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Whole No. 80q. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, N. CJ Saturday, June 20, 1841. Vol XVII No. 26. ? Is The Tarborough Press, BT OEORGE HOWARD, Is published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per year, if paid in advance or, Three Dollarsai uie cAjnianuu ui mo suusti i'iiun year. For anj period les9 than a year, Twtn.ly.fiot npr month. Subscribers are at libertv tn discontinue at any time, on giving notice thereof md navinff arrears those residing at a distance must invariably pay in advance, or give a respon .ofprpnce in this vicinity. glOie )..MCPmpnts not exceedmnra miar will ho AU" ra. i Inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25 nne fnr every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju dicial advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must be marked the number of in- rtions required, or they will be continued until otherwise ordered and charged accordingly. letters addressed to the Editor must be post pai A or they may uumc on-nucu EDKN IS MY HOME. By John Xewland Mijitt Oh, I have maniM through many lands, A stranger to delight; Xot friendship's hopes, nor love's sweet smiles, Could make my pathway bright, Till on the sky a star arose And lit night's sable dome, Oh, steer my bark by that sweet star For Eden is my hornet Oh, EJen is my place of rest, I long to reach its shre. To shale these foubles frorn my breast, And epp and sigh no more; To that fair land my spirit Hies And angels hid me come Oh, steer my bark o'er Jordan's wave For Eden is my home. Oh, take me from this world of woe To my sweet home above, Where tears of sorrow never flow And all the air is love; My sister spirits wait for me, And Jesus bids me come, Oh, steer my bark to that bright land, For Eden is my home. OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. FROM THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. Navy Department, May 31, IS41. Sir: The appropriations made at the last session of Congress will be found am ply sufficient to cover the expenditures for the current year, under the several heath of appropriation, unless it should be come necessary or be deemed proper to assume another and larger basis of opera tions than that on which the estimates from the Department were founded. The state of the Navy Pension Fund will require the immediate action of Con press. Under the operation of the act en titled "An act for the more equitable ad ministration of the navy Pension Fund," that fund has been exhausted. It will be seen from the accompanying report of the Commissioner of Pensions, that there will be required for the payment of navy pen sioners, on the 1st of July next, the sum of 5SSS,706 06; and on the 1st of January, 142, the further sum of SG9,000. In ad dition to these sums, about 6,000 will be required to pay arrears of pensions which w'" probably be allowed between July next and the 1st of January, making in the hole 5163,706,06. To meet these pay ments, there is within the control of the department the sum of S2S,040; leaving a deficiency 0f 5135,666,06, which the pub he faiih requires should be promptly sup plied. The sudden return of the Brandy wine 'ecms to require some explanation. From jhe despatches sent to the Department by Captain Bolton, of that ship, it appears that the great excitement prevailing in Hland in the early part of March last, Mucetl our Minister at the Court to ad jessa communication to Commodore ljH, the officer commanding the United 'ltes naval forces in the Mediterranean, e result of which was, that the squadron, ne!lyingatMahon, left the station with ,rVletv t0 ?et out of that sea, ascertain the estate of things between the United th?S Great Uri,ian anu cilher resume ljlelrslaUon or return home according to 4L esult. The Brandy wine outsailing . commodore, and Captain Bolton hav rece,ved no information on his voyage thn sanf'Ctory by him, he returned to lheT'led Slates. ' 2 k "Presumed Congress will Kftne f De willing to give attention to jecisf maHers unconnected with the ob f thatK 7'cn lne extraordinary session indue W3S C0n voked y et recent events viewtm!t0l)ringl0 yur notice with a Ss Womk aCtl0n of Congress two subjects first j 7 of Psent consideration. The ron .ftabl'shrr.entofa home squad Variou,I h,les(luatJron8 are maintained in reserva- en tept cmerce, our own shores have Tt . Without ,l .. aad a wa iT y -uequaie protection. ultj as w'tn Great Britain been the re- ujccts of difficulty now in a course of adjustment between that Power and the United States. nave been liable to great interruption, and . ' .... -. u ll l M V U 1 k I JUL u, .nercnantsto great losses abroad, but "avdi iorce, compantively small, might, UI,UUI very snores, nave seized our mer chant ships and insulted our fi.g, without suitable means of resistance or immediate retaliation being at the command of the Government. To gtnrd against such a re cull U ... i . . lw ucever reauy to repel or prompt ly iu ujusumj aggressions upon our own shores, it is necessary that a powerful squa Iron should be k'pt afloat at home. I his measure is recommended by other considerations. There is no situation in v. 