HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER "
Vo\. i_m__ii V r ,T^ ? ? ? ? ? - MAY 47, 1820. J^o. \b.
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HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.
rVILllHEO WEEKLY
BY DENNIS HEARTT,
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? Gentlemen of leisure, who poaaeas a
taste for literary pursuits* are invited to favour
as with communications.
3. "P. Snetd & Co.
RAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR SPHIKO
SUPPLY OF *
? ? ? 3D 33
Among which are, ?
QLTF.UITXE cloths and caaaimers, linens,
O Iku na, cambric muslins, callicoes, bombs
..etts silks, moleskin, dimilit-s, vest infra, nan
keens of different kinds, cotton and silk hose,
domestic stripes, cltecks and plane, men's fine
hith. straw bonnets, ahoea, umbrellas, para
sola. f!^< handkercl.it!*, canton crape*, s.,p?-rb
crape nbes, he. he.
They have lately received from New York
* good assortment of
SADDLEUX,
Viz.
S.iddle-trees, hogakms, girth anil straining
MeblxiiK, plated and common bridle nit s,
jtt mp irons of the laiea fa* nan, buckles of
various kinds, acks, bos* nails, ornaments,
&.c. 8lc.
The*- have on consignment and f??r *?le, 50
bushels of S \LT, 3 ? ?*r?l*-a?ls of MRU.1 N
M'ti Ak. 3 barnrls ditio, and 1 lio ;sh< a<l ot
)IOL \8SKS;
HtihbtmgK -Moy 10. 14? tf
TRUSTER'S SALE.
BY virtue of a d-ed o> trust, executed by
Joteph B. Shaw to the subscriber, to se
cure tl??* payment of a certain debt due Tho
mas N. s. Hargis, will be sold for cash at the
market-house in Hillsborough, one Negro
fiirl, on the second day of May court ' instant)
to satisfy said trust.
J. P. Sneetl, Trjittee.
May 10 14? 2 w
LOST
OV my way from Orange county, on the
|Hth instant, a note on Uichard Ash, for
the sum of ninety-seven dollars and some
cents, payable three months after tlie 23d
I>eccmber 1818, to bear interest from the date,
wall a credit on the same about the 17tli of
this instant for sixty dollars. I foreaarn all
persons Ir ?m trading for the said note, or the
said It. chard Ashe from paving the same to
any person but myself, a* I have never traded
;r negotiated the said note in any manner.
Samuel Pittanl, Jan.
Person County, April 22 13 ? 3w
li bit- i
> In Equity.
STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA
UlUNOb t'Ot.' N t Y.
Court of Lquity, March Term, 1820.
Janu-$ It'r'ib <1 ml FrrilrHck
rrceulTt, He. of June*
tfil, drccatfil,
vs.
JotrftJi D't lcry UChetky F Fnur^ft J
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the C'Mirt
that the defendant, Joseph IVcki-y, is be
yond tlie limits of the state, so that the ordi.
lutrv pr>jce*s of law C'innot be serv< d on him;
ther< fore ordeird hv 'he C'.onrt, that publica
tion be made in tlie IlilUborotigh Iteeorder for
l->ur weeks sitct ? sVuety, that tlie said Jos-ph
l>ickey appear ln-rv within the three fiistdays
of the nett term of this Court, to lie held at
tlie Court -ho. ise in Hillsborough on the. third
Monday in Srptembvr next, ami an?wer the
complainants* lull, otht-i vv *<? :he same w?ll be
taken pro contrsso .i"?m?t him, heard rxpartc
atid decreed accordingly.
Test,
James Webb, c. m. f?
April 26, 1820 11? $4w
?We WiUwrft HewartV.
RW away from the subscriber, shout the
20th of March last, a Negro man, named
ISA \C, about twenty-two year* of aj<e, yel
low complex t*d, h\e feet nix or ei<ht inches
high, two of his under lore teeth out. Mad on
when lie went awayt a round-about homespun
? oat ami homespun woollen pantaloons. The
above reward Will be given, if taken up in this
county, or ten dollars if out of the countv, or
<onhncd in any jail, ami all expenses paid.
* Ale\r. Borland.
Orange County, April 23. 13 ? $1
TWO HOGS ,
8THAYK1) from the miner ber, *omc time
-n t lie nmiitli of January la*t, both Sow# The
largest one tandy colour, short tail, arid cam
with an altered mark, il'emptcd to In- made
?*(> n'nooih crop# an a slit in the riK,,v* ,l'?*
other nearly all black, m*rk not recollected,
but certain tliat theft* .a all nnuMial lar^r hob;
in one of tht* tmi, I do not remember which
I wotiM th^nk any person for mtoniiatiun re
specting tliem.
