Western Carolinian

              s 8ali8b the terms of the western carollnlsn are «:; per annum-or 2 so ./ /,,,,,/ <„ tuhmu l\o paper discontinued except at the option il the editor until nil arrearages are paid advertisements will be inserted nt fifty cent per square for i he first insertion and twenty-five rent for each nibuqui nt one z ", ■ ""*'•■ i i the p ; tor must he communications mr white to amuse id instruct vour numerous readers es ci y lha part of your readers called jl | cm of the i eacc i give you the follow ,- farts „, near as my memory servcsw « .-■_., iftter^'r 0 *' m>w fictitious names instead of the real ojzrr'mx ""' t ' | ur ' "[ f hc rn l i field which 1ms no rcommtmlctued.-mthe sixteenth annl i 8 jea * that can lr '«' the licht »»» celebrated on monday last wh ■ the " ori **- has.bubsided rfwll m.u . k,q who y ' , sl , ;"' it is particularly danger tt atancl er citizens assembled at the fierman txh "*!"); et b j .... ™ ' u ™ thcran church his lant;uae was natural r lightning as frequently to draw il and chaste and his delivery easy and t of the course which it would nth icommundinrr n c embraced a variety of wwise have taken subjects connected with the immediate when in a house avoid sitting n aft tr w fdo w t evolution contrasted with h prc,c t ' '" s a tlu ' m ' cr at " rm - the condition he said he conceived it a ban """ ? ' 1 , er5,>n ls to the niciclle of a pv reflection that our common country r °^"' the l "* ter was at present at peace with all ihe r h test evil to he apprehended world ; and although the day celebrated rom ghtning is the explosion of by tho united nines was not remarkable p 0w ' le maga7.ines these may in a for any great political event nor distin *? rt *'>' degree he secured from danger 1 ruished for any brilliant military achieve by insulation or by lining the bulk vent yet on the anniversary of their heads snd flooring with materials of kmauon he conceived it proper to a non-conducting nature the einensa tt , cvc "" "' %* * bea ' inb °" of whic h would not he ' ga mc mi.itary character and recommended m i i;r h to the n~:,l calculated li __________________________ il a llicinc^h in ( li r.<t.^b be as the a'r.i^j glory the i'jllier^h colli irv 1 proceeded in a m be lo llir^h w jibe lie veil^m he now llic^f the wlicn^m hour winih^l have uncri ini;^h cniiii be 1 by alit m a lic.ird^b — to domes now afl'ci sh > < i < i^h dowm ast^b rhccic.l^h by the a ilnsfl ll|10lflbj — io otll^h the de a r.rtisail«8b for i.iih ifflj the encum h in — » hen r.ulii'i ah e islrlicl'i^b rcah — when the up 1 1 " he in.inh the brow her lover — hrbi in in^h welcome ihe^h rood tho irecdonflbj i iiih tn t 1 '" 1 onlin.iijhb only hr*h the b i lo hope i 10 " llcl inni[.rinimuuliib jiiiioi__^^^^^^^***a^^h mil tin wmtaitm cakomman calling the other day to see an old friend ol mine . profeued mudont i found him immured in huftudy.poohfijovoha rwmmbtntnss mil admirer ol antiquity , lidtt lias contracted that stiffncsi of manner and contempt of ceremony peculiar to some students on my asking him bis opinion concerning the waverly novels lie observed that be never meddled with such reattintr ,• that having formerly heard of the amazing fecundity of the author's genius he had thrown a few ideas on paper wliicli 1 was welcome to after nimaging a che9i of papers he produced the following a pecul iarity of style and eccentricity of illustration render the piece peculiarly his own though obnoxious to censure on the score of quotations t yllmm junius w swatz jl\n ladies ftbexlt gazette timiih is a new publication issued nn wed i nesdavc it bus l cn commenced under the moil favorable auspice and a its tiile de signates is appropriated particularly to the la dies it is devoted to the cause nf virtue to knowledge and amusement it will furnish in formation on the culture of plants flowers c ; lisefbl receipts a general weekly summa ry of foreign and domestic news with a rich fund of choice and select miscellaneous litera ture it is neatly printed on fine piper ex pressly lor binding quarto form eight pages without advertisements which are to be inser ted on a cover the price is only two dollars payable by those in the city half yearly and by all others yearly in advance subscriptions will be received at the merchant's coffee house a k poole's fancy book store cheinut street h c sheppard's 107 s ninth street john k walker's ju9 n front street and at william stavely's 70 s thirditreet among a numerous list of contributors are the rmmei of seleck osborne ko-a ellen the boston bard and in order to render the work truly valuable the editor will distribute premiums for original articles amounting to one hundred dollars all communications must be addressed to thomas c clarke editor and proprietor no *,(), race st philadelphia editors copying