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; i SIASIVY31Vt, X. e. TTJUSWAX, JMliX SI, 1831. VO. 60. TOl.. IT i FRITTED 1VD.pnSIlEP, ETEHT TCtSDAT, Bt ni;iIAM Sc WHITE. ,' terms : The snbscron to ESTEn?f CaiiolIxian Is Three DoUs Pcr annum, payable lialf-y early jin advance (XTs'o per will be discontinued until al- arreara"-efare "pd, unlcss at the discretion of the Kditc5 ! an(l any subscriber failing to fpve notice ohis wish to discontinue at the end of" a year, wll be considered as wishing to continue the pruer, which will be sent accordingly. Whoever will become responsible for the payrtent of nine papers, shall receive a tenth gratis. , Auvertisejiexts will be inserted on the cus toYvirv terms. , Persons sending in Adver tisements,- rjust specify the number of times they wish them inserted, ov 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. CCj'All letters to the editors must be post-paid, cr they will not be attended to. Ve,w Goods. fUlIE subscriber is now opening, at his Store JL in Salisbury, a general and well selected assortment cf DRY GOODS, IIAUD-AVARE, and MEDICINES, .TuSt 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 CO Sell ieilia.1 lUW. Jlio bU9luili.i o, aim wiv. l public, are respectfully invited to call and ex- I. 1 - J r- . I amine for themselves. All kinds of Country Produce received in exchange. latrS J. MURPHY. T&ooT&-Tim&ns "Business. THE subscriber respectfully informs the citi zens of the Western section of N. Carolina and the adjoining districts of S. Carolina, that he lias established the Book-Binding Business, in all of its various branches, in the town of Salisburv, K.C. lie has taken the store formerly occupied by Wood &. Kridcr, on Main-street, three doors north cf the Court-House. Having devoted considerable time to acquire a. competent knowledge of his business, in the city of Baltimore, the subscriber Hatters himself that he will be able to execute every kind of work in his line, in a style and on terms that will give general satisfaction. Merchants, and others, can have Blank Bookt ruled and bound to any pattern, on short notice, a.s 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 every description, will be faithfullv attended to. WILLIAM II. YOUNG. Sa lisbury, June 8, 1821. 53 Stage to WaWg. THE subscriber, who is contractor for carrv ing the U. States Mail between sssSS&rlis Raleigh and Salisbury, by way of Randolph, Chatham, Sec. respectfully in forms the public, that he has fitted up an entire NEW STAGE; which, added to other improve- inents that have been made, will enable bun to carry PASSENGERS with as much comfort and expedition as they can be carried by any linc ot staires in this part of the countrv. The scarcity of money, the reduction in the price of produce, &c. demand a correspondent reduction in everv department of life : Therefore, the subscriber has determined to reduce the rate ot passage from eight to six cents pcr mile. Gentlemen travelling from the West to ILdcigh, or by way of Raleigh to the North, are invited to try the subscriber's Stage, as he feels assured it only reeds a trial to irain a preference. The Stage arrives in Salisbury every Tuesday, S or 9 o'clock, and departs thence for Raleigh the same day at 2 o'clock ; it arrives in Raleigh Friday evening, and leaves there for Salisbury on Saturday at 2 o clock. .1 fa i22,"l821. 50 JOHN LANE. Tvivvxlc Yic'lniinent. T HE subscriber takes this method of inform ing his friends, and the public in general, that he has established himselt in the house lor merly occupied by the Rev. Peter Eaton, in the Town of Huntsville, Surry county, N. Carolina; and lias been at considerable expense in making his rooms commodious and conilortable, for the reception of Travellers, and all who mav favor him with their custom. His huleboam is pro vided with Liquors of the best quality, and his Stables with every thing requisite tor Horses; nnd hopes, by particular attention, to merit a share oi public patronage. MUMFORD DEJORNATT. Huntzville, Dec. 17, 1820. 30 N. 15. The subscriber continues to carrv on the Cabinet Buiincss , and will execute all or lers with neatness and despatch, for cash, credit, or countrv produce. M. 1). "O AN away from the subscriber, at Charlotte, W Mecklenburg county, N. Carolina, a Negro Boy by the 'name of SIMON; dark complexion, stout made, and live 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 county. I will give the above reward if the said negro is delivered to hacc 11 Hie, Con cord, Cabarrus county, or 25 cloMarsil secured m unv jail, and information given, so that I get him ii.rain. EVAN WIL1E. March 21, 1321. 