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[The following exquisite piece of hu
trior, w-8 wnitten bv ©liven Tl. Phtsxe,
Esq. of Washington, Wilke# County, In
kbi'- 'Slate. 1* was first published in the
M. nitor,about lOcrlS years ago, has since
b en re-sainted in many of the periodica!
v,-o \ in this Country ani in England ,:
*ndh;»s c en, we understand, been tyana
latert into French —And yet, the Author
-li,;.' been in a great measure unknown j
ft i-ft goes Vo', hard with people living
b yond the Savannah River, to believe
tha? ajiy thing like Mind can exist in Geop
fi ,u 0
\WWt\ Mutt*?.-
JS A LETXAN TO A fBIEND.
Dear Fvgey,
1 happened not long since to be
present at the muster of a captain’s com
panv in a remote part of one ol the conn,
ties.’Sv as nb general description could con
vey an accurate idea of the aclnevernents
of that day, I must be permitted to go a
little into detail ns well as my re Co dec
tion will serf e:me.
I he men had been notified to meet at
, oini* o’clock, •‘aimed ami cquiped as the
lar di-ccs,’ that is I say, with agon and
car ridge box ai hast, but, as directed by
J-.w of th* United fit ales, * with.* good
jfir ! ;k, a sufficient bayonet and a pencil
\vi h a iiox to contain net less than twenty
foiir sufficient cartridges of powder and
bail* At twelve, aiioulWne third perhaps
on hail, of the mt-nj had collected, ai d
an inspector's return of the number pre
«t PV, and Os their arms would have stood
■lua iv t ujs 1 captain, 1. lieutenant; en-
VgDenot e; filer* n ne; privates, present,
2 >; cliito absent, 50; gUlis Isi gunim ks, 12;
rpi.;ort-, U); tfl pouches 3; bayonets,
li in j h utfti whip;., walking canes,and tun--
bn has 22 A iltlc before one, the cap
-I,lit, whop Is’ 11 distinguish b> the name
liar eof Glcdpole gave directions for
-forming the line of parade. In pht dicnce
to this older, one the sergeants whose
]• igs had long supplied the place cf a
drum ami fife, himself in front of
till h use, and b gan to bawl with great
vehemence; ‘ At esptair Clodnole’s com
ptntvto parade here! come Gentlemen,
pa ad, here! and all you that hasn't guns
fin Into the. lower tend-’ He might hav
bi.v td till this,time with »s little success
as ueSyrms sung ip.Ulysses, had he not
t ungtd his post to a neighbouring shade.
There he was immediately joined by ah
Wete then at leisur ; toe others were at
that time ehitrHpfid. either as parties'or
> sntctat-ois, at a came, of fives, and could
not just then at'u nd However, in les
tlv n halt an hou the game was finished
and the captain enahl-d toformhiscompu
ny and pc ceed in the dulies of the day
■ Look to the right, anil dress!
They were soon, by the help es the
not) commissioned officers, plated in a
Strait line, but as everyman was anxious
to see how the rest stood, those on the
wings pressed forward for the pm pose,
, • till the whole line assumed nearly the
for in of a cn scent
* Why look at ’-em,’ says the captain—
<why gentlemen you are all a crooking
her 1 * at both sends, so tbat’you will get on
*■ to me by and by—come gentlemen, dress. 1
dress/’
Hus was acordingly done; but impell
• «d by the same motive aabefbre, they [s oh
resumed tbeir former figure, and so they
were permitted to remain.
Now gentlemen, says the captain, I air
'djfomg to carry you through ihe revolts
ti<ms of the manual exercise, and 1 want
- yon gentlemen, to'pay particularattention
• to the word of command exactly as I
, gti-.e- it out to you ' 1 hope you will have
a HtMe patience, gentlemen, if you please,
mvli’ll be as short as possible:,and if 1 be
h tH going wrong, I will be much obliged .o
'.on,- of you gentlemen, to put me- right
*i;:«n, fori meiui all for the best, and I
:i»o,ie you will excuse me, if you
ease. And one thing, gentlemen, 1
trust caution you against, in particular,
»r>d- that is this, hot to make any mistaki s
If you call possibly help it; and the best
Way to do tnis, will be to do all the nio
fivnsaight at first and that will also help
tis hi get along ’so much the faster, and
eve’ll My to have it over as soon as possi
ble , Come, boys, come to the shoul
der. .
Poise, fooll!
<,(Jnrk, foolk! Very handsomely done.
