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r TUESDAY, JOW'i: 12, 1821. THE EXAMINATION Of the students of the Salisbury Academy commenced on Tuesday, the 5th instant, and closed on the Friday following-. The progress of the students was highly satisfactory and pleas ing, and equally honorable to themselves and their teachers. The report of the Trustees will be given in our next. Under our agricultural head will be found a piece containing some interesting reflections on farming, Sec. Knowing that the greater number of our readers belong to the farming interest, wc shall continue, occasionally, to insert useful and interesting essays on the all important subject of Agriculture. In the northern section of the Union, nothing is more common than Agricultural Societies, Pre- patriotic, or humane ? No, wc boldly aver, miums, and Cattle Shows ; here, they are i it is neither. Nor can any thing good, or little known, as yet ; but we trust this will honorable, or patriotic, or humane, be ef not long continue to be the case. Noth- fected by such means, Mr. Dwight may ing has such a powerful tendency towards pretend to a great deal of philanthropy, improving the agriculture of any section of the country, as Agricultural Societies well organized, Cattle Shows, and the ex hibition of the various productions of la bor and ingenuity. They seem to awa ken the moral and physical faculties of the farming community, and to spread new life, light, and vigor, through the whole. In this part of the country, we really think, some stimulus is necessary, and we flatter ourselves that the Rowan Agricultural Society, now in embryo, will produce the happiest effects. To show our readers the light in whicji these things are viewed to the north of this, we here insert part of an editorial article from the " American Farmer," of the 2 5th May, a valuable paper printed in Baltimore : "THE CATTLE SHOW AM) FAlIi. " We have reason to believe that there xviU be an immense concourse of Farmers ; irOin UUS aim UlC UUjaiCUl oiaitoj at iu- Cattle Show and Fair, which is to take place at the Maryland Tavern, four miles from town, on the Frederick turnpike road, on the 7th and 8th of next month i June.) The exhibition of live stock will far ex ceed any thing of the kind which has hith erto occurred in this state and besides those brought as candidates for Premi ums, there will be many brought, of the different species, for sale. It is to be ho ped that farmers will not be too backward in bringing their stock to this first exhibi tion. It cannot be expected that in the commencement, great perfection will be attained ; but every one ought, by way of encouragement, to bring along whatever they have that is in any way meritorious. Should this first attempt go off well, it is difficult to estimate the great advantages that would accrue to the state, and to the agricultural interest at large, from these 6emi-annual Fairs. An immediate im provement of every kind of domestic an imals will ensue, and a knowledge of the best modes of cultivating ail sorts of pro duce will be disseminated. It is not go ing too far to say, that the agriculture of the middle states will be seen to advance instantaneously towards that point of per ... . . i lection which has been, by similar meaus, accomplished in tne eastern siaies. rnor Tne ?r. t. mailt advertise!. We have published some weeks since, an instance or two of the savage barbari ty naturally attendant on the slave trade, as practised abroad.--YVre now present our readers with a specimen of its remo ter effects upon the laws and manners of socictv at home. The following, adver tisement is from a North-Carolina news paper called The Caie Fear Recorder, published at Wilmington, in that State, and bears date, as will be observed, the 14th of April, 1821. 4 (Here follows the outlawry, and Mr. Brown's advertisement as published in the Recorder.) One of the blessings of slavery, as sta ted by the people where it so extensively exists is, great refinement of manners. It is but a short time since a South Carolina news paper writer, when remarking upon the publication alluded to in the introduc tion of this article, inquired, if the editor of the New-York Daily Advertiser had never met with any of the accomplished gentlemen from that part of the country. Probably the same question may be put by the North-Carolina magistrates, whose names are published in the foregoing ad vertisement. We have no disposition to deprive them of any or all the merit which they, or any other person, may lay claim to asaLset-ofTto such a blood-thirsty pub- SuRfVCtHAT At'TY DOLLARS Shal BE OFFERED ING i Is the spirit which clictaied this public notice, and which would do credit to A CANNIBAL, at all justified by the fact, if fact it be, that it is sanctioned by the laws of North-Carolina, and is accom panied by the signatures and seals of a couple of peace officers ? Whatjnust be the state of things in a community living under what is called a free government, boasting of its high