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I " . . 1 - - - , ' . r I - ON REPAIRING ROA The" folTowinc: observation Miring RoacU. are extmctPd . from a" Report made :1trH8l4 torJ.hf RrifisU, PaHif ntlre Hamilton Fultofty vil Er.Pineer totbis Ma I shr.old think thyself deficient ."in duty, were I'to cloye this Reporr without ppmt ing'cutthe reasnns why the funds arising from the turnpike gates, (after deducting the interest of money borrowed) doei not -SO much .farther in- repairing thVRbsrds thn it has hitherto done, viz : 1st. -The .want b" Surveyors "qualified to superintend the repair of the Roads : - The trusts afe so smaU it is Impossible- that salary cin be afforded to -a, person i ho fully understands the principles of Rcad-n'nkirtr. unless the different trusts wrnld unite ?nd nav 'their nroDortions of ay salary suflicient"to procure a skilful surve yor ; each trust should have a stout active man, paying -Yum' greater wages than the other .Jaborers, to worVaJong with tl.em,' and see that thework is pro- 2d. The, employing- aged ancl '( infTrtn, tub men, in iuc various WCrlts, uowcvrr cua ritahle and benevolent it. may appear, to the Road-Commissioners to give employ ment to, those who ;haye .spent the 1est of their dajs otherwise : Jt appear to me that work racchj.morc suited, to their? years might befrund in the different pa -i ishes ; none but healthy iand vigorous men can do justice to this wnrk ; keeping the roads in pri per repair is an object of too much consideration 'to be made the means of lessening the .poor Tates of a country. C'tV' '&r ' 2d. Having the . greatest part of the work done oy the day. instead of contract, "thf quarrying: rock, digging gra vel,' tart- ing,H)rekir'g, spreading the materials on ' the'Road may bedOneby,controct j. even raking the soil off may be let by the mile. 4tb. ' In not selecting the best materials' the country affords-. Where. the .road is renain d uith rock, ,! observe it often uith rock, . happens' thele. is not; the -least attention paid to the quality, but tp that which can be gJt easiest ; on the. Shrewsbury Road th is "tfnifofmly theca'se. the -greatest part of the reck on this line ishutjndif ferent at bestj ard for several feet on the top rf the reck the rnbbish, should be laid aside, andTwbat, is under quarried and broken, the top stuff may be very advan tageously ced to bind or top dress when a layer otncv metal is laid on. v r 5th. Not , retlucirg the materials to a proper size, v? here rock is uedtbe. stores are in general double the size they oyght i o be ; where pit! r riyer gravel is- trsed it is. in some places put on jndiscflhvnnte -ly. as got from the pjr, withrut breaking the stones or separaiing-them from the sand: bv this means the stones arc for 4 thoi'pb I tAink crnsidersble. use may" be Hmrt Aery mue i se. as mry iictw uinu Sr- . . thp consf jtpti,inal system had been her ; "heteth gravd . H welcomed in Venezuelans it had been stones are put rn by far too large ; it is ! . ..... ' ., . -r ppri?r.tvi!ifen crrpVn the invel.' al- i - Gun a ;that . in Potosi,r .Vera trade of the sandy the stones after beingjj was no longer an appearance of in s'ur birken to the sie of an hen's egg, should rection i I and that in New . Mexico, Lc la! rn and top drjessed w ith a thin ,n ,aF"ii or of sand Tif- it in i in;ikii ir n r i .11 1 ihit iav more uniform rn'the J(oal. .VV Hen t a lajer of new metal Is lajd on without top dressing, the firt Waggon.or carriage that corner, if I mar use the expression, plrug!iS vp the lcoe rrattrials, leaving r. track that is frlLnwed by ihe succeeding ones, and chstinately keptiifitvl the ro;d is nearly implfiable. alihfvgh not defici ent.in materials r'htrre any new materi als are If-id on the Road," great care should l:e taken to' IcAel the luts, and rnke the suiff.ee as'smpoth a poss:ble: . 