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WhoU JYk 083; TarbormighEdgecombe Cou Saturday. January 4, I r-.'- The'TarborougrU Press, BUeo roe Howard. Srs U puhlished "'wioekfy i TuQ Dollars per yar if pid in advance orM7t;o poljars and Flfly, Cents the expiration of ihe sbscrtpllo jjearf Subscribers are at liberty totdiscontinue nt any time on giyin notice thereof and payingarrears. Ad vertisements not -exceed ine a square will be , inserted at One Dollar he fiisj insertion, and. 25 cents for every, continuance. Longer advertise ments at that .rate ppjr squared Court Orders and judicial Ad vertiseme.tf 3? percent higher., jAd veitisements 'must be marked the number of inser- : tions required, or they will be continued until otherwise directed, and charged accordingly: -! Letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid, or they may not be attended to. ,. V A COMIG SONG FOR LADIES. 4 , Gaily still the .mprnenls pa?s, .r . While I sit befone the glass; ' Care can neyer reach the lass. Who thinks her face di vinet ' ! ''" Chorus. ... . j " Who thinks her face di-vi-i-i-i-irje, VVho thinks her face di-Vi-j-i-i-ine, , Care can "'never reach the lass Who thinks .her face divine! 'See the maiden, wrung -with pain; Corset lace, and waistband strain But relief she's sure Xq gain Who.thijis her form di vine! Chorus. Who thinks &c. You may call me vain and perl; Yoii may i sayithat I'rri a flirtf ' Nothing can her feelings hurt . , r Wllio thinks herself divine! Chorus. -r- Who thinks &c Funds'may sink, or banks may fail; Paj perhaps, may go to jail: i Care can ne'er her soul assail VVho thinks herself divin-! . . r Chorus. Who ihinks &c. ' ' ' -, -W- 'I'K '' ,"'.', I Let me, then, my tresses braid: ., r Be my form, with taste array d ; i J Grief can never reach the maid Who ihinks herself divine! ! : Chorus. Who thinks &c. COMPETITION OF INTBLLEpir. We commend this. to the Whig press of North Carolina.; They have manifested greai exul tation .in puoiisning sucn siatis tics about certain Democratic counties. Now, how stand the Whiz States?; I I ' From the' Pcnnsyivanian. LOOK ON THIS PICTURE -THEN ON THIS. , ! --. i .lea"..- - ; The;Sanheriohship of I he State. Leemen township,. Pike county, gaive at the late elections, for ; ; . Shunk. Markle. Polk. ' Clayi I .a n Thi4 r& phiioI lori Ktr nntr, nlhoi- thuini ship in the Stale, or in, tthei Union? t Hand t her round then. -r;; , Pennsylvanian.1 Yes, we will hand her round, with tHis explanation: Pike county, at the late elec tion ?, gave less jhanSOO -votes and rbyer 500 LocoFocor ma i ori l v. According to the last census the number of white persons over 20 years of age who could neither rad or.rite wasHOl, or more than j one- eighthofi the whofje-number of voters'. Now,IMr. Pennsy Iranian, just take a! look 2 4u returns ofC the folio wittg towris,'and at tht . ; . . n , " . -r i ear whetht.. -You nna an equal lor -:yor ; ?Here are a' few pre- anner lovvnsri., ci? to-North CarC nai - - . : Clay. ' 1 SO 150 Polk. ! o T 0 6 . . Old FurrMcDoveirto-) Fork ( M on i go m ery Co. ) ( AlbemarleSlanly Cd.) Bridgefield Pasquotank4 Co.)" 95 0 Q r 'ray's X Roads f Randolph Crawford's " X do. ' 73 Lassater's ilfi: Hi,' t do. .'-t v'f- ;-'64 Olkl frap f Camden Co.) 308 -Will the I'ennsylvanianj oblige 1 us by passing thisround? Nf Y; Tribunes 4 cinpu 6U thosewere from another pre- Befor re passingihis round, accofdirig to request, we will fir t hand it back, to the1 Tribune, with the following additional ! in teresting particulars,: According, io jlhe ust census, the number of white "persons over 20 years fof aee. who coulrl neither read nor write, in these brag North Caroli- fa counlies'pf the TribunerwV as fof-i lows ? ' ;.'. r: fi'i amden county, . 