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II. - ' " 1 " W" ' "--.., , , IM , Hi . i - in. ' 1 ... " . 1 - '- UN II i ijaia M . j ill i . 'I' . .... I '"I T ' ' ," """' n-. VOLUME IV. NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1 821. ' : NUMBER 18!. " TUSTtO JLSO rtJBHSaEO STEEKLT, BT PASTEUR t WATSON, half in advance. At 3 Per annunl tfewbern Prices -Current. ' MERCHANDIZE. Fiom n. C. tO J). C lb. 9, 1:4! lieef Batter 25 32 Bees-Wax Branny French gal, 4( do. Appie do. Peach Corn, Meal, ('otton, . CoiXee CorJige flour, Gin flollaad Country Fine Scantling Plank Square Timber Shingles, 22 inch Staves, V. O. hhd. do. R- O. do. do. W. O. bbl. Heading, W.O. hhd Lard Molasses Tar Pitch Turpentine do. Spirits t 75 bbl. 50 bush. 80 15 30 12 lb. 14 50 40 50 9 bbl. 6 1 6 1 gal, M. 25 45 7 7 50 8 16 20 5o: i 1 75 15 18 10 7 5 IS 20 lb. gal. bbl. 8 26 7 30. 30 10 60 25' 1 1 1 9 12 3 1 50 25 70 gal. bbl. 8 50 1 Orw. pruuzy Do. Mess Kice Rum, Jamaica do. W. I. do American Salt, Allum do. Fine Su'ar, Loaf do Lump do. Brown Whiskey 11 3 1 cwt. 50 21 90 40 JO SO. 40 bush. 70 65 22 18 lb. 25 cwt. 8 50 10 35 gal. DANCING SCHOOL. MR. W. H. CLAY, respectfully in forms the Ladies and Gentlemen of Newbern, that he intends visiting them in November, for the purpose of opening a DANCING SCHOOL in December, to be continued through the winter Mr. Clay hopes from his former acquain tance, that he may not be disappointed in the patronage of the Ladies and Gen tlemen in general He expects to attend at Washington, in like manner. July 12th, 1S21 174tf. MUSIC TUITION. TliriE Inhabitants of Newbern, are X respectfully informed that JAMIvS AYKROVD, Professor of Vocal and In stiumental Music, contemplates estab lishing himself in Newbern, the ensuing November, as a Teacher qf those Scien ces, and respectfully solicits a portion of the publick patronage. His terms will be moderate. Piano Fortes and other musical instru ments, warranted to he of the best quality, tether with every description of Mu sic, can be had by leaving orders with Jonx W. Gnox, Esq. N. B. Piano Fortes, &c. tuned and repaired by j. A : July 23 cow an Nov.w-175. FOlTsALE Br the subscriber, Acres of Land, five 0 miles above Newbern, I lying be tj-cen Neuse and Trent Road, in the little Pecosen. One new House & half Lot, In the Toicn of Newbfrn, known by the numbers 288 and 289 ?posite John Jones' Esq. Half the front of Lot So. 21, n the south side of Front-street, lending to the channel. . Also, a valuable I MILCH COW. r r terms, which will h , . . ..... w ,V.UUI- mdatug, apply to John R. Good. Newbern, July 21st, 1821 174 VALUABLE FARM 1 FOR SALE. THE BANK OF CAPE FEAR offers for sale, the tract of Land called LYOJTS PASTURE, This land lies on TRET RIVER, about eight niiles above Newbern ; and ranks among the best of the prime lands 20 of Trent, for the value of its wood and 5 timber, the fertility .of soil, its peculiar 3, fitness for COTTON and INDIAN 33 CORN, and the advantage of situation4 with good navigation to the Landing, at 43 all seasons for any vessel that can come g to Newbern. The improvements consist of a comfortable House, largfe and suita ble, Barn, a strong Gin House, Negro j Houses, &c "V J If not previously disposed of at private j sale, this property will positively be sold, at the Court-House in Newbern, on Mon day tie Z2d da i of October next, being the first day of the Superior Court of Cra ven County. A LIBERAL.CREDIT is offered, probably as accommodating as any man of capital would desire. Application for futher information, or proposals for purchase, may be made at the Bank of Newbern, or at the Bank of Cape Fear, at Wilmington. 12th May, 1821 l65tlstO,otf JUST HEGEIVEU, FROM PHILADELPHIA, A fresh and general assortment f Saddlery , o Harness Mountings Worsted Cotton Webbing, Straining m do. Gig & Chair Whips Tacks assorted, $?c. ' All of which will be sold very low for CASH. JOH Nb TE M PLETON. July 14, 1821173. ENTEK T A I N MEN h THE Subscriber, residing on the Neuse Road, 13 miles below Smith field,and 11 miles above Waynesborpujrh, has built a set of wood Stables, and will entertain Travellers that may call on him. JOSEPH BOON. August 25, 1821. V NOTICE. ON Thursday the 27th of September next, will be sold at the Court House 'in the Town of Newbern, for the Town Taxes due thereon, for tlie year 1819, the following property, viz: i One Store-house on 'Craven-street known as the property of Jos. S. Fowler. A dwelling-house on the corner of Pollock and Fleet-streets, the property of Caleb Marshall. A lot of Goods the property of John , Mauninjr. An improved Lot No. 266, on Broad street, the property of Sabra Richardson. A dwelling-house on Vew-street, be longing to the heirs of Teter Chase. An unimproved Lot, No. 31, on Eden and South Front-streets, the property ef the heirs of Frederick Hargett. An unimproved Lot No. 37, on South Ffont-strept the property of -Mrs. Patrick. A dwelling-house on New and George streets, the property of Charles Roach. A dwelling-house on led-street the property of Mrs. Simpson. A dwelling-house on East Front-street, the property of A. D. Stoddard. A dwelling house on Middle-street, the property of John Silvester. The improvements on Lot No.. 64, on Broad and Middle-streets the property of Airs. Wilson. The improvements on half Lot No. 227, on Pollock-street, belonging to the heirs of William Thomas. One-third of Lot 125, unimproved, on Graves-street, the property of Catharine Shaw. WILLIAM DUN KAN, Collector of Town Taxes. Newbern, Aug. 25, 1821178 tds. THE FOLLOWING BLANKS, Are constantly kept for sale at this Office Shipping Articles, Manifests, Bills of Sale for Vessels, Bills of Lading, Bills of Exchange, Deeds, Leases, Powers of Attorney Constable's Warrants, &c &c. J I From the HiUbyrougX Recorders ON THE HISTORY OF 'NORTH' j CAROLINA!? I Soon afterreachfng North Caro lina, in the year 1818, I enquired for a hiitory of the State. The work of Dr. Williamson was given to me, and" I was told this was the only history of the state that had been yet published : that Francis X. Martin, Esq. formerly of New bern and now of-New Orleans, had many years ago, commenced the compilation of a regular 'history of ttie state frorn thertime of Sir Wal ter RaleigK's expedition to the year 1810 ; and it was understood by let ters received from Mr Marcin that his work had progressed so far that he shouput it to press about three years ago. Since that time nothing more had been heard of the woik, by Mr. iartin's friends here. 1 hope he has not abandoned it. He is said to be indefatigablei method ical and accurate ; to have careful ly examined the public reccTrds of the c lony and to have procured at Newbern from" the descendants of the early settlers, many documents and papers which threw light on thle first periods of the history of the state, and upon the rebellion which broke out under Governor Tryon's administration. So far therefore as the history of the state can be comoiled from public records and documents, Mr. Martin's work wi no doubt, be found to be accurate aRd well arranged. Hut from the habits of life, his place of residence, and his limited acquaintance with theNpeople of the state, it is not prob able thaLhe -has collected much of that information which is to be obtained Vinly from those who were principal actors in the scenes which thev describe. Of this character is a great mass of information i elauve to thet regulation, the revolurionary war;'- the military expeditious a gainst the Cherokee Indians,' and :he extension of the settlement of trie west, all which exit:now" only in the recollection of a few men scattered oyer a great extent of country. l am at a loss to determine why the hjstory of North-Carolina has not been written. It is hot barren of interesting incidents, nor has the state been barren of talents or vir tues. Her continental history furnish es two events, which, Cs connected with the result of the revolution, are more interesting than any events to be lound m tne nistorv ot tne omer states of the union. I mean the regulation under govenor Fryon, and the declaration of independence bv the people of Mecklenburg coun ty, in the year 1776, previous to the declaration made by the continental Congress. These events evinced a boldness and determination of char acter, which had nor appeared in any other state. The first was a resort to arms to resist the oppres sions of the -officers of "the crown; the second was an abjuration of al legiance to the motiier countrv ; an act totally changing the object of trie War. This state was the. thea tre of the nrost important mil itary operations of the southern de partment of the United States 4 op erations which, in a great degree, decided the