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OF THE
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r.- at Eilentonf a Cveekly papert
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about to be discontinued.
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mercial and agricultural'- natiiie, as
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posed. It shall, be approjriaU:d to
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ett her .TP'dijicaJrlr bin,
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ition of the neceaary material will
admit. i
Tfios.MKunoirn,
w;m. k. pell.
Edenton, N. ;.J)ec. 20; h.
JVcw Goods. ;
:- flHE subscribers, grateful f r ihe
liberal encouragement tbey have
received embrace the present op
portunity to return their acknowl-
vcdgemens to their friends and the
puMic generally, and to inform theu
that they still continue in the mer
cantile business at their old stand
underjlie .Xational Hotels wiiere thev
ba i uit receiveij antl. opened their
.FaM.and Winter Supply, comprising a
large and handsome assortment of
0 voce vies, WarAviave
tu V3vocku.vy.r.
viL50,
VALXTS .1X1) OILS,
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
".Theijsloetc ?f Goods have been
selected in New Votic wiil great
care- iwtable to the season and
the tnatket, and can be sold lovr for
cash or country produce. - Tbey
reppcctf-illy invite all desirous of
purchasing, to call and examii e
! them. ' ,.:
- : Ilarrcll & Forbes.
October 29.
VIA V SAU..
: 4 double (ig and Marnesii, a Sul
- keyt a Jrey Waggon and liar-
' rtess, & ati excellent, uhtantial lray
and Uarne. TTlte abVe arncle
y be solil low on application at
Mid Ttre.
1 '' October 20.
NEW GOODS.
From JShe York and nore opening,
a new and very desirable as
sortment of
Suitable for the present and approach
tng season :
Painted, . jackonet,-' mull and Swiss
Muslins, , ; : v
Plain and tigM book do. r '
Calicoe and Giu'ghams, , v
French Lawns. and Cambuck -Jackonet
"Muslin Ilobes ,' . 5
Gr de Niip Silk and Pingeet .
VArk Sattin and Sattitr Levantine,
Brown 8i!k and Vhne Sat!in e
Blue, gieeo ard pink Florence ijilkf,
Green, purple and changeable Mer-
celinp Silks, ' , i , ,
Are open Crapes, assorted clorsj
F 1 1) e c 1 tint z . bonle red tl atidkiV,
Embroidered poplin do.
Crape ard Brazilian do.
Nee-dle-worked (un"',
Double Collaretts and Pilloreens,
Taruboured (dollars,
Linen cambrick Handkerchiefs,
Colored bordered do. ' .
Bandanna and fancy cotton do.
Fine bordered book tiiUslio do.
('becked nmslin do. '
Ladies ribbon Cravats, . '
llihbons; Glove and sil tc Nlits, .
Pdeacbed S!irtings and Sheetings,1
Brown do. do. . '
Plaid and striped Homespun, .
And a great; variety of goods suitable
for men's wear, j '
Leghorn Bonnets,, i' .
D.ujstables, of the newest fashions
and some vey low, j .
fsrariiMi Bonnets, "-" J,
Amaranth do.
Bl'k -English water... proof NTavarinos,
Bl'k and colM silk Bonnets.
Ladies' Prunelle Shoes and S!ijper,
Do. morocco-:; do. : do.
Childiens' and Mlsse, morocco and
leather Boots and Slinpeis,
Metis' calf nailed Shoes,
Do. -Brogans', s-ewe tlo.. ;
Do. coarse Brogaiis arid Shoes,
iVomcns1 leather Shoes. - i
Mens' bl'k Ha's, fashionable shape,
White & bPk Hats, selling very low,
Bl'k ool Hats, & white low; crown
ed do. Boys' Caps. .
Xetv jivheat super fine Flour, ija bbls.
and half bbls; N I
Mess, prime and cargo Pot k,
Coifee, Sugar and Molasses,
Im.peiinl and ouiig Hyson Tea,
Loaf Sugar, Pepper and Pimento,
S ap, Candle, Copperas and .'Indigo,
Nads, bar and round lion,
Salt in sack and Turk Inland do.
N. E R nn, Wbiskey and A. B'andy;
And. a fevv gallons' 12 years old Ja
v maica I. n, of a upe?rior quality.
White Lead and pajnl Oil,
Lamp Oil and window Glass,.
Ad many- other . arMete too th
oieroti to mention. These together
with the slock on hand renders the
assortment ' very extensive, all of
which will be'sold very low for cash,"
country produce, notes, or on any o
ther accommodating: ter'n. i .
Win T Bryant.
Elizabeth.-City, Sept. 15. ? '
Private Boarding.
TTfrlLLtANI ALBEUISON having
declined keeping Tavern and
removf d .to the hou"e formerly occu
pied by Mr. Abner U illiams, . oppo
site the Tannery, ,
will take single gentlemenMo board
by the month or year who d" not
wish lodgings in the bouse; also
children lor tbe Acodfiny, or such a
may w)h to take lessons on the Pi
ano Forte under -Mrs. Thompson,
who will teach music in the bouse.
