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Tdvborough, (Edgecombe County , JY. 6'J b(tlnrdayy April 13, 1840
Vol. XV L JVb 10.
Tfic Tarborough I9rcss,
BV GEORGE HOWARD,
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Doctor Win. EVANS'
SOOTHING SYUUP
1 I,. ''.(Miwn
j J.UI Cll 1 i I till "jj J
1 PREPARED BY HIMSELF.
) To .Mother and JVurscs.
THE passage l" lle Teeth through tin
nmiu nriuLii'pt lt nnh!i'iiillf :iml 1 1 :i 1 1
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jgerous symptoms. Ii i
fers that there is great
II is known by moth
ereai irritation id i lit
m u(h and'yums during this process. Tbt
Igmns swell, the secreiiou of saliva is in
jcivased, ihe child is seized with (reqneu;
fa, id sudden fiis of crying, ualchings, st-iri
!jiig iu liie sleep, and spasms of peculhn
i pari-, the child shrieks wiih extreme vio-h-no,
and ihriials its lingers into its mouth
ii li.os? precursory symptoms are not spee
dily alleviated, spasmodic convulsions uui
ervd!v supervene, and soon cause thf
(!ioh:tien of the infant. If mothers who
"line their little h.bes afllictod with these
1 Jivtf essing symptoms, would apply lJr
William i'vat.s's Celebrated Soothing
Syrup, which has preserved hundreds ol
iiifnits ahen thought past recovery, from
being suddenly attacked with thai fatal
maLidy, convulsions.
This infallible remedy has preserved
hundreds of Children, when thought past
recover', from convulsions. As soon as
; the Syrup is rubfied on the gnms, the child
! will recover. This preparation is so in
nocent, so efficacious, and so pleasant, that
no child will refuse to let its gums be
rubbed with it. When infants are at the
age of four months, though there is no ap
pearance of teeth, one bottle ol the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to
open the pores. Parents should never be
without the Syrup in the nursery where
there are young children; for if a child
wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediaiely gives ease by open
ing the pores and healing the gums; theie
by preventing Convulsions, Fevers, Sic.
To the Agent of Dr. Kvans' Soothinc
r-v r- r i f
oynp: uear rir i lie great Uenetn
afforded to my suffering infant by our
Soothing Syrup, iu a case of protracted
4 and painful dentition, must convince every
feeling parent how essential an early ap
plication of such an invaluable medicine
Is to relieve infant misery and torture. .My
Infant, while teething, experienced such
acute sufferings, that it was attacked with
convulsions, and my wife and family sup
posed that death would soon release the
babe from anguish till we procured a bot
tle of your Syrup; which as soon as ap
plied to the gnms a wonderful change was
produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by con:
linuing in its use. I am glad to inform
yon, the child has completely recovered,
and no recurrence of that awful complaint
has since occurred; the teeth are emana
ting daily and the child enjoys perfect
health. I giveyou my cheerful permission
to mUe this acknowledgment public, and
will gladly give any information on litis
circumstance.
. When children begin to be in pain with
their teeth, shooting in their gums, put a
Utile ot the ayrup in a tea-spoon, and
with the finger let the child's gums be
rubbed for two or three minutes, three
limes a day. It must not he put to the
breast im nediatel y, for the milk would
lake the syrup off too soon. When the
teeth are just coming through thejr gums,
mothers should immediately apply the sy
fnp; it will prevent the children having a
( fever, and undergoing that painful opera
lion of hnciug lite gnms, which always
rushes the tooth much harder to come
through, and sometimes causes death.
IlrS'afc of Counterfeits.
Caution Be particular in purcha
ting to obtain it at 100 Chatham St.,
New York, or from the
! REGULAR AGENTS.
J. M. Redmond,) . ,
rivn n Tarboro'.
M. Russel, Elizabeth City.
- January, 1640
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED "AT T!t2 FITtST SESSION OP THE
twen rr-sixni congress.
Pubuc No. 5.
AN AO P additional to tho act on the
subject of Traasnry Note.
B?. it enacted hy the Shift fe and House
of Representatives of the .United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the regulations a-id provisions con
l ained iothe act passed the twelfth day of
October, in the year one thousand, eight
hundred and thirty-seven, ent it Ted "An fi
to authorize the issuing of Treasury note",''
and in the subsequent acts in addition
'hereto, be, and the sime are hereby, re
newed, and m ule in full force, excepting
ho limitations concerning the times within
Ahifh such notes may be issued, and res
tricting the amount theieof as hereafter
provided.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted.
