North Carolina Newspapers

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1821. to conaEsroxDEr.-Ts. We are glad to renew our acquaintance with Mabeila; and we are certain we shall never lis ten with any other than a pleasurable sensation to the "humble Jay of her rustic muse.' It is due to ourselves to inform our valued correspon dent, that it is owing1 to no inattention or neglect of ours, that her favor lias not received earlier notice : although dated the 20th ultimo, it did not reach us till the 4th instant. "A. Z." in our next. "Esculapius" shall have an early insertion. ' John I'oorman" has surely fallen on evil times "VVe advise him to prepare to swallow a bolus ! "Journal of a Scandal Club," in its present form, is inadmissible. But as friends we warn Dorothy Spiteful, Constance Chat, Ruthy Rraser, Sec. to look well about them, when they assem ble in conclave, as there is a spy taking notes of their proceedings, which, it is very possible, he will get somebody to print ! CORRECTION. 'In the marriage published in our last, for Daniel Mcllce, our readers are re quested to substitute David McRce, as it is probable no such person as the former is in existence. In these " dull times "with Hymen," whoever brings an offer ing; to his altar and a worshipper to his temple, not only deserves the favor of the God, and the gratitude of the ladies, but the good will of the Printers ! And far be it from us, either wittingly or unwit tingly, to deprive the happy individual of his merited reward. Therefore, whatever young man or maiden, old bachelor or old maid, widower or widow, shall become thus worthy of distinction, it shall be our pleasure as far as in us lies, to award it them ; and whenever a like error again occurs, it shall be our duty thus promptly to correct it. ELECTION RETURN. Burke County Perkins, for the Sen ate ; Collins and Baird, for the Commons. The SYNOD OF NORTH-CAROLINA will hold its annual meeting in this town the present year. It will commence on the last "Wednesday of this month. POH THE WESTEH3? CAROLINIAN. MESSRS. PRINTERS : Your continued efforts to obtain a Con vention for the purpose of amending the Constitution of this State, deserve the rtratitude of ail the citizens of the West ern counties. To a plain man like me, but little ac quainted with the motives or manners of men, especially those at the head cf af fairs, it seems unaccountably strange that the proposition should meet witn such persevering resistance as it has hitherto experienced. If its supporters had pro posed to the General Assembly to call a Convention on their own authority, there would be some grounds for the exercise of their jealous hesitation which, watch ful of the liberties of the people, is indig nant at officious intcrmeddlcrs. But when the people themselves have urged their representatives to attempt a redress of a glaring inequality in the representation, and when their representatives thus urged have made a modest proposition to the General Assembly to submit the question to their constituents, to decide for them selves whether or n,ot they want a Con vention, it argues, I think, sonic want both of sincerity and of modesty to allege, as has sometimes been done, that the re commendation to make the decision in- frinires upon those rights reserved by the people to themselves. Net to insist at present that this argument of scrupulous regard to the lights of the people comes with a verv ill'eracc from those who arc resolved, by all the means in their power, to refuse an equality of those rights to that very people, it may be safely aiTirmcd, that there cannot be a more rcspcctlul ana modest way of pursuing the object in view, than that of proposing it to the peo ple themselves, to say for themselves what their will is on the subject. If this pro position, when made by the General As sembly, is indecorous, it would assuredly be treasonable, it maue oyaa uiuiwumui. Unless it is within the leeitimate pow mofthc General Assembly to make such a proposition, it will follow that the consti tution of this state cannot be altered with out resorting to revolutionary principles The argument we oppose implies a power in the former convention of imposing a constitution 'on the people of this state , xvitboiit an entire revolution, can Nnended or altcred till Dooms 'inds