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Tomato and Slippery Elm
-IN
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HERE are many family medicines
now before tlie public, some of which,
from their intrinsic virtues have justly
gained the confidence and gratitude of
thousand; but in the light of contrast, and
in the scale of curative merit, Dr. HarreM'
Tomato and Slippery F.lm Pills stand
pre-eminently above lliein all; nor is any
apology offered for taking ibis high
ground, unless it is the fact of their supe
perior, and almost miraculous effects in the
!ir?of diseases. They prodm e, when tn
ken, a deep and lading i ; . i p . i:".im thai
they stand at the head of all other prepar
ed medicines of the day. Fevers, Liver
affection?, Jaundice, head ache, loss of
appetite, costiveuess, female complaints,
and every disease within the reach of hu
man means; yield readily to the power
ful, yet senile operation of these pills.
As a caiii. i .i.- i op!. a..- .tuti i; o.
as an aperient they are mild ami certiun,
as a ionic they are prompt and invigorating,
as an alterative they are superior lo Calo
mel or anv other known remedy, and as a
purifyer of the blood they are unequalled
in the history of medicines. There is no
disease can withstand their life-giving en
ergy when taken in time, or interrupt the
system at all when they are administered
as a preventative. During sickly sea
son?, and the prevalence of ppidemicks,
their occasional use will preserve the
body from attacks of disease. 50 cent
per v. ." per gi oss.
f nii:'-'. ! - ! ' i 1 s . and Merchants
. ' agents lor the
NO; ji ii ) ! it ; ted to )f.
;- ..:'. beib City, i. C wiii re-
ie v.. .t'.u u-ioii.
I'-'- 'o j! ', Gq. ('.isqiiotank Co.,
.; irk head ache, sick stun
1 cosiive;u, and lever. Josiah
! ' 1 ' ' ! . F.-.y i'.Kqnolank Co., N. C,
l''tiiii;;us pleurisy, pain in tbe head, and
J ieacs; of the whole body. Charles
Htnel, Krj. FJizbeth City, N. (.'., his
iaiinly .f biliiois and other symptoms.
Capi. J. Smith, Windsor, N. C. of liver
complaint :u!f! co:tiveness. Kev. C'.M.
-t?Soe, I'oi ts'oooih, Va., of bil'ums habit,
iciic and nausea. Joseph Kamsey,
fj'l- I y oti 1 1 1 , ('., u( indisposition.
IlfjtjGrl Simusoii, Kq, I'asquolauk Co.,
C. his wife of (,ss of appetite, and his
Servant of diarrh(E. Horatio N. Wil
'amSjEsq. Flizibeth City. N. C., of in
d'$) sition. James C;n t right Esq. Fas
u tank Co., N. C, of loss of appetite,
a"d sick stomach. Ilev. James A. Kid
'ck, Randolph Macon College, of symp
tonis of Dyspepsia. Mr. Zion Culpepper,
Elizabeth City, N. C, of loss of appetite,
Rev. Joseph Turner, Elizabeth City, N.
i of sick-stomach, and flatulence. Jo
SephSharbor, Esq. Camden Co., N. C,
f foul stomach, and bilious derangement.
JMr. Robert Pool, Pasquotank Co., N.
of impaired appetite and costiveuess.
A few selected out of manv.
AGENTS.
JAMES M. REDMOND, Tarboro',
fi Emerson, Not folk, Va.
H. Buff fa Co, Portsmouth, Va.
W. Radham, Edenton, N. C.
V. Fessenden, Plymouth, N- C.
M. S. Berry, HertVord, N. C
! Clayton, Tyrrel, N. C.
H. D. Machcn, Washington, N. C.
F- S. Marshall, Halifax, N. C.
N- B. Hassell, Williamston, N- C.
Webb fa Capebart, Windsor, N. C.
W. M. Mason, lleib. N. C.
S- Small, near Woodville, N. C.
S- Hall, Newbern, N. C.
;v- h G. Howard, Ocracoke, N. C.
Sept. 21, 1839. Jy
Tarhorough,
sELECrKD.J
Vow e Ar. r. Express.
To J.
I bog yo'H not s.tpp se, IMissSnoqks,
- I nejr you'll not .suppose,
1 ,nt 1 ;li'nk. yo-i indeed are she
' 0 ir city's loveliest rose."
on write me verges, and you call
Me every sort of nnnie
As il I could not, lovin-r Ann
Love Julia all the same!
