the western carolinian published every saturday morning aohlibiba ijidj^ij aiq jwjf&jl >/, jiaiii-pu 1 i>il - editors and proprietors number 22 of volume i salisbury north carolina october 31 is:r n vimwv from beginning ho \ . iin %% catcrn l-ci'lt 11 jllr lltl-lt s|m |>||. itiore new mjw'i.i.i.mtv convention dedate teacher of the chriitian religion shall !,.■ thnt out fro our legislative halls ' if ii s 1 violation of principle to exclude the atheist and deiit from office is ii , quail o to exclude thi preacher ol ihe goapcl from the legislature nnd mm seat iu the council of state 1 but the «; hues ,,(" genii seen to be wilh the one , ami nol iiii the other a preacher of m , udanism inay come among ua build hii mosque i lee i hi congregation and preach to the id if he has the eiul qualifications may he olocti 1 to and lake lus seat in ihe legislature while the toncher o our own religion of thai religion on which all i our inititutiom itand are denied the k ni i g ' ! nnd yet gentlemen wh talk s much about his ml it ami the march of mind have nnt uttered o lingli lvlusper against tin mlsl article i aaw)ll i i-l i s.1,.1 he u.ailil n 11 e iv i i |.. ,,,. j j j l zl hi j by asiieel smiths joseph w hampton the subscriber has pist return ed lion philadelphia where he purchased a rich a**orttnentoi watches -. **,******!*, » «■> — — jt "• si'l.l.ril of mr fisher or eton is delivered in tin lutt convention on th proposition to uni n,t th win article mr fisher said he should vote for the amend ment which as reported from ihe committee of lhe whole namely , in strike out ofthe 82ll see ion of ibe constitution the word protestant and in stead thereof inaerl the word christian so s to allow all who believe u lhe truth ol lhe christian religion to bold civil office iii the slate i giving tins yoie be was n,,i influenced by the live which the gentleman from hal lax gov branch had o charitably attributed lo the friend of the amend nl that is lo throw the tub lo the yy ii vi r as be is pleased to call tbe people ; no yel lor the accommodation of a certain individual ai \\ t 17 extra t from the i ian i i ills accompanying '* ea,l box the following testimonial to lhe efficuc of tins vuluable medicine i tha wo torn carolinian i published every sa i ito.y ni twu dollars poi annum if paid in advance ui t'yvo i li i eiftj i lent it not paid lietbra tin expiration of three month i j n'o paper will !„• discontin 1 until all atrean aro pud unless a tb discretion of llio editors t subscriptions will nol bo recoived for a lo ti than ye i ; hud 1 fkilure to notify llio editor uf a yi i-l io ilisi'oiitu , ui the end of ii year ill be consi dered as •'" new en'/:i;;e,ne„t i any |. r on ll in will prociira ix subscribers to the caroliuia 1 lake the trouble lo collect nnd transmit their subscript ion-money io ibe editor shall in ve a pa per ii i iu iii-t tb ui continuance .■>, . , • /', is is nri iii 1 to th editors may transmit to iin in through the mail at thoir risk provided //<• y .,,,/ lio acknowledgment of any rsspeclabl person to prove that such remittance was regularly made li iiii or ii ii 1 1 y , ion from tin iu rev levi 8 ives d !>., bishop of \ t '/ lli must mi ill i'lislinm -.. i nml i a lies i , obi i ei , 1 00 i'll in english and swill j fine gold l'ol i bams and keys fine plated fob-chain and keys la lies plated neck-chain | a rich assortment of breaat-p.nl iinil it'iigs fine ear ring quid und plnted ; ladies let silver nn cilt h'aist-lliukles ; shell muiic boxen and silver penoilij a large assortment of speclacl.'h for all i'.yes ; ladles and ( outlet en's fine pocket hooks superior wade aud but her en aye rason j 41 pocket knives und scissors leather and silk money puraaa ladies large tuck and side-comb ; do snuh'liov s ami thin hies ; fine plated castor and candle-cticki together with chains pistols heals and keys d_e — also bilver spoon and sugar-tnng he i opes that l,,s friends und cuitoilior will call and see hi line aasortment und i i \ . — lie will ell low for cash or on n ihorl ere lit — order front a distance yvill 1,0 promptly filled wuich.'n and clocks repaired well and war ranted for fie let months ocv old cold und silver taken in exchange for jewellery john c palmer salisbury september 13 isij — tf north ( arolina it 1.1.1,111 march 2 1885 having for the last three years been intimately acquainted mil dr john beckwith of thi city