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CHARLOTTE, JV. C. TUESDAY, SEFTEMBER S5, J8S7.
[NO. 149.
PURLISHEI) WEKKLY
By LEMUEL BINGHAM,
Three Dollars a yenr^ paid in advance.
paper will be discontinued, unless at tlie
(Jlsn-etion of the editor, until all arrearages are
pai^l-
Advertisements will be inserted at llie usual
jutes. Persons scndinjj in advertisements, are
requested to note on the margin the number of
insertions, or they will he continued until forbid
and cliarfjed accordingly.
iol* ^laiumeYing.
TMK Kt'V. Thomas P. Hunt informs the citi
zens of Nortli-Carolina that, by authority of
Mrs. Leiffh, he has appointed John H. Cottrell
iiiul Dr. !>• U* Dunlap, of Charlotte, N. Carolina,
A};ents for correctinfc impediments of speech.
The above nrimed a{jents having received full
instruction and autliority, give notice to the
con.munity in general, that tliey are prepared
to receive Stammerers of every grade at the
residence of Dr. 1). K. Dunlap, in Charlott,
vIktc he or Mr. Cottrell may at all times be
found. 'I hc)- do not hesitate to waiTant a cure
(on condition of their attention to instruction)
to all who may come well rcctvmmended for in
tegrity and honesty; and no others need apply.
Children, above three years of age, of respect
able parents, will be received. From this it
mav be understood, that nil adults must bring
oi'rtilicate.H of their standing in society. Adults
uisy be cured in from one to ten days ; children
reipure longer lime. Prices afe regulated by
oirciinistances, and will be made known on ap-
plic-.tion. Board can be had on reasonable
terms.
N. R. Mr. J. B. Cottrell was a stammerer of
tlio worst kind, and has been cured on Mrs.
Jkcigh’s system.
th.rlot'te, June 27, 1827.—3mt49
C:j The editor of the Pioneer, Yorkville, and
«f the Carolinian, Salisbury, will publish the
above three times, and forward their bills fur
jriymcnt.
Yv\hWc ¥iu\fcYta\uA\cnt.
The subscriber informs his friends and th^^
pviblic, that he has purchased th.-it wel'
known establishment, lately owned and occupi*
od by Dr. Henderson, and is now prepared to
entertain travellers and others, who may please
to call on him ; and no exertions will be spared
to render them comfortable, and their stay a-
gri'eahle. His table will be furnished with ev
t*T) variety which the country afllbviUs; his bar
with the best of liquors; and his stables with
plenty of provender, and careful servants will
he in constant attendance.
ROBERT I. DINKINS.
Charlotte, April 20y 1826, *80
From the subscriber’s stable in Concord
(Jabarrus county, N. C. on the night of the
'20th inst. two gray HORSES, one of them hav
ing a dark mane and tail, 7 years old, and a scar
on his right hind pastern Joint, occasioned by a
Fope ; the other horse is lUor 11 years old, ra
ther whiter than the other; both in good order
flhd shod before, when stolen. They are of the
common size, but heavy built. A mar, who
ctills his name AVilliam Dean, issuspecieit to
he the thief. Dean was missing the same time
the horses were. He is about 5 feet 7 or 8 in
ches high, broad across the forehead, but his
face tapers towanls the chin, with a vory large
mouth; rather stoop shouldered, unpleasant
countenance, and down look ; boasts nmch of
his munhood and is fond of Uiimicking the Dutch
brogue, and of gambling, and says lie is a car
penter by trade. Had a blue cloth coatee with
a black velvet collar, gray casinet pantaloons,
tnd black hut witha low tipered crown and
broad rim. Fifty dollars reward will be given
fbr his apprehension and confinement in .any
ja’.l, or his delivery to me in Concord, N. C. to-
^eiber with both or either of.the horses. Any
information sent me to the Post-Ofiii e in titis
place, will be thankfully received.
JNO. E. MAHAN.
Concord, N. C. July 23, J827.—40
of tXDYWvi^aruUua,
Rutlicrforil County.-
Qoiirt of rieaa and Quarter Smiunt, July Ses
sions, 1827.
