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vhicb resembles a concerted scheme to overwhelm those who might be to un fortunate u to place any faith in their alluring promises? What it the tone as sumed, and w at said of the town, which they would speak into existence as by the touch of magic? The place had great advantages by their calculation ? a large water course ? a rich and popu lous country; come on all you that wish to make your fortunes; buy lots ? we Mill have the river navigable in 2 years, foi hosts of SO tons. Huge exaggeration. It is a great blessing, that sometimes, the must wit ked disposition of ?h* hesi i is counteracted by a strange weakness of the understanding. Instead of still playing the farce, by pretending a performance of their promises, they forget at once all their artifice*, anu aie now woiid^rfully emjag? du^xutung a de?-p canal at the to?n <?t Fayette villc. Tu ? fact it too no torious not to >ink deep in the minds of the people. Those supplies levied on them should h.ive been entpl ycd to th( ir advantage only, and like vapours ihiiig out of the earth and gathered in to a cloud, fall in sweet and relreshin" O ithowirs on the same fields from which they were at iirsi exhaled. Take the advice, gentlemen, of one not personally concernt.il; ? resign your charter, and save yourselves the re proach ot having it wrested from your lia:.ds by the next as cmuly. \'ou know j the general duties of a corporation can ? be reduced to a single one, that of' acting ufi to thr dctign for which they - vrre ci rated, and y?>u know in your con- ; science whether you have performed ! your*. The people are under a pprehen- I si'Mis that many of them are about to he ! stripped o! house and home to satisfy ' your calls: in a word, that you have leagued with the banks, and^iki a band ; of Paiag<>nian giant* arc about to al io* up both wealth and sovereignty. Suspicions in all cases are sufficient ! grounds for enquiry; and as the least ' considerable man amu.'i^ us lias equal interest with the most potent, in our liberties, so is he equally called upon to ! render hi* assistance in support of them; J whether it be the heart to conceive, , the understanding to direct, or the hand tocxecut/" AN ENQUIRER. -9 .t . ? This day is just twelre month's sinv the awful conflagration of this place by fir*; and, notwithstanding the miserable assistance that our fellow sufferers re ceived from sources where -much was expected, and the general embarrass ment of the community, it is highly gra tify in to witness the extensive rc-erec- \ tioii of buildings, which have given to the town a much more beautiful ap pearance than it had previous to the fire. This, although a source of consolation, i? not the only one? during the past sea son, when pestilential and contagious disrasss raged in almost every seaport iu ihe union; when the surrounding outcry was more sickiy than it ever waV in the memory of man ? Wilming ton was blessed with a decree of health unprecedented. Tiiis kind dispensation ol Providence, should call forth our warmest acknowledgments to tin finer of every good and perfect gift, by some public manifestation 01 our thankfulness. i'a/ie-Frar H carder, of 4 th hi /it. 4 Savannah, Oct 19 lOlKK OIMCK. T here is no diminution in our bill of mortality; but the prrv m cold weather way be the herald ol returning health, to the few remaining in:.al?it iiits, ol this afllicted, desolated ci;y. Our full popu lation, including all tlas.es ol people, may be t timuted a'. '.K'OO, 1 Ins popu lation is composed ol |>ermanet icsi drnts, non-residen'.s, those who remain* d here during the winter and spii- ^ months, transient pe i sons, and biack*, anil people of colour. II as conjectured, not more than 3000, or soul* remain, the deser tion, or emigration occa ioned by the prevailing malady, and other causes may be equal to 600o. ? Let tin mor ?ah y be tab ulaied upon tlie basis then ol the population since August, and it ?? not to be paralleled, in the meian ??holy annals ol any section ol the woilil. God grant, that \*e are now in the last fcccne of this deep and ,iflli tin*; tragedy. ' ' e police guard '^in its full strength, am. with other measures adopted, my present and absent fcllow?cit>zt lis, may entertain few apprehensions as to the sulcty and protection of t?>e ci v. T. U. P. CHARLTON, Afapnr. . Number of deaths I7tli and 1 8th inst. inclusive, 17, lota! number from 1st to I8ihin*t. inclusive, 157. POl.tCJB OFFICE, Savannah, October 31, 1820 f have the happiness to amiouuce, as ?wthoi iscd by a communication front the ''iiairman ol the Health Committee, that 'bis city, *' excepting catarrhs, appears <n have recovered its Health." T. U. P C11APLTON, Mcy,r. NumUer of d*?th?, ?8th, 29lh and 30th, inclusive ? 