Whole No. 030
Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, N. C.) Saturday, November 12, 1836.
Vol. XII JVo. 44.
The "Tarb-trough Press,"
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EXPEDITION.
from Baltimore lo Elikety,N. C.
IN TWENTY-SIX HOURS.
Great Northern and Southern Line
of travel, via Washington eily,
Fredei icksburg, Richmond,
Petersburg, llaleigh, &.c.
ON and after the fifteenth day of Oc
tober next, travellers from New
York and Philadelphia, reaching Washing
i, iIia ... .i.., p
! ami Washington Tail Road, wilt be for
warded immediately by the
Fteamboat to Potomac creek, and thence
by Stages and the Richmond and Frede
ricksburg Rail Road cars to Richmond,
Virginia, which place they will reach hi
10$ o'clock, A. M. leaving Richmond im
mediately, they will arrive in Petersburg
to dinner, and at the termination of tiV
Petersburg Rail Road, on the R -anoke, at
8 o'clock, P. M ; whence they will be for
warded by the expeditious lines of J. If.
Avery k. Co. to Halifax, Tarborough,
IVarrenton, Raleigh. F.iyetteville, Colum
bia, S. C. Augusta, fcc.
Returning the Stages from the South
will reach Blakeley Depot (the termination
of the Petersburg Rail Road) at 4 o'clock,
P. M. Petersburg at 9 P. M. Richmond at
2 A. M and Washington city in time for
the afternoon train of cars to Baltimore
making the trip each way, between Balti
more and Blakeley, on the Roanoke, in
the unprecedented time of
Twenty sia; hours
The above line is connected throughout,
and connects at Hick'g Ford, with the.
Boydtun, Danville, and Salisbury line, and
Northern and Southern travellers are gua
rantied against detention at any point on
the route between Baltimore and Augusta.
Oct. 4,lS3fi.
The Proprietors,
40
List of Letters,
Rtmaivinfz in the Post Office at Tarbo
rough the 1st of Oct. 183t, uhich
yj not taken out before the ist of Jan.
next, iritl be sent "to the General 1'osl
Qjfice as dead letters.
Bmclley barah Mrs Ilorne Guilford
Hare Lewi
flail I II Dr
Jane servant of S D
Cotteu
Jenkins Roberson
Irwin H L Dr
Jones MacguiJbry
Kea William 2
Knight W illiatn
Knight James
Lane Levi
Law rence Jos Dr
Bowers George Maj Afathewson John (I
Braily B Mrs Manning John 2
Alo"ie Moses
planning Micaj h
Medicine Vender of
MizclU Perry
Mayo Frederick
Pender James
Powell Joseph J W
Purvis Sovereign '2
Dancy Edwin C Dr PoI Sarah Mrs
beans Daniel Parker Mary R Miss
Kthcridge Lewis Pender J J B
Kthend?e Redick Ragsdale M T Miss
I.driiundson Joseph Ragsdale A M Miss
Ellis William Ruffin Ktheldred
Towards Jacob Renick Robert M
freeman Josiah 2 Spight Eliz'h V Miss
fountain Spenrer Shff Edgecombe t o
f'lk Mary E Miss 2 Spicer Moses
llton Jobe SauM.y W C
1'oxhall Sarah Mr? 2 Smith John
Urndlev Elira Miss
ih'udley J.imes
liradlt-y J.,hn
Uritt Joseph 2
Kari.es James A
Barnes Jnmes
Brnes Maj E
Burnett William 2
Bf II Marmaduke
Btll William
Bell Alexander
Bairon James
Bennett Susan Miss
Bond Mary Mrs
tampell F Mi-s
Crotkat W illiam
therry Cadet
Uixon Henrv Sen
I)raiih;m l'z Mrs
uvis Jonathan
f!irrt'tt John
(j"y E Maj
Orin.es Thomas
Hymnn John
Hines Richard
Haw kin John
Hyman W in Elder
Sugg P Dr
Singletary J Rev 2
Tolston Rloses
Turnbull James
Thigpen Jobe
Terrell M M
Ward J T
Higgs Caroline Miss Worsley William
Iliiies William II Wilaon L D Gen 2
Maiheway John Wilkins Willis
Jus. M. Ht tlmond, V. M
?s $15 m.
