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vtVuy.-C ...- :'J.t .-"--v ''.ft-,,.,,.! A ? r . . . ; . NATIONAL UOAU.. 7.Vrt ifth J'ntmartfr Ceilritd tn tht $uJett f tJ mo'i pnctlehbk i'-t U'Ht ffm Arm Or. ' . paar-Orncs I)rTins ' ' 13th December, Wl. 5 ' Sir t In obidience.io resolution of the Senate or the, United States, adopted t tbcirlust tei&lon,requirliig the Postmaster : General to report to the senate, aim? present session, the most practicable port route from New Orleans to Washington City." I bate the honor 10 ttate, that the route on which the mail has been irans portedi ..tvrjwerei P?1.from th, City to New Orleans, is by the way of Fredericksbufg'and Abingdon, In Vir ginia noxUIo nd ' Me'MtnviUtr-ia j -1., ;.Tnoee . JJuiMftHle, KUtseiltuisj enu ton. Port Gibson, Washington, Natchex, -64.yoodUlo,ln 3IlsUslppl thence b, - . , ' 8t..FrwciVaUana itan Kouewww 1,380 miles, and require trmrel or34 days.' "v."v ' v. , ' " The military road, It it called, from Columbus, In MitsissjppUo Madnwnville, 'in Louisiana itonnarly a direct, line from the former to New Orleans, and ' much nearer than tb road by the way of Washington and Natchez. But this roau is "represented to b so much out of re pair, as to render the rejplsr transports' tion of the. nuil upon it impracticable. TBe brldjjerandcaoscwajr fallen in? to decay, and in many parts, the entire nace opened for the road, has become filled with young growing vf timber. Some years since, a contract was made be this deDartment, to transmit the mail to New Orleans from this City, by Salis bury, in North Carolina; Spartanburg. . In South Carolina ; Athens and Fort Haw k!ni in Georgia; and Foil Stoddart,in Alabama, the distance being computed in 1380 imlt. But there was so many ob structions on tbi. route, arising from streams of water, and other that it was found impracticable to perform the contract, and it waa abandoned. There is a mail route fromKnoiviIle, in Tennessee, by the way of KingstofiT lb ihraame state Bennetsville,. Labawba mm! St. Stephen's in Alabama, to New . Orleans, which makes the distance from - Wishinrton to that place,. l3J3. miles. ; But the obstructions oo. this routeare. known to be nearlr as great as on the route by way of Athens and Fort Haw -kins. - -- The post rou,e 10 New Orleans, whldi j)isses through the capitals oi the aoutn ThistlnUln? tiiiii'td ni I J 12 milrs. mltei. if no erater deviation, from a di feet line wtfr tnadei than would beneces ' ury to obtain gd ground far a road, nd to pass through Richmond, Raleigh, Cpl ' umhU Mi Mitledjrillt i and thenea by Coweta and St. Stephens to New Orleans. 'T7A part of the-Alabama and Mississippi mail, and the mall from tne soutn ro wew nu.- U. araikinoried on tt route VtlV.H'1 1 , Hut. in tha winter anil SDrine seasons of the year, the numerous streams or water Over which there is neither bridges nor ferries, oresent insurmountable obstacles to the regular and rapid transmiaiion of tnau on the route. OnliecrTinrfrom-Wiwhington-to - New Orleans, the distanceuS6Q. miles. This line passes near Warrenton, Char loltesyille Lexington Big Lick, Grayson -Court JIouse, in Viririnia i Ash vllle; in wlJorli Ca,roliha rthence hrtjgh thIti' utan country by vanawna aoa nt. step - hens, in Alabama, to Pearlton, near Lake Borgne i thence to New Orleans. I he north wcttcrn part of Kurth CitP- " olina, through which this lin pisesi is eo mountainous as-to renoer a -deflation to the aoun or nortn, in. constructing road) Indispensable-A de.viWoa.ao.tb: north, so as to avoid the- mountains, will pass by or near Fotheringar, Wythe Gourt House, Chritiansf)urg, and Abing . don, in Virginia Knoxvillc, in Tennes- tee, theneethrevh-the Tnuessee Valley by Cahawba, to New Orleans, on nearly straight direction.' This route is estt mated at 1,055 miles, including ten per cent, for the variation from a straight line irom