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fHKBE Dollars ter tear, RALEIGH, N. C -PUBLISHED (wmkBY LUCAS ANDAiH. BpYLAN. , 1 . " ill ' i ' " r .'.",J.'..fJ " 1 1 inn mini I In II f BYi LUCAS AND Ai H. Bj)YLN. ?, t , ; 7,'; (0 J5; Sftwirr iir 4Z ?. ; 1 BER 27, 1811. ; J;.: WHtif J Vol. 16. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Political. trifles as these they will admii-e him the rhore. our slupiing, 4h sale of our frour, torn, and other v From the Connecticut Mirror Ityhe public affairjpf this country are riot well militated, .we . shflU certainly think the age of niu ftflcsWrtf an old fashion has come round again. Jo sfiew that this remark is hot unfounded, we ask our readers to follow us through a brief cata Jogue of. the great and' virtuous men, who are at this moment .engaged in very laborious efforts for our safety and. profit. - In the -civil departmenttwehave Madison, , iho has a multitude of claims to the character oft great man. tin the first placejie is a Vir. ityle that but few people can understand. In the fourth, he is a devoted trench man in his politics, ftd in the fifth, he is the democratic chief. With respecf to his virtue and integrity, we reljr much on the evidence of Robert Smith, Esq. to establish those points. One thing is certain so long ashc disposes of the public money as. freelj, and ' ai honestfy, as he did in the case of Kr- Lt what will come, then, (except war,), and the party, fearful that the federalists may take, the go vernment agairi wiU bury their animosities, and the government together, rather than resign their places and power. . From the National Intelligence4 External Commerce. It cannot, ought not t6 be concealed, from ourplanters and. farmers, intel ligent merchants long ao have realised itj that the foreign commerce of the United States must undergo a great and perhaps permanent reduc The neutrality, once so highly respected, articles vthich we have to spare, and of which we can consume no more than we now do i r : -st v Whatever c expeh'd for our own consumption, or in manufactures, finds the best andsurest mar ket, 6f, Which we cannot be; deprived, either by the inju&icfc of belligerents, or by our 9w.n1 lawjsi I Tint 1VO ivmiH aolr tl Tnle)litnri nk-ir li done with jbitf sttrfilm produte? ' 4- t ' Theref isiorrie management discovered inpre sentmg;we,Iubject ; of -all our produce none ts noticed Vtft Tobacco, CoUon, and Rici-'tour, Coi-n, Lumter, Naval Stores, Sec are pasRed bVer WHiiuuiHJucu, ana ar very oov ious reasons ine won. . 1 ne neutrar.tv, once so nieniy respecieu,' ,. tv i... , . . f . .... . whico. in period-of free trade, filled the-coffers IT KrK ' 1 inian.J:iti the cecohdrhe is. Jetf;raons sue QMJw merchant,' and rewarded .hel,tf ih lttm& th the Ihirdrf ffheS able letters in Tpkt?t3r and farmer, is now. held by both belligfe kiri'fi)ritia' and her dominions, wjth tkfa:tm'rffc,1txctutoe$ our customers for the t iiciu uy uwiii ucuitf 1 . 1 j ' i ..u . - 1 , i . c ' sr 1 iniu uiiiiucu. a u iiiui r ranee never ( a. nor rents to bs almost a crime ; and is therefore shack-, , - .;, . , i r - - . ' nrhan fIfr will wont f-Kf-kOA n tti Inn U. . U C. r 1 . t 1 so large a proportion of our exports. ri. .. ...u : . 1 .i .j . . isin vain to look for a renovation of it in-itspris- . W Tu , 1 T I occasions tine extent P for the series of measures by which ! J J ate .Gre.at f 1 lla'n our customer, irhii-Been Educed, even should they cease, will j d SJS ""n ""'m ? 1....... ..ir... .l li.:... ..u' . are making efforts to procure the articles which itaTo cintiD ucmnu u cm wiiitu tan iiciw ucuo- .i f i i r ; ' The orders in council and decrees, and . 7 "'' vc uium aowiub u iv uui uwii ias. xi was in our power. mediately preceding the"year;J797 the exceptions in '$cjtli,nd dil tot atkounj t9 ix am.ually thouyh , the number of comet tyjilch ixt there tap.uT tal, s very gr. j And as to'thcmno; Ciinic3, , whicji i incUi'recl tikixtty, tlwf penalty of Uauspoi ta- . ' 4on, one ? quarter seaiibns. of he 'townvof Man. qbes'ttTt (wie'of the most populous manufactur- " ing townsm ungianajrnas nt, according, to fjlume more felons thfr itish phintauon thart ?k. all the jVkf ScUuid iusaally do iii" the course , J fii VTIAWAW JWII tun?pi'-HJU3 icaiurc in ine, mind ot tia. uve Scotthmen, is an ardent cunositvr another dicattd. (It u .'m i m I ! ti.il .n...klil!r,nn .f ,ko l.olll.jiff With i i 4 4' a,Jd