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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Tuesday, September 3S 1830
Vol VII So G.
The North-Carolina Free Press,"
I?V GEORGE HOWARD,
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ence in this vicinity.
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tinued until otherwise ordered.
Letters addressed to the Editor nust be
post paid, or tin y may not be attenced to.
HKIUUNGS.
UST NEC HIVE I), and for Silo, 300
barrels very sunerior
Cut Herrings.
Also, 20,000 at. of BACON.
EVANS 8? ANDREWS.
Spirts. 13 M:u 1830. 37
V ALU A BLR
3UnD for gdc
riiHE PLANTATION owned by the
late M. N. Bell, on the ncrth side
of Tar river, in Edgecombe county is
now for sale it adjoins the JanJs of Jas.
S. Battle and the late Sherwood Hay
wood, and lies in one of the most ele
gant Tannine; sections of country in
Nprth-Carolina. It is improved by
buildings and orchards, and contains
About 750 Acres.
Its soil is well adapted to all the ordina
ry products of this part of the State, and
particularly to the cultivation of Cotton.
It is now under crop, and persons de:i
rous of purchasing are better enabled to
judge of its quality. The land will not
be offered ai public sale. Purchasers
can be accommodated in their payments
and possession given on the first of Jan
uary, 1S31. It will be sold low. Ap
ply' to JAMES S. BA TTLE, or
B. F. MOORE.
Nashville, N.C.June, 1830. 45
M ale & Fe m ale A c ad cm y .
;rM. A. WALKER rcsnectfullv in.
forms the inhabitants of Edw.
combe and adjacent counties, that his se
cond session commenced on the 4th inst.
at his residence seven miles from Tar
borough, in the immediate neighbor
hood of Sparta.
Terms, per Session of 5 months.
Greek, Latin, and the subordinate " c
branches - - o10
Geography, English Grammar.His-
,tory, Composition, Sec. &c. 3 S 00
Spelling, Reading, and Writing 6 CO
Boarding, Washing, and Mending, 25 00
Boarding may he had in many pri
vate families in the neighborhood, if
preferred.
, Under an arrangement with his pre
sent patronisers, the vacation will com
mence 1st day of August and terminate
30th of September.
Su,ch as did not enter at the com
mencement of the session, will only be
chargeable from the time of their en
trance up to the completion of their re
spective session. June 23, 1S30.
$25 Reward.
RAN A V A Y f ro m t h e Su b -scriber,
about the Sth inst. ne
gro man HARRY Harrv is a
bright mulatto, (half white,)
with larire frer.lt !p hpt-nn
f-l V..', "V..WU
thirty and thirty-five years of age, near
six feet high, and weighs about one hun-
- tired and seventy pounds; he is a -ood
ditcher and well acquainted with all
kinds of work usually done on a farm;
Jie is a very intelligent ingenious fellow,
well calculated to pass himself for a free
.man, which no doubt he will attempt to
do; he is well known in this county,
particularly in this and the neighbor
hood of the late Lemmon Ruffin Esq.
where he h.as a wife. The above re
ward will be paid on the delivery of the
. Mid Harry to me near Sparta, Edge
combe county, No Ca. if taken uilnin
this State, or Fifty Dollars if taken
.without this Stated Fiftv Dollars
. will be paid for evidence to convict any
white person of harboring said ncro
on conviction.
RICHD. IIINES
16th Nov. 1829. 13
Look at This.
npiIE Wardens of Edgecombe coun
ty, finding it indispensable for
the accommodation of the poor of
said county, to add to their building,
and also rinding a division among
the people respecting the plan, and
feeling a desire to act according to
their views, they have postponed a
ny further building until Novem
ber Court next; and recommend to
the captains commanding each dis
trict in said county, at their next
muster, if to take place before Court,
and if not to appoint one, and open
a poll of election under their inspec
tion,, together wilii any other person
they may call on to aid them: and
and take the votes of every taxable
person that lives in the district who
comes forward to vote; the votes to
be takt n for or against the poor house
and the votes to be returned from
under their hands to some one of the
Wardens or to the Board of Wardens
on Wednesday in Court week, in
Tarboro. If a majority of the votes
should be found in favor to the pre
sent plan, they will immediately
proceed to let out the buildings be
fore theCourt-house door to- he lowest
undertaker, and if a majority should
be against the present plan, the house
and land can be sold for the support
of the poor of said county.
By order of the Wardens.
Sept. HUS30. '
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I
rpHE COMMANDANTS of the
different companies in the 1st Re
giment Edgecombe Militia, will pa
rade their companies at the usual pa
rade giound, (James Bridges'.,) on
Thursday, the 2Sth of October next,
at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of
A GENERAL REVIEW.
