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Le'tT addressed to theKditur must be
,0t p id,-r they may not be attended to.
from Baltimore lo Blukcli,N. C.
IN TWENTY SIX HOURS.
GrealNrlheru anil Southern Line
of trawl, via Washington city,
Fivtle icksburg. Richmond,
Peterburi!. U tleiir.li, &c.
iN and ;ifier tlie fifteenth dav of Oc-
toher nxf, travellers from No.
'uik and riiilaoelplua, reaching Washing
lui ill evening train on tlie Baltimore
and Washington Flil Rad, will be for
warded iminediai' I v by the
Steamboat to V fmac creek, aiid thence
bv Slants and the Richmond hnd Krede
ricUshtiig Kaii ! ad cars lo Richmond,
Virginia, which place they wdl reach t
10 o'clock, A. M. leaving Richmond im
med a'tlv, they will arrive in Petersburg
to d.iieer, and at the termination of th
IVterdnirg Rail Road, ou the R -anoke, at
8 nVi.ick, P. M ; hence they will lie for
warded by : be eiped tions lines of J M.
Avery &. Co to Halifax, Tarborongh,
W.urenton, Raleigh Fayetteville, Colum
bia, S. C. Augii-ta.&tc.
Bediming the Stages from the South
willieach Blakelev Depot (the termination
of the Petersburg Rail Road) at 4 -.'cluck,
P. M. Petersburg at 1) P. M. Richmond at
2 A. M and Washington city in lime for
the afternoon train of ears to Baltimore
mak'uis the trip each way. between Balti
more and Pdaketey, on the Roanoke, in
the unprccedenled time of
Twenty-si hours
The above line is connected throughout,
and connects at I lick's Ford, with the
Rovdtuu, Danville, mid ."jali..biir line, ami
Jiwihff rn and Southern travellers are gua
rantied against detention at any point on
the route between Baltimore and Augusta.
The Proprietors.
Oct. 4. 1S36.
40
V . rr5k
List of Letters,
Remaining in the 1'ost OJJice at Tarbo
rough the 1st of Oct. I83', which
if not taken out before the Isltf Jan-vf-xt,
trill be sent "to the General I'osl
OJJice as dead letters.
Bradley Sarah Mrs Home fJnilford
Bradley Mlza Miss l.'are L-wis
Bradley James Hal' H Ur
Br;i.;ey J -hn Jane tenant of S D
Britt Joseph 2 Cotten
Barnes James A Jenkins Roberson
Ban ts James Irwin 11 L Dr
Burnes Maj F. Jones Macgudbry
Burnett illiam 2 Kea W illiam 2
Jiell Mai maduke Knight A illiam
Bell William Knight James
Bell Alexander Lane Levi
Bairou James Lawrence Jos Dr
Bowei Ceorge Maj Maibewson John 11
Brady I B Mrs Manning John 2
Bennett Susan Miss ,!o"ie Moses
Bon i Mary Mrs Manning Micnjah
Campell F Mi-s Medicine Vender of
Crockat W illiam Mitelis Perry
Cherry Cadet Mayo Fr.-.lerick
Dixon Henry Sen Pender James
Draiiihan Hiz Mrs Powell Joseph J V
Divis Jonathan Purvis Sovereign 2
Dancy Kdwin C Dr Pool Sarah Mis
Deans Daniel Parker Mary R Miss
Ethe ridge Lewis Pender .1 J B
Kiiier:dg Redick Raglale M T Miss
Kdmundson Joseph Kagsdale A M Miss
Kllis U illiam Rnffin Ltheldred
Kdwards Jacob Renitk Robert M
Freeman Josiah 2 Speight Kliz'h V Miss
Fountain Spencer Shfi' Ftlgecoinbe Co
Folk Mary Miss 2 Spi:er Moses
Felton Jo'be Saulsby W C
Foxhall Sarah Mrs 2 Smith John
Garrett John Sugg P Dr
(ray E Maj Sinnletary J Rev 2
Ori cues Thomas Tolston Moses
llyman John Turnbull James
Hines Richard Thigpeu Jobe
Hawkins John Terrell . Rl
Hmtn W m FJder Ward J T
Higgs Caroline Miss Worsley William
limes William 11 Wilson L D Geu 2
Hatl.eway John W'ilknn Willis
Jan. M lli dmoml, P. M
98 $16 93 i.