Washington, to .Kuoxville thence tp New Orleans ! and it is believed to be the -nearest direction - practicable for a .po-JMjTPM.10 m New Of leans. The variatim,"so as Vo " "pas'l" by XnoxjiUeLJRPuld no increase the dis tance more than six miles, "A deviiitfon to-the south so as to avoid the principal mountam North Carolina, and Athens in Georgia. IThis route would not vavy, at nypOiflK more than 60 miles from a direct line, and - would not increase the distance, by a Tine passing through tbe above places, more . than 7 miles.. r Tlie route" Bpthrvsf xt iVartntoir, Abingdon, and ,Knoxville, aflbrds great facilities for the idonstfttcilon of a mail TOad. -Throagh y irgitrfrtnd Tennessee, the materials are abundant, Tor the forma '": tion of a turnpike Vind through the sute V of Alabama and Mississippi, it is believed, ..3Zd, ttt w no part Of the fjyibn-canc an : rti5ciul road .of thr same length be con strutted at.less expense. On this part . of the route, the general face of the couh- try is level, and the soil well adapted to the f irmalion of a soli.! roaJ. Some .In formation Usbctn communicated to tt.u Department on this lubjnct'Ut'itdoek not come sulctly witin the scope or the resolution. If a substantial ro-d were mail, in thla direction, to New Orleins, the mail could be transported to that place, I -1. I .l..l',l.a . If the' irom nia tuy, in cic,n " road were to pais through the cspttals of Virginia, North Carolina, &outn waroana, and Ccorgia, it could be conveyed ia less than twelve days. Tbe route on which the mail Is now tranported to New Orleans, although more circuitous than tome others, in the oresent condition of roads, Is the itfest and besuXThere are tnanr obstructions on it, but they are less numerous than on . h . s . Jk ... f-a an otner. ureater ceieruy aou aaicir ire giteaiculnrimil oo thisroute, than could be riven to it on any other, to aew plies, many Important , towns and villages, and thicklt settled Darts of the country, IQlherwinter and-wins: teasons ot tne yeribemaUoJhfjroute, as on all oth ers in tbe tame parts ot be country, is sometimes entirely obstructed by. high wstera and, when this is not tbe case, ii is frequently much injured: by the mail horse t swimming creeks and tnrougb swamps of considerable extent, The friction from, the movement of the mail horse sj Is certain to destroy all newspa pers that become wet, and not unfrequent Iv, letters are much obliterated. When the mail is a considerable time imroers ed hrwaterras has often been tbexase,on thia route, it' is impossiblo to secure it perfectly trom injury. Tbe Department now pay at th rate of filty two dollars and seventy six cents a mile for the transportation or the mail three trips iq each week, to New Orleans. On a good turnpike road, It could be con veyed in a stage as often, snd in lest than half tbe time, at the same expense. And what is a most Important consideration, the utmost security would be given to the mif by such a transportation, and a very considerable increase to the receipts oi the drprtmnt, 1 have the honor io be, cpct fully, juur oucuicui icryaiu. : ' " jomr MTEAX. Hon. John CailUrd. raox na vinom rooaaA. ""As -ttie 1 proprietr- of- the -conduct- of Commodore Porte, in relation to the recent affair at Faxardo, will probabir be come the subject of official investigation, we publish his letter to the Secretary of the Navy, without remarks i Sir: I hate the Ihonof toTiilwfiPyou that, on my arrival at St. Thomas, I was informed that Lieutenant Commandant Pla't, of the United States' schooner BeKta who had visited .Faxardo,. a town on the eaat coast of Porto Rico, about two miles from the aea, for the purpose of making inquiries respecting a quantity of dry goods supposed to have been deposi ted there by blrattfsrwaf, ; after being- re cognised as an American eRlcer, by the proper authorities there, imptisoned, and shamefully treated. Indignant at the outrages which have so repeatedly been heaped on ua by the authorities of Porto Rico, I proceeded to this place, where I kit the ihlp,and Yiking wrth-mtheJuAjfiojpef Grampus and Oeagle, the boats of the John AOTNtsv with Captain Dallas and part of.