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' I?I jib fiS $ ittole Jo 4 w m flic Tttrborough Press, BY fiROIUlE HOWARD, n-.ed weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty '5 rear if paid n advance or, Three Kilt VCT '.;,. Slllupriminn ''-" I nri0(l less than a year, Twcntrj-fice f,r mnnth. Subscribers are at liberty to l' niinue at any time, on rriving notice thereof ',,.; irrcars those residing at a distance 0 finvarial.lv pay in advance, o "."..fprpnee ia this vicinity. iivertisrinpnts not exceeding a square will be pd at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25 every continuance. Longer advertise cfllt' ;n proportion. Court Orders and Ju f advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad--,'mpnts must be marked the number of in- rrtlH 1111 . . i -hi .- i ' -ion required, or mey win ue continue.! until f'Lnvise ordered and charged accordingly. oI'r' t ..s addresstvl to the Kditor must be post or they may not be attended to. MK II CHANT TAILmK, RNpy ITU LLY iiiioj in custom er anil the O'-Iii" g''U rally, that lr lijjit'enve.iyo .ew 1 one ms stipp.y l Sprits;; :uul Hmnmvv GOODS, .r n ( a 1 1 s and Cassimeres of V,l il M t'..'i' 1 ;i, v ! m- & cam'del, for summer coats, V.-.l.;''-!i ituil 11 idjnd tii ill, lor piinla Q;crn i 'l'oii as-d Victot i;i do. wry fash- 0' ;ii !e i.rticl-", P ;;. uh! ii . i)' (I imhronri, do. , . figured v. Ivet Vesting, ;, in.-) e d iicd (inured Satin, do. i' m im! Ii-.u' ( Mai scilles, iV.n and figured Valencia??, 1'liiti bludv iiud fancy Stocks, P.-i-n and n.fn1 d linen Bosoms, Cellar, uKiiiders, (5 loves, bilk ll.inilkerchiels, &c He invites an inspection of his floods, as he is confi It nt they cannot fail to give SjlM'aeiion as respects quality and price. Pfientlemen who wirdi their clothes made up, cm have them made ami h int med in the most fashionable style. All mdrrs from a distance will be punctually a!iHt! d to. TarWr 15 1. M;iv, I S3 9. Torlhe'-Rvlra Globe," for (S3!) liy before our Rcptdiliean fiiend J "H 'JCI ipilO'l pipir mm iu UiM-aj- peiiotlied publication, the '"Extra Globe.'' During the inM,ths wheM Cookies- i - in tPS"ioi), we publish the Cuitgrfh$iuinii 0tLe,'J winch u;ives a eondened rep" i f its proccrdinj?'. weekly, for oi e dcdltr the interval between the se-sjon- td Conges?, we publish the 4k A'.rn; Gwhe" six months, containing t ! t: news poll I'CS pu!)!i documents, and w halev- r else ofiiiieresi appears iu the l)ily (Jlohc, l'n tile same price. Thee two publications are pritile-I weekly, in hod; toin, to rcii- tliem for ennverrient for presei vatioii ;iJ reference. Kach number contjius Id rv q-iarlo pic. "'e important ihctions wdiich will pi ice (hninr tln approaching Sum nief and Fall, will i;tve pernliiir value to foe information to be derived from thh fter, during the canvass. The new P!laes of pnties in the North, ami the ll0'ibled aspect which foreign agitation ?lves to oiir nuional ;dTnrs ihetc, will a I 51 ' Tip ii t lo (he count i-)' for thesis months preceding le meeting of the next Con 8r, more than onliuary interest. .''e publication of the "Exlra Globe" cnmmco ,,e fJtt Week in May, a:iJend the fust week in November nex'. II M tea TKUM. 1 copy $ 00 6 copies 5 00 12 10 00 25 20 00 50 AO 00 100 75 00 ymcnts may he transntitted by mail, '-v i'lCopoialed bank in th 1 UniiiMi '''-S current in the section of country 'u'e a s.ileritM'r ri-"ule. will be reeeiv ' 'i 't when subscriber r;,n procure ' "(te of tiaiiks in the Northern and "h'ldln .i .." I , oi.iirs HieV Will I:eas isn.m. p . 1 0 insure ;i 1 1 the numbers the so'-scnp-. ""Should be here by the 7h of May. o ul tent ion will be pi hi to any 'Xer unless Ike money accompany if. .v BLJtti 4' MVES. Washington City, Apri'i 1S39. Tarborough, FOR THE TAItnouo' Ptu: ss. THE HOME OF THE FARMER, fc'tll In me live among the hills, he rocks, the trees, the flowers, Uhere I have passed my early years My childhood's happy hours ' How nft beneath the aged oak, r to my father's dwelling, Have I reposed with kindred youth, fcome playful story telling, The birds above would plume their winr3 And raise their happy voices, u' s"Tli 't is a pleasant phure, U lu re every thing rejoices. Surrounded by i,P frjems j oVC And free fr.in every fetter, I am an independent man, And wish for nothing hotter. My lutlo children round ine sport, No blooniinr, ,ri1rlt, aiui ,Pal1y I 'f'n think that nature's tjrlU Have made me very wealthy. My wife is all that she should be, ? Kind, renth, prepossessinr; I'm sure, if ever man was blest, Mine is the rrrc-.uest bless.i.ir. cah attention to an article in an other column, headed "Hanks and Mer chants," extracted from a late number of i lie Mississippi.. It appear from it, lint 'Mhe cotton shipped by the commission banks brought only from twenly-eight to thirty-five dollars per bale, or about seven and eight cents per pound," according to the bank returns, "though, when cotton was nt its lowest ebb, during the panic of suspension in 1S37, it readily brought from seven to ten cents per pound in good funds" It further appears from it that the commission banks paid the planters "in a currency depreciated fifty per cent, bv means of which, they actually received on ly three and a half and four cents per pound for their cotton." So much for departing from the true principles of trade. Head the whole article. Some of the banks are preparing to phy the same game with the coming crop. Globe. From the Mhsisstjjtau. HANKS AND MERCHANTS. It is not the least alarming feature of the system of incorporated banks, that they have unscrupulously entered into competi- ' lion with the merchant. I lie very idea' of a corporation has always carried with,' it sin h tenors that the common liw h.i.sj rcstiicied it to the mere use of the powers j spe:iiieallygtin!ed it. To incorporate i.sj to combine many natural powers into oncj legal person to concentrate 1 lie power and moral influence of many in one artificial l) dv. A corporation bears much the same proportion to the individuals composing it, that the Mississippi decs to the streams and rivers with it. The Iat'er flow on pii- ctlv and sniootl.lv in their own channels,! but whin they arc combined they ru-h on, boiling, impetuous, resis'less sweeping all obstacles bt fore them. It is not stunge, therefore, that the restrictive jealousy of the common law, and the siill more ae ive watchfulness of statutory provisions have not been ab'c to withstand the attacks of such an overwhelming power. It might naturally be supposed, that the merchants would be the first to oppose hank mercantile operations, hut unlortu nally, it has not so turned out. The mer chants have tamely yielded to this usurpa tion of the banks, principally from two causes. A large number of the influential mer chants are directors in the banks. They contrive 1o form a sort of copartnership with the btnks, and thus receive a part of the benefits arising from the large cred it and capital of the banks. The remain der of the merchants are so dependant up on the banks for credit and capital, that they dare not raise their voices against anv bank measure, however absurd and in jurious, lest the stream of their subsistence should tie cut on. uperating upon m hopesof one elass and the fears of another class of merchants, the banks are gradually but surely monopolizing all the most lucra tive branch s ol "trade, and the merchants are dwindling down to mere pedlars and reTaiiers. The cotton operations of the hanks in our own State arc familiar to all they have cost the planters millions. The lead uur merchants and the merchant banks combined, ostensibly to keep up the price of cotton in reality, to obtain the property of the planters for their worthless notes. The United Slates Bank set the tune, and all the lesser banks in the cotton growing (Udgecombc County, X. C) Saturday, September 14, 1839 region, "Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart," joined in the cry. It was demonstrated at that time tint the policy was ruinous to the planting interest, tpcricuce has confirmed the deductions oi attract reasoning. The cotton shipped !ly the commission banks brought only Tom 2S to 35 dollars per baleor about seven and eight cents per pound, accord S lo the bank returns. It is well kuo vn '-at when cotton was at its lowest ebb, during the panic of suspension in 1S37, it readily brought from seven to ten ccns ! r pound in good fun Is. So that the ommission banks actually sold it for less than the planter could have obtained for Ins cotton in his own market. Had this been the sole loss to which the planter had been subjected, he might lament his own folly in being duped by such shallow devi cesbut when the immense loss, occasion