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Tarhorongh, ( Edgecombe County, JV. C.J Saturday, July 2 1,- 1841.
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HOME.
SaV. what is hotnel a word of love
The nursery of each soft feeling
The glass each glowing deart revealing
Foretaste of an eternal home above.
Home is the wanderer's place of rest.
The absent fond oiih's beacon light;
Hnv welcome to the anxious sight
Of him with worldly cares oppressed.
Home is the fond wife's loved domain,
The scene of all her happiness.
The spot which she is form'd to bless,
Where peace, and love, and friendship reigni
Home is the pulse of joy the life
Of all that is worthy our possessing;
But oh, how rich, how doubly blest the blessing,
A home mude h"ppy h tucl lin w'fc!
From I he Xew York Sunday Mercury.
SHORT PATENT SERMONS.
I will read to the audience a note which
1 received through the post otlice, last Tues
day; "Rev. Dow, jr. Dear Sir: Will you
be pleised to take for your text, Sunday,
the following questions:
"What are the moral obligations of man
to woman?
"What are the moral obligations of wo
man to man?
Hy complying with the above request,
you will oblige,
One of the Congregation''1
Reloved Hearers: I feel it to be my
duty to gratify the wishes of any one of
my congregation as far as it lies in my giz
zard, but 1 must here state, that those who
wish me to preach upon any particular sub
ject, would oblige me much by giving me
text and verse as that's the sort 1 deal
with altogether. I come among you to
translate all poetical parables, metaphors,
similes, etc., into common sense; and
squeeze out of them, if possible, a few
drops of the pure juice of piety, morality,
love, and learning, in my own peculiar but
straight ,o-ahead style.
The moral obligations of man to woman,
my hearers, are a pesky sight more nu
merous than he has any idea of; and a few
twists stronger than he is willing to own.
Hrst and foremost, he is bound by an all
wise decree 1o protect her fiom injury,
insult, and suffering want, as long as his
ammunition holds out; because he is na
turally the stronger of the two has more
ofihe fighting cock about him, and is bet
ter prepared to meet, face to face, that
belligerent army of troubles which are ev
er threatening to invade the fair kinirdom
f human happiness. The very ties of
consanguinity shouldn't allow a man to
permit one of the tair sex to be assaulted
and haltered by misfortune, if he can heln
'I; for she is bone of his bone, and flesh of
msn-sh; or rather, some of the best, finest,
anu tentleiest materials of man are stowed
way in the fancy-shop of woman such
as can but feebly stand rough usajyj, and
Jre sure to be damaged unless they are
k?pt, like a box of glass right side up,
With care. Therefore, a man should make
Jo bones of taking care of the best part of
"""in, wmcn is woman. 1 know some
women are death nn a fur lit u-hpn rnn
g'eni cornered up; they'll scratch, bite,
ha'r quall, and dely the devil him
e Such female warriors, however, are
l . . iCarfe I trust; and they appear in
we array, only when no man volunteers
, art services. The next obligation
, uu,i upon man towards woman, is to
f er This ,je should do with all the
one ene.0 a fry',ngpan; because he is the
anj n,ained to make the first advance
b e shuld make them openly, honora
J Powerfully and fearl essly; and push
uj1 n arden, fairly, squarely, and
m0necemIll6ly towards the goal of matri-
0' 8ay a man lhat tr'fles wlh a
8!eelaaf J fffeclions, and directs the fiery
of der l0VC int0 ,he "nhallowed avenue
river ,'?u&hl to be ramsquaddled up salt
lhe ujtini Pur6atory wedded lo
6 'est hag that ever swept out the
kitchen of endless torment! 'Twouldl
serve him just right. A man that loves a
woman, should love her to wed her, as soon
as circumstances will permit. After he
has done this, there are three obligations
combined, viz: to love, cherish, and pro
tect her. lie should love her, as being
the sole objeel of his affections and the only
one set apart to sweeten his tea for him.
and strew his pathway through life with
the choicest of fl nvers. He should cherish
her because he has taken her to himself,
even as a man taketh a bird from its own
happy groves to be a compmion in his
lonely hours, and cheer him with the melo
dy of its song. He should protect her,
bt?ciuse she is a protector to his peace, and
ever ready to share with him the kicks
and cuffs that beset the wanderer through
such a soap-loekish an I evervexing world
as this.
