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the western carolinian tin row ins not nni.ta u 1:0 to i hi dn1ykd status iiv rnr rn«.»m m .. .. bv "" stmjtion no |. k ou,ii,tk v it to n,i status vui bliaavbo to me states iti.-ree , v i.i.v on to uk p80pl1 t.vir ndtiu '//.; to the constitution article x b . austin & c f fisheli { edit0r8 and proprietors s salisbury n c january 3 ism i no xxix of vol xix rj no from commencement wl mrr misceiiii 1 moots j wild expression of the horrors of hell already si iz \ ilig on ihe soul i send him slumbering into oternily i no no i and i had naturally a lively imagination il seemed aroused lino he saw me stand smiling over him plausible then fore thai i might make shift to be with nv dagger at his throat and ins craven soul polled in myabsence touttaina scene as remote burstwith terror from his glaring eyes oh what us possible f pain 1 selected one of absolute a delicious moment was ibut to mo i he spoke no pleasure for ihe experiment no other in truth out unont should everdt-'pn cuto iln honest andcnnobjiuij lab i ol uiosp who bow in i reap lor th .* public jrood last days op a pirate " do you not believe it ?" said i lathe carribenn sea and not far irom the eatu v ut live river san loan are situated b nuuihei of insji kevi generally denominated the " c<irn is hid i ''"> ftrb inhabited by a mixed > co ol egiliih spanish indian and negro and winch lire from the earliest settlement of ihe wesi in jh l-liti-ls isicn ihe resort of buccaniers pirates indent and fishermen lying al a sulrh i dis hire from the main land to be uxompled fr ihe cuoiiuimi storms nod rains lor which that coast is n0(c l — open to ihe hide winds which by day ame ijoflie the heats ol a tropical climate and by nighi waft from the ocean un ample supply of moisture fir the product in and preservation l unintorrupted ,„| i'„i le-s vegetation they no ear i , bun whose o bavs long been uublesl l,v a view ufthe green i'nl uniliag land a little specimens of paradise ftatltirml mi the sea surely you it i undoubtedly truo v . * in agra allure to suit the articles of cullival on i the climate and soil of the nihil hiinnis ami to their circumstant ca in other respects in some p iris o the south cotton sugar uii'j it ice can he s po lo 1 1,1 v ruisctl tii.-u those win ire engaged in their cultivation may he vvoll satisfied in the west the rich lands and luxuriant pasturage render irre in and livestock a g i business tu supply the planters of the south in the not th to moil of firming i admirably suited in the local circumaumcssoftne peope and they share the rewards ol their well directed industry lint in parts of virginia and north and south carolina il is very different blessed generally with rich sod and sa lubrioui climate this middlt rtgion i owned by a sub atanlial intelligent and virtuuua population who live with as much co ntorl an i ilidepcn i o as most others they can procure all the necessaries of life and find tune to enjoy them bul there is nu staple product so profitable us lo concentrate t onergiea of society hence ihe labours of farmers in this region are divided among various articlei f.r market winch are heavily transported vary much iu their prices and are very ex hausting to the nil si least m their present mods of cultivation hence we find unit want of rapid and ex tensive improvement in any one thing which the uni ted energies of ihe community lend to produce " no no ! no more an atheist than von grazuig hrun^vhoheiej ,,> ,. r disbelieves neit er creedt hii io nor d.kstriues word but gngged and bound i bad him fpeedtlj no board whilst mv crow sacked and sel lire lo tee town tin hateful scne of my early degradation ei m is iln-re one bitter pang lo is endured — but ivvas only for u moment ere i left ihe island the daughter ufg mzales came she whom i loved so well ; on her knees she besought me spare 1 oh spare my father you loved me once — " '< ay ' but i love no longer — revenge has absorbed mv soul there is no room for love — nwny !" i saw bur no more as ihr the governor i had lom whip tied until he implored me in mercy lo plunge mv dugger in his he.irl : no such mercy liir him — ihe s ige was plied while he had might of cense or feeling left ami then s/e gave bun to the sharks why do you shin as il'in horror ' think von i wus an ui a more than revenge i ' he was hut one of the doomed hundred well lor this acl 1 was outlawed by the government and comn ced a cruise on my own account the few remaining hours i f n v life would mil sullice lo tell u i ill f my adventures perils and escapes three times 1 have been ii prisoner ; bul at nil a gem or gold were ever potent to loosen bolls and bars once 1 was ined for my life at n — but the glittering of ihe shining ore dimmed the sight of my judges nod they could discover no spot of blood upon my hands