Dec. 31. f-
riiOSPECTUS
OF THE
Xort CaroWna iivocate.
"'-' Urn'. .
. It is proposed to publish a weekly
Newspaper in .FJIizaheih Cilv. to be
edited by RUW lllD l. - ;
LY ant) called the " Jorlh Carolina
ddvocale" at Four dollars per an
Mint, but if paid half jearly in ad
vance, only Three dollars will be
required. ' '
Thenlasses of interesting subjects
usually noticed i'in weekly papers
may be expected; in, this. The prin
eiples of the JeiTersonian or Demo
cratical Republican School shall gov
ern, in its political department. No
party but that of the Democracy will
be Aupported. J Parties actuated by
individual ambition, or personal op
position for selfish ard sinister pur
poses, whatever jhlle they may -assume,'
can receitle no countenance
from this press, j Persons hotteily
iliiTtirlng fronvthei Democratical lie-publtcan-faith,
ah hough they .cannot
he :' encouraged in! their political
views,'yet shall b 5 treated with the
utmost-respect. A -i mere diiference
in political opinions should never
create enmity betvveen'citizens of the
same nation, ' on ess the doctrines
contained under such opinions nian'
fcsllu tend tOiihe I subversion of .tire
government, and e'et then jf. argu
ment and legislatbveiprndenre fail in
averting, the evil, leumitv alone can
afford o very ratonal or adequate
remedy, . 1
It is intended ihlat ithis paper will
support the re-election of General
Jackson to the Presidency. ; That
support wall be upon an irtdepeitdent
basis, uninfluenced by ie.tsonal at
tachment, by any i hope of pu'tmcal
distinction, or of goverHirueirt pa4ron,
age'or remuneration-l it will be on
principle, and principle requires it to
be voluntary and disinterested: '
A leading 'purpose of this., press
will be to oia'ntlaio a strict regard. r
the interests of Norih' Carolina. -All
her patriotic and intelligent .citizens
have to lament the! apathy hat has
hitherto prevailed amongst her peo
ple on the subject of Improve.
ments" iri a great many of the vari
eties that compose that general te n,
anl the sbigguhness wnh which she
has--dragged afler nil her twin sisters.
and some'of her younger ones in the
march f "Improvement." It .is
confiderttlv believed ithat a rrea.Jei
degiee of ene-rgy in the Public Press
the Siate' would mainly contribute
to her advancement to the van of the
national .phalanx ; 1 ami the opera
tions this Press vill be directed con
formably vv ith the articles, of -that be
lief. New Voi k, Pennsylvania, Ma
ryland and .Virginia! appropriate, im
mense sums of moneyi every year to
the estahli-hing of long and circui
tous routes to draw the produce and
trade of the West through their! sev
eral States, yet North Carolina, with
one or two good navigable outlets,
anid others " susceptible of improve
nientsitusited in'a latitude favora
ble to healTh, and atTrdirg an unob
structed winter navigation nearly in
a lirec line, of no gieat leitgih., vt ith
the middle of the great valley of the
Mississippi, a region that at no very
distant day will be a vast emporium
of commercial and i agricultural
wealth, remains with folded arms in
stupified inactivity viewing, the de
parture of that Commerce, and that
wealth which she, with much less
costly exertions might secure for her
o w n f u t u r e g t e a t n e . j I s t h i s . a p a -thy
authorized by either national in
terest, individual interest, or by conir
mon sense ? By neither. Then why
continue it ? I i
Th great neglect 'of ELucation in
this State is believed t6 be a chief
cause of our lassitude on leading
subject of improvement. This Pres
will keep in constant jview the all
important subject of j Educati4n- In
fine, it will be What its name imports,
the JJdrocale of the interests-of the Stale
of JS'oJth Carolina. ;;
The following heautiful Stanras r
tended by Gray fur his "Cor mv
Church Yard," hut attcrw arils oo.
a riM ia hit o : !
ciciit iic( i;. "..V
Hark how ihe sacred calm that -
ground, . cease,
- Bids very fierce tumultuotis passion
In still small accents whispering front t Ik
" " ground ,. ' ' ,
r A grateful earnest of eternal peace. j
There' tea tcrd ft, the earliest of;lhef
year. . found;
By hands unseen are shower of vleo
The red breast loves to build and warbltl
there ' -ound ;
And little footsteps lightly print the;
I Ji new Jlnsical Instrument. The
following description of a newly in
vented Piano .Forte is sriveh in a late
number of the Glasgiw Courier.
'JTie "inventor appears to be an Irishman,-
'f great, natural parts, and pos
sessing with all an accurate knowl
edge of the chromatic cale. Wish
ing !to enjoy., says the Courier, a lit
tle music on an evening after work,
he sot a box of the general appear
ance, but deeper 'and brouvie'r tha'n
an ordinary piano, and bored a row
of holes from onb end to the. other.
