HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER
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Yol.I. WEDNESDAY, A PHIL 5, 1820.
HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.
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Atarek 15. Otl
NOTICE.
J\ MRS & Snders i?o Meb;<ne pave unto the
subscriber iitmrti'ne in the month of \!t?,
iHlri, a bond fgr the cum ot four hundrM <iul*
Inr*. due one day a'tcr date, which bond 1
luvt- either 1 ??' or mislaid, so that I can
not find it at present. There it a credit on
the bond, October ?Jd, lijlt, for one bundled
and twenty -five dollars, and another crcdit in
January, lit?', lor t>? ?w?-en tour and tive d??l
li"?, which still leave* a butane** unpaid. I do
tn en- to re fbrewarn the said Jamii Si \nder?on
M'-Uane Imin paying the said balance u? a?>y
p?rmii but myself, aft I have never trailed or
as* <ncd the said bond to any |K*rkon what
ever.
Joseph Armstrong.
Hark Creek, Oranjjr County,
.I/arch 21, 1820 7-3 .v
The ce\?hra\eA Worse
OST.UCH,
Wll.L stand t!ie ensuinjj season, to com
inence the first day of April an?l end
tlie first dav of Au<uat; on M'tndat and I'ucs
(lav of eaeh week at lames ?l.?rrow'a, on Cane
er^rk; on Weilnes'llv >n ?-ach wrrk at J.on< s
H'ltchiftun's, c*q; and on Thursday, F?-day
and Saturday at Mason Hal), at) in the roun'y
of Omn^e; will cover mar<-? at the reduced
pr.ee of lour dollars tlie leap, tne cath to be
paid at the time of ser\ice; six dollars the fa
son, if paid at any time within the season,
n'heftvise eijfht d-illars will be charged for
tlw season; and ten dollars tn insure a mare
with foil, which money will become doe as
soon a. it can bo ascertained the ni.<te .s uith
foal, or the property changed.
All possible care will be taken to pr-v,-nt
acrid?-nts. but the subscriber will not t>* li-tble
for any that mat happen.
pp.oic;uk.e.
Ostrich, a beautiful bai . black legs, mane
and tail, fi.'e feet four inches high, v. o 'Inr
teen years old last Julv, u ??? bred t>\ Allen
Vounjf, of the county of Nleckl.nhnr^, in tbe
vtu.e o( Virtfi'ii ?; ? as >fot<en l?\ 'he imported
h >rne Wrangler, and came out of t\? celebra
ted mare M.*s Fid^Tt, her aire the imported
Sterling, her dam by Old o setrap
John M ;ison.
V ||. fjcntlrrr.rn living at a distance, who
t'unk prnjx-r in send their marcs tn t'n ?<il?
scr.ber at Mason llall, a*r informed ? t? .s* their
?taroi shall be well ted, and pastured b' jt,s.
?March ?, 1H20. j?.hn
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TiOf. l Htll with
I )c Declaration ol Kti;ht ? ?nd Consti
tution ot the St itc.
TO which is pur. rixr. n
r he Constitution ol tne United StJtcs.
fnrmfr edition of this work havinjf
1 hf come s?> scare* as to rendfr it difficult
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submitted the propria! f >r their patronage,
and Mill commence the publication a? aoou as
? lie number of inhir fibers shall !><? such a* to
.!'"*ti?\ the undertaking I'he debate* of the
V,?T'I? Carolina conv*wi?n on the adoption ol
'he constitution of the (Tnitcd Mate*, mint
??erta.nly exnte aufVuicnt interest to prevent
I h?-ir hemming extinct; it is then fore pre
sinned that the proposed edition will he ex
tensively patronised throughout the state.
CONIil i lo\ S.
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T
Mason Hall Eagle Hotel .
A. MASON',
WISIIF.S to inform hia former customer*
ami the public Kent-rally, tliat lie lias
nearly finished ma house, so that he <a now
able to iceomni <ljte us tnuny as may honour
him with their company. His house is larjre,
having seven comfortable rooms which have
fire places in them, suitable for families, w
travelling jfentlemen wishing Mich. He has pro
vided r-.mmI licdi, liquors, Stc and will keep as
good a table sis the nei?hl>ourlioo<< will a HT.rcl. I
Hp is also provided uith pood stables, and
will always keep tbe b^?t provender. The
situation of the place is pleasant, and very
heslthv. Gentlemen willing to visit luni with
their f <tnit>es, dnri'ijj the aummer season, can
be accominodaicd on mode-ate terms.
