SATUHDAY, JUNK 10, 18.17
Re public nil Amom inatio u.
Election on Thursdiv, 27lli July.
FOR CONfiKCSS.
Gen. LOUIS D. WILSOX.
fTWe are authorised to an
nounce Col. Joseph Bell, as a can
didate for the office of Count
Court Clerk.
are authorised to an
iiounce James IV. Clark, Esq. as
a candidate for re-election as
Clerk of the Superior Court uf
this county.
(ITWe find that some mtsap
prehension exists in regard to the
nomination of a candidate for
Congress, by the meeting held in
this place on the 23d ult. The
enquiry has been repeatedly made,
has Gen. Wilson accepted the no
mination? There was no commit
tee appointed by the meeting to
ascertain if the nomination would
be accepted; for it was well un
derstood from the whole tenor of
Gen. Wilson's public life, that his
political servict-s were at the dis
posal of his friends, at any and
every personal or pecuniary sacri
fice, when properly called upon.
He therefore is emphatically the
candidate of the Republican par
ty in this district, and will con
tinue so, unless they should deter
mine otherwise through the medi
um of a Convention.
The Examination. Our villace
lias been enlivened this week by
the presence of a number of La
dies and Gentlemen, attracted as '
usual by the ceremonies attendant j
on the Examination of the Stu- i
dents of the Female Academy in
this place. The high estimation
in which Miss A. M. RazrsdaleA
the talented and accomplished in- ;
structress, is deservedly held, the'
systematic arrangement and rapid
progress of the pupils, and the re
creations prepared for them by the
young gentlemen, render an at
tendance a source of much intel
lectual iand personal enjoyment.
The Examination occupied Tues
day and Wednesday, and the pro
ficiency of the Students gave am
ple and satisfactory evidence of
close application to their studies,
and of the ability and efficiency of
the Tutoress. A ball on Wed
nesday evening, and a party on
Thursday evening, closed the ce
remonies much to the gratification
of all present.
We invitevspecial attention to
the interesting Circular, on our
first page, issued by the Execu
tive Committee of the Trustees
of our University: It is a pow
erful appeal to the interest, as
well as to the justice and patriot
ism of the community.
Extensive Conflagration. We
learn from the Norfolk Herald,
that on Saturday last one half of
the beautiful little town of Suffolk
was laid in ashes. The fire broke
out between 12 and 1 o'clock in
the day time, in a cabinet maker's
hop in the lowertdiviSion of the
towpyanrl swept up and down the
,xam slreet both sides, to the
V distance of three or (bur hundred
yards, destroying about two hun
dred houses of every description.
We have heard no estimate of the
loss sustained.
The Rail Road. Gen. James
Owen, President of the Wilming
ton and Raleigh Rail Road, pass
ed through this place on Tuesday
last, on his return to Wilmington.
We were highly gratified to learn
from him, that the different sec
tions of the road which are under
contract, are progressing in a very
satisfactory manner, and the af
fairs of the Company generally in
a very prosperous condition.
There has been an unexpected de
lay in the arrival of the Stages,
but they art? daily expected and
the moment they arrive the line
will be put in operation, the hor
ses being ready at their several
stations on the road.
Bank of the Slate of North Ca
rolina. The Raleigh papers con
tain statements, showing the con
tlhion of the Bank at the close of
the half year ending on the 2Cth
November 1836, and on the 20th
May IS37, addressed to the Stock
holders by Duncan Cameron,
President. It appears that during
the last six months, the amount of
bills and notes discounted and
bills of exchange, together with
the notes in circulation, have been
reduced upwards of half a million
of dollars; during the same time,
thtr amount of specie was only
reduced about half that sum. The
following is the last statement:
Bills & Notes dis
counted, $2,790.1 Gl 6S
Mills f Exchange, 672,034 13
Real Estate, 35,311 13
Due from Banks out
of the State, 71,307 57
Xotes of other Banks
on hand, 80,053 00
Specie, 492,197 89
Vouchers unadjusted,
and Bill? fcChecks
in transitu, 22,300 77
$4,163,306 17
Capital Stork,
Treasurer of LJ. S.
Treasurer U. S. for
Post OHifp Dep't,
Pension (Hike,
Ptibli.- Trens'r N. C.