Tbe truth is, I admire the. sex
I do.it on one and all;
I love them washing at a tub,
Or dancing at a ball.
I love the n in their morning capS
And in their evening curls;
Maids, matrons, gn.ndams, love I well-
I love the litle girls.
I always was in love the sea
Contains not sunny isles
So numerous, as mv boundless heart
Sweet, faces dcekM in smiles. -When
Julia goes, why Anna comes
Fm fickle as the gab-;
And wbeiher chance or whim directs
I shape my every sail.
Some mightyronquoror wishM for all
His fjfs combined in one
rint, with a flourish of his sword,
Their business inijht be done.
I wish that all the lovely de a rs
Were bound in one great tether,
And that my arms were Ions enough
To hug them all together!
a vast estate and wo.nder
ous story.
Under this head the Cincinnati Gazette
has a stirring article, setting forth the par
ticulars connected with a law suit which is
to be tried at New Orleans during the
coming winter, in which suit Major Gen
Gaines, who has lately married a .second
wife, lays claim, in her right, to an estate
which is estimated at twelve millions of
dollars.
As stated in that paper, Mrs. Gaines
chums to he the legitimate daughter of the
late Daniel Clark. Mr. Clark settled in
New Otloaii--, under the dominion of
Spu'n, and became an extensive merchant
and speculator, besides distinguishing him
cl as a politician. lie died in 1S13.
and Mr. Rolf of the mercantile firm of
Cl.irk & Rclf, of New Orleans, took im
mediate possession of his immense estates.
under a will executed in 1811. From.
ihd period to the present, Mr. Relf has
controlled, condne'ed and disposed of Mr.
Clark's estates without accountability to
any one. M rs. Gaines claims as M r. Clark's
(laughter. Her story is a romantic one.
In 1805, Mr. ('lark married in New
Orleans to a lady, separated from her
husband. The separation had taken
place in cons, quence of proofs that her
husband had a previous wife living but
before these proofs were effectually
obiainrd, she was married priva'cly to
Mr. Daniel Clark. Upon this account
the marriage was kept private. Mrs.
Gaines was born of this marriage, and
was named Mvra. Disagreements arose
between Mr. ('lark and his wife, which
resulted in a final separation in the year
lv07, no public acknowledgment of the
marriage having taken place. The lady
in the' persuasion that her marriage with
Mr.. Clark was an illegal one, from his
refusing her a public acknowledgment,
intermarried with a gentleman of Phi
ladelphia, who took lit r lo France where
they resided many years. He is now
dead, and his widow, claiming to have
once been the wife of D.miel Clark, is
living and resides at Natchitoches.
In 1813, it is alleged, that Daniel Clark
made a new will, written complete in his
own hand writing by which he recog
nised the legitimacy of his daughter and
devised his immense property to her.
This will, it is charged, was obtained
and secreted, if not destroyed by Mr.
Relf.
In 1822, Myra Clark became the wife
of Wm. Whitney. She was brought up by
a Mr. Davis, (old Col. Davis of Wilming
ton, Delaware) in total ignorance of her
parents and cf her alleged rights. xfter
the marriage of Whitney, in examining
some old papers he first obtained an Intima
tion of his wife's parentage and claims.
He commenced an investigation, which
has led to the full proof,as it is said, of all the
faets here staled. In the hands of Gen
eral Gaines no doubt every effort will be
made to elicit all the facts and to secure
for his wife the paternal heritage that has
been wrested from her.
(Edgecombe County, X. C) Sahu rdaij, Xor ember 9,
J Daniel Cl.-iris was a native of Siigo, in
ircl.md, and came to New Orleans upon
illC lnvitatimi tV n lvioV.!i. ....,.lr
..... - u nv'Ul linv IL!
woo;
na-le him his heir. He filled a lar
e sp.icej
" lie politics of the country. - and'' way
''fornution that fully confirmed the Ken
tucky Spiuish conspiracy, and fas cued
upon (iener.il Wilkinson a corrupt partici
pation in it.
'iheOazelte presents in the course of
's article, a schedule of "a portion of Mr ' were from 1,500 to 2,000 persons to wlt
t'lark's . state," at the time of his deaiii. ' "ess the scene. The people h.-re suspi-
wnieh toots up at something over live mil- ''non some others, and have given some
lions of dollars. The whoh nf a 20 OOOitrn davs t h:n-i nilm.v th.. .;.
acre tract ot land, besides manv other
thousands of acres of landed property, tlut
is not included in this list.
