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FltlDHY, MARCH 5, .8id. JVo. 7. rTST . i ' iii M - ' ' -i . i i i iim i kALKIUH,(N.C). iTED BT HARVEY AI A0, ' 1TBBY A." LUCAS. t hicribtum Three dollars per yeaT, one hal 'S3mcc. No paper to be contWd Ion ttrTmwnh-fter a yea suh.crTpt.on be rer thn three fhlli hm been riven. dor, . " u line. iJWrted 'rWfce OoUar $ ibr tweiUy-fire cents each sub- tbr,Ce ftrtST and i 1'ke propoh'"" where there qent '"wn. a The cash Subscription can tn any ease be recerfM UhmH GSneeithoiit.pmveBtoi option ni in luterual Improvement. back towards the handle, to about four inches, hit, from further observation frhtie. thua . em- they criuld be beard. If Was exactly half past 1 wo yoko of oxen will draw this utensil pluyetl. through any root! not exceeding two inches in diameter ; andhy moving it at short in erfals, through the surface of any ground to lie excavated the small roots and fibres are so cut up as to be easily picked and harrow ed oat tf the Way of the shovel and scraper. a- FOREIGN. JHOM THE UNION. Mr Brown-1 send you, for publication, . A.!,. iron) the reuart of the-Caal Com- Zim o? Srw-York, containing a description ofthemahiaMiwo clearing anu gruu-Lin- and particularly in removing large trees. The information contained in the extract may be useful to jour country friends, especially where roads and canals are constructing. A. B. riinm fa rtmovin' Trees, Grubbing and Clearing. has hitherto been used, with Inquisition. The following document we co py Irooi a Pari paper of Dee. 10. 1 he editor ibtroaaees h wita a column or remark, closing with tbe folliw nig sentence. It i a melan choly thing, while aver other government in Europe it setting its people en example of en lightened liberality, o tee the juripruderii' f Spain relapsing into worse than1 primeval barbarism to behold a fi ie people, yielding t no iu qualities both personal and menial. erustfed mth inmiml and body beneath the rack and wheels and scourge of a (J ram) iuijuiitr ! --AUs ! noar human nature !" The following Deeree has been issued under the authority of the Grand Inri nsitar, who it al so private Confessor to Frr liuand Vll. ROYAL DECRKE. - In the name oflhe Holy Trinity, fee.1 Whereas it has been made known to us that Reiuclatt to suffer such an interval, as.be tweeri night and morning to pads without niak irrg a new effort in behalf of the boy at eleven o'clock at night Mr. Gibbon's whale boat was the second time manned and attempted to get oat, but could not succeed. In the morning, ning uriure uay, sue again sianen wun iiieuis. Bevan and Naton, of the lloyal Navy, and John Heard Isaac, Esq. and rowed toward the island, but with no hope of reaching it, a the sea and Wind were still higher than on ei ' ther of the two preceding mornings, and the scene altogether more terrific. The worst apprehensions were entertained for the boy, who had beerrthcii two days and two nights on the rock withoutny oi her food than, ine wild ..vegetables which it y k-ldetl. " ; .Hiose frare, .nWver, were in some degreeEirevetl whrmjiejwas again seen frtfmthe boat nmv ingabont, hope derived no support from the aspect of the morning, which promised a bad and stormy day. After renewed but Fruit less effort to gain any point of the island, the whale-boat wan again obliged to return to Kiitgsale, which two o'clock. The whale boat with tbe Aine- ncan cfew arrived almost a tkf Moment Carty had got into Iris boat, but y were in sight some time before, and were seen row ing in the most undaunted manner, in the heavy pitt and almost in the surge closing ' tb 6o8t iacce8ibIe point of the Island!'.4 TJp . on leaTfting the safetjr of the boy, ibey" gave three cheers and retOed to K.irigt.fle, 8- arc.fii ly irehtitlffd to public gratitude than if they hadeen Jibe Instruments of preservation.