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( : i Fr;;n Uie St. Lou.s (Missouri) Pennant. THE ROAD TO RUL\. The following ropovt of a case rectnlly tried be fore I lie Criminal Court of St. Louis, is full ol in terest. To young men parUcularly the rolalion ad dresses itself with peculiar force and directness, and it is for their benefit that we repeat throug-h our coluiims the voice of warning which it contains: ST. LOnS CRIMINAL COURT. THE STATE ^ IXIUCTMKST r,S. > for pasbini;- C.'.untcrf'dt mo- ACGUSrUS V. JONES : > ^ 7iey. The def*'n;bnt in this case was, probablv, twenty- f'ight years of age. but w'ore the appearance of at ](\ast thirty-five, lie had evidently onco been a fine looking man; in stature something over six feet, and his strongly marked features an'.l prominent forehead gave evidence of more than ordiuaty intel lect. But you could clearly discover that he had become a pi*"y to i!ie njonster intemperance—the mark of tlie bea:?t was stamped upon his counte nance, whic'ii gave it a vivid and unnatural glaro. He was pta.'ed in the box with others who were to be arraignt-,i upon tiie indictments preferred against them. Ali t!io otliers had })lead not guilty, (us is usual) an 1 day was i-tt for their trial. The de fendant v.as ('.•rl to siatid up. and the clerk road to him the indicinu;iit, which charged him wiih hav ing, on t!ie lOth ilav of August, passed on one I’at- riciv (Dneal. a counterfeit bill, purporting to be isciu- ed by the oi Municipality of the city of New' Or leans, for three dollars; and upon being a:^ked the question, "uilty or not guilty i he replied, guilty —guihy !’' 'Then turning to the court he remarked that, as this was tiie last timo i'.e ever expcctt'd to appear in court, he w >u!d be glad if he could be al lowed to make a few remarks, 'i’he judge told him to proceed. After a pause, in which he v/as evidently endeavoring to calm his feelings ho p>ro- ceeded as follows: M ly it please tiie Court—In the remarks 1 sliall make, I will not attempt to ext^ nuate my Ciime, lU’ ask at your hands any sympathy in pasi;;ig Sf ntence upon me. I know that I have violated the laws of my country anJ justly d; serve punishment: n^r wr^ld I ncall th(! past, or dwell upon the bitter ^'sent. for my oun sak*'. A wish to do good to Cithers is my only motive. I shall, with t!ie inlul vnce of the court, give a brii f narrative of my lire, with a licp * that those }• Jung nu n around me may take w’arning by it, and avoid tlie rock upon whicii 1 have spiit. 1 wus born of respectable }>arents in the State of ?\ew Jer sey, and during chil lh(‘od received every attention ■whicli fond pari.'nts C'>ul.l bestow upon an only son. It was early discovered tijat I had a f^nJness tor books, and my father, although in limited circum stances, determined to give me a liberal edjjcati.iii. I was sent to a higli school in tlie n-:ighboihoud. and such was my progress, tiiat at twelve ye.ws of age, my pirceptor declar-.d iVie: qnalided for col lege. and I accordingly eiitt r.;-.! one of the (ddt universities of the couniry. Mere \ so di:lii; :uish- ed myself, that, at sixteen. I gra !:;ati d with the se cond lionors of the instituti.ai. and re turned home flushevl with the brilliant prospect of succcss that lay before me. 1 soon after coinmt need the study of law, imd when only in my twentieth year. I ob tained license to practice. Acting upon the a-lvicc of friends. I determined to try my fortune hj the west. I accordingly ar ranged my atiairs for dej.arture earl\ in the fail of 1833. I will not detain you with asi aceoui^t nf my separation from those I hel 1 most dear—sullice to say, that I received the blessings of my parents. anJ in return, promised faithfully and //to avoi I all bad company, as well as their viccs. Had I Icept my promise I sliould have been saved this .>harne, an ! bec'n tVee from the loaJ of guilt tiiat hangs aroujid lU'. cuntinually. like a liendish vul ture, threatening to drag me to ju>tice, lor crirac-.'; as yet unrevealed. I3;it to ictuin, 1 left, niv early home, where all had been s.Uiiliin." and wii( re the pathway had been strewed with flowers, to try nrv strength in buffeting the st0rn)s an J t(-mpest of the \vorli. With a light heart I iaoked forward to the future; and taking t(ic usual route I soon reached Wheeling, where I took passage on a boat for Louisville. On the boat, a game of cauls was pro posed for amusement, and alihoujjh 1 had proniis* d faithfully to avoid such things, still 1 argaed to my self there was no harm in playing a game for amus* - ment. Accordingly. 