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Tavborough, ( Edgecombe County, JV. C.J Saturday, June 5, 1811
Vol. XVUXo 23
Txrbirw Th Press,
bv okomi?r nmv'in,
Is pu'liie' wpekly at T-ot DMr ail P-f't
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pr an peri,vl ,ft 11 V'U, Tri'.j,.
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m,,.t invariablv pnv in alnncp,or give a re.4p.tn
!,':e reference in this vicinity,
j Advertisements not ceee li-vr A sure will Up
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Mits must he m irked the mi nSer of in
rjniis required, or they will be. coru'uiie 1
i,.,rvcie ordered a 1 1 J c!rrr 1 ace. tr I'm r'y.
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tmk l a nor? 1: p..
fly U'r i. I). Galhtg'ier.
(,,jn, jjpprpci! Thou hast, the frm
A'i'1 likeness of thy (1x1! who more
'na .l.mniles iti i I thestoriii
Of daily life, a heart as war n
Ami pure as hreast e' r wore.
IWInt tlien? Thou art. as true a mnn
I .m"ves ih it hu nan innss alon,
tniwh a part ot the (Ireat Plan
That will) Cp-at ion's dawn hey;an,
As any f the tliron.
Wlioi tliine oniMiivl the hitrh
In stiti"n, or in wealth the chief 1
Tip rrre;it, who coldly pass thee hy,
Willi jirnitd stpp and averted rye
Nay I nurse m.t such belief.
IftniPiwto thyself thon wast.
What were the proud one's scorn to thee
A father, which thou miirhtest cast
Asi-le. as i.lly as the hlast
Tlieliiiht leaf from the tree.
fto: nnpiirh'd passions low desires
Al)eiipp of nohle self-respect
PpiiIi in the hrenst's consuminpr fires,
To that liiiih nature which aspires
Forever, till thus checked;
Tiios are thine enemies thy worst;
They chain thee to thy lowly lot
Thy lalmr and ihy life accurst,
Uh, s'and ere' l! anl from them burst!
And l"iirer Puffer not!
Tlmu art thyself thine enemy!
'IV areai! what better they than thou
Asilii'irs. is not thy will as frt-e
Ildsfi' il with eqml f.ivrs thee
Npglected t endow
True, wealth thou hast not: 'tis hut dust!
Nor place: uncertain as l he wind!
that thou t. which with thy crust
And water, may despisp thp lust
.Of both a noble mind.
ih this, and passions under hnn.
True f 1i.l1. and holy trust hi God,
art the peer of every m in.
p. then tliat thy little span
'('life may he w e!l I rod!
The dmcricttn Hi hie Society This
v-ci. ty c le'it.ited its t wetitv-fifdi anniv r
s 11 v y st 1 r 1 y , at 10 o'clock, a. m. at the
IlnieUay Tab'-ri-acl''. Hon. John Ct'on
s:;;iih, !'iei.!ent. in the chair A ehap
'cml'lhe liilile was read, and the Pre-ideiit
n.' io an e'oq o ut :ml impressive a :dr-.-.s.
I !e report of ihe T'Cisunr was then pte
cnteil, t lie whole amoun' of r ce.p's dnr
ii the year was stai.d S11S,S6'0 41,
'iaii mere ise ef S21.5:j5oti the n turns
olasijcar. Of this w. 1 Innn
''H tries. The Cones;) nd 114 S-.-cre'ary.
ht'v. .I.i, Brig 1 1 in . presented the report
'ln: lio.i d o Managers of whici the
lil'i,jVV"'g is a sumn-an :
mre;he oti-aidz it ion of the Soc'cty,
,i r""j;h its . (foits neai ly 3.000.000 Uibh .s
a:i-l 1 1 vtiments have been s. m forth, and
ntiis finnisht d for publishing not les
300,000 copies mo. e in lo.eign lan
i'Sei. Tiity have been published in
Indian lonoes, in seven of ihue po--n
in K'irope, in live of tho us d in
Asatic Turuey, in seven of this. of India,
1,1 toe Clones'-, the Hawaiian, the S .ndvvieh
"hmls, and in ihe Giebo tongue on the
)Vet coast of Al'iica. Means have also
cv'i hiinislu il for the purchase and disirt
u,'on of ihe Scriptures in as many as
vv.e'dy additional tongues, making some
Uu"S.hke fifty io whit.,, ,i,ev have direclly
j-Kl "Orally K,)ne f)rlh "jn lhe WOI(l.
