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ongh, (Edgecombe County, J C) hnlm tlay, October SO, 1839
Vol. Xr. wVo.43.
15V (JEOIH5E HOWARD,
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,' -vur am-ars those residing at a distam-i
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&,M,.W"(M' lM till" VHMIIlty.
jl,lll,.:ils not exceeding n square will be
- Yiu l'lc lirst ',,s,,rtion, and 2.)
V'cwry continuance. Longer ndvertise
t! !jli( proportion. Court. Orders and Ju
T: i I'vrrnsiMiioiM.s -J" percent, higher. Ad
in'rtits must be marked the number of in
rtr;.' r,.-.ircd, or they will be continued until
''ause rlrderril and charged accordingly.
fl'-:'ri r- .,,,1,1,-essed to the Mil it or must be post
jjVr tiiey may not he attended to.
Pffojamriselcd by the Faer.SGy
tomato assd Slippery Elm
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THKKH pre m i; y faintly medicines
, before li e public, some of w hich,
f,1(!l t: i ir
intrinsic virtues ii;iv pMlv
confidence nod 'i tiii'i.le of!
lilv)!n!S i!l ll,t' b-b' v'l vunti ,4. a-,.?
jnlie scale of curative un'-ii, )r. Harrell'
mio and Slippfry Kbn Pills stand
p-e-eniineiii 1 v above ibein all; nor is any
aTilimv oilrreii for taking this high
jrouiul, unless it is ibe fact of their supe
rior, and almost miraculous t-flee is in the
Cjreol'iiieaes. They proibu c, when ta
len, a deep hihI lasting impression that
ll ev st:i!ii at the bead of all uber prepar
ed "medicines of the day. Fevers, Liver
jfleciion?, J uindice, bead-ncbe, loss of
appeliie, cosiiveness, female complaints,
an every disease within tbe reach of hu
trin means; yicbl readily to the poer
f.il. vet centle operation of these pills.
As a cathartic lliey are copious and fiee,
as an aperient lliey are mild and certain,
ajatonicthey are prompt and iuvigoratinp,
asnn alterative they are supprior lo Calo
mel nr any other known remedy, and as a
purify er of the blood they are unequalled
in the history of medicines. There is no
disease can withstand ibeir life-ivin en
ergy when uken in time, or interrupt the
system al all when lh-y are administered
as a preventative. Daring sickly sea -sons,
and the prevalence of ep'nlemicks,
tlieir occasional use will preserve ibe
body from attacks of disease. 50 c ents
per box. o4 per t;ross.
DfiiircUts, Uooksellers, and Merchants
are rt-q-iisite to become agents for tbe
Sale ii the above medicines.
AH orders (p't paid) directed lo Dr.
A.hWll, lOlix ibeth City, N. 0. will re
ceive strict attention.
TESTIMONIALS.
Hnrles lbi-!.l. IC-q. I'a-(jontat k Co .
cmed oi ick h-ad ache, i. k -him-i
us' i e : i e s and lever. .1 ii!'
PncliPtl, K.q lfi(j.,,;,uU Co., N. C,
c' uilu,iis dpui i.-y , p-iiu in tlie bead, and
soreness of ibe in.le body. Charlo
.Fw). Kliztbeib Ciiyi. C, hi
:b' of bilious nod oilier symptom,
fyt-J. Smith, U'io.dMir, N. C. of liver
'npiiii-t anr cotivues-. KeV. G. M.
ee, iVutsuioiitli, Vra., of bilious h.tbir,
''liie and nausea. Joseph !lamey,
H ivm .uili, 4. (;., of indisposition.
I'lbm Si'mpon, I'asqiiolauk Co.,
-'C. his wife f i s of appetite, and bis
J rvi:,t of duril ce t. Horatio . Wil
Iwj. Lbztheii, City. N. C, of iu
JV,M'i"n. .I.iiof i Cortwr'ht IChj. I'as
I' U'ik C ., N. C., of loss of appetite.
a;"U' k stomach. Uev. .James A. Kid
Ki'idolpi, Macon Cullef, ofsMiip
"Hpepsia. Mr. Ziou Culpepper,
W'Mlieii, City, i. C, of loss of appeliie,
-V. J.K
enll Turner l. I i ' 1 1 itl ll Hill. M.
n sick-stomach, and ll.Uulen e. .!.
p Sbarbor, Esq. Camden Co., N. C,
0 lolsio:narh, and bilious derangement.