Take, aim!
rliuni down catridge! No! no! Fire Ire
Collect now that fifing comes next after
knifing aim, according to Steuben; but
Villi yonr permission gentlemen. I’ll read
the-words jasl exactly as they are printed
jn the book, and then I shall be suteto
bt,rigfit. ‘ O yes ! read it captain, Jrcad
«t (v.«efjuin,ed twenty voices at once) that
will save time.'
'Tcntloiy the whole then; please tp ob
serve, gentlemen, that at jtue word of
jSr'e! you must firt-,j that is, if any of yogi
guys are loadin'd, you must not shoot in
year’««f, dut only rtmke pretence like,
a d you gentlemen fellow-soldiers, who’s
aimed with nothing but sticks, riding
nwdqhea. and oorn-stalks, nced'nt /go
through (he firings, but stand as you are,
•ne kyep yourselves to yourselves.
HnlJ cock, foolk! Very well done.
SA.w, t, (spelling) Shet panJ .'hat
too would have been ye y Imidsomely
rlone; if you had’nt bandied cartridge itr
*(< a4 of shctlin pan, but ! suppose yoo
ymnf tidticlng; N-iw ’teation one s;id all'
gent Icmen, and do that motion again.
Shes pan J Very good, very well in
deed, you did that motion |< q.ual to any
©ol soldier—you improve 'stonislungly!
ff 'Ttlte aUiidgrf Fret ty Well, consider
ing you did t wrong end foremost,as if you
took iln ca- dge out qf your mouth and
bit off the twirl wiib the cati-idge box.
■JPav rxinfmer! Those that havn’t no
ranwner to*ftieit guns need not draw, "but j
0 .ty make the mot uni; ijt w ill do just as
well, a»d safe a .great deatef tinie.
Return rammer / Vciywelluga.nl But
iha would have been done, I think, with
greater expert ness, if you hud [terformed
tin motion with a little more dexterity.
S, A, 0, u, I,—Shoulder foolk! Very hand-.
' si Truly done indeeu! I’ut your guns on
the <-thi r shoulder, gentlemen.
Ordqfuolk! Nit quite so well, gentle
men-—hot quite altogether, but perhaps 1
did not speak loud enough for you to hear
me all at once. Try once more if you
please; I hope you. will be patient gentle,
men, we will soon be through.
■ Order polk! Handsomely done, gentle
nid ! very .handsomely done! and altoge
ther ico, except that a few of you were a
leeile too soon, and some others a let-tie
1 too late.
In laying down your guns, gentlemen,
take care to lay the locks upland the
other sides down-
I 'Tentiun the whole! Ground foolk! Ve
ry well.
Charge, baydnetf <fsome of the men J
That can’t be pray .ouk
. again, for how can we charge bayonet
without our guns ?
( Captain. J I don’t know as to that,
but 1 know I’m Tight, for here ’tis printeu
in the book c, h, a, r, yes, cha-ge bay
onet, that’s right, that’s the word, if 1
know how to read; come gentlemen, do
pra' charge bayonet! Charge, 1 say! Why
don’t you charge? Do you think itan’t so?
Do.y mi think I have lived to this time o’day
and don’t know what charge bayonet is?
Here, come and see for yourselves; it’s
plane as the nose on your fa stop
slay—no! halt! no! no! Faith! I'm wrong I
turned over two leaves, at once, but 1
beg your pardon ; gentlemen we
will not slay out long, and we'll have
.something to drink as soon as we have
done Come boysj get up oft* the stumps
and legs and take up your guns, we’ll
soon be done; excuse me if you pletse.
Fix bayonet! ,
Jtdvanee, arms! Very well done, turn
the stocks of your guns in front) gentle
man,-ai d that will bring the barrels be
hind; ami hold them strait up and down
if you please. Let go with your left
hand and take hold with your right just
be ow tiie guard. Sicken says the gun
must be held p, e, r, partic’hu —yes, you
must always mind and hold your guns ve
ry pertic’lnr. Now boys—’tendon the
whole!
Present, arms! Very bai dsomely don<!
hold the guns over t’other knee; t’other
hand up—turn your hands round a little,
and raise them up higher—draw the o
ther fool back! Now you are nearM
right—very well done, gentlemen; you
have improved vastly since I fi;si siuv you;
you aie getting too slick fur taller! What
a charming thing it is to se men under
good discipline! Now, oentlemi.n, we
qoiT-e to the revolutions— hiu, led, men,
you have got ah in a sort of a snarl, as 1
may say. how did you *,et all ,into such a
fiigglety piggloty?
