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. 7, THOMAS J. LEMAY, , EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ' TEHOTS. ,,:7 'n -V '" geatcajFTiox, thr dollar per ia aJeanlK Kwimi NiMiiii with! the S'tie will be re 4tir4 ui ey " fl t aiout ot the year' atl eriptio i advene , BATES OF ADVERTISING, for every Murt(aot exceeding 16 liaeVthi aiz , tr-p drtl lufrtion, one dollar, eacb tabaenoeiK aertiot), twewty.Bveaeaiie. . Tn K'TcniKiKiitl ol Ulerk Sheriff wlllf k aharged Pr eeol. igber,and derftwlma o '' .?J pr ot-M. .ill b caade from lb. oUr pri ' t foe edtenitei any tbe year. UlK-r to the Alitor MPtTba pert.paid. Mitchell's Geoirrisphy bimI Alia. 1hieeacclieiek, pui'rf'ed about one year a go, by riiouM Coppertbweit, it Co. of Philadelphia, baa already ojiiaiaa" patronage alioort unparalktlcd. Il ha deiedly received the approbation and re, mim-adalion tint only ol oumeruut prolrtsovt in our beat acailcotM nd school a, but ol man; literary grn tlcroea m private lila. . So great hat been ike de ta i..il toe lint arork, particularly by cliKti anil aead eiuiet. In it ihe enterprising publithert bar e recent I) tiieit-etedhe additional eapente, (thereby remlernig H mil nioie valuable, ol adding the additional mapi lo the Allat, the one comprehending Great Uriiain and Ireland, and the other Germany Switicilatid a I ..niiera lulf"" ti it uaeetaiv to add any ' tiling further than to tar. that ihi i the beat compiler land mutt correct School Grognphy and Allai winch bat.eycrjwrn .Itrejmelhlieinlilie:. U. S Catettt. mritcliell's Prlmal-f CeoKrnpliy. It wuulit eerm that Mr. Mitolielt'a enteinae, in dtiilry and detiie 10 do god lo the riling generation it ui.lmun led, hr ba'ing juit cnroileled another ninti eaeellent ork lor younger pnpila, (abich h publish ed by the lame bonkaellSia at the abate,) entitled Mitchell-! Hnniiry tieography, being an eaiy Imro duct on to the atinly ol geography, deaigned for the Mitraation d children m aehiMilt and lamiliet. Thii beautiful little vurk, well printed, and cnntaiu- ( one huiKlreit anil ai veniyata pagrt, itiuiiraieit by one hnnilrcd and twenty engraeingt, and fourteen t . L" 1. .1, .1 il kuMaM In IbM nm twelve yeara old, ihould hae Ihil book, ami it thonlil be iiiiroiliieed immediately into every primary ch Mil in mir coontiy. It it diaided iato eighiy-th-ee Iriinnt, aume id which retato to attronuniy. Il ii dctinrd at a firtt hook of gaograpb) lor thilil rn ai khih a they are old enouf h to eumiirehend it. lin iiniile in ill arrangementi and beautllnlly t lu ei aiet the geography of ournwa and the olhrr eoun Inlt of the earth, and it decidedly anprrinr In any gie(raih) lur primary teh'Vjla which hat ever been eitiUie.l. lb Th-ae valuable wotkt are for tale at the N. Caro lina Hook Htnre, Raleigh, by Turner It Hughet. The American Almanac, and Ke pntimry ol itttlul Knowleiige, lor tnil, 'I bit day rereiacd at the North Carolina Book Store. October S . J 3 Walkcr on InterinarTlaB'ei Jw-twj. ceWeilby TU UN ER & HUGHE?. . IVU 3rd. . . 1...... .. 6 tf VALUABLE CITr rOPtt T. rTEa-EB . s a mm Cfl In I he aubieriberanxiout of carrying into eaecutiou bit twe; jlwcwwe! talealina Wnmwi im th Vet, aQcrt lur tale that aery valuable bilabli.h ment. in the city ol Raleigh, known at the Cli'Y 111) I'r'.l.. Hiving had pennnal charge of the Ho tel lor aeveral yeart, the tiihteriber Can tpeak I'rnm hit own knowledge at to the nrodoetvenett and vt iiv ol the property. To a perton who it well no lipinled with the liutineti, the certainty of a prnlil alde tiivettment of hit money will be entnred. It alweyt hat aommanded, and, fiotn itt eligible titua ikvi, always mutt command a fair proportion of euttom. Itt advantage! ar a. public home, are too amuerout lo be detailed in aaj ilertiirnient, but ran be deinoattratetl tn any one inclined to purchate, The lermt of tale, wlikh will ba very accommoua liou mat be kuowa on applicaiion. ' UANItL MUR.IAY. Raleigh, Jan 87, l4l. 4 N B. The tubtcriber Aill alto telle plantation ol 9KI Beret of land, tiluaAd wilbin il 1-2 milet ol Raleigh, known at th GRANT track. NOT CE. WILL be tnld on 1 ueedaj , the 18th day of May neat, belore fiatet Court lloute door, in tiateavdle, the lidluwing Tiacit ol Ltnd, or at mucl, at will pay ilie amwnnt ol Taaet due foe the year 1839, to gether with the aott of advertitin;, etc. lo.i A