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the western caroliniain yttt dbletlatw to thk uwited statbs hv rilk niih i'kiiiiiiii i kii ue it to the statb9 m beikrvbd to tin m en krbpioti 1:1 v iik i'n nm pkiii-i.i t i ml me tits to thc constitution article a li acjstin & c p fisher i lilor racial l'ropri-4 tors ) < no xi i or vol xx i whole no i osi salisbury n c march 27 1840 who avaiii better e.-rfctejitect would roftr tbe reading public to the numerous voluntary letters publtnhed recently in tins paper n l in the-xsood samaritan relative to the happy ami bonellcial effect nl tho adminintrotibn of m»if\\rs life pills xnp i'uk.mx bitters terms j till u i ii:il i miomma.v tlir western carolinian is published overy pri mv ut two dollars per annum it paid in advance nr two dollari and fifty cents if not paid before the ex piration of three months no paper will ba discontinued until ill arrearages nr paid unless al the discretion of tlie bettors ; pnd a failure to notify the editor a of i wish to discontinue osh month before thn end of n year will be consider ed as i n w engagement slmll recur nt a-i distant intervals or tho t-nurse to eireiiowltinccn will allow all ht'rl.,u:i'i>ii plants whote produce i earrieil nil the ground whirh produch linn may ix mid i exhaust tbo il upon « hich lhaj itut nil such plants 1 not exhaust tip nil in lha ami 1 l rim f.ir after soma species ilu nnl is been t l>o intirn impoverished than after other ami uui only ho different ipecie of plants <-\ haust tho nl ui a greater u lr ilrjn than miscellaneous ! hehim lie i ui t un u n.irrtv.vlv ui*l,e,i the-r litiomuuciith sin miw a im-ih hi-tiil l.iujy rising from t/u stall n ls!ii,i.l.t^^.^^^^^^m an incident ok riii itr.viii.i;ri(in^h in the summer of 177,1 during one f the durlm e-i perinda ol our rovolutionsrj btruggle in tli then siiiull ullage ol s though it now hours ul more dignified title iiiilus sinn lived judge v — i • a t the it,u,e-i iiiiii iruost patriots within th-l lillllls ofthe " old thirteen 1 und deep in llie eou-l tide i washington like inoal m*n of lusl ume iiiid substance lie luid furnished himscll with arm end ammunition sufficient .'■arm the null — i ...' lus huiisehidd these consisted of himself throel sons nnd about twenty five negroes the female part of hi house consisied of ins evifo one daugh ter catharine nboui 18 year nf nee the heroine of our inle nnd several slaves lu ihe second lo ry of hi dwelling li.iuse immediately eor llio front door wns b mull room called lhe armory in which the arm were dapoaited nml elwaya hep readv fur nuuioilinie use aboul tlie time nt wliieh we introduce nur story iho niuolihnrhood of iho village waa much annoyed by the nocturnal prowl ing tend depredations of nuuioroo tone ii evns mi a culm liriglu sabbath afternoon in the nfiiremiul summer wiien judge v nml in fa mily evith tim exception of his daughter catharine and nn old indisposed female slave wore attending service in lhe village church not n breath tli turbed the serenity of the atmosphere — noi a sound proianod llie bbc red blillnebs ofthe dny ; the limes were dangerous nnd i'tithnnno horsed u ml lhe old slave kepi in llie house uuiil the return nf the fam ily from church a rap evns heard ie lie t'rniii door " surely nul catharine in lhe slave mhe family have not yel come inline ; church ennnnl be dismissed the rup evas repealed i evill.ee who it is said catharine as ana ran up alaira in to the armory on open the window nnd look ing down she saw six men standing nt llio front dr.or und on the opposite side of the street three of evhom she knew were lories who lornu-rlv res ded in the village their nnmea were van zandt finley nnd sheldon lhe oilier three were stran gers but she had reason in believe ihem in lie of the same political stamp from the company in which she found lb in van zandt wb n notorioua character nnd the number nnd enormity ol hi crime hnd rendered his name iiil'nmnus in that vicinity not n murder or a robbery wnb committed williin mile of s hint he did not get lhc credil nl planning or execu ting tho characters of finley uml sheldon wore nlso deeply tained with crime hut van zand wns a muster spirit in iniquity i'he appearance nf such chnrncters under such circumstance must have been truly nlnrming to n young lady nf cath arine's nge if not to nny lady young or old bul catharine v possessed her father's spirit of lln limes van zandt wa standing on thc step rap ping nt the door while his companions were talk ing in a whisper on lhe opposite side of lho street ia judge v al home asked van audi evhen he saw catharine at tho evindow above •' he is not aid she " we have business of pressing importance evilh him nnd 1 1 you will open lho door said vim zand " we will evnlk in nud remain ill ho return ." " nu said calhiirino " when ho wool lo church bo left purlieu hi r directions not tn huvo the door opened till he returned you had bolter call when church i dismissed " no i'll be d — d if we do retorted he " eve will culer now or never impossible replied she you cannot enter until lie returns " opon lhe door cried he or eve'll break il down and burn you nnd ihe in use up logeihor — si living ho threw himself wilh all lhe force he p,,-s"sse,l ugain.t the door at ihe same limn call ing upon hi companions lo nssi.l him the door however resisted his effort do nut attempt thnt again suid catharine or yuu arc a dead man a lho same lime pro smiling from the window a heavy horseman pis tol ready cooked a the sight of this formidable weapon ihe enm panions of van zandt who had erossod lho street ot hi call retreated " what ! " criod llieir leader " you d d enev nrds are you frightened nl lho threats nf a girl nnd again he hire himself violently ngnin.t llie door tho eves|)..n evas immediately discharged nnd van zandt fell above tlif il,„.r nnrl nppnrnnllv recontiniiering llis i . i . * s il mas 1 ' i , , 1 . ■\ ' -. . i'l , object has now i'll i lit hi i loin lhe " iirnii'l v !