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the disasters and destruction to property in this city and its neighborhood. The wharves on the North river arc all injured, the frame work being generally started from the foundation. (Here follows a long list of wrecks and disasters, which we have not room to in sert. Tuesday, sept. 25, 1821. TO COIlItESrOXDEXTS. " A Farmer" is received, but is necessarily de ferred until our next : our agricultural depart ment was previously filled. The favcrs of other correspondents will be at tended to iu their proper order. We have received the first number of a new periodical work, entitled the Monthly Magazine for the southern climate of the United States, published at Cheraw, S. C. by James Ltoy, edi tor of the Pee Dec Gazette. It is devoted prin cipally to agricultural subjects, and embodies much useful information. Subscriptions will be received at this office, where the work can at any time be examined. We will esteem it as a favor, if either of our brother editors of the Hillsbor ough Recorder, or Milton Intelligencer, or any one else, will furnish us with cop ies of the speeches of Judge Cameron and Mr. Yancey, delivered on the subject of a Convention, in the Legislature, session before the last. We wish to give them an insertion in our paper. The editor of the Cape Fear Recorder might, perhaps, refresh his reading a lit tle by looking them over we recom mend him to do so. As for him of the Halifax Compiler, he is past hope. A GRIC ULTURAL. The first Cattle Show, under the Row an Agricultural Society, will take place in this town on Thursday, the 4th of next month. It is expected that it will be very handsomely attended by the farmers, and other spirited persons. The Committee of Arrangements are makingamplc prep arations for the novel occasion ; and the silver goblets, Sec. we understand, inten ded as premiums for the prize articles, are now manufacturing in this town From what we hear on the subject, wc conclude that there will be a considerable number of live stock brought forward on that day, as well as various articles of ag ricultural production, and domestic man ufactures. Having often witnessed, in other parts of the country, the great ben efits of farmer associations, and agricul tural Shows, we congratulate the farmers of -Rowan on the almost certain success of their Society. The following census of the town (township) of Whitestown, in the county of Oneida, N. Y. is taken from the Utica Gazette. Hut little more titan twenty years ago, the country in and around Whitestown was an uncultivated wilder ness ; r.ow it is thickly studded w bh villages, and :dmost ccry aere of land in the town, (which about five miks square,) except a sufficient quantity for fire -wood, U in a high state of tillage. This seems moiv I'.xe the- creation ofenchantment, than the effect, of human industry and art. The tow:i-hip of V.'hltcslo.vn is situated one hundred miles from the he:: I of navigation on Hudson river, and 250 n.iics from the city of New-York; it owes it wealth and population, therefore, not to its proximity to market, but to the enterprize and industry of its citizens, arid the liberal policy of its original settler and pro prietor, Judge White, in selling the land on ac commodating terms, in small farms of from 50 to 200 acres each. This shows, that even in the interior, a people may become prosperous and nourishing, by fostering the mechanic and other useful arts, and patronizing improvements in Agri culture, EicJ It is our belief that the county cf Rowan is capable of sustaining a population proportionably as dense as that of the township t.f Whitestown, were the old f elds and neglected lands in it tilled as they should be. lint wc hope the Rowan Agricultural Society will have as beneficial a tendency in bringing into action the enterprize and genius of our citizens as any mcasure that can be pursued ; and we look for ward to the time when the wealth and popula tion of our county will be greatly increased by the ag-'Ticy of the Society. O," Th2 following is tne rcsuu or uie late sute'ecusus, cc. in the town cf Whitestown, in this countv, viz f Whole number of inhabit ants 0057 ; number of electors, or free m ile inhabitants of the age of 21 years and upwards, 1031, of which 511 sre freeholders; acres o. improved land 19261; neat cattle 5035 ; horses 1069; sheep 117S1 ; yards of fulled clcth manu- . t ?. - C M. 1 1 factured in families 9070; do. flannel, &c. 106 ; do. linen, cotton, and other tiiin cloths, 13812 ; grist mills 5 ; saw mills 15 ; oil mills 3 ; fulling mills 8; carding machines 15 ; cotton and wool len factories 8; trip hammer 1; distilleries 2. The Convention for altering the consti tution of the state of New-York, assem bled for that purpose on the 27th of Au gust, at the Capitol in Albany. Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice-President of the Uni ted State's, was elected President of the Convention by a vote of 94 to 16. The members of the Convention, contrary to expectation, are entering upon the im portant business before them with a great deal of harmony and unanimity ; and as far as we have had an opportunity of ex amining their proceedings, we can hardly discover a .symptom of that party spirit which has for years raged so violently in that state. In this state, whenever a Convention is mentioned, we are almost deafened with the cries of innovation, anarchijy destruc tion to our liberties ; just as if such a mea sure would resolve society into its origi nal elements, and produce a perfect chaos in the body politic. In other parts of the Union the people are thought capable of governing themselves, and of forming such systems of govcrnmnnt as will be most conducive to their happiness and prosperity : 7ierc9 they are too dangerous to be trusted with the guardianship of their rights, because too corrupt to exer cise that trust to a virtuous end. Mr. King, who is considered as an oracle by many, and whose talents arc acknowl edged by all, in submitting a proposition to the New-York Convention, declared "belief in the virtue and intelligence of the fieoile ; and stated that " he wished on that occasion to show, that the fieoile are cafiable of revising their constitution." This is authority to which we should sup pose even some of our great men in the East would pay considerable deference : let us sec what they think of it at the next session of the General Assembly. Meanwhile let the friends of the people, let the people themselves, do their duty, and if they do not at the next session of the Legislature, they will ultimately, TRIUMril. Till: CONVENTION. The Wilmington Recorder of the 8th instant, contains two columns and a half of remarks on the subject of a Convention, and in reply to an editorial article of ours a few weeks since. A press of other matter on hand alone prevents us from reprinting the whole cf them, to give our readers of the West a specimen of the sort of arguments made use of against a Convention by our eastern antagonists. As wc cannot do this, we will make a few extracts, nd accompany them with some observations of our own. The editor of the Recorder commences as follows : "The people of the western part of the state as usual, on the approach of the time of the sit ting of the Legislature, have revived the sub ject of a Convention : it seems to be the ultima tum of their desires. We cannot, however, per ceive any necessity for the measure, or any ben efit that could result to ourselves, or to them." That the editor of the Rec rdcr should be dull in "perceiving" the necessity for a Convention, is a matter of no surprize. Indeed, considering his locality, with his moral faculties enveloped in the dense mists of eastern prejudices, and his natural vision obscured by the f"gs of New Han over, it would he rather a subject of wonder that he should perceive it : We will, however, briefly offer him a few cf the reasons why we perceive the necessity of a Convention. North-Carolina, as a republican state, ought to be governed on republican principles. Two of the most important principles necessary to form a republican state, arc 1st. Every citizen of the same grade of qualifications, must pos sess equal rights and powers. 2d. A majority of citizens must rule. These are fundamental prin ciples, the absence of which, from any govern ment, prevents it from being a republican gov ernment. Upon these, let us examine the con stitution of North-Carolina. 1st. Every citizen in the state, of the same grade of qualifications, must possess equal rights and powersl Now, wc ask, have the citizens of the large counties equal rights and powers with those of the small counties ? we here speak of political rights, as exercised in the making and execution of the laws Wc say they have not. They have the same kind of rights, but posses, them in an unequal degree. In proof of this, we submit the following Viee9f made out from the census of 1S20 : VIEW I. Counties; Washington, Tyrrell. Hyde, Greene, Columbus, E runs wick, Population. 3,986 4,319 4,967 4,533 3,912 5,430 27,197 Six counties, with a population (black and white) of 27, 197 souls, send to the Legislature eighteen members ; while Rowan, with a population of 26,000 souls, sends to the Legislature on!y three members : giving to a population in one part of the state 15 members more, than to the same amount of population in another part, which is 6 to 1. Or, any one citizen, in either of the six counties above, has as much political power as six in Rowan. VIEW II. Counties. FopulaS I lay wood, 6 counties above, 27,19rjMoore, Jones, 5,60r,Onslow, Camden, 6,347iPerquimons 4,073 7,123 7,016 6.857 7,537 8,903 8,204 Carteret, 5,ooy(liichmoiui, Chowan, 6,464 rampson, Robeson, Ashe, 4,335 Lenoir, 6,799 Martin, 6,320 Total, 116,401 Compare this with VIEW III. Counties. Rowan, Orange, Lincoln, Rutherford, Wake, Mecklenburg, Total of six counties, Roruhl.' 