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cimtLorm, x. c. Tuesday, j.wu.iBr au isao. [NO. 68. fdhi.ished wkkrly By LEM UEL BIN(UIAM, 4T TUttEE DOLLARS A YEAR, PAIJI l:T AUVAKCE. dfi No paper will be discontinued, unless at the discretion of tho editor, until all an-curag-es are paid. Auverti.skhentb will be inscvtecl at the usual rates. Persons sending in advertisements, are requested to note on the margin the number of insertions, or they will be continued until forbid and cliargcd accordingly. \ri\w\ Estate. Tiif sii!)scriber having obtained Letters ot i.diiiiiiistration upon the estate of John Uoyc*, dvcc.iscd, taices tliis metlu)d of informing thos'.- " Iio are indebted by note or book ac- court t’li.it jKiynient must be made on or before the Fe!)ni.ir\ court of Mecklenburg county ;— tli.*se w iio f:ill to attend to tliis notice, will have to settle witii cost. Tliosc who iiave any demands against said deceased, ar; rcfiuested to muke them known vithin tiie time prescribi-d by law, or this no tice will be plead in bar of recovery. 'riio Administrator furtlier notiiifs those who »rc iiideoti-d to said deceased, that during his ub.scnce from Cliarlotte, the notes and books of Jiu). ]!')yd, deceased, will at anytime be found in t!ie liands of Wip Smith, of Charlotte, who is fully authorised to make settlements and jjTaat receipts. I’AfL HAURINGEU, Jdm'r. Nov. 26, 18,^5.—3mt72 w"iN LSOll r.ixcr ciuiii makixg. UlI.I.lAM CLLVKUIIOUSE 11 .\VIN(i commenced the above business in |j tlie t'jwn of Cliarlotte, respectfully solicits H siuire of public patronage, liis work will be neatly and durably constructcdj and will be disposed of o,n accommodating terms. Skttkks and Wuitino Ciiaihs, made to or der, can be had on short notice. Charlotte, Feb. 5, 1825. Iyt73 latent W A NEW INVENTION. E hereby give notice to the citizens of Mecklenburg county, that we have pur^ chased the right tor manufacturing a .Machine called the PATENT COltN SIlSj/Eir ami \vill soon have them on hand for sale, i or the snnphuty of its construction and its utilitv to ventii’. r*. ^‘"‘='iualle,l by any o*her in. ^ ention. 1 crhaps we may be tliought to exaff. gerate, when we say it will shell a bushel of corn in i/me mwuks, and by a little exertion in two minutes. But we invite all to come and examine it, witness its operation, and satisfy themselves as to its great utilitv. It can be seeii at the Bubscnbcrs’ shop, opposite the jail. TIIEO. MEURIJ.LS, WM.oCOKWVELL. will be $11 delivered at the shop, or $12 deliv ered at the hou.se of the purchaser. All persons are cautioned against makinir, using or vending the above machine in this comity, under pe nalty of the law in that cai made and provided. Charlotte, Jan. 20, 1826. 57tf Static oi ^^oTt\v-V^avoVina, Mecklenburg County. November Sessions^ 1825. Middleton Lawing ^ Original Attachment, le t's. V vied on a tract of land join- Kobert Lawing. j ing A. Dunn and others I T is ordered, by Court, that advertisement be made for three months in the CatawLb Journal, for the defendant to appear at the Fe bruary term, 1826, and there to i -^ilevy and plead to issue, otherwise judgment will be en tered against him. I'est. ISAAC ALEXANDER, c. m. c. t72—price adv. $4. )^tate oi* *S*oYt\\-Ca\*oVma, Rutherford County. Superior Com I of Lait\ Odobcr Terniy 1825. Woody Burge ) vs. C Petition for Divorce. F.Iizabeth Burge, j IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant, Klizaiietii Burge, is not an inhabitant «)f this State : It is therefore order ed by the court, tliat publication be made three nionllis in the Ualeigh Register and the Catawba Journal, giving notice to the defendant tbal she be and appear at the next Superior Court of Law, to be behl tor Huthciford county, at the Court- House in Rutherfordton, on the od Monday af- t( I- the 4th .Monday in March nest, then and tlieiv to aiisw er, plead, or demur to said petition, otherwise it will lie taken pro coiifesso, and judgment accordingly. Witness, .lames Monia, Clerk of said Court, at oHice, the Jd Monday after the 4th Monday of Si ptem!)er, 1825, and in the 5Utli ) car of the independence of the United States. JAMES MOKRIS, Clk. Sm74—pricc ailv. $4. Statfc ^*OYt\\-t'avo\iua, Mecklenburg County. Court of rtciis and Quarfrr November T(nii, 1825. David Starns, ; t)rg’l. .