wet llenton A bran 60 53 40 51) m - 31 70 1 30 ll SO I'M 177 5JS 1119 J00 ItHI 1.1 Ilorrell Gilbert Hurdle Jal. T, Hunter Kh.ha R. Hurdle lUoirl H iwell David . ' Jlnffler Levin King Nnrmnn Lntteler Kailer ,:, U lorn Tknniaa I'arker Wiley I'owellJamet, of Mo. Perce Abraham . Parker laaae ,; Rngerton Abel inall Rubin ". While Itiiberton ; " " . Cui I Richard JaMK-t R UID1MCK, Sheriff. . L r.atetvil e N, C.pril I. (IV Ad EDUCATION. TllfiTruvltea of the Siutthficld Academy .Johntlon Cnuiilry, tint engaged the cervices of Mr. i. H. Krimka lor the next year, io auperinlanl the above inaiilDiiiiii, and would call the attention of Parent and Uuardiant lo lb advantage which ourplraa ant village, good lociety, and healthful titual on a( firdt lor eiluraiin( their rhildren and waidt Mr. DriNika ia a gratluil of Wake Foreat Co lege, and Vat given practical evidence of Kit " aptneat lo teach' --it a man of nnblemiahed moral character, - arid iiaferlb iWUWMteca tmi(te Vchool tewliing lha main huainea ol hi luiiira life. , a repiilatiuQ jia will alwaya inaure buitnfJn hi proreaaion, Doaiil, including waahing,lodging,a.c. may be hail in the femilie i and about the village, at ail dollar per mon'h. Conatanl attention will be given by tha Teacher and Trualeea to the good mtnagrment ol the achonl and I- oral of Ilie tu ilrnt. Price of Tniiion, a follow: For-Sprl ing. Reading, and V riling, per an. $12 00 flx-lln Rrtduig. Writing ct Arithmetie 18 00 Arithmeu,.(iogTaphy- and Ehgtith Grammar, . SO 00 The Langiaga,wiih any at all the above 24 00 Algebra. PlnloeopHy Geometry or Rhetoric, an additional rh iree nf tn dollar. nVIU TlIOMSON. frei. Trrirree. April 22d, 1811. 17 3,2am WILLIA7I V. IIOLOEK, - ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, AXD GENERAL AGENT, ASD COLLECTOR, V ALEIGH, X. C. Will attend the Courts of H'ake.Oranpe ar.d Granville. Claim of every description thank fully received and promptly attended to, : -;v- :---rtsr TO sz:yss-x Tlinmaa J.Lemey and ... RuiBi. Tucker, Kiqrs.. J Ra''f,r- . . . il n, Wnu X. Graham, Hillaboratigh. Hun. Robert B. Gilliam, Oxford. j;nilANNAN dc Co. -V OLD DOMl.MON t'LOTHINO STORE. 0Pmt Mmrt. jIW$h tf Hailt Chium Slort ,vfai Slrtrl. W"uld beg leave to inform oar f-irnita and ihe puhlie generally, that we keep eonalanily a band binz f U kind, and auitabla frr ail aranm., win. h we Will tell fr caih. W Would i ne to call and ee-uin.! f,ir lliem-clvea, .whether they want io purchase or not. A.I g.mi't aohl by ua that do not anwcr in riery parlirular, etn be win, ed. and tl.e mi oey rel'unU5d, protidej Uey h.,ii n.it hie been vr.irn. Ricbiujtid, Va., M uch 20, 13il. 12 U;n. ) " North CjtoU!A--Powerful VOL.XXXII f)OTI.fIITTCD To tha iail of Northampton county, N. C. on "the Slat December. 1840, negro alaa, ai a fMnawaJr; I calling himself - SYLVES1ER. I ... r i 1 1 He aya be it the property oi meaanire. ..., f A.iwn.i. Ouor jia: that bo waaraiieil io Halifat, N. V. nd waaaoid hy Mr. Auatinofaaid place, to Mr. Da.ia iifPeterhnra;. about tbrea yeara ago. He i about 40 or 45 yeara of age, dark complex ion, ia 5 Icet 4 or 6 inchee high, ha on cammon i I . I a-L AMtnA. im HIM u I Jilt In cJimfl Torwara; Tif.W?pr6peny75r 6a win B-ueari nomt mane ciouie " t----j, evilh aceordina lo lavr. WM.8. CILBllO, Jailor. Jarkaorrlf. C: Jtrt.-nn,t84t.---" "7STf " NEW JEWELLEUY STORE, Jf OHM C PAUMEIt hot ooinmenceil the above ej bntinen in the new building lately creeled bj Mr. Itiehard Smith on rayetteyille Slr.ei, a few Inora ib at hit Slore. where he intenila to eaiTT ! on, iualt litbrinchet. In S lewdavt he will re-J eeive Irom Philadelphia, a new and fathionable at-H tnrtment of Jewellery and Wetche d CiiUery coniming of gold ana ttlter uevert ann pnnii" ea, V'aieh Chaint. Keyt and Sealt, h.M Hwga. Hreuit-Cii.t, a nneattnrtment of Knivet and Rsor and all other aniclet not neaettary lo meaiion, aft ol which he engagea lo tell at ebeao foe each at they can be tpld in tbi part of the country. Waichrt repaired in the belt manner He flatten himself, from IhL-lone ctDCiienre in the ttutinett, , that he will tie able to give tatitfaelinn. He baa in hit employ firat rate workmen. V atebea at Llockt that can be made lo keep time, will be warrante-l lor twelve month. He hope the eiliaentnf ttaleigb and country around, will call and give him a Irial and find nut for themaelvet. Call