-!■»• *-. i".'l"il n well in i lr i muiket and rosiimerl lioj phlce by i 1 a window knei'liiio upon lho l!,,or sha in i lln imu/.ir ofthe woapon nntho window s,,!l between ihe curtains and inking deliliernte aim sin fired whal ll i i l,.,,l produced lie ktieee n i lull saw several iii.-ii in iri)i,io 0u | ,,| tlia liaiii hy llio s.itn door ihey liml entered the repi .' ugnui broughl hor father anil ins workmen lo tli house nml in going into tin barn ihe o*oad b,,rjv l finley lay n|iini the floor catharine v afterwards married ie captain uf llii continental nrtnv nml she mill livi-s ilia honored mother of n numerous and respect hie line ll lll'*n-.-|llllllllh i'll old house ih ubo " 111 llll lainl oflhe living nnd ium !»•, n ilu soom of many a prank ofthe writer ol ilus lale in llm heyday of mischievous boyhood —»♦*»— from shelle posthumous prose the glaciers of boiison — in lho evening i u'imu hiiii dueree my giride the only lolora i die poraou i have seen in ilu country to eis i il llii l„,*ii-r of bnihsotr tin glacier likn ihnl f muntnnvcrl come close lo ilu vale over hanging lhc groon meadows and ihn ilierl wood with il dazzling whiteness i n preeipices ninl pinnacle i whioh are like spires nf rndianl orvstal covered with net-work nf frneiod silver tbese glaciers llnw perpetually nu the volley ravaging i in their ulieev but irresistible progress thu pobiuroa uml ihn forests evhich siirriiunilrtl llu'ln perform ing n work of desolation in no which ii rivur ol lava nne accomplish in nu hour imi fur more ir retrievably ; lor where the ibo hns onco descended ihe hnrdiest plitnt refuses t grow if even as tn some cxlrunriliiiriry inslnnce kit hih.ui,i recede nfler its progress has mice coninieaced the glaciers perpetually innvi niiwnnl ill iii rato nf n fool ourli dnv wiih n motion ilmt enmntenea at lie spot where on the boundaries of perpetual ci igihitnui i they nn pniiliiccd hv the freezing nl thn wmora which arise from id partial melting 1 1 llio eternal snows they drag evith l ham from lha regions evhence thoy derive their origin nil lh ruins ol llio u oiiniai ,,, cnnriiin.in rock inul immense aecuinulj tions of mind uud slones these urn driven on words by the irresistible stream ol solid ice and when thoy arrive hi a declivity of llie mountain sufficiently rapid roll down scattering ruin i saev nuc of those rocks which hnd descended in lho sprit ir ' wintit here is thi mi.ison of silence and safety evhich measured forty feel in every di rection the verge of n glucier like ihul of lloisson presents the most vivid imngc of desolation thai it is possible o conceive no one dure lo approach il ; lor the enormous pinnacles of ice evhich per po.unlly fiill nro perpetually reproduced the nines oflhe forest which hound il on one extremity are overthroevn and shattered lo a wide extent al us luiso there is something inexpressibly dread ful in the nspect of the few branchless trunks evhich nearest the ice rills still s.nnil iu llie up rooted soil the inondoevs perish ovorwnelmed evilh sand nnd sloi.es will i llus lust yenr those glaciers have advanced three hundred feel into tho valley knussere the naturalist says lhal ibey have iheir periods of increase nud decay ; the peo ple nf the country hold nu opinion entirely dillo ■out ; but ns i judge more probable il in ngrocd hy ull ihnt lhe su,,w on the summit of mount lllanc and llio neighboring mountains perpetually nog mollis nud that ico in the form of glnciers sub siils wiihool melting in lhe valley of chomouni during its transient and variable summer if the snnw which produces ihis glacier must r.tigment nnd the heut oflhe valley is no uihi.icii lo lhe per petunl existence of such masses of ice as have nl rendy descended into it the consequence is obvi ous the glnciers must augment ami will subsist ut blast until ihev hnve overllowoil ibis vale i will not pursue million's sublime lint gloomy theory — that this globe which wo inhabit will nt hume fu ture per i he changed into n muss of frost by the ciicrnachmnnta of the polar ice nnd of that pro iluced on lho most olevaleil points of the earth do you who ussi'n the supremacy of llhriuian imagine bim throned among inns dcsolniing shown among these palaces of death nod frosl so scul|i lured in t'as their terrible magnificence by the i .--■who have perused the iqltcrs above referred lo will observe thnt in almost every case thoy attest the i ,,■-, that mm inconvenience or nny w»n attuttrla the to king of the-m medicines in ordinary cases but thai tl b pitiont without teeliiifj ihoir operation is universally )■■(! iii i stronger anil bettor btate nl health than w pxponeneed previous lo beine afll'cted with ilihoase nnd iii nil coses id acute suffering jreat relief is ob • lined in '> few hours and a cure is generally effected in two or throe rtavs fn cases nl plivesr of overy description nnd nil !. i'n him alleo ins if i c tr ■(•••-■- i rv for me to my aught ■i believe the l.ll'i l-rihcls'kd ar now univer admitted »<» be the in a sneedy mil oftectual c ■vi rn in alt di thai clas -. v and correcili others hot iho i,,ie species do.