.rrj.MED Asp ruELisnno weekly nr BENJAMIN ALBEUTSON, at thiicc dollars tl: a.n.num, on, two dollars tor ti 'I t'l thTr c I l.tr i V- tr.ns to thz r carries' p. ct arc i :'...cftk r.yre Ur'h :rlsl three 2 c: I t::crJy-jcc :-":..: ; 'lur.gcr 3 f r cj:h cci' , J iclll be ccrMnvxd '-''.! ji il, r;! charged accordingly, 'hencire marked by the trrilers. :t:ciLL uc inserted Jcr less .'.Tin c.z d: r"53a Persons at a distance, must accom- pz:vj their advtrlisancrds icith the mt r.c or thai vill not be inserted. f""?"0 Letters addressed to the Editor t.tusl Ic pcrfpaid, cr dixy will icl be VAcd. HOTEL,.' Situate cn the Virginia and Jrlh Car olina line.. rpllEs'i!)Scriber -.respectfully Jn forms his friend3 and the public in genera! that he has rented the a hove establishment '.which js now o pcu for their accommodation.-. The bar will be furnished with the choic est wines and liquors of every de scription akd the table supplied with oil the delicacies the Norfolk market affords. Pleasure parties of -every description will be freely accommo dated. As the subscriber will spare no pains to make this establishment e qual in respectability and 'comfort to any ether tif the kind ia the United Ff,tr$ be hopes by the most diligent attention to business to merit a abaro of bubUi patronage. V Dauicl Rogcrson. - September 4. ' Jhiu ' gCT The ' editor of the Norfolk Herald will insert the above twice n week for 6 weeks and foiward his Stephen T. Mitchell, GATES COURT HOUSE; .(N. C.) FFEIiS h?s profesatancl services to the citizens of Gates and the surrounding counties. Any business corwuieu to ins care xi oe tauniuiiy attended to, upon reasonable terms. He will be usually found at Mr. Gil liain' Hotel. . August ZSthr "- - Gates County: - i 7n Equity, Spring Term, 1S30.; """lOri.inaUiil Seth P.Mo-bran, et. als.J f,icd - it this case it bcinr' made known lo the Court, lhat Scth i. Morgan had remored himself without the liruiti of this State, or so conceals himself that the ordinary process in uch cases, cannot be 6erveu upon him, It is ordered. therefore that the said bcth 1 Morgan he made a party by publication for m weeks, adinon ishing him as is hereby done, to op pear, at the next term of our said Court of Equity, to be holden for the County of Gates, at the Court House in Gates, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, nod plead answer or demur to the complainant' bill, or judgment pro confesso will be entered up against hici and the cause set for hearing txparte as to hi nr. Mills Riddick, c. Se n c. e Equity office, hgu$t 2nd.i. - Salt, T ovk awiH T?ouv. QAAA bushels Turks Island Salt just arrived and for sale by 11. N. & T. IV WILLIAMS. ALSO. , " ,, 1 Barrels mess and prime Porlc. Do do Deef. Kcw supetfiae Flour. August 7." " Farmer's llcposUorv. From the Jlmcricdn Farmer. ? Lafayette on his Farm. Every thing connected with the?- patriarch ol La Gr jnge is interesting to the Anerican people, for whose independence he carue, when a sh lir to fi 'hi i he side of Ayashij.' ton ; whose confidence he always en joyed, and - whose virtue he has as constantly emulated. . Hence we.aie induced to offer the following eitract from a familiar letter written bjran American lndy n France to her hus band in Amejica, trivinc some ac count of hi farm, but without any l- dea of its being published. Such details sometimes serve as well as more public nets and duties, to illustrate the ' individual man, and to some of our readers - they may prove more interesting than political speculations.' , ; La Grange, Jlay 29, 1820. -The vweaiheT has been so wet since I have been here that yester day was the fitfit day I could eret out. The dear old Gentleman took me en tirely through his farm-yard, you can have no idea of the perfect manner in which his cattre fre taken enre of the comfortable houses and beds ; the cleanliness, and regular ity of feeding are astonishing. He has here a flock of 1200 .f the finest Me rino sheep, ell which I saw turned out, attended by two shepherds and four djf-. The cows are much lar ger than ours, general!):, and are treated more like human beings than brutes, : They are turned out in 'the morning and brought in, in tht heat of the lay, fed suffered jtorest a cer- a:n time, and agfii4urrted out 'until sunset, when they ate put up for the night. In . one of the stables there are twenty-two cowsVand two bulls. 