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4 ' 1 ' IIA VOLUME II. NEVVBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1819. NUMBER 87. CAROL CETIEJLo - f ' " " " L ' , . I " . , "" l . "'" ' . . II II II I.., II TERMS. THE CAROLINA CENTINEL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BY JOHN I PASTEUR, At Three Dollars per annum, one third payable in advance. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearagesiare paid up, except at the op tion of the publisher. ; Advertisements inserted at 50 cents per square the first week, and 25 cents a square for each 'succeeding insertion. AGRICULTURAL. FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. On the Grape Vine, with its wines, bran . dies, and dried fruits. i Number, I. No principle of action in the business and industry of the . United States has f)ee.i so beneficial to them as the adop tion of tiew objects of culture by the planters and farmers, whose old objects of culture .were likely to become redun dant, and to fall in price. Cotton and su gar are well known and important exam- J n es. inere are ooou grounds tor esti lpere are good grounds mating our whole cotton of our best vear. i' (September, 1817, 'to .September, 1818,) I . lu ue prouucea in r ranee is ten mu at forty two millions of dollars, accord- lions of casks ot iiearLv 63 gallons each, ..ing to the price on the wharves of our sea-ports for that whkliwas exported to foreign countries, and tJieprice at our factories, stores, and dwellings, of that -.!..!. ... . I i I r. . .-which was iiidiiuidciuieu ai nome. itis r'now manifest that the East Indian and South American cotton greatly injure our markers ; and as this arises from grow ing, permanent, and substantial causes, there is reason to expect the continuance of the injury to us'from the foreign rival cotton cultivation. A brief and plain vie w of the history and prospect of cotton will be found in the Philadelphia edition (A. D.'1818,)of Rees's English Cyclopae dia, by Murray, Bradford, & Co. under t!ie article or head" of the " United States." The facts there stated, with many known subsequent circumstances, will give rise to serious reflections in the minds of the Jandlioider and the statesman, upon this" subject of the protection of the produc- tioui of our own soil. Hie industry of tile landed men of the United States is manifestly and unalterably much greater than an', and than all, the other branch es of our domestic or national industry The mercantile and .manufacturing branches result almost entirely from the landed industry. While, therefore, the legislative & executive goverments raise revenues of 271-2 to' 60 per-cent. on a great quantity of foreign cotton cloths front India and Europe and a greater rev enue from the foreign manufactures of tobacco, and a still greater revenue1 from the foreign manufactures of grain, of fruit, and of the cane, to the great fundamen tal and convenient support of American Tmunufactures ; and while they are free to go further, if they find it right, in the: joint encouragement of our agricultural and manufacturing industry it will be found beneficial to the landed interest -to enquire into other means of promoting the prosperity of the Colossus of ourcouii' try the agricultural industry. 1 There can be no doubt that between the sites of the vine-yards of the Lower Schuylkill, of Southwark, of Pennsylvania Butler, of Pennsylvania, Glasgow, of Kentucky, New Vevay, of Indiana, and Harmony, of Jhe,same state, on the north, and the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, oh the souths the United States possess'the climates and soils of " the vinp covered, kith and gay regions of France." The sweet orange grows, in safety, in groves and gardens, in the. vicinity of New-Orleans, at a greater distance from the sea than any place of equally safe growth, in Provence of Languedoc, of France. As oar couutry shall be cleared and drained our climate will be' still less severe inthe states on the Mexican Gulf. In the north, our climates of New Vevay and Harmo iiy, ,in Indiana, Glasgow in Kentucky, in 37 to 38 degrees 30 minutes N. which are the present northern extremes, of suc cessful experiments in the vine cultivation, are as favorable and mild as the climates f Champagne, Tokay, Lorraine, Burgurr , and Hockheim, which are fine north ern regions of the vine . in France and Germany. Between our New Vevay, in Indiana, and the Gulf of, Mexico, the states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South and North?Carolina, Ten ftesseef Indiana, and large parts of Vir ginia and Kentucky, must give us all the fine climates of France, Germany, Swit zerland, and Upper Italy. This vine j ' of die United States is much lar- !,,stIu- vine countries of per than all taoso yp. t'ran-. 