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Tarboroiih, (lidgecombc County, X. C) Saturday, January 10, 183(5.
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Miscellaneous.
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CONG of the AMERICAN GIRL.
hearts are with our nnive laud,
O n- viK is for her gl ;rv;
H- r w trnor's wreath i in our hand;
O.ir !i;)- hreathe out her story.
H,- .f;y hills and vallevs green
Are smiling hi ight before us;
A:i1, like a rainbow sin i. svtn
Her proud ".ii; wav'nj o'er us.
Anl there are Muile upon our lips
hir those wh raeet her foeiuen,
Tfir ;!oi v' n knows no e;lipe
Vlie;i s'niled upon by .vnnrni.
Fi'i'ih ''e wh brave the mighty deep,
nd scorn the threat of ilan.cr.
We've smiles to cheer and tears to
eep
Tor every ocean ranger.
O.ir hearts are with our native land,
Our song is for her freedom;
O'rruravers are for the gallant band
W'.io strike where honor le-ids tin in.
We iDve the tidi.tless air we breathe,
M'h freedom's endless dower, jcrableposl ollice had been diiec
Vu',1 twine for him a fadeless wreath ! lei lo deposite their income in
Who scorns a tvrunts power. It i i .i . t
r hanks: and that these means nrov-
Tliey tell of France's beauties rare,
Ot Italy's proud daughters;
0; Scotland's lasses England's fair,
And nvmphs of Shannon's waters
e heed not all their boasted charms
i houg!i lords amund them hover;
Ouroiy lies in Freedom' arms,
A Freeman for a lover!
Post Ojjice Department. The erably exceeded its current exptn
Dost'ja Gazette gives the follow-i diture, and that the aggregate of
i'ls: abstract of the Report of the J debt was in progress ofdiminu
Pust Master General. We find it j lion. In the state of things, it was
impracticable to give the Report ! deemed expedient to make an
tuire: I effort to extricate the Department
Total amount of the receipts from its embai rassemtnts.
hr the year ending 30th June, The amount of the old debt re-1-
j1. $2.823,749 total expen- maining unpaid on the 1st of this
'-lure, 2,910,005 balance a j mouth was $407,304; 205,000 of
gainst the Department, $86,855. j which is due to Hanks, and the
Gross revenue for the year end-j rest to contractors and others.
i:'?30t!i, Nov. 1835, $2993,550, 1 The Hank debts due in Haltimore
total expenditure, 2,757,350 'and Huston, amounting to $07,
Uaute in favor of the Depart-! S01, were paid in Ot toner. The
lan, $2oG,20G. jold debts due.lo contractors are
I'H'iie llrst part of I S3."), ad-'
Phonal allowance were authoriz-
!
t(J. as is alleged, amounting, on tiebt can all be pid by April next
fotuf May last, lo about $157,-! Mr. Kendall states that his ex
0, which have since been sus-1 perieuce has confirmed his prior
Tended, and do not enter into the impressions, that the Post Office
kregoirig statement. If finally j Department requires re-organiza-adnihted
they will reduce the bal-j lion; and he makes many s-ugges-ace
in favour of the Department! lions on the subject. Ji is worthy
l'iat year to about $79,000. jof consideration, he says, uheth-
0u the 1st of July last the whole 'er it would ruH be eupedient to
debtor the Department was $ I,-! change ihe rates of letter postage,
(H33l, viz: due to Contractors' making them conform to the na-4-792,331;
do the Hanks 272,000. ! tional currency, in gradations of
Atnunt due the Department, esti-5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 cents.
''Wed to be tfood, and cash on ; Such a provision would save al
$I,01(),GSI. Balance ol most half the labour now required
23,700. If the suspended j in the examination of accounts in
jo.o.vauces be added, the debt will j the Department, and prevent num
Le$lS0,70O. Iberless errors.