this will be furnished with the album and ladies weekly gazotte as an equivalent postmasters and others will be entitled to every fith copy they mav order jlpvilsl mo this case was brought up from a jus ticc of the peace into court by the pe tition or affidavit of the plaintiff junhs j from the plaintiff's and defendant's uny i vits it appeared that swats sold jinli s | a mare for the sum of 875 junius delatl paying swats hi il i iililiiini il b from u justice of the peace anu^j ted junius junius acknowlcdgt:<^h the joslice hat swutz's account v~r^m whereupon the justice gave judg^h in favor of swats for s75 junius warj ted to stay the judgment but had no security ; swutz lold i ini that he would not push him for the money before the s'ay of six months would be out ; the justice of the peace said he would go swatz's security that he would tlq as he had said after the expiralh n of six or seven months swatz took out an cxeru from the dead languages it contains few scraps of latin than 1 could have cxpectc from a professed scholar if the knowledge of a people were estimated by the number of books published the present age might vie with all the preceding for the palm — t'.very petit sevitnt thinks himself qual ified to instruct the rest of mankind he accordingly publishes a book in which he discovers the secret of be ing happy or some new theory to ex plain the phenomena of nature ; — all of which perhaps after having had its day of sunshine was exploded long ago and has been mouldering in the dust for more than a century what makes it more remarkable that so great a cacoethes scribendi et edendi should exist is the comparatively short life of most of this kind of pro duction hut a very small proportion of the books published long survive their authors a very considerable portion of them arc still born being scarcely known or even heard of out of the place in which they are publish ed of the remaining part of the books which issue in swarms from the press — some at firsi flourish and lor a short time wear a promising as pect like baron munchausen's bean they grow with amazing rapidi ty and twine round the horns of the moon hut they wither and shrink to nothing before the first meridian sun and their author finds himself launched from the chopped-straw in the moon to such a depth in the earth hat even the baron's nails of 40 years growth are insufficient to dig him out others are blasted by the rough hand of reviewers like the tawdry co lours between plates of rubbed glass upon the gentlest touch of a finger it is only such productions as are published after mature deliberation that survive the ravages of time — those only whose authors have spenj years in digesting and preparing iherj for the public ever attain to a vigor s not the lempniai the baffdrs creed i believe that a gentleman is any mm jm%r?%.auu..oi c|hth tlu pocket i believe that honour means standing fire well ; that advice means an affront j and conviction a leaden pill i believe that adoration is only due to a fine woman or her purse : and that a woman can keep one secret namely her age i believe that my character would he lost beyond redemption if i did not change my dress four rimes a day bilk my schneider wear a petersham tie and patronize ilobv for boots i believe that playing at rouge et noir is the only honourable way of get ting a livelihood ; that a man of honor never pays his tradesmen because " they are a pack of scoundrels j and that buying goods means ordering them without the purpose of paying i believe that debt is a necessary evil lion against junius and hid hi collected off of junius wheicu plaintiff junius pravs his hpnourjo sit aside said judgment because said listlc of the peace exceeded his jurisdi ion n granting a judgment on an open coint for more that 60 dollars the learned counsel for pl.iintft si ted that ihe account was an open aixnurt and did not come under the mcaning>f the act of assembly extending tin juri dictions of a justice of the peace to glo on notes of hand and liquidated atcouns and therefore said judgment ougfct to">e set aside ot uie yiwcovivngcnuini industry and enterprise fpilf itiman agricultural society will hold i their nest meeting for the exhibition of domestic animals household manufactures c in salisbury on the lait thursday and friday the 6th and 27tli of october ne\t when the fullnuillg iremiunis will be awarded : in the lady who shall exhibit the finest pair of knit woollen stockings a premium of a ring of north carolina gold fur the finest pair of cotton stockings the like premium for thc-finest pair of thread do the like pre for the best piece of carpeting not less than twenty yards 6 silver tea spoons for the best piece of negro's winter cloth nut less than twenty yards dessert spoons fur ihe best piece of table linen not less