Thus. N?8. ilar^in.
fpril26, 1820. 13?3*
NOTICE. .
IN consequence of the death of Junes Jef
fera, one of the partners in the late firm of
James Jeffers & Co, the surviving partners of
sairl firm will ezp jse at public sale, on Thurs
day th< 15th day of June next, in the town of
ttilUborougb,
All the Stock and Work on
hand belonging to said firm, consisting of a
large quantity of stills, a quantity of aheet
copper, lead, pewter, tin *are, tea kettles,
sctap and old copper, one Jersey wa^on, fcc.
Term? of sale, twelve months credit by giv
ing bond with approved security.
The sale to continue from day to day until
all is sold.
Josiah Turner, and
James S. Smith.
.lfuj, 6. 14? ts
Traveller's Inn.
A. MASON 8c Wm. CLIFTON,
HAVING purchased that well known stai.d
in Hillsborough from Messrs. Hinton &
Brame of Peters burgh, formerly the property
of Mr. Henry Thompson, inform their friends
and the public generally, thst they are now
prepared to ac.-ommodate as many a* may ho
nour them with their company They sre pn>
vtded with rood beds, liquors. Sic. and will
keep as good a table as the country will afford
They are also provided with good stables, and
will always keep the best of provender. They
solicit a share of the patronage of tb- public
Mr. Clift n will always give his personal ser
vices, and pledges himself to the public, to do
all <n Ins power to please and give entire sa
tisfaction.
Ilillstx)r?u?li, N. C. \pril 10, 1820. tf-10
?VOTlCfc.
UT I Ll. be cxj?o?.xi to public ulf, to the
h gh<-st b ddt-r for ready money, at the
market-house in Hillsborough, on Saturday
tin- *^7Ut day ot May next, the eastern half of
la?t No. 15, in aai.l town, the property of
Khzabeth I>irlyr> . <?r so much thereof as will
pa\ the tovv n tax, due - hereon, for the year
1819, atul tlie cost* of tale.
i)v order of '.he Itoard ol commi? ioness
Joseph A. Woods,
April 11, ItiJO Clerk.
TVie ct\e\)rftted Worse
iiSTIUCH,
WILL stand the ensuing season, to com
mence the first day of April and end
the first day of August; on Monday and Tues
day of each week at Jamc? ?iorr<iw*s, on Cane
creek; on Wednesday m each week at James
Hiitcliiwu'i, omi] t aod on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday at Mason Hall, all in the county
of Orange* wdl cover mares at the reduced
price of lour dollars the leap, the cash to be
paid at the time of service; six dollars the sea
son, if paid at any time within the season,
otherwise eight dollars will he charged for
the season; and ten dollars to insure a marc
with foal, which money will become due as
toon as ii ca ? be ascertained the marc is with
foal, or the properly changed.
All jiossible care will be taken io prevent
accidents, but the subscriber will not be liable
tor any biat m*\ happen.
PR1HGRKE.
Os'rich, a beautiful hay, black legs, mane
and tail, five feet four inches bigh, was thir
teen years old last July, ?u bred by Allen
Young, of the count) of Mecklinburg, in the
state oi Virginia; was gotten by the imported
h<>r?e Wrangler, and came out of the celebra
ted mare NLss Fidget, Iter sire the imported
bier ling, her dam by cHd .Xlonseirsp.
John Mason.
N. B fJentlemen living at a distance, who {
think proper to s? nd their mares to the sub
??cribii at Mason H .11, arc informed that their
mares ?iiall !>?? well tsd, and pastured gratis.
?March "2, lo2o. 5 ? 3n? J
no nets.
J\MF,S ft Anderson Mebane gave unto the
subscriber sometime in the month of May,
I81H, a bond for the <um ot four hundred dol
lar*, due one day alt? r date, which bond I
have cither lost or mislant, so that I can
not find it at present. There is a credit on
tin bond, October 2"2d, ltflH, for one hundred
and twenty -five dollars, and another credit in
January, lS2u, tor between four and five dol
lars, winch still leaves a balance unpaid. I do
therefore forewarn the said Jame* & Anderson
M ' liHiie from paying the said balance to any
person but myself, as I have never traded or
assigned the said bond to any person what
ever.
Joseph Armstrong.
