Western Carolinian

              wm voli w sa\asy\vtt i [ i\u000fft yiivnas iw su\i rilllk subscriber wishing to remove to the i western country witl oflcr for sale ut pub lic vendue on tuesday hie 16th of jul next thut valuable tract of land in burk « hereon lie now lives containing 100 i nated 12 miles from mbrgmton on the main road leading from the latter place ui lynville ana velfow mountains to jbm ui k tennessee there is a good dwelling house with mi enclosed yard unl garden t ban ■ tables n ibj gro cabins and other out-house .,' all in gon.l repair this tract lying on lynville rlver affords a large proportion of flat fund a sufficiency i which is i'l.'iii'.-.l and under good fence the soil being fertile will easily afford the means of still further improvement ; it is well adapted to the culture of wheat rye rn bar lev its st this farm also tlm-ds a good dis tillerv is we watered and abounds « ith excel lent timber as a stock farm besides the abun dant products of fond and forage it lias the ad vantage of h ing convenient to un excellent sum mer range in short its local advantages are great these together with the uncommon sa lubrity of its situation make it a most desirable seat for ii country residence the terms of sale will be made as easy as possible by giving every reasonable indulgence to the purchaser i'he siibsrihei us agent will also oiler for sale at the same time ait a credit of twelve months all th lanels lying ii the county of burke belonging to the estate of col john m'gimscy deceased viz : one tract of land including sev eral surveys lying on the waters of paddy's creek and containing 1000 acres more or lrss ; whereon there is a good crist mill well suppli ed with custom it consists of uplands of ti pretty ooil utility is well timbered and will admit of several settlements it will be sold al together or in parcels as may best suit the pur chasers also several other tracts situated iu different partsoftlie mountains and valuable on account ofthe range uon.l with approved se curity njll be required in all cases the terms will be more fully made known <»_ the lay of sale win n due attendance wtll be given on the premises bv the iubsciibcr wm m'oimsky agent for the beirn of cal j.m'u i meet dec'd morganm april 13 1hjj 12wtl6'j n 1 any person wishing to purchase pri vatelv c.ui do so bv applying uny time before sal rlllnlki uh i'llll.lslll.ll v.vi-.iir t ist.yy 111 iiim.ii vu .. white fvvs liom\s just opening an.l f..r sale at the store ofthe subscriber vis i blue and black broadcloth y.'-i cheap i do common various colors j si meres of different colorsi black and colored canton crapes i bombazettcs and black velvetss silks and silk sliawls of ever description cambrlo and robes for ladies dresses , domes tic cloth ofthe best quality i hats bonnets and shoes a complete assortmonl ■, besiuos numer cm otlier articles . ilso powdi .-, shot am i leu'd , b.st gunpowder ien an.l chocolate writing paper ami school itunk-a sec sic v in addition tu th above u good s-ippl ol guoceries i'c sueh as brown an lloaf su gar coffee and pepper j copperas dutoh and english scythes patent l.oesi hard-ware of vuiioiis kinds i an 1 ca»«fl ii tin sec all of yylii.'h yiill be sold very low for cash iu'.oiii.r mili.eit salisbury april 8 1822 lf '. i 11 ms 1 littutv the subscription to till wi:s i v caiuh.ivi in is three dollars par unmim payable half-yearly 0 advance house of t men ".', 1833 (£}■ n.i pap.-r will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless al the discretion of the editors and any subscriber failing to give notice of l.is yvisl to discontinue at the end of a vear yvill be considered as wishing to continue th ■ paper which yvill be sent accordingly mr melane from a beleol committee 1 li red in th following report which yy read and ordered to lie on the table . klcad in worse i of a ruinous " i ii ii i ii i i in | might be ns.-.l to authorize congress to become the expositors of their own laws or improperly to throw the weight ol their opinion into the deliberations ol the legitimate tribunals they would be very apt to be seized upon to produce public excitement and be perverted to the purposes i f ambitious men and individual resentments at the same time the committee would not be understood a ascribing the present investigation to such mo tives and as well on this account as irom a just sense of the policy of our institutions and the character of the individuals concerned ihey submit to the house the general views which thev are constrained to entertain committee to whom wus ri-lii - red the sevfe'ral communications from tin secretary of tin treasury ul the 28th january and 18th l-vhruan , 1822 in obedience to several resolutions ot the house of