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' , "" JI"WW' 1 1 u- J-WlPiWMIPIIH m .. jMWtWMW,iiiMW,IIMiii,,,n i lliriiiiliiiiM-MMMMMiMi ! ,, mi HI j ) I)IIH r , , F. HILL., Editor and Proprietor JTUST JiJYB WOT Wilmington, North Carolina ? .r. VOLi. III. NO. 3& FRIDAY OCTOBER 12thj 1838. WHOLE NO. 14a - i - 3 i ' i r - - . . 1 r 1 - PUBLISHED : EVER Y FRIDA Y MORNING. Tzznsxo. t ; 1 fa'ki& Collars PEii annum, in" advance. XtVKRTISEI.KWTS Not eddihf k flguiare inserted t PNE DOLLAR the first, And TWENTY -FIVE C'EM'3 foi' each siibse quent insertlorii No Subscribers, takcft for less than one year, and all who permit their subscription, to run over , - -"'.- --.E - i I H year,, witnout giving nonce, are consiaerea bound for the second year, and so on for all suc ceeding years. ! ! No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option xf the E'liitor. EO- OFFICE oh the out'li side of Market Street, be ow the Couit lloime. -' ' Office of the P6rtmouth & Roanoke It. It. Co; Pdtramouth, Va. May 28th, 183S. Gwreat Central Route r ' . -h iSiV'EEN THE j NOllTH AND SOUTH, Via thc Portsmouth' and Roanoke Rail Toadi.and the ' Chesapeake Bay 1 Steamboats, I npiIROUGH from Halifax,! N. C. to --New York, in FORTY ONE HOURS. beWTHTREE HOURS IN ADVANCE OF ANY , OTHER LINE, and tkis without a mo ment t night travelling on-railroad south of - muaaelpAiatand WlThtUliT THE LOSS OF SLEEP Thus: f i Front Halifax to Portsmouth 6 hours. Portsmouth to Baltimore ' 14 Baltimore to Philadelphia, 8 ; Philadelphia to New Yerk, 8 it it tt it 36 15 Stoppages, ! fj- Leaves. Halifax every Sunday, Wednes day and Friday, Baltimore every Mondayj Wednesday and Friday, and Washington City eA.ar- Wednesday. Fare from Halifax to Phila delphia, including every expense, (meals, porter age, &c.)$18, ! . To be published until forbid in the . Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Georgian, Charleston Courier, Norfolk Herald, Baltimore Patriot & -American, National Intelligencer, U S. Gazette, Pennsylvanian, and Ner York- Star, and ac counts sent to the Office of the Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad Company. 125 tf ; Travellers going North, rrn IfiYvTHE WILMIN.GTON & RALElGII RAILROAD i j COMPANY'S LINE, . -A RE respectfully informed, that they will vAYfind the route through Halifax, Gary's, Pe 'Hersburg, Richmond, Washington, and Baltimore, the most expeditious, the time from Charleston to New York being by this line (through Petersburg, &c.) half a day less, than by any other interior raule. ; x ! . 1 The Petersburg Railroad Company have always locomotives, with coaches, &c. at Gary's, ready to proceed immediately for the North, upon the arrival of the passengers; and itnhretters re referred to Mr. B. F. Ha-lscy, their "agfeht . at Halifax, typen ; w4ose reresetatics they my implicitly rely. . . - j There h to uncertainty otl detention bn this route. All the lines north of the Roanoke run in reeedfrt 'CeHrvnexions and the engineers 'being careful, circonrspect, afnd soberj and eveiy othferpVecaution taken to render this line safe and tomfortaole, the attention of the public is invited to it. ' "' . '- : ; : , . ! An aent attends at Gary's, and takes charge of all baggage, and accompanies the same, Avlthout tronble to the traveller, all the way to Washiqgton. '. . ' - Teterabur Railroad Company's umce, Auf ast 22d, 1838. 137 tf i NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. LL' MerehAftdise, &c. intended to be for- : f warded on the Railroad. lilroad. lm must ;Lc sent be- i twonn siim-ise anu e i III o ciock, .U' M. Any! thing sent after that.'time cannot be; tlykcn on that ; j day. Nothing will be received, unlis it is pin up in the most substantial tnatui'i. Lvery ihiiig niiiiU have the owner's name niarktjd distinctly , tl oil it, and a bill accompany ,jf.g it',, iipcifying.the,: o. ' weight, slating who it is. from, who it is for, ;unJ j where it is to be lefi. . j ' ' j- I The merchants will be held responsible in: every case, for the freighton eve y thing sent by - . ! " m 1 . I ' . . . 