■ might j.^fl f cl p^mi-carolina tofl a l b^j theh fisher the j^h that pri _^_\ ■ future i sums iitil^l he been tfl h^ta variety of even thls state tb ■ a great | pwteh ill inhabitants «■ k ' h pwalutiiis made we oj4 c h days of sale tance tht^h ■ * lvanc h b existing the^fl ■ cue h lmn p.iriciilantv be ,, . substary.i^b ■ tareh wbisfi-ction to those who mav y "> thatadb ■ h hpbrmc with their c-.-stom ' . hun " , _____§ v er .> mm dred and ninety four shares stock ofthe state jij hluedm shar hsb ppffown belongina.^b ■ hgh j^pwc paper be ■ ■ , ,, r • j wf^^z i dec'd on a of sij^b bit^h^^^^^raercd ■ roi)dg seeing advertisements cents ii required particularsi^b hr square for the first insertion and twenty-five ii the e-xen hits for advertisements i isu^h m a or pay i \___\ hnt person before i j"'hja hey can be published b ■ f.dito™.^b ■ all letters addh b " : m ■< *-/>«« they ■ h *-■ -^ h^^k 7~ill stand this season at my fi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b jsjjjjjj ™»^~ m^'^^t v f stable in salisbury and hmj l x h ft^^^4 let to mares thc of eid^j ' h the dolla^h leap to be paid when the mare takes tjr^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h h^l eo 1 '' liberty to turn to tlie soason^h hjf of i i mare hountrv dhii is now nine years q i c h^.tt^^^b^^^b^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b hn is ornamental ihe imported horse cfiarr^m hainting wksejm haterials having for a acquaj hist to ac certainly ™^ huire branch tlie^fl he feels confident of being able to give liojjh hrtisfaction to those be to timej kr him orders the and 3jf hid glazing be a man br on he keeps hi hand for varnish to the abov b.^b veaiv^h ; tcr^fl deservin^^b salisbury feb 3 1823.-^d ■ wfttc wj the public,^fl owneij door r d hoois th iii ihcal hnston<,^h a sh coun^h sonieh linc^h e-xect^b at a^j heturned ih hn/j ild^b sill.'-tbtiiy^m biient ist th ate bh bunh . h hous^h as^j is anyh payinelh purciiaserb ho x0tt63 ffice ofthe western carolinian salisbury june 10 1823 5 nses of thi9 establishment are jar rather an inverse ratio to the ditor is compelled to adopt some ises a better reward i'or his labors ; practice in this office hitherto areless papers have been sent ' who are unknown to the editor ly or by report ; they pay gl 50 i it seems that is all many of them pay after receiving the paper hree years in future the terms i carolinian will be as follows : a year payable yearly in advance ent at a distance will be discon e time has expired for which it jr unless the subscriber is known the latter case the paper will be tor and ordered to be stopt a will be inserted at fifty cents first insertion and twenty-five bsequent one advertisements rmus be paid for or their pay jjy a responsible person t before by braasww tigan 4&gij tt a vi>jg located himself at mount ix vernon rowan county close hpujf by the store of mr jacob krider of jmt , fers to the inhabitants around the *^^-^* most prompt and assiduous exercise of the several duties of his professions mount vernon july 1 1823 61tf xohce *^| ptle sale of the residue of the propaty^^h i longing to the estate of jesse a p.-ars^b deceased will commence at mock's old tield iiii the forks ofthe yadkin on wednesday the 13thj of august next and continue from day to day until al is sold consisting of negroes horses a stock of likely cattle farming t jtensils^house hold and kitchen furniture and a variety of other property all whieh will be sold without reserve on liberal terms ; which will be made iknown on the days of sale a . n e s bi it adm'r ___________ s^az a from the raleigh register might remain unemployed for centuries in my last letter also it was observed that a great number of natiual substances are freguentlu rrquind to curry on a sin gle art to advinttge and that a place where these su islam es aie found in the greatest abundance nd tie closest con nexion is best fitted for enabling its inha bitants to excel in the arts and manufac tures i take thr liberty sir of recalling lo your recollection these ideas hc cause they receive so good an illustration in the article before us a coal mine is an important possession to a state although hundreds of years should roll away be fore the mineral can be brought into ex tensive use agriculture of north-carolina letter v — coal and rlumb.kl.lj ito charles fisher esq secretarv of the rov winr fossil coal is so little used of even known in this state that probabh many of our inhabitants will need to be told that we refer to a combustible sub tance found in the interior of thc earth and existing there in such abundance as to furnish the most old and populous coun tries the greatest part of their fuel this substance is of such value to england that without it she wouid be utterly una ble to carry on her manufacturing opera tions : indeed without it she could hardly supply herself with luel for the ordinary purposes of life the following facts will show both how abundantly coal exists in nature and what vast use is made of it in certain