yet may be, to extend our exports to Great whom our commercial intercourse was most de- . .. r iArn iUUii band to forget its cunnin - to the - military line Commander in Chief ! is, r a more than Ordinary Propensity emigra3 , , tion. Their minds UaUuetl, from (fhildhiiod, wit : . " Possessiftj ieaiti;A without :tbrtue-,ttey;ir e'ril'1' tepriihs j jfind; unable to make or nend their i; fortunes at home, they go abroad.' About a huh- . dred and fifty thousand Scotchmen, on an average, 1 ;. are said to live, out of Scotland j in England, in America, and wherever they can f find trea- , . sure. "Goini?: abroad Door, t he v oftinJternm.A-t?; rich by industry and - parsimonious frugality. W bile Irisht,migrants, generally speaking, have little faculty to get moneys ahdr'ls to sajve it, the ' ; j Scotch perfectly understand both. Beginning as ' pedlars, they , have frequently" become, id t the ; course of a few years wholesale merchants ; no are they often seeh to make any expensive appear-. , ' a;tCe till their circumstances can well' afford U.i , vines 22.00y . dollars, his party will never im I1, . I . L f . .'. 1 1 i . . r i i iir ni. vti rrii n 1 1 nin t n.jwv... .. triiuiii vj 11 1 . .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 iiitii r am 1 1 1 w .1 l 11 1. . . . . - powerful aid to I m ta h e Urvices for ble, have uuRh: the citizens to ook to other KS.. trom;pbl.cy or fear adopts hU cSyrour Pre den musf find inTcaMa "! sous for SUPPS of hosc which we e continental system, the export of fltmfi. to, flis coumryi our rresiaem must nna in a LAiia- f, rn;Kh Great Britain lrom the United States, would lorm Ihecrery name of this gentleman carr.e, ont to (urn sh. v a valuable bunch of trade. We are told that the wku u uic mc in FuuuC yiriue and pail lOUSm.i , - V" w - "- " . "T'V "emnMr of.Franrft- fWrmim.,! !U,x..tfTh..- ftfi-t.Vrh-- W4iA.lli T'r--.-r-: -When this country.forgets his ine -.tunable Ubou. .PPV at Uumoment to the articles ol Votton and' 7" " 5r"p " 3 1 ; i "a' ,V, I r ..r,"tc ;-C , me uiiutuowics ; tyuicii ii is wru Hiiuwii, scarce- . . . , , tr"fj J . ave a Wilkinson for h " bring sufficient-in England, our only-un. r tobacco, so that she must (prov.ded , have a strr attachment to their native. land Afteai6ne We or rvnci lung me ui r .- i ' imerce ') deDendurjon us. for her sunnhes nf thfisp sible-to eive them morts Annrtr nffUnr tKo Kivvr. eminent devotion W the e-ootl or hs counti v ,,, i nurses, uui in r ranee, me poi-cy oi OCT empe-f . , ' . . . r " ;i , . " - ..w.v. v , uum.u ucvyuwu w uk guuu ui ins counu y, UUS . , . .1 . articles, with those of wheat, flour, rnrn. nsvj.HSDeakino'to fhem rtintemnmrtiiclw nt lnr.,UnA V- brave, disinterested, and unsnotted hero, is rean ' ror nas resinctea ine use oi au lortign growtn oil , ', . , t ,;7, ' ' ; "i ' : , T.rrT7 , t I I I 7 ' - - ...."..X.N. . V - ait iu uc uuutiiiuuu aa spcuK.uij' pi ius n.uini aiiu a Ktcai ni arty OI our ieW J ner colonies also. , . , all foreign-growth ot Ingthe reward of his labours. He is on trial for ithese articles, with a view to encourage jheir-pro- nst him'bv tht Executive uc,on',n ine Provinces under ins controul.v Ine charees preferred aeainst before a court mania!. However, :t is probable 1 'mPortatlon of tobacco into France is almost en- ble rank to sit as judges overriheir feHow officers, or whether they have to borrow a part of their courts lrom she muttia, we have not heard. It he will be acquitted, a he is accused ot nothinsr ,UreIv prohibited, one fifteenth only of that con- fmore importance than receiving h pension from , sumed being alwu ed to be of foreign importation, the Spanish government, peculation, a participa- Should tRis restriction be extended to Holland and tion in the treason of Col. uir, and a considerable the Hansetowns, which is said to be expected) degree of prodigality in the lives of his troops. ,,he,e will scarcely remain a market for any por . Whilst this wot thy patriot and soldier is thus tion of the tobacco produced in the southern states, persecuted, his successour, Gen. Hamptpn, has ne aJticIe of cotton is known to be a mere arrested ind ordered to trial before courts martial, lruS in England ; and from the heavy duties im alaige proportiontof his field officers. Whether ! Posed in Frnce together-.with -the risk and in. there are mrn enough in commission of a suixarr01-3"06 against the ordersin council, it can scarpe jy oe snipped to the continent without a loss. Even should the orders in council be revoked, of; which we ee no probability, the" effect of the re- Would, however, be a great misfortune, if there Btrictions tor four years past has been, as we be are not enough living officers to bury the dead forc observed, to open other sources of sppply to we.