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HALIFAX, JV. C. FRIDAY, JAXUAKY 38, 1825.
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THE "FREE PRESS,"
George Howard,
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Com 'nnnicn thus,
FOR THE fREH PRESS,
The Editor of Ihc Western
Carolinan has, on several oc-
pi -'ions amused himself in wit-:
m,rU. if not invidious
comparisons, between this town! "miacent preci
andThat of Salisbury. He in,P,,a,f ',lsd " PP;
derision calls this town Old Sdr-, 'TT u '
which is a comoliment to
us, of which the Editor kno
' , . . .. i-. i i
wmcn tne ivtiior Knows i
Old Sarum,:is a borough
in England, whid, h..l -y
three votes for a Member in1, , n.'p . 4
" v. tl . balelul influence, together with
Parliament; they were given to , . .
thp celebrated WiLLIAM Pitt, , , ' 1 C
h S Cmoneaf 1. wh--S -j't becomes stag-(
u f. a , j ir. nant and ollenive, and witti
called at that day, and after-1 Mush WanJ ,JVCrbial for its.
wards the great Karl of Chat- insalul)ritv aJ ils t fcrlili.
h3m A creat and celebrated- AVI-., . , " . ,
,fr T?nr)- ohKrrvpd-!1 iH stre,c,il"S lr0m i
name, as Air. burke obc.vcd, , ,
and another great states:
1 1 ii tin "vi-;.i
observes of him: With onei
hn id he smote the House oi ,
na.m nt, miiuiu ) :
rt.irhnn. nnd wie'ded in the
H,M,rhnn ftnd W ft Led 111 tie',
JiUU,""" .
other the democracy
1
land."
But for an hditorola:
backwoods town,, ivcre nope
never smiled, nor nieasme e cj
dawned," to be always nibimg
at this town; he might perhaps
bo offended if we did not notice.
led nyc amnoi aml JoUons tnuil. Pnjoyinent of
2 know that baSeenvv.lircvvjlhthcctii..a..Uv of lht,ir
at another s joy. and as h(j .,oaiti011 their!
him we
withers
hates that excellence u cannm
reach.." We will admit that .
the town of Salisbury has but
little commerce, except oni in
tbe Christmas holidays, they
.sell a great many gromm I".. rcflltG wij here ask, solemn
as to fashion, dress, and Jastc' iy asi the friends to the rnak
and thatelegmt ncm c.ialaice:i'a Weldon the place of transit
cf fashionable life, the ditorjaml d sir in tjle name of hu-
jcoutesses it is noi u , m31iity, jf ihey are determined 'and even glass eyes can be lit-
in his town but at the same t () perscVL.re jn this unfeeling, Jed into the sockets so complete
time in his statistics he does :mnojjtic and unnrofitable Iv as to deceive a critical obser-
not inform "s how many coun-
try-bumpkins there are in the
vicinity of the town.
Q.
For the Free Press.
NO. v.
Havin" disposed of what
P . !
lions to the locking into th .- ri-
OU.US W - un, J . I
ver at Weldon, and making Hal- selnshness? Ur, it tney are m
jfax the place of transit and dc-i capable of commisscrating the
posit, I will before I uit that woes of their fellow men, are
part of the subject, nring 10 view
what though merely incidental
must have an important infl'i
ence on reflecting minds m con
sidering it. And that is, the
tmhcalthiness of Weldon; for
that it is unhealthy is a fact well
and publicly known for years;
from what causes, whether lo
cal or otherwise, it is impossi
ble to determine; but that the
fact is so, is on all hands admit
ted. It is true that the local
position of Weldon would to
those acquainted with it, induce
a conviction that the deadly
mortality with which it has been
visited, is owing to some ap
proximate existing causes, for
close to it on the west lies the
large mill-pond of Mr. Hudson,
-nd southwardly of that one lies
another large mill-pond, both
covering a great area of land, and
having immense bodies of rot
ting and rotten timber and
wood, and consequently great
quantities of putrid and putrify
ing vegetable matter, the exha
lations from which, under the
Action of the intense heat of a
summer's sun, emits a poison
at one subile and hostile in the
extreme to human health, and
of course to human existence, j
i nis miasma, so dangerous to confided interests so important,
health and so obnoxious to life, so interesting, and so dear to
from the contiguity of its origin all, to take that course that is
to Weldon, and from the pre;--, most congenial with public opi
alenee of south and south-west--nion and feeling, and most, con-
eny wiuus in tne lat;er part oi
the summer, in the whole of the.
