stances it is impossible even to designate
their foundations The roofs of houses,
large house logs, furniture of every de
scription, were carried a considerable dis
tance and scattered over the country. In
short, this tremendous gale, -which, ac
companied as it was with rain, hail, thun
der and lightning, was attended with all
the alarming and destructive consequen
ces which churacletize the most furious
tornados in level countries, and a low
southern latitude.
It happened in the dead of night, while
animated nature was sunk in slumber and
forgetfulness, and although a great num
ber of dwelling houses were destroyed by
its fury, we have not heard of the loss of
any lives. A great number of persons,
i i . i . .
inuccu aiinosi every muiviuuai in the pros
trated houses, was very severely bruised
and wounded, but by the care of a kind
2)rovidence, who rides in the tempest and
directs tne storm, they have escaped with
tneir lives. liepublican.
FRESH.
aucusta, ArniL 22 Contrary to ex
pectation, all the mails, excepting those
on the Athens, Petersburg and Milledge-
ville routes, came throucrh. We refer
our readers to the Meteorological Table
for an account of the quantity of rain
which has fallen within the past week ;
and will only observe it has been so im
mense as to make the town quite insula
ted. Savannah river seems to have all
the fullness of spring-time within it; and
looks like an angry god in pursuit of his
stolen Naiad. The greatest height, on
Saturday, as we understand from Mr.
Sharp, was 25 feet above the ordinary
level of a boatable river; being somewhat
lower than it was during the Yazoo Fresh,
and about four inches higher than the
flood in Christmas week.
The fresh overtook a private boat con
taining five or six hundred bales of cot
ton, and carried it against a point, the boat
sunk, and a negro was drowned.
MURDER.
It becomes our painful duty to record
one of the most wilful murders lately
committed in the western country. We
at first, wished to doubt the report, but we
Virvf lfn rrvrrrrtlv informed, that on
Thnr.rl.v Inst, a minrrp.l took nkire foe-!
casioned by some previous misunder-
standing of a trivial nature between a
Mr. Andrew Cummings and Enos M'
Daniel, in the neighbourhood of Silas
.Meeting House, of Bourbon county,
which, apparently, was settled, and the
parties restored to friendship. After
some lapse of time, Cummings took his
opportunity, and seizing a hand spike, (a
large stick which lay by,) gave M'Daniels
several blows on the head, at the same
time saying, " for fear the first won't do,
I will give you another." Daniel-expired
on the same evening. The authority
having failed to do their duty, Cummings
-was suffered to go at liberty until M 'Dan
iel's death, and afterwards made his es
cape. The villain has since been pursu
ed, but we have not yet learned whether
he is taken or not. Kentucky Orbit.
An amusing occuircncc happened in
this town and its neighborhood, the other
dav. Four fellow- belonging to the pe
culiar caste o gentlemen, vulgarly known
as va?abonds, weic taken.up by our vigi
i,nt Mnrslnl : but as it was aDDrchendcd 1
that their detention in gaol might be more j
productive of exoense to the Corporation
than 01 ocneuc -
promise was made on the condition of ;
their crossing the Bridge. They, howev
er, no sooner put feet on the South Cro-
r
lin.T shore, than the inhabitants ot Ham
burg again laid hold of them ; coupled the
unfortunate devils, and drove them back
to Augusta, u two by two, one after anoth
er," with a drum rolling behind them :
Where they have g-onc ; and how they fare ;
" Very few know : and very few care."
Augusta Chronic le9 25th trtt.
"HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE."
From the Detroit Gazette.