ed by the depreciation of the currency, in which thee bank merchants paid him, is considered, he has good reason to abhor the men by whom he has been cheated. I he commission banks paid him in a cur rency depreciated from twenty five lo xsn- ?ly five percent, a loss which has, direct-' ly or indirectly, fallen upon the shoulders d the planter. The average clrnrrcia- ft'nn of the currency in which the com mission banks pud the planters, cannot have bcyn less than fifty per cent. Wh it is the consequence? Why, simply this. Tito commission banks sold the planters eotton for seven and eight cents per pound, au.l paid them in a currency de preei a ted .? per cent, by means of which tney aetu dly received only three and a half and four cents per pound for their cotton ! No wonder 1 lint the common merchin! is broken no wonder that our courts un filled wiili litigants no wonder lhat the farms of the planters are daily knocked of!' under the hammer of sheriffs, at a tenth of their value no wonder that our citizens are emigrating, and running away with the remnant of their property no wonder that fraud, vice and desperation stalk abroad in the land. No one, labor as hard as he would, be as economical as he would, has been able to make any thing for three years, except commission banks and mer chants connected w ith them, who have de lraudcd the people ef their earnings, and brought upon us an unexampled scene of bankruptcy and ruin. Signs of the Times. The wdng Asso ciation, the largest patriotic society in our city, formed some years back by the Un ion ef the old Revolution and '7G Societies, as it ret iins its principles, has found it ex pedient and proper lo change its name. It took the name id' ''whig." when ;whiu." was "a very good word," and had not like the word "occupy" of Dame Quickly be come vile and shameful. To abolish the name of whiji and resume that of the 57n Association was their first pioceeding on i he laic -Hli of .July a proceeding very appropriate, for their toasts show that they ase no more like the whigs of the present day than the latter are like those of '7d. The change gave occasion to the follow ing c d1 esprit toast by Dr. Kamscy of the Cincinnati: 'The whig Association Renovated on becoming '7t. these have dolled their wigs." As another pleasing sign of the times we observe that the Committee of the Washington (the Old Union) Society, which was sent on a complimentary visit to the '7G, gave us a toast, "John C. Cal luu)t,', showing how the "honest Carolina Nulliiier" is living down opposition wherever there is Carolina spirit to ap preciate principle, and love patriotism. Charleston S. C. Mercury. Pi liars for the New-York Exchange. The' Boston Transciptsa) s, these immense columns, eighteen in number, are now nearly completed at the quarries in Quin cv. "They are the largest that have ever been obtained, each weighing about thirty- three tons. They are fluted and finished in the most perfect manner. Nothing can surpass the beauty of the carved capitals. The work is equal to the chiselled marble. The first of the columns will be moved ibis dav. from the quarries to Long wharf, at Qunicy Point, a distance ofthree oi four miles. The carriage which has been built for the purpose is truly a solid affair. It weighs between eight and nine tons and cost" fifteen hundred dollars. Seventy ox en are to be employed in drawing the load. It will be passing through Quinc) duiitvthe afternoon, ami those who have leisure can hardly spend their time more agreeably than by riding out and viewing its progress. Cost of the Pillars, four thousand dollars each; estimated expense of the Exchange, one million and a half. A difficulty seemsto bebrewing between the .Territory of Iowa and the State oi Missouri. The legislature of the latter, at its last session, laid claim to a certain tract of land, which the former claims to be i within its limits. The Missouri officers I have boen recently assessing the people within the disputed district; and Governor ij'icis oi iowa Doing an viseo ot if n..s is sued his proclamation, warning all persons against exercising the rights of jurisdiction within the organized boundary of said Ter ritory and threatening fire and sword against all who shall refuse to desist. We are not advised of the action of Missouri since the appearance of the pro clamation. Richmond