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yjrA ' !. : " . - ' FRIDAY, JULY g, 1811. -.. l - , .... .. . - .- r; ' ... . . , . ') - i ' , . . . 1 r-. .. i v - -. . : . . . An l . fVr tit Virginia fryu). f. LETTER fit , . J "- Vw : : f - . " ' . ; . AmonVtSe ,,wan c( Greece that have ; bren thcTncnt famous rc may reckon these of the;Spitan and Icssenians. ThcrVvere three mortal combats be tweeritneie two powers and tliey alltcr mioated" in favor of Sparta. The '.first commencedlowardsthe -year 774 be fore ChthVlUttd for 20 yean, and con. c!udc6T inthef i1truction of llhome The. secind bcRan towards the year 684 before ChnsUrnirred for fourteen years aod was tefrMoated by wthe capture of Tra. Tb V5d1ook pUce about the year !fore'Chnsti464 luted for 14 years, nd endepti-tht expubion of the Mes ettlans froovPeltrponnrssiis. The WttrVof the Gretks with the Prr aiins occupy a period cf i3 years. The original cuse of thrm 'is' said to have trtn theumbiti!n rTDarius, excred by llv,ias, thr soq'of Pis ra us, who to k refjgr in the doort of Persia after.his hwVuhtncnt , from Athens. This long . continued war embraces three distinct epochs : U The expedition of Darius ; That of Xerxes ; 3. And that of the Greekva$ainst the Persians. The expedition of Drius took place AW year? brfrc Chnst. ; This Prince (believed to be the Ahar :rus of Scrip ture, whoinGuVnccd by Esther, revoked the sewerce against the Jews, and con rtunded the wxkfdness of Hainan) was cn of h- most illustrious Monarchsof Persia. Ju:t, meraf'i!, courageous and rtr!ike, Darius, who had greyly extend ed the empire of his predecessors, by nn unhappy destiny, saw his glories ur n'.shcd on the sterile shores of Attica IJc had sObdued Thrace and Macedonia, but (he conquest of Greece still remain ed to be atchieved. Hypias, driven from Athens, excited h;m with all his art to the enterprise, whihl the conduct of the Greeks themselves tended to irrita'e him to fur? aeainst their country. Having srnt hcra'db into Greece to demand earth and xrater, that is to say, submission to his r owcr, the (Lacedemonians, in an at tmcious spirit of irony, interred one alive and drowned the other. The Athenians on their pirt, sacrificed the interpreter, ir having, said they, sallied the Greek Language with such a vile proposition. Darius in his anger, expedited against Greece 110 000 men, commanded by Datis and Anaphernes. They at first : took the Mod of Eubea, burnt Eretria, end sent all thr inhabitants in chains to Darius. They had in reserve a similar fate for the rest of Greece, which how- eter waA saved by a splendid victory. j The celebrated Mdtlades, at the head of! or.ly ten thousand men, hid tne temen, tVattick this multitude of Persians near the town of Msraihoni He threw them entirely into cor.fuMon and left them no other refuge than the asylum which their vessels afitd' d, and which thryga:ncd with much difficulty. Hypias perished. The Spartans did o arrive until th day after the battle, notwithstanding they nad marched 46 leagues in three days in order to arrive at the field of ac Uon. The expedition of Xerxes against the Greeks, took p: ace about the year 481 lrfore ChrisU This prince, who was the son ?nd successor of Darius, after asven years of immense preparation, and a strict alliance with the Carthage nuns, tao, on their side, undertook to attack thr Greeks 5f Sicily and Italy, pet him self "in motion with almost , an entire i it ion, to avenge the misfortunes of his lather. Herodotus, whose veracity, in thik particular, may weU be questioned, teckons five millions as the aggregate of that multitude of men which Xerxes assembled for the invasion of Greece. He crossed the Hellespont upon abridge of boats, and his troops, as it is sojd, Mre seven days and seven nights in ptstlng over. ,He pursued his march, vithoul resistance along the coasts'of Thrace,of laAlonia, and or Thcssa 1 whilst bis fleet kteplng pace with li s army-rpassr f,rr'0nt Athos,.whicli llerod6tosalges,'5crxes had the fol ly to cut. hc. Persian forces at length arrivrd 'ai the defile pf Thermolpy e, where there? occurexj, a'nother event of immortal celebrity., Leonidas and three htaidred'Spartans, for two days arretted the 5trcts pf