POETS. 2T
THE B IT E R.
River ! River ! little River !
Bright you sparkle on your way.
O'er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play.
River! River! swelling River!
On vou rush o'er rough and smooth
Louder, fas'r, brawling, leaping
Over rocks, by rose-bank sweeping.
Like impetuous youth.
River! River! brimming River!
Broad and deep and still as Time;
8eeming still yet still in motion,
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
Rivarl River! rapid River!
Swifter now you slip away;
Swift and silent as an arrow,
Through a channel dark and narrow,
Like life's closing day.
River ! River ! headlong River !
Down you dash into the sea;
Sea, that line hath never sounded,
Sea, that voyage hath never rounded,
Like eternity.
Beautiful Simile. Byron thus com
pares the decline of day to ;he dying dol
phin :
' Parting day
Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues
With a new color, as it gasps away ;
The last still loveliest, till 'tis gone and all is
gray !'
THE ART OF PRINTING.
The art of printing was discovered in
1457. In 1462, the Latin Bible was prin
ted. In 1489, the Old Testament in He
brew was printed. In 1516, the fSreek
Testament was published at Basil. In
1474, the art of printing was brought into
England by William Caxton. and a prin
ting press set up by him at Westminster.
These proceedings greatly alarmed the
monks, who declaimed from the pulpits,
that there was a new language discovered,
calleJ Greek, of which people should be
ware, since it was that which produced all
the heresies; that in this was come forth
a book called the New Testament, which
was now in every body's hands, and was
full. of thorns anJ briers; that there was
also another language now started upon,
which they called Hebrew, and those who
learnt it were termed "Hebrew." The
Vicar ot Croydon, preaching at St. Paul's
Cross, said : XVt must root out printing,
or printing will roof out us.'
The First Visit to a Married Chill
Generally speaking, if there is a moment
of unmixed happiness, it is that in which
parenis pay their first visit to a married
child, and in which children receive the
first visit from their parents. The pretty
half childish, half matronly pride w ith
which the young wife does the honors of
her domestic arrangements ; the tearful
joy of the mother as she inspects and ad
mires ; the honest happiness of the father ;
and the modest exultation of the bride
groom, who has installed the creature he
loves in all the comforts with which she is
surrounded render the moment one of
pleasing interest to the most careless by
stander Tales of the Peerage and the
Peasantry.
Hospitality "T ." s iid a travel
ler, "is one of the finest fellows I know.
He exhibits real hospitality. He not only
has a plate ever ready for any of his
friends, but he sends a horse to your door
whenever you wish to ride' "That, in
deed," replied another, is real horse-n-tality."
Many men gain a reputation for wis.
doin, by a sententious and sober gravity.
They are like Pat's owl, which he chris
tened "parrot," and offered for sale.
"Why," said the purchaser, "he doss not
talk." "No, to be sure, but he kapes a
devil of a thinking."
THE BOIION UPAS TREE.
Tt is rather a singular phenomenon in the
economy of nature, that the island of Java
should produce at the same time the Man
gosteen, the most mel'ow and luscious of
fruits, and the deadly Upas, the most ma
lignant of poisons. In the journal of a
botanist, lately deceased, whom Napoleon
aent to Java in 1810, to make collections
f plants for the imperial garden at St.