4 dhem. Mercnanis naving coiTsigninems oi jno duce, and other articles from' the country, must take them away the day that they arrive, as the Company will not be responsible for any thing suffered to remain at the Depot all night. Articles will .be deliverd .'at, and taken from the. Tallowing points on the road, viz. Rocky Jtat Depot, Water Station, near Biirgaw wamp.and the Depot, near South W ashington. Tj r L.L.H. SAUNDERS, - : . 1 ! Agent of Transportation. ' May 12th, t838. 1M tf , 1 JIATES OF TOLL " AT NHE NEW BRIDGE, NEAR HILTON. TtOR a Gig, or Sulkey and Horse, twenty JJj cents, (20 cents,) Wagon bnd four Horses, fty cents, (50 cents, a four wheel Was on -and two Horses, twenty five cents, (35 ceats,) for a Carriage -and Horaes, thirty cents, (30 cents, Yor a Cart and one Horse, sixteen centsi (lb cents,) for a Man and' Horse, ten cepts, (10 cents,) for a Cart with Oxen, twenty, cents, (20 cents,) for a four wheel Carriage with one Horse, (wtnly five cent, (25 cents, for a foot PassengeT, ibur cents, ( 4 cents,) for Cattle,. Hogs, and Sheep, two cents each,- (2xents,) for Turkies, one cent each, (I cent,) for single Horses, four cents each, 4 cents.) , I i I A true copy from the minutes. : Witness, - ' j THOS. F. DAVIS , Clerk. ' NOTICE. j TT HEREBY forewarn all persons fromHrading Jl for a le of, Hand given by the subscriber loJohn Carry, dated some time in June last, uc months afterdate for thirty dollars, as I am de a lA iur Raid note, as it was fraadu- Ulliui'tu'"v i . ., . . - .. lently obtained agamst nte, g w mqrsf August 13tb, 1838. ; 133 tL " SPRING VILLA PRESCH AND ENGLISH SEMINAR Y For Young Ladiesj 1 : ' t , AT BORDENTO'tVN, NEW JERSEY. THE duties of this -Seminary will be , resumed cjn Monday, the 24th September i next. . ' I j The peculiar feature of this -establish- Htent consists in its being essentiolly a French SchooJ, lhat language being constantly spoken by the pupiJs in their intercourse with each other aiid with their teachers. j ; (The depaj-tmerit of modern languages isjunder ihe. charge of the subscriber iin$elfj assisted bv a ladv lately from t ranee tThe 'English' 'department is cjusn iaep entrusted to M iss M . Turner, 'from Boston, who isassistcn byj :AJ iss.E. Lunt, frdm Portsmouth, N. H. Music is tiiuorfct bv !,Mr. Edward R. IlHfi ri. firm DcirniHi'k. Drawing, Mr. Ehgstrom, Dancing, Mr. tl. .Whale. For information concetn'in'the'c hatarc- terf of the Institution, th subscriber begs leaVe, to refer to Col. J. D. Jones; and Levin Lane, of Wil mington, Mrs. Winder ,of Smithville, Gen, Wm. Hill, of Duplin countyi, and John Burgwynof Newbern, who now have children under his caire. A catalogue containing tfcrms, &'c. may be had at this office. -For further particulars, application may be made either personally, or by tnail, te A. N. GIR AULT, 1 Principal. f 153 ;f NOTICE l nnHE subscriber, having Qualified sft - the last term of the " Court of Pleas and Q,Uarter Sessions of New Hanover county, as administratrix of the estate of A. L. RIVERA, deceased, requests all persons indebted to said estate to make payment to herself, or to' L. II. Marsteller, Esq. who ,is legally authorized to act fort her ; and all persons havinjj claims against said estate to present them "within the time re quired by law, to either of us, - for payment, or this notice will be .plead n bar of reoovery. M. A- RIVERA, Administratrix. ; Wihnington, Sept. 17th, 1S38. 