western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday may 17 ig-25 xo 258 publisher wef.ktt chusetts five thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars for erecting a pier at the mouth of cayahoga river in the state of ohio five thousand dollars and for completing the pier at the mouth of grand river in the same state one thousand dollars and for surveys to be nude under the direction of the president of the united states for the following purposes to wit : to ascertain the practicability and necessi ty of constructing a pier at the mouth of the h irbor of marbiehead for the secu ritv of shipping ; and also a pier in the harbor of holmes hole for the same object in the state of massachusetts the sum of four hundred dollars by philo white the term of the western carolinian will hereafter be as follows : three dollars a year payable in advance no paper discontinued except at the option of tiie editor until nil arrearages are paid advertisements will be inserted at fifty cents persquare for the first insertion and twenty-five cent for each subsequent one all letters addressed to the editor musi.be pist-puid or they will not be attended to sec 3 and be it further enacted that in case the whole amount of claims pre sented and allowed under this act shall exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars then nd in that r ise the claimants shall respectively receive only their rateable proportion of the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be liquidated by the said auditor in the adjustment of the amount to be received bv such claimants respectively approved march 3 1s25 early rising to rise early is so truly the one thing needful above all — to all who are candidates for either of those capital prizes — health wealth or wisdom that it is the only sure foundation for securing any chance of obtaining either of them fiiom thk bost0t itecorcer / and we these pronouns have lived together for many ages in harmory ; but lately the latter seems to be intruding on the province of th i rmer in these days of pre-eminent modesty writers and speakers shrink f r om the charge of ego tism and the plural pronoun to denote an individual it consists in often speakiig of one's self from a spirit of ostentat on among the theological pupils of the celebrated doctor bella my as i have been told was a young man named b , whose vanity was often offensive to his instuctor and who was one dav reading for criticism a manuscript containing many senten ces like this " such is mv opinion whatever others miy think ; and i am confident that my opinion is correct " at the'clnse of such a sentence the doctor in his peculiar authoritative tone said stop b , i i — who is this i ?" — the offence however ia this case consisted not in the pronoun bui in the man " he that would thrive must rise by five ; he that lias thriven may lie till seven tnftrs jsbttitrs slnioi instances may be found but very seldom of persons wiio have set up late becoming wealthy bit they have p.-.id for it otherwise the price of their nealth you cannot remember one solitary example of a sluggird havi.g ever obtained one of these blessings ot life '' shake o!f dull sb>th and e.irly rise there is no time spent s stupidly as that which inconsiderate people p ss in a morning between sleeping and wjfciug he who i awake may be at woik or at play he who is asleep is receiving the refresh ment necessary to fn him for action ; but the hours spent in dizing and slumbering are wasted without either pleasure or profit tne sooner you leave your bed ttie seldomer you will be confined to it when old people have been examined in order to ascer tain the cmse oi ther longevity they have uniloiinly agreed in one thing only that thev ail went to bed and all rose earl ." an act to authorize the sale of unserviceable ordnance arms and military stores d e it enacted by the senate and house of -*-* representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that the president of the united states be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be sold any ordnance arms ammunition or other military stores or subsistence or medical supplies which upon proper inspection or survey shall appear to be damaged or otherwise unsuitable lor the public service whenever in hi opinion the sale of such unserviceable stores will be advantageous to the public service sec 2 and be it further enacted lhat the inspection or survey of the un-ervi r.eable stores shall be made hi an inspec tor general or such other officer or hi cers as the secretary of war may appoint for that purpose ; and the sales shall be made under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed bv the secretary ol war l!y authonitt an act to authorize the building of light-hou ses and light vessels and beacons and mon uments therein mentioned and for other purposes h clay speaker house of representatives john gaillard president senate pro tempore washington march 3d 1825 approved james monroe be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states cf americai in congress assembled that the secretary ol the treasury be a id he is hereby empowered to provide by contract for building light houses and light vessels erecting beacons and monuments and placing buoys on the following sites or shoals to wit an