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n 'the flies --" lea. tthe Vb. fheV to Pf uti. Slid mi ' hat. - '; ,v ; -" . ; 1 . ; ' " ' ' ' ., : igi 19. F1UMAY, JULY 4, 18l7j : . .Yo. 09. 1 RALEIGH, (N.C.) ..-fun vfFBiri. Ayr k . T. TTn Jl A. ' , . ...k.m-iMian i Three dollars ner vear one halt nr nuwj. . m - . . ..:j, ;n !uivance. No Miner to bexojisjnuea ion j than three month After a year's suMcfipton be4 . .. .n,i nntiro. thprent aitaii nave neen K1VCI1. hmeuuc. -t .u,r,nri;u l;n.c inserted cents each iro rtion where there Chief Justice gave the defendants permission purppse ofprmrviBg or regaining health, and tUtemenlB not exceeding 14 lines, KiS one dollar , for twcntJ-fiVe c of lines than ttmnteen. -The cash butt accf .1 . IV . 1 . ,M llA rajy tnose 'irwui jwruii uuiwh w I; anhTanv ease be received without 3' " 4t of'" Sl 50 in lvnce t ami no dls- l.auanc-A jopayment of arrears. Unless at the sbnofthoJSUar . " - LAW INTELLIG ENCE. fjlirtg'i li-nch, Guildhall, Saturday, .prd 19. SPECIAL JUHlPi -..- - f,u,. ,n v. Buriwr dnd C -The lactd out r ,vhieL tliis aeltau lfm .jjm . jhjfollofrlng ..... f.WtrWL wteTein4 Js-.trttrt M,l'n,,rnmHnt fof a 8UilIly of -lO.OOO Jolds jf',iB,ber to the Navy Board, th value of whieb . .... .11. Lml Rar and. of Liverpool I" 1 iL,n ,n rmr rmck ! ant hutil jlieir iudemnifie:ition the plaintiff executed ...l.m li conditional amiirmncm, uj.wuibh, uu-. 3r cerlair circumstances, they were to lecome 0rinr.iiaU n the contract. It became neccssa iff" should proceed to Kafil . . . I ... ,.r amipinf tlminllllll. Fl.iuila, lor me puriusc m0 ity of limber required ; but befvre his depar ture by .i instrumetit dated 58th .u$usiy tSi 1, u ' J- .mm ,1 . I D...I....I I.. , ..II Ij appointed .viorau aim wjhu tofact for him i H tbrngs ueCessary for the aooinletwnof the engagement, for the receipt -aruiViey from Govi'rmuent, fur the delivery oi iinlier. Stc. f Ad 'at the sauii time be executed "aublher power of ftiioruey, authorizing Moral! ad Borland to employ tue atienuums us bun "ttornic ton the trauHaetioH'of business in Luii- Juu Iu the month ol April, 1813, Morau auu UurUud feileJ, the dfen.lants being iu advauce to them in a sum exeeoJiug 10,0001. partly oo Other accDur.ln.r-Suliiequent to the bankruptcy ,u i' M.;ra!l aud Borland, a ship named the Mas. sacuuseti arrived at Plymouth ladeu with tim ber beloning'to the plaintiff,-and it wa seized uutler the embargo, a's the property of Ameri. Ciiirsibj.'ct. i;he defeudantg, however, put iotfaim to.it, in jivhich they staled that the timber 'was' for the fulfilment of the coutract, and that it was the property of Joseph lbber gon,4he plaintiff, a British subject, then resi- L-Je4aJ.Ljoridji2Ja thw repreetitation a decree of restitution was profioitncca uy tie Court of Admiralty, the timber was delivered to. tiayerntnrntj-wkicu,.-together vith other aums thiy. had-obtained on account of the'sauie transaction, amounted to ,420l. For this sum .!,, idiiintiff hronsrht the present action, for nio uey had and received by the defendants to his use. -Mr. Scarlett, on behalf of the plaialiff, bavin" staled the above facts, contended that bis client was entitled to recover, and pruici pally urged against the defendant's claim to wHhholdthe money now sought, tnat thev had to da to, if ther thought n roper, but he was per feetly jblear as to the opinion ha had give1. V verdiet was then taken for the plaintitt, S401. . .5 CHYMIOAL. , FROM THE TF.LESOOPP. - CATAWBA MINE HAL SiRINGSj Believing that an account of the celebrated Catawba' Springs may be. interestingloaoirie of the inhabitants of this state, I take the liber ty, of pub ishing a chemical analysis of the wa ter of these springs, which 1 have Jately made ; together with a topographical description, de rived from the information of a" gentleman, who has had ample opportunity for observation.