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Tr5or-6?rft, r'comj&e Coun, JVVC.) Saturday, March 4, 1837.
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post pnid.or they may not be attended to. te following will be the. cmrse of slu
i. i i, ; Hes Heading, writing, qebgrBphy, grain-
CERTAIN.
Ring SpEihnondson
Have now on hand a variety of
Spring ami Summer
fulfil "15 1
liar div are, Gro c cries,
All of which they are willing to dispute of
At cost for Cash,
Or at n very small advance on a credit to
punctual customers. All persons wishing
to avoid paying a large profit on Goads,
should not fail to avail themselves of this
GreaC Opportunity
We would further say to onr customers, we
da this for the purpose of mal.ing room for
1 larger Stock of Goods
In the Fall. Call nt the si;:n of . King,
where the bargains may he found.
King cJ Edmoiulson.
Tarlioro', July 1st, 183G.
H. JiMiisSTON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
is now recemng iron. e torit.
A Splendid Assortment of i
IS HIS LINE OF BUSINESS,
Suitable for the approaching Season.
fientleinen wishing to put chase th most
lusliionable and best goods, at a small ad
vance on the cost, will do w ell to call ;nd
examine his Stock, as he is determined t
R !l very low for Cash, or on a short crrdit
to punctual customers.
rftnong them are
Superfine blue, black, and brow n Cloths,
2d quality do. of all the most fashionable - number! and has yet as above stated, and
colors, ' that his first propagate. I trees are near
Sup'r corded and plaid fancy Cassimerct, twenty feet high and beautifully propor
Whiie corded &i drab drills for pantaloons, tioned. The leaf is a dark green color
Crape Camblets and Bombazines for thin and often 16 inches long and 1 1 broad.
coatJ, The price, (now reduced) i 60 cents
A superior assortment of Veslings, of eve- each for plants upwards of 5 leet high, ami
ry description, - ! proportionate for those of a smaller size &
riain brown Linens lor summer jackets
and pantaloons,
Thin black and fancy Slocks, (a large 89-
lorttnent,)
Fancy silk Handkerchiefs,
Black silk Cravats, linen Collars,
1'liiio and ruffled linen Bosoms, a new and
superior article Suspenders,
Silk Shirts for gentlemen, a new article,
Also, most every other article comprising
gen lemen's wear.
He also keeps on hand (of his own make)
a small assortment of
Beady made Clothes.
He has on bund a few best white beaver
Hats, which will be sold at New York cost.
tCTGentlemen furnishing their own
Cloths can have them made and trimmed
in the most fashionable in-inner, Had at
the shortest notVce.
Tarborough.Aptil 14th. 133f
State Bank
0J Xorlh Carolina.
URSUANT to a Resolution of the
Stockholders of i his Bank, at their
last annual General Meeting, all persons
h-iving claims on said Bank for Dividends
of Capital or" Profits D-poitest or Notes
issued by the Principal Bank or its Bran
ches, are earnestly desired to present them
r payment to the Treasurer of the Bank,
on ftr before
The first Monday in De
cember next,
Otherwise, (hey will be barred, as the
Stockholders will then make a final divi
dend uf the edicts of the Bank.
tf. F. PrtTTI2ItSONtPre.s?t.
Kiileigh, Dec, 23, JttfG. 1
Scotland JYcck
Female Seminary.
i r H Ul Dim ic ;irp mnt rintr,.!u :..
-- burned that the ExHniina'iou of the
! a,M,ve "a,""d "?enminr will take tdace on
! r,,,ay' ,6'h '8, the residence of
e ' iOe. , at which li.ne Parents and
' 1 "e ,'xer'es uT lhe institution
"commence on
Moildo I, the i(th of JuilU
d
. Ol'y HCiVt
un,ier ih direction as :.eretnfre of Mis
. Rowan, of New York-Vu ,ff
v..-. vk .... . ' Ol
i , ' ioic, natural phi
losophy, astronoinv. moral and intelli..
nl philosophy, natural the-dogy, elements
of criticisint chemistry and botany:
r or the above, branches per
session uf five moutfiV.
