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TarborpuSh, (Edgecombe County, JV. Saturday, September 9, 1837.
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Miscellaneous.
GOOD USE OF FLOWERS,
(iod might have made the earth bring
forth
Enough for great and small,
The oak tree and the cedar tree,
Without a flower at all.
He might have made enough, enough,
For every want of ours.
For luxury, medicine, and toil,
And yet have made no flowers.
The ore within the mountain mine
Requireth none to grow.
Nordocs it need the lotus-flowers
To make the river flow.
The clouds might give abundant rain,
The mighty dews might fall,
And the herb that keepeth life in man
Might yet have drunk them all.
Then wherefore, wherefore were
they made,
All dyed with rainbow light,
All fashioned with upreme,t grace,
Upspringing day and night:
Springing in valleys green and low,
And on the mountains high,
And in the silent wilderness,
Where no man passes by!
Our outward life requires them not.
Then wherefore had they birth!
To minister delight to man,
To beautify the earth;
To comfort man to whisper hope.
Whene'er his face is dim,
For whoso careth for the flowers,
Will care much more for him!
From the Providence Chronicle.
THE TEST OF BENEVO
LENCE. A shore and true Story.
"The hand that wiped away that tear
of want,
The heart that melted at another's
woe,
Were his, & blessings followed him."
David Wentworth had the kind
est of hearts. There was neither
mete nor bound lo his benevo
lence, except inability. And hap
py was any man who had a tilhe
of llie prayers that were offered
up for the welfare of my friend,
by the unfortunate and wretched
whom his hand had relieved.
I speak of prayers for it was
the only reward he sought, and of
course the only reward he obtain
ed; I mean here but I forget.
David was paying attention to
an excellent young lady of his na
tive city. She was w ealthy, beau
tiful, accomplished, and conse
quently had many suitors. A
mong them were richer" and no
k'er (in extraction 1 mean) and
handsomer than David, but n'tm
PMe there was a kind of frank
hearted, straight forwardness a
taut my friend, that could not fail
Jo carry him somewhere near the
eart f his discerning mistress,
even if an emperor had been his
rival.
The young lady in question, hit
upon a project to put the charac
ters of her lovers to a lest. She
ad come across a poor widow
jv'th a family in distress in one of
benevolent excursions, and
l"e idea occurred to her that it
would be a good opportunity to
certain the stuff her lovers'
heart was made of. Letters were
forthwith indited, setting forth the
$ood woman's tale, and forwarded
the different gentlemen in the
Scow's ame, requesting an an-
and assistance.
The first reply was a lecture on
idleness and begging, and conclu
ded with llie information that the
writer was not accustomed to give
to those he did not know. This
was from $10,000 a year! The
second advised her to apply to
some of the benevolent societies
whose duly it was lo relieve those
who were truly in want. This
was from one who had a great re
putation for benevolence who
had taken a leading part in seve
ral charitable associations; and
whose pharisaical liberality had
been blazoned in the Gazette. The
lady thought that interested, as he
was, in the strccess of ihese insti
tutions, he displayed a very com
mendable reluctance about taking
the business out of their hands. A
third from a good hearted and
generous kind of a fellow en
closed her a $5 bill with his com
pliments. Several took no notice
of the good woman's petition.
But there was another answer
which the lady read with far dif
ferent feelings. It was from Da
vid from $800 a year and 1
need not say, like himself kiud and
consoling. It spoke of the wri
ter s narrow means, and also of
the principles he had adopted, of
never giving, unless persuaded of
the worthiness 61 the object, and
concluded by requesting art inter
view. "If," said he, "I find my
self otherwise unable to afford the
assistance you require, I trust I
may be of service in interesting
others in your behalf."
Nor was this profession. For
it was but a few weeks before the
widow found herself comfortably
located and engaged in a thriving
little business, commenced by the
commendation, and carried on by
the aid of a friend. All this was
done- in genuine scripture style.
There was no sounding of trum
pets; and the right hand knew not
the doings of the left. But his
lady-love was a silent observer of
his conduct, and he received many
a kind glance from that quarter,
of which he little suspected the
cause. She began lo think that
the homage of a spirit like his was
a thing not to be despised; and she
felt something very much like a
palpitation of the heart, as she
questioned herself respecting his
intention.
She was in a train of thought
which was one evening, as is oft
en the case, interrupted by a call ,
from the very person who had
been its cause. Hour after hour
passed by that night, and still Da
vid lingered. He could not tear
himself away. "She is a most;
fascinating creature," thought he, '
"and good.as she is beautiful. Can
she ever be mine?" A cloud
came over his features and he sat i
for a moment in silence. "This
suspence must be ended," he at '
length thought. He started as
the clock told eleven.
