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JOSEPH W. HAMPTON,-
-“The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United S»6g, may be resumed by them, whenever pervertf^d to their injury or oppression.”—Madlson..
-Editor and Pnblislier-
VOLUME 1,S
CHARLOTTE, N. C., APIIIL 13, 1841.
S NUMBER 6.
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PROisPECTUS OF THE
^mtthltni)itvs Srmv.ociuau
State Oi NorUi Carolina.
The present is llic fir.st effort that lias boo'.'i nia.h'
to establish an or^^aii at tho birth-place ci Ame
rican Independence, throujxli which the doctrii\es ot
the Democratic Party could be I'reeiy proinuliZ;tt» d
and defended—in which the great principles ot' Lih-
orty and Equality for which the Alexandf.us, the
PoLKt?, and their heroic compatriots perilled tiieir all
on the 20th May, 1775, could at all timo.^ liiid an
unshrinkins^ advocate. Its= succc^^^? re^^ts rhiolly with
the Republican party ol Alecklenhur^—and to them,
and the RepnblicauH of the surrounding country the
appeal is now' made for support.
The Jeffersonian v.’ill assume as its political creed,
those landmarks of the Republican Party, the doc-
trin's set forth in the Kentucky and \ iri_niiia Reso-
hitions of 1798—beiievin«_r. as the ua.lorsiLMieil dors,
that the authors of these parers, who boro a coa.^r iru-
out5 part in framing our system o‘ Government, u ore
best qualilied to hand down to posterity a correct ex
position of its true spirit—the best judges ot what
powers were delegated by, and what reserved to,
the States.
It will oppose, as dangeroiiK to oin’ free institutions,
tiie s])irit of inonopo/i/^ which has be« M .stealthily, but
^ readily incr«'*asing in the country from the tbundu-
lion of our Government. The most olious feature
in tills system is, that it robs the :ma.ny, ini})rrr
■o eiirich the few;—It clothes a few v.ealihy i-ulivi-^
hr.d ' with power not only to control t)ie v.aires ot
' Ld :iring b':: ... ..y d ilioi’- ^
r di-press tiie coiun.erc.' and bu.'in"': --i' the wi’oU* '
■ ouutrv—PX^-ithin; a ot’ extvuvngrince. which it
tr'rminates in peciiTtlarv vuiu. and too often the mor-
l degradation ol’ its A ictims. This system nuist be
tho)ii'iijhly reJorrnecL beibre we can hope to see set
tl' d prosperity smile alike ujjon all our ciii/f^ri •. 'I o
aid in produciu.fT this rcforni^ will be one oi the main
cbjects of the JetYersoiii iii. It w ill wnr against f\v-
clusive pi ivi’egcs, or purtial h crislafion. under what
ever guise granted by our LegisUttures ; and, there
fore. will oppo.se the cliartering ot' a IJmted States
Rank, Internal Improvements hy the Federal Gov
ernment, a revival of the TaritV System, arid th.e new’
f‘deral schernc of the General Gover.'iment a.-svim-
iiiUtopayto tbroign money clian£rers Itco fodulrc'!
.r^Uioics of doUars. borrowed by a few States f >r
1 jcal purposes.
\s a question of vital importance to the Routli,
and one which, from various causes, i=: i very day
as.^uming a more momentous and awful aspect the
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arj;i ;e.'(;urately advised of the movements of the
\ortiiern Abolitionists. It must be evilent to all
eandid observers, that a portion of the j:ariy press of
the South have hitherto been too silent on this s\d)-
ject. Woshall, therefore, v.’ithout the Ibarof b'ing de
nounced as an alarmist, leml our humble aid to assist
in aw’akening the People of the South to due vigi-
hince and a sense of their real danger.
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Charlotte, March 5, 1811.
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TH03IAS LORIXG, EDITOR.
By 7//S ExceUeiiq/, JOffX M. MOREIIEAD
Governor^ Cnptaiji-Gnu-ra- \ n>id Comm 'indcr-in.