691 No. of voters, JS57, Muigomery, ; Pasquotank, " 1086 1375 500 723 , I 1483 1 ::- $V'K'! i 3,000 i i Mi410 Qb Pnljr abouL two.thirds of.Vne 'Mole Wheth -- iwicia, uuauie 10 reau ana wrue: er it was the few enlightened ones fese counties Who Voted fori Pol kV and Ua,If fl, the late elcetion, ve can't say eertalntv. but we have nnr nritvtu nnminn on tne subject. f i 1 Suppose we extend this examination a littreffurtherv1 We "do soVIippmkp kp lately Seen frequent reference to 5 the be- nighted condition of certain counties and States: where the votes for the' Democratic cand dates were large, and some I'c&oni who thihl themselves more wise than their fel lows; proppse as a means of correcting this evil, and of converting' these ignorant democrats, that more attention should he paid to their education; that the school mast r and not the political orator must be sent among them. It is very common to see some, wise ones like he of the- Tribune sneer at the ignorance of the people of Pikelj Berks,' Monroe, Perry, Columbia, and other democratic counties in this St te, and'i'i tfie ignorance of the people of Nev Hampshire and other democratic 'States. For Jie purpose of enlightening same of these sages upon a matter they know very little of, we refer to the record for facts that will. show that the democracv have as little' 1 1- to fear from the . efforts of the schoolmaster as they have from coon ora tors! These facts will serve also to - put these gentlemen right on another rriattef. They have indulged themselves since their defeat in complacently claiming for their candidate the support of ihe intelligence' of the country, though they did not get a ma jority of its voters. Our statement of facts will place this doubtful question in a stronger Itgnt than whole volumes of self assu mptions or abstract opinions. Ir iNorth Carolina, by the census of I 840j ihre 'were' 484,70 free while per sons Of these 56.6D9 over 20 years ol age ?ould not read nor write, besides three cour ties in. which the number- is not set dowhk heing about one in every ei&h of the white population, who cannot read and write or 69 per cenk of ihe whole number ef voters in the State. . In pew iHampshire t the same time, there! were 284, 481 white persons. Of these only 927 over twenty years of age couldlnot read or write, being only one in e v ery! three h u ndred and seven I Again in 1 140, in North Carolina, the nim br! of scholars in all their schools, pub ic and private, high and common, wer; bnly '19,335, while in' New Hamp shire,! with but little' more than half the population they were 97,146; in the first Stat 3 pnly one scholar to twenty four per sons, While in the latter there. is more than one id every three. Besides the above striking disparity of inte ligence, we should not forget that in New Hampshire the whole population is -incl jojed, naturalized foreigners, laborers and al others; while in North Carolina, the ivhole mass of the laboring population (nej roes) to ihe number of s 23 1,89 over ten yeap of age, not one in a thousand of whom can read or write a word, aie not included. , Ejutitis with the white citizens only we have to do. It has been said by some that Mr J Clay was the -protective tariff candi date, and Mr. Polk the .free trade candi date, ind. the reason why the people of Pennsplvahia, New Hampshire anct other plates Sdid hoj. vote , for then as such, was, that they d id not ' read, and were r there fore duped. Now Jet us look atr - North Car jlinaand New .'Hampshire in this point of view" u- ' ' ' ;t - , 1 1 North Carolina, there were by the cen uslof 1840 only 14,352 persons enga ged inj manufactures and trades, we pre un e white and black, and perhaps mostly the latter; while New Hampshire, with, aswe have sjH, but little , over, half t the population, had in IS40, 17,26 persons engaged in, manufactures and trades; yet Notth; Carolina, an anti protective State, votd for Mrr Clay, and .Nevs? Hampshire for Mi. Polkthe one a "reaing ana . - tinff' fjeonie. xne oip a "non rea Who's the dint and writing" people. I MA t vV havft net the returns oi the late lJi',ALntun electioa Jri North , .Carolina iUrAr h hnt we believe me oumper 01 votfes is pretty much the sa me as in 40, inlfWe majoritylittte less-howsiood It tUn ;iSiO, in:ccounUett Sts e il to readinand tolesl Letjhe lol- loWingftable answet : s 0 v White Jiersohs oyer n -v20 flrf-vJDO cati .s rC : . .inotreadjDr.wnie. nar i 1567, 14731 1359 1659 2502 :i579i 395 , 09 45,2 : .1194 Beaufort, j Biincambe, . Burke Dajridsbn,. Guilford,1. 1463 309 390 414" 89, lO'lSt'. 134 83 1441 ' 23Q0 553 431 TYn iVomerVt OS.tf n?36 596 ;.T- : i. Perquimon's, r 952 Tvrrel), 75 114, iicy r . i-i ..: s.. ';. i in th What d'ei the-Tribune thinkof hi above 'tnlifJps?! Will U VnA tWami...i -15 , Remember, Mr. Tribune, this "competio.. of intellect." is one of your own raising not iours-4we do not claim for the idem or ra cy any superior intelligence, but a fai share nd more, no tess. THE EfirVuLAR VOTE Clay, ; Polk. Birney WScat 46,103 4,866 27,160 4,161 18,169 3,923 52,985; 10,860 4,818 5 2941 1,943 237,5SS 15,812 Maine" .... . 