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HALIFAX, JV.'a Fill) AT, JANUARY g I, 1825.
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THE "FRE", PRESS,"
2?y George Howard,
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DOMESTIC.
From the Western Carolinian.
Statistics of Halifax alias
"OLD S.iRUM."
Oar time and columns have
with graver matters, for some uniUciS.it whose evil grams di
timcpast, that we have not. till Ped Ins peregrinations. Notwith
now, found neither time ' nor stand,RS our disappointment, we
rooin to pay our respects to the W,,U endcavorto simplify such parts
'Free Press." nrinted in Hali- ot cur lormcr account as appears
fax, in this state. That paper, !
in noticing a few remarks ofi
ours relative to the borough elec
tion of Halifax, took occasion to
furnish a kind of statistical view
of the population and improve
ments of that ancient town.
Agreeably to this account, Hsli-j
lax at. this time contains "A
court-house, a jail, 1 public i
meeting-house, 1 masonic hall,
1 academy, one post-office, 11
stores," 3 taverns (how many j izing, are utterly unknown in Ilali
grbg shops he saith not) 1 branch; fax: Can the Editor say as much
of a bank, a tailor's, saddler's,; for Salisbury? If our lawyers and
blacksmith's cabinet-maker's, ! doctors confined their practice sole
and milliner's shops; EIGHT !y to this town, the Salisbury tdi
hwycrs, SIX doctors, 500 souls,! tors Pjous ejaculation would apidv
-19 voters, and ' 7 gentlemen of
pretty formidable
list, this, truly! We think,
however, in the neighborhood
of six doctors, there should be
more than o-e cabinet-maker.
We are not, just at present,
prepared to furnish in return
hut
we can say this much to the ed-
, , i tr r
itor, that we nearly equal Hali
fax in each of the items, excep
one of these lear
to every thret voters!
Ifthere-
is much fumbling of pulses, and
handling of fees, in that vicini
ty, the Lord have mercy on the
good people of Halifax!
As to a milliner's shop, our
town cannot boast of such an es
tablishment, and we ho)e will
ever remain destitute of one.
As yet, the young ladies of;
Salisbury, and of.tliis section of
country generally, (with the ex
ception q a few, who are con
stantly hankering after new
fashions, and Jeazing a dress
maker we have among us, with
the altering of frocks, &e. about
every wind that blows from the
north) have been taught to
make their own clothes, and
have no desire to encourage the
establishment of shops, where
f othihg but gQw-gaws and fine
ry are dealt out, spreading van
;ty, idleness and extravagance
over the country. In iarge
towns, where there is an exten
sive trade and commerce, and
where the fintastical,goddess of
fashion tries into how many ri
diculous forms she can change
her votaries, such establish
ments are. necessary; but in a
small town, where the object
.should be to teach our young
h;!i'j: go.7:l sense, modesty and
tmgthoao. of lawyers, doctors, ,fa , ? T, . ,,
.3. , . t' , dear ma'am, I'm just the thing
milliner shop, and 'gentlemen , , , . t
c i r- 7i,'-,.c l land the tascniatmg appearance ol
of color. 7 ht'jrnt lawvers, and i . . V
rlontnr,. 1, 40 vntf',,. r-Ivns Pur damsels, tr.ppmg gayly a-
7 , f
industry, and fit them for good
house-wives, there is not only
no use for a milliner's shop, but
such an establishment would
have a fatal tendency, by es
tranging the minds of our
young females from the noble
objects to which nature intend
ed they should be directed.
REMARKS.
lie really expected that if the
Salisbury editor could have found
time or mom to notice our remarks, '
he would have furnished a brief
sketch of the rise and progress of
the town of Salisbury, which being
"alike unknown to fortune -find to
fame," and net mentioned either
by history or tradition, has hitherto
l-rOf . . - A. ' 1 I 1
him explicable. The town of j
ILlllfiiX is situated on the Roanoke,
which at this place is the dividing
15ne between the populous and
wealthy counties of Halifax and
Nui thampton; and being in a central
situation, cmbi-ar.es the principal
business of the two counties. To
the credit of our police be it spo-
ken, those establishments usually
denominated grog-vhofis, which
are alike disgraceful and demoral-
jaculation wouid apply
to tjlc
m
with peculiar force; but
we are well assured, that the Salis
bury editor would be rather tempt
ed to exclaim, "heaven helps them j
that help themselves," could he obr
serve our citizens rolling along in
their carriages, with their spanking
greys and bob-tail ponies the leis-
gait cf our youug
, , .
bucks, sauntering ti
thro' our streets;
with that self-ccniplaccnt air which
1 1
their heads decorated and
cr ncavts enc'rclt'd with the
lively, gay, and fanciful produc
tions oi Europe and Asia, and their
understand'mgs gu uxled by domes
tic fabrics, manufactured principal
ly in "the land of steady habits."
