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hew terms i ti o •• u tchm-.n may hereafier be had l lo dollars in advance and hcodollars and uoj^^ra^ume dt^_s.as-^h lheeditoprs)on«il all arrearages are patd terms of advertisisr ir^!^ofs'>rcen.wil,bcmade.o i ce who advertise by the year ■all advertisements will be contmned nn.il if^7f,-",i;,i;k':(i;:;':v editor most r p leiters dressed ■"■■■■• k r;....,i r . i rtooklviij2i!r * '• '• ! wsprinsr '${ summer i goodg the subscribers i 1 if wing removed to concord are now re f i ceivingand opening in thebrick house west ■.. courthouse iheir i spring and summer goods ■among which arc dry goods hardware cmlery shoes boots ilats bonnets saddlery carriage trimmings crockery pints dyc hfjils medicines i groceries knd a variety of other articles in short it com pri a generel assortment which will be sold v"ry lowlfor cash or to punctual dealers on time b.ve invite old customers and the public in gen jl jl to call and exemine our stock before purchas t elsewhere as we think w can give such bi'^„;.,:;i as will be great inducement to purehas t countrv produce taken in exchange for woods 1 & it winecoff i concord ma 14 1842-1.52 unlock and watch irepj1irwg ijlme subscriber respectfully informs bis old j friends and lhe public generally lhat he is opened a shop in sahsotiry in the above busi iess,in a room directly opposite west's brick uilding in the house of or burns formerly gowned by jno 1 shaver and jusi beluw j &, w irphy in addition to the ahnve the subscriber will carry on il.e silver smith business in all the varieties common in country lowns such as making spoons c and repairing silve ware he begs to assure the public that if punctual attention to business and skillful work will en tiile him to patronage and support he willmer ron woolworth \ valuable property for sale in lexington riytle subscriber is desirous to sell privately at well known business siand in lexing ton n c sisualed a short distance norihof the ('■■ouse formerly occupied by caldcleugh d enbery st co , and at present occupied by t ivard and adams the house is of brick i _■ind commodious containing an excelleni si *_ room and dwelling apartments all under the same roof ittached to the premises are ail di tessary oui-boildiogs those wishing to pur ehas lhe above property will re r re attention - application be made to rew caldcleugh notice ■. . subscriber has opened a pub f^ab ■* h use in mocksville davie pn sjsl county where be is prepared lo ac 4___i_j___b commodate boarders ami travellers i'i a ) . w he opes will prove satisfactory loa ■him wiih their custom — his ibundantly furnished with everj j in the line of provender ■well supplied with a variety of liquors and ge9 will be moderate all riotous and disorderly coudt-c will tie strictly prohibited e r birckhead ; fs . limb i lims ! ! anv quantity of fresh i.une can be had al the iv in of the late joseph williams dec 100 bnshels and over lb cents 40 to ;- t "■io 40 bushels 20 ; unslacked in .' m on rsons wishing lime eiiher at the kiln or v ill either lo j or r ■williams r county n c.p -. a . "" 184 j a net establishment ■mp-ie s;,v>sr.rii'.prs having associated ih«mi i w selves inirpihei for the purpose nf carryincr j r - _ cabinet and ' llii u m.l king ue'.sin '*, i v nffei iheir services lu iheir ■'''>: isand be public it is their purpose to i • e depart mi nte in ill i heir va bri'iii ar n hes and ihey feel confident of givina er uisfaction to ill who may favor ihem i re repairion in iheir line will be i v and on reasonable lerms all in is i country produce will be taken in ex ci ige lu fnrniiure or foi woil done in nrdcr k elliott wm row see n ahjt«si 27d*t isjj — jv5 v b willi he iew nf lessening the cost and ., i'^vc-niiiir ini'onv.-nir-iirii ihe sutisciibers also epon hand a quantity of ready made coffins jl k e & w r _ tob printing neatly done here ngvj|m t_^es_____^____xwoxxtfl^sx^_f£_1_*1irm trinted and plblisfled by ~) . _ ,. _. , , t , , c no cs vot i'm t ( " sec that the government does nol acquire too much power keep a check j xw o > i jjl l vl r_i _\ i . mace c pendleton j vponauytfur rulers do this asd libebt is safe gen'l harrison | pvhole no 5_7 salisbury september 17 1849 from thc newborn spectator the voice of love softly sighing o'er ihe stream the breeze is home along awakening with its melody tha water's plain live song : and as each gently murmuring wave repeats the bn.ken lay how full of pleasing music as its echo dies away ! but when the futinus lempest sweeps with rude j relentless force the bosom uf ihe quiet stream upon its reck less course its waters foaming jn their rage then dash to ward the shoie and howl in fearful chorus with the tempest's ; deapning roar and thus the soul whpn melted by the touching ing words of love would almost seetn inspired with a music from above to echo back the magic tones that tothe voice are given when breathing forth in rapturous strains the hallowed gift of heaven but when anger's taunting words arouse lhe feelings there tbe torture of the wounded heart is more than man can bear ; and lashed to fury by the storm lhat breaks up on the soul will speak the datk the bitter thoughts that rage beyond controul idem from jckcrman's forget me j\"ot the dew-drop the brightest gam cannot surpass the dew drop on a blade of grass : thus natures smallest works combine to herald forth a band divine .' shall man the noblest woik of all with reason blest a sceptic fall ? behold thr form of wondrous skill with faculties that move at will how petfect.and how rarely fit and all in all so exquisite that reason eye but wiih a scan proclaims — a god creaied man wit wcr't possible that wit conld turn a penny poets might then grow rich as well as any for lis not wit to have a great estate the blind effect of fortune and of fate ; since oft we see a coxcomb dull and vain brim full of cash yet empty in his brain ; nor is il wil lhat makes the lawyer prize his dangled gown its knavery in disguise : nor is it wit that drills ihe statesman on to waste the sweet of life so quickly gone : for tis r.ot wit lhat brings a man to hanging that goes not further than harmless banging buckingham united states district court of n carolina — in bankruptcy i am requested to state for ihe information of bankrupts that the requisite fees for filinj i a petition for a discharge and