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ir- -ft fats-, i 1 : t a i: S 1 II s mi .r i : i .1 .ft .. k -. . . f a i - i - i-.-'j mm (From theNew York Morning Conner.) The Indon Quarterly Bene fcrjtauarj , contains- a long actich on the United .states, which, while t avour strongly of the Re views that hve from time to. time appeared in relation to tbU cnantry, tontauMaqme, pas Sages that approach nearer to impartiality than we hare beea in the habit of seeing from the) other side f the Atlantic. The article in queitron purports to be a re view of .' Lieut, the Hon. Fred.; Fitxgerald De Roos Travels in the U. S " and of a late work, entitled North America and the Uni ted States as they are." ' Both of these works are very .hast'ly dis patched, when the reviewer proceed to give his opinion of this country . The opinion en tertained of the Hon. Mr. De Roos may be gathered from the following extract : "Air. De Roos, in his dedication to the Lord High Admiral, tells his Royal Highness that ' many of the observa tions which his book contains, have re ference to the maritime interests of Great Britain and the United Stales.' j After reading this promise, we were somewhat disappointed with the "performance of the honourable lieutenant. In truth, it is but little that we have been able to glean from him on these points ; and we; must, therefore, have recourse to o- ' ther sources of information. " Of ' North America and the Un ited 3tates as they are," the following general remark is made : ' We must premise that this German work abounds in personality, and is, for the most part, offensively personal It those who hold, or have lately held, offi ces of state : and though the ! author knows something of America,' we pay very little deference to any of hisstate- fnfnts Oi opinions The remarks that follow, appear to be made without ay reference to either of the above to oks : ' ' ' ' " ' The United States of North Ame rica, looking al them 'as they are,' may be considered jas a progidy, to which we should in vain seek for any parallel in the history of nations an infant in years, a. tant in siz and strength, and in in tet ect an adult : ye( this precocious ado-lp-itetice is neither unnatural, nor even difficult to be accounted for.- The peo ple who first conceived the idea of plan tations in North America, were English men o! the highest and most enlightened characters', whose adventurous compa nions, under jthe fostering care of an anxious parent, afler the disasters ef a fe years, rose suddenly, like the dra- Waterlooy would have marched throogh North America ; but the world was raadv e lulled with war s tand, instead of the fame articles of consnmption, such products have scarcely any exchangeable value at home, ana any cnecK, inereiore, .k..nM;f?-nw ininries.tio their exDort trade, is f niore severely England had the magnanimity .to offeiffelt than In an old and full peopled coun the oIivebranch to, her.only. remaininetry. In v tngiana, tne lanu-uuMier, .or and feeble enemy . The consequence tcr Jobvtous rtasonsj is a gainer o war. that tho onvpmment was.i - It is the obvious policy of the gov. strengthened,; and the remote' esteriPernrg powers W fjcoootry like that we provinces more firmly united than ahey have been describing, to cultivate peace gon's teeth sown by Cadmus, into full grown mn ; not liowever armed, lik these,' wjth weapons for their own des truction, but with the strength, vigour, and intelligence of the parent state. Such a race of men weie well calculated to overcome jail difficulties; and many ana serious were the difficulties they had to conquer, before they obtained, from the ngntlul owners, possession of a coun trv, q''a n many respects, and supe rior in some, to that which sent them forth. . ,,..' . ' I. -f Taking the extent of territory com prehenjed within the United Provinces, ar.i) their dependencies, as stated by tle Americans tiiemUlves, it is in mean length 2500, nd in mean breadth 830 mi!s constituting an area of 2,706,416 square nines, or 1.328 896,000 acres ; oi, to coul?r it with an object of the saiqe kind, mijre generally known, it is equnl in surjacV nearly, to Europe. rfW natural features oi this stupendous tern had ever been with the eastern ana tna southern'' --- ,:: -c