MHonal Journal, as ati Independent and able
1 paper. ^
K- f
I j p/ishop Bavenscrnft vs. Bihh Societies.
I Tlic follow ing articles liaviiig excited consid-
I ; ble interest, we lay tlu-ni before our readers,
i i'W’c cannot fortn-ar remarking-, l>owever, tliat we
l*ltb i>k the doctr.ne of the lii.shop has a tendency
I I eculi^irly Junt?-rous ; in prool’ of this, we net il
Mcnlv refer to tlie histoi-y of Kuroj)e, not only
^ii-r'in'’' period which is ••niphatically terni-
PcJ the dark, aides’, hut to \arious portions of it
fStrt'n'. that time to the preseiit. If the people are
Ijio' to read the scrii)tiires, without the aid of a
Iprcst to explain them, the dang'er is, tliat they
^vill tiiihrace doetrines, which have no
II «‘!xr authority hut the priest’s to support them ;
ri;tr.'ithatthe erroneous interpretations of a priest
i * arc kss dangerous than those of private individ-
r ^ ^vl»o are certainly as much interested in
I what they In ’ieve, as the priest can be for them,
R VC have vet to learn—on the fiontrary, we be-
|i the enors of the former, are far more to
Hie dre;uleil. In short, until the Ilishop, and
P those who apTee w ith him, can produce their
Ifommission as the exclusive or only tnie inter-
I'l paters ofV:v.' scriptures, wc are for letting' ev-
y CIV one search and judj,^e for himself; and if tiiis
p lliefty lead to a nudtiplicity of sects, w here in
stiie harm? Are not tlie agitations which these
•^jjroihice, more favorable to liberty, ha|)piness,
Jjjurcand uiidefiltd religion, than the aw ful calm
P which prevailed in the relijjious world before
l\'the Kefonnation?
[if Troni the Kaloigh liegistcr, of the 14th Dec.
A(;i t*i‘:ibly to appuiiilinoiU, Bisliop Ku-
M'liMi'cft preached tlic uiinuul discourse
for the Norlh-Carolina Socicty, ui
'tiio Hiu k^ Church in this city, on Suiur-
d.iv last, tukiti^; for tlio ground of Ills clis-
toiii-sc, the Muniich’s reply to Philip,
Acts\iii. 31. when fimliii}'him reading
ihe iVoplK’cies of Isuiuh, he j)ut this (lues-
4; tiun to him—“ Undei staiulesl ihou wjuit
ihou readest r” he said, ‘Ho\vcan l,ox-
> tpt some man shall f^uide me.” 'I’he
i Bishop did not, as is usual ('ii such occa-
;.io!is. ‘■peak favorably of' llie institution
lor which he had heen inviled to })reacii,
but to »k an opposite direction, clenonn-
cin.c^ liible Societies in g-eneral us calcu
lated to produce injurious ellects on pure
Christianity, as witliout u tcaclier the peo
ple at lari^e coulij not I'l'ad the Bil)ie to
advantage, and that ilistributini^ the JDible
without comment, would tc-nd only to in
crease iliat diversity of religious opinion
which Has alieady a p^reat evil. Wc can
not ai^rce with the learned Bishnj> in this
opij'.ion, nor do we believe that its coi-
n'c.tnciis will be admitted by the peoj)le
of this country. Wc have always be
lieved, that though the scriptures contain
many things hard to be understood, \et
^ that there is sufiicient in them, which is
plain and intelligible to the meanest ca
pacity, to produce the best eft’ects on the
life and character; and sufficient, even
vithout a guide, to leach men their duty
to dod’, and their fellow men. Nor do
Tve consider the diversity of opinion a-
mon;^ men on the >ubject of religion as
in evil to be lamented. All tliat is ne
cessary to producc happiness under such
rircumstances is, that men should think
charitably of each other, and agree to
(iifl'er, believing that every one w ho pro
fesses himself to be guided by the princi
ples of the (.JosjieU and leads a good life,
is sincere in his profession, and vvill here-
ittlcr be approved by his Maker.
From the Raleig’h lieg’.ster, of the ITth Doc.
