i the western carolinian published weekly john be^rd jr editor and propn mtn-r from thr hfiri nni ns 7x : no 3 of the xvlli voll'.mk salisbury rowan county is c saturday morning june 21 1834 && _§__ w ■ ** w * * __ m m ■ after which they hope to pass the remainder of their lues m europe or america lintl feel the desire t hep simultaneously . and thii always awake ol ihe same moment i have in i.r yet known ue to l,e sleeping and the other awake al the same time ; indeed when asleep so great is the nervous sympath which exists be iiveen them thai a tout 1 upon tho bod of either will awaken both while in bed thoy ure noi confined to any particular position but rest on oither side us nni lie-i siut their convenience generally howover with their lines towards each other — the usual sloop nine or ten hours each inulit | nnd quite soundly : when ihey do feel restless and desire to van their position the one must roll en i tircly over the other and they have frequently boon observed to in tin without either awaking or being apparently disturbed l.v the change upon the possibility or otherwise of separating ln-i.i l surgical means some difference appears ... the opinions of scientific men ; ninety-nine in un hundred believe it altogether impossible and all thut it would be an experiment of such risk as nol lo 1st warranted unless in the event of llie death of one ; nml that it is considered ns almost nn im possibility in consequence of the strong degree of circulation which is between hem it is howo ver t them a very unpleasant subject and they feel quite averse to have il spoken of they have of ten remarked thnt they never saw nnv single per son us happy as they are therefore they have no reason to wish torn change tl humidity of a northern climate lid not ii first agree with them ; tlie weather on tlu-ir arri val iii england being unceasingly damp and foggy both in consequence w.-.e severely affected l obis and coughs in equal degrees torn which they recovered timultaneousty during the dork and fog-ty dins they would sometimes taki a deadened ml from lln gn.te and holding it up coll ii th london sm j a,„i the day after their ar rival there it being necessary to have lighted can dles in the drawing room at noon inconsequence of tin fig and smoke they went tn bed insisting that it was not possible it could be day-time snow they hud never s i they went lo england and on fust viewing it 111 , were much bstollishl 1 inquiring whether it waa sugar or sail tin youths arrived in tin united states from their unlive country in august 1829 j retnaiiied in america eight weeks and embarked for lon don where thoy arrived on ihe tilth november following they remained in ireat britain luilil january 1881 having travelled upwards of 2500 inil.-s in tin kingdom and received the visits of about 800,000 individuals in london edinburgh dublin liverpool manchester rath i is york sheffield bristol birmingham and most uf the principa cities nnd towns in the kingdom they were honored bv visits from her majesty queen adelaide and others of the royal family the foreign ambassadors nobility ami b most uf ibe philoso phers nnd scientific men of ihe no thev have iravclli 1 in nil the united stales except vermont mi oiiri and illinois si bject delay may weaken the position ofthe administration and its fnends in this respect it cun si r.ei ii i.i t iheii strength iiwy ot a\e vmmctv sv.\\es pvssed at till first skssion of the twenty-third congress the are ns near as possible of the same height about five leel two inches ; are finely formed in ever respect and possess a great degree of mus . nl ir power for persons of their size i have known ihem to earn a person upwards of an hun dred feel whoso weight was 280 pounds nn.l to j throw others without any difficulty whose weigh much exceeded theirs which was on the 1st of j in 1831 210 pounds having gained 40 pounds within n year thej are remarkably agile can ivalk in run wuh greal swifluoss nnd can swim ns iv 11 ns most single per-oiis their actiul \ can readil if imagined b those who bine seen thorn plnying at battledore and shuttlecock a game of which they are particularly fond as combining ex ercise with recreation they are very fond of hunting are quite expert with the fowling piece nud carry with them their shooting apparatus — the hair which i about our feet in length i braided in the chinese style in doing this m washing dressing or in any other occupation tliey require no assistance each acting for himself with us perfect ease n would an individual a distinguished british writer has mid : when ihe legislative and executive powers are united there tan he no public liberty they will he nul led in t'.niilaml whenevet parlianienl comes t be through the influence of corruption ut the absolute command of the court this is tlie danger of .... danger the evil of all evils " t r-i -. ,. i ij ■ 1 i , •• willi >„ .» , .