li - , i ne great impFovcwcuti "", rl now in progress, may be dated from this ovpnt xn hnnnurahl to h,n?lana. ana SO? advantageous to America. The new and pxtpmive lines of i communication now forming, and in parts completed, by means of roads and canals, hove opened intercourse rWtwppn'the eastern and thei western slates, which has tended morec Than any thing else to establish close; and friendly relations throughout thtl Pinion. In every part of this extensivel country, these kind of improvements are in progress. " The great western, or Erie canal, is unquestionably the most important of the many that have been contemplated since the conclusion of the war. It is an unl Vdertaking that reflects the highest credit on me cnierpriae ana puouc spirii ui nv state of New-York, which planned and executed it at its own proper expense which carried it on not only without the aid, but with every discouragement oil the part of the general government ; anc( which has the merit of having conducted this work under the guidance of native, engineers a work that, in many respects may vie with the first of a similar des-. cription in Euiope. This great waterj communication, which opens an interj course between the first commercial cit of the republic and Lake Erie, over a line of country five hundred and thirteen miles in extent,cannotfail to be a source of wealth and prosperity, not only to those who have supported the measure, but ' to very part ol the union through which if xe is carried. In tact, the advantage of such! ) m. h canal had at an early period been sq obvious, that the Americans, who, altho an adventurous people could only have been deterred from com roeiicing it lo'jg ago, by want of capital Several enlightened citizens, before even the time of Washington, had sugpeste the advantage of connecting the wester country by a water communication wit the Hudson: and Washington himel was strongly impressed vith the policy of and amity with all the world ; and this desire is al was strongly- protessed in t he messages of . the President. - In their di plomatic intercourse with European states, however-(we make the remark with much pain and regret,; they are generally prepared to start so many points of controversy, to put forward so manv unfounded claims and extravagant pretensions many of them so contrary to the established la w of nations their self iriterestis so predominating a feature, and pursued with so duch urgency and perseverance, without the least regard for mutual concession and mutual accm modation, that the word reciprocity would seem to be banished tiotn their diplomatic code. Under an affectation of humility and republican simplicity, no absolute monarchy can be, in point ot fact, more oslentatious and vain-glorious than the government of the U States,- A cold, calculating tone of arumenta tion marks all their official intercourse with foreign nations. Perhaps it would be deemed inconsistent with stern reput- tory, are on a scale or corresponuing grnhdeur. Imuietise plains, skirted by interminable Joresta mountains surpas sed only on the sister continent of South America- rivers of the first magnitude Stt niching theit innumerable branches in all directions,! imparting luxuriant ver rjute to the valievs through which they fl4,w' Isikes that are, in fact, mighty seas of fresh water-i make up the outline oi tins Joianifir.eut country. The soil, ot course, is found in every variety of qua lity,! and the extremes of the. lati'uoe shovr" hat theiclimate is calculated for. tht products of ihe torrid, as well as those ot the temperate region. Tiat the cli mate, in many places, is not congenial with only state such the human constitution, can arise rom the uncleared and undrained of the lands in . those parts ; and partial evil will necessarily decrease with the increasing density of , the pppu lation. In the following extract, the reviewer ap pears to har Jo t siht of the candour that prompted the p-.TCeding remarks. He must have forgotten the number of General Packen h a ill's troops and their fate, as also the re cepuoo which a por ton of the Waterloo troops met with on the uorthern frontier : A republican dominion of this ex tent, to say nothing of the mixed char acter of those, who compose it, is an ana