HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.
Fl'IlLI SH Kl> WKCKL1
BY DENNI8 I1KARTT,
TURK K OOLUAHI A YKAit, PAY V OLK !
IIAUK YKAItLY IN ADVANCE.
Those who do not^-ve nut ice of their Midi 1
to h?vc the paper discontinued at the expira- |
? on of the year, will he presumed ti desiring
it* continuance until count ermand* <1 ? And <
no pa|H.T will be discontinued until arrcar- I
gg?? are paid, unless at tlie option <>t Uie pub
lisher.
Whoever will procure nine subscribers and
guarantee the p?j menta, sbali receive a tenth {
gratis*
Advertisements not exceeding fourteen lines !
?ili he inserted three times for one dollar, and }
uentytive cents for cacli continuance.
Subscriptions received by the printer, and j
mj?< ot tlic postmasters ir. the ?t*W?.
All letters upon business relative to the pa- '
jvr .nu?t he p >?t-patd
?#* t. ? ?? ifincii '.i leisure, who possess a
?istc lor iitv r jry pit. suits, arc in* itcd to favour ?
aitli communications
Land for Sale.
Wll.l. Ik- oil- r-.| !*? i ??1 i' S.,V. on Mun.
\a\ tie ,0" 1 1 in-ia>r, if n.>t pr nui.ily
jimitril of *? ???!?-, two it.ir sol bnil,
U>< ^ <"? crerk, on thr \\?-..t # tU- of
t?wr. Hirer tn..cs tr ? ri I li.>n>|.? .n'g
tn, i| <)'. ?vio ronia nil if afiuui
One hundred unci seventv
nine \crrs, ?
is a cviflfnrtililr <tw-?*1l ii.; Ii m*-, ^'i?l a ?r ?t
m.ll I'h?- o'tK-r incf, o>n?a.nin)T -bou
One hundred and lortv three '
Acres,
tl?o h?* on it a comfort ?b!c ilv. e'lr ,* hoii*r*,
a irimli i?T"rli?r<!, ???<( i|ir?C uri ? > t
3l.*.t?l" ? I'l ' li' t.lf ("Ift" ?-f lit* II It" \ Will ')
it ji. 1 re?! on i*k ? n (? 'it ? ???- ti ? am <
a ttiKiiuHli trrdit w.M m* vrn, ijt? |>urcha
?cf?i*in? bond ? ? ' ii iiif itii ?>4' ?t i writ v.
William Moure.
Orange count;, Vjit.U. S?p
l.arul for Sale.
np liK u?ri il>rrs, t>e nj? ilfti rnime ' '?? lr?ve
A the atatr, u i .1 ?. tier l'?r %.?!??, .?t i|i?-irrc
iidocc, on T!ursd?v n>c ?6 l> i?t Sjrcmhcr
Kit, tun ra< * oi l^titl ? tutted m h lla\\
<k uU, tunc till to ? wut ut lllllr.lx.r.'li^h, uiie
coouiniug
Tw* Hundred and FVly-six Acres,
U?e oiltcr
Three Hundred a. id Fis'ty Arris.
A U.j Lorn, Kudtlcr, lloiv., Cj t^ Mio^p,
II,*. ? I . > ? i >?? uiii lil mid \rCl.rn Fori ' u> ?,
F?nn,?'g uteii*>W, anu a num.i. r ot otli* r 4.
tirt < ???.? tiuiiii'ruiis to m rntion. I'crntA .? ill !>c
niaJ<. known 011 ti. d?v ?>? talr.
Margaret Meh.me, |
.tallies tlehane, jr.
Ilawfjeldt, An^ 13, If. 2 J 5 J -'d*
FOR. SALE.
THE subscriber offers for tale the
?^^^nlarjfr and convenient dwelling house
! J A J 1 ainl lut where he now lives, in the
flaLt1'1*'! of Hillsborough. The lot con
taiim um acre of ground- The house contains
ei^ht r o-i.s, ueli htualied, w?tl? a larj'e ?ar
rvt room; adjoining the house is a dum;^
room, ju by 16 leet, will finished. The other
im|)rovt'nn-i-t< on lite lot aiv a kitc'ien, smgkc
home, ha> n, stabie, carriage ho'W, &.C- and
a well of excel U-Itt water within a te* feet
of the kiiclit u door. It would form an eligible
situation tor a lar^-e fanulv, or any person
di*pos> d to keep a private boarding house.