act to change the time of holding the dis trict court of the united states for the east ern district of louisiana t e t enacted by the senate and house of -*-* representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that the district court of the united states for the eastern district of louisiana shall be annually holden in the city of new orleans on the second monday of december instead of the third monday of november as now prescribed by law sec 2 and be it further enacted that all suits actions writs processes and other proceedings which now are pend ing in said district court or which are or may hereafter be commenced for or returnable to the said district court on the third monday of november as here tofore established shdll be returnable to heard tried and proceeded with in ihe said disnict court in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed a light house on a proper site on moose peak island in the state of jline ; nd a monument on a proper site on stiige island in the same state when modesty uses this word be cause it is the verv on and the only one that exp esses just what it means there is no egotism the individual who manages an empire and he who conducts a newspaper too is privileged by ois'om to speak of himself in plural ; hut " the king,s english forbids a common m n on common subjects to speak in this manner when i read in a newspaper therefore a communi cation irom some obliging correspon dent in the singular number sayiiig " u'e have already s*id more than we intended c — and when i hear a preacher who seems t be nothing more th:in one man saving to his hear ers the subject which zee have chosen ior yo.ir consideration tve think of infinite importance ; and again jve exhort you my hearers to receive the truths which we have now delivered ;" i often feel inclined to say " stop who is this we a light house or t proper site at or near the mouth of burlington harbor in the state of vermont a house at the entrance of nantucket harbor for the keeper with a tower on the same for the lantern in the state of massachusetts approvefl march 3 1825 an act to make castine a port of entry i'm or vessels coming from beyond the cape of good hope a light house on dutch island in narr.iganset bay in the state of rhode island ; and a small beacon light on war wick neck in the same state o e it enacted by the senate and house of *-* representatives of the united states of america in congress assemblid that from and after the first dav of april next castinc in the state of maine shall be and is hereby made a port of entry for ships or vessels coming irom beyond the cape of good hope approved march 3 1825 germany the following interesting passage is taken from in article in the last lon don quarterly review upo a " tour in germany " c an engaging little work recently published in e gluid amongst the lad es of weimar as also of sixonv there is a simplicity which is quite delightful ; knitting and needle work know no interruption at home or abroad and a female to a route might forget her fan but would assurediv remember her work?bag at dresden even the theatre is not protected from the needle and knit ting-pin ; and our author has seen a lady gravely lay dnwn her work wipe awav the tears which the s»i rows of thekla had brought into her eyes and immediately proceed with her stockng loot it was nut how ever to be expected that in a town which prides itself upnn its learni g the solter sex would always be free from pedantry and accordingly a few tubs of blues h ve been formed to drink tea and " talk about shuk speare taste and musical glasses three small beacons at the entrance of mill river harbor in the state of con necticut a light house near the fire island in let on the south side of long island in the state of new york ; and a light house on stony point instead of verplank's point as heretofore directed in the same state approved march 3 1825 an act making an additional appropriation for defraying the expenses of bringing to the seat of government he votes for president and vice president of the united states t fa it enacted bu the senate and house of ■*-* hrprestnta'ives of the united states of america in coi.gress assembled that there tie and there hereby is appropria ted out of anv money in the i reasiiry no otherwise appropriated the sum of i wo thousand nine hundred and sixty nine drill us and fifty cents for the payment of the expenses of bringing to the seat of iovernnient the votes for president and vice president of the united states in addition to the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars heretofore appro priated for the s*me object approved march 3 1825 jl i.ottrry for the benefit and encouragement of me chanism in the western part of north carolina a light house on cedar point at or near the mouth of patnxent river in the state of maryland and a small bear on light on point look out at the mouth of potomac in the same state sc!irmr 1586 tickets at 2 each a hardened wretch not two blanks to a prize .' 