'h greater skill or seamanshin can be txerc..ed and acq lired than on the coast of ine united Mates; and in no service would our officers and simpn - v. . . . t A UV,V.UUH( I1IUI c throughly initialed in all that is nnwn- for the national defence and trlorv. In that service aided by the coast survey now in progress, a thorough acquaintance would be gained with our ovn scaco.tst; exten sive and hitherto but impel feelly known the various ports would be visited the bays, inlets, and harbors carefully examin edthe uses to which each could be made available during war, either fur escape, defence, or annoyance, be ascertained, and the confidence resulting from perfect knowledge would give to us, what we ought surely to possess, a decided advan tage over an enemy on our own shores. Should it be thought desirable that such a squadron be put in commission immedia e ly and kept constantly on duty, an addi tional appropriation may be necessary; for the amount of which, as well as the force deemed proper to be employed, I beg to refer to the accompanying rcpoit on the subject, prepared under my direction, by the Board of Navy Commissioners. The attention of Congress has been here tofore earnestly invited to the state of our ordnance and ordnance stores, and I deem it worthy of immediate consideration. A sufficient supply of suitable arms and mu nitions of war is indispensable to the suc cessful operation of the bravest officers and men; and it cannot, from the nature of the case be provided upon a sudden emer gency. Sailors may be hastily collected from our commercial marine, ships may be purchased, but ordnance cannot be suppli ed on such an emergency, nor can some of the materials for the preparation of ammu nition be procured either by purchase or manufacture. Hence the ordnance should, by a timely foresight, be provided in ad vance, and the materials be secured, from which a supply of ammunition can be speedily prepared. The accompanying report from the Board of Navy Commis sioners shows the amount of expend ture which will be required under this head. Should the object be deemed of such im portance and urgency as to require the immediate attention of Congress, I respect fully recommend that an appropriation of one third of the estimated amount be now made. The opinion seems to have become gen eral, as well in the service as in the nation at large, that a thoroug't reorganization of the Navy is demanded by considerations connected with the defence and honor of the country, and in this opinion 1 heartily concur, i'et I am fully aware that any plan for this purpose should be the result of the most careful deliberation, and that it would be at once unwise and injurious to submit to Congress and the country any proposed arrangements which should be liable to the charge of haste and inconsid eration. Deeply sensible, therefore, at once of the importance and difficulty of the measure, I have taken prop r steps to col lect and avail myself of all the results of experience and observation from those whose opportunities have afforded the means of knowledge, and their intelligence the ability to use them profitably, and 1 entertain the hope of being able, before the next regular meeting of Congress, to sub mit for your consideraiion a comprehensive and well digested system of reform in the branch of the public service committed to my charge. 1 have the honor to be, with the high est respect, your most obedient servant. GEORGE E. BADGE II. The President of the Uniied Slates. From Florida. By the arrival of the steamer Cincinnati, Capt. Smith at Sa vannah on the 11th inst. we learn (says the Republican) that Col. Worth, command ing in Florida, is at Fort King, and that he has issued an order suspending negotia tions and revoking all passports. This slep on the part of the commanding officer, augurs favorably lor the future. Col. Worth commences his campaign at a most inauspicious season, surrounded by all the difficulties with which his predecessors have contended with no.less than 1200 men sick and the number increasing. Under these