for sei vices subse 1 q_ent thereto will be to the assignee for his re j port 3 — to the clerk for his services in prepir i ing a case for final hearing ;■>,.., — and also for fil i ing and noting on the docket every report of an assignee 3 cents ; and for writing ihe decree i of discharge and for he enrolrnenl nd copy j ! with the certificate under his seal u 70 h potter d.j u,s n c i september 3d 1842 iw6 j in bankruptcy ram now furnished with the decision of lhe i circuit courl on the cases sent up from the i district court of cape fear and il is with ex j treme regret i have lo announce thai this decis i ion renders all the decrees of bankruptcy at i chambers null and void the consequence is j lhat however correct lhat opinion may be and ii j is not my present purpose to question its correct : j ness it subjects the parties io a painful delay ' ! and inconvenience and to the expense of renew ! i ing the publications but this is unavoidable j j the decision must control j i shall now order publications am w for the i first hearing at wilmington on wednesday the : ' i4ih day of september nexl ; and at the expiia j ! tion of ninety days from that lime i shall hold a special court nt wilmington at which time bankrupts may obtain their decress of discharge i and certificate i assignees will retain the copies of schedules j \ sent trom this office their action is only sus j pended until the decrees of bankruptoy shall be i obtained at the stated coun i shal as heretofore receive petitions from anv • i part of the state and order publications cn ! j fnrmably to the decision of the ciicuii court — i | further in-brmation on this subject will be given j ; in the next observer i h potter i feyelieville jftfgusf 34 is 1-1-1 u j state of iiovtn carolina ! rou'.lx county i august sessons 13.j andrew lyerly 1 vs > attachmenlleviedon land j richard pinckston.j it appearieo to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is nol an inhabitant of ihis i stale : it is therefore ordered by the court ihat ( publication be made in the carolina watchman j for six weeks lhat ih said richard pinckston i he and appear al the next court of pleas and j quarter sessions to be held for the couniy of rowan al the court-house in salisbury on the first mnnday in november next thon and theie io plead or replevy or judgment final will be ren dered againsi him and the lands levied on and condemned to the satisfaction of plaintiff's debt interest and costs witness john giles clerk of our said courl at office the first tnonday in auo-tst 1s42 john giles clk gw-1 — piinters fee 3 50 fall ploughing the monthly gpnessee farmer vol 1 page 190 in an article on this subject says j 1st it is one of the established princi ples of philosophical agncnllurp bat the ; soil derives much of its productive property from the air and that chemical changes and combinations are constantly going on by j which fertility is much increased these : alternative effects of the atmosphere and i hese changes of he qualifies of the soil j are the more active ano efficient 3s new sur j faces are exposed lo new action for in : stance much greater quantities of carbonic gas wiil be absorbed by a given surface of earth if the earth is frequently stirred than if it was allowed to remain with a single sat urated surface ploughing hy exposing a new surface to lhe action ol the atmosphere must be productive of essential benefit ; and as fall ploughing generally takes place alter crops have partially exhausted the surface | of some of its ni'trilive and absorbent qual ities its service in aid of spring crops is greatly enhanced 2d tliere is always on land more or less grass weeds stubble or other vegeta ble matters convertabie into mould by fer mentation and decomposition a process which is greatly aided by being turned un ! der the surface of he earth fall plough ing renders such substances much sooner available in advancing the growth of crops ihan ihey would be if left uncovered during lhe winter independent of lhe great loss ne cessarily sustained by the washing away of lhe litter material and their dispersion by he winds sd nothing acts more efficiently on moi.t soils in promoting vegetation than high pulverization ; and fall ploughing aids his operation mosl essentially lands that if ploughed in the spring only will remain in large cakes or lumps defying the efforts ofthe farmer to reduce tbem suitably will if ploughed in the fall be found loosened in texture and fitted for earlv operation in he spring of the year frost is tha most dis integrator of lhe soil with which the agri culturist is acquainted and he should avail himself of its available labors in all practi cable cases 4ih the earlier lhe ground can bs pre pared for the suitable reception of spring crops such as corn spring wheat and bar ley the better il will be found for the cul tivator ; and in nine cases out ol ten early sown crops are the heaviest and most pro ductive ! tith ploughing land acts more effectual : ' ly in destroying insects ihan any other mod i 1 of treatment and fall ploughing for the pur | pose is preferable lo any olher those in ' sects which ptoiluee the most mischief to tie i fari.-or such as the fly cut-worm grub sic ! cannot resist he frost of our winters if pre i maturely exposed to its action ly a fall j ploughing he cut-worm which accumu | sates in old meadows and pastures is thus j destroyed and crops ianted on thera sa i ved lastly our summers are so limited in | duration that unless the time allotted lo ve ! gelation is folly occopied by he growth and ! ripening of plants lhe certain failure of i crops may be anticipated hence the farm er usually more hurried by ins work in the spring than he ought to be in order lo a void havivg his crops caught by the frost and snow it should be the ohject of lhe f.rmer to have his nece.sary labor as nearly equalized through the season as possible and ihus avoid all pressure at inconvenient ' seasons of the year experience shows thai the farmer in most cases has more his ure hours in tho fall of the year than si an . other time ond he who would work it right hou id employ this lime in advancing his ' nexl spring's work ox such fall plough \ ing emphatically is — and thus preventing j the pressure of business then usuaiiy felt ■newest invention vet the ladies of boston have adopted an entire ly npw article