Tavborouxh, (Edgecombe County, JS". C.) baluiduy, June i l, ib42
To. XFiUXo:i8
The Ta thorough Press j
Br GEORGE HOWARD,
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FOR THE TAKBORo' Pit ESS
TO JULIET.
Hail! thou sweet and lovely beam,
Of brightest beauty from the skies;
Like some creature of a dream,
Passing my enchanted sighti
Yes, the tender green-field flower,
To that cheek a lustre shek;
And gave it all the magic power,
To blush in beauty mellow red.
Sweet charmer of life's toilsome way,
Thou art beautiful and bright;
As the sun of summer's day,
As a ray of holy light.
Like some bird of early spring.
Ever sprightful, cheerful, gay;
Would that pleasure's golden wing,
Around that heart may ever play.
Beauteous creature, on thy cheek
Blush the lovely hues of day;
Lovely creature, thou art sweet
As the rosy breath of May.
Sweetest creature, all the worth.
All the beauty, all the grace
Yes, all perfection that's on earthy
Centre in thy form and face.
ORLANDO.
DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.
By James Shirley
The glories of our birth and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armor against fate:
Death lays his icy hands on kings:
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down.
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spadd
Some men with swords may reap the field,
And plant fresh laurels where they kill;
But their strong nerves at last must yield,
They tame but one another still.
Early or late
They stoop to fate,
And must give up thpir murmuring breath,
When they, pale captives, creep to death.
The garlands wither on your brow.
Then boast no more your mighty deeds;
Upon death's purple altar now
See, where the victor victim bleeds:
All heads must come
To the cold tomb,
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.
From the Ithaca N. Y. Journal.
A FEARFUL U1DE.
The Ithaca and Owego rail road, as it
comes into this village, descends in less
than half a mile nearly 500 feet by me ins
of two inclined planes. The curs on their
arrival at the upper engine houses are
detached from the locomotive and permit
ted todescend to the lower engine house un
der the control of brakes. From the lower
engine house, which is at the top of the
first inclined plane the passengers are bro't
to this village by stage. This is bec.uise
of the grett steepness of the lower inclined
plane; it descending 450 feet in the distance
of 1 760, or; nearly at an angle of 45 degi ees
to the horizon. No person of sane mind
would venture his neck by going down
this inclined plane, as in case of the cat
becoming detached in descending, it would
inevitably be dashed into atoms.
On Saturday last the car containing eleven
passengers, was detached at upper engine
house, but it was found trial the brakes did
not operate, and that the car was hastening
with constantly accelerated rapidity toward
the brink of the lo wer inclined plane. The
forward brakeman leaped from the car for
the purpose of throwing it off the track by
means of a beam, but he stumbled and failed
in his object. The other brakeman sat at
his post like a hero, calling to the passen
gers tojump and save themselves. On went
the car with dreadful rapidity, and one by
one the passengers threw themselves out.
The Hon. Amasa Dana, leaped from the
car as it passed through the lower engine
house, and there also the brakeman sprang
for his life. One man alone was unable to
escape before the car, which was already
outstripping the wind, made the plunge
down the lower plane. The whole length of
this was traversed almost in an instant.
About 100 feet from the bottom the car left
the trick, dashing to pieces the iron wheels
on which the engine rone olavs. and snlin
teringthe be ims which bound the tracks
together, until it retched the foot of the
plane, where it was dashed into a ihous-ind
fragments. One of the car wheels wis
shivered to pieces, the heavy iron axletree
oroicen, and scarcely any one piece ofti.e
body left entire. We saw the wreck, and
it a bomb .shell had burst in the. car it could
not have more completely demolished it.
In the midst of the fragments the man who
descended with the cur was found, his
ami broken above ami below, and his head
severely fracture I. Medical assistance was
at once rendered, & there is some hope of
his recovery. His name is Babeock, anil
lie is a relative of Mr. Eber Babcock, of
this village. Diring the delirium occa
sione I by the blow, the wounded man kept
constantly repealing words as if endeav
oring tos top a term of h res.