4 34,678 17,866 26,767 66,878 , 7,323 32,842 232,508 38,318 160,863. 6,257 35,984 rs. Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Hhdde Inland1 Connecticut New VTork New Jerse 37,495 131 3,131 Pennsyral 167,245 5,969 32,676 49,570 39,2S7 3,054 44,155 36,223 25,188 13,563 59,917 51,980 149,117 70,181 $7,067 21,703 41,369 7,500 Delaware Maryland Virginia 43,677 North Carolina 43,232 South Carolina 50,000 Geoieia ! . 42; 106 Alabama 24,961 19,193 12,863 60,030 61,262 154.057 67,867 45,201 24,237. 31,251 10,500 Mississippi Louisiana! Tennessee! Kentucky i 1 t Sis. I unio Indiana, Illinois 8,050 2,106 2,500 3,632 Michigan! Missouy i Arkansas f 26 Slates 1,300.773 1.385,899 58,622 "Mi - 1 Pol k's majority over Clay 85, 1 26, over all 27,504. , VVholefnumber of ' votes 2,745,294 In 1840, the number of votes was a frac tion oyer ,400,000. Harrison's majority m 1840 was 145, 900, less! the vote of South Carolina, which wojjld reduce it to perhaps 130,000. Van Buren's majority in 1836 was 25, 413, less ihe vote of South Carolina, which would have reduced it to 10,000 or 15,000. Reportlof the Post' Master General. The Post VJ aster General's Report exhib its the, following result of the operations of the paj year. j ThejtoUl transportation of the mail by horse, and in, stages, rail roads and steam boats, for jLhe . year ending the 30lh Jurfe; 1844, supplying; 14,103 post office at a cost of $2938,521, was 35,409,624 miles, exceeding! the transportation for the year 1011 Dy 1, iuu rones. The income of the Department for the year ending! the 3Qt!j June, 1S44, was as follows: I - Letter postage, . 3,976, 19153 Newspaper postage5 549,743 83 Fines, ) 135 00 Miscellaneous receiptaJ -n245. 47 Total revenue reported . S4,88,2S5 S3 - ' - ii - . 7 The totalfamount of exuenlJitCfre settled and paid for the same period iSir4,296, 865 70. T ; . The Postmaster General recommenfsj in case the department is left to- lean on its own resources, a reduction of letter postage 10 nve anq ten cents me single letter. ne suggests tfiaj government shall compensate me Jjeparpmeni ior me transportation anu delivery of Its public Correspondence, and the franked letters of public functionaries, by the "assumption, by the government, of the amount paid the department for rail road transportation, either by the purchase of the right, permanently, or by annnal ap proprialioll.,; This expense is stated tojje g750,569arinually. Revorii 6f the Secretary ofH War. A f- ter some discussion which is of a general and philosophical character) the Secretary proceeds to say" that the regular force of the U. States pop!ists of eight regiments of in fantry, two of dragoons, and four of artfile- ry. . - i .J i. : - : i ' ' - - ' -Two geographical divisions bf thenar my have beere.rlnstatfecl:: "';;'Stngle:-ifOD for doti' ble wod3en)beWiteidi "are Frecomtn ended The1 hbrsd artillery H wll spoken of. addi- Aiobal fecuits are asVed foryarid it is propo sed io sUeph lhem in ther interior, where forage i& cneap. West Point, is commen ded, and f ommitte iphbinletl to &ani-' ine into Hp 'tondifan.: -::'"' ? " ' . -:- II j v.' r ' '" .' ; ' , i ' j . - : tr- -. ... . . . - . - ' -,- - J w f N Mill lary Reports! A ccom pany i ng the Report ofjthe Secfetary of Waris the Re port of tne f Commanding, General 6f Ihe Army,Ghnlfyinfitld Scott, of a very inr irstinff tharacter , A fine spirit of , dis- cipline-rfhat is,' exact obedience to, Iar aqd' Jawfiil forderi' prevails inthe rrmy. The number ot ,entisiea , mea . who pave been brought i before . courts martial is . 