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V - - S9 BALE1GII, (N. C.) FBI DAY, JULY, it, 1SI7. And MrtValznd Siaie u-amee fx sua, a iuir, Bt THOMAS HENDERSON. JtfX. rm, Throe UoOan ptr mmm-No fryer ifl b iioai tt lea gl JO paid ia liuMMlutfr ooaA, eaJy at One opOua of the Editor. udca all ar L,arepajd. haroyT,otexermg twche line, tnaatW Owe iMUMauiattMMUMWiec. A List of Letters, lADTIKO in th Port ifiB M mtUberoacK, fif. O L 1.1. mr. , tbwUa Alston, Akner B. Brniae, Abaolom ButWr, ,U n Mnrpljr, f ZJ AHrrtl H3m Aletaedcr FadJa. WilUoa, Clw-aley J. Fautt-n. Oiarlra Col. Oath- ava. Darfcaf Aadris Jawf 6 haw, David Bay, kaltfuo, Duacan C auk-too. w r1 Davis, Ed jTarWT, Elizabeth Walera, EJwani WTiitraa, EWu k(J.) LliiiUi. Etiu U. Bctl IWas Hun. LBfluamw Hajr, Jaa. KrrCorya Tata as Uorgw M. tiean Jobaatan. Gconre Utt. Hmrr Clank. Ueary Porreat, Uabterd feryUM, Bafc C-Mm VatAot. (JJJamca WbV VfJv Wi- carry it o. A nethod f raitiDgand cooYty iog out of tb way these lop, ka been foaad uU fLich U tiir cincljr Vimple and rqIrr b Ijrfht t44iy pfrttiwa ol tiUut to effect a ufficifDtrtni9aJf them. Daring the winter e&om put, tlie weather and ctite f the Rirer were to enfantrable fwr a coiderihle time, that little ertrea could It made in the work) vfeidi wta by lhee ces. joined br the tick nesa e the ouperintendtnt, euspended Tor tome tnae lut ia the Spring all opportunities were improved to the best advantage to carry it on. ' Purtwo month pen, the weather has been aexceimlr wet, and the River to hirrh hoc A. 0. Murpbr were apooiitteff Directors aadlcaiibaltv saeoend uiefuJ o Deration din-in a pa of iimuiue. i ne roowin oi 3lar and June J 'e rrrrJi wrn wis neai faTxraraMe 01 anr ntllj accotnpUihe. The Geographical Uua tion of the riter Cepe-Fetr, trie Commercial Towm which, are growing wp eo .U Banki.the. Porti at lU inouth. te great extent ta which it can be made navijaLlf, end tie wealth of then ectione of the tate vriich tend their apigaU tur to market down this rivrf all euspire to reader the JieururemeuVx.f iu Nav.gatioa'aQ object of the drst iuiportaoce to Morth-Caru- nn. 1 Mm Winalow, Esq. the P-esiderit cf the Coiopanj having declined a re-election, 'Wip i errv wa appoinle! to. that oOu;e, and f. I. rillrnghAst, Henry Craheon, John, t lark and JohnW. Wnsht Treaurcr."far the eosui. rear. Uur beat wishes attetxl tivetc kwr. TkV J.-Tr Wr.r7lMl V7lt" - 1 V013180"1 SUwUtrsat Uiclr Annual J.1J Zft'vZh . I ' 'r4, M".t .MertiuB, on the 3d July, 1117. adwea, laa Uoldea, John Gafia, JtT Caw, Jataoa j 1 "e rresuiext and Directors of toe Cape Ujoho.M'CJlwCamiiJ9U Jo;pear Navigatiorr) Companr. REPORT Tliat h:rftfT .J7-; immediately after lheir .DDoiatn.ent. ther oro- UaH. Piokartl, Joko Redin, Jnlra Vlrkara, Win M'- ceeda exercise the duties of their ofbet : KJamca ituler Luaj Sroby, Lvi Petmop, Loey Enteiing on those dutits with feeling warm in icfc Matthias llalJtead MkA llVr.' MaAh. lue uu' c. enrice.tuey ioanuij. little emnar mini, c . William Terrr. f i WlH.t Aaderarm. William lam Koach. Will WiU, William Kirklaud. William jnihUK. f fiUiam Tcr r2ackua VcrrttM-t. I HICILAIIDX. COOK, i.wlf. uuuoorougn, jfT 1.4.91 XS-JUna. STATE OF yOltTn-CAROLINA, OCKIXtflA! to PUTT. In Equity, Sping Term, 18U. U, Mary R. Anderson, Mark AnAis Mary rMSmcftt In the lelecction wfthe means to bt em- hVintuj, Polly Dunapn.Ranaoia Cloud, Kobtrt Datls pljed to etfcct -tLe objects of their naderta- MThpmaa, Robert Walkrr, Ruben Mebaoe, Rrbec- kinV JolViuRenblnDa.Rirlj'd.U. Ash, Samwl Wilnon, A' . . .... Tkonm, Sampano Monrr. Solomon Lea, Stuannafe 1 "e "USiaCi upon winch they enfei ed was on, Samuel Kerr, Sank Hall, Samuel Edrafuaton, The- totally new at all events new to them: they SaU W"e oecity of exploring their way', tik 5i. u.nj ujr uie augrsiions o meir own ':: ' m..lj "TV.... l.'