Titr&orough Ircss,
Br r.RnnoE Howard,"
Hic'ied weekly at YVo Dofora and Fifty
lfP year, if Pai(l iu ailvance ot, 'We
f:i'' '"tiiipVxpiration of the subscription year.
j1 .,ri0l less than a year, Tw?nh-fivc
math. Subscribers are at liberty to
! -uio at any t'nn,, 0:1 SlvlnS notice thereof
"''.'''.r arrears those resUlin at a distance
'F1 '..- n:iv in ailvance, or trivea resnou-
,',rir,.r,.nce in i"1 "
5( 1 . .....? nut r-vr i-ri in r snnflre will bo
. i : ...... 1 .
t'SiMIK :;i-- , i
i
;.,;,'r!i'''
())(' Uoiitir me it rsx insertion, ami :;
nvrv c-' itiniiance. Longer adverlie-
,ri)p.rnoa. 1-ourt Urders, and Ju-
l.-:"'.,jv,.r:iseii!e!!ts -J percent. higher. Ad-
'!' ",'ents must be marked the number of in-T''r-''romiiri'il.
er they will be continued until
Ss,. i.rilerod and charged accordingly.
i; ';f,t,r. ojjro-eil to the 1'ditor must be post
111
,1 or tht-y iimj tm ,""M""
,);nmeJ5e!tI by the Faculty
v
ftwitffl Slippery FAm
PILL.
THE HE are many family medicines
now before the public, some of which,
fr3jD tlirir intrinsic irtues have justly
jiiaeJ confidence and gratitude of
rtoBsands l'l l'je h'ghl f contrast, ami
jflilie scale of curative merit, Dr. Harrell
f.-nnto nnd Slippery KUn Pills stand
pre-eminently above them all; nor is any
jink)' eliWed lor taking this high
pound, unlrss it i the fact of their supe
rior, and almost miraculous effects in the
ttreof diseases. They produce, when ta
l:0,a deep and lasting impression that
liicv stand at the head of all other prepar
jjffletlicines of the day. Fevers, Liver
jiiitions, Jaundice, head-ache, loss "'vifif.T
appetite, costiveness, female complaints,
and every disease w ithin the reach of hu
min means; yield readily to the power
ful, yet gentle operation of these pills.
J? a cathartic they are copious and free,
asan aperient they are mild and certain,
jatoiiitMliey are prompt and invigorating,
aan a'terative they are superior to Calo
mel or any other known remedy, and as a
purilyerof the blood they are unequalled
in the history of medicines. There is no
fee can withstand their life-giving eu
r: ivhen taken in time, or interrupt the
sy;!eni at all when they are administered
h i preventative. During sickly sea
nns.aml the prevalence of epidemic!;,
tw occasional use will preserve the
Wy from attacks 'of disease. 50 cents
per box. 54 ner uio.
n - . it . ..
Lii-M, Dnousi'ilers, and .Alercliants
3re req iis'ne (o heroine agents for the
sale l die above medicines.
AH orders (po-t paid) directed to Dr.
A-Htrrell, Kli7.d)etli City, N. C. will re
vive strict attention.
TESTIMONIALS.
Charles n.iKln, K,q. Pasquotank Co,
'C. cured of sick head a he, sick slom
costiveness, and fever. Josiah
(. lasquoiank Co., N. C,
6ll,lln'ts pleurisy, pain in the head, and
Jr?1,9 of ibe "whole body. Charles
f'r.reUH FJizabeth City, N. C, his
j,lllv of bilious and other svmptom.
UP'- J. Smith, Windsor, N. C. of liver
inland costiveness. Rev. G. M.
JT' '(,rlsmn,'t'i, Va., of bilious habit,
arlie and nausea. Joseph Kamsev,
'.yii 'iun, a. i;., ol incJispositioii.
" ' ''is wile of loss of appetite, and his
rv,!t of i!iir. . tJ , T v:t.
iii; i. ijiiiiiiir i. t ii-
'n-S Esq. Lilbeti, Cit v. N. C, of iu
i"'. J.,.,, C..i('vright Fq. ias-
, 7 " w. ,.,,rv ...V.,
"J CI: ci ....... t t i i i
.. . ""m.icil. liPV. J.lineS A. UKl-
i Ivindolnb fitn
;Pensia. Mr. Zion Culpepper,
Ii Pit., v r r i
p - ,lVi ol ,oss 0, nppeuie,
-Joseph Turner, Elizabeth City, N.
s;'0S'ck-stomach, and flatulence. Jn
Pharbnr, Eq. Camden Co., N. C,
--..ii ,ihu m inus nerauuemeni.
