HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER.
Vo\ 1U. ; WEDNK8DAY, SKPTEMBKR 18, 1822. Xo. 1S6
HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.
Pl'BLI 9MKU WEEKLY
BY DENNIS HEAUTT,
It TilRRE DOLLARS A YEAR, PAYABLE
HAI>r YEARLY IN ADVANCE.
Those wh? do not give notice of their with
have the pap^r discontinued at the expira
v,on of the year, will be presumed ?? desiring
j,, v; mtinuance until countermanded ? And
g j j,a|Krr wdl be discontinued until arreur- I
are paid, unless at the option of the pub
hsiicr.
Wiioercr will procure nine subscribers mod
purantee the p?\ ments, shall receive a tenth
S .?:?? _ j
iJvertisementa not exceeding fourteen linos j
v . It n?.?n?ertcd three tiruesforonedollar, and
writ* -live cents tor each continuance.
S i .iC ipuo ii received oy the printer, and
m i<t ?' the postmasters in the state.
All letters upon business relative tuthc pa
p-r im?t be post-paid
(icntlemen of leisure, w ho possess a
taite tor literary pursuits, are invited to favour I
us *ith communications^
N O T I C K.
Vl.l. person* indebted to If '.If /*. CI.. f.V- '
CI' U Co are particularly retpirated t??
fill ?'*;! *it:le during ilie Superior C'.uurt, as
1 vn determined to lea*e this place in the
?ili ot November; therefore I hope those
v.,n, erncil will i?\:?il tlieiiiScUeS i?| the oppoi
t..;?it) tif saving e.iit.
Win. I*, ('lanry. ?
? pt- 10, .>5 ?
ATTKNTHIN!
Vl.L tljov b*|.>njjin<^ to 'lie btrUpemleit
.IrTi.'lety Cotop<iHy '?? (he to-*-'! -if" llitl*
. r. herebr&imnuixlid to attend at i
:.i?- public MjM.trv in said tot* it, <<ii 'I !iiiriu{.?v
t(.e third ila> of October n?-i< , etjiiipt a? toe
U?r directs, ? ill i the at i ? li* ion ol ? \ rnnril<i of
uiwdrr, to x?i on parade at ten o'clock A M.
in order to be reti^Wfd b\ tin* M?j or (.cue
:*l ol ttiC thud division ol N < ' . nnlma.
Win. Hi ?OH ||, Caf.l
Sept. 7 ? 3wp
hand tor Sale.
T"* HE ?n?c.*it?er?, lie.n^j ieterrmneii to leave ,
X the ?tate, * ill v Ht-r for s*le, at th? ?r rc
idenCe, on I*liursda\ tl?e 26ili ol September |
mt, * o iracia o( I*>mI *itu?tcd m 'he il?w
fc. i.U, i ne miles .veal of lldUborou^ti. oue
Cu>ita<ntr>?
T*o Hundred an I Fifty -six Acre*.
i!te oiher ?
T hree Htindmi aud Fifty Acrrs. j
AV> <'orn, Fodder, llorse*, Ci'lle, Sheep,
M >,** lioii?e!iooid and K telien Furniture,
Farnou^ utrn^ili, and a numU-r ol o'her ar
ticle* too nuoieroti* to mention. I'crnis * ill be j
tL?vie known on the d?y ol' ?aie
Marguret Mehunr, I
.Ihiiu'h \lebune, jr. j
llaaTicIdi, Au< 15. lufti. 32- tds j
FOR SALE.
Tlf K subscriber offers for sale the
Urge and convenient dwelling house
I lg J and lot where he now Uvea, in the
?^Utown of Hillsbormiph. I'be lot con
taini an acre of ground The house contains
eight roms, well Gnikhed, with a large gar
ret rooni; adjoining the house is a dimug
room, 30 by 16 feet, well finished. The other
1 improvement* on the lot are a kitchen, smoke
; house, stable, carriage house, 5cC. and
J a weH of e*c< llent water within a few feet
I of the kitchen door. It would form an eligible
I situation for a large family, or any person
di*p >s?-d to keep s private boarding house.
| The term* will be accommodating. Any
application by msil, for further and more par
, tieuKr information, will be attended to with
j out delay.
John Witherspoon.
j July 16 27? tf
State of North -Carolina,
oh. i ace co' Xrr.
C<-urt of I'ir at % C^u<*. t<r Sessions,
Augim Te???, 1822.
.Iruhnc .M'B'f-tn Original attachment,
vs. levied' on the land* oft
Jo*iuh If Hu 'ill itlge 3 il>* >le fend dit.
