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the western carolinian to the united states hv the hv it to tiik btatbs abe kesebveii to the states -, oh to the people amendmiiits to the constitution article x & c f fisher ) d proprietors s salisbury n c october 11 1838 v no xviii of vol xix \ no from commencement imo i a circular opening in the ice and sometimes leap ing ucruss frightful chasms all the while uncou | seiuus of having any object in view the ice every , where creaked under my feel and i knew that j death awaited ine whether i fled away or remained i on the spot i felt as one wuuld do if forced bv some persecuting fiend to range over lhe surface if a black und shoreless ocean ; and aware that when ever his tormentor withdrew his sustaining power he wuuld sink down und be suffucated among llie billows thai slruggled beneath him at last nigh came on and exhausted hy fatigue i und in ni il excitement 1 wrapped myself in my | cloak nml l.iy down upon the ice i was ho dark i could nut have moved one step without running lhe risk of falling into the luke i almost wished 1 that the drowsiness produced by intense cull would begin to ati-tct me ; but i did not feel in the slight est degree chilled ami ihe temperature of the air im in reality above freezing i had lain only a few minutes when 1 heurd ihe howl nf a wolf — the sniind was indescribably delightful to my ear and 1 started up wilh the intention of hastening to the spot from whence it seemed to proceed hut hopeless os my situation then was my heart shrunk within rne when i contemplated ihe dangers i would en uinler in making such an attempt my courage filled and 1 resumed my former position nnd listened lu the ui.iiulnt inns uf the waters as they undermined and boal against tbe lower pari of the ice on whieh i l.y about midnight the storm ceased and moat of the clouds gradually forsook ibe sky while the ri sing moon dispelled the darkness thut had previous ly prevailed however a thick hnze covered the heavens and rendered her light dun and ghastly and similar to lhat shed during aneclipse a suc cession of noises had continued with little interrup tiun for several hours and at last the ice beneath ine began to move i started up and on looking around saw lhat the whole surface of the lake was in a state of agitation my oye became dim and i stretched out my arms to catch hold uf some ob ject and felt as if all created things were pass ing away the hissing grinding and crushing produced by the different masses nf ice coming into collision were tremendous large fragments sometimes got wedged together and impeded the progress of those behind them which being pushed forward by others still further back were forced upon the top of the first and fantastic shaped pyramids and tow ers could be distinctly aeen rising among the mists of night and momentarily changing iheir forms nnd finally disorganizing themselves with inugical rapidity and fearful tumult at other limes au im mense mass of ice would start up into a perpendicu lar position and continue gleaming in the moon shine fbr a little period ana then vanish like a spec tre among the abyss uf waters beneath it the piece of ice on whieh i had first taken my posi tion happened to be very large and thick but other fragments were soon forced above it and firmed a mound six or seven fuel high on the top of which i stood contemplating the awful scene about ine and feeling as if i no longer had the least connex ion with world or retained any thing tiu.nau or earthly in my compositinn the wind which was pretty strong drove the ice down the lake very fast my alarms and anx ieties had gradually become less intense and i was several times overcome by a sort nf stupor du ring ihe continuance of which imagination and re ality combined theirdistrac.iiig influences at one time 1 fancied that the snow still drilled as violent ly as ever and that i distinguished through its ha zy medium a band uf indian chiefs walking pus me upon the surface of the lake their steps were noiseless and they went along with a wan and dejected look and downcast eyes and paid no attention to my exclamations and entreaties for re lief at another i thought i waa floating in the middle of the ocean and that a blazing sun flamed in the cloudless sky and made the ice which sup ported me melt so fust that i heard streams ol wa ter inuring from its sides and felt myself every moment descending tuwards the surface ofthe bil lows 1 was usually wakened from such dreams by some noise or violent concussion but always re lapsed into them whenever the cause uf disturbance ceased to operate the lunges and last of ihese slumbers was bro ken by a terrible shock which