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. . 1 - : , !--..'- ..:..:,.. ...... - . - J j " 1 - ! ;' . ' . i ' ' . ' ' "i ' ' ui i- - . - -.-i T i- : i i ..i .. .. i , , ,,l ,, ' f t 1 ..nt FRIDAt;tSEPTMBER:9, 1825 "i fiNO.'i333; Tlc Register ; r Is published every FaiBAT, by JOSEPH GALES & SON, At Three Dollar per annurn, or One l3olU and a Half for Hail a year tu bc t- advance." ' ' invw?TTSP.MENTS Not exceeding 16 lines, naatly inserted three times for a Dollar, ana cents ii - cdinTpublication ; those of greater. length roust be. post pa'd.; - i asaltffllj 3Ett0fottr TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1 1825 i ELECTlON nETURNS. ' , ColuTbut"'-Alexander Forme S.' i'tukc U. Simmons and Caleb Stephens' C. JSomyawi-...Thomas Boykin, Sv tDavid Underwood ana jumcr v. The New-York Statesman, speaking of the CoiigtWMonarElectibns Jn this Stated pays, ofthe eleven gentlemen from North-Carolina who attended the Caucus, all except one or two , remain at home.'.'; Before people make posi tive assertions; it is strange thejr do not take pains to disco? er the truth of what they are about to advance: ; .Tliere were only nine (hot eleven) of our delega tion attended the Caucus: ; Of these, four have been re-elected to Congress; and a Mthi'JMch&G.Buriw (though a Caucus man) has ' beeii elevated to the Gubernatorial Chair. There are also, two members who tdid not -attend the Caucus, left at home. i! . The time approaches rapidly,' when he who has-been' - a Nation's Guest!? for mure than a year will leave our shores for his native land. The beau tiful frigate Brandy wine, -which will have the honor;.of; bearing -him to his friends & home is, we learn in complete readiness for his reception. Tv, The eighth is the day fixed for Ins embarkation. In; a letter to Mr: Skinner of Baltimore', he says, that he dines on Thursday with Commodore Morris and a large'compa xiy ; on the 6th of SepterabY-i his birth day, with the President; ' on the 7th, Ke will leave Washington to meet the Brandywine at the nfarest D,oint, and embark on the" 8th. On1 the- evening precedinghis departure, the President's house Vdl be thrown open that all may5 nsive an opportunity of bidding him fare well. He will carry with hini the be- nedictions of the whole nation, and ma ny an aspiration will" be offered up to lleaven for his prosperous voyage. On .Fridav last, th two Regiments of the Militia of this Cou nty were review ed by- Brigadier-General Blount," of Nashccompanied by his Aid -de-Camp, Major.Drake; ' f -5ct?tr-The Comrni ttee appoint- ed by the Board of Agriculture of this State, to prepare arid attend to the pub lishing of a Volume on Agricultural Subjects Toe the. use of our Agricultu yists,1 containing also.. Professor Olm sted's Geological Report,' have made considerable; progress the Work j and as soon as certain expected Essays shall be furnished "by the Gentlemen who have promised them (which it is hoped will, not be much longer delayed) the work will appearand be distributed as directed by, the Legislature. . The citizens of ashington are about giving Cormodpre". Porter, a, j public dinner, as a. testimony of their respect for his private -worth and public servi ' ccs. 'This must be peculiarly gratify ing to the hero of the Essex; under ex-r isting Clfcurastances.r' We regret Jo perceive that some -papers, not content with promulgating the sentence, of the Court Martial, .are Ailed wjth ungener ous and cruel reflections on the Com modore. s He will not, we trustr regard their ill-natured remarks ; for heshould He n bo ascends to mountain's tops xriU find Th; loftiest peats mpst wrapt in clouds and Wl f . v : t -. i He rho rurtxutes or, rubduet mankind Must look dou-n on the hate of tiose below. r,. publication of a patnpMe.t9ehtUle( tcum9or anuumnie aiiempt xo maKe a Recpnciliation between 1 the Bishop of it oriu-varouna anu ume vi his uisscoi ing brethren, by shewing that they do not differ so widely as the pubnc,; have been led to suppose, by the Rev. Robt. jj crow. ' fr.t' The