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MEMORY OF
WASHINGTON.
We have frequently alluded in
cur paper to the design, now in
rrocess of active operation, to
erect in the Metropolis of the Na
tion, by die voluntary contrihu
tions of die people, a great Na
tional Monument in honor of
,he memory of WASHINGTON. !
t Is intended that it shall be. like
him in honor of whom it is con
structed, unparalleled in the
nrorld, and commensurate with the
cratitude, liberality and patriot
ic of the People by whom it is
to he erected. Such a Monu
ment, reared by such means, will
commemorate, at the same lime,
a virtue, a patriotism and a grat
itude truly National, with which
the friends ol liberty, every where,
will sympathize, and of which our
country may always be proud.
$ '.i rely every true hearted, genu
ine American will consider it as a
privilege and .honor, and not as
atavnr bestowed on the Society,
lo have such an opportunity of
displaying his gratitude and ven
eration for the memory of Wash
ington. The Subscription is lim
ited to One dollar, but any sum,
however small, will be received.
For the purpose of raising funds
for the contemplated object, the
United States has been divided
into Collection Districts, and a
General Collector appointed in
each, with authority to employ
deputies, Sec. The General Col
lector for North Carolina is Mr.
I G. Lash, of Stokes county, who
is now engaged in obtaining the
services of deputy collectors. We
are requested by him to announce
the following appointments, and
to state that he wishes to employ
M Agent in each county in the
State, not enumerated in the sub
joined list. Applications may be
made to him at Bethania, Stokes
county, by lettter post paid:
LIST OF AGENTS.
Wake -William Peck,
Perm John A. Harnett, Sh'ff,
icood--N. G. Howell, SIM,
"osmigf onJos. E. Ramsav,
W-Sam. W. W. Vick, Sh'ff
fi-B. H. Griffin, Sheriff,
Sfofy Salathiel Stone, Sh'ff,
Cumberland John McLean, Shff,
Franklin Gustin Perry, Sheriff;
-mhnhurg Joseph McCon
naughev, Sheriff,
G. Spruill, Sh'ff,
wdcingham M. Roberts, Sh'ff,
CoweM Thos. L. Ica, Sheriff,
s. M. Smithwick, Sh'ff,
'aeon Ja? Tru'itt Sl.or'ifi
Jas. C. Tu'rrentine,Sh'ff,
. Officers of the Washington JSfa
tx'wnl Monument Society. James
Madison, President; William
tranch, 1st Vice President; Mav
0r of Washington, 2d Vice Presi
!; William W.Seaton,3d, Vice
president; Samuel H. Smith,
Jreasurer; George Wattcrston,
Secretary.
Managers. Ma). Gen. A. Ma
COrib, Gen. N. Towson, Col.
ljeo. Homford, Col. A. Hender
5o"t Col. Jas. Kearney, Com.
J?1111 Uodgers, William Brent,
Thos. Munroe, Esq. Thos.
arbery, Esq. J. p. Van Ness,
t?1-M.St.C. Claike, Esq. Peter
Force, Esq. John McClelland,
esq.
The following Address to the
l eople ol Americ a has been issued
by the Board of Managers:
People of America! Thirty
six years have rolled away since
the body of your beloved Wash
ington was consigned to the hum
ble sepulchre in which it. now re
poses. The melancholy event
threw the whole nation into tears
and the determination of your
Representatives to erect a Monu
ment to his memory, worthy of
his sublime virtues, was then, eve
ry where hailed with delight.
But no memorial of your gratitude
and veneration is yet visible.
The stranger and sojourner in your
country has still to ask, where is
the N ational Monument sacred
to the memory of jour illustrious
Washington, and dedicated to
public and private virtue? Where
shall 1 look for the evidence of the
gratitude of the American people
to the man who, under Provi
dence, made them what they are?
Alas! as a National memorial, it is
no w here to be found.
Americans! Let not this gener
ation pass away before yon prove
to the world that the memory of
your beloved Chief is still held in
veneration, and his great virtues
and services still cherished in
your hearts; that the cold neglect,
so long evinced, shall no longer
disgrace the character of your
country, and that you yet have
the patriotism and feeling which
become the Countrymen of Wash
ington! Americans! You are now called
upon, perhaps for the last lime, to
respect your own character and
lhat of country, by doing honor
to the memory of him to whom
you owe so large a debt of grati
tude. A Monument is about to
be erected under the direction of a
society, established for lhat pur
pose, in the city w hich he selected
as the metropolis of the nation,
and which bears his honored
name, by the voluntary contribu
tion of the American People.
