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W SfelOQ) Whole Xo. 07. TarWoui, ( Edgecombe County, JV 6J Saturday, February 23, 1839. To. AT Ab. 8. The Tarborough l9rcss, BY GGOIliJE HOWAUD, - -nWished weekly at Two IhUurs and F!fy 17, if naid in advance or. Ihree iwU at the expiration of the subscription year l,r an J F"1" 1 less than a year, iwenry-jtve month. Subscribers are ai uoeny 10 V ii,ine at anytime, on giving nonce inereoi arrears those residing at a distance oavinff tin" r j ui.. .itT in nilrnne. or frivfi a rfisnotl- Sble reference in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will he .-ted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25 t- for every continuance. Longer advertise ce s i like proportion. Court Orders and Ju Tcl advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must he marked the number of in v tion3 required, or they will he continued until riherwise ordered and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the IMitor must be post mid or they may not be attended to. i II. Johnston, CGS leave and the p'i! to inJorm lie, that lu lus customers has Received his Fall Supply of GOODS, 0'all the Fashionable At tides, Suitable far Gentlemen's wear. SUCH AS Snnfi'ie Cloths Cassi meres & Vesting, v, aver el'th and Lion skin, for overcoats. Cjioblet for clonks. Siocks, Collar.-, Bosoms, and black silk Cava is, Suspenders, of superior quality. lie also has a ft iv Tine black beaver Hals, Of the latest lashion. Gentlemen wish i ,2to purchase Goods in his line, will do well to call ;md examine before they pur chap, as he is delet mined to sell low lor Cash, t on a short credit to punctual customer?. Tarboro', Nov. 15th, 1S3S. M KIICIIANT TAILOIt, F.5PE0TFULLY informs his friend? ,,wt tUo tiiU( trpnjfallvT- that he has I.IU -.V-... 0 , received his Fall and Winter 8, ConisMn of superfine blue and black Cloth?, Invisible green and brown do. Striiv d and corded Cassimeres of various colors, Plain black and figured Vesting, do black and figured Velvets Plain and fig ired Valencia? do do Marseilles Plain black and fancy-Stocks Umbrellas. Uoso ns, Collars, Gloves, Suspenders &c All of which he will sell low for ('ash, or on a short credit to ptinctti.il customers. lie 'ruls by due attention to business, and hi, lonjj experience therein, to giv (lie satisfaction to those who may favor lit'Ti with their orders. lit aUo will keep constantly on hand assortment of heady made Clothing, Tarboro', Nov 5 b, 1S38. At the cheap Cash Store. JA3IES WEDDELL, S now on hand a large and general apartment of Groceries, Hardware, cutlery. thiwu Glass and Earthenware, Col ton Baling Rope, Twine, &c $'C '!!Cii be nffers p.hf?,m for Cash, eonntrv induce, or on a short credit to punctual Nov. 2ilh, 1S3S. Slnle of North Carolina, MARTIN COURT OF EQUITY. Sophia Griffi:i ) . vs. Petition for Divorce and w v.ullin,) Alimony. jf James Griffin: Sir you are herc- 'V notified personally to be ar.d si) P-ar mlnr the Jud? cf V'r said Court ai ft Court IT.nwp Williarmton. on i Monday io February next, then Prd Ul"re to answer the several allegations of petition of the baid SopniA. And it ordered, that you be restrained and en JfJIQed. irom transferrin;, assigning, or in ?y lvjy withdrawing from the hands ot JS;,t Uihason, adm'r of John Robason ec tl, any estate or effects lo which you ay be entitled by virtue of your marri ?5e with the said Sophia, unless you entei "to bond and security in the sum of one lousand dollars to answer and abide such ?r er and decree as may be had in the dloresaid caue. Wilne,s C. U. Hassell, Clerk and of our said Court, at office, the 1st November, 1638. p . C. IMSSELL, C. M. E. lr'ccadv J$10 00. 45 3m HE MARKS OF MR. STANLY. The following remarks were recently made in Congress by the Representative from this district, in the debate on a mo tion to print 20,000 copies of the docu ment relating to the defalcations of public officers: Mr. STANLY said he should vote for punting these documents, for the reason that they will give light to the people of his district. It is light only that the People of our country want, that th-y m,iy be indu- lcu to assist those who aie now strulin"- to wrest power from the hands of the 'spoils men. 1 took these documents home with me, after the adjournment in Julv last, and read extracts from them to my constituents, and thev listonnrl In tho enpnri Even those who had heretofore supnorleu this Administration, and that which imme diately preceded it, resolved hereafter not to believe men who could so shamefully' abuse their confidence. They had heard charges of this sjrt before from Whig news papers, but were told they were false. 