five years i roved the , error of the seas — but now what ull the ur and power ol loan have failed 10 do the never ceasing tumults of a guilty mind has done — cut short my mud career long since i ii it the band of death upon me and like the wounded tiger thai seeks some gloomy den where in to die,hitber i came without associate or friend but this htlle creole nurse — chance has made us acquainted i have confided loyou ihe outlines of my history ; h will serve us n tale 10 while away a tedious hour and make your hearers slure and now grant me one favor when i am dead living 1 ask none — bury me in ihe sen full twenty fattl oms deep i have done — give me some drink — my mouth s parched my brain is in u whirl ! — hal thai pang death is here i feel it about my heart h ell why should i live ? and yet lo die with such a loud of guilt — bush — hush ! speak not i e 1 know what you would say — but tis all in vain w iiai's death lo me ! 1 have bearded him a thousand tunes why do i shrink bo now ? a heavy mist comes gathering over my sight who lire these ! oil off i why do you let them come so close .' with ii desperute etlbrl he raised himself upon bis couch ; seized with a convulsive grasp mv hand ; gazed on me for a moment with a terrified and ghastly glare and then fell hack exhausted on tus pillow his distorted features gradunlly relax ed the wild expression ol bis eye slowly assumed a placid look und something lik a smile plnyed about his lips — the pirate wits no more hum thai persian paradise the garden ol gull al iii renal of hoses flapping the wings ol i incy will all my might i was speedily in those buwurs of bliss and at high romps willi flollll and peri " vi.v suv not so — sickness hasihs mlered youi tmttd — liiii von not pray have you never '• did i never prav i oh ves ! i remember bul lis like a dream when kneeling on tnv mother's lap she laughi me to hit my infant orisons to hea ven ; and she would pray with me loo ami in mfl | hud in after vents when thrown adrift on the wide world when u || who loved or were beloved hy me were slumbering in their graves even then ihe memory of those prayers would shed a sacred in hue ice over my s ml ; mid i hoped but ah ! how vainly hoped thai still a mother's prnver would draw a heaven's blessing mi my head lung years have fled since aught like supplication lo iod or ne in ha pnssed these lips ii is true i worshipped ian it was u inns unholy shrine the deitv wh i adored asked blood and blood i gave him ves u whole hecatomb of human lives this hand bus im mobile on tiin ull.-ir of revenge prayed ■'" ' flinging loses at each other i hut alas for mental abstraction ! the very first bud lot me with a slone like vehemence ; my next rose 0 f the cabbage kind breathed only a rank cabbage fragrance and in another moment the claws of a living cut scratched me back into mv self — 1 tried with all my might and main to ima gine it the mere thorns of the roses but the thing was too palpable for the caned cat nl the very llisluul i i inking the wen her side of my yisage screamed out a long double-semi-quavaring uhy itilc .' winch effectually dispelled all illusion upon ihe subject and ihero i was uguin in full pell in ihe pillory thrown by fortune nn , if these secluded isles and laar partaking largely of the ol i'ul bul un mi'i - hospitality of the inhabitants i wan ; i r .. firth al nig the avenues of orange and lime naa vi lies clustering 11 overs loaded ihe aii wilh neri'ume while ihe moon-beams glancing through ii interstices of the foliage were bnghih reflect aj from the pendant drops which hung like din onds fioin the loaf bpray my first fifteen minutes the only quarter i me with hud now elapsed and my face was turned towards ihe east the first object my eve fell up on was a heap of mnendainization ; and i confess i never though i of calculating the nun die r of stones in such a hillock nil i perceived ihe mob preparing to hurl iheiu al un head as evidence thai the farmers lo whom we now al lude are dragging heavily under ertoris to cultivate what is inn best adapted to their circumstances it might be asked how many hundred of jnti lligeut and enter prising plainer in north carolina put forth iheir eu i igy year after year in growing from three to five liuu dreil s.,inds of seed cotton lo the acre when the tame skill and labor in cultivation would produce in alabama and mississippi from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds 1 how many others reap from live to cigin bushels of wheal per acre when the same amount of labour in illinois or indiana would be rewarded by twenty or thir ty bu-bels per acre mullitudi s t e'mg these difficul ties and allured by the prospect of greater gaios have forsaken all the privileges of this interesting section of country for the hazards and privations mid temptations of the west