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RALEIGH, (N. Cf) dihitid. WEEKLY. T '-'A LUCAS. r. af Mubicrihtion Three deBjara per year, one half to be Pii in advance. No pstpef to be continued ton Zr than three months after a ywr'i subscription be comes due, and notice thereof shall have been given. .t h-erlitemtnti, not exceeding 14l'.ne,sre inserted thrice fr one dollar, and for twenty-nv. cents uchsuW . mient insertion r-wwl in like proportion wiorethare 1 neater mimi) v of lines than fourteen. .yKo f v.bscription ct in any case breceivEa witnout -"payment of at b-ist Rl 50 m advancy. Akarm which awed hinTto rever- perjsb, nud that will transmit hit name to pos- nn is dissolved: me nainc iuu...vvv -. his mind towers ibove the tramTiiels by whic.h it had been confined and enchained; and his former seperior sinks at ofrce, in his estimation, to a condition of humble inferiori jr. The silly hypothesis of Bu Ton, Reynal, De Paw, and oth ers, that the climate of the ne,w world was un- propitious to genius and untavorame to iu-pr- Iziw lutellijjjencc. NKwnviui, (n. y.) obt. 9. Jaw Cae$ "two eaae were tried at the hue circuit in this ealy, before his honor Mr. Justice Platt(nIiMr. principles of much ira nertanee, and U which qtiesthns of law are nised for the deeisioii of tfn jra court fftaW Wtrtlny of our ultras, The 3,, juTisffi um Hoe-ian uatWbrought V ff yo"Tig woman fW a breach of promise of marriage. ' The defendant, whim he made the rumise.. was but 23 years old : he refused to Vdlfil his eiiffiviremect, and, before Ire attained time regarded in Europe as indisputable and unanswerable. Laborious and tiresome inqui ries, erroneously denominated philosophical, were- constantly instituted into the, cause of so singular a phenomenon, til Mr. Jefferson in ten? In he few desultory observations we have mad. we think, we- have justified the preten tion! of this country to a character among the nations of tha, old world, for geuius, iatelli gputtf,'and taste ; and we hare no hesitation ii believiBe, that wheaever an unprejudiced com pariou is ratde, the result will be perfectly fa . . W mil o itla aral --- ' ; - -- Xi r1 :-.-r " '" .'im! - Fine Arts. " , KEWrYOHK, OCT. 16. xireiemtf of the flrs.-Ou Saturday J-fst ar- r'v.wl fu ifiifi Ait lliMitf fplphiriYl Ail fflMilltinra f.f his Notes on Virginia, undertook the defence ol Ul. c,t hjcb, forome years past, have a- the new world, and by fhe force oi ins argo , iH, tvu1, 0f the Philadelphia .eaUomv. ments and the unansweraole fM.f Jfe. ex.- j Yj, psy irtg8 are intruded to fc added -t lUu ample and facts, comp-lled UeyimT lo renoaac. J ntuiiyi.6niiciioa now dfjMiled in the apart- s.tiKurd ohinToh"! aad acknowkdare the cor recrnpits nd ier?ry of his; reasoning. The A nrieaii revolution removed this error in eery nart of Europe but Britain? and the rapid ad vaneementof the American republic to repecta -bilitv and gVeatnoss, has opened the eyes of the world, aridtausbt nations to respect auu honor die age of 21, married another girl. He has) it for its magnanimity, its independence, its ge hut Ilia f.itlipr. tvithln! Ill O k Hritain vet. llOWVer Tin orouertr or'Jiis owe: Din nis tamer, wim -lidm he still lives, is a farmer in easy circum st ilices. rfie defence set up was infauey ; that ;iie defendant ' was not hound by his promise, uade whilst a minor. The iii:be"nvi!rruled the objection, and decided that the action was sus iainnlile on tbis class of promises aa;Hnt any penon of cr pacity to contract matrimony, which via Rt the ase of 12 in females, and 1 1 in males. The jury found a -verdict fortbeplaintift'of 1000 uolUrs damages;:.