26,009 23,492 13, 14 7 The 20 counties in View 2d, send to the Legislature CO mem. 15,351 y hers; while the six 20,102 counties in View 3d, 16,S95 send onlv 18, or 42 less. 119,996. The counties of Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, Jones, Columbus, and Brunswick, contain a mix ed population of 23,271 souls, which deducted from the 119,996, the amount of the population of the six counties above, leaves 91,725 souls un represented. Is this equal representation ? Is this republicanism ? Rut wc are well aware that our opponents will say, these calculations arc made altogether on population, and that property ought also to come in for a part, and have ir in fluence. To this wc readily agree ; and let us examine if property will make out the case more favorable to the anti-conventionists. As land is now taxed agreeably to its value, the sheriffs' returns into the Treasury may be taken as fair data of property throughout the state. Upon these data let us take up 10 counties, and see the result: The amount of taxes in these counties, from hinds, polls, stores, stud horses, pedlerj, exhibi tions, negro traders, and gates, for the year 1819, was as follows : Columbus, $3U 19 Carteret, 419 21 Currituck, 165 17 she, jj Tyrrell, 429 49 Washington, 516 79 Haywood, 246 91 Hyde, 494 05 Brunswick, 504 07 Moore, 503 64 t Total, SU95 85 But the taxes arising from the same sources, for the same year, produced from Rowan and Or ange, are as follows : Rowan, S-3"6 91 Orange, 2,613 25 Total, Sy900 19 Thus it is plain, that the 10 counties above do not pay as much into the Treasury as Rowan and Orange, by the sum of S&54. In this calcula tion, too, let it be observed, that slaves are esti mated as property ; and in the preceding Views they are numbered equally widi the -white popu- lation : this operates to the disadvantage of the West. In all calculations of this sort, slaves should be put down either as property, or as pop ulation ; but from necessity, we have included slaves in our estimates of the population. The Marshal of the State, in his abstract, which wc published a short time since, puts the black and white population all together. But let us take the taxes arising from land, and see if our opponents will come off any bet ter : For the year 1819, the counties of Carteret Currituck, Camden, Columbus, Hyde, and Tyr rell, paid into the Treasury only S1 ; but for the same year, Rowan itself paid 5112r or more than the six small counties put together; an 1 yet Rowan sends three members only to the Legislature, and they eighteen ! The following table will show the amount of the sheriffs returns from seven counties into the Treasury, for 1819 ; also, the amount drawn out of the Treasury by the Members of the same counties, for their services in the Legislature of that year : Taxes paid into the Sums drawn out i Treasury. ' Members. Currituck 465 1 S19 Columbus 314 99 451 60 Carteret 419 21 451 Ashe 237 33 504 Tyrrell 429 49 456 Hyde 494 490 Haywood 246 91 370 2607 10 S3441 6 By this statement it is plain, that the taxes paid into the State Treasury from those counties fall short of paying their own members to the Asscmbhy, by the sum of about gS34 annually ! Add to this their proportion of the expenses of the Judiciary and Executive departments, which is, at least, S2000 per year, and it will be found that these seven counties annually cost the state, over and above their taxes, the sum of 2,S3 1 ! And j et these small counties have as much weight in making the laws, as a corresponding number of the largest counties in the state. . Is it not enough that wc must be governed by ft pitiful minority ? Must we also pay then for op pressing us ? We ask the Recorder if there be any justice or equality in this ? Having, as we think, sufficiently shewn that the citizens of North-Carolina do not enjoy equal rijrjjs cud bowers trnder-thc present constitution, we will now" proceed to our second proposition. 