50 The Editors of the Richmond Enquirer are renuested to insert the above advertisement six weeks, and send their account o the office of The Western Carolinian for payment. Writs Venditioni Exponas, For sale ct tills OlT:ce. TresAv Goods. rip HE subscriber is just opening, and offers .jL for sale, at his store, opposite NIr. Slaugh ter's, Salisbury, a good assortment of Dry Good?, Cu'na in tetts, and Queen's & Glass-JTare, Hard-Ware. Among his Dry Goods, are superfine black and blue Ilroadcloths, of a very superior quality ; common Cloths, of different colors; very fine and common Cassimercs ; Canton Crapes, black and other colors; Silks; Sarcenets ; Vestings of different colors ; Ilobes for Ladies' Dresses ; Cambrics and Calicoes ; Blankets, &c. &c. Sec. Also, Ladies' Bonnets ; a general assortment of Hats and Jockey Caps, and ot gentlemen s and ladies' Shocy, best and common quality; ladies and men's Sr.-Mles ; llridles and Saddle-Hags ; Cotton Cards; Gun Powder and Shot, of the best quality ; and a variety of other articles. lie has, likewise, fresh Imperial Tea, of the first qualitv ; as well as a good assortment of GROCERIES, in general. As he wishes to make quick sales, he will dispose of his Good?, for cash, at a very small advance from cost. HutGi GEORGE MILLER. COMPANY. "VTOTICE is hereby given, that the President L and Directors of the Yadkin Navigation Company have required the payment of the sev enth, eighth and ninth instalments, often 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 26th day of August next, other wise the shares of subscribers failing to pay, will be sold at auction, at the town of Salisbury, North-Carolina, on Monday, the 10th day of Sep tember next ; and on the same day, and at the , . . CI l 1 1 ne VUce sliares of subscribers who have f-iilfcl- or sh:il! fail hv i hat I:i- tr mt navmpnt failed, or shall fail by that day, to make payment of instalments heretofore required by the Pres ident and Directors to be paid, will be sold at auction. FREDERICK HANDLE, Treasurer of the said Companv. July 14, 1821. 55tSpjQ Woot tmiY So YvvUing. T7 RENEZER DICKSON begs leave to inform jLi the inhabitants of Salisbury and its vicinity, that he has commenced the Root and Shoe Making Business, in all cf its branches, on Main street, nearly opposite the new bank. As our provisions are much cheaper than they formerly were, it is no more than right that we should reduce our prices to suit the hard times : I have, therefore, come to the determination to charge, in future, the following low rates, to wit: Gentlemen s Bootees, iirst quality - J5 6 50 Gentlemen's Shoes, do. 2 50 Women's Shoes, do. 1 75 Shoctccs, best quality ---.--3 50 Footing Boots - - - 3 25 Bottoming Boots 2 00 Although the price of work is reduced, the public need not be afraid that the quality of it is to be reduced also ; but on the contrary, I will warrant mv work to be made of the very best materials, and as fashionably mid durably execu ted as any that can be done in this part of the country. The public v ill please call and try ; .ind if they dvn't Uhe they 7ieed?nt buy. Boots and Shoes neatly repaired, at as low rates, in proportion, as the above prices for manufacturing. E. DICKSON. Salisbury Jul it 12, 1821. 58 State of XovU-lj'aYoVviva, MECKLKNRUKO COUNTY. MAY Sessions, 1821: Andrew McUridc, in right of his wife I arrict, vs. George Hamp ton, administrator of Doct. Thomas Henderson : Petition for distributive share of the estate. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant, (Jcorge 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-I louse in Charlotte, on the fourth Monday in August next, and plead, an swer, or demur to said petition, otherwise it will Isaac. AWanhr. PWfc or sahl. court, at Charlotte, the 4th Monday of May, 1821. Cvvt62 ISAAC ALPA'ANDHR, C..W. C. MECKLEXBURC COUNTY : MAY Sessions, 1821 : Petition for partition of the real estate : Henry Lewis vs. the heirs at law of Francis Lewis. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that some of the heirs at law of 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 heir.; to ap pear at the next Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Mecklen burg, at the Court-1 louse 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 4th Monday of May, 1821. 