North Carolina Newspapers

1 I1 rinu; ' 'j..:'lhi TthinsurfcinSday fix- jcd oy . , on.h Conirress. the Here of th House answering to their L nod it rwiuiring twentyeven Sen- ','nd oDa hundred and twenty-two JLeDuitive to constitute a quorum, the motion of MrWauiX. of iTWa ,ia-lhe nesl dy- 71,13 f ,Led to have been occasioned by a 'pnday preceding to tlie depth of eighteen iJJni completely blocked un the roads 'in every direction. "V -4 if? I It remains uncertain whcnCongress will V,ble to organize; but it is eipected in a be able AV6 hope to get the President's . . ! lima for our next. Wo are ter? anxious to see tyis documentourselvcs, aDd shall as soon as practicable Iay.it be fnre our readers. " "t , Ve learn (rftm the Charleston Cou .:. that the Comptroller General of South Carolfoa has recommenaea to im jucgisia- tureoflhat State the appointment ot asses son to value the lands for taxation, in order to equalize the taxes and increase tho reve nue of the State." ' l: Hcgh Wdell, Esq.', hus been elected rs (he Senate from Orange, to. supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation" of W. P. Mi.fGCM, and CoL James (jraham the Cl in nl;nie bf W. A. GaA-4-f, in jus; both Whigs. Vusross, agaih. R. Thomas, Esq., of JIcndcrsQn-fountyf acnt u account irfarge pumpkin raiacd by lumthe paai season, wnicn wcignea owe nunarea una ten pHtntUt-r We connaLLcHhow it looked ,89 we did not see it. . KrThe Raleigh Register snys, ' the ceremony of Inauguration of the new Go crapr, Jons M. Mobekiead, wilr take place, in presence of both branches of the Legislature on the first doy of January, y New Hampshire. Hon. Levi Wood, bury has been elected U. S. Senator by the Legislature of New Hampshire. Corrcspoodtnee of tho .National Intelligencer. ' New J'obk, Nov. 3fl1(f1840. ... Tlie" recorder oflhe City of course much'chagrincd by the presentment of the Oranu Jury, first, tho Grand Jury found no bills against any of the persons whom be tried to. convict; next, the Grand Jury presented hi conduct in seizing private pa. pen as a violation of tho rights of the citi. reo, and as illegal. TImj Recorder finds himself presented to. the Public in the ntti tudeof a Magistrate committing illegal and tyrannical acts to involve respectable citi. xens in alleged frauds,-which frauds the Grand Jury, after an examination of the picion enough of them to justify an indict mem. ... I call the attention of your readers how I to this brief recapitulation of facts. Prior to a Presidential election, the leading oro. cere of the Federal Government are found confederating and combining, through the power of a corrupt and a criminal Crirhin. al Court, with abandoned partisans and respectable citizens of New York in al. Icged election frauds, alleged to have-been committed in 1838, which allegations have been spread all over the Union in immense numbers, and trumpeted in the official or gortfle Government as something f hor. rible." and even wnrf. hut urlu-n a flr.inrl Jury of the country examine all this testi mony, they not only find no frauds, but not even suspicion of them enough to justify an uurcunrni : . i comment! to the tilobe at te",!n totlese L facJSijiTteyh over, whelmed in confusion even the better clasi of Executive public servant, such as the U. S. District Attorney Mr. Butler, and they may bother even 4he Globe, though H"'i"e '"ere ot scoursc ihe Crrand Jury were ' pipt lnyers,", boiht by BrU sh gold," "guilty pf tte frauds them, u c'&c-ith the like interesting abuse. The Evening Post leads the way by saying it was a packed j&ry ! - ' From the Pacific we have Jater dates ill p and the Schr. Shark both sailed from Guayaquil in Octo. ter for Callao; the former to- tooch at T'al1 The smallpox had been on board at Guayaquil, but only two sea. mpn had died. The St, Louis sailed from aaufor Valparaiso and Callao on the u Gsn;G,AMABBA had reflected Pres. Went of Peru. ' . fPfj -York Signal remarks, that wen, Harrifmn ,ni - :. ' j ...l WW branches of Congress in his favour, a """Jority of the vote of probably 0.000, and the legislatures of nineteen twenty-nneofiha-Statesin- bis vour. ft-S ITT . t w ne learn from the Charlottesville 'enersonian,that the trial of young Simmes, ?ed of the murder of Prof. Davis, has postponed on motion of the prisoner, December Court, Messrs. Leigh and i&0f Richow.:iHl Messrs. Rives naoilmcrof Albemarle, are his Counsel. 