Cloud, we find the substance of the follow
ing facts. The Bohon Upas is situated in
a valley, watered by a rivulet, and encom
passed by hills, at the distance of fourteen
leagues from Batavia. The hills and
mountains in its vicinage are entirely bar
ren and denuded, as no verdure can vege
tate where the breeze wafts the pestilential
vapors that arise from the pestiferous gum
of the Upas. The French botanist, anx
ious, on his return to France, to have been
blo tv lay before the emperor a correct
description of the Java tree, made, at the
risk of life, a tour all round this dangerous
spot, at about four leagues distant from its
deleterious influence, and in every direc
tion of his circuit, he found vegetation lite
rally annihilated, and the aspect of tlie
cnuinry the must dismal and dreary that
could be imagined. Near the easiest as
cent of one of the hills, about sixteen miles
from the station of the tree, thete resided,
then, an old Malayan priest, whose office
it was to prepare for eternity the souls of
those wl.o, for different crimes, were sent
to procure the poison, which is a commodi
ty that yields the native government a con
siderable revenue. The poison is a gum,
which, like the camphor, issues from the
bark. Malefactors under the sentence of
death, arc the only persons who are com
pelled to gather this deadly and baneful
gum. The ministers of the native sove
reign provide them with a tortoise shell
box. in which they are to put the pestife
rous gum. These devoted criminals then
proceed to the house of the High Priest,
where they remain until the wind blows
in a favorable direction so as to bear the
effluvia from them. As soon as the desired
breeze arises, the priest prepares them for
their approaching fate. At the moment of
departure, the priest puts on them a leather
cap. with two glasses before their eyes,
which comes down to their breast. Thus
equipped, they set out on a journey to that
fatal "bourne" from which but few travel
lers return. The old ecclesiastic assured
our traveller, that during a residence of
thirty years on this great thorough-fare of
death, he had witnessed the departure to
the Upas of more than eight hundred un
happy beings, out of whom not more than
thirty ever returned. Those ho escaped
the dreadful influence of the Upas, de
scribed it as a middling sized tree, decora
ted with branches of the most vivid ver
dure. It broods sullenly over a rivulat, as
a landmark of vegetation, in the barren
vale of the wilderness, over which it waves
its poisoned foliage.
While our traveller remained in the
island of Java, he witnessed the foil ing
horrid instance of the destructive power
of the Upas poison. In February, 1810,
he was present at the execution of twelve
of the Javanese king's mistresses, who
were, convicted of being faithless to them.
The fair and interesting criminals were
led into the great court f the palace of
Soura Chart a, where a judge passed sen
tence of death on them. After goinr
through many religious ceremonies, the
executioner stripped their breasts, and then
chaining each of the hapless delinquent
to a post, he proceeded to make an incision
on the bosom with a lancet poisoned with
the Upas. The operation was performed
on them all in the space of two minutes,
and with sue!) celerity did the poison de
stroy the vit;d principle, that these unfor
tunate women, Die victims of a savage,
were all dead in less than a quarter of an
hour.
"Some hours aficr their death," says
our traveller, "their bodies were fu I of
livid spots, their faces swelled, the color of
their skin changed to a kind of blue, and
their eyes were completely spotted with
yellow hues."
We believe that medical men estimate
the Upas as the most deadly of all vegeia
hle poisons. In limes of war it is the
practice of the Malayans to throw the Upas
gum into the springs and rivulets in order
to poison them. The other parts of the
island of Java are remarkably healthy ;
prolific and rich in a soil that produces an
abundance of the finest fruits such as the
cocca, palm, shaddock, oranges, lemons,
citrons, tamarinds, mangoes, pine-apples,
bananas, sweet sops, grapes, custard-apples,
melons, pomegranates, tigs, and the tleli-
I cious mangostter., esteemed the best iruil
of the east.
Yankee Trick. During the revolutiona
ry war, two btothers, from one of the eas
tern ports, were commanders of privateers;
they cruised together, and were eminently
successful, doing great damage to the ene
my and making money for themselves.
One evening, being in the latitude of the
shoals of Nantucket, but many miles to the
eastward of them, they espied a large Bri
tish vessel, having the appearance of a mer
chantman, and made towards her; but to
their astonishment found her to be a fri
gate in disguise. A very high breeze pre
vailing, they hauled off in different direc
tions. One only could be pursued, and
the frigate gained lapidly upon him. Fin
ding he could not run away, the comman
ding officer had recourse to statagem. On
a sudden he hauled down every sail, and
all hands were employed with setting poles,
as if heaving his vessel off a bank ! The
people on hoard ihe frigate, amazed at the
supposed danger they had run, and to save
themselves from being grounded, iinoiedi
atejy clawed off, and left the more knowing
Yankee "to make himself scarce," as soon
as night rendered it prudent fr him to
hoist sail in a sea two hundred fathoms
deep.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Iiesults. 'The R. Whig, the N. Y. Star,
Express, Lc. are idly exulting upon the vote
of Virginia: It is a ridiculous ga conade.