- Other, boats also arrived at the moment, igno rant of what had occurred, but ail determined., to make a simultaneous effort. FROM TH CALCUTTA STAB, OCT. 17fc- interesting account of TfiomasJThvn.'thfi British forces hat) scarcely obtained possession of tbe Candian Capital, when u mall presented: hioi.elf at headaartersy U Candftn dreat, but having the feature of an European. Hia pale 'and haggard look.,nd hu long aad mat ted beard, txhibhrd melancholy appearance. This man, whose name was Thomas Thoenf said that hethad marched vith the Brit.i.li ar- nij iv vauuj hi ioud niu iiini ne was n ne it reached about twelve itbs one hundred and fiftv siek who had 6. en 'o'clock, after having been several times in "un-. left in te hospital when the capital was sur- niiiiortr iiannwn oiuunuuvi r , iioma a m.krt rentifrtfii imru ma mnrnwn w . nt iian lit a r.iiv - - - fv.riou. publication, of a heretical, "ehg,ou.;inlere8t fc ' an!..dW. were butchered, the barbarians. havTT 3 6 and oeditioit tendeaey are in circulation a--. . A, . , i in iom ff thi hli'.M K;.k k-.i -f'O fC fn fhM' h..ir hiinfH of c-rub- mengsttheaot.ieetiortfiiskiDgdomiMdwbere IS By nTo n endless " i-nportanetliat their pro- Din,, aim icni ins. "J " m-' gresa should be arrested, and the authors, pab- American vessel, the Drvade, which was un dergoing some repairs in the dockyard of ftlessif. (jribhon k. Co. volunteered to go out in (he whale-boat, and make on effort to res cue the btiy. Their services were gratefully acrcp!ril,;and'thcy swore they never would re turn if thfy did not succeed. They then pro- 1 1 I. . .. .1 -.!--.!... .. I.ala. nu.i.li.J it lia. i I ..no man ia uhlo t1 Iirlllf . - ... J ' . ... Aiieei anu uui, ....... - Q been deicrmined that sueh measures shall be la- tVwn a free of the largest size, vthout any keu inUlltiv a8 wi most effectually accom futting about its roots. For this purpose U.8R ,hi, pu"rp0(!e. these means are all, except the cable, conti.n- 4 All person having in their possession work cceded toaiakeanexiwriiuent by ftrinsamus cd in a small but very strong lramc nt wooci tSifins the following titles, shall be brought fcct ball, .with a roM5 attHched to it, which was ami iron. This frame is immovably fastened (vt'ore the Holy Ofliee, andHch punishment in-1 foand to convey it with case ;i9 far as lley onibe ground, at a distance of rhaps 100 fl.cte I lh c-ise sliali seem to require, provi-iij wouf( be ,,ecc8S8PTf jj thus pro- AM irom me imii oi uie irre, arumiu "- - J , ,u,r""""""-ul vided tlicy proceeded to sea. . . . - . am - . I riKn ml inn a- t In. . it I lin.il tr t f lh. 1 1 1 .7 m In it A Inr 9 4 01 WUlCllt 60 or OU teei p, one eou ui "" u"'u"7 - . - bit is secured, the other being connected with mouths, and the payment of a fke of not leaa the roller Whrn this is done, the ntan turns ma' ' uouuiuoos. i ie wrK. prou.u.ccu arc the crank, wtiirh successively moves the screw, -' Htory of the Inqiusition -'Reasou. the whee' -...I .1... - .11 ..a tl... Wily lOB-lIHIIHSlUOU BlinuiU UC aUHIISHCU , uuu uiu iwiivi, mii ,nj.vii, ...v - . ,l ...i.ki:-iv r csiauiiBiiuicui hi the Jt u' - t'ho The- In th mean time the boats from Oyster- haven got into activity and they could be seen for three hours in succession, contending with, bnt scarcely living in, the breakers at the base of the rock. As the situation &f the boy be came more hopeless, their exertions increased, a -j i a .1 . a- :i icngih, it is precipnaien oy uie weigiit.oi us oflhe (jorle!! .The necessity of National I and their desperate daring was more visible. toi. The lorcc which may be exerted m Uus l(,nr.ientatill, Obaervatiouson the conduct i It was imnosaibld that 'be' could have survived ''e nfaeveral of the C,uiirt of (.urane' --'Piitriutie by the sJonsts'--'rheififSeultics at present to be cn- wav uoona tiee. is irresistible, at - with uineiple of the wheel and the screw ailiratum of the cable at appoint so tar Irom tered.' the ground, it unites also that of the lever. The ercater number of these heretical a,nd i h'n ia nit rnilikinn cl timrnll nnlt OT mn.t'.ii nn -nrmlui.t iinia li.v. Imai nnnfu.l in fur. IIAttlkli. ll,i.tA.IlaL-!.llt vat t kfi urnnt. rr0nil..'if nsivc,6y tliecHmmtm methods, as tint ofeign countries in the Spanish iKujsoa;;?, and se-L.1' TW.. Jw . .. . . - tegfot- Ufica. are every day multiplying ? . pr r VhZ. '.!. (hoseetidencesof the.r indastry, it was V1! Z t'. , , A . ..p anv loreiirn jiuriiai. ucmii ..c. v. v. v- able to discover