North Carolina Newspapers

vol.. III.] CIURLOTTE, wY. C, TUESDAY, FEBltVdBY iS, 1827. [NO. 118. PUHLISIIED VVEKKIfe By LEMUEL BINGHAM, Jl Three Dollars a year^ paid in advance. Xo paper will be discontinued, unless at the discretion of the editor, until all arrearages are puid. Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates. Persons sending' in advertisements, are Requested to note on the margin the number of insertions, or they w'ill be continued until forbid, and charged accordingly. Clerks of the Superior Courts^ And other gentlemen holding subscriptions to the Nkw Map or Nokth-Cabolina, are requested to return the same by the 1st of Jan uary next. They will l)e so good as to present tlicin, in the mean time, to such persons as ^vill ’lie likely to patronize the work, who have not liad an opportunity of doing so already. The price to nou-subscribcrs will be $10. Very few, ]iowever, more than those subscribed for, will be printed. To remove any objection that may be urged against subscribing, the publish er wislu's it to be understood, that none of the .subscril>ers will be held bound, if the MAP is jiot corrc ctly drawn, finished in the best man ner, and of tlie best materials. I’rom tiie returns already received, tlie pub lisher is warranted in believing, that a subscrip tion of not less than one thousand names will be obtained in North-Carolina, among whom arc. Ills Kxcellency the Governor, all the Ofli- cvrs of the State Government residing at the in» tmpolis, the Members of both Houses ot tiie Legisl.iture, a liberal proportion of the Profes- sioini flcntiemen, a large number of that most resp' i table class of citizens, the Farmers, and generally the Merchants and Traders of our 'I'owiis, to whom a corrcet Map of the State is particularly desirable. The publisher takes this opportunity to ac- knowled;^e his obligations for the polite atten- •^on which has been uniformly paid to his ap plications for assistance in tiie prosecution of Iiis work, and especially to those g-entlenien who have interested themselves In procuring the surveys of the several counties. Any in- fbrmation calculated to benefit the work will be ihankfullv received. JOHN MAC UAE. FaytffcvUk, Dec. 18, 1826.—4tl 9. of North-Carolina. LINCOLN COUNTr. ' Bavid Blalock, ^ va. > Petition fur Divorce, Nancy Rlalock. ) IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Nancy Blalock, the defendant, is not an inhabitant of this State: It is therefore order ed by court, that publication be made three months in ihe Catawba Journal, giving notice to her, that she make her personal appearance before the Judge of our Superior Court of Law, at the next court to be held for the said county of Lincoln, at the Court-House in Lincolnton, on the 4th Monday after the 4th Monday of March next, then and there to answer or de mur to the said petition; otherwise it will be taken pro confesso, and heard ex parte, and ad judged accordingly. Witm-ss, Lawfiun Ilmdcrson, Clerk of said Court, at Lincolnton, the 4th Monday after the 4th Monday of September, A. B. 1826, and in the 51st year of our Independence. LAWSON HENDERSON. 3m’t ’20.—pr. adv. J4. POST-OFFICE, CHARLOTTE, > Jamumj G, 1827. 3 Those indebted to this Office, either foj Letter or Newspaper Postage, are request ed to call, without delay, and settle their res pective dues. Such as do not attend to this no tice, must not expect any farther credit, in no case, hereafter, will a letter be delivered until the postage is paid, except to such as have re gular accounts ; and accounts w ill be kept with those only who live within a convenient dis tance, are known to be punctual, and whoso postages are sufficiently large to warrant tlie trouble. Those who receive newspapers through this Office, and neglect to call and pay tlic. postage due on them, must expect to have their papers retained hereafter, unless the postage is paid quarterly in advance. In respect to such, the subjoined