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yie Tarborough Frcss,
BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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Recommended by the Faculty.
Tomato and Slippery Elm
PILLS.
THERE are many family medicines
now before the public, some of which,
from their intrinsic virtues have justly
pained the confidence and gratitude of
thousands; but in the light of contrast, and
in lite scale of curative merit, Dr. HarrelPs
Tomato and Slippery Kim Pills stand
pre-eminently above them all; nor is any
apology offerfd for taking (his high
Ground, unless it is the fact of their supe
pHiiur. a'id aim l miraculous effects in the
cure "I MUeies. They produce, when ta
bu, a deep and lasting impression thai
iliev suud at die head of all oilier prepar
ed medicines of the day. Fevers, Liver
alTr-- ii'n-, J enulice, head-ache, loss of
appetite, rnuvenps, female complaints,
an I cverv disease within the reach of hu
man means; ield readily to ihe pow er
I'd, yet uenlle operaiiou of these pills.
A a cathartic lliey are copious and free,
as an aperient they are mild and certain,
asatonic they are prompt and invigorating,
as an alterative they are superior to Calo
mel or any oilier known remedy, and as a
purify er of the blood they are unequalled
in the history of medicines. There is no
disease ran withstand their life-giving en
ergy when taken in time, or interrupt the
system at all when they are administered
as a preventative. During sickly sea
sons, and the prevalence of epidemicks,
their occasional use will preserve the
body from attacks of disease. 50 c ents
per box. ,$54 per gross.
Druggists, Rooksellers, and Merchants
are requisite to become agents for the
Sale of the above medicines.
All orders (post paid) directed to Dr.
A. Harrell, Elizabeth City, N. C. will re
ceive strict attention.
TESTIMONIALS.
Charles Hiighi, psq. Pasquotank Co.,
N-C. cured ol sick head ache, sick stom
''" cosiiveness, and fever. Josiah
Prichett, Eq. Pasquotank Co., N. C,
of bilious pleurisy, pain in the head, and
seness of the whole body. Charles
Hel, Eq. Elizabeth City, N. (.'., his
family of bilious and other symptoms.
laP'- J. Smith, W indsor, N. C, of liver
C0,n)ia'nil and cosiiveness. Rev. G. M.
Kew, Portsmouth, Va., of bilious habit,
Je'd ache and nausea. Joseph Ramsey,
H Plymouth, N. C, of indisposition.
'5 l!ert Simpson, Esq, Pasquotank Co.,
'C. his wife of loss of appetite, and his
'rvait of diarrhoea. Horatio N. U'il
.sEsq. Elizbelh City. N. C, of in-'
dlsP"'ni-i.. James C:irtwrighl Esq. Pas
T'nk Co., N. C.. of loss of appetite,
"."'sirk stomach. Rev. James A. Rid
fll K nidolph M aeon College, of symp
's of Dyspepsia. Mr. Zion Culpepper,
piheth City, N. C, of loss of appetite,
Kev. Joseph Turner, Elizabeth City , N.
Uf sick stomach, and flatulence." Jo
Jjh Sharbor, Esq. Camden Co., N. C,
'"ul sto.nach,' and bilious derangement.
"TAlr- Robert Pool, Pasquotank Co., N
J C-, of
'i impaired appetite and cosiiveness.
lew selected out of many.
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AGENTS.
J-ES M. REDMOND, Tarboro',
Emerson, Not folk, Va.
! H'fT&iCo, Portsmouth, Va.
!j- Jiulham, Edenton, N. C.
Eessenden, Plymouth, N- C.
S- Kerry, Hertford, N. C.
Clayton, Tyrrel, N. C.
l- Machen, Washington, i. C.
S. Marshall, Halifax, N C.
J; R- Resell, Williamston, N. C.
'h Capehan, Windsor, N. C.
V l Mason, Raleigh, N. C.
nnll, near Woodville, N. C.
"all, Newbern, N. C.
G. Howard, Ocracoke, N. C.
5ePl-2l, 1839. Iy
Tarborough,
selected.
THE FARMER.
, A ong by J. J. Raker, of PhiPa.
Sung at a meeting of the A-ricnltoral Soe
ety at New Rrnnswiek.
