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' ' 7 .' I ' I ' . ' ' A I ' ; : .. . . i i l . i . '' ' ? 1 M v V;.-. -mm . . r , - ' . v . 1 11 I i . I ; J j 1 ' v- ! i i 1 i M . ? Z i ALEIGU, ;(NOs)lFBDATi JULY ftd, 1816. ii (l i i t -t r , J I t -?ciuk8SirvKxuor V . Btv THOMAS IIENUCRSdN, JVN. . . jvi'lhrM ' dfllUrf par wimaN piper ' wilt , J rw w &fc6a$e4 only M tW opooaof the Edi. .n.esa sU afmtai a fid, ;' . . wifir, h' keen established in. - Masacha Ktfc, by tome christian paUahthropiatJ.) to, dis courage war. naiever onvtn my y. u krtsined of the attlitr of tMuHiUtioBw do doubt can exist about the purity of the taotjyea . v ' . II 2 12.2 1 I- V. T- ul tne respccuDie iourriuju uiiu vh One of'tSI'iirtit'trxroeobfwr weejn a ihia country for aioOffperhKl of time, fbe iiiUowfyg letters, were. recived)y the founder tftttB ocejjvu answer w ia ippucauonTo the writer lor pelr support pi iu views. Any letters comins from such emment.raen a Mr Adams and Mr JirrtasoM, Tnustbe interest- jhgl DUl v.ese are njgni y cnamciensuc. c mn them from the 4th nnmber of the Friend of eice,V a work published under the attspi eioftbu society. V i , mr. jarrxsabxs AxswEn. . , January 29.181C Bia Your letter, beirini date October 18, 115. came only t'hind the dit before entct- it which is mentioned to cxnlaia the date of me, I have to thant you for: the phamphlcts companyiag itj to wit, the Solemn lteew, the ienuof peace Aot Special Interview,' and the nend of feate, Si o. liie torst of theaa 1 baa re of tit 33d of Jatfuacy, ad 1 than! you for ther pamuluets encloseu wita tt. , I ,ltis Tery true, as nyexeeiienc lrien, lur.i Norton, has informed bu that 1 have read many of Your -aublkatlwii with pleasure., - - - I hare aho read, almo&t all the day of royJie, the MlemnreasoBinrs-and pathetic delaiiutioo offrsmuyf Fenftloft, of BU Pierre, And maty others agaiast war, and in favor of peace , My unrtUadiog and my liart,iiccvnitU with hi. attrttWukhr.- 15 at alas: a longer awl morctv tensive (experience liaa convinced me, that,vari are as ceeessary ad a inevitaUei in' wtryV terns,' as bttrncan.et earthtaLea aau vokatfoVr . i OarUloV-ed cvWvtryrsjt, u MirreuBded'by!fD emiei.'of the4am '(lauztrcax,' becUJ- tin mot pawerful and most woprlncipfed cbaracisswCi Usmds ofUona) .iutenH, vf conimercial and qx4uulacturlngrjvalrie, r maltiplying around us. Instead of discouraging a. marthd spirit, in my opinion,'it ougatto be excited.- We have not enough of it to defend us by sea or land far rtediag thm. This is the origia Of our Ga zette aad its name. About ten years afterw arda, tKey were common in England by the name of Mercoriea. v FORKIQN. '' JHw-iork July lb, iTaaaTmftwCoaatsrOiiDtKOKK.- '-TTx two . following Utter, will be rtad with peculiar )nlerttrLetCtr from Wmi. LteEmj Consul of " iht CMtid Statu at Bordeaux, to Dr .Ltck- J Ar4Stiy--4.bee.Ieave to inclose you a letter Trom, Y r.Oarnl nrotenor atthe deaf and dam col- WMti isconsidercd, ia this rj, a poeweiuuLiJori.iooy2n ueai ana titrmof h U familiar with ever? braoch'of literature and science. lie wrote tne enctosed tiimseir, and This Iadv. the niece, the friend. and ialinuatd' cumpanioa of Mr. Pitt, was not ! attached ; ta' bins by conformity of mind tbaijf. ay the',tis. cf- NOOd. Pitr, left which he recommended them to the renroit f - V - L . ' sne eptova a pension from j.rcouatryY' it who as known.' died' withonf -fortune,"- i to his nieces, poor aa hiraseV. a feW K oes ifL. . '. of tk ivnn! nf tnrlrift- ' Aft tm tlr.tK of Ii . r r -o-- i.-r. Z .r I' uncle, Lady Hester !urmcd,the project of travel -v, ling in the Levant. She first repaired to Ulaltli ana from rhenca Proceeded L!atKtxatiROT!tj Wishing afterwards to make' a pitertmaire to " Pa-t leatine. She sailed for the Ilotr Iaud, but' badT the tniroriune to be shipwrecked off the, .Me of ' . luiuujt:. iiii on a Darren rocs. nr ccmcu tined to perish. y hunger, bat an sKio. which nnearod on the.followin took Wreahoxd. and conveyed her to Brria i i j ii.i- -ii ... : i" increase vrnveuea in.nu oirrcnons,- kcvtbssu-. ' brouffhtit to me to correct, bat I thought it best . n.,ea D7 na just peeo wiea wr .