1 j ^;ie 1 tho pnr^y ne l the a>nuse;a, at mo!'* •'^f me \*.'iy Afte v. e l:Mt Cincmnati, it w'. ,r'‘‘j>osed to bet a bit a ' :r'. • merely, as it wa.-’ I lo n' Ve • i* • tirst impression was l._a.ve the tal le, but f was told ihi'd it w\.s ^ 'ily a bit—that 1 couid rut lose n'.ore’lian two dollars. This argament j,re- JLj for 1 lacked moral courage to do what was ,ght. I feared my companions would .say 1 was stingy of a little money. Influenced by these fee lings, I played ; and, as the farr^ would have it, 1 A\on. Before we reached Louisville, v.'e had twice doubled the stake, and I found my luck enabled me to pay my passage out of my winnings. It was the first time I ever had bet money, and my success ruined me. Again 1 played, and was again suc cessful ; and, in short, 1 continued to play for amuse ment, until I had ac(juired a thirst lor gaming, i settled in a thriving viliiage in'I’etmessee, and com menced the practice of my profe.ssion under flatter ing auspices, and my fi-'st appearance in a criminal court was highly complimented, and I soon became known throughout the circuit.—Things wenton thus ibr more than a year, and I believed myselffaiily on the road to fame and fortune. 1 occasionally played cards, but I consoled myself w'ith the idea that 1 only played with gentlemen for amusement Ono night I accompanied some young men (o a gaming-shop, and, lor the first tiUie in my life, I saw' a Faro Bank, My companions commenced betting, and I u'as induced to join them, although I did not understand tlie game. Again I played with success; and when we left the house, was more than two hundred dollars v/iimer.—None of my companions had been fortunate, and it was insisted tliat 1 was a lucky man, and that 1 must treat. We accoidingly rep:>iied to my room, \vhere I ordered wine, and befoie we broke up we were all deenlv intoxicated, \yith r.ae it was\he first time, andThe next day 1 resolved tliat 1 would never play cards again. I adhered to the determination for'nearly three months, u hcn I again yielded to the entre'uiri of my dissipated associates. I now played v/ith varied success, and in all ca ses found an excuse for resorting to the wnne bottle. If I lost, I drank to drown sorrow; if I wen. I treated my good fortune. Tiius I progressed upon my downward course until drinking and gamblino- became ray chief employments. All my friend's who were worth preserving abandoned me, until iny only associates vvere drunkards and gamblers When aimoft reduced to want, (for I Iiad left off bu siness,) I received a letter informing me of the death of my father—he who watched over my early years who loved me so tenderly. And did I act as an af fectionate cijiid ? No ; Vice had destroyed the hu- marie feelings of my heart, and left only the animal I vtas^ievj.s nnl Li»(.eturs. As the letter contained a c;; ■ iOr a part .3f my poor tutiii r’s hard ea nings. I drowrdfd iny grit t that aight ui a Ba- ciian:'.!j:,n nn«J, and in a few days I was again p>^n- r;:les£. i wii! not dw’('ll upon the every day sc ncs of my lile, w hich were such as may at ali tunes be witnessed at any of the two hund.'-d diam-shops of your city, w'here wretched men sqsiaruler the little pittance that justly belongs to their sufilring wives and children. But, to pass on. For nearly three years I have been a drunken, wand.'ring out cast. Six months ago I received a letter from my d;ar mother, en closing Si00, and informing me that she was fast sinking with disease, and entreating with all a mo ther’s feeling, to come home and see her btfore she Jicd. For a time I felt the appeal, and resolved to comply with her request; and accordingly took j)assage on a steamboat for that purpuso. For two days I refrained from liquor, but my thirst became insupportable.—at length my appetite ovei power ed my better feedings, and I approached the bar and demanded the liquid fire. 1 was soon intoxicated, when I madly sought the gaming table; and be fore the boat reached Louisville, I was stiipped of every cent. Thus, all hopes of seeing my dy ing mother cut ofl’ I remained in Louisville several weeks : in which time 1 learnt d that my mother had died, and that her last breath was spent in prayer for her wretched child. From Louisville I shipped on board the steamer Brazil, as a deck haiivl, and came to this place, where I was discharged for drunkeiuK'SS. Let eve ry young man reflect upon this picture. 