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FRIDAY, DECEMBER Ci :t8t6. Vol 19. JVbr 1079r RALEIGH, (N. C.i : ' Sprinted, wkekiy.t a, luqas..; ' vtnuf'--.nhteription t Three dollars per ytac, lf after rtobeW'd in.adrincfiJ?-OLpper to be aimied Ion. 7 .. . , ' --'c--' rat.ment of trade. The prodaeeof theeonsnl idatetj fund for threiMnontbs, ending on the 10th October, was 10,4.0,00 'leaving tt rplus, ft-r dtfriivine the charge of Ll.0ie,000. hrhere wa a diminution in the customs of L319- th the same penou lasi year, Xi'kvxh three months alter a year's safcacnnt be- nnr, -Lmi.reA with 'mi,! '' .! K. ',..t f . the-' items! the deficiencies of - ifcti-rtilnotexceeaing;4.viea,areinsefteaunce -F faroii&doUar, and lor twenty-five cents earAsubse- aome were mae Suu uj ic u. aiient insertion; and in UKe rrWmortion where there The excise fell short LllO,000, and the stamps ;,'isa pouter nyimbci? of es than fourteen. ,'X$K0,0Q0 ; hut these were about compensated i its fidchr and its self-devotion, has set an ex ample of neroism and greatness. , Deeply 'peii etrated by these circumstances, whieh are en graved in per m.emery and on our heart, even during the war we extended to it all our pater nal care, iq order to afford all possible support to its inhabitants struck down to the earth These cares Wie the subject of repealed instructions, li which wf transmitted to the Governor General.1 of Moscow,' - pAV-nent of at le.t SI 50 in Mlvnurt. Foreign. .v . FROM -A LIVERPOOL' PAl'Btt The late ISuti'e.TUf Algerme it would see iii, have Ueeri j.!st undervalued aa to thei' skill iu gunnery ': lb.: late action ...against them ar readers 4Ti lie surprised to hear, was tlu 'bloodiest whilh has Wen fought of late yea' I -.0 r !-tTririian to tie uusiW AbipIuvtHU' , nelion of the 1st iif June. 1704.' there "were iii sail of the line including the Auda- rioin) iii actio?j, with ' abtnit 17,000 rtieu i of thee 231 were killedfeud 797 wwunded. IV ul. tors. ".. ' V ' ' - In luril Bridport'a action, 23d of June, 1795, there were 14 'sail, With-about 10,000 men; iif uhoirt oaly 31 were killed, and 113 wounded. ' j't.il. iii- ' I . jn the action off Cape St. Vineent, there were 15 suJ of the linj?. with about io,000 men ; of "whom there were killed 73, ami. wounded 227. Total 300. in Lord Dunenu's action, tub Oct. 1797, iliere were 16 sail of the line,' (including two Preicott, and from 'the Bt. Lawrenee to 8f,.. John's,' The legislature ought to lay aside the invidiou wraDglings which for so many years has been fraught with incalculable mischief to' ' the eolony. Fortunately the nation is at peace, and requires no sacrifices from her colonies it is therefore the duty of this province in partic ular, to avail itself of .the golden opportunity o determine the magnitude of. its future pros perity,! Let us point out the superiority of our . situation over our neighbors, for inland navi gation. The American canal, counting its di rections, will extend to a length exceeding 800 ' British, miles, And the cost of its completion has been estimated variously from 6 to 10 'million u..t r . i. . . i , , . 'r ' I.;. r.in nnn in theineMents. and Liao.000 on1 " After tne war vras eudedtf after we had co- fl fthii.m..nt of theloperated hi the equilibrium of the eeneral quarter from that of last year was L774,000 ; Slates or Kurop, uud remained only so long at but. there were 336,000 more war duties last St. Pettbarsh as was absolutely unavoidable, vtf . a the ral Aswiv of the consolidated we resolved to stratify the wishes of Vur heart. revenue is not 990,000. The'charge is L379,-an,, visit ?3"P'tl honorable for its exploits j but some are ef opinion tlat SO rn j ii on w , 00 less this year '.