1 prize of 500 dollars a phaeton and cotton saw gin is 500 1 do 300 family coach is 300 1 do 250 gig is 250 1 do 180 do is 180 1 do 130 do is 130 2 do 100 ide board and cotton saw gin is 200 2 do 80 gig and sociable is 160 2 do 20 bedsteads is 40 3 do 14 a set of tables is 42 2 do 12 windsor chairs is 24 3 do 10 two ladies work tables and one pembroke is 30 1 do 8 bellows top cradle is 8 10 do 6 6 ploughs 8 street lamps and 2 lard cans is 60 10 do 5 hats is 50 1 do 4 candlestand is 4 1 do 3 do is 3 20 do 3 do is 60 300 do 2 25 cast steel axes and 275 pair shoes is 600 431 do 1 tin ware jewelry shoes c c is 431 a light vessel for albemarle sound in the state of north carolina to be pla eed either at qrnear south pnint of roan oke island or at the end of wade's p.int shoal at the mouth of pasquotank river in ihe same state bv the arrival at boston of tbe brig clarissa which left st johns porto rico on the 27ih ult 8 days hfter tbe last des patch received from lieut sloat infor ma'ion is received that the captain of the pirates cofrecinas and twelve oth ers were to be shot on the 29th ultimo and 9 others were to meet a similar fate a few days afterwards a lil»ht house on point defer in the state of louisiana sec 2 and be it further enacted that there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri ated the following sums of money to wit : an act further to amend an act authorizing payment for property lost captured or de stroyed by the enemy while in the service of the united states and for other purposes passed ninth april one thousand eight hun dred and sixteen 13 e it enacted by the senate and house of ■*-* representatives of the united states of dmertca in congress assembled that any person having claims foi a building destroyed by the enemy during the late war under the ninth section of the act to which this is an amendment and of the act to amend the same passed the third of march one thousand eight hun died and seventeen which shall have been presented to the commissioner of claims appointed under the act first aforesaid at any time before the tenth of ap'il one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and which was not paid under said acts nor finally rejected by said commissioner may within nine months hereafter present the same with the ad vite to support it to the third auditor of the treasury for examination and adjustment ; and if hc shall be satisfied the building or buildings for which dama ges are claimed was at the time of its destruction occupied by order of any agent or officer of the united states as a place of deposite for military or naval stores or as barracks for the military for ces of the united states he shall proceed to assess the damages and certify the amount for payment in the way pointed out in the act first above referred to which shall be immediately paid out of anv money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : provided that if the auditor shall be satisfied the evidence before him is insufficient to enable him correctly lo decide between the united states and the claimant he may on giv ; ng notice to the claimant cause other evidence to be taken : and provided also that no payment shall be made undei the provisions of this act where the prop erty destroyed was occupied under a con tract with the owner and at the risk of such owner in addition to this we learn from tha evening post that a porto rico paper containing an account of the condemna tion confession and execution of eleven bad been received at new york when thev were taken to the place of execution the chief cofrecinas refused to be blind folded saving that he had murdered three or four hundred and thought lhat by tliis time he ought to know how to die and that he wished to see how they managed for a light house on the moose peak islands in the state of maine four thou sand dollars for mununifnt on stage island one thousand five hundred dol lars and for placing a buoy in winter harbor in the same ate fifty dollars for a light house at the mouth of bur lington harbor in the state of vermont fot.r thousand dollars free jxegroes i a serious riot has taken place at har l risburtr the capital of pennsylvania on i the 14th ult a slave had ranaway i from ois muster in maryland he was apprehended by his master and lodged in i jail in lhat county for security the i slave sued ut a writ of habeas corpus ! to show cause why he should not be dis ' charged from imprisonment the cauie came on for adjudication on the 14th j i he case being cleailv made out in fa j vor of the master the fudge ordered the slave to be delivered into his cusiodv during the whole trial the court-house was crowded with blacks who had feed a lawyer to appear in behalf of the slave — but not satisfied with this they collected in a cluster at the door of the court house and attempted to rescue the slave by force a number of blows were given and received a pistol was fired and a mulatto was shot : nor did the fray ter minate and the rioters disperse until a number of the blacks were arrested and carried to jail ihe harri.sbwg intelligencer of fri day last slates that the court commenced its sessions on monday last and that the grand jury found a " true bill against twelve of the black men concerned in the riot and attempt to rescue a slave from his master the tiial lasted till wed nesday and on thursday the jury ren dered a verdict of guilty against twelve f the rioters and an aquitlal for four one of them had escaped he paper adds that the grand jury appropriated s300 for the erection of a tread-mill to give them employment jvationat