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Tarbordugh, ( Edgecoinbe County, Jr. C.) .Saturday, Apiil S3i 183G,
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BY CBORGE HOWARD, ' ;
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)ollars,l H.e expirar.ort oftkr
tion vear. For any period less
'""Cr'vear Twenty five Cents pr month.
Scrihers re at l.'Jery lo discontinue
1 arrears those re;idin at a dm
'aV,'"!'minnvariallr y advance, or
Sf . reson,ible reference i- t ImvicUut v .
I i h (or a sqiuie) be nurried ni
'", fu the first iuiertiun Si 25 cents "cli
l.ia.n. LnSer ones at that 'rate
Advertisements must
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Miscellaneous
RAIL KOADS.
(rThe Petersburg Intelligen
cer gives the following description
of the beneficial results of the Hail
Road to the Roanoke:
Oar Town. A lot of ground j
on Old street, near uie uarttuu
House, which two years since was;
offered at private sale by its own-1
erfor 4,000, was last week , sold
At public auction for 7,500, and
immediately after the purchase re
jolJ for $8,500. This is but oue
of numerous other indications of
the growing prosperity ol our
town. New houses are being
erected, every branch of labor
fnJs ready employment, our
streets are crowded with boics
the stores of our merchants are
illedwith rich and plenteous sup
plies of Goods the highest prices
ire paid in our market for coun
try produce. Every thing de
notes capital and industry profita
bly and usefully employed.
When the Petersburg Rail Road
m first projected, many were
fjutid ready and willing to predict
i:s failure, to inveigh against the
scheme as visionary, and to de
nounce it either as impracticable,
aras requiring an expenditure of
nouey beyond our means or
reach. Despite however of these
croaking vaticinations the work
was commenced. Our citizens
generally, with praiseworthy alac
rity came forward and put their
shoulder to the wheel aided uv
h confidence and contributions
l capitalists not directly iuterest
J in our Town, but who admired
i!ie public spirit, the enterprise
"J the energy which had devised
i'd promised to complete this no-
undertaking. The company
''lube gratification of seeing their
ork rapidly progress and success
fully accomplished.
hs benefits were almost imme-
ciatthf felt a new impulse was
lilven to our commercial ppera
fresh avenues of trade were
J'pened, and a large, rich and fer
,,;le district of country began to
pour iu valuable products hito our
"wfcets. Encouraged by these
gratifying results, the enterprize
ot our citizens suggested and pro
itemed other plans for the ad
Va)cement of the interests and
Prosperity of Petersburg. Three
arg Cotton Manufactories have
een put into successful operation,
jnd several .others of a similar
are about to start into vigor
C,U5 cmpetition with those alrea
flJ established.
. ai,y other evidence were want-
1QSoftbe nnblic snirit or enter-
pfiie of Petersburg, we might
llh j't pride point to the liberal
BPport given the Greensville and
;:udloke and the Raleigh and
-nun Uail RoafSt To these
" vorks we have contributed
t less than $400,000, a sum
V k undef circumstances
'th prove at once our .ability
,,Lr readiness lo foster valua
Uil
t Srho p . -
-uies oi internal improve
When these two great
inks
'n 'he chain of direct and
lrie!i,
Carol
y communication withNorth
u,a shall be completed, (and
arable consummation - wil
new ami richer sources of prospe
ritv will It a ... rri
products of a very large portion
f "ihe North State" .will proba
bly seek our market, and thus new
opportunities and a larger field h
afforded for the employment of
uuuuuerciai capital, rue activity
given to tradewill spread through
every branch of business. The
Country Merchant will no longer
luniiv 11 necessary to go on to
iew York. He will find everv
Pi ISlo i o r --., I I -I
- u fcwwu rtuu as cneap in
,S as i, c be.purchJUu
. v nuuu. Kjur mercuants
have already made arrangements
wnicn win enable them to supply
every, demand.
