wbsnnbber daiftdmsniasr vot iv salisbury n c tuesday december 9 1823 no 183 uxtsb ami n-nt.is:ikn ftkut wiek ' byi»ini;0 white selling unusually low the subscriber is now receiving a large as sortment of dry goods hard-ware cutlery domest1cks c from new vork and philadelphia selected by himself with care and bought on the bert term being anx ious to secure a continuance of his present res pectable custom hc has come to a determina tion to offer his extensive stock of goods in sa lisbury at prices which in his opinion will be found as low as the price of those who advertise citing off :,* o 0 st his customers and the public generally are invited to call examine and judge for themselves convention debates mr j a cameron proposed lo amend the section so as to provide that a senator shall possess 300 acres of land of town property to the value of $ 1 000 mr fisher objected to the provision being confined to persons living in towns ; he wished it to be general mr hearne said there appeared to him no difficulty in the proposed provision ii a man hold 300 acres of land he would be eligible or if he held land worth si 000 though it might be less in quantity he would be equally eligible to routine the alternative to towns would deprive an inhabitant of the country fiom a seat in the senate who possessed any less nutr ber of acres than 300 though it might be worth s6000 he hoped the amendment would pass as proposed by the mover mr mangum n as opposed to the amend ment proposed by the gentleman trom cumberland this proposition could no be consideied as infiinging on the right as at present exercised ; but as an exten sion of that right our ancestors said he thought proper to guard our interests in the senate by requiring its members to be owners of 300 acres of the soil of the country and it was doubtless a whole some provision the ot.je-ct ofthe pres cnt amendment was te admit such as have not that quantity of land but possess an esta'e offelooo under the present con stitution if » man possesses property to t^e value of 820,000 if he have not 300 acres of land he is not eligible i his ne c'id not think correct he w as < lear how ever that the property o qualify a man to be senator should be freehold proper ty and not an estate thst s!.oi;ld depend on his own life or the life of another legislature oi north-carolinai the terms of the western carolinian will after be as follows : three dollars a year able m sdvance hutoertisemenls will be inserted at fifty cents ct'txe for the first insertion and twenij five je each subsecpie.it one all letters addressed to the r.ditor must be ., ',,,;; cr they will not be attended tu from the raleigh register sen a e friday nov 21 frridat nov 14 the proposed amendments to the con stitution being printed thc meetine took them up for consideration ; when on mo tion of mr fisher the meeting resolved itself into a committee of the whole ; but two gentlemen called upon for the pur pose declining to take the chair ceil stokes continued to preside in commit tee mr cameron presented ihe follow ing resolution which was read three times passed and ordered to be en : whereas the honorable william norwood esq one of thc judges nfthe superior courts of law and equity of this state was prevented by extreme illness from holding al the courts in the circuit to which lie was allotted this falls resolved that the public treasurer be and he is hereby authorised and required to pay to the raid william norwood the full sum he would have heen entided to receive from the public treasury in like manner as if he bad held the courts in the circuit assignee t<i him • and for so doing this shall be hia warrant ou motion ol mr l»ravcsj a select committee was appointed on the mil itia laws and the public arms of the state — and the following gentlemen were named as the committee viz lands for sale aea of the court of equity of rowan county iy v'vtnc nf sundrj decrees of the court of {) pouilf for rowan county mack at october \\ | will expose to public sale at the r'rt-ir > n salisbury on wednesday the december next the following valuable . , h of land viz one tract near alexander , zr mill not fax from the mouth of grant's creek containing 9s acres j one other tract joining the lands of william smith and alex i - long containing 91 acres one other • on the vadkin river below the mouth of , !•:, containing 115 acres three other joining the last mentioned tract con igether 53 acres also four lots ly ing in the great north square of the town of yisbun known and d scribed in the plan of aid town i nos 9 20 60 aud 65 : the above property belongs to the heirs at law ofthe late atexander frohock also ut the samu time and place a tract of lan-i lyinx on the waters of hunting creek in j povks of tin vadkin adjoining the lands of i little r.;-kcr johnston and others con diping bv estimation 222 acres belonging to ibe heirs it law of george brandon dec'd aim at the same time and place a tract of lind lying on the yadkin river adjoining the nathaniel pcc.xes willey ellis james orr.l ami others containing 25'j acres more or inland belongingto the heirs at law of joshua ca\*on ch-e'd abo at rhe same time and place a tract of und wing on the waters of dutch second creek bo ndedbythe lands of michael hoffman john tre.der and others and containing 221 acres be the same more or less belonging to tlie heirs at law of john pasinger dec'd also at the same time and place a tract of land iving on a branch of se cond creek com monly calh-d the walnut bnflich adjoining the bnds of george and henry robison containing jfthcres and belonging to the heirs at law of mugarel robison dec'd a credit of twelve and eighteen months will be given for the purchase money on each of ibe above tracts of land als-i at the same time and place will be sold