countries one of the greatest c oal formations known is that of new castle in the north of england this has already been worked for several hunched years and still it is estimated that the formation contains enough to last 1000 years longer although not less than 72 000,000 die carried from it annually lon don alone requires for her monthly sup ply 2,376.000 bushels annate of philo sophy 4 411 owing to the abundant resources for fuel afforded by our interminable forests the united states have not hitherto em ployed fossil coal except on a very li mited scale but th forests embraced within the older states aie by no means inexhaustible : every year they are bow ing before lhe axe nnd already have our more populous districts begun to feel the scarcity ar.d expensiveness of fuel as our country becomes more thickly set tled anu our forests more extensively cleared a resort to subterranean supplies for fuel will every clay become more and more common in several places alrea dy where large m.inufacturing establish ments have made great destruction of the surrounding forests coal has become in dispensable to their progress in the most populous parts of the united states it daily becomes more and more impor tant to preserve the timber from destitu tion ; anu thc time is by no means dis tant when most ol the fires that are light ed in the oldest sections of our country will-be fed from the stores that now lie for lhe most part undisturbed below the surface hence we infer that ccalisdes lined to b come at no very distpnt day an art cle in much greater demdnd in our country than it is ul present ; lhat to such states as contain it in abundance within themselves it will be a very valuable pos session and when their own wants are supplied may i.fi'ord the memis of a lu crative conimeice in supplying the wants of ihose btates which cio not contain it we may cite the sister state ol viiginia for an example ol the commencement of this traffic which is in oui view to be come eventually so impcrant among those states which will be so fortunate a io embrace a lull supply of this article within iheir own territory the state of north carolina will undoubtedly be one : nor will this privilege be small although she has displayed little but cold indifference while a limited geological research has added to her native riches three apparently ample beds of this mine ral and has traced out a region extending not less than a hundred miles from north to south through the very centre of the state where one of these beds is found and where numerous other beds may be looked for with the greatest probability of success — the whole being without doubt a continuation of those lich beds of coal that lie on the borders of james river but methinks i hear some one say " of w hat use are these beds of coal tous are not our forests sufficient to supply us with fuel ? and although these beds are said to occur in the vicinity of two of our largest rivers yet those livers are not navigable and we cannot send the article to foreign markets poor nar row-minded policy i that can see nothing valuable in the richest gifts of heaven unless they can all be enjoyed by itself although they be fraught with incalcula ble advantages to that age w hich will cer tainly arrive be it a hundred or be it five hundred years distant when a great part of our forests will have been cut down — large and numerous manufactures estab lished — and the little impediments that so dishearten the present generation be swept from these rivers it is the glori ous fame of william penn that in found ing the beautiful city of philadelphia he foresaw and provided for the exigencies of generations unborn and of extending in full view before him through the long vista of time i beg leave to recur to the ideas offered in my first letter respecting the impor tant bearing on the interests of a state of those possessions which stamp an intrir sic value on its territory although the tile public are respectfully informed thafl the mercantile business which has been for a number of years transacted by daniel cress sen of salisbury will in future be con ducted by me in the same building where ev ery necessary attention and particularity will be given to render satisfaction to those who may please to favor mc with their custom july 4 1823 bank stocki on cvedit on thursday the 21st of august next being thursday ofthe county court one hun dred and ninety four shares stock ofthe state bank of north-carolina and fifty-six shares stock of tne bank of cape fear belonging to the estate of daniel cress late of salisbury dec'd will be sold on a credit of six months bonds with at least two good securities will be required and other particulars made known on tlie day of sale by the executors i edward chess i joshua gay 1 alexander graham.h salisbury july 11 th 1823 6\v\fi7^__m ll cress salisbury march 28 1823 47tf to see the folly of neglecting the na tural advantages which are conferred on a puce by the presence of a rich bed of coal let