my ico island re ceived and which threw me from my seal and nearly prccipiluted mo intn the lake on regain ing my furmer position nnd looking round i per ceived tn my joy and astonishment that i was in a river the water between me and the shore was still frozen over and was about thirty yurtls wide consequent ly the fragment on which i stood could not approach any nearer than this after a mo ment uf irresolution i lea|ied upon the frozen s.ir face nml began lo run towards the bunk of the ri ver my feet seemed scarcely to touch the ice so greal was my terror lest it should give way bcnea.h me ; bul i reached lhe shore in safely and dropped down completely exhausted by fatigue jmuiiauk at a l.om.on hai i w t\^obzodtiliziz\zt " i)i,r « b j y in l "" l ": , • " s r »" d 1 ta " cy lml ! said i was remarkable thai among the any or mu^uerade wns go up with greal splendor ond predictions which have been made by astrohi ''"»»''*»''» x *"™ de i by ihe nohllity and gen.ry gers from lime 0 lime 0 lew nf then have boon ca l la '» ran '- ■» h 1 e n8 ' ance f har ' mo.rn was verified history however records many ns a *» l 1 ' dre 1 8 <* d m lha costume of l..s nation cs - here the predictions of astrologers have been "° "»"*.«•«" p a 8 .«» ha " "' h j aco * fulfilled in the present age v hen such events oo "» p nodded us proudly ... h.s cap as hough u 1 j j 111 tho bond of n hum red 1 orc.es coursed through ins cur ihey aro merely considered renin rkublo coin "" "'""" "' ■■•"""■»" ■»" .... . .? ... _ ci.lences veins and his tomahawk glittered in his girdle like the duke of alhol uncle of james i of scot burnished »■'""• '»''- uro was likewise in the gay land had been assured by a pretender to the occult d gullenl inning a stntely turkwh diploma of ie„ce ihal he would live to bo a kiug-and h.gh rank accon.pun.e by two houns whose atten would be crowned publicly in presence of a large *■was p»rlicularly rac.ed by h.s singular and assembly of the people he put kith in this pro ?". \» fcotastte attire rhe pageuit wus diction and to haslen the fulfilment of the prophe brilliant as ihe imagination could dos.re but among bv caused h.s nephew tu be assassinated rut he *• wi '" ib v **"* **. pj , b r » , » an , d **""»«».'" paid he penalty of his crime-and was led toexe l,erm " 8 »" d hopl.ar.ls knights damsels und g,p cut m iiiiioe of he public squares of edinburgh «** here was to lhe eves 7 he wns taunted and reviled bv the populace-who <*«""*?' ■» p'f ' " 1 re8 l uo and " r,k 8 " j 1 " 1 ° f *° placed on his head ... iron cr hi on whieh was in mohawk which being natural appeared to be the scribed " the king of traitors best ,""" ie t i " e r ««""« od lhe . ch,t ' f v ° r y the fate of jsschylus the greek tragedian is d and 8 h ' 8 8 « ■* j well known il has been predicted thai he would '»" for " p"">.ed v..or the turk look ll.e hber.y be killed by the falling of a house one day ° f te...,.l.ng to handle his nose brunt had of while he was walking in the fields a a distance c '»"*' w " tc ' l,e ; 1 he »»'*•«>«* of h.s observat.on from any human habitation un eagle which had and tell ... the humor of a l.the mrt no sooner carried off a tortoise in his talons but could not therefore had hassan touched in facial point of disengage ihe meal from the shell perceived the bonor u » dor ,, 1 e "••«*■•«» idea lhat it was of no bald head of the poet and probably taking il for a be'.cr mator.al lhan the rrchment noso of he rock let he tortoise fall upon il from a great s.rasburg trumpeter than the chieftain made the height je-whylus had ll.e worst of it-for his »»" "»»»"<* «" h e ■«»»«»* * ar wh p " nd 1 " , ujti.ll was fractured and l.e d,ed on he spot the same instant the tomahawk leaped from ins an astrologer at the court of lew.v xi of gmlte end flashed round the astonished muhsui f . 1 a , , 1 • , inni s hem us thou 1 his u,i<ki muster ihe bullae ranee predicled an 11_il1el111geve.it which enmo «■»» o ;■""■■» "■"-,,,**,. .-' c '.,,, ,. . i , _. in a uiiiiuie mnre win 1 in re it-ved irtnn any lur to pass 1 he kin sent l.ir llio snge h.ivui pre "' " """ , , .' ,' .. , *. a s 1 ■1 j 11 ii 1 1 . . tlicr troube in lho matter .. inking 1 un buch a v.tiuslv ordered his satellites to be prepared ut a "."' '""'"", ,, ' , , . s , , '., 1 . i i i 1 ■. r.i niert-inu and fri"htlu cry had over befure rung given signal lo seizo in and throw in in out of lhe h ■"" f ''.. . , . p • j n i i.i i ._. .. ihrnul 1 t hut anloon of fashion nnd breukiug sud wuidow the king said to intn on his entrance "■"'"»_'• ■*■»»« ■"""" ... r .. v ■_ 1 1 rv u ire denlv and with sturl ing widiioas upon the ears nl " lou who pretend lo li ft the veil of futurity can "•="';.»■■" wim ».»