Not long since, a son of Mr. Chipman,
of Oakland, being in the woods with his
dog, he saw a striped squirrel run into a
small hollow log, and perceiving that the
hollow extended through the log, he pla
ced the dog at one end to catch the squir
rel which he should drive out by trust
ing a stick into the other end. The dog
anticipating game, stood with his jaws ex
tended over the poor squirrel's only re
ireat, who now feeling the necessity of
avoiding the contact of the intrusive pole,
made a sortie, with such a desperate vig
or and velocity, as actually to escape the
fangs of his terrible enemy, and effect a
lodgment in his very throat, who imme
diately threw himself upon the ground in
all the agonies of strangulation. The boy
seeing his dog in apparent agony, ran to
his aid, and immediately perceived the
cause without hesitation he put his hand
into the dog's mouth and seized the squir
rel by the tail, who dreading. to pass the
terrible jaws, tenaciously maintained him
self in his position, and actually parted
with his brush, to maintain his lodgment
the boy, however, made a second at
tempt, in which he succeeded in seizing
the squirrel by his hind leg, drew him
forth, and threw him upon the ground
the little animal, before his enemy could
recover siifficiently to revenge the iiarm
he hail received by the lone: retention of so
rare and indigestible a mouthful, escaped
into a tree, ana lor aught vc know, is now
chattering to his nut crackine: progeny
his u hair breadth escape in the imminent
SALISBURY
r
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1S2J.
The last accounts from Washington
left Congress very busy. As their time
drerj nigh, they appeared to be in quite a
bustle to make preparations for their de
parture. They have done with the busi
ness of the nation, as most of us do with
more serious concerns, put it off till the
last moment ; when, if done at all, it must
be done in a hurry. Economy, towards
the close of the session, was becoming
very fashionable with some members,
who no doubt expect to ride glibly on it
into popular favor. A bill was introdu
ced, and warmly supported, to reduce the
pay of members of Congress from eight
to six dollars per day, and six dollars for
every twentv miles travel ; but some
members were so perverse as to believe,
that if a postponement of it could be ob
tained till the next session of Congress,
it would die a natural death because, be
fore that pciiod arrives, the elections to
the Eighteenth Congress will have been
made, and the necessity ceased. But we
can look upon this insinuation in ho oth-
er iisrtu than as slander direct on Ur.
Hardin, who reported the bill : his mo
tive was :zire ; it was to save the people s
money ; and the only thing we complain
of is, that he did not go farther, and save
cthe expense of legislation, by compell
ing members to serve for nothing, and
find themselves. This would save annu-
ally a round sum to the people, and like
wise remove all danger of corruption ; for
those who would be willing to serve the
uoile for nothing, would be too high
minded and honorable to accept a bribe
from the Executive.
The news from Europe, in this week's
paper, is of a warlike cast. The accounts
concerning Russia and Turkey, are con
tradictory ; but on a comparison of the
whole, and giving each its due weight of
probability, if any conclusion at all can be
drawn, it must be, that the cross and the
crescent will soon meet on the hostile I was left to " go down amid the roar of
field, if they have not already. In such the waters," beholding, for a few moments
an event, without entering at all into the of aRon' his onl' hoPe t)f refuge darting
. v r c 4l 4. 'like a meteor from him. I can conceive
views, or caung lor the tears, 01 the other j rr , , , ,
7 1 of few situations more terrible than this ;
European cabinets, we say, "God speed j and jt was rcndercd even more distress
the right.' ing from the circumstance of the wife of
A British paper, speaking of Erance,!th'e unfortunate man being on board!"
says : Make the best of it, France is ! Th Legislature of the state of New-
111 a CI t nucai Miiwuoii. 1 ne irum ?
critical situation. 1 nc trutn
of this is evident from the accounts re-!
reived by the late arrivals. The meas-
Urcs of the ultras, of the emigrant fac
.
tion, as the rrench term n, arc not such
as are calculated to sooth, or to settle the
people of France down into a forgetful
ness of the past, and a quiet acquiescence
in the piescnt order of things : very far
from it. They are of a most dangerous
character, arc totally inconsistent with
the stability of the 13ourborn dynasty ; and
must have their origin, we think, cither
in ignorance of the French nation, and
its eventful history for the last thirty years
nr of human nature. The Prr. thr
great moral luminary of the world, is to
be hurled from its glorious destiny, and
its light shrouded beneath the dark mantle
of despotism ; all the avenues to knowl
edge arc to be closed up from the people ;
the darkness of the middle ages must set
tle on France : all this must be done, it
seems, not that the Bourbons may reign,
for by a wise policy they might easily
perpetuate their power, but, that they
may be tyrants. That the Bourbons wish
thus to degrade France, facts sufficiently
show. 1 heir repeated attacks on the free
dom of the Press, until they have finally
frittered it away to a mere shadow, und a
late royal edict, directed to the professors
of Ethics, Public Law, Political Econo
my, &c. at the Lyceum, Athcncum, Sec.
