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, iir-1 J- I "" "" 1 -.aia.aMm,, .. - I 'S I I r ' ' J r f 1 , f s ? . I ' ) 1 ' ' l t ' t ' t I i s f I i i - . . . ;. . j . -. ; i ,is,. f - 1. ; V l0 THE C053T1TLT.0X AKD TflE LA W8-TrtE GUARDIANS OF'OUE HBERTY. Vol. XXIV. A .4 . I' so 1314. ,s. ,, htty ne Mil, 1 Mil Clip.n tf Lsrmr4 til filispror. E$$ay real by Mr. flxhmgi Itore He I jTfrk.WW aU4 Ilia SkOiU Bt t Urn tMuiy. -f I,-,-, . ' Getrtiact'or Tirt CLra: ,1 propone ia the follow lot essay la offer some ob servsUTOS on lh proper application of capital 10 sericulture; but as the whole eibject wouU oce-jpy greater limits than I can aTard, and is .of too mnch impor tance lo be treated cursorily. I shall con fine myself chiefly to maintaining a single propiisi ion of a rery practical character: it ia this that In the present condition of n uid market improved urms are much cheaper, and efiVr better inducements to liventnent than Qniinproved and low priceJ laid. Jit other words, that at present prie, improvements will not bring their co-t. ' It is n-tt m am by this that improvers will not be rem nitrated amply for their improvements; ou thi contrary, a man owning poor land, which he cannot, or will no, self, h only to ehoo-e bHtrcea improvement an J starvation. ', Stil', whm capital is seeking investment, il is of great i oporUncs to know that improvements can be bought at a much smaller cost than they can be affected. That this is ike esse, is perfectly demonstrate; and tlie reason, in part,' 1, that, as agricultural science is ia Its infancy, and the improv meat of the sol requires more skill thin try other branch of sericulture, most im provers hars to fed their way Via flic dark, and often, in consequence, lose both lime ani miney. From hence 'it occurs, that improvements are generally not worth their eot, since yoa win rare ly meet with an improver who would m readily admit that many of his processes have been too cwtly, and to laborious. Most apeeiIIy, then, whoa the ad ven turer Is vnJiho-.it agricultural skill, it will be advisable for him to invest in improv ed Isnd, since whaterer may be the fate of my other proposition, I think no one will dispute that half the skill will man age an improved farm that il requires to improve it firrt aad manage it afterward. There seems to me uo subject on which men more deceive themselves than 00 this. They love to dell rather on re in! than meant. A beautiful and pro ductive farm is so fafcinating an idea that it quite Carrie their imagination over tlie dreary tiact of toil, economy and expense, which must be passed before the acre worth five dollara can be changed into the acre worth fif y. , Iinzininz the mere posesion of landacres of any descrip tion, the chief preliminary to the buiuess of agriculture, and relying with Matiom edan security on fate lo supply them with the skill, "appliances snd irn-ans to boot," to make that land proJuctte, individuals drtily put the whole oT their money Into laud, or even go in debt for that, totally ignorant or forgetful of the fact, that the irst cost of poor land is one of the small est items of expense. . The firet cost of one hundred acres of land at five dollars per acre, would bsar but a proportion ofj one tenth of the expense when it is imj proved lo the cost of fifty. . To get out of barren soil the means of improving it, is like Hying to cut down a tree with the axe .in your hand lo get a helve for It a. thing that may be accomplished perhaps, oui not 10 oe rccominenueu oy tne juui ; pleasure, will, at the same time, incur the There is another (act presented by this cious. t 1 will jrenttire the assertion, lhat greater risk. But if, as I shall now pro- calculation, which is not to be overlooked, the wsnt of means to perform every ne- ceeJ to show, the capitalist may in most viz: that improvements, however exlen cessary or proper operation at the right' parts of Baltimore county buy improved tensive at first,' do ultimately pay hand time, and in the best wny, is the causo , lands at lens than their improvements somely, since the loss of $5000 in the far more frequently than