-? ; Tlic question of.lav, whejlier. an action will He on Mieli contract, i taken up to the supreme court. , - The oilier case was Dorden against riteh. meats w,lh American Acudeiny of. Ibis city Wearejiappy to l?arnr that "the public kbi- bitiott will probably take place early in thecit? suing veek, when our citizen's will be gratified with a view ot many ot the most valuable pro ductions of tlifir distiiig lished Couatrymen West, TrumbiiB, Siewart, Alston, Leslie, and others. The Stwtuarv belonzinz to ibis Aca'" which in point this country, and euiiiienlly calculated to ditl'use a knowledge of the principles, and tu sprVad a taste for (he practice ot the line arts IN iigion. a flip mother nrosreuted fr scdueiioiiand loss f society, &c. of her daughter, by ihtendaul' (ifocurini a ceremony of marriage-to be per formed, falsely pretendinaf himself to be a sin ile man, when be had a wile then living-. The dtTenrian exhibited and 'proved a divorce from fit former wife, granted by the supreme court of the slate of Vermont; ' for desextton-of-him his wife and other ca'ises,' and an exempliti- ullnn l.a ulftlhl. .if ftlilt I'llfa tk II I 11 t P d 1 1, tP lueh divorces to be given. It was proved that former wift was a native of Connecticut, uttdhad always resided-iti that state, except for Vthsrrh-criod that she had residedi witb thfr de- ijd any settled residence but in Connecticut nd New-York. The judge decided, thai the 4ivwe was" obtained by The defendant in -fraud )f the maerias. coulfMt j thati vhe" parties nt Viig both resident within the state of Vermont, thesooxt of that state had no jirU'detion of the inject matter, and that the divorco being granted ttreauses not authorizing one hv tlie laves of tliia state, was of mo force in our courts. That iti''cordingly aftjrded no justification to (he dc fen'hr.t. tie was a married man, and his se t'Miil marriage, fraudulent and void. It was froved that .the plaintiff and her daughter knew lulling of the divorce until after the second awriage, and that the defendant had always represented his wife to be dead. The charac- tet and conduct of thw defendant was proved to tave discovered itself to be mot atrocious and depraved. Tire jury retired a few minutes, aad bought in a verdict for the plaintiff fjr 3000 dollars damages the whole amount claimed in the declaration. -. , The counsel for the defendant, have taken nius, and its information, nrusiujcij iiowci, continues to derogate from reputation, and to disparage'its fame.' Tif editors of public jour nals, both political and literary, in that nation, still labour to undervalue and depreciate what svtr America can produce in the arts or the sci ences. The opinions and dictatorial nonsense of these men, however, blinded hy prejudice, or warped by iuterest, are not to be relied on as founded 'on the basis tf truth. It is. thir busi ness .to revile and to abuse : they fatten on the f ronnrntiiin. mid pxixt. like the vulture r ' "r"- i- , ,. t,i ... . . , ii.. Bi. ii. x of Prometheus, on the vitals of fame, l.iice. u.iftvni,-t npm their great prototype and master, Dr. Kenriek, they " sip aqua vitas and spit aquafortis they daub and bes mear their own countrymen wjth the slima of detraction, and fasten on the repu tation of a young author, like the sloth upon theneek of a'deer, till d.-ath terminates its mise ries. No .wonder,; then, that we should not be suffered to escape. The antipathy to Ihis-country which sccim to exist on the part of (J rear Britain, is much to be 'lamented as it blinds her to flic excellencies which America really possesses, and often leads her . writers to abuse and censure without nisei i. niination, and without judgment . f .