The terms "V ill be accommodating. Any
application by mail, for further and mure par
ticular information, will be attended to with
out delay.
John Witlierspoon.
July 16 27? tf
State1 of North-<'arolin&,
On.LYGE COf'UTY.
Court of I't a:? iiiift Qn ,iur Sessions,
August T< nit, 1 8 J J.
-jtidrrw .11' fi' oem On^ir.ul attachment,
? levied on the lands of j
JomuJi b iiu'il?7>!gc-j 1 1 ie defendant.
II appearing :o the satisfaction of tlie Court
:!ui Jo-ia!i \\ Ualdrulge, the defendant
.n tins ??*???, in not an inhabitant of this state:
1* it tlirri liKf ordered by theCQttr*, 'ha; pnh
1 rj !<?? in 4ci three months Iwcc si.vely
ii th?- Il .lrln?r.i.i^li Kt corder, tha' amU-xa the '
a ? d J< >?> li U . lUlilnd^e be and ?pj>e?r at
th? D'-xt t? r?n of Haul Omr. t r> be held on
tin* I iilrth M itn'.a* in November next, tlien
i- ? ? < t tlieiv to teplrvt and plt-ad t.< issue, tliat
i id^oM iii v? ill fx- rvidered j^tin?t him.
John Taj lor, Clirk
Price ad* S ' 34 ? jm
Now- York Infirmary.
(iraJiiii'Mis IrtRioiont Cancers,
I- i>t ul. is and Ulcers.
UK HY. ACII, successor to tlie late Doctor
i idd<>f Ne?'*Jer?ey, respectfully inform*
tjii p'lhlir, that lie vv.l! open on I hur->day ti?c
mIi ol s ngnst, uii liiTir u.ar v a' No. 4 i -h amber
stint, 1or tii.* spt-cul treatment nl cancrr?,
tii'. d'. is. ?nd ulcer-.- More tlian one thousand
|x-r-Mii? |.j\e been cured ol these uist ?*> s in
th.s i it* in tlie la-?' hree years, witi.ou* ?nr
gical operations, b\ 'be ?an?e r ode of treat
ni< tit tiiai will he j ?? i r?t i d at ihii Infirmarw
r. .? n|iciicJ cxdutivcl) tor u?e ben< lit ot
the md.gen>, la' ??ui uiulcr iliesr d
n g maladies. I Ins class of the community
are reajiect nll\ turned to call, and recei\r
(TH ii.ciue ami attendance, without money and
w .tli u*. pi ice.
.\* It t'lie infirmary ? II bf opened tviicc
a \?etk. on Moniliys and Thursday s, bet* em
the bouia ??? twelve and ore.
i^j~ F.ditors f.i i e^spapcrs throughout the
un >.?i, an- reipie.ud to give the ?bo?e .? lew
nisei I iuIis. J-*
The Shorter < 'atorhism.
For sale at tins oftii e, by the gross, dozen,
or single.
| Foil SAl.E A i This Oi l ICF.
!>r sold, on Mnnd.iv dip 21, i ,la\ <?( ()????. u^r ni\i, *i the eourt-liouse in llillsbo*
'? r ?nrh. t !??- folic. \?.n,r iruc<? land, ?,r -on.ti.W iherr. .f as vull satisfy the tax due then. -
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ATTENTION!
ALL those belonging to the In ileprmlrnt
. Irti/.ery Cum fruity ot I Ik* tu?n til Hills*
bop'U^ii, ar. lurrby commanded to attend at
tlit* public arpiare in suid town, on Thursday
the thud day ill October nexi, eipiipt m the
law directs, with the add*ir>noi a x rmmdsof
[Hmdcr, to go on paiadc at ien o*cl < k A VI.
in order to be reviewed by the M .j .r Gene
ral of the thud divia on uf N ? . m.lria.
