whstoi bilib(dilimiias » vol iv salisbury % c tuesday november 4 1823 no 178 m0tko am pcbusheb btsftt week state of north-carolina how an county tn equity october term 1828 : james baird mary sweet washington baird bv his guar dian james baird william crook and rebecca ins wife john agnew and catharine his wife james thompson and margaret his wife john steel william fullerton and catharine his wife james steel and fane steel against june i rip let thomas steel an infant under the age of twenty-one years thomas and john baird in fants under the age of twenty-one ears wil liam baird peggy baird fane baird and tho mas adams and wife : petition for sale of real estate it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendants in this case are citi zens of another state it is therefore ordered that publication be made for three months suc cessively in the western carolinian for said de fendants to appear at our ni xt court of equity to be held for the county of rowan at ihe court house in salisbury on the second monday after the fourth monday in march next and plead an swer or demur to said petition otherwise it will betaken pro confesso and heard ex parte geo locke c.ju.e oct 28 1823 price adv g4 75 3m$9 bvrl'hiu aviiite valuable sale of goods at auction the stock of goods of the late firm of con over & co will be sold at auction to the highest bidder without reserve in the town of ( lieraw on the 6th day of november next consisting of as choice a collection a was ever exhibited for sale in this state among which ;.!• e superfine cloths and cassimeres sattinetts white and blue plains flannels and blankets domestic shirting ard power loom do trish linens diapers calico ginghams blk and fig silks and seersuckers imbrellas merino shawls rlk and col'd canton crapes silk and cotton hdkfs of every description cambricks and cambrick llobes elegant worked flounces a large assortment of ribbons copd and nun's thread and cotton balls hosiery of even description thread laces and edging tortoi ie shell and common combs a large and elegant assortment of hard-ware consisting of every article in tbe trade seine twine * 3ci'j pair ladies best quality morotco and sa tin jean boots and shoes h6 pr negro shoes 2 j do gentlemen's hoots french brandy holland gin jamaica it m irish whiskev madeira colmanar and malaga wines 2.5 ijbls country gin bum and whisk ey 3 hhds and 3.5 bbls muscovado sugar 900 lbs loaf sugar 28 kegs assorted sizes cut nails 13 kegs i est american powder 8 do 25 canister each english double battle 10 i\)'.i best qualit spanish cigars 4,000 do do american do 3 tons swedes and english iron a large assortment of olass-ware eial practice are against it the british government as tenacious of its privleges 4 and as presuming on its strength as most other nations and with great physical ability lo maintain its constructions of na tional law has on tuo occasions permit ted our national vessels with ministers on board to pass through its blockading squadrons into belligerent potts with out having examined the subject deeply e should think that the conduct of the french admiral ought to be and proba bly will be disavowed by his own govern ment political the terms of the western carolinian will wreaftei he as follows three do'lars a year payable in advance advertisements will be inserted at fifty cents rer square '" r l ' ic rst i 1,scrl ' 0m > ant l twenty-five cents for each subsequent one \|| letters addressed to the editor must be fn,a-!'ii"l or they will not be attended to from the winchester bkpcblicait mr southard the appointment of mr southard as secretary of the navy is another evidence of the purity of our republican institutions and of the reward bestowed on merit however humble its oiigin mr south ard has no patrician rank to boast of and has risen solely by the force of tulent but a few vears since he was a private tutor in a family of one of our neighbor iner counties ; and it almost defies credu litv itself to observe with what magic art his mind has made its way let the pu rity and impartiality which has marked this appointment ever prevail and we may wilh safety say to our country live for ever valuable lands for sale fiiti a decree of tlie court f equity for the county of stokes is obedience to a decree of the court cf equity for the county of stokes there will be c-xposi d to public sale at the court-house jngermanton on the eighth day of december next being the monday of the county court first tlie following t>:'.cts of land late the bropertv of john zimmerman sen dec'd for the benefit of his devisees : the first containing three hundred and ten acres more or less under improvement iving in stokes county on the main road leading from salem by hagv's to salisbury about six miles from the first placi , on the south fork of muddy oreek adjoining henry simre and others tlie second containing one hundred and eight acres more