(.r linn ii'Ti ii,M-. infancy-, we have doie wmtders produced men who, in the -powers n a Director of the Society with great pleasure, and pcoBHsed that he would irbour trproniote . Us object to the utmost of t;. power. The President f thisaeir ty is His Eicel lency Baron Yn Arnswaldtr Minister of State, Pnvy Counsellor, and President of the Eccle siastical Court. f His Uoyal Highnett . Lrlo 'f rumfcrM-i has obligingly complied if solicitation to sc its patroa, . i he zeal ,of Mr Pur vourably received at )l iau uiuie oocieiy JiP n was no less fa- n calaKll.l..l . ine rresmency or bu i xeelleaey Lieutenant .icrai ;t od uieret ; utor to the CrowlJ rrmce or rrusgia having been present! he was graciousi eonnint its Ivs j and as -further proof i the iuterest which his Majesty Jeel, in it, tUccesg, he has granted to thesocifety the freedom of the Letter Post. ' Foreign; r , "t-v utor to the crown a f I'lau of the society ntI'l4,rMati Majesty, r f . i fc it, and to .Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Boston dated HAVRE DE GRACEt JULY 5, 1816. "Sir After a d. -'liehiful leil of 20 das. I f ..... . .. . - lengin sat loot on the soil of the old world. demy, is known t be of superior value, and the directors of the Insliiuf ion merit the highest nraise for their U'livearied exertion in I'orm i n r a united collection of Statuary and Painting :" ,,'re 1 expected to lind eveiy thing a novelty, of excellence is unrivalled in Ul,d u'unv 'hiiigs suhjcels of interest and curios- fthe Brit ish and Foreign Bih'.e Society. At tba list a'i:nnl meeting, the -members of tlie British ' and Foreign Bible Soeioty were encouraged to indulge the pleasing hope, that the piiciucalion of Kiii-ope which then happily prevailed, would lead to a more extensive .ud optioh of the principle ol tbeir Institution ; - ml your convnitiee, in reporting tVeir proceed ing-i during the eleventh y.-ar of its establishment, have (be sitisfactiun to be able to slate that this expectation has been'amply verified. The Bible Societies which have been institu ted on pttt Contineul, during the period in V II. I11IT1L 11 1131 I- I . ... .. . I . ity. i cannot say that my expectations have been altogether realized ; but my disappoint ment has tended to increase my pride of count ry wherever 1 had occasion to con pare the sit uation ofihe people who inhabit (his portion of the globe, with that of those "who live in "the. landof the free, and home of the brave.". The town of Havre byjjo means ran please an eye accustomed to the gracefuj neatness, and the clierful aspect of the cities of the Unit ed States. Every thing in the tewn, except the Indies and the children, looks old and som bre : and alincst. every man of the common peo ple, whom you meet, has a face so graciously puckered into wrinkles and frowns, that you would thiuk him .suffering wider the pangs of the rheumatism. If you. go into the churches, in expectation of seeing the young, the fair, or the respectable part of the population of Havre, engaged in worshipping their rocker, jour eye win nc grt eiea, lustt-utr thereof, w ith a . thin (A.'llAlk (VUl m6tAI-1il Hv acta! uil al i I -p i ia iiivi in unainii u-ljf HIT IMrsi'llLCt America mis ., .r - : i p "l'llll.t, aiMI lllliyui IHLU iCHHIIMM lillli VLB- intellect, would notl.rii.k from a ?"f0ghlfr0Tro of his return la Ilussiaabeginning ' l ' - witii the Kelt I J lj' I, I . l.tliitiSniiaAj a nil I :rii! contenf- Her Franklins, her Itittenhouses, and her Fultoits, have been equalled by few, a.id pgpjj,.,. ft perhaps surpass -d hy none in invcnliou, re- ' . Jn ",,. therlands B-'ble iSociety, establish- rope, n-r rrann ins, ner y.ue uuu , , a Amsterdam under the Pr.si,l.mcv nf Hi search, and practical utility. In some of the useful-arts wp, tUough yet incur in fancy, stand unrivalled. The perfection and excellence to which naval