Into this box six or seven siv in.e'Vare
(daced, (but iherennay be. roore) of
diffeieint aes, froip the scking pig
to theigruti boar, exulting-in swire'-
hood. I In this vvav a scale if voices
i . ...
is obtained. The tails of each in
mate are then drawn through the
holes in the box, and the. lid closed;
-o that half a dozei tails- hang- out
side, i VY henever Paddy w4es
olayY tie twitches each ,aS 0Vy,i
arid successively .and the iiiiihp be.-;,
gins and, lasts as hing as he likes. 2
W hen jlired, tie j'ist' litterates the ni
sicians till the iievt time. The airs;
ue ail Irish, and yvheti i theitvviu.h-;
i"g t sn.aiiiy and skilfotly done, the
muic lis not a vvh.it behind the mix
ire ol. sounds.. at the .late fck Physical
Dernbnstraliori." The instrument i-'-c
ailed a H ogo tmig u fly ." I .
Touch. A writer in ar Sj. Clair
vill.e (Ohio) paper, tells the follow
ing story as every word true : .y ..
"In ov: 1827. theri livmrr inj
Harrison county, Ohio, ; I killed a
,'inall l4ig arid dressed it on the fire
of a large red oak stump. In -tiit
March followir-g I observed most i:
he bristles left on the stump from
dressing the hog, to be sticking irto
he wood -endwise and on . pulling
them out, I f4ond to eachjtiritle Uv
or three roots from 1-2 to 3-4 of an
inch bri ,Ttaving actually: coiiiruenc
a vegetable growth.?' i '
The ! writer of this curious , piece
of natural-history 'must be the same
tnan.,of vy hom it is told that on a, cer
tain time w hen slaughtering n hog
in the woods, he lost bis jacknife,
which dtopped among the dried
leaves ; and in tbe following sum
mer happening to pass the same
place he was surprised to see a large
hush covered-ivirh jacknives,- which
hung depending from ihe stems like
fruit. j : .
, Effect of Intern fierance.JAzt LA ?'
wards,' in pronoun ini smtence'of dVa,h " '
on JarrveJ Ratisoml, rerently conirterl in I
New York of the murder of his wile.'
made the following statement : . ; :
44 Upon a reiew of this shocking tran 1 1
saction, the question naturally present '
itself, what could so have perverted your:
nature : -TJie answer is Spirituous : li
quors. It. has had the effect to estrane
you from the . most , endearing . relation,
from the ties of blood, from your obliga
tions to your fellow beings and to your
Creator. - If ant further evidence was
wanting to manifest the desolatin,; effects
of ardent spirits, which have moved like
a destroy inneel oer the land.We hae
it. in the astonishing fact, that within the
last wo months, three men ha e been ar
raigned before me on charjjes of murder
ing their jwive: each of these ofTences
iere'comnitted by intemperate ine.i.
As disiruciitrc as this practice is to soci- j
rty. at' tar-e, .-as disti Cssin as it' i 3 to all
( lassrs t, the community, jet it is it
I -nahly ti uc that noie ai e ioj(ie to -7 ; r
Jo-ore t:ve!fly fiom n tS iii ipmduI km,..
. . Complaints t.t atiu-st s m'o c-t in"-
Km .ushj-ri', h-ie tricrt ,js t! t h ; i
I c it to uiwi' 4 i:i iici t - : ; :
1.1 W shoulil be hf ougl'.t to 1 1 r .
jtrity upon tnco' it is fnil nm, t:. . ,
partners of these abandoned rntn shouul,
he made to rtaiize that tbty i bae in the
iaws and miiiisters ot JuMice, friends who t
are both ble and wiliuntj to protect them'J,
fiom iheNirutaJ violence of their bus- '
haifs." . . - ': i
Ttitort your Altchanics. There is
secretly any tiling which tcida nre to
ihe impr) tmcnt of aj town, than av fair
and liberal support afforded to mechanic
'if every dtscrsption. Popidarfori: is ne .
ccssary to the prosperity of the" to n or
fhontry, aiid that population bein of an
honesf and industriuusi chaiactcr, render -prtiiperity
more cenam,'uni!ot m and un
arjin. 'Scarce any place has ii,stn to
much inponaiice, even . when' possessed
f the utmost corpn trrial lad ant2j;tb, ...
without a dnr regard to the' encourage- -oent
f the mechauicat arts. For though
.he exportation uf merchandize oiav fo m '
the hading fcaturts ut such a place, tho
various 'arts 41T iiieehait-isiit. .are on aiahty "
4 allt (l in r cqtiisition, and are ii;iispci.sa
ule to .render the pioyrtsol cornmtr. ial
'pe'ratiorv sale and tay. To- an u iand
Uop, mecj anics are flcp'aby iupotlunt
Ms' tisewto-tei l.tuv ii.fi-s.iiuic a kate
lind'resptf table pcirtiii ol soiirty in ait
i oufitnes, tut lo our-: it it and tilar s
Miev -aie almost a leadiiu', constituent - - .
-n of their iou ih and. H(pulatin n To- :
lll'-rd ample sufport to a. class of c it I -
Ik ns so Jiii.thly usciul and necessary, is
l-errainly" tne duty of tbose -enaed in
tther p4irsnlts. Jtegulafor. i ,
Moral and Ucliiiiou.
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