Whole No. 909.
Tarhoroagh, (Edgecombe County, N. C.) Saturday, Jlugust 5, 1845.
VOL XIX. No. 31.
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COL. JOHNSON DID KILL TECUM
SEH. Col. Johnson ha at last, we believe for
the first time, publicly laid claim to the
honor of killing Tecumseh. In his late
speech delivered by Ihe gallant Colonel at
Springfield, Illinois, his description of the
conflict is thus reported:
"Colonel Johnson said, that at his age it
was wrong to put on any false modes: v; and
as he had been called upon to relate that
portion of the fight which took place with
the Indians, he would endeavor to do so
The Indians were 1400 strong, commanded
by Tecumseh, one of the bravest warriors
that ever drew breath. He was a sort of
Washington among the Indians that is,
they looked upon him as we look upon
Vashington. The Indians were in ambush
on the other side of what we wete inibi ru
ed was an impassable swamp; but just be
fore the battle came on, a narrow passage
across the swamp was discovered. Know
ing the Indian character, I determined to
push forward with about twenty men, in
order to draw forth the entire Indian fire,
so that the remainder of the regiment might
rush forward upon them while their rifles
were empty. Having promised the wives,
mothers and sisters of my men, before
1 left Kentucky, that I would place their
husbands, sons and brothers in no hazard
which I was unwilling to share myself, I
put myself at the head of these twenty
men, and we advanced upn the covert in
which I knew the Indiana were concealed.
The moment we came in view we receiv
ed the whole Indian fire. Nineteen of my
twenty men dropped in the field. 1 felt
that I was severely wounded. The mare
1 rode staggered, and fell to her knees, she
had fifteen balls in her, as was afiei wards
ascertained; but the noble animal recover
ed her feet by a touch of the rein. 1 wait
ed but a few moments when the remainder
of the troops came up, and we pushed for
ward on the Indians, who instantly retrea
ted. I noticed an Indian chief among
them, who succeeded in rallying them
three different times. This I thought I
would endeavor to prevent, because it was
by this time known to the Indians that their
allies, the British, had surrendered. I ad
vanced singly upon him, keeping my right
arm close to my side, and covered by the
swamp; he took a tree, and from thence
deliberately fired upon me. Although I
previously had four balls in me, this last
wound was more acutely painful than ail
of them. His ball struck me on the knuc
kle of my left hand, passed through my
left hand and came out jut above the wrist.
I ran my left arm through the bridle
rein, for my hand instantly swelled and
became useless. The Indian supposing he
had mortally wounded me, came out from
behind the tree, and - advanced upon me
with uplifted tomahawk. When he had
come within my mare's length of me, I
drew my pistol and instantly fired, having
a dead aim upon him. He fell, and the
Indians shortly after surrendered or had
fled. My pistol had one ball and three
buckshot in it and the body of the Indian
was found to have a ball through his body,
and three buck shot in different parts of
his breast and head.
Thus fell Tecumseh, cried out some one
of the audience.
Col. Johnson said he did not know that
it was Tecumseh at that time. Circuin
stances have since rendered this a matter
of certainty. No intelligent man we be
lieve, now pretends to doubt the fact. "
This historical narrative was listened to
With absorbing interest by the vast multi.
tude, who, at his conclusion, gave vent to
their feelings in a shout, that (says the pa
per from which we quote,) might have wa
ked the dead. Before he concluded his
speech, Col. Johnson look occasion to do
justice to the memory of his brave comman
der, Gen. Harrison.
Influenza. This prevalent disease h
spreuling, weare told, among horses and
cattle. A number of valuable horses are
now sick with it. and several have died.
Philadelphia American.
From the Raleigh Register. '
Influenza. This troublesome, and
somewhat dangerous epidemic, so pre
valent in various pans of the countrv.
seems to he travelling South, and as we
may be visited in Raleigh by the unwel
come guet, we copy from a Richmond pa
per, a prescription for the maladv. furnish
ed by an accomplished Physician: "On
retiring at night, place the feet in a warm
mustard bath, take ten grains of Dover
powder and drink freely of hoarhound tea.
and the enemy will be routed from the
field, speedily; horse, foot, head, back and
legs. The ground mustard a spoonful
to, sav two gallons of water, is the sort."