A farmer's life is the life for me,
I own I love it dearly;
And every season full of ?lce,
1 take i's labors cheerly
To plow or sow,
To reap or mow,
Or in the barn to thrash, sir.
Alps one to me,
I plainly see
'Twill bring me health and cash, sir.
The lawyer leads a harassed life,
Much like that of a hunted otter,
And 'tween his own and others' strife,
He's always in hot water
For foeor friend,
A cause defend,
However wrong most he, sir
In
reason s s
pile,
Maintain 'lis right
And dearly earn his fee, sir.
The doctor styled a gentleman,
Rut this I hold hut h umminir;
For, like a tavern w aiting man,
To every call '-he's coming"
Now here, now there
Must he repair.
Or starve, sir, by denying;
Like death himself,
Unhappy elf,
He lives by other's dying.
A farmer's life, then, let me live,
Obtaining while I lead it,
Enough for self, and some to give
To such poor souls as necd it.
I'll drain and fence,
Nor grudge expense.
To give the i and good dressing;
I'll plough and sow,
Or drill in row,
And hope from Heaven a blessing.
From the Cincinnati WhignX 9th ult.
PORK MATTERS.
We have made some inquiry of our pork
merchants, but as yet have learned no con
tracts for hogs for the ensuing winter.
Neither have we been able to ascertain
what will be made. It is evident however
that farmers& drovers must submit to a con
siderable reduction in price from last year.
All accounts from the pork furnishing coun
try speak of more hogs and better nu dity
this year than heretofore. The following
from Sangamon region, Illinois, is a sam
ple, and is republished from the last
Springfield, Illinois Journal, for the espe
cial benefit of our monied pork merchants:
'We have been told by those who are
not liable to mistake in the matter, that the
amount and quality of the pork which willu
be brought into market in this country the
present fall, has never been exceeded here.
The hogs are much larger than usual, and
as there was a great surplus of old corn,
they have been and will be better fed than
formerly; consequently will make better
pork."
We may also state the same fact in re
gard to the hogs in Macon county. We
have been informed by those who know
the fads, that the supply in that country
will be much greater ami the quality of the
hogs better than it has been in any prece
ding year.
It is usual befoic this time in the season
for pork buyers to make contracts for the
article; yet no one has appeared in the
market with us up to thi time, so far as
we are informed. It is stated that those
persons who engaged in the business last
season, are not disposed to go into it again.
The Banks, as is said, will not be able to'
furnish the facilities to purchase the prp
duce of the country which . they formerly
have done, and, under this state of things,
we would suggest to foreign capitalists,
that a better field for the purchase of pork
cannot be found in the west, saving and
excepting Cincinnati than in the Central
Region of Illinois. It is supposed, that
last year, in this county alone, 25,000
hogs were purchased for packing, which
will give some idea of the present supply.
Novel Scene.
cilv was filled
-A few days since, Detroit
with swarms of quails,
which were popped down in every quarter
by all sorts of machines, making great
sport. It is considered an augury of a hard
winter.
(H rhe return of Charles B. Parsons
to the Stage, after having embraced relig
ion, and manifested a desire to enter the
pulpit, is only another evidence that the
(Edgecombe County, SC. C) Saturday, November 10, 1839
sttge has the effect to destroy that stability
wnich is necessary to a Virtuous character
and a respectable man.
Wheeling Times.
fi Trance. A young lady named Nan
cy Simpson of Philadelphia, a member of
'he Methodist Church, on the 2oth ult. un
der religious excitement, fell into a trance
wmcn continued S days. Dunns that
time she W3s perfectly unconscious, and
appeared as if in a sound sleep. She h s
recovered her consciousness, and numbers
visit her under the hope that she will make
important dssclosures.
Walking .Advertisement. There is a
man in New York who is kept in the pay
of a large tailoring establishment, to walk
about the streets visit the different hotels
and lounge at the places of amusement, dres
serl in a suit of the last fashion and . of
(anil less fit. He contracts acquaintances ai
these places and gossips with them, always
t (king care, however, to introduce the ex
celieuce of his tailor into such gossip-.
. In fiis way, it is said, he lias
procured many a good customer for the
establishment, who little thought in taking
his r-eccomond itions that he was employed
for the especial purpose of giving them. It
is also stited that his barber cuts his hair
and trims his whiskers on the same plan,
and thus he pirades the streets a sort of
peripatetic blockhead or walking advertise
ment. Phil. Ledger.
