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V hole JS'o. 678. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, March 10, 1838, Vol. XIFtfo. 10. The Tarhorough Mrcss, BY GEORGE HOWARD, Is published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty tenis per jearf u jiaiu iu anvauce or, xaree Dollars at the expiration of the subscription year. Tor an) period lass than a year, Twenty-five Cents rer month. Subscribers are at libertv to discontinue at anytime, on giving notice thereof and paying arrears tnose residing at a distance must invariably pay in advance, or give a respon sible reference in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 23 cents for every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju dicial advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must be marked the number of in sertions required, or they will be continued until otherwise ordered and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid or they may not be attended to. Letter from Mr, Clay. The recent Convention of the Whig members of the Legislature of Rhode Island, which nomi nated Mr. Clay for President, authorized the fact of his nomination to be communi cated to him. He sent, in answer, the fol lowing letter : Washington, Feb. 15M, 1838. Dear Sir I duly received your letter of the lOih inst. transmitting a copy of the resolution adopted by the Whig Legisla tive Convention in Rhode Island, in rela tion to the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency. The support which I received for that office when my name was before the public in '32, from that patriotic State, displayed its firm adherence to principle, under the most discouraging circumstances, and fill ed me with sentiments of the most pro found gratitude. This new testimony of the attachment and confidence of Rhode? Island towards me, adds to my obligations, and will be cherished in grateful recollec tion, whatever future results may be. Having prescribed to myself a course of non-interference in respect to the designa tion of a candidate for the next Presiden cy, on the part of the Whigs, it will not be expected that I should" give or withhold any consent with respect to the use of my name, until the proper period arrives. I congratulate you upon the prospect of a change in the policy of the government. The people of the United States have so generally manifested a dissatisfaction with the past course of the Administration, that our rulers must change it or be themselves changed. We have now much reason to hope that the vast government project of a Treasury Bank will be defeated in one, if not both, Houses of Congress. This for tunate result of that dangerous measure may be ascribed altogether to the intelli gence and manifestation of the wishes of the people of the United States. Cordially reciprocatiug your friendly wishes for my health and happiness, I am faithfully your friend and obedient servant, HENRY CLAY. Joseph Childs, Esq. Gen. Harrison and one Term. The editor of the St. Louis Missourian is what is now denominated a single term man, and anxious to carry out his principles he addressed a letter to Gen. Harrison, asking the views of that distinguished citi zen upon the question as it regarded him self; to which the following answer was re turned : North Bend, 17 th Jan. 1838. Sir In answer to the enquiry made in your letter of the 29th ult. I repeal the declaration I have often before made, that if elected President of the United Stales, I would, under no circumstances, become a candidate for a second term. I am, very respectfully, Your ob't servant, "WILLIAM HARRISON. James H. Birch, Esq. Editorof the Missourian. MARRIAGE OUTRIGHT. Or. Ren Svkes and Bill Patterson. Up in one of the upper counties in tins' ktate, a young fellow named Ben Syks, bad courted a fair one for some years,A)ul either was not ready or willing to put the question; she was full willing, perhaps loo willing, but he never came to the scratch. At length she got mad and swore she would marry Bill Patterson if he ever courted her again. Bill, hearing of this, went and once more put in his claim; but he was a scurvy fellow in some things, and neither Mam nor Dad, was willing to it. So he secretly goes to R -, gets a li cense, and that night they made off for a uretna squire. In their road to happiness, however, who should thev meet but Ben S)kes! He had got an inkling of what was going on, and when he understood how the "case lay," "Sally," says he, "I have fooled with youthat's a fact, and I am sorry for it, but if you stil! prefer me if to Bill Patterson, jest so, aud I will giv him a thrashing, take his license, and make old Moody marry us tonight." The old love was too strong for the new. Be. gave Bill a thrashing, took his Gal and (that he hated most) his license, which cost him 7f cents, and was off with his plunder to Moody's. The old Squire did not so well understand how one mancouht be married in virtue of a license granted to another. Ben said he did not himself understand law squibbles, but this hekuew, that unless he did it, he (the Squire) would "ketch it" too. This hint was enough for Moody, who without more to do, pronounced them man and wife,. So says our mountain correspondent. Salisbury Watchman. "Riding on a Rail." Judge Lynch is in theTland again. He was at Lexington on Monday night last, we understand, when and where he inflicted the above no vel punishment upon a certain offender against the good order of society, and the peace aud dignity of the State. The of fender referred to in this case, had left his own wife and children, and elooed with the worser (in this case) half of another man and the two took up their abode iu the