-s -,, accord no to j pn ortcd si lollar per square of 1140 rm or fif ilu different period ,,(' its growth ui which the | irrn lines nl ihis 1 ' y ; ■• for tlie iir insertion plant s removed from the ground and vi cents ibr ,■„• intin i"*ourt and judicial s wn n herbaceous plant is suffered to growun advertisements will bs charged ih t per cenl more than ,-, „ nm mb , ured j „„,., k „ m hauau the soil lie iih'ivc price a il«'-)iiction nl li 1 . per cent from ■. . , . - , the regular pr t will i tide in yearly advertisers ""' r '' "'"" "'"'" " '■fmim before us seed ire a hen ,•„,,', ik.etn in ibr publication mu«t havo the matured all herbaceous plain therefore when ,' r it time marked on them or tbey will i ir cut in their green state thai is be re thoy have ted til forbid and charged for accordingly matured iheir seeds exhaust the sod less than letter addressed lo the editors on business must bo when . thev remain until ihev have ripened their i when used in it green xlmusting iu llie ngricuh inch ii belong ; but lho remain upon th ground ice is is one of the motel i cultivated amongst us j i ami other i bv lhe larger or smaller i the cuiisuinptinn of them used in maintaining the lain is sultered lo mature inrt ol these seeds is enr it afford when eons lined un of manure tu the liirm id boon oui down before it nd been iii thut state cun us it is evilh llie turnip plant is with us sown be ■first sohsoii ll limns n forth n large system ol neving season it puts forth fl levers and the seeds pre midsummer if this plan lge of its growth ; that is irge leaves and formed its led by animals it reliirns ire ; but if it remains tin growth then the consuvnp es returns senrce any ma rool have apparently lieen itritinn to the lluwer stem i n lint in order to brine u ity by the perfecting ol ity of the nutrient mailer p by it than when it i advanced stages when e nre sutler sl to arrive ul ly mo-e exhausters of the lhan when ihey nre cut en ; nnd if those seed nre ied od ihe farm iho crops in us evell a of the ground cm were lhe ripened nod lo lhe soil il may be il give buck lo it nil the ad been derived from it e employed for many pur carried oil lho farm evhich hi is done iu evliole or in i are in hii eminent degree ns evell as of the soil on nls from their mode of are more favorable lo the elher plains the cereal closely togclhor nnd no partially the eradication ir.itdo lo tho growl h and nin such plants as iue tur e grnwn ut h considerable r and ndmil of tillage du hose broad leave lend to niigor plants les in view certain rule jm for lhe order in which tivalion in a country shall he same ground of plants of ihe snino or follow in hiiceehsiun but interval as the enso will f plants whose mode ol nnd lo lhe production ol i 9ticc-*a.inn re admits ol lhc destriic itivnted when we cultivate odiicliiin of weed and rjsumption return in lhe of manure hall lie culti nl lo maintain or increase is in lie laid lo grn this nil is fertile and cloan the i uk uk'>.«'i\i.s m • * i * i ■i ■j i * \ ■■rnltof in alltttinns of lie liver und dowels hh ihis -......■prove < in hiinrfrwls of cams whero potiontu havn i iin t.ir-.virl and i t|'ii>-'ti'il thnt iheir experience in rik i mo them mi thi bu pultli-'h'd iir the benefit ol niher-a i.i their opit'ition i'i mi.'i case thoy reatoro the lone nf the s i mi ifi .-' i '■!!': i ; i ii the l fpb*ivo orpana ami ' inviifirate the eonnril tunctictn ol the whole body and mn become cu l>.-i i ■s fir they •!.-■pcrfi uhptpil tn each in invaluable means of preventing z •' ■'■tn l i '*.*■'■'. in 1 : i z\i l*orlic;il in i::ilinnil mki oltlbnt ii im.i it lummiei nthim th dawn is breaking o'er us inv t in ifd-ehon it ijm lien f whot'ier nee mipnnind witiri mn and giddine r marked by thu eriovpus cnlami ry ■•.! hnpslrrvi ineutaj energy in palpitations of thu ' i'i ilu'-'ii , in - "' i - uie find iiri-niith uml the mulii ilinil v ii'1'ir-i uf dii-mrd rori diffosribn thr . m ■'■**■'• lvios will be found t ■>•■>-.•*-*• tbe'mosl pilui i y uifluarv i ■titud-ip relayed wnak pr docn^sidf in nfftn r ".'.."•■i ii ier i'i immediate influonc-q of thr mfe 1r0ku.\rs old cnujrhn nsilimah and con iinji'm s'lii iir poon relieved and «] lily cured i'iu'-t •;" mon j n'i'l i"ui itfii litnba will ere lone mnet the hnpn-iw chanff the chill wat'uy fluid will i viitir neh nn it luinie mi tho limb be covered w ai flesh tinn and h->|f iv the dawn is breaking o'er us see heaven hath caught i'n hun '. wi f inv'ti long liflhi before ns what sport shall wo puraui ! the hunt o'er hill and lea 7 the sml o'er summer sea .' oh let not hour so sweet unwing'd by pleasure fleet *!' ie daw n is breaking o'er us sim h fay en hath caught its hlie we've day's n r lighl before us what h|h>rt shall we ptirsua ' but bee while we're deciding what morning sport to play the dial's hand is gliding and morn hath passed away ah u-hom have thought thst noon wuuld o'er us steal so sooti thai morn's sweet hour ot prune \\ ould last so short a time . hut come we've dny before on still heaven looks bright and blue quick quick e'er eve conies o'er us what sport shall we pursue ! alas why thus delaying we're now at evening's hour lis farewell beam is playing o'er lull and wave and bowor xarvou disorder i'f ry ki ' mh f n whatever i pir ul '.•'■' i--l.ii the efl.wts il i'i ik ijfk mh ') i " \!' '. . , ' ill that irtii nf sinkings anxieties nml ire totire v'no o.dr^adlulli atlec the weak the so il titan , *,., i i ... iplica'te will in ■» shhrl time be sue . ■■■i *.| by r'i ■iri line *», i | i nvery press ;•■of hen ith !