\\ III. Browil, Cnpt.
Sept. 7. 35? 3wp
ALEXANDER <$* I1AKKISON,
HWK on hand khf lollowing article*,
ulucli the) will si ll ai veiy reduced
pr.Ces to suit the timet.
Best -adillrs, cut hack ireef, at & 16 00 caih.
i'liied Gig llarness, 40 0
Comnon duto, 25 <>0
Plated Carriage Harness, elegant, b > 00
(J'immon d.f?>, 55 00
Ilreerh Hun. Is, by the pair, 8 50
Hliud Undies, 2 JS
and all other art iclri in proportion. They will
also credit their woik six and twelve months,
at a moderate advance on the above prices,
or receive in payment any'.ind of produce.
Their shop is on tauten street over Dr V? ebb's
medical shop.
Jaiiuar) 9, 1822. ' 100? tf
I). UK ABIT
Proposes puhlisltin< , in Hillsborough, N. C
a religious paper, to be entitled
THE
N OR 1H CAROLINA
Ev (inge lieu I In elligeucer,
In which ?? II be given the ti.oi. .important in
fo matioit rel itive to tl*c spread ot 'lie gos
pel, and tlie consequent melioration ot the
coiid-tion of the human tanolv , with such
oth<-r .melt gt-nce as may be inirreMing to
the chn?* ??i leader; >ccasioiiall\ eiihv, ned
with rehg. .his and moral essays, and lighter
articles tending to promote ctuisi.an cha
rity and lit j enly-mmdedness.
I'ROSl'lXTUS.
TO a contemplative mind it is pleasing to
look abroad mcr ilit* vari?*is portions of tlie
globe, and observe the in?provenu ti's which
arc daily taking place hi ' he condition of man.
km. I. \\> percene the dark clouds o| igno
rance and error, ot supersution and 'anai icism,
gradually wasting away, a|ul tin Imrizcii gd
d? . <i th a brightness ..lie*. tog the approach
ot a morning glorious (o humanity anil rich
with bU Siiii{f? to the children ot men 1 hese
Iteirt-chrt rui^ prospects are the natural re
?hI so: extended intorinathjn, hut more parti
cularly the blessed t fl. cn of an expanding
knowledge ot the di\:ne precepts of ihe chr.s
?ian id.gion. .V^cnend tl.r.st tor knowledge
?rcm? u? be awakened, and <he etlorts now
nt..kiiu? by missionary, bible, and other socie
es, to uiri-ise f. ?. r. ngiOn of the gospel, and
" .ncilcaie a muie at'enuvc observance ot our
"ivd, moral. a> 1 i< i.gious dutie?,are ai'ended
-w ti. a siiccr c.iccnog to the heart ot the
,?li la'ithrupijt.
I is >md< r such circumstances that w e pre
.. nt t<? the friends of Christianity in this and
tin in ighl>oring siatc<?, proposals for publish
ing !! ttiis pLce a weekly paper, calculated
to 3.1 the cause in whicli so many are en^a
gi d. and arc induced to hope that sucb an es
ta!>l slimcnt would not be among the least ef
ficient means of promoting religious informa
tion. Ity the multiplication of political papers
tlie munis of the people of tint favoured cour.
trj have been enlightened in the science of
government above a'l the nations of the earth.
Through the vimc means is it not reasonable
to expect thai moral darkness may be dissi
puled, the hue 01 religion be inculcat. d, and
a warmth be infused into the hearts of believ
ing christians which would urge them to
st.il greater exertions? For though we are
pl<*as.<l n coi ;en>platmg the general advance
ment of christian knowledge, and the mclio- I
rated condition ot mankind, yet we find much
to lament when we look around us and J>er
cei\e how many are still tin eloped in slotiiiul
ignon.nce, the victims id vice and immorality.
Though living in a christian land, there are
some, alas many, wiio never enter a church,
who never open a bible, who never reflect on
the cause or the purpose of their existence.