Robi )■♦ M. Burton
1 Petition for partition of
land.
wife Susannah. J
] r ap])e:iring to the satisfaction of the Court,
that Janies Bryant and wil'r Susannah are
not inhabitMiits of tins State : Ordered, there
fore, that ind)lication be m:ide in the Jatavvba
Journal for si.x weeks, that James Bryant and
wife Susamuih be and appear hefore the Justi
ces of our next Court of Pleas and tiuarter
Sessions, to be holden for the county 'f Wuth-
crtord, al the Coui’t-Ilouse in Hutljerfordton,
on the 3d Monday after the 4th .Monday in Sep
tember next, and plead, answer or demur, or
judgment will be entered up against them ex-
parte, and made linal accordingly.
Witness, Isaac Cralon, (Jlerk of our said
Court, at oflice, the 2d Monday of Julv, 1827.
ISAAC CU'VION, C. C.
6t50—pr. adv. ?2 62A
Pascal Collins and y
Jiimes Hryant i* i
Henry’s Commentary ori the Bibk.
PROPOSALS
For publishing by subscription, by Towar &
Hogan, Booksellei-s, No. C5J, Market street,
Philadelphia,
AN EXPOSITION OF THE
OLD & NEW TESTAMENT.
Wherein cach chapter is summed up in its
contents; the sacred text inserted at large, in
distinct paragraphs; cach paragraph reduced
toitsprojier heads; the sense given, and large
ly illustrated, with practical remarks and ob
servations.
Hr Matthew Henrt, late Mijiiskreftht Gospel
A new Edition : idiird hy the Tier. George
der, mid the Jitv. Josep)t IJnglus, .1. M. If'ith
a Life of the Jiuthur, hu the Ecu. Sumiul
Palmer.
The character of this valuable and liighly
useful Exposition of the Sacred Writings, is
well known to the pi(»us generally of all de
nominations : and it now certainly stands in no
need of a publisher’s reconimendation.
Cmditions.—The work will be published in
six large super royal »)ctav» volumes, of about
one thousand pages each, comprising about one-
third more matter than is contained in Scott’s
Commentary, and delivered to subscribers in
volumes, at three dollars and fifty cents per
volume, well done up in strong boards; or four
lollars per volume, handsomely and strongly
bound; payable on the receipt of each vol
ume. A volume will be published every tliree
months.
An allowance will be made of one copy for
every five subscribers; and to those who’ ob
tain but two subscribers, a reasonable allow
ance will be made.
As the price of the book is put very low, the
publishers expect that remittances will be
pronr, tly made on the receipt of each volume. I
The publishers request those whu have sub-'
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to tlie first day of November next, of the num
ber they have got or have a prospect of ob
taining'.
RECOMMENDATIONS,
From Dr. E, S. Ely, Pastor of the T7tird Pres-
byterian Church, Philadtiphia.
Gentlemen,—Your proposed republic.ation of
the Rev. Matthew Henry’s “ Exposition of the
Old and New Testament, with Practical Re-
maiks and Observauons,” deserves encourage-
n.cnt from all the friends of evangelical religion
in our country. i>«>uld I not otherwise obtain
a copy of this valuable work, I would give you,
in exchange for it, all the Coniiiientaries of Or
ton, Doddridge, Gill, Campbell, M’Knight,
Scott, and Clark ; and while 1 would neither
discard nor disparage these, I must say, that
l^oct. TlAoiuas CottreW
Respectfully informs the inhabitants
of charlotte and its vicinity, that as his
Institution is amply supplied with competent
teachers, so as to exempt him from giving' con
stant attention to it, he has resumed the busi
ness of his profession. He may be found at
the Academy, and will attend to all the calls his
friends may think proper to give hini.
46tf
XoVlce,
That on Thursday, the 27th of September
next, at the dwelling-house of Samuei C.
Caldwell, decea.sed, will be rented, for the en
suing year, all the lands belonging to said.es-
tate. Four of the plantations lie nearly join
ing cach other, all well watered, and each of
them has a good meadow. On one of them is
an excellent dwelling-house, with all neces.sary
out buildiug.s, and an excellent orchard in good
repair. Terms made known on the day.