„ r >■,, or mul „., !-■•_, i " ii v i,i - i . w , ,,, ,, , ,, ■ •' atxl tin - «--,.:. u i i lul , i ,,, mm • > public no 8 \\ i"r - . revive and amend an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the united states march eighteen luin i'nl thirly-une ami an t in addition thereto : i iir fourteenth ol july eighteen hundred . • . - 1 .-. , ,. morning hymn ilnil nature's universal king creation's grod ! thy praise we as in units the uu o'er hill and his glorias lift o,;r hearts to thee i " let there be light 1 the eternal aaid and darkness like a pliant in fled , o'ei eartli uud sea enblgenl shone the glory of the mighty i rne : then man aro-e a breathing li.rin an essence of the godhead warm with life und hue to worship hun before whose brightness suns ure dim pervading spirit ! veiled with wing of seraph rapt thy praise we aing ! l-.xhaii.-tless fount of love and m 1 ,,, we bless thee fbr the gift of light w bul tins writer said of i'.nglulid is true of tlie united blates there an is no p bin liberty when tin legislature conies to iw at the absolute command of the court that would now be the case but f,,r the independence and virtue of the se nate an irresponsible cabal have seized upon the executive ; ihey have so haltered his vanity and inflamed ins passions as to shut out truth and argu ment from liis ears h - entctl 1 by the st mile nnd ii use of repre ss of ihi united slnim of merica,in congress i tli.it nn act entitled an act tor tiie re ' eriain insolvent debtor of the ukited states n ,,) on tli inl day of march eighteen liundred inui lli.rf ne nnd an act in addition thereto passed nn the fourteenth day nf july eighteen hundred and ,, ivliu-h aid acts expired on the second day uf-il's ll . ifbtecil hundred and thirty-four be and the iiii nre hereby revived and shall continue in force ■ years fr.ni ami after the passage of this act .--. , -.. im in it fiirtln r t micted that if any sure ii,-ty of mil debtor who is or shall become an ' ' ti.r relief under the provisions nf the acts re eding se.t ion of this act sliiill be dead by an abuse of the patronage ofthe government they have sub rued tbe press and through its agency have poisoned tho fountains of public intel ligence ; so as to hold th pe,,ple themselves in dis graceful vassalage to a parly hostile in all its ole nts and held together solely by the consideration thai by acting in concert they arc enabled logo vein and plunder the people l e.i iii jaunat is now die onh barrier to then absolute ci utrol over the destinies of the c ui.try whether that body shall become the mere creature ot the execu nve will the agent ut this corrupt cub . . ii iienda upon il result ofthe elections to take p c with in n few months to come tin ii i i assault of the executive having been repulsed the active agents hnve resolved on transferring tho warfare to the people and we un ii ni ,, i their purpose of issuing an extra lobe f..r s mouths nt tho rate of one dollar and all tho i da icrenta ofthe party ore reqitirod i . contribut to it tircu lation their prospectus doclai - thut ■■ ii so nate is n grand ol.'ctionc ring con mittce .'-. the scrrue of the hank — thai the bank i-n new power which threatens to take ill mn ill in -, it of public ntliiirs out of the bunds of the peep tin • those who are opposed to the niensur wl-ii • has cast a gloom over i!,e whole country a the " hessians of llie hank and c m-huli s by -, ap peal t those into whi so band i prospoi tu i iay come to exert themselves lo raise fortl v ith five ten or twenty subscribers und forward the in . ...' ." wo havo thus the plan of the camp what ilu patronage of the government ac complish will be assayed by the grossest , ,, , and tl mo t unblushing lalsehoods nothing that a desperate fuction armed with powei and patron age nu 1 will 1 left undone will the people fold their arins nml surrender their lib rties with out a struggle _ i'or one we will not we too will issue nu extra — see my liff is likf ac their intellectual powers are very acute nml in this respect it bus not been observed that one pos sesses the slightest degree of superiority over llie other tin wisdom ol providence is herein strong ly manifested ; fordid any mental superiority exist it would uecessaril load to contentions and strug gles for pre-eminence « huh bappily is >.. fur from being the case thai many who have visited them have left ih in under the impression that tliey weie actuated in on one mind -,, simultaneous were they in all i heir movements they pla al chess uud draughts rt mark.ibly well but never m opposition to each oilier having been asked lo do ll thev replied that no more pleasure would be de rived from it than by playing vvilli the righl hand against the left i.'u i representative or represeiitu stireiy or co-surety shall be re licant to relief ... like nnni -. nllicly or co-sliretv would third section of tin a.