by
The
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JOSEPH HAMPTONv
VOLUME I, I
-“The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United S’ates, may be resumed by them, whenever perverted to their injury or oppression.”—Madison.
-Editor and Putolislier.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., NOVEMBER 30, 1841.
5 NUMBER 38.
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W’coklv Almanac for December, 1S41.
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THE CHARLOTTE
Female Academy
WILL be re-opened on
the 1st day of Octo
ber next. Pupils can be ac-
coramodated with board, ei
ther in respectable ianiiUes
in the village, or in the Aca
demy with the Teachers, at
$9 per month.
Terms of Tuition per Session.
THIRD CLASS.
Rcadin^^, Spoiling, with the Elements ^ S S 50
of Geography and Arithmetic, ^ ^
SECOND CLASS.
Reading, Writing, English Grammar, )
Emerson’s second part Arithmetic and > JfiilO 50
Olney’s Geography, )
FIRST CLASS.
Including the studies of the second, with i
larger systems of Arithmetic and Geo-
graphy, Algebra, Composition, Bota- I
ny. History—Natural, Moral and Men- j $1G 50
tal Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemis- j
try. Rhetoric. &c., &c. j
EXTRA BRANCHES.
Instruction in Music on the Piano, per Session. ^2')
The French Language per session, .... 10
Drawing and painting in water colors, per sess. 10
Oriental Teinting. per course, 10
Wax Fruit or Flowers, do G
Embroidery in Silk and Chenille, W orsted } ^
Lamp Mats, Ottomans, &c. &c S
French Sachets, Screens, and Work Baskets, ( -
per course, S
S. D. N YE HUTCHISON.
Principal.
Charlotte. Sept. 11. 1S41. 27...t
21o Mo
WOULD respectfully inforni the Public, that he
lias again returned to Charlotte, where he
may be found at all times, unless called away pro
fessionally. Should any be disappointed in calling,
by his being absent from town, such can make their
own appointment, by leaving a note in the Post-Of
fice, which appointment shall be attended to punc
tually on his part. He deems all references as un-
nece.ssary, having practiced in tliis community about
ibur years. Charges moderate. Office No. 6,
at the Mansion House.
Charlotte, Nov. 23, 1841. '.17...f
POETRY
DR. C. J. FOX
Has just received a large ai.d general assortment of
MEDICINES,
faints,
Dye-Stufls, Perfumery, Thonipsoiiiaii
Medicines, Wines and Spirits for
medical use,
And a variety of other articles, all of w’hich he
warrants genuine, and will seil low for cash.
Charlotte, April 27, 1840. S....r
WTNTER.
Hark! ’tis the requiem of the closing year!
The hollow dirge of the summer’s reign has sped :
Loud howls the tempest to the startled ear—
Deep moans the blast o’er autumn’s glory fled.
’Tis winter! and I hail the monarch’s reign!
I love to gaze upon that rugged brow,
When ’neath its frown the slowly patt’ring rain,
Concealing, glitters on those locks of snow.
I love to meet that stern, unaltered eye ;
1 love to grasp that cold and icy hand—
To mark the embattled whirlwinds of the sky,
When Winter waves the sceptre of command.
Winter, thou com’st not with a villian’s smile—
Thou bring’St unseen, no keen envenomed dart ;
Thy coU and bloodless lips are free from guile—
Tliy frozen bosom shrouds a candid heart.
“ Lastly. Our sunimers are so limited in duration,
that unless the time alotted to vegetation is fully oc
cupied by the growth and ripening of plants, the
certain failure of crops may be anticipated. Hencc,
the farmer usually is more hurried by his work in
the spring than he ought to be, in order to avoid
having his crops caught by the frost and snow. It
shoiild be the object of the farmer to have his ne
cessary labor as nearly equalized through the sea
son as possible, and thus avoid, all pressures at in
convenient seasons of the year. Experience show's
that the farmer in most cases, has more leisure
hours in the fall of the year than at any otjier time,
and he w^ho would work it right, should employ this
time in advancing his next spring's work, for such
fall ploughing emphatically is, and thus preventing
the pressure of business then usually felt.
“On soils very porus, those composed of gravel
or sand, in which, for the w’ant of a retentive sub *
stratum, manures are apt to sink, and their good ef
fects to be lost; or on lands liable to be washed, a«
side hills where the finer particles of the soil are in
danger of being carried ofl' by every rain, or the
melting of the snow, fall ploughing may not be ad-
iTiiasible, but on most others we arc confident its
adoption will be attended with Lcneficial cffccts.”
cw l^tore.