1 fcuthall is the prosecuting attorney.V RaL Re,. ...thePsrnlarTale. 4.. Mr. Van Buren's Electoral vote may possibly reach 60 out fi 294. It cannot exceed that number, ad may fall below it, though it is not probable. : But small as this vote is, it is out of all proportion to his popular ?ote, compared with that of Gen. HarrisonV, Ills popular majorities will be, excluding fractions, about .. . ' A J,OO0 in New Ilampsliire, . . . 1,500 in Virginia, " '. 600 in Illinois, -: 2,000 in Miiwouri,' ' , ... 1,000 in Arkansas, 1 1. 6,000 in Alabama, ' : '. Total 10,000- . To oppose this, Geo. Ilarriaoo will have a majority of ( " ' 23,000 Ohio, . .. '' 26,000 in Kentucky, , . . . , .! 12,000 in Iftdiana, . v' 20,000 in Massachusetts, . 500 in Maine, 300 in Pennsylvania, 14,000 in Vermont, ' .,- 6,000 in Connecticut," - . ' ' 2 ,000 in New Jersey,.. r . - 2,000 in, Rhode Island, - , . 6,000 ih' Maryland,. . l2,00ftinJJorth Carolina, , ' 3,500 in Louisiana, 8,000 in Georgia, ll .12,000 in New Yorkj ' 200 in Mississippi, 1,000 in Delaware,, - k 2,000 in Michigan"" -12,000 in Tennessee," 163,700 Leaving nearly 150,000 clear majority for Harrison. . In vain may the history of party politics be searched for a like popular tri umph. . .Never, before, have any People spoken in such tonca-o'f thunder ! Raleigh Reguur' ! ' ' i - ; " , - The results or the election or IIab bison. -The Signal, ; an excellent neutral penny paper in New York city, has the fol. Hi.prv.r.wntn .ml limply ri-mnrln; " The election of Harrison must incvita. bly produce an entire breaking up of the old party landmarks and boundaries. The present narlf catchwords, which have been Irung 111 bur cars :M3MtScummi be"cy ploded. It is an BbsurUity in language to spciiK 01 any uemocraey ttuvc iuu iwnjoi racy of- riuinbers. Democrtcy , unkss c-jii Greek Lexicon misinforms us, mcansia goi vcrnment where the pcop1cthnt iy the majority of tho peope govern. Ofcusc the Harrisoa men are now the real Demo, c rats-. , They can no longer with propriety be called British Whigs. We hardly think the most ultra Locofoco will so insult the country of his birth, or most probably, of his adoption, as to assert that a majority ot the people of tho Umtey fetatcs have been bought up.by.Brhjsh gold. We can assure Jlcssrs. Blair and Kendall, that we know hundreds of. worthy men w ho have not seen the color of a brass farthing. Coffee. We learn that an application of machinery, entirely new, is now in pro. grcss of being established .which witTbefif great Hnportance to the West Indies. Ve refer to the cleaning of coffee imported in the husk. It mnv not be generally known that the coffee of commerce is the seed of a pulpy berry, not unlike the cherry.'' The process t which it is subjected fljeforc be. ing exported from the countries in which it is grown, is simple, but somewhat tedious, consisting of pulping washing, and drying in the sun. - It is also capable of heincr dried in the berry, in which state not only is the quality of the seed superior, from the aro. tin being better preserved, but it is less lia. ble to sour, which is' sometimes caused by the fomenting wash, and it is'hot-sebject to be broken into what tho trade call triage, and otherwise become less valuable, r rom fnoi naving me means oi removing me nusK, I fiowever: it has not been imported into this . 1 . . 