some easier meansjf J J 5 'J1Be;i BB(I iultUu. another night and th know ledge of this cir cumstance seemed to infuse new resolution in the hearts of fiie men. Two boats were for a long, time seen ''supporting each other in thoir .411 .. it .1 o.. 1. I,... Iia.ii llfS found ; but the cos of the machinery, in which GiTen rj.om Vtadrid,' this loth Nov. 1818. thry partly consist, would forbid the. use of, (Si-ned) ' them in ordinary cases. Two strong wheels,' frang?sco XsVircu meiry campillo, 16 feet in diameter, are made and connected ' ?J"VVL?!.nz '"s; lo'n- 4 - , . , . . . ,., ., ,..,.! AXDRB9 FLOUB PBilEllt , Sect v toRrther by a round axle tree, twenty inches v thirk and thirty feet long ; between tliese From Sedan we learn the following ancc wImi'Ib. and with its spokes insi iiarably fram- doto :As the Emjieror of Uussia was travel 8(1 into their axletrcc,anot!cr wheel is placed, ling some time since from Paris to that town, U feet in diameter, round the rim of which a in a very plain travelling carriage, he perceived rope is several timts passed ;' with one end a little peasant-boy get up behind it; after some fasirned throijli the rim, and with the other time his Majesty said t him 'V.vly boy, why entl loose, hut "in t;. h a condition as to pro-: ihi yoti get up behind ray carnage ?" to which dure a revolution of the wheel wht never it is , the liftle fellow replied" Because, Sir, 1 want pulled. 1 his apparati-s is so moved as to; to get to Sedan as quick as possible."" And have the stump, on which it is intended tojwhat do you want to do at Sedan, my hoy ?" operate.-midwaj between the largest wheels r" o see the tmperor Alexander Sir." at i) ncirl; under the axletree ; and these " Indeed ! and .pray what makes y.TU8o-desi-jvl eels are so hi acetl as - to - remain-atcadyvi'ous ol'sceing the Emperor 1" " Uecanse, Sir, A vei v strong rl.ain it hooked, one end to I hear that h is a very aroo l man, ami loves surge The day . was then far advanced, and to those who were on the coast provided with glasses, and who could see what was going lorwank there appeared as little hope of relieving the boy as on the preceding day, and his fate seemed inevitable. They did not know, how ever tlic-Jtsulution which the . crews seemed to haw for mftL cither to succeed or perish, anihe interest of tbe scene was excited into intense a glut ion, when one of the. men, a brave and dauntless fellow, named .Jack Car ty, the owner of one of the Oystuiiiavcn boats, was observed to be tying a rope round his body, and in. a few minutes to throw himself with the most fearless intrepidity into the surge, in w hich his boat could not live. Tiie sensation which prevailed cnunot be describ ed, all attention w as now turned r towards this heroric fellow, and the suspense was un utterable, until he was seen clingiug to, and occasionally (limbing the cliff, where an itn i. 1 I IK S ' W It. mensc sea uau leu mm. -e rsncceetieu ' in very strong chain is hooked, one end to I hear that h is a very gool man, anuioves muntiiljr bevond the reach oflhe' s lira vs. ami the b-dy of the stomp, or. its principal root, the French." Vell, my, little fellow, you.waa 8eeirnV..st actively eaiploycd in assisting aim me other to the ax etrf-e.v 1 lie Bower o see mm octore, you.'' iuo-utmr u, nunc 1 1 I)1M1P ,,.v ,, ws in mmn htc v iv hausted siate of mind, and wlio . could with difficulty 'descend to where his preserver bec koned him, - At length he reached him, lind Ja'ck Carty proceeded to invest his b.dy with tlie ropo which he had lakrn from Ins own, and then ,'jjerformcd the duty of ushering him to the spot where he. had himself been thrown, where he consigned him to the waves'. - Doubt and anxiety were again painfuHycx cited while the men in the boat were drawing him through the .breakers and seas ; through which he must piiss, before his safety could be said to be cusurtd. ; hut both were dissipated when he was seen taken in over the gunnel, which wits announced bv three cheers by the men in the boais. During these few moments of agitation, tm? intrepid Jack Carty, who re maincd on the Island, was torgutteii ; but the boy's salely