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y THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE." Volume 5. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Morning, November 24, 1849. Number 35. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WKliKLY, BTf THOMAS J. ECCLES. Tebmb. Two dollare pel annum, payable mtdvar.ce ;.$2 60 If payment be delayed 3 months. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. Advertisement! will be conspicuously insert ed, tt $1 pet square (14 hues) for the first, and 2 cents lor each subsecuent insertion. FOR T1IE LlCoLN COURIER. A lleveric. Some da j 6 are filled with pleasure, And some are filled with pain, And though a diffeient treasure Each mortal may obtain ; There's joy enough to speed 03 Thro' life's short journey home, And we're enough to lead us To long for worlds to come. Life bears such recollections, Such changes on its wings Such beautiful affection?, Such black and baneful things, That tho' fond hope would try it. For future joj and pain, Who, that has hurried by it. U ould try the past again ? T. J. E. An Anecdote Well Told. During tho recent Railroad Convention at this place, toward the closing scene a reso lution was introduced by one of our Anderson friends proposing that the Company proceed to purchase land and erect work shops at Anderson villhge for tho entire route. Various amend ments were offered which cut down and altered the resolution irutei lallv, when General W hitner arose, and with much gravity remarked, these amendments reminded him of an anecdote related b Dr. Franklin of a certain John Brow a hater by trade, who desiring to advertise drew up an advertisement as follows, "John Brown makes and sells hats, for ready c asA" but before pub' lihng it he concluded to consult his friends. Showing it to ot.e he advised him to strike out foi ready cah, for, said tie, "your itrons will soon learn our terms. Brown thought this well enough, and meeting another, his cotm &e was to leave ut 'makes' for it is n matter who make them;" and this wes stricken out, and the advertisement then read, John Brown sells hut?.". Pre senting it to a third in this f. rm of his views, ho replied, "who in the name of Heaven would suppose that you gavt hats aw? I would leave ont sel lists,' also," which was done, and the advertisement then read simply, '-John Brown." This anecdote wis told in an admira ule style, and never was one more appropriately thrown ui to illustrate position. At the recital of it, the whole Convention whs convulsed with laugh ter.- Abbeville Banner. Henri Clay on Sourkrout. Henry ry Clay's opinions have been quoted upon many subjects those upon sour krout are quite as decided as anythin he has uttered, if the following story be true: "Henry Clay dined recently with Ex-President Martin Van ujren, at Lindenwald. The dessert consisted of cruellers.olecocks, 6ucketnush, owgreet cheese, &c. Mr Clay expressed a wish tos' e that "twelve acres of reciit.ed b land' so much talked of during the lection, which Mr Van Buren took great pleasure in showing him. On .their reium, a turen filled to the bran ith sourkrout was set before him. Clay put his handkerchief to his nose, and with a 'whew,' said 'Van, I've Jived long, and encountered as strong opposition as any other man, but, to be frank with you, never encountejed anything quite as strong us this. Beware of Counterfeits. We have seen a counterfeit Ten Dollar Bill, pur porting to have been issued on the Unit of Charleston, S. C. Upon a compan ion wuh a genuine bill of the same de nomination, the following discrepancies are apparent: The vignet e is unlike that of the true bill in many particulars. Among the mod prominem is the head -on the left, it being much larger, with inverted face. There is a head on the tight of the spurious bill, the genu ine has none, and the centre figure is siriktngly different. On one end the 'Ten" is printed, and on the other there is but one 10 in figures; whepus in the genuine issue, the denomination is in figures, without any pruned number in letters. T h' "jignatures are very well execu ted, and without close examination would.be likely to deceive. Charltston Mercury. From the North Carolina Democrat. JIM SMITH AGAIN; Or the " Big Sockey Feller that Joel