-t of liteen hundred and tinm en-surety of any such debtor mknown or if i'he consent ot my life is like the summer rose that opens to the morning sky bui ere the shades of evening , is scattered on tlie grouud to die but un that ri.s.-'s humble bed the bvveetesl dewa of night are shed afi if she wepl uch haste to see but lion hall weep u tear fbr me my life i j like the autumn leaf that trembles m t!ie moon's palo ray ; its bold is frail — its stnte is brief — restless and soon to pass away yet ere that leaf hall fall and fade the parent tree shall mourn its shade the wauls bewail the leafless tr.-e — but none sliall breathe a sigh ter me my life is like the print whose fe 1 hnie left on tampa's desert strand soon as tlie rising tide shall heal tins track will vanish from the strand yet as if grieving t efihee all vestige of the human race on that lone shore loud moans the sea but none shad e'.-i lament for me ! r representatives f nnv <!>• cannot bo obtained nnd the such deceased or absent sure bo sufficient to p v ihe debt and the secretary ot the tr.-a y proof of tlieae fpicls he shall ich cases to grant such relief ns jr in same mny be entitled to ue isiena of the acts which this act is e aad amend upon tbe condition thnt 1 notpe discharged there y from lus r bty to such absent surety or co-surety or ie of such deceased debtor for any i«irt l l ilue tn the united states which may therenf .,■ 7 1 by or out of the estate of any such absent ',,: 1 i i surety or co-surety sec il ami be it further enacted thnt all dischar ge ivlurii have heretofore been granted by tlie soon - llie treasury to any principal debtor with the i the legal representative or representatives . :' in let eased surety or cosurety shall be as valid n tin a eh surety oi co-surety had been alive and ii s ,, r i consent opta.iied according lo llie letter of tn tli.r.l - ft on of the t of tlie tbiirteentli of july i.'i.t i iiirttlred'ai thi"v-two > " 1 and be'it flirt 1,'er enacted thnt the secre , ul i ne tretisip y a!l he authorized to cause satis o be rat 1 up all judgments against such i ,-"].• its ashat in ret tore been or mny her after be un.h'r t e piovisions of the acts which this act i intended to revive am amend or under any etlierand former act of i oii-.toss fbr the relief of per ns iii)i)ris..ii-"l for h-l.ts due to the united states — .' ",•'■,'. thai tlie district attorney for the district in an . . judgments are on record shall certify that di btor id po-sossed or entitled tn iii liable to be applied lo tlie satisfaction of nd tha the interest of tlie govern ■ - it i require that such judgments should re iii-uii unsatisfied in every case ofapplication for such ite to a judge at his chambers ten days notice be given to the i is.ir.c attorney for the district i n 1 ap it ui is made a stevenson speaker of tht iiousi of hepretentativet m van buren vice-president ofthe vniietl stalet and ]',-, si i nt of the si nati . june 7th l-.u tliey now dnss in the fashion of this country they are so conversant with llie english language that they can understand all thai is said t them and converse with tolerable ll v l they are also very desirous to make themselves general ac quainted with the manners and customs of oui country a v diitne might be filled by enumerating their shrewdness and keenness of remark ; and i men tion one r iw instances in re may not lie deemed improper a visiter nine came into the room who had but one eye ; upon which they observed i the door-keeper that the gentleman should have paid only half price tor admission ns he hail only half the chance to see which others had on r ing n cripple who had lost both bands and feel thev made him a present remarking that as thoy bad four hands and in none it was not only u pleasure hut their duly t assist him the siamese twins an historical account oy tuk siamese tw1n-brothers fng and chang are natives f n small yil lage on the sea-coast of siam called maklong about ill miles from the capital they were born in may 1811 of chinese parents and are united i each other by a ligatur , r band about three und a half inches in length and mulii in circumference formed at the extremity of the breast bono of en b and