either indolence ' cost, or than he could improve them for,' first terra is reduced to $2000 in the sc or un.kilfulness of the frequent failure of I think I shall convict all of folly who Cond. while a third would show a hand agricultural adventurers. , will buy arid improve poor lands until their some profit. It may perhaps be attempt- ' I will he here perhaps met by the re- prp irliouaic cost be much less than at ed to turn this against me, by raking, say mark, that it requires a largo capital to present. - I a peiiod of twenty, instead of ten years buy improved land, and lhat il is better! To got room for a calculation, we will on the improving farm, and allowing a for an industrious man, with small means,' assume, that a farm from twelve to fifteen balance where the profits would make the t buy poor land, jog along with it by tie- j miles from Baltimore of two hundred a- farm cost no'hing. One must have but grees till bth get rich logiith . I am cres, with good building, after a ten humble views of prosperity if he is con nit much of a logician, but I suspect that years comse of improvement, in which tent with having lost nothing by the la there is no proposition generally true,' two limings, each of 60 bushels, shall bor of twenty years. But the true test is, which is not eiuatly in its particulars, have been given lo each arable acre, and to atari two men of equal capacity with If il be the best policy for he large capM plainer, clover ami the manures of the the same capital; the one on a poor farm t iltHt to huy improved laud, it must be so farm judiciously used, will bring in the to be improved, snd the other on one al f'rtthe small one. For myself 1 cannot.) market $50 per acre; and lhat its first ready productive, and see how they stand after much refljction, recall single in- cosi was $5 per acre, with no improve j at the end often or twenty years. The stmce in which a poor man lias improved' menl of any description. I propose in' man on ihe improved farm would be able a poor place without resort to some irade ', ihe first five years to free the land of stone' to buy another like it before his competi or employment other than that of cultiva- and nrubs, to' fence and ditch it, to put on tor's would yield him a support. ling his barren fields. The por man J 1,500 -bushels lime annually and erect It thus appears, thai in this community must get daily breaJ for his daily labor; buildings of the right kind. It will re the slow, toilsome and expensive process he cannot advanea hi mil r.r remnnera- ait re (or that neriod annually I of improvement ie not sufficiently anpre tiou at a distnnce, however trreut that re - initneraiioa may be; so that, in fact, it is me capitalist alone whoart sfford to im prove, for he alone is able to waiu Nor c in the poor mn improve so cheaply aet t!te rich oiie. t Pulling, aside the prob- TU titnif MMfj, efrKAtf. le4 Uwr. af iartc4 aarfciatt, will W prOtor.M nilwr with LU limited ruu i Mimt m Muar!!v slow ud rxpeiiMTt. thkt Mibinf bat the nol rooqierLU eaerfjr uut iroa eeaMimtMHU litre mo ufir pwwff nea or jrrst, cm fcetr Lit liiroogh. - i i 4 ... DRM, to liny leu bad. or tnyio j more to let portioa anpaiJ for, that Iif my rttme to iuatrif lh meao of working il la the but tdriatae. I m (r from tovatl ling the rontrscUDf of Jcbt, our ihert ii right and a wrong way of doinf even Uua. . It U impoibI to conduct fans wi&ool met ttf, erta if it w wteswj to fo ta iUbt for the in. To atk credit from all with wboia yoa anty deal, it a most nUerabU policy, aod aurroaadt yoa with fuy difficultie'i of Uto mo.t anno j in; character. It fa better lo owe one nan a thousand dollara than twenty men City, lofiead of a monejed tnorrige who j prubably itifitd with hia tntemt pone uially paid, ton will hare tnerchMt, ae chin ir, dijr laborer and neighbor oa your bonre. Tweety claims of the muU deSn feaiia witliia the jurisdiction of a ingle nagiatrate pnrtoe yon. Yonr note ia oa the rrindtonc, and a fresh ntn ready to tale the haridle wheoerer a tired one leta go. You must thresh when you should sow, and sell In die fall to buy again ia the spring. . Yoa