joui nal in the british house ol commons on the 2 1st ult while discussing the supply bill for 182 •, mr hume objected to the item of 6.470 12 6d for currying into effect certain articles of the treaty of client between great britain and tha united states in reply to some objec tions which mr hume nude mr can ning rose to explain and observed that " america claimed from this country compensation for sume property , of which she alleged that a part of america which could not righllv be considered to be at war with this country had been deprived it was agreed upon that any difference that might arise on the article which guarantied this compensation should be referred to the emperor of russia a disputed point did aiise ; a reference ac cording to the terms of this convention was accordingly made and the decision was against this country it was to adjust the payment of this debt that the com missioners had been appointed ; it had made considerable progress the infor mation which was the cause of its forma tion only reached this country the year before last ; and although he could not undertake to say that this was the last time hat he should have occasion to re new this application yet he hoped it was the last but one he should have occasion to do so for he keeper's house at the entrance of nantucket harbor with a tower on tbe same in the state of massachusetts six teen hundred doilars tickets can be had in ciiarlotte of the under signed commissioners by letter postage paid inclosing the money or from their agents in salisbury statesville concord lincolnton yorkville or lancaster who pledge themselves to pay the p.'izes as set forth in the scheme thirty day after the c rawing or refimd the money to purchasers of tickets provided the scheme shall not de drawn sam'l henderson gkf.en kendwck jno boyd n b explanatory hand bills can be had of the commissioners 41 for a light house on dutch island in narraganset bav in the state of rhode island three thousand dollars ; and for a small beacon light on warwick neck in the same state one thousand dollars for three small beacons at the entrance of mill river h.irbor,in the state of cor necticut two thousand six hundred dol for a light house near fire island in let in the state of new york a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ; and for the light house heretofoie directed to be built on throg's neck and for the site thereof in the same state seven thousand dollars testate of yyex l»ong aeca the subscriber having qualified as execu tor of the last will of alexander long late of rowan county dee'd at the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the said county held on the third monday of november last — notice is hereby given that all persons having demands igainst the said estate are required to present them for payment within the time pre scribed by law james i long executor bee 24 1824 40 for a light house on cedar point in the state of maryland six thousand dol lars ; and for a small beacon light on point look out in the same state one thou sand eight hundred dollars for the light vessel to be placed in al bemarle sound in the state of north carolina a sum not exceeding five thou sand five hundred dollars for replacing the buoy at ocracoke inlet and for two buoys to be placed one at fulcher point and one at cross rock craton sound in the same state one hundred and eighty dollars for three buoys to be anchored at prop er places at the entrance of the harbor of pensacola in the territory of florida jone hundred and eighty dollars for the light house on point defer in e state of louisiana ten thousand dol prflfafox a superior jack as a foal-getter will stand the ecsuing spring season to end on the 1st of august at my stable on sugar creek seven miles south-west from charlotte and will be let to mares at five dollars the season and ten dollars to insure a mare with foal great care will be taken to prevent accidents or escapes but i will not be liable for either jas dinkins oaklygrove april 3 1825 6t58 aeio-orleans april 7 — we learn with pleasure that there is likely to be a grea ter concourse of people from the country during the present and approaching week than was ever seen before in new-or leans la fayette is the load stone that promises to fill the pockets of our tavern keepers and perhaps of our grocers and dry good retailers mr canning alludes in the above observa tions to the slaves that the british kidnapped and carried off during the late war between that country and this tkfey mt wvthetapoon'a review of the sermon preached before the bible society of north-carolina oy the right rev john s ravenscroft d d bishop of the diocese of north-carolina for sale at the office of the western carolinian price 25 cts the proceeds of this work after defraying the expense will be given to thc bible society of north-carolina sec 2 aid be it further enacted that the amount which shall appear to have been paid to the owners as rent for the use or occupation of their properly shall be deducted from the amount directed to be paid to them under this act professor patton of middlebury lias been chosen by the trustees of new-jer sey college to tbe chair of languages lately vacated by the resignation of dr lindsly for completing the work to secure plymouth beach in the state of massa