140 3w EXECUTOR'S SALE. X'HE subscriber, as Executor of Mrs, Sarah Stone, late of Raleigh, deceased, will sell at public auction on Monday and Tuesday the. 29th and 30th days of October next, at her plantation, about ten miles cast of Raleigh, all theierop of COTTON, CORN, and FODDER and all the stock of HORSES, CATTLE, and HOGS, and the PLANTATION UTENSILS, consistingof CARTS, WAGONS, PLOUGHS, &ct and on Wednesday the 31st of October, all' ihej NEGROES belonging to said estate forty six in number-consisting of men, women, boys, girls, and children, will be offered for sale. The negroes wiltbe sold in families, pursuant to the directions of the will. r TSRXVXS. The crop and plantation utensils will be (sold on a ciedlt ot six months, for all stmrrs ovirSlO for $10 and uiider, cash. A part of .Li . u . . c l isc Cuu ...ill me negroes, 10 ints aiiiouiu oi tiuoui qpi,vw, win be Isold on a credit of six months, for notes nego tiable and payable at the Bank of the State of North Carolina, in Raleigh ; and the balance will be sold on a credit of six months, j JfBond and satisfactory security will be required for the pur chase money, before the property is changed. I D. W. STONE. Raleigh, N. G. Sept 3d, 1838. 139 6w 53-TheAdvertiser, Wilmington, Spectator, Nwbern, t(nd Western Carolinian, Salisbury, will please publish the above for six weeks, and forward their accounts to the Standard office.- " ' J i J (Price 94, 50. ,.' NOTICE. A PPLICATION will be mad e at the net jf3L Session of 4e Legislature of this State, lo arhend the Inspection Laws relative to lumber arid timber, so far ak the port of Wilmingtpri is concerned. SeVte-mber Y9th, 1838. ; 140 5w John T. Flynn, MERCHANT TAY1XR. ffjlHE sttbscrfter would respectfully inform J the inhauitan's Tj W lhnnvgto'n 'tend the sur rcjunding country," that he has located himself permanently in this town, and is now ready to execute all orders in his line. Having been 'for stime time engaged in the well known establish nifnt of Mr. Charles D. Cair, of Charlet6ii C. as a jcufler, he hopes thai he will ive ner'a'l satirtc't ion. ! ON HAND, A GKN'EHaT. At'SORTMKXT Or iae Cloths, Lassimeres, ana v tsling s, I,- .... , i - , ' i v r liiCii -will be made as fashionable as in any of FANCY WEARING APPAREL; A few doorsVomli of R' Wilmington, S j t 8ih. 'ton's Ijnilroad Hotel. 18.8. i HI Sis. Rimawav N6ro JOHN belorijT- to Gov Dudley is . ! 1 I r .11 missing is !a likely, full face, black and smooth skin . .fellow, about 30 years of age;, e formerly belonged to Mr. Fillyaw may pass tjiat name or by the name of John Brown. j ejjeserted from some post on the, Rail Road early in August has a mother and sister in or about South Washington, 'fcriere toe' tnay be lurking. K , ' A rewardof Ten Dollars willbe given for his delivery in Jail at Wihnington, to jW. Montgom-f efy the Govr's overseer, at Summer Hill,- or td the bubsenbers. t t R. W. BROWN & SON. ' October 5, 1838. ! 14&2.W i THOMAS 1. AIIMS, INTENDING to locate himself in the T- Town of Wilmington, offers his services to hfs friends and the public generally in the trans action of a COMMISSION AND AGENCY BUSINESS. Particular attention will be paid ti the disposal pf Lumber, Timber, and Naval Stores generally, and the purchase of West India procmce. t Wilmington, Oct 5. 1838. f 142-12t. ;! NOTICE, A PPLICATION will be made at the f- next Session of the Legislatureof this Stately for a special actof the General AKxmhlir. to ena ble die late Sheriff of New Hanover County, to collect the Taxes doe hrm foe th vears 1833. 834 and 1835. f October 4th, 1834. 142-5t ! WILL open on the 15th of October. Besides lne principal assistants of the last year. three approved and experienced teachers will be auueu, viz , I i Miss S. BOSTOCK, 1 Miss J. SIMPSON. I Misa J. B. SIMPSON iS Bo?tock is an English llady who has ss borh rn EuYope.d thii t lt Z.?t?aTyn country. She wi iuicaitjia aepanmenis, and will take! a general - j r - i . . . . ... : ana uirect superintendence of e -nmnnUrs and uepnmeni oi me your.g Ladies. I M-iss J. I Simpson will take icharge of th freuch department, and aid Sn th liu department and Music. j i 1 AIiss J. B. Simpson takes charge of jhe Music department on the Piano, Guitar, and Parlor -'6jf,v "n tiiso icacn urawxng, raiUi ing I Embroidery, dc. ;! j The M:sses Simpsons arc experienced teachers fron Scotland. They have been thoroughly educsated by German and French mastersj-and conferse fluently, and with easej in the French! Language. ; They have for several y ears con -j ducked with; success, a boarding school in Orange f . . r . . . beveral iiew pianos are added to the M usic