"You will certainly think me in- ;
sufferably tedious," said he, with a
faint smile, "but 1 have been so (
pleasantly engaged as to think no j
more of time. And the sin of this 1
trespass upon the rules of good
breeding must lie at your door, i
C7
Besides, I have lengthened this vi
sit," he continued after a pause,
"under the apprehension that as it
has been the happiest, it might al- j
so be the last, it shall ever be my!
good fortune to enjoy with Miss
H."
The lady looked at him with
some surprise.
"Nay," said he, the matter rests
with yourself. Will you forgive
mv nrpsn motion? I know that
others, perhaps more worthy of j
you, at least nobler and wealthier j
and higher in the world's esteem, ,
are striving for the honor of your ,
hand. And yet I cannot restrain;
myself from making an avowal,!
which, though it may be fulile, itj
is yet but a deserved tribute toi
J ... . . i j
your worm." Ana ne poppeu
the question.
The lady did not swoon or
lorn pale. But a flash of gratifi
cation passed over her face, and
lighted her eyes for a moment.
She frankly gave him her hand
and looked up archly in his face.
"The friend of the fatherless and
widow," said she, (David blush
ed) "cannot fail to mak a mn.
stant lover and a worthy husband"
The Tunnel. The excavation
of the Tunnel on the line of ihe
Philadelphia and Reading Rail
Road, furnishes an evidence of
the science, energy and enterprize
of our countrymen which is high
ly creditable. The Philadelphia
Herald slates that this tunnel is
through the hill called "Black
Rock," where the Schuylkill Riv
er makes a circuitous bend of
ihree or four miles, and was adop
ted to save this distance in the
rail road. The northern side of
the hill presents a series of preci
pitous rock which have defied for
ages all the rage of the foaming ri
ver that flows round its base. Its
name is derived from the color of
the rock, which is all dark, and
much of it perfectly black.
This stern, barrier stood in the
way of the rail road, its altitude
being 150 feet above the level of
the proposed grade. To make a
perfect line of the shortest possible
length, a tunnel of ihe formidable
length of 2000 feet was necessary,
and ihis too in a rock of the most
forbidding kind. Inexperienced
minds would have shrunk from
deciding on a work of such mag
nitude and difficulty, but to such
the Company's works were not
confided. Their engineers, Mon
cure and Wirt Robinson, Esqs.
had seen innumerable instances of
the triumphs of art, where the en
ergies of man, guided by the pure
light of science, had overcome all
opposition. They decided ihe
work should be done, notwithstan
ding ihe foreboding of many, that
if they constructed a tunnel there,
the completion and use of the
road would be delayed thereby
from five to ten years.
The contractor selected from a
mongst the numerous bidders for
this great work, was James Apple
ton, Esq. the same gentleman who
constructed for the State the beau
tiful tunnel, so much admired by
travellers, on the Portage Rail
Road, ou the Alleghany Moun
tain, and also many other difficult
works, with remarkable prompt
ness. A more judicious selection
could nol have been made, as the
result testifies. The work was
commenced in December. 1S35,
and tunnelling at one point was
begun in April, 1S36.
During this year of difficulties
to contractors, arising out of the
exorbitant price of labor, provi
sions and all other articles requir
ed tsi carrying on such extensive
optraiions, Mr. Applelon collect
ed an immense force of three to
four hundred miners and other
workmen, and made every ar
rangement on the most enlarged
scale for completing his contract
at an early date; and with such ad
mirable tact have all those forces
and energies been applied, that on
the 7th of July last, an opening
was made through ihe entire tun
nel; and Irom present indications,
it is evident it will be entirely fin
ished by September next.
On contemplating this vast un
dertaking, the mind is filled wiib
admiration at the boldness of that
intellect which planned, and the
vaslness of those energies that ac
complished so stupendous a work!
a tunnel of about two thousand
feet in length, nineteen feet wide
by seventeen feet three inches high
in a hard rock, cot through in fif
teen months ! We believe no par
allel can be found in ihis country,
where so difficult and great a work
has been accomplished by any in
dividual with such celerity.