1, who had moved in the first ciicles of society—had been the guest of distinguish*d i»ublic men, and a favor ite among the literati of our country—was now turned off as unfit for a deck hand on a steamboat! yet intemperance had done this much. 1 loitered about this city for several weeks, and was sometimes engaged in posting up the books of some dram-shop, for which I was paid in the liquid fire, kept for the accommodation of customers. Une ev; ning I ft 11 in company with a man who has late ly been lodged in jail for passing counterfeit mo ney. We played cards, and I won from him the three dollar bill in question. 'J’he next day 1 learn- e.l it was a counterft it, and did not offer to pass it for some days But at fast I got out of all em ployment. I had no otlu r money—I could meet no one who would ask me to drink. My appetite was like a raging fire within me. I could not en dure it. I sought a dram-shop—-otlered the bill— it v»-as accepted ; and when foimd. a feu* hours af ter. by*th(> ofiicers of justice. I wat beai.tly drunk. ‘ The eviden-'O of guilt v^as conclu.'^ive; and b-'- fore my brain was clear of the intoxicating fumes, I was loilgt d in jail to await my trial. [ am now lorn'; I have nrt detained the Court uith any hope or wibh that clemency would be extended to my case. But with a hope that my example may be a warning to other young men—that those who hear me mny, when aske-d to play a .? >(.-^7/ of ca^h or drink a :oriat think of my fate and re frain They may leel themselves securc—they may believe tiiey can stop when they please; but ht tliem remember 1 argued so ujitil I was lost! Here tlie delcn«lant sunk down and appeared to be very much atrected; and for a feu' moments si lence reigned tr.roughout the Courthouse. Wlien the Judge, who is as mucli tli.'^tuiguished for the qualities of his lieart as h^ is for leiral hnirning. pro ceeded in a britf but appropriate manner, lo pass sentence upon tiie deleiv.Iaiit. pirumg his punishment in the Penitentiary dou'ii to the .'=!iortuSt time allov/- ed by law. A YAaKER L\ i’l ,s.SL\. I h-. fiiiov. ing is tiie s'i!;si;'n;' ' of a st."ry as t«d.l bv -'Ir IV'.I.i,.v.s. at a J'libliC I >!n:iej\ given him u* Philad* Ijiliia. on 'li.-: 'nni i'-v.n P i.-.iia, m l : Dili da\ a lid. Mtiv ;:bt:’.l :)h:> t. : })^ pi > s: n- t a iiims( ll before oui *\:',l-:;'.^ail-ii’a? St I'it-'i >}!!jrg. t 11-• was a pure s;.ecimen of i!;e genius I'anktt ; .‘..iili sleeves too s!iort for iii-j b.iny arms, tiousers half way up his knees, rnd hands playin:^ with coppers and tenprnny nails in his pocket' lie in troduced himself, by siying, I h.= vo just come out hert;lo trade with a few \ .i!ikee notions, and I want to get sigfii of the Emjieror.’’ “ Why do you v.-iih to see hiiaT^ rvc’brotiglit him a pre sent all tlie way llom Amenky. 1 respect him considerable, and I want to gf t at Um, to j^ive it to him with my o'vn h.^nds.' Mr, Dallas smiled, as he answerd, •• It is such common thing, my lad. to make crowned h'Vids a rvS'nt fxpee'-’’''^ som-tl T';: }.• ?. !so)r'- in . I'lni. *_ ! ■ ! aira ' -he np iv-r wii con." .-er ir.3 oni'. a ^ a;; ee ti ;c»v. •v-,1 '\y ‘•An aco.n! waat 101 h r ‘he s i.i in luced you to bring the Km,.eror an acorn'."' *\v j'^-^ betore 1 sa:l(d, mother and I went on to W'ashington tose.^ abou^, a pension, and v.dun ue was there, we thought we’d just step over to *vIoui;t \ ernon.—I picked up this acorn th'-re; and I thought to myself, i’d bring it to the Emperor, ihink?, sa\£ I, he must have heard a considerable Cie.il about our n. A\ a^^hmgton, and i except he must admire our institutions. So now you see I’ve brought it, and I v/ant to get at him.” “ My lad, it's not an easy matter for a total stran ger to approach the Emperor; and I am afraid he will take no notice of your present. You had bet ter keep ii,’‘ -1 tell you that I want to have a talk with him. I expect I can tell him a thing or two about Ame- riky. I guess he’d like mighty well to hear about our rail-roads and our free sch.iol.?, and what a big swell our steamers cut. And when he hears hovv well our people are getting on. maybe it will put them up to doing something. The long and slioit on t IS, 1 sha’nt be easy till I g-t a talk with the Emperor; and I should lik*.* to s*e his wife and children. 