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Vol. IV.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, issi.
RALEIGH, (N. C.)
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ceived without payment of at least gl
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out payment of arrears, uulcsa at the op
ti t o' the editor.
Notice.
L, TOUW VV. VUUftW, Attorney -w
'i 1 Laur &c. Iiat removed hu
Offle
zh Museum,
where, in future be an be found at
bnr time of tie day after nine o'eloek
a. si. :':
Raleigh, feb. 8th, 1821. 3 tf.
APPRENTICES.
NE or two lads, of steady ba
ld's from twelve to fourteen
nars of asre. will bo taken as ap
prentice to the Printing business, at
tbit office.
Neuse Rivef
N aviagtion.
T5 F. SOLVED by the President &
Directors of the Neuso Hiver
AiavicrAiiun cnmoanv.Nlbat a eene- f
-'-'-J- rf"- C
ml meetiuK of the Stockholders of
said com pan j be called, to be held
en Saturday ibe lUth of March next,
it 10 o'clock in the morning, in the
Court-Room at the office of the Se
cretary of Slate, in Raleigh.
Bv tlie Board,
H. POTTER, President.
Raleigh, 8th Feb. i82l.
I'rnposaU will be received by the
President of the company until after
the meeting nf the Stockholders, for
the btiiUing of gome of the Locks
atid Dams on the river, the plana and
tpeeitieations of which may be seen
M the State Engineer's ofliee.
Notice.
TJY VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust,
15 ex
executed to by Jael Thorp
f l lvmouth, for out poses therein
mentioned, 1 shhll proceed to sell to
the highest bidder for cash, at said
Thorp's house in Plymouth, oo the
frit Mouday in February next, and
on each succeeding day thereafter,
cntil all
all is ld, several LOTS, with:l,PEm,":Vl0i
Me im provements, in Plymouth ; ! por pf i
valual
metal LOTS of LAND on Green
ftlll Ul.. i. . PI Gil!?.
R1ES, on Middle Uiver, a braneh of
KoandU Rivpr in Rertie eountv
Aoaaowe Kiver, n Bertie eounty,
uu ! iUituriOi logeiuer wiiu
the life Estase of the said Thorp,
ilia certain tract of Swamp Land,
Jjingorj Roanoke, inBertie county.
UAV IIJ IiOOUMAjN, Trustee.
riyrtioutb,N. C. Jan. 13, 1321.
3 3t.
:
MODCT Lost.
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f k the 2ist November, 1820, the
1 subscriber put a letter into tbe
ic ... ... j: ....
toMsssrs. Rankin & Fowle. No. 102 1-2.
Mtrket.street. Phdadelphia. enclosing a.
Batahio . e ...u.-u i. .
recollected which letter has not as yet
Wenreceired bv those to whom it was
-SCTrrl. Pnit.MBclani tirill ..-ir.i o Fairni. hv I
Jurnardin? Raid lettpr to th nrrsnns to
'hom it is directed ; and the Bank is cau
lOcea sgttnst receiving said note.
IIEXRY C. HUTCHESOX, p. sr.
Monticello, Geo. Jan. 13 2 2t.
The editors of the Georgia Advertis
er. Rile'gh Minerva, and Press, Lynch
wg, Va will insert the above twice, and
forward tlieir accounts to the subscriber.
H. C. II.
Teti Dollars Iteward
TOR apprehending and delivering
L to us, twelve miles above Ra-
''Ehi on the Hay wood, road, George, a wel
pwn Blacksmith belonging to Massin
"urg's estate George went off on the 23
mstant, and has probably erone to Franklin.
"e he has many acquaintanceSjQr we
' 1 KiTfcfiTe dollars if secured in any jail
'thin the s,tate, so that we eet him aeain
iWnva.ra al! Person from harboring or
low m as Wf sllal1 Put e law in
- -euisi any mug otlendmg.
" II. C. WIATT & Go.
26th, 1820 40 tf.
pORSALEORRENT.the honse
4. ) lately owned by Judge
ish fonerrns PPy to Col. Wm. Poik
"hscribwuHalift, .
