Mi
I'
! 77 ' Tarborough Pre ft , ' '
I ja" GBORGE HOWARD,
i iiblislJ weekly. at Two Dollars and
If Scents per yearif paid in a dvancr-
C L cripio. ve.r. Kornny period le
; ,a v'-.'f"?rcCn,f,,er mu,ul1
' rihersareat liherlvtodUcontinue
i'1vSti.ne. on civi.iff nntirp thereof and
',; arrears ihoserefWii.? i !
I'' ce must hivariahlvpay in advance, or
j 1,aresponibl' reference inthiviciHv.
'Advertisements not exceeding 16. lines
' nen'th(oras(V'arft) wiU I" inserted at
-" cent the first insertion & 25cents ech
Litinua.ice. Longer ones at that rate
f, fery square. Advertisements must
: "mil ked the miniberol insertions requi
5 j of ,,ev will be continued until other
; r9..'f oraered,and charged accordingly,
j Letter addressed totheFditor must be
poi piJ.r ,1,e-v ,,iav not h attended ,0-
I Tew arrival of
Spring $ Summer
AT THE
Cheap Cash store.
James Wcddcll,
HAju.t returned from llie Northern
cities, where he has purchased at
tuvediiigly Low Trices, a LARGE and
Spltndid Assortment of
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCEIUES,
HATS, SHOES,
i
Hardware China, Glass and
Earlhtn ware.
Which he oilers at a very small advance on
The New York Cost,
And feels confident he can convince all
who may favor hiai wi'h a call that his
Stock not only comprises a most splendid
ariety, but having p'irch-ased tliem in
many instances at a great saciifke to the
importer, he will offer them at such aston
ishingly low prices as he Hatters himself
will fully meet the views of those whoe
object is to buy
Fresh & fashionable Goods
At very low Prices.
TERMS Cash, or the uoal credit to
punctual customers.
TarLoro', April 3. 1P37.
AT COST,
CERTAIN.
King SfEdmon dson
Have now on hand a -ariety of
Spring and Summer
G003DS,
Hardware, Groceries, &c-
All of which Ihey are willing to dispose of
At cost for Cash,
Or at a very small advance on a crrdit to
punctual customers. All persons wishing
to avoid paying a large profit on Goads,
should not fail to avail themselves of this
Great Opportunity
N e would further say to our customers, we
do litis for the purpose of making room for
? larger Stock of Goods
In the Fall. Call at the sign of II King,
where the bargains may be found.
King cf Edmondson.
Tarboro', July 1st, 1836.
State Bank
Of North Carolina.
.St-
UlSUANT to a Resolution of the
btockhohl pre Mh; Konli at their
J" annual General Meeting, all persons
Mvtng chiimg 0l, said Bank far Dividends
-apital or Profits Depositee, or Notes
issued by ihe p,inci,,ai uani4 or jts Iiran
dcs.areeartiptitlv loii1 in nrcn! them
,n' payment to the Treasurer of the Bank,
"ii or belore
Be first Monday in De
cember next,
"nerwise, lliev will be barred, as the
J'ocuholdert will theu make a final divi
lend of ihe effects of the Bank.
V. F. PJlTTEIlSONtPrcs't.
JBh, lc. 23, 1836. 1
1 Fni- K:i1h
I Wuhj young negro Girl,
t A?P1 Dtwv... -t . - 1
1 c ","ul eiiu ears, is ottered tor saie
i nuccommuiUti.r terms.
1 i . . .
PROSPECTUS
JF THE
Tarboro9 Scatola.
fi propose to publish in the
town of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N. C a weekly paper, enti
tled, the
Tarboro'' bcasvola,
EDITED BY
M. EDWARD MANNING,
And printed byJ.fylV Manning.