C of. ,7ri 1 0(1, I'asqnotaiik to., L.
' 'paired appetite and costiveness.
KW Selected Out nf manv
AGENTS.
n LES M- REDMOND, Tarboro',
, Uerinn, No. folk, Va.
'; Buff & Co, Portsmouth; Va.
iViitii.. i' i ii it
cientou, t. i;.
- -"vuuni, i iymoutn, i. v.-.
b. Berry, Hertford, N. C.
jj" ,Ia'l,Tyrrel, N. C.
p' - Machen, Washington, N.
pccu..! ill . m r-i
C.
J - Marshal! ItaliA. N C
i , sseii, wnuamston, i. u.
W m cpelian, Windsor, N. C.
s" M- Mason, RaleiRh, N. C.
S U n ' "ear Woo(ivi"e N. C
W rLI New"ern, N. C.
Sent o. l,mvard, Ocfacoke, N. C.
eP1, 21,1839. jy
II iii.n. n
Torftoro.-A,
IVKGIG Supplies
OP THE
ttlulticaulis Tr
ees
And best oflSiiiW
cash or approved credit, at Brink!
ey-
19 the introducer of the Plant into AW.
Curulina.
HP U E subscriber rtuiuv...: i . .
Ville.
grow.ng Muhicaulis to planters only,
nn s refnspH i .
snpi1 , , .-aeu goorl oilers from
l.i,r.f0rl.uWloIecr A)(J as
November approaches, when leaves fall
ou lime to plant, he thinks proper, re
cifully.o notify, he enterpmi.m public,
specially those awa.e that SilkowWu tobe,
and sooner or later ivill be, the staple of the
ate, instead of now profitless Cotton, that
' "5 filing, and expects to continue sel
lings lots of Tret s and Cuds, till Am il
'fxt.or time of planting is over.
13ut he
"OUKJ SUIJireS! til llinco ....
...wov nw, ucui, or ex-
peeling, o be fellow-cultivators of this mos
precious plant, (a plant seemingly designed
by 1 rovnlence to bless all the laborim
poor ol our country, and save it millions
of dtdlars annually, after some millions of
trees are yet propagated,) that early a,
tention to buying nod planting is general
ly cheaper, and surer to succeed. Yet.
having different years planted sucressfullv
from October till May, he considers the
exact period of planting not essential.
He has several hundred thousand lud on
old Trees and last year's Uoots of such as
succeeded well the last Spring, which pro
ved so fatal to those of a different descrip
,ion. These large and well matured
buds, sure to succeed well when properly
managed, he is now selling at $10 a thou
sand; and Trees, averamnc four feet hitrh
'villi 50 matured bods, at half a dollar
each; and proportionate, from a dollar
down to 15 rents for a rooted layer. It
is seen that this is under Northern prices,
Trees of 3 feet there commanding 50
cents each, and Buds 2 cents each. But
while resolved to keep selling at the low
est market price,. yet he expects to rise
with the market, after the present money
pressure has abated, and Planters as well
as speculators come forwaid to get their
supplies. No greater abatement made on
S5,0()() than on $5 the object being "to
diffuse the blessings of the Silk culture,
and to extend the facilities thereof to all
the moral and industrious; and to such
it is said: ''Make offers according to
means, and a prompt answer of accept
ance, or otherwise, will be given." And
to accommodate those not having funds at
command, a year's indulgence will be
given without interest, on good bond anil
security. 'J 'en percent, will be deducted
for all cash payments, made on delivery.
Strangers al a distance, to confirm bar
gains must pay or advance one fifth, or
give good reference as to responsibility.
Also, the choicest of more than
100 Willis ol" ftrniic Yh:es,
For sale on above stated conditions ol
payment. Well rooted plants al a quar
ter of a dollar each, except for tw o kinds
viz; Norton's Virginia Seedling and Wel
ler's Halifax, which, on account of their
peculiar excellencies are sold (as else
where) at 1 each rooted plant, and $10
a hundred for Cuttings of five buds each,
or two cents a bud. Buds of other kinds
at rates of half a cent each, but cuttings of
the Isabella, Catawba, Scnppernoug and
some other choice kinds, given to those
wishing them, and trading with the Sub
scriber. SIOMCY 11 ELLEIi.
Brinkleyville, Halifax county, N. C.