JMr. Hubert Pool, Pasquotank Co., N.
'nnipaired appetite and costiveness.
K selected out of man v.
AGENTS.
WES M. REDMOND, Tarboro',
Emerson, NoifolU, Va.
." n.iflr&i Co. Portsmouth, Va.
; xil.a.n, IMenlou, N. C.
Eesseudeu, Plymouth, N. C.
S- Berry, Hertford, . C.
Clayton, Tyrrel, N. C.
D- Machen, Washington, N. C.
' S' Marshall, Halifax, N. C
(J; B- Hassell, Williamston, N. C.
)bl & Capehart, Windsor, N. C.
V- M. Mason, Raleigh, N. C.
Small riP.ir Woodville, N. C
Hall, Newbern, N. C.
& G. Howard. Ocracoke, N. C.
V 21, 1839. Iy
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OP THE
Mnlticaulis Tr
l " call, or a,,prilve(, Clcji al'1!linM
.II-
ville,
U the introducer of the Plant into North
Carolina.
I111'3 sul,5, rir, determined to sell hi
growing Muliicaulis lo planters only
'I. ?',,,"M . Tled good offers fi (Mil
NHcnl, orslor hisuhoiecop. Ami, o
veuiber approaches, when leaves (all
lec pi,,,,,, he thinks proper, re-
NetMhisly , noiilytheotc prizM public
''llyilioseaWi,re thai Silk o,rr,txn be'
A 1 S.OMer or ," w' be, the staple of the
. . ... ,,," lJl ""iiess Lotlon, tliat
lie is sellniK and expels lo continue .el-
bno,s bus of r
Diiiuiiie sei-
rets and IJud:
'uos, till Ann
or tune of planting is over. Hui bt
would sntrest m those now beini;, or ex
Piling u, he fellow-cultivators oflbis most
l' J i:.splani,(a plain seemiuly designed
by Providence lo bless all ibe laboring
P' r of our country, and save it million
! dollars annually, after some million, oi
trees are yet propagated,) iliai caily at
lention lo buying ami planting is eneral
U " ch: ap.-r, ;,,,d surer to succeed. Yet.
b.iiiii liiflVrent years planted succcssfullv
from O'.lober till May, he considers ihe
exact period of planting not rssemial
He has several hundred thousand IStnU oi.
old Trees and last year's Roots of soil, as
succeeded well the last Spring, which pro
ved so falal to those of a dilil-renl i!escrij
non. These luge and well matured
buds, sure to succeed well when properly
managed, he is now selling al $10 a thou
sand; and Trees, averaging four feet high
with 50 matured buds, at half a dollar
each; and" proportionate, from a dollar
down to 15 reins for a rooted layer. It
is seen that this is under Northern prices.
Trees of 3 feet there commanding 50
cents each, and LJuds 2 cents each. Hui
while resolved lo keep selling at ibe low
est market price, yet he expects to rise
vtiih the maiket, alter the present money
pressure has abated, and Planters as well
as speculators come lorwaia lo get tiitn
supplies. No greater abatement made on
S5,000 than on $5 the object being to
difl'use the. blessings of the Silk culture,
and to extend ihe facilities thereof to all
the moral and industrious; and to such
it is said: "Make flers according to
means, and a prompt answer of accept
ance, or otherwise, will be given. 'r And
to accommodate those not having funds at
command, a year's indulgence will he
given without interest, on good bond and
ecurity. -Ten percent, will be deducted
for all cash payments, made on delivery.
Strangers at a ditance, lo confirm bar
gains uiiin pay or advance one fil h, or
give good reference as to responsibility.
Also, the choicest of more than
For ale on above stated conditions oi
p ivui' iit. W ell rooted plains al a quar-
n-r nl doll. ir e;w b. excent lor two kinds
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'x: Normii's. Virginia Seedling and Wel-
lei's Halifax, which, on account of their
.,.!. !i:ir excellencies are sold fas else
where) at $1 each rooted plant, and 1 U
i hundred for Cuttings of live buds each,
. i i i . . . i . .. i. : .. .!
or two cents a Dud. luos to oioer umu
n rates of ball a cent each, but cuttings of
the Isabella, Catawba, Senppernong and
some other hoice kinds, given lo those
wishing ihem, and trading wiih tbe hub
scriber. SI DMiY WllLLVAl.
liriukleyville, Halifax county, .V C.
