Western Carolinian

              whs«ib i©i\]b<d!motaso published liy kihder ct bingham s.l\.lfcb\:\l ttimhax witty.ittyv tt 1 1sio o i vo 28 th wrstknf cvnoi.isiln is published every tues ilav at tiutkl dollars per annum payable s-ttrfi annually in advance amendment of our constitution the people look to the legislature for authority to pro ceed there can be no question however that a right to act upon the subject without the intervention of a legislative sanction re sides in the people this is one of the rights of which under a free government the peo ple cannot be divested but the same intel ligence and correct judgment by which they acquire a full knowledge of the wrongs which they suffer will direct them in the selection of means to be employed in obtaining redress a legislative body of liberal views and sound republican principles would not lu-sitate un der present circumstances to submit the ques tion to the people of the state though the members of the legislature mav again-denv that a convention is called for by a majority ol our citizens and again refuse their assent to a measure which would ascertain the pub lic will : yet thc friends of liberty may look forward with confidence to a period iind that not far distant when the voice of the people will be too distinctly heard to be misunder stood or disregarded — fayettevilie gazette at philadelphia the navy yard contains 11 acres to low water mark and cost 37,000 dollars at washington tbe navy yard is situated on the east i'i-n branch ofthe river potomack contains 37 acres anil cost 4000 ilollars hoard for the management thereof which was referred to a committee nf the whole ancl made the order of the day for tuesday next ; but has not yet been taken up mr locke from ihe judiciary commit tee to whom was referred the bill to alter the mode of paying clerks in certain casts made an unfavorable report and the bill was reject ed tj*no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will become responsible fir thc payment of hine papers shall receive a tenth gratis anveittisements vv ill be inserted on the customary terms at uospoi-t the naw yard contains 16 acres altd ci sl 12,000 dollurs besides the above the united states own the following property grover'a island in the state of georgia estimated to contain from 300 to 350 acres purchased dec 19 1799 for 7,5 10 dollars itjackbcard island in the same state contains about 16:)0 acres purchased may 2 1800 for 15,000 dollars qesides 78 lots of ground situated in th precincts of new-orleans estimated to be worth 369,000 dollars — and some other property at backet's harbour — there are near 20 navy agents employed by govcrntn it no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for ir its pav meal assumed 1 some person in this town or its vicinity mr i also made a report on the resolu tion referred to the same committee to en quire into the expediency of repealing thei law of 180fy requiring all gilts of slaves to i be in writing stating it to be the opinion ofl the committee that it was inexpedient to al-l ter the law on this subject which was concur i with.h c^all letters to the editors must bc post-paid or they will not be attended to ws\i\uivy ai.kxaxnui a n c nov 23 arrived yesterday in this town at live store of messrs gibson s luptnii kiiir street the w;i jon and ream of robert vv hamilton esq from hamilton mills near winchester va with a load of fift y-fve barrels of flour weighing me ven uiuusund eight hundred and seventy-nine pounds the team is composed of six horses ; and the distance which they drew this astonishing lo.ul lightij miles tbe weight of the waggon as certained ft the hay scales is 2,314 pounds which added to lhat of the flour makes the sum total 14 793 a freight of upwards of 2,460 pounds to each horse cj elegant ezxtract.jza~a rt?oni^t lire 4 — on motion of mr eonard the judiciary committee were in structed to enquire into the expediency of passing a law to prevent persons from dispos ing of their property clandestinely mr locke from the judiciary committer made a report on a petition from haywood county praying a repeal of thc supreme court svstem ; ancl on a resolution instructing the committee to enquire into the expediency of reducing the salary of the judges of said court to s2000 concluding vvith the following resolution : sir john suckling used to say : " i pity the poet who has to write fov his bread i pity the man who lias fallen into the hand of a pettifog i;ing attorney i pity thc man who is married to ;. scold unless lie is deaf i pity thc woman vvho i married to a rakish spouse unless she is blind 1 pity the man who is in debt ancl would pay if lie could i pity the man who can boast of a long pedigree sir john says no farther hut were nee to add a pity to the list it would bc this : we pity thc printer who after he has ear ned his scanty slipend stands but one chance in three of getting it the fiist time hc calls areas of tme states mr edct : in the feel vital republican of yesterday you give from lhe mos-on gazette a table shewing the number of square miles in seventeen of the united states the bos ton editor having furnished so much con cludes by the assertion that the square miles of the remaining states are not ascertained this is to be taken i hope as the measure of his own attainments but sir it does not follow because the boston editor can go no further that the square miles of the states omitted in the table hive not been ascertained i venture the assertion that they are more certainly ascertained and more generally known than the square miles of the states given excepting perhaps ohio such tables are al very interesting when accurately cal culated ; and it is to be regretted that editors do not more frequently publish for thc infor mation of their readers those which relate to the dimensions and population ofthe different states and territories i take the liberty of completing the table of square miles which you are at liberty to use or not according to your own discretion it may not be unwor thy of remark that from so much as you have already published it appears that the state ot maine is larger than all the new-england states together many other interesting facts will be found on an inspection of thejollow — ■ v1uim the ke_.cu.