September, IS39. 5
fXThe subscriber having been appoint
ed Agent al Tarboro' for Mr. Weller, is
prepared to receive and forward orders for
Mullicaulis trees &, buds, or Crape vines.
Giorge Howard.
Botanic JUedicincs.
If OBELI A, in half and qr pound papers,
prepared by E. Larrabee, Baltimore,
2nd and 3rd Preparation of do.
No. 3, compounded,- Lobelia seed,
Composition Poph r Bark,
Nerve Powder and Nerve Ointment,
African Bird P pper, Bay berry,
Bitter Root, Golden Seal, Clivers,
Pond Lilly, hcmloci., wi'ch hazle,
Cough powders raspberry leaves,
Prickly ash, slippery dm, barberry,
Cholera and Dysentery Syrup,
Rheumatic Tincture, Woman's Friend,
Strengthening Plaster, No. 6,
Thompson's Guide and Narrative,
Syringes, &c. &c. For sale by
y GEO. HOWARD.
Tarboro' April 17th
(fiil-ecomfce Courtly, X. C) Saturday, October 19, (83D
!5T ci x; ere vT'r
FOR TilE TAKBOrto' PRESS.
The desolating tendency of Rail Ponds
bmitha glimpse of Halifax from
the cars, 29th September, 3i).
Old gloomy town of.mt.mun nnt
The seat of old "Rip's" early laws,
I see Jiere wrapp'd.up in my coat
I hou'rt sneaking into oblivion's jaws.
Thy walls are built, thy bounds are set,
And now thy walls show dire decay;
Hie traveller sees with deep regret,
I bat like old Rome you've seen your day.
Thy hotels "once all animate,"
With travelling multitudes" to and'fro;
iNow- rendered wholly "desolate,"
"Raleigh and Wilmington Rail Road
Co."
What benefit will those two towns,
Derive from Rail Roads time will show;
The wealth produced from Southern
grounds,
Will to the "mammoth cities" flow.
"Rail Roads" are streams by Yankees
made,
To drain the wealth of Southern soil;
To monopolize the "Southern trade,"
And thereby thrive on Southern toil.
A century hence will find the towns,
Ol poor old "Rip" depopulated;
His ports, and streams, and public
grounds,
By means of '-s;cam" all desolated.
The owl will wail within the halls,
Of buildings mouldering in decayT;
"I vy will twine" about the walls,
Of structures long since seen their day.
The steam horse wrapp'd in "smoky glo
ry," Emitting fire, (the fields will tarnish.
Dealing disaster and death before ye,
Like hell's whole phalanx huns in'
in har-
ness.
And who but whigs will reap the "spoils,"
Produced by this grand draining scheme?
The wealth produced from Southern soils,
Will northward flow by means of "steam."
Thus whigs by plans and schemes deep
laid,
Conceived in banks, by banks brought
forth,)
Hence will make, as they've always made,
The South pay tribute to the North.
Q IN THE CARS.
From the Warrenton Reporter.
Five propositions regarding the Multi
can Us and Silk in Jim erica.
Messrs. Editors: Lately I have visited
different, silk rstablihments in our country,
and in regard to them, and the present
f'Ctsas to the Morus Mullicaulis. and Silk
culture, have come to the following conclu
sions: 1st. That the complete success of the
silk cause in America is now reduced to a
matter of certainty. Or, that none of ra-
tional mind and correct information in
view of what has been effected this season
in feeding the worms and making silk can
doubt the glorious consummation of sav
ing, that is enriching our nation millions
annually and of affording lucrative employ
ment to two filths, of our weaker, needy
population.
'2nd. That the desired success of our
country in silk operations will be found
mainly attributable to the wonderful pro
perties of the Morus Multicaulis, and that
in fhc course of years all other kinds of
Mulberry will have been found compara
tively worthless for silk; yet in asserting
this, 1 am aware that some other kinds have
merits, which, were it not for the vastly
superior properties of the Mullicaulis,
might be made very profitable; and that as
informed by the lady who lately conducted
our feeding and reeling (and as otherwise
authenticated,) in Mansfield, Connecticut,
for half a century silk has been made very
profitable from the common Italian or
White Mulberry profits at the rates of
several hundred dollars an acre.
3rd. That owing to the increased and
now very rapid awakening attention to the
silk culture in the United States, it will yet
be some years before there can be propa
gated an adequate supply of the Mullicau
lis, notwithstanding the surprising facility
of increasing this plant. And that there
fore comparatively high prices must keep
up till such supply be had. Or, that a
number of millions must yet be raised to
make the supply adequate to the demand.