us suppose that the company of adventurers who first penetrated the wes tern wilds of pennsylvania to the spot where the busy and flourishing city of pittsburg now stands accidentally fell in with the beds of coal which are deposited theie perrhanre some one of the party had witnessed the vast benefits which england had derived from her coal beds and hailing with enthusiasm so fortunate n discovery represented it to his compa nions as a circumstance which conferred on those lends a peculiar value another pei chance who was unacquainted with he substance itself and unaccustomed tc extend his views beyond the present mo ment demanded in derision of what u*-e can moie furl de in his wide wilder ness ? are not the forests that surround us sufficient to supply it ? and is il not better to cut down tt is wood which we wish to clear away lhan to delve in the dark caverns of the earth after coal ? and if we should not need it for our selves pray what use could we make of it ? should wc send it clown the ohio to the western indians if then we could neither use it ourselves nor sell it to o thers pray what would it be good for and how can any but a visionary theorist sup pose that this land derives an additional value from its containing so useless a sub stance f 1 o one whose views were too li mited to penetrate a line beyond the little span of his own existence and who was ready to condemn every enterprize as vi sionary which he could not achieve by his own power it would be vain to urge that one day perhaps those forests would be cut d wn ; — here a populous city would arise ; — the regions far lo the west and the south and the north would he filled with inhabtants and numcious arts might be carried on at this spot to supplv thfe wants of all that region — arts that could proceed only by the aid of this substance which piovidence had s'.ored here per haps for that very puipose how well these supposed visions have been realiz ed the following account may show ta ken from the latest geographical notice of pittsbutg all the country around the city is full of coal and h,nce the citv and the subuibs aie so admirably si tuated lor such manufacturing establish ments as nquiie the use of fuel and a great many such establishments have been erected heie are 8 steam mills 5 glass houses in which every kind of glass from a porter hot lie nd a window pane io the most elegant crystal glass is manufactured to the amount of 200,000 dollars annually ; 4 air furnaces : 3 brew eries numerous flour-mills potteries forges blast-furnaces rolling-mills slit ting-mills distilleries and other mills and manufactures too numerous io be parti cularized to those who believe that north-carolina is doomed to remain sta tionary or even to retrograde while all the other states are advancing in the grand march of improvement — to such doubtless the foregoing analogy will ap pear wholly irrelevant ; but to those who believe that she is even now advancing ia this career with rapid pace and that she will continue to advance with accelera ted step it will appear not only just but fraught with a useful and important les son plumbago or black lead the si milarity of this substance to coal as res pects its composition is the reason for in troducing it here it occurs frequently among the iron bed of the west and a large deposite has been noticed not far from the pilot mountain ; but the forma tion which deserves particular notice is that in the county of wake — the most abundant deposit of black lead as i ful ly believe that is to be found on recoid it would be easy to adduce proofs to show that this is a treasure whose value has not at all been understood or appreci ated by the people of this stale ; but i leave all details of this kind to such as may be entrusted wilh making out the •' report proposed to be made to the boat d of agriculture should that body think proper to take the subject under mer patronage 1 hat the foregoing considerations will command the attention of the rowan a cop\>fctsn\iv\\\ng the coppersmithing and tin plate business heretofore transacted by d cress sen will in future be conducted by me at the same place those who favor me with their custom may de pend on having their work done with neatness durability and despatch may 14 edward cress the thorough bred horse editors ofthe raleign star register and fayetteville observer will please insert the a bove advertisement in their respective papers five times and forward their account to this of fice for p ay m e nt . ressed to the editor must be will not be attended to philo white byox j&k in r ill stand this scasoii™attn5 * ? stable in salisbury and be s??