representative of the 4th january and february 1822 respecting the manner in which the several hand offices have been exam ii\ed by whom examined nnd tlie mo ney paid for such examination ike , having examined tin subject submit ted to them with great deliberation make the following report : that by the laws of the united states it is made " the dut of the se cretary of tin tu-asuri to cause at hast once every year the books of the officers of the laud offices to be ex amined and the balance of public mo neys in the hands ofthe beveral reii-i - cts of public moneys of the said offi ces to be ascertained that pre vious to the year 1816 this examina tion had been made bj persons resid ing in the vicinity of tlie respective of fices ; but in progress of time the augmentation in the receipts of these office's rendered more information nt ■ essary and gave an importance to the examination which it had not pre viously possessed the si circumstan ces proved the inadequacy of the old system and in 1816 induced the late m i dallas then secretary of the trea sury to direct thc examination to be made by one of the clerks of the gen t n.i hand office who was also permit ted to make a similar examination in 1817 and received for his services in each year at the rate of 3 dollars per day in addition to his salary as clerk that since the year 1817 the exami nation has been made by persons dis connected with the department and who have received for their services at the rate of 86 per day and s6 lor eve ry 20 miles travel that in the year 1821 jesse b thomas esq a senator of the united states from illinois was permitted by the secretary of the treasury to ex amine the offices in ohio indiana il linois and missouri for which as ap pears by the documents before the committee he received a sum amount ing to the allowance which has been established since the vear 1817 that the principal inducement to permit the said jesse b thomas t , make the ex animation as stated by the secretary of the treasury appears to have been nn expectation that he would be ena bled to secure to the united states a large amount of public money in the bank of vincennes at thc time th.it bank stopped payment which service he performed and for which he has not received or demanded any compen sation whoever will hcoome responsible for lh payment of nine papers shall receive a tent i,...'.'..^h anviiii'i i sr.si i:\ts will lie inserted on tlie cus tomary terms ,*. persons bending i.l a.lvi-v tisem'ents must specify tin number of times they wish them inserted or they will he continued till oiik'.c-d out and charged accordingly tuti ixtt\\\l\u\\hhv or ilu students f the salisbur academics will commence on tuesday the uth and dose on friday the lltl of june parents and guardians tire respectfully invitee to attend thos l cowan secretqiv mtw 1-1 ik j no advertisement inserted until it bus beer paid for nr its payment assumed by some pernor in this town or its vicinity qj'all letters to the editors must be post-paid or they yvill not bc attended to notice m ov£t\\\toi rycatwuvjf , bl tike county is now open for the recep tion of scholars under ll.e patronage of a ,, spectable board of trustees i'he mode of instruction pursued is the result of much atten tion and experience and eminently calculated to tit young gentlemen and ladies for the active duties of life and to prepare students successful ly to pursue their collegiate studies i.i dares in an easy familiar style arc given three or four tunes a week on language llis tory rhetoric or moral intellectual national or political philosophy great attention is paid to reading speaking writing and pronouncing the english language with correctness and clcg-ancc and to the man ners and morals of the pupils ; and every thing done to promote their happiness and improve ment tuition s2-j per annum and board on the most reasonable terms tbe village is pleas ant and healthy i'rench aitd italian will bc taught grammati cally if requested april 15 1822 3 1 nti 10 b :. decree of the court of equity made at april term 1833 l will exrfbte'to public sale at the court-house in salisbury on mon day the luth of june next lots no 17 and 18 i.l the great north square of the town of salis bury on which there are improvements ; uld lots no 26 37 und 18 in said town uniir.pfd veil also yen tracts or parcels of land lying and being in the county of rowan to yy it ! one of three hundred acres lying on the waters of plat swamp creek and one ofa hundred acres lying on tlie top of a mountain called little mountain near to tl.e vlat swamp springs be longing tothe heirs at iayi of evan mexandcr deceased a credit of twelve and eighteen months will be given bonds with approved securities will be required