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I I ' L.- CV 4 . hi'- p And North-Carolina State Gazette ill:; RAH-JGH, (N. C.) FBIDAY JULY 17, t18. VI. No. so. ruai.inBD wr.uLT, ?r THOMAS IIK.rDERSOX.jr. niiixiuu rsa Air. rarta t - - - WlU. -.. or rfl! 0ITOI, tHMI Alfc jaaiaasais in ri. t;btw 5rrnrstoi!TwttTti, lvtT Tr.ni ttA, TWrr-riT cin tta,r5 Wajrou liiaktiigOiieiucs. rrrigfsuhfwilx'' icsyeetfiuly knurni the publie that tlirj Lt V"'"""' lorc buainrss n their nc simp oil , wiaifaLo, where City we ready to execute any work Jihsl hae hicn ,Se Vuhlit "'' phiased " 6vour llicn ihT iirfen.l to keep k supply of the best Iii.iIxt .!.. rnuiwved sood workmen, thiv hopr to meet with Cij ZZsi. H A LIE C. VV I M t , Sc Co. JMar. 1MI. lit- n.klMnrc rpT-tVjMf informed diat IlflaWt are now L h-xiUta nrr W'ilkeHictwgii, for lliu purpi'M uf w-ivigal- " " . . . .- . 1 1 . . I. . : . a,.k . . PATE T LEVfcai W ATC HES. TiV. (mSlw rryr(fi H y Vtt4rrx-4 tkxl the iWriVr iopIoal eonataMtlr otU Uac ot hi f rAMOit, Um at l"rh .1 iht wmiorr rut 1 50 m tU,.k of N.t, .hrr.'h oft-r. Or A. alto mItct palaot 1rrr ami plaio u4im umI clucki tap-tlu-r iih a farirtt of JewHry aud ailrr arr. Ai Unit tru tlia hare been ean-fully arlctil by the tubteriber and (tout the., latrat imporlatinnt to tbr itonlivard, he dertiki it tame-c-Mnr to uy tfcj bv auit on tbe t.nm -om.'Utiiij termt.'tie tArviae rrp-rt amtche Mil clocWa, and aili war rant the f utlifiitiirM ul tit orl in rrry tuMaoac and iU W thaikklui for a ior jo iM tit public favour. JOU.V Y. SAV fiR. Ralpij, f 4th April, JS. I IIIMXIOUOITGH ACADKMV. linJ machiofry for ra'uinz tad detnac V'WiV 'pIlR Etamiaaoan of tb Stndratt m thh imkatioa, t'a4 log!, fltC. t mithl t ItrCcaiarT. la blioVlvr. I IU 1 7 lb iim( the r-rol rt-oi tommnUt uu le .,..,.:. ... ,u : . . , 7 If MvUT i.Julr A-rf..l m!m Jl b rr. to -pniiirDaiii nit ntc tkttlwui al iMifKwi hiravm of toHth m in ihi ue rrrtrJ to the aUtt of ttt riven which for Sl Ai Ktn' NO i HI CAROLINA, A I'rocl.niition. !7HRRKA3 bjr an act of ix l.ep!atiir of thia State T f PhctI in tb Trar oi.r thoncuid eigfit hutvlrcd and ele reo,witiu 4, Kit art in addition to Uic kt entitled " An act loraWin tin: paper Onrreiie) now in clreul lion aaS to c UbbaU a lUnk. tv the ita.ne al title of the State Uank af Nurtli Crulu.,'' iwaanl in tlw rear ISIO ; it tu mule the dmy of Uif I'iti Inii mir) Ihrreton nH the aaid llunk to eauae FIFTY OOI.I.AUS HEWAKD. 1put.lusnotieju.lM! Kir b A.IrrU-ioenlinll the paper 1 1 AN AWAY, alw.it S year a(o, from M Lowrie eon- t p""il i Uie Citj of iUI.:iKU fcir wk oet imuw-tli-I liorlof JiiOieLowrie, wlaleoo a Tint to her fricixl i IW. Uly prcc liun tle tntlitoeutb tUy of llevember in the u negragiri named iKliUli.ol abt'k eoiuplcaion, uiiooOt i JL' taaltlier wonl.l Ur the trrm of one year amnineno km, white liandwnc teeth, pit aaanl uoajOuaiice, of tulcra. ' S on llmt ilay an.i following next Unjrcafurr, uke up and a at.l Ui jfr Mainre and lout or i3 )earof age. j ehan-e all Mic paper money ofUiu SU.U: which ahouUl be pre- SIm; . lxHi(nt,4 vran-jco, bj Judge Ixwrus from a mam , -ke i for twit pw-p jae at the friDcipal Uank, or at any ol'itt r. . .j- i;n !. u.. ... -i,i tn.m lii'anrlwa. hr eivinr in eelnmn llnretbr the? note ot the 0rtbeYadUi. BiTcr. AlUial t runr pt-raoa hanii ah riV wu. . w. pasli Ure rTi.a. liiu aa aim aUwwdad or gild arattrer at Ine npntm f the hotdtjr of the dMRior rhr obatmatioi ! iq iiP arc roua.u w. n.- w,th , 14. lor,llPry . ,tiE-inan to a Mr. Anthony 'vho, 1 aaliiM .Ay toJtnwo M tbt hr owi hM mi. been taken) the pnibabilit) i ilwt he j;rt If foui,d otlierwiw tl.o liw will be put n. toi-ce- ... ..ii i- i . n.fift.. . ; .t.