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SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1837. Republican Nomination. -::- Election on Thursday, 27t!i July FOR CONGRESS. THOMAS H. HALL. 7The Whigs were to iiave held a meeting in Washington on Wednesday last, for the purpose of selecting a candidate for Con gress in this district; notwithstan ding they were foiled in their at tempt to do so, by means of a Convention. As a preliminary Step, the Washington Whig of Tuesday eoutains several articles, the burden of w hich is, the "Edge combe dynasty," &c. &c. We repeat that, if the Whigs do start a candidate we trust he will une quivocally declare himself to be a Whig then the question can be fairJy tesltd, whether the ma jority, of the voters in this district are Whigs or Republicans. The Republicans have yet to team that they are in the minority. Fatal Occurrence We learn that on Friday of last week, in Hamilton, Mr. Kea was knocked down and bruised in such a man ner by George W. Coburn, as to cause his death on the following Monday. This fatal occurrence originated in consequence of a watch being left by Coburn with Kea to be repaired, when some dispute arose and Coburn seized a bar that went across the door and struck Kea several blows. Co burn was arrested, but subse quently made his escape. fly We regret to learn that Ma jor Walter Gwynn, Chief Engi neer of the Wilmington and Ra leigh Rail Road, recently lost a valuable and affectionate servant, who nursed his children, and was enticed away whilst attending on his wife who accompanied him to Boston. The Portsmouth Times says: Major G. had visited Bos ton on business connected w ith the establishmeht of the line of boats and stages from Charleston to Halifax, and while attending to the object of his mission, was de prived of his property by the dou bly distilled knavery of these hy pocritical wretches. A Southtrn Convention. The Legislature of Louisiana have passed the following resolutions; which are the opposite of the abo lition resolutions recently intro duced into the Legislature of .Mas sachusetts, and almost as objec tionable: Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, fyc. That they propose that a Convention composed of delegates of the slaveholding States be held at such time and place as shall be determined upon by a majority of the said States. Sec. 4. Be it farther resolved , tyc. That the object of said Con tention shall be to inquire into and determine on the best means to obtain, "peaceably if they can, forcibly if they must,' that respect for their institutions to which they are entitled by the positive enact ments of the federal compact, and by the stronger law of self pre servation. From the Nashville Union. TO THE PUBLIC. My attention having been drawn by a friend to certain comments in the Nashville Republican, and in the Whig and Banner, upon what purports to be "Extracts from the Journal of the Select Committee of the House of Rep resentatives to investigate the Ex ecutive Departments tzc. &c. among which is the testimony in part of Judge White. I beg leave to state to the public, thai in due time, when 1 receive the jour nal of these proceedings, and as soon as the state of my health per mits, 1 shall expose the injustice done me by Judge White, and those he has used to excuse his at tempt to connect my name with dishonorable overtures, in the po litical contest which has resulted in the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency. It is due to myself now, to state that 1 never held but one conver sation with Mr. Orville Bradley on the subjec t of the late election, and this was in my own carriage, on my way from the Hermitage to Washington, in the fall of 1834, in company with Major A. Donel son and Mr. Lewis Randolph. He fell in with us on the way, on horseback. We were going to halt for the night at his father's. It was a hot day, and 1 invited him to take a seat in my carriage! He accepted the invitation about seven miles from his father's, and rodi with us, my boy riding his horse. The conversation origin taed in a statement made my me. coming from that good old staunch republican, Governor Blount, of a caucus of the members of the Convention then silting at Nash ville, attempted to be gotten up by John Bell