moly in the history of governments ; its mere existence, being so contrary to a IT elder experience, its peimanency, as an united governmentfor any great length of time, has become a matter f ir specu lation, and is considered by many as ex ceedingly doubtful. The confederacy; it is well known; was on the very yerg of being dissolved, when, at the conclu sion of the late genera! war, from a ge nerous feeling, and we must say, an be; . rojc spirit of ; forgiveness,; 'England held out, favourable terms of peace ; what England might at that time have done ... most v justly,; she could have done, with all j imaginable ease namely crushed - ihe whole .fabric off the federal govern; ment, already' tottering through the" dis- aflction of the eastern stares. 1 eh tatmsaad of the men that had tought at rf m going still tu;ther, and opening a com municatiori by water between the Polo mac and the Ohio, fie saw the danger inar was itKeiy to arise irom tne spreaa of the people to the westward, if the lepublic were left without1 the means of establishing a close and ready intimacy between the western establishments' and .he old eastern states : he thought U very likely that the former, from their posii' tion, might be disposed to throw theaii selves, on the one hand, irito - the arms of the British in Canada, and establish aj commercial intercourse, which would give; them the navigation of the-St. Lawrence or else, rn the other handr form a con nexion with Spain, in order to enjoy the fret navigation of the Mississippi.. j . " The water communication opened! by the great western canal, will raise the prosperity ol New-York far above that; of any state in the Union, and in propor-4 tion will depress that ot Virginia, which so long held the lead, and out. of whose! tobacco hogsheads so many republican sovereigns and senators have sprung. Other states have now discovered th.tt they can grow tobacco as well as Virgi nia, and her four hundred thousand slaves, nearly the half of her population, are become little better than a dead weight upon her ' The improvement and extension ot the public roads, are keeping pace with, and are not inferior in utility to these magnificent, exertions in the department of canals. From every great town, well made Macadimized roads branch out in every direction. In Pennsylvania alone, it is said that there are not less than two thousand miles of good turnpike road. In Virginia, they have a regular board of works, which superintends the construc tions of roads, canals and' bridges. From Baltimore, turnpike roads .lead to every part of the republic ; and an iron rail-road is constructing from that city to the Oh io. In short, by means uf ca rials and roads, the internal commerce of the United States, has of late years re ceived, and is continuing to receive, fa cijities, which will add to the Unit n a "de gree' of strength & consistency that would by no other means have been imparted. By means of those facilities, her exports in the year 1825, the growth, produce and manufacture of the United State, a mounted to 66,944.745 dollars ; and i hose of foreign cotin tries, to 35,290.643 dollars ;; making a tofal of 99,533,388 dollHrsi--a branch of commerce which, iii 1814, when 'the States ' were at war with; England was reduced to ; the low ebb of 627,441; dollars j a degree ol diminution which ought to weigh weli ith the Americans,; before they again rush into a war with Great Britain. The American land-holders, who are' nine tentjis bf the nation, have no rents but w hat they derive; from foreign countries' ; I here are rio, such t hings among them as farms let but on lease . f6V money-rents : it follows, that where ,solarge a portion of the community is employ ed ia raising lican independence," Were th Presideixt or his Ambassador guilty of any of those little acts of courtesy and mutual civility which subsists in the diplomatic intt course between the organs of the mo nat chical governments of Europe. " England, more than any other pow er, has experie'irrd this frigid and exact ing temper on the part of the U. States, even since that precious treaty of Ghent, which gave to them all thai they asknd and much more than they .had any righ to expect. Not contented with this, the republic has since put forth claims ol the most unreasonaole nature ; anu in int- discussions that have taken place, evin ced a litigious disposition on points that can scarcelv fail, sooner or later, to britif. the two nations into collision : we maij; such points as Great Britain never can concede, and which can have no olhe object, if persevered id, than to serve a .so many pretexts to join the enemy a gainst us, in jany future war, as she did in the last. The following are a lew a mong the many subjects to which we al lude : 1. A new code of maritime law. 2. The settlement of a boundary line. 3. I he claim to the Columbia river. 