(We have adopted for the title of
the paper; Scxvola, in honor ef
Mucins Scxvola of ancient Rome,
who was willing to lay down his life
as a sacrifice for Republicanism, and
did burn and torture the hand in fire,
that missed Porsenna the invader of
their Rights.) According to custom
we proceed to lay before the publick
an analysis upon which this paper
will be conducted. Its col nmii'i will
be devoted to Politics, Commerce,
Agriculture, Internal Improvements,
Mechanics, Medicine, Literature, and
Science in general. It cannot fail of
b'eing useful to the Politician, the
Merchant, the Farmer, the Me
chanic, the Physician, and Literary
mtn who dislike to trouble them
selves (entirely; with the plenitude
of political strife. We are resolved
to exert every nerve of our sensori-
um to rendtr it useful and pleasing to
the lauics; who, etuna-ltke are
the arbitresses of the world. The
principles of Democracy (the watch
nwer of liberty,) will be defended
with every talent we are master of.
The administration of Martin Van
Huren, and R. M. Johnson; will be
supported, and its Jackson-like course
advocated with sanguine fervency.
All the most important and interest
ing proceedings of Congress, and the
State Legislature, will be reported.
Wc shall endeavor to obtain the la
test commercial news from the
North, and lay before our patn ns
with despatch. UV intend to avail
ourselves of the advantage of the
best publications on the subjects of
internal improvement, and agricul
ture, and by that means will be able
to select a number of essays, which
cannot fail, of being useful to all who
have the prosperity of their country
at heart.
We will procure all important and
necessary information in Medicine,
within our sphere, of country and
hospital cases, and give their patho
logy and trtatment publicity. A
portion of the Scxvola will general
ly be devoted to anecdotes, and polite
literature; and whiggery blown sky
high. Knowing the necessity of the
publication of a truly democratic pe
riodical in the town of Tarboro', we
call on the good; people of Edge
combe and adjoining counties, ami
the inhabitants of the U S. to patron
ise and sustain us in cat t ying out the
principles of Democracy.
TERMS. 1 he bcxvoia will ne
printed on an imperial s-heet at $3
per annum or $3 50 at the end of
the year. No subscription will be
received for a less period than a
year; and the paper will not be dis
continued until orders are received
to that effect, and all arrearages set
tled. Advertising at the rate of one
dollar ner sauare lor three inser
tions, and 25 cents for each subse-
niii-nt insertion. A liberal discount
will be made to those wno auveruse
bv the year. All letters to be ad
i
dressed to Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.
N. Carolina. Dost paid. 1 he hrst
No. will be issued the 10th ot May i
next. All those holding subscription !
lists will forward them by the first ot
May, and those that will obtain six
responsible subscribers will be enti
tVed to one paper gratis.
?rrmAll P. Masters in the State will
Jdease act as Agents for the Tarboro
Scavola.
March 14, 1837.
The Young Jack,
EDGECOMBE,
WILL STAND the ensuing season at
my lable, on .the north side. of
Tar Itiveron the road leading from Teat's
bridge to the Falls Tar IUver, three miles
above the bridge and will be let to mares
at THREE DOLLARS the single leap,
FIVE Dollars the season, and NINE Dol
lars to insure a inare lo be in foal-with
twenty-five cents to the Groom in every
instance. A transler of property forfeits
the insurance. The season will co"ienee
the 10th of March and end Ihe 10th July.
Every attention will be paid, but no res
punsibility lor accidents, &c.
Edgecombe,
Is four vears old, and a tery large sized
Jack to his age. His appearance is t.ie
best recommendation that can be given.
. I) fVimbertey.
February 24, 1837
Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, N. C.) Saturday, Aprt1'
iscelianeotfS
CASH.
Cash ! Cash ! for this we striveJc toil,
From morning until night.
Some plough the sea & some the soil,
Some practice Coke & others Hoyle;
On politics some writei
And all who wish to cut a dash
Must have their pockets crammed
with Cash.
I offer you my service sir,
And my good wishes, too
Pray how much are you worth a year?
Your pocket is too short, 1 fear,'
To help iny projects through:
If so, your service is but trash;
But I'm your man if you have Cash.
Behold those interesting girls,
VVho smile divinely sweet
Quite good enough for lords or earls;
W hose snowy teeth and raven curls
Are very hard to beat
Indeed the sweetest girls on earth
Pray tell me how much Cash they're
worth.
And love is bargain'd for and sold
By rules precise aud narrow:
Changed from the god he was of old.
His quiver is of burnish'd gold,
And silver every arrow
And now whene'er he bends his bow,
He's apt to lay a fortune low.