Hack Creek, Orange County,
Jlfarch 21, 1830. 7? 3w
25 Dollars Reward.
RAN % WAY from the sulneriber, on the
13th inst. my negro fellow, named HOB,
had on when he went ?**)?, n pair of white
homespun trow sers, a iwimdnwn jacket, ami
a round jacket of brown woollen cloth, a coun
try made wool hat, and likewise a blue great
coah he has taken other clothes with him
and will probably change his dress, (lob is
at) out 40 or 45 yeara of age, and about five
feet five or six inches high, and very plausi
ble in his discourse The inid negro was
brOuglit from Maryland about 22 or 23 years
ago, ami it is supposed will make for that
place. Any person apprehending the atmve
?lave, within tli'e limits of the state, shall be
entitled to 2* dollar! reward, or without the
state, the atx>ve reward and all reasonable ex
i)*n#?-s paid. The al>oye m-gnt being very tal
k.i ivc and plausible, he will no doubt endea
vour to pasn as tree, and make people believe
nieti, and no doubt will endeavour nit best to
obtain a free paas
Jacob Bates.
March 25.
A2612-31
?Mason Hall Eagle Hotel,
A. MASON,
WISHES to inform hit former customers
and the public generally, that he ha*
nearly finished his bouac, to that he >? now
able to accomm-date as many ss may honour
him with their company. His house is. large,
having seven comfortable rooms winch have
fire place* in them, suitable for families, or
travelling gentlemen wishing -itch. lie ha* pro
vided good beds, liquor*, fee and will kmi as
good a table as the neighbourhood will afford.
He is also provided with good stables, and
will always keep the best provender. .The
situation of ?he place is ph-aaant, and very
healthv Gentlemen wishing to visit him with
their families, during the summer season, can
be accommodated on moderate terms.
'I he kef per of this establ ishment pledges
himself to the public to do all in his power to
please and give enUre satisfaction. Gentlemen
who call can amuse themselves in reading the
newspapers in his hall-room, where he keeps
files of papers from almost every pan of the
Unaed Sutes.
Mason Mall, Orange count v, N.C.")
Feb. 28, 1820. " * 5 6m
50 Dollars
THfc ab ve reward of Fifty Dollars will be
given for thi- apprehension of the thief
* ho entered my bed room, some time in the
month of January last, between tbe hours of
seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and
bare off my watch and establishment; it is a
gold watch of Uie following description, made
in Liverpool, by M. J. Tobias, Ko. 1452; two
seals of fine gold; the key also of fine gold,
and ihe chain of common jeweller's gold. Ttie
subscriber will give tbe above reward for
either the watch or the thief.
William II. Whitted.
Hillsborough, *lpril X - 9 ? 3w
<Tj* The Edi ors of the Milton Intelligencer,
Kaic.gii Krister, and Favettevile Olisei vrr,
are reque-ted to insert the above in their re
?l>ective paper* tliree times, and forward their
accounts to th s office.
I). ME\RTT
Proposes publishing by subscript'on
THE
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES
Of THE
Convention of S*?orth Carolina
Oit the adoption 01 the ( institution of ibc
United Slates;
TOO ET R CD WITH
The Dcctwr?r!?.n ol and Consti
tution of ihe State.
to which is rnerniD
The Constitution ol the United States.
THK firmer edition of this work having
become so scarce as to render it difficult
to procure a copy, it has been suggested to
the publisher that a new edition would be
acceptable to the public; he has accordingly
submitted the proposal for their patronage,
and will commence the publication as soon as
the number of subscribers shall be such as to
justify the undertaking. The debates of the
North Carolina Convention on the adoption of
;he constitution of the United States, must
certainly ?xcite sufficient interest to prevent
i heir becoming extinct; it is therefore pre
sumed that the proposed edition will be ex
tensively patronised throughout the state.
CONDITIONS.
The work will be comprised in a duodecimo
volume of about three bundled pag< 9, neatly
printed on fine paper.
The price to subscriliers will be one dollar
and fifty cents, handsomely bound and let
tered.
It will be put to press as soon as three hun
dred subscribers are obtained
Subscriptions received at this office, and at
mo>t of the post-offices m the state.
NOTICE.
THE attention of the public is requested to
the following statement On the evening
of Saturday the 19th instant, the house of thr
subscriber, on Swift creek, n a* entered during
her abv ncc, by John Bryan, and a free mulat
toe girl named IliCey .l/?w?re, the daughter of
Lydia .Vfnurr, was forcibly takrn and carried
away in a chair by the sawl Bryan. It is be
lieved that he has a forged bill of sale for the
girl, purporting to have been executed by her
mother, and it is feared that he has carried the
girl to tl.e south, with the intention of telling
her. Dicey .Woore has lived with the snbscri
bcr ever since she was fifteen months old, and
the fact of her freedom can be proved beyond
the possibility of a doubt. She it now about
seventeen years old, five feet high, with a
yellowish complexion, thick bushy hair, and
wears rings in her ears
Bryan i^about six feet high has blue eyes,
i* a little round shouldered, and lias a long
nose.