•' ir weakn^a defi**i«»ney ol natural strength an-1 r •' ixation dl th n yessnls by t > > frequent in lulgepce i vi passions this medicine is a alg certuiu and in ■ituable remedy l'bnse who have long resided in hot climates nml are languid nnd relaxed in their whole svstem may rake the life medicines with the happiest et j •*'■<"--; and persoqs removing io the southern plates nr vesi indies cannot store a more important article of health nm lite thnt light wo thought would last behold ev'n now tin past ; ami all uur morning dreams huve vanishm with its beams ii.it come twero vain to borrow a lesson from this lay for man will be to-morrow just whut he's been to-day most rcceoto^b tin lr ' h i h h i j^"*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h ' ' ~™ i — "^^ ' ■^ , t , ssh 11 |' s^m in heui , ii , . which ire ''"' pro.lueodsj lhe llii-h which in or ie 1,,,'lih nre consumed by animals on the ground on evhiclib uu ,'„„-■""'< '«■«»'-■■' <*<* hl m very k "'■lectimposiiigh mutters to ili'h may be im-h p nalureh '< distinguished ,,,.,„ — , i m the — ' . >■cnlinteractedb conversion , s'lhslaneiib — iiui.h willi i upon i the fertile not 1 agncul-b lieu the p havch ic uexiiaiisteil be c'l.tivii.iuii niidii c ir iigiiwaeh severe tbe i w inch winch ipilll the hfl !!,.'■,', f.er s <' , i e ii ch ,., that lal i alt lideil hilhh . s hell the lei-h , he h'l-h .-■■«::' i a o re s w ,,' perceptible n i„l w f!sstz ■'- h n-less ; , lams u.crei.se and nol those which at *> - - *- "" ' ' *"""";;' "' i "" i '*'" ) «%,■i ;"'\ '" i "°« n "; m '' ';— 1 le dashing z the cold wler . this will ... , „.„ , , '.,, -•,,.,' ,"„. m there is nothinji i/mr wnen proper y bid down lo gra therefore leawciewn nasiim n ins emu . r cvn tri ''"-'• ds o r^olor its wasicd power of production broi-enllhe '^ u i '?|^'«^ e 1 i ""' '" ll -"; 1 | | nol nr perly hnd down ba less of ihi heal , irom being ho and feverish inisidcs ronde ng the " tv if i ! h-..i mav be more full of weeds and j process of milking much neater milk will clean r """"' norichw when plouahcd up again afier a lone i bauds the whole bus.ne-sof milking is frequent • r miuip'iv habits r i i r u .„ x r o„d m',na<re-mv conducled iii such n slovenly manner that the the life me licioe p , >. - w erhil efficacy in n when first laid down i nder e ■■» •£ - f foo(i . ... i,-.,r.!.t h i e-.w",k,,.-.-.h"ii ment , however the l.yiugdowu ol cu heated land mim u y milked while eating her fod andlownessolspiriuvl b«.olsight.confosedthouel.ii ,„ k „„ „ nf j mher herbage plants to ik cnn.umed 1 1 * '"* *?"""'" "* ™ """ h , , \ d , wideringof l n i vapors l melancholy nd 11 d -, „ ,„,.„„ „,- r ,., lin , ,|.„ «, ,|, „,, 1 ier a mn ™'"« "^ n t *"*, ™« jsj^tfjd kind of hysteric c plaint re gr ily r trod by p •» ■f ,..,.,.„., ; and this mode ■* mt"««l »" rt f 1 ■• *■"-«« «' m « " "» *^ * ' r ' l siekn tba h ffctulencibs or r " en | oxlll|llsl l „ h w „| o,g always at the ■uniformly by ibe same jeraon m.ik without i in the , 1 lpow"rf„l jpun j e e"ij,,pp|i m ionw b « »"«* omilk »'» cow "" »" - • ,, i thev le,ve„„itl,eir.'i|,cilui the world coinmnuu oi in i r '' . . ., . ,, ' possible roraddilionalp.r.icul.r.oflh..tovel hciww '" p r ' ' t r , and re to bo milked by diffiren hands 1 dillerenl m".ls -,, i s,„.r,t„n a cay of which nccom i poorer soils reipure mw " "„..'„. , im es , .- day in n slow interrupted gompptng psniesthci hcinej s copy csn alw.ys i btamedof vnlion more than those which ore naturally pr mann , r aflh mvitlk „„, o lh e mtlk m he u.l.ler ■*■-......, a ts who have the ine.licinol.ir sale ducl.vc j „„ ivom l,r onrliesl vim min the lies cow in the world preach oermsn snd spanish d reetino c*n be ob jhe ox|ienrnce of liu-linndmon irom tlio earliest mi t i rf e times u - 1 •„,:. , 1 se office 378 h,,adu„y | ti j sh „ wn ,„., e same liind of p ln,„sea < ws will yieh i mo e m ilk >"*^™»> n ml ., r eimmediste attention , ,,„, ,,, af | vail a g eously cullivn.ed in continued sue ihe day ban if milked but i^ofcwhh t • s c 1 . - adsflldby william b mdfkat h7 r „^ imk t | 1h t„me or sunil i's r e tend lo grow b done we would advise ,.. during he s.immor hr k.llv new v , i \ liberal d ne.de ... j , „„ i „. rn , ( , > or ,,.,..,,,„.. m subject to on not only a n mutter of economy but a «',,. purchtti h g*in dise.-.cs when cull vat.-d biccessively upon he kindness to the cow 1 he q.mnhly of milk ac i ,.. .,,..,„.,„,,. „ t „ y it be hsd -,. sny s5j2t dillereni causes have been assigned mutated , hiring . ong summer day cannot lee ol * ine | „, rv own throughoulthe t^es^mbr ihis degoneimliett ; bul what erwise then painful it has ho . lemleocy lo - s,„es snd i nadas k for mofrst . i.ife i'y physiologies i r inis «» , , n ., llr . r lll0 lhr ,. r h i and feverish and of course imi l pi x 11 er 1 be ure ihn . lac sirnihe r ver opinion mnylk form-d rnmril uig^li . . „ n u a uhy tennessee farmer re is upon h.e 1 1 i ch lm ,. s from the oh-***rvcd fact il.*?rt rc-ul.ee i he in : wu li rule which forms ihe basis of a svstem f rep at i „ ,, nil x ,[„ s „ re f ,!„■pcw . 0 ,„ handj -.-,,,,, i oi eroie narnelv il.'.l i » '' , , .> \' z cuouolt.d ikk hi a imru ,„,„,, a sa,„e '" e l l to pi sou f.v l hou in 1 further lhe same rato veu thus far extended th.l tlie same species i or old agricultural the report evns heard al tho church and male adamantine bund of necessity nnd thnt he ensts and females ot once rushed out lo ascertain tlie | around him ns ibo first essays of bis final usurpa cause | tion avalanches torrents roclis nnd thunders and on looking towards the residence of ludgrcv ! ulmve all these deadly glaciers nl onco lhe proof they perceived fivo m"ii running at full speed to i and symbols of his rrign — nd.i lo ibis ilu degra whom lhc judge's negroes and s,v iral others gave j dation of the human species — wbo in these re chase and from an upper window of bis residence gions are half deformed or idiotic and mosl of a hbndkerchinf was waving as if beckoning for md whom are deprived of nny thing ibut can excite all rushed inward the place and upon ilu-ir ;,, interest or iidu.irnlion this is part of the subject rival van zandt was in the agonies qf death he moro mournful and less sublime ; but such as ne s'iii retained strength to acknowledge that ihey the the poet nor the philosopher should disdain lo bad long contemplated robbing thnl bouse nnd hnd regard frequently been concenlnd in the neighborhood for j perilous voyage on v«dno-ilay of this that purpose hut no opportunity ud offered until wr ek ns we are informed i'mruk m'l'uilrcy re thai dnv when lying concenled in lhe woods ihey , j j n , „!