-. tn mkft iv. -Jteratioii in it. I rn ..tir to h. we part be toot in the escape oi.a-araiaite- , ; is considered far superior to the Abbe SlCard, who : ?he ,npent many years wandering among, the rn- Universal and perpetual peace appears to me, ! has acquired so much celebrity in Europe for n- i ina'of Palniyai. and IIierapolis,and exj-loiing ti more nor less than everlasting passive obe- htrocting the deaf and dum. Beii,r but twenty va,-ie9 of Mount Ibanon.ivg vfort whole;.. imau e.!$ni years 01 age, ana oiexcetiem consiuuuon, , " w..-w--.""-.-vt- by one or a. he has a large margin for improvement, and fl?5IK.of Onental; habits from being; feebl,;; no dience, and non-resistance. The hu would soon be fleeced and butchered few. I cannot therefore, sir, be a subscriber or a member1 of your goGiety. I do, sirj most humbly supplicate the theologi ans, the philosophers, and politicians, to let me die ia peace -1 seek only repose. VitU the most cordial esteem, however, lam, sir, your friend and servant. JOHN ADAMS. would probably live to see Ids proposed institu- . and debilitated, she became strong and vigorotlt I have jved through another cha.npcl some months ago. have not read the tWolast steadily tlir'odglv, 6e- use wnere oneas&enw to proppsiuons - qouu announced, it ia loss of time to read thb1 arga ents in support of them." These numbers dis iMlhe first branch of the Causes of war, thai is ay, wars undertaken for the y dint of iooirr, bic youi aptly hhalogize ."with the act-oi duelling itweeii individuals aad reason with iuatka frora on to tne other: Undoubtedly this class of its is, in tlie generaVwhit you state thetntb be, needless,; irrjust and inhuman, as well as anti srf8tian'., .f 4:- ,'r,:" . The scondbranc'h of (his stthjct, .to wit, wars cJcrtaken on account of wrong done, and which ay be likened to the act of robbery in private St, presume will be treated of in your future imbers. ' I observe this class, mentioned ia the ulemn Heview, p. 10, and the question asked, j is it common for a nation to obtain a redress f wrongs by waj ?" The answer to tliis ques M you will of course draw from history j in the lean timet reason will answer it ou grounds of wbabiiity,that where the wrong has been done by i weaker nation, the stronger one has generally ieen able to enforce redress $ but where by a Erpnger nation, redress by war has been neither gained nor expected by the weaker n thecon laryjthe loss has been increased by the expenses tftce war, in blood and treasure ; yet it may Save obtained another object, equally securing it jf from future wrong. It may have retaliated a the aggressor, losses of blood and treasure, far eyond the value to him j of Ae wrong he had com tftdanthod have made the advantage of that .Meara purchase in future ; in this .way, the J& oy the war mayhavesecured the weaker na aafrom Kiss by future wrong. Taa case you state of two boxers, both of whom lU" terrible braising," is apposite to jthts ; he, f the. two who committed the aggression ou the ' rfalth6ugh ictbr iirhe scuffle, yet probtt I fibdslthe aggressioknotwortlitlie bruising it ,-iS6stDim. To explain this by numbers it is sjkdgedhat Great Britiah took from us, before )te war, fteajf 1000 vessels and that duiiiig war, we took 1400 ithat before the war, she An'made llaves of 6060 of oiTf citiieus, that in the war wfc killed more than 6000 ot t5ubjectsi'afidcauSed he to expend such a.sum 5 ataponted'to 4 Or 500Q guineas a head for eve )8e she made?' She" might have purchased Yels she took for less than tlie value of those fm, aiid have used the 6C00 of her men kill y the purposes to "which she applied ours, tve saved the 4 or 5000 cuiheas a head, and ob edltharacter of justice which is as valuable ihatioiji as apt individual. . These cpnsidera 1nt leave her "without inducement to plunder Prty and take ineh. in future on such dear f& neither affirm nor deny the truth of legations, nor is their truth material to Ittestion they are possible, and therefore resent a casf.to your consideration, lit adiscus .""f'thegeneru question : Whether any de- of iriiarv can render a recourse io war expe IpU P0 less do I propose, to draw to my , WMrVid this dbeussion:; , 1 1 Age, ahd jh efifetts ' both on body and mind, v)aMd hiy' attentions from public' subjects, ft'me JBnejuil to the labors of correspoti "heynmd the 'lihiits of my personal -coii-Tjfetife tbisterbre, from the question, 3 Viwprt wsfr thatyour