CHARLES E. MOSS & CO.
ARE NOW RECr.IVING AND OPENING A
Sjiir.ndcd Assortment of ^
T.j ’- -V :>iorn ^'irnierly occnpicd by Samuel A.
Harri:=. Their ( iuods w.'re purchast^l in New-York
and Philad'lphi'. for CASH ENTIRELY, by otie
of the iirm. They Hatter themselves tliat their
will he found choapcr than any ever oflered
for r:ale in thi.-' place. As they iniend to do an ex-
.•hi.'ivc CAh^lI BUSINESS, they hope that none
will oxpect to purchase on tic.
Charlotte, Novt-niber 2. 1841.
53...F
(TO
PnOPOSAI.S will he received by the Board of
AVardons ot fht* Poor tor Mecklenburg Countv,
tlie 20th of J>oceuil't r next, for a STEWARD
to take charge of the Poor House for the term of
■ ac yoar from the 1st of Januarj^, 1842. Persons
sir'ous of the situation, wiil address their bids to
UP subscriber through the Charlotte Post-Office, en-
iioi x d, Proposals for Steward of the Poor House.”
' )n tho 20tii December the Board will meet and
liiLikt: tlie election.
BENJ. MORROW, Chairman.
Charlotte, Nov. 16, IS 11. 36...5
Cliarlotte Journal \\ ill copy.
CO VCe MAKING.
Tlti^ :^ub.-cri‘/Or---l;. * .ng entered in
to r’(.|>:irini'rship, wiil CO rry on the above
hvic^iiH rs in all its various branches, at
tiic old -and formerly owned by Mr.
Carter Crittenden, opposite the Jail.
All work Vv ARRAN TED ;~and Re
pairing done at the shortest notice, for moderate
'•liarcros.
CHARLES OVERMAN,
JOSHUA TROTTER.
Charlotte, June 15, 1311. 12m
Last Notice.
THE subscriber hereby notifies all persons in
debted to tlie late firm of Ale.rat2d.er Broth
ers^ that the business of that concern must be closed
forthwith. All who do not comply with this notice
between this time and the 1st of January next, by a
eettlement of their notes or accounts, may rest assu
red of having to settle them with an otlicer. This
is positively the last notice w^e shall give on this sub
ject. . ADAM ALEXANDER,
One of the Surviving Partners of the
firm of Alexander &- Brothers.
November 2, 1841. 34...F
Charlotte Journal insert until the 1st of January
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF
Taliiable Property !
AS Administrator on the estate of the late Wil
liam Cook, deceased, the subscriber v. ill expose
at public auction, at the late residence of said de
ceased, on Friday, the 10th da:; J^^cember ne.rt,
the following properly, to wit:
Five or six valiial>lc
{Among them a venj likeli/ young Biachsnuih ;)
A SET OF
^cclc>;
Horses. Cattle,
AND
Hogs;
A quantity of Seed CoUon; Corn, Hay.
and Fodder,
With numerous olher articles not here named.
ALSO,
Will be olfered for sale at the above time and place,
A valuable Plantation,
CONTAINING
ITO Acres of Land,
Or thereabouts. Said Plcntation lies immediately
on tlie Camden road, eight miles below' Charlotte,
ai'id aajoins ihc lands of Col. Augustus Alexander,
Cbarb f^G A’cxa.iiierj Esq., rind olliers. There are
HUILDlNoS on it, aiKi a f'^xcelient wa
ter. Persons desirous of ])urchasaig lii.- l’!antation,
are invited to go on it and examine for themselves.
Terms of the tale—Six months credit, purchasers
giving bond with approved security.
BENJ. MORROW, Admr.
Mecklenburg county, Nov. 10, 1811. 4w
State of North Carolina,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
Superior Court of Law, August Term, 18H.
MARTHA FLENNIKEN )
l ^S. > Petition for Divorce.
SAMUEL FLENNIKEN. )
IN this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court, that the Delendant, SAMUEL FLEN
NIKEN, is noi an inhabit int of this State;—It is
therefore or kred, that pubhcation be n^le for three
months in the Charlotte Journal and the iVIficklen-
burg Jeffersonian, notifying the said defendant to be
and appear at the next Superior Court of Law to
be held for th.e County of Mecklenburg, at the
Courthouse in Charlotte, on tlie Fourth Monday in
February next, then and tliere to plead, answer, or
demur to said Petition, or judgement pro confesso
will be entered up against him, and the petition
heard exparte.
Witness, Jenmngs B. Kerr, Clerk of our said
Court, at OlUce, the Fourth Monday in Augu.st, A.
