Communications,
"T0 TI1K TARBOUO' PUKSS. -
i.. llmrard: There is a r;
mnriii circulation relative to my
vote for Kepresnnlulive in Lon
Some person, or persons
7i prt-mne unties,) have volunta
rily asserted, that my vole at
the next election, will he Riven
... Mr P..iii.n-piv. It must have
been mere surmise in the aulhor,
as I never h ive on any orc.iMon,
intimated such an idea: much
more having any intention to sup
port him. In order to have the
matter clearlv elucidated and un
derstood, I a'sk the publication ol
this communication m the l'n'
boro' Press. I intend tog.ve my
uffrw to Dr. Hall without i
servefand would surest to the
people of the third Congressional
District to do the same. 1 he
people ol Edgecombe will beyond
possibility of doubt support the
Doctor. "There can be given in
this county fifteen hundred votes
and if the people will stick to their
former fiilh, Mr. Petligrew can
not by no means get more than
two hundred of them. It behoves
everv free man of the democrat ic
al cause to support Dr. Hall in
preference to any other man, even
of similar politics: lie is a tried
servant of the people; and has nev
er in any instance violated the
trust reposed in him by his con
stituents. He has proved him
self to be as honest a politician as
ever graced the halls of Congress.
Mr. Petligrew declares himelf
in favor of State Rights that
looks very suspicious. 1 expect
lie is in favor of Nullification too,
if h-j would acknowledge it. He
say he is opposed to "Gen. Jack
son when wrong, and in favor of
him when right." A man who
feasts himself upon uncertainties,
and lias not mind sufficient to be
determinate on political topics of
importance, but rests his opinion
on tottering foundations, is inca
pable of being a public agent for
any community. Mr. Petligrew
also declares himself opposed to
the removal of the d posites.
Gen. Jackson and Mr. Taney
knew what was right relative to
the deposites; Mr. Taney remov
ed them: he was justified by the
charter of the liank; he rendered
sufficient reasons: and I cm assure
Mr. Pettigrew it was the best act
of Mr. Taney's public life.
Mr. Pettigrew need not trouble
himself further about the Hank:
the Hercules of the Senate will
strike off the heads of the Lernaen
serpent, and our venerable lolaus
will sear the wound in the neck
to prevent others from springing
up in their stead, and will finally
become victorious in the destruc
tion of the fatal monster.
M. K. MANNING.
Late from Europe. The
packet ship England has arrived
at New York, with Liverpool
dates to the I lib Jan.
From France she brines no
news; Paris papers to the 5th con
lain nothing, and the message at
that time, therefore, could not
have reached them. The Eng
lish papers are completely filled
with politics.
The President's message arriv
ed at Liverpool, on the evening
of the 9th, in the Independence.
The Liverpool Chronicle thus
notioes its arrival:
President's Message War
with France. We have only
room to call attention to the A
xnerican President's Message at
least to that part of it threatening
to go to war with France. The
message arrived last night by the
packet ship Independence, Capt.
Nye.
From Spain, nothing definite
is known; reports of "all kinds
were rife, but there is no doubt
that Mina has been eminent
ly successful-" -the young men
throughout the country are gath
ering to his standard. It had
been repotted that Carlos had been
made prisoner and shot, but was
not believed.
According to accounts from
Smyrna, pirates have aj,, ghown
ihemelves in the Grecian seas,
live or six small hips have been
captured by them.
S I :UKD.V FrUll, 1835.
jy-Wf are requested to announce
Mr. liobert II. Austin, as a candidate,
fur the office of County Trustee.
JyWc learn that on Thursday
morning, of last week, Mr. Thomas
Fostct, gunsmith, residing near En
field, in Halifax county, was found
frozen to death within a few hundred
yards ot Ins dwelling. He had l)een
the day previous a short distance from
home, and was accompanied on his
return by a neighbor, who left him
but a short distance from where he
was found. His companion got with
in about fifty yards of his own dwell
ing, when unable to proceed further.
being benumbed with cold, he raised
a shout which fortunately was heard
by his family, who came to his as
sistance. Fire at Rlakclu. We rcsrret to!
learn that the larire new Ilnti! :it I
Blakely. the denot of tl
Kail Road, in Northampton county. I
was burnt to the ground on Thurs-:
day evening, 12th inst. The fire was
caused t)V a detect in the rhimnpv. I
by a detect in the chimney.
furniture was saved. The1
All the
loss is estimated at U,GQ0
Cungress. The Senate are prin
cipally occupied in discussing the
bill reorganizing the Post Office De
partment. The House of Representatives
nave received a message from the : able. Subsequent events have
from" u n,i;lm?:in'l-d l;'Cxtrts: confirmed my anticioation.-Con-Horn
dispatches received from Mr. . ... . .