Sledge . killed one day. "Tar Rver!' (That was a pet name Jim had lor me when a tonaun fee'isj of kindness cum over him.) Tar River ! you're from that part of the country where thev StilU Whiskey and peddles niggers ! Did you ever nee of Old Joel Sledge, the Grandfather of our Joel here in La Grange 1 Oh yes! Si. id I. He was the mm Mr. McAd- en staid with all night, that had a door in his house that wouldn't open till twas too late. Aho! yes! -Well, did you ever heer of the big hog he killed one day, that astonished all Orange, Slick tail, and Caswell ? Can't say 1 ever did, I replied. You've kept it so close, that nobody s had a dance to hear anything about it ! No 1 amt ! But thi way I heard it, 1 supposed eve- y man within 50 miles, had the weight notched down on a big stick, and stuck up in the corner behind the clock.- Well I never had a big stick, (sua I, except upon Election limes,) and there wasn i anyclock in ihe hoel liv din! e curried our own 'time a day inside of us! co being excusably ignorant you can iust out wuh vourvaru, and I'll believe it if I can! lou be hanged! said Jim. You smutty faced cliunck of lightwood ! Well, any how Old Joel put up a powe of hogs one year, more'n 7 ; and one of cm was in generally speakin, estimated to be. about the biggest ever seen in that Section. So when "killin time comes round Joel sends nut and invites all the neighbours. He'd put off his killin ou see, until every body else had done, so as to be sure to have plenty of help. Ihe neighbours all came at the appo nted time, und there was a plenty of whiskey at the house, besides a yaller jug and a tin cup at the spring, close to the hog-pen. And ihe whiskey was good too, for Joel said it was and Joel was a judge and the neighbours all handled it mighiy friendly, and the neighbours all got mighty brave and then they went down to the hog pen. There was some 30 or 40 of em. and alter shaking the "Yailer Jug" to see i there was anything in it, they all ven tured into the pen. By dinner time thev had succeeded in kiliing all but "the big socket feller" and the old nigger had got him penned up in the coiner of the fenca, so that they could have a fair chance at him, when they'd refreshed themselves Dinner being over, and the spring vis i led to rinse their mouths, a pannei of fence W3s pulled down, and all hands matched in, to commence what was considered to be th crowning achieve ment ot the day, the slaughter of the "Big sockey feller." Old Joel with his nfl? took the first chance, but n succeeded in smashing a hole through the skillet they d scald td the other host in! Bill XSmde look a "sour crack'' at him, but instead the hog knocked do n Steve Dodson ! Another teiler Knocked the top rider off the ience, when old niyger Beu,see in how things were going, and that the "Bis Socketi feller was likely to get awav. ran in wuh tiis axe aud knocked him in the head. Thev were all a puffing and perswe&t ing puwerlul,aiid alter going down to the spring and shaking ihe "yailer jug again, they concluded they would leave old Ben and ll e ba auce ol the niggers tu scald him. and the a come back tne next day and see him weighed 'Twas a tavourie stock ! And he' been predigious perte in orogging lor tttmsel', and every body was curious to know how he'd turn out ! Well over they come the next day, and amongst them was the Chairman ot Casweli County Court, and after smiling at old Joel's sideboard, they went down and swung up "ihe Big Sockey feller" ; surf ihe Chsirman of "Caswell County Court," to the admiration of the crowd, aud the unconcealed delight of Old Joel, announced on his reputation as a Mag isiraie. that he weighed 37 aud a hail ! Fact sir! A man told me he was there, aud saw him weighed. I didn't knock Jim Smith down, tor he was a heap bigger than I was then, but the fellow really pretended to think, that "that lhar'' was a specimen hog in those days, for Nubbin Ridge, and Hi co too, to say nothing ol Couny hue, at.d the possum precinct. A New Yrk editor glorifies the change ot fashion ad pted by the ladies, in ihe lollowuig tali sty le: "In a word, bustles have fallen! and nothing but lto merest and bimpiea' peiicoiictty is now permitted to en velope those fairy forms, so long enmonstrified with the bran bag and in fitted