-rti.. A.. I.t JOHN r'IM.tV, N.V I IIAMEl. GCUIJOV, 1 1 A MLtTON UUOW N , Manage! tr n,.-irtKHi. Ai.ril25th. 1 81. NOi ICK. j rrlO! Freuncnt and llireetor of V Nense Hirer NtTigv tion Company an; desiroui to reeeiTe proposala for on. Velir contract ttw NaTigtion of taal Hit;r, ami the water j aoui-KlaJli"K lnto 'he stmt? orny jmu ' eitlwr from the , ead of Mr. John I. DeUev eontmct upwni. .-ir. ie C.'. rnntrart eonn nil to tfie amall 'l i t btlow the the beuiR'sl of lier Ute lau-r, the right ami title to aahl ne. gi-o ha-i I.Jk-H tr nie, 1 Kill gie the above remard lo uy per m aiiu uiil deliver lierto me in CliirkMte, MeeklenlKirg coii..tf ,'.. or liiirty ImiIIh to nr perann who w ill m;-cui-e mi . tUal I icel her and Ik- sIimIi Ve forgiven. DAVID It. D U NLA P Miici, 1S1K. I Crit Mill of Darral fcloue, U4. on die uiWt rirer. Bv Order AS. IUN 1 UN, h Bi My Sec. tf 25 DOLLARS REWAttD. bl ATE OF NOKTH-CAllOLiNA, MKCKI.KNBi;UG (JUNTY. fivpeior ( uri oj Jaw, May iWut, 1818. Elizabeth Smith, va. William S. .itli Petition for Divorce ami AliifiioiT. IT app.airing to the Court that the defendnut m. Smith, tli State to be hereu: m not a C itizen of thia Stabxf It is Uicrttore OrU-r) that j j n,t. .jy.j, dav 0f iii!ilicatio!i bu made for llin e mouths 111 the Star uml Kiih ij ; K'-tisler, iiews-nsncrs Drii.led ni l- the said iu M:nilh appear at the in the ti;y of lUlcigh, Uiut est I trni ot our Kii'i Court, to l held on ihe Oth Mooday after the 4Ui Mon- I it U"T ' in tiiiuvi iilbh,i3..i w. v . - ..... ANA WAY from the subscriber living in Franklin eonn- ,Hjnl;,f s j,.tltjr,i it u. heard ex pallc, and Ju.'gmcut pro coufewo entered up iiu:i:t h-ni fiK.O GKAIIAM, C S C. L June 3. 'Z5 am. mtitr money And whereas it was mmte Che duty of the Gorernor on Hs appearing to lut satisfacbon tbat tbe rreaident and yhrecton l wid Dunk hail fully awmpKcd with tlie prorinio'n o. the law above reh-rntl to, to make known the Sunae by plHicla m.Hion iid in tiie said Prnclamhtion to declnre tlial the sai'l psper money shall thenoetorwanl ecase tu be a tender ei oept m payments to the said State Itank. i ik1 wlieivss it has been .tade appear lo me that the ter. lis ami intentions of the aforesaid act of 1811 have been satisfactorily complied with. Vow therclore, I, John llranch, Governor of the State a I fjrctai.1, do iasue this, my 1-iclsination, declaring that the ! said paper money shall hciiecfnraanl cease to be a teuder in all cases whatever except in payments to he hercaller made to the said lute bank of North Carolina. In Testimony whereof I I, e caiueil the great seat ot ... i. . . ,1: ' i tj . reuiiiu uuixlu auo igiicii u.c same ai ivw- ; June, A. LI. IBIS. Hy the Governor- J'JUN 1SKANCII Win. 1'lcx.wSB, I'riv.itc Secretary. SJ6. .fw-a Ktr, on Saturday the ICth of May, a uegro man b the j naaie'ol BftlSTO.'lic is about 4J years of age, is not a very llack negro, his hair is tnlerably pray, rml he is a little j JU before, he is a noted blacksmith Uiat foruicrly belonged , to Stephen uultenmage oi nra nwuy " --.' " Mack ho-hepun woollen coal and pair of negro cotton pan jlktoeos died purple; he carried with him a pi.ir ol paina- loons like the coat. It is expected he will go to unxa, Orsnvilleor Wake, as he lias relat ions living in earn county. Any person who will api.rehfcml :.Kl u iijw ami nemer in ,amelnlAuisimrg,hall be etiu;n?i to me aoove tcsshi or o a piirt of it if the) secure him iu any Jail r this Smte so 1 gel him again. K.11FENNEU. ' ilay 20. ' 22- JOEL Ii. LANE, AS just rociiu from tlie North, and lis now opening at his btftre, - neat door below Messrs- I. Cc W. I'eaee, a IT-i - . . Unrinir ( .oru wlich IislMtsnaie aawa-iiiioi v "i r . hd to sell at the most reuueca