last Fay etteville Observer states,' -- that off the signers of the Cumberland Compact,' pubirshed in the Register not long-since, three are yet living in Cum berland County,' besides David Shep herd, .who resides in Fayetteviller They, are Samuel Carver, tfohh El well and Benin. Elweli; ' : 'rf, The President of - the 'United States has appointed Alfred Conckling of N.' York, to; be "Judge -for the Northern District, vice Roger Skinner, dee'd. - s jf?orflr.' It has already been stated in tlie Columbian papep, ..that two at tempts had been made to assassinate the Liucrator Bolivar. Abetter from Bo gota, published in the London journals, says that this friend of ' mankind ; had escaped the dagger J.oi i the "assassin , wiitcn nau Deen raiseq against nim, no less than seven of eight times. In the recent secret murder; at LimaJ'of Mr. Monteagudo, it was ascertained ph ex amining' tlie body, that he had been stab bed with a sharp instrument. ' Tliisled to the examination of all the cr tlers in the city, when one of -them stated that he;, had sharpened two poinards, at the recruest pi a negro, with whose name he was unacquainted, but that he should now him if he saw him again. A proclamation (continues the writer) was immediately issued, ordering a general enlistment for the army, but excepting all slaves and black men. .It was a trap laid for them as necessary for .the ser vice of the city ; to which effect they were ordered to call for a bill of excep tion at the office of the Adjutant-Gen eral, r. They presented themselves ac- cordingly ; and the cutlery who1 was concealed, easily knew1 the owner of the two poinards,.. who having been suddenly grasped,, as theurderer of Mr Monteagudo, and asked wji ere the two poinards, were, auswered by con fessing his guilt,, and producing one o the two ; he addcd4 that as he could ot' have been discovered, but t by the de.cree.of Providence, he M ould declare that he had been seduced to that crime by the Governor of the castle of CaHao (see the model of that infamous Ferdi nand1!) and that the other poinard was. to be found within the sleeve of the, left arm of General Bolivar's head servant, who was. to murder him in' the night of that very day. The poinard was found as it was said. 'I. , , Ve learn from the Norfolk 'Beacon,--that the.y hole French' fleet, which late ly put-in there, got under weigh on Monday inorriing and stood out for sea with a . west wind. ,0n the Friday even-in"- TjreviouS,1 the officers of Fortress Monroe gave .tliose of ..the; fleet a very splendid 'Bali, which was likewise at tended byall the , respectable qitizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton. Ad mi ral G riyel was present, accom pa nicd by most of the Captains of the fleet and such 5' of the Sub Officers as could be spared from duty j but Admiral Ju rien was prevented, by iudipositionf from attepding.f Such . acts bf.natiohal hospitality are always attended with the happiest Consequences. 1 '? The Mobile Register of the 9th inst. estimates Hhedeaths 'in that city, of yellowrfever,,.at,5i5tto50, within the preceding three days. The;city is al- mbstepopyIate(l.tT have been all remoted into the countrjr and a giaril Vas been established to keep watch dayand nighty for the pre servation of the 'property of absent citizens. ' The Family Visitor, f a- religious pa per printed at Richmond, announces the f Hebrew CAmta;w.-i-ETrasmus fc Si inoh, jyho has, for 'some time past, in difierent parts of , this country: advocaH Lommumty, andr solicited protection for-it'durins: its struffslinir infancv.' has lately, declined the invitation given ; Jum by the New-York ; Board pf Directors for the proposed Community to;; reside on a farm recently' leased foyUherafih WestChester, for the purpose of a set tlement' 'objecting to- the regulations proposed by the Board for the goverrif ment of the Community. J 1 , A London Literary ,work of the 2d July, states, that the life of Napoleoii, by the Author of Waverlyi is certain Iv to be forthcoming. It is to be com - prised