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10 PUBLISHED BY KRIDEIl U BINGHAM. in , The Wtmia.GtMLtvM U jMbtu1icd every Tues. Uy, at THREE DOLLARS per annum, pavalle scm. annually In advance. ' ' are paid, nnlen at the discretion of the editors. Whoever wIH become recponiibU for the payment of itino paper, ahall receive a tenth gratis ' AartaTtsaxxiTs will be inserted on the customary term. r ' No advertisement Inserted until Jt haa been paid for. : 'vr Hi payment aiiumcd tottA person la tha town, or iu vicinity, - m-v - CAll lettera to the editora must be f$t paid, or they w ill not be attended to. Desultory. (frELEpAXT EXTRACTS Sir John Suckling used to say: MI pity the poet who hat to write for hit bread. I pity the man who hat Mien into the handa of a pettifog ting attorney. I pity the rnan who it married to a scold, unless he is deaf. I pity the woman who it married to a rakiih spouse," unlets the it blind. I pity the man who Is in debt and would pay if he could. I pity the) man who can boast of a tone; pedigree. Sir John says no farther. But were tot to add a fitiy to the list, it would be this t We pity the PRINTER, who, after he bat ear ned hit scanty stipend, stands but oxa chance in TfttEE of getting it the first time he calls. FOB TNI WIlTtaV CABOLIVU. Mcr$. Editor t : In looking over your very useful paper, I have the pleasure to find a num ber of well written essays in favor of locating a Collf.oe in the Western part of North-Carolina. It surely portends something flattering, to behold near one half of the population of N. Carolina, and one-third, or perhaps more, of our sister state, South-Carolina, uniting simultaneously with the tender of their wealth and best talenta to accomplish so great and so desirable an object -one of such vital importance, not only to the rising generation, but an object of the first im portance to a republican government. r - Its importance, as respects the rising genera? ' ti'cra, can easily W anticipated in that it is the only means by which the minds of our youth can - be Illumined, and that " gross darkness which covers the people" be dispelled. North-Carolina Jias, within a lew years past, been making rapid atridea in internal improvement; inland naviga tion is progressitfgTapldly ; agriculture is rais ing her bead from the dust, and is assuming an air of importance ; her population is very re spectable, and her internal resources are quite adequate. for any emergency; her territorial bounds are increasing. to the west; what was once considered the centre of our state, can be J consiaerea so no longer ; ana to cap me cumax spirit of; mentatimprovement has seized the youth of our Western Counties, unparalleled in the history of our state, or, I might say, any stale Jn the. Union. Awake, ye friends of mental improvement ! . You whom your fellow-citizens have placed over the destinies of our state you who preside in the legislative assembly of a free people; a peo ple who are not the most enlightened in the world, but a people who desire to be so. To you , do we look from the west, as having the best in terest of each individual at heart, to grant a charter for establishing another seat of learning in our state ; to you do we look, and that with confidence, too, tp cherish this spirit of enter- reprize that is going on in the mental world. It is from principles of economy, and not from parsi monious principles that .we wish to establish a --CoHegein the-west I That section of country is leruic, ana, aoounos wun provisions, at as cneap a rate as cn be ared..tn;any:part.6tthe. stale ; -theustomyaoV'manners-of-the inhabitants are plain, simple, and unassuming ; -all which plead ppwrfuIn,'faTpr', of it. Let not local preju dice ever he brought orV the carpet when an ap plication, of thb kind comes before you one of such high importance to so respectable a portion of North-Carolina j and an application which, if properly - attended to will rake a monument of praise to the honor, the dignity, the patriotism, hand the liberal mindedness of the legislative coun cils df North-Carolina, to the latest generations. if-." FUBL1US. Cubarrut CountyjMv. 