pi icus. Ualeigh,' May 7. lie ;s deier- 22 5IATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COt'NIX - &urt qf Plea and (Quarter Sctrions May 'lerm 1818. tr. Gully, vs. Joseph Sumner-Original Attachment John Sanders,jr. Jonatlum l!ritt ami David Liu.toitl fceingsammoneil s Garnishees. JT appear". k to tlie sat inaction tiftliis Court tliat the ile iebilaiit in this case is not ao inhabitant of this State, or no cesls himself as the ordinary process of law cannot lie erred on him ; It is therefore Ordered tlmt pubticatioii he aaile lor iJireo months in the Raleigh Star, that ihe defend ant appear at the next Term of aaid Court to he held for the Wwty of Johnston at Oie Court house in SmithCi Id on the dimith Mouday in August i cxt to rvplcvj , &;c. or Judgment filial will be entered against him. HANSOM SANDEHS.Clk. JtineClh. 2i :m. I ; WAK KENTON ACA1JEMY. n he Kxamination of the Students of tnis insiitution took place on the I -th and 1 :Uh iiut. To say thf.t tlie Trustees, fsrsntssnd otliers, whe attended, were merely satisSei) with the Kxamination, would be doing great injustice to the Mu , jfaitt j and that Mr. Hill, tlie principal, has, h) the iidvance "inent and correctness of his pupils, manifested every qualifi tation ncccajary to his st.ilioi,, is only noir.g justice to the pillion of ihe Trustees, which opinion is founded, ns well on theregnlar and moral deportment of the Stmlcnts, anil of Afr. iiiii.ason tlie profieiencj , oirectnrss and satisfactory Exsmiiistiou ol die )0ung gentlemen intrusted to his care and "intra ction. Tlie Tniitees are happy to announce to the Pulilic, that tticy have engaged the continuation of Mr. Hill's superinten . tleucy lot- a iiunibur of years. The Excreises of tbe Ae:lenir will again commence on Sloniiar the Zhi insl. Uniler the charge of the Hevrreml Charles A. Hill, A. M, assisted hy Mr. George B. Perry, a oung man of exemplary deporUucnt, and high literar; at lliitnients. Mr Hill is prepared to accommodate ten or twelve addi "Oasl boMnlers. And from the particular satisl'aetion ex pressed hy the twenh, mho lived in Ilia family dining tlie late mission, every attention may be expected. Several res pectable private lainilies in town are prepared to tuke hoard -r. ''rices as usual, viz, 127 pr Annum, for iKiard and tui tion, including every ncctssai1' appendage of boi-rd, excopt isinilles, June 18th. 1R18. STATE OF NOR ill CAHOLIA, EDGKC0.M1'G0UNTY. .t'prior Court of Law, and Equity, March Term, 1818 dwin Fender, James Pender and Others, vs. William Askew "' olly his wife, Jethro Barnes and Nancy liis wife, am' Edwin lingers and l'alsey his wife. InEqvitu. Obioib .AtOlLt. IT appearing to the sarinfaetion of the Court that the above dcUmdants (viz.) William Askew and Polly his wife, Je tro Barnes and Nanet his wife and Edwin lingers and Pat ey his wife, are noj mhabitanls of this State. It is there fore Ordered by the Court, that publication ! made eight eeks successively .in tha Kaleigh Star that unless tlie said WaetHlanU appear at the next Term ol this Court, to be held fyr the above county at tlie Courthouse in Tarborough on the Second Monday of September next-Hmd either plead, an wer or demur, otherwise the complainants BUI will be taken Pro eonfesso auinst them and heard ex parte and decreed ac Sl-Test, J AMES W. WILSON, 0. & M. May Jth. ' 81 8w. OCTOttS JAMKS rVl. k W1LUAM HENDERSON ItTVlrtt' fMlfwlri arx i mnilUal ivnoninnxoliin utll .nrraav.r) miiw ranneeteil with their proleion. i hey wHl occu , 5 lV.,tn' f lift Wro Henderson, at the corner, of 'y. yllle and MarUh streeu. - STATE OF NOK1 H-CAROLaNA, : LINCOLN COUNTY. In Eyui:y .fyril Term, 1518. T appearing to the sausuci'.on of the