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i NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1821. VOLUME IV. NUMBER 170. rnru rknCiLS A' ,rVUS OF NOK.1 tl-lAv-' fbe following i3 nic v-- eeably reral counties in this State, a.gr - .. - - -rM I M 11 LI 11 w : AnffllSt p the census POPULATION 12.534 4,335 10,542 13,411 9,850 7,276 10,805 5,480 6,347 14,446 8,093 5,609 3,912 12,661 6,464 13,394 7,248 13,253 9,7 13,276 9,741 14,511 18,222 6,837 4,5J3 4,967 17,237 7,712 4,073 13,071 5,21 6 9,607 6,799 18,147 l6,95 6,320 7,128 8,693 13,242 b,185 .0,30(3 7,016 23,492 10,001 , 8,003 9,029 '6,a57 15,351 11,474 11,331 8,204 26,009 12,320 14,033 8,908 4,319 9,040 97 20,102 . 3,96 11,158 Anson, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Beaufort, Bladen, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Camber land, Currituck, Carteret, - Columbus, ' Chatham, Cbowan, Craven - Cabarrus, Caswell, Dupl'i jjpcombe, Franklin, - Gilford, - Granville, Gates, Greene, Hv.le, - H-l''' -Hertford, - Haywood, Iredell, Jones, - Johnston, Lenoir, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Martin, Moore, Montgomery, Northampton, Nash, New-Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pitt, Pasquotank, Person, - Perquimons, Rutherford, Rockingham, Richmond, Randolph, Robeson, Rowan, - Surry, Stokes, Sa;npson, Tvrell, Wayne, Wilkes, AVake, Washington, Warren, ( - Total, 638,829 ibe whole population is 419.200 whites. 205,017 slaves. 14,612 free coi. persons. 638,829 POPULATION Of the Principal Toicns : (Included in the aererate amount of the Counties in which they axe situated.) . N W&ERX. Whites 1d71 Slaves 1920 Free col. pers. 268 Total, F.UETTEVILLE. Whites 1 Slaves 3663 1918 1337 Free-coloured 277 Total Raleigh. Whites Slaves Free-coloured Tcta! Wil MINGTO.V. Whites Slaves, Free-coloured, Total Mde.nto.v. 2633 634 860 Whites Slaves Free-coloured 67 Total SALISBURY. Whites Slaves Free-coloured Total illXGTON'. Whites Slaves Free coloured Total 1034 'The return from Cuven is not alfo- h. v complete, yet the statement ot tiie ; ,Tlon that county as it now stands, -eved to be nearly correct. rom the NeuYork National Advocate: i I . People of colour generally are very im- pid in execution ; but it is iu lighter pur- suits requiring no intensity of thought or depth of reflection. It may be questioned whetber they could succeed in the ab- struse scien ces, though they have, never theless, some fancy and humour, and the domestics of respectable families are com pleteyac similes of the different branches of it. not only in dress, but in habits and manners. Among the ice cream gardens in this city, there was none in which the sable race could find admission and refresh ment. Their modicum of pleasure, was taken on Sunday evening, when the black dandvsand dandiz.ettes, aftei attendin meeting, occupied the side rvalks in Broadway, and slowly -lounged towards their different homes. As their number increased j and iheir consequence strength ened ; partly from high wages, high liv ing, and the elective franchise; it was considered necessary to have 'a place of amusement for them exclusively. Ac cordingly, a, garden has been opened some, where bapk of the hospital called African Grove ; not spicy as those of A rabia, (but let that pass) at which the eb ony lads and lasses could obtain ice cream, ice punch, and'hear music from the big drum and clarionet. The little boxes in the garden were filled with black beau ties making night hideous j" and it was not an uninteiesngs1ght to observe the entree of a happy, pair. The gen tleman, with his wool nicely combed and his face shining through a coat of sweet oil, borrowed from the castors ; cravat tight to suffocation, having the dou ble faculty of widening the mouth and giving a remarkable protuberance to the eyes; blue coat fashionably cut ; red rib bon and a bunch of pinchback seais ; wide pantaloons ; shining boots, gloves, and tippy rattan. The lady with her pink kid slippers; her fine Leghorn, cambric dress, with open work ; corsets well fit 4ed ; reticule, hanging on her arm. Thus accoutred and caparisoned, these black fashionables saunter up and down the garden, in all the pride of lib erty! and unconsciousness of want. In their address; salutations; familiar phra ses;: and compliments; their imitative faculties are best exhibited.- After a vile concerto by tne garden Dana, a compa ny of four in a box commenced conver sation having disposed of a glass of ice cream eaih. u You like music, Miss ? Can't say 1 like it much. I once could play Paddy Cariry, on the Piano ; our young ladies learnt me. Did you eber hear Phillips sing " Is dare a heart' that neber lov'd," ? 1 sing 'xactly like him"; Harry tell us some news. De Gieeks are gone to war wid ;de Turks. Oh I dat's berry clever; and bur young gentlemen said at dinner yesterday, dat de Greeks had taken Con stantinople, and all the wives of de Dey of Algiers. O shocking.' Veil, IMiss, ven is de happy day ; ven will you enter de matrimony state ? Dat"s my business : Gentlemen nius'nt meddle w ith dese del icate tings- Beg pardon Miss. O i no offence Harry who did you vote for at defection? lie federalists to be sure; I neVer wotes lor the mob. Our gen tlemen brought home tickets, and after dinner we all vent and woted. IVIiss how you like to go to the prings ? I should'nt like it ; too many negers from the south ardy and such crowd of folks, that decent people can get no refreshments." 