WASHINGTON
MojruMHjrt.
THE Board ot Managers of the Wash
ington National Monumental Societu
invite DESIGNS for this structure, inten.
ded as a memorial of a
NATION'S GRATITUDE.
It would be to fetter genius, to prescribe
any limits to the exercise of i(g powers,
which should, however, in this case har
:nouiouly blend durability, simplicity and
grandeur. Although it ii'impracticahle at
present to estimate the extern of the con
tiibutions that may be mxde, the Designs
maybe predicated on an expenditure of not
less than one million of dollars.
The Board of Managers will not offend
American genius so much as to offer, In
tiii instance, a pecuniary rewaid. The
Hrtut. whose Design shall be adopted, will
feel amply remunerated; and all the De
signs w ill be bound and carefully preserved
to which end, it is requested that they be
sketched, as near as may be, on paper of a
unif rm sise, of the dimensions of sixteen
by twenty-two inches. The designs to be
directed to
GEORGE WATT Eli SON, Sec'ry.
$100 Reward.
ANAWAY from the subscriber, on
Tuesday nierht the 6th of September
last, my negro man named
Aged about 5fi years, 6 feet high and thin
visazed. Tom is no doubt lurking in the
neighborhood, as he has k:lhd and injured
my cattle, hogs sheep, kc. As Tom is a
malicious negro kikI will certainly resist
an attempt to lake him, I will give the
above reward for his apprehension if taken
in any manner and confined in jail.
Elizabeth Cromwell.
October 17, lS3f. 41
isceUancous
TEXAS.
Texas. The following U an
extract of a letter dated at the
Head Quarters of the Texan Ar
my, September I8t!i,and written
by Gen. Felix Houston. It was
addressed to Col. Louis P. Cook,
of the Texan Army, who is at pre
sent in New Orleans:
"It is my opinion that the war
between Texas and Mexico is not
yet ended U lias just begun and
must be terminated beyond the
Kio Grande. Mexico is not blind
to her future destiny, and without
a severe contest she will never
consent that the Americans shall
settle to the Rio Grande. Her
murderous and barbarous policy
has doomed her, and her pride
must be humbled before she yields
to the superior power of her more
warlike neighbors, who have sig
nalised themselves, as much by
the noble traits of mercy and hu
manity as by indomitable courage."
artisans who concur in recom
mending the work to the favorable
notice of mechanics and manufacturers.
tt?A negro
slave at Darien.
jeo. named Tom Scudder,
bought himself a wife for $700;
but quarreling a little time after,
he sold her for $750. This same
fell ow is perfectly able to purchase
his freedom; but refuses to do it,
and follows his trade of a shoe
maker daily paying to his mas
ter two dollars for his services.
a?Gov. Fulton, of Arkansas,
has issued a proclamation calling
for the organization of ten volun
teer companies to defend the fron
tier, according to the reouisitiftn
of Brevet Brig. Gen. Arbuckle of
the U. b. Army.
Large number of Emigrating
Creeks. No less than tkirtten
thousand Creeks, .iccordiuc to the
Columbus (Geo.) Inquirer of 15th
sept., had. arrived within the 15
days previous, and taken up the
line of march for Arkansas.
Information
Is wanted relative to
Christopher ft'elden.
A native of Galway in Ireland, who resided
i or 4 years :to
IN WILMINGTON, N, C,
The object of t his u v erluenient is to know
where Chrilopher Welden is at present he
was rathr $hoi t, and of a saudv complex
ion. Address the publisher of the IVil
minptor. ( N. C.) Advertiser.
Apul 22.
