wil mb s.\\.\s\u u v v tv ustt.w vfl mi w-j 1 it - 1 , ... is .. ri in ism ii 1 ■-, 1 " t ri 1 sn 1 r ". i i i • 1 lum a.s ilill 1010 annua 11 herron b '-. george hill 10 0 george richards 8 7 i'homas hopkins 10 l p harrington 8 18 thomashicks 10 " charles llaslip ' 9 litdeton johnston 1023 john donn 11 h>0 james jennings 1024 benjamin dorland 1 rhomas jeffries lit broton jones 2 elijah jenkins 1026 francis jack 3 jacob kittl 1027 bryan montague ■ 14 archibald kennedy 1028 sam montaj u sii john ledum 1029 job \\ ird 836 john liscombe 1030 timothy plumpus 8 ~ \\ illis marshall 1031 wm sli wan ii him.il.t l :■. v ill i i [| ssi i ii t.i ll i'l-.-i.l.-lit aill.l i'l-ttst , s of tl i i nivi raitj of north-carolina sinci tlie sitting of the last i pal assembly imwu legislature n c th . ■!. v ,...-. i 11 si.n /■ ■ u .. p ibl h ilf-ycaily tn udvani i i mom tlir ll a . . i.a.l 1.1 l.lsl i 11 tin i ,. life i^enlla n.i v ..'-. tu \>-', luul^^bb^b io tried that is of ut'ie^m represented by numbi i'he gentleman from salisbury lvatsj undertaken to class the several coun ties according to their eastern or we tern locution stating that one-third ot the population of the state in one bection haa mure weight in thi gov eminent ol the state than two-thirda in the oilier mr a could not ac cede to the gentleman's plan ol divid ing the state into eastern and western sei lions he denied the existence of an eastern and western division — luce let us progress in the work ol in ternal improvement and it anv sec tional division existed it would be found very different from thai sugges ted by the gentleman ii he were to divide the state into sections he should class them into four sections as i al lows viz ashe wilkes surry stokes rockingham caswell person granville warren halifax martin washington tyrrell northnm ton bertie hertford gates clio i n per quimons pasquotank camden nil currituck on the northern boundary lie said he hoped to live to see the day when the prodm c of each of these counties would find the way to market through the same channel there you find large and small counties complete ly intermixed all possessing the same interest and having the same object in view a large county has nothing to fear in m a small county having an i qual weight in the legislature he there fore thought it unwise now to disturb the right so long enjoyed of counties being equally represented when noth ing like oppression had ever been ex perienced under the system wake franklin johnston nash kdgecombe v pitt beaufort hide duplin wayne onslow greene lenoir cr.u n jones and carteret he considered . 011 nected together in their views and in terests orange guilford randolph chatham ivloore cumberland hla den sampson new-hanover and brunswick he classed as a third d.i - ion possessing the same interests ; and buncombe hjywood llurke rmher ford lincoln iredell rowan meck lenburg cabarrus montgomery rich mond robeson anson and columbus as a fourth division each of which divisions he viewed as closely connec ted in interest and in the various plans of public improvement winch had been contemplated in the state dividing the 8t5.ee in this manner which he thought was a natural and proper division there would be no dan ger of small counties oppressing large ones and it was unnecessary therefore to provide against so imaginary an evil debate on the convention qi estion no of original ii vu nf i oriijinal claimants \\ warrant \ claimants no pap i will he diacontinu 1 until all ,,., .„•;,.. .„. paid unless al the dii retion of the 1 in and any subscriber failing to give of i 1 wi li to discontinue al the end t 1 year will be consid red as wishing to continue '.,■ paper w hich w ill i e 1 ul ai ■ ordingl . 665 james ammins 843 john needhain 666 peter rough 844 jesse nettles 667 jesse rowell 84 i abisha oliver . rock 846 patrick o'kellv ir.i wm richards hit leonard parke'r 674 nathaniel harris 848 samuel parker 677 vvilliam logan 849 thomas peavey 678 john honk's 850 drury pcrkinson 679 hains whu nil john roberts 680 moms steam 852 john richardson 681 michael scandin 853 win hochestcr 6tj2 john m'kcan 854 charles stewart 695 william clifton 855 benj stedman 696 sirti christophers i.i jam s s otl 697 william barber 857 martin slavers 698 hard cheshire 858 i illiam shield 699 arthur arnold 859 j sse siddlc 7 > john brevard 860 i'h in 3 sillai-d 7iil richard ward 861 \\ illiam 1 1 