6wt62 ISAAC ALEXANDER, C. .V. C. STATi: OF NOIiTII-CAIiOLlNA, ROWAN COUNTY. COUIIT of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Mav Term, 1821. Henry Williams vs. William Ilutler; Original attachment, Jesse A. Pearson and others summoned as garnishees. It appear ing1 to the satisfaction of the court that the dc- fendant is not an inhabitant of this state, it i ; therefore ordered, that publication be made for three months in the Western Carolinian, printed ''- in Salisbury, that the defendant appear at the next Court ot Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the count' of Howan, at the Court-House in Salisbury, on the third Monday in August next, then and there to replevy, plead, or demur, or iiidment will be taken against him by default. Ilwt6:5 Test: JXtK GILLS, C. R. C. V. IVUxnks, Y the various kinds commonly in use, for sale IF at the Oflice of the W;:tt.kv Cahvlimax. IteswltoYy. FROM THE NXW-HAVEX JOURNML. Witchcraft. Pliny relates that Fu riccs Crcsinus was accused of bewitch ing the lands of his neighbors, which, though of greater extent, yielded a less crop than his few acres. To such a height did their envy rise, that a charge was drawn up against him, and he was indicted for using unlawful means to enrich himself and ruin others. A day was appointed, on which he was to receive a public trial. The following was the method which he took to con fute his adversaries. He brought a- long with him, on the day of his ap pearance, all his instruments of hus bandry, and spread them before his judges, saying, if I am guilty of any witchcraft, behold here I set before you, all the tools of my wickedness : I never used any other enchantment to make my land better than my neigh bors, except what you will find in these spades ploughs and oxen, together with this my good daughter : Unless you will reckon much puns and sweat to be such unlawful drugs that none but witches use them ; and these, I must confess, I cannot produce in open court. It was enough : lie' was im mediately absolved by the suffrage of all the judges and dismissed with com mendation. Trees. -Young trees should not be planted in places where there are any remains of old ones. Decayed roots become the receptacle or abode of an immense quantity of worms, which multiply excessively, and seek their food in the roots of young trees, of which they open the sap vessels, so that the sap, instead of nourishing the tree, flows to waste in earth, and causes the loss of the tree. Deep digging is also essential to the growth of young trees, in order that the rain water may filter under the roots, which otherwise would be rotted by the water remaining stag nant around them. If trees are strip ped of their branches too high, they rurl up too tall, and their growth in thickness is stopped in proportion to their height, and if their branches are cut too low, their growth is stopped ; they have more the appen ranee of fruit than of timber trees, and they languish in all their parts. mOX THE CIEOHGT A ADVERTISER. "Wc presume that with most persons a slice of broiled ham would be preferred to a dose of jalap, or a cut of boiled bacon to a relish of em etic tartar but in defiance of all efforts to the contrary, there are times when the appetite will not call for the one, though it may not greatly delight in the other. There i?, however, no doubt much correctness in the opinion that the mode of living" has its influence upon the health of individuals, and substantial aliment, and plen ty of it, has no doubt much effect in preserving muscular energy and promoting good humour. Whether a person having to provide for a fami ly might, as a matter of course, calcidate upon requiring- the aid of a physician when his usual supplies of substantial food were circumscribed, we pretend not to conjecture ; but the theory exhibited in the following article may contain some useful hints, and we therefore, as request ed, readily give it place. And we should be glad to find one fact it seems to advance, conclusively established, that good bacon was an antidote against fever and then we should be still fur ther gratified to learn that all our readers were abundantly supplied with this pleasant substan tial family remedy. We make these remarks as in troductory to the following communication, hand ed us by a worthy friend a day or two ago, with a request that we would give it place. The Wilke3 County farmer spoken of in it, was one of the old revolutionary officers, who has for many cars past been, and still is a worthy plan ter in the up-country, where he is extensively known and universally respected, and whose own smoke house being generally well supplied, he may be supposed to have had some practical de monstration of the theory he advocates. If his system could be extended so as to exhibit a method of obtaining a constant supply of his fa- lit 1 , 1 j vouruc arucie, u wouia oe somewnat improved ; though without this, a stimulus to exertion may be found in the hints contained in the following COMMUNICATION. It was a remark of an old farmer of Wilkes county, to me, in the month of June, more than twenty years ago,41 1 can go round now among my neighbours, and tell every family who will be sick, or some of whom will be sick, this season. The remark 1 have made manv vcxrs in mv own family." " Those families, said