We most readily insert the following
note from Bishop Ilavensci oft, in lefer-
eiic^e to the paragraph in our last Regis
ter touching the discourse which he de
livered in this city on Sunday last, on the
anniversary (jf the North-Carolina Bible
iiociety ; and as the Bishop states that
v.e h ive misiepresentfd his seiiiiments
(which we did not mean to do) we request
I ^jur readers to take the lii-^’iop’s own ex
planation of the doctrine,w hich he meant
tu enforce in his discour .e. huleed, us
Ecntiments of Bishop Ravmscioft on
this subject are new, uikI considered by
all important, wo wm,'.! suggest tiie
pi’opriejy of publishing t' e (:i^course it-
4 ‘•^-'If, that the religious uorld may be in
i possession of his oj>ini(jn of the e\il ten-
'leiicy ol distributing nmungst the people
■ tlic Bible, without note or coinmeni, ;■
} •'» the practice, we believe, of all t!ie B.
t>le vSocieties which have been established
’ this, and every other country,
f “ Hishup Bavenscroft presents his re..
Pt-'ctful coni|dimeiUs to .Mr. dales, ai\tl as
is persuaded, that no misre|)i('seuta-
fion w.x'i hitemhtf, he feels assured, that
I CJaies will feel tio dillicully in cor-
" r^’cting that, contained in the eilitorial
^otii'e of tlic seriiioti preac lu’d liv the
bishop, before the North-Carolina I’abie
boticty, which a])peai'ed in yesteriKiy's
“^'P;i''ler.
. 1 be i’>ishop did, in no shape* or sen?ie,
*^^nounrc liible Soeietit's in u^cncru'. C'n
contrary, k!ir>winj; how liable he is to
. " ”ii!)representefl, he took some j) lins to
-'^iljiess a difTeient persuasion. Ills oh-
. (^t»fl it iii expfessed in acc(.>rd-
'] • therewith througliout t!u“ disc(ui’se,}
‘‘'-'I'fjustrate the t;rronet)us iuid daii-
^ ii' ibe principle a loptrd by
; ? British and I'oreij^n Bibb* Soi i^y,
o'r^be Constitution of that
and many citl.ers, vi/ :
^‘i^^'''biition of tlie Scriptures,
nr‘,- c;- co.mnicntj ii th-c euly just
principle on ^vhich to disscmluaie Jivlne
truth.
“ 1 his principle, the Bishop showed to
be the only practical meaning of the co?i-
stitutional article in cjuestion ; as he al
so endeavored to do, that it was ultimate
ly subversive ot all revealed religion, in
asmuch as it separated the religion of the
Ciospcl from the sacraments of the (ios-
pej: contravened the order and course of
lie Divine Wisdom in the revelation of
iimself to his creatures, and went to es
tablish the infidel hut prevailing notion,
that it matters not w hat a man’s faith is.
so that he is sincere, ami leads a moral
life.
“ Whether the people of this state will
agree with the Bishop in the anti-chris-
tian tendency of such principles, he does
not pretend to know. Certainly they
will not, so long as they are kept dozing-
under the lullaby of anniversary.eulogi-
ums on such principles, while the princi
ples themselves, are artfully covered up
under the veil of a spurious charity. He
will, however, hope for better things
from them, and even from the writer of
the editorial article in question.
Raleigh, December 15th, 1824.”
The President’s Messa/;e. Until after
the publication of our j)aper yesterday,
we had no leisure to speak of the mcvits
of this important State Paper. Remark
able as all the Messages of our pres
ent Chief Magistrate have been, for the
sound principles which they have incul
cated, ior the judicious measures which
they have recommended, and, above all,
lor the unadorned simplicity, and true
lepublican plainness of the language in
which they have been conveyed, the pres
ent loses nothing by comj)arison with the
most admired of his former productions
of this kind. _0n the contrary, we are
lisposed to think, that this, his “last of
the kind,” is, both as to matter and man-
lUT, decidedly the best we have seen, and
fully equal, not less in style than in inter-
;st of subject, to the celebrated inaugural
address of one of his predecessors, that
called forth such universal expressions of
approbation from every political party,
riie Message, is, in fact, a candid expo
sition of the honest sentiments of a dis
interested patriot, who, about to retire
from the helm of public allairs, has no
thing to hope from concealment, ex
aggeration, or misrepresentation of his
w s. There is something in the man
ner, which assures us that he speaks the
trnf/i, fearless of the consequences, as it
regards his own futuie fame, and solici
tous only for the good of that country for
which he spilt his youthful blood, and in
w hose service his cutirc life has been
spent. Aa^» Journal.
