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r TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1821. ever, that they will be doubled before the an nual meeting of the Trustees on the second Wednesday of February; after which, it is ex pected, contracts for building will be entered into ; in the mean time every exertion will be used to augment the funds, by soliciting" dona tions, subscriptions, &.c. TO COllRESPOSBESTS. The communication from a gentleman in the Tories did not come to hand in time for the pres ent paper. We will examine it, anil if consis tent with our rules, it shall appear in our next. " Billy Radicle" is under consideration; hut our present opinion is, that there is in the pic ture too great a resemblance to another, to call it original. New names and words do not always denote new ideas. "The Farmers' Club" will favor us with one or two numbers more, before we come to a de cision. V West ci! i lioWege. On Wednesday, 29th of August, the Trustees cf the Western College met at Lincolnto n, agree ably to appointment. The Kev. Dr..V7Ve was chosen President, Cel. Tios. G. Polk Secretary, and Maj. Lata son Henderson Treasurer. After transacting considerable preliminary business, the Trustees proceeded to ballot for the location of the College ; and after numerous ballotings, a site on the town commons of LIN COLNTON, offered by the citizens of the town, was made choice of. The Board adjourned at late hour. Thursday, August 30. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Resolved, 1st, That the thanks of the Board of Trustees be, and they hereby arc, pre sented to all. those associations and individuals who, by donations or subscriptions, have contri fcutcd to the funds of the Western College. Resolved, 2d, That it is with pccidiar emotion the Board of Trustees contemplate the fair daughters of our country, both in their associa-! ted and individual capacities, in the train of the benefactors of our infant institution. Resolved, 3d, That all contributors to the funds of the College shall have their names, and the sums respectively -contributed, committed to suitable record, and deposited in the archives of the College. Resolved, 4th, That if any individual or family shall contribute sufficient to support a profes sorship, the said professorship shall forever be called by his or their name. It was also Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Trustees be presented to nil those who have offered sites for the Western College. The Board elected Gen. Joseph Graham, Rev. J. Mushatt, and J. F. Brevard, Esq. Trustees, in place of the Rev. J. Culpepper, the Rev. C. A. Storkc, and J. Nesbet, Esq. who declined acting as Trustees. The Board also elect ect eleven additional Trustees... .viz : J. Fullenwider, Esq. R. William son, Esq. Rev. J. Hill, A. Hoyl, Esq. Col. J. Hoke, Rev. II. Queen, Rev. J. Williamson, Rev. R. II. Morrison, Maj. It. W. Smith, Col. William W. Erwin, and Gen. E Jones. It was Resolved, Tliat the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees be on the 2d Wednesday of February. Col. Thomas G. Polk having resigned, Mr. V. M'Bec was elected Secretary of the Board. On motion, Resolved, That the Secretary pro tern, be authorised to select such parts of the minutes of this Board as, in his discretion, may be interesting to the public, and communicate the same to the Editors of the Western Caroli xi!an,Tor publication. -By order of the Board. R. II. BURTON", Sec. pro tern. The location of the Western College is now , settled and, we rejoice to say, settled in appa rent harmony. We were present at the meet ing of the Trustees ; and from the multiplicity of interests and views that seemed at first to ex ist among them with respect to the location, there was reason to fear that it would net be settled without creating disappointments and heartburnings that would not easily be allayed. We witnessed the great interest that was mani fested, and the talents that were displayed, dur ing a long discussion on the eligibility ot dilier cnt counties for the site of the College ; and we witnessed, during the numerous ballotings that took place, the hopes and fears that alternately - . . pii enlivened and depressed the expectations oi mc Trustees and we confess wo were inclined to awmr rather unpropitiously of their future una- i.imitv and success; but after the question of location was settled, they magnanimously sacn- h! their private feelings and interests to the :ncral welfare of the Institution, ami cordially i .i mnicurrc l,-t tvilrnlatcil to imitea in uuupun cirrv it into successful operation. Some of the Trustees were disappointed, whose Teat exertions and liberality in favor of the College would naturally e ntitle them to suc cess in their wishes; but we believe, from our nartial knowledge of those gentlemen, that thcy are