7uj kuibb wynn 862 andrew vanoi 11 . p ler duncan 863 joseph i wade 704 gilbert mill r 864 ja 111 \ arkizc 705 william womack 865 klisha white ihh si i.r commons dii 18 1 mr alston said as no other gentle man seemed disposed at this turn to occupy the tloor he begged leave to submit a lew remarks for the consider ation ul tlu committee upon this all important question he said he had listened with attention to tin observa tions of tin gentleman from salisbury ; but had not heard him state any griev ance which any portion of llie citizens ol the state experience undei our pres ent constitution all that the geutlc niaii complained of is inequalit ol representation hut he did not state that any thing like oppression was hit in any quarter of the state on lhis ac count nor was it likely that any ri al ground of complaint on iliis head would ever exist as the huge and small counties were so ituated in re lation to each othei as to pi.ssess an unity of feeling with each oilier — their wishes were the same on most subjects whieh come before tlie legislature — for instance rowan and orange are large counties ; but they have iredell and person adjoining to them which are small ones ; and so it is throughout the state ; wherever there is a large county thss'e is a small one near it whose interests are the same so thai nothing like oppression ould be ap prehended under the present system why then asked mr a call a con vention and by doing so convulse lhe slate from one extremity to the other . 838 charles mixom 1032 jacob owens 839 john moore 1033 sum goodman 840 bryan madr 1034 win gregoi 841 samuel m'elroy 1035 david charm 84 ! joseph m'danh i im , published b ord rof the genera asscmbl whoever will become responsible for the 3 a iii 3 f nine papi rs h ail receiv u tenth rati .. am 1 11 i-i-.i-.mi i-s will be inserted on llie cus tomary terms ,*, persons sending in adver . ementi , must specify the number of times they wi3.l1 them inserted or they will be continued till ordered out and charged accordingly c at ivw nv v w igot io n comp \\\ . is hereb given that the third in stalment of ten dollars on each and every share subscribed on the looks of the catawba na i ation i lompany 1ms been called tor a.n.l i hi i i j .. quin 1 to l.c paid to the treasurer of the compan on or before the 27th da of ma n m a positive bale of tin stock of a.ll delin qui n stockholders will take place at the court house in lincolnton on the said 27th i.v i ma ; ail u l.i.-li time an.l plan ti gent rail meeting ol tin stockholders is requested when a stait tn.-iit of th affairs ofthe company will be sub mitted io them ami certificates of stork will is sue to thc stockholders no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed bj some person in this town or its vicinity j-jtah letters tothe editors must be post-paid or they will not be alien led to i(i il itass t.i . rh.iiiius w..tkcr . 707 william wvnn f\^ot»\c-rini\ini btlsiness 708 samuel m'dowg 868 lewis weaver rrthe subscribei respectfully informs the citi 709 thomas ward 881 eli ely i zcns ofthe western section of n carolina k }° ' '"'- warwick 882 john edwards land tiie adjoining districts of s carolina that he ku edward fossett 883 james holden has establishedtw book-binding busin in all 712 abie andrews 88 rhomu uyd of iu various branches in the town of salisbury 718 ando bryant 885 nomas acker n.i he has taken the store formerly occupied 19 item bennett 886 wdliam douglas i.v wood & ki-i.ler on main-street three doors 720 cohin brown 8 ', , orge ham ion b n f from ihc court-house 21 william bohng 888 avid i . having devoted considerable time to acquire 722 john booth hardy itidle a competent knowledge 1 his business in the ' ''-' nm blackleach 890 edmund blount citi ofbaltimore the subscriber hatters himself j -''' jesse benton 891 willis davis that he will tie able to execute everv kind of 725 job butts 892 john burrows work in his line in a style and on terms that will ! 7 ~" christ brannon 89 1 job mit lit u give genei-al satisfaction 727 william conner 894 .