are charged two prices because you make all wsit, and fyff:y per cent, ia your bills becauKO you w ere afraid of sir oaa mort gage. A portion of your profits will pay a debt judicially contracted. ,wbiU one of another character will prei rot yeer making any profit at all. .Yoo may ear ry a load comfortably on your back, end till have your hands free; but lake it in your bauds and yoa cripple your whole bodr. - . . , .. . ; la fact, the process of improving, is a 4hing but adding to the value of land, by mixing as it were capital with iu The tery oaose of Juiprwvemeat implies rz- peine, w hether hat capital be ia the form of labor tint we hire, or that we ourselves perform, ia manor that w nurhaf , or such as we manufacture, are questions only of economy, anddo nt atFect the priociple. For the sake of an iUustratioa. 1st as term all tb mmm aary for writing and improving a farm die unproductive, and the rend thejvroivcivt capital of the farmer, atnee il is from tlie laud the prudwt immediately eomes. It will now be seen, that the vtent Turt of the improving farmer, is, to convert his unproductive into productive capital. lli operative force, although nrce?ary to conduct tho farm, yet a heavy bur den on Uke prouw. 1500 pet aounrn pent on a farm is interest oa $25,000. which fur all practical purpose may be considered the amount of his unproduc tive cspital. Dy removing stone, grub bing, ditching, fencing, bmldtng; ia short, by effecting any permanent improvement he converts a portion of his unproductive into productive capital. If by such means he can reduce his annual expendi tures to $1,000, he has done what is e quivalent to cenveniar one third of his unproductive into productive capital; eve ry labor saving machine every improved process, has a similar effect -and it is by these means, all of which are expensive in the extreme, mads . that improvements are, The man who invests his money in hnJ which has thus been put into the most productive state, is at least certain of one thing; that he will at onee get tbej bcl return for his money that agriculture; can make, lie puts himself beyond the' reach of unfortunate experiments, while the man who has every thing to do for himself, though he may have the greater ! 4 men, board and wages each $149, $560 1 woman, bo 4 horses, keep and interest, each 70, 281) 2 yoke oxen. 30, 60 1 W0 bushels lime, at 15 ctv I'laiitcraud seed.of all ktmls, say 225 say iuo, EoenJ, cJotLmg, & ef self and Lad- ,JtJ - ' y : SS0 loeg afar ike iatpraver has fallea. Te Tim,ny i , .,.,. 1 5. hatsaa heard tho proverb, that -Cnols 400 wonb farming atras?., Ut It vboSi ead witemea lie ia lbt:, per reai, ' Carpcatre :1V . PoctOt'a j.i ; ti i ;. I, w ! Amoual of char a. I i - iib . 1 . S ' I1C23 . f fl 1. WM t 'f ic e 1 - s I '' . - ) t -' v 4 For ir$ yetra, ' 4 , . Land. a., 1 i DuiUiffg'V i . v 4 borsea. eost 73 eacTi, . 1 yoke oxen, 65 Farming atenails,ssy . 3 eo ws. 20 esch, . Stock bogs ead sheep, say j ; !.. 1 - j 1 1. i 1 t , . t . -. y . lot. 6 per ct oa'l2,913, are i Tgo2k yean, 14,633 Value of personal servtres for five ycara at 150 per anuam. 750 ,..( ,. i. 1 i -5 v 15,580 Allowing tlie farm to be worth $700 . .1 per an; ia support of stork and - ' . family 5 yrs. r Whole cosy "1 u- $12,080 .10001 , . a . ann t - ISO i 3 t400 I . ai - 10 1 3" W-'V w 11,915 . . 1.01s m W - M.a . . . .aA. various particulars siatco, ine orst pre years improvements brint the urm to something aver $60 per acre ia the mar ket, and the stock might be worth $4000 more. If the improver -was now forced to sell, he would lose $5000 by the ope ration, and yet, those accustomed to judge ouly by the rst appearances would think it aa wonderful as well as profitable, that land ia only five years could be raised ia value from five to thirty dollar per acre. In taking the same farm through another five years" course of improvement of lite samo kind, the expense would be rontid crably less, by the reduction of the force, say a hand and a fcwlf, and a yoke of ox eo, and by ihe greater cheapness of sup port oa a farm somewhat improved. This saving would ammni to aay S3 00 per an. which would leavo the annual charge of $1100. -Tut m 6va years would amount to . , ; -h,. ,'. $7,000 Int. cn $12,080, 6 per cU for five . years, .... -. . , . .3,021 Personal attendance as before. 