Whole No. 715.
Turborongh, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Saturday May 16, 1810.
Vol. XVI JVo 20.
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Doctor Win. EVANS'
SOOTHING SYRUi
For children Teething,
I PREPARED BY HIMSELF.
1 To .Mother and JS'urses.
THE passage of the Teeth through the
i gums produces troublesome and dan
igerous symptoms. It is known hy tumb
lers that there is great irritation in the
; mouth and gums during this process. The
Igums swell, the secretion of saliva is in
t creased, the child is seized with frequent
!aiid sudden fits of crying, watching, start
:ing in the sleep, and spasms of peeuliai
: parts, the child shrieks with extreme vio
lence, and thrusts its fingers into its mouth
lf these precursory symptoms are not spee
dily alleviated, spasmodic convulsions uni
fversally supervene, and soon