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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, Y. C.J Saturday, April 20, 1833,
Vol IXJVo 34
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BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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fX?We arc gratified to observe by an
advertisement of the Dialectic Society,
that our distinguished townsman the
Hon. Geo. E. Badger will deliver the
next Annual Address before. the Lite
rary Societies of the University of this
Slate. Raleigh Star,
(T?"The Grand Jury of Anson Superior
Court have published an address to the
citizens of that county, remonstrating a
gainst the practice of treating at elec
tions, requesting the candidates in their
approaching elections not to treat, & call
ing on their fellow citizens for their will
ing co-operation in arresting the cvil...z&.
flThe New York Commercial Adver
tiser states that a few days ago, a pan
ther belonging to the Menagerie in the
Bowery, escaped from hs cae and
Sprang into the street, and after bounding
along some distance up the street, scat
tering the people before him as a wolf a
flock of sheep, he sprang into a shop,
causing a great scampering anions the
clerks and customers, who, in an instant,
left him to himself in quiet possession of
the tenement; upon which he curled him
self up upon a bundle of flannel under
the counter, and went to sleep, where he
remained until his keeper arrived, and
succeeded in caging him again. ib.
ftTMajor General Scott left Charles
ton on the 31st ultimo, in the U. S. sloop
of war Natchez, and landed at Fortress
Monroe on the 5th instant. It is said
that eight companies of the troops are
also ordered to return from Charleston to
the latter place immediately. Three com
panies left the Arsenal at Augusta, Ga. on
the 28th ult. for Fort Mitchell. ib.
days spent in investigating their claims
we have succeeded in prevailing on each
party to yield a portion of their just rights;
and have concluded a treaty of limits
with both tribes, with which they all ap
pear to be satisfied; and bv which these
conflicting claims have been settled.
These treaties were signed on the 14th
instant; since which time, I have felt re
lieved from a load of responsibility which
nothing but this fortunate termination
could have removed. This has been one
of the most difficult and delicate objects
01 our mission, and shews the great im
portance of having all treaties made on
or near the Territories to be affected by
iheir stipulations, and where both parties
can be heard face to face. The Indian
treaties made at Washington are always
made upon the ex parte statements of
those concerned, and consequently liable
to errors.
"On the 25th of this month we are to
hold a Talk with the Osares n the Neo
sho river, which I hope will terminate fa
vorably. I h,.v have been robbing some
white people on Red River, & are accused
of thefts from theCherokeeaof Arkansa."
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with whose narration he will astonish the
natives, and ride into Congress if he
can. VVe start him for the next Pre
sidency against any animal in the Uni
on. Raleigh Con.
New York.fYhv Neiv York Ameri
can says: I he city is alive with business.
I he recent valuable and richly freighted
foreign arrivals, the opening of the neigh
boring rivers, and not least the confidence
in the future which the decisive settle
ment ofthcpoliiical difficulties with South
Carolina, imparts to all classes of citi
zens have given an impulse to affairs
greater than has been witnessed in many
a long season. The counting houses of
our merchants, the shops of fashion and
of fancy the hotels and boarding hou
ses the wharves and shipping all are
animated with living throngs, and all nt
the same time, so full is the city of
The greatest man in Congress. This
individual is said, by a Washington let
ter writer, to be Mr. Lewis, of Alabama,
who weighs 350 pounds, and for whom a
chair has been provided in the House of
Representatives, the common chairs not
being large enough. He is not yet thirty
years of age, and ranks high for intelli
gence and industrious legislative habits.
French Treaty. The Chamber of De
puties of France have expressed great
dissatisfaction at the treaty of indemnity,
lately concluded by Mr. Rives with that
Government. J hey say, that instead of
twenty-five millions francs, which was a
greed on as the sum to be paid to the U
nited Stales, ten millions only was due,
and that this amount ought not to have
been paid until the United States had ad
mitted French claims,- founded on the
treaty relating to Louisiana. This mat
ter is now definitely settled, and the dis
satisfaction expressed by the French
people can have no other effect than, per
haps, to injure the standing of General
Sebasiiani, who assented to the treaty as
negociator on their part, and to raise the
character of the American minister as an
able diplomatist. Hal.
