Hi!,, in.] CIUIILOTTE, X. C. 2TESDJV, Sr.iniiMIlER 4. 1837. [NO. 146. I’rur.isnr.D UF,ri:i y IW LKML’KL JUNdJfAM, Three DuHnrs n year* paid in advamc. >'o pnper v'ill l>e iliscontimiRd, iinlcns fit tlic (li>icrf tioii of tlie {.‘clitjr, ui'Cl ull urreuragc.s urc paid. AilvcTtisemcnts will be inserted :it th« iifsiiul T.ite'^. I’crsiMis f CiKrinic in iitlvcrlisements, are rr(|uestecl to note (»n tlio m.nrt^in t!u‘ number of’ insertions, or tlicy will be contintiocl until forbid :vnd cburg-cd according:!}'. Iveiu't I’viY ^taiwAweYii^g. licv. Tliomas P. Hunt Informs tlu* citi" S. /ei'.s of Niiitli-CtiroHna that, liy luilhority o* r.cii;li, lu' has appointed .lobn H. Cottrel* :iiul I>r. i). 1{. Dunlap, of Charlotte, N. Carolina. I'.ts for correi ting- impediment.s of speec h. Tilt* above named agents havinfr received full 'jn‘;truction and autliority, p;-ive notice 1o the runununity in.g’cncr;d, tt>:it they are jirepared to reroivc Stamiiicrevs of every g-r:ide^ at the jc-'ideiice of Ur. 1). H. Dunhj), in (Jirarlotte, T.licre lie or Mr. (Cottrell may at all times be fouiid. They do not hesitate to warrant a cure on condition of their attention to instruction) to all who may C(jme well ivcnnmcnded for in tegrity and honesty ; and no others need apply. Children, above three years of a}je, of respect- jil'le jKirents, will be received. I'rnm this it :nav be understood, that :>ll adults miist brin^if certificates of their stamlinf;' in r.iiciety. Alults nv,\v I'e cured in from one to ten days ; ehildren recjuire lonjrt'i’ time. I'rices are regulated by t Ircuinstiinces, and will he made knovn on ap- j li'-:it';on. Euard can be had on reasonable terms. N. H. ^!r. .1. R. Cottrell was a stammer(*r of tlie v orst kind,.and has been cured on Mrs. I,ci.:^h’s system. Ch irlot'te, June 27, 1827.—3nU49 (l') The edi'or of the Pioncir, Yorkv'dlo, and of the ('ardinian, Salisbury, will publish the fthove three times, and forwaril their bills for payment. Vvv\3\\c ¥i\\tevt^viw . subscriber informs Ids friends and the I public, that he has purchased that well tnown establishmunt, lately owned and oeciipi- td bv ])rv Flenderson, and is now prepared to fintertain travellers and others, who may.please ♦.o call on him ; and no exertions will be spared ♦o render tliem comfortable, and their stay a- Krceable. Ilis table will be furnished witl» e\- fry variety which the coxintry afibrds: liis bar with the best of'liquors; and hisstahUs with plenty of p;ovendjL-r, and carct’ul servants will hti in constant atttndanre. UUni'.KT I. DINKINS. Charlotte, April 50, 1826. *1^0 JJ^nOM the subscriber’s stable In Concord, Cabarrus county, N. C. on the niprht of the 20tli inst. two j;ray liOIJST.S, one of them liav- inj' I dark mane and l.iil, T years old, and a soar rn 'lis right hind pastern joViit, ocear.ioned by a rope ; tlu' other horse is 10 or 11 years old, ra ther whiter than the other; both in |^ood orilcr and shod before, when stolen. They are of the oonnnon size, but heavy built i A man, who rails his name William Dean, is subpecled to be the thii-f. Dean was missinjj the same time tho hors"s were, lie is alioiit feet ~ nr K in- '!ies high, broad Rf ross the forcbcud, but his face tapers towards the chin, wi*!i a very hifge ■•louth; rather stoop shonldr.red, unpleasant conntcnance, and down look ; boasts much (4 his man'icod and is fond of niiniicliinf!:thc Dutch brog’Uf, and of g'amblinjif, and says he is a car- P'Miter by trade. Had a blue cloth coatee v ith 11 blaeic vehet collar, j^'."ay casintt paiitalccnis, and black hat with a low tapered crown and broad rim. Fifty dollars reward will !