Livingston, our Minister to France, 1 Sress u ,l, he,ore t,iey adjourn,
in which Mr. L. states that the in- take the most decisive steps to
demnity bill will be rejected by a place the country in an attitude of
very decided vote in the Frenrhi'iv , r
Chambers, and that the President's
message had not been received. A
debate of considerable interest arose
on a motion to refer the message, cvC.
to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Calhoun's Rfiort. The se
lect committee unon Executive Yn.
rcnagt, raised on Mr. Calhoun's mo-j stitulion, and proceeds from New
tion, made their report on the 8th York to the Mediterranean,
inst. the committee propose three 1 r . ir i .
measures: One repealing the four j Kennetj.V is to command the
years' law, as it is termed, by which . Peacock and Boxer, and proceed
the appointment of officers are to the Chinese seas, (or the pro
brought everv four years into the tection of ()Ur commcrce in
hand.-, of the Executive, addunr an I . , . . . .
important section, makinir it the dutv m,arter and the whole naval es-
of the President to report to Congress '
tne reasons tor removals trom office. !
yne 101 regulating me puUHC depos
ites; and the other, an amendment of
the Constitution, nrnvirtin, , i,l
temporary distribution of the sur-1
Pi
ijiu n. vi i m., atcruuig in me next
seven years
Indian Disturbances. AVe ntulrr-
stand that information has reached
the War Department, statin? that
several rencounters have taken place
between some of the ritizm. rf
Georgia and parties of the Creek
Indians who have crossed from Ala
bama into that State, and committed
many depredations. Persons hive
been killed and wounded on both
sides, and the inhabitants seem a
larmed at the conduct and thn-.iti
of the Indians, and have called upon
i " 1 V V.UIiV.11 UJJWII '
the Governor of (Jeorgia for a militia !
ernorhas requested the interposition t ,1 "V, ' n 1 '
of the Presidents relieve the citizens "J? U eslern SeCl,on. of North Car
ol (uorgia from this state of things. 'la' Mr. B's efforts to reform
iuiLe io protect; mem and the tiov-
These facts furnish additional i vi
dence, if any thing more were re
quired, to show the pressing neces
sity of an immediate removal of all
the Indians east of the Mississippi to
the country west of that river..C,7o6c.
Xeno flanks. A Committee of the
Legislature of Virginia has reported
in favor of establishing a new Bank
in Richmond, with a capital ofg2t
750,000! And branches throughout
the State.
37Thc Richmond Compiler states
that there are more than one thou
sand hands now at work upon the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail
Road, who are progressing with
great spirit in their labors, notwith
standing the inclemency of the
weather.
Norfolk and Roanoke Rail
Road. We learn that a large
numbers of hands have commenc
ed work on the Rail Road at Wel
don N.C. and that the Rail Road
and the Bridge across the River
at Weldou are expected to be
completed by the ensuing winter
Competition after that time wili
he great, between Norfolk and
I etersburg; which of the two
places will get the North Carolina
lrade,we are not able to say.
Halifax Adv.
Keio York Market, Feb. 7.
Cofon-Thcrc has been an ac
Mve demand for this article, and
the advance obtained U week
.ias been fully supported. The
ales amount lo about, 5500 bales,
of which 3500 were upland at 1 54
to 17; 800 New Orleans at 16 to
IS; 500 Mobile at 16 to IS; and
600 Florida at 15 J to 1 7 cents.
Naval Stores Tar is rather
dull, sales were made at S 1,8 1
to 1,S7J. In Turpentine there
is but little doing, Wilmington is
sold at S3,12 and North County
at $2,75. There is rather a de
cli ne in the prices ol both descrip
tions since our last review.. 67
tTI.e Philadelphia United
Stales Gazette of Wednesday says
"In consequence of the warlike
character of the debate in the
House of Representatives on the
7th instant, we understand that
the importers of French goods in
New York have instructed their
agents in this city to hold those
goods at an advance." This war
cry at New York, of which we
have other evidence than the
above, is, we should hope, a false
alarm. JS'at. Int.
CCA letter to the editors of the
Baltimore American, from a cor
respondent at Washington, speaks
... -,it.- . ....
. I2
. . p . . . ,
!je suuJect our relation with
France:
"You will recollect that I in
formed you in December last, that
unless the French Chamber of
Deputies made an appropriation
to fulfil the treaty, war was inevit-
ranean is ordered to Gibraltar, to
prevent sequestration in a French
port, or blockade in a Spanish.