-l uk pl buck singular as the fact is it was discovered by many of the citizens of our town that the horses so far frun being wearied on several occasions absolutely trotted through the streets the length of the waggon is twenty six feet eight inches and made by george hostcyon of winchester for strength and workmanship it is perhaps equal lo any thing of the kind ever con structed in the slate of virginia mr hamilton the proprietor of this extraor dinary team and loud we conceive is entitled to much c reify his indefatigable attention to the improve n i ii.t of his horses is amply evitieedyby this amazing evidence of their strength it vvill ny doubt he recollected that this team ascended t/ie elite kmqe and crossed the shenandoah river both of which are esteemed difficult and danger ous parts i the road — lit can_h_uin_^_^_^_^_^_m resolved that the prayer of the said petition be not allowed : and that it is inexpedient to reduce thc salary of the indies of tht supreme court a division of the question being called for the first part was agreed to without a division the last part was carried 34 to 23 mr l from the same committee also made a favorable report on two resolutions instruct ing said committee to enquire into the expe diency of dividing the state into two addi tional circuits and allowing the judges sloo for every court they attend which being read was made the order of the day for wednes day tuesday nr.c s — on motion of mr sho i ber the judiciary committee were instructed to enquire into the expediencv of modifying the acts touching the trial of slaves in cap i ital cases as far as relates to the qualification of jurors on motion of mr s also the committee of finance were instructed to enquire into the expediency of amending the act of 1816 con cerning ordinaries in such way as to author ize the clerks to pay over the tax on licenses to the sheriffof the county who shall account therefor with the treasurer roil the tvestenn cinolinta messrs editors : in looking over your very useful paper i have the pleasure to find a num ber of well written essays in favor of locating a oli.kge iii the western part of north-carolina it surely portends something flattering to behold near one half of the population of n carolina and one-third or perhaps more of our sister state south-carolina uniting simultaneously villi the tender of their wealth and best talents to accomplish so great and so desirable an object one of such vital importance not only to the rising generation but an object of the first im portance lo a republican government its importance as respects the rising genera tion can easily bc anticipated in that it is thc onjy means by which the minds ofour youth can be illumined and that " gross darkness which covers the people be dispelled north-carolina has within a few years past been making rapid strides in internal improvement inland naviga tion is progressing rapidly ; agriculture is rais ing her head from the dust and is assuming an air of importance ; her population is very re spectuble ami her internal resources are quite adequate for any emergency ; her territorial bounds are increasing to the west ; what was once considered thc centre of our stale can be considered so no longer ; — and to cap the climax a spirit of mental improvement has seized thc youth of our western coun its unparalleled in the history ofour state or i might say any state in the union awake ye friends of mental improvement ! — you whom your fellow-citizens have placed over die destinies of our state — you who preside in the legislative assembly tjfc^rcc people ; a peo ple who are not the lr^^rnlighiened ill the world but a people who desire to bc so to you elo wc look from the west as having the best in terest of each individual at heart to grant a charter for establishing another scat of learning in our state ; to vou do wc look and that vvith confidence too to cherish this spirit of enter prize that is going on in lhc mental world it is from principles of economy antl not from parsi monious principles that we wish to establish a ollegc in the west that section of country is fertile and abounds with provisions at as cheap urate as can be procured in any part of the state ; the customs and manners of thc inhabitants art plain simple and unassuming ; — all wbich plead powerfully in favor of it let not local preju dice ever be brought on the carpet when an ap plication cf this kind comes be cure you — one of mich high importance to so respectable a portion i north-carolina and an application which if properly attended to will raise a monument of praise to thc honor the dignity the patriotism ul the liberal handedness ofthe legislative coun cils of not til-carolina to lhe latest generations ruulius i viiil.vdf.lphia nov 24 yesterday afternoon mr guillc gratified the citizens of philadelphia with a very splendid ex hibition at three o'clock he ascended from vauxhall