'I lie keeper of tins es'^bSishnient pledges
himself to the public to do all til Ins power to
please and givretwiiC saiisfarti??n. Gentlemen
who call can an>j?e l hi nisclves -n read:?c tlie
newspapers in liis hal'-room, where he keep*
file* of p.t|>ers troin almost every par of the
(Jn ted States.
Mason Hall, Ornnjf county, N . C. ")
Keb. 2 a, 18 20. ' 5 4
CAStt STOYHE.
TliE subscr.ber lias lately opened a store
in Hillsborough, ,,,c bouse lorn erly
occupied bj him, where he otters tor sale on
very low terms for ca?h, a very considerable
assortment of
3>303II <a??3>3)
among which are,
A large assortment of superfine, finej and
coarse broad cloths, ?upt.-r!iiie and fii<e Cassi
mere*, bed, duple and Dutch blankets, out
in^s, vesting*, white and coloured plains,
flannels and baiscs. cas?imere and Canton
crap-- shawls, collicon, bomha/ettes cotton
hose, black silk handkerclnets. ait assortment
of ^uns some ol winch *rr of a very superior
quality; tr*ce chains, weeding lines, fry 11^
pans, anvils, vices, si dge and band hammers,
hello A*s pipes and band*, cr-iwley and blister*
?-d steel, carpenter's planes, imported waggon
boxes, patent cuting knives and scythe blades,
and a very large assortment of Hardware adn
Cutlery. ?
Krkland, Webb Si Co. )iavc always on hand
a considerable quantity of skirting, bridle,
ha^, upper and loal lea' her.
I Wish t* employ a sober, steady young
man, who can come well recommended, and
who has been brought up to the mercantile
business, and is a good accountant.
Win. kirkland.
Hillsborough, Feb. 23. 3? 3w
NOTICE.
THE attention of the public is requested to
the following statement On the evening
of Saturday the 19th instant, the house of the
subscriber, on S*? ift creek, whs entered during
her abs< noe, by John Bnau, and a free mulat
| toe jjirl named DiCey .If >ore, the daughter ol
L\dia -l/oore, was forcibly tak^n and carried
aw iy in a chair b. the suid llrvsn It is be*
In veil that he h*> a liirge.l bill of sale tor the
girl, purporting u? have been executed by her
rn ther, and it is feared that he tias carried the
s^irl to t'.e south, with the intention oi s? llmg
her. Direv ,l/o'?re h.?s lived with tlie suhscn
' her ever smc. she w:is fifteen mouths old, an. I
! the fact of her freedom c.m Iw pr'>\eM bey >nd
the >oatibilitv ivl a doubt Hue is n iw ahout
v ell teen vial's uid, live feet higll, Willi a
yellowish c tuples on, t' u k bushy hair, and
we*?rs ritujs in hero..r*
Hnan is about six le-t hgh has blue eves,
s a little round shouldered, a"d has a long
nuiH.
I he editor* nf southern pat are request
ed to g'Te the foregoing an i?i9trtion in t'ie<r
rtvp/c'ivi- iiafw-s. :?? poss|M\ it m?ys.ivr from
a s ?<i of slavery th i girl. who ha:. ail unqucs*
ti'iuablc lifibt to her liced 'in
('utliai i nc Free.
Sw ift * reek, t'nv-n Couti'y, >
Kebr.iary '25, 18 JO. ' ^ 5tf
.f V >1 ft ?s \ N l> U ft \\
T \I1. OH
limit s' Dur.ss m.ikf.h,
(* U \TF.|'I I. f.?r past favoufs* h*!> the j?l a
J sure nl to t|ic ladies am! tfen
Uemenof ll.llstmrmigli and its Vicinity, that l>c
ha* determined to oHVr tliefn his prn)r??Niii?l
services, ami hemj* pojsetM-d of a per (Vet
knowledge of tliat late discovery, the an ot
rutting to ht the htmnn *ha|>e, he earnestly
solicits their patronage, nutl assort a them that
all order* will he eirnitrd in the fir?t ?tylc.
Uniforms of every description made in u su
perior manner.
Ladi? s' drc^K-s tnade with taste and ele
gance.
lie will he regnlsrlv supplied from New
Y<?rk with the newest London ami American
fashion*
Feb 10. 1 ?f
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ol the Mdlihororjjh Recorder.
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\l)WF.I.t.lNO IIOIJSB, suitable for a
-mall family, situated within a conve
nient distance from the court-house, in llills
1'osstssioi! would Ik* required in
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HOUSE OF RePBESKjeTATlrES.