mother tract lying on the waters of wet hero's creek joining the iredell line and adjoining tbe bids of vr'il m'kay james houston david fnster and others containing forty-six or forty tjfm acres belonging to the heirs at law of jsauder cook dec'd this h-act v ill he sold ons credit of twelvemonths with interest from the time of s:de john murphy roiean county n c aug 1325 66 the constitution as proposed fo be amended was then taken up by sections the only amendment proposed to the first section was o change the s'-.le of the popular branch of the legislature from house cf commons to house of representatives ir yancey the chairman of tbq com mtttee said the committee prefen cl the term of hiuse of reprtsentativ s for obvious reasons no objection was made to the change i he 2d proposing that the se n.i'ors shall be chosen by ballot every two sears in manner hereinafter irect ed was passed without remark new assortment tie subscribe as very recently received from philadelphia an assortment of dry goods hardware cutlery and domestic ; which with the assortment m expects to re ceive in a shoil time will enable him to sell at satisfactory prices i he public nre respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves edward cress salisbury aug 16 1823 messrs craves williams brittain m'learyj and ward q otv^ey s\w\t\\\t!\g . 1 he lollowing persons were appoint ed on the several select committees ordered on the message e;f the g vei nc>r : the coppe smithing and tin plate business heretofore transacted by d cress se n will in future b conducted by me at the same place those who favor me with their custom mav de pend on havintr their work done with neatness durability and despatch edwd cress as was thc 3d except that it w s pro posedto change hie woid representatives instead of the 2d line to members but trie motion was not agreed to on internal improvement i messrs camerorij burgess legrand caldcleugh and hatch of way ne on agriculture i messrs hatch of tones phifer gray harrell and bethune on criminal liiu messrs martin wcllli rn bryan graves and ihipinan on cherokee l.tt-.u ; messrs se-av ell i ve forney vi'leod brittain — and pursi ant a 9 resolution pre ented by mr sneed on education messrs sneed hill of frank lin whitiie.il ward hill of stokes ; anel administrator's notice the subscriber having qualified at the last « rpi of rowan county court as admin istrator on the estate of ifthn smith late of salisbury deceased gives notice to all persons incubte il to said estate in any shape to come for ward and make settlement as speedily as possi ble ; and all those having claims against it will in like manner present them properly attested for liquidation thomas holmes admr a op 21 19.q3 3-83 there being no change proposed in the 4th section but the word representatives instead of commons it passed of course i he slh section prescribes the cj'tuii fications of members of the senate < hey are to be 25 years old and must have re sided in the district one year sec mr carson moved to amend i;m sec tion by adding that he shall be i citizen of the united ztates as he wished to pre vent any person from enle ring our coun cils who was attached lo the interests of any other country mr settle said as he perreived the committee proposed that none but five white citizens should be permitted to vote lor members ol the most popular branch ot the legislature he hoped no colored man would be eligible to a scat in either branch of the general assembly he theielore proposed to amend the amend ment by adding to the qualification that he shall be a free white man on the library committee i messrs poi • ■'■'., bryan and bullock lhc committee appointed t c ! the ballotting for engrossing ' !• '. reported that john c ehringhau , is duiv elected mr sandi rs was in favor of neither of the amendments prcposed to this section he preferred thc provision of the consti tution as it now stands he was or hav ing members ofthe senate to be owners ed 300 acres of land he considered the senate aa representing the landed inter est ot tbe country and he should prefer tiiat its members should be cbitfiy taken from the country and not from towns or if members should be chosen irom towns that thev should be nun who ow ned at least 300 acres of land ; and no one worthv of a seat in the senate would find any difficulty in acquiring this quali fic.aiion public sale hhhere will be sold at the late dwelling of i the deceased in salisbury on friday the 12th da of december next various articles of household furniture consisting of beds chairs ecc and ulso on the friday following the 19th of december there will be soil at ihe planta tion of said john smith dec'd a stock of hogs horses cows c and also corn fodder c on all sums above two dollars a credit of 12 months will be given the purchaser giving hond and security due attendance will be given by i the subscriber mr gr.y presented the petition of jane wellborn of randolph county j praying the passage of a law securing to her such estate as she m iv hereafter acquire : which was referred to the committee on privilege s and km < tions saturday _ a jt 22 the following pers-ns were appoint ed a committee ot finance on the part ol this h'>use : thomas holmes admr nov 30 1823 st83 mr yancey said the committee j d not though such a provision necessary , as by the 7th section none but free while men possessed of a certain freehold arc per mitted to vote he had however no ob jection to the proposed amendments mr burton observed that there was no necessity lor the amendment in relation to foreigners as a senator is required to hold 3oo acres of land in fee which no alien could have mr /. s smith wa in favor of the ori ' mal amendment ; but thought mat 81000 was too large a sum with which to fill the blank a man who has 300 