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FoZ. 19. Friday, jitxe 2j, 1817. . ' .,- - .7 - ' " i RALEIGH, (N. C.) PRINTED. WEEKLY. BV A. LtJCAS T;r?i c tubacription: ".Three dollars per year, one half to be paid in advance, jnq paper to pe connnuea ion ger taan mree montns alter a years auoacripuon dc 1 i . 1 - - .1 ' l.ii Accrues due, and notice thereof shall hae been given. I118 fifteenth century, a Friar, of the name of dvertisementt not exceeding 14 lines, are inserted LSavanarola. What could have put it into the .1 ,11 f ' . . L 1 I I . , TT. a. ... . . a i.urice mr one uoiiar ; ior iwemy-nve tei nu uu. -scqaent insertion : aind in like proportion where there Is a greater number of lines than fourteen. -The cash miit accompany t!Toe from persons unknown to the vvlitor. . " . - X(i su.yscipt.im can in any case be received,' without , .ivxent of at k'.v.f ,31, 50 k) advance ; and no dis--:'.tin.u:.i.'.NS Without payment of arrears, unless at the . ;U;""'i o: tne ot-ittv. , . POLITICAL. FllOM THE ALEXANDRIA. GAZETTE. """.., Hio facility and cnlmnesg with whlcb re tMiati in Bfaiil Fias been effected, and the txempl&fy moderation that has succeeded it, ar,e satisfactory proofs that the important sci ence of ameliorating the condition of nations is 11 hepoming familiar to mankind ; so that those apprehensions of the ungovernable violence ge nerally attendant upon revoltitionss, which so often deterred wise and virtuous men from ex erting themselves in the great cause of liberty. vUl soon censo to l;a an obstacle to reforms in S-.vemn.ent ; and the men whrnn God has been the aSmirin ,,?. TV fJ s-rai-iouslv oleascd to ndow with talent, and ?! d"ir,n- FP ,IaC.e' wh. ,ired thaL h ;eiii licence to break th spell of despotism, 'nil not have cause much longtr to be withheld l.v' scruples about the consequences. If we l.j;k 'aek even to (lie later and more enltghten il eras of the history of the world, and cousi .r the impenetrable, nature of the mounds be hind vvliich despotism has always entrenched it Hf, we shall have more reason to be astonis't- d uttlm boldoess and magnitude of what has This train pf thinking has led me to the re collection of an histdrieal fact which, as it may perhaps atone for the dulness of the above. win relate. There lived in Florence! in (ha Utter end n the fifteenth century, a Friar, of the name o Savanarnlft. W(it tnnA hvn nut if infn Chi -G " " " mmimw wvwaa mm 9m w w aw w w mw wkv head of a Dominican at that time of the day to oe a democrat, liod onlv knows i but ao the . , j r fa P. t was and fhia vnrv Ilnm.niian ran rip rail himself quite popular by preaching resistance to iu rone anu 10 me arisiocracv oi f lorenee. A - I . 1 I ... . . . A8 lie was DOlfl. nimieihlA and olnnuant nl am people then as well as now, were easily taught to understand tneir rights, be succeeded to a miracle not only in awakening them to a sense of their privileges and of the value of freedom but, with an integrity that did him honor, uii jroici,o netuuui. uieet in raoqern aep.a m it . . . w ijioeny anaxticentiousness. The same sagacity which opened to his view the rights of his feljowicreaturcs, obscured though they, were bv a barbarous foi? of deann. tism and superstition, enabled him, by a clear esuaiaie oi uie state ot Italy, to loretel an in vasion of that country. The verification of hi prediction, with some other disnlav& nf the 9ame sagacity, procured for him the reputation of a prophet : he was worshipped as a saint by received communications from heaven. : Had Cromwell, Chatham, or Burke, lived in those ages, they would probably, on the same grounds, have been apotheotised by the multitude, like Savauarola -and like him, perhaps, at last.be