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ployed 30,000 men, and whLh gives great facility to the commerce of Cairo and the Nile, and has increased and dis ciplined his srmjr of Mamelukes. The Grand Seigneur is preparing an army to stuck him. but it Is a mere effort; |br such is the precarious state of the Turkish relations with Russia, that, if their force is withdrawn (rum the fron tiers, or much towards Egypt, it would be the signal of attack from the Musco vites. Ali Pacha possesses the key not only to the Nile, but to the Red sea, and has a check upon all the caravans and pilgrims bound to Mecca; his position is, therefore, calculated to create great uneasiness at the Forte, be came the usual appeal *o the fanaticisms of Mus se linen have proved unavailing. Russia, no doubt, ii the lriend and ally of Ali Pacha, and furnishes means and advice; besides, it appears, by European papers, that Russia is nrgotiating for a loan of one hundred millions of roubles. We shall not be surprised if the long medi tated attack on Turkey should be near at hand. .\'ationul Advocutc. Antwerp, June 19 Letters from Epire inform that the four Pachas^ent by the Grand Seignor against the celebrated Ali Pacha of Ja mm, instead of oppeving him, have join ed their fortes to his and are now march* ing against Constantinople at the head of 80,000 men. ("Per the Ccor^itna, capt. ChamberUinc.] Si. Thofnas, August 4. The news from Angostura is as late as ttir 18th of July. ? Gen. Mo lillo had sent a flag of true* from Caracas with a communication to the sovereign congress of Columbia, to which he gives the title o f " Must Serene Highness,*' to know whether that body would receive commis sioners to treat upon a suspension of arms, Ate. until the cortes should assemble to deliberate on the ??Hairs of the provinces. The answer, or rather decree of the congress, sent to Morillo, was, in substance, as I'ol lows>? ?? That they would with pleas ure receive all the propositions w liich the Spanish government might com municate, provided they should have fur their basis the sovereignty and independence of Columbia, and that they would not admit of any that should deviate froui this principle, so often proclaimed by the government and the people of the republic." r~ , \ -? - AVednesuay, August 23. W.M. Xouwood, esq. of this county, has been appointed by the governor and ?council a juilije of the Superior Court, in the place of the hon. A. D. Murphy, 1 csi,?hid. ? '1 0 Thr Fall Circuit. ? The judges of the ?.upeiior court ha\c apreed upon the iullowint* arrangement f?>r the fail cir t uit, viz. Hdcnton, Judge Minium, Newbern, Donntll, Wilmington, Norwood, liileigh, Daniel, Hillstioroegh, Paxton, Morganton, Nash. WM. IIILL, Scr.'y. Aug. 47, IE 20. The convention of the state of Mis souri have dcciiied that the permanent ccsl of government, ultt-r the year IKJ6, :,hall be on the Mis&cuii river, at or near the Osage: for the present it U to re main at St. Louis. Tiie name* proposed f >r th^ n nv ca pital is Missot'l'ioeoi.is, si ;nifyirig the (Vy r f Mi\, out i: a compound <?f the I > ?!i?n name of the state, and the Grci k v ord for etij. The legi .lature of Tennessee has pasted an act to establish a State Rank, with .1 capitd of one million of dollars, " for the purpose of rclnxini* t he dis tresses of the community and improving the revenue of the state." It provides for the appointment of agents in the dif ferent autes, and the fund* arc to be loaned out in sums not cXi coding live hundred dollars. The legislature of that state has also passed a law ?? to prevent a sacfifirc of real estate and for other purposes^' in which it is provided, that any debtor, whote interest in any real estate or ?lave sliall he sold under execution, may re deem the same at any time within two years, by paying the principal money hid et stu b sale, with ten per cent, interest. It also provides, that any bona fide cre ditor of such person shall have the same pi.t di ge, upon crediting the said debtor ttn per cer?l. or more upon the amount bid at the execution sale; unless the purchaser shall secure to be paid within >:x months to such buna fide creditor the sum proposed to be advanced by hkn on ibe bid at said sale. If the purchaser also be a bona fide creditor, he can either credit the debtor with the amount pro posed to be advanced, or surrender the property lo the person oPering to make the advance. Any other bona fide cre ditor can obtain the property by paying the amount previously given, and mak ing another allowance of ten per cent, to the debtor. The seat of