SATURDAY, MARCH 27. 1S41.
(QThe snow that Tell on Toes lay and
Wednesday week last, it appears extended
to a considerable distance. lnsomep''ccs
in ihisSlate, it is represented as having been
fromeihl to ten inches in depth on a lev
el; here we do not believe it exceeded six
in dies.
Wc have indeed had on extraordinary
year thus far. Since the first of January,
it ha been raining almost incessantly, with
only one, two, or three days' intermission
al intervals. The earth is completely sa
1 united with water, and our low gr ounds,
swamp, and water courses filled to over
flowing. Although the winter was re
markably mild, our farmers are far behind
in their spring business.
Rail Road Slock. On Wednesday lat,
five shares of the Wilmington and Raleigh
Rail Road Stock, sold at public sale in this
county ,.for sixty fftur dollars per share,
at nine months credit. In August l ist,
eleven shares sold in this place for forty
five dollars 12 cents per share, at twelve
months credit, for which S100 per share
had been paid.
(yUy refering to our advertising col
umns it will be seen that the Governor has
issued his Proclamation, directing an elec
tion of members of Congress to be held on
the 1:3th May next, in order that this St.te
mav be duly represented in the extra ses-
sion ot Lonirress. which is to convene on
the 31st May next.
JThe Senate of the United Srn'es ad
journed sine die or. the 15th inst. after
hiving passed upon all the business laid be
fore them by the President.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Extra Session. It appears that Con
gress is to nv-et on the 3 1 t May. VVc
lay the following ollieial Proclamation
from the official piper (the N. Intelligen
cer) before our readers. The onlv reason
specified for the call is the state of the Fi
nancesbut the Clique, who surround
Gen. Harrison and controlled his course,
even before he reached Washington,
thought fit at that time to trump up the ve
ry same reasons for the rail. The call,
therefore, is made, not in consequence of
any discoveries which they have made in
the state of the finances, since they hive
come into power: not so much even from
considerations connected with the resour
ces of the Treasury, whbdi it was in tin
power of the list s.'SMon to understand and
provide for but really to cury out the
great measures of the Administration.
They wish to abolish the Sob-Treasury,
and to lay the foundation of a National
Hank to distribute the proceeds of the
Publi Land-, and to devise a new svtem
of Tariff. These are the greit objects
they have in view, and which they wish to
carry out, before their motley party break
to pieces, before the people have time to
awaken from the dangers that surround
them, and before Ihe Suite Legislatures can
meet to instruct their Senators.
OFFICIAL.
Vy the President of the United Slates of
Smcrica.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas sundry important and weighty
manors, p'incipilly growing out of the
condition of the revenue and finances of
the country, appear to me to call for the
consideration of Congress at an earlier day
than its m xtannual session, and thus form
an extraordinary occasion, such as renders
ne.-essary, in my ji'lgm-nt, ihe convention
of the two Houses as soon as may be prac
ticable, I do, therefore, by this my Procla
mation, convene the two Houses of Con
gress, to meet in the Capitol at the city of
VV ashington, on the last Monday, being
the thirty-fir't day of May next. And i
reqnire the respective Senators and Repre
sentatives then and there to assemble, in
order to receive such information respect
ing the state of the Union as may be given
to them, and to devise and adopt such mea
sures as the go(.d of the country may seem
tothem,in the exercise of their wisdom
and discretion, tori quire.
In testimony wlWtof, I have caused the
seal of the United Slates to be hereunto af
fixed, and signed the wme with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this se
venteenth day of March, in the
year f our Lord one thousand ti.rht
l. s. hundred and forty-one, and of the
independence of the United Slates
the sixty filth.
W. H. HARRISON.
By the President:
Daniel Webster, Secretary of State.