instruction from the General Post-Of fice will be strictly adhered to ;— “ Experience has proved how inattentive many people are to the payment of such small debts as arise from trusting the postages of newspapers; you are therefore not to give credit. To save in future any trouble or incon venience, it will be proper for you to require the subscribers who receivc papers through your office, at the commencement of every quarter, to pay the amount of one quarter’s subscription in advance, and witliout such pay ment in advance, not to deliver them any news papers, even though they tender you the mo ney for them singly,” 3tl9 State oi NoTt\\-i.'aTo\iwa, M F, C K Li: N n U )* O C O U XTV. ihxirt of Equity, November Term^ 182G. Trustees of the Congregation of (iile.id vs. The • Heirs at Law of William Henderson, decea sed—Cross bill, to recovcr the Legacy. IT appearing, to the satisfaction of the court, that James Henderson,' ^en. James Venable, James Henderson, son of Archibald, John Hen derson and his wife Rebecca, defendants in this wt case, are not inhabitants of this State: It is ^ 7 therefore ordered by court, tlAt publication be made for six weeks in the Catawba Journal, for them to be and appear at our next Court of E- quity, to be held in Charlotte on the 7th Mon day after the 4th Monday in March next, then and there to plead, answer or demur, or the bill will be taken pro confesso, and heard ex parte, as to them. Witness, David R. Dunlap, Clerk and Master of our said Court, at office in Charlotte, this 37th day of November, 18^6, D. U. DUNLAP, C. M. E. f)tl9—pr. adv. !f;j 50 % it state iVoi*tt\-tjatoVvua, MKCKl.KNlll'UCl COUNTY. ('ourI of Egvityy Aoi'emher 7trm, 1826. •Toseph Wilson cs. George 'I'. Hersty and A. D. Murphey. IT appearing, to the satisfaction of the court, tliat George T. Hersey, one of the dtfcnd- iints, is not an inhabitant of this State : It is therefore ordered by court, that publication be made for six weeks in the Cataw!)a Journal, tliat unless be appear at our next Court of Kcjuity, to he held for the county of Meckleni)urg, at t!'e (’niirt-House in Churlotte, on tlie 7th Mon day after the 4th Monday in March next, then .wid there to plead, answer or demur, the bill v dl be taken pro coul'csso, and heanl ex parte, to iiini. Witness, David 11. Dunlap, CUrk and Master of our said court, at office in Cliarlotte, this 17th -!uy of November. A. 1). 1826. 1). R. DUNLAP, C. M. E. ♦■■'‘19—pr. adv. !}3 50 V>oy loY Sa\e. \ ' likely negro boy, of about 14 years of age, is left for sale with me, very lowl'or isii. lie is well grown and active, and sold t^'v no other ca\ise than the want of money. I iiave also for sale a neat, light second-hand i'liuv wlieel carriage, Newark niaki-, but little ''•oni. I will sell it low, and n>ake the terms uit the purcliuacr. .TOHN IRWIN. (Mock and Watcli Making-. The subscriber continues to carry on the a- bove business, and has made such arrange ments, that his customers may rely on punctu ality and despatch. He has for sale, Gold .'ind Silver Watches, Gold Chains, Seals and Kej s, Ear and P'inger Rings, Breast Pins, Lockets, Table, Desert, and Tea Spoons, Mustard and Salt do. Sugar Tongs, Soup Ladles, Silver Spectacles, Do. do. with extra Glass, Do. do. concave for near sights, And a variety of other articles in the fanry way, all of which will be sold c,t the most re duced prices. JOHN jrKKE. rhcstcrville, S. (I. .’an. 6, 18C7.—6\i^v is* otic e. As the subscriber intends shortly to move from this place, he wishes all \\ho are in debted to him, to make immediate settlement. Those wlio cannot settle with cash, can have an opportunity of sejthng by giving their notes, it' application be made before t!ic next I’eljruary court. After that, all book accounts will be placed in the hands of .an officer for collection. Those who are indebted to the association of M‘Kenzie &. Caldwell, 7nust make immediate pavrnent, >.is a further indulgence need not be expected. DAVID 1'. CAI.DWLLL. i'harlottc, JamHirxf I-, 1S27.