>e fji\en for his apprehension and confinemeiit in any or his ilelivwry to me in Concord, N. C. to- jCcther with both or either of the horics. Any ini'ormation sent me to tlie Post-OlHce in this place, wiil be lltankfcily received. i:. MAIIA.N. _''’(;ncord, X. C. Tuly 23, 1827.-10 L!::Colii T’ounty. Supirlor Conr! of Lau', Jpril Torm, A. D.1827. Ar.dreu Hoy I vs. I I’etitio!! for ()i\ifion of the The heirs of Masor. ^ r( ul estate f>f said Mason lluson, dec'd. anil j lluson, deceased, others. J JT havin^f been made to appea- to the Court, . that Srlonion btowe and Parnilia his w ife, ! and .h)hn I'riil.lle, who arc deft nd n?s in tliis S'.iit, live without the limits of this Siat : li is tln refcn- ordered by C'nir*, that publication be Hiado six weeks in the Caiawba .journal, ^i\ing notice to th(‘ said Solomon Stowe >iid I'^irnilla Ills wii'e, anil to John I ridille, th;i*. tliey apjjt ar bctorc the .ludge of on.- next Supetior Coir't of lav,’, to be held fiT I.incolii i;"Uiity, at the t>nurt-l!oi;.se in l.incolnton. oi. \-.\r , n ,Mond:iy J'ftcr the 4th Mimday of St pteniber next, tin :i • tid ther. tc answer or demur t;> the said j)eti- tton, (>lh'',rwise it \vill tie taken cutfm.''. , anJ. vljiulp^ed accordingly. V. itne-is, I.awson Hcni'if r'-on, Ch rk of sr.'.d. . ^'■'\irt. at l.ir.colnton, ttie 4th Min^t.iy al'ti r tiio .Moiifi^iV ut' M.in h. A. 1). and i:i the •‘vlsrjearof ;l>e 'lulcpcnileiu e of the riiiJd t!.t,^. LAWrCtN III.MM-.KSUN. r.dv. J ' •VoY\\\-V.'\vvv\Wm\, ^y.L(klin/furi:; Count}j !^ccston.s, U.7, • irnes Slnmions') , , (I.cMed T'uward llrcr'o. ^ Henry's Commentary on the Bible. proposTls For pubiishinjj by subscription, by Towar fc Ho,f;cn, booksellers. No. ;255, iMarket street, Piiiladelphia, AN KXPOSITTON OF THE OLD & NEW TKSl’AiVlENT. AVherein each chapter is summed up in its contents; the sacred text inserted at larji^e, in distinct paragfraphs; each parai^raph reduced to its proper lic.ads ; the sense jciven, and larj^e- ly illustrated, with practical remarks and ob servations. Ht Mattiikw Heniiv, late Mhnsfcr of the Gospel. A neu' I^dit'on ; edited hy the Her. (leorge T}vr- (hr, and the /,'tr. Josrph Jhii'hes, Jt. JJ'ith a Life of the Jlvthor, hy the litv. Su/nnci ruhner, Tiic character of this valuable and hlgldy useful Kxpohition of the Sacred M ritinj^s, is well known to the pious ircneraliy of all de- nominatioJis ; and it now certaiidy s'tands in no need of a publisher’s recommendation. Conditionx.—'Hie work will be published in six larjfe super royal octav» vohimcs, of about one thousand pai^es each, comprising-about one- third more matter than is contained in Scott’s Commentary, and delivered to sul)scrlbtrs in vohimes, at three dollars and fifty cent.'i per volume, well don-e up in stronp boaitls ; or four dollars per volume, handsomely and stronj^ly bound ; ]):iyHl)le on the rceeipt of each voi- ume. A volume will be published.every three months. An allowance will be made of one copy for every five subscribers; anf' to those who ob tain but two subscribers, a reasonable allow- ance will be made. As the pricc of tiic Look is put very lovi, the publisliers expcct that remittances will be promptly made on the receipt of tach volume. The publishers request those who h:ive tub- scrlptlon paper.s, to iiiforni them any time prior to ilie first dav of November next, of the no.ni- bcr th«'y have ^;ot or have a j>roFpuct of ui)- tainirig-. HEC 0 M M:.N I) A n 0NS. From Dr. K. S. Kip, Pustnr of the Tlurd Frm- byttrian Church, Philadelphia. Gentlemen,—Your proposed repnblicatlon of some J5rc WatclAe s & Tliomas Trotter