'J bus they run the round of fashion ; ape their masters and mistresses in every think: talk of piojecfed matches; re hearse the news of the kitchen, and the follies of the day; and bating the " tinc ture of their skins,"' are as well qualified to move in the haut ton, as many of the white dandies and butterflies, who flutter in the sun shine. They lear no Missouri plot ; care for no political rights; hap py in being permitted to dress fashionable, walk the streets, visit the African Grove and talk scandal. WASHINGTON IRVING. We think the following passage which we extract from the sixth number of Campbell's Magazine, furnishes almost conclusive evidence, that the communi cations for tliat journal, under the signa ture of II. proceed from the pen of our countryman, Washington Irving. Bait. Morn. Chro. " There is hardly beeswax enough in $ EnoJand, to answer the demand of lip- ! salve alone;, but importation from A- t nienca supplies all our wants, lor tne ; qu uitity obtained from that country is aniuid! v incr asinp. A fw veais affo i , tlie huoi oi a bee had never been heard .- . . j t the western side of the Alleehanv ountains : a violent hurricane, earned , i .1 . I e. . 1 . several swarms over ma. loiiynage, ana finding a new unexhausted country, sin- they have multiplied until the. whole of those boundless savannahs and plains ! have been colonized by those indefatiga- j ble emigrants. Little thinks the ball room beauty, when the tapers are almost burnt, out, that the jwax by whose light her charms have been excited, was once hid den in the bells and cups of innumerable flowers ; sheddiug perfume over silent val'ies of the Susquehannah, or nodding at their own reflected colours in the wa ters of the 'Potomac and Delaware." From tke Connecticut Herald, USE OF FLANNEL. V HEAR THE OTHER SIDE. We sre informed, that a number of our citizens who have been long in the habit of wearing Flannel" next the skin, have recently thrown aside this (to them) im portant article of dress, in consequence of a one-sided essay on the subject which has appeared in some late papers, be fore others adopt the dangerous exam ple, we advise them to read the follow- ing A gentleman having published, in one of the daily papers, a communication a gainst the use of flannel next the skin, during the summer season, which may tend to do more harm than good the writer of this communication thinks it his duty to state what he has himself ex perienced, that the public may draw their conclusions from opposite opinions. In a climate like this where violent changes ai continuaTfy taking place; L where a variation of wind will cause a difference of from 30 to 40 degrees in the thermometer, every precaution should be taken, more especially in the summer, against a check of perspiration, the cause of one half the fevers, and neaily all the consumptions that afflict mankind ! and if there is any season in which flannel next the body can be dispensed with, it is in the tointer, when perspiration can not be so easily checked, from the diffi culty of getting the body into that state. It is a well known fact, that' most of the inhabitants of tropical climates incase the whole body; with flannel, and highly recommend it to all strangers,' as a great preventive from! taking fevers the body by use becoming gradually cool; and there are many who have experienced the un 'p'leasing sensation of wet linen touching the body, when exposed to sea breezes, which generally: succeed sultry.mornings. Where can be found a more robust class of people thars sailors, and laborers who are exposed to the burning rays of the sun through the day ? yet these people wear shirts made of baise or flannel, and are seldom or ever afflicted with fevers or consumption, unless from the effects of intemperance , ' In a climate lke this, the breast need only be guarded by flannel y and after u sing it a little time, the wearer will be un conscious that it is part of his raiment. This the writer asserts from fifteen years experience not only in this but in the different climates of Europe and Asia, during which time he has never experi enced a day's sickness: whereas previ ously, not a year passed but violent coughs afflicted him nearly one third of the time. . It is certauily unnecessary for any one I at. . enjoying health, to adopt the use ot nan nel ; but,. when once applied, the wearer had better bear its unpleasant effects for a few days in summer, should any be felt, rather than lay the foundation of a con sumption, by avoiding a trifling incon venience, j ! G. B. A GLIMPSE of UPPER ALABAMA. From the Montgomery Republican. Extract of a letter to the Editor. Mr. Battelle In my last I promis ed to give you some account of my tour through Upper Alabama, &c. After leaving Burnt Corn a few miles I came to a species of country very different from what I had before seen in the state. This change from pine woods and arid plains, to rising grounds and valleys, covered with oak, hickory, gum, beech, &c. and watered by numerous springs and rivulets, was truly refreshing to a weary and sickly northern tourist. From the Federal Road, I followed Roses Trace, so called, over the high lands across Cedar Creek, to the delightful seat of the enterprising gentleman who discovered this route.