Western Carolinian

              western carolinian • • vo salisbury n c tuesday september 7 1824 no 222 gen la fayette island and a crowd of citizens passed through a triumphal arch round which was tastefully entwined the french and american colors as soon as the mar quis and suite entered on the broad stairs connected with and leading to the steam boat which was to convey him to the qity he was received by the committee of the common council who conducted him on board the chancellor on entering this splendid vessel the marines paid him military honors he was now introdu ced to the committees from most of our honored associations and the general officers representing the infantry the west point band all this time were plav ing " see the conquering hero comes •' on pent on etre mieux " hail colum bia and the " marsellais hymn him the marquis advanced to the centre of the area of the castle and was greeted with loud cheers expressive of as honest and generous feelings as were ever spon taneously manifested by any people on the face of the earth from the artillery j after vhich was pre sented severally to him a large concourse of ladies and gentlemen fcbtlsiied evert tuesday jyphilo white ms of the western carolinian will ic as follows : three dollars a year advance r discontinued except at the option lor ) until all arrearages are paid ements will be inserted at fifty cents for thc first insertion and twenty-five new-york aug 17 agreeably to the arrangements previ ously made and which were announced in this paper yesterday the general la fayette the only surviving general of the seven years war of our revolution was conducted from staten island and landed in this city a«ridst every demon stration of joy and admiration that our citizens could bestow the news of the general's arrival had spread thro the surrounding country with the rapidity of lightning ; and from the dawn of day un til noon the roads and ferry-boats were thronged with people who were hastening to the city to participate in the fete and testify their gratitude for the services and respect for the character ofthe illus trious " naiional guest our citizens also 4 urned out in immense numbers at an early hour and together with the mili tary presented the most lively and moving spectacle that we have witnessed on any former occasion the day was clear cool and remarkably pleasant which ad ded mut.h to the comfort of our citizens and contributed largely to the general ef fect of the splendid and patriotic pro ceedings unfortunately for themselves a great number of our most fashionable citizens were absent and among them his honor the recorder alderman king the as sistant alderman hone all of whom were upon the original committee of arrange ments when however the arrival of the general was announced the mayor promptly filled the places of the absen tees from other members of the board and the arrangements though hastily made were judicious ample and well executed the committee having char tered the steam ship robert fulton and the steam boats chancellor livingston oliver ellsworth henry fckford con nedicut bcllona olive branch nautil us sec they were all superbly dressed will flags and streamers of every nation and directed to meet and form an aquatic escort between the south part ofthe bat tery and governor's island and thence proceed in order to staten island the battery was crowded with respectable people of both sexes castle garden was filled and every boat that arrived to take its station was completely crowded with elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen the appearance of the robert fulton as she came down x the east river from the navy yard escorted by the connec ticut and oliver ellsworth all superbly decorated was rich beyond description her yards were manned to the round top6 with about two hundred seamen from the onstitution who made an elegant ap pearance and a battalion of marines un der the command of maj smith was on board with a band of music and many of the naval officers upon this station together with several ladies and private gentlemen arrived at the place of rendezvous the several vessels comprising the fleet took their stations and proceeded in re gular order to the quarantine as follows : first the chancellor livingston on board of which were the committee of tbe corporation major general morton and suite a number of the members of the cincinnati including colonels wil lett vaiick trumbull piatt and others together with a few ladies several officers and professors from west point accom panied by the excellent military band at tached to that institution on the right of the chancellor and about a length in rear was the connecticut and on the left to correspond was the oliver ells worth directly in the rear of the chan cellor was the robert fulton whose lof ty masts and wide-spread aims which literally swarmed with men towered proudly above her less pretending but not less gay and beautiful consorts on the right of the robert fulton about a length in the rear was the bellona and on the left the henry eckford in a sta tion to correspond ; and the squadion was closed by the olive branch and nautilus the signals exchanged and the steam boats having attained their stations as above stated the squadron got under way amidst the cheers of thousands of deligh ted spectators the view of this fleet will perhaps never be forgotten it