with crinoline. Henceforth t least for a season wb-nan is what she seems: and a? she undulates along the stream of outdoor lite, swaying softly as a water lilly to the embracing wave, old Milton's enchanting picture of his his Eve whom he never would have seen but that he was blind will breathe and glow before u. Vive la bagatelle Abas la bag o bran! Hortli Carolina. Of all the States south of thePotomac, none has more titles to respect than North Carolina. This State has not recoived in other parts of ihe Union the esteem and consideration which are due to her modest worth. Her situa tion is unfavorable to notoriety. Her tensive sea coast is rendered almost use less for the purpose of commerce by a barrier ot sand, bhe has no large city which serves as a poihtot atiraction,and collects and distribute information res pec'ing the State. The country on the line of the rail road, which is the prin cipal thorougftre lor strangers, happens to be the most barren and unimproved part ot her soil. Yet she is rich in revolutionary re miniscences, in resources ot the lorest, field and mind, which are still undevel oped, in varied and magnificent scenery, in literary institutions, and a substantial and well disposed population Situated between two States, one of which is foolishly endeavoring to maintain the pomp of departed greatness, and the other having a strange passion for be ing conspicuous at the expense of both, striving neither to rule nor to dissolve the American Union. Her domestic aff ir have been managed with pru dence and success. She has neither bsen eager to try novelties nor neglect the real improvements of the age. - In internal improvements she engages cau tiously ami moderately, anxious to veloDe her resources, but carelul not to hazard her credit. She has an excel lent system of courts, and her judiciary has been adorned by some names that would r fleet lus1 re on any tribunal in the world. Her citizens are otdetly and quiet, and generally yield an turn orablo obedience to the laws. Sne has not been as much distinguished as some other States fr the brilliancy of her public men ; but a State which has sent to the national councils a Macon, a Stan ly, a Gaston, an Iredell, a Graham und a Badger, has no cause for mortification on that score. Her general quietness has gained for her the appellation of Rip Vaa Winkle; and though sue m y per haps be liable to the reproach of inert ness. wi: confess that, in these days ot public and private recklessness, we re gard such a failing as "leaning to vh-. lue's side." Manchester (iV. A.) A' merican. SOUND ADVICE. The agricultural department of the Muscogee Democrat contains the follow ing very sound and sensible sug gestions to the Farmers of the South. Let them heed its counsels ; Farmers, beware of Speculation. Past experience should warn us of the danger to the Farmer, of a sudden rise in Cotton. Lands and negroes advance in the same proportion, and in too many instances, we see the Farmer crazy to invest the proceeds of his crop, ta ex tended plantations and in extra negroes, and this too, when the inflated prices of cotton induces every kind of property to seli for more limn its real value. Look around you, and behold how many ol your aeighbors and friends have been ruined or deeply injured, by rash spec ulations, in times ol cotton excitement. If any ol you are cursed with mure mo ney than you know whit t do with, improve me lands you already cultivate. Beautify and adurulhe uomestead, and if your heart is near bursting with the idea of extending ihe field ol your ope rations, just increase the arei cf you( Kitc'ien Garden, und encourage your childieu in the culture of flowers. Husbattd all the resources of your plantation, for a low priced cotton crop ; study, and 8pply the m-mures; expe riment wuh iruits aud grasses ; try the different breeds of stuck, and when ano ther four cent cjtioncrop is raised, you may be found like unto the wieVirgins, with your "lamps trimmed and burn ing." And if land aud negroes you mut have, watt until cotton is down, and then you can enter the market wuh cash in hand, and make your own se lecuon, almost at your own prices. But above all, whether co'.lon is high or low, keep ou; ol deur. Whether you have an acre of laud, or a single