he, whose smoke houses are well supplied with good Ba con will be generally healthy. Where youfincl but a partial supply, they will be sickly, and where there is none to he found I have little doubt but that most of the family , and perhaps every one of them, will be attacked with fevers, intcrmit ents, Sec. Sec. " I have considered it a well establish ed maxim in my family, that what we save annually in the Doctor's Bill, more than pays the Bacon Bill. With us, during the summer season, whites and blacks have at least one substantial meal of Bacon a day, and oftener if they choose we have been blessed with so much good health in the summer and fall season, that if a Phy sician should accidentally be called in, he is as polite as a dancing master." The old farmer further remarked to me, that " during the revolutionary war, when we were in camp, the men of our regi ment in usual health, I have known in the summer season, particularly in the month of August, one drove of cattle brought in and butchered, the rations of fresh beef dealt out, and in a few days one half of the men would be attacked w ith the flux es, fevers, &c. Sec It was the general opinion of those on the ground, that the sickness of the men could be traced to no other cause, but the fresh beef, which had recently been brought to camp, and of which the men had eaten When our men were fed on Bacon or salt provisions in the summer season with the same exposure and fatigue, we generally enjoyed good health." 44 In the summer season the cattle be fore thev are butchered are driven a great- er or less distance ; they are more or less heated ; the flesh, exposed to the influence of the atmosphere, is proiressing towards putrefaction hen the air taken m by respiration, charged with putridity, is the cause of almost all the fevers we experi enced ; I can see no reason why we may not receive in our food, and more espe cially ail kinds.of fresh meat, in the sum mer season, a portion of putridity which may be the cause, in fiart, why fresh pro visions are found to be more unhealthy than Bacon, or salt provisions." I will take the liberty of adding one fact to the remarks of the Wilkes county far mer, viz. It is well known that the latter part of the summer, and a part of the fall of 1817 was very sickly here It is also well known that Bacon was never scarcer or dearer during that season. There are no doubt a number of concur ring causes which produce a state of at mosphere unfavourable to general health ; at the same time, through our regimen we can do a great deal towards counter acting the influence of these causes. Mtt. BROUGHAM. The following character of tht oratory of Mr. Brougham, the celebrated advo cate of the British Queen, appears to us, who have heard him speak, tolerably ex act in all particulars. It is drawn from a late London work, containing notices of the leading members of the English bar- Yational Gazette. " The chief characteristic of Mr. Brougham's style of speaking is nervous energy; he aims at little refinement : he would rather say a thing in a strong than in an elegant way ; and to make himself distinctly intelligible, does not scruple sometimes to utter acknowledged vulga rism : he takes no pains about the forma tion of his periods ; and if his express ions are well adapted, he is more indebt ed to the inspiration of the subject, than to previous and deliberate purpose. I do not think that his eloquence ever goes much beyond the forcible and argumen tative ; and though, when he was a young er man, I have once or twice known him attempt to wind up an harangue by a studied peroration, I cannot say that he was successful; and his early abondon mcnt of the practice, shows that his per suasion was the same. " His voice and manner are not the happiest : the first is capable of musical intonation, but he neglects all art, and of ten very impoliticly commences in so high a key, that he is exhausted before he arrives at his conclusion ; many men who are not gifted with lungs so strong, would be worn out long before. His action is unvaried, and not by any means well cal culated to add to the force of what he is urging; he sways both arms in the same direction and at the same time, and if he happen by accident , to place his hat under one of them, it is a considerable relief to the eye." The nine f.cints of the la-v. 1st, A good deal of money 2d, A good deal of pa tience 3d, A good cause 4th, A good Attorney 5th, Good Counsel 6th, Good evidence -7th, A good jury 8th, A good Judge and after all you will be defeated unless you have, 9thly, Good Juck ! TOT. TK WESTERS CinCLIXlAX . " Such little wasps, and yt so full cf spit j, " Tor bulk mere insects, yet in mischief strong JiHSSIiS. editoiis : Having had occasion, a few