1 he veal they have here is the whit est I ever saw. The calves are at tended by women, and are fattened by peculiar process rlhey give them esrsrs. tour a dav to each can. winch are put . down their throats w hole ; this, with their allowance cf milk, I am tojd fattens them in a very short titne. ,Each cow is confined with a alt,er of sufficient length to let liiein ie at their ease ; their hides arc ni cer' and .. cleaner, than many of our gentlemen s carnage horses,! In a nother stable were thirteen cons, a- mongst which were those of the De von breed, given him by Mr. Falter son ' of Ilaltimore. also nine half grown calves, all as he told me were of the same stock; The horses in the general's stables are attended. to with equal care.' .There were in the stable fifteen horses, besides his car riage horses, and three donkeys- one large one for farm use, the other two for the young ladies am) chil dren to ride ; 1 assure you ithey. go quite plcasanth, as yesterdav;.! rode one all around the park, and to the lake. Ihe piggery is the most coi- plete you can. imagine, containing a great number of hogs of all' sizes, aces, breeds, but the one von gave the general is the largest ever seen, and is much more esteemed than any of the others. The general relates with ruuch apparent pleasure, lhat an English '.farmer' of --great wealth and knowledge, on seeing this hog said, well sir, you may boast cf havj ing the finest boar that was ever sent from England, and would Scarcely believe him, when with pride he. told him, it came from the United States, and not from Ln&land. Ihe farm yard is a very large square, ivill buildings extended quite round it. The house for the sheep occupies an entire side of the square ; the build ings are all of stone, and built as i to endure forever. The general has a great variety of birds, joultrjrand American deer ; all provided wiu the nicest possible accommodations Were you here I am sure you might desigoale many things that would be valuable for our farmers to know They make cheese here, as well as the finest butter I ever tasted. The .!!y arrarired ;d ; ind-J n; tiff ;e - pi'tcrn farm neral appears to HI! II he u aSk L rly oer it ev pry ils he crn. ?itfc Oil the ice he cannot t c t rj hcf.-c back, which is a peat p'ty. i:1 hewaseiy fi-rj.l of that cxerc.-, and Was in the hub it of riding crui. I) over his firm uhcn .the weather admitted.'-; You can have no idea of the' benevolence of this good old man There ate a! least twenty poor, families w ho are daily supplied from. La Grange with everything that can make them comfortable, .besides I know not how many others thai are provided fo?. " ' 3 - t& . W . I am quite1 surprised at the free dom with which all in France speak of. the king, his ministers, and of public affairs. I had suppoed that in a monarchy, people were afraid to open their months. This country appears to be on the eve of some cri sis. The king . do not imagine turn ! polilician politicks, but I that I am iroinjr to -you .know I hate thought you would like to hear a little of the current new. . ' . , . For a description cf ihe Lafayette family I. refer you to Mr. M : . Tlie more I see of them the -more I admire and love them. ! ' . W Jirst before dinner on the d ay I wrote', you last we hearcliof a fete at one of the villages a few miles off, you njready. know that each village in France has its annual fete, some oftener whilst at dinner the cener al's travelling carriage wno prepared tor afiu the lour young ladies, the four boys and myself set out for the village w here we arrived jjst before sunsfrtand found all ihe peasants as sembled, and as happy as possible; kit were dancing, old arid . young, omc I am sure old enough' to he great, j grandmothers. They had chdeifc-aTi odd place for the.ir amuse ment, along side the church and hn- it was nevertheless ti pleasant spectaile to sec so tna'ny human beings enjoying a day of in nocent amusement a.rarciitiv so -, Yesterday the firsUof June the la dies were going to pay a visit to ihe neighborhood and the dear general jroposed that the carriage should be gt ready immediately, and he would iiiiiM-if take me to anew, me some If; I ' 1 improvements on his farm, before the time for paving the visit. His rand-aaugh'erb and- I accompanied him, and had a- most agreeable, rifle he showed me a meadow irVmcsl beautiful'order, that had been but an unproductive. swamp. The water he had collected into two very larire ponds or small lakes supplied by two copious