14. Total 321. And 4 from the country cxclusi\e of the ubovc. Saraniuh, (Geo.) Oct. 36. In order to ascertain the number of white iuhabitauts remaining in our city, a census was taken* last week, and the following result shows a num ber far greater than we could have believed had braved the sickness un der wliirh we have suffered: Male adults, *x 693 Female do. 449 Children, 3 >2 Total, . 1.494 The number of houses uninhabited are, inclusive of Decker ward, 343. Important , if tritt. ? We have re rcivrd information via Havana, that the Cortes of Spain have absolutely refused to cede tbe Florida* in any form to the United Siates. Savant, a/i lirfi. Oct. 21. From the Cherry Valley Gazette of Oct. 31 CANAL. AT Til K LITTLK FALLS. We understand that nearly at! the excavation ot the canal at the Little Falls, that is done by blasting, will be completed the present season. The success of the contracters in iliis ope ration has exceeded thoir calculation, and the labour whi^h li:ts been done there tbe present season, is almost incredible. The report of Home of the j blast*, which they denote sand blasts, i* tremendous, and have been tli? tine tly heard in Springfield, a dis tance of twenty miles. We are told that 9<i Uts. of powder have been us ed in one explosion. Ciov. Clinton, of New-York, has issu- J eil Ins pro*. ijmitioii, rccommendkig 10 | the people c?| tit at st?ie to observe \VcU ncsilay, L) ;cembcr ss a clay of pubnc piayer and thanksgiving. A postmaster and several other per sons have lately been c-?nvicicd in Penn sylvania of taking mo.cy trom Utters sent by mail. Thr building of another 74, is to be im)iicdiatel\ ?omniei.ctd in the yard at (io-port, whence the DiUuaic was lately launched. It is said a person of tvie name of ; D-inham, lately returned to lit thel, Vi. alter an absence of near 3o years, (h ? ? ving been impressed on tioaid a Bn. man of war,) and found his wife married to a third husband. The governor ??f South Carolina has *et apart Thursday, the I 6' h of Nov ni brr, to be observed as a (lay of humilia- ' tmn, thanksgiving and prayer. I'. is sai.I S 33o,oou in amount in fo reimi gold ?vus d' posited at ti?<* U.S. ( Mint on the 23d nit. coined into half ' r -gles on the 24th, and torw-rded to H yston on the 25th. Burlington, (V?.r ) Oct. 27. Ea*hj &lcis;ti mi?. On I in silay night and Wednes lay. t !??? sn ?w lell in this place. (170 miles N. W, of ' Huston.) about eight inrhes deep on the level. It is said to he 12 inches deep hi some of the adjoining towns. Salem, (Mas.) Oct. 31. On Saturday Inst we had our first I Snow for 'In* season. It fell during the most of the forenoon, and for an hour or two the atmosphere was quite tilled with it; some cool and shaded spots still remain- whitened, though yesterday was one of our pleasant autumnal dais, with a mild west wind. From Bell's |/md >n MeMenjjrr of the 24tli of September The intelligence of the last two days hai? been raurh more important than may at first appear. The state of one iin|K>rtant business amongst ourselves, renders us in a degree in sensihle to the actual nature and consequences of what is passing a round us. It is only under these cir Ctimstanrrs that we could forget that three revolutions are actually in pro gress in the t ontinental nations, and that a general* not to say an univer sal. spirit is now < urrrnt, which me nace* to enkindle another war in Kuinpe. We hope, and indeed most confi dently believe, that it is not at lire sent within the intention of our mi nisters to siiflVr the Hritish govern ment to become embroiled with any of the parties on this occasion; and we do believe that every British mi nister, not excepting lord Castle reagb, is ton well aware of the ill effect* of war upon our trade and in dustry ? they all, we presume, know too well that the very utmost re sources of the country r?uld nut sup port another such of those after-rec konings as always follow upon the conclusion of war. From tkt Iwuiftvillc Public Advertiser. The storm which semis to be ga thering in Europe, ami which in its ex, losion, in?y deluge that part of the world in bl?md, clearly demon strates the sound policy and wisdom of Mr. Monroe and hit constitution al advisers, in conducting the foreign relations of the United States. The enemies of the president and his ad ministration, have wished to plunge this nation into a war with Spain, and thus give the Holy Alliance a pretext lor intermeddling in our af fairs, and to turn on us the