Western Carolinian

              the western carolinian _____ thk vowehs sot dklku ate11 to the imiitli states 11v tbi ;. nor pbonillltko bv it to nil states viti iu:-,:,iv 1:0 1 1111 status it its era it \ iiy ob th 111 it l'koi'i.i amendments to the constitution article x b . austin & c f fisher > editors and proprietors ) no xxx ok vol xix \ no from commencement oos salisbury n c january 10 1839 l|.it'ixsvv>i-<m *. • ohilion sudor it not to put you out of temper with i expression your husband dispute not with him he the oo what a mighty mystery is expression poets mmiu'v nn lint bbothph ( '" m "" nvll " " niayi but much ratter deny your and orators to whom the world feels so much in the jewish maiur a«i tu.it iiir.iv m , h i , ,,.,„,„_ gatisfaction of having your own debtod nnd with whom it has been so enamoured fromlhe wondrous tale of ahoy will or gaining the belter of an argument than and delighted hnvo revealed no new fuels to mun nv »' isbabli nsk a quarrel or create u heart-burning which n bind wo do mil owe t ilu.-in lho knowledge that , .,.,„, house „| david is no more „„ more our i\>o,|kissibl to foresee the end of implicit sub we possess of tho course ol iheetar of the move i shall lurk and linger like a blighted '" l 7 '" l "'■'" '" l,ls "'''■ '■ evnr disgraceful to meiila ufocoun's water of the ineclinnisu of sacre.i si ej , onerale eari ii ifwe caunotflour ' " ubtnission in n wife to the will of human fruint — of the elements and their combine thing in tin a b „ ' her husband is what she promised at the altar i tions which form the material world when ihe ish why then bi'olher '" "''' u ''" ! wl " revere or for and what is in voice of demosthenes thundered over the wuvi - i hroice on the uir so soft bo sweet so k c » he greatest honour she can receive be as 1 the democracy of athens when the solemn mu v'm,kicnl-il sounded like u holy boll upon a f ured ' l "' '."'* i m ' r ' s "''" " s l "' r happiness ] sic of cicero's oluquenca in the somite or forum wiiniy "' .| ih;i ca j m u , , um | has no other luundal than her husband's eateem awakened indignation against irensun r tyranny miiiiiiicr it.iy , * y i i and love which it is her interest by all possible when the blind old hard wonderud through lho at his bide behlod u female «*■"». to preserve and increase study there citieaofu co singing tho tale or troj divine , t ifc face is hid her lips are pressed ag si ''"", his temper and command your own enjoy the rapture with which these ■ woro heard was , r h she nentlv steals and now she raises up "'"' ll "" l l " s mtwlaehoii share a„d , |,« his not owing to any percept i profiinble knowl „'*..!!,. and waits with lender pntience for a glunce ■'■".'"•'• •""' »■<■' '!"" utmo.1 assiduity conceal his edge which the convoyed but was measured by hcriii.i entiles inhrmiiies it you value your own and your bus the boauty ol expression we have all eyes to sec from one » io si . „ bratli '" ' il '"' s ( ' lls ''' '"'' >"" r expenses and d«ain b be ever and hearts lo fuel bul when ilio uyo roam's deligh b i«r y ho 0 bnr.es on a face beaul sas astar w hin the reach of hi circumstances for it ' ,,„.- ledly ovor tbe external and visible world .„ lhe r_ht__n starrv uiahl in those far climes where er - v sl '" ul ' 1 follow you must share tin evil be bean heats rapturously in a happy sympathy tvilh '■,", loud is marked in heave who all below on ver - v car ; [ " 1 nev * '" ? v ' 1 " n u v l ""' sl "•' i°«b beauty tl i is a pleasure for which il is nol onsy h s sweet and all nbove in theuirso still thai " s - v \ lft not many days pass without a serious tofind words and it is when the t gives oxpros znassioo mella away and life seem but a fra exammallon into your conduct a a wife and if sion to those feeling and embodies thotn in it l i ' * on reflection you find yourself guilty ot niiy l,,i guage thai we adiuil'o his genius now the pool b tt , hnve'wnndered in those lands nnd roamed bles " r omissions the best atonement i to be mure who describes cxloruul nature beuutifullj and , i vocal powers ah could ihe night ireful in lulure ically bus „„ more physical apprehension of its i____l that nana to syru's rose now sing tn me i'd the victim y than we " uv0 ! i "" 1 lo « (| . »" <'»» only ing.ut n j ... i ,..,!,., i , measure the excellence of ihe pooirv by us answer live the tune ol coinino veins to listen to tli.it lay . a russian auvkntiire ... , . ' , • . • 6 ., , .,.,„_ lo.'hoodv h,s l,i.