The fact was, the shade hud moved con,
derablv to the eastwaid and nad exposed
Ihe right wing ot liese hardy veterans tojn
galling fire of rh sun. Being but poorly
provided with umbrellas at this end of tin
ine, they found it convenient to follow
t'ne, shade and in huddling to the left fin
this purpose, had changed figure of their
tine from that of a c> cscent to one which
more neaily resembled a pair of pot
hooks.
“ Come gentlemen,” (says the captain)
< spr ad \ o ivselves out again into a sti aight
line, and let us|get into the wheelings and
other matters as soon as possible ”
Rut this was strenuously opposed by
he soldiers They objected to going in
to these revolutions at all, inasmuch as the
weather was extremely hot, they already
i>ad been kept in the field upwards ( f
three quarters pf an hour They re
minded the captain of his repeated pro
mise to be as short as he possibly could, &
t was clear lie could dispense with all this
-ame wheeling and flourishing if he chose
They were already very thi;sty, and if he
would not dismiss them, they declared
they would go off without dismission and
get something to drink, and he might
fine them if that would do him any good ;
they were able to pay their fine, but
could not go without drink to please
any body:; and they swore (hey would ne
ver vote for another captain who wished
to be so unreasonably strict. One of tlx
men was so ii’solciv os to exclaim, “I y u
not be dragged about here any longer.
You know I’m ss good as you any day. 1
can buy two of you.'*
Tlie captain behaved with great spirit
on this occasion, and a smart colloquy
ensued; when at length becoming exas
perated to the las' degree, he roundly as
s rted that no soldierought neverto think
hard of the orders of his officer; and fi
rally lie .went so far as to say that he did
not think any gentleman o i that ground
had any just cause to be offended with
him:—The dispute was finally settled b
the captain’s sending for some yrog for
their present accommodation, and Agree
ing to omit reading 'he military law,as di
rected by a late act, and also all the mili
tary manoeuvres, except two or three such
easy and simple ones as could be perform
ed within the compass of the shade. Af
ter. they had drarik their grog, andhu
spread themselves, they were divided into
platoons.
’Tenting the whole! To the right wheel!
Each man faced to the right about
Why, Gentlemen! I didn’t mean fin
every man to stand still aud turn himself
na/.turally right round: but when ! told
you to the right 1 intended for you to
wheel round to the right as it were.—
Plerse to try gentleman;every,
right hand must stand fast, and only the
others turn round.
In a previous part of the ex> rcise, it
had for the purpose of sizing, been, ueces
srry to denominate, every second person a
right band man, A very natural conse
quence was, that on the present occassiou
’those,right hand Tien maintained their po
sition, a’l the intermediate ones facing a
bout rs befire.
Why look ftt’em now! exclaimed' the
captain, in extreme vexation; i’ll bd darn
ed if ypu can understand a word I say.—
Excuse me gentlemen, but it rayly seems
as if you could not come at it exacly/ In
wheeling to the right, the right band
eendai the platoons stand fast and the
other eend comes round like aswinglc
tree, them on the outside, must march fas
ter than them on *he inside, and them, o n
inside not near so fast as them on the out
•-ide. You wtainly must understand me
mw gentlemen, and now please try vntt
mofe
i * ’ .
> * v x ‘
i V ' V
In tins, they were somewhat mote sue
cental.
’Tention the whole! To the left—lift,
no — right—shitt is, the lift-. ■ L taeatC the
right—:<fi teheeU uiurc/J
In this lie whs strictly sUcyed some
wheeled to the right, iel't, urWdi ways.
“.Sloj-I hah! let us try again! 1 ci-uIJ
noljist then tell my right htmd from my
left! you must excuse me gt-nitmiien, ii
you please, experience make* pm sect, as
the saying is; long as 1 have served, 1
find something new to learn every day,
but all’s one for that Now gentlemen,
do that motion once more.”
Cy the help of a 111 m -c< • mini sSioned of
ficer in front of each platoon, they wheel
ed this time whh tolerable regularity.
“ Now buys yon must try to wheel by
divisions; aijd (here is one thiiig In pertic
lar which I have to request of yon gen
tlemen, and it is this, not to make any
blunder in your wheeling. You must
mind and keep at u wheeling distance,
and not talk in the ranks nor get out of
size again; for I want you to do. this mo
tion well, and not to to make any blunder
now.
’Tention the whole! By divisions to the
right wheel' march! ; .
In doing this it seemed as if bedlam had
broke loose; every man took the command.
—Not so fast on the right! Sjow now
slow now! Haul down them umbreKuis!
Faster on the left! Keep back a little
there! Don’t crowd so! Hold up your gun
Sam! Go faster there! fastei! Who trod on
my —d- —your hvjftf Keep bark,
keep back! Stop us captain, dojstop us!