- " , ": , - -- The Catawb springs are situated in Lincoln county,;Nonh Carolina, about 23, miles from tVfki which separates Newark district,-iu C)!iina;"frojn' the state of North Caro,- extent if ii rfew "miles iaevery direction; The soil is of adight sandy nature, with au inferior his sureties 'sllum of stiff red clay. Lime stone is not , yaOM'l'HR PHILADELPHIA AURORA. ' Mr. J)Uaite-A jou have published Gen. Varuum's aecsunt of the valuable properties of me pyriajyT,pcure,oi cancer, you win pro bably haw n(g objection to inf rm the public, that pyroU is a generic term, comprjsing sever al different species' of plants, and that the spe- cies which he refers to, is the pyroia umbeilata, known in jre&nsylvaruiC and Delaware by. the name phipatepawa. It must be distinguished frim.the nvrila maculala. or snotted otrola. by the leaves being Uiformly green, and brnadn est qearjne i-'Xiremim; wniie ine leaves or me latter kind se variejftdwilh whitish stripes and are widest near ?'fAt stock, . JyBg RtiMii BiliWMsiou a specimen of ktiowu to abound withiii less than twenty-five or thirty mile9. Within seven miles,- iron ore is loumiin apparently inexhaustible quantities. The spring rises in a valley near Killian's creek, and about three and a half miles from Beatie' Ford over the Catawba river. It was formerly "surrounded by a morass, whicli ren dered it ssWivhnt difficult of access, but latter ly the wash from the neighboring hills.bas form ed a cfmt of twelve or eighteen inches in thick nesi. throfgh . which if a stick or cro vbar be forced, it will descend tu the depth of four or five feet-without.-difficulty, . passing through a bud oFuL'tek mud, whose smell is the same as the washings of a foul "sun. The water is cold and perfeclly transparent, and it operates both as a cathartic ami diuretic, both of which ef fects may be regulated in :i degree by the quan tity taken iutu-.tho stomach. ' lldvi'tj prerninel th'S descrijtiion," I proceed to state, tftat iu April lust, 1 procured a bottle of thawiter immediately fn.in the springs; the requisite rare .and. attention Slaving been ued in tilling nutHecurwj t!it hnttl'. (Iu pouring out some cf Trie lvater into a !iiss. I' found its color ti'anipirent, it odor like Uie vw of afo'ilgan; and its tas'.e a little acidulous To a portion of it. -the tincK of g I sulphuric acid, aud tiiiric acid, were succenively added without producing any ch'uig-! The oxalic a cid occasioned a white' eloii'! , and so did th1 carbonated alkalies Th; volatile alkalies also produced a '"" w.liit'tv. "ct6udIjtaie;w ater had m effect Mercury was tarnished by the water Niira't at :?v.r "pro'faeed ai jrHM?e rolorid cloud Aeelile of (.?ad, a darkt'loiii) Muriate .of barytcs, a whie cloud .Frussiate. of ot-asi had' no cffrct Phosphate of oda, oce tsioiiei! a white cloud Carbonate of ammonia, a flight cl jud Solntiou cf soap in alehol, a thick white cloud Alcohol, mixed with some oT the water, exir'bitcd a very small deposit after standing, iwo days. A recent solution f liie green sulphate of iron, mixed with an equal i quantity.of thj water after two or three days, that the expef b oce of thirty yeara has proven the springs ti b geoerally beneficial in bilious affectiobs and enses of debility. . . ft. - EDWARD SMITH. South-Carplifia Collect, June 14, ' 8 7. ! BOTANY. the plant -whieb w'siYp-.i-'ibftJ be txp num at Washington, I cau yoiic.h ftrf h qor r.eet- f himVfs tSoBrpw-Houf itynft&.ffcJkUi ness of the above statement. ' " water in his canoe--Q?Qe in nUinber oi This noble plant, (ealled by the ancient na tives, tiiekim-of plants) has also been tound surprisingly etficaeiuus in the radical cure of scrolula. - AMICUS. Communicahon. The beautiful Cctrtus Grande Flora, ui Mr. Champev's garden now (i years old, from a email joint, blossomed when 3 vearsold nith2 blossmns, 5 years old 3. 5 years old 5, and this year with t-1 it was in fVitf bloom on. 8iiiiday last the 13th, and on Monday the t?h, bclween 7 and 8 ir clock un til 9 o'clock in the evening, when above 300 la dies and gentlemeu were gratified with the sight. It is fully expanded at half after 7 in the even ing, and.shut up entirely at C next morning. It has three rows f snow white flowers, inclosed in an orange col red sheath, and when expand ed i strongly pi.