The following on the subject, appears al
so as a communication in a New York pa
per. "The symptoms vary much in different
individuals, according to age, tempera
ment, or a habit suffering from coughs,
rheumatism, or nervous affection. All these
states of body make so many varieties of
influenza. Some are troubled with simple
disturbances about the eyes, in the nose,
throat, and lungs all ths surfaces which
are mturally exposed to the air. Others,
again, eiulure muscular pains more or less
severe, partially or generally throughout the
whole body iheumatosis of Herman wri
ters. Lastly, there are those, the aged es
pecially, who suffer most from prostration;
but all these forms of the disorder may be
present in the same individual.
The object of the present communication
is to recommend a simple remedy, chap
and of easy access to the poor, and to cau
tion them against an injurious one in this
disease, namely, bleeding, either general or
by leeches. In all those cases in which
the first class of symptoms prevail let the
patient smell frequently at a common "salts
bottle," or a vial of spirits of hartshorn or
ammonia, they are all the same; and by
putting the vial to the mouth, to draw a
few deep inspirations of the volatile matter
into the lungs. Let this process be repea
ted two or three times in an hour, and it
will give more speedy and greater relief,
in all slight cases of the first class, than any
other remedy, and will be sufficient for a
cure. It will also be essentially useful in
the severe cases; and in those of the third
class of prostration a few drops of the
ammonia, or har'shorn, ought to be taken
inwardly. A neat way of so doing is to
take an old fashioned mixture called lac
ammoniac. However, it is as a local rem
j edy, to act on the disordered surface, that
'its use is advised. The principle will be
j recognized by all Physicians versed in
j muscular organization; and those who are
; deficient in that knowledge, may in this
instance as they do in all others act Up
ton the faith they imbibe."
Dinner worth having. A gentleman
residing in the vicinity of Philadelphia,
invited his children three daughters
and a son to dine with him on the
Fourth of July. In the course of the
meal, which we presume was one worthy of
the celebration of Independence in every
sense of the word, a package was pla
ced before each of the four, containing
securities to the amount of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars making of course in
the aggregate Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars. This truly generous parent had
already, as we learn bestowed liberal allow
ance upon his children. We need hardly
add that they are arrived at years of dis
cretion, and can appreciate the affection,
confidence and munificent spirit which
prompted the gift. Large as it was, the
father retains an ample fortune for his own
enjoyment North .American.
The New York Sun states that the mil
lionaire who treated his children to that
extraordinary Fourth of July dinner, w;s
John Potter, the father-in-law of Captain
Stockton. Mr. Potter amassed a large part
of his princely fortune in the city of New
York He commenced life in that city as
a poor boy, without any resources other
than those furnished by indomitable perse
verance, untiring industry, and upright de
portment. QJA destructive fire lately occurred in
the town of Fall River Mass., through the
car elessness of a boy who fired a pistol into
a furniture store. About 300 houses were
consumed, and property to the amount of
between 2 and $53,000,000 destroyed. A
committee of 25 gentlemen, is soliciting
subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers.
Rebellion in Illinois The St. Louis
Era of the evening of the 5th, says:
"Two hundred citizens of Coles County.
Illinois, have resolved in a public meeting
that no heed lould be paid to the decision
of the Supreme Court of the United States
setting aside the appraisement law of Illi
nois that all officers be advised not to carry
out such decision in the sale of property: the greatest extent, will be found Shore
that i hey b2 asked to resign office if they ditch chorch and Margaret street Chapel,
cannot comply with such recommenda- Oxford-street.
