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Ci r I V c (DME($)11 AND WE'Sf Ef I AM YEI TI E1. T VOLUME I. RUTHERFORDTON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1830. NUMBER M ' , , , i . i - i . I v.- r ' . 1 " ' -' '-'I i. 7rt a r: PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING," BY - ROSWELL ELMER Jr. rrrms ar nvbscrwtion. Two dollars and fifty rents, per, annum, if paid in advance? or three dol- lars, if paid withm the year: but if delayed after . I the close of' the year," twenty-five 'cents 11 will be added. '; ; ' . ' . ' : . ' - " No paper will 'discontinued until all arreara : gen are paid, or at the discretion of the publisher. Advertisements inserted on the usual terms. All persons advertising will please note the.num , Iter of times they wish to. have them inserted, or . theyKvill be continued and taxed accordingly. ! fr NOTICE TO MINERS. ft HE subscriber claims theTtght of invention JL i to the CAST IRON PLATES' or SIVE3 i used for the purpose of "separating Alluvial Gold r from the auriferous earth and pebbles: and here by forbids jail persons from making or using said Plates or bives as he intends applying for a Patent. T. W. A. SUMTER. -V iHfrisbttrg. Bufke Co.3Iarchg7, 1830. 7tf ; AVHO . WANTS MONEY. fin II r: Commissioners of the HICKORY-NUT w' JL UAP ROAD, have let that part of the road nifirked by them "below Wm. Porter's to Ljobson Freeman's,", to Robinson Freeman ; the contract to be completed on the lGth of October next. ' The AGRICULTURAL. MThe agricultural interest of our country is es- sentially connected with every other, and superior in importance to them alL A. Jackson s Message. I ON ORCHARD GRASS, A's adapted to the&oilandclimaleofNorthCarolina. lxt 08 pieces ot itoad, marked iorr alteration ana improvement, at the Stand Ridge, above 'Washing ton Harris', and from the Island Ford, above John Davenport's, to Vm. L.edbetter's, are still uridispos- ed of, and now offered for contract at private sale. " All persons' desirous of making some money, at a leisure time after they lay by their crops, would do well to examne these alterations and make pro posals to; the Commissioners, or either of therft, ' impiedlately, asthese contracts will be let in a short time. Bond and .security will be required for tliOreompletion of the work- and the Road to be finished on the lGth of October next. The money wiy be paid beyond all doubt according to ((jiitfjjct s'r' 1 it JAMES GRAHAM, ) Commis- ' T. F. BIRCH ETT, Isioners. ' J Rntherfprdton, March 18, 1630. . , 5tf ; BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY. mtT AURIC E M'CARTHY, & Co. inform their I JjfJLL-friends and the public at large, that they in j. tend carrying on theabove business, in Rutlierford- I ton; on a larger scale than lias heretofore been done . that they will keep 'constantly on-'rnrnd " a good assortment of Northern Leather which will be made 7 up to order, in the neatest and most serviceable manner. 1 All orders sent by mail or othenvise will be promptly attended to. : . ' ' : A number of good workmen vill irieet with constant employment and liberal wages. ' J Rut he rfordtoiy March, 18,183tf:,.--. tf5', POCKET BOOK' LOST. ;." TT, O ST by the subscriber on the 5th inst. in pass - ILj ing from Tattons' Store, in Burtie;to Moore's Mills, in Rutherford, a POCKET BOOK, which lad in it $ in different banknotes beside some - ?mall change; among tlie notes were two of $5 and " three or four of $2; and the others are not recollect- ed. The Pocket Book contained several notes of hand, two on Elizabeth Wilkins, one for $125 as well as can be recollected, there were several cred- its on the note.--the other of 55,50, according to the best recollection ; a. note on Daniel Blanton due Elizabeth Wilkins for $15 with a credit of five .dollars ; a note on Granderson Blanton due Green ' B. Palmer, for $10 with accredit -of five dollars ; a " . note on Ureen 11 faimer lor asio,; a duebui ,ojt Hezckiah H'ilkins for $27; and otlier papers, a- rnong which is an old grant made to JHathew uaty lor 100 acres of land. A drove ol negroes were com- irtgJdow n Cane Creek on the lay of the loss, & it is tho't some of them may have picked it up. Any per son who may find said pocket book or any f ie pa pers, and return them to the subscriber .shall be '.well rewarded. All persons are hereby warned egainst trading for said notes' or papers. . -! "' r.