wilotliibir paie(dillisiiiiixt ymi vw 8 aia&bu v , v . c . t v vis u a , au vi v st 13 182 i pro h4 ais.-i.i ixi pl ii i i m iv nv tii.-hiy v bingham t whi it lock watch struct the progress of literary knowledge in ihis country repairing rill if subscriber respectfully inform the pu > i lie that lie has again talc n iii l p in s li.sbury on main street opposite tl st ■ bank where lie is prepared to execute ll orders in the line ol his business clocks watches jew riri ;,,■. repaired on the shortest notice he solicits the patronage of his friend i liis old cus tomers nini the public in gtneral und insures them tli.it lie will do their work and si i tin in all article in his line on lower terms tlian at anj other shop in this part of lh state 111 t.ll iiorah salisbury may 28 1 '. 103 vuvw one i thc most conspi nous cause is ine ti lious - ili .. title di , ! n e.l in lhe tpiisuton of i , . ith vi hi i infliicm e i 1 1 ' - ,' ipuliii ion < i.'in mcrcial intcrc >, 1 1 ... h h ith the cultivation ... the mind md interfere essentially with the brighl prospects see in the prospective when in t'n ipating our future literary fume li cupidity ni.rrows the soul in id i.v prompt in ■-_ individuals to pursue objects vvhich have p cuniar ends alone io view leaves no icisiiii for intel lectual improvement cnnsrquentli tho nobler f culties become i rpi i mi i • lius and nu iginalion bt in , repn ised . r not ..'. ii icrt to so ir to their natii c i < _•■ ■ ir iiii v another uisc inipcdiiii dn c in her in licli i , i he littl • i iui-.i>re uiciit given to literary works ; as u palpa ble instance of which we maj mention the numerous unsuccessful efforts to publish scientific ss well as miscclln neons journals in this country pha this neflect is not attributable to the vv ml of intrinsic merit in the works themselves may be proved by comparing tliein as far as thev have heen published with those of a similar kind which have an exten sile circulation in the transatlantic states indeed although our literary productions are compafaiiiielv tow i will be bold t say that among those few there are s'inie which lose nothtng when contrasted ivitli those of i'.ui'ope either for genuine wit correct taste or for chaste ancl cla itr style we have mother cause in the neg lect shown to tlie preparatory education of most of our young men who arc des tined for the liberal professions ii is ev ident ihai they must enter upon their pur suits under great disadv intuges il uieir minds have not been disciplined b regu lar study and particularlv il they do not possess that elementary knowledge which consti ties tlm foundation upon which alone they need nope to creel iii super structure of their future fame hesides many pursue these si tidies vviihoul older or perseverance and consequcntli the knowledge they obtain ol them is but su perficial when wc rcfli ct upon these circumstances thc inference to be drawn is verv natural ; that such charactei •>, after entering upon the duties of their profes sions ( jiiiiot he actuated hy that kind of spirit which would induce them to devote themselves to any of the sciences with a view to tlieir elucidation or the ad vancement of literature in general i bus the talents and labours of those who from the nature of their avocations ought to be engaged in such pursuits are lost to the world i'he hist cause i shall men tion at present is the want of concert and collective perseverance among the vota ries of scitnee and learning flic •■■ 3 | tin l :- i r.v cmiui.in-i.in three dollu ■■■ per iinniim payable half-yea lj a : dvance tl ,-■'- : ming nt the celebration of independence a1 sonc topsf'u id in massachusetts turn — atdd lang tjne 0'7 no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages i-t paid unless at the discretion of th ■ editors and any subscriber failing to giv • notice of his v.isli to discontinue at thc end of a year will be considered us wishing to continue the paper which will be sent accordingly should gallant hemes be forgot and never call'd to mind ; \\ lit fought to free our nativ ., , in uilil lang sv ne ' la ould lang sj ne hi dears 1.1 iii ill lung st iii , \\ ho gained us peace and fr i don i ■■■ ■ in iiiiltl lung 1,1 lie hail ' first of arts source of domes tic cast prid ■ f the land and putt-on of tl u vhocver will become responsible for the p,ij nu ut of nine papers shall receive it tenth gratis iivim ttll\v ive jiiom till im1.11i iv lll-ii.h railll subscriber i us jn n ccivi 1 a clioic ■ li ■. pp _ of gro bhik.s tli i he 11 rs for 3 lc hi ih most r asonablc t rms for rash among them are . sugar coffee molasses hum i figs raisins sail ; and also the usual sup ply of confectionci ... likewise pinl anil half pint i'm il •!'