Horrid Case of Murder by a German
Pny. German boy named Godfrey!
-v'pt, aged 14, took with him three small
aoys, jut arrived from Cermany, and went
nuo the woods near Jefil-rsanville, (Ind.)!
m a lun'iting excursion. About a mile!
worn town he told the boys he would shoot j
toe n, dint accordingly he raised his gun i
ind iiot one down, finishing the work of;
u atn ny hmting ins victim with a club
before he expired. He re-loaded, and
threatened to shoot them if they ever dis
closed the murder.. He arranged the story
for.them to tell, and they separated. The
two Iiitlefellows returned 'home and dis
closed the secret. The parents who h d
been searching the river, now to j two
hounds, and by their aid found the body.
The murderer is arrested & pleads accident.
He displays great intelligence, but cvin
i?es,hy this unheard of act, an atrocity of
character surpassing the most terrific "tra
gidics that the fictions of his' countrymen
have ever conceived.
Confession of Murder. We learn from
a gentleman who arrived from Easton,
Mary hmd, that a man who gives his name
as Theodore Ilerrick, went before a Ma
gistrate at the place mentioned, and confes
sjvl to.o.h,.' w,-,s the person w ho murdered
Zelierhiidi, the pedhr, for whom Kobler
had been convicted and sentenced to death.
He gave an account of the property taken,
and his actions since that time. However
on examination he denied his guilt. He is
thought by some to be deranged though
there is no perceptible evidence of insanity.
After having been told that Kobler had
confessed being guilty of the murder, he
said il was useless for two dying for the
same offence, and that he would not make
any farther disclosures.
Some efforts have lately been made to
increase the depth of water at the mouth of
the river Mississippi. The New Or
lems Bee complains that the work was
abandoned after ten days' labor. The
s im of $280,000 was expended in the
procuring of machinery anil in prosecuting
the work for that period; the channel cut
wis then abandoned lo the waves and sand.
The labor of another ten days, according
to the statement of the Dee, will be required
to restore the channel to the condition in
which it was left. The prosecution of the
work is urired.
7 Transparent IVatch. A watch has
been presented to tbe Academy of Sciences
at Paris, constructed of very curious mate
rials, the parts being principally formed of
rock. It was made by Mr. Robellier and is
small in size. The internal works are visi
Ue,the two teethed wheels which carry the
bandsarc rock crystal, the other wheels of
metal to prevent accidents from the break
ing of thfi springs. A ll the screws are fixed
in crvstalandall the axles turn on the rubies.
The cscpemcnt is of sapphire, the balance
wheel of rock crystal and its springs of gold.
The regularity of this watch as a time keep
er is attributed by the maker to the feeble
expansion of the rock crystal on the balance
wheel, &c. The execution of the whole
shows to what a slate of perfection the art
of cutting precious stones has been carried
on in modern times.
Another Murrcl Gang Routed.- The
Little Rock Times and Advocate, publish
es the following extract from a letter,
dated
Washington Co. Ark., Aug. 3, 1839.
The citizens of this county have taken
the affair of the Wright murder into their
own hands, believing it to be the only
means to rid the country of this murderous
Murrel gang of outkws. They seem to
think there is a gang leading from the wes
tern part of this State to Texas; and if pos
sible, worse than xMurrel's. They have
good reason for so thinking, from a chain of
circumstances brought to light qn the ex
amination of Richmond, one of the three
persons who were hung on Monday last.
It appears that there are several others in
this country, or that live here when at
home. Richmond could not give the
names of all concerned in this gang, as he
was the last man that joined it. The
names of those hung, are John Richmond,
James Barnes, and Jackson Turner.
Those vet at large are John Nicholas, and
one by the name of Billy, who has gone to
Texas, & there is one other that U'ehuioiul
e uld not n ime. Their intention wa to
nave niurvlered tl.roe or four oth r famiii s
ha ! not Mrs. Wright male her escape
lamtii'S are not yet Known.
ui.'h nond was hung in a shroud ih oth
er two w re huMjr in their common clothes.
Mrs. V,i
d and 1) :r lutle son. tlie one
tbat had his head so badlv cut with tin;
k'lifo, witnessed
mu i:ecuiiou. l nere
mont.is to 1c ivc the country.