6th. In allowing the inento lcate the ir?d during the harvest. ''..This, of all sta sens is the; most Important for road pur poses ; they ru'glit it thistimfe.t6 be busi h e .r.ph yed in preparing for the winter's dtvastations; nothing but to receive an aovance or wages woum inuucc. ine men to leave their constant employment, .'j see no rood reason why road laborers should, not have ,as high wages ajj those engaged in agriculture.- ' . . 7th:-Tlue r.cn-comrrnlation r.f th'e sta tute labor j the benefits 'arisVg from this niensutey' where, it has,been adopted, have brt-n so grt atitis" rather surprizing the calling out the teams:to labor has not ;teenaju)gcther e'xj.V-dtd. " " - ;? ; Ii;AULX(yf FULTON. ' "yVe are; Jndebteil tox a friend -for tents of this paper furnish additional tpstijnonr respecting the rapid deve Jopement and. junexpected culture of the Spanish mindl It presents essa:s uevnieu to tne evucwaiion'oi.eacft ar ticle o f the,' Con sti t u t f on , n 0 1 i ces o f reu Spanish worts pri Politick, artir cies of foreign new and editorial dis fjUisifjons -tifthiMost energetic & en lightened character. "We cart peiceire h6Aever,'that the daily press begins to be a littie licentious as to -mutual f cveral . numbers oJ a Madridf per, The '-Universal, Spaqisb'-Oberve. to the.lSth July ihciusive;x-1he con'. atuse, and ihaUhe Core5 ire not like ly to be spared, jrtbey atf mit .of that "atrtude of animadversion 'which the spirit iif their Cbnsf itntjon would geem to accord. TheTnutnbf r of the Obser ver; for the 12th: of July contains fa long list of projectsTor-the public;6od? submit tedHb. the department" pt na'nreonfbraabJytothe invitation given on"ihat head m the natioh.whlch we rnentionea some weeks agp. Thi9 Ifst shewsihat there will be no lack of vnltintarv contributions in this waf . It jicludeMchemespf a Sinking Fund, a National I.ntterv, a Paper j Money, a general Statistical Survey, &c; The deription of the last itemf the list Prooflh'at Spain without the A-' thericas; possesses the means of atta,in- in.the firstt rank among the first na-. flnne nf Rornnp.' f 1 ; ' VVe find here a more ample summa ry of the proceedings -f the Cortes on the nth.& gth Ju.ly,';than that which we copied from the London papers iri to otirjat Gazette. On the subject of Sou th America, a proposition j was announced to the assembly, to decree a general aranestyr.embracing all f Ultra-marine Spain, in Commemoration of Yhe installation of the Cortes to snspend alf hostilities, as far as possi-: ble r to introduce Gazettes and pub If6 documents,;'&&tn the end that the natives of South America may jbe con vinced.that European Spain desires only unnn with them and mutual pros peritt.'. r JheReport of. the Depart-mebfoftheUlfra-marine government, read jp the Cortes, gives a flaltering picture oT' her American affairs, and represents general ly that such mea sures had been taken as, .if they. Hid not promise thevabsolute pacification of all' the provinces, at leastVave rea !,son:to expect that o the greater part suggests that the- force of small ves-j sels in i aconi-ae ;of equipment for the South American'coasts, wa destined to protect them v; from the pirates tlat infested'; their seas and respected' no flgg. jit mentions that perfect tran auilii v reisneiuViri . Peru tha t there ; was some, disturbance in ClUi, cfvv- ing to Jtiie events jo Buenos Ayresj : that Buenos Ayres Vas in utter cop- fusion & anarchy V that the newKing clom of Grenada had beenjatelv inra-i dedby zbond of adventurers which had j nade some'progress. but was held in cbecjc :.bythe