evening; go, to examine our acts of Assembly, my attention was, for the. first time, par ticularly drawn to the act giving the County Courts power to license certain individuals to retail spiritous liquors. It may safely be amrmed, that, with regard to the object in view, there is not an act in our statute book which is more strong ly marked with wisdom. The act bus fu:- its object the prevention of the intemper ate use of spirits. The Legislature, well aware of the per nicious effects of the petty grog-shops which infest and curse cur country : view ing; them as the cradles of all the small vices and daring crimes which blacken and deform the human character ; and well knowing the difficulty of administer ing a corrective, passed the act of IS 16. That act declares, that all persons wishing to retail spiritous liquors by the small measure, shall apply to the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, of the county in which they reside, and obtain a license therefor, which license shall be granted by the said Court, seven Justices being present on the bench, to such per son or persons only as may give satisfac tory evidence to the said Court, of their good conduct and moral character. The Legislature was studious to grant this privilege of retailing to those least likely to abuse it. Where subject to the least abuse ? certainly in the hands of the good and moral. Where, says the Legislature? can we safely deposit this delicate and in vidious power of granting or refusing a license i Good sense, founded on expe rience, answered, place the trust in the bosoms of seven of your Justices. Your Justices are drawn to court from the differ ent sections of your counties ; one of the seven will be acquainted with the char- acter ot the applicant, or wrill know some one, on whom he can call for infor mation. I imagine few of the Justices in our state have, for one moment, reflect ed on the delicacy and importance of this trust. Delicate, in the extreme, is the task of sitting in judgment upon the con duct and character of our citizens ; per haps our neighbors and intimate acquaint ances. When placed in this situation we, not unfrequently, have to contend with those amiable feelings which do honour to human nature. It is important, that the granting or withholding the license should square with the truth of the affirmative or negative of this inquiry : Have we satis factory evidence that the person applying is, or is not of good conduct and mora' character P Now the trust is well or ill executed, according to the judgment pro nounced. What is satisfactory evidence ? simply, that conviction' which a rational mind has, that the person applying is, or is not of good conduct and moral charac ter. But I Avould ask, are not many licen sed without being required to produce their proofs I And if, on some occasions, evidence is required, what is its nature ? The person wishing a grant calls a friend to vouch for his character, which he does without any other obligation to speak the truth, than the one which moral feeling may create. The court is unacquainted with the respectability of the witness, yet the license is granted ; and it may so hap pen, that this very witness, who has made his neighbour's character current for re spectability, was only the sabbath before engaged with the very applicant in tippling and card-playing. I assume not the char acter of the rigid moralist ; I pretend not to be schooled in ethicks ; I shall not at tempt to teach what is good conduct, what is moral character : I shall barely state what acts are at points with my ideas of good conduct and moral character. Selling spirits to negroes on the sabbath ; permitting them to get drunk, and there by rendering them useless to their own ers ; keeping grog shops constantly filled with idle dissolute company, who, by their savage noise, blasphemous and impious language, destroy the quiet of their neigh bours, and outrage the feelings of the chaste in language and conduct. And I would say to the keeper of a grog shop, who permits negroes to assemble at his house on Sunday, your conduct is nzt good, your character is not moral ; and I would say to Grand Jurors, such houses and the keepers ought to be presented as offensive to good morals. I would ask the Justices of our state, have you not passed those sinks of iniquity, where the keeper and his company, by their conduct and language, proclaimed in a voice as loud as thunder, that they were the sworn enemies to all the refinements of civil life ? And I would again ask, have you not day after day seen seme of the most respectable sections of our little villages robbed of their quiet ? Have you not observed, tljut even thecaltn- 'i
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