regard for -.iberty and the rights of man, and above til claiming to be a CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, viii:n us laws sanction MURDER BY SUCH MEANS AS ANY SANGUINARY VILLAIN MAY THINK FIT TO MAKE USE OF, WITHOUT ANY LEGAL RESPON SIBILITY? We trust that the editors of papers, es pecially in the free States, who have so liberally published an article headed" Slan der on the South," will give the foregoing an insertion in their valuable papers, as calculated to produce the same benefi cent efforts. Now, we would ask, what is the object of the above article ? Is it any thing good ? Is it any thing honorable ? Is it any thing may trumpet forth his humanity and reli gion, his sympathy for the poor Africans, who are held in " durance vile' by the southern "cannibals;" but if we are to form our judgment of . him from his ac tions, we should doubt very much whether he possesses a spark of either. Yet if it be an evidence of philanthropy, if it be an evidence of religion, or of any good, or moral, or patriotic principle, to sow the seeds of discord and enmity, to scatter " fire brands and death" among brethren of the same family, and loosen the cords which bind together a great and happy na tion, then, we will allow, the editor of the N.York Daily Advertiser may lay an undoubted claim to them all. Among the few northern editors who continue to dole out their accustomed slander on the South, for shameful abuse Qnd violcncc Mr. Dwight slands pre.emi. nent. It is not difficult to divine the cause of his hostility to the South ; but we can not easily conceive what motive can in cluce the enlightened citizens of the great est commercial city in the Union, whose very pursuits are peculiarly calculated to produce enlargement and liberality of feel ing, to give currency, by their patron age, to his pestiferous slanders, or to sup port, as the editor of a public journal, a man, who, since we have had any knowl edge of him, has been foremost in the ranks of disorganization ; and who, from the cassock to the long robe, and from that to the editor's chair, has been gui ded by the same narrow and illiberal views, and has pursued the same undc viating line of policy, which, were it generally followed by our fellow-citizens in the northern section of the Union, would scatter to the winds the blessings we enjoy, and prostrate the only free gov ernment in existence. Mr. Dwight knew very well the circum stances attending the outlawry of negro Cupid; he knew they were such as to jus tify it, even to a person of his squeamish, suspicious morality. And if he wanted examples of outlawry, of outlawry under circumstances and for purposes compara lively trivial, he might have found them in a nation, which, we will venture to say, stands higher in his estimation for virtue and religion, and morality, and for excel lence in every respect, than the boasted, and, we freely acknowledge, truly respec table and intelligent state of his nativity. But nothing was farther from his inten tions than to place the subject before his leaders in its true light. His object was to use it for the vile purpose of blacken ing the character of the South ; of con necting with the idea of slavery, oppres sion, cruelty, murder ; and, by a natural inference, of making the southern plan ters guilty of all these. We may be thought to judge too harshly ; but does not the above piece fully bear us out ? Is it not filled with illiberal sarcasms, and sneers, and the most palpable perversion of facts ? And does it exhibit any thing of the spirit of one, who mildly points out the faults of a friend, that he may correct them I Does it not rather show the malignancy of a person, who watches with an eagle eye the conduct of an ene my, that he may drag before the ---v his most trivial errors, or cast ashadsf rswi tan satioal iStelligsxceb. suspicion over even his best actions 1 por the information of persons in vari It is notour whh to keep alive the it., ous parts of the United States ho are . .i . i j 1 o Linnviniis to uuuw uit; icnv vui We deeply deprecate these sectional jeal ousies ; and we certainly could not justify ourselves to our consciences, our country, or our God, if any act of ours should have a tendency to increase them, ot prolong their existence. But it is violating no duty to defend ourselves when attacked; it would, rather, be violating every one, not to do it. . Thus far we have merely warded off the blows which have been aimed at us; but we may at length be compelled to enter the territories of our opponents and rcvilers, and turn upon them their own weapons. Self-defence will alone compel us : and if, in such an incursion, we should -happen " to spy cut the nakedness of the la7id," should learn some things which are not generally known, and which, ivere they known, would add nothing to the honor, or to the humanity, or the morality, or religion, of cei tain parts of the Union which claim a great share of all these, :and if we should, on our return, publish these things to the