thr-whole Persian army,N n 1 GoUy f 11 the victims' more of trea cbcry thaa of forcca T racian having 1 shewn; to the troops of Xerxes a passage overthe mountains. This dtfile of Ther mopyle is a strait between Mount Eta and the sea, about two leagues in length, and in .no place mere thaii $0 feet in widttv, It tost ths Persians more than 20,6obmen'. Atf the same time that the Persian king over-run Phocia and Brotia, he in undated with tiis myriads the territory T Attica, and arrived at Athens'. .The mistocln had sufficient influence to cause it to be abandoned. The entire popula tion embraced the magnanimous resolu tion to embark on board their vessels, which conveyed them to the island of Sdamis, opposite to the deserted city. The Persian barks in dt fiance or tern pes;s and of the repeated attacks of the Greeks in the vicinity of Eubea, arrived at the same time in the neighborhood or Salami., Xerxes, seated upon a throne, elevated ub ve the shores rr A thens, gave the signal for a sea figh', which he animated by his presence. Tw lvc hundred and seven vcbstls c-m posed the, Persia fleet, whilst tlu Greeks could bireiy rerkon three hun dredand eigniy. Victory, however, de clared Tor the later. Thir triumph wascmpleie, having ch-stroyed abut 200 of the vessels of their enemy. Eu rybiades. the Lacedemonian, commoiu! ed ; Aritides was in 'he action; but Themistcchs was the hero or th day. After thi even. Xerxe did not con ceive himself in very great saf ty, anl leaviog Mardonius with 453,000 Per sians, he hastily rtturnd to his kingdom; happy in being able to repass, in a small sk.IT. that same Hellespont which but lately had been coveied with his boats. Mardonius was not more fortunate than his master ; he wts beaten, killed or. the plaint of Platea in Beotia, and his army destroyed. He was vanquisher? by the celebrat-d Pausanias ; and the brilliance of 'his victory was increas-o by another not Ivss glorious, for Leon ichydjs, with the Gfecian fleet, defeat ed that of the Persians at Mycale at the same time. Expedition of tie Cfeehx agairut the Persians.. The disasters of the Persians and ihv victories of the Greeks, rendered the latter aggressors in their turn. They over run the isles of the ligean sea and the coasts ofc Thrace, those or Ionia, carried oft whatever b.fcuiged to the king or Persia, arid br ke the yoke ..i such a had' relactan ly yielded to hit domination. Pausanias!, Themistocles, bu above aJlCymod-gaVe to the -Persians the nOJt mortal blows. This ia I ler has rendered himself fore verrenown- ed by his two victories in one day, upo two different ejements. With an infe rior squadrm he destroyed the Persian fleet at the mouth or the Eurymedon, and landing in the face of he enemy's army, he attacked, beat, and dispersed it. At length, Artaxtrx-s, earyrof so unfoitunate a war,' terminated t 6y a nt-ace which completed the clovy of . - 9 r m Greece. He consented thatall the ircek cities of Asia should be free, that Persian vessels should not navigate the Egenn sea, and chat the latter power I hould not station any military forct within three dtys march of its coasts. ! War cf Poloponnestut. This war commenced about 'he year beroie Christ, 431. It enduted for 27 yers, and the history or it is given t -us by Thucydides. Ii partly originaaci n the revoltii.g conduct or Athens, who Was desirous of" domineering arbitrarily over the rest or Greece ; and in par rrom the jealousy or Sparta and the o ther Greek States, who bore with impa Uience the supremacy or the Athenian . A quarrel between Corinth and Lorcy ra, one or her colonics, served as a pre text, & was the signal for general wai . All the Greeks partook in this tern ble quarreli and arranged themselves or. the side of Sparta of of Athens ; but in such a manner, that, generally speak ing, all the land forces were united w'h Sparta, whilst, the maritime cities con oected themselves with Athens. L wa this great difference in the nature of th forces, and the difficulty of being bro. in collision, which, prolonged the war and rendered it more destructive than bloody. Sparta' menaced Athens with all her forces, ravaged her enviroos, and blockaded her inhabitants within their walls. Athens, on her part, avenged