architecture lias attained in this country seems to astonish and surprise the na tives of the old world. O.ir vessels of'war aiil of ommeree arc alike objects of admiration, and have become models for imitation io nations who liad scarcely heard of our name, and to! it men' fnr ii'tn tin va n(.ntiA it ilnatiltft nvtd d preciate American genius. The Washington i i is a mouel ofbeaufv : sue has ! zed at by the British mariners oei, flimsier oi the liitori- our. Ainnns otlier r-ucouracrine circumstances attending its formation, ii is graliSYiiig to -e-murk that .many Chtholicks subscribed theni sei i's meiiiliers of .. , - The pxniiijile of Amsterdam ''was almost im ii'ilitely fidlovvcd by. the inhabitants of Hnt ter.lafii, at 'viliicli a tjible Siicietv was instilu- in e nt. " fiorh is the town, tut the country is far dif- ? ferent : the environs of Havre are beautiful in . deed. I can hardly imagine any thing mere de lightful than a ride among the fields, the vine yards and the orchards and gardens which cover tlie country as far us the eye can reach. Thelund is rich, and not afoot of it unimproved The excursions! indulged myself in to the cotintry, and visiting the fortifications aud basins of Hav re, which, us they now stand, are principally the work of the ex-emperor, constitute the cmly erjnymtnt Havre can afford to' 'n idle stran ' ger, and to me. they have, nfforded much gratifi- ' with aslonishtnent and w onder ; and has exci ted equal admiration wherever she has been. i: ! printing, also, we, rival, if wc do not excel, the U . 4 ., . presses 01 J'jlirone. x i.i: -.irrein r mc inieiii ui 1 1 . 1 j 1 ilHii-.li 'ivilii tl..rii-i.t i I ii I t .1 !n V'.... in the Mediterranean' vht.1; ....n..r. n . .: aurv. ruwaiiv inn uus m irrruiunv iiir i ru xteiu oT ilni mmiiifactoi'ie!', iU divY rsitv of re Lfi...i.-J:. .n'.i..!.. i - i". .... inflow is printed ana rr.graveu in a sie ma I. iic Taiiuiiy oi i lie in vorc.e : nmi, suuuiu iiiiil . , -.. ,1,1 1 . 1 1.1- .... , ,.j . A, . . 1 . has drawn liirtli the enloscs ol the Iv.ir opeuns. ;0Uri flpplfla fttfainol Ilia atal-iif a til avnur lliair.i . . . 1 f.i.L- 7- "r- ' .i; ' . V. ' themselves,. disposed as-they are, to undervalue I vuuuidinju iu remove uie case iu me supreme . .1 .. A , , ., ,: coitrt of the V' States productions of American taste and invention. . ''- . . : ; -ir -T 1 nut tins country lias proiiuceii unotner sprc:- hi Harrisburg, Pen. VVm. Pennocka ;''ihfth i.inrn r Art, which'-we du not hesitate to declare previously of respectable character, was con- r,ot n surpassed oy any jiurnpe nas evA-r fitted of breaking open the Swatara Bank, and inhibited. The Ornithology of Wilson is a witeaecd to restore the property stolen, to for- "'ork wh,c,, r splendour and aceu- acy-of hb estate, and ho cmifined in fh slute coloonug, .and delicacy and beauty of deluiea- Iprisoft f.Vur vears. The trial commenced on a' ,ion' mi,8t stai,d deservedly high in the cstima hhirdav morniner. waa continued llirnn!. Siin'-I tmniif 'evyry man of taste, discernment, and r . P' - .. A..ii..... 11. .ft'... i ....... i .1 ....i.i 1 Ijrrinr;-, imiuiju UIIU 1IUIIY, V IIUc-irrilMlM'lI plates we have geec. are far ii.iferior to Wilsou in -accuraey of outline, aud richness and delica cy of colouring.' This splendid work sf.nnld be prized by every-Amecican, as u specimen of inrt w Inch gives no little reputation to the taste or his t Jty, and I he verdict was p-iven about 0 ..'clock wtepature, Scieuc Arts, t'c. FROM THE MATI.OWAt REGISTER. --'" intensions ot ' the United Slates to Kveellenrf ' the, arts, S-c.h h ia S so ionm been the nrnc- H8 Brkisli-Writers-tb revile ahd denreei.ile IfTtliiui.Ai!;crieAii. that we her; now In rp- Nit VtlSl nn PVP nt' irilliturpiiPB ni imnfomrit I "e Wnii I inlA. I111U ivr. u hnn iKia n'liin iit'il.i- l!.iL . ' . ' I . . I Wlfii vr.s looked upon as a iieeensary thinglo ic'i on me .:n 01 juiy. ui mis ins r.xceiiencv ' cation. .Mr. i an 1 1 ii.igst rtaien, Member of the States! .'Aseverv American is. hv hirlhri-ht. a nnl. jtleneral, is AVedcutV - . itician. so l amonc others U e felt' a Btrono- The (Jraad DtUcby of Berg Bib..