world, could any one blame us ? And if we should give a partial or distorted view of them, or exhibit them with too dark a coloring, or, by sarcasms, gibes, and inuendoes, make that appear suspicious, or criminal, or ridiculous, which was not so, could Mr. Dwight blame us ? More anon, PERlIArS. We arc authorized to state, that JOHN L. HENDERSON, Esq. will be a candidate at the ensuing election, to represent, in the next Con gress, the "district composed of the counties of Rowan, Randolph and Chatham. FOR THE WESTEUX CAROLINIAN. MESSRS. EDITORS : Your paper of the 1 7th ultimo, has brought me a second communication from the renowned and sapient " L-eonidas," by which it appears that his bristles have been raised. He roundly asserts, that he is neither a Justice of the Peace, nor a member of the Legislature ; which asser tions 1 am willing to admit, as I have as certained, from a source entitled to cred it, that he is not liber et legalis homo, as the law requires, and, consequently, he could not hold either of those appoint ments. But, one thing is clear ; he wishes to impose himself upon the world as a patriot of sterling integrity, and to induce the belief that the public good is the sole motive of his conduct. This idle parade about patriotism is nothing more than the language of egotism, which is the never failing vice of little minds. His balder dash about a wheelbarrow and a magnifi cent building, Sec. if it has any sense or meaning at all, goes to prove, that he has been employed to convey manure from a gentleman's barn-yard, and that he has, probably, been a tenant oi, a magnincentj Book-Binding WSUCSS. prison. If these remarks should affect -TT , ., tr . f 4l .. c a , i : ' ' BHE subscriber respectfully informs the citi- the feelings of Leomdas, it is no more 2ens of lhc Westn secfion of N. Carolina than what he could reasonably expect, and . and the adjoining districts of S. Carolina, that he What his sublime communication absolute- has established the Hook-Binding Business, in all lv required. of its various branches, in the town of Salisbury, In order to satisfy the most superficial -C- He has taken the store formerly occupied , c ;, , ; r r by Hood Sc Knder, on Mam-street, three doors observer, of the evil tendency of some of n-orth of lhe Court;ollse. the acts of the last legislature, it is only ; Having devoted considerable time to acquire necessary to view their operation. And,a competent knowledge of his business, in the further, the Grand Jurors of a certain city of Baltimore, the subscriber flatters himself ... i r- i county in North-Carolina have, upon their oaths, presented several acts of the leg tllC IClTlS lature as nuisances. These men, no doubt, acted from motives of the most pure and patriotic kind. In fact, every intelligent well meaning person that I have spoken to on the subject, has highly disapproved of several acts of the last legislature. It is far from my intention to charge any of the members of the legislature with corrupt motives for doing what they did ; their intention, in all probability, was, to relieve, in some degree, the dis tresses of many of our fellow citizens. But have they done so? The answer will ir resistibly follow, that they have not. Char ity, therefore, will attribute their errors to the fallibility of man. We have abundant testimony from history to show, that leg islative bodies as well as individuals, have often, from the most holy motives, done that from which the most pernicious con sequences followed. It is, therefore, ab surd to calculate on finding absolute per fection in any of the acts of sophisticated man. I cannot, therefore, entertain a fa vorable opinion of any man's candour, who will seriously affirm, that the laws enacted at the last legislature are as per fect as they should be : and, indeed, 1 could not avoid suspecting his sincerity, if he would maintain that they are all good laws. It may not be amiss to repeat what I stated in a former communication, that there is not one intelligent person in the state, (one who is in any manner conver sant with trade,) who will pretend to say that constables have discharged their du ties as faithfully as the sheriffs. Nor do I believe that they ever will, until they are more strictly required thereunto by ons for pensions, on account of Revolu tion services, we think proper to state, that wing to the extraordinary pressure of busing n the Pension Office, many letters fron-tiiese persons, or their agents in their behaii, are unavoidably laid aside; it being impracticable to answer all. It may, however,; relieve them from their anxiety to be iiformed that all the cases now in the Pemion Office, and not acted on. will be cxamiied nrevlous to the semi- annual payment ji September next; and, when acted on, t'ie decisions will be duly j icparteu to tac' parties concenieu. n - t! i tri sucn cases were ail immeuiateiy laKCii up, 1- - 1 and decided in fatcr of the applicants, no ! difference woukl be'made as to the time i rj-jjj(jg JJ3 tfie time ' of