11 appearing io the satisfaction ol the Court
that Jutiah W lluldnd^r, the defendant
I m this r?->c( i* ill it an inhabitant of this state:
It is thereto.* ordt-re?J by ilieCourti d?a' pub
lira* ion or made three mouths surr? e!y
in the Hili?l>oroo};h Kecordcr, tha' u'th-ss the
a?ud Josiah \V. Ilaldrul^e he and appear al
the next term ol sa.d Court. to lie held on
the fourth Monday in N*>>teiubcr i.i it, thv.i
and ilierc t.? replevy and plead to '.jsiir, that
jiulfTii>:nl uul )??- rendered him.
John Taylor, Clrrk
I'rice alv % ? 25. 31 ? 3m
X c \v- V < ?rk I n fir in ar v.
Gratuitous tiealrrcm (Cancels,
h istnlai nr.d I. It crj.
^ ^ WKAClI, ?ncce>vir to the ls*e Doctor
m w f i.Ul o|'\rv -J* rsrj, rvspectfully informs
t li*. | ubhc, th?t i?e will open on I Imr-d^v the
>*? 1 1 1 of * u?t<*t, ^11 Infirmary a* No 4 Chamber
strei t, for the spectsl treatment of c.tneers,
fistula*, and ulcer*. More tlian one thousand
persons hare Leci. curetl of these diseases in
(li s city in the last ?hree years, without snr
! gic.al operation*, l>i *!i?- ?i ll'* n.i Jr <>f treat*
I menl that wriil be |iiir> .:ti at this Infirmary.
I It is o;Ki>ed cSi lusivel) tor tue benefit ol
the i?%*i > ??*"*? ' ? 'a nurmg under these distress
ir.jf maladies. I his ci ts'* of the con munity
arc r?*sf>etttull) invited to call, and receive
niiJicmc arid attendance, *uhout in one v and
without price
I .V H I'lie infirmary will be opened twice
1 a week, on Mondays aiul Thursday s, beta e?-i>
. the hi?uis of twelve an. I one.
I r^y F.di'or* of hru spapera throughout the
I union, are requested to jjive th - above j I *
i insertion*. ?
The Shorter <'at<'chisin.
For sa'e at this office, ?>> the rtoss, dozen,
or S;n-K-.
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FOR SA1.K A i llllrv Dl'l'lCK.
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I Iiotimi ^l?dc,
Jo .n W^ltoi,
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l '.llina of Cnocli,
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N OTIC K.
ON Saturday the 2lst instant, will He ?o'd
?itlif market house in ? >c town of Hills
borough, all Ute A'EG RO?S belon^in^ t
the estate of ' homat Wlntted, deceased
They consist of men, women and children,
are nine in number, and amunfc&t thi-m it at
excellent wagon maker. Six month credt*
will be given the purchaser on Ins giving
bond and approved aecuivy.
John Y OUil^, Jidmr.
Sept. 2. *i4 ? ow
ALEXANDER $ HARRISON.
HWK on band ihe following articles,
which they will sell at very reduced
prices to suit the tinnrs.
Best * addle*, cut hack trees, at jj 1 f? 00 cash.
Plated Gig liarntki, 40 'j 0
Co?inon ditto, 25 00
Plated Carriage Harness, elegant, 85 00
Common ditto, 55 00
Mreech Bands, by the pair, 8 50
Blind Bridles, 2 25
and all other article* th proportion. They will
also credi' their work itx ai.d twelve months,
at a mmlrNte ;<dvancc on the abovf priwt,
or re<*eiv? in payment an\ .ind of produce.
Their ?hnp is <?t? Queen Strtetover l?r W ebb's
medical shop.
Jaman 9, 1822. 100 ? tf
D. HEAR IT
Propones publishing, in H'dlsborongl', N- C?
a religious paper, to be entitled
1 HE
NOR I'H C.%RO!.?X A
Kvangeli cnl In flligencfr,
la w iirli oilt i>c given the tuo> .mp^r-nt in
foi m*t:on relative to the sprt-ail o; . t>c gos
pri, .?ivl the e?niu|i)fi.; rcl??rati?.n of the
condition <>t ilic liuruii [.'iHi.S, m itli such
oth* r inielltgt nee ;??? ma\ he '.ntereviiig to '
the eiiristtan rc.tder; ? cCJsiciia.lv enlivened
w.tji religious jiiri n.ur.i! ?*ssa\ s, and lighter
a't.cl s tc'i'lmg to ,?!?? irote christian cha
rily and h?-'averd> -'mndeditesa.