We have carried a decided majority of the
popular vote. We have increased our
strength in the House 0" Delegates; and we
should have carried the State triumphantly,
notwithstanding the double voting of the
towns, if in a few couniies our friends had
do'r.e their duiy. In Stafford, we have
been beaten 5 votes; Bath, ihy sav, by 6;
Montgomery, by 3! ; Wood, by 7; Hanover,
by 10. The losses in the Congressional
District of Kanawha, where wo had not even
a candidate in the field, haw itone lost us
the majority in th House. In the Senate,
we have lost one member, on account of
the election turning upon a particular Sena
torial Class; but the class on which the
election falls next Spring, will turn the ta
bles upon the Whigs.
Tne Whigs were never more deceived in
lheir lives, than when they vaunt of their
victory in Virginia. The contest proves
that the Democracy, in general, are firm,
determined, and active. It has increased
their confidence ia each other, and is calcu
lated to comman d the confidence of the ReT
publicans in oher States. We learn, from
the most intelligent sources, that our cause
in Virginia is becoming every day stronger
that the Slate Rights Whigs are abandon
ing the party with which they have been
unnaturally associated, and that they are
rallying under the State Rights' banner of
'93. The Shenandoah Sentinel savs, tru
ly :
"We have received returns from the
greater part of the counties in the State, and
they are truly of a' cheering character.
While other States are forsaking the princi
ples that governed them in the darkest pe
riod of our political history, the Vnterrified
Commonwealth' stands a3 immovably fixed
and as impregnable to modern Federalism
as her everlasiing mountains. She was
first to embrace, and she will be the last to
surrender, the principles taught her by her
illustrious Jefferson and others of a similar
political faith. Prior to the Presidential
election her opponents were lavish of their
'soft sawder, but now they seek to cast a
shade over her mantle or glory, by imp 'ling
to her gross ignorance and want of inf. r
nation in regard t- ihe politics of the dav.
This soring the Whigs were confident of
having an augmented majority in the Legis
lature. They supposed that the indefinite
message of the deceased President would
wurk like magic upon the minds of the peo
ple. They ti. ought, too, that Mr. Tyler's
accession to the vacated Presidential chair,
would have an influence favorable to their
cause in our elections.- But thev did not
realize the expectations so fondly, cheri
shed. Virginia stands where she has ever
stood."
We must act, however, with prompti
tude and decision. The People must speak
out, in opposition to a Bank, with which
we are threatened by the Extra Session.
Buckingham is about to hold her meeting
May we not hope, that the other coun
ties in the Commonwealth will imitate her
example? The Democratic Press is -reechoing
the cry. Witness the following
animated extracts from the ttFincastle De
mocrat," and the "Warrenton Jeflersoui
an :" . - . '
From the Fincastle Democrat.
Thcpolicy of the present Federal Ad
ministration "In another column of" this paper will be
found an article from the Richmond Enqui
rer headed, "Let fTirginia speak out," up
on President Tyler's course on the subjects
of an U. S. Bank, the distribution, the in
crease of the Tariff. &c. In that article, it
will lw seen that the Democracy of Virgin
ia are recommended to act upon those sub
jects by way of public meetings and the
adoption of Resolutions opposing those
measures. We concur with the Enquirer
on the propriety of the course recommen
ded. We h-vejust been beaten in this
District for Congress, not because we have
not thrj numbers to have elect' d Mr. Mc
Dowell, or because the district is not De
mocratic; but we were beaten for want of
energy and action in the party, in failing to
arouse the people and urge them to the poll
to maintain their principles and vote for the
candidate who would carry them out.
Every county in the district (as well as
every county in Virginia) ought to show
our Federal opponents, that although we
have been beaten, yet we are not conquered.
We should therefore do our duty to save the
Constitution and shield the country from
having a monicd King fastened upon us.
We should call public meetings in every
county in the State and let the people speak
out mi these questions. Our friends in
other States look for Virginia to take the
h ad, as she has always done, and save the
Constitution Let us therefore not deceive
ourselves by our own apathy, and disappoint
the expectations of our friends elsewhere.
The wire-workers at Washington have
stocked the cards upon us, and it requires
prompt and energetic action to avert the
catastrophe which is to be sprung upon us.
