THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
3 wish tho fashions were the same
As thirty years ago,
I can't imagine what can make
The tailors change them so;
AVhen I was in my j'outh, I made
A coat of homespun do,
And thought it very fine to have
My hair tied in a cue.
And in those days our breeches were
All huckled at the knee,
And silver buckles would ensure
The best of company;
Our beavers were of comely shape,
And kept off sun and rain
Oh how 1 wish those broad brim hats
Would come in vogue again.
I'm troubled with a half yard
Of cloth about my feet;
My coat is made so very small,
The laps will hardly meet;
Tight knees are all the fashion now,
And shoes must have square toes,
'Where the fashions will arrive at lastf
The tailor hardly knows.
The dandies of the present day,
H ive guard chains all of gold, v
YouM think their monstrous pocket-book
Was filled with wealth untold!
ly father wore a silver watch,
And eke a good steel chain,
And well I recollect his straight
Old pewter headed cane.
lie owned a large and thrifty farm
Of wood and meadow land,
And always had a plenty of
The dollar coins on hand.
I guess some dashy friends of mine
Would find it rather hard
To pay for coats they're wearing now
At "two pounds ten per yard."
But as for me, I wish I had
My silver dollars back,
I'd recollect my father's ways,
And tread the same old track;
I'd never do as I have done,
Risk hundreds on a bet,
JSor he obliged so oft to crv.
"Clean pockets here to let.'
VALUE OF A MOMENT.
At every motion of our breath,
JJfe trembles on the brink of death;
A taper's flame that upward turns,
'While downward to the dust it burns.
Moment by moment years are past,
And one ere long will be our last.
'Twixt that (long fled) which gave us light,
And that which soon shall end in night,
There is a point no ee can see,
Yet -n it hangs eternity.
This is that moment 'as we choose,
The immortal part we save or lose;
Time past and time to come are not:
Time present, is our only lot.
O God, henceforth our hearts incline
To seek no other love but thine.
Kentucky isms. I can out talk any man
in tlx; United Slates and give him half an
hour the start.
1 have had a speech in soak these six
months. 1 am all brimstone but the
head, and that's aquafortis.
Pistols! pistols are trumpery; they lodge
a ball in a man's body, and wound his
feelings! a rifle, now sends it clean
through and no mistake.
Stranger, I'll bet you 500 dollars I hits
you between your eyes without touching
your nose.
Uncle, don't you know I can out eat
any man in the States? 1 wish he'd stand
until I united my neckcloth; I'd swallow
him whole.
you U to the stump.
your boiler.
Vanity, thy name is woman! that is
Bhakespcar, and he's a screamer.
He'd ride through a crab apple orch
ard on a flash oflightning.
Stranger, if you keep your mouth so
wide open I guess you'll sun burn your
Mv f 1 1 . i .
turlcv 1 P miln m Ken'
l tuckjr, and I can whip him.
I can out grin a wilJ cat. I was in a
menagerie once: stranger says 1 talk of
your wild cats grinning; look here, says
1, and I gave one ot them a 4ook, anu he
turned on his back and died.
1 never owned a negro; but I borrowed
one once; he'd a fever and ague; the fe
ver stopt, but when the ague left him he
was so tarnation lazy he would not shake.
If you plant a crow-bar over night in
Kentucky, it will sprout ten penny nails
next morning.
Give us some music, 3 hundred horse
power.
If it wan't true, may I be tetolally ex
flunctified. Slick me into a split log for a wedge.