The accounts nf iIip P..:f
tprs for the quarter ending 30th
Htemher last, (says Mr'. Ken
(allj hive been so far examined as
.l" low, satisfactorily, that the
'crpse of gross revenue over that
j' corresponding quarter of
'jt year, is about 12 per cent,
j . anual saving in the recent
'!n of colracts, was .aWut
j,J,V)v0. Predicated on an ave
increase of revenue through
,,ul the current fiscal year of ten
;"ent, and on a saving of $25,
j"1.! ll,e contracts recently
e hull he executed with tiecessa-
! a'erauoti3 an estimate of the
gross revenue ami accruing res
ponsibilities for the year ending
0t ti June, IS30, indicates the fol-
results, viz: Gross rev
enue $3,292,092; total expend!
urp?) gyyS 10,405 leaV ill" a bal-
'VOlir Department
of $470,227 Sufficient to pay
otf(he (le!)t ot-ljie i)e.);m,lielIt
leave
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a i itiiMiiri iioie amount nn
plic;.l to at) extension ol snail ac
commodation. Here is tlie account Mr. Ken
da!i i;ives of the Department when
he took possession ofit.
When the undersigned took
charge of this Department, his at
tention was itn mediately called to
the condition of its finance: hut dt
was soon found that no satisfacto
ry account of its debts or lis means
could, within any short period,
he obtained from its hooks. It
was oaly perceived, from current
incidents and detached accounts,
that the unsatisfied demands of
contractors Iroiu every quarter of
thecomir, were daily accumu
lating; that there was a debt of
near $300,000 due to Hanks;
that the outstanding acceotances
of the Treasurer exceeded $390,
000; that a considerable portion ol
the revenue of some of the large
ofii.es, for the present calendar
year, had been anticipated by
drafts discounted in Hanks, which
they had been insti nclcd to pay at
maturity; that additional allowan
ces had been reeentlv authorized
i lo a considerable amount; that to
provide the means to meet the de
mands on the Department at
Washington, created by the sys
tem of acceptances, upwards o;
I two thousand ol the must consid-
;MC:,,Ti..;4lMt ,iJU nlin noil.
"o ,'" .'-lt
VVils subjected to continual emUar-
rassments, in tlevismg ways and
means to meet its engagements.
Al the same time, it was believed
on all hands, that the current re
venue of the Department cunsid-
now paid as far as presented, and
Mr. Kendall thinks that the Hank
About a column of the Report
is taken up with some sensible re
marks in relation to the distribu
tion of abolition publications in
the Slave Stales, by Northern fan
atics, through the agency of the
Post Office.
The Document is altogether a
highly satisfactory one, and will
gain for Mr. Kendall "troops oi
friends." Boston Gaz.
Hail Road in the valley of the
Roanoke. We are glad to per
ceive by a report of Mr. Hugh
Waddell. to the Lecisluture of S.
Carolina, that State is disposed to
co-operate zealously with Virginia
m the construction of this import
ant work. The route of the road is
from Kvansham, up the valley of
me Koanoke, to intersect there
ihe present rail roads from Ports
mouth and Petersburg. After
wards to cross the Appalachian
chain at the most depressed point,
thence along the great' southwes
tern valley to the neighborhood of
Kuoxville, Tennessee; thence to
Nashville or the MuscL- Shoals,
to connect with the New Or
leans and Nashville road. The
western counties of North Caroli
na, which abound in lime, iron
and lead, and which products are
now in a measure unavailable for
a want of market, would be great
ly benefitted by this work. The
northern counties also are deeply
interested, as they will thus find
a more speedy market for-their!
tobacco in the ports of Virginia,!
as that always has been their best i
market for this article, which is:
not raised in sufficient amount in'
North Carolina to have a charac-j
ler of its own, separate fromi
that of Virginia. Exclusive of
lime, gypsum and lead, 150,000:
tons are now annually transported 1
on tlie route which this rati road 1
will take. The immense advan-
age which it will give to this
ransport trade, mav be conceived
from the fact that teams from the
ivestern parts of North (irolina
nnd Virginia, now ivnui'-e 50 days
li reach Haltimore, wheras byj
the rail road the produce will
reach Richmond, Petersburg and!