i springs winch are finally emptied (into one large rivuletl "In each of these ponds he has left three or four small islands, with beautiful clubs of ; trees on their margin are picturesque and agreeable. walks. He then! took me to show me his ice-housc, which, is made after the cheap and plain American plan he says that: in this country they make their ice-houses very ejcpensively,and that they do lioj keep Ihe' tcV neatly so well as ours." , Thursday This morning we have to visit poor Someryille's tomb it is very neat and approptUafe I will describe il particularly when we n.eet we also visited the' two 'or phan or poor schools, which are sup. ported on! the estate by the Lafayette family one! for boys, and the other for girls. ; The teachers and children (.ad'appcared delighted at seeing Mr. u. . JLafayette as soorf as we were seated one of the little girls stood up and repeated some very af fecting French lines, thanking him for his benevolence in rescuing them from w ant and wretchedness ; he kissed ihe htile cirl on both cheeks, when half a dozen little ooes, as if dairr is adsnir the-whole is a . t jeahxi can e nj al held their f'f fur the ane -honour. You car.r t cai!v b fanily eheve hoiv much. the wh-It: i- teloved, and how mu they do lor the poor their sstuatj u i in this re.-peci is eriviable. From the .HjsstrchiiscUs Journal.- , . uo!i;;lg .men. n.e f)l!oijg ru arks Hverc read by a mechanic at a meeting cf one .f the lianford Lyceums. They contaift -good sene and manly spirit, h would he a glorious thing for'the intitutiois of our country, if our mechanics and farmers would devote all .their leisure moments to the. ac quisition oi knowledge. Know I edge and virtue have hiffh nres- sure, power" laat nothinff on earth can resist. Those who earn their bread by the labor of their hands, are the sinews of the community : yet while they have the name of being sovereign, they are io fact half the time the dupes of noisy and selfkh partisan. We have-, always believ ed that if " the people" really gov erned the coulitry it would be gov- emed well. - Almost rP th thirif; tends to an evil excess. We trust the honorable snirit evinced. bv the! working men, w ill not degenerate .... - .f into an ftiT.ilp f.f nrtr-nml urpTuuWr Information, modestv, and integritv, should be a man's only i .commenda tions to thee no matter whether his father happened to educate him a lawver or a doctor 'or bound him an appienlicc to a blacksmith. It is wise (as.the old woman said) to stick to ihv middle. extreme. . n , L0UCATION OF THE LABORING CLASSES. t , . - ..... s . II l.as peen a very ODVIOUS and 5 ii.atcr me inMiiu linn til soneiy, inai iney nae nau 100 nine . . . I ' . . I I 1 . I - . I I reference to; the mental cultivation 01 Uie operative classes, thoe clas . ;4 . 1 rn uu u m.nj .t.rurnu lor support, it is a tact, incapable ol vo..i.,u.iciiou, inai uiereai uouy vi ...rcuau.es anuiarmurs are, ami ai- wa)s have been, cpmpaiaiively s- norant of the; arts and sciences, and indeed of every thing, not immediate- ly connected -with the hus:ness of their dailv avocatiotis. And 'what has been ihe consequence ? V e see in the tiistoryiof every communitv. Mechanics and farmers have been kept'' down- chained, as ifil eie to the vei v bottom of society while the professional demagogue has lord ed it at. w ill, over , them '- ' and theii heritage. l.V'ho are the men that are honor ed with ofikes of profit and trust ? Are they jnecJianics f Alas no ! Go to the United States Congress go to the Lecislalures 1 of Ihe various S'fltPC . fTll lit lliO ill ic f ciilinrvlir.nlu departments of civil society and by viunn vim yiu mm uirm nueti r ai- gisiaiors; i nere are , noi inose im most exclusively by lawyers, and o- pediments in the way of the tne ther professional men, or,e!fe by la- chanic, which many seem to suppose. 