-:- ' REUBEN WILKINS. . Irvincsville, IVIarch 8, 1830. , - tfi I It is about eight years since the Orchard Grass was introduced on my farmj and the experience of every year, increases my opinion of its value, cor the information of the farmers of this state, I will give some: account of the valuable properties of this grass, which induce me.tcMhink it well adapted to the greater portion of the soil and climate of North Carolina. N The Orchard Grass grows "rapidly, and uDohlsoils too much exhausted to bring clover it resists the hoof and the tooth, and bears the frosts of our winters j and drought of our summers, better than any other;; from this circumstance, it affords the earliest and latest pasturage It is a monst the most nutritious food for fat- tening cattle and milch cows; for sheep pasture it is unequalled, as even in pur cli mate jt affords an abundant bite through out the winter. 1 v . As orchard grass is a very early, as al so a late grass, it ought to be cut for hay while; in blossom; it sunered to grow lon ger, it4)ecomes harsh and coarse. From experience, I am well convinced that Or chard Grass when' cut in the proper sea son, makes the best of hay f and after pro ducing a heavy crop of hay, it affords the best of pasturage until Christmas. It is not adapted to Wet jlands, but thrives best in dry high' lands, Hence its great value for makiug highland meadows. Either a red, grey or tolerable sandy soil, seems to be wellradapted to it. I would advise, all those i who first attempt the cultivation of this grass to begui upon a small scale and let their, lots be well manured in high land, and the grass was eat down till 2lRh March. On 16th July, it wasjagain cut this was six pounds; or at the rate of 8166 lbs. of green food peracrc. YVhen well cured into very fine hay, it weighed one pound and one eigthorat the rate of 1531 tins second cuttmg oi tins valuable crass T From the Turf Register. . I ! Cincinnati, Dec. 20, 1S29. ; : Mr.. Editpr I once -purchased in the province of Texas, from some Spaniards, a beautiful three ;car old stallion ; the condition of the purchase was, that the lbs. of dry foodto theicre. So that orsJ 6tl0uia be caught and rode ; lrom the dexterity of the '.Spaniard in throwing I as yet, of bat three deaths, which occuma among the negroes at Mr. Bruce e try ttfC-v fall of the chimney, after the house had blown over them, without doing any in'-' jury. . l ncre was in - otner piacef , inan ' - hair breadth escapes, for it freqncntly though it made less of green food than on the 16th of 31ay, At turned out more ot cu red hay. From seventeen months culture of this srrass, I must conclude it would be of essential benefit to a southern planter as a winter and spring pasture." I . Second experiment. "The grass cal led Orchard Grass, has been found valu able for grazing, as will appearby the fol io wing experiment. One of your poinr mittee some years back; sowed a small lot with this grass, which came up too thin, the seed being bad ; but notwithstanding this, he pastured it all seasons of the year with cattle, horses and sheep, for tfcri or twelve years ; he then cultivated the lot in corn, ana some buncoes were to be seen it for. some years after it bad been! tlius pened that houses were blown down ovcri x or eiirut neirroes. wunout edt -omei i , suffering than some slight bruises. ' Upo: in cultivated. We may therefore presume that this grass, sown a ; proper-, thickness, m good strong ground, would b very durable and valuable for. crazing. the rope, (or lasso) the first part of the con tract was soon accomplished, although not und one Spaniard was nearly tram pled into the earth by the charge of more than twOj hundred head of literally wild horses; and Smother Spaniard, who held one end of the rope that was attached to the horse I had selected, was by the im petus of the charge, thrown and dragged more than one hundred yards, tne rojie being in a slip noose, became so. tighten ed, the animal at length checked up, for want of breath ; a blind'was then placed over his eyes, an