The day previous, the Officers and
non commissioned Officers will attend
the officer muster, equipped agreea
bly to law.
D. WILLIAMS, Col. Com.
Sept. 15, 1830.
FARMING.
One of the leading causes of
the excessive emigration from
the Southern Stales may be
traced to the bad system " pur
sued in the cultivation of the;
soil. Our farmers still contin
ue the course of their fathers
they fell the forests and wear
out the soil, until we meet with
an immense quantity of barren
land, which under proper man
agement might have been not
not only preserved in its primi
tive state, but even rendered
more fruitful and productive.
We do not reflect that the first
settlers were forced into the
system from the circumstance
that there was not sufficient
open land for cultivation. This
cause has long since disap
peared, and yet, instead of im
proving and cultivating advan
tageously what lands are alrea
dy open, we continue to cut
down and wear out. It was
wise in the first settlers to pro
ceed thus, and he who conquer
ed the greatest quantity of the
wilderness was undoubtedly the
best farmer. But the case is
widely different now, and he
who reclaims most barren land,
and preserves his timber is the
best manager. Under the pre
sent system, the whole country
must inevitably become worth
less, and we shall be compell
ed to abandon it cn masse for
the purpose of seeking a sub-
the West. Her population is
... . -----
diminished, her wealth decrea
sed, and she loses her political
weight and importance. The
Northern Stales manage belter.
Pennsylvania, New York, and
most ot the New
Mates are pursuing ft
buiLinuiuu io ihuu-: me peopit
England
system
than this, and in which a more
solid fame might be acquired
by those who would prefer the
name of philanthropist, to the
laurels of the hero, or the
wreath of the civilian.
There are few points in na
tural nhilosonhv morn remnr-
to remain at home instead ofikabie than the infinite diversi-
emigrating. Notwithstanding
iheir population is already .more
dense than ours, their increase
IS f'lMNIIIOrfllllo ivliilo mno)
the Southern Stales are on the and no -two nlifcn. nnd vnt snh-
deeline. These facts should jstantbdly the same. An ex
operate as a warning to the tended view of this astonish
South, and introduce a differentjing variety, is obtained from
course of policy from that here-the consideration, that since
tofore acted upon. Internal! the creation of the world ihorfi
ty in the human figure .and
countenance. There are at
this moment, 800.000,000 of
lurnan beings in existence,
rpHE COMMANDANTS of the
different companies in the 2d Re
giment Edgecombe Militia, will pa
rade their companies at the usual pa
rade ground, (in Tarborough,) on
Saturday, the 301 h of October next,
at 10 o'ciock, for the purpose of
A GENERAL REVIEW.
The day previous, the Officers and
non-commissioned Officers will attend
the officer muster, equipped agreea
bly to law.
B. II. BELL, Col. Com.
Sept. 15, 1830. 53
Packing Screws, Horse Mills, Chain
Bands, and Still Repairing.
nplIE Subscriber beg leave to in---
form the public, that he is now
building between 15 and 20 COT
TON GINS, of good materials, part
of which will be steel saws and the
ribs or bars faced with steel.
PACKING SCREWS, of the usu
al size, and larger than any now in
use in the State, and no doubt supe
rior they will be made in an engine
erected for that purpose.
HORSE MILLS will be built at
a short notice, on the improved per
pendicular plan, or any other.
CHAIN BANDS & WHEELS,
of a superior quality, which are ex
tremely well calculated for the pro
pelling of both Gins and Mills.
Persons desiring any of the above
articles, will please apply to
JOHN WILSON.
Tarhoro Sept. 1S30.
Improvement, and particular! v
in the system of farming, would
effect much in restoring the
fcout.li to Us former situation.
Though the "sceptre has do
parted from Israel," her citi
zens should not yield to des
pondency, but exert themselves
to regain the power they have
lost. The Vine and Silk cul
ture should be attended to our
has passed away more than a
million times the number now
and that no two of
in
beinc.
them, or of any now in life,
were alike. And we have
reason to believe, that of the
endless myriad, of those who
have preceded us, or those
who now exist, and who will
follow us, each and every one
had a distinguishing" mark.
products snouio oe more varicajienner, in voice, teature, hg
and by that means our fieldsjure, or a certain something not
to be guaged or measured, and
perhaps scarcely to be described.
would be preserved in their
fruitfulness, and at the same
time the farmer would reap a
greater profit from his labor.