1 want to see how such folks brino- up a family.” * AV eJ, sii, since you are so determined upon it. I will do what I can for you; but you must expect to be d;sappointt‘d. Though it will be rather an unusual proce-'.ling, I would advise you to call on the ^ ice-Chanselior and stixte your wishes; he may possibly a.sist you.” “ ell, that’s all I want of you. I will call again, and let you know how' 1 get on.” three days, he again appeared and said “ \VclI, I ve seen the Emperor and had a talk with him. tie’s a real gentleman. I can tell you. When I gave him the acorn, he said he should set a great store by it; that no character in ancient or mc^ern history he admired so much as he did our Wash ington; he said he’d plant it in his Palace Garden with his own hand, and he did it—for I see him with my own eyes. He wanted to ask me so much about our Schools and rail-roads, and one thing or other, mat he invited me to come again to see his wile; for he .=aid she could speak better English an le could. So I went again yesterday; and 'voman, I tell you; and his oaUj^hters are nice gals.” \V hat did the Empress say to you ?” a sight of questions. Don’t you think, she thought we had no servants 111 Ame- riky! 1 told her poor folks did their own work; but rich lolks had plenty o' servants, But then you don't call ’em servants,” said she; " you call ’em I guess, ma’am, you’ve been reading Mrs Trollope? said I—we had that book aboard our ship. The Emperor clapped his hands, and laughed as if he’d kill himself—-‘you’re right, sir,” said he, “ you’re right.” “ We sent for an English copy, and she’s been reading it this very morning.” Tiu n 1 told him all I knew about the country, and he was mightily pleased. He wanted to know how long I expected to stay in these parts. I told him I had sold all the notions I brought over, and I gu ssed I should go back in the same ship. I bid ’em good bye all round, and went about my busi ness. Ain’t I had a glorious time? I expect you didn’t calculate to see me rim such a rig?” “ No, hideed I did not, my lad. You may well consider yourself lucky; for it’s a very uncommon thing for ciowned heads to treat a stranger with so much distinction.” A few days after, he called again, and said I guess 1 shall stay a spell longer, I’m treated so well. ’Tother day a grand Officer came to my room, and told me the Emperor had sent him to show me all the curiosities; and 1 dressed myself, and he took me W’ith him in a mighty fine carriage, wdth four hor ses ; and I have been to the Theatre and to the Mu seum; and I expect I’ve seen about all there is to be seen in St. Petersburg. What do you think of that. Mr. Dallas? It seemed so incredible that a poor, ungainly lad, should be thus loaded with attentions that the Em bassador scarcely knew w’hat to think or say. In a short time, his strange visitor re-appeared. Well,” said he, “ 1 had made up my mind to go home; so 1 went to thank the Emperor, and bid him good-bye. 1 thought I couldn’t do less, he’d been so civil. Says he, “ is there any thing else you’d like to see, before you go back to Ameriky !” I told him I should like to get a peep at Moscow; for I’d heard considerable talk about their setting fire to the Kremlin, and I’d read a deal about Gen. Bonaparte; but it would costa sight o’ money to go there, and I wanted to carry my earnings to mother. So I bid him good-bye, and came off Now, wdiat do you guess he did, next morning? I vow he sent the same man in regimentals, to carry me to Moscow, in one of his own carriages, and bring me back again, when Tve seen all I v/ant to see I And w’e are go- ingtoinorrow morning, Mr. Dallas. What do you think now.” And sure enough, tlie next morning, the Yankee boy passed the Ambassador’s house, in a splendid coach and four, waiving his red handkercheif. and shoutin>- ‘‘Good-bye! good-bye.” Mr. Dallas afterwards learned from the Empe ror that all the particulars related by this adventu rous vouth were strictly true.—He affain heard from him at ?.Ioscow. visited by the public officers, and treated with as much attention as is usually be stowed on Ambassadors. The last tidings of him reported that he w*as tra- V* llin>i in Circassia, and writing a Journal, which he intended to publish. LIFE 0\ TIIE WESTERN WATERS. E.xtr.ic’ fromaL'tter, dated the 9th uh., on bo:ird the Steam boat Oe'can, navigating the Misi^ouri River : ‘‘ Never was there a greater variety—of “ blue Sf>'rit.^ and gray,” of old and young, sinners and saints, a more hetcronreneous mass—conrrefrated on one boat tnan may be seen on this. We have go vernors. congressmen, editors, preachers, lawyers, doctors. tarTners. loafers, and pedagogues, rowdies, blackle gs, il.jevcs, burglars, counterfeiters, colonels, majors, captains, sheriffs, constables, soldiers, whigs, democrats, and locofbcos. We have good looking ('Id Indies, and awfuijy Ugly old maids—beautiful mai>lens and inle liigent matrons—about fifty squall in'^ children—o.ip groaning with the toothache, an other shaking with ihc airue, another raving with C •’it, and two or three in the last stage of consump tion. At the presen; moment there is a scene dis- pi.’