Another Riot in the Dutch
Church, Forsyth st. The Dutch
are any thing but a riotous turbu
lent people, but it seems the church
bearing their name where a battle
recently took place, was the scene
of another disgraceful contest on
Wednesday. Immediately after
the first affair, the matter was
brought before the Vice Chancel
lor, who decided that a majority of
the consistory and congregation
were to elect their minister. This
was not satisfactory, and the deci
sion was brought before the Cla
son, the highest ecclesiastical court
in the congregation. A meeting
of this body took place on Wed
nesday, and thirty police officers
were stationed in ihe neighbour
hood by request of the President,
who anticipated some difficulty.
The meeting was about to com
mence as usual with religious ser
vice, when ihe minister found the
pulpit door closed against him.
Mr. Riddell, one of the officers in
side, on remonstrating at this, was
clawed in the face, whereupon, he
called in aid and had four of the
deacons taken into custody, and
ihe services went on. Aid. Smith,
who was there, went security for
the deacons and they were liberat
ed. In ihe morning, ihe magis
trates of the police did nol think
proper to interfere, as ihe Vice
Chancellor had cognizance of the
matter. JV. Y. Star.
Matthias the Hairy Prophet.
The Peru (Indiana) Forrester,
gives an amusing description of
this individual. His beard is two
feet long by measurement, and
grey as a badger's. His mousta
ches three inches long, added toi
other hairy appendages, would
have entitled him altogether to
rank as a veteran grenadier of Na
poleon's Imperial guard. Over
his broad shoulders also, a profu
sion of smoothly curled
black
iocks. rits costume exmoitea a
toilette of ihe most recherche char
acter. A large red bandanna en
circling his waist. While preach
i i ri i
ing lately at Magnolia, in Ohio,
"lie many a time and ofi" indus
triously plied the comb to his
beard. His oration was two and a
half hours long. He was seated
aslride a chair "dos-a-dos" to ihe
audience. He said the New Jeru
salem was to be "by the margin of
Erie s fair waters," w hen and
where he was to be secoud in pow
er to the Messiah. After the ser
mon, when twined of his trial at
Sing Sing, for murder, by poison,
he got into a terrible' huff and
made tracks. ib.
Elopement ! Amalgamation ! !
Lynching 1 1 We learn from the
last Carlisle Republican, (it being
the only paper in the place that
rows any light on the subject,
the others observing a dark and
mysterious silence !) that a color
ed man by the name of Johnson,
who has a colored wife and family
residing there, was lynched on ihe
evening of Sunday, week, for the
alleged offence of eloping with a
young white girl ! It appears from
all we can learn, that- about two
weeks ago, ihe young girl, who
was in a delicate situation, and the
negro Johnson, left Carlisle about
ihe same time, aod in such a man
ner as to create ihe belief that they
had left the place together. John
son returned in a few days, and it
then became known that he had ta
ken her away, which aroused the
just indignation of a number of in
dividuals, who were determined to
wreak their vengeance upon him.
Hearing of this, the negro Jell
lown quietly on Sunday evening,
but was overtaken in a short time
by about three hundred citizens,
who stript-him entirely, tarred him
all over, and then rolled him in
the dust. Some of ihe party were
for resorting to other extremities,
$o incensed were they at the out-
rage of the negro; but the interfe
rence of others, and his own sup
plications for mercy, induced then
to let him go, on condition that h
would leave the place entirely.
The girl has since been takei
home by some of her relativ es, and
it is said that Johnson had been
iiired by a white married man lo
convey her away ! The abolition
ists, we learn, have induced John
son to return again, and to prose
cute some of the principal per
sons who had lynched him!
Should this be the case, we may
expect to hear of something worse
than simple lynching we may ex
pect 'war to the knife. But sucl
are the fruits of 'abolitionism
which threatens to deluge our
peaceful and prosperous land with
the blood of its citizens !
Harrisburg Pa. Chron.
JSi'ew mode of Tooth Drawing.
An intelligent writer in the Sa
lem Gazette, speaking of the mi
raculous science of animal mag
netism, says "A case has occur
red in our city where teeth were
extracted during magnetic sleep,
and on awaking the lady knew
nothing of it but from the loss of
ihe teeih !"
Salaries to Governors. From
a table in the Toronto Constitu
tion, it appears thai the four Gov
ernors of Upper and Lower Can
ada, New Brunswick, and Nova
Scotia, receive annual salaries
amounting to $92,000, while ihe
Gavernois of twenty four States
in the Union, receives but $54,
782.
Delightful Exhibition. A fel
low in ihe West, is delighting the
natives with an exhibition of three
young snakes, which he carries in
his mouth. They are said lo be
about six inches long, and not
i thicker than an angle worm. For
one cent he puts one in his mouth,
and the little reptile shows its
bright eyes and quivering tongue
between its master's leeth For
two cenis, he puis in two, and for
three, three. It is said that he is
driving a pretty smart business.
