VOLUME II.
WEVVBKKN, ;N..C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 48:1819.
NUMBER 78.
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FROM A LATE ENGLISH. PAPER. '..
pulpHsm Extraordinary, None
can doubt the affection entertained
for the Kirk of Scotland by the dis
tinguished Nobleman who has lately
icd the office of Lord High" Com
missioner ; but his fondness for the
j72L z has of late become more no
torious thTi his attachment to the
Kirk. The Congress of the great
swells of Vienna has rendered the
science of Milling so very fashiona
ble, that it is not at aJJ surprising
that the dignified representative of
the head of or National Church has
not been able to steer clear of the
prevalent mania for the noble sci
ence of pugilism. . v :;..'
It seems, that on Saturday week,"
his Grace L m ule his debuu in the
office of the Union Cnal 4 C om
pny, in a stvle which led in the first
pi ice to a smart polemical skirmish.
And, if our version of the storv be
correct, the Manager ' being provok-"
ed to use language, which the repre
sentative of Majesty, it.is presum
ed, felt as anattack on the infallibil
"ty of -the. Kirk ; it was followed by
such a plumper as to darken one of
the day-lights of the Manager. ,
" One of Gregory's briglit ogles was put
On the bankruptcy list, with its sho,-
windows shut,
All tnmm'd round with black, like the
Courier in woe.'
The Commoner and Peer im'medi-
ately- began a regular set-to ; they engaged to furtht r the design of the
hugged like cronies ; and clicks in - Sultan, as far-as 'possible"; and, with
the gob and clouts in the nob, vere this v iew, tp.' send, under his supet
pl mted with equal skill and rapidi- , intendance, four Missionaries to the
ty. His Grace shewed much s. i- Crimea, and to assist in the forma
ence ; and we have no doubt that the j tion of seminaries for trie instruct
Gnostics would have , considered it ' tion of that ! country. Full retails
a nigh treat to -have beeii admitted to I of these patriotic plans were com
this quterish set-to. But Greirorv municated to the meetintr. bv thr
hnviner succeeded in crettiner the
Peerjs head into Chancery,1 planted
cue-two's and S'poil-Dandys wrh the !
sVrpness oflightning, and in short
erhis'Grace so scientifically that
the claret flowed profusely from the
beautiful mug of the descendant of
the illustrious house of Douglas.
His Grace shortly shewed shy of thr
scratch, and actually sung out for
in the King's name. At length,
af yr an hour's faddle, his Grace
rnade his exit without any persti--rs..
The; retreat of the Nobtr
Peer excited the vulgar mirth of the
ng-rag, as the state of his garments
shewed that ' the air of the Canal
Company 's- Office was not equally
wholesome; unto wearing apparel as-
2n the case of Domini Sampson at
yQodbiirnScotsman,
GENERAL BOYD.
The British House of Commons passed
resolution on the 28th of Juneto allow
General Boyd, a native of the United
States, 6000 pounds sterlinjr, in consider
ation of his services in the British army in
laiia, at an early period of life, when the
a&urs onhat nation were in a very cri
tl0;d sate. Mr. Wilberforce, who brought
forward, the resolution, stated that it was
'erv desirable1, to shew, the inhabitants bf
the United States, by the proceeding of
the British House ofCommons, that they
did not consider them with any unfriend
ly leeliiiEf, or entertain towards them any
- prejudices incomnatible with the full ner-
. . ' . .