750 Cotf fi.t Cvyar, 12.080 W hole cost in ten vears. $23,454 '11. & iiiMkin. of a. I? ut R $700, trihled In the 2d term $2100, which multiplied by 5, gives - . : 10,500 Leaving t $12,951 As tlie total net cost of the place in ten years, when il would, according to my supposition, command $30 per acre, or $10,000, which would still leave the im prover minus about $2,000, after deduct- ins a thousand dollars as die value of the stock. -, -. ;. , 1 1 think'such a calculation fully sustains mv position, that, at present relative pii- ccs, improved lands are much the cheap est, since the adventurer would probably obtain ptoperty in the condition supposed at the end of the first five years for $7,000, . while its cost was upwards of $12,000 and the end of the second for $11,000 what has cost near $13,000. It shows too, that it requires ltt$ capital at pesent to buy improved lands than to improve them. A judicious and industrious man need not be afraid of a large debt on a good larm; whereas improvement is a continual and heavy drain on resources and cannot proceed with debt. riated, ami hence we find persons every day tleclimnz pood lands on account oi their cost and adopting lite doubly ex pen- ive alternative of improving bad ones This hallucination haa this hsnov effect tho country is improved, if individuals . . . , inus UwiU be aeeu.Uiat II the various. nra 01 puarvie ua sUbUity ,. items of expense are suted correctly, as I . Yoa will sUo pss along the-, line of hi a general way I believe they are, aad operation of the British forces ia the ra if $700 per an. be n sttiTicient allowance j!'"! "'''" d invssine darieg the for the product of the farm, which ts rath- J American ttsvoUUonsry war, and assy er above an estimate I have made with the i1" localCes whose interest shall be an : . 1 . . 1 . 1 .1 : 1 1 l. t suffer. - 11 ipweem ofiea 'etaad j the fame esirit we may add. "thst .' IbgmtUmm improve farms and itvtland Jca reap v ocoeaW" t ioaU, a out .science shall hav aoiaie4 oat tseaoa of impmemeet more rapid snore certain, ,aod lea expessive, it seems to me iav . possible aot to eonclods,. that imptoved ilttJa are Croat 9 to 7 per ceaU below ..ibfir .? ; .. . ... j - .:, u f;. . ; i i rrasa lbe afccWaa 4 u loath " SUGAR CREEK. N. CAROLINA. ir, Eidort Sbobkl job eier psse aa the epper sisge ri fr S-wth Caroli pa. ihroKfh the "forth State'! to lie CU, UomitioMf ymm wdl be Ukea thtoegb Charlotte, in Jrckkbberg Co. Conrord, in Obsrrss coaary, Haliabery, ia Bowse ro.. Lexint toa. ia Dsvie Ya.. jGfseatboroogb.ia CiaUard, a4 ibrragh . Uaat illle, or Aliltoa. as yoa a-ay cboom. anei croning the Dan, to direei fear course lo tbs J.mes. Yoa o dl past along the line cf ibs eaily sridtmeuis of iht most ft r tde j4t of Carolina that ties above tide water. , Lsta tbsa oae hundred yrv sg, the esttlemeate f white saea were aa knewN. Jl re and there tbs hut of a tra der, or temporary adveatnrer might be seen; but a cheerful neighborhoods wt I ... . .""'""eu imw in hiphivj pi .or nsvo lotion ba its place in ihe reading of edti cated sosiety., 4 - . . The colon ire on the ss .board i f North Aflsriies muttevca sarp-MS ia tomaaiie inUrest.ihe seulaeatt of - tlie interior country. But ol the iuterior reiirmrae. none csa serpasa i ts'ird sahibitiua ot the heroic ai-d the gentle virtues of our ntiure, that hue ol seulements loisaei by one r-.ee of pr-eeated people, of which ibis psrl ol Pioitbuartii na is a seetton.ex- lending from ibe .Foiomae. ibe Northrrn biMiudary of V-rginja. through South Ca rolina, on the Lantern ba-e of the Alls fhantrs. , .. . The e uis rants were from Irrland. One part landing al Charleston, and other port 01 o. Carolina, found their as? to the in rior; the other, aad the larger psit Isading al. PbUadrlp'M turned South ard. and traversiof Virginia a id the North Sute, met the S .uihern tide on the waters of he Cmare- , Thm ia strrans Xr"m J the ssuie origio.1 fountain Scotland. , through the North of Ltlaud, m-eting in Ibis new soil, snJ intermingling their wa ters, nevertheless preserve their chaiacte ristic diflVrtoce, the one of Philadvlpbia, and the other ol l'h.rltttn. This race of people a ere peculiar; the Puritans snd Roundheads of the S.uth.