" ordering them either to discontinue thtir
lectures, or to give them in EATIX I"
speak no equivocal language. Such high
handed, outrageous measures ; such go
thic attacks on science, and letters, and the
arts, cannot, it appears to us, be endured-
But it is a part of our political creed
to let every nation manage its own afTairs,
and choose whatever form of government
it pleases ; and if the French are satisfi
ed with their present government, and its
measures, so are we. Unless they are
anxious for a change, we certainly arc not.
In England things go on pretty much
as usual, grumbling among all classes,
except the privileged, and but a partial
relief to any. Ireland presents a scene
of distress which must convey a pang to
every sympathetic bosom. The condition
of the Irish peasants, maugre all the boast
of English freedom, is far inferior to that of
most of our slaves. The latter are out by
permission, till nine o'clock at night, have
good huts, food, and clothing : the for
mer, if caught outside of their mud-wall
ed cabins between the hours of sun-down
and sun-rise, arc liable to be transported
for seven years, to be torn from their
friends, and their country, (which even to
them is dear!) and sent to Botany Bay !
This is English liberty, contrasted with
Imerican slavery !
FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA.
By the schooner Dolphin, arrived at
Charleston, files of the Siena Leone Cla
zette to the 24th of February have been
received. We are sorry to find that they
confirm the verbal reports brought by the
same vessel, that the slaxe trade is still
carried on to a shameful extent on the
windward coast of Africa.
We learn from Capt. Pearson, who
came home in the schooner Dolphin, that
the American Colonists were comfortably
settled at Cape Messurado, and were high
ly pleased with their prospects. Thev
found the climate healthy and the soil
fertile, and their wish was that their breth
ren generally in the United States would
embrace the first opportunity to come
and settle with them. Courier.
MELANCHOLY.
Extract of a letter from an American resident in
Liverpool, to a friend in New-York, dated loth
of Jan. 1822.
u Having written thus far, it being Sun
day afternoon, and a fine westerly wind, I
walked to the pier head, and had the pica
sure to see the Warren come up from
Philadelphia. She had a most tempestu-
1 . r
ous passage, ana lost tne nrst irate over-
board ; they were scuddimr in a eale of
wind at the time, when a sea swept the
decks and cairied him off in an instant
he was seen on the second wave as high
as the top gallant mast, his whole breast
above water, straining every nerve for life ;
in another moment he was lost to them
forever ! The ship was going with great
rapidity, though almost buried in the
waves ; to have put her about would have
been certain destruction to them all he
York adiournedon Wednesday last. 1're-
vious to the adjournment, at a meeting of
a numberof citizens, members oi the Iegis
lature, and others, friendly to the existing
administration of the state, it was agreed
to nominate Governor Clinton and Lieut.
Governor Tayler for re-election to the of
fices they now hold. On application to
them, in due form, to consent to serve,
they both positively declined. So, for the
present, the field is free for Messrs.
Yates and Root.
The government of the City of Boston
is at length organized. John Phillips
was elected Mayor on the 1 7th instant,
almost without opposition, the names of
Mr. Otis and Mr. Quincy, having both
been withdrawn.
Connecticut. Gov. Wolcott and Lieut.
i Gov. Incrersol have been re-elected to
their respective offices with but little op
position. National Intelligencer.
Extract cf a letter fre-n 'Washington of 2Tth ir.st.
" William P. Duval, of Kentucky, is
appointed Governor of Florida, and we
hear that John Branch, of North Carolina,
and Joseph L. Smith, of Connecticut,
late colonel in the army, are nominated
Judges; George Walton. Secretary; W.
