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Volume 3.
Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday, November 6, 1817.
Number 50.
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Lincoln Business Directory
Court Officers Superior Court F.
A. Hoke, clerk. Equity Wm. Wil
liamson, clerk. County court Root.
Williamson, clerk. VV. Lander, Soli
citor. B S Johnson, Sheriff. Caleb
Miller,! own Constable.
Register, J. T. Alexander ; County
Surveyor, J. Z. Falls ; County Proees
ssioncr, Ambrose Costlier. Trustee,
J Ramsour. Treasurer Public Build
ings, D. W. Schenck.
Committee of Finance J. T.Alex
ander, Benj. Sumner. John F. Phifer.
Building Committee J. Kamsour,P.
Summcy.John F Phifer, and 11 Cansler.
Laicyers Haywood W. Guion.tiiam
st- one door east. L. E. Thompson,
main st. east, 3d square W. Lander,
main st. east, 2d square. V A McBee,
nnd W. Williamson, offices at McBee's
building, main st. 2d square, east.
Physicians Simpson k Bobo, main
st., west. D. W. Schenck, (and Apo
thecary, mam st. two doors east. E.
Caldwell, eat of Female Academy. Z.
Butt, office opposite McLean's hotel.
A. Ramsour. botanic main st. west.
Merchants-ii rnj S Johnson, north on
square, west corner, J. A Itamsour,
on square, north west corner. C. C.
Henderson, on h-quare,(post office) south
J. Kuuihoui -iSLi!,mairi t. 5 doors west.
II E Johnson, on i-qua redout h west cor
ner main t. R Keid, on fcquart.south
east corner. Hoke & Michal.on square
. Academic Male, B. Sumner; Fv
male, under the charge of Mr Sumner.
Hotels Mrs Motz, s. w. corner of
main st. and square W. blade, main
sf. 2d corner east ol square. A. A.
McLean, 2d corner, west, on main st.
B. S Johnson, north west, on square.
. Grocrrs G. Presnell, mam st. east
of square. Wm. R. Edwaras, south
west of square. James Cobb, so east
corner oi' Main and Academy st.
Tailors Dailey 6z Seagie, main st.
1 door west ol squ;i re. A Alexandei,
on square, j. by w. side.
Watch - Maker and Jeweller Cha
Schmidt, main st. 4 i!o-rs east.
Saddle and Harness Makers J. T.
Alexander, mam st. 2d corner east of
square. B. M. & F. J. Jetton, on sq.,
north by west. J. Ad. Jetton, south
west on square.
Coach Factories Samuel Lander,
mam st. east, on 2d square from Court
House. Abner McKoy, main st. east,
on 3d square. S. P. Simpson, street
north ot main, and n. w. of court house.
Isaac Erwin, main St., west, on 2d sq.
A. Garner, on main st. east end.
Blacksmiths Jacob Rush, main st.
5th earner east of court house. M.
Jacubs, main st., east end. A. Oelaiti,
mam st. near east end. J. Bysanner,
back st. north west of public square.
J. VV. Paysour, west end.
Cabinet Makers Thomas Dews &.
Son, main st. east, on 4th square.
Carpenters, dfc. Daniel Shuford,
main st., east, 6tn corner from square.
James Triplet:, main st. M Bee's build'
ing. Isaac llouser.main st. west end.
Welis, Cuiry & Co. main st. east end.
Brick Ma sons Willis Peck, (and
plaisterer) main st. east,4th corner trom
square. Peter Ilouser, on eust side of
street north of square.
Tin Plate Worker and Copper Smith
Thos. R- Shuford, main st. east, on
south side or 2d square.
Shoe Makers John Eluggins, on
back st. south west of square.
Tanners-Paul Kistler, main-st. west
end J. Ramsour, back st., north east
of square. F & A. L Hoke, 3-4 mile
west of town, main road.
Hat Manufactories John Cline, n.
from public square, 2 doors west side of
st. JuhnButts & son,on square, south
side.
Printers T. J. Eccles, Courier of
fice, 5 doors north uf court house, Is!1
and Frd road.
Book Binder F. A. Hoke, main st.
on 2d square west of couri house.
Oil Mill Peter and J E Hoke, one
mile suoth west of town, Yoik road.
Paper Factory G. & R. Mostel
er, 4 miles south-east ot court house.
Cotton Factory John F. Hoke &
L. D. Childs, 2 miles south of court
house.
Vesuvius Furnace, Graham's Forge,
Bievard's, and Johnson's iron work?,
east.
LimeKiln Daniel Shufcrd and oth
era, 9 miles south.
Letters for hie above to be addressed
to the Uncohiwn Post Office.