.v.d. which, to describe faithfully, would ‘- require the prn of a Swift,” &c. At one end of the cabin sits Gov. Miller, (now' congressman) with two Whigs and four Locofocos; they are discussing the Bankrupt La'.v the Distribution Bill, and the Mc Leod case—the different speeches, very much like some of those made in Congress at the late session, and there is about as much order preserved. In the “ social hall ” sit five young men, with each a cigar in his mouth, and a glass of liquor at his side, niaving poker : “ I’ll bet a dollar; “ I’ll see that and ive better;” “take it; d—m the luck;” “loan me in-'ther five, Tom.” A little further along sit eight , 00 p. iiitentiary convicts, manacled, playing “ old ;ge” -in ai be'nng ^vith kernels of corn, ca:h accusi’^g the ("he! with ''lieating. “ You are m I'.tleman;” “ you be d—d; did nt you pick a man’s ket;” “look at your irons,” Around the stove cit two invalids, one cursing and groaning with the toothache, and the other shaking with the ague.— Scattered about in different berths are some dozen or more children, with voices like nightingales, pitched to every key in the scale, screaming most merrily, occasionally varying in tone, just according as the “ slaps ” of their dear confiding mothers are administered. Down on the deck aft, a violin and flute are near crazy, and almost fifty Dutchmen v.-ith their fat bouncing lasses, “kicking out” a diitch reel in n. most excruciating manner. “ For ward,” three or foiTr strappingiliggers are roaring cut one of the fireman’s choruses, as they pump wa ter into the boilers. Occasionally, by way of vari- ety, some one treads upon a dog’s tail, in order !o hear him “yell.” Whilst all this machinery is iii rnotion, and the rain pouring down in torrents, with ligntnmg vivid and constant, followed by almost dcalening peals of thunder, 1 am attempting to write you a few lines.” The following medicine will not be very bad to take nor w'ill there be niuch danger in the use of it, especially if the directions are followed. “ None genuine except those that”—grow in the ground! “ The Irish Vegetable Pills.—We see it stated and having no doubt of the truth of the statement^ hasten to lay it before our readers, that good Irish potatoes make the most valuable pills at present known. This medicine is admirable in its efiect working kindly with the system, and being entirely digestible. They should be prepared by roasting till they become “ mealy,” butter and salt then to be added m proper proportions, or they may be taken mash»?d, hot, w’ith plenty of juice of a roasted tur key or any other palatable gravy that will make them easy to swallow. Ihe patient must exercise his own judgment'as to the proper quantity to be taken: as a general rule, however, three times a day w'ill not be too often—exercise in the open air after each dose, wdll be found highly bencficial.” ^ Be content as long as your mouth is full and your body warm—remember the poor—kiss the pretty girls—and don’t rob your neighbor’s hen roost; never pick an Editor’s pocket, or entertain the idea that he is going to treat. A young lady asked of a gentleman the mean ing of the word surrogate. It is a gate through which parties have to pass on their way to get mar ried,” replied he. “ Then I imagine it is a cor ruption of the word soiuiow-gate,” said the lady. “ You are right, Miss, as woman is au abbreviation of H'o to Cost of Victory.—In the inaugural address of Dr. Mott to his course on Surgery, at the Univer sity of New York, it was related of Baron Larrey, the friend and surgeon of Napoleon and ol his sol diers, that after the victory of Austeilitz, he cut of one thousand four hundred limbs, and then the knife, fell from his exhausted hands ! W^ell considered, what an antidote is this to the love of glory!—duly weighed in the scale of humanity and religion, what a fearful responsibility for the promoters of unrighteous war I—New York Tribune. A Neil) Office.—An Irish loafer in Philadelphia is anxious to get the office of taster for some w’his- key inspector, at a “ moderate salary.” A Dead Loss.—“Wdl, Esther, you missed a great deal by not beiijg able to go and see the man hanged this morning.” “ Dear me; I thought so ! Hovv hateful of aunt Jane, to send for me to tend the nasty little sick baby! But how w^as it ? ”— “ Oh! wdien he was turned off, he kicked for five minutes at a stretch f ” “Oh dear I Now' what a shame it is I wus not there to see it! ” Affecting Appeal.