—;ltl5- WILI. be received on Storage, ntthe Store Houses adjoining the W AGON YAUD, Fayetteville, at which latter place safe and comfortable accommodations can be provided for Wagoners and their teams. Persons storing Cotton witli tlie subscriber, if they desire it, shall be advised weekly of tiie state of the market, and may depend upon the earliest information of any material alteration in prices. JOHN McHAE. January 4, 1827.—6tl9 MKCKI.EMJUHO COUN'IY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Novem ber Term, IS J6. Wm. E. 'White, i Original Attachment, levied vs. Cin the hands of Jos, Smith, &, Wm. Kendrick, j he summoned as Garnishee. IT is ordered by court, that j)til)lication be made six weeks in the Catawba Journal, for the defendant to ap])ear at the next February term, 1827, to be held for this county, and there to replevy, otherwise judgment will be entered against him. ISAAC ALEXANDER, M. C. 6tl9—pr. adv. $2. Wwft'uer’s ^^tvvctwYes. ~I UST PUHLISIIED, and for sale at this of- M fice, “ Strirtiu'es on a book, entitled, ‘An Apology for the IJook of I'salms, l>y (.ilhert Me Master.’ 'I’o which are added, Remaisk on a book, [by Alexander (iordon] entitled ‘ The design and use of the Rook of Psalms.’” Ry Heni. f UirKK.N Eu, A. >L W ith an Appendix, by John M. Wilson, p»stor of Rocky River aiul Philadelphia. I'llE CHKISTMX ALMAXACK, lOH THE YEAR OK OUR LOUD 1837, Calculated for the Meridian of Raleigh. I'or sale at this Office. r viMic EutiiYt a\u iweut. The subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he has purchased that well known estabiishment, lately owned and occupi ed by Dr. Henderson, and is now prepared to entertain travellers and others, m ho may please to call (.n him ; and no exartions will be spared to render them comfortable, and their stuj ;i- greeable. His table will be furnished with ev ery variety which the country affords; his bar with the best of liquors; and his stables witli plenty of provender, :»nd careful servants will be in constant attendance RUl’.ERT L DINKINS. ChurlottP, April IB'.'''. • DRAMIXG On the 21st day of Fchriiarv, 1827. o WLtT793yTic&ETS. N ORTII-C AROLIX A^ m o w m m FOK TIIE IIF.NF.FIT OF THE OXFOnn .iCdLEMr, third class. To be drnn,n at IL^LEIGH^ on Wednesday., the 215/ of February ne.tt. J. B. \ATES & A. McINTVRE, Managers. SCHEME. 1 Prizes of ^^7,000 is ?7,000 1 5,000 . . . 5,000 1 2,500 . . . 2,500 1 1,500 . . . 1,5L0 1 1,.320 . . . 1,320 1 1,250 . . . 1,250 108 40 . . . 4,.320 108 20 ... 2,160 108 10 . . . 1,080 2,754 5 . . 13,770 3,084 Prizes, ^ 7,980 Ci639,900 4,896 Blanks, ^ '1‘ickcts, ( In this Scheme, composed of 21 Nu; bers by permutation, producing 7,980 Tickets, and ith three draw n ballots, tliere will be six prizes with three of the drawn Numbers on them ; 324 with two on; and 2,754 with one only, of the drav. n numbers on them. To detcrniine the prizes, the 21 Nos. from 1 to 21, inclusive, will be placed in a wheel on the day of drawing, and three of them be drawn out, and that ticket having on it, for its permu tation numbers, the three numbers drawn from the wheel, in the order in which drawn, will be entitled to the prize of J7,000 And those fiv e other tickets having the san'e numi;ers on them in the following orders, shall be entitled to the prizes affixed to them respec tively, viz : 'I hc 1 St, 3d, and 2d, to ...... $5,000 2d, 1st, .md 3d, to 2,500 2d, 3d, and 1st, to 1,500 Sil, 1st, and 2d, to 1,320 3d, 2d, and 1st, to 1,250 Those 108 tickets, having two of the drawn nunibors on them, and those two the lirst and s (ond in either older, ^vill each be entitled to a prize of J.i-O 'l liose 103 tickets having two of the drawn tninibers on them, and those two *he sccond and third in either order, will each be entitled to a pi-ize of ;«,20 All others with two of the drawn numbers on them, being 1U8, will each be entitled to h prize of 410 And those 2,751 tickets, havmg one only of the drawn numbers on them, will be entitle’d to a prize of No ticket which shall have drawn a pri/c of u suijerior denominaiion cun be entitled to an in ferior prize. Prizes payable forty ilays after the drawing, •'.nd su!)ject to the uaiud deduction of fifteen jj'jr cci.t. Tickels and Shnres in the above Lot- tery for sale at this Office. Pre.tcnt price of Tirkef.'i S6 ; IIalve.t S3 ; Quarters 81 50. STEA^rl BOAT XOKTl!