Surnrisins Horsenianshiv. On the
mornin" of the 29th. Captain Parker, of
the Royal Artillery, quartered at Charle
tnont, rode his bay horse, the Admiral,
from Charlemont to Newry and back in
2 hours and 25 minutes a distance of
53 English miles. The time allowed for
the performance was three hours; but the
captain having got considerable odds
that he would not do it in two hours and a
half, won all his bets by having five min
utes to spare. Thus did he accomplish
the astonishing distance- of twenty one
miles an hour with one horse, which ex
ceeds by far, all feats of horsemanship
ever performed in the sporting world.
ttTA letter from Liverpool (England)
concludes with the following:
Petitions are crowding itito Parliament
by thousands, from every part of the Uni
ted Kingdom, praying for the abolition
of slavery; Lord Suffield alone present
ed 201 on Tuesday, in the House of
Lords one of which was of umazing
size, which, closely packed as it was,
seemed to rival the woolsack itself in its
dimensions. It was signed by Eight
Hundred Thousand ladies!! Its presen
tation excited considerable sensation and
some merriment. In the House of Com
mons, on the same day, Mr. Buxton pre
sented 3000 petitions, among them one
containing 187,000 female signatures,
which required four members to lay it on
the table. At the head of it stood the
name of the celebrated Atnelie Opie, and
next to hers that of Priscilla Buxton.
Cheers for the ladies of Great Britain!
HENRY JOHNSTON, 1 Rocky Mount Botcl
'S'n auoscrmer respedluily informs his irienu
MERCHANT TA1LOII,
rTTAKES this method of informing his numerous
customers and the public generally, that he
has just returned from New York, where he
Purchased a splendid assortment of
The grand diseratum of Perpetual
Motion has been again 'discovered.
The Universal of Monte Video states,
that INI. I'icrre Pene, a French watch ma
ker in that place, after employing him
self many years on the subject, effected
the grand discovery, which was to have
been ushered upon the world some time
in May last.
tt?"A London paper states that the
Magnet steam packet lately left London
having on board three hundred and fifty
young widows and spinsters, who were
about joining a vessel at Gravesend,
which was bound to Van-Dieman's Land,
whither these candidates for husbands
were desirous of emigrating! Thev de
parted amidst the cheers of thousands of
spectators!
A man named George Fursey was ar
rested in London, a short time since, and
examined on a charge of having mali
ciously and feloniously stabbed two po
lice officers. It appeared in evidence,
that the prisoner had headed a mob, car
rying in his hand an American flag.
The object in view by the mob is not de-
imileiy in the long report winch we find
in the Morning Herald, but it is alleged
You are like a new pen, and I'll use that when the police called upon Fursev
to surrender, he refused, and shouted "li
stranger, it ynu think to turn me. vmi hprtv ITinrta nn atlnnl . . .
m . 'it - i ' ' "J w iiw uuv, uii ailQUft UIJUI1
m.ij ... well row op Urn Falls of Niagara the wo officers nearest to him, whom he
... ... .. ,i tnwuar lor an oar,
seriously injured. The prisoner refused
1 say, stranger, if vmi irv i rrt i .m' it . ac. V . .
ti . i , - j w win, any uciuuuuy uuu was committed
that are sand bank, 1 guess you'll burst to prison.
CT'A preacher hearing the cry of an in
fant among his congregation, command
ed that the child should be removed ob
serving at the same time, that a crying
child in a place of worship, was like the
tooth ache there was no cure but hav
ing out.
Lean liberty is better than fat servitude.
is ins line of business, viz:
Sunerfine Cloths, of all the most fashionable colors.
Superfine blue, black, and fancy striped Cassimeres,
rme DiacK Bomuazeens, ror inin coats c pantaloons,
Black and fancy Camblcts, for summer wear,
Brown and white Drills, white Linen,
Plain black and fancy Silks, for vestings,
Plain white and fancy Marseilles,
Plain and fancy Valencia vestings,
Plain and fancy stocks, linen bosoms and collars,
India rubber suspenders, silk do.
White and black cravats, gloves, silk handk'fs, cc.
Those goods were bought at reduced prices, and
will be sold low for cash, or on a short credit to punc
tual customers. Gentlemen wishing to purchase are
particularly invited to call and examine for them
selves, as he is confident that he can please such.
AH orders from a distance will be thankfully re
ceived and punctually attended to. Persons furnish
ing their own cloths, can have them made and trim
med in the most fashionable manner and at the shor
test notice.
Tarborough, April 10, 1833.