'Icrmany, Switzerw- per Italy. The crop of wine andbrandv in the vine country . of France alone though our vine country is more than twice the size has been estimated at 100 millions of dollars. Let1 us then consi der the propriety of a diligent enquiry into the cultivation of the vine, and the preparation of wines, brandies, dried fruits, and cremor tartar. In tho ITr.Wori States, in order to maintain the . m m m W1V 1J I . prosper- ity of the landed interest by the variety and prices of our crops. The present duties on foreign distilled and fermented Tspirits and liquors, (bran dy? gi" rum, arack,"wines, beer, ale and porter,) and on drie,d fruitsthough laid for revenue, afford a reat andure en couragement to the establishment and the manufacture of the grape. The demand will increase with our population, and the facilty and certainty of the culture and crop will grow with the clearing and draining of our country.. Ridges, hills, mountains,' rocky', lands, any steep ground, - gravelly, stony, sandy, and oth er inferior lands, (if only dry,) will yield profit in 'large crops or in fine qualities of wine, or both. Fresh and dried grapes are both favorable to health and frugality. Kipe grapes have beejn administered to whole regiments of troops in France, who have been ravaged hv flnrps and t tanes- The quantify of wine comput , i j . - J uii ,uuu,uuu or arpents (npt Z,2U0.0U0 : acres) of land, often not fit for wheat, rice or tobacco, valued very low, on a medi um at fifty francs the cask or French hogshead. This is three tinies the value of the. cotton crop of the United States, onu-medium value, produced in 1818 or in 1819, and demands our early and se rious attentionYparticulairly from the jlulf of Mexico to the end oQhe 39th degree, when the country in that degree shall be cleared, and drained in its wet or marshy parts. It has been already observed, that ridg es and hills are the most suitable shape or form of country for vineyards. The most proper exposure is from south-east ; io south. It is believed that all southern j exposures will do. The propagation may be by seeds, or by cuttings, or by bending I and covering a part of an old vine so as to J ant? covermS a Par ot an oia vine so as to ?rnake 11 ?row out in another P.Iace at- a Proper distance. The plough 1S of much use in the cultivation, so that care must be taken to plant the vines at such dis tances as to facilitate the use of the plough and the harrow. The best jgrapes which can be obtained should be Used, in order to put the culture forward. These may be foreign or American, native or import ed. A harsh grape to the taste may pro duce a better wine than was expected, and more and better brandy. The finest grapes of Lurope & the African isles are supposed to be native wildings improved by culture and selection. The region of the plum and pe'ach appears to include the region of the vine. Although the souih is the proper sphere of the grape, its cultivation there will leave the bread grains, tobaccohemp, the grasses .and cattle, to the more exclusive and pro fitable culture of the states north of the proper region of fine and abundant crops of wine. We pay annually to foreign na tions a sum of money for wines, spirits, and materials to make spirits, and for fresh and dried grapes, as great as our whole specie medium. So important is this subject, in various points of view, to all the states, that it is respectfully recom mended to the superintendants of all our public, agricultural and philosophical li-' braries, to procure all the treatises on the cultured of vines and making of grapes which are to be found in the languages of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Great Britain. A FRIEND TO THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY. Philadelphia, Nov. 1,1819. , See Dr. Tissof s advice to the peo ple of Lausanne. IirSCELLANEOUS. i FROM THE AURORA. Mr. Duane : I observed some time 3ince, in the Aurora, an article copied from a Baltimore paper, on the subject of a national dress. . I have waited a considerable time, in the hope that a measure so obviously ten ding to the good of the community, would readily find numerous arid able support ers: I thought I had reason to hope that almost any measure which tended to dig nify the American character, and release our citizens from the thraldom of foreign habits ofextravance and folly, would have found advocates among the humane, the intelligent, and the patriotic. , The establishment of a national dress, which