burned alive for their capacity, by' the repre sentative of St. Pettr. There was one weakness, to which our friar untortuuateiv assuming. . Np trace about him of the con v miral,' and which has been confiscated: and eon sciousaess that he was a great monarch. He demned en the charge Of piraer, lie farther talked to mer like an old acquaintance with! states,. that the navv of the cbonT h.;. - . - . w .. ... J r vaiuwuii u equal ; and, what was very rare . with him, chatted with me, exclusively, an entire iiwui- auu uau, to tne irreat sarnnse of all tire. sent. At length, about midnight, I began to v vuuvciuciito irom sianuing so long, and took the liberty of reauestine his maiestv's permission to withdraw. Met, done, said nc, in a very inendly tone, bon soir: .;. The more remarkablcraits of or inter. view were these : f lie. nrevions nlav hav. jng drawn pur conversation upon Julius Cse- sar, rxapoieDn observed, that he was one of the greatest characters in universal history : ,gi,inTOi,' uaaeu ue, , wouia nave oeen Without- Jtceptiou. - tlie ueafcat. hut fiarnn. blundar.' I 2 " r ui cti ecdote he alluded, when1 he seemed to read the question in my eye, and continued : " ' Cjesar knew tie men who wanted to get rid of him. consits of one frigate, two brigs, and a sloop of 'rr.7 r ucu iiupruaeniiosendont. Tbey look magnificent while riding in port and possess a character truly grand and impos' ing. This property is too valuable to trast to the sea, for there it would stand a chance of ' beioz captared. We shnnld rpnmm-j l. sable excellency to have his navy insured, and "7,w uou iU ce oi a total or or a partial loss, come upon the underwriters for damages. WIDOWOF MARSHAL HET. Paris April 17. The following autograph letter from the emneror of Anitri. t. 5. ... I - u me 1 c- Uctol marshal Nejf it. banded about invito ciVct ,:iii--i.-"ii 5.-.i.fc.t'jp.i:'-i.-L .... . . . "r irom me era ciousness of its ton towards'that lady, from the opinion it convey upon the conduct of tba ill fated marshal, and from the terms in which ( it designates Napoleon. As to its authencity, - uuiutug in say, mat cau eutier connrm or It NapUeon could have read a that nassed n ,:"Bi ea..mu" n, mi iiiucr uiuiu, nc would nave nfirrpivM me saying Such a blunder will never be laid to your charge. " From Caesar'" our conversation tnrnpJ tJ the llomans he praised warmly their milita ry anu mejr poincal system. The Greeks, on the contrary, seemed to stand low in his opinion. ine eternal scuffle between" their ittle republics was not formed f!ie said.Vtn p. volve- any thing great. But the Ronlans were always intent on errand imrnnses. Ami flnn: created the mighty Colossus which bestrode tne world. 1 nicaded or thn arts and i'AiV. -iMadamt la Princess del n Mnahninn - ww V cu w " It our letter'' of. tlie 18th January has been delivered into our hands. Vnn -- v.uiviv IUCICIU eciea in i.ivor oi liberty, than to resrrei il. .4 . . . I- i i ft a. .mat more nas not u.-cn (lone ; ami to won er at. i,a aa.to,i ,i. . . i . ; 7- . ' , ... . , . ' ue assinnteu the -reputation uecouted to him bv viile WeveneratO the wisdom and virtue ii .. .... 1 .... . " . tbuse patriots who1 have gont before nnd vho by the vigor cf tlifir souls made a riacii uable breach in the 'urtre.s of trranny, ihro' which their sueeessors have gradually "entered, and with less danger and -violence sapped' the foqndations of the structure, rewkring at length the superstitious multitude, and asreed to ex ; change his real character -f a man of Brst-rate agac:ty and hrighttuss, for that of a very infe rior divinity, and -publicly avowed that his in forri'.ati'in was of divine origin. The !d lady v.irh the keys, whoso- larf wa5 ail'tlfis