and south west vvilboul spt tiding inuo in condemning those who have thus acted may wc not inquire what can be done to remove this templaiion and render ourselves and our children better satisfied with lins for moral and interesting part ol our country ! — may not our fanners engage in some oilier business more profitable to themselves less destructive to their lands more consistent with the education and improve nieiil of their children anil mere conducive to the pros perity of society at large than the cultivation of cotton believing the cultivation of silk to be a practicable safe interesting and very profitable employment and well suited to our soil climate and the circumstances of our population we proceed to enumerate some of the advantages to be expected from it oh horrible i exclaimed surely you rave — you mean mil what v ou say i win now treading the ground oft trodden by ike tierce free-booteri of bygone days here thej rested from their murderous toils ; threw aside the blood siained brand and lor a time indulged the satlet passions of their natures often perhaps due these woods echoed wilh the wild song of oirth the bacchanalian revel or the softer whis perings of love — for even the remorseless pirate loves and fiercely ioo reflections like these iroagh in iheir irani the fancied forms of loin aoii brasilene bat morgan and oilier rovers of renown whose deeds of daring still live in a lliou aid traditionary tales liu my reverie was inter ropied by a sound of distant music aoftlv and sweet k mealing along the winding alleys of shrubbery iwl lusiiig itsell among i he murmuring of the waves as they brake un the rocky shore curious to know from vv hum the strain proceeded i followed il and suddenly found myself in front of it small low hut bull of reeds and thatched wilh branches of he palm ; the wind ward side was entirely open to ihe in z ami from within a small glass lamp filled atlli lbs oil of cocoa-nuts shed a font and fitful light la front ol the hut reclining in a hammock which vai suspended between two range trees i observed a man apparently listening to ihe - ng of afeimfc vvlio sal besido him and seemnrf endeai ir fflgloeoollu tii in to slumber as she gently swung ihe hammock to and fro his i'nco was pile ins juken ey es were closed and parti dlv covered vvilh tprtifunion of auburn hair which fell in ringlet wet i is brow on which the burning sun bad left its wittliy impress as i approached hs raised his sad and motioned bis at tend ml toes ise her song we wilh a voice feeble bul somewhat stern he me am welcome ; and the lovelj songstress who sail beautiful creole girl with the form of a svlpi and ihe step ol a awn brought me a seal thick he proflered and retired within ihe hut — oome frilling conveisalion ensued during which his manner made an impression inn my mind which lime has failed tu erase his person was small iml lightly formed and though now feeble and awoialud still betrayed ihe remains of elegance and activity ; bis large blue eyes sunken and bis vtless darted from object to object with a restless fa llmt denoted a heart bul ill at ease as the fierce energies of ins nature seemed struggling nil ihe languor of disease interested bv his up pursue i made some inquiries respiting his ijmdtr " nay nay us sober truth itol listen i have not many hours to live i will employ them in sketching for you n brief outline of a wicked hap less hopeless life for twenty years you are the only human being who hns crossed my path from whom i have received without a bribe one cheer ing word or kindly look save this poor girl ami she — bul enough of that — you will not betray me ! justice indeed claims much of this ensanguined head of mine bul death will help me cheat her ol her tine i was born in a ales ; ut ihe age of fif teen years 1 lost parents friends nnd fortune — thrown on my own resources i came to ihe west indies and succeeded after a lime in obtaining the situiitiiiu of overseer lo jon/ales the governor of si ann lie was a proud and haughty spaniard whom i disliked for i hud not ye learned to hate and i should soon have left bis service but for a being whom he called his daughter ; ihe forest — but w hal mailers n how fair she was 1 loved her loved her with all the affections of my soul and she loved me well ! live years passed away at length 1 gained her consent lo leave the island and unite her destinies with mine for the slern spaniard would us soon have bestowed bis riaugh ler on a slave as me i obtained u boat and the assistance of a negro to convey us to the main when the black villain bet rave 1 us to his master and on ihe point of embarking w f und ourselves surrounded by soldiers and slaves who by the go vomer's order stripiietl me in the skin — yes there before the gaze of hundreds and worse in fore hor for whom only i cared lo live i