-(\II{OLLy.l This bout has been pun h sed to ply be tween Cheraw and Georgetown: tlei boat is in complete* order, l;a\ing l.»',ely undergone a thorotigh repair~sbe is well cidculated f'>r the navigation of tbeViver, as she only ilraus ahotit three and a half feet wafer, wi'.li a cargo equal to four hundred bales of cotton—the agents ut Cheraw pledge themselves, llmt every attention shall be paid to shipments by-this bout, and that all cottons inti nded to be shi|)])cd by her, shall be taken in charge and securely placed under good sheds or warehouses, fiee of storage, and for all goods receiveil and put in store, a mode rate storage w ill lie charged From the cer tainty of this boat being able to run at all times and seasons, country merchants will find it to their interest to order their shipments and con- siginaents through this place. Mr. Ileiuy W . Conner, of Charlestt'o, will be agent for the boat at that plaee, an(l will t;ike charge of any and all conslgnnn ills to go li\ tills boat, (as it i proljable she m ill soinetiiUL-s go direct to Charleston.) Mr. Fraiieis King, ati experienced and well (iiiulifleil agi iit al (i’ tn-gelown, will at tend to all consignnu nts, both from Gher.aw andCharle^ton, and forward them to either place without (K la}-. Our cliurges w ill be cvistoniary and re: S'ln ible, ami we lioj.e to merit pulillc patronage. t he agents have huge and dm- modions uurehouses, ami will seeu;e every and any goods or cottons, forwtovl the fornu r and ship the latter, with every possibb des|)atch. Money or goods advanced on cottons wishe»l to be shipped, J. & J. H. TOW NES. Cheraw, Jan. 24, 1827.—It JO llovisfc oi* Eutevtavmweivt, VND Stage House, at tlie sign of the Eagle, in Charlotte, Nortli-Carolina, by ROMr.lH' W .\'l'SON- \a\vu\Mft \iav\A & .Vegvuija FOR SALE. The subscriber will sell, at Public Sale, on 'i ue.sday, the Cth day of Mare’i next, 322 acres of very vahnible Land, and three likely young Negroes--one boy 19 years of age, and two girls, one 19 years of age, with a child of 10 months oldf the other girl is 14 years of age, all likely and of good families. I’iie land lies 10 miles east of Charlotte, on Reedy (jreek, and one or two miles above W elch's Mill. 'J'be ground is of excellent (piality, either for tin production of corn or cotton; is well x'alered as to springs, V. ith good and convenient build ings on the j)remlses, and fifty or sixty acres of land under cultivation. 'I'here Is an excellent seat for a Saw Mill or Grist .Mill, on a good, strong and standing^stream. _’rin: p:iyments are to be made as follows: first, tlu‘ payment for the negroes is to be made against the first day of January next ; b«)nTs witli good security will be required. Tin land will be made Into two payments, viz: one half payable on the first day of .hinuary next, aiul llu' remaining half on the first day of Janii'ry, 1H^9, bearing interest from .lanuary, 1828. Sale to be on the premises. Any person wishing to purelnise, would do well to come and view' the property ])revious to the d.iy.(if sale ; and any one wishing to do so, w ill apply to the subscri ber, living two miles al)o\e tiie jiremises on the same creek, i will als.i sell I'or casli, on the same day, 300 biishel'> of corn and some stock, consisting »if horses and cattle. Sale to coni- mcnce :it 12 o’clock. Wir.l.IAM J(JlL\S'roN. March 3, 1S27.—."tl‘.> •\v\eWvu\. Ry orilert)f l):ivi(l Shrock, Escp Judge of the Court of Ordinary for Kershaw District, w ill be sold at the residence of the subscriber, (Camden) 40 or more LIKF.LY SLA VKS. .