11 ""J c,nire u the year, 400 persons have
c,,m life membeis and life directors,
" 1" new a ixiliaiies have been founded,
n,u"y in the Western States,
'"e whole number of Bibles antl Testa
enl printed during the year is 1G6,S75;
,1.V"J"1'nr ,ssued during the same lime is
Hit f
nnuiv mg a decrease 01 rs.uifo on
umtr report. New Yurie Tribune.
IoP'10 .Ncw Orleans pipers of the
0c J1 ,usl- ft'lv an account of a scene which
llavUrredn' court on the Sth, which must
inuV 1 ? thrillinS in ihe extreme. An
had. name(l Geore A- Hamilton
Wrv68 bcfre been convicted of
the us 1 ,len ca,led "P to be sentenced,
had to ',est,on was ased, as to what he
uy before sentence should be passed.
To ibis n rnpl e 1 in an a bb ess of an hour
' 1 ug h, ;n xv ,i,,, n Pn,e:ironi,j ,0 sno;v
nit he xv;ls the victim of a conspiracy, and
that he wn ei'indv innocent of the clnrge.
'i' u 1 repbe I to him lint his remarks
" I I uled fr mike any other impression
km 1 inn ot nt ()r h,s simitin, and the
mi. 1 sTmn-r..r , .,C! ,,,t he wa jr 1 i I v of
tne rh-ir-. T ie Jm Ue then sentenced
him r-ip y,.ir t the penitentt try. J.Ht
it lhi m ) n.TrT, sane svImti;ui eKd;iim
i I, -fl. h is 1 knif. in nis ha il," a id
fjrliec vil I he preve .te I, h plin d ii
H himself in t vo (,b? -s, on,.,. jn ,h ;,h.,)
run an I one.! in the r n of the h -art
t-ij 1 fahve I iVo n 1 m of h'nn I, and
vs tiken 10 a priva'e Miartment, fjll iv!
hy his wi( w U) ha I sit by him durinj; the
I'id. l'hys'ciatK ex iinincd' and lre-ispl
''uva m U. aid a.-ertaiiicd that they ver
nnt nocessarily fatal.
The Xc'-v York RKtiress siysr
"Pi i ate iett' t s received in 1 hi s city stau
dial Mr. Marker, eishier of the Ilranch
JJmk of the State of (lenruii h ts ileeamne.L
and that there is a defi.:ien-y of seventy,
three thousand dollars. "
Submarine Exploder The Vnshmj;
ton rnriesiiasulciii of the North American.
;ives tiu- fjllnvvinjr a -c unt of Capt. Tay
lor's itilt i n il w ichine "
4A f. v (lavs since, (.'apt. Taylor made
.1 f ill an 1 s.tcet'sshil exp-rinient of his un-
Jt wa'er operat ions, h lo e Presi.lent Ty
h r, i!ih lleuls of I) -p irtments a-xl other-,
and hle vupa lirr-an! heavy sow .ky
'lili,' literally tearioor it into ten tliMiisuid
fragments, aita'ino; the !e p. and callin
np its f nnid itions on the surface of the wa
er. There was no tnis ake an 1 mihap.
The fragments " re ihnnvn fifty feel into
the air, many of them faliiim more than
100 yrds from the position nf ti e scow.