additional rope secured to his' fore foot, and preparations were then made to saddle him. Mr. B. a gen tleman from Tennessee, who'uccoinpan- ied me oii the tour, observed that if a pen Idatnaged. A number of fixy x or eight negroes, without any - other i r taking a survey of 'the w hole scene, tlicso F escapes seem truly miraculous. One twA fortunate individual lo$t every house; largo . and small on hisplanudbn, from l'ivr;r Dten snugiy Miuaxea, xn one momt ritj; a twinkling of ati eye, his tenementtcn converted ' into: a : vreck ;forilliialfit,-'f and his" daughter wer2 vin the only it o three feet sou are in th5vhoL, - . ..i i which afforded any sccurirj who was carried otr with the ixm Ier floor, sufiered no violencf limb. The crops of tobacco subjected .to the rage of tbj Were fortunately high in ora great deal disfigured, .were it hearty jand thoroughly cleansed from all other grasses and. noxious weeds, by eith er a corn, cotton, or pea crop let thocrop be removed, the land thoroughly plough ed and pulverised i the seed sown and har rowed in. , The seed should always be sown in the fall either in September or ear ly in Ootober,"and it is the best to sow the seed alone as jt will come on mirth more rapidly and take better root, to preserve it against being thrown 'out by the frosts of the winter or killed the succeeding sum mer by a long spell Ot dry weather. I. al ways sow two bushels of Orchard Grass j seed to the acre, or as nearly so as can be ascertained. Thisquantity is by some far mers 'deemed too much, but I am satisfied of the contrary, for it cannot well be too thick fand if a smaller quantity is sown, it does not cover the ground, but grows. into large tussocks, supposed by many to be its natural propensity, but occasioned in tact, trom being too thinly sown. 1 he seed being remarkably , light, re quires a calm day and great nicety m sow ing ; a cast of more than 4 feet shoultj hot be sown at a time, which should be mark- My impression is, that if ths valuable grass was extensively cultivated in this and the other southern states, it would open, a new source of profit and independence'. GEORGE W. JEFFREY, j American Silk, The Precurseur, pa per published at Lyons, in France, men tions that samples; of Philadelphia j silk have been assayed in that city, with the most favorable results. The assay was made at the request of the Chamber of Commerce : and the following is a notice tjoncermng it, which will naturally inter j est many of our readers. O I ' "THio ncaar tnnlr ' rdni ot about twentv-hve leet diameter was constructed, he would engage to hde him, and furthermore, could, in two hours, teach him to move at the, word, stahd, wheel, kneeL and- if forty drums were beating, to passtlirough them at his com mand. 1 : - j . Our curiosity was consequently much excited, j and all joined with alacrity in collecting loirs. Doks. brush, &c. and in mm w stacks, have" been scatters winds, t The timber,: have been, prostrated, and even th. sapling could scarce resist the shockVio enable you to estimate more correctly vilio i mighty force of the storm, I will 6tatc, tliaty the gable end of a large tobacco barn was borne almost entire, nearly a quarter of a - V, le a long and heavy plate ot a bouse. ini 6 by 10 inches, was earned two hundred, thirty vmiuutes we completed a pen around yards, and then shivered into a thousandv the horse.: Our friend then cut four rods splinters shingles have been found near ' of about ten feet in length, leaving the twigs on the top end, aud one other switch ot tour teet ineuorse was looiseneu, auu I the blind removed.1 A single dash against the sides of the pen, proved to him his liberty was curtail- i three quarters of a mile from the house to which they belonged the tops of the Jar gest pine trees, with a considerable nor- " tion of the body , were sported with aj feathers. One more circumstonce I mutt j ed then with ears and tail erect, boldly hty, and jeopardize tlie credit of tlifl DR. 0. W. SCHENCK ! ed out by staKes m a straight line or .by TTJ) ESPECTFULLY' infoJmT the citizens of straight turrows laid off by ad fixpenenced JaM, ltuth0rlord County, that he has establifehed ploughman. This grass should not be ilumsell, as a practitioner ot Medicine, m .Kutherr 7 j tne fit vear ofter sowing, exeent . 