Adv.
dons the publication, and betakes himself
to a more respectable calling, the better
will it be for himself and the community.
Good, he cannot do evil, deep &, lasting,
may be the fruit of his unprofitable labors.
The lost child. At the late term of
our County Court, (says the Murfrees-
boro Tenn. Courier,) a little boy about
four years of age, was introduced to be
disposed of by the Court. It appears
that he had been left in the road by his
father, who was alone, and picked up by
the family of a Mr. Chesser. Th child
called himself James Allard, says that ho
came over the Cumberland Mountain,
and that his father had killed his mother.
The forlorn situation of the little stran
ger excited the sympathy of every spec
tator and his mysterious origin excited
the never failing interest that is attend
ant upon such circumstances. That the
father murdered the mother may be a sub
ject of doubt; but he who would cast from
him his own child, and leave him unseen
by any pitying eye, to the hard chances
of the world, would strangle the mother,
slumbering on his breast. The little
foundling has perhaps been bettered by
his strange fortune. Mr. Chesser took
him into his family,and though poor him
self, he has humanely adopted him as his
own, and the child's attachment attests
the kindness that has already been ex
tended to him.
strangers.
ffThc following extract of a letter
from one of the Commissioners of Indian
Treaties west of the Mississippi, to a
gentleman in this city, has been politely
handed to us for publication. ib.
"Fort Gibson, Arkansa river,
Feb. 18 th, 1833.
"1 arrived here about three weeks ago,
and in good health, after a most tedious
journey of about 1700 miles; that part ol
it by land through Tennessee was on
Borne of the worst roads ever travelled.
The steamboat passage down the Mis
sissippi and up the Arkansa was pleasant.
"Since my arrival we have concluded a
rfctfst important treaty with the Creek and
6ffcrokee- Tribes west of the Mississip
pi, which has settled forever a most un
fortunate dispute about their boundaries.
In 1826 Governor Barbour made a Trea
ty with the Creeks, chiefly of the MMn
tosh party, in which they were assigned a
district of country on the Arkansa and
Canadian rivers. In a subsequent trea
ty made by Gov. Barbour with the Che-
rokees west of ihc Mississippi, this same
land, or a great part of it, was described
and ceded to the Cherokees.
"1 have no doubt that this was done by
.i. . . e it? r. .
uiu men oecruiary oi war, tor the want
of correct information as to the local sit
uation and position of the country. In
this situation wc found the two tribes,
each contending for the disputed territo
ry. We called the Chiefs of both tribes.
who met ud in open Council, and after 17
Philadelphia. In their patriotic zeal
the Nationals predicted universal bank
ruptcy and ruin, should the people in
their want of love of themselves, or obe
dience to their betters, dare to elect Gen.
Jackson and Governor Wolf at the last
election. How sadly have those proph
ets been mistaken. Let any one traverse
the streets and wharves of this great me
tropolis, for miles upon the Delaware and
the Schuylkill: let them iro along the
squares devoted to business in the inte
rior parts of the city, and in short, any
where look abroad over Philadelphia,
and he will behold prosperity smiling ami
cheesing our vast population. Ask the
merchant and he will tell you, he never
had better payments or larger sales in
quire of the mechanic, in all the various
branches of useful, or elegant art, and the
same acknowledgment will unhesitating
ly be made. Phil. Sent.
New Orleans. A New Orleans paper
of the 14th ult. says: Seldom have so
many substantial buildings been com
menced in this city as at present, yet the
oinch for money is severe. The state of
our banks, the number of deaths during
the epidemic, and the immense sales of
property under probate administration,
fcc. go tar as causes ot scarcity in tne in
strument of exchange. Such pressure
have seldom been witnessed. Local
banks are necessarily cautious in issues
and discounts.
The Veto. The Governor of Massa
chusetts, returned to the Legislature of j
that State a bill for altering and repeal
ing the Militia Law, refusing to sign it,
being, as he alleges, inconsistent with the
acts of Congress and therefore unconsti
tutional. The Governor of Pennsylva
nia has vetoed a bill to incorporate the
Farmers and Manufacturers Bank of
Delaware county, stating, amonjr other
reasons for his refusal to sign the bill,
that there was no actual necessity for this
Bank. This is truly the vetoing age...io.