Thursday. March 16.
On motion ol Mr. Ervm, thi commit
tee on the District of Coiunn.ia were
instructed to inquire into the t xpedten
cy of so far altering the law of selling
real estate for taxes in the >aid District,
as to allow to minors the right of the
i(ji?ity lor redemption, two years after
.iiey *>:.all have attained to tne age of
twenty-one years, by complying with
t.,e condition now required b> law.
Mr. Foot submitted the f. lowing re
solution:
Ri solved, That the committee of way
and mans he instruct- d to enquire into
the expediency of repealing 01 amend
ing thv act i4 to regulate auil tix the com
;>>. .isatin.i of the clerks in the d.tt'ereut
nfFic s," passed April 20, 1818.
The resolution was, on mvtiim, so
amended as to direct the inquity therein
p:<. p-.se !, to b<- made by a select com
umtee, instead of the committee ol ways
j and means.
And tt?e question being taking on
agre< ing to toe said resolution, as amen
| tied ?
It was determined in 1 1??5 negative. So
the motion was rejected.
The remainder of the day was occu
I i>ied in debate on the civil appropriation
biil; and chiefly on the clause which
proposes an appropriation of one Iv.in
died thousand dollars " for completing
the contiact* for constructing tlie road
from Washington, Penn. to Wuecliitg,
made during the year 1817 "
On thi* there was "a raiiier animated
d? bate; Mr. Slocuiub having moved t<>
strike it out ol the bill. Tl.e ol.-j- ctions
to it were, principally; I. To the povr
cr of congress to construct roads at all;
and, 2. To the natuie of the contracts,
fconie of u hicli it * as suggested had ori
ginated in collu?it>n and fraud. This
question has b. cn, in substance, discuss
ed so much at large for several succrs
sive years, that wc have not 4hought it
necessary to report the d. bate at larvae.
Alter deciding the quvsnon cn Mr.
Slocu mb's motion in th# negative, the
committee iw; and
The house adjourned
Fr-day, .Varcli 18
Mr. Uobcitson submitted the follow
ing joint resolution for consideration:
Hr solved, By the senate and house of
representatives, kc. That .be consent of
congress be aiid the same is hereby j^iv
efci to a contract or agreement made and
concluded uy and betw ten '.lie states of
Kentucky and Tennessee, at Frankfort,
in Kentucky, on 'lie 2d day of February
lb Jo, to adjust and establish the boun
dary line be' ween them.
The resolve ?as read twice, and or
dered to lie on the tabic.
The engros-ed toll to authorize the
secritaiyof slate to cause tiie laws of
the Mu bi^an territory to h? printed and
di>iui? tid, was iead a third time, pass
ed, and sent to t:te Senate.
The hoire a.-.ain resolved itsrlfintoa
committee of tlu whole, Mr. ll.echei in
the chair, on the appropriation bill for
d Irjymg the civil ? xpences of t!ie go
vernment.
Mr. Coob renewed the mr?ti >n which
tic made the other day on a> other bill,
but th? n withdrew, to insert in the bill
an appropt iauon of thirty thousand dol
lars for negotiating a treaty with the
O'.ek and Cherokee Indians for the r\.
tinRuishment of tlv ir title to certain
lands in the Mate of Georpia.
Tne motion was support (I bv Mr.
I ? ?>!?, at considerable length, and also
by Mr. CutM>ert and Mr Abbot, all of
(i<or>(i4. M ibb 15. Rhea, Livu'iuore,
ai.d Campbell aiso engaged ill the de
oaie.
The motion was agreed to by a large
maj ority.
In t tie progress of the bill, a motion
*as made tovtiike out of the apprnpna
lion for the expenses of the commission
under the 5th article of the treaty of
lihent, so muc h as provides a compen
sation for an agent under that treaty;
and, alter a short debate* the motion was
agreed to without a division.
Mr. \Voodbridj*e moved to amend
the bill by introdu< in? an appropriation
of wenty thousand dollars, to defray the
expenses of extinguishing the Indian
title to land in the tcnitory ot Michi
gan.
The motion was supported by Mr.
Woodbridgc and Mr. Ross, and was
agreed to without a division.
The bill was then reported to the
house with sundry amendments} and the
(piestion presented itself on concur
i ing in certain of the amendments.
