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CAMOILMA 2i VOLUME II. ; newborn; n. c. Saturday, august 7, 1 8 1 9. NUMBER 72. " .1 I TERMS. CAROLINA CENTlNEL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JOHV I. PASTSUR, ? l THE At Th ie a Doll aus per annum, one payable in advance. v : j piper will oe aiscoritinued until all arrearages are paid ,up, except at the op- jj;, ! of tiie publisher. riss!ffiiv rs inserted at .Orpntc - ------ Bpr s.iiiire the first week, and 2.5 cents a STnre for each succeeding insertion. v JVHSCELL ANEOUS. XHi PRESIDENT S ANs-VER j 11 1 Uress Ulioercl to tin by the Vol wdeers of ':- Tennessee, assembled at fsiis'icilie. : . ; In performing duties which bro't jpf in o Tenaebsee, it is .vrh great oppormmtv his been .ifiuded me to meet Volun tcci.s who, on many trying occasions. -rt- so -mi .entlv disnnoiiishHfl for th. ir patriotism and br tvrv. That ! yru uoevea ine cm 01 your cou-ury I in time -ol the greatest emergency, .tOi-f.-untrrrd p ivations with forti tude, -nd :,: cp it ted yourselves in a:tijri with bi u ery, are facts which impartial his 01 y has recorded, and will never be torgottt n.' 1 he cb-; iG- for . which .you contended :he p; .s -rv ition of our rights and lib- '. - t 1- . 1 i . r : - . I frf !tS W-iS. inoeu, 01 me nignesc importance. in sum a cause;, your S' u ! trvyil! always rely on a similar ch.v non?to its support. Miitevcr diff i ence of opinion hav d am ng upright existe ai 1 Qpnoiable m n, as to tne orgr,ni 2i i :i under which you rendered sum.; po'ti n ni your useful servi ces, 1 am p rsuaded thit there has Iprrn none respecting the patriotism ihi h animal' d and , cuid d your c.f aduct. Se; ing abundant cnuse in the h isfile proceedings of those op- ; p sed to the United States in Flo. i d , to jusr ify the conduct of the C mmanding Cieneral, ' Kdid n.)t hesitate to approve it. In this deci 6i a, I did not consider the q lestion relating to our conititution and pe-tceful rel tti n with Spain, as be hv in th- slightest degree, involv Those who supported the enem v , ; h no I iim to b r separated from thrh, 1 he momentous questions adverted t , depended on measures ait rward to be pursueds bv the Ex emiive it-elf. In 'hesetbe utmost at tentio i as paid o the claimsol a fru-rJ v pow-r, and the mast futh f ii regar jjj.hevvn to the limits pre s rihed bv tfi-? constitution to the Ex ecutive auilvrttv. ,' r i With the immense advantages vrhi:h a kind Pi ovid nee has favor ed our cou try, in navigation, and eve rv species of mineral and other ri sour es, it is corhpl tely within our pow r to m ike the neccss iry prepa ration, now that we are blessed with peace, for the contingency of another war. Regarding thu- exvent of our union, and the wants and apaciti. s of every part, it is' ecpa illy easy to er-ct work -i of d fence, and m ike deposits of arms and every other ar ticle, wherever they may b- neces sirv in snrh an event. The aten ti m;)f Co i ;ress has already been directed to these objects, and ample provisions made I r tnem. lO give FfT ct to this wise poU.cv will continue to be the object of my zeal- Ui and unwearied exertions JAMhS MONKOE.- N 'shville, June 9, 1819. INDIAN ACCOUVT Of tic first arrival of Vie D tick at AVW F j extracted fro n HeckfceHefs H'si oncaf Accmiat of t'te larinisr latphf published in the city of Phila delphia. The Lenni Lenape claim the hon r of hiving received and vvedcom d the Europeans oh thei--' first .r tvtil in the country situ ite'd between "W-England and Vi gnia. It is p'ohabl-, however, that the M chica- I 115 or Mohicans, who thn inhabited tHe hanks of the Hudson, concurrt d ; ,n the hospitable act. The rehtio J gViigtomkt; wis t ken dovvo inuy vears since tronasthe -nou hot aaivp,ig?nt Delawir" Indian, and ftuy be considered' -as a correct ac-. count of the tradition existing among thcin of Uis momentous event. I . j , . j ... .. .i. give it lis much possible in their own language. ' A crreat manv vears aro. when men with a white skin had never yet been 'seen in this land, some Indians who were out a fishing at a plaCe t wficrc me sea v mens, esuiea at a I . i t . . 