Judge Dana was but slightly hurt, altho'
several of the passengers who sprang
Irom the car were severely but not dan
gerously injured.
M. B.y whose escape with life is little j
short of a miracle, was at the time our
paper went to press gradually improving,
and confident hopes are entertained of his
recovi ry.
(J The New York Tr ibune says that
the "Catskill and Canajoharie Rail toad
was sold on Friday on a Slate mortgage of
5200,000. It brought only i5 11,600! The
Ithaca and Owego Railroad was sold at the
same time on a State mortgage of 453 1 5 700
It brought only J$4, 500! So that the Stale
loses on its advances to these two minor
works about $ 500, 000, 'hough ihe first is
finished for 2S miles from Catskill, and the
other completed.
V'dlany. The Petersburg Intelligencer
stales that the Engine and Train of
Cars from the South were thrown off the
Petersburg Road on the night of the 17th,
when about a mile from Town. Some fiend
in human shape had placed two beams of
wood across the road a short distance of
each other. The first beam failed to cause
the intended injury, as the "cow lifters"
attached to the Engine threw it off the
track, but the second threw off the Engine
and Car attached to it. There were several
passengers in the Cars, but we are happy
to say that no one sustained any injury.
Florida JVar.TYiQ last Charleston
Mercury has news from St. Augustine, by
which it appears that so far from hostilities
having ceased, they have attacked two
houses and killed eight persons, and woun
ded ethers. The scene of all this was
within a few miles of Santaft e, (Mineral
Springs.) The Indians numbering about
25, have gone South, pursued by about
500 regular; and ihey may as well pursue
an ignis fat u us.
The volunteer companies of Maryland,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of
Columbia, held the largest military encamp
ment at Baltimore, on the 20;H inst., ever
held in this country. Rigid discipline, as if
in regular service, was maintained. Ihe
Baltimore papers teem with the magnifi
cence of the scene. The President of the
U.S. went on to review them.
(JThe Havana correspondent of the
Chaileston Mercury, saj s that; from appear
ances, Molasses m y soon be bought there
for the value of the. cask!
(fpGood hams lately sold in. the Cincin
nati market at 3 cents per lb. The common
price however, is 4 or 5 cents.
The Coming Crop. The Cincinnati
Chronicle estimates the wheat crop of the U.
States for 1S42, at one hundred and twenty
millions of bushels, or thirty millions more
than in 1839, as ascertained by (he last cen
sus. The conclusion is that the price of
wheat and flour will be quite low, even less
than $2 90 or $3 per bairel, the price at
that place in 1840.
Resumption. Sx of the Banks of New
Orleans resumed specie payments on the
16lh inst. Considerable run was made at
first, which soon abated. Jt appears that
two of the Banks refused to resume; which
caused more excitement than there would
have been. The Presidents of the resuming
Banks say that they can and will stick to
resumption.
Since writing the above, we have intel
ligence of the resumption of all the Banks
in New Orleans.
Lookout for Scoundrels. We hear
that a most daring outrage was commit
ted at Pittsylvania Court House, on the
night of Thursday, last, by two villains
who having procured admission' into: the
Store of Mr. J. T. VVatsontheJPostmaster
of the village,) on pretence of desiring to
purchase a bottle ofcastor oil, seized his
Clerk, flourished a Bowie knife over his
head, threatening liim with instant death
if he ressted or made a noise, tied him hand
and foot and proceeded quite Ieisurely4 to
rme me cash drawer oi its contents.
The young man, thus bound, was left
to p;iss the night as comfortably as his sit
nation would allow, with the assurance
that his captors would remain in the neigh
bood of the store until morning, and would
put him to death if he should dare to give
the alarm.
As it is not improbable that these enter
prizing gentlemen or some of their associ
ates and kindred spirits may favor Dan
ville with a visit, we advise our merchants
and other citizens and above all, our Town
Authorities to hold themselves in readiness
to give them a suitable reception.
Danville Reporter.
Cotl fnxinn in Prnsnprf A nnmW nf
persons who have seceded from different or
thodox churches in Boston, are ahout to
build a new place of worship and unite
: . ...... . . i
"'cuisca e.i imo one congregation, aim
membership, under the bastoral care of the
Rev. Mr. Kirk.