for ihe bustle it si nothing mort j or lass than an mdia lubber pouch charged j with common atmospheric air bui we would caution our female fiiends aoainsi the use of ihis new ariicle as they are liable to accident ] durin-j one ofthe warmest days of last week ! several ladies while prom onading washing oo streei were annoyed by iheir bos'le collaps ing ; and one little miss of six;opn was hrown \ violently against a shop window culling her face shockingly close shaving — a justice of the peace was called on for payment of a bill of seventy-fire cents l'pon presenting the bill the squire ask ' ed the man if he would swear lo ibe account \ he replied ye j'he squire swore him and handed him fifty cenls stop squire you are misiaken in the amonnt — tis seventy fife cents i know returned the squire — but i can't swaar you for nothing 1 ludicrous circumstance in a church speaking of first impressions at church bitngs to my mind a ludicrous circumstance that hap pened some fifty nr sixty years ago at church the rector though a man of pro found learning and a great theologian was of such eccentric habits as often to create a doubt among the vulgar whether he was at times compos mentis having remarked for several successive sundays a gen'leman who was no parishioner invariably using a seat in a pew next to ihal in which a you^g widow lady sat he instantly eyed ihem ; and at one time de tected the young gpnileman slyly drawing the lady's glove from off the back of lhe pew wber she was accustomed to place it her hand and arm were delicately fair and placing in it a | small neatly folded note by and by the lady's i pnyer book fell — of course accidentally — from thp ledsre of her pew into the gentleman's ; he i picked il up found a leaf turned down and he hastily scanned a passage which evidently caus j ed a smile of complacency i oor minister saw all their proceedings and j continued to watch them for two successive1 sundays on the third as soon as the collects were read and while the bc-dle yet waited to i attend him to the chancel our eccentric pastor in a strong distinct voice said ' i publish lhe bans of marriage between m.and n deliberate ly pronouncing the names ofthe parlies if any of you know just cause c the eyes of the congregation were turned on them ; lhe lady with suffused blushes and the gentleman crim soned with anger she fanning herself with ve hemence and he opening and shutting the pew door with rage and vjmlence ; the minister mean while proceeding through bis duiie9 wiih the same decorum as if innocent of the agitation he had excited the sermon preached and the services end«*d away to the vestry rush the party at the heels of the pastor ' who authorised you sir to make such a publication of the bans?1 demand ed they both in a breath ' authorised me ?' said he wiih a stare which heightened tbpir confusion yes sir who authorized you ?' — ' oh !' said the minister with a sly glance alter nately at each ' if you don't approve of it i !] fotbid the bans next sunday ' sir said the la dy ' yon have been too officious already ; nobo dy requested you to do any thing ; you had bet 1 ler mind your own business !' * vv hy my pret ty deal,1 said he patting her on the cheek j * what i have done bas been all in the way ofj business ; and if yon do noi like o wait for three i publications i advise you sir turning to the gentleman ' to procure the licence the ring and — the fee and then the whole matter may be settled as soon as to morrow ' well re plied the gent'eman addressing the widow ' with your permission i will get ihem and we may be married in a day or iwo ' oh ! you may both do as yon please pettishly yel no thing loathingly replied the lady it was but a day or two after the license was piocured the parson received his fee the bridegroom his briite i and the widow for the last lime threw her g:oves over the ba of tlie ppw ; and it was 3f'erwards said that all parlies were sali_fied with their gains right end up — a gentleman a few days since called upon an old lady cot a mile from james streei in this village when upon walking in'o ihe parlor his notice was arrested by one , of ihe portraits which ornamented he walls that was suspended bottom end up on nearer inspection he saw it was the likeness of presi dent tyler hanging beiween ihat of harrison and van buren , with his hpad downwards — why whal does this mean ?" said hp address r ihe old ir.dv what does ihis mpan ? she eided it is just as it is john tyler'is on his head he undortook to throw a somerset from th whigs to ihe loco focos but ihe locos would'nt have him and siopt him half wav and ihe whigs won't take him back and there the miserable fellow slands cn his head between them the old lady was righ'.she defined tlip res ident's position exaci ly the presidential moun tebank is on his head hei ween the parlies with too little dexterity io right himself in'.u either — roman citizen gcj •! polite hint eight thousand whigs met at hamilton ohio last week the multitude comprised every cla.'s and sex they formed an army wiih ban ners and it is said that the same old coon i thai was ont in is 10 was there with sever i al young ones several speakers occupied : the platform among ihem governor cor 1 win the resignation of lhe whigs of lhe legislature was approved resolutions con ■demning ihe course of capt tyler and re questing him to resign his ollice were unan imously adopted this is next k'»fl to the irishman's hint ; and if the hamiltonian i had the power ii would not he long before j'self would be given — rich compiler anecdote of sir robert pef l the following authentic anecdote deserve we think to be made pnblic both inr its own sake and for the profit which may ensue a certain distinguished irish law functionary am conservative member uf parliament who is on the most ini'mat terms with sir robert peel calling opon l.im one dav some months ago made bis way into sii robert's study without bein-r announced seeing the premier opon his knees he stood sf ill for a moment and then as . noiselessly as oe could retrea'ed into lhe outer spirtment a.fter a short period had elapsed sir robert peel joined him aod conscious tli3t he had been discovered remarked — ' vou were per haps surprissd lo find me at prayer but the truth is dear — . i find that in reality ihe w hole weio-hi of the iftairs uf ibis people is laid opi