iyritings may ..have f ittlesjentfg this greatest of hiltoan evilsi ,1 that yoV;maxtetaiii lifend health to enjoy , ' "tplaUoh'- of ' thft happy spectacle, ind JTTft ttf .heured of mjrgreat respect. V 'Jr- ASBESTOS. " The following article is copied from a Rich .j A Kewburyport paper states, that . Mr. Bole nas found near farter's nver, in iMewbury, a piece of mineral substance, which appears by ex periment, from its durability in' tire, to be the gen uine asbestos. -The editor of tikis paper ( V. P.) well recollects, in 17$4, seeing several large pie ces of abeetos on an Island m Jf arker s river, caw ed, he believes,- Kent Island; (peisons of that Vigme then living; -'-on the htlaadA tlie- filainents-ot' some oi wnicn were ncariy mreeincnes u lengin If was then said, that the island then- contained large quantities. In 1 800, about fifteen isiles from Baltimore, asbestos wa found, some of which were nearly 4 inches in length. It was used for the wicK of a lawn but, thoutrh. un- consumed,the flame was much moi-e dim than that from a cotton wick. Pliny says, that, the cloth made of it was used by the ancients for a shraad Amazon, According to letters which she ' haf addressed to her familv in England, she is'Jbow at the head of the three tribes of Bedouvin Ajataf ; who regard her as a being of a superiotrdejy1; ' She has had several children, whom she was, foci clares, that she never Will forsake that - Iand '.of tbe onn, to breathe the humid and cloudy atmosv spbere ot Oreat Britain tioti carried to the highest perfection. the honor, &c. WM. LEE. F. Oard, oj Bordeaux, to Samuel L. Jlfitchell, of wveic-iow. Bordeaux, Jpril 6, 1 8 1 6. Sin You will, perhaps, be surprized at a li berty I take in addressing you ; but being L-overn- ed by motives of, humanity, and encouraged- in j my uesign by some military gentlemen and mer chants of the United States, now in thb place, I beg leave to call you attention, for a moment, 3d of June inclusive. to the situation- ot tlie unhappy persons in your country who have the' misfortune to be deal and dumb. Afflicted myself with these infirmities. and feelinp;, with great sensibility, for all those in the- same situation j I have enquired of ; the A- foined tlie IWner at the neriod of his. tandW . merican Gentleinert, who have visited our insti- in France, " --f.Tr tutjon, in .Bordeaux,, for the instruction, of the j The court of Russia has eone into mournintr lor V deaf and dumb, whether there existed any sum- two months, on account of the death of the EaV lar establishment in the Unitea states. 4Jejng press of Austria. . y- ; . a i . r ' -V If Mi 1 f I 1 M i ilii; y s. c 1. MM. U.tt :U r ' 1 1) Ai J- . ' .'.EogKsU jv U! de humid and cloudy, aunoV ' j ? . l i.By;tfiearr6dtday;S-'Ml Meldrui6,in S$ dajAvfiroat. V" f M U$..il Latest front Franc. of the bri Jti, Capt Meldruih.in S$ daiAvfiroat Bordeaux, we have received Parispapers; to .ther au or j une inclusive, extracts toiiow : Paris Prince Talleyrand has returned This Marechal-du-Champ Grhy condemned to. death at Htratsbou 1 lis l informed that no such school had been, establish ed with you, and learning, that, among your deaf and dumb, all those wno liavo not tlie mean of coming to Europe were deprived of instruction, I feel an ardenttlesire todevote ray labours, and existence to-procure fox them the inestimable, blessing of the education of which their orzaniza- to the ashes of the dead. A n.pkin twenty fourl n-taptiblo, and which is so indispenaihle, inches square coasts in China one hundred and Seventy dollars. The Royal Society in England j has a piece of this cloth, 12 inches by 6, wnich has been washed by burning it read hot. It lost in thus burning three graines each time" Vvrg. 1'aU Asbestos, a sort of native fossil stone which may be split into threads from one to fen inches long, vertfjlne, silk y, and of a grayish colour. It is endowed with (he wonderful property of being unconsv.uiable by fire. NATURAlTiirSTORY. There is now to be seen in this town the singue lac curiosity, of a young living alligator. Th egg from which, it was hatched was brought . by a sailor from South America to Greenock:, and the person who now exhibits it procured it. when it was so small that it could be easily held in a person's hand- Not knowing how. to treat