* western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday february 15 4825 tno 245 xi b17 a>d published evert tcbsda ' ie , m of the western carolinian will ft r beh*^l lows : three dollar a year in advance . . wr discontinued except at tbe option , h . kditor uitil all arrearages are paid ' ivertisements will be inserted at fifty cents tfltiar for the first insertion and twenty-five for each subsequent one til letters addressed to the editor must be paid or they will not be attended to ble ground without reference to for mer roads but if the intention of congress is to make a road the least expensive and the least difficult with out reference to the situation of thc jan 31 — the president of the senate communicated four reports from the sec retary of the treasury and three from the war department ; which were refer red to different committees the senate was engaged the remain der of the day in the discussion of the bill for the suppression of piracy . which extends the period during which members of congress are authorized to frank letters and documents from thirty to sixty days ; and supported the motion by a short speech the question cn incurrence was taken and decided in the affirmative ayes 35 noes b so the amendment extending the privilege to sixty days was retained in the bill for the benefit and encouragement of me chantsm in the western part of north carolina s:!tcmr 1386 tic44ts at g2e,\ctf country and its inhabitants they would respectfully suggest that this section would be as little liahle to the charge of expense as any the road through here would in a great measure avoid the mountains the soil is calculated for turnpiking ; the country as free from hills as am j and affording tim ber in the greatest abundance calcula ted for any use your memorialists confidently hope that when your excellency shall take into consideration the above facts ; the route being direct ', the advantages of soil timber and the evenness of the country and also that the impedi ments of streams exist on every route at the same time suggesting to your excellency the situation of this sec tion destitute of navigation which ' gives so many advantages to their eas tern and western brethren : and that this ro id will in some degree be an equivalent for the lpss they sustain bv nature that your excellency will or der a survey and report as to this route xot two nuxks to j pr1ztj 1 prize of 500 dolvs a phaeton and cnttoflr saw gin is gsc t do gsoo family coach is 300 1 do 8250 gig is 250 1 do gl80 do is 180 1 do r130 i do is 130 2 do r100 side board and cotton saw gin is 200 2 do 30 gig and sociable is 160 2 do 820 bedsteads is 40 3 do gl4 a set of tables is 42 2 do 12 windsor chairs is 24 3 do glo two ladies work tables and one pembroke is 30 1 do g8 bellows top cradle is 8 10 do g6 6 ploughs 8 street lamps and 2 lard cans is 60 10 do 85 hats is 50 1 do 84 candlestand is 4 1 do s3 do is 3 20 do 8 do is 60 300 do 8 25 cast steel axes and 275 pair shoes is 600 431 do si tin ware jewelry shoes c c " « 431 house of represent atives jan 24 the committee on public buildings made a report that 96 020 93 has been expended during last year on the centre building of the capitol and that the sums appropriated for these purposes had been expended on the su preme court room capitol square and the foot-way by the public grounds ; also that the south portico of the president's house has been finished and the advance made in the capitol has enabled the com missioner to dispense with the services of one superintendent and several over seers the report was laid on the table and ordered to be printed the committee on military affairs reported a bill providing tor the gradual increase of the corps of engineers and for equalizing the rank pay and emolu ments of the professors of the military academy at west point and for other purposes which was read twice com mined and ordered to be printed mr livingston offered the following resolution : another amendment proposed to ex empt from the prohibition of an union of the station of postmaster and contrac tor all contracts in existence previous to the passage of this act mr cocke opposed this amendment and mr j 17 johnson supported it ; when the amendment was agreed to among the existing provisions of the bill is one for limiting the papers to be received in exchange by printers to the number oi fifty mr saunders of n c moved to strike out this section and substitute another which went in effect to restore the law as it now stands which allows each printer to exchange one paper with every other printer of a newspaper in the united states free of postage mr s suppor ted the amendment bv a few observations of the unfavorable effect which such a restriction as was proposed would have upon the editors of papers in the country wro are all in the habit of drawing much of the ma ter in their papers from the great a'lantic cities and such other large towns as are the loci of political and other intelligence and who from the limited circulation of their papers cannot afford to pay postage see mr j r johnson the chairman of the post office committe having intima ted that he should not object to the amendment — national road lexington jv c jan 15th 1825 pursuant to public notice given on thursday the 13th instant a general lteting of the citizens of the town to0 k place at the house of benj d rounsaville