It was torn into shit ds. The proof w i-.
conclusive of Mr. Taylor's ability to blow
up any fl jat inj; ci aft, lari or sm ill, ship
or lender. It i avenc Mhat a ship of the
line can be blown op as iasyas this scow
was. Il o, an enemy's fdiip at anchor had
better not go tohep while ("apt. Taylor is
about. Nor will hei watch make any dif
feietice. It's a gone ea.-e if ('apt. Taylor
gctsuiukrl.tr bo loin. He is a t rnbl.
son of old Neptune, and will pitch then,
all aloft as easy as Sam Pa'c h could jumji
from the brow of a cataract.''
pin the whole population of Mass i
chiiM ils, ncc mling lo the lepoit of the
Maih ils, there is out one nnui who can
neith. r read nor wri'e, and he is not a na
live citizen of the Staie How many
Counties are there in any other Siale, of
which the same ran be .-aid?
itul hen tic from Florida.- We learn
(sa s the .Nai loi al Intelligence!) thai in
formation ha- hi en nceived from the
Commanding (!uir I in F.orida, under
' d : e of die 7.h i 11 -1 n 1 1 , that a shij)nient has
Id n made Ir on Tan pa l y lor ArUausas
!ol about lo hnudied Indians, of whjm
! liily ae wai 1 iois. being ail that hid been
! eoilt c:ed at th -t place dm iog the last few
months, and m.tk mg the told number re
:.oiovtd t illing the year, by peaceable
mean-, about 4'0, ol nom about 10 are
i wainois. iNego lalions fur the emigration
'of ihe nunainder w re still in pregre.-s
i not wittioui some hopes ol .-ucces-, ilii all
h:itS..m .lone-and his followers, wlio siill
! rcuiaio impraetu a)le.
1 Murder. Mr. .1 .me- II. Wiight, late
; ke per ol the l ot l in Kuoxville, was
lshft at Macon, ((leoigi.i.) on Sunday
Jmotning. the t5 h uti , by I.-ia-1
i Champion, and died the next day. From
1 Hie cm cuu.stanci s we have heaid dttailetl
rj) cli. g it, the iilfi uliy between them
: appears 10 have been of a trivial chatacier,
'and crowing oul ot ihe punhae of ihe
hoiel by Mr. Chamjiiou, who vas its pre
sent uCt'lip ant. 1 hey met near the Court
house, wnile one, or hoth were on their
way 10 church, and alter exchanging a
lew words. Champion diew a pistol and
(ii.-ehaigitl ii at Wright, who, it is said,
'was unarmed. hosh were re.-p ctab.e
i t, 1 c,.. 1 i...i 1 1:...,
I II I Ol I . Ul OUt Ifcll , 11' I II.IU Id 1 1 ! I I I I IC
Champion has heen committed 10 jail lo a
wait ins trial in Augu.-t next. Macon
Messenger.
Immense fire in New York. After a
long period ot exemption from Kites of a
set ions natuie, New York was visited
with one on Saluid ay morning last, which
occasioned an immense lo-s if property.
It commenced at No. 14G Pearl Street.
The Journal of Commerce says that the to
tal loss of property i- not far from i5S50.
000, of which about $475,000 is covered
by insurance, distributer!, more or less, a
mong neatly all the Insuiance Ollices in
the City, and some in othei Siatts.
The Death of a Clergyman. A Bap
tist Clergyman, named King Griswold,
was recently killed at Cincinnati by vio
lence. The Chronicle of that ciiy says
"He was, we understand, a Baptist Cler-
gvman laboring in ihe western part of the
eity, and was killed in eonsequenre of of
fence taken at some of his remark. Wp
have thou-iht it proper to suppress mms,
in. I to give no further p iniculars, until an
dfi al examination is In,. The violence
was committed, we understand, last F:i
lav, and the unfortunate sufferer exoired
yesterday.
The Came nf his Death The dpi is?
Recorder mentions the cause and manner
of the murder of the U v. Mr. Uriswold,
it Cincinnati A profligate young man,
who becime rnrag 'd because he had been
nade a subject of special prayer by a
young companion, threw a stone at the
nan who hid priyed for him, as he passed
out of tin? church." The stone struck the
head of Mr. (iriswold, who was, at the
time, near the door, fractured his skull, and
aused his (1 'ath in a few houts after.
Philadelphia United Stales.
(CpThe Na-hua Telegraph says, that 0
Mrs HSolev, of Londonderry. N H.. WIS
some weeks since safely delivered of five
children at a birth, and that they are all
doing well! I he same woman had three
it on- birth five years ag-, all of whom
are alive and in good condition.