2dly. The second necessary principle of a Republican government is, that a majority must rule. The government in which a majority of the people does not rule, is not republican. Wherever the Ji-w govern the many, it is an aristocracy : and upon this principle the gov ernment of North-Carolina, to all intents and purposes, is an aristocracy. To prove this, we need only refer to the. preceding statements, particularly to Views 1, 2 and 3. The state is divided into 62 counties ; of these there are 20 counties that contain a majority of the popula tion but this majority sends to the Legislature only 60 members, while the minority in the other 42 counties sends 126 members. If the faculties of the Editor of the Recorder arc not too much obscured by the turbid atmos phere around him, he must see that a small minority governs the state ; and that it is equally unjust and anti-republican. But hear him again "Suppose the Legisla ture, to gratify their wishes, should pass a law authorizing a Convention, no man in his senses would presume that the members of this Conven tion would be elected in any other manner and ratio than that in which the present members of the Assembly are elected." "No man in his senses would presume ! !" Yes, Mr. Editor we, the people of the West, (in our senses too,) do presume that, when a Convention is called, the delegates will he chosen upon a different ratio than that by which the members of Assembly are now elected. What is a Convention, as un derstood under our Republican institutions ? A body composed of the delegates of the people, in which all the people are fully and equally rep resented. This can only be effected by taking as the data the last census, fixing some common number as a ratio, and giving to each county as many delegates as its population entitles it to. That the county of Columbus, with her mixed population of 3,912 souls, shall r.end as many delcgatcs as Rowan, with her 26,000 souls, is too absurd for " any man in his sober senses to presume." The people of the West -would not give a fig for such a Convention. When we have a Convention, we desire a fair one... .in which all the people will have an equal voice. In our next we will resume the subject, and co through wiS the Recorder. In the mean time, if he has nothing more in the shape of ar guments to offer against a Convention than bad inage, " words, mere words," and garbled scraps from Shakspearc, we would advise him to desist, and leave such childish stuff to the Jfulifax Compiler. I', h. l lie ltecoraer is lniormeu, mat we, w :tn us, means not one, but two or, in other words, not the Editor, but tlte Editors of the Western Carolinian. He will please to recollect this in future. COMMUNICATION. A shocking instance of infantile deprav ity. About two weeks ago? in Mecklenburg count5', N. C. one of the mcst shocking instances of early depravity occurred that has ever come to our knowledge. While a Mr. Freeman and his wife were from home, orie of their children, a boy 9 years old, took his father's gun and shot his half brother, a child 3 years old, through the head : on the return of his father, the boy was whipped, after which he swore he would kill a younger brother, 18 months old. The father has discarded him ; and he is now running at large, despised and shunned wherever he goes. P. J) IE J), On the 27th of August, at his residence in Rurke county, near Morganton, of the dropsy in the chest. Mr. Arthur Lrni.;, in the 83d vear cf his acre. He lingered about three weeks with this disease, and died in the full hope of a happy immortalitv. He was a native of the state of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to North-Carolina in his youth, with the first settlers of Rocky River, in what is now called Cabarrus county, but then Anson county; he removed to liurke county about 38 years ago. He left an aged wife and four children to lament his death. He had 44 grand-children, and 16 great grand-children, He was beloved by his neighbors and acquain tances, communicatee. In Rutherford county NT. C. on Saturday morn ing, the 8th day of Sept. 1821, William Alexan der, aged 32 years. " Good name in man and woman, Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals trash ; tis some thing, nothing, 'Xwas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thou sands : Bat he t.at filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which net enriches him, And makes me poor indeed." comrrxirATrn. To $Y01!tsm'clu THE Races over the Salisbury 'I urf, will com mence cn Tuesday, the 23d of October ;xt. Tuesday. Colts Sweepstakes ; mile heats. Wednesday, 3 mile heats. Thursday, 2 do. do. Friday, 1 do. do. Saturday, ProTrletnrs Race, three best or.t cf j ivr. .-.r 4 ' V aluafolc vvovt5 olL slc . FTHE subscriber offers for sale hisphir, A. tation, lying on Rocky Creek, in the. liScounty of Iredell, containing eleven hun dred and forty-eight acres ; on which there is a valuable Grist and Saw Mill, Cotton Machine, and Distillery, all in good repair. The ether build ings on the premises, consisting of a Distilleiy house, Barn, and other outhouses, are almost en tirely new, and built in the most convenu nt man ner. About three hundred acres of said tract arc in cultivation, and under a good fence. A;s.