n my shoidders which are too weak to sustain it 1 have therefore been to the only s<t_rce of i srength for help and i find it continually re . qutsi'e and only to be obtained ihere we give tin's anecdote as we reci ivpd it from an an iheoiic source — il is truly delightful m hear it ; and we now would impress it upon all chris . han people to aid sir i inert peel in this mosi effigctnal species of conservatism as it is iheir duty and privilege to du — dublin statesman 1 the narrows of the yadkin this is a name given to a place on the j yadkin river in montgomery county north carolina presenting a scene of nn : tural grandeur that has not been heretofore : described in history or geographi with such i particularity as the magnitude of ihe suhjeri : is thought to merit the following sketch i of the place and circumstances connected with it may perhaps be somewhat interest j mg to he readers of lhe literary journal : j about four miles below this narrow strait j is the junction of the crime an impetu .' otis stream isstiino from and pissing through a billy and undulating conn try fur the dis i lance of fiom fiftv to sixty miles in a south east direction at lhe point of junction both rivers lose heir names and are merg ed into tint of the pee oee which name j is again changed before its waters minjlc with thp ocean ai georgetown sooth caro lina the principle branch cf the stem of llio a arlkin issues from lhe blue riiige mountain in wilkes county wliich is here a substitute for lhe spine or alleghanv of pennsylvania and virginia tho river's course is at first northeast bu in surry couniy it changes to a nearly soolheast course in lhe distance from surry court i house to the narrows seventy-five to eioh ty miles by hnd the etream passes over numerous shoals bin in general has a smooth and placid current immediately above the narrows the riv er is about ihree hundred yards wide but contracts suddenly like a grocer's funnel first falling about four feet perpendicular over a ledge of rock then with increasing velocity deepening and still contracting at about fifty yards it enters the trough or chan nel formed like what carpenters call a cmo stile one end exhibiting the form of the letter v extending upwards and downward from the surface of the water to an ondefin ed distance ; this surface expanded or con tracting as the volume of water increases or diminishes at common limes vnrying from twenty to thirty yards wide and of an un known and unascertainable depth moun tains on each side rise from the margin of the water with a generally regular slope at an angle of from fifty to sixty degrees with the horizon to an elevation of two bun , dred feet it is supposed thai at a time long past these mountains were united and formed a barrier to lhe escape of tbe wa ters ; that io consequence thereof a large tract of country now dr hnd occupied by j fields cultivated well wooded forests mead ! ows r.d frog swamps was covered by a vast | hke of fresh water ; and lhal the surplus wa ! ter of such lake passing over ihe lowesl part i of the mountain harrier has worn a channel j through and divided it at lhe place now called the narrows some geological ob servations discovering traces of the action of water near where the roirgln of suppos ed hike had been gives color of truth and probability to the conjecture of iis former | dual existence j this natrow strait continues the distance of we've hundred yards near the lower end of which is another perpendicular fall i of eight feet over a more regular ledge ; a i deep pool then pnsues w'terin the river ex j pands to its usual breadth flowing with a 1 more gentle current to its ultimate destin | ptinn the amount of fall in lhe whole twelve i hundred yards including the tippet and ex i cludirg the lower has been estimated up ! on snrvy jo be a little less than thirty fret the general course of the stream through i his pas some ten or twelve degrees south | of east is nearly direct but owing to i ihp irregularity of the rock through which i it passes the water lakes a slightly aerpen ! line curve where it roil hisses foams and ! thunders through wrth deepening noise and ; tumultuous enercy such i3 the force of ; thp current that nothing remains within its i rri,-!i lie=i'.e the firm'y embedded rocks i j lesvrs not a wreck behind ii ore ap ' nnnrs to he a vast collection of most irreg ' tihr nnartificisfly formed rocks thrown o i gp'.her in tho wildest sport cf naturp form | ing a aerated and abrupt marc to the stream ' which with iho downward slope of il.e i channel and the condensed force of the ; sire n all combined produce tiie hissing ; thundering noise before mentioned in mmcs of freshet the water rises in rner can tile pari nee fi'lv per cent above the averagp ; height that it nirives at in more level par's of ti;e river and owing to tins cirenra ?! nee therp is usually a considerable spare of naked rock between the margin of thc water and tbe dwarf shrubs thai i i *• e loca ted on the scanty soil above high water mark below which point not even a litchen can m.int-iin a fooling fur mure than six monlh at time at this place mav be n numerous rx cavatior in the soltd roik resembling in form and fz ihe interior of a stone jar from eig'1 lo freer inches in rliam.ter sup posed ami believed to hav been m*de by lhe acicn of the water and the friction of gtavel nciden»a y brought in the places of cxrr-v ion by the current of i le river near the center and near he upper r .. remit of the rough ihere remains sn iso lated rock laoertng to an irregular point near the level of high water line against wlrch the stream rf = 1 rs wiih gre-t force and when r.t a cert in hi igl ', rise ever jt in a s rp o o ' 1 1 regular cone of a i elevation c . frcm v to twelve feet *-: e • y vanish b__hhoij--maii|-r--^imiflb-n_____m>n*-h_ai ing and as often returning evanescent 33 a castle in the cloud this place has acquired celebrity from lhe greal number of shad formerly captured ! in the eddies near tbe mpmin in the split g ; season by means of scoopttets yielding a ! large profit to lhe owners of lhe land on j both sides of the stroam but in later time | comparatively few lish are taken bore as ! well as al every oilier staiion above owing j it is supposed to the steamboat navigation : on the lower p;;tt of the river the shad j are esteemed to be a wild timid fish and