The sum required from each is but
small, that each may have the
honor of contributing to so noble
an object. That no one may
complain of not having an oppor
tunity to share in the glory of
such an undertaking, and to show
the respect and gratitude he feels,
all will be called upon for their
aid, and from all, old and young,
male and female, that aid is ex
pected. With the aggregate thus
obtained, a monument will be
erected which, like him in whose
honor it is to be constructed, will
be without a parallel in the world.
Every where the memory of the
Father of his Country is held in
veneration; and let your contribu
tions be in proportion to that ven
eration. The time has come
when the stigma of ingratitude
shall be blotted from the escutch
eon of the Republic, and the A
merican People will no longer be
taunted with indifference and a
palhy to the memory of their illus
trious Patriot.
Fellow- Citizens'. The monu
ment to the erection of which you
are now called upon to contribute,
must be worthy of yourselves, of
your country, and ot the man to
whom it is to be aeaicateo. it
will be a monument not of Wash
ington alone, but of the gratitude,
patriotism, munificence and taste
of the people of the present age of
the Republic. It is mienoea,
therefore, to make it at once stu
pendous and elegant, that it may
be an object in which the present
generation will glory, and at
which future generations will ad
mire and wonder. To do this, a
contribution of even the small
sum required, (and which every
one can afford) will be sufficient.
For these the agents of the Socie
ty are authorized to call upon each
of you; and it is expected that no
American will be found so indif
ferent to hie nwn ron..n:A.-. .1
ihe character of his Country, as to
.usc ur wnnuoid his mite from
an object so noble, so patriotic,
o iiuuuiauie 10 me American
i eopie.
Bv order nf tlio T?i.1 f IVf.,
. .IV. mwuiU v man-
agers of the Washington National
Monument Society,
GEO.WATTERSTON,Sec'y.
We hope the Press throughout
the State, with a generous and
commendable spirit, will take up
me SUOieCl and repnmmpnr
It
to the favorable attention of thp
Public. Raleigh Register.
LfLle Superior Court of
Craven terminated its Spring ses
sion on baturday last. There
was considerable business, ar res
pects quantity, despatched, but no
case of much general importance
came beore the Court. One
thing, individually important, sur
prised us a little, viz: the selling
of a free man by law, at the Court
house, lo us, uninitiated in the
extent of the powers of law, and
unacquainted with the clause of
either the btate or United States'
Constitution which sanction such
sales, even for a limited time, as
in the case alluded to there ap
pears something anomalous in the
transaction.
Judge Saunders presided; and
as this was the first professional
visit which he has made to this
place since his elevation to the
Bench, it may be proper to state,
that the manner in which he dis
charged the responsible duties of
his station has given general sat
isfaction. The gentlemen of the
Bar here, the Judges of the case,
speak of him in terms of appro
bation. Thus far of his law
knowledge, which we report on
very respectable "hear says"; but
we speak from our knowledge
when we say that his impartiality
is praiseworthy. His lucid, and
honest exposition of the law and
evidence, in the case of a very
particular friend of ours, from
whom, by the by, His Honor has
received some political rubbing,
settled a two-and-sixpeuy matter
in live minutes lhat had been
eighteen months before the Court
in consequence of one judge's un
necessary reluctance to try it, and
of another's inexplicable and most
singular, though, we believe, well
meaning, charge. We admire
prompt men. A cwbern Spec.
The Texian Treaty Question
settled. JMr.Adams' veracity call
ed in question. It will be recol
lected that Mr. John Q. Adams
the other day positively asserted
in his seat, that the treaty with
Mexico had been presented by him
to Gen. Jackson for his consider
ation, at Mr. Monroe's and that
the General had acceded to its
provisions. The Globe shows
conclusively that the statement is
altogether erroneous, and that
Gen. Jackson was not in the city
when the treaty was drawn up,
concluded or signed.. JV. Y. Star.
Better late than never. The
Common Council of the Borough
of Norfolk have resolved to honor
the memory of the brave men from
Virginia and North Carolina who
went lo the resue of that Town
during the last war. The Beacon
says, it is determined, that the
bones of the soldiers shall be col
lected and buried in one common
grave, which will be guarded by a
suitable monument. It will be in
bad taste, however, under existing
circumstances, to inscribe any
names upon the monument.