government for Indiana is fixid at the mouth of Fall creek, where it is forty yards wide, on fraction al sections 2 and 1 1, and on whole sec^ tions 1 and 12, in township 1 5 nortfi, ana range 3 cast. A7. Louia Enq. The important instrument, the Con stitution of the State of Missouri, was finished on Monday the 17th instant, enirrossed on parchmcnt on Tuesday, and will be signed in the afternoon of this day. It is ordered to be printed in English and French, and will b? pub lished in this paper without the least delay. A national salute, fired by the St. Louis (iuarris, will announce the time of its signature. The members will set out for their homes in the course of to-morr w, and will carry with them the respects of our fellow citizrns for tneir personal deport ment while amon^ us, and the gratitude of the public fjr the liberal and enlight ened constitution which they have pre sented to their country. St. Loin* liny. July 19. Great mortality in the American Colon} cn the African Coast The astonishing mortality that has visited our infant colony at Siena Leone on the coast of Africa, (if the account I may he relied on, and we have no rea : son to doubt it,) must be a subject of extreme regret, n?>t only to the humane and philanthropic projectors of that asy lum lor the manumitted African, but to the nation at large. This affliction, how ever, should not discourage those dis posed to persevere in the plan; the En gush, on ttie same soil, have been com pletely successful, and have never met with any serious obstacles from the in salubrity of the climate; on the contrary, that part of the African coast alluded to has always been represented as lavoura blc to European constitutions, and, of course, not very uncongcniai to those born in the United States. The coun try bordering on the sea is mountaneous, covered with palm and other trees, and presents to the eye a perpetual ver duie. IVoahinsion Gaz. Fhom Havre ? The following is an extract ot a letter d^ted June 23d, re ceived via Liv< rpool. " The Nimrod get into dock on the QQth inst. and brought the first news of ;be passage of the bill laying a 'Jonncgc Duty on French vessels. The intelli gence has caused a very great sensation here. The charnbcr ol commcrce des patched a m-ssenger last night to the king, recommending him to lay a duty of one hundred francs per ton on Ame rican vesn.Is, and to prohibit the intro duction of American cotton into l iancc in any way. F.xiract of a letter fiom one of the commis sior.crs of public woi dated Monc)*s, near CJ-cenville, .T ot\ 29, 1820. ? We have set evciy thing in opera lion on the mountain. Atter getting all our workmen housed, we commenced on the road on Monday, the 17th, with i about five hundred men; and they have already made a good impression on it. Those who have \isited us, have ex pressed their admiration at thcex;cntof road already cut. The rise in our road is so gentle, that the heaviest loaded waggons may pass down without locking. The angle is no where more than five degrees, and this angle continues but a short distance: the rest of the road is less than four degrees. The course we have taken, hi in^s us through the moun tains in eight miles, and we then sttike into the fine road between the Enorcc and Tygcr rivers. The distance from Green river to Columbia, will he lessen ed seventeen miles, and he reduced to 126 miles; making the whole distance from Columbia to Ashville, (in Bun combe county) 15S miles. ? The whole mountain road is now laid out, and it has been no small labour. I have no doubt but that we shall complete the road be fore the 15th of October." The enterprise announced in the fol lowing notification, appears to he one of considerable interest and importance for the practitioners and students of medi cine throughout the United States. We scarcely need suggest, that the emi nent professors selected to conduct it, are signally qualified to perform the task in the best manner. Thomas Dobson and Son, are pre paring for the press, Modkhm Mkdical Classics? selected and revised by Philip S. Fliysick, m. d. professor of anatomy, and N. Chapman, m. d. professor of "the institutes and practice of mcdicine, and clinical practice, in the university of Pennsylvania. In explanation oC their design, the publishers deem it sufficient (o state, th.?. with a view of supplying the defi ciencjr of medical books, which has be come a subject of general complaint with the profession, .they propose, under the above title, to reprint the best re* cent works, on the different branches of medicine, and especially of a practical