was stripped and flogged — publicly flogged by a negro oh bow my heart was crushed ! my spirit was broken bu no subdued there kneeling on ihe sand lie bin al streaming irom my lacerated shoulders i swore never lo re-t satisfied until i bad washed on the foul disgrace in the bean's blond ol a hundred spaniards i havo performed my oath i expected in bu lithographed on t lie spol ! in stinct suggested to me thai the only way to save i iv life was by dying ; m<l dropping my head and hands and closing my last eye with a terrific groan expired fur the present the ruse look effect ; opposing me to be defunct ihey refused lo kill me shouls of " murder i shame i shame no 1mb ry i hurst from all quarters the pip kin-monger abused the kish woman who ruled ihe school-boys ; they 111 turn fell foul of ine osier monger who was hissing and groaning al the whole assembly and finally a philanthropic constable look i be whole group mi custody in ihe mean lime i was taken tlown laid wilh a sack over me in a curl and driven oil to an hospital my body seeming a very proper present to si bartholomew or st thomas but my cloihus lit for nothing but guy's the palace of herod the palace of herod stands on a table of land on ihe very summit of the lull overlooking evety part of the surround ing country and such was the exceeding soilness and beauty of the scene even under the wiidness mid wasto of arab cultivation that the city seemed smiling in the nudsi el herdesolafion all around was a beau ful valley watered by running streams and covered with a rich carpet of grass spread like un open book before me a boundary of fruit nil mountains ihe vine and ihe olive rising in ter races to their very summits there day alitr day the haughty herod bud sat in his royal palace and looking out upon all these beauties his heart had become hardened with prosperity ; here among those still towering columns the proud monarch bad made a supper for " his lords and high cap tains and chief estates of tiallilee ;" here the daugh ter of herodias herod's brother's wife danced before him and ihe proud king promised with an oath to give her wl atsover she asked even lo ihe half of his kingdom and while the feast and dance went on the " head of john the baptist was brought ui a charger and given to the dam sel and herod bus gone and herodias herod's brother's wife has gone and tho lords and the high captains and the chief estates of galilee " are gone but the ruins of the pa luces in which they li-asled are still here the mountains and val hvs which beheld their revels are here and oh ! what comment upon ihe vanity of worldly great ness a fellah war turning his plough around one of the columns i wus sitting on a broken capi ltd under u tig tree by its side and i asked him what were the ruins hut we saw nod while i is oxen were quietly cropping the grass lhat grew among the fragments of ihe marble floor he told me that they were the ruins of the palace of a kin he believed of the christines and while pilgrims from every quarter of the world turn aside from tb or path ui do b image in ihe prison of in be headed victim the arab who was driving his pi iu jh am ing die columns of his palace knew not ihe name ol toe haughty llerotl even al in distance of time i look back wilh a feeling n un common interest upon my ramble among these ru ins talking wiih the arab ploughman of the king who buill .., leani ig againsi a column which per haps hud often supported ihe haughty herod nnd looking out ir this scene of desolation nod nun upon the most bealiful country in the holy land — incidents of travels.ifc by ceo stephens 1 it requires comparatively hut little lam where land is aliniiilunl and its price low the quantity to be possess for cultivation is not the chief consideration ills the expense of cultivating largo quantities for amal proins to which we allude in the r.iodeul farm ing now practis al in air country scores of acres must be attended and exhausted too to fill nur burns with plenty in proportion a the ijunlily decreases in fertili ly the quantity is increased to supply the defect field imer field is thus worn oul and ihe w or k of clear ing and exhausting goes on in proportion as the pro prietor increases ihe means of owning and consuming kvery man must know thai if one farmer can realize as much from ten acres as his neighbor doea from two hun dred acres and with less labor and expense that he is a teat gainer by such cultivation this is known and acknowledged to be the great delect in our | rascnt s)s lem of agriculture the expense of opening fencing and cullivuting farms large in surface but lent in pro liut-is is so great that lew men receive i fair compen sation tbr the labor bestowed upon them lict it is not so with the mulberry one acre well covered with irees will yield in the estimation of many skilful cul tivators foliage enough to feed a million of silk worms every 3,(100 worms it u estimated wilip'rodeaea pound of raw silk worth at the lowebt calcu;a;,oii f ! per pound this will shew the remarkable mirn of .; l,"u:l as ihe product of one acre of land toe expense of cultivation will he variously estimated by diffi rent per sons and different circumsuinces but suppose il even ijio:i:l per acre winch is much above the cciiinic esti mate il will leave sil.lkm as the product of en acre f ter paying all expense let ihose who are inorsdulous reduce the estimate even one-half and still th.