national troopls $ ; that it was believed the re-esta.nl ishment ot Crtizj & the lnternaj frovmces, there measures had been taken to prevent the intrusion into that province of ad- . . . . . ' ' , J; "T" " T v : ; I ; paro,to me coinage 01 money, u sraies fthat'this (tad greatlv decreased, 4 ow : ing to ;the. furtive abstraction of the. metals ; whence the seorcHy . of coin f I which had been eye 13 where lei t: and which proved the , necessity of all na ! tions contributing tft stifle the germ of insurrection.' ; -- Vhen the Secretary of the Hepa mentv finished the reading of the; Rc- port, the President of the Cortes., re- pueu inat.ine isscmDiy won 10 iaKe us contents into consideration, and make every effort on their part towardsput ting.an end to the srievancesrand'mis- loffunesjuf the)n)vinces bey oh d the : sea; 1.."' '; . ' ; f .- In the Qbsenrer of the , lth under the Madrid-head; there is an -interest- t ing extract irom a letter of a fepani- i arif at Rome, '"who: had been at Na- i hies." The writer says; I cannot lexaggerate' indescribing to you the "fineventhusjasm; yhich; animatesthe feopTe" bet e 1 rr ou r fafor.. aro ; firm y persuaded that if: Riego 4 appeared ! in Italy with.his.n drawl aftferihim man y'itiee.',? This linrtbe interior; Inhere, especially: at n20 and -Tny s it v would appear j from; some articles ; in c these papers (conspiracies of a toost sargUinary a?nd j f means extensive as' to.lhe -number ofv ine accomplices, nau uen oiwcovereu i and the. leaders ot them , imprisoned. ! We suspect gerauon ancl some artince 1. A .. diid accounts of these plots' f ihel. A1inisterf Ju'stice,.in hif Oflicial Re-J and;. regular; ecclesiastics had abused ffales. ladhid is not frji , fromca t larniins TepoVtsrif counter revolution tne privilege or tne pu.iput Hnq sotne wo .r ipraeynosme canons, ami', i .mMwpflst oiioin jniivro v. i,' bishops rendered themsfelv ihb JeAlinJoth he crpss anct itclying.atiiis 1 and thaB the proper pfecautiona clafitSf iso- rrbPJnr ,r i had l)CeriQakep with mbeci to them, iphfife $??lafe The Cores'; ha iart(Anteit-' within thihlfaStttte -vffp thftiTifi:Ivs rommitteesoh, Iffiala Thaf the iiroliifih to :youf w v. I tiom Agriculture Finance Commerce j the Navy iEccl esiasti cal 'Affairs, AVar, &c. wNTaf . Ga - We haVepublished a list of the mem- i bers of, the National Congress of the" tTwo:Spains,fi1gf.. , , i . The composition of the Cortes pre ' sents atthje 'first blush .fonfecliar j ritiesji -'which ; aVefnot j calctilatcd to in ! spire any expectation of the.establish E ment of thHejprincipies1 which alp'ne are adapted tohc "'general happiness. ; TheVerv nlea4 of- representation, ;is superce3e4bow -the deputies oMhe provinces of the peninsula are chosen, - weshall,not enquire, because. we do i not possess data sufficiently .circnm- staniiai to lonii a saie opinion jipoitae ; but in tjie appointment of deputies, as tliey are called, for the country beyond, sea, there isl an utter subversionof represenjfation or deputation. In the peninsula the population amounts to about ' ten ' millions : the estimate -by I which itheratio f representation , is established for all Spain, and the co lonies or dependencies, not on the A merican continent; gives a population of IO,5OO.O0Qj which atj TD.OOO souls for a representative, gives 150epre sentativTsl j-jJiVp . : , " . .v Now thj? population of the countries on the American continent exceeds, eigMeen;riil U p n s , in d epend en t - of the aborigines ziome respectable "authori ties, make! the population more,v and with goodi reason, of "whiclv we shall s-ive an examole. . One of ?the most recent works jon the geography Vand ' statistics: h f j Spanish Am erica, which hail the