North Carolina Newspapers

7 Whole Xo. 353 1 Tarborough, Edgecombe County, ,V. C.) Tuesday, May 31, 1831. rot. mXo 41, i ! North-Carolina Free Press" y,Y fiKOIUSi: HOWARD, js published weekly, at 7V"t Dollars a"J t'fiy Cents l)er 'car paid in ad nnCC(.r, Three Dollars, at the expira tion of the y1"'11 l0 a,l" period less than a year, Tv.'cnty-tive Cents per jnonth- Subscribers are at liberty to dis continue at an.v. 5"ne on S'Y5 notice thereof and paying arrears' those resi ding at a distance must invariably pay in advance, or give a responsible reference in this vicinity. Advertisement?, not exceeding lf lines, will be inserted at ;0 cents the first in sertion, and 25 cents each continuance. Longer ones at that rate tor everv 16 I"u;c- Advertisements must be marked ti,e nu'iiiier ot insertions required, or they will !)e continued until otherwise ovtad. 17"Letters addressed to the Kd'.tor be post paid, or they may nc: ,-e attended to. KAN AWAY from the R. criber's Cool Spring Plantation, :i Tuesdav evenintr tl ini. mot. negro man WIKiS., Without very little or any provocation. The aimve. reward will be given to any prson wlio will deliver the said negro to ri v overseer on the above plantation, or T.iny Dollars, if delivered into the jail ff Tarborough. The above fellow is strong and muscular, weighing at least JSO or 90 lbs. and has an impediment in Lis speech, or stutters in his conversa tion and considerably when confused. All ciderly citizens arc solicited to have .ilr. ok out and arrest him if an opportu '.'ty should offer. It is expected he is ! i' king about in the neighborhood of the a'xne plantation, or has gone to Ilali i.ix county. JIMES S. BATTLE. Tarboro', April 22, 1831. 3G No TtiriiT of Prices. F LIE E TRADE.- Jlarticnware, Looking-Glasses, c. THOMAS J. HARROW & CO. Importers, SS JVater-st. New- York, OFFER for sale, the largest and most complete assortment of Eartun vare, Glass, China, ilain and gilt Look-vi-Gr'iS.ws, isc. which the New-York market will afford, comprising every style and variety of the newest patterns. They return their most cordial thanks to their friends in the Southern States, for their support in the persecution now car rying on against them, for theirtcfus.il to join a combination in fixing one tariff of prices for Crockery, throughout the trade. It is mainly attributable, to the in fluence of our Southern friends that we have been enabled to survive thus f u, in this most trying situation; exposed to the combined influence and capital of the Tthole trade, endeavoring to effect our ruin and expulsion from business. We pledge ourselves to our friends to erive them every satisfaction in our power as J ic-arus tne quunty oi our good-,, the ex cellence of our packers and the lowncss et our prices for Cash or City Acceptan ces; a::d in return, solicit from them a continuance of their patronage, and par ticularly request those who have influ ence with their friends to exert it in our btu.U', as we trust the cause is one they !'e uli interested in, and much benefit will accrue to us from their friendly acts in this way. It has been said, the Coin dilution was broken up. As it regards prices, th'n is true, and all, we think, n-ttivJs or Joes will allow that we have tfuxied this change; but we do assure ur friends, that at no period since we commenced our system of unshackled prices were we in greater want of assist Jjce than at the present moment. This Combination of men are leaving no means untried tor effecting our ruin, that they may revive the old system: our credit and character are assailed in everv shape, ar importations waylaid and stopped in every instance where threats are suffi cient to intimidate the manufacturers irom supply,,,., Us;-in line, no vexation oi trouble which the malice of men could , ,b,e,llas neglected this struggle ( su!7lc us- Vv'e once more call uhi u-y ii lend of a irce tr.,de t0 comc UJ to '""support, and pledge ourselves to give a-i,u ca"' to repent of their liberality. T. J. 1LQRRGIV & CO. 8S flr(ier-strcet,atove Old slip. i -'an. 1831 21 i3iUon d5a$cttc rSMiI- office of the Mlton Gazette and l(jc:nrAc Jhlvrriiicr is for sale; and .;h ue sold at a great sacrifice. The v c.aM.- ;;r:a all of the Materials are tiLW- the office is furnished with every ;lJ'l,j-rial requisite for the furtherance of c-( iu;mds. The job-printing 2; adver lS:,)S hab, and continues to be, i especta-Jle- More than half the purchase mo jji:y may be assumed in bank. The Ascription Liit has at all times, (under -"management of the late Editor,) a "ll -untcu to about 300, the most of whom ;Ui punctual subscribers. Any person v to purchase, may apply and -'u uu.sonrr a greiu narsrairr. -larch, 131 'JMIE Subscribers, inform the Pub " lie, that they have just returned I1 rum New- York, with a general and well selected assortment ut FANCY AND STAPLK Hardware, Crockery, &c Which they are now opening; at their Old Stand, and which they offer at their usual low prices. tjT'The highest prices given for baled and seed Cotton, in payment of debts or in exchange :or Goods. 