-the IUueSJ.o k iogs of all countries; men that setdrd in this wdderuess ou principle, aud for principle's ske; that budi churches from principle; and fought for liberty, of per son aud conscience, as their srquisitun, and tho birthiighi of their children. . , Let us isit a few of the localities. As you pass Northward, on the f rest road from Charlotte, -ol which more msy be Said ss the place t f the famous Coucn lion, whose declaration appeared in die public prints last summer in about three tulles you j as a l.re brick cl.urcb iietr , Hie road on the tight band. 1 11 is is the years service, beii.g called lo the Presi present pl.ee ol worship, of Ihe oldest denry nfDavidsou Collrre; hi great son, congregation, and the first numerous sot-jj. M. M. Card 11. took chsrgo rd the ilementbilwren the Yadkin and Cataw , congregation, and now ministers to the oa wvers. nevious to 175U. scarce a while set ler was to be found in this Me sopotamia; and about the yrsr 1756, so rapid was the emigration, lhat a Piesby lerian Church and congiegation ere form ed, which took a nam Irom the cretk near by Suga or Sooga but now writ teii Sugar. This brick church is the third house of worship for the congr g lion. v ,t . . . ; Let us visit the site of the first; it is about hall a mile West Irom the great road. Here 011 this pleasant rising ground. sutrounne.i n all sides by in lore.l, a le steps from the Esl w.ll ol this buy ing ground stood a log church, where Craighead preached, ami wheio were con gregatsd Irom Sabbath 10 S.bb.th many choice spirits, who having in this wildcr nt s, far Irom their nstivn land, worship ped the God ol their fa hers, now ste p in that j ard. The house is passed art a ; the preacher is gone: the generation thai took possession ol this land is passed sOay; us deeds remain. Their children loo are passing; scarce a single man 0 wo man of ihe first genrrsuon are in the land of the living; and with them is passu go oblivion, th knowledge of things and deeds which ptosterity would lain dig from the rubbish of antiquity but shall dig for in vain; aa the generslion are pass ing without a history, aod slinosi with out an rpusph. . , ;. Lttus go in'o this gathering place ol the emigrants, where ihsy lie sido by aide iu their sleep, to be sroused on the tesur rection morning. : These little breaches joe stein this tinia defy ing stall, were made by told digger, when that excite . . . . .. .""inreispreau o ep.a"o diseory tbat the .ivaa t4 Lf ed a4 dfd. aa4 were anr4 bet, igaorsai tint there was or wM se, ia fine bet rLcf sw,l.pa4 ! and da pstt saa dear H Mtiiy thaa tb ee ot ttiV adesitrM eactaiors. We will eoier t-y tb gaicws at lb Nawtb wr1 co0er. ttugb wbach the esgTU cat ed tbeir shrad. Now let as re.d sae al the few a l aeaaty sm bmw UU iar4 by aSsct'Oa, ta saork we hsb of liteads asaid lha an.Uitodca that ate cioodVd sa this sca-rs d rt itnoi a toe to tell wbartatbee.ibrCreu 'HtsfiisiMt is 10 ibe a.er j u4 ntie.JtMtaa Am axocn Fhsm; f-barn Jan: CA 1727; tfir af Aepr. I si. I787 & vUdew 33 yt en." Ons 01 lao eailirttrwgraais, ohm ed to sy that .act itliial betweea this place aad Ilpws4 tiarcH, her aapst acithbaw,Sotbaa')aa4Csiwsid. wsa at the distance 4 13 asilvs; Northwardly abuat 8 wiles. Tfc aig ia at nearer acigLbore aasaatauef ofrtjutnog toihts bold woiasa, who aad need ot atj the strwog ittlp of ibe awswf doe rraee tl her Ibarra aad ereel, to bdd up Lor bs.rt in her lonely ckditHn. w . - , a plow It toe goon m tht Southwest eitf or n beta read Ue insmptioi; Jam Wat' tta.whodicd July 31st, 1792 in the 80ya of her ! Ttois was the atodter 4 im first sv tiled preaehet n PruvideacrosnelS attles 8oUi, the a bis oVlesxtev of the foth of ebristiaurtf sgMt the ijfitelity tnat went over Uu coot try like a delof s at the close, ihe ttevolultoaury war. lit grave is among the people ol lis chrg. This stone aear iSe atdil of tbo yard is 10 the memory of Dr d Kobmsioa, who died Ocu 12ih, 1808, aej 82 sa emigiaot. and the father of ibe lae Re. John Ko biBtoa. D. D., aba departed his life Uee. 15th, 1743. af or atrviuf the etrngregarion of Popular Tent about 40 years, haVifg labored in the minisiry about 50. Too i Jdest monumeni. bat no h ssan ami nt ot the oldest is a emU stone thus inscribed t o I . . 