than twelve varus > dessert spoons for die best piece of curtain cloth not less than twenty yards 3 dessert ipoont for the best bonnet made of native grass or straw a premium will be given equal to its value the learned counsel tor the defenthnt | contended that the plaintiff junius lad bought the mare for a stipulated sum which he acknowledged before the na tice of the peace and as the sum was known and agreed to and acknowledged by the plaintiff that it conslimted what the act of assembly meant by a j.ii/tudateil account and therefore said judgment ought not lo be set aside his honor readily admitted the plain tiff hud not justice on his iltle tint ne wished to know what the word litjitiitnte meant three dictionaries were brougut into court to settle the definition of the word between judge anil lawyers ; but with the aid ot walker johnson and paily his honor declined giving an opin ion ; so the case was laid over till next j court i believe that the word dress mean's mkedness in females 1 that husbitml implies a person engaged to pay a wo man's debts ; that economy means pu sillanimity ; that u coachman is an ac complished nobleman ; and that any person talking about decency is a bird i believe that there is not a cleverer or prettier fellow in the town than my self and that as far as regards the wo men i am altogether irresistible now mr white i .. judfl;e with the aid of three dictionaries and two loarncd attorneys cannot decide what our wise mid learned legislators meant by the word liquidate how can it be expecled that a common country justice of ihe peace can comprehend the meaning of such ambiguous words ! bat sir is it not high time that our legislature should repeal such ambiguous acts and frame them am w in such language us can be easily comprehended by common oeoplc it appears to me thai all lawmakers ought to study plain simple language in framing their laws which could be easily comprehended by every person this would prevent a great deal of litigation what justice there can be in bringing such suils into court 1 am not able to divine ; and must leave it with those who bring them it must be very evident if the defendant swalz had brought suile in court for his money instead of suing before a justice of the peace junius would have paid twenty times the cost and if he had not obtained justice before 1 justice of the peace he could easily have carried up an appeal with these few icniaiks i submit the whole to you lo dispose of as you may deem bos respectfully 1 am your most obedient for the best stallion over three years old an elegant bridle valued at - - g.6 fur ihe best brmid mare do do 3 the best colt and filly three years old this spring carb - - 3 for the best mule three years old this iu'iii m____j on sunday last says the alexandria herald in passing dowo the potomac in the steamboat mount vernon the hon john randolph of roanoke discovered two bunk note in his pos session at which he appeared an much shocked as if they hail been vipers and exclaimed " here captain take this trash for my expenses — i desire to get rid of it — i want nothing to do will blinks or laro banks for in my estimation they are one and iho same thing forthe host hull calf under two yean old 2 hfor inst the heifer calf under two years old .... 2 for the best milch cow the criterion to be the quantity of pood butter made in a given time from her milk which must be certified i silver cream ladle for the best yoke of oxen - 3 swine ry h.ibliaiion erected in a lay thlb withstands the corruption of time j only the sturdy oak whose roots spread far and deep can defy the ra ging tempest but some one may say " what ol all this quo special — what is the barm done bv publishing so many books as it is not injurious to the interests ol knowledge ii it does not promote them ? the answer is ready and plain they do oppose the interests of literature both directly anil indi rectly — directly by hindering the ex tensive circulation of books of real merit for the number of books pub lished which demand ihe attention ol the public is so great that a consider able portion of them must be dismis sed with but a slight perusal and per haps w'uh nune at all and hereb works of merit are very liable to be shoved on will uie uvnui „— i , ny publications besides on account of the great number of new books the public are obliged to view the merits of a book through ihe eyes ol reviewers and to take their first opin ions second handed these opinion are not always correct for reviewers have their prejudices as well as others and are far from being infallible but says one how shall this be pre vented would you have tensors ovei the press ? no none but the public they should suppress these mush room publications by their universa censure and condemnation for the best boar over one