Co. RFSPKCTFUT.LY informs the priblic that they have received and oiler for sale a few gold and silver patent Ic- vcr Watches, (gentlemen and latlies) a few good plain Watehts, warranted; gentle- 5 men ^nd ladies’ gold Chains, Seals and Keys ; some hand* St Fine, Finger kings, F.ar Kings, I’earl and Filigree, and Paste in setts, &c. &.c. ; all or any part of which we will sell low for cash. Clocks and Wstches repaired at the shortest notice, ami warranted to perform. Ca.sh given for gold and silver. N. i?. We expect to rccelve in a short time some elegant Milit.arv and plated Goods, £c. Charlotte, May 14,'1827.—30 ^IrictwTes. JUST PURI-ISIIED, and for sale :it this of fice, “ Strictures on a book, entitled, ‘An Apology for the Book of Psalms, by Gilbert Me Master.’ To which are added, llcmarsk on a book, [by Alexander Gordon] entitled ‘'I’he design and use of the Hook of Psalms.’” Hy llr.MtT I’vKFNKH, A.M. With an Appendix, liy Joirx M. Wilson, pastor of Uncky liiv er and PhihuU Iphia. From the Maryland Ke[iublican. GF.NERAL WASMlN(iTON. Just see to what an unwarrantable oxtc-nt tJie fiietids of Geuernl J;ickson will ojo, in order to frame t xciises for their idol. No sooner is the violent character of the case of the six Tennes see Gen h'jnt now living who knows more of the cir- cumtanccs upon whicli that tale is pre dicated, than I happen to know., I was not only in the arniy and upon the spot at that time, hut 1 was myself at the elhow of Col. Lee, when he issued the orders for shootin^ the deserters, and which excited such a feeling in the or- my, and in the country at the time. I remember it as well as if it had occurred within the last hour. The army was posted on th. Hudson above WestPoint; it was just before we stormed Stoncy Point. Col. Lee Avas sitting at a table writing. An ofTicer came in and re ported that more of the men had desert ed across the line to the enemy.—Col. L»‘e, (the celebrated commander of the Virginia Legion,) without an instant’s hesitation, or withdrawing the pen from ihe paper, gave the orders “to shoot every ni;in that was detected deserting to the enemy, and send their heads to head quarters.’^ The order w’as given Antiqitiliefi.—Many remains have ||r- cently been discovered oi ancient and utr^ known kdiabitants in the county of Mon roe, Ga. During the late great freshet, the waters of the To\valit;a, havinfj risMi to an unusual height, ovcrnowed a risings ground on the plantation of Mr. Mann, near Wilson’s bridge, in a jond on th^ south side of the creek. The snrfacc of* the earth bcinpj >vashed away, laid hare (what appears lo have been) the scite of a fortincation, oecupyiug' the space of H or four acres. The ground had previ ously been cleared and cultivated, with- otit makinjj the discovery.—.Many anti- (pie and curious articles have been pick" ed up. Amont> those we have seen, are ^unlocks of rude construction, part of a sword hilt and blade, small axes, pieces of }jun barrels, a great variety of spikes and nails, and a small marlin spike—‘brsi%% hand bells, plate brass ; pieces of carbu- rettcd iron ; a variety of beads, and a- moiig them those guilt or inlaid with gold/ a small lube, part formed of a greenish kind of stone, and a part of lead, ingeniously to Lieut. Uced, who was in command i fastened together, but for what purpose, of the advance guard : the same Gen. ' Reed who commanded in the battle in which Sir Peter P;irkcr was killed in the late war, and is now living on the Eas tern shore of Maryland. The order was issued but a short time before three men cannot he conjectured. Large Knives* irons appjirenfly