The Exira Session of Congress will meet
in less than a month, and it is the onjcl of
the Federal party to adopt those measures
at the called Session. We vet have time
for action to meet the emergency. The
May and June Conns are suitable occa
sions to call meetings of the people toad-pi
resolutions condemnatory of those Federal
measures. We surest the propriety of
calling meetings in every county in the
State, at the May and June Conns for the
purposes above stued. And we call upon
every Republican in Virginia to come to
the rescue. Let it not be sa'd that the un-
terrified Democracy f this good Old Com
monwealth will n it be the fust to re-assert
their principles of '98-99, which rescued
the Republic, frorti the same enemy that now
have control of the Government. To action
then, to action. Republicans of Virginia
and the old ftig ship may again save the
Constitution and save the Union. Let the
RepuHieans of Old Botetourt commence
the work here, ami we have no doubt our
sister counties will do likewise."
From the Warrenton Jefftrsonian.
"Will the Republicans make no re in on
strance against the measures wiueii are
threatened at the extra session ? Claiming
a legal majority f the v. ters of the U. S.
will ihe Republican party for thai reason
allow the Federalists without remonstrance
to viola'e the Constitution the safeguard
of the Union ? In the name of the illus
trtoos dead whose heart was your coun
seller whose dying prayer was for the .
perpetuation of that liberty which he was
eminent in maintaining we call upon all
who honor the faith which has made the
name of Jefferson synonymous with that of
freedom, to impede the Federal torrent
which threatens to strike down the Consti
tution. By memorializing, show the r. . xt
Congress that your reserved rights you will
maintain at all hazards.
. "The suggestion we but iterate; it has
been made by an abler pen than ours
Shall we not act upon it?"'
For our own pari, we adopt the senti
ment expressed by Mr. Calhoun, on the
24th April, in his letter to the inviiation of
the Republican members of the Legislature
of Alabama and others, at a public dinner
which he declined ;
"No one can be more deephf impressed
with the importance of the crisis. I do
not exnress muself loo strongly when I
tay, that none more important has occur
red during the long period I have been in
public life. 'I speak the result of deep con
viction, when J say, that it invoices in no
small degree, the fate of our country and
its free institutions."
"Vigilance, Union, and ACTION,"
then be our watchwords !
The money articles of the N. Y. Herald
are always able and instructive. '.Though
tliey appeardaily, yet they contain constant
ly some new fact or view of the Banking
System. The last Herald (May 7lh) quotes
from Gov.-Bighy's independent Message
to the Legislature of Alabama, and then
adds:
"This is a just view. The speculators
and stock jobbers are unceasing in their ef
forts to induce the belief that all of evil that
has been suffered by the people have grown
out of the absence of a National Bank
The time has, however, gone by for this
species of charlatanry to have its effect.
From close observation, and very extensive
enquiries, we are convinced that nine-tenths
of the mercantile community are opposed
to a National B-vnu. A large majority
rf tht Chamber of Commerce of this city
are opposed to it, notwithstanding the
trickery with which the Bank clique recent
ly obtained a vote in its favor at their
meeting. Measures are on foot to obtain
at a full meeting the true expression upon
this sufject." .
There is a directness and manliness in
the appeal of the N. Y. Herald's "monied
articles to a Bank of the U. that are en
tilled to the respect and gratitude of the
country. ib -
, From the Magnolia.
The following account of a remarkable
and poetical phenomenon, has appeared in
the New Orleans Picayune, accompanied
by a copy of verses of great merit.
PASCAGOULA BAY.
The story told of a wild and singular
melody floating about this bay, is well au
thenticated; and though sufficiently fanciful
and romantic to be rejected as a supersti
tion, it is, nevertheless, entitled to full cre
dit. At East Pascagoula, about a mile from
Field's Motel, thre are still some signs left
of an old Indian fort, which here had exis
tence before the foot of a white man step
ped upon the soil. It was built of mud &
shells, and not many years ago when curi.
ositv led to excavations being made, pipes.
bones, Indian ornaments; and utensils were
dug up from the interior. On, and near
the water, at this place, the mysterious mu
sic is frequently heard, botli in night rts day.
when the winds are sleeping, and stillness
is on the wave. 1 nis has irivcn rise to
the poetical superstition, that the mourn
ful melody is tiie perpetual echo of the
death song of the Indians: for it is related
that a tribe called the Biloxi were here beset
by numerous enemies; beseiged in the fort,
and finding death inevitable, but heroically
resolving not to die by their foes the men
folded their arms, the women pressed their
children to their breasts, and the whole trine
walked into the Bay singing their death
song; and were drowned. At Wesl-Pasca-goula,
near McRea's hotel, and just at the
confluence of the river and the bay, the
sound is often heard. Few have resided e-
ven a short period in lh? neighborhood.
without hearing the mysterious hiuhc. It
resembles a loud musical buzzing of some
insect, swelling and receding like the fai
ry voice of the JEolizn. Jt is heard in the
bathing houses: here i s most singular pe
culiarny is discoverable, lor, by putting
your finger on a post, a vibration is distinct
ly felt, trembling upwards from the water.