11, 1820. V.:r ' . CONVENTION. The grand juries of Caswell and Rocking ham, at the late-superior ' courts iiUhose coun ties, presented as a grievance the unequal rep resentation of the popple fiLthis state in the gceVarAssembl v. itilresUmable that the juries havp faithfully represented the opinions of the people of their respective counties ; and this indication of the public feeling on the Subject, addjd to the many others that have appeared within the last twelve months, leaves little room to doubt that u majority of the free? ' . . ..... i . amendment of our constitution. The people look to the legislature for authority to pro ceed. There can be no question, however, uiai a iigui ui i upon me suojeci,-wunout the intervention of a legislative lanctlon, re sidea in the people, -. This is one of the rights, 01 wmcn, unaer a iree government, tnc peo ple cannot be divcited. 13ut the tame intel ligence and correct judgment, by which they acquire a full knowledge ofthcjwroniys which they suflViVwill direct them'lhthFielecWnjo'f means to be employed in obtaining redress A legislative body, of liberal views and sound republican, principles, would not hesitate, un der present circumstances, to submit the ques Uon to the people of the state. Though the members ot the legislature mav again deny that a convention is called fof by a majority of our citizens, and again refuse their assent to a measure which would ascertain the pub lic will j yet the friends of liberty may look forward with confidence to a period, and that not far distant, when the voice of the people will be too. distinctly heard to be misunder stood or disregardecWflyrttrwVr Gazette. AREAS OF THE STATES. raox'na rtatiAi Btrraura. Mr. Edet : In the Federal Republican of yesterday you give, from the Boston Gazette, a table shewing the number of square miles in seventeen of the United States. The Bus ton editor having furnished so much, con cludes by the assertion, that the tquare miles of the remaining states not ascertained. This is to be taken, I hope, as the measure of his own attainments. But, sir, it does not follow, because the Boston editor can go no further, that the square miles of the states omitted in the table have not been ascertained. I venture the assertion, that they are more certainly ascertained, and more generally known, than the square miles of the slates given, excepting, perhaps, Ohio. Such tables are all very interesting, when accurately cal culated ; and it is to be regretted, that editors uo not more frequently puousn, ior me lnior raation of their readers, those which relate to the dimension! and population of the different states and territories. I take the liberty of completing the table of square miles, which you are at liberty to use or not, according to your own discretion. It may not be unwor thy of remark, that from so much as you have already published, it appears that the state of Maine is larger than all the New-England states together. Many other interesting facts will be found on an inspection of the following-table: ' tvimi mm or thi itatis. Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-Ybrk, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Mrginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, ' Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, ' .. " ' Missouri, , . . -Eastern Statesr Middle States, 1 Western Stated Southern Stales, 40,000 9,491 1037 7,250 1,580 4,764 46,085 8,320 46,300 2,120 14,000 70,000 48,000 24,080 62,000 50,000 40,000 39,128 48,000 ' 54,000 45,000 48,000 47,000,;. 55,000 182,95, 196,128 440,000 - MISSOURI QUESTION IN IIAYTL V A letter received by Mr. Lyford, of Nor- I folk, fronvrejipecale. commercial house at rort-au-Frmce dated the 1st mst. says "I enclose you papers up to the 29th October. The even here m)l be .found inter esting. At the same, time, I must mention to you, that it is expected this Government will, in the. course ofcuthe next year adopt measures that will have a tendency to curtail American, commerce that is, to prevent ves sels from coming to this island from any state or place where negroes and people of color are hefdln slavery," , At PhiWclpUa, the narr y'anl eontalwi 1 1 acrei to low water mirk and cort 37,000 dollars. . At Waihinpton, the navy yard is iltuntrtVmj the eait. ern bram h if the rivet Potomack, contain! 