A communication was received yester
day, from the Secretary of the Treasury,
by the House of Representatives, made
in compliance with resolutions adopted at
the lust session, showing the annual and
aggregate amount of bonds for duties
upon foreign mercliandise, from 3d
^larch, 1789, to 31st Dec. 1823.
The whole amount of duties which ac-,
crued during that period, is §535,512,933;
of this, $8,032,69 3 99 are estimated to
have been paid in cash,and $527,480,230 37
were taken in bond. Of the bonds taken,
#1,175,626 67 are stated to be lost, and
^758,191 51 are considered doubtful.
The Secretary believes there would be
no advantage in curtailing the credits now
all(»w ed to citizens for duties ; but thinks
there is no sulVicient reason for continu
ing it to foreigners; and submits to con
gress the propriety of a discrimination
in this respect.—iV«'. Journal.
Wo nicntion^el a lew papers sincc, that
the bill vesting the rightofelceting Sher-
ills in the j)eoj)lc, had heen indelinitely
postponctl in the House of Commons.
Since then, a bill has been introduced
in the Senate, liavinjj; the same object in
vii'W, which passed that body, and was
sent to the other House for concurrence.
It was taken uj) on Moiulay last, and a-
g.iin rf jected by three votes. The vote
wiis CT’ to (jJ.
The bill to repeal the act passed in
ISlf*, eieatinjj a liind for Internal Im-
j)rovements and establishing a Hoard,
was lost in the House of Commons on
\\ ednesday. ^'he vote v.as;—for its
[)as6agc, 6U; against it, l).'*.
Ii roister.
A 111 luu n
Our brethren of the tyj)o in New-Vorlv
have been doing aline husiui’ss accoriling
to the statemetit below, 'i'he ollicti ol the
National .Advocate w e noti( ed a feu da\s
ago as being for sale, ^^’e li'.id the fol
lowing advertisement in the Patriot ol
Wednesday last.'—J/e.r. HcrttlJ-
To the Suhscrihvrs of tfie. Xi’lion't/
I’he trustees of the ‘National Advo
cate’ lia\in.u', thi-> (lu;.. unanimously sold
and ti an--rc i-i-ed the sjiiie, jji ivati- jale,
to the uiilei-.siii;ned—-aii't tiu' n iistees hav
ing accompanied th‘ undersii^nie'! t > tht
AfUocate ofiir,(, and annoum.td to Mr.
I .?Noah, ]^er^Jnally, the purchase and trans
fer as aloresjill.—'MrrNoah has I'orciljly
re'ained possession, thrown the materials
into confusion, I ast the cases and types
into the entrv, ar.d pulled tlo_wn the press,
(for "-hich prysccu'.ioas have been i.u.'i'i
tuted against him ind hU a.^idjatcrJ.J
The Advocate, how’ever, v. Ill be served to
subscribers by the carrier.s as usual, witli
a change for one day only in its cohinini.
I request the indulgence of adveriisei s,
as the uuctitjii and other advertise nients
have also been removed or destrpyed ; anrl
I ti ust in the liberality of the patrons of
the Advocate in general.
TllO.MAS SNOWDr.N*.
In addition to this we take the follow
ing particulars of the affray from the
Commercial Advertiser.
Being in possession of the title to his
old premises, and like Cassius, feeling
himself ‘armed strong in honesty,’Mr.
S. repaired to the oflice to take posses
sion. The majin’commandant, howe\er,
refused to surrender any thing more than
the arms and amnainition, such as types,
press, paper, 8;c. But having a lease of
the house, he gave them to understand
that he knew law enough to know tiiat it
was his castle. A prompt refusal being
thus returned to the herald who sounded
the parley, a spirited siege was the con
sequence. But the assailants having at
length eflected a breach, gained an en
trance, and then was renewed the fearful
conflict. The f/f47/ (of the office) stuck
to his inaster, and plied the ink-halls with
surprising agility. The, press, paper
and furniture w'ere in quick time tumbled
into the yard. Mallets, sheeps-feet,
types and bodkitis flew about the apart
ments in all the mazes of typographical
confusioji. Long and doubtful was the
conflict; but fearing like the Kilkenny
cats, they might fight till nothing of ei
ther w as left, both j)arties sent to the po-
ice-ofi\ces for assistance, and a bevy of
police otlicers soon 'had possession,
and Hays was thereupon placed in su-
preme command ! This morning Mr.
