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Tarbnmiigh, (Edgecombe County. C.J Saturday, August 13, 1843
Vol. XViUJCo 32.
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Mr i Howard: I send you several pieces of poe
try, the emanations of as many different pens
which you are at liberty either to publish or con
sign to the tender mercies of the "printer's devil."
They may serve to while away a few moments
that hang heavily on the hands of the village
loafersi
TO K. H. L.
Woman! thy vows are traced in sand. Byron,
Oh! trust not thou in woman's smile,
Trust not her faithless hand;
Aye turn ye! for her heart is guile,
"Her vows are traced in sandi"
Trust not again the starting tear,
Trust not her voice so bland,
Believe her not this warning hear,
'Her vows are traced in sand."
Trust not the rosy dimpled cheek,
Trust not the lily hand;
Oh! hear her not her accents speak,
"Her vows are traced in sand."
And O! should fortune crown thy bliss,
E'en at the altar's stand,
Still trust her not remember this,
"Her vows are traced in sand."
FORTHE TARBORO PRESS.
TO N. Mi
Elegy on the death of a kitten
RequicsczX in pace
Here lies, by death smitten,
A hapless young kitten.
To moulder away in the dust-
Oh! had he lived longer.
He might have grown stronger,
And died somewhat older, we trust.
Had he grown up to cathood,
Then many a rat would
Have groan'd in the deepest of wo;
Let the curtain be drawn to,
We hope he is gone to
The land to which other cats go.
That is, hell-wardsi Printer's Devil.
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
THE ENGLISH COTTON MARKET.
Our Southern friends should watch with
eager attention, the progress of the great
experiment which is now under trial in
British India, with regard to the cultiva
tion of cotton. A few weeks since, the
public'mind of the South seemed to be ful
ly alive to the importance of the subject;
but this excitement has been succeeded by
a comparative calm, while thus far we have
seen no movement ofa formal or suitable
character, having in view remedial meas
ures. It is impossible that the enlightened
planters and Statesmen of the South can
close their eyes to the realities of this mat
ter. But it is clear that they have paid
little attention to it, as compared with its
deep importance and its possible, nay its
probable effects upon the great staple of
the South. The Northern Journals gener
ally have discharged their duty, have time
and again raised their voices in warning.
The Boston Atlas, the Baltimore Ameri
can, and one or two other well known
prints of ability and influence, have given
copious details, and supplicated the South
in a true spirit of brotherly kindness and
national patriotism, to take up this matter
and to investigate it fully. The advices by
the last steamer are especially worthy of
attention! Our British competitors are in
defatigable in their etTorts to increase their
cotton culture in India, and the results thus
far are indeed alarming. Thus says the
Boston Atlas, during the week preceding
the 23d April, the import of East India
cotton was within less than three hundred
bales, equal, in amount, to that of Ameri
ca! What a startling fact! The time has
been within a year when these imports did
not amount to a twelth part of the Ameri
can. And now we find the imports of cot
ton from Bombay equalling, in amount,
one-third of the whole importation, ex
ceeding that of all the other kinds together
except the American, and only falling a
trifle short of that! And yet the infatuat-
ed opponents of American interests, who
would blind the eyes of the people to the
necessity ot self-preservation from the des
tructive policy of Britain, would have their
readers believe that we have nothing to ap
prehend from the competition of East In
dia cotton. We find, from the records
contained in the Liverpool Mercury of the
25lh of April, that during the preceding
week the total amount of imports into that
city was 9978 bugs of cotton, as follows:
United States, 3592
Bombay, 3302
West India, 23SS
Brazil, 696
The same paper contains the following
table of imports into Great Britain for six
teen weks, ending April 22:
Years 1S42. Years 1S41
American, 3 42,598 396,72 4
Brazil, 28,001 27.146
Egyptian, 6,593 15,443 j
Demerara, Vc3t India, &c. 475 1 1 ,84 I
East India, 92,698 46,2S6
Total, 474,496 397,416
It will be seen from this, that the in
crease of the imports of East India cotton
during the first sixteen weeks of 1842 as
compared with the same period in 4841,
has been 46,409 b iles, or at the ratio of
more than a hun Ird per centum. That
of America has been 45,874, or in the ra
tio of about fifteen per cent. only. And
yet we arc to believe that there is nothing
to be apprehended from this rivalry."
