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Thorough, (Edgecombe County, ,Y. C) Tuesday, January 18, 1831.
Vol. VII Xo 22.
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! c "North-Carolina Free Press"
HY GEO IUiE HOWARD,
j U published weekly, at T:vo Dollars
cd J'V!lf C('nJs 1HM" yc ir f paid in ;ul
!m'.icc ''. Three Dollars, at the explic
ation f t!u yt'ar. For iinv period less
'tlVui a year. Twenty -Jive Cents per
f month- SuWrihers are at liberty to ilis
(1ritin'iC at any time, on giving notice
Uiiirtot" and paving arrears those resi
jd.a.it a distance must invariably pay in
i advance, or give a responsible reference
h this vicinity.
1 ,iluTtisements,not exceeding Ifi lines,
v be inserted at 50 cents the first in
'sertien, and 25 cents each continuance.
.Longer ones at that rate for every 16
i lines. Advertisements must be marked
? the irmiber of insertions required, or
they will 'e continued until "otherwise
JorJeird. J7Letters addressed to the
jEi! iter must be post paid, or they may
not be attended to.
.fpIIFi Subscribers inform the Pub
j lie, tint Ihcy have just returned
IVow Aew- York, with a general and
iwell selected assortment ol
AND STAPLE
g
; Hardware, Crockery, &c
Whicli they are now opening at their
-;Oid Stand, and which they offer at
their usual low prices.
i jjl'hc highest prices given for
ib.ded and seed Cotton, in payment of
4 debts or in exchange :or Goods.
! D. RICHARDS.
I I'M. 7V9NNEIILL.
: Tarhoro', Oct. 15, 1S30.
'.Mrs. t. C. Howard.
i '
1S now opening her fall supply of
Gooils, in her line ol business, and
; respectfully solicits her customers anil
: friends to call and examine them
, amongst her assortment will he found:
5 Pattern Silk, Velvet, and Dunstable ban
iicts, latest fashions,
Diamond straw Dunstables, plain do.
: Leghorn and straw bonnets,
Ilk-gam turbans, caps, and capes.
1 Changeable silks, for dresses,
Plain and fig'd silks and satins, do.
I Feather'd, velvet, and straw flowers,
i A great variety of ribbons, kc. cc.
i All of which she is disposed to sell
I at her usual low prices.
Ladies' pelisses, cloaks, dresses, &c.
j made to order, .in the latest and most
- approved fashions.
' Leghorn and straw bonnets bleach-
j ed. dyed, or trimmed.
: Taiborough, Oct. 25, 1S30.
Packing Screws, Horse Mills, Chain
Jiiuuls, and Still Repairing.
: HMIK Subscriber begs leave to in-
A form the public, that he is now
. building between 15 and 20 COT-
TON GINS, of good materials, part
J of wlncii will be steel saws and the
libs or bars faced with steel,
j PACKING SCREWS, of theusu-
ol size, and larger than any now in
J t:e in the State, and no doubt supe-
lior they will be made in an engine
creeled for th:U purpose,
j HORSE MILLS will be built at
j a short notice, on the improved per
f pellicular plan, or any other,
i CHAIN 1UNDS'& WHEELS,
of a superior tpiality, which are ex
j tremely well calculated for the pro
; pellingof both Gins and Mills,
j Persons desiring any of the above
1 articles, will please :pply to
JOHN 'iVILSO'N.
Tarhoro', Sept. 1S30.
ESPECTFLILLY informs the in-
h ibiiants of Edgecombe and the
; adjacent counties, that he is now pre-
j pared for Repairing Cotton Gins,
. "inking &f repairing riding Chairs,
p ,9,,c- at llIS shop, about IS miles'
; pom Tarborough, on the ivattrs of
i IWn Creek, near the road leading
Jon James Hridgcs's.to the Widow
; lie will also make Iied-
Mwds, Tables, desks,&e. at the short-
I ct notice. All of which will he done
I beap for cash, or on a short credit to
i punctual customers.
! n (tJHe would refer those havinc
v,uuun urns out ot order, to Messrs.
Redding Sugg, John R. Scarborough,
'mes liarron, and others, for satis
Lctory assurances of his ability to re
il,r lht,m. 14 Nov, 1830.