Chief., in awl orcr the State aforesaid:
*'»7"HEi^EAS, I have been duly iaforined by the
V T l'r-^ !amniioa of His Excellency, AVu.liam
Hknhy liAHntscx, Presiilent of the Uiutod Sfi1*s,
tiiat til, i;;sL Monday of Mny next, (being the 31st
day th tcoQ has been fixeil upon l»y him lor th:'
meetino; of tliC |,rst Session of tlie tw.'nfy-sc'venth
Congrt'ss of the Uiiited States: an (‘veiit u hicli reti-
ders it expo iient and necessary th.it the Eleclion ior
the Representatives from this Sta'a* in the nt'xt ('on-
gress shonhi Ix* lieKl at an earlier tiay tiian the usu
al time of lioiding sai-l Eh'ctions: Aow. tiier-''‘or:\
by virtue ol' the authority in me vested, by a!i Act
of the Geni'ral As-.nuoly of this State entit!e:l - An
Act concerninix the mod'^ of'ciioosing Senators and
Representaiiv*. 5? in the Conj^ress of tin'
Stands,” (llevisetl Statute's of C., Chajtti r 721 )
aiul to tile 0!i 1. that the t'reeinen of this St:it* may
be duly represent*'1 in tlie nt'xt Coiigress. at its iirst
session connnencin^ as a!‘ore.said. I do issue tliis my
Proclamaiion liL'rel>y coinmaiitiing and requiring all
Sherilis and otiier Returning Ollicers of il>e se\'*'rai
Coutities composing each Congressional District, to
cau.se Polls to be opened aiul ko[)t an 1 Eh'ciions to
be held, tor Repri sentatives to the next Congress
of the United Statt s on Tiiurs lay, the tliirteentii
ilay oi'May next, at the plac('s estaldished by law
in tlioir r 'spectivt* Countie.s, tor holdinir sal.I F^le ■-
tions. And 1 d > 'ir'thtr com.nan 1 a.ul rjqui;v s,.ii I
Sherilis, and oiivr Retnring Ofii»*. rs, t.) me--i for
llie pi'rpose o!'coni:).‘ri’M_'’ tht' Po*Is, at the tinie^ a;ni
pl.ici s p*'o; rilic i by ! nv f;>r tlK't pur^*M.--.-. ^vn I 1
do, by this, i.iy {>rn iani uion. f' ■ r • r. (iaiiC ti'.-
Freemen of this State, to meet in tlieir resj.ectivc
Cotnuies. at the time, ” aforesail, atul ‘at ilie places
established by law, then and there to give their votes
tor Representaties •' in the next Congress.
Done at the City of Raleigh, tliis the
twenty-second ilay of Man-ii, in the
year cd' our Lonl one thousand eight
iuuidred and forty-one, ami of tlie In-
lependence of the Ignited States tlie sixty-llflh.
J. M. MOREIIEAD.
By tlie Oovernor:
J.\: T. Lrr rLEJonx, Pri. Sec. -1-3
Catawl>a Spriii^-s.
‘=-^——THE Subscril>er would inform the public
gener.Uly, that he is ])repared to entertain Visiters
at the above celebrated watering-place, arid pledges
himself that no elForts shall be spared to render
comf(jrtaide and profitable th'^ sta}’- of all who may
call on hi.i Terms of bonr i moderate, in •nuit tlie
times. THOMAS HAMPTON.
Lincoln coi. N. C., April 0, 1840.
The ( len .Tournal v.’-ill i ■'aert the abov^e
3 wn*eks, an(l t!u 'larlestoti C trier, A. eekly. to tlie
amount ot‘^‘3, and vvard the a‘:connts to II.
•T?
"^^RS. IIAMPTOA’S School for the tuition of
\ ovmg L.i'jies ia^Iustc, was opened *m tin;
13lu ultimo. She uill give I. -'saii'; at iier residence,
ne:!r!y opposite and v; ry conve;:ient to the Female
Academy, on the Ibllowing terms :
Per Scssioii of five ?nonlhs, in adi'a?ire 810
'* “ “ e/rl of Scss. 20
Mrs. IT. hopes, from her experience in teaching,
a!id b\ unremitiing attention to the improvement ol'
her • uidls, to receive a siiare of public patronage.
C'iiarlotte, March 5, 1811.
PLANTETiS* HOTEL,
(LATE DAVIS’.)
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f’anuhni, S. C,'.. January iO. 1S41. 1—Gm
AVING removed tin ir stock of Goods to the
country, anil dc' lined business in Ciiarlotte,
the und.crsiuried ennu stly '•i-quest all persons owinir
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t DRV
0 o 'o D s
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all who may favor them \\ ith a. call.