-arising from a reduction of j a fr i pMtiquity, heeoaW personally a4ottJe aderuatr. Tfteioinioiaa wia oA'nk' diviJends. " ! qaintf.IH tt sanation and it wants, and teprt equrOTf in tKU qunrit-r. jf here tb (tori e t w.eyes orsine worta to aetuowlijde its auvaiuageu o Btwett on our sfae; . Te 'peifa' " r.?, i. 82 1,000. Tiio-4ighteinii;5of theiD,f "ru,e services, wnien, nauesveu oy we taviguoii irom Aiooireai to Prescott . for bar- fiWers, call forth ail our love and eratitude,ja distance of forty miles by canals and it is as well as that of the Country. In orderto pretty well understood, that to open these, the transmit to posterity the recollection of its ex-;, willnof exeeed one million of dollars, ploits, we order the present Manifesto, in pub-;Sn"e may consider this a large sunt, and such lie token of our eratitude, to be dcnosited in!a9 Co"'d not be raised inlhess nrovinpp the archives of the Senate of Moscow. (think very differently. If the two provinces oigneu; ' AUCiAAIXUKK vMoscow, Ang. 30, 1816." I'he Vir taxes Jiave n the same n-iarter fat- irMUfdxT ahd tKe :oat'aMinenl-o7ft'--7e'rlt' iBoome taV to February, accoflnt for this defal cation. I.OKDON, SEPT. 3C. . : J pastindiks. . . Evfrart of.aletter from Cawnpore.-ye havevtited a favourite residence of the'prestrit Vizier?,' caUed .Vloobarriek Miinzul, a small lioose mi the bank of the Goomty, the lowest down the Vizier has, except' a white marble building now erected jit below it the pT-i in Leghorn, Sept. 29.-The brig St. Sebastian ''wanted to complete the work.- It is has nrrived here frj.m Algiers. The-.'iii.aster,.;till-thiiik as we said before, if the were to pass laws incorporating he proprietors, the necessary sum would be subscribed in a few days, and the uioney paid as fast as it would be true , ... yr o execution ens 'a p!is'?,.i. withiiuout 8.000 men: of n hmiriaWi 10t wer : killed, and 360 wounded. 'Total, ?5t. all the year round, in succession, except the hotj lathe battle of tin Nile, 1st ol Alii. l79s,iwiS' (e winter ot vegetal ion in muia; inicr there 'were 14 sail ot (he line ensj.tg hontS.000 io"n : of whom 218 were . . i ' ollari-Antnio. of Poftu.Fmn. rflnii's 'iiikt at'Oi sucii a work were vestpif inik Dno.n,... Modbarnek M.ziil is e egant y lurn.snea, ., . . . n ... A1 . h never wnH hnil vT-l ' . " " i nclpal room has aooking-g.asvceUi.ig,; fat ,.? V" " Vfjaw.y, and ,he toveriininr hnc nt J!I- ? ,t i a painty ..f a wn. e t,g,r . ne .g:faeiBR al, tra,es ;of llie ,lombardment on the ed the La Chine canal BetwithstknWih: are ill Hie OIil lasnmnen aiyie, orauge . u Aa . :...u nr.nr ii,. 'r.-. 3 .r I lime tree,, flowering shn,! and flowers, ,;-t "'"7 -"'7 ! v V' " . '"w . 1,1 D7 oim twtti ui o Miiiri nine ino euccia ui ine lAie rw,,"im,,,l uic nui ptrse ui ODenilli? lie iom. (i7Z w.iiil;tu. KHm, S9J. Io Lord Nelson's attack on Copenhagen, 2;l 'Aprj t-)l, there were 11 sail of the line and 5 liT frigate euga'ged; witli'about 7.000 men ; of whmn 234 were killed, and 611 woun'ded. Total. 87.. " r7-- ' " '':- ' -. In tb.; bail I " off Trafalgar. 2lst Qet. 1803, there were' 27 sail of the line engaged, with a finnt 18,ooo men ; f whom 12 were killed, ad 1,112 wounded. Total, 1,34" In the attack on Algiers, there appears in have been 5 sail of tfie line and 9, frigates eii- ' d, ibo crews of which may be computeii at about 5,000 men ; of whom ia8 were killed, and 690 wounded, Total, 818. If the Uutch fntrates were adild. thev mav bo taken alio or 1,500, of whom 13 were killed, and 32 wounded : so that the total would be of 6,30.) men : killed, iod 722 W0ndid. ToUlJUU. "'-tJttr':rwrtPTirWiif'je 'Chat the proportion, therefore of the killed and wounded in this ac tion, exeeeds the proportion in any of our for mer 'victories. The accounts which we have quoted of the former losses, we presume to be eorrei-t. as we have taken theiri from apoblica tio i inadd in 180"6,' by, we believe, the Patri mxt; Fund, called ' " The British Flag Trium-pbaiit." C'tngreve R-f7cets.