in four volumes., besides a pre liminary volume, bringing down the his tory of the French Revolution, to the day when Nap6reon commenced his imnuiry career. ; v , - si ' -. ; " Propelling jfbrce. The Newburgh", N. Y. Gazette says, that Capt. Henry B. Myer, of that village, has invented an improved method of propelling ves sels. The superiority of this pi an over the common paddle wheels, says the Gazettei; has, been tested, by careful and fair experiment and at the most unfavorable trial,' the result was 41 to 26 in favor of his machine the same power being applied to each. ., ; Lamentable Occurrence. lr John Adamson, one of the most respectable citizens of Camden, S. C. was . found dead, occasioned by wounds from a gun. Mr- Lewis Ciples, another respectable resident of the, same place, has been ar rested on a charge of having perpetrat ed tlie deed. . 4 v r NewYork. It is stated, that a fin ished house, without a tenant, is not to be found in this great city ! and that well-dressed families are observed to be occupying houses, of which the buil ders do ; not 'appear to have accomplish ed the" work so far, as to have fully closed them in by doors and windows! .jV . St Thomas paper of Aug. 3d, re ceived at the Philadelphia Coffee House, says that the late storm raged with ter rible fury at St., Kitts, St.' Martins, Dominica, and Martinique ; but that of all the islands, Gaudaloupe suffered most severely. 'At Bassaterre, Jive hundred hcuscs, and most of the public buildings were destroyed, and one hun dred and fifty dead bodies dugout from under the ruins. 1 y 'If A letter from St. Thomas of the same date says, we have just learned that all the vessels at Porto Rico have been driven ashore." " More Benefits from Canal Navtga tion.Vte are informed upon good au thority, that nu mbers of line species of fish, hitherto taken in Lake Ontario and its tributary waters, and common-! ly caUea the Oswego Bass, have been caught,rwithin a few days in the Hiid son, at Still water. To amvp at Still-1 water jthey must have come via the St. ' Lawrence, the Sorelle, iChamplain; Wood Creek and the Cha'm'plalnrcana'l! , : '- - ! -Troy Sent' ' . u ... . . ' , . Courage is one of the most dazzling of virtues.; , It always?, challenges our admiration and according to Doctor Johnson, our respect too.' r 'Sir, George Lisle- signalized himself up)niuany occasions in the civil war, during' the reisnrof Charles I. particu larly j. injthe'Tast battle of Newbury, where in the dusk of theevcinghe led hrs inen to the charge in his shirt, that his person might be .nibre consp?cuous.4 i netKing,,wno vai au, eye , wiuicss oi his bravery knighted him on the field of battle. In 1 (41, be rose for his riia- iesty in Essex and was one of the rpy- ailsis woo so oiiiiaieiy ueieuuet voi chester, and 'who died in its defence. This brave man, having tenderly' em braced the corpse of Sir CKarles Lucas, liis departed friend immediately pre sented himself to the soldiers who were raid y for his exedudon-i Thinking they stood at too great it distance, hVdesir- eu tnem4to. come nearer .meot them said,A'-.t'Viiri'ant Vouiir.'-iwe': shall' hit vou.';Ife replied, withasnule," friends I have; been nearer yoii, wheri'you have rnissetl me,? '-r'Wt .&Y$y&4p V- gHmlturd; is niakirig in Massachusetts to establish an agricultural institution for prenering yoiin men 1 for a; liieofA agricultural pursuits. :Hlhi this; aget t of prolessions. when every bbyjjiwKoie pareritf can scrape money enough togetlier to buyla Hijrtopia must? have a profession, Jwe think ho plan could be; more usefuL- Oniymkeagricul turei a profession (in thfi jwi sense of the word and Jt? will be the most honorable in r the world's estimation, asit is in fact in the eye of .... 4 - f gm .. . - . ..' : j. - - wisoom, pt ail tne callings ot men.i The. plan is the most laudable undertake tng; we pave see.np i Agriculture is a science, the most u se I u I, heal thluJ, and leltghtful, ; of all the departments of human employment, arid only requires to oe taugnt in a scientinc manner, to makelit sought after with more aviditi. than 'Jany. other of the learned, professi ons. 5a.. Paf. y- - -C- y Important phcovery.