Due Banks out of
the State,
Du Banks in the
State,
Nftesin circulation, I
Dividends unpaid,
Depositee to indi
viduals, General Profit and
Loss, being Nett
Profit remaining
afcer the pa vmeul
of a Dividend of
4 per rent, equal
to $60,000. paid
1st Jan. IS37,
,500,000 00
536,328 12
9,005 56
22.656 71
20:913 33
17,617 92
126,089 12
,451.518 00
4,312 00
300,612 24
174,321 17
$4,163,3G6 17
(?The Whigs in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
and in fact in most of the princi
pal cities, have held large public
meetings, at which resolutions
have been adopted threatening
open resistance to the laws, per
sonal violence to the Government
officers, he. It would seem that
they are prepared to go all lengths
in support of the Bank aristocra
cy. 'I he Democracy, however,
are presenting a bold and deter
mined front, and the honest, the
patriotic, need not "despair of
the Republic.
"Supremacy of the Laws and
the Constitution." The Globe has
adopted this patriotic seutiment as
a motto, and observes:
"In these times of excitement,
and of threatened violence --awl
bloodshed by some of the reck
less whig organs, we have not he
sitated to hoist a motto at our edi
torial head, under which we trust
every friend of social order and
sound morals will instantly and
heartily rally.
We know ihat many of the op
position are patriotic, however
they have been misled, for a time,
: by old political prejudices, or by
II II j JI llill'ICU HOUV"" j- .
sent is the true time for them to
show the length, breadth, and
depth of their real devotion to oui
country, and the durable welfare
of themselves and their children.
Let the honest and wise, of all
parties, then, with one accord,
frown indignantly on every dis
turber of the public peace, and
every profligate advocate of re
sistance to the laws'
The Boston Whigs. The Bos
ton Whigs have concluded to re
turn the "glittering bayonet" to
the "peaceful scabbard" for the
present. An attempt was made
to violate the law by establishing
a .Mail by special messenger, be
tween Boston and New York, fix
ing the postage at the reduced
price of 10 cents, with the ulti
mate prospect of reducing it to 6$.
The subject was referred to a
committee, who have concluded to
abandon the project, and enter in
to an arrangement with the Post
Master "that the credit system
heretofore practised shall be con
tinued, upon the understanding
that the postages, which have and
may be changed subsequently to
the order from the Post Master
General, shall be paid at the end
ot the quarter, as usual, in specie
or its equivalent." Thus have
the Boston folks come to their
senses and a foolish and frothy
affair, commenced in madness, has
ended in sober reason.
Ruleigh Standard.
(?The Supreme Court, of
North Carolina, will commence
its session in this city on Monday
next. ib.
Testimony of Respect. A num
ber of the citizens of Raleigh,
without distinction of parly, invi
ted Joseph Gales, Esq., now on a
visit to this city, to a public din
ner, on Friday last, as a testimony
of their respect for his character
and to vivify the kindly feelings
of "auld lang syne." Between
forty and fifty gentlemen partook
of a dinner prepared for the occa
sion, at Hunter's Spring, among
whom the utmost harmony an 1
good will prevailed. Mr. Gales
is the patriarch of the Printers of
iMorth Carolina, and it may be
gratifying to his numerous friends
of the Profession, as well as oth
ers, to know that he is active,
healthy, and in the full possession
of his menial faculties at the age
of seventy-eight so much for
temperance and industry. ib.
(E7Gen. Miller is announced in
the last Wilmington Advertiser as
a Candidate for Congress, in op
position to Gen. McKay.'
Halifax, June 7. Willis Mills,
sentenced to death at our last Su
perior Court, for committing a
rape upon Martha Melton, was
executed in this place on Friday
last. Advocate.
Our University. WTe are plea
sed to learn that there is a pros
pect of an imposing Commence
ment on the 22d inst. A number
of persons, we are informed, will
go up from this city, and we hope
similar parties will be formed
elsewhere. Independently of the
fact, that the cause of Education
is greatly promoted by these an
nual visitations, we know from ex
perience what an effect is produ
ced upon the Student, by the con
viction that an interest i felt by
the community (especially the
fairer portion of it) in the objects
to which he is devoting his morn
ing of life. It is the first young
buddings of fame to a Collegian,
lo see, on Commencement Day,
an ocean of bonnets and ribbons
and the banks of snowy gauie wa
ving and rustling at his appear
ance, as if the gentle South had
breathed upon a wheat field; but,
it is the full bloom of popularity,
if, when he retire?, he shall see the
ocean toss with emotion that rolls
deep beneath its surface.
Raleigh Reg.