at the aign of the Watch, nearly oppneite the lg Cabin. Raleigh, N. C. Nov. U, 1S. ' " A Treatise on AR-iiciilUn-ef-By John Armatrong, with note by J. Huel-for aale hy TURNER & HUGH KS. Feb. 3rd. . - , tf lnf vaVoi Vnnei Concerni.ij EL1SHA RURTON or his children. The above named FJitna w ton, ' li'"g. or dead hiaehddren, will b entitled to tomcthmg Irom the ettate ul bit deeeated IrBlher, Alt Huru.n, b atinlicatUm to ihe SiibtcriberalTuacumbia.in Fiank l,n Counly, Alabama. The taid Elitha aided near ihe Snellow Ford, bo the Yadkin Uiver, ia, YurthCaiaitin. wbei Jal buu-d, feoot, aud, bad emigrated Irom irgmia to inai piace. OSCAR A. ROLFri, Ex'r. ol Allen Uunon, dee d. April lth, 181. 19 6in Leave the choice of your Piano tomy. self, anil I'll insure you a fine one. Thee are many pertoot who would purahate Pi ano Foriet if Ihey were ture of being tuited without much trouble. Totuch.l would cay. leave thcehoice ol your inrtrument to mytelf, and il I tend you an In different ariici it will be my own lott, timply aenrt in your order and aay what priced Poo lhall be chnten. . " '' " ' ' . t am thoroughly convinced mytelf that my Piano are tuperior, ano, in order that othert may be con vinced alto, I will agree lorihem to be Incd before being "paid for. Il it out or my power 'to ." more libetal propotition. ' K. P- NASfL Hook and Pmno Forte Store, Petertberg Va January St, . . .. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. LSTQD.iRT, IWltCESTEll 4' DUA'UJTS .PIANO FOKTES. E. P. Ntn, aole Agent for Va. and NorlhCarolina. It hat been remarked by tome of the moat dia tinguithed musician in th United Slatea, thai few instrument are to b found in any country c qual ti- thote made by 8todarl, VVorceater .c Dun bain. New York. Their lone ia remarkably oft. aweet and mellow, and at the aame time powerful. They are made with particular reference to durabili ty and keeping io tune E. P. NA8H, Peteraburg. February 6. .14 fITeXCII rlT4NGlJAGE. MR. COURUIK, a native of France, ia now in ihi City, and deairou ol" giving inalruction in the French Language, either in publics Seminariea, or to Select Clae, or in private lumiliet. Hialea timonial wiU-be found perfectly atitftctory and hit term moderate. Api-ly t ihe Mnae Pcl- Maliigli. May 15, 1841. 20 PEIUIIT Me to nlaee a Piano Forte in yuur houae opon Irial at my own ritk, if it auitt you keep it, uthei wite re turn it nelure pa) ng lur . twill ak the above named privilege (and thall con Hilar 4ta Iaor) ol taeh at are deaiioua )( pur aliksiug really good Piann Fortet. Anindividual wanting to valuable an artiele- at a Piano, certainly - , t.P. NASH, - ----- Pclcrrburg, Va. May J. ' . BLANKS . FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. Respectability. k witness in an English cour once speaking of a man as respectable, was asked what, in his opinion, constituted respectability lie replied that Ihe person spoken of was rcsDeetabler-beeause he kept a trio-. Whether this is the criterion of a New York editor, 'who states that 'some persons 6f the highest respectability are pro bably connected with the robbery at Windsor (Jastla, is a question we are unable to sciue Pennsyhanian. South America .inliquilie. A paper was lately read before the Royal Geographi cal Society in tondon by Lord John Kussell I coniaining an itinerary of a journey of Lieu tenant Caddy, and Mr Watson, from Belize to the, celebrated rums of Palatay in Gaute' mala. The account says : " Notwithsunding their grandeur and im-J mense exir-ni, uicy were not known to trav ellers until the latter part of the last century, when it required the aid of 100 Indians to cut down the trees by which they were sur rounded, so profuse was die vegetation. The remains were evidently of Egypto-In- uian arcnnecuire, arm in tnem was seen the true Saracenic arch, which has not hitherto been met with out of the country of the Sar acens. The travellers vrere 48 days in the '.ruins, making sketches, end relurned to Bel ize through a country rich io every variety of in iutal produce, and with which an ex tensive and advantageous commerce with Xrcat Driiuin mi"iitbe carried on." ' r4alSL in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resources the land of our sires, and the RALEIGH N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 2f, 1841. Frora the Journal of th American Silk