and others, with the view of nominating Judge White to the Presidency, in opposition to any nomination which the great body of the republican party might make at the Convention proposed to be held at Baltimore. This project Governor Blount in formed me, he opposed as the j friend to Judge White, believing! main was designed 10 promote j our government. Between fami the views ofthewhigs and nullifi- i rIM. where newsnaners are taken ers. Nocomment of mine upon this statement, disclosed or conveyed any other sentiment than that of concurrence in the wisdom of the counsel which Governor Blount had given. As 1 shall, however, notice this conversation more particularly hereafter, it is only necessary for me to add here, thai'the statement made by Mr. Bradley, as append ed to the testimony of Judge While, before the committee, of a proposition of mine to run Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency and Judge White for the Vice Presidency, is utterly false. No such proposition was ever made by me to him, or to any one else; nor was there any pretext furnish ed in any part of that conversa tion, for the tissue of misrepresen tation and false coloring which characterizes the whole of Mr. Bradley's narrative on this sub ject. ANDREW JACKSON. Appointment by the President. John McKinley, of Alabama, to be one o( the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the place of William Smith, declined. Globe. (E7North Carolina notes are at 5 per cent, discount at the Norfolk bank, while at Persburg they are taken at par. Quere? Portsmouth Timet. C7"Tlie steamboat Boston, pur chased by Major Gwynn at the North for the Wilmington Rail Road Company, and intended to ply between that city and Charles ton, S. C. now lies at the wharf in Norfolk. The Wil foinrMnn . Company are evidently determin-j ed not to do things by halves. will be on in a few days, and then the route will havei a fair trial. 1'6. GyRumor makes Gen. Jack son a loser to an immense amount, by the difficulties in New Orleans. The failure of a friend is reported to have involved him $300,000.t'6. Alarm of Fire. On Friday night last we had an alarm of fire, which threatened to prove a very serious matter, and would, un questionably, have resulted in much loss, but for the accidental passing by of some gentlemen, at the very moment almost, of igni tion. A small out-house, in the rear of Mr. Blake's grocery, on Fayetteville street, was discover ed by these gentlemen to be on fire, and by their judicious and vigorous efiurts, the flames which in a few moments would have ob tained the mastery, were extin guished. The proprietor of the premises was absent at Peters burg, and from this circumstance, as well as from the fact that the out-house in question was unoccu pied, the belief is generally enter tained, that it was the work of an incendiary. This is the fifth or sixth time, within a few years, that attempts have been made to fire this square. It is, by far, the most combustible part of the city, the houses being all of wood, and some of them quite old. Raleigh Reg. Editorial Change. X. J. Pal mer, Esq. who, for the last five years, has conducted the Milton Spectator, takes leave of his rea ders in the last niMiberof that pa per, in an appropriate Valedicto ry. We copy the concluding pa ragraph, pro bono publico: j "Before I conclude this Ad dress, I ivould now, when my mo tives cannot well be questioned, urge upon every one the, impor tance of taking a newspaper. In a government like ours, they are indispensable to the well-being of the community. Every parent, possessed of proper feelings, is anxious to provide for the literary j education of his children. What then, is of more importance, than that they should be enabled to learn (which they can do through no other source,) the history and present condition of our free itisti- tutions. and become acquainted with the practical operations of an(j were lney are not, there i$ a marked distinction in the intelli gence of the children, which I have olten remarked and which is per ceptible to the slightest observer." The present conductors of the Spector are Messrs. G. C. Rogers and E. A. Howard. The paper will continue to support the pre sent Administration. -t7. New York and JSTeto Orleans. The mails continue to