-i ,. . 01 is worth of attention having enmities the ssti mules of sixteen ditleienl growersol l-ula 1 q fit u heir calculations average about 1 mat lo liie acre we i l no disposition to be arnod into oilravigam and hazardous speculations by bigb-soui immense gam by short ami easy method k.o from j careful examination of facts and some roneetkn upon ibeir 1 1 iptation to our circumstances wo has uodoubt lhal al i si gl.oim p r acre may be rmisrtnahly expect et after paying all the expense of coliivatiou should una i qoclueion bo correct is not the business worthy a fa ' ir'.'.l | till pillory i never was in the pillory but once which i must ever consider a misfortune ; fill lonkingal all things as i do with a philosophical and inquiring eye am courting experience for the sake of fellow creatures i cannot but lament the short and imperfect oppor tunity i enjoyed of filling thai elevated situation which so lew men arc destined to occupy il is a sort of egg-premiership ; a place above yom fel lows — but u place in which your hauls art lied — you arc no without the established political vice for you are not absolved irom turning tweutv long years have sped away since lha accursed hour and the vengeful flame then kindled in my soul has ever burned wilh tierce intensity vvlnle each new victim served as fuel lo the rag ing tire ami unuglit but the chill damps of death e ui quench its blaze the governor sent mu lo chagress us a prisoner and lo obtain my liberty or rilher my release from u illhy dungeon i enter ed info the military service of the spaniards tho revolution winch hud broken out in cnrraccas had now become general along the innin ; the patriots were every where in arms and i soon found means to join them hut not without first sheathing my kmle in ihe hearts of my colonel and two sentinels here my haired lo ihe spaniards soon rendered me eon ipiciuus and obtained lor me the command of a small parly with which i prosecuted a guer illa warfare in ihe interior ; but was finally tak n in macii tl ami inarched barefoot and wonnded across the isthmus in paimuiii with scarcely a rug to protect me from the scorching sun ; u was al most insupportable i complained of my head and the merciless villiana gave me a paper cap mil lest hie wind should blow it oil inv head lie y t as lened il lo my si dp willi boiling pitch hut ihe desire of revenue supported me beneath till their tortures i again escaped and at length found my self at ihe sieee of carthagena in the command of a gun boat here 1 signalized my sell by many a il i of blood and after hie capture of the place obtained •■< captain's commission and ihe command of u line brig i was ordered to convey ,-, veral of the spanish nubility willi their property to the is nod ..| ur.ico ami accordingly set sad bin steered my course directly lor si ann on the passage i called my crew together informed them we had on ii i ui upwards .,|" two millions of dollars belong ing lo the spaniard who were our natural one lines and inquired il ihey were disputed to let so fine a prize slip thus easily through their lingers '. they oaqght greedily nt the glittering bait and wilh one voice exclaimed 1 " sel the spaniards ad nil ' i mil ihfio on ihe desert island v lei me give a brief description of the short and irregular glimpse 1 had of men ami things while i was in pillory power i was raised to it as many men are to high stations by my errors 1 merely made a small mistake ol some sort or other in an answer in chancery nol injurious to uiv interest and lo ! the recorder of london with a suavity of maniier pe uli.tr to himself announced to me my intended promotion ; and 10 due tune i was instal led into office the physicians replied he " think it pulmo ry ifiection and for aught i know it may be so m ihe root of the maltvlr is here lay mo ida bund ponhishearl " far beyond ihe reach of medicine perhaps a change of climate no no i interrupted be ; climates and ooun ware alike to me ; my itl.iss is nearly run and • sailers hltli how or when i die so 1 but die these words ware ipoken with a certain pee vaa of manner which precluded farther con ballon and 1 took my leave resolved however *•« la re|r.