was not only unique but beyond a doubt one of the most splendid spectacles ever wit nessed on this part of the globe the squadron bearing six thousand of our fellow-citizens majestically took its course towards staten island there to take on board our long-expected and hon ored guest at 1 o'clock the fleet arri ved at staten island and in a few min utes a landau was seen approaching the hotel near the ferry the marquis the vice-president and the ex-governor ogden of new jersey having alighted a procession was formed and the venera b'e stranger supported by these gentle men followed by all the officers of the the common council of new york have requested general la fayettb to sit for his portrait to be placed in their hall : and they have presented the free dom of the city to his son george wash ington la fayette they havc ordered their proceedings in relation to the gen eral and the address of the mayor and his answer to be handsomely engraved on vellum and that one copy be pre sented to him ; the other to be placed among the archives of tbe common coun cil an officer from general benedict now announced to gen morton all was rea dy for review and the marquis supported by the major generals and followed by the committee officers of the navy ar my and militia reviewed the troops a gun now announced the order to march and the general entered a beautiful ba rouch drawn by four grey horses ; and the whole cavalcade moved in the direc tion ofthe city hall f he assemblage of citizens indepen dent of the military at the battery in castle garden in state-street through broadway and in the vicinity of the city hall was immense ; and from the respec tability and order of the persons compo sing it splendid and interesting beyond description through this dense and towering host for the doors casements tailing windows chimneys and turrets ofthe buildings were hung with specta tors the general was conveyed in a ba rouche drawn by four horses followed and preceded by the la fayette guards through the whole distance to the city hall which is near a mile the gen'l rode uncovered and received the uncea sing shouts and the congratulations of 50,000 freemen with tears and smiles which bespoke how deeplv he felt the pride and glory of this occasion the la dies from every tier o windows waived their white handkerchiefs and hundreds unloosed by their fair owners were seen floating in the air he was evidently much embarrassed and even affected with the conflicting and powerful sensibil ities wbich were called up and kept in ac tion by the continued and universal de monstrations of love which proceeded from every age sex and condition of our people several attempts were made by the people both in going up and return ing through broadway to take the horses from the general's carriage and draw him in triumph themselves subsequent one ddressed to the editor must de will not he attended to antou acoaemy tution having received such assis m tlie acts of the last assembly a stable and respec f able founda ving the labors of mr alexan a graduate from the state uni is luring the last year given the ary proof of his faithfulness and recommended to the attention of he trustees arc aware of the lit licli can be placed on recominen nature ; still having witnessed the ment of the youth in morals and 7er he instruction of mr wilson e pleasantness and perfect health cituation and the benefit which m having the teachers of both de he instistuuon together with the ;, residing in the academy build iey will continually watch and la ellcctual and spiritual good ofthe cannot but ask those gentlemen t their sons for college or to give e scientifick education to inquire icilities afforded at this institution st equal to any in the state der of the board isaac t avery extract of a letter to the editor of the franklin dated new york august 20 1 8z4 w you have seen what took place with regard to general la fayette up to this morning he left here at about eight o'clock the general's journey to boston will be rapid as he intends being al harvard commencement on tuesday next hi3 stay at the eastward must also be short as he has engaged to bc in baltimore on the 15 th proximo the steam ship now fired a salute and the whole squadron got under way for the city in the same order as before except that the bellona and olive branch fas tened each side to the cadmus the ship which brought the general from france decorated with colors and filled with pas sengers majestically moved up the bay the sea was smooth and placid and the breeze cool and agreeable decidedly the most interesting sight was the recep tion of the general by his old companions in arms : colonel marinus wiilet now in his eighty-fifth year general van cortland general clarkson and other worthies whom we have mentioned — col fish general lewis and several of his comrades were absent he embra ced them all effectionately and col wil let again and again he knew and re membered them all it was a re-union of a long separated family in philadelphia the room of the state house in which the declaration of inde pendence was signed will be fitted up by direction of a committee of the city coun cils and appropriated as a levee room for gen la fayette the same com mittee has determined on erecting agrand civic arch in ft ont of the state house in honour of his arrival ansion hotel iv xorth-carolin.l by iv akd yarbuough ho