extending downwards to the abdomen the upper part of tho band is a strong cartilaginous j substance j the lower part is soft and fleshy nnd . contains a tube or cavity presumed lo u about an - inch an half in circumference on the lowei edge the hank has been assail 1 fer the purpose of evening the popular prejudice agaii si an unpopular institution because when ihe pei pie ore excited thej become an easy prey t artful and profligate leaders we ar . n t the partisan of the batik — we are the ndvocates of the conslitut e laws and of truth and justice in th assuuii upon the bank all li.ese have been violated and here fore although the rank dwindles inti nothing when compared with the great inl re is in i ivcd in the issue then vindication necea a . , , v ives the discussion the bank yet us the li il bul nn incident n the question before .>• t the if scers ami friends of that institution we mmil the tusk of defending it and fer thai puri r co lumns will i open to them our lal-.ra iii be directed to the true iss — to suve the constitution and the liberties ofthe people — we vull counteract calumnies by the publication of truth — we will send the n nu do.e after the poison the ex-king i france charles x n visited thom in 1 1 poo nnd ,, ii leu vino i hen i inn 1 hem ■ 1 present ol a pieco of gold ; after lo was gone tliey observed that the supposed tin reason wh in gave ih in gild wus because i bad no crowi . in i 0 th are li w who visit them who escape their notice end they generally amuse themselves and lie n is un iioiir nr twn iu tint evening bv re lating souie f the strange observations the have heard 11111 li day and in remarks upon iii ise they huve seen at the exhibition room having thus in order to gratify public curiosity hastily put tog ther a few prominent fects regard ing ibis extraordinary variety in the works of \|. en hty power it need scarcely is observed thai the st fastidious female will find nothing in the exhibition t wound her delicate feelings ladies ..!" ilu first rank both iu europe and america have visited tb m daily ii great numbers ; nnd of all u in have honoured them with their company none have appeared more gratified than be gentler sex of ihe baud exactly in its centre is situated the umbilicus or navel ; there being but oita iu com mon between then a pressure upon ihe lower pail of l:ie band when tliey cough laugh or si ,-/,.. would cause considerable pain which would ik equally fell by each if tho connecting link be touched in tin centre ls.tl are equally sensible t it ; but if half an inch from the contra it is only fell bv one there is nevertheless a considerable degree of nervous sympathy between the two bo dies but ii is entirely overpowered by the operation of the mind this wus strongly proved al one tune by dr roget secretary to the royal socie ty by means f a galvanic experiment i am clearly of pinion that here is a degree of muscu lar pwer in the band nnd that strength is some tunes communicated from one to the other the flexibility of the cartilage is s great that they eat readily turn those shoulders towards each other which ur outward when walking : indeed there probably would have been no difficulty m tlieir walking either way had they learned to do so when vouug their mother had a number of other chil dren without any peculiarity all of whom excepting chang surd i.ng und a brother and sister are hud their feelings nre warm and affectionate and tlieir conduct amiable nnd well regulated tliey nre very susceptible and nu net of kindness ... affecti mate trcutment of any description is nevi ' fo gotten while an injury or insult offered to ono is equally resented by the ilier they never en ter into conversation or discussion with each other because possessing a before observed tin same quantum of intellect and having is-en placed con stantly in the same circumstances precisely the same effects have been produced upon the mind ..!' each : therefore tiny have not that to communicate winch two other beings would have undei tlie corn prospectus for a extra telegraph andrew jackson before the re ult of the late elections in virgi iii wus known ilu richmond enquirer published a letter from washington from which the follow ing ia an extract : a'ji-2 ijaitjl or the tate ol north-carolina oui pu p will be to combine the lements of opposition ; nnd by a moderate firm • i patriotic exposure of the character and am i ■• _ of the corrupt cabal whose intrigues threat • subvert our institutions arouse ilu poople id a tense ofthe impending danger nud save the country by bring ing tlieir power into the next congress ; i.r here is no room to hope that a change i f mea urea will lake place until the people shall v . their wn ri-t ills hv the election of ncii.b - . ( ■ ogress win will look to them us the sour .