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SAIASIVVJIVX, X. C. TU'ESB.Yt, TOliX 24, 1821.
PHrTED AXD TlBLISnED, ETEUT TUESDAT,
Br BINGHAM & "WHITE.
TEITMS :
Tlie subscription to the Westeiin- Caroli.viax
is Three Dollars per annum, payable half-yearly
in advance.
(X3 No paper will be discontinued until al-
arrearages are paid, unless at the discretion of
the Editors ; and any subscriber failing1 to jrive
notice of his wish to discontinue at the end of a
year, will be considered as wishing" to continue
the paper, which will be sent accordingly.
"Whoever will become responsible for the
payment cf nine papers, shall receive a tenth
gratis.
AnvEnTisEiEXTS will be inserted on the cus
tomary terms. m Persons sending- in Adver
tisements, must specify the number of times they
wish them inserted, or they will be continued till
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
No advertisement inserted until it has been
paid for, or its payment assumed by some person
In this town, or its vicinity.
JSzJ -" letters iu uic cu.ii.urs liiuai u 'um,
or they will not be attended to.
iVegvoes Toy Sale.
ON the last Thursday in July, at the Court
House in Salisbury, will be sold, on a credit
of six months, several valuable young NKGIiO
Boys and Girls belonging- to the estate of the
Jate Col. Richmond Pearson, deceased.
J. A. PEARSON, Rxecutor.
E. PEARSON, Executrix.
June 25, 1821. 53ts
iVerw Goods.
fflllE subscriber is now opening", at his Store
JL in Salisbury, a general and well selected
assortment of
DRY GOODS,
HARD-WARE, and
MEDICINES,
Just received direct from New-York and Phila
delphia, and laid in at prices that will enable him
to sell remarkably low. His customers, and the
public, are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine for themselves. All kinds of Country
Produce received in exchange.
lat78
J. MURPHY.
rriIIE subscriber, who is
JL contractor for carrying
th IT- Stntrs Tni1 hoturfrn
--ti-v rfiyfcsS Raleigh and Salisbury, by
way of Randolph, Chatham, Sic. respectfully in
forms the public, that he has fitted up an entire
NEW STAGE; which, added to other improve
ments that have been made, will enable him to
carry PASSENGERS with as much comfort and
expedition as they can be carried by any line of
stages in this part of the country. The scarcity
of money, the reduction in the price of produce,
ike. demand a correspondent reduction in every
department of life : Therefore, the subscriber
has determined to reduce the rate of passage
from eight to six cents per mile. Gentlemen
travelling from the West to Raleigh, or by way
of Raleigh to the North, are ir.vitcd to try the
subscriber's Stage, as he feels assured it only
needs a trial to gain a preference.
The Stage arrives in Salisbury every Tuesday,
8 or 9 o'clock, and departs thence for Raleigh
the same day at 2 o'clock ; it arrives in Raleigh
J'riday evening, and leaves there for Salisbury
on Saturdav at 2 o'clock.
JXTtift 221321. 50 JOHN I.ANE.
YADKIN
iViwigation CoYivpcvvvx.
"tVTOTICE is hereby given, that the President
X and Directors of the Yadkin Navigation
Company have required the payment of the sev
enth, eighth and ninth instalments, of ten dollars
each, upon every share subscribed, to be made
to the Treasurer of the Company, or to such
Agents as they shall appoint to receive the same :
And that payment of said instalments be made
on or before the 6th day of August next, or the
shares of the subscribers failing- to pay, will be
soli at auction, at the town of Salisbury, North
Carolina, on Monday, the 10th day of Septem
ber next.
FRANCIS LOCKE, President pro tern.
Of the Yadkin J'avigation Company.
June 20, 1821. 55tSplO
THE subscriber takes this method of inform
ing his friends, and the public in g-eneral,
that he has established himself in the house for
merly occupied by the Rev. Peter Eaton, in the.
Town of Huntsville, Surry county, N. Carolina;
and has been at considerable expense in making"
his rooms commodious and comfortable, for the
reception of Travellers, and all who may favor
him with their custom. His Sideboard is pro
vided with Liquors of the best quality, and his
Stables with every thing requisite for Horses;
and hopes, by particular attention, to merit a
share of public patronage.