time bursting 'with vengeance at the complete accomplishment of its destruct on 7 f ? vengeance at a work t comparilive case and safety, it wa. t f'nr to a;dbvk:Ratnni;l(...l.i,;iI!nK.. L c.a.u.l ake adva.ntn this, circumstance, acetiscd Savanarida nf a blaspao'noifs assumption of' tO Ivl' ting Jt Me- rris in all countries fsavs heT a common aniuce wnn oppressors, to emn ovo:i every occasion th'c malignant passions of the. people agaum ineiuelyes' FOREIGN. said by a gfeat political philosopher, in speak .r.,. I, I PI .. .:. ..1 .1 . ., I... "3"" ...v .. . v. mvuis IUIU) limi viUSTl .,-. ,:', ... ' . , l.l , cy and prudence be mild, and princes for their i 1 i r ., ... ... . . ' " 1 . 1 own interest, unite in Up general amelioration 'IITh ' ram.nt lh Va!!ca" 1 "r; of their snecies. and they were enjoined, , under tho. pahs and otic men, disposed to liberate fuir m J eiti. ,sh,D? ft ,nan w" r lthout a"3" authority from , .Jn.ftnmii, m- ,, . ot coumvance on the part nl in h mfss had zens from ihtyoke of despot ism, persona y in-1 . nau .' M1i i- ,i, 1 '. ' J dared (o pretend to supernatcral information- eurred as the consequences of their own sue- ,., . ... . . A 'rmanon , oeJg,wasnofle8s-ideedI thiBkit greater- r u , f" r , . fl"Il abandoned than that to which they.were exposed5 in cae 'he man hey had but jus been deify g, and of defeat-On a certainVccasion Mr. Fox de- de,7r'm er to In, tyran , and their oivn dared, in the house of commons or EwW of that in case of a revolution, he had good reason '." Pt tolled man to the torfure, to think that he would be the my first sacri-;"'1 th rder;d h.ai . bjW and horned, fice. On every sidethereforMheintrepidpro-1':11 ih9Mtt.Sr1 centime. s,ve op moter of reformation in government was beset ' .''T, l mi h"e oftlt,,u V with danger. God forbid that the (olman.V- ' haJ, "rcd them the m9,t important "rmlutio Was sr restless and unprincipled people could iarrass V ? ,i fWf11.'- bl 'vh.ch were taken the world with' unnecessary experiment. It iS W4he" ttb'B paf"aDl Jva e" hoWever a subject of joy and triumph to man-i T V sm"kl i ... . I i tinliiKlieil writer u linm 1 nil vorv f ,r.,l Kiau, that sovereiitns and neon e are anoroaeh,!. " T '-'J ing every day nearer to each other, that they begin to understand one another, and what is . much more difiieulk to understand themplvp -and that in all likelihood a very few years will bring things in lliat pass, that nothing manifestly calculated for-the good of the whole will ma.l iiTtf l -.- - i . . i . . ji .... ...v.. any nuieiu oDsirucuon irom either party. The reasonableness of this hope ; is evinced in the conduct of some of the Euro pean princes at this dav i in iht nf A I for iostanee,of the, king of Prussia, and (I fear iu niiznru uie assertion) ottho wise and uigiiBniijouis tne tstb As to Austria he is i dubious character nothing by principle, any thingCy circjimstance and w'averingjn his weak nature, as the wind of expediency may idovv, w ill be, just as circumstances shall arise, an Alexander or a Ferdinand. I here cannot be imagined a more interest Jug contrast than would be presented in a well drawn paii of pictures of the state of mankind "ins uay, and at that gloomy era when sub mission to the mast abject despotism over 'Hind, and tho most galling tyrauny over per- . .nil. property were made articles ot imph- itjeirgioii' l'aih, and wheii the chains of eve-jiasemnddep-ttdinserThnde-wc once by Monkiah superstition and by a mig ode of h nor wlien the knight, who 5ii i! l td forth seeking to' redress" injuries and rifi;i:t wrongs, i:-d the pretended keepers of the .