•« •»,* . r . e . ii .. . u r i ._. i the rnerrv throne its ellect was prodigious j lie you fornle ii the exact hour of your own death i ,' . . • " •■,, , * , ' * .-, l ,•_. .. vr a 1 j ._. i >._._._■__.: turk himsr i treiubc.l with terror while the lo " no sir said the wury astrologer with adnu ■»«""■•«»" "»■" ' ,, .- • j .- ., j ■r ma e maskers — i ho eem e sliepardosses and lortuno rable presence ol mind suspecting lhe design uf ""»"""'«■"•".' '"'»• rr ' ., . .,, ii u . . i ii j i ie ine crones lurks jews and gipsies lienr loail tbe tyrant 1 only know lhat i shull die exactly 0 "***_. «-."" ot i • ',, . ' -•_ ' ' , r .,..„„ three davs before vour maieslv tho kine was er * and he ' r b *" r8 ' 1 * ul " lhft8 - frlur *> and , •' r " ,, thunder-slruck at his answer and refrained from «» lle ' s . s 1 u " an 1 8 * b j a " d c''l««;binc shrieked giving the signal sir waller scott has very in screamed and scudded away as though the mo ei.inuslv interwoven this unecdole into the tale of h«wk had broken to he fes..ve hall n a body quen.on durward the matter hnwever was anon explained ; k1 the ,, , .. _. , i i incident was accounted ns hnppy in lie end ns il cardan a soothsayer who dealt extensively in i • u - l,m ™ i j horoscopes wns not particularly for.una.e in his w admdly onac.ed by the good humored mn predictions in one instance however he made hawk orr s life of lirant a to h vb lie predicled the — m.tlh when ll.e drew l astrology rolinian is published every tn ii as 1 per annum if paid in advance or i y cents if not paid before the ex , i lis discontinued until all arrearages e discretion of the editors and a editor of a wish tu discontinue of land before we proceed lu detail the best modus uf im proving laud perluips it will first be proper to men tion those practices which have combined lo pro duce lis destruction — in order that farmers may tiuru clearly soo the propriety uf abandoning ihem and ot adopting the modes to bo proposed for its rtriiiiv.ttiiiu ond impvoveraent tho firsl cause ur the t tuiidatiun of nll lhe prac tices which have evidently tended to the impover ishment uf uur lauds has uriueu frum a iniscuuci i ll tu farmers aa tu the true business of agricultu.e ll should never be 1'orgutien that il is the office of agriculture as an art tu improve instead ol im poverish laud was this principle duly impressed on non i and properly attended to it would soon change the luce of ihe country frum stertihly tu iruilltilii.-ss and bestow upon its cultivators plenty and happiness instead of misery and want arts impruvn the wurk of nature wheu they injure 1 they are nut arts but barbarous customs it is thu business uf agriculture as an art out to impov erish but lo fertilize the soil and make it mora usetul than in to natural stale from this we dis cuver that farmers have tor two centuries past been pursuing agriculture not as an art but a barburous custom ; for it is a fact that lauds in their natural stale are far more valuable than those which have undergone the habit uf agriculture uf which emi grations are complete proofs unless farmers are fully impressed wilh the ne cessity of attending to ihe principle that " it is the business of agriculture to improve instead of im poverish land it will be needless to point out any modes ol improving land ua hey wuuld bo disre garded and neglected aa they have herulufuru been ll is high lime for limners to rescue iheir profes sion from thai decline and degradation under which il has so long languished ; and to consider and pur sue il as ao art capable of the highest improvement aud nut unly wurthy uf their attention but of the lalanls and attainments of our wisest men will he considered as a new eu 1 be conspicuously und correctly per square tor the first insertion i-oiitiniiuiice court and judicial e charged !_& per cent more than deduction of 1j per cent from i be made to yearly advertisers i the editors must in ull cases be laneous advhntulte it is taken from a paper in magazine entitled uu " ad west territory it is a a must thrilling scene i — arly a year in one ofthe most north-west company and nuin there i begun to look to montreal i wuited with ice fur the arrival uf that po rminute banishment and res 1 was nearly three thousand ay settlements und my only o young men clerks in the e characters and limited ac them very uninteresting as discharged itself bv means r of much greater dimensions rcd every part of ihe ncigh ik my gun and strolled out though it was now ihe begin lake was completely frozen the preceding winter linvini i soon fell in with a flock of e 1 got a shot at them they the middle of lhe lake ; how i fearlessly over the ice in the y would soon alight the tough