MUMFORD DEJORNATT.
HuntsviUe, Dec. 17, 1820. 30
N. B. The subscriber continues to carry on
the Cabinet Jtusiness ; and will execute all or
ders with neatness and despatch, for cash, credit,
or cortntry produce. . M. 1).
RAN away from the subscriber, at Charlotte,
Mecklenburg county, N. Carolina, a Negro
Boy by the name of SIMON; dark complexion,
tot it made, and five feet seven or eight inches
high. He speaks low when spoken to. It is
supposed that he will make towards the county
of Prince "William, Virginia, as he was purchased
in that count v. 1 will frivc the above reward if
the said negro is delivered to Isaac tf'ilie, Con
cord, Cabarrus county, or Ja dollars it secured in
any fail, and information given, so that I get him
acain. EVAN W1LIE.
".March 21, 1821. 50
The Editors of the Richmond Enquirer arc
requested to insert the above advertisement six
weeks, and send their account to the ofr.ee of
-t Western Carolinian for payment.
Boolc-Tiuuluig Business.
rTHHE subscriber respectfully informs the citi
JL zens of the Western section of N. Carolina
and the adjoining districts of S. Carolina, that he
has established the Book-liinding Jiusinesstn all
of its various branches, in the town of Salisbury,
N. C. lie has taken the store formerly occupied
by "Wood &. Krider, on Main-street, three doors
north of the Court-House.
Having devoted considerable time to acquire
a competent knowledge of his business, in the
city of Baltimore, the subscriber flatters himself
that lie will be able to execute everv kind of
work in liis line, in a style and on terms that will
give general satisfaction.
Merchants and others, can have Wank Hooks
ruled and bound to any pattern, on short notice,
as cheap and as well finished as any that can be
brought from the North.
Old Books rebound on the most reasonable
terms, and at short notice.
Orders from a distance, for Binding of cvcrr
description, will be faithfullv attended to.
WILLIAM II. YOUNG.
Salisbury, June S, 1321. 53
Stale, oi JVovi-Ca.Yom,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY-
MAY Sessions, 1821 : Andrew McBride, in
right of his wife I larriet, vs. George I lamp
ton, administrator of Doct. Thomas Henderson :
Petition for distributive share of the estate. It
appearing" to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant, George Hampton, resides without
the limits of this state, it is therefore Ordered by
court, that publication be made six weeks in the
Western Carolinian, that the said administrator
appear at our next Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions to be held for the county of Mecklen
burg, at the Court-House in Charlotte, on the
fourth Monday in August next, and plead, an
swer, or demur to said petition, otherwise it will
be taken pro confesso against him. Witness
Isaac Alexander, Clerk of our said court, at
Charlotte, the 4th Monday of Mav, 1821.
6-.vt62 ISAAC ALEXANDER, C.ir. C.
Sltvlc ot t'oYtt-lAi'oYa,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY :
MAY Sessions, 1821 : Petition for partition
cf the real estate : Henry Lewis the
heirs at law of Francis Lewis. It appearing to
the satisfaction of the court, that some of the
heirs at law cf Francis Lewis reside without the
limits of this state, it is therefore Ordered by the
court, that publication be made for six weeks in
the "Western Carolinian, for the said heirs to ap
pear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions to be held for the county of Mecklen
burg, at the Court-House in Charlotte, on the
fourth Monday in August next, and plead, an
swer, or demur to said petition, otherwise it will
be taken pro confesso as to them. Witness Isaac
Alexander, Clerk of our said court, at Charlotte,
the 4h Monday of Mav, 1821.
6vvt62 ISAAC ALEXANDER, C. Jf. C.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA'
ASHE COUNTY.
EORGE BOWER vs. James M'Guicr : Oiig
JT inal attachment, returned to May session,
1821. It is ordered by the court, that publica
tion be made in the Western Carolinian for
three months, that the defendant, .lames M'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 demur, other
wise judgment by default final will be entered
up against him.
10vt59 TIIOS, CALLOWAY, Clerk.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
AS1IC COUNTY.
LEONARD SHOWN versus James M'Guier:
Original attachment, returned to May ses
sion, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that pub
lication be made in the Western Carolinian for
three months, that the defendant, James M'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 demur, other
wise judgment by default final will be entered
up against him.
