EWBEH?, C SATURDAY, AUGUST 17.
1822.
(KVAIBER 230.
AND PCBLXSHSp"WKKKLY BY
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PSTEUR WATSON f
3 per aununa half in advance.
' From the Raleigh Register
I s i vk rsit K of North-Carolina. .
O i Thursday the 25th of July, the
Po.e5S.rs, Tutors, and Students of
tVe University, sorne cit.izen of
' ViHa2e, assembled at 4 o'clock in
afVrnoon, at Person Hall,! and
ivined in the reversed -order of the
Ws. They then proceeded! with
aslc to the President's, and a jcorn
cinee of young sentlemen from -.the'
,,i.r Class waiting upon him irt per-
Siii, requested ",s assistance in laying
t ,e comer stone of the Wing now to
5 ererted With expressions of the
pleasure he felt in participating oil the
grateful occasion, hejoined thepro
crssion, which then moved along
Franklin street, and through the grove
t j the spot where the stone was to be
Jdid. On arriving at it, the students
opened to the right and left forj the
firnlty to advance. A stone of some
,iZt and suificiently shapely to serve
aj a subterraneous deposit, had been
prepared by order of the principal
architect, and had been already plac
f as nearly as might be in its proper
birth. The President, therefore af
ter the use of the plumb, found very
little trouble in adjusting it with -pre
cision bv a frw strokes of the harrirner
tu'liciously applied ; alter which he
a1 iressea ineauaience in ineionqwin"
terms : .I ;
ADDRESS. j
When we rehVct upon the occasion
en which we nowtattend, it is worthy
of the distinguished noticewe pay to
it. Iri announciiig to you, as I now
d). tiiat this stone is duly and finally
m as the corner lor another building
t" tiie University; let us remember.
thdt it is a work which has for its
mediate object the extension of sci
Mce and the arts.' But it is not for
these alone.
It is for these, connected with all the
wcreu virtues sancuoueu Dy tieaven
r . springing from the relations of
n?n ; as me puriners oi our nature ;
i as imparting th- greatest perfection
j ail stability to human society. It is
ta j union of all these that we recos;-
nUe the only sure pledge of perpetuity
! t the liberties ' and privileges, both
! ci v : 1 ,tnd religious, which Heaven mu
r.iii.viif'y gives us to enjoy. j
T i!i; members of the hon. Board
J of Trustees ol this institution, must
; e feel peculiarly indebted for its in
; s:a hIv expanding prospects, under
iht ir fostering and promoting care1.
I vi ill not tax your time, and atten
j to bv exhibiting the difficulties! in
j t!i-ir way to the present enterprise.
i lie obstructions were yreat, but they
j frit with a paternal interest the strug-
I fs of this youthful institution. They
J hjve yielded to the generous impulse
U: their bosoms. Tlier have sympa-
hisnd with your restrictions and di-'
trws; ao I u idJr their patronage if
i J . t ! j i
approved qi iieaven, we shall
j M m beliol 1 another ediiice provided
j for your relief. .
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A tier this tribute, which was due
,t'tlw pv.riotism and the liberal pur
jp'MNbf that hon. Board, permit me
tartcur to a train of sentiment,! in
.nch 1 would indulge but lor a mo
m.jnt. ,
Let us remember then, that but a
tentmy ago, tbis spot and the scenes
ground us were a howling wilderness.
..I..ese trt-es that shelter us with t.heir
f:,J!- s''ies, the fountains that gush
m these hills, and the brtoks that
nderdown these intervals, once
Messed the associations, the enter-
and conflicts of 'the children'of
f Torest. Within a period so brief,
vrre the haunts of "savage
pfs and still more savage men.";
,v 'liifHrent the- prospect we now
: '-Mier. hen. we look around ;us
! e ire tempted to glory in the coun
"t calls us her offspring. How
4Viui to rMflct that; here .learning
chosen her. seat. , Nearly thirty
:'s she-commenced to prepaj-e,
' ; is nowr still further extending
j,J " "hs for the swelling numbers 'of
: ' r tt tiries. Here are now enjoyed
p j-ists of knowledge, of taste, jof
. ihat looks not only to the pre-
i i v
I his Win?, with another story of
ne, and some more rooms to
V, nsI in the Prcipal building,
r.v urnish accommodation for seven
Dnv1 s,Ul,'eu's wre taan are now
sent life, but to the unfolding prospects
C t..nn immnrtllltff
Let us congratulate our country
while we rejoice ourselves, on the
new addition now begun, to the fab
rics already erecteoj here for the diffii
sion of these blessings. Let our suppli
cations be addressed to Providence,
which is smiling upon us, that science
and untainted religion may advance
with accelerated step, till standing on
the shores of the Pacific, our Conti
nent shall own their sway, and re
joice under their genial influence.