The editors of southern papers are request
ed to give the foregoing an insertion in their
respective paper*, as possibly it may rtive from
a state of slavery this girl, who hat an unques
tionable right to lier freedom.
Catharine Free.
Swift Creek, Craven Count?, >
February 25, lb20. ' ? 5tf
InfoYiual'ion Solicited.
AHOUT ten yeara aince, a hov by the name
of JOSHUA HOTCRKISS, an .pnrrn
tier to Jamt-a Chaplin, of New Haven, diaat)
praretl, and no information haa since been ob
tained of liiin. Anv peraon who can jrive in
telligence relative to ?aid llotrhkias, by di
rectine a line to the Herald office, New Ha
ven. wdl confer a great obligation on hif Mil
ioua frienda.
vVVw/futrn, (Conn ) Feb. 39, 1820.
RURAL ECONOMY.
From the Ontario Repository.
* CLOVEN. ,
I think there is no more obvious de
fect in our husbandry, than the almost
total neglect of our farmers to cultivate
the grasses ? especially clover.
The result of my observations has
been, thatthc man who prepares his lam*
well, sows wheat or rye, and stocks
down with clover, grows rich, pays his
debts without sueing: his farm im
proves, and he is able to buy his neigh
bor's farm, who neglected this obvious
advantage.
- The reason is plain ; the clovcr far
mer is enabled to keep more team? he
feeds them well, and can prepare his
ground better ; therefore gets better
crops. He derives another-and valuable
crop in succession, in his clover, ena
bling him to keep more stock ? Mid of
i-ourse to make more manure. Now
I hold it certain, that good tillage and
plenty of manure, well applied, are the
surest means of good crops. Without
grass the farmer cannot keep good teams
? without teams, he cannot till the
ground well?without good tillage, he
cannot expect good crops? and without
crops, teams, manure and stock, the
farmer must grow poor, and sell, to pay
his debts and carry him to Ohio.
The clovcr farmer sows less land,
and gets more grain. His lands in clo
ver yields him an immediate and valu
able resource, in cows, young stock,
teams, and especially in manure.
The prudent and proper use of these
>oon render his farm rich and produc
tive ; while a contrary practice almost
universally results in exhausting the
land ; the crop grows l? ss Irom year to
year ; the farmer must buy hay or let
his crop go to decay ; he receives no
aid ir. fn the growth, increase, butter,
milk, or labor of his stock ; and must
soon sell his farm to his better managing
ncignbor, or have it sold by the sheriff
? no matter which.
A Iahmkr, sometimes .
From the Massachusetts Spy.
CATERPILLARS.
Farmers who are in the babitof rear
ing caterpillars, for ornament and use,
will doub*'ess be gratified to learn, that
the late favorable weather has produ
ced a goodly shower of their favorite
vermin. They are already basking in
the sun, and expanding by the nutritious
aliment of foliage and fruit buds ; and
if not prematurely molested, (which
there is little reason to apprehend) we
may, in due time, taste frooi our knead
ing troughs the former repasts oi E
gyp*
Judging from the produce of last year,
it may be fairly calculated that many of
our farmers, (and some who do not be
long to the agricultural society) will,
this season, raise double as many bushels
of caterpillars as apples. Those, and
there are some, who prefer the appear
ance and flavor of the latter yill do well
t<> look to their trees immediately. A
thimble full of these reptiles which can
now be destroyed in an instant, would
f*ll a hat a month hence, and would re
quire ten-fold the labor to subdue them.
Every farmer's common sense will sug
gest the btst method of extipation.
JOURNAL OF SCIVNCE.
We arc much gratified to find, that
the publication of the "American Jour
nal of Scitncc and the Arts" is resumed,
and that the first number of the second
volume has made its appearance. This
work is under the direction of professor
Siiliman, of Yale College, Connecticut,
and wants nothing but sufficient public
patronage, to render it highly useful as
well as respectable.
Thr present number, we have not a
doubt, will be found an amusing and in
teresting one to common readers, as
well as to men of science and literature.
The first article contains an account of
a journey to the summit of Mount Blanc,
the highest peak of the Alps, by one of
our countrymen, Dr. Jeremiah Van
Rensselaer, of this state, in the year
1819. Dr. Van Rensselaer wa? accom
panied in his excursion by a Mr. How*
ard, of Baltimore, and they were the
first Americans who ever scaled the
terrible summit of this lofty mountain.
The following passage will serve to
show the difficulties and dangers en
countered in this romantic expedition.
