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J S-s T s J s rj- r -f s s -r S S J r S J J s J S s S S ' s r c ') l" -c r t':c': ' r r rj- s r s s s s s ; s s r r s J-r s S ., ..... 1. 1 ... 5(f.r,.,;; t - -. I U r : s cr T i' i r-f --. i .. -' i , ft . ..... rv i.:-.;.:i.r$cf)ourSute lave '. . rr: -. 1 my iitttr.tlon. Being a fo ; " ! ' - ?n;a rr rh.--; too nu:ch . v tj tr.e cajntious t.ile ci every tra- . i ...sa k.. irta strc j rtjudice against "irv m general. Having been ton - v. a, barren, its inhabitant uncut V 3fCtJy civilized. nJ ItA tO,BrA.1 d of a few miscralle cottages, yoa may be ; virs that the picture I had drawn of "it was con. temptil.Id enough.. So strong wers my. pre- . j"j.t.c i.ui i looteu open the native piorth Carolina as little superior to the savage of the ; , vestcrn wilderness, and although he might . - - r-r JT1 aa possess somcwliat the fsce s . of a whiteman,. he could be' no less savare as , uic vuiuvaucn oi tnt part which so nobly , characterizes ram, x But when fats compelled . I)ly surprised cpn beisgtold by a native, that , . .ve or six flourishing Academies and n Uni versity were established here. The contrast ,3 ox impressions was so remarkable that . I was V- r Ph;M more than ordmarily curious to disco- - cr w ima ot institutions these could be.-. - . , . Having left my native -country wjth a detvrmi v.." .nation, to see the world,", to learn its' manners t I . . .V. - A .11. . nuwronw, aaa to examine the progress of (MUiuTO,,5arae oitnese, I made it my busi. " ness and c( the rest I endeavoured to . , ;obtan a correct deswintion. - , ;.'...... " . Vt v fi n inquiry .tra 'directed 'towards' the . .Uaivers.ty of thi State. . I Expected to find ni its organizauon, at least some faint resem ulance f the Cclleg-a of my own country v v vjiCB my surprise, wniist I in- m v...Juu1. ui coma scarcely discover a ogles trace. Its; general plan ta be sure is , " H tuuniry as tnis, and mihl C uiauc, jiaa n oeen executed, a tolerable place , of learning iut that learned and tmr raWc body who constitute the wisdom of this , owib, uy wnan,, was organized, appear to haye shameruny deserted it fust in its infancy. . ',v :," j fuaiiewuGOJcsare . , there, are Veil chosen ; but I found Po'Philo. , lopiucai apparatus of consequence Nmhinff "" v"" ' uu Electrical machine, which could acarcely. be made to-scintillate, and a r Telescope which, ha3 I judffed bv its arnear. t? V " v,"lrt," c wouia nave taken lor a .uaaerouss, or somfc auperaaimated fowling, piece. J 1 soon discovered that 1 olf a., j :- i" .. ... - : .iuuuuku to, little more than a grammar school, and that . ,a..6 4L14 rt , J3Ulg country, it was ' ,a?.Ua5V V cyci7 X' '-, Theiresident , u'ui;v'CiiCS certainly a scholar and man - taicnts j but m; no Seminary have 1, ever . ---- uugreaicr want ot en cv.v. r., c r t :tz to f. :.-. r.;. J; c r'vti tt:c" cf I t'- . sr. 1 I.cciitr: . .; ... . i .. '. a - t to it m j rx, i tj t!;tir iTipr :j Hal Us. they -her:;, c , i pc j ! ;: f t; 0 r i . . . r.:.!: j stri, . :u inc'i.; ou!J ia co 1 peri id sr.? the founi.