- When these trials are all over, should the such an extent, that they will ere Ions, it they delinquents be all honourably acquitted they will, do "ot already, exclude all cotton, except the cry ii is presumed, be ready to serve their country in fir6t qualities, of American growth Much cot the war, which it is expected we shall he en- ton is now Brow" n Italy and Napl-s, and 'imfwi gaged in very shortly after Conercss meet on the cd from lhe Levant, not indeed cf ab good a qua! .firtt Monday in Mtvember next. -; ity as ours, bit good enough to answer most of In Congress, itistobe feared, we shall not be !he manufactures, and to supercede the necessity ia so good plight as we are in the other branches of admitting ours. of buraffairs. By the unfortunate removal of Our i?zre too is said to be much le?s in demand General Yanjum into the Senate, there is no de- in F'anceUhan heretofore, being jsuptrseded .by tnocrat ieft Who will da for Speaker,' How they that grown in ricdmont. . till get over thia difficulty," it is not easy to see, v I" short, the pres-ent state of commerce U such islesathTpenifai wUl.amseMtododuty inboth!that scarcely any prudent merchant will risk an nises-a '.thm&irhi&h,'' considering -that he - is 1 wvemure . to .Europe, Every thing,, i ww4iwinyi cnusey'inror uotn, and nas t least The more any one will examine the subject, the more will he be satisfied, that our commercial intercourse with Great Britain was more impor tant and beneficial, than that of France and her dependencies. The party who govern at this time, having by a system of weak (we hope not wicked) measures, aided in the deplorable reduction of our u external Jcummerce,,' would now persuade us to abandon what yet remains, and "all this, that the Philoso phical experiment of an agricultural, republic may ! be made. This experiment; ha been made, and vm rtsuji ww imnit ougnno tausiy. T If any one will examine what was the condition of the United States from the peace of If 83 to the adoption of the t ederal Constitution, he"can satisfy " himsi lf upon this subject. Between those peiiods of timet the citizens, of the United States, were not en gaged in external commerce ; it was managed en- ircly by loreigners, chiefly British. We were then nationally and individually withouf'credit, or resources. And. this will be our situation again if we abandon external commerce. f I double quantity of talent,, we think he may tairly and even constitutionally do. 31r. Eppes, too,' the.sbnjn-iay V Mr. Jefferson, has Iosfhts nde.ed, im preswvtly -points to the policy of establishing with- fii uuraeives a marKeriar fcur own pTOfiuctTOirj and this object is; rapidly', accomplishing without the agency of the government. No artificial en" election and cannot assist ith his pre-eminent a. couragement, we believe, . will be necessanAo -sc biUtiesThere is how no man of the party qtmli .! cur Aci onftnanufac turesyf' and consequently to " i is wgu uuu uiipuriaiii post oi vnancel- ""t,JUltUCUJilIlu Ivr ine raw materials, as ra lour of the Exchequef; unless, indeed, Mr. Eppes' Pld an extension as is'perhaps desirable, placeman be supplied by a very enlightened noli T - - Ucian who is coming from Vermont, by the name v -From the Norfolk Ledger. - ftS; untih V'-T" ,. . J ,.VVenave eppied into our paper from the Nation. , L mMPJay inur political al Intelligencer, an article .under the head of x. PerskoftheK inZ ' nf-1. with a view to offer some ob4bert Burns) is 877 ; and, of course, there is fit Hr are ot ine nitrnest imoortance m thi rnnntfv. .rv!it;r.o v.i . . . . .. . ' .. - ' Tk-c- j . (,.. - j iv.ua uuuji iu y c. are 10 oear in mind tnat Tmoith appear in tharpa. iSfS ,? Admin,Strat'"' ,s baP ' if 'hey do not emanate, from, the administra flZSA1? a ?'Ut6l m -ition, may, fairly be sup,osed to contain nothing i""'T'wV, ,,H,C Vl aies. i ne , Kichmond , which docs not accord, wrthrth .