Agiin we urge upon the South to direct
a due degree of attention to this subject
It is one of vital import ance, not only to
the present and the older, but to the com
ing and the youthful generation.
Cotton in India. The Natchez Cou
rier contains extracts from a letter of Mr
Thomas J. Finnie, who, about two years a-
go, tn company with three other Mississip
pians, embarked for India, for the purpose
of engaging in the cultivation of cotton.
He is settled, it appears, on the banks of the
Jumna, a branch of the Ganges, and has
the control ofa tract of land containing 5,
600 acres, with a village of 2,000 inhabit
ants. He says he is just as sure of making
cotton there as on the banks of the Mis
sissippi. Labor is so cheap that cotton
may be produced at half the cost of its pro
auction in me unitea states. ine wages
ofa laboring man is $1 62 cents per month,
he furnishing his own subsistence. With
the advantage ofa favorable soil and cli
mate, and low wages, what is to prevent
India from becoming a formidable rival to
American cotton in the European market?
Mr. t innie is so well convinced of what
can be done, that he intends to plant five
hundred acres in cotton on his own respon
sibility. American Beacon.
Scarlet fever. The happiest effects have
resulted trom washing the patient in weak
ley which fe Is slipp ry to the fingers. It
is best to begin in time, when the fever or
redness first appears, and with a cloth or
sponge, apply it all over the child every
few hours; but if the fever has got up, it
should bo repeated every five minutes, till
the heat abates. A child was getting better
under this treatment, his nurse observed in
the night that he was very hot, she washed
him all over, and in a lew minutes every
trace of the fever left him. He felt cool,
slept comfortably until morning, and had
no return of it. Even bathing the feet in
weak ley has a very soothing effect.
Subterraneous Fires. The late tremen
dous earthquake, it is already known,
extended from San Domingo to Arkansas
a distance of 1500 miles. Some of the
papers observe, this astonishing fact goes
to confirm the idea, that the interior oi the
earth is filled with hidden fires. The the
ory, we believe is now generally received
by geologists, that this giooeis internally
in a state ol igneous tusion, ai a oepm oi
thirty miles Irom tne suriace. earth
quakes and volcanoes, they sav are thus
. . r .1.' r.
only the ebullitions oi mis nery mass.
This igneous theory is founded on the fact,
that the temperature of the e rth increases
proportionately as you descend mines, &c. ;
on certain volcanic phenomena and on the
traces of the action of fire on the lowest se
ries of rocks that has been detected. Some
Theologians find in this theory a confirma
tion of the final destruction of the world by
fire.
Shocking suicide. The town of Liber-
... i i .l r .i
ty, in Maine, nas Deen me scene oi anotn
er frightful tragedy. We learn that the
wife of Robert Lermond committed suicidt
last week by cutting her throat. She was
first found by her husband in a cooper's,
-hop, where she had attempted to bleed to
leath, by cording the leg above the knee
md cutting deep gashes into the thigh; the
same operation was performed upon om
rm, and a cooper's adze was the instru
nent used to inflict the wounds; but, fail
ing in these attempts, her next resort was
o cut her throat: this she accomplished,
ind, in so doing, cut out a piece of thi
windpipe, which was found upon the floor.
Before committing the act, she completed
her work, set every thing to rights, and
-enl her children out to pick berries. She
was an industrious, good woman, and a
inemberof the Methodist church. She
was about fifty years old.
Murder in Philadelphia. Full and
Accurate Particulars A most dreadful
murder was perpetrated in Philadelphia a
iiout 6 o'clock, on Wednesday morning,
the 2Sth ult. It seems that a young man
of about 21 years of age, arrived in that
Oily, on the cars, at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, by way of Baltimore, and registered
his name at the Franklin House (Sander
son's) as "A. Smith, Ky." but whose re
al name has since been asrprtainpd tn
Milton J. Alexander, of Berkville, Cum
berland Co. Kentucky. Soon after arri
ving at the Hotel, he called for some peach
brandy, on being told that the bar was clo
sed, aske I for some port wine, which was
given him, and he drank it off. He then
told the porter to take care of his baggage,
and walked out.