1 . . . z &. : .1 j 1 of those who knew, its superior quality. But we arc glad-to iearn that machinery has been prepared for carrying on this branch of trade in Grecnb.ink Mills, in ad dition to the cleaning bf rice. The produce of th0 first experiment in cleaning coffee has been shown us by Mr. Macfie, from the superior appearene of which we are con fluent that every West Indian proprietor will sion be induced to prefer having his coffee cleaned in this country, and so far relievo himself of the onert troublesome negligence of the negro population. Green oci Advertiser, . n - . ' . ' - ScBiTaEAScaER rujc off. The Journal savs i Thei late postmaster of New Orleans has, according to the reports of the papers of that city, started to Texas, both a de. faulter to government and an absconding debtor to individuals. lie has carried off considerable property with him, and his creditors have stnrted in pursuit, with hopes of overtaking him. His .name is Mc' Queen. f PoTATOES-rrvAcoording to the Pough keepsie Telegraph, Mr. Abel Smith, of Dryden, Tompkins county, raised from an acre of ground, the past season, five hun dred bushels of pototoes. . They were pink eyes and flesh-cofored. This speaks very well for the farmer-like mrnagement of Mr. Smith, but he does not nuite come up to the yield obtained by Gen. Barnum, a scientific and successful agriculturist of Vermont, who not unfrequently digs his thousand bushels from an Tacre. Buff. Com. Adv. . Buenos Atres jiso Fbawce. At the date of the last accounts from Rio de Janei ro, a general impression seemed to prevail that the difficulties between France, and Buenos Ayres were on the point of adjust ment, although at the last accounts from the river Plata the blockade still existed. This impression was so strong that it had affected many mercantile operations at Rio. Baltimore American. I from the K. Orleans Bulletin of ta 2i LATER FROM MEXICO Retreat of the Jtnophoni Slaughter of thtt murderer t, and tscapeoj the lexurn patriots. . .,-.- Since our publication of yesterday, in which the accounts .from our correspondent at Matamora left more than 100 young Texians at Saltillo, about to be sacrificed at the shrino of cowardice-r-we have convers ed with a passenger from Texas by the N. fork, AJr. Edward Uwyer, 'of San Antonio who bs communicated to us some new and beart-chcering facts. Mr. D. was only six days from Sau Antonio to Houston, and on tho journey put up at a house whejtj L.ol. Jourdan (the commandef of tho1il4 Tex ians whom the Mexicans had pluuned to murder,had just before stopped for refresh, menu Mr. Dwyer lourned,' and has no doubt of the correctness of the information , that wlien the Texians became convinced of the intentions and treachery of the Mex icans, they retired by themselves to a walled enclosure in the vicinity , determined lo face the worst, Atthis time the citizens of the place, considering the contestt an end, opened theic houses' and shops and gave, the soldiers whatever they wislied to tat or drink: The conseqiioticc-wasr: that the bulk ofhem fgot beastly drunk ; and in this situation they were ordered by their commander to5 attac,k-the out-laws, as tln Xexians were termed.) - Ihe baUle com- menced about 2 P. iL and lmitcd . near 0 hours. - The Texianj were well protected from the fire bf the assailants and were moreover well armed, and abundantly sup. phed with ammunition, llio result was, that the ignorant and intoxicated cowards who assailed them, incapable of Inflicting injury, were slaughtered on'nll hands. At tliis juncturej-jthe beseiged sullied forth and captured three pieces of artillery, which tliey turned upon the enemy,, and mowed them down like grass. More than FOUR HUNDRED of the treacherous Iocs were Ml lift loss on the ground on that night, by this small branch of the Anglo-baxon race -The Texians, having cleared the-field, supplied themselves with apparel (of which they were much in want) and other'' spoils nf lii'tupy nnrl ciMiimpnfyl flir if 'V ' H'll homeward, and pursued their way without molestation having lost only four company bn3.kil!edMtheJght,'-'and one who dfcd iiaraujaeiise. ' By the arrival at New York of a vessel which touched at the island of J3t. Helena on its passage, information is brought to New York tliuta Frencli frigiitehe Belle Poule, was at the latter place, for the pur pose of conveying to France the remains of j Napoleon. J is. disinterment was to take place on the 15th of October. NaL Ink T.lieJIVhiga of Charleston recently held a meeting in that city, at which resolutions complimentary to Messrs. Preston, Thomp son, and Legare, were