G. D. Worthington and G. Forbes, Mar
shals ; and Alexander Hamilton and Trip
let' B. Harrison, District Attorneys. The
territory is divided into two districts, the ,
Eastern and Western. The judges, mar
shals and attorneys have reference to
these divisions.
NEW PRINTING PRESS.
Mr. Daniel Xeall, an ingenious mechan
ic of Bcnsalem township, Bticks county,
Pa. has constructed a printing press, on
a plan different from those in use, and
has sent on a specification cf his improve
ment to Washington, with a view of ob
taining a patent. On this principle press
es may be made either tingle or dou
ble ; the single to be small and cheap, for
job work, and tp print one side at' a time ;
the double to be composed cf two bed 2
and two platens ranged in a line, and to
give the impression from two forms bv
one pull of the lever. ; The person
working the press, puts the paper on, the
press turns it, and when printed on both
sides, lays it snugly otF." He terms his
invention, the Vertical Press.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
A law was passed by the legislature of
N. York during its late session, which
promises to be of great utility to the com
merce of that city. The operations of
this law, (as we learn from the National
Advocate,) are very simple : Men of prop
erty have heretofore declined entering in
to co-partnership in trade for fear of in
volving their whole fortune by this act
a man may become a partner in a house
by depositing a certain sum, and if the
house fails for any amount, he can lose
no more than the sum originally deposi
ted. Thus fathers, to a certain extent,
may assist their children, and enterpris
ing young men may obtain the name and
funds of a respectable person, without in
curring unknown or undefinable risks, and
money is thus circulated in trade.
f Halt. Amer.
Raising the Hind. The Postmaster
General in a report to Congress, has sug
gested the doubling of postage on Xeus
papers, the payment of that postage at
the . office where the papers are mailed,
and a prohibition of the Jree exchanges
between printers, as means to increase the
revenue of the United States. These
proposed methods of raising- the Kvind
seem to have raised a breeze which may
possibly cap-size the report and its author.
Galascy.
mi rrrini
AGR1CFX ITRAL.
Trom the Messenger of Peace, a German paper,
published at Northampton, Penn.
To protect J'ruit trees nvhen in biossojn
from the frost. A gentleman of Rienen
herg, near Prague, has discovered a me
thod of protecting fruit trees when in
blossom, Irom the operation of the frost,
which frequently in the spring destroys
the finest prospect of a fruitful harvest.
His plan is very simple. Round the
trunk of the tree he wraps a rope of straw,
one end of which with a stone fastened to
it ; is conducted into a vessel which is
; nIIed w spring water, and placed at a
tium distance irom tne tree, une ves-
l'a! l ill one iirrt 4on c ftt-ni'-i I f r a m a I It a
j i ai.iai .i mc
j tPs of strau' mY bc extended so as to
1 cncircie sevciui, uciwic us cnu is piaceu
in the water.
The vessel must be placed in an open
space, where it will not be shadowed by
any branches of the tree. This precau
tion is particularly to be attended to, in
I regard to those trees the blossoms of
which appear nearly at the same time as
the leaves, they being most likely to suf
fer from the frost.
.MARRIED,
In Concord, on Thursday, the 3d inst. by the
Rev. Samuel Caldwell, Mr. Alfred 7hm's, of
Mecklenburg- county, to Miss Martha Pritchet,
of Virrnnia.
DIED,
In this town, on the 6th instant, Peter .Moore,
ag-ed 48, of Richmond county, Va. I le had been
to the south, and had got this far on his return
home, when the hand of death arrested him.
The gentleman who accompanied him to this
place, omitted nothing which might conduce to
his restoration to health, or to alleviate the pains
of that disease which the power of medicine was
found inadequate to contend with. OCj The
editors of the Richmond Enquirer are requested
to insert in their paper the above notice.
In Cabarrus county, on the 2StIi instant, Rob.
a t Cochran, in the 83d year of his age. He was
a respectable member of society, and a ruling
elder in the Sceeder Church.