7 r y x - fordton : and has taken the room formerly occupied I ? .. , , ,,6' , r -1W ir. Sobipflfclin at Mr. MAfc' wiihU PY smau caives uie secono ana unra years he found ; except when engaged on professional or J iCwfll spread and thicken, and take such other duties. I I a firm hold on the soil.' as to hear without vThe assay took place recently upon a sample prepared, by Mr. d'Homergue, of ;Nismes, son of Louis d'Homergue, late proprietor of a, splendid filature of silk in said town. r 7 J , j ltresuits trom tne assay, publicly exe cuted at Lyons, by Pierre Mazel, licensed assay er of silk, hat the raw silk obtained in Philadelphia is . of an extraordinary quality, and is admirably adapted to all the uses of fabrication, its degree of fine ness is 16 dwt..so that it would produce singles of 50 dwt., or'ganzine of 32, and tram Or wool silk of 30, a quality of-; silk extremely rare in our country. American silk is fine, good regular, clean, of a! fine color, and, in a word; it unites all! the qualities that can be wished for. Its mar ket price in the state of raw silk, iwell realed, according to its different qualities, and' well prepared, would be 26 francs a pound, and the sale of it at Lyons would be "very easy, particularly if there was a constant supply 6T bales weighing from 100 to 150 podnds. j .The Chamber cf Commerce loses no time in publishing information so satisfac tory. They' ought, more than 'ever, to excite the Americans to plant mulberry trees and raise silk a kind of industry that will afford great advantages to .both countries, and may in future give birth to establishments of-various kinds, and be' a new source of wealth to the United States. fronting us, he snorted defiance. Mr. li. now entered tlie ipen, and as the horse would move irom mm, ne wouiu gcnuy approach, at length placing him'stli m the Oeutre of the enclosure, he commenced his first lesson, which was "forward and if the order was not instantly obeyed, a slight twich on the rump would -iiUircc the ordcr. This, was repentedi several timts when the animal became perfectly obe dient; the next command was,"ypproach," belhhment and tfltct ; Imt the tint communication, for it can be well atter ted : A pine tree, that would squaf foot, was broken off halfway auwTu body, carried like a javelin before wind two hundred yards, then driven i'jfx the ground so firmly, that it was twisted off again, and the top blown to some dis- J tance furtlier; the tump part could not'' U moved by two men. This 561? considers bit officiion. thrown in for 1 NOTICE.. '' SpH7IIERE4LSl JOSEPH LAYPOLE .wai 17 bound to me by the County Court of Pleas nn.a M.uarier oe&sions 01 Lincoln uoonty, ana ne tne, said Joseph having ran off from me, I do hereby forwarn any . person from harboring the said Jo seph. MARTIN ZIMMERMAN. . . Lihcolnton, N..C. March 9, 1830. ; 3t4. . . LAND FOR SALE.. WO LOTS in the tovn of Rutherfordton, joining the M.ain-treet, one Front Lot con taining one acre of ground, and is one half.Jhe square formerly held by Mrs. Gilbert. . Also 3H or 54 acres adjoining the town lands, surrounding the Academy, on which Js a field of 8 or 10 acres cleared and enclosed with a good fonce. for terms inquire of Mr, Jacob. Michal of this town, or the subscriber. ! " VI I . i i ANDRE V LOGAN. harmj the heaviest attacks of the tooth and hoof. ! As to its . permanency, no experi ence haslet been able to say to what num ber of years it will reach. . The following circumstance, otten reterred to, would seem to establish its permanency. Near ly thirty years ago a lot near Ellicott's Mills'jiwas sown with Orchard Grass, and for several years, fine crops of hay. were cut fron it ; however from neglect the fen cing got out of repair, and the lot wastunr- ed out into the common, -'exposed to .the whole stock of the village1 for a number of years.! The proprietor again took the Nat. Lit. . The Cotton Cleaner, ' This is a ma chine invented bv Mr. James Gilliam, of Greenville, for removing the dirt and trash from Seed Cotton, and for which 4ie has obtained a patent. The purposes of th invention are tliiis explained by the paten tec'. - y 1"-' ' ; ' ' --1 1 !