And to clothe one million of ladies with a
superior silk fa brick of cur own manufac
turintr, instead of an inferior foreign arti
cle of the kind with which they are now
attired, or, that there should be several
I Multicaulis trees for every Ay not to say
gentleman clothed in silks and satins
America, before we talk of there bcin a
sufficient supply of this most precious
plant.
Some such estimate as the following has
been made:
That according to the
larir
est calculation, there is not now 5 square
miles of Mullicaulis plants in the U. States;
whereas many fold more arc requisite for a
supply to increasing colls, riot to sav to
stop the foreign draw of millions from
those Stales, and to set our needy unpro
ductive classes of citizens profitably to
work. That taking the United States'gen
erally, there are four to one unproductive
to productive citizens. Or that one of 5
works to support the tesl not laboring to
any profit as to a livelihood; but that when
silk culture arrives to any desired point of
consummation, then owing to widows,
children and superannuated persons being
employed, there will be three to two a.
to productive laborers and unproductive
idlers.
4th. That surh States (there are several
now, Illinois lately one) of the Unio-i as
offer premiums for silk, thereby take a
irand step to enrich their own common
wealth their noor. and tho n rmn.rn.ini
country. As an item of facts on this point
I heard of a poor widow while in Pennsyl
vania, who made a quantity of silk this
season, got , 32 50 premium a pound,
(paying her for her trouble) then sold it to
an establishment in another State for G a
pound. In this case a very small portion
of ground realized a handsome sum to the
widow saved the Slate perhaps more, on
the score of pauperism, than was paid out
of its treasury in premiums brought the
money of price into the Slate, and" saved
or gained to the United States what the
same quality of silk would have cost in a
foreign country.
5th. That the frequent cry of humbugry
as lo the alleged high prices. of the Multi
e.Hidis, has no foundation in sense or rea
son. But, as can be shown, if a single
Multicaulis cutting costing, say 3 cents
can be grown to a tree in one season six or
seven feet or more; which tree, not to
speak of its value for sale, ornament or
cattle food, yields leaves during growth
without injury thereto for silk, worth
more than 3 cents; and the progeny there
of, from limbs roots and all, second season,
yields dollars worth of leaves; then the
humbugry or deceptive cunning lies on
the part of those, who by the above cry,
have prevented, and still would prevent
others Irom availing of the treat profit of
Multicaulis at;d silk culture, while promo
ting a benign source of national wealth.
But I am already becoming too prolix for
a communication and must stop at present,
Yours and the publics with all due
respect and esteem.
SIDNEY WELLER.
Brinkleyville, Halifax county, n. c.
Sept. 14, 1S39. 5
Grant Thorburn's Opinion of Bache
lors. "I hose consummate blockheads
Ihe bachelors, they too must join the hue
anil cry to deface and defame the most
beautiful part of creation. Conscious lhai
they are running contrary to all laws, hu
man and divine, they come forth with hard
words in place of argument; they are not
able, say they, to support a wife; why, it
costs you more in six months for the soda-
water you drink and the cigars you smoke
and give away, (two articles that you
can well dispense with, and an article
too that your lathers never saw,) than it
would take to support a sensible woman
for a twelvemonth. He that haits creation
on his arm, and feeds her at hjj-aboTTe he
that hears the young ravens when they cry
will never suffer the young Yankees to
starve. When you have not got money
enough to buy furniture you will then go
to housekeeping and marry. Hear the
fowl of the air will leach you in the
spring he got a stick or a straw towards
housekeeping; together they gather the
sticks and the straw; in a few days a dwel
ling is prepared lor the young. But the
bachelors in every thing pot the eart before
the horse; always wrong end foiemost with
them. They say as soon as tiwy get a nest
they will look out for a bird, thus running
quite cross-grained in the face of nature.
"When I was not worth 150 dollars, I
married. My wife earned thirty-one and
a quarter cents with her needle, I earned
seventy-five cents with my hammer; yet
1 never to this day was without a loaf of
bread and a shilling. You have heard
how Lawrie Todd begun housekeeping;
the inventory was true, we had but three j
chairs, one more than our need; you may
have a hundred but you can only sit on
one at a time. Had I my life to begin
anew and in the same circumstances, 1
would just do as I did then; at the age of
twenty-two I would rather lodge by the
bush with the woman of my choice, than to
strut over a Turkey carpet, gape on the
sofa, yawn by the piano, and dream over
the sideboard in all the dark gloomy and
(horrible foreboding of a bachelor of forty,
Fdf. AT JVb. 4S.
for they know the time is passed t went v
live years is never to be recalled."