May not the d ftusion ol religious intelligence
tend lo remove this hsllessness' May it not
r*i it e to i i x 1 1 1 ? r\ Mav it not lead to convic
Hon? to reformation? The continual droppings
of water wears the hadest stones; may not
wcikly admonitions and re|>eated examples
melt hearts of stone? Surely there is room to
hope that the couleir plated work, if properly
? ncouraged, may contribute in some small
degree, to'Vards hastening that glorious peri
od, when " the mountain of the Lord's house
slull be established in the top of the motin
j tains, and shall he exalt< d al?ove the lulls, and
all nations shall How unto it.**
| In presenting tins prospectus tothe public,
it is unnecessary farther to explain the nature
of the promoted publication. In its ronduct,
all possible care w.ll be taken to select such
matter as ma. he m >st >n cresting and instrue*
tin . ami ttie promised assistance of several
enom-nt divines, it is t Xj cCtrd, will add usc
I ulness and respect ability to the work.
CONDI I IONS.
The Kvangelical Intelligencer will be pub
lished * ? cck, and contain eight quarto
paj;< s neatl) printed on i^id paper
I he price will be tliitr iloilara a year, if
,.31(1 <n advance; ? therwuK* four dollars will
be demanded.
No subscript inns received lor lean than one
uar; ami no subscr plum Will be discontinued
until all xrrrai arc paid, unleaa at the option
of the publisher. \ failure to give notice be
fore the end of the year it! a wish to discon
tinue, will bt couaidered aaa iew engagement.
To p? raons procuring e gilt aut>?cril>cr?,
I and remitting tbe amount ol the aubacr.ptiona,
the paper will br sent gratia.
Tile publication Will comiticnre aa soon ua
RiilbciCot encouragement is obtained to de
Ira) the exp< use
X f I'ertnn* ho' i ling tuhicrif>honi arc request
fil to /"'-wii'-d to thin njficc thr name* of thr *?<*
?crtbtr% they may huve ubtuineU ? retatmng the
firopoiult ttH further notice.
| i'riuting ucutly executed.
Fatal rjppct.i uj Ignorance and
Superstition.
Superior Court ol Norfolk < bounty, Septem
ber lerin, 18JJ.
Norfolk, S<' pi. 11.
On Wednesday t lie court ?as chief*
ly employed in trying: Joseph Lewis,
at rain ;ed for t h- murder of John Bass.
The facts in this case were stated by us
v. thr time the ocrurrence t?K>k plsce,
hut, for very obvious reasons, not so
circumstantially as they were when gi
ven in evidence at ftic trial.
1' appeared f oni the testimony that
Lewis and Bnss wen near neighbor*
? ihe former a poor labouring white
man, brought tip in p >vetty and igno
rance, and whose ieis^itin?r facultus
were srarc* )y removed one degrte be
Tond the grossest barbarism. and the
latter a simple but in {Tensive free niu j
? latio, poor as Job. though p-rhaps tvei, |
more contested with his lot than tha1 Fn-t j
of great men is said to have b?eit. B'-th I
the men had families such as they we e j
?and whatever prejudices miv exist ?
in regard to the color ?>f the ?-kin, it is
cer?ain that they hsii *ery little i* fl I
enre with Joe L? wis, between whom
and his neighbor Jrk Bas-., the rvla
tions of intimacy and good fellow -nip,
had long ?ub>istrd.
In "he particular section of the eoun
ty where th?se panic- ext*trd , Igno
r.mce and he- handinnid Superstition ,
had long cx<* cised absolute dominion
ovi th.- more abjet, while even the
be'ter conditioned w<-re not wholly ex
empt from their detestable influence.
In a word. S'>m<- believed in the exist
ence of wirc/tcrjf}, >?hi!r o'het B, though
ashamed to confess their faith in it, were
no* hardy enough to deny it in to-to.
Unfortunately for B.'ss, his wile's mo
ther was suspected of practising this
devilish art, ar.d munv serious calami
t es and afflictions with which, not only
her neigh!?or?s but their hogs and cat
tle, were sometimes visited, were laid
at her d??or. Among oiher mishaps of
this sort, the wife of Mr. Lewis wa?