jcres of land not worth gloo mav be a senator he should wish to fix the sum at what might be considered about an average value of 300 acres of land he proposed therefore 5600 he was anxious this amendment should prevail ; as the convention pro posed to take away the right ofthe towns to send members ; the inhabitants of towns ought to be placed on an equality as to eligibility with those ofthe country mr phifer again insisted upon main taining the landed interest in senate and against facilitating the election to that body ofthe inhabitants of the towns mr cameron withdrew his proposition the question was then taken on filling the blank with s'000 and lost lhe question was then taken on 600 and car ried messrs hatch of jones bullock flown % marshall ward grav martin and tociioorn cotton saw gins a certificate was received trom the house ol commons of an allowance made by the count court ol cumhi r land in favor of isabella c mpbcll countersigned by the speaker <•{ the house which on motion of mr ( bethune was countersigned by the speaker of the senate mr brittain presented the resig nation of william orr lieut col of the first regimentof the mtlitiai i ijun combe count and mr alexander presented the resignation of andrew hudlow col commandant ofthe 1st regiment of militia ol rutherford coun ty which were read and accepted monday nov 24 fi1iie subscriber has now on hand for sale at _ his shop in salisbury on main street cot ton saw gins of his own make which he will warrant to be as well made as any in the state he will constantly keep gins for sale and will do all kinds of repairing on short notice and reasonable terms samuel fralev salisbury aug 18 1828 67 the purchasers will be required to give bonds with approved securities in every instance for the purchase moncv geo locke c.m.e october 25 1823 7t84 state of north-carolina lincoln countv superior court of law october te-m 1823 mary hooper vs joshua hooper petition for divorce it appearing to the satis faction of the court that joshua hooper the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state it is therefore ordered by said court that publication be made three months in the raleigh star and western carolinian giving notice to the defen dant that he appear at the next superior court of law to be held for the county of lincoln at tlie court-house in lincolnton on the fourth mon day iftcr the 4th monday in march next then ind there to answer plead or demur to the said petition otherwise it will be taken pro confesso md adjudged accordingly witness lawson son clerk of said court at office the fourth monday after the fourth monday in sep i a . d."l823 and in the forty eighth year tflhe independence of the v slates lawn hcmu.kson in 91 house and lot ibr sale in salisbury the subscriber wishes to sell his house and lot in the town of salisbury now occupied by himself as a tavern the establishment is so generally known that it would be of little service to describe it particularly ; it is perhaps the most eligible stand for a public house in the western part of north-carolina ; it is within 80 yards of the court-house in salisbury is large and convenient with extensive out-buildings c a verv moderate price will be taken for the es tablishment and payments made easy any person wishing to purchase will do well to ap ply soon as the subscriber is now determined to sell and remove to bis farm in thc country 1 .<.-'■ ters directed to the subscriber in salisbury n c will be dulv attended to john iiowarh sen salisbury dec 2 1823 82 %• ihe naleie-h star will insert the above 3 weeks and send their account to this office for settlement both amendments were agteccl to mr mangum moved further to amend the 5th section by adding to the end of it or real estate in fee of the value c/"8 which being agreed to mr li'iliiam son pioposecl to fill the bhink with six hun dred v hich he supposed was about the va lue ol 300 icres of land at the time the present constitution was adopted he did not consider what was the value ol land formerly but what is ns present va iue ; and he believed that a dollar an acre would be a more cornet estimate than two dollars when said he wc are fix ing two qualifications we ought to make the value s nearly equal as practicable ; and a man possessed ol 100 acres of land worth 300 might he a well qualified to serve his country in the senate as one possessed of 300 acies worth the same sum we have alieady said that a man owning 50 ar res of land or land of the va lue ol 50 shall vote for a senator he wished here to observe the same propoi tion messrs cameron gra , welib rn phifer and burgess were appointed a committee on the part of this house on the resolution introduced in the house of commons by mr stanlv on siturday relative to ihe public print ing messrs seawell vanhook phifer scales and sneed were appointed a committee on the part of the senate on the resolution introduced by mr al ston of the house of commons rela tive ti the banks on motion of mr mangum the section vjs further amended hy inserting the words before the g600 " real estate in fee of thc value of price adv su from the new york statesman state of north-carolina st kks county court of hh-as ami quaker sessions sep tember term 1823 sarah van ter to the oseofwip slade vs edmund beazley ; judicial attachment levied on land it appearing to tlie court that the defendant so absconds and conceals mselfthat the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him it is therefore ordered that publication be made in tiie western carolinian forthree weeks giving notice to the said defen dant to appear al the next court ol pleas and quar'er sessions to be held for said countv at the court house in germanton on the second monday in december next and replevy plead r ' issue or demur otherwise