< southerland merchants and others can have blank bpoks 728 john conley 895 isaac roberta ruled and bound to any pattern on short notice "-"-' charles connor 896 gabriel i ml i us cheap and as well finished as anv that can be ' ; " john condon 89 ethcldred bosnian brought from the north ' 731 john darbj 898 allen baggott ol.'l books rebound on lhc most reasonable 732 william ford b99 henry jason terms and at short notice 733 thomas 11 « ings 900 bartlel moreland 734 james hilliard 901 robert falmer 1735 ehsna hubbart 902 vyi ham shepard 736 hardy hines 903 william hill 7 7 malcom m'damel 904 lane i inch 738 matthew newly 905 charles richards 7j'j ed'wd pendleton 906 lames chambers 740 james king sen 907 ezekiel griffin 741 hezekiah itice 90s nichols edmunds 742 anth'y simmon 909 benjamiiv caffield 74.1 adam syki b 910 howell t:ec 744 philip thomas 911 solomon cooper 745 williann townly 912 thomas watson 746 john tillery " 913 george close 747 matthew while 914 joseph hodges 748 hem . wiggins 915 david \\ allien 749 thomas bullock l jki robert williams 750 baxter boland 917 benjamin bird returoed 8cfiled.]918 josiah green r.u william linker 919 gerrard craig 752 robertbrewer 920 willianfgroves 753 henrv coker 2l richard bradley 754 dennis dowling 922 jno cheesborough 755 james gilliham 923 robert duncan 756 thomas grisurt 924 peter kippey 757 jacob moore 925 william huel 758 matthew warren 926 robert singleton 759 hercules ryan 927 jethi-o lassiter 760 george redner 928 levi west 761 samuelscott 929 hcnrj blurton 762 nathaniel weat 930 william boark 765 negro brutus 931 william kenned 766 negro frederick 932 wm washington 7c7 john haidy 933 daniel wade 768 joel martin 934 i'homas whitley 769 josiah miller 935 john cottle 770 thomas hutson 936 james piner 771 matthew brickel 937 william scaiillin 772 john bagnall 938 william turpin 77 it-hi brantley 939 williann vales 774 david burnett 940 joseph hyman 777 charles craben 941 isham cams 776 martin cole 942 thomas golf 777 cubit 943 lewis outlav 778 william haygood 944 joseph white 77'j jeremiah messer 945 william elks 780 william stemm 946 john arnold 7m ||. nn vize 947 samuel burrows 782 peter brown 948 richard whcabey 78 i christ barlow 949 wiluamneil 784 moses byrd ( j jacob waddle 7k.5 jan es balentinc 951 john curtis 786 richard cordle 952 join low 787 william fox 961 matthias bl u 788 win flemming 962 thomas kent 789 black garrick 963 james kelton _ 790 benjamin patrick 964 samuel w lewis ; i john fonev 96 i j rome m'mullen - i,3,,i i i'witrg 966 joseph miles . • john atkinson 967 john morning 795 john baker 968 llrnn clutvous i bradley 969 john cumminger , ., john boon 970 join ook • lewis b'.dillchiz ir 71 jacou hafher 799 joseph beaumont 972 isaac cornelius 800 joseph cook '-'"> thomas pierson 80 john cook 74 richard d cook i ! john campbell 975 caleb koen 803 david conn 976 robert calf mh edward cos 77 william hurlcj 805 charles coleman 978 josiah hums 806 thomas cook 979 sam norsworthy 807 aaron davis 980 george nicholas bos james dupn i 981 james roper b09 (. orge dixon 982 robert harper 810 i'homas endless 983 richard martin bll thomaseburn 984 caleb albertson b12 david easter 985 ebenezer blackle i lohn erwin 986 david broadwcll i i • will .. i 7 burrel davis 1 81 . joshua i'-ntoii ' i li .'' ■ ' li«l ' 1 i ■ 1 jam '■''' michael 1 _____* ii :.■ i'm . _______! isaac t avery president dissolution r ill ik copartnership heretofor'e existing tin i der the firm of samuel w lindsay tk co is this day dissolved by mutual consent saml w lindsay andrew lindsay john lindsay jan 17 1822 4w92r sheriff's sale i shall proceed to sell the following tracts of land at the court-house in morganton on saturday the 27th day of april next to satis fj the taxes due on liu-m for 1830 viz : 2j'j acres given in by ephraiin evens lying on a branch ofthe catawba river 0 miles east of morganton value gjoo 1.50 acres lying on the waters of silver creek given in by john reilielsj value gloo 5u acres on the waters of the south fork of catawba river given in by daniel workman ; value s-5 100 acres given in by eli iliifman on rock creek a water of the south fork of catawba for 1817 1818 1819 and 1820 valued at gloothc three tirst years i at g50 for 1820 m himttain sheriff burke county n c february 20 1829 7w91 connecticut it was said hud amen ded her constitution and why not we do the same ? hut what was ihc situ ation ol things there ? was it a mere inequality of representation that was complained of no it was a contest between church and state ; and the church hail been forced to the wall t*\'wute entertainment - . fllhe subscriber respectfully informs 1 j 1 the citizens of salisbury and the . i 13s . adjacent country that he has removed