North Carolina Newspapers

Whole Xo. 603. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Saturday, July 8, 1837- Vol. XIII JVo. t7. 7p Tiirbroith 7V?.m," BV firORfiR HOWARD, iii h.l weeUvat 7V'o DoUnrs and I Tj ill')ll"n' 1 . , ... . i ' on ,,,,r ve ,r ,f "' ',!ivil'1' j F '' J 'f p,'hrs at the expiration of l ho .''V.Sti"" vr. For anv period le. ve;ir T'CfK.'w ir? Ctn'5 per month. i'-'Wr-' " li,"',,v '', diseontiiuw I C' lnie on e'vif-i nniir thereof and at .an-rius-U" residmr; ar a di- ..tt invariably pv in advanre, or ,,nf reJn-.ns':llr reference in this vi i l'tty. r -...cm.vil-J pot exceeding Ifi li'es I tret a ("r a scJ,,in'e vv"" ht; ",sr,t(,' i ,e 'js first in i t ion ami 5 rts. each Longer ones at mat rate vpiv sq'1re- Advertisements must ' 'uked l1" nnm'i.T of insertion requi 'lor thev ,,l continued until other-fP- ' "order"1', and charged ncrnrdingly. jPt,r addressed to Hie Cd'nor roust he pt pa i'i), or they ay not be attended to ffiisccliuiiecus. TVre is ms much truth as poetry in the f iloi'i? effusion, and tho rentier will goPI us in saying Ih.tl it contains umeof both. If those who have hem rvculiiina; ',,r s fortune will set t u e mf! to music and g. to woik at some iie'v luiu, lln times would prow better instead of worse. Troy Budget. Fron Ihe Trenton Emporium. THF. TIMES ! mi: TIMES! fucle Toby went down t'other day with intention To pet a g rtt ground by old miller Grilles, Bathe fdanl that his nig!i'ors had call'J a Convent ion At the tavern that day to consider the times Subt-turnM honest Doblin's heail round j to the wagon, To eat at hit leisure his lrncheon of hay; And determined on foot to the meeting he'd jog on, Ami hear what t'.e wise ones asetnbled would kay. And thpre was assembled from many roilei wtde, The ineichants and lawyers, and doc tors and cii(, f he bankers and brokers, and land-jobbing tribe, And ma,ny good people who lived by their wns AaJ in truth it seemed more like a holi day greeting;, To an eye uacctistvmed to modern dis tress, And it was hard to remember the theme ot" lite meeting !i!id the splendor- of eqiipac, finery and dress. M-ater Dumps with hi span of bay match es that cost A tUusand this spring wn presiding in Slote, And Lainpiuti was pioving t lie country was lnt, lVhilc tw. serfai.'s ere hohling hU cnarh at t tie jrali1. Some siid ii,t liie cotton trade caused ! all (hi- i. I "iotne s.iiil t wa- t he Treasury oi drr alone, j An.'. t!.i t Jackson and Bjntn, and Multin V an Bnren (J'dsiit tojitil'u r for mischief so wholly tin ir u.vii. t At listwhen liio higor.f g had settled affairs j An I rung ;,U th.? chan"s oi ruin again, An i ii solved Hi at 'twas lime now to iif,'h-j ten th'ir rare n u!i a good slice of beef and a g lass of! cim.iipnigne j I-'1"."!' Toby stepped up, wiped his Orow j with his sleeve, J And said though i.e.cume there to say j not a wont. f t, if no objection w as made, with their leave, l or niie single moment he'd like to be heard. "Jr. Chairman," said he, "the hard times titat you speak of. Though they seem to be very mysteri ous to you, Uiil probably last 'till some habits you br-uk I'fT And tiiru into work as all honest men do. T'ju have gone very far fur the causes of rum, Cut to me it is plain Ihey lie right in j jour way. I lou've been living like lords upon other men's money, ?ow pay day has come and you've no thing to pay; !,ing houses and lands on what's call'd 'speculatiou,' At no matter how much of naner ll oelf. '" liie hope that you'd c-rtainly find in the nation, To buy them some still greater fool than yourself. -Nowyou.Mr.Farnier.have bin to goyonder To your La-row and plough, and your old fashiun'd ways, "t more lime mi your land, turn a clover crop under. And the hard times will disappear one of t!i-se day; And you, Mr. Merchant, just take one short day for The task of dismissing your truraprry , and wines", '"iport im more goods than you see how to pay for, Anil soon you may whistle like roe at the limes. id as for you, gentlemen, sharpers and so on, Who have lost all you had, and had no thing to lo!e, Your course, as yon please, you in wel come may go on. To th- Bailie or Halifax, just as von choose' Uncle Tubv here slopprd and somehiss'd and some clapped him, But he turn'd and walk'd quietly oil oi4 I'H Vy G u his grist and drove home, and ihf worst that mislmpped him ' Has the loss ot" three hours labor that day. FOK THE TAHBOKO FltKSS. PIANOS. The generaliiy of persons in purcliusiitg valuable and costly goods of any kitnl are particular, and frequently very cautious in findinrx out the real quality of the article they desire to get; and for fear of acting unwisely, often call in siitii -ieiji aid to prevent being imposed upon, and of succeeding in I'lllcting what is called, a good bargain. But strange to Say, that a great majority of persons who go to boy such afi article as a "Piano," not unfrequenlly do it without the least help or advice fro in a single soul other than the seller, who, certainly is not a pro per person to judge in the case; for it is well known by every one, that no sture keeper will cry down his own goods, aud indeed it ought not to be expected he would. Such persons go into a store where Pianos are displayed, and after examining