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VOLUME IV. NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER' 2i, 1821 NUMBER 192. bt RISTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, - PASTEUR WATSON, At $ 3 per annum half in advance. LI rLRAttV. r0 THri SXTIOSXL OAZETF.. have seen the new British work on this country, entitled "Views of Society and Manners in America, by an English woman." It is understood to be the produc tijn of a lady who visited the Uni ted States about a year or two ago, in company with a sister and with out any regular companion of the other sex. one primeu, u wc uns tike not, a poetical drama and some otnir verse, among us, but did not, believe, inspire the American r-'iler with a high idea of her qual irc.iti:ns for hat department of com position. Her prose, in the present volume, is far superi r to the poetry t j .vlucU we refer, md ner kindness f,r inrica is even, beyond what c i i!d have been expected from the in i,t benignant temper and liberal Siirit. . .. She paints every thing coleu de rose y treats of our intellect, morals, nuiMcrs, education, religion, poli tics, political hisioiy and institutions, scencrv, Sec. and makes the most fa vorable report of us on every topic. Thi lady is the opposite of Fear ons, Howiits, and all the slanderous race of vulgar British traveller ' She is as much distinguished from them oy dignity of tone and i efine ment of mental tastes and pursuits, as bv her amiable and even enthusi astic freling towards the United States. Her book will be read w,th :nfprct and we think with some rrnfir in fhi rminfrv. Thp Amen can peopie must be pleased with so ' strong a testimony borne in their favor, attho even the most self com- placcnt among th. m cannot tail to ! preping out from bvds of trees dr.m her rcprcsentatioiis rather too rhere is our poetry." vividlv and uniformly encomiastic j " 'h re 11 something truly sub to be strictly faithful. I lime in the water scenerv in Amer We annex some xtracts from i ica, her lakes, spreading into The Views, to exemplify their tenor. The amusing account of the Post Bag in the back settlements of Ncvv-York, does not appear tr b meant to disparage the country, and is mi we apprehend, liable to the charge of much exaggeration. u I have been led to expect that the citizens of Philadelphia were less practised in courtesy to stran gers thau those of New-York. Our experience does not confirm the rc maik. We have only to bear testi mony to their civility. There is at first something cold and precise in the general aii and manner of the people. This coldness of exterior, hever, wears off in a great mea s i.e, upon furdier acquaint ince, and what may still remain, you set d r.vn to the . uling spirit and pniiani thr jpic father of ihe city, and re spect it accordingly. 44 The children of the peaceful and benignant William Penn, have cot only inherited the fashion of their patriarch's garments, but his siniple manners his active philan throphy, his mild forbearance, his P-re and persevering charity, thiuk no evil, taking no praise-" u The Americans are' very good kcrs, and admirable listeners ; ul GTstand perfectly the exchange ot kwiedge, for which they emplov cversaiion and employ it solely, They have a surprising stock of in-'-rnjition, but thi runs little into Y' precincts of imagination ; facts jrni the ground work of ihcir dis tcurc. They are accustomed to rtst thtir opinion on the results of pcriince, rather than on ingenious j.Ctr,lcs arc abstract reasoning ; and k'i a'V"s vvnt to overturn the one, iiiniple appeal to the other. ed- ave much general knowl- phvVUl 31 e bcsl rea Pnso th- r- P0"cal economy, and jbfQeral science of goernmrni. S!?1' n0wtver s lnc book ti--Vniake a general prac- matfs miaa lhat umK vvfr rnt it ar,-t i.t . '- comes across ; tnem:; and they do this very quiet ly, and very civilly, and with the understanding that you are at perfect liberty to do the same by them. Thev are entirely mauvaise home. "The- constant exercise of the reasoning power gives to their char acter and manners a mildness, plain ness, and unchanging suavity,; such is are often remarked in Europe in men devoted to the abstract scL-n. ces. . Wonderfully patient and can did in "argument, close reasoners, accute observers, and original think er, they understand little play of words, or as the French more distinctly express it, badinage. The people have nothing of the poet in them, n r of me bel esprit. On the other hand, they are well informed & liberal philoopherf, who can- give 1 1 i i i you in a nan noar more solid in- struction & enlightenec1 views, ithan you ould receive from the ' fir st corp; liter aire ' et dramatique of Eu- 1 ft i l. ron dv listening to them a wnoie evening. It is said that every man has his forte, and so, perhaps, has eyerr nafion : that of the Ameri- can isA:e;rtaitily good sense ; this sterling quality is the current coin of the :ouhtry, and it is curious to see how immediately it tries the metal of other muds. In truth, V know no people who will sooner make.you sensible of your ovrq ig- norance it u It was finely answered by an American -citizen to an EurT)pean who, looking round him, exclaimed, Vies; this is all wen., i m n thK ii mm well. Y in hTiie all the vulgar and the substantial, but