10wt59 TIIOS. CALLOWAY, Cleik.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.
XTAUGH 8c FINLY versus James M'Guier:
V f Original attachment, returned to May
Session, 1821. It is ordered by 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
be entered up against him.
10vt59 TIIOS. CALLOWAY, Clerk.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
ASHE COUNTY.
KOONROD SMITTIAT vs. James M'Guier:
Original attachment, returned to May ses
sion, 1821. It is ordered by the court, that pub
lication be made in the Western Carolinian fcr
three months, that the defendant, James M'Guier,
appear at the next Court cf 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 demur, other
wise judgment by default final will be entered
up against him.
10wt59 TH03. CALLOWAY, Clerk.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
ItOYVAN COUNTY.
COURT of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Mav
Term, 1821. Henry Williams vs. WillLim
Butler; Original attachment, Jesse A. Pearson
and others summoned as garnishees. It appear
ing" to the satisfaction of the court that the de
fendant is not an inhabitant of this state, it is
therefore ordered, that publication be made for
three months in the Western Carolinian, printed
in Salisbury, that the defendant appear at the
next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessior. ; to be
held for the county cf Rowan, at the Court-House
in Salisbury, on the third Monday in August next,
then and there to replevy, plead, or demur, or
iudgraent will be taken against him bv default.
" llv.t63 Test: JNO. GILES. C.Jt. C. C.
"DesultoYY.
THE WORM.
Outvcnoms all the worms of Nile.
SUAKSTEAnr.
Who has not heard of the rattlesnake
or copperhead ? An unexpected sight
of either of these reptiles will make
even the 4 lords of creation' recoil ;
but there is a species of worm, found
in various parts of this state, which
conveys a poison of a nature so deadly,
that, compared with it, even the ven
om of the rattlesnake is harmless.
To guard our readers against this
foe to human kind,' is the object
of the present communication. This
worm varies much in size ; it is fre
cpiently an inch thick, but as it is rare
ly seen except when coiled, its length
can hardly be conjectured it is of a
dull lead color, and generally lives
near a spring or small stream of water,
and bites the unfortunate people who
are in the habit of going there to drink.
The brute creation it never molests ;
they avoid it with the same instinct
that teaches the animals of Peru to
shun the deadly Coya.
Several of these reptiles have long
infested' our settlement, to the misery
and destruction of many of our citi
zens. I have, therefore, had frequent
opportunities of being the melancholy
spectator of the effects produced by
the subtle poison which the worm
infuses.
The symptoms of its bite are terri
ble. The eyes of the patient become
red and fiery, his tongue swells to an
immoderate size and obstructs his
utterance, and delirium of the most
horrid character quickly follows.
Sometimes in his madness he attempts
the destruction of his dearest friends.
If the sufferer has a family, his wee
ping wife and helpless infants are not
unfrtquently the objects of his frantic
fury in a word, he exhibits to the
life, all the detestable passions that
rankle in the bosom of a savage, and
such is the spell in which his senses
are locked, that no sooner has the un
happy patient recovered from the par
oxism of insanitv occasioned bv one
bite, than he seeks out his iltstrcytr
for the sole purpose of being bitten
again.
I have seen a good old father, his
locks white as snow, his steps slow
and trembling, beg in vain of his only
son to quit the lurking place of the
worm. My heart bled when he tur
ned away, for I knew the fond hope
that his son would be the 4 stafT of his
declining years," had supported him
through many a sorrow.
Youths of IMissouri, would you
know the name of this reptile I It is
called the ivorm of the still.
Missouri Paper.
Infallible care for the dysentery.
Simmer together one quart of strong
vinegar, and one and a half pounds of
best quality loaf sugar, for twenty min
utes, in a pewter dish, with a pewter
cover, and no other will answer. If
the patient be an adult, it will be ne
cessary first to cleanse the bowels with
one ounce of glauber salts, united with
two grains of torterisia antimony ; and
a less quantity for a child. One table
spoonful of the syrup is then to be giv
en every hour, night and day, for 24,
26, or 48 hours, till the cure is effected.