Society, : and Rural Economist. IMPORTANT TO SILK GROWKRSTHE Probably the must important information it ha cer fallen to the lot of the e.iir 0f t,e Silk Journal to communicate to the public, on the subject of ilk. ruTlurein this cound r, will be found in the iireaent article . . .. fc, il nas long open Knawn to ever rcatier oi puDiiraitous on siik culture, mat or tne ravages of a disease called mutcaniine in Europe, the average loss of wortrs, taking one year with another, amounted to 45 w 50 per cent, of all that were hatched, and Ihi too. after the greater portion of the expense of the rearing hail been incurred- . beyond the leach of history, to Wlllllll B Tear or two pat. In the United Slate I his evil has been - continued ; from tune all of us have heretofore, coiistdered our worms exempt from this fatal ' disease, as it has generally been supposed that it did nut exist heie at all. This was a fatal delusion. We have just received from France a ropy ol the 'Annates de la So- ciete Sericicole, fondee en 1837, pour I'amcrioralion et la pritbajrafioh dc' I'mTT dustree de la Si.ie en Fiance 4fof 183,,; 1838 and 1829, in one of Ihe volumes of which we find a most excellent plate rep resenting silk worms in the various sta ges of (he muscardine, the first glance at whiih shewed us that it was the identical disease of which a gi eat portion of the silk worms jnlhia country, have perished. Alt who saw the diseaso last yar and hsve seen this plate; identify " the- disease instamlj. e shall endeavour to have translations made for our next number, descriptive of the disease,Tand if "possible if we can eet the means publish the plate also. In the menhiime, however. we havf thought it advisabJe to , taktv this hasty notice ol Ihe fact, that all silk grow ers may be enabled to apply the remedy., Hiippily the remedy will du no fiarin, whether the worms are s Reefed with the muscardine or not; nor will it injure the worms even if Ihey are perfectly healthy. or if Ihey have other diseases. The rem edy is the free application . ol air-slakeil lime to the worms, and also over the floors if Ihe cocoonery, and whitewashing all the wood-work ol the fixtures. Ihe lime should be sifted through a fine sive on the worms two or three tunes a week il healthy, and once a day if diseased, in Ihe morn- ng belore the hrst leedino-, anil always al ter tlearinjr the hurdle. The'nuantitv of lime to be sifted on the worms may be just sufficient to whiten the worms and leaves well. This remedy has durintr the two past years enabled'those person in France who have osed it, to save and ob tain cocoons from 97 per cent, of all the worms hatched. Now that we know the disease .that has done us to much injury, and also know the remedy, the latter should be applied: snd as there is very few, if any,; who yet know the disease by siaht, we would most earnest ly recommend that the remedy be applied tn all cases, wtierner the worms be sickly or not, as a preventive, for it is e- ten more effectual asa preventive, than as a remedy, and. as before staled, will do no harm to either' healthy worms or those nSVcted with other diseases, h must be home in mind that this is a contagious diaexse, and if but a single worm ' be af fected by it, the disease speedily spreads among the others, until all or a large por lion of (hem are destroyed. The French have discovered that the disease consists of a tinjru growth, something like mil dew, or mould on cheese, scarcely dis cernible to the nalicd eye, but perfectly developed by Ihe microscope. I his lun gusjs p.rMpaglt;4 IWtb.greii! much so iliat from ihe small spick on a single worm itwill spread over a whole ,xuconKr.ylr'ive any attack the worms alter the loiinh moulting, and when not arrested, it car ries oR'ihe greater portion nf them. Sprink ling the worms with slaked lime, however, efiVeiually prevents the disease and will cure all the Worms in which it 1m not made too grat an iiopessiur, We have already been asked how .this discovery corresponds with our New The ory, in relation to retarding the hatching of the eggs, and - anticipate farther ques lioning on that point. In our opinion, it is perfectly consistent wiih the principles -inculcated by the New Theory. Rota d ing the hatching of the egog beyond the. natural period, the New Theory says, weakens" the constitution of the young worms, and predisposes them to -disease. The present discovery points out ihe par tit clar disease thus id..ttcedt.or.jtr:aat. one of them.'