M. EDWARD MANNING,
KDEli"? all persons indebted to him
lo come forward and mflte iinmcdi-
aie payment. Also, the inhabitants ;f
Districts Nos. 15 and 16, to pay their tax- :
es without delay, as he contemplates on '
going to the North the 1st ol Sept. and will j
uoi return in six mouths Those concern-!
ed will please obey the above mandate,
he cannot go without a full aujtis'nient f
his affairs before his departure, those
having claims against hin wi!l please be
so condescending as to present them for
adjustment within the time prescribed,
lie will also have a couple f
Horses for tale,
One of which is extraordinarily gentle,
suitable for a family ci hoi se One can
be delivered the 1st of August, and the
other the 1st of Sept. Strict justice re-
quires, and necessity demands, that the
above article shall be attended to.
July 9th. 183fi.
Stale of North Cnrolinu,
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Court of Equity.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 183G
Lewis Ellis" .
John Peeie ii others, S
ST appearing to the satisfaction of said
Court that Jacob Home, one of the
defendants in the above case, is a non-resident:
It is therefore ordered, that publica
tion be made for six weeks in the TarborV
Press, notifying him to appear at the next
session of said Court, to be held for said
County, at the Court House in Tarboro',
on the second Monday in March next, tiien
and there to plead or demur to said bill or
answer the same, or j idgment will beta
ken pro confesso and said bill be set for
hearing ex parte as to him.
Witness, Isaac .oi fleet, Clerk and Mas
ter of said Court, at office, the second
Monday of September, 1836.
NOU FLEET, C.M.E.
By tVm. NnrJlcel,D.C.$c.
Price adv S3 50.
Crops ill Georgia. The worm
and rot together have made exten
sive havoc in the cotton crops in
the neighborhood of Milledge
ville, Georgia. One gentleman
with a plantation of four or five
hundred acres, informs the Sa
vannah Republican that one bush
el of new forms or blossoms could
Curious Adventure A Female
SaiYor.-The Philadelphia Chron
icle has lately published a very
remarkahle story of Miss Maria
, a young lady of quite pretty
and interesting personal appear
ance, and about seventeen 3'ears
of age, whose parents reside at
; iiKesoarre, fenn. It appears
that she dressed herself in boy's:
clothes, and journeying to Phila-
delphia, applied for a situation in'
some vessel, as sailor boy. a
berth was accordingly procured
for her on board a whale ship at
New Bedford, whither her expen
ses were paid without any suspi
cion as lo her sex. After an ab
sence of three months, she return
ed to Philadelphia, and told the
person who had paid her passage,
that not finding the life of a sailor
as pleasant as she imagined it
would be, she had on reflection
abandon the idea altogether of go
ing to sea, and intended to seek
employment in the city. Having
ascertained that Iter sex had been
discovered, Maria immediately
changed her residence, and has
not been heard of since. She has
probably returned to her parents,
who were apprised of her singular
adventure.
locks are to be 200 feet long by
50 wide, lilt generally not to ex
ceed 10 feet to each lock. The
elevation to be surmounted is
300 feet, consequently there will
be thirty locks. This is indeed a
gigantic project.
Prosperous state of Aeto Or
leans. The uninterrupted health
of New Orleans has caused an
earlier revival of the fall trade
than usual. Twenty-five steam
boats, either loading or discharg
ing, were counted at the levee,
September 22; a much larger
number than usual at this season.
Buildings are going up every
where, and common laborers in
such demand that they are re
ceiving from two to three dollars
per day.
From Africa. We learn by
the brig Norfolk, from the south
west coast of Africa, that in con
sequence of the death of the Gov-
IA . l ( - I i . ,
riiiur i Ltiiiiinoos e rntuanna de
fJC?The annual meeting of the
American board of missions com
menced on Wednesday last at
Hartford, and closed on Friday.
The receipts of the year amounted
to $176,000, and the expendi
tures to about 5238,000. The
operations of the Board, it seems,
have lately increased more rapid
ly than its means. S23,000 were
subscribed, principally by the cit
izens of Hartford, before the
board adjourned.
not be found, having all been de-! Olivira, brother of the Marquis all
ii . t . . I C.I.I.. I. . i . . . i
vouren oy me worms. 1 lie ear- oaiuannaj who was in me interior
ly growth only, will be in part . w 'lb the troops, and a Colonel ap-
matureci. l ue grain and provi- j P'niutu in ins place, who acted
sion crops are abundant.
very tyrannically, the troops at
Lioanda revolted, and commenced
fear
Cotton Crop in .Mississippi. an indiscriminate slaughter of the
The Mississippi Free Trader of i inhabitants (Portuguese.)