Jttl:
. A.JONBB
A New Stage,
THE Subscriber, agreeably to con
, tract with the Postmaster-Gene-
ral baa Commenced running a Mail Stage
from Halifax Court-house, in Virginia, to Sa.
isburly, in this state i and having provided
excellent horses andcareful drivers, he hopes
torencouragement. -
This Stage leaves Halifax C. House every
oaiuruj iiiuniiug hi, auu passing
through Milton, by Caswell Court-House,
Lenox Castle, Creensborough, Salem and
Lexington, arrives -atSalisbury on Tuesday
at 10 A. M. It retumsfrom Salisbury same
day at 1 P. M. and reaches ' Halifax Court
House every Fiiday evening at 7 V. M.
: JOHN MOORING.
KasiBh ity 3. 1820. 16-tf. "'
Gj-TlicStage from Fredericksburg w hich
meets this Stage a( Halifax Coui'tlloiile is in
operation, and that which meets it .-t Salis-
n m.ta ihe Millptlfftille-Stace. I in
toei-ition in a few days. "
THE FORK "BT UNSOLD-
IT having now been aseerfuiued by
actual survey made for that speci
al purpese, that the road on the. east or north '
east sid cf the Yadkin river, is the short6t
an mos', eligible rout for a turnpike or port
age around the narrows and Great Falls of
this river, and that of consequence, all, or
greater part, of the produce coming down,
this great stream, and its numerous branches,
must be lodged immediately at, or acrott
the momh oi Chary river at the point, I now
oiicrit
fOR SALE.
The Uhary joins the Yadkin directly at
Kirk's Ferry, and is the nearest and most con
venient possible spot, (for deposit) to the
Greak Fa.ls below sml must of consequence be
Uie nearest place to the deposit above, be
uiai place wnere it may. it is tmpossiblt. parit .u mui iai iiib ne zau 01 Ut
therefore, that, any other place hateier, cember, Old Style, about eieht in
one ofthe oldest and most productive ferries
on the river, (Long's excepted) and it is
uiougui irauspuas more prvuuce man even
mat. inetormtiie rv.n.tj .tu-rus one ol
thcbebtlatharbirii.ithesUie,lheamout
of the Uhaix formin: a kind ot natural ce-
jnal for near a mile upwards (from its mouth).
uie uns space oemg umiurmly
from four to seven feet deep at common1
tide, and as smooth and still ss a m il rm,i
but when high (which is sometimts the
case) it forms a most beautiiul eduy water
and and adjacent island, for any number of
Doais tnai -may swim tne nver. Another
road will soon by opened, leading from the
niain tummke wivfa mile ur luo lm lr
.n,i;n;n thin, ' r
still water ; .this will tUrttn the portage b
little, and afford a warehouse at the uppei
u ji . . i.
as wen as me lower ena ot me plantation, i
U,e intermediate sna'ce of near a m.le is a'
moat beautiful landscape, and delightful
iner ior public or privati inc. ins:.ort(st
itureg estiirfex points to this spot, as
d.-'sip-neii no -da K.hfoim 'v:". --
greatest commercial places in this atate s
and has already done every thing lor it she
couiu ao, except oiiiige ana npuse ounamgs,
1?, m U,c
I -Anv-man owning the length of his boat on
i.ie i iiaiy units, iu. ircur a rnuc, uvc
wharf ot his own at little : more ihanHhe en-
Pinse oi a lew mien nianit aione, 10 iy imm
his boat to the bank. I will sell all or any
part of 600 acres; my houses, lot and fish trap
alone excepted, a liberal credit for the grea-
tt rtai't u'lii wiitintTiv rw crtvpn a i vuii uie
Apply on the
JAMES G
MASK.
S6 tf.
Yadkir and Ulr.rj-
Head of Pee Dee, Sept. 22,
- N. B. So much of the above as are a seer.
tainble ,acts fc and the balance
u to tne igt 0j mjl knowledge impartial?
1819. '
For boat harbors, boat vards. warehouses
and wharves the idace is incompar-hle.
f,.M
Yadkin
Navigation
Com-
iiorjV
mTrnr : , ...J. .i...