Aorloik iu two, unU thence to
Haltimore bo rail road or steam
boat in one day more.
A. Y. Star.
Xeio Southern Route. We
announced a short time ago that
Win. H. Thompson, Esq. of this
Horough, w as about to run a new
line of travel between Norfolk and
Edenlon, in connexion with the
line previously established from
Edenion through to Washington:
it will be seen by his advertisement
that this new route is now iu com
plete and at five operation. Pas
sengers are taken hence on the
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail
Road to Hlackwaler river, a dis
tance of 3 1 miles, where they take
the new steam boat r ox, ('apt.
Middletou to Edenlon. The
route is continued from Edenlon
by the steam boat Hiavo, ('apt.
Smith, to Plymouth and James
town, on the lower Roanoke, and
th ence by lour horse Coaches to
Washington, Nev.bern aud Wil
mington. The travelling between
Norfolk and i deiston, heretofore.
performed in stage coaches is thus
accommotlaltd with the most a-
greeable and expeditious mode of
conveyance, by the agency of
steam, mat great lever of. ail mo
dern improvements. We cordial
ly wish the enterprising proprie
tor the moslsuccessful results from
an undei taking promising so much
public usefulness aud comfort.
Aorjolk Herald.
Longevity. On Saturday last,
ohn vJulfee died in this Horough,
in which, though a native of Africa,
he had resided nearly a hundred
years. We have no date by which
to establish the precise period of
his coming to this place, but from
the best sources of information
within our reach, we should fix it
about ihe year 1740; aud being
then 25 years of age, he must have
numbered one hundred and twenty
years at the time of his decease.
His death may be said to have
been hastened at last; for it was
caused by a severe burn which he
received during the late cold wea
ther from his bedding having acci
dentally caught fire while he was
asleep. ib.
Texas. The Telegraph atid
Texas Register, is the title of a
newspaper, quarto form, of ele-
gant typography, j i,t commenced
at Sail Philipe de Austin. The
prosperous condition of Texas is
but little known we believe
there are already 60,000 inhabit
ants in the province, nearly to a
man Americans, and the exports
of cotton this year amount to 10,
000 bales!
T-oiton has been raised dur
ing ihe past year at Kaighn's Point,
New Jersey, nearly opposite Phil
adelphia. Tlie seed wai planted
late, but the plants attained the
ordinary growth, and the pods
were well filled.
GTOur New England breth
ren, it would seem, are cultivating
Tobacco with no little success.
The N. York Daily Advertiser
says "It is surprising to see the
great quautity ot Tobacco that is
constantly arriving from Connec
ticut River. The Hunker Hill
brought down, last trip, fully
equal to fifty hogsheads.. We
learn that it is not only cultivated
extensively along the banks of
the Connecticut river, but that it
commands a much higher price in
this market than any other Ameri
can Tobacco." Bail. Jacr.
Vinril 7. Stewart. We have
carefully examined the mass of
evidence collected this fall, by
Virgil A. Stewart, to sustain his
own character and ihe truth of
the statements contained in the
Murel Pamphlet, and give it as
our unqualified opinion that he
is fully sustained in every import
ant particular, to the satisfaction
ol any court of law in the United
Stales. JVashvillc (Courier.
"The Illustrious dead Our
attention was directed, a few
evenings since, by a valued
friend to the great number of dis
tinguished mea who had died in
North Carolina within the last
fifteen vears: it is a sad retrospect,
and forcibly tells us what, indeed,
we may read iu every thing a
lound us, "what shadows we are
and what shadows we pursue."
We begin the melancholy list with
the name of Archibald Henderson,
the pure the geotle the power
ful he that was called by another
great man the Jjax of ihe Har in
North Carolina: Then comes the
name of his illustrious brother,
the late Chief Justice, the Hon.