the exterior of the instruments and learning the different prices, come to the conclusion to purchase what is termed a low priced one; and it arises from the fact, that there seems to be very little if any dif ference, in the outward appear ance, whilst there is a considera ble difference in their price. Now, although the w riter of this little scrawl may not succeed in converting any one to his own opinion on this subject, yet he I about the lips aud nostrils of the ventures to give his ideas because " child, equalling in velocity the he knows they can at least do no lightning's flash! barm, aud what he says is done j Mr. V. the father, gradually under the correction of amateurs j approached the hild, -all the tinit and professors in music. (speaking very soothingly to it, The majority of Piano Fortes ' and in a few inicnues succeeded in made in the present day are inva- producing quiet the head rece riably very handsome outside; a . ded, the lip closed over it, and two hundred and fifty dollar Pia- the in fan; exhibited only the as no of the old English action, (the ' pect of extreme emaciation. But common action in use,) in most: the moment I moved towards the case3 is as handsome externally ! child, even but a single step, the as a French Grand Anion at three mouth would open, the head sud hundred and fifty dollars. So denly dart forth, and the same that a person who is not a judge ' dreadful spectacle I havr? already will choose a two hundred and fif- imperfectly desctibed.would again ty dollar Piano in preference to : be presented. The father, howe the higher priced one, because ver, beckoned me to approach, they seem not to differ in appear-. which I did; but never shall 1 for ance, whilst at the same lime the get the tremendous hissing which one is not to be compared with came from the serpent-headed the other in regard to quality cr tongue of the little sufferer. It durability; the French Grand Ac- was several minutes before quiet tion instruments keep in tune much ule could be produced, and even longer, are much more sweet, aud the slightest motion on my part last in credit five times as long as would cause an instantaneous pro thc others, besides being much trusion of the unsightly organ, ac more desirable on account of the companied by a hissing sound, peculiar construction of the action more or less intense, according to enabling good performers to exe- the Tears of the little child. I had cute i.n a very different style to several fair opportunities of seeing what thev would if they had the the strange member, and will en other action. English Action Pi- deavor to give you a description, anos, (that is, Pianos without ma- .'of it. Its color is dark copper, ny of the late improvements,) gen- ' shining, and in places inclining), erally have but one pedal in place streaks of green. Its eyes are jet of two, and the workmanship in- black, and when the light strikes side totally and entirely different them favorably, no diamonds ever from those above alluded to; is it send forth more brilliant scintil not therefore much better to give . lations of light! A bright yellow . . I. 1 II.. fifty or a hundred dollars extra for a Piano, and get one ot the ve- j has mucn me appearand 6i,.u. ry best and one that will keep in! The mouth of this serpent-headed tune and last for an age, thanflto : tongue is quite large, and was al cive a small price for one that in! ways slightly open when the head a few years becomes almost use- f was protruded beyond the lips. les? Those who are able to give two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars, are just as able to eive fifty dollars more as oth- erwise.and why not give a good price and get a lirst rale article ai came very tju.ci, --v once, an article that will reflect j of milk, its usua food. The fat . credit upon the makers and afford j er told me that he had known the r . . . . . roi-pral t imps mm pleasure and contentment 10 mm ihat ourchases it? Some will say, "my neighbor has a sweet Piano which he only gave thus and so for;" yet depend on it in the end voti will never regret getting a F rench Grand Action Piano Forte. J sirirt Observer. Serpent-tongued infant. A cor respondent of the Fall River Pat riot, under date Tiverton, (ft. I.) May 22, gives the following des cription of a strange and wayward production of nature: We were invited into an ad joining room, in one corner o! which we beheld, lied in a small chair, a most horribly emaciated little child, apparently about two years old. I am aware that I shall totally fail in giving you any thing like an adequate idea of the miserable object before us. Ima gine, if you can, an infant, or mere child, of about the age above sup posed, reduced to a very skeleton, hairless, and covered with a par ched and shrivelled skin, dark and unelastic as the corresponding structure in the withered octoge narian, lis little red, fiery ees, rolling restlessly in the deep re cesses of its fleshless sockets, sent forth horrid flashes of indignation when the door of its apartment was thrown open. The little suf ferer opened its mouth, aud in the place of its tongue, a serpent's head and neck were thrust out, vi brating and hissing with an inten sity peculiar to the more venem ous varieties of that repulsive spe cies of animated nature. I could not for several minutes muster suf ficient courage to approach the object of my curiosity. 