Whiz 7usr. 24. (CTpThc value of Cotton manufactures in England, is believed to be annually about 170 millions of dollars in France, 70 millions in the United Slates, GO mil lions. The capital employed in manufacturing by machinery is estimated in Egland, at 200 millions of dollars in France, 120 millions iu the United States, at 110 mil lions. Divorce. almost The Hartford Pa triot states that Mrs. Emma Wiilard Yates has separated from her husband, and re turned to Troy, with the intention of again connecting herself with the Troy female seminary. The Patriot says, she found Mr. Yates not a husband, but a tyrant, in lid el, and debauchee. Sit tempt to Poison. The Harper's Ferry (Mil.) Constitutionalist says an at tempt was made a few days since to des troy the family of Mr. Roll a Sultzer, of that county, by mixing arsenic with their coffee. Mrs. S, and six children, drank ofthecolLe, but by immediate aid were saved from any disastrous consequences. The author of the mischief was a negro ser vant girl 14 yens old, who has been com mitted to prison. Extraordinary Courage in a Lad. A lad in ff.dlam, Pa. named George Pe ters, son of 1). F. Peters Esq. was furious ly attacked the other day by his fathers bull, and would inevitably have been kil led but for his surprising presence cf mind. Seeing no chance of escape, he dodged the assault of the furious animal, and leaped upon his back. The bull thereupon ran off in a canter, kicking and roaring fearful ly; but the little fellow, no way disconcer ted, clung to the animal's back; until a favo table opportunity offering, he jumped off, and immediately leaped a fence hard by. This latter feat was witnessed by his moth er, who had been attracteil to the spot by his ciies. He is only twelve years old. York Dem. (jpAn old man in Illinois, having lost his hoises, discovered them, sometime af ter, tied to a tree. He waited until a per son e mie to feed them, raised his rifle and shot him down. Upon approaching, the old man discovered the thief to he his own son. Ho gave his father 3000, which he said he made by horse ste ding, and stated that there were1 fourteen men in the vicini ty engaged in the same business. Twelve of them, upon his information, have been nnmeheuded. and are now in the Atlas jail, Pike county. 111. Sixty stolen hor ses have been recovered. We learn the above facts horn the Paris Sentinel of the 3d ir.st. The Pleasures of being a King. Lou is Phillippe, King of France, must lead a most miserable life. Letter writers from Paris state he docs not venture out, except with a heavy escort of troops. At the TuilLrics, St. Cloud, Versailles, and Neu illy, no one is admitted, if he be there or expected. And nine years ago this was the popular '"Citizen King." He lives in the midst of alarms. One of the latest was, lhat assasins were to drop down the chim nevs of the Tuillcries. Forthwith a strong grating of iron was put up in every chim ney. An observatory has been erected on the top of the Tnilleiies from which to keep a ".sharp look out for squalls." A sentinel is continually posted there, to give the alarm if he sees any thing symptomatic of an attack. Oh the pleasure of being a king. A. J: Times. Tragical Suicide. A dreadful and tru ly tragical case of suicide occurred at Mad ison, Wisconsin Territory. N. T. Dun combe, who had ill-treated his wife, and been separated from her, unavailing!- im portuned her to live with him again. She declined his propositions: and during her absence to church he entered her bedroom, cut his arms and wrote with his blood the initials of his name upon her clothes, and then cut his throat. i neat TVcA Mr. Abiel Miles, jew eller, came yesterday to the police office, old stated that during the morning he had sent his son, a lad of twelve years of age, to the Mechanics' Bank, to obtain money for a check for $51. The lad, on returning home, was accosted by a little girl, who inquired if he had not dropped a $2 bill; the boy replied that he had not, when the girl, Vol.XFXo. 37. stiiJ cxprtsinir her fears that lie had done so, said that she had found a hill of that denomination, anil also a Si 00 bill, which as she feared she should lose, she requested the lad to put his money in her handker chief, with hers, and lie carry tiie whole till he reached home. The lad assented to this arrangement. and handed her the 