New Era.
Mortality among Children.
Within the last three weeks there
have died in this city 399 children
under five years of age. The num
ber last week under this age was
139. Whole number of deaths
205. Of which by consumption
21, convulsions 22, dropsy in the
head 20, measels 1 1, diarrhoea 11,
dysentery 7, teething 16, drowned
C, whooping cough 3, scarlet fe
ver 4. jY. Y. Star.
American Character. "We are
born in a hurry," says an Ameri
can writer, "we are educated at
speed. We make a fortune with
the wave of a wand, and lose it in
like manner, to remake and relose
it in the twinkling of an eye. Our
body is locomotive, travelling at
ten leagues an hour; our spirit a
high pressure engine; our life re
sembles a shooting star, and death
surprises us like an electric
stroke."
Apple Bread. A French offi
cer has invented, and practised
with great success, a method of
making bread with common ap
ples, very far superior to potato
bread. After having boiled one
third of peeled apples, he bruised
ihem while quite warm into two
thirds of flour, including ihe pro
per quantity of yeast, and knead
ed ihe whole without water, the
juice of the fruit being quite suffi
cient. When this mixture had ac
quired the consistency of paste, he
put it into a vessel, in which he
allowed it to rise for 12 hours. By
ihe process he obtained a very ex
cellent bread, full of eyes, and ex
tremely palatable and light.
Patent Butter. We learn from
the Silk Culturist that the Empe
ror of Russia has issued a patent
lo one of his subjects, for a new
method of making butter. It is
ihus: simmer the milk, while still
sweet, fifteen minutes, taking care
not to burn it, and then churn il.
The butter comes very soon, and is
of a quality much superior to that
made in the common mode. Il is
richer and preserves its flavour
much longer; and the milk, being
sweet, retains its value fur ordina
ry uses.
Easy. In Salem they magnet
ize ladies to sleep, and then pull
their teelh. They know nothing
of it till it is all over.
(I?Tobacco leaves between the
beds, he. and a decoction of to
bacco, with pennyroyal branches
about the room, are a sovereign
remedy for bed bugs and we are
glad to learn that the foul weed
tobacco can be used for so good a
purpose Portland Ado.
The Three Stars.-The Carlisle
Pa. Herald says t Of the thousand
and one toasts which we nave read
during the last few weeks, the fol
lowing is one that will please ihe
ladies, and cause ihem lo thank the
person who had ihe pleasure of
presenting it. Bui should it not
satisfy them, we have only lo say
that they are a-lough set of folks
to please. It was drunk al the
Rail Road celebration in this
place.
Woman.--The morning Star
of our youth the Day Siar of
our manhood the Evening Star
of our age. God bless our Stars..
Boundary of Lynn. A Boston
paper says that Lynn is bounded
on the north by a Shoemaker's
shop, on the south by a Shoema
ker's shop, on the east by a Shoe
maker's shop, and on ihe wesi by
a Shoemaker's shop I Besides this
it has Shoemaker's shops all over
the middle, and is inhabited by
many thousands of shrewd and
sturdy republicans, who, while
hammering out feather, hammer
out many good ideas, and while
engaged in stitching, keep up a
devil of a thinking.
A wondtrful sight. A jolly
Jack-tar having strayed into At
kins's show at Bartholomew fair,
to have a look al ihe wild beasts,
was much struck with the sight of
a lion and a tiger in the same den.
"Why, Jack," said he to a mess
mate, who was chewing a quid in
silent amazement, " 1 should'nt
wonder if next year they were to
carry about a sailor and a marine
living peaceably together!" "A,"
said his married companion, "or a
man and wife."
Adtiice. Women often lose the
man they love, and who loves
them, by mere wantonness of co
quetry. They reject, and they
repent. They should be careful
not to take this step hastily, for a
proud, high-minded, gifted mati
will seldom ask a woman twice.
Bacon.
Aar.--Philosopheti have puz
zled themselves how to define man,
so as to distinguish him from oth
er animals. Burke says, "Man i
an animal that cooks his vict
uals." "Then," says Johnson,
the proverb is just; there is rea
son in roasting eggs." Dr. Adam
Smith has met ihis case; "Man,"
says he, "is an animal thai makes
bargains : no other animal does
this one dog does not change a
bone with another."
fXOne of the best liquids for
diluting ink that has become too
thick for use, is a slrong decocliorv
of coffee: it improves its color and
gives it an additional lustre.