Court that tlie Dc-; f. twhoits James dams and Eliz-bcth his itu, and James1 iililaii-l antUKi-ances his wifr do not resale w ithiii ihe limits 1 of this State : It is then tore Unlerctl by tneccuit that pub- liontioii be made ot' the same for three months succceaivclj . n the Kaleigu Star for said defendants to come forwaru at me uexi Court to I held for the Coumy of Lincoln at the C. Ii nLincoL.ton on tha 4t(l Monday after the 4th Monday in Sept next ad plead answer or demur, otherwise tlie bill will be taken pro soiiiesso anuuearu exmrie uu iu ineui Atruecopy JACOB POUNEY, C. "i E. Aiinl 1818. , 19 3m CAPE FE.iRY.lVlG.iTWW COMPJJST. ' Jl.'ltSU.lNT to a resolution of the President ami Diree. J tors, tlie Sim kho.der of this coinp any aie noti6cd that a 4lli instalment of Teh JJoilari on each and every share of the t 1 1 1 . t 1 1 .nock, is required to be paid to the Treasurr iu f'ay cUeville o.i Monday Uie jU day of August next. J. W. WKlGUT.Treas. 25 t3dA. June t7th- I NOfiCE. 'HE subscriber liavi , a i.lifioA as ad minis' rat or, dc Minis im.o. A'ith ifie win, oi,exd . to tlie esiate ol William Di'y dee'd- gives notice to ail persons having demands against the ete of tlie said WiUiam Daiiy, t . present llitm for payment, wi hin the lime jresertbd by an aciof Assembly, entitled ,-an not anting of let teraof adiiiiniairation, ami to prevent frauds ru the ma n igement of inteaiate'a est i'es," oilierwise they will be marred ol recovery by uppliation of siad act. J0HNSL1ER, Adm'r. Kyde Coun y M. y 40th. iSid- i4-6w-pd- sii v r,i):DS. y MIE following goads are just received and for sale at the ! Stre of Mattiiew Shaw fct Son, viz : uperiine blue and black Clotlis, best quality blue, lead eot'xnv i ami hliick Cinchews, long Lawns, Cinen Cambrics, J.ieonet i aaibrics, supertine Mull Mudins, gi-een, pink and white Crape, Silk Shawls, black aud white lace Shawls, Imi tation of Merino Shawls, Linen Uiaper, Linens, white Jeans, Ladies beaver, silk and kid Gloves, Indispensable, fine tapes, shrrll side combs, assorted Uibbons, pink Ging ! hams, wide cheeks, white Marseilles Vesting, fine Knives ' on c:irt!s, & pieces domestic Clotli, one case Guns, China in I botes, I -oaf sugar, Chocolate, V. 11, Tea, Japan Blacking, &e. Me italeign, June 1. Sws. GREENSliOROUoll ACADEMY. 1'ilE...;..i annual Xiir.inaticr. ot the stuiitms of this liistiluiicti will take place on .MJud ty and Tuesday th. 15th and Ibili inst. I'areii'f aid uunii.ms, and tht tnends of Ii ir- iiiatnution in K.ntri, aie r.Sj;e L'aily de sired to attend. Ti.e t x.-icists ol the sve jiid s. sioi. wul commence on Moudy the Siiili da. ot u y next uii aerthedirccti"i!of Mr- Natliaiue. H Uaii.s cd by James K rr. From the Ueaithy s;tu.a of Giu Ac:.dr in y, and die very modr rate ternii of lAiid and tuition, he Trustees flatter ihenseve, that tliey wilt receivo iuera.i shre of public patronage. My order oltlieBoa u, J- M. DICK, Sec. Ju ie3 1818. 21-5'. State of North-Cur Tina, WAKE COUNTY. Court ofl'eas and (juartttr .vtuii,.fay Term, IS) 3. BcHjamiu i. KounsavilU', vs. John Farts, Original Attach inenl, Levied on lts No. DO ami tri, in tlie City ol It, leieh. together with other propertv. IT appearing to the satisfaction ol' the Cain that the Dcfen- danl in tliis cns' is not an inhabitant ot this blale. It is , therefore Ordered, Uiat putilicalioii ie made tliree months in j that unless Uie Weteiuiant appear on r be- . IMPORTANT IN VKNTIOW f HE undersigned having obtained a Patent for the inven X tiou in an Jlorizont.U and Jferpeitdicularly Moving Wa ter Wheel i and being sensible that conclusions drawn from theory alo ie, are not always confirmed by experiment, and though supported iu his opinion