Some discussion took place on seve
ral of them*
On the question to concur with the
committee of the whole in filling th?
blank for the appropriation of one hun
dred thousand dollars, to be applied to
the payment for contracts made in the
year 1817, for making the great Cum
berland Road, the yeas and nays were
taken, and stood as follows:
For the appropriation, 90
Agjinsi it, 66
So the appropriation was concurred
in.
Obji rtion was made to the appropri
ation of 6,000 dollars for paying to Mr.
Trumbuii tue 3d payment on account of
his contract lor lour National Painting?;
on the delivery of the second of which,
now nearly completed, this money will
be payable to him. The principal ob
jection to the appropriation was, that
the money is not yet due.
TNe appropriation passed, in the end,
bv 7 6 votes t?> 54.
And the bill was ordered to be en
gios.ed for a third reading; and
The house adjourmd.
Saturday, March 18.
The bill from the senate to suspend,
for a further time, the sale or forfeiture
of lands for failure in completing the
payments thereon, was reported by Mr.
Anderson, from the committee on the
public lands, without amendment.
After some conversation between
M essrs. Cobb, Hendricks, M4Coy, and
Taylor, as to the proper course to he
V'iven to it, whether it should be com
mitted, read a third time at <>n''e, or la>d
on tut tabl; ; the last Couise was adopt
ed, ayes 65, noes 52, and the bdl was
laid on t!ie table.
?Mr. Anderson, from the committee
on the public lands, to whom had been
referred the bill to change the mode of
disposing of the public lands, (from crr
! rit to cash, Sec.) reported the same
with amendment.
[The amendments propose to strike
out all that part of the bill which change
the s-les from credit to cash payments.]
After a short discussion, as to she pio
per disposition of the bill, it was com
mitted to a committee of the whole
I house.
Ti e engrossed bill making appropria
tions for the support of government for
the year 1820, was read the third time,
pass'd, and sent to the senate for con- i
currence.
The bill making oppropriations for
the centre building of the capitoi, and
(or other purposes, passed through a
committee ol the whoje, Mr. Beecher
in tne chair; the sums inserted by the
committee, (111,789 dollars, for the
centre budding.) agreed to by the house,
and the bill was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Crowell, it was
Rrtolvcd) That the committee on
commerce and manufactures be instruc
ted to inquire into the expediency ol es
stahlial.ing a light r.ouse on Mobile
point, in the state of Alabama.
On motion of Mr. Anrteison, it was
licsc. Ivril, That a committee be ap
pointed t?< inquire into the expediency
of providing l>y law more effectually foi
reclaiming persons held to service or
Jabot r in one state, and escaping there -
fiom into another state, and that the
committee h ve leave to report by bill
or otherwise.
HfcVOLt'TIONARY PENSIONS.
The house then resolved itself into a
conin ittce of ti.e whole, Mr. Beecher
iii he chair, on the bill to amend the act
? I Mi'ir.i 18, 1818, providing pensions
lor persons engaged in the land and na
val service in the revolutionary war.
Mr. Bloondi' Id rose, and, after stat
i'li; the contemplated effect of this bill,
entered into a particular history of the
pn gress of tiic aet of 1818, through the
two house*., tlie different features it as
sunu d, and its ultimate shape, compar
ed with the hill originally reported by
the commi-tee, of which he was chair
man, to shew that that committie aie
ii.noeent of having produced the rmhar
ra^ments which had grown out of the
act. To try the question whether -the
house was willing to repeal the existing
art, he concluded by moving to strikv
out the first s< ction of the bill.
Mr. C ai.non moved to amend the sec- I
tion, by striking out that part of the first
section which allows to officers higher
pensions than what is allowed to pn
vates It would be perceived, Mr. I',
said, that the object of this amendment
was to place the officers of t:<e revolu
tionary army, on the same footing as the
soldiers of the revolutionary army. He
had no wish to repeal the act, but this
bill < ontainrd a principle-? that of dis
crimination ? which he could not recon
cile to his mind; any other mode would
be beuci than this ? they were all citi
zens and were all entitled, in an act ol
bounty, to an equal quantum of relict,
and to enforce this opinion, Mr. C. ar
gued at >onie length. Mr. C. however,
waived his motion to give way for an
amendrmnt, wh.ch Mr. Barbour inti
mated 1uh intention to off r, winch em
braced what Mr. C. had in view.