That under the regulations and provision
contained in said act, Treasury notes mav
Se issued in lieu of others hereafter or
heretofore redeemed, but not to exceed in
the amount of notes outstanding at any one
time the aggregate of livo 'millions of dol
lars, and to he redeemed sooner than ene
year, if the mc-ans of the treasury will per
mit, by giving notice sixty days of those
notes which the Department is ready to
redeem, no inter; st to he allowed thereon
after the expiration of said sixty days.
Sec. 3. And he it farther enacted,
I hat .this act shall continue in force out
year and no longer.
R. M. T. HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RH. M. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 31st i40.
m: van buren.
Public No. 6.
AN ACT to cancel the bonds given fo se
cure duties upon vessels ami their car
goes, employed in the whale fishery,
and to make registers lawful poptrs f r
such vessels.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
I rnt all vessels which have cleared, or
hereafter may clear, with registers for the
purpose of engaging in the whale fishery,
shall t e deemed to have lawful and sufficient
papers for such voyages, seeming the privi
leges & rights of registered vessels, and the
privileges and exemptions of vcs els enrol
led and licensed for the fisheries; and all
vessels which have been enrolled and
licensed lor like voyages shall have
the same privileges and nieasme of pro
tection as if they had sailed wiih registers
if such voyages are completed or until they
are completed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That all the provisions of the first section
of the actentiMed 'An act supplementary
to the act concerning consuls and vice
consuls, .and for the further protection of
American seamen,'1 passed on the twenty.
eigh'h day of February, anno Domini eigh
teen hundred and three, shall heareaftcr ap
ply & be in full force as to vessels engaged
in the whale fishery in the same manner
and to the same extent as the same is now
in force and applies to vessels bound
on a foreign voyage.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That all forfeitures, fees, duties and char
ges of every description required of the
crews of such vessels, or assessed upon
the ves-els or cargoes, being ,the produce
of such fishery, because of a supposed
insufficiency of a register to exempt them
from such claims, are 'hereby remitted:
and all bonds given for such cause are
hereby cancelled, and the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby n qu:rcd to refund all
such moneys as have been, or which may
be, paid into the Treasury, to the rightful
claimants, out of the revenues in his
hands.
Approved, April 4th, 1S40.
Blue Laws of Connecticut. x a his
torical discourse delivered by I'rof. Kino-s-iey.
of Yale College, at the" two hundredth
anniversary of New Haven, it is stated that
the celtrbrated Blue Laws of Connecticut
are mere fictions. The learned Professor
says that they were fabricated by Peters,
author of a history of Connecticut, and that
his object was to make the colonists appear
odious abroad, he being a warm advocate
of the regal claims. His history was pub
lished in England.
Lou. Banner Pioneer.
From the Petersburg Statesman.
GUARDIANS PLACED OVER GEN.
HARRISON.
An extraordinary course has Ktplv been
taken with Gen. Harrison by his friends
in Ohio. They have raised a committee,
to whom they have given him in charge,
as an idiot is committed to the care"of trus
tees. The committee receive ami read the
political letters, and determine upon the
answers to be given, leaving the poor old
gentlema n without any discretion or a
gency in the matter. George the Third,
of England, in the days of his old age and
insanity, deprived of all power in his own
government, was a king after much the
same fahioa that Harrison is now a candi
date. Th-J Oswego Palladium contains a cor
respondence between the Oswego Union
A social ion, and the commit tea who have
taken possession of Harrison. We copy
tiTe letters, which we have tho positive as'
su ranee are genuine.
Oswego, Jan. 31, 1340.
To the Hon. William II. Harrison.
Dear S7r--In accordance with a reso
lution of the Union Association of Oswego,
I am instructed to propose three questions
to you, in relation to subjects that. a large
portion of this section of the country feel
a deep interest in. The first is
Are you in favor of receiv ing and refer-
ing petitions for the immediate abolition
ol slavery in the District of Columbia?
Second Are you in favor of a United
Slates Hank, or some institution similar
to that, for the safe keeping and disbursing
ot the public monies, and lor giving a uni
form currency throughout the United
States?
And lastly Would you favor the pas
sage of a General "ankrupt Law, by Con
gress, so that its operations might be
eq ;d in ail ihe Slates of the Union?
1 have only to say, sir, 1 hat the above
inquiries are made in accordance with the
unanimous wishes of this association, the
members ofwhrh, I am instructed to say,
entertain the highest regard for your past
services, snd hope, should you be elected,
that nothing may occur to lessen you iu the
estimation ol a great and free people.
I am, sir,
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
MILES HOTCHKISS,
Corresponding Secretary.
Cincinnati, Feb. 1840. -Oswego
Union Association.