me of a sublime descrip tion I have heard or read somewhere of 1 the last Judgment, and of Destiny locking The Richmond Compiler, relates an m up the abodes of mercy and misery, and stance of this description which lately oc- then casting the keys into the abyss ten curred, at Cunlifie's coal pits in Chester thousand thousand fathoms, there to rest field, Va. where the workmen had sunk Xxiro.ve.v. a It is strange, indeed, if, in the age of improvement in almost every science, the science of Government alone should be supposed to have reached its zenith in 3 776. Good men, no doubt, were they that formed our constitution ; and an ex- cellent constitution, in the main, they I iormcd for us. But as they never claim- ed to be inspired, however much their work may excite our admiration of their patriotism, it no doubt has some faults and imperfections, and we have certainly a light, with the utmost deference to their memories and their virtues, as occasion J may demand, to alter or amend any ob- jectionable features in the constitution. The most prominent of those objection- able features is, without doubt, the ine- quality of the Representation. No per- son expects an exact equality. It is nev- crtheless important that it be made more nearly so than at present. 1 he impossi- bility of absolute and exact equality forms no argument in favour of the present mode, which, regarding geographical boundaries alone, and those of unequal ex tent, pays no attention to the numbers, more or less, contained in those bounda ries. There is no complaint of the ine quality of our congressional districts, al though there is, and from the nature of things must be, some fractional differen ces, whether you compare states or dis tricts with each other. Hut a proposition to allow the states of Rhode-Island and Delaware to have the same number of representatives with New-York and Vir L'inia, would be justly resisted for its glar ing absurdity and injustice ; and none would resist it with more firmness and clamour than those who oppose the alter ation in our state constitution. But it has been said that it is a danger ous expeiiment: that a convention rep resenting the people in their original and sovereign capacity, is an august sight in deed, but one in which there is much haz ard. Be it so. But those who offer this argument as invincible, seem to forget that the constitution we now have, and which is confessedly highly conducive to the happiness and liberties of the people, was framed and adopted in a convention composed of men of like passions with our- , ,, ! . . selves. It would be proper, also, tore- mind them that the convention which did so were not under the guarantee of the constitution of the United States, which, although it interferes not with the internal concerns of any state, compels the Con gress which it creates, to guarantee a Re publican form of government to c them ; a privilege that Congress hav late, manifested that it sufficiently appre ciates. A FARMER NAPOLEON. The death of this distinguished warrior, says the Charleston Courier, reminds us of his pro test against his being sent to St. Helena. The conclusion of it is afTectingly pro etic of his fate i TROTEST : T nrntP,tcolpmnU-hffnrP finrl ar.cl hrfnrr nvin. ! against the violation of my sacred lights, which is committed, in disposing by force of my per-! son and of my liberty. I came voluntarily on j board the IJellerophon. 1 am not a prisoner; I j am an inhabitant of England. im on in hi Sitnir r,f l-.nrrimH I From the moment that I set foot on board the ?ellcronhorr, I was under the protection of the English nation. If its government, in giving to the Capt. of the Dellerophon, orders to receive me and my suitj meant only to ensnare me, it has ost its honor and sullied its nag. If that act be put into execution, it will be in vain that the English will boast of their loyalty, their laws, and their liberty. British faith will be stained by the hospitality of the licllerophon. I appeal to history to say, whether an enemy, who, after having during twenty years made war against the English nation, comes willingly, up on a reverse ot fortune, to seek an asvlum unuer the protection of her laws, can give a more con vincing proof of his esteem and confidence ; but how have the English requited that confidence and magnanimity ? I'hey have pretended to hold out a friendly hand to that enemv, and when he committed himself to their good faith they sacrificed him. NAPOLEON. On board the Ucllercphcn, at sea, August ltb, 1315. The following pithy sketch, from the Georgia sldx'ertiser, will doubtless answer for some other places, as well as Augusta : SKETCH OF THE MARKET. Specie change is becoming extremely scarce the inconvenience of this, however, would be lessened if large money were more plenty. 