Leonard Henderson: with him the
rest of the Court in which he pre
sided, ihe Hon. John Louis Tay
lor and the Hon. John Hall, all of
whom, faded from amongst us in
less than three years. Then there
was the gallant the tierce the
acc omplished John Stanly. There
was Ha it kit Yaney, an able ad
vocate and a sound and a most
useful statesman. There was Jo
seph Wilson, a powerful -and gifted
orator. We come then to Moses
Mordecai, JauieS F. Taylor, and
Gavin Hogg, who all certainly
stood pre-eminent at the Har.
Nor must we forget to mention
Henry Seawell, a giant in intel
lect. There then was the Tacitus
of orlh Carolina, beautiful and
polished alike as a speaker and a
writer, Hon. Archibald D. Mur
phy. There was the Hon. Fran
cis Locke, and there was William
C- Love, both men of excellent
minds. There was the Rev'd Dr.
Caldwell of the Univeiisty, "Ah
me, that virtue thus should die
and learning too." There was
the sagacious the profound the
cultivated Peter Rrowne, and fin
ally, Jos. A. Hill of Wilmington:
If this were a suitable occasion, we
fain would render a suitable tri
bute to the genius and virtue of a
beloved friend; but our intention
was simply lo tell over the great
names that have perished from a
mongst us in a brief limit of lime,
and what a catalogue! Seventeen
great men iu less than fifteen
years, have gone down to Death.
Salisbury Watchman.
C? We find the following ex
tracted from the Manchester (En
gland) paper:
"It appears that the women aiv
employed in the pits in this district,
to drag the coals in tubs, f,om the
place where they are got by the mi
ners, to the ediie of tlie pits, whttt
the tubs are fixed' to a rope and
drawn up to tlie bank. The wonni.
thus employed have a leathern belt
fixed round their waists, in the front
of which i.s a hook, and to this hook
a chain, about three-quarters of a
yard long, is affixed, which passes be
tween their legs, and theoiiiei end
is attached to the wagons u which
the tubs are drawn," cc. cc.
We feel no disposition to be ssu
timental upon the fact lhat women
are harnessed, in the coal mines of
England, to wagons, nor upon the
peculiar motle of harnessing
which the operatrixes have adopt
ed, and which is described in the
above extract. Doubtless it is
the result of the curse upon the
sons of men, which, in this in-
tance, has been extended to the j
daughters, that "by the sweat ofj
the brow," :c. Our purpose in
noticing it, is to say that public
opinion, as well as the interest of!
master, effectually prevents fernaie
slaves, in the Southern States,
f rom being employed iu auy way
similar lo that above described.
Raleigh Ztar.
Prospects a-head! Ladies! ibis
year is the leap year you can
choose husbands for yourselves,
and on Valentines day no true
man dare refuse y0Ut oe jt
leap year or Hot one word of ad
vice in your ears "look before
you leap," for all are not as lucky
as the wise man of Gotham, whose
exploit we remember to have
heard thus recorded in our nurse
ry tales:
There was a man in our town
And he was wondrous wise,
lie leap'd into a briar bush
And scratch'd out both his eyes;
Now when he saw his eyes were out
With all his might and main,
He leap'd from out the briar bush
And scratch'd them in again.
Now, my dear creatures, take
the parable above lo your hearts
marriage is the briar bush
you may leap in and if you do,
you may scratch out your own
eyes, (or your husband's as the
case may happen,) but you may
try with all your might and main,
there's no leaping back again, as
Pope, or some other of the Hritish
Classics, elegantly observes,
"there's no plaster for that brok
en shin," so take care of'the Cal
ends of February, or else "beware
the Ides of March." A. Y. Star.
Information for Abolitionists of
ihe United States. The Jamaica
Chronicle says, not a vessel
scarcely arrives without a fresh
importation of preachers, psalm
books, and bibles, aud yet every
day the negroes are becoming
more licentious and corrupt.