ALEXANDER RROTHER'^J.
Charlotte. March 23, 1.>U. 3-f
THE Subs^'riber res^iectfully heirs
leave to iiilbrm the citizens of C'b '.r-
lotte. that he has made anqtle arratnjri nnnits to fur
From dio iiJd (S. O.) Adv;.rtisur.
BURN YOUR COTTON STALKS.
Mr. Editor: I am one of tliose who believe it i.s
tlie indispensable duty of every man, especially
tiiose who call themselv'es planters, to communicate
to the public, information no matter how trivial, that
w’iU in the smallest degree promote the interest of
the farmers generally. There is no planter in the
State, 1 venture to say, who has paid that attention
to his farm that is obligatory upon him, but can
give valuable information upon almost every sub
ject connected vcith the cultivation of the soil. In
view of the above obligation, I hav'e concluded to
call the attention of farmers to one fact, which per
haps w ill be more beneiicial in cultivating a crop,
than one would anticipate from such a matter as bur
ning cotton stalks. Th^ hard times, Mr, Editor, has
caused me to reflo.ct very seriously upon the failure
of another cotton crop. Sliovild ibut be the caso,
ruin must tall upon every class of the commit’aity.
Well, in order to enable me tlu. more perlectly to
succeed in a crop of cotton, I set about to examine
every old stump, tree, &c., in my field, to find out if
possible what had become of the worm or catterpil-
lar that was so very destructive to our cotton the
last year. I proceeded to examine one by one very
closely, but made no discovery, in pa.ssing through
the field with my knife in hand, (as usual w’ith far
mers,) whiitlin.g ev.-ry little splinter, until I exhausted
every thing in the sha]>e of wood ; I tlien fell upon the
cotton stalks, where, to my surprise, the first part of
a stalk I cut up, I found six catterpillars snugly
housel in the petli of the stalk. This discovery led
me to an examination of at least some fifty or more
stalks, when to my astonishment I found the w'orm.
some eight or ten in every stalk, and nearly all
aliw. My plan is, to ilestroy these lovers of cotton
immediately, and the only eilectual mode that I
know of, is to burn the stalks. You should set
about it immediately, say the first rain, pulling up
your stalks to be burnt, beibre the catterpillar should
eat itself cut, in the shape of a butterlly perhaps, or
some other insect, ready to deposite its eggs as
soon as your cotton should begin to Ibrm squares cr
bolls. By adopting the above plan, tJiousands and
ten^ of thousands mny be destroyed, which will re
move entirely, in tny opiniop., the greatest dtficulty
in making a crop of cotton. But, some farmers
may conclude, that as planters generally plant corn
after cotton, it will make no material difference as
to burning the stalks. But sto]): lot me a.sk if you
are certain that tlie chinch bug is not a produetion
of this very catterpillar; and besides that, many tar-
mers, notwithstanding tliey adopt the rotation plan
of tarminor, are necessarily compelled to ]>lant some
cotton in tlie same iield twice, and perhaps thrice in
succession? You will t‘xcuse the dress, ?*Ir. Editor.
’ ' ' his article appears, as my object is sini-
, a dt'gree of attention to this matter, and
th fromtliose more expori-niced tiian my-
ation wdiich will elevate the science of
to a station w’hich it deserves.
A YOUNG FARMER.
discover w’hy the good farmer finds a profit in an
outlay every four jxars of $20 an acre in enriching
his lands. But if we snppose—what is in fact the
truth, that the long manure wdiich causes the great
increa.se in the corn crop, as good for the next crop as
it w^ould have been, had it been summer yarded, as
w'as once, and is now often the case, the absolute ad-
ditional expense is nothing—tlie food of the corn crop
is absolutely saved to the farm. I might carry these
illustrations to other crops, to farms and to districts
of country. In my journeying in the States of New
York and New’ Jersey, I have seen many farms, and
some Districts, where the intrinsic value of lands haa
been enhanced a thousand per cent, or in a tenfold
degree, by the almost magic influence of improved
husbandry, based upon the pruiciples ot working no
more land than can be Tcept rich and w orkcfl well.