geo locke cm e april 30 1822 4wt 104 i'he committee are clearly of opin ion that the examination ol the land offices by jesse b i'homas esq was not a violation of the constitution of the united states that instrument forbids the appoint ment ol members ol congress during thc time lor which they were elected io any civil office created or the emol iiiin nts whereof shall have been in creased duringthnt time ; and,:.lso,pre vents any person holding an office un der government from being a membor of congress during his continuance ia ofli.e 30 bottavs awvnvva went awayj on the night of the 28th ult from the subscriber near charlotte meck lenburg county n c a negro man by the name of pev'ion — of a dark complexion rather spare made about six feet high thirty three or four years of age when spoken lo he speaks quick and rather abruptly ; i believe he is defec tive in one of his arms so that he cannot easily raise it above his head he had when he left me a very good great coat of drub colored flush ing a pretty good wool hat a new and large pair of yellow colored cotton pantaloons and some other indifferent clothing but no close bod d coat it is probable he will make to wards richmond va where i purchased him last fall i will give the above reward to anv person who will apprehend and secure the said fellow and give information so that i get him again i1en.iamin johnson wilton's mill april 2 1822 jwtlo.h the object was to take from con gress the means or inducement of cre ating place or emolument lor them selves and thereby guard the rights and interests of the people from the encroachment of executive power the committee are the advocates of this policy nnd would be thc last to weaken its influence in the government hut thc case of mr thomas is clear ly not within thc words or the spirit of the first and if it could be considered as embraced in the latter clause his appointment would nevertheless be constitutional since only thc holding incompatible offices at the same time is prohibited with which idea the dai ly practice of the government from its organization is in strict conformity in fact the congress of the u states has hitherto been the theatre on which the ablest men of our country has be come distinguished for their virtue and intelligence and recommended them selves to the highest honors and places in the government the same theatre has matured their experience and con ducted our greatest statesmen to thc 1 x ( utive and judicial departments ai home and to foreign courts abroad with equal advantage to the ornament and real interests of thc nation s-w vawmvd t an away from the subscriber near char 1.1 lotte on sunday night the 28th inst four negroes viz : tom tone tob antl washing ton tom is about 55 years of age modest and cute tone is about la3 years old dark colored and out mouthed tob is not quite so dark but thick made and appears stubborn washington is about 111 years old and down-cast look tom took yv'ith him a pair of buck-skin trowsers and a drab great-coat the boys bad one mixed coat and one of red and blue homespun ; tivo pair of new shoes two new wool hats and two or three pair of other shoes they also took yy ith them one ride gun without a box and a half slocked shot gun and screw-driver yitb a buck-horn handle to any person that yvill ap prehend the above negroes and lodge them in any jail so that i get them again 1 yvill pay forty dollars t or twenty dollars for tom alone and ten dollars for tone and five dollars for each of the bovs s5enas alexander mtcktehburg co.x c ijn-it 29 1822 7wtlq6p fiaut ation a seminary for the instruction of youth yy as opened at this place on the 15th instant • lasses for instruction in spelling heading and m riling s 50 cents per quarter ; arithmetic geography and geometry g3 per quarter j khetoric logic and ethics s - * per quarter ; natural philosophy astronomy and thc latin language g5 per quarter english grammar elocution and composition will be taught each student who can end an.l write and no extra charge made should health permit this insti tution will be permanent patronage from this and adjoining counties and at a distance is con fidently solicited an.l expected mild though prompt government will be used and each pu pil's taste disposition and talent diligently stud ied lax government has proved mischievous from ignorance in this matter ; and energy be come tyranny by attempting to force nature moral and religious instruction on the sabbath and during the week yvill form part ofthe plan proposed this place and the neighborhood are indeed healthy ; and board can be had on moderate terms three or four little boys will bc received as boarders by i1en.1 t rounsavh.le principal of tin seminary i.exi,irrto v c