' wtrtttu ctenlttt i afttu balilslluky rowan " county n c tuesday idj2ce1£bijr i 1h29 vol x no 19.5 ___ . „« -— - " ' ■" ' iii r".",'r u.'|.'l',l v • :'.' j .' -' "',' /.''•'■•;,'■ a " iufbe l l_cii_uiue ! i ■ v 1 ,".,' l i'i i snew goo us mjtii subscriber linsjust received from new m lork and philadelphia and is now opening at his store in concord a general assort mentor goods consisting of governor's message tion one ofthe first commercial towns in the tiouthern country would grow upon its borders and afford a market for the prod ucts of industry which could not fail to quicken vigilance throughout our stale and in answer lo the question " how will the execution of the project alfcct tiie interest of the union ?" permit me to use the strong language of the hoard of engineers of the united states " without entering say they " into an examination of the political clients ofthe proposition which has come tinder our consideration and in which the puttiriilai inn-rests of the stale may possibly run counter to those of the union an exam in tion io which we do not consider our selves called by our instrnciions nor qualified bv due preparation we shall merely remark that if the plan be carried into successful excculi..n whether we cm sidrr the fir'ifit.i of commerce the dangers of shipwreck pursuit by an em my or con venience as a point of departure and re freshment for our own ftrivaterra and oca aria of war it harbour will be formed fire ciacly in that fiart of the coast where it is most needed with these liberal and cn likim ned views of the agents of the gen eral government beckoning us to an en terprise so replete wiih interest and im portan^e to lhe stule shall we as though conscious ol inferior . latins upon hat e"vernm nt which we have coniriuuied our lull share of blood and treasure to cs tnblish itid maintain fold our arms in quietness as ihougn we had neither dart nut lot in the matter or shall v,c not lather rherishmg an exulted pride and generous patriotism call on congress through our rep.est-niatives in that body the piopt rowans of such a call to unlock the doors wlnrn shut us out from he com tic re of the world 2 an elegant mop of the state of n_w jersey not inferior in any respect to tho splendid one recei d last year of tho commonwealfi nf v,,gj n j 0 , has been presented us by that sine ; and we are in daily exp_cai.cn of receiving one of the states of missouri and illinois ind the territory of arkansas you were reminded by my predecessor that we had from time to timo received maps of dif ferent states and territories and that a due regard to courtesy would seem to require of us to reciprocate the land ess as socn as practicable the importance of a correct map of a stale must be apparent even to a super ficial inquirer ; and one elegantly execu ted is very properly a subject of siata pride virginia al an expense of sixijr six thousand dollars snd south carolina ut the enormous sum of ninety thousand have had their respective territories sur veyed snd maps executed which do honor to the artist and arc of incnicula ble advantage to ihe country both in a civil end military point of view tho surveys in the ofiire of the board of ln-v ternal improvements made by order of the state hose made by fhs several navigation companies of our primary livers and an elegant map of the coast made by united states engineers to gether with the numerous survey of western roads and boundariss of hie ex tensive swamps to the east nd peologv cal charts fu-nislir-j by professors o-m stead and mitch 1 form so much oi the ground work of a correct map of norlh carolina upon which the rising gene.a tion of the state may trace her extensive territory and calculate her abundant re sources for the prosecution ol loose gr^at works of internal improvement which must sooner or inter he undo t ker that i feet it mv dujy again ie bring the sub ject before you and to ask for it the fa vourable consideration ofthe legislature before closing mis cemmuni-a'ion could i discover any reasonable prospect of a beneficial result it would afford me picture to direct your attention to our militia as a subject deeply interesting in itself and recognised by the constitution as bring iditniiied witn tho riahts nd liberties ol our coutcry but there nret dilfl.uhies growing out ot thn organiza tion and discipline prescribed by con gress i which during its operation must forever t>afi\e oyery exertion to accom plish the important object a well trained and disciplined militia the act of