Commodore Elliott hoists his
broad pendant on board the Con-
tabhshment is to be put Oil a war
footing.
"'"""""i, se.ecu
comn,lUee co,,s,sli,,g of Messrs. !
'"5aau,a,li lv,l,B Ul Georgia,
Benton, Calhoun and Mangum
has been appointed in the U.
States Senate, to inquire into the
expediency of establishing a
branch of the U. States Mint at
New Orleans; and also another,
somewhere in the Gold Region of
the South Atlantic States.
We are gratified to see that Mr.
Benton has been selected as one
of the committee; as it gives an
earnest that something efficient
D 1. I
may be done, in a matter which
.....r . ,x,a,, .i. t
interests the people of!
the currency of the country and
suosmutea metallic lor a nanrr
circulation, have been constant
.u nuuciu; ana me wnole coun -
try is greatly his debtor, for what!
lias already been effected in this
respect. Raleigh Standard.
internal Iinnrarnmrnf
gainst tie constitutionality and! This is decidedly one of the
expediency of appropriating the i basest murders ever committed in
national ftnds towards pure locall any country, and calls loudly for
onjects ot Internal Improvements the exertions of the public to de
we Had supposed almost every I tect the v illain, it is remembered
Statesman, of the Republican ! that on this day a sort of vaga
scnool was at this day disposed to'; bond Tailor was passing through
go all length!. But we observe, ! the neighborhood, with a double
that on i a motbn to reconsider the ' barrelled shot gun, which he at
vote of the House of Representa-! tempted to sell was without
jives on the 4th inst. rejecting the 'money and had stolen a razor at
mil appropriating $ 00,000 in one house, with which he had paid
aid of the Alexandria Canal for his breakfast at the npxt nnrl
and Aqueduct Company, (which ;
m our view is wholly an object of;
local interest) there were 93 mem-1
here In Vti.si. inr, ; . .
hers in favor to 105 mrn"iiit thf
reconsideration. Among those
who voted in favor of this project,
we observe the names of Abram
Rencher, and William B. Shep
herd, of this Slate. ib.
Distressing. A son of Joseph
Hanes, Esq. P. M. at Fulton,
Rowan county, aged about 1 1
years, was thrown from a horse on
theSlst ult. and his foot catching
in the stirrup, his head and limbs
were mangled in a shocking man
ner, as the horse ran of from
(right. When discovered, the
horse was standing still, having
run till he was exhausted, the
mangled and lifeless body of the
child hanging to the stirrup. ib.
Gen. Ripley. -h appears from
the New Orleans papers, that this
distinguished officer in our late
war, and who has recently been
elected to Congress from the 2d
district of Louisiana, was lately
assaulted at 1 1 o'clock in the day,
and so brutally beaten by three
ruffians, that there were some
fears entertained for his life. The
perpetrators were speedily brought
to merited punishment. We have
not seen any cause assigned for
this ruffian assault; Gen. Ripley is
a distinguished friend of the Ad
ministration, and it may be that
the political rancour of his oppon
ents has instigated this atrocious
attempt. ib.
Most Atrocious JIurdcr We
learn from the Huntsville (Ala
bama) Democrat, that a young
gentleman of that town, by the
ninin .I
llUlllk III jl.illllCUl,l L , M JI tLHd,
who had gone into the country a
few rlnvs rirlp. nn Imcinpcs of,
Messrs. Wm. E. Phillips k Co. in
whose employ he was, was most
inhumanly murdered on his return
towards Huntsville, by some per
son not fully indentified, but
supposed to be a strolling Tailor
named John Callan. The citizens
of Huntsville have offered a re
ward of five hundred dollars for
the apprehension of the murderer;
and it was believed at least one
thousand dollars in all, would be
made up in the neighborhood, be
sides what the Governor would
offer in his proclamation: the
Huntsville Democrat thinks
$2000 would be made up, to pay
for the apprehension of the mon
ster. The following description
of the murderer is given in the
Democrat:
"Porteus left Huntsville for
Taladega; on his return, he was
murdered on the mountain near
Cox's stand in Blount County, on
the 5th October, by a footman
with a double barrelled gun, who
reported himself a tailor by trade,
i ep.rieu uimei
and said he was from Kentucky.
i ins inuiviuuai is ol smalt size,
dark complexion, with whiskers,
his hair trimmed very close behind
and bushy in front, his dress a
I black SlirtOtlt coat, shnm hirt
black hat tapering to the top be
robbed the deceased of a very
fine gray horse, sixteen hands
high, a plain fine saddle, saddle
bags, boots, umbrella with a
straight staff with a notched but
ton, four watches of common
quality, togethed with his coat and
other clothinrr, and some artielp
not made up. The fme of John
Lallan, was written in a pair of
old ooots lelt with the corpse,
which has induced the belief that
it was the name of the murderer.