One honest Bank. We are gratified in
being anlo to state-, that one Bank in North
Carolina has still the courage to pav its
debts. The Merchant's Bank at Newbern
redeems its obligations in gold and silver.
W'ith this exception, ihebanks in this Slate
have followed the example of others, turn
ed land pirates & closed their vaults against
their creditors. Hurra for the Merchant's
Bank. If Duncan Comeron were as mind
ful of the interests and character of his own
State as he has been of the interests of the
Petersburg banks and his real estate, the
institution over which he presides would
now occupy the same honorable stand as
the Bank at Newbern. Edenton Gaz.
In a tight place. The Ohio Banks are
between two (ires. If they suspend, se
questration is J he result; if they pay, it is
said they will soon be drained of specie
and a winding up of their affurs must ensue.
Thanks to the vigilance of a Democratic
Legislature, there is no shuffling in the
great State of Ohio. Ihebanks are com
pelled to be honest in spite of themselves.
The wlugs groaned dreadfully at the pros
pect of losing ihe gods of their party, but
it's no go. The fiat has gone forth, and
t'ley miis1 abide the consequence of their
foLies and indiscretions. ib.
The Bank at Columbus on hearingof the
suspensions elsewhere,addrcssed a circular
to the stockholders on the subject of
winding up its affairs good. W hy not
the rest of the broken concerns be subject
ed to the same process? ib.
A new source of Wealth... A successful
experiment has been made at Pottsville,
in Pennsylvania, of making Iron with
Anthracite Coal, and the business ot
that region is likely to receive a new im
pulse from the cruerprize of its citizens
in effecting this object. The hearth of the
Furnace is tapped every night and morn
ing, and yields at eacli tapping from 50 to
52 pigs, nearly three tons of fine Iron.
The furnace is now in charge of Mr.
Benjamin Perry, to whose unremitting
exertions the present success is mainly to
be attributed. It will now soon appear,
that id I our Rail road Iron, besides an
immense quantity used for other purposes,
will in future be at home instead of being
impoited from other countries, so that not
only Pennsylvania but the whole Union
will feel the advantage of the above im
provement. Hal. Beg.
jl Savage Feeling seems to have been
rreated b the desperate degree of misery
to which Mobile is reduced. Lynch law is
now added to the catalogue of other crimes
and burn nig at the stake, it is presumed,
will be the finishing touch. A young bar
keeper named Goslin,of theCit) Hotel, Mo
bile, having lost his walh t of money which
hewasaccusiomedto pl ceat night under his
pillow, some time ago threw out a hint her
tore the hotel was burnt that a Dutch servant
girl in the house had probaly taken it. A
Dutchman present remarked that a thing
more probable was that he himself had burnt
the hotel. Five persons includingthe Dutch
man, and, disgraceful to relate, a highly;
respectable magistrate, and one err two
other citizens of good standing, decoyed
Goslin, on the night of October 18lh, to
t0 in a carriage with them. 1 hey tied
u: .i tuieh. cr-.wp. him 50 strings, nnrl
nun -j - x- - j i
tnenagreuo, ,u u..., w ,. ,.., .
,.,o Thf Hi R omnanv oitunate v
udvico. " - r j j
came UP and, as the city is under martial
hw, arrested the onenders and carried ,
them before the Committee oi daiety, byi"
whom Ihev were committed to iail in de-
fault of S5.000 bail each. By last accounts, I
grtat excitement was produced, and the!
mob threatened summary execution
N. K Star.
ft distressing Death. An account of
which we have i ot seen in the papers, oc
curred a few days since nijar Fort Nock, in
v; teens Co.inty. An Englishman, on a
shooting excursion in that quarter, wi n
his fowling piece in his hand heavily char
ged, was listening to I lie instructions of a
young blacksmith where to find gime,
when the gun went off, passed through the
blacksmith's thigh above tiie knee, sii alter
ing the bone to pieces, and severing the
larg arteries. After bleeding profusely
he was put into a wagon, where convulsive
spasms ensued from ex reme agony, , n I in
a few moments after reaching a house, was
dead having doubtless died partly Iro n
exhaustion and partly from exireme irrita
tion on the nervous system by the splinter
ed extremities of the bone. ib.