deprtment, and no expense has been furriish to it eVery advantage. j . spared .d iB'is nopea mat in tnese arrangements. the pbbtic wi!J see sufficient evidence hof outlay and effbit to prepare S school w.orthy of their patron-i agejahd it is now lor them to say whether it shall1, be sustained, and placed on a viTikanint basis. I The Academic year will be divided fcs here- tofoe, into two sessions of ticenlv iceels eachl andlthe general division ot the school will be Hitopwt; classes. class wftl becliarged Ttic second class - - S16 per Session. tinch Language, - - 10 A(ini8sion to conversation j lass in French, - i- $ 2 Oifiers not niembcrs of the school, 4 Milsic on the Piano, ; $23 I " .: Organ. - 25 0 - I " i &aitar, - ' 1 . IJs of the Piano, - f 3 i " Di&wing or Painting, . $10 J " Ffiucy work, including the art of making Wacfruir and flowers, Shell work! Embroidery, &c.S10 per session. Pdytnerft by session in advnce. j M " i' Tie Principal will only add his earnest desire that those parents, who design Jo send their daujhteis, will enter them-at the beginning of the session, inusuomu tneir siuoies as lar as possi ble 't his direction, j ! i. G$od-boarding may be readilyj. obtained in g;ntieel families, and parents wilHbe assisted?in placng theii' daughters on ffppltcatton I to Judge Pourf Mr. H; Leete, Mr. Geo. McNeill, or to I R. W. BA1LEV. September 28th, 1838 J I 112 4 w j ' EQ Forward bHRo R, VV. Bailey. LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the Post Office at Wil mington, N. C. on the first day of October, 1838! which, if not taken out before the first day of January next, will be sent on as dead letters to the General Post Office; JT Thoie whose namfs appear on this list, are iguested when theyftall, to inquire for advertised letters. Marha Ann Adams, Jamfs Agnfiw, 3 Benjamin Atkins &. Co Capt. Latchum, Simon Lewis John Liles, 2 Elijah Lane,' 5J Aron Larkinsj Eliza L.iddan;. 1 VVnt Jl. Archer, U. el K. Branner, M Benson, ' ' Dan EriO! M. Ross Moss, Charles Brewer, ;vjrs Caroline oerry, Ishafn Blake, Ednrlond Bates, Jesse Bowden, Saniiel'Bond, . Perllins Bowles & Co. John Ballard, Lott Ballard, Haify Burgwin, Heifry Bumlee, Thcfe. H. Byrne. Barnard Coopper, Perry Coolt, : Satyra Millerj; Capt. Thos. Mony, Mary E. Mebane, A. Me i Ian, j J. W. Maitland, Mrs. Rebecca AC oore, Iris Moore, I James W. McCoy, Samuel Murrell, (sons or daughters.) , Catharine Merrick, N. ; William Newton, O. Marinelns. Office, Alexander Clarlc, (care? of W. C. Capt. Hugh' Orrinc Coleman. D. Potter, Wm. Porter, ' Dr. R. F. Purnctl, Benj.. PonsongXcare of L. U. Phippein. William Rooks, Wrl. De Berniere, Josua Deel,1 Joh B. Dur.lap, Da fid Dickey, MrJWm. B. Dalron. 1 ; E. Southy Rue, Mefsrs, E. & S. Everett, Mills Reed, I- C 13.. r.t 9,lA Jarrfhs Frasier, Dr.fll. R- Foy, Ivnos Kogers. ' S. . Walter Sikes, ! uause, a Charles SheltOn, 2 Capt. Thos. SJoman, Daiiel Gariiion, pijjcnc q. - Mary A. Sargeant, N.- Stanrley, (care A I ted Galloway, of l PV . tireery, Edward Grubbs, M.F:Goldsbbro, T 5. Gregory, Jares Garrison, WiGarrison.:' 1 ' H. Mr ancy Hmt, 13r POrsson. Mr. Peden. Thos.iB-Smith, Jonathan Shaw, James B. Sellers. : T. ' Lt S. B. Thornton, I G. W. Taylor, W.H.Taylor, Amianias i ctry, William Tilton,. M-aria Toomer, David Treadwell. W. Daniel Wilton, Thos. H. Williams, Henry Wilton, Henry Williams, R RWfrson,. Burgis White, Carlton Walker, G. W. Walton, V Golden Williams, I Chlrles Henry, 2 I T.J"., n tl :i: feojjlia Httzell, Janaes B. Hilton, C. W. Hanse, ..Steven tladley, Lewis llayleoc Uaile, J. Sj. Holmes, -As! Hartsfield, Sinfon Halsey Baldwin W. Halsey, Johli fcr. Hall,; Dafiiel Howard, Johch Hanis. f J- i- - Wi.-B.Jones, JsaW Jordan, .' Sarah Watts, 2 Dafid Jones, Jolin, (servant of JohnWheeden, Owen John R. Ward, ; Mrs. Elizaberh Wright, Holmes j i k. ; Jaifies A. King, (for Elizabeth Daniel) John C. Williams, M. & A. Waddle, John Walker. liernpton & UappacJC, J. H. KeUey. W.C. BETTENCOURT, f. m. ctober 2d, 1831. 