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Whole Xo. 046.
Tarboroughiflidgecomhe County, X il) Saturday, .March li, 1837.
Vol XIII Xo. 10.
The "Tnrhitrough Press,"
BV fl HOUGH HOWARD,
N puhlisliiMl wf ckly.nt Twi Dollars and
FiftuCents vear, if n ;tvHice
or, TkrttF)ollnrs, Al tlie expiration oftlw
giiiscription vear. Fr a oy pei iotll. -s
tii.ii) a yfnr,Ttcenljf:iceCenla per mouth.
SuUs,:ril)e s sire nt liherl ylolitotttniip t
niir time, on iv'im iiiM thereof !
patin arre:vr those residti.i? at a IU
tnnce must iiivariablypny in advance, or
fjirearesponsible reference tnthisvicinity .
A'ivrtiein"ts not exceeding 1 lines
in length (or a square) will It a inserted at
fv) cfnts the first insertion &25cet!is each
rominnance. Longer ones at that rate
for every nquara. Advertisements mut
he marked the nomherol i njert inn requi
re J, or they will he continued until other
wise ordered .and charged accordingly.
Le'ters addressed totheKdimr must he
post p-ti J, or tliey may not be attended to.
ATP COSTj
CERTAIN.
Ring fyEdmondsion
Have now on hand a variety of
Spring and Summer
Hardware, Groceries, ?.
All of which I hey are willing to dispose of
At cost for Cash,
Or at a very small advance on a credit to
punctual customers. All persons wishing
to avoid paying a large profit on (ioW,
should not fail to avail themselves of this
Great Opportunity
We would further say to our customer?, we
do this for the put pose of making room for
A larger Stock of Goods
In ihe Fall. Call at the si-;n of 11. King,
where the bargains may h found.
King & lidmondson.
Tarboro', July lt, 1836.
H. JOHNSTON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Is now receiving from New York,
A Splendid Assortment of
IN KIS LINE OP BUSINKS,
Suitable for tht approncliing Season.
entemen wishing to put chase' the most
ixtliijunhle and best coods, at a sniail ad- !
viince on the cost, wiil r'.o .vi ell tocll and i
ex -niiine his Stock, as he is determined to i
s !l very low for Cash, or on a short credit
to punctual customers-
Jiinong them are
Superfine blue, hl.ick, mid brmvn Cloths,
2d quality do. of all the most fashionable
colors,
Snp'r corded and plaid fancy Cassimeres,
White corded &.dinh drills for pantaloons,
Crap Camblets and Bombazines for thin
coat?,
A superior assortment of Veslings, of evei.
ry description,
riain brown Linens for summer jackets
and pantaloons,
Fla'm black and fancy Stocks, (a large as
sortment,) Fancy silk Handkerchiefs,
Blnck silk Cravats, linen Collars,
Plain and ruffled linen Bosoms, a new and
superior article -Suipender,
Silk Shirts for gentlemen, a new article,
Also, most every other arlicte comprising
genltemen's wear,
lie also keeps on hand (of his own make)
a smell assortment of
Heady made Clothes.
lie has on h.-md a few best white beaver
Hats, which will be sold at New York cost.
ICGentleinen furnishing their own
Cloths t an have them made and trimmed
in the most fasMoualde manner, and at
the shortest notice.
Tarborough; Aptil 14th, 1836
State Bank
Of North Carolina.
URSUANT to a Resolution of the
Stockholders of ihis Bank, at 1 heir
hst annual GeneiHl Meeting, nil person
hiving claims on said Bank fnr Dividends
"1 Capital or Profiis Dtposites, or Notes
is'tied by the Principal Bank or its Bran
ches, arc earnestly desired to presenl them
'or payment to the Treasurer of the Bank,
ui or before
The first Monday in De
cember next,
Otherwise, they will be barred, as the
Stockholders will then make a final divi
dend of the effects of tlie Bank,
S. F. PslTTERSONtPrcs't.
Kalcigh, Dec ?3, 1636. 1
Scotland JYeck
Female Seminary.
TI1C p:tb!ic are uiot respPclfuUv in
formed that the Kx.urii;:a'ioi of ihe
nliove named Seminal v will tniP ,,!.ire on
Friday, (he IGih ii.gt. at the reside-, ce of
the subscriber, at whu-.h lime Parents am!