-.t:on of the best Literarj 'fi e vices cf f .rv ny cons:. ut; a laruilr, un. i:.3:.tut.on ia tae youth, w l.trie so m i less crui!;ed ia en-.h' vo, will nnr.ituiately swell ta a laontcr d.at will e;rtad rtUliion, Ji. corJLjd ruia all around where react' and har- meo?v authority -and u'uir,isikn ought. tQ r. . w !' ' : in i - t! - c;:k!.: '. : ' r ' r A; - '.c J t c.uJjct t.-.er... Hence our csuntryraen arc-, so o.a Ly those superfcial jacis, ho are more in love with nvnerthan with learning ar.l viri!. ... . . ' - ! . "1 V ., si. ; . !!. k :i-t r.i'. n t it u t:. t iL.:ota L'poa jr-r.1 i , tat . fjr ti ,i- ami are ternu. Citizcrs cf Korth-Caronna ! upon the cdu to Jinu employment ca try . cation of your youth hanp; the projpenty, ar.a glory of vour a. i e wcIarj'A'the inny,- a'.u::nruy ana suumistiion ougnt .tQipu'Pr".v auu h'fj 01 jour country!- ,1 0 rri,rn; And which no chain formed by the lawi your schools you rr.u!t look for those who t ,,. .... .k:- ... .U- L .f r. .. Irliun-K ....I ..... .t.:-l- .L - J ? - uuivnuir m viJi .vjui;ii , wjc yuum oi ji, as u i auu iuc aemanas oi . xsa were vita tfteir nrst muk, have imbibed such j turc 'u a a little time compel you to aurrcn an irresistible thirst for immoderate pleasures I eT ..our fountry is extensive atd fertile uii tucy are never satished, until they have J your air is pure and vmiying, and your waters exhausted the last nrincinle rif tnr'ir mmtlni. I are salubrious.'. W'nv. prniiit in a' i hw Hons; on which the miserable consequences cf 1 17 naay not spring up in such a soiL 1 know uUiimneryjcan prey. , iience are to be seen so manv walk!, v i i . o tutions nnd Vigorous minds by as proper use owing to your blind avaiice, j our, indolence. . .. M... ..V..H.U unii uu iiwi.c uu will not CU . - l - .. .... I. :i - m 7 nuu cmiuncnicu society dui Dy midnight I lJU upon poeruy tne necessity of atoning for ce, in your streets not -And why yoo. may not in some period king skeletons.-, not far distant, boast a Wnshiogton, a Patrick ng strong constit Heory, Ru.h. anda pviijht, villi e perhaps revela, and the-wayward excesses of , illicit I your crimes, and give them reason to reDroadi , mstead of becoming tne oU j vou fr your abuse of so many glorious privi- pleasures, hare jects of admiration, become in the eye of vir I ,eSCJ flt MM -I Vt i tn n n n 1 .1 "... M . I v .... .JVV.J v.1 I .. pity and contempt.. This." tends not only to j V'.' V " "w . ; 4, tlie downfal cf learning, but to the sfmrt. I , . .. . . U . uvwvr.a . . . , . Tlie covernment of a literfirv.iuatlnit; nerhah nv-trn tfVrtt ff.on ..T. hencL. I have seen many men of levning ancf parts Vho could not rorern with aueriB. principle thiiigs requisition-die government of a school, are laws ('calculated, to preserve inviolate the morals.- to, enforri. ti. SlOn. and tO excite the cmntntinn r f f ..nM. i and a proper.degree of yigilance, firmness fit G, better known t9 the Xamt u Plater 6f Pa-' energy in ih governor to execute those laws . n' wrA to judgde oit$ unity and enforce him anrtiNr!fv..i '.. ' . - ' ; ... JBu. a 'MdmAcr nfth JTV .,A. --i.., c.j 1 cipla cause why teaching is so! unsuceeskfut j Cr5 front's piiifr'puWiKhed by'theMachuctu here.1- I 6unnos thpm. i. .