On Bucna Vista's Bloody Field
BY COL HEKHY PETR1CEEN.
On Buena Vista's bloojy field
A soldier, drino- !sv.
His thoughts were of bis mountain home,
Some thousand miles awayj
He called his comrade to his side,
For much had he to say,
In briefest time to those who were
come thousand miles away.
My father, comrade, you will tell,
About this bloody fray
My Country 's standard, say to him,
Was safe with ms to-day.
I've made a pillow of it now,
On which to lay my head,
A winding sheet you'll make of it.
I know 'twill grieve his inmost soul4
To think that never mure,
I'll sit with him beneath the oak,
That shaJes his cottage door;
But tell the f.me-worn patriot,
7Tiat, mindful of his fame,
Upon this bloody battle-field.
1 sullied not his name.
My mother's form is with me now,
Her wail is in aiin ear.
And drop by drop as flows my Hood,
So drops from her the te?r.
Then, t.h! whn yon bhull tell her,
The tidings of this day.
Speak softly, comrade softly speak,
W hat you may have to say.
Sppak not to her in hurried wcrds,
1 le blighting news you bear.
The chordsot life might snap too soon,
So, caa.rade, have a care.
I am her only, cherished, child.
But tell her thai I died.
Rejoicing thai she taught me young,
To take my country's side.
But, comrade, there is one, I fain
Once more would look upon;
J he lives upon the sloping h:l,
That overlooks the lav. n
The lawn, where 1 shall nver more.
In 6pring time's pleasant hours,
Go forih with her in merry mood.
To gathet woodland fLivers.
Tell hr, when death was on my brow,
And life receding fast.
Her voice, her lorm, her parting words.
Were with me to the last.
On Buen.i Vista's blody field,
Tel! her I oying lay,
And that 1 knew sue thonghl of roe,
onie thousacd u.des away.
From the South Carolinian.
Normal Schools iu Switzerland
At the education ol the poor is at
traciing great attention very where, and
likely to be a topic of interest at the
next session of the legislature, we en
deavor to publish every thing which will
throw light upon this important subject
We make an extract from a valuable
work entitled Tiie Education of the
poor in England and Europe," by Jo
seph Kay, which treats of Normal
Schools in Switzerland as follows:
" I should like to enter upon a des.
cription of the different Normal Schools
of Switzerland, were not that rather be-,
side the purpose of this report ; but 1
cannot refrain from recording the unan
imous opinion of the Swiss educator on
two points connected with these schools.
These are the necessity of manual la
bor in connection with the instruction
given in the school, and the time which
all are agreed upon as necessary to the
perfecting of a schoolmaster's education.
On the latter point, all with whom I
conversed assured me that their exper
ience had taught them that three years
were absolutely necessary for the edu
cation of a master, that where less time
had been ii ieU.ii tiad always hem found
insufficient; and thai ta order that even
three years should suffice, it was neces
sary that the young roan entering the
Normal School should have completed
his education in the primary schools.
I Villi respect to the necessity of manual
labor in a Normai School, opinions were
haidly Ie6s unanimous. To the Bernese
Normal Schools, as well as to that at
Kreuitzlingeu, conducted by Vehrli, the
successor of Pestaiozzi and Feller.berg,
and to the Normal Schools of Lucerne
and Solleure, lands have been annexed,
which are farmed and cultivated by the
pupil teachers. They are sufficiently
extensive, in five of triese schools, to
employ all the young men in the Nor'
mal School at least two hours per diem
in their cultivation. On these lands all
the pupil teachers, accoropaincd by
their professors, and clothed in coatee
farmers frocks, with thick wooden san.