35 per centufn, Jess than the preceding yearV The General szyms 'Tp, th; introduction of chaplai at isolated poipts, to the intel ligence, morals, ahd vigilance , of officers, I i Driniarilv. due to the military Academy,) and to tne- sprcauoi icmpcriincg aosyna-i lions anu piauiis, isuiic-ijr w w ted thatlppy melicraUon in the basis of the jfrmy. And it may be boasted,' as it might have been at any Jtime in a seies of vears, ript d duel has occurred' between commissioned officers." -'-1 - Gold Mr. Rothe, a Saxon miner, gives it las his opinion, that the gold niine in North Carolina are equal to any in Ku rope ori Brazil. v Ten millions of- bullion have already been obtained from the North Caroling mines. -:A negro found one lurbp of ore at Reid's mine, which was worth 358,000. South- Carolina In the South Carolina Senate.! on the 16ih instant, the following resolutions, bf feted by Mr. Pickens, were passed unani moulyi : . ' Resolved, That this Senate con'iiJers the recent movement in the'Housd of Rep resentatives in Congress inrelation to the reception of petition to abolish slavery in any portion of this confederacy'as calculated to endanger the peace of our Slate, as a flagrant outnfgc upon our rights, -and a tlcrtdcd step towards the subversion nt our institutions, and the dissolution oi this Uni- on. !..'' - -i ,'!'! Resolved, That on this subject we ad- ! mit no legislative power in; Congress, and that such legislation will be in fact a disso luiion ol the federal compact. ;. Resolved, That if there should be legis lation on this subject by Congress, that th governor of this State is hereby reqiiesied to call the: legislature together, in order to de citle upon the mode and manner in which we shall preserve and defeud- our ancient rights aud liberties. r ' : . . . Abolition Riots in Ohio Lo&S of Life We have a slip, from the offfce of. the Ttle gr.iph, published at Georgetown,-' Ohio, (about 46 iiiiles this side of Cincinnati,) which gives an account of an affray which took place on Monday last, between some Kentucky negro hunters .and a number 01 abolitionists in the Red Oak Settlement. The runaway negroes had been secreted in the houses of Robert Miller and Absalom King. They were owned by Col. Edward TowerS, of Mason county, Ky. j Miller's house was searched, and two of- the slaves were discovered, who.attempted fo make their escape; and while Miller was in their way he was knocked down , and stab bed repeatedly by the incensed 1 Kentuck- ians. He lingered but a few moments and died. 1 he two slaves were then bound, when they proceeded to the house of King, where they were met by four or five armed men, who declared their deter initiation to resist any search off the house Both oarties being well armed, a most horrible conflict ensued, A son of Col. Towers was killed immediately. .King, while reloading some of the "fire-arms in the house was shot by some one hhrough a window in the back part of the house, and was not expected to survive. The Sheriff and his posse arrived and checked the riot, and the ringleaders of each party were ar rested and escorted under a strong guard to Oeoigetpwn. ; ; I . But another band of Kentuckians "soon arrived, and commenced another scene of bloodshed. One "oflhe slaves, was hung without cCremon7 for resisting a brother of Col. Towers, who had captured .him. The houses of M iller and King were bur ned to the ground with all their "conte.n's They then went to the house of Mr- Alex ander jCiilliland, tote him' away fronf5 his family and beat him until his lite is despair ed of. I ' j . Ks .-- Thep'elegragh addsi "The 'number of the Kentuckians is increasing hourly, and the wjiole neighborhood isin arms. The onerin i acuveiy er.gagep in attempting iu quell the not Emigration to Texas. The, number of emigrants to f Texas, that jaVe passed through this place during the' summer and fall, far exceeds that of any other year. The number of wagons must have been about 7 of SOb, and the whole!' number of souls not less than 5000; each -family goes well provided with farming implements to till the' soil: immense numbers of cattle and stock I of every description have gone through,, belonging to thje emigrants. from ihtW. . Journal of Commerced - f , Wofrii CaniJheol $1&0p 000 due to cejrtalnrbankers in Amsterdam, has felrijmbromised here lor 5600,000, a ndt his su ni nas been real ifeed oU t of ; the late sae! of the canal, : by foreclosure of mortgage at auction in' Newark 23d O.cL last ffhe1 whole of the last named ' suirf has been, committed home' to Amsterdam by thewo laststeamersl Thef Canal sold for $1 1000,000, out of which the State of maiana aiso goi aooui vpou,uuu. which na ; iAion. rrThe' Champion or. the Worini is-HKeiy to meei ineooumern cacks,, at the Charleston races next Feb ruarv. The Jockey Club have advertis a purse of S2,500 for'a four mile race,' 1 case Fashion should contend fur it, " th; owners of: Pey ton and ' Regent shaving al ready signified tjieir intention of attending