- The Cleaner may . be attached to the gearing of a Cotton gin, and i run &t jh& and the switch was applied with consider- able vigor, before the horse could so far overcome his fears as to approach as near as Mr. h, desired J but finding no peace (from the application of the rod,) except near the person of Mr. 11. who always forbore the use of it whenever the horte manifested a disposition lo approach, he became so obedient tliat when the word was given, he would run his nose under the arniot'histeacherr. shaking a homl kercluef or hat, at first, would frighten hun off; but the prompt application of the rod soon induced him to j overcome his fears; bear skin's wer? then produced and rattled around Mr. B.; but at the word the horse would pass through them to reach the person of Mr. 15. Our friend then raised himself, on the sides of the pen, and giving the command to approach, he laid his hand, hat or leg, on the back of the horse, and every manifestation of fear, or departure from the command was followed by the switch, at length seating 1 ic r l- : It,. 1 L himseii nriniy on uie auunai o uucn., c was rode round the pen. , AH ot winch was aroninlislM4-4; .V? than an hour - - - - -; 4 . - ItV trom the time he conih.. the scene if it could be properly depictl,V M as too lull ol sublimity to require aty false coloring. The oldest inhabitants f this country, have neflr witnessed astorn winch would, in point of violence and the r N damage it has done, compare fo nearly, with the tornado of tropical latitudes. - I am, very respectfully, ' , ' A CITIZEN OF ILlUFAX " COK,h iccd operations. 'Ihe Spaniards wluv witnessed it cx- same time that the gin is at work, as March 1,1830. 3tf ly requires about a half horse power to management of the property, a few years clean from 3000 to 6000 lbs. per day. It separates the dirt and trash Irom the Cot ton, and prepares it for the Gin; -and it has been observed that the Gin- does not cut the staple of the CottOn so'niuch to nieces after passing through as it ' does pressed to one ol -ilieu American acquain tances a djsliketo Mr. B. as one who was too intimate with the devil. The subdu ing effects' of the rodj.gendy and judi ciously' applied, was scr instantaneously and extraordinary and so different from LVii'ellift)Bual rough and spirit breaking .Pa. . : .1 : 1 1. ne pncUitif treatment, uiai 11 requireu iruu- ago, aiid, without sowing a grain of seed, I has annually cut fine and heavy crops of hay from it. Judge reters ( President of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society) first called '.my attention to the importance of induce superhuman aid exercised. : J. C. L. v V NOTICE. K LL persons indebted to the estate ofTHOS. N. PETTIS, deceased.' are requested to make payment immediately fand all those having cultivating this grass j and his letter under without it. Therefore this machine pre- demands asatnsi saia esxaie are reuuesiea 10 urine 1 , . - -. , . . -.a-, 1 1 .1 . 1 .1 irur. if 1. them lorwwd legally authenticaW iorettlement: aateOLiuarcn isuoi,, wnere nesays,inat serves tne siapie oi u.e uuOIi.ana orusu- h has cultivated it tor a nenod otmore than ui una uv mivu Aumwuj. ivwij- . i . . x - - r 3wpd4 JUxlN;H X. . FORD, AdminuVr. fortv vears, and prefers" it decidedlv to all Rutherlbrd, March 8 1KJ0. - ftthpr brasses forunlands. The following- experiments made m csouth Carolina, in the cultivation' of this grass, would seem to prove it to be well adapted to our south ern states: ;v The seed -was planted in February, 1820, ind the grass was but little effected by the severe cold during, the late winter and spring. Upon 16th May, 1821, 1 cut one row ot the , Orchard larass, lb teet long, which weighed 7 pounds in its green state, and when Well cured into hay, one n'.i rA Rcinr nlnntpd in ro.ws hm fpp.t apart, ityieioeo at ine rate ot more man 6500 lbs." of green food , and 1361 lbs. of good hay at this cutting. The land is rich W; vNOTICE. ; v - LL person indebted to the estate of BEN JAMIN HERNDON.deceased, are request ed to-make pay ment immediately and. 