should at PfivS combine neatness, el- egance, convenience, & durability, would be a desideratum in national economy it would be a bold step towards republican simplicity, and republican dignity and morality. Are the citizens ofthe U. S. who claim that, " birthright which is the noblest boon of Heaven"-who pretend to stand on the proud eminence which distinguishs es them above all the nations of the'earth -where man justly renders fo his fellow being all that he claims for himself shall they. become the servile imitators of all that is base, prenicious, and ridiculous, in the slavish monarchies of Europe ? If the people of this country value their liberties, they must devise some measure to check the increasing habits of luxury, extravagance, and folly, which now per vade the land, with a hand sickly and paisymg to ireeaom. Already do we feel the desolating effects of our follyby the pecuniary distresses of all classes, result ing from the excessive J importations of foreign superfluities att the conse;quent importation of foreign notions and ideas, which ought forever to remain exoties from a people who avow an equality of rights. Should we proceed in our present course of illiberal thinking, and the spirit which is too prevalentof admiring, may adoring, mock-greatness and idle show, we may read our fate In the histories of all the republics which have gone before us. We must learn to be proud of our vir tues only, and frown id own vice, what ever may be her fascinating form ; for the fact is fully established, that virtue and patriotism are the only foundation on which a republic can long exist. The advantages resulting from the es tablishment of a national dress would oe immense. I am aware that it would not be readily acceded to by some of those mushrooms of pride and folly who wish to distinguish themselves by their extrav agance and dissipation ; but the rational part of the community can never raise arty possible objection to a measure so obviously beneficial. ' The plan, if carrietl into operation, would be one part of a system of indepen dence, which it is the policy of the citizens Jof this country to pursue. It becomes us, as lepublicans, not to cherish and support ddjnestic manufactures only, but domestic habits, domestic principles, and domestic morals. I most earnestly request the attention of the people to this subject, which, though it may seem inconsiderable to some, I consider of the greatest importance. It would not only establish a costume by which Americans would be known and respected in foreign countries, but would secure their dress from that eternal, vex atious, and ridiculous mutation to which' it must always be subjected by foreign fash ions, so iong as it is controlled by them. trust little need be said on this subject to convince republicans of the egregious folly of such a dependence upon foreign and despotic Nations those, hot beds of luxury, vice, and moral depravity. Aniericans ! are you content that your dress, with all its constant changes, should be under the supreme arbitration of half a dozen British tailors, to whose impe rious nod you must bov with the most servile adoration ; and ae you willing that your habits, your manners, and your ideas of politeness should be jcopied from the adject pimps and minions of a degenerate Europaen court ? m A N AXAGOR A S. -NATURAL HISTORY;. Proceedings at the New-York Jjyccum of Natural History , at the sitting , of Oct. 16, 1819. ,i The ordinary business having been concluded,- Various specimens of the gra nites and other minerals from the neigh borhood of New-York were presented and examinecl. An elegant slab of the serpentine mar ble from thelvicinity of New-Haven was exhibited. It was Green and yellow, with brownish variegations, and inter spersed with thechromate of iron. The polish was splendid. It was forwarded by Mr. David Ritter, Agent of the quar ry, for the Historical Society. That singular & beautiful inhabitant of our salt water, the sea anemone or ani al flower, was produced alive in several complete specimens. Their motions and changes as they contracted & dilated, & as they expanded & retracted their arms, afforded great entertainment to the mem bers. They are radiary animals of the genus Holothuria, and were taken near the North Battery. Some of the speci : mens are called sea Cucuraberi. v ! A tine specimen of the Long Island Duck-hawk, the most neat and exquisite of the North American falcons, was pro duced, a3 prepared by Mr. Forester. It appears to be the Falco Ej efverius of , Wilson's Ornithology. The donation of BufTon's Natural His- tory of Birds, in French, with Plates, in four vols. 8 