„„„ f r m j|e s up il,e river from this city saw the judge and his fiimily going lo church together with bis wife nud two children slam 1 on the body oflhe dead lory wastaken and buried a visit to a neighbor u short distune up lhe river hy the sex n oflhe church a he hud no relation j reach the place of their tlr**t£mtlt,/l by ibe in ihnt vicinity mosl direci route it was necessary to cross whal after an nbsenee of two hours or thereabouts ,,, ,„, or.luinry stage of waler is an ineoimiilera ihe negroes returned having succeeded in rap.iir hie creek or marsh hut wbnt was then owing to ing l'"inly and one oflhe strangers who were thai ' n swollen tsintn uf tbe ccnucssce a consider nighl confined and ibo nnti morning nt lhe ear ble abeet of water tcf facilitate ibe passage over nesi solicitnlion of judu v , libernled on ihe a rude rnfl was constructed consisting of three promise of amending iheir lives slabs nod an old door on which the fnmile embark it was in the month of october of the same year ed from some mismanagement probably ihe catharine v was sitting by an upper bach : raft receded i iverwnrd so far lis lo feel the impulse window of her fallu-r's house kiulting though nu , of the current giving decided indications of yield tumn lhc wonlher wns mild end the window wns ing to the laevs of gravitation by u sail down its hoisted about three inches aboul sixty or seven j nngry evnlers in this emergency the man threw ly feet from the rear of the house wns lhe burn.n himself from lhc hunt iu the hope of finding a fool huge old fashioned edifice with upper and lowii bold thnt would enable him in command it wilh his folding doors ihe lower doors were closed and in bands bill ihu water was loo deep for this and ns eidentally casting her eyes towards iho bam she bo disappeared beneath it the r.ifi proceeded down saw a small back door on a range aih lhe front | stream with an accelerated speed hearing oil lus door and lhe window nt which in wns sitting i wife and children gaining lhe surface and lho open nnd a numbor ol men enter * tlio occur shore mr m'c pursued on land nlier his tenor renoe ot ihe summer immediately presented itself stricken fumily n distance i.l n mile nnd a half to her mind nud ihe fact that ber keillor und the and wilhin fearful proximity in ihn dam at the lln other males of the family were at work in the field pills wbou a boal wns opportunely hurried lo iheir erne distant from the bouse led ber lo suspect rescue three minutes inure und iheir situnlmn lhat that opportunity had been improved probably would have been hopeless ns their de*cen over lhe by somo of van zaudt's friends lo plundor nnd re dam would hovo swept ibom from thei frail con verge hit de,mh coocculing herself thciefore vavance to „ watery grave all ihipgs e.imsider tkeabom medicines mny be had ef crete 4t boger,of ihis tmen agents for the proprietor ralurbory j.p '.' 1640
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1840-03-27 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1840 |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 41 |
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United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1840-03-27 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1840 |
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the western caroliniain yttt dbletlatw to thk uwited statbs hv rilk niih i'kiiiiiiii i kii ue it to the statb9 m beikrvbd to tin m en krbpioti 1:1 v iik i'n nm pkiii-i.i t i ml me tits to thc constitution article a li acjstin & c p fisher i lilor racial l'ropri-4 tors ) < no xi i or vol xx i whole no i osi salisbury n c march 27 1840 who avaiii better e.-rfctejitect would roftr tbe reading public to the numerous voluntary letters publtnhed recently in tins paper n l in the-xsood samaritan relative to the happy ami bonellcial effect nl tho adminintrotibn of m»if\\rs life pills xnp i'uk.mx bitters terms j till u i ii:il i miomma.v tlir western carolinian is published overy pri mv ut two dollars per annum it paid in advance nr two dollari and fifty cents if not paid before the ex piration of three months no paper will ba discontinued until ill arrearages nr paid unless al the discretion of tlie bettors ; pnd a failure to notify the editor a of i wish to discontinue osh month before thn end of n year will be consider ed as i n w engagement slmll recur nt a-i distant intervals or tho t-nurse to eireiiowltinccn will allow all ht'rl.,u:i'i>ii plants whote produce i earrieil nil the ground whirh produch linn may ix mid i exhaust tbo il upon « hich lhaj itut nil such plants 1 not exhaust tip nil in lha ami 1 l rim f.ir after soma species ilu nnl is been t l>o intirn impoverished than after other ami uui only ho different ipecie of plants <-\ haust tho nl ui a greater u lr ilrjn than miscellaneous ! hehim lie i ui t un u n.irrtv.vlv ui*l,e,i the-r litiomuuciith sin miw a im-ih hi-tiil l.iujy rising from t/u stall n ls!ii,i.l.t^^.