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-Evening Post.
j LON'nON, Jt'L'V 9f
A Pans paper says, " A violation of
le sanctuary of the dead has been com
mitted in the commune of iSeyron, arron-
dissement of Trevoux ( A in,) by an asso
c,;tin of individuals, led away , by the
I'osscst snperstitioii. The'actors of this
P'ofanation, having introduced them
s"ve in the nif ht into the cemetery o
Viind he tomb of the Si'eur A ntoifc
uequet.late X!avr of that rornmu-ie.
ie cut the head from tne body, and !
i boiled itin a kettle for upwards of ah
1 ' I4 "Iat "r"
eratioq tht? read would mtorm them
of some lucky numbers in the flotte-
1 he ottendera have been, tak-
. Excavation in Ttfwrw. ?k In i the.
course 6t lonie recent digings, dear
Fanagora,' in the f goyemmerit :;' of
Tauris, a vault in the form of a tomb
was discbve:eai,cpntaining a huma
body of prodigious size, in a state of
high preservation. 1 1 is presumed
that thebody has lain there since a
remote period qf anti qui ry j for it is
well known that Tauns, formed one
of the. colonies of ancient Greecei
The head was encircled with a lau
rel wreath in gold ; on the loreKead
was a gold medal ; with a headland
the initials 1. P. (Philip.) "On each
side of the body . were vases of sil
vt r and- porcelain, chains of gold
and ear rings, r On 5ne ol the fin
gers was a gold ring,; with a pre
cious stone on whi h were engrav
ed two figures, the one male and,
the other femalej ad mirably.vexcCu,-
Yesterdav evening agreeable tp
intimation, the bultan JK'Ue-Vhart
from the Crim - a, addressed a nu
merous.'and highly respectable meet
ing in the new church here. This
illustrious and interesting-strarigvr,
has come to Britaiil 'nncler.the pat
ronage' of.the.Emperor A h'JL .n d e. 'j,
for the purpose of appealing to DH1.
ish benevolence in behalf of his na
tive ; couuirv which lies burhd in
all the darkness and delusion ol
Mahommedanim. His credentials
w.-re lajd before the Scoteh (for
merly the Edinburg) Missionary
Society ; the onlyj institution which
has hitherto directed its energi s a
; gainst the errors of the false prophet.
This So ietv, has, in consequence,
Sultan, in a manne'r mo ?t interest
ing ; and a pathetic appeal was
m de to the geneiositv o! all, to as
sist in tht ir execution. I here was
a charm in his'.addn-ss, of whi; h
every cbuhtenarice present bespoke
the feeling, and from whi h we are
disposed to augur favourably of the
success of his cause. It was after
wards moved bv the Rev Mr. Steele,
that ,the meetijvg ordialiy approve
:of the Sultan's communication and
desigr s : and that a committee be
appointed . to . conside.r the - best
means of obtaining assistance here."
for f ariying these desi'gns into effect.
This motion was seconded by Dr.
YVardinw, who addressed the mett
ing in a strain of the purest and
most touching eloquence, on behalf
of the Mission. - The meeting was
rinsed with prayer by the Rev. Dr.
GiLCHRl&T. Ed. paper. -
- DARIFN, (GEO.) AUG. 23.
SUGAR CANE.
From the variations of the sea
sons for, several years pa.sr, and the
aptitude of cane in high situations to
droop or shrivel during a continu
ance of dry weather, trie cultivation
of this plant in Georgia 'is consider
ed by many as a lottery in which 2
or 3 blanks .to a prize nre usually
drawn ; and the remark it must be
admitted, is partially correct. . Cane
frequently tails on high ground ;
last year the Ubor expended on it,
where the soil is elevated and arti
ficial in igation could noube 'com
m anded, may .with truth be said to
have been thrown away ; but the
plant being partly aquatic, thrives
etxremely well on tide land swamp,
where it seems to set the elements
at defiance, and is a perpetual m;ne
of wealth to the cu'tivator, I-u-
merbus evid' nees might be adduced !
ry.