Forests for our Navy. It appears by a
report of the commissioners of the Lmd
Revenue in Great Britain, that a 7-1 gun
ship contains about 2000 ions, or 3000 loads
of timber which would require 2000 tro s
of 75 years growth. It has a so been calcu
lated tnat as not more tuau SO oaks contain
ing a load and a half of limber in each can
stand upon an acre, 50 acres are required to
produce the oaks necessary lor every 71
gun ship!
This is an estimate of some impnrttnee
toother countries besides Gnat Britain.
We believe that t us Government has set
apart luge traces of land in Florida, cov
ered with valuable live oak timber, to he
reserved especially for .he ue of the
Navy.
But the oak timber of New England is
also in demand for na al. purposes and it
is well known that this kind of timber, so
valuable, indeed, indispensable in t-hip
buil ling, is becoming more scarce every
day and in a few years unless some pre
cautionary measuies are taken, will not be
procured at any price. This government
should purchas without delay some good
tracts of laud, situated at a convenient dis
tance from the Navy Yards of New Eng
landand piant them vvith oau, locust, and
other forest trees, which are suitable to" be
used in naval architecture. The expense
of this undertaking would be inconsiderable
but theb'-nefus which would arie from
it. would be incalculable and ate too ob
vious to need pointing out.
Boston Jiei can tile.
Caution. Scrim..- injury s.ir ciinie re -
suits liom insects m.tplug into the e.:r,
and th re are many p.rsrns allccred with
excruciating pains in the car from this
cause, who ate "unable to account for the
cause of their toriure, and gr-neral!y attri
bute it to cold. A, instance of this occur
red on Sunday night. A hd who had
laid down for an h -ur or so, woke up w:t-
a
distressing
sci.saiion in one. ot i.ei
ears,
a nu
Dr. Dui k
;ee uncalled, in. who poured ,jm SiV twoFmbs broken. The loco
iwcel oil into tne ear. w en n otj c3 ihe cars were much damaged
ntity of sw
a smalt rcu spiuer vacated ins lodtfien,
piobably not admiring so fat a berth, jinn
wasiaki n out. The distics.-ieg mptoins
wereimme liately relieved. Ball. Stm.
Threatened Cherokee War, Official.)
Since noticing the apprehended dilfi.ui
ties with the Chci okees, we have the offi
cial communication of Gen. Arbuckie,
dated Fort Gibson, Sept. 28 ad I rested
to the ilon Mr. Yell, at Fayetn vide, Ai
kansas, informing bun that Captain Yirm
stronjiand himself had received official ot
ders to have apprenended and p?n.ilie! th
murdetcrsof Boiidinot and Uidge, ano t a'
tnese offenders, supposed -o Oe late emi
grants, according! . , have be-n demand"-:
of ohn Ho.-s; in the event of his laning to
comply with which request, difficnlt'es
may ensue. lie therefore wishes Mr.
Yeil io g'Ve notice to the inhabitants ,f
Wellington Count', to be prepared to aid
in carrying 'he order into execution. Col
Mason, at Fori Wayne, is directed to lot k
to the protection ol the arsenal at Fayette
A7. Y. Star.
Yellow Fever in Terns. The con-Lint
oniiniinic ition with N w O: ie us ani
Mobil", m quiring ' i ly a period of sum
30 to 60 h:iur pa-age, h ive rc?uli d in
what might nave been anticipated, the in
troduction of yellow fever in Houston,
where, we learn by advices brought to
New Orleans the 22d October, that no less
than eight or ten persons, daily arc carried
ofl by the pestilence. At Galveston it i
also raging. ib. '
Heavy Damages. At Noblesville.
Ind., Lewis Furrrnan recovered one e;t
damages, in an action against Caleb Collins,
for the seduction ofiiis(F"sj wife. ib.
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innr 0 res! O .:a nHU nni
no!" and handed a bit of paprr nsi;ning
hiso.Tice. Vet he is a candidate for r-
election in November! ib.