-' luthoritv tins cannol im done without organ iz t and eon cert all the interests who desire t restore the aulhoritj of ihe laws and f the constitution must for a time surrender personal considerations and combine their efforts in the common pur|s.se our liberties on in danger — ii depends upon the issues of the elections to take place m t few months l>t every one therefore do his dutv i,et us av be country if there is cause of dilf ren.-e among us and that there is we will not deny let its ad pistinent be k>st|sine.l until ihe corrupt enl«il is overthrown — until ih.-n lei s be united to this purpose the extra telegraph will i devoted it will is published weekly oo a double royal sheet in pamphlet form of thirty-two pages for six i itbs from the 15th june next nt the rate of five ilollurs for five copies payable in all cases in advance the first numbers will is stereotyped and new editions issued to supply is-vv subscribers duff fl keen ww.i n^ron city tny 20th 1834 s tlie wicked can piote scripture the ilols and its correspondents are becoming quite religious and qupta scripture just us the to ries of england have always quoted it to justify lluir monarch and the principles of monarchy one of thew in til last ulobe has this preciou paragraph which is introduced nut for thn fir-t tun to sustaiii tyranny and despotism : ols-v the good book which say *, " revile nol the ruler of the land ! ! i . hear that ye impious wretcbet who dure rail in question ihe wisdom of iho mi sums uf tin executive a ho dare to m y hat he has violated the constitution and usurped powers nnd put forth claims to powers not given ! horn __-■• scripture to it you lo shame and to ten h v yourdiitv u i not the rulers ol the land k without this bank question they the opposition would have succeeded without it we should have been 111 a minority m th house before now with out it we should never have been enabled to keen a national parly ted upon principle — but the political i ,|. would have been broken into sections c dooksof subsciuption for stock in -" th new slate bank of north carolina will i in the ton ii f salisbury on llie 16th ,'! bine nisi ( lapitalists who nre anxious to l.i ike , l"l,lale investment of their funds will do well 1 at un earl d-iv . us it is believed thai the h'bolc am in uill i speedily taken up thus 1 cowan 1 ,. m.mi reeves '<'-'"'■"'•'■ wm ii hora1i s 1 " isbury lune 7 l-:il i-'-ja f distinct observation li i uccaaionall observe i that a simple remark may be made by one (.» the other bul i huve never known them i enter int conversation with ench other tne attempt hns been frequently made to engagi them in separate conversations with different in.li vidu s bin without success ns tlie are invariably inclined to direct thoir attentions to tin same thing at the same time the purpuse for which the question of the rank was brought into the present congress is further and more fully explained iu the same paper in i hese ii or.ls : " whal will be the stnte of parlies in the legisla ture in relation to tha llat.k n.-xt decemberl thers is the true point this will be the sole question her un i every where else next winter it is the ull ah orbing interest all tin persons looked tons can.li d.iies ii,r the presidency a matter winch will by thai tune have become thoroughly identified with party questions nre national hank men the admtmttra lion is againtt it nml the candidate of the ut ineertir wilt bi against it their falher died when tliey were eight years of ngej about the same time they were severely :. dieted with the small pox and shoiil afterwards the measles | by both these disordi rs they were equally ill recovered ut the same moment nnd bv ihe sum remedies since thai lime thej have ne ver suffered by any illness excepting occaa ii .• slight cough they hive been sewn i mouths i sea but ever w-.'ii ill in consequence of it so ns to cause nausea .- on the contrary lliej were always retnarkablj well on shipboard would fre quentl go alnft and many times have cxpn wish ti ' thej might at some future da command .. ship of lli.-.r own their parents were of the poorer class and un til the youths left their home thej were engaged iu fishing manufacturing cocoanut oil keeping poultry ate for ihe support of their family a . inter owe ai k.-.l them what wns their occopatioo in ili.