('oysof Heaven at Rome, concerned, .one i:i 'rajnnning with his' lance, and the other in cru3lling with hi erozier, any. one that dared ? litter a syllable .about freedom and indepen- - " T .U UlillK.MIL li.lllltlllltll II 11111111 netosbe the one, once an Amadis, laid in the gutter with c4osedyes by a.London ticket por- or a uuunn ciiMuney-sweeper and tne o - v - - - j ou w - 1 J iii iiiv uiiauuu II.VI Cl wliitri we have never heard anv of thnsr ntliors'tm'e of the Grcchi ; I M'erc liable. At titer from v&mv orfftirn fr-Hud Mr.miA a'au....$ flmr..nnri;'oUi.ttaj a:-: .. ----- ""rT ' 1 -"-J "ill y HI UlbMWIC ra r-. . t.ll I I Am t. n ... anout.' - ncpreterml Ossiaa to Homer. In poetry, he professed ta value onlv the sublime and energetic and pathetic writers, especially the tragic poets ; hut of Ariosto, he -spoke in snm such terms a3 cardinal Hippolito of Este did : not aware, however, I think, that in this ho was giving the-a box on the ear. Fora ny tiling liumroits, ho seemed to have no liking; 'nfld-notwitlistandintr. the .flatlerin? 1 frir-iifjliiif.?' of bin anM.nvMit inutmon l emmaf- T ----- . '.l'-...v-.. IllUltlltl 111, IV L cit cd etiiJ ' tr'!' mc as n cast Irom bronze. l At length, however, he put mc so much at tnv'Vais, that I asked him how TtYame a brMjt that the. public worship, whi he had reformed in France, had not been "'.Tendered ,"; riMiW1, -5tnd wVe ona pi: withihe spirit of tlietnnrs. . Mv dear Wieland, (he iTpiiegj war-snip is not made torphilosnpht-rs: theyr'neither believe in me nor my priesthood. As Tor hose who do believe, you cannot give them. v leave thorn, wonders enow. If I had to make avligion fr pliilosouhers. it should be. just the reverse.' In this tone the.conver- sation went on for some time, and 'iioiiimarte professed so much scepticism, as to question whether Jesus Christ had ever cxu!c J. This (adds Wieland.) is very quotidian scepticism thp desire of fiually settling your abode in the cny oi 1'iorence uur brotber, the grand dokc, would have hastened to meet ypur wishes on this, point, bad he not been desirous of leav ing u ro ourselves to express the satisfaction wo should feel in possesing you, either in our hereditary states, or in the dominion of rt prince of our family The orders of onr cabinet were notintendad to apply to you, madam ; you may therefore consider as final the authority to set tle iu Florence, which you received in April, 1816. . You mav also consider vonrxolf at lib erty to choose any residence that may be agree, able to you, within our dominions, it being' our wish that ycu he treated as one of our dearest uujecis. ve uepiore tho tatality of the cur? cuuiitances which brought on this misfortune of your illustrious husband, and impressed with the recollection of his.having been the victim of his devotion to a prince, allied to us by the ties of blood, and to her. majesty the dutcbess of Parma, our beloved daughter, we make it our duty to concur in offering you every consolation in our power At the same time that we in. vite his imperial highness the grand duke, our hel.Hved brother; to transmit you himself this letter, which we have writteu in our hand, we beg of him to cousider you as possessing our entire friendnbin .'f,V);.Iiej;etipon Madme In pr,!ic- Mo.kowavI Drav God to mFiorv. i Uoly keepiug. . t . FRANCIS... ' "I Written at the palace of Blankembourgi 20lh Feb. 1817." . The Journal of Ghent, of the 21st, under the head of Ghent, says that Mr. Santini, lately returned from St. Helena; declared at Ghentr that be was going to Italy to deliver letters' from Bonaparte to the empress Maria Loui The establishments of the Bataviaand II el- preserve you in his and i his ft?e-thinking 1 saw n.tiiini tj- ad ,er tte Bataviaand Hel- mirerbufilTp- . , liiuci eu 10 oo uiseontinuea, oy wmcn tne ex- . ciisc aucuuuui Hereon is removeu. vommn B ynaparte ?ent shortly :i(t:rw;ds to "Wi". : niPHtinn. it ; k..n - ,u . . .... .... ,t riiu umc ubEii uauc iu uc land -a brevet ol ad;nissiou into his lotion ofs'averal cnnaula r.idpnt horiv ' Napoleon and 1VieUnd.