1423w FOB SALE. 4 healthy and pleasant small FARM, - with every necessary buikjmgon Wrights Tiile Sound, containing j 250 Acres of Land, 40 or 50 of which, is cleared and under fence. , fit not' sold by the 1st of December,! I would relit it for one year. V . t Oct, 5, 183& i I42:tt: Follies brtng men into contempt morel; than Tices. I inioe, I IK. Ltord.) ANCIENT FORTRESS IN OHIO, 600 YEARS OLD ! Among the interesting discoveries Witeh a prevailing spirit of inquiry res pecting the early inhabitants of this conti nent has given rise to. will be found the fol- $6TVTflg almost incredible narrative, for the J ..'I. .V 1 Lt.t V.. Li S . . ' . ueiansoi wnicu we nave specially to thank the useful geological curvevs ordered bv ! almost every State in the Union. We hope this diSc-bverv will incite our State LeX lain res and scientific societies, and those individuals who have wealth, and leisure, and taste to prossecute these inquiries. We may now 'believe n the alleged dis covery of the ruins of an ancient city with brick walls, on Hock River, in Illraois, and ivetTiist the apparent counterpart to ihatinnd mbre wnderRil collections of Egyptian ruins, colossal, statue, hieto glyphics,. obelisks, &c; at Palenque, in Mexico, will in someway or other be fully investigated and described. Professor Locke has addressed the fol lowing letter to the 'Editor of the Cincin nati:. Gazette': ' ''!- Mr. Editor: While onthegeological exa mination Adamscountv, 1 observed from the heights ol several mountains, therecall ed "knobs." a conspicuous and insulated elevation "several miles to the northwest, whi:h, for thepurpose of lebraetepeTa.phi- cal sketches, I determined to visit, t fcxnni it to be near Sinking Springs, on the road from Maysville to Chillicothe, and wilhin the limits 6f Highland Cdunty. It is caH ed, in the vicinity, "Fort H:ll,". from an ancient work which occupies the tpp of it. After j groping jmy iway, without a uide, one 'fiiiie through a by road, and; another mile on foot through a forest, I reached the top, -vhiich is a ievel table of 35 to 40 acres. Here I was surprised to find an ancient work, in many respects surpassing all others'which. 1 had seen in Ohio. The mountam is 500 feet above the bed of Bush Creek, v hie h washes its base, and 800 to 1000 feet above the low waters of the Ohio, and mostly of solid stone, inturrupted only by thin layers of clay and marl. Yet it is cove-red with soil and with forest trees. The rocks proceeding upward are, in perpendicular height, ascertained by the barometer, 150 feet of cliff limestone, 250 feet ol state, and i 150 feet of freestone covered by about 20 feet of clayey soil, being a natural stratum of slate and clay traversing the freestone formation, the upper jpart bf which is here wanting. This tci iiacc of soil produces a luxuriant forest of sugar trees, elm, pop lar, oaic, ctiesnui, &c. orne of which are 21 feet in circumference.! : The whole is enclosed with a dilh and wall, which is one mile and five eights Jlong, and flank- Jed by four regular bastions; The ditch is ;64 feet wide, and, by descending at first abrubtly, gives the appearance of a second jor interior wall. From this it slopes gra- jdually to the immediate foot of the wall, jwfrere it deepens suxJdenlv again. The b&$3 of the wall is 40 to 60 feet; and its butward slope of the iii II, which, all around, is about 150 feet, almost inaccessibly steep, and below that still 'a steeper hill to the base. Thus by nature and art the out jward defence is a wall of stone 100 feet in perpendicular height, down which the. Uefenders might roll the broken fragments of freestone, abundant in the entrench- pierit, each man, with hrs nands alone, being thus an efficient piece of artillery. The height 'of the wall from the bottom lof the enlrechmentlis fienerallv from 4 r - a ko 7 feet, but in some lylacs, it is 20 feet. The substance -of it has been determined by the nature of theliwtterials excavated, iand consists of stone mixed with earth. In mariv places the ditch has been exca Ivaled by quarrying through the solid free stone. In one placeionly 1 saw the