congress of if 92 on the subject of the militn holds to service all free w lite males between the age of eighteen and forty five since the pot iod ol the pas sage of ihat act onr population has near ly quadrupled and consequently tho number ol persons subject to miiuia duty has increased in the sjtne ratio in kin the number between those ages little less than two millions—a force which it is believed no exigence of the country can ever equire to subject then so iirge a portion of ihe community as it required by the above act to the perfoimanre of militia duty and to a course of training indir ponsible o the attainment of that degree of discipline necessary io render hem ef fective in service would be imposing a tax on the time of our ciiitens which neither their circumstancea^h to tf.e hnora'ile the t.en at isremblu of yorth an increase of circulating medium as a means of extricating our riti ze ns from debt is believed to be visionary and can only have iliceftec of procrastinating the evil duy which must sooner or later ar rive and wiih an accumulation of interest in proportion to its remoteness and wiih a grealer certainty of ruin ; for there is no fact better established than that the pro fits of agricultural labour are not • qual to the legal interest of money line wis dom of economy which we must of neces sity have been taught is nm sufficient to drive us io lhe practice of this tunlinii vir tue am its handmaid industry hy which alone we can he relieved from our erauar russmen'.s ii is much to be feared tnat every atlemp to fleet it by legislation will he liitlc better than political quick ery and rather adding to the load of debi and diffi ulty the judiciary which as always been ' und with much propri.y the favourite bratirh of the govern neni cannot be guarded with too much care upon the purity nnd ability with uhich the lawi of the country are administered d'pcn.l all rights and happiness in connection win liberty and pioperly the judicial dis tricts imo winch the state has been divid ed arc believed to be too large and the eas'em circuits particularly t require a nrw organization to prevent the waste of life and the delav of justice hcident to lhc prrseni arrangement in onnertion wilh this subject permit me ti call your a'tctition to the pardoning power whicn in every government is wisely placed somewhere and bv the diminution of our state is very properly fiver to the | executive ; to be exercised in him when a fit case for clemency occure but the ease wiih which an artful mm can make la homicide in the first degree p ar a homicide in the second or third ; oi ., f-l ony appear a breach of trust ; and the b.-t ter feelings ot our nature u turning to the side of mercy by which petitions filled to greal length by respectable names are easily obtained thereby em banassing the executive in the disc huge of bis official duties ; it is respectfully subnii ..-(), how tar it would add to he public demonstration of ihe majesty of ihe laws uu be productive ofa der p and salutary efie t on the public mind to rc quire he judge presiding on the trial of any criminal to make out it lhc inst nice of lhe convict an abstract of he evidence in ihe caue io be submitted by liim niiii his petition for paidon to the executive in obedience to a resolution ol the inst gcncrd assembly directing the board ol lutein > i improvements to collect evidence concerning he obstructing the navigation ofthe capt tear river below ihe town of w ilmington during the revolutionary war for ibe purposts of defence and the opinion of the civil engineer of the stale lb to tile pr babie effei is on lhe naviga lion of said river bv such obstructions the depositions of several of the most re spcclable citiaens in hat vinnity and some of ihem aiding in ihe vety opera lion together wiih lhe opinion of mr nash on the subject referred o hun were forwarded to our senators in con gress and immediately met the favours blc consideration of thai bony ar ap propriation of 820.000 was mad lo it move the obstiuctions nd the work is no'v going on exclusively under the di lection of the general government ol a similar character is the improvement of the navigation ol ocrucock intel for which appropriations to the amount ol g4l,000 have been made bv congress that these works promising sum ad vantage to the state and ol such vital in e est to the towns of newbern and wil mington carried on under the iw.ering i are of ihe general government conduc ted by engineers of compctenr skill and ivith adequate lunds will be consumma carolina .- woudc tuu i\i\s i ji iii ale n linns and lots in the ., \\' town of salisbury ou main street i the corner near the jail and conven . ny public business ll.e lot extend mh i street through lo ihe next parallel _ . \ grea bargain mny be bad ,,; the • s inquire of mr henry smith in < christian goodman .', 1829 3t96 saddlery medicines paints h?c f.9 ctfc hiving purchased entirely for cash nm in lending to sell for cash he feels assured that lie can sell on terms which will be satisfactory to thus wishing to put-chase the public are re-p cll'ully invited to cal and examine for tlicmselvc.t mi srni ■ ■ uu 1 00 va\ttflib\c sa\c -,» ii thai uu monday lie mtliofne j , ; ; ixt there will be sold ... public ' , • ue residence of l-'raneii veely de , , following property si i ., , ... 1 valuable stock of horses r fatlle ,-, x ami tings amongst which ia about six ■ two waggons and harness farm , wheat urn oats hay fodder jl„,is e | i ond kitchen furniture and many l articles including all the personal proper i lhc home plantation nnd the oilier plan .. i ,;;.„, nt also a tract of land adjoin j hi land nf the heira of henry huffy and ii i r e nil ining two hundred tier ",\.. ,, i.n monday ihe 8th day of december r . tl re will be sold nt publi sale on the .,,'„-, iiii mil i.s of the deceased on j ; t ek veil known by he name of . lli'.li.j with all the land adjoining con i ■ ur hundred i res more ur lews si t';e same time id place will be sold , : : • ml property on sni.l premises con , ,-,- ul if , cattle sheen and lings , ,.- which are about titirn five fat hogs .-, ' rn r .,',-:, household and kitchen uu - - , i large q aiitity of tlank and a va ,.,.-• ■-: other articles -, ii i.l be sold a tbe sane tim an place ijii uf land on which tbomai williamion . hvrs o i p '■(.,.' 1 creek joining the laud of i in and others containing about i re ',.': dri d ncrcs • , ',, continue irr-n y »-, dav until nil - '■. : s 1.1 i credit of twelve month will n '• , v lhe purchasers e'ving bund and i roved security al kxandfr neely isaac i10leman <. ea'rs udbt n fleming 3 ,;.'- 3 - l6./i 1829 il)8 october ah 1829 gi_o_=a_3 w br.oww s3 now receiving from new york and pl.ila delphia a dunce and handsome msurtmeut " ( buy goods fifl hardware crockery wfca j«__*0 point dye stuffs 4*5 boots ' s,loeii > groceries e ; which vera bought at reduced prices and will :-■ s 1.1 ai a small profit for cash ur on time to punctual dealers among the groceries a.e fliv quality rsf^s r_n_rtf'.f7»_.01d muscatell ditto oeh^i'otl ditto alapa ditto flenui e land wtira together • dii every article usually luund in u store in liiis ection of country persons wishing to purchase ili please call ami examine the above goods the v idkin river ex ending its branch es iu different directions almost from t lie exit em sou'.ti to the e:;tr me north ern boundary of the state and watering one nl the mos interesting portions of i.n territory lendeied so by the density of its population the salubrity ol ils ai rn pn re and ihe fertility of its soil musi find an outlet io ihe orean for its rich and abundant articles of commerce cither through thc cape fear river or hrough south carolina uy means of the 1'cdee under these circumstances and a patriotic determination to divert this commerce from passing to its ultimate desi nution through foreign potts and lo concentrate as far as possible the wealth ofthe state ii is with mueu earnestness recommt nded that a communication lie tween i lit vadkin and cape fear either hy a well furnished turnpike or ruil road be established and that the practicability and utility t.f the latter m.,y be tested it is again submitted to tne consideration of the legislature to construct one from the town of fayutte ville to thc river ut cambelltofl as was suggested by iny predecessor this mode of increasing the commercisl faci lities ot a country and thereby bettering its internal condition appears to be gain ing ground so last in the estimation ol men of sticn e that it can be hazarding very little for the state to order such a work 0 be constiucicd between two points so nearly cou.igtious and over which the transportation is so great i among the subjects which will occupy | the atiention of thc legislature is the management and disposal of that portion of he public lands to which the indian i cl im his reecntly been extinguished ly in principally in the county of macon what that disposi'ion will be is for yon lo determine a portion of thtse lands having been surveyed under the direction ofa for.nar legislature ii is respec'lullv submiiieu whether that portion should not bc disponed of by an agent or agents appointed under your direction and the residue made ihe subject of entry as other vacant lands of he state at a price io bc fixed on by the legislature bul as there are strong reasons to induce a beliel that on some of those lands there are valuable deposites of the precious metals it is also submitted to your con dideration how far it may be promotive of the public good und compatible with the principles of our gove rnment,lo secure to lhe state un interest in all the mines and minerals which now are or may hereaf-er become lhe subject of entry should this view of the subject meet tho approbation of the legislature it is re bpectfully recommended that a scientific mineralogist and a practical miner if the latter can be had be employed to ex plore the public lends o ascertain what portion if any for mining purposes ii may bu to the interest of tne state to re tain this examination i have no rinubi could be satisfactorily made in a few months under tbe direction of iho able professor of c'hemisiry ind mineralogy in our university whose labours have al ready thrown so much light on this sub ject and irom which the slate is likolv to dei iyp pupii ipcalpjilnblc benefit satiihnry sept 28/a 1s:9 fi-ntll um yi>\>vvty - ■ fbll'li subscriber contcmnlaiinp tn re ;-. '• s move vi ', el next fall ii b-sir'-ue of -' i 3i3 irs tavern kslnbliihment in tile ov of concord flabnrt'ur county it i con illj located neai il.e court-house und is lie i t hand for buaincm in the place the litii.se is commodious iyj.li excellent stables art i 1 1 ni ceasarv outdluuse persons disposed j ta ptirchiip are requested to make early appli (,' di as lhe subscribed will make sume dispo sition i the property sunn ' should any person xl:n in inclined to pitib'irlt in the business of keeping a house of .. i.ti i,i'i i prefer it iiii kstablllhme.it will , rented from one to ave years on reasona ble trmkj and the furniture may be bad with •: , lo that the establ intent will be ready to go into unbuilt scarcely a ceni's expense ; where a iii.ui ho is industrious and accommodating cinnol fail of making very handsome p.oftk ajvlyiu the subacriber in concord cabarrus eminiv n c thomas v canon blffasjnst received nnd opened at li'n store '; ea i.i salisbury a large and handsome assort ment of spring nnd summer goods ; also groceries 1 tardwar , cutlery 1'latcd ware fif-3 1 hats and hatters trlmminga crock \> i ry a good assortment of bolting j^jj^jjfe.lhiih shoes lion lets raj-jj l ■ 3>li every article usually f^^s^a a.siti d ui v in stores his stock of goods has been purchased entire ly for raia ,- and he is determined to sell them as low a can be had in the place for c.ith ur to punctual customers on a short credit the pub lic are resp otftilly invited to call examine and judge fur themselves haliibury lane ittl 13m to new j^yjl goods fresh fashion b__,7 ako a th 1829 qold mines land negroes t 5'j,'''?&ji pp i subscriber wishing to re fcz 2 bl move from the neighborhood sfc'--j ii n for sale his valuable planta _ _^ k a a ion four miles uetit of charlotte i be trui't er tains a'a.2 acres ol laud : ' ■ purl nl »■ hi b is as good as any in meek '' k ounty | about 1 acres are first second : 1 tl.'.r i crn;i ground of the best quality the 1 in the celebrated capps iold ' : - i opinion set ma to be well founded i l '"- - abounds in two liills particularly nn ae plants 1 mil n branch runs through it for ' 3 i tirlhi of a mile which it is thought by 1 in igment is as rich in the precious | of die llurke mines : there is also , , rood water-power fur mining ope ' a uf now opening at the uliscribcr's store in salisbury ; consisting of than evfar dry goods of almo."t every description t.itcd to all seasons of the \ ear also cqai groceries im^bwl hordvjare and cutlery a^tlgvttjf extensive in variety nnd amount "" "»«™. selected by himself with cure nnd bought in rash on the best terms in philadel phia un new york the public bre assured they will and a large end full supply nnd lower for cash than usual nr otherwise on accommo dating terms they are respectfully invited lo ca see fashions examine qualities hem prices and judge for themsclvei john murphy j m respectfully begs lo return bis unfeign ed thanks fur the cry liberal nnd distinguished patronage he has been io hit;lily honoured with by a tllieerning public and hopes by a diligent iittentinn to merit a continuance ofthe same snliibury sept ah 1839 3mt98 est of the country would soem evident portent improve inent^h be elfected till congrest organization npnn^h raining raiiliej^h ioci teems t-.titavt^i^m ken by ihe most eminent ihe end - 23 likely negroes for sale ; or ' pari ul ihem such os mav nut wish lo follow i i of the country as to^^h so far as iheir concurrent go as truo ; and that any person dc.iroun of purchasing can call j vieu the premises i or inquire of hubert biiik • in charlotte for o description r<c 6.1 ' w m bostwick ilclenburgeo a (.'