Guardians r particularly invited t- at
tend. The Kxeriises of !,e institution
will reciinou-itce on
Monday, the idlh of Janu
ary newt,
Under the direction as I.errtofoie of Miss
Rowan, of New Y oik Aim Hanks, of
New York, will superintend the Mu-ic
Deparlnient.
The lollowing will be the coins of stu
dies Keadint;, writing, geography, gram
mar, spelling, composition, arithmetic,
auric nt and modern history, history of the
United State, rhetoric, loic, natural phi
losophy, astronomy, moral and intellectu
al philosophy, natural theology, elements
wl criticism, chemistry and botany:
For the above branches per
session of five inonlh, $10
Latin, - - 5
Urawiog, " . . 5
Flower Painting, . ; .' g
Fainting in oil colors, - l(j
French, . . 10
Music. - . i,
Koaj J, per mouth, 7
Lem. Is. Parker.
Iec. 9. 1S3.
TO
MERCHANTS.
-::-
WE have iir ported by the shijjs Hark
Away. M11 mora, Geoiue asli
ington, and HiheriiM,
The heaviest and hest assorted
STOCK OF EUROPEAN
GOODS,
Ever in nor p sseision. Our assortment of
American Go d,
li very extensive and complete. These
Good ve will ..ell U imi f. 1 f
rily believe as low, and in some instances
lower than imibir tJood-can ie boueht in
ay Northern Market, and on as literal
iiH-mt ihoroK., ... .,. i
rhant loSurne, Freight, niid other inci-I
oental exnenses.
dental expenses.
Paul, Moll an Co.
Tetersbnru, Vn. Spt. 12. 37
jr1 . . j
UniHCSC IfJLlllUCrry. : group at tenderly loved a-
THE subscriber ha for disposal seve
d'pted children, by whom he is
rai hundred rooted trees and c it happily SUITOUnded." Ill his re
lioKS of the noted Morns Multicuules, or L:..,. n t 1 -n
Xvxv Chinese Mulberry;
Found doubly advantageous for si'k cul
ture, and one of (lie most beautiful orna
mental lu es, of mod-rale pize, tl;e eye
cn rest upon. Of the ease of propaga
tion this tree and its rapid growth the pub.
lie may judge when inlormt-d that from a
small routed plant, for which a dollar was
paid at Baltimore about four years rince,
the subscriber has disposed of a large
number, and has yet as above stated, and
that his first propagated trees are uear
twenty feet high and beauiifully propor
tioned. The leaf is a dark green color
and often 16 inches long and 1 1 broad.
The price, (now reduced) is .0 cents
each for plants upwards of 5 feet high, and
proportionate for those of a smaller size &.
when a number are taken at a time.
SIDNEY WKLLEli.
Brinkleyville, Halifax county, N. C )
Dec. 15, 183 i.
P. S. Mr. Geo. Howard is my Apent fnr
vines and trees at Tarborough and vicini
ty, and those desirous of any plants would
do well to make early application, so that
they may be included in a box about to be
sent to Mr. Howard. 6'. W.
The Young Jack,
EDGECOMBE,
WILL STAND the ensuing season at
my slable, on the north side of
Tar Utver.on the road leading from Teat's
bridge to the Fa;N Tar River, three miles
above the bridge and will be let to mares
at THREE DOLLARS thi single leap,
FIVE Dollars the season, and NINE Dol
lars to insure a inare to be in foal with
twenty-five cents to the Groom in every
instance. A transfer of properly forfeits
the insurance. The season will commence
the 10th of March and end the IO1I1 July
Every attention will be paid, but no res
ponsibility for accidents, &c.
Edgecombe,
"Is four years old, and a ery large sized
Jack to his age. His appearance is t:e
best recommendation thai can be given.
11 B JFimberley,
February 24, 1837
PUKzlUEXV JACKSON.
1 he veleran and venerated
Chief, who for the last eight jean
Ills presided over the destinies ..1
the Union, with so much honor to
hunse!! and advantage to his coun
trymen, with the close of to-mor-rotv,
lays down his robes of office,
and becomes once more one of the
people a Drivate ritirpn ntnin
Andrew Jackson. A detailed re
view of his administratinn wnnM
occupy volumes of commendation;
winie scarce a pace could beitii
eU With matter nprtnininrr tr t
which an honest patriot or en-
iighteneU statesman could consci
entiously brand with censure.