to take ir.to considera tion the most expedient a.'d eligible mode of endeavors to obtain the lay jog out of the great national rind £ orn washington city to new or leans through this section of the coun trv , ' jesse hargrave esq being cal'rd to the chair and b d koun saviile appointed secretary the chair man having called the meeting to or der they unanimously took up the object of the natimal rond from washington city to new-orleans pjs ■•. this way and af\er delibcra jj 0l i to address a memorial to a p t rif the u s on the sub * 5 id r !. whereupon james ri-dodgtj vvii.'iam r holt and be - ivuin d rbubsavilk esqr's were ited a to draft the jaiiei ■ e ineetitjg then adjourned until 12 o clock saturday next fi as nbl again at tiie cour;-;!ouse at an udjourned meeting january . ... of the citizens of l xing • v nil d vidson county assembled at : coui i h use the chairman and 1 t rv oi the former meeting ap . ■ v ? 1 took their seats 793 83072 tickets can be had in charlotte of the under signed commissioners l>r letter postage paid inclosing the money or from their agents in salisbury statesville concord lincolnton vorkville or lancaster who pledge themselves to pav the prizes as set forth in the scheme thirty days after the c rawing or refund tho money to purchasers of tickets provided the scheme shall not be drawn sam'l henderson green kendrick jno royd n b explanatory hand bills can be had of the commissioners 41 whereupon it was resolved that a copy of the foregoing memorial and proceedings signed hy the chairman and secretary be transmitted to the hon john long our representative in congress requesting him to hand the same to the president of the uni ztj states resolved that the committee on ca nals and koads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appro priation sufficient to enable the president to send four of the cadets graduated at the military academv to great britain for the purpose of examining the im prov.mcnts made in that kingdom in the roads rail ways canals and other branches of civil-engineering the resolution was rejected jan 25 — ihe speaker laid before the tl * . -*■ a communication frum the de partnrent of tho 7reasu - y transmitting an account of the dividends on the public stock since the establishment of the pre sent government which remain unclai med the fine young 3 thorough bred horse the question was taken thereupon and it was agreed to so the limitation was expunged from the bill resolifd 2r>dly that a copy of sud memor:-vl and proceedings be forwarded to the hf>n mr long aid each ot our senators and beptc sentatives in congress jesse harguave chairman b d rou">-8avili.e secretary ft 2k p|ecit)edly tiie finest jot , tjebgsjgy 8 * m.j looking horse of his age lltrt^ti ev ' er produced in the western snl_e5j_fc?jjl p art f tlle state will stand the ensuing season at my stable in rowan county ten miles north east from salisbury and seven south-west from lexington at fifteen dollars the season ; ten dollars cash the single leap ; and special contracts will be made for insurance suited lo particular cases and circumstances the season ill commence on the 15th of feb ruary and continue until the 1st of august he u ill be found constantly a bis station except when taken to be shown nt public places and especially during the terms of the superior and county courts at salisbury and lexington at which places he will stand several days each term if convenient for the accommodation of gentlemen who have not seen him description aeronaut is a beautiful mahog any bay with black legs mane and tail a star and blaze in his face four years old next spring n arly sixteen hands high remarkably heavy made uniting in a high degree the size ele gance and grandeur of his sire the imported horso eagle ; with the great substance symme try and compactness of his grand ire the im ported hoise_i)ion ihe great strength and i-________7m , twtitcli he v ill acquire at lull the bill was ordered to a third reading jan 51 on motion it was resolved that the committee on in dian aff.drs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropiia tion for the extinguishment of the indian title to land lying in the state of georgia by the purchases from those i reek and cherokee indians who reside within the limits of the said state vlr dodge from the committee apaoitited to draw a memorial to be addressed to the president of the u s prating that a survey of the road from fredericksburg thr ugh this place to salis irv and thence to new-or leans submitted the same for consid eration whi.h nn being read was agreed to and adrpted the memorial is in these words to wit : hmtru stairs fcongrrss the house resumed the unfinished business of yesterday being the bill fur ther to provide for the punishment of cri'ties against the united states after a long and animated debate on this bill the house adjourned jan 26 — the house then took up the bill more effectually to punish crimes committed against the united states the question being on the engross ment of the bill considerable discussion took place thereon ; when the bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third lime on friday jan 27 on motion it was in senate monday jan 24 mr barton presen ted the petition of the inhabitants of hoone ciinty in the state of missouri praying that military posts and other regulations mav be established for the encourage