. tfov 10 ih-d advancing the milti^h of a contrary effect,^h cious habits encouraging and couseqiienllyja^m lniu_^^a^^^^h v.suii v au <.. vcn\v till subscriber having obtained at novem i :• it ui ul rowan county coun letters ; ' ii ni ■: :'.,, , i n the estate of alexander ■-, tl , il will rx nso lo public sale at the , i ilie d cm ci tuesday the 8th day '"''' comber nexl tcd we have the guaranty of ibe govern ment in the liberal appropriations already made and in their established practice of never abandoning a work of usefulness in an unfinished stale tu tviwfcyuvrs r •, fb1h 1 subscriber lakes this meth szykc^iet -"• "^ "' informing bis friends fcs lujind the public generally that be j»s8«.™b 1 " •'""' com p e,e l '" s e of u -_. -.. 2%jj jlccommatlation situated on the dividing ridge ofthe waters uf the cu.nwba and llncky rivers immediately at that public croso road well known as lhe rocky river and wades born roads lending from tbe interior of south carolina and charleston by way ol'cberaw ami george town on the one road and from the interior of north carolina t f ' charleston by way cd camden on the other by an act of the legislature the gov ernor ii authorized to dia.ribute the pub lic arms among the volunteer companies of the stale ; and under this act frequent requisitions of them are made oi the executive rut experience having shewn that ia consequence of the short lived existence or most of our volunteer companies the state has sustained grea er losse in the loin of them than bene fit from their use it has been deetiw ex pedient to suspend for n season ih f llr . tber distribution unless it be a a f ev points where sudden invasion or other danger miy render it as a precautionary measure expedient but a work of still greater importance both as it regards lhc inteiesta of the slate and ol thc united states calls loudly for your attention and through you for the attention of congress if there be a work more peculiarly national in ils character than any other in which the state of north carolina can have a direct interest it is the opening a com municaiion from the albemarle sound to ihe atlantic ocean until such an outlet ran be fotmed a vast proportion of the products of the state will find a market ihrough the ports of virginia and wc shall still be tributary to that state it the difficulties of getting to sea from this extensive and commodious bay wateiing a tract of country not inferior in point nf lertility lo any pari of ihe world and fed hy tribnury r.rcanj from every flrqe 3 likely negroes 1 cn dii nf three months un giving bond and i curity a .-,, will be bold same time nr,d place various kind nl slock auoll a horses cattle hogs en i also com wheat hats liny fodder '-' heiidei household and kitchen furniture ■ lo continue from day today till all is die ■' ! of john gibson ldm'r ■ ■ id h 1829 ct95 the snbscrioer infornys the public that lie lias spared no pains or e/pense to make those per sons comfortable who may honour him with their custom ; and assures them that from the high situation of the above roads ihey may he sal i in l ravelling ihem at all seasons of the year 1331i that the addition of ilia stand makes lhc stages complete to and from camden and cher aw to charlotte salisbury and concord n c and nis , in the virginia springs ; us will as tn those persons visiting tbe gold kegion uf nurtli i carolina a c labatt ! a\v c,l 1j7-k fy ik ii all persons indebted to the estate of ' i ' ilcc'tl art desired to make payment a soon '-, " nvcnlenti andllinse having claims against i ne will present them as required by law "■'' is notice will be pled in bar j g11is0n itlm'r in every instance where volunteer ouipaniob have been dissolved with tho • cms of the state in iheir hands embar lament has occurred to tho collection ; much losa in hoi numbor ; nnd still greater sacrifice in their general abu ie sheriffs deeds lor land sold by order ul nits of vendition t y iv j.le t dili ofl^sy