Snowden has given us an Advocate with
narrow columns on the outside, and wide
ones within ; while the major, for once,
appears in a “7 by 9,” in which he abu
ses sundry persons in good set terms, and
announces that he shall soon be again be
fore the public with a new Advocate
which'is to make divers bank-dirietors,
stockholders. Sec. turn pale and tremble.
P. S. ^Ve learn that the hostilities have
not yet ceased, as the patroles of the bel-
igerents have been upcm duty through the
day, and the spies report that another as
sault upon the fortress is in contempla
tion, unless the besieged should make a
sortie and evacuate the post.
“ How'pleasant *tis to see
“ Kindred and friends agree !’*
AFFAIRS OF GIIEECE.
Paris, Od. 6.—An officer of the Danish
navy, who commands a division of the
Greek fleet, lately wrote to his family a
very detailed letter, from which a public
journal gives the following extract;
“ A person who is in such a situation
as I am, to exandne the state of things
on the very theatre of events, cannot but
be profoundly afUicted when he sees how
little it would cost the Christian Powers
to stop the efl’usion of Christian blood in
these unhappy countries. I am sure that
two ships of th‘. line and four frigates,
manned with European seamen, w'ould
destroy in a single battle all the fleets of
the Sublime Sultan. The Greeks with
such means, woidd triumph with equal
ease, there is no doubt, over their bar
barous enemies ; but they have none but
vessels that are too slight to bear the fire
of the heavy artillery, however ill it may
be directed. “ The Turks are in all res
pects the most detestable seamen in the
universe. The ignorance of their Cap
tains of vessels is such, that they arc often
seen to make their pilots re.'ponsible for
the changes of the weather. These unfor
tunate men, most of them Greeks compel
led to serve, are liable to be bastinadoed, if
a sudden change of the wind forces the ves
sel tf? deviate ever so little from its course.
“ The confusion which prevails on a
day of battle is beyond description,
'riiese stupid Musselmen, to whom Some
Journals of (iermany, and even of France,
(generously attribute chivalrous (pialities,
(lei i\e all their courage, in the sight of the
enemy, from an immoderate use of opium.
Prom the Captain to the meanest sai
lor or art illery-man, ifthey hear the cannon
make a great noise,and see a thick smoke,
thev are piirsuaded that all goes on W(>11.
‘•It is pretty much the same by land.
In truth, the Greeks will be conquerors in
1 'J limes outof2U, though with inferior for
ces. It is only net essury to fight in very
close oriler, unfl to lire as near as possi
ble.—The barliarians will never make
,iny in\presslon on a well exercised bat-
tali'.ti ; they will come to I>e slaughtered
like bniir beasts, that is their whole mer
it ; tli'-ir cavalry,. which is so highly
sj>ok'‘:i ol, has never ventured to make a
single sei i'Mis charge.
“It is beyond ail dou!)t, that negotia
tions have been several tiniesentered into,
to obtain a squadron fr(jin the United
States, in exchange for s(jin; island in the
Art irqielago, that tiiight suit them. 'I'he
ine\plical)ie nianner iti whit h the I'.uro-
jiean Powers abandon these, unrortunate
Cliristian';, may leat! to the coin hision of
a treaty vsitli a’l ambiliims Repiiijlic in
the New orld. and tli** l.'abinets will
lament their laid:, when it is tf.f» late ; \et
I’.istor}', holds out to them great and sal
utary lessons,”
('oh:mhinn Cnpft/rrs.—Thf crt;i';''rs of
the Colombian llepuI)Iio .ontiniie tr) rut
np t'!", ■' r 4 ! S|l.i;!l, '•■o.-r i’ p'.t
tliat the latter power is proverbial for her
pride anil obstinacy, we should wonder
that a feeling of common interest and re
gard for her comniercr, had not long
since induced her t > rerognise the indc-
jiendence of the new states of America.