-Siri Frede rick Am Mayo, of Richmond, in com pany with a; person lately' from the Mines in - Saxony,alter exploring the greater portion of the Western par of Virgiuia, for. Mjnerals, have nearly succeeded in discovering a Copper and Tin Mine each of considerable extent, and, as it respects quality, as good as any in Europe ; one in Wythe arid the other in Grayson countyv Weare al so informed that a positive arrangement, in writing, has beert entered into be tween a company of gentlemen in Rich mond and the owners of the land, by which the former arei to pay the latter (after all expences are , paid) a certain dividend of the nett profits arising from the Minesthe 'Company to. have the privilege of the land, ore and metals, wun ine necessary use or ;timper, ami water, as long as the persons compos ing it, or their representatives may re quire; It is impossible to estimate the immense importance to Virgiriia and to the United St ates, of this discoveryi if the Mines be properly worked, as both of these' valuable metals (Copper. and Tin)are used in large, quantities tnroughr out the ihe Union, in our manufacto ries, independent of the quantity of uopper useu lor our snipping m more particularly as we are forced to obtain both articles from Great Britain, under considerable disadvantages. We there fore wish this enterprize all the success that it d eserves," and that may) be rear sonably expec ed to resul t from it , 0ur? infurman t also states, that, in the same body of land, a bed of Zinc Ore was, discovered at the same time ; land if this be the case, the' advantage of the other discovery will be greatly enhanc ed, as Zinc is a metal used to! convert Copper in to Brass, Whether the Cop; per Ore contains any other valuable Metal, (which is sometimes the ( case) we are riot yet informed. We. con fine ourselves to the facts stated, of the correctness of which there is no doubt. ..;rVr;.v-v rV- j-::. ' 7 Lynchburg Virginian, ' Fire in NeiC' YorhrK fire broke out about three o'clock in Greenwich street, New-York, onthe morning of1 the 23d ultimo, between Murray and Warreji street, which destroyed about twenty Duuaings. - .. , - ! i,, , Tennessee- The following is a com plete list of the Representatives-from this iState to the 19th Congress: A. A. Alexander, Robert Allenj Jriov Blair, John Cocke Samuel 'Houston; Jacob d Isacks," John ti.X Marable James K. Polk, James C. Mitchell; ' Caution 16 Ladies.XVe understand that at af fashioriable tea-rtytiihis city, the young lady 6t the Jfamlly, as usoal was called upon t to perform thej honours of the tea-tabfe; In thecotffse of U she had occasion to rise from her chair, to reach an article on the oppo site side of. the waiter. In the act of resuming her jseat( the end of her cor sei'bone j riufbrtunately hitched io the, rim of the waiter and terrible to relate,' tilted theboleof its contentr in heir lap!-Hot cofteei boiling tea, cream, toastsj cakes &c in one indiscriminate mass! The scene of confusion which followed, may be easily .imagined. As .'-..S thh h"mvin toW.for'a'fact,- 'we dcefn uant occasion to aamonisu parentspar4 ticularly mothers,, entirely to fdiscoun tenarice these unseemly articles . of fe . . male attire,v Consequences tdf health,' , far more injurious than Scalds, are knowrl to have followed their use. -Phu. fiaz. Queer Case The Grand Jury of Sf. Lawrence couniyj i, i . iiave louuu bills Pf indictment against the Judges of;? tfiecounty.foiv-ir repeated exai neglect of diity, and foe suEferirigthd terms to uass without opening the court. pAMf fjoveritiyl f JLpnldonf ft: ; pdblished'aT book to prove that Lora George Sackville was the real anTd'soIc a a thor ; ofr the famous let f e rs bca ri tig ' th signature of JuniuS'-lt ti said that v he has succeeded In liiobject 7" ; V i v ' " Great firofecis tiftrzn Tt is stated in alateFrench paper, under the head oi1 ; Alexandria, (Bgypt,) May