nuu (.uaiuuv v iw m- pamanon, in signt or tnts city, r anu
ed by the Correqtionar Tribunal of owned by Maj. Jacob WtfoDi pro
Trevoux.w ; " V-;i JjT i 1 clueed a crop of cahe equal- toranv1
to establish fhese assertions, but we"1ef-n planted five yeats, louked as
shall confine ourselves to one Last
year whe the igh grounds appear-
cu as ii uiey naaoetn orusneu wnn
a besom of fire, and cane on them
scarcely yielded seed for the ensui
mar season. PatosL a rivpr swamrt
U, . - . y . - --j
own in the most " fertile parts '.- of
jpmaica. r our hundred gallons ot
juice were gotten irom eaca acre,1
and fifty cents given for the 'syrup
per gallon at the landing,' eight or
ten . cents less than the 'Savannah
price of jrif lasses at that time. The
present crop is much superior-. H e
last. weck examined it in person V ard
werp considerably surprised as well
1 as please d: to find it so ' forward' ano
jji uiuiauig, tic. iiv ci f ging -. up
wards of ten feet and genelally -Joint -ing,
as early as the 1st. inst Some
o the m we have; since learnt, had
.ten joints, "'- ' - - ' "; : V ' ;
With a. view of conveying som -idea
of the relative vpr -auction l i t
cane compared with rice and cotton,
We' have made some inquires, to
which answerslhave been given bs
several experienced planters, all a
greelng bn the principal points under
consideration. Wre shall therefore
take Polosi, tZe as , fertilev and
well manatred anv of tfre plahta
tions on this river for- tne standard
of our present remarks. Ou iT are
cultivated 1 50 acres o rice, near 70
of cane, arid, 50 of sea-island cotton."
Thou;rh s1me squares of the rice
are the finest we have ever seen, let
it be moderately estimated at two
barrels to the acre ; ai.d the cotton,
being ladei.-with. fruit, which is forc
ed, to open early in the fall by over
fl jvving the roots, must yield at least
two hundred weight. on ; an average.
Twenty acres of the' cane being in
tended for seed to plant , one hun
dred acres next spring, the Remain
ing fifiy, taking last year as average,
will afforrl per acrei tour hogsheads
of syrup, each containing one hun
dred gallons, Allowing now the
rice to be considerably more produc
tive thaathe estimate ove have gi v
en, sy at two xk a half barrels to
the acre and twenty dollars to be thr
minimum, pi i e, the numbtr would
be three hundred, and 75 barrels,
and the value S7,50 ) 00
10,OCO lbs. sei island cot- , i.
ton at 37 1-2 cts. lb 3,750 00
S 11, ii50 00
Fifty acres cane yield-
iiig 20,000 gallonsi
each at 50 cents,
10,000 OO
Leaving a difference of gf ,250 00'
between' the jifty 'acres of cane and
the two. hwidr. d andzy acres of
rice andseaisla id co. on from the
samei soil :. it appears that the culti
vation of sugar-cane is almost thrice
as -profit ible as that of rice and cot
ton, th- grand staples of our coAintry,
without taking into notice the liabil
ity of them to injury from hurri
canes, &c. and the total exemption
of the cane fr m surh casualties, if
experience maybe1 vie wed as a fair
criterion. ; l-
In this statement of the crop we
believe exaggeration has. been a
voidecl, especially as relates to the
cne, but should any one entertain
doubts, the plantations being in
sight and easy of access, he may ex
amine for himself and draw his own
conclusions. ' We have made it with
no other view than to excite inquiry
into the peculiar character of? the
rich and extensive lands of the Ala
tamaha; vast quantities of which still
remain in a staU of nature, whilst
thousand of persons are emigrat
ing from this and the adjoining
state.s to Alabama and elsewhere,
but who (we think) would find it
more to their advantage to set their
negroes to work'on their tide land
swamps of Glynn and MIntosh
counties, where the annual labor pt
a slave would on thejowest calcula
tion, nett three hundred dollars as,
d. that a hand here
can tend as much cane as either corn
or cotton. ,. As to the duraoiiity ol
.u.. i 1 nnr cjt tin o
square of Potosi, on which ca e had
wtll as any in ihe field.
BOSTOK, AUGUST,31.