advantage of all they-know-' ledge which ; preceded its ptib'ication, and therreater-fa'ci 1 Uyj w hich the Ve volullon hi s 'a i noixlerl :tor overcome the -obstacles intefposed to the knowledge, of those countries bySpanish policy Aye. refer to the Work of Bonnycastle. That writer 'gives for the Vice royalty of New ::GrenAdal a population of 1 ,800.000:;sjnls--when in fact the' pb pu 1 atiori e xceeifed i n i 8 16, .2,000,000 soulsl it;isprobable; that Bonnytas tle may, in thfs particular, have been jponfysed ilike some other people by the crossing Jof jurisdictions,; as it. is principally by telecclejslastical regis ters that the' population has been most regiUarly ' ascertained ; and as -Quito; though under the pol itical control "i of I ine.vice rovaiiy, was.unaer tne, spiri j tual control j of Limaifjn.n'jthe archie- pfseopal records of Petu, there the po pulatioh of j Quito ,wtfs to be found f but it appear to be urllinqwn to Bon- avcastle Ml''' ''.." P-..V.'v Another errorl which has not thei ? a m e ex c u s e , is one o r e x a gge ra u 0 if he. civctolSattir laj-tW,: temerfy ' und pt the same vice, royal ty a,, pOpu- lation oi iroin; zo 10 yuy.uuu- souis when;.n" faqt Jfc cpntaink ojifyS,(D00 j s b uj fx b u t he j total ly onii t s the V pro vince of Pa iveiutav making ita town of (heroVinceof'lVIerijJa'and nroba. bly comprehen'dipo; Jts pppulatioh in t Bt of San ta liMartha. ' Hiiwever. tho' I Bonn.rcaVCl ef abounds with errors , and those vey gross they ar rhuch -less 1 numerous; tKan in any otner ,worKe.x jtaht :;aml itUvill I some day "form 4 an, eVcellent I ground torfc for accurate pui i he newrpopulatipn of cpiftifteJital A- I menca being taken at only, 1 8,OOCT,000 vouiu eiHiue i menca wo , e pre- - ? L ' 1. : -I .t ' -. 1. -1. .... semuves : iwnereas tney nave ueen; .aiioweuy oniyr su, or less .inanvone eighth of their proporti on, or a reprcr sentative M 6CKXQ6p;sauls: y.- i , ..- ;f-Nor is i his fpreposfei bus and nakeo spirit of vnjitice and I predetermined UsUrpatidn anlf Inequality the iworst; for, iipersons pretended to be giyen vth e m ras r e nre's entatives - are riiot onte' t chosen rby thejAi h'sen by the Vuntat Iladrid;'some of tlenT jlex VQi!ylfast thatSouth' A ri ca n w 0 ul d tru s t , r su ch . as hecodnt ly difciba lilted from being represerita- ;?iyes, paying iqriejten me connuence tnore preposterous, among the person as deputies for .- Spanish Araeri given teaare; onof the mbpopol jsts of Cit?: f diz 1 bs-charAber lord " of J the kiri seized- and j, and f respect or the people -ot whom piuch exag- they werej appointeil.to bethe depUr in tne Ma-ties : anrh as lit' tq;make;hematter tenden cy -to bejrter the -conoMtrcm f the pejipleof that countrrl and to en, I a rge - t're : n r i n cm! es of c i vi 1 1 za ti o n . there can.be. no doubt ; but it is 'after an My vacuiyitjppriiimauon, to- warus pumau exincavion irom ciespo- anilnr tlie.-best form'iKpji.he f cWsti tutjon of the-Cdrtes canlbe-ViwecJTf is only s ah ;exfricatiorirfrotnthe4san- uinaitfocl&mI q u i si ti on iand ihe r e ignbf pi mp'p r 6 s-! a government uirdert th;!himef congtitutioniionarchy like-V after the dcfathl of John Dandolo' m 1281, Joying ' the "f foundation for a ip ore in ve tera te and s mu I Uplted ty--ranny, greater egradation fuWree yolutiohs and civil warsMrora. - i RELIGIOUS INTOliiRANCEJ. Extract from a disciourse delivered at St; y Mari's.ChurfchJune'iL 1819, before the . tJni verity of Oxjbrd being the festival of . bt. arnaoas , liy J. RaoTtord. B D Fellow ofliincolri College'. y 7 : ' a- " Let us "guard against the unchaV ritable temper of the bigot. Bigotry, we aunm, is less to ue apprenenueu now, thanVheretofbre ? yet at no period should, the