Thorn as II. Shuster, whose trial
for the murder of his wife has occupied
he attention of the Court at Philadelohia
for the last week or two. his been found
guilty of Murder in the fit t dogr e. The
c-imewas proved bv positive tetimonv
by witnesses who were within a few yards
oi ihesp t. and saw the assassination per
petrated who saw the pistol of the IVis
oner presented to the bosom of his defence
less victim, his wife who heard and saw
the discharge, her dying moan, her fall,
and the Prisoner's flight. Circumstance
of unequivocal import, evincing express
malice, premeditated maturity of ihinn,
and coolness of execution, were abundant
ly exhibited 'Ihe ph a of insaniiy was
reueo on as tne main ground ot delence,
but was not admitted by ihe Jury.
Murder will out. A man named
Leach has been arie-ted in Montgomery
county. Pa. charged with having commit
ted murder twenty years ago.
(rjThe Nashville Banner sta'es that
John L. Moore, a merchant doing business
at Keulyville, Tenn. who was under a i'
reM for having committed the late frauds
on tie Bank of Tennessee, committed
suicide 011 the 7 Ii in-taut in a public house
in Murfiet sborough by hanging himst.ll
to a bed post.
slrrcst nf a supposed Murderess
1 esterday we gave an account ol the eoro
ner's inquest upon the body of Mr. Beck,
a Get man, found dead in the liver, wilh
maiks of wounds on his person.
Last evening, the w ife of 1 lie deceased
was arrested and lodged in jail, on the
(diat ge of having murdered her husband.
The act, if committed, as it probably was,
took place ome weeks since in this eity.
SV. Louis Gazette.
Good Management. The Newark
Advertiser sa s 400 acres, exhausted by
hid husbandry, was bought by a Scotch
far mer for S4.000. This farm has been
f-o improved by good husbandry that the
owner was last year offered for it S40,000.
I le ri fused the offer upon ihe ground that
it had actually netted him the interest of
$60,000.
Ballooning. A Paris correspondent of
the N. York Commercial Advertiser says:
"The lovers of aerostation, and indeed
the lovers of science in general, will rej dee
to hear that a mode of navigating the air in
balloons, by giving any direction that can
tie desired, even against 'he wind, has been
adopted. An experiment has been recent
ly exhibited near Saint Uenil, to illustrate
this important fact. The balloon at the
height of 250 yards, was worked in every
direction by thep?rson in it, even in the
tieth of an adverse wind. It also ascended
without the throwing out of the ballast,
and again descended. These evolutions
lasiedihree hours, after which Ihe intrep
id aeronaut returned to earth and alighted
s comfortable as he would have done from
an ordinary carriage."
tq New and very great Project. A
French gentleman, Mr. Alexander Vatte
mare, is now in Bos on, for the purpose of
promoting a design which is so grand as
naturally to strike every one as chimenal. I;
is what he calls a system of National In
A,.r. which. as far as we are able toun-
der-tuid it, embrace the erection ot a
building iusdl the p-incipal cities 01 me
world, "o contain a binary, mu-eum ol
natural hi-torv,ptctu.cgdIeiy. Iec'urehall,
&.c the library to be made up of all the
public libraries ol the city, the benefits ol
which are now confined to a few, and thus
form one grand library for the people; and
then the opening of a system of exchang
es, one portion of the world with another,
J of all the natural production', works of
an, vxc. 01 eaen. 1 ne ptan, which is cer
tainly excellent in theory, is said to
have met the approbation and support nfi
mmy literary and scieniific mr-n in
ibis co m'ry, and to rm' baen partially
adopted in some cities nf E trope. It is so
democratic, tha' il will undoubtedly find
f ivor in this country, although, as mut be
perceived, ho-.vver desirable it nay b ,
it is a thing of no ei5y accomplishment
Mr. Vattemare appears to bft devoting
himself to it, without prospect of pei-unia-ry
or personal benefit, and from the mo
tives of philanthropy merely, having al
re idy expanded a greit deal of time and
motiey in prosecuting the plan. The Mer
cantile Library Association, composed o!
young men, have had a meeting on the
subject, and having heard Mr. Vatlemare's
exposition of his project, haw passed a se
iies of res oluiions, regarding -it favorably,
and recommending il to general attenfion.