rnther blowy detached apiilly along the face of hea les and the sun bl ized forth in at one moment and was com h.n the next i was so in miry game that i hastened ■, my progress being bye ,- nf snow which b'hc footing tolerably hulthe ducks and killed one 1 1 immediately picked up h>n having only been winged h>ro 1 caught hold of it i advanced mure lhan twenly i found that the the system uf liliagn which has generally been pursued under the name of the ihroe-sh.lt system bus also tended greatly to lhe destruction nf our lands this system is indian corn whuut pasture under it tho gieui body of the farm receives no manure and uo rest ; and the result is that ilm phrase " the lund is killed uud must be lui netl uut lius become cuuunon over a great portion ul ihe united suites prom the missouri saturday news the loafer a soliloquy " the sea itself is well enough it ismibatan.uil and it reminds me of abundance bul tcaii'l say t like ihese hooks they are an annoyance in the cov ering of ihe head ; mine however is a shocking bad hot if one of the steaks which have hung here wns bef ire me well dressed i cai'l suy us much of myself i would whvo invitation and fall tn — 1 hate ceremony 1 feel rather chilly—i will make a philosophical experiment and see if there is any hunt in nioon.shiiie ; there certainly should bo lor she borrows her light from ihe sun and il would be a pity if she didn't get a little heal along with i : they say the moon is inhabited 1 wonder if any poor lonely disconsolate devil there like me is looking at ihis dark colored planet there is a more jusl appreciation nf merit in the moon or any other planet lhan on ihis one i have seen a more loafer-looking gentleman than i am clothes and all at the bar before now and our legislative hall are full of ihem thoro is no coming at merit from ouls.de appearance now 1 fir instance look as ragged as a shellbark hickory but i have a a.ul as big as the market house trouble and love and whiskey if iis new will deprave a man no matter where he graduates bu i sm too proud lo bog and a little too lazy tn pound stone there is no chance for the display uf genius in any thing mr mcadama has left for his successors it is servile imitation he would expect of us 1 would try poetry if i cuul.l burrow a garret an a|t.c i should say to be classic hit were no for tho social qualities nf my heart i would imitate c.ncii.na.us and go lo agri culture but i'll wad until some uf these agrarians are entrusted with the distribution of he sulidivi sinus flhe publicdomnm 1 wish i had been a state when lhe surplus was distributed i should have been rich now and unembarrassed with poor kin i cannot accuun fur the itad taste of llio musqui.oes fur if hey were in go a little further ihey would lure better and rap on the rich blood ofa well fed genii nun — he would never miss a qnar 1 have none to spare thus il is lhe whole world is pick ing al mo ! and ihe coruner will in ull probability pay me lhe last visit the dread of his oppress ively p due attentions will drive me to reformation in spite ofmv vagrnnt habits " 1 will abjure suck live clean take physic twice a week am become u temperance lecturer and then i shall make us striking u hi ns other great geniusses have before me including a conver.ud jew there is only one step frnm thu ridiculous to tbe sublime ; converted inverted subverted it will bu granted by every reader that both in dian cn ami wheal ere exhausting oropa there tan nl course remain no dimlil but that ihrt-av tt.m iui|mivenslies and iwo years inlltreu thn onlv question then is wbelhor this loss w.ll be compensated by grazing thu field bare during tho third year frum whence is ihis recompense lo cuuie i the ground being loose uud pen by re cent tillage and unprotected by a strung sward is exposed in all thu injury the touth and the hool'cuu inflict the slock are turned in — ull vegetation is eat off and lho ground is " irod tu death by whicb us pores are closed m all rcfreshmeuls from the at mosphere and its naked surface exposed tu the heat ofa summer's sun which is able lu pierce and ex pel from itself the same land is again put in corn and undergoes ll.e same ay-stem uf ullage by which il is soon destroyed * this three-shift system haa unly one merit honesty in theory il promisees lu kill our lands in practice it fulfils its promise the neglect of immures nothing has more be trayed a want either uf industry or uf agricultural skill among farmurs thaii iheir groat neglect of ma nures instead of pursuing the only rational mode for having a flourishing system of agriculture — lhat of giving to lhe earth as much or more than ihey take from it ; — they have on the contrary con tinued lu