But the icy ch illness of age has
certainly seized on the heart of the
Salisbury editor, before its heavy
Hakes has covered his head, else
why this violent phillipic agains-
milliners and mantua or dress ma
kers: this is uurely laying the axe
at the root of civilization, instead
of checking "vanity, idleness, and
extravagance:" for notwithstand
ing the sage speculations of vision
ary theorists, it requires but little
penetration to discover, that the
hope cf possessing gew-gaws and
finery," as the Salisbury editor is
pleased to tern? them, is the princi
pal incentive to industry and en
terprizc. Could our citizens
content themselves with the bare
?iccessaries of life, they would soon
rival the ancient inhabitants of our
favored country, in their dress and
pursuits, and become fit compan
ions for those who reside in the vi
cinity of the Brushy Mountains.
Ure cannot, in conclusion, join in
the barbarous wish that the town
of Salisbury may "ever remain des
titute cf a milliner's-f hop:" we re-
ally hope that the comforts andi
luxuries of life may be multiplied
unto the inhabitants in such abun
dance that the ladies may not be
under the necessity of "altering
their frocks, 8cc. about every wind
that blows from the north;" and
that henceforth in perusing
the witty and perspicacious re
marks of the Salisbury editor, we
may not so frequently be reminded
of the Fox in the fable, whose con
stant cry was "sour grapes."
JVe will close these observations
by introducing the following arti
cle on the subject of
Dress. Tailors and mantua
makers are the indispensable?
of life. Dress beins: of the ear
host necessity, and of universal
demand, the principles of the
science must have been embo
died in the mind by nature, and
have embraced the whole un
derstanding. '
Whether to cover or to dis
cover whether to conceal or
to display whether to intimi
date or to allure, dress is the
universal exocdient. Modes of
tho't, modes of feeling, modes
of character, modes of rank,
and modes of power, are only
modes cf dress. It reveals by
occular syllogisms, whatever
3rou wish to know or to com
municate to one another.. It
marks with unfailing accuracy,
your standing in society, and
your particular pursuits. Dress
a man in urao. lor instance, ana
he is a quakcr dress him in
black and he is a clergyman,
give him a short jacket and lie
is a sailor put on him two ep
aulettes, and he is a general
dress his head in a turban, and
he is a Turk give him a pur
ple gown, and he is a king.
Jf he swear with his hat on, he
is a he brew if be swear with
hat olf, he is a christian.
The technicals of Dress are
engrafted on every science.!
Dress the line says the adjutant
dress the sallad says the e
picurc d?e$s his jacket cries
the ovcrscT. So we have
I he habit of speaking, the hab
it of writing &c. the terms of
dress being of universal use and
application.
Runaway Negroes. An ex
pedition left Georgetown, S.
C. on Friday se'nisjht against
the encampments of runaway
negroes, which had been for
med in the neighborhood pf
that place, and who were com
mitting depredations upon the
inhabitant. The expedition
succeeded in destroying three
of the camps and after a long
chase took one prisoner and
two guns. The negroes were
provided with a stackyard and
threshing place, a great many
luxuries as well as the necessa
ries of life. Their, places of
retreat were selected with great
judgment, . being situated on
small elevations, surrounded
by extensive - areas of marsh.
By climbing a high tree on
each of them, a complete view
of the bay, creeks and surroun
ding islands, was presented to
the spectator while he could re
main concealed by the foliage.
No correct account of the num
ber could be obtained.
South American Tobacco.
The first cargo of tobacco im
ported from Colombia had ar-
nve,d m tho river lhamcs. It
could not, however, he brought
to market without payment of a
duty of 6s. and would, there
fore, be re-exported to Ham
burgh. U. States Tobacco paid
only 4s. The quality of the
Colombian article,, is said to be
equal to the best Cuba segar
tobacco, and an equalization of
the duty will, probably, encour
age an import trade with that
republic, which will be advan
tageous, so far as it will afford
the means to pay for a greater
quality of British manufactured
goods. This does not promise
so well for our Southern grow
ers. Restoration after hanging.
