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8M i4 Whole Xo. 081. oro,, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, November 1 f, 1837- Vol xniXo. 45, Th? " Ttrbornnh Press." i?v c;korkk iiowwitn. i-pVili-'i''-' weeklv at 7o Dollars ami r " (.;i.t ! var, if put in Ivsinre PoUum it the espiraimii of the i-i i-- vf.ir. l-'..r nv peri id le. ',! ve'". Twtnlu five. Ciuh pr month. ', (,lj")ii- ii i liberty l dit:onlinn J'n -1 'i !1 e''R? noiicrt thereof ami 'viiF .iirem t!ns? residing at ;i dN J 'nce iiuist invariably pny in advance, or .'iit re;p,Mi:.itjU' reiVremte in lids vi init y . i',)vprtis,"',,t nl excoi-ding 16 Hups ;n ,.ii Ttli 011' n square) will be inserted :i . Ici, the first insertion and 25 ets. each , ,nVn.uaice. Longer ones sit that rale i r eeiy s"'1ie- Advertisements must I . nmkt'l iIip number of insertion i eqni ied ortiu'y will be conliii'ied until other--.". orifrrod, and charged nrrordingly. ,(!,t addressed to the Editor mnt be j, it j.iiJ, or they may not be attended to. Miscellaneous. IHK BACIIKLOU'? SONG. I Ue iu tlii-f wide world alone. of ieii'l to wipe nmforlnne's tear Or heave a sigh upon uiy bier, Ur neeji Cur nie w hen I nm pon(. The ItJi'' all hnve proved unkind, ,'oo'ii ihem olt but tvoo'd in vain o .niles, they'd give lo ee my pain. Or UiiiJ word? grant to sootll my mind. "7i pacing strange" it honld be so ; I in ilie f las my lemures scan, AiiiSihitIv am a handsome man, Yet still I'm doom'd to "single woe." Vrf Ladies pray tell if I must V? tread alone, the path of life ; II i,l not some fair one be my viie, .l.Uuve me ere I turn to dusi I we not told tli-it I have cash, T'nt I have gold in these haul times, Bi: Hire for this, no fair one pines, ln would not love fur the vile trash. Seme kind heart sure will ease my pain; h'wll be still a lonely man, 1'ji eH' man 1 must remain. HOMK. C H imc ! whate'er of beauty T'i blessings can impart, Unite'tr ol love and duty Trrvn.les my glowing heart, Bit in v sacred pleasure T!y charms yet to improve, h UYm to the measure Oi pui e domestic love. Ee-i.le the gurgling fountain Lai waters all lite vale, Hi on the hdty mountain Ijrii's freshness to inhale, I ..chase the fleeting birs, AiiJ joyous as they move, '!e vocal Longwood's bovvers 'nil antes of filial love. M India's boasted treasures, V Lasteru classic lore, 'tall the vaunted pleasures, T t devotees adore, 'j'lii tempt ine from my 'utie, " cmse my heart lo rove 'ryn Hie rural beamier i llume the scenes 1 love. HARD OF HEARING. A Love Story. A young Jonathan once courted danghter of an old man that 'ed 'down East," who professed to be deficient in hearing but, !jri;ont!i who was more captious limited in hearing, as the se- will show. k 'as a stormy night in the '$ of March, if I mistake not, lightning met lightning, and 'J peals of thunder answered llm,"der, that Jonathan sat by the M man's fireside discussing with J;ieold lady, (hisinteuded mother j"'law,j on the expediency of ask- ihe old man's permission lo y "Sal." Jonathan resolved "pop ii" to the old man the next u but, said he as I think of the jH.'s my heart shrinks. To be 'H niglu passed, and by the ,UV of another day, the old man JVas to be found in his barn Jot, wJ'ng)igs. Jonathan rose from W early in tie morning, spied l,e ld man feeding his pigs, and res''!ved to ask him lor Sal. arce had a minute elapsed, ?lr Jonathan made his last reso- '"nSfre he bid the old man b'0nd morning. ,? ',,w Jouaihan's heart beat ! m' J'e scratched his head, and )frat)r anon HVe -,,.,1, t() H pe1. j'6 awn. Jonalhan declared d as leave lake thitiy-nine ( J,r'p s" as to ask the old man; ,UI ' sa'd he, aloud to himself, I ",4vever, iere gIH,s jt) a fa-,i .rl evtr won a fair gal," and "'"Mved ihe old man thus ; "1 say, old man, I want to marry your daughter ?' Old Man. 'You want to bor row my lulur. I wou( oa(1 ; to yon Jofiathau, but my son has lawen it ami gone oil 10 ihe mill. Jonathan. Putting ,js nionl, dse t the old man's ear, and speaking in a deafening voice, 'I've got 500 pounds of money ' wiu .wan. stepping uack as if greatly alarmed, and exclaiming in a voice ol surprise, 'you've got five hundred pounds of honey ! What in the mischief can you do with so much honey, Jonathan? Why it is more than all the neigh borhood have use for.' Jonaihan. (Not yet the victim ol despair, and putting his mouth to the old m ill's tar bawled out) 'I've got gold,' Old Man. So have I Juiia- man, amj ,t s ,ie wmst coj,j ever h;ul in my life. So saying, wash tin.' the old man sneezed mis nine uie out i;tuv came o, and having observed Jona ii . . i. , .. i i t i than's uiiforluiiide luck, site put !. I . . i. ..ii i nci iiiuiiiii ui nu man s ear and screamed like a wounded Yahoo: Daddy, 1 say Jadd v you don't understand; he wants to marrv our daughter.' Old .Man. I tld him that oiir call's halter was pme. Old .adv. Whv daddy, you cairt understand; he's got gold ! he's rich ? Old Man. lie's irot a cold and the itch, eh ! what's he doing here with itch i So saying, the old man aimed a blow at Jonathan's head with liis w, Iking cane; but happily for Jonathan he dodged it. Nor did the