\mong them are excellent wagoners, boat hands and a superior Patroon, now hired at twenty- five dollars pe r month. Also, at the plantation, one mile from (Janiden, several Horses, Mules, Hogs, Sheep anl Cattle, and a quantity of Corn, Fodder, l*eas. Sic. Sales to begin on the 15th ' Kebru;iry instant, and continue until the prop erty is sold. I On the 26th instant, and on each succeeding I day, (if necessary,) will oe sold at tlie (Jatuwba j Plantation, Lancaster district, 30 or more Likely Slaves, 100 head oi* Hogs, 70 Cattle, 3.5 Sheej), 12 J lor.ses and Mules, 2,000 hiishels of Corn, 50.(X)0 llis. of Fodder, 4,(K)0 lbs. of Pickled Pork, 1 lot l^hu‘ksiiiiih\s To()!.>:, and a variety ofartlchs loo tedious to metion. At the same time, w III be sold, the lust named containing 1232 acres, more or less, situated on the ast side of the Jjatawba ri\i r. On this trad is a dwelling-house, gin-h(use, an excel- h;nt barn, stables, cribs, and negro houses. — ALSO— AN A1)J01N1N(; THACT, containing the same number of acres, more or less. —ALSO— • filofhrr Traci., c()niainiti"!)'.\2 more or less, well know n l>y the name of Kings- j bottom. These hnds are leased from the (Ja- tiiwba Indians, for the term ' f 99years, and arc I generally acknowledged \o be as valuable as any lands on said river. Persons disposed to I jjurchase, are requested to ride over the preni- j ises and examine them criticallv. I —Land and Negroes will be sold on h credit of one, two, and tliree }e;irs, with annual inti rest from the day of sale—purehivers giving bond ])a\able in tliree eriual instalments, with a])pro\ed security and mortg:ige if re()uired. Tiie other property will be sold on a credit of IJ months, with interest from ti.e d;iy of sale— good security rerjuireil--:ill sums under five dollars, Cush. J.AMES C. DOIlV, ,i](liriiiii,'^trat»r tf Juhn l)nby, dcccnsi'd. Feb. 2, 1827.—3tI9 All persons indebted to the (■sl;ite of ,f r. Lets, deteas(vl. ejtiier In- nolc ■!■ account, are reque.^ted t.) coni’e fi.r.v .i;. Fel)ruary court, and settle the ^aul( ; .u. those having cl.iinis ;i;;airst s:vid • , present them bv that t.UK lor >.rtl!■ u. n:. JAMI.S M'( fl.I.OC.'l, / ,. AMI.L'A'l Lid.S, V'' ' Feb. 1, 18.7.-2tlHf I AtVa(*A\\u(‘u\s un^V I or_sa!c, a*. ♦Ij'v J Jc,;; :ra!. ril!I F, subscriber intbrms his friends ami the J. public generally, thi.t he ha., received a large and gen( val assortment of i)i!v (;ooi)s wli'cli he V.!!l M !1 lit rcflneei! prices for c:ish or eniiiitry prf'diu i', iii'l will advance e;ish on cct- (mii to 1).; 1 •,(, (;ii r!i sLiin. '1 here is /0 ti.e I’ee 1;> i nvi f, b(i;i'is w i II c il.uilated t(. .nil at ..II. V, ....I ,, ,,i.| 1,1) doubt Inii prodtice e."i I), l.ii-w i',.i :i '■ tune vitho it delay, ■iiii! J; v!oi1n nr.l' I .'d (111 diroiij'li th ■..|)!:e'C, r:ii! ' Id' i,;t'i^ ill ,|j itlii.i t ii'Iii' ult^., :ti;d lorw arded I ’In (yUliii'. • lloliiil alij one be di-posed to 'liiji gouJs i(. me ill tills |)l:u-;-, ! v.i'! expect l«; I;.- |/!.v(.cd i;.;, iialn's to Jiay the I Wll.l.I.VV. J. AVII.SON. I ;hf raw, .l.in. lu ;7.—Jtl'J I Mri/!T '1'uk‘T.s’ \V;irr:ints, } *! K ,J:, u ' j;- C!i; State ILro;i.o)latutr. SENATE. JVcdn^'sday^ Jan. 24.—The bill to a- mend the laws relative to the sales of lands and slaves, by Slierifls and other officers, was read the second and third time, and passed without debate. The bill allo'.viiii^ compensation to Coroner.s, iti certain cases, was taken up. [ Provides that coroners shall be allowed 810 for decently buryinfj all persons o- ver whom a Jury oflnquest may sit, where the friends of the individual, if a whitt; man, or the owner, if a slave, refuses ti* have it done.] This bill passed its sc cond and third reading- without debate, and was ordered to be engrossed. Thursday., Jan. 25.—The following bills were presented, viz. Hy Mr. M’Dowell, a bill to amend an ac.i passed in 1825, to prevent person.