passed. A commit tee of twenty-five were appointed to invite the Hon. W. C. Preston tqa public di nner, and also to extend an invitation to the Hon, W. Thompson to meet' Mr. Preston. JVafc Intelligencer. A Poseb. The Now York Evening Post says that " MrVan Buren came into power at a period of great embarrassment and distress." Whereop'Ui the Louisville Journal asks, " What, "then, . are wel to think of the remark in Gen. Jackson s Fare well Address, 1 1 leave this great People prosperous and happy Mammoth' I fonw Steamship. -The, Great western steamship company is building" at Bristol, ah iron steamer of 3000 tons, or loreihan othcr .ships. . Her engines pre to be 1000 horse power, and it is ex pected that her average voyage across the Atlantic will be reduced to ten days. The screw propeller has been ndoptcd. A Bottomless Lake. A writer in the Troy Morning Mailjgivesthe following no tice of a rcmarkablepond in Sussex county, New Jersey: ... ' .WMtaiAake ia. gilaatEdLaMiljgnc mile west of the Paulas Kill, in the town of Still water, It is nearly circular, and abouroiie third of a mile in diameter. It tins no vis ible inlet, but its nutlet is a nevcr-fuiling stream of considerable magnitude. The name is . derived from its appearance. Viewed from a little distance, it seems of a milk whiteness, except a few rods iu the ceutre, which by the contrast appears pec fecjly black. The appearance itself is sin gular enough, but the cause is still more re markable. :' " From the cent re or dark portion bf the lake, at stated seasons, innumerable quan tities of shells are thrown up, of various sizes, and forms, but all perfectly white. Tliese float to the shore" and are thrown out UKn the beach, or skik into shallow water. Hundred.-) of bushels might be gathered f rooi the shore after one of these periodi cal uprisings; and tlie whole soil for sever al rod on every sidojof the lake Is com posed entirely of these shells, broken drde composed by tlie action of the weather. In the centre of tlie lake, bottom has never been found, although it has been sounded to the depth of several hundred feet. ' W7iejtluST7fniifirfra ndTfrprtste iTflmj which have been welling up since the mem ory of man, these countless myriads of un tenanted shells ? It is possible that, though far remote, and at an elevation of sc vend hundred feet above them, this bottomless well mar, ly some subterranean communi cat'ion, be connected with the grand shell marl deposite in the easterntpart of the Se."' ' . '."' . Steam Locomotion on common boads. A locomotive for ordinary, roads has been brought toj such a state of perfection in England, that in a recent experimental trip, it repeatedly turned corners at a speed of about twelve miles an hour, and at a pressure 01 oniy aoout 4i to 4Fi ids. upon thej square inch. The machinery of this locomotive is so boxed inras, to be entirely entirely concealed from view, which pre vents horses, when the carriage passes them, from being frightened. From the K. Y. Herald, Extn ot the 99th IMFORTANT FROM CHINAS-TEN DAYS LATER, FROM CANTON. Arrival at Canton of Admiral Elliott, with tfie rest of the Untisk JiectrJJlockade of Canton rreparatiuns oil both sides Jor tear Stale of the case. ' ' By the arrival last nicht of the East In dia sttip Globo,Capt. Christopher, ih ,146 days from Canton, we have dates from that city dowd to the 4th of July last, being ten days later than the last accounts received from that quarter. . ; " 1 he news from Lluna con' inucs to. b highly important to the cjvibzed world- .- Admiral hlliott, with the Test of the An glo-Indian force had arrived at' Macao. 'ni.