j that ihey rrlre.it hark to salt waves when j disturbed bv the noise nnd agitation of the i water on tiie passage of the steamboat iho [ slioa's of shad in the early part of the sea son are said by the fishermen to spend ihreo days in passing through tho narrows stopping to rest and play in ibe eddies be tween the various points of rock or the mar gin of he stream but ns t!;p season ad vances their time of emigration is gradual ly shortened until he last st oil pjss through in tiie short space of six hours sixty years since as unwritten traditions report the narrows of the yadkin was a place of general convention where one or more persons rom almost every familv with in fifty miles of the place resorted during lhe months of much and april n every year first for the purpose of procuring ;\ supply of fish for the season r.nd socon v of mnktng a lent feast and becoming ac quainted with rich oiher in this assem bly of self-appointment delegates a contin ual change was going on once or twice i week an entire new set appealed ami i vi ry one did what was right in his own est ma tion as the tews did when ihere was no ivir.g in ltael ; and there i now no evi dence of any gre:it breach of decorum com mi'.tcd in any ol those people's meetings in those days a predatory hor th tel wi • occasionally caught and handed over to ihe jurisdiction of judge i.vncli but t iho jfiicers of a court held by si tne regi successor of chief justice cuke wherein he was locally incd well defended duly con victed sentence of execution pissed upon turn and he was finally hanged by the neck till dead dead according lo law the celebrated english brocard when adam delv'd and eve span who was then ihe gentleman ?' was slrictly applicable to tli-ise good old times ; there were then very f w idle and consequently mischievous persons in the community each one attended to hia or her own particular business with uit offi ciously intermeddling with that ol their neighbors there were no violent political newspapers circulated among our simple an cestors and in f3c few or none of a 7 kind the bible cntiyan1 u.!y war and franklih's almanac was ihc amount of tho inventory of most libraries tho parson lhe doctor and the lawyer who were few and far between had some few other hooks of folio black letter unintelligible to iho uninitiated 8s greek to a barb.--.rian there were then no theorists of abolition and e quality except a few new fi dged democrats with tluir brains in their lice no committal nor non-committal politi cians to disturb ihe peace of society wnh heir irritable jargon as little understood by he orators as by tha hearers i>:t now alas the aforesaid animals of the iwo clas ses last mentioned m nearly equal ntirn'rers cover he whole land ike he frogs ol i gyt when conjured up with their tearful croaking by the agency of ihc prophet mo ses and ins perpetual political clamor may after all be the noise that has fright ened the fish from the nvri — m.d not the steamboat as at first conjectured salisbury n c see a similarity in the engravings nl ystone light ho*_se coasi ol england mexico a.m texas . ilveston papers to the glh instant l.'.ro been received ai new orleans the houston papers give the particulars in r-d.iiion lo a projected campaign acn s be rio grande aiiihorized by ihe executive the services of the thirteen hundred men ate received they arp lo elect their own offi :< and have permission to levy contribution i ; 1 ii mexican towns fci their support wash r_;ioti montgomery fayette a j bastrop coan '•-..'.■■am boi '.- d to furnish each 62 nun nnd brazoria ausiin eori beod harris rob ertson milam i r nz di :, col ! victoria and ward cg men the picayune adds — aftei i:e above vv - in type we n i a a : rn'in * ho had received a letter from (. -.•-;• •. in rming him on lhe authority nf dl c i — tbal every mercl i \"., ra i.t z - mm : fifteen or twenty h id i ; ed to c r vey mexican tn ps 7,000 to yucatan as was said bul it is rpi&ed iheir desiinaiiou is ihe city of cal if his is so and v cannoi do ibt it a n 1 sare op may be soon looked tor i _______ ——^—— tie fi'o-vir't is b . 20"j thai thp rn - prate tyler man cold n t bot c j y a a laugh al ''. besides u al rms him whal mr tvjpr has in ps pci fi a s imm's >. i nol it mew york demo racy li - from s's pa per he plebian the extreme modesty of ihetyler press :-, speaking of ; t e recent elec ns in fa»or i'f the ' captain ' rem.nds osof ihe chorch warden's >.•■fe wh i went - x first t;r:e in her life when ber h i was church warden and being somewhat late ■t[,p • . _ ,' ft n tnpps at ihe same tin ered and be s liii wii h i sweei c i i stn le ' i keep yont - . emen i think no . - j ■in i did bel il appears by !' e "-"'~ ■'■* of pens n°-s r re i vol n i ion a ry or military services recently c p ed by orderof congress that the oldest man on tbe 3 a william pridgeon ol bladen v in ibis slate who is aged one hundred ve vears he ia pi ablv thi man in ihe united states wil ' hro an exchange paper contain a notice of he marriage of a mr gallop to a miss mocn we expect this is lhe only exam pie of a nun g-dloomg to the moon • the wor'd owe ns a living but like many other debt in these times it is pretty hard work to collect it as many find
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1842-09-17 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1842 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 8 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | Mace C. Pendleton, Printer and Publisher |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Mace C. Pendleton |
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 September 17, 1842 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601551646 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1842-09-17 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1842 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 8 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 4597593 Bytes |
FileName | sacw03_008_18420917-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | Mace C. Pendleton, Printer and Publisher |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Mace C. Pendleton |
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 September 17, 1842 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