Worth trying. X friend tells us that
a yolk of an esg and a little sweet oil, mix
ed in a glass of port' wine, taken three times
a day, will afford speedyr relief to persons
suffering from dy.-entery. Try it.
Boil the heavy red onion clown with su
g u-, and make a thick syrup of it; drink as
much of it as you please daily; It cures
gravel and stune, it is said.
A said Reverse. Doctor Dyolt lately
convicted of fraudulent insolvency, has
beau sentenced to three years imprisonment
at b ird labor. This man was first known
at Philadelphia as ihe vender of quacfc
medicines; whatever became of his pa
tients he accumulated money rapidly. He
then enlarged his business,dealtextensive!y
in merchandize, established a large and
profitable giassblowinj; factory and finally
oecame a bunker! This latter step was
untorlunate; he found Jt convenient tor
become a bankrupt; and as he had involv
ed many who had confided their money
iu ma eire, nis application lor the benefit
of the insolvent hws was not only resisted
bat he himself was convicted of an inten
tion to defraud . his creditors. It is the
general impression that he is now suffering
under a righteous reward. Such is his
reverse. A f.;w years since he was suppo
sed to be the possessor of half a ?nillio7i
of dollars, and now he is a disgraced crim
inal! He was a worshipper of Mammon,
but his god played him falsely. lie was rich
but nol content; he had much, but grasped
after more; and now he is a signal proof of
that saying, " The love of money is the root
of all evil, which, while some coveted"
after they have cried from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many so'r-,
rows." PrcsbytcrUuu
(jyThc Norfolk Beacon, contains art
enumeration of the Gold Mines existing
in six counties of Virginia, from which jt
appears lhatthc aggregate number is eigh-
iy. Considerable sums of money have been .
spent in working a portion of them, and'
we doubt not, the whole outlay by thdse ,
who have thus sought to become sud
denly rich has equalled the amount realized
from the mines. The Coal Mines of Vir
ginia are much surer sources of wealth than
those of the precious metal. Rett. Reg.
(J"0n the 2d inst. Flour was selling at
Chillicothe, Ohio, at S4 50 per barrel.
Wheat G5 lo 70 cents a bushel.
Coach Wheels. It is surprising that the
attention of inventors has not before been
directed to the improvements of wheels.
We saw at ihe fair a pair invented by Mr. ;
E. Toller, of Hartford, Connecticut, truly,
an original production; he calls them sus
pcn&ion wheels." The hubs arc of cast
iron the spokes small rods of round roll
ed iron the rim strap iron formed to look
like the common feloed rim. Its form gives
lo it great strength is light and elastic, and
is connected with the hub by the small irori
rods, having screws and nuts on their ends.
The rim can be adjusted at any time to
a true circle. The cost and weight will be
about the same as the common wheels,
and the durability as the difference be
tween iron and wood. N. Y. Star.
Remedy for Deafness: It is stated in
the London Lancet, that Mr. Curtis, one-,
of the most eminent curists of the age, has
discovered a new remedy for deafness", the.
value of which has been exemplified insev
cral cases. It is a solution of kreosite, the
application of which docs not cause any
pain or smarting sensation, the only sensi-.
hie effect produced being a feeling of agree
able warmth. This preparation excites the".
action of the glands and causes an abundant
secretion of the oerumcn, thereby reslo-,
ring hearing. It is also, an excellent reme
dy- for the tooth ache.
Spectacles upon a new construction
for imperjeel sight. The Messrs. Solo
mons, after thirty years extensive practice
and experience, have invented spcctaclo;
lenses whch will be tound to surpass any ,,
thingol the kind yet laid before the public;
they not only preserve the sight but, im
mediately they are placed before imperfect
vision, either by day or candle light, the.
sight becomes cool and pleasant and is at
once brought back to its natural and ori
ginal stale, and the most minute particle
is seen with exact distinctness. Testimo-,
nials from persons of the highest distinction;
are for inspeciion, who have had their sight ,
most seriously injuied, and who have den- .
ved the greatest advantage from the Messis.
Solomons' new invention. - .'.
flPThe cause of ladies' teeth decaying f
at so much earlier a stage of life thanof ihe j
other sex. is attributed lo the friction of the j
tongue upon ihem. But, according to aha 4
Hail lord Courier, it is owing to the sweet-
ness of their lips, is it is a lact well csta-j
blished by evciy body s say so, that's west
things rot teeth. - ..r