garden in thc presence of many thou sand spectators in a car attached to his balloon while the balloon was rising he repeatedly wa ved his hat ancl flag after he had risen to the proper elevation he disengaged thc parachute lo vv-hicji had bcen connected a basket containing a live monkey which gradually and safely descend ed to llj.e earth i'he balloon then rose ton greater height and remaining thus elevated for some minutes mr guille opened thc valve of the balloon and de scended in mantua village on the west side of the schuylkill without sustaining any injury a large concourse of people anxious for his welfare fol lowed him to the place of his descent and had the pleasure of witnessing his safe return to the gar den from which he had ascended mr locke from the judiciary committee to whom was referred a bill prescribing the manner in which property shall hereafter be sold under execution or other final process reported that it was inexpedient tb puss the bill ; which report wus reversed 30 votes to 25 the bill was then referred to a select com mittee consisting of messrs wrlborn l d wilson phelps spaight of craven and sho ber t mr l from the same committee recoiw mended that the bill to amend an act passed in 1817 concerning promissory notes and other negotiable instiuments be passed without amendment rue states 40,000 9,491 10,837 7,250 1,580 4,764 46,085 8,320 i -. ■„,".} ii iu . 46,300 delaware 2,120 maryland 14,000 virginia 70,000 north-carolina 48,000 south-i arolina 24,080 georgia 62,000 kentucky 50,000 tennessee 40,000 ohio 39,128 indiana 48,000 illinois 54,000 louisiana 45,000 mississippi 48,000 alabama 47,000 missouri 55,000 kjislern states 73,322 middle states 182,925 western states 196,128 southern states 440,000 n ort"u-c avoyiiva lit gigil&tv&e . in senate tnotud.tr nuv 30 mr riddick presented a bill requiring the banks to pay specie for their notes by the 1st of july next — on failure to do so to forfeit 25 per cent on the amount so refused mr holt introduced a resolution directing the judiciary committee to enquire into thc expediency of reducing the salary of the su preme court judges to two thousand dollars , and that the committee be instructed to en quire into the expediency of laving off two more judicial circuits — and also to enquire into the expediency of allowing each judge oi the superior courts the sum of one hundred dollars lor each court they attend agreed to mr l from the same committee to whom it was referred to enquire into the expedien cy of extending the benefit of the acts of 1756 and 1796 commonly called the book debt law to guardians of persons who become non compos mentis reported a bill to amend an act for ascertaining the method of proving book debts passed in the year 1756 which passed its first reading wronsbday dec 6 — mr connor pre anted the petition of sundry inhabitants in ihe western part of this state pray+og a char ter for a college on the west side ofthe yad kin ; vhich being read was r-'f^rjed to the following committee viz : v»t ats conner locke baird williams and martin mr welborn presented a petition from sundry inhabitants in wilkes county praying that justices of the peace may be compelled to perform militia duly the senate took up the report of the ju diciary committee recommending the divis ion of the state into two additional judicial circuits and allowing a salary ol s180u to bc paid half yearly the resolution being susceptible of divis ion the sense of thc senate was first taken on making two additional circuits and ap pointing two additional judges and waa neg atived 35 votes to 20 missoltil question in hayti a letter received by mr lvford of nor folk from a respectable commercial house at port-au-prince dated the 1st inst says — i enclose you papers up to the 29th october the events passing here will be found inter esting at the same time i must mention to you that i is expected this government will in the course of the next year adopt measures that will have a tendency to curtail american commerce : that is to prevent ves sels from coming to this island from any state or place where negroes and people of color are held in slavery friday dec 1 — mr raiborn presented the petition of sundry persons of haywood relative to the supreme court requesting the reduction of tlieir salai ies referred mr adams introduced the following reso lution : cabarrus county nov 11 1820 whereas thomas l'ersnn a member in this house who denies the beinj^of a i ind and the truth ofthe i'rotestant ktdigion and the divine authority of thc did and new testament and holds principles incompatible with the safety of the state resolved that the seat of the said thoma person senator from granville be vacated — re ferred convention 1 he grand juries of caswell anel rocking nam atthfi late superior courts in those coini j ut tin unt-q'.i rt -\ - j o the wthat bh:,t bave .'.' khe ar the committee afterwards reported that there was no foundation for the above charge ancl mr adams we understand made an apology to mr person by a friend for hav ing introduced it navu-vards there are si n^vy-yards occupied by the united states viz at portsmouth the najry yard contains 58 acres and ens 5,500 dollars , at charleston the navy yard contains 34 acres exclu sive of extensive flats and cost 39,214 dollars at nov york the navy yard is situated un long island r uiuiiis 40 aires and cost 40,000 dollars saturkat dlc 2 — mr hogan introdu ced a bill to repeal an act creating a fund for internal improvements and to establish a a vote was then taken on the last part of lhe resolution which was also negatived