-,ii s loll his m mg iii inn foolmgs it is precisely lho same with he turns he gazes he lends his hc.i.t is lull his gome yo ___ a „ 0 lms „ lc , ss rf , m(k)r , ance _„„,.,, ( . , j j j ,„.„. voice u low ,.-,.... - me lo sl petersburg being unwilling logo alone , or . thoir excellence is mciisured nol by their ap « ah minora 1 thou qii^ller of dark spirit i 1 l mcc ee d ed it ioducina my friond seville to aconra prene nsi bul by ihoir expreasion and this is thou 1 " by art tnou note . nny ne . , „„„„„,„ huo poor fellow as ho form pr0v ed by the simple and well-known fact that if .. w by am i a m m 1 1 c ,,, i need , _ v ,, ry proimn?n , featur8 in the ,„„,, ttdventure sll „ . r ,[ „ r „ - llslin u he - ,,_ i urge a stronger ,. ha o bib ol ll r tu r i ,. ray , „, ub()u ,„ re|;iit ,. , wl|1 „ vur „,_ 1|lci . * ter j ton rt ' r ong lor our an vou come nnd mingle n our festive j i our wad are „,- our j „„,„ „ nrriv , d _, 8 , ,, otf , s . jr sympathy but f hung with flowers you l.o,e , cu ' " ' . '" imrg when having transae.od my business i in };. 11(lel | ln w ha wo loci to he bombast nay only fountains side ; the h y lamps a re ri nine 1 1 . ml ,.__„„ saville'a wish determined to proceed to ja | et „ real matter of sorrow be spoken or written of t,.nd.v«i must raise their^ear hes ft , . with r<l4uw wl)ere , lc ha relatimls . in8lebd ,, mvevuri ou he gate my maidens w . t oh •'>'»;■'"■ of going lhe direct route we visited kerib.v „ 8 ympatby and that which might have moved m * lo of state ihen brother dear i pray you come and jlna , tmv _ „„ „ ie scheksmai „ biniul ofthe vol tpar « w ll go nigh to provoke a to laughter the dmogle in our lobtlvat gaj tl)r the purpose of seeing a renowned hermit sorrows of children and the son iws of lovers are » why should we toast • n who we were told wb an englishman thiswas nmticrs with which we can sympathise v.-t we ah is it not in thy dear name these lamps are ; 1 i r ., nlrill iioiinh for us circuilous n wis the . i i i . ., . i i ' , v , . it _.... ._ .._ » _.;___ inuuccmciii ciiougn lor us circuilous as was tint ril „ a | so laugh it lhe lackadaision no.-s ol lovers i these gar nnds nung lo day lo us a inuce .,„.,„ , vl , „..,... i i . . , .• _ i . '"' , p , ,, ruuic wl wliu and smile at the pretty passions ot in lancv i dare » given to day •- arriving lato at night we with considerable dif say that a ueniue like shaksueare or goelho could « a prince without a kingdom iculty.succeeded in getting lodging which hough n ke „ very moving passage out of the tears of a ■ but not without that which makes a kingdom mv[m a wmche d we ai last entered |,, ( | e girl for the loafof « doll-bu it would reqiiir and which lull many a royal hear has signed lor — n i h , lf i r i ., inlhaiivc „,•,,, i..m „■ dor . , , ., . ",. ,• it oi ' '■'- lamuoru a i.iik.iuvc man 1010 ii iniriiig groal innmigeiiient or it would presently become willing subjects llavi j n our repast all the news and scandal which in a ridiculous jood render do not say thai the fact waves miriam tellow saves small town generally ahoiinds among other thing rielf is ridiculous ; ii is not s ; it may indeod be what we are my brother uoil bus willeit , ,,,,,, ..^ ,,,.., u . , v . .„,,,.„;,,„ ti i„isl,nn.,,i i ,- -. i . , , ,,, no loin us ma inc ncxi inoiniiig ine punisiinioin oi a species ol microscopic sorrow easily overlooked and et us bow and tremuio lhc knou wag ,„ be per/brmed for there this hur |, v the broad gmm eye of the world and you think will not camio tremlile ntl haibarity is considored quite a spectacle l see n „„ r r„w nolhing intcause you know it will soon bush david hush lit wo this haughty spirit w hich people ftusk in from all part the culprit ,„. uvu i ' that hoaniv m^^^^^^^^^^^h murder her it ■ the the cms i oil mv wah t „ , : , ■ miriam ,!,.