... i'homas holmes ..' ••■ 16 1822 1 i unfit yield of corn — on a large scale aiiveiitise-iiexth will >'■ inserted on the cus tomary terms ,*, persons sending in adver tisements must specify lhc number of times they wish them inserted or they will bo continue i i i ordered out and charged accordingly fountain rock jul ii 1822 no ivh'tlc columbia's f.aglc soars dear mh — in compliance with my promise i now five vou the result of an experiment i made on i field of thirty one acres a part of this farm which us cultivated in corn the hist year while stands lur native pine her ' ti ; should laud their patri 1 sir , ofl ild lung iiii ( ',' .,, m i.ui si lie ii \ .!, l , of auld lang syin the heroes bol.l of spurt mould ut anlal lung syne ancl while aloft her banner waves no advertisement inserted until it ha b ■■• paitl for or its payment assumed 1 y some pen on ii ties town or its vicinity valuable wv\y estate st :■■ ■ f xortlt-caroli ■:, 1 tl ll ct rn pursuance ofa decree ofthe worshipful court of equity of said county 1 uill -• 11 ,' in court-house iii statist ille oir thursday the 22d tint of august next tin lots in thc town of state villi ; rn one of which i that well known stiiiul for business which was long occupied iv the late capt hart as a hou-e of entertainment — there is a good dwelling-house and other con venicnt houses i'or the accommodation of any one desirous of settling in ihe place i and one trad of woodland containing 180 acres on the waters of fourth crock within half a mile of statesville all this propertv belongs to the estate of lames hart deceased also t thc same time and place will be sold a tract of land containing 2"2 acres lying on third creek aboul two miles iron statesville on which is a good dwelling-house and other improvements belonging to the . stale of 1ns ii hart dec'd i'he terms of sale are one two and three vears credit purchasers giving bond and ap proved s , mitt rout simonton com'r statesvill , june 10 1822 oiu'u * dj'-^'l letters to die editors must be post-paid or they will not be attended to i'he held ind been alternately in coin oals wheat nd clover thc fourpreceding vears thc crops of corn und oats were nothing remarkable but the crop of wheat was unusually great owing 1 suppose to the quantity of manure that was carried out on the field after the outs were rut olt in the f i of 1820 a huge stock of hogs was turned on the clover the whole of which they rooted up and entirely de stroyed — this was dons with a view to de strov the worm in the month of m fell following lhe field was highly manured with stable and barn-yard manures — thc las of that month and beginning of the next : it was broke up with r,nc of mur ray's two-horse ploughs peacock's pa tent and haiiowed vinl a large break harrow it was then laid out in rows or iliills three and a half feet apan and the corn planted in the drills one foot apart the planting commenced on ihe 26ih ol april and was completed on the first day of may before thc corn cmie up one half the field was sprinkled on the drills either with ur.slnckcil ashes or thc scra pings of the roads through the farm and what manure could he collected from the wood heaps at llie house and servants quarters af i while li t stars do shine should hail the day of freedom birth in auld lang si ie if unit lang syne my dears ii mil lang i tu should hail with mirth fair freedom's birth in auld lang sv ne stale of vovtyv-l'avoyma ashe countv 101'rt of pleas and quarter sessions mav ' sessions 1822 elizabeth humphris ad ministratrix vs lohn humphris original at tachment ambrose parks summoned as gar nishee — whereas it appears to thc satisfaction of tlie court that the defendant is an inhabitant of another state it is therefore ordered that publication be made for three months in the western carolinian that the defendanl appear at the court of pleas and quarter sessions to be held for the countv of ash at the court house oi jefferson on thc 2d mondav after th ■ ith mondav ill october next tin in and there to answer plead or demur otherwise judgment will be taken pro confesso i thos calloway certify that thc foregoing s a true copy of record us appears from the minutes l iv tl.'