Mrtcken with wnii unknown disease,
and although a nrgro doctor attended
her for a considerable season, his pre
scription# were of no avail, and he wa?
('(impelled 'o a< knowledge that she was
under the influence of some af:etl too po
t?nt for hi?n to remove! ? Ir was then
left fo>- Mrs. Lewis to say who was the
wickcd w retch that had cauied her suf
fering; and t^he decided that it was no
body hut Jack Bass ? for she had rept#
edly awoke iti the night and seen him
" standing 4 II at her bed-side!'*
This was enough to arouse the tiger
in the breast of her '? p.irtnri Joe," who
declared, in the presence of stv^ral wit
tiesses. that since the doctor could do
nothing for his wife, he w;,s resolved to
try what powder and lead would do."
The declaiation of the wife was the
more plausibU, as Jack's mother in
law being n witch , might reasonably
he supposed to possess the power oi
imparting her satanic gift to hnn ?
But Joe, rather cautious of proceeding
to extremities without proof infallible,
took with him a few clioscn friends an ?
proceeded to Portsmouth to consul'
Goody Evans, the fortune teller, a.iouf
the matter. This pretended dealer in
mystery, after having k4cut the caid?,"
or as they say in Scotlaod, "cast hr,
cantiaips," cot. firmed in the fullest
manner the suspicion of poor J.?ck*?
delinquency; and Joe being thus assur
ed ol the cause of his wife's illness, and
already coiifiimcd in the belief that no
thing but the death of his nsighboi
Bas.% could remove it, beni his way home,
probably ruminating on the road in
much the same mood with Baldy in the
44 G ntle Shepherd," where he says
" I'm s?ire my ho art will ne'er gi'e o'er to iltint
" Till Mause in a tat tar barrel be burnt."
IIis next step was to cfToct the horri
bte purpose for which he had been pre
pared by the Suggestions of the wild
e*t superstition. Taking his gun with
him he repaired to the humble dwelling
ol his pract fui unoffending neighbor,
and encountered hini ju'-t as the po?>r
fellow was entering his ' I i i tie enclosure'
1 on his return trom a neighboring null
with a scanty portion of ineal for his
wife and children.? A witness deposed
that he heard Bass exclaim with a l<?ud
voice?*1 don't shoot me Mr. Lewis! If
it was the last word I had to speak, I
h.ive never done harm fo your wife or
you, or any thing that belongs to you."
And in th<* next moment his wife called
out ? " Ol for Cud's sake, Mr. Lewi*,
don't kill him! Indeed he h -> never
done you or your wile any hat m."? The
hardened wretch, deaf to their entrea
ties, vocif?raed with demoniac Jury,
i. d ? ? you I'll give it to you!"? H'lie
witness was prevented from seeing what
passed, by an intervening thicket, but
saw the Hash and heard the report of a
gun; and in a few moments saw Lewis
retiring with his gun towards his home.
At the same time he heard the cries of
Mass, and the screams of his wim and
ihildreu Lewi* was followed to hn?
Iiuuie where he was taken into rust<*dyi
at fir-?t he denied* lit- fact of ihe murder;
though hi finally couiessed it; nut so
far from exp'revtiiig any lemorse forth#
a- i, he declared ti??'. lie w<:uld not hcai*
true to no u again!!
This is ti e substance of the testimo
ny. ? When brought to tho bar the pri
soner appeared without counsel? *ifl
poverty had put it out ot Ins power t?*
ofTer a fee, and nobody c^ed enough
for hint to assist him in tnis emergen
cy. Indeed he evi.iced a pei fect^indifTcr
encc aiioul his deft lice. But this delect
was ampiy supplied as soon as it was
made known, by the voluntary tender
of the services of one who ha-, long been
the pi?*'e and oriiarnent of our bar, 'O
conduct his dclencr. We allude to R.
IS. Taylor, esq. whose In.manr and dis
interested conduct on ihe occasion r'e
servi sto be commemorated, though the
cause wnich he undertook to deitnd
bu little dcseivcd such distinguished
favor.