.l ! I. - te WipIfaatf, Wm.T. Backaa, William II. Good- b:-LMnnin?. alld f us ...rh m.n. aa r ,;!.. . a - v - - " . v ...... in their nach, to promote as far as practicable, the grand tf?ct of the Company, viz. The improvemer ? wf the Navigation of Ciipe-Fcar River. Operations were coiumenct-d upon ihe Hiver, about the middle of Aupust: two Flats nZSaofCoTrt th.t'therfen-!,,lV.iDSbee., P""ha9ed, and a Superintend! MdoriotrHtl within uTimiu of this aute. it u&"i t of naods hired to make an essay of what Ttd br the eovrtaJwt tmbucatioa be made r ais weeka C uuld he d flnftri ' JWicil d e.t of organizing and establish- m at the Court Houae iu Wentworti on the fifiii Mon- ''g periaan?ni means to enect tne Oeiigns oj ftenthe Eourth Monday of September net. and plead, the Company. The price of manual labour be- ctmM agauiat ingexeeaJvely high, it was diacoverd that to J AS. CAMPBEL. C. M. E. tfUoue tne practice of lunng hands to work mct6,18ir. - 6-3.pd. Jupon the Kiver, would be. at tended-with a very " serious eipiHraaVe of their funds. The Board VVlUilS U CIIUUUUII... gerf to tpe superb apartmeate' fireiahed r Vtr or demur, the Bill will t takan prt acordinittv proceeded to purchase fruin time to GOOD Clerk wishes to get employment-Applr at this time suni effeaive hands as were offered to Lmee' : ''' " i thew, until their numoer wai found to be suffi- . cieut to answer present purposes. They also & - ' engaged a . Superintendant by the year to prose U. tt,- .irnm, ..i.-.,.!. '-eotethe work; protcrioc also such tuutenalsaB bcies of grass has been transmitted by our!??eed -8t a,,aPteu t0 their purpose nd ma asal at Leghorn., to the Secretary of the klng "ch improvements in the manner of pro- scouting uie worn, as experience saggeateu to them. Considerable time had elap8cd last fall, before a proper Boat containing a place of ac commodation for the Superintendant and hands to live in could be constructed 5 meantime ope rations were continued with much disadvantage for the want of s. necessary ajid iudispensi&ie a part of our establishment. This was howe ver, completed and furnished together with a machine contrived to kas&ry, 'winch is i&us spoken of in a letter m him to the actinjr governor of Geonria, Lltshed in the Georgia Journal of the 10th. 'i have lately received from xiur consul at shorn in Italy a parcel of the Lupenellaeed, lich is represented as the finest grass cultiva- fl in that conntry, lor the quantity and nch- ssot the hay ; the preterence felwtor it by all iroals, and its fertilizing effects upon the land mAn contrived to i s.se logs outol the Kiver, which it is cultivated. -In Italy it is sown in a,)d Vier me of clearm obstruction were proMueo; anu in me inoniu ol Uctober, tlie work was going on successtully. Before ihe Winter caine on much useful work was ac complished: great numbers of logs removed out of the vvay. The SlioaU at Spring-Hill, four miles below the town of Fayetteville, so far le moved that very little inconvenience has of late been suflertd from tticiu. It is presumed Wch and October it is cut with a Sickle to a lid shaking off the blossoms, bound up in bdn jeiof 7 lbs. and fed to working beasts without rain, as it is suf&ciently nutritive of itself. I Three iipilvs rullinrntinn if ihii rrfn cc in. Jtki the poorest land so much that two succes fve and abundant ctops'of erain are produced rwhout manure. Tins is the account which I the channel there as well as elsewhere will deepen very much, now the log arc removed ; indeed experience is conclusive that this is the case. Aeood deal of woik ha ieen done in tlie neighborhood of Motre head Shoals, about 6 ive received of it from Mr. Appleton,the Con 'd. Aa it succeeds io Italy,there is every rea U to believe tlutit will succeed in Georgia. pbe quantity I have sent you will enable you I- wvvui s- uui ivwuuiiivwiiva y 1 1 a f . , . ilu?h to nn tl.pm in fitnrtr.fi 9,.l ih. mes aoove Elizabeth, wliere very serious ob- itthiply the chances of success. ltis S0Wu structious has been removed so lar, that no in road cast, SutdrilU will W more productive or ' ?taae oftnCunvea.ience tu the passage ot Boats :ed. I am convinced that whea sown for hay haf beeu "0 s,nce- ought to be sown thick, as a certain means of' The River in sundry intermediate points has cpmg the crab grass under. When it is mow. oeen vastly improved : immense numbers of 4f it may run some risk of assault from this logs raised and removed. Many entire trees Wwidabie adversary, but I am persuaded it will with their roots and tops arc found, sotiie entire- tdiminished by the thickness of the Lupenel- Ij ""dec water, rendered almost -as heavy as sttne, by their long submersion. These laying -r-., .. . . i" such great numbers along the bed ofthe' Ri- ?; ;llvVima. XA.Vlatarn ver diaPJed in every possible direction, having .mmnu j ay l&ailOTA exceesively, obatructed, and t times altogether Cape-Fear Navigation Company.