stone laid in regular rafrgv! w6rk like masohrv: and this might have been the natural stra ta of the freestone left i the watl hy en- trenching withrn. I t I happened to have along with tne rny minature instruments for surveying, of which my " microsopic compass," made by Troughton c Sinrms, is tire principal; with these A Ncamrrreficed 3 rm mediately a survey by ,neandring.',, This was a diffi cult task, for the large trees, and an abunt dance of pawpaw bushes, did not permit us to range on an average more than loU feet at a time. I had no assistance except lard, my son, who accompanied me. Yet, excited bv the subject, I made not even a halt, until after a whole day of fatigue in the heat; without food or water, we fia, by 49 lines of coarse and distance, come round " to a sugar tree, the place of be ginning." 1 I I had not the least ideafof the form of the work until I drew the plot, which "closed" within 20 feet. Itconsists of four unequal sides, curved inwards, and meet ing in four, acute j salient angles," at wh ich there are peculiar open trastions; the walls curved outward a little, like lines of a parenthesis, and finally running pa rallell to each side of a road which enters at the very angle This road comes up along a ridge less pr)ecipitous than other parts of the hill. The North bastion fs peculiar, arid constituents the eitadet The gdrgeo it is fong and narrow. The bas tion is large, and, harfng four concave The outline of tie fort is that of naked lee and foot with a slender ankle and sharp heel, neinz cut ofTat the lower part of the calf by a line curving downwards. The two corners of tfie shin and calf, the heel and toe, form the four bastions, and the middle joint of the toe the citadel. . ; I sides, has 'three little bastions, thus consti tutmrr a complete fort within itself. The wall girts the hill at all points beloW the level of the table within, but at the ci tidal the. ditch commences with a perpen dicular precipice of freestone 20 to SO feet high, leaving the interior like the top of a castle, girt with a moat and well at its base. At distances nearly equal, there are in the whole line of wall 28 openings or gates. These were' originally, in all. probaoility closed by woodwork, and the wall itself surmounted with palisades. In the midst of the enclosed table is a pond, which, although! it had recently been drained of three feet of its usual con tents, still, on the 25th August, contained water. A chesnut tree, six feet in diame ter.lstanding on the top of the wall, serve to mark its ami juity. Counting and mea suring tf)e annual layers of. wood w-4iee an axeman had rut inio the.trunk, ( found them at nearly two hundred to the foot, which would give to thjs tree the age of 600 years'; How much' longer the wall had been standing, I sawi no means of de tei mining. A poplar tree, 7 feel in diame ter, standing in the ditch, allo.ving the layers which I have found in like poplars, 470 to the foot, would-give nearly the same result, 6f07 years. V- This work differs from all others which I have seen, except that at the mouth of the Great Miami, whichjl had la'tely sur veyed. A figure of this last work accom panies Gen. Harrison's Address on the Aborigines, lately "pubiiahed irt this city. j ueseiwo works areas periect a. counter part of each other as the ground and cir cumstances would permit, with the diffe rence that Fort Hill is superior in mag nitude, strength, and romantic site to thin n the Mii mi. Probably no place pn the Ohio, and few in the world, are bftfter calculated by Nature for a " stronghold than Fort Hill; and no plans of ' ancient woHfs" yt dis covered show m-ore skill in the design or labor in the execution. Yet the tiaveller who, irom the above: sketch, shall be in duced to pay the hill a visit, will likely be disappointed, for the dense fotest will permit him to see only a; few rods at a time, and not allow him to be impressed at once with its general grandeur. It is prooaDiy on. mis account mat even me surviving pioneer Companions of Gen. Massie, the patriarch of this part of the countrVt knew nothing of this curiosty. A more particular nccoint of this and other curiosities in the same neighbour hood rnay oe expected in the next geolo gical report. Very respectfully yours, JOHN LOCKE. Cincinnati, Sept. 10, 1833. Singular Curiosily.