V
IROSI'ECTUS.
TO a contemplat ve mind it is pleasing to
look abro?d om r the various portions of t'?e
globe, and observe the improvements which
arc dailj taking phice in the condition of man
kind. We perceive the d.uk clouds of igno
rance and error, of superstition and fanaticism,
gr. d- rdh w ssiing away, and the horizon gil
ded will; a hri^hmcsa indicating the approach 1
of a morning glorious to ^iimanity and rich
with blessings to the childtenof men. l'hese
heart-cheering prospects are the natural re
suits ol extended ir?f.?rmatk n, but more parti
cular!) the blessed ell eels of an expanding
knowledge of the div me precepts of '.he chris
van religion. A general tl.Vist tor knowledge^
seems to Ik; awakened, and Uie efforts now
n ?k*nv' by tnis??< narj, biotu, and other sfccic
i?e>?, to diftiihc t1.<? i< I giou of the gospel, and
? o ii'culca'e a more attentive observance of our
? vl, moral, and religious du'.ics, art au ended
| * 'ith a success cheering to the he?rl of the
i>o.laiitlir?'p^t.
It is under anch c rctim tat.Ccs that ,v c pre
ent in ilic fr:euds of rhris: ianity in Uys and
'lit in- g.o>- ? ii?n su'.i ?, j?u|) ih.?Is for publish
ing n lin- ? I -c< h #t klj paper, calculated
to a.<l tin. ciiijc ti u ii.cli 10 many arc enga
ged. anil are induct tl to hope that micli ait es
tablishment. w..uhl not be imni'g the least ef
ficient int-4'tk of promoting rel:g-ou? informa
tion. U\ ihe multiplication of political papers
the ni.nd* ? f the people of th.s Utoured coun
try linte nt-en en'igM -ned in lite science ol
govt rn?n?i i i a'i 'tie uat.ons of the earth.
I .r i'?gh ilif sjf.x merits is -t nut reasonable
to ?? \t>: ct ;ha mural tUrkr-ess max he dissi
p. i d, ti e |i,\e nt rtiigmnbc mculcatcd, arid
* \ta>n >)i t?e iniM?i'*d into thr hearts of beiiev.
iny christians wh'.ch would urge liiem to
st'Il ;rrca?i-r extriion*' For thow^li we arc
,<h a.std .n co<?lt>iii| luting llie general advance
ment of ehiis'i.tn knowledge, and t tie melio
r:?'ed condition of mankind, yet u t find much
to lament a I. ru Me look aiouud us aiul pt r
reue how tnai.v arc .still enveloped in slothful
ignorance, the vicms of vice and immorality,
"l'noujjh hvinp in a christian land there are
some, ul.is many, who ne\tr enter a church,
who never open a bihle, who never reflect on
the cause ot tin- purpose of their existence.
May not the d fTii?ic.n of religious intelligence
t? tid to r?.mo\ e this listlessne*** May it not
eXi ite to inquiry? May it not irad to convic
tion' to reformation' 1" lie continual droppings
of water wears the hadrst st.>no?; may not
we? k !y admonitions and repeated examples
melt hearts of Mone' Surely there is room to
hope that the contemplated work, ?f properly
encouraged, may contribute in some small
d> glee, towards hastening that glorious peri
od, lien " the mountain of the Lord'9 house
shj.ll be es'nSl.shed in 'he top of the moun
tain., and sh.dl be exalt* d above the hills; and
all nations sli.dl flow unto it "
In picscnting this prospectu* to the public,
it is unite -rssary farther to explain the nature
of the proposed publication. In its conduct,
all possible care will he taken to select such
matter as nia> be most in'cresfing and instruc
tive; and the premised asiistancc of several
eminent divines, it is expected, will add use
lulne?s and respectability to the work.
i ON L)l HONS.
Tlic Kvangclical Intelligencer will be pub
lubed once a we< k, and contain eight quarto
pages. neatly printed on good paper.
The price will be three dollar* a year, if
paid .11 *dt snce, otherwise four dollars will
be demanded.
No subscriptions received for lea* than one
\ear; and no subscription will be discontinued
until *11 arrears are j>aid. unless at the option
of the publisher A tailurr to give notice be
fi?re the end of the year of a wish to discon
tinue, u?llh? cnnsidere.i :is anew engagement
To pfraona procuring e.glit nurse riberi,
and lenntiing the anontitof ihe subscription*,
the paper will br sent graft*.