-The. following descrip tiuit will coovey to our readers as much as is k.i)o.tn, ev&t to the persons h are employed 'a make use of this wonderous and destructive insfrumen'p'n service The rokct is a cylinder of hammered iron differing nothing in shape or proportion from the paper rocket used in inno eenf fireworks, it in also furnished with a stick a these are, and fired in the same way. Thv difference, and the secrrt, whatever it may be w in the composition;' whicli, though in appear- auee like an ordinary n-nowrtfr nasi p. i nf i.nrm a consistence, as Jo equal in 'lardnt-ss the iron wi,ie?i siirroiirwlg it. The diameter of the largest rcket hitherto used in a bombardment. as 8 inehes of the smallest in field serv ice, something less than 3 ; in all cases the length d the cylinder is 8 tiineaTts diameter. The mghtsjd' rockets, too, vary between four thou sand and two thousand five hnndred vards, in I proportion to their sizet-Those intended for a tanibaruWnt are usoallv armed with shells. vuniaining 20 lbs. ol powder, or a strone iron 'ase of combustible matter, whose violence is 'xtinguishable. iFor field service, they are - ...... 7 -. 1 19, in int. itrjf ii iiic ...v .line iiiuiini, Tkllltll IIIUJ uc ta-leto discharge, at any"7reiol of its flight. u 10 uo musket balls. Three field rock 's mav la emilv rP:nj : r ..... i aud they need no other Hnnnrntus fur firs em, than snh tl miv ka mil (In fpnm til kets and a hnliieri cfif.ittl nt uah- .r t - " nut --on un ,a 'i present a mnrp fm-t;ufr cfonr tt 'ket of hiore than 300 lbs. has yet been Vsed, en in bomhardment ; but some time a?o, Sir r ...a,.f iHC luvenmr,. proposed i lie use oi iKets, exceeding a ton in weight these Were 'trry eacn several barrels of gun powder, in massive case of steel ; wherever they struck, e impetus 4of their nrodio-iniis weight tvnulil 'fee them indifferently through earth and ma- iimuuj into tbe very centre ot enemy's fortifications, a mine, whose ex ion would leave but little trace of the ccr- tuwer. or oasuon. in vh .h I -l e have -heard that everfll tin rwtraila this enormous scale, were taken on board Kxmouth's fleet, and used during hi. !; lack upon AlsieVs. Lori.Tdattr. ' iisaLf!il with a..lnersed with statues and vas.es. k'ere killed, aiid J " On th" opposite side the Goomty, we had a mock elephant tight, between two lemau-s train ed for the purpose. An Othcer having expressed a desire to see an elephant and .crocodile fight, which had been previously talk"! of by the Vizier and hia eonr tiers, his Exet'lleney had the goodness to send to the river Gograt, and ordered several to be caught and brought, mn hackeries to the Goomty. We walked from vioorbarriek Muazuf over a new bridge of boats with wooden rowers, battle-rneufSj- a.id inbrazure for cannon upon it, to the opposite side, and there-was an immense al ligator and middle sized crocmlile alive, with several of. the latter Ivingdead. The elephants were brought up .. to thj crocodile, and , one of them trad npon ltVwith his. toot, so as .almost to f'rrfsb it y bui althongh the crocodile vkcr'e'amed 14-1 1 with. pain,' it recovered. -. The elephants could which a more hideous monster caiihot bc lnima gined, with a prodigious long head and sharp teeth :. the elephants ' approached near to it, carefully rolled up the proboscis into the smal lest possible circumference, and whenever oue