and enjoyod ins prolbnional services 1 take plea ■ un in stating that lus character as ii christian geutlemuii and experienced physician entitles ins testimony iu regard to iho use of bi u dj apcp tie imis to the entire confidence of the public — my cxpenenee ol tho good eh'cets of these i lis fur two years past satisfies me of then eminent value particularly in aiding in impaired digest un and warding off bilious attack haying been for a long time si i pet to the annual recurrence i such alta ks i was iu the habit ol resorting for security against them and with a very partial suc cess to a liberal use nf calomel or blue l'i ii hut rinco mv acquaintance with the anti-dyspeptic i'iii nf dr beckwith which he prescribed in the lirst instance himself i have nol been under the necessity ol using mercury 11 any form besides being wholly exempt iv in i in us attack seve ral member t my family ure experiencing the same beneficial effect i s 1vks be supposes — but for reasons which he would un dertake to stale tin hiniseir mr f taid he bad liitened with very strict nt tention to all that had been said on tins lubjoct i and of all debate be bad eyer witnessed ibis had lake the uiilesl range as regards ti u ,;, it had swep over eighteen centurio | und as regard d'aub 1 bad travelled round the g|,.l>o : its range has bee t'liciiuisi'iibt'il only by lhe limits set lo human im agination it n strange uninformed aa to the tine state of the ipie-lion had dropped in here mill lisle led attentive to nil that has been said he tiiiisl bay come to ibe conclusion that we weie debating whether we should or nol establish a cruel test oath lo bind men's conscience ; nay most likely in would i aye come to the concluiion thai we are iiutiil was ;• very strong iii'giimeui again xtnlrg out the sstd see't f „,. lake up ihe ton iiiii lion and examine il we will find that there are four article in it which have reference to the christian religion that is ihe i oth motion of the bill of lliglits und the mist m | 1 mill seotion of the constitution ihree'at theea would seem rather to ilisi'ounl nance or throw aside ibe chri-tian religion while ihe other one alone namely „> : 83d seems to ricogni-.i it now sir shall yy , u christian people living in a christian < try ex pimge iron our fundamental law the onlv am ie , w hull reeogiu/es i imstiaint y and leave remaining the three articles which would seen to discount •. 1 nance it and actually lay lis teachers nude civil disabilities ' ti.it.is op vi.v i;,i i isl n 1 advertiseuieuts will be conipicuously and correct rtcd.al 50 c nt per square for the lirst insertion and ld ee„i for oach continuance i but whore an ad vertisement i ordered to go in only twice 80 ct yvill bo charged fbr oach insertion if ordered ibrona in . irtion onlv 1 yv ill in nil cases he hinged j person who ueaire t engage by lhe year yvill im accommodated by a reasonable deduction from the above charge fbr transient cuitom v to insure prompt attention to letters iddrenod lo the e litor tha postage should in all cases be paid in oorubipondbnt ii win a vooii clcs & watob iiaks from governor iredell about to establish the •• holy imposition in north if tbe m-.m article was expunged from the con carolina thnt we are now preparing the wheel dilution 1 ihe instrument then placed m lhe nnd the rack thc thumb screw nnd the hoi irons bands of an intelligent turk judging from it « it for the punishment of recusant papist that thc would he suppose our religion to be 1 he would , nee less 1 iioile/'c itself wus to be kindled up m first read the i oi it article of the bill of rights tl midst i.i this protestant t imunity now from which he would see that all men christian sir s this so . is it line that we ure about to os turk and jew stand precisely on the s foot labliah u th«t oafh i is it true ilmt we are about ing aud conaequently so far as this oik's in north i commence tbe work ol persecution iigaiusi a carolina the chrialian hn no advantage ovei ibe class of people for consciences sake 1 no sir it is i turk he would then come to the 81st article not so i gentlemen yvill descend frnm the clouds ' where he would see thai preachers of lhe gospel m which they havo been wandering ; if from thai i are excluded from holding seats either in ihe i.e •• march of mind ' we have beard ao much about ] gialature or in the t council of stiite but that preach ihey yy,ll