$10
5
o
8
10
10
15
7
Latin,
Drawing,
Flower Painting, :
Painting in oil colors, .
French,
Music, . i
Board, per month,
hem. L Parker
183. 13
Dec. 9.
10
MERCHANTS.
-::-
E have iirpor ed by the ships lint k
Away, Mtrmora, George Wash
ington, and lliberuia,
The heaviest and best assorted
STOCK OF EUROPEAN
GOODS,
Ever ia onr possesion. 0'ir assortment of
American Goods
Is very extensive and complete. Thee
Goods we will sell WllOLLSALK, we ve
rilv believe as low, and in some instances
lower than similar Cood can l-e boughrt in
any Northern .Market, tin. I on as liberal
terms, thereby saving to the C- no try Mer
chant, Insurance, Freight, and other inci
dental expenses.
Paul, Moflan Co.
Peiersbnr?, Va. Sept. 12. 37
dhhiPP JUltJIlPrVil
IsMnCbC ) If
fill HE subscriber has for iiipus.il s-ve-
j U rai hundred rooted trees ;uid cut
tings of the noted Moms Multicuule,or
! Xeiv Chinese Mulberry;
Found doubly advantageous for si'k cul
tore, and one of the most beautiful orna
mental trees, of moderate size, the eye
can rest upon. Ol" the ease of propaga
ting this tree and its rapid growth the pub-
'. lie may judge when informed that from a
small routed plant, for which a dollar was
paid at Baltimore about four years since,
:the subscriber has disposed of a large
when a numoer are iaKMt at a time.
SIDNEY IVRLLER.
Brinkleyville, Halifax county, N. C
Dec. 15, l8.1t. J
P. S. Mr. Geo. How ard is ny Agent for
vines and trees at Tat borough and vicini
ty, and those desirous of any plants would
do well to make early application, so that
they may be included in n box about to be
sent to Mr. Howard. &'. IV.
The You ns? Jack,
EDGECOMBE,
WILL STAND the ensuing sra-mn M
my stable, on the north side of
Tar River, on the road leading from Teat's
bridge to the Fa'U Tat River, three miles
above Hie bridge and will be let to mares
at THUEE DOLLARS th single leap,
FIVE Dollars the season, and NINE Dol
lars to insure a inre to be in foal with
twentv-fiVe cents to the Groom in every
instance. A transfer of properly forfaits
the insurance. The soason will commence
the 10th of March and end the 10ih July
Every attention will be paid, but no res
ponsibility for accid-nts, &c.
Edgecombe,
Is four vears old, and a ery large sized
Jack to bis age. His appearance is tne
best recommendation that can be given.
It I) IVimberLey.
Fbruary 24. 137
Miscellaneous.
Ue extract the following
irom an article in the Petersburg
Constellation:
I he Methodist Conference.
me Virginia Annual Conference
ot ihe Methodist Episcopal Churci
commenced its session in this placv
it
on ftveuiiesday, the 8th inst.. and
adjourned on Monday morning
iHe -sum. Upwards one hundred
memoers were present on this in
teresting occasion.
Bishop Andrew, who was ex
pected to be present, failed to at
tend in consequence of affliction;
ms place was supplied, however,
oy Uishop Waugh, of Baltimore,
who presided with ability, and in
away entirely satisfactory lo all
present. During the session, ma
ny Sermons were preached, and
large congregations attended; the
Churches of the different deuorni
nations of this place were all occtj
pied on Sunday the 12th and 1 9th,
by Ministers of the Conference
lhe attention shown by the citi
zen of this place will long be
gratefully retwetnbred by these
heralds of tlie Cross; and lone
will the citizens, who opened their
doors to receive them and extend
ed to them acts of hospitality and
affectionate kindness, recollect the
pleasure which they enjoyed in
the company of mou, whose aim
and purpose is to devote them
i'j me promotion ni peace
and good will towards mankind.