, Ship Rising Empire, arrived here
yesterday, from liibtaltar, teft at :
that place the brig Rajahy Lovett,.
which had .been poardedff the Wes
tern Islariq by?a small piratical her-
maphrodite brig & robbed of S1200 s
in specie and several other- articles,
and" threats were made to 'hang tne
Capt. and matef they did not pro-'
duce more'rrioney. The UvS. ship
Erie' sailed in 4uet of the above
brig on the 22d, and , was to cruise ?
till ; the 31 st Aug. for theV. v Ihe
econdomcer of the Raj all went in
the; Erie , he U.- S. ship Guerri
ere and brig Spaik sailed on the
20th for Xephorn4 ,vThe Franklin
7 sailed oil the 22d, for
a.?
I
Extract bf a letter from Capt. , Joi-
ah LiOVETT. of theibnir Kaiah, to !
his owners ink Beverly,dated
GIBRALTAR JUI.r 22. s
June 30th, in Lat. 38, 45,. N.
Long. .36, 50, W. saw an hermapho
dite rigged. vessel to leeward,' stand-,
ihg by the wind to the East. At 7,
A. M. she was about half a mile
from our. weather quarter, af which
time tney noisted a tug on- Doard
her, which ve- at first took- to ; be
Spapish, -'-but afterwards discovered
that; the crown in the centre had
been removed v and a'piece of spot
ted - cloth sown in its place. ? We
immediately hoisted our colors, whLen
he5 kept ; way for us and while ive
yv4jv luniugiii sail in uiuvi ' iu ti)
bV.for him, they discharged a mus
ket towards us, the oall from which
passed through our stern ? boat, r and,
fell upon the quarter derk; The, pi
rate then, hailed inEngtish, and or
dered me to come on board of him
with my papers, &c. which I, imme
diately, complied with. As soon as
I came alongside of the pirate m'
men were ordered out of the boat,
and she being maried with 8 off the
pirates' crew they went on board of
the Rajah, and in the most: shame.
less manner, ransicked hef from
stem to stern, and alter destroying
many of our stores, & distributing the
remainder, with almost every other
moveable article about the decks,
cabin, &c. they' robbed us of the fol
lowing other articles viz : -S937 88
belonging to the owners , .S210 aud
ibout 880 worth of. clothing, &c.
belonging to myself ; a valuable
ok of charts ; a beautiful 8 feet
stc-rn boat; with oars, &c. ; 15 bas of
)epper; 12 bags of rice ; a brass
f j in pass ; 3 pieces of Russia duVk ;
25 blocks of different sizes ; 25 lb.
wormings'; 6 boarding pikes ; 20 lb.
chocolate ; 15 ; r 20 ib. sugar ; 2
ib. tea ; 20 gallons vinegar ; 1-2 do2.
Sicily wine ; 100 pumpkins ; 1 pig
of 50 lb. ; 1 silver watch ; doz boks
ind thimbles, &c. They even shiff
ed the shoes from their feet, and
hats from their heads, where they
found better; finally; after having
overhauled and turned eyery thing
upside down on board the Rajah,
and taken every thing they consid
ered worth taking, they returned to
their vessel and gave me. liberty to
proceed on 'my Voyage. All the
time I remained on bo rd the pirate,
the had lines rove at their fore yard
arm, with running bowlines in them ;
each time the bont returned from
the pirate to the Rajah, they were
ordered to interrogate my people
respecting the cargo and also par
ti cnlarly whether there was any
gold dust on boai d, and to inform
hem the halter was ready Tor them
u the yard arm if they were caught
in a lie. . '.- v
The principal c onversatiori among
ihe officers, while I was on bo?rd,
was held in the French language
but they occasionally spoke in Eng.
lish, Spanish and Portuguese. The
greater part of the officers appeared
to be Frenchmen. There were
however several Americans and
Englishmen, and some Spaniards
among 'them. They would give
me ho satisfactory information as
to the flag or commission they were
sailing unaer, or uy wuai aumumy
tPtr nlnnHc-rerl me. The onlv ex-'
cuse' they were heared to make, was
that several of them had been plun-
jdercd by American privatteis au- s
"ring the late war vith-jH ngland, and
thev now were retnliating.24 T
"; At the "request of Com' SteWa rt,
commander bfthe American squad
ron, a part ivhich I found here, t
gave him a particular statement; bf
the piracy he immediately deter
mined to end out the Erie sloop of
war in quest of the pirate, and .dsir-.
ed me to let one oL my officers go
in her, which rcomplird with He
regrettr d that hej had not knovn It a
d ay sooner, as he coti Id have sent -2
or 3 vessek in pursuirdf the pir ifV.