D., IS 11, and in the OCrh year of the Independence
of said Stale. J. B. KERR, C. S. C.
Price adv. SIO. 37...3;n
TO THE
Fashionable Public.
A G R I C U L T U RK
Admiuistrators’ Notice.
rfi HE Subscribers, having qualified at October
X Term, 1841, of Mecklcnburg County Court as
Administrators on the estate of miliam Alexamier,
deceased, request all persons having claims against
said estate to present them for payment vyithin the
lime prescribed by law, legcjHy authenticated, or
this notice will be plead as a ba.r to their recovery.
And all those indebted to the same must make ear
ly setileinents, as long indulgence ivill not be given.
ADAM ALEXANDER, ^ Admrs
CHAS. T. ALEXANDER, S
November 2, 1841. 34...P
To Whom it may Concern.
TAKEN UP, by tlie subscriber,
a Bay Home, which followed his
w'agon from near Camden, South
Carolina, about ten days ago. Said
hors"e"was four years old last Spring, is about fif
teen hands high, his letl fore-leg white up to the
knee, round bodied and snugly built. He has late
ly been foundered, and ia yet lame Jmd bears the
fresh mark of bleeding in the neck. The owner is
requested to prove his pro^er^y ^^,‘J-/^llAND
Charlotte. Nov. 16. 1841* l;6...i
N. B. All persons indebted to the above estate
are once more, and for the last time, called upon to
come tbrward and make paymenta. Il this call is
not complied .with in a short time, debtors will have
to settle with an officer “to a dead certainty.'’—
Those holding claims on the estate are also oncc
more requested to present them for payment, with
in the time prescribed by law, legally authenticated,
or their payment will be barred.
BENJ. MORROW, Admr.
36...4w
Nov. 10, 1841.
eouncv,
TYPE K O U N 1> E It ,
Cartier of Ann and Nassau Sts., New-\ork,
RESPFjCTFULLY informs hfs old patrons,
and the public generally, that he continues to
manufacture and supply every article used in the prin
ting business, as well as to (stereotype all jobs that
may offer. He embraces this opportunity to return
thanks t» those whose patronage he has extensive
ly enjoyed for so many years, and to say that he is
to be found at the old established stand, corner of
Ann and Nassau streets, fully prepared to execute
•any order that he maybe honoured with; and that the
Type manufactured by him, is from ^selection of fa
ces taken from his old specimens, together with a
number of additions of a superior cut; that he is
enabled to supply sorts as w’ell as founts, of the
most beautiful of his old faces, and of a greatly im
proved quality of metal. He is also engaged in get-
tiny up, by a newly discovered process, an ex
tensive series of new and highly ornamental arti
cles. Arrangements are made with the manufac
turers of Pre^sses and other Printing materials, that
w’ill enable him to execute orders as expeditiously
as any other Founder in the Union, and on as favo
rable'terms. . r •
A new specimen is now in the course of printing.
THE Subscribers resper-:-
fully tender their thank:- to tl e
citizens of Charlotte, an.i thfj
public generally, for th*:, libe
ral patronage the.y nave recei
ved sincQ Iney commenced the
Tailorbm Business
in this place. From past ex
perience, they now have no
hesitation in saying that they
are prepared to give general
Rati.sfaction to all who may tavor them with their
patronage. All w'ork done in their establishmenl
will he WARRANTED, SO far as making and cutting is
concerned. They have just received their
FALL & WINTER FASHIONS
2iS-£.a-Si 2
and will continue to receiv^e regular reports of En
glish and French Fashions.
Their Shop will be found in the south-east wing
of Mr. Leroy Springs’ brick building.
BETHUNE & JOHNSON.
Charlotte, April 20, 1840. 7....y
"Tnglish
SIU0 ©msmcal Sttjool.
p. s. NEY
WILL open a School in the immediate vicinity
of the Catawba Springs, Lincoln County, on
Monday the 20th instant. The Studies w ill embrace
all the branches requisite to qualify students for en
tering College.
TERMS OF TUITION:
English Elements and Arithmetic for ten mos. $10
Entire English Department, 15
Classical and Mathematical do., 22
Stenography, to any Student dtsiring it, gratis. But
no admission for less than half a Session (two and
a half months) except on special agreement.
The reputation of Mr. Nfy as an instructor of
youth, is so w'ell known in Western North Carolina,
as to require no commendation. As to his capacity
and unw'earied attention to the advancement of his
pupils, reference may be made to most of the lead-
ng men of the adjoining counties.