negro, keep out ol debt; hut if you are de er mined to purchase on a credit, trusting to a still higher rise to meet your pay- men's, le! me recommend yoj to take one of Reuben Rich's Patent Cast Iron Vater Wheels, fit it; snug!y around your neck, and lay yourself carelnlly down in Ihe bed of the River J The loss to your family will be nothmg in comparison with the living incumbrance, ol the day and night dreams of, that worst of alt of human slavery, the thraldom of debt. Position of Bishop foes. The last Southern Churchman,, an Episcopal paper, has a brief review ot a late pam phlet issued by the Diocesan of North Carolina, entitled, "A pastoral Letter to Clergy and Laity of his Diocese." The Southern Churchman promises a further notice hereafter. It says: Bish op Ives now candidly discloses what we conjectured from tne first, that tne pro ceedings ot the late Convention at Salis bury, which have excited so much at tention, had relerence io himself. In speaking of the Committee whicn re ported on that occasion, he says : "It was si til less their business to pass an implied, but not on that account, the less oppressive eensure upon that por tiou ot the ciergv, wuh the Bishop at their head. 1 say the Bishop since it is notorious that, both in the Convention and the Committee, he was named as the chief offender." And inus view ing the subject the Bishop re-asserts the doctrine he has hulierto taught, aud defends it ugamst the censures of the Convention, protesting at the same time against the rights ot the Convention to act in the premises. Ihe Bishop in his approbation oi the- Oxford tracts lor the Times, and deciaies that it bus been bis pu pose io employ ail his in fluetice ill bringing bis Diocese io a cou form it V wuh tn sysieui winch ihey set lortn. The cncumsiauces winch led to the formation ut "4ue Holy Cross,1 under Bishop Ives at tis head, are de tailed in the Pastoral Letter, and its objects ate explaued. These, among other things, were to inculcate upon all within iheir influence the aacremeu- lal system ol he Church, particularly Baptismal Regeneration, the Real Pres ence ui our Lord ui ihe iloiy bucnarist and Sacerdotal Absolution." Sie. " 1 ne Sujiel" was to ''consist ol three or ders." "1st Perpetual members, who must be unmarried men. 'Z- Oilier per sons living in the institution. 3. Per sons not residing at VatJe Crucis." Very mucn to our astouisumeti', as we presume ;t wi.l be io tne surprise ut large majority of readers, iheie is not a word respecting the uiss-aui ou ol this Society. i'ne tact was alhrme I la con nexion with the proceedings ot the laie Couventiuii, but has uoi, we believe been formally announced by '.he Society itseit or any of us late oitkers. Caro Una Watchman. Slates in California. The Phila deiptna Ledger say: "Notwithstanding the practical uithcuitj. wmcn is said to exist in Caitiuruia against the introduc tion ol slavery into mat territory, itap ap pears to nave an existence. I he Al- aoaina journal says tiioae who went Iroiu hat pari ot tne Urnon, aod who Carn-d negroes, nave bad nad no Uitii ctilty tu keeping iuem, bud it is touud tnat they aunerj to their inasieis there with greater zeal aud devotion than else where. Severai nave written bai-K, ex pressing their regret that ihey did not cai ry with them uuuds iruui tne.r plan taiions. 'A gentleman from Macon county, Who took out turee good nand,uas vv ru ler oaca, mat he n.res them out at turee hundred dollars per month each, and iias no d.iticuliy ui relaiumg them. Every tuoii there is so immersed in bis owu ausoruiiig pursuits iUl ua tias no time or inclination to mierlere with the uusiues ol otiidis, or engage, eveu il so inclined, id ubuiiuou movcutfius.' " Tne Journal further states that it is in conteir.plaiion Uy Southern emi grams to go out in companies ol tilty to a Hundred, sa as to able to protect their "property ," if u should be endangered. Datidson Cltege -We are pleased tu ioaru that anutuer Professor is to be added io tne F.icuiiy of this College, and that us prospects lor succts 4 re brighteuing. Oa Saturday, 24ih mst- a new Hall, erected by me Eumeuean Society will be dedicated, upon wnicn occasion an address will be oelivored by Li. J. Mc Dowell, Lq. beiore the two bucie ties. HometS Jest. ' Whosepigs