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hew terms i ti o •• u tchm-.n may hereafier be had l lo dollars in advance and hcodollars and uoj^^ra^ume dt^_s.as-^h lheeditoprs)on«il all arrearages are patd terms of advertisisr ir^!^ofs'>rcen.wil,bcmade.o i ce who advertise by the year ■all advertisements will be contmned nn.il if^7f,-",i;,i;k':(i;:;':v editor most r p leiters dressed ■"■■■■• k r;....,i r . i rtooklviij2i!r * '• '• ! wsprinsr '${ summer i goodg the subscribers i 1 if wing removed to concord are now re f i ceivingand opening in thebrick house west ■.. courthouse iheir i spring and summer goods ■among which arc dry goods hardware cmlery shoes boots ilats bonnets saddlery carriage trimmings crockery pints dyc hfjils medicines i groceries knd a variety of other articles in short it com pri a generel assortment which will be sold v"ry lowlfor cash or to punctual dealers on time b.ve invite old customers and the public in gen jl jl to call and exemine our stock before purchas t elsewhere as we think w can give such bi'^„;.,:;i as will be great inducement to purehas t countrv produce taken in exchange for woods 1 & it winecoff i concord ma 14 1842-1.52 unlock and watch irepj1irwg ijlme subscriber respectfully informs bis old j friends and lhe public generally lhat he is opened a shop in sahsotiry in the above busi iess,in a room directly opposite west's brick uilding in the house of or burns formerly gowned by jno 1 shaver and jusi beluw j &, w irphy in addition to the ahnve the subscriber will carry on il.e silver smith business in all the varieties common in country lowns such as making spoons c and repairing silve ware he begs to assure the public that if punctual attention to business and skillful work will en tiile him to patronage and support he willmer ron woolworth \ valuable property for sale in lexington riytle subscriber is desirous to sell privately at well known business siand in lexing ton n c sisualed a short distance norihof the ('■■ouse formerly occupied by caldcleugh d enbery st co , and at present occupied by t ivard and adams the house is of brick i _■ind commodious containing an excelleni si *_ room and dwelling apartments all under the same roof ittached to the premises are ail di tessary oui-boildiogs those wishing to pur ehas lhe above property will re r re attention - application be made to rew caldcleugh notice ■. . subscriber has opened a pub f^ab ■* h use in mocksville davie pn sjsl county where be is prepared lo ac 4___i_j___b commodate boarders ami travellers i'i a ) . w he opes will prove satisfactory loa ■him wiih their custom — his ibundantly furnished with everj j in the line of provender ■well supplied with a variety of liquors and ge9 will be moderate all riotous and disorderly coudt-c will tie strictly prohibited e r birckhead ; fs . limb i lims ! ! anv quantity of fresh i.une can be had al the iv in of the late joseph williams dec 100 bnshels and over lb cents 40 to ;- t "■io 40 bushels 20 ; unslacked in .' m on rsons wishing lime eiiher at the kiln or v ill either lo j or r ■williams r county n c.p -. a . "" 184 j a net establishment ■mp-ie s;,v>sr.rii'.prs having associated ih«mi i w selves inirpihei for the purpose nf carryincr j r - _ cabinet and ' llii u m.l king ue'.sin '*, i v nffei iheir services lu iheir ■'''>: isand be public it is their purpose to i • e depart mi nte in ill i heir va bri'iii ar n hes and ihey feel confident of givina er uisfaction to ill who may favor ihem i re repairion in iheir line will be i v and on reasonable lerms all in is i country produce will be taken in ex ci ige lu fnrniiure or foi woil done in nrdcr k elliott wm row see n ahjt«si 27d*t isjj — jv5 v b willi he iew nf lessening the cost and ., i'^vc-niiiir ini'onv.-nir-iirii ihe sutisciibers also epon hand a quantity of ready made coffins jl k e & w r _ tob printing neatly done here ngvj|m t_^es_____^____xwoxxtfl^sx^_f£_1_*1irm trinted and plblisfled by ~) . _ ,. _. , , t , , c no cs vot i'm t ( " sec that the government does nol acquire too much power keep a check j xw o > i jjl l vl r_i _\ i . mace c pendleton j vponauytfur rulers do this asd libebt is safe gen'l harrison | pvhole no 5_7 salisbury september 17 1849 from thc newborn spectator the voice of love softly sighing o'er ihe stream the breeze is home along awakening with its melody tha water's plain live song : and as each gently murmuring wave repeats the bn.ken lay how full of pleasing music as its echo dies away ! but when the futinus lempest sweeps with rude j relentless force the bosom uf ihe quiet stream upon its reck less course its waters foaming jn their rage then dash to ward the shoie and howl in fearful chorus with the tempest's ; deapning roar and thus the soul whpn melted by the touching ing words of love would almost seetn inspired with a music from above to echo back the magic tones that tothe voice are given when breathing forth in rapturous strains the hallowed gift of heaven but when anger's taunting words arouse lhe feelings there tbe torture of the wounded heart is more than man can bear ; and lashed to fury by the storm lhat breaks up on the soul will speak the datk the bitter thoughts that rage beyond controul idem from jckcrman's forget me j\"ot the dew-drop the brightest gam cannot surpass the dew drop on a blade of grass : thus natures smallest works combine to herald forth a band divine .' shall man the noblest woik of all with reason blest a sceptic fall ? behold thr form of wondrous skill with faculties that move at will how petfect.and how rarely fit and all in all so exquisite that reason eye but wiih a scan proclaims — a god creaied man wit wcr't possible that wit conld turn a penny poets might then grow rich as well as any for lis not wit to have a great estate the blind effect of fortune and of fate ; since oft we see a coxcomb dull and vain brim full of cash yet empty in his brain ; nor is il wil lhat makes the lawyer prize his dangled gown its knavery in disguise : nor is it wit that drills ihe statesman on to waste the sweet of life so quickly gone : for tis r.ot wit lhat brings a man to hanging that goes not further than harmless banging buckingham united states district court of n carolina — in bankruptcy i am requested to state for ihe information of bankrupts that the requisite fees for filinj i a petition for a discharge and for sei vices subse 1 q_ent thereto will be to the assignee for his re j port 3 — to