^^^^^^m an incident ok riii itr.viii.i;ri(in^h in the summer of 177,1 during one f the durlm e-i perinda ol our rovolutionsrj btruggle in tli then siiiull ullage ol s though it now hours ul more dignified title iiiilus sinn lived judge v — i • a t the it,u,e-i iiiiii iruost patriots within th-l lillllls ofthe " old thirteen 1 und deep in llie eou-l tide i washington like inoal m*n of lusl ume iiiid substance lie luid furnished himscll with arm end ammunition sufficient .'■arm the null — i ...' lus huiisehidd these consisted of himself throel sons nnd about twenty five negroes the female part of hi house consisied of ins evifo one daugh ter catharine nboui 18 year nf nee the heroine of our inle nnd several slaves lu ihe second lo ry of hi dwelling li.iuse immediately eor llio front door wns b mull room called lhe armory in which the arm were dapoaited nml elwaya hep readv fur nuuioilinie use aboul tlie time nt wliieh we introduce nur story iho niuolihnrhood of iho village waa much annoyed by the nocturnal prowl ing tend depredations of nuuioroo tone ii evns mi a culm liriglu sabbath afternoon in the nfiiremiul summer wiien judge v nml in fa mily evith tim exception of his daughter catharine and nn old indisposed female slave wore attending service in lhe village church not n breath tli turbed the serenity of the atmosphere — noi a sound proianod llie bbc red blillnebs ofthe dny ; the limes were dangerous nnd i'tithnnno horsed u ml lhe old slave kepi in llie house uuiil the return nf the fam ily from church a rap evns heard ie lie t'rniii door " surely nul catharine in lhe slave mhe family have not yel come inline ; church ennnnl be dismissed the rup evas repealed i evill.ee who it is said catharine as ana ran up alaira in to the armory on open the window nnd look ing down she saw six men standing nt llio front dr.or und on the opposite side of the street three of evhom she knew were lories who lornu-rlv res ded in the village their nnmea were van zandt finley nnd sheldon lhe oilier three were stran gers but she had reason in believe ihem in lie of the same political stamp from the company in which she found lb in van zandt wb n notorioua character nnd the number nnd enormity ol hi crime hnd rendered his name iiil'nmnus in that vicinity not n murder or a robbery wnb committed williin mile of s hint he did not get lhc credil nl planning or execu ting tho characters of finley uml sheldon wore nlso deeply tained with crime hut van zand wns a muster spirit in iniquity i'he appearance nf such chnrncters under such circumstance must have been truly nlnrming to n young lady nf cath arine's nge if not to nny lady young or old bul catharine v possessed her father's spirit of lln limes van zandt wa standing on thc step rap ping nt the door while his companions were talk ing in a whisper on lhe opposite side of lho street ia judge v al home asked van audi evhen he saw catharine at tho evindow above •' he is not aid she " we have business of pressing importance evilh him nnd 1 1 you will open lho door said vim zand " we will evnlk in nud remain ill ho return ." " nu said calhiirino " when ho wool lo church bo left purlieu hi r directions not tn huvo the door opened till he returned you had bolter call when church i dismissed " no i'll be d — d if we do retorted he " eve will culer now or never impossible replied she you cannot enter until lie returns " opon lhe door cried he or eve'll break il down and burn you nnd ihe in use up logeihor — si living ho threw himself wilh all lhe force he p,,-s"sse,l ugain.t the door at ihe same limn call ing upon hi companions lo nssi.l him the door however resisted his effort do nut attempt thnt again suid catharine or yuu arc a dead man a lho same lime pro smiling from the window a heavy horseman pis tol ready cooked a the sight of this formidable weapon ihe enm panions of van zandt who had erossod lho street ot hi call retreated " what ! " criod llieir leader " you d d enev nrds are you frightened nl lho threats nf a girl nnd again he hire himself violently ngnin.t llie door tho eves|)..n evas immediately discharged nnd van zandt fell above tlif il,„.r nnrl nppnrnnllv recontiniiering llis i . i . * s il mas 1 ' i , , 1 . ■\ ' -. . i'l , object has now i'll i lit hi i loin lhe " iirnii'l v !-!■»• *-. i".'l"il n well in i lr i muiket and rosiimerl lioj phlce by i 1 a window knei'liiio upon lho l!,,or sha in i lln imu/.ir ofthe woapon nntho window s,,!l between ihe curtains and inking deliliernte aim sin fired whal ll i i l,.,,l produced lie ktieee n i lull saw several iii.-ii in iri)i,io 0u | ,,| tlia liaiii hy llio s.itn door ihey liml entered the repi .' ugnui broughl hor father anil ins workmen lo tli house nml in going into tin barn ihe o*oad b,,rjv l finley lay n|iini the floor catharine v afterwards married ie captain uf llii continental nrtnv nml she mill livi-s ilia honored mother of n numerous and respect hie line ll lll'*n-.-|llllllllh i'll old house ih ubo " 111 llll lainl oflhe living nnd ium !»