'ion; and that they (the people) will op In the latter place it would be difficult
pose them by all fair and mild means, and to perceive any difference between the
if that will not do, they will oppose them! form of worship and that observed in a Ro
by force of arms and all other means in ! man Catholic church. In many of the
their power; that committees be appointed j Puseyite churches and chapels, daily wor
to ascertain from such officers whether they i ship has heen established and in all of them,
will persist in such sales or will resign j we believe, the sacrament is administered
their places; that the meeting appoint offi- j weekly. We understand it is likely th
cers to carry out the resolutions; that the 'subject will be soon brought before Parlii
deciion of the Supreme Court is regarded ment; and the question to be determined
as unjust, and not binding on the people of i
lllinois;and that thev nlnlirp thpir livp.
j i r '
fortunes and sacred honors to sustain their
resolutions.
Great Explosion. On Friday night
last, a great explosion took place in the
Tunnel of the Alleghany Portage Railroad.
Some cars laden with whiskey and bacon
had been run into the Tunnel in the even
ing, where they were left for the night,
but. in coming along a spark from the loco
motive had got into one of them unob
served. Toward morning it had increased
to a flame, and, reaching the contents of
the barrels, an explosion of tremendous
violence occurred, rending the cars into a
thoujand atoms, and disengaging huge
mass s of rock above, filled the Tunnel to
such an extent as to render it impassable
lor a day or two.
Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Inquirer.
Singular Death. The Concord Free
man sas, that on Friday .evening last,
Mi s Matilda Proctor, daughter of Mr.
Isaac Proctor, came to her end in a very
melancholy manner. It seems that she left
something in the school house which she
attended the Primary school in the East
District and that she returned to it. In
endeavoring to enter the house through one
of ihe windows, the window came down
upon her neck. She was found hanging
from the window about 9 o'clock in the
evening. She was about nine years old.
?? Arrest. The watch recently arres
ted a dashing young fellow, with moustach
es, whiskers, imperial, a tip-top suit of
clothes, and all the appointments of a row
dy ish exquisi'e. He was caught making a
rumpus among the girls in Broadway, New
York, and was not discovered until placed
before the eagle eye of the Justice in the
morning, to be a woman!
Raleigh Independent .
The Gale and the Locusts. The gale
on Sunday had one good effect, in destroy
ing the locusts, which are doing much mis
chief in New Jersey and New York. The
Express says the injury done by the wind
to the trees is fully compensated by the
myriads of locusts, whose humming notes,
which have for two weeks past filled the
air, are no longer heard. The violence of
the wind drove them to the ground, and
the moderate fall of rain, which subse
quently fell, rendered them quite torpid
and inactive.
The Bible burning business. A Com
mittee of Protestants and Catholics having
investigated the case of the burning of the
Bibles at Champlain, N. Y., at the request
of Bishop Hughes, report that some forty
bibles were burnt; that it was done by T.
Tohnan, a missionary from Canada, and re
cently from France, in opposition to the
express wishes of the resident priest, and
that the Bishop of Montreal promptly con
demned the act within five days. The bi
bles were distributed by Protestants against
the declared wishes of the Catholics with
whom they were left. Pittsburg Chron.
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From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Gone Clean Over. News has been re
ceived, as we are told, that the Rev.
Roosevelt Bailey, late Episcopal Rector at
H nlem, who lurched towards Romanism
and went to Rome for light on the subject,
has become so much enlightened as to re
nounce Protestantism altogether, and will
return a thorough adherent of the old
mother.
The Oxford Tructarians . The Lon
don Observer, in an article written by no
friend of the Oxford school of divinity,
says:
'Puseyism has mace extraordinary prog-
j . . j , nir
the church within the last three iguns, pistols, Jowie-knive, &cA
ress in
years. It is calculated that out of 12,000
clergy in England and Wales, 9,000, or
three-fourths of the whole, are deeply taint
ed with it. In Scotland, again, the whole
of the Episcopal clergy, with the exception
of three or four, ere decided Puseyites.
In Ireland, also, the heresy is making prog
ress. It is calculated that the majority of
the hench of bishops are more or less deep
ly tinged with it. Those of the prelates
who most openly advocate Puseyite princi
ples are the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop
of London, and the Bishop of Oxford.