Thc condition of the revenue and finan- j
cesi"Vhy this call was inuicai.., u.
forc Congress met, in the Message of the
Governor of Kentucky. And it is a fact,
as the Globe states, that as soon as Con
grew met, Mr. Clay p.onounced that there
must be an Extra Session to repeal the In
dependent Treasury. It was no discovery
of the condition of the finances, made dur
ing the Session, or since, which seems to
have principally prompted the call. It is
lrt f-.an unon our necks the obnoxious
measures of Messrs. Clay, Webster & Co.
g3ttThc following is Vice President
Johnson's Address to the Senate, upon his
relinquishing the Speaker's Chair in that
body.
'In taking my leave of this body no
language is adequate to express my feel
ings. 1 have been associated many years
in the councils of our common country,
and it has been my great pleasure and hap
piness, that my personal relations have al
ways been kind and friendly, without dis
tinction of party. I was elected to the
place I occupy by an equal vote of the Elec
toral Colleges, and a majority of the Peo
ple. "After having served my country for
thirtv-lwo years two years in the Legis-
litm-o orwl thirtv vears in the service of
the Government it is natural that my re
membrances should be awakened to the
pat. My situation here has been plea
sant and agreeable. Such has been the
generous and magnanimous course of con
duct of all towards me, that it could not he
otherwise. If, in the discharge of my olli
cial duties, I have ever failed to meet your
approbation, it has been rather from the
want of ability than of will. My intentions
have always been, to preside with impar
tiality and justice.
4 ' The place I hold is hereafter to be oc
cupied by a distinguished son of Virginia,
and in leaving the place I occupy, it is
with no feeling of dissatisfaction towards
any one, or towards the verdict of the peo
pie against me: I have always bowed, ami
shall always bow in deference Jo the will
of the majority. Permit me to take tin's
occasion to bid you an atfeclionate farewell.
Whatever destiny may await you, my best
wishes attend you, both in your affairs in
ibis world, and in your destiny in the
world to come."
Col. Johnson exhibited much emotion
during the delivery of this valedictory.
Mr. Mangum moved a vote of thanks, upon
which Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, paid a high
compliment to the impartiality of Col
Johnson as Speaker of the Senate, and to
his long and various public services.
Aol Burnt. We congratulate ourself
and all honest men, that the Public Build
ings in Washington, particularly that con
taining the General Post Olhce, have been
transferred to the Whigs without being
burnt.
Uelieving that men who were base en
ough to charge such a design upon us,
were not too good to hire incendiaries or
even to apply the torch themselves, we had
the most serious apprehensions for the
safety of the public books and papers.
Individually, wo felt a deep interest in the
master, because those book.3 and papers,
as long as they exist, will bear irrtsistible
testimony to the purity of intention with
which that Department of Government has
been administered Kendall's Expositor.
Qj correspondence has appeared in
the Globe, between Mr. Van Bur en and
Gov. Ri y nolds of Missouri. In this cor
respondence Mr. Van Buren declines be
ing considered a candidate for reelection.
The sentiments expressed in his Letter
will still more endear him to the Democra
cy of the country. We shall puhlish the
correspondence in our next. Rat. Stand
(fcJU is announced in the Western Ca
rolinian of the 12 inst. that Mr. Charles
Fisher declines boing a candidate for re
election to the next Congress. We lose
in Mr. Fisher an honest and talented
friend to the people's rights, and one who
will nflecl on the course he has pursued
with the proud consciousness of having
done all in his power to secure the ascen
dancy of correct principles. ib.
New York and Georgia. The Govern
or of New York has made a demand on the
Governor of Georgia, for the surrender of
Hubert F. Curry, charged with the crime
of forgery under the laws of the former
Stale. Curry was am sled in consequence
of this demand, whirh will be complied
with whenever a similar demand for the
surrender of Peter Johnson, Edward
Smith Salsaac Gansey, heretofore charged
wiili felony under the laws of the State of
Georgia, shall be complied with by the
Governor or other authorities of the State
of New York. The Executive of New
V01U has refused to accede to demands of
a like nature, both from Virginia and Geor
gia; and has now an opportunity of exac
ting by according justice. The constitu
tionality of the demand is not denied by
either of the Southern States above-mentioned;
but Gov. Seward having denied it
in the case of slave-stealers, we do not see
how he assumes the right, upon his own
principles. ib.