please io march back to the regions of era of the koran are not ao forbidden j thuafhrhs common aonte they will eo thnt their imagination would nee ihal ihe cpnstitutinn i more favorable i aye run away vvilh them wliat is the true slate i to miihoincinnisiii limn to christianity he would f the question before us iu the constitution next come to the 34th article fhe should havo w hich ,„,.' revolutionary forefathers established lor i sagacity enough t discover the wisdom of ihe pro north carol nil in lhe year i77fl ihere is a clause hi bit ion in ibis article he would at lhe same lime designated as the m'-'d seet on which provides thai discover thai a jealousy exists against " roliirioua no pels wl denies the being i <;,„!. ,„- ||„. churches t„k iltogother he will see nothing truth of lhe protest ni religion or ll divine ;,,,- ogniml the religion of the turk but an evident ex ihoiaiv of l iin id or pew te.stuini'uis ,„ w i . • . shall i prqsiion nirqinil the christian raliirinn • "•; ■ hold religious principle incompalibto with the free as lie dan jildge from wna ia before mm he muat doin and cufefy of the stale shall be capable of doubt whether wo are chrialian bui now lav holding civil oliico within ihis slate ever since bofl.ro hi lhe slid article and all his iloubls yvilj tho adoption of tbo constitution some have i bought vanish fur „, tbia he will see „ full recognition nf iliiit a perl of this articlo is illiberal and ought t ' hiriationity th i sk again shall we expunge he stricken out ond others have ihoughl ilmt the iho only article tliat recogniaea our religion and whole of it ought to be expungod in consoquence leave atanding those articles which appear rather of these opinions the i jisluture in the act under to discountenance it 1 if we bad power toatrike whi 1 1 this convention i ts gave a discretionary oul the whole he did not know that any great evils power io the < lonvenlion ; •• amend the 32d article j would follow from doing so fbr he had ,,,, fears for of tho constitution ;" nml ibe only question now the christian religion it had spread to what it before us s — shall we amend il or snail we leave now is against all opposition — it greiv up in dos it as it isl some wish to in nnd it other wish pile of oppress m.i bus flourished under perae to stnke it out altogether and others again wish to j cut ions we have nol i ing to fear li,r its i'uml tri leave it ai it is for my part aaid mr f i am | umphs but we havo no such powers and us the opposed to striking out the whole article but 1 1 subject stands balanced in ibe constitution as it wish to amend it to amend is one thing — to j now does be was unwilling lo expunge one side strike oul altogether is another we have a right mill retain the other to amend but we have nn power to destroy and to but said mr f let us mko up the 33d section strike out altogether would be to destroy uself examine its purls and see il it be so very oh among the argument advanced by those who jectionable lissome would make it out to be the are for striking out altogether one is that the viil \ lirst clause is in these word — " that no person ili b conies in direct eon 11 el with the ii th soc 1 who shall deny the being of god " shall lie ca at.i_t.st31 1835 dr wickwith's anti-dyspeptic pill have been used ill my family which is a large one with the most beneficial effects a number of my friends who have been afflicted with the dyspepsia anil other disorders of the stomach have spoken to me iu strong terms of the relief they experienced from this remedy without the evidence i have received from others my intimate knowledge of the professional and private character of dr beck with for the last twenty veins justifiea me ... de claring ilmt be would give no assurance of fact ol hi own experience or of professional deduc tions of which ho was not perfectly confident and on which the public might not safely rely james iredell jeweller & silver-smith tofc respet tfully in j forms his friends anil ihe ut"i^i public that he still conti fit 1 \ "'"' s to cany on the above !{-" >^ ! v?v business in ull its various s 7 _, - 4 i v '< brunches &!&£&£&'*** iis sli i >* s,im kc p <"> the mnin-street in salisbu ry one door above the store of samuel lemly & son watches and clocks of every kind will be it e p a i it i i with neatness at short notice on reasonable terms aud warranted for 12 months lie will always keep on baud u variety of arti cles in ins line ; such ns patent lever lvalcllcm english french cold and plated fob chains xii a a j a17 jj a s yzuzjzii ii a !