The publication w ill commence as soon a*
sufficient encouragement is obtained to de
tray the expense
(I. T Permit* holding *ub*rrtpttpnt u?r rtqurtt
] eil to / "-win d to thii ujfict the numrt l/ie ?aA*
tenhm i they nuitj hit xt ibinintd ? 'Yiittnt ng the
propitult till farther ntfirr
I i rutting uvutty executed.
UuruY tcDuuwvy
w%w%
" \nd your rich soil,
Exuberant, .nature's better Meanings pour
OVr every land.**
IN TLRESTINCi TO FARMERS.
It is now sufft icntly certain, that the
horse bolts or grub-, by whicl so mtny
horsrs are annually c!cstroye?\ are pro
duced liom rgg* or nits, which ate
posited chief)) ir. the inside moist sui
face of the tongue, and arc from thence
convryed with fond to tiie stomach.
Any person who chooses. may reducc
it to expetinter.t foi him.clf. In the tea- ,
son for i(, let a few hairs be clipped, ha s
vir.g these nits adhering to hem, inois- j
ten the inside of the hand by t?.e appli- j
caiijn ot a little spittle, and close it up
on the nits, t?nd he will find them hatch
ed in a fe* seconds.
It is therefore recommended, to be
careful to remove these eggs by scra
ping them off with a knife, or washing
them c ff with an infusion of tobacco eve
ry third day throughout the season in
which they are deposited.
If this lie done, there is no doubt but
rhe destruction which is made by this
hateful insect, may be completely pre
vented.
*1 *,e arc deposited on the fore
part of the knee, and back part of the
shoulder cf the horse, by a certain spe
cies of fly. ? The fly is called oestrum
equi. Ti.ese eggs or nits become ripe in
the course of lour or five days.
When thus ripened, the slightest ap
plication of warmth and moisture is suf
ficient to bring forth, in an instant, the
latent larva , thai is, the insect in the first
form. At this time, it the tonqu'* of ti?*
horse touch the eggs, its little doot
(operculum) is thrown open, and a
small active worm is produced, which
readiiy adheres to the stomach.
slnierican Farmer.
r
On the Influence of the Moon.
Mr. Pickering's, Urmarks published
in the "Massachusetts Agricultural Re
pository.
'? Having noticed the folly of regard
ing the moon in relation to the time of
sowing peavr, I add that the idea of its
influence in any other operation** in hus
bandly, ought to be alike discarded It
in a mischievous supposition kept alive
by tradition, and countenanced and sup
ported by the idle remarks and repre
sentations made in Almanac*. The fi
gure of a man marked with the
aiid prognosticntions of the weather
ought to be expunged, and every well
disposed altnana. k maker would banish
them if he knew the injuries they occa
sion, by misleading the firmer in ana
branch of rural economy. I once heard
sonic farmers ? speaking of spreading
manure on grass-1 ?nd in t>ie spring ?
say vc;y g-avely, that it should not bt
done *lrn the h >rns of the moon were
turfed upwan' , for then the manure,
instead of sinking into the ground, would
rise vrith the grass and d-.? no good. On
the contrary, they mentioned one farmer
who would not set up his wot'm fence
when the horns of the moon point
ed downwatds? for then the stones
placed under the angles ot the fence
would sink, and the lower rails touch
the ground and rot. And an industrious
farmer, in another state, told me that he
slaughtered a fine heifer call wheh he
wished to hare raised, because is W3s
dropped in the dark of the moon. If I
had n.)t wiuiessed these facts, I should
have hardly thought it possible that
such ridiculous notions could have been
entertained by at*y persons who claimed
a share of common sen?e. ? Even the
changes of the wether so generally sup
posed to be influenced by the phases <??
the moon, have been found by '^"g
course of observations, to happen at all
periuds of the moon's appearance indis
? riminately. Tim fact which your fa
ther mentioned to me twenty yt-ars ago,
was this day repeated to tne by a gentle
man who had noted those observations.
Were it utherwiae, he remarked, did the
*?oon's influence determine the weather
? then should not this ba fair or foul, at
the same tune, in all countries wn the
globo?
MANUFACTURE OF NF.W 1MMPSHIUL
Extract of a lettrr to the Editor of the New
York Statesman.