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An Exchange. A carriage containing
two ladies, who represented themselves as
mo her and (Tang1 iter stopped at th out
gUeof the Alms House, over Ihe Schuyl
kill on Thursday last, when the youngest
informed the keaper that her mother wns
anxious f ob'ain a white child an infant if
p iss-ble to adopt as her own, she having
lately lost one. She was hown feveraf,
and at last made a scl ciim that pleased
her aid requested permis-i n to show itt
tier mother who was in tho curiage, and if
it suited her, they uouid obiaia an order
iro.Ti the Guardians of the poor, and call
in a tlay or two fur it. Ths child was
wrapped up in its cradle cloth and taken
by herxdf to the carriage, and after a few
ninutes de'ay she returned and placed tho
babe where shu- found it, stating that they
would call next day and take it away. Tha
carriage w;h then driven off, and nothing
further was thought of the transaction,
until it became necessary to remove th&
child for some c -.use, when it was discovcr
e t that the white child had been taken
by the persons in th carriage, and a black
one left in its place I! Nut. Gaz.
The. tables turned arrest of Rucz and
Montez. Senor Rurz and Senor Montez
the Spanish geull men who were found
with the Africans on hoard the Amistad,
m l claim them as their property, were
arrested at New York, on Thursday at
the suit of Jinqua. (or Cinquez) jtnd Fu
iah. two of the Africans of the Amistad,
imprisoned at New Haven. It is an ac
tion of damages, &. laid against each of the
respondents at 2,000, for false imprison
ment, ill treatment, beating, wounding, &c.
The suit were i-sued by Judge Ingraham,
of ihe Court of Common Pleas; and by
Chief Justice Jones of the Supreme Court.
In default of bail, both of the Spaniards
were committed to the City prison.
We learn from the New York American
that anjther process has been issued against
Senor Ruez, on the complaint of another
of the negroes, and he was held to bail in
the sum of S500 by Judge Edwards,which
he declined to furnish, and therefore re
.tins in prison. Senor Montez sailed a day
or two since for Neuviias.
Murder. John Hunton wns lately found
near the t vu of Washington, Wilkes coun
ty, Geor gia, s '"ci in'y murdered, accor-dit-v
of the Jury, by the hands of his own
' son'.! a vo-it ef f urteen ycirs of age!!l
'I he youth is in prison awaiting his trial.
Ftt. Int.
Serious Bcnconfre. The New York
American stales, that on tf e morning of
T! uisd iy lost 'be B.-unswick and Paterson
t'.iins of c i' s me?, almost in sight of Jercy
H'y, and with a ten ihlc concussion. No
; f e v. ts
ost- i nt srvera ncrsor.s were
Gen. "cf'1t r.n.d his Aid, under orders for
; he Car.acl . Oon ie s, wpretbe nearest to the
locomotive of the Brunswick train, and
both escaped ui hu' t. ib.
A Moving Scene The Rockville Re
corder gives the following description of
a palhctic sc-ne which ncen'ly occurred
at Perth, I'pner Canada. The prisoner
was indicted for the murder of his son-in-law:
'"Perhaps wr should notice that, during
the in'-es igati-p, 'he widow oftl.e dceeas
d, who was at the sune time the daughter
of the nrisoner, was, on part of the defence,
hroogh1 in'o court to be sworn. She ap
peared in mourning pale, thin, and great
ly d se.rrpo.ed; and it waou!y with ex
it ion n i cr part that hr could keep com
p se I enough lo spenk: however, nothing
v ry material was elicited from her. ller
f elios frequently overcame her, and
he burst into loud sobs, at one of which
times she ca-t her eyes upon the prisoner,
and screeched, 'father! father!' The
court, of course, ordered her removal; she
had tpass her father, to whom she exten
ds d i or hand in th" midst of her sobs and'
s'jri"k of jit her! fdherP The old man,
i i t '.-rs, reached out h s hand to his widow
ed d aui tt r; 'he hand which, at the insti
gation of Lis heait, hid been the means
alike of her misery and his own, fhe re
ceived it, and was taken away.
; ; i lit- viutti; lie l liifllli :iitr a uiai .
woman of 15 arwheim, in Belgium, who had
onirncted habits of intoxication, perished
atelvb spontaneous combustion. Persons
who were present, says ihi journal, declare
that lire commenced in the mouth, and
i hen extended to the breast and arms.
'Do you snore in your sleep, marm?'?
Noi as 1 knows on. Do you?"
'Well, I cant say, for I never lays avaka
long enough to find out."