^*^4 let to mares at the price of eight av'ss-vl dollars the season five dollars the ieap to be paid when the mare takes the horse vfith liberty to turn to tlie season should the mare not prove with foal dion is now nine years old his dam was by the imported horse charriot his sire the old imported dion whose ped'gree almost every person is well acquainted with dion certainly ranks with the best horses ever trained on the salisbury turf having been a running horse since three years old during this time he has won six races — three two-mile arid 3 one-mile heats ; also the best three in five oaclv and house painting win&sov cv\a\t making the subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public at arge that they have associated under the firm of grimes ii cooper for the purpose of carrying on the above business in all its branches they are well pre pared to make all kinds of windsor and fancy chairs from 12 to 120 per set gentlemen wishing elegant chairs or settees may rely up on having them as elegantly made at the shop of the subscribers as at any other in the state old chairs and settees repaired at a reasonable rate and on short notice imes begs leave to inform the salisbury and the surrounding e still continues to execute all , sign coach and ornamental ng procured an ample supply of having for a number of years imost his whole attention to ac nt knowledge of this branch of is confident of being able to give lose who may be pleased to fa ders in the above line gilding 1 also be executed in a neat man sonable terms he also keeps e copal and japan varnish n apprentice to the above bitm j lads from 15 to 16 years of age ndustrious habits ; to whom if mselves deserving of it a good 3 1823 t.'i^^h is a beautiful bay rising fifteen hands high for muscular power and elegance of action he cannot be excelled there are a few colts from dion ; and though they are the produce of common mares ihey are uncommon in point of size form and beauty the season has already commenced and will terminate the 1st of august thc subscribers are also completely prepared with a good stock of timber to make all kinds of bedsteads at from g3 to g25 i.o hjohn 30 as x y»etts.ys remaining in the post office al charlotte n ft on the 1st day nf july 1823 a — capt wm alexander edwin alexander 2 john b alexander robert allen doct an il rson ample alexander jesse acock b — e a beaty rebecca bled ly lewis brawner 2 elizabeth s biggar wm biggars josiah brown richard bartlett john bouden c — jen carrington alexander cawley wm f cowan david chambers ira cashman thomas s cockran wm campbell robert cockran nathaniel cunningham d — obedience ftin kins lewis dinkins margaret k dihkin , sa rah dinkins jane dinkins james di 4 walter davis john tl davidson,^tohn dickey p — if.lin erwing f — jeremiah freeman jo seph flinn g — thomas galoway james h gqodwin josiah grady alexander garden h ezekial darn david harry 2 i ippo s hender son james hogan m & n p hall reuben hills 2 david llawell john hannon matthew hall ela.n hunter john hunter k — calyer kimble james kirk 2 l — titus lancey john little wm little m john b moss james m'clenny w mason daniel moore john morris o — adeline orr milton osborne p edmund palmer mary potts joseph j purvi ance q — cyrus query 2 r charles rich mond wm p robinson permenia rodgers ezekial robinson m l richoldson s — eli sha smartt david smith hugh smith robt si mons alexander spears james simmons ja cob starns t — wm loler charles f toom er john i've w — godfrey williams leander z williamson thomas b williams 3t64p wm smith p m bvc\*a\v\t\s e\^t salisbury may 15 1823 i%10 ywwavd wan away yi^tvi l7 ,^- (>^ subscriber living iii v jr^s *^ lc count . v oi rowan on the ne a negro man named l^>£w davy th'sboy formerly belonged fl z *° gen j a pearson decm he lzazzs jl is well know as his carriage dri 1 u ver and servant he is tall in ■~- ''-. - - stature o'very black con.-ph sipn about twenty-one years of age his clothing not recollected i have no idea vtlure he is gone any person giving information to the subscriber at mock's old field or securing him in jail or otiierwise so as lie may be again in my possession shall receive tlie above rewarded blm pearson ■<- jtmpton respectfully informs that he occupies the old shop bv his father on main-street ith ofthe court-house salisbury ow prepared with a good set of all kinds of es tf clocks 1.1 who may favor him with their eir woik shall be executed in as at any other shop in this part of ll kinds of old jewelry repaired made jobs of every description liuess will be thankfully received on a short notice people who ince by sending may depend on ork as faithfully attended to and oii^h they were present and iblished salisbury prices charged tg 13 1822 14 66 june 25 1823 wan away f 87 rom the subscriber living in jl burke countv on the 17th in . «^ stant one bound or indented boy a.;;-'v2e about twenty years of age by the y f name of jack oweim said bov j3r is a mulatto five cents reward j / will be given to any person de livering said boy to me but no thanks or charges paid andw h tuttle june 28 1823 . 3t63 utov's sa\e sday of next august court there will fered for sale that large and conve ilishmenl in salisbury three doors die court house the property ofthe as krider the house is 6 > by 30 feet convenience appertaining to a pub it is well known as having been occu h for about 3 j years the establish well known that it would be useless thing of its conveniences c terms t will be made to accommodate the thos holmes jacob krider executor 17l!