-hit t.fli eer seamen, and.marines, prreeded tp the'port of- Faxerdo, wherrr finding -prer parations were making to fire on us irom the battery on shore, I sent a party of tea men and marines tospike the guns, which was done in a few minutes, as the Span iards fled on tbe landing of the party . I thenlanded nrhh two hundred men, and .owebed to the town, spiking on the way the suns of a small battery, placed for the defence of a pass on the road, and reach ed the town in about thirty minutes after lanrung t I found them prepared for de fenuAltJhey,JiyJ.ieceiTedJnfp from St. Thomas of my intention of vis- king the place. J halted about pistol shot from their force I, drawn up on the wit skirts or the town, and -sent In a flag, requiting the Alcalde, or Governor, with the Captain of the port, principal offend ers, to come to me to make atonement for the outrsget giving them one heur io deliberate.- fhey appeared accoroipgly? aud after beeelnK pardon (in tbe presence bfthe officmof the officer who-Wadbeen insulted, and expressing great penitence, I permuted them -to return to. the town, on their pronrismtrto-resnexLjU' Ameri can officers whomav-visit them herealur. We then returned to the vessels, and left the harbour, after being at anchor three hourt. As we were getting under way, a num beref persons appeared en . lb,, beach, bearing a white 9ag, and having tvith them some bullocks, and, number 7 of horses, apparently laden, nodoubt a. prew pi from the authorities' of the place, which they informed me they should send mel There it no doubt that our persons and our flair will be more resrected hereafter. thaii It his beenrbr::tbe:autftbifiiierofl n m ...1 rorio nico. - Every oflicer and man, on this occasion, conducted themselves in a manner to meet my entire approbation. I rate the lio'itof. to be, very fesfect- rl'y, your tnuht obedient servant; ' 1 11 llAll bccraUry oftlie ay Mwnjpon. ASIIlNOTOIf, JAN. THE LA PAYETIK LUN.NtH, Accordint? to previous arrangements, the Dinner given by the, Members of both Mouitt of Congress to uenersi la fat tte, took place on Saturday, tbe first of Jauuaryj 'Ar o'clock, the whole range tf freat roems, at Williamson's extensive estabtUhment, (now occupied by private famiiies); was thrown open for the recep tion f the company y and, at o o'clock, the company, In. number exceeding two hundred, aat down to a tumptuoua and elegant dinner, prepared in Mr. William son' best style--, - . i-V Mr. Gailliard, the President protein. UM SeiHi!M. -Mr; Clay-the Speaker Ot the Uouse Ol nepreseniauvea, pres.- ded atthe feasti. ' On the ris-ht of the president of the Senate, sat our v t neraMe chief maghtrale rtKc President oflhe United States, who graced, by his presence as a guest, the most memorable feast that bat ever tak en place in this country." On the left of tbe chair tat the matiox s ovkit, aup- ported by several of his brethren of the Revolution', among whom were recog nised Gen. SamT. Smith, Gen. Jackson, Mr. Rufut King, and Messrs.. Chandler and D Wolf, of the Senate, and General Udree ot the I!ouse.The Speaker was suppwtea,on-ms,ilthttJXJhejecretarymee that a route which shall pass of State and the Post Master General, and, on his left, by the Secretary of War add Judge Thompson, of the Sopreroe Court of tbe United Stales. .After tbe cloth was removed, a number of patriotic Toasts were drank, accom panied bj appropriate Music from tbe ex cellent band attached to the Marine Corps. Tbe sentiments were receded bv the company with great enthusiasm. When the health of Mr. Monroe was pro posed, the company rose with one accord, and