1 was fixed to the spot which I at first occupied, while the serpent-headed tongue continued to dart forth and recede with the quickness of .though!; its little forked and fiery tongue at the same lime playing ring encircles me necK, auu .) jits little iorked tongue, a i uaw already said, was incessantly in 'motion. We stayed in the room just 30 minutes, during the ; latter j part of which time the child be- , tongue u, uc , . V j4 i i--wa t Ana ff once wnen u lasieueu umi his fincers. much swelling and soreness followed; indeed be was only relieved by a copious bleed ing. He informed me also, that the child eat voraciously of milk, and sometimes of other kinds of food, but that it preferred the for mer. The child is of the female sex. He stated further, that seve ral eminent physicians and sur geons had been to see the child, and that it had been recommend ed by one, the eminent Dr. V., that the tongue be extirpated. I coincided in this opinion, and ad vised that the Doctor be called in to perform the operation. The father, Mr. W., is about twenty eight years old, and the mother, I should judge, about twenty-two She is very beautiful, has been married about five years, and this is the first and only child. I have omitted names in this brief sketch, at the request of the parties con cerned. Yours, Sir. A Valuable Couple. There resides in one of the interior coun ties of this State, a man and his wife who have eighteen children living, all of them married, and having among them, eighty-two children so that the united house hold is one hundred and twenty. Truly here is a goodly train. Wilmington Adv. fXThe 'Washington National Monument Society" has given public notice that several designs for said monument have been sub milted to the Society during the past year, no one of which has been selected. Neither has the site for the erection of the struc ture been fixed upon. W hope that when this great temple is built, it will be such an one as ages will look upon with aston ishment and admiration. Let it pierce the heavens, to guide our benefactions to him whose name is ahnie among mortals. Let its foundations sink deep into the earth, to signify the strength and durability of our affections. When the pyramids of Egypt shall have crumbled away, and no vestige re main to tell of their being, then would we have the "Washington Monument" towering alone, the one only wonder of the world. ..ib. Another new theory in regard to America. A paper has been read before the Geological Society of London, by Mr. Kov, m which he advances the opinion that there existed in former times on the con tinent of America an immense in land sea, bounded on the west by the Kocky IVtoiintains from ilie table land of Mexico, to the paral lei of 47 degrees of latitude; on the north by the barriers separa ting the head waters of the Lakes from those of the Northern rivers and extending below Quebec; and on the east by the Alleghany mountains extending to the Gulf of Mexico. The area of this vast sea was 900,000 square miles. wV. 1. Sun. Great Match Race.'X match race has been made between La dy Clifden and Charlotte Russell, for $10,000 a side. 1 he former is under the care of Col. W. R. Johnson, and the latter, who is a full sister lo Trifle, is in the stable of Col. W ade Hampton, of South Carolina. The race is to take place at Camden the day before the regular meeting at that course next fall. Bait. Pat. Remarkable Incident. An al tercation look place lately at Lit tle Rock, (Arkansas,) between a Dr. Ale Williams and a Mr. Pew, sub-editor of the Arkansas Ga zette, in the presence of many ci tizens; Dr. McWilliams, having had some quarrel with Mr. Pew, charged him with gross and wilful falsehood. In a few moments Mrt Pew was observed to turn deadly palea fearful change came over his countenance and, to the horror and astonishment ofl the beholders, he fell and die'd without a struggle or a groan. Another Sarah. The St. Louis (Missouri) Republican says: A gentleman from the southern part of the Slate, vouches for the fact, that, last week, in Jefferson coui -ty, the wife of a respectable ci?i len, herself 60 years of ace, pre sented her husband with twin chil dren. The husband who Wf.s thus honored was at least SO years of age! Fanny IVright the Second. There is a very pretty woman lec turing at Tammany Hall, uamed Rose, (Mrs. Rose a sweet name!) Every Sabbath afternoon, she edi fies the unbelievers who attend there with a beautiful discourse upon the community (agrarian) system. A friend who heard her lecture day before yesterday, in forms us that her style of rhetoric is far more pleasing than ihat ofi ihe celebrated,. Madame Darus mont. Next Sunday we mean to stay .from church and attend her discourse. A". Y. Sun. What constitutes an Apprenticed One of the Courts in New Hamp shire decides that a boy may be an apprentice without indentures. The decision is that the appren tice is under the direction and control of the master, whether bound bv written indenture or not. and that no parent or guar dian can interfere to the