The writer never knew it to fail in ef
fecting a cure of this fatal disease with
in the limits of 48 hours, even in the
worst cases of camp dysentery during
the late war.
A STUDENT OF MEDICINE.
Thicbault in his " Souvenirs, " of Fred
crick the Great, gives several amusing
traits of the Brandcnburgh family. In
his biographical sketch of Frederick, the
first king of Prussia, who was an extreme
ly vain man, and continually engaged in
the most frivolous pursuits, he mentioned
the following anecdote of the queen, So
phia Charlotte, who was a woman of ve
ry superior mind, and the sister cf
George the First. In her last illness the
queen viewed the approach of death with
much calmness and serenity, and when
one of her attendants observed how se
verely it would afflict the king and that
the misfortune of losing herwoujd plunge
his majesty into the deepest despair
" With respect to him," suid the queen,
His mind will be completely occupied in
arranging the ceremonial of my funeral,
and if nothing t;oes wrong in the firoces
&io?2, he will be quite consoled for his loss.3
Thiebault adds, that the event proved the
truth of the queen's opinion of her augicst
husband.
IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL.
PROCEEDING.
State of Nezv Iamps It ire.
IX THE TEAR OF OLIt LOUT) ONE TUOUSAX1) EI'iilT
HUXDUED AX1) TWEXTI-OSE.
Whereas a report of a committee of
both Houses of the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, and certain resolutions
founded thereon, relating to the proceed
ings in suits in the Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of Ohio,
against certain officers of the State, have
been communicated by his Excellency
the Governor, with a request of the Le
gislature of the State of Ohio that this
Legislature will express its opinion there
on, which report and resolutions having
been duly considered : Therefore,
Resolved) by the Senate and House of
Refireaentatives in General Court convc-ned-,
That the Congress of the United
States has, by the constitution, power to
establish a bank, with offices of discount
and deposite, in the several states, as is
done by the act establishing the Uank of
the United States. And that the exer
cise of ;his power is necessary for the
due administration of the fiscal concerns
of the United Stales.
hcsolved, That as the constitution and
laws of the United States made in pursu
ance thereof, are the supreme law of the
land, u any thing in the constitution or
laws of any State to the contrary notwith
standing therefore, any act of the Le
gislature of a state, which, if carried into
efiect, would prevent or defeat the right
ful exercise of any of the powers vested
in the general government, is void.
J'esolvcd, That the act of the Legis
lature of Ohio levying a tax on the Bank
of the United States, if carried into ef
fect, would compel a removal from that
State of the office of discount and depos
ite there established, and thereby prevent
and defeat the rightful exercise of the
power vested in the general government,
by virtue whereof the offices of the Bank
were there established.
Resolved, That, inasmuch as the judi
cial power of the United States extends
to all cases in law and equity-arising un
der the constitution and laws, this Legis
lature is of opinion that the judicial pow
er of the United States is co-e::tensive
with the Legislative power, and that it
appertains to the judicial department of
the government of the United States to
determine cases arising from a conflict
between the laws of the United States
and the laws of a particular State, and
that the preservation and due exercise of
this power is essential to the peace and
safety of the Union.
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this
legislature, the proceedings in the Circuit
Court of the United States for the district
of Ohio, in the before mentioned report
stated, do not violate either the letter or
the spirit of the eleventh article of amend
ments of the constitution of the United
States, nor constitute any just cause of
complaint.
Resolved, That while this legislature
will always be ready to lend its aid to de
fend against any real encroachment on
the right of any of the states of the Uni
on, it will give its full support to the gen
eral government, so long as it confines it
self within its prescribed limits, in the
exercise of the powers entrusted to it by
the people of the United States, to secure
the great object for which the Constitu
tion was formed.
Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor be requested to transmit to the
Governors of the several states of the
Union a copy of the foregoing resolutions.
Jn the House cf Representatives,
June 28, 1821.
The foregoing resolutions being read,
motion was made that the same do pass ;
on which question the yeas and nays were
required, and are as follows yeas, one
hundred and seventy-tzvo nays, eight
and so the said resolutions passed.
Sent up for concurrence.
ICIIABOD BARTLETT, Speaker.
In Senate, June 29, 1821.