being known, all. eyes were turn ed to the former, and he- was -distinctly- seen ;ing uown wim tiie utmost composure on the point of a rock, wailing for his own chanCe of being released. I his, happily, was not long accomplishing ; a rope was Hung on the. cliffs, and Jack more adroit than his predecessor on ling torn off the blisters which had been previ ftf felled him ti the ground with the but end of a musket, and left htm for dead in the gener'aLTr 3 heap. He recovered, however, enough to eravp 0 lo a neignuouring dram when gn U. ing diico, vered the next morning, be was hung up to y 0 'to) tree, and left t4 perish. The rope, happily, broke ; when he was again discovered, and again hung up in the same way. Butugiinthe r?pe broke, when he contrived to erawl to a hut at a little distance, where he supported himself - for ten days witb nothing but the grass that grew oear the door, and the drops of run that fell from the roof. At tiie expiration of ibis interval, ha was aeeidently discovered Ly an old Candian, who, after looking at him, siidrieiiiy ' ' dinappcared, but soon after' eatne again with a 1 plate of rice, which he put down and went a- 1 he king who had never felt for human woe. t: was struck with the tory which he received of 1 bot n a numerous extraordinary escapes. Su- perstition in the place of sympathy aiadn us way iuto the monarch's mind. He thought that Than would not have been so often preserved if he bad not been a peculiar fjtv.pciiar.)tea earo or one. af the ehiefs, and to receive '-every' Accummodation which he required. Tbe king alli wed him a house in the to vn of Candy, in which he remained till the arrival or the Britisn. He experienced no further ill treatmeut from the jealouslyrant: but tbe Sior- l l I . . i 1 t . i ... in uaroanuei wnicu ne ueueiil, anu unili Die Itoises or oxen U then annlied to the loose contused. SSt off tliC back of the carriasre. and eifi of the nnip shnvi menfumeil. :.nit,as the hurst into tears : the Emucror. however, rc-as- draw, a rotary motion is communicated, suring him, m ide him retake his place, saying through the smallest wheel, to the axletree, on they should travel together. By the time that tthirb, as the rhain hooked to the slump winds '.they had reached Sedan the Emperor became iif, the stump itself is gradually disengaged ho taken with hts littlecompanton, that he ask Irom the earth in which it grew: After this ilis cnRagemeht is complete, the brarcs are taken froni the large, wluels. whu h then afford the DiCi'ns ofrcmovinerthal etutnii nut i.ftlif wnv.as ed him if he would go lo Russia with him ; to which the latter replied ' most willingly" then (said the benevolent Alexander ) as Providence has placed you in my hands, your wrilaa ol. transporting the apparatus wliere (future fortunes shall be my . are." According it niay be made to bear on another. The ex ptnse of the wheels, axletree, rhain and rope, to about S250 ; and with thetu. i:i this wav. bnds ai:d a iniir of horses can errub SO to W large stumps in a day. A few stumps have been found to require the strength of 4 Uor-?rs-I'he gair of power, by this machinery, "somewhat more than tight fold, with very little loss by friction - - ----- Creat .obstruction to the excavation has cwn offered' by the small, roots and fibres liull lilnvl.. I . 1. P ... vvtaiiciu wc suriare, ana every l fie penetrate the top Roil-oXimbertd land. A plough ha.s been invented for cutting up th be', greatly superior to the one in common USl. II 13 ,.p, .m iiori-iui tl.tn nn.l -. . ..... , u mil. ly the fortunate young rustic left Sedan as one of the Imperial Suite. INTERESTING STORY. FROM THE LONDON SUNDAY MONTI OH, NOV. 29. We insert the following interesting parti culars of I lie rescue of a boy,-w ho was cast upon a rock near the mouth of Kingsale har bor, during Hie wreck of avessel in which he was a passenger slightest off-nee was sufficient to exeite. kept itoi in a state oi constant inquietude and alarm. woman, who had been detected in merely conveying a message from him to Major Davie ; '..a ..a. was instantly put to death. The only source of solacp which this unfor tunate man had