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THE STATE CAPITOL.
. - From the Releigb Register.-
Laying the Corner Stone of the new Capi-j0.-Pursuant
to previous notice, this impo
sing ceremony took place onThursday morn
ing last. At 9 o'clock, a very numerous Pro
cession was formed in front of the Govern
ment House, in the order heretofore published
in this paper, and moved under the escort of
the City Guards to the Capitol Square ; on
reaching which, it proceeded in inverted order
to a temporary platform erected near the
Corner Stone.
The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
the Slate, Dr. Simmons J. Baker, then ad
dressed the assembled people, in substance as
follows:
Brethren and Fellow Citizens :
In conformity to long established usage,
audthe special invitation of the Honorable Commis
sioners appointed to rebuild the Capitol, we are this
day assembled to assist in laying the Corner Stone
of an Edifice, calculated to do honor to the State,
and devoted to the most noble purposes in civil estab-
nsnments uie seat ot legislation in a free fotate.
Masons have at all times, been equally ready to aid
in the erection of Temples dedicated to the living
God, and of those, in which the interests ot man alone
are consulted. They are no respecters of persons or
sects, but speak a language universal and bounded
only by the ends pf tbeEarth.
Taught alike by the principles of their order, at
all times and upon all occasions, to acknowledge
their dependence upon God, they should especially
seek hif favor and commit themselves to his direc
tion, when commencing any great or important
work. Let us therefore humbly and devoutly implore
his blessing on the transactions of this day, and hi3
guardian and merciful care over those who are, or
who may be engaged in building this House. For
it is truly said, unless the Lord build the House,
they labour in vain who build it.
Here followed an appropriate Prayer by the
lie v. William Hooper, after which the Stone
was laid in due form by the Grand Master.
The Buildiig Committee then, through their
organ Judge Seawell, presented to His Excel
lency, Gov. bwain, to be deposited in the
Corner Stone, a variety "of articles, which are
enumerated below, upon the delivery of which,
he addressed him to the following effect :
David L. Swain,
Governor of the State of North Carolina :
In the name of the Commissioners
appointed to rebuild the Capitol of the State of North
Carolina, I present to your Excellency, as the Chief
Magistrate of the State, this plate, together with the
Declaration of. Independence, v the North Carolina
Declaration of Independence, ?he Journal of her Con
gress of 1776, and some specimens of coin, to be de
posited within the Corner Sloue just now laid.
On an occasion so interesting, as that of lavincr
the foundation of an Edifice destined to be the Capi
tol of a free State, and built of a material almost im
perishable; the building in which the Legislature of
mture ages i3 to assemble, when those who now live
shall repose in death the Commissioners have felt it
proper, to endeavour, by some device calculated to
resist the ravages of time, to transmit to such of dis
tant posterity as may be in life when this building
shall be in ruins, a portion at least, ot their country's
history. In selecting the time, none wa3 thought so
Jit, as this day. On this day more than half a cen
tury ago, the great master workmen, allot' whom
now sleep in death, laid the Corner Stone of our
country's freedom. On the anniversary of that day,
we, their children, now assemble to assist in rearing
a Temple, within whose Halls, the great principles
of liberty, consecrated by their lives, are to be discus
sed and maintained. May this Tablet and the ac
companying memorials, remain within the narrow
cell, into which your Excellency is about to deposit
them, secure from the hand of violence and civil
strife; and within those walls which are soon to
. iiide them from the light of Heaven, may no voice
be heard but that of civil liberty !
To this Address, Governor Swain responded
as follows:
'Mr. Chairman,
The numerous and respectable assem
blage of citizens from every section of the State,
who have come to give additional interest to the im
posing ceremonies of this day, will, I trust, have am
ple reasons to cherish their recollection with pride
and pleasure. Of one thing I am certain. They
will return to their homes under the gratifying con
viction, that the Legislative liberalitv, which com
manded this edihce to arise m the simple grandeur
which is to characterize the structure, is worthy of
the State ; and that it will be hailed bv posterity as
a proud specimen of the taste and public spirit of
sheir fathers. To you Sir, and your colleagues, it
will in after days be a source of high gratification,
that you have carried into effect in their true spirit,
the munificent intention? and instructions of the Le
gislature, and I thiuk I may venture now, in behalf
of this intelligent assembly, to applaud your course,
and assure you of continued confidence and support.