—Holler, the celebrated engrav er, died, as he had for the principal part of his life lived, in the greatest pov'erty. Within a few days of his dissolution, bailiffs w'ere sent to seize the bed on which he lay, for a small debt which he w'as un able to discharge. “Spare me,-’ said the expiring artist, “spare me my bed for a little while, onl}' till 1 can find anotlier in the grave.” CONCORD COFFEE-HOUSE. The Subscriber respectfully announces to the citizens of Concord and the surrounding coun try, that he has oponed a GROCERY STORE in the town of Concord, where he w'ill keep constantly on hand a large and caretully selected supply of Such as—Wines and Liquor?, imported and domes tic ; Suijar; Colfee ; Bread ; Crackers ; Cheese ; Le mons ; French Prunes ; Cakes ; Raisins; Candies of all kinds, Toys; prime chewing and smoking Tobac co; Spani.=sh Cigars of the best quality; Garden Seeds of every lind ; Indigo; Copperas; Madder; Ginger ; Spice; Pepper, Almonds ; Cloves ; Cinna mon ; Engli.sh Walnuts; Maccaroni ; Vermaselli ; Sardines; Herrings; Essence of Cinnamon; do. Pep permint, and a variety of other articles too tedious to mention. The undersigned hopes, by strict attention to bu siness, and by keeping a complete stock, to merit and receive a liberal sliare of public patronaore. F. R. ROUECHE. May 25, 1811. 12...y Strayed, m/ f FROM the Subscriber, on Monday, the 25th ultimo, a large gray HORSt. He W’as last seen at the plantation of Mr. John Er win, near (Charlotte, on the Tuckasege road. Any jierson taking up said Horse and delivering him to Col. Alexander in Charlotte, shall be liberally re warded. JOHN F. HUNTER. Mecklenburg Co., Nov. 2, 1811. 3k..f ‘•With Scissors sharp and Razor keen, I'll dress your hair and shave you clean.” Ulioilivpuvtc^ ihe Barber, RESPECTFUIJjY inforins-his customers, f ^ that he has removed his establishment to tiie east end of Col Alexander’s Long Row’, a lew' doors east of the Courthouse, where lie will be pleased to see tliem at all times. He professes to be master of the ‘‘Tonsorial Art,” and will spare no et- fbrt to affordre enti satisfaction. Charges moderate, to suit the times. [Charlotte, March 9, 1811. Almanacks! 4 SUPPLY of Rli m’s FARMERS’ & PLAN- TERS’ ALMAA ACK for 1812, just received and for sale at tliis Otiice. This Almanack is cal culated tor the meridian of Salem, N. C., and con tains a large lund of valuable information. Novt^mber 2, 1811. 34 TO THE PUBLIC. JOHN O'FARRELL announces to his custom ers and the public generally, that he has dispo sed ot his entire stock of Groceries, Liquors, &c., to Mr. John B. Roueche of Lincolnton, and will close his business in Charlotte on Thursday of the ensu ing April County Court. Until then' however, he will continue iii business a.t Ins old stand, and be glad to acc(»mmodate his customers wall every article in tlie Groeery line, on ihe most reasonable terms. J. OT-'. gives this early notice of his intention to clo.se busines.-^, in order that all who owe him, either I'y note or book account, may have due time to coune forward and make si'ttlemont, which he earnestly re quests them to do l.ctween tliis and July Court, for his notes and accounts must positively then be closed. Charlotte, March 5, 1811. 1-tc THE CULTIVATOR, A consolidation of Euel’s Cultivator and the Genesee Farmer. VriLLIS GAYLORD & LUTHEll TL’CKER, Editors. Prospectus of Vol. S.for 1841. rjnilE CuLTiVATOu W’as established to improve A anti elevate the Agriculture of the countrv ; to give a proper tone to the morals and mind of the ftymer; to show' him the dignity and importance o his profession; to store his mind with useful know' ]e:?ire, and convince him that while all classes are ana m'jst be more or less dependant on each other, he alone o* the w’hole can make any near approach to independeOCtJ. If there is one thing more than another, w'hich in tlii.!:* country gives a man superi ority over his fellow' men, is knowledge ; and this knowledge,—knowledge'whnjh essential to the success of the larmer as to other niCU;—i! (he de sign of the Cultivator to aid in imparting. The volume for 1840, is filled entirely with Okigix.