Singing psalms at the chapels is
made an excuse and cloak by the
apprentices for laziness. They
do not many of them work over
two hours a day. The streets of
Kingston once famed for their or
derly quiet, are now nightly the
scenes of drunken debauchery,
negro drumming aud dancing
under the mask of preaching
aud singing at the evening con
venticles. "Jamaica," says the
editor, "soon promises to become
as pestiferous a sink of vice and
corruption as the most libertine
enthusiast can desire.
Go Ahead! We learn that
Crockett has raised a company of
volunteers for the purpose ofjoin
ing the Texians. He intends to
lake Santa Anna's head, and wear
it as a watch seal.
vT?It is stated from Mississippi
that a discovery has been madt
of "fraudulent speculation r,n the
public Lands of the United States,
amounting to a million and a hall
of dollars.
A Novelty. Quite a large
newspaper sheet has come out at
Toronto, gratis, called by the
droll name of "the WVdaml Can
al." Every column is filled with
disclosures ami exposures, relative
to that great work showing that
there has been a vast deal of goug
ing private speculation.
Latest from Texas. Cessation,'
of IJotlilitiis. The New Orleans
Bee of 25lh nit. gives it as news;
worthy of credit, that General
Cos, the Commander in Chief a
gainst the Texians, after having
been shut up in San Antonio, had
surrendered with the whole of his
forces. The war, therefore, has
ceased for the present, and ihe
delegates have repaired to the
Texian Convention, on the Wash
ington. General Mehia, who re
cently left New Orleans, with a
small party, is supposed lo have
mastered the garrison ofTampion.
It is rumored that many of Sani
Anna's most influential ollireri
and friends have declared against
him. His army w":l not fight a
gainst Alvarez, Mehia, and the
odier chieftalr.s now in the field;
It is supp.-,ed, theicfoie, that he
himself cill come out iu opposi
tion co centralism; but endeavor to
L.Cep at the head of affairs.
CJThe Pennsylvania Inquirer
states, that the exchange clerk of
the Commercial Bank, whilst on
his way from the Bank of Penn
sylvania to the former institution,
on Friday last, dropped a pocket
book containing upwards of $15,
000, which w as subsequently pick
ed up by a young girl, aud return
ed to the Hank, the oflicers of
which liberally rewarded her with
a donation of $1000.
A great Crop. The Lancaster
(Ohio) Journal says that at the
Agricultural fair held at C ircle
ville on the 20th and 27th of Oc
tober, Mr. JNsabel Renick, of
Pickaway comity, Ohio, received
the premium of $10 for the best
acre of corn grow n in tlie usual
way, containing 157 bushels and
one peck. We learn that the
field from which the above acre
was selected contains about 40
acres and that the r.verage crop
of the whole will be upwards of
140 bushels to the acre.
QyF orty-lwo negroes, eman
cipated by ihe late Gen. Samuel
Blackburn, of Hath, arrived in
Richmond on the 13th idiimo, on
tr.eir way to Norfolk, where they
would take passage to Liberia.
fJOne of the State Hanks in
Vermont, having been suspected
of a violation of its charter, :
committee was appointed by the
Legislature to overhaul us affairs
and report thereon, to that bod v.
In their report, the committee
among other developments t4 the
mysteries of banking, state that
"the banking room of this institu
tion is a wooden building occu
pied as a store; that thy i)la, e of
deposite for the note.'., bills, pa
pers, and specie of the bank, is a
wooden desfi; and that the books
ol the bank consist of one or tw-j
sheets of paper pinned or stitched
together.
fX'A young mechanic of Wt
burn, Mass. has invented a ma
chine to peg boots by water. The
machine is a very neat piece of
w ork, and is said by good judges
lo be a superior invention.
f7The PeiKbscot Indians,
"down East," have advertised
their Governor and Lieut. Gov
ernor as up. worthy of trust, and
caution all persons against noticing
any of their official acts hereafter.
One of the Governor's chief faults,
was a remarkable fondness for lis.
subject's fquaws.