tsU that the great demanil for" Indigo froirT foreign cburitriesi has induced, tlie Viceroy tii order the" cblfi vatioh of this "plant in $6 verai oi we provinces .10 ine casiwara of Cairo. -The Vicetpy has also orders ed tlie Construction of- k new Canal, which 'will cross Cairo arid : extend more than 30' miles into the Serkanu 'To Will ':be: nccssa; Three thousand houses in this city" will receive: indem nity in' lands w;th the Pbligatioh" to plant them with Indigo.' ' More tharA'. fifty thousand rrieh; will labor tlay and night in digging J the! Canal winch will convey a great; quantity of water into , the provinces beyoTid!Fraiumk ''X 'I ' 1 :rr:im,d : i... ... ';.tirc ra: .' THE. OLD MAN COMpltt 5 y r You are old,' Father William, the young rnjini . cried, it; h-tii' p: f'? The few locks which are left yon are trey i Yon are hale.- Father William,. hearty old Now tell me the reason, I pray. . - , fn the days of my youth Father AVIlliair f e ' !. Pfeds ; ;;.;, ;; l f' - ; I remember'd that youth would (ly fast; , ? And abused not my" health and roy vigor at' -.. -first, .--' ' - 1 . ; : t That I never might jieed them at last h - You are ,bld' Father "William the you n"f maii m tried, i v ;yy '- j ' . And pleasures with you" pass Vyiy vIf '. 'V' And yet. you lament not the days that are i ''.'- Sone"i i- .'" V,' ' :' v. ; ' Now tell me the reason t pray. ; , . . . . - - : , . .- . In the days of my routlif Father AViJSam re ,".Yi Ped,vi, - " ?. Hi:f'z( f 'r-'-, I t remernbfer'd tnit youth cbittd not last ; -:, ' I thought of the future, whatever I did, J; , '1hat-I never might' griccc for tlie pas.' , , -'V ' i - ' - ' 't ' " Ydu are old Father William, the yotin ma n r .. --.c'ncd,v. ...jV ' . -.t.v:;f . (tU .; fAnd life must He hastening away t Yod are cheerful arid lore to ConTersC! upon r- death'K' r,.;t':-: Now teUmehe reason ljvyi- v 1 am cheerful,- -youflg nuuv Fathcr..'Wjltanl ' r4eP,ied -'V. wrv;; Let the cause thy attention engage . v , In the days of my youth I remcinber'd my And he hath not forgotten' rhy age. yr- ' " Mr jas. ilarsh to MisS'lZlIen flotrenboth of Beaufort county. v .' .... v!' And Mr. Wm. Woodard. to, MIssCaxolin Blount. ;; .t" 0-'.: ;- T In tlowan county on tfie jBd' inst: the Tltft ' Jas. Stafford to Ms i)ovey Johnston ;. -. In Montgomery county on. the 24th dt Jno. B. Martinj hq. to iliss Nancy Harrii. ' . Also, in Montgomery-county, Arthur Har fisEsqtO llt$ B. Harris U , ;: ! Oh the $9th ulU after a violnft inlis'posiV tian of only four days Mr. Jas. fiullock, a ve v ry wealtJiy and respectable planter on Nut-! bnsh In Granyillef cohntyf Mr; -"Bullock' aV i ways bore the character of rr hoheat ttntl In ' dustriotis man, an aifeCtionate husband a hu- inaneL master, a good neighbor . and a fond ' ' and indulgent father to his children, of whom besides grand-children, he lialeft eleven toi cherish his memory and to utourn hiiloss; -- I Death has again been among us, and strict en down an Elder of the People-a 'gopd ft venerable man-isu ut-eful andtepected eiti zen-r-a pious, learned, and eminent Minister of the Gospel. 'The llev. Dn Itichard fur-. man,, departed thh lif onThiirsJayJafrer noon, fpUowedto th, grave by a very large and , respectable ntf aibvr; of his fellow.citi- zens. fr. interred the cemettry of, the Bp- tist Church of thu cily, oyer which he had presided for the last thlrty-igbt vcarsi vj . ? JX fyu&testmiCity Ga$!j27th nlfc At Mogndpre, SOt'J une, TUis Bell Casme -so. well k nown by the character drawn of birft . : in Capt 1liJey? fanatiye...AHe, was. ppa , reritly hi perfect health in the afernoon, hut , pri leaving ;thelM6sque,;er'pcTfarmm hi .: devotions at sunset, he complained of a pain!,, at the, heert, went home, and in an hotir he- i was no more. , Ie bore an excellent cbarac, -ter, and was greatly esteemed by all. who knewhiov . V. execii tfe this great work j tin ft vtull 1 ions of talari (orie hund red and t wen ty mil -Hons of frarics'.Vand four veafs labof
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