13 ut now the evidence cime from the Sec retary of the Treasury himself; thev could doubt no longer. There are six counties in my district, Mr. Speaker, and there is but one copy of Document 297 in tlic dis trict. 1 appeal to the generosity of the gentleman from Maryland, and ask him not to reiuse to so larjrc a portion of the People of this country the information which this document will give them. There are some in my district who still think Gen eral Jackson was sincere and correct when he told the country that he 'turned none but knaves out of office, and put none but honest men in. I want these men to see how these 'honest' receivers have taken care of the People's money, and how much mistaken the old General was. Mr. Speaker, there was much said by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Thomas) which called lor reply, but which has been answered by the gentleman from Virginia, (ilr. Wise,) who has ust taken his seat. That gentleman (Mr. Thomas) has said, sir, Uiat there were defaulters fof all politi cal parries.' it may be, sir, that there are W hig defaulters, but how they came into office under this Administration is matter of astonishment to me; for, sir I have been repeatedly solicited since I have been a member of this House, to sign recommen dations for applicants for office, (and re commendations, too, written by some who hold seats in a body said to be higher and more dignified than this,) and the reason assigned, above all others, in favor of the applicant, has been, that he is a 'genuine Democrat.' 'Defaulting Whigs,' therefore, must have obtained office before this form of recommendation became fashionable, and are probably defaulters in some offiico worth about ten dollars a year the cmol-i ument being so small none oi the 'genuine wanted it. The gentleman from Maryland says, speeches will answer as well as this docu ment. Now, Mr. Speaker, if any Whig member of Congress should make a speech, embodying the tacts set foith in these docu ments, aiul one of these speeches, per chance, should find its way in that gentle man's district, what would the Administra tion papers say of it? Would not the Globe and the thousand bought up presses of the country say, in their usual language, that it was all a 'Whig lie? Why, sir, no Loco luco would read it. But a public document comes to them in a different form lroui the Administration party,from an executive officer, the People cannot but hear it; and 'out of their own mouths,' will they be con demned: Mr. speaker, the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Atherton) said, in reply to the remarks of the gentleman from Missis sippi, thai there was no need buying a star ling to teach him to cry 'corruption, cor ruption,' in the cars of the People of this country; and the gentleman from New Hampshire seemed to intimate that those who thus cry out 'corruption' were but starlings taught to use words without mean- Mr. Speaker, this may be so; but, sir, there are various kindsof political starlings. Those wuP crv oul crrfuption, corruption, corruption,7 are starlings ivr Uic b1 body of the American i-eopie; mc w ruption crying sunnily i.fe.. - nectable constituents to sing this note. 1 . i- : r. n nnhlo linn. They arc starlings on, i.w But sir, there is another class, whose olhce is not quite so respectable. These are star lings of a party; whose constant occupation has-been to sing that they were the true Re publicans, and all opposed to them 'Aristo crats ' Yes, sir, there are starlings ot a cau cus, too; of a midnight caucus, whose ol ;t U to introduce resolutions upon sla very, which may be interpreted one way VL1 .i " i nntur wav at the at the ooum, a"" nwwv-x North; which condemn abolition vy Pomes with one 'view,' but justify i way at in e when it it when it !m not 'the views aforesaid; resolutions wnicti rP ''Pter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope," resolutions which come irt the spirit of Joab, when he said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? and stabbed him un der the fifth rib; resolutions which agree to lay petitions for the abolition of slavery on the table, bdt which yield the question of reception. 