-uiici 4f very aoiy conoucted Dy an Irishman. lhe Whig by an6therThe Aurora by another. .u inese instances there. is no drawback, as in the, ,se of Mr. Gales, i Tbe Baltimore American is onder the governmeniof f Frenchman. This is, ft possible, atirt better than the last. One news paper m this country is regulated bysLlTigiDutcti C Here is rather a tailing off. Sure V it is not easy to. xronceivd country being better Jituated than ours, in' these particulars. The na-'ves,- who know , but little, and care less about jneir country, and i's concerns, are most happi relieved from the burtlen of taing charge of tileir Attn rnnz-sn. . ' ' - -- - v.v.,.v no. .. . . s . , . ' But what we esteem equal to'ta.Imost all the" o- er, blessings that we have enumerated, is the act-ihat'Tu Citizen EdmoITdX. Genet, of Pro, eKt llillp has at length taken up his goose-quill to tle all our difficulties, especially those which Belong to,pr are connected with, thVlawsof n? Hons. ' ' - - . . ; t . .. - - - WijS,??h advantages . as these, ; wJho; . will Ufthe Cgmmnnweullh ? i is true, ,there "has i.a i ' . ii . . . . . . ?tenaoi w cacn o ner. Jiut that will turn but to be hesenTiments or om. monsofthjxaineajidlu more consideraffoh. The decline of our foreign commerce has been occasioned greatly by the utjust edicts of the bel ligerentsbut our own laws have not a little con . tributed to aid in this' -work ol destruction. ... By, one of the belligerents, says the-Intelligencer, speaking of onrcommercc, U is haclciedAo t utmost :$f heriiyiuer! meaning Trance, and yet me rtiuc paper tei3 us, tnat tne ounoxious de- FREE SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND." . The poverty of Scotland, previous to the com mencemsnt of the . J8th century, was prover- blau ; . Several - happy-reireumstances combined to raise, tlie condition of that country ; but ro one of them ' else, nor perhaps all the rest put together, had so mucn encct-rUwarus it as the establishment ofree schoolii This was attempt, ed, though, as it tyould seem . to little purpose, long before the period I have mentioned. Jn the year 1646, the niiiament of Scptland made pro vision for the'establishmelit of a srhnnl in n parish throughout the kingdom. That law was however repealed, and was not revived till 1696; when it was , put in full force, and has so continu ed ever since. The number of Parishes in Scott land, (according to Dr. Currie, in Ids life of Ro ! 1 "England people is obvious and strikiniN The English language was very little known iij Scotland, esnecitillv aiVinno- thr InnwrVticcvcXfiii l-! n the begining of the last century. The revival ofN literature there is dated 1715 ; the Scotch about ;n that time having model-of composition, from the' Spectator,-and other writings of Q.ieeh Anne's rein, which first gave them a general taste v for English reading. Since" that perioJ Scotland has I ..I .. 1 , - v.- liwuui-cu a giraicr numoer oi ingenious wn' ters, than perhaps any country else of equal popi. laturn, in the known world Connecticut Cottrant. . . :. - - -mm ' '-..'' - - ;-t:t..- s ; From the DttJk of 'Poor R,iert the Scribe. There are some lessons verv nrnnr m lw niapn in domestic economy, -which the writers of your. : -1 nil irln ?.nl vail fKr. .'rAl .Ut..1. i. 1 .1. !i .j j uu. luuKi luiuiuo iuiiik uciun lueir notice the preacher conceives therrT below the vlignily of the desk, and they must pass without . remark, unless some humble, plodding wight, like poor Robert the Scribe, shall take them into his special consideration : And among these otc on Cleanliness is not the least important. Some writer has observed (and I think -I sa w the observation in the Cleaner) that " cleanliness is allied to godftness." Ctrtainit is that there is an intimate connection bet ween the purity of thfc body and purity of , the mind No woman can be lovely who is not neat. The fairest she that ever trod the earth, though she were young -and . blooming. as Hebe though grace were, in her j step Heaven' in her 'eye in all her gestures dignity and love," yet should she appear abroad ? witii her neck soiled or her wrists' greasy be. lieve me, dear girls, she would excite only lis gustw When . Paris decided that most - delicate , and important, point, on the southifestern de- V cliVitV of - Itinimi' Trla. hurl VmW nnnnrl tuJtL-n. S 4 least that, number-of -schools; Each eospel min ister is the , superintendant and patron ofihe school in his own particular parish. -Hence in the very' lowest condition of Scotch peasantneve rjrwiecAiiadnd-rfltist-r less skilled in writing and arilhnittic' : - There this rentarkable singularity in the laws of Scotland, ihat though they muke pro vision for the instruction of the poor, they make none for the support of poverty. This looks hard and cruel ; yet it has some excellent effects. It is owing in part to, this circumstance, that the Scotch peasants have a more than ordinary share kidered it as an excellent- matchi ol prudence and reflection ; and save their money hv livinrr Within thf- Krtiinrls tUf mns. ritriH crees of Franceare revoked, but on this subject xonomy. - Parents there, among the peasantry, IS not OUr intention to dilate. i. ..' are exceeding! v attsrliprl tr thnv rhilHrn . 