--Mr. W. Gibson handed us a few days since, a singular chrysialine deposite, apparently the petri fication of a "yejlow Jacket's nest, Or ho ney comb." Tbe cells. and cavites are filled with small chrystals, and he outer surface is rough, and of a'coYal Tike ap pearance, similar to that of submarine productions. It was found on the land of P. Shelburhe, Efq arid is said by those acquainted with the fact, to resemble the pieces of rbek found in the vicinity of the Virginia and North Carolina gold mines. Mr. Shelburne, .however, ver' correctly believes more can be made by ploughing and; planting, arid raising good crop, than by fruitless 'digging afrer the glitter ing ore, an-d we agre with him. The trtae Vealth of the country lies in the agricultural productions ot the soil, and the labor expended in tilling and cultiva ting is worth intrinsically more than all the gofd that ever Was dug from the mines. Agricultural labor and prosperity aYe the only true sources of your wealth, happi ess independence. Wetkly Teiu Rtv Every, body, far and near, knew John Bonfanti, who kept the. famous Fancy Store in Broadway, New York. He bad just returned from Europe, xvitk his family, and was stopping at Palmo's Hotel. On Wednesday morning, about 4 o'clock, hejumped from the third story of the building into the street, and was picked op by a watchman, instnsrble. He expired a short time after being car ried into the' house.1 As Wt no cause can be assigned for the deexf. Philadelphia Inquirer. . The Effect tj Intemperance. In the New York Court of Criminal Sessions, on Wednesday, Duncan CaiKpbtll was arraigned, tad sentenced to fiva years' imprisonment, for assault with intent to kill Capt John Tngler. He made a heart-rending appeal of heaped up misfor tunes, which had induced bim. in drunk enness, lo commit tbe crime on which he had been fairly vconvicred. He stated that in his time be bad done tome good,, having Trsctied six persons from a watery grave, ami moreover, it w bi first xl fence, - . ' - 1 ' . Mr. J. a AdatmC ioli late refter to his constituents, states that the payment of the fourth loftalment o! the-Surplus was postponed ti l January, 1838 ; so that unless Congress, in the first month of its session, take other order upon it, more than eight millions must be- distributed by the General Government to the vari ous States on the 1st January next wAife there is not a shilling in the-Treasury. From the North Carolina Standard. STATE AFFAIIISv rco. io. ' - . Mr. Lorixo : I am.unabltvto assign all the reasons for it, yet the fact is unde niable, that our State in general exhibits a lively sensibility, of late years, '-to.. the question of who shall be our next. Presi dent? Whilst her own leading men manifest little anxiety about what is to be the destiny of North-Carolina V Va?i all, in theory, advocates for &tatc-rights and yet we do not seem to consider thai State-rights are secure only where thero arc 2latt interests to protect. e all deprecate the patronage and power of the national govemvne'ut, speak not of thia or that administration) whilst there. are few if any who do not greatly enlarge that patronage and increase that power, b in fusing into all our Stale elections the par ly politics of the general government. We can reckon to a man the sentiments of our State representatives in reference to those questions of national policy that divide us into parlies; but I -doubt if tbo best informed men on such topics, can tell the opinions of any 10 members of the next Assembly, upon the great questions of our Slate Affairs. We sperrd out lime, talent? and money, to denounce the encroachments of Federal porter; to up hold oi to oppose the policy that is recomi mended by our National Officers, nnd . do