ot' its operative power and general uuiit) , by die most cwjent theoretical reasons ; yet, rather Uian obtrude it Oh the public notice, supported by Uie oi y oul; , i. determined to make a full and satisfactory ex periment ol its operative power and general utility, on a scule that wnuhl test the principle beyond the possibility of dooot. He accordingly has built a;id erected in the edge of Elk Uiver, (near Eiktou, titles county West Tennessee,) a waiter wheel on the above plan, oi feet diameter, with 12 nruiH, to wliicli the flouts, 8 feet by 4 in surface, are suspend ed by two hinges, and supported by rods connected to the low er edge and arm linn follnws, in a way not to prevent the motion ol'thc float u ilil fully uniolJeil. Hie Boat be gins to fold up on the eddy or that side of the wheel return 11)5 agiiust the current, aud is carried easily over an inclin ed plane, by means of a small w heel or roller, tixed in tlie lower edge of the float, and pan off the plane so soon as the float cs'i be acted on by the current to unfold it. The in clined plana can be dispensed with in tide water ; the ebb aud flood acting alternately on the ditfereut sides of the wheel, and without changing or altering ilsinotion. The wheel is suspen ded by two swords, indented on one sale ami passing through blocks on the arms of the cog-wheel and retained hy catches and is raised or lowered hy levers to suit the oi He rent suges oi the water, or lo increase or diminish its operative power. The inclined plane rises and tills with the Witer The cw -rem in the part of the river on which the above wheel is e rectcd, ia tar from being brisk ; yet the wheel performs one and a ludi revolutions iii a luiuute, (Iriviug a stone of four feet diameter with great power and itli a velocity of one hun- ilre.l and twenty revolutions in tlie nun ute. The proprietor will have in lull operation tlie ensuing sum mer, tw o pair of btoues and a saw, all attached to and driven hy the same waiet wheel, l he great and important advan the Jtalcigh Star, mat unless me weiem ant appeal on w -: ta'. arigillg flWD tll8 ii.yentiou, is the substituting the 0m tore tlie new wi ia ui um w s iu i i..i . v" " . m .,, ofr vera, lor the usua ouanUtv ot water acnuv i I ....... - -- . - V n without a dam i vers than a small Wake at the Court liouse iu italeiEh, on uie imru Aioniniy , , , ... ,..ir,.. ..n I.. .;-,. ,i , . i ..i.i ...i. ,i l. i. "'me. " b - m vigui ne, i ' 'J yv." oj.jjny otuer obstruction to the currentin ...:li .... .tku.1.. filial unit tli nr-niu'i-fv levied on eoiuu'niniHl to! J . . i . . .i . i win .. "i j ulaintlTs case. Test. ii i.triu.i n n ..i U. D. &.tn U, tu. j. a. May, 1818. 23 3m State of North-Carolina, WAYNE COUNTY. Court of Pleat tout Quarter iietsiont, May 'ferm, 1818 Wm. Alex. Whitfield by his next friend, vs". the The Exec utor, Devisees and, Legatees of W m. Whitfield.dec'ii. 1'ilK PrViTl lONEK prays provision under the act provid a. triangular whan, extending from die hank above, to half the diameter of the wheel, to protect it against drill-wood, ice, he. There are few rivers that do not afford a situation every milu or two for die erection of a wheel ou Uie above construc tion, and thereby affording to Farmers livinu on such water ! courses a facility of manufacturing their own grain, sawing up and rendering prohlable incumbrances ou their ground ; and ' in short is well calculated lo propel all the various kiads of machinery, whether on a large or small scale, by increasing I or diminishing the ize of tlie wheel. TIip m-einium for usmsr the above described wheel, if ob inir for Children born after the making his fathers Will- i i nl' the nrotirietor. will be Two