37 acrt. and cott 4000 donafC-Hr" " """""" "V " "" At tlosport, the nary yard contains 16 acres, and cost 12,000 dollars. ) Itcaidci the above, the United States own tlte following property.,.. .. .... Crorcr'i lalaml, in the 8tate of Georgia, ettimitr.J to contain from 300 to 350 acres, purchased Dec. 19, 1739, fur 7,500 dollar. "ftlackbcard Wand, In the nmerStatcrtontalns' lbotit ICOQ aerrjs purchased Iay 24, 18Q0, fax. lJ,auadolUrs. Jlcaidrt 78 lota of groupd, utiutcd in the precinctf of Nevh-lcana. estimated to be worth 3C9.0U0 dotLn and aome other property at Sacket'a Harbour-'l here are near 20 Nary Agents employed by government. ALKXAVnaiAv D. C. NOV. 23. Arrived yesterday, in this town, at the ntore of Messrs. Gibson It Lupton, Xing street the Wag gon and Team of Robert W. Hamilton, Esq. from Hamilton Mills) near Winchester Va. with a loud otf ftu-Jive barrels of flour, weighing ele ven thousand . tight hundred and set eniu-nint fioundt.' The team is composed of six horses ; a. i if att. t f.i?. ana tne distance wnicn tney cirew mis av.onumng load rig hi y miles. The Weight of the waggon as certained at the hay scalet,is 23 1 4 pounds which, added to that of the flour, makes the sum total 14,793, a weight of upwards of 2,460 pounds to each horse. Singular as the fact, is, it was discovered by many of iffe citllens'of our town, that the horses so far from being wearied, on several occasions, absolutely trotted through the ttrectt. The length of the wageon Is twenty-six feet eight inches, and made by George Bosteyon of Winchester: tor strength and woikmansnip it is perhaps equal to any thing of the kind ever con structed in the state of Virginia. Mr. Hamilton the proprietor of this extraor dinary team and load we conceive is entitled to much credit. His indefatigable attention to the improvement of his horses, is amply evinced, by this amazing evidence of their strength. It will, no doubt, be recollected that this team ancended the Blue Mdfr, and crossed the Shenandoah river both of which are esteemed difficult and danger ous parts of the road Alexandrian. rHlLAnKLYHlA, K0V.24. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Guille gratified the rjiizens of Philadelphia with a vciy splendid ex hibition. At three o'clock he ascended from Vaux hall Garden, in the presence of many thou sand spectators, in a car attached to his balloon. Board for the management thereof, which w a4 referred to a committee nf the whole ,a:;d made not vet ban taken up. Y Mr. Locke, from the Judiciary toinnw tee, to whom was referred the billtoalttt ihc modof payingXIerksln certain casesj : made an unfavorable repeft, and the bill was reject ed. . , " Mr.L slit made a report -ojitlia Uvaolu- - uon reterrcd to thr tanjeneorumltteeT f o' en quire into the eipedicncy of -repealing the law of 1 600, requiring all gifts of Slaves.t.i oe in v wnue tne uauoon was nsine he repcateuiy wa- ,.Tn.j;.nrvAf ,m(.nr. , oir. ved his hat and flae. After he had risen to the ri.r . . ?. . V, ntiug, stating it to-be the oninion of the committee that it was inexpedient to al ter the law on this subject, which was concur red with. Monday, Dr.c. 4. On motion of Ir. Leonard, the Judiciary Committee were in structed to enquire into the expediency of passing a law to prevent persons from dispos ing of their property clandestinely. 7 Mr. Locke,frora the Judiciary Committee, made a rrport on a petition from Haywood county, praying a repeal of the Supreme Court system j and on a Resolution instructing the Committee to enquire into the expediency of reducing the salary of the Judges of said Court to S2000, concluding with the following Resolution: Iietblvtd, That tht prayer of the said petition be not allowed j and that it i Inexpedient to reduce- the salary of the Judges of the Suprema Court. - A division of the question being called for, the first part was agreed to without a division. The last part was carried 34 to 23. Mr. L. from the same committee, also made a favorable report on two Resolutions instruct ing said committee to enquire into the expe diency of dividing the State into two addi tional circuits, and allowing the Judges 8100 for every Court they attend, which being read, was made the order of the day for Wednes day. Tuesday, dec. 5. On motion of Mr. Sho ber, the Judiciary committee were instructed to enquire into the expediency of modifying the Acts touching the trial of slaves in cap ital cases, as far as relates to the qualification of jurors. On motion of Mr. S. also, the Committee of Finance were instructed to enquire into the Navy-Tardx. There are six' Navy-Yards occupied by the United States, viz. . . 