(QThe Batesville (Ark.) News states
hat the Indian tribes on the Western bor
der are far ahead of the white inhabitants
of that State in their encouragement of
schools and public learning.
Sad Times in Kentucky. The Lex
ington(Ky.) Intelligencer says:"VVe lean:
that on Monday last, at the opening of the
IWili (circuit Court, the sheriff of the coun
ty resigned his commission, and the Judge
was compelled to adjourn court without
doing any business. General distress is
said to prevail throughout the country."
Sun.
(jVe have seen a letter from Con
necticut, confirming the fact that a requisi
lion has been made from Rhode Island up
on Gov. Cleveland for the. person of Gov
ernor Dorr. Gov. Cleveland declined to
comply with it, and the messenger went
back to Rhode Island. It is said, that
Gov. Seward agrees to deliver up Gover
nor Dorr, if he can find him.
N. Y. Evening Post.
The Rhode Island Fraud. It seems,
from the statements of Messrs. Anthony
and Harris, that the friends of free suffrage
in Rhode Island were cheated into a belief
by Gov. King, and his parly, that an ami
cable and fair adjustment of the difficulties
between the parties would at once follow a
disbandment of the array of force, called
together to maintain the rights of the peo
ple. The majority who voted for the Con
stitution now see that deception was
brought in aid of the United States troops
to defeat the popular will. The whole
country may now perceive what would be
the fate of public liberty, if Whigery had a
formidable standing army to assist its
treacherous designs. The Autocrat does
not harbor feelings of more deadly hate to
wards the struggling Poles, than Federal
ism to popular rights in this country.
Globe.
How the World goes. Nicholas Biddle,
who cheated the stockholders of the Uni
ted States Bank out of near thirty-five mil
lions of dollars, cheated the people who held
the notes of that Bank out of millions
more, bought up editors and politicians
like cattle in the market, and did more to
corr ipt the morals of this country than any
len thousand men now living, has been
released from legal responsibility by a
Pennsylvania Court.
Amos Kendall, who redeemed the Post
Office Department from embarrassment
and corruption, compelled every man in
its service to do his duty to the country,
and refused to pay out moneys to powerful
contractors, to which he believed they
had no just claim in law or equity, has been
punished by a Washington court in a judg
ment for eleven thousand dollars, allho'
his motives are admitted to have been
honest and praiseworthy.
KendaWs Expositor.
A Row in Boston. The students of
Cambridge University having adopted the
"Oxford caps," and worn them in the
streets of Boston, a number of rowdies got
imitation cap9, and rjdiculed the wearers.
This, on Saturday, produced a row in front
of the Tremont House, which ended in a
general fight a number of both parties
were much injured. At night a number
of the rowdies repaired to the University,
attacked and broke in the windows of the
law school, stoned the college, and did oth
er disreputable acts. This is disgraceful
to Boston. Fay. Jour.
Bank of Illinois'. This Bank has an
nounced its intention to resume specie pay
ments on or before the 25th day of June.
ffj Volunteers for Texas from Kentuc
ky, Alabama and Missouri, were in New
Orleans on the 12th. They numbered
about two hundred."
Something Novel. A young girl of the,
own of Raising, near Adrian, N. Y. a few
days since became the mother of four
hoys at one birth! What will she db wht-n!
she is a woman? The Editor of the Ad
nan Watch Tower recommends some of
the bachelors to make a wife of. her; so we
suppose tli$ above affair is quite 4,an acci
ent." Fay. Car.
New Orleans hi eonseq-ience of the
depreciation of th;i small notes issued by
the municipalities of New Orleans", occa
sioned by the resumption of specie pay
ments, a mob assembled, and destroyed
several brokers' offices, pluadering and
carrying off the specie. By the efforts
ofa small number of the orderly citizens,
the mob was quieted without the aid of the
civil poAer: several of the rioters arresied,
and order again restored.