quiet village of Lexington. The pre mises being made known fo Judge Lynch, he forthwith proceeded with his ministers; took the fellow out of bed, put him across a rail, and rode him through the Town ai the witching hour of midnight, to the tune "Settin on a Rail, "A sleepia' werri sound." But 'lis believed, from the way the cul prit bellowed, that he did not, sleep werri sound while on the rail. He acreed if his honor would let him down and permit him to get his clothes and horse, he would leave the place without delay, which he did, whilejihe streets resounded with "Ridin on a Kail," "go it Boots," he. There are connected with this affair, most melancholy reflections on account of the character and standing of some of the parlies concerned. Salisbury Car. GGen. Jesup's wound in the face in the late skirmish in Florida proves to have oeen a sngnt auair. (I7The Cashier of the Franklin Bank, at Boston, Josiah Dunhaai, and several of the Directors, have been indicted for per jury, ana arrested. Ihey have given large securities. The Snake Stone. That poison should be extracted Irom a wound inflicted by the bite of the most venemous reptiles and ra bid animals, and the sufiVrer restored to health, by the simple application of a stone, such as one might pass by every minute in his life without observing any peculiarity about it to distinguish it from the millions upon millions of others which do not possess this virtue, is something wonderful indeed, and leads us to the con clusion, that nature has formed nothing to shorten the days of man that she has not benignly counteracted by placing within his reach the preventive or antidote. Thai there is the virtue in 'Snake Stones,' which have been attributed to them, ihere can be no doubt; thousandsof instances attest their efficacy; and the man who is so fortunate as to possess one of them, is in duty bound to publish the fact far and wide, as an act of benevolence, in order that he who has been doomed lo a wretched death, may know where to apply to obtain a happy re lease from his sentence. Thomas B. Grisham, Esq. of Princess Anne county, is the only one that we know of who has per formed this benevolent duty, though there are others, we are informed, who possess this inestimable antidote. He has had many cases under his care, of persons bit ten both by poisonous reptiles and dogs known to be mad, and never failed, as he informs-tlS7t(3 make a thorough care. 1 Norfolk Herald. A Black White Man. A new experi ment to raise money A -most ludicrous aud amusing affair was acted in the vicinity of Shannon Hill, Goochland county, a few days since. A worthless white man made a serious and solemn proposition to Mr a facetious gentleman full of mis chievous fun', to black him, and otherwise give him the costume of a negro, and to sell him for their mutual benefit. Mr. readily assented and encouraged the scheme, as well calculated to promote their fortunes. Accordingly, at an ap pointed time and place, the parties met iu a large wood, raised a fire arid prepared the coloring matter, which was admirably applied. Mr. then took his man to the house of a neighbor, Mr. - v who had previously been advised of the joke, and offered to sell him at a high price. Alter some preliminaries and enquiries of the fellow it he were willing to be sold, the purchase was in due form made, and some shin plasters counted'out in payment in the fellow's presence, evidently to his great de light. He was immediately put to hard labor buti after a short time, the purcha ser pretended offence at some insolence of expression, and instantly ordered his man to be tied, and was preparing his cow-hide, when the fellow, in the utmost alarm, fled, nor did he run booty. On meeting his friend at the place of rendezvous for a di vision of the spoils he was informed, in consequence of his ill timed elopement be fore the title papers had been made, the purchaser had demanded and received back his money. Thus exploded an ex periment to-raise money, to the merriment of the neighborhood. It is a fact ascer tained that the father of the pretended ne gio connived at the plan and was to par ticipate in the proceeds. It is hoped ou benevolent friends, the Abolitionists, wili devise some means to prevent white men being made negroes. ib. -Soothsayers A trade. There are a number of imposters who are now driving a successful trade in this city by affecting to foretell, lo those who are weak enough to be duped by them, their good or bad fortune. There is one of these individuals who holds his daily levee,' and is picking up some .530 to $50 a day, and he is the m re successful, as his mummeries are con ducted under the mask of religion, he being professedly a member of the church. The events foretold, as they are puid for in advance, wear of course, most usually a promising aspect. He affects to be deeply conversaut with astrology, and has a splendidly furnished room adorned with the imposing array of globes, maps, horoscopes, zodiacs, he. ike the necro mancers of old. As most people in these hard times are reduced to extreme pecu niary distress, the ignorant and supersti tious, like the drowning man that catches at straws, seize hold of the impudent pro fessions and assurances made bv these mountebanks, and dowse the rhino, if it were only to hear expressed, from such a polluted aud blasphemous source as this, the harbinger of better days, and the pos sibility that their despondency may yet see the clouds of darkness breakaway in the blight sunshine of the future. The indi vidual above alluded to, who is the prince ol these imposters, to Give a creater an- pe-irance of honesty and disinterestedness to his predictions, has had the baseness