Go faster there! I’ve lost my shoe! Get
up again, Neel! halt! halt! halt! stop gentle
men! stop, stop! d—n it, I say can’t you
stop! . ;
by this time they got into utter and in
explicable confusion, and so I left them.
TIMOTHY GIUUSHAW.
From the London Examiner.
> ews-Papcr Chat.
Steam Cariuaoe.—An ingenious cot
ton spinner of Atdwick, n- ar tjiis town,
has invented a locomotive steam carriage,
for the Conveyance of goods or passen
gers without the aid of horses After re
peated experiments during the last two
years, lie has so far succeeded, as no' to
leav. a doubt that it will answer the pur
pose intended It will go upon any of
the mail road 1 , rip hill or down, Hit the rale
of nine or ten mdesan hour, and cun be
guided with the greatest ease, on the
most difficult roads.—[We have heard
that a worthy couple, on their .way from
Stockport to this town, la’e at n ght, were
nearly frightened out of" their wits, by
meeting till' machine during a trial of iis
(lowers, which, for obvious reasons, was
made in the dark : indeed, it was enough
io appal the stoutest heart, to see a car
riage of extraordinary shape,, and carry
ing a glowing fire, moving at a tremen
dous rate, without any apparent.means of
propulsion ] —Manchester Guardian.
The sudden disappearance of the a
gent of u Noble Lord has surprised eve
y body ; he was in the receipt of seven
thousand a year, honourably acquired
'lining speculations are given as the
cause of this unhappy secession.
Mr. Coke, of Holkham, loses ,30,0001
t his year by the fall of rents,— Morning
Paper.
Amongst the curious events of the last
week’s meeting at Newmarket w<s the
appearance of Sir Robert Wilson, nilimit
ed on the Duke of York's bay colt by
niucher, a spirited animal of
hands high, and the great favourite in a
former week for the Grand Duke - Mich
ael stake. Various were the speculations
upon the appearance of the,. Gallant
Knight on the Commander-in-Clptf's fa
vourite racer; and not less' numerous the
bets, wheiher the Knight was to be
thrown a second time, or whether, it was
his Highness’s pleasure that, he should
riih home atlas'. —All we can vouch for
ts die accuracy of the fact as above stat-
Mr Kean, it is said, is preparing him
self fir the representation of Miss Joanna
Duillie’s tragedy of. Be Mount fort.
Legal Wit.
J
Macbeth. What i’st ye do ?
Witches. A deed without name
“ Which is not worth a farthing,” ex
claimtd a lawyer in the pit.'
Mn Owen’s Piax —The proposals of
Mr. Owen, of New Lanark, are at length
in a fairway of being subjected to the
test of experience The subscription f r
erecting one of his projected villages at
Motherwell, near Hamilton, already a
mounts to nearly 30.000! and is prosper
ously filling up —Tyne Mercury.
The idea ol rebuilding Kanciagh, is
likely tube speedily adopted
The King of Fiance’s Qrdounance re
peals the sentence against General B-i t
ra id, and reinstates him in all his rights,
rank, honours and dignity.
On the 34th ult. there was a charitable
ball at the Mansion-house, Louth, t<
whicli a gentleman went on horseback,
and rode into the room where the com
pany vvaa dancing, fur a wager of ten
pounds
One of our provincial Papers lately
mentioned, as a rarity, a family consisting
ot four natives of different countries
We are able to produce a rarer instance ;
for in this city there is a military gentle
man, a Frenchman, whose lady is a Rus
sian, the eldest child a Maltese, thy se
cond a Sicilian, the thirds Spaniard;* and
the fourth a Canadian —Montreal Herald.
Nr.ono Resit.— A Gentleman sent his
black servant to purchase a fresh fish [ He
went to a s all, and taking up a fish be
gan to smell toit- The fishmonger^.riba
serving him, and fearing the bystanders
might catch the scent, exclaimed, “ Hario !
you black ia»cal, what do you smell my
fish for V’— The Negro replied, “ Me no
smell yo rr fish, Massa.”—“ What are y«n
lining then, Sirrah ?” “ Why me talk to
him, Massa.”—“ And what dd you say to
The fish, eh “ Why me ask what news
at sea, clat’s all. Massah.”—“ And what
does he say to yon “He sayshe diin’t
know ; he no been dare dcse tree We^ks.”
“ The stage-driver informed me/ that
he had begun life with nothing, bus ribw
possessed a farm of eighty cultivated a
cres and eight thousand dollars, besides
what was owing him. * Although I drive
the mall,’ said be, * I gutus I’m not oblig
’ •njttsr j, .
ed to, for 1 have a farm where I may take
my ease, and tigger about imependcir
Os any one. of you English, 1
know, would feci pretty damned smal’
when driving a stage; but in America
we are all equal when our employments are
honest ones —and why not ? For we can
pot choose our station, howsomever much
we may try to. Aye, man appoints anil
Rod disappoints. Had things turned out
different, i might bare been President
of the States, and Jem Monroe coach
driver.’—l assented to the justness of his
vemai ks; and could not help' thinking,
that such opinions must be a great source,
of happiness to the lower classes of .the
American people.”
Jlowison's Sketches.
Cross your t’s although yon spell wrong.
■ —Cnpt. .of schr , while at one
of the West India Islands, received the
; following order, among others, from Ilia
owner: “ I want you to git me 100 Mon
[' keys hr a parlikler purpose—Hunt fail.”
. In conseqim nee of the word being mis.
• spelled, and the t not being crossed, the
captain put himself to a great expense
■ and considerably prolonged his voyage to
accomplish the oilier in the sense he gave
[ it; “Where have you been so long. 1 '”
said the anxious owni r, .on his return.
■ “ Looking for your monkeys, said the
I enraged captain, “ and with all my pains,
: I have been able to (ret but sixty out ot
the .100 ” Sixty Monkeys /” exclaimed
, the owner, “ why, I only wanted two.”
“ Here is your order for them si;,” re
plied the captain, coolly pulling out the
letter.
Hartford Mercury.
Notice.
Ido hereby forewarn all persons from
trading with my wife Margaret, for she
hath tliis day left my bed and boarding,
without any provocation ; and therefore 1
do not intend to be accountable for her
contracts.
ASA CASTLEBERRY.
December 7, 1821.
Mr. Miller,
Your Messenger, appeal’s to be made
the Mirror through which I am exposed
to public view, as one of those monstrous
females, who, regardless of the tender lies
ami solemn obligations of Matrimony, o
pirny violate all pbligalions by leaving the
Bed and Board of their Husbands, without
any provocation ! yes without any provoca
tion, as a mailer of course —any person
might read that part of the adveriisment
with their eyes shut.—l am willing that
an impartial world shall judge whether 1
had just reasons or not, when they are in
formed, that tbro’ the unwarrantable in
Inference of a part of that family, over
whom it was my misfortune to be placed,
in the capacity of a Step mother,'l received
from las hands, the lash of a raw hide
whip! —the marks of which are yet con
spicuously seen! Assurances of a repeti*
tion of this tri atment, was the lot of the
unfortunate
MARGARET G CASTLEBERRY. '
December 13 v 1821.
S. Carolina Pendleton Messenger.
From London Papers received at the Office
oj the Commercial Jidvertiser.
Some curious conveisa'ion occurred in
the Court of Chancery on the Bth Oct.
in which the history of cliuncery practice
was much involved In speaking of the
taxation of a solicitor’s bill, Mr Agar, a
barrister of the court, mentioned that
there had risen up of late years, a sys
tem of keeping a running account be
tween counsel and atiornies, in conse
quence of which system they often ne
ver got their money at ail. The Lord
Chancellor perhaps to what the
Chancellor «;f the Exchequer might have
thought in a similar predicament) ex
pressed himself strongly in favour of the.