Hundreds perished, and it is well
nidi impossible to crave the
v
names of all on the largest monu
ment likely to be erected, and if
we cannot record all, it were un
just to record a few. Particu
larly would we object to the names
of officers being singled out from
those of the gallant soldiers whom
they commanded. The officer
was in no respect worthier than
the private. The army of that
day was taken from the 6re-sides
and farms of the purest and wor
thiest sons of the "sister states."
Q?We perceive, by the Eng
lish papers, that Mr. Feather
stonhaugh, the United States
Geologist, has had the honor con
ferred on him of being elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society.
This distinction, emanating from
the most celebrated body of learn
ed men in Knrnnp. nnrl nvpr
which the great Newton presided,
must be in every sense gratifying!
to the individual who is honored
by it, for it is rarely conferred:
and, as far as we recollecr, of in
dividuals now living in the United
States, is only shared by our emi
nent fellow-countryman Mr. Bow
ditch. We were confident, when
we published Mr. F.'s Geological
Report of the past year, that it
would be cordially received in
Europe; and so it has turned out.
We rejoice, on the public account,
that it is so. We are pleased al
ways in the belief that the scien
tific men of Great Britain are
glad of opportunities to honor
those who are strengthening the
interests of science and of man
kind, in this country, with whom
they have so many congenial rela
tions. Nat. Int.
G7-The lexian armed schr.
Invincible, Capt. Brown, lately
sunk the Mexican schr. Montezu
ma, after a running fight of sever
al hours. The Montezuma was
preparing to carry about 2000
men to Galveston Bay, which
renders this an importaut and
timely event. The Invincible was
considerably injured, but none of
her crew were hurt.
The Cammanches. The Na
tional Intelligencer gives from a
gentleman of high authority who
has lived five years among these
Iudians, the following particulars:
They occupy a country GOO miles
long by 250 to 400 broad, stretch
ing on the prairies from latitude
34 degrees on the Red River to
the Rio del Norte, extending north
to the road leading from St. Louis
(Missouri) to Santa Fe, and south
to the head waters of the Trinity,
Guadaloups, Brassos, and Color
ado rivers of Texas. "The differ
ent trides are Cammanches, Kya-
was, Towash or Southern Paw
ness, Caddoes, Wacoes, and
Shidies. They number about
35,000 in all, and can muster from
seven to eight thousand warriors in
this great Western prarie. Free
as the Buffalo themselves, they
acknowledge no superior depre
dating upon the Mexicans of the
interior States, ravaging and
burning their towns, murdering
their people, sometimes taking
prisoners, which they either tor
ture to death or make slaves of,
carrying off immense herbs of
mules and horses.
fXAt the explosion of the Ea
gle powder mills near St. Louis,
last monlh, seven hundred kegs of
gunpowder were ignited at one
time, ten buildings, occupying
three acres of ground, were des
troyed, and the shock was sensi
bly felt throughout an area of 20
miles but not a single life was
lost. A most extraordinary Pro
vidence. (tyA law was enacted by the
Legislature of Massachusetts at
its last session, providing that no
child under the age of 15, shall
be employed in any Manufactory
in that State, unless such child
shall have attended some school,
during at least three in the twelve
preceding months. The penalty
for a violation of this law is $50,
to be recovered of the employer.
Melancholu and Unaccountable
Suicide of Husband and Wife.
Samuel Sherman, Esq. a man of
unblemished upright character, of
the most exemplary habits, and
for many years the respected
cierK oi queens county, on Mon
uay morning put an end to his
existence, at Jerico, from morbid
melancholy, caused by the recent
death of his wife, who is thought
ij nave terminated ner career
without any known cause, in the
same deplorable way, a short
lime previous. JV. Y. Star.
Horrid effect of Intemperance.
A man in Delaware county, N.
Y. named Thompson, was lately
sentenced to the Penitentiary for
biting oil a piece of the upper lip,
the eyebrows and ears of his fa
ther in a drunken frolic.
OCAn irreclaimable drunkard
hung himself lately at Hiram,
Ohio, and left the following letter
to his wife. "Mrs. T. Norton: I
die thai you may be happy. Eli
sha Norton."
Great Speculation. The editor
of the Terre Haute Courier, on
the Wabash, (Illinois) states that
two millions and a half of dollars
have been placed in the hands of
an agent by a company in the
East, for the purpose of purchas
ing public lands, on a rail road
projected by them in that state.
Horrible. We learn from St.
Louis, that Tuesday last, a color
ed man was arrested on board a
boat, by a deputy sheriff and
constable; that another colored
man assisted him to escape from
the officers, whom ihey immedi
ately arrested, when he killed the
sheriff upon the spot, and so bad
ly wounded the constable that he
was not expected to live. The
negro was then secured and com
mitted to prison, but the people
assembled in great force, with
the determination of tearing down
the prison, if he was not given up
to them. Our informant states
that he was delivered to the mob,
taken to the outskirt of the city,
and burned alive!