- The place chosen by this gentleman for I his residence is on the biw fa-hdl o- his residence is on tne crow oi a i ui T vcriuu&mg uiCjr .wiyugF-. """ Cedar ireeK, . apout nine miles easi oi i. the Alabama river, and ten from Lahaw- f ba, as the road now, runs. i 'a i . m - CLr . J' It isoa the f9 on M. most direct route from Pen sa cola through belrua to Huntsville. The prospect from, a very different manner, are jhemselves the mansion is wild, rude, and truly ro- the first to smile. No idea was then en mantic, and takes in a compass of about tertained of moving a force, whatever thirty miles. I have said, that the pros- might be its number, otherwise than by pect is wild and rudej but we may anti- files; even the' obvious maxim, that the? crpate the time when rude scenery shall order of marcirnf a battalion should nev be exchanged for "mountains Covered' er exceed the extent of its front, when in with flocks, and vallies, standing thik line, was unknown or disregarded. In with corn." From the side of the hill the American war, morje. tharv one in on which Mr. Rose lives issue. a number stance might be adduced where the heaof of bold springs of the finest water, j sufti- of a column of attack reached its destiua cient to! carry any sort of water-works tion several hours before the rear c'uld without the aid of a dam. - j. close" up.j The formation and deploy; Mr. Rose has improved, and is stU jnient of columns and squares to resist improving -his plantation in; a superior cavalry the change of position by echel style; and when his present plan is com-. Ion and otherwise, the march of tconti pleted, he will have a more eligible; situ- j nous columns, brigades or battalions, ll aton, in point of health and convenience, ' the evolutions, in shprt,. which Constitun than is to be found in that section of, tiie tlie'. science of tactics, no more engaged country. The-society of his neighbor- : the thoughts, or disturbed the repose of hoodwill not be inferior to any in the ; a soldier, than if all fats duties had beet ' state;& several families of wealth & intel- fisrence trom bouh Carolina and other states, are settling in this delightful re- gion. . ..: The next place that attracted my at tention, was a neat little village on te west bank of the Alabama, ten miles from the seat of government called Sel- ma. I was informed by the villageis, that this singular name was sujeested by the lion. Willinm R. Kmc, a Senator in Congress from the iHate of Alabama wno lesides near this 'place; that net narjied it after a viiluge in France; and that literally signifies ' the Village of Song a musical name surely I. i The American Sel ma is laid off on an exten sive plain, elevated about fifty feet above the common height of the river ; the bluff bordering on which is a curiosity. -t After descending from the border ol" the plain, on which the town is buUt, about fifteen feet, we come iq a second or lower bluff; somewhat like a wharf, from the top of which issue numerous very fine springs, which are innundated except in extraordinary freshes. The houses that have been built in this place are nHt!y on one broad street, and running paral lel with the river. The place has hith erto proved peculiarly healthy. I pas sed sume time in the hue and fertile coun try surrounding this seai of the Muses, and 'my attention was particularly struck with the appearance of the prairies. Which are a great curiosity to a nothern traveller There is nothing in fhe state of New Tork to which I can compare them. They are extensive plains, covered with grass, enriched, in the proper season, with strawberries, and "enamelled wiiji a thousand flowers." Here and there they are divided by narrow strips of wood land, which reminded me of the living fences in England. There are also extensive prairies in the neighborhood of Montgomery, which was the last place I visited in the State, j This town so called in honor of a. distinguished maityr to the cause of Liberty., is situa ted partly in a pleasant vsje, and partly on rude hills; being at the head of a steam-boat navigation, and in-the midst of a prolific country, it promises tc be come a place of considerable commercial importance. After Jeaving .Montgomery I visited the Creek and Cherokee na tions of Indians and am now at the Indian Springs, from whence I shall ain ad dress you on the subject of of (he prairies ; of the beds of shells fotmd oh the hih hills of Mulberry, and other places in Alabama, and also give some sketches concerning the Greeks and Cherokees. i l: Extract