he race. Mr Gibbon?, the owner ot Fashion, has, it is htated in the Spirit of the Times ' given his consent, stipulating onlythat Mr. I.aird and hi3 sdn her trai ner and jockey, shall accompany the mare 10 vnarteston. : 1 nis .wiu , prooaoiy uc ar ranged;, and if in good condiifon, Fashion will gather for herself as br illiant laurels as h er peerless dam in 1832 f acquired i'over the same - course, when as ihe ; Northern Champion, she beat Clara Fisher in the r in the best time ever made over the course. ; iV. Y. Jlmer. Attempted Murder and 'SuicideOn Wednesday' evening last a murder.was at tempted in the town of Marbletown, in th!s county." f A black man; named. Adam j Oliver, made an assault upon a colored fe- j male by the name of Catharine Dewitt, ' struck her down, and cut her throat from ear to ear. r borne hopes are enterlainea. 'hat she may recover. The ruffian mado hi s escape after perpetrating the deed. He was seen in the neighborhood the next day towards evening, when Mher inhabilstntr turned out in pursuit. About 12 : o'c!?. at night the barn of Mr. Levi 'Benson fired while the family Were all out in pur suit, and no doubt is entertained that it was set on fire by Oliver. ME: Benson's 1 : is very hea vy. The barn was new, cr filled with grain, hayi "&cl, all bP v. .icr: were consumed, together with three 'vtlu.i ble horses, several wagons, and. other r terials The vyhole neighborhood novv arosed and about dawn .the" wr' was diiven down towards a mill f Being hotly pursued, he .sprapgjntc vvater with the iwtenUon of reachjri other side; but finding the opposite I lined wih men, and all means of es: cut off, he,said Jf they wanted him - tl. ; must come in the water and lake hi. when he sank and wasklrowned before L i could be seized. - Ulster Repub. ; ? . Serious Jlccident The '..'shop of? X Mills, gunsmith, at the upper end. town, had beenfi equently entered by i glars during the last week or two, and Saturday night last he prepared A pi" to! t h a t vt he n t he dob r wa s ope netfci t :". shoot . the intruder. HeaS v Jr -thoughtlessly the first one to entcrrf " V contents of the - .pistol wpre lo6zd chest'. HJs condition is as we tindc. very critical, though we trust thaj.h recover. fVheelingTime$. ; V Mr. Milirdied ol his wound on T, - ' 7 day morning., ' ; ' - : Prom the Globe. thaniel Thurston, of Iowell, Massal has been convicted of obtaining moU. false pretences. It appears that . Vra theagf ht of the Freewill Baptist Corpora" tion, which waschartered to build and hold a meeting house, but which reiolv itself into a sort of general banking tnstl tion. and became involved and unsoupu. Under these circumstances, mqne wt wanted to Keep it above water; 1 tri.aeh had been examined by certain indlvidu-.. and pronounced in good cbndi;on. II this m ea ns he obta ned loans, p pj nal ly , we believe, of laeidiy; girls, who hav been Unable to obtainrtheir:Vmoheip2air., He has been tried for the oflehce, ami coa vtcted '. ;. -': . , . . , v..-. iT7"Mr. Green, the reformed tin say & the box used in the game of Taro, f ' frequently constructed upon sciehtlfic. ' -cipies, with all the ingenuity end eipent besio wedon the highest priced patent er Wateh. w - ' " 1 ; . Is it 5o7 An English ..physician by yr name of Johnson, Says jn a late , vvork" declare my conscientious opinlon; founc: ' on long pbseryation andi reficctio ,th?t there was not a single physician, 4r, r , apothecary, man-mid wife, r chemist, drpr gist, or d ru g, on the face of the earth , t ! : 1 would be less sickness, &nd Icra tucrli--than now obtains.";. : ; f ; , 1 Simple .Cu e for Crpup.We find ihe Journal of iHealth the folloyin; Einpl. remedy for; this dangerous dtseszs. Tl j V . who have pawed nights of almost asr 1 . the bed side of loved children, iyil ti ure It up a?iah invaluable piece of inforrni-" tion I f a chi Id i s taken w i 1 b crob p, h- , ... stantly applycold waterV ice water, jf f 4 siblei guddemyndreMirto thsneek- end chest, With a spon will" . almost ins"tantlyta l : nossible9'let Uie sufferer diirjk much, zz , Iil can ; then wipe It dryycoerUoptfvarn, V Ind soon a qulpt , slumber will Jrelicva th.9 , -1 parent: anxiefy ? and lead the infcart;(ia thankfulness to the power whicly-has civqnj . to the pur gushing fountain such criUrJ I qualities. vs. 1
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