. I might close my remarks here, Sir, but I should
repress feelings, which I am certain pervade every
bosom, and in mine, struggle for expression. This
day is the national jubilee. That repository, is now
10 receive for future ages, illustrious memorials of the
events, which made it such, the first effort of the peo
ple to achieve their independence; the first leisla-
. live declaration of the rights of man. I will not in
vade the province of the Orator of the day by dwel
ling upon -this topic, or assume the grateful" task of
awarding to our Sister States the high meed of praise,
riue to their great sacrifices and glorious struggles
mi the cause of our country. They were ourlrue,
brave, and faithful and devoted younger Sisters, in
the great strife for liberty.
Impressed with these "truths, Mr. Chairman the
Legislature, with commendable pride, a!nd with a pi
ous regard h-r the memory of their fathers, have pro
vided for the authentication and ' perpetuation of
these records, and you and your colleagues have,
with evident propriety selected this day, tor the per
iormance ol the sacred trust. What an incentive to
the Statesmen of our Country in all future times,
do such memorials afford, to attempt something wor
thy of themselves and their Sires? Their fathers
secured for them the eniovment of rational liberty
Will they not transmit their privileges unimpaired to
posterity f Their lathers laid the foundation ol luture
greatness and will not their children enlarge, im
prove, complete the noble structure ? I trust, we do
Za ura? "w.much, when we answer, confidently
Ion ofrCo;- rue 'onerselt, Md her sons emu
wHflfeLSlory.iliatthe listlcssnets with
drib E. have been surroun
ctrnnnno. er citzans will raake
a
rcatodevelopoher
That this ma v h ti" ,Pemy
. voke upon our efforts the hUcL.!1 earnestly in-
Being, without whose aid, all th "ii Almighty
.vain, and in whose hands are the4 n- Vman.are
na WlTM of Individuals. 6 nations
, Mr.. .William 1 S. Drum?hond, Snn.n
. dant of thef building was'then presented by the
Grand Maslertvyth certain working tools, ac
companied by the following remarks;
Mr. Drummond,Siiperintendant
and Chief Aixhitect :
It is with great satisfaction J
deliyer to you these implements of your profession,
as well as symbols of ou r Order. The high reputation
you have already acquired the honor and great re
sponsibility attached to the station you occupy, are
sure pledges of your fidelity and diligence in the ap-
Plication oi them. 1 hev iorm a Delect stanaaru uy
the aid of whieh you will at all times be enabled to
test the correctness of vour work and to discover any
errors which may be crept into it. I feel assured you
will discountenance and put down all contention a
mong the craftsmenorder and harmony combined
being the strength as well as cement of all Societies.
We hope your work vill be speedily and honorably
completed, and that at last you will receive the re
ward of all good, true, and faithful workmen, from
the Grand Master Builder of the Universe.
To this Address Mr. Drummond, made the
following reply:
Right Worshipful Sir :
I accept with great satisfaction the
implements of my profession which you have been
pleased to present me and assure you that all my
care and diligence shall ' be employed in the use of
them : So that the whole building may be faithfully
and substantially formed, and speedily finished.
The following articles were enveloped in one pac
kage, covered with wax, and placed in a leaden box,
which was deposited in the Comer Stonp, viz: A
printed Copy of the Journal of the proceedings of the
Provincial. Congress of North-Carolina, held at Hali
fax on the 4th April, 177b. A printed Copy of the
Declaration of Independence by the Citizens of Meck
lenburg County, on the 20th May 1775, with accom
panying Documents and the proceedings of the Cum
berland Association. The Declaration of Indepen
dence of the United States with fac simile signatures.
A pamphlet containing the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and of the State of Xorth-Carolina, and
the Rules of Order of the Senate and House of Com
mons of North-Carolina. A neat copy of the Holy
Bible. Also, a variety: of Com, and one copy ol each
Newspaper printed in the State. There was like
wise deposited a Silver Plate, bearing an appropriate
inscription one side in English the reverse in La
tin. On this Plate, were engraved the names of the
Commissioners of the building, the Officers of .'tate,
the Speakers of the two Legislative branches, ccc. &c.
The close of the ceremony was announced by the
discharge of Cannon, j
From the London Observer.
Commercial Resources of China.