1). RICILJRDS. IV M. T.lNNJlIULL. Tarboro', May 2, 1S31. rliK Subscriber takes this meihod ol mforrning his friends and the puhlic 'generally, th.a he iias just re lurned from New-York with a spk u ilid assortment of Srell adapted to the Spring & Summer seasons, together with a large, supplyuf Hardware, Cutlery, dockery and Glassware, c c. Which he is disposeti la sell low for cati or barter. lie will give the highest market prices for CO'?TOX, baled or seeded.. .Com, beeswax, tal low, &c. in exchange for goods ai cish prices, or in payment of debts. Tiiose wishing to nuicbnse T'.mIs a! low prices, would do well to call on the Subscriber at fb Pot-olIice, rne door below the swrv of li. & S. I). Cotton, and next door to .Mrs. Gre gorv's Motel. A". . RO UN TREE. Tarboro', May 2, 1 S3 1. Mrs. A. C. Howard ! S now onenim? hr snritnimnlv r,i' G oo i K in her Jim; of biisiiu ss. and respectfully solicits her cuJomers and friends to call and examine tlum amongst, her assoi tiucnt will be found: Fattern Sitin-raw, Silk, Sc ISaitcse bon nets, latest fashions, Diamond straw Duastables, plain do. Leghorn and straw bonnets, Flegant turbans, fee. An assortment of Puffs and Curls, Gauze cc barege scarfs ik. handkerchiefs, Straw and fancy flowers, A great variety of ribbons, 8cc. cc. Ladies' peliscs, cloaks, dresses, Sic. made to oruer, in the latest and must approved fashions. Leghorn and straw bonnets bleach ed, dyed, or trimmed. ; Tarborough, Mav 5, 1831. Packing Screws, Horse Mills, Chain Hands, fyc. IIIE Subscriber begs leave to in- form the public, that he is now' rrvVxT ifxrl, r I , i i? SJ 'n:ucna,s' Part of which will be steel saws and the ribs or bats fac?d with steel. PACKING SCttKVS,of theusu-l., al size, and larg T than any now in ikp in fhf Sf.'ifp. and nn fhudit sump-! " , ' nor iney win oe mauu in an engine erected for that purpose. HOUSE MILLS will be built at;f a short notice, on the improved per- permieuiar pian, or any omcr. CHAIN BANDS & WHEELS, of a superior quality, which are ex - uemeiy wen eaicuiaieo lor uie pio- pelling of both Gins and Mills. l'ersons desiring any ot the above articies, will please apply to JOHN IVILSON. Tarboro', Sept. 1S30. rglllE Subscriber has purchased from Mr. S. L. Hart, negro man Advertised in this paper as a runa wayand hereby gives notice, that if said runaway will surrender him self he can either go to work for me, or I will give him a permit to seek an other master. JAMES ELLINOU. Ami! 9, 1S3I. 31 9 MERCHANT TAILbRS, WHSH to inform trieir 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. ...surh as.... Superfine blue and black cloths, Brown, olive and steel mixtures, An assortment of Casimeres, Bang-up cord suitable for riding panta loons, Plain black and fig'd velvets for vests, Plain black and fancy silks for do. Dark and light coPd valencias, Plain white and fig'd quiltings, Cotton flannel for draws and shirts, Patent suspenders, pocket handker chiefs, White and fancy cravats, black silk do. Buckskin gloves, cravat stiffei'iers. Fogether with a complete assortment of TRIMMINGS, all of which they are disposed to sell low. (fcj Ge. lie men's clothing made yp at (he shortest notice, and in the neatest and mist fasfiio .able slile. Tarboro', Oc.s. 13, 1S30. Copartnership. fVJr, und . rxignrtl itavii!genteiv;d in to ec-parin. rsbip under ihe firm of .Tnlrew Anderson & Co. Take this method of informing the public, that they have taken the store h ie fon.vuly occupied by John H. Mathr wsoti & Co. for the purpose of carrying on the Tit Ho ring Bit sin ess? IN ALL ITS VARIOUS IJRANCIILS. Ami where they will be found at all imes, leady lo accommodate those who may ftvor th m with iheir cus t m. All those disposed to encourage them, sh.dl have their garments made in the neatest manner arid at the slioi t est notice. We take hi opportunity of infor ming tno public, generally, that we have reduced the prices on our wr,ik: Coats thai have heretofore been &7 for making, we will make for 5, in the most fashionable style; and other gar ments in proportion. We thciefore hope, by our lrict attention to busi ness, to merit a share of public pat ronage. All orders to us from a dis tance will be promptly attended to, and executed with the utmost dispatch. JNDREir ANDERSON, E. CM IN ROBERT II. MOODY. Tarboro, Feb. 7, 1S31. 