For Cash we sail the ocean o'er.
And many a distant sea
The want of Cash condemns the poor,
And Cash unbars the prison door,
And sets the captive free
Stronger than learning of the schools,
The destiny of earth, Cash rules.
Without it, man but badly fares
In all terrestrial things;
And when awhile he bravely bears
Life's tempest, and its load of cares,
And writhes beneath its strife
Down to where Cash exerts no power,
He sinks like a neglected flower.
A PUZZLE.
To be read aright.
I
Once hadon both I set great store
and a
Lent my and took his note there
for to my
Asked my and nought but word I
got of my
Lost my for sue him I would not
and my
money friend
If I had as I had once before and a
I'd keep my and play the fool no
more and my
From the Cumberland Advocate.
HUMORED MUKDER.
It is currently rumored about
Cumberland, that a most diaboli
cal murder was recently commit
ted sonrewhere not far from Rains
burg, Bedford county, Pa. Kut
as the Bedford papers are silent
upon the subject, there is room to
doubt its correctness. The story
runs thus:
A gentleman from the West on
his way to Philadelphia, with
drove of horses, put up for ihe
nigbt at a certain house (name not
inown and stayed till morning.
Heivas treated with respect and
attention, and informed the land
lord that on his return he would
again stop with him. According
to nromise. about three weeks
since the stranger returned and
asked for lodgings but was refu
sed! The excuse alleged was,
that there was sickness in the fam
ily. He was recommended by
the landlord to go on to the next
house, situate about a mile dis
tant. The stranger did so. He
requested lodgings for the night,
and at first was refused. He was
informed that the man of the house
was absent, and that there were
none but females about the house,
(being two daughters.) But up
on insisting they at length con
sented. Shortly after there were
three girls from a neighboring
house arrived, and concluded to
stay for company that night with
the two daughters of the absent
landlord. On retiring to bed it
appears that the stranger was
shown a room up stairs and ow:
of the strange girls and one of the
daughters occupied the absent fa
ther's room down stairs, and the
other three girls another room up
stairs. '
Thus situated and wrapt in
.leep, at a late hour in the night
the house was entered by three
men. They entered the room of
the two young women down stairs
and murdered them bv cuttinn-
their throats! Thev then nro-
ceeded tip stairs to the room of
the stranger supposing they had
killed the two daughters of the
absent parent but were met in a
manner they little expected. The ,
stranger had been awakened bv
the noise down stairs, and stood S
prepared to meet the assassins.
They came to the door, which he
immediately opened and shot
down the foremost mau. The
second then fired at the stranger
but missed his aim, and was im-rr
mediately shot down himself. The '
third then approached, but seeing ,
the fate of the two first w as dispo-
sed to retire, but the bold stranger
followed him and with one or two
blows inflicted with a small sword,
lie brought him in the. rt
The stranger then procured
light called for the girls aud
proceeded to examine what mis
chief had been done. He found
the three girls who slept upstairs
safe and sound; but those two who
slept on the lower floor with their
throats cut from ear to ear. Up
on examining the bodies of the
murderers, it was ascertained that
they consisted of the Father and
two sons! landlords of the house
at which he was refused lodg
ings. It is thought that the murderers
object was gain that they inten
ded killing the girls aud stranger,
take what they wanted aud then
set fire to and burn the house and
the dead bodies.
Nosology. Dr. J. Mason War
ren, of Boston, is mentioned in
the papers ol that city as having
performed a feat in the business of
nose making, which will probably
bring his services into great re
quest among that portion of our
fellow citizens who have sustained
damages in that rather important
feature of "facial landscape." Dr.
Warren does not pursue the Tali
cotian mode of repairing the han
dles of people's countenances, but
he puts on a man's nose with sin
gular "neatness and despatch,"
nevertheless; and according to the
Boston account of the matter, we
are not very certain but it would
be well enough to employ the
Doctor to make new noses for peo
ple who happen to have ugly por
ticos to the olfactory regions.