receiving their stipends, or the amount j to be paid them, as no payment can take place till September, andycry one whose claim may meet with a iavorable decision, will receive the same amount as if his name were already inscribed the pen sion list. These remarks apply to every class of applicants for revolutionia'y pen sions. Stocks At New -York the Stock of the new United States Loan at 5 per cent, has sold at an advance of wine per cent being four per cent, more than is paid to the United States for it. U. States Bank Stock is selling at 117 to 118. These prices indicate hbw little employment there is at present for the capital of monied men. ib. Our readers have already seen that the secretary of the treasury has issued a no tice for paying off the residue of the Mis sissippi stock, on the 1st of August. We understand that the balance of the Lotii si?na stock has already been redeemed. The amount of the former is estimated at about 700,000, and of the latter at near ly S2)IGO,000, inclusive of interest. id. Paufierism. A town meeting took place at Providence, R. I. on the 1 5th. inst. at which a tax was agreed to of 20,000 dol lars, and a committee appointed to report an improved system for the support of the poor. The object, we understand, is to find employment, instead of giving pectini ary aid to such paupers as are ab'e to w ork This reformation in the poor-laws, wc are hap py to see, is about being attempted simultane ouslv in different sections of the countrv hav- insr been commenced in this city some weeks ng-o. considering tne cnange oi consiueraoie importance to the well-being- and happiness of our society, we are glad that the experiment is to be fairly made at several points at once. ib. The Minerva, from Samos, brinp-s dis patches from Luther Bradish, Esq. our charge d'affaires at Constantinople. Mr. Bradish left that citv on the 8th of March for Alexandria, on his way to the Holy Land, and to return in the summer to re ceive the decision of the Turkish govern ment on the subject of his mission. jYav- York Mer. Ad-ver. maT- n.e w be .abIe to execute every kind oi i M O VT IV UUVi Uli 113 VAiAU AAA, give general satisfaction. Merchants and others, can have Blcuik Books ruled and bound to any pattern, on short notice, I equal in execution, and as cheap, as any that can be brought trom the North. WILLIAM II. YOUNG. Salisbury, June 8, 1821. 53 cV "Review "F David Henkel's Pamphlet is in the press. m licit iv v- a a a tipiuc w ia in uiv, i x co-7 onest xcadcis will not decide before thev read both. G. SHOBER. June 9, 1821. W T: v t W, " , 1uccA- -1""Uiie"1 m Salisbury and the adjacent country. He occupies the shop of the late Dr. William Moore. June 8, 1821. Iwp The TwbYic T7 ILL take notice, that, on the 24th instant, T v I purchased a negro man of a man who called himself Obadiah Fields, for the sum of six hundred dollars; and for which I gave my bond jn thi3 cause it is ordered, that publication b -for five hundred and seventy dollars, payable six ; made six weeks in the Western Carolinian, th.r; weeks after the date thereof : And from a va- j unieSs John Charmichael, who resides out thi riety of circumstances, 1 have good reason to statCj aiKj is a defendant in this caue, sV.!? believe the said negro is not good property. I , appear at the next Superior Court of Law . : therefore forewarn all persons from trading for ; Enuitv to be held for the countv of Wilkes a. .TI T r T t a. r 11 - . . , " . saia uonu, as i am aexermmeu iiol iu pay saui ii 1 .it. .jI! oonu, until l can ascertain vnemer or not tne said negro is good property. Lincoln countv, JV. C. D. LUTZ. May 29, 1821. 5 t55p STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, ASHE COUNTY. AUGII & FINLY versus James M'Guier : Original attachment, returned to Mav TV Session, 1821. It is ordered bv the court, that publication be made in the Western Carolinian for three months, that the defendant, James Mac Guier, appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Ashe, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next, and plead, answer, or de mur, otherwise judgment by default final will New Stage nnilE subscriber, v. ho iSa JL contractor tor curv. u, j .iU. t if TT. Status Ma;l betweo' 5&fliLd5 Raleigh and Salisbury, t vav of Randolph, Chatham, Sec. respectfully in forms the public, that lie has fitted up an vwUrt. NEW STAGE; which, added to other hr.prove ments that have been made, will enahl him t carry PASSENGERS with as much co:-..f rt : v.d expedition as they can be carried by uay line of" stag-es in this pan of the country. The scarcity ; of money, the reduction in the price of produee, Sec. demand a correspondent redaction in every department of life : Therefore, the subscriber has determined to radace the rate of a . 'e iVom tris-ht to cents per mise. lientkmeu raveling inm wc ec v i, .m , - - v subscriber's Sts.re, as he iVoTs assured it only needs u trhd to uu a prc.tv rcr.ee. ... . The Staire arrives m Sahsburv everv i ;:cs-;av. o or y o clack, and lepans thence !