came near the alligator, made a snap at the pro- )oseis, or one of the leg of '"the elephant, the jaws meeting wmiont seizing any pari oi ine animal, gave a smart sound, tat migiit have been heafd at some distance. A country dog wa9 then brought nod tied near the alligator, who got it completely in his mouth, the dog at trmes eseapinc; out, attacking and biting the monster's nose, or substance at the extremity o'f uiejaw, making i. meeu ieiy, nt ni mie Englislspuinlron . was -jtill in sight, and the t.me the dog's hind foot wasm its mouth.. Am ,,e repie), to ,lim W(h cries i-apprabTinn. gave it M severe acrush betweep itr long; and; rh foowe be JJe kis(Je(1 ,-,,.,, 8itice formidab e teeth, the dog appeared.dead-wa-i the (,Pparlure of th' s,.u&(on ,i, hs !,, t waa titan t r wt mn nr hlnkufttnaa nnnn t liu a 1 1 1 1 . ... "'V r """"""" appeared in nnvindress and armed, lie uite. d to Pier, in th attack will tic no longer percepiible. The Dey had not yet done culling off heads of those whom he suspeeted of betrayinsr him. i" his vengeance had already reached a great number of victims, and tiiefee executions appeared agrt'enble to the people. The Dey employed the soldiers in working on the fortilicatious. lie has promised the iuhabitantitthai he will make the soldiers rebuild their houses. - The oflicers who signalized themselves in the battle eojoy, his entire confidence. Jlefore. the departaf j uf the Kngl&u'ileet he addressed a proclamatiod to his army, which has been pub lished in the Mnsquez, Surrounded b) the offi cers of his army, and placed on the iasl ion which was most damaged, Uie Dey said to the people "We are not conquered. The enem) have attacked us with Arms with which we ure not acquainted, ami which are properly t heir owu. X hey have sedueed cowanw by. tlieir prrimises and their gold. Hnt what African would have richea whie)i are w the f-nin i I'.5 fvsrkxK r He sign 'Peace.' but we sign, it with glory ; and if the enemy e -lelirate this day as having con quered us, we khall in our turn celebrate it as one of those in which we have done, most Tnjory to the enemy. Soldiers, aud on, nations of heroes, tever! i . .. .. . ... . . i lorgei your lairiers. l hey ireTtue wr.I live for ever, and will be honored among people of other shores. These people ctase to exist in dying, and have only a fleeting power.- ludy fi'ig, yours isextinguishvd, but it rapidly revives, liecompenees s'ial be given, not to couiagi for that is your l ative virtue ; hut to thjise who have suffered most by 'the bombardmcii't" ' The eJ)ey delivered this harrungtie while the for the purpose ol opening the com munication. The twostatioifs of New-York and Montreal are become proverbial tor tlrir advantages, and the superiority of Montreal is generally admitted. We h a v demonstrated that with a tenth part of the expense and an equai pro portion of what it would eost in the United States of America, we can secure the trade of all the countries within 190 miles distance on the south sides of lakes Erie and Ontario, and thereby maintain a decided ascendancy over ' our great rival, New-York' Bot it seems ev ery tiling at present is at variance with our best interests. We are id want of many of the productions of our neighbors and these are prohibited by the return into force of the odious ordinance of .1789.. Wherj the merchant has i Qliectcd a sum of money to pay hia debts he cunuot reniit it v itllpiii bceomiaia' amiuggler All these rcstrictiQns;UU recoil oij oBr headsj as similar oifes did on the United Wmifi from i S07 u is. .lreo- artwW, ih wrain. our, meal, and salted provisions, ought to be 3 moo r and dog, and the latter liberated from the .,e rqmirs wf ,he f(irt,flcatioll4 aud encourage. lh,of the monster : when to our very e;reat. j,e Wyrj.metK . . nrnrise and nler.sure. un rose the don- oik! ran olti-tbis ocenred, with two country dogs and1 both got off safe. It was not a very gratifying spectacle, hut certainly a very curious one. FROM THE MONTREAL HKRALD. NOV. 3. i . The Amcfieaa engineers appoiii'i d by the afnlf nf Vl.u -V.irL- fix I ii'.' lli. lnv.. tf tlxi urn- Hie crocodile and alligator were no doubt great- jec(C(, sratHtv,lu;alj hI1(l , give7estin.a.. s of the ly enfeebled by haymg been "brought from so eBets . u est'in their. reapeetive divis great a distancejightly bound with cords upon ; , reJorl vtrv fav(iurai)iv of the hackeries, and out of their own element besides .UIldertaki . , lt expense of com- which they were .not released from the emds, H- lhi!f m(lg,liic,hl inan;j Uvigation will when attacked with elephants and dog. Mnc- LM -hnrt ;f ,,. t , .?.,:,.,. barrick Munzul is crowded ih cutiosi ies, f.ne a,,d thftt e in).jediments are ftnver than in anv other tract of equal exirnt in North America", furniutre, and most beautiful lustre wall giran- loles. London, Oct. 26. It is said that the son of' Mungo Parke, the traveller, who resides. in the neighborhood of Edinburgh, a fine youth of about 14 years of age.is preparing (a second Telemacus J) to go abroad in search of his father, whom he still believes to be.nliie. ....... On the 3Cth of August his Majesty Vhe Kmpe where excttvaliou und a queducts arg, necess'ik-ry. This splendid euterprize will render New Yofk (he Loudon or Canton of all North America, unless the Provincial Legislature of Lower and Upfie.r Canada, aided by the British goverii irieul, take an active part in 'counteracting it. Not only will O.U. be deprived of ..'carrying from Quebec the produce of the greater part of the stale of New-York, much of Pejins l.vania ahd Oilier portions of territorv on .1 he-south aitowca iree entrance into ihn pmniiM rrn. the United States, at the established ports of entry. ; .. . RUSSIAN STATISTICKS. In the last Memoirs of the Academv of Pe tersburg, there apppearsan analysis of a statis tical work, in which are the following state ments : The revenues of the Russian states a amounte!Jin 1811 to 215,000.000 rubles and the expences to 274,000,000. The land forces in 1810 were 621,155 men ; the marine in 1813 was 2811 sail, with 4346 pieces of cannon. The dominant Greek church includes 4 metropolitan chitrches, 1 1 archbts hopriefcsF,!9 bTshoprieks; 2t..747 churches, anil a great number of con vmt. Tolwancebaing general, there were in 1811, 3,500,000 CathoJicks, 1400,000 Luther ans, 3.800 Reformed, 9000 Ilernhutters, 60,000 Armenians, 3,000,000 Mahometans, 300,000 followers of the lialia-Larua, and 60,000 ador ers of fetishes. There are in rPetersburg ii printing oflices, 13 fdreign book-shops, and 30 Itussiau. In 815 the mamtfeetories of the Rut-, sian empire amounted to 3,263, Jiussian '7rw. Acirordii.g to very late advi ces the kussiiin army amounts to l,100,000men 800,000 uniforins."wcre lately ordered front Jingtaiid ; and, from Alexander's increased am. bitiun, &c. aoine active employ inejitfor the sol diers was jxpected by or before next spring. We have this fi'oiii a "very" respectable source. A. 1: Colliembian. i. ... " ; O II JS A LK 4000 Acres of Larrd, ii JSj ingham and Caswell Counties, Nortl in KoeK- North-Caror lina, situated on Dm Itivc-r. and bounded on the i.ortli by the Virgin. ;i I.i.ie. The property will be shown by IVter I ri i v, residinir on the premises near Cascade .Mr Creek, Ro. kjnglii.inj Ccjuniy.-.aud pjoptsU wilt be re- ccivcil by the proprietor wlo will be there from the 15tli to tin- 2; tb liuxmber nex't. .69 t. I). 