4. The free and uninterrupted navi gallon of the St. Lawrence. SKETCHES OF PERSIA, 1828. New-York : sold by E. Bliss, 128 Broadway. Of late, Persia has become a country towards which we look with interest and expectation. She ha- slept her long sleep of obscurity and insignificance while the light of prosperity and power has shone upon regions that were rude wastes when the throne of Cambvses was the proudest of the East. A happy diy seems to be dawning once more upon Persia, and the Prince Abbas Miiza ap pears to be the agent appointed by des tiny, to raise his country to a respectable rann amongst, ine nations, ins armies have lately: dared to cope with those ol the Czar, and j although worsted in the contest, the. mere fact of Persians pre suming to compete with Russia, shows a revival of spirit which augurs the hap piest consequences.;- - The Sketches of Persia" form an amusing and entertaining volume they present a pleasing picture of the peculiar manners and customs of the country, some of which are curious enoughs The Persians are a very formal and ceremo nious set particularly theirc nobles, who are complete Sir Charles Graridisons of the East. One of our Kentucky-men would make sad work amongst- them, and create more commotion in half an hour than be could ally in half a century. We should tike to see a thorough-going ; Kentucky hunter taking his coffee w:th a Persian grandee. If the latter receives a visitor of superior rank he presents him $with coffee & a pipe, without presuming to partake until commanded ; if an equal, he exchanges pipes, presents a cup, and jtakes the next himself; if an inferior, he lets him smoke his own -m pipe, takes the first cup himself, and then a servant presents one to the guest.' A Persian nobleman would have his heart broken in six hours,, if he were travelling in some parts of bur own good state of .New- York, where the landlord makes it a point to moisten his clay with the first pull at the glass of punch called for by the traveller. - . '. - The equanimity of , the Persian de upon coffee and pipes t Gentle, tefinedrand civilized reader, be not in too great haste to laugh at the childishness of the descendants of the warlike Cyrus : pray how stands the case with regard to your.oivn equinimity ? Are ybii not dis composed, if you receive a careless nod from a man to whom you have raised your hat most respectfully ? Do you not get into a passion, if the left hand of an acquaintance is advanced to grasp your extended -right band r ;.-. iN ay more, do you not grumble lor a week, if you shake hands with a man who is too lazy to pull off .hist glove ? j ! If y ou be disposed to Taogh at the coffee a pipes of the Pf sian, ; think of the influence w hich fur and leather exert over your feelings, anjd keep your mouth shut.c In some .parts ofxA frica onecolored gentleman salutes another by snapping his thumb and fore finger at him the polished hite roan laughs at so lodicrus a iashion ; might not CuflVe, with equal propriety, show tys ivory, when he sees the white man touch his hat by way of salutation ? :-. ; In Europe, all persons, male and fe male, must walk backwards out of the presence of royally a ceremony which sometimes occasions mishaps. A young lady turned a somerset some few years ago in the presence of he majesty and nobility of England, and the maiquis of Angle-tea's horse (at the coronation of George 4th j showed his decided opinitn that it was inconsistent with " the invars ble rule of right and the everlasting fit ness of thini's'' for a gallant ar-steed to back out, even from the Royal presence. At the Persian Court,- the nobles show their respect tor theirj