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nun ann suto instaimrius in
'ten dollars on each share subscribed- to the
Capital stock of the Yadkin Navigation
Company, are required to be paid: the tifth
on or beloie the 20tl. .lay ot January next,
,h .-.k K,.fo ih. i ti. u nf
February next.
FREDERICK RANDLE, 1 reasurer. onB hundred Illiilions Ol paper dol
b.e.r!0;r .,,;fnwr.!lar8. the notes of which are at pre
v.r. ,.n w.nur inin'iirpnrpr. wi i n ease,
give the above advertisement a lew inser
di-:Sions
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STATE BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Jiaeigf,, Jan 2iwi.
'an 2. 1821.
-w- pcirrpn ri-k. ih. iiuiirura
USULVnU, mat ins ucuwrs
m-m . V WOT V --I . . I II ... 1 . m. . .
h h " a
tenth
U niilMil ir nau ina1tlmpnt nt one
rwP;r rpsnpnive debts on renewal after
the,20th inst. and that notification thereof
be given m tbe newL
City, anu I ne papers luunsucu u'
. 39 . 1 1 . . i
where branches are locateu.
wm.i-i HAYWOOD. Casl.'r;
r,- n.n..M xX. Unr
j en -uunai a iii.
J1RY PjIHISII. n indenred.ap
prentice to lhe Stage and W ag-
mklcinir business. ine auovc rewmu
will be (riven to any person who will deliver
.. ..
h,m tftim 12 mi es west or uaieign, on uic
n j i . . i . l. .
Haywood roadorfiwidolIara jKCure !n
...'. k tat(. on that U'e Pet him
:"",h , . aiso to forwam all persons
from harborine or employing him as the law
will be put in force against any who shaU
thus offend , .
ft. B. Gary Parish, is Doy anoui
years old, dark compjcxiion, and a lad
a good deal of activity
H. C. WIATT. fc Co.
Oct. 26th, 180 - tJ
Wrapping paper
For sale at this Office.
DAVID ROYSTkR
CABINETMAKER.
ITT AS od hand a quantity of ele
JLJL6nt Mahogany furniture fori
till carriesihe above
Dw,ne" at bis eld itai east of the
1 Market House.
Raleigh, Wt. II, 1S2I. S9 tf
Private Acudeiny.
THE Senior Class of, young la
dies, will be accommodated
wiiti a non t themselves.
- .;,-.,.-J.B..iiASSAai
FOR RENT
XE of the must elieible stands
fort
store on FayetteviUe otreet.
i . Als a riantmion, tlx miles from the city
ISO acres of ckfted land.
; with good dwelling & out houses enquir-
- .. i. 11. iiAas.M
-71 XCHANGE on Ntw-York-at
jLjk igjit for sale bv
T. P. DEVEKEAUX, or
G P. DEVEHEAUX.
August 21, 18Q. 11 tf.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Kiom the National Intelligencer.
Nunumquc- premalur in minum Hon
Lei sHr.rEACE be kept nine years
STrX, DEC. 30, 1820. O. 8.
To Homo :
Mil Worth U lill Wr'.cnil . Tlie
., . , ,i . , , , .
ta lel t,U knoH ll,at ' C( idf nily li
Vl"in8' 1 ,,e actors HI8
gftcd as lO the,Cusei)f my illf,ess
une 01 lUfm ascnbCfllt to mince
D;e3 . auother t a vill linriiiu Kri
1 , W, l0..a vllld,nous
caooeau, and a third to a l)luinb-
pudUMgMiliu'l. I assisted in tlis
cuasing en Ncw-vear'a Da . . VVlial-
r 1 . . J ' .
ever it was
. nr -
ii lan icu me on wunc
they were displllillg what W
matter. One of the docturf
as tht
ors came
ve' "car.ciinng me by means ot
oioui ivory iit .iui u c ane, wiin vnicii
he made a grt'ai bluw at my disor-
. . . . . Z
u,r. 0UI misuing tus marl, laid nit
er lhe head, and fairly did my bu
-siliCSS.