„ ,| 1 , , , r ■ ,,„ s i s ht obscurity mas ■ be m ,!„. 6n y oj ■ ,| mt io i,ii.si,,_b laiher was s!,e s!„.,l hoods f iimis and was iloni.b scanty smiles ,,, |„, r s'u-b race our gorgeous accordingly and was piis<„,l who wo 7a ■ to in ih y u l h the to us w'nsh " go tell my gloomy to lovely i q'm't leave me a moment dearest , vu ■ thee nay dry ,, l in tl sift eyes win !,■ quench sp..l,e tou-l god be with in i lor a con wag h ,, orl , n ., ■ do ,„,, ,,|„. n ■ observe i„ir-l ne tis not her ■ know mn i |„ ■ pity her | n ,,, ; h i leoipt io save her <-•! t or l.l nioho ■ ms yet nhtti-1 i,,tr ■ st were my own and dwell in the wilderness fhr ...■ ken when ooil nlil ,, : t toeolhiueli u.lb sl ll ll io 1 1 . i i h t.e b file following maxims not moi '-,- m i lint flint i one over i mband never try to i hilt sh.ufh vv'ivb ibiil 111 only — ili-h l"l or ll li'i.l '* lis the torn be ■ bib after nearly fifty sirob'-sb s,.'!|..,lb trv o "''./,"■ too iioilh poor b'.h burden '" ''" i has to in sup i j i-i !,-,■■ whig to both her ' ll.iisb j 1 *'' 1 : hut t ma ■ l !!<■ mod be to it '" lh h ce ofthe softer sox to the i h '.■ oilier h,.„h t „ v to ":,!,-■ i to journal the carved is vaulted it is about twoiity five feul in height iniiy iu length mid iu form is very singular lt must then he ginned and press to ho ready for market all those are bib jrioiisund expensive ope rations as every cultivator knows and after ull ■ ji i i 1 1 must then be iranspoited lo tho the foil i of pride after all take some quid i inanuliiclurer to be converted into ihteiul by other sober moment ol life nnd add together the iwo i expensive operation in the otjior case you hare ideas ol pride and man ; behold bun a couture of olllv "' u ' ( ' l '"" b "* " " n " willi mulberry leaves ., sp high walking through infiuate space iuall '""' """ n •>«*••" will spin you a thread worth at the grandeur of littleness perched oil a lillle least w v /,,,,, v us , ouch us lhe c.iiton ll then speck ofihe universe every wind of heaven stnkos dopositoa its eggs to enable you to rear another inio hi blood tbe coldness of death j hi aoul il.es crop oud cloau yourlroiiblo in providing for it by ir > k like inelodv iron a string j day and furreiidnring its i.ie i hese laborer for man may night as dus'i un lhe wheel he is rolled along the u ' multiplied to an eitent by giving then food heavens through the lubyr f worlds and all and shelter and lh y demand nothing but the fij ihe sy.tems and creations of god arc flaming i'.ige iro.n wh , e sp r hm the guest and above and beneath is this a creaturo to make most valuable fibre lor ins clothing ol which the hiius-eift crow glory tu deny bis own fle*h *?. r,d <-''''', l '"'"' 1 - > '•«. i sl "' l ' l ; ir wurlt tl audi bin hia follow sprung from dial dual dihgenoe leave il in the most perfect sluto.oon io which both will so return ! l>..os lho proud **" » lb 8 '>." wlu.t they convert into the rich mn , en ■>. hoes he t suffer ! u...s he not ''-' treasure and then terminate their existence diet when he reasons is he never stopped bv ' wm , """. " n v lho !»«*.«« oj ihotr labor diffii lt.es ' when he acts is ho never letup 1 *» ""," ' necessary ... y odd thou the properfpod by pleasure i whet he lives is he hoe l,.,m pair ! '"' '" i 1 " 1 " ,'""' . rmwt the mulberry andgathor its \\ hen he die can h ewape lhe common gravel luxuriant leaves ll they even spun cotton would pride ia ie heritage ol man.hu uv should j '"" l , m ' «"',"' h'<'v <<> &'« ten while doing it dwell with frailty and t,,o„e b,r ignorance error r " r nothing but when thev form thel which is and mpeifcetiou.