>j >vho have been or who may l)e appointed uinmissioners on the part of the State (oi- any purpose, from becoming contrac- tors, liy Mr. Alexander, a bill to amend an act passed in 1818, concerning the. Supreme Court. [Requires persons who .ijjucal from the Court below to give ad- ditionaL security.] By Mr. M’K.ay, a bill to compel children who have the a- :>ility, to support their poor parents— which were read the first time. The bill llnnting the time, in which actions shall be brought on judgments, bonds and other sealed instruments and on the equity of redemption on mortga- ^es. was read the second time. Thft i)ill limits the time to ten years, instead of twenty, the period recognized by the existing law. Messrs. M’Kay and Pickett-advocateiJ. the bill on the ground that there was ni> essential difference between an unsealed note and one which through accident might have a circular scratch attached to it. Under the existing laws, actions on notes without a seal are barred in ihrec years—but with a real they may run 2t> years. This principle derived from thR common law, obtained in England, an they contended, at a period when but fe^\’• persons could write, and consequentiy seals were necessary to identity the in strument. In England nothing is con sidered a sealed paper unless impressed with wax or a wafer; in this country a mere scratch is held to be a seal, irj the making of which no greater deliberation was exercised by the signer, than in wri ting his name. They insisted that great losses & in conveniences to the coinmuni* ty resuled from this want of limitation, and it would be good policy to reduco tl'.e time in which action should be brought. It wouldjhave a tendency to diminish credit and prevent iniposition. Under the present system a man may have given his bond for a large sum, and the creditor not being bound to bring an action for 20 years, sufiers it to run on, that the interest may accumulate; no one, perhaps, knows of this bond and the ma ker of it supposed to own considerable properly may go on and contract debts and finally defraud his creditors. Se curities nr.ay also suffer, by being called on to pay a bond, which they believed the principal had discharged ten years be fore. The reason why twenty years werii fixed on by the Common law, was that the rate of interest in England is 5 per cent, and in that period, the interest just etjuals the principal; but here where the rate of interest is r> per cent, it will ecjual the principal in I 6 2-:> years. Several ca ses were adduced to illustrate the evil at tending the present limitation, as regard- Judgments and the e^juity of redemption on Mortgages. Mr. Croom opposed tlic bill becausf'. it was an innovation on the common lav, ihe wisdom and excellence of which had been tested by experience of seven o;- eight centuries. I'rom his own rellec- tions on the subject and from the obser vations of gentlemen of great attainments, he believed that our system of law wa-s better lifty years ago, than it is now, with the exception perhaps of the laws al)olishing pritTioi'eiiilurc and regulatinj; entails. Tljcre was, he contemled, a dif- IVrence as made by tlie common law, b*’- iween sealed and unsealed instrument!-. W’henever a seal was made, it was a d:- liljerate act whicii retjured another exer cise of the mind. The present limita tions of actions on the bonds, See. hac?' been fully tested in I'ngland, and he had never hi ai d of any complaint on the score d’its li!ipf)licy. 'i’he friends of the bill had ci.niended that securities might be ii'ju.-ed, but it was a wrong princij)le to • ies^islate for the ignorance or indolence oi murikiml. No man is supposed to be ignorr.nt of the law, and if persons will act a'j securities and do not look out for theinseUfs, t!>p legislature would not act wisely in intei iering to scrten them froQi the consequences. 'I'here was ati essential difference be tween tlic str/.ute of limitatbus and tlic