57, which she, as he supposed wrapped up in the handkerchief, which .she gave back to him. The two went along together nearly to Mr. Miles store, when the girl cautioned the boy to take good care of the money, and wait a moment while she went a few steps round the corner. The lad waited as she had desired and waited too much longer than he at first intended to. When, impatiently, he looked into the bundle to see that all was right, when lo, neither his own nor any other money was there, but instead thereof a few bits of dirty paper. He then went home and related the mysterious circum stance to his father w ho came immediately to the police, and although several officers were immediately put on the alert, no traces could be discovered of the juvenile swind ler. Ar. Y. Courier. 7 spirit of litigation rebuked. Some years ago, a man who had more spare money than good sense, suffered him self to be sued for the sum of two dollar; enraged at what he considered the auda city of the Plaintiff, he resolved to put every engine of the Iawv in force "to keep him out of his money;" accordingly" applied to a gentleman of the bar for protes sional aid to effect his object. After listen ing to his statement of the case, the attor ney demanded a fee of only three dollars, which defendant promptly paid down highly gratified with the smallness of the sum. The attorney went to the magis trate's office and paid the debt and costs with the three dollars which he had just received from his client. They met in a few daysaftcr, when the man inquired of the attorney whether he had attended the case, and what had been the result. Yes, sir, replied the lawyer, and I have completely non suited the plaintiff; he'll never trou ble you more. Independent Rep. Melancholy. An interesting young la dy, a daughter of Mr. John Squires, of rranklin Furnace, Sciota county, Ohio, lost her life last week by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of another young lady. TJic girls were carelessly han dling the pistol, not beingaware that it was loaded. - Pen n sy I va n ia n . Toleration. The following resolution was adopted at the late annual meeting of the Ohio State Anti-Slavery Society: " Resol vrd, that every church which opposes thcAbolit ion cause is not a Church of Christ, but a synagogue of Satan." Condition of Women in Europe. Pro fessor Stowe, of Cincinnati, stales the fol lowing facts, in a recent number of the A mcrican Biblicil Repository: "We have in the United States, no idea of the hope less poverty to wdiich great masses of peo ple iu other couutt ies are condemned. Mil lions of industrious and virtuous families in Europe can afford in the severest weath er to keep a fire only an hour or two in the morning. Coarse black bread and water alone constitute the usual food of the laboring people, and happy do theyr con sider themselves if they get enough of this. The women bring the produce from the fields and take it to the market in long baskets fastened to their shoulders; and in none of the slave States which I have visited have letter seen negro women drudging in such toilsome out of door labor as falls to the lot of the laboring wo men of Germany and France. And all this they do for less than the bare necessaries of life. In one of the most fertile &. wealthy provinces of gay, polite, sunny France, I have seen blooming girls of from twelve to eighteen lugging manure into the vineyards in baskets." From Mexico. Dates from Mafamores to the 8ih inst., state that the Federalists are still at Monclova; but when the rein forcement of 1000 men, for which Canal iza is waiting at Monterrey, shall arrive, we believe that the patriots will be com pelled to give up the contest for good, or fall back on Texas. General Araya is now the commander-in-chief of the Federalists. The idea of invading Texas appears to have Lccn abandoned; and rumour is now current that the government is now trying to s II the "Ungrateful Colony," Upper California, &c. to England, as p tymCiit of the nation al debt. The cattle mi the ranches are dy ing from the excessive drought. (PIn England an improvement has been made in the horse rol'ar. Instead of being stuffed with straw, it is now inflated with w ind, and is of course lighter and easier to the animal's neck and withers, than the old collar.
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