- . r ni.irriiwl'ri.ni. r. n.n.,M;r,
lM ptir.C.I,Jql reason for troubling
)ou Wlt" this lelter, is to beg tbe fa
Vur, ( II yuu Iiate sucll a thine Hi
,,e Wi,v . ruriojilv ii A
nv ir tircf rci nthlp p-lmst that
J """ ni UldDie giiOBiuidi
Comes this W ay, a small piece ol Sll-
ver. I remain herein rather an
unpleasant situation, not being abh
to get across the river, by Reason of
iJilYing HUUllIIg UUV KJ'Ul IIMF-
bolt Ci Sow Claron lias
. . n . j . . .
lately been so often takeri jn Wl li
counterfeit liWtS of baukl that do
Da y J ft p-enuitie notes of banks
- . -
that do not pay, that he has sworn
the irrevocable oath, by Styx, not
to ferry another soul actoss the ri
ver without being paid cash in hand
In consequence ol this untoward res-
:0iutiOn, several very rtcfc men, and
. ' . Mmo; iic
' on. uiin.ws-.iciu.... v v
Ill the like predicament With myselt.
iitnt for all Charon's caution, lie
was taken in the other day by the
.Imct nfii (in Dpillur frnm thn tnnt-l
S""01 i" ---- I
ward, who palmtd a pewter dollar
uoon him Keiiher ug!it I to emiti
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informing yow that the sank dircc
jors I lust mentioned, 88 betog de
lained on this side the river, have!
. , . ,.;. ..c vnlp t)ia,
Dorrowcu toe nini oi your pia
established a bank, Wlth capital Ot
sent in meat demand amouc tne
uefectitiOei'S, who wrap up thrist
r;riu ..t I. i'um
Among others that I met here.
i re spvcra l0ttcrv office keepers.
mnMV lvr,.bM anpr.ilt,,rs
.
J witin. i ui mmM Mit.-" -
who were generally found in com pa
nv with the bank directors.
The
lottery olhce men seemed rather in
plight having no other gar-
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mnnia lian tlia OTPor hllltl Tl.pV Stir Iv
u.vuia ...o.. &.v
up on the lamp pos s among you,
covered with mighty rows; of figures,
K,.ri, flR V()11 USI.( t(1 marshal atramst
me.
The bank
directors woro busily
-AMitl .ruil sviniriiiM ntii.micna TllOV
ouijj i u.B..i.ft i.iv.u.ov,, ... j
r j. - - ' . t. ....
never ncnormeu.or in emnic
. y Up old rags, which they of-
v ' " O
fertd to the new comers as -money.
j - hank g(ime 0f t,e
good as
more simple ghosts from the back
countrv. were pefsaaded in thisi
' a
manner to exchange their specie for
paper j nor were (hey aware of their
folly, till Charon patted them on
the head with his immortal paddle,1
and civilly told them toga anil get
their eve-teeth' cut.
T,7
m. aiu ia u i ALtii n whi'p; hiiiiic miiuB
nend their money without interest.
It made me laugh see the diaboli
ral faces thesS .itinera made in
county it out.
Several other thincs I saw here
worthy of note, but which I shall not
irouble-jua with just now. I will,
however, just ruentioa a worthy per-
son who, while on earth, was always
. ! a! t . 1 n
projctimg some scneroe or otner, lor
making a good thing better, by the
agency of a bank or a lottery. Be
lore ne hau been here four and twen.
ty hora, he made an arrangement
10,000,000 Bank to ad-
Vance the money to build a bridee
c i nC -
might for you know it would have
ruined his ferry. hereuDon com
.1, , , " . .
dairad to Pluto, who forthwith con-
signed the projector to the limbo of
vanity, an odd lilace. of winch I
wish I had time to tell you what I
have heard. In this place I under
Tlo .nn..IlM
- . w -"viid lugoiuer Willi ABO
itrg tlitmselves with blowing soap foot placed upon the Lead of some
bubbles, while others might be soea jne who had juat breathed his last,
buying and selling catties ia the air, ?'he roJ6,U were not less san
But the poor taoney brokers had Su,ny. d the name of Calleja will
the worst of it. beinir adiudced to ?eTer be in the Souto Xaier.