possessed of too noble and generous dispo sitions to be induced to withdraw their influ ence, their talents and their wealth from the in stitution, for a small disappointment. The subscriptions to the funds of the College have been liberal ; but it is to be regretted that a considerable portion cf them arc conditional. The funds actually at the command of the Trus ires now, are not very large ; it is believed, how- iiccc rci EDUCATION. We invite the attention of those gen tlemen who are to compose our next Gen eral Assembly, and of all who feel any interest in the subject, and what man can be indifferent ? to an article in this week's paper (under the above head) fiom the Missionary, a most ably edited pa per, published at Mount Zion, Ga. It is a subject interesting to all the old states, but to some more than others. Whether the old states shall receive the same pro portion of the public lands that the new states have severally received, is a ques tion in the decision of which North-Carolina should feel a most lively and deep interest. Our present college is now lan guishing for the want of funds ; and a new one is about starting into existence, with no other means of support, no other hope of success, than the liberality of individ uals ; and the elementary schools, which our constitution makes it the duty of the legislature to establish, and to provide with teachers at the public expense, arc norjhere to be found! And why ? The want of fund, can be the only answer. But if the object of the Maryland res olutions be attained, we shall at once be put in possession of about one million of acres of public land, which, at a very mod erate computation, will be worth one mill ion of dollars. This would enable us to endow our colleges richly, and to create a fund for the support of common schools, which would secure to our posterity to the end of time, that best of all terrestrial blessings, a cultivated mind. There can be little doubt that all the old states, except New-York, will adopt the Maryland resolutions; if so, the object is accomplished. At least, ive can sec no reason why any state, new or old, should be opposed to them. New-York may feel herself above receiving even her just dues ; she may have funds sufficient to complete her Grand Canal, (enough, of itself, to immortalize her name,) and to provide liberally and adequately for the general diffusion of knowledge among her citi zens ; but other states are not thus favor ed : they feel their inability (letting alone roads,Kcanals, &c.) to provide as they wish, and as the wants of the community re quire, for the support of education, both in the higher and lower branches : And ! cbus they will not readily believe, that a state, ; Chatham as intelligent and patriotic as New-York, j nowan, . i i ott i1 raven will stand m the way of their being pla- Cabarrus ced in a situation which shall elevate them Caswell above want. Th cse resolutions will prob- igecombe ably be laid before our General Asscm- Franklin f "If 1 bly at its next session ; and there cannot, Granville we should think, be the least doubt of j Gates their unanimous adoption ROADS. The following extract of a letter from a gen tleman in South-Carolina, to a member of the Rowan Agricultural Society, has been communi cated to us for publication : " Those who understand their value, will view with great satisfaction the for mation of Agricultural Societies in any district, and more especially in those, which, growing large quantities of bread stuff, depend on its advantageous sale for their profit. Such, sir, is the situation of Rowan, Mecklenburg, See in which a So ciety is just organized. u A question naturally arises as to the manner in which an abundant crop is to be distributed, when produced ? Will you first excite the hopes of the husbandman, by informing him how he is to make his land fertile and his labor productive, and then crush them by a discovery that he has either no market, or such a one as shall absorb one-third of his produce in its conveyance thereto ? This the case in some districts ; and from what docs it arise ? the ni'unt of Roads. For instance : it is understood, that at this moment there is plenty of corn, flour, Sec. in the great provision districts of North-Carolina ; err, it is altogether different. At Charles ton, northern corn is ever cheap ; and the contributions levied on South-Carolina by the middle and eastern states are tremen dously heavy, amounting to a sum that would enrich the frontier counties of the two states, if they had but a Road to Mar ket. For years have their respective cit izens been deceived as to the true remedy for this evil ; and there have been more money'and time f for, as Dr. Franklin has well observed, u time is money,) expen ded on Rivers j than would have paid for a paved Road from the northern line of