\i,,Communications, embracing articles from about 300 Correspondents, trom almost every State in the Union. If an increase of subscription beyond any prece dent in tlie history of Agricultural journals,—if the almost unanimous voice of the public press in our tavor,- if the multitude of priv’ate yet llattering tes timonials we have received, added to a circulation amounting the first year to Twenty-two thousand, may be admitted as evidence, then we hav'e certain ly most abundant reason to be gratified wdth the suc cess which has attended the Union of the Cultivator and the Genesee Farmer. No expense has been or will be spared to render the Cultivator worthy of the patronage it has received. In the number, va riety and excellence of its Illustrations, it is with out a rival at home or abroad, the last volume beinr embellished wdth nearly One Hundred Engravings, illustrating the improved breeds of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swme, Building, Implements, &c., making the Cultivator, all things considered, it is believed, the Cheapest Agricultural Paper ever published in this or any other country. TERMS—One Dollar per annum—Six copies for ^5—the money to be remitted in advance, free of postage. A commission of 20 per cent, will be al lowed to Agents w'ho will obtain 25 or more subscri bers, and 25 per cent, to those w'ho obtain 100 or more. All subscriptions to commence with a vo lume. ^ Postmasters and gentlemen disposed to lend their influence to aid the cause of Agriculture, are re spectfully requested to act as agents. Address wTESSE BUEL &. CO. PROSPECTUS OF t6e Congressional Globe and Appendix. THESE works have now been published by us f^j, ten consecutive sessions of Congres. Comm^.ncl-iff with the session of 1832-3. They have had sur^ wide circulation, and have been so ortlversally ap. proved and sought after by the publiCj that we deetn it necessary only in this prospectus to say that they will be continued at the next session bf Congress and to state, succinctly, their contend, the form it! which they will be printed, and the prices for them. The Congressional Globe is made up of the daily proceedings of the two Houses ot Congress. The speeches of the members are abridged, or condensed to bring them into a reasonable, or readable length* All the resolutions offered, or motions made, are given at length, in the mover’s own words ; and the yeas and nays on all the important questions. It printed with small type—brevier and nonpareil—on a double royal sheet, in quarto form, each number containing 16 royal quarto pages. It is printed as fast as the business done in Congress furnishes mat ter enough for a number—usually one number, but sometimes two numbers, a week. We have invari ably printed more numbers than there were weeks in a session. The approaching session of Congress, it is expected, will continue 7 months; if so, subscri- bers may expect between 30 and 40 numbers, which, together, will make between 500 and 600 royal quar to pages. The appendix is made up of the President’s an nual message, the reports of the principal officers of the Governmet that accompany it, and all the long speeches of members of Congress, written out or re vised by themselves. It is printed in the same form as the Congressional Globe, and usually makes about the same number of pages. Heretofore, on account of the set speeches being so numerous and so long, w'e have not completed the Appendix until one or two months after the close of the session; but, in future, w'e intend to print the speeches as fast as they sludl be prepared, and of course shall complete the work w’ithin a few days after the adiournment. Each of these works is complete in itself; but it is necessary for every subscriber who desires a full knowledge of the proceedings of Congress, to have both ; because, then, if there should be any ambi guity in the synopsis of the speech, or any denial of its correctness, as published in the Congressional Globe, the reader may turn to the Appendix to see the speech at length, corrected by the member hini- selt'. Now’, there no source but the Congressional Globe and Appendix, from which a person can ob tain a full history of the proceedings of Congress. Gales and Seaton’s Register of Debates, which contained a history, has been suspended for three or four years. It cost about five times as much for a session as the Congressional Globe and Appeiidi.?, and did not contain an equal amount of matter, a great portion of the current proceedings being omit- fe*!. VVc are enabled to print the Congressional Globe and Appendix at tire low rate now* proposed, by having a large quantity of type, and keeping the Congrssional matter that we set up for the daily and semi-weekly Globes, standing for the Congression al Globe and Appendix. If we had to setup the matter purposely for these works, w'e could notal- fbrd to }>rint them for double the price now' charged. Complete indexes to both the Congressional Globe and the Appendix are printed at the close of each session, and sent to all subscribers for them. We have on hand 3,000 or 4,000 surplus copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix tor the ex tra session, which make together near one thousand royal quarto page.