1 see you are uneasy, Mr. Spea ker. You may save yourself the trouble of calling me to order. I have said all I in tend to say upon abolition. But, sir, the starlings. There are, sir, other starlings than those I have mention ed. I do not intend to be offensive in my language to any gentleman ; but only to repel the charge that those who cry out 'corrup tion' against this Administration are merely repeating words without meaning, and ma king charges without sufficient evidence. Our Secretary of the Treasury may have his starlings, loo; and if he has, sir, I can only say with Pope, What must be the priest, vvheri the monkey is a god?' Asa quotation h:ts been made from some thing that has been formerly said in the British Parlimeni, I sjppose it is iawful to quote what has been said on this floor as an offset. At the lst sesion, Mr. Speaker, an eloquent gentleman from Pennsylvania ;Mr. BiJdle) said something about star lings. You remember it no doubt, Mr. Speaker, for few here have heard that gen tleman without wishing to remeniber what tie said. 1 intend only to apply his re marks to that race of politicians who are crying out abolitionists against all who dif Ut from them politically. He told us, sir, that the starling was a 'gentle and inter esting bird. Rather are we reminded of a iilthy parrot, hung out in front of a sailor boading house, taught by its niastcf to ut ter exclamations at each passer by, and nev er joyous or happy unless when engaged in screaming out rogue or strumpet. 5 So am 1 reminded of this parrot whenever I hear this cry 'abolitionist, abolitionist, aristocrat, aristocrat,' against all who think for them selves, and dare to diffei with this Admin istration. v e arc tout, sir, mat there has ocen no corruption in this Administration. I am at a loss to conceive what gentlemen call corruption. 1 ask those who say there has been no corruption, it they heard the speech of the gentleman lrom Virginia (Mr. Wise) the other day. The gentleman's presence restrains me from speaking of ihai speech in the lan-njajje of commendation which it merits. 1 asK the Representatives from New Hampshire if anyT of them heard that speech, when the House was considering the motion ot the gentleman lrom New r i . ... i one, to appoint a committee to examine Mr. Swartwout's defalcation? (I5y the way, Mr. Speaker. 1 suspect we have heard the last of that for this session. I do not believe the party intend to have any7 ex amination of that matter.) 1 ask those who say there was no corruption, if they heard the remarks ol either the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wise.) or the power ful speech of the gentleman from Mississip pi, (Mr. Prentiss?) Few of the party would listen to speech es of this character, sir, I know speeches not merely abounding in biting sarcasm and gailing invective, but well supported by facts, undented and undeniable facts, from public documents. There were a few who listened to the peech of the gentle man from Virginia; for, after candlelight, I thought I saw some behind your chair, sir, in the dark gnashing their teeth. I ask the gentleman from New Hamp shire, (Mr. Alherioo,) who wen for him self last session the name of Advocate General' of the Secretary of the Treasury, what he has to say to all these charges? Once; I remember, a gentleman lroin South Caro lina, Mr. Pickens, who is now consider ed as an ally of the Administration, said on ihis floor; the Secretary df the Treasury ought to have a shoolmaMer to leach him grammar and arithmetic, and his country man Mr. Atherton raised himself in my estimation by his gallant and patriotic de fence. Now when a well-supported charge is bought, the simple answer, is, 'there is no corruption.' I want to call the attention of the House to another fact. When the gentleman from Virginia had finished, a representative from New Hampshire rose in haste, and 1 thought, to make some defence for the Sec retary of Treasury; when, Io and behold! he actually asked leave to offer a resolution that the Speaker appoint a committee on enrolled bills? I hope yet to hear the gen tleman (Mr. Cushman defend the Secreta ry with his accustomed ability. I hope, for the sake of the country, to hear some ex planation of Harris's case, of Linn's case, and of Boyd's case. I hope to hear some excuse to justify the Secretary in allowing Swartwout to be a defaulter for six or sev en years, and keeping it concealed, or some excuse for not discovering the defalcation. I3ut, when I return home, I will take this document in my hand, and will tell the hon- est men whom I represent; that the defen - ' 1 nnnniaiii ders of this Administration say that there! was no corruption in this Secretary's allow- in g, knowingly, partisan office holders thusi to use the public funds. HON. JOHN C. CALHOUN. At a meeting of the Democratic Republi can members of the General Asembly of North Carol ina