North-Carolmalo Charleston. " I hope I may not be deemed dogmati cal, in thus boldly asserting that commu nities so enlightened, have been so long in error. I can only appeal to experience, and to the nature of the traffic carried on by the small farmers in their wagons. " But how is the remedy for this gross misconception of the legitimate correction of the evil, to be discovered? I reply In the efforts of the Press. Instead of ingenious essays, tending to prove the ne cessity of opening channels of communi cation, their columns are crowded with matter useless, if not offensive ; a ridicu lously sedulous attention to European af fairs, or regulations of the cabinets of for eign powers. Indeed, in this country, it is free in the eye of the law ; but not so in the eye of its proprietors. This proprie tor holds a share in a River Navigation ; that, in a Steam Roat ; another, supposing that two towns cannot flourish at one and the same time, fancies his own may be in jured ; and like a Scottish landholder, to whom some merchants proposed to build on his property, we arc told that too easy a communication with the sea coast will ruin all the intermediate places. I have heard this sentiment from merchants of this town ; and there is nothing the tra ders dread like free intercourse. ' It will illy accord with extortion and exorbitant charges : It will rescue the small farmer from their merciless fangs. The poor Scotchman dreaded the advance in the price, of eggs and the introduction of the London fashions by the mail coaches, morally speaking, a much more legitimate cause of alarm than that of our inland tra ders. " I hailed with satisfaction the estab lishment of a Press in Salisbury. I had long thought on the subject ; and in the course of the last winter, I sent a communication to the editor. He was obliging enough to insert it. Its contents will developc my views as to the impor tant situation occupied by Salisbury ; a sit uation, under a commonly good system of Roads, by far the most commanding in the Southern States. To the paper itself I beg to refer you. It is to be found in the Western Carolinian of the 30th Jan uary, 1821." time that he lias presented an innocent enjoyment for our youth, and supplied the most interesting subjects for specula tion to the philosopher and the sage. COMMUMCATEP. NOTICE That application will be made, at the next General Assembly, to divide the county of Rowan. Should this not succeed, application will be made to procure the establishment of Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, with all the rights, powers, and privileges of the several Courts of Pleas and Quar ter Sessions within this state ; one of said courts to be located within the limits known as the Forks of the Yadkin ; the other in that section of the county lvimr north of the main Yadkin river, within said county, known as the Lexington side of the river. August 21, 1821. The following is the population of the several counties in this State, agreeably to the late census, as published in the Ra leigh Star. This abstract would be much more acceptable, had the proper distinc tion been made between the whites and blacks. We shall be able to do this, how ever, when the census is officially pub lished at Washington. Anson Ashe Buncombe Burke Beaufort Bladen Bertie Rrunswick Camden Cumberland Currituck Green Hvde Halifax Hertford Haywood Iredell Jones 12,534 10,542 13,411 9,850 7,276 10,805 5,480 6,347 14,416 1,098 5,609 3,912 12,661 6,464 13,394 7,248 9,744 13,276 9,741 14,511 18,222 6,837 4,533 4,967 17,237 7,712 4,073 13,071 5,216 Johnson Lenoir Lincoln Mecklenburg Martin Moore Montgomery Northampton Nash New-Hanover Onslow Orange Pitt Pasquotank Person Perqi'timons Rutherford Rockiigham Richmond Randolph Robesoii Rowan Surry Stokes ' Sampson Tyrrell t Wayne Wake Washington Warren Wilkes 9,607 6,799 18,147 16,S95 j 6,320 7,128 8,693 13,242 8,185 10,866 7,016 23,492 10,001 8,003 9,029 6,857 15,351 11,474 7,537 11,331 8,205 26,009 12,320 14,033 8,908 4,319 9,040 20,102 3,986 11,158 9,967 .MARRIED, In Cabarrus county, on Tuesday, the 1 4th ul timo, Mr. Daniel JfcRee, to Miss Jtine Wedding ton. Tvvke Xollce. THE firm of MOSES A. LOCKE & CO. hav ing1 dissolved more than two years since, it was hoped that ail debts due to said firm would have been liquidated ere this. It is now become our painful task to say, that unless all debts due to said firm are paid before the 1st of December next, that the bonds and accounts due will be placed in the bunds of an officer for collection. MOSES A. LOCKE, EZRA ALLEMONG. Ath September, 1821. 