nature, in a style of uniformity, like the collections of the poets, essayists, See. As to the extent of their plan, they cannot, at present, precisely determine But should it be adequately encouraged, they will proceed with it, from time to time, so as to keep up with the progress of medical literature, taking care not to impose on their patrons any work of doubtful merit, or to oppress them with an inconvenient weight of expense. Of this, they promise positively, that the works shall be afforded at a very re duced rate, nearly one half of the ordin ary price, and without any want of ntai ucss in the mechanical execution. It is proponed that the series shall commencc with Dr. Armsrong, onTv phus Fever, Common Continued Fever, ind Inflammatory Diseases, Uc.; and Dr. Johnson, on the Influence of Trop ical Climates on European Constitu tion!!, from the last editions of both works. To go to press immediately, and to be followed by other works by the same autuors. Pou I sons' Am Daily Adv. Extract of a letter from London, dated 22d June. ?? Our country nen Fairman and Per klt.s, have connected themselves with ti e rtlc'natcd Heath, and are doing ex tritn?ly well. ? Perkins has been prc si r.tfO with three medals, by his R. H. tht* duke of Sussex, in the name of the society, for " the encouragement of the Fine Ai vs, useful inventions, &c., for his Ship Pump. Fire Engine, See." At 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, (August 9,) an extraordinary mete ?r appeared in the eastern quarter of the hemisphere. A train of light burst forth as if shooting out from a centrc, first to the north and then to the south, appa rently about a yard on each side. It quickly extended itself both nortu and south, until it formed a parallel line ot about forty or fifty feet in length, hav ing the appearance of a long pole, and remained stationary near two minutes, when it very gradually disappeared. It was seen in the direction of the milky way. [, Freemun'v Journal. With regard to the unhappy instance of suicide, committed at Fell's Point, by a youth of I 1 years o!" at;c ? we deem it proper to state, " That a number o! boys had assembled for the purpose of exhibiting a mock execution; boys who had probably attended the execution of Hut? on and Hull. The unhappy youth wi.o personated one of those culprits, sto<>d upon a pile of stones, with one end of a rope round his neck and the other attached to a beam. We further under stand, th?t one or more of his boyish spectators acted the part of a divine ? while the unfortunate youth was stand ing in this situation, his comrades re moved the stones which formed the pe destal, and alarmed by the struggles of the expiring youth, ran away and left hi:n to die the martyr of their own folly. [ riallim'jre Chronicle. From the pirjiu (Ohio) Gazette. A writer in the New York Daily Ad vertiser, under ths signature of .1 /?'lie ml t'j the .Vuvy," in reference to the naming of the ship of the line lately launched in that city, states that the word (> tio, ;ss.undci stood by the Indians, signified War river, or Bloody river, the Indians having, in former times, fought many bloody ba'.tlcs in canoes on it. To persons acquainted with the habits of the natives, it is unnecessary to observe that they never had any battles on water; there might have been accidental meet ings of this .sort, hut no other. #Thc Shawanesc, Delaware*, and \Vy andots, inhibited the Ohio country when the whites fu st visited it. The Ohio ri ver was called by the Wyandots O he zuh, meaning something noble or great. The Shawanesc name was Kis kc-pi la sc-pe, from Kh-ke-pi-la, an eagle, and se-pe, a river. Either of these appella tives will be truly in character, so that the name conferred on the noble ship, the Ohio, seems to have been singularly proper. JOHN JOHNSTON, Indian Agent. t'pper Piqua, July 12, 18"20. Manufactures. ? It is stated, that in the single article of nail*, a man will accomplish as much in one day by ma chinery, as could have been by 20 0 men 50 yeais ago. Ucllefonte, Centre Cy. Penn July 29. A CURIOUS PACT. A large Black Sftake was killed neat this town which measured eleven feet nine mchc*. It was fir3t noticed by a slight crack which it made with its tail, not unlike the cracking of a horse -whip, and appeared to be in great agony, jump ing uy> from the ground, twisting, coil ing, &c. Alter it was killed, this was ac - counted for satisfactorily. Out of its mouth the tail of another snake was oh served to be sticking; on pulling it out, - it actually measured five feet three rncfi n. This was the