, mo uuimng
OI ine IaI'nons,iinpregiialesiing general satislaction.
t n.AiinA 4, t I I 'I I U . . 4 T
T wuia; r ."l"?'"u ' "
lence and death; wniie immcdi-
, . c ... ,'UIC lst Ul unuuur, lot, a-
to $90,097,071 54.
e tne marshy on the margin of
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me i L-i i ij 1 1 1 1 u j. siut,, yiu uuuiess
swamps and pools of water, that
, , ' !
becoming putrid in the summer
, , . 1 ,, , , , ,
, . i . . ,
ij' n to swell ant condense ooi -
,f nnvinnc rirvnfc fhni r.n
, . . . , :
ilisease aiu, de.uh in
xxTi.i rwi :f
' . th Hvi amj a
,rd ll)r the iaha'bitauU,
, f - llttrtnit 'r
. , ,
cajaveiolJS yisa-es and alrabila-!
rious coinp(.xi'ons wj,h a few
pvr,!nt;0.1Si oroVi.s bevond the
f 0r Lim!1!1 iu'rer:iii v to!
a(. tJie risj5f the immi-
ncnt t;m-er (I will say certain-'
ty) of immolating the hardy
yeomanry, peasantry, and labo-
rers who shall man the upper i
boats descending to Wejdon
from the hiidi and healthy re-
ap-'gionsof Virginia, and of thislhs of an eye, in blasting
i- il.. K: K: ! . I 1- n( tUn lir.Knm ill n ,-rll
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takes, their prejudices, and their
iacir cuusuicutts w i-v
momentary interest, (an inter-
st that as it regards Weldon
must be fugitive) as not to feel
any qualms for the miseries
l hey may bring into and upon
families in every part of the
country? And if they are de
termined to set public sentimcm
and public feeling at defiance,
still let me ask if they are not
alarmed, lest the spirit of the
peopie should rise in a tempest
of indignation against them, at
finding" themselves sacrificed,
consigned to disease, pestilence
and certain death, by being thus
compelled to sojourn , at Wel
don? which must inevitably be
tbe fate of those men who from
an healthy country arrive there
boatmen in full health,"
as
strength and vigor, and there
fore the more certain mark for
the demon of desolation to hurl
his fatal darts at. Surely when
such a state of things can be a
voided, and when every indi
vidual interested will be great
ly benefitted, and .the public in
terest essentially promoted by
taking a dim-rent, but an equal
ly easv and far safer course, it is
the bonndcn duty of those to
whom their fellow citizens have,'
ducive to public rood,
therefore better adapted to, and
more commensurate with, giv-
Roanoke.
Public Debt. The Public
i
Debt of the United States on !
i. r t,rt i
0f ,he amount then due there
nasneid
n .... ,
By the British, $18,515,764 50
Bv the Dutch. 3,32,366 4G
By all otfor.ers,, 07
MaSfing toe total an.'t
u Id y foreign 23)70,372 93
I neam'cot stockheid
b domestic credit is 66,095,240 90
itiqn irom anc! to the
several loan offices,
31,457 71
T . t;n(rtll tf . ..
Advingthe totata
- UaKIIIg uic loiaiaui I
.-,( ,,,u!: j..k
l'l l IV. JU.71 H, CiVUL
rfi .llif Ut C OH fiQT AT 1 r 1
Artificial hmidf.-Verhaps::;"
t II...- . f u!lJr. liuchannan has succeeded
tt,,, rfdi.nvin.r i.tot;r, r,o,r ho
iteresiing to the curious, and at; !1.p p "f .a , the fpJ
the same t.me be the means of location ol his newly invented
dirrni. ,nmo ,,,,1,,, iw.:j;cncrMor. On Sunday last she
directing some unfortunate be -
ini, ,0 an ingenious mechanic
Vho cn actuall v make artiiicial
2tHj rceL Vv.hjPh are valu
able substitutes for amputated
limbs. When we recollect that
the Taliacotian oneialiun of
manufacturinir new noses, out
Qi tne integuments ot the lore
head, his been successfully
practised in the United States,
and that palates to the mouth,
ver, we can scarcely doubt the
possibility of making other ap-
pcudages, equally useful,
A laboring man by the name
of Reed, who had both arms
blown oil just below the elbow,
and who had also suffered the
a
1 I'..; 1
made application a few weeks
since to Mr. Doyle, of the Co
lumbian Museum, in Boston,
who carved a pair of hands and
matched them to the stumps, so
ingeniously, that they would be
mistaken at the first view for
natural hands. Although there
are several springs exerting a
power on the palm and on the
wrist, the contrivance is very
simple, and there is but little
danger of its getting out of or
der. He is now enabled to take
oil his hat as genteely as his
friends, cut his food, feed him
self as readily as any person.
and what is still more wonder
ful, write his name with cor
rectness and facility. Ji is clo
thing is now kept together by
small hooks instead of buttons,
which he manages with so much
adroitness as to dress and un
dress himself without any kind
of assistance. I J is aequaintar.-
ccs have now the strongest
hopes that he will main
tain himself by his own indus
try. What adds greatly to the
interest of Mr. Heed's case, and
reflects honor on the benevo
lent artist who has thus restored
him to the pleasures of manual
industry, is that he was made
welcome to the services of Mr.