favorable to the present ad minisiration of the General Government held on the 2nd January; 1S3), the fol lowing resolutions were adopted to wit: "Resolved, That the fearless, disinteres ted, and patriotic course of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in he Senate of the United States, upon thd great measure of separa ting the General Government from Banks and Bank influence, commands our admi ration and confidence. iiResoli)edi That the chairman and other officers of this meeting, are directed to communicate" to Mr. Calhoun, the senti ments of this meeting towards him, in any terms which are becoming to freemen in ex pressing their approbation of a public ser vant. W. N. EDWARDS, Chairman. M. lloke, y M. A. Wilcox. X b Secretaries. (A true copy) To the Hon. John C. Calhoun: Sir -As a committee of "the Democratic Republican members of the General As sembly of North Carolina, favorable to the present administration of the General Gov ernment," we have the honor to forward to you certain resolutions, adopted at their meeting on the 2nd instant. In executing the duly assigned u?, we believe we cannot so well accomplifdi the object of our appointment, as by inviting your attention to the resolutions them selves, adding our own testimony, individ ually, to the sincerity of the sentiments they contain. 1 here is no measure to which the Democratic members of the General As sembly look with more intense interest, or a more earnest desire for its success, than "the great measure of separating the Gen eral Government from Hanks and Bank in fluence." And we are sure we speak tru ly their sentiments, when we say they greet you as a fearless, disinterested and patriotic pdjunct in that good work. For the assurance of the pleasure we take in being the organ of this communication, we beg leave to add the high and res pectful consideration, with which we are Your ob't serv'ts, W. N. EDWARDS, Chairman; M. Hoke, ) M. Ji. Wilcox, $ Secretaries. Washington, 24 h Jan., 1S38. Gentlemen: I have been honored by your communi cation, covering a resolution adopted by the Republican members of the Legislature of North Carolina, approving my course on the great measure of separating tne Gov ernment and the Banks. That my conduct; in so important and trying a juncture of my life, should receive such distinguished notice from a quarter so respectable, is a source of high gratifica tion, which I shall not soon forget. I do not deem it necessary, on this occa sion, to renew the discussion in favor of the great measure to which the resolution re lates. It has already been amply vindica ted, under every aspect, moral and politi cal, by arguments unanswered, and, I add, unanswerable, liut permit me to say, that it would be a lata! delusion to suppose, that any force of reason could terminate, at once a Contest involving so many and such vast interests, ramified thro' the entire body politic. So far from ter minated, the contest has only fairly com menced. The connection between the Government & the Banks, instead of being dissolved, is almost in as full force, as be fore the late suspension of specie payment That event, as is well known, was follow ed by a suspension of the connection be tween the Government and the Banks, through the operation of the laws that for bade the receiving of the notes of any but specie paying Banks, or to use any other, as the depository ol the public money. 1 he struggle during the extra and late sessions, was, to make this forced suspension; origi nating in the act of the Banks themselves, perminent, and to substitute in the place of the Banks, as the fiscal agents of the Gov ernment the Independent & Constitutional Treasury. In this great object we failed; and the subsequent restoration of "specie payment again revived the connection, which the suspension had superceded du ring the period of its continuance. It is thus, that the state of things, as they existed prior to the late suspension, and v; hich lead to it, is again revived, to be continued till another suspension follows, unless, indeed, the intelligence and virtue of the communi ty shall, in the mean time, terminate a con nection, which has proved, and ever will prove, a curse to ail concerned, Banks, Gov ernment and People. It thus appears, that, as yet, nothing be- lyond the argument and the intelligence, Jwhich it has so widely diffused among the people, in relation to this vital subject, his been accomplished. We have not carried a sing'e measure. Our brmbnents have votra down all our measures by small ma jonties; nor has tne system tor which