Mi mm. Clay and King. We have the
heartfelt satisfaction to announce that the
difficulty between these two distinguished
Seuatois, after reciprocal explanations,
thro' the intervention of Mr. Preston, in
the Senate, on the 15th, was satisfactorily
and amicably adjusted. The Globe states: her. had secured the confidence and cs-j
that "after it was done, Mr. Clay advane- teem of a large number of friends. She
ed across the Senate, and he and Col. King possessed a noble and generous disposition,
shook hands, and irreeted each other;" keenly alive to the wants and the happi
and further remarks, that "the settlement
of the dispute was highly honorable to
both parties." Ral. Star.
JjfThe amount of appropriations made
by the last Congress was 22,765,1 93 of
which there was for the Army, $5,441,
919; for the Navy, S5,926,33S; for Civil
and Diplomatic expenses, gS,030,005; fo
Pensions, 4,144,155, &c. &c. From the
aggregate of appropriations, however, is to
be deducted the sum of t,8l2.620,appro.
priated to the Post Office Department,
which is to be paid from the revenue of
that Department exclusively; leaving to be
provided from the common treasury, ex
elusive of the redemption of Treasury
notes, and sundry standing appropriaiion.s,
such as 8200,000 annually for arming the
militia,,and other annual charges, $17,-913,573.-6.
(pThe Superior Court of this County
was in session this week, Judge Pearson
presiding.
Richard, the slave of Mr. John Tapp.
charged with the murder of Mr. Tapp and
his son three weeks ago, was tried on the
indictment for the murder of the son, and
convicted. He has been sentenced to be
hung on Friday the 16th of April next.
Jarrot, slave of Mr. Trotter, .of Person,
charged with the murder of Thomas Chath
am, was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to be branded at four o'clock on
Saturday, and discharged. Jarrot was
convicted at the Superior Court of Person
for murder; the case was afterwards taken
up to the Supreme Court, and a new trial
ordered; it was then removed to this coun
ty, and resulted in a conviction of man
slaughter, as' above stated.
Ro leric Mitchell, a free Black, indicted
for stabbing Hoswell, a slave of Mr. John
S. Turrentine, was convicted and sentenc
ed to the stocks for one hour, anil the pay
ment of costs. Ililtsboro' Recorder.
ness of others. By the urbanity of her
manners and the frankness and uniformity
of her deportment, she found an easy ac
cess to the hearts of all who were ctpable
of appreciating those endearments and esli
mable qualities; she was the centre of affec
tion and idol of her now bereaved and
disconsolate husband, and perhaps too dear
ly prized by her family. Dutiful and af
fectionate as a wife, a daughter, and ar
dent and devoted as sister candid and
confiding as a friend, she was beloved in
life and is now tendeily mourned in death.
The void which this heavy bereavement
has made in the domestic circle must long
befell; ami the only consolation which
can sooth the bosom thus bleeding and
wounded, is the rich consolation of reli
gion. She made profession and united
herself 10 the C. P. church in the year 1839
and so lived until her death.
I have taken much pains to know every
thing that was esteemed worth knowing
among men, but with ail my disquisition
and reading, nothing now remains wiih
me at the close of life but the passage of
St. Paul. It is a faithful saying and worthy
of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners. To this 1
cleave, and herein I find rest.
Huntsville (Alabama) Democrat,
March 6, 1841.
Dtncca &umnt,
Jit Tarborough and j'ew York.
FOR THE TAKBORO PRESS.
Mr. Howard'. In glancing over an old
me ui me .i iiici y ii, ui aiMi-jinuuui,
published in Raleigh in lb03, I accidental
ly met with the following antique relic,
which is so apropos to the present age ol
'Reform, " that 1 ex ract it for your peru
sal.