-.n.tlm smith immensely more valuable which no other agents iu nature are tound cnpuhle l inuliind and which ioi eve v civilized country is regarded as the rich est iirticlo for comfort und ornament iu clothing is it not economy lo employ them ? whilst woad.nre the wisdom and goodness of cod in creating opera tires so skilful to work for us and which demand nothing loettpporl their existence inn the material which thoy work certainly we ought not to over look the economy of sharing the proceeds of their labor tbe manufactories of the present ago are highly prized and justly tuo beet use the power of steam and billing water guided by the laws of sci ence is made i workout immense profits for men ; thus saving the toil and expense of many human la borers and contributing greatly to the improvement and prosperity of society bul before lhe spindles of cotton nnd woollen factories can run much money must be expended in buildings and machine ry ami then the article must bo purchased on which ibey work bul here the sjiiniiers require no costly machinery no propelling power and no purchased supplies the gonial rays of lhe sun bring i hem into life the spontaneous growth of u thriving iree sustains ihnin the cheapest kind of buildings will shelter thorn and the rich treasure which they ibr n ure all that is to bo taken care of their number can be increased in proportion to ihe means of feeding then to be sure they require careful attention and intelligent supervision bul what kind of profitable laborers do not require and deserve the same i it cannot reasonably be ob jected to tins business that jt demands industry care economy and intidlijroneo if it aflordsu rich and abundant reward to knowledge diligence nnd watchful attention those whoso high und delightful employment it is to direct tho wise und munificent provisions of lhe natural world to their own sup port and improvement ought lo rejoice in lhe melius of doing so the inhabitants ofthe south have ton long lean ed for support upon the products of more muscular strength too long have they been iiidillerenl to the intelligence and virtue necessary to render even common inbor cheap and productive too long und too dearly have they paid other moil for thinking for them if intelligent and personal and oi nut attention to lawful business hud been re i',i rded as a u burden or a degradation cither would new england ever have boon adorned with her smiling farms i or rich inniiuliictiirrs and her rmblu commerce ? if no employ mot i hud been welcome but what dispenses with caru and atlontion would england and scotland over have been thankful for their present prosperity in pleading for the im provement of human society il is vain to appeal lo those who are loo proud to learn or ton indolent to think our zoal in favor of the business now ad vocated is increased by ihe fail that it will require and amply reward habits of reflection and careful ness ; islieviiig that such habits are conducive to lho order safely and adviiuceiiioiil of good society whatever encourages industry frugality intelli genco and perseverance promotes the public good whatever duvelopes lhe natural and productive resources of a country stands in immediate connex ion with the main principles of civilization while ihe diffusion of knowledge which render labor more productive elevates the condition of men this im provement of their individual and social condition augments their mental improvement because it af fords both the faculties and inducements for greater attainments when thc active agency of all clas ses of the community become more efficient in gaining the necessaries end comforts of life they gain more time nnd inclination lo tench to learn und cultivate their intellectual and inor.il powers whilst we believe cm slant employment to be es sential to ihe safely of our character the more profitable this employment can be rendered the more we may hope fur tho improvement and eleva tion of our condition while wo have natural wanta they must bo supplied and the loss time toil and trudging tiecessury lo secure convenient food mi ni u nd shelter the better fir us if disposed as we should he to seek for the enlargement of our intellectual faculties and the cultivation of our af fections although it is a wioe and just law ol'our nature that we must live by ourlubor yctcertuiu ly our highest improvement is to be found in the late in which the less labor scrves'llto body the greatest is given in lho mind hence ihe wisest writers on political eoeoiiony have properly regard ed the menus of rendering human labor tho must i luetive as worthy tho solemn