t-xlracl exhausting crops from the earth almost every year wi.huu bestowing upon it hardly une dust of manure in return under audi a sys tem as ihis the richest ground in lhe world would finally be impoverished und tendered unproductive injudicious culture as much land has been more speedily destroyed by washing arising from injudi ciuus culture as perhaps frum any oilier cause whatever if we cast nur eyes over ll.e country we shall find that all hilly lauds thai have been ony me in cultivation are sterile not so much by the crops cult i m led tlm toon as by the soil itself being rem veil by washing this evil lias principally arisen frum the practice of shallow ploughing if ever a material reformation takes pluco in our ny i nn uf ugi iculiure it will chiefly be founded on deep and horizontal ploughing in north carolina u lias been found ilia he ef feels uf shallow ploughing uu hilly lauds leriniua.e in the destruction ofthe suil in lhc i >>. proved die ids of virginia it is found frum experience dial when deep uud hnrizou.nl ploughing ure combined ihey elli-ctuully prevent land irom washing and evil winch hud heretofore been su much dreaded in line tu ellect the improvement of our i in i i . would propose hat the system by which ibey have been reduced to iheir present stale ofpoierty , be iu all point ravened they have heen reduced piuicipally by shallow ploughing an ill ch men rot aim of cups and a to ut neglcit of manures lei tliein be recruited by dene und h.niz-ii.lal pliwglilug it favorable retail on of crops u..d all lhe inm ure whieh thu most skilful and industrious rnaiihgeiiieul will afford a thin lis mortification continued unimpaired he abeo utely abstained frnm fond and died of hunger on he day predicted that he might not falsify his iredictiun that oracle of mortal nnd political wisdom lord bacon in his chapter upon prophecies speaking nf modern predictions and prophecies says my judgment is lhat they ought ull tu be despised for they have done much mischief i see many severe laws made tn suppress them that which hath iiiven then some grnce and some credit cousistelh in three things first thai men mark when they hit but never mark when they miss us they do generally the second is thut probable conjee lures or obscure traditions many tune.s turn them selves uut prophecies the third and last which is the great one is that almost all of them being infinite in number have been impostures and by idle nnd crafty brains merely contrived and feigned after the event passed ires covered with thc water tn inches i stopped short full lme what to do it was evi i already commenced aud aa 1 . rapidity tbe ice broke up when lange of temperature became of my situation and almost lost roui the spot on which i stood grown culm and hazy and the and lowering large flukes of full languidly and perpendicu r and after a little time these y a thick ahuwer of sleety rain rame so dense that i could nut i strained my eyes to culcli a ig object bit a dreary and ino stched on every side and thc s sometimes interrupted by the te wounded bird all nature ly awaiting some terrible event surprise to her i soon disiin indering noise which gradually nil appeared to approach the repealed explosions and hol igular loudness were succeeded rome in the third century ml i know is what i witnessed towards the end of ihe sport never before did i behold such a furm nor such funis of strength ! he was another hercules it was ru mored he was from ihe forests of germany if you will believe it what 1 scarce can though i sow it he fought successively with six of soma's best men and one niter another laid ihem all sprawl ing a seventh was then s<-l upon him he having nu li ne lu breathe or evon drink many howev er cried out against this but romans yuu know like nut tu have their fun spoiled so he seventh was taken oil as every one foresaw this wus luu much by jusl one for the hero ; but he f night des perately and it ih believed stasia's man gut pushes lie will never recover from he wus soon hnwev ur on his kuees aud then un his back the sword of his antagonist at his throat he lying like a gasping fish at his mercy — whu wuiled ihe plea sure ofthe speclalurs u moment belore he struck then was there a great shunting all over ihe thea tre in ins behalf besides making be sign lo spare him hu just ut the muuieul us for b.m ill for tune would have il some poltroon cried oul wilh o voice ihal went all over the tin aire ' the dog is a christian whereiipun like lightning every thumb went up and down plunged tire sword into his neck so muster , limo aeest what i tell ihee ove ry day there is small virtue in being a christian it ia every way dangerous if a thief runs through