Louisville, Cincinnati, Charles
ton Rail (load. We learn from
he Columbia Telescope, that the
Surveys for lh; Road are in pro
gress on the entire line, from that
place to Lexington, in Kentucky.
Brigades of engineers are enga
ged on it in all the States through
which the road will run. All the
lines which have been proposed
in this Slate, between the Cataw
ba river and the rid:e south of the
Saluda, are now under examina
tion, and will be fully surveyed
before October, so that the claims
of each will be presented to the
meeting of the Stockholders,
which will be held at the Flat
Rock in that month. Maj. Mc-Neilf,-
the Chief Engineer, is now
exploring the various routes on
u: 'J C 1)1.... !-?.!.
una iue ui me uiuk muge, diiufgOII master (late one nf the South
Capt. Williams, the Associate En- Carolina militia) was killed, with
fciucci i unci uug ine fcuivey&...j
I
fT i.-.'f. if... r . mi.-
xuyeueviue, uay I i "e
mutual convention ot me
Protestant Episcopal Church,
11,1. inU r. I ' .1 l
Thursdav last, and closed on
Monday morning, was one of!
m,, ;:L..c. .i' r .i.J
Chtirrh Ihnnrrh nm n n.,mppn.
. . . .
ly attended as usual.
Of the Clenrv. the Rt. Rpv.
Bishop Ives and eleven Presbv -
i-K,MP.n..ni,n,inr,i,.i'
J ..VI. JJIVCH.Ul (11114 K'l IIIC. I.JI1
Jty about 20 delegates. The
Convention Sermon was preach
ed by the Rev. John Singeltary.
On Saturday evening, after a Ser
mon by the Rev. Mr. Freeman, a
collection amounting to $150
was taken up in aid of Domestic
Missions. The religious services
of the week were highly im
pressive.
The next Convention will be
held at Pittsboroutih, on the 2d
Thursdav in June, 1838.
The Standing I'ommitttee for
the ensuing conventional vear con
sists of the Rev. Messrs. Freeman,
Green, and Buxton, and Messrs
Duncan Cameron and Thomas P.
Devereux.
The Delegates to the General
Convention are, Rev. Messrs.
Freeman, Green, Buxton and Sin
geltary, and Messrs. Thos. H
Wright, Thomas P. Devereux,
Charles P. Mallett and Edward
L. Winslow. Obs.
tI7There have been one or
two instances of inferior Cotton
selling here at 5 cents, but the
price has generally ranged be
tween 6 and 8 cents. A lot of
140 bales of good Fayetteville
cotton was sold in New York a
few days ago at C. So that the
price here is in fact more than is
justified by the sales abroad. The
above lot ot cotton probably cost
about $6000 here, and netted a
bout $2000 in New York. ib.
Negro Stealers. The Southern
Citizen of the 3rd inst. contains
an account of the trial of three
men for negro stealing. The
prosecution was commenced in
the county of Rutherford, against
John Hanev. John C. Hardin, nnrl
... j . . . . i iiuti- uceii
John W. Williams, for having sto- received at New York. The mo-
len and conveyed away a negro ney market is much improved
slave, belonging to .Mrs. Nancy ad sales of Cotton present a ma
Davis. The three prisoners were terial imnrnvc.-jient
jointly indicted together. Haney
severedrom the others, and was j
tried separately, and convicted at
Kuthertord. lhe other two re
moved their trial to Burke, and
were jointly tried together, the!Be8wa,
week before last, at Morganton. cXd'ppk
if imams was tounu not guilty, ;
on tne grouna that his participa
tion in the transaction, could not
be proved to have talcpn nlarp in I
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this State. H anpv niirl Hafflin
J IIOI Ulll I
wpfp hmli rnhuiM ..J I
ced to be hung the former at
Kutherfordton on the 23rd inst.,
and the latter at Morganton on
the 30th inst. But from this sen
tence, they have each taken an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
(C?It appears that the wreck
which we noticed in our last pa
per, was that of the packet schr.
Exact, of Savannah, bound for
New York, with 137 bales of cot
ton and 00 passengers. We re
. ...... . itu, rtllU Ariucu
joice to understand, that all the
persons on board were saved, af-
. . . . . ,
ter remaining on the wreck about
twelve hours. Aewbern Sent.
' Florida. The fugitive Indians
in Florida continue to give 'great
uneasiness there. On Sunday, tin
7th ult. there, was a fight on Gun
Creek, about 20 miles from Ala
gna, between a party of Alabama
troops and a large body of In
dians. The number of then! en
gaged was about 160 of whom
16 were killed and 2 made priso
ners by the whites.