consideration of nil enlighten uutl benevolent men th i ,, uis of this report will not ndmit of de luded statement in reference lo the iiioiln of con dueling he business which may herenfter be giv en if desired but as it ,. utile to tho tiusiee of a flourishing i it rury institution in which man ual labor is incorporated with study il may not bo improper fo alludu lo a few facts shewing thfe death — the first conviction that there is death in the house is perhaps the most awful moment of youth when we ure young we think that not only mn si ives hut till ahoul us ure in mortal — until the arrow has struck a victim round our hearth deiiil is merely an unmeaning word ; until then its casual mention has stamped no idea upon on brain i here are few oven mining those least sus pected of though and emotion in whose hearts and minds lb first death iu the family does nol net us a very powerful rev lat on of tbe mysteries of life und of their own being ; there are few who nf ter such u catastrophe do not look upon the world and the world's ways al least foretime with chan ged and tempi red feelings lt recalls lhe past it make us ponder over the future — and youth fay and light hearted youth is taught fur the first tunc to regret und fear a rkl'ort to the bonnl of trustees of davidson college on the importsnoe of silk cultubb in the western pnrts of north and south carol n made in complin nee wilh their request by he rev it ii morrison i 1 president of said college anil published by their request continual from last week ) in lhe early history of georgia pennsylvania and new jersey the practicability of miking ibe first kind f silk iu this country was fully proved tiy repeated experiments within a few years past a now spirit of enterprise has pervaded many puis of or laud on ibis subject iu connecticut mas sjchuselts pennsylvania maryland ohio and so no other states many persons are engaging largely and successfully iu tho business four ol the n,vv 1-iiglnml slates encourage lho cultivation by legislative bounties and a large portion of thair inhabitant ure engaged in it the single county of windham connecticut produced iu 1 __-•!, silk to ihe value of nearly .?!•-!, ooil.ooo k air girls in tho neighborhood of boston made silk iu one year to the amount of 91 1 70 and their attention was given to il only a part of tho year companies with urge capital are forming in the northern and middle slates lo prusucutu lho growth of silk more extensively a number of manufactories have al ready been established and are worked with nnor gy and success the committee oii agriculture iu congress having collected informal ion from vu lions purls of our country mud an interesting re port on this subject iii april 1888 commending in the highest terms its connexion with the host into rest of society they express tho following son tuncuts . " prom all the information which the commit ioo have been able lo obtain they are induced lo i ii.-vo that no country in the world is better adapt ed to the pcoiluctmiii of silk or lho sugar beet than most purls d the united slutos whether we con sider the sod the climate or the habits of the poo pie tbe w ; onj out lands of virginia and north carolina and the impoverished soils of lhe iii in i old slates may be advantageously appropriated in the culture of thc mulberry and it is confidently slated by gentlemi n well ipialified lo judge will yield a much large annual profit than is usuully derived from the best soils if then there are so in any inducements fur the production of these two important article if tho market is largo and year iv incretmicg our soil and climate adapted to the culture ami ihe prospect of public benefit and pri vate gain bo good why it n ay lie asked may we not become n great silk growing and sugar ma king people .' we can mid the committee believe in no distant time will so become it only requires hut public attention should be called and kept lo lho subject ; lh.it our agriculturists be satisfied of a fair prospect of success j and that the j , vein im-nl should lend its aid to ensure the s|>0edy and purinunont success ol the measure