'all those - having demanojj against said estate are requested :, to bring them forward legally authenticated for set tlement, or this will be plead hi bar of their recov ery. JOHN S. FORD, Admire I V3wpd4 CESILY HERNDON, trcdw: -t UutherforJ, March 8, 1830. -; . A1 ; NOTICE. LL persons are forwarned removing ny timber, or other depredations on the lands o in the, county of Rutherford, adjoining the town of mneriuruion, unaer me Penalty ol law in sucu cases. REUBEN D. FOLDING, Asent for JOHN L. B1TTUSVG. from cutting or :ommittmg any f John L." Bitting, es-off the stain that collects on it from re maining in the field under heavy falls of rain-consequently it is restored to its na tural state, and in market it will command a higner price. The farmer can have at least one third more picked out per day, with the same number of hands. ' -Mr. Gilliam has disposed of the right of using the machine in the States of South Carolina and Georgia, to Mr. Nathan Berry, of Reedy Fork,' Greenville Dis trict, (S. C.) who offers the right to md vidualsi Districts, or Counties, at a . price- so low as to place it within tne reach ot almost every mrmer. intormation re specting the utility of the machine,r&. may be obtained by addressing Mr. Ber ry, at Reedy t ork. Lharleston Cour. j From the CberoLee Pbornix.1 The Indian Committees' in both hou?cs of Congress have reported, recommeud-1 nig, as vc anticipate, the-' removal of thef Indians to tlie tvrttof the Jilississippu-- x The question is therefore now. open'for, v ditcufcsioii, and soon wc thall hear what. is to become of us. The criEis is at hand., AY ill justice prevail! "Will honor and phglied faith be regarded, and the poor Indians uc smeiued irom oppreseionl . 'Ihctc are momentous questions' which must in a very short time receive a prac-ticalnnswer.- If justice prrvails, the Indi ans wdl assuredly be protected. .But Jf treaties are disregarded and declared of no validity, as many high in office have already done, then indeed tball we be de livered oyer to our enemies it matter not whether wc hide ourselves in the wes tern praines our enemies will have to difficulty in finding us there. If therefor wc are to be sacrificed, let the bloody tra 1.1'. - gtay De accompiisneci here,, on our own native soil, around the graves of.cur-fathers, and in the view of the pr oplc cf thi uiiutu 3 liiics. jlijc irtMKJ people 01 iris leiice than was then presented to . - . a pV V i- J. , ' . I boasting rtpuhhc ma ttand and a belief that there 'was. not some I. " .O. " GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. .From the Jeffersonian Republican.1 Meadsville, Halifax Co. a. .11 u ictu loon l Mr. Editor A narrow section of our country, about a quarter of amile in width, and fifteen 'or twenty miles in length, was visited on the evening of the 7th inst. by most alarming and destructive hum- cane, it was accompanied wun an unu sal decree ! of thunder and lightning for and commenced the season., and commenced its ravages tome four orfive miles south of thi3 place, I done contrary to our wishes and in Uie oppretive acts of Georgia, comet ;. or not, as they pleaj-e, to our destrcctL: ,' li wdl not reqiure their aid to detxioj us they need only stand still Georgia can accomplish her design easily But there will be a reckoning hereafter. ; : . It is said, however, that the G (iovlri.niint and the state of Geo! not contemplate using force.1 "V:'- never intimated that open force resorted to this ould be too bai but measures are in operation wh lects upon us are tlie tame as thi compulsion. The object is our rci aud if it is ever accomplished, it mi driving with incredible furv from S. V. e . : , . - . ..- to N. E. t raising from their foundations, almost indiscriminately, every negro cabin, tobacco barn, stable, or other low bodied houses, ,and depriving the firmly construe- uons, Dy means wnicn honor arid jl must forever reprobate.. lt makes n ference whether we are ousted it the r sivemeasures it is the same tbmc tv H v 1 ! 1 1 V I I 1 ted framed houses, of poarches, roofs, or I us, and with the public to kr.ow it. T f f will you,with a relentless hand, eatinguii;. all our rising ejpectationlil ; - ' ' chimneys ;: and in some few instances, upsetting them, or moving them from their: original positions. "Wc have heard K 'i :. ! .' ; ' s. " Z 'l f ' : ' 1 V V v ! i V. !- v
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