We learn that on the 1st of November,
the Coloinhianbrigofwar captur
ed, in sight of the ^loro Castle, the Span
ish corvette ship Jllvcar, from Corunna,
hound to the Havana, with a full and ve
ry ricli cargo. The Alvear is a superb
sliip, American built, in excellent condi
tion, measures one hundred and twinity
feet on deck, and had a large crew , as we
are infornied by the ('harkston Mcrniry
of the 6th instant, that forty of her crew
has biten landed at Matanzas, and eleven
uiore of her hands w’ere put on board a
schooner houiul to Havana. She is re
ported in every respect as a very valuable
j)rizc. She was pui in charge of Captain
Edward Paiuphillion, and ordered to Por
to C-avello ; the Aguila having first con
voyed her safely through the Gulf, and
])arted with her in latitude 27, long. 72.
Three days previous to the capture of
this corvette, the Aguila took a Spanish
schooner of about 120 tons, with a full
cargo of dry goods, and chased a Spanish
brig of war of 14 guns, which only escap
ed by getting in under the guns of the
Moro Castle—a few minutes more and
she would have been a prize to the Co
lombian. 'I’he Aguila, is at present Com
manded by Captain IV. jlnderson, who is
represented as remarkably successful in
cutting up the Spanish trade, having
captured, within a few days after he sail
ed from Porto Cavello, three very rich
prizes.—Balt. Fed. Gaz.
MAKUIF-D,
In this town, on I'hursday evening last, by the
Rev. Samckl C. Caldwell, Jamkh G. Sfkauh,
Ksq. to Mrs. Ahkjail Vail, •
^^Bools uiiil Slioes. _
(jKN’l'LEMKX’S fine and common Shoc.s and
Shoetees,
Men’s thick and pegged do do
Ladies’ Seal .Skin and Morocco boots,
do Strapt and Laced VValkii\g Slioes,
do Morocco and Leather Pumps,
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes and Uootcc*,
fine and coninion;
A f^irw' pair nailed >\ f‘llin'>'ton Boots;
Shoe llrushes, Liquiii and Paste Blacking, he.
Just rcccivetl, and for sale, by
* JOHN II. NORMENT.
Charlotte, Jan. 1, 1825.—2115
XOTICT,.
W'lI.L bo exposed to sale, in tlit ttwa oV
Charldtte. (n Wednesday, the .^tli day of
.laiiuary next, all the cH'ccts belongie to th«
late lirni of Cow ,vn ^ Vail; consisting of a largo
aiil elegant assortment of household and kitili-
en Furniture, among w hich are one large Side
Board, niie set of Uining Tables, one set of Card
Tal)les, one set of Tt a Tables, all of the fineat
mahogany and niost fashionable mechani.sm;—
also, one of the best mahogany caseil eight day
London Clocks, one pair of large gdt framed
parlour I.ooking (ilasses; about twenty-fivb
beds, bedsteads and furniture, contposed of the
finest and best materials ; several sets of Wind
sor flhairs, and a variety of tea ware and table
furniture. All kinds of kitchen furniture iu
conimon use, a gootl Hone, two Milch Cows,
tlie (piantity of corn, hay and fodder, that may
then be on hand, together w ith a number of oth
er articles too tedious to mention.
'I'iie sale \^ill be on a credit of tw elve months.
Bonds ami ajiproved security w ill be requirid,
for all sums o\ i-r ti\ e dollars; for purchases un
der that anuMint, I'finh.
JAMKS COWAN, Surviving Partner
of the jirm of Cmvaii £jf V^ail.
N H. The Sale will continue from day today
until all is lold.
At Private Sale.
THAT valuable and well known
House aiul Lot iii the town of Char
lotte, occupied forthe last six yeai">i
by Cowan k V ail, as a house of en
tertainment. Its central .sit\iatiou in the town
and vicinity to the Court-House; its complete
order and coiivtnieni aiTangement forthe enter
tainment of travellers and country custom; itA
ra[)aeious, uell iV:uned, two storied stable ; itn
highly impro'. etl garden; its neat and convenient
two storied kitchiii; its secure framed smoke
hoiMC and hiiiil)vV room, with its Urge cellar,
secure and dry at all seasons of the^year, togeth
er with a ne\er tadnig well of excrllent water,
convenient to the house and kilehen, will atl'ord
to one wishing to keep a ^lublic Ikjusc advanta
ges not surpassed by any in the state. Any per
son wi^liing to pur hase, is request;d to view
the prmiises, that they may speak for them
selves.
