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77c "North-Carolina Free Press,"
UY GEORGE HOWARD,
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Editor must be post paid, or they may
not be attended to.
MKRCII A NT TA1 LOU,
TTAS just received from New York
a part of his Spring Supply of
Goods in his line of business, viz:
Superfine blue, black, brown and invi
sible green Cloths.
Tine blue and brown Camblets, for thin
coats and pantaloons,
Black bombazcen, do. do.
Fancy striped Drills for pantaloons, la
test fashion,
Fancy Velvets and Silks, for vesting,
"White and fancy Marseilles, do.
Fine linen shirt bosoms, linen collars,
Fancy silk and velvet tennant Stocks, &c.
These goods will he sold very low
for cash, or on a short credit to punc
tu I customers. He also has on hand
a few fine HATS, which he will sell
at New York cut.
Tarboro', April 13, 1832.
CASH paid for Wool, by
D. RICHARDS $ CO.
Tarboro', March 30, 1832.
IftSZiES XiiSfl & CO.
Com m i ssion Jlevclutn ts,
N O II Ft) L K , VI 11C 1 N I A .
jJ ESPECTFULLY offer 'their scr---
vices to their friends and the
public generally, "and hope by striel
attention to business to merit a share
of patronage. May 1, 1S32.
Booksellers, Stationers,
And Bhink Book Manufacturers
KORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
May 1, 1S32. 32
NOTICES.
A LL those indebted to the Suhscri
JX bers by account, are requested to
call and close them by cah or note.
KING & GAT LIN.
Tarboro', Jan. 19, 1832.
Millinenu &c.
jM IE Subscriber informs her friends
and the public, that she has just
received her Spring Svpply of arti
cles in her line of business, viz:
Pattern Silk and Satin-straw bonnets,
Leghorn, Dunstable, and Navarino do.
Head dresses, ornaments, &c.
fiauze and crape shawls and handk'fs,
An assortment cf wreaths and flowers,
A great variety of ribbons, &c. &c
The Subscriber still carries on the
Millinery and Mantua-making busi
ness, in all its variety.
A. C HOWARD.
May 5, 1S32.
R. 1IINES, Attorney ot Law,
has opened an office at the cor
ner opposite Mrs. Howard's milline
ry stctre, near the State Bank, and re
spectfully offers his professional ser
vices to the public.
Tarboro', March 26, 1S32. 32
Gins & Fanning Mills,
rIMIE Subscriber respectfully in
forms the public, that he continues
to manufacture at his shop in Tarbo
rough, near the bridge,
GINS cV FANNING MILLS,
Of the latest and most approved con
struction. He will make his work,
as heretofore, in the best manner and
as expeditiously as possible. Persons
vili please -apply to Mr. Benj. M.
Jackson, in my absence.
JOHN WILSON.
Tarboro', Nov. 28, 1831. 15
Tarloroush, (Bigeeonbe County, C.) Tuesday, May ,
State of North-Carolina,
-LDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions,
FEBRUARY TERM, 1S32.
Benjamin T. Stanton & others, n
t i V. tt'' r Petition
Lemuel D. Berry, Adm'r of for set-
James Stanton, Sen. and V tlement.
James M. Stanton, J
T appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court, that James M.Stanton
one of the defendants, is not a resi'
dent of this State: is-therefore or
tiered, That publication be made in
the INorlh Carolina Free Press for six
weeks, that the said James M. Stan
ton appear at the next term of this
Court, to be held at the Court-house
in larborough, on the fourth Monday
of May next, then and there to an
swer the allegations of the said peti
tion: otherwise the said petition will
be taken pro confesso as to him, and
set for hearing accordingly.
Witness, Michael Hearn, Clerk
of said Court, at office, the fourth
Monday of February, 1S32.
MIC II L. HEARN, C. C.
Price adv S3: 50. 33. g
Literary Jotice.
rVUl: IIon' w"-liam Gaston will
A deliver the Annual Address be
fore the two Literary Societies at Cha
pel Hill, on Wednesday, the 20
of June next, (the day immediately
preccuing commencement day.) A
comment on the competency of that
gentleman to discharge the duty as
signed him is deemed unnecessary
But it is hoped, from the pre-eminent
station which he occupies as a jurist,
a politician, a scholar and an orator,
that the attention of the public, and
especially the Alumni of the Univer
sity, will be sufficiently attracted to
ensure a respectable concourse of vi
sitors on that occasion.
Publihed by order of the
Ph i la nth rop ic So ciely.
NOTICE.