circumstances it would be unreasona ble to expect much for the present, for it should be remembered that those soldiers who sicken at this season are almost invari bly disqualified from doing more than the garrison duty for the remainder of the sum mer. The experience of the last five years abundantly proves this assertion. We learn from a private source (sat a the I LI' .. t ii. . . n i .... J nepuoiican; inai uoionel Worth proceeded to Fort King in order to seize upon the lamuess cniet, Halleck Tustenugse, but Ualleck had fled on the 30th ult., the day oeiore the uolonel arrived. Parties were searching the trail of his band in all direc tions. Lieut. Inge or E. Troop, stationed at Tra der's Hill met with a serious accident on Friday last. His horse ran awav wiih him dashing him agiinsta house, dislocating his nouiuer, breaking his arms and othervvis much injuring him. He is however, ex pected to recover, a he was doing well when our informant last heard from that quarter. Suit against Nicholas Diddle. Tho Philadelphia Ledger of late date, says: The President, Directors and Comnanv. ot the Liank of the United States, yester day entered a suit in the District Court a g.iinst the late President, Nicholas Biddle, Eq. I here is no mistake about this mat tcr. The attorneys engaged are William Rawle, Thomas J. Wharton and Ferdi nand W. Hubbel, Enquires. It is said that John Cadwallader, the regular Solici tor oi me isank, declined participating in the action." hank sold out. Xi is stated that the United States Bank directors have sold it? New Orleans branch, the Merchant's Bank, to L.dward i orke, a nephew of Mr. Lip pincott, for $575,000! More Bank Robbery Two more em igrants to Texas. Texas is becoming po pulous with bank robbers and swindlers of every degree. The receiving teller and discount clerk of the bank of Louisiana have absconded after robbing the institu tion to a great extent. Three thousand dollars reward is offered for them. An overdraft, besides 60,000, was discovered, and a book-keeper was immediately among 'the missing." Glorious limes these for financiers! Great times for Texas! (JJIsaac G. Fetzmour, (president,) N. Barker, (cashier,) and Levi Ecklay, A. K. Carter, and F. Tims, (directors) of the Slate Bank of Georgia, at Macon, have plundered that institution out of 500,000 or S70,000, and left the bank minus to that amount of funds. (JpEIeven banks in New York, under the general banking law, having failed to ledeem their bills, the Comptroller will sell their bonds and mortgages on the third of August. (JJohn L. Moore, charged with em bezzeling the funds of the Bank of Tennes see, has hung himself at Murfreesborough, in that State. This is a sort of suspension among bankers that the public will be de lighted to see introduced. More rope! Wonderful Indeed. The following. taken Irom the 'H.aston uazeite,' is cer tainly astonishing. We heard the follow ing particulars, a few days since, of an al most miraculous transition from disease and infirmity to health and vigor, in the person of Mr. Isaac Newman, of Somerset Md. N. for several yrears had been con fined to his house by severe affliction which disabled him from walking, and from the free use of his arms and neck. On Satur day night last, he was expected to die, but in a few hours became better; and, on Monday evening, during the prevalence of a thunder storm, lounu, when he awoke, that he had the entire use of all his limbs. He arose from his bed, dressed himself and walked about the house. Mr. N. remem bers to have experienced a peculiar sensa tion in his whole system during his sleep, and from all the circumstances no other fonflnsion can be arrived at, but that the a-cnt of this wonderful cure was elcctrici ty. It at least furnishes a subject for mucl scientific speculation. What next The Boston papers notice a new Specimen of Silk Handkerchiefs, on which is imprinted a Map of the United States, in colors, which is guaranteed to endure as long as the fabric of the Hand kerchief. The lines, letters, rivers, mountains, &c. are represented to be as clear and distinct as those of any map in use, and the whole appear to be drawn with accuracy. Woman's Love. An Irishman was lately imprisoned in New-Orleans. His wife was permitted to visit his window. he took her two children, and with them remained in the same position till her hus band's release. She was advised by some who felt for her grief, to go home; when she replied that she "had no home if he could not come to u.