april 1822 99u04 to hu\e,ytaktirft for the purpose of building a male and fe male academy in charlotte \. c propo sals will be received by either of the undersign ed until the last wednesday in may for making and delivering at the place of building as soon as practicable two hundred thousand well made and burnt brick of the usual size persons making proposals will say how soon thev will undertake to deliver the brick john irwin hoht i dinkins u for sate the subscribers have in their possession for stile a new pan.iel i;ig made in new-york which will be disposed of on reasonable terms randolph 8c young salisbury march 18 1832 m y \ liiiii\ni yn nn m r fl^he subscriber respectfully informs the citi j ens ofthe western section of n.carolina and the adjoining districts of s carolina that he has established the book-binding llutiiiose in all of ils vai-jous branches in the toyvn of salisbury n c he has taken the store formerly occupied by wood & krider .... main-street three doors e n e from the court-house having devoted considerable time to acquire a competent knowledge of his business in the city of baltimore the subscriber flatters himsell thiil be will be able to execute every kind oi work in bis line in a style and on terms that yvill give general satisfaction merchants and otl.ers can have illanh books ruled and bound to amy pattern on short nor ice as cheap and as yvell finished as any that can be brought from tlie north oui hooks rebound on the mosi reasonable terms and at short notice l inters from a distance for binding of every description will be fai.hfuliy attended to william ii voung salhlniry june 8 1821 53 viutttyuv'mmena ri^hk subscriber has taken the house lately i occupied by mr i'homas ilolton sign o the eagle east of the court-house salisbury n c where lie has opened a house of enter tainment for the accommodation ol travellers an citizens the house is large and commodious the stables are convenient and yvill at all timei bc well applied with grain and fodder as the subscriber ha taken pains to p«ovid eveiy thing necessary for the comfort and ac eomniodation of all who may be pleased to visi his house he hopes he will be able to give gel eral satisfaction a few boarders by the week month or year yy.ll be taken on the usual terms 8wtl03 april 4 1822 john holm i ____ fifty wottava hfcvitw i . t>an ayvav from the subscriber at l i.uh.tte jt mecklenburg county n carolina .- negri boy by the name of simon dark complexion itoul made and five feel seven oreight inches high il sp aks low yilun tpoken to it i supposed that he will make toward the count of i'liniv william virginia as he was-.m in that county 1 yyili give the above h the said negro is delivered to isaac hi i , con cor.l,('aban-.',s county or 23 dollars if secured in anv iaiuand information given to that i get b.m ,„'„', j van mil state ol vovvrtauvytahxa dj the trustees of the charlotte male and female academy are notified to meet at char lotte on the last wednesday in may 4\vtl03 wm davii1son burki county j col'ut of fleas and quarter sessions march i'a nn 1822 lohn thompson vs david evans o.'atl it appearing tothe satisfaction of the court that the defendant llavid evans resides beyond the limits of this state ; it was therefore ordered that publication be made in the western carolinian for three months that unless he the said llavid evans makes his ap pearance ut our next court of pleasand quarter sessions to be held or said county at morgan ton on the iitt.rth monday in inly next then and there to replevy or plead to issue judgment yvill be taken for the plaintiff's demjmd against him attest 1 erw1n fieri ntl09 price adv g3 50 state ol xovvu-f vvvovvmx rowan county if therefore there could be such an incompatibility as is imagined it would then resolve itself into the question whether mr thomas by accepting the appointment had vacated his seat in the senate and with that body your committee would in that case be dis posed to leave it but your committee are of opinion that the duty of examining the land of fices is not such an office as was con templated by the constitution of the united states which opinion seems to have received the sanction and regu lated the practice of the government since the adoption ot the constitution by those who bore a principal share in composing it and must therefore be supposed to have understood its real import the committee refer to the appoint ment of mr tracy a senator of thc united states by president adams in the year 1800 to inspect the posts on the northern and northwestern fron tier under the administration of mr jefferson mr dawson a mem ber of the house of representatives from virginia was appointed as the bearer of a treaty to france and was paid for