-r ue,e;ii 1 all"e ill w - mi. u auina .ii i- i- 1 ra-v evening, ami leaves more tor Jl OitLLU VUt -w J 1V rv Afatf 22, 1S21. 50 JOHN LANE. Toy THE well known stand in I.eNingtor!, ?. C . known by the nan. of th.e Swa:i Jn- r::, with one and a half Town Lots, with -ood Sta bles, a Kitchen, and all necessary G-:t-IIo mscs. The Dwelling-house is roomv, and well tnrni.icd with furniture, which may be had by the pur chaser. Also, 130 acres of good LAND, joining town. The plantation is in a hili state of cultivation. I will make the payments easy, as tunes arc .;;. For terms, apply to the subscriber in I..cxhu "ton. MICHAEL DEARD. .17A, 1821. 10vt5S b'P ATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, KOWAX COUNTY. COURT of Pleas and Quarter Sess-ons, May Term, 1821. Henry Williams r-v. Wil!ia:n Cutler; Original attachment, Jesse A. P.- .r-o-.i and others summoned as garnishees. It appear ing to the satisfaction of the court that the tle fendant is not an inhabitant of this state, it is therefore ordered, that publication be made for three months in the Western Carolinian, printec? in Salisbury, that the defendant appear at tha next Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses:ous to hct heldforthe county of Rowan, at thetourt-fhi -in Salisbury, on the third Monday in A;iix i?t next, then and there to replevy, plead, or e'er: -ur, or judgment will be taken ag-ainst him bv defaulL. Ilvt63 Test: J NO. GILES, C. A C. C. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, ROHAN COUNTY. c OURT of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, V Term, 1821. Richmond Pear s exc cu- tor and executrix r,?. William I.-mghern. Johtt Caloway, and J. S. Rurwcll 'h iinal attach ment, levied on land. It appear i.i to !io satis faction of the court that the defendants are no: inhabitants of tills state, it is therefore o-iVtviI that publication be made for six weeks ia 'he Western Carolinian, nrinted in S;?l:sbi: ' the defendants appear at the next Court of S L- and Quarter Sessions to be held for he eountv of Rowan, at the Court-llouse in Salisbury, on the third Monday in August next, then and there to replevy, plead, or demur, or judgment will be taken against them bv default. 6vtoS Test: JNO. GILES, C. Ii. C. C. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, ASHE COUNTY. GEORGE BOWER vs. James M?Guier : Orig inal attachment, returned to May s-iou. 1821. It is ordered by the court, that publica tion be made in the Western Cu' oha'a? f s r three months, that the defendant, Janes ;i r, Sessions to be held for the county f A-.! :, w the second Monday after the fourth M, ;v: a v. July next, and plead, answer, or demur, o'lu-r-wise judgment by default final will be ci; . : .d up against hiin. 10vt59 TIIOS. CALLOWAY, Cbn-k. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLIN A, ASItC COUNTY. LEONARD SHOWN versus Tames M'Guief r Original attachment, returned to My ses sion, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that pub lication be made in the Western Carolin a.: ilr three months, that the defendant, James M'C ; -er. appear at the next Court cf Picas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of As'.v . on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in July next, and plead, answer, or demur, oiul i wise judgment by default final will be entered up against him. 10vto9 TIIOS. CALLOWAY, Ct.-rk. STATE OF NORTH-CAUOLLVA, ASHE COUNTY. OONROD SMITTIAT vs. James M'C :er Original attachment, returned to Mav A.; -t -i i A- . i ?on: U,1S ordered by the court, tiJ?t p u) lication be made m tlie Western Carolinian t three months, that the defendant, Janu s !,PG;iicr appear at the next Court of Picas and Quarte Sessions to be heldforthe county of Ashe, cr. the second Mondav after the fourth Moiniav r Jalv next, and plead,- answer, or demur, o:! ;lidsrinent1bv default final will be cm. up against him. 10vt59 TIIOS. CALT.OWAV, C7 v . STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA "WILKES COUNTY : j j Montford Stokes versus John CharmicI, ,f !. tjle court house in Wilkesborousrn. on tiie sec V' (i Mondav in September next, and answer, th will be taken pro cor.fesso, and heard cx pan. March 19, 1821. 6wt55 J. GWYN, Jim. C. .11. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, Rutherford Coftnty : OBERT K. WILSON versus William Beatv: Original attachment, levied on land. It 5- ordered that publication be made in the Wes tern Carolinian for tln.ee months, that unless t:.e defendant appear at our Court of Pleas au-;I Quarter Sessions, to be held for said county the court-house in Rutherfordton, on the secon i Monday in July next, and replevy, plead, or mur, judgment final will be entered again-c h: u. and the property condemned, subject to t' tf TRp9 v 'p ST AT Lb ruu W;p;UrfT; A HUMAN BL- rr arm of the law be entered un against mm. nlatr.uli s recovcrv. owuo with all the aggravation of envj SOLON". kYAY, Clerk: Witness ISAAC CRATON r I lQvrt59 - THGS.
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