A* evidence of the progreat of ma
nufactures, f will mention an establish
ment which I visited at Dover, N. H
which pronusca to rival if not suipas?,
the celebrated manufactory at W ah ham,
Mass. The capital of the company ta
$500,000. They have a cor ton factory
which was put in operation during the
war, which carrier 2.500 spindles, era*
, p o>s 86 looms, 130 hands, and ai which
1(1,000 yards of sheeting and shirting
are manufactured and bleached per
week. During the last season the corn
pa'iy erected a building of 80 by 54
feet, (our stories, embracing a rolling
and slitting mill, nail factory and ma*
chine. The basement and second stories
are devoted to the rolliag and slitting
mill? t tie construction of the rolling
mil' is on a new principle, having but
one water wheel placed a< tho side of
the plitt'orm. About lOOO tons of iroq
ate rolled and ?lit at this mill per year.
1 The third story is used as the nail fac
j t'?ry, and f<?m 6 to 700 rons of iron per
y*ar are rut into nails in this factory
The f-.uith story is occupied as a ma
chine shr-p, in which 40 hands arc em*
plowed in making tha various kinds of
machtticrv foi a new cotton manufacto
ry now eiectmg on the sanr falls. The
building of which I have been speaking
is of brick, the foundation of granite,
and the platlonn and race-ways of larke
flat stone.
The new co'.too minufactory build
ing by the con.pany, ilic present season,
I is to be by 43 feet, and will carry
J 4000 spindles, employ from 120 ?o IS?
[ looms, am! from 150 to 2oO hands. It is
I calculated that this manufactory will
I produce about JO.OOO yards of clotb
per week. There ar? six sites for erect
ing manufacturing establishments, fully
| equal to the one now un<*er improve
ment, with a fall of 22 ? feet, and au
abundant supply at all teasons of tbo
yrar, which belongs to th? company;
and they have already commenced blas
ting the ledge, for the purpose of erec?
| ting mother of equal dimensions. These
' improvements will give activity to bu
| sinews, and be of lasting advantage to
I the town, which is destined to hecomc
the Manchester ol New Hampshire.
Those who have labored to impress
upon the American people the impor.
tance of cultivating tnetr owu resour
ces?of improving the advantages i:.
their possession foi becoming a great,
a wealiny and powerful nation, a:>!c to
sustain itself in war as well as peace,
without rccource to other nations, rati
uot but rejoice at the march of improve
ment visible every where, und hetrtiiy
wish success to industry and enterprise.
From ? he Baltimore Federal Republican
TAX ON WHISKEY.
In addition to what we remarked Ja*t
week on this subject, we arc now ena
bled to state, after a long and laborious
researc h, that the quantity of Tfhiskey
distilled in the United Slates, amounts
to at leant thirtt millions or galloks
annually!! A tax of 25 cents per gallon
on this immense quantity, would raise a
rrvenue of seven millions five hundred
thousand dollars. Taking away from this
hum 2? millions, which would pay for
the expenses of collecting the tax, and
for the frauds which, according to mo
dern usage, it is fashionable to commit,
there would be left the ?um of 5,000,000
dollars.
The utility of such a tnx no one can
reasonably dotibi. It would bring an im
mense amount of money into our treas
ury; it would tend to diminish intempe
rance; and the proceeds, it judiciously
applied, would rid usol some other tax
ps, which are, in reali'.y, odious and op
p:essive. This desirable tax can be ef<
tccted, provided the people are anxioue
for it. In selecting their representatives
and senators, they have merely to ascer
tain whether they arc disposed to advo
cate i'ie cause of drunkards, or the more
resprctaMe one of decency and sobriety.
I? can be effected very easily, provided
proper measures are taken.
The next session of congress will be
a busy one* and wc are inclined to be*
lievr that the work of reform will go on
with spiut and effcct. Besides knowing
the opinions of those who may be sent to
represent the people, petitions for a tax
on whiskey ougnt to be sent from every
city, town and village where the inhabi
tants prelcr sobriety to intemperance,
and decency to indecency. IT the sub
ject is made a general one, it will be
gained; and we are proud to learn that
manj of the most respectable distillers
are warm for the measure, and will lend
all their aid to accomplish so desirable
an object.
A census of the population of tha
state of Massachusetts, in the year 176a
(not 60 years ago,) has just been pub*
inhcd, Irom which it appears, that the
grand total was at that day 241.714
muIh, of whoin only 20,788 belonged
to Maine. The population of Ma?sa<
chute' is Proper, was, by the last cen
sus 523,237 souls, an that of Mait.e,
397,839; making togethei 8)1,126; ha
ving oi re than trebled wuhiu th? j.>en?
?d o( $u yfars.