- The An- interrupted the Navigation of one of the finest ai meeting of the Stockhxilders of this Com- and most bcautifu Rivers of our country. iny was holdcninihe Town of Fayettevillft Without improvement, the Navigation to this sthe Sdinat. Thevtfoi. Duncan Cameron, place froin Wilmington, must jn future have q,'bfeing cilJed tt the Chair, the Presidt &; been confined to a few months in the Wintei-, directors aubaiitted.to the Company re- and these, Vxcept in wet seasons. haVe.beeri so 5rt of their Proceedings during the Vast , preenrioua that the evil to tlie puSlic in. the ad. ear; In "the i5bihmence,meut of any great ditional expence required to carry on the uavi- ork, when materials are to he provided, and gation, wourd have been incalculably great. It ans are q be fonrted, delay will' necessarily now nretty well ascertaiBetithat the princi- ki place and the early progress offthe work pal obstructions to the free and open Navira. ill seldoud keep piice with the public einecta- tion of ihe River, for the Craft usually employ- Dn ; and in a State where few public works ed arecaused hy sunken logs, some dropping ive been om minced, & where few men are to n the River from the banks, and others brought '(Mind Hikn lWrl .rctonf km. U-. . ..Li i 1' I . I,. A.ol. A . . ...u, nwi uiiunoimm iron ujcy OUni Itl DC ""n" UT 11 causa auu DiUKiiig acrOSS me Cnaunei iricu. uu, pvvauar uiaicuuies are to be sur-l'iva iunted. The directors of the Cape-Fear Na-fsand jatipn Company hive surmounted many -of! parti eirfmifacultUts, haye; adopted; plans and , made givittff ntr direction to the Current. rangjemehta fo'tarring -op .with speed tlie These changea in the current produce a less k entinisteii to tlieir. ear ; and the public depth of water, and a many places the ob'struCPk ly rest asaured, thatlhev: wU; prosecute tljl tfomffyiv been so grea that the tfayigaiion was, )r6;ifTi 4 lAl tha will .tieyerbai'e and. a omplelyinterrupted afpertodsj vhen there tishee that will nvertirej ivfit jt sliall 6e 11- wafotherwiuffieot water "in the River to for Work en the River, and had the season been a dinary onc,tniici could have been doqe to wards t:ie permanent improvement o! the n.vi- ation- In future, more favourable opportuni ties may be improved to the fnlleaC extent. There now can ?'M no doubt in the mind of. tlKse who have examined the subject, that the Cape Fear River below Fayetteville i suffi ciently susceptible of vast improvement 'by cejely removiug the loj-g, and a we have be fore observed a steady application of labour to this object, will in time remove them, to an swer ail intended purposes. It has not been thought advisable as yet to undertake new ob jects lor which the corapaoy was established, o ther than that of removing the obstructions to the Navigation of the Cape Fearin sich part of it as appeared to be contemplated by the Stockholders generally at their first meeting. The Company m addition to the hands, are now provided with a large Flat, for their accommo dation and tnat of their Superintendant. Two Flats., connected together with machinery, also two other large new FlaU, for which machine iy is iu part provided, on an improved plan ; for a gieat increase of power, and saving of manual labour, as Also many ovher appurtenan-' atices necessary for the establishment, all which the President and Dttettofs nov rcupect fu'ty suumit to the consideration of the Stock- iii' loiuers. f . .. . 