seeraer! to pay him the homage, not merely of tbe lips, but of devoted hearts. The president waa deeply affected by these marks of regard, and returned thanks in feeline and SDuroDriate terms. , n - V f r The presence of the Chief Magistrate or tne Nation, on this grateful occasion, seemed to spread satisfaction through the whole assembly. ' The following if Gen. La Fayette's vol unteer. M Perpetual Union among the United States ; it has saved us in our times of danger t it will save the world. . frtWWf l TaW SCTtuvr in the United Slates. When we reflect upon the number of young men at the'se schools and under the tuition of private gentlemen, if we do not know that one half must 'ultimately rwant-iecessr-we ahould exclaim with him of old, " of strife there is rio end. - So numerous' is tbe proiession, at mis time, ana ao great is he competition, that a-young lawycr'a prospect Is well compared to a contingent remainder, requiring a particular estate to support it. In this city, we have, it is es timated, from three to five hundred law yer; and the greater part, particularly the most honorable and celebrated, are mosienteely4oorijs abodj, there is no calling in the community, in bich the eP.eP.d.ituresbear so great a proportion to the receipts. No man acquainted with the situation "cT the"profeisbn would lake the receipts and the i expenditures for thou sands of dollars. 1 Bur It Is the broad road to dcstriiction, in which many go down to the gates of death, before attainiqg the ob jects or their juvenile ambition. V. Y.itntei Lamfi Tn Kettle. Thomas G. Fessen den, Esq- gentleman eminenLforJiit scientific and literary abilities .baa Inven ted and applied-an apparatus for boiling water oy a ump t ii is aiienuca wiin ve ry, little trouble, and requires but one pint of oil per week, to boil a kettle con twnihglKw the space, or about 40 minutes. CvrefofL fflMcera. The Baltimore Fed' eral Gazette says Mr. W. Noaais, who Came passenger In the schooner. Resblu lion erri ved - at that poi t, .' hat acquired, during bis Jrayels jri South America, the art of curing cancers by extract prepara Qdns, without leaving- a scar, end with ve- IT,iriinK,Psini cera in incir.pcrieci state, ror me sausiac tion of those that may feel interested. i!IlfgfgywA..Tailor, an Englishman, in.New-York,.has given up to the Police of lhat city 50 aterling, being the amount t property ne naa deirauded or a parson in London, and which his conscience Com pelled him to refund.. The money has Ueilbdg boo CHllf e at 19 cents per gallon, and in Fhiladel A persoo at Pbiladelpbi lately bought four quarters of tickets, and the first num ber drew 8 12 sccocd 860 third 1000 fourth 85000. : - j. ; KA110NAL ItOAU. , The citiacus of ealwbury, and the adjacent country, will .bear la mind, that an' adjourned meeting pa tbe subject of the National Boad, la to be bckl at the Cwirt-llnuaa tn thia town, on Saturday next, the 33d In, i ami at Ula meet- lntf, the committee appobtad for the purpoM, la to report tbe draft of a memorial to the Pre. ildent of the U. S. In fcvor of locating the Road oa tht route by 8aGbury. - -v.. ITATEIV1LLE, JAN-Ht 1323. Mr. White: A meeting of the cltlMne of Statesville, and ill vicinity, was held this day, t the House of Robert Worke, Esq. in the tosrn f StatesvilU,and ,th following Resolutions were unanimously aaoptca i ----' frstnVfrfrTbat this meetinfcJWchJf 3J proves of the policy of having a great na-J tional Itoad from Washington to new Orleans" ' RcotvtdK That, the location of this road it a matter of high Importance to the tectiont of country through which it shall pass, and an object of laudable emulation among the citizens of different parts to endeavour to bare it past through such sections. Fctohtd, That it is the opinion of this through the towns of Salem, in atoxes county, and Statesville in Iredell county, will Coitinme n nwirw ges, and as few