The first English ships reached China in the year
1634; and at length in 1834, the trade will be throsvn
open. The commerce of the most numerous, the
most industrious, and the richest people in Asia, will
therefore have been bound in the fetters of Monopoly
for exactly two centuries, in so far as England
is concerned. How singular, that the greatest com
mercial nation in the world, and the nation which af
ter all best understands the true principles of com
mercial policy, should be the last to abandon such
prodigious a nuisance as the China monopoly ! It
would be impossible to form an exact estimate of the
evils and losses which the country has sustained from
our perseverance in this folly : but the reader may
arrive at a tolerable notion of it, by considering, that
in the fifty years which have elapsed since the com
mutation Act, the people of this country will have
paid to the East India company, for the single arti
cle of tea, beyond what the tea might have been had
for in a free market, a sum equal, with simple inter
est to at least a hundred millions sterling, or what
would have paid one eight part of the National Debt.
During the same time without reckoning interest,
the pople have paid as taxes to the Crown, on this
department of commerce, about 120 millions ster
ling. So much for the follies of the past. Let us now
see if our future prospects offer any thing brighter.
This will be best done by submitting to the reader
a rapid view of the commercial resources of China ;
which we shall be . enabled to do from sources
more recent and authentic than are to be found
embodied in a popular form, in any single publi
cation. China Proper, exclusive of its Colonies, conquest,
and tributaries, contains an area of 1,32,4d0 miles,
and embraces a territory extending from the 2Sth to
the 40th degree; the great commercial emporium
of Canton being in the same climate as Calcutta, and
the capital, Pekin, in the same as Madrid. China
contains two great rivers, nearly equal to some of
the most magnificent rivers of the New World ; and
ten not inferior in magnitude to the Loire, the Rhine,
and the Elbe. Most ot these rivers are connected
by numerous artificial navigable canals ; among
which the most remarkable is the great Imperial Ca -
.... . ?
nal. which has a course of GOO league?, and verv
nearlv connects Canton in the 23 I decree of latitude
with Pekin in the 40th.
The numbers of the Chinese have long been a sub-
ect of doubtful speculation. ; The question may now
be considered as set at rest,' by the publication, in
825, ofa census taken bv Imperial authority, in 1813.
The practice of numbering the people has always ob
tained in China, either for fiscal or police purposes ;
but in consequence ofa capitation-tax previous to the
year 1709, the people were tempted to withold their
names ; and hence the small number exhibited in all
our earlier statements. By a census taken in 1792,
the population was found to amount to 307,467,200 ;
and by the census of 1813, to 367 821,647; showing
an increase in i .venty years cf about 20 per
cent.
This is not mnch more than two-thirds of the rate of
increase in Great Britain during the last period of
the same length ; a fact which tends to show, what
had olten been suspected, that population in China,
although not stationary, increases but slowly. The
population thus described is distributed over eighteen
provinces of which China is composed, m the manner
exhibited in the following table.
Provincial Population.
Provinces. Capital Cities. Area. ,
Latitude N. Stat.miles. Total. PcrM.
rechely, 40
Kianmian. (2 divisions ?.3
59,700
85,000
72,000
57,150
37,200
163,300
C2,000
56,800
03,500
167,700
175.G00
07,100
87,300
131,400
51,200
27,990,871
72,011,56a
30,426,999
14,777,410
26,256'7S4
46,022,605
23,037,171
28,958,764
14,004,210
25,562,131
21,435,673
19,174,030
7,313,395
5,561,320
5,288,219
463
347
422
Kiansi.- oq
Fokien, 26
253
705
273
371
510
220
152
122
197
83
42
103
Chekian,
30
31
35
33
34
31
23
25
25
Houkonan, (2 divisions)
Honan,
Shantonrr,
Shansi,
Slensi, (2 divisions)
Scehuen,
Canton,
Kouansi,
Yunnan,
Kweiehcw,
1'72'450 367,821,647 263
The population oi China Proper, or the population
of the proper Chinese race, amounted, 20 years a cm.
to 367,821,647; which, enormous as it appears, gives
for the area of the country no more than 268 to the
square mile, a density not equal to that of our own
country, or of serveral other countries of Europe.
The reader, by casting his eye over the table, and
comparing it with the map, will see how this im
mense mass of human beings is distributed ; aud
hence will be able to speculate what portions ol th
country are likely to afford the greatest commercial
rpcmiTVPc Th mrrct dpnselv-neopled Drovmc'.'S are
those of the East, and Ivinff either upon the sea
S coast and abounding in harbors, or situated m tne
great alluvial plains of the principal riyers. All the
great rivers of China cunning from west to east, t
follows that the Western portions
China are for
the most part Hilly ; consequently barren, and in
most cases uniuy peupieu. yne great province, ;
bordering upon the country of the Birmans, Ton-I
quinese, and Siamese, has so lojw a rate of population i
11 .1
as 42 to the square mile. Lying towards this quar- i
ter, even the province of Canton, best known to Eu
ropeans, and supposed by them to be so populous,
is found, on account of its mountains and sterile
character, to contain less than 200 inhabitants to the
square mile; a ratio much inferior to that of the
British possessions in Bengal.;
But the population of the Chinese empire now
given is that of China Proper only. In Tartary and
other dependencies, therejs a further population,
which is estimated at 2,203654, making the total,
in round numbers, 370,000,000.