8v65 YiSute cv s. rSPYlieelevs. rg"lIIE subscriber obtained letters of adminis A tration on the estate of Charles M'Fhccters, dec at Aug. term, 1820, and qualified according-to law. Shortly afterwards, advertisements were posted up at the court-house and other public place:, requesting1 the creditors to come and make known their just claims. The consequence was a number came accordingly, and did so. But I know to a certainty there are a number yet to bring forward. It is hoped they will come" forward at as early a date as possible, that I may have a rule to walk by, to ascertain how much the said estate is in debt. Preparations are now making, by an order of court, for sales of land to liquidate all the debts that remain unpaid. Ail those who do not avail themselves of this notice, shall be dealt with as the law directs. . OtjNo claim whatever shall be admitted" un less strictly brought forward agreeably to law, as I have been imposed on verv much bv an art ful, designing man, to whom I gave too much indulgence not ignorantly, but inadvertently. ROBERT STUART, Adm'r August 28, 1821. 2vt66 Total, 668,829 The return from Craven is not altogether complete, yet the statement of the population of that countv as it now stands, is believed to be nearly correct. Population of the principal towns, in cluded in the aggregate amount of the counties in which they are situated, viz : JSEWBEILW Whites 1 175 Slaves 1,920 Free colored 263 3,663 FAYETTEVILLE. Whites 1,918 Slaves 1,337 Free colored 277 RALEIGH. Whites 1,177 Slaves 1,320 Free colored 177 2,674 WILMIXGTO.W Whites 1,098 Slaves 1,433 Free colored 102 ,Goo . EDEXTOJW Whites 634 Slaves 860 Free colored 67 1,561 wasiieygtoa: Whites Slaves Free colored 474 517 43 1,034 Notice,. SOMETIME since an elderly man, who staid at my house over night, left under the pil low on the bed in which he slept, an old fash ioned SILVER WATCH, to which is appended a seal with a very singular device. The name of the person is not recollected ; but it is belie ved he lives on the plantation belonging to the late Judge Lowrie. The owner, by identifying the watch, can have it at any time, on paying for this advertisement. THOMAS HOLTON. Salisbury, September 4, 1821. 65tf Taken 4 ND committed J jL to the Gaol of Cabarrus County, on the 24th dav of this month, a ne gro MAN and WO MAN. The man calls himself Geo. Washington, and the woman says her name is Nellv. The man savs he is the property ot George Berry, in South-Carolina, Waxhaw Dis trict, and the woman the property ot John Barns, of said District. -The man is nearly white, ap pears to be about o0 or 35 3-ears old, five feet ten inches high ; the woman appears to be about the same age, five feet high, and dark complex ion. Their owners are requested to come tor ward, according to the act of Assembly, and re ceive them. JOHN E. MAI I AN, Gaoler. Conccrd, August 27, 1821. 2 65 iVolice. JAMES TH OR BURN, of Norfolk, Virgil,:, Merchant, sole surviving Copartner of the several Copartnerships heretofore doing business as merchants at Fayettevule and Wilmington, under the Firms of Robert s? James Donaldson Co, Dotialdsojis, lilac J HI lun tir Co. and Do?2a!dson, MacMlllan & Co. Having, by his Power of Attorney, bearing dxti 17th March, 1S21, appointed Robert Donaldson, of Fayctteville and John Hogg of Wilmington and Favetteviile, jointly :m.l severally, his Altor nies with power to ask, dent: :, sue for, recov er and receive the debts due to -aid Finn or any of them, and generally to act for hiin us sun ivor as aforesaid, in all t!i.n;;-; m olMsi :w i;tc-s3ary to the final adjustment un l close t T the business of the said several Firms : .V h'-rt 'nj 'slz- en thereof', and all pvrisnnj v. l.utioever, In any wise indebted to any cf zA Firms, are hereby requested to make pa n.ent of the debts by them respectively due, to either of said Attovnics at Favetteviile, at their Counting Room on llav street, opposite the Hrnch Bank of the United States. JOHN HOGG, Attovnev, i)i f'ltct as aj'jresa:'d. rayettnilL, V. C. Jtdxj 2, 1821. 3 61 EY virtue of the last will and testament (f Joseph Jenkins, deceased, the Fveou e.is will expose to Public Sale, at the CourL-I lous : at JLincolnton, cn the: 23d day of October ne:x , five sixths parts of the lot, including the Mine; -al Springs and Rathing House, formerly occu pied by Captain John Reed, together with ;i tract of land adjoining the said lot, contain: n.;; 2-13 acres, more or less. Said land will be sold on a credit of one and two years, the purchasers giving bond with approved securitv. DAVID JENKINS, r AVM. J. WILSON, 5 1-?-ccu rs- Lincoln Conntir, Y. C. Jul if 19, 1S21 t015 ON the -1th day of October, at Moc!r-, Old Field, there will be sold, on a credit of six months, several valuable young NF.GIiO HOYS and GIRLS, belonging'to the estate of the late Col. Richmond Pearson, deceased. J. A. PKARSON, Eec-cdor. F. PL ARSON, Eeecutrijc. Aunnt 21, 1821. 