The moral obligation of woman to man,
my dear believers, are few, but most al
mighty powerful. They commence with
her, in reality, at the lime when she makes
the s-.de nn vow at the altar of Hymen, that
h3 will love and be faithful to the accept
ed of her heart, let him be a messenger of
light and pari. y from heaven, ora disgust
ing, runaway vagabond from the dark val
ley of hell. Faithfulness of a wife to her
husband, is the only stone on which the
superstructure of domestic happiness can
be permanently built. It is all gass for a
couple to think of getting along without it.
I know from experience when a woman
is once guilty of a faux pas, in this re
p2ct, suspicion will groumllessly accuse
her of ten thousand more and then the
Old Hany will be lo pay, and no small
change ready. The man that daren't leave
his wife at home two minutes, lest some
nice young man should look at her, is in a
very line stew 1 don't think. lie ware of
unf.iithl'ulucss! Nothing raises the bile on
my stomach s) quick as to take up a news
paper, and read: "Whereas, my wife Sarah
has It 11 my bed and board' &.c. 1 always
know, then, that there was fault on both
sides neither Sarah nor her dear husband
kit themselves to be tinder any obligations
towards each other. 1 know, too, that
mutual love was a scarce article in their
house; if.il wasn't so, there wouldn't have
been so much kicking in bed, and fighting
at the table. Yes, my friends, faithful
ness in woman is the first obligation to
man. The next is a reciprocation of love.
It encourages a man onward through the
&tO! my ills of existence, and enhances his
happiness to an unlooked for extent. It
was a talisman to his peace, and a watch
dog to his hopes. Mutual love is like the
unison of two rippling streams that blend
their waters together and then flow calmly
on, through flowery meads in . majesty,
beauty, and silence. Iti this mixing up,
rye and Indian sort of love, that naturally
places woman under the next obligation
sympathy. She should sympathise with
her husband under all the clouds of woe
that may lower upon his house bedew
Ids rough pillow with tears be an admin
istering angel to his wants, and endeavor to
cover up i he thorns of affliction with the
roses of tenderness. Jfhe is guilty of a
few frail errors, she should neither scold
or upbraid him, but weep for his misfor
tunes, and gently pull him back nga'minto
the path of rectitude by the silken thread
of persuasive ITection.
My heaters I'm done: but to conclude,
let me remind you that you are under ever
lasting obligations lo a Being who has a
right to expect much at your hands and
will have it too, or take the body in default
thereof. I pray you be prepared. So
mole it be! DOW, Jr.
The Bank Bubble in France. Hunt's
Merchant's Magazine, for July, contains
its usual variety of instructive matter. The
leading article is a history of the liank
Bubble in Fiance, or of the Mississippi,
from which we lake the following passage
for the especial benefit of Mr. Diddle and
other Whig financiers:
'More than 500,000 persons are said to
have been reduced from wealth to want by
the depreciation of the stock of the bank,
and the dishonor of its notes. The victim
of the Mississippi Scheme might look' to
the replenished coffers of the Government,
or the disencumbered estates of the princes
of the blood, with the consciousness that it
had been through his own destruction tha'
their revenues had been built up. Private
fortunes had been melted together by
wholesale, to create the estate of a minis
ter or a favorite, like the ordinary coins
which are drawn from the usual purposes
of circulation, and are brought together in
one great mass, to foim a splendid, but
unnecessary article of plate. The grounds
of ChantiHy, which had been mortgaged,
and even alienated in part, during the mis
fortunes of the family, were recovered by
the Duke of Bourbon, though the means
which his successful speculations afforded,
and built up in magnificence suitable to
the condition of the most princely house
of Europe. An English gentleman, by
the name of Gage, amassed so immense a
fortune, that, in defiance of the usual de-
corum of continental etiquette, he offered
three millions sterling to the Rin- of Po
land for his crown; and the monarch is said
to have been so deaf to the voice of self
respect, as to have actually treated for the
sde. It would have seemed as if the
wealth of the whole nation had been
thrown into the Government foundry, and
recast into colossal shapes, which astonish
ed, not only from their grandeur, but their
solidity. The faceof the country was re
duced to a wilderness its fields were dry
its laborers starving its trade confused
while here and there, on the shore, or in
the forest, might be seen a splendid palace,
or a grotesque pigoda, which had been
huilt by the collected energies of the State
lint who can estimate the misery that was
then suffered? The eye of the traveller
was caught by the monuments of wealth
which stood out in the distance before him,
and he forgot to notice the miserable hovel
by their side. The chronicles of the Court
of Louis XV. are too much wrapped up in
the momentous weight of the intrigues
which they relate, to bestow a tho't upon
the silent sufferings that were endured by
those who were not involved in the mas
querade. Madame du Iiarri says careless
ly, that the poor were found starved and
frozen in troops, in the dreadful winter
that ensued; but she relates it as a matter
of speculative curiosity, in the same way
that almanac writers in our own day relate
the extraordinary movements among wild
beasts, who were driven by the extremity
of. the weather to the road-side to die.