-rfuuied of the vanilla, which property it lianot until then. The flowers H ere ii inches' dhim-'.cr- and iu depth 7 inches. Ciiaris. Coxir cr. running- towards Sound Point. . This inijuced liiuri to keep on the same eourie, and in a short time he discovered t the heads of several men in the water, and as they rose and-fell on the ; sea, he w as impressed with the belief that there .. were more than twenty buffeting the waves'' and eobtending r gainst . dtWh, J:ig peeeti ly aware of the little LuTQ;jghV con struction of his canoe, (the bmg of the smnl. ' lest class of " topstreakB'') the wind blowing violent gale his apprehensjoris for his son 'a-- and ins own safety had almost caused hub te desist from the extreme peril of expgsine bis frail barque, to he seized en by men agoiiile d to despair, in the last struggles for life. Hej how ever prepared for thu, .evnt, took in hi) sail, rowed among the drowoing men with fix ed determination to save some, or pengh in th attempt. tJy an exertion or rtut, to be equal ieu omy uy uu aoorigmai cniei n iivei ment of a canoe, he succeeded iogejtc persons on board, and ' was - attetnptitii the eighth, when bis son exclaimed ther, the canoe is stoking, we sbalK risk." This exclamatiojliallipit.his Oil the nuDer iart of her eun wale blilihree inc above water the ti ind high-ta heavy sea ru nine, and constantly washing on board, aik hearlv a mile from the nearest land. Tfcal nine might even have a chanee of being savfcdj: he was obiiced to leave one unfortunate . man nangrng on inesiern oi luejoiiey- ucjonguigip tl tt1:ia)ilp hnst. Of the men saved, one wa? so little exhaust- ' ed that he could assist in bailing- another could sit up -and the others-lay motionless, and apparently lifeless on the bottom of the ca- . noe. VFhere not bein room to row Mr.' T, had no alternative but to paddle before the wind, and was but able; to reach the extremity of Sound Point. The instant she struck, she filled with' water from the violence .of the tea.' Exertions were still necessary to save the five helpless men in the botUm of. the canoe, liv giving her assistance at this time, Mrs. Tewks- bury was much injured Ly the convulsive-grasp of one of the men, apparently in the agonies of I death. They were all conveyed to Mr Tewks-- bury s House, wnere, uy ine. application oi voi blaiikets, tea and medicine they were recovir- Frtitr did not recover so as to be able to themselves adniitieu tuar ine timwrytfteTjtorg: 6rWvlt'-dmmirwhtclr4-eisidefeil Masachusetts was the property of Joseph Ibhers'on, the plaintiff, aud it was released on ly upon that statement ; so that they had pre cluded themselves from making any resist ance. ' Admissions were then put in which esta blished the case on the part of the plaiutiff. Sergeant.B sanquet, on behalf of the defen dants urgued, that' although in general cases an agent could not pledge the goods of his prin cipal, yet that, under the peculiar circumstan ces of this transaction, it was to he recollected that the plaintiff had given Moral! aud Bur? land such authority, and had actually execut ed a p:iwer of attorney, empowering them to constitute the defendants their attornies iu London. In this respect, the present case dif fered widely from that of Graham vs. Dysler, decided a few davs a?o. where the broker without any warrant, express or implied, rais ed money u non the fronds his' nrineinal had placed iu his hands for sale. It has been said, as evincing the presence of oxyean gas. To a bout six ounces of the water, volatile alkali and caustic pot-ash were added, until they oc casioned a slight precipitation. the sup-r-na-tant liquor was filtered, and muriate of harytes and nitrat of silver, being added to separate portions of it, manifested the presence of sul phuric aud muriatic acids. A portion ot the Water was tested with a so F:t )M J flfi UHiiDB-ISLANI) AMEKlCAN. V !,,, Plii. To Farmen.-fVvMn the 20th to thr22d of; WPre in lne pjeesbreboat when she over this niuiiilt, bc-uij;- Use longest days 'Ibe ycar;rBel.lwo oi- whom aniptfd ftf.swim to the if the bark of tjd -ajiple and 'plumb Wees is; 8bore, und were seer i) the survivors to perish, leled off (on III ise days) a new h.uk will' 30. or 40' rods from the boat., One was drown-: coin.- on and tlr trees hear fruit lik" young ed in the cabin. , After lending these saved, tis. Care mi all possible expedition to the sap, as it will be the cause of a separation the relief of the tnTTlcfriirllWblley Ke .f t:.e i;rvV'':. Camion must als. be modw S 1 ?b dixiance from the placf whtre if the sun shoulJ shiny' hot, or if it should rain': r. TksbwryWIm son w?re atwoik 1o the on lh t d;rif t at a shelter he made to pi event P' f ,he ttf the accident .ft one m.U the sun fro u drving the sap,xr the rahi frdiaun l,a"' . ... .. . - - vvashinVit off. I tiircl this cxperirafiit on a The above facts being made known to he i . i t fihA llnnxinu Vnniafii than fiiifoil