irom his late residence on the north side of the yadkin river on the main road leading from salem to danville 15 miles from salisbury and litis taken the house formerly occupied by capt ja krider in town on main street a few doors north of ihc court-house ; where be is prepared t a keep a rouse of private entertainment for travellers ami citizens he will at all tiims furnish stabli ig fodder and grain for horses thomas holmes salisbury sept 25 1821 78 n b eight or ten boarders will be taken ut the customary prices in town the state of new-york who has lately revised her constitution had al so been referred to there was there to complain of a council of appoint ment consisting of four senators and the governor which disposed of eve ry office under government but there is nothing of this kind in our govern ment ; no complaint known here on the subject of appointment to office lhe gentleman from salisbury com menced his observations by saying that our present constitution was formed at an inauspicious period for his part if we were to have a convention lie should be glad it could meet under as favorable circumstances as the fra sale ot liantaa tiif following tracts of land will be sold to satisfy the taxes due on them for 18 jo on l third monday of april next at the court house in salisbury viz 190 acres belonging to allen cook : tux si 01 161 do belonging to thomtcs pollard tax go ' lt 196 do belonging to julius daniel tax john beard former sheriff salisbury march 2 182:2 6 h js*i stage tu raveigu f&sjirtrz^rs to i if subscriber who is r_______j i i jatswtjss raleigh and salisburv by way of randolph chatham sec respectfully in forms the public that he im fitted up a entire nt'.'a stage which lidded to other imnro ments that have been made will enable him carry passengers with as much comfort and expedition as they can he carried by any line of stages in this part ofthe country the scarcity of money the reduction in the price of produce he demand a correspondent reduction in every department of life ; therefore the subscriber hau determined to reduce the rate of passage fr.im righl to six its per mile gentlera n travelling from the west t raleigh or by waj of raleigh to tl north are invite 1 to try the subscriber's stage i he feels assured it only :. eds ai trial to gain ai preference i'he stage arrives in salisbury every tuesday * ..:• 9 o'clock and departs thence for raleigh the sami da at 2 o'clock ■, it arrives in raleigh iri im evening and leaves there for salisbury i s iturdai at 2 lock token 3 ll nh committed to the j:..l in j mecklenburg county n.c a negro fellow who calls himself george he is of a yellow colli jj plexion 0 or 35 years of age 5 ii'f f et 7 nr 8 inches high says he belongs to l)r thomas briggs edgefield s c and that he left his master towards the latter part of the sum mer 1831 also one who calls himself f1i1l about 34 years of age near 0 feet high black complexion and says lie belongs to thos key of albermarle county va left his master some i « miles north of salisbury in ihc summer of 1821 3w92 allen baldwin jailor mers of this instrument met at that period nothing was heard of eastern or western interests — all were united as a band of patriots and brothers in the same cause but were a conven tion now to bc held the same union would not exist some would insist on being represented according to free population others according to federal numbers others according to the fer tility of our soil and after all he doubted whether so good a constitu tion would be produced as that which we now enjoy this constitution guards and protects the rights the pro perty and the liberty of every iti/.c-n ; be he poor or rich he is equally pro tected thc remark of the gentleman that the poor man's fifty acres of barren land gave him a privilege equal to the rich man's fifty acres of the most fer tile soil he did not considei as a defecr but an excellence in our constitution mr a did not wish to live under a government where the rich and the ioor did not enjoy equal privileges in conclusion mr a considered our present constitution as a rich treasure bequeathed to us by our an cestors and lie was desirous of hand ing it down to our children unimpaired v\v\>j dollars uvwava |> an away from the subscriber at charlotte ii mecklenburg county n carolina a negro bo l.y the name of simon lurk compl mon stout made ami five feel seven