COFFIELD RING,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
EGS leave to return his grateful thanks to
his friends and customers, Vor the long en
couragement he has heretofore received in his
endeavors to give general satisfaction; and also
hopes that they will still favor and sustain him
with the same. He also begs leave to inform
them that he has just received from New Yore,
Jl Supply of Spring Goods,
In his line of business, in addition to his former
Stock, such as
Superfine blue and black CLOTHS,
Brown and steel mixed do. Polish green do.
Drab Cassimeres buff and white do.
Black and brown Camblet, for summer wear,
Striped Drillings and fancy stripes, for pantaloons,
Plain and figured velvet Vestings,
Plain and fancy silk Vestings dark & light Valencias.
Plain white and figured Quiltings Bang-up cord,
Black stocks, linen collars and bosoms,
Suspenders, cravat stiffeners, &c.
TOGETHER WITH AN ASSORTMENT OP
fteaDpsma&e Clothing,
All of which he will dispose of low for Cash, or on
a short credit to punctual customers. Those wish
ing to purchase will do well to call and examine for
memseives. Lientlemcn's clothing made and trim
med in the most fashionable style and at the shortest
notice. All orders will be thankfullv rprrivffl unci
punctually attended to
Tarboro, April 24 1
1833.
Just Received,
And for sale hy the Subscriber?,
30 hogsheads Molasses,
50 casks Thomaston Lime,
Which will be sold low for Cash.
D. RICHARDS $ CO.
Tarboro', March 22, 1S33.
Rurn, Whiskey, Molasses, &c.
5 hhds. JV! E. Rum,
G Whiskey,
1 0 .v Molasses,
12 bags Coffee,
Received and for sale low for Cash, at iHp
Cheap Cash Store.
JJ1S. IVEDDELL.
14th June, 1SS3.
Mrs. Jl. C. Howard,
TJESPECTFULLY informs her customers and
friends, that she has just received her Spring
Supply of Goods in her line of business.
Thankful for past favors, she hopes to merit a
continuance of the patronage so liberally bestow
ed upon her. The following articles comprise
part of her assortment:
Patem Silk Bonnets, latest Northern fashions,
Leghorn, Dunstable and Navarino bonnets,
Splendid fancv Gauzes, for dresses.
Superior white and black Satins, for do.
nam, watered and figured Silks,
Green Silk, for calashes splits for do.
Fancy Shawls and neck handkerchiefs,
Elegant white Veils Bobbinett Caps and Capes,
Head dresses and head ornaments.
Puffs and Curls Tuck and side Combs,
A great variety of Ribbons, Flowers, Dolls, &c.
The Millinery and Mantua making business
carried on as usual.
Tarborough, May 14, 1S33.
FOR SALE.
npHE Subscriber offers for sale the whole of his
A PRIN TING MATERIALS now in Wi,
They consist of upwards of twenty different founts of
iype, irom nrevier to eignt line f ica; an excellent
Press; flowers, rules, leads, cases, chases, &c. &c.
with appurtenances complete for carrying on the bu
siness. They are all in good order, and some of the
type is but little worn.
The paper at present issued from the office has as
good a patronage as any ever published in this place.
To a person of industrious habits, acquainted with
the business, and desirous of locating in this section of
country, a desirable opportunity- is now offered. A
wish to eneaee in other nursuits. plspwhprp ainm.
duces the present proprietor to dispose of the estab-
licVimon Tli f ... V. .! iC tit.. o r
be had a bargain."' ,V r .-.' " r . -
'. . GEO.: HOUSTON, Jr. .'
, - ". ' Editor fifths Union.
Washington, N. C. March 29; 1833. ' - .
JL , i,n nl,t,i - i. . i. A i i ,
" jjuuui; ujui uu nas commenceu iierpng
Jl House of Entertainment,
At his residence at the Falls of Tar River, IS
miles from Tarborough and 55 from Raleigh, on
the s!ap;e road between those towns. lle will
provide every tiling abundantly, necessary for
the comfort and convenience of man and horse,
and hopes to merit and receive a share of public
patronage. ISrfdC IV. IIOUNE.