as evidence of the increasing demand for the mulberry it may be stated that many gentlemen iu dilli-renl slates of the union who have hud the foresight <" plant nurseries of tbe morns multicuii lis fur sale are making immense onus by dispo sing of rooted plants nnd buds i'm propagation as correct conclusions in reference lo the profits of different articles cm best he gained by eon pa ring th with each other lei a lew additional fuels win i nil onu understand be nonsldered it the contrast l niton will silk after selecting and preparing your u's lands you plant ihe cot ton as soon as ii rises from the ground it re tjotres l,.n ,..,,-. attention in cl aniinr und thinning it dunne ii giowil it u iiist bo carefully plough od throe or four limes und h.-ed us frequently — whoi it become iu maturity it most be gathered by hand and often in tho must disagreeable weather from the saturday courier piasa or the hllll that devours mkn the tradition of tho piasa is said la be still ox ant among the tribes of the upper mississippi und is thus related : " many thousand inoous before the arrival of the pale faces when tho great 11 guleuyx and upi-i i tion whose bones are now thrown up were still liv ing in the laud of tho groen prairies tbero existed a bird of such dimensions that he could easily cur ry oil in his talons u full-grown dei.-r having ob tained a taste for human tl'-.-h from that tune ho would prey upon nothing else he was is artful as he was powerful would dart suddenly and un expectedly upon an indian hear bin oil to one of the caves in lho i lull and devour hnn hundred f warriors attempted for years to destroy him hut without success whole villages were depopula ted and consternation spread throughoul all ihe tribes of tbe mini at length owptoga a chief whose fame as a warrior extended even beyond the greut lakes separating himself from the rest ol hi tribe lusted in solitude for ihe space of a whole moon and prayed to ihe ureal spirit ihe master of life tliiit he would protect ins children from the piasa on the inst night of his fast the great spini appeared to him m a dream and directed hi u to i select twenty of his warriors ouch armed willi a i w nnd pointed arrow ui conceal them in a designated spot near tjie place of their con cealment another warrior was to stand in ope view us u victim lor lhe 1'iasii winch they mils shoot the insliiiit ho poiincod"_lpo!l his ploy — when the chief awoke in the morning be thanked the tireui spirit returned lo his tube mid told tin in ins die the warn is vvoio quickly se lect and placed in ambush owal ya offered in used is the victim willing 10 die i ir his tribe and pi ,, iog hi uielf ill open view of lho id ii ho soon saw lhe piasa |" relied on the cliff eyeing his prey owaloga drew ii his manly inn lo us utmost height ami placing his feel firmly up ou the earth began to chant lho death song of a warn i : , iimiii.nl after the piana mso in ibe air and swift as the thunderbolt darted down upon the ohiefi scarcely bad he reached his victim when every l*,w was sprung and ov ry arrow was sped in ll,e feather into his body the piasa uttered a , wild lea ioi scream thai resounded far over the op posits side of lhe nver and expired owaloga was safe not an arrow not even the talons of tho i bird hud touched him : for the master ol life in admiration of his noble deed had held over him an ; invisible shield in memory of this event the im age of lhe piasa was engraved in the face ofthe bhlfl such il lhe in nun tradition true or false lh figure f ihe bird with expanded wings graven up on the surface of the solid rock n still lo in ■, iiii al a height ilee'ly inaccessible and to this day no indian glides benoutb lhe spot in his canoe will out discharging at this figure his gun connect ed wnl tins tradition as ihe'apol to which the piaaa i vevod his liiinmn viclitus is one if those e ives to which i have uli.ded another near lie mouth ofthe illinois si iiated nhoul fifty feel from the wa ter and exceedingly ditlicult of uocess is said i bo crowded with human remains to th depth ol i lo.uiv f'll in lbs earth ofthe floor tho roof of