or less under improvement lying in the county of davidson on the above road en reedy creek adjoining doctor mataw and others at present in the tenancy of christian 2immerman i he third containing forty acres more or less lying in the county of davidson adjoining jacob mock jacob crater and others also the following lands late the property rf john hauser d c'd for the benefit of his widow and heirs at law first three adjoining tracts under improve ment containing seventy-six acres more or less lying in the countv of stokes on the road lead ing from salem bv rippel's to salisbury four miles from the first place adjoining philip bothrock and others as to the other subject wo think some of our prints do great injustice to capt biddle in condemning his conduct with out having the menns to form a proper es timate of it i here is no danger of a want of spirit in our naval officers the danger is the other way we have no doubt capt b hcis done his duty fully there aie circumstances connerted with the transaction we have reason to believe which when known will exonerate him from blame even by those most chary oi the chivalry of the nation and of the na vy we suggest to our brethren there fore to defer the expression of an opin ion on the conduct of this absent and gal lant officer until ihey have before them the materials whereof to compose one we rannot here help relating an anec dote of mr southard which occurred in earh life trifling incidents often obtain importance from circumstances ; andthe anecdote alluded to had mr s remained a schoolmaster would probably never have been told to a second person when about 18 years of age mr s was an ush er in the academy at mendham n j at which the editor of this paper then a small boy was a student like most ol his school-fellows his head was fuller of frolic than of studv and his proneness to mischief frequently exposed him to the ferula which the principal the reverend and truly pious dr armstrong used ts we thought with an unsparing hand the rarrival of mr southard was a happy event his disposition seemed conciliating and we hoped to transgress with impunity we were soon undeceived however for the birch was added to the ferula and on one occasion the editor of this paper wjs brought up it was his first offence ; and tbe manner of the usher denoted a sum mary punishment " fake off your coat was tbe first salutation how he per formed this ceremony those only can know who have tried it however at last the coat was off " stand up here that i may give it to you fairly these were the very words : although uttered eigh teen years ago i remember them as well as though it was yesterday it was an anxiousstisper.se on one side were the eyes of thirty or forty of my playfellows ready to witness my shame ; on the other the uplifted rod of the vindictive usher it was torture the arm moved i im agined the blow already on my back no — it fell harmless by his side ; and with a cool " lake your seat sir !" i was dis missed i was afterwards the best boy in tbe school had a sound whipping acta ally followed it would have been regard ed as a matter of course and the circum stance have long since passed into oblivi on but the manner of the usher was every thing : it can only speak for itself t he principal ofthe academy remains at the head of an academy still whilst the usher is become head of the navy depart ment ofthe united states and one of the cabinet councillors ofthe nation state of north-carolina storks county ctorin of equity april term 1823 john j ston clements vs achilles deathrage original bill to perpetuate testimony it ap pearing to the satisfaction ofthe court that the defendant achilk s deathrage does not reside within the limits of this state it is therefore or dered that publication be made f r six weeks successively in the western carolinian printed at salisbury that unless said defendant appear at the next court of equity to be holden for the county of stokes at the court-house in ger manton on lhe third monday afrer the fourth monday in march next and plead answer or demur the bill will be taken pro confesso and the cause be set down for hearing e parte copy from minute i est john c blum cm e oct 23 1823 price avd g2 6t82 mht intel rxtract it has not only been the complain r-i all ages that life is short but tha it is also iuli of care and anxiety — • man says jr,h is born to trouble as the sparks fiij upwards what then is there so desirable in life that wa should be thus fond of it doubtless it hns its pleasures as well as itspiinsf though we sometimes meet with thorns and briars yet in many plates the way is strewed with rowers it is for wise reasons that the love of lilt ia implanted in man and though its sweets havr au alloy of bitterness yet thera is enough of the former to reconcile nim to the latter as this mixture of good wilh evil is intended to make him satisfied with his condition