are these any lad ?' Whoy they belong to tbat there big sow. Mo! 1 mean" who is their master I' Whoy,' again, aiisweied the lad, uhat little un there,-' he is a rare 'un to fight: Great Emigration o Squirrels. li is su ed in some of the Kentockv pa pers that the squirrels have paid another visit to that good ohl Commonwealth. and are traversing it in great numbers: "In 1822 Kentucky visited by thousands and t-iif ol ihoumd of these little quadrupeds, wh.cii ciossed the Ohio river, and steered due south, they were then little disposed to turn a side from man or dog. Thousands were killed by guns, stones, clubs. And spears fastened to long reeds, lit 1833 they made another visit to this S ate, but in less numbers: they crossed the O- hio as in 1822, tnd pursued the same course. 1 housanus were again Kiuea bv men, boys, and dogs. The sport soon lost its interests, and the uu fi nd ing hosts were permitted to pursue their way. We learn that they are now making a third march across the Siate. Some suppose they follow the cholera. but in 1822 tlm cholera was unknown tn the Limed States." The Philadelphia Times says, the la dies bavo taken to wearing standing collars, aud now supply themselves from their broiners wardrobes. It has not been long since they took to wearing aack coats. iNow we see they have got the standing collar. Tne uext thiag, we suppose, wilt be tne vest; and then the next siep.f we look lor no thing else.) will be to draw on the pan talooiib! Then the only d.siincuou be tweeu the sex will be the beard upon the lace. The ladies can't obliterate this distinguished mark. But bow we shall puty tboe poor leliows who are not a Die to start a goalee. 'Salisbury Watchman. TrMing Errors ."When in the course ot an argumeui," said a clergy man to a lawyer, "you find you have made a misiaKe as in repeating tesu motiy, for example, what do you do a bout it?" "Why," said Uie attorney, if the mistake is a gross one, 1 imme diately coneci it, but il it is only a small error, 1 pjss it .over." "That is my tule, exactly," said the minister. "For instance last Sabbath, in reading the morning iesun, when 1 came to the passage winch says, "All liars shall tiave their pari," &c., 1 somehow made a blunder and read u "all Uwyer, &c.; but considering the mistake so infling as not mucn to change the sense ol the verse, 1 lei it go." Occupation. 1 don't know the rea son (ui it, but certainly it appears tu be a fact, that persons pi Zi an occupation in proportion io lha iincied ease which it will admit. Ol this class is an old woman whom 1 met in my travels. We had been busy during tne day run mug a line throu l a dense piece of wuudiand. VV'e ail saw that she wan led to enter into couversauou au i none, wuh me exception of my seit, wished to grattify her. 1 soon commenced a dialogue on various subjects ano things, and, as a mattei ot course, J put "my best leg fofCiMost." Struck witn my language, she exclaimed, in a tone quite flattering to my vumty, "La! how lamed yuj are." Bui the compiimen'. received a death blow. it i was as high laued a sciio.ar as you," continued she, "I'd quit Injmeerm' aud go to keeping s Utile grocery!" Depot Located We learn that the Depot at tins place has been at last lo cated. The spot selected is ou ihe right hand side of the Camden road, a short distance below the Fetiuie Acade my. We are glad this vexed ques-' lion is settled and e hope to the sans .'action of all. Charlotte Journal, An official statement, mada to lha Kentucky estate Constitutional Couven ti'n., uows that there aie tu ihalState 70,707 pareui, and 123,900 children. A fellow in jail wishes he had the small pox, so th3i he could break out. Ho has tried everything else, he says, but can't come it. The Fayettevil'e IX. C. Observer states that aa abu.-iiancrf of rub irou ore has been, disco-veied ;ri the close vi Cinity ol that town, near tin: Ktih ciei k, and that David Murphy, fq., an enter prising geutleman, h s purchased i.'io premises, and Com recced ibe erec;iou of a foundry. We learn by an official announcement in the London Globe, that Mr. Thomas iCuard Lyttori,son oi Sir Edward Lyt ton Bulwer, Bart, is appointed an Un paid Attache to the British Embassy' at Wbshiiigtob-J 8
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