Also, about forty .icres of valuable land ad
joining the town lands, thirty of which are in
closed and well adapted to the culture of all th«
producth of the country.
1 am disposeil to sell the above premises upoa
reasonable and acconnnolating terms, which cau
be known by applvingto John Irwin, merchant,
of Cluirlotte, or tIiohus L. Cowan, of Salisbury.
JAMLS COWAN.
Charlotte, T)ec. 3, 1824.—5t 14
QTj'Thc editor of the W'estern Carolinian will
f^ive the above three insertions in his paper, and
forward his account to this oilice.
Just received tiiul lor Sale at
jYonnc7it’s Grocery St ore^
A few dozen Old Port,^
L. P. Teiieriire, and > WINES.
Sweet Malaga, 3
Jioyeau, ^
?:;:“:r.%n,iKoiiuiALs.
Sweet Shrub, 3
Albany .\le,
Old Jamaica Ruin,
Cog'nac Brandy,
Loudon Mustard, fresh and genuine,
l.ogwood and Ground (iinger.
Codfish and Mackcrel,
Soil Shelled Almonds, and
A fresh supply of CONFKCTIONARIES.
Charlotte, Jan. 1, 1825.—2tl5
Dr. I). T. Caldwell,
ITISHES to inform his friends, that
V he has movttd his Medicines to
the store-house belonging to the estate
of Win. Allison, deceased, which he
now occupies as a shop. A dissolution
of the partnership between Hr. .Me
Kenzie and himself having taken place, he now
oii'ers his services, in his individual capacity, to
the citizens, of Charlotte and its contiguous
country, in the diflerent departments of his pro
fession, and promises that his most faithful ex
ertions shall be extended to all who may choose
to employ him.
Charlotte, Jan. 1, 1825.—5tl8
^VVVlVWi.
ON \Vcdneslay, the IQih January, 182.'*, will
be hired, for the term of one year, all th«-
NI'.GUdKS belonging t(» the estate of John
Chieves, deceased ; consisting of several negro
fellows, one of which is a good blacksmith, and
several woiueii and phjiigh boys, Ste.
Due attendance wdl be given bv me.
JAMKS KlUK, Adm'r.
. Dec. 24, 1824.—Iw
N. B All persons indebted to s-iid estate, are
euriu stly rei'ie!>ted to come, forward and make
pii\ ijK iit, as 110 I’urther indulgence can be given.
JimksT. AsHriiT intends le:iving Charlotte
in tlie month of April. All j>erHons that
h;ive ( luims against me, will ph ase present tin ni
for settUnn iit against, the l‘>l day of M.trch ;
tliose inilebti'd, will »a\e costi and trouble, by
making payment in a few weeks.
.lAMK^ r. ASBUllY.
Charlotte, Jan. 1, 1825.—9t22
'I'here will be kept a good assortment of Har
ness, and otiier articles in my bne, till the lir»t
(lay of April, whicii Vrill be sold low for cash
only.
State ot* Nordi-Caroliiia,
KLE.vueun coi
oil, Adin’r.'i
AN n, det’d. |
liani I
IT appearin;' to t
that iiobert Wa
M K.CKLE.VUeUn COCSTr.
Joseph Blarkv.ooil, Adin’r.
ol W illiain Brow
t ( Petition for sale of
Iiobert Brown, and others, Land.
Heirs at l.aw of William
Hrown, deo'd.
to the satisfaction of the Court
atson aiul his wife Fdizabctb
iv, o of the defi tulant.'. in this c.iae, are not in
lial)ilaiits ot tins State : It i.j therefore ordered
Ijv t!u: tuiii't, tii.it puldieatloa be made for six
u ■' ks in till- ('a'.au ba .l(/urnal, I’lat tin v appLar
;it the Kebniary term of tins court, in 1825, and
tlii-n and then,-to pit ad, ansu i.r or demur to the
p tit'on, (-tberwis.; judgment pro toufesso will
l.e takt-ii agiin-*! tluMii.
i. .t. ISAAC AIJ;x \ND^L1{, c. M. C.