judgment final will be entered against him t83 ma i hew r moohf cl'k mr hurley an ungenious and indus trious mechanic of this city has compli mented mr t linton by sending him an american beaver hat ofthe cortes form beautifully wrought with his own hands its intiinsic value is not less than 15 or 20 state of north-carolina ashe county m/ffo'iris baker vs alex johnston et it a alias : original bill in equity m hereas it appears o the satisfaction of this court that pol ly baker relict of jeremiah baker ch ceased fames baker weuben baker lucy ann baker saberry baker nancy baker and jeremiah ba ker infants and heirs at law of the aforesaid je remiah baker deceased are inhabitants of an other state ; it is therefore ordered that publi cation be made in the western carolinian pub lished in salisbury for six weeks for the afore said parties to appear and answer plead or de mur or judgment pro confesso will be taken against tben'i and the cause heard ex parte witness james hathorn clerk of tl.e couri of equity for the county and state aforesaid sep tember 1823 c & m £> price adv 82 6vl67 dollars ; but its principal worth consists iii its bring a spontaneous tribute of res pect fiom an independent and worthy citizen to a distiniruislud statesmen whose efforts have done much towards developing the resources of our country and who has been the uniform friend and advocate of domestic manufactures mr sneed a bill to consolidate nd amend the several laws of this state relative to the processioning of land — which was read the first time and nn motion of mr hill of stokes ordered to be printed mr calloway a bill to appoint com missioners to superintend the building of two bridges on the great stage re ad in tbe counties of wilkes and ashe which was read the first time and re ferred to the committee on internal im provement mr m'leary presented a certifi cate of an allowance made by the coun ty court of mecklenburg to leah beatty which was read and counter signed by the speaker mr hill of stokes presented the petition of wm welch and others praying for authority to erect gates on a public road referred to the com mittee on propositions and grievances mr torrence presented the petition of joseph byers of iredell which was referred to the same committee mr phifer observed that the framers of the present constitution made a mar ked distinction between members ot the senate and members ol the house ol com mons the former were intended io repre sent the landed interest of the state ; bul the latter the people at large and he was for keeping up that distinction the in habitants of our towns who have no land maybe as patriotic as others but he considered the liberties of the country satest in the hands ofthe landed interest mr yuncey said there was no wish in any one he presumed to destroy the distinction of which the gentleman from cabarrus spoke it was proposed merely to affix an average value of 300 acres of land and provide that a member of the senate should have that quantity of land or estate of equal value which will oper ate chiefly on persons living in towns and he was in favor of filling tbe blank with si ooo mr fisher was willing to fill the blank with a sum that would be about equal to the value of the bnd ; but no gentleman will say that'the average value of land is g3 an acre and glooo would exceed that price he hoped therefore a smaller sum would be fixed upon brutal slander — at wilts assizes england two guineas damages and costs were obtained from a person who had slandered the character of plaintiff's horse ! av/r 3 1823 state of north-carolina davinson county potp.t of pleas and quarter sessions octo v ber term 1823 gersham tusscv and sa his wife and kliza liyerly vs philip gaf r and barbara his wife georpre keplev and catharine his wife mo-decai collins and chris • * na n ' s wife : petition for partition it appear fto tlie satisfaction of the court that the de lants philip gamer and barbara his wife 2°*»e kepley an.l catharine his wife morde •" collins and christcna his wife are not in h » ants . (,< this slate » il is therefore ordered 2f publication be made for six weeks in he , lr p rn carolinian printed in salisbury that 1 s he defendants appear at the next court d rleas ailfl q uarter sess , ons to i e held for totl 00 count j kt the court-house in lcxing pl m on c 4th mondav of january next and it will i demur to t,,e said petition otherwise 11 oe taken pro confesso as to them lr ' e c0 py from tha minutes 6t86 rnce adv g2 u mock c/'a state of north-carolina dwidson county court of fleas and quarter sessions octo ber term 1823 george shuman vs hen ry verble ; original attachment ; james w ise man maurice davis and william wiseman sum moned as garnishees it appearing to the satis faction of the court that the defendant is not a resident of this state it is therefore ordered that nnblication be made for three weeks in the wes tern carolinian for the defendant to appear at the next court of fleas and quarter sessions to he held fi.r the county of davidson at the court house in lexington on the 4th monday of an nary next and plead c otherwise judgment final will be entered against him a copy from the minutes ? 5 b the vampire of the ocean recently caught and now exhibiting in new-york is said to weigh upwards ol five tons the resistance it made when caught was so great ihat by a slight turn of its body il snapped off with the utmost ease the head of the harpoon with which it was struck the court of appeals in fayette county kentucky have decided that notes of the bank ofthe commonwealth are not money they have also decided that jusices of the peace have no jurisdiction of contracts payable in property over jive pound mr love presented the petition of ndry inhabitants of haywood coun david mock ( i le 3t84