1 . cai uisi njtc suraeming remanca. . blv larire flohtino- nn' thr- such lhev had never seen before. Thi se Indians immVdiately return ed to the shore, apprised their coun trymen of what they had observed, and pressed them to go out with ! the m ai.d discover what'i might be. J hey hurried out together,; and saw with astonishme nt the phenomenon which now appeared 10 th ir sight, but i oiild notaL'ree uhon what it was Some believed it to be an uneom m -Diy lage fish or animal, ;yhi'e others wtre of opinion it must be very biir House floating on the sea. At !cngth l,ne spectators concluded that this w.indr rtul object iwas mov i' g towards the land, and that ir must be an animal or something else that had life in it : it would there- AUX i.K'.K ,4 -r what they had seen, and put them on their guard. Accordingly they sent off a number of runners and vva termeti to carry th? news to thf.ir -vv..v v...y.v. j.. b:'- uu ""'cry.uirciuuu ior cue warn- ur vviiii a.inessage inat iney snouia come on immediately. These . a - "ving in numbers, and having them- selves viewed tne strange appear ance, and observing that it was ac tually moving towards the entrance of the river or .bay, concluded it to be a remarkably large h use, in which thi Mamiitto (the Great or Supreme Being) himself was pre sent, and that he probably was com ing.to. visit them Bv this time he chiefs were assembled at Y. k Isl and, and d liberating in wh it-manner they should receive their Man nitto on his arrival. Every measure was taken to be well provided with plenty of victuals. All the idols or jmag-rs were examined and put in order, and a grand dance Was sup posed to be not poly, an, agreeable entenaininent for the Great Being, but it was believed that; it might, with the addition of a acrifi e, con tribute to appease him if he was an gry with th m. The conjurers were also set to wot k, to determine vvhat this phenomenon portend -d, and what the possible result of it might be. ' - ' V. : "' ."; ; : ,To these and to the chiefs & wise men of :hi nation, .me!n, women 5c children were looking up for advice and protection. Distracted between hope and fear, they were iat a loss what to do ; a dance, however, com menced in great confusion. While in this situation, fresh runners a- rive, declaring it to be a large house ol various . olo.irs,and crowded with living creatures. It appears now to be certain.that it is the great Man nitto, bringing them some, kind of game, such as he had not given them before ; but other runners soon after arriving, de lare that it is pos itivelv a hotis - full of hum n b-ings. oi quuc a ciiueicju toi mr uuiii uhi of the In lians, and dressed diff -r- ently from them ; that in particular, one of them! was dressed entirely in red, who must be the vlaonitto him self. Th -v are hailed rom the ves sel in a langujge thevdo not under stand, yet they shout or yell in re turn by way of answer, according to the custom of their country ; manv are for running off to the woods, but jare. pressed by ithers to stay, in or der not to give offence to their visit or, who might find them out and destroy them. The house, some sav large cane, at last stops, and a canoe of a smaller size comes on shoe with the -red man and some others in it ; some stay with his ca noe, to guard it. The chief and wise men, assembled in council, form themselves into a largs circle, tow irds which the man in red clothes approaches witn two otners. Jrle sa- lutes th m with friendly counte- na'ace, and thev return the 'salute af- ter their manner. Th arc lost in admiration ; the dress, the manners, the whole appearance of the Mil known strangers, is to them, at; sub ject t)i wonder, but they are particaj larlv strut k with him who wore the red coat, all glittering with gold lace; which they could in no manner ac count for. He, surely, must be the great Mannitro : but why should h have a white skin ? Mean while a large hackhat k is brought bv om oli he servants, from which aji un kmwi substance is' poured out' into a $mail cup or glass, and handed co the supposed iian itto. He drinks has the glass filied again, and hands it to the chief standing next to him. " The chief receives it,.but on- ly smells the cbntenjt and passes it ; n to the next who does the same. 1 he glass or cup thus pass- es through the circle, without the into a circular form, and being clos iiquor being tasted by any one, and ' ed at its ends, encompassed large is upon .he point of being returned piece of ground. The Indian were to the. red clothed Mannitto, when surprised at the-superior witt of o: c of the Indians, a? brave m m and the whites, but di 4. not wish to con a great warrior, sud lehly jumps up tend vith them'bout a little land, and harangues the assembly on the fas they had still enough themselves, impropriety of returning the : cup The white and red men lived con with its eContents. If was handed to tentedl v together for 3 ltnir time. them, says he, by the Mannitto, that tney snouia arinK out or ftt, as she himself had done. To follow ! his example w uld be pleasing to 1 I 1.1 I I nim ; out to return wnai ne naa giv- f en them might provoke his wrath & briiig. destruction on them. And i since tne orator oeiievea it ior tne good ol the nation that the contents offered them should be drank, and as no one else would do it, he would drink it himself, let the consequence : be what it might ; it was better for one man to die, than the whole na tion should be destroyed. He then