bring dis tressing news from New York. Heavy failures continue: the No taries there are making from $50 to $100 a day. The merchants are almost desperate. A propo sition is made not to pay the Cus tom House Bonds, but we are glad to see that it is indignantly frown ed down. A great meeting of the mer chants of the city of New York was held on Tuesday last, to take into consideration the causes of the existing distress, and to devise suitable measures of relief. It was resolved that a committee of Fifty be appointed to proceed, im mediately, to Washington, and submit to the President, the result of the deliberations of the meet ing, w hich is embraced in the fol lowing propositions: 1. A repeal of the Treasury Circular. 2. A suspension of suits upon Custom House Bonds, till Janua ry next. 3. The early convocation of Congress. The accounts from New Or leans are still more gloomy. Eight houses are said to have clo sed doors on the 12lh ult. and re nnrl etaloe flio amount rf ika!. I! bililies at $27,000,000, of which one house, the largest in the citv. is said to owe $15,000,000. All confidence is destroyed, and it was feared that some of the Bank ing institutions would go: Cotton was a complete drug, and several lots of fair Tennessee and North Alabama Cottons were offered at 5 cents per lb. without finding buyers. 1'6. Washington Market, May 2. Turpentine, new dip, $1 50: Old $1 50. Tar, $1.20 Whig. Petersbur gMarket, April 29. Cotton Several sales were made lhis ek at prices from 0 to 10 j cents few s"1311 ,ols 11 UU"M" at the former price; about 150 bales ofgoo'i quality were mp sed of at the latter; the demand I limited, and the stock on hand uu sold is upwards of 3000 bales. Compilation. is fr7The shad and herring she- . f thp Potomac are active worked, and promise to yield full returns the pr?wm Gazette States The that shad were selling there at $ AC Kf nor hundred, and herri 5 to ings from $1.75 to $2 per thousand Halifax Superior Court. We learn from the Advocate, that the SpringTermof Halifax Superior Court was held last week Judge Bailey presided. There wre many State prosecutions, but only two of a capital nature. Willis Mills, a free man of color, charg ed with having committed a rape upon Martha Melton, was put up on his trial on Thursday. The evidence of Martha Mellon, corro borated so well with other testi mony, the Jury after retiring a few moments returned a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to be hung on the first Friday in June next. Benjamin Marshall, charged with being accessary in the mur der of Capt. J. H. Harwell, (who was shot by Lemuel Turner, in the year 1834,) was put upon his trial on Friday. The witnesses in this case being so numerous, the testimony was not closed until about 6 o'clock, in the afternoon. The Jury retired at about half af ter 12 o'clock, P. M. after a very able and lucid charge from His Honor, and in a very short lime returned a verdict of not guilty. Warren Superior Court. A controversy .having arisen as to the constitutionality of those sec tions of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Charter, which relate tothe condemnation of land for the use of the Company and the mode of assessing the value there of, Judge Bailey was of the opin ion Vhat the sections in question are tot repugnant to any provi sion Vf the Constitution. The proprietor of the land took an ap peal touhe Supreme Court, in or der tlAt the question might be finally decided by the highest tri- ' bunal kWvn to our laws. We j mention uhis matter because it is of iraporynce not only to the par ties immediately interested, but also to thepublic at large. Judge Bailey presided with abi lity and dignity, and gave, as we believe, universal satisfaction to those of ourcitixens who witness ed the manner in which he dis charged the dnies of his office. Warrenton Rep. The Superior Court has been in session here since Monday, Judge Nash presiding. No case of importance was before the Court until Wednesday. On that day the trial of y)e slave Jesse, charged with the Commission, kc. of a rape on Miss Whhrington, a white girl, came on) The prison er was convicted by the clearest evidence of an assault' on the prosecutrix, with U,e intent to Commit a rape," (the second count of the indictment. and