The vast country occupied by the Chinese race has
been subject to a single government for a period not
propably short of thirty ages i in itself an evidence
of early civilization, for none but a people to some ex
tent civilized could, considering their vast numbers,
have been so long held together. In this long period
they have been only twice conquered by strangers,
once in the thirteenth century!, and once in the six
teenth. But the Tartar invasions amounted rather
to changes of dynasty than conquests such as the
Northern nations made in other parts of Asia and in
Europe. The invaders yielded to the laws and lan
guage of the conquered, and became amalgamated
withthem. The government and civil institutions
generally ol the Chinese have, in point of skill and
practical utility, a vast superiority over those of all
other countries in the East ; as might, indeed, be in
ferred from the superior wealth and industry of
the people, whom they have i protected from foreign
aggressions and domestic anarchy. The Chinese
enjoy a decent share of security for their persons and
for their property. Hence they are more numerous,
more industrious, more ingenious, more comforta
ble, and more sensible than any oilier Asiatic peo
ple. They are by far the best agriculturists, the
best mechanics, and the best merchants in the East.
Even in physical strength they have b superiority:
a Chinese mechanic has twice the strength and ten
times the ingenuity of a Hindoo; and in the native
country of the latter in fair competition with him, he
will earn four times the wages.
In China the principle on which the taxes are im
posed is fixed determined well known. The
land, of course, is private property. The amount of
the taxes levied in money, is ten millions sterling,
and the value of those levied in kind, is about two
millions; making the whole about twelve millions
sterling, which is under eight pence per head. This
is not the lchole amount of Chinese taxation ; it is
only what is remitted to the Imperial treasury, after
deducting many local and provincial charges. There
is no question, however, but that the rate of taxation
is small ; and this fact, together with its defined
character, will go far to account for the wealth and
prosperity ol the Chinese in! comparison with other
Asiatics.
Such are the people with between three and four
hundred millions of whom we are at this time twel ve
months to open the commerce. ,
Let us nexf see what are the principal objects
which the industry of this remarkable people has
produced, either to minister to their own comforts or
tor foreign exportation. Of minerals, China affords
marble, rock-salt, fossil-alkali, saltpetre, native cin
nabar, and mineral coal ; and of the metals, iron, cop
per, tin, zinc, lead, quicksilver, silver, and gold;
mines of all of which are wrought, generally in the
Northern and Western provinces, but the produce in
all of the them is inadequateto thedemand, and hence
every one cf the metals now enumerated is at the
present moment imported in considerable quantities
either from America or Europe. Of the products of
agriculture, the most remarkable are, wheat tor the
Northern provinces, rice for the Southern, with maize
and millets lor the hills, cotton and silk for the rich
plains of the Eastern provinces, and tea for the hilly
portions of almost every province in China, but par
ticularly for the maritime provinces lying between
the 25th and 35th degrees of North latitude. The
price of corn in China is twice as great as in the under-peopled
countries to the west of it, including even
British India. The Chinese have no corn-laws : on
the contrary, they welcome every one who brings
corn tb their ports, as friends, and there is neither
duty on the cargo nor pnrt-chares on the ship. As
to teal every province in China produces it for its own
I local Consumption, as every country
oi the south ol
i Europe produces a vin die pays for its own use; but
it is only in three or four provinces, and the parallel
holds true with the vine, that tea of a superior qua
lity is produced, fit for exportation. Twenty yean?
ago, the tea exported from China was confined to two
provinces. As the demand has been increased, it has
now extended to four, and should that demand rise
: stul further, it may be extended to a dozen provinces,
! for it is the produce of steep hills, which cannot be
t.i. .i . f i j j.i
applied to tne proaucqon oi oreau-corn, ana mese
i steep hills abound every where. When tea began
I to be consumed to any extent in Europe, in the be-
'pinning of the eighteenth century, the total exports
i from China did not probably exceed in weight half a
j million of pounds, b llty years ago, the total export
from China to all Europe and America was short of
twenty millions of pounds. the total export at
present, by sea and land, to Europe and America, is
certainly not short of fifty millions of pounds, be
ing an increase of 150 per cent, in half a century.