At present our Town exhibits a
bustling activity, noisy but glad
some confusion, which proves that
there are "many visitors among
us." : The more the merrier, say
we. Kegiment after regiment of
these friendly, recruits may march
through our streets without fear of,
imnrupuon, unless it oe Irom llie
innumerable temptations which be
set them on every side in the form
of rich and beautiful articles of
merchandize of every kind, sort,
and description. They must lack
taste and discernment if they do
not "tarry awhile," and will be
unjust to enterprize and public
spirit if they do oot encourage
their growth. - ;
(I?We learn from the Boston
Gazette, that the Senate of Massa
chusetts have passed to a third
reading, by a vole of 22 lo 7, the
bill which had passed the House,
authorizing the slate treasurer to
subscribe one million of dollars to
the stock of the Western Rail
Road.
Editorial ChSge. The
"Greensboro Patriot," edited by
the late talented, thqugb eccentric
genius, William Swaim, has pass
ed into the hands of Messrs. A.
E. Hanner and C. N. B. Evan's.
The former gentleman has had
control of the Editorial depart
ment of the Patriot since Mr.
Swaim' death, and has exhibited
strong evidence that he ivields a
nervous pen. His articles possess
the same characteiiatic raciness
for which his predecessor was so
distinguished. Having now as
sociated with him another gentle
man, who is a practical priuter,
we have no doubt the Patriot will
maintain its celebrity.-Hal. Reg.
i Murder! Mr Thomas Too
ley, a resident of St. Brides Par
ish, Norfolk County, was shot on
Tuesday night last while sitting
in his house. The supposed per
petrator of this inhuman act, (a
slave of the deceased) has been
arrested aud is now in jail at
Portsmouth. Aor. Beacon.
Mail Robbery. The Columbia
(S. C.) Bulieiin of the 1st instant,
stales that ihe mail between that
place and Charleston has been
robbed four tiroes, viz:, on uie
i full ifiiti 21it and 24th of
March. The robbers have not
been detected as yet so far as w e
know.
jYew York. Jloril fr. A second
individuar has been arrested; in
jhis citv. on a charRe oi oemg
rnttcerned 111 the Duriwug ui uic
Treasury Office at , wasuiugiuu.
- . ; if ' .
Hp was taken on yesieruay uy
..... " ' . i-i i
officer Merrill, and is to be used
as a witness for Government.
VlnrUa lirar.U has turned
out as was anticipated, that the
nronosition of Osceola was a ae-
0,c., ctrntafrem to obtain time
to remove his women and chil
Arn nd secure a more favorable
future oDerations. .
nJlcu of accepting whal
are called fViendly Indians -into
... Mi,c ic verv much question-
ed, as it is strongly suspected that
some of the Seminoles now, with
eu. ocott, who came on from
1 arnpa . Bay with Gen. Gaines,
nave acted as. spies for Osceola,
mat chieftain it .appears1 being
minutely acquainted in advance of
all the intended movements of our
troops. It is. more probable in
our opinion, that the negro ser
vants of our officers and about our
camp, may be hi correspondence
with the negroes acting with Os
ceola. ,Y. Y. Star.
A Discovery. The ... statement
sometime siuce mude of the burn
ing of a canal bdat on the" way
from Columbia to . Charleston,
with 111 bales of cotton, turns
out to be an imposition. It now
appears that the careo had been
clandestinely landed at Goose
Creek and thence h rniirrht tn
Charles'ton and sold. ib.
Lost money found. The Whee
ling Gazette of the 6th inst. says:
ve learn by a passenger in ihe
steamboat, that the package of
$100,000, recently lost by the iu
dividualcarrying it from Cincin
nati to Philadelphia, was found
near Zanesville, and that it bad
been sent i to Cincinnati.
Enormous Salary. The New
Orleans Bee of 24th ult. announc
es the appointment of Mr. J. B.
rerrault, as Cashier of the Citi
zens Bank. The salary cranted
to Mr. Perrault, is stated to be
$13,000, which with his house
etc. will be annually about S 1 5,-
000. The Editor observes,
that, this is probably the largest
salarypaid in the. United States,
except to the President.