.i then fill our cups nn in arty friends and quaff lie j.'ik ion v ine and whii in drink nc'11 toust lhc brave in auld lang ryne of unit lung syne my dears ofi uld lang syne v , il take a cup of kindness yet for an ! lang sv ne ino-t 1 l.'.s s i'a 1.11 n ll also will bc sold at tin same time and place mi it credit of twelve months two likely \, gr .- . — i fellow and bov by the administrator of lames ii hart's estate the french version of t lie following snug vvhich originally appeared in the morning c.hronii ie subjected that journal to seizure hy the police of l'aris — i he translation is from the i-xan.iner thos calloway c c c oi xoviu-cavolina row an county i tad/tin navigation company n r (_> '. ice isherebv given that tie stock of all those stockholders who may be in arrears for all i.r any part of the first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth or tenth instalments mi tlie 13th day of august m w thai the stock of such delinquents will on that da , i is id at vendue in the tovi n of salis bur . frederick randi !'., v c'ry 1 i i 1822 9i't'll superior i ourtofl aw april rerm 1822 ruth harris . ■. john harris it appearing tothe cnirt in return of two subpccnas that said john harris is not to be t',,iin.l in the coun t iiiii the requisition of the act in other respects having been complied with it is ordered by the court that publication i made three in nth m th west rn carolinian and raleigh star forthe said lohn harris t appear at the next superior court to be held for thi county of rowan to answer this petidon otherwise i will be heard ex parte leave is given t the pt litioner to ex amine testimony without giving nodec to die defendant , i appearing to thc court tlu.t he has absconded and gone without the limits of the state t parts unknown witness alex frohock clerk of ilu rov .. i superior cuurt ut office mill alex frohock c s c the cordon sanitaire a spaniard to om soldiers cried — (' i'u l from a i'l i-eiie.in brow in i i - of cons i.i pii"c ami pride — -• where is vour country's freedom now •"' he t liecketl tlieir talc of dais gone by o 1 ' victories won but now forgot — there is bu ',',.• iriie victory lis to it r faun — antl you are not he came from spain ; — his steps advance ; xoiicft l v'li i'.l'l s my iv if nancy cox left my b tl 1 ami board in campbell county state of ti nine -, , on the klk fork of cumberland ri ver tibo.i the 29th of june last without an prove ition and has come into thc state of north carolina and coun v of w'ilk s as i am inform ed ih iiii intention to run mc in debt ; i do therefore forewarn all persons in this state or the l iiitt'd states from trading with her or in am way crediting her on my account as i urn determined not to pay anv of her contract . rr whin cox .' ', 18 ' :. 3vvt'15r the corn came up remarkably strong and regular and received not thc least injury from the worm although its devas tations were general through the neigh borhood when about four or five inches high it was ploughed with a bar-share plough throwing the land from the corit at which time it was hoed and thinned leaving the stalk about one fool apart — aboul tcn days alter it wa again plough ed with the bar-share plough throwing the laind back to the corn — a few days al ter it was twice ploughed with thc double shovel plough — lhis was the entire culti vat.on it received and these reproaches reached their ear ; •• what warriors have yon gained for franco lly conquests that have cost so dear ' i history's weary page to sec our names with barren wreaths inwrought — there is but one true victory ' lis to nn