„t y viait,f,»r i had become too deep jbuieated in bis fate lo rest satisfied without oh g a lariher knowledge of ins character ac tortfttn.lv i renewed my visits from day lo day wil they became frequent and by many little **»!«•» alii-niions i at inst win upon his confi "**, and he appeared lo lake pleasure in my so v and tvi r expreaaed himself uneasy at my ~! lre - in ihe meanwhile his health continued hi to decline and he was evidently jusl on the jy of mortal existence i had often in the ***■of my conversations with him endeavored to lni attention to ihe consolations of religion ; i most indirect allusion lo religion or immor i would cloud his brow with a frown which w they could minister ho comfort peace or 1*""liiin ai ihe close of an afternoon which m passed i i her iis be lay gently swinging at 1 . " k be fixed his eves on the sun jusl e**pping beneath the western wave and re mm ii was u fine daj fir the pillorv ; ihut is to sav it rained in torrents those only who have had boarding and lodging like mine can estimate the comfurl ol having washing into the bargain il was about no hi when i was placed like a statute upon ii pedestal j an hour probably chosen out of consideration to ihe innocom little urchin then bi oui of school for they are a nice notori ously food of shying pin hmg jerking pelting flinging slinging — in short profeasora of throwing in all us branches the public oilieer presented me lirs with a north front and there 1 waa — god save the mark !" — like a cock ai shrovetide or a lay-figure in a shooting gallery i our c'unate and soil are well si.it-d lo thc growth of the mulberry the worm sigra or cumtnon week mulberry grows luxuriaiilly in all ihii ooonlry as a inilur.il tree the votuh mini 01 white i alia u u i i'eri i/rowe witlinul any difficulty as repeats xperi nit in various parts ',,' our c entry lie •« clearly proved the morut multieauus 01 chinese >'. ii.er iy also grows luxuriantly m our climate as t n be at tested by many who haw made the ei | rin out it in now extensively cultivated in most 1 tin northern and some of the western slates wr p'susna ilis ll advan tages tbr ils cultivation sa the mildness of pni wintera will secure not only its roots but even il branches from being k lied willifr.wt tiicssd v on.i v iilf ad piofitahly ufhin any ol these species of the tr ... the silk made from the italian and chinese muljerry in our climate is an fine in fibre as strong in texiure and as brilliant in color as thai of any oilier country the italian mulberry is eaaily propagated from llic seed and will do well either in hedges or standard ireea — the alorus multicaajis is propagated by ibe roots or cettincs grows rapidly yields » lan/e leaf and is very tenacious of life killer of the species may be rcaretl to any extent the cultivator may desire with on ex pense comparatively arnall and in a short time bvpu ihe ainalleal farms may afford the most amiable ground for any number of iruea which their proprietors mghl desire without diminishing the quantity ncosbary tor ollnr purposes all the mulberry im « requite w di isj protect i.m by sate fences and sufricicul tillage tu keep ihe sod clean and loo a the storm commenced stones began to spit — mud to mizzle — cabbage stalks thickened into a lower now anil then i amen dead kitten — some times n living cur ; anon an i gg would lot me on the e;,e — un oll-nce i was obliged to wink al i'liere is a strange appetite in human kind i'm pelt ing a fellow-creature a travelling china.man ac tually threw away twopence to have a fling ill me with a pid!on a billingsgate busier treated me with a fevayherringa nnl try any means too stale t lie purchased in st ides while ihe weekly half pence of the schnol-boya wen towards ihe support of a ( iwleru oneer and his donkey who supplied iheiu willi eggs lil for 1 1 . ■owuie ami for nothing else i confess this last description of missiles if so i hoy might hi called thai never missed snnoyi 1 me more ihan all the real ; however there was no remedy there i was forced lo stand inking up inv livery and n vile hvi-ry it was ; or as the wag \ pressed it " being made free of the pemroongers a rki'okt to the fl.i.rd of trustees of davidson c liege on ihs importance of su.h ih i.tchk in die western nan of north and south carolina made in compliance with their requi at by the rev it ii mori.on i h , president el said college and published by their request every enlightened and benevolent friend to civilized society i.lioiilii feel n dei p interest in its aericuhur.il prosperity upon the lal»ir uf those who cultivate the oil all other cllssei lllll-l depend for tile ilieailh of slls let,uilee null lliiprio caent vvflsl ever tenth to i liner their indostrj more inviting will minister directly to ti.e general v/ellareol the community ii is wise pol icy 111 ,",, rj government lo extent a fostering aad im proving band 10 thai buaiaeaa whiebstaods