rage of the old man stop at this, Init with angry countenance he made after Jona than who look to his heels, nor did Jonathan's luck stop here, he had not got out of the bnrn yard, nor far from the. old man; who run him close race, ere Jonathan stumped his toe and fell to the ground, and before the old man could 'lake up,' he stumbled over Jonathan and fell sprawling in a mud hole. Jonalhan sprung to his heels, and with the speed of John Gilpin cleard himself. . And poor S.ill ! she died a nun, iWver had no husband. New Orleans Oct. 10. Attempted Insurrection. We learn from the Bulletin Board of the Alerchants' Kxchange, that an intended insurrection among the negroes in a portion of the parish of Rapides, near Alexandria, was to have taken place on the even ing of Saturday, the 7h instant, hut was fortunately prevented by one of the negroes interested hav ing sufficient remorse todivulge the circumstances to his master. The consequence was, an arrest by the inhabitants of about fifty negroes; and on making the requisite inqui ries, nine were tried, convicted and executed at Alexandria, on the 11th and I2ih instant; three of whom were free blacks. About forty of the culprits yet remain in confinement, against whom there exist not sufficient proofs for con demnation. Louisiana Advertiser. Distressing Mortality. One of the most distressing instances of mortality which it has ever been our lot to record, has occurred in the family of our late worllntand enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Henry Miller, who removed from this county last fall to Arkansas. Himself his wife his daughter in law, (Mrs. Lucinda Miller, wife of Mr. George Miller,) and to of his servants were all carried off (except the elder Mrs. Miller, whose death is ascribed chiefly to mental distress) about the 20th of September, within a few hours of each other, by the prevailing fever of that country. Alas, how vain and niKnliM.ni:.i i . -,uu;,,olluai ure uumani "opes and prospects ! How mel . .icuoiy tne change which a few days have brought over this fami J : rew nave embarked their lortunes in the West under more auspicious circumstances or with greater certainty of realizing their mgnest anticipations. But thei origin and glowing future has closed in sudden darkness; their land of promise has proved an ear ly grave ! Staunton (Tra.) Spectator. Shooting by a Woman. The sheriff of Warren county, Virgin ia, Samuel Cooke, on riding up to a house with a view of collecting taxes received the contents of a in, discharged ns was supposed by a female in the house. Mr. Cooke was seriously wounded. The womairhas been committed to jail. Mineral Wt.ahh IV 11 nnrl iA me world presents greater devel opments of mineral wealth than our own. Its mines of gold, cop per, lead,- iron, coal, &c., which art every where found, though yielding considerable wealth at present, have hardly, indeed, be gun to be explored. What an im mense field is here opened for wealth and speculation. Look at Georgia and North Carolina and Virginia, w;ith their gold and cop per mines ! Pennsylvania and New York with their coal and iron -Missouri with her coal and iron and leadand Maine with her exhaustless granite quarries, and slate and marble. There is an abundance of lead and iron and coal and salt, &c. also to be found' at Ihe South West and Texas, which is doubly enriched with all, and more than all of these, will ere long be pouring her millions of mineral wealth into the lap of New York and New Orleans. No man living can foresee or imagine the speculations and the fortunes that will hereafter Re made. The gold and silver w hich is coined at our mints, w ill be exchanged for lead and iron in Missouri; and the gra nite, slate and marble, which is lo ernbellish our t iiv, w ill be sloped I I ... . .. t in return tor the "mint drops, 'j some hundred miles distant from the Slate of Maine. It is no hy perbole to say that we have noth ing m -re important at the north, to send in return for (he hundred millions annually shipped us from the south, than granite and ice. In truth, this is the staple. The for mer is the most substantial and valuable and beautiful building material now in use, both at ihe north and south, and each good quarry is a mine ol weaim to its owner. Every city is usincr if. and the demand for it is daily in creasing. IjOok at our own lavo- rilecity, and see llv changes that have been effected by it in a sin gle year? Could the whole gra nite region be explored and quar ried at once, New York and New Orleans, we believe, would con sume ihe whole of it in a single year, so rapid is their growth and prosperity, and so sure are tney destined to become the largest and wealthiest cities in the western world. The Granite Quarries of Maine, which form so conspicuous a fea ture in ihe geological character of that State, we are disposed to speak of in no measured terms, for they are invaluable. They are now attracting the especial notice of builders and capitalists, and promise an immense return for all the capital and labor invested, and the most enduring source of wealth of any kind which this "working day world" of ours affords. The quarries of the lGranite Region" so called, and which is limited lo a particular district on the western bank of the Kenebeck River, at Hallowell, Me. are the most con spicuous and important, and have immensely valuable. "Granite Hill Quarry," speci mens from which have been ex hibited at the Fair, promises to be as valuable as any hitherto ex plored. The granite has a rich ness and durability about it, and a beauty and uniformity .of texture, equal, if not superior, lo any else whereobtained. Our mechanics should purchase it, that thev mav draw from their own permanent I and independent treasury the last ing materials which are to contri bute lo their wealth, and consti tute the chief ornament in the tem ples of our city. A. T. Star. Old Rip Moving. Col. Davie. of Hillsboro' N. C. has just im ported from Liverpool, a number of blood Horses and Cattle of the approved English breed. They were landed at our wharves from the ship Richmond. Portsmouth Times. Bank Circulation. From a statement recently made by the New York Journal of Commerce, it appears that the Bank bills with drawn from circulation, since the first day of January. IS37, amount to the enormous sum of forty-six million of dollars and all this in a period of less than nine months ! In addition to the above, 4 5ths of all the specie, amounting to 20, 000,000, has also been withdrawn from circulation. This leaves the present circulation, in bills, $02, 000,000 specie, $5,000,000. Lamentable Occurrence. A mel ancholy gloom was cast over the inhabitants of the village of Ja maica, L. I. by the death of Mr. Cogswell, aged 2G years, his child, and the momentarily ex pected demise of his wife, occa sioned by ihe explosion of a can of spirit gas. It appears that Mrs. Cogswell and infant were in bed, and Mr. C. had undressed himself but undertook to iep:i ni h a lamp, while lit, with spirit gas, when the whole ignited and exploded so as to be mistaken for a small cannon oy ine neiguuors. i instilled me j chamber, a very small one, with a .. I c n vuiume oi name. dir. in uis agony ol terror, burst through a j window and set on ihe shed call- ing in intense misery for help;' Mrs. C. sprang lor the door, j which was locked and bolted, and ; alter some tune she escaped with uecome her babe and shut ihe door, which wagon came in contact with a cor had a great tendency to save the ' ner of the bridge, throwing the house. Mr. C. was taken across ' whole of the occupants out with the street to Miss Hannah's semi-j great force, and killing instantly nary, and there, under the alien- lion of Doctors Kissam and She! ton, lingered till 1 I A. M. yester day, when he expired, praying God for the deliverance of his wife and child, he being tmcon sc.ious of their situation; he was so . dreadfully burnt that the sole of j one of his feet peeled off. The ; babe died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The unfortunate mo ther remains now in an extremely precarious state, with a full know ledge of the fate of her husband and child. Mr. Cogswell (by profession a baker) was an industrious and en terprising citizen, an allable and benevolent neighbor, an affection ate husband, and one of the brigh test ornaments of the Methodist church, of which he was a mem ber. jY. Y. Ev Post. Practical Amalgamation. One of Ihe fruils of incendiary aboli tion doctrines endeavoring to in flate and extol the negro race, may be seen in the following dis gusting narration: The Greensburg (Indiana) Re pository says: Quiie an excite ment was produced in Madison, week before last, by the marriage of a negro man to a white woman. A strange minister was employed to celebrate ihe nuptials, who was conducted to a house occupied bv a black family. It appears that to prevent suspicion on the partcl' tlie minister, the fair damself had colored herself, as dark as the bridegroom. iioeria. ( vessel sails next month from Norfolk, Va. with 90 r 'i colored emigrants, GO of which aie irom tne estate ol the late John Smith, of Sussex county. in that State, and 30 from that of the Rev. John Stockdell, of Madi son county, deceased, both of which gentlemen left this direc tion. in their wills, and provided funds to transport these liberated slaves to Liberia. JY. Y. Star. A child in this City, being asked the other day, what a Pilgrim was, very innocently answered a man who takes Beckwith's pills. lialeigh Register. Most Melancholy Accident. It becomes our painful duty to record one of the most heart-rending ac cidents, which took place on Thursday, the 5th inst. at Otsego, in this county, that has ever fallen to our lot. The particulars are communicated to us by Air. James Lollett, Esq. who left Otsego on Friday last. It seems that the day previous (Thursday,) Deacon Josiah Chace left his home in Sydney, Delaware County, with his family, consisting of six per sons himself, wife, and three children, two girls and a boy, and a young lady bv the name of Patience French, a resident of his family, in a two horse wagon, for the purpose of attending a meeting to be held at that place on that day. When they had