After this Address, the bell pre
sently summoned to the public hall,
where prayer was offered up for the
divine blessing upon the trustees, and
upon the Institution which, under
their guardian care, gives hopeful
promise of usefulness and prosperity,
among the Colleges of our country.
GEOLOGY OF N. C VKOLINA.
We have been peen permitted (say
the; Editors of the last Salisbury pa
per,), to make the following extract
from a letter of Professor-Olmsted
to his friend in this place, dated Cha-I
pel-ilill, July 15, 1822.
"When 1 left home I intended to
see you. My plan ivass to pass up
through Rockiiiham, Stokes, Surry,
and return through Rowan, Montgoru
ejy, &c. But the three first counties
afforded so ample and diversified a
field for observation as to occupy the
whole period. The objects which in
terested us particularly were the foU
lowing:
1. A bed of Black Marble in a for
mation, of Calp, at the Eagle Falls j
on Dan River.
2. A secondary sandstone forma-
tion, (probably an independent coal ;
formation,') embracing a Dart of Rock
ingham' and Stokes. In this1 we
found the finest freestone for building, . memory remains, can Ireland forget
two beds of coal, fuller's earth, &c. j the home of her emigrant, and asylum
3. A wonderful appearance of Lig- 1 of her exile. No matter whether their
nite, near Germantown, embracing sorrows sprung from the errors of eri
numei ous .varieties of potter's clay thusiasm or the realties of suffering,
and ochre. ! I from fancy or infliction ; that must be
4. The Limestone of Stokes and reserved for the scrutiny of those
Surry, the limits and course of which ' whom the lapse of time shall acquit of
we took some pains to ascertain.
d. I lie iron beds ot the same, a-
morig which are numerous beds of
ochre and Porcelain Clay.
6. A bed of Mangahese in Surry.
T An extensive formation of Mica
Slate, decomposing into coperas and
allum."
It has been stated for some time
that Mr. Olmsted had- in contemola-
tion to make a Geological Survey of
theitate; the above, we hope, is a
commencement of it. But an object
so important as this, an object in
which every intelligent individual in
the State should feel a lively interest
cannot be accomplished without
funds; and as the advantages flowing
from it are not to benefit the individ
ual, but the State, it is not just (even
where he willing) that the burthen of
expense should fall upon him. .The
state, whose resources it is intended
to develope, should liberally provide
the funds ; and we trust that no nar
row or illiberal views, no selfish mo
tives, will prevent our legislators from
co-operating in ah undertaking to en
large the boundaries of science, in
crease the wealth, and add to the re
spectability of the State. But should
legislative patronage be refused, re
sort must then be had to private libe
rality; and we have no doubt, that
with a trifling exertion, a sum suffi
cient might be raised within a small
compass in this quarter, to defray the
expenses of surveying the Western
part of the State. But intelligent and
scientific individuals, in every quarter
of the State, would cheerfully aid in
in the furtherance of an object, at
once so laudable in. its design, arid so
important in its consequences.
On this subject, we extract an article
from the June nuraaer of the Ameri
can Journal of Science, conducted by
frofessor Silliman of Yale College.
It is unnecessary tor us to say, that
this work enjoys a high reputation,
not in thi3 country alone, but. in Eu
rope. It b asfollows :
Geological Survey of North-CanJina.