The Stale of Tennessee originally formed
a part of N. C. and was ceded to the Uni
tetl Slates in 17S9. as a common fund for
the benefit of the Union. In 17S4,lhepeo
pie who inhabited that section, withdrew
and formed themselves into an indepen
dent government, by the name of Frank
linn in honor of the illustrious philoso
pher of that name and proceeded to as
sume all the attributes of sovereignty as
will be seen by the following enactment.
ACT
Of the State of Franklin for the support
of the civil list.
Whereas the collecting of taxes in specie,
for the want of a circulating medium, has
become very oppressive to the good people
of this common wealth. And wheieas it
is the duty of the Legislature to hear at all
times the prayers of their constituents and
apply as speetly a remedy as lies in their
power Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Franklin, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, that from the first day of January
Anno Domini 1789, the salariesof ihe civil
officers of the commonwealth be as follows,
to wit
His excellency the Governor per annum,
1000 deerskins. His honor the chief Jus
tice 500 ditto. The attorney general 500,
di' to, secretary to the Governor 500 raccoon
ditto. The treasurer of the state 450otter
ditto. Each county clerk (Q'ere? How
would friend Nor fleet like this wri
ter) 300 beaver ditto. Clerk of the
House of Commons, 200 raccoon ditto.
Members of Assembly per diem three rac
coon skins. Justice fee, for signing a war
rant, one muskrat skin. To the constable
for serving a warrant one mink skin. En
acted into a law, this 15lhday of October
1 7S8, under the great seal of the State.
Witness his excellency John Sevier, Gov
ernor, Captain general, commander in
chief and Admiral in and over the
State.
So ends the chapter, and verily we wish
some of the Whig and "coon skin" reform
ers of the present day had ihe full benefit
of the law. Yours very trul v.
ANTI-HUMBUG.
Chapel Hill, 9th Feb. 1S41.
JVashington Market, March 24... Corn
wholesale, $1 75 a 2. Bacon sides 9
a 10 cents, hams 12 cents. Naval Stores
New dip, 451 SO; Old, $1 75. Scrape,
70 cents. Tar, Si 05. Fish shad, Saj59.
Herrings, cut, g4 00; whole, $2 50 a
S3 00 Pork, S4 50 a $5 00. Rep.
bt request.
Died, suddenly, on Tuesday morning,
the 26th of January last, at the residence
of her father, near Huntsville, Emily
Washington, (laughter of John and Duan
na Allison, and consort of John T. Burnitt,
in the 17th year of her age, leaving an in
fant 12 days old.
The deceased, although suddenly cut
down in the very flower of her youth, with
a career of usefulness just dawning upon
MA It. 27. per Turboro Few York.
Macon, - lb 9 10 10 11
Hrandy, apjde, gallon 50 60 40 50
Coiree, - lb 13 1G 9 13
Corn, - bushel 40 45 47 53
Cotton, - lb 8 9 8 9
Cotton bagging, yard 20 25 15 16
Hour, - barrel $6 GJ $5$ 5i
Iron, - lb 5 6 3 4
Lard, lb 9 10 7 10
Molasses, - gallon 40 45 22 30
Sugar, brown, Ib 10 12J 6 9
Salt, T. I. - bushel 60 65 32 33
Turpentine, barrel 150 160 225 238
wheat, - bushel 65 75 120 130
whiskey, - gallon 35 40 32 34
Stale njWorth Carolina.
d
By FUs Excellency John M. Morehead.
Governor, Captain General and
isommunatr in-ishier, m ana over
the State aforesaid.