1'romises. These are abundant and cheap ; they can be had in every variety by any person who will engage in a collecting expedition. Isove. This article can still be had in exchange for real estate, especially if so situated as not to be injured by high waters. Ten Cent pieces. These were for a time es teemed above their value : but like superficial politicians, they seem to be retiring, as their true worth is understood. Honesty. This article continues in high esti mation, nor does its great scarcity warrant the be lief that the stock will shortly be it-holly exhaur ted, Uc.nlc JVctticei. These are furnished r-nztis to persons cf frail memories; but bank Protests continue to sustain their former quotations, not withstanding the supply is abundant. 4 Dtbts. Vvith these the market is fully suppli ed : to prevent the deleterious influence as the season advances, an increase of industry ar.d fru gality has been earnestly rcccruusnd-.d, PRESENCE OF MIND. sh:ifr near 200 hundred feet deep. At the bottom of it, they were blowing roc An Irishman was alone, engaged in this operation ; he had charged witn powuer, fixed the match, and lighted the same be fore he gave the signal to those above to haul him up. It is, of course, necessary on these occasions, for. those at the wind- lass to draw the person up as rapidly as possible, to avoid the ericcts ot the e:; plosion. The Irishman had been drawn from 30 to 50 feet in the air, when the rope broke, and he was precipitated with all his force to the bottom of the shaft. Nearly stunned by so violent a fall, this man had still presence oi mma enougn to recollect the imminent danger he 'ran of being blown to atoms by the powder ; the match was yet burning, and in a mo- ment more it might have been too late Yet he immediately clapped his hands on the ignited match, and extinguished it. There is probably not one man outot ten thousand, whose wit would have been so ready in so painful and perilous a situa- tion. An unfortunate occurrence, we learn, took place near Newborn a few days ago, the minute particulars ot which, we are not informed. It seems that a number of armed runaway negroes, supposed to be about SO, had taken reiuge in a swamp, mm a r near a place called White-Oak, on Trent River, and whose menacing and rebellious conduct had excited apprehensions oi spreading disaffection among the neigh boring negroes to suppress which, two detachments of militia were called out, who unfortunately met in the night, un known to each other, at Trent Bridge, where several fires were exchanged, which terminated with no little slaughter on both sides ; each Captain being dangerously wounded, and from five to six privates on each side,-also badlv wounded. I he 1 . names of the two Commanders our ltifor mant does not recollect. fayetteville Observer. A writer in the Delaware Watchman, on the revival of the Cotton Manufacture in that state savs, u The effect of this im Pavement in the cotton manufacture is , visible in the employment of a number of i . . 1 . i f ! who have long been destitute ot persons the means of labor and subsistence the demand for cotton spinners and weavers is becoming extremely urgent, and many persons of that description would find full emnlovmcnt in this neighborhood. The will be amply repaid by a steady and cer tain one at home. There are now about two thousand hales of cotton manufactur ed annually, in this county, within a few miles of Wilmington, and taking this as a data, I have no doubt that the consump tion of the country is now upwards of 100, 0C0 bales annually. The amount estima ted by a congressional committee in 181 5, was 90,000 biles, but I am persuaded, irOIll II1C increase ill UUS VIUIUUV , UUU UIC quantity now manufactured in Uic United States is much greater. This quantity rapidly increase, and we may look forward . :.h