It is seldom that you can determine upon
any quarter whence the sound proceeds as
it seems at one moment in the air, the next
in the water, now distant, and then near,
now fading away so imperceptibly, that you
question your hearing as to whether or not
it is still distinguishable, and almost fancy
the who'e a hallucination; then swelling
back to vou again, removing at once all
doubt, and charming you to the spot, with
oleascd and wonderful surprise. Another
singularity about it, is, that by striking any
object near, so as to produce a noise, ot by
splashing the water, vou cause the sound
to cease for several moments, when
comes again like something of life that had
been startled.
"The men folded their arms, the women
pressed their children to their breasts, and
the whole tribe walked into the Bay, sing
ing their death song, and were . drowned."
Where, in the legends of any people, can
be found a sterner instance of what was
once deemed virtue, than this ? Where, in
what is called classical history, is there
such an instance of tiie heroic self-devotion
of a whole people? ;The Roman senator
fell upon his own sword rather than wit
ness the degradation of his country. The
Roman people bowed their neck to the
yoke. Here the whote nation, warrior and
prophet, brave and boy ; the mother with
her child pressed to her bosom ; the' father
with the sou of his pride by the the hand ;
lovers rejoicing that their lots were nn
divided, walking down to the grave together!
to them Pascagoula was but a ford which
they must pass to the happy hunting
ground ;and poetically filling it is that their
death-song should still
"Float upon the silver wave,
Of Pascigoula Bay."
Phazma says : I listened to this music
with astonishment and delight, the evening
before the verses were written. Philoso
phers may assign a cause for it, I have no
suggestion to make. The residents all
the Bav have heard this 6'mgular
melody, and remember it for fifty years
PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected weekly for the Republican.
L1NCULNTON.
Brandy, peach, 0.35 a 0.40
apple, 0.30 a 0.35
Bacon, $ 0.08 a 0.10
Beeswax, 0.18 a 0. 10
Bale Rope. 0.12 a 0.1 5
Coffee, 0.18 a 0.20
Cotton, 007. a 0.0
Bagging, 0.25.a0.00
Corn, 0.37 0.40
Flaxseed, 0.87 a 1.00
Flour, 4 00 a 5.00
Feathers, 0 37 a 0.40
fron, 0.03 a 0.0G
Molasses 0.75 0.87
Sugar, brown, 0.12 a 0.15
- , Loaf and Lump, 0.16 a 0.25
Salt, 1.75 a 2.00
-, in sacks, 5.50 a 6 00
Wheat, 0.00 a 0.75
Whiskey , 0.30 a 0.37
ffool, ' 0.37 a O.fO
FAYETTE VILLE.
Brandy, peach, gal. 0.45 a 0.50
apple, gal. 0 37 a 0.42
Bacon, lb. 0.10 a 0.00
Bces-tf'ax, lb. 0.23 a 0.25
Bale Hope, lb. 0.08 a 0.10
Coffee, lb. 0.12 a 0.13
Cotton, lb. j 0.08 a 0.00
Bagging, lb. 0.16 a 0.20
Corn, bush. 0.55 a 0.00
Flaxseed, bush. 1.00 a 1.10
Flour, brl. 4.50 a 5.00
Feathers, lb. 0.45 a 0.00
Iron, lb. 0.05 a 0.06
Molasses, gal. 0.35 a 0.37
Nails, cut ", lb. 0.07 a 0.08
Sugar, bioicn, lb 0.08 a 0.1i
, Ion and lump, lb 0.1G a 0.20
Salt, bush 0.80 a 0.90
, in sacks, 2.75 a 3.00
Wheal, bush 0.80 a 0.00
Wool, lb. 0.17 a 0.20
Whiskey, gal 0.40 a 0.00
C A M D E N .