the street's the cry is ' a christian i a christian !' if a man is murdered they who did it accuse some neighboring christian nnd be dies fur it if a christian fall into the tiber men look on him as .... a drowning dog if he slip or full in a crowd lliey will help lo trample i lo death if he is sick or bmr none but his own tribe will help him even tlie jew despises bim and spits upnn his gown as he passes vvii.it hu the love of cniiliu.pl uud death can make one a christian tis hard to see hud hat captive been oilier lhan h christian he would nut have fallen us he dill letters from rome und like that uf rocks bursting trembled beneath my feet and was disunited hy a vast chasm . within a few yards of me — tke rushed upwards through lhe iry and began lo ll mil llie sur iis and ran as 1 conceived to ll my progress was soon slopped ik parts uf ihe ice railed uir ting cautiously around it my it composed and i resolved unl ier until i had fixed some way 111 rue bul i found ihis tu bo im endeavored to d.scern land and wind aiming the distant forests there was any at all near inc r blusts loaded with snow and along involving every ihing in ,„. _ „ , ... ., . ,. tiering my s.e with maligna the *»*"<« ** bul ° n ll '«' we e . ver * e *"" times fancied 1 saw the spot p la - ved ia ihal of eoine ynung nam whose highest situated and even the tree and \ aspiration appears tu be that they may be recog but lhe next moment a guslof j w as celebrated in ihe.r small crde a accom way he fun.as.ic shaped fugs li*hod bull.es and r-.wd.es the boot black who the agrecuhle illusion and re «*" »«"» « ul t " f uacken ""■"" une , cc l ,, "" , • as despair i fired n.y gun re hle polish-thc street sweeper who can challenge * that the report would bring ' competition n the myatenoua fancy work of bruali ssistance however lhe shores h r "" nd a p 8 '' hn ™ ea " t ft " f "'"^ d by feeble echoes thut lho hey may reason.bly be proud " honor and ihem i ihame as the poet says every body remembers asedinvio!,nce,anda.in.erv,.ls">equo.a.i.m bul the man who willing),.fore e breaking up rolled upon my r 9 re.peel.bil.ty aud turn h.s back upon opp r mder and seemed lu mu.ler p , »">"«" » b * co,nfl ". **"*?'* l^'d inme ec i ' , e .■, .. ' ' f r the p ensure ami fame of brawls and gutter ec larinaial fatigue made medizzv ■lur .." . * . c . _■1 1 1 . 1 ,.._..„. ._, ._._,__ a 1 j c ; centricities is usl fil fnr ihe low scale he occupies nv gun and rushed forward in xt ' j , ». v «.._. v.r._t_.i 1 there can be nn rawer — n y aim ting showers which were now ■l " r,d «-"" ___ ! . — t my respiration 1 sonu lust all | wise men mingle innocent mirth with their ind began to feel a sort of frantic cares ss a help either to firget lliem or tn over g against the careering blasts com them but lo be intemperate for ihe oase of tiroes running along the brink ol one's mind is to cure melancholy by madneas east indies england is l.cginning lo be iiiieu sv abuul her east india possessions ku-wih has captured lhe important city of teheran in persia and it may not be long bc'tbre lhe ku-san army may lie permitted to march tn lhe confines of thai empire england iu reference lo ihese gigantic strides of lhe a itocral has induced mt-hemet ali to settle his difference with turkey a rail mud will be made from cairo 10 the red ken which will be navigated by steamboats 10 ilabcli nandel and across ihu indian ocean so ihal with steamers from england to egypt lhe british can throw in troops uilu india in fifty days the main objects of fanning nre or should lie two fold viz 1st the greatest netl profit wilh reference how.-vcr jdly to live improvenie.il or a least ta the prober vai.un of lhe fertility of the soil he thst wears out his land by a phisiui..iiious stinting of manure and labur and close cruptng with a vie-v to pre sent gain may be compared to the intemperate man wbo pert wilh his last cow that fed hia fami ly to gratify intemperate indulge.k-i.is while good land pay alwaya a liberal reward to labor poor laud often beggars ita proprietor the tank blushing aa irish drummer whose round and rosy cheeks gave notice that he nuw and then indulged a noggin of right g.-wd poteen was ac costed by tlie inspecting general " whal make your face so red sir plnze yoor honor re plied pat " i sjwsys blushes when 1 spake to a i general officer war and peace the difference between war and peace has been well defined by one of the an cients :— " in the time of peace the suns bury their fathers in the lime of war the fathers bury their suns '
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1838-10-11 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 11 |
Year | 1838 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 18 |