OF the Students of the Salisbury Academies,
will commence on Tuesday, the 4th, and
close on Friday, the 6th of June. Parents and
guardians are rcspectfullv invited to attend.
1 IIOS. L. CO WAX, Secretary.
14, 182?.
Notice.
"FIXDIXG it necessary to close my business
fe in this count-, I hope my customers will be
ahle to settle their accounts shortly, as I cannot
acrain commence until that is done.
ALFKED VAXXEUSOX.
Concord, 6th .May, 1822. lwr
"ITfENT away, on the night of the 23th nit.
T ? from the subscriber, near Charlotte, Meck
lenburg" county, N. C. a negro man by the name
of PEYION--cf a dark complexion, rather
spare made, about six feet high, thirty-three or
lour years of age ; when spoken to he speaks
quick and rather abruptly ; I believe he is defec
tive in one of his arms, so that lie cannot easily
raise it above his head. He had when he left
me a very g-ood great coatcf drab colored tlui
ing, a pretty g-ood wool hat, a new ami targe
pair of yellow colored cotton pjntaIror.s, and
some other indifferent clothing, 110 cose
bodied coat. It is probable 1 vil1 n,ake to
wards Richmond, Va. where I purchased him
last fall. I will give the above reward to any
person who will apprehend and secure the said
fellow and give information so that I get him
again. ,
BENJAMIN JOHNSON.
misers .Will, Atril2t 1822. 3wtl03r
1?vcsv Goods
JUST opening' and for sale, at the Store of the
subscriber, viz : Illue and black Broadcloth,
very cheap; do. common, various colors; Cassi
meres, or" ditTerent colors ; black and colored
Canton Crapes ; Bombazettes and black Velvets;
Silks, and Silk Shawls, of ever)' description ;
Cambric and Robes, for ladies dresses ; -Domestic
Cloth, of the best quality ; Hats, Bonnets, and
Shoes, a complete assortment ; besides numer
ous other articles. .l:so, Powder, shot, and lead;
.'best gunpowder tea, and chocolate; Writing
Paper and School Rooks, Sec. Sec. Sec.
In addition to the above, a good supnlv of
GROCERIES, Zfc. such as brown and loaf Su
gar, Col'ee, and Pepper; Copperas: Dutch and
English Scythes; patent hoes; ILird-IVure, erf
various kinds; J)f and Ch:j:a JVcre, &.c. All
of which will be sold vcrv low for cash.
GEORGE MILLER.
Salisbury, April S, 1823 96tf
AO TICK.
BV a decree of the Court of Equity, made at
April term, 1822, I will expose to Public
day, the lUth of June next, lots No. 17 and 18,
in the great north square of the town of Salis
bury, on which there are improvements ; and
lots No. 25, 37, and 38, in said town, unimpro
ved. AL-n), two tracts or parcels of land, lying
and being in the county of ltowan, to wit : one
of three hundred acres, Ivir.g on the waters of
Flat Swamp Creek, and one of a hundred acres,
lying on the top of a mountain, called little
mountain, near to the Flat Swamp Springs, be
longing to the heirs at law of Evan Alexander,
deceased. A credit of twelve and eighteen
months will be given. Rrjnds, with approved
securities, w ill be required.
G 1 : 0. LO C K E, C. .M. E.
fyrilSO, 1822. 4wt 104
SMITH & WRIGHT
IB EG leave to inform their friends and tli pub
a P lie, that they have made an establ-srncnt in.
the above business at Newark, New-Jersey, eight
miles from New-York, w here they have constant
ly on hand, of their own manufacture, an exten
sive assortment of
SADDLES ZJ Iit IDLES,
Of all kinds, Harness, Trunks, '"ips, and Spurs
Also, Skirting Leather; Bridle and Harness
do.; Hog Skins ; Siieep, Calf, and Morocco do.;
Saddle Trees, and Saddlery Ware, oJ every de
scription. Merchants that are on f the North,
and deal in the articles, will find it to t'ie'.r inter
est to call and examine. Orders w Hl ' c care
fully executed, and goods sent to any part ot'lhe
United States. They respectfully solicit a share,
of the public patronage.