the clerk for his services in prepir i ing a case for final hearing ;■>,.., — and also for fil i ing and noting on the docket every report of an assignee 3 cents ; and for writing ihe decree i of discharge and for he enrolrnenl nd copy j ! with the certificate under his seal u 70 h potter d.j u,s n c i september 3d 1842 iw6 j in bankruptcy ram now furnished with the decision of lhe i circuit courl on the cases sent up from the i district court of cape fear and il is with ex j treme regret i have lo announce thai this decis i ion renders all the decrees of bankruptcy at i chambers null and void the consequence is j lhat however correct lhat opinion may be and ii j is not my present purpose to question its correct : j ness it subjects the parties io a painful delay ' ! and inconvenience and to the expense of renew ! i ing the publications but this is unavoidable j j the decision must control j i shall now order publications am w for the i first hearing at wilmington on wednesday the : ' i4ih day of september nexl ; and at the expiia j ! tion of ninety days from that lime i shall hold a special court nt wilmington at which time bankrupts may obtain their decress of discharge i and certificate i assignees will retain the copies of schedules j \ sent trom this office their action is only sus j pended until the decrees of bankruptoy shall be i obtained at the stated coun i shal as heretofore receive petitions from anv • i part of the state and order publications cn ! j fnrmably to the decision of the ciicuii court — i | further in-brmation on this subject will be given j ; in the next observer i h potter i feyelieville jftfgusf 34 is 1-1-1 u j state of iiovtn carolina ! rou'.lx county i august sessons 13.j andrew lyerly 1 vs > attachmenlleviedon land j richard pinckston.j it appearieo to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is nol an inhabitant of ihis i stale : it is therefore ordered by the court ihat ( publication be made in the carolina watchman j for six weeks lhat ih said richard pinckston i he and appear al the next court of pleas and j quarter sessions to be held for the couniy of rowan al the court-house in salisbury on the first mnnday in november next thon and theie io plead or replevy or judgment final will be ren dered againsi him and the lands levied on and condemned to the satisfaction of plaintiff's debt interest and costs witness john giles clerk of our said courl at office the first tnonday in auo-tst 1s42 john giles clk gw-1 — piinters fee 3 50 fall ploughing the monthly gpnessee farmer vol 1 page 190 in an article on this subject says j 1st it is one of the established princi ples of philosophical agncnllurp bat the ; soil derives much of its productive property from the air and that chemical changes and combinations are constantly going on by j which fertility is much increased these : alternative effects of the atmosphere and i hese changes of he qualifies of the soil j are the more active ano efficient 3s new sur j faces are exposed lo new action for in : stance much greater quantities of carbonic gas wiil be absorbed by a given surface of earth if the earth is frequently stirred than if it was allowed to remain with a single sat urated surface ploughing hy exposing a new surface to lhe action ol the atmosphere must be productive of essential benefit ; and as fall ploughing generally takes place alter crops have partially exhausted the surface | of some of its ni'trilive and absorbent qual ities its service in aid of spring crops is greatly enhanced 2d tliere is always on land more or less grass weeds stubble or other vegeta ble matters convertabie into mould by fer mentation and decomposition a process which is greatly aided by being turned un ! der the surface of he earth fall plough ing renders such substances much sooner available in advancing the growth of crops ihan ihey would be if left uncovered during lhe winter independent of lhe great loss ne cessarily sustained by the washing away of lhe litter material and their dispersion by he winds sd nothing acts more efficiently on moi.t soils in promoting vegetation than high pulverization ; and fall ploughing aids his operation mosl essentially lands that if ploughed in the spring only will remain in large cakes or lumps defying the efforts ofthe farmer to reduce tbem suitably will if ploughed in the fall be found loosened in texture and fitted for earlv operation in he spring of the year frost is tha most dis integrator of lhe soil with which the agri culturist is acquainted and he should avail himself of its available labors in all practi cable cases 4ih the earlier lhe ground can bs pre pared for the suitable reception of spring crops such as corn spring wheat and bar ley the better il will be found for the cul tivator ; and in nine cases out ol ten early sown crops are the heaviest and most pro ductive ! tith ploughing land acts more effectual : ' ly in destroying insects ihan any other mod i 1 of treatment and fall ploughing for the pur | pose is preferable lo any olher those in ' sects which ptoiluee the most mischief to tie i fari.-or such as the fly cut-worm grub sic ! cannot resist he frost of our winters if pre i maturely exposed to its action ly a fall j ploughing he cut-worm which accumu | sates in old meadows and pastures is thus j destroyed and crops ianted on thera sa i ved lastly our summers are so limited in | duration that unless the time allotted lo ve ! gelation is folly occopied by he growth and ! ripening of plants lhe certain failure of i crops may be anticipated hence the farm er usually more hurried by ins work in the spring than he ought to be in order lo a void havivg his crops caught by the frost and snow it should be the ohject of lhe f.rmer to have his nece.sary labor as nearly equalized through the season as possible and ihus avoid all pressure at inconvenient ' seasons of the year experience shows thai the farmer in most cases has more his ure hours in tho fall of the year than si an . other time ond he who would work it right hou id employ this lime in advancing his ' nexl spring's work ox such fall plough \ ing emphatically is — and thus preventing j the pressure of business then usuaiiy felt ■newest invention vet the ladies of boston have adopted an entire ly npw article for ihe bustle it si nothing mort j or lass than an mdia lubber pouch charged j