stand he is hotly engaged upon a lroni tue roja" ranks and shot. The
llan for improving cities, by inak- al,ant cmuiundarit refused lo obey
ing mud holes, in which praisewor- lhe baf barous mandate, and sent a
thy under-taking he is assisted by a fe,PeetfJ'1 "raoustrance to tl.. CeSle
person lately employed by our cor- J " 'I'VrV lhf""
poration with such astoLishine sue- rePeatt d: bui, m .he meat, time,
poration viitii sutu asionisiung sue- an npporrnn tv was offered n. nr;.
CeS8.
I send you -this my last friendly
remembrance by one TapiriusTeso,
a famous Venetian, first projector of
me uhiikoi venue, me mouieroi
the whole Liuod. The critics, of
whom there arc here upwards of six
thousand that can't pay their fer
riage acrosB the river, affirm that he
aviated Lord Byron in writing Don
Juan, which is considered here a
aiiaboIical
poem of the first order.
But this I look ii tio n as a palpable
anachronism. Ever since Ppi. us;ired. ffae most afliec.bn.tB r.d vir.
tane here, lie has been b'isilv em.
- . , , i uiaj urn i' ira.ru i en i'ir-
ployed in picking up oyster shells jever in lhn wrd, hecat.se me dt-ud-to
mke into Wi.inpum, and has late-; ly and, poisonras tOB'Mie of a slan-
ly got leate to return to lhe world,
by persuading Pluto that he can
Jiuake both their fortunes bv ,rurvne-'..-Le
them in this'1 new circulating me
Idium." For inv part. 1 like Lis i
..I.... ..- .1 ..t.l.
(uuip, iui, tunaniciiiiK ' S"""
. a ".,. t j.
ne nature oi meovsier, i nun i
icejve. there is much danger ot ttusjiet it live ? All ihe ithabu mts of
kind of money taking.toi:si If wings;
and flyiug away, as you affirm gold;
and silver does. i
Adieu, forever;,
PARVUS HOMO.
P. S. I iorerot to state in apolgy
for the seeming affectation of dating
my letter according to ihe Old Style,
tha, Pluto has' forbid the use of the
, ,.. , . . .
Jev Style, considering it as one f
those estilent novelties connected
with the progress of knowledge and
liecdom, which he Conceives to be
the primary causes of the present
precarious state ol monarchs and
monarchies. They carry this ah.
horrence of everything new so far, all the pangs of wretchedness, by the
that vJutlce Minos the other dayi"sise of their caluWining
taindcmncd a man to Tartarus for
Deadinsr that, thcuzh he Jived a
Jived a
wicked life several years, he after
wards turned over a new leaf, and
.r I v....
rcioriiieu. liiu ueiu nui an;
this letter through the public
answer,
pa-
pors, as it will never come to nano.j 'iherefore, oh! hiauderer, for
His Imperial Majesty King Pluto, ,enr ,ny bell-frns;ht practice, if
of the; Iron Crown, who is sust e.M -
ed of being a member of the Holy
Ljfwnce.will not permit any1 news-
paper, except the London .Courier,
toepter his dominions, ever since
his throne was well nigh overturned
by a little rascally republican Prin-
lis r u uvi lra
Bomestic.
HORRORS OF WAR.
In the late capture of Sauta Mar
tba, the Patriots succeeded in get-
tim possession ol rort Leceza,
kev to Sian'a. Martha, bv
storm, after massacreeing six han-'on
Ured persons.