TOiniKUKAS, I have been duly infor
V nitd hy the Proclamation of Hi
Kxeelleiicy, William Henry Harrison,
President of the United Stales, that the
last Monday ol M.iy next, (hemgthe 3 1 si
day iheieof, ) ha heen fixrd upon hy him
Inr Ihe meeting of the first Session uf tin-twenty-seventh
Congiess of the United
Slates: an event which renders it exp-.-dient
and necessary 'hat the Kleclions foi
the K- presentalives horn ihis.Vaie in ihe
next. Congress should be held at an earliei
lay than the uual lime of holding ;aid
Kh 'Ctions:
iS'uw, therefore, by virtue of the au
thoiity in me voted, by an Act of the
General Aembly of ihis Stale eutith d
An Act concerning Ihe mode of choo
nig Sen tui s and Ui'prcseiilali ves in the
Congiviss of the United Stales" (Revised
Statutes ofN C. Chapter d.) aol to
ihe end, thai Ihe Freemen ot this Stale
rn.iy he duly repr semed in He next Con
g'e-s, ;il iisfioi s ssion commencing a.
aluiesaid. I d i issue this mv IVoclam;!
j
Hon, I. ere'iy coinm inding and icq iritir
all Sheriff', and oilier lu inming Ulfi:er
ot the several Cotinlks composing each
Congressional District, to cause Polls to
be opened and kept, and Kleclions to be
held, lor U pi est niati ves lo the next Con-
iricii.. uf 1 1 ITiiii..l .... -i 1...
the thirteenth day of May next, at the
places eMablished hy law in their respect
ive Counties lor holding said Elections.
And 1 do f ui Iher command and it n iiie
said Sheriffs ad other Returning Olli-
cei:s, to meet for the purpose of compai mg
the Polls ;l the times and places present
ed by law for that purpose. Aod 1 do
oy Ihis, my Proclamation, further "re
quire ihe Freemen of this State, lo meet
in their respective Canities, at the lime"
foresaid, and ' at Ihe plucks established
hy law, ihenaud there logive their votes
lor Representatives," m the next Con-
gress.
In testimony whereof I have caused th
Oreat Seal of Hie Stale lo he hereunto al
lixed, and signed the same with my hand.
Done al the City of Raleigh, this lb-
twenty second day of March, in
the year ol our L'lid one thousand
l. s. eight hundred and lorly one, and
01 the Independence ot the United
States the sixty fifth.
J. M. MOUKHEAD.
By the Governor,
asT. Littlejofjn, P. Scc'y.
Slate nf J,k
j --mi c,.0i:llrt
Court of Pleas and Qa(tr?
, FKI1IIUAUY TkS
Lucy Sassnett et. a -1 ' l8l.
vs
fJenrge W. Killel "'"nfa
Ad,nV,&e. andl,; Hi
ry W. (Jarrett ancl
tvife Sallv J
Garret. & wife Silly are
Ii
ion 0r.
j 1
nrn.
of ihis State: It
not i.xi,.L '
therein ' Mni
for six weeks, succes
ft " . " I t
puhiicaiion r,e made in ihp'I l 'V
'(.re! ivppLc c. . "'M0 P..
notic- to appearai, ihe h
Court, lobe held for said con mf
ai tho r
1 1 . . ' ' 01,1 torn
lourth Monday in May npx,
.....em laromough, ihen and lh.,
n'pad. answer or .lum... . l"ere
of the pi imifls otherwise it will 1
"eard tTparl
JYotice.
f JPHE subscriber intends commencing
the Butchering business in Tar bo
o' early in ihe coming prn.g; and will
le prepared to furnish Ihe inhabitants
twice a week with lreh meats of every
description, suitable lo the season. Those
having beeves, slioat$, mutton, lamb, &2.
lor sale on foot, will please apply io
SAMUEL S. PYJJTT.
Tarboro', Feb. 10, I8-H. 7
pro confesso and
1 hem.