vo. was made by Frederick AV. Porter, Esq. I - A visiter read a paper orrfthe Nurob Fhh, or Cramp Fish of the North Ainer- iean seas. It is the Raja Torpedo of Mitchiirs Ichthyology, living only in j channels, or on the flats, at the distance of from half a mile to three miles from high-water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows from 9 to 1 6 . feet. When touched it instantly benumbs man to such a degree as to render him helpless. The fish communicates the cramp through the iron, handle, and warp of a harpoon, and cramps the hand of the harpooner. A boltie of the torpedo oil was produced, rpedo oil was produced, al virtues described, such . and its medicin as, when taken internally, to be an excel- 7 lul Ul u'e HW Ppiejin most lent remedy for pains in the stomach, and ot countries , The sovere.giity reJid externally an admirable application for ;ng.n people; their political equahty, stiff loints. and for rheumatism and ffout. . i . 7 a. -After various other business, the pre sidenread the lecture for the evening, consisting of tbe-Iiistory and voyajres made by the Norwegians other Scan- dinavian nations during the 9tli710th, and 11th centuries of the Christian era, to Iceland, Greenland, Finland, & North America ; showing the probability that our continent, from lat. 4 to 50, was dis covered and surveyed by the Ilerjultsons and the Ericksons, 400 years or more be fore the adventure of Colunibusj near the close of the fifteenth century. The dis course, which was chiefly an abstract of Schrcders Swedish pamphlet, published at Upsal, in 1818. and done into English by the kindness of Henry G ah n, Esq. at tracted an extraordinary degree of atten tion. A member -read a letter from the Pro fesser of Botany, in the University of Transylvania, stating the discoveries made by himself in that science, and in Zoology. Their number and value ren dered the intelligence highly important. The paper from Alden Spooner, Esq. on the antiquities of Marietta, in Ohio, now in the possession of Dr. Hildreth,1 was heard with great interest. A map of the deserted region of the city, by George B. Rapley, Esq. was ex hibited, with the names of the persons who had sickened & died. 'But the time did not permit a detailed examination of th'e" origin, progress, and termination of the malignant fever thereon represented. OLD MR. FRANCISCO. From the correspondent of the New-York k Commercial Advertiser. WHITEHALL, (n. Y.) OCT. 20. dark, last ev ening, I went, in . i .. I It . I- .1 company with some lauies aim guiuit men, to see the celebrated old iir. t ran- I r l 1 ' . I tin w - CISCO, an aCCOUlU oi wiioiu was jjulhjmi- ed in the NewrYork papers some time ago, and who resides about 2 miles from, 'this' village. When we entered his dwel ling, he was in his chamber, but his chil dren observed to us they would call him down. In a few moments the aged vete ran appeared, and addressed us with all the warmth of an old acquaintance. He savs he was sixteen years of age on the last day of .May, old 'style, subsequent to the 10th of September on which Queen Anne was crowned. This was in theyear 7,02. He also has a perfect recollection of the battle of Blenheim, which was in 1704. He calls himself one hundred and thirty three years of age. I have seen many at the age of eighty who appeared much more infirm than 'this old gentleman. His Voice is good, but his sight rather impair ed. He was asked what kind of life , he lived in his younger days, and answered that he lived moderately, and rose early. "He added that he could not now enjoy himself, if idle, one hour. His employ ment chiefly consisted in the light ttork .attending weaving, such as " quilling and spooling." He attended the cattle show a few days ao at Castleton, Vt. and I am informed ploughed with several yoke of cattle, lie nad Dy nis ursi wue six enn drpnand bv his present fourteen. ,1 saw his younorest daughter, who appeared near ly asold as her father. His fourth son by his second Wile 1 knew some years ago in New-York. He was a member of the Methodist church, ahd-1 suppose about 50 j years of age. At the age of lip Mr. r ran cisco was able to complete a day's work on a farm as soon as any man of fifty. Mnst Extraordinary of all Tue Rutland (Vt.); Herald, after giving the particulars of the cattle show at Castle ton, in that state, mentions the following extraordi nary circumstance (i They day" was rendered peculiarly interesting by the presence of Henry Franrisco. of the aee of 137 years ; who ' ploughed a furrow with the oxen that day j exhibited.! This vetenui, wlio in the I year 1702 j bore arms ftt tue coronation of Queen Anne, in the year 1819, held the plough at the first exhibition of the Rutland County Agricultural Society, and witnessed the assemblage of many thousands of wealthy, industrious ind respectable inhabitants, in a section of the country which was uninhabited and scarcely known when he had attained to his three score years and ten. SELECTED FOU THE CENTINEL. From Bristed's Resources of America. The general diffusion of elementary and popular intelligence among all class es of society, gives to the inhabitants of . ; . , . , ; A Jtivity- and power than! falls o j the righf of. suffrage, gives to the citizens .. .....