Since President Jackson camp in.
to office, every difficulty existing
with loreiffti nations, save the tri
vial one respecting the North Eas
tern boundary, has been amicably.
honorably and advantaeeotisly
adjusted. .Many millions of dol
lars, long withheld from us by the
tardy justice of foreign powers,
under his energetic auspices, have
found their way-back to the cof
fers of our wronged and suffering
countrymen; many millions too,
of broad acres, have been added
to our national domain, and made
available to our Treasury; the a
bominable heresy of Nullification
was stricken down at a most criti
cal moment, by his almost super
human mental nerve; and that hi
deous and dangerous Hydra, the
United Stales Bank, as a JVation
ol institution, laid prostrate by
the arm ol the modern Uercu.es.
j These are a few of llie thousand
! ,plln.nc tvbi.-li tt. A
beU Amenrail
: neon e li:Vf In tli-.nh NMI
who hnvintT 4fillcd the Measure of
1 . " . . v
his country's glory," now lays
aside office, and returns to his
j Hermitage home, at the "good old
age 01 threescore years & ten," to
nurse a constitution shattered and
broken in his country's service,
'in the hope, that it may last a
fi-w years longer, and enable him
l" B c ma lessons 10 tne dear
bear with him the prayersof grate
ful millions of American freemen,
for length of days, happiness in
this world, and all in future
worlds, which belongs to the good
and just. The correspondence,
which we annex, displays in col
ors too vivid to acquire additional
coloring from our pen, the estima
tion in which the venerated Chief
is held by his admiring country
men, in several and distant sec
tions of the Union. The senti
ments expressed by the farmers of
Albemarle, by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, and by the citizens
of New York, are faithful types of
those entertained by the great bo
dy of the American people; to
vt horn the name and fame of An
drew Jackson will one day be sec
ond in endearment, only to those
of George Washington. . Pet. Con.
We have only space to present
the President's reply to the Albe
marle invitation, to accept of a
public dinner in the town of Char
lottesville, which is as follows:
Washington, Feb. 14, 1837.
Gentlemen: The kind manner
in which you propose to welcome
me in Albemarle on my way to the
Hermitage, and the affectionate
feeling, the general enthusiasm
with which yon reirard my life of
public service, now just closing, is
that most grateful reward to which
lone my ambition has aspired.
Vow that I have reached the good
old age of threescore and ten, and
find my fellow cititens, (if I ma
trust the indulgent judgment con
veyed in your letter) ready to
pteet me "faithful servant," I mat
well turn my heart in deep and
humble devotion to the author of
my being, and pour out its laU i these useful institutions nfthe State
tribute in thanks to thp hpnpfl.ilt
cence which has permitted me to
luini a destiny, considered by my
country to have been both honor
able and useful.
You recur to the reproaches of
tyranny, usurpation and despot-
3u4 vviui wHicn I nave oeen pur
sued in the course of my adminis
tration of the public affairs, and
tell me, that as "plain Andrew
Jackson, stripped of the insignia
of office, and divested of power,
you may pay to the man and the
patriot, without suspicion, ihe
voluntary homage of respect,"
&c. &c. Let me assure you, gen
tlemen, that there are no circum
stances under which it could be so
grateful to me; and I trust, that
many now besides my political
friends, will be found readv to do
justice to the motives of the man,
who have never aouroved the acts
Of the marnstratf Thorn !
many among us who look with a
jealous and fearful eye on the peo
ple -wno leel in the supremacy
of their will, the despotism of mif-
lions, and as I have, I trust with
iiuskt inking' firmness given effect
to the wishes of the great constitu
ent body Which, vvlipn I enlr.wl
upon the duties as Chief .Magis
trate, I promised faithfully to rep
resent, t could not hope to escape
for the time, the hostility and hate
ol those who hold the power of the
people the most dreadful of tyran
nies. That feeling will now abate,
when in the humble walks of pri
vate life, I divide with my Repub-
ican lriends the intense odium
which, as their prominent repre
sentative, I have for years concen
trated on myself.
