western carolijymm vol v saijsntjlty n c tuesday nqvembelt 16 1824 no 232 ivrf.ii ami rriaished every tcespat by piiilo white che terms of the western carolinian will after be 8s follows : three dollars a year i j)|e in advance no paper discontinued except at the option fthe editor until all arrearages are paid ' \ lvertisemc-iits will he inserted at fifty cents square for the first insertion and twenty-five milts for each subsequent one _ 11 letters addressed to the editor must bc tt-baid or they will not be attended to sublime incident when the well known dr barth preached for the first time in his na tive city of leipsic he disd ined the usual precaution of having h'u sermon placed in the bible before him to refer to in case of need a violent thun der storm suddenly arising just as he was in the middle of his discourse and a tremendous peal of thunder causing him to lose the thread of his argument with great composure and dignity he shut the bible saying with great em phasis — " when god speaks man must iwld his peace he then descended from the pulpit while the whole con gregation looked on him with admi ration and wonder of age in this science he states that he has attained extraordinary suc cess as the result of which he advo cates the weather table attributed to dr herschell but which the son of that gentleman has recently disclaimed on the part of his late father dr clarke says that the accuracy of this table is truly amazing and that if dr herschell had lived for no other purpose than to construct it posteritv would have reason to bless his memo ry some of our meteorological read ers may perhaps thank us for inserting this table as arranged bv dr clarke w a xe\snn valuable town lots has just received f?v the last arrivals from new-york and philadelphia one hundred packages boots and shoes well selected for this market also 100 doz pocket-books and wallets 20 do goal skins 15 do coloured morocco skins 12 do lining skins 50 reams writing paper 10 cases v o hats 20 doz morocco flats 40 boxes muscatel raisins c all of which are offered at wholesale at a small advance from cost country merchants are res pectfully invited to call and examine the abov goods h on tuesday the 23d day of november inst will be sold axpubhc safe seven valuable own lot belonging to the estate of barnabas krider dec'd these lotsare below the luthe ran church adjoii ing 1 im beard sen's mea dow and fronting tl.e main-stn et all the lots are under a high state of cultivation and are worthy the attention of any gentleman who wishes to purchase town property also on the same dav will he sold nt the dwelling house of the late barnabas krider dec'd a variety of household and kitchen fur niture ; and also ail the stock of the dee'd consisting of horses cows hogs c terms made known on the day of sale thomas holmes ex'r salisbury nov fi 1824 3t33 desultory statistical view of the u states a review of the present resources and concii'ion of the united states is here presented which must he interesting to everv person on account of ihe unprece dented accumulation of her wealth and population the ameiican government exercises dominion over a country more extensive and one that will support mote inhabitants than any othet nation on earth the sun is four hours in its passage from the time it first shines upon the eastern shores of maine until it strikes the waters of the pacific : it is ahout four months in passing through the degrees of latitude ofthe ljuitedj states in her northern a-..d southern declination embracing six varie.ics of climate the united slates contain twelve hundred million acres of land of which we may calculate that one fif teenth part of it is cultivated estima ting then the improved land at ten dol lars per acre reckoning it at eighty millions acres it amounts to eit^ht handrecl million dollars ; and the un improved land at three dollars per acre will amount to the sum of three thou sand three hundred and sixty millions of dollars which makes in the whole forthe landed wealth four thousand u e hundred nnd sixtv million dollars the live stock consisting of c attle hor ses sheep and bigs w 11 calculating the cattle at one hu-idred and twent million dollars the hors-s at one hun dred million and the sheep and h gs at eighty million more produce a aggregate of three hu dred millions dollars two million of buddings make at four hundred dollars e.<ch eight hundred million dollars fin whole of the exports of the united states are seventy-four million — ol the imports seventy-seven million ton nage in foreign and coasting trade one million two hundred thousand dollars the commerce of the united states is extended over the whole world ; from the barren coast of labrador to new holland the south set islands china india the continents of africa and europe — from the north-west region of america tn the isles in the pacific cape h m and the west indies the capital invested in banks in surances government stock manufac tures roads canals and loans exceed eight hundred millions nf d dlars ; that invested in foreign and dom stic trade five hundred million ; which ith hr former eijrht hundred millions togeth er with slaves furniture and imple ments of husbandry will equal th sum of two hundred milii ns 6t36 n b also on the same day will be rented for one year the house and lot belonging to tin late barnabas krider dec'd and wherein he resided at the time of his death if the new moon the first quarter the full moon or the last quarter happens ti i n i m " £« ov 1 kg o i 1 jo 5 f zz 2 22 s 2 s c - p t p v 1 — 5 ® o s3 3 — — 3 3 §. _~ *° &?? jl °* °* & ' » a li j ' i - i 1 1 -- im € i ' s i 3.3'g 3 3 c zz 2 f-q $ 2 2 z.xq ? ~' s s 3 z v —. n £ ►;• — • — . — • 3 a -, = cr a . ~» o a o a a < • • -, . » p 3 e 3 . x , ui ;■ 3 _ c 1 o •"• ' r " ' ri ' i •> o c n . . » • . % s s ..... g , , » , i 5 ji tu , . ?' ' . . <* ' ' ' • . . 