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i vUMmn m mt Lic LiSl Q) m hole jo. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. V.J Saturday, April 7, 1838 Jot. XIV Mo. 14. The Tarborough Press, BY OEOROE HOWARD, Is published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cat per year, if paid in advance or, Three Dollars at the expiration of lite subscription year. Vi.r an period less than a year, T.rcufy-five Coifs per month. Subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at anytime, on cfivinjjf notice thereof and paying arrears those residing at a distance mint invariably pay in advance, or give a respon sible relV-rence in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25 cents for every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and .lu di. ill advertisements 25 percent, higher. Ad vertisements must he 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. j A FARM EM FOIl ME, BOYS! A Farmer's die man for me, boys I , A Farmer's lite man for me, I lnle tlit ploughshare ges, ; Or l lie heilV r lows, J True lonl of the soil is lie, True lord of the land is lie, boys ! A Farmer A Farmer lor me. Ere the sun shines over the lea, boys ! Kre llie sun shine over ihe lea, I In the waiving main, Of t lie golden yrain, llie is linp)y as man can be, llle is happy as man ran be, boys! A Farmer a Farmer for me. Willi no rare to mar his joy, boys ! No rare to lessen hi joy, I he toils of the day, j Puss quickly away; A flight is merry and free, fliis nipht is rrKrrv and free, boys! I A Farmer a Fanner lor me. No drone of llie hive is he, boys ! 1 N drone of llie hive is he, i But wiih hii flail, I D-)tli ti e sheaf assail, I Ati'l gathers fioin every tree, boys ! 1 A Fanner a Farmer for me. f MARCH OF INTELLECT. Eviracl of a letter from a newly married ! lady, who had finished her education at a ! fashionable boarding school. Il was vtril- i ten loan old school mate. "I was married ten weeks ago. Mo a 1 1 J my dcnr hub md has re moved into tin? country, too miles from any hous. We li ue no mar ket to go to, lui! have to lay in oil; provision t y ilit: hail. My furni chere is much liner than most of uv nuhors. My husband and me agree Very well; as yet we have not li I no quarrel, ami in m st thing be llnuks us I tlo. I allow 1 done well in marring, for wo are inucbually happy. Iliiu and me coul I live foiever together, and neither give the other a rnisbchulding word," &c. U. W. P. S. I have not looked into a book since my wedding day. M) husband is the whole world to inc. if 1 can please him, els shall trou ble me. What time we used to have at Mrs. s boarding school! Such labor in studying Latin and logic, and algehray, ami music! I never Could see the use of it. P. S. I advice you to get shut out of your single hlessednc ss as soon ns you can. How frightful old maids is. Write me the first oppor tuuity. Curious Sera) of History In the Philadelphia Repository, and Wei klv Register, of November 12, 1303. Vol. 3, No. 3G, is the follow ing curious extract : 4A curious act of the State of Franklin, for the support of the civil list. I he Male or 1 enncssee for merly belonged to North Carolina, atid was ceded to the United States, in the year 1709. In 1784 the poo pl; of that State withdrew them selves, and set up an independent Government, by the name of v rank I'm. In 1 7U8 their Legislature enacted the following curious law for the support of the civil list : 'Whereas, the collecting of taxes in specie for the want of a eircula ling medium has become very op pressive to the good people of this commonwealth. And whereas, it is the duty of the Legislature to hoar at all times the prayer of their oonsiiiuents and apply as speedy a remedy as lies in their power: Be it enacted by the General Assembly f the Slate of Franklin, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of he same, that from the first day of January, Anno D .mini. 1789, "the salaries of the civil officers bo as follows, to wit : 'His Excellency, the Governor, per annum, one thousand deer skins. Ills Honour, the Ciiief Justice, five lundred ditto. The Attorney Ge ueral, five hundred ditto. Secretary to his Excellency, the Governor, live hundred raccoon ditto. The Preasufer of the State, four bun tired md fifty otter ditto. F tch County Clerk, three hundred heaver ditto Clerk of the House of Common, two hundred raccoon ditto. Mmii hers of Assembly, per diem, three raccoon skins. Justice fee fur sign inu a warrant, one mukrat skm Fn the Const tbb for serving a war rant, one trunk skin. lvia-ted into i law, tins l5'h day of October, 1788, under the great seal of ihe M ite: Witness bis Lx elleticy. John Sevier, Governor. Colain General. Commander in Chief and Admiral, in and over said State.' National Guzittc. tt?We thought every one familiar with ihe meaning ol " liunkum" the true version, (as it is usually er roueously spelt ) I5ut we II explain for our friends of . the Baltimore Pranscript. A grave member of the lower House of Congress from the venerable State of North Caro lina, and from a district which in lud tl the county of Buncombe, (in which county he resided J whose 'tyle of speaking produced a very common fleet of driving the tnem ers from the Hall, and all lb way one iiav aMdressiti'' t be House. when, a usual, the coughing and sneering commenced, and the mem lers began leaving. He paused luhile and assured the House thai there need be no uneasiness on their part, and that lor himself it mattered not how many left, for he w is not speaking to the H"USe, tint to 'linnnan." It is