-aml that the most formidably., Let the eggs be hatched at the naiuraipe tiod, that it about the time in 1841 that their parents were hatched in 1840, and ihen the constitutions or the worms will not be debilitated or vitiated by Ihe un natural process . of retarding. By this means we shall uher the young worms into the world with good sound constitu tions, subject to no other disease than those they may contract from contagion or bad treatment. By this discovery there fore, we have only found out the name-and iia'ure, and means nf preventioti anil i-ure, id disease we have n'l aliinjj Ii.t! among! ns. It must not he coiisnlrred in the. light nf a t e calamity that threatens ua; but rather as lite discover',- f the means Of tverfing one that already afflicts us. It is fortunate that this invaluable informs- 1. - .... a nun nas reacueu us at ini paiucutar iihi nieni jusi in tune lit oe or . immense ser- vice to us in mi our tuy oi ni ueai. aiiapteu to me enti in view, experience ,. U must not be supposed that the above has shetvn that for ordinary uses in the remedy is alone to be depended on.or that arts, wood -burnt lime is decidedly superi the application of lime a -above directed, or to the other. Masons sml tanners here and lor ihe purpose specified, will author ' are well -aware nf the difference and a 'ne the omission of the usuil precautjims fair JhilTneSTiontiotintlcIea ventila- to the same opinion. There are chemical lion, &c. On the contrary, ilie strictest ' ressnns for the fact, which, however, It is attention to cJeaniiiolijB jiurdles Tng FubbTsKrpunlyiiigihe air by ventila- believe with me that the Jime used in the lion, &c. must be observed at all finics. ' silk culture of France is Wnoil. burnt, I Every worm found on the hurdles'in a presume you will also think that there can sickly condition or dead, should be imme diately removed. We have never seen any valuable result from a sickly wm-tn, und would therefore recommend that all such be removed to a distance and de stroyed. Some of the French silk grow- ershave hospital for the reception ol such i invalids as afford any hope of' recovery; but w think it is better rid of I hem at once. . economy to get J We hear occasionally of fixtures being Contrived for rearing wormsupontihat save the trouble of clearing the hurdles. We have ourieives years ago pursued such a plan, ami with success too.- But there is danger in all such, which must not be -verlooked. If disease occur among the worms, the ai k a re apt to be concealed by the accumulating rubbish and brjni lies', and dying in their concealment, the first notice we shall have of the existence of tlisease to any considerable extent, will be the offensive odour evolv-d -br-- the - dead worms. and very probably a rapid spread ol contagion among the healthy worms Id feeding with branches, therefore,' we should clear the hurdles jus1 as often, ami as necessarily, as when feeding with pick- edJeato.!,,.. -.. That no one may be misled by the re marks in this article on the muscardine, anil its preventive, by ihe use of lini", it seems necessary to say, that several oilier diseases affect silk worms, - and many worms were destroyed last summer by other diseases. It must not, therefore, be taken for granted that the application of lime is to prevent and cure every disease, though we believe it will act as a preven tive of most of them, when accompanied by other necessary and proper treatment. If from any, cause Ihe Worms have a de bilitajrd and sickly constitution, they will be liable to various diseases, and the prop er preventives will be the above, viz: cleanliness, through Ventilation, the use of lime, &.c. We must truly believe that the most, prolific source of alt the diseases of silk worms last summer, as ihe retar ding of the hatching of the eggs. The worms were weakly in consequence of it. ami thence more liable !o be affected by the various exciting causes of disease, than they would have been had they possessed robust constitutions. We believe that ihe muscardine may be, and probably is, generally generated by this very process in this country. The French say, it is caused by a fungus growth, which fungus is a ' vegetable of an inferior