ment and protection of the trade between that state and the internal provinces of mexico an engrossed bill to authorize the surveying and opening of a road from detroit to chicago in the territory of michigan was read a third time passed and sent to the senate the engrossed bill to reduce into one the several acts regulating the fost office department reported by the committee of which mr j 17 johnson is chairman was read a third time passed and sent to the senate the bill from the house of represen tatives authorizing a subscription to the stock in the chesapeake and dela ware canal company was received read and referred the bill from the house of represen tatives " for the continuation of the cum berland road was received read and referred jan 25 — mr benton presented the petition of the inhabitants of howard county in missouri praying some pro tection for the inland trade between the state of missouri and the internal provin ces of mexico laid on the table to tis excellency james monroe president oj the united states the qucsti n of the national road from washington city to new-or leans being one of the deepest inter est to the southern states the inhabi tants of the town of lexington and county of dividsnp in north caroli na beg leave respeci fully to present their view of the subject to your ex cellency if they have understood the matter before congress the road is intended as much to benefit the coun try at large bv affording the most di rect secure and necessary communi cation between the remote sections of the united states as for the expedi tious tr.,nsmiss4n of the mail they would suggest that this section of coun try to the east of the mountains is en tirely drsutute of navigation j and from the situation of the roads w ing to the limited means of the various overseers commuiiicati n by land is difficult they are entirely des itute of the fa cilities afforded by the ohio and a - jantic the route by whi h the mail sat present transported they are ap prised of by the report of the post master ge leral they also perceive ty that report that the route by salis bury greenville and athens will va r.vbut little from a direct line they also perceive that the post route for merly established through this country by fort hawkins in georgia was abandoned bu they would state that lt3 abandonment should not effect the present question that contract was by individuals who had to contend ttn every obstacle thrown in their * a >' by the face of the country and the various nations of indians they had l ? depend upon others for the situa tion of the roads they travelled and the pj-ssage of the streams they reached ut if your memorialists rightly un derstand the contemplated law it is j render communication easy where was formerly difficult to throw f'dges and establish ferries over yearns which would have presented j^tnidable barriers to former contrac *"* 5 and to choose the most favora resolved that the committee on mili tary affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of further extending the time now allowed by law for issuing and locating military land warrants the house passed to the unfinished business of yesterday and took up the bill " to regulate the post office depart ment on several of the sections of this lengthy bill considerable debate arose in which many members besides the chair nun of the post office committee mr j t johnson took part several at tempts were made without success to in troduce amendments one of these which proposed to strike out that part of the bill which gives jurisdiction to the state court to try criminals who shall rob the mail c gave rise to an inter esting discussion jan 28 — on motion of mr conner of n c it was p_^^^^^_^^^^i_^^^^^^^^^^^4hi^^i^'r____________________bb__b_bb tliral j otlcc age will entitle him to stand higher as ahorsem fpiie oncers members and friends of the of power than any imported hmsse -■_*■*««■ i agricultural society of cabarrus county ' stood in the county except the 10.^1 horsej are requested to attend a meeting of the socie clown and to him in that espect he ill be at 00 "^' 1 the i t.'ezfk few mares last season from which i it appears that he promi wr^o jam the terested in the welfare and honor of their conn reputation of a sure foa getter and from 1 n i r^wul not suffer such an institution as this has j youth the excellence ot his coi^i utio n^he fine promised to become to fall to nought size figure anil i*i °* ** g *, j p it is confidently expected that a general whic he descended he cannot wefl i fed to pro meeting not only of the members but of all , duce as nne colts as any horse in america | sowiditi become so.wiil takeplace on ! . pedigree ... verona was « go b the that ckv j l beard recording sec'y j imported horse eagle ; ins dam by the imported r . i 18 2t45 j horse dion : gran-dam by expectation one of jan y oi io-j , the best of the importe j horse diomede vnp i out of a medley mare uniting thc blood of the ru1 '*, , „ r ' imported horses medley fearnou 8 ht and janus , » rpiiaf valuable and ell k*no^n ; an d the thorough bred horse celer irm wliich m j house and lot in the town of it appeats that he must be very nta'l if not i _._=__ charlotte occupied for the last six years j ent ; re i yt thorough bred and descended from an by'cowan & vail as a house of entertainment , ancestry t h e most renowned of any horses that its