from the Quarterly Rzviezc, No.XLIX. i- ' BRITISH MILITARY UNDER THE OLD REGIME " Prior to the French revolution, so completely destitute of all union in meth od was the disicpliue in our service that if three of our regiments were to fe re viewed together, it became neq-ssarv for the commanding officer of battalions to meet, in a sort of council of war, in order that by previous understanding, the different corps might be able, not to perform a series of manoeuvres, for of these they knew nothing, but to remove before the reviewing general'without such dissimilarity as would create oonfusion. This pitch of excellence, however, could not be attained in a moment ; the troops were to be exercised together for the oc casion ; and when the awful day arrived, if they succeeded in marching quietly round their camp-colors; if the musket barrels shone in dazzling splendour on the spectator's eyes ; if the pouches were clean, and the mens hair powdered a- greeably to the strictness of official or der, tie field was well and gloriously . V . lfae piBcer8 reposed after I thei ,,,. nH a mnri mx Hin iiliistrious fatigues, and a good mess din fnprCl0sed the triumphant scene. Ihere .. . jories-t6Id'of our.-mode of iKos "Asunz at which the and have since seen affairs conducted In comprised n wearing regimentals, and readiness'to put life to the' hazard withuirt bringing to the aid of his courage one par- ucie oi military skui. . If the discipline of movement was so totally devoid of method, the clothing and equipment of the troops were not much more appropriate. On this'suhject it is ditficult to speak with truth and with se riousnes at the same time." Cocked hat perched upon the summit of a pomatum ed head, ,ind tied uride'r the: chin; long coats reaching to the knees, and meeting across the breast at one point; waistcoats, breeches,; and long garters, all kept while by the perpetual applicuion ol" pipe claj', such was.' the general cosiume of the army at the breaking out of the revolu tionary war." . : i MISSOURI. - From pretty long leitertn the Salem ' (Mass.) Register, we take the following: Extract pf a letter from a gentleman , resident in Missouri,, to his friends in this town, dated . j St. Louis, April 4, 1 $21. i " The emigration to this state has stop ped and niany have acin;illy gone back, after being disappointed in the quality of the lands: which has been falsely cried up to be thejrichest in the world. I'he fret is this the bottom lands on the margin -of the rivers, which aie annually over flowed, are very rjch, but. people cannot live on tlem without being subject to bil lious fever,-dysenlaiy, ague, and other complainjts, the greater pari of the year. A part o( the other lands abound, witji mineralsjead and iron & are unfit for cul tivation, j The prariesj' which constitute no gmall part, are generally filled witf shrab oaksr which costs $5 per acre to grub. There are a few small spots of ground which are excellent but far the greater proportion of what are called good lands, are only second and' third rate, with a thin soil of not more-than-3 inches leep. i The only real and sub stantial value of .the .State is thje Lead Mines.-The lands of Illinois are much superior, j The prairies of that state are always fi for the plough, and tug soil, in some plaes,j is 8 feet deep. FIGHTING PUEACHER. In the beripd of the Commonwealth in England,! a voung ofBcer who had been bred in trance, went one day to the or dinary 1 at the Black Horse in Holborn, where the person that usually presided at table vas a rough, old fashioned gen tleman, whbJaccording to the custom of those tunes, load been both major and preacher of a regiment. The young ofii ridicule religiot), and to cer began to speak against the dispensations of Provi dence. Thejmajorat first only desired him to speakj more respectfully of reli gion, but. finding him run on, began to reprimand him in a more serious man ner. The younc fellow, wfio thought to turn matters to a jest, asked the major , if he wastgoing, ,to preach, at the same time bidding him take care what he said against a man of honor. "A. 'man of honor !" cried the major, " thou arl an infidel and a braggart ; and I will treat thee as such." The quarrel at length ran so high, that the young officer chal lenged thi major. On their going info the garden'to settle the dispute,, ihe old gentleman advised his antagonist to con sider the place to which one pass might drive him ; but finding him grow scur rilous, f Sirah, said he, " if a thunderbolt does not strike thee before I come at thee, I shall not fail fo chastise thee for thy. profaueness to thy Maker, and thy inso lence to myself. This said, he drew out his sword, and With a loud voice exclaim ed " The sword of the Lord and of Gideon V I nis lernnea me young geu -tleman so much, that he was instantly disarmed and thrown on his knees, in which posture be begged for his life, and j made the necessary apology. j i ill 'i V t ; ' 1 1 II If 4 li i t ' "1 t i' V n 1 1 I i : I 1 ! 1; ; i ! j lit: :f-x r- i '11' i
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