We understand that Professor 01m-;
sted of the University of North-Caro-'
Una, will soon corameocea1 series of
geological and raiueralogical observa
ti ns, intended, eventually, to com
prehend a scientific survey of the
State. From the known intelligence,
ana scientific attainments ot rruessor
Olmsted, we cannot doubt; that (if
d'ltq.i.itrltf encouraged Ay the local j
government or jjatriotL individual
the enterprise will produce very irn-
portant advantages to science, agri-!
culture, and other useful arts, and
will prove highly honorable to the
very respectable State of North-Carolina,
ih no way, in our apprehension,
could the same sum of money be more
usefully expended, and it would be no
small honor to have set the first ex
ample of the scientific survey ofjan
entire American State. We hope
then to see the next edition of the
map of North-Carolina present at
least the leading features of its geolo
gy and mineralogy. It would be very
desirable also that the Botany, and! if
practicable, the Zoology of the coun
try should be investigated at the same
time. " i
BV CHS. FHILLIPS- THE IRISH ORATOR.
f Indeed the mention of America,
has never failed to'fili me with the
most lively-emotions. In my earliest
infancy, that tender season, when im
pressions, at once the most permanent
and the most powerful, are likely to
jbe excited, the story of her tlieri re
cent struggle, raised a throb in every
heart that loved liberty, and wrung1 a
reluctant tribute even from discomfi
ted oppression. 1 saw her spurning
alike the luxuries that would enervate,
and the legions that would intimi
date; dashing from her lips the poison
ed cup of European servitude ; and,
through all the vicissitudes of her pro
tracted conflict, displaying a magnan
imity that defied misfortune, anda
moderation that gave new grace to
victory. It was the first vision of
childhood; it will descend with me to
the grave. But if, as a man, I vene
ra;e the mention of America," what
must be my feelings towards her as
; an Irishman. Never, oh f never while
partiality. It is for. the men of other
ages to investigate and record it ; but
surely it is for the men of every age to
hail the hospitality that received the
shelterless, and jove the feelings that
befriended the unfortunate, earch
creation round where can you find a
country that presents so sublime a
view, so interesting an anticipation';?
What noble institutions! What a
comprehensive policy ! What a wise
equalization of every political advan
tage l The oppressed of ail coun
tries, the martyrs of every creed, the
innocent victim of despotic ariogance
or superstitious phrenzy, may there
And refuge; his innocent industry en
couraged, his piety respected, his am-,
bilion animated ; with no lestiaint but
those laws which are the same to all,;
and no distinction but that which his
merit may originate. Who can deny
that the existence of such a country
presents a subject lor human congra
tulation I Who can deny. that its gi
gantic advancement offers a fiejd of
the most rational conjecture J At the
eiid oLthe very next century if she
proceeds as she seems to promise,
what a wondrous spectacle may she
not exhibit I Who shall say for what
purpose a mysterious Providence may
not have designed her I Who shall
say that when, in its, folies' or its
crimes, the old woild may have in
terred all the pride of its power, ctnd
all the pomp of its civilization, hu
man nature may not find its destined
renovation in thcpeW. For myself,
I have no doubt of it. I have not the
least doubt that when our temples and
bur trophies shall have mouldered into
dust when the glories , of our name
shall be but the legend of tradition,
and the light of our achievements on- ;
ly live in song; philosophy will rise;!
again in the sky ol her Franklin, and j
glory rekindle at the urn ol her Wash-;
ingtou. Allow rue to add one flower
to the chaplet, which though it sprang '
in America is no exotic. Virtue plan- i
ted it, and it , is naturalized every;
where. I see you anticipate me -1 see
jou concur wilh me, that it matters
very little what immediate spot may
be the immediate birth piace otWASHr
intom. No people can claim, ho
country can appropriate him;" the
booh of Providence to the human
rarp hi frame is eternity, and his
residence creation. Though it was j
the defeat ol. our arms, and the dis-
grace of our ) olicy, 1 almost bless the
convulsion in which he had his orir.j.
If the heaven lliwudereJ and the
1 -Ifrr
earth rocked; yet, when
the storm
passed, how pure was the c
irn ate that
it cleared; ' how! bright in the bro wj of
the hrmament was the planet which i
revealed to us ! i In toe production ot
Washington, it does really! appear: as
if nature was endeavoring to improve
upon herself, and that all the virtues
of the ancient world were hut so
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ny studies preparatory to the patriot
of the new.