\tta’t. le\ ied on land; M. iand .losepli and W in. \arl>oid Henry Yarboro. j summoned iis giiariiisliees. IN this case, it ajjpcaring to tlie cv)Ui l, that the detendaiit is not an inliabitaiU of tl.ls State : It i.s ordered, that the proceedings in tliis case be stayed, and that udverliseinent l>e made tor llir(!e nioiitli:; in the t^atav.'lja Journal, that tile defendant appear at llie next court of I’ieas siul Qu.irttr Se.siions for the count_\ of Meck lenburg, on ti\e louith Monday ot' l'‘ebruary, IHiti, tiiid rcpl. vy and plead, ot'iieriv ise judg- 'f'niit i'\ default will be had against him. IV.st.' ISAAC Al.KXANDKW, I'kr/i. .>ni7-)—pr. adv. ^4. bVlvU‘ uV* tN\)Ytv'i-V3l\VuVilUV, C.ilj.u'i’u.s Sujierior Court. Cat'iiavine Coodinan ) t'y. Petition ibr ilivorce. Caleb (joodnv.ui. J II’ a|)pearing to tlic satisfaction of the court, tiiat ilu' di tcndaiit is not an inliabilaiit of this ; Ordtrtd, that j.ubru ation l>e made for 'i\'c niontlis ni tlie Wtwfcni Caroliniuii and 'ifini'hii J(ji/rh>t/, iiotiiyiiig said d'-fendiint, tliat he ai)i)c.ir at liie next Superior (Jouvt of I.aw to Ije held for the eounty of (iabarrus, at 'I'l; '-ourl-llouse m Cor.cord, on tlie litli .Mon- alii !• tile Hh Monday in M.ircli next, and ^''■^11, answer or cleiiisir to said jjetition, judg- pro eonffsso will t>c taken against him, *‘Ul it w ill 1,^. lii^.;ii.d i.x p;irle. JAS. SPEAKS, Clerk. 'in—|)i-. adv. ^4. 0/ the State of North-CaroUna ACOMRECT Map o.‘ the State in which he resides must be a desirable object to every individual. ^ VV hatever may be a man’s occupa tion in life, it frequently becomes important to him, as a matter of pecuniary interest, to possess a correct knowledge of the relative situation of the diiVwrent sections of country. In the pres- ont enlightened state of sjciety, the subscriber IS convinced that, apart from all considerations of interest or convenience, there are very few of our citizens who do not feel it an all'air of per sonal pride that they and their children .should be able to speak with familiarity of those parts ot the State lying at a distance from them, as well as tho.se in their immediate vicinity. The subscriber therefore flatters himself that the fol lowing ])roposals will be received with pleasure by a large portion of the inhabitants of his na tive State. He proposes to publish a correct Map of thf. State of NoHTii-C.tnoLiNA, measuring 6 feet J inches in length by 3 feet 6 inches in width, laid out upon a scale of six miles to the inch. The materials will he of the best kind, and the en graving executed in superior style. But correctness of delineation being the most important circumstance, has claimed the sub scriber’s chief attention ( to the attainment of which important object, the .Map of each coun ty has been separately executed by R. M. B. Bhazigh, Esq. with the as.sistance of gentle men of science residing in diHereiit parts of th« State, and from the public surveys, and iiave been likewise revised and corrected by the se veral county surveyors, or some other compe tent person, in each county. Tkrms—For Maps, varnished, colored, and mounted on rollers, or put up in portable ibrm, 1^8 each. JOHN MACRAE. Fayetteville, N. C. Dec. 1, 1825. 4t64 CC^ Subscriptions for the above Map w ill be received at this office. . oi:t\\-i3aro\\i\a Tfe\egva\>\\. The Editor of the North-Carolina Telegraph gives information to all concerned, that he expects the publication of his pajier to com mence the first week in January next. Those persons holding subscrij)tion papers are request- ed to make returns of subscribers’ names, at the farthe.st, by the 15th of December. Papers di rected to the Post-Office in Fayetteville, by jiri- vate conveyance or by mail, will be dulj atten ded to. 