notjjomplain of it ; popular vigilance is tho best secutity for public, liberty -bat we leave little or no time, we give no . portion of our talents or money, to advo cate tKe intert'sts of North Carolina, htil establish a pol icy for the State. Without meaning to .assume the oftice of Censor over others, I woud respectfully appeal to North Caralinians, of all paTties, and earnestly inquire if this is right if it is patriotic if it is wise? Though I 'am not able to prescribe a dire for such evil true affection lor the Slate justifies if it does not require that they should be sta-. ted.. It is some check to be reroinded.of? them, in our St;ite (I say it with rever ence and love for the dear mother of us all) there is a lamentable lack of proper pride ; we are not accus'.omed lo claim for. the State all that she is entitled to ; we do not take the stand we ought to occupy; , we are too much in the habit of 'ooking at the things thut belong' to us, as rather inferior to those of the like kind belong-. ing tp onr heijjhbors. For example: we look with, indifference, if not with com placency, upon the efforts of other south ern States to establish and foster a direct foreign trade with ports of theirs, not su perior to our own, and hardly a voice is raised td secure even a portion of our own trade to our own seaport towns. . We cheer them in their exertions to do their Own exporting and importing, instead of ; paying tribute to northern cities ; whilst we supinely pay tribute ourselves to Vir cfinia and Souih Carolina, as well as the same-northern cities, and make rro Strugs gleto resist U Is this wise 7 Is this the part of children of statesmen of patn- ots ot North Carolina? Why may we mm am ; "not, with one mind, resolve that we will use 'all proper means to change theso habits of indolence, and let that constitute a branch of our system of Internal Im provements. The Assembly of 1S'36 approved, pa tronized and commenced a system of In- ternal Improvements in Noth virolina ; yet it is plain that the habit of. our peo ple, to look without hope of any practical result upon all our own exertions, in that , race of enterprize which others' pursue with wonderful success, coupled wilh the apathy of our public leaders, has found public opinion no fsirther advanced than to be clamorously urging the people to meet together and send Delegates to Con ventions, "to devise some plan of improve ment as if a plan had not already been, devised and patronized by tbe State, which rs now in a,course of successful execution. 1 earnestly inquire ;what is io be 'the consequence of such a proceedure? The constitutional representatives of the peo ple; the Assembly of North Carolina, have already entered upon a tsysttm ef improving our means of internal commu- ' nication ;" the work 5s progressing with nnprecedented success; and whence it is necessary or proper 4to call together a self constituted body, to advise the As sembly of 1838? Would you have them to abandon what has been done ? I Have the people manifested discontent, and pro nounced against the system ? If so, who. is there lo tell, better than the Represen tatives, what they wish substituted for it? If the Assembly of 1838 abacrdoii 4he system of.their predecesrbrs, so may their schemes be reversed by their successors in 1840; and we shall again ubstitnte talking tor acting theory for practice i and find our State, at the end of a few years, just where ive set out ; exceot that our friends will be all exhausted by a iiuiiics ruuu i'j uu crry la.iug at a UtDfj and the c&use of improveraaot will dm iucwiucu id iuc puoirc mino, wilD. C2lrd vagance and folly. ' : Is any one prepared lo; shew that the plans already adopted are onwise; thai the system already commenced is udsoU. ed to our interests; then let it be first shown, and there will be time enough to convoke the people to elect Delegates to -derise a systeru of Improvoroent? for the -i f it '-- 1;
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
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