25 10 TIIK FRKE.MRN Of the 3c Congressional District. Fellow-Citizens: There are now before you two communications by your late Repre sentative, in reply to my address an nouncing myself a candidate and giv ing a brief and general outline of nu political principles so far as called for , e occasion. Having in his lirst i communication decimeo presenting any thing more than what he termed a short view" ot the subjects upon which we differed, more especially of ,ll(lrinft of nullification, and hav j at the same time piVCii a pledge . . i. n . . i: . soon to enter luiiy into us uiscussioii, it appeared both respectful and proper to wait a reasonable time lor the per anceorn:s Dr0mise: but it seems j he 0llly professes to redeem the pledge in part now and puts us oil j vith the further assurance that the ; suhject vviH be taken up againmuch ,p the same way that an embarrassed debtor meets the demand of his credi- tor w:.u f(lir promises, friendly pro- fes-ions, and a modest request lo "call again to-morrow." It cannot then 'be thought unreasonable to pre sume that the Doctor has said sub stantially at least, all that he wishes to say or can say in defence of his vole upon the Judiciary act, particu larly as in his last communication, he has done but little more in words and nothing more in substance than re peal the remarks contained in Ids first. Convinced as I am that sound princi ples and the vital interests of our country are opposed to the Doctor's views, and knowing as 1 do that he is well aware of the severe rebuke, (which public opinion has given the party, in common with whom he holds this opinion and with whom his vote on this subject has identified him 1 am bound lo say that under these cir cumstances he must have felt the ne cessity that was upon him to justify his conduct and principles if they ad mitted of justification to remove the imputation if it could be removed; and it would be a miserable affecta tion of charity in me to say, that he had not manifested a disposition to evade the discussion. As a part of Dr. Hall's circular is employed in stating that the powers of the General and Stale governments are separate and distinct, that the powers vested in Congress are plenary us to their ob jects, sound principles, it is true, but lamihar and not questioned, at least not by me; and as other parts are oc cupied by remarks about irrelevant mailers: It becom s necessary to staie in what materi d respects we do differ, that our attention may not be dian away from things mat are important, lo be wasted in declamation upon ad mitted truths, or upon the discussion of uninteresting trifles. First then, Dr. .Hall denies the power of Congress to make internal improvements of any description whatever, unless it be light-houses, about which he is not distinct, his ar guments being against it whatever his opinions may be I admit the power over all objects which are at the same time national and commercial; and that 1 may not be misapprehended, I mean that spe cies ol commerce which is carried on by navigation within the revenue dis tricts, and I deny a general power in Congress to make canals and roads, not meaning to question their autho rity lo make them when obviously ne cessary for the national defence or for the transportation of troops or armies in time of war. My views on this subject. are con sonant with and sanctioned by our present venerable Chief Magistrate, as exprcsNed in his Message to the last Congress, in which he S3ys: "T he practice of defraying out of the Treasury of the United States the ex penses incurred by the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers within the bays, inleis, harbors and ports of ihe United States, to render the navigation thereof salt and easy, is coeval with the adoption of the Constitution and has been continued with out intervention or dispute." "As our fortign commerce increased and was extended into the interior of the country by the establishment cf ports of entry and delivery upon our navigable rivers, the sphere of those expenditures received a corresponding enlargement. Light-houses, beacons, buoys, public piers and the removal of sand bars, saw yers and ether partial or temporary im pediments in the navigable rivers and harbors which were embraced in the re venue districts, from time to time estab lished by law, were authorized upon the same principle and the expences defray ed in the same manner. That these ex panses have at times been extravagant and disproportionate is very probable." Secondly, Dr. Hall denies both the constitutionality and expediency of the 25th section of the Judiciary act of 17S9. I maintain both. It is not my design to enter into a general discussion of the right in Congress to make internal improvements, the sub ject having been so often and so ably discussed and the power having been exercised for many years, extending over the whole period of our national existence, it is fair to presume that all have formed their opinions upon the subject. It is proper to lake notice of the remarks that have been recent ly oflered you on this topic. It is difficult to ascertain with what view the Doctor