tlmt lew old tiiWahout three vcai-s ajro. and found-"UV u. ,c they got now tiark and. bore fruit' equal to young trees. I aJsi tried old peach trees at the same, time, which vftuild not answer at that time : but nrobablv 4F the : bark should be neel- ed olHirj upset. they would ..produce seventy dollars iu money and a silver medal of the value of ten dollars, with suitable inscrip tions, be presf nted Mr. T. Thirty five dollars to his son ; twenty dollars to Mrs. I'ewksbury ; and five do.lars to the boy who ran with the should be at its chanire, the same effect as three years aco. I tried all the experiments I could 'discover from books on Agriculture, and Jound theia (inly a temporary relief to peach trees ; I tln-a slug a hole about 8 or 9 feet from a f.-vv young peach trees, to the depth of about 3 feet, to obtain a- boutlOor 12 bushels of fresh earth, which lutinn of carbonate of ammonia after ceasine' WuS niled nevt to the trunk of the trees in the to precipitate it was filtered the residuum had : form ()f a gugrjoaf. I found that tlse trees diluted sulphuric acid poured upon it, whieh oe-' to w,ici,l tVied the experiment became very casioned some effervescence, but did not di-' uxuriaiit wifri large Krcen leaves ; and thoSc solve icnint , a large quantity of water waaad,- ml y tUe new ,xvlh to.' Wcre sickly, ded-riie filtered liquor was then raised to a . . t . - -.-:;;,;-- i,i t. boiling heat, and pure ammonia was added : 1,1,3 U"V"'1 V , ? XZn hntih!rPwa9,,nnL;nit,ltin.whi,h would in. trees n the spring of 181G, , I banked 250 that thedefendants and Morall and Borland had genoral dealings, and that the advances hy the former had not been made-merely on ac unt 0f the tlmb-r j bt he was in a condition uo aoie to establish the contrary. . He .sub .: m,,eu therefore, that tlmult the MaWchu 'tetis did not arrive until afterlthe hartfruptcy '! Morall; and Borland, the defendants could retain the proceeds for advances niada in ex pectation of the arrival of-timber j the jresti tuiion, on theroof that the cargo belonged t0 lhe plaintiff. wa a necessary form; nomi "ally, it was his pf operty ; but actually, that ', ori8d:fendants, by virtue of the monies they were in advauce to the bankrupts. Mr. Morall was then ealled to prove that the advances by the defendants we're made solely on aceount of the timber of the; plaintiff: but the witness admitted that there had been other - accounts between his house and the defendants nd that the money had been received upon " tneni. ' . . ' ; . i , , Iwd Ellenborough here interposed, express JS 's decided-opinion on this evidence, that "plaintiff waa entitled to recover : it was oei- .' !?er eon,,tent with law nor with common tense that be should be finable for all advances made Jetweeaihe bankrupts and their agents in Lon- - v upon a general account mixed ap with that . f the nlalm T i .:.S r. . ViAthortiiscussioaJtook plaee on the tubject . ,-- wuua law svHCi AUO ljOrO but there was no precipitation, whieh would in dicate that no magnesia was present. To a portion of this liquor, solution of snap in alco- hoi beiug added, occasioned a mil Kiness, w hie n w-ould prove that some earthy matter . wag still present. . . Nitfat of silver being added to a portion, oc casioned a precipitate that became black on ex posure to the sun. Some sulphuric acid was poured on-this precipitate, while at the same jtiine a feather, wetted with volatile alkali, was held over it. An i istaut white cloud indica ted the presence of muriatic acid. Sixouuces if water, carefully evaporated in a elf ar glass vessel, yielded about six grains ot hue needle shaped crystals upon these alcohol was pour ed,' and after standing about twenty hours, iti ;-This canoe, or skiffis sharp at both ends prcatest Ungth 24 feet, and rakes very much ; fourfeet six inche3 wide m the widest part, and eighteen inches deep. Extract from General Wilkinson's MemoWs lately i)ub;shed. , GENERAL A-ASlilNGTON, " Power and greatness are frequently confound ed yet nothing can be more distinct. The first . may "spring from bifth from fortune, from cun ning,, aud a thousand adventitious circumstan ces ; the last depends on a combination of ther capacities of the head,lhe virtues of the heart, active dispositions to promote the happiness of mankind. Theformer commauds respect ; the latter invites attachment. Veneration ahd awe " are due to place ;, confidence and esteem to pe'r sons. Men may become illustrious by their vices y hut they never can be truely great with out virtue.