dais, may te seen toiling roost indus
triously, aboui the middle of ioe day
cultivating all the vegetates for the use
of the household, as well as some for
the neighboring markets, and could any
one be taken among them at the period
of the day, he would imagine he saw
before him a set of peasants at their
daily labor, instead of the yomig'aspi
rants to the much respecisd profession
of schoolmaster. Beside this labor in
the fields, the young mcu- r-
Hutni io clean their apartment?, to tak
charge of their own chamber, prepare
their own meals, beside keeping all the
premises in good rtpair. Thus the life
of the pupil teacher in Switzerland.dur-
ingthe time.he remains at school, is one
of the most laborous nature. He is ne
ver allowed to lose sight of the manner
of life of the ciass from which he was
selected, and with which he if afterward
required to associate. He is never al
lowed to forget that he is a peasant, so
that he may not afterwards feel any dis
gum in mingling with peasant. Jn this
(manner they irain their teacheis in hab
its ot mougtii and lite admirably suited
to the laborious character of the profes
sion for which they are destined, and
io the humble ciass who wi l be their
companions m after life. The higher
the instruction ihat is given to a pupil
teacher, the more difficult and the more
important is u u cherish bis sympathies
for toe humble and otten degraded class
among whom he will be called to live
and excercise his important duties, in
fact, as ali tiie educators said, the
gre;.t difiicuity in tducating a teacher of
the poor is to avoid, Jn advancing his
intelligence and eievatmg ois religious
and moral character, raising his tastes
and leehngs u much above the class
from which ho lias been selected, ana
wiili which he is calied upon afterward
to associate as teactr, adviser, and ;
friti d, as to render lino disgusted with
his humble companions and. with the
toilsome duties oi his prolcstion. in
educating the teachers, theieiore, far a
bove the peasant class whom they are
intended to instruct, the Swiss Cantons
which 1 have mentioned are very care,
ful to continually habituate them io the
simplicity and laborious chaiacier of
ttie peasant's lite; so that wfcen they
leave the Normal bchcol ttieyfind thai
they have changed from a situation of
laborious toil to oue of comparat.ve ease
They do not therefore, beco(uedisatis
tied with their laborious employments;
but are accustomed, even lrciu their
el lldhood, to combine a high flevolop
ment ot the intellect, and a grcit eleva
lion of (he character, with the sroplici
ty and drudgery of the peasant' occup
ations." The Free Church of Scotland, vs.
American Slavery. The Free Church
oi Scotland seems disposed to pay the
despot over the Presbytery, threatening
to cut cffall communication w;tt them,
unless they renounce their eccles asiical
connection with slaveholders. H'e are
sorry (says the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce) the Free Church should assume
such an attitude towards men a3 consci
entious and intelligent as themselvs,and
who far better understand the subject ol
American Slavery in its various rela
tions and connections, civil and religt.
ous. We can, however, very safely as
sure them that they will fail of their
object.
CCrThe South Carolinian says: The
famous northern race maie, "Fashion,'
has been beaten bv a southern horse,
named "Passenger, on the New York
course. But Fashio has made better
time than was made initiis'rare. ;
recollect well, the time bewern her and
Boston was a fraction over minutes to
4 miles, while the time of tnis race to
which she is beaten was 7 minutes 45i
seconds. Eveiy thing gets out of the
fashion, and now Fashion" is out of
herself. That Passenger can travel on.
IltlpOB'failt lllVCllliou.
We iearn from a Hagerstown pper,
that Mr Samuel Bemz, of Boonsboro,
Md. has discovered a process which i
now being patented, which, it is avert
ed, completely removes all bran and ex
traneous matter from wheat in its natu
ral atato, leaving the grain nothing but
pure tingroutid flour, effecting a saving
or gain of at least one-tenth. The Ed
itor adds :
The outer coating of the grain is com
pletely removed, and instead of sixty
J - Wk-ll
wheat to th barrel) the offal under this
system will not exceed from seven io
tweive pounds; nd while from 25 io 50
per cent, of lime is saved in the grird-
ing, 'ho varieties of v heat are improved
from 5 to 1 per cent.. producing the best
hot chmate fbur known in the world.
These results rnvc been arrived at from
actual experiment, and th8 public can
thus see at a glance the immense impor
tance of the improvement. The cuhi
vation of millions of additional ucres
could not benefit the world more ihan
this single, and. as, we are told, truly
simple invention. We have a pecime
of ihe unburnned wheat, which we will
take pleasure in showing to any one who
may wish to examine it. A specimen
was prepared for the New York Fain
winch bus elicited the following highly
complimentary letter :
iV. V. State Agricultural Society.
Albany. Sept 25, 1647.
S. Bentz : Your letter accompanying
samples of wheat, &,e. with your notice
ns to the improvement, was received too
Sate to be passed upon by the Judges at
tiie Fair, but has been carefully exam
ined by the executive cornmittre, and
they are impressed with its great value
to the wheat growing districts of our
itate. W'e are desirous of ascertaining
the process by which it is accomplished,
the expense attending it, and whether u
can be done fast enough, so as to supply
a run of stone for grinding. We have
awarded )ou a diploma, which is here
with enclosed. 1 should be pieased to
have you send me by express a larger
sample of wheat, end also of bran say
two quarts. We are desirous to ascer
tain all we can in relation to if, as we
deem it very important. '
1 am respectfully yours,
B. P. JOHNSON,
Sec'ry N. Y. S. Ag, Society.
The Siamese Tirins. A recent vis
itor at the home of the Twins in North
Carolina, at their plantation, says that
each of them has several children, and
they are quite pro-perous as cultivators
of the soil, owning two plantations and
numerous servants, living plainly and
economically, and apparently very hap
pily. They have adopted the name of
Banker, in honor of their banker of that
name in the city of New York.