ready money system. Generally speak
ing, no counsel in his time ever thought
himself retained till he had actually re
ceived his fee ; and as an instance of this,
he recollected the circumstance of a
brief having been delivered to Serjeant
Davy, without any indorsement of the fee
that should have accompanied it. Some
sliori fmc after, the client called upon
the learned serjeant, and askad him what
he thought of His case ? “ Think of
your case I” replied the serjeant, drily,
“ Why to tell you the truth 1 have never
hem able to look any farther into it than
here ” —taking up the brief, and pointing
to the place where the f«-e ought to have
made its appearance. Mr Agar said, that
counsel were often obliged to give crc
■ Hit, b. cause, from the system ot taxing,
solicitors could not tell what they were
entitled to. If a counsel took great
pains to bring a voluminous mass of mat
ter down to a small compass he very of
ten got two guineas, whereas the master’s
office perhaps allowed 1G or 20 guineas
loi a record swelled to an immoderat
size ! The mast -rs io chancery employ no
talent themselves, but generally left all to
their ilnks Another remarkable <ac
was,'that the drawing up of documen s
now devolv. d upon counsel, whereas tin
solicitors did little or nothing but lay tin
papers and instructions before them
Formerly solicitors had 6d a folio Un
drawing pleadings—now they have Is a
folio for doing nothing. On the sanu
lay, a motion was made to hinder a sob
citnr who had served his clerkship with-u
solicitor to a particular plaintiff from ac 1
ing as solicitor to the defendant in the
same cause. The Lord Chancellor would
nol grant the motion, because he knew a
hbarty was allowed to counsel which was
he e sought to be taken away from attor
nies. Ilia lordship also observed, that if
ever he had been engaged in the Court of
chancery., and had been afterwards engag
ed in the case on the same subject on the
circuit, he applied to the solicitor wlio
had employed him in the chancery case
to know if the same side would retain
him in the court below. If not, he felt
himself at liberty to taker, brief from the
otliersicle. Mr Agar,however,complete
ly proved that the’ chancery had not im
'pi'oved in imfepend ncc since the days
of Lord Eldon’s barristerial practice, for
lie stated A retainer in an original
cause was not cons de.red us a retainer in
any interlocutory motions or subsequent
proceedings. On the contrary, by the
I universally prevalent custom of the bar,
counsel were obliged to take a brief from
the solicitor wi,o, in the particular stages
•| of the proceeding, first offered it. This
I imposed upon them very painful and un
pleasant duties. It often happened, that
I a counsel, who had Originally advised pro
ceedings, was called upon to argue a-
I I iJdinat the interest of the clicnt by whomi
- <
■*
he had in the first instance been employ
ed. The Lord Chancellor strongly and
properly reprobated ihs syslat:
JVVw Mail arrangenunt —-The Mail Car
rier left town on Wednesday; aftcrnuoi',
on his way to Camden, in the course ot
tlie night, the horse retuined to tlic sta
bleslVm whence he hail starred, with the
Mail in the same state in which it leit our
Post-office. Nothing had been heard ol
die Post-man yesterday morning and it
seems uncertain whether lie wiil rctraci
his stops as his horse has done, or is now
pu:suing his 'route to Camden. Thismis-,
understanding between the horse and his
i ider, it is uppi ehendetl, may cause a delay
of some t'ays in the arrival of the Mail at
Camden. — Charleston Courier
FOREIGN.
From the CharK ston Courier, Dec. 23.
' [nr rim soum-nosTON 3
Extract of a letter, dated Liverpool, No
vember 15.
“You will have been giadtVally prepar
ed to receive the unfavorable accounts of
mir cotton Market, which this vessel, and
the Orbit for New York, carry out.
“Eversince we understood that the Ame
rican accounts hsd underrated by 20,000 to
25,000 hales, the quantity of cotton we
should receive this year from the United
Stale?, ourcollon market has been g rwiii
ally declining j since, aliho' an rxc ss to
to that amount bears a small proportion to
our total consumption, it bears a large one
to the stock of American cotton which w as
expected to remain on hand at the end of
the year.
“Fiom a change which has taken place
for some time in our Cotton Trade, a small
slock is felt more now, than a large one
formerly.
“ Till within the last two or three years,
the dealers were in the habit of having
large capitals invested in cotton, and oc
casionally speculating so deeply, that an,
immense amount of cotton was distributed
among them. At present the spinners
buy far more generally themselves in tins
market, the profits of the trade not per
mitting .hem to afford the dealer a fair
return on his capital and pecuniary facili
ties, where their credit is good, being ob
tailiable on more easy terms.
“ The consequence is, that the stock of
cotton is now held principally by the mer
chant ; and although money is by no
means particularly scarce, a moderate ca
pital is soon absorbed in advances on cot
ton, and a merchant will be disposed (in
dependently of this consideration,) on ge
neral principles, to sell soon after arrival,
unless there is a fair probability of deriving
advantage by holding.
“ As there have been no very decided
grounds for such an expectation lately,
the merchants have generally been willing
to sell at the nominal rates of the day;
and slncejjtlu.se were rendered unobtaina
ble by the reduction which some have al
ways been ready to accept, public sales
have always-been resorted to pretty gene
rally, and private business, as is usual in
such cases, almost suspender).—At the
public sale of the 9th hist, there were
sold ;
5150 hags Uplands, very ord. to good
7d a lOjd ; 1110 bags Orleans, do do 8d a
tlfd; 880 bag’s Alabama, do to good fair,
6|BJd; 440 bags Sea Islands, do do 12 j
a fs|it. The better qualities brought fail
prices, the inferior about $d per lb. lower.
“ There has since been little doing, and
it is uncertain what course the market will
take We do not think it will go much
lower; hut very few will be disposed to
hold. We quote American Rice, in bond,
at 14s a 19s per cwt.