Al.hough unprepared by ai y previous
uri'jcrs'.aiiding ot the case, t tic counsel
for the pr.sontr made a most able ar.d
brilliant defence. Abandoning the ground
of ih- ins.iflkiency of the evidence, and
ad-nttting the ta< t of :he mutder to be
lulJy substantiated, he rrst'.d the defence
entirety upon ihe plea of ins-nity? con
tending thai il.e prisoner , ti .wever ra?
iion*l in other respects, was so complet..*
ly unvler ihe di lusion of his superstitious
ideas oi w itchcraft as 10 be w holy insensi
ble of the ctiminaii'y ol any act to which
it might impel him; and that he (the
pnsonir) was as firmly assured of the
propiioy of slaying Bjss, ^j> the only
loians of saving the lite of his wife,) as
any rational man could be of killing
another in self defence. He qjoted a
number of parallel cases, in which ver
dicts of acquittal had been rendered, to
establish hi* argument? atuong which
was the c isr of HaifielJ, who was ar
? dinned f?r high ficason in firing at the
k ag of (ireat Briuin in Drury Lane
Theatre. Although it was pio\edthat
i fie pri-oner in this < ase was capable ol
attending 10 his attars, and ol lidding
rational intercourse wiih soi iety; yet in
one particular he was k. own to havn
evinced symptoms o: insanity, air', .f ioed
by the powct'ul talents of an fcr^kine,
he was acquitted.
Mr. Nimmo, for the com:H<-ir*-*ahh,
replied by * plain, hut manly exposi
tion of the Civ, in which he dw ell par
ticularly upon the dan^L-rs to wliic i the
community would he liable il the prin
ciples contended f ?rhy hitleainedfriei.fi
wei e to prevail. Ignoiancc and ?>*?b*ii
'.y ini^iit at ai.y tune single oot 'h* ir vic
tim unt' untnoia'e n with impunity.
The case was men given to ine jury,
who aiier a rr tire mem of half n k?
brought in a VrrdlCtt.f GullUj yf tnururr
in the trcond drgrtCy upon wuch tl>ry
sentenced the prisoner to eighteen yrais
imprisonment in th?* pi nrrmiary? Ti?e
sentence guve vrry general satisfaction.
The woman Ex-ann was next brought
before the court upon an iiuiictmeot
found against her by the yrand jury,
for imposing upon the credulous aod il
literate pait of the community, by pro
ics'ing t<- ptaciisc the art of div:natijr,
or Ir/ une friii'tg, to the inaiufist detri
ment of the peace and morals of society
The jud^e admonished the fcjred deltu
quent of thr evil of her way?, jii'' point
ed out to her the pernicious effects mj*
ber imposture in the mriaiu hn.y ir,
stance of Levi is, whom she nad been
mainly instrumental in instigating <o
commit tl'e horrid crime of murder; and
fi;.ail) ordeied her to find security for
her good behaviour for a term of two
years ? lieisclf in the sum of ftino, and
two securities in g >0 each. V aJling to
give the security n quired, she was com
mited to prison. 1. is a matter ot aston
ishment, how any rational be it.^ could
deliberately place confidence in the or
acle sof this old beldame, who, though
she mav be under the dominion of ?atan,
certainty can have vrry little influence
over hiin, or any other invisible agent,
if one may judge liom her poverty and
ignorance.
? * ? ? ?
Thus, the violators of the Iswi, arc
made to *? do the s;ate some v i vice,"
which would not he the rase if the >an
quinary laws of the o!J couiitrie* pre
vailed. The more ?r see <>t" the penMer..
tiary system, the more it comniaiuU our
approbation ? though we still tHnk i!
Could he unproved. Phe introduction of
the treading mill , h late English inven
tion, for io* ance, would no wonders? ?
rogues would then shun the petiiten la
ry as thty would a pestilence ? :h?v
would rat lie r starve than steal if the con
sequence was to be confinement to the
drudgery of that M internal machine*'
called a treading mill. Hcro'd.
There is a pride in human know'edjn,
which often blinds men to the sublime
truths of revelation; heme oppoaet* cf
Christianity arc found anion* tnen of
viuuout Uvea, as well aa among th?>
diiiipaicd atid liccnuou*.