--.- . -. - " J a greater moral elevation, a higher con sciousness of self-importance, respect, and dignity, than are to be found in the peo ple of any other country under the cauo py of Heaven. WhenceJn the prosecution of the arts i of peace, whether at home or abroad ; in agricultural toil ; in mechanical skill in mercantile enterprise the Americans ex hibit an aggregate of physical strength- activity," and perseverance ; of mental quickness, acuteness, and comprehension ; of mo-al energy, loftiness, and power, sur passing5 that of any other entire nation. And in the perils of warfare, amidsi the noise and fire, and smoke, and carnage of the battle, whether on the ocean or on the land, the American squadrons do by no means yield the palm of deliberate valor, accomplished skill, and heroic patriotism, to the embodied legions of ancient Greece and Kome, iior to the well-appointed hosts of the greatest nations of modern Europe. There must be ranch of intrinsic, radical , excellence in the political institutions1 of a counny, which have lent their efficient aid to form the physical, intellectual, and moral character of such a people as are now spreading themselves over the vast and various territory of the United States, and daily and hourly reclaiming the waste and wilderness from the dominion of na ture to the cultivation of man. And while -, these general causes continue to operate, , the people of the United States will 'con tinue to average a physical," intellectual, ' and moral superiority over those of e very other nation ; and so long may they w ell continue to cherish their present form of government as admirably adapted to their feelings, their affections, their habits,.an(J, their interests. : . j " 4 Is Russia now, and for the time to come, deemed formidable to Europe ? Behold another and a greater Russia here. VVltli a better territory, a better governnfienf, and a better people, America is ripeinng fast into a substance an attitude of pofyer1, . which w ill prove far more terrible, to the ' world than it is ever possible for Uie war riors of the Don or the defenders of Mos cow to become. Let it not, for a m ment, be imagined, that I seek to jian ujWn the 5 exalted character, or to detract from the well-tried prowess of Britian ! I Jnder the blessing of Divine ProvVdenc e, the world owes to her unrivalled exertions, to her vehement and sustained fortit ude, a liberation from the most galling' base, tM 1 1 1 I . jm uiiijjaic, anu uuci uuuucige ma t ever stained the annals of. the humaj ! race; Braver than Britons men cannot be. It is not in human nature to do more; than af front death with cool, cojlectr'., steady, unyieldmg valor. Is it possible' for them that are born of women to display more unbending, more triumphant heroism, than was exhibited by the Bri tish on the field of Waterloo and ir., the harbour of Algiers? 1 But it is meant to assertj be cause it can be proved, that the United States, from theirterritorial exten t, their Ir.cai situation, their political institutions, their peculiar circumstances, do, produce a greater a mount of physical intellectual and moral enterprise, anrl force in the great mass of their people, than is or can be produced in the aggregate population . of any other country- A late minister from the Court of Sf. Jame?, near the. American government, Mr. Jackson, who I had surveyed with a statesman's, eye, every court and every rrbuntry, every cabinet and eveiv DeoDle in iitiivjjc, uoui insular ana i continental told me, "That he had passed through and diligently studied the States of New York and New-England ; that he had ne ver seen such decided materials of nation al greatness, as their population exhibi ted ; that the American people were fit-hf--minded, strong-minded, sound-minded, &? high-minded." And in all the soternss? of solemn truth, the people of his c . n trv fcc verificd the prophetic wo; of the departed statesman ; they cave, n I - : - 1 ;-) i - V it i -1 k t l !-. a i'. -1 --'"ZV"..-
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