arrived at the top of the hjll on the east side of the river, a short distance from the village, the horses suddenly took fright from the fore-board of the wagon falling out, and started dow n the hill at the height of their speed. Soon after the horses started, Mr. Chace, who was dri . ving at the lime, slipped from his scat, and was immediately nreci- fated under the wagon, still con- . . ' tinuing Ins bold ol the reins, and m this condition was dragged a distance of fourteen rods, when he let go. The horses kept on ai full speed until they arrived at ihe bridge, which crosses the river at'anamong strangers. ihe bottom of the hill, when the Miss trench, the young lady al luded to above. One ol the girls was afterwards found near a fence, a considerable distance from the bridge, having beeu thrown over the embankmem which constitutes a part of it, in a most deplorable situation being awfully bruised and entirely senseless. Mrs. Chace and her other two children, providentially escaped immediate death, though il is feared that the injuries which they have thereby received will even tually result in such a calamity. Mr. Chace was taken up for dead, but after a short time exhibited signs of life, and when our infor mant left there was but slight hope of his recovery. On examina tion, one of his legs was found dreadfully mangled, and stones of considerable size were extracted from the flesh, which had become embedded during the time-he was drawn on the ground. The wagon, we understand, was literally smashed to pieces, with every thing in it; and ihe horses were not arresled until they had got into the village. The sufferers were conveyed to iheir homes on Friday morning last, and the lacerated and disfig ured corpse of the estimable young lady (Miss French,) w:as consign ed to its last resting place, in the afternoon amid the regrets of many, whose sympathies and feel ings were touched by this sudden and afflictive dispensation. Mr. Chace is about sixty years of age, and a valuable and much respected member of society. Coopersiown JV. Y. Rep. The destruction of human life in this country by wrec ks and ac cidents in steamboat navigation, within the past twelve months, is without a parallel. In the three cases of ihe Mexico, the Ben Shtr rod and the Home, about four hundred human beings have met untimely and awful ends. Gazette. Another Explosion of a Grind stone. Mr. John Hall, a work man in the rifle factory at Har per s l erry, was near losnig hi life, a few days since, by the ex plosiog of a grindstone, produced by its rapid rotary motion. A fragment of the stone, as it burst, struck him in the face, mangling it, in a shocking manner. Origin of Disease. I tell you, honestly, what 1 think is the cause of the complicated maladies of the human frame it is their gorman dizing and stuffing and stimulating, those organs (the digestive) lo ex cess, thereby producing nervous disorder and irritation. The state of thoir mind is another grand cause fidgeting, discontenting yourself about that which cannot be helped; passions of all kinds, malignant passions, and wordly cares, pressing upon the mind, disturb the cerebral action, and do a great deal of harm. Dr. Abernethy. The Pill Trade. The New York Journal of Commerce slates that a certain pill manufacturer of that city has received in the course of ihe past season two hundred tierces of pill boxes, and il appears that he has filled them; for cn re ceiving recently a fresh loafJ'fol, tierces, he remarked to the carman who brought them that he had on hand sixteen bushels of pills, for which he had no boxes. The Yellow Fever at Mobile.- There were eight interments the 15th inst. and nine the IGlh. The cases were mostly of yellow fever (EThe World is not half so bad as the people are too often disposed lo believe it. The very occurrences winch at ihe lime cause us the most uneasiness and chagrin, will often, if properly traced tip from their source, link by link in the chain of existence, to their natural effect and ultima tum, be found to have been pro ductive of much good; of a large amount of pleasure; of exactly the reverse of all that our fond imagi nations have conjured up before us as their certain attendants. Thus out of ihe very bitter ihings of life, if we could be brought to view them with unjaundiced eyes, we may be enabled to gather the sweets of joy and pleasure. Even the revilings of our enemies may thus be foiled with scarcely an ef fort, and the evil intended for us be made lo recoil upon themselves. In ihis world of strife, w here man is continually endeavoring lo wrest the baton of power from his fellow man, where passion and ambition range like a whirlpool of mad ness, w here means are nol respect ed in order to gain ends, il is well to bear this maxim in mind, that the darkest night is not all dark ness, and that when the tempest of passion lias ceased to lower, and the desolating fever of grasp ing ambition has subsided, reasou will have regained her throne, and peace and jtiy will follow in the t footsteps of reason. Col. Spy, I'll ft 1l
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