Mr. Glover, Surgeon, in
Doctors' Commons, London,
relates the case of a person who
was restored to life, after twen
ty nine minutes hanging, and
continued in good health for
many xars after. The princi
pal means used (o restore this
man to life, were opening the
temporal artery and the exter
nal jugular, rubbing the back
mouth and neck wilh a quantify
of volatile spirits and oil, ad
ministering the tobacco clyster
by means of lighted pipes, and
strong frictions of the legs and
arms. This course had been
continued for about four hours,
when an incision was made into
the wind pipe, and air blows
strongly through a caiiular in
to the lungs. About twenty
minutes aftor this, the blood a"t
the artery began to run down
the face, and a slow pulse was
just perceptible at the wrist.
The frictions were continued
for some time longer, his pulse
became more frequent, and his
mouth and nose being irritated
with spirit of sal ammoniac, he
opened his eyes. Warm cor
dials were then admistered to
him, and in two days he was so
well as to be able to walk cisrht
miles.
A Public Scold. On Mon
day week, the judgment of the
court of quarter sessions in
Philadelphia, in the case of
Nancy James, who was indicted
and sentenced to be ducked as
a common scold, was reversed
by the Supreme Court, on the
ground that no law of Pensyl
vania, either statute or common,
warranted the sentence of the
court below. Judge Duncan
considered that this inhuman
and barbarous part of the En
glish common law had become
pbsolete; that at all' events, it
had never been , brought to this
country by our ancestors; that
it was incompatible with their
humane habits, as well as with
the enlightened maxims of ci
vil policv introduced into Pen-
sylvania by William Penn, and
that even if the punishment
formerly inflicted upon com
mon scolds had ever obtained
here, it had, by implication,
been repealed by the general
spirit of our mild penal code.
The decision of the Supreme
Court must give universal sa
tisfaction. 'Kentucky Legislature.
The last week of the session
(says the Lexington Reporter)
as usual was devoted io.Judge
Breaking. The Resolutions
and Address to remove the
Judges of the Court of Anneals
were tried in both Houses, and
failed in each by a few votes.
The attack was then directed
against the Court, and the
Court ot Appeals has actually
been abolished by a legislative
act! The vote was taken in
the lower house on Thursday
night, precisely at the hour of
midnight, and the bill received
his Excellency's signature the.
following dayv The Reporter
continues: "Great astonishmeot
at this high handed, disorganiz
ing measure, has been very
generally expressed; by one
party it is viewed a sa most
wanton, flagrant and obvious
violation of the Constitution,
while by the other it is applau
ded as the finest relief measure
ever adopted, and in truth so,
it is. For jf the avaricious and
indebted part of the community
continue to violate the Constitu
tion with impunity, and are
suffered to absorb all the pow
ers of Government, though but
for a short period, the party
will so manage as to get relief
enough. The Judges of the
Court of Appeals however, do
not intend to submit. They
could not be impeached nor
addressed olf, and the Constitu
tion does not anthorise any o- .
ther mode of breaking Judges.
To submit to this encroachment
would prove them faithless to
their government and regard
less of their oaths. We may
therefore expect ere long to
hear of a resort to force. It
will be a brilliant achievement
for the militia of Kentuckv to
put down that Supreme Judicial
tribunal which js expressly pro
vided tor in the Constitution, at
TIIE POINT OP TIIE BAYONET.''
The Elephant. The Frank
lin Gazette mentions that an
Elephant, at present exhibiting
in Philadelphia, places his keen
er upon his tusks, tosses him up
iu or 12 ieet, and catches him
upon his tusks and trunk as he
falls, and in conclusion gives his
keeper a toss into the air, in
which the keeper turns a som
erset and lands on the back of
the Elephant.
A recent traveller in the U.
S. gives an account of a matrimo
nial lottery, which was formed
there with beneficial ellects.
At a wedding in S. Carolina, a
young lawyer, moved, "That
one man in t'ffe Company should
be selected as president; that
the president should be duly
sworn to keep entirely secret
all the communications that
should be forwarded to him in
his official department that night;
that each unmarried gentleman
and lady should write his or
her name on a piece of paper,
and under it place the name of
the person they wished to mar
ry; then, hand U to the presi
dent for "Inspection; and if any
gentleman and lady Jiad recip
rocally jchosen each other, the
president was to inform ch of
the result, and those whd had
not been reciprocal in their
choice, kept entirely secret."
After the appointment of the
President, " communications
were accordingly handed up to
the chair, and it vyas found
twelve young gentlemen and
ladies had made reciprocal
choices; and the traveller states
that eleven out of the twolvo
j matches were solemnized." SS.
1 good hut tcngh storv. 1