The soil and industry of China, then, produce fifty
millions of pounds weight of tea which had no exist
ence one hundred and thirty years ago. This quan-
; tity is worth, to the Chinese, three millions sterling!
and the tacts
show how valuable the commerce of the
i European nations must already be to a portion of the
Chinese people; and how readily such a country
would meet the demand were our consumption of tea
even as much as five pounds weight a head, instead
of bein g, as it is, short of twenty ounces.
The Chinese have been; misrepresented as hating
commerce and holding it in contempt. This was the
romancing of East India Directors ; and the silly people
of this countrytwere so credulous as to believe them for
whole centuries together. The Chinese Government,
jealous of strangers, because essentially a weak one,
was necessarily distrustful iof foreign commerce. But
the Chinese people themselves are eminently a commer
cial people; and, indeed, to; argue that one of the most
industrious nations in the world should hold the ex-
change of commodities in contempt, would be a con-
tradiction in terms. The niodest Company have insist
ed, in the same strain of logic which they used twenty
years ago in respect to India, that it was impossible to
augmem we commerce 01 lingianu wiui wuna. it, in- , i.e carter ; we naw also tne names ol alt the Provin
deed, they had said " We the monopolists, not only j cial Governors and ;hief Officers, with the amount of
cannot increase our commerce with China, but we can- ! their respective salaries, without perquisites however
not. even prevent 11 ironi reiroiauiiig, mcy woum nave
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announced a truth worthy of all acceptation. In eigh
teen hundred and thirteen and fourteen, the export and
import trade of the li.ast India Co. with China, both in
its Indian and European branches, amounted to upwards
of thirteen millions and a half of dollars ; in 1830-31, it
had fallen off to twelve millions of dollars. The trade
of British India with China, in the first-named of these
years considerably exceeded twenty-one millions of dol
lar an increase of about 250 per cent, in sixteen
years! This was the damning fact with which Mr.
Grant very skilfully and fairly knocked on the head tho
sophistry of the East India , Directors. In 1313-1-1, the
total amount of tonnage (belonging to European and
American nations carrying on the China trade, may be
taken at thirty-five thousand tons, and the total value of
the exDorts and imnnrts at five millions sterling. At
present the tonnage is not under ninety taousand, and
. 1 , . . 1
in mnnH . ' ca.. J:n: w.
have ' quantity of s'liDinff .nearlv trebled, and the
value of the merchandize altogether trebled, in the short
perwuo SecnuenearS4:; t -
Formerly, there used to be a constant, export of sil-
ver bullion to China, but within the last few vearsiit has
been as constantly exported thence. In the last two
years ending in March 1831, the gold and silver bullion
exported from China amounted to 11,425,496 Spanish
dollars, or neany two minions ana a hah sterling.
The most remarkable proof of the passion of the
Chinese for trade, and of the skill of Englishmen in
gratifying it, is afforded by the history and progress of
the trade in Opium. This indeed is one of the most re
markable circumstances in the general history of com
merce itself. Opium is a monopoly under the govern
ment of the East India Company, and a prohibited ar
ticle in China. The entire commerce, in so far as the
Chinese are concerned, is an affair of smuggling. The
English free traders and the subjects of the Emperor of
China have succeeded completely in battling the (jrreat
Mpii of Pekin and the Great Men ot L.eadenhall street.