it, he kept it without food for about six months, du ring, which period it must. have procured nourish ment from the water with which it was supplied. As soon as it was advertised in Edinburgh it at tracted considerable attention, and, among others it was Visitadhy an eminent Naturalists, who suggested a diueretjt,.and,.as it appears, a most successful mode of treating it. Since that peri od its growth has been rapid ; its length at pre sent is above three feet, and every day makes a visible difference in its size. It is thought that it will grow to the size of 20 feet, and still re main tame. It feeds upon herrings, oysters, or generally on an kind of flesh, and is kept either in the water, or m a sort of box with a glass top, near the fire. It is remarkable for its sagacity, and if through the night it wants water, it Will leave its couch and make it's Way to the keeper's bed,; when it will moan, and if by this itleans the keeper is not awakened, it will strike him with its tail until he attends to his wants. In like manner when it grows cold front the fire going out, it makes its way to the keepers bed, ana put ting aaide the bed clothes, lies' down beside, him in order to procure heat. ("New Castle Paper. Gazettes or Newspapers. Monsieur de Sairitfoix, in his Historical Essays on fans, gives this account . of their introduc tion : ' Theophrastus Renaudot, a physician of Paris, picked up news from -all quarters, to amuse his patients j he -presently .became mote in request than any of liis hrethren but as a w hole city is not ill, or at least do not imagine itself bo, he be gan; to reflect , at the ?nd? of somfe, years that he iuight gain a more cohstd erahle income by giving a paper ever week, containing the news of differ ent countries. A permission whs necessary y he obtained it with an excksiveriyUegein 163& such papers had,, been In use k considerable umeai v.emce anu were cuieu uaze.ies, Decause both for their own happpiness, and to render tnetn U9iui memners oi society. . , I was educated myself in the institution of the deaf and dumb, in lids city, and bavins acquired by long application, a perfect knowledge of the most approved method of instructing this unfor tunate portion of society ; I have, for these eight years, exercised the functions of teacher j I have also acquired a tolerable knowledge of the En glish language. If the American" government or benevolent individuals of your country are dispo sed to favour an institution in the United States, I would willingly go there, for that purpose. 1 can procure satisfactory testimonial s.of my mor al character, and of my capacity fwr teaching the deal and dumb, from respectable military and commercial gentlemen of the United States, w ho honor me with their friendship and esteem. 1 shall entirely depend upon the windoni and judg mentof the American government, or of the indivi duals who undertake to assist me, in the present establishment, to fix the mode, and plan oi its or ffanization. x 1 Our institution here is calculated for sixty poor students, at the cxpence of the government, which pays for each bOO francs (about SI 14) per annum, and 24,000 (less than 5,000) for prof essors, and sundry otner cnarges, to wnicn is to De aauea wie expense of a suitable building, beds, linens, &c. mukiog the aggregate expense about 1000 fracs anuallv (S190) for each individual. The rich I he report of lord . VVhitmouthhavinjri beetlt appointed Ambassador to this Couri is wholly de? statute of foundation. ' ?" , v ' . e hear from Kome, that the murderer of fJarn dinal Dori's Chaplain has been found, nd execu ted. His death was shocking, he was heated dead with Clubs, and afterwards quartered. v J-" The - Dk Ferdinand, ( brother to the King of Wirtembenr. has been aDDointed bv the Emueror of Austria Governor of Vienna, and of Upper and ww Aosina. , .? r'r,"!?'v.fi - Marshal Grouchy is under trial ( par contu Parl$,"JuM3..fx, Marshal ' Ausrereau. duke, Catilione died a few days ago ofa dropsy in his chestyateof his, estates. ' c ' His serene Highness the, Duke cf; Orleans is expected at Paris on the 10th or 15th of this . month. r'k:- VvV- Torture at Madrid. Vicente Richard, a des picable enthusiast, suspected of plotting to pro- duce a counter revolution in Snain. was seized anil