Il will, perhaps, be many years
before we shall witness so large a
collection of Ministers of thi (in
nomination in this town. What
has 'been for many years called the
Virginia C onference, is now di
vided into two Conference tlie
Koanoke liiver being the dividing
line beitrccn the two. The work
every year increases in importance,
and it requires much time and
close application to transact the
business which comes up before
thern during the annual sessions.
Virginia Conference to hold its
npxt session in Richmond. Feb
ruary 21, 1838.
Norli ('arolina Conference.
Stations of the Preachers for IS37.
Tar River, W. E. Pell, T. R.
Bra me, Sup.
tfoanohe District, Robert J.
Carson, P. E.
Roanoke, Win. Conipton.
Pitt, Chapel t'ealherstoti.
JVeuse, W. Wash.
Washington Circuit, R. P.
Bibb.
Mnttamnskeet, W. V. Kone.
Portsmouth y Ockracoke, W.
M.Jordan.
Washington Station, Joseph H.
Davis.
Plymouth, Samuel Pearce.
Turboro Alfred Morman.
Samuel S. Bryant, Agent for
Greensboro1 Female Collegiate In-
stitule.
Robert O. Burton, Agent for
Randolph and Macon otltgn.
The North Carolina ( onltretu e
holds its session at Greensboro7,
January 31st, 1S38.
Timber. We would call at
tention to the fact, that never was
there greater inducement to per
sons to engage in the business of
supplying timber for the Steam
Mill in this pjace, than is now of
fered by its enterprisirig proprie
tors, Messrs. Tannahill & Laven
der. The prices which they pay
for timber, and to those who want
the facilities for its conveyance to
water, the means proposed lo be
furnished by them for the purchase
of team, &c, must necessarily
make it a business of considerable
profit to those who may be dis
posed to embark in it. The
offer for all timber (merchantable)
from 6 to 7 dollars per thousand
a price which would realize ti
the timber getter, $626 a year ;
the hand, certainly a good busi
ness in a country abounding In
limber, and where the means for
conveying it to water can be so
easily obtained.
The "Washington Marine Rail
way," also owned by Messrs.
Tannahill & Lavender, is, we un
demand, in complete order; and
attached thereto are a first rate set
of Carpenters, Caulkers, Black
smiths, Sparmakers, fcc- To these
enterprising gentlemen may bf
attributed in no small degree, the
prosperity of our town. By their
Steam Mill, Steam Boat, Rail
way, &c. &cc, they give employ
ment to many who would other
wise be obliged, probably, to seek
for maintenance elsewhere;
thereby adding strength lo the
mechanical operations in our
town, as well as to the increase of
its population. Wash. Whig.
Fire! On Tuesday eveninir'
last, between 7 and 8 o'clock, our
citizens were alarmed by the cry.
ot l ire! Il broke out on the north:
sioe oi second st., on the lot own-
ed by, and west of the dwelling of
f . r? : it..,.
v jjimuieus vvnnams, on
lulllol. niu. .... . t ! I-
...,. uc mu uuiiwings, a
smoke-house and kitchen, fin
property of Capt. W.,) which
were entirely consumed. The
devouring element was arrested
ere it extended its ravarrp nv
arther. The fire originated
through the carelessness of a ne
gro boy carrying a light in the
smoke house in which was fod
der. ib.
apoplexy. On Friday last.
Diana, a young arid valuable ne
gro woman, the property of Mr.
George W. Pied, of this town,
while in the kitchen, engaged in
washing and apparently in usual
good health suddenly fell back
enseless to the floor. Medical
aid was immediately obtained.
but it was of no avail in a few
hours the vital spark (led. ib.