The monopoly has broken doWn in Hindostan, and the
Celestial laws have been put to utter deliance even
within the verv precincts of the Imperial Palace. Opium
has fallen to one half, nay to one third of the price which
it bore fifteen or twenty years ago. The consumption
nf this article, which the Chinese use as we use wine
and brandv, and, in moderation as innoxiously,
snrrads everv vear from district to district, and from
province to province ; until at last it has begun to find
its way into Tartary, along with our calicoes and broad
rlnths In 1816-17. the total quantity of Indian opium
consumed by the Chinese was 3,210 chests, equal to
468,660 pounds weight , and the value was 3,657,000
Spanish dollars, or 731,4UUi. In iSdU-Jl, me quanuiy
had increased to 18,760 chests, or 2,626,000 pounds
w- iglit; & the value to 12,900,031 dollars, or 2,580,000,
The quantity, therefore, had increased in a sixfold pro-
nortion. and the value in nearly a fourfold proportion,
in fourteen years. We remember nothing comparable
to this in the history of commerce, when it is considered
that freedom had to compete with monopoly on one
hand and with prohibition on the other. The opium
furnished by British India, in fact, much more than pays
for all the tea furnished to Great Britain; and if we add
the Turkey opium, chiefly supplied by the Americans,
the value of this drug imported into cmna more man
pays for the whole of the teas consumed by Europe and
America. The mode in which the contraband trade in
onium is conducted, is briefly this. One Portuguese,
two Danish, one American, and two British ships ma
liina in nil seven vessels, of the united burden of two
thousand tons, under the name of V receiving ships'
constantly lie at anchor off the little island of Linton
about fifty-six miles from Canton. To these vessels-
unarmed, and, with the exception of officers, manned
by the timid natives of India the smugglers repair at
niht, and through the ioint effect of bribery and intimi
dation, smuggle into China three millions worth of a
tnrhidden druff. in defiance of the Chinese police, the
Chinese army, the Chinese navy, and Imperial and pro
vincial periodical edicts and proclamations innumerable
Two questions of considerable interest remain to be
noticed: 1st, Is there any danger ot our intercourse
with China being interrupted and 2d, Is there any
chance of our beins able to extend our trade to othe
ports than Canton?
With resnect to the first we think there is neither
risk nor chance of our intercourse being interrupted,
Let us see what the Governor of Canton says on the
subject, in March 1332, when addressing the Emperor
on the project which he justly repudiates, of putting a
stop to the whole European and American . trade, with
a view to put an end to the illicit trade in opium. " But
this prosperous dynasty (says he,) has shewn- tender
ness and great benevolence to foreigners, and admitted
them to a general market for a hundred and some score
years, during which time they have traded quietly and
peaceably together, without any trouble. How then
would it suddenly put a barrier before them, and cut off
the trade ? Besides, in Canton, there are several hun
dred thausands of poor unemployed people, who have
heretofore obtained their livelihood by trading in foreign
merchandise: if, in one day, they should lose the means
of gaining a livelihood, the evil consequences to the
place would be great." Governor Le was a sensible
fellow, and had more wit than the four-and-twenty
directors. He clearly apprehends insurrection : and if
the stoppage of a trade of fifteen millions per annum
will not drive an industrious people to rebellion, wc
know not what will. Then the Governor, and all the
Governor's friends, are in the enjoyment of very large
perquisites, derived solely from the foreign trade ; for
Canton is the only place where the Chinese ofiicers can
make great fortunes. Aloreover, the Emperor himself
derives from the foreign trade a yearly revenue, which,
as the duties on imports alone amount to 300,000 per
annum, we suppose cannot be short of half a million, or
one twenty-fourth of the revenue of the Empire. To
part with such a source of income, would be the same
thing as parting in this country with a vouplc of millions
a year : and we sec that the good Lord Althorp, with
all his eagerness to lower the taxes and please the peo
ple, finds a reduction of two millions a year impossible.
With respect to the second question the probability
of extending our commerce to other ports than Canton
we think it very considerable. The feeble Tartar
dynasty which first excluded Europeans from a general
intercourse with the ports of China, is tottering to its
fall. During the last seven years, a number of English
ships have visited the Northern parts of China, and
trade with them to some extent. In the last summer,
one of these vessels posted a Chinese placard in the
streets of Ningpo, a port in the great Bilk province of
Chekian, which was headed ' A brief Account of the
English Character," and was signed " A Friend to
China and England." Placards of a similar character,
inviting to trade, it appears, have been posted as far
north as the maritime and rich province of Shantong, in
the 28th degree of latitude. In reference to this parti
cular ship, one of the Canton journals (for there are
two English newspapers, and about 140 British residents
at the place) observes "The merchants wern found
every where eager to purchase British manufactures ;
but, owing to the opposition of the Mandarins, we be
lieve that sales were effected only at the port of Fuh-chow-foo,
the capital of Fokien, and even there to a
limited extent." Yc have great hopes ; British enter
prize, British calico, British cotton twist, British broad
cloth, and India opium, are doing wonders, especially
the last named, which, according to a complaint made
to the Emperor last year, is to be found " in all places
cities, villages, market towns, camps, and stations."