1 niTK'm.T
ILKJ M JL JLl M i Jl
rrjUIE Board ot Managers of the JFath'
M. iwzlon National Monumental Society
invite DESIGNS for this structure, inten
ded as a meiitoi ial oi a
NATION'S GRATITUDE.
It would be to fetter genius, to prescribe
any limit to the exercise ot its powets,
wh en sh uild, however, in this case, liar-:noniou-ly
bieud durability, .-implicit v and
grandeur. Although it is itupracticatde at
present to estimate the extent of the con
nibutious that may be m-.de, the Designs
may tie predicaten on an expenditure of not
less than one million of dollars.
The Board of Managers will not "fiend
American genius so much as to ofier, in
this instance, a pecuniary repaid. The
artist w hose Design sttall be adopted, will
fi el amply remunerated; and all the De
signs ill be bound and carefully preserved
to which eud,tl is requested that they be
sketched, as near as may tie. on paper ot a
uniform size, of the dimensions of sixteen
by twenty-lwo inches. The designs to be
directed 'o
GEORGE ir.lTTEllSON Sec ry.
100 Uewnvcl.
N'AW'Y from the subscriber, on
I' tie. lay night tlw 6th ot September
last, my negro man named
Aged about 5t years, 6 feet luh and thin
visa-red. loin is no doubt lurking in the
neighborhood, a-, he has k U d a"l injured
my cattle, bog, sheep, &;c. As Tom is a
malicious uegio and "ill certainly resist
an attempt to take him, I will give the
above regard for his apprehend u if taken
in any manner and confined in jail.
lilizti b till Cromwell
October 17, 1S3
41
Information
Is wanted relative to
Christopher f elden.
A native of G.tlvvav in Ireland, lio resided
' of 4 year-; :io
IN WILMINGTON. N, C. j
Th objec! nl'llvs eriueuient is to know J
where Chrilophtr H'tlJen i t present he -
was rather -boil, ami i a fanny complex
ion. Address the pehlMier of the Wit
minsrtor. (N. C ) Adccrliser.
April 22.
" M. EDWARD MANllNGr
RDE.i all persons iiideMed to him
to cuine lurward and m ike itnmedi-
ate payment. Also. Ihe inhabitants tf
Districts No. 15 and 1G, to pay their tax
es without delay, a- he contemplates on
going to tlie .North the 1st of ept. an ! will
no' return in six months. Those concern
ed will please obey the above mandate, as
he cannot go without a full a!jus ment of
his affairs before his departure. I' hose
having claims against him will phase be
so condescending as to present them for
adjustment within the time prescribed,
tie will also have a couple i f
Hr.rscs for
Ore of which is extraordinarily gentle,
suitable f.r a family gii horse One can
be delivered the 1st ot August and the
other Ihe 1st of ept. Strict justice re
quires, and necessity demands, tbat the
above article shall be attended to.
July Jlh. 1836.
Stale of North Carolinu,
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Court of Equity.
S KPT KMC lilt TERM. IS36.
Lewis Ellis )
vs. Bill of Injunction.
John Peeie Mothers,
IT appearing to the satisfaction of said
Court that Jacob Home, one of the
defendant in the above case, is a non-resident:
U is therefore ordered, hat publica
tion be made for six weeks in the Tarboto'
Press, notifying him to appear at the next
session of said Court, to be held for saiit
County, at the Court H-ne in Taiboro
on the second Monday in March next, then
W A GUI
T M JL JLl M i I J l
and there to pleail or demur to said otu ot
answer the same, or judgment will beta
ken pro confesso and said bill be set loi
hearing ex parte as to him.
Witness, Isaac ."Sorfleet, Clerk and Mas
ter of said Court, at office, the second
Monday of September, 1836.
NO H FLEET, C.M.E.
By JVm. NorJleettD.C.c
Price adv $3 60-
isceUaneous.
INDIAN WAR.
Loss of the L7. 6 steamer Lt.