Doyle, and left him with a
thankful heart and 'money in
his pocket.
Medical Intelligencer.
New Inventions. The Cou
rier de la Meuse announces an
aronautic scheme which sinks
into insignificance all former
attempts." It is planned by a
a
physician, named Uobertson,
and he intends, by means of it,
to visit all parts of the globe.
This wonderful machine, the
Columbus of balloons, is to be
11 n i il I
callea e wnnerva, ana win ne
I5n fpet in rlinmr
diameter and carja-
;-- z ;:
We of raising ; 72,
951 kilograms
or 149,037 French pounds. It
will carry sixty persons, provi
sions for five or six months,,
furniture of all kinds, and scien
tific instruments. It will con
cist of a balloon holding 1,767,
150 cubic feet of hydrogen gas,
and the vessel altogether
will
weijrh
80,557 pounds. This
stupendous aerial edifice is, we
are sorry to learn, only retarded
for want of cash. What a mis
fortune for a learned world!
Louisville, (Ky.) Dec. 21.
w ....: r.,i 1 .u-
;'1 - ;"
ran ,1V
; ani1
or six miles up the ri
returned with 9 num-
iber of sentlemen, who seem
much pleased with its operation.
The advantages which it is con
sidered to possess over boilers
now in use, are economy in the
cost, a considerable saving of
fuel, lightness, the space which
it occupies, and entire safety a
gainst accidents resulting from
the bursting of the boiler; ad
vantages which, combined, can
not fail to introduce it into gen
eral use. The boiler weighs
about five hundred pounds.
Wc understand the Dr. intends
applying it to propelling carria
ges on land, in which he fecl
confident it will be eminently
successful.
Imprisontnent for debt.
The law of South Carolina, in
relation to debtors, and credi
tors, has been so far ameliora
ted as to exempt females from
arrest for debt under a ca. sa.
We bail this, observes the
Charleston Courier, as a wel
come omen of the progress of
illumination among us, which
we hope will ere long, produce
the entire abolition of imprison
ment for debt.
The Journal des Dehals
(Paris paper)contains a report of
the trial and conviction at Ver
sailles of a man charged with
the horrid crime of murdering
a girl of twelve years of age,
and eating the flesh and heart.
The man confessed the crime
and declared he was induced
to commit it from an irresisti
ble thirst of human blood. It
appeared on the trial, that he
ha4 i ncj.nl gM this cannibal ap-
petite in the most barbarous;
and shocking manner.
Fire. On Tuesday the 30th
ult. a large dwplling house, oc
cupied by Mr. W. Norse, of
Townsend, (Vermont) was en
tirely consumed by fire. On
the day following, a number of
the neighbors and friends of
Mr. N. voluntarilu collected
timber was ifelled, hewed
and framed, and on Saturday a
house was erected fortv feet in
length and thirty in depth.
iv. 1 . iv. Post.
Fire..., On Monday week a
large brick building, the proper
ty ot uen. laylor, was burnt
down at Norfolk. It was a
double house; the part in the
rear was built immediately after
the Revolution for a Court
house. The whole pile was of
considerable extent. It was
insured. The Norfolk Herald
commends in high terms the
fire companies, in arresting the
progress pf the names.
J.aw Case, Circuit Court,
New-York. Sarah Morun vs.
Dawes. Judge Edwards,. pie
sent. This was a case of se
duction of the plantifFs daugh
ter, and has occupied the court
for several days. The jury has
returned a verdict of nine
thousand noLLAiis damage; be
ing the greatest verdict ever de?
liveted to this country, on a
similar charge.
Tic Book of Revelation un
sealed. The last Washington
Journal states, that the great
demand for this work having
suggested the expediency of in
creasing the edition, and of ma
king arrangements to gratify
curiosity every where in the
country at once, a delay of a
few days will result to subscri
bers in receiving it, which it is
hoped will be excused.
Parasols. The Emperor cf
Austria has granted to three
manufacturers, at Vienna, the
exclusive privilege, for five
ears, of makinga new species
of their invention. The form
of these is singular. When o
pen, they have the appearance
of an arch; when closed, that of
lyre. They may .he taken a
part and packed in a usual sized
reticule.
Creeks, The Comm ission
ers who were appointed to
conclude a treaty with the
Creek Indians, respecting the
territory which the latter occu
py in Georgia, are said to have
returned without being able to
effect any thing. It was repor
ted that the Indians were oper
ated on by an influence which
the Commissionere could not
control, emanating from a quar
ter where a disposition to thwart
the views of the Government
was least to have been expected.
Important decision. The
Charleston City Gazette says,
His honor Judge Bayhas deci
ded the question which was ar-
1 gucii uciun. uiin, vvjiciuer Ali
ens are liable to the performance
of militia duty. The opinion
li. t '
01 ine nunuracie Juttgc, predica
ted upon the principle of tho
Lex Loci, is, that Aliens ar
-.liable to perforin milith d::t v.