! FANCY
CIS.
''jPJIK Subscriber takes this Method
of informing his friends and the
public .ncra yt that he has just re
turned from Ne w-York with a splen
did assortment of
Well adapted to the Fall and Winter
seasons, together with a Luge supply of
Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery
and Glassware, &c.
Which he is disposed to sell low for
cash or barter. He will give the
highest market prices for CO TTON,
baled or seeded. ..Corn, beeswax, tal
low, &c. in exchange for goods at
cimi prices, or in payment of debts.
Those wishing to purchase goods at
low prices, would do well to call on
the Subscriber at the Post-oIIice, one
door below the store of I. & S. I).
Cotten, and next door to Mrs. Gre
gory's Hotel.
N. IT ROUNTREE.
Tarhoro', Oct. 4, 1S30.
OOaiLiL5 losing
IlK Subscriber informs all ihose
wishing to send Cotton to Hill's
Ferry to be shipped to Norfolk, that
his Warehouses will be open for the
'Reception of Cation,
By the 1st of October next.
Having been appointed Agent for
Mr. James Gordon, he promises to
give his personal attention to the re
ceiving and delivery of such articles
as may be forwarded to him, anil Cot
ton sent to him to be shipped to Nor
folk shall meet with all possible dis
patch. Storage of Cotton, 12 cents per
bale all other articles in proportion.
IVIIITMEL IT. .1NTTIONY.
Palmyra, N.C. Sept. 28, 1S30. 7
.
XWM. A. WALKER respectfully
v' informs the inhabitants, of
Edgecombe ami adjacent counties,
that his second session coninimced on
the dth int. at iiis residence seven
mile- from Tarborotigh, in the im
mediate neighborhood of Sparta.
7rms, per Session of 5 months.
Greek, Latin, and the subordi- 7 , . . f0
nate brandies, - j J
Geography, Knglish Grammar," g r
History, Composition, 6vC. &c. 5
Spelling, Reading, and Writing, 6 00
Hoarding, Washing, and Mending, 25 00
Hoarding may be had in many pri
vate families in the neighborhood, if
preferred.
Under an arrangement with his
present palronisers, the vacation wilt
commence. 1st day of August anil ter
minate 30th of September.
Such as did not enter at the com
mencement of the session, will only
be chargeable from the lime of their
entrance up to the completion of their
respective sessions. June 23, 1S30.
RAN AWAY from the
Subscriber, about the 8th
inst. negro man IfARRY
Harry is a bright mulatto,
f ha If white,) with large frec
kles,' between thirty and thirty-five
vears of ag", near six feet high, and
weighs about one hundred and seven
ty pounds; he is a good ditcher and
well acquainted with all kinds of
work usually done on a farm; he 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 coun
ty, particularly in this and the neigh
borhood of the late Lemmon RulFin,
Esq. where he has a n ife. Tho a
bove reward will be paid on the deli
very of the said Harry to mc near
Sparta, Edgecombe county, No. Ca.
if iaken'within this State, or Fifty
Dollars if taken without this State
and Fifty Dollars will he paid, for
evidence'to convict any white person
of harboring said nero on conviction.
. niCIW. TUNES.
10th Nov.'lSSf). 13
MERCHANT TAILORS,
1VISH to inform their friends and
'customers, that they have just
received from New-York', a new and
handsome assortment of Goods in
their line of business, suitable for the
season.... such as...
Superfine blue and black cloths,
own, olive and steel mixtures,
An assortment of Casimert s,
Bang-up cord suitable for ruling panta
loons, Plain black and fig'd velvets for vests,
Plain black and fancy silks fur do.
Dark and light col'd Valencia,
Plain white and fi'd qu'dtmgs,
Cotton flannel for draws and shirtsi
Patent suspenders, pocket handker
chiefs, White and fancy cravats, black silk do.
Buckskin gloves, cravat stirfencrs.
Together with a complete assortment of
TRIMMINGS, all of which they are
disposed ro sell low.
JjGentl-Tri-'n's clothing made up
at ttie shortest notice, and in the neat
est and most fardiiouable style.
Tarhoro', Uc. 13, 1S30."