- LI t f- r r-. . f..np . . j im uiueKuuy 01 vanion was in iuu orce ni l;ist and the; Admiral and the rest of his fleet had proceeded northward towards the island of Formosa or Chusun, or to thp Yel low Sea. TChe designation of the fleet, or ita plan of action seenis not to be -exactly known nt jlacao.Some suppose that they will take posscssiotrbf Chusan, an island opposite the great conipontmi of j Nanking 5 others that they will poceedtothe Y'ellow be, and attack Pckin, the capital itself. W hateyer plan of action the Bntisk have adopted, there seems tq be no 'doubt or-the ultimate success, or of the imi)rrtant even that may grow out of the expedition. The whole forces ofjthe Ahglo-indinn empire, numbering & iKpuation7"of ISQOO.OOO extending from the Indies to 1heBurma- poo'.ra rivers, will be turned upon the Celes tial empire, - ByCapt. Christopher himself we learn, verbaly tliat the Chinese were not in the least alarmed at tlie force the British have brouuht ngainst them and appeared to be in different at the effects bf the bjockude. They tnay rather like ome change than other wist;. The gcberal opinion was that the blockade would be enforced until some set. tlement could be eftgetedeither ih onaor two years. '.' " ..- Euriopen discipline, steam power,, mill tary experience, and every element of civi lized art, wjll unite in this movement II the Chinese are dissaiiftfied with their gov eminent; we should not be surprised if the English were to incite u revolution in tlie provinees, anJ do us they dtd-w ilindostun turn one province out upon th: other, and make-them do the fighting, while they bon- elated by tliecjnllict. -The nest AiHerimnvessiIto-sail-.from rlacaOi were the Nianue, the-P;uiama,i!io ummiijiimi, uuu ivusuiuHKii, vucri Ol WHICH will bring us very'impurtant news. As the British Queen from thiapoit,and tljc-Aca-dia from B lstiin, sail to-morrow for TBtlg. land, wo should" pot be surprised if the v It'.... 1.: .1. . r...i carried there'- the first" intelligence of the arrival of the Britis!i'Jmirai in the Chi nese waters. . White Lkad, was formerly mnnufac tured ut Pittsburg sufficient to supply the whole country.-, Now, savs the Troy Mail immense quantities are made in the city of INiewiork. INear Hudson, anew estab. lishmcnt has been put into operation, by which the mpst beautiful white lead is man. facturcd by machinery. The principal feature in the improved process of manu facturing, consists in oxydizing the load in iron cylinder, the remaining process by aid of steam. From pig lead, the pure white article is produced in'a finished state in less than forty-eight hours; its beauty is une qualled, as well as the cost being reduced. Cincinnati Spirit of the Times. , INDIANS. - SiAegcstine,Nov.27 From the South, We are infowned bV Mr. Dubose, of Key West , that about tli sent a small vessel with three men to Cnpe Fferidttfor turtle. Tlie men not returning, a search was made along the coast," and the schooner was ; found 35 miles below the Cape on shore, stripped and burned men not fouhd-rprobably murdered. - About the same date, Capt. Pent and Capt. Bethel were lying, with two small turtlirt" vessels near Siind Keywhen about brca'k'f aat timlTTpTrtnctthscotT'reTl large party .of Indians coining round the Key in Capt. ilouseinan s whale-bjat (sto len from Indian Key) and threfixanoes. The vessels got (fader way amiTcnp('(l, but not before the Indians were within 80 yards of Cnpt. B., the water being rough theV-did not fire. Office seekers, cheer up! Sam Jones, since he has got upon the sea, may want a High-Admiral. Herald. On z Indian KiLiEDi--fr. Gigger of Al achun, wliose brother was recently killed near Fort Walker, and barbarously muti lated, killed an Indian last week near Fort Clark. Mr. Gigger, shortly after daylight while hunting turkeys, discovered a very large Indian standing over his camp fireT anil creeping up very cautiously, fired and killed him on the spot. George and Joe, two negro slaves belong ing to Col. Hanson, who were committed to. prison on charge of Treason and insur rectionary intercourse with the Indians, were discharged on 3onday last. The Grand Jury examined upwards of 30 wit nesses, embracing officers of the Army, negroesfSitd ep-pte?;J-vw!ies; and no hill was found against the slaves. Neirs. A great JoKE.