3 , o • ■ ■ ■ • . . „ r f>^\r 5 r^kr auction and commission store ay fayetteville north carolina the sub scribers are constantly receiving supplies of groceries dry goods and cultlery which are bought with cash at auction in charleston new-york and boston i he fol lowing articles ace now in store which they offer for sde at reduced prices : 3 pipes superior cogniac brandy 5 hhds and 15 bbls n e rum 72 do surrinam molasses 14 do prime sugar 65 bags of coflec 20 do pepper 5 do pimento 1.-5 bbls country gin 5 do copperas 34 do loaf sugar 3.7i do brown sugar 7 cp casks sweet wine 10 boxes madeira and sherry wine 10 casks cheese 2 do sad irons 150 boxes and half-boxes 8 by 10 window glass 50 do do iu by 12 do 23 do tumblers and decanters 25 do fayetteville mould caudles 10 do bun soap 2 do club axes 5 do mustard 6 do whittimore cotton cards 10 tons american and swedes iron also a general assortment of dry goods and cuttlery wlllklngs &. co fayetteville oct 13 4it32 valuable property for sale on friday and saturday of rowan november county court being the 19th and 20th ot the mouth will he offered at public sale those valuable houses and premises hi the town of salisbury formerly owned by barnabas krider dec'd formerly occupied by jacob krider f.sq by thomas holmes c and now partly occu pied as a printing-office this establishment consists of a large and good dw lling-house kitchen garden stables and a good store-house tlie premises are so well known ii is not deem ed necessary to give any further description those who arc d sirous of purchasing are in vited to call and examine them excessive use of sulphur professor olmstead of chapel hill in a late geological excursion in this snte met with a patient who was en during the most excruciating pains with his body emaciated his knee j i;its grown out in excrescences ki:ees drawn together and so helpless thit he could not move a limb without aid on inquiring into the cause of his dis ease he learned that it was occasioned by taking enormous doses of sulphur recommended to him by a quack to cure the rheumatism it appeared that he had thus taken six pounds of sulphur thomas holmes ex'r nov 8 1824 2t32 n carolina female academy andrews & jones principals t7ie examination of the pupils in this insti tution will commence on wednesday th 1st and close on the 3d dav of december when gold medals will be publicly presented lo those young ladies who have completed tht ir studies the exercises of the academy will he resu med on the first day of february next there being no other vacation during the year the terms will be the same as heretofore rnom the xew-f,vr,i.*ni rviijien i 2 ~ ~ i **} r n o o matr — s.s-'g.o s.s.s 2 o c 2 v - _~ ■* sr 3 •» ** ■* 5 9 s is 1 ss'of 1 ? o • j *-* rr ' i - s n z 2 • o g 85 22 * p a 3 ' £ .. ~ * § • 3 ss z r f e ° s i $ s s » 2 7 v--2 .% -. .% • 5 z s °*' £ 5 • 9 x 3 t c &" 3 uj s 7 p ? * £ in 3 op z 3 * % 5 weather wisdom almost all mankind are desirous first or last of attaining a good degree of that species of knowledge which is conrmonlv called among the peo ple at large * weather-wisdom — that is of being able to prognosticate by the help of various signs and symp toms what kind of weather is ap proa hing in order to find employ ment for this disposition of mind tlie almante makers have from time im memorial introduced into their annu al publications the various kinds and changes of weather that were gener aliv considered as tppropriate to the various months and week and diys of the year and such implicit reli ance has often been placed by many persons on these prophetic annuncia tions particularly in the most approv ed alman.ics that no small number of honest and credulous individuals form erly governed themselves in their daily labours by a strict attention to the in formation of the state of tlie weather foretold in " ames's almanacs which for a long time was almost the only one in use in the new england colonies we ourselves knew one i stance in which two brothers who were about commencing the annual ta«k of getting in their hav but who dare not venture a step until they had first examined the almanac in order to ascertain win - ther was likely to be propitious to their labours res rted to that infallible d - rvctorv for information it so hap pened that the very day which they h;.d selected to begin mowing was tbat on which a court was to be held at barnstable in massachusetts a fact that was also noted down accord ing to custom in the calendar aod immediately after tne name of the place where the court was to sit was interlarded ' thunder — it being natural to expect thunder occasionally in the hot season without observing that the two words had no connexion with each other the simple souls red it 1 