to prophecy publicly that his own little daugh ter, a child of about 8 years of age, will tuin out a vile prostitute on the town ! ! Will ihe police allow miscreants of this kind to prey on the community? Is it not shame, a disgrace on this religious, free aud moral community, that they should to lerate such enormities r A, x . Star. Mormonism Exposed. This is a com plete and a revoitiugly ludicrous disclo sure of the humbug of the Golden-Bible followers of Prophet Joe Smith. It is drawn up by Orinn Bacheler at 162 Nassau street, and a ntains a perfect dissec tion of the Book of Mormon and eviden ces of its falsity. The vignette represents Joe at the time the Devil kicked him and his plates into the air. The book will have a ready sale, as it is curious to see into w hat deplorable depths ofabsurdiiy and credulity the human mind may be driven by wicked imposters. ib. Ludicrous place of deposit and removal therefrom A. Mrs. Forgey of Norfolk street, having scraped together $1350 in bank bills, sewed up the same for security in the corner of her chemise; but forgetting that she had done so, when washing day came round she handed over the garment thus enriched to Mary Burns her woman. Mary soon perceived the prize and took care of it. Mrs. Fogey then thought of her money, and ran down to the wash tub and found every thing in the suds, Mary denying altogether that she knew anything of it. The officer bethought himself of searching Mary, and found it carefully se creted in her corsets. Committed. ib. A Row in Kenyon College. On the 18th ult. two students of Kenyon College, Ohio, who were under censure, forcibly entered the room of a tutor, armed with cowskins, dirks, and pistols, and commenc ed an attack on his person, but were soon routed by other students, who came to his assistance. "The assailants were soon ar rested, but escaped from justice by forfeit ing their bonds; having been admitted to bail in the sum of $500 each. A Scene in' the Ohio Legislature. A laughable scene was witnessed iu the House of Representatives of this State, last Saturday. The House proceeded to elect an Associate Judge for the Court of Com mon Pleas of Jackson co., and the mem: ber from that county, contrary to his wish, and much to his surprise, received a ma jority of the votes for thai offire! He was enraged at the fancied insult, and "while votes were being counted, his eyes flashed fire, and he looked unutterable things. When the Tellers had counted 41 votes for him, he boiled over with rage, and address ed the Speaker with great vehemence, as follows : "Sir, there are forty one scoun drels in this House!" The Tellers pro ceeded, and counted eleven more for him. lie rose again and said "I said, sir, that there were forty one scoundrels in this House, I have since ascertained that there are eleven more." So iudiguant was he, that he resigned his seat. Newark (O ) Advocate, Feb. 10. Horrid Atrocity. -We learn that a wo man who is a resident of Baltimore county, ibout 20 miles from this city, was arrested on Friday last, and committed to jail on a charge of savage cruelly to a child that was living with her and under her care and control. tteporl states, lhat one of her acts of barbarity was, to place the child barefooted, in a heated dutch oven, and compel it thus to stand, until the soles of its feet became parched. The instrument of torture was then applied to the head of the helpless sufferer until a like effect was produced. Bait. Pat. (CTA Yorkshire English woman was a few days since taken up in Baltimore for stealing a horse, upon which it appears she rode to town disguised as a man. Bear Slory, A friend has permitted us to make the following extract from a letter received from his correspondent at Machi as, (Me.) dated 2d instant : "On Tuesday last, three boys went a few miles to catch a deer. They followed the track a mile or two, when they came unexpectedly across a bear's den. They had but one gun, and the boy who carried it fired it into the den, when out came two cubs, about a year or a year and a half old. The gun being discharged and the boys not having time to load it, thiew it away, but as each had a knife, and the cubs ran in opposite direc tions, one of the boys followed one, aud two followed the other. They soon came up with them, clinched in with them, and despatched them boih with their knives. They then returned to the den where they found the old bear, an enormous one, weighing about 400 lbs. The gun shot had wounded her in the head, but she was ready for battle. They fought her with clubs until they were tired; when at last, one of them getting a little woolfish, drew his knife, and declared he would clinch her if he died iu the at tempt. They did clinch, and for ihe first half hour they w ent end over end At last old Bruin seized him by the leg with her mouth, which gave him an opportunity to use his knife, which he did in such a man ner as to compel her to yield, and give up the ghost. The boys then turned to, dressed the bear and cubs handsomely, and went home. The next day they went with a sled, and hauled the whole to my store, w here they were exhibited to a large number of people. The old one would stand as high as a man say six feet. On the whole, I think it was rather a coura geous fight for three boys. Their names were Marshall Harmon, Rufus Berry, and Otis Hanscomb." Boston Transcript. A notable Express. The Eaton Regis ter states thai Mr. John Mann, who brings the Express Mail into lhat village from the West, a few days since, when severe frost had rendered the road hard as adamant, as rough aud sharp, as the keen blast could make it, pitying the noble steed, designed to bear linn on to the next five