with common atmospheric air bui we would caution our female fiiends aoainsi the use of ihis new ariicle as they are liable to accident ] durin-j one ofthe warmest days of last week ! several ladies while prom onading washing oo streei were annoyed by iheir bos'le collaps ing ; and one little miss of six;opn was hrown \ violently against a shop window culling her face shockingly close shaving — a justice of the peace was called on for payment of a bill of seventy-fire cents l'pon presenting the bill the squire ask ' ed the man if he would swear lo ibe account \ he replied ye j'he squire swore him and handed him fifty cenls stop squire you are misiaken in the amonnt — tis seventy fife cents i know returned the squire — but i can't swaar you for nothing 1 ludicrous circumstance in a church speaking of first impressions at church bitngs to my mind a ludicrous circumstance that hap pened some fifty nr sixty years ago at church the rector though a man of pro found learning and a great theologian was of such eccentric habits as often to create a doubt among the vulgar whether he was at times compos mentis having remarked for several successive sundays a gen'leman who was no parishioner invariably using a seat in a pew next to ihal in which a you^g widow lady sat he instantly eyed ihem ; and at one time de tected the young gpnileman slyly drawing the lady's glove from off the back of lhe pew wber she was accustomed to place it her hand and arm were delicately fair and placing in it a | small neatly folded note by and by the lady's i pnyer book fell — of course accidentally — from thp ledsre of her pew into the gentleman's ; he i picked il up found a leaf turned down and he hastily scanned a passage which evidently caus j ed a smile of complacency i oor minister saw all their proceedings and j continued to watch them for two successive1 sundays on the third as soon as the collects were read and while the bc-dle yet waited to i attend him to the chancel our eccentric pastor in a strong distinct voice said ' i publish lhe bans of marriage between m.and n deliberate ly pronouncing the names ofthe parlies if any of you know just cause c the eyes of the congregation were turned on them ; lhe lady with suffused blushes and the gentleman crim soned with anger she fanning herself with ve hemence and he opening and shutting the pew door with rage and vjmlence ; the minister mean while proceeding through bis duiie9 wiih the same decorum as if innocent of the agitation he had excited the sermon preached and the services end«*d away to the vestry rush the party at the heels of the pastor ' who authorised you sir to make such a publication of the bans?1 demand ed they both in a breath ' authorised me ?' said he wiih a stare which heightened tbpir confusion yes sir who authorized you ?' — ' oh !' said the minister with a sly glance alter nately at each ' if you don't approve of it i !] fotbid the bans next sunday ' sir said the la dy ' yon have been too officious already ; nobo dy requested you to do any thing ; you had bet 1 ler mind your own business !' * vv hy my pret ty deal,1 said he patting her on the cheek j * what i have done bas been all in the way ofj business ; and if yon do noi like o wait for three i publications i advise you sir turning to the gentleman ' to procure the licence the ring and — the fee and then the whole matter may be settled as soon as to morrow ' well re plied the gent'eman addressing the widow ' with your permission i will get ihem and we may be married in a day or iwo ' oh ! you may both do as yon please pettishly yel no thing loathingly replied the lady it was but a day or two after the license was piocured the parson received his fee the bridegroom his briite i and the widow for the last lime threw her g:oves over the ba of tlie ppw ; and it was 3f'erwards said that all parlies were sali_fied with their gains right end up — a gentleman a few days since called upon an old lady cot a mile from james streei in this village when upon walking in'o ihe parlor his notice was arrested by one , of ihe portraits which ornamented he walls that was suspended bottom end up on nearer inspection he saw it was the likeness of presi dent tyler hanging beiween ihat of harrison and van buren , with his hpad downwards — why whal does this mean ?" said hp address r ihe old ir.dv what does ihis mpan ? she eided it is just as it is john tyler'is on his head he undortook to throw a somerset from th whigs to ihe loco focos but ihe locos would'nt have him and siopt him half wav and ihe whigs won't take him back and there the miserable fellow slands cn his head between them the old lady was righ'.she defined tlip res ident's position exaci ly the presidential moun tebank is on his head hei ween the parlies with too little dexterity io right himself in'.u either — roman citizen gcj •! polite hint eight thousand whigs met at hamilton ohio last week the multitude comprised every cla.'s and sex they formed an army wiih ban ners and it is said that the same old coon i thai was ont in is 10 was there with sever i al young ones several speakers occupied : the platform among ihem governor cor 1 win the resignation of lhe whigs of lhe legislature was approved resolutions con ■demning ihe course of capt tyler and re questing him to resign his ollice were unan imously adopted this is next k'»fl to the irishman's hint ; and if the hamiltonian i had the power ii would not he long before j'self would be given — rich compiler anecdote of sir robert pef l the following authentic anecdote deserve we think to be made pnblic both inr its own sake and for the profit which may ensue a certain distinguished irish law functionary am conservative member uf parliament who is on the most ini'mat terms with sir robert peel calling opon l.im one dav some months ago made bis way into sii robert's study without bein-r announced seeing the premier opon his knees he stood sf ill for a moment and then as . noiselessly as oe could retrea'ed into lhe outer spirtment a.fter a short period had elapsed sir robert peel joined him aod conscious tli3t he had been discovered remarked — ' vou were per haps surprissd lo find me at prayer but the truth is dear — . i find that in reality ihe w hole weio-hi of the iftairs uf ibis people is laid opi n my shoidders which are too weak to sustain it 1 have therefore been to the only s |