confidence to the period, and that not a very distant one, when the home market will consume all the cotton of the South." Ercm the N. Y. Daily Adv ertiser. Police. A crime of a new description in our country was disclosed a. the Police on Monday afternoon, Two U milieu liv ed in the same house in Spruce-street: some difference and ill-blood arorc be tween a married woman of one of the families and another woman belonging to the other family ; in gratification of her malice, the former seized the opportuni tv, when the latter was just stepping out of the door, lo throw a quantity of oil of vitriol upon her from a window above. The injured woman hastened immediate ly to the Police, where she exhibited her gown with several large holes burnt quite through the right arm and side of it, and in fact down into the flesh, which she said was also a suffering. The woman who committed the act was brought up in a few minutes, by an officer sent for her, and put under heavy recognizance to appear before- the Court of Sessions, and answer the prosecution. Her husband was said to be a rich man. She had also, it appeared, some days since? destroyed a merino shawl belonging to anothcr lady ; and a Leghorn hat, belonging to a third, was exhibited in court, considerably stain ed and burnt with the same stuff, which fell on it, by accident, as she was walking by the side of the complainant at the time mentioned in tbe complaint. Wc understand that the ship Cumber land which arrived in. the Chesapeake a short time since, from the north of Eu- j rope, brought as emigrant passengers, the whole population of a Prussian Village, counting of their spiritual pastor, and about ICO individuals, men, women, and children. Americzr.. Sentinel. I tr.n r1i nt o i-o In t li r SMitVi it-ill chnn J- f cr 1 ! 1 ach of I , nnnrf r u: c ., r fi,;nn-c I lie IU33 Ul Oil Uiiv.i.1 uiiii niuinui ukivsuu A Lin? Job. The Rev. Mr. Milne in a report to the Missionary Society for China, says; ' We want, sir, fifty millions of .New Testaments for China, and after that about one sixth of the pop ulation only would be supplied. I would ask no higher honour on earth than to distribute the said number.' Now, it Mr. Milne had commen ced the distribution of the 'said number at the time the Ark rested on Mount Ararat, and. had continued to distribute forty -three Testaments per day, Sundays excepted, he would have had on hand, April lourth, 1817, seven hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred and fortv-sev- en. Or should he now begin his work, and dis tribute ten each hour during ten hours per day, ne would end ins labors on the 27th day ct Jan uary, 341 1, at one o'clock in the forenoon ! '. ! MARRIED, In this county, Mr. Henry Sleighier, cf this town, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hai aline. At Vv'allingford, Conn. Mr. Joseph Dioliitle to Miss Hilary Branson,- Mr. Sa?r.uel .Moss to Miss Betsey DooUttle Mr. Haskell Doolittle to Miss Polly .Moss; Mr. Lemuel DUttlc to Miss Duda- ?nea .Mattoon. If these Doo-.'f'e, it will be dif ficult, we guess, to find many who will tlo :iv. DIED, At the house of Mr. Thomas Holmes, in this county, on the 5th instant, Mr. Acfiiiks .1". Doug lass, after a short illness, aged about 27 years. He was a native of Albermarle county, Va. and had been absent from there but a few months." He had every attention paid him during his sick ness. His remains were brought to this town, and deposited in the burying ground on Friday last, with suitable marks of respect and the usual religious ceremonies. In Iredell county, on the 2Sth ultimo, Mauy Hill, aged 79 years. She was a native of Penn sylvania ; but for 55 years had lived on the same plantation on which she died, and for many years exhibited the excellency of St. Paul's description of the primitive Christian Matrons. She "brought up children ; she entertained strangers ; she washed the saints' feet." After the death cf v,hich cvent took place 21 years , , , , before her own, and after her children had set- . , ' tied in the world, like Anna the prophetess, she gave herself in a more than ordinary degree to the exercises of Religion, frequently spending many hours in a day in private intercourse with Him whom her soul loved. In some of those times of near approach to her Redeemer, she was favoured (as she