Ladies with "two pretty black
eyes" who are fobbed off by mad
ame nature with nothing better
than a pug nose, will, of course,
employ him to fabricate a more
becoming receptacle for rappee, in
their declining years, and young
fellows who are provided with a
protuberance little more symmet
rical than a warped shingle, ought
by all means, to patronize the
professor of nosological manipula
tion. Whether Dr. Warren trims
down noses happening to have too
much amplitude, is a matter not
touched upon in the Boston ac
count to which we allude, but by
that same account it is as clear as
amber that he makes a new nose in
cases where the necessary smelling
machine has been demolished by
an accident; for a young man
who happened lo have his facial
outworks "druv in," as Hackett
has it of the dog's tail, employed
the doctor lately to remedy the
disaster, and if we are to credit
the newspaper account of the af
fair, the unfortunate sufferer by
the dereliction is actually better
off than before. He has been
provided by Dr. Warren with a
nose not only equal to all the calls
made upon that organ, but really
tn improvement upon the original
proboscis. We of course congra
tulate the patient and recommend
Bacon and Lard
ill!)
THE Subscriber! haye just reee'ired a
supply of best qualh'v
CUT HERRINfiS.
ALSO Bacon and La ri for .sale, by
S. B. Colten &1 bon.
Tarboro', Mav 24.
NEW & FASHIONABLE
FALL AND WINTER
Millinery, ic.
4. It is more easily cleaned. 5. It.
If the horse gets entangled he can,w
be freed without cutting. G. It
will admit of being ornamented to
a higher degree than the old style "e.
ot harness. It is exhibited at the
American Museum for the inspec
tion of the public. A. Y. Star.
Patent Safety Harness. Wil
liam street and Wall street were
quite in a bustle yesterday in ex
amining Beale's patent Harness,
which dispenses with the use of
swingle trees which by a single
check rein unharnesses the horse,
and costs only half the price of
common harness. It was very
much admired, and is an improve-1
mem so great and simple, that it!
must be universally adopted. The
ingenious inventor has some other j
designs in progress, which we!
think will startle the mechanical
world when they are known ib.
Off hats! The Lexington Ky.iJ
Observer says that in the town of:
Columbia, widow Rachel Dick-;'.'
son is Clerk of the Common Pleas j
fmrr on A id-it t...., r.,...,-i
wuii, ui.u m VMic .'iai y . unci
is nominated for the Legislature
in McCracken county. ib.
Fire from Ashes. The follow
ing explanation of the cause of so
many accidents resulting from
ashes being placed in wooden
vessels is by Professor Smith, of
New Haven, Conn, and contains
information which should be gen
erally diffused.
in
Perhaps there are few people ne-
did
who are acquainted wiih the fact,Jc
that ashes made by burning hardjJ!
wood, such as oak, maple, &c. irmly
a fire place, and taketi up dry, are!
capable of producing spontaneous
combustion, simply by receiving a
degree of moisture, or by coming."
II lUlllClll nun a Cl UUdlU Ulyny j
slave, or being exposed lo a veryJon
damp atmosphere, his general- I
ly believed when fire is kindled by
ashes, that it is caused by coals
being put away with ihe ashes .j
while on fire; but this is a mistake, ii
The coals if they were on fire,!
when buried in atmospheric air j
would soon be extinguished; or ifL
they were not, they could not kin-!
die a fire when the air was exclu-'
ded. The spontaneous combus-iad,
lion of ashes proceeds from a very'ar
different principle. nra.
Hard wood ashes when firstr"g'
made, and while they are kept
drv. contain a metal called xioias-
mm
mi
sium, which is the basis of potash L
This metal is very combustible,
and has so strong'an'affinily or at
traci'ionfor oxygen, the suppor-
ter and causes of combustion, that ..
it takes the oxygen from water;
the moment it touches ,it, and;j
burns with a vivid flame; aud lhejnd
product of ibis combustion is pot;;
assium saturated with oxygen, or
what may be called the oxydeolj
.Ccorn
potassium. It should be nolicec
Chinese JHtdbcrrif
THE subscriber has for disposal seve
ra! hundred rooted trees and cut
tings of the noted Moras Mult .cuulos, or
Ntxv Chinese Mulberry;
Found dowbly avnnlgeons for silk cul
ture, and cne of the most beautiful orna
mental treei, of moderate rrze, the eye
can rest tiprm. 01 Hie ease of prnpaga'
ting this tree and its rapid growib the pub
lie may j'ide when into me. tftat from a
soroll ro-.ifd ptau-t, for which dollar was
paid M Baltimore aboirt four yearrs cilice,
the yi-erihrr has disposed of a large
iiuml'r, a-nd arts yet as above stated, and
that hi first propagated trees are near "
.twenty leef hrh and beautifully proKr
tif, 'ied. The feaf is a dark given color
and often 16 infWeslong and 11 broad.