Mr. Harbour then submitted, by way
of amendment, the following provisions,
n lieu of those contained in ihc oiiit
Be it enacted, U"c. That every per
| son who now is, or hereafter may be,
I placed on the pension list of the United
t States, by virtue of an act of congre*
! entitled " an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, in the re
volutionary war," passed the I8ih of
Mjich, 1 8 1 8, who served for the term
of nine mouths, and for a term less than
three years, shall, so soon as he shall
have received the amount of two years'
pension, as allowed him by the said act,
be forthwith s'ricken from the pension
roll; and every person who now is. or
hereafter may be, placed on the pension
list <>f the U. States, under the act afore
said, who served for the terra of three
| ye^rs, or longer, shall be entitled to re
ceive ihe amount of the pension allow*
ed him by said act, for the term of two
| years, from the date of this declaration,
and afterwards during life, ? ?? ? dol
lars per annum.
I .itc. a. Jina be it further enacted,
Tliat 110 person who now is, or hereaf
ter may be placed on the pension list of
the United States, by virtue of the act
aforesa.d, shall hereafter receive any
part of the provision to w liich he may
be entitled by the said act, as amended
by the provisions of this, which shall be
due and payable after thai which be
came due 4th March, 1820, until he
shall have exhibited to some court of
record in the county, city, or borough,
in which he resides, a schedule, stib
?xribed by him, containing his whole
estate, (wearing apparel excepted,) and
shall have, before the said court, taken
and subscribed the follow ing oath or af
firmation, to wit: 44 1 A. B. do solemnly
swear or affirm, (as the case may he,)
r hat I was a resident citizen of the Unit
ed Sta'es on the 18th day of M.trcl;,
1818 and that I have not, since that
time, by gift, sale, or in any manner
whatever, disposed of my properly, or
any part thereof, with intcn; thereby so
to diminish it, as to bring myself with
in the provisions of an act of congress
entitled 44 an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval
service of tlx: United Stales, in ihe ic
voJutionary war," passed the 18th ot
March, 1818; and that 1 have not, nor
has any person in trust for me, a*,)
property; nor have I any securities,
contracts, or debts due to me, other man
what is contained in schedule now de
livered, and by me subscribed "?nor
until ihe person applying for the pay
ment of a pension, shall produce to the
secretary of war a copy of the aforesaid
schedule and oath or affirmation, duly
certified by the cleric of the court to
which the said schedule was delivered,
and before which the said oath or affir
mation was taken and subscribed, toge
ther with the opinion of the said court,
also certified by their clerk, of the va
lue of tht property contained ii. the said
schedule: Provided* That in every case
in which the pensioner imy be insaiie,
the court may receive said schedule
without the a lores aid oath or affirmation,
from the committee o> o her person au
thorized to take caie ol such insane
person.
Sec. 3. jlnd be it further enacted ,
i Tiiat the original schedule and oith or
affirmation, shail be filed in the cleik's
I office ot the court, to winch the sche
dule shall be exhibited, and before winch
the said oath or affirmation, shall be ta
ken and subscribed; and any p> rson
who shall swear or affirm falsely, in tt?e
premises, and be thereof convicted. sh:?ll
suffer as for wilful and corrupt per
jury.
ScC. 4. And be it further enacted.
That the act to which this is an amend
ment, shall be so construed as th ?t no
pe rson shaii be entitled ;o its provisions,
whose property is of the value o(
which vaiue shall be
t&ken from the estimation of the couri,
to which (he schedule snail be exliioiud,
and which is hereinbefore required to he
certified to the secretary of war.
Ser. 5. And be it further enacted ,
That so much of ihe act of the JS.n
M-rch, la IS, entitled " an art t<> |no*
vide for cettain persons in the Ian*4 tr>d
naval service of the United State*. in
the revolutionary w ir." a* is hiropsis
tent with the provision* ol litis ac:, sh-dl
be, and the same is h rehy repealed.
Mr. Barbour explained to the com
mitter the substantial oj.ct of il.'s
amendnv nt. The firs object, ns would
be ween hv the first sec ion, was to rc
peal the law, as to ail tf-osc who hud
served for a term less than three yrar>,
after they shall have received thru pen
sions lot two yeais.and to continue pen
sions lor I ? f v , to all thov who had scrv
?<? three y ars and upwards, to >fli ers
and soldiers an equal sum, alter i <ey
aiso shall have received two years p ? 1
nioii according to the act of 18 IB. Mr.
B. then proceeded to state, a good ?h;al
at large, the imfucements which op??rnt
c1 on hnn in voting for the act of 18 lb.
He had voted for mat law u.id<-r e
best feelings. He was willing to <;<? u?
act of benevolcnce; and he ha i >v. ? n
influenced, he confessed, not a luuc by