In conversing wtin a genttemaa oi
respectability lately arrived from the
Spanish Maine, we learnt from him
that such was. the sanguisary war -
fare carried on in aoMth America,
that be himself had witnessed the ex-
ecution of fifteen hundred persons,
men, wsmen, and children, at one
time by the Patriots j and sued was
the indifference exhibited by the sol-moms deep u .ca seems in pre
miers on the occasion towards the vail that the fire .-varr enesd in the
(dead and dying, that' they . would
n iniiu auu e invaviA . v i. . .
scan provinces, but it wUf briDgTDto
' tTjT k lnid cruelties
."J, eb,?'i Pirated under
of hr, cow. lt:;u '"..'"s
. dr;ne the L
Nero, clemenrv ... M,i?
whenever he heard that aov of fail
officers, in contravention ,.i i.i-
ders, had listened to the appeals of a
..,i...l.i.J
irisonerj te .rdeied such
offier be dismissed or severely
fePr'nJed, and the Tieiirn to be
j-u( i0 ueatn v e were
V'-'f liTt "u,U':5 of
" Z T-l' ,0Ul '' lS P'"er8
.V . "I :lK'Trr"?t'lJlDJ'
.'. , uhu uaq
been fnantl
n I hp nnA.An nn.i 'nuJ . -
ed nadan, .f Uier roVa su
ind hid hi. ;,;..! i... . J.
. " ut a i in in en-
list amonie the roval ironna a re
days after their enlistment, oigln of
'hem deserted, n Ibe reeemt .f
lhi intelligence, the v'iceri.y ordied
,h rtmainiag thirty-two to be tuken
Hit n cm In m.t il.: . ' . . .
they fleeted Aia tho txienti
fiur who werte shot; tlm
niua n-cil I'SI HUH; III ICI1
in of
Ail m
mandant was fsusneuded frcm his
cuuiiubuu.
From the rvteYsbnrKh republican. '
Sl.ANDEll
( Of all the evils wuich infest the
ureast of a human hting, this is iha
most poisonous. Its vcuqmoos nd
subtle t. ngue, will spread through
the most intimate and brnthcrii so.
vieii, uiiteniirpnt.
. inbKniiiuni . -a ,
tumu r;!;. k. ,
derer has blabbed its ulasiiufj Words
anions them. I hse who ai ?" con-
imao. ,lv the
murderous
between a
fiVcts of
words passed
lips.
t) i nalnrn. k d;,t ,. .. (Ton
Oh ! nature
.. J - - J
' j "-v- j -
ihe infernal regions w'-re surely as-
sisunis at its birth ,-and eaet. !ent
a hand in its cofitruejiou. O'u n
does the poor and wretched man tuf-
fer all ti e pang1 that can be ft lt by
body and muidliie blengs ofhea-
Ten aB :,Ht 'rfv" lr3m, !
8'p - "J "d
uu.Vi i .i. , i
Ihe above remarks were sugrsted
. . con((fol(inee5f .ha
Hnirnit "d.mei.ti.r which this vice is
Cftrriej on i ttn town. often has
,e i,een afllieted by its dreadful in
flUeiee. Often has ihosf fneuds,
whom he thought would sulfur sonner
than wrong him, make ins bean feel
igu At,:!"w 'ran is r.dture
uncertam are tier ne'Tes.
l ne inena inat w in t:.;s nay ?ivc us
. .!
0aCK-DI
the rspiurous kisi-, tll lo-u orrow
-bite us. ' Thu man xhiLit the
a i- ..i, ....,,
thou canst not spfik well of one,
keep thy tonguo between thy te-nh
if thou will speak, speuk beroro tlfi
tace ot mm itiou sianaerest : r: its
sure o invre is n nupreroe ue.a3,
"h vice ... ...Ul-.. w w.y ..u.,
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INNOCENCE." '
FROM OUR CORRESPOND?. VT.
lOilice of thel'alliadiuin, f J
It. sion,' Jmi. ol i.or.ri V
A fire broke out in ibis town last
, evenms. id one or ifle centre ones
buildincs of a block in broaa-stret-t.
the east side, a few rods mirth of
India wharf. The alarm was given
a nine alter a o ciocb. hi me nruiu-,
and tho citizens assembled with the
engines, &c in a few momen's, but
the flames ra?ed with violence and
nil mat was pomtustiwr m me ouu-,
ding where the fire commenced was
consumed. Ine contiguous nouses
were how ever protected 1 he house
burned, was four sfr-ries hiand two
rear room of the third story, by some
-oii-lsucb a hi nd to be created ? hv
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