imprisoned in Madrid on the 19th of Februa- ry. ; On the rack, he accused as his accomplices the Ex-General RenoVales, Don Ramon Calatra- ; va, Don Juan O-Donoju, and Don Juan Aritiona. Yandiola, Qalatrava and Renovales fled, bat Van- f diola and 0Donoju, unsuspicious of an accusal . tiou so completely groundless, were arrested and : thrown into dungeons. They weve" tlien put'r tar ' y the torture,'to extort confessions from them. O'Donoju had the nails .of his hands and feet torn off by the roots. His life is despaired ofr Yandiola was chained to the ground and an e :; normous weigli't placed bh his breutTfox' 48 hours. They both persisted in their inriocenclev " " me idsi. i auuioia. was . imjv liueratcu iruiu to' parisvitj: tiling if I :i -v. - ersoeei.-:;.. l tilft l-Jll bw. for-. hartniF.i' -.j l ! t it, i i in mv 1HH''1)' v' F il""-, -fVi'i t i i t V- t J. fc I i l r i 1 1 Si .m 'It 1- f - Ml q ' H !.; i f 1, t lit, i if : t. i it t. : V ' ill '4 ,U 1 1; i. U s i jt t' ".Tit it "-t t Si' .1 4 1 una dumb in the U nited States have tne means of paying for these instructions, the expeuce to the government or a private society would be in considerable for myself, I do not claim great emo- pay the expense of their children- and if, as I j torture unt'd he had become Bpeechlessnd gone , have been told, a considerable portion of the deaf! into Convulsions.--JIe now lies, dangerously ill.1 1 , ,.'' " London, Man $3, Tliis day at 1 o'clock, there was a very numerw .lU, til f 5 6, h1 ill ous meeting of Directors & Stock-holders of the f luments, my aesire ana oojeci- is.io serve an ai- Bank ol Kngfand The Governor opened thewU'T' flicted portion of humanity ; my ambition is to se- siness . of the meeting by the following proposi-'V cure a comfortable subsistance for my family. tions: &i ' 4 X-- l I have the honor to be, With high respect, sir, That the bank should lend to , tovernmenfc J 1 1 your humble serv't, F. GARD. Professor of the Royal School of Deaf and Dumb, at Bordeaux. Important to Mariners. -Xhe following- com munication arrived on Saturday from Ostentfj respecting a new arrangement of the lights on that port " Alight has been tor some time preparing in the Downs, to the east of that port, ma south eastern direction, from that which al ready exists on the point of the Jettee, and is to be-in use from the 1st of June. These lights by bringing both into one, tire 'meant to point out the beat chahnel for entering the harbour, a cir cumstance of some- importance to seamen who navigateL-to this port. ,The lights in question will, of course, only burP during the period , of the side that the harbour is practicable. ' i " .. 'r"'- . Lady Setter Stanhope ltiHy Hester Stan hope, who belongs to one of the first families in England, -meritsa' place among the, most celebra- eovernment three millions sterling. 2. That the-clnital of ,v the bank should be augmented to- ,825000,000, mat is mat 11s capiiai, w men 13 eieyen, puiuons, should be encreased fourteen millions; t Aa the' last resolution required an actbf Parliament, the necessary steps were immediately taken to carry jt, it into execution. " ' , " - - t f :1jU" 41 ' .fill 1: I " f S h !i 1 Hi 1 lit i V4 t .. 4 v. I; &-'-'ncytFeb.6f Mfr : ' 5 - r inavo received, your kind letter 1 a small piece bfmaney, tailed G&zetta,-was paid I ted ahdintrepid travellers of the present ake.-rone,Jbutit jb uppoa4 to Cos Insurrection at Tunis Extract ef a letter -, from the Agent to Lloyd's at Marseilles, dated May 18:- 'There, was, a violent insurrection; in ; the beginning of this, monthVi The insurgen$ I' j ' killed the Bey, and offered the crown to his. bro- therwho refused it; fearing they were betray ed," tliey got possession ofthe galets and forts by strk- y.:: tagem, and spiked the guns 1 they theu took pog- , sessiiu 01 uve corsairs, arme a wita-ten ana -f liM' , t( r twenty guns each, viz. one brig of. 20 guhs andV '. J , i ? ; 170 mon. nnfi brio- at Ifl buna, itnin tnkitnnri rr . " i V '? IV. 4. . ' Hi 19 gunsV with - which 4,he, sailed, takings with them a very rich booty, and several of tlie prihcl-vr ' ' pal people. -Jt Is Jnot certain Vhcre ' they yarer 1 titis fuppoasslto Wonstantinople.'v( i ii 5 ' i ' iV'i i .' r - u y If .
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