September, lS-39. )
(T7Tbe subscriber having been appoint
ed Agent at Taiboro' for Mr. Welter, i
prepared to receive and forward orders loi
Multicaulis liees &l buds, or v.,. ape vine.
George Howard.
Botanic Medicines.
Tf OBKLl A, m nail anu qr puuuu p..,.-.
nreoared bv K. I.arrubee, Baltimore,
. - t i i . nnrl nnorc
2nd and 3rd Preparation of do.
Np. 3, compounded, Lobelia seed,
('omposition Popl i Park,
Nerve Powder ami Nerve Ointment,
ViicK. P'hI P ppr, liayberry,
Miner Root, Golden Seal, Clivers,
Pond Lilly, hemlock, witch bazle,
Cou-h powders, raspberry leaves,
Prickly ash, slippery elm, barberry,
Cholera and Uysentery Syrup,
Rheumatic Tincture, Woman s Friend,
St.enniboning Piaster, No. C
Thompson'- CSuide and xN-irativef
Svrines, &c. &c. For sale by
y c GEO. HOWARD.
Tarboro', April 17th.
selected.
GOOD NIGHT.
Iiy Kurner,
All ye weary ones be b'est,
Day liirht ebbs itself to rest,
liusy hands frn toil abstain,
Until the morning wakes again;
Good night!
Go rest!
CIosb ye all your weary eyes,
Stillness is o'er earib and skies,
Save the watchman's well known call,
On night's soft voice, which says to all,
"Go rest!"
Go sleep!
Dream ye all of paradi
Roam with loved ones through the skies,
Willi the true ami with the tree,
Mayes! thou in slumber ever be;
(Jo sb (p!
Good nioht!
Sleep till day bri nnr? linck its cares,
Sleep and banish all your fears,
Sleep secure till morning breaks,
Know you not your Father wakes?
Good liirht!
' From the Norfolk Beacon.
THE DUEL.
It is with reluctance that we are'compel
led once more to recur to the reported duel
between J. Seiwell Jones of N. Carolina,
and Mr. Wilson of New-York?i Tbe pub
lication of the card of Mr. M'Ljughlin,
who was believed lo be tbe second of Jones
in which this paper is alluded to, renders
a brief allusion to the s-tbjeel in some mea
sure necessary. It was on the Friday men
tioned in tne card ol llr. M l,, late at
night, that Jones called at this ofilcc and
communicated to the writer of this article
Ibe details of tbe pretended duel. We bad
previously known Jones, and entertained
for him all tbe respect which was jicneral-
ly accorded him as a popular champion of
xNortli Carolina history and a prominent
member ol tbe late Convention of that state
which framed i's present constitution. Un
der these circumstances his statement was
oeiicvco. Miould it he s:ud that it was
singular in a duellist to tell bis story to an
editor who would pub!ih it to the world
and would be a witness against the parlies,
it must be remembered that tbe mother
and the family of Jones resides in Norfolk,
and that the affair according to his statement
must be made public by those who are in
quest of his person, with such exaggerations
as might give unnecessary pain to his
friends. lie mentioned that the hodv of
Wilson would be brought down the next
day and conveyed by the Baltimore boat to
ibe Norib. This circumstance mighty also
be supposed to have induced him to disclose
tl.eaJfiir to a friendly editor that the pub
lie might know the facts & any-unnecessary
excitement be prevented. We knew that
J ones told the affair to his brethren who
believed it to be true; and, to add a deep
er die to his crime, he told it to his only
surviving parent and that parent a
mother who firmly believed, and suffer
ed all that such belief might wrell inspire,
that the blood of a human being slain in
opposition to the laws of God and man,
i cted on the head of Iter lust born. We
knew that Jones left town that night at
Z o'clock and hastened outof the jurisdic
tion of tbe Slate.
In the mean time the details of the
dud as told by Jones were confirmed in
some important particulais. There was
fning heard at the time staled; tbe ground
was marked off and there was blood in the
field. The handkerchief of Jones, covered
with blood was found, and seemed to con
firm ihut p u t of his story w hich represent
ed the wound of Wilson to have been staun
ched with the haiiilket chief of the party.
It is true the dead body was not to be
found, but as the police were out, it might
have been deemed expedient for very
many cogent reasons to conceal it. Ih
this stage of the affair every body believed
that a duel had been fought.
Jones had gone into North Carolina and
some days having elapsed without news
from the dead body, the public began to be
incredulous and letters were addressed to
Jones, w ho replied that the body he under
stood had been secretly buried near Curri
tuck Court House. In one of his letters
he expostulated with a fiienfl who doubted
the truth of his tale,and asked him if he dee
med him bad enough so to tamper with the
feelings of an agr-d parent.