15. ror of, Russia, issued the ; following maiiifcslo'at land west of the great lakes, huratso that of her Moscow: ' . , ' (own rich and fertile colony of Upper Canada. " We, Alexander, by God's grace, Kmperor;But tlnloss of the caTryioglTade'Mould not be and Autocrat Of all the, Ivussias, &c At the the inly misfortuiio to Canada Und the mother ever memorable epoch of the year 1812, when country. This proyiu'ee would be hroughi hack the country was delivered from the invasion bfTloThe'stafe it'w.i;!li-the close of the American .'. i". e 'i ... - ..'J 1 .- . i . i.':"' . . '. '. a numerous anu poweriui enemy, ourtuoiignis i.war in t8i , us present uioreaiiuie graiuess were preferably directed to the old capital' of Russia, and we resolved to repair to the midst of it, and express the feelings with which its inhabitants. had inspired us. To their love for us and their country no sacrifice was too great. What they had met and suffered had penetra ted our heart with deep affliction. . The ...Al mightyV howjever, who presides over the des tines of nations, had determined that through their sufferings Russia and Europe should be saved. The flames of. Moseo weie the day -dawn of the deliverance of States From the profanation of .Jtsely templeajiaioii; arose i victorious. T he genius of destruction., which Sooif. firt - lit i tia rouitor .:il k. 1 i v w m a a aar a -r 1 jw.,-- a a, hm i. w . -mm a fti ii n t.- m lcl satisfaction in remarking, from official 'lasnrAii tl,.t il... ........... - - J mJUt.i.usv istu ui nu nc lilSl . VIMnrinm. I ha nsmin li , u ? ?0 materially impaired asundermined the Kremlin-was overwhelmed in LvU nave been Annrehendprl from Ihn emhfir.'.'t. -'-.. ...i'".i. a-l-.-... i '.- - -- " . ! najjiiicuia ami iiiub iau9co.w, oy ii uccu J, "w ould .be reduced to-ruin by ant overwhelming competition, lt Lower Canada were .deprived of intei course niih the United States and Up per Caouda, what would be the worth of it to ibe parent slate , We may behold it is a tine military position to overawe the 'Americans that w can hold Quebec in sjite of them. This we are not disposed to deny but we deny that itis good policy to occupy polonies, when theyiare rendered like so many mill-stones fas tened to the neck of the State. We will, how ever, endeavour to prove that the Canadas can be made worth keeping, by uieaM of a well-directed foresight and'ivigorons exertion. . These oogbt evidently to be directed,.to,tlie.o pening of roads and canals, between Jhts and H 1HE SUBSCRIBFR, informs the public X; "that he has removed to Dr.- Randolph . t"Wnii.dicine store, iri the Star iiniklings, where-he b:eHocts M the -whole of. Dr. Webb's medicines, and will continue the practice of pin wfc as lisual. - :.. . ' JEK. BATTLE. ltalcighj yQfv. 18. 1816. " ; . ' 7J St.; , K W STORK H ETs RY H: CANNON, has just receive!, from New-York and I'hiJanVlphui, a larcre and utner.il ahsorimtnl ot '.DRY" i.OODS, ' Hardware, groceries and. crockery, which be. H ill sell low' for -cash, oicn.a short credii. lfi store is- "w oil the west side of FajcticV lie street, next door beta W -Mfi S,Bon(i' store. . ,l Noy22, 1816. , "; 7",. . 77 St. ' " p pAc H-M AKl BUSlNE&sT--.rno. T. C. lViatt Kert-by ii'iuims the. public that' he hajns t recent cf, tit in be ntJh, a peniri fcl assort- V inent ot the mot Icgact. nisit r ials m his lire. A 11 kind , ot carnapes . from" a. first rate coat It, to the mostcr.fn. . nion chairs; '""made and repaired wjth neatness ad dt s patch.. -.. .." --.:- . .-"....wu- . - .. - Raleiyh, Nov 27. - " 78-8t FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
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