Gentlemen Your letter of the 31st ult.
addressed to Gen. Harrison, has been
placed in our possession with a view to
cai ly attention. 1 his is unavoidab!e,.in
consequence of the very numerous letters
daily received by the General, and to
which his reply in person is rendered
absolutely impracticable. As from his
confidential committee, you will look upon
this response; and if the policy observed
by the committee should not meet with
your approbation, you will attribute the
error rather to ourselves and his immediate
advisers, than General Harrison. That
policy is, that the General make no further
declaration of his principles, for the
public eye, whilst occupying his present
position.
Such course has been adopted, not for
purposes ofcdncealment, nor to avoid all
proper responsibility; but under the im
pression that the General's views, in
legard to all the important and exciting
questions of the day, have heretofore been
given to the public, fully and explicitly,
and tliat those views, whether connected
with constitutional or other questions of
very general interest, have undergone no
change. The committee are strengthened
in regard to the propriety of this policy;
that no new isue be made to the public,
from the consideration that the nation
al convention deemed it impolitic at
the then crisis, to publish any general
declaration of the views of the great op
position party, and certainly the policy at
the present, remains unaltered. In the
meantime we cannot help expressing the
hope, that our friends, every where, will
receive the nomination of Gen. Harrison
wiih something akin to generous confi
dence. When we reflect upon the distinguished
intelligence of the nominating convention
how ably all interests were represented
in that body; we certainly have a - high
guaranty, that should General Harrison be
the successful candidate lor me presidency,
that office will be happily and constitution
ally administered, and under the guidance
of the same principles which directed our
Washington Jefferson and Madison. Re
lieving you will concur with us in the
propriety of the policy adopted, we have
pleasure in subscribing ourselves,
Your lnencis, JJavia Uwynne,
J. C. Wright,
O. M. Spencer.
H. E. Spencer, Con Sec'rri
.The committee are now publishing in!
pamphlet form many of the former expres
sed opinions of the General, and facts and
incidents connected wiih hs past life,
which will be forwarded to you at an early
moment.
fjP The Abolitionists are ranging them
selvt s under the banner of Haium-on, as
will be seen from trie following' Ileolution,
lately adopted at an Abolition meeting in
the Western part of the Slate of New
York. We are glad alsj, to see that it is
inconsistent wMi their principle3', to
vote for Matt'ti Van liuren.
"Resolved, That the Abolitionists can
not, coiiM-tenly with their phixciplfs.
vote for Martin Van Buren as piesidentof
the United States but that they should
as we hopa they will, give their united
support to the election of WILLI A M H
fl ARIUSONl! and this meeting will hear
tily cjacur in -iiiy and every effort of the
friends of i he cause, that will promote the
furtherance of their object. "
Halifax Dtm.
From the Augusta (Maine) Age.
"important Intelligence:'
Troops ordered to Houlton.
We learn fro.n private sources, upon
which entire reliance may be placed, that
the President has ordered 5 companies ol
the -1st regiment of Artillery, now in the
State of 'New York to proceed to Houlton
The force now at that. station consists of the
other three companies of the regiment na
med. The regiment is commanded by Col.
Pierce, and the sum total of its effective
strength was 39$ men, last November, as
we find by the latest army returns.
This is not its legal complement, but w he
ther or not it has been since recruited,
we have no means of ascertaining, &e.
It is evident that the prospect of an ami
cable adjustment of tha N. E. Boundary
question is every day growing weaker, that
this question is fast approaching its crisis,
that it must either soon be settled, or the
peaceful relations between this country
and Great. Britain be suspended, and that
even war may eventually grow out of it.
That the President will if possible maintain
peace and at the same time firmly support
the rights of Maine, we have no doubt.
His character combines in a remarka
ble degree, courage and discretion; and on
this question he enjoys the entire confi
dence of the whole country.
Prom Canada. IVarlike. The fol
lowing extract from a letter, received by
a gentleman in this city, looks rather war
like i "Chippewa, March, 1S40.
"The people on this &i ie want to fight.
The general surveyors have surveyed Lun
dy's L.uie and Chippewa, and aro now enga
ged in surveying Fort Erie, witha view to
fortification. Orders hare been just
received to recruit 3000 men for tWe
years -40 dollars bounty. This certainly
looks ltks fighting.
Buffalo Sentinel, March 27.
Connection nf Charleston with the
West. A Rail Road Festival, to comme
morale the commencement of the Lagrange
and Memphis Rail Road, was held at the
village ol Lagrange, in Tennessee, on the
Slst inst. It is the intention of the Stock
holders, of this road to. unite with the
South Carolina and Georgia Rail Road.
This will at once give to the City of
Charleston the vast and important trade of
the valley of the Mississippi, Red River,
Arkansas, and East Texas; Memphis is a
considtrble town on the East bank of the
Mississippi-river and within S miles of
the State of Mississippi. It is 50 miles
from Lagrange, and the Rail Road con
netting tho.e places will be completed.