The foregoing preamble and resolu
tions being read, motion was made that
the further consideration thereof be in
definitely postponed, on which question
the yeas and nays were required, and
were as follows :
Those who voted in the affirmative, are,
Messrs. Penhallow, Healer, Hill, Wallace, Har
vey, Drew, ar.d Huntington.
Those in the negative Messrs. Richardson,
Eastman, Hart, .Lord, and Livenr.cre. Vess 7,
navs 5.
So the motion rivalled.
A GUI CULT OR A I
M J .
.
Hail! first of Arts, source of domestic ease ;
Pride of the land, and patron of the seas.
By CuAHLrs EisiiEn, to the Jioican .?gricu?tui-al
Society, at its meeting on the 4th of July, in
the town of Salisbury.
concluded.
The next defect in our prevailing sys
tem, that I shall notice, is a deficiency in
our farming implements. It is as im
practicable for the farmer, as it is for the
mechanic, to do good work with bad tools.
Examine the tools of the greater number
of our planters, and we need search for
no other reason why our fields ate only
half cultivated. Look particularly at our
doughs! The plough is the most useful
and efficient of the farming implements:
it is the first instrument that enabled mun
to bring to his aid, in the cultivation of
the earth, the power and strength cf the
brute creation. Its form at first was ruds
and simple, consisting of but little more
than the branch of a tree so shaped as to
tear up the ground with one prong, while
the other was hitched to the oxen. In the
unenlightened regions of the earth tho
primitive plough is still made use of; but
in our own country, no instrument of hus
bandry has been brought nearer to per
fection. There are various kinds of
ploughs suited to different purposes in
farming ; we hear of the Dagon, or Cai y ;
the Freeborn, and several others ; but wc
take no pains to procure models and liy
them. We go on in the habits and with
the ploughs "of the first settlers, regard
less of what is passing around us in the
way of improvement. If we wish to
ameliorate our condition, we must open
our eyes and learn from the experience
of others. Nothing so much retards the
progress of improvement as prejudices,
and the attachment to old habits. Such
is the influence of prejudice, that in an
obscure coiner of a certain country in
Europe, the people still plough b fasten
ing that instrument to the cattle's tails.
We are not quite that bad : but really,
within a few years, I have known consid
erable planters, instead of iron traces,
make use of grape vines and hickory
withes. What false economy 1 what mis
erable management 1 But it is not only
necessary that we should have good tools,
in order to do good work ; we should also
take care of these tools. In this par
ticular, the greater part of our farmers
are culpably negligent. Go to one of
their farms, and you may see a plough
lying in this fence corner, in that a hoe ;
here ? one thing, and there another I What
is the consequence ? When these tools
are wanting, much time is lost in search
ing them up, and it often happens that
some of them aie not found at all ! To
avoid this, every farmer should have some
place set apart where the tools, when not
in use, could be brought and laid away
safe from the weather, and always near at
hand. 1 here is nothing like a little fore
thought in a farmer ; it is always attend
ed with economy in the employment of
time and the management of business.
A farmer that looks before him, is seldom
over-hurried in his work, and is irever
idle for the want of employment. Even
rainy days he knows how to spend to good
purpose k at such times he repairs his
tools, and fits them for use, or he finds
some other useful employment.
Another defect that I shall notice, is in
the raising and management of live stock.
Is it not a fict, highly discreditable to the
large, populous, and wealthy county of
Rowan, that it cannot supply itself with
heel I For the past 8 or 10 years, not
fewer than between 2 and 300 beeves, in
each season, have been brought from the
upper counties and slaughtered for the
market cf this small town. In exchange
for these, no kind of produce is taken
cash alone is paid. If every farmer in
the county would so attend to his stock as
to sell one beef annually the money that
now goes to the mountains, would remain
and circulate among us. But before we;
can promise ourselves much improvement
in our stock of cattle, two things must
take place : Jirst, a change in the breed
of our cattle ; secondly, a change in our
present mode of keeping and treating
them. Time will not allow me to dwell
upon cither of these heads. I wiil. ! v
ever, suggest the propriety of cur u-; .
ing proper means to procure some I ! e
improved breeds so much extollri i.i - ess
states north of this : th'jse; crc ;iih
the best of our pr
duce valuable resii: