Catawba Journal [Charlotte, N.C.: January 25, 1825]

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VOL. I.] CHARLOTTE, .V. C. TUESDAY, J.LXC.lIiV 25, 1825. [NO. 17.
H III.ISIIF.I) WIIKU
Br LEMUEL BINGHAM,
,f JHUI.E DOIXABI * IEAU, PAID IX 1DV1NIF..
>>•
Vo paper u'ill no discontinued, unless at the
disfNtion of the editor, until all arrearages are
puiil. .
Am SBTISMIMTi will be inscrttd at the usual
,,;,,. persons tending in advertisements, are
requested to note on the margin the number of
insertions, orthey will be continued until forbid,
lad charged accordingly.
Public Sale.
OS Thursday, 27th instant, will be expo-sed
to public sale, at Have's Mills, all my
ck of Cattle, Sheep, llojrs, Corn, H heat,
>Flour, Lumber, Household and Kitchen Furni-ture,
Fanning Utensils, &.c. &c. Also, two
Stills and forty or fifty Still vessels.
Terms will be made known on the dav of
Sl]0, |,y BENJA. JOHNSON.
rtTho above Palo is postponed until Thurs-day,
the 10th of February next.
AT PRIVATE SALE,
A tract of about 10(1 acres of land, lately
the property of the heirs of Moses Hayes, dee'd.
lying on the'north-west side of l'aw Creek, be-tween
the Charlotte and Steel Crick roads, on
which is a pretty good dwelling house, barn. Sec.
Also, a tract of seven acres of meadow land,
Iving on the same creek, a little below the above
If not disposed of previous to the day of
: .,!>nve sale, it will then be offend publicly
r tale OT rent. 4tl'J
"•\. wiiViVsiiViW,
Coach, Sign. House$'Ornamental
PAINTER,
III".TURNS his thanks to his friends and the
I public, for the liberal encouragement which
11io has already received, and respectfully solicits
x continuance of patronage. He is prepared
to de all kinds of painting in his line; and cus-tomers
may d< pond on having their work neat-ly
executed, and with despatch.
' (O*Painting in the country will be done on
short notice.
N. It. Old chairs re-painted anil re-guilt.
ChsrloUe, October 4, 1824.—ltf
Bargain.
4 NY persot
, the villas
rrson desirous to settle in
of Charlotte, N. C.
and save the trouble and expense
lof building, will do well to call on
the subscriber, who oilers for sale his house.
and lots on terms to please a purchaser, vi/ ;—
three front lots and two back, lying; in the Sandy
Hollow, and adjoining William Cucky's land;
also, two lots, the front on Broad street, and
hack lot, adjoining- the Methodist Church.—
Also, a two story dwillin^'-house on Broad-st,
situated a few rods north-east from the Court-
House, with two lots. On the premises are an
excellent Cellar, Kitchen, Smoke-House, Bam,
Stables, and every other necessary out building.
EDW'D. M. BliONSON.
QUAKTICO (ANAL LOTTERY,
OF VIRGINIA—FIFTH CLASS.
To be drawn the eighth day of /', bruary, 1825.
A. M'lNTYKK, MANAGER.
V%«.Vv%WX.%svv
SCHEME. .
1 PRIZE or $10,000 M $10,000
1 - 6,000 6,000
1 • 4,000 4,000
1 • 3,000 3,000
1 - 2,000 2,000
1 - 1,538 1,538
6 - 1,000 6,000
6 - 500 3,000
6 - 200 1,200
156 • 24 3,744
313 . 12 3,744
468 • 8 .",744
"800
PRIZES.
4 31,200
8760 J7'J,170
15600 HUNKS
2436Q TICKETS.
This is a Lottery formed by a ternary combi-nation
and permutation of 30 numbers.
Orders for TICKETS and SHARKS received at
the
POST-OFFICE, FAYETTEVILLE.
WHOLE TICKET ?4 oo I QCASTERS $1 00
HALE 2 00 |
Packages of ten tickets, embracing the 30
(Cos. of the Lottery, which must of necessity
draw at least $13 60, nett, with so mall) chances
for capitals; or shales of packages may be had
at the same rate.
Prize! in any of the Lotteries of New-York,
New-,lerse\, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Vir-ginia,
will be received in payment.
December 6,1824.
TiC!*\u>Yn & Slvftw Bonnets*
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Abijali Whiting
TT F.F.PS constantly on hand a complete as-
1\. sortment of Ladies', Misses'and Children's
Leghorn and Straw Bonnet*.
A i.so,
Gentlemen's Leghorn Hnts,
and is constantly receiving from New-York, by
every arrival, the latest and most approved fash-ions.
Also, A COMPUTE ASSORTMFNT or
Fancy Dry Goods,
which are offered as low as can be bought in
Charleston, Petersburg, or elsewhere,
40 cases Leghorn and Straw lionnets,
100 nests Hand lloxcs,
20 doz. Wool Hats,
15 do. Morocco do.
10 do. Looking Glasses
40. do. Knives and Forks, fee. tec.
Country merchants are particularly requested
to call and examine for themselves.
Hay-ttreet, Fuycttevilh, fibv. 20, 18?4. tl7
1)F. I). T. Caldwell,
"V\riMlKS to inform his friends, that
v f he has moved Ins Medicines to
the store-house belonging to the estate
of W m. Allison, deceased, which he
now occupies as a shop. A dissolution
of the partnership between
KQTlCfe.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Archi-bald
Frew, deceased, for purchases made
at the administrator's sale, or otherwise, will
please come forward, without delay, and make
payment. The situation of the estate will not
admit of indulgence.
Those who have demands against the estate,
and have not yet presented them, are again re-quested
to do so forthwith.
On the old mercantile books of the deceased,
are numerous and large accounts Standing open;
It bveomes the duty of the administrator to
close them in some way. 1 should be extreme-ly
glad that all those who have had dealings
with Mr. Frew, would,as far as convenient, come
forward and examine their old accounts; by do-ing
so, much trouble and expense might be sa-
■ ved. To afford every opportunity to those in*
I, «• ti rested, I have appointed Messrs. Campbell
Kciuie and himself having taken place, he now, j""'Blake, my agents; so that the notes and
oilers his services, in his individual capacity, to '
WSMHWJ.
the citizens of Charlotte and its contiguous
country, in the different departments of his pro-fession,
and promises that his most faithful ex-ertions
shall be extended to all who may choose-to
emplov him.
Cbarloiti, .Ian. 1, 1H2S.—5tl8
List of Letters
Illumining in the Pott-Office at Charlotte, X- C.
un the lit January, 18ij.
A. K.
.lames A. Alexander, Hugh (1. Kirkpatrick,
Rev. Abr'm Anderson .', Robert Kirkpatrick,
Silas Alexander, Marcus Kennedy,
Chat's W.H.Alexander, David Esther. '
F./.ckicl Alexander, L.
Francis & M.Alexander, Secretary of Phalanx
Maj. ThoS. Alexander, Lodge.
(TRHF. subscriber offers for sale a tract of land,
*•» containing 360 acres, upon the waters of
Sugar Creek, joining Dr. Johnson's. It will be
sold either by lots of ISO acres each, or the
whole, as the purchaser may be inclined. Those
wishing to purchase, can apply to the subscriber,
Of to any of the neighbors adjoining the land.
JOHN DOW.
Mecklenburg Co. Nov. 2?, 1824.—9tf
If the above land is not sold before February
County Court by private sale, it will he sold at
public auction, 'on Monday, the first dav of the
court. ' J. p.
'State of North-Carolina.
Mill KI.VNUVRU COCKTT.
Williams and Clinton, )
i'.'. £ Original Attachment.
Starling Rnssel. y
Returned levied on one negro man, the proper-ty
of the defendant.
T is ordered by the court, tha' advertisement
he made for three months in the Vataichn
Jnuntal, for the defendant to appear a! the Fe-bruary
t. nn of this court, in 1825, and there to
replcvy and plead In issue, otherwise judgment
v>ill be entered against him.
Test. ISAAC ALEXANDER, Chrlt.
3m21.—price adv. $4.
State of North-Carolina,
MM'KI.I.MIt'ltu I
Joseph Maekwood, Adm'r.
"I William Brown,dee'd.
* '"■' It Brown, and others,
J1 irsat Law of William
Brown, dee'd. P
Petilii n for sale of
land.
Charles Alexander.
II.
Samuel Meaty 2,
Abraham Bivens,
Robert Barnett,
llyrani Baldwin,
Rice C. Bnllard,
M.
Philemon Morris,
Nancy Mason,
James II. Morrison,
Enock Morgan,
Foster M'Cay,
(teorge Morrow,
Itoot and Shoe Maker, Benjamin Morrow,
Wm. Harncy.
Nathan lleaty,
Joseph Host,
John Biggam,
Allen Baldwin,
\Vm. Berryhill,
Mr Bosfwick,
M. Brvan,
John Bates 2. c.
Christen N. Case,
John Crowell,
Thomas s. Cochran,
Samuel G. Coombs,
Sarah Cathey,
Martha Cattle)',
Moses Clay,
Samuel II. Cochran,
Lewi- I) Collins,
John Cox,
Duncan Campbell.
I).
John N. Davis,
Robert Duckworth,
Jonathan Dewese,
JIIIU s llarnall.
t.en. E. Davidson,
John Davis 2,
John ll.inry,
John llulinv
James Dillkins ;,
Obedience Hindus J.
I'..
John J. Era in 2.
F.
Reuben Freeman.
>ks will at all times be found in town ready
for examination and settlement.
\VM. DAMDSON, .Idm'r.
Jan. 7, 1825.
At Private Sale,
From a late Liverpool paper.
Mr. Perkins' t.rtmardnmry Steam Gun.
A discovery has been made which v\ ill.
in all probability, adjust the account be-tween
population and food in the most
satisfactory manner. We allude to tin-new
Steam (inn of Mr. Perkins, which
promises very fair to send the whole race
of heroes to their long homes in a very
short time. According to the following
account, which we extract from the Lon-don
Mechanic's Register, the effects of
this invention will leave every plague 01
pestilence at an immeasurable distano
behind in point of destructiveness. Ten
of his guns, supposing one shot in twen-ty
only to tell, will sweep away 150,000
men in a single day!
** We were enabled on Wednesday,
through the kindness of Mr. Perkins, to
examined minutely, at his manufactory in
the Regent's Park, the extraordinary
piece of mechanism called the Steam
Gun. It is simply formed by introducing
a barrel into the steam generator of any
engine, and by the addition of two pipes
towards the chamber of the gun, intro-ducing
a quantity of balls ; which, by the
action of a handle to the chamber, are
dropped into the barrel and fired one-by
one, at the rate of from four to five, hun-dred
in the minute. The explosive force
of the steam which rushes from the gen-erator
and expels the balls is about
700 lbs. to the square inch : with this
force a musket ball fired against an iron
plate at the distance of 100 feet from the
Rim, is flattened; and when a force of 840
lbs. to the square inch is applied, the ball
is actually driven to pieces in such away
that none of its fragments can be collected.
As the gun is now fixed, having a direct
communication through aw all with otic of
Mr. Perkins's engines, it cannot of course
be removed from the spot, the barrel
merely being susceptible of alternation ;
but in the event of the invention being
Mrs. Frew lives. On the part for rent is a tol
erablu dwelling-house.
WM. DAVIDSON.
Jan. 7. 1824.—.~,tl7
(it'll. Mai'tt's House to Let.
r OFFER the elegant two story House, bc-of
sculpture placed within reach of t1 c
populace, when most indecently a public
path was made of the Poet's Corner to
the Closiers. We have there a gene al
without a head surrendering his swoid
to a conquering hero without legs, and
Mr. Thynnc sitting noseless in his chari-ot
to be shot at by assassins without aims.
The Sport of the vulgar cockney is mis-chief,
destruction his delight, and the cn-ly
way of providing salaries fur persons
to protect our monuments of ait. is by
leaving a sum for admission, which shall
at once produce sufficient funds for the
purpose, and in some degree regulate
the class of spectators to be admitted.
John Hull. *
The late G&vcrnor of Kentucky. Gen-eral
Adair, petitioned the Legisla-ture
of this state to have his- salary,
which had been paid to him in Common-wealth
money, made up to the value of its
nominal amount in gold and silver. The
Committee to whom this petition was
referred, have reported against allowing
this claim, and as it seems to u-. for
about us good a reason as any committee
gave, vi/. that the Governor was mainly
instrumental in In inging about the iniqui-tious
relief system, of the operation nf
which he now complains.—S. Y. Jlratr.
MOURNING.
\ French writer gives a neat sum-mary
of the different observances among
mankind relative to mourning and fune-ral
ceremonies. All the world, says
he, is acquainted with the magnificence
of the Roman obsequies and funeral
games. The Greeks also burnt the
corpses of distinguished individuals,
with funeral leasts and the lamentations
of hired weepers, though lliev general-ly
displayed a less sumptuous grieG and
a better regulated piety. The Persians
buried the bodies of the dead, and the
Scythians ate them; the Indians envel-oped
them, for preservation's sake, in a
sort of lacker; and the Egyptians em-balmed
ami dried them, exhibited them
on festival days, placed them at table
among their guests, guarded them as
their most precious possessions, and
About four hundred acres of pood wood-land,
about two miles from Charlotte, being part of ,;,,,, ,„ pl|I.posrs nf warfare u voll[(\
A. Frew, deceased s old tract. It not sold be- ■ r ' f , , ' >
fore Wednesday of February Court „exti 1 win ; be easy to attach aportable steam engine of
then oiler it at public, sale. 1 small dimensions, which could be remov-
For rent, a part of the plantation whereon , ed with as much rapidity as any piece of
ordnance now in use. The cost of such
a machine would be comparatively small;:
and as Mr. Perkins is about to construct j ]ont and borrowed money upon these
a four pounder, which can he moved strange pledges. In our time, the cus-about
with great facility by two horses, tom „f dancing at funerals is only prac-longing
to the heirs of the .ate t,n. Hart,, o'f^dgmg^of fJjSLTESTS ft* «" "h f* '.'^ ™% »*™j
deceased, together with the kitchen, smoke and ^iV^vvcver, there cannot be a doubt! !"" funera' entertainments Still prevail
lumber house, a well inclosed garden, «ilh from ,.f „•'„,«. „i„ , .1 i„ .,, ,i,„ II) many KliroiKUlll countries. Among
three to ., n acres of good tillable land, and one I"'"« exper.ments already made at the > :..„....„.,., g
third of the iiam and corn cribs, it is one ofI manufactory, lire most extraordinary outers, inc ceremony 01 interment is
the most desirable situations for a Mechanic (of part of the affair is the smallncss of the 1 solemn and silent, which, net C tl eles--,
any kind) in the county ; being situated in the ' expense in charging artillery of this na- does not interfere with the wish thai
centre of a respectable neighborhood. Anyjture, compared with that of the present all may be forgotten as speedily as pos-appearing
to the satisfaction of the Court,
that Robert Watson and llil wife I'.luabeth,
, Jof the defendants in this ruse, are not in-
"Mitants of thi, state 1 It i-, therefore or.1., red
> the court, that publication be made for six
weeks in the Catawba Journal, thai the) appear
■• the February term of this rourt, in IH2J, and
'■en ami there to plead, answer or demur to the
letititm, otherwise judgment pro confesso will
•"taken against them. 'v-'- ISAAC ALEXANDER, C.M.C.
™ 18—price adv. :'-!
State of North-Cnroliiia,
MECKLEMtt no nirvrr.
. , A'ovember Sessions, 1321.
John Oshorn
)
■"'■■" Clark and i" Original Attachment.
>h (ioodnian. j
:] l ''""■'lerod by Court, that advertisement be
•'. - III ,''iP s',st Weeks ill the Catawba Journal,
• .., l' "e'vndaiits to appear at the February
"» "i this court, in 18J5, and there t.. replrvy
, l"ca» tu issue, otherwise judgment w.ll be
"'V"! "gainst liiin.
ISAAC ALEXANDER, r"--
WC-priee adv. *?.
Gen. George Graham,
John (iodwin,
The Gaoler,
John .1. (inline,
George W. Grimes,
Josiah II. Omly,
John N. Grailitb,
Aaron t.. l.rillith.
II.
David llarky,
Thomas Houston -,
Bryant llotchkiss,
I'.l.iin Hunter,
V.iron HoiiNton,
Andrew Hunter,
Mis, Sarah A. Harris,
Mr. Ilolbrouks
Mis, Martha \.K.Harris,
Graves Morris,
James N. Melvin,
Alexander M'llae,
John M'Ulauthen 2,
Hannah Mitchell,
James & Samuel Mont-gomery,
Dr. C. M'Kenzie,
Capt. Itobt. M'Kinley,
Gen. Michael M'J.i .iry,
Thomas Marks.
N.
Samuel New land,
James Navv. r.
John I'atterson,
.lost ph Purviancc,
Col, T. (i. Folk,
Wm. I'atterson,
Mrs. \\ 111. Polk,
l.unsfnrd Faschall,
Isaac Price,
Timothy Parsohs,
Aaron Parker,
Col. Charles Philips
Thomas J. Polk.
I.'.
Mrs. Ami lia Kuss,
Wm. I.'ile,
Mill- J. Kobinion,
Job 1 Heed,
J 1I111 ('. Ross,
J0.1 ph Rei it,
Robi rt Robinson ?.
s.
John Stillwell,
Win. stiwart,
Nicholas Starns,
l.dw :ml Smith .',
Elijah Sibli y,
.1 iini - Spratt 2,
John Stinson,
Adam A. Springs
Estlu " Sprin . ..
John springs, ^ [2
Spvinji -, llinkings S-Co.
( etirj '•■ w. Spears,
Shi liifof Mecklenburg,
II. II. Semirg.
'I !ii :i .,^ Spratt.
T.
Wyatt Temple ?.
Ilethuel Tarlton,
\\ in. Thompson.
pel-son wishing to rent the above for one year, \
can have it, on accommodating terms, by apply.
ing to WM. 11. PORTER, Steel Creek,
1st January, 1S25.—otl7
ATTENTION !
Charlotte Republican
Volunteers.
"^'"OtT are hereby notified to pa-il
rade at the Court-House, on
the 29th instant, precisely at 13
o'clock, for the purpose of drill,
&c.
Ily order of the Captain,
JOHN H. NORMENT, 0. S.
Jan. K, 1825.—3tl7
a
Men panpera rrgna,
As Capt. Doilgald Dahlgetty says, (of Drum-thwaeket.)
OFFF.lt for sale my Houses and Lot, ad-joining
Mr. J. Irwin's, on the north corner
of the Public Square. Persons disposed to pur-
■chase, will view the premises.
To my debtors, (with all due deference to
their superior cognitions,) t would rccpirfft,
beseech, dcidrc, insist, that they will be kind
enough to call and see me.
13 iteop J. TORRENf.'E.
sVoWcc.
'T iir.< T. .Vstirnr intends leaving Charlotti
l» in the month of April. All persons that
have claims against me, will ph ase present tin 111
lor settlement against the 1st dav of March;
those indebted, will SUM., eosts ami trouble, b)
making payment in a few weeks,
JAMES T. ASBl'IlV.
rharlotte, Jan. 1, IH2S.—W22
There will be kept a gooil assortment of liar-
111 <.. and other articles in my line, till the firsi
il \ i.t \;:n!, and will be sold low for cash only.
system. In Mr. Perkins's Steam Gun,
one pound weight of coals is found to
The Orientals, from whom we borrow*
cil this custom, went, farther:—they
made the horses in funeral processions
weep, by blowing particular powder up
their nostrils !
l.i orgi VI Houston,
Wm. Ilutt bison.
J.
Thomas Join <-,
John Jones.
3tl7
Woodruff1 ;, New".:
LeanderY. Will am-
Susannah Wa" !,
Runsom W at on,
John McK. A. Walls
WM SMITH, /'. '/
Yorkvillu Book Bindery.
71HIE subscriber hegslrave to inform the pub-
I lie in :; 'in I'd, that he carries on the Hank-liin'l'
ri/, in all its various branches, Having
slippli' .1 himself with the best of materials, hi
will 1 xccute work in the neatest manner and on
the shortest notice.
S :i. Al! orders f.r Blank and Copy Hook-will
be putlotiiallv attended to.