barnstable thunder and one of them remarking that that was the worst kind of thunder they concluded to put off their haying till the storm was over the following article however is of a more serious nature and is enti tled from the highly respectable names which are connected with it to more consideration it is copied from the christian observer for july 1824 and as it furnishes an entire new set of rules for determining questions of this sort we presume it will be amusing to our readers " dr adam clark has lately com municated tothe public some meteoro logical observations in which he re marks : " from my earliest childhood i was bred upon a little farm and|as i found that much of our success depen ded on a proper knowledge and man agement of the weather i was led to study it ever since i was eight years the place is celebrated as remarkably health ful and is in all respects peculiarly favorable to tlie business of education oxford granville county oct 722 1824 5t34 new supply of fresh goods subscriber is receiving and opening a i large and general assortment of all kinds of goods at his store in salisbury from phila delphia and new-york ; and has made arrange ments to receive from said places monthly any further supply that may be necessary — selected with care and laid in at prices that will enable him to sell very low his customers and the public at large are respectfully invited to call examine and judge for themselves j murphy salisbury sept 1824 6mt48 n b country produce of all kinds received in exchange maj p h s wink's estate 4 ll those indebted to the estate of the late a peter il svvink are earnestly requested to come forward immediately and make pa ment or their not s and accounts will he placed with an officer for collection this demand is ne cessary and will be enforced owing to tin many debts due from the estate those having claims against lhe estate will please present them duly authenticated within the time pre scribed by law or this notice will be pled in bar of their recovery it would be an accommoda tion to have them presented on or before the week of the countv court in november ■>,:•'). lock w»i'r native gold the new-york statesman of the 23d ultimo says a piece of nadve >. o a was exhibited in our office this morning which w,ts found not long since in mecklenburg countv n carolina by a black boy while ploughing in a field and purchased at one dollar per pennyweight by mr j ladd watch miker and jeweller no 30 wad street it amounted to upwards of 8100 we are informed that it has been re sold this morning to messrs leaven worth hayden 8c scovillc manufacturers of buttons for the purpore ot being worked into an elegant set of coat buttons which will bear a likeness of washington and are to be placed on a coat of ameri can manufacture to be presented to gen la fayette books and stationary noveniber 5 1824 wm p iusuv 308 king-st charleston s c is now opening his fall supply of books and ! statio.vaky which he will sell at tin lowest prices and the most accommodating terms he has just published the country al manac for 1825 which contains the military staff government und courts of georgia south and north carolina as well as the list of the i federal governors and much amusing recrea j tion as the almanac is printed on a small type . it contains tu ice as much printing as almanacs usually do and is free from the errors that the former country almanac labored under but has the name of each day printed in the place of being designated by figures upon the whole il will be found as useful and entertainirg as any almanac published they can c hail of all the merchants in the several districts they will be kept for sale by the merchants in various counties of the state of north carolina the german almanac for 1825 printed in philadel phia is also tzr sale as above october 8 1824 st32 boots ai\a suoes 1^7 ill be sold ni public sale at the court v r house in salisbury on thursday of row an county court it being the 18th of die month a quantity of boots and shoes manufactured in salisbury of lhe best of ma terials a credit of three months will be given for the purchase money also at the same time and place a new set of windsor chairs on a credit of three months george d smith the london courier in extracting an article from an american paper giving a concise account of the life and character ol la fayette introduces it in the following manner we extract this introduction to let our readers know what the legitimates of europe say about us republicans " gen la fayette — the following effusion of democratic twaddling is from an american paper what demi-gods revolutionists think each other ! let a man be but a successful traitor and what human virtue will he want in the eyes of his associates ? father husband brother — son friend — he is a pattern for imitation to all this is a trick which tells to a certain degree ; but in the display of which we legitimates are great bun glers salisbury nov 8 1824 2tj2 n b all persons indebted to the subscriber for work done or on any other account are herein notified to make payment on or before thursday of kowan county court geo i smith packets for philadelphia nn ie subscriber having established aline of 1 packets between philadelphia and wil mington n c takes t i lis method to acquaint the public