central situation in the town and vicinity to ; haye eyer a pj eare cl in england or america as the court-house ; its complete order and con j wil be eeen by the following statement : venient arrangement for the entertainment of e a gi e was considered the finest and fleetest travellers and country custom its capacious horse ; n kngland since the days of childers well framed two storied stables its highly im , and h y w ; nn ; ngs amounted to ninety-three thou proved garden ; its neat and convenient two ■ sand dollal . f . j e was g 0t by volunteer ; volun storied kitchen ; its secure frame smoke house ; teer by eclipse eclipse by marsque and marsque and lumber room with its large cellar secure j b the i evons h*je or fh ing childers the fleet and dry at all seasons of the year together with egt horse ever i nown in england eagle's dam a never failing well of excellent water conve j was gqt by highflyer a horse little if any :*> nient to the house and kitchen will afford tu j ferior to tne above celebrated eclit>se gener one wishing to keep a public house advantages j a]ly . adm ; tted to be the best horse that ever was not surpassed by any in the state any person m en g and or perhaps in the world appears wishing to purchase is requested to view the fa the tatement ma de in his recommendation premises that they may speak for themselves and ped - ){ - ree now ;„ mv possession ; his gran-dam also about 40 acres of valuable land rdjom . enqilirerj c . dmn ™ got by spadille ing the town lands thirty of which are inclosed q _ f th _ best son , of the san . e celebrated and well adapted to the culture of all the pro hlgllflver . his c i ani by the pacolel c he was ducts of the country . famed for his great speed and bottom having i am disposed to sell the above premises upon nm wjth such unusua i honesty as to win four accommodating terms which can be known by m;je beats tw .- ic . e ; n one vet y . he was the sire of applying to john irwin merchant ot cnarjott . gai | at j llf don q_i xo tte and many other capital or thomas l cowan of salisbury a racers all of which united with the blood of the l james co anjm above famous horses in america viz : diomedo medley janus fcnrnorg-lit and celer consti huute a any i measures hbility be for any __________________________________________________________ rolleifl moore ______________________________________________________________________________________________■ * r the bills from the house for the continuation of the cumberland road and authorizing the subscription of stock to the delaware and chesapeake canal company " were read a second time and referred to the committee on reads and canals jan 26 — the senate resumed the consideration of the following bill to au thorize the president of the united states o cause a road to be marked out from the western frontier of missouri to the confines of new-mexico : resolved that the select committee appointed on the president's message of the 17th march 1824 be instructed lo inquire into the expediency of carrying into effect the resolution of congress passed september 20th 1781 instructing the governor and'council of north-caro lina to erect a monument to the memory of brigadier general davidson on motion of mr gatlin of n c it was and after a lengthy discussion the question was taken shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time ?" and it was deiermined in the affirmative 30 nays 2-_m rj___727 mr williams submitted the following resolution for consideration : resolved that the postmaster genor al be directed to report to the senate the amount which in his opinion it will be necessary to appropriate to render the post road passing through the indian country between columbus and jackson in the state of mississippi fit for the transportation of the mail from the city of washington to natches and new or leans in covered carriages or stages the bill authorizing the president of the united states to cause a road to be marked out between the western fron tier of missouri and the internal provin ces of mexico was read a third time passed and sent to the house for concur rence ,. jan 28 mr kelly according to no tice asked and obtained leave and intro duced a bill for the relief of purchasers of public lands prior to the 1st of july 1820 ; which was read and ordered to a second reading resolved that the committee on roads and canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of aiding the state of north carolina in improving the naviga tion of albemarle bound by re-opening roanoke inlet new supply of fresh goods ftlhe subscriber is receiving and opening a 1 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 murp it salisbury sipt 1824 „,. 6mt48 . . n b country produce of all kind resmted in exchange an engrossed bill making further pro vision for the punishment of certain crimes against the united states and for other purposes was read a third time passed and sent to the senate tbe house took up the unfinished bu siness of yesterday which was the bill re gulating the post office department the bill with the amendments yester day made in committee of the whole were read mr long of n c objected to con curring in that amendment of the bill january 20 1825 good shoes nnd boots can be had at my shop in salisbury low for cash henfiv smith january 29 1s25 3weeks indictnents for «■»«& and battery for ?»!? at *» otiass