cause of the uneasi ness in the living snake; having no doubt been partly strangled by its large mouth ful. This great snake was long the ter ror of the cow-hunters in the neighbour hood of the place where it was kilted, and it no doubt would have continuec so for a lone lime, had it not been for i?s voraciousness, which prevented it from running ? It was fleeter than any horse, and bid defiance to the puny efforts of man to overtake it. *1 Hint to Farmer t ? For three or four years past Hemp and Canai y seed have sold, on an aveiagc, at five and six dol lars per bushel, in this cny; and within the last twelvi months the last mention ed seed (Canary) has been sold as high as twelve dollars per bushel. The above seeds arc as easily raised in this coun try as wheat ? why then should we de pend on Europe for our supply, while wheat is selling for seventy cents pet bushel? A". Y ? Evening Fast. From Silhman's Journal. Curious Jiict reflecting Animal Poison. Il seems highly probable, that ?n infu riated serpent will secrete the poisonous fluid much more promptly than when in a placid state ? And it is no doubt equally true that many animals, which under ordinary circumstances arc per fectly innoxious, becomc armed with a salivous poison when infuriated: a tru ly inexplicable phenomenon. Man him self becomes somewhat poisonous when highly cxcited by anger. Dr. S. Brown informed inc that he has had patients under his care, who had *>ecn bitten in personal combats, and whose wounds exhibited every symptom of poison, per tinaciously resisting the ordinary modes of cure ? but in these cases, the dclcte lious fluid is the saliva (but it has been supposed that fra^nunts of the tartar from the teeth remaining in the wound, were the cause of the apparent poison) whereas in the serpent, as is well known, it is a peculiar secretion deposited in its proper recepient cavity. The Rev. Mr. P. Fisk, a missionary from this country to Jemsr-Iem, has wi it ten to the missionary society at Savan nah, that the population of Smyrna va ries from 100,000 to 1 60,000 souls. The majority are Turks ? the remainder ere Greeks, Arminian*, Europeans, and from 10 to 1 5 000 Jews There arc a number of Greek schools in Smyrna, and at Haivals, on the conti nent not far north of Smyrna, there is a kind of Greek college, with 200 scho lar*. On Scio there is still a larger col lege; and that many things indicate an improving state of affairs among the Greeks. GENERAL I'OST OFFICE, August 3, lb20. j It having been represented to this of fice, that the ne?s-paper mail is fre quently carried outside, instead of inside the stages, to the great injury of news papers contained therein: ? Notice is hereby given to all whom it may con cern, that, on information being given to this office of such a practice being pur sued by any contractor for cairyir.g the mail, or by the persons employed by him, the penalty annexed to such a vio lation of the rules of this office will be rigidly enforced in every case. And, for the information of the public, and to put the contractors on their guard, the following article contained in every con tract made with this department, i-? now published. " 9. That, when the said mail goes by a stage waggon, ii shall invariably be carried within the body of a comfortable stage, for the accommodation of at least seven travellers; and when it is carried on horseback, it shall be covered se curely, with an oil rloth or bear-skin, against rain or snow, under a penalty of dollars, for each time the mail is wet without such covering; and thai when it stops at night, it shall be put in a secure place and there be locked up. " A penalty of one dollar shall be in curred for every mile in which the mail, when conveyed by stage, shall be carri ed out of the body of the carriage a bove described." he printers of the U. States getu rally will probably serve their own interest, as well as that of the public, by republishing the above. Fairfield, July 24, 1 320 Dim, at Weston, (Connecticut) on Wednesday the 19th inst. Mr. Brad t.r.Y Trkadwell, after n short illness of five days, aged 31 years, vrho manifest ed the utmost composure and resigns* tion to the will of Heaven. Though seiz ed with the most violent and cutung pains, not a murmur was heard, nor a complaint uttered in all his illness; per* fectly possessed of his reason till death; and with the utmost composure and confidence, in his dying moments, de clared that death had no sting, and knew that his Redeemer liveth; that he felt all glorious within, and left this world with * sure and certain expectation