respectfully informs the pub lic and his friends that he has the extensive and elegant estab ated at the north corner of the lately occupied h mr lames convenience of this situation for nual to anv in the place the is a number of private rooms well the accommodation of travellers i the stables are equal if not su in the place aud attended to by attentive hostlers ; bistable and upplied with the best the market he regulations ot his house such ill give entire satisfaction to those k pr per to call on him and he that no pains shall be spared to tay comfortable and pleasing , i824 96 after the ceremony of embracing and congratulations were over he sat down alongside of col willet who grew young again and fought all his battles o«er " do you remember said he at the battle of monmouth i was volunteer aid to gen scott ? i saw you in the heat of battle you were but a boy but you were a serious and sedate lad aye aye ; i remember well and on the mohawk i sent you fifty indians and you wrote me that they set up such a yell that they frightened the british horse and they ran one way and the indians another no person who witnessed this inter view will ever forget it ; many an honest tear was shed on the occasion the young men retired at a little distance while the venerable soldiers were indul ging recollections and were embracing each other again and again ; and the sur rounding youth silently dropt the tear ihey could no longer restrain such sin cere such honest feelings were never more plainly or truly expressed the sudden change of the countenance ofthe marquis plainly evinced the emotions he endeavored to suppress he manfully supported this truly trying situation for some time when a revolutionary story from the venerable willet recalled cir cumstances long passed : the incident the friend alluded to made the mai quis sigh ; and his swelling heart was relieved when he burst into tears the sympa thetic feelings extended to all present ; and even the hardy tar rubbed away the tear he could no longer restrain on thusday thc 19th ult the gentle men of the bar of the city of new york to the number of about 300 received gen la fayette in the common pleas room of the city hall ; when mr hoffman their chairman addressed the general in a feel ing and eloquent style to which the general replied in a handsome manner about four or five hundred french gen tlemen resident in the city of new york proceeded to the quarters of gen la fayette and by a committee tm>de an address to him ; to which he returned an affectionate and feeling reply on the steps of the city hall were as sembled having a space in the centre a great number of ladies many of whom stepped forward and gave the general their hands as he passed along the general enthusiasm also extended to the children of all ages ; the name of the hero continually reverberated from their lips giving to fayette a heart-appealing evidence that his memory has been hal lowed at every family altar and the fu ture generations as well as this will be familar wilh his name ; and echo his prai ses after his return to the city hotel he had the extraordinary condescension and good feeling to come out and shake hands with 6 or 700 american youth the future conservatories of his fame this circumstance has planted in the minds of these little ones the strongest affection for the man which will go with them thro life and endure till its close such is a taint outline of the proceed ings of a day which shines proudly in the annals of our country — proceedings which were more brilliant than any that have ever been witnessed in america and which will rarely if ever be equalled it was a proud day for the cause of en lightened and liberal principles as to tlie pageant we should suppose from the accounts then published that the landing of the king of england at leith in 1 822 would form the nearest parallel bul the occasion and he circumstances were widely different no fulsome adulation was here extorted by the power or splcn dor of royalty but every feeling and ev erv movement were the spontaneous bursts of admiration and gratitude for the character and the services of a great be nefactor of the whole civilized world come among us in a private capacity and in the unaffected attire of republican simplicity commercial advertiser tertainment from the b0st05 patriot km smoot takes this method f informing his friends and the : at large that he lias now finished house and has fitted it up in the for the accommodation of travel - mr editor the following impor tant facts cannot be too often placed be fore the eyes of the people i do wish the caucus papers would give them one insertion that their readers may no long er be in the dark a republican " the national candidate the mas sachusettes spy thus sums up the claims of mr crawford to be called the mational candidate 1 out of 261 members of congress he only obtained 66 in caucus 2 ■ his leaves 95 against him a ma jority of 129 votes 3 from ten states he had no vote 4 from five states he had but two votes each 5 from three states he had but three votes each 6 from the remaining four states he had a majority in three only 7 seven out of the eleven members who called and attended the caucus stand directly opposed to the states they repre sent 8 the caucus consisted of only one fourth of the republican members of con gress 9 one third of the states were wholly unrepresented