-.. one other tract of land, containing two hundred and sixty-five acres, lying on the South Yadkin. A part of tins tract consists of valuable lo.r ground ; there i a convenient dwelling-house on the same, and alo.it thivtv uoivj in cultivation. Also, one other tract, bing ?:x mihs south cf Sh'acs Iron Work entirely woodland, con taining about three thousand uci; s. six or eight young negroes will e taken in p ut pay ; and the payments, as to the bil-tuce ui the purchase monev, will be made casv. A. F. CALDWELL. JrctLll Co. .V. C. Sept. 16, 1S21. 4w63 CCj" The cditGrs of the Richmond Enquirer will please to give the above four insertions in their paper, and send their bill to this office : the mon ey will be immediately transmitted. nj f d uiu suwzei luet ic.ijji-ciniiiv ihiviiii.-i ttic citizens of SahsLiurv ami the adjacent count rv, that he has removed from iris late residence on the ncrih side of the Yadkin river, on the main road leading from Salem to Danville, 15 miles from Salisbury, and has taken the house formerly occupied by Capt. Ja. Kridcr, in town, on Main street, a few doors north of the Court-House ; where he is prepared to keep a House of 1'rivate llntertainmcnt for Traveller's and citizens. He will at all times furnish Stabling, Fodder and Grain for Horses. THOMAS HOLMES. Salisbury, Sept. 25, 1821. 78 N. R. Eight or ten BOARDERS will be taken, at the customary prices in town. Take Votice. rBTlHE firm of MOSES A. LOCKE & CO. hav S. ing dissolved more than two years since, it was hoped that all 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 hands of an officer for collection. MOSES A. LOCKE, EZRA ALLEMONG. 4-th Septenher, 1821. 8w65 Los Toy Sale. THE Commissioners for the town of Morgan ton will, in pursuance of 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 mcst beautiful eminences for building, and will afford a nleasant retreat to all those persons ho i 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 other inducements to settle 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 lots will sell on reasonable terms. The payments will be made in three equal in stalments of six, twelve, and eighteen month?, the purchaser giving bond and good security. THE COMMISSIONERS. September 1, 182L 666 Calaba Savings Toy Sal. BY virtue of the last will and testament of Joseph Jenkins, deceased, the Executors will expose to Public Sale, at the Court-House: at Lincolnton, on the 23d day of October next, five sixths parts of the lot, including the Miner al Spring's and Bathing House, formerly occu pied by Captain John Reed, together v. ith a tract of land adjoining the said lot, containing 243 acres, more or less. Said land will be sold on a credit of one and two years, the purchasers giving bond with approved security. DAVID JENKINS,? WM. J. WILSON, 5 Etors. Lincoln County, JY. C. July 19, 1821. tOl5 iVcgYoes t'oY Sale. ON the 4th day of October, at Mock 's Old Fi old, there will be sold, on a credit of six months, several valuable young NEGRO ROYS and? GIRLS, belonging to the estate of the late Col. Richmond Pearson, deceased. J. A. PEARSON, Executor. E. PEARSON, Exec:itrix. August 24, 1821. C4is Tlaivt aiioii Toy Sale. NOTICE. For sale, a valuable Plantation, 12 miles from Salisbury, on the Main Yadkin river. This plantation contains 360 acres of fine land, attached to which is a very valuable Ferry. Terms will be made convenient. For particu lars, apply to Dr. Ferrand, in Salisbury. Hawaii Co. July 3, 1821. 57 SbUxie. o Jovt-VjavoYvna, BUNCOMBE COUNTY. O1 RIGINAL attachment Rlake Piercer ..r I others summoned as garnishees. James? Edwards vs. Rrice Ogle : Court of Picas sn.a Quarter Sessions, July Term, 1S21. It appear ing to the satisfaction of the court that the de fendant is not an inhabitant of this stat", it re ordered, therefore, that publication be Trade for three weeks in the Western Carolinian- that the defendant appear at the next Court of Pleas and Qua.ler Sessions to be held at As mile, tor the county cf Runcovnbe, cn the firt Monday aftc the fourth Monday in September next, and plead, answer, or demur, otherwise judgment by dr-. fault'final will be entered against him. r6 Test. JOHN MILLER, Clerk-. Slate of XoYU-CaYoVm 4. BUNCOMBE COUNTY, ORIGINAL attachment. ...garnishees summon ed, &.c. Joseph Patterson r-ersus William Addir.gtcn : July Term, 1821. It appearing the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state, it is ordered, therefore, that publication be made for thrcrt weeks in the Wcstetn Carolinian, that the de fendant appear at the i:?xt Court of Picas :r.d Quarter Sessions to be held at Ashville, i'-r tli--county of Runcorr.be, on the first Monday r.frer the fourth Monday in September next, and plead, answer, or demur, otherwise judgment by default imrd will be i - " . entered usr.iir.st him. rt9 JOHN MILLER, C '.- ' J. rr JM1
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