fate of the war. And before the contest was transferred to the south, this state had sent sev eral regiments of rtgular troops to the northern army under General Washington. Yet in the general accounts which have been published of the revolutionary war, little is to be found either of the officers or sol diers qf North Carolina. The state hasj a rich treasure of glory and re nown in the conduct of her officers and soldier, and itf is to me unac countable that no rneasuree have been taken to preserve it. The eyents of the war in South Carolina have been recorded in regular me moirs by Dr. Ramsay and general Mou'trje, and additional memoirs are now announced by colonel Dray- vtno h-v-hn Mou'tne, and additional memoirs tnt orl tr, hnHt; !n m.'mnlr' 'of in ade to embody in memoirs 1 in regular historV the events of -theUx3 true sbut eyen with this bb war in - this state. . .This musb bejectionf strong as it is, the writing vowing to the apathr of - those who look no nart in the revolution- or the unwillingness of those who jdidi to record their own actions. 1 The ex ample set by their fellow soldier, tne late colonel L.ee, sh uld remove all scruple? of delicacy from the lof- fficers, and induce them to rescue from oblivion the memory of trans actions honorable to the state and to themselves : transactions which had their influence in producing a result, that seems destined to give a new impulse to the characters of man in every part of the globe, and to affect the fortunes of the! whole human race. KThere are yet living men who are competent to the task. Since my arrival in the stated I have met with two: Colonel William Polk of Raleigh, "and . general Jo seph Graham jof Lincoln coimtyi Colonel Polk was an officer! in the regular army, and though a! young msi , inarched the regiments from this state to re-infbrce the armyof General Washington. He took tan active part in the operations war, both in the north and of the in the svuth. In the. .battle of German towp he was shot through ihn mouth. and retired from the fi-ld atkhe mo ment when genet al Nash was borne off. I shall never fqrget the account wnicii ne gave me ot bis meeting with general Nash a- he was borne ofE by his, affectionate men, mortallv vvoundea by a cannon ball 5 blind d trom his wound, iirffehe agonies of 11 - death, reaching out hfs right hand to colonel folk and bidding him Farewell. There is something at tending the death of a gallai.t sol dier, which excites our sympathy in a peculiar way, and leaves an impres sion which memory delight to call up and cherish with tears. J - General Graham was an efficient partizah officer - He was -attached to .the. command under general Ruth erford, and on many occasions' gave distinguished proofs of tiis gallantry ana aouity. rrom mm 1 the general history of the learned war in North i arolina, and received par- ticulur narratives not only! of the most important events, but! of ma ny of inferior character, Which had their influence upon ihe fate of the war. Wherever I have travelled I have found the officers of the revo lution modest, yet communicative. The war was to them a school of moral discipline ; and the strong sympathies which united them as brothers for; seven vears, gave to them all, in some degree, a same ness of character. Such is the pow erful effect of strong moral causes 1 The rnUitary ev nts in North Carolina,. if collected and arranged would constitute an interesting por tion of history. But the history of a people embraces a great variety of particulars- besides the military achievements i apd it is a little-remarkable, th.itj no state acquires a J chacter and assumes al steady march, -until her history has been written and her people become ac- quainted witn iu 1 o visit a peo pie who have no history, is like go ing into a wilderness where there are no roads to direct a traveller. The people have nothing to which they can look back ; the ( wisdom and acts of their forefathers are for gotten; the experience of one gen eration is lost to the succeeding one ; and the consequencej is, that people have little attachment to their state, their policy has no system, and their i legislation no decided character. Here is a state having fifty thousand square miles of terri torv, a population of seven hundred thousand ; a state whose) legisla ture ;as been enacting laws for an hundred years and more , j and yet there is no history of its people, their civil institutions, their" legis lation J their manners, their literature their wars. The people themselves know nothing of their history, and very naturally, care noshing about it. Every state should have her his torian to record events as they oc- cur. - of men, and give true character and complexion of aU, cur.' ie can cuicr hhw iuuuvc t fairs. :-Tie wiH have hi8 p f fairs. Hc win have his partialities, ;-V 7 ' r- v of history by a man cotemporary with the events which he records. X greatly i.rvfer &uch historical works to those which arc cleaned from oublic (documents a century alter thecvents ha,ye happened. For this reason I have always taken pleasure in rea ding memoirs ; anj 1 have long thought tne most instructive histori cal works which 1 have read, inde pendent of those which relate-to our country; where the mem .irioflhe duke of Sully and of tne cardinal de Ketr. From iuch books, tho regular history of a country ca;; . be easily compiled, i l ' F'LORIAN. - INCIDENT op the GERMAN WAR. The followia relation of a most affecting circunistaifce, which occurred during the late war in Europe j if properly ap preciated must have the rilect to' ren der the cruel custom of war more ab horred, by all who have beans suscep tible of impressions which liumaoiiy And Christianity claim for their, votaries. How long will politicians poets, his torians and orators, endeavour to lure mankind in misery and deai!, by throwing around, this savage 'custom the fascinations of w rld!y honor and glory? What thousands tens, and hundreds of thousands, do ihy thus draw from the peaceful walks of, life to scenes of indisc; ibuble sufTeriogj in order to make one or two hi roes, . for ulogy . and song as objects-. of 4tupid slaxers or oi' loud Huzias." Trentun federalist. At the time when the Kngluh ar my were encamped along ihe bmks ot the Weser, the commander in chief sent one ol His aids-de-camp, with orders to all the dtff rent com manders in the regimeius, under his command; ' aud a the c.imp was6 extended to the distance ol '5 miles at least, from one extremity to the other, the aid-de-camp lost his w y, and' unfortunately fell in with a re connoitering party of the m-niv, before-he was aware of it. He was immediately called upon to surren der himself a prisoner, but as he was sensible that the orders he h id about him would make a dis ovcry oF his general's intentions to ihe en emy, he resolved tQ lose his life ra ther than be taken, and when an of-"1 cer rode up to him to receive his submission, he drew a pistol and shot him through the head. He w ms directly pursued by a party of light lorse but the 11 . ctness of an English hunter and the ddden shut ting in of the da , soon made him invisible to his pursuers. When he found himself clear of his enemies, he began to think where he should take up his quarters for the night. It was by this time totally dark ; not a single ray of light from either moon or stars appeared to "direct him on his wav ; nd to mend hi . situation he had all the reason iu .the world to suppose that he wa then.in a. part f the country that was possessed b. the enemy, j Wib these uncomfortajde reflec tions about him he at length res ked "to give tip hisowti judgment (as ma-, ny benighted travels has done b ... vfore him with success) to that of hii hore, who, alter ' many a wtary step brought hirii in sight of an ob ject which, at last turned but to be a white house with green shutters Our aid-de-camp dismounted, arid leading his horse towards the rails that sun ounded the cou t yard, he hallowed two or three times, when a Swiss porter made his appearance, with a candle in Tiis h nd, and in quired what was his business, th;re at that untimely hour. The aid-dj-camp told him that he' was an offi cer that had lost his way, and beg ged to be received into the hous, or to be directed where he might pass the night in safety. I he porter then went jack into the house; and presently returned,1 opened the gate and desired the officer to walk in - He did ; so and as he followed the porter up to the house, he took the onporunity to inquire who '1 was pSsor of it, when he was an- Pu" - . r..v.::. swered Captain Dubois. " The name of Dubois did not soun ; very well in the ears of bur aid-dq'f;!; ; r 1 I t".
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