Witness Jorm Norfleet, CM f
said Cnur, :,t offi -e, the f0urlh r"
in February, A.D. 1841. n4
JX0 NORFLRRT. CCk
EDGECOMBE COUNTY. '
Court of Pleas and Quarter Smin
FKHRUAKY TKIlM,i84, '
Peter K Knight and wile )
M.ry and others I Pelili jFf
Wil!oughbyVHoward and fat
James Howard & wile
Charlotte,
1 1 appearing 10 the s:.iifartinn ofu,
Court, that the defendantsare not in,
011.UMS. 01 iim roaie: 11 is therefore on!
en, nit iouiiranon ne made in the Tar
nor 1 le-s, lor six weeks suceejr,jr
giving them notice lo appear at the nJ
term of said Court, lo he held for
county, on the f-urth Monday in
next, at Ihe Court House in Tarbornoth
hen and thereto plead, answer or demur
10 Ihe petition of the plaintiff; oiherwi
n win ne iaken?ro conjeso and heard tt
parte. Witness, John Norfleet, Clerk ofnQr
a?d Conn, al office, ihe lourth Monday
in February. A. I). 1S41.
d NO. NO li FLEET. Cll
DR. PHELPS'
Compound Tomato Fills,
entirely vegetable.
7 neio and invaluable Medicine oral
diseases arising from inpurilituj
the blood, morbid secretions of Ikk
er and stomach, also, a subsituttjij
culowe, a a cathartic in f am aid
all bilious diseases.
HP HESK popular Pills, combining if
Ji- medicinal properties of the Ton
Plant with other vegetable suimmiw
which h ive been found to modify ami da
fu-e its effects are believed In be thebf?!
Alterative and Cnhirtic Medicine m
discovered. They have been abundan'ir
and successfully tried, and have leceiveif
universal approhation for Scrofula, Dy
pep-ia, Bilious diseases, Jaundice, b'rave!,
It!:-uinatim, Colds It fl inZJ, Catarrh,
Nervous disease-, Acid tnmach, GW
ul .r swellings . f all kinds, Custivene,
Colic, Headache, &c.
An Antidote to Contagious and Epi
lemic Diseases-, io prevent the formation
of Hilious and Liver affec ions, Fivrad
Ague, Sic. in 1 hose who reside in lio;
climates, and low and marshy countries
and ihe best Cathartic that can le ue:
for those localities. Seamen will fi4
them an in fallible remedy for ihe
vv: and Imiiloia tho nst MpiIipi'iiP lh;
they can use to counteiact ihe danger
exposure in unhealthy climate. Fjr
ordi ary Famdy Ph) sic, they areun
sally approved, a ihe best ever olTeied.
As a Dieieiic or Dinner Pill, one lakert
half an hour alter dinner, will suffici
stimulate ihe dislive powers
of ihe
lomach to a healthy and invigorated
lieu, and are found extremely seiricue
to counteract the congestive effect
long oinners, or late suppes, or teI'
cessive use of deserts or Iruil.
Th.s- Pills are noi ol" doubtful tiiih'f
They have passed away from those di'
launched upon Ihe tide of exp i-rifflf1'
and recommendations from Pnysiciio'
and 01 hers in every variety of climate 18
the United States, Texas, and the
das bear wiine-s 10 the peculiar an(l
lent fleets of this Medicine; in fact M
are prescribed by physicians gpnpr3j
in preference to any other Cathartic
Alterative Medicine ami Having ii
0.1 0.1 nn ikri.Ai.iim 1 ,.,1 . lohriiv as an
li fllnorOi and Anli hiliou.4 Kerne .
and this reputation bein full' f11
y ihe high character ol its U
and the increasing demand for ihe
cine it is only necessary for the to?
tor to continue the Caulion, that nev
lie may not mistake other medicines
are introduced as Tomato pieparaiio"
the trie Compound Tomato Pill
(QFora full account of ,h,sJfffli1l
cine, and for numerous
ceitificates
physicians and others, see the Pfl L (Jl(
recently published, in the hand'01
None are genuine without ";c ' 0 oJft
f(S. R. Phelps D., P'i)r,cl
t0nl' COGEO. H01VMD, W