3. WTNSLOW. President. A. D. MITRPHEY, P. I. TlLLINGUAST, iun. WILLIAM TERRV, HENRY BRANSON, Dtrfetors. cond rtllerv ot tbb spactots edifice the Prtai-" daut received the Audrcss of the Chlirmaa of the Committee, on lelialf of the CUtuai or Boston, to which be immediately replied. Tt whole area or the iangt, as well as its au merous galleries, were filled with spectators and dunng tae performance ef these interest" ing ceremoriie, their spprobattoQ was frtqutnU' ly and audibly expressed. When at length the President esaed, iud. after so much- fa.ti re tired to his apartments, the'rtiUrated tktfamW tivss of the numerous assemblage of titizens; gave new evident of the cordiality with which, they welcomed Jus wtivaL -Tm osmnoa of national feeli-g was honourable to the town, and proved that the principles .wbieb. actaldl , , the patriots o'7a,by . which Bosten oc at tained sucb a commanding attitude, ktill low In ' tlie bosoms oT their ofispriag. Tlie weather was remarkably fine, and not withstanding the hnmeme concourse of peplo. who had assembled on this interesting occasion ' we have not heard of "the-slightest acctdent-. The Cava'cade was very numerous, and tlje an semblage of so many children, with theirHs . pective instructors on the Common, had a? no vel and pleasing effect." All political disriiic ' tions were laid aside and the citiiens of Bps ton, whoseulomestic peace Jias for so lortgu pe riod been immolated at the shrine of party, ooi more united in fraternal bands. We have fcve- i. ry reason to believe that this stiteof thitlgl'U. . I exceedingly grateinl to the feelings of our iiluav (Ti. , ' ; ' trious guest, auu mat ne nas ocen gratineu - j-f with hm rec.entian in thia hlr. It wit lnf . 1 deed, proud day for Boston. The foUdwing':11 is the Address to the Presideat, and bis : To the Prefidtnt of Ihe Unity . ; SIR TheVitizeias of Boston, byftheir com A- ; m'rttee, appointed for that purpose, beg leave to ' offer you their. cordial and respectful'alptati -. ons,upon ydur arrival in this metropolis', r J The visit with which you, are pleased to fion , , ,. our them recalls to the recollection of many i -V their interview with your illustrious toredecea- , k r.,i, r i i. . ! . i .i ! , n , uic iutu vi uvb bouniry ou a Biiuiiar uv- .asion. They remember, with great 4atiefac J PRESIDJBNT'S TOUR. , Boston July 3. The President of the United States arrived at the lyies yesterday about 12 o'clock:, and was received by the immense concourse of citizens there assembled, with load and reiterated ac clamations. Salutes of artillery, & a peal from the various bells, announced to the citizens in other parts of the town the joyful intelligence ol the the arrival of the Chief MagisttGi pf the Republic, f he order of the procession being an-atied, the line of March was taken up at a bout half past twelve, as follows : Squadron of Cavalry, commanded by Major Phelps.-. ' 5 Major General Crane, Brigadier Generals, Dearborn and Guild, of the first division, with their respective suites. . w James Priuce, Esq. Marshal of Massachu setts District, and Samuel Bradford, Esq Sher iff of Suffolk connty. The Committee of arrangements, on horse back Chairman of the Committee. President of the United State. Suite of the President, including officers of the. united States Armv and Navy. 1 U. States' Officers of the Civil Department. ' lion, lliomas 11. reruns, Leader of .the Boston Cavalcade. Cavalcade of the Citizens, of Boston. Field, Regimental Staff, and Company t)ffi cers of the First Division of Militia mounted land in uniform. Squadrons of Cavalry from the First and Se cond Brigades, First Division. Citizens i of -Norfolk County, and " op other counties, mounted. - ' Lin of Carriages from Boston. Line of Carriages from Norfolk County, and other counties. , The whole being. thus formed proceeded through Washington street, Orange street, and Boylston Street, to tho 'Common, where tlie procesion passed through two lines, composed of the Scholars of the different Schools in .Bos ton. It then proceeded across the Mall, thro' Winter Street, Marlboro-street, Cornhill, State street, and Broad -street to the Exchange Coffee Hosse. .