September 30th, after speaking of
the rainy weather, which had des- Death from Cold. A man
troyed the bolls of the cotton, named Palmer Thompson, per
says "It will now require most 's!leJ in the snow storm, on the
extraordinary f;iir weather for a ! ninl f l,,e 5m instant, in Smith
longer period than we dare hope i 'd township, Bradford county,
or can reasonably expert, to eua-! Pe- He had been at a rais
ble our planters even to come up I nig some distance from his dwel-
lo the short crop of last year." ,mg ai,d in the attempt to return
Bill of Injunction.
h ome. somewhat intoxicated, in
CEight thousand and thirty I the midst of the darkness and the
seven dogs have been killrd since storm, he lost his way, and re
the law against their running at ' rnained all night in the snow,
large first went into operation, at " here he was found next morning
a cost of four thousand and eigh-j lifeless.
teen dollars and fifty cents.
jY. Y. Star. "Saw my leg off!" Many hu
morous illustrations of absence of
The Erie and Venango Rail' mind have lately been registered
Road Distance 23 miles, stock I 'm the newspapers, but the latest
100.000. will be suhsirlhedfor ! and best, is the one we subjoin
on the 17th at Erie. At Venango ' from the Eastport (Me.) Sentinel:
it meets the Cassadaga and Erie
Rail Road of New York, and
may be extended to Warren,
Penn. ib.
The Treasurer of Maryland in
conformity to the Legislative en
actment has subscribed 3 millions
of dollars to the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road, and the city of
Baltimore a like sum.
JS'ew Invention. The Dunkirk
Beacon crives an account of an
engine for propelling machinery,
recently invented by Messrs. bilas
P. Griswold and Richard Oolh
oudt, of that village, which prom
ises to be of great service to the
manufacturing public. It is upon
the pendulum and lever principle,
and its operation has been witnes
sed by large numbers of practical
Dr. G 1, of the U. S. Ar
my, being called upon to perform
an amputation at the thigh of one
of the men, he opened his ampu
tation case, sat down and deliber
ately sawed his own leg off! The
mistake was not observed by him
until he attempted to walk!
A Challenge! John Bascorab
is ready to run any horse in the
world over the Augusta, Georgia,
Course for $20,000.
Another. Post Boy will run
any horse in the world over any
Course north of Washington for
$20,000. Baltimore Chronicle.
fXTThe estimated expense of
making the projected ship and
steam boat canal around the Falls
of Niagara is from two and a hall
to five millions of dollars. The
Munificent Bequest. The Bos
ton Ceutinel says, the hte John
Lowell, Jr. Esq. of that city, who
died a few months ago near Bom
bay, left property to the amount
of more than half a million dol
lars. We learn, that he has be
queathed one half his property to
trustees, to be appropriated to
found an Institution in that city,
for the purpose of the delivery
oflectures on scientific subjects.
f?Themas C. Elaby, living at
the Three Brothers, on the Apa
lachicola River, killed his own
son by shooting him with a mus
ket charged with 24 buckshot, all
of which were lodged in his body.
The father behaved most brutally
after the murder, which was com
mitted without any apparent
cause. Elaby had before com
mitted a murder in North Caroli
na, from w hence he fled, a large
reward having been offered for
his apprehension.
Sacrilege. Some villains, tak
ing advantage of the storm and
noise on Tuesday night, broke in
to St. Mary's C hurch, and stole
several vessels, They cut to pie
ces some of the dresses, for the
sake of the lace, and took a quan
tity of silver money, which had
been collected on Sunday. The
censer was left, though of solid
silver; the sacrament was laid up
on the altar, and the chalice car
ried off. PhiL U. S. Gaz.