Bank mania. The following
is from the Natchez (Miss ) Cou
rier, of the 1 5th ult. 1
Commercial Bank of Natchez.
Yesterday a chance of subscription
to the capital stock of this institu
tion was offered to the public ac
cording to the advertisement of
the commissioners.
One window was opened at
nine o'clock and was instantly
thronged. The crowd in the
street increased very fast until 12
o'clock, the hour (advertised) for
closing. So fir from this having
been the case, it was found neces
sary at 12 to open another window
and an hour afterward another.
At two o'clock the windows were
closed, ihe whole number of tick
ets having been: drawu out, al
though a great number of persons
Were still in waiting for a chance
to draw, and were consequently
disappointed. The press of peo
ple from city and country through
out the day was excessive, and -we
noticed a string ot saddled horses
tied along main street up and
down for some distance; the north
ern editors, however can tell their
folks' lhere was no riot, as is the
case with them on like occasions.
We understand that sales have
already been made by the Mucky
ones' who drew the prizes, at an
advance of four per cent.' "
Serious Fires in Boston At'
tempt to destroy ihe City. fire
broke OUl on if euue&uujr unci-.
noon in Mr. Fernald's foundry, in
the rear of Fulton street, and com
municated to the carpenter shop
of Messrs. Lyford and MitcheU..
Both buildings were injured to nn
amount not less man $iuw.
Another fire broke out soon after
in the Boston" steam factory and
India Rubber -company of Pitts
Court,' by the Upsetting of a bar
rel of turpentine, near a stove.
The whole building was destroy
ed. LiOss. SoU.uuu, inciuuiiig p
nerl factory in the building. The
owners were uiessrs. vf l,u
Badger. A protecting wall erec
ted for the purpose some years
sincesaved the builings on Cres
cent Court. The same afternoon
a fire broke out in Dr. Adam
mansion, on the
neck,
but Was SOnn rrtxt iinrtf.r
(rot under. At
o'clock in the evening, some vil
lain attempted to set fire to a store
in Corn Hill. Half past 8. there
was a fresh alarm proved to be
a carpenter's shop, bottom of
b ayette street. It was totally de
slrojed. . There were several oth
er alarms during the night,-and j
state of feverish excitement, says
me Boston Uazette, existed thro
out the citv.
Snake in a Man's StomacJi.
During the last four or five years,
we are informed, Mr. '"Marshall
Edson (not Calvin) of Greenwich,
fifteen miles from Barre, Mass.
became afHicted with an internal
disorder, the cause of which he
nor his physicians could satisfac
torily account for, until recently.
Mr. Edson, was a skeleton in ap
pearance, and although from the
commencement of his disease he
had a constantly increasing un
heard of appetite, and devoured an
immense quantity of luxurious ali
ment, it by no means had the effect
as it does upon aldermen, to make
him grow fat.- About three week
since, a council of physicians was
held over him, who decided that
there was some kind of living ani
mal within his body -some of
them tliought.it a snake, and oth
ers that it was some other animal.
At any rate thev all with one ac
cord decided that the man should
totally abstain from every kind of
nourishment for eight days, that
being the only alternative be
tween life and death. On the 8th
day, a pan of milk was placed on
the floor, and Mr. Edson was ta
ken by the heels and held over it.
Very soon the head of a black
snake was discovered making his
way out of his mouth to the milk,
and began to lap the luscious bev
erage. It was immediately drawn
from'the- throat of the agonized
man, and killed, measuring eigh
teen inches in length. Mr. Ed
son is now regaining his health.
' " Barre Gazette.