Truth is stranger than Fiction
Under this ominous head, the
Hamilton Gazette, (published at
Stevensburgh, Ind.) gives the fol-
owing narrative:
"In June, 1833, there arrived
at Stevensburgh a laboring man,
about 35 years of age, who soon
alter engaged himself to lake
charge of the farm of Samuel
James, Esq. of this village. He
represented himself to be from
Orange county, M. Y. by name
Alexander Jackson. After living
with Mr. James until January,
1834, he purchased a lartn about
tune miles distant from this place,
and shortly afterwards offered bis
hand in marriage to a young wo
mau who resided in Mr. James!
family, an adopted daughter ol
Mr. James; in fact, she went by
the name of Sarah James, and no
person in this vicinity knew, un
til recently, but that she was a
natural dauguter of that gentle
man. Mr. James objected to the
match, but Jackson represented
hitnseil'as a relation of the Presi
dent of the United States; and be
ing a good looking, and with al)
an intelligent person, Miss J. was
pleased with him, and urged her
father to consent to their marriage.
In the May following they were
married, and Mr; James gave
Jackson a handsome farm, ad
joining his own, as Sarah's por
tion, on which Jackson built him
self a house, dud they lived very
happily together. Since their
marridge Mrs. J. has borne her
husband two fine boys, the young
est being at present but two mouths
old. But let us give the history
ol Jackson, as now discovered by
ids own confession, and by the
appearance of a person in this
cuinuiunity, who has turned all
his domestic joys into a cup of bit
terness, and rendered his poor
ife heart broken! In the first
.iiace, then, Ins name is not Al
exander Jackson, (and for the
present we shall suppress his real
name.) During his boyhooii in
became the father of a female child
the mother being of respectable
parentage, and as it now appears,
a relative of our respected towns
man, whom Jackson has hitherto
called father-in-law. He soon
left the scene of his disgrace,
which is in Orange countv, N. Y.,
and afterwards for many years
lived in the vicinity of Albany,
where the individual who now ex
posed him knew him by his real
name. His name was also well
known to Mr. James as the fath
oi his adopted daughter. Judge
then of the agonv of all parties
when it become known that the
beautiful Sarah James was not
nit...nl r t 1
muKii uaugmer oi air. j. and
mat she had discovered in her
husband her own father! Trull
is indeed stranger than fiction, for
tn's 's but a simple narrative of
fatts- So attached was the
daughter to her own father, that
lt vvas wlh much difficulty she
was persuaded to return to the
I house of Mr. James. Jackson ha
i 1 .1 t.:. . . .
BW,U own iarm, and does not
snow himself in the village, though
it is believed that he still visits
Mr. James family. It is said that
all the parties will soon leave thi
part of the countrv, so deep is
uieir griei ana disgrace. Air
James is a Justice of the Peace
...J 1 r
nuw .i lawyer oi some eminence,
though he is not at present in full
practice.
"We are induced to give these
sorrowiul lacls publicity, m con
sequence of divers unfavorable re
ports in circulation both against
our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.
ItlYtnl. n n ..,-11 - t t r t ' 1
reports we will not repeat, the nar
rative above given being all sufii
cient to contradict them."
Singular Fotality A dream.
On Sunday night last, a workman
by the name ol' Cunningham, who
was employed in the glass factory
of Mr. Sevrhour. BrookKn.
.
dreamed that he saw the clouds
roll away in tlie sky the hea
vens opening and a being like
the Son of Man descending to the
earth, surrounded with numerous
spirits and augels. tn the morn
ing when he awoke, he told his
"tie ot nis aream, and said lo
lier, "My dear wife, I do believe
I am called hence; I feel that my
day is come."
"Oh! now, husband, why should
you talk so? It is only a dream."
He resumed his composure, sat
down to breakfast, eat silently
with his family, and then rose to
go to his work. Before he left
his apartment, he loaked back,
and beheld his wife gazing after
him. He immediately returned
and bade his wife an affectionate
farewell. "Farewell," said he,
"my children, for . I do believe 1
am called hence, and shall never
see you again."