hiimlred Dollars : hut if And it aopearinu tothe Court that Williani Whitfield ami nl. ..i. ROme.wiiat higher. To a priviledired ridit will be rhoma Collier and Sally his wife, who are defendants anil ttaclied a schedule, containing a lull it accurate description of legatees, reside out ol' this State, It is therefore Ordered that tiu parts, stees, Sec. compos ng Uie wheel, so as to render it notice be given hy publication in die Raleigh Sta-, three intelligible and easily comprehended by the most ordinary monUis, ot the hling said 1'ctition, uiat saiu aeieiaiauis appear canacityt it being extremely simple wuert teen or understood more thanoae half of the rnr hat reader Jit itnpiMsible U work, tn tke btodi belongiQ to Ut coippartj, t. macli advaatiM tvad . ia tenl ofre moving all the obstruction btre Wiltnin'ton anil Pajetteville, only fortj.fif milea of tKe rirer hate been well cleared. Tit work which lia been il.ine hat fadKUted tb pssnge of boats, anil trip can now be made) fiotn Kajettevi.le to Wilmington anl back, with much more iftfrtj and within les tim by one or two Uaji, than fortnerlf. Tlie abatrue tion ia the frrtr didoed to view ia iti pre ent low tute, ire o nu.iierom, that the Prefi dent ami Directors fonear togive apy opini o) as to the time which will be required to remof them. Siiould the riTer continue low, a streng force maj be emplojed, much , work ' may v done, and probably by the commencement ot t Uie neit jrear, flio principal obstructions ma' be) removed. The increasing trade of the (jap1) Fear, and the preparation making f.r ruanirlg . Steam Baats on its witers) have greatly in creased tr, .solicitude ot the President and Iii rectors for its speed and effectual improre ment and thdy regret that the alm-ist contiuu. ed flood in the river since their appointment has put it out of their pjwer to gratify tli'lt" own wishes or meet the expectations of thd stockholders. ' Preparations have been made for improvings the navigation ol tlie rirer above Fuyettcvillej and lftnp. Stockholder sanction t'n underMk jng. agred. "part of this work may be don in tlie course of the succeedipg year, i'li President aa 1 D;ectrs air .1 o-.ihhvi tliat the oiierattoris of the mmmm . .hAn'i.e herealter be carried on upon a much larger scale than they have been heretofore- and, that the work may keep pace with public o pinion and the improvements of other section of the state, power hhoulJ ne given to nake .oans in anticipation of the instalment authori sed by the charter to be called for. Many tea, sons growing out of the present state of North Carolina, will present themselves tothe etocV holders, why. the improvement of the river Cap . Fear and its waters, should be pushed: foiirardl with dispatch ; and why the work, which ought to be done in one year, should not be made' tha business of five year9. t In obedience to the resolution of , the stock holders at their last general rfleetinsfi the Prcw d. htand Directors have attended to,. the i jiro. ject of opeying a couunuoicatioa Ay water fron the town of Fayetteville to the nferj ' Tliey iiave examined diiffereut plans, van! hav$ tju i far met with such difficulties attendine "each aa to prevent any thing from being done." Thej v are decidedly ot .pinion, that it i ekpedietv. t open this communication as soon as the difficult ties attending its execution cau be surmounted . lie contemplated improvement in theJowo of f'ayetteville should kcep-ace with he improve .noiit of the river above j the. boats descending the river may be enabled to enter the town and discharge tneir cargoes upar th market, a view of lorwarding these improvements when : their plan shall be determined, fourteen acres ' if ground, includinga section ot Blount's Credit have been purchased lorthe company . An opportunity lately offered of purchasing for the company, eighty shares of Newbern and the like number of Cape Fear Bank stuck, at premium of fitteen per cent. Tliig purcKaso was thougtit to be advisable, as the money .then on hand cuuld not be used, owing io tlie cpnta tinueu flotid iu the river ; and as the purchase did not diminish -the funds of the Company except to the mnonnt of the premiu n paid, in asmuch as the Directors igitt lai'.lv preuiu,. that they could a- any time, by pfedging tb stocks with the Bank, command tlie amoanO thereof in money. H. BRANmON, President. A. D. MURPHY, -y JOHN CLARK, I DirettaA HUGH CAM CBELU f P. J. TIcLlGlfAS i,h.J at the next term ol said Court and show cause, it any Uiey have, wherefore a decree should not be made agreeable to the prayer of Uie Petition. v P. HOOKS, Clk. May 1818. 28 3m. SI A TE OF NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY. Court of Plea and Quarter Setiion Jlfay Term, 1818 ft it chins G. Burton, vs. John Faris. Original Attachment levied on Lots, No 96 and 98, in the City of Raleigh, to - iredier with other" property. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court Uiat the De fendant in this ease is not an inhabitant of this State. It is therefore Ordered that publication- be made three months in Uie Raleigh Star,' that unless the Defendant appear on or before the next Term of this Courts to be held lor the coun ty of Wake, at the Court House in Raleigh on the third Yfnndnv of Anirust .net. and plead or replevy, otherwise judgment will be made final aud the property levied oft ou demned to plaintiff ' nsei ;f . ' Tt O'i 1' I VIP I Oi 4Wli.lU v.. v. Elkton, 22d March, 1818. WM. PURNELU 17 eow6m- NAVIGATION. REPOR T of the President and directors of the Cape-Fear .Navigation Company to the (sock. holders in general Meeting, on the id day of JulyA. D. 1818." ; At 'he last Genera) meeting of . the Stock holders, a hope' was entertained tta"t the ob structions in .the river between VVllmingtoh and Fayetteville could be removed before this time; and to realize this hope, a su perintendaht ot the works wis engaged, and instructions' feiven to him to employ as large a force as coufd be worked to advantage lie was also directed to liave made without delar, such additional Plata From Uie Connecticut Coarant . The formidable dtttude of llama. In a sketch of the military and political powelt ot Russia, in tne year 1$ 7. ascribed to the penjaf sir Roioert Wilson, the writer states, since Alex ander came first to the throne, the pxipalaUon ot Russia has risen by increase of population and ac quisition, from thirty $iat to forty two millions 4f people ; that her territory has been extended on af most every side ; that her frontier is distant only about two hundred and fitty miles from Constant. nophs by, water, and three, hundred by Linrf, iny dflrect line ; that Persia is at her leet that a Rus sum army might sail from the Baltic through - an internal navigation from Petersburg to Asirican, and landing on the southern shore of the Caspiany pitch their tents withro four hundred miles oi they Persian gulf, from whence h voyage to th e Br tish si Wements in the East Indies, namely, to Botni bay,1! only from twenty few to thirty days, in,both mot.soonb ; and to Madras but eight , ot ten d .y longer in the S. VV. monsoon ; that, from KrrJas sctodkathey nave extended to the north west xojsf of America, where they have made several caubx. lishnients. and that since the year 1813, tbc Uyt' siahs have deccoded the Amcricao coast 9&3 it v r.
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