New Oi leans is divided into, we believe
three municipalities, each having a seper
ate organization and public officers. Du
ring the suspension of specie payments,
each of these municipalities had issue:
small notes, to a considerable amount,
which formed the chief currency of the
mass of the people. These notes being
suddenly depreciated, and thereby causing
serious loss to a class least able to bear it
caused the out break. The municipalities
were about to adopt measures to redeem
their notes. New Orleans has heretofoit
enjoyed high distinction, as a peaceable,
orderly community. Rich. Her.
Great Earthquake in the Island of St.
Domingo Great destruction of life
and properly. The New York pipers ol
Saturday morning contain all the particu
lars received of the great earthquake at
Cape Haitien, which occurred on the 7th
ult. and destroyed an immense deal of pro
perty and thousands of lives. It is a sing
ular fact that at Bayou Peche, Louisiana,
an earthquake was experienced on the same
day, and the waters of the river and lake
roe suddenly about six feet. The follow
ing account we find in the Courier, transla
ted from the Port au Prince Patriot of the
1 1th ult. Bait. Sun.
On Saturday, the 7th ult., at twenty
minutes past seven, in the evening, we ex
perienced some severe shocks of an earth
quake, which put the whole town in com
motion. At midday a large meteor was
perceived passing to the east. The heat
was excessive, and thick clouds hung over
the neighboring mountain, going in a di
rection from the southeast to the northeast.
The seamen w ho were in the roads report
that they felt the shock before they saw the
houses shake which would indicate that
the shock came from the east. Many per
sons, however, think they observed that
the oscillations came from the north and
went north.
There were two very decided shocks,
the first was not as long as the second;
the latter was the most v iolent and lasted
about three minutes. All abandoned their
houses, and the streets were filled with the
affrighted population. But a little more,'
and Port au Prince would hive been Ihe
scene of a disaster similar to that of 1770,
a fatal year which occurred to the minds
of every one. There is scarcely a single
brick or stone house which has not suffer
ed damage, they are all more or less dama
ged. Some, it is said, are scarcely habita
ble. The facade on the Senate House on
which is sculptured the arms of the Ilepub-
uc surmounieu oy uie uee uinueiiy, were
detached tiom Iheeuihce and broken into
pieces Dy me mi. ine mienor oi me
building nas also receivea some oamage. :
In the night between Saturday and Sun-j
day, two shocks were again felt, but not as!
violent as the first, one ai 10 o'clock and j
the other at 12. At II o'clock in the i
morning of Sunday came another shock,
mass at church was interrupted, and those
ofHciating at it ran away and many females
fainted. Monday, at II o'clock in the
morning, another shock.
'1 he weather during these three days has
had a lowering and at times a threatening
appearance. Monday evening, a little rain
with excessive heal beloieand afterward;
night cool. Tuesday, a change of weath-
er: return of the breeze and appearance of
rain. in me evening ai eigm o ciock, ine
Weather was stormy and every thing seem
ed to indicate an abundance of rain. Tlie
hupes we entertained yesterday have not
been realized. On YVednoday we wefe
awoke at a few minutes before five in the
morning by another earthquake.
During these latter days it appears to us
as if the earth on which we were walking
were Constantly quaking.
Saint Marc. A letter from this town,
which has been communicated to us, in
forms us that there too the earthquake of
Saturday last was felt with the greatest vio
lence; many houses have been so much
shaken that they threaten every instant to
fall down. On some plantations in the
neighborhood of the town very great dam
age has been done.
Gonaives, Sth May. Yesterday after
noon an earthquake was felt in this city,
which was so violent that most of tin
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houses in it were thrown down. At thi
same time, in conseofuence of the shock, a.
fi; e broke nut in the apothecary's shop of
Mr. Invtr ezzes and consumed in a few
moments an entire block. The flames de
stroyed every thing that came in their wa) ;
there wa not a drop' of water in the town.
In short, no one has escaped the calami-
y. Now, while we are writing, the fire
is entirely extinguished, but the skv lookf
threatening, arid we are afraid oi more
shocks If unfortunately our fears should
be realized; there will bean end of the few
houses remaining standing,' and Gonaives
will be no more: The first and principal
shock fasted about five minutes, and was
followed during th'e night by, more than
twenty others, which, though not so vio
lent, were equally fearful.