I
Y virtue of an Act of thp flpnoml
3 Ac.nml.ln rf Un C n P TV ...I.
Carolina, passed at the lat session,
entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Tarbnrough and Hamilton Rail
Road Company " the undersigned
Commissioners therein named, give
notice that Hooks will be opened for
subscriptions on the 3 1 si day of March
next, at the following places, under
the direction of the following persons,
viz: at Tarhorough, under the direc
tion of Michael Hearn, Theophilus
Parker and Spencer I). Cotten in
the town of Hamilton, under the di
rection of James L. G. Baker, Wil
liam R. Bennett and Kxum L.Lowe
in the town of VVilliam.ston, under
the direction of James 13. Slade,
James Shaw and Henry Gray in the
borough of Norfolk, Va. under the di
rection of James Gordon, John New
ton and John B. Roy in Elizabeth
City, N. C. under the direction of
John L. Bailey, William Gregory
and Charles R. Kinney.
It is confidently believed that no
stock has heretofore been offered to
the citizens of North-Carolina, which
has had so many claims to their at
tention as the present Rail Road,
whether individual profit or the gen
eral prosperity of the country be ta
ken into the estimate. It will con
nect two rivers and make a safe and
speedy market for all the produce
which shall be collected at Tarbo
rough, the most prosperous town on
Tar i iver. The distance is short, the
intervening country level, and the
most durable limber is to be had con
veniently on the whole route. When
this Rail Road shall he completed,
our neighbors of the counties of Nash,
Franklin, Wake, Greene, Wayne and
Pitt, will find a ready market for all
their surplus produce at the highest
price, either at Tarborough, Hamil
ton, or Norfolk. We deem it useless
to say more to induce subscriptions to
this stock. The Company will be or
ganized when 300 shares shall be
subscribed. TheCommissioners will
make returns to us of their proceed
ings arfd amount of stock subscribed,
with the names of the subscribers, by
the first day of June next.
Michael Hearn, ")
Thco. Parker, V Com'rs.
S. D. Cotten, )
Veh. 27. 1S32. 2S
The U. S. Bank. We gath
er from the Report of the Com
mittee of investigation, the fol
lowing particulars of the enor
mous loan of $52,975, to two
Editors of the New York Cou
rier and Enquirer, and ultimate
ly upon their notes drawn and
(indorsed by the Editors only
(the same firm.) A part of
his sum S15,000, ran at 1,2,3,
4 and 5 years credit -a part of
it, S20,000, was the largest loan
made on the day another part,
S1G,000, was for six months,
and was among the largest
loans of the day land the Fast,
while many of the notes of the
citizens of Philadelphia were
rejected. The first sum of
$15,000 was borrowed by S. E.
uurrows on the 2uth March,
1831, for one of the Editors, and
the President gave him the mo
ney out of his own funds, and
the notes of the Editors wore
afterwards put in his posses
sion: and the Committee report
that it was "on or about the 8th
of April, 1832, that the paper
changed. its course in favor of
the Bank." The loan, too, was
not made in the Branch Bank
of New York, but at the mother
Bank in Philadelphia.
Si o ch ing A ccidt nl.- The
New York papers state that on
the 4th inst. the greater part of
a very large six story warehouse
built up a few months since,
fell to the ground, burying in its
ruins several clerks and other
persons who were in it. After
a vast deal of labor, some of (he
persons were taken out, dread
fully mangled, but several could
not be found. The number of
persons known to have been
killed is nine and four wound
ed; and it is supposed that this
is not the extent of the calamity.
The building is said to have
been very slightly constructed.
Trial of Mina. Yv trial
of the notorious villain Minn,
charged with the murder of Dr.
Chapman, came on at Doyles
town, Pa. on the 25th ultimo,
and continued three days. The
evidence clearly established the
fact of an adulterous intercourse
between Mina and Mrs. Chap
man while Mr. Chapman lived;
that Mina purchased two ounces
of arsenic in Philadelphia on
the I6lh June; that Mr. Chap
man became unwell next day,
but had nearly recovered on the
21st, when Mrs. Chapman car
ried up to him some soup, pre
pared under her inspection, and
first brought into a parlor where
Mina was, then carried to the
sick man, who partook of it,
and immediately became worse,
Jiis illness increased to his
death, which took place about
5 o'clock on the morning of the
23d. - He was buried on the
24th June, and on the 5th July
Mina and Mrs. Chapman weje
married in New York.
It was shown that the remains
of the soup of which Chapman
partook was thrown into the
yard, and the ducks and chick
ens which drank it dropped
dead in the road immediately
after they had left the yard; and
Mina had confessed that Mrs.
Chapman had put the poison in
the soup with his knowledge.
The jurv, after consulting to
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gether two or three hours, re
turned with a verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree.
Since his conviction, Mina
has made a confession, fully im
plicating himself and Mrs.
Chapman in the murder of Dr.
Chapman. From this confes
sion and other facts brought to
light on the trial of Mina, it is
evident that if Mrs. Chapman
had not been first tried, her
conviction would also have been
certain. Hal. Star.