D. T. CALDWELL,
R. L. CALDWELL,
August ,‘jO, 1827.—2t47p
Guardians.
choose freely and with a sound discretion,
whether they will engage in it or not.
It is too cojTimon for arcliitccts and en
gineers to act upon the principle that the
people ought not to be informed at first, of
all the amount of exjjtnse atul all the
difnculties of a public undertaking', lest
they be deterred by an apprehension that
they are insurmountable. Such men
tell us that it is best, if possible, to exhibit
calculations somewhat less in the re.'^ult
than may be requisite, that the people
beinj^ once induced to commence and
continue till the work is two thirds or
three-fourths advanced towards its ac-
complishmenl, they will be under the
necessity of supplying the rest, that what
has been alreutly expended may not be
wholly lost. This differs little, if any
thinp, from absolute knavery, though
such as practise it may plead, that it is
deceiving men for their own good. In
the end, the consequence is totally the
reverse. Ii is so far from tending to the
public good, that it is pernicious in the
extretne jit threatens to extinguish that
The people of Noriii-Carolina hav( for generous public spirit which it is of the
some years past evinccd a disposition to j utmost consequence should exist in the
lacilitate the means of commercial in- bosoms of every people. When they
tercourse, both forci^n and dotnestic. have been two or three times thus deceiv-
Ii is an object in which »hey have feit ed, they feel the imposition to be an
themselves so deeply inlf rested, that no abuse of their confidence, and an insult
small sums have been aheady expended to their understandings, and it wiJl be
for its acc;mi)lishmtiit. The rivers (ii(Ticult, if not infipossible, to avert the
Y:ulkin, Cajn'i’car, Neuse, Tar and coubeciuences of their indignation, in a
Roanoke, all wiiuccs, by tlie works com-! total dereliction of dll attempts at public
menced, and the n)ot:ey disbursed, that | improvement. They adopt the maxim
such'a vvjsih has hceii alive in the public j in eiectioits, that men of information and
tviind : and so w( u known are the n»any j abiliw are dmgerous mens and that they
«)thcr attestutions of it, that to be partic- ' ousjit not to be chomi becuusr. they have too
ular in then* enumeration is unnecessary. I If it be good sense in a pub-
Henry has as much good sense, as much practi- j It is pru( ticai prod’ that they have been i lie agent, whether he be a member of the
cal piety, and as thorough acquaintance with 1 deeply sens'ble of ihe disadvatilagi;s of i House of Commons, a Senator, a Com-
theimnd of the Spirit, as ;ire manifested by any j their situation, and -hey have been watch-! missioner or an Engineer, to hurry into
ful of the nieih-'ds practicable for ilieir. action without information first obtain-
ll'there iiaNe been dissenting ; ed f if it he good sense in any one of them
^\ate of Xo\*tV\-ra.ToUna,
IretleJI County.
Court of Pitas and Quarter Stssions, Jlusust
Term, 1827.
Joseph Stevenson") „ r r, u «
( Or. Att.—James Campbell
Ja». H.arblm S garnishee.
IT appearing to the Court, that the defend
ant, James Harbin, is not an inhabitant of
this state, it is ordered, tlint publication be
made in the Catawlia Journal for six weeks, in
order that said Harbin iray, at or before the 3d
Monday ot N('ve.i,>»er next, appear at the COurt-
llouse in Statesvilh , replevy and plead, other-
wise the fund in th. hand of Bind Campbell will
be condemned to siitisfy plaintiff’s demand.