flames of war, which must rage on themselves. Our government has been urged to make a precipitate ac knowledgment of the inde]>etidence of the South American colonies, particularly of the republic of L'<? Plata, w lm h has since experienced several revolutions I and counter revolu ions, in the strug gles of it* leaders for power, and has asked Fram e to givt it a king of the iiourbon uynusty. l'art> politic tans were opposed to Mr. Monroe, on account of his ap pointment of Mr. Adams as secreta ry of state, lie is a gent|. man of the first order of talents, and possesses coolness and moderation, lie has been the minister of the United S ales at the court of Berlin, St. Petersburg!), and London, under the administra tions of Washington, Adams, Jefter s? n, and Madison, and resided in Russia several years, lu the pr sent troubled state of Europe, and the as < endency <?t Russia, his appointment as s?*' r?'tar> , was wise ami fortunate. Indeed, the selection of all the cabi net members, demonstrates Mr. Mon roe's discernment and judgment, for no president before hiiu has hcen blrgs'd with such an able and un<!i \ ided cabinct. The Prussian Post Office and French Jimbassuuor. v M. do Ciiiiru's having ascertained thai his 1< Urrs and despatches were opened and copied a: the Berlin post oftire, Sen I (lilllliT his despatches w ri.M-n in c> plirr early one morning, sn< loscd in a note to the post-master com-< ived in the fallowing terms: ? i send i lie em losed despatches as earl} as seven in the morning, instead of w?iting till i he regular hour, that the post-in aster ma) have time to pet them Copied early enough to go by ttie mail i ?-day. The reason of my using this precaution is, that the des patches an- import n*. and it is es sential that they should not be delay ed; consequently 1 should feel great uneasiness at their being kept till next post, as has been the case willi some of m\ despatches." 1 his sort of diplomatic plain dealing struck ever) one with astonishment. Some of the parties threw their eyes on the ground, others assumed a malignant smile. Frederick was the person the in ?st complete!) mortified, the dis graceful proceedings having been published no as to convey an idea of Ins sanction and connivance; accord ingly, he ever afterwards took his measures in such a manner that no letters were in future opened but in obscure tow ns I\ ing near the fron tiers of his states. CHARCOAL. The properties of charcoal are the same, from whatever wood it may be mud- . One of the most singular of these is, that it is not liable to decay by age. Hence, it was customary with the an cients to char or hum the outside of stakes, or other wood, which were to be driven in the ground, or placed in water. In the ancient tombs ot the inhabitants of northern nations, entire pieces of charcoal arc at this day frequently to be found. Besides the great uac of charcoal in the composition of gunpowder, and to artists and manufacturer*, it has recent ly l?een employed with considerable success in correcting me rancid and dis agreeable smell of train oil, so as to render it fit to be burnt in chambcr lumps, and severul manufactories of ibis have lately b< en established in London. Newly trade charcoal, if rolled up in clothes which have contracted a disa greeable odour, will cfLctually destroy it; and i( l?oil d with meat beginning to puirily, will takeaway the taint. Wiicn pulverized, it tortus, perhaps, the best tooth-powder known. The mode of do ing this is to reduce it to powder, wash it repratedly with pure water, and then dry it by means 6f a strong heat in close vessels. The vapour of burning charcoal is extremely pernicious; and persons exposed to it in confined rooms are sometimes destroyed in a very short time. The b?*st remedy is immediately to take tliem into the strongest draft of cold air that can be obtained, to loosen all their garments, and apply volatile spiiits to their nostiils. COMMUNICATION. , Imparted this life at Harmony Hall, i Orange county, on Friday evening the I loth instant, F.i.izabkth F. Sawikh, daughter of the lute capt. Willi* Sawyer, of Uertie county, in the 22d year of her age. In this young damsel were com bined every amiable trait of character to endear her to all who knew her. She a as fu implied by nature, with a meek and a conciliatory temper; rendered eminently lovely and excellent by the possession of the fruits of the spirit. She made a public profession of religion, and joined the Baptistchui ch, at Lynch's creek, about five year-. ago. She exhi bited in life the character of the chris tian, and exemplified in death th^ excel lency of that