Among the churches and chapels in Lon
don in which Puseyite practices prevail to
by that body will be, whether a Prot-
estant country ought to be called on to
pay from 6,000,000 to 7.000,000 a
year to the established clergy for inculca
ting Popish principles, and observing Po
pish practices in iheir places of worship, in
entire disregard of the solemn engagements
they came under at their ordination to
maintain the Protestant religion of the
land."
(JA new upper lip has been given to
a young man in Hartford, who was depriv
ed of one bv an accident when a bov.
This nice surgical operation was perform
ed by Dr. Edsworih. The Hartford Cou
rier says the new one is handsomely form
ed:
"It seems the material had been taken
from the cheeks on each side; and although
the operation was extensive, and extreme
ly severe, yet, so perfect is the union, that
scarcely a sar can be seen none extend
ing beyond the outer side of the nostril.-!;
and upon the red facing of the lip, no eye
can possibly detect the point of connexion
between the two halves. The lip is really
a handsome one, quite equal to the best
cures of hair lip, and belter than any we
have ever seen. No one would, for a mo
ment, suspect that it had travelled from
the cheeks to its present location, which it
graces as well as the original except, per
haps, that it has not quite as free and easy
motion, although enough fur all common
purposes."
3
Dental Skill. A gentleman residing
in Cincinnati, who had lost by disease and
a surgical operation a part of his palate
bone, the entire left cheek bone, and a por
tion of the lower plate of the left eye
thus deprived of speech, and so deformed
that his friends could scarcely recognise
him has been fortunately relieved by Dr.
( rane,of Cincinnati. This skilful dentist
took but a single cast of the mouth, and in
a few days inserted a palate, a substitute
for the cheek bone, and one compleie half
of the upper teeth, with an artificial gum
so perfectly adapted, and in such perfect
union with the natural teeth opposite, that
the deception cannot be delected. So com
pletely successful was the whole perform
ance that Mr. McGillican, the gentleman
afflicted, can now frpeak as correctly, and
with as great ease as he ever could, and the
deformity of his face is entirely removed.
These facts are stated by Mr McGillig3n
him?clf in a letter addressed to the editors
of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Fennsylvanian .
(jf There are thirty-nine towns and
villages in the United States with the
name of Spingfield.
Plastic Operation. An operation for
the formation of a new eyelid was recently
performed in Upper Freehold, Monmouth
co., by Dr. Wm. A. Newell, of Imlays
town. The material from which it was
formed was cut from the cheek of the pati
ent, who had suffered much pain and in
convenience for 14 years, from continual
exposure of the e e to light and the at
mosphere. The operation was so suc
cessful as to leave scarcely a vestige of the
unsightly deformity.
Monmouth N. J. Enpuirer.
(rpThe United States Gazette (Phila
delphia) contains the following account of
accidents, &c. . which have heen chroni
cled in the papers from January 1o July:
Six hundred and twenty-eight houses
and stores burnt, with a part of their con
tents, estimated at three millions of dol
lars.
Nine hundred and fifty accidental
deaths; about one-half drowned. Most
oi tnem occurren on ineunio anu iiisis
sippi rivers, and on the lakes. A portion
were e m i gra n t ago i n g to the far West.
Y Two hundredand fifteen murders, by
Forty-six by fire arms, impftjdently han
died.
Forty-five by clothes taking fire.
Forty-six by lightning.
Forty-three by falls from horses, upset
ting carriages, &c.
. Eighty-six by suicide.
A second Sampson. Monsieur Guillot,
who is attached to the Circus & Co. now
performing in this city, exhibits the most
astonishing feats of strength ever witnessed
since the day Sampson walked off with the
gates of Gaza on his shoulders. Ht
dances with a cannon weighing 400 lbs. on
his shoulders, and suffers it to he discharg
ed; outdraws two horses breaks thirty
strand rope as easily as Sampson of old
snapped the cords wiih which the Philis
tine had bound him;., raise six 56 lb.
weights by his hair, bends an iron crow
bar bv striking it against Ids naked arm,
& permits a cannon weighing nine hundred
pounds to be placed upon Iris breast and
discharged! He is capable of sustaining
and carrying two thousand six hundred
pounds weight. He is a native of France
and weighs only ISO lbs.