The dreadful tragedy he then enacted, is
thus described by the Philadelphia Spirit
ol the 1 imesi
He proceeded from Sanderson's to
Third st. and entered the office of Mr.
Noah Lougee, No. 37, just above Chesnut
street. Here he offered some Missouri pa
per to be exchanged. A dispute arose as
to its character. He maintained that it
was genuine. Mr. L. insisted that it was
counterfeit, and hinted some suspicions as
to his (Mr. Alexander's) integrity. The
he was given by Mr. Lougee, and A.
drawing a dirk from his vest instantly,
stretching across the counter, plunged it to
the hilt in the bosom of Mr. Lougee, just
above the left nipple. It entered between
the third and fourth ribs, and penetrated
the left auricle of his heart. The wound
ed man ran round his Counter in pursuit of
me assassin, noiuing nis hand over the
wound, crying murder, and moaning as if
in great agony, until he reached the pave
ment. lie then attempted to return, and
was met by Win. Broom, who attracted by
the groans, enquired what was the matter.
Mr. Lougee was unable to reply, but walk
ed back into his olhce, went behind his
counter, staggered with his breast against
the end of the counter near the door, and
then fell backwards with his head under the
desk, striking the latter as he fell. Sever
al doctors immediately repaired to the
spot, but Mr. Lougee had expired about
seven minutes from the time he was strick
en, and their services were useless. The
deceased was insensible and died without
uttering a word.
The murderer ran the moment he dis
covered the dreadful effects of the blow he
had given. He run down Third to Ches
nut St. A porter, who was standing on the
side of Third street, opposite Mr. Lougee's
office, seeing Alexander run, cried "stop
thief I" At that moment a young man
named Teese, had his attention arrested by
the cry, and looking up he perceived the
murderer rughing by, crying himself to a
void detection, 'stop thief" most vocifer
ously. Teese pursued him. The mur
derer ran down Chesnut St., throwing his
dirk as he passed, into a pile of mortar on
the side of the street. He continued down
Chesnut St. to Second, where his hat blew
off. He did not stop to pick it up, but
proceeded on through one or two streets
and alleys, and finally entered the open
door ofa store, and run up to the head of
the 3d story stairs, where he was arrested
by Teese, and several others in pursuit.
The deceased was 48 years of age had
a wife and four daughters, the eldest about
17 and the youngest about ten years of age.
He had been a broker originally in Cincin
nati, as well as Louisville. He was one
of those who had his office robbed during
the notorious 'riots' in that city. He was
indefatigable, shrewd and industrious
kept his office open late in the evening, and
opened at an unusually early hour in the
morning. Hence this calamitous event.
The murderer, when caught, quietly
yielded himself to hiscaptors Heseemed
much agitated but made no resistance. 1 o
Mr. Teese, who did not know what deed
had been committed, he said 'Yes I will go
with you he gave me the lie, and 1 plung
ed it into him.' He was taken to the pol
ice office and delivered to the night-watchman
who locked the prisoner up in a cell.
At 7 o'clock, A. M. several officers of the
light watch, visited the prisoner. They
searched him, and found on his person the
scabbard of the dirk, ten dollars in gold,
md S7,50 in silver, and some papers. The
latter he snatched from the officer's hand
and destroyed, declaring that nobody
should see them. The papers appeared to
be bills and letters. He gave his name
iere as John Smith. He now asked if Mr.
Lougee was dead, and being assured of it,
xhibited much fright, expressed the deep
est contrition for his guilt, and lamented in
ears the consequences. When questioned
jarticularly, he said that 'he had good con
nexions his people had always done right
iy him that no one should know who he
was that he would not disgrace his pa
rents." He first said that his friends lived!
in Missouri. Afterwards he acknowledg
ed that they lived in Kentucky.