- ner remark com prises volumes, and evinces woman's deep and ardent devotion to the man she loves. What more feeling and beautiful reply . Could have been framed than the one. she "had no home if hecould not come to it." Melancholy shipwreck One hundred and forty-eight lives lost. We take the following account of a dreadful casual ty from the Quebeck Mcrcuiy of Saturday last: It. again becomes our duty to record a calamity involving destruction of human uie 10 an awiui extent r our oi ine crew and four of the passengers of the brig Min strel, Captain Outerbridge, arrived here yesterday, bringing the disastrous intelli genre ofwhich the following is, we believe, an accurate summary. The Minstrel left Limerick, Ireland, on the 2lst of April last, for Quebec, with one hundred and forty one passengers emigrants intended to settle in Canada. The vessel had a tolerable passage up to Tuesday last, at 4 o'clock in the morning. when she struck Read Island Reef. There was a heavy sea running at the time, but the boats were launched and made fast to the fore chains. Upwards of one hundred passengers embarked in their boats, but their doom was quickly sealed; the vessel heeled off so suddenly that the "painters" of the boats could not be cast off, and the boats perished with their equally unfortu nate companions on board the ship, except four of the crew and four passengers, who alone of upwards of one hundred and fifty souls remained to tell the sad tale. These eight persons had embarked in the gig, which was towing astern, and fortunately for them the rope which attached it to the brig broke when she went down. They succeeded in pulling to White Island, where they remained until the following day, when they were taken off by the ship Wel lington, of Belfast, Capt. Mclntyre, and brought to Grosse Isle. Russian Jews. Among the items of late foreign news, is a statement, founded on credible letters from St. Petersburgh to Frankfort on the Main, that Russia is com mencing a movement in favor of the Jews in that empire. The Emperor, it is said, has resolved to emancipate them all, "so soon as intellectual instruction and civili zation shall be so far advanced among them that the great boon may be beneficial to themselves." Their number is stated at about 2,000,000, and their condition, if correctly represented, is somewhat upon a par with that of the black population of the United States. The effort lor the amelio ration of this wretched state, has been commenced by the organization of two hundred new Schools, in different parts of the empire, for their instruction. All who may become educated in these, old and young, are to enjoy thereafter the same rights that are enjoyed by other subjects. Cincinnati Giizctte. Premature Interment. A lamentable instance of premature interment is men tioned by the A gram Gazette. Several years ago an inhabitant of Beregh, in Groa ta, died, as was believed, and in "24 hours afterwards was deposited in the familyT tomb. Lately his brother departed this life, and his body was taken to the same receptacle. On reopening the vault, the coffin of the prior was found empty, and the remains it ought to have contained were lying near its mouth in a position which left no doubt that life had returned after the burial, and tlut the unhappy man had used powerful, but vain exeitions to effect his emancipation. Baltimore Republican. The Mormons. An officer of one of the steamboats that lately arrived at St. Louis from above, informs the editor of the St. Louis Bulletin, that the Governor of Illinois has, bona fide, become a Mor mon. Cutting Timber. Some of the Agri cultural Journals at the North, are discuss ing the question as to the best time of the year for cutting timber for fence rails, &c. One contends that the Winter is the best lime, when the tree is free from sap. A nother says, that from twenty years expe rience in the preservation of timber, the best time to cut, to insure durability, is when the tree is in its greatest vigor; and in proof of his the ory, he cites the follow ing case. A Farmer in North Carolina, wishing to fence in a certain lot, went to work according to the old theory, and cut nis rail timber during the full of the moon in February. W hen he came to put up his fence in May, he was deficient about forty pannels. As the only alternative, he went into the woods, and cut the re quisite quantity, and put it up. Ten oi twelve years afterwards, on examining his fence, lie was exceedingly surpiised to find that the rails cut and split in May, were infinitely moresound than thuse cut and prepared in February. Transplanting Trees. Many trees are lost by setting them too deep in their new bed. There is a natural anxiety to do all that can be done to make a young fruit or ornamental tree live