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SFffllE- WIEISEMI PRINTED BY H. S. NOBLE, 8ALEM, STOKES CO. NORTH-CAROLINA JOHIf C. BLUM, PROPRIETOR. VOL. I. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1829. NO. 15. IS rIXTXD A!fD FCBLIBHID ZTZKT TC8DAT K0K5ISO. TERMS Our Dollar per annum, jf paid in advance ; Q51 Dollar and 25 Cxhts, at the end ofsix months ; but if not paid within the year, the price will be Ose Dollar and Fiftt CrsTS. " ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at fifty cents per square for the first insertion, and twenty-fire cents for each succeeding week. AH letters on business must be post paid, or they will not be attcn&l to. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SAIiTJ. nnilE Subscribers will gell,C 1 IL without fail, at Mocksville, on Friday, the 15th day of May next, on accommodating terms, the most valuable Plantation in the county of Rowan. The tract is situated in the Forks of the Yadkin, on Cedar creek, and contains between Four and Five Hundred Acres. The dwelling-house is new and commodious, with suitable out-houses, and a 3tillHouse ; the plantation is in excellent repair. The healthiness of the situation and superior fertility of the soil, gives this plantation a fair preference, for all the purposes of agriculture, over any in the county. Also, will be sold at the same time, the Tarrrn House in Mocksville, accommodaUU with stables, a garden. &c. being as eligible a situation for that business as any. in the county ; and two other Houses and Lots in Mocksville. Persons wishing to purchase, may call upon the subscribers at any tun before the day of sale. J.D.JONES,. 13." G. JONES, March 16, 1829. IStCi JNO. CLEMENT. I VAXLXETT. LAND FOR SALE. WISH to sell the Plantation whereon I now reside, Ivinsr on the road generally called " Cucumber Road," leading from Sa- 'lem to Randolph C. House, on the waters of South Fork, about 4 miles-south of balera, in fctokes county . The tract of Land contains about 200 acres, of which a bout0 acres, including an excellent meadow and a well s Wtprf fruit nrrhard. are in a ffood state of cultivation ; the balance is woodland, and a great part low grounds, inferior .. nr. ;n ootlnn nf country. The Mill Seat on this almost never failing stream, the South Fork, adds, and is of no small importance to its value. The improvements con sist of a dwelling-house, barn, stables, and other out-houses, ostly new and in good order. Those inclined to purchase, are invited to call and view the premises, and learn further particulars. JONATHAN WILLIAMS. March 13, 1829. 2m20n , " STATE OF RORTH-CAROLINA, STOKES COUNTV. Court of Pleat and Quarter Sessions March Term, 1329. Elisha Mendenhall vs. , Attachment. Christopher Swaim' ) IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the de fendant in this case is not an inhabitant of this State, or that he so absconds or conceals himself that the ordinary pro cess of law cannot be served on him : It is therefore ordered, that publication be made in the Weekly Gleaner, for six weeks, for Christopher Swaim to appear at our next Court, on the second Monday of June, and plead or demur, other wise final judgment will be entered against him. MATTHEW R. MOORE, c. c. BY COSSTASTISE L. BA5SEB, D. C. Gcnnanton, llth March, 1829. I7t pr. adv. SI 7- State of North-Carolina Stokes County. March Term, 1820. IT appearins to the Court, that a negro man who cajls him self John Baker, has been confined in jail for 12 months, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that notice has been given in the State Gazette according to law : It is therefore ordered by the Court, that the Sheriff of this Coun 1? make sale yf thn said runawav negro according to raw. ( MATTHEW It. MOORE, c. c. By C.4L- Bjlkmk, D. C. Pursuant to the abore order of Court, I shall otTer the above mentioned negro tor sale, for ready money, to the highest bidder, at the Court-House door in Gcnnanton,- on the second Monday of June next. S. STONE, Shtrif. Sheriff Office, March 9, ts22 pr. adv. 2 ti From the Troy Sentinel. Great Guns, Great Bells, Great Eels. A friend has picked up the following facts in the course of his reading, which he obligingly hands us to give ?a riety to our columns. Great Guns. The great cannon at Moscow is 18 1-2 feet long ; 10 inches thick in the metal ; and a man may fit upright in its calibre. The Basal isk at Dover, Eng. is 23 fet long, car ries a 100 lb. shot, and requires 18 lbs. powder. This is an error. The same work (article Ord nance) states that this enormous gun is called Queen Ann's Pocket Pistol, and is a GO pounder. A cannon near Lisbon is 20 feet 7 inches long, its diameter at the middle is 6 feet 3 inches, it throws a ball of 100 lbs. Mount Meg, in the Tower of London, is an 80 pounder. There is an SO pounder in the Arsenal at Berlin, named the Thunderer, and another at Ma laga, called the Terrible. There are two 00 pounders at Bremen called the Messengers of Bad News. There is a 70 pounder at Rome, made of the nails which fastened the copper plates that covered the ancient Pantheon. . The largest cast gun existing is of brass, at Bei japoor, called the Lord of the Plain. It is supposed it was .intended for stone balls. An iron shot of the propersize would weigh 2G00 pounds. The) Emperor Charles V. had 12 large cannon cast wnich he called the Twelve Apostles. . Great Bells. There is a large bell in St. Ivan's church at Moscow ; it is 40 feet 9 inches in circum ference, 1G 1-2 inches thick, and weighs more than 47 tons ; equal to 105,280 