fiiiir — and vou are nut north-carolina m e c k 1 1 n r,r iu c(hn t v • rol'ht of pleas and quarter sessions mav iv nn 1822 lames wilson i . samuel w i in is attach nt levied in ilu lim '■ i f alex porter rieliar ' robinson and others an i thev summoned us oai slice in this case it ap ; ■ iving i , ilu satisfaction of the court that the defendant is noi an inhabitant of this state or has abscond il or s . conceal i himsi ii lha t'n < rdinari process of law eannol be served on hi , i i is therefore ordered by the court thai publi . i-i u be m ule for thr i months in the western , urolinian that iinlessthi - lid defendanl a pear •■' the nexl courl of pleas and quarter sessions • , bc held for tin county of meckl nb.u-g al in co.irt-hous inch u-lotte on the 4th monda : augnsl next and replevy jndgmcnl final by 3 ' k il a;'.-:i,i it hllll .,;. i tl . ,: ■ (' tu be continut d ) 1 it \ n k i in " a king enshrined in gothic rust with distaff-sceptre era weak shall lie crush frenchmen into dust and wave a rod a child might break 1 i'alk not of nil your fame to inc recollections of a bostoniax a swimwt'v v short time since a man by the name of george cartwright a journeyman shocma l ••, con nn n t ■! working vv ith mc and utter gel ting int mv , : bt absconded withoul paying ho went oil with a journeyman tailor by the name of lemons it is supposed he v ill make for tennessee by the way of lincolnton and morganton thc object of this notice is put the public on their guard nn.l 1 1 the chara t r ( f th n ,< keep paci with hims if vsa tompsox concn 1 '■ 29 1822 tf i i i uu v iii il , .,\ i i.v i 1 v 1 i mr husrtll i believe it is oit..ii-c who savs t h ii ihr publishing of history u.)i s not depend on it-i rwh i'he ques tion the publisher asks is — • '» //• which bring i nn - recollection somo circumstances relative to gordon's hi to ry of ibe american revolution it is i worth a word a thought . — i ii rc '•• but one rue victory mi r lis nu and yr arc not the corn was gathered at the usual time and great pains were taken in the gathering and measuring by my manager the whole being measured by him in a sealed barrel kept at mv mill for that purpose ti,n result wis three hundred and ninety-six barrels of ears of -. od corn the field wa surveyed lhis sum by a sworn surveyor ol this county — and bis report was thirty-one acres including lock hit iks which he estimated to con in one i c so that it may be lairlv ■ icd from actual measurement both oi die field and product at three hundred and ninety-six barrels from thirty acres ' ; land orthi let n bai rels n sixty-si els an a fraction to thc acre ihei n is of the yellow hint kind with a red i i her was an evident difleren r in thc field the half that was sprinkled on the drills before the corn < ame up being dc cidcdlj the best i'he sea on was un commonly propiiioti — lhe corn never suf , fering for rain except for a hort period in thc •■■■ • ■;': of v ; . '■• rore it it ■ gan rn fill our soldiers then indignant rose and hashing brands implied revenge , loud cried the warrior " know your iocs ,— no blood of nine vour soil shall tinge ' if ye wan victims let thosi be the . ictiiiis iv ho your chains have wrought there is but ',„,- true victory tis i in ,— and you are »„/." in tbe ear 1784 1 became . c inted with an english gentleman ihuse preju dices against our couniry were v violent 1 as ihcy had been previous to his migra tion in favor of it one dav len hff was inveighing most bitterly against our conduct and institutions he mentioned ! with great asperity ihc tarring and /■.'/.- i eriug of john male iii a british custom j house officer befoi c the revolution whose j only crime he said was chastising an im pudent boy i told him that if mr mai com hail not have drawn his sword on ihe | boy no no ice would have been taken of his conduct i did not however attempt to • t the de i as it was condemn . iy i i ■...