of arriv ing at the city of his Ciod. He died greatly lamented, and will be long re membered by his acquaintance. The circumstances <.f his death were truly cxiraordinaiy. On the morning of the I9tb, he pave the parting hind to all present. When all supposed lie was dead) the neighbor* wore sent for, to lay/4iim out. About four hours after the suspension of life, when they Mere just about to procccd to lay him out, he ? a i observed to have a small motion in his breast, which surprised the by-standers, and soon increased signs of life began to appear?when one present spoke to him, whom he attempted to answer L? making a faint, inarticulate noise, which again terribly surprised them; he then suddenly, as from a sleep, arose in his bed, and sat up. The first words he ut turcd were, " I have seen glorious things since I have been gone ? [which was aWout four hours.] It appears to mo I have been gene four or live days. I have seen the New Jerusalem, with all its inhabitable beauties, and heard the sweet music of the angels. I have seen and drauk of the waters of life, which have cured ine. My conductor tol<? me, I ninst return for a small space, and tell my friends and neighbors to prepare to meet me in that happy place." lie con tinued to comfort and exhort all present, the remainder of his time, with great earnestness, which was about tour or five hours. lie also said, *? I saw and heard the weeping of iny friends, from beyond the mountains, and heard tl echo and re-echo; and was told by my con ductor to tell them not to mourn for me. hut for themselves." 11c continued in this state tdl he expiicd, and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. The above and foregoing was com municated to the subscriber, by a per son who was present at the time, a;ia whose veracity may be relied on, with many other unexceptionable witnesses. SLTH HALL. MASONIC. BROTHER David Vinton will deliver ? J',< course before Eagle bodge, No. 71, nt tlie church, on Monday next, at 3 o'clock, l\ M. The public are respectfully invited at tend. Ry order, 'ihomas Thompson, Secretary [n o ie?. P. S. The brethren are requested to mec'. at the l^odge rooin at 2 o'clock. Hillsborough, Aug. 22. Committed to the Jail of Guil ford County, TWO NEC ROES, one man and one wo. man The man bays his name is El/ iy.HU/ HKI/TO R D, and that he bel.mgs to u Mr. Thomas Simons, of Cuhaw district, ? Carolina. Said negro is of a yellowish com plexion, about live feet ten or eleten inch'1*, high, and about thirty-six years of a^e; has a. black cloth coat and pantaloons of the saou*, two shirts, two pair cotton pantaloons and a fur hat. The woman is of low stature, in clining to be flesh}-; haJ on when committed a black cotton habit, and has one o'heu- With her of the same kind. She calls her name BETSEY, anil says she belongs to a man by the same of Man, a negro trader; her foritkcr master was Coleman, of Halifax county. The owner or owners are desired to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take said negTOes away. James Duuning, Jailor . August 18, 1820. 29?4 m 3 ? ? 3S. %/w #vvwv AESTLEMEN of the Rar, Physicians, and others, can be supplied with Professional and Miscellane ous Hooks , from the Philadelphia market, at short notice, on application at this office. Aug. 16. N OTIC E. 1IIAVE on hand, at my black -smith's shop, six miles south-east of Hillsborough, five or six WAGGONS, wcli finished off for the road, which I will sell low for cash, or on a short credit to those whose punctuality can be relied on. Wm. N. Pratt. Orange county, Aug. 14. 23 ? Jw QCj* Th** editor of the Raleigh Itegisti r i* requested to give the above three insertions, and forward his account to this office. NOTICE. RAN away from the subscriber on Friday evening last, an apprentice by the name of JOHN TOLLAli. Ilad on when he went away a shirt and pair of trowscrs, and a wool hat; he is about fourteen years of age, and has dark blue eyes. This is to forewarn a'l per sons from harbouring or employing hiin, as they ill be dealt with according to law. David Uig^s. Orange county, Aug 10. 26 ? C- KNTLEMKN are requested not to kill a J belled Milliard, which is ranging about this neighbourhood. It was belled at Yankee Hall in May last. Wm. W. Hall. Or.inge county, Aug. 11. W\Us\)OTcmgY\ AcwvYewvv . rHK exercises in this institution will be resumed on the first Monday in July. J. Wit hers poo n, Principal. June 7. 18? tf BOO K AN O .1 O B ipmttsrroraa Promptly and correctly execu ed at the o'ficc of vht Hillsborough Kcc order
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