--n the autumn.of 4 QftQ fifilklU t.t llin npiliAnii i lion a.(eamk(nl si congness of Erfurt, came for a few days to visit! privateer afterwards put into the same port, . i. - i 1 ir . I . I r L...'iL .11 il. 1.....I I I 1 1 "' . . me court oi ?y eiuiiir, anu, amang-inem, lapo- nu an uie imnui uu uuuru m "Sn spirit?, ST. Dr'.lING(). We iiiivc received Iv.el- ligenoe frpui Fetiort." One of mir coicu: inen who lift gone on board n privateer under the flag of Buenos Ayrcsr wmcsrlo Lis concspon dent iu this city,, that after a crui. ' of five months, they had been very suecessl'ul m tliei.r captijres, whiidi were sent into l'oi t-au-lVincV. (v i : .. ij .r...., i .i . - iui tH iiicilll.i iu-.Mi. ...ii if i ui i lie s IHICS, lliai ilia leon. He was accomoanied bv a trouo of French players, who borrowed the theatre, and on the 6th Uetoher "exhibited in it Vo fai' death of Caesar. Wieland went to see this tragedy, in whicli Talnfa was to perform, and sat as usual in a private side-box of the second tier, reserved for the ducal family, to which he had been attached as preceptor. Napoleon ob serv ?d. him. there, and inauired who was tha venerable old man with the black velvet calot- tee: this was the usual costume of Wieland, Iwlio, not liking to wear a wig, and bein; ex in anticipation of the prize money that would fll to their share : this according to tb-eir calcula tion, -could amount to the sum .of nine, bundr.ed litla, m 1. k ' T ' I. . i. J r, n .1 1. . 1 I I II I ujn, s uja.ii. i iicj ciHciuu me pnri lull 01 these, joyous anticipations, changed their appa- rei to inaKe as respectame an appearance as possible, furled up their sails, and were prepar ing peaceably to go on shore. He stales ,fn,r.- ther, that white himseli and his comrades were eniovinsr these eolden dreams, the vessel w boarded nl taken possession of by the i!acks, a aa ja a i . . i " who pandered tnetn or all their wearing appa- dertake the sending home their several 'r.nnn. trymen, in a similar manner'tbat all the Eng !h. consuls abroad do with British seamen. 1 he AniericHu consul has already taken steps for this purpose, but with little success ; and it is not improbable but the others will experi etn't similar difficulties ; "so" that the streets aill he again infested with beggars who bave refused th,-relief offered them of returning to their bo mcs. . in formed: byt I; e p ri ee p r t mate" t h at I his was a ' a . leiand, napoleon sigmned a wish to see him after the play ; and Wieland, accordingly, was ushered ta .the bajl-room, which was to be the next place of rendezvous. In one of Wic. land's letters the following account h eiveri to the interview. .. had not been manv minutes thorn, hn. fore Napoleon came across the room towards us ; the dutchess then presented me to him regular, and he addressed me-aiTably, with some words' of compliment, looking me stea ler, who, by his. hare mandate once made the r"' in t,ie e'f" Fw ,nortals hate appeared royal hero cf f.he ago, Henry the 2d, whip hinrrl0 e so rap'.tiiy to see through a man at a glance nc instantly narceived that, notwith standing my celebrity, I was a plain, -'Was ii 9 ai iinin j rca,i u w ? aim ijci ri rA J J,J " 1 w V uu ntn "mimiipil Ithehead, had adopted a circular cap 'resembling l nej Irom their pockets, and finally coainiilted 'thatof thecathoUc priests. ATter havin-beeu I them.to prison on a charge -'of piracy. Thev i w - y . J tf ..