lb. The great bell of Moscow is 07 feet 4 inches in circumference or a diameter of 22 feet 5 inches. It is 21 feet 4 inches high, the thickest part is 23 inches, the weight is estimated at about 444,000 lbs. If this broken and useless mountain of metal was sold at 3s. per lb. it would amount to 66,565. ster ling, of 295,548. Great Eels. In Mauritius it is said there are eels in a certain lake more than 20 feet in length, weighing 80 lbs. Clarke's Travels. A WOODENLEGGED COW. One of the fore legs of a Cow, the property of Mr. Little, of Herresford, in Cornwall,, was acciderrt ly broken some time ago, and Mr. Little being un willing to kill it, had the leg amputated just below the knee joint, and the part being perfectly healed, a pad and leg were braced on, and the poor animal now walks about, lies down, and rises with much fa cility. English paper. This is nothing to -the story of the N. England Cow, who, when her sight began to fail her, was, by her benevolent master accommodated with a pair of spectacles. It was said that the sight of the poor animal was so much improved by this experiment, that she could actually see to stitch wristbands. COURAGE. Lightning was in his eye. His step was firm, But stealthy as a tiger's ; and his limbs, Stirr'd like'the springing steel. His left hand held The instrument of death, and on his breast Th insisnia of his deadly trade were crossed. Look ! he has marked his victim, and bis form Stoops to a keener gaze. On step by step ! Near and still nearer ! It will answer now ! Slowly he raises up his sinewy fprm, And stands a giant. Dreadfully minute His deadly preparation all is done ! A moment a keen flash and to the fround Falls the unconscious robin ! Hail ! brave man ! Second Hand Coffins The following curious handbill has been stuck up at Whitehaven : " Har dy and Company, Second Hand Coffin Warehouse,. No. 18, Fox-lane, having been several years agent for supplying Dublin and Edinburg Colleges with bodies, they hare had the opportunity of collecting a large assortment of coffins of every size and des criptions, which they purpose selling atfeduced pric es for ready money. Also all kinds of human bonesr coffins, &c. bought sold, or exchanged. Orders will be received at the warehouse, . or the furniture shop, Market place. N:B. Best prices given for perfect bodies. , - Errors Excepted. The Alabama-Telegraph, un der the head of ' Mistakes Rectified,' states, that "It having been shewn to the satisfaction of the Legislature of Alabama, that sundry females of this State had committed mistakes, and married men who were not originally intended for them (though it is said that matches are mad in Heaven !) Acts have been passed declaring eleven of such marriages votdr and giving the parties .-opportunity of correc ting the errors of their ' youth.'' Drawn by conceit from reason' plan, How vain is that creature, nun ! How, pleas'd is every naltrr elf To prate about that thing, himsclC Churchill. MR. LEWIS WILLIAMS; MOM THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Extract from a letter, dated Washington, FeVry 19A, 1829 " You ask me whether Mr. Williams, so long Chairman of the Committee of Claims, was displac ed by Mr. Speaker Stevenson on party grounds, and express some displeasure at the supposed injus tice. The displeasure was natural on the supposi tion that the fact existed ; but it was not as you ap prehend. Mr. Williams was not displaced from the station which he so long and honorably sustain ed, but was prevented by severe indisposition from arriving at Washington until some time after tho Committees were arranged. . It is not usual,- you know, to appoint any member on a committee unless he is in attendance upon Congress Whatever dif ference may have existed between the Speaker and Mr. Williams, in regard to the Presidential question, there is no want of personal respect between them. Independent, high spirited men, they form their own opinions, and take their own course,, but this in no degree impairs the mutual esteem which per sonally exists, resulting from a proper appreciation of each other's ability and motives. Had Mr W. been here, no ose doubts but that he would, as ay matter of course, have been appointed to his former station. Mr. Williams has been- a member of Congress I believe, for fourteen years during twelve of which he presided as chairman , of the Committee on Claims, one of the most important committees in the House. It is, in fact, a sort of Chancery tribunal, to which arc referred claims thai may be just, but which are not strictly legal At the close of the war, a vast many such claims were presented.. The du ties of the committee were extremely laborious. A fcllow lodger w ith Mr. W. told me, he has often known him, while other members of the House were at the President's levees or other parties of pleasure, go to, his room with a mass of papers, document affidavits, accounts, the mot uninviting business possible, and devote nearly the whole night, with the most persevering assiduity, until the whole mass of the matter was unravelled, and his report prepare ed to submit to the committee in the morning. To this indefatigable labor, directed and enlightened by extensive knowledge of men and the affairs of life, regulated by legal knowledge and sound princi ples and judgment, it is owing that the decisions of that committee obtained in the House and through out the nation, a respect bordering on perfect con fidence. 1 Ought the. claim to be allowed t' ' There
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