• oil svh rtzu ie subscriber having determined to remove * to the soutb-w'tst oilers lor sale lhe above pro perty will or without the furniture the plan tation contain about 700 acres ol i ami be tween b5 and kill acres nre ion grounds cleared , lit bed and in good order otherwise uinl is n ther guild for grain or crass — there being about l'i acres nf ihe latter viz meadow land about illlo acres of the high-land are cloared unl in u,e nruer o iu ... • > i..u .. good fbr i,tioo bushel of corn with u proportion able quantity of small grain the houses want no repair anil are lufiicienl for entertaining on or 70 boarders wiili fine sta blery carriage-home and threshing machine no building of any deacriptioq is requisite for lhe place ul present the property is now positively offered nl u price so low ii at il will pay tor itself m three years by attention to the farm and house persons wish ing to buy had better lose no time ns ii sl.,,11 be sold and the price at whieh il is offered will force it immediately letters lo my address lit ihis office yvill meet prompt attention 0 ■ negroes for my oyvn use will be taken at fair prices application may be made for prices and pay ments to llie following agents viz — map ii v conner of salisbury ; lames a johnston esq charlotte ; c c henderson e_*q lincolnton nn i a m burton esq ol b utile's ford who have llio terms and will make sales from the hon george ___■ llndgcr ralkigu nov 7 1834 i'or several years past dr beckwith anti "' i , l.ll_.l . -■ . .... u ..,.. dicine in my fhmily i have myself frequently used them for the relief of bend ache acid ami otherwise disordered stomach resulting from im prudence or excess in diet and 1 have bad many opportunities of learning from others thoir effects when used by them for like purposes my expe rience and observation justify me in saying that the relief aflbrded by the imis is generally spcody nu i almost always certain — thai they may he t i ken nt any time without danger or inconvenience and theit operation is attended by no nausea or disagreeable effects whatever — nnd tin nol i have known many persons use them i have known inne who did not approve tbein — none who ausluined nny injury and none who failed to derive benefit from their use and upon the whole i lo nol lies late to recommend them a an agreeable sale and oflioncioiis remedy in dyspeptic affections and believe them myself to be the best anti dys peptic medicine ever offered to ihe public c e badgijr cold and plated watch guards cold anti plated mutch keys cold and plated watch seals chi ear-bob breast-pins and finger-rings laiest fashion silver ware ever-pointed pencil cases and lends silver spectacles anil steel frames und glasses fine pocket unci dirk knives and silver fruit knives pocket pistols nnd dirks ilreast buttons and musical itnvcs gill and sleel watch chains and keys ozjt old cold anil silver taken in exchange fbr articles purchased at his shop and in payment for work done and debts due d l p salisbury august 23 ism if c'uri-«-iil 1'i'iit ol produce vo at balisbury october '-'-. 1835 c.h , cm bacon . . . 10 a molasses . . . 50 brandy apple . 25 a 00 nails 0 a 10 peach . mo u 85joa-ii 20 j butter . . . 121 a rye 7 cotton in seed . 2 a slsugar brown . oo a 121 lean . 12 a 13 loaf . . 10 a 20 coffee 10 a l salt . . . 112a 125 corn 25a 00 tallow ... 10 fcv a constant supply of these pills on i nnd and fiir snle nt this office septembers 1s..5 — i..o — wm s bimonton tion of the bill of rights which says — thnt all ' puble of holding uny olfice or placeoltrust^ff men have n natural aud unalienable right to wor prnlit in the civil department within this govern slop almighty ti,«l according to the dictate of ment now sir is tins so very wrong ! is it their own conscience mr f said for bis part bigotry und intolerance in a christian community he could nol see tins conflict — this incompatibility to exclude from oivil office the man who denies the the 10th section of tho bill of right secured to being of god 1 — the uiuaii yvho cun look up at all men ihe right of worshiping god according to i glorious sun — gaze on lhe slurry heavens the dictates of theii » .,, conscience ; the 82d ar " t|»e apacioua firmament on high who can