I hi tw ) Indian councils, are now in
session, b ji they have done no basiness ol'
any nature. The new emigrants of the
Koss pirty censured. General Arbeckle
very mucn for his course: t.hev s.-iv h-
should htve loid them it was a matter he-
tween themselves: and that 'he would no'
interfere. Whether it would have bem
the he.t p oiiey for hiui, is a matter of doubt
At Brow. s council there are ab ut 1,500
P-op'e, and about toe saoie number
U's's. Butihey cm never settle it
un-
iil they all meet friendly. Hrown's coun
cil appointed a committee to wait upon
Ros.s; but its object I could not le.irn.
THE AMERICAN ALMANAC.
Tiu volume for 1810 has reached us.
comprising 331 pages large 12mo. It
is the 11th from the origin of the work,
and commences a new scries. The on-sent
publisher is David II. Wilham
Jios
ton.
The astronomical part, as in former
yens, has been prepared by Mr. R. T.
Paine, and of couie is well done, though
not quite so copious as in some of the for
mer volumes
One of the most ifiterertinj: articles in
the miscellaneous depmmerit is, an elabo
rate list of American Authors exclusive of
the living generation, and understanding,
by that term, the makers of volumes, greater
or le-s, in distinction from mere pamphlets.
It comprises 776 names, though allows to
be incomplete. It includes a few also
who wrote chiefly abroad such as Lindley
Murray, who was a New Yorker by birth
and Count Rumford,who began his career at
Woburn, near Boston. Of these 776 men
& women a friend of ours had the patience
to ascertain cursorily that about 280 hails
from the single State of Massachusetts, in
cluding about 1 10 from Boston a pretty
fair proportion, it must be allowed. From
Connecticut came some 60; the same from
New York; from Pennsylvania, mostly
Philadelphia, SO nore. The rest are
divided about the country in a str.mge
way.
In a valuable essay on Steam Navigation,
it is remarked that "the first locomo
tive in the United States, it is believed,
was in the State of Delaware, on the
Newcastle Railroad; the second in Mary
land, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
and the third between New Orleans and
Lake Pontchartain, in the State of Louisia
na. 1 he- had been tnea m tins country
by Oliver Evans as early as 1S14,- and
in England as early as 1S05."
The Chevalier de Gcr&lncr's late able
document on American Railroads, who
has just been examining for the Belgian
Government, is inserted entire. Our roads
cost ?20,000 a mile, on an average; the
Belgian more than double; but the latter do
much more business than the former; and
though they charged only one cent a mile
for passengers to oir fre, their profits are
five per cent, per annum. Ours are five
and a half, but rap id tor increasing. --VeJ
have 3, COO miles ot road completed
iles ot road completed;
next January there will be over
1,000.
The Post 01nce -Table presents some
notable i:cm?. The total nclt amount of
postage tor last year was very nearly
,33,060,000 The share of New York
in this is 66G5, 000; Pennsylvania 331,
000; Massachusetts 218,000;" Ohio
3185,000; Virginia SlCS,000; Louisiana
131,000- Ot this bit sum New Orleans
pays &4, 000, being just about the levy
upon Uoslon.
New York City pays as;
much as all Pennsylvania. Boston nearly
equals New Hampshire, Vermont, and
inode ls'?nd together. Delaware comes
in fur 5,000: it is the least of the States.
Of the Territories, Iowa pays iS2SS, and
Wisconsin 510,000, Di:nct of Columbia
522, SIS.
The following is ?.n estimate of the
wheat imported within the lasteiirht years,
viz: in 1831, 620 bushels in 1S32, 1,168
bushels 1S33, lOObushels 183 1, 1,226
1835, 23S,76fJ 1S3G, 583, 1S37
3, .921,259 1838, 894,536. The amount
in 1837 was never before equalled, and
we trust, never will be again. There will
be this year a large surplus.
The Governors salaries are given. There
is a queer diversity among them. In
Rhode Island they pay S 100, in Louisiana
i7,500. ,
Then there are tables of Religious
Sects. The Methodists out-nuinucr ail.
Communicants 680,000; Baptists proper
652,000; Presbyterians 274,000; .Con
Xo 45.
sraa'onalisls 160,000; Calholi
s 000; Episeonnlinns not ivct
cs 150,-
cn unoer
; this hea-
Churches
950, population
: 000,000.