0C7"The War Department, says the
Washington Union, has determined to
raise two new regiments forthwith, one
from Tennessee.five companies of which
are already organized, and one from
Michigan.
W c presume no others will be ordered
until the President hears officially from
General Scott.
A Laconic Sermon. Job, ch. 1, v.
21. "Naked came 1 out of my mother's
womb, and naked shall I return thither."
In discoursing from these words, I shall
observe tho three following things:
First, man's ingress into the world ; se
condly, his progress through the world;
and, thirdly, his egress out of the woild.
To return, first, man's ingress into the
worid is nuked and bare ; second I v. hi
-oirx?s jhroul! tho world is trouble
and care; and, Umaiy, his egress out of
the worid is nobody knows where. To
conclude, if we do well, here, we shall
be well there ; and I could tell you no
more were 1 to preach a whole year.
The following is j fa account of ike
Rail Road Convention.
The Delegates appointed by the
Counties of Burke, MDowel, Caldwell,
Rutherford, Clea velandjLmcoIn.t Jastcn,
and Catawba, N. C. to meet the Dele
gation from York District, (b. C.) to
confer on the subject of the Charlotte
and South Carolina Rail Road, asscm
bled in Convention at Shelby, N. C, on
the 26th of October, 1647.
The Convention was organized by
calling Dr. JOHN B. HUNTER, of
Jeffreys, ot York, and M. W. Davis,
of Rutherford, Secretaries.
The following Delegates appeared
From York, S. C.
Col. Wm Wright, James Jeffreys,
John S. Moore,' H. F. Adickes,
Dr. J. B. Hunter, Cipt. F. H. Simril
G W. Williams, George Steile,
I. D. Withcrspoon, J. D. Goore,
J. H. Adams, D. H. Thomason.
R. M. Roark.
From Cleuveland, N. C.
Dr. E. Jeriinris, Joseph Hardin,
A. E- Collins,
W. J. T. Miller,
R. B. Smith,
A. U. Homesly,
J. R. Logan,
John Borders,
D.Birchett,
F. Young,
Jacob A.i i bony,
G. B. Palmer,
H. Noland,
VV. H. Green,
A. Norton,
Dr. T. Williams,
Henry Schenck,
Col. J. Beam,
Charles Blanton.
From Lincoln, N. C.
Gen. D. Seagie, C. (J. Henderson,
Henry Cansler, A. J. Cansler.
Peter Suipmy.
From Gaston, Pf. C.
John Harmon.
From Rutherford, N. C.
R. G. Twitty, J. M. Webb,
Col. A. G. Logan, Gen G. W. Loan
M. W. Davis, G. W. Baxie?,
Gen J. G. Bynum, David Miller,
Col. W. II. Miller.
The object of the meeting having Leoi
fully explained, and eloquently enforced
in addresses from Col. I. D. Wither
spoon and Geo. W. Williams, Esq., of
Yo-k District, S. C, it was, on motion
Resolved, That the Chairman ap
point a Committee, to consist ot Threo
persons from each District represented,
to take into consideration and report up
on the objects ol the Convention. 4
Tho fallowing gentlemen were select
ed by the Chairman to compose that
committee :
Gen. J. C Bysvm, Chairman.
David Miller, Hemy Cansler,
J. M Webb, Geii. D. Seagie,
G. W. W iliiam., C. C. Henderson
I. D. Witherspoon, J. R. Logan,
John S. Moore, Dr. W J T Miller,
D. Birchett.
The Convention adjourned to meet a
gain at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Evening Session,
Gen Bynum, the Chairman of the
Committee, submitted tho following Re
port and Resolutions:-
REPORT.
'Tho Committee appointed to tako
into consideration and report upon tho
objects of the Convention, bejj leave to
reporr, That the short time afforded
them, to interchange views, upon tho
important objects thiti Convention has
assembled to promote, has preven'cd
them from submitting anything like a
detailed report. They can only, note,
submit tho result of their deliberations,
without bt ing able to lay before tho
Convention, the "facts and the data,
which have enabled them to arrivo at
those conclusions. It is too late to in
quire whether Rail Roads are benefi
cial; the concurrent voice of ibe WorJJ
are in their favour; and the fact, that
those Siaies in thi Union, affording tho
greatest facilities f r transportation, by
menns ol. Canal:, and navigable Rivers
most aboiKill in , should surely
justify -us. (who have no navigable Ri
vers, no Cai;a!s, (nor the facilities for
consrructing ibem,) in using our mesns
to build up Rail Roads. No country in
the Union abounds more in the ele
ments of wealth ihan Western North
Carolina a fertile soil, a climate un-
surpassed for its salubrity-free trom the