aeeess to, i i the dreuv h.mrs f his long eo .finemt n wa- in the pe ual of a detached portion of an English Bible, which coutaiued some chapters of Jere uiau. Rurhf Econoinv he praiseworthy exertions of the Sove reign ol Kingsale, assisted by- several other Gentlemen to rescue the unfortunate lad, or to convey provisions to him, were ineffectual, tbe boats having been reluctantly obliged to consists retire, and leave theTinfortunate lad for the "n i'longt;, strongly connectedj at its upper with the hrain, and in the rear with the "uic, Doth of which arc of the usual con . "action, '-The.front edge of the iron, where . 't cu!ii,,?,i, t be ,jonet js Covcrcfjtn gtcelt iiai prised, and shaped like the fr-.nt of ". ouutl 'xcept that it retreats more asiit tnar Ia -thf hemn. Tim" InaWwU'. t.'m.lA 5oll,aild gralually thicktnsasit extends I ie. e of iron "much heavier than a com-fafcond night upon this desolate rock, without mod or shelter, and with all tire fearful anti cipation that, before morning, cold and- hun ger would terminate bis existence. As they retrea cd he was seen collecting in a particu larspo (a kind of cavern) a quantity of weeds w ith the intention of making abed, and pick ing from the earth some wild vegetables with which the rock abounds, and whicit he was observed to eat. A fog suddenly concealed the Island, soon seized anu tied it round his and shoulders. Notwithstanding the waist and shoulders. perils of the scene, it was almost whimsical to see this fine fellow collecting the boy's and his own clothes, which he deliberately tied, up in a bundle and nut under his arm, and then de scending to the most favorable spot, lie watch- ed his opportunity, and. threw himself into the sea, from which in the course of about five min utes, he' was released by his companions, who sFgrnllicd ius safety by loud cheers, which were returned frim those parts of the land where . mOM THK UNION. Mr. JSronsoKSupposing that the extract enclosed (from the Genttem n's Magazine for heb. 1818, p. 159) relative to Frnit tret?, would he interesting to y our eouiitry as well as r1 city subscriber, 1 nave been induced to send tin m for pu'iiication, more especially as ihe season for makiug the experiment is approach ing. The writer of this would be gratiBed if any one who make the experiment would make the result public through the medium of your paper. .. C. the following eavy, simple, and infallible method of forcing fruit trees to blossom ao I to . ' bear -fruit,: has been traiwlated 'ffom the tier man of. the Rev. Geo. Charles Lewis llemuiel (Secretary to ihe Pomrilogieal Society of . Al- enburgn msaxoiiy) by Ueurgi Henry Aoehden, L. L. DsF. L. cic. 4 in my early year I saw my father, who was fond of pomology, ami, skilled in that sci ence, catting a nns on several branches of trees, whfch already were in bloaso:n, for ihe purpose of producing,- by that nu'aiin, larger " Innt iiiaii usual, this was not his own inven- ' tim ; bujr,as far as I eau' recollect, drra-e l IVi n a Freneb. journal. Thirty vears aeo. when I iras a bnj,- I practised this operation in imita tion of him. and thereby obtained larger pear and pluma: lif-Tepeatiog-thii operation of.-. ringitis the branches, which 1 did merely for the purpose of getting larger fruity I observed that the branches so operated upon always bore the next year. ,Uy Una. reiterated appearance. I was led to the idea, that perhaps this mode of ringing the bark might be a menus of compell ing every unproductive branch,. to yield fruit. . " i th tuis view, 1 eut rings upon a considerable number of branches, which as yet showed nb I J M : . -; I . I " Diosnoms j anu soqno, oy repealing uie ripcrr- mrnt, the truth ot my supposition muispulubly 4 confirmed by experience. The applicajliqn of this experiment, whereby upon every bough or branch fruit may artificially be produced, is ve ry simple and easy. With a shurp knife make a cut in the bark of (he branch which you mean to force to bear, and not far from ihe- jilaee where, it is connected w ith the stem : cr, if it Lav i ; .'.--'- ' .v.- x, -V V.:- 1 L: V
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