In the notice of European Sovereigns
we are remindeil that Mehtmet Ali of
Kgypt was born in 17(59, a memorable
year. Every body, as the French say,
wis born then Soult, Wellington,
Scott; wc think the great Emp.-ror
hims df, and we do not know how manv
more. Mehcmet is a new lion for the list.
Ar. V. Jour, nf Com.
in imp stor.-'Vc French nobleman,
Count Adolpbe Poncclet,who married a
respectable young lady of Philadelphia a
tew months ago, luriu out to be a locksmi'h
who had forsakt n his wile and children in
France. It will be seen by the following
piragrnpb from the Philadelphia Herald,
that he has been committed on a charge of
bigamy.
The examination of Adolphe dc Ponce
!c, alias (Ircgoirc Chevalier, was concluded
yesterday after consuming several days.
Never has there been exhibited against
any individual charged with a criminal
oiL-nee before a committing magistrate,
a stronger train of circumstances to prove
the accusation alleged. In the most ingeni
ous manner did this pretended Count
manage to win. the affections of a highly
respectable young lddy, gained the confi
dence of her relatives, deceived & imposed
upon her friends, and fin. illy succeeded in
gaining her consent in matrimony, which
was eununimatcd on' the 2Gth of Mav
last.
After getting an introduction into the
iamdy as slated iir the evidence, he amused
die mother with an eloquent description of
daring exploits of the wounds he had
received in the three days struggle cf the
noble stand he had taken in opposition
to the tyranny of Louis Philippe; of his
arrest and trial of the manner in which,
while in the presence of the iudire and
jury, he tore the badge- cf honrfr from his
breast and dashed it to the earth of the
difficulties encountered in effecting his es
cape from the bastile, which to a less noble
and courageous man would never have
been undertaken of the manner in which
he had been disinherited by his lather and
brother, & finally the large fortune left him
by his mother, which yielded him a regular
dividend of two thousand per annum, &c.
So far from this being the truth, it was
proved thathe left Bordeaux under the name
of Gregoire Chevalier, that he is a lock
smith by trade, that he has left a wife and
two small children behind him in a state
of utter destitution, that she called onLafour
to make inquiry about her husband on his
returnand alter getting his direction in
Philadelphia of the captain, addressed him
? letter imploring him to return to his
I duties as a husband and father, &.c. The
I I I. 1 I . . M
iviayor uounu mm over in tne sum ot one
thousand dollars, and in default of bail he
was committed to Moyamcnsing to await
his trial. Mr. Rush appeared as
counsel for the prisoner, and .Messrs.
McCauly and Hirst for the prosecution.
Mijileria us ' d iscppeara n ce. T w o
gentlemen who were engaged in purchas
ing negroes in Virginia, have disappeared
with a large sum of money. When last
seen, about three weeks ago, they were
crossing the mountains in the south west
part of the state on an expedition for slaves,
and had on their persons G0,000. It is
supposed that they have been murdered
and ro ij bed. Th ese two were nartners in a
very wealthy house largely engaged in bu-
i siness. A thi.d partner recently died in
Virginia, leaving to his heirs an immense
fortune.
Running a Rail Road through a Gra
nite Mountain! Impracticable as an un
dertaking of this kind would seem to most
people, such an one, never heless, bids fair
ere long to be accomplished; for M. Vol
ta, an Italian engineer, is stated by a late
Swiss paper, to have conceived the Her
culean idee cf running a rail road from
the Lake of Zurich, to communicate with
that ol. Milan to Como, by cutting a galle
ry through part of the Splugen, and thus
of superceding the laborious task of passing
over the mountain. M. Volta is convin
ced that a gallery may be pierced through.
and is of opinion that the granite, of which
the mountain is composed, will be found
hard enuugh to allow of its being u-ed as
tiils on the line, ins' cad of iron! Itis ad-
ded that the project is very favorably re
ceived in the Cantons touching on the pro
posed line. Verily the people of the pre
sent ageivginto exhibit st ong in Jications
that they willyeon be able to accomplish
works cf as wonderful magnitude as did
the ancient Egyptians in the pa'my days of
their power and glory; znd what is better,
the moderns are more thoroughly imbued
with utilitarianism than were the ancients.
Oae gtod sized hole through a. mountain,
will be of mere service to the dwellers on
this mundane sphere, than all the
pyramids whose 6uinniits tower above
the clouds.
Vol. XV