure, that the consent of other
maritime nations be obtained.
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i nere is reason to Deneve, as
Mr. Canning suggested, in the
House of Commons, that "since
he two greatest maritime na
Uons in the world have adopted
these measures, they may (vith
great power and no small grace
invite the concurrence ofother
nations." Columbian Star.
Fire. We are very glad to
learn that the damage occasion
ed to the public property, by
the late fire at Harper s Ferry,
Va. by which one of the work
shops of the Armory was de
stroyed, has been greatly over
rated bv Madam Rumor. In
stead of fifty or a hundred thou
sand dollars, as reported, five
or ten thousand dollars will'co-
vcr
the whole loss.
Arrange
ments have been made, also, by
the Superintendent, with his
usual benevolent consideration,
so that few, if any, individuals,
will suffer by being thrown out
of employ, in consequence of
the destruction of this part of
the works. Nat. Int.
Look at this, ye cruel fair
ones! Had Mr. Wood been
treated with that kindnesswhich
a man of his years should al
ways receive at your hands, he
would not have taken a dose of
arsenic: "John Wood, of Cas
lleton, Staten Island, N. Y. aged
about forty years, in a state of
mental derangement, owing to a
disappointment in a love affair,
destroyed himself on the 4th in
stant, by taking a dose of ar
senic.
ib.
Slander. At a court of Com
mon Pleas, lately held in Har
risburg, Pa. in an action of slan
der, between John Perkey and
wife, plaintiffs, and Emanuel
Cassell, defendant, the jury gave
a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for
$500. The case was of the
most aggravated kind. We
hope that in future it may serve
as a bridle to the tongues of the
evil disposed.
Suicide It is stated in the
Hartford papers that Mrs. Sali
na Trcdvvell, the wife of Mr.
Ebenezer Tredwell, of Weston,
aged 2S years, lately committed
suicide, by hanging herself.
On the day of the fatal act, one
of her sisters had spent several
hours with her, and Mrs. T. was
much exercised in mind on the
subject of religion and her soul's
salvation she urged her stny,
but it was inconvenient, and
soon after her departure Mrs. T.
was found suspended bv the
neck in the garret, life
extinct.
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being
Died, in Quincy, Mass. on
the 2Sth ult. Miss Caroline Ma
tilda Smith, aged 16. This
young lady came to her death in
the following manner: a few
evenings before her death, while
sitting at a window, a person
unobserved touched her arm
suddenly and caused her to
start. , Her involuntary enort
was so great as to cause a rup
ture of a blood vessel, which
terminated her life. How much
mischief has arisen from want
of due consideration.
Awful Casualty. Nr. Jus
tus Warren, of Phillipstown,
N. Y. was killed on the 30th
ult. in a most shocking manner.
While in a state of intoxication,
he started from Cold Spring
Landing in a wagon in company
with two other men, determin
ed, as he said, to drive by eve
ry thing he saw. He started
from the Landing with great
speed, but had not proceeded
far before those that were with
u ?
cautioned him against driving so
mm npreni vni?r
sume aanger.
unreasonably; at "which he re
plied, I can steer them through
hell." These words had scarce
ly escaped his lips, before one
of the wheels of his wagon,
while descending a hill, came in
contact with a stone with such
great force as to throw him
from the wagon, on a sharp
stone, which entered his head
and instantly deprived him of
life. One of the others had his
shoulder dislocated, and receiv
ed some external wounds, tho
not incurable, the other escaped
wholly unhurt. This man has
left a wife and family to mourn
their dreadful bereavement.
Steamboat without a boiler.
The Columbian Observer, of
Philadelphia, states that a small
steam vessel, the machinery of
which, furnace and all, occupied
only three feet in length and
two and a half in width, and
without a boiler, was witnessed
on Monday,, at Philadelphia,
driving a common ferry boat,
with 12 passengers, at the rate
of eight miles an hour. It is the
invention of Mr. Hawkins ; and
if the cylinder, which is only 7
inches in height, had been afoot
high, it is said that the power
would have been doubled. It
is proposed to call this mode of
navigation "the Steamboat Safe
ty" not being liable to burst
ing or scalding. It must spee
dilj'' supercede all other boats.
Canals. There is now a
force of about COO men, active
ly engaged at work upon the
Chesapeake and Delaware Ca
nal. The sub-contractors are
advertising for 400 additional
laborers, "not addicted to pro
fanity or intemperance."
Pet. Int.
Increase of Domestic Lite
raturc. Messrs. Carey & Lea,
of Philadelphia, have in press
and announce for publication no
less than eleven American
works: several of them pos
sessing not only great interest
but value: among the number
we notice the Memoirs of Pi
chard Henry Lee, of Virginia:
Notes on Mexico, and Major
Long's second expedition, all of
them looked upon as valuable
additions to our domestic lite
rature. Incendiaries. Three persons
have been arrested in Philadel
phia for the late attempt to fire
the State-house. One of the
men turned state's evidence,
and during the examination be
fore the Mayor it was stated
that a combination was formed
to murder the late Mayor Whar
ton, for havi ng req u ired of them
what they were pleased to term
excessive bail. The pistol was
produced in court and was
found loaded with slugsrtheir
intent was to way-lay him on
his way to GrayFcrry.
j?lre, Eight buildings were
burnt down at Columbia, S. C.
on the 3d inst.
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