belonging to a plane; flints, musket balls, a jug which would contain about a gallon, of rude manufac ture, and many other articles. Great fjuantities of broken potters ware wa» , . ^ , - , . , scattered over the ground, of quite a dif- were detected in the act of de.sertmg, i ferent quality lo any we have ever seen pursued, taken close to the enemy’s line, in use. Little or no cast iron has beea and brought in. Reetl observed, that found, from which it appear that their accordini: to orders, he ought to exe- cooking utensils must have been of earth- cute ail thiee of them, but that he would I cm. A great number of pieces of stone, not do so. He would make an exam-1 bandsomeh manufactured, apparently in- pie of one of llieni. I think, on exam- n'loits, are found. Many oi ihe arti- ination, it appeared that one of them I extraordinary state ol pre- 1 cxc,.»!ed hy order OI | ,, ^ Kr.nchmon, a,„l '“■'■'■a-on. I,. walk,„t> over . J. oposcl, than they sc about to at ever,- step, somcth.ng appears-the lo, some ou rnseous to pr«- should .lie ? It was unam nous- “f";,^y'>e »ee„. Nvh.ch ducc as a precedent for .sarguinarv COM" 11 , ,,, . . ..i...—i duct in military con,ma.-;de7s. jj, ! b ‘I the Uev. Matthew Ht nr} Old ai;d New 'I'estament, flesperate exigence, even chararter of Gen. \VashIns:tou hi the sacred i atrocity was the mostaggra- U'aled, because it was his native country -he was shot. IIis ;lf “ Kxposition of t!ie I • “V I lie was deserting- with Practical He-^« not s.-cure fro.M their assault. Read ^ ^ , mark* and Observaiions,” deserves encourage- the loliowing extract from the Baltimoi'C i i ♦ ' i ment }; om all the iriends of evangelical religion Jackson naper. j ters agreeably to orders. in o'jr country. Could I not otherwise obtain t • * » , • .• ; cotild he more mortified or provoked H copy oi this valuable work, 1 woldd give you, I “ the Hevoiut.on, while the army was ' • exchange for it, all the Comiiientaru s of Or- i st^ti'jnf'd Campbell, M'Knight, ' than Getieral Wnshington was at the sifrht. So far from countenancing such Lee irage tiust>, 1 mnst sav, that' every man who was seen |)assing without ^yas immediately arrested, and tried for bgoodhtM,se,asmuchVrHcti: his conduct and it Was with extn-mP thorough acquaintance ^vitb ‘‘head earned to ' ! „ ^ Wlthexti cmc t New-Vork, the soldiers \\ ere con- ton, Dodtlridge, Gill, Campbell, M'Knifht, I '"■crting—General gave ... Scott, and Clark- and while I woiihl orders to thcj){l.cers of the ont-posts to siioor a proceeding for one instant, Col discard nor disp.'iri Henry has as much cal pietv, and as thorough acquaintance witn i. • i i i «• ihe mi7td of the Spirit, as arc niaihfested bv aiiv * " were no nn.re desertions. (llHlCUlty, ludeed, popular as that ollicer of his successors. ' ' f >' W a.shin«ton a mvrderrr ? M as Washing- deservedly stood with the army, that he 'i’he late Dr. Livingston was the best preach- * „ -V, ; was preserved from being'broke for the or on the religions experience of a Christian, : rn.Utury ehujUnn5, o ^ "■■■i.orof the ahovc „-,5; ■‘I!ut,.cntlcmcn,” continued theolcl he tound in Henry’s IJible. \ deceived as to the (act, or whether ; veteran, “ msrk the difTerence between as a erting act . „ ! During the long and bloody war of the I a soldier, when on actual duty a >iV Views of the Uev. Matthew IJenrv s Ex-1 T{,iit,v1h1 M’Ifb -ill it« /Ur i - r r , p(u,iiion oftheOM and New Testament,'accord ?- ’•! fs deplo> .ih cM.