and flourish. By this anxiety many reople are influenced to place the roots deep, and to make a hollow or cup of earth around the trunk, thinking thus to give the roots greater protection and abundant moisture. Per haps the particular objects they have in vkw are thus accomplished. But they by this course, place the roots where they are too cold, and cannot perform their proper officrs. The most experienced nursery men in this vicinity inform us that the lateral or hoiizontal roots should be placed about on a level with the surface of the ground; and that the other roots should be allowed to take the same relative posi tion in the ground that they occupied be fore the tree was taken up. After thet tree has been properly placed, earth up over the roots, letting the ground slope from the trunk. It is a good course to dig a deep and large hole, and to fill it up by replacing the earth, and putting in o ther earth more fertile. Small stones in the bottom of the holes, have been found eminently serviceable to the growth and health of trees. Orchards have flourished well where the trees have been placed up on the surface of the ground without dig ging, and then a load of soil put upon each tree. Avoid getting them much below the surface of the surrounding soil. N. E. Farmer. Prince Es'crhazy.M the time this? Prince visited Dublin, an English Journ al made the following remarks: 'Dublin has now to b an the presence, not merely of the richest subject, but of the richest family, we may safely say, on the face of the earth! that of Prince Esterha zy, Ambassador of his majesty, the Empe ror of Austria, to the Court of London. This great and affluent family enjoys a rev enue exceeding .500,000 sterling per an num. The very dress in which this Prince has visited the several Courts of Europe, is valued at Si, 000, 000 sterlinghis coat alone, at S200,000, the hilt of his sword, at $ 100,000. We have the authority of Sir Walter Scott for saying, that every time the Prince wears his costly dress, the diamonds and pearls that fall from it may fairly be estimated at from 100 to 200 pounds. On the occasion of the Corona ation, we have it from the same authority, that the Princess was literally covered with diamonds. She wore as many as if they had been Bristol stones. To describe the splendor of the equipages cf Prince Esterhazy his numerous retinue his grand establishment his amazing and un bounded wealth would tax credulity. The dignity and wealth of his powerful family, influenced by a demeanor remark able only for its elegance and sauvity. He is, we believe, a Hungarian. His daily in come is upwards of 556,000. Horrible. A writer in the Glasgow Argus, who signs himself "A Clergyman of the Established Church Scotland," asserts that "it is no exaggeration to say, because it can be demonstrated, the Corn Laws bring to a premature grave at least 20,000 persons annually in Great Brit ain!" What punishment the Almighty may have in store for the producers of so much misery, it is not fallible to attempt to scrutinize." " Who can Solve this Problem" -fill a wine glass to the brim, with water, or if possible, raise it in the glass even higher than the edge, by letting one drop fall at a time, until it presents a convex surface. When this is done drop into the glass as many common pins as will fill it, and the water will not overflow. This simple experiment may be very easily tried; but I have never seen it explained. Water is not compressable in a wine glass, and the pins are made of solid metal, yet the water in the glass remains as was before the pins were dropped in. Bait. Sun. Important in the hot season of the year. The following simple way of pre venting flies from sitting on pictures or any other furniture, is well experienced, and will, if generally used, prevent much trouble and damage. Let a bunch of leeks soak for five or six days in a pail full of water, and wash youf picture or any other piece of furniture with it. The flies will never come near any thing so washed. Boston Times. To make names grow in Fruit. Whctf peaches and nectarines are about half ripe, says the Charleston Patriot, cover the side exposed to the sun with stripes or specks of wax, in any desired shape or form, which hinders the tun from coloring that part covered, and, when the fruit is ripe, and ti e wax removed, it will be found maiked in the manner desired. Courting "Ma, what dors cousin John hug sister Bridget so foi?" "La, Simon, you have such ejes he's only a courting her, my child." Golly gracious, ma don't he court her hard, though:" 4,La, Simon, do hush.
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