A. SIMON ION, Clk.
f)t51—pr. adv. 2 50.
rilO.M THE llALEIbll UEUIKTEH.
both as to the means of carrying them on,
and the expense necessary. Even the
great western Canal of New-York dif
fered but little In the actual expenditure
from the estimated cost. But the dif
ference was found ultimately to be, in its
costing less than the sum previously
calculated. With such a mistake we
may well suppose the people were not
likely to be dissatisfied. When they
engage in an enterprise, they have a right
to know from the perfect honesty and
ability of their agents and representatives,
how much money wiil be sufficient, in
exposed, he is determined that the charg*
of insincerity, duplicity, or sinister con
cealment of truth, shall never be correct
ly capable of being alleged. It is his
wish, as much as possible, to substantiate
every opinion and every assertion by facts,
and unquestionable authority. These he
estimates above all other means of estab
lishing valuable truth. He will advance
no theory which is not built upon them>
without giving warning to the reader,
that he may be aware of it, so as to be
upon his guard and to think for himsrlf,
as it is indeed hoped he will not fail l6
what time it must be raised, and whal I do according to the natijre of the case,
are to be the advantages, that they may { The writer would solicit in return a spifr^
of his successors.
The late Dr. Livingston was the best preach-,
cr on the religious experience of a Christian ' fi'moval.
that 1 have ever heard; and it is notorious, that j mii.ds, it was not l)er.ause the oi jct't was i to recommend and begin an enterprise
he driw largely from the rich treasures which . not deemed tnnsi important to our in-1 without faking the pains to obtain full
he found in Henry’s Bihle. dividual and national pfu'-.perity, but; and satisfaetory and certain knowledge of
To any minister of the Gospel, or private could not think the liniit yet i its nature, means, and expense ; in short,
Christian, who might regardmv opinion, I would; • y i .i -r i i r ' . c t.
say, iVymi have all other rommeimuies, or '"a**^ It be good sense for an agent of the
can purchase but one, be sure to buy Matthew 'o attainment of our wisltes. Un-j people, after becoming fully informed, to
Henry. EZRA S1YLES ELY. happily, whatever may have bee?i the j deceive his constituents into measures,
I cause, a vast proportion of our ent»r-lby artfully concealing from them a part
My views of the Rev. .Matthew Henry’s Ex-ip, jjres for internal irnprf)ven)ent have ! of the difhculty and expense, and by mag-
pnsition of th. OM and New T. stament, accord abortive,
with those who have reconimended it as a most ' * - ■'
valuable practical commentary upon the Sacred ’’ «^''f*‘;‘rrrdy otherwise
Scriptures, and as furnishing some of the mo.st platis adopted been invariably sue
important aids to a correct knowledge of them, j cessfu!, there is every reason to believe
I.. S. \\haH, .Associate litctorvj that by this tinir. pulilic spirit would
St. James’s Church, Lancaster. . i^^ve be.cn as conspicuous a distinction in
From the fF. T~nran,ly. P„,l„ „/ cf Stau-, it has been in
First Baj,ti.«t Church, Philadelphia. | country. But when,
Messi-s. lowarfc Hogan: 'I'he piety and good j after making pi ovision for an under-
sense of all Chribtiau communities, have con-, taking hei'i, and another there, it wuspre-
curred in awarding to Henry’s Commentary, ajsently fouiifcl that they Utterly failed of
distinguished place among the st;4iiciarii w orks obiefs, what was to be expected
ot II,c »mc kiml. '•If; «■' ‘“.v. tl.a. , „ .-arnos. friends would
I have found it one of the ; est helps Jo a just I , , - j
and practical acquaintance with the sacred vol- [ datiipen aiiu disheartened. 1 hey saw
lime. His skill as an interpreter is entitled to I'hat funds, which in consequence of
much respect; bis integrity in adhering to the j limited ojiponunities and resfiUrces, had
sense of Scripture, without the colorings of 1 been w ifh difficulty procured, instead of
purty feeling, is highly commendable ; and the ) answering their purposes, were expended
in..ffecu.,iy, an.i .1.. ...e «o.u'’b,.gu..
to the devotioiib of the pious in every denomi-1 hopfsand promises, soon
terminated in litileor nothing.
To every people, flout-ishing as their
I nifying ihe advantages beyond all reali
had I ty, because, being thus deceived, they may
engage in it, whereas, if they knew the
nation.
You have my earnest wishes for the succe.ss
of the projectel ])ul»lication of this M ork.
With Clulstian respect,
W. T. URANTLT.
13th March, 1827.