-J- -.ua elr at the tomb of a knavish nrieit. now erin pled in power, beheld without awe and by mosf derided, or if respected by any, respected only like an old family' picture to which a place ig allowed in the lumber garret, only because it baa I passed down as (he resemblance of ,iome great-great-grand-aunt who was thought a vc J gpd sort of ao old woman some two hun dred or two hundred and fifty years ago. suming old man ; and, as beseemed desirous of making for ever a good impression upon me, he at once assumed the form bast adaDted to attain his end. I never saw a man in an- pearance calmer, plainer, milder, or more un- The celebrated German trriferTr werennaiiysnnerea to regaunneir liberty, but were seni on auorc wunuui any means of ob taining their subsistence. Iu their distress they applied to.the American consul, who ad ministered relief from his own private funds. He further adds, that the consul fm.fr dwn !; flag, declaring that he would r:6 longer act as an American agent under so tyrannical a gov ernment, anu mat he siiort.v alterwui-da nn. barked for the United States, to represent the wrongs they had guttered to the American government.- He states that all the prize j whieh they have seat in, tolhiilauiount oT a( least twenty-fire thousand dollars, have been confis cated, and that the privateer itself is already condemned and sold as a vessel that hm hPAn employed in committing acts of piracy, instead of making captures. : He further states that admiraTTaylor Was off the mouth of, the har bor with his snaadron. and had iiwn nntico t president Petion, that.be would. c&ptur every vessel under his colors, until be bad obtampd two million of dollars that being- tlm A mmtnt of tbs prpperty(captured and euriu by ihe ad-, FROM THE LONDON LITERART OAZJiTTJ!. I .... "1 ... 1 1 ....... 'a. ii , xjraviM Biiu leiuius uis reputation ai raris , for his last picture of Leonidas, he has refused -.. j . - i a . . sum equai io vjuui anu uemanas ioo,ouo francs for this admired snecimen nf hin neneil. The 'Dutchess of Devonshire still basher parties at Rome every week. She seems deter mined to rival her father,dhe late Earl of Bris tol, in her patronage of the fine arts. She is a biut to publish, at her own expense, a splendid edition of Annibad Caro's celebrated transla tion of the iEoeid, with illustrations executed by the first Roman artists, together with a translation of Horace's Journev to Brundosium. in the same urdrndid illnatralinni HflrfiriA has also undertaken, with the permission of tho government, an excavation in the Roman Fo rum, which promises the most interesting re- stilts : and further still, it is understood that she intends giving a commission for some one work to every Roman artist who ranks above mediocrity.' One cannot -be surprised, after this, to;hear of an author dedicating Je first volume of his work to St. Peter, and the second to the Dutchess of Devonshire. This has lite rally ccured. " . , VALUABLE SALE. In consequence cX my havioc boueht a place-more eonveni- r, C . r ., . . Y tiSi T . (V IlnT'Cl'Q A VT1A iw my iamiy, i wisn w o&uj m i vwukw Store and Ta- LOT. i9riw TiT-.nv;, Ltampa Wauirh'a Ston ' ... --r r- w ir .- v ..... The lot contain one acre and a halt s Were are vern. .w.i.. . IIC Ul VUIklil.llJ.VIC "viv " ' two dwellinii. l.nii. on the lot. one 25 by 20. framed , the other log-, two siory. 22 by 28, with all suitable out- ' houses and a good well at the door. For farther infor-i muuir(-apjy o u.e luuKnuu. k WVTAIjUIUAII, ' v CharUttovm, Sieke County, JV. C. V. H Alan s ni- nf T. AND. adinininir thi.-lamia nf - Col. Joseph Winston, in tlie neighbourhood of German-, -.-town, containlnt; between 45 and 50 acres. . . ...... t. O W .-
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