also frequently was in pub lic) with such powerful manifestations of Al mighty love and goodness towards herself and towards the race cf sinful men, as constrained her to speak aloud cf his goodness, of his mercy, and of his grace, sometimes with no other au ditors but the trees of die wood. She was a reg ular member of the Presbyterian Church at Con cord ; though she was not of a sectarian spirit. She often shewed the liberality of her sentiments bv communing1 with the methodists in her neigh borhood, in whose welfare she was ardently in terested. She died as she had lived, with an un shaken confidence in the merits of Christ. In uoticintr the deatli of this mother in Israel, we in aui.'Rioi uaijv.i.vv.v o o o onized Prophet : t4 Alas ! the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof." But to her, we doubt not, the change has been unspeakably happy. "Let mc die the death of the right eous, and let my last end be like his." COMMCSICATED. liota lov Sale. FTTIIIE Commissioners for the town of Morgan JL ton will, in pursuance cf the powers vested in them, proceed to sell in the town of Morgan ton a number of lots, laid off in the town com mons, on the 22d and 23d days of October next ; and should the sale not be completed, will con tinue until it is. They contain a number of the most beautiful eminences for building, and will afford a pleasant retreat to all those persons who may wish to retire from the lower country to one of the healthiest parts of the world, surrounded by a rich and fertile country. In addition to the health of the place, Morganton holds out ether inducements to s.ettlo in and about it, as provis ions can be procured in great plenty, of the best quality, and on the lowest terms. It is expec ted that the lets will sell on reasonable terms. The payments will be made in three equal in stalments of six, twelve, and eighteen month?, tlic purchaser friving bond and good securltv. THE COMMISSIONERS. September 1, 1821. 6wG6 ' .Stop a JCcgvo pra AN awav from the subscriber. JLSj living near Statesviile, Ire dell countv, N. C. a heavy, well made, and very black NEGIIO BOY named lAir.non. He is ap parently about 25 years old, is very fond of dress, very foppish, - and assumes an air ot importance among ether negroes, but when spoken to by a white man, ahects a great deal ot politeness; he generally wears large whiskers, lie was for merly the property cf James liamsay, Esq. of uowan county, JN. C. trom whom he ran away, and was absent nearly taree years, during which time he was in the Forks of the Yadkin, and passed under the assumed name cf free Elick Ciraham. It is probable he will make for the state of Ohio, as he once before attempted to get there. Any person lodging said negro in any jail, or giving me information so that 1 get him, shall be liberally rewarded. ANEW. N. ALLISON. Set;. 1,1821. CO "fORTY Dollars will be paid to JL any person for apprehend ing and delivering to the subscri bers, living near Union Court House Union District, South Car olina, two negro men, GABRIEL ami GEORGE. Gabriel is a stout nude black fellow, between 25 and 30 years of age, near six feet high, has pretty large whiskers, rather a down look unless when, spoken to, when he appears plausible and intel ligent ; has no particular marks recollected. George is between seventeen an. I twentv wars of age, about five feet eight cr ten inches Irgb, well made, a little inclined to yellow complex ion, lias holes in hi curs, ami u'ove k-ad in them when he went off : Ik is pa:e plausible, and a little inclined to be ferv ard in Lis manners when spoken to. Their .clothes cf common qv.alitv, and pretty much worn ; common wool hats and shoes were worn by them vben they went .!". They were lately purchased in the state of Vir ginia, in Richmond and Petersburg, and were raised, as we were informed, Gabriel by Mr. Depp, of Powhatan county, an 1 Gecrge by Gen. Floyd, of or near Lynchburg ; and it is expected they will attempt to return 1o one of those pla ces. The above reward will be paid on their delivery, or twenty dollars for either ; or ten dol lars for each, if apprehended and confined i:i any Jail m the United States, and information given so that we get them. " WJI. cc GEO. Vv. RICE. August 29, IS'21. 