now understood mean the constituent body, in parlance. liictid. Co m p. C.iugrcssiona Mignonette. If you have a foot of ground under your window, sow il in this mt)det 1 1 1 1 1 flower: it will cent your whole house with its de lightful perfumes and gladden your eye with its unpretending blossom. A Swindler of the First Dgree. A young oiiiu from South Alabama, it is said, has been arrested for having obtained from two broker of New York 815.000, raised on forged letters of credit for 83,000, addressed to the President of the City Bank of New York, in tlu name of Mr. Shtblev, Cashier of the Bank of Georgia. The brokers gave the 8 15,000 after the bank had declined to accent the letters from a reluctance at this time to is sue more of their bills. The hope till youth who has opened his ca reer hy such an atrocious attempt at fraud, was found in a brothel at Philadelphia by the vigilance of officers Bl ney. Young, and Mc- Cle 111 of that city. "Bear and jorbe.ary An elder ly lady died recently in Pittsburgh who must have been a subscriber and "constant reader" of the llich mond Enquirer for her whole life was in conformity to the oil tepeat e.d maxim of that paper, which heads this item. "hu bore her husband twenty-two children, and never gavel ii i til a cross word." ffTThero is a man in Engbiml, who is now living with his 17'b wife! his children number 36 so ays a paper. Heavens! what a man is this: seven Urn wives! Our might satisfy us. But a "fool for luck," sayeth the old adage. Tlw Croup. Phis terrific dis ease, fatal in so many cases to chil dren, might have been arrested, in many cases where it has proved fa t a I, if parents would have ready n all times, a phial containing 2 oz Syrup of Squills, 40 grains of Epe eaeu ana, 1 grain Tartar Emetic and when the disea.se is announced hy a hollow, ringing cough, resem bling rather a bark than a cough, give a tea spoonful of the above mixture every ten minutes until free vomiting ensues. fijIt is related of David Crockett hat his memory was very remarka hie. -In proof of which, one who opposed him for a seat in Congress, gives the following .anecdote. 'When we began our electioneering eampaign,' said Col. A., not being able to speak very well extempore. m rather not at all, I wrote a specc h witii great care and committed it to memory. I delivered this at three several meetings, and was a jood deal gratified in believing that it was verv well received. I hai Iwavs spoken first, but at the fourth inetMlinr vvliii li ivnx n vnrt, nnm,.n,nci ' ' ----- one. Ororkelt oronosed soeakni r 1 1 - - 1 that he take the lead. He ae ordingly mounted the stand, and to my tdtcr amazement, recited the whole of my speech, and only chang ed a sentence or two to suit his own case. I never felt so awkward in my life. My turn to speak came, ind my speech was gone stolen used up and I was left without a word ios.ay. And to comnlete mv nortific at ion, the rascal was chuck ing ami laughing as if he had done he cleverest thing in the world.' (r?-Philadephia lakes the lead inj;l,,MJl "fi!? hums.5 uiumli. rnt donations and bequests or charitable purposes. All the world knows of her Stephen Girard, ind the Orphan College, or railier, palace, no lotmoen. jjoctor Jo scph Preston, Quaker, imbued with the same generous spirit, has bft queuthed near 8400,000 to found a lying in hospital fur respectable and indigent married females. The en cotiragement of a pure morality eems to have entered into the in lentions of the testator. OyWe learn from the Washing ton Correspondent of the Gr ind Gulf Advertiser, that 'the Honora ble James D' Wolf, of Rhode Island, and bile of the U. S. Senate, died in New York a few days since, very mddenly, ami left behind him a for tune estimated al 810,000,000. He was an abolitionist by profession; and yet up to the year 1821, was notoriously engaged in the slave; trade, between Africa and the Is bind of Cuba. It is estimated, that between the years 1780 and 1827, he exported from Africa, four hun dred and two thousand slaves. JVarning to the Intemperate. Red noses are said 10 be among the injurious effects of tight lacing. OA youth named Rice, having lately fallen into the basin City road, a quarter of an hour elapsed before he could be got out, when two sur geons attended, but after an hour's exertion, were unsuccessful in their attempt to restore the youth to life. A drunken man from the tap room, waking from his sleep, and hearing ih.it the medical men had failed, staggered into the room and said he could restore? the boy; and apply tug his mouth to that of the youth, (tn the same time closing the nos- mis) by the strong sti'-lion, as of hi iiw mg me nrentn trom me patient, actually renovated him in a few mi notes, to the astonishment of all present. 