order, and pro duced iy its own seeds. The . inference then is that it cannot be produced in the absence of its teed . But we, know ihttr the mould of bread,' cheese, Sec. is a so nf the same order of vegetable growth, and that it is produced at any lime when the temperature of the weather is favorable to it,nd hence we infer, not that il a spon taneous production, but that its seeds al ways pervade all substances in which the growth is found, and are only prevented from growing by the nun concurrence of the -circumstancesiieceRaary to their' grBwth. Time," high trtnpe.rsture and generally requiren in concur mine pro duction of mould, mildew, &e.j Take a way either. and neilliec .uiould nor .mildtiw will be produced. "-. .--One more J remark seems appropriate here. 1 Our climate i unquestionably more favorable for silk worms than that of ,any part of Europe and it is particularly so in regard to the w uscanlioe. The extreme deynea-rrl Miratmrraprreref tomparetHvirh that of any ..part :;r Europj, is niitoripufj and it was this fact that induced the uni versal belief thayhe muscardine did nut prevail here.r.iBut- although lourlatmos phere be comparatively dry, the air in our cellar and ice-bouses and cocooneries is not always so. The keeping -of eggs in damp cellars and ice-huse, wherein they have become mouldy or mildewed, and es pecially when kept there-for a Ion lime and beyond the natural period fur hatch ing, may very well be considered . capable nl developing ihe fungus growth consiitut ling the disease called muscardine and unless we take care to avoid "such, it will be in vain to expect our climate t protect u against the conaenaenres. ' a. n. ?ot an interesting article on the use of lime in Ihe muscardine, the reader is re ferred to page SI4, vol. ii. of this Jour WOOD-BURNT LIME IN DISEASES , OF SILK W0RM8. , . . A correspondent at York, Pa. has most opportunely suggested to-as- the rrnpriefy of cautioning Silk growers as to ihe kind ; il June lo be need rr the f,rventinn ol ; ..flvr nothing m.ire acrplible lo our read disc'ases in ail k worms. He says, 'allow er, than ,condened liisiory, from such me to saggest that liine pro-luced by the 0,Mlka ln, m.nt.arVip- as we Could ot use of wood, as fuel, should be preferred j tain access to, ofuur home."' home of our affections." NO. 21. to that produced bv mans of anthracite coat. The former is, I suspect, thai used " - . .. in rrsnce; ana ine latter may possess some rptaiities or properties not precisely be no disadvantage at least, in recommen ding recourse to il, in preference tu. the other, Thanks to our correspondent fur this suggestion it is a gixid ami--Timely one, and may be the means nf averting much evil, without the possibility of doing harm v Silk growers wilt oc able to secure wood- burnt lime by purchasing that only which is sulii lor while-washing, the lime pro duced by anihracitc coal, and which ought to be avoided, is generally nl a dark col our, and unfit for whitewashing. -'s :. G. B t. 77i Irish Vnachman's method of gain ing his first place."1 The master had two beautiful English horses, and he wanted a careful man to drive them ; he was a mighty pleasant gentleman and lueloved a joke. Well, there teas' as many fifteen aftcflhe place, and the first that wint up to him, 'Now, my man, says he, tell nie,says he, ' how near the edoe nf n nnudnir- n-nnld vnn mi. ldertake tojlrive mjccarrittge.!l.So the boy eonsuierea, and lie satu, says lie, ithin a foot, pledge your honor and no harm.' 'Very well,' says he, 4 go down ami I'll give ye ycr answer by-an-by., So " the next came up, and find ned Be'boM half a foot and the ' next said five inches; and another -a dandyfied chap intiiely was so mighty nice, that he would drive it within three inches and a half he'd go baih Well, at last my turn came, and when his honor axed me how nigh I could drive his carriage to a precipice, I says says I, JPIaze ycr honor, I'd kape ns far off it as I could.' Very well, Mister Byrne,' says he, yo'te my coachman,' says he. ;f)ch f the roar there was in the kitchen whin I wint down and told the joke." ' Double Letters. A pretty little maid of Erin presented herself at the grate of the Post Office the other day, and handing in a letter, modestly asked how1 -much was to pay, ad, she said, the letter was to hei mother, and she wished to pay in advance. The clerk on reciving it, asked die usual question, ' sin gle or doublet w hen, she replied with the most bewitching naivate, at the same time blushing tip to the eyes, double sir I I was married last week.' I Authentic.