In reply to one of the officers he said:
"Pll tell you all. It was a love sr-rape al
together. 1 had a falling out with my peo
ple. The girl that I was courting refused
to have me. Riches was all that was want
ing. I left home determined to get wealth
at all h izirds, even if I had to kill some
person to obtain it. I went into the bro
ker's office. We had an argument. The
lie passed. I nan instant I struck him with
a dagger. The alarm was raised so quick,
I hidu't tinvitotake any money, but ran.
I was caught, atid here I am in the worst
fix 1 was ever in, in my life "
At 1 1 o'clock A. M., the prisoner was
brought before the Mayor, and after the
examination of several witnesses, was fully
committed to take his trial for murder in
the first degree. The office was thronged
to suffocation by a dense mass of human
beings, also the pavement and streets every
where adjacent. The prisoner seated
himself behind his counsel, whrre he sat
during his examination perfectly composed.
Every one in the office appeared struck
with his youthful, interesting, ingenuous
countenanceaud deportment.
P. S. We have just been informed tha'
Alexander is known to several business
gentlemen in Market stret, with whom his
father has been in the habit of dealing
largely once or twice a year. His famil
is one of the first sianding, very numerous
and originally from Virginia.
Riots in Philadelphia. The Philadel
phia papers of this morning contain long
accounts loo long for us to copy of riots
which commenced in that city yesterday
morning, bet ween the whites and blacks,
and continued throughout the day, almost
without intermission.
The moving cause appears to have been
a procession ol blacks, in the morning, to
celebrate the progress of temperance, and
the emancipation of the blacks in Jamaica.
Some of the banners, it appears, cave of-
fence to the citizens; and the procession
was pelted with offal, as it passed the mar
ket at 4th and Shippen streets, and the
procession broken up, and the blacks pur
sued to their homes, where they made a
stands and some of them fought desperate
ly. Many blacks perhaps at least twen
ty and some five or six white persons,
were seriously wounded at this encounter;
but it is believed that none were killed.
After the principal riot, or mob was quell
ed, smaller disturbances continued through
out the day, caused by the arrests of per
sons. At 9 o'clock at night, a large four-story I
building, belonging lo a black man named
Smith, (which, it was understood, was a
substitute for "Pennsylvania Hall," de
stroyed several years ago.) was discovered
to be in flames, and was very soon entirely
destroyed. The firemen, it is said, exerted
themselves to save the adjacent buildings
in which they succeeded; but it appears
that there was little or no exertion to save
the building which was burned. It was
generally believed that this building was
used for the discussion of abolition ques
tions, in place of "Pennsylvania Hall,"
which was used for that purpose, and de
stroyed for that reason.
About 10 o'clock at night, a Presbyte
rian church in St. Mary stieet, owned by
blacks, was set fire to, and burned down,
without much (if any) exertion to save it.
There were no other disturbances during
the night.
The Lexington (Ky.) Intelligencer of
the 22d inst. publishes the following ex
tract from the letter ofa physician in a dis
tant county of Kentucky to his friend in
that city:
'Dr. G.,my brother,and myself, are in
attendance, at this lime, upon one of the
most extraordinary cases, I suppose, that
history gives an account of. Our patient
is a young lady, 24 or 25 years of age,
who has been subject toa dislocation of al
most all the joints belonging to the human
system, ever since also to violent
spasms. Sometime last fall there com
menced forming in tier mouth ossific mat
ter and during the months of November
and December, there were taken from hr
mouth some 25 or 30 bones, of various si
zes and shapes, after which she appeared
partially to legam her health, but .within
ihe last 40 days Drs. G , F., W., and my
self have taken from the mouth, ears, nose,
throat, left arm, side and all the way down
to the foot, hones amounting in all during
her last illness to 192. One thing is very
remarkable, that no matter where these
bones nresent themselves, not a drop of
blood follows their dislodgemer.t from any
part of ihe body. The young lad' possess
es cheerfulness and vivacity amidst all her
-.uflVrings, and appears to entertain no
ioublof her rt covery."