or eight inches high he speaks low when spoken tu it is supposed that he mil make towards the count uf i'i nu ■ william virginia as in aa pu bast '! an mat county i will give the above r ivard il the sai.l negro is delivered t / aat wiue con cord cabarrus couilty or jj 1 liars if sen .! rt uu jail and information given so thai i get 1 again i van wil 1 1 march 24 182l 40 may 22 1821 50 john i.am baking v u s v ae 8 s . pin subscriber having employed a compe ls ta-nt person will keep on hand u constant iupph of bn id and crackers and cakes of ev ery desci iption well . lhc various articles usual kept in :. ' ■ • ... store all of which lie will dis ■ ■•.. . ry i on ibh a "... . thomas holmes d.-c 18 1821 80 the gentleman from salisbury had made an exhibition of large counties and small ones in order to shew the im q is li'v oi our present representa tion he would refer that gentleman to the convention which sat at halifax to form our present constitution and to that which convened in philadelphia to form the constitution of our gcner mr j ilill observed that the kcs olutions before the committee simply recommending to the people the pro priety of calling a convention for thc purpose of amending our present state constitution were such as hc most willingly and heartily concurred in : re unions well worthy the attention snd deliberation of the legislature and of vast importance to the welfare and prosperity of no'rth carolina that objections said he should be urged against an undertaking of this kind is not much to be wondered at particularly when we take into consid eration the situation of our state and the great diversity of interest which unluckily pervades it lint a more fa vorable opportunity for effecting an a mendment to our constitution hi be lieved never had and perhaps never would occur and if gentlemen were how disposed to view the subject with coldness and indifference we might the celebrated horse napoleon fa now in full health and ib&t'crt ig"i u ll stand the ensuing sea j8""-^jtis in at my stable in salisbury al the moderate price of twelve dol lars thc season which sum may i '■ ' by the payment of ti n dollars if paid at an time within tbe season six dolors the single i up to be paid when tbe marc is covi r d with 1:1 rty of turning to the season afterward a-.i.l iwent dollars for insurance which v inded as so ,. as the mare is discovered to be ith foal or the propert exchanged i he * ason « ill commeni e tbe l hi i man b . i en i the kt of august mares m nt from a ,,.,,;,,„ , .. ii h ki pt on mod rat ti raw prop ,| ■,"' i.ti.,n will b paid but not liable ■ michael brown vutyvv hvn v\va from the subscriber on the 9th f tl i i itarit a negro man named joe mi named in \. and two female chil ■ 3 ,,| ii cbildr i liui tin other two 3 i.l joe the lutgro man is twenty-five or six years old live feel ight or nine inohes high stout a ili v rv black with uncommonly ■■ ■< . had on wh'enhc k-fl me a coarse blue ■ loth coal and :. l.im k wool fiat his wil i ■ ' in . . ighi ..[• thirty years old middle v1 . hu large eyes high > in i i bom -, spare :■ dreas n i r . oil cted ll is i dial . .,, _■,-,, r v \ i .,,„ ,| silvia the prop rt of ■' htirviiu -, n . 3 ighbour '.< ho " irs old well grown of iter age dress noi 3 , who \, i nppreh nd s.u.l '. them in any jail so that i >'.. i di lir r them to m . shall b ■ ■ p bis trouble with all ri i • nablc • \ nill grier count ' < al government in neither of these bodies waa the distinction made be tween large and small counties or large and small states kach county had an equal weight in the delibera tion at halifax as each state had in the convciitif at philadelphia in the s.-nate of the united states tin little slates of 1 law ti t.ntl 1:1 .!■ ! '. aa have nn equal voice with thelari ■■ states ol new-york and vir ginia ; anil in last 1 no election ! em inn i.v the people of the president i tin i r . states the choice is leit to thc iluusc of representatives who vote not according vo their numbers n n ir ...!■ ■ march 1 ., 1 /)/ st 111 i'l ih v sapoleon s ;. beautiful sorrel sixteen one im h high of most . xc ilenl i;ni n etry and po»s ss - as much powi i and activi i :,•,'. u.v l.orv on the . r^n^a^rl^^l^e - iwwm m9 run-ell hugh t-'i h.u .-. i i hart i'homas pvot 1 i harris df " i w ili m « ird ,.:,. s comp'y 996 richard i lra i home 997 jos u i - - „„ i ii i i 998 will m kinkaid " m li