support which religion af fords. Amidst ihe pains and ravages of a lingering diseas., she was not h- ard to murmur or ? omplain against the ':ispen nation of Providence. In the near ap proach of death, site frequently said she was entirely resigned to the willofflo ; tl at she w js not atraid to die. T-vo days before hrr exit, in rxUT mt pain, and labouring wi-h great d ffi-ul'v of breath inn, she appeared lor a utile while to hnvr a short respite; her mind was no doub engaged on divine thin -,s, and had some heavenly visions, for a senile was on her countenance, and she w?s heard to say many things respecting the babe of Ucthleham; the message of ?he angle to tin' sh? pher?U; his star in the east; his mis-ion in o the world; his meeting itie woman of Samaria at the well. fccc. And then iri#n cxtacy said, yes, I tan rl 1 1 1 1 k id iliit^wir r i\ Iijii hours after, all in a riijr ure she began again to pi aise Ciod, her uncie and aunt witu whom she had lived for many years, being that moment out of the room, returned, she reached out her feeble arms, claspcd thcin round the neck and exclaimed, O my dear uncle, my dear aunt, help me to praise God; to ner weeping sis ter, O my dear sister, don't weep, but rejoice; help me to praise God? to th< friends around she gave her hand, and said, I desire to talk and say much '.o you, but I am too weak. The last words ttu? she was 'ie,?ro to say, (when all was si:< o?) u who is that sin -jog,** and in a iew minutes fell asleep iu the arms of. Jesus. ' To her ft iends and relatives, her deat:i may seem a dark Providence; but when by laith they penetrate the veil, whither Christ the. forerunner for hi* disciples entered, the vision is luminous and glo rious. 'Tis finish 'd, the conflict it past, Tbe lioaven-born spirit it fi?-d; \ Her wish is accomplish'd at lust, And now she's entomb'd with the dead. The months of affl ctions are o'er, The days and the nights of distress; We si e her in anguish no more, She's gained her happy release. No sickness, or sorrow, or pain, Shall ever disquiet her now; For d~ath to her spirit \v as gain. Since Christ was her life when below. Her soul has now taken its fi ght To mansions of glory above, To mingle with ange's of light. And dwell in tbe kingdom of love. The victory now is obtain'd; She's gone her dear Saviour to see; Her wishes she fully has gam'd ? She's now where she longed to be. The coffin, the shrond, and the grave, To her were no obj -cts of dread; On bun who is mighty to save, Her ?oul was with confident Then let us forbear to complain, That she is now pone from our sight; We soon shall behold her again, With new and redoubled delight. DIF.D, at Charrette village, in Mis souri, on the 26th Sept. last, in the 90tl. year of his age, col. Duniel Botr.e* the first settler ol Kentucky. He was a na tive of Bucks county, Pennsylvania; he left thai state at eighteen years old, and settled in North Carolina.-? He was one of the lew men of our country whose cnterprizc led him to scarch in the wil derness for the best tracts of land lor man to inhabit. As early as the year 1775, he removed with his family and settled on the Kentucky River, [wi;h the loss of his eldest son, killed by the Indians,] at a plain now called B jons borough, then an Indian country, where he lemained until the year 1799. Dur ing this period of time, although most of his life had been sp- nt in agricultural pursuits, and he had been frequently honored Ky his countrymen as a mem ber of me Virginia legislature, and lived at the close of the revolutionary war, in peace and plenty, yet such w*s his delight in hunting, aueh his d< vo'ed ness to it, that, in the year 1799, with a numerous train of followers, he re nioved from Kentucky, and settled on the Fenime Osagt River, which emp ties itself into the Missouri river, about 50 miles above its mouth, then a wil derness. The year after he discovered the U oii'i Ltck country, which now forms one of the best settle ments of the state. In that year he also visited the head waters of the (irand Osage river, and spent the winter upon the head waters of the river Arkansas. At the age of eigi ty, in company with one white man and a Mat k man, whom he laid under strict injunction to return him home to his family dead or alive, tit made a hunting trip to the head water of the Great Osage, where he was sue cessful in trapping of Beaver, and in taking other game. Colonel Boone was a man of common stature, ol great enterprise, strong in tellcc, amiable disposition and inviola Lie integrity. He died universally re K retted ty all who knrw Lire; ind ?urh is ihe vcucratu-n fur ins Mui? uikI cJ a racter, that both ho?iscsuf th? general assen.bly of this btate, upon in!oraiati< u of liis dejih being communicated, re solved to wear crape on the left arm tor 20 days, as a token of regard and re spect for his memory. Mi**ouri Cux. DISSOLUTION. TIIK partm raiiip <f CHILD CJ CLAATV is thi* <lay dissolved (>y mutual consent. All ;*rion* indebted to said concern af most earnestly requested to come for Waal iiimI ?ri tle their accounts, either by bond or other wise, ?!