These facts suggest to the farmer who w'ould keep
up the fertility and productiveness o: his soil, the ne
cessity of
1st. Con.suming his crops, as far as practicable,
upon his farm, or returnuig it to an eqviivalent in ma
nure for what he carries oft.
2d. Of carefully husbanding every animal and veg
etable substance which he can command, ot preser\-
ing it from waste, and of faithfully and judiciously
applying it to the soil as food for bis crops ; and
3d. Of .studying those la\vs of nature w’hich gov
ern, to a greater or less extent, the w’^hole business
of the farm, and wddch can never be vioiat^'d v*iith
impunity.
From the Albany Cultivator.
SALT FOR ANIMALS.
The importance of furnishing salt to domestic an
nuals, does not appear to be sufficiently understood.
Though all are aw^are of the avidity with w^hich
animals eat it when given them, there are many who
scarcely salt their animals through the season.
Now it is evident that animals should have it at
all times at their command. They will never cat
more than is gocd for tliem, and it is essential to
their healh and comfort. The quantity aliow'ed in
Spain for 1500 sheep, is twenty five quintals—-proba
bly twice the amount tlie same number usually get
in this country; and this qu.antity is consumed by
them in about five months, they getting little in tlic
winter, or while journeying to and from their moun
tain pasture. Ijord Somervdlle allow’cd a ton of salt
to a thousand sheep, and found they consumed the
most in the spring and fall, and at these seasons it
w’as probably most useful to them as security against
'iisease. Of its value for animals in a medical point
of view', the followitig fact, stated by the celebrated
Curwen, must be deemed decisive:
‘‘ Beibre I commenced giving my cattle salt, my
farrier’s bill averaged 53 pounds per annum, (or
more then two hundred and fifty dollars.) and since
I have used .salt, I have never paid in one year more
tiian live shilling.s.”
Wliere cattle have access to sheds, troughs with a
constant supply of salt in them, should bo kept for
their use. W'here they must be salted in the fields,
troughs should be placed, and salt supplied frequent
ly. There wdll, in exposed troughs, always be
more or less w^asted from rain, but that should not
prevent a supply. It has been found an excellent
practice where sheep alone come to the troughs to
put a little tar on the bottom and sprinkle the salt
upon it. In this way a small portion of the tar is
taken wnth the salt, and is not only ibund conducive
to health, but rubbed in this w'ay over the nose serves
to prevent the attacks of the Estrusovis or sheep fly.
4 LL those indebted lo the subscriber, are inform-
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C J. FOX.
Charlotte. 6th April, 1841 ^—F
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Petersburg, Va., Oct. 31, 184.0.
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ffcntieman o^'thi- K 'itor’s n''quaiJl^«ncf r-3ceived on ^lirisfi
ek vn turk; s, ibrfy pounds ot liutter, one barrel of app
twolvo nunc pies,'i rnjri.strcus a ]>nrr ! of soil soa
j'ir of pr s-TV s, u pooHie do'Z, two lijle pi s, from irionds,
tic>ns by his wife. He must bo p> rf.ctly happy.
A Geniu.i.—Ai\ Irishman said the hard-hearted priests
stead of a tenth, would, if they dnred, i .ke nie twentieth
poor man’s earning, and so keep on doubling !
One watch set right will do to try manv by; and, or
other hand, one that goes wrong may be the means of
leading a whole neighborhood, -4nd the same may be si
the example we individually set to those around us.
Dr. Johnson says, to neglect at any time preparatio
death, is to sleep on our post at a siege; but to omit it
age, is to sleep at an attack.
Av OMce-Seeker.—The following dialogue is said tf
occurred at Waehinsrton on the election of Gen. Jaekso
*• Gin’ral, I want an embassv.” “Can’t have it, sir.
want to be Postmaster.” “Can’t have it, sir. You
read nor write.” “Then, Gin’ral, for God’s sake givf
vair of breech^
MAKE FARMING PROFITABLE.