wo contend been, as yet, in operation. It is true, that a temporary and partial suspen sion of the connection between the Gov ernment and the Banks fallowed the late suspension of specie payment, as has been stated. I say partial, as well as temporary; for instead of collecting the revenue in the constitutional currency, during that period, the Government was forced to suspend the collection almost en tirely, and instead of paying its debts in the same, it was forced to substitute lrre- utemaoie Dank notes in its payment to a large amount, or suspend payments alto gether. And yet, in the face of all these facts, our opponents, who have defeated our meas ures, aud who boast of that defeat, and tri umph in the death of the Sub Treasury, as they call it, regardless of every principle of justice, or fairness, attempt to hold us responsible for the present state of things, which, by their votes, they have forced on us, against our most strenuous exertions. The attempt will be in vain. On them, and not on us, the responsibility rests; Their system not ours, the system of Bank con nection, and not the Constitutional Treasu ry, has prevailed. It is now in force and has been in force almost from the begin ning of the Government, and to which of courses on every principle of justice, equi ty, aud fairness, all our financial and pecu niary disorders, past, present, and to come, so long as it continues, must be chargedj and not to ours, which neither ir?, or ever has been in force, except for a short period when the Government went first into ope ration. It is indeed a fearful responsibility, not so much as to the past and present, as the future ho is there so blind, as not to sec the fearful expansion of the banking system at this time? The tendency of the times is to convert all property into credit, and all credits, through the agen cy of Banks, into currency and can there be any so ignorant of the nature of currency, and the limits beyond which it cannot with safety go as not to see thd consequence? The system cannot go om It must come to an end. An explosion, greater & more calamitous, must follow and when it comes, let not those, who have defeated the Constitutional Treasury, and thereby restored the fatal connection be tween the government and Banks, shrink from the responsibility, and charge the con sequence of their own acts on us. In the mcEm timej our course is clear. Let us stand fast on impregnable ground we now occupy strenuously and persever ing contending for an entire a complete' divorce, and resisting all temporary expe dients, or halfway measures. The effects of all such are but to perplex and confound our friendsj and to assume the fearful res ponsibility now resting on our opponents, without retarding or weakening the ap proaching catastrophe. We must wait the progress of truth, and the march of events, till the time arrives, when the great mea sure, for which we contend shall giin the complete ascendancy, as it most assuredly will, if we by our firmness and fidelity shall prove ourselves worthy of such a cause. To this, let us add a spirit of kind ness arid forbearance towards friends who have separated from us on this great mea sure. When a question so novel and complex is first agitated, it is not to be ex- pectcdj that all, who agree in general prin ciples, shall at once come lo the same con clusion. Much must be allowed in such cases to the diversity of the human intel lect and the different aspects under which great and complex questions are almost ne cessarily viewed. But where the princi ples are the same, time and experience will almost certainly bring together those, whom reason alone, without their aid, could not prevent fiom separating; and such, I feel confident will be the case in the present instance, if we act with for-., bearance and kindness towards those who, on the present occasion, have separated, from us. With great respect, I am, &c. &c. J. C. CALHOUN W. N. Edwards, Esq Chair man v M. Hoke, and . , M. Jl. Wilcox, Esqs. 5 3CC (tTThe bill fining Banking privile s to the Ch8-10sloa aKt Cincinnati ttm'l ges Road Company, has been rejected by the Kentucky House of Bepresenlatives, bv a vole, of 53 nays lo, 48 ayes, Destritclive Storm. The Northern and Eastern papers are abounding with de tails respecting the disastrous effects of the dreadful storm which occurred on the 25th and 26th ult. The destruction of property is immense conjectured to exceed several millions of dollars. JA colored woman, named Lee, has been preaching in the vicinity of Browns-; ville, Pa. and attracting crowded housesj