'i'he Editor would do injustice to his own feel ings not to express his warmest gratitude, for the liberal encouragement he has alreadv re ceived. If any thing were wanting to confirm his conviction of the necessity and importance of sui h a publication, the patronage he liasre- c ived from all classes )f society and from ev ery part of theState would certainly do it. It is hoped that all who wish to posse.ss the paper from its commencement will immediately send in their names, either by giving them to those who have proposals, or by leaving them ith any Po.st-Master who will forward them.— The present expectation i.s, to publish in pamph let form, containing 16 pages a week,, making a volume of 832 jii'ges a \ear; so that those who take tl)e work from its conimencenu nt, may file away fur future usefulness -a greater mass of religious, ])(ditical, aiul literary iiitelii- geiice than can, perliaj)s, be collected in any other way, with so little expense. Ministers of the (iospel *hi-mglu'ut tlie Stati are retpiestetl to make know n 1o llieir (oiigre- gations the anticipated conmieiu eiiieiit of this laper, and to encourage all wlio w ish to sub scribe to it without delay. It is believed that if those w lio li.ive already taken a deep interest in tiiis object w i re respec tively to exert their iiifluenee a little farther, that a subscription sutHciently large v, ould be olitainevl to ensure tlie coiitiiuK'.nce of a Jour nal so much needeil. Upon this influence the Kditor coniidcntly calculates, !iiiil promises his est exerti()US to met. t the public expectatii>ii. l'a,vetlevi!le, Nov. 23. u U!s\ Its’ \V ai* V aiv\ s, iMir sale, at tliis Oilice. i-'^iUry J uktri s’ \V For-rde, at tlii'j n.'Ilcv. S\i*a>'. HEIU'.BV give notice, that 'I'hos. Whiteside ha:^ posted (.n my Stray Hook an iron gn v Hni-.e, fourteen hands three inches Ingii, eight or nine years old, with blue mane and tail. Said hileside lives in the I’rovideiiee settle ment, south of CharioUe about 12 or l.> miles. JNO, I).V\’IS, one of the Itangi rs for the roumy of Mecklenburg, Norlli-Caiolina. Dec. ‘J, 1K2,'». r,(75 tiust VNU for sale at this Office, in a ))ainphlet forii), “Strictures on a piiee nritie.i In Mr. Davidlleiikel, entitled llenvenK !■ lood ilf Ueguu ration, or, 'i reatise on Holy'l!:ipii>m.” Hy .losKi’ii Mookk, r. ]). M. I'rici-, J.i een‘.«. i)cliverv lioiids, I'ov shI'j at tlir 'j;j;cvr of *Hc ^toaw Ijoat WHARF AX I) WARE HOUSES, C/tet'tnc, S. Curolinu. subscriber having taken this commodi- A dioiis cstahliKhment, at the River, will at tend to receiving and forwarding all kinds of i.oods an.l Pnxluce. His charges will be reas- omihlc, and every attention paid, to facilitate the interest of tliosc who may favor him with their patronage. E. R. M HITING. Dec. 20, 1825. 3t68 I^HE Trustees of the Academy in Charlotte • , o Plt'asure to announce, that a Clas- Mcal School, taught by the Rev. Allkn D. Mkt- CALK, A. B. will he opened in this place on the 2.nl January, 186. In this school will be taught, m tlie most approved manner, the Latin and l-reek Languages, together with all other bran dies which enter into the foundation of a thor ough and liberal ednration, viz : .Mathematics, pure and practical, English (irammar, (ieoi^ra- phy, tkc. &.C. . » b From tiieir knowledge of Mr. Metcalf’s char acter, as well as from the respectable references Me niakes, the Trustees do not hesitate to place tlieir entire confidence in him ; and all who are disposed to patronize the school, .ire respectful ly invited to do so immediately. Should it be nccixmry, students in the common branches of Lnglisii can be admitted. The session w ill commence on the 23d Janu ary and end on the 23d June. Prices I'or Latin and (ireek. Mathematics and ScuMiccs, $12 p?r session. For English (.rammar and C.cographv, «10 per session. All payable at the end of the term. liy order of the Board, ■^t68 ROBT. J. DINKINS. N/ £ntfrH«l Kmiitotictnrnt. r f ry. The subKcrihcr will sell hib House and Lots, in the t.iwn of Charlotte, weli suited to :i trades man or jirivate familv, and give pos session immediately, or when it may suit the wishes or convenience of the purchaser. A lib eral credit will be given, the buyer giving bond with approved security. A description of the premises is deemed unnecessary ; as those w ish- ing to purchase, will doubtless call and view for tliemselves. Januan- 12, 1826. JAMES HARTV, oi\ t\\e i\t^ii\e\wti\t. JUST publi.shcd, and for sale at this officc, price 12^ cents, “A Sermon on the Atone ment.” By Saju jvl C. Cali.wkll, A\ .'