monarch, byiot preurtiing to touch ihe sacred carpet ,onr which his imperial botiv is seatea. in Europe,' the subject falls into raptures on being permitted to kiss the kings hand rn Persia, the subject is highly favored by the permission to, put his toe on the royal : carpet. The Persian custom has our decided preference we should have no objection to kissing the hand of a queen, or a princess, but we. would rather be excused from paying the sam respect o king or president, even to old Hickory himself. ; i 7 he Ne v York Post of Wednesday says: "In the packet ship Birmingham, which sailed yesrerday for Liverpool, Mr Sparks the able and lenrned Editor of the North American Review, was a p ssenger. The object of Mr. Sparks in visiting Europe, is, &e understand, to collect certain papers and consult cer ain documents supposed to be of great interest and importance, either illustra tive of the life and character of Wash ington, or otherwise connected with the History of the United States. Some val uable documents relative to the history of ur country, immediately before the re volution, are expected to be found among he papers of those official persons who owed their appointment to the British government, and who retired to that country at an early part of the struggle The correspondence ) of ther British Generals may, also be expected to throw light upon thej history of the revolution nry war, and upon the movements of our own armies. Mr. Sparks, we under stand, intends to pass over to France be-, fore his return, for the sakje of collecting such historical materials as may be ob tained in that country, and to devote himself without intermission to the ob ject of his voyage until his return! Im portant and valuable results may be ex pected from his labors." The ship Maria, whose arrival we an nounce this day, from the Pacific Ocean is probably the oldest vessel now employ ed in the whaling business. She was built at Pembroke, in this state, during the revolutionary war, and was intended for a privateer, but was purchased by the venerable William Rujlch, of this town, for a more Pacific purpose, by whom she was transferred to Mrl Samuel Rodmarl, the present owner. Hpr register is dated 1732. She has performed four voyages to London, three to the coast of Brazil, one to the Indian' Ocean, one to the Faulkland Islands, and fifteen' to the Pacific Ocean. She has doubled Cape Horn thirty times, and(the Cape of Good Hope twice, and has never met with an hccident of sufficient importance to jus tify a call on those by whom "she was insured. She was the, first vessel which displayed the American stars and stripe 8 in the port of London. Al though she has been delivering her ow ners rich cargoes for 46; years, she is still a substantial vessel, and may yet deliver many more. . Bedford Courier Hints to Gourmands.' Of the cause of indigestion, the most numerous by far is over-feeding and although I have already said enough, and more than enough, perhaps, to convince the rea der that 1 am no convert to, or partizan of, those principles of f ditetic severity which have recently fallen . into vogue, which demand that " the scales shall re guhtte the quantity of ingesta, and which hold that even moderately to satisfv the calls of apetite is Jo open the flood gates of disease upon our devoted frame." I do not think that the habits. of mankind are, for the most part, beyond the just maximum in point of quantity of aliment; and I feel fully assured, that the dys peptic can never expect. to gain relief from his uneasy feelings by any medical course, until he rigidly and steadily ad heres to the great satiety, or conscious sensation, to which I have already had occasion more than once to advert. He must ribt took into books of diet, and try to compound with his inclinations by se lecting those materials which are said to be the least injurious just as the reli gionist of fear, and forms and ceremonies, places so many prayers and v so much fasting against certain quantum or kind of sin ;.hut he must set resolutely and radically to the work ot reformation; and obey the dictates of his " conscious sen-, satoo,,, ia the same tpiru that ihe relii gtou end conttsteht moralist listens to the dictates of N principle and . complies with the demands of conscience. . ;.