herself by.the ravages which she com mittedv among her enemies, whereby she compelled them to fly to.the derence c4 their own inhabitants. The plague prevailed many times during these un happy coruictsJniigaYc a finishing touch to the calamities with which those f wretched countries were troubled. Among the actions worthy of particu lar observation were the capture or the island orSphactria, in front orpylos The Athenians had at that time a fine opportunity or making an advantageous peace, which was repeatedly efTered to hem by Sparta', the latter being anx i us to save th jse of their citizens, who were likelv to be made captives. The siege or Po'idea, which surrendered to the Athenians after three1 years invest ment ; the inhabitants were, driven out, and the city was peopled with Atheni ans. The siege or Amphipolis, thc. ta king of whico by the Spartan Brasidias, occasioned the banishment or the histo rian Thucydides, who was named by (he citizens of Athens to go to its aid. The imprudent and vain Cleon1 wh was charged with th,e recapture of the place, was killed in flying bcfoVe a sor "ie or the besieged ; bu the brave Bra sidias, who commanded the latter, Was slain in the midst of his success. The expedition to Sicily, which was under taken at the instigation of Alcibiades. in opposition to the winer counsels of Niciaa : Alcibiades had the direction of' a select ponii n or the vessel, marines j and soldiers ; but Nicias and Qemos ! thenes hjd the principal, contr. I. All their efTor's were directed against Syra cusc : The resistance which they met with afforded time for Gylippus the La cedemonian to come to the succor jf the place, and the expedition terminat ed in a most disastrous manner Tor the Athenians. Their vessels were lost, thir army was beaten, hemmed in, and compelled to surrender, the soldiers were made slaves and the generals were put to death. Athms never fairly re covered Ucm this dreadful reverse ; and Cicero has well remarked on this occa sion, that her glory and; her power had neen shipwrecked in the port of Syra cuse. The naval combat of the Argi nusic, where the Athenians vanquished 'he L'-'cedcmonian.Ca i ratidis, who al though very inferior, fought from a false notion of honor, and perished in the bat le. The ci iz :ns of Athens condemn ed their eight victorious general for laving neglected to bury their slain. The sea fight or Egos Patirnos, where, by address, Lysander destroyed the A thenian fleet, took theirjgeheral, pilia ed their camp, and in some measure decided the hie of the war. Of 1804 vessels scarcely one returned to Athens. The capture of A hens by Lysander, vbo after the victory of Egos Patirnos; :h;ckaded it by sea, whilst the kings of Lac:demon invested it by land. Redu ced to the last extremity by famine, this (II r3ttd city Implored mercy from her enemy, who rased her Vails, demolished her port, changed her government, de stroyed her marine, and reduced her to a speH s of servitude. C. tyttxc following letter is inserted at the request or the writer. We have generally declined publishing article df this kind ; but we are the more willing to depart in the present in stance from our usual practice, as this Ad dress is divested in a great measure of loca' matter and contains much correct reflection of a general and interesting nature. (The common method of electioneering cannot be too much censured ; and we cheerfully give pubncifto the following just sentiments on the subject. ! I )' To the Freemen of Orange County. y, Felloyt-Citizens, Shortly after the last Election, 1 came to the reso iution not again to offer myseir as a candidate for public favouj This was not, as many imagine, the effect of mortification occasioned by the result of that election ; for being a new Can didate, my poll was more honorable than I had just reasons, to expect, and therefore could not be a cause of mor tification; but I took this resolution to avoid the turmoil and bustle, thro' which it has now become necessary Kor a Candidate to pas to gain his e- lection, and to avoid the reproach and calumrior the envious and wicked, andto follow the bent of ray own in clinations, which lead tne to private ifc there fore vcoocludd to with draw: from the t bustle add jeave it to be encountered byrnr?;composediof " sterner, z?v;ever,! upon more .raatUeteflecSS6o,'fassisted bv tjiej suggestions and j: solicitations of many oi my Countrymen, i nave again .consented to hold a poll; at th ensu- ,tng election, to represent you tn tne House of Commons of the next G- neral Asgemtiy. But although I have consented to become1 a Candidate, haye not consented to perform theU sual electioneering campaign': I can not undertake to ride to every house to attend, every tax-gathering and every rnuster-ground-to jgo through the series pf "superfluous: teremonies, and drench the people with Whiskey to excess,' and even besot myself, tor the purpose of gaining, favor. Thi ( :tice, though very much sanction- practice ed bv custom in - this country. Js in my opinion, very reprehensible, .ann one which I cannot consent to eraba k in. It tends to encourage lazjnpss to viiiatei the moraTs of the peupl: and begets in the Candidate, a;. spirit of sycophantic subserviency which little comports with the dignity of a Legislator. It is calculate tb plact the government exclusively in tht hands of the rich, by ensuring success to the longest purse) It saps and de stroys the very vitals oflibertyand in-' depindetjee, and converts elections, into coverings for the basest corrupt tion.' For these'reasons, together with my domestic concerns, which will no, well admit of my absence, I have re solved, to make known by means of this publication, my willingness to S serve myj Countrymen, and will leave the issue-with them. - I am sensible that this'rnethod is not calculated to ensure success, but no p tber one'eah I consent to adopt, and hope the time is not far distant when no other will be pursued; for I am persuaded that after a man is gene rally known, the people can make their electiori;more correctly andnbiassed when left to themselves, than tinder the inebriating influences of pp'ent drinks of grog, f When , occasionally convened with my neighbqjlrs, ICan take a jglass with much satisfaction, but to ride to the farthest verge of the Countyj for the express purpose of treating and drinking, is a wanton waste of time not justifiable either by prudence or principle. And what bet ter canbevsaid of the annual election eering excursions ? Day after day, and weckjafter week, is spent in tra versing the' County' from one extremi ty to the othtr, and every hole and corner is ransacked' to curry favour and to gain a vote, while the same time and labor might have been more usefully employed iri some honest oc cupation at home Were these ex cursions made for the purpose ot giv-; ing information, ot enlightening the minds of the people, the practice would be laudable ;ibut alas i instead of eradicating errorj and disseminat ing useful knowledge on those occa sions the whiskey bottle is too often introduced to pass away the time, and the -dextrous and copious use ot it is perhaps the only argument used by the Candidate to convince you he js a clever felhiv and Worthy of yourstif-- frages. : By offering myself, t'ellow-Liti zens I do not wish you to infer that I am over anxious to become your servant, but merely to exjDreSs, ray willipgness to serve in case you think me worthy ; nor do I wish you to thint that I consider myself fully qua- lifted to discharge the numerous and important duties of a Representative ; for 1 frankly declire to youV the con victlon of my own incompetency But experience has shown US tnat we can not always get men qualified in. every respect to discharge the duiies of that office, so that we have, to elect .out of the Candidates who offer,' those we think best qualified to serve us, and my oeringonly gives yoti' an oppor tunity to make a choice which other wise woytld have been like Hobson's ' them or hone." I am opposed to men holding office during, pleasure, or tnqir Dccoming rnerotue yy wuucay -I, would much rather see the elect; ive franchise exercised it teeps in remembrance the great privilege we enjoy that of choosing our own ru lers : for if men were permitted' to tase seats year after year without anv nrlnn! iinri the Dedni's minds would "111- - r -1 - 7" - . jl oe lulled into ipdiuef encel, and in projJ cess of