7 At Portsmouth, the navy yard contains 58 acres, and cost 5,500 dollars. . , , - . . At Charleston, the navy yard contains 34 acres, exclu sive of extensive flats, and cost 39,214 dollars! I. ttV'.i.ltV.L tbkii'lirihl!li:ti.l,tJ'n t T. lr.,J I proper elevation he disengaged the parachute to which had been connected a basket, containing a live monkey, which gradually and safely descend ed to the earth. The balloon then rose to a greater height, and, remaining thus elevated for tome minutes, Mr. Guille opened the valve of the balloon, and de scended in Mantua village, on the west side of the Schuylkill, without sustaining any injury. A large concourse of people anxious for his welfare, fol lowed him to the place of his descent,, and had the pleasure of witnessing his safe return to the Gar den from which he had ascended. XoYt-C3arolim Legislature. IN SEMITE Thvhsiut, Nov. 30. Mr. Riddick presented a bill requiring the Banks to pay specie for their. Notes by the 1st of July next on failure to do so, to forfeit 25 per cent, on the amount so refused. Mr. Holt introduced a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to enquire into the expediency of reducing the salary of the Su preme Court Judges to two thousand dollars ; and that the committee bennstructed to en-qiure-into-the-expediency-of-Iaying-off-two more Judicial circuitsand also to enquire into the expediency of allowing each Judge of the Superior Courts the sum of one hundred dollars for each Court they atieud. Agrded to. Friday, dec 1. Mr. Raiborn presented the petition .of, 5.undcj'. .persons .of Hay wood relative to the. Supreme Court.., Requesting the reduction of their salaries. Referred. vMr7 Adams introduced the following reso lution : , Whereas Thomas Person, a member in this House, who denies the being of a Cod and tie truth of the Protestant Religion and the divine authority of the Old and New Testament, and holds principles'incompatible with the safety of the State, Resolved, that the seat 'of the said Thomas Person, Senator from Granville, be vacated. Uc ferred. - ,'" - :r'" ' '?.; The committee afterwards reported that there' was no foundation for the above charge, and Mr. Adams, we understand, made an apology to Mr. iPerson, by a friend, for hav ing introduced it. Saturday, dec. 2. Mr.'Hogan introdu ced a bill to repeal an act creating a fund for cerning Ordinaries, in such way as to author ize the Clerks to pay over the tax on licenses to the Sheriff of the county, who shall account therefor iwith the Treasurer. Mr. Locke, from the Judiciary committee, to whom was referred a bill prescribing the manner in vhich property shall hereafter be sold under execution, br other final process, reported that it was inexpedient to pass the bill; which Report was reversed 30 votes -to5. "'" The bill was then referred to a select com mittee, consisting of Messrs. Welborn, L. D. Wilson, Phelps, Spaight of Craven, and Sho ber. Mr. L, from the same committee, recom mended that the bill to amend an act passed in 1817, concerning promissory notes and other negotiable instruments, be passed without amendment. , Mr. L. from the same committee, to whom it was referred to enquire into the expedien cy of extending the benefit of the acts of TT56 anrf 1 TCt(X rnmmnnlr ih JisaL rlfUt to Guardians of persons who . become non compos mentis, reported a bill to amend an afarrasmtainingnhtethodfro book debts, passed m the year 1756, which passed its first readiug; T Wednesday, dec. i 6; Mr. Connor pre sented, the petition of sundry inhabitants in the western part of this Statepraying a char ter for a College on the west side of the Yad kin ; which,. being.rcaxL, was j-eferred to the following- committee, viz : 'Messrs; ' Conner Locke. Saird; Williams and Martin. , Mr. Welborn presented a petition from sundr)' inhabitants in Wilkes couhtypraying tliat Justices of , the i?cace may be compelled to perform Militia duty. The Senate took tip the Report of the Ju diciarv Committee, recommending the divis ion of the State into two additional Judicial Circuits, and allowing a salary of gl 800 tobe - paid half yearly. - The Resolution being susceptible of divis- ort mak ing two additional Circuits, and ap - nointtnc two auciiuonai Juaccs. anu was nc ativea us votes-to. zu. vote was then ; taken on the last part ti f ifl-jSK V. '!-..AA:'..!ii?.S.tfA-Ui.4
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