--.).. 1 "''"."'"' 'S'"-'8nciturtl' Btcietv.1 1 ' - r a ' ened American who wiU;Utiy that there arel ''j-0?11 Wa?t5r .of P"s ai long been tew men cf profound erudition in America. j c Ktl w,mm toW 'ear8 cnl7 8 I heir Iearnine is msstlv verv, MrdrU u ,ucrai?! . nvc oeen appue . Jl1 flr,tof Arts, smirce ofDomestie " . lriil of uie Land iuid putron of Lho Seas." a: . .', 7.i . . ' I i :.',. s ..i t: ' -y.-ret-.U:.. J ! r t : , t!.e Lrt-.h i-;u earth xsl.rf. t. - ' .' fv;.Ti; -. ' Ilhhrrt j cultivated a sc M.I the lATit: Acrjyvm Atrfr"..-ni ? ' cnric'icd fcr 2 i ly, cJJit'.cri of a fic-h iUu:ur.i rom the r.rst exutcr.ee rf i r , the dry Jand, d'caye J i-Lin :.r .-. furnished ast;pp!y cf nianurr, v ! i J, t.;.. , and the raia j;ae LUral the 1 cousamjuioa, tae tar:!i, ur.exh:-.-; .:: 1 producuons, increased in fn'::? r layer of vegetable mould wh'x'h c-. , . . face cf die earth w as airore-lioic t f V plant.1, and their quantity was'pir 'y i cu oy ine ccnvcriioa ol -.rool in; clearing. H Is 'rot wonderful t' some years cewisr cleared Rtt'T abound in croduce. and labour than that . of plot? r Li:; r-l7t - ' jor uuring .this period the provisVn is v IrtT tvhih .... . I 1 : si. i. t' ana many difliculties in acquiring their scanty ".'uure.- j ne intelligence soon com. educations, are willing t0 find employment any muacated u'.elf to the middle states of the where, and opon almost 'any terms.' Hence "i'on. probably by the weens of H is that your Academics are too frequenUt 'ne,r.Germao ettlers.' From these two en- j wiw preicna to teacn what I w, i ' , , ; """"'"6 never; learnt themselves. : And u t " SrlduaUy Plap European to thatfreQucntlv asnn.rfi,;.! theJJn,t?d States.. -t mf,l Conducted they "have : c,rP n,5 great reason of which is perhaps tms, that the Executive Power is too remote from the-centre nf a d! An i , w i ..i. ;, JArtoAcadcV l'l t-t nf .1. . '. . . . . . . .i i r - o"u ""vc -uu inacuvitv or like so many slauffhtit-nens of Genlna' rTi,oVr t? .- e tteviue. with nm kn. v? ; . - : ,.r - auiiiciime since met its destinv that of r r.i ' " llil.llV? iVmqranct that of ' . ' 1 ,caP', tottermg towards its fall. J,u,. . jthstaiiding thT prejudices had farmed agfcast.the; Raleigh Academy, from -. some unknown cause 1 must give it k very difftfrirht rhani-f.i. vr y "B iwiocatsitua. nun, w every things m its ? favour fine , 'ivaer, a salubrious cli mater and i very rn'oral ' ZS when compared with inany others. ' u am "0.t,,m,se,'aWr m5staken, the character . jvhom the 1 i-ustees of that ; Institution- have -""S lo cnoose tor their Presi d;fitr " man of talents and ; real energy. - hen I entered his school-room I was at first r"in-u - "cur.iiicu io see so laro a ber of sprichtlv: rthust Vmi'th w -j J .- ' " omau an nstitution ; and I soon discovered. frpm the b u.r. uuu intense: application of his'Pui . pils, that he ruled, them with a rod of irouf tempered by justice and.deJibeniUan. -His otudents appeared to be actuated by two most pDcrful .mativeshat of a. relish and real -wr me oeauties ot theiClassics, those oages of antiquity, antt that' of emfalatioruI l .fiougnt nat a love; ofjearning, which can-onlv bet Jnsnitvd ,r.e..:k beauties p the tender mindj and 'a Iove'bf Ku,ry ;wnicn always i.'