-wTheSunbury American statertha,t in Njrthumberland, Pa. a sign painter put the following joke upon some politicians. Ho saturated with sulphuric acid the banner on which he had painted a name, Ifo order f so that in half an hour, the bririner bearers were, to their nerfwt astonishment, walking under the names of theic opponents displayed on their standard. l letter from an officer of thm Enelish fleet wri- ting fr andNl, from Tyre, says : " Uie town of Tyre is small andlow, built npon a neck of land, or rather of sand, which is almost insular. The ruins of the ancient Tyre are now literally what the Prophet Ezekicl foretold : " Like the top of a rock a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea. AVbcn we first came into the harbor, such as it is, a party of fishermen were actually spreading their nets Over the ruins that are still nbavc Uie sea. The Pounrty for some five or six miles around is Bat and covered with ruins. KkwspApebs. A child beginning fo read becomes delighted' with a newspaper, because he reads of names and things which, are very familiar, and be will make a progress accordingly. A. newspaper In one year, says Mr. Weeks is worth) a quarters schooling to a child, and ev ery father must consider that tho most substantial information is connected with this advancement 'r. Tho mother of the family, being one of its beads and having a more immediate charge of children, ought to be intelligent of riiind, pure in language, and always clwjerful and cipcumApeci. As the instructor of her cluldren, she should herself be instructed. , A mind occuru'ed, becomes fortified against the ills of life, and is braced for any emergency. Children amused by reading and study, aro ol course considerate and more eat-.i governed. ? -1 How milny thoughthiss young men have .L, t. ; ! ji 1 ' L L spent ineir evenings in a gmg.snop, wnicn ought to have been spent in reading T How many parents who never spent twenty dol lars for books for their families, would gladly have given thousands to reclaim son or daughter, who had ignorantly and thoughtlessly fallen into temptation. Weekly newspapers cart be had at from one -to three dollars peryear,. being from two tq five cents per week. Each paper costs tliesim'nter before it is printed, about ono cenlpSle therefore obtains from one to four ceftts Witpriaj duties, and for printing, distriliiUig, composition, &c. Thus the readers ofx newspapers get the cheapest of all possrule rcjjdin; MARRIED, Id I lay wood countj, on the tb insty Wal ter Brown' Es., Mr. R. II.., Pexland toMiss S C. Sitteji ; all of Haywood county. Rates of Exchange, &c. AUGL-ST.V GA. Savannah Ranks, 2 1-2 per ct. prom Columbu Insurance Bank, 3 1-2 " " CommcrciuV Bunk, Macon, 3 1-2 " " Mechanics Augusta, 5 1-2 " " Aircnc? Brungwick, '5 1-2 " yu 1'lunU'rg' and Mccliauici' Bank tlnml)U, t Cutral Bank. - ' 6 1-2 MilledireTillo Bank, 4 - Ocmulgce Jiank, 6 1-2 M.mruti lluil Uoad Bank, 9 Han kinsvill..-Bank. ' 6 1-2 " disc'nt. Ourk n Itank, - ' " 2a " M Bank of Rome, 15 " " UnitinH.ihk, 50 ' " Southern Trust Co. " 30 - ,M All ottier I! ink now imns husinesr, at par. Specie Pavi.-ss B.4is.Meei!an!cs Bsnki !!u- rancc lluuk of Columbus, Commereial Hank of Macon, Uml Brunswick Agency in this city. , Fotrder. TJUrOXT S superfine SH.rtin5 POWDER, in JL " canisters of 1 lb. each. Do. " Rifle do. in kegs of 6 1-4 lbs. each. For sale, hv H.'URQUHART. IlAMsuao, S. C, Dhc. 4,10. 27 p "NOTICE, .i n.i nclif.r to nn ium i TW1SH to sell myJFARM, 10' mile below A Franklin, containing One Thousand and nine ty.four Acres, lying on Tennessee River and Burningtown cn-ck. n the creek there is a first rate seat for water-works of any kind. And on the river the best fishery from the fork up. Also ian extensive outlet for stock on either side of the river, with good summer ranee, with about 9!l Acres cloaed. Ah a quantit yof pie best Mead ow land, a part of whirh is set in-gmss. On Ihe premises is five sept rate Low Cabins. Any person w i lling to purchase t':c Whole- farm. Can have a bargain by payincone half of the purchase money in advance. Property will be taken, or any reas- onablc mdulffence eivenl for the balance For further particulars cull at Wv house. E.M. KILPATRICK JJfcember wt lMl'f 3j. - IVolice. 1 lERERyTor.rrTrHlt j i fi in i ; h.ii Urn-. . . ing my son JOIFV If., wlio is a minor, and left my house wi'hout causp. Any K'rsonor per sons so ofTending may expect to incur the penally of the law. THOMaS PALMER. . December 18, 140. 