The Princess Elizabeth wondered that the
people should starve; she asked whethei
they were too proud to eat bread. In a
nother reign the cup was full, and the Prin
cess Elizabeth was led to the altar, to ex
piate the crimes of those from whom her
honors were descended. She might hive
looked to the other end of the street in
which she was sacrificed, and seen there,
led on a similar errand to that in which she
was employed, a victim far more frail, but
not less obnoxious to the executioners.
The daughter of king Louis XV. and' the
mistress who countenanced him in his last
atrocities, might have called to remem
brance in that solemn hour, the miseries
which the one had endeavored lo alleviate,
ard which the other had aggravated till
the moment of their revenge had arrived.
The founder of the Mississippi scheme
found himself brought down in the course
of a few short months, from a pitch of hon
or second to that alone which belongs to
the king, to a point so low that there were
none in that great realm who would have
done him reverence. In the desolate re
treat at Venice, in which he hastened to
draw around him that obscurity which
could form his only shield, he might have
looked back to a time, only a year distant,
when he stood in the highest pinnacle of
the State. The Earl of lla)T, in a letter
written at the crisis of the speculation,
says that he found Mr. Law's antechamber
guarded by Swiss troopers, who were
placed there to keep out the crowds of
suitors who pressed about its door, reers
of Fiance and princes of the royal blood,
were seen daily waiting at his door, hop
ing by their hollow compliments, and their
humble attentions, to win the notice of the
great financier."
Perilous Situation. Dr. Judd, of
Honolulu, who accompanied the Scientific
Corps of the Exploring Squadron in their
excursions on Hawaii, had a most wonder
ful escape from an awful death. He had
descended into the crater of Kilauea, to ob
tain some specimens of the liquid lava.
Not succeeding in procuring any at the
Great lake, as it is called, he approached
one of the smaller ones, or chimneys, and
descended a few feet into it. While gath
ering, specimens, the lake suddenly be
came active, and discharged a jet of lava
into the air far above his head, but , which
most fortunately fell in the opposite direc
tion fiom him. He then commenced
making his way out before another should
follow, but the ascent was far more diffi
cult than the descent. He became alarm
cd, and called on five natives who had ac
companied him to the spot, for assistance.
The heat had become so great that they
were frightened and retreated with the
exception of one man, who threw himself
flat upon the bank, and reaching over his
right hand, enabled the Doctor to reach
the top. liut before he reached the brink,
his clothes were burnt by the hot air, and
he would have been scalded had he not
been protected by wollen garments. The
native in stooping over, had his face and
hands blistered. They both had barely
time to leave the spot, when the lake fill
ed up and poured out a stream of liquid la
va. Polynesian
Excitement in Jipalachicola. There
was quite an excitement a few days ago in
. i.u:-u tVn A in conseauence of the
paiacinw v-- . a
exposure of a nefarious plan, lo smuggle a-
way some lourui ...0.. & -
the citizens of that place. The slaves
were invited to get on board a certain ves
sel in the bay, where it was promised their
passage to New York should be paid by a
certain white man. A free black, a stew
ard or cook on board of a vessel in port,
was the agent of communication. The
plan was exposed by one of the slaves, a
girl about 12 years of age, beingcarried by
a lighter down the bay, lo the wrong vex.
set. On applying on board for passage,
under the instructions given, the Captain
presumed something lo be wrong, and had
her sent back to her owners in town. lie
fore the affair could he investigated, the
other vessel, with the Abolitionists on
board, was off under a stiff breeze for New
York. Charleston Patriot.