His wife endeavored to SraootU
over the grief which preyed upon
his mind in consequence of the
dream. 'Twouid not do. He
went to his work at Mr. Seymour's
factory. He vas attentive as
usual but extremely depressed in
spirits. But the denouement
came at last. In the middle of the
afteruoon he was caught by the
machinery and his whole body
torn to pieces.
The singular incident is exact
ly true in ever particular. We
had the facts yesterday from a
gentleman who received them
from Mr. Seymour himself. Of
us truth there is no doubt. A
great excitement is created in
Brooklyn. Can any philosopher
or divine explain the phenomenon
of his dream, his presentiment of
death, bis feelings, or the sad ca
tastrophe? Will .Prpisor Silli
man, or any other avan, go and
examine Mrs. Cunningham and
her children? lt should be inquir
ed into. JV. Y. Herald.
Awful QccurretiCt ly Jirt On
Tuesday night, the 3d tdt. the
dwelling house of illiam Carter,
Esq. in Shelbyvllle, Tennej-see,
look fire, as is supposed, from ac
cident, whic h in its ravages com
milled great destruction, and pro
duced moie melam holy calamity
than perhaps has ever recurred in
this tommy fi;h) the homing of
a single mansion.- rl he fire br ke
out at a late hour in lhe night, and
before its progress was dUcoVcr-
ed, it succeeded in the entire de
struction of the dwelling house,
together with its contents, which
were likewise consumed. Btit
the above losses, however consid
erable they may at first seem, are
nothing comparatively to what re
mains to be told, Esq. C. and big
wife, together with three of their
children between the ages of one
and seven years, likewise prrished
amidst the devouring flames. The
evidence that exists is the fartt
that their bones were to be seen
bleaching upon the ruins next
morning; and that they were not
to be found by their friends. Tlwe
balance of this unfortunate fami
ly, consisting of some five or six
children, together with some ser
vants, succeeded in making iheir
escape, it is said that Airs. C. at
one time effected an escape from
the burning nuns, but on recollec
ting that her children were sleep
ing amidst the flames, she imme
diately yielded to the impulse of
woman's generous nature, and in
the plentitude of maternal afiec
Hon rushed to the relief of her dy
ing children: Hut alas, tiiifortu-
nate, her strength was too weak,
lhe fire overlook her, a till she pef-
imicu in me piercing names.
Unhappy Disclosure A few
evenings since, fwo young men
stepped into an oyster cellar, and
called for refreshments A Iter
they had been supplied, the person
in attendance sat doWn io u afU
oiniug box, waiting their further
ommands. Whilst there, he
iverheard a plan to commit a for
gery the next morning. He
learned the name of the bank, but
not that of the person .whose funds
were to be abstracted. In tie
morning, shortly after nine o'clock,
he repaired to the bank and ap
prised the paihg teller of w hat he?
had heard. Several checks had
already beep paid.-The teller
turned oVer those on filPf 'amj at
length hit upon one of doubtful
character. After a rigid scrutiny,
he pronounced it spurious. The
teller, and his informant repaired
instantly to the oyster cellar, where
the plan had been concerted. Oti
entering, the teller wa.kerf up to a
young gentleman, whom he re
cognised as the person who had
presented the check, and observ
ed, "the check I nald vou thi
morning is a forgery." The culT
prit, conscience smitten, confess
ed his offence, and. refunded lhe
mouey, on condition that his name
should be concealed
The affair having reached the
ears of the merchant, whose name
had been used, he insisted on
knowing the name of the offender,
that he might be brought to con
dign punishment. The teller re
fused the merchant insisted, and,
at length, grew furious-abused'
the teller threatened to expose
him, &tc. The teller, finding it
impossible to appease him, invited
him into a private room. The
urgency of the merchant here re
vived, and, in reply to a peremp
tory demand for the name of the
criminal, he was quietly informed
that it was his own son. He It ft
the.bank, thoroughly satisfied that
exposure and punishment are not
always most conducive to refor--mation.
Phil. Penn.
ttT-The Portland Advertiser
states, that a man has been arres
i d in that neighborhood for the
murder of his wife and bis mistress.