1 he project of an;agricbltural republic, or in are considered by them as the-only .supports . of other jvords, the abandonment of external com merce, has been ascribed to Mr, Jefferson, and we beieye with trith. ,! Whether he will be able to effect it or not, time will discover but the jsen. timents contained in the article to whicb we have !!?ikrr?d' n,ave an " aw;ful squ'nt" that way. We are told in semi official language, that we must prepare for a change, as' " every' thine imnres- srvely points to the policy of establishing: within ! 1 . L I : " - . . " , ourseives a marxet lor our own productions." Now mis sound veryrpremiy-uptirtthe ear of a vision aryphilosopheryrbutis little lessthaa downright j for them.: Uothino. Tt)u "V"'X""J,ulu uul lu oe nonsense. ' Suppose we were manufacture more napartaff 'Ple' .fnd Mewle of the great 'flour, com, fice, naval stores, lumber, &c. &cl? UU Enll ,SferCr tc nation,; cash ?(We, niight expend in Wufecture. more of our Hit p qvnuerer oi tne national cash ( l tnends wiU not 6nly not desert him for such jcottou, but wojold that compensate for the Joss'ofl punction in neglecting their helpless parents, as knowing that the public stands engaged to plpvide By means of the general diffusion of learning byree schools, together with early religious in sttuction and .habits ,of; industry and economy ; capital crimes have been more fare in Scotland than .in any part of Europe. For thirty years inv her mbuth greased like an alderman's wifeVit a turtle feast, -depend upon it she never would have been honored with the apple.' , r : Harry Havkeye, of the city of New York, was a young gentleman of much sprightliness and wit ; genteel in hkvmanners of graceful person, and possessing a handsome fortune. sYou may easily guess that all the girls set their caps for him. Harry, fnouoh not too lastidious, was yet deiirous- tiBg-a-it-n)me. ' Beauty, said he ' is . desir&ble ; good, sense and good nature necessary , . ; but neatness," added he, M is indispensable,. , A ; young lly with whom he became ' acquainted X added -to'- an exceeding fine person regular fea,' " tures, .wit, and good natUrey'a fortune of ten thou '! sand dollars. -Dorothy -Harley, for that was hetv:-: name," was well pleased with the attention of Har. S ry. The courtship went on,' and every body coi. -i i i 'il i One afternoon Harry went up to her fathers ; whith was a little -way into the country, to spend a few hours with his Dorothy: 'ip partake of some of,s their excellent, strawberries which?, were at. that ; seasoh,in high perfection. Seated in a delightful arbour in the garden they chatted awhile as you ,. may supposeof ove ; and' then she ran to bring ; with her own hand some strawberries and cream i ' after regaling themselves with the delicious treat,, ; j Harry playing with his saucer, liuiced"t6 rtirn i; i bottom upwards in his" lap. , What wa. lu rriorrr! ficatton and astonishment wlicn- .ha liejield-ilw tui-J torn of the saucer black with dittl It. .would- ItiV.i their old age, the very pdorest eivinyr a considera ble portion, of the wages of lher labour to their aged or infirm parent, whose days -of labour are past. Whereas in South Britain, or England, whet e immense sums are raised annually for the support of the poor, their dependence-upon the national funds render them improvident, so that they take no care to lav un something of their own while it is in their power, and feel little onM posedWraan-ef 4 Her seized an opportunity, fend, wrote o;i the r;r,ea: : with the? 'end of the .spocsf the 'following.-- line auu itii uic iiuuac, julu uv mi.yjiiu mwt. ThoJ she in wit and faHun; 'h;ntfs; 'In form and beauty be diyini.; A"tuT. shall pe'er be wife uivm.";- Tlx Cleaner. v ) -
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