Cincinnati Evening Post.
ftAt a meeting recently held
in Natchez, Judge Quitman, Pre
sident of the Senate of Mississip
pi, declared his intention to repair
immediately to the scene of War
in Texas. A large company was
raised. It is reduced to a cer
tainty that, in a very short time,
there will be a large body of vol
unteers from the United States in
full march to join Gen. Houston.
CThe Albany Argus states
that the good people of that city
are in earnest on the subject of
constructing a tunnel under the
Hudson. The plan of construc
tion proposed to be followed is
entirely different from that pur
sued in the Thames tunnel, and
is thus described.
In the construction of the work,
neither the shield, as in use for
the London tunnel, nor any shield,
will be required. The intention
is to inroduce the cofferdam; and
to construct the work throughout
with its aid. The bed of the riv
er is first excavated, with dredg
ing machines, to the (supposed)
hard pan or rock bottom. The
coffer dams are then sunk to the
depth of the excavation easily ren
dered impervious to water, and
the water pumped out, and the
inner or working part of the dam
kept free, by the use of steam.
The excavation is completed; and
the sides and arches of the tunnel
constructed with ease and without
interruption. The coffer dam is
removed to the next, as each sec
tion is completed. And thus the
work is pushed forward with eel
erity and economy, not, for the
time being under the bed of the
river, or rather, as at London fi
under the water, excluded from
light and air; but in the open air;
and with all the facilities of ordi
nary excavation and masonry
al the requisite depth below the
bed of the river, it is true, but
within the coffer dam, and protec
ted by it from the water.
The principle is one with which
our engineers are familiar, the
coffer-dam having been more or
less employed in the construction
of works upon our canals, and in
similar excavations, though of
less magnitude, in other parts of
the Union. We are assured that
it can be successfully introduced
in the prosecution of the Albany
Tunnel, and that its simplicity and
economy, and the minuteness and
accuracy with which the expense
may be estimated, place it almost
beyond a doubt lhat the work may
be completed for a sum wiihin
the incorporated capital, 300,-
000.
Singular Accident. Yester
day, about 12 o'clock, the store of
air. Harley, in Front, near Wal
nut street, gave way within, and
the ceilings and floors from the
roof to the basement story, fell
with a tremendous crash. It was
imilar to the disaster that hap
pened in New York two years, or
thereabout ago. Fortunately, no
one was injured; though several
of ihe inmates of the store, hear
ing the premonitory symptoms of
a collapse in the establishment, by
piecipitate night, barely escaped
wiin ineir lives, l he rums pre
sent a singular scenei hrnkpn
joists, lath and sleepers large
masses of plaster, and strips of
boards, mark ihe wall from ihe
basement upward; while below a
heavy mass of Goods, and frag
ments, of the store, lie lumbering
together in indiscriminate confu
sion. The counting room in the
second story still hangs like a
bird-cage by the wall. We are
told that business is transacted
there by the clerks to-day. Their
position is by no means enviable.
The direct cause of the disaster
is supposed to have been the great
weight of different wares in the
several stories. It will be remem
bered lhat the accident in New
York was brought about by a like
cause. Too much care cannot be
exercised in loading stores, espe
cially tipper rooms; since apart
ments grow weaker, the higher
they ascend. Phil. Gazette.
A Snorter. A woman in Ohio
recently applied for a divorce, and
one of the principal reasons for so
doing was, that her husband snor
ed so loud lhat it was unDossible
for her to sleep.
OCTIt is stated in a French
journal that the cabbage is a per
fect remedy lor intoxication from
wine, and that, if eaten before
drinking, it will prevent intoxica
tion. These virtues were attrib
uted to the cabbage bv ancient
writers.
A chance for JVew'spaper Spec
ulation. There is said to be on
ly one newspaper published in
Valparaiso, and that but "a con
temptible production" though
the price is thirty-six dollars a
year.
Interesting Relic. A late Lon
don paper says: "Benjamin
Franklin, whilst in London, pur
sued his business as a compositor
with great ardor, at the highly
respectable establishment in Great
Queen street, Lincoln's-innfields,
now conefceted by John Cox &
Son's, printers to the East India
Company. The Compositor's
case occupied by FraTiklin, exists
as when he left it."
(tTZeal without knowledge, is
like fire without licht.