One of the toasts given atahe Festival
was in these words, Mav they (the pro
jectors of the road) live to see the time
when Charleston . C, by Internal im
provement may be brought within 34
hours of our great Mississippi river.
Charleston Patriot.
Florida. The Savannah Georgian of
the 29th ult. hs the following items:
Indian Murders. Every week brings
its tale of blood. Captain lirooks of the
General Clinch, informs us that some time
last week, the Rev. Mr. McRea of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, w'as killed
while riding his circuit kby Indians, within
three miles of Micanopy.
Also, that an express arrived at Garey's
Ferry on Satin day evening, bringing intel
ligence of the capture and destruction of a
train of wagons, some where, in Middle
Florida. The wagons were burned, the
mules killed, and the sergeant in command
of the train mortally wounded.
Bloodhounds. We saw a gentleman this
morning direct from Florida, who witnes
sed the first experiment with the Blood
hounds, which answered admirably. They
started four Indians from a hammock in a
very short time and one eame in and gave
himself up the whole four were mada
prisoners without any injury having been
done by the dogs. Cul. Twiggs and
Lieut. . Darling w;ere about to set off for
Micanopy, and the hounds were to follow.
They ate sent into ihe everglades and ham
mocks in which the Indians conceal them
selves, wTho are compelled to run, and they
soon find themselves in the open plain and
are captured. The how l of the dogs gives
notice of their success, and those on the bor
dersofthe hammock watch for the egress
of the savages, and they are caught.
Neiv York Star.
Singular Deaik. Mr. H. G3ge of
ChautauqUecounty N. Y. was accidentally
killed by the discharge cf a loaded gun
which went off hy his turning in his berth
on board the Monongahela while goin$
down the Ohio. The gun belonged to some
persons on board and had been put in tho
berth.
Sick-h4ad-ache...O( this disease, of which
so many persons are afflicted. Dr. Burbell
of New York, writing to Dr. Alcott of
Boston, says; "Not a c;isc of the sick-head-ache
has ever occurred within my
knowledge, except with drinkers of tea and
colfee; and not a c;;se has failed of being
cured on the entire renunciation of them."
'These doctors are ultraists about eating
and drinking re.d Grahamilies; but we
can tell them a thing or two about it,
though no doctor.
We have suffered for years with the
sick head-ache, and have drank both tea
antl coffee all the w hile, and we have been
entirely relieved from this disease, and
never have any attacks, unless very occa
sionally, after exposure, and late hours at
night, and we continue still the free use of
tea and strong coffee !
What do ye think of that, Doctor? ,But,
we have left out the sugar in coffee: ihe
sacharine mutter producing acid and fer
mentation. And we have recommended
the same remedy with equal success to
many other persons. However, the mere
tepid water, blackened a trifle with a few
grains of burnt cofTee, as used by many
northern people, ought lo produce sick-head-ache,
Or some worse disease. If peo
ple drink cofTee, they should learn to makd
it suitably strong.
7e.Ta.The Texas dates are to the
13th ult. Several white persons-Had been
murdered at Austin by Indians.
The Austin Gazette contains a letter from
a person Who signs himself William C:
White, stating that in one of the mines of
Mexico, which he visited, he met with an
American prisoner, who lepresented him
self, to.be Col.. David Crockett. Whethtr
any truth is to be attached to the statement
remains lo be seen.
Singular Suicide. The Mo
bile Planters Journal gives the par
ticulars of a singular suicide at Sel
ma, Ala; A young man who enter
ed his name as Francis P. Ely oii
the register of the steamer Invincible
jumped overboard while the boat was
lyin at the above place. The
young man came on board the Itivin
cible at Portland on her upward trir),
and proceeded to Moutgoniery,
where he went ashore, and stated to
the landlord of the bouse at which he
stopped, that he had stolen money, &
requested him to take charge of it.
The next day he called upon Capt
Allen of the Invincible and made
the same statement to him, begging
him to get the money and lake hi ra
back to this place, or to New Or
leans, on board his boat After leav
ing Montgomery be would speak
often of his crime and evinced the
deepest remorse, and said that tbd
person lie had injured was his best
friend.
Wheu the boat stopped at Seima
Capt. Allen went ashore with some
of the passengers; The stranger
watched him narroWly until he was
out of sight; he then went back tti
the cabin, and passing out to the
stern threw off his coat & boots and
jumped overboard. One of the crew
saw uim striping but did not suspect
him of any w icked design. . A boat
was put off as soon as practicable, &
he was seen to rise to the surface
about twenty feet distant; but imme-
mi '
diately sunk again;
He is thieved to have been a na1
tivc of Wltlbraham. Massachusetts
and about twenty years of age. The
money placed in the hands of Cap
tain Allen, at Montgomery, remains
in his possession, amounting to be
tween two and three hundred dollars