Porteus was shot in the head with
buck shot, and beaten over the
head it is supposed with the iriin.
which was broken and left on the
ground about sixty yards from the
roau, where his remains ivere
t i i i i ft
the boots found by the body of
Porteus. have been recognised as
those which this fellow had worn.
ciiinncnl -t
ji io oujju3cu, mat nieeiing xor
teus at the point of the mountain,
he shot him without any other
knowledge of his probable gain,
than what his external appearance
aflorded.
A deed of this dark and bloody
character, by which a young gen
tleman in the morning of life has
been cut off, for the mere purpose
of gam, is so rare and so revolting
to the sense of a civilized commit
nity that it has roused up vigilant
and active citizens, who will not
fail we trust in bringing the villain
to speedy accountability. That
he will be arrested, brought back
and punished, we have no doubt.
Air. Tnrlr.iic U,':iC ni'l f 1 11 !i ! I
1,11. iwiivuo .....o. j
from Philadelphia had resided
in tliic nl'irp 19 month; and. bv
was
... - - - ,
his activity and attention to ousi
ness and by his polite and unob
trusive deportment, had secured
i hp rnndi enee anil Irienosinn
his employers, and the good will
of all who knew him.
An extract of a letter from Geo.
W. JWordecai, Esq. of this city,
30th Dec. published in the Uunts
vi lie Democrat, expresses a belief
that the murderer passed Kaleigli
about the IstDec. Mr. Mordecai
states, that during the first week
in Dec. a servant boy brought to
him a pair of saddlebags, almost
new, no name on them, out wan
the merchant's mark, 1. E. M. a
new surcingle, nothing on it but
the price, $G which appears to
be 5s. ; a shirt, with no name; and
a shirt-collar, very dirty and
blackened, with A. P. Porteus
marked on it. The boy stated to
Mr. Mordecai, that as he was
passing on horseback along the
j-j ---- j-j
public road, about a mile from
Raleiirh. he was accosted bv a
young man genteelly dressed in
broad-cloth frock coat and panta
loons, a pair of saddlebags on his
arm and a gun on his shoulder,
who inquired the road to Milton,
N. Carolinr, how far it was lo the
river, how far u where the road
forked, &ic. At his request, the
boy took the saddle-bags on his
horse; and when they parted, the
young man insisted the boy should
take the saddle-bags and part of
their contents, as above des-'
cribed, for his trouble.
From these circumstances, Mr.
Mordecai has no doubt but what
this was the villain who murdered
the unfortunate Porteus. The
citizens on the highways between
this city and Milton, may proba
bly know whether such a person
as Callan (or whatever the mur
derer's name may be) has passed
that way; and thus possibly lead
to his detection. ib.
A Chinese Lahi. Afouc Mov,
aCh inese ladv recently arrived in
the United States, has been ixhib
ting hersell (or rather been ex
hibited) in the cities of New York,
Philadelphia, he. What most ex
cities the admiration of everv
beholder, is the smallness and
pecular conformation of her feet,
the effect of compression when
young, it being the practice
among the Chinese to compress
the leet ot their infants within an
incredibly small compass, smal
leet being one ol the principa
niaracteristics of a Chinese Reau
ty. Eight eminent physicians of
t hiladelphia, having made a sn-
entifc examination of A foil
Moy's foot, give the following as
its dimensions: Length of foot
Irom heel to the end of great toe
41 inches; from the heel to the
end ol the small toe, 2 1-8 inches
round the ankle, GG-10 inches.
She is 4 feet 1 1 inches
aged about 19. ib.
high,
am
ur.jQTiunaic acciaent.i negro
T1.. r . . ..
ooy osc nis me, on l uesday, by fall
ing mrougn me ice on the Trent.
He was amusing himself in an at
tempt to cross the river, and thcutrh
ac numsneu oy several gentlemen
:, ."iS aruunu turn to
avou uie newly lormed ice on a
track made by a boat the day before
he persisted in pursuing his course,'
and fell a v ictim to his temerity and
uusunacy.
Tut ...-,
v.rtimc was Drought to the
wharf .1 ..2. MV-
"., ,uwwiwiig uie nteless bodv
hern r 1 , nesro who
return
" jvcivoern oiec.
From the Washington Whig.