A great Haul. The Nation
al Intelligencer states that, a
few days ago, Capt. James liol
lis took, at a single haul of the
seine, at his landing on Pomon
key, a few miles below Mount
Vernon, 956,000 herring, accu
rately counted.
Q?Peaco and quietude have
been restored in the College at
Athens, Georgia. The refrac
tory spirits have been quelled,
and the exercises of the institu
tion which were interrupted for
a few days, have been resumed.
The result of the disturbance,
was the expulsion of twelve of
the students.
Melancholy Event. A few
days since, in Pym'atun ing town
ship, Pa. Mrs". Rhothi Petlit,
consort of Mr. Isaac Petlit, who
was subject to fits, being alone
in the dwelling of her husband
except three small children and
an infant in her arms, took a fit,
as is supposed, aud fell into the
fire, where the infant was roast
ed to death, and she was so se
verely burnt, that she died on
the next day. The child was
about three weeks old. The
eldest boy assisted in getting
his mother out of the fire, and
alarmed the neighbors.
(I? We learn from the Village
Herald, printed at Princess
Anne, (Md.) that on Wednes
day week, a man named Isaiah
Willin, a resident of that coun
ty, committed the atrocious
crime of murdering his wife, by
shooting her." The deceased
was the mother of six young
children. The murderer is now
confined in jail at that place to
await his trial.
Munificent. A wealthy and
spirited individual of Baltimore
is about to erect a magnificent
edifice in that city, of solid gra
nite, for the purposes of educa
tion. It is said in the Ameri
can, that it will be an exact co
py of the dimensions, propor
tions, &c. of the celebrated
temple of Theseus. The build
ing is in progress.
A Monster. We learn by a
gentleman from Canada, that
Sovereign, an account of whose
murders we published a few
days ago, has starved himself to
death in prison. Before his
death, however, he confessed
the murder of his family. A
young child making some dis
turbance in the night, his wife
got up to take care of it. He
told her to come to bed; and,
upon her saying she could not,
jumped out of bed, seized the
child, and threw it on the fire.
His wife then ran out of the
house and he after her he soon
overtook and butchered her on
the spot: returning, he met a
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son a few rods from the house,
17 years of agei whom he mur
dered, and before he reached
the house met a daughter whom
he also killed. He then went
to the house and murdered
three other children in their
beds. Having murdered his
own family, and his thirst for
blood unsatisfied, he started off.
and called up one of his neigh
bors and attempted to kill a fa
ther and son, but they defended
themselves against him and he
was obliged to retreut. Sove
reign had, as we are informed.
several times threatened to mur
der his family when drunk; but
at this time he stated he was not
drunk, and that he had drank
nothing for three davs previ-
ous. iiocn. Jiav,
A Female Gamester. A
Mrs. Eliza Blond was convict
ed, at the late Court of Ses
sions, Abbeville District, S. C.
of keeping a Faro Bank aud
playing at that game, and sen
tenced to six months imprison
ment and a line of 8500.
Pit. Times J
Slander.- The Circuit Court
for Tuscaloosa county commen
ced its spring term on Monday
last, his Honor. Judge Collier
presiding. During this week
two actions for defamation of
character have been trit-d in our
Circuit Court, which should
serve as a caution to those who
are fond of dealing in scandal.
In the case of Jolly Jones and
wife vs. Humphrey Chappell,
the jury returned a verdict in fa
vor of the plaintiffs for 5,000.
In the case of Joseph Thomp
son vs. Charles Cowley, the ju
ry returned a verdict for 8500.
Alabama Int.
Churches in Neto York.
The whole number of churches
in the city of New York is 120,
viz: Presbyterian, 24; Episco
palian, 23; Methodist, 17; Bap
tist, 14; Dutch Reformed, 14;
Roman Caiholic, 5; Friends, 4;
Jews, 3; Lutheran, 2; Indepen
dent, 2; Universalist, 2; Unita
rian, 2; Moravian, 1; Mariner's,
1; New Jerusalem, 1; German
Reformed, 1; Christian, 1; Mis
cellaneous, 3.
Fight of Bald Eagles. In
Goochland county, Va. two
bald eagles recently commen
ced a fight in the air thev be-
came interlocked by their tal-
ons so nrmiy as to cause mem
to fall to the ground they rose
again, and again fell when
they were taken and killed by a
negro. One weighed ly, the
other 21 pounds.
OlTA singular circumstance
occurred in the town of Ger
man Flatts, about two miles
from Herkimer, N. Y. during"
the late freshet. The waters of
the Mohawk, as usual at this
season of the year, overflowed
its banks, and inundated the
land on either side. A piece of
corn stubble was inundated
which, while the water was yet
on it, about an acre and a half
raised to the surface and ab
sconded, and crossed one farm
and lodged on the next, and still
preserved the corn hills in re
gular rows unbroken. The
thickness of land thus removed
lis about a foot.
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