The present career of over .ul- Recovery from Death. It
tivating should be changed foriias been stated to us as a fact,
one more judicious. We should, that a laboring man living in
not aim at large crops of To-ilhe northern part of this city
bacco and Cotton, and neglect ? whose name wo do not recol
evcry thing else. The Vine; led, on hU reiurn from the? fu
would perhaps prove more pro-jnoral of one of his children,
fitable than either. It would j found ano.ner one, which, had
not exhaust the land so much, jbeen dan nrous!y ill, dead. A
and is without doubt, a muchnother e tfiin was obtained by
more agreeable and pleasant! the unhappy parents, into
employment. 1 he raising oliwhich the body of the little
Silk W orms would rentier such
present staples, as productive
in proht to the farmer, as the
best Roanoke land cultivated
in tobacco; and by the intro
duction of these two articles a-
mongst our staple products, the
be in a great measure remedied,
and perhaps the rage for emi
gration effectually checked.
It is an evident fact that
North-Carolina must ever de
pend upon her agriculture, for
ci ( X J I 1
prosperity she is so situated,' She is now alive and well.
ri I i? js:. i-
'T'HE building on Main-street near-
ly opposite the Court-house, for
merly occupied as a Store by Mr.
.Inconh T.ilrm nnil fPPPnfl.? 1-.it U
Printing-office. Apply at this office. fields and seek an asylum in
from the nature of her location.
climate, soil, and the habits of
her people, that agriculture is
pointed to us as the natural
means of acquiring wealth and
greatness. It would rcnuire
i
sistence, unless a different! fields as will not produce the
course should be Diirsnnd.
However against our prejudi
ces, it is absolutely necessary
that this system should be a-
bandoned, and the attention of
our farmers be turned to a
more wise and judicious man
agement of their concerns.
I5y reference to the agricul
tural history of Europe, and
particularly England, it will be
seen to what a state of improve
ment the culture of the soil can
be carried and there may be
learned the art of producing
much upon a small quantity of
land. Jt may be urged that
this is the result of necessity,
and that our country is sufti
ciently extensive to afford an
abundance of land without the
labor of enriching poor land.
True, the necessities of Europe
compel the people to cultivate
in a manner which we deem too
close it is necessary, because
otherwise the dense population
could not subsist upon the pro
duce of the country. Suppose
they were to pursue our system
why the soil would not brin"
forth a sufficiency to feed one
half the inhabitants. But not
withstanding this may be a ne
cessary resort, it clearly proves
many advantages which result
from such a system. It is true
our territory is almost bound
less; yet there is an end. But
that is not the question with
North-Carolina. She is not
benefitted any by the extent of
the national domain: but it rath
er has a contrary effect. Her
citizens desert her exhausted
girl was deposited. The doc
tor and many other persons
had examined her; all pulsa
tion had ceased, the cheeks
were cold and livid, and in
fact, every sign of life had de
parted; but to their astonish
ment, as they were watching
blunder of our farmers wouldlbeside the coffin, the body was
seen to move, and the child a
rosc, and called for the moth
er! The doctor was agaia
called for, who by giving her
an emetic, caused her to throw
up a greatjquantity of phlegm.
much lime, and great force of dead in a watermelon patch
moral agency to change the ha
bits ot the people and intro
duce a different course of pro-
ceding, fche is measureably
cut oft' from commercial advan
tages, she can never hope for
eminence or wealth as a com
mercial community. She looks
V. 1 i I '
to her farmers to uphold her,jif absolutely necessary, against
Baltimore Minerva.
Stealing 'Fruit. A man
named Beckwith Baker, a
stone mason, says the Lexing
ton Keporter, was lately shot
near Frankfort. The stealing
of fruit is a most provoking
sort of petit larceny. But the
punishment may be too severe.
It is lawful to protect one's
property; and there are but
few persons who would not
for that purpose use firearms,
and we hope she will not look
in vain.
We do not profess to be suf
ficiently skilled in the manage
ment of farms, to offer sugf'es
Hons as to the means of impro
ving our system of farming, but
we shall be happy to afford a
medium of communicating to
the people the experience and
reflection of any or all who may
be so disposed, and we beg
leave to remark that we believe
there is no field in which tal
ents could be employed more to
the advantage of the people
a midnight thief. But there
is a degree of cruelty in delib
erately loading a gun with a
deadly charge, and lying in
wrair, as in this case, to take
the life of an erring fellow be
ing. Humanity revolts at the
deed.
The difference between a
good physician and a bad one,
is certainly very great, but the
difference between a good
physician and no physician ot
all, is in many Cases, vcrv litu'o
indeed.