7.y intriguers who' do nothing for the community but live upon Us suh- lancey and control its movement ty vuiuiiut-iy, I piie. , . j lie iauorinr class, it is true, have been learned to" talk vauntingly of their own liber- ty i and eqtial rights but. in w hat doe that liberty m what do those fenorily. The puruitsoflhe mechao equal rights coftaist ? In. nothing but ic euablehini tocult'Vate his talentsto the liberty of selecting their political matters in nothing but the right, whether equal or unequal, of saying rule end control him. The one may who shall have the squandering of be able to fawn and flatter for dis ihe i moi eyi which ,they earn, by la- cussion in' the halls of the creat : boring twelve or fifteen houis ech day. A''5l even this pitiful liberty even trtief .v ananiflous enual rights, j - have bgt?n rendeied nugatory, by a Wantpi know leuge on the part i ine raimrtng plaMe't. Fr a general rule they have accorded their voles w lth inei most quiet spirit ci suomMion to such candidates ns ihe , self - an nointed political lesders of the com- solre to become enlightened, intelli nmnity saw fit to propose to them, gent, and influential, they have nolb.t and thu. it w ill always be, till the la- inj? lo fear. There ate many illus- boring classes not only become ac- quaiuted with the true extetil ol their own natural rights, but acquire a sufScieot degree of knowledge .to en- ouic iium 10 avail inemstives ui ::ontiis, t.wwllz i: t0. tliose rights v.it!,r .t ? i! - f ; their own de-'.n.cvm. It i. nougli tliat tcti .--re dctsrtnir.cd t I ; fsee ar.iJ ui.s'iickled iht-v sl.c-IJ L -tlcterr.iioed to i;. ,;,2 t!.lr fu.JwM clervient to w i Lftf-1 r- -ses, for Free J iv itU isnorance de: j - t o, f -1 ! . ei. i:.to f ! - ies and Farmers cat: not without tea great a sacrifice of lime, acquire such ill a(.jlalllioi'V.i7 u jiuuiivm 5v,i ei.ee, as will quality themTto fill of- fices of trust and honor to themselves or advantage to community. This is not true. The mechanic or the farmer can give his 'attention to the true practical principles of civil gov ernment as weL) a tie physician' or the lawyer. Every can, at least ia - this community, whatever be, his em . i f t ptoymcBi or ms proicssion nas many -leisure hours, which he can devote , according to his, inclination, and if, !e will spend tliem in acquainting hiinsejf with tl regulation and character cf the social compact he. will be qualified to judge of the cor rcctness Willi , n titcn its atiairs are r " Udministered by those in power, and O assist in administering them him .- f i i t .. .. r- . . i .. seiI " 'enever cauea on tor me ais- charqre; ot ; socli a duty, until our mechanics and laborers fit themselves for office, and aert their right to hold it they cannot expect that !egis lation will have a due reference to i heir interests. tIt is a well' known lacti that all classes ol men are apt to itunk-- their own employment or prcuesmns oi more importance man any otber, ana, as the necessary J ' , , 1 consequence. oi mis naou 01 mougni, ,1ip inlPrU of our farmers' nnd me. rKn cs and atrticu turali19 will Do ,ufieied to lan-uish, will be consid- . . . . Urd ..nimnnn..i until theVft rlaRsr f men come to have a part Jn the ...... - w . . enactiiient of Maws. . Their'sis the great interest of .the community, for i iey are a vast majority ot the peo- ple. and carry all the other classes of. ,je community, as it is proper there-" fore, il)at thev should get that first H,!(j indispeusable requisite kndwl peusuble requisite- Is -it proper or. Just that mechanics. eiHiuin in vp.. lawvers aione.. 10 leiris- I. ' -. 1 late for them ? Is it necessary that the minds of our vouth shall remain, barren and uncultivated, and that they, should grow . up, willing to place their own neck9 in the halter and their own bodies in the traces and lie down and rise, up at the command of the driver ?. There are afewi young men in society who could nut, if th.ey'i chose, ornament any station to which they nnght be called and who,e vnleps miaht- not Ivo lmn.il I wt lliu 'ian'llo. 1 raP with those of the proudest of our le- The laboring classes have many fa- cilities for improvement-the schools, j academies, and .almost every thing i inai is- 10 ename mem 10 stand up land meet (he haughty-'sons of a lijushroon aristocracy, face to with- J out the consciousness m mental in-. belter purpose, if;he be so disposed, than those 'who for the most part, The other vviih a body strengthened an,d braced -by adverse, fortune can trofotlh ' in .. consrirms mental and I w T --------- . physical "superiority, and wrestle in the match oi mind, w lth the proudest of creation,- The fbnner, IS fit subject for a king," and a despot ihe ianer,:ior. inuepenOenl America. --' - 1 ' If the lahorinfr tdu.'a tt-ill lirious examples to encourage theni to exertion. .Modern , history will present tbemviju the nair.e of many a humble laborer, who,, bv quench- i in' me mirs; vi nia -.tiaiure ai me iin

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