64. s We regret, says the New-York Amer ican, to announce the death of XVI r- John Scudder, the proprietor of the Ameri can Museum, who expired this morning, in the 45th year of his age. Perhaps no institution of the kind in the United States, has excited greater ad miration, both of citizens and foreigners, than the museum of Mr. Scudder. His zeal in collecting the various curiosities afforded by the mineral and animal king doms, could be surpassed only by the skill with which he arranged them. He has delighted the eye of taste at the s-e Tiivss oi! Sale Altered. ""7"ILL be disposed of at Public Sale, on Tues ? T day and Wednesday, the 11th and 12th days of September next, all the stock ot the subscri ber, consisting of Milch Cows, Calves, Horses, Hogs, Fanning Utensils, Fodder, Hay, Sec. &.c. and likewise, some Household Furniture. Also, his Distillery, containing two Stills, one of 110 callous, of a superior qualitv, and one of 60 gal lons, uith a complete set of hogsheads and troughs. Terms of purchase will be made known at the time of sale. At the same time, the subscriber will rent to the highest bidder, (unless previously rented by private contract,) for one year, the Plantation, with all its appurtenances, on which he now lives. TIIOS. HOLMES. August 28M, 1821. 3w6i Vi Mode's Testate. TUTOTICE. At Rowan County Court, August JLI term, 1821, the subscribers obtained Let ters of Administration on the estate of Philip JlfjcL, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make payment; and those who have claims, to exhibit them within the time limited by law, otherwise this notice will be pled in bar of recoverv. JACOB MOCK, Z flJ Aurixt 2. 1821. l?smiVivm lw Sale. VfOTICE. For sale, a valuable Plantation. 12 1 JL 1 miles from Salisbury, on the Main Yadk:.:- " river. 11ns plantation contains obJ acrs t !.ro land, attached to which is a verv valuable ' Terms will be made convenient. F;;r p . lars, apply to Dr. Ferrand, in Salisbury. Ito-ii-an Co. Juh 3, 1821. nt COMPANY". -&TOTICE is hereby given, that the XI and Directors of the Yadkin Navigation Company have required the payment of the .-.v-entli, eighth and ninth instalments, often d-.V ts each, upon everv share subscribed, to be. le to the Treasurer of the Companv, or to s ,:c!i Agents as they shall appoint to receive the sa:ne : And that pavment of said instalments be :r;; V. on or before the 26th day of August next, cth r- wise the shares of subscribers tailing to pa , w 111 be sold at auction, at the town 01" Sah-h.;, North-Carolina, on Monday, the 10th day of;,- tember next ; and on the same day, and at ihe same place, the shares of su!crib-e ri v Kt naTC" failed, or shall fail by that day, to make pavmcn'.. of instalments heretofore required b ihe P.vs. ident and Directors to be paid, will be sr.hl . .' auction. FREDERICK HANDLE, t Treasurer of the said Co:v'-. V July 14, 1821. 55tSpi0 i Houses smiY luots lvv i $ a rlTIE subscriber wishes to sell all 'h - j j U Si well known possessions in Halibui-v ? on which he new lives ; and al.v, a: . tl ! jomhig new house,' not quite finished, with tv, back Eots. There are on the premises large? and convenient Buildings, suitable for anv kind 1 of public business. As the stand and prupcrtvj, are generally well known, it is not neccssarv th give a minute description. It will be sold ii ' detached parts, or altogether, as may suit the purchaser. A short credit will be given. Anvh person wishing to purchase, will plea-e call ar.d view the premises. 13. P. PE ARSON. Sausburv, July 4, 1821. 6vt6 h Taken ,4 ND committed to the jail of Rowan counw 1. on the 12th day of this month, a NKl,W( ' WOMAN bv the name of Hjs , bavs the. is th property ot John Cobb, or Cox, a speculator, who purchased her on the Eastern ;ure c Maryland, of John Hell, and was going towards the south. She says that her husband, bv ti-o name of Ned, ami herself, got lost from'thtii master in travelling, and she again from her lne band. She appears to be abo.i. 3 J or 35 yc:y old; about five feet high, dark complexion, thh. visage, and speaks quick. The owner is requc-' ted to come forward, according to the act ,t Assemblv, and receive her. WILLIAM HOWARD, J: h ( Salisbury, July SO, 1821. 6vt'J5 5 r V J jm D - A w I r ? . THE CELEBRATED HORSE : JWPOLEO 17 ILL stand the ensuing' Fall Season Y r plantation, seven miles west of Sa!h-b at the moderate price of twelve dollar the son, seven dollars the single leap, and t . . dollars to insure. Mares sent from a dh-t. will be kept and fed on grain at the m.e price. Pasturage will be furnished gratis. , ' per care and attention will be paid, hut r. bilitv for accidents or escapes of anv kind..' MICHAEL "uROYm Awnis! 8, 1821.- 4 62 I OiF the various kinds commonly in use, f r :. 1 Vj" at the Office of the Western Ca:ui;.: 1 o r lielteY Tress YyiiyW! F every description, neatly and com I executed at this OHice, on short no u 3r C4v Wv Vis euftil unn Ahrst o v For .'t thi.- 0;1-.-t. I i I
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