Cape Humeri, Wednesday 6 o'clock in
the evening - Mb'st deplorable hews ii
spreading throughout the city. It has
been brotight by Mr. Obas, fon of the
General commanding the District of Plais
ance In consequence of the earthquake
which was felt here on Saturday evening,
Cape town has entirely diiab'p'ea'red. and
wi;h it two-thirds of the population. Th
families which escaped this disaster hav
taken refuge at La Fossette, where thajp
are without shelter, clothes of pforisin5.
It is said that the President of Hayli hat
given orders to t'le physicians and officf rn.
of health attached to the hospital, to set off
this evening and give their assistance to th
unfortunate victims of this disaster.
The Journal of Cdmmerce has" letterS
from Port ati Prince," b'f the 1 2ih ult
which confirms the above to the fullest ex
tent, and indeed makes it worse, , if possi
ble. One letter says that at Cape Haitien
but one person was saved, all the others
being either drowned Or crtfshed to death.
The Cape itself was one mass of rums. The
town of Cape Haitien contained I5,00fJ
inhabitants.
Sem tries, the murderer. We learii
from the Charlottesville Advocate, thai
Semmes the young man who shot Profes-"
sor Davis, has forfeited his recognizance
to appear at the last term of Albemarle Su
perior court. The amount of the bail bond
($25,000',) was paid into court by a rela
tive of Semmes from Georgia. Pet. Int.
Good News. The Legislature of Maine
has agreeed to appoint four Commissioners
two of each patty, with full powers, tci
consult with the Secretary of State in the
Negotiation respecting the North Eastern.
Boundary.
Northeastern Boundary. Governor
Davis of Massachusetts has summoned his
Council to convene at Boston immediately,
to take into consideration the appointment
of Commissioners to negotiate with the En
voy of Great Britain, in connexion with
the Commissioners of Maine, yet to be
appointed, for the settlement pf the North
eastern boundary. .National Intelligencer,
. U. S Loan rVe are happy to say thai
the Secretary of the Treasury has disposed
of so much of IT. S. loan as it was desirous
to sell at this time,' to Messrs. John Ward
& Co. Tne amount is supposed to be three
and a half millions, and the rate a little
under par. The Secretary will now be
able to do justice to all claimants upon hii
department.
(Tj Trie New Urleans Hanks are now
., paying specie, two which hung back on
1 ,he day fixed for resumption having since
ccme jn We have accounts of the three
frst (jays 0f the resumption, which vveni
orr altogether favorably and acceptably,
Some specie was at first drawn from the
HankM, but the whole 'amount drawn from'
;aj 1ne ; Banks during the three idaya i amoun-
te(j to n, fr0m one. to two hundred thou-
sand dollars. Ibid.
Banks in the United States..- a late
number of Sylvester's Counterfeit Detec-
ton we fim a ljst of the names of upwards
j0f r,200 banks in the United States. Up-',
on a careful examination, we find that of
jtj)e i 200 upwards of S00 are broken, or
4nn saip wni, U mfeans trfe same thincrf
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sixty-four tiie fraudulent institution; forty-
four ar either closed or closing; fifty-fie
are at a discount oi from 25 to 90' per cent.
ifxty-iwo are from 2 to 20 per cent, dis
count; and but 52 are at par, orwortb 100
cents on the dollar in the city of Newj
York. The same paper also contains a
of over fi6'0 different counterfeits on the
various banking institutions in the Union!'
These are some of the beauties of banking.
Mutability of Fortune. -Some year
ago, a wealthy Englishman, who resided id
Philadelphia, purchase stock in the United
States Bank to the amount of $40,000. Ho
afterwards put in it the fortune of his wife,
which was 20,006. The sum of SlO.OOOf
was left to her afterwards, by legation;
and this was also deposited in the U. S.
Dan k. They now reside near Camden,
N. J. , and his wife takes in lewibg to sup
port the family.