here so on the other hand the hltnding evil with the good is designed as a proof of the imperfection of his present state and to remind him that his time here is but a pilgrimage where he has nt continuing city but thnt he has tn seek another not made with hands eternal in the heavens secondly a tract containing fifty-five acres more or less mar the above cn the waters of muddy creek adjoining philip and geo rotll rock and others together wil it every other article usually found in a country store state ol north-carolina randolph county i erms of sale — approved endorsed note payable 1-t february next — or 2 l per cent dis count on the bills for cash 6(73 sept 11 1823 harvey williams all the above lands will be sold on a credit of ne year and six months tbe six months to car ry interest the purchasers giving bonds with approved security sheuld no sale be effected the fust day ofihe whole or part tbe sale will bepastpnn d from day to day agreeably to law attendance will be given by the clerk and mas ter of said court test 10urt of equity fall term 1823 isaac j pennii gton vs charles johnson and oth ers : hill in equity it appearing to the satis faction ofthe court that james harris and har dy hall and mary his wife heirs at law of john harris de m are not inhabitants of this sta'e it was ordered by the court that publication be made in the western carolinian for six weeks that unless the said j.-.mrs harris and han y hall and mary his wife cone forward within the three first days of our next court of equity to be held for the county of randolph on the first monday after the fourth monday of march next and shew cause why they shall not be made parties defendant and answer the com plainant's bill that the same will be taken pro confesso and heard ex parte a copv b elliott c.&zw e price adv 2 6t82 tailoring business li.ycoiajvtox x c the undersigned informs his friends and tbe public in general that be has opened a shop of the above business in lincolnton n c where he will be ready at all times to attend to the business of thos • who may favor him with their custom ; and from h : s long experience in the business and his unremitted attention to bis cus tomers he hopes to give gencal satisfaction a-k still to merit , j share of thatpattonage which has been so liberally expended to him hereto fore in tb - western parts of north-carolina he receives the latest fashions every six months regularly from philadelphia and charleston i fe spent part of last winter with messrs sebring and fergus , the first tailors of charleston where he made himself fully acquainted with their rules of measuring and cutting ; and he in tends to spend part of h s time with them occa sionally in order to make himself acquainted with the latest and newest fashions john c blum c.m.e stokes comity oct 3 lbc3 6.82 l;mds for sale under a decree of the com i of equity of rote an county tvy virtue of sundn decrees of the court of jf equityfor rowan c uujiy made a october term 1823 i will expose to public sale at the court-house in salisbury on wednesday tbe 10th the valuabt^h alexander long's mill not far from the mouth of grant's ol j ol't jl - m 1*01 j iltl^h creek containing 98 acres one other tract tbutrkr county adjoining he lands of william smith and alex 0 urt of pleas and quarter sessions sell ander long conta.ning 91 acres one other i j tcn)hcr session 1823 charles m'dowell tract on the va rlkin river below the mouth of ; wi1 i iam dickson in right of his wife margaret crane cr ek containing 115 acres three other ; atl)on a m'dowell william paxton in right of tracts adjoining the last mentioned tract con . b ; s wift , sarah and james r m'dowell heirs at taimng together 59 acres also four lots ty ) l aw f charles m'dowell deceased vs john mrm the great north square of the town of . mmjowcii william whitson samuel whitson salisbury known and described in tbe plan ol . george whitson james whitson thomas whit said town by nos 19 20 6 ) and 65 : th above ;, lscpll w inon ann v hitson pollv whit propertv b longs to the heirs at law ot the late 3()n , u)w pol]v hanl j n r e beckah wife of tho alexander frohock nias l m'entire thomas l m'entire william also at the same time and place a tract of smith aml saj1 his u .; {;% { i ev ; s e9 0 f jo h n \|». land lying on the v at rs nf hunting creek in d owell dec'd ; and john m'dowell and lames the forks ofthe vadtth adjoining the lands of ul'drivell heirs at law of joseph m'dowell sam el lhtle.raker johnston and others con k , cm . pet iti 0 nfor partition it appearing to taming bv estimation 222 res belonging to ; t . srt - ls{actiull 0 f t i c court that william whit tile heirs at law of george llrandon dec'd \ am _ samuel whitson george whitson james also at the same time and place a tract of \ v itson thomas whitson ann whitson polly land lying on tlie fadkin river adjoining the i whitaon now pollv hardin and martin llar unds of vathaniel peebles wdley ellis james li a „ rl rhomts lm m'entire reside without tbe orn i and odiers containing 25'j acres more or , , in ,; ts of this sta t e .