.i. IlEStfS.TOR’Sr. C,E\ERAL BARTON. We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter, from a gentleman in New- York, giving some account of this revolutiona- ly veteran, who was a siiort time since releas ed from imprisonment by the munificent hand hand of Lafayette. R;,ston Gazette. The day I left Boston, Dec. IGth, I had the pleasure of finding Gen. W'm. Barton in the stage coach, bound to Providence to sec his family and home, afte;- an absence of 14 years, during which time he had been confincd for debt at Danville, Vermont. A few days since he was lil)erated by a remittance from his old | companion in arms, the good Lafayette, (ien. Barton was born at Warren, R. L in the year 1748, and informed us that at the commence ment of thd revolutionary war he shoulderel hi.s musket. In 1777 he took Gen. Prc.scott prisoner, on an Island near Pr^)vitlence, in the night time, and conveyed him safe to the A- merican camp : for this Congress voted him a Sword, which he carried with him in the stage —it has a silver hilt REPORT Of the Board of Internal Improvement to the t«eneral Assembly of North-Carolina. 1 he Hoard of Internal Imjjrovemcnt respectfully submit the following report: A new organization of the Hoard hav ing been eflccted l)y the act passed at your last Session, the members who were selected to compose it, with the excep tion of Gen. Dudley, met at this place within a day or two after their appoint ment. They entered upon the duties of their ofTice with a diffidence and rcluc- taiice arising not only from a conscious ness ol their inexperience in such sub jects, but also from their knowledge of the stale of public feeling in relation to Internal Improvement. They were a- wure tliat much lioiiesi pi-ejudice existed and much excitement had been produced ill the Legislature and among the people, in cijnseqticnce ol the failure of matiy of the navigation companies to improve the Rivers, which had b'.'en entrusted to their management, and of the improvident ap plication and wasielnl expenditure of lui ge sums which had been approj)riated to that |)ur|)ose, belorn the aid of science and skill had been enlisted to direct their operutions. 1 hey knew, too, tliat many ol '(',e warmest li'icnds ol Iniernal Iiu- provmunn indulged the liclief that jjublic opinion would no longer support them in the execution of ihcir plans, eminently calculated as ilio.y were to jjromolc the best interests of the community, un less their feasibility w;^;. demonstrated and their important advantages caus ed to be felt, by the accomplishment of some one of the objects, to which the public attention had been directed. These considerations, while tliey impressed up on the Board the high responsibility they had assumed, urged iliem to additional zeal in the prosecution of their duties and to a determination, that no eflbrt. which was permitted by their limited powers, should be wanting to produce an eft'(fct so anxiously de'sireil. They hoped that, in their annual report at the present session of the Legislature, they y.'ould !>e enabled to announce that the improvement olMie Cape Tear Kiver be- twe^*M Fayetteville and Wilmington was nearly, if not entirely completed, and that the obstructions in its navigatioti be low Wilmington had been wholly remov- ed. If tliese anticipations have not been fully realized, they trust it will appear that the partial failure is justly attributed to causes, which no foresight of the Board or oi the Civil Engineer could jirevent, and 110 exertions on their part remove. liile they admit this di.