look tide does not deny tins right nor lake il away ; it nbroud on the luce of nature or turn his eyes iu ou dors not prescribe any mode of worship or any hi own bosom md yet deny thu being of od ' set ofreligiou principle — il only declares thai per ii il is bigotry to withhold civil trust oi moral con eons who deny the being of god dec hall not be fidence irom such a wretch then sir lor one i capable of holding civil office within this slate — am willing to be called u bigot some gentlemen now to show thiil the 39d article conflict with however tell u that there lire no such persons ii ibe 10th seel nf the bill of right gentlemen atheists that is no torsoiis who deny the being of must first prove thai it is necessary for men to god il ihey intend ibis assertion us nn argument bold civil office before they can worahip god an why the clause iu question ought to lie stricken cording to the dictate of iluir own conscience — nut then i meet it us follows there are either will any one use up lure and say that you must j such person as atheiata or there ure not if lirst lie in possession nf n civil office in north ca i here be such peraoo then they ought not lo lie relina before you can exerciee the freedom nf oon 7 trusted with office or with any thing else ; and if science 1 no i no one will aay o the turk the there is no such crsoiis then this clause in thc hindoo the wild savage of our own forest can | conetitution ia at most but aurnlumgo and a it c among us 1 worahip god according to the lakes up but little room ,, may as well remain an l,,taii s of their conscience ami there is nothing an evidence of the honest precaution of our forefa ii our constitution or laws to harm them or make there but sir i diller with gentlemen when them afraid they cannot only worship 1 ac 1 they ay there are no uch peraona aa atbeiat 1 cording to the dictate of their own conacience but i cannot say remarked mr f thut i know any ihey may acquire all the civil and political rights ucb but yve have heard of them we reiul that of native-born citizen — they are protected in their during the french revolution atheism triumphed person and property — they may vote for the law in ull france wc read that ihe national aeeem makera and if the people choose to vote for them wy expelled christianity from the country decreed ihey may occupy seats in the legislature and be the destruction of the holy bible and extirpated it come law-maker thenwelve the 32d article i from the land it is a known fact when the bri deprive them of none of these rights either civil ti*h and foreign bible society al llie close of tbe or religiou bul it forwda them from holding civil french revolution naught to restore the snered office *<» long as ihey may deny llie being of 1,'od vol line to france by printing u loudon an edition or the other truths referred to in thut article — in the prench language after a diligent search not surely there is nothing so very cruel and prnsciip n single copy ofthe bible could in found iu ull pa live in this as gentlemen would leem tn make out ris we irlso read that the national convention mr f said it appeared verj strange t him while it one time waicotnpoaed wholly ot atheists who gentlemen were so bitterly denouncing the 32d i to convince the world thai they were such passed article that the 81al should have entire eecapedla decree that death is an eternal sleep the their notice if the 83d article exclude atheiata learned gentle an from llaliiiix judge daniel and deists from civil office dnea not the hist o aya however that they were not atheists but much farther — for it exclude preacher of the i sadueees mr i said he should not dispute goepel from seals in the legialatuie ? will jren i nbout names though he would say llial ibis is lb lleiiicu contend that tbedoor to civil office shall is first lime lie had ever heard of fcench saducee thrown open lo atheists and deifu and that the i of this he was conlideut that the doctrines held p s attached to the plantation is n fine stock of hog and cattle and an outstanding crop of corn — say 2,000 bushels which may be bad with the plnntation w s s catawba springs september 20 l-o r >. — tf list of letters remaining in the post office at lexington n c feathers . . . 30 a 33,tobacco . . . - i 20 flour 0 0 a l wheal bushel 80*100 flaxseed . . . 100 whiskey . . . 