More Indian Murders. The
bavannah Oeorgian of the 1st
ins t. oh the authority of a letter
received in that city from Garey's
Ferry, states that a baggage train
returning from Fort .Mellon to
Taifipa Bay, had been attacked
lw ' KrirJii ..( Iiwlt inc i-krt tla iiki.'
1 J .....
two teamsters, and some inuabit-
ants of the neighborhood, who
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had returned to their plantations,
supposing the war at an end.
foportani-an American squad
?" 9e M Mexico j.-Comrao
dore Dallas has sailed from Pen
S.aC0,a fr MatamoraS, SiC. With
I ilKir S,lfnn; nnrl o colmmmr tn !.
. ...... . . uiau n .1 1 HUUiaij IU
rnanV ine reease ' the lately cap-
i AJneri.ca,,.v"ls repa-
101 injuries done our
injur
commerce. It is absolutely ne
cessary that a decisive step of this
kind should be taken immediate
ly, as we perceive in the New Or
leans Uee, of May 23d, a confir
mation of the rumor that our
countrymen unlawfully captured
by Mexican pirates, have been
confined in prison at Matamoras,
and are treated with the greatest
brutality. Capt. Sherwood, mas
ter of the schooner ' hampion, in
a letter dated May 3d. savs that
forty Americans are confined in a
room twenty (eet square! and that
they had nothing to eat for 60
hours!! They have been also rob
bed of every thing.
jY. F. Star.
G7The Commander in chief.
General Macomb, in consequence
of the aspect affairs are assuming,
on our Mexican confines, has
changed the line of the military
divisions to the Mississippi river,
taking that stream from its mouth
to I asuville in Wisconsin Territo
ry, and thence north to the line of
demarcation between the United
States and Canada. Gen. Gaines
to command the Western division,
and head quarters Jefierson Bar
racks; Gen. Scott the Eastern, and
head-quarters Elizuhei blown, ib.
Petersburg Market, June 5.
Cotton 7 to 10 cents. Int.
Washington Market, June G
Turpentine, new dip, 1 50;
Old gl 25.
Tar,$l 00. Whir.
o
jforeign.
From England I .ii.rnrirtl
ners to the 2Stli Anril
, lJL
Prices Cuneni
ylt TarborrS and Nno York.
JUML6.
Bacon.
per
Ib.
Ib.
gStll'l)
II,.
bush.
lb.
yard,
bid.
Ib.
lb.
gal I'll
lb.
1'iisb
bbl.
bush,
bbl
Tarboro'. XtticYork
10 12 10 n
'.0 25
45 60
lit jr
70 80
t 8
20 25
S7 3
4$ 5
10 12
55 3
1 1 i3
70 75
150 175
lOo 125
22 24
42 45
10 15
V2 F5
74 10i
iG 23
$7 8$
3 4
Corn,
Cotton,
Cotton lag'g
Flour, supf.
I rnn
Lard,
., .
passes,
Sugar, brown,
28 33
Salt, T.I.
turpentine,
tVJieat,
Whiskey,
Rail Road Office,?
Wilmington, May lfit, 1S37.5
t'RSUANI to an order of the Beard
ot Director?, the Stockholders of the
WILMINGTON AND RALEIGH
Hail Road Company,
u- w n .
VV ill be called
on for live followins instal.
men Is, viz:
$5 per share, to be paid on or before
the 1st July next,
55- t 1st October, u
Slot ' . 15th December,
James Owen, FrcsH.
Land for Sale
N pursuance l a decree ,.f .,
nf Plcag ami Q ..-. f,.r ,UfV.
county of Nash, .tnv U; if ji 1
offer M tl.e high! LuMfr,',,, 1 ; - :
on" anil txtoyoir. on t,, ,
Thursday the V.-.lh efJulunlxiT ''
which JESSE II. ETUrjiluS
lied sizel and io!tsM ii o, i,,,','
III the county of jyj
On t!ie waters of J'is,i,,j. (;lf,rj ..
the lamlsof K.ncifn T;.j!.-. ?1 1
.and is of eii-eikm q;,aiif'v
who may ih lo puicliase 3l)l 0t
q;ieleil to view the n-inis,.s p
"ri""" " r.umv m t-e r.'nniie,i
Win. E. Belhunu
.Tone 3d, 1837.