-Society- is propensity ton.jny the exercise of my natiopal the :iexi iu order. It was estiililislicd at Klber-! nrivilpirp. ihnno l inn t'nriiii ir.:mii l, Q k - I CJ 7 - O - ' J V. taming, as will as 11, y limited means enabled me, what are the real sentiments of the French, with regard to their present, government, From w hat I can learn, and from the little I have observed, I believe that more than three, fourths of tte people would, if uninfluenced and luiawed hy foreign furce, join not only precipitate Louis -18th from his throne,- but lo (rush him and his whole family under its rums. Except BordVuux atid JMatseiiJes, no town in Fier ce has the reputation of being more loyal to the present order. f things, thai; Havre: and. even in Havre.on the ctftbiation (by.ordefof the government) uf the eiinivt rsary ofihe king's return to Paris, 110 iiinii cried G"d bless him j" f no one shouted "'Vive le Roi l" But a few ragged wretches, who were sid to have been J ired fby the police." The present situation oi. ex-tc j l;gio its it, t iiminatious, and l be pious character lii!'ii inl;n !, ift:ints. In lliiwun.it. .,1 1!... J'.il lu ihey were all united.. The sphere i-f ..peiaiinn of this society ihcl u'deTa very lar-'c i;.j,;iliii 1.. jof which a great pioportioii are Cat in,: -ks. - It in on. ding to add the liii'irma1 report ed .by. Mr. I'iiik'erton on c-mid autl.i.rit ihat inanv tlious.iMils Jt ibm nwe;- saw n !'(J ti:ic; of ti-e aiiid tliat aiming some, even the n: win t Shble hm totally unknown. Of tliis ciety iiis I'.xcellpncy Ba'rou Voii (jni.en.-r. (Jov eiunr (ieiiersl of the Grind l)tchy.of T.e-jr. w as chosen President. If comme'iic jd its 01111- atioiH by procuiinga number of Biblu far uale :t ed fur increasing thpir nninuot A lntter from one of , the Secretaries of the S.iriety Concludes trlth these wvrds :" We tlitink von i"r havintr drawn our district idsn into the countryand which. execiitMus it was, frderieircle ei your uriioh; and j tin our prpycrs to all the oppressive horrors of poverty,. exhibits ; Voni that, the Hpirit i f our I.nuD itsav to the worlda model of excellence thT may lie-! ,!0vi ri'nliy carry his word" to the hearts of ver b surpassed. VhiIe 'we pass tliesnieril- j m'lMi''.. . ; edeneoniiums on this magnificicnt work of'M r.. The Hanoverian ll.lile Socief is rl-vf to be Wilson, we cannot but regret that oiir gov;-ni-':nntii4d.-'" fu Iln.nover-ns-..inllVte-'Uimr- 1 A t If 1 ..ft" .1 .'. . .1 . ... ' 1 r fc : . -. . ' uirnv Biniuiu nnv.c nn un ci 119 aiiiiini 111 r.iiiiuiMi ""sdvBncement in learnig and imiirovemt'iitjforfhe waul of palrjonnge aud eneosiragoiuent.lviiMViirk an f Catholiek Clertrv, iiirr hands to the lawful and salutary adrnonilionsof aA salary of 2,000 dollars ajyeair .""would hive 'proofOfe (he g'.od eatise : and 'some if tbest priees, or lor gratuitous dmlnliiition 1 lie l iualions and subscriptions to it have been )aPceV"lH'il.M . 'every'Frene(iiniin hanij his libera!; and active measures have been ad.iU- Lead ; they are humbled, and Uiev arc ennied. ' 1.... . - . . : . . 1 lieimcmrses are not loud, but tney are p 7'h-y have heeitheaten by foreigner they have been plundered by" foreigners! j and their ting is the cause of d i. The coOsequcnc s nrt, 1 hai thijjtcople "are sullen,. and the .government in suspicious : the prisons are full, unci execuiiona ' freijiicnt ; tonspiracics are continually detect- v edi-'aiwl plots are continually renewed. 