L-ok lo this, Parents. "( he had
brought me up properly, I should not have
bpen here,' were the last words of Pi-ter
Robinson, who was hung in New Bruns
wick, (N. .1 ) for the murder of Suydam
This mons'er in the form of m m, had been
permitted while a bo- to do pretty much
as he pleased. Like too many in the pre
sent d y, he was subject to no restiaint.
Instead of being made to work, he was al
lowed to lounge through the week and to
fish on the Sabbath and as might have
been expected, he has come to a disgrace
ful end. Whit must he the feelings of the
lather's heart, when his felon son reproach
es him with being the author of his crime
of ignominy.
Parents, remember the dying words of
Robinson: '-Ifhe had brought me up pro
perly, 1 should not have been here. '
Saturday Courier.
Attempted Escape Frustrated. A
slave belonging to a gentleman of Peters
burg, Va., attempted to escape to the North a
few days ago, in a schooner bound to Bos
ton. His escape was discovered, and the
schooner followed and overhauled, when he
was found secreted. The vessel was allow
ed lo proceed.
The Oldest Republic on Earth. The
American Quarterly Reiew contains a
letter from G. XV. Irving, Esq., giving a
sketch of his visit to San Marino, a repub
lic in Italy, between the Appennines, the
Po, and the Adriatic. The territory of
this state rs only 40 miles in circumfcr
encc, and its? population about 7000. The
republic was founded more than 1400
years ago, 'on moral principles, industry
and equality, and has preserved its liberty
and independence amidst all the wars and
discords which have raged around it. Bo
naparte respected it, and sent an embassy
to express his sentiments of friendship and
fraternity. It is governed by a Captain
Regent, chosen every six months by the
representatives of (he people, 66 in number,
who are chosen every six months by the
people.
The taxes are light, the farm houses are
neat the fields well cultivated, and on
all sides are seen comfort and peace, the
happy effects of morality, simplicity, liber
ty, and justice Mr. Irving was received
by some intelligent citizens in the most
hospitable and affectionate manner; they
were delighted with him because he was
an American. They professed a profound
attachment to our country, and look to it
as the preserver of their pure principles;
they were intimately acquainted with our
institutions and affairs, and had a library
well furnishedwith books and pamphlets re
lating to America.
To show the Difference between Haw
Corn and Com Meal cooked us fond for
Hogs. Some two years ago while I was
confined to the fireside by a cold, I amu
sed myself with several experiments to find
the increase by weight of corn, rye, shorts,
&.c, by boiling and cooking, with a view
of economizing hog food. I soon became
convinced lhat wondeiful effects might be
easily produced; and though I then made
regular record of what I did, strange to tell,
I had never till lately attempted to put my
theory in practice. 1 had since the first
of December an actual experiment go
ing on between raw corn and meal made
into good thick mush; two pigs of about one
hundred weight each, have been eating sev
en lbs., of raw corn per twenty four hours;
and two others of near the same size have
had exactly seven lbs., of meal made into
good mush between them. I weighed my
pigs accurately at beginning, and weighed
again a few days since to mark the pro
gress. The two eating fourteen pounds of
corn per day, had increased seventeen
pounds in sixteen days. The two eating
seven pounds of cooked meal per day, had
increased twenty-four pounds, in the same
time.' Here is a saving of one-half the corn.
American Farmer.
(J Fanny Ellsler is said to have cleared
upwards of sixty-five thousand dollar b
her visit to the south. How much was it
for each hop
Fatal case of Poisoning. We learn bj
the Baton Rogue Gazette ol the 22nd, lhat
about thirty negroes were poisoned a da
or two previous, by drinking water from a
well in which a copper pipe, communica-
ting with an engine, had been inserted It
is fuither stated that three of the negroes
had since died from the fatal effects.