30 a 38 linseed till per gallon jl 25 0 '.' ' the yorkville journal of the times will insert ihe above until forbid and forward the ac count to catawba spring for payment on the first day op october l-:t i jill lip beaker shadiick beckwith andrew tho dm is joseph evan barbara easter crouso john o h ford henry praxer richmond hearlly john ityer john jarret clinton johnson alfred kinney henry ledfbrd daniel leonard mary j lun ton elisabeth lena will an moore william mc daniel daniel merrell william moten celia north ern john payne willis peek christian btockingor william stephens casper smith mathew bkein john e wooden joseph ward mary will ford david yarborough m rounsaville p m october 17 1835 — u to country merchants at fayetteville october io bacon .... fcj a 0 iron . . . in l'i brandy peach . 40 ,. si molasses . . . .'!•_' „ 33 apple . 30 a 3ft nail cut , . . oj a 7 beeswax . . 22 * 23!sugar brown ■ 91 a 91 coffee . . . i'il a 1 t lump . . mia li cotton 14 1 lj loaf ■ 14 a 17 corn 50 a 00 sal 05 a 7 flaxseed . . » 125 wheal 00 a 100 flour 600 * 650 whiskey . . 30 a 38 feathers . . . 80 a 36[wool 16a 18 i^iik subscriber begs leave to inform bis cus 1 - tomers and friends generally that be is now receiving h,s full supply of good j winch con sists of u general heavy and well selected assort ment of **•** a*t****m,mmmm £ * m — . — m .. m m a *-. n ■__•_..»_. >_<____. mmmu _._._,. ___■ __.._. w w s — s i^r llardwarr fc t ulliii rf i mgzb hats and shoes yfy | 02 jm " r tf < :,,,< l tmeilirine %^^ m . i li o.l further eni.umcralion lus stock com prises almost every article now lit common use ,,, this country — it ia interior to none m fayetteville c.j orrbll ty£9 beeves wiuih'il flrkjcsbfctiif subscriber intending to earr on the butchering buainea regularly in the ton of salisbury wishes lo purchase a number of at cheraw s c october 10 1888 bacon . . 8 a 10 nails and ll,,„_s . 71 beeswax . . . 20 sugar brown . 0 a 10 cosbe 13 a iff do lump 141 a 16 cotton . . . hi a 17 do loaf . . 10 a 17 corn t.5 a 07salt per sack 380 a 27 flax-seed . 100 a 120 do bushel . «.'> a 70 flour country 7.">0 „ sooicott u begging 36 a 80 do northern . moo a 0<hi|hale rope . . 10 a 12 feathers . . . 34 a . 17 wheal . . . 113 iron 4.1 a mwool 10 a h molasses . . . 33 a 40 1 whiskey . . . 40 a 47 w w »_.___■ _________ , __,__), for which the highest prices will be given in cash his customers are notified that be will be ready to furnish them with ill 111 kl on mon day wednesday aud friday morning of euch week the balance of llie season jn it personal nnd strict attention will be given lo ibe receiving und forwarding good j receiving cotton and other produce for storage sale or ship cut as the owner may direct (.'. j o brick itow hay mount fnyelteville september 10 1 885 hui david kerns — tf rates of exchange at the merchant's bank of s carolina at cheraw : checks on new york 4 per cent prem do charleston . j per cent prem september 5 1880 t.i i _ ii i i and < oimiiif i l six-aiiil-n-(|tiai'lei cents reward uv'ill be given for the apprehension nnd de f * livery nt tins flico f alexander ly l'".rly,an indented apprentice to the printing business who left his employ on the i il inslan it is probable from circumstances that lie has made for the south ; and edilora in that direction are requested and warned not in employ aaid boy aa the law will lie strictly enforced against any who may lycrly is about 17 years of age ; ve ry slim sneaks quick and somewhat addicted to dissolute habit smith iv hampton october 24 lb3o r fv the jail of rowan county north carolina *- on the 12th inst two negruea us rnnawaya one a woman about 40 years of nee sloiil mid black who says her name is b1lvy the oil er silvy's daugbler about 12 years of age in ed klcf.v they say that they belong to ste phen moore of hillsborough n carolina and was on their way to alabama with \\ illiam nel son they left said nelson lietween the yadkin river and salisbury the owner is requested lo prove property pay chorees and lake them away f slater sheriff october 17 l a o _ t f at columbia s c october 11 l=.ir bacon * a uvurd ma is braudv peach . 78 mull i . . . 87j a 40 tipple . 40 a 0(1 mackerel . . too a 000 beeewax . . . 18 a lfl salt in aaeka . a 800 butter ha 81 bushel . . 78 coffee . . . 10 a lfl sugar brown 00 a 11 corn w)a00 louf & lump li a 22 cotton 14 18 tallow . . . 10*121 flour . . . 900 i 10ui tee 100a 112 ir n 0j a ol.avlu.-l.ev ... 40 a l