Jne Weather. Wp
f . p-iioii me
following account of the effects of
"e cold winter, on a shoal (no
mall shoal) of fish; and although
it savors somewhat of the marvell
ous, it is yet furnished by such
authority, as to preclude the pos
sibility of its -being incorrect.
e know it is verv rnmmnn ;r
there happens an A-nusuallv rnl.i
I ' J vw,U
uay or week, to speak of it as the
coldest within remllpri
However, our citizens mayesti-
male the passing w it.; i. . ,
ed with others, there n n., ,
that it will long be iet.n u,:
r. .
.i i.cr,n or siuizi r incur
it may have elfecieil tin.
i 1 1 i
("U..,
or uiwaru man. j
' I llf) lir"ll I'fill.il ti iL .! I
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January less snow bin m
We imhIpisImmiI ihwi !,.,
j - , u
that !,h
- near town, lias
- re-crossed sever;
been rr,,H.j
d times f(!) vj
i a feat rarely
I eyer prr'.1:.
earn, aUo. ii...,
ol i be Ore. e
river has been rroased on tlt
low down as Rath, 17 miles
Washington:
Extract ota letter from a gei'-...
in North Carolina to a .j,,'
in New York, dated U ' ..
Feb. 5th, 18;J, furnished in
script tor the Whig.
'ln travelling, hit weH fr
Wilmington to New hern, 1
ed, at Onslow Court I lone, t?,v
New river, just below that pi.,
the fish were so much cliiiltl
the cold weather in January
they were seerr floating on Jie
ter with their backs dowm
and that the people in vici;
went out in canoes and llat-b
and caught large numbersof .
in their hands, which they a)h
ued to do for many days in ,
cession, until the weather
rated, and rendered the
dead) unfit for tue. Last v,,,
as I was informed by a p -1 1 , ,
of that place, the fih had u a-.
up, on each shore, in vurh
(piantities, that he could ia;!
them for five miles without v
of
ping his foot on the ground.
width of this layer of fishes i:
bout twenty or twentv-five !r
embracing fish ;f various k;;
and sizes, from one poimj
twenty. Perhaps this mov :;r,-.
new to many at the Norti ,: '
here it is thought to be vervr
markable: and I can sav, Ibrc
that I (a northener) never .e
of any thing like it in the r;v:
there. The lish there, ti:
from instinct or experience, c
trive to escape the incleme;cv
the winter, by descending, I
pose, to the bottom of thestrca.
These, it would seem, from ;:.
very rare occurrence of such c:,
weather, were not furnished ft.;
this kind of instinct to the sr
de gree that their brethren are;
the North and their e.xperk
came so late, that they were l
much benumbed by the colli;
profit by it. I would suggest ti:
the finny tribe, in the Hudson,;
requested lo send a delegati:;
their inexperienced brethren
the South that, before aiiotl:'
winter, they may he guarded:
gainst the lecurrence of iui:
disaster. A Kac York'.
"P. S. Since writing tie
bove, I have been informed ij
gentleman of this ill;ige, i
numb fish, as they are called, i. .
fish so benumbed with the eoi; :
to float on the surface of die;
have been frequently found in;
Pamtico Sound. Is it so at ;
North? If not, these cases are ?
more remarkable as they
that even with the experif"
which the fish have here, il.ty
not learn to avoid the eataMru:-'
that has so often befallen some
their number. Perhaps il
phrenologist should examine ik'
heads, they would find theint1
deficient in some of their or
frozen Quicksilver. There '
never, to our knowledge, hetn
great a degree of cold re gist cm!
iny part ot the United btaies
on bundav last, at New Lehaii!1"-
New York. At .5 o'clock en
morning, the mercury had suiin
39 below 0, and became cvn''r--
and immovable. I he lowest V?:
on record was that made fwe
lieve") bv Professor Cleveland.
Bowcloin Colleyre. at Brunsw ick, M
some quarter of a century since
He
suspended several glasses lVcin
bough of a tree in the most ex;)L -situation
to the weather, and au?.
all night to watch the ihictuationsc:
the fluid. At one neried. white i"'
ticing one more sensitive than ti"
rest, he was almost in ecvacif! t1
see it sink, sink, sinking to ntar tii"
touchstone, but it absolutely retuse
to hudire a decree lower than :
prefvi ring to remain a liquid str
and the scientific Professor was-cblic
ed to retire to bed with his wfci":'i
ungratified.
In l'arrv's sprnnrl voimi'P to t.i
North Pole, hi officers'.
alcoholic thermometers stood at
degrees below zero, amused tc'x
selves by casting quicksilver into b':i"
jet moulds and tree?.ing it; and f-
joyed great i-port in tiring; the ! l' '
-fx
I