(CT"Tlie Kalfilj 5iani!nr( amino
Advocate will Rive two .ii-.ti. LIi"?
ward acc't to this office f.,r cliec-j,
Five Cents Reward,
AN AWAY from i!, i!j,cCri
liotlt the fiist of May I.Kt ; ,
ed appr.-nlice tu the cabinet waW?
the iiHue of 7
Sheridan . .MeCrn?
Ard about 20 y-ar.. Thfi ,0ve pL
hut no charge, will he ,-aut for
prehension and delivery ol sai.I iIoyl0
III larlioiough, Rdcecnmbe oiniy 1'
pprsnn are cnnliom-il alM Prei,itj
him on my hccouiiI, and lw.bi.1 h;i.h,ri '
thVTi!v'vulg lm" u,,der lhe p,,,al,'"
Lewis Bond.
June 8tli, 1S37
ESTABLISHMENT OF '
The Journal Ojjictl
22S 51Z.E.
OWING to hp iotftnh'.l ifmoviilnf ,s.
of the Kditors. H...J wio. ot ,
o.her to devote himself iiiore txcUiv.;.
to the duties ol In. pn.f. smoo, th.UiAr'.
signed offer for s:il the cUMik!nnei-t'f
the North Carolina
Journal Office.
The Office is well fonnd in Job. Nf spf,
nd Oaiumentx! Tjpe, the J'st of suLa
bets 13 tolerably lurs-e, and tlwv doubtn'i
might he frreatly Hiigmcntfrd'by a !iii!r
exertion. To any person desirolis nffir
barking in the bu.-iness. it offers incur'
men's not infeiior to any in this m,k:
to a practical printer they Unmv of iwC
vestinei.t he could make ol" his ufonee.tf iv
wou d yieid him a more piofit ihlereW
Hyhart cS Wrung.
Fayetteville, May 30, 1837.
iYoticc
HE Hon. Kobrrl F. vrr.rct, w
been si point d lv tlie Diakrnc
CiMy, ti, deliver the .text ..intual A.!iirf,
belore th-- Uvo Literary Soneiici i. lie
Univ. rsiv of jorUi Carolina.
April 26th, J8.i7.
Fay your Taxes.
THE subscriber Imvin? been ppp'
'd Collector of the 'faxes in
District An 1. Tarboro
Karnestly calls upon !ho;e intcifst'"!'1
come forward anil pay i lie same fn '
with. He hope this notice uill be i
meiiirtlc-ly altendcd to.
Jos. AJ. llednioiii
Tarboro', June 1, ISfJT.
1 I I
THC F.XAS1INATIO.N' of ;,
d-nfs at this 1 ) v 1 1 1 tit ion,
place i'hursday and Friday,
' ioth and lOth June,
At which time Pa rout? and GmirJiaiis-''
paritcnlailv invited lo atu-nd. '
I be Kxercises ill r,coirii,ienrc "
Monila,3 l July, and termin:ite W ' '
cemher, at the usual prices. For l!""':
kv. 40 dollars. , Tuition iil varv l"r; t
10 to 15 dollars, with a small tM ol '
cents for privilege f Sirdm's' Ubfr,:
The s Indents i,f lhi srhoul hit H'' !V
j a members of a family, ami lu!e i:f;
n inienectiial iinprnveincut i swxu) '
37 38 tended to, a parental wwtrldiih. $'
225 'over them, to uard thrui arHii'. '
UHl JSOj now, ton prevalent vices of tiisip"'1"
28 31 ! extravagance and idlrmss ami ; i
a Same time in ..rl., ; r..... mi l'1'
. . .. ... .....J ,.,,jr,- ...
minds, the importance as well as i! 'c"
iiu practice ot virtue. J hf w '"'
effect this object, the number
Hill again he strictly limit d. prd ' '.
(if posihle) receiei who cannot ui,:'
to an easy, mild and parental, but '
firm and prompt discipline, uuicr wli"'
the school at this place has jn osper' "
even bey. -mi my expecla'ion.
suffered but fnw ai d short niconv"'''1'1''
from had associations and imujo'81 '"
fluences.
The situation of the school ',nn','r'
billing H ,. a-l vanliifres nt "
liremeut, wiili not h gilt shop
five miles. ,
Address at U;ii)?om"5 Br'n'sc "
county, ISi. C.
.M. 11. Garrett-
May 27th. 1837. . f
EFThe Halilax Advocnte ill f' J
celily insfitions and !c wnrl :.'
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