j took the glass, and bidding the as- t : l . r .1 seinoly a solemn tareweii, at once drank -up its whole contents. Eve ry eye Was fixed on the resolute chief, to see what effect the unknown liquOr would produce;. He soon be gan to stagger, and at last fell pros trate oil the ground. His compan ion now bemoan his fate, he falls ,into a sound sleep, and they think he has expired. He, wakes again, jumps up ano aecia-es, mat ne has enjoyed the. m st delicious 'sensa tions, and that he never before felt himself so happy as after hea had dran k the a up. He asks for more, his wish is granted ; the whole Vas sembiy then imitate him and all be come intoxicated. After this general intoxication had ceased, for they say that while it lasted the whites . had confined th; mst.lves to their vessel, the man wiih the red clothes returned again, and distributed presents among them1, consisting of beads, axes, hoes, and stockings suLh as the wnite peo ple w ear. They soon! became fa miliar with each other, nd began to1 converse by vtns. The Dutch made tKem understand they would n t stav here, that they w uldrtturn" home again, but would pay them an- other; visit the next year, when they would bring them more presents, & stay with them awhile ; but as they 5 could not live without e a ting," they should want a litt'e land of them to i sow seeds, in order to raie herbs & vegeiaoies to put in men uiuiu. They went away as they had said, and returned in the following sea son, wnen both ; parties, were murh rejoiced to see each other but the whites laughed at the Indians, seeing they knew not the use of the axes & hoes they had given them the year before; ; for they had these hanging to their breasts as ornaments, and the stockings were made use of as tobacco pouches. The whites now pu handles to the former for-them; and cut trees down before their eyes, h ed up the grounds and put the stockings.on their legs. Here, they say, a general laughter ensued a mong the Indians, that thev remain ed ignorant of the ues of such val uab e implements, ' and had borne the weight of such heavy metal , o - hanging to their necks for such a i - Hackhack is properly a gourd, but since they-have seen glass bottles and decanters, they call them by the same .came. length of . time. They 100k' every white man they sawfor an inferior' tute of that souud judgment & taste, Mannitto attendant on the Supreme with which the fair of tHcinetropo De ity, who shone superior in the lis seem to think themselves excltl red and laced clothes. As the v aively favoured. You wili - Ji ;j as whites became daily more familiar, much real science in that whSh a with the Indians, they at last propos- dorns th mind and more tastr m d to stay with them, and asked on ly jqi so much ground for a garden pot, as, :thuy said, the bide of t bul lock would cover or encompass, wnu h was spread before them. The Indians readily Granted this reason- ( v ; . . ahlt request ; but the whites then took a k-iife, and beginning at one end of the hide, cut it up to a long rope, not so thick as a child's finger, so that by t e time the whole was cut up,, it made a great heap ; then theT took the rope at one end, and drew it. gently along, carefully avoid tng its breaking. it was drawn out though the lormer from time to time w u ior more ianu, which was readily obtained; !, and thus they gradually proceeded jiighet; up the I l T L : L - .'I .1 T ! T auic.au iioucny, until trie maians began to believe that -they would soon want all their a ountry, which in the end proved true. f These Dutchmen were probably ac quainted with what is related of Queen Dido in ancient history, and thus turned their classical knowledge to a good ac counts ' female industry. Willi; liam Cobbett. long celebrated for His political and agricultural writings, both in England and A merica, in an essay on the latter subject, pavs the following hand some compliment to Female Indus- xtyr ': V::0f'v. ,". ' ; ; " My work was as well done as if the wholif had hppn rlntip hv mvelf My planting done chiefly bv aW mnmsn. each nf whnm , nt women, each of whom would plant halt an acre a day, and their pay was ten pence steiling a day. " " What a shame, then, fof any man to shrink at tl.e trouble and labour-of such matter! Nor let it be imagined that these young Women ( were poor, miserable", ragged crea j tures. They were just the contrary. Oh a Sunday they appeared in their white dresses, and with silk umbrel las over their heads. Their con stant labour afforded the means of dressing well ; thr ir early rising & exercise gave tht m health ; their habitual cleanliness and neatness for which the women of thesouth of E nghnd aie so justly famed, served to aid in the completion of their ap pearance, which w as that of the fine rosy-chetked country girls, fit to