Individual instances, no doubt
here
were; splendid exemplifiibations
of
some single qualification,
was, merciful. Scipio' was
Ceasar
continent,
Hannibal was patientl but tt was Re
served for Washington to blend thm
all in one, and the the lovely chef
a CBuvre or the Grecian artist, to ex
hibit, in one glow of associated beau
ty, the pride of every model, and the
perlection of every master. As'a gen
eral, he marshalled the. peasant into a
veteran, a id supplied by discipline the
absence of experience; as a states
man, he enlarged the polt
cy of
the
cabinet into the most comprehensive
system of a general advantage; -and
such was the wisdom1 of his views.
and the philosophy of his councils,
that to the soldier, and the statesman,
he added the character of the. sagei
A conqueror, he was untainted with
the crime of blood; a Revolutionist,
he was free from any stain of treason;
for aggression j commenced the con
test, and his country called him to; the
command. Liberty unsheathed i the
sword, necessity .stained, r victory j fe
turned it. if he had paused! here
history might have doubted what sta
tion to assign him, whether at the head
of her citizens or her soldiers, her he-.
roes or her patriots, out the list
glorious act crowns his career, and
banishes all hesitation. -Whoi
like Washington,' after having eman
cipated an hemisphere, resigned its'
crown, prefered the retirement of do-
mestic life to the adoration o
might be almost said to have
created I
" How shall we rank thee upon glory's
page, . . ' .
Thou more than soldier and
just less
than sage ; !
All .thou hast been reflects
- on thee, .';. flj.
Far less than all thou hast
" to i i
ess fame
forborjnei
FOREIGN.
LATEST FROM EUROFE.5
New-York, August 5,f 1
The elegant ship Cortes, arrived; at1
this port on Saturday afternoon from
Liverpool, which place she left on the
25th of June. AVe aver indebted to'
Capt. De Cost, for papers of that
date, and London dates to the evei
ning of the 23d. J U. " . .
The (important commercial billstr-
called the. Colonial Trade
ll tl
ie
West India and American Trade Bill
ana tne importation ot uooas ana
Navigation Laws; amendment Bill,
were severally read a third time in the J
House of Lords, on the 20th of June,
and PASSED. . : : M'jJ'':. '
The Corn Importation Bill from
the Commons, was read a v fi rst time
oh the same day. ,. tv;vt j
A further sum of 100,000. was vo
ted, in thie House of Commons for the
employrament of the Irisli r3or. It
was proposed to extend the amount
for this object to 400,000. j ; ! !
' The Chancellor obtained a grant
of 2,000,000. in exchequer bills, for
the purpose of carrying on h ? public
.works, (including the above sum jfor
Ireland) and to encourage, tiie fisheries;--
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On the 21st, the Catholid Peers'
Bill was rejected in the House jof
Lords by a majority of 42, a full
houebeing present. 1 " j !
The Bank of England, on the 20th
June, adopted, by a majority of one,
the resolution lowering the ratej of
discount and receiving bills iri futqr'e
at four per cent. This measure went
into immediate effect. Hie motives
for selecting this period, are stated to
be, that after June, the reduction! of
the interest on the navy, 5 per cents.
would : be completed, and as there
would. then remaiu no 5 per cent, goy-
ernment stock,
not with proprie
a Dinner rate coiuiu
i . i .
y be asked l fpr corn-
mercial discounts. The measure was,
however quite unexpected
Stock Exchange! and it was
at the
ihought
would have a sensible effect
on
the
funds; and foreign stocks.
A general issue of sovereigns was.
to take place at the Bank on the 24th,
to the amount. of 2000, if required, to !;
The price of Gold has fallen to 77 . v
Cd. the ounce," being 4jd below the- -niint
price a circumsstance that ha ;
not occured before since the year
179T . Price of New Dollars, June
21st, 4. 9d.; Standard Siiverin ban.