-. "y . . -''' ' The windows of the houses in the streets through which the Procession passed, were thronged with. ladies and other spectators, anx ious to obtain a view of the distinguished citi zen whose blood had flowed in the cause of A merican Independence, and whose merits and services from that time to the present, had So justly entitled him to the first honouf in the gift of his country1. - , t ( l -'"k , Upon the arrival of fie Presidellt in State street, whifih had been . handsomely- decorated with flags and streamers; he was again greeted with Ioud jand reiterated plaudits., . Here he dismounted, and was escorted by the Inde pendent company Jf Cadets, "under Colonel. Ro- . . . i turn, tne nope, thepnhdence,and the, tond an i tielpatiott) of national prosperkty which his pre"- I sence inspiredj St itis now, tr' subject of cli i - i cratulation to you and to themselves-, that af. V-V-CH iinrpinm l , , t. . .. r .. coiinicw ana .revolutions in tne oiq wotku which have threatened' all and subverted; r many of its ancient governments, thi fconititd tion which was adopted under the auspice of that great mWJ bas acquired vigor and raaturi 1 ty ; and that in a season of profound peace, his ' successor ispermitted, by the prosperous state. ...... -..y., ,v ivuyn IU IMUUIIC, IU TlOll- m the extensive country owpr which4) ha . , cently been called to preside. - : ti7L:. il!..' ; . - . t niie uusgourney anoras to many ci your , fellow citizens the opportunity and adVantAb-a vi vuiuiiicu(.iug wiui you a personal acquaint- . . wiMvu aiwajs uesirauie oetween a peo-i s pie and their rulers, they rejoice at thif ame ' time in the belief, that the local . lnformtioa , , , relative to the great and various interests ot Ui ' :,J United States, which jott will derive from 'acta- : s ; al observation, will acilitate vour -rtrainmC. f -?7 ments, for their defence, ahd enable yoat an- " V- iu jji at,uv,c, who nuutuonai connuence ana " success, those principles ofh elevated arfini'-- :f ; & Partial DoliCV. which vou4iar hpAiirKtoaaorl v-fk ' ; " promulgate, as tbe basis of your intended ad- a i .......... . iniuiirau.?a. . . , r- ; n . Called to the service of your country at an a&j'V ly period of life, & dist'mgtiished in the afiduouk : -struggle which obtained its iijdependence tui 'J?k't ..ikDiiiKkt .. i: . . yi 7 '. -nr. ,(. .luuvvjutij t uLupnuuiis, in successive impor tant ollicea.id various departments, at horn AV arifl ohimilkiia .SJJ 1 '.1 l1'L..i ' '-A . uiiu uwa.u, iitc kuuiucu you meaais oioecom -' r r ing conversant with the focefat liomest reUtioo of tliepation ; Indjfirith these quafe- fer ficattons you are now . raised to the highest dig '' 3 hity which can be conferred by a free people. ; ir-Jh These public claims to eonsideration'andatX ten tion from all descriptions of izens are cheerfullyadmitted by thelclViien C of Boston', who 'are alstv Bimno mf ; . i cing their respect tor, theuribremisbeil tenerv of ' rt your privte characteri and their sense of the v ' wiiivm peculiarly cna racferised your deportment toyfardsT alt, Aose of 1 Vottr-countrvmen.'whrt: Anrl tiVtMn f v i your foreign embassieswetf so iortu haters j-'vV- COme Within thft anhprp nf rit &,ilU7Mf - &X A .'' . ; ptotectioa. ' i ' ' jVv.'ti'' It is therefore, with rea1'tttit;nnVrta V ' they receive you within the predncts of Bostoni r auu vireypray you to oe a.ssure(X or their Vearti. , est solicitude to contribute.' h VlltK mana,4 ai -tfK:t. their command, to your ;com$rt and enjoyment h'U ' dUnng your residence in this town. i i" i S lner. also, conhdmgr in th rrt;til nf w,V- v-;-i--- intentions, and trusting that the iwwers'vesied if I inyoo;bythe ponstitutienwilj exercised f ? with a bincem" vMnrA iti tha ..ir-.. ' i pie, whose precious interMta nmn.t.4 v l - Jour chargo aval themselves of his occasion capicsa uicir araent nope, that the tavorabla circumstances which H&,A 4.,i...j. , .. tyuyuiuituvniiciiG , Of vmir nflminiatVatinn wmLk: i. .;i- il H r of heaven, junder your 'guidance, 'concur k pro iimiB ineauvancement ot our beloved cmiotrf If t0'lLh C8t P638.6 ono-wof .prosperity: t P Bentiratnts, "they nnite thev bert' X-! I
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