I here is no spot in the world
where it would give me so much
pleasure to rest me, after laving
down the load of public duty, as
in ihe view of Aloniicello, and no
people with whom it would be
more congenial and gratifying to
my unfettered spirit, to hold so
cial communion,' than the Demo
cratic farmers of Albemarle. It
was from the genius of the place.
the apostle of human libertu, whose
dust consecrates the mountain'
top which looks abroad upon the
happiness of this continent, that I
imbibed the principles which have
directed my public labors; and I
should feel it my greatest triumph
at the loot of it to read in the eves
of his nearest neighbors, and fol-
lowrrs, that they have not funm!
me altogether wanting in the high
trusts which .it has been my for
tune to succeed him. Rut mv
bodily infirmities forbid the hope
of enjoying this pleasure. I must
hasten home to my Hermitage, j
when I leave the city, by the
smoothest and quickest route, and j
there claim the privilege of nurs
ing a shattered constitution, in
hope that it may last a few years
longer and enable me to give the
first lessons to the dear little
group of tenderly loved adopted
children by whom 1 am happily
surrounded.
With my grateful acknowledg
ments to the citizens of Albemarle
whom you '-represent, I ter.der
through you to them my best
wishes for their welfare thro this
life, and a happy immrtaliiv, and
tO each Of VOII. rpntUmn
r u,
thanks for the? kinri cpii 1 1 itipnlc
with which you have addressed
me. 1 am verv ronprtfullv
Your fellow citizen,
ANDREW JAC KSON.
Messrs. Thomas W. Matirv, Wil
liam H. Brockenborough, Geo.
Carr, and others, Committee of
Invitation, Albemarle, Sic.
The County Courts. At the
last session of our Legislature, an
act was passed in elation to Coun
ty Courts, which if carried out by
the Magistrates of the several
counties, will gre uly promote the
administration of justice and im
part dignity tud respectability to
the County Courts, annually, to
appoint a certain number of their
own body to hold their Courts, alid
to pay them a sum not exceeding
three dollars, nor less than one
dollar per day, for their services.!
We have been an eye witness, in
several of the Counties, to the
benefit arising from this system,
and therefore can speak knowing
ly of its advantages. We have
frequently regretted that our own
County has not adopted " it. At
present, where there are no special
Courts, it is made the sworn duty
of all the magistrates of the Coun
ty to hold the County'Courts, and
the result verifies the old adage
"what is every body's business, is
made the business of no one." We
have witnessed in Caswell, as well j have transpired which indicated
as other Counties, the ludicrous: an intention to subject him to bun
spectaele of the Sheriff and his1 dage of another sort.
deputies, who in law are the ser
vants of the Tonrt, oing about
over the Court yard begging and'
teasing the Magistrates to go into
the Court house and do that, which
is their lawful, as well as sworn
duty, to do. We have seen the
whole Court change during the
trial of a State or criminal prose
cution, and after the conviction off
the defendant, and w hen the Coun
ty Solicitor prays the judgment of!
the ' .curt, they are entirely ignor
ant of the nature of the nffence, or
the circumstances attending its
commission. They are therefore
totally unprepared to do justice
to the State or the defendant. In
the county of Rockingham, where
the plan has been adopted for sev
eral years, the most beneficial con
sequences have resulted from it.
We wish not to be considered
invidious when we say, that the
Presiding Magistrate of that Court
would not disgrace a much higher
tribunal. The system is there
found, independent of its other ad
vantages, a pecuniary saving to
the county. At a late term of that
ottrt, i hey met on Monday, went.
, 1. 1 t ' j-, '
through vyth the State docket and ;
on 1 tiesday, they despatched the
Civil docket and then discharged
the Jury for the remainder of the
term Under the old system, they
used to detain the Jury nearly all
I. W I 1 .1 .i-i
me weeh. 1 e uouui not out like
henPfit ivill n,v, !.-,..!
sure, if adopted in Caswell, as well!'?. 0,000 'ur lMe manufactory of
as other counties.' He have a 1 pI
counties. We have able
and intelligent Magistrates, who
can.be selected to hold the Courts,
but who could he expected under
the nresent svsiem t.. rWnt ih;r:
time and attention to the service!
of the public without some little
remuneration; and we will not be-
neve out tne just, intelligent and
high minded citizens of Caswell
I . .1 ... .
will sanction this measure. It will
be for their benefit
..;
they cannot therefore be so
blind;
to their own interests as not to ap
prove of it. T a the great body
f the Magistrates, it will relieve
them from a burden which they
all severely feel, and wp doubt
not, they will readily embrace the
provisions of the Act of Assembly
referred to. Milton Spectator.