Beef, in market, lb. . 0,5 a 0,07
Bacon from wagons, lb. 0.9 a 0.10
.by retail, lb. 0,12 a 0,14
Butter, lb 0,18 a 0,25
Beeswax, lb 0,18 a 0.25
Bagging, yd"- 0,24 a 0.00
Bale Hope, lb 0,10 a 0.00
Coffee, lb 0,14 a 0,16
Cotton, lb 0.07 a 0.09
Corn. bush. 0,50 a 0.00
Flour, bbl. C,50 a 0,00
Feathers from wagons, Ib 0,37 a 0,45
Fodder, cwt 1,00 a 1.25
Hides, green, lb 0,05 a 0.07
'-dry, lb 0.10 a 0,12
Iron, cwt ' 0,05 a 0.08
Lime, cask 3,00 a 3,00
Lard, lb 0.10 a 0,12
Leather, sole lb 0,22 a 0,25
Oil, currier's gal 0,75 a 1.00
lamp gal 0,00 a 2.00
Molasses, gal 0,45 a 0.56
Oats, bush ; 0,45 a 0.50
C 11 E R A W .
Bacon, lb ! 0.10 a 0.11
Bees-1 Fax, lb 1 0.20 a 0.23
Bagging, yd 0.18 a 0.25
Bale Hope', lb ! 0.08 a 0.10
Coffee, lb I 0.12 a 0.15
Cotton, lb 0.07 a 0.08
Corn, bush 0.75 a 0 87
Flour, brl 5.50 a 0.00
Feathers, lb 0.45 0.50
Iron, lb 0.05 a 0.06
Lard, lb 0.11 a 0.12
Molasses, gal 0,45 a 0.50
Oats, bush 0.40 a 0,45
Hice, cwt 4.00 a 5.00
Sugar, lb 0.08 a 0,12
Salt, sack 2.25 a 2.50
, bush 0.87 a 1 .00
Tallow, lb ! 0,12 a 000
BR. GUNTEK has lewated himself at J. A
Rainhardt's store 12 nilea North of Lincoln
ton. ; - .
Lincoln County, Aeril 7a, 1841.
PROSPECTUS
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MECKr.EXDCnO J12FFKIISOXIAN.
It is proposed to est iLIislu in the Town of Char
lotte, Mccklcnhur? County, A'. C, a weekly news
paper, nmler the above tiile, to be etlitcd and puh
lishod by the sulwcriber. The publication of the
'M kc klk v hcko Jefferson i is" will commence
by the 1st of January next, or as eoon as materi--als
can be purchased. It will be printed wiih cu
tiiely new and fair type, on pajier of the bt-nt qual
ity, and afforded to' subscribers at $2 50 in ad
vance, (onthe receipt of the first number,) or $3
if not paid In advance.
The present i the first effort that has been made
to establish an organ at the birth-place of Ameri
can Independence, through which the doctrines of
the Democratic party could be freely pr jmulgated
and defended in which the gieat principles f
Liberty and Equality for which the Alcxundt:r,
the I'ulks, and their heroic compatriots periled
their all,' on the 20th May, 1775, could find at all
times an unshrinking advocate. Its success rc.ta
chiefly with the KepuMiran party of Mecklenburg
and to them, ami the ReDublicans of the sur
rounding couutry, the appeal u now mUde for sup
port.
The JtrrcRsoxiA will assume as its political
creed, those landmarks of the Republican psity,
the doctrines set forth in the Kentucky and Vir
ginia Resolutions believing, as the undersigned -does,
that the authors of these papers, who bore a
conspicuous part in framing our system of Gov
ernment, were best qualified to hand down to pos
terity a correct exposition of its true spirit the
best judges of what powers were delegated by, and
what reserved to, the States.