'Here Lre the Bodrol HUBERT I MC KEE whdecead ' ,,, Oeo'41 tlie I9h 1775 1 Ared 73 years. 1 he lettere K and C, of McKee. a-e joined ia one, the lower turn ol the K loins the C. ! ' ' Come now -tt the Somheast corner; here is a grave without sa inter ptinn 10 tell whose 'ashes are sleeping here, or evea a stone,' This is ti e urate ol Rev. J Alexander Craighead, ihe first Minister 01 me enngregation, and the first in this Carolina settlement. Fleming from Vir- f inis during ihs Indian iovssions that fol lowed Banroef tfefat I, was selWed here about the year 1756. and was buri ed here in 1776, after a life of era at ose- fulj ess. Tradition sys that these two large sassafrss trees tsitdin one at ths bead, the other at the foot of the grsve, sprung from the too sticks on which ss a bier the colli 11 was burn to the rrae Bti-'g thrust tmo tho ground 10 mark the spot ol the grave, the grren streke. fresh Irom the moher stock, uk roit and grew. Was itand emblem! Were we as super atitious as the people of Europe a hnn dred yea-s ago, e atighi resd in themin istenal history of ibe congregation a lul fitment of the mute prophecy. Alter tho death ol Mr. Craighead, has son preached 10 ihe Cungrt'galiou for a short tune; his grand son became ihe settled Minister, and served ihem 35 yean; his aucce.ur. Ur. Morrison, to ol Lincoln, after s few neon e. t " Let ns return to the Church br the toad side, snd nlr the grave yard lhat lies at the South, by the gae in the North Wall. This first stone thai uise.s your ye ma ke 0 grae directly beneath the locstiou of the pulpit of the second build ing i-cccpied by hia congregation. The preacher occupies this grave, anJ tie congregation el. ep around h ni. The house and the nrescher. and the builders. , Ue passed aaay. Even the children , thai assembled here in Rrvolui nay urms are groon old, only hoie and iheie one of them re-nains to tell the liist.oy ol tho U ar, aud the trad ttous of the settle ment - ' Along this toad the American forces re traied before ihe Britieh army, whtc they entered Charlotte from South Ca'oliiu, and took poefesshju ol the Hornet Nest." and turned the Collrgo into a hos- nutia? of eri.s.tng ' and dutiin fs I ne- ... . ..t 1 . . ...I. 1.1 . l it pital. A little dottnce up this road, the gall.nl Graham, ihe lather of one vi tho candtdateo for the G ivernor's Chair, Ml wwuuded. and was tell by the enemy for dead. The widow's daughter, by whose metns his rescue and recutery were ia a measure accomplished, atill lives herself the patnarchess and chronicle of the eon gre ganon. O ho w rapidly doea time change us from youth to the wrinkles of agl . But what events have been crowd ed into her protrsniid, yel short life'. As the vicbuious British forces march ed along the Catawba, plundering the statir.ch Whigs, snd making lories of the irresolute, .many families of the Scotch frith oris in, A'4 fon their homes, and look shelter in North, Carolina, agam soon to seskanotbctibtlierelssahert., Among 1 tbese faojuVs ws a pifn widw. trosa tbo f sxhsw arrtlratrf ta Fouth C'ar4w aa,ty U-e as s4 Jrl, oith ket- Aadrtw. , tbe lowa4 a asjlaaa iabtbie rertgtiwa. . aWai six uk Ct 4 tb lbtrfc, ia lb bM al id w, (or oa hm a soo a tdow.) by tie ame ot YU o. Amiuw smJ-4 ite widow'e sous m fcndsBg their corn, aad peifor mrg stVer oper a b.ns ; after exemaiog tiae f aiih otTk ia iL ssa- lotosres of ti-o strdl f icmse. sad wish togfb'tbe was bfgr, aad arlliag what b could dt were he lafjer, wi h ti e it 4 ret. Us ,f Ue of tie widow Wrtsou ia tfer ytars bees ire e Patr of Rocky 11 vrrWp(fr,ii,.e, In O.bairue rotioijs and the mcssety s t U l.b..rs i lwded cVp in tho bearu sf aameiea staderts in I't-ra'ore, and htsersuf ib Gospel, ' The soa ol aid Jarksoo. ta lb bit Je of N. Urjesr-s. mxno ilea klfi' led the aptraikas of kiaboj hnod in duv ing ibe sd eis end far eottnpped stl toabhl raagiaitf obta 4e sat la the Presidential chair sot gM year. i Mra bat often woodrrti, why h ia bia atosi thoughtless dys, slwsys Utaed . a faitltful Miaistor of the Gospel so te pceifully; sod ahyafur eocourag-ng hi ifo ia a nl'gious Jit, he bimsrli shld it hi sge become a auraiber vf the rs eyfma Church. The c.use is lound U id deep in the lesii lm sio. by li e instructions of a mothtr and the oiiuistia lion ol CuTa l.ou.0. 