Another letter of the above date, says ,- “
“ There are 2500 hales of East India
Cotton, and 1300 bales of Uplands, adver
tised by public sale to-morrow—ii is nexi
to impossible to make sales by private
contract, so long as there is so much
brought under the hammer”
FiIANKFOIIT, Nov. 3.
Accounts have reached Vienna, that the
head of Weli Pacha (son of AH Pacha of
Janiua,) and that of his son Mahomed Pa
cha, were placed over the head of the
portal of the Seraglio on the 30th Septem
ber. They had deposited at Santa Maura
(one of the lonian Islands) their treasure,
amounting to 5.0u0,000 of piastres, to
which they appointed the English Gene
ral Frederic Adams heir, in case of their
death It is however, doubled whether
the General can claim this wealth, for, ac
cording to the established custom in the
ottoman empire, a Pacha cannot bequeath
property, the Grand Seignior being heir
by right of all those whom he thinks pro
per to condemn to death.
Map am, October 29.
It is affirmed that the Minister of Fi.
.nance, M Barata has resigned
Extract of a private letter.
Vjls.na, October 27
It appears from several accounts receiv
e l from Turkey, that the Divan gives lit
lie credit to the amicable dispositions of
he Russian Cabinet, and that it is making
extraordinary efforts to be able to cope
with Rus-ia. If the Court of St. Peters,
burgh has an imnosing military corps on
be frontier of the empire, the Porte in
tends to oppose it with a still greater
force. For this purpose it is sending con-
Dileruble reinforcements into Wallacbiu
and Moldavia, where, there will soon be
a numerous army; it is also engaged in the
formation of a second army, which is to be
numerous as the first. This second army
will be posted provisionally on the Dan
“be. In addition to these two armies
strong reserves are being formed in the
provinces situated on the second line. In
the event of a war, these reserves are to
occupy the Danube, and the army which is
being formed there will join the first ay
my.
But all these troops are not to be com
pared to the worst European soldiers
Notwithstanding their inferiority, the
Turks are disposed for a war, and will pro
bably be the first to commence hostilities,
stiould the Russians delay the passage of
the Purlh. It is affirmed, that with ail Ills
ability and policy. Lord Strangford cannot
overcome the ir.ffuxibiiity of the Grand
Seignior.”
UOMKBTIC.
_ WxsiuniiTow, December 22.—The Pre
sidentot the United States has received
the resignation of General Awdrew Jack
•ox, ns Governor of the Florid as. -
Nat. Inf. \
THE NAVIGATION ACTS.
-Nonvotx, Di-cei ber 22 - AV e must
spectlnll), but * arnesjjy, invite the attc
lion of our Ft how-Cpizens, the good ne«
pie i f the surrounding country, and ofilu
neighoouring districts of this State w
North Carolina, to the result of aver
respectable Meeting of the Citizens ,ft
(his Borough, convened yesterday at „n,
I' nvn-Ilalt, pursuant to .previous notice
We have never witnessed more unanln,-'
ty of sentiment! upon any public occasion
than was manifested at this Meeting
■ind v e have no doubt that live ni2,-isni-T
■ proposed will meet with ti e zealous
i operation of every friend to tt.e comma
cial prosperity of the Stale, with i| a . ‘
ceplion of some worthy individuals wjj,
still think the restrictive' system h;ia
i had a fair trial. The sufictings ofvk.l
town and district, however, speaka tli?|
fi-rcut conviction to our minds. <
The Meeting being organized, Willis, I
Maxwell, Ktq. ruse, any, ju an ammricl I
i haste and eloquent address, expaineU t|J I
object of (he Meeting, traced the nfi^ R I
p(Ogress and unhappy effects ofgthese !e II
stt ietive me sutures, and forcibly demonitm. I
■ *d the impolicy, and folly of lloi.ger ad, J
hering to them. " [lleaccm I
At a.Meeting of (he Citizens of than,, I
rough of Norfolk, held according to rnj. I
i tioc, atlhe Town Hall, on Fridav, the 2lst 9
<(ay of December 1321, Jonx E. Holt May, I
or, was appointed Chairman, Wuu«|
SiiAtirK, v. .