It will oppose, as dangerous to our free institu
tions, the spirit of monopoly, which has been
stealthily, but steadily increasing in the country
from the foundation of our Government. The
most odious feature in this system is, that it robs '
the many imperceptibly, to enrich the fkw: It
clothes a few wealthy individuals with power not
only to control ;he wages of the laboring man, but
also at their pleasure to inflate or depress the com
merce and business of the whole country excit
ing a spirit of extravagance, which terminates in
vvuinuij i Ulll, .Hill lH UllCM IIIC Hll'I4l Ul'JJ (aUBllOIl
of its victims. This system must be thoroughly
reformed befo:e we ctn hope to see settled proscr
ity smile alike upon all our citizens. To aid in
piuuui-iug i ins rrjorin, win De one oi me main ob
jects of the Jeffersonian. It will war against ex
clusive privileges, or partial legislation, untie r
wnatever guise grained by our Legislatures ; and,
therefore, will oppose the thaitering of a United
States Bank, Internal Improvements by ll:c Fed
eral Government, a revival of the Tariff System,
and the new Federal scheme of the General Gov
ernment assuming to py to foreign money chan
gers the two hundred millions of dollar , borrowed
by a few States of local purposes. - "
As a question of vital importance to the Sou'h,
and one vhich from various causes, is every day
a .iiiiiig a more momentous and awful as ect, tho
Jejfersonian will keep its readeis regulaily ami ac
curately advised on the subject of ISoilhein AtnU
tinniMii. I; must be evident to all candid obtei
vers, that the psrtizan presses of Ihe South have
hitherto been too silent upon this subject. V e
shall, therefore, without fear of being denounced as
an alarmist, lend our humble aid to assist in awak
ening the People of the South to due vigilance and
a sense of their real danger.
While a portion ( f the columns cf the Jfjftntn
iun will be devoted to political discussion, the great
I interests of Morub, Literature, Sericulture, and
the Mechanic Arts, shall not be neglected. With
the choicest selections on those subjects, and a dus
quantity of light reading, the Editor hopea to un
der his sheet agreeable and profitable to all classea
in Society. '
Orders for the paper, addressed, postage paid,
te the -Editor of the Jeffersonian, Charlotte,
U ," will be promptly complied with.
Any person who will procure six subscribers,
and be responsible for-their subscriptions, shall
have a number of the paper gratis.
Postmasters are requested to act as Agents fr
the paper, in receiving and forwarding subscriber'
names and subscriptions.
JOS. W. HAMPTON.
November 6, 1840.
ncu not
E k IV.
is generally known by all our Customer.
and others, who are indebted to us. that we
have, in the most mild terms, made repeated calls
for Money. And must we say it; but it is never
theless true; that it has almost lccn without any
effect whatcve-. 13)'$ is it possible, that our
friends will let us stop business; with ample
means; if but a reasonable portion of our claims
were PAID. It certainly cannot be. YVe aro
trying to make arrangements to lay in an early
SPUING STOCK of GOODS.
And if something righi nice is not done shoitly we
will have to put out lots of papers; and we hopo
it will not surprise, if some should be found in the
neU Court.
Every body knows that we have been slow
to force Collections, and we hop; our friends will
not be offended, if we are driven to it now.
F. A. HOKE & CO.
Liucolnton, N. C. Dec. 9, 1840.
State of JVarth Carolina,
LINCOLN COUNTY- J
Superior Court of Lavs Spring Ttrm, 1841.
Margaret I. Adams, ")
m. E. Adams.
Petition for Divorce.
fT appcarinj tn fhrc a(i.riiinn at ihe Court,
that the defendant in this case, Wm. E.Adams,
resides without the limits of this State, It is, there
fore, orlered that publication le made for three
months in the 'Lincoln Republican" and "Wes
tern Whig Banner," notifying the said defendant
to be and appear at the next Superior Court of
Law to be held for the County of Lincoln, at the
Court-House in Lincolnlon, on the 2n i Monday
after the 3rd Monday in August next; then ami
their, to answer the several matters set forth in
plaintiff's petition : Otherwise, said petition will
be heard ex parte, and judgment rendered accor
dingly. Witness, Jon Micnit, Clerk of aaM Court,
at office, the 2nd Monday after the 3rd Monday in
February, 1641.
JOHX MICHAL, Chrk.
Liucolnton, March 24, 1841. 43 3mo.
Printer's fee 10.
WE are requested to an
nounce Col. J A MRS
U.CI.PI 1 A IV'W-l .-. .
Brigade of North Carolina Militia composed of
the counties cf Iredell, Burke and Yancy.
E are authorized and
requested to announc
F. A. HOKE aa a .Candi-
f hyST dat 'or tno '"ce Superior
't, at Uie next (August) election.