Students can obtain boarding at the Catawba
Springs, (Thos. Hampton’s) on reasonable terms—
the distance from the Springs to the School being
only one mile.
Cataw'ba Springs, Sept. 16, 1841.
From the Southern Planter.
FALL PLOUGHING.
The following articic, from the Genessce Far
mer, on the subject of fall ploughing, seems to lis
judicious and well timed. It coincidea. too, with
our previously lormed opiuions on the subject, which,
we believe, are those also of a majority of farmers.
And yet, we understand that some of our mostprac
tical men, and best informed farmers, are opposed to
the sy.steni. Mr. Wm. Wickham, we understand,
condemns it, and Mr. E. Winston expressed to. us
his determination to abandon it. We should be
much pleased to learn the objections of eithei* of
tnese gentlemen to a system that is so generally ap
proved. It may be, that their land is of the porus
character nlluvled to in the last paragraph; at any
raif', we should be glad to be informed upon tlie
suojpct.
Tlie following are the reasons giy’-pn in favor of
fall plougliing:
“The ‘Practical Fc.rrfter’ says, the more scienti
fic opinion in t3.vor of Jail ploughing, because^to the
action ffl [iir otul moisture, it adds that of frost,
v:’,iose sceptic or dividTng quality is second cffily to
that of the plough itself. In clay soils the prepara
tion should never be omitted; because on tliose tile
action of the frost is greater, and because one
ploughing of this kind, may save two in the ,9pi'ing^
when time is every thing.
‘•The Monthly Genessee Farmer, vol. 1, page
180, in an article on this subject, says:
“ 1st. It is one of the established principles of
philosophical agriculture, that the soil deriv'es much
of its productive property from the air, and that
chemical changes and combinations are constantly
going on, by which fertility is much increased.—
From the Loadon Farmer’s Magazine
ON DESTROYING RATS.
Sir: The following is a reply to your coiTe.spou-
dent's inquiry as to the best mode of destroying
rats. Should he find either of these mcthodis suc
ceed, he w’iil oblige by a reply through your paper
1st—Corks, cut as thin as sixpences, roasted or
slewed in grease, and placed in their tracks. Or—
Dried sponge in small piece.s, fried or dipped in ho
ney, with a little oil of rhodium.
Or—Bird-lime, laid in their haunts, will stick to thei:
fur, and cai^e Their departure.
If a live rat be caught and well rubbed or brusiiC-d
over with tar and train oil, and after«vards put to
escape in the holes of others, they will disap
pear.
Poiscfhing is a ver}’ dangerous and objection able
mode. If any-ot your cheniical readers could bug
gest anr very ppgnant smell, procurable from sbb
stances resembling garlic or asafoctiia, this migh^
be of great use, as this animal has an extraordina
ry fineness or susceptibility of scent: witness i*.s ex
treme predilection for oil of rhodium, «lc. I consi
der yQ'ur correspondent’s query a very important
oI\C, and it is surprising ihat the attention oi’ tiir
mers and others concerned in the removal of these
vermin, has in this age of di-srovory bcf'n so littio
drawif to the subject ; more particularly so, as Ihe
newspapers present i.o many rccent instances of at
tacks made by these creatures on infant.; &c.
I really think the matter more deserving ofmore no
tice than has hitherto been given to it; and, apologiz
ing for the intrusion. I remain yours, very truly,
A CoNSTA.NT SLB.SCRlKF.n
Bristol. March 10.
Notes of Hand and Land Deeds; also
Clerks* and Sheriffs’ Blanks,
for Sale at this Office.
WILLIAM HUNTER w^ould inform his custo
mers and the public generally, that he still
continues the BOOK-BINDING BUSINESS at his
old stand, a few doors south-east of the Branch Mint
He will be happy to receive orders in his line, anci
pledges himself to spare no pains to give complete
satisfaction.
Orders left at his Shop, or at the Office of the
“ Mecklenburg Jeffersonian,’‘ will receive immediate
attention. [Charlotte, March 5, 1841.
JOB PRINTING.
WE are prepared at this Office with a handsome
supply of^Fancy Type, to execute all kinds o
^oUc^vintins
in a very superior style, and at short notice Oderrs
will be thankfully received,
Jeffersonian Office. Charlotte, March 9, 1841.