I look in vain for trre ornamen tal, u Where are your rums and your poetry ?" Tne re are our ruins, replied the Kepuolican, pointing to aj Kecolu'ionitry solaier who was turning ii the glebe ; and ..hen ex- tending his hand over the plain st etche d belore them, smiling with luxuriant farms . and little willies, the inland seas, their vasr, deep at'd pure waters, reflecting back the azure of heaven, unstained wiih a cloud : her rivers, collectinc:! the waters of hills and plai'is mteririina- W r ble. rollinc: their massy volumes for thousands of miles, now broken in to cataracts to which the noblest cas cades of the old hemisphere are those of rivulets, and then sweep ing down their broad channels to the far off ncean, the treasures of a w'orld The lakes and rivers of tliis continent seem to despise all foreign auxiliaries of nature or art, arid trust to their own unassisted ma jesty to ptcdute effect upon-the eye and the mind ; without aipine moun tains or moss grown ruins, they strike the spectator with awe. Ex tent, width, depth it is by these intrinsic " qualities that they affect him i their character is one of sim ple grandeur ; you stand upon their brink or traverse their b-jsom, cr g" ze upon tmeir rolling rapids and tumbling cataracts, and acknpwl- dge at nce iheir power and im mensiry, and your own insignifi cance and imbecility. Occasional!) you meet with exceptous to this rule, I recall at this moment the beautiful shores of the Passaic , its grateful cascades, its wall of wood en hills,' arid rich and varied land scape, all ?piead beneath a sky of glowing saphires ; a scene for Cla ude 10 gaze upon. These northwes tern wasters, however, have norhing of this variety ; you find them bed ded in vast level plains, bordered only by sable forests, from which the stroke of the axe has just star tled the panther and the savage." Varieties. In our last we gave ou readers a charming tleleneation of private character from the pen of Miss Wright. The following anec dotes illustrative of the nation, and some of its brighest ornamenU, are equally gratiu ing to the ride of our fu ms., as Americans. She thus des' ribes the on umstances of the mutiny oi the Pennsylvania line, in - th seventh year of the rcvolutiona- ry war. ' 44 Tainting under the united hard- ships of mi, iiary du , and deficient 1 of food and clothing, thev withdrew from the bod v ot the arm i- ,mn dintrthat which their nffir.rs h .A not to give, the immediate supply of Tn 3? llttfour con.tri, give a co-k:- i- lor of plausibility to this supposition. their necessaries. ioawe tnem m- n,:L..u 1 - K ,1: r it; i . 7 ' ' T . , " son impressed presented an extract in Ie his pistols; they pom- d their bay, galloon from the register, showing the nets at Jus breast. - YVe love and ' birth of one, with the same name, of such respect you, bu. if you fire you are . a state county, or township, born of such a dead man. We are not going to a farther and mother, with the baptismal the enemv ; but are determined on name of each. - obtaining our just rights." They withdrew in good ordtr, with their arms and field pieces to a neighbor- mg t.-wu, committed co devasta- tions but persisted in thtir demands. congress aespatv h a some ot its memlers to the mutineers, but be iore these arrived emissarie s from tbe enemy appeared among them.- Unconditional terms wei'c offered ; gold, preferment, and the immediate cover and assis ance of a body of royal troops, alreuds on their march towards them. ! heir reply was the instant seizure of their evil temp- ters, whom they sent immediately under a guard from their own body tl tne same general who had p in- ted his pistols at their lives. At the appearance 01 tne uonirress s commissioners, their grievances were stated, and redresst d ; but when President Reed offered them a hun- dred guineas from his private purse a reward, tor their fidelity in mv- ing surrendered the spies, the stur- dy patriots refused them. " We have done a duty we owed to our country, and neither desire -nor will receive any reward, but the appro bation of that country for which we have so often bled.,, A country peopled by such men, might be over run, but could not be subdued REGISTERS OF DIRTfIS MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS. The following article, though intended only for the meredian of Virginia, is e qually applicable and interesting to this District, and to every portion of our coun try that is similarly circumstanced. If Congress had the power, we shoulcl be glad to see a system established which should be uniform throughout the states, for registering births, marriages, and deaths. Regulations of some sort, hav ing this object in view, ought to exist in every country where the laws recognize the institution of marriage nd the right of inheritance. Nat. Int. , FROM THE ENQUIRER. " I observed this summer copies of the late census posted up at many of the tav ern doors. In one county the vomen of a given age were 5379 and the men of a corresponding age only 45. Nature makes no such inequalities in our coun try ; this state of things will never hap pen. On enquiring the cause of this out rage upon common sense and reason, I learned that the person employed to take the census was a drunkard and a vaga bond, who paid no attention to it: thus, to favor half a drfzen whiskey-drinkers, we have perhaps lost a member in Con gress, and may-have driven off i00 young men to Florida, convinced that they can never make a stand against such fearful odds. ! Things are managed better in Massa chusetts, Connecticut, &c. There no man, woman or child, is omitted ; indeed, it is well for us if there are not more by the register than in fact, and, instead of a representation of living black men, they have one of dead white ones; and thus a dead white man is equal in politi cal rights to a living black one. We Virginians should look into this matter. I was about to call the atten- tion of the nublic to it. when I remem bered a letter which I received in 1816 on the subject, from a distinguished phi- i losopher and political economist of sus, he could not have ommea xnai cir France, then residing in the United States. ; cumstance, in the enumeration of evils He has since died at Wilmington, and I resulting from the ant of a register. now publish a translation of his letter, Such documents are the base of all ealcu for the edification of the public, and as a lations in political economy, and it is a small testimony of my sincere respect for ' matter of serious reproach to Virginia, the memory of his virtues and talents I that it should have been so long without 44 It is of great importance that there should be established in the U. States a regular method of ascertaining, from ac tual registers, the births, marriages,1 and .1 ueaiiis. i 44 Some of the northern states have al-' ready good regulations on this subject. HiLars have nmip nf moritaap lirenries I filed. The register of births is most inj-1 - - portant, and in that the IT. States hav great political interest. "When the British impress American seamen, they pretend that they are En g''sn Scotch, or Irish. 1 ne iaenuiy 01 language, ana the number of proper names which are com . V"uu not ue urcictiuru, u me per- " The certificates heretofore used for this purpose are a very imperfect substi tute tor an authentic register. Faith can not be allowed them. We know that a neighbor seldom refuses to sign such a certificate. Any hearsay, or commoff re port, is enough to satisfy their own con sciences on the subject; but this is not sufhefent to govern the intercourse be tween nations. " There are many states which, for want of such a register, can certify only the nationality of adopted-citizens, be cause the act of naturalization is a public recoid.l l?ut these are precisely the rec ords which neither Great Britian nor any other Sovereign will respect; ail con curring; in the principle that the newly contracted allegiance has theL efiect as cribed to it only within the territory of the adopted country, and does not des troy the original allegiance derived from birth. ! . . " Registers of marriages are of use, to distinguish legitimate from natural chil dren, who differ in the rights of succes sion, in nearly every coontry. . " Registers of deaths are necessary to decidewith exactness in the inheritance of estates. ' i(r In most countries of Europe, the ec clesiastics preserve their registers. But it has been found imperfect, because they embrace only those ol their communion, and there are many communions, and very religious ones who have no clergy. 44 In i France it has been found ad van tageous to assign this duty to the mayors of municipalities, and their assistants, whose i jurisdiction emb aces not only citizens, but all inhabitants of every di? nomination. The law of France requires that the sex of the child should be noted; because legacies are often given to un born children, on condition that they are of a peculiar sex, which may induce pa rents to conceal the actual tact, as hap pened to the femous Chevalier' Madam P'Eon. ' " There should be duplicates of the re gister to prevent destruction by fire and other accidents; a copy should be (de posited among' the archieves of state? -There was an instance in France, when the curates were permitted to make en tries as long as the register remained with hem, of a return verv prejudicial to the rights of the parties ; it was, however,4 corrected by the copy of the office of the department, to which alone implicit cred it was given. ) u In incorporated towns, it is natural to leave the registration to the officers of police who have many facilities for the purpose. "in this: country, perhaps, the juris diction of a justice of the peace would be convenient. "There should hot be a citizen of the U. S whom its government could not at once identify, when oppressed by a foreign power. There should be no one whose mother, and birth place at least could not be proved. 