or fewer disadvantages, than any other route ; ' Rnolvrd, That Col. Thomas A. Alii son, Robert Worke, Esq. Alfred M. Gsi ther, Esq. James II. Hall, and James Campbell, be a committee for the purpose of drafting an address, and forwarding the same to the President of the United States, for tbe purpose of turning the attention of the executive to this route, and claim ing from government that attention to their claims that they may be. found just ly entitltd to ; ' to oA-a7 That the said committee trans mit a copy of tbe foreeoing resolutions to some person of Influence in the town of Salem, for the purpose or obtaining their co-operation, and to the office of the Wes tern Carollfiliri Tor insertion in that peperi and to the honorable Lewis Williams, and the honorable Henry W. Connor, of the house of Representatives. We are, Sir Very respectfully, THOS. A. AT.LISOW, A. M. U Ami EH, J AS. II. HALL, JAS. CAMPBELL. JCUBIOUS XOTItLVS fth TURKS. A letter from ConaUntinnplei in Turkejv, in speaking of the defeat of tbe Turkish fleet by tbe Greeks, contain the followinj paragraph, to which we have appamlcd aa extract From the Grand Acignor'i firman, (Of proclamation :) "It seems that the Sultat ascribes ihe disasters of his fleet to the relaxed devo tion of the Mussulmans. He hst just published a firman, ordering the women to dress lest indecently, and cast less wanton looks upon the men. ThTTolIowTng is an exlracT fromlhe firman of the Grand Seignor respecting tbe toilet ol the 1 urkish women l . - " Since the women must never, when .1. - - ' .-- --.-. A... .... tney go out, oeviate irom tne, rules of .des Cency and honoritt ftspeciallf licfssa" ry to take care that none of their actions be contrary to the. holy la " UBvCmwaiiKffrf, tha women shall not wear embroidered feredgeu nor condemnable colours, nor veils artfully contrived- to show . their faces t whoever be ttve Kuaband or rclationt.of AUihose who may be teen in such a dress, they shall be made answerable, and punished for the conducflofj heir women. These parsrrapUr te"frmy teemie-be something akin to the tumily of Ilumbufi t but we can assure tliero that faithful history affords more striking illustrations of the ridiculous su perstitions of the Turks, diaa thisrmut of the Grand Seignor. If hit Turkbh mjftg so ongallant as to in terdict, by proclamation, the small privilege to tbe Vomen of huempire of peenfriM Itdtid tMr-vtih, what would he thuik .of; the modesty of the ladies of aur Country, who constantly ex. poae nc wnoie circumiercnce oi ineir jireuy faces, (and sometimes more than their faces) to the noon-day gaze of all the world round about them? The Supreme Court of this state met In Ra leigh On th 97th nit thtt Liitwma composing It, the following young gentlemen kayo obtained licence to practice law ; lurawonxoiBiTsrr" DAWnJLaJjw.AtWi Buncombe Joifh A; Hill, New-Hanover ;"-oTflTrfc UUIllora I v.MBi.aa vs. ?riuni, n- betn Geo- W. Haywoop, Raleigh ' ' COT7ltTl4-eOVRTt.v.:..... iE'Wai CPAtTAvuBiNewbem l.??Tj ... ,, . ......,..-.,W, , k..-i,.,.,...,. tat a. Msitm, XNewnern j xnnwciy LkAxe. Richtnond i Kkhkitk B. Mo cwtsoir,M6oreiTiioMir Wil mirigton; Joatr A; ilooax; Kandalph j ViLttAU t- nofKH Warrcu j 4TI. W. Ai xxsKDiii, Cabarrus j Jee Tux w k, Orange j Jos. II. Pool, Pasfjuotnk. ,1 , eC CF.M. LA FAVETTB. E. T. Tatnall, Esq. a member of congress from Georgia, hu written to the Mayor of the , eity of savannah, on the subject of Genern Ls' Fayette's visit te the south i In which he say,. that, as the General wishes to be present at the Inauguration of the new Freadent, he will not leave Vasblngt(m eity before the 5th or fith of (March. ,.i . .. ,...J. r r' .1 SECRET TOXJt TOLD f Messrs. 