be help-mates, and not a burthen to their future husbands." This reminds us of the good fash ion among the country girls of New England, who, on the approach of a shower in the ha'y. making season, haste to the fields and, by their beauty, industry, and cheerfulness, invigorate the rustic swains, and bear a' conspicuous part in the labour of the husbandman. We would merely ask, where is the young man who would.not prefer a help-mate of the above, description, to one who has only to, recommend her, a skill on the piano, dexterity in practicing the 4 gavotte," or artfulness in sing Behold the rdsy-cheeked maid, arrayed in all the innocence and I rtUU"lcr "ecuiioner to lulfal the sen beauty of her own native plains, uh-j ten of the law. j V ! r adf ined by foreign fabrics; see in Hard must be their hearts irdecd, her the oractice of virtue, 'and the bereft of every sentiment of virtue. e mblem of health, while the more fashionable ones, of the metropolis, are arrayed in all the extravagances nf the gay world, and hive no charms for the man of reason and r "flection. , - There is scarcely a country lass in 1 New-England who Uos not know the us. ofarake. V :. . Nor are the country, ladies desti- adorning the persin, in the .island ' towns ot New-tr.ng! and, than in the enlightened sea-ports. " ; That the good "old times of our ancestors hve changed, there is no nerd of attemnts.to nmve i tht thf . . 7 . I ----- v ...w m mneis of the softer sex have ;dc teriorated, it is presumed .'no . orte will deny. The cause may be 4 rac- ed to various sources ; but princi- pally to the "influence ot luxury. 1 he tff-ct of this change, perhaps, no one vmuld pretend to prrdic: : it ; is already sufficiently app tren-. to i cause the .most melancholy rtfl tions as to the future prospects of our growing country. Formerly a young mn would not hesitate to en ter the holy state of wedlock, with only a few pounds in h s pocket, a .d a probable cab ulatibn on as m my: more for his .yearly incom Novv,. the posses ton of many thousands of dollars will hardly sati f hi s expec tations, or conq ler the scupiet of his Dulcinea. To -be in a si ua?ion to marrv, heTnust be enabli d, as Dr. Johnson has said, to ride in cach es that whirl like meteors, and live in palaces that riseilike exhalations " fhe cjonseq ience iV that our list of i-marnages grows smiill-r daily ; md thse who are compelled to briger out a life of lean coibjcy and single blessedness, cpn'inully increases iri number.; Boston 1 ' iteligrnccr. i 1 AFFECTING A tfl CDOTE. - On oris: of- the Jiianv bridge? .Ghent, stand 2 large braz .n ima ir s oi a father & son, who obr-intd 'his distinguished mark of the admira tion of their fellow-citiz; ns by the foil wing inc ident : 3. Both the father and soh were, for some off me against the state ; con demned to die. Some fa voi able ci. cumstances appeaiing (n the side of the son, ht was granted a it mission ol his share of the f entente, upon certain provisions ; in short, h. was offered a pardon on the m st cruel and barbarous condition that ever entered in the mind, of even mk ibh b irbariu namely, that he should berome the txeVutioMer of his father ! He drm resolutely re fused to preserve his life by me t so fatal!and d- testable, f fiis i ku- to be wondered at, for I h. pe, for the honor of ourn tb e, thereto e but few, very few .s ns who. wo i Id not h;.ve spurn td, with abhot ren ef life s istained! on conditions so hori'd & s unnatural. Th son,!tho' ong inflexible, was at length overcome b the prayers and entrr aties of a fond father, who represented o hi mt that at all events, his (the 'fathers) life was forfeited, and that it wo id be the greatest possible : consolation to him, in his last m rm nt,. to think that in his death he was the instru- ntent of his son's"prese fr vaion. 'I he outh corfset ted tt adopt the horri ble means ot recovering his. life and liberty ; he lifted the axe, but as it was about ro full, his arm &unk hervelrs, and the axe dr pped from his hand ! Had he a irjany lives as hairs, he would have yielded them all one after the other, rather than again ever conceivt, much l' ss per petrate sut h an ac t. l ife, liberty every thing vanished before the dearc interests of filial yffection : he U 1 upon his father's neck and em bracing hi m, triumphantl exclaim- ea, v iviy iatner, my father ! we will die togethef r-and then called lor & station of humanity who iculd . slanc insetisi'ole spectators of such a . - ."uuuni prai i'mui;iuu- . tary applU8et mired with groans aud sighe. rent the air. The xr u- ' Hon Was i-uspendtd; on a single re Pfesentation of the iransactifn both. we. re jiaidoned ; high-rewards j.nT honors were tonft rrt d on .'he son;.;. land finally, tho two admirable!
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