year old 2 for the best breeding sow offspring to be shown with her - - 2 to ihe person who shall ralie the greatest quantity of \\ heat not les than twenty-five bushels per nere nn any number of acres not leu than five a premium of - 5 for the greatest quantity of indian cum not less than fif'tv bushels on any number of acres not leis than ten 5 for the greatest quantity of nye not less than twent bushels per acre on any number of acres not less than ten - - 5 for the greatest quantity of cotton not less than yxiui per acre on any num ber of neri ii not less than five - 5 competitors for any of the fourlast premiums miiit furnish the sociely with a written account of the mode of cultivation he pursued b them for ihe best managed parm of not less than one hundred acres ol cultivated land referring to the convenience of the necessary farm build ings the quality of the fences the general con dition of every thing connected with the ope rations of husbandry and the quantity of manure collected frnm the resources of the farm in pro portion io it extent and the number of labour ers employed thereon a silver tumbler will be given to decide the above a visiting committee bill be appointed fur the greatest extent of land reclaimed by covered ditches the draini to present a surface above which will not impede lliclisu pr.icc of ploughing competitors must communicate the method by which il to effected the ex liense and the degree ol amelioration thus pro sliced ...... 8 fur ihe best practical e»9ny on the i iilture of cotton with reference i the choice and pre jural inn of the soil andthe mode of cultivating lompetllon to forward their essays to the sec retary of the society with u piece of piper sealed over their signatures not to be removed till ihe examining committee hall have deci ded between them : a medal of north carolina gold hv order of the society john uballu jr secretary may 16th 1820 jwtl'k home was surprised when the great scipio repudiated his wife and more particularly as she appeared to possess those qualifications which could ren der her husband happy in justifica tion of his conduct the noble human assembled his friends to whom he showed his foot behold said he ' how well this sandal is made j how proper it is — but none ol you knovsr where it pinches p without dispar agement to the roman general there lis rarely a that ujitr marriagt which pis tail to the foot it is with mar inade as with masonry it it only the brothtrhcod who know he nccrct nium rnr iiwxniois r»nsitn i 111 \ 1)1.11 when persons happen to he overta ken by a thunder-storm although they may not be terrified by the lightning yet they naturally wish lor shelter from the ran which usually attends it ; and therefore if no house lie at hand generally take refuge under the nearest tree they can find but in doing this they unknowingly expose themselves t a double danger | first because their clothes being thus kept dry in ii !"■ ry the lightning often passing uvi i a body whose surface is wet and se condly because a tree or any elevated object instead of warding oil serves to aitr.ot and conduct the lightning which in its passage to the ground frequently rends the trunks or in in i.hes and kills any person of animal who happens to be close to it at the time instead ol seeking protection then by retiring under the shelter ol u tree hay-tick pillar wall or hedge the person should either pursue his way to the nearest house or get to a bpectatoh the i y american insurance company has declared a half-yearly dividend of ilx per seat this company has been in operation out i ' j ear luring which lime its dividends love amiiunted to vj'j per cent i a frirmil hint — the following is copied from the vermont oasette prln .. i . o ... ... . , i i i l ;„ i request ol ibe subscriber that x\ijrlendi mo coutin should suspend their visits lor two years 11111 m hull ixinit.srrv tf x'nttii.cjiitiu.w.'i the i'll'ine v -., ..,,„„ ,,,- ,,„. slmli-nts nf the i nivirsity ol md.n.i iirnluia will |„: held al i i pel hill on monday the i th day of june neit and conthue from day today until thursday the s3d or that month on which la i montloned day thi annual com mmetmmt of the college will tale place haw eggs says the american f.ir inei given to sheep or mile which have been poisoned by eating laurels or ivy leaves will effect a speedy cure the dose is 1 for a sheep or t lor a cow they can he adminis tered by simply breaking the shell and slipping the yolk and is much of the white as is practicable dowa th snimil'i throat anew thing under ihe sun meeting house lias been sold in ihe llatc of new vim k at the suil of a clcrgjman for in payment ol his salary ! ! arw llork in preparation — the an ihorof the pv last of th mohicans sec is prep ii mg another iriat lor his countrymen lo be called the j'rairic