A Fair Banter. The Editor of the
American Turf Register has authority
from Messrs. Spann and Richardson, of
South Carolina, to say "that Little Ve
nus 4 and Julia 2 will run against any
two named nags in the world one four,
the other two mile heats, by January 1,
1834, on any turf south of the Potomac;"
or they will "banter any stable on the
continent, to run against Little Venus,
Mucklejohn, Bertrand Junior and Julia,
for ten or twenty thousand dollars each
horse no exception in the world against
Little Venus and Julia."
David Crockett, as he styles himself,
half horse and half alligator, who can
wade the Mississippi, whip his weight in
wild cats and a panther or two in the
bargain, take the Rocky Mountains on
his back and stop the mouth of the St.
Lawrence is again a candidate for Con
gress in his old district. As David has
been silent for two years, we guess htf has
enough koon skins to pay hb treating
bills, having drove all the wild cats and
other varments out of the district and
achieved sundry marvellous adventures,
Horrid Murder and attempted Sui
cide. We learn by a gentleman from
Charlestown, that a tragical affair took
place in that town yesterday afternoon.
Soon after dinner, Mr. Aaron Locke, a
grain merchant, entered his. house armed
with a horse pistol. His wife, apprehen
sive from his appearance that he intenl
ed to do injury to some one, begged of
him not to shoot his children. At that
moment he discharged the pistol at her.
The ball struck her arm, fractured the
bone, and passed directly through her
body, killing her instantly on the spot.
He then seized a razor and cut his own
throat in a shocking manner. When
our informant left, however, he was still
alive, and it was thought he might reco
ver. We understand he hrts recently ex
hibited symptoms of occasional mental
alienation, and to this cause is probably
to be attributed the commission of these
unnatural deeds. Boston Com. Gaz.
Infidelity. We have received (says
the Tuscarawas Chronicle) the first num
ber of a new paper, published in Cleave
land, Ohio, entitled the "Spectator." It
is a bad concern being almost wholly
devoted to vilifying the Christian religion.
The sooner Mr. St. John, its editor, aban-
HoWs Hotel. This splendid estab
lishment, in New York, has been open
scarcely a month, and the proprietor now
dines over 200 gentlemen at his ordinary,
and at least 2000 in the various rooms,
daily. To supply his table, he purcha
ses besides large quantities of cut beef, a
fat bullock every morning, with other
meats, poultry, fish, &c. in proportion.
He roasis 700 lbs. of provision at a time,
the spit being turned by a steam engine.
This engine also propels the machinery
for blacking boots. The brushes are in
the form of a cylinder, three in number,
the first takes off the dirt, the second puts
on the blacking, and the third gives thera
the polish; and it can all be done in a
third of a minute, without taking the
boots from Jour feet.
Exploring Expedition. Capt. Back,
with a party of six men, were to leave
Liverpool on the 6th February, in the
packet ship Hibcrnia, for New York, on
an expedition to the northern coast of A
merica, and the frozen ocean, in search
of Capt. Ross and his companions. He
will proceed thence on his route, and be
joined by a number of Canadians, enga
ged to assist in the'expedition. It is sta
ted that the Hudson's Bay Company have
acted in the most liberal manner, adopt
ing every precaution to promote the suc
cess of the expedition, and giving Back
a commission in their service which will
place every essential assistance at his dis
posal throughout the whole North Ame
rican continent. The London Literary
Gazette states that "for provisions, Capt.
Back takes hardly any article but pem
mecan the most portable and nutritive.
Beads, trinkets, tobacco, &e. are also
carried out as gifts for the natives; and
when we remember the pat experience)
of this truly noble character, we may con
fidently assure him that the best prayers
of his country go with him."
A new Continent. The London Lite
rary Gazette, of Feb. 22, says: A whaler
has fallen in with a Continent in the Ant
arctic seas: and as the discovery is small,
the owners have endeavored to conceal it
till they can bring off some cargoes of oil
and seal skins. The log of the vessel s
rather confused; but still there seems to
be no doubt of the fact, that an immense
tract of land has been found about the la
titude 67 degrees, and in longitude lying
nearly due south of the Cajpe of Good
Hope. Pet. Times.