=3. They give the fullest history of'Congress that has ever been published. We now sell them lor ^1 each; that is, >*>1 for the Congres sional Globe, and .“$1 for the Appendix. We pro pose to let subscribers for the Congressional Globe and AppOndix for the next session, have them for 50 cents each. They will be necessary to understand fully the proceedings of the next session. The im portant matters discussed at the last, w’ill be brought up at the next session, in consequencc of the univer sal dissatisfaction evinced in the late elections with the vast and nov’el system of policy which the powers have introduced, and which was forced throrS Congress without consulting puplic opinion, or even allowing the full discussion usual in regard to sub jects ol ordinary interest. The reports of the Con gressional Globe and Appendix are not in the least degree affected by the party bias of the Editor.— Tiiey are given precisely as written out by die Re porters and the members themselves. And the whole are subject to the revision and correction of tiie speakers, as they pass in review' in our daily sheet, in case any misunderstanding or misrcpresen- tation of tiieir remarks siiould occur. W’e make a daily analysis of the doings inCot\- gress, and give our opinions in it freely, but this is published only in the Daily, Semi-weekly, and Week ly Globes. The Daily Globe is ^10, the Semi-woek- ly Globe )ij!2 per annum, in adra/ice. The Weekly Globe is printed in the same form as the Congres sional Globe and Appendix, and a complete iiide.K made to it at the end of each year. TERMS: For the Congressional Globe and Appendix for the last Extra Session. ^1- For the Congressional Globe for the next session, §1 per copy. For the Appendix for the next session, $1 pei" Six copies of either of the above works will be sent for §5 ; twelve copies for ijilO, and so on in propor tion tor a greater number. Payments may be transmitted by mail, paid, at our risk. By a rule of the Post Office partment, postmasters are permitted to frank lelie’ts containing money for subscriptions. The notes of any bank, current w’here a subscri ber resides, will be received by us at par. To insure 'dll ti^c nunibcrs, tli6 subscriptions shoulJ be in Washington by the 15th December next, at farthest, though it is probable that we shall print enough surplus copies to fill every subscription that may be paid before the 1st day of January next. No attention will he paid to amj order unless the money accompanies it. BLAIR & RIVES. Wnshington City, October 25, 1841. I Journal of BY WILLIAM 31. GOUGE, OF PHILADELPHIA. This .Tournal \Vlll contain—* 1st. A new' edition of “ A Short History of Pa per Money and Banking in the United States,” by Wm. ]\I. Gouge, w’ith corrections and additions, bringing the narrative dow'n to the present time. 2d. Essays on Banking, Currency, Exchanges, and kindred topics, in which efforts wdll be made to place these subjects in the clearest light possible. 3d. A semi-monthly review of the times, embra cing the most important events, especially those which affect the general operations of business. 4th. Such miscellaneous matter as w'ill, while it will add to the interests of the work, subserve its main object, which is that of showing the true cha racter of our paper money and banking system, and the effect it has on the morals and happiness of the difl’erent classes of the community. This Journal will be especially intended for Far mers and Mechanics, but it is hoped it w’ill not prove unuseful to Merchants and other productive mem* bers of society. It will be published once every tw'o weeks. Each number wu'll contain sixteen pages octavo, double column, with the leaves stitched °and cut, thus uni ting the advantages of the open sheet with a for»^ convenient for binding. The paper will be fair and the type good. Th* price will be For one copy, one dollar and fifly cents a year. For four copies, five dollars, or one dollar tw'enty-five cents each. For ten copies, ten dollars, or one dollar each. In all ccLses, sicbacn'ptions must bepaidinadvancs> III Si tli CO| ok pl€ »al
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