<; men . i ' uh parties ; yet i insisted • he character of the town or ,.. untrv . ought t ; '• ' ,; ' : implicated a . it w.is lone in the i n by a veryj vj disorderly per i si ■ . i . who .. they had been . red would havi been amenable ud punished bv tin laws i then r late 1 to him thc conduct of col .,-.!, british regiment who mused an innocent countryman to be tarred mil leathered and carted pu licly ihrough the streets at norm any with a guard of grcn ladiers ndofthe regiment play ing vn , and at he bead of the party in del ■ tho«elawsho was sent l iforce my ecu .! to think i wa • i ken in thc ,- ' " of ( ol ian ! th ■ -' : lhat a ■ . . .' oi •. s regiinei i ol such n outrageous a t a few days i ci this conversation we u.e t at i gordon's the author of the uistor .; the i,i'ii ii revolution who hen lived at roxburj . ! int '»!,,-■: 0 gordon ;■■ isaac a kwmiki cm c 1 ' iv s illt'lfi oticf north-carolina i \ :, ,;.., ri , of the l''.oi of eqnitv , • \ \...\ ., pm 1 122 i will expose to publi , .;, j ,\, court-house in salisbury on monday i i f sept ii ' rr n ixt lots nr ',." and is ; : , the gr '.' ii rib sqti , i i the tovvi if -.,;: - lnii-t on which there arc improvements and lots :.". ''', ■" . and 38 in said town uninipro .... i also iwo tracts or parcels of land lying and being in the countv of rowan to wit : one of three huiiilred acres lying on the waters of i ' amp creek and o lof.-i liund d n .- % i ing on the top of a mouni n i died little mountain near to thc flat swamp springs bc i mging ' i the i irs at law ol evan vlexaiuler il ceu ii-d \ credit of iv t it an.l eight ■ ,, in ntli will !„ gin n i ni i . with ap - . iii-tit ■.'. ill be require '. tal'.o i'm ike i m c .; . . • ... 1822 -- - t5v t'18 meckll nh'iic dl sty tol'ut of pleas and quarter sessions mav term 1822 thomas greer vs samuel w i.indsav vttachment levied on a trad ol .. '. - ii in articli s of merchandi/.e lions i 1,1 ■ ■,. l oth r property ai il mr 1 robin iii ! others s.imini 1 u iun ishces li lis cas i .. ip ring to thc satisfaction of the . i.u thc defendant is not an inha litanl ol • , or has .. is ond i or so conceals hiin - ', t m t ' • or i'm in pro ss . f 1 .-. ci veil on him 11 is th ref re onl red ' ! il .,., i . ! for three months in the v , stern carolini in th it unli ss ihe suiil ilefenil ,- .- ihe next courl of pleas and quar ter si ssio is tn iw !,■ id for l tic count of meek ■■ th < t-iiiiuse in charlotti . o i lh fourth ", ■"'■ iv uf angu i ■ xt mil ,,:■,,' : bv ,!■ fault will i : ikcn 1 hi . in ird ex parte te '. isa.v ai.exanheu cm c i on tin i ii us ( iii,'i.-..m i . / ltf.lt aiiv -.: i ,,-,. r.i i . r.s : as ei i dpca ! e viewers and editors of papers i ave re peat lly a ',• ertrd with unl lushing rd'ron tnv and invidious acrimony that thc united states possess no literary , ' i ter ; and we have been to our sh u • lecorded heretofore too . ervilely sv/av ed hy their opinions and assertions it i time that we shoul 1 awaken from our ic ' thargic tate and te;.t asunder lhc veil ol i which has for a lapse of year ided our mind ai cl parali . 1 our in tellectual exertions as we are independent in every t il eal relation let us ik yield to oth he palm in literary at i \\ i are not destitute of the : fire of g nius though the ba est inic ■> have been invent i , pro nul ited '■ i which arc un no 1 we wtiiacsbovougu male ami female academ thi ... ■■ '■,,■•, , f this institution comn ii th : '.-:, inst un rthi superint iiilenc of mr and mrs edmonds i'arents and : nar , tul , ll - •. tli eh'ea m ss ol i : ,. ,, hers , ird ' .. ni -, willi m hi m1 kes u ml dim 1 1 uinette ,, . hum v h i ii , » ,. : , iii ini'l i adv v slate i»v vnv\\>-vvvvvi\i\v.v i cofvtv j perlon courl ,'. i ■ . m irch term 1 o lee ii • i iii ih !' •■' .. vied i i iai i n ■., .. ■ riuj f n lanl ic ■ late i i ti ■ .:. i | lonths in 1 . i i ., i • 33 fore the li di . . i . n . courl to i '- .-• ' i am with great resj < '.- ' ■ s.v kioli ■ ■. . .. • ....:. ii'.oii ; we only c . hen ul r native vigor and ii wers of " : ' ■ ' ■ ' ' should he elicited i ena in i i , be om consciou see i hi s own abilities and of the necessity , ,. . . ,.,.-. ies into action in order thai our destined rank in lhe world .. ltttei • it is our intent ■ out caie ol he causi wl ' hi . m , -■ ii ' u i ; i "-. . - \ ' v>l i , 1 vi . . i '■ . • i i'l-'il ,.\-.\\ iiv.in vi>v uvi ** y ' k ' *' i mi's 1*1 r.i . ■ «■ '. vv -, \ vm\\\i'.v h,m -