that a vessel will have wilmington for philadelphia every ten days produce in tended for this convei ar.ee will he receiv ed and forwarded bv duncan thompson esq of fay etteville n cand messrs stow & v hittier ot wilmington n c at the lowest raw s of freight and least expense possible having three good vessels in the trade commanded by careful cap tains well acquainted with the coast and cabins well fitted up for the accommodation of passen gers he then fore trusts to meet with encour agement philadelphia and its environs has become so great a manufacturing place that cotton can be sold to some extent and advantage to the owners the consumption being at pres ent about twenty thousand bales per annum and will no doubt be soon far greater james patton jr commission merchant no 23 north front street philadelphia cotton ginning tflhe subscriber respectfully informs the mer jl chants of the town of salisbury and the citizen farmers ot his neighborhood that he has just finished a large building 32 by 52 fer cin ning of cot/on to run by water and that he is also well lixed for packing cotton in the neatest manner for market lie assures his friends who may favor him with their custom that he will have their c.jt : n packed and put up in the neatest manner and in the shortest time possi ble and on the lowest terms at which it is done by others he also assures those who send cot ton to his oin that it will be kept separate from others so that they will be sure to get the same cotton ihey send he has located and built this establishment at hia mill plantation two miles from salisbury ja fisher october 18 1824 28 the produce of agriculture manu factures commerce professional busi ness labor and revenue makes five hundred million ; and in the whole amount of national vvealth eight thou sand seven hundred and sixty millions of dollars the population of the united states is now 12 millions which with the nitm of increase for the past will dou ble in twenty-three years in 1843 the population will be twenty millions in 1867 thirty-six millions in 1890 seventy-two millions there is now to every hundred acres of land one person ; and when the population amounts to seventv-two millions there ill be twelve souls to every hundred which will he just equal to the popula tion of massachusetts fiiom the kew-tork statf.smaw the facility of communication in this country is singularly illustrated by the fact that wool has been sent 1080 miles going and coming to be carded at the establishment recently erected in this city by messrs eldred & french the mentioning of this fact may be thought a " great cry about a little wool but it is worth the attention of statesmen as well as speculators . — new-tori statesfhan sale sept 1 1r24 on monday and tuesday the 13th and 14th days of december next will be sold at the plantation of william c love seven miles east from salisbury on the yadkin river whereon smith blair dec'd died between latest va as\\ions t1if subscribers have jest received from mr charles c watson of philadelphia the latest fashions of that city and thev avail themselves ofthe earliest opportunity of inform ing their customers and all others who wish fashionable clothes made that they are well prepared as usu d to execute all orders in tlu-ir line of business in a style of workmai ship which they believe will bear a comparison with anv in the state orders from a distal ce will be punctually executed and garments for warded to any pail of the country lhat mav be required canon & templeton salisbury oct 9 1824 27 vermont aurora 50 and 60,000 pounds of seed cotton ; 4 or 5,000 bushels of corn ; 6 or 7,000 pounds of prime corn fed pork tbe stock of hog-s which is equal if not supe rior to any in the county ; horses cattle wag ons and sundry other property belonging to the estate of smith blair dec'd at a credit of twelve months ; bonds and approved security will be required from the purchasers all persons having claims against the said es tate are repuesttd to present them ; and those indebted to the estate are hereby requested to make payment as the executors are determined to settle tlie estate at as early a period as practicable james smith \ exeeutont ezka allemong salisbury n c oct 13 1824 9/36 wm w woolsey esq treasurer of th e american bible society received during t | le monlh of september 4 109 clol ar 9 and 16 cts ; and j nitchie esq the j?*nt issued bibles and testaments to ll e value of 1249 dollars and 77 cents from the trot new-tobk sentihet melancholy i m m noah was lately thrown out of employment in new york he was shortly afterwards found lying in a pamphlet form ; bul has since been ta ken up by the caucus committee and now s as usual in the national advo cate ; where all soils of job-work will be promptly executed jones was on friday last sen sed by the court of quarter sessions m,tl l in this city to be ducked by immer " on i as a common scold on wednesday f 1 ' between the hours of ten and twelve 0 clock philadelphia franklin gaz t\\e nu\iua iitwms revised and published this year under the direction of the adjutant general and comprising all the laws paused by the ceneral assembly relative to the militia up to this dad for sale at the office of the western carolinian the new novel by the author of wa verly is called " tales of the crusades