Slate of North-Carolina,
EDOJJCGMHE COUNTY.
fi COURT OF EQUITY,
September Term, lb'30.
Jonathan Ellis,
vs.
Roderick Amason, ynillin Eyuitu fur an
Blake Little and injunction.
Elijah Price, J
T appealing to the satisfaction of
this Court, that the sud Elijah
Price, one of the defendants in this
ease, is not an inhabitant of this State:
is therefore ordered, that publica
tion be made for Ux weeks in the
North Carolina Free Press, ivinir
notice to the said defendant to appear
at our next. Court to be held for the
county of Edgecombe, at the Court
House in Tarborotigh, on the second
Monday in March next, and answer,
plead or demur,' or judgment will be
taken pro eonfesso and heard ex parte
as it respects him.
Witness, Isaac Norfleet. Clerk
and Master of said Court, at office,
the second Monday in September,
1S30. Test,
I. NOR FLEET, CM. C.
Price ad v S3: 50. 13-6
$40 Reward for Guy.
f GUY is a cooper by
vV'i i tr:d-, he was formerly
ftt&pT f ow ; d by Joseph Philips,
vaaatbiHss dr-e'd, of Edgecombe coun
ty; he lus been hired by Edwiu
VVbilehead formerly of Nash county,
for the last Uvo or three years, and
has a wife at U'iHiam Bellamy, Sen. 's
in xSah county, and it is supposed
be is lurking in that neighbourhood.
I will give the above reward for the
delivery of said negro in Tarborotigh
.liiil, or to me in Martin county. The
said tluy is well known in Nash and
Edgecombe counties as a cooper.
FIGURES LOWE.
Xev. 7, 1830. 13
SOMETIME in the month of March
last, a ni.n calling himself ALKX
ANDEH J. MAURICE, came to. this
pUice, protessirg to oe a Univcrsaust
Preacher, and as such, was cordially re
ceived by the friends of Universalis.
Some short time after his arrival, his
friends becoming his sureties, he was en
abled to purchase one half of the Printing
Press, Typei, and other materials used
in the office of the Carolina Sentinel, to
gether with some other articles, amount-
ing in all to aooui .Lavo. scarcely nac
six months elapsed, when this same un
principled scoundrel has shamefully ab
sconded, and icu un lrienus u pay nis
debts. Since n is departure trom tins
place, we hav e heard ot his hav ing car
ried awav a &ld watch entrusted to his
care bv a lady in the country, tor the
purpose of having it repaired in this
place; of his endeavoring 10 pass a note
forged by himself to the amount of 5300;
of his purchasing several watches on the
eve of his departure, for which he gave
his notes; of his borrowing sever d sums
of money, and finally leaving his tavern
bill unpaid.
This notice is therefore to caution the
public, (particularly in Philadelphia and
New-York, where he has been seen,) to
discountenance such a villain.
Said ALEXANDER J. MAURICE
is about five feet Jive inches high, dark
comjdexion, black hair and grey eyes,
with a very prominent forehead.
C. R. GREENE,
EDIVD. S. JONES.
Ncwbcm,N.C.Dcc.2f, 1830.-'
General Assembly. There
is certainly $reat liberality in
our present Legislature, or the
western members are in the
majority; for in all the most
important elections at the pres
ent session, the West have
managed to secure the appoint
ment of their own candidates,
to the exclusion of Ihoso of the
Cast. At the present session,
both Speakers, a Senator,
Treasurer, Judge, and lastly,
Governor of the State, have
been selected from the West.
Pioth our Senators in Congress
are from Western counties and
we have two Judges of the Su
perior Courts. ..Miners' Sour.
Lorenzo Dow. Some wag
having' nominated th& famous
Lorenzo Dow as a Candidate
for President of the United
States, he 1ms in consequence,
addressed the 'following note
to the Editor of the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser:
TO THE PUBLIC.
Having noticed apiece in sundry
papers going the rounds.. ..nomina
ling by intimation, L. Dow for the
next Pkesihent of the U. S. &c.
Fellow Citizens... I shall not offer
myself as a Candidate for the Presi
dency.. ..not viewing my natural and
acquired talents adequate to the ap-
PKUACIHNG AWFULLY 'IMPORTANT
station from T33 to 37 thou-rh a
public character for 35 years, and
have some little acquaintance with
men and tilings, experimentally.