We now waited for the correspondence
said to have passed between the parties,
which Jones promised to forward.
The public opinion after a while seemed
to be that the affair was a hoax; and such
indeed began to be our belief; but we urged
in conversation that it was more reasonable
to suppose that a man of any character or
sianding had fought as he said he did, than
that, without anv an parent obicct, he
should tell a deliberate falsehood &s-tcrifioe
his reputation forever. The correspond
ence at last came asstited at tbe time, en
closed in letter from" a gentleman of
hili standing who had known Jones for
many years a-id who firmly believed in
tbe trut'o of the story at the expiration of
three or four weeks after tbe date of the
affiir. The hand writing of all the letters
was the same and w:s unknown to us;
but none would expect the original letters
from one of the parlies, and purported lo
be a copy only. We acknowledged pub
licly the receipt of the coirespondence and
.stiil anxious to interpose all fair .Mgument
between Jones and the public odium which
was settling upon his name, we argued
whether it was pro-bible that such a friend,
a lawyer, capable of judging of evidenc ,
and intimately acquainted wiih Jones and
who from his elevated station would scorn
to be a party to a public falsehood could be
deceived.
This was the state of the affiir and here
it was rested ifntil the publication of the
card of Mr. McLaughlin in the Alexan
dria Gaz; tte of Monday. That card will
speak lor itself and leaves no room for
p dilation, and the public will award that
sentence which such conduct deserves.
We will only add that we received on the
13;h ult., a letlcrfrom the gentleman who
sent us ihe correspondence, in which he
states that circumstances recently transpir
ed which induced him to discredit the sto
ry, expresses ihe deepest mortification at
the sacrifice of the character of a gentleman
whom he once highly esteemed but af
lords no clue to the motives of the chief
actor. It is possable that Jones may have
acted duringa fil of le tn pora ry d era nge men t ,
but nothing at the time or since in his man
ner indicated such a slate of mind.
Bank Robbery. In the Nashville
Whig of tbe 2flh ult. we have the follow
ing account efihe robbery of the Bank of
the State ol lennessee, at Columbia:
With pain we announce ihe fact that the
Branch Bank of Tennessee in this place
was robbed last night of between S25,000
and S30.000. The robber entered the out
er door with a false key, and finding the
kc)T oi the safe, which had been deposited
in a private place in the banking room,
succeeded in opening and taking from it
the money. 1 lie cashier lei t every thing
safe at S o'clock. Many circumstances con
spire to confirm the-opinion the miscreants
hadafamiliar knowledge of the Bank, but
suspicion we believe has yet attach
ed itself to no particular quarter. At
what time of the night the robbery- took
pla c, is not known. The money stolen
consists we believe of bills on all the Ten
nessee Banks, the Bank of the United
States, and some of the Alabama and
Mississippi Banks. This is, wc blush
to add. the second robbery which has tak
en place in Columbia within the last few
years. We trust that every possible ef
fort will be made to ferret out the villain or
villains.
P. S. Since the above was in type, the
Cashier of the Bank ls offered 35000 re
ward one hdf for the apprehension of
the thief or thieves, and the other half for
the recovery of the money.
The Cashier of tho Mechanics arid Tra
ders Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, has abscon
ded with funds of the institution to the
amount, as is supposed of 30,000. His
name is Surices, an Englishman by birth.
N. Y. Star.
(TPMai. Gen. Gaines claims, it is sair
through his present wife, whom he lately-
married, an estate of ten millions of dollars
at Now Orleans. She is the daughter ol
Mr. Daniel Clark, deceased. Ihe estate
is in litiiratton. ib.
fT0 We learn from the R:chmond Com
oiler of the tOlh inst. that an explosion took
place on the Gaston liailroad on Tuesday,
by which a passenger and an engineer
were killed.
Jl great Bargain. At an auction sale
at Brooklyn, last week, a wash stand
and contents, was knocked down at eight
een shillings. The buyer, on examining
his purchase, found in a drawer, among
a parcel of rnbbish, a roll of bank notes
amounting to 5,000, and doubloons worth
S 1,000 more. The Surrogate took pos
session of the money, in behalf of the
estate to which the stand belongs, but the
fmderintends to test his claim to the money.