87 p The Subscriber TIT5 SPKfypr'-titiV wwii.miiQ4NH.lha4. he has .leaded the STORE Cui-orr ol Markrl and frntreSf reels, lately occupied hv Mr. U. H. Tatijie, and will keep on hand an'a.ortinrnt of ... 3T ICCBC" b.o: COTTON BAGGING, ROPE, IRON, M., &C. O Orders from the country will meet with prompt and strict attcnUon. II. LRQUHART. Hamburg, Nov. 9, 140. Stlf CASH w;Ubc-rwa-at thitoiBw for a few bushels of good clean WHEAT. IT" Apply immediately. ' Nov. SO, 1 40. State qf Worth Carolina, j IIAYUOOD'COIM'Y, " Snpf r!df fourt of Law--Fall Term, 110. Heirs of Jamks Holland, dee'd. 1 rt. Petition tit Joiw .Ciow; taratf a (Irant. fTX this ense, it appearing 'o .L the Court, that the dcf. nd Tlot an inhabitant of (his State to the satisfaction of dant, John Cmw, is but resides without the limits of the same, so that the ordinarv process of law cannot be nerved on him, it is ,-thrreforc ordered that publication beniade for six sjiceessie weeks in the Highland Mi-wnger, that the S3id defendant, le,andappear-at the next term of (his ( 'ourt, held for Haywood county, at the Court House in-Warnesvillc. on the first Mwnd.iv- after the fourth Monday in Mareh next, Inj, plead, an. swer, or demur to the plamtifTs prlilion, or-4he same w ill be taken pro confrsto and se t for hear. mvnpartr. - ' -l , Test WM. JOHXSTOX, Clerk. D. eeniber 3, 1 10. Prs. fee, JKtf.aOcta. lt'ltu, Uquorn, Cordials, Arc J. COCIIE, FKEXCII COOK, CON" ONSTANTLY keeps on hand, all kinds of mes. Liquors, Cordials, Confectionary, Bread, i;., Sic, &c. JIT Ho can cookTln T the. best French style, on short notice, any dish that may be desired. An apprentice will be taken to learn the Baking business. He also wishes to hire a woman who is capable of doing ail kinds of homework. Asheville, Oct. 6, 1840. b2 Itl.iuk Deeds. A LARGE supply, printed on first-rate pajr, 1 for sale at this office, on govi terms, Oet.16 91 , PROSPEQT0S . : ., -v t . WESTEK2f-CAKOI.IA tempeiunce,adVocate:t Reform, pablishtd at AtkmUt, fi. C. , EDITED Br D. M'ANALLY. x r A TEMPLIUNCE CONTENTION that w bcH at t hi place ariy in Septcntlef ,iaol ed on publishing a ""per of tho abov title and character and appoiutfed Pr. John Dickson and l. K-.MAnoUy to conduct C com tb toany . pressinjr engagements v,Ir. liiskson already baa he deems it impracticable for bim i be rccocrnisetf as one of tho editors, though he will cheerfully ua all his influent otlicrwisc, to promow lis in. tercst ; the subscriber therefore, in obedience to the wishes of the conrention proceeds to issue this prospectus in his own name, with a hope that UffTrHl 9C aiw-u III uio uuuuiiBKiiig vj iu uib friends of the temperance cause, throughout Uie country, and that tlie paper may soon have an cz tcnuve circulation. .' V, "'-Faxus or Tint TenreiuKce CavbcI to you we make a most earnest appeal while thousands ' upon thousands of dollars are annually expended at theatres, at circuses, at the race track, or gro cery, while no pains are spared, the luxury of re tirement and ease foregone, and no labor deemep too scTcre to advance the interests of political as pirants, can you not do something in, a cause thai, must be dear to every true patriot, philanthropist, and christian T Recollect there are but few, very f-w,siich papers in all tho Southern country. The Western part of North Carolini, the WcsU cm part of Virginia, and the Eastern part of Ten nessee particularly, need a periodical of this kind, and it is for you now to say whether they shall n:ive u. w , The very low price at which it was fixed by the Convention will make it necessary that very large subscription be had before- tlie publication of it can be justified. . Phould Uie subscription be deemea sumcieni the first number will be issued early in January next. TEV5S. a The Westers Caoi.i4 Tk irESANCE AorocArs; will be published on a medium sheet in quarto , form, each number making eight pages, anil will be furnifdied., to ubscribrrs at tlie very low pric pf fifty cects i copy. Where single copies am takn tlie payment niusi De ninae inrariaoiy upon the riHteplipn of the first niiiifber. JTofniaiiters,' editors or puhlinhcrs of paper and all rtnisters of the gospel .aft authorized agent's. . . . A1J papers friendly to the.cuusc, will please givo he above a fow.insjrnons. NOT! A LL persons indebted to Subse icribers by Jm. b.