The following Resolutions were adopt. I
cd’ the fit-smith only two dissenting vole-1
es, the others unanimously. i
Jst. Resolved, That the Act ofCotipressl
entitled, “An Act concerning Navigation'll
passed the Bth of April, 1813, and the act!
of Congress entitled, “An Act supplemen.l
tary loan Act entitled, “ An Act concern- 8
,mg Navigation, “ passed the 15th of M, v I
1820, b-j tar os they establish the restuclS
ti vo system, by which British Vessels are I
prohibited from bringing the p o.'ii€tinns i
of the British Colonic's into onr Portland I
taking away those of our country in ie. I
turn, are highly pernicious to this Borsuth I
and District, destroying our Commerce H I
injuring- all classes ofour Citizens -, while I
at the same time, they are contrary to the jM
true policy of the United States : opem- 1
ing most unequally and’ partially upon
different sections and portions of the (Jo.
ion, burdening (he products of Agricuf.
tore in a fruitless attempt to promoiethe
Shipping inter est dimiiushlhg the Seve.
nue, and threatening.,in the issue, tupw.
duce many great and lasting evils to the
whole nation.
2d. Resolved, That the Hon. Thomas
Newton, the. Representative in Congress i
for this District, be, and he is hereby re- ?
speclfully instructed, (the good people of ”
the other parts of the District concurring G
in this instruction,) to use his vote and ‘
best exertions to procure a repeal of the i
said acts of Congress, so far as they relate ft
to the restrictive system established there-1
by.
3d. Resolved, That Richard F.. Parker, Jf
James Johnson, William Sharp, Robert C. M
Stark, George W. Camp, Robert Archer, J
and Albert Allmand be a Committee to «
correspond with the good people of the |]
other pans ’of this District, and invite ii
their concurrence in the foregoing Resuiu-1
tions; and also to correspond with (her
good people of Richmond, Petersburg, P
And other Towns, without ,fhi» District,■
and invite them to unite and co-operate!
with their Fellow. Citizens of this Borough I
and District, in our efforts .to procure a 1
repeal of the said acts of Congress, so fkrjj
os they relate to the restrictive system.
4th. Resolved, That Littleton W. TazeJj
well, Richard E Parker, George Newton, B
Robert B. Taylor, John Tabb,
Polard, and William Maxwell, be a Com- E
mittee to prepare a Memorial to Uongieit, K
tn behalf of he Citizens of thjs Borough, W
against the said acts, so far as they reltkfl
to the restrictive system, and forward llufl
sme to the Honorable Thomas Newton, P
to be laid before that body. ■
sth. Resolved, That the before named I
Committee have authority to convene atw-i
ther Meeting of the Freeholders and Vei- R
era of this Borough to Whom the t.a‘d 9
Memorial shall be submitted,- or obtain ,
their signatures to the same, as to theta
shall appear most expedient. ,
Ordered, That the foregoing Resohitioni 1
be published in the Newspapers of tUia *
Borough. . i • * "
And the Meeting adjourned, ,
John E. Holt, Mayor, Chairman. “
Wm. SuAiir,Secietaj-y. |
The objection to the Miryland Resok- J
llons.now rests upon two ground*! ”
Ist Constitutionality■ Can Congi-esagivep
money,'Or lands,'or any funds \o.Education 7 v
In other words is this one of- the, thing* S
which the constitution places within its ju-1
risdiction ? 'To assist in disposing otiu
lands, by inviting emjgran s, it may g |VB E
lands to schools ; but can it euiabiuhr
schools in the old slates, when no such end ly
is to be attained f ■
2d. Expediency. If you give lands tof
•be old states fur their schools, yon dimin-w
ish the sales of the U- S. lands, for pur-B
poses of revenue —and therefore wo miistP
have, recourse to other means to raise theH
deficit ; that is, to loans, of taxes upon tliej,
states themselves. In the.2d place, th*
states in selling theii school lands B*y RJffi
to undersell each other—iflhcy fix a
at less than the U. S. price, how many wii
buy of the U S. ? and therefore may no
the U. S. be compelled to shut up so. i
time their land offices, and raise tho s/hoti
amount of iheir present states front, some
other fund ? _ ,
These are serious objections ; tum
ought to be ubtwidistandingtlie
object in view, (the promotion o I educa
tion) is so strongly calculated to enlist tM
feelings of our countrymen.
Richmond R n 9
Sheriff’s Sales.
Will be sold, on Ute first Tuesday in
march next, at the Court-House m
the town cf Waynesborough, Burke Couii
fy between the usual Sale ho-rrs.
Nine Negroes, (viz.)
Bess, Hetty, Fanny, Harriet, Ed*fAi’ii»kj c * , ‘
ard, Nancy, Hope and’Jacob —
as the property of Jamqs PolhiH, to ssUs) J
an Esaention in favour of job 8. ItarneJiß
on the foreclosure'uf d moitguge. H
S. W. Blount,S. B.CI
Dec 27—**“lavrfk . , - i . j 1
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