dread of lt be looked upon as an imaginary terror; f Toleration, says Mr. Burke, is a. new virtue in any country .V It is- a late ripe fruit in the best : climafes., This sacred prin- ci pie, however, has doubtless been re- cognizea Dy our own enngnteneu coun try , and has bee n bl ended in no" ord i i nary aegree wun us ci vu ana reli gious establishments. " We have; not, therefore now, as in a former age, Mto apprehend th Jaggot ant Butitke ftorffiMgBtry is'notrfiiirievir cot, hrcause ihe 'Apparatus of its out; war a zerrwrs mByrraowffi 1 ;..is j not enough that intolerance may be s restrai n ed by human lavvv from .break- j ing out into overt acts of violences A thousand ills may ' issue- from its I i source, wnicii , ineri. may .deprecate but which hiihian laws cannot Tec- tify There is a" moral perse'eitfion' of men's opinibvS aiid pefoori$ wfficJfih& law cannot ndeqiiatehf reach. ., It can not soften the Asperities of that theo logical rancour grown into a proverb, which hated ja ntllh a tj ng' i s ts hos tile to Christianity , ais an auto da fe itself. cannot control the temper and but jmperfectly the. language and writing? of som men whti att as if the$ conceived, that-because they stop sliort of mi specjeSF. of persecution, they may indulge in pnother ; that so j long as they spare, the bodies of men, they may attack their character kpna creetf jpitk every weapon of vindictive warfare. Agai h st bigotry of this Sort; scarcely .cognizable ..by huoian law, mit aisiuroing so oipen uie religious harmony of the worlil, it cannof bd Xinne'ceSsary at any .time tocaution fi'SV'- ...... .n - (1' I H men. y ivery aay s experience win ai ford an instance of some -breach or othen of the great rule of charity.- LAn-ne mihisters of Christ ih doing their duty must agam'and again (how eye, r uhgrat efubthe task may ; be) , re -fer professor; of every description to the real'charlctdr of hisVreligiori. !They must vindicate rwryel ments and principles, iandextricate thenrfrom the inas5 of tqman pjfejuV tjjee andnassuin JwithJ whiclj 5 they Kaye Keen must appeal from ine creea 01 -me 01- got to theGospel.&c; : .v FEMALE PIETY. Mr-CSparks; ir his'Letters on the '-Mmf'sTf triv T? itual and Doctrines of thO' Enis- cbpal Churth, hopes to be excusea for inxrpaucing ine rouowiug extract ironi a ermbb'of jobe'bf the . most jeloquent ' prJatheTsV enlightened! meni jand pious xhrristiansr whom thhot any Mother age ''-has known.-. 'The r subject" of the -dis; course li ITbe infiuepcVjof the gospel :- On the character and condition 6f the "female sexVThe passage, whicht am 1 : about to selectnas reteience to, tne tendency of the female mi rid $.0 religit -"'jns sensibility , and its proneness to re Jgious jtapressions-After speakm . tue"tenderness with which our Saviour 'lwiyreatettwomejj, and of thfir'dif J iisra 5?.sucn as wouki requ re tn ree or fortu ri of julriif to establish what is rational and Li ust ; chaVacter,-th a t you rever feel & sOcet 'svTObathVcw-aVlifflorir -which! un locks all the sot rces of beneyplprit at fection; whicfi Smiles n leverV 4xer "else ocmnpassjci, and -every ract of v Irmnnaca . . vVa tn,vGvtAii norfiirva ihalourearsnot5f) bjtlti-:. possession ftpotrVr;th rice, ori thioujationOf pcibiicj 1 if, . are rn ore. alive jb the Accents jnfe par ilon;, by Jesu&t Chnsm the glof iexttf ftie invisible fworl4T1id : Gtopel-elin cftarijoyef domeitic Hfei ' iirst obiectSvhich Jtfoundj were mo-. ktber" and mr, children. i I r u,cime to DinUijurp'ihe DrOJcen:heartel ; and-foe . fhaUcoracey womaxiwas alway,sliest preparepjilt came t1heal ihjfekicki .add woman was al reajy Wqi ti ng af 1 their couches Itrcanie to open- the fcate iif of life qn JheIanguid ophe 'fylng peniten intj woihati. was ejrery where to be seen, softly tendiilg;t the pil- ' low, anL closing, the eyes Of ;'th4;,de-'.