(. .. i i v was ; luuigoucju, ' v,; - ' ' ' '' ' - ' ' f Mr. Nathaniel Warston of Maine, has published Miss Sabrina3 Bastor for jil ting him in consequence of receiving I overt ures from a young gentleman, who, sne naa reason io orncvc, jnwu more of the " one thino NEpruL.,f He sy u a few weeks since, unknown to mf, she received an offer from a young man, who had a little more cash than I could command, and on my arrival, I found that he, or his cash had, supplanted me in her affections I - I warn all young men against being caught in such an evil net; congratulating mysejl however, cq thus escaping, - with a little mortification, and the loss of a few days' time, the mat. rrmonial bands with, which I should toon have been, bound by the perfidious COQUET. '' J JWLJ Craeu Covui 3ockc Cub RACES. V ON Thursday, ihe 1st of May nest, the Cra ven County Jockey Club Races will com mence over thir course, in three miles of IS ew bern, and continue tliree days. Thuiday, trie first dayr race, will be tw mile heaU for u Jockey Clutr purse of $'126,' free for any horse, mare, or gefding. . j- Friday, the second day V race, will be one mile boats for a Jocky Club purse of $100, fref for any horse, mare, or gliding, except the winning horse of the first day's race. . Saturday, the third day's race, will be one mile heats for the proprietors purse of $100,, free for any horse, mare, or gelding, excej t he mn.i.iig iivt v- vi uiv ui i bum rvviiu uuy races. ' We anticipate that our races will be- more than usually interesting, as a number of fine horses from other countici are expected at tbe race. JOHN GrLDERSLIEVE, Stcrctarf. April 12, 1828 '24 25. THE Copartnership heretofore existing- un der the firm of E. 3. 8EllL U M0ROA, was this day dissolred by mutual consent. . Te business will in future be transacted by tbe sub. scribes, who request all er5os having claims against Uie late firm, to present them to him for settlement. ELIJAH S. BELL. Fort-Maeon, March 27, 1828 '24 '27. STOIEW OR escaped from the stable of Mrs. Con-, ner, it Trenton, on the night of the 20th March last, ray horse Red Buck, tie is about 12 years' old, !& hands high, well made, bright orrel, blHsn in the face, thin main and tut goo J and quick actioiw I will liberally rewnrd any person that wdl take up said horse so th&i I get him. : r N. L, MITCHELL. Onslow co. April 5 1823 24. 'Oy. iiobvtiCnmww Bond, H AVING located himself in Newbern resi pectfullyJdTers his professional services to tlic inhalants of tbe tovn ar.d the adjacent country. He may be found at Mrs. Harf boarding house. , April J2, 1828-7'24. PRICES CURRENT. i j j Newbern, April 12, 1828. Articles. Per D. t;. Bacon, lb. 6 Seef, 4 Butter, 12 Bees War, 28 Bread Nary 100 Ibg. 3 25 Pilot 4 5(J Crackers 100 lbs. 6 ft) Brandy. French, . gall. 1 60 Apple, Peach, Corn, bbl. ' Cotton, 100 lb. Coffee, lb. i Cordage, 100 lb. Candles, lb. Flour; bbl j Flaxseed, bush Feathers, lb ' Gin, Holland, gall. Country, Glass 10 by 12, 50 ft 8 by 10 Iron Pig, lb nono country, Br, Russia, Swedes, Nail Rods,. t Castings; . Lumber Ftooring - M ft Inch Boards, Squure Timber, L Pine Scantling, Shingle, 22 iucli, IGOO, Staves, w . hhd, do, red oak do. do', white oak, ' bhr 1 Heading, w' o.hhd Lard, lb Lead, bar, cwt white, dry, ground in oil, Leather, soal lb upper, Meal, bush Molasses gall Oil, Castor, bottle, Linseed, i gU ' 1 Fish, - . , Naral Storei,1 Tar, bbl Pitch, i Rosin, j Turpentine, Spirits do. rall Pork, carjro bbl Mess Peas; black eyed bush Rice, cwt I 1 Rum, Jamaica gall ..WI. ., ' American( L Salt, T, I bush . Fine ! Sugar, Loaf lb ; .-. "! ; ' . Lump . Brown .100 lb Havana, White none I Steel Blistered, Ibj . 10 . German, i . ' : 18 Tallow, ' ; . 10 Wine. Madeira gall 3 i Tenerifld V 1 60 Sherry , " JJ 40 75 1 75 8 18 14 15 6 60 to 35 1 Q0 45 6 C0 3 60 00 00 6 6 6 7 5 14 00 12 18 00 8 00 1 25 16 00 8 - . 7 00 12 Ott 7 10 00 16 00 16 00 20 2 00 60 29 1 00 1 30 75 1 00 1 4K) 1 40 40 , 10 00 13 60 3 90 1 85 40 65 23 18 0 I), vi. 7 IS 3 25 4 50 6 50 1 75 1 50 2 W 15 80 4J 1 25 50 4 50' oo ou" 8 15 00 20 00 10 00 4 Fft 18 00 10 2a oo 8 00 17 00 27 3 00 fi , 32 1 26 60 1 00 1 26 i ' , 14 . 76 3 25 i 00 90 45 23 20 10 12 3 7 1 6 9 10 'i
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