.ae? nobility of action. .r '-f - .:ct;T3u,i sentiments that -"can ' be enfold r on tlie mincfttt vomi2TI.f. li dcA-lf Z C J-o1 ihK country, wherd, ...w. .uvwi -t.ai rcscarcn, those prolound .mysteries oft 3 . ancient hhil mww. ges, whirn have been saingepiously explained , Ll.ilr, seem to be inculcated or prapcrly un ( uersioou. f if. :i .iS - , Let an inquiry into the causes oftnfs"dege ' ncraoy of learing engage our attention a few mome-ts.'. It must have some real cause", Vnd cannotrise from .tliat MmA V-ino: a- v:u. , - - . V...M..VW iy ivtliVll some have ascribed the fluctuating popularity v,lwl , n scarcaing tor causes, iipur ap I (ROSe IS the ht ictoruni ol ,k.-A " i--ri'";" manure in acqirin. 'T" can cl'mare. ;n S 3 , 4 .oI rtThr Dlaster or S.1j of science and of truth, that th- Ua ?ranc? Put t iv more- constantly brought guages, the -only medium thrcHicrhVwhirh w! .0 doubtful which of ancient phyhsophy, are not worth r-" Muumemi put those who Jit , 1 c V. vwr"""; 'Mpntu ium me have never DTonferlv MndPMtA .i- 4 vniteaatatesr when nronrr-for arr!rii!f r1 j 1 uuuu un- in i ir nK v ..ia ; . , rt pu selves."- Were von tn i.V . ... f purposes, , has the followiner iZ-w-, - R'..t: I . .. .... p uuuu i onewi - . ..... o -rr v i those impostors Upon socjety, vwhat was the l Pouea " exhibrta-niany shining specks. lucamnir nnn narui. .i . ...i . - . I'wiuwTfruai.irBcinuitnm'inna n ... I. r . . 0 uuvu,v u, a Buuaianuve noun, ne I ' . u "i u Would tari s.k -iti j-. ' , .1 Tnri: Its particltfs ar nff en .rttnJ : , . j ";ui"ifi" amazement and. i ; i. . . , "6,-v gurcs confusionbut Vere you to- ask him to trace i 5 L t'9 rti t h no constant cq. ycro inrougti iMts mctaphtjskat windinw J " , b,, PV? 01 arc ifequeoy:of aKr: he would call you a fooL Instahces l-in-l T..i.ir .?. ,T. v "ub I blue color, it urt.in.K, .M-.-- ,'. - . r c wiinessea.in probortioti J j r j . , , ov-ll'Jli vwy.niuca'ex. the real talents. that conduct an AemJ C?ed5 doHb 'WWght of water, when the must 1t.flourish.-1 .-!-., - I pecimen is pure t and the nail of th fir. ... ' " ..... V.ILI .f V. . 11 I . , , 1 - muj v . v4umc on xnis- subject I could hear ti I , -T' '. fVi ,H1Prew,,on uPon W but one who formerly taught: the laniruas.es i; edund hott time be. here. rrnfmin,1to-'.1 l.r.Lrr . ..u"S" ltween tne leeih'. it . rri 3 - I - vuuidu M. VX1 JL. IV II IV VlirPiB .r- M J . 1 I : . ""I . - P u 1 1 ILlV'.i inl dBnfbrtunate. HTSft fT.fi", tut a ting ; But the time will co-e, an 1 i ; many places now is. when ti Ll ir,4 , ' wounded by Uie plough-share, aid exln of its richness, shall be too wea!c, cf iti,U make plants grow with their fonaerh ante. ,nii3 mav be called xr, , ,r. matk cxricuUure; when men U'.in thc from nature's hand; tare cf tn hik"', i, manage and dispose it artiticW.'