Value of a Saw Mill. A. man
havyig a saw mill to sell, recom
mended it very highly on account
of the value of the sawdust it be
ing the best food in the world for
cattle when mixed with meal: A
purchaser having taken it on this
recommendation, began to feed
his cattle on sawdust and meal,
but finding they did'nt thrive very
well on their new f.ed, inquired,
of the former owner what the rea
son was? "Ah," says he, "ihe
reason is clear enough, you don't
know how to mix it; you should
use less saw dust and more meal."
A Flying Leap. Yesterday," as
some fifteen or twenty laborers
were engaged in prying up the
side of a three story house, iu
Eiirtuh. near Race-street, one ofl
ihem unexpectedly took an serial
tour in the following manner.
The workmen were all astride of
a long thick pole, or beam, endea
vouring to effect their object by a
union of weight. By some means
or other,, the beam rolled, and
dislodged from their seats every
man but one. He, poor fellow!
occupied the extreme end, at some
distance from the dwelling. The
house, relieved of its counterpoise,
settled at once, and the Hibernian
was thrown iipward with amazing
velocity, nearly to the top of the
house. He performed two or
three somersets in the air,-: and
finally describing in his decent a
parabolic curve, alighted on' his
feet like a cat, giving a simple
grunt of amazement at his flight,
and afterwards a laugh of satisfac
tion, at having escaped without
the slightest lu)ury.Phil. Gaz.
C? A religious paper in New
Hampshire 'thinks that m -many
cases the salary paid to me annis.
ter, should be divided among his
Stewart's
congregation as a reward for their
patience in listening to his ser
mons.
Celeste's Speech at JSTew Or
leans. After playing two or three
weeks and drawing $75,000 out
"i uie pocKets ot the people of
new wrieans, stie was called out
on her benefit night bowed
gracefully to the audience, put
her small hand on her left breast,
and said in a pretty French ac
cent: "Lady and jentelman, I
am to you so very mosh obhVed
dat 1 no speak vat my heart do
feel I 'ave been dancing de cood
danse you 'ave been paying de
good money. 1 am de bes danse
use in dis worl you de bes pay.
i vu aivay remember you, while
you remember me and no lon-
gare. I 'ave poorshased a cot
tage on de cheek of de Baltimore
vere 1 danse a I de rest nf
day at home good bye. I
forgetta to say my natif countree
have paid de money so all de
accounts are seltled-Adieu."
She left the stage amidst ruars of
applause. ' "
CTFrimbley's wife, says one of
our exchange papers, who was
the cause of a duel between her
husband and another actor by the!
name of Spencer, which due re j
suited in the death of Frimhlev i
has since been married lo Spencer.
Labourers. -The New York Gaz
ette of Thursday says "The Ia
borers made a partial lurn out
yesterday, for ten shillings a day.
In about two hours, half of them
went to work, some at eight shill
ings and some at nine, and the
rest went without their dinner.
The laborers are pouring into the
city from all quarters. Hundreds
may be hourly expected from
Europe old Ireland alone will
send out at least 40,000 emigrants
to this city this spring and most of
them will' he here hv ihe first rC
June. An unusual number of
Mechanics are arriving here from
dillcrent ports in England. ,J
CCTA strange circumstance
lately occured at Breslau, in
Prussia. Some weeks ago a nun
belonging to the Ursuline Convert
in Mie city died (as was supposed,)
and was as usual placed in the
church. " While the sisters were
employed in singing the' usual vi
gils for her," she suddenly rose
from the coffin, proceeded with
tottering steps to the altar, and
there falling on her knees, began
to pray in a loud voice. Ihe
nuns, dreadfully alarmed, ran to
wake the abbess, who at
first :
would not believe what they told
her, but at last was persuaded to
go to the church, where, she saw
the nun, who was praying, rise
from her place before the altar,
and return to her coffin, where
she lay down and closed her eyes.
The abbess immediately sent for
the physican, but when he arrived
the nun was really dead.