';‘ia p-
Stop the Uunawav.
4 BSCONDKD from the •ubscriber, living in
aa the town of Concord, Cabarrus county, ou
the IJtli iust. iny apprentice boy, by the name
of John Pacinj'tr, who, as 1 have understood,
went ofl' in cinnpany with two persons by the
lunies of Jnsiah Shlmi and John llopkirui. The
said John P:icinger is about 19 or 20 years of
age, five feet 8 or 10 inches high, stoop shoul
dered, sallow* complected, and speaks very slow;
he has a downcast sheepish countenance, dull
la/.y appearance, und bends forward considera
bly when walking. The undersigned is incUn-
ed to believe, that Josiah Shinn, (one of the a-
bove named person.^,) has seduced off saiii ap
prentice, a , he was skulking about town for some
time previotis, and at that time disa|)|)carcd—
besides about a dozen or two of Hats out of my
llaitter Shop ; which, most likely, formed part
of the company.
The said apprentice had on a broad clotli coat,
and brown Holland pantaloons.
A reward of ten dollars will be given for the
apprehension and deUvery of the said apprentice
to me, or for his apprehension, and infunnatioa
to me given, so that 1 get him again. I d> here
by forewarn all persons against harboring said
apprentice.
I.et the public beware of his two a4Sociate«»
anil esjiecially Josiah Shinn.
The said Shinn is, perhaps, about 30 years of
age, and is a hatter by trade, lie is about five
feet eight inches high; dark complecteil; has
large white dull eyes, sandy colored eye-brows,
prodigious whiskers, and a mouth, in point of
size—monstrous ! The said Shiiiii has a large
stock of brass and im|>udence; assumes great
airs of importance ; talks :i great deal about the
war, and his chivalrous exploits therein; and
would fain assume the vocation of the blacic
coat gentlemen. He is particularly distingni.sh-
ed for telliiig lies, and long stories about notli-
ing ; and his character in point of honesty does
not stand above suspicion. 'I’he i*aid Shinn is ia
the habit of travelling much through the coun
try ; slays but a short time at a place ; contracts
all the di.bta he can, and goes off w'ithout pay
ing them; and frejuently ])asse» for a single
man, but h«* has a w ife and children in the coun
ty of Cabamis. He is likewise insolvent.
As forthe other one, John Hopkins, he is a.
shoemaker by trade; keeps low company; much
addiited to intoxication, and wbi ii in that sitiia-
lion, the tiiojt abusive anil iIl-tonguel fellov/
irnaginalde —bis tongue is truly his onl^-wea
pon of defence. He is stoop-!,bouldered, verv^
t;»ll, lank-sided, bandy-legged, f.at footed; and
|ircseiitb pretty much tlie appepjance of “a,
scar -crow  loping from a torn iit-M.’* But ho
has higher elartns to hoiu than his associate,
Shinn; or, in otiur words, he i» not as great a
scoundrel as Shinn.
A further reward of twenty dollars will be
given, i'or information and evidence, which will
l ad to a detection of the aforesaid >Shinn and
fli/pkin'’, in bearing off my hats; in order that
that prculiar punishment (u hip[)ing) might be
inflicted, w hich is so admirably cjculated for
the reformation of such worthies.
ABUAHAM AREA.
Dec. 18. 1824.—3tl5
State ol* Nortli-Caroliiui,
■ LCKLBN BCafi rot’.NTr.
JS'ovember Sejsivns, 1824.
John Osborn
.joim ijsnorn j
James Clark and r
.loseph (iooihnaii. y
nal Attachment
r is ordered by Court, that advertisement be
iL inaib lor s'x weeks in the Catawba Journal,
tor t!ie il fendants to appear at the February
term of t!iis rouit, in 1825, and there to replevy
and plead to issue, otherw ise judgment will Ic
entered against him.
1 rst. ISAAC ALLXANUKR, Clk.
fitl«—nrirr-adv.
l)eliv(‘ry lioiids.
For sale, at Office of the Jo'irnal.
J4.‘cdh_i*or Sulcj ut thi^ Ollice-.