For much of the information contained in the pre
ceding statement, we have to express our acknowledg
ments to a curious and useful little book published at
Macao in China, in 1832, and called The .Jio-Cu-nese
Kalendar and Register, with a Companion. The
Comjranion, especially, we have found both instructive
and entertaining. Here we have the Imperial family of
China and the Royal family of England side by side,
tne Jmperor Iaoukwang, son of the late Emperor Kka-
king, m friendly juxtaposition with William the Fourth-
j son of George the Third; and To-tsin, First Member
- ' of the Chinese Cabinet, a 'Mantchou Tartar of " thf
Bordered Yellow Standard," in the same relation
Earl Grey, First Lord of the Treasury, and Knioht of
i 1 c- . .
. wrucii appear 10 oe oi more consequence m China than
even in &nj:iana.
ne uovernr of the mAirnnnlitan
: province of Pechely ha3 but
16,000 taels a vear. or
4,S00l
whereas he of Keaniisoo, renowned for nankmn
and green tea, and a populatioa of seventy-two millions
has very properly 24,000 taels, or 7,200. a year; which',
after all, is not much more than one-fourth "of what we
give to our Governor-General in India, with about the
same number of soids to govern. The Companion to
the Kalendar wc should add, although containing no
more than 160 duodecimo pages, embraces almost every
kind of local information which a merchant resorting to
China would desire to possess. We recommend it
to our readers; and we would recommend to some of
our enterprising pubhshers to reprint it, before the open-
in ot
"RVTW Book of Tnct is
lac 1'iatio Fortp.
improved and complete Instructions for
j lolm ana Flute, on principles entirel v new,
VOT e bv. . -T. WATOJV;
NEWBERN pnTfina rtTT "
U U iiltE VT
o a lb cent
liu i AUiiv, ao. a 25
CANDLES, do, 12 a 15
COFFEE, do. 12 a 13
CORDAGE, cwt. 15 a $ 16
COTTON. do. in 50
nri'ivi'Tiri i
COTTON BAGGING Hemp, peryd i5r,
i20
FLAX, per lb. 10 a i5 cts 10 a lj
FLOUR, bbl. $6 50 a 7
Corn Meal, hushel, 80 ceiu
GRAIN, Corn, bbl. $ 2 75 a $ 3
Wheat, bushel, $1
IRON' Bar, American, lb. 5 a 5. cen
Russia and Sweedes, do ;
LARD, lb. 9 a 10 cents ' a 6
LEATHER, Sole, lb. 15 a 25 cent-
cts.
Hides do. iu a lf
j-.uivioii.K, flooring,
Inch boards,
Srantlintj,
Square Timber
cento
do.
do.
i
8
8
a 9
a at
CO.
fchmmes, Cvnrps
20
Staves, W. O. hhd. (!0
Do. R. O. dv.
Do. V. O. barrel do.'
Heading hhd. dQ
Do. barrel, ti0'
MOLASSES, eallon, 32 cents '
I50a2
16 a 20
8
18 a U2
8 a lo
iiUL.fc, Cut, all sizes above 4d. Ib fit,,
4d.and31. do -cen
Wrought, 2
NAVAL STORES, Tar, bbl. S 1 li
Turpentine ..1
Rosin do 1
Spirits Surpentine, gallon, 25 cents
Varnish, gal. 25 cents
OILS, Sperm. gal. S 1 a 1 20
Whale & Porpoise do. 35 a 40 cents
Linseed, do. $ 1 20 a 1 in
PAINTS, Red Lead, lb. 15 a 18 cents
White Lead, ground in oil, cwt. S in- 10 ,
PEASE, Black eyed; bushel, 75 cents 12 12
Grey eyed, do. 45 a 60
HIOHARD B. BE&RV
TJ.rr.nn
TTT ESPECTFULLY informs his fr- ,
JiU that with the view of prosecuuV h k
business to greater advantage, he contemplates
visiting New York for the purpose of procu
ring Goods and enlarging his establishment
and in order that he may be enabled todo'su
under the best circumstances, lie requests that
early payment may be made of the sums due
to him lor work.
Newbern, July 12th, 1833,
DR. WM, C. MUSGRAVE
"AS removed to Newbern, where he ten
. ders his services in the various BranrU
of his Profession to the Inhabitants of the
To wn and the adjacent Country. He mav !
ways he found at his Office, unless wheu Pro
fessionally engaged. Applications will be
punctually attended to, and uo pains spared to
render his services useful.
P. S. Dr. Musgrave has practised in this
climate for more than five years. His Office
is on Middle Street next door but one (a
Dr. Custis. .
June 28, 1833.
LETTERS
Remaining in the Newbern Post Ofa'c,
July 1st, 1833.