tjmieyjwoUjcl tyrgtttyyi had acontroling vpiec: To prevent this l)iemma;JrJid .flipphat 8omC DerSon morebnable than imjseIfAVhiilfL I have decfareld hi rntiV a: Candidate at jbuf last njir reasonwfi dd hot then consent tb ;.flt is usetel it this lime to say ianfc thing abiiut my, political septimentsv gs I etpect they are jgeneralinpwnV They have been the subicct both o praise and eensure. The earnfest5zal with which I have, supported my-opi- sure of some men, whose friendship I shouldtbe anqtipus to deserve f ami maintain'; b'u'ti wherer,a desertion of principle or a loss of Jiendsiipi the alternatives, itali fhothe latter ; for i.hpld Ifiay pritfdpffsar--j cred as I do my loVe of country, arid ; I consider that wfen l yield the one, I destroy the pthert , T ; I have thus explained to you, my Countrymen, the groudsnn which I act, and hpp they af e isiicVril! meet your approbation. Jf' youfhould think proper to entrust. mewth ihfe management of iyour politicajcqna . cernsy I will.;endeavor to act brthy of your condepCevandiff rule of my conduct your interest tJfed' - welfare. - .,! v 'Sf,r?. ' a'm.yitb the respect, ymr tJflotttjieii 7 Jttne 18, 1811. JOHN.ORIG. BY 1 fit GO V E R H Q;R?v i-l WHEREAS, by an Inquest taken :at th; . ft house of Jeremiah Gaddy, n;AnSa county, on the fourt daj cf the present month ; 1 the view or the boorflN MAYl, then Wj'iMf'm a id. there lying deiltppears'tbae V.cmaiiiif..M I KliiHAUlJJ r AIR tlA-WFORD,'Jate olrif: the atd Coumy, fekwdthlk'i his . ma! ice aforef h ough tfc did gnr.tHaaasenarge ZpmV; loaded With forty or. tiff rf shot,' which enter u v in ana upon ine ie parrot me oeiy,.0t fj3Zfyy ; John Mayi and made a mottal buajy hereby he instantly died ; and thatrihe said cnmihal has made his escape : And it being further t-e-presei.ted that the murder vas most cruel and unprovoked y$ that the Criminal has ded be yond or oOf ofthe isdtctj'on arid that, frbmVthe largeoectionS and uifiu- " ence of theiaid Richaro Far Crawford, it is apprehended lie 'will not be .brought to justice without difficulty i i j ',y ti'ii'- ' f ' ' Now, therefore, I, BEflJAMtltff, ? Governor of th State vof North-Caolinav pujf suant to an actAof the General Aslmb!V passed at Raleigh,'. obuiV61 Decm1)eril80at :6. or per sons as shil;;ibW4ftiJiABD: Air CRAwroiSijahj ehvrJrrwteiSbe-; riff of Anson CoOTtyat . The aforekid,Richard( tajf Ctwfo1:ct 'is deJ serib'tbe,?iiug very auwards off six feet hi&h j lender raw-boneiruurkably , 'ystrong and fletvouhis faceigVndrtyr4 cheek bones high eyes latgei ifrb'rrii nihil and - grey hairbtown, androrn shohs!!f w hii teeth when he laughs, and; chews JoMccbi'j, Gittn under inj bahifchytftalttg - day t-Mayt 181 1 -.t ' - , ' f i ' ; ' ' , THE Subscriber hiving qualified )4t te Jist.-j Goilaty Court of Mecklenburg a Ad, ministraior on the Estate of ithei late, Maj.v Da vid Cowan) deceased, request : all persons ha- ving legal claims against said Estate, to pre sent them 'to the'-Subscriber yrithiq the tjtnie limited by laW, or they will be;batred i ind all who are indebted ro said estate it request ed to make immediate pajraent to i j f :'v - A. gRE Admin'r. . Charlotte, C. June 3, 18111 Sil3 r- : ! ' : 1 t , f ;l- t Ndtijcej, is hereby fril TO ALL tn'osenavfng ciaimi ljainst the Estate of j Richard Bennitti dc. jo;pre sent them properly authenticated Jwlijthjnf t he time limited byjlawj r theyUl recovery-i-Thop indebtedtdjthe essate must make prompr payment. f ; ! v AMBROSE LfCENNATEr, . A -14'! ' of Mtcbard, BtnnaU dee. May 24,1311.! ", V 1 313; . A ' ' u ra ro toe jaitxuj. ju.ihuiwu Mary who pall: himself pralias , j and' say hej!the 'ptyifjA'iaghjjtran u but, front information, it ii stpecd j has ' "if I It ! not told his; tnasterV name correctly fie! in f h Dark -ItlaKttoL about Sieet 8 ot.9 inches hjW.v x 6 rH X-1 stout maoe ; cult to about 25 to come and take with as $ ie is an Ainean.ancb very ainv; ;:, ; J be undea'stood 10 his peech i,atja he isv 4 ' '''lviH ! 'years .oragevr;;Thejrwhe ; ibwrd, prove prdperw Wharge, $ 1 h him away i ;otherwiseKwtil he3eajra i f I r I the law diw&Km If ?i if ,K1 i rl.'r .:' Kha& ':,t'wili ii- 1 .' v i.r .... .:- i - ml-- I I I Hl.ll
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