most aaaen lially connected willi its rxistonci and security flow ever mnch importance may be justly attached to the commerce and manufactures of this country it cannoi i reasohable 01 safe u overlook us agriculture i15 which lis i'oliinip'ree musl ifiow slid its manul'ie • in , i lie sustained ami v't how ti'w i ok to our fannera with the design of improving their condition and eleva ting lie ir characters i how little ia written to direct their labours 10 the moil profitable result i low h,,|n is done by ." lightend men lo rend 1 then more satisfied with in ii employmenl ■it a ill bs 1 dtsa iroai day lo the virtue and fvoedon i f ins land if public ii (» l l glorious sight is there ! the lime • w '"'" ' '""''' '"" l "" sl "''' ■scene wnh wsof ii most elevated pleasure now no ck.-iha ihn iae i-i reminds m " mj if ch ii doom v • son has run its course ami „ seisin •' ndor — my career i on 0 f darkness alio soon must set in having ihus obtained their consent in an acl which equally implicated all 1 resolved on my in tine course and look my measures accordingly — thai night while the passengers were aaleep in their berths i despatched them successively with tnv own hand and lauohed lliein i h roue b i lie cah in windows — they lold half u score towards ihe fulfilment ol my oath : we arrived a si ann and i anchored oil ihe island at night i immediately landed wild a huiit'a crew of chosen ruffian and proceeded mtolacovered lu the house ef i mas lea on the way we met his sou a lad of some sixteen vears who n i compelled lo conduct me lo his lii tbei's bedside whore i found bun buried in die inns of sleep i in-ie he lay the object of mysnul's , most biller haired .' did i alriko him then ? did i the cultivation of milk does not require a pressure of engagements or eoosumiug sti.cli during the whole y ir ilio aim will ri«e again 1 i observed . a lie replied : and you mean li any i too g"wsg ha j ha ! arise to what i mid lie j nol loud bul mich „ laugh i oh us in sbfibber still rati lea in my ears i twas such a v "» llio rofincment of torture might extort 8,1 » retch agonising on ihe rack ; it was tho it was time in appeal to aij resources 1 had read aortiewhero of an italian who h din of men nil abstraction had rendered himself unconscious of the rack snd breaking joints ainewf,andb wal in lam \ only performing bis diurnal gvninsis lies or undergoing hn amicable hampoortins l'iie pillory wus a milder instrument than thc ruck these wlin grow cotton and tobacso find llu whole year tilled villi pel plexitis labor lo ie,,r ami gather mid market heir cops plus is true to mi mtrnl which operalea pr«otli attain proper attention ,.. other llnrich and lie iniproveiiirnl ol llie toil thou and of children are kepi irom school under pr of cultivating cottou v.liu might otherwise rejeefvu
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1839-01-03 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1839 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 29 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
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 January 3, 1839 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly 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 |
OCLC number | 601575536 |
Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1839-01-03 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1839 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2066093 Bytes |
FileName | sawc05_18390103-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 4/13/2009 11:25:43 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 tin row ins not nni.ta u 1:0 to i hi dn1ykd status iiv rnr rn«.»m m .. .. bv "" stmjtion no |. k ou,ii,tk v it to n,i status vui bliaavbo to me states iti.-ree , v i.i.v on to uk p80pl1 t.vir ndtiu '//.; to the constitution article x b . austin & c f fisheli { edit0r8 and proprietors s salisbury n c january 3 ism i no xxix of vol xix rj no from commencement wl mrr misceiiii 1 moots j wild expression of the horrors of hell already si iz \ ilig on ihe soul i send him slumbering into oternily i no no i and i had naturally a lively imagination il seemed aroused lino he saw me stand smiling over him plausible then fore thai i might make shift to be with nv dagger at his throat and ins craven soul polled in myabsence touttaina scene as remote burstwith terror from his glaring eyes oh what us possible f pain 1 selected one of absolute a delicious moment was ibut to mo i he spoke no pleasure for ihe experiment no other in truth out unont should everdt-'pn cuto iln honest andcnnobjiuij lab i ol uiosp who bow in i reap lor th .* public jrood last days op a pirate " do you not believe it ?" said i lathe carribenn sea and not far irom the eatu v ut live river san loan are situated b nuuihei of insji kevi generally denominated the " c |