quotes the Sth sec tion of the 1st article of the Constitu tion, but as his remarks upon it have induced the doubt already expressed as to his opinion upon the construc tion of light-houses, I will examine this part of his circular. His obser vations introductory to the quotation make the impression that it is thence he derives the power "to erect or fab ricate works or edifices in the nature of improvements within any of the States" and proceeding a' little fur ther he seems to insinuate, though he does not directly assert that the power to build light-houses is to be referred to the same clause and yet in the course of h3 remarks he slates that the words 'needful buildings'' em- j ployed in the Sth section meaa "the necessary subordinate buildings about the objects mentioned. " Now as the only specific objects mentioned, are the seat of government, lorts, maga zines, arsenals and dockyards, and as 4 light-house is not subordii ate or in any way appertaining to them, it is char from his own admissions that the authority to build lighl-houses is not to be found in the selected clause of the Constitution. It is also obvious from the plain words of the section that the only power intended to be granted was that of "exclusive legisla tion" over such territory as Congress might acquire for such purposes as they were authorized to entertain by the powers already vested in them the land is to be purchased from the ptoprielor whoever he may be, it is to be purchased for some authorised purpose and When so purchased, the State within whose territory the 1 nd iie, may grant to Congress the sole power of making laws for its govern ment - thereby enabling them to car ry into efToct th object of their pur chase and depriving the State of the power by subsequent caprice, hostili ty, or officious intermeddling, to de feat their object. The power then of building light-houses cannot be found in the cited passage of the Constitu tion, still less can it be relied on a3 authorising the construction of float ing beacons and buoys which demand no cession of territorial jurisdiction, yet the exercise of each and all these powers is contemporaneous with the existence of ou- national government. From the Doctor's contiydiclory views and indefinite language it is impossible to ascertain what position In conceives himself to have estab lished at this stage of his argument; but sliii he feels authorised to jump to tli2 conclusion that he has proved the whole system of internal improve ments "entirely uuauthorizf d" by the Constitution, including "those "upon water courses, harbors, bays" &c. Upon what then will light-houses stand? or where will light-boats and buoys float? He next indulges his far cy in devi sing a scheme of internal improve ments to carry only a pari of which into effecf, he says, would cost the people more money than thty "cculd furnish with the whole amount, of ;lieir sweat and blood." New with out presuming to question the accura cy of the Doctor's calculations, parti cularly as 1 am unacquainted with any arithmetical rule by which the vlue of sweat and blood can be ascertain ed. I can only say it is exceedingly cruel in him to devise any such ex trnvagaut schemes and that the money of the people is at present in safer hands and is more moderately and more prudently expended, since we are informed by Dr. Hall himself that the public debt will very soon be paid oiT and Gen. Jackson says in his Veto Message, thai "When the National Debt is paid, the duties upon those articles which we do not raise may be repealed with safety and still leave, I trust, without oppres sion to any section of the country, an ac cumulating surplus fund, which may be beneficially applied to some well digest ed system of improvement." We shall then have a surplus reve nue of fourteen or fifteen millions annually, so that the present system of internal improvement might still be prosecuted without interfering with any judicious measures for revi ving commerce and giving a spring to agriculture. The citizens of Hyde, Tyrrel and Washington can form a more correct opinion than either Dr. Hall or my self of the effects likely to result from the opening of Nags-Head, and I am sure they would not desire it, if they should concur in opinion with him, and I am equally sure that neither their representative, whoever he may be, nor Congress will force upon them a large donation of money against th eir will but I had always suppo sed that it was not contemplated to commence the work, before experien ced and skilful engineers had made a sufficient survey, and it is hardly to be believed that they would neglect such material enquiries as whether it would inundate Tyrrel," spread ruin over Mattamuskeet and dry up Pam lico. But he seems to be particularly concerned for the inhabitants of Gum Neck! Now while I offer my con-