These alternative efiect.s of the atmosphere, and
these changes of the qunl-tics of the soil, are the
more activc ana efllcierit as new surfaces are expo
sed to new action. For itistance, much greater
quantities of carbonic gas will be absorbed by a
given surface of earth, if the earth is frequently
stirred, than if it was allowed to remain with a sin
gle saturated surface. Ploughing, by exposing new
surfaces to the action of the atmosphere, must be
])roductiv’e of essential benefit; and as fall plough
ing generally takes place af\er crops which have
partially exhausted the surface of some of its nutri-
trive and absorbent qualities, its service in aid of
spring crops is greatly enhanced.
“ 2d. There is always on hand more or less grass,
weeds, stubble, or other vegetable matters converti
ble into mould by fermentation and decomposition,
a process which is greatly aided by being turned
under the surface of the earth. Fall ploughing
renders such substances much more available in ad
vancing the growth of crops, than they would be if
left uncovered during the winter, independent of
the great loss necessarily sustained by the washing
away of the lighter materials and their dispersion
by the w’nds.
“3d. Nothing acts more efficiently on moist soils
in promoting vegetation, than high pulverization;
and fall ploughing aids this operation most essen
tially. Lands that if ploughed in the spring only,
wull if ploughed in the fall, be found loosened in tex
ture and fitted for early operations in the spring of
the year. Frost is the most efficient disintegrator
of the soil with which the agriculturist is acquain
ted, and he should avail himself of its valuable la
bors in all practicable cases.
“4th. The earlier the ground can be prepared for
the suitable reception of spring crops, such as corn,
spring wheat and barley, the better it will be found
for the cultivator; and in nine cases out of the ten,
early sown crops are the heaviest and niost produc-
tiv’^e.
“ 5th. Ploughing land acts more effectually in de
stroying insects than in any other mode of treat
ment, and fall ploughing for this purpose is prefera
ble to any other. Those insects which produce the
most mischief to the farmer, such as the fly, cut
worm, grub, &c., cannot resist the frost of our w’in-
ters, if prematurely exposed to its action by a fall
ploughing. The cut worm w^hich accumulates in
Buch numbers in old meadows and pastures, is thus
destroyed, and crops planted on them saved.
Troin the Southern Aericuilunst.
THE COW.
Of all domestic creatures w’e esteem the cow the
most valuable. The horse will carry our burdens,
and pull the cart and plough; the hog w-ill give
us flesh for food, if well fed; but the cow’ will fur
nish us milk, butter, cheese and meat, carry burdensj
pull the plough, and almost clothe us. It is not the
least surprising, that the peasantry in many parts of
Europe esteem the cow so iughly. They take her
into their friendly eottagee, and gi\ e her a warm
bed in one corner, while she is feeding the family
We have often wondered how it could be possible
for the poorer classes of that country to live without
the faithful cow. Indeed, w*e have ot’icn asked our
selves if the produce of the cow' is not the most im^
portant part of our living. So far as we are con
cerned, W’e would greatly prefer all the quadruped
tribes being annihilated, before we would give up
the cow—the best friend of the biute race to man.
There is nothing strange in the fact, that the Eng
lish have done so much to improve their breeds of cat
tle, and that the good animals bring :^o high a price,
w’hen W’e reflect upon their use to families, and to
every individual. We have greater desires to see
the COW’ still improved in this country, than any oth
er stock, as swinish as we have seemed to be. In
improv’ement of cattle, however, the people of the^
United States have done but little. W^'e have im
ported gome noble creatures, and some fair ones
have been produced here, but w’e ask where the
people are, in this country, that have studied proper
ly the science of breeding and rearing fine cattle ?
We believe there has been but little system, and less
science, known as yet with our most successful stock
growers.
If we rightly appreciate the cow, w’e wiil under*
stand the secret ot breeding cattle of one shape for
milk; another for beef; and still a third for oxen.—
We will learn the milk cow’ must have light tore
quarters and brisket, thin neck, delicate head, soft,
silky coat, wide hips, and tliin thighs; wdiile the best
animal for beef, has a short tliick head and neck, hea
vy quarters, round barrel and short legs; but the ox.
is longer in the limb, body, and indeed in all his pru
portions. When breeding domestic animals is redu
ced to a science, the different breeds for the milker,
beef and ox, will be discussed with the greatest gra
vity, and the particular structure of each will be con
sidered indispensable. Not only so, but the proper
management of cattle in each stage of the growth
will be looked upon as a matter ofmore importance
than the attention now given to the racer in each
year of its growth. When w^e esteem the cov(^
as W’e should, we will have her winter quarters, in
point of comfort, next to the family dwelling, and
we will learn that even currying is at least as ser
viceable to the cow as the horse. Tlie proof that
we do not put a proper estimate upon the cow re
quires no other art^imeut than the fact, that not one