- k queer joker at NantuHket, who had no( special reverence for the ten commandments, once stole. a ham from the slore of a Mr. Mitchell. Mitchell obtained sufficient proof of the fact, and called upon the offender. He asked the man what could induce him to do such a deed f - Whyi Mr.- Mitchell.answeredihe, the truth is, that if a man does not look out far himself, nobody will look out for him.'. a ;r Picayune. . The Bench the Heirthe Press. In these three words, says one consists the germ of a nation's liberty If the first is pure and just, the second independent and firm, and die third free and untrammelled, no people can ever, be" permanently -enslaved ; but if either ilie bench or the bar aiiempi to control the press, they will find , their, own poyershaken to the vervcentre. OUR TOWN AND THE INDIANS. " A's we' crossed the beautiful bridge of me vierinoni company ine oilier nay, we stttpped to view, the nibund t earth out of wliii h ihe worthy keeper of the bridge had dugthe entire skeleton uf an : Indian war riurj and Dur reflecl ions naturally carried us back to the by gone iluys, -when these native sons of ilia forest "were ' the tt e Lurits prourieinrs of uur soil. ". :' ; -iWe4eiw4haethkepetLaf-te bridgerf wishirg to sink well on the bluff at the bridge, commenced his excavations,' but before he' had -progressed lo' any great depth, he found the entire skeleton of an Indian, covered over with pine bai'k, hav ing glass and ivery beads about ifis - heck ai d breast, lying in s ate, with Ihe rude implements of warfare by hi side, with hishad towards the' rising sun. Tb?e remain', and the bark, were in a remarka ble slate of preseevation. -but after an expos- are to theatmospliere they rapTdly tinderfH went decav. " The bead. have been distributed obnut among. jnany of our citi- z'li?. who no iiouot win fireservr ine in as memorials of'ihU once great, but now rap idly disappearing people. These remains have been viewed and visited by a large number of our citizens, and1 have natural ly created inquiries respecting this, June sleeper, at the "beautiful pass" of the Trent.' - Oar attention having been drawn it this subject by this interesting discove ry, and finding it intimately connected witn tne t srty settlement ol onr town, we have hfrn induced to believe that we could Oo the repeal ot lhr ccUbrated Edict of ; Nantz, by Louis XIV. a number ! French Mugumots. who had come over to Vugin -ia uncer Philip de Kichebourg, a clergy, man of their profession, settled on the 'I rent liver, a little above CUremont Bridge, near Pen.bnke. The French continuing their depredations, in Europe upon the Palatinate, compelled the inhabi tants to deaet t their couiiiry and taetve thousand ol these uniuriunaie people fled to England in a moat forlorn and desiitute condi. ion, in the reign of Queen Anne, and were there supported out of her privy purse. A number ol them emigrated la North Caudina, under" Governor Tynte, anu seiueii m tne county el uaih. Chris topher Baron tie Uraaflenrridt, a bnits nobleman from the canton of Bern, was at that time in England, with a considerable number of hi countrymen, desirous f emigrating to America, and the Lords Proprietors,' lliii king that the value of their estates here would be greatly en hanced in value by an increase ol non- ulatiitn. ifTriil tn iirt.vt.lA ' S... ... transport the Palatines to this country. and to furnish them Jantlg..Uv,v tie Grasffi nreidf was created a Lamlsrave. and Louis Mitchell .a dislinguiiheil mail among the Swiss, had ten thuuaand acres of land granted to him on the rivers Neuse and Cape Fear, or any of their branches. at the rate of lea pounds sterling for ee ry one thousand aires, anil five shillings of quiet rent. .One hundred " thousand a- cres were reserve tar him at the same price, provided they were taken within seven years. 