1 GC TAMES TInHlBURV of Norfolk, Virginia, 3? Merchant, sole surviving Copartner of the several Copartnerships heretofore doing business as merchants at Fayetteville and Wilmington, under the Firms of fiobert ci? 'James Djnalchon & Co. JDonaldsoJiSy Mac M'zllan Zd' Co. and Donaldson, Mac Mi Han Co. Having, by his Power of Attorney, bearing date 17th March, 1S21, appointed Itobcrt Donaldson of Fayetteville and John IIor cf Y ."ihninscu n and Fayetteville, jointly and severally, his Attor nies, with power to ad:, demand, sue for, recov er and receive the debts due to said Firm or any of them, and generally to act for him as survivor as aforesaid, in all things needful and nccessurv to the final adjustment and close of the business ot the Saul several Firms : Notice in tu ihu ir.t - en thereof and all persons whatsoever, m any wise indebted to any of said Firms, a. c hereby requested to make payment of the deb is bv them respectively due, to either of said A'.'.nr.i.s at Favetteville, at their Counting Ilonm on Hav street, opposite the Branch Bank of the United States. JOHN HOGG, Attorney, in fact afjvesaiil. Fayetteville. V. C. July 20, 1821. 3 Gl jO Y virtue cf the last will and testament cf 33 Joseph Jenkins, deceased, the Exec-tors will expose to Public Sale, at the Court-!! at Lincolnton, on the 23d day of October ncx', five sixths parts of the lot, including the Miner al Springs and Bathing House, formerly occu pied by Captain John Reed, together with a tract of land adjoining the said let, containing 243 acres, more or less. Said land will be sokl on a credit of one and two years, the purchasers giving bond with apnrovcd security. '-DAVID JENKINS, WM. J. WILSON, -r"CI-5rs-Lincoln Count' .V. C. July 19, 1821. tQ15 Tokfc Notice. THE firm of MOSES A. LOCKE & CO. hav ing dissolved more than two years s?r,cv, t was hoped that all debts due to said firm .vould have been liquidated ere this. It is now bs. come our painful task to say, that unless at: debts due to said firm are paid before the 1st cf December next, that the bonds and accounts due will be; placed in the hands of an oiTiccr f ; r collection. MOSES A. LOCKE, EZRA ALLEMONG. 4th Septc7nber, 1S21. Sv65 r s v TTT1 : 1 A It,, Z 1 uuj Miuhcnoer ooiaineci letiers oi admin:-';- fi tration cn the estate of Charles M'Pheeter -. - dec. at Aug. term, 1820, and qualified according to law. Shortly afterwards, advertisements were 1 posted up at the court-hous-2 and ether public j places, re-questing the creditors to come "and i make known their just claims. The consequence j was, a number came accordingly, and diet so. But I know to a certainty there are a number 1 yet to bring forward. It is hoped they will come forward at as early a date as possiblej that I may nave a rule to walk Dy,-to ascertain how much the said estate is in debt. Preparations are now 1 makinr. bv an order cf court, for nfl inrl tr liquidate all the debts that remain unpaid. All those who do not avail themselves of this notice, shall be dealt with as the law directs. (CjNo claim whatever: shall be admitted, un- less strictly brought forward agreeably to law, as I have been imposed on very much bv an art- ful, designing man, to whom I gave too much t indulgence not ignorantly, but 'inadvertently. UOBEUT STUART, Adm'r. . August 23, 1S21. 2wtGf .'- JNIock's Estate. VfOTICE. At liowan County Court, August; term, 1821, the subscribers obtained Let4 ters cf Administration on the estate of Philip .Week, deceased. All nersons indebted to said estate, are requested to make payment; ani those who have claims, to exhibit them withif the time limited bv lav.-, otherwise this notid . will be pled in bar cf recovery. JACOB MOCK, 1 ,7 ? VM. SPUBG1N.5 a'1ir'! August 25, 1821. 3w64p C Token Tfy, ): AND committed to the Gaol of Cabarrus County, cn the 21th dav of this month, a ne gro MAN and WO MAN. The man cans nimscit tieo. Washington, and the woman says her name) Nelly. The man says he is the property George Berry, in South-Carolina, Kershaw lj trict, and the woman the property of John Bar of said District. The man is nearly white, f pears to be cjbout 30 or 35 year old, five fj ten inches high ; the woman appears to be aba, the same nge, five feet high, and dark ccmple ion. Liieir owners are requesteu io come iot-, ward, according to the act of Assembly, and re ceivethem. JOHN E. MA HAN, Gaol-. ) CowJ, Aue-ucS 27, 1B21.- 2 65 l