Lemuel Andrews, Charles Anderson, William
Alway.
B. Edwin Becton, Mrs. Mary Bell, Mons.Bon
honlme, David Babb, Wm. C. Bradlev, Cicero Bo
crey, George Barron, Wm.J. BaucocI(,Rirh,Broftx,
Catharine Bawry, George Balfour, Mrs. Mary Bel',
Abraham M, Brown, Mies Mary Blount, Mrs. Sarah
Bell, William Brian, J. Bell, Monsieur Bowan, Mis
F. S. Banners.
C. Lyiia Crawford, Capt. Casey, Mrs. Elsey
Cook, Miss Susan Crawford, Burton Carman, Alex
ander Chisholm, Nicholas Caming, Commissionere
Bank of N. C, Mrs. Mary Carrnway.
D. Christopher Darden, WiHiam Douglas!) Paul
S. Delamar, Matthew II. Drake.
E. John Ellison.
F. Frederick Fo.ue, John Freecr, Benjamin R
Fulford, 2, David Forfaw, Mrs. C. Frasier, Wra.C
Fox, Mrs. Elsey Fisher, Wm. L. Fowler, Frilick I
Helme, Henry W. Fowler.
G. Edward Green, Jesse Griffin, Mis? Julia Ann
Gardiner, Lieut. Gatlin, 2, Mrs. Elizabeth Gill, Ma
Margaret Green.
Soloman M. Howhm l, Nelson Hamilton, Thoaas
Hooker, Miss Mary G. Harris, M;s. Elizabff1
kell, Joseph Hamilton, James Howard Samuel Hi
man, Benjamin F. Hawks,' Robert Hamilton, EW"
Jesse Heath, G. Houston, El ier EJias Hutcfune,
Laben Howard, Zacc heus Hfirn ld,
J. Henrv. Iredell, H. Iv, E. Jones, HKL.
Jones, George W. Johnson, Peter Joaw, A'nes i.
Jones.
K. James Kilpatrick. .
L. F. Lamotte, Capt. Lpp, George Leech, Lew
Lanier, Mrs. Eliznheth Larranre .
M. Wm. Mc.Kinney, 2, Charles M'rtxhell- m
M. Merritt, Capt. C. Moore, Rev. Tho&.My
Stephen Millar, Wm. B. Masters, Mrs. El J
Moore, Lucilla Moore, 2. , - v. lj.
N. Samuel Nelson, Jesse Nobles, 2, Ahce Mccc-
Col. W. M. Nelson.
O. Wm. D. O'Leary, Jo eph Ollvr. ,
P.Capt. John Pike, Wm. B. Perkins, Miss r
Partridge, John L. Phousoe, Isaac Pipkin, ni.ru
kins, Mrs. E. H. Powell.
Reid, John Ri'
R James Riggs, Gforge
Edward Rew, Capt. D. RumIey,Mrs. Mary
Benjamin Robi
)binson, 2, Lucy Phillips, W m.
" - . a-
. James Salter. James imp . r
Speight, Charles T. Saun lers, Lucilh
. OVVail. r l 1 1 LIU llUUft, rfiauu -
, Schenck, Alfred Stephens,
. - - .' v;
St.iDlf-
to ' Thomas W. Stvron, William Stephens,
Cap-
h.
r n CiMPT.
otacKpooie, ivirs. cii&ix oaiiucio, i....
IM M CS4
i nomas ai. own.
m i TV, T,,Kn T Turner. .MJ
1. Yiexaimrr inviui, uiiu 1 Vn
T.irupr. ya
TVi.
Taylor, Miss Jane Tillman, Mrs. J n
1..
vid Thompson, 'i, Hannah Torrance, Eliv
Mrs. Elizabeth C.Taylor. , Val'J'e
W.- Nicholas G. W. Warran, David H.
Capt. E. M. Williams, Bryan VbitnM;Levi "
Levi West, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins, M'Wafl
Whitfield, John G. Willis, 2, Bt-nj unm I .
Stephen Wallace, Charles Wdl , Jn" Rick.
James Ward, D. Williamson, John William
ard Whitehurst, Ivey WiUon. tf (
THOMAS v 1 ?jj
11 hr
On Monday the 15th July,
sold, at the Court House, we &ou
: half of LOT No. ?A9, and improv . y
,.!H
ancock street, Terms-Wotes wi -rr- f.
I securitv. pavablc in
ble in two equal slV".'.
the ' four and a halt ana nine
months, wiw
. j from the date
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