> we are determined to clusu the hu^ ness of said concern as soon as practicable. James Cliilil, Tliotnas Clancy. WoTcmbcr 13- 4l? ? NOTICE. JOHN VAN HOOK, JAMBS CHII O and 'IHOMAS CLANCY, having connected themselves together 10 partnership, intend earning on the merest tile business under th. firm of JOHjV VjtJV HOOK U CO do most respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they will receive from the noith, in eight or ten dats, an extensive as sortment of Hr^ (iooiAa, A\atA^ftre, &c. which they intern! to sell on the lowest terms for cash? only'? th- y hope, then fore, that no application wiil he uiide for cre<lit, as all will be refused indiscriminately. John Van Hook, J am ps Child, Thomas Clancy. November 13. 40? . ^ ? " Valuable Land F on SALE \n t\\e \l^ ?k\Aa. TriK subscriber offers his tract of laud fur sale, containing Eight hundred and fortj-* eight Acres, situated in the Haw Fields, ten miles west of Hill ??borough. The attention of such as may wish to purchase land in litis part >?( the country is invited; the terms will be aecom n od.iting. For farthir funiculars apply to the proprietor. * S. Strudwick. November 13. *" 40? 10 w N OTIC K. rSHAl L offer for sale at my plantation on t!?e 4'h of December nex', on a crvdit of twelve months, (purchasers giving bond* with . proved security,) my Crop of Corn and Fodder, my stock of Horses and Hogs, Household Furniture ? and Hooks, S. Strutl wick. November 13. 40 ? 3* State of Nortli'l'arolina, O/i-t.XUE county. Superior Court of Law and Equity, September Term, 1820. J antra Jf'eblt find Freder ick ??A,"J executor a of Jumea II Mt'ed, <U- I ccatcil, vs. ^ In Equity. Joarph fUcbeii and ( he airy F Fou- I celt, auri ivtng fiarttirr* cj sin d | Jumea H la tied, deceuaed J IT is ordered by the court that this cause be referred to Thomas ' 'lanry, esq to take and state an account of all the dp-dings and transactions of the firm of Joseph Dickcv and Co., of the stock in trade, dealings and transactions, of each of the &?id Copartners, for, of, or conccrning the said firm, of the pro fit* or loss gained or sustained b\ the said fi?m, and of tbr losses th rem by the t and, covin, laches, or neglect of said derci.d:mt Joseph Dickev; with liberty to examine all Uie books, entries and accounts, pap? rs and vou chers of the said firm, and also the said par ties respectively and their Witnesses on o..th, and to make report to* ;lie next term <>? this court. And for as much as it appears to the court that the s.iid defendant Joseph Pickey does not now live within the limits of this state, but hatn romoved thereout and resdes in distant p:?iis: It is ordered by the C*Mirt, that the said commissioner Clsncv ma* pro ceed to take and a ate said account*, and make reports, without person; ! service of the warrant, or notice of reference on said Josepi, and after giving notice of the time or times of takmg and staling -aid accoun s, by w>) of public advertisement in live newspaper called the HiHaborongh Recorder for and during the term of sixty days, which advertisement shall be deemed, taken and held to be ae val d as personal service of notice, to all intents sn<l pill poses. And ii is also oniend ami decreed, that said commissioner Clanc* shall, in his saul report, state such special matter as the par ties may require him to state. A copy from the minutes. Test, James Webb. c. ^ m. r.. PURSUANT to the foregoing order, I do hereby appoint the Ibth da\ ot January oe\t, at my office in the town of Hillsborough, to take into consideration the several matters snd tbiiign then by to me referred; at which time ami place the said Joseph Dickey, and all ot)?ers concerned, ar? hereby notified and re quired to appear and puKltiC b t iiv n>e, on oath, all hooks, papers, vo ef er?jt accounts, and evidences tsdatevcr in h?s or their cus tody or powt r, *? Utive to tl?e nia:tcrs it; ques tion in the above caut>, at which time anvl place I shall proceed to state the said aw counts and report thereon. Test, Thomas Clancy, Commissioner appoint, d by the Court ot Equity. ILlUborotigh, Nov. 4. 40? 2ift
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