And I hope that no other Native
Citizen will offer, who is not fully
QUALIFIED for that IMPORTANT
Tkust in that period of time!
LORENZO DOW.
Dec. 20th 1S30.
N. B. Printers through the U. S.
will please give the above an inser
tion. L. D.
Thc Rev. Mr. Dow, as we
learn, has inferred from an ex
amination of the prophecies,
that this period will be one. of
general disturbance in the mor
nl and political world.
Rtjorm! In the Navy De
partment, when under the di
rcclion of Mr. Southard, the
expenditures always overrun
the appropriation, and Congress
was called upon at each meet
ing for additional appropriations
to cover the deficiency. Un
der the agency of Mr. Branch,
we find, that the appropriations
for the Navv, have been found
more than sufficient for the ex
penditures, and there will re
main an unexpended balance,
probably excetling one million
of 'dollars, saved by an econom
ical and legal disbursement of
the public money.
Trenton Emporium.
Naval Statistics. The
statement of deaths in the navy
from the first of December last
to the first of the present
month corroborates the remark
of the Secretary of the Navy in
his late Report, of the general
health of that branch of public
service. The total number of
deaths of officers of every rank
is thirty seven, sixteen of whom
were lost in the Hornet. Four
ot Iters died of yellow fever, and
one, Surgeon Bissett, was
killed in a duel. Considering
the force that' has been kept
up in the West Indies during
the past year, and the expo
sures incident to that station,
the number of fatal cases of
yellow fever must be consider
ed remarkably small, and com
pared with the returns of previ
ous years, will furnish a strong
illustration of the salutary ope
ration of the chloride of lime.
The smallness of the number of
dismissals during the year,
bears as favorable evidence to
the conduct of the officers, as
the number of deaths does to
the general exemption from
diseases which they have en
joyed. But twelve1 officers in
all have been dismissed, viz:
one master commandant; three
lieutenants; two of them for a
part they took in the duel in
which a young citizen of Phila
delphia was killed, six mid
shipmen: two of them also for
the same 'offence and one ma
rine officer.
Piracy. On the 1st ult.
the schr. Henry Clay, O. Sears,
master, 9 days from Aux Cav
es, homeward bound, with 130
bags of coffee, was boarded 15
miles S. W. from St. Nickol
ous Motile, N. W. point of St.
Domingo, by a piratical vessel,
about 40 tons, sloop rigged,
manned by six blacks, and
robbed. The sloop came out
directly from shore by the aid
of oars (it being calm) and
when within 'musket shot hail
ed the schr. and ordered the
capt. to send his boat on board
with all hands.- Ile replied
that the boat leaked so badly
that she would not swim.
They then fired four muskets
at the schr. when capt. S. put
his boat over with two men to
row and three to keep her free,
being all iiis rrew. The pi
rates then confined the men,
and came on board armed with
swords, muskets, pistols, &c.
and demanded of the captain
his money. He gave them all
he had, about 3. They told
him to give them more; ami
when he persisted that he had
none, they presented a musket
at him and threatened to put
him to death. They then tied
him, and after taking 55 bags of
coffee, all they could carry)
nearly all the provisions, cloth
ing and the square-sail, they
left him. The schr. and cargo
belonged to Messrs. H. N. Sc.
T. I. Williams, merchants of
this place. Eliz. City Star.
The schr. Lavina, Scott,
which sailed from this port
with a cargo of corn for Dg
ton, Mass. was run into at sea
off Sandy Hook in the night by
the brig Zelia, bound to JN.
York, which injured her so
much that the crew had barely
time to get on board the brig
before the schr. sunk: This
vessel (which was nearly new)
and cargo were also owned bv
Messrs. II. N. & T. P. Wil
liams, of this place; and is We
understand a total loss! lb.
Negro Stealing. A person
calling himself Dr. Allen has
been arrested in Louisiana,
tried for stealing slaves, and
found guilty. He had been
staying fur a while at Ville
Plait, and represented to seve
ral slaves in the vicinity that he
would take them to a place
where they would be better
treated. The slaves informed
their masters, and Allea was
taken in the act of carrying
l hem off.
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