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nrnMBmnM FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1829. Toivn Officers. On Monday last, Dr. Ephraim Dickon was elected Ma gistrate of Police, and Messrs. Benj. M. Jackson, D. Richards, Theo. Par ker, Lewis Bond, and Jos. R. Lloyd, Esq. Commissioners for the town of Tarhorough for one year. (fyWe have attentively perused and re-perused the production of "S and finally concluded that it was rather too personal for insertion. The two concluding lines, however, forming a neat couplet and containing the git of the poem, may perhaps be acceptable to our readers, and here they are: "Among all of His stock there is not a he thing, And all of his children arc girls, by ding!1 Q3X The weather has been very vari able in this vicinit', for the last two or three weeks, and we have had several severe frosts; but not sufficient to effect any material injury either to the gar dens, the fields, or tin fruit trees, as far as we can learn. The Raleigh and Fay etteville papers state that in those sec tions the frost did considerable injury. Manufactories. We find in an ad vertisement in the Warrenton Reporter, the following description of the build ings,&c. at Mr. Joel Battle's manufactory at the Falls of Tar river, in this county: "Among these arc a well con structed stone edifice on the south side of the river, 76 feet long by 36 wide, with four floors, and ca pable of containing 2,000 spin dles; a large wooden building on the opposite side of the river, cal culated either for spinning or wea ving 444 spindles, with all the necessary apparatus of cords, &c. are now at work, and yield from 100 to 150 pounds of coarse yarn, and a proportionable smaller a mount when of a frner quality. Attached to the Factory arc an excellent Grist and Saw mill, two store houses, a large and commo dious dwelling house, with all the necessary out-buildings." likcty to become as distinguished tor his talents in the cabinet as he was in the field. He possesses that best and only kind of sense that wears plain common sense: he is a practical man and wastes no time in speech-making. De pend upon it, he is more popular than any British Minister has been for the last twenty years." Would it not be rather queer if, ere a twelvemonth expires, the opponents of tlie American military chieftain were also constrained to admit that he "seems as ikely to become as distinguished for his talents in the cabinet as he was in the field?" Reform. -In the town of Leeds, state of Maine, Gen. Jackson was last winter shot in effigy, while all the peace officers were looking on: at the recent election for town officers, all these men, who suf fered the disgraceful transaction to take place immediately before their faces, were turned out, and Jackson men put in their pla ces. Salisbury Car. Eyes Right! The Providence (R. I.) Journal makes this confes sion: "as strange and unaccount able as it may appear, there is in this State a strong prejudice ex isting in the minds of the farmers against the manufacturers." To this feeling or prejudice, the Jour nal attributes the defeat of the Clay ticket for Senators at the re cent election, and the success of the candidates favorable to the existing Administration. Under the new order of things the Jour nal looks for the work of "reform." N. Y. Ev. Post rangement. Mr. H. was a gen tleman of dignified manners, and fine literary taste." Since the above was in type we have received the Petersburg Intelligencer of Tuesday, which says: "It is stated in several pa pers, as a rumor from Washing ton, that a Clerk in the Treasury Department, who lately commit ted suicide, has left some papers disclosing certain frauds commit ted by himself and others (names not mentioned) upon the public Treasury." Melancholy. The New-York American of the 30th ult. says: A very melancholy occurrence took place last night, on board the steamboat Franklin, oii her pas sage from Providence to this city. George Washington Adams, eld est son of the late President of the U. States, was on board, on his way to Washington. During the day and evening he evinced no symptoms of indisposition, 'till near bed time, when he complain ed of violent pain in the head, and said he would be bled as soon as he got to New-York, lie, howe ver, retired with the other passen gers, but rose about two o'clock, dressed himself in a hurried man ner, and awoke one or two cf the passengers, complaining that they were plotting against him, and particularly asked one of thein, what it was he had said about his (Mr. Adams) jumping overboard; nothing of the sort had been said, and the thing passed off, Mr. A. going upon deck and the passen vwuiu uu mucu more profitably employed in planting and rearing a good crop during the present summer than in ranting and cfC. Homering away their time in ide projects. Let us live economical ly; adapt our habits to our in comes; dispense with all superflu ities; sell our surplus property pay our debts; and again be inde pendent. This Grand Jury hope the next Legislature will adopt some mea sure to compel the Banks to pay 20 per cent, damages upon their notes, from the time payment shall be demanded till the same shall be made. This Grand Jury present that the Governor and Council would bring much expense upon the State by a called session of the Legislature, without anv corres ponding good. Washington, N.C. Afaz2...The Superior Court for this county is sitting this week, his Honor, Judge Norwood presiding. Wc cannot forbear expressing our admiration at the mildness, kindness, and courtesy which characterizes the venerable Judge's intercourse with the gentlemen of thenar and ail others having business in his Court. There has not been tried any case which has excited much interest, except one of