injury of the master, either by taking ihe apprentice home, or placing him, under a new master, without ren dering himself liable for damages. If any other person employs an apprentice without consent from the master, he is not only liable for damages, but for the earnings of the apprentice from the time of his employment. The Wilmington and Roanoke Rail Road. We can but admire' the spirit with which that noble undertaking is troiocr forward. The Slate subscription has not only been secured, (we believe paid over,) but ihe work is going on bravely at boih ends. In the mean lime, a steainb"at line from Charleston to Wilmington has been established, which is to con nect temporarily with the Ports mouth Rail Road by means of stages. When the road is com pleted, this steamboat line will still be kept up, and considering that by this inland route the dangers of our most dangerous coast are avoided, viz: Frying Pan Shoals: Cape Look Out: Cape HatteraS; the very sound of which names are stormy: considering too, the greater certainty of getting to a destination at a given time, it would seem that this route must take most of the travelling that now goes by ihe steam packets, and therefore must be profitable. Salisbury paper. flT'The Legislature of the State of Mississippi has passed a law prohibition ihe introduction of slaves into that State for sale or hire. The penalty is a fiti of $500, and imprisonment from one to six months for each slave im ported. All contracts for pur chase or hire are declared void. The law passed on the llthol Mav, and took etlect from its passage. Rhode Island Banks. The Legislature of Rhode Island was in session the last week, and had before it a bill to compel the Banks of ihat Stale to pay specie for their notes in circulation. The subject cave rise to a very warm debate, and it was discovered that a large majority were opposed U their suspending operation. 1 was stated in ihe course of the de bate that one of the banks of the State, st the time the suspen of specie payments look pla", had a circulation of thiny thousand dollars and only one di iar and twenty-six cents of specie m its vaults. It was saui howev er, that the bank was known to be perfectly solvent and could com ply wiih all its obligations!! Cotton The late advices h -; Liverpool jta'e that, G'-tn h. now fallen to a point vJ : ri tracts the attention of spti i : -(-; and some improvement in va.i manifest. The stock in Liverpool is railed 200,000 bales excess c -er same time 1836, while the celi veries for consumption are 39,000 less. The state of trade for a W,. time to come will' prevent much advance, whatever may be thot of present prices. AV Y. Star. The Crops. The farmers are now busy with iheir scythes. It is the beginning of ihe wheat har vest, and the work goes merrily on. The neighboring counties of North Carolina Curi iiut k,Cam dtn, Pasquotank, Perquimans, &c. have fine wheal grounds and industrious husbandmen. They calculate on 50 per cent, above an average crop. From Pennsylva nia, Maryland, Western Virginia in short, generally throughout, the wheat growing country, , the report is not less favorable. So much for the predictions of the 41 I II ; cTop-iruuners. tv Norfolk HeraUS Pleasures of a Tropical climate. Insects are the curse of tropical climates. The vete rouge lays the foundation of a tremendous ulcer. In a moment you are cov ered with ticks, chigoes bury them selves in your flesh and hatch a large colony of young chigoes in a few hours. They will not live together, but every chigoe sefs up a separate ulcer, and has his own private portion of pus. Flies get I entry into your mouth, eyes, and nose, ion eat Hies, drink llies, breathe flics. Lizards, cockatri ces, and snakes get into y our bed; ants eat up the books; scorpions sting you on the foot, and every thing biles, stings, or bruises; ev ery second of your existence you are wounded by some piece of an imal life that nobody has ever seen before, except Swammerdam or Meniom. An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your tea cup, n nnn-rlpcrrinl with ninp lorra ia struggling in ihe small beer, or a caterpillar wilh several dozen eyes in his belly is hastening over the bread and butter; all nature is a live, and seems to be gathering all her entomological hosts to eat yon up as you are standing out of your coat, waistcoat, aud breeches. Such are the tropics. Mosquitos. How there came to be any mosquitos at Oahu, is satisfactorily explained in ihe fol lowing narrative: Mosquitos were introduced at Oahu by a gentleman from New England, who being much attach ed to his native country and its pe culiarities, coiyd not sleep without the "bizz, bizzy, wizzwizzy, ne-e-e e-e" of that delichtintr little detestable. So to regain ihe lost charms of home, the gentleman imported a pair of genuine mos quitos from "Yankeeschusetts,'' and we have them now in abuti dant perfecliont Receipt Soap suds, says the Genessee Farmer, should not be thrown away at this season of the ear, but be sprinkler! ovpr mel ons, squashes, cucumbers, cabba ges, young grafts on trees, he. It will not only assist the growth of these vegetables, but destroy the worms, bugs, flies and lice that generally infest them abou these days.