A modern Hercules Mons. Paul,
aow performing in the Arch-street theatre,
I Philadelphia, exhibits most astonishing
feats of strength. The Spirit of the Times
sayfll
"''Among his exploits, he placed his body
in a portion so as to form a carriage for a
cannon of S00 lbs., ihe weight of which he
sustained with perfect ease. He then for
me I a platform, on which were placed
1 800 pounds weight, which he lifted by
thesttengih ofhisback. He fastened next
a bandage around his loins and across his
neck and shoulders, and then horses were
hirnessed to him while he stretched him
self flat on his stomach on a platform, and
they were unable lo move him frm his
position. On the contrary he moved a
long on hi belly and dragged the horses
after him! Then two horses were attach
ed to a rope of thirty-six strands but this
strength could not break it. The same
rope was broken with perfect ease by this
modern Hercules.
(QOne of the most afflicting occurren
ces of the season, is recorded in the V. S.
uazetie, milatieiphia. A iau, me son oi i
Mr. John Andy, near Reading, while en-
gaged on Saturday in gathering blackber
ries, dropped his hat into a small pond.
He stepped into the water to regain the hat,
but finding him.self detained by the mud,
in'o wliich he was sinking, called out for
help Mrs. Andy, his mother hearing the
cry, rushed to his rescue, but found her
self also unable to save the lad, or to aid
herself. Her cries brought to her assis
tance her mairied danghter, Mrs. Boyer,
who sprung into the Water, but was unable
"o effect any good, and they all perished in
the pond, mother, daughter and son. The
pond in which these persons were drowned
is, perhaps, not more lhan twenty feet a
eross, ttiough the water and soft mud are
fit teen feel deep.
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The Mormons Yt?. The Satttamo
Journal of the 15th is filled to overflowing
with exposures of Mormon villanies. It
contains, among other things, two more
letters from J. C. Bennett giving further
details of Joseph Smith's licentiousness
and rascality, and charging him distinctly
with having instigated and caused the at
tempted assassination of Governor Boggs.
Bennett says that the man who shot Gov
ernor Boggs is a Mormon named Rock
well, and that he was sent by Smith to do it.
The Journal also gives, from the Kas
kaskia Republican, a long account of a
murder committed on the 2nd of June, up
on John Stephenson a Mormon and
supposed lo have been committed by two
Mormons who had called upon him fop
contributions to build the temple at Natl
voo and been refused.
Another article in the Journal we quote
Verbatim.
We have late information from Nauvoo.
Joe Smith anticipates a requisition upon
Gov. Oarl'n from Gov. Reynolds of Mis
souri for his person; and is determined not
to be given up.
He has all the State arms, some twen
ty or thirty cannon a largo number of
musket?, daggers, pistols, and cutlasses
all belonging to the State, which he is pre
pared lo use against the State authorities if
they shall attempt to deliver him to Gov
Reynolds. Joe slates that he will not be
given up and the Mormons say that the
Prophet shall not be taken while any of
them are left to defend him I
Interesting from Teatas Dates from
Galveston to the iGih ult., have been re
ceived at New Orleans. A skirmish be
tween the Mexicans and Texan volunteers
in the West took place at Lipa'ntillan, on
the river Nueces, about twenty-five miles
from Corpus Christi, on the 7ih inst., the
particulars of which are thus detailed in a
despatch from ihe commanding officer of
the Texan troops to the Secretary of War,
bearing date of the rencounter:
On last evening 1 received certain in
telligence that we should be attacked in a
short time by a large Mexican force. The
position which I occupied being an unfa
vorable one for a small force to contend a-
gainst a large one, I removed my encamp
ment some few hundred yards to a strong
position.
'This morning about daylight, ihe ene
my, seven hundred strong, entered our old
encampment, ami in a few minutes attack
ed us in our new position, which they kept
up for about 20 minutes, and then made a
hasty retreat. Three Mexicans were left
dead on the field, and from their trails,
many were dragged off; iheir killed and
wounded could not have been les than
thirty men. 1 am happy to inform you
that e had not a man either killed or
wounded. My whole force including Cap
lain Cameran's company of mounted gun
men, did not exceed two bundled; the
Mexican force, as 1 learn from a wounded
prisoner, consisted of two hundred regular
troops, and five hundred Ranrheros, the ,
whole under the command of Gen. Ca-
nalesl. The expedition vas fitted out for
the express purpose of attackingthis posh
They had one field piece, a four-pounder." '
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