Jan. 1833. o
Land for Sale.
rpiIK Subscriber offers for sale on fhe most li
E beral terms, that well known and desirable
place where his father James Garrett lived, 3
miles west of Tarborough, on the main sta-c
road leading from that place to Fayctteville
Containing about 300 Jcres,
Nearly all of which is well adapted to the cul
ture of Corn and Cotton, and upon which, in a
pleasant and healthy spot, are nearly all the buil
dings requisite to the comfort and convenience
of a family. The premises may be viewed hy
applying to IV. Garrett, who will make
known the terms, &c.
JVM. GARRETT.
March 2d, 1S33. 27
HE Subscriber, who for several years past, has
been engaged in the
Gin Making business,
In Kimton, has established himself
IS GREENVILLE,
Where he carries on the above business in all its' va
rious branches. All those who wish to supply them
selves with Gins of the best quality, are respectfully
solicited to apply to the Subscriber personally, or by
letter. Atl orders for Gins will be promptly execu
ted. From the Subscriber's long experience in his
business; and from the approbation which his work,
has hitherto met with, he hesitates not to promise
entire satisfaction to all who may see fit to extend ts
him their patronage. Gins out of order will be ex
peditiously repaired. The Subscriber takes the lib
erty of calling the attention of those who wish to pro
cure new Gins, or to have old Gins repaired, to the
expediency of applying to him in time. When all
wait as is usually the case, until the work is wanted,
it causes such a pressure of business, that mat.y are
obliged of necessity to submit to a longer delay" than
they wish.
In connexion with this establishment, carries or
The Lock and Gunsmith business,
He also makes Saw Mill Boxes, and Mill Inks, and
Gudgeons, of a composition hi vented by Daniel Peck,
of Raleigh Grkt Mill Sfiindle, with Steel Collars,
(turned.) These articles equal to any manufactured
in the United States.
All letters and orders must be directed to the Sub
scriber, at Greenville.
HENRY CHAMBERLAIN.
July 12, 1833. 46
Cotton Gins.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public, that he continues to
Manufacture r repair Cotton Gins,
At his old Stand in Tarboro' near the bridge.
Having carried on the above business for several
years in this place, and his work being generally ap
proved, he deems it unnecessary to give any paiticu
lar reference. He will continue to execute his work
in the most expeditious manner, and at his usual mo
derate charges.
JOHN WILSON.
Tarborough, Jan. 1S33.
BROKE JAIL, of Edgecombe county, on
the night of the i!d February, 1833, negro
Said to be the property of James B. Tartt,
of Alabama. Said neerro is about thirtv
years of age and has a dark complexion he was
brought here from the jail in Chatham county, and it
is probable he will attempt to get back in that neigh
borhoodany information respecting him will be
thankfully received.
FRED. BELL, Jailer.
March 12, 1833. 29
State of JYorth Carolina,
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
MAY TERM, 1833.
Judith Daniel, ) Original Attachment Levied on
. vs . C one neSro girl, by the name of Bar
Levi Daniel, J bara, and left in the possession of the
plaintiff also, one half of a tract of land whereon
the plaintiff lives, containing 165 acres, adjoining
Ephraim Daniel and others.
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that Levi Daniel, the defendant, is not an in
habitant of this Stale: It is ordered, that publi
cation be made for six weeks in the North Caro
lina Free Press, for the said defendant to appear
at our Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions, to be
held at the Court House in Tarborough, on the
fourth Monday in August next, plead, answer or
demur, otherwise the property levied on will be
condemned, subject to the, plaintiff s recovery.
Witness Michael Ilearn,. Clerk of said Court,
at Tarborough, the fourth Monday of Mav, A.
D. 1S33.V V MICHL. HEARN, C. C.
Price adv S3: 50. 42-6
Printing Press for Sale.
A SUPER ROYAL Printing Press, on the old
mode of construction, can be nrocured on reason v
able terms. Apply at this Office. July, 1833.