— ordered therefore by the less ; and belonging to the h^irs at law of joshga conrt th;u publication be made for six weeks cayton dec'd at t j k . court-house in moganton and in the al.o at the same moe and place a tract of western carolinian tha unless tbey appear be i.and lying cn the waters t dutch secr>ndcreek lforp 1he j lstlcf . s () f t ] k . court of fleas and boandedbythe lands of michael hoffman john q uarter sessions to be held for said countv at tre\w and others and containing 221 acres tjie court-house in morganton on the fourth be the same more or ess belonging to the heirs j monday i n january next ami plead answer or at law of john pasing.-r dec'd ' demur otherwise the petitioner's petition'will be also at the same time and place a tract of taken n ro confesso and heard ex parte land lying on a branch of second*creek com attest j erwin clerk jnenly called the walnut branch adjoining the pr ; ce , 1 { v z 00 6wt81 anns nf george and henrv liobison containing — 2 acres and belonging to the heirs at law of g tate q f xorth-carolinq margaret robison dec d a credit of twelve and eighteen months will now,\n county be given for the purchase monev on each of dy virtue of authority in me vested i will ex tl»e above tracts of land i -£* p c,sc -' t0 public sale on the third monday in ais >, at the bame time and place will be sold november next at the court-house in salisbury another tract 1 ing en tbe m aters of wcthero's ! the following tracts of land late the property of week joining tbe iredell line,and adjoining the ' hicbmond pearson sen dec'd to wit : one tract lands of neil m*ray james houston david lying on the north side of the south yadkin fr's'er and others con aining forty sis or riv containing by estimation five hundred and eig eig't acres belonging to the heirs at law of ty-t wo acres and adjoins the lands of mrs eli alexander cook d.c'd this tract ill be sold z'a pearson joseph williams and others one n a credit of twelve months with interest from other tract adjoining the above and contains tile time of sale about one hundred and fifty acres one other tlie purchasers will be required to vc bonds ' tract lying between the sou*h yadkin and third tfith approved securities in every instance for creek and contains by estimation one thousand repurchase money acres one other tract lying on the south side k geo locke c m e of third creel and contains by estimation four iroi rt84 * hundred and fifty acres on which there is a valuable mill on all big low mmirt m lands will hmond to pur bchasing hfcnown on the nct___br 3 physical anomalies — a gentleman in windsor co vt whose hearing ia perfect can smoke for an hour together and puff the smoke out at tbe ears alter nately there is a blacksmith in the same place who has but one turbina ted bone in the right nostril we huv repeatedly seen him put a nail 3 in ches long into his mouth and push it out at the nose with his t.ngue ; also put a cord into his mouth and with draw it from the nose the business in his absence will be conducted bv a steady gentleman and a man acquainted with bis business i expect in a very short time to receive from philadelphia cards of directions for measuring which i will distribute in the adjoining counties in order to crable gentlemen to send their mea sures and have clothes made without the trou ble of attending in person should any gentleman w ish cloths t will at tend to the purchase of them in any of the stores in lincolnton — or furnish them myself accordingto directions tbe merchants in lin coln on will generally keep excellent supplies ofc hs to the editor nf the washington republican it is a fact which probably may not have occurred to you that the manifesto which accompanied the bill declaring the late war against great britain an ex tract from which was published in your paper of tuesday last and which has been emphatically styled the second dec laration of independence was written by j c calhoun as chairman of the com mittee of foreign relations at precisely about the same age that mr jefferson was when he wrote our first declaration of independence which affixed the seal of immortality to his name it is equal ly true that the devotien of mr calhoun to republican principles and the true in terests of his country as ia fully evinced by the whole course of his public conduct has been as firm and undeviating as that of that great patriot who was deservedly denominated " the man of the people the coincidence in the early part of the public career of these statesmen is singu larly striking ; and if there be a man en titled to the above imposing appellation as that of " jeffersonian candidate which has been claimed for another that man is john c calhoun wash repub