44 1 know many naturalized American citizens whose children born in Furope, could prove their filiation arid legitima cy ; but whose numerous progeny born in the U. S. could not claim their in heritance in any country of Europe, if their brothers and uncles born there should refuse it. " This is a defect in civilized society; a chasm in the perfection of the social sys tem and a political scandal." Had the distinguished author Deen a ware of the crying injustice resulting from our present mode of taking .the cen- them. HEALTH AND ECONOMY. A small pamphlet was put in our hands ! slUAl1 F r r . me time since entitled 44 Brief observa- some time t;ons on some of the diseases of . indig tion. and of the deleterious effects of the tCC nf Mnrha anA fhp Wot Tnriips ; t wjtb consrderatioos on tb sanative vir-! '!' e a tne of Rye Coffee and instructions for preparing it." Now, as we have never fund it necessary to become acquainted with the origin of diseases, or the 44 craft of herbs and the force of elixirs;' we are poorly qualified to speak of the pamph--lej above named, written by i Calvin Jones, M. D. of Raleigh, N. C. He speaks of the diseases which are (caused b a derangement of the digestive func tions produced by the quantity, quality and mixture of food and drinks taken in to the stomach. And we find him , at open,war with what heconccivcs the two grand enemies of heahh, spirituous lS quors and coffee. We aie leady to join in battle with him against the foimer, who has slain his thousands and ,-tens of thousands the greatest destroy er of the peace and happiness of society as well as of health, and Jile itself. Rum has con quered more ol! the . human race than ever Alexander or Bonaparte subdued, and wjll continue to carry on his con quesrs as lon as vice aiid folly exist ju the world. The divine mav nreach. tha . moralist reason, the physician warn, the wife and Children plead with tears in their eyes, the parent remonstrate, and the tfrave yawn, but all will not do, the fool will still be a drunkard and the drunk ard still be a fool. We are not so ready fo make war iip- oiij coffee, afvery pleasant morning beve rage, to which we have long been accus. tomed, and as we enjoy very good health oufselvesexperience would not b ar us out in pronouncint: it with the docior. an indigestible and poisonous druf 4 But (says the reader) wbp knows best, you or the doctor V We must grant that he does, especially, ns he gives numerous instances of persons who have injured their iTealth by its use, and found them selves restored by abstaining (rom it. An other. reason he proposes a substitute, which is pure and healthful and cheap, being only, one cent a pound, while Alo- ' ' chH and West-India cost 35. This would beia grand saving these hard times; anoj we venture fo say if Rye Coffee comes I into. much use it will be on this account, i rather than from fear -of being poisoned wifh the deleterious bean froci the In- ' dies. VVre have drunk coffee made of Rjfe which was not only excellent, but would puzzle any one to determine whe the it was made from Rye or imported coffee; but then it was carefully prepar ed Jby the hand of neatness, industry and attention.' , Drizzlers and slatterns' will not give you a good . exhilarating draught in die morning, if they 'had the best coffee in the world ; and such never will, and never need try to come up to the following ,ui-'s rections of Dr. Jones ; but all ecoriomi- cal husbands, and good wives ought to' give Rye Coffee a fair trial, because if it prove good, it will also prove a very im-. portant saving. IV. Y. Journal. ' 4 To prepare Rye for use, it should first be scalded and washed, then boiled 15"minutes, afterwards remain in the wa ter until somewhat swollen, and lastly thoroughly dried in the open a'r The , net process is to parch or roast it caret fullv, vithout burning. When ground, about 2 gills are by the .admixture 'of -cold water to be formed into a paste. Three quarts of boiling water arie then ta be added, and the pot which Contains it to be placetl on the coals and kept boiling for a quarter or half an hour. It is im proved by a slow and long boiling and leisurely depuration afterwards, yhen . sufficiently boiled, it is u be removed from the fire, and a quantity of cold wa- ter, equal to that which has evaporated, is to be suddenly poured into the pot, and the whole slightly stirred up with a spopn. A little is then to be twice pour ed off and returned to the pot. After remaining 8 or 10 minutes Idnger, to give j the grounds timb. subside, it is to be poured off into another until the sediment is d jsturbed.. The gioundson a little agi tation, are rendered so buoyant that this decanting is necessary to preserve the li quor free from turbidness. Thus pre par-, ed, it is of a fine amber color, and,; with a due portion of sugar and cream, has a rich! balsamic taste, and a very grateful flavor. Some who employ it mix Vjwih the Rye one fourth the quantity of Co.fee to give it the peculiar flavor of the J dele-, teriousbean but this is the sacrifice of folly tea very silly prejudice. The rye flavour is superior to that of tbe icofiVe, when custom shall have rendered it fa- miliar: and toO-etam the lourtti ot.tne evil for that consideration, is making ve ry bad terms with an exposed and subju gated foe Besides the articles are not suited to eaco r, uicj- u a....v, . wanting in natural affinity ; the they are wp & ''nn deCOCtlon iroiu uic.iiujliuic win i-uioijiu-i ' i-t A .U : a..f..w la rate! readily, and the conjoined flavor is inferior to that of either of them taken SU1S v . 1 1- ( i : J i i .) i i I . - j ': i:- ' .::r . ; ; : . ' ; ... . . j, r - r n. ' '4- v,, ' i - .'.'V , ,'A- " ' ! , :' j i . i ; x , f ; 1 ' ' ; - nit - - - .... ....... i. i . . ii i- i-i i . i mm i i ii m ii i in un i I ii li Hi ! ii I Mi J 1 1 in n ill ii i '
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