- Alexander was an illustrious con- queror, hut a murderer and a nuisance, to soci ely. --Caesar "was an illustrious usnrper, and fhom the boston cicNTiNKL. become the tvrant or nis-couniry ueiween Human tu honored and rewarded The fol-.ftim u;m1 Catalirte Ihere was no difference but in " lowing. fire comiu.iriieated as among the-faets jtheir exterfor habits, "their modes of pursuing young -ach trees that were sickly in the same manner, and they are now iiiapir;imising state, vyitli luxuriant leaves. BKOXXi r. MISCELLANEOUS. substa'i.tialed before tli3 trustees of the tiumanc Society at their last meeting of the intrepid ex ertionsTif Mr. Tewusk.vuy aid his son,' in saving the lives bf several of our felltiw citizens, Uentmel. few, ii any as mentioned in a late Centiaei. Few, instanceiwilLJy. recollected, in which, more skill and iu'dement have been evinced, or w here was filtered-The residuum weighed two grains, ( a more deliberate and luagoauimouYtxposure of and therefore four grains have been dissolved! life to jeopardy,' in saving the live of others, bv the alkohol To this residuum were added one hundred and twenty grains of water, which, after standing several hours, seemed to have no effect upon it ; but on increasing the quan tity of water considerably the salt disappeared entirely. From the preceding analysis it ap pears tonie that the chemical reader must con clude that the contents of thisiineral, water are as follows : gaseous or teriforoxsubstances, oxygen gas, and tulpburattei hydrogen, as. Solid substanees rauriaie oi nme iwo iniras of a grain, and sulphate of lime one third of a grain to each .ounce of the water. srrom tue source oi miormauuu unuyemeno oned, I learn that the place where the springs are situated, is furnished witn cold ana warm baths, and other aecommodations.for a number of visitants s that many persons are in the na bit of "tpending theif flumniert tiere for - the has been exhibited'. On the 26t3iay lasT,' Mr. V'iHiam Te w k bury, ot Deer Island, and his sou. Ab'jab R. fewksbury, a lad 17 years old, were at work on the eastern partjof Point Shirely, near Win throp's Head. About 4. p. m. a boy came run nine: from the Point and informed him that a mile, without discovering any indicathft of the object tf his search. He then discovered his true and children on the beach ef Deer Island, their ambiliojs Vievs,i6tid the pecular charac ters of their, minds, in choosing thejr means and directing their measures. The recolleciion of such characters inspires the" sensible and the virtuous heart 'with jnrfignation aadabhor rence, whilst it swells with complacensy and" delight at the remembrance of rpaminoudas and Scipib. Frederick was aa illustrious butcher, not devoid of greatness, because he took pains to meliorate the condition of his suhjecis ; but he was a 9lranget to religion and virtue. The splendor of Napoleon's glo ries sickens .the. sight, whilft the gentle beams which irradiate the character of General Washington cheers the heart and consoles the friends of mnnanr'yt pleasure boat had upset in a direction between I. Distinguished characters, like meteors, eaten Deer island and Lone Island. Without waiting the attention by their rarity and splendor, anf d 1 .1 ' i . ' I..' I! - .-l-i . a' t. L : I f .'l ..Iinnul innlirSVOtf - lor .iu mer iniormation, ueimiueuimejy iuua mi sen into his canoe, set a small fore sail, and rua through Pul ling's -Point - gut- towards Broad souuc, 1 he wind was so high, that with the smallest sail , the -canoe nearly buried herself under water. Having relieved her, lie stood whether from vain curiosity or rational inquif-v ;. for, profit or for amusement, mankind seek tf ? & avidity the words and actions, and even the- . , frivolous inctdenti, which emanate from or hi pelatlon to Diiblic men, who have been - conspicuous for their yij tnes or their vicesso . , unaer water, naving reneveu ner, ue fciootf conspicuous ior ineMJAcf w in a direction for Juong Island nearly half i mueh is intellectual man governed by thefTm pressions made upon nis senses, i tnereiore antieipate the reader's pardon, forpj-esenliag : ( eseejourm page. ) . . r
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