*>appointment, it allbrds tJiem great pleasure to state, that nothing has occurred to diminish their coiilidence that the improvement contemjilated in both sections of this Hiver may l>e elVected within a short pe- and that the result, though some what postponed, will ultiaiately satisfy the most sanguine friends of the plans which have been adopted. ' '1 he Board will now proceed to give a brief statement of their transactions du ring the past year, first remaiking, that tlie only works which have been under tlieir eare or control weje those on the Cape Tear above and below Wilmington nd tiie Clubfoot and Harlow’s (.!reek ?ol.l,un,l|Ca„al. Alll.ci, llrsl,„min,;i„(i,U.i: ..I curums „ „rkn>an»l„|,. It s. a.R.l t„ I,-, al lcr J.^.sshig- sun.c iicces'.ary oni. rs see the great alterations lor the jiaymctit of money eerlilied by on the road as we approached Provi.leiicc; and K'o'^in'issioiiers appointed for that pur- when he spoke of the M.mpiis, (as he alw.iys " ork done on some of alls Lafaj ette,)^his eyes were iilleil with tears 1 Hoads, lor w hich apj)i o- of gratitude. He has been a vu-y jiowe.ful and a detailed man, and retains now, ir. tlic- 7riii'iea;- of hi i among ,r ■ I ,• ■ ; Hoard, thev adioiinn.d to meet in I'lv- I c «...«! oT,„ U IM,., .,f »„ .,1,1 ,, V. o„'u„. ,«,l, „r a' ,iL lutionai) song, v. ith a ciccr .uul >treiig voice ; j season loi when w e had airived near I’rov iileiice, iiesui . nt “And since we’re here, “ W ith friend:- so dear, “ e’ll drive dull c; rc aw a\' I’’ Hut wlitn the o!il ticiur.d tii1tri.!l anc lioiiic, and e:ii!,raced tlie v. ile of his yoi,tl;, his hildien, and his childri. a’s c!iil.!;\ ii, an.t inel. his old black servant, it wu scrne uii.eli) innot attempt to d.;sc ribc—tin \ w ere all ov;.r- jeyed and melted into tears—n was a hjiig time beuire he could Ik. liev e il lo be a r( aiJv.” An abortive v.u; made on tlie asL iiiglil c tlie adjoui ninent td'tlic (K'orgiu legislature, to obiaiu an expi'es- sion of the opinion of the House ol iJc- jiresentatives, on Jie subjec.i cjI tiie ne.M, l*resi(leney,and to nominate Gen. jiudr't-. ./(ulitoit. AI)out two-thirds of the meet ing, however, after some discussion, iVoui disinclinatioti to express an opinion, or disujiprobution of the lesolutions, voted in adjo'jrnnieni before any vote wastai^en. C/i(it,\ Coiirit/'. I ho Dt'Ia>varc i\i’. r lias closed a'lii 'I"2_5i'ed three tiiiiCb already tliis v.inici'. the operatijii-; on the Cape Fear ban not arrived, Mr. I'ulton was directed belon; the i;‘xt meeting to visit the works below Wilmington, then the Cfub- loot and Harlow’s Creek Canal, and then io proceed to the Hoanoake, where his assi.ilanee and advice had been recjuested !); tlie ii'jLuioivi; .Sa\igation Comj)any in 'lie ccjiisu uciion of some works at iJuii- \ille. 'I'i.e meeting at Fayetteville was postponed un.ilihe 5th of March, in con- se';ii‘nc‘ ol the duties impos( d upon the 1’iesidt‘iiL ol the Board by the visit of J.alayette, w liioh |)revente;l his attend ance. At thi. meeting, Mr. Fulton pre- senteil a Ut port o| |,is j)roceedings un der the (Jiders he had received fron» the Board,—rojiy of this report is annex ed. He was then diiected to procure as many kiliorers as po.ssible, and to com mence his operations on the Cape Fear aiKjvo Wilnmigloii the moment the state ol the liiver ould permit it. The at tention ol tlie B(K.rd was jiext turjied to the improv.Mi- iii eonteuiplaled in the Uiver below WiiimirMon. The great tni- port-ince ol' this subjeel to tl.c eommen e ol \\ lim.n Miu to t!i- agricultnra: itilerests (d'that large r.eetiufi (d’countr3. hose l.r.d ihtu- v ay to tnai k'^i through this port, occasioned an atixiou« solicitude m the Board that it should be accomplished as speedily as possible. No doubt was entertaitiecl that the em bankments and jetties already projected, and in a forward state of execution, would ultltnatciy produce the intended cfiect —but this effect, although believed to be certain, would be produced gradually, and must depend upon the lapse of tinie, more or less protracted, the duration of which could not be exactly foreseen. la the meantime the delay was occasioninj^ to the community a heavy loss ; to which ihe additional expense pf the means the Hoard thought it expedient to use bore no proportion. They were led to be lieve, from the convictions of their own understandings, from the rejjresentations of the Engineer, and from