'Phis was the ninth per son this individual had restored in a simitar manner. Pcnmyhanian. An Old BelL VUc Bristol, R I. Piiceaix states that one of tlw Spanish bells has been placed on a factory in that village. The follow ing is given as a translation of the inscription upon it. This bell, which God preserve, has been given by Gen. F. IL li lael Antonio Garcia, the year of God 8'38. St. Uafael and Saint Francis eo pray for us. Invention Cotton. An i m p o r taut invention in relation to press ing and re packing cotton, has beet invented by an ingenious mechanii f this city; .after devoting years o; labor and anxiety to which, it 11 on promises to rewatd his skill and in dustry, by doing away altogetlie. with the present rather uu wield) process of steam and horse povvet The inventor describes it as ; compound, parallel, and geared le ver, which possesses the rxtraordi nary powois with the least physical labor, of pressing cotton, &c. into square bales, more solid and com pact than otherwise hi- effected, uol t;V('n excepting the mighty power ol ..I.l . , MLUm) ai OUU leillll IIIC COSt Ol any mode hitherto thought of. 1 nc nan or mis new ami most useful specimen of mechanical skill, which it. is as simple in constructioi as it is economic id' time, labor and money, in practical operation, can be seen upon application at this of fice. We arc informed that the election of a press of this kind would not cost over 81500, and would be capable of pressing in a superior manner a greater number of bales than a steam engine worth 815,000 To doubt of the success ol such an admirable u flair, would be tautti- 100 rmm' 0 our ns Un,' tu "ateiy, Know that the l itter is the .ti 1 1 . c,',!?p! iiml Wt ,mvo ns Hme doubt thai 1,11 1,1 llu'm i"tresled w ill ca geriy lest tne properties 01 an inven lion of such great importance to the planters of, and dealers in, the great er Southern staple. N. Orleans Cour. Arkansas and Tixas. From an article in the Richmond Whig we learn that a difficulty seems to be brewing between Arkansas Mid Texas about their boundary. Texas litis laid claim to Fayette and Alii ler counties in AiUansas, and es tablished htnd offices there. A ma jority oft he People side with Texas, have elected representatives to the Texan Congress, and have organ ized counties, and elected Sheriff-, Clerks, Coroners, &e. They re fuse to pay taxes to or to recognize the jurisdiction of Arkansas. The subject has been referred to the Legislature of Arkansas hy the Governor, who recommends that Miller county, where the greatest disaffection exists, and where he says, the laws cannot be faithfully executed, be abolished, and her ter ritory attached to some other coun ty possessed of more patriotism The Governor states that he will immediately communicate with the President of the United States, and procure, if possible, an early and definite adjustment of the boundary question. He concedes, that a por tion of Miller county may, on a set 1 lenient, fall to Texas; but asserts, that our Government, since the put chase of Louisiana, has always claimed and exercised jurisdiction over it, and will never peaceably surrender its claims until a decision j against it by an authorised tribunal. Tiie Arkansas Legislature has net yet acted on the subject. Singular affair in Texas. TUq New Orleans Bulletin of the iCtll instant, gives a letter from Houston tilted Vtb. c2;iU. which sava thir President Houston was a few ihivs before met in the streets by the Ex Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Fisher, and his brother, and Cul. Wey mouth, and rudely requested them to retract certain declarations made hy him touching Mr. F. The Pre sident said tor his public iicls ho was not personally accountable, but for his personal acts he was. Short ly after the President received a hallenge and handed it over to hia servant. The next day he procee ded to Nacogdoches. fiyTho following statement, -bowing the proportion of nutricioua natter contained in the articles therein named respectively, will de monstrate the erroueousness of the notion generally entertained in favor f animal food. It will be easy for hose who examine the tahle to ompare the relative value of the ommodhi. s so far as support of trength is concerned. Some of -ur readers will be astonished to learn that, in the words of a corres pondent of the Newark Daily Ad vertiser, 'one loaf of good homo made bread will feed you as long as a leg of mutton, and an Irish potato is belter for you than a pound of pork.' Of nut ritious matter, 100 lbs of wheat contains 05 lbs. Rice Barley Beans Peas Lentils n n ( tt a 80 83 19 93 94 35 26 14 10 7 6 4 Meat (average) Potatoes Beets Carrots Cabbage Greens Turnips The Pill Business. The good people seem to be driving the trade of pill making in all parts of iho country. The last invention, which has wrought wonders and litis re ceived many certificates, is as fol lows : "A scheming Yankee has been selling purely vegetable nilla ihioughout the southern country, at a great rate. On undergoing an analysis, they were found to be purely vegetable indeed. They were nothing more or le&s than com mon garden peas, dipped in a solu tion of powdered liquorice." An even ff tit year. The year 1812 was probably the most event ful of any in History, ancient or modern. England who cotivubed by the riots in the manufacturing districts; Mr. Perceval lost his life, and at his death commenced the detestable reign of Liverpool and Vansitt.irt; Wellingtoon took ihe towns of Ciutlad Rodrigo and Ba dsijos, and won the battle of Sala manca; Spain abolished the Peerage and the Inquisition, and proclaimed her new Constitution; all South America was in civil war; and Na poleon fought the battles of Wilnn, Smolenski, Borodino, and .Moscow, and finally saw his mighty hosts perish in the snow; ihe English likewise took Almarez and Seville, and witnessed disgrace and defeat from ihe Americans at sea and in the Canadas. In ibis eventful year no les than three millions of Chris tians, under the sanction of mother church and holy priesthood, wero armed for reciprocal carnage, and all Europe and America were made slaughter-houses of the human race. It is supposed that more than one million of men, women, and chil dren were butchered, or otherwise sacrificed in this memorable year.
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