.v . .. :v . yield him first a subsistence, 'M thrnari cvr plus to grow wealihy upen.' ,'Low f r n". t V go'in.this species of improvernoi.; . r yetbeen reached. ;As far as experioer :$ ' been, -nwde.' we find the mmJ. mff ItS Produce, in nmrvsr;-. . . i and skill bestowed in its tilla-e i and Sl eenuity and inventirtn nfm w : 1 anunknown and inconsiderable ,f-e?, may, the imnrovm-ht 'nn husbandry keep pace there with, until t' - fruitful spot that now exists, may prod, tenfold quantilv. and th. I.w ,,": . v. ...uu UITW pons an hundred men, give equal enior to a thousand. , - ; sf f i ..i-v. J " For Sale, ; 'R;ATO:1WW; :'0F EAI.t:c: MtcAeFt Tavern, s?- "' Ttu?nenbvi:t.toS?or )L'4 tllinn on. 1, i.l...- ... t . :VfXr l'C,,t- '"tf crcvlit will be piv v - gfttef pert of the jurcha.e money if ,nr,s. il. i on tf.c prcinints, of . . WILLIS Wi vr ," .JNoy. m isja- "3 w.-" ;i ; . i , ' . .m0-mc laaiyuasfes here, profoundly and with success's His cha. vwf uwerves an em ly for the youth of U having exhausted his lyforAevouth,of us constitution Ikimpaired :TiuTf--mnwt indifadgaWeperieveanc. huh. being thurst ti' the 1.. - . . . ? "VMiwoi active me. i i ..i j--.... ... uc )paetyj3 . much indebted tn d'solved in about, 500 "times its wei f Hn bsW; him she has 1 f n,cn . r?' b ?hen the he quan. comes its nrenpnt r.fi I il' .T r I to rust iron mot--. rA7l '.. . - c. ... r..vw UMa woo iias a family can Ki i" r 7 , ,v luc moisture c ?rM.v,vuic wusmesa to pro amerentbraucbes of a school aIUTT . b 41 W1. um lk inireniou.lv ,m. ,VV "f e trial by tfta teeth and 'UJOiy grauy the miblic. b a com T- J f " ... - . : ttuil lllLf- . ; I 1- .Tw '"-' it wiu up Jlieai' ' ; ' a w.5Uas the most useful eintn,,m.. un...' 1 ter. tle .,thr1n,r . . r" t-iamous mat. then should the r.,.1"" 1T . " - . w 9 AC1IF- OF A LOTTERY - For 1000 Dollars wonli r. JCUfclXllK, HOLD & SHAXB VATtfiL SJLM l. ... - v ", ciiuiieuioiuwa watch, H. ., Chain nd Key, worth ' ; t1.",- f'rst drR Wank, aicr 030 nimiliers are' I lo. a Gold tVWl. t;..i.?-.': j ".. . ,'v " Z 1 .. bbtrn &rt Silver Table Spoon,, 1U. 1i ilotcn ditto, -..?.'(. '...... 7 i- ' s'hr wtcne each s 2iV. : . . ; - , - - ' i' j 'i.iTiake' j- Si i,' ovio. at aitiLh, C7l0:atJJcaU., ... AULA 1 iriTfe i 1 .T.-Tl :. tr rein.,;,, wsovi h,tlie23tnifXo. ..a,i. ,. "-"". nope to meet that s funh4iif.rt,' "i i Si03S -Bl'cim addition to tu Gue-jTri vllv.;"' .T"Pn. Utockct. and Miniat.ir i Sotm V,,Zh : i c I . Jt 1fMert and TcaSpoo. Ktt6!6? H,Uel buH TorssSaltSlU silver ivci!.v;.i i '.vsf i"1 V 4 . irtly attended to.- lUlt Jnes, or o! Ka,: b?.Homincnt, which are.thcsd: i ne dissipation of . youth' want of enertrv to o ... .u.uiu. to instruu, ?.na tlie msallici. tacy of pecuuiary icvard, - . . fJt.:'.'''"'".':'V ;j ',,' t ' :' ' " : . '.T thenshouM Tr..::;r: r01- y rv. T v . ,"r r"yrw'ny8icianandthe 4r,. . . -''.i - -:t-',-. r .- ' ? ' ' " v-t.-i-K- '.V- ;' , H,. -.: "'.- V -f'..;. t V; -- '. -!.;.. tinT(p of the ersri'iiff jiljic in gHara,thatba' tron!r oun,i'i' '"" 'yctipu It oy Mr. Willijw Arm- ' I "VIE 8iliftf t7 . . ' re"at-rucirfclnuu in s a titrable, i jJWttgi, vVovrnkr I 1 809. GUY. - To li t fi.n.i. r: " 1 s- IIZN UV IL COOKE. ifr th Mcmbart of tt in J tlie public' at la lUi a Lirje sssortnu'iit ur run 1 S'.irnbi-1 on t tiAt lus f.in1, one . r if Hoots, tkcwkicT. ' '
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