their knowl edge that such machines had been sue* cessfully employed in other countries, that the obstructions to the navigation below Wilmington, consisting of two narrow shoals, composed of mud and sand, might be removed in a v«'ry short time and at little comparative expense, by the employment of a dredging Ma chine. The earth composingthese shoals once removed, the embankments and jetties would have the effect of prevent'* ing a re-accumulation, and the channel would remain pernianetitly open. The Machine would also be highly useful, it’ not absolutely necessary, in reinoviiif^ some shoals which had formed in the River above AVilmington in places where logs had been deposited for a number of years, and which remained after the logs had been taken out. There were other considerations which had great inlluence with the Hoard in determining them to adopt this measure. After the intended purpose had been accomplished on the Cape tear, the machine could be trans ported to other parts of the State, where its operations would be no less eminently beneficial. 1 he removal of the shoal, called the Swash, near Ocracock Inlet» if practicable at all, can only be elu cted l)y a mt.chine like this, and is an object ol the highest importance to the com mercial and agricultural interests of that leriile and extensive portion of the s>tate, which sends its. productions to Newbern, Washington, Tarborough, Plymouth, hdenton, and the other towns situated on the waters of the Albemarle. There IS little doubt that this shoal miglit be removed by means of the Dredgini? Machine at a comparatively small ex pense ; and, if a re-accurnlution of sand should take place, which is perhaps to be expected, it is believed, from all the ob servations that have been made, that ih« accumulation would be gradual and not sudden, and, by the employment of the machine at intervals, as often as was ne cessary, the channel might be kept con stantly open. The same results might be obtained in relation to the shoals ii\ the lar Hiver below Washington, the re moval of which is an object of the first consefiuence in the navigation of that Hiver. In short, in every place where shoals were formed of sand or mud, the removal ol which was demanded by the interests of the community, this machine would aflbrd the most certain, speedy and economical means of elfecting the improvement. Influenced by these con siderations, the Hoard directed Mr. Ful- ton to j)roceed to the noi th, and contjuct lor the Dredging Machine, and the Steam Lngine, by which it was to be worked, ' Und to give the necessary directions fot* their construction. The cost, though not yet exactly ascertained, it is believed, Irom the estimates which have been made, cannot exceed five, or,’at the ut most, six thousand dollars. To apply to this subject, the Hoard had subject to their control an unexpended balance ot* about three thousand dollars of the ap propriation for improving the Cape Fear below ^Vilmington, as well as the unex pended balance of the appropriation to the Cape I’ear between Fayetteville and U ilmington. As the machine was to be used on the river, both a!>ovc and be low Wilmin-ton the Hoard determin ed that one half of tlic cost should be chargeable to each of these funds. One half of the machine, therefore, and of the vessel and apparatus which are necessa ry to put it in operation, belongs to the State, anil the other half to the Capo Fear Navigation Company. The Boar 1, lu>w- ever, strongly recommend lo theCienetal Assembly the propriety of reimbursing to the C'.ajie Fear Campuny their share of the purcliase money, and of thus havin^ the machine at their own disposal. The Keport of the Civil Fngineer in r. Iuiiotx to the purchase oi this nua him*, and a copy of the contract he rtiade with t-he West Foiiit l'oun,li-y ,\ssaeialii^n, are herewith submitted. By this coniract ilie work was to ha\c been completed by the (Uh ol .lune. i'lit; Board deeply re- giel that the cfnlrai tors lailcii in this [)art ot tluM.-i'ngaj,( iiM .-i: a parti of the nu.( iiiuej'y icj( ur.i W uini{,u;oM a tcY/ weeks a^"j. The rcuiaindcr was Jav*