-parting 4 '-t:':ty.'1t :' . : ' " With this, superior luscieptihilitr of rengmsmpression, and apt tude; to the MactTcil duties oftlie gospel, I know, there are evils associates!, a- gainst which it is sometimes difficult to guard. Sensibility .degehrats in to weakness and, religious awe into'. superstition, inybur .sexij ojtener .per haps, thari jn burs r yet, wi(h al!these . dangers anq in conyenjences, I jbei ievp, .that if christjiliity ,shbutdb(e con: pell d toflee , fiwUIietofcosm sreat; Jhe v academies 6f the bh! loso-l' .pherj the hallsbf vthe) legislatojCR; or ; the thrangnt busy tpen, we should fin , her last and puresf wb- ( , 1 man at thefiresTdeV:h would betthe fenvaleyheaH V . audipnee wbuld bthe childrertglither ed ? round the knees bf a molher: ; hei!v acrificei;:the secret praH capini ' in silence from her lips, and Heard, perhaps, only at the throne of God." ENTERTAINMENT. HhHE Subscriber Estill : contin ties -j. potea -stand,; near; tne;tate- and takel this method ofLinformmi yellers and others, that he has Irepuceci hhi charges a& Ifiw. as possibly canlbe af- ; forded he . wilt accommodate' man and horse at . Sl 50 cents per day aiid fiat ' ters himself that t he jare will ftot be in ferior td any' in the City? ; ' 4 1 -J .'- RaleighVSept. 14; 1820. 9ti 9 .... HIWSSEE pAND ALES; ; By Joseph Mihhi GoveSrnof in ittj FlERfeAS.bv anaetbf the"G?neal As-' .; sembfy of the State f tTerfiesee. passed on the ;l5.tn dav or ovember wiyt t entitled An act to dispose! of the tandi ly C ing be' ween the rivers .Hiwaseeanl. Ten nessee, and norUTof l(tlefnnc3see'tiver,,f ; the Governor of ih? S tate; is iythor j ed and - required to. cause advertisement to bi made . of tha time and place'of Saul sales ". ( " - .'': y Now therefereI Joszra fMMi!!r, Go vernor, as aforesaid,, do by virtue of tliepot; er and 'authority saf ve.stcj 'jhf trie,' hereby . i. clare and make known that Public Sale foe . ; the disposatJ;6f said; Lands "shall b'eppened, and held at Knoxvilte, bntthe rstr Sfonday 'H- 01 November nextj; under ttie- superintend-, i ence of jbeTreasuer of East -Tenneswf e, and' J shall' continue from 'day to' day agfeeably v '. to law t begnnininat :,the. most nof djern frac ... Itiqoat sjwtioaifViJ:Xhc)bf' (he first j range west j 'liiertce prfccdingoeU'allf . the quarter sections ''jn'lh'ii northern fractional township in said- rahge 'then by quarter sections, offering first the nbrlh east , quarter of me first ection pis the first Tbwh. of sections 15 th e Oxito nship ouib, anc prosresSintr in rlirular numerical order ihro the Whole Tar ev lTie lands in thflkteMul : range west shall beiiext disposed of j ind !rt . fie saikne orderriall4ll the. lands bofTerecl vrest of the basis merrdiari;,; Aftee,dposm of ihe lands lying wtst of the said meridian thes&Us shall' then be- continued 'east ift Ilia same,: manner until the sales are cdfipletedi east of the said line. 'Jthe lands lyinkTiorth and east of . Little Tenhessce.jih.lf ext bO , disposed of, beginhinin the,niinrierrequir edrfor the sales of the land .00 the sooth and wfeit of said river j res erring m all c:ue such, lands as may belaid off under the provisional made by law, fe'rl the use of schocbl bt fofi Aher purposes, i f; -1 "'. ' ' M .Kltestii9bny:whereoCTbiile-: Here unto set my hand and atisffl th ; ed at Altu-treesboroV .'UHa'-tenui-V : , :t day o f August, 1820. V i" 'TV A ) f.i. i ivotcdnfcss: to- mm, even'atter-te na-- l; ,ry, jfr ; W iybeenrsablihdte ' 0 , ' - - : X.r y?; -:;:-v; ;V:.y-;t- a-, y . . ' -; - ' - - ' 1 I, 1 - -'
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