the jury brought in a verdict of guil- iy, alter a tew minutes consulta tion. The principal defence set up by the counsel for the prisoner was, that at the time of the assault he was under fourteen years of age: this defence was demolished by- three witnesses on the part of me oiaie, as well as by the evi dence of the principal witness on behalf of the prisoner. JVewbern Spec. The Sentinel states that Jesse was sentenced to be hung on the second Friday in July next. On Friday, Guilford Gaskins was tri ed for killing a negro, and acquit ted the Jury being in doubt vhelher the blow which he inflict 'd, occasioned the death of the nan, who was very aged and in xtreme sickness. Fatal carelessness. At Beau, fort, a few days ago, a person na med LefFers met his death m the following manner. The deceased had recently been commissioned as an officer of militia, and being anxious to improve himself in the manual exercise, he requested a Mr. Rogers, formerly of the army, to instruct him. Rogers comnli- ed, Lefierts standing iu front of him, giving the command. At the word "fire' poor Letters fell a corpse, Rogers having foreotlen that the gun was loaded! The fa-1 ther of the deceased was the only other w itness of the tragedy, and his testimony was such, (Rogers having given himself up to the Superior Court then in session in the town,) that the unfortunate perpetrator of the deed was imme diately discharged by thejudge.i'6. Salisbury, April 22. Execution of Henry Swink. On yesterday, a short distance out of town, the awful sentence of death was executed on Henry Swink, for the murder of his wife. The concourse of people assem bled on the occasion from this and the adjacent counties was very great. Thev came to see a fellow mortal launched into eternity Strange curiosity 1 We under stand this unfortunate man had in dulged the hope of a pardon until within a month or six weeks past, but finding that his acquaintances would not sign a petition to the Governor, he at once gave up all hope from that quarter, and com menred preparations for the next world. We understand he has made a full confession of his crime together with the history of his life. His confession was taken down by the Rev. Mr. Rothrock of this place, and will be presented to the public in a pamphlet form, as soon as it can be prepared for the press. He himself desired that his confession should be pub lished with suitable comments, so that, to use his own words "that it might be a lesson to others." We will only add, it was his re peated declaration, that he com mitted the horrid act under the influence of ardent spirits, and that if he had drank no spirits lie never would have done it. What a lesson to the intemperate! Car. Bank Failures.- The Boston Album states that the Chelsea (.Mass.) Bank has exploded! From Florida. Advices at Sa vannah from Gen. Jesop, up to April 17th, state that he recom mends the planters not to return to their homes until he announces that it would be safe. Gen. J. is fearful of collisions between the whites and the Indians in posses sion of the lands of the former. He will not permit any whiles to come within fifteen miles of his camp. One of the soldiers wan dering about 300 yards from the encampment or pickets, was shot,! scalped, and his head cut off. The army are said to have marched! with their Indian prisoners lo Tampa Bay. A. Y. Star. important from Mexico. The brig Caxenove, from Vera Crux, 25th Marcli arrived here yester day, bringing intelligence that the expedition against Texas is aban doned. The creneral oninimi i that Mexico will never attempt toi rcuumjuer me republic. banta Anna is daily growing in favor with the lower classes of the peo ple, and there is no doubt that he will yet reach the presidential chair. ib. (E7Kev. Mr. ( raig will preach in the Baptist church in Tarboro', on the second Sunday (14ih) ot the present month. Com. MARRIED. In this county, on Tuesday eve ning last, by VVm. S. Baker, Esq. He v. Philemon Bennett to iMiss Lucretia Pope. DIED. In Halifax county, on the 13th ult. after an illness of several months, the Hon. Willis Alston, aged 71 years. The deceased' has held a conspicuous station in society, having been a member o( the State Legislature, of Congress Lc. for many years. ' Prices fm i .i At Tarhnrn' umJ Afm j- MAY 1. Bacon, Brandy, appl Coffee, Com, Cotton, Cotlon bag'g Flour, tuif. Iron. Lard, Molasses,- Sugar, brown Salt, T. I. Turpentine, VYheat, , Whiskey, 1 MKR CHANT TAILOR, EGS leave to info.im Iu custom, ami the public, that he ha i,. 