'••! .'toils ii Hi'. FATtTEHET
si hie. We observe more ostentatious
rites for persons of eo.nscqucnce ; their
produce the same effect as four pounds carriages follow tlicm to Hie grave, and
weight of gunpowder, viz. one pound of sometimes their horse is paraded, which
coals will generate sufficient steam toot- having been made to fast, seems to par-pel,
with equal force, as raany balls>H tokc of tho affljction „f the occasion,
lour pounds of powder. ()I the rapidity,
with which the discharges are made, we
say little after what we have observed
of the mode in which the balls are ex-pelled,
but there is another great advan-tage,
which, on the score of humanity,
deserves commendation. An explosion
from this gun is next to impossible; for
the greater the rapidity of the firing, the
less is the danger, as the steam or vapour
rushes forward, without check, and finds
a vent in the open air. How many lives,
on the contrary, have been lost by the
bursting of our common field-pieces, and
how little reliance is to be placed upon
the greatest care in-cleansing them in the
heat of battle. Ten K'"is, upon this prin-ciple,
would, in a field id'battle, be niOI'C
than equal to 200 on the present system:
and a vessel of only six guns would be
rendered more than a match for a seven-ty
four.
"If any two rulers of the earth Mere to
know, that in the event of declaring war
against each other, a plague or pestilence
would blast both armies, and swi ep them
from the face of the earth, they would
pause before they made such a declara-tion
; but what plague, what pestilence,
would exceed, in its effects, those of the
Steam (Juiir—live hundred balls tired
every minute, and one out of twenty to
reach its mark—why, ten of such gnus
would destroy I5f»,t)'m daily. Mr. Fork
us considers steam discovery as in it-infancy,
for he says he is convinced tha'
1 steam engine might be made to throw
.1 ball of a ton weight, from Dover to
( ulais."
in, I !)()(TOI!
I!
K<>\
K '||C SI' dt.
Constables' Kxocutions,
For sate, at this Office.
Deeds for Sale, lit tliis Office.
. F.SPEI Tl I I IV soli 'its those inilelrt
1 him, to call in.medinti l\ and make s. lib -
mi nt. It' ing nml< r th« nei essitj of ntti n ling
1 1 his profi ■ »ion In t!-.' ,-,, ■ t, e iris in the ■ nsii-
1. spripjf, such as disr. l-ard this r. otu si long-er
than the Fi bru.iri 1 1, will find their noti s
HI.I necounts in i>. In ' . i .01 ...', • r afti r
lb at time,
1. ..1 .r« 1 ', '••'■ ■'.'.'.»
Nothing can mote clearly prove tin
impossibility uf letting a London mob ap-proach
any objci t of art or taste, than \]u-outrages
which vvr have seen committed
on the pedestal irf the (ireen Man>(th<
statue of \i lulli sin tin- Park)—if West
minster Abbey were thrown upon grath
'<) the public, not a monument would IT
.nain undel'ared or undeliled in a monti
—nay, the fart has been exemplified l>.
'!". t ..n'v'i iiiii'.hiefs done to the pieces
Uei
In Italy, the mourning was formerly
white t'nr women, and brown for men ;
in China it is white ; in Turkey, Syria,
and Arminia, it is blue ; in Kgypt it is
yellow ; in I'.lhiopia it is grey. Kaeli
of these colours had originally its mys-tical
signification. White is the em-blem
of purity; celestial blue indicates
the space where the soul ranges after
death; yellow, orthctingcofdcncl leaves,
exhibits death as tho end of all human
hope, and men falling like the leaf of
ntlttimn ; grey presents the colour ofthe
earth, our common mother; ami black,
the funeral costume now adopted
throughout Kurope, is an allusion to
the eternal night. in Ki,gland, thi!
king never wears black, he is clothed
in red, as mourning. Till the reign of
Charles VIM. white was the funeral
garb in Fn ». The emperor Leo-pnlil,
who died in 1 "7">, used |o suffer
his heard to grow in disorder during
the whole period nf mourning. In tins
he imitated the Jews. The dowager
empresses never left oft" weeds, and
their apartments were hung with black
till their death.
The chancellor of France is the only
person in the kingdom who never wears
mourning. The brothers, nephews,
Hid cousins of Popes never wear it.
The happiness of having a Pope in a
l.inuh , is too greaf to allow them to bo
afllirteil even by his death.
Hut the most remarkable of all Ihcso
usages is perhaps that of the people of
those ancient nations who dressed them-selves
as women when tin v lust their
■elations, in order, i; is said, that tho
idieulu attached t.i t! eir vestments
might mike *!i- m a -humed of their gi'icf.