^- guard, in face ol an etiemy, desert ’.vith those who have recoinmcTided it as a most civil contention, uen. W ash- his post, or a Soldier detected in the valtiable practie.ai commentary upon the Sat red iiigton never, in one single instance, j of deserting direcll}’’ to the enemy Scripture.s, and as furnLshing some of the most' resorted to such violent measures as we ; might be shot. Rut this instance I hav unportant aids to a correct knowledge ot them.' I,rmnv it'«!tnnr>#>s f.r in ti t. i i L. 9. IVKS, .i.y.sociatc Jh'cior of . T ^ H-_tancts f 1 in the biiLi pe-1 mentioned, and the leelings excited i I'’’O** ^en. .laokson s command. Of | all ranks on the occas’ “ ' ‘ ‘ — I him, Jackson niifrht have said, as he did , that one man, is an -Madison, liiat he could not look up-|straint which was f '".1'Vith comp'o-lthatfar. Regulars e ■s. Fowar St Hogan: I he jnetv and good ’> M,,,, i;r i i i I .• i f all Christian coiiin,un.tle.c,'have con-!life was regardtMl as too | lor bounty, were .seh ciirred in aw..rding to Henry’s tJoinrfientary, ^ sported with. J lie lives Ition, however atfirra distinguished place among the staiuitird works i of his foes were not. wantonly fiestroyed;! prive irregular ot the same kind. For myself, 1 ean .say, that ' ln,t the lives of his own so’ldiers were ' lor leavin- th( 1 have found it one ot the .lest helps toa_]ust.„„ ,i i,;._ u:. ti. ' . and practical ac(jnaintance with the sacretl vol I'rom the Rev. First Messrs, sense of have grown in piles of ashes and coals. The parts of lighiwood posts, inserted in the earth, yet remain—the whole suv face of the ground appears to be of arti ficial formation. In the neighbourhood, we are informed, are other similar re mains. From nothing that has yet been fo\ind^ can any idea be formed, who these Inhab-* iiants were, or when they resided here, —Some of the articles mi^/it have belong- to Indians or hunters—hui from many evidences we are sure others were used by a people of whom we have no record or tradition. Some of them are evidently* of European manufacture—others do mestic. 1 hat these,works were ercctetl by Spaniards, or Spanish trading com panies, is generilly believed j but with out any apparent authority, other than that some remains evince that they be longed to Catholics. Frequently they are met with, in Georgia, Florida, and elsewhere, and often of considerable ex tent. One on Brown’s Mount, several miles below this place, alone encloses f«rty acres, which must have required more men t« construct, or defend, thau ever was attached lo a trading company, JMacon Mesaenser. rnoM THE vxx.xi nivKii (mass.) monitoh. Novel application of Electricify, or a ncu'* umy to pay old Debts.- \ certain Physi cian, who possessed a powerful Elec trical Machine, discovered a sherift’ making rapi: strides towards his house, suspecting, from circumstances. and as dear to Iimti as enemy, le camp, not to desert lo j some designs on his personal but to go home to their • ^'‘‘de prepara.* j good man who is tlicrciii as[)erscd j In con vers;) till [.I, a li-w days since, I wilii a rcvoImioiKiry ofiiccr, who, after | thourjit of treating them as a j serving his country for a considerable {^Si.bsci ijitions for the nhove valu- 1'^’'^ •' ''ct>ve life in the lield, able work received at this oill'e. employed hy t!ie peo ple as a delegate in the ctiuncils of the slate, I metjtioned Ihe puolieatiou (.f the paragraph :i!)ove rpioted from the Jaekson pnp^'r, rf.'sperting George Wash- iiiUton. indignation kindled In the countenanrc, ,'tnd ^Darkled from the eye instant. It of the j»rtMerti'd piildifilion ('f this w ork. \V ith Chri'jtian ri W. 1. L'liANTLV. \oih Miirch, 1!T". Mctkitnhvrfi Couii/y May Sasions,, 1827. Jiobtrt Qu.ry ^ i;xrcutr(\ and .lobn M’ on a neTrri itiiui na r ed .Itjiias. r is ».’