mile post, returned the shivering animal to his stall; shouldered the mail bag and put off on foot, and actually accomplished his ten miles in one hour and fifteen minutes! This is more than one horse could have reasonably perforaed in thai lime, owing to the bad state of the roads. Mr. Mann is a native of Pennsylvania, 23 years of age, and weighs 130 lbs. He is a well put up chap; for nerve and sinew. He savs he is good for a ten mile chase at any time, over any kind of a track. Mann is a man, every inch ol him; and we commend him to the gracious notice of the sovereign head of the rost Office Department. Columbus (Ohio) Gazette. Ihe Jamaica vtpprentice system. r rom our hie oi Jamaica papers to the 31st of January, it appears that thenew system u.. :.i:nr t t J. . vvuma uui iuuiuci cuny. .iauor and in dustry seem to be at a stand, and theinso lence of the blacks encouraged by the agt tatorsand humanity mongers is becoming insuffecable. "The apprentices," says the Kingston Chronicle, "are treated by the special mag istrates and their abettors and by their or ders, as spoiled children. They are pet ted, humoured, encouraged in idleness and waste of lime, and taught to expect indul gences which their masters cannot afford to give them gratis, and when denied these indulgences they are encouraged in the be lief that they are ill treated and imposed on. Their children are idle and profligate, acquiring no one good habit whatever, dis daining all agricultural labor and again en couraged in such feelings, we suppose, by command or on account of instructions." This is doubtless a true picture as far as it goes, but if we are to judge from the ge neral spirit of the Island press, it conveys but feebly an idea of the miserable failure of the experiment, the abuses to which, it opens the avenue and the terrible revolts which maybe expected, and which have indeed already begun to manifest them selves. The catalogue of crime in Jamaica is daily swelled with the most horrible out rages constantly committed by the pam pered blacks. We extract the following from the Chronicle of January 10. "That 'idleness is the root of all evil' is made manifest every Court by the fearful in crease of time. In days when masters had the power of stimulating their labourers to industry and good order, the black cata logue of iniquity which now stains our quarterly calender was seldom to be seen; for, be it remembered, it is not trivial of fences, subject merely to domestic punish, ment, but heinous crimes which are brought under the cognizance of the court crimes which were always visited with condign punishment, such as burglary, cattle-stealing, rape." The feelings of the more respectable por tion of people of Jamaica seem highly ex cited by the infringement on their rights and safety, brought about by the wolves in sheep's clothing, whose business it is to preach Philanthrophy, and collect from the "ragged man his penny, and from the star ving man his halfpenny. One would sup pose that the present unsettled state of Ja maica, and he wretched government of St. Domingo, would be a sufficient proof of the impolicy and absurdity of abolition. To reasonable men it is, but to the hypo crite, or the wild enthusiast who casts aside the dictates of reason and common sense, every thing would fail to carry convic tion." The degree of insolence and arrogance to which the blacks are excited by the mis placed sympathies and jjrtful contrivances of these philanthropic individuals would seem almost incredible to those who had not seen the effects of Abolition meetings, and Emancipation Societies in our own Northern and Eastern States. The apprentices in Jamaica are too proud to work and not ashamed to beg or steal; their minds insusceptible of education are excited to brutal ferocity and imnellcd to acts of violence to obtain the gratifications which are alone capable of affording them enjoyment. 1 he restraints of the law are in a great measure taken on irom them, who must necessarily stand most in need of its whole some autnoritv. indeed there is everv prospect of the blacks soon gaining the up per hand in Her Majesty's West India possessions, and affording to those good souls who love their fellow beings best as they approach in form and mind to the beasts of the field, the triumph of seeing their less esteemed white Brethren yielding to the authority ot Sambo, Quambo, and Quash. Jy. Y. Star. Fire! Fire ! ! On Wednesday even ing last, at about 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in a small building adjacent to the Stables of the Bollingbrook Hotel. Before water could be obtained, the Stables, built .-of wood, and filled with combustible mate rials, were enveloped in flames. The firo was soon communicated to the large brick building of Wm. C. Boswell, (formerly Walker's,) which was partially, and to the brick lumber house of Anderson & Rives, which was , wholly consumed." Several small wooden buildings in rear of the Sta bles werealso destroyed. .We have not been able to learn the amount of the loss sustained, nor whether any portion of the property was insured. The several Fire Companies arrivecf promptly at the scene of danger, but from the difficulty of getting a supply of water, were, for some time, unable to act efficiently ; when this difficult ry was removed, their energetic and judi cious action soon arrested the progress of the fire. From what we can learn, we have no doubt that the Fire was the work of an in cendiary, who, in the execution of his dia bolical purpose, chose the most vulnerable part of our town. In the Stables of the Hotel, there were 40 horses, and several Carriages, all of which were saved. Petersburg Intelligencer. -