-.r own country : when they facetiously an avered that they were merchants having been on gritted in the duck and egg trad the left siam oh the 1st of april 1889 under ihe protect ion of capt abel coffin on board tin american ship sachem « hi 1 wns commanded by him and who had obtained the consent of their parents and ofthe government to tt ir leaving the country the mother and children were equalh pleased w-ih the voyage ns u sufficiency was b-ft for her support and all were aware of ihe respect nlulin of ili.se in whose charge ihey were placed the vouths 1,-ver express nnv desire to return m their i ■ ve eointrv , excepting to iisit their i'm nd >\ v \ i fi \ t v 11 v m x . t-j_-__-3 g « . j in their movements ihe most perfect equanimity is observed the one always concurring with the other bo exactly thai they appear n if a united l iniiinii ii iu i and it is nexl to impossible l.v the strictest scrutiny to discover with which the impulse originates whenever the arise of theii own accord iu their nee m employments of life ".- m their amusements they have never been known to pass an angry word with each other : and whenevei eithei wishes to pursue any partkulai course he ne in liatelj follows the is-nt f hia in clinations without the least intimation bj word or motion to the other who nevertheless readily coincides and without the slightest besital moves wherever ihe will ofthe former may direct as the one always assents to the movements of the other and as io words pass between tliein it is cu rious to imagine hi w such assent is conveyed ' 7 rd '- --.",.' of the above institution u iii com-ien .: on till i irst day of may if to these we add the fact that on the lav of the date of his letter to mr duane ordering the removal 1 iho deposites from the hank ofthe i nited states general jackson was m boston so siofa thai ins spee.lv dissolution was anticipated — so 11 ii so that nil but ins immediate attendants of whom mr van buren was one were forbidden lus presence 11 is impossible to resist the conclu sion thut 11 was then resolved to renew the war upon the hank ti.r the purpose of hriiij/inij that question again before the public under a is-licl that 11 wns the onlv means of coercing tho party in power into the support of mr van huron as the succes-or f the present incumbent the following article published in the alhanv ari_iis but a few ilnvs before the measure was cotl suuiniaied casts further light upon this subject hear whal the argus than suid it said : f riii ii:,-,-i,'„i i3a,l.l'ul f,,r past patronage lemsclves to enter upon the exercises - si,n wuh renewed steal p j sparrow t w sparrow iry vpril 12 l-:u tf mate of worth-carolina i i nl - ' h i \, i i i ntv t 1834 petition for t road and ferry i im perkins alexander perkins thoa bnod ind wife ih ,.. • .. i ihraim parkins dec -- of joseph perki i«c b'-irs of elisha . . . , | ihe b in of robert j millei dec all heirs ut law f eli perkins . ml • ■- whom il may concern ; p hi notice that al the next county court 1 • b in id nt lincolnton on the ilnr.l monday ' , pi thion will be presented for a public ' to ,..-- vnr tho lauds of said heirs and for i'uhlii ferry to 1 rtahlished on the ai'l road i j | 1 rivor both of winch will be tween lincolulon nn.l statesville 1 ■,, , tr i i i i.::i ______________________________________________■ their appetites are remarkably good and they an now quite accustomed to and pleased with ilu nin ral living of this country their usual beve rage is ten coffee or water j wine or spirits th--v seldom taste their likings ... distastes fer pa.ti eiil.ii food ai the uine precis iv ; wliatev r plea sos on gratifies also the other i and nnv thing im p inl to on , has the same feci i ■■■ ihe nun ! l bis brother tins remark applies not onh lo food but ids to persons and things with which thev come iii contact thev invariably feel hun ger and thirst al tbe same time and tbequaatitj of f>.*l taken bj them is as nearly alike as poasible , the richmond enquirer spesks with its nee.istnm ed is lilt and force on iii subject of llie diselnsilles in relation t ilu secret lerviee tiuul ' of ibe bank of th united stales tm lie unscrupulous and corrupt use of it by that ureal 11 poly wa have no doubt unit v leu tne hidden iran -,. ti n of the bsnk shall be ex po , .! to the light ihey will as much astonish its oppo '- ihey null confound its friends hut ,,, „„, -,,/. th question of it government ilepotitet i hns nothing in ,'" with any smt ttitclottire tilkrf are other reasons cogent and i ' w swi'uaki.i which outweigh al.l argu mi:\t wiiatevit it may be against vi !<::. i.sivi ctiov ox this lune 1 i 1 - : . t . * it ay he obs>rv,',l thnt fair isslwsys n the riclit chang oiis-'inenti on tl left thi r i nouneed m if spall i sad l • tli y bccnine o much attnrhed to a boy in salisbu ry th it thej ■ job prin neatly executed here