1 litis grave bt neath the pulpit of lie se cond Cburrh. contsias il e rtmsms of 11. a ' second ttt d Preachri h e choree place ' of sepuhure. IIiS epiraph dra a ap by his fin nd Wilson, of Rot ky U.ver, iead; , I SACRED - ., to tho memory ol the L te Rev. SAMUEL C. CALDW ELL , . . ... .. bo departed this lile t k "'3d 1820 .t r ; ;l t- in the 59th jtar of bio age , , V4t . , 'Snd the 35th ol , hia pattotal - 'v, office of Sugar Creek Cmi regali' 4 llis long and harmonious eontiuu.uce , s , in that relation '.; j . is hie bt Euh'gtun. n Licensed when be was but 19 years of age. Dr. II all took him under bie special care with his well known fatherly kind ntss, and pursuaded htm to accept Hi iV THklton lo become hi giat dUii.ci'a sue rossor in tlie tn'miauy. II preached lb Gospel 40 years. ..(, 1 ... it; , . Corns now to the middle of the yard, 10 tho grave ol one wboe nam will al ways be cherished; the Chairman ol tnat faibous Mecklenburg Contention. The eJtap'i is short snd sunph; but mote full ihaa say hisu-ry or record, or memorsa cfuio yet -! to ibe pudlir. . , n ABRAHAM ALEXANDER, . died April 23. 1780 Aged 68 eara X S :t4 K ate die the death of the Righteous and let my last - ; eud be l.ke bis ' - u fi VIATOR. " The Tictla of 1 ProoMlcader. . Foul murder hilh been done.' L! hero's ihe proof I ... Out Vlax. , Oh for tho good old limeo of typogra phy, when operatives in the art could teuder the anci-ots when Caxtaa irans I.ted Ye Sry g ol Trove. from tho lan guage of Greece. Would that, ia this latter age, when Champollion has deci phered ; the hierojl) phics of Ef ypl hen; the spirit of inquiry io every here abroad some on might be looud, who could continue to alttlter from typi cal sggtosion n wrner for the press! I sm the victim of a proof-reader. The blunders of others, and not oty own. hate placed me in a state ol feeling akin to pur caiory. Ever tine I began lo shae for a beard. 1 have been ohm e or less sfQicied w ith die tacoelhet tcribendi, and I flatter mvself that I ha not always been un successful in my wriiu 2. But htt printed effoi ts hae n t been tenorab!e to'' my icriibs nor grateful to nv vanity; "on the contrary, they have been quite ihs re- ete. 1 have had the sweetest poems turned into thrice sodden stupidii) ; sen tCDCes ia prose, on wlrieh 1 doated in manuscri) t, have been peru-ed in a deep perspiration, nd ttttli 0 positive loath-" ing. in pi int. All tbi has arisen from a cuiiepiracy wbicii seem to have been formed against me by all tho typographi cal g-ntleioen of ibe country. It is tn e 1 wtne what Mrs. Mai prop night rail ai intelligent band;" tor, ti tH pitiful mi- ver could descend, 1 have of en given di- reciione an publ sbers, thai if a word was otherwise pat finding out" that they should count the mark but. that plan laded, so tae indeed all any plare foe correct habit ol thought helore the pub lic. If this narrative sh.ll prose to be cot reedy printed, il will be the first articlt from my pen ihst ha ever met with euelt an honor, and I shall be proportion ably plraed. , , Lke all other mortals, I am penetrable in the arrowe of Cupid. My heart ie aot nneased with the epidermis of a rhinoce ros, or tho bnllhides f jax; consequent ly 1 km whkl lhey call in romances a sus eepttVe persoo. When I a ntnateeo. I fell in love-and ss I Imind prose loo jtara a medium; too staid a 'drapery for tsi : :l J i .' $8tS;.'f- H'-i ts ' "tp kt; 4i " ! "J V. t K ,1
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Feb. 29, 1844, edition 1
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