Detroit Daily Adv.
The way it ended. The affair of the
mock marr iage which was noticed recently
has resulted rather curiously, as will be
seen by the annexed ad vertispment, which
we find in the Clearfield (Pa ) Banner: To
those concerned Whereas Martha Stage,
of Curwensville claims to have been mar
ried to the undersigned on Thursday eve
ning, the 25th of May last, and may desire
to pass herself as my wife the public are
hereby informed that I never was married
lo me sam ivjartna Maee, .nor is she m
wife. The facts are, that on the night of
the review, she and mself by accident;
happened at a tavern among a company of
young people were amusing themselves;
and for the sport of the company, and With
out any serious intention either on her
part or on mine, a marriage ceremony was
siid, vhich I have since been informed, she
intends to regard as legal and binding, and
which she did not so regard at that time,
as I can prove satisfactorily I therefore
caution all persons against trusting her on
my account, or with a hope of making me
responsible for any of her debts, as she is
not my wife, and I will never pay one cent
oi debt of her contracting.
MOSES WISE.
(JpThe Belmont (Penn.) Repository
narrates the history of a miser named
Michael Baird, who hanged himself at his
farm, near York, because some clover
seed for which he had been offered $12 per
bushel, and which he had refused, brought
only eleven dollars at Philadelphia, where
he had sent it to he sold. He had amassed
a fortune of four hundred thousand dollars,
not one cent of which was ever invested.
His strong boxes, on being opened by his
heirs, turned out two hundred and thirty
thousand dollars in gold and silver. The
Repository does not state how many boxes
there were, but it is a tough story at best. '
New York paper.
Insanity in the Negro Race Start
ling Facts. An article in a late magazine
on the subject of the census of 1840, estab
lishes, from Ihe statistical returns, some ve
ry important and curious facts, as to the
relative condition, moral and physical, of
our African population, free and slaves. It
seems that in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,
(free Males,) the proportion of the insane
among the colored population is one in
eightv-eight w'hile ii Virginia and Mi-'
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ijjjihj ii u uiiu iii'iiisdiiii mu iiuimreu hiiu
ninety-nine A Mill more terrible ine
quality exhibits itself in the older northern
States, where the negro has been longer
free. In Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp
shire, and Vermont, the colored insane are
one in every 34. If Ihe proportion were '
great among the whites of the same States,
there would be, in these four Slates,
53,030 lunatics. Maine, it seems, has
even a more shocking disproportion one
in every fourteen of her black population
being insane. Massachusetts has a white
population about equal to that of Virginia.
Had she an equal black one, she would,
upon the ratio which holds there, have
11,600 lunatics, for whose accortimodat-on
she would be obliged to layout above nine
millions in building asylums, and to incur
an annual charge for their maintenance of
about 551,740,000 probably some four or
five times the present entire expense of her
State Government. ,
The facts as to the decay of the black pop
ulation, in the free States, and the enormous
prevalence of crime among ihem, in com
parison with the whites of the same region,
are equally striking. The whole picture is
appalling, and must, wherever men will
consent to look at simple facts, afford a
perfectly decisive argument as to the
fitness of that unhappy race for freedom,
and the benefits whih it confers upon them
and the communities in which they aro
found. N. Y. Aurora.
A Negro Lawyer. The London Sun
says that a young man of the color, almost
of the pure negro race, is now keeping his.
terms for the bar, being a member of the .
Hon. Society of the Middle Temple.
Whitewash that will not rub off.
Mix half a nail of lime and water "ready to
put on the wall; then take a gill of wheat
flour, mix it up well in a very little cold
water; then pour boiling water over it till
it thickens pour it into the whitewash ;
while hot, and stir the whole together.