The? price, (ntfw reduced) is 60 cent!
each for" plants upwards of 5 teet Ugh, and
proportions' for those-of a smaller sire St
when a nnmbrr are laken at a time.
SIDKEY 1VEI.LER.
teriiikievviUY, Halifax county, N. C
Dec. 15,lfer.
P. S. Mr. Geo. Howrard is my Agent for
ines and trees at Tarborough and vicini
ty, and those desirous of any plants moult)
do well to make early application, so that
they may be included in a box abnttt o be
sent to Mr, Howard. . S. H
JYotice.
THE Subscribers will in a few days be
in receipt of their Fall purchase in
New York and In Petersburg of, a general
Assortment of Groceries,
And the important articles to the FUnter
;.t this season of the year.
We also intend to keep three waj-ong
employed in the transportation of Cotton
from this to Halifax, and will at all times
give the highest prices for baled Cotton
delivered in this place.
D. RICHARDS CO.
Tarboro', Oct. 14.
r
Petit Gulph
Cotton Seed.
THE subscribers have recti veil from
New Orleans, 250 bushels-
Petit Gulph Cotton Seed.
They have also on hand and are now re
ceiving a general assortment of
GROCERIES.
All of wliicli they offer for ste on reason
able terms.
N. M. Martin 4 Domian.
Petersburg, Va. Feb. 18. 8 6
Jack
Wil t STAND the present season
which hat coinmeucfd. He wi t
be hi J C. Knight' store on the 18th and
lyth of tlwi pf-rM-nt month, and longer tf
necexsary then home and May heven
day, then t;tck to knight's store so on
till the 1st d.iy of July, when the .eaon
will expire. He will be let lo mares at
FOUIt DOLLARS the leap, SIX Dollar
the season, aud TEN Dollars to insure a
mnre io be in foal, with 25 Cents to th
Groom in every instance. The season
and leap money to be due at the end o
the season the insurance from tl.e firsti
day of January next. Marts put if act
mentioned othrrwUc at ti e time they ar
rir?t put, will be charged by the statou,
and when charged no alteration wiil be.
made. Great care will be taken to. pre
vent accidents, but no liability if anv
should occur. Any r-erson putting-a.mare
by ihe insurance and fails to. attend. tiic
stand, w ill be held bound tor the insu
rance money whether h gets in foal or
not. Altaosftrnl property before it u
ascertained whetlier in foalos uot, forfeits
the insurance tnuev.
ZV. G. BaJ:e
13ih March, 1SS7.
BZTI bave a Jinny coi
low .
which 1 will el?
D. G. R.
LEANDEK,
ILL me essoin season
nt hi wable fous mile it of
Col. Shrpe.V seven -jiiVs east of Upper
Town Crk mefctir house He will be
let to wares at I'lVE DOLLARS ih
leap, SIX Dillrvthe season, and EIGHT
Dolhu-s to iosv.rea runre to be in feat,
witjrt 25 Cents, to thft trooin in evy in,
stance. The season will commmr fh
I Cub of March and end the ISO of Jury
next. The leap and season way witi
be due tit the end of the teon aud- tbt
wilfc interest the inmraare weney will
be due I he 1st of January oxt, or as soon
as the fact is ascertained or the property
changed. Any person putting by the in
surance and fails to -tieud the stand, for.
feitsthe. insurance moury . All cue will
'e taken to preveut accidents, but no liu
tUity fvC any that may happen.
itaader,
K te years old thisprivp b mule
at well calculated to dra( the attmniion,
oCuiy person that wants, tig-top mu&,
John 41. P'UK
13th March, 1837.
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Vn"y at tins 1fj)ice.
Khruary 6th, 1637.
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