boston med int his business will also be conducted as here tofore in asheville at his old stand at mr james patton's under the firm of clayton & hro-wn where prompt attention shall be given ihose who are in the habit of getting their clothes made in charleston i would recommend to sebring & ferguson as i know them to be first rate tailors picolilly is the name of a pamphlet late lv i3sned in this city from the press of phelps & farnum it purports to be con ducted by " a club and is to appear peri odically the ingredients in the firsc number are sufficiently spiced with hu mor pun and repartee to make it palata ble among the devourers of light food we hope it may prove to be the legiti mate successor of salmagundi n b the merchants of asheville will here after keep a good a-.sortment of cloths and cas imeres d wid clayton asheville sept 26 1823 thc undersigned have been long acquainted with mr clayton and have uniformly applied to him to do their tailoring business they feel no hesitation in recommending him as a man worthy of every degree of confidence as a man of unexceptionable character and morals and as a mechanic he has never failed to our knowl edge to attend to all orders with promptitude and to execute every thing in the line of his business w ith neatness and despatch james patton sen geo d phillips jas m smith j m'd carson r b vance j w carson john paxton isaac craton a l erwin p brittain w d smith geo swain jas m.alexander lewis chrisman thomas forster saml chunn boston galaxy an experiment by carrier-pigeons has recently been made by a company at liege twenty-two pigeons set loose at paris arrived at liege a distance of se venty five leagues in 4 hours another flight was loosed at coblentz a distance of thirty leagues ; two of them reached home in two hours and a half a mr faux has published a book en titled " memorable days in america the following is his noted recollection of one of those days : u slepl this night 68 miles from cdlumbia a dreadful tempest all night — i found my bed alive with bugs fleas and other vermin ; rose at two to shake myself and enjoy a sort of respite from these creeping tormenting bedfel lows on opening my window i wri an noyed by frogs innumerable of two spe cies ; some loudly whistling or chattering like english sparrows at pairing time ; others bitterly lamenting like thousands of chickens deserted by their mother hens ; others bellowing like cows in sor row for weaning calves this confusion from within and from without from above and from below spoiled my night's rest and seemed to carry me back a few scores of centuries into egyptian plagues new fashions the subscriber having very lately received from his correspondent in philadelphia the latest fashions from tbe celebrated shop of rob b i ii inebrenner of that city is now ready to do all kinds of work belonging to the tailoring bu siness he pledges himself that all those who may favor him with their custom shall have their work done in the best style of tfie fashions of the day and on reasonable terms travellers and others who wish garments madeon short notice can be accommodated with a whole suit on a notice of two days orders from a distance punctually attended to thomas v canon salisbury aug 11 1823 66 the late refusal of the french admi ral to permit the united states frigate congress havi'«g on board our minister to spain to enter the port of cadiz has given rise to a good deal of comment in a two-fold view ; 1st as regards the right of the french government to act thus to wards the national ship of a neutral na tion ; and secondly as regards the con duct of capt biodle in turning aside from his object on tbe first of these points there are various opinions we incline to think that a resort to written authorities will sustain tbe french government ; whilst . reason and courtesy as well as the gen-j negroes for sale i"v tuesday tbe irth of november next at vj the court-house in salisbury sundry valua ble and likely negroes consisting of inert teamen '">}":, and girls belonging to tbe estate of gen jesse a pearson dec'd will be sold on a cred l of one and two years — purchasers to secure tie payment by giving bonds with two or more approved securities payable with tbe current notes of the banks in the state of north-cavoli na the sale will continue on wednesday tbe 19th unless all the negroes are sold on the first a v additional terms will be made known on le day of sale sufficient bills of srue will be executed to pur sic p ~. -^- ■ 7 rr , t ..,, ■,,..,.. ylowsi w sale f£:~^f t will sell my house and lot in sa l*rl isbury on accommodating terms applv to t l cowan es'j or to myself in ka leigh there is a good office belonging to tbe lot convenient for a lawyer or physician john beck with salisbury march 8 1s23 44tf sheriffs deeds for land suld by order of writs of venditioni exponas for sale at the printing-office october 13 1823