'ri teived from Ntw York, His Spring Supply (1J Ca-OOBS IN HIS LINK OP J3TJSIXESJ. Gentlemen wishing to pureliae el..a Goods on rt"sooaM terms, will Jq. to call before I hey purchase, hh.I his stock, as he is determin-d to ti for cash or oti a short unlit to pwnct 1 customers- Hi sck romi?tg 0 h, test importations of all the most fa l,i0lli. Me colored Cloths and Cassioicres Fine black Bombazines, Crape C.amblet, for summer cunts lnj. pantaloons, Slrited and plaid Drills, and pUin fjntB. Superior plain attd tiui-ed Velvets, Plain and fienfed Silks fe Ss'ius farvw . Plain and fancy Marseilles Vrsi'nifj ,tJ prior Quality, Silk llaritlkerchtefs. 'Stocks; GlntPt, Plain and ruffled linrn Bosoms & Collars, Suspenders. Hosiery, bluck silk Umlirrlhs with evety o'her article usually keptij such establishments. All orders from a distance will be puue'e ally attended to at the ltiic-t notic As he has first rate workmen in his ploy it will enable him to esecite his wotk i'i the most fashionable manner mnln-t shortest notice. He ill aln retail j)T Goods he has on hand lo Gcnllemcu th: wih to bav. them mude elfwliere, at i small profit on the New Yrk cost. Tarboru', Alav 4th, IS37. JYoticc. IN order that I may be able tosrli'cinf own affairs, J particnlaijy iimie id those indebted to me either by imlfof account, to prepare themselves fir wvr menl at May Court next. a the snbseridrt is anxious to close his business iuTHrboro'. 1. Jl Brady. April 22, 1837. Roanoke Trade. GASTON, 5th April, 1837. THE undersigned resjiertfutlv in forms the Planters and MerchaiW ol North Carolina and Virginia, anJ It public generally, that the Greensville and iioanoh RAIL ROAD Is now completed, and in success 'u' oy ration, and that he has located himstlt it Gaston, the tei miiiiitiun of said lU A,ht the purpose of transacting A Conunission, receiving ad fa r war ding b wincss; And is now prepared to give attMiii"n ! all consignments. The undrrsineil, " commencing business at Gustun. as sr der the impression that the shippcis Product, and receivers of Goods, bum :,! the country and town of Fetr!ur:, would find it convenient and advntapfm.! to have a regular Correspondent anl tli-'1!i terested agent lo attend to tbtir vnnn interests, and especially to the ordit condition in "vhich hnatuit-n and sgon f receive and deliver th- ir c;irgfs nt G ton, from and to the Kail Itoad Cmif".'' and particularly in prortnicg bof,!!"r Wfrgont, for the immediate disi.ich n. merchandize, inc. ta its j;lare of tU"'"1' i n. Under this belief, he nfieis his sff vices to the puhlie, promising to ilevot' time and services to their best inter"'5' anl assuring; them that he ill riisrf";F the trust which may be reposed m bi'" with cure and fidelity. Tr.e undersigned, in offering hs priff? to the public, legs leave to infuim ih'n that he has, for the last two or three rr, devoted his time in an eite nsive li'P b'' kerage and commission ln-ine?s i" ' town of Petersburg, and flntters hi"'" that the knowledge there obtained in ' '' branch of business, will enable hirotn?1" satisfaction to those who may fHr ith their business His charges ta very moderate: merely sufficient t I"? for the time these duth-s will rt: jl his hands. SAML. W PUG ft Rata of charges onsomt of t fit most f1' nent articles: Tohacco, merchandise, fcc. ner hhd. -f'! Ik m 12 ib. to ai X s. varrt. 20 25 ft i. 12 io rait n o. bu It.. 11 i3 7 lub 7U 73 40 J bbl. Iu0 Ha jj,, Cotton, per bale, 23 i9 Merchandise, per peck, U i . Flour, per barrel, 1 d Manufaci'd tobacco, per box L k-g, H'"1 Salt, per sack, a s REFERENCES. . - Petersburg. Chas. F. f)hornc ?r"' ? dent Petersburg R;.il Rad CoirP""' Messrs. Kowlett. Ropr & Noble, i- 1 f Stainhaek, Son & Co. P;mni!l & L'' . James. M. McCulloch & Co. Dunn, Mfl' wahie h Brnwiiley, Hurt, Pattro" ; Wills, Uoldf-rby fcIcHirters. . Gnstnn . W. Wi'ki.-s. E?q. Mtrklenhury: Dr. I,i?nal Jones. Clarksrillc.; rr.p AWrs, A. W. Vein & Co. J. L. Thomas, Fq. f Milton. N. C Wmkina & Far'1'?' ! George V. Joluiso'i io. Co. 1 Danvittc, IU Go. l.ite, T- P- E-q.