8 parry ft llogan give notice In a JCew Haxta iOmnecticutX paper, that they Intend publishing an account of a'successful mode of treating the lit V A' oov, and Chunk. Head pi Mocasin Bnake the symptomi'will be given i and the remedies, with their doses, sad -7 iheBiaiinetof.ldmlnlitenngthemr be si- plained i the articles used; eorwit wholly tf By live planU and these gentlemen say the am lof tliireur'ilM been keprwhhin the familrrf-r- the Spernca fgr.roore toan a liUnJrM fcij p .. - We suppose all persons who like to hear (at well u tsu) tttrttt i and all who eipect to be bitten by snakes, will wish to gel thia work and we would advfce such to buy it, were sure the eaa would not be a worse bits titan (bat of any aJb against whose venom it proposes a remedy. t . A scrsp of news for all lovers of lonr narees. We grre new married folks the liberty to cut out, and put it luto their pocket-books, till tljrj III ... ., Si , m0 :' W-i J If M In August last, the second daughter of the Emperor f Brazil was bp;ed by the name of...,. Donna Ftanntti Carolina Joanna Charhlta-LeoicldinaoJ thrdngeU RomanaiXtvier dt Paulina Mibutllo Ga-brietfa-Raella-Gonzoga. We are authorized to announce Maj. Saimirl P. Carton, of Burke county, as a candidate to represent, In the ilouse of Reprcsenutirti of the 19th Congress of the V. 8. the 12th con gressional district of North -Carolina: this div trict .it composed of Burke, nuncombe, Ruth erford and Haywoodxounties. - CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUED." The recent Presidential election his at'll aeims ra 'os. otcaslpnrt tome ira proyements'in political logic, and given rise to tome new readings of the Consti tution. At one Instance of which, it might be remarked, that during the pros pect of a tie between Mr. Crawford and sVticfe'oi tne Uontllu'ion on this subject, which was so far ne and ingenious, tbat these two gentlemen were to be consid ered at one, and thus to consti'.uie the last of the three, out of which a Presi dent was to be chosen by the Houae of Representatives. The Ingenuity of the construction consisted i . substituting number for fiertont, by which means four or ten persons miirbt be presented to the 4 House of . Eeprewotatives for their se- lection, instead Or three, to which nnm--ber the Constitution hst heretofore been supposed to restrict their choice. -The wordt of the Constitution are, M the person having the greatest number of votes thsH.be1 President, if such num -ber be a majoritjrof the whole number of Electors tppolnted..'nd if no person have auch majority, then from the high est number, hot e xceedtnfc threej on the IisthOaeitcAedioa House of Representatives shall choose immediately by ballot the President." Here appears to be no amburuity, and no one ever heretofore, we believe, doubted mat tne meaning oi those win. ..imh jh article was; that from the persons having the hiehest number of votes, but not ex- ceecTing three p iheserthe JlwHAJi choose, in the event of there being no choice by the Electors. But tbe Intellieencer it of opinion, on cfftrr-examfnatiorrof the Constitution,-:: tbat it does not mean from the persons having the greatest number of votes, but from the u numbert not exceeding three," the House shall choose and that there forerin the expeicted - tie, the numbers would stand thus! o ; Gen. Jackson teing the highest, would be o- Mr. Adams next highest, -would be " And Mr. Crawford and Clay,Nbeing equa wuuiana. ."j-j'.-'-":- And tbws four persoot and, three. W'ff' would be nlaced before t he-House el R'P resentatives for their choice snd In ac cordance with this idea, if the House se- Mn 1. flm Jarkson would w Prasidfntt if thev ahnuld ChOO r vf. aj... -..m Pruuiniiti if they in nartnersniP' tne executive r- , i,.DrC- thus In their pmt election foy,,,;, .:V..f -r.rpririf-nf the- ingenuitl0' . . f M JWl5-ftirhi which the v.onsuiuiw L"-.": t-ratt. -.A ji... ' Fl .'.atarM INPftVl unlooked forn,,nRcn5Srai, I' fyinff the friendsof both ind.vidu l however, tbe office ia ever heW JJP held i,rm.ananefe0a: rlciiont, rather mau - 0