•, n ilu soom of many a prank ofthe writer ol ilus lale in llm heyday of mischievous boyhood —»♦*»— from shelle posthumous prose the glaciers of boiison — in lho evening i u'imu hiiii dueree my giride the only lolora i die poraou i have seen in ilu country to eis i il llii l„,*ii-r of bnihsotr tin glacier likn ihnl f muntnnvcrl come close lo ilu vale over hanging lhc groon meadows and ihn ilierl wood with il dazzling whiteness i n preeipices ninl pinnacle i whioh are like spires nf rndianl orvstal covered with net-work nf frneiod silver tbese glaciers llnw perpetually nu the volley ravaging i in their ulieev but irresistible progress thu pobiuroa uml ihn forests evhich siirriiunilrtl llu'ln perform ing n work of desolation in no which ii rivur ol lava nne accomplish in nu hour imi fur more ir retrievably ; lor where the ibo hns onco descended ihe hnrdiest plitnt refuses t grow if even as tn some cxlrunriliiiriry inslnnce kit hih.ui,i recede nfler its progress has mice coninieaced the glaciers perpetually innvi niiwnnl ill iii rato nf n fool ourli dnv wiih n motion ilmt enmntenea at lie spot where on the boundaries of perpetual ci igihitnui i they nn pniiliiccd hv the freezing nl thn wmora which arise from id partial melting 1 1 llio eternal snows they drag evith l ham from lha regions evhence thoy derive their origin nil lh ruins ol llio u oiiniai ,,, cnnriiin.in rock inul immense aecuinulj tions of mind uud slones these urn driven on words by the irresistible stream ol solid ice and when thoy arrive hi a declivity of llie mountain sufficiently rapid roll down scattering ruin i saev nuc of those rocks which hnd descended in lho sprit ir ' wintit here is thi mi.ison of silence and safety evhich measured forty feel in every di rection the verge of n glucier like ihul of lloisson presents the most vivid imngc of desolation thai it is possible o conceive no one dure lo approach il ; lor the enormous pinnacles of ice evhich per po.unlly fiill nro perpetually reproduced the nines oflhe forest which hound il on one extremity are overthroevn and shattered lo a wide extent al us luiso there is something inexpressibly dread ful in the nspect of the few branchless trunks evhich nearest the ice rills still s.nnil iu llie up rooted soil the inondoevs perish ovorwnelmed evilh sand nnd sloi.es will i llus lust yenr those glaciers have advanced three hundred feel into tho valley knussere the naturalist says lhal ibey have iheir periods of increase nud decay ; the peo ple nf the country hold nu opinion entirely dillo ■out ; but ns i judge more probable il in ngrocd hy ull ihnt lhe su,,w on the summit of mount lllanc and llio neighboring mountains perpetually nog mollis nud that ico in the form of glnciers sub siils wiihool melting in lhe valley of chomouni during its transient and variable summer if the snnw which produces ihis glacier must r.tigment nnd the heut oflhe valley is no uihi.icii lo lhe per petunl existence of such masses of ice as have nl rendy descended into it the consequence is obvi ous the glnciers must augment ami will subsist ut blast until ihev hnve overllowoil ibis vale i will not pursue million's sublime lint gloomy theory — that this globe which wo inhabit will nt hume fu ture per i he changed into n muss of frost by the ciicrnachmnnta of the polar ice nnd of that pro iluced on lho most olevaleil points of the earth do you who ussi'n the supremacy of llhriuian imagine bim throned among inns dcsolniing shown among these palaces of death nod frosl so scul|i lured in t'as their terrible magnificence by the i .--■who have perused the iqltcrs above referred lo will observe thnt in almost every case thoy attest the i ,,■-, that mm inconvenience or nny w»n attuttrla the to king of the-m medicines in ordinary cases but thai tl b pitiont without teeliiifj ihoir operation is universally )■■(! iii i stronger anil bettor btate nl health than w pxponeneed previous lo beine afll'cted with ilihoase nnd iii nil coses id acute suffering jreat relief is ob • lined in '> few hours and a cure is generally effected in two or throe rtavs fn cases nl plivesr of overy description nnd nil !. i'n him alleo ins if i c tr ■(•••-■- i rv for me to my aught ■i believe the l.ll'i l-rihcls'kd ar now univer admitted »<» be the in a sneedy mil oftectual c ■vi rn in alt di thai clas -. v and correcili others hot iho i,,ie species do.-s -,, accord no to j pn ortcd si lollar per square of 1140 rm or fif ilu different period ,,(' its growth ui which the | irrn lines nl ihis 1 ' y ; ■• for tlie iir insertion plant s removed from the ground and vi cents ibr ,■„• intin i"*ourt and judicial s wn n herbaceous plant is suffered to growun advertisements will bs charged ih t per cenl more than ,-, „ nm mb , ured j „„,., k „ m hauau the soil lie iih'ivc price a il«'-)iiction nl li 1 . per cent from ■. . , . - , the regular pr t will i tide in yearly advertisers ""' r '' "'"" "'"'" " '■fmim before us seed ire a hen ,•„,,', ik.etn in ibr publication mu«t havo the matured all herbaceous plain therefore when ,' r it time marked on them or tbey will i ir cut in their green state thai is be re thoy have ted til forbid and charged for accordingly matured iheir seeds exhaust the sod less than letter addressed lo the editors on business must bo when . thev remain until ihev have ripened their i when used in it green xlmusting iu llie ngricuh inch ii belong ; but lho remain upon th ground ice is is one of the motel i cultivated amongst us j i ami other i bv lhe larger or smaller i the cuiisuinptinn of them used in maintaining the lain is sultered lo mature inrt ol these seeds is enr it afford when eons lined un of manure tu the liirm id boon oui down before it nd been iii thut state cun us it is evilh llie turnip plant is with us sown be ■first sohsoii ll limns n forth n large system ol neving season it puts forth fl levers and the seeds pre midsummer if this plan lge of its growth ; that is irge leaves and formed its led by animals it reliirns ire ; but if it remains tin growth then the consuvnp es returns senrce any ma rool have apparently lieen itritinn to the lluwer stem i n lint in order to brine u ity by the perfecting ol ity of the nutrient mailer p by it than when it i advanced stages when e nre sutler sl to arrive ul ly mo-e exhausters of the lhan when ihey nre cut en ; nnd if those seed nre ied od ihe farm iho crops in us evell a of the ground cm were lhe ripened nod lo lhe