44 VVe encountered many crevices,
some of which were distinctly seen ;
others more than halT hid !>} the snow.
Occasionally masses of ice had sunk,
and left the remaining wall rising 40 or
50 feet above us ; and in such cases it
was necessary to searrh the lowest end
of the wall and ascend by the ladder, or
by cutting stepping holes in the side.? -
Ti is, however, could be attemp*ed only
wlicr' the wall was more iha'i twenty
feet high, 'r was only of that
length. Where, besides the wall, there
was a crevice at ihe bottom, tlie ascent
was indeed dreadful ; for wWle cros
sing a gulf that yawned 1 50 or 200 feet
beneath us, we were climbing the lad'
der placed against the side of ice, where
the least slip must have precipitated us
to immediate death. Where the sides
of the crevice were of equal height, tho
ladder was laid down, and we then
crawled over on all fours. In a few
cases it occurred that an arched bridge
of snow connected the sHes, and here it
behoved us to tread lightly and with
caution, lest breaking through, %va
should have sunk, into a pit from which
it would have oeeo impossible to re
turn."
The prospect from the summit wss
of course extensive aud sublime. After
remaining there a short time, the gen
tlemen began their descent, which was
at least as fatiguing and hazardous ai
the ascent had been, and much more
alarming, for they could plainly see
the dangers that surrounded them.
M We now saw the crevices that yawn
ed beneath us ; and the reflection of a
bright sun from the glistening scow al
most prevented us from seeing our path,
the least deviation from which would
have been inevitable death. Part of
one of the avalanches that threatened us
in our ascent, had already fallen and lay
scattered over our path, and the part
that yet hung suspended above us seem
ed ready to follow its fallen half. Dread
ful indeed was the silence in which,
with hurried step, we hastened down
the side-hill. Fearing to raise a look
from the pathway, and scarcely daring
I to breathe, we arrived at the bottom."
? A Y. Daily Adv.
* DUELLING.
In our last we gave what was intended
for a final notice of the late duel; Luc
on glancing a second time at the cor
respondence which preceded it, we are
irresistibly impelled by a sense of edi
torial duly, to enter our protest against
the pernicious precept, recorded by
Dccatur ? the maxim too fatally sanc
tioned by his high example, that "the
man who makes arm? his profession is
not at liberty to, decline an invitation"
to single combers
Commodore liecatur had a rare op
portunity to distinguish himself, in the
most eminent degree, by discountenan
cing the barbarous practice of duelling,
already too prevalent among orr oftc j- .
and citizens. A single instance of mo
ral courage exhibited from such a lolty
eminence, would have done much to
effect a revolution in the manners of the
age, and given fresh verdure to the lau
rels which clustered on his brow. How
unM-tunate was it, then, that this op*
portunity was not only lost, but worse
than lost, by the fatal record, left as a
legacy of mischief to poison the minds
of the youth of our country.
Not at liberty to decline? Are the
sword and the epaulette, then, only
badges of servitude, and of the worst of
bondage, the slavery of the mind? No:
Though a thousand heroes, as respectcd
and admired as Decatur, should uuer
the preposterous assertion, we would
protest against the pernicious doctrine,
and boldly declarc that every man, em
inent or obscure, rich or poor, is "at
liberty to decline an invitation" to vio
late the known laws of God and his
countryl
The example of Washington and oth
er distinguished men, might be quoted
to shew that there is more true great
ness in defying the idle sneers of cox
combs and bullies, than in facing a pistol
*? as the lesser evil."
We have had some opportunities of
observations on these matters; and from
these observations are enabled to de
clare, that in no instance have we seen
a bad character retrieved by a duel, or
a good character lost by declining it.
The allegation of necessity is absurd;
and it is time it was laughed to scorn.
The man who has not other qualifi
cations to command respect cannot ob
tain it in this way ; and he who has will
be respected without it. But supposing
the necessity in any case, such men as
Decatur are entirely above it. Tho
man who should have lisped an imputa
tion agains Decatur's personal courage,
would have been hissed out of society.
We are sorry to have occasion for this
animadversion ; but we could not tn
conscience suffer the maxim in ques
tion to pass without reprehension.?
When an eminent man, almost a popu
lar idol, declares he is not at liberty to
decline doing what he at the same mo
ment acknowledges to be wrong, we
must and will cry aloud against thta
wrcthed slavery to a barbarous custom.
Del Watchman.
The legislature ot Alabama, has j>as
sed a law for the suppression of dwel
ling- The first section makes it impe
rative on ail judges and justice*, to
arrrM and bind ovei all persons mis
pectcd of an attention to fight a duel,