JJuston Ilecorder.
Selling a Secret. An pxprriment w.-i
yesterday made by an English genllem m,
on the notes of one of our city banks, it-
the presence of lhn officers, and of sundrv
citiz-ns, by which he demonstrated hi
ability to efface totally and without leaving
a solitary trace, every ink mark existing
on the lace of th notes. The impres
sions made by the ink'were removed by llv:
fedhere 1 point of a q 1 1 1 imbued with some
chemical preparation compounded by the
g'-ntleman in question. He thus establish,
ed wilh perfect ease, thu certificates o!' de
posit anil other documents in writing can
be altered for purposes of counterfeiting
After this experiment, he wrote a few lines
on a piece of ordinary writing paper, and
-ent it to the most experienced chemists in
the city, declaring that il was impossible to
lemove it.
We understand 1 e lias offered to vend
hiss'cretlo the various banking institu
tions in the city, at a reasonable rate. We
likewise learn that the same gentleman hns
made known his discovery to the Bank of
Lng'and. A. O. Bee.
The above is a matter of the first impor
tatice to our banking invitations. As the
wri'er has not patented his invention, but
is selling his stciet, it would he an object
for him to visit our chief commercial cities
or send an agent for the puipose of coin
municatmg the process to our oanks gen
erally, which have become of late so open
to imposition from counterfeiting.
it would seem to us, when so many
frauds are committed by banks on each
other and the community, that the secret
of which they ate invited to become the
purchasers, will probably be abused to very
mischievous purposes by some of their dis
honest officers. Globe.
Most Melancholy. It appears th:t
the la'e distressing occurrence at Quebec
the falling of a pari of the mountain cal
led Cape Diamond --resulted in the deith
ol twenty-six person?. 1 wenty two oth-
weie taken out auve, snd the bodies ol six
have n )t bejn discovered.
(TjJThe following advertisement is from
the London Times:
"Toihe Clergy. An incumbent would
re-igu directly, with patron's consent, to
one not under 4G years of age, a beauti
ful living, a perfect gem, one of the pret
tiest things in England, vvMi excellent
new freestone front house, in good repair,
facing a park, in the county of Somerset,
at the skirts of a small market town,
with every necessary of life cheap; pro
ductive garden, lawn, pleasure ground,
wall ft nit, six acres of pasture adjoining,
co ich-house, stabling for six horses, out
houses; no trouble as to income duty
easit. spot health v, roads and society good
ihe whole worth 2SQ a year. Terms
In-coming incumbent to pay down
1200 to indemnify present incumbent's
outlay on ihe spot, and for his fixtures, and
his old wine, worth 1S0, also, for live
stock, including three cows, horses, anil
pony-carriage; piano for.e, by S.oddart,
cosl i5 guineas; hand organ, by Flight,
cost 35; plate and linen, and a few pic
tures." This is about as comfortable a picture as
we evtr saw, of ministerial tabors. Who
can wonder at ihe total absence of religion
in this benighted western region, where
we have no fat voluptuaries to leach us thr
way we should go, with their 'perfect
gem" pleasure-grounds" "wall fi uit"
'-easy duty"' 'old icine" "pony
carriages" "piano"' and hand-organ by
Fi'ght?" The Loudon papers abound
with similar advertisements. '-For sale,
by private contract, an Advowson;"
'Wanted a Next Presentation;" Ex
change An Incumbent wouid exchange,"
&.e. "Tin se alvt rtisen.eiit-," says the
liiitish critic the champion of ti e E4b
lished Church -'are very numerous, and j
wonderfully on the increase."
Boston Curier.
The Moon.X Dublin correspondent
of an English paper givca the following
observations of Dr. Robinson of Armagh
on the apparane ef the moon as peon
through Lord Oxmnntown's immense tel
escop?: The sharpness c.f ih? rocks and paks
n the moon is qu te s trprmng, and lhi-1
fact l ;nr' would show that air and water
are absent. He also sta'es that no volcan
ic action is now at work in th moon, nor
has been since the invention t.f te'e-eopes.