soil il may be il give buck lo it nil the ad been derived from it e employed for many pur carried oil lho farm evhich hi is done iu evliole or in i are in hii eminent degree ns evell as of the soil on nls from their mode of are more favorable lo the elher plains the cereal closely togclhor nnd no partially the eradication ir.itdo lo tho growl h and nin such plants as iue tur e grnwn ut h considerable r and ndmil of tillage du hose broad leave lend to niigor plants les in view certain rule jm for lhe order in which tivalion in a country shall he same ground of plants of ihe snino or follow in hiiceehsiun but interval as the enso will f plants whose mode ol nnd lo lhe production ol i 9ticc-*a.inn re admits ol lhc destriic itivnted when we cultivate odiicliiin of weed and rjsumption return in lhe of manure hall lie culti nl lo maintain or increase is in lie laid lo grn this nil is fertile and cloan the i uk uk'>.«'i\i.s m • * i * i ■i ■j i * \ ■■rnltof in alltttinns of lie liver und dowels hh ihis -......■prove < in hiinrfrwls of cams whero potiontu havn i iin t.ir-.virl and i t|'ii>-'ti'il thnt iheir experience in rik i mo them mi thi bu pultli-'h'd iir the benefit ol niher-a i.i their opit'ition i'i mi.'i case thoy reatoro the lone nf the s i mi ifi .-' i '■!!': i ; i ii the l fpb*ivo orpana ami ' inviifirate the eonnril tunctictn ol the whole body and mn become cu l>.-i i ■s fir they •!.-■pcrfi uhptpil tn each in invaluable means of preventing z •' ■'■tn l i '*.*■'■'. in 1 : i z\i l*orlic;il in i::ilinnil mki oltlbnt ii im.i it lummiei nthim th dawn is breaking o'er us inv t in ifd-ehon it ijm lien f whot'ier nee mipnnind witiri mn and giddine r marked by thu eriovpus cnlami ry ■•.! hnpslrrvi ineutaj energy in palpitations of thu ' i'i ilu'-'ii , in - "' i - uie find iiri-niith uml the mulii ilinil v ii'1'ir-i uf dii-mrd rori diffosribn thr . m ■'■**■'• lvios will be found t ■>•■>-.•*-*• tbe'mosl pilui i y uifluarv i ■titud-ip relayed wnak pr docn^sidf in nfftn r ".'.."•■i ii ier i'i immediate influonc-q of thr mfe 1r0ku.\rs old cnujrhn nsilimah and con iinji'm s'lii iir poon relieved and «] lily cured i'iu'-t •;" mon j n'i'l i"ui itfii litnba will ere lone mnet the hnpn-iw chanff the chill wat'uy fluid will i viitir neh nn it luinie mi tho limb be covered w ai flesh tinn and h->|f iv the dawn is breaking o'er us see heaven hath caught i'n hun '. wi f inv'ti long liflhi before ns what sport shall wo puraui ! the hunt o'er hill and lea 7 the sml o'er summer sea .' oh let not hour so sweet unwing'd by pleasure fleet *!' ie daw n is breaking o'er us sim h fay en hath caught its hlie we've day's n r lighl before us what h|h>rt shall we ptirsua ' but bee while we're deciding what morning sport to play the dial's hand is gliding and morn hath passed away ah u-hom have thought thst noon wuuld o'er us steal so sooti thai morn's sweet hour ot prune \\ ould last so short a time . hut come we've dny before on still heaven looks bright and blue quick quick e'er eve conies o'er us what sport shall we pursue ! alas why thus delaying we're now at evening's hour lis farewell beam is playing o'er lull and wave and bowor xarvou disorder i'f ry ki ' mh f n whatever i pir ul '.•'■' i--l.ii the efl.wts il i'i ik ijfk mh ') i " \!' '. . , ' ill that irtii nf sinkings anxieties nml ire totire v'no o.dr^adlulli atlec the weak the so il titan , *,., i i ... iplica'te will in ■» shhrl time be sue . ■■■i *.| by r'i ■iri line *», i | i nvery press ;•■of hen ith !•' ir weakn^a defi**i«»ney ol natural strength an-1 r •' ixation dl th n yessnls by t > > frequent in lulgepce i vi passions this medicine is a alg certuiu and in ■ituable remedy l'bnse who have long resided in hot climates nml are languid nnd relaxed in their whole svstem may rake the life medicines with the happiest et j •*'■<"--; and persoqs removing io the southern plates nr vesi indies cannot store a more important article of health nm lite thnt light wo thought would last behold ev'n now tin past ; ami all uur morning dreams huve vanishm with its beams ii.it come twero vain to borrow a lesson from this lay for man will be to-morrow just whut he's been to-day most rcceoto^b tin lr ' h i h h i j^"*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h ' ' ~™ i — "^^ ' ■^ , t , ssh 11 |' s^m in heui , ii , . which ire ''"' pro.lueodsj lhe llii-h which in or ie 1,,,'lih nre consumed by animals on the ground on evhiclib uu ,'„„-■""'< '«■«»'-■■' <*<* hl m very k "'■lectimposiiigh mutters to ili'h may be im-h p nalureh '< distinguished ,,,.,„ — , i m the — ' . >■cnlinteractedb conversion , s'lhslaneiib — iiui.h willi i upon i the fertile not 1 agncul-b lieu the p havch ic uexiiaiisteil be c'l.tivii.iuii niidii c ir iigiiwaeh severe tbe i w inch winch ipilll the hfl !!,.'■,', f.er s <' , i e ii ch ,., that lal i alt lideil hilhh . s hell the lei-h , he h'l-h .-■■«::' i a o re s w ,,' perceptible n i„l w f!sstz ■'- h n-less ; , lams u.crei.se and nol those which at *> - - *- "" ' ' *"""";;' "' i "" i '*'" ) «%,■i ;"'\ '" i "°« n "; m '' ';— 1 le dashing z the cold wler . this will ... , „.„ , , '.,, -•,,.,' ,"„. m there is nothinji i/mr wnen proper y bid down lo gra therefore leawciewn nasiim n ins emu . r cvn tri ''"-'• ds o r^olor its wasicd power of production broi-enllhe '^ u i '?|^'«^ e 1 i ""' '" ll -"; 1 | | nol nr perly hnd down ba less of ihi heal , irom being ho and feverish inisidcs ronde ng the " tv if i ! h-..i mav be more full of weeds and j process of milking much neater milk will clean r """"' norichw when plouahcd up again afier a lone i bauds the whole bus.ne-sof milking is frequent • r miuip'iv habits r i i r u .„ x r o„d m',na |