Florida distracted. 0v,e of the most
superlatively amusing bones of contention
now agitating the sterile regions of Florida,
is not the constant bloody murders of tbe
Seminoles, and a re-olute determination
to rid the country of this desolating pesti
lence, but a metaphysical diplomatic
warfare between themselves, about the
formation of '"State Sovereignties!" The
greatest degree of bitterness seems to exist
towardsEast Florida she wantsto beaState
snlus up to the Suwannee. The TallahaS
seans dec'are West Florida shall come un
der the Alabama banner. Middle Florida
turns from the uplifted reeking tomahawk
to talk politics, also like Shakspeare's
blacksmith and she will go thro blood
& thunder to be also by 4herself alone." Up
jumps Key West and all the Keys on the
Gulf, and says: South Florida, too, shall be
a petty kingdom! So we go. Viva la Re
public. We are cei'les a curious people,
sand hammocks, everglades, and Cypress
Swamps to the contrary. N. Y. Star.
Cholera. The latest advices from Bom
bay state that the Cholera is making dread
ful ravages in that quarter. Death often
supervenes in one hour after the attack;
and to crown the distress, the t inhabitants
are suffering under a great scarcity of wa
ter, most of the wells being dry.
Texas. The officers were removing
to Austin, the new seat of govtrnment
Samuel Houston, late President, has been
elected to Congress. Enlistments were
going on to raise troops to serve against
the Indians. Flour and nrovisions were
tigh: Flour from 60 to S70 per barrel.
Gen. Anaya, formerly an officer under Gen.
I lckson and latterly of Mexico, visited
1 exas lately For the purpose of consulting
with that government on the subject of
establishing a new Republic out of the Eas
tern Slates of Mexico.
(tyA violent shock of an earthquake
was recently felt at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Case of poisoning by diseased Flesh.
On Saturday last, a white woman named
Deems, died in the part of the city known
as irog town, under the toilowinz sin-
ular circumstances. A cow belonging to
one of the neighbors had died, apparently
from the cfu cis of poison, and was thrown
out upon the commons. Ihe deceased
with two other women, resolved to skin
the dead animal, which they did, on Fri
day, and the deceased also took a portion
of the meat, and cooking it, she, with seve
ral children, eat a portion. They were all
taken sick, and on Saturday the mother
died. The other two women had not
eaten any of the meat, but one of them is
now suffering in tortures from her arm
being inflamed and painful in such a man
ner as to threaten the lock jaw. Instances of
death from eating diseased or putrid food
are not rare. Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Elisha Burrctt, the learned Black
smith, illustrates fully what a man can
accomplish under almost any circumstan
ces, if he possesses only application. Mr.
B. has worked for many years as a black
smith, and continues now to labor two
thirds of the day at the anvil in Worcester.
The other portion of time he devotes to
his studies, and already he has acquired a
knowledge of fifty different languages.
Last year he addressed a letter to the Pre
sident of the Royal Society of Antiquities
in France, written in Cello Breton, one of
the provinces in that kingdom, but now
an obsolete language. The President of
the Academy replied to his letter, and the
correspondence has been published in a
volume just issued by the Society in Paris,
a copy of which has been sent to Mr.
Burrctt of Worcester. He certainly
has made great acquisitions as a linguist,
and discovers most commendable applica
tion, if not mental power.
Northampton Cour.
The Africans. We understand, (says
the New Haven Herald of Thursday
last,) that a person was introduced to the
captured Africans yesterday, who was
able lo converse with them fluently in their
native language, from whom we may
expect a correct account of their abduction
and bondage. We aro informed that
Cinquez acknowledged that he had sold
slaves and intimated that he was seized
himself in consequence of the non-fulfilment
of a contract.
The blacks of the Armistad who were
sent up to Hartford, where the Circuit
Court sat, h ive been remanded to the New
Haven jail, there to await the action of the
District Court of the United States, that
convenes in November.
Jl mndfall -The Quincy (Mass.)
Patriot of a'urday, slates that "a young
man named Lewis Brigham, in Northbo
rougb, about ten days since, in digging
for Woodchucks, unearthed a metal kettle
containing near three pecks of old coin,
of various denominations, about on-third
of which was of gold, and the remainder
silver. The vessel was so completely de
composed as to be of no strength, and bare
ly to retain its form. The exact amount
of the money has not been ascertained."
New Carpet. A new kind of carpet
has recently been introduced into Philadel
phia. It is mnde of cotton and marked or
stained with oil colors. It is said to com
bine the three great qualities of cheapness,
durability and beauty.