The Erie 'sailed Vesterday she is
to' cruise till the 20th. Aug. when
she is to return if th y hear nothing
of her ; but If - they Obtain any cor
rect information of the piratical ves
selythe Erie is ordered to pursue
her until she is captured." '
The Rajah arrived at Gibraltar
July 2, in 1 31 days from Sumatra,
with pepper. The Rajah was board
ed on her outward passage to Suma
tra by a South Am- i an crtiiz r,
arid plundered of a number of arti
cles. - 'A-.-'" -. .4 - : " '. .' - ."j-
. , . i j:riAl combat, ' j
: A Few days ago a ma'sonand a la
borer, both men of-prowess, quar .
relied on the scaffolding of a' spsre ,
novv erecting on the tower of the
new church. A pugilistic encoun
ter took plate, and the two fearless
combatants tought near the vry
stimmit of the unfinished buildi g,
where it was not quite a yard in Mi
ametet. ' The staffulding and rail
ing which-encircled Jit, iclu b ar
spare of about eighty inches nv di
ameter ; and here the f hampio 3
' uffVted each other lustily j,t the
height of 176 feet above the surf cq j
of the ground.; Sorhe,ikhf)ck-d wh.
blows were given and received, l;nt I
fortunately neither of the. warriors
was thrown out of the ring, or as the !
technical phrase 'is over the ropes.
It is indeed to be feared, that if
they had been precipitated to mo
ther earth, she" would not haie re
ceived them so kindly: as she dul
her favorite son Antieus. 1 Ws do
not think that a quarrel of ithis na-"
tuic was ever before decided b fis
ticuffs in a similar situation, unu s ,
perhaps, at the memo able dispute
betwixt the brj delayers, , maso
&C. who rere engaged in the build
"trig of Babel. It is said .that lite
victor means to challenge Crib, , r
ter, and everv other 'British bruist rt
who may take up his gauntlet, to
fight hfm on the top f the mo i
ment of London, where he will v;ve
him such a rossbuttock as will
send him headlong to the treer
The only men in modern time
who have equalled these genuine
successors of Hercules; Ervx, ai d
Eritellus, were Massena anjd Su
warrow, who fought in- the Swiss
mountains, three fourths of a mile a
bove the clouds, and suw the light
ning break, and. heard the thund.rr
roll, full many a fathom bcluw tha i
scene of action.' -
V N. Telegraph.
CURXOUS INSTINCT IN A LARK
At the farm-house of Oolphffig.
ton, near Queensferry, onr of the
family, aboufsix weeks ago, brought 1
home a nest of young larks', hut in
a few days the broodexcept One
died ; the rtja lining bird, h, ppi- r
at large about the house, came i a
contact with, a common hen, and'
had its leg broke, from which it
soon, however, recovered, and he
me a thriving bird. Abi.t a
week ago, a second nest of larks,
was brought into the house ; and it
is remarkable that the older bird
parhely, the o. e who survived of
the former nest, immediately com.
mended preparing food for the
young brood and has actually con-"
tinued to feed them ever since, with
apparently all the zeal and anxiety ,
that could have been displayed by!
the natural mother. - ;
On the 2d of July a petition from
the Duke of Kent was read kv ihe'
House of Commons, prai to lie
permitted, in consequence of tahar.
rassments, to di pone of , t vt
real tsuie by way ol U AUiy.
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