performing the duty ; and during the administration of the same president mr smith a senator from tennessee was appointed a commis sion r to treat with the indians and actually executed two treaties urider this appointment they also refer to lhe instance at a still more recent pe riod during the administration of supebiqb court of law april term 1822 rutli harris vs john harris it appi i.rii.g to the court by return of two subpoenas that said john harris is not to be found ill the coun ty and the requisition of the act in thei respects having been complied with it is ordered by the courl that publication he made three months in the western carolinian and raleigh star for the said john harris to appear at the next superior court to bc h.'m for the county of bowan to answer this petition otherwise it will be heard i c.x parte leave is given to the petitioner to ex amine testimony without giving notice to the j defendant ; it appearing to the courl that he ha absconded and gone without the limits of the j state to parts unknown witness alex l'rt.lioek clerk of the rowan | stipe aer court at office aiiiult alex fbohock c s c although the committee consider the duty of suggesting or recommend ing any alteration in the mode of ex amining thc land offices to be properly within the province ol the committee on public lands to whom this part ol the subject naturally refers itself they are nevertheless free to declare it as their opinion that the public interest does not require any change in thc mode which has been pursued since the year 1817 stttxii of novwx-cayovnm mjhhv colsiy kupf.iuoh court of law march term 1822 william luirch es nancy butch petition tor dii re it appearing to the satisfaction of tl ■ court that the defendant in this case resides without the limits of the slate it is therefore or dered that publication be mode in the western carolinian for three months that ''"' defendant ■ pnear at tl.e next superior court of law lo be 1 . id for the county of surry at the court-house in rockford on the first monday in september next and plead answer or demur to said peti tion otherwise the petition will be beard ex parte and judgment awarded accordingly i est 1 williams jr c s c l.ntir.n [)..:_._, i c 1 en ivwvxle yiyilevuumutmu . „ . rjliie subscriber respectfully informs *< i the citizens of salisbury and the j v fl adjacent country thai he has removed from his late residence on the norlh side of die vadkin river on the main road leading from salem to danville 15 miles from salisbury anal has taken thc house formerly occupied b capt 1a krider in toyvn on main street r few doors north ofthe court house ; where he is prepared to keep a house uf private b«tertaimnesit for traveller and citiaens he will at all times t'ui-iii-.l stabling fodder and grain for hones thomas hoi mi's sitlixbitry sept 25 1821 7k n b eight or ten boakdbbs will be taken at the customary prices in town the committee presume however that this was the least important object of the reference of the subject 10 them and that the desij;ii principally was that they should consider and re port upon the effect of permitting jes se b thomas ksq a senator of the united states to examine the said of fices in 1821 in which it has been supposed lhat both the constitution of tl.e united states and the act of con pr-.-ss concerning contra cts passed the 21st of april 1808 have been vi olated although the committee freely ad mit the power and jurisdiction ot the house of representatives to guard the purity of our institutions irom viola lions which it is the peculiar province of congress or of the people to pun i ish or remedy ; they cannot recognize state of jvoyuy-vjvvyowuvx l.incoln county jioun rv court of pleas and quarter sessions '_■> april l'.i-i n a 1 1822 peter forney )■.. 1 ' r..t reinhardt original attachment lev el ot six negroes and sundry articles olncrson • — it appearing to the satisfaction of lhe court tliat christian lieinhariit the defend f i'.i ■ n '' in inhabitant of this tale 3 — ll isthere i'.th.tboappcai-at the next '. mri oi i'l i iions to '• lield for lincoln lamntjl atlhe court-house '" lincolnton on the third won in luly next replevy and plead to is,suc or judgment by de wilt final yy.il be entered up against him or j"i-"l h court that publication hereof be nude t'.-e montln niccesai»ely in the w cetera cam baking business thk subscriber having made lhc necestan amusements for carrying on the baking dusiness yy ill keep on hands constant supply w bread crackers und cakes of evcrj uscription as well an thc various articles usually kept in a confectionary store i all of which he will dispose of on van > vl i s . i'homas ijdi.mi /; 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