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Creator | B. Austin and C. F. Fisher |
Date Digital | 2009-04-13 |
Publisher | B. Austin and C. F. Fisher |
Place |
United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The October 11, 1838 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601575461 |
Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1838-10-11 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 11 |
Year | 1838 |
Sequence | 1 |
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FileName | sawc04_18381011-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 4/13/2009 10:45:21 AM |
Publisher | Krider & Bingham |
Place |
United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of The Western Carolinian a historic newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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the western carolinian to the united states hv the hv it to tiik btatbs abe kesebveii to the states -, oh to the people amendmiiits to the constitution article x & c f fisher ) d proprietors s salisbury n c october 11 1838 v no xviii of vol xix \ no from commencement imo i a circular opening in the ice and sometimes leap ing ucruss frightful chasms all the while uncou | seiuus of having any object in view the ice every , where creaked under my feel and i knew that j death awaited ine whether i fled away or remained i on the spot i felt as one wuuld do if forced bv some persecuting fiend to range over lhe surface if a black und shoreless ocean ; and aware that when ever his tormentor withdrew his sustaining power he wuuld sink down und be suffucated among llie billows thai slruggled beneath him at last nigh came on and exhausted hy fatigue i und in ni il excitement 1 wrapped myself in my | cloak nml l.iy down upon the ice i was ho dark i could nut have moved one step without running lhe risk of falling into the luke i almost wished 1 that the drowsiness produced by intense cull would begin to ati-tct me ; but i did not feel in the slight est degree chilled ami ihe temperature of the air im in reality above freezing i had lain only a few minutes when 1 heurd ihe howl nf a wolf — the sniind was indescribably delightful to my ear and 1 started up wilh the intention of hastening to the spot from whence it seemed to proceed hut hopeless os my situation then was my heart shrunk within rne when i contemplated ihe dangers i would en uinler in making such an attempt my courage filled and 1 resumed my former position nnd listened lu the ui.iiulnt inns uf the waters as they undermined and boal against tbe lower pari of the ice on whieh i l.y about midnight the storm ceased and moat of the clouds gradually forsook ibe sky while the ri sing moon dispelled the darkness thut had previous ly prevailed however a thick hnze covered the heavens and rendered her light dun and ghastly and similar to lhat shed during aneclipse a suc cession of noises had continued with little interrup tiun for several hours and at last the ice beneath ine began to move i started up and on looking around saw lhat the whole surface of the lake was in a state of agitation my oye became dim and i stretched out my arms to catch hold uf some ob ject and felt as if all created things were pass ing away the hissing grinding and crushing produced by the different masses nf ice coming into collision were tremendous large fragments sometimes got wedged together and impeded the progress of those behind them which being pushed forward by others still further back were forced upon the top of the first and fantastic shaped pyramids and tow ers could be distinctly aeen rising among the mists of night and momentarily changing iheir forms nnd finally disorganizing themselves with inugical rapidity and fearful tumult at other limes au im mense mass of ice would start up into a perpendicu lar position and continue gleaming in the moon shine fbr a little period ana then vanish like a spec tre among the abyss uf waters beneath it the piece of ice on whieh i had first taken my posi tion happened to be very large and thick but other fragments were soon forced above it and firmed a mound six or seven fuel high on the top of which i stood contemplating the awful scene about ine and feeling as if i no longer had the least connex ion with world or retained any thing tiu.nau or earthly in my compositinn the wind which was pretty strong drove the ice down the lake very fast my alarms and anx ieties had gradually become less intense and i was several times overcome by a sort nf stupor du ring ihe continuance of which imagination and re ality combined theirdistrac.iiig influences at one time 1 fancied that the snow