N. O. Bee.
Shocking Death A correspondent of
the Zion's Herald gives the following ac
count of a most shocking accident and
death which occurred at S:oughton, (Mass.)
on Wednesday, the 9th ult.
Mr. Nathan Drake, and Ills brother,
Doa. Eb-nezer Diake4 with their sons A
aron and Nelson, bo h about 12 years old,
had been plowing with the two yoke of ox
en and two ploughs. The boys were di
rected to drive the oxen tip to the barn,
which was but a short distance from the
field. Accordingly each of them took a
pair, swung the chains over the right oxen's
backs, and held the hooks of them in their
hands, and thus walked by their side. A
aron then hooked the end of the chain he
held around his body, and Nelson also hook
ed the chain around himself. Just then A
uon'soxen started, and passing Nelson's
oxen started them also. Aaron swung his
whip over his oxen's heads and stopped
them, but the others continued on,
and before Aaron could get liberated to help
him, the oxen were running wilh Nelson
thrown down to their heels at every leap,
r hitting the ground and bounding into
the air. They then came to a fence, in
jumping which the chain slipped off from
the (had and mangled body. His father,
who had witnessed the whole scene, got to
him fust, took him up and carried him in
o his brother's house. His neck and
back were broken, and the bones about
his chest, and his face was dreadfully
torn.
fJpThc Pioiestant Clergymen of Balti
moic, with a view of more effectually pro
moting the cause of Christianity in that
City, have resolved to hold meetings on
Sabbath afternoons at 5 o'clock, in the
"Streets, fields and market places!" Several
appointments have been accordingly can ied
out, at the most public points of the city
and vicinity.
(TJAmong the passengers in the Great
Western, which sailed lately from New
York, was a Mr. Charles W. Dayton, whor
it is said, has gone to bring Samuel Swart
wout, who is now reported to be residing
in London in penury.
Thrilling Incident. The Richmond
Star of June 30, sajTs:
"We understand that one of the Work
men upon the roof of the Capitol slipped, on
Monday, and falling upon the smooth sur
face of the copper, slid down towards the
eaves. For a moment, a horrid dealh seem
ed inevitable; but with great presence of
mind he clasped the gutter as he went over
and was instantly dangling SO feet from the
ground, with no security but in the grasp
he held upon the gutter of the building.
His fearful position at this moment can
scarcely be realised; with tire dreadful pros
pect before him, of being in a few moments
dashed lo pieces upon the earth below.
The workmen, however, soon procured
ropes by which he was in a slight measure
sustained until another could be obtained,
reaching' to the ground. This he grasped
and attempted to descend by it, but his
strength had become much exhausted
that he could not sustain himself, and he
slipped down, the rope pacing rapidly
through his hands and cutting to the very
bone; but he rame safely to the ground,
rescued as by a miracle. His position, for
a time, was tearful indeed."
fjJVVe find the following floating about
in our exchange papers. If true, the in
formation is of value to the wheat grower
We give it for what it is worth:
Salt is said ti be a complete preventative
against the destruction of wheal by weevil.
Mix a pint of salt with a barrel of wheat,
put the grain in old salt barrels, and the
weevil will not attack it. In stacking
wheat four or five quarts of salt to every
hundred sheaves, sprinkled among them,
will entirely secure them from tiie depreda
tions of the insect, and render the straw
more valuable as food for cattle.
A Little Romantic The New York
Sun savs that a young lady appeared at the
jail in Dedham, Mass., last week, with a
certificate from the town clerk ol the mar
riage bans, and requested to be united to
her lover who was shut up for debt. The
ceremony was legally performed, and the
"bonnie lassie" went on her way rejoicing.
In less than an hour the prisoner bride
groom was set at liberty his debt having
been fully satisfied doubtless by his bride.
That is what we call marrying to advan
tage. Remedy for Kicking Cows. A bed
:ord drawn lightly over the loins of cows,
in front of the udder, it is said, will cause
hem to give down their milk, and aia
prevent their kicking. f