4. lid. v
In explaining the Navigation Bills,
Lord Liverpool said, they contain
ed a complete revision of the Naviga
tion Laws of the Kingdom. The-first
Bill repealed not much less than SOO
Acts of Parliament ; but not by any
sweeping clause, for every act is fair
ly cited ; and he tliought their repeal ' '
would have a most beneficial effect ori
Navigation. By this,, the merchants
would know what they could or could ' '
not do' by law. In these new mea-
sures they had not departed' from the
great principle of giving every pref-.
erence to Eoglish navigation ; butr
in doing so they must have a view to
the change of circumstances. It uas
also found necessary not to treat the
United States of America on the nar
row principle of : our old Navigation - 4
laws; that it was intended to place "
the ships and vessels of South Ameri
ca on tiie same footing as those of oth
er countries. The object of ttiese
la ws was, f o do a way v the . former re-:'. f
strictioiis on commerce, and to make '
thii coyjitry the entrepot of all Fo- '
reign f merchandize. This' 'was the
view, which had induced them to give
upa'all the narrow and contracted
views which formerly existed ; fblr all
increase of wealth and prosperity of
oder countries were increases of our.
own prosperity ; for that w ould ena
ble them to pay our manufactures for
their produce. : ;
The King of England purposes to
make a visit to Scotland, on the pro
rogation of Parliament, whichwusex
pected to take place tl?e latter part of
July. : ;. .. 1
The .subscribtionVto Mr.f Owen't
Experiment of mutual association and
co-operation, already exceeds 50,000.
: a KMi . ..I., -i , i- -. 1
- n win iw reguiaie ine iraue Dei ween
Upper and Lower Canada was bro't
into the House of Commons June
20th, by Mr. Wilmot. . ' ' '1
Letters from Algiers confirm the
distressing accounts which had previ
ously reached England by way of Ce-
noa, oi a piagueoy which Algiers had
been nearly desolated. They ''stale
that incalculable numberi of the in- .
habitants had already falleo victims to
this dreadful disease:' the survivors.
as many of them as possessed the
uieaus, nau snut themieives up in
their houses ; all busines was of course
at a stand, the streets were "deserted.'
ana a silent norror pervaded the whole
town. j.- . , : i. :
.Al. tea, the Envoy from the Re-"
public of Colombia, arrived in Lon-1 .
don on the 15th of June from Paris.
We understand the object of his visit
is to endeavor to induce the British '
Ministers to recognize the, Indepen-,
dence of Colombia, and .form a com-
mercial treaty with the Government! '
he represents. Courier, . ' . , ,V
I he French expenditures and wavs -
and means for 1822," afford onlv a sur- -
plus of a million and a half of dollars: ' ,
a small excess for a great r enipire; :
The Russian financei arejn an unfa- '
vorable state. . " "n ' . " ; t -. ' '
In the Castle of Iraii. in the valieV"
Salazar, isa proclamation, iin French.
in which that nation is called upon tbi
recover its constitutional r rights, and '
put young Napqleon on the throne."
It is stated in the Quatre General of '
S. Juan de Pie Puerto, and signed by C .
Adolfo Mabbar,! General in Chief of " T
the Independent Army Universal '
Gazette bf Madrid. ' j ;t : - -
'! London, June 22. ' '.
We'are sorry to find that the ac '
counts of the loss of the Jemima, on
her voyage from Alaracaybo toLiver-;
pool, is confirmed. Mrs. English, wid
ow of General English, of the Colom
bian service, who sailed passenger in
in the Jeminiay is arrived in London,,
having gone from Ackland's Island
(one of the Bahamas,) where the wreck
took place, to Crooked Island, audi
there obtained passage in the Mary
Ann, from Jamaica. The wreck of
the Jemima was complete, but about"
one third of the cargo was saved.
Affair of the Swallow letter
from Gibraltar of the 30th ult. statef,
that Mr. Douglass, the British Consul
at Tangier, in consequence of instruc
tions from Lord Bathurst, has applied
to the Emperor of Morocco to de
mand satisfaction for the affair ol the "j
Swallow, but that the Lmperor had
evaded the demand by declaring that
the rebellion which then exisfed in a
great part of his'doiuinions rendered
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