O^SubscrlptKMis for the above valu
able u'ork rt-reived at this oflice.
Wwi’fuiiT’s ?5U*ic\\\Yes.
Just published, and for sale at this of
W fice, “ Strictures on a book, entitled, ‘-\n
Apology for the Book of i'salnis, by Gilbert
McM'.istcr.’ To which are added. Remarks on
n book, [by Alexander Gordon] entitled ‘ The
•esigii and use of the Book of Psalms.’ ” By
Henry Hukfxkb, A. M. Wiih an Appendix,
^y John M. Wil»o», pastor ol Rocky Kiver and
^hiladflphia.
^'f>v\slab\e\s WuvvauVa,
— at K!s
Thomas 'J'rotter Co.
I> KSPKCTI ULI.Y informs
• the public that thej have
received and ofl'er for sale a
few gold and silver patent le
ver Watc.'ies, (gentlemen
and ladies) a few good plain
^\ atches, warrant* i|; ^^-cutle-
nn n and ladies’ gold Chains,
Seals and Kejs; some hanl-
Piiis, Finger Rings, Kar Rings,
some Breast
cash.
Clocks and Watches repaired at the shortest
nolice, and warranted to perform. Cash given
for gold and silver.
N. B. W'e ex|)ect to receive in a short time
some elegant Military and phited Cioods, &c.
Charlotte, May 14, 1H27.—30
whole truth, they would not, then the rule
upon which the people sometimes come
to act in elections is a correct rule. It
shews their wisdom in the appointment
of public functionaries; a wisdom far su
perior to any which such Commoners,
Senators, Commissioners, or Engineers,
have any pretensions to claim. A man
of such sense as has been just now de
scribed, ought to be shunned, and not to
be trusted. In reality, however, this is
so far from good sense in an agent or a
representative, that it is dircctly the
contrary. In a popular government, like
ours, it is the object of representation to
secure knowledge, ability and honesty j
and what'ever some may think,ur wish, or
pei suade, the last of the three, the people
will and should require, above ail others.
it of candor, and invite to a full and dis
passionate consideration of the means by
which our prosperity as a State may be
most efTectually promoted To all propo
sitions for the general welfare, objections
and difficulties will doubtless occur. In
terest will suggest some, ambition others,
and others itill occur from the real mei*-
its of the subject. But the correctnes»
and wisdom of our patriotism will be
seen, not in holding up every objection
as an insuperable obstacle to a whole
plan, but in contriving by united coun
sels, how difficulties may be removed,
and thus a whole may be combined atr
last, as free from imperfections as possi'*
ble. If we would arrive at the greatest
good of our country, personal or local in
terests must not be too strenuously con
sulted, ambition must not be narrow and
selfish, but enlightened and well directed,
and all our efforts and researches must
be faithfully and intently turned upon the
discovery and establishment of the truth.
Could the people of N. Carolina, could
her governor, mafistraies, legislators
and officers, all concur upon these prin
ciples, who can doubt that from that mo.».
ment she would begin to grow conspicu
ously in individual happiness, and iiti
strength and prosperity as a stale.
CARLTON.
September Is/, 1827.
condition and resources mav be, it is ever To attempt deception with u hope of be-
of monif'nt to the most raj/id progress of
their prosperity, that their treasuiy be
judiciously directed, and efficaciously
applied; i)ut to a jieuple like our.selves,
who have fo contend with many difiicul-
tiesbotli by sea and land, from the very
nature of our country, as well as the
spurseness of our population, ii is juite
essential tliat the funds raised by taxation
or voluntary contribution, be not wasted
or lavished in itieffcctual operations.
W*hate\er these funls may I>e, if they be
not sufiicient for large and extensive
undertakings, there are po;.sibIy others to
which they will be competent, or they
should be augmetited and economised
with care till a reasonable assurance is
attained that they wili complete some
..... lo . • c o- ! public enterprise, which shall coniinuc
r,r ■." -» ^'ve unc„uivo.:al proofs of
Its value to the amount of the expendi
ture.