0..e of its mountains is nearly 17 000 feet
in hiwht abovelhe plain from which it rises.
Generally, however, they aie about 5,000
feet.
Gen. Gaines and Lad. The trial in
which the lady of Gen. Gaines I a an im
mense pecuniary interest is now progress
ing at New Orleans, and according to the
PiCtyu.ne. some cut ions scenes ae the oc
casional result. On the 7ih instant, Mr.
Peyton , counsel for Mrs. Gaines, proceed
ed lo read fiom a pamphlet which he offer,
ed as evidence, but was interrupted by the
Judge, when tin following scene cncued:
Gen. G. "May it please the Court the
lady will take charge of the case herself;
she is psepared to do il."
Mrs. (i. (taking the book in her hand
which Mr. Peyton had been prevented
from reading,) "Yes, 1 vviil proceed with
tue case '
The Judge. Do vou intend to offer the
testimony in that book as evidence?"
Mrs. G. "Yes; part v f it."
The Ju lge. 'Wtll, then I cannot per
mit you to proceed."
Mr . G. Then 1 thank my God! I can
go before the Judges of the United S atei
Supreme Coutt, where 1 will be heard,
and where justice will be done me; which
I cannot expeel here, where 1 see such par
tiality." The Judge. "General Gaines, this is
language winch I shall not snfler. Deco
rum mu.-t b. preserved in ihe Court; there
are no priv ih g d classes here."
Gen. G. "lt is not my iniention to be
indecorous to the Court. I know my
rights and will maintain them in despite of
my enemies, and in despite cf New Orleans
and its sixteen Banks."
The Judge. "Order must be preserved
in this Couit."
Gen. Gaines. "Has not your honor act
ed as counsel for the opposite parlies in
this case, before you were raised to a seat
on that bench?"
Mrs. G. "Yes, he was; and he is now
sitting in judgment against us."
The Judge. "Mis. Gaines, I again re
peat that 1 w ill noi sit here and suffer such
language as this to be made use of, even by
a woman."
The upshot of the matter W3S, that as
usual the lady triumphed even over ?uch
odds, and with ihe permission of the Court,
Mrs. Gaines then rose and read to the
Couit and jury several pages of manuscript,
being an elaborate history of her own al
leed wrongs and of the artifices and devi
ces of Richard Uelf, Beverly Chew and
othcis, to keep her from possessing or en
joying the property ot the late uaniei
Claike, bequeathed toner ny mm, wnose
legitimate daughter she was and not his na
tural child, aslhey have alleged.
Treading the tVine Press. h letter
from John Tappan, of Boston, who has re
cently travelled in Europe, give the fol
lowing description of the process of tread
ing grapes. Fastidious wine drinkers will
not fancy the fact.
"We pissed through the finest wine
countries in Eutope, in vintage time; and
having witnessed the treading out of the
grapes, it may interest you to know the
piocess. On an appointed day, all the in
habitants of a hamlet assemble early in the
mornin and with carts containing baskets,
tubs and casks, proceed to gather all
grapes, sound and in every stage of de
cay, in large tubs, resembling in size and
cleanliness, the tubs in which hogs are
scalded and dres-sed in America. When
the tubs arc sufficiently filled with grape?,
spiders, spiders w ebs and flies, a lad jumps
into it, and drawing up his pantaloons to
his middle, comrnenc s; sometimes with
his bate feet, and at others with barnyard
shoes, to jump upon the grapes, and force
the juice through the boks in the centre cf
the bottom rf the tub, into a large tunnel,
which is inserted in a cask. When the
cask is filled, it is rolled away and Carted
to the village, from whence it goes to the
wine merchant, and is manufactured,
which means adulterate.!, and rent to the
market Nothing can be more filthy and
nauseating, than the dirty, slovenly way
it is made, unless it be the water back of
Albany, of which Mr. Delevan proved
ihev made strong beer. Could wine-dunk-I
thp mrkroarh fla-
crs, woo fu wwv-'i v-re-w.
or f 'heir wine in our country, uoc .c-
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