Izard. Lieut. Raphael Seiuine,
U S. Navy, arrived at this plao
with his officers and crew on tip
18th ioSt. in the transport schoon
er Frederick drnet, from the
Withl
iuoochee where, we are sor
ry to state, the Izhrd was lost on
the 1 1th ints. Lieut. S. had pro
ceeded to this part ol our coast in
company with (ien. Read and one
hundred ai'd fifty of tin? Florida
militia, with the design of pene
trating mid ihe Seminole territory
by means of the W'nhlaconchee,
but the Izard having grounded on!
one of the outer bars was si much
injured as to become, in the course!
of a few hours, a complete wieck.
Geu. Read had been engaged for
the week previous lo Lu-iu. b's.
departure from the Withlacoo
chee, in bai ricadin a b trge and
making other preparations for the
purpose of ascending Hie river
witli provisions; it being tus inten
tion lo establish a depot ot sup-
plies, near tlie falls, louriten miles
above tlie mouth of the river,!
Lieut. S. brings no intelligence!
of importance bom tht seal of war.,
The crew of the Izard, like
those of the American ;m Dade,
have returned enfeeble. 1 and woriij
down by disease. Out of a crew
of twenty eight who left here in,
the Izard iti June last, onU four;
men have returned in health..
The country, however, is now be
ginning lo grow m ire healthy.
slpalachicola, Oct 1G. The
steamer Meridian arrived at this
place from Tampa 13 ty on Mon
day last. There has been no
fighting in that quarter since our
former dates. The deputation ol
friendly Indians which have been
sent out to hold a talk with the
hostilt s, and induce them to come
to terms without further fighting;
or in other words with a proposi
tion to the Seminole Chiefs, to
buy them up, had relumed to
Tampa, without having been able
to effect any thing. Harjo the
head of the deputation, reports
that he found tlie Chiefs of the
Semiuoles in a hammock within
the Withlacoochee Samp, which
was surrounded on all sides by
deep morasses, ponds and anal-;
most impracticable underbrush-'
wood, with as he calculated about ,
3500 of their people, men, women
and childr-n. On the proposal!
being made lo Oseola lo lay down
his arms and retire lo the West-!
war. 1 the reply was firmly and
decisively "Sever the land is;
ours, and we will die ou it.'
They boasted of laving beaten off
armies of the Whites, and speak;
confidently of their ability to with
stand the present preparations
against them.
An officer of Gen. Call's army,
who passed through Washiumou
on Tuesday, on his way to rtiila
delphia, for the purpose of obtain
ing supplies for the Florida army,
of which it was nearly destitute,
stated that, amongst the other un
toward circumstances attending
Geu. Call's advance to the Wvth
lacoochie, was the loss of six hun
dred horses.
Interesting from the Indian
Country west of the Mississippi.
The Arkansas Gazette ol Jci. 4th
uas received late intelligence from
the Indians west of Fort Gibson,
by which it appears there is no
around for the alarm which exists
unong the inhabitants between
Little Rock and Fort Smith.
The late emigrating Creeks have
heen kindly received by the Mac
intosh party, and have separated
and settled indifferent sections ol
the country. They appear to be
quite contented, if not delighted
vith their new ioration. The
faith of Fort Gibson is tuiusual
v good.
Nea-Mathla and Neo-iM icco
"tve peaceably submitted with
their tribes to King Roly Macin
tosh. It is hoped that the lai
party of emigrating Creeks in
their forlorn condition will have
the usual government tribute al
lowed them though it has been
forfeited by their hostile conduct
before leaving Alabama and
Georgia.
A speck of war in the East. A
Bangor ( Maine) paper says: 4,Ve
learn from a gentleman who ar
rived heie last evening from Dask
ahegau Lake, that considerable
excitement prevails in the neigh
borhood, in consequence of a ru
mor that several hundred Indian.
had recently come through from
anada &t pitc hed their tents near
that place, and were preparing to
give battle to the inhabitants..
So great was the excitement thai
large numbers had prepared ihem-,
selves with powder ami bails for
the attack, which was hourly ex
pected when our informant left.
Gen Oodgc's Treaty with the
Xa-'s and Foxes. Another lJur-chase.--''Uv
Louiviile (Ky.) Jour
nal of Oct. 21, contains the fol
lowiiir interesting information:
A correspondent in the Wiston
si n Territory informs us, that a
negotiation was heid, on the 23d
wit. at Rock Lland, between Liov .