still drilled as violent ly as ever and that i distinguished through its ha zy medium a band uf indian chiefs walking pus me upon the surface of the lake their steps were noiseless and they went along with a wan and dejected look and downcast eyes and paid no attention to my exclamations and entreaties for re lief at another i thought i waa floating in the middle of the ocean and that a blazing sun flamed in the cloudless sky and made the ice which sup ported me melt so fust that i heard streams ol wa ter inuring from its sides and felt myself every moment descending tuwards the surface ofthe bil lows 1 was usually wakened from such dreams by some noise or violent concussion but always re lapsed into them whenever the cause uf disturbance ceased to operate the lunges and last of ihese slumbers was bro ken by a terrible shock which my ico island re ceived and which threw me from my seal and nearly prccipiluted mo intn the lake on regain ing my furmer position nnd looking round i per ceived tn my joy and astonishment that i was in a river the water between me and the shore was still frozen over and was about thirty yurtls wide consequent ly the fragment on which i stood could not approach any nearer than this after a mo ment uf irresolution i lea|ied upon the frozen s.ir face nml began lo run towards the bunk of the ri ver my feet seemed scarcely to touch the ice so greal was my terror lest it should give way bcnea.h me ; bul i reached lhe shore in safely and dropped down completely exhausted by fatigue jmuiiauk at a l.om.on hai i w t\^obzodtiliziz\zt " i)i,r « b j y in l "" l ": , • " s r »" d 1 ta " cy lml ! said i was remarkable thai among the any or mu^uerade wns go up with greal splendor ond predictions which have been made by astrohi ''"»»''*»''» x *"™ de i by ihe nohllity and gen.ry gers from lime 0 lime 0 lew nf then have boon ca l la '» ran '- ■» h 1 e n8 ' ance f har ' mo.rn was verified history however records many ns a *» l 1 ' dre 1 8 <* d m lha costume of l..s nation cs - here the predictions of astrologers have been "° "»"*.«•«" p a 8 .«» ha " "' h j aco * fulfilled in the present age v hen such events oo "» p nodded us proudly ... h.s cap as hough u 1 j j 111 tho bond of n hum red 1 orc.es coursed through ins cur ihey aro merely considered renin rkublo coin "" "'""" "' ■■•"""■»" ■»" .... . .? ... _ ci.lences veins and his tomahawk glittered in his girdle like the duke of alhol uncle of james i of scot burnished »■'""• '»''- uro was likewise in the gay land had been assured by a pretender to the occult d gullenl inning a stntely turkwh diploma of ie„ce ihal he would live to bo a kiug-and h.gh rank accon.pun.e by two houns whose atten would be crowned publicly in presence of a large *■was p»rlicularly rac.ed by h.s singular and assembly of the people he put kith in this pro ?". \» fcotastte attire rhe pageuit wus diction and to haslen the fulfilment of the prophe brilliant as ihe imagination could dos.re but among bv caused h.s nephew tu be assassinated rut he *• wi '" ib v **"* **. pj , b r » , » an , d **""»«».'" paid he penalty of his crime-and was led toexe l,erm " 8 »" d hopl.ar.ls knights damsels und g,p cut m iiiiioe of he public squares of edinburgh «** here was to lhe eves 7 he wns taunted and reviled bv the populace-who <*«""*?' ■» p'f ' " 1 re8 l uo and " r,k 8 " j 1 " 1 ° f *° placed on his head ... iron cr hi on whieh was in mohawk which being natural appeared to be the scribed " the king of traitors best ,""" ie t i " e r ««""« od lhe . ch,t ' f v ° r y the fate of jsschylus the greek tragedian is d and 8 h ' 8 8 « ■* j well known il has been predicted thai he would '»" for " p"">.ed v..or the turk look ll.e hber.y be killed by the falling of a house one day ° f te...,.l.ng to handle his nose brunt had of while he was walking in the fields a a distance c '»"*' w " tc ' l,e ; 1 he »»'*•«>«* of h.s observat.on from any human habitation un eagle which had and tell ... the humor of a l.the mrt no sooner carried off a tortoise in his talons but could not therefore had hassan touched in facial point of disengage ihe meal from the shell perceived the bonor u » dor ,, 1 e "••«*■•«» idea lhat it was of no bald head of the poet and probably taking il for a be'.cr mator.al lhan the rrchment noso of he rock let he tortoise fall upon il from a great s.rasburg trumpeter than the chieftain made the height je-whylus had ll.e worst of it-for his »»" "»»»"<* «" h e ■«»»«»* * ar wh p " nd 1 " , ujti.ll was fractured and l.e d,ed on he spot the same instant the tomahawk leaped from ins an astrologer at the court of lew.v xi of gmlte end flashed round the astonished muhsui f . 1 a , , 1 • , inni s hem us thou 1 his u,i |