From (he A'ew York Journal of
Commerce.
Important intelligence from
Portugal and Spain. By the
Empress, which arrived here yes
terday in 28 days from Malaga,
we have received Portuguese and
Spanish papers, which announce
another revolution in Portugal,
and an important victory obtained
by the Queen's troops over the
Carlists.
It appears that for some time
back a general dissatisfaction was
evinced by the people against the
Miuister Freire, and that on the
arrival on the 9th of September of
some opposition deputies from the
provinces of the Duoru and Up
per Beira, this dissatisfaction was
manifested by the demonstrations
of joy with which these deputies
were received. The Tagus was
covered with boats filled with peo
ple, and on their landing at Lis
bon, they were accompanied by
an immense crowd to their lodgings.
At night the battalion .f the
National G uards were under arms,
joined the iroc ps of the line, and
proclaimed ihe constitution of
IP22. A deputation was sent by
them to the Queen, requiring her
to proclaim the constitution of
1822 and dismiss her minister.
This was immediately conceded,
and the Count He Lameares and
Viscount Sa da Bandeiro were di
rected to form a new ministry.
The breaking of ihe wim te.vs of
the palace of the Duke de l;almel
la was the consequence.
The ex-ministers, Fieire and
t'avbiiho, had disappeared, and
it was supposed they were secret
ed in the Queen's palace, whose
husband, Don Fernando, vas be
ieved to be opposed or inimical
to the change. An apprehension
was entertained that the Queen
would endeavor lo escape on
board of one of the vessels of the
English squadron in the Tagus.
On the morning of the I Oth, a
deputation of officers repaired to
the Queen, to demand atitl ex
pression of her adhesion to the
constitution. The whole corps
diplomatique ere with her, with
the exception of the Spanish Min
ister. Her Majesty, after confer
ring with the British Ambassador,
signed the above Decree. The
Count de Lameares prevaiitd on
the Queen and her, husband to
swear to the constitution in the
Municipal Hall, whether she pro
ceeded in a carriage with l im,
and there tl.ey both took the oath
required.
It was said that all the foreign
Ministers except tlie Spanish,
have protested against the act of
the Queen, which they assert she
was compelled to perform
A despatch was received at
Malaga on the 25lh ult. from Ma
drid, announcing the complete de
feat of the Carlist armj', consist
ing of 14,000 men, under the
command of General Gomez, (by
the Queen's General, Alaix,) with
the loss of several hundred killed,
and 3,000 prisoners.
The cholera was still prevailing
in Hungary, and Bohemia.
Locusts in Syria. The Bostoli
Advertiser has files from Smyrra
to July 30th, which colitain some
interesting particulars respecting
the great destruction of locusts by
order of Ibrahim Pacha in Syria,
who, in this novel experiment, has
employed the destructive propen
sities for which he is said to be
characterized to some good pur
pose. An immense flight of these
animals appeared in the begin
ning of summer and threatened
serious ravages to the crops. All
the population of Aleppo and oth-
tr districts were put into requisi
tion and turned out lo hunt lo
custs. Ibrahim's troops were em
ployed in the same manner. Af
ter 40 days the country was rid
ot the nuisance. The number
destroyed as measured by order
of the Pacha, are 427, 1G0 ardebs.
For the information of ihe Eng
lish reader, it may be proper to
state that the ardeb is equal to a
fraction over eight bushels,
This enormous quantity is oulv
the amount of what were destroy
ed by the troops and population
of Aleppo; but there were besides
in the villages ol the Arabs, and
in the districts of Killis, Aintab,
Hanimah, Marrah and D.im iscus,
immense quantities destroyed
which were not measured.
fXAn army of Spanish Flies.
almost as formidable as the lo
custs, have invaded a portion of
lielgium from the southern parts
of France, and done creat mis
chief to the crof s.
C7TIe treasury of Brazil, at
Rio Janeiro, was robbed between
the 23d and 25lh of July, of 500
millions rais, (about 100 millions
of dollars.)
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