{0\lthesubscribcr,onthe4thjulv,amuiatto!to countt mfcyc\\ant an(5 fellow named b i ll 23 or 24 years of age 5 • q pffers feet 4 or 5 inches high with a remarkable sin qp ie owncrs 0 f t h e steam-boat maid of gular mark on the right side of his nose rather j j orleans having formed the design of of a purple colour ins clothing not recollected '■ runn -, n g her next season and thereafter as a he has been in tlie ja i eft salisbury ! public freighting boat between charleston i will give a reward of 10 dollars to any per j and cheraw ; and finding it indispensable to her son who will deliver the said negro tome or se 18 , cctss that she s h ou ld at ail times have full cure him in jail so i may get him or 2.5 dollars if f rt . igilt an j dispatch have resolved when there stolen on delivery of him and the thief it he j happens to be a deficiency of freight to snpply has a free pass i will give a reward of 50 dol it themselves with the leading articles of mer lars for the delivery of him and the person who ] cliandise viz : salt iron sugar molasses cof gave it to him upon its being satisfactorily pro 1 f ee _ c to he sold in quantities by their agents ven that he is the person i purchased said ne j at cheraw at cost charges and a small commis ccro of dr isaac philips of rockingham county i a - mr , having their residence in new-york and u-leston the owners do not hesitate to assure puhlie that their advantages for the mostfa able purchases by cargo and otherwise are surpassed ; and that their prices shall be re ar and satisfactory to all rational buyers so ch so as to make it the interest of the mer nt to purchase much of his supplies of them ier than submit tothe inconvenience and de of getting them from distant markets and otigh other channels ln commencement of i design they now offer for sale by their a lts messrs mebane & co the following ar es suitable for country retailers ; 40 hhds me molasses 20 hhds of all qualities sugars 1 500 sacks prime liverpool salt beeks & bunnell dheraw june 4 1823 4t63 l,vn f tiy sale 1 be sold on wednesday 13th of ext if not previously sold at pri t of land lying on the waters of containing about 230 acres join er and others a great part of is ofthe first rate woodland with v of about ten or twelve acre s the land now under cultivation still house barn and s the above plantation is eight ialisbury md he-longs to thc estate of bar dee'd terms will bo made iavatewss day of sale take place on the premises thos holmes jacob krider me 24 1823 ex'rs remaining in the post-office at concord n q july 1st 1823 a — wt'iam atkinson abraham area ben jamin alexander sarah allison b george barnhart william brice samuel black jane m bingham peter c boger c william craton daniel coleman john case william cosset able corzine f jacob file jacob friezier lewis fisher geo-ge b friend g samuel ganger christian gregory h george har vey doct elam harris joseph hamilton wash ington harris samuel hudson aaron houston joseph harvcl elizabeth harrycut k.—ro bert kirkpatrick francis kirkpatrick laird kirkpatrick watt keith jacob keny m mary mayer macarny morgan john misenhi merj samuel moore thomas motly richard m'ree n robert nul p robert perkins k>hn patterson margaret phillips tho as pa hnger col martin phifer elias parr louisa phifer r — joseph ross i'h'imas roland ann l ross john richey david reese parmenio rogers s — edward smith elias snell elijah smith james sloan samuel sliinn lexar.der scott i joshua inter w samuel wal lace doct jame^vilson^es8^vilson,.^y youngj tot&'ai i'll and aiig making be-rs beg leave to inform their d the public at large that they 1 on the coach and gig making i shop formerly conducted by a y are well supplied with a vari imbers and those who may r them with their custom may c-ir work will be well executed lairing will be done at the most is gun-b.iats and yankee wag nade bv applying to ctle sub cyrl s west francis pinkston ly 1 1823 3t64 state of xortli carolina rowan county superior court of i aw april term 1823 : jane weaver vs william weaver peti tion divorce it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is not an inhabi tant of this state it is therefore ordered by the court that publication be made for three months in the western carolinian printed in salisbury that the defendant appear at the next superior court of law to be held for the county of row an at the court house in salisbury on the se cond monday after the fourth monday in sep tember next then and there to plead answer or demur or the petition will be heard ex parte hy giles c s c price adv g4 3mt70 iiisfc i\>v sa\c ill sell my house and lot in sa n try on accommodating terms cowan esq or to myself in ra is a good office belonging to the for a lawyer or physician john beckwith r arch8 1823 44tf d storke a p m writs venditioni fionas for sale at thia office