-d!’V(!d by (‘ourl, that publication b' ‘ in tli'.r (;:'tawba .louiiial six' Week^, fov ■•(..‘•■nd i’i* lo ir. ;k' h'.s [ i rs'inal r.jTpe'ii ' ic it ' t'ouvt ot I’K .1^ and (^iiarti r Sessio;i^ in Aii- X‘; t next, and tln-rt: rrp!,-vy aiiM ];!i:ad, i/r .■'-l.lgnrepil will !)C eir.i i-ed ag iint^l biir. !. ALKXA.V Dlilt. C. ii- C. .f j. - - — t’*- Vl.artv, Cienrgc M’l.artv, S >lui',b Parks, Andn w I’avks, Wiit'i !' lltniii, .laiiK s .\Jorr;s, Daniel II. \\ a'lki r, and I’lidamler Alexander, sunnnontd as (tanubliet!!. It is ortlered !'v Court, that I'ublicatlon be 'Ti.’di' six wcek>in the Cataw l.a .li.iirnal, for d( tend int to n 'M-.c his personal aiijx-arance at (Mir Court of i ^ as anl (iiiarler Sessions in Au- p;i;st iH-x*, and there to plead and repli \y, oth erwise jud^ ihent will hi.- rendered agamst him. I. Al.KXANDKK, '('. M. C, adv. if tilt old \vteran in VV ,’'AN riil), al t4i!s (Miif'f, two boys, 15 or of aj^e, a-» Apprentices to thc- toiiched the ('laracler of Itio revolu tionary army, and of his beloved coni- inander, and roused all the soldier with in him. Would tliat the author of the hhel had been, at that itislant, within the fi.'ish fol his ciuintenance, and the {sound of his hiiiu'u. j:r-, as he r‘-pelled I the base in.-itiualion against hint lie j kneu' and loved well. “I think it ! IMvclv,” said the icood lions accordingly,, to ward ofl'.ilte aniici- nductop the 'harg, •ee, which ;’va- , . ail the ington s camp, ounng the Revolution, |‘niportanee oi the law, the sheriiTascend- was of constatit oecuirenee. He never with a firm grasp, seized tn** fa- niililarv IInstantly he found hitii's.df with- i bottom of the steps. After havinr ev(Mi ! nieasure, from a !)lo^; » i,r,vp„ hy an invisible |>owcr, and having should at least have spared those who ihn scaitt-red writs and execu- a discharge 1 have fjuoted the subfctance of the led (!esj)ot, dealing life and death out regard to military law much less the laws of humanity, ^hiiit | aC their tour of duty, and'wero entitled to I this stranKe method of paying debts. Meanwhile, the Doctor had again char^’. h^s faithful conductor. xNo soonJi* language used by the vcuierable old gen-1 the sheriff again flared to touch the i.er.ian. Speaking of that “ which he jknocker, than he found lumseli did know’’ oftlie usages of the armv, nearer the centre of the eartji ■ ■ Remembering the old ar;d especially of the difVerence between ' ^ ^imc. a .militiaman leaving a camp to go home to his iainily, and a soldier lieserting iif)in his j)Ost in front of an enemy, and wlmt is ^vorse, to the ranks of an ene my, wistoo striking and impress've not to he laithfully imprinted on the nieiiio- ry of those who heard him. u. car l’iii.‘ing Hufcim I iti'r, in a morncnl, f!i I Fcr -id'j, 'it Ihli " old man, resnm- j ’ _ !i, Tiie Christian tenin^'rl .1 ■ uiMH, or.'nn.r.,,!. I,;, venr., his h.,.|i„... ! ;,vi»- 1 h vp, r ti.ne an.j n, j '"K f ^ iri.prf'ssive V(;;e‘, :.s !,c addt-d 4 1 ( thinkers, wbi=-, — ’ in pro^^'-Ic*’ lamer, than that ignorance igr (lii i.t-i ab-jolulelv neees- arc no thinkers at all. == •' •'i'u'rft. adagf, “!ie»are of Ihe ihird'time, ” hn .mmediaiely quit tl,e premises, leavi,,,- the iJoetor rnfull possession of tho‘*cri^ tk” he had so well defended. A coxcoml> asked a barber’s hoy, who ‘Stuttered, “Did yrm ever shave key r” “ No, si sit, I’ll t-i-i-trv.’ a moQ* 5>i’, but il you’ll please (o SlNGl.LiU Ki*lTAl[I. Here lies .luhn an.l Mary F.b!)on, Struck l>y i;g.htning ijcnt frora llca^xrn iLJiuudrcd 77. — —

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