German paper. ;.
fThe Salem Gazette gives a
letter from Capt. Shatswell, of the
brig Malaga, of that port, dated
at Cayenne, 22d February, re
lating to the escape of a captain
of a schooner, whose vessel was
seized and crew murdered, at the
mouth of the Amazon, where he
went to procure a load of cattle.
The robbers spared his life, on
condition of his enabling them to
find a certain Barron; and he took
a lot of them into a small sail boat
under that pretence. They star
led at night, they being ignorant
of the compass when day ap
peared the land was no longer in
sight,' when they threatened him
wiih his life if he tfd not immedi
ately convey them- to land. He
complained that the current had
carried them off, and w ould prob
ably be long before they reached
the shore. By that meansrand
their ignorance which way to steer
tor land, he no duubr saed his
life. He made the first land off
Cayenne, and was soon at anchor
along side
a man of war."
(EThe manufacturers of Su
gar from Beets in France, have
purchased of M. Serbat for C00,
000 francs, his patented invention
for causing the molasses to sepa
rate, during the process of refine
ment. '
The American at Paris.. ..There
is an American gentleman of great-'
wealth, residing in Paris who '
rivals nobility itself, in the fpleti
dorofiis equipages. The Pails
Messenger, of January .20tb, .ihus
notices him: "The attenlion of
the numerous promenaders in ihe
Champs Elysses, on Sunday last
was irressistibly attracted by the
equipages and brilliant suite ofau
American, M. Thorn, who has re
sided sometime at Paris, in an ho-
tel in the Faubourg St. Germain.
M. Thorn exhibited himself with
two carriages j with four horses
each, two others with a pair, each, '
and followed by, a great number of
outriders. There is scarcely anv
one but the Duke of Pembroke hi
England who can rival M. Thorn."
CTTbe English and French
papers, says the New York Gaz-
elte, have recently abounded in
paragraphs respecting the elope
ment of Prince Charles of Naples
with Miss Penelope Smith, a rich
Irish heiress. - A Jelter from Par
is, published in the London Morn
ing Post, says it' was suspected at
the Tuilleries, .where the elope
ment had given much displeasure, '
that the parties had sailed "for the
Ur.ited Stales. They haVe assum
ed the name of O'Connor. There
is also a person of that name trav
elling with ihem, whose family
has since been desired to quit Na
ples. Ladv . well known
in the London fashionable circles,
is said to have declared that Miss
Smith must have obtaineda migh
ty sway over his Highness-vf Pa
dua, if she has . prevailed upon'
him to venture across the Atlantic.
Household service of a
let ". - it . '
dog.
"i say stranger," said a cottage
urchin to a Yankee pedlar, "dont
you whistle that ere dog away."
"Why he aim no use no howj he's
so ugly." "O, but he saves heaps
of work," "How?" Why he al
ways licks the plates and dishes so"
clean, that they never want wash
ing; and mammy says she would
not part with him no how, for our
new dog aim got used to mustard .
yet. . v
Saluting the Bride was former
ly the concluding part of the cere
mony of marriage, and it appears
to be getting again into fashion.
We have heard a good'ahecdole
on this head. Judge R. once a in
tended a large wedding, where the -whole
neighborhood, as was" the
custom, were invited, and conse
quently much kissing was enacted;
There was J.. said the judge,
with his nose aud upper lip bes
meared with snuff; aud then W.
wilh tobacco juice oozing from
each corner of his mouth;. and L.
whose breath compounded of ru:..
and onions," wqs strong'enough to
create a pestilence; they, forsooth,
must take the preference. 'Con
found their slobbering said-he;
by the time it came my turn,-(he
girl was'nt fit for the devil to kiss.'
Ol?"A glutton of a fellow, was
dining at a hotel, who in the bat
tle of knives and forks, accidently
cut his mouth, which was observ
ed by a Yankee joker, sitting near
by, who bawled out, "I say,
friend, don't make that are hole iu
your countenance any larger, for
goodness' sake, or the rest of us
will starve to death." Bost.Trans.
wabiybe effected in 18 months)