Dodge and the conk-derated tribes
ol Sacs and Foxes. The Gov
ernor, as superiuteudant of Indian
AflYirs for tlie Territory, had au
thority to negotiate with those
trihes, for the purchase of all li.eir
lands west ot the Mississippi, and
to propose to them to remove
South of the Missouri. Proposi
tions to this eff-ct were made to
the Indians in council, to which
they refused to accede: they would
cousnnt to sell only a small reserve
on the Iowa river, containing a
bout 400 square miles. This
Gov. Dodge purchased of them
for the sum of $192,000, being ai
the rale of seventy five cents per
at re a higher price than was
ever before paid to the Indians for
their lauds.
TLXAS.
From the New Orleans Standard.
The Congress of Texas met on
the 3d iust. A quorum of mem
bers being present, Kiciiard Lllis,
(President of the late Convention)
was elected President pro. teui. ol
the Senate, and Ira Ingram, of
Matagorda, was elected Speaker
of the House. The necessary
Committees were apointed ou the
4ih. On the th the message of
President Burnett was delivered;
and tlie official returns of the last
election were rendered. They
were as follows: for President
Houston 3385, Austin 581, Smith
1 14, Green 42, ttusk 1 and Ar
cher 4; for Vice President La
mar 738, liusk 1159, Ztvala
23, and Smith 2. The vole in fa
vor of maintaining the recent Con
stitution as it is, was 3199, and
for giving conventional powers to
Congress to alter it 223 Jx'The
vote in favor of annexing Texas
to the United Stales, was 3279;
and in favor of a separate republic
only 91.
A letter from a respectable gen
tleman, on a visit lo Texas, rep
resents the members, as intelligent
and respectable; and certain to or
ganize an efficient Government.
This is all that is now necessary
to entitle Texas, to have her inde
pendence recognized not only by
the United States, but all foreigu
nations.
fJCThe U. S. Schooner of War
Dallas, Captain Green, which was
irmerly stationed on the N. C.
oast, near Beaufort, was lost on
Tamptco Bar, on the 23d Sept.
last. The loss was owing to the
ignorance or desist; of the pilot,
who run her out of the chattel, and
when she struck, jumped into the
vater and made his escape. The
officers and crew were all saved,
and have arrived at iS'ew Orleans.
Useful Invention for the Sick of
ihe Army. ('apt. H. L Thistle,
of New Orleans, who commanded
company of Louisiana Volun
teers during the last campaign in
Florida, lias invented a saddle for
the conveyance of the sick ou a
march. The Invention has met
with great favor among the offi
cers of the army; ami the War De
partment to testify its high opin
ion of it, has already ordereu fifty
saddles lo be made for present
purposes. It requires eight or
ten men, says the Army and Navy
I hronicle lo carry a wounded
nan on a litter, and then the pro
gress is very slow . By means of
Captain Thistle's saddle, a horse
and a man to lead him are suffi-!
cienl, and the patient is removed;
with less pain and inconvenience, j
!
Distnssing t 'alamity. The !
British Steamer Royal Tar of and
from St John's, New Brunswick, !
bound for Portland, Maine, was
destroyed by fire on the 25th tilt,
in Penobscot Bay. There were
from 90 to 100 passengers on
board, about 30 of whom perished
in the fl mes or were driven over
board and drowned. A revenue!
('utter, which was 4 or 5 miles to
the windward when the fire oc
curred, went to ihe assistance of
ihe sufferers, and her boat left the
wreck a little before sunset, with
one solitary frantic female, whose
sister and child perished before her
eyes. On the deck of ihe Sieam
er, were an Itphaut, two Cam
els, several hores, and a number
of caged animals, composing a
travelling caravan these were all
lost.
A subsequent account states
that the Elephant on finding the
(limes of the steamer approaching
too near him, boldly plunged into
the sea, and is reported to have
swam ashore, two miles distant,
to Birse's Island, near the Fox
Islands. The pony of the mena
gerie accompanied the King of
the Forest in this aquatic excur
sion. They betook themselves lo
a barn yard on landing. The
ow ner of the premises was at first
much alarmed, but recovering
from his fright, kindly provided
his shipwrecked guests with com
fortable quarters.