Elopement Extraordinary.
fX7"A rumor was circulated in
our town yesterday not a little
extraordinary jn its character.
Dan Cupid or Madam Philanthro
py having made a lodgment in
the breast of a dame of about 28
winters in the neighborhood of
Halifax, N. C. impelled her to
quit her relatives, and start as
a gentleman on a pilgrimage with
the object of her attachment, a
veritable negro. A horse and
cart were immediately pressed to
further this design, and onward
the confiding pair wended their
way, happy as the prospect of the
near realization of their hopes
could render them. Things turn
ed oul much to their mutual satis
faction until they reached Norfolk.
Here some difficulty arose in ac-
ting out the relationship between
master and his man. Sambo was
incautious and talked mysterious
ly. His protector was incumber
ed with the horse and cart, and
made a very silly offer of ilnni for
a sum-grossly k unequal to their
worth. Something was evidently
rotten in the state of Dti.inark.
The police smelt a rat, and one
ofthem on entering the room yes
terday morning discovered a pro
fusion of locks cltisirrinp artMUui
the shoulders oftl.e kind gentle
man. The secret was soon out
and the adventurous couple were
as quickly in jail. The design
disclosed was to take the negro
on to New York and there to set
him free. Such disinterestedness,
however is not much credited by
some as circumstances are said to
This is a miserable affair which
must .forcibly strike the attention
of our northern brethren, and
teach them if they are not already
taught, the ruinous tendency of
their miscalled philanthropy. We
knew the quizzing mania wag at
its highest and were at first loth
to credit it. but we hava
heard
the story from
so
is
ma
little
ny sources, that there
doubt of its truth
Portsmouth Times.
Successful trick vpon Gov.
JIarcy. Last week all the pa
pers in the city were teeming
with the joyful report, that $103.
000 stolen from the Oneida bank,,
at Utica, had been recovered
through the agency of a female,
who only asked as a reward the
pardon ol a father confined at
Sing Sing. The pardon was ob
tained through the influence of
the directors of the bank and for
warded, and the girl thro came
out with the truth, which was that
she knew nothing of the nflair.
fiovprnnr Uirrn .? ..i, .1...
:irrtn i,. ,t. c.i... ..r .1 ,1...:
r " imiiri iji mis unit-
f,,, chiH is probab, ere out
01 the Teach of pursuit.
JV. Y. Paper.
Silk Culture. Beer, JITapfe
ana i,ane ugar Cotton - fl oul.
A company with a capital of
"""JUMieu ai 11-
mmgton, Delaware. Cur New
Orleans Cane Planters have cut
! np the sugar maple trade in New
"P ll,e suSar maple tra
Lnglaud and Ohio. Our beet su
?ar, Perhaps, one day drive
in 0,11 Ine ,narhet a "t may be
tljat l,,e cu,lure ofsi,k inthe North
Will hop hirst -in it... 1..
will bear hard on the monopoly
now enjoyed by cotton growers in
! the South and West. Silk stuffs,
however, maybe worked up by
noiwi cineuy ior warm
f.U.. M.u i '..a., r
latuuues, qui we must iook to our
selves for the great staple of wool,
and to' the South for that which is
next most important to us, Cotton.
JV. Y. Star.
CTCol. Jolrn Hunting of Hav
erstraw has invented a new and
perfect Washing Machine which
expels every particle of dirt in no
time. A little girl of 13 years
washed a pair of sheets, three
towels, and a pair of pillow cases,
perfectly clean, in about five min
utes. Singular Phenomenon in th$
Heavens -Two large bright balls
near together, and resembling full
moons, were seen one night in the
last week in January, in the south
ern horizon, by some gentlemen
who were fox hunting near Con
cord, Calloway co. Kentucky.
They were stationary, and so con
tinued for a long time. Could
they have been a part of the gor
geous pageantry of the heavens,
which was seen all over North
America, and, at Bermuda thst
night of the 25lh.?t6.
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