an indict ment against the Justices for not repairing the Jail. They were, however, acquitted by the Jury without leaving the box. We un derstand that it was conceded on all hands (Miller for the State, jVe learn from the Fayetteville Journal, that Edmund Deberry, Esq. of Montgomery, and Maj. John A. Came ron, of Fayetteville, are candidates for Congress in the Fayetteville district. The Journal also observes: "We have heard Joseph Wilson, Esq. spoken of as the probable successor of John Branch, Esq. in the Senate." Jill Mack! We copied an article from a Kentucky paper, a short time since, announcing that Judge Clarke de clined a re-election to Congress, and that Mr. Clay was spoken of as a candi date to succeed him. The last Lexing ton Gazette says: "It is at length arran ged at head-quarters that Judge Clarke shall represent this district; he is there fore again a candidate." Have the signs of the times in the East "electrified" Mr. Clay? Military Chieftains. A very inte resting letter from England, under date March 1, appears in the New-York Commercial Advertiser, from which we extract the following fiatterins notice of the English military chieftain: "The Administration of the Duke of Wellington seems to be one of great and increasing popu larity, lie nas disappointed both friends and enemies; and seems Groans of the Br it tons!... Does this mean further protection; fur ther restriction?. ..Niles's Register of the 18th April has the follow ing givings-out: "Sheep and wool are much less valuable than they were last year; woollen goods are cheaper, and the manufacturers, except of some few particular ar ticles, are distressed. A number of the most careful and skilful of them have failed; others, with great difficulty, hold their own, in the hope of future profits; but the stock of most of the large incor porated companies in the eastern states. ...the "lordly monopolists," as the members thereof were call ed, is not worth 40 cents in the dollar; and, at this rate, we sup pose, those in the south who talk of the exorbitant profits made at; these factories, may come in part ners to the amount of half a score of millions of dollars, whenever thoy please. The truth is, the bill of 1828, has injured both the growers and manufacturers of wool. Tho interests of the two cannot be separated. The one dollar minimum has blasted every hope that was entertained; and, in practice, left these great concerns worse than they were before "fur ther protection" was granted!" Richmond Enq. Suicide. The Georgetown (D. C.) Columbian, says: "On Wed nesday last wo learn that M r. John II. Ilenshaw, a clerk in the Fourth Auditor's office, put a period to his existence, by cutting his throat from ear to ear. The verdict of the jury was, that the act was com mitted during a fit of mental der gers resuming their slumbers, j Gaston and Shaw for defendants) The only subsequent trace of thejthat the Justices were not indict- unfortunate young man, was the; able for the mere fact of the Jail finding, some hours afterwards, ! being out of repair; but it was con his hat upon the deck forward of; tended on behalf of the prosecu the wheel guard, whence he is i tion, and so charged by his honor, supposed, in a high state of fever,, that they were indictable for ne- to nave jumped overboard. lUr.jglecting to perform those duties G. W. A. was a lawyer of prom- j enjoined by act of Assembly to- ise, a young man of considerable acquirements, and has been seve ral times one of he representa tives in the Massachusetts Lcis lature of the city of Boston. He was unmarried. Halifax, April 30. The Hon. John Branch, Secretary of the Navy, we understand, left his re sidence yesterday for the seat of the General Government. Min. Petersburg, May 1. The mar ketCotton, lh a 9 cts.; Flour, S3 a 85$; Bacon, 6 a 6h cts.; Corn, $2 a 2 3-8. Int. Another Presentment. The Grand Jury for the county of 'Hertford, Spring Term, 1829, made a presentment rela tive to the Hanks, &c. from which we extract the following: This Jury da believe, from the best information that they have received on the subject, that the Stockholders, Directors, and oth er officers of the Banks, are very nearly, if not quite enough in debted to the Banks to make the aforesaid sum of $5,000,000. This Grand Jury present, that so far as their knowledge extends, the great mass of substantial citi zens and sturdy freeholders of the country are neither now afFected, nor are they likely to be hereafter affected, by the Bauks. This Grand Jury submit that the good people of this State' ward repairing and building; such as laying taxes, appointing a trea surer of public buildings, &c...c. Eccentric Liberality. Some individual in Massachusetts, who chooses to remain incognito, has sent to the address of our Public Treasurer, a box containing two hundred and fifty Family Prayer ISooks, with a request that the same may be distributed "among all the members of Government and Courts of Justice." He states that the donation is intended for good and to encourage pure reli gion. The donor enclosed to the Treasurer, money to pay the ex pense of transportation, asking him to appropriate the overplus, if any, for the relief of some desti tute object. Raleigh Register. Execution. Negro Absalom, convicted of the murder of Alex ander Clark, at the last term ot Chatham Superior Court, was hung at Pittsboro', on Friday last, pursuant to sentence. Although the day was rainy and disagreea ble, we understand there were be tween three and four thousand persons assembled to witness a fellow being launched into eterni ty. There never was we believe, (for we heard the trial) a more hardened villain, vet he persisted to the last in proclaiming his inno cence. A gentleman who was
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