Dreadful Fire and Explosion
at sea. By an arrival at New
York, we learn that the brig,
Ariel, from that port, bound to
Carlhagena, with 600 barrels of
flour and half a ton gun powder
ou board, took fire at midnight on
the 31 st August. The captain,
crew,, and nine passengers, were
aroused from tlreir sleep by the
dreadful cry of "ship on fire!"
They escaped, mostly in their
night clothes, by means of the
long boat. In about twenty min
utes, and when they were not more
than half a mile from the brig, she
blew up with a terrific explosion,
which seemed to shake and rend
the very elements. They landed
at the island of St. Domingo, on
the 4th Sept., and arrived at New
York on Thursday. The Ariel
and her cargo were insured in the
sum of thirty thousand dollars.
Baltimore Pat,
Another Steam-boat blown up.
We learn from the Cincinnati
Evening Post, of the 6th inst. that
the steam-boat Nicholas Biddle, !
on her way up from New Orleans,
about five miles below Memphis,'
blew up, by which accident, (for it
is always ah accident, although in
England they send people to Bot
any Bay for such accidents,) five
persons were instantly killed,
fourteen or sixteen badly scalded,
many of whom will not recover,
and twelve jumped overboard,
all of w hom were drowned but 2.
OCT Among the many wonders
which this world of wonders pro
duces, ihe following is not ihe
least remarkable "We are credi
bly informed by a respectable
cilrzens of this town, ihat the wife
of a German, now residing in Ce
cil county, Md., presented her
husband a few weeks sinve, with
twins. The ae of the happy
father is only sixty -three) that of
the mother seventy! The chil
dren we belitve are likely to do
well." Alexandria Gazette.
Age of the IVorld. At the
meeting of the British Associa
tion, on Friday week, the only
fact elicited through the evening
was the declaration of Dr. Buck
laud, that millions of years must
henceforward be assigned to the
age of the world, and that the best
Hebrew scholars had lately given
a new interpretation to the two
first chapteis -nf Genesis This
announcement of the Kev. Doctor
was received with applause which
lasted some minutes.
Farming. It one half the zeal,
energy and expense that blots so
many gazettes with low and course
abuse, selling the community by
the ears for the "sole gain and pal
try purposes of a few demagogues
and office holders, were bestowed
on the advancement of agriculture
if the people were half as ambi
tious lo improve and beautify their
fields, as thev are to settle the na
tion; and half as angry with this
tles, thorns, and portr fem es, as
they are with their political oppo
nents, who probably wish as well
lo the cotiutry as themselves, we
should have more productive
fields, less complaints of poverty,
more ability -to be charitable and
munificent, and abundant more
good feeling.
Preserving Potatoes. Chance
has led to the disrovery of a meth
od of preserving potatoes, which
is both simple and attended with
liltle or no expense. A house
keeper had placed in his cellar a
quantity of charcoal. Having re
moved it, in the autumn, without
removing the dust that covered the
U' ound, he caused a large quanti
ty of potatoesjtobe laidVn it. To
wards the spring these roots were
preserved, had thrown out no
shoots, and were found as fresh
and well flavored as new.
A remedy for arsenic. Tobac
co is said to be an infallible pre
ventive against the faial effects of
arsenic, w hen taken into the stom
ach. In several instances where
tobacco juice was swallowed after
t tking arsenic, no sickness resul
ted from the use of the tobacco
and not the least harm from the
arsenic. This is an important
discovery.
fX7"A mammoth man or second
Daniel Lambert is being exhibit
ed s Lowell. He is 5 feet 6 inch
es high, measures in the girt eight
feet,.and weighs seven hundred
pounds; walks with difficulty, yet,
as the advertisement says, he is
familiar and interesting.
Horrible case of Murder. We
learn from the New Ytk Courier
and Enquirer, that a quarrel late
ly took place on board the,
steamboat Cygnej on her pas
sage from New Orleans to SftA
Louis. The Captain got into a
quarrel with one of bis hands, and
in the course of the fracas the Cap
tain pushed the man into the En
gine while in full operation, and
the poor fellow was crushed into
a thousand pieces. The Captain
was held to bail in the sum of tea
thousand dollars.