-wk accniint nf twelve l standings arc requested to call before or during'the term of our Supcxior Court, and close their accovnts by nole or each. All persons indebted to Os-byNnole arc requesied fdThakc pavment. Many of ja--IUlUi4JMXuwijienj Be llianlrully cc'civnt F. &. M. PATTOX. pt-18 AsheviHc, Oct. 9, 1840. !'oUce'. APPLICATION-, ill be made to the neirt St-s- -sion of the Ir j ifliilurc of North Carolina for an aet to incorporate the town of Asheville. tVt. 9h. 184. V tf IS ... 1 lYoSice. S HEREBY forwarn all persons from trading for five Bondn, or Notes, given by me to Kobrrt R.igi'rs for tliirty dollars each given in . Deceiriber, 18311. Tlie consideration of raid bonds having totally failed, I do not intend paymethem. Tlie said bonds arc in the possession of Edmond S. Foster; and a suit will be intiluted in Equity against the .said Robert Rogers, Edmond S. Foster and others, rcspectmg the said bonds and the con. side ration for which they wpre eiven.' - ' JAMES swim: October 30, 1840. pl21 STATE OF NORTH CAIIOLIXA, 'Bnarombc founlf. Superior Court of Law, Fall Term,.M0. - .May Towxsemd, i . r. PETITION FOR DIVORCE. Wm. A. Towxsesd. IT appenrine to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant, Wni. A. Townsend, is not an inhabitant of this State It was ordered that publication be made Tof six weeks inthe Highland M -siu n jer, publislied at AsheviHi', N. Carolina, for (he said Wm. A. Townsend, to appear at the W4 1, rupi rior Court of Iw, to be held' for the county of Biincomhf, at tlie court lioiiae in Ashe- viue, on uie jo .lonuay alter ine 4ui .Monuav in Mureh iHMl. Iheiiaiid: there toirplead, answer, oi demur to the Petition filed against him by the said Mary Townsend, or the sain will be taken pro coiimv, and si t for hearing ex pirte. A true copy from the minul'-s of aid eourt, J. ROBERTS, Clk. Nov. 13, IS 19. Si .. Gw23 NOTICE. tH PI si ll tin- ril.kimwn-siwd- 5 miles below the Warm Springs, and 4)iie mile and a liulf aliove Painted Rock, on the public road on French riul kivcr. There are ; ..J-. ' ONE UtXDEfllNbSEVEi'lCBESOFL.lD ( in cultivation, and ONE IIUXDREI) ACRE.-' imt'lit be cleared. It is one of the best STOCK STAXDS in tho neighborhood, ondfuitsa businessman very well. -I have a Nursery of the JVIorus Mnltieuulis. With or without it, I will sell tlie farm as it suits the purchaser. I should like to have a part of the money, if it is not iTiiPticablc to-make thfr wbhIC" payment, when possession is given. For further informa tion, call at my house. P. H. NEILSOX. Holly Grove, N. C, Oct. 13, 1840 tf-l.fi TAILORING ESTABLISH IIE.VT, IX ASHEVILLE! A.J. Iain "IT7"Ol'LD respectfully inform his friendsi and v the public generally, that he has commen ced the TAILORING BUSINESS, in all its branehes, in this place, and hopes, by constant attention to business, to merit and irceive a liberal B share of public patronage, lie hoperto be able to give general satisfaction. J7"He can always be found at his nhop on am street, a few pacuWow r. fir.ith's store. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF THE MAILS. f At and from Asherill- jV. ('. sbriV4LS. I mtriiu'ica, ; Southern-Mondays,! ".'uesdays, Fridays and Thursdays At Saturduysli.'un(iays. at 4 o'clock,, by 10 o'clock, r. a. , ,. u. Western,, via Warm: Wednesdays, Fridays Springs, &.c-Tuesd',y,and Mondays, at 4 o'clk, Thursdays feSatu' da vs, . M. r. u. - V Wesicrn, w Fraiiklln,l Fridays,;5 oclock, , to Ga. Wednesdays, 7,1 r. . IjmTra Morgiin' t-. Tuesday aad Satur." 4.c-Mondays iFri lian, 9 r. m. Eastern, v' Snther. days, 5 A. m. Mondays, Thrirsdayr,- fordton, 4' . SnHvJiind Sstuniars.5n'eloek. Tuetda- 9 ,n( Fridays, . m. I Eastern, via Bumsville, Wednesdays, icc-Mondavs, 4r.M. 1 .1 .l .Touuicm, via inuiej , ItlontlayisatiVSjei , Creek, &c.Tu"sdars, ji. m. 6r. . ism ii X ' , i