either by a senato or member of the house of representa tives 10 upon counting states he had only a majority of the representation of 3 out of 24 should the election go to the house each state there has one vote — 13 votes constitute a majority and elect the presi dent in no possible way can mr craw ford obtain this number or the half of it in no possible way honest or dishonest can he succeed to the presidency hers who mav feel dispose d to call house is in davidson county on leading from salisbury to salem i c twelve miles from salem exington and twenty-four from entlemen travelling from south to i north to south are invited to call enience of refreshments for them r their horses c will be afforded to correspond with the general re f provisions and other necessaries june 1 18-?4 lsit'22 acb poking ber offers his sewices to the pub above line and flatters himself rience and steady application for tars in europe and america to tisflici'ion to ihose who may favor work ' all descriptions pannel'd and lkeji c made and repaired on ns sam'l lander iril 26 1324 204 iges of all descriptions bought quis temperet a lacrymis tallea fendo the scene was too affecting to be con tinued and one of the cincinnati anx ious to divert the attention of the marquis his eyes floating with tears announced the near approach of the steam ship the marquis advanced to the quaiter railing where he was no sooner perceived by the multitude than an instantaneous cheer most loudly expressed the delight they experienced the other steam boats in succession presented themselves and passed each giving three enthusir tin cheers the marqais was delighted and especially with the activity and quick ness with which 200 of our gallant seamen manned the yards of the steam frigate previously to the salute about 2 p m the fleet arrived off the battery hat an impressive scene ! 3000 men making a splendid appearance formed in line with a battering train the ramparts and par apets ofthe castle were lined with ladies and gentlemen the flag staff the win dow and even the roofs of the houses facing the bay were literally crowded with spectators hundreds of boats and wherries surrounded the battery i he marquis left the chancellor in a barge commandedflmapt rodgers ofthe na vy accompanlbfcby the committee ofthe corporation and the cincinnati the gen erals of infantry c and landed amidst the cheers and acclamations of 30,000 peo pie who filled the castle battery and surrounding grounds within sight the marquis now entered the castle which was tastefully carpeted from the landing place to the receiveing rooms he here partook of some refreshment and was in troduced to some distinguished citizens perceiveing the restless anxiety of near ly 3000 persons in thee castle to see nevman wanted at thc above bu tt good wages will be given he ed on wood-work altogether scriber keeps two gigs for hire a s be kept in readiness with for the accommodation of those nv time wish to ride on pleasure s landeit , as an apprentice at the above ung man from 14 to 16 years of rrcct and industrious habits — one ry would be preferred : to whom be given cotton gins iber still continues to make all cotton saw gins at his shop in iain-street north side three doors urt-house he will warrant his , r ell made as any in the state ; and •, keep a supply constantly on n make for the accommodation men as live at a distance or oth t wait er takes this occasion to give his hose who have patronized him in siness ; and assures them that may again want jobs done in the 1 or repairing gins his best exer tinue to be exerted to give them rhe public at large are respect try the subscriber's gins ; and he , if they will once try they will is buy from his shop samuel fraley itg 16 1824 19 from the n y commercial advertiser aug 21 three commissioners from the city of baltimore arrived in new york on thursday morning and were presented by the mayor to general la fayette in the city hall the same day the re solutions of the city council and a letter from the committee of arrangements of baltimore were presented to the general prefaced by an address by mr finley on behalf of the committee ; to which gen la fayette returned an eloquent reply we learn from the spinnem in this place and its vicinity that the article of cotton has become extremely scarce in the market and that many of our factor ies must stop business for the want of it this furnishes much cause for re gret that so useful a class of our citizens should be thrown out of employ and an article of manufacture so much needed be excluded from our use raw cotton would meet with a ready sale and at good prices in this vicinity lexington ken monitor 29 th ult from the nev york evening post aug 21 " general la fatette was met at harlsem this morning by gideon cogg shall and l m h butler esquires a deputation from the town of new rothel le who presented him with an address : the deputation joined the escort on their taking up the line of march from harlcem and on his arrival at new rochclle he was received whh a salute instantaneous relief of the tooth-ache a pill of opium and camphor or a solu tion of camphor in oil of turpentine put into the hoilow of a carious tooth affords almost immediate relief in the tooth-ach med adviser nd lot in charlotte i accommodating terms the house the town of charlotte which ad i irwin's store on the north cor > james torrence raw 7 1824 7