0:ie hundred acres to eve ry man, woman, and child, free from oui- et rent for ten year. Besides the Pala tines, fifteen hundred Swiss followed the Baron. In the month of Deceit ber. 17 10. the Palatine r rrived at the confluence of the Neuse ami Trent livers. anrt.tnTlheic accommodation, Thomas Pol Ink laid off a tract nflatid there, which, in compliment . to ihe leader of the Swiss, he Called New U?rn, from Bern, in twiizerlalld, the birth place of the Baron. At this late tiny it may not be uninter esting to apprise our readers of the com Torts and enjoy merit of'the i'srlf " scrtier hrrr, inr order that they coniVast them with their present luxury' and ear. Itch of ihe settlers in New Bi-rn received from the Commissioners in England asa sort of outfit, twenty shillings in i lmhes, and five pounds ten shillings were paid for their transportation and comfortable settlement : ,!h,fy.we!rfivC4m lies, and the B nun ami Mitchtil agreed to allow two hundrd and fifiy acres to each family, to be divided among litem by lot, free Innn rent fur five years, and after wards at (he rate of one half p.T cent., Carolina money. Protisions were allow ed them for one year, payable at the end of thyear Twrr tows add ralv es, a sow and pigs, two e.we lambs, with a male of each kind, to each family, the value wherr- oi was payable in seven years, with one half of the1 stock ih.-n Cemaininir; ttntl-. ml implemen.s for felling wood and building houses wer furnished giatis. This beautiful little colony, and its quiet and peaceable inhabitants, bid fair to bo one of the most prosperous and flourishing in the new world; but the Indians viewed with jealousy and distrust these encroach ments of ihe whites, and in September, 1711, different tribe en'rred into a league similar to the one proposed by Tecuineh . to all the indians within the borders of the V: Slates, just previous to the battle of Tippecanoe, and ihey concerted a plan of a sudden ami simultaneous attack upon every while settlement in ihe colony. The Tusraroras undertook the attack upon a I ihe settlements on the Roanoke river, and between that river and the Paml co. now the Tar j the fie ce Cotheoneys. who lived on the creek of that name in the present county f Greene, agreed to tome down atid join the Cores, and to slay all the set tlers on the Neuse and Trent rivers and the Malamuskeets and Matthapungos un dertook the destruction of ihe settlers iii ihe neighborhood of Baih. Consternation and dismay pervaded the once luppy cot. ony of New Bern, for they were poorly provided to resist the incursion of inert savage, foes. The Indians' kept a strict watch by laud up- n the movements ot the colonists," arid" 'liowbeit" Tr'iin"i:jtorllBlik'" point they could well discern their move ments on the -water," Thia . m.i , been the bluff which is how. the site of Claremont Bridge and front which our IniLn hrauni.l , t'.F.. I - I ' I. . .f.w,-.-,.f. t....-...iw.-iw..tfM'e'v,aTiiirnw an appearance, as if sitting on the bosom of the gentle and placid waters of ihe Nense and Trent. At a time v.hen they little thought of such a visitation, the Indians, in the dead ol night, came down upon them, and early the next morning the once ' pretty and happy little settlement ol Ner- Bern presented a scene ofsmokinz ruins. with the inebriaf ett and infuiia ted Indians dancing amid the desolation they had crc a.tJt(L:.--r---T -' A few day hefore the massacre,' the baron of Oraaff.-nreidl and Law son left Newbern, attended by a negro, with a view to ascend the river Neuse, tu explore the land mi its banks: having proceeded Id , small distance, they landed to pas the night, and were approached by two In.Ii an, who were soon after Wined by about sixty more, well armed: this induced them in iriuiu in ine una I, to proceeu lartlier up, where Ihey were followed br the In. dian, who look - from , them thrjr arms, provisions and, baggage, and -.compelled ti em tdii arrh with them all night to a eonsidi rsl distance from ihe rivrt, where Ihey were given up i the thief fa til lage; a council was held, and it was de-" terminrd tn sumrooh the inhabitants of the viltagea in the vicinity, to decide eo the fate of the prisoners. ,' About two. hundred Indians met, and f. rty ; of them' were thoseii tn enmpnse Ihe roenril, whn strictly examined them on the subject of their excursion! they answered, that Itsrir intention wa r- k a better and Wtr rnntt tn the ptantfion of the whie in Virgin!, ths on the north aid f A'he marl sous J being distant and bad. 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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