If it be said, that in regard to piiMic
works this cannot be the case, and that
they are not reducible to such certainty
as this, the position is denied and is
unien^le. I'act has shown, and ii is
continually pioving, public works
ing long successtul, is not sense, hut the
greatest i’filly. If all public cjliccrs, re-
A Good One, — We have heard muen of
the wonder-working medicine of Dr,
Chambers, and read accounts of the al
most miraculous cures it has effected $
but no fact in relation to it, that has come
to our knowledge, is more convincing
than the follo'ving, which we have from
the most unquestionable authority.
In a place not a thousand miles from
Albany, N. Y. resided three notorious
drunkards, who were sure to pay theii*
sincerest devotions at the shrine of BiiC-
qhus, on every public occasion. On the
I«st fourth of July, some wags of the town
h«.d provided themselves with a suppi/
of Dr. Chambers’powder ; and when our
bloated heroes of the bowl made their
appearance, under pretence of treating^
they plied them well with the medicatedL
liquor. The consequence was that they
were compelled to leave the field and seek
their lodgings at an early hour; but tho
next day found them completely meta
morphosed into sober, temperate men.
We arc assured that they have not tasted
a drop of intoxicating liquor sirtce that
day. Their motto now is ‘ touch not»
taste not.’ Baton Traveller.
**Mindyour business.**—This is an ex
cellent exhortation, which in days ofyorC)
we used to see stamped up on some of the
old fashioned Rhode Island coins: ‘^Miad
your Business.’* There was more real
value to our fathers in these three words,
than there was in the coppcrs on which
they stood imprinted ; more value, be
cause they not only admonished the
holder to goto \7ork honestly to obtaiu
more of them, but they wei e calculated
to promote his health as they increasedl
his indusry, and to make him respectable
as they kept him out of other people’s
business, t Reader, let these words, as
the saying is, “ stare you full in the face,’'
whenever you sally out into the idlers
preseiitatives, men of talent and oppor-, list, or whenever you nre on the point of
‘unity, were united in the purpose, to I inquiring into the concerns, or meddling
Kntrv 'I nkers’ \' iiirants,
St ^5 —
make it ajipear conspicuously, that no
undertaking should ever rcceive their
concurrcnce or aid without satisfactory
evidence, not only to themselves, but the
great body of the people, that it was at
once useful in a high degree, and practi
cable without op])re3sion ; in short, if
a [jerf'ect and unreserved honesty were the
obvious and governing character of men
who hold places of profit or trust, there
is no danger ihat the people would not
cornc to understand by good sense, ai
union ot integrity, information, ability, I provided for tl.cir use and no one will evea usa
tlie greatest usefulness of the public, j the if they dipped a finger into it.
And they will admit, that in this union ; Tbey are nmch affected with the Viod
is all the safety they will ask in the raani^^*'^'^ rendered very hideous by it, and
who U lo act iur them iu IcgUlalion ami I «•
in .he applica.ion of .h,- pjlic n>onc„ j rni: s
It is the intention of the writer of these | their degraded «tate by the » iccessive and c rud
remarks and such others as may hereaf- prejudices of other person.s, who hardly respect;
ter appear with the same signature, to be ** ^ *
directed in all hia researches and expo-
iHtions, by the principle here laid do'#n,
in its uiinost simplitity, and in all its
with the business of others, in which you
have no interest; and our word for it,
yourself will be the gainer.
Gard. Chrcm.
‘•THE CAGOTS.”
A late traveller iiatiecs a slng-ularly dcgr.aded
people of this name, who inhabit the valley of
Lieze, in a wild part of the Fre.icL side of tho
Pyrenees. 'I'bey appear to be—the outcasts of
society, a separated and degraded race, Nvh^.se
very touch is pollution, even at the churches
tliey arc required to enter by a particular door
c^-be cjlcyl^pd vvitivsu^cicii*.To wb{i!cvTJT charge hrrn>'\y be -to congress without opposiii^y:^
them as being of the human specics.
Rhode Island.—Thistr.\.m Hurc.kss and
Dutkk j. Peahck base been .c£-cle«tj^