V?-rfr, .If arch 2o', 1822. Gwtl02
To h&e'Uvive's,
lO Iw the purpose of building a Male and Fe
U. male Academy in Charlotte, N. C. Propo
sals will be received by either of the undersign
ed, until the last Wednesday in May, for making"
and delivering" at the place of building, an soon
as practicable, two hundred thousand well made
and burnt brick, of the usual size. Persons
making proposals will say how soon they will
undertake to deliver the brick.
JOHN IRWIN.
ROB T. i. DIN KiNS,
4wtl03 WM. DAVIDSON.
CD The Trustees of the Charlotte Mai - and
Female Academy are notified to meet at Char
lotte on the last Wednesday in May.
ISO UoYfcres
TTT'lLL be given for apprehending- a:vi deliv
? t t ering" to the subscribers FOUR NEGRO
MEN, (who left their owners on last evenir.g for
no other reason than to endeavor to rcac" somes
state w here they w ill be free men,) iz : Robin,
Jacob, Julius and Rixon, (who perhaps may be
in company with several others.) Robm is ;!out
25 years of ag-c, dark complexion, heavy built,
a likely active waiting man, and a g-ood wagon
er an honest, faithful servant, one who never
had his back marked with a whip ; in a word,
we had all confidence in him. He has a large
scar across one of his hands and fingers from the
cut of a cotton machine. Jacob is a black fel
low, about 45 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 10 in
ches h'gh, stoop'd shoulders, grey head and
larger whiskers: lie is an old 'offender. Julius
is about 35 or 40 years of age, vellow complex
ion, a little above the middle size, likely, active,
smart fellow, can read and perhaps write. Rix
on, belonging to James Harris, of York District,
S. C. is about 35 years old, stout made, but low
er than the common size of negroes; is of a
black complexion, speaks slow, and has a down
look when spoken to. He was brought from
the eastern shore in Maryland, by Mr. Springs,
15 years ago, and sold to J. Harris. He took
with him a drab great-coat, a suit of brown
broad-cloth, all new, two spotted vests, two pair
white pantaloons, three pair of shoes, three
neck-cloths, a white hat, and upwards cf 20 in
cash. No doubt they (with all in their compa
ny) will make the best of their way either on
the route leading" to the north or west, perhaps
the latter. The above reward, or one quarter,
for cither, will be paid on their" being appre
hended or secured, so that we get t! em. Wc
expect their route will be by the way of Wilkcs
borough. Any communication respecting the
! above negroes, or either 6f them, can be made
to Robert Dmkins, Charlotte, N. O.
JAMES I) INK INS,
FREDERICK DINK1NS,
JAMES HARRIS.
.MecXmhur? Co. V. C.
April 29, 1822. f wtl 05
AN AWAY from the subscriber, r.r-bar-
.- lotte. on Sunnav mgnx, uic cu" "- "
NEGROES, viz: Tom, Tone,
- 1 it . 7 - .
and Washing-
X -
ton.
Tom Is about 55 vear1' modest and
'17,11 is .-ibout 15 years old, dark colored.
cute.
and out mouthed, rob is not quite so dark, but
thick made, andPPrs stubborn. "Washington
is about 1 0 -ears 010, ana aown-casi :ook. i uiu
took v. ita liim a pair of buck-skin trow sets, and
a d--ib great-coat. The boys had one mixed,
coat, and one of red and blue homespun ; two
pair of new shoes, two new wool hats, and two
or three pair of oiher shoes. The' also took
with them one rifle gun, without a boy, and a
half stocked shot gun, and screw -driver, with a
buck-horn handle. To any person that will ap
prehend the above negroes and lo.lge them in
any jail so that I get them again, I will pay Forty
Dollars; or twenty dollars for Tom rd .e, aud
ten dollars for Tone, and five dollars for each oi
the boys. ZEN AS ALEXANDER.
JWecklenbnrz Co. JV. C.
Jlhvil 29. 1 822. ? t 102r '
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