1 the last Essoy writt. n by Judge Butl.]
t secret of success in Agriculture con-
pting our crops to onr soils, in fitting the
•eception, in feeding them well, and giv-
)per culture ; and tiie great obstacles to
t are, ignorance of the principles or sci-
?ulture, a blind adherence to old prac-
parsimoay of expenditure. We better
the economical managemrnt of ani-
’i do of plants. Wj know that we can-
beef, or pork, or mutton, profitably wdtli-
bigh. It requires a certain amount of
an animal i.i good condition—all be-
ich the beast can con ^uma, digest and
virtu.illy converted into llesh. Now it
t ditierence Vvdiether this extra lood is
,0 flesh in three months or in twelve ;
le former case, three-lburths of the ordi
[nired to sustain life and condition, for a
sd to the feeder, besides an equal ex-
ndance. It is precisely so with crops,
acre is more profitable than three poor
cause it requires only one-third of the
ill oftentimes give ati equal or greater
Indian corn, tor example, the average
hich I will assume to be thirty bushels
w if vve make an acre of suitable rich
enty-five loads of unfermenied manure,
he crop well, we may get ninety bushels
>m the acre—and the amount has been of-
d to one hundred and tw’enty. Here then
ain of sixty bushels by feeding an acre
• tiie gain of an acre not fed w’^ell. In re-
le cost of the manure, call it if you please
consider it capital expened. If you deduct
the profits of the well fed acre, there w^ould
in a difference in favor of the latter, accor-
le common scale of prices, of f$25. If you
barge the interest on the outlay, this w^ould
, and would diminish the difference between
I and bad acre but this amount, or would
3 crop on the rich acre w’orth $58 more than
jor acre.
ate the farmer’s corn crop .at ten acres, and
perceive tliat the cultivator of the ten rich
3ceives net ^580 more than the cultivator
en poor acres. Carry out this comparison to
lucta of the whole farm, and we shaD at oncc
THE BLIND GIRL AND HER MOTHER.
The follownng thrilling incidenr. the meeting of a
mother and her child—is from the rcceilt report by
Dr. Howe, Principal of tlie Perkins’ Institution for
the blind at Boston, concerning Laura Bridgman,
the deaf, dumb and blind girl, whose only means of
communication wnth objects around her is by the
touch, w’hich is remarkably acute :
During the last year, and &ix months after siif-
had left her liome, her mother came to \ isit her. and
the scene of tlieir meeting w^as an interesting one.
The mother stood some time gazing with over
flowing eyes upon her unfortunate child, who, all
unconscious of her presence, w as playing about the
room. Presently Laura ran against her, and at once
began feeling of her hands, examinhig lier dress,
and trying to find out if she knew” her; but not suc
ceeding here, she turned away as from a strang(.‘r,
and tiic poor woman could not conceal the pang she
felt that her beloved child did not know’ her.
She then gave Laura a string of beads which she
used to \Vear at home, which were recognized by
the child at once, who, wdth much joy put them
around her neck, and sought me, eagerly, to say she
understood the string was from her horae.
The mother tried to caress her; but poor Laura re
pelled her, preferring to be with her acquaintances.
Another article from home w’as now given her,
and she began to look much interested, she examin
ed the stranger much closer, and gave me to under
stand tliat she knew she came from Hanover; she
even endured her caresses, but w ould leave her with
indifference at the slightest signal.
The distress of the mother was now painful to be
hold ; for although she had feared that eho should
not be recognized, the painful reality of being trea
ted wnth cold indifference by a darling child, w as too
much for w'oman’s nature to bear.
Alter aw’hile. cn the mother taVang hold of her
again, a vague idea neemed to flit across Laura’s mind
that this could not be a stranger, sjhe thereforo lelt
of her hands very eagerly, while her countenance
assumed an expression of intense interest—she be
came very pale, and then suddenly red—hope seem
ed struggling with doubt and anxiety, and never
were contending emotions more strongly painted
upon the human face. At this moment cf painful
uncertainty, the mother drew her close to her side,
and kissed her fondly, when at once the truth flash
ed upon the child, and all mistrust and anxiety di«
appeared froraJier flushed face, as with an expres
sion of exceeding joy she eagerly nestled in the be
som of her parent, and yielded herself to her ibnd
embraces.
After this, the beads were all unheeded; the plaj
thingis which w^^ere olFered to her were utterly dis-
ret’^arded; her playmates, lor whom, but a moment
belore, she gladly left tlie stranger, now vainly strove
to pull her from her mother; and though she yielded
her instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow
me, it wa9 evidently with pamful r-'I'vtan-- '' Sh-"