1). jiendt upon if, the revolution is not yet oven. JJTl' w hen 1 h bt fi e e 1 f ur ns u ga i n woe lo to those who arc nojv uppermosL'' si.y, s;.s Mr J?iiikcrton, the'-. Lutheran, i'al- 'Wfut to' her child, which it wnuid bo worse ''6 irreverence to .treat wit h indecipncv. or oh. f t to with waru.th. thd effect of such asvs- perhaps, for a while, to paralize the Jftiont of the American intellect and genius; rtDder the mind nerveless and dispirited, and re every 1 American production bf-art t1. a5 or imagination, to be regarded as nn attention, in comparison with, the vast jmme productions of British talent: and f's. Kflt (hit uta Af uriiPi l.ii-.t.'An . rerror re goon dispelled by the irra'dia- 4 Vt!i- lj- -" " u oriuirc a. -viiuwieage -OI US r nd Its iuperiority. The child who is regard hisrrich eompaniou as his supe His fr, ntto i. :iu. wBt to trM-him as such, till a f iar mind or body-enables hira to see his " w tha weakoess or imbecilitv of his ara- enabled .Mr. Wilson to-prosecute his researches.! p- rsons .nssured ine, after (be iiieeiio". (but and to indulge his favorite inclination io obtain ing and describing the - various ornitholngical productions of this country ; while, at the same time, the American public' would have been gratified by a complete delineation of all the feathered, inhabitants of the United States; But such seems always to be the fate of geijius. The man who, by liis talents, his labour, and his Tesearch, was contributing to enhance the reputation of his country, was suffered to travel fTor days in the accomplishment of this niagni ficient object, often without a cent to save him from starvation. He is now no more. Perhaps his indigence and his exertions in the undertak ing in which he was. engaged, contributed to terminate the careerof his usefulness, and bring him ta the graveBiit he has feft behind him arnonumcnt, " aere perenahisf thiiirill never thougli iheyhad been" teachers' ijf r the ftann; e- liirion in tliis city for many years, yet they bail rieVerhad hn opporluuify of speaking to ...enrh other, wli: wnat a blessed plan, w l.ieh -is ca pable of bringing" together the long divided parts of the Christian church ! ', " When the chief Catholic Priest entered the room he came straight to me, grasped my hand in the niost cordial manner, and'witli a counte nance beaming w iti joy, said, "J rejuiee that I have an. opportunity of uniting in such a glori ous cause. l arn decidedly of opinion that the Scriptures should be put into the hands of eye rv class 01 men, .and that even the poorest and the meanesr ahdnld have it in their 'power .'to' -flflphu' at r van 'inslnnni PakM.. 1. V .a ? draw divine Head." - instruction from the Fountain This worthy Clergyman accepted the offico of A LMANACS.'liie Northarolina Al- Jt. hianac, calculated by Mr. Brooks," for 1817, is Tunt nriiSted at. ibis otlice, and ill be t'urnisb- ecl by the quantity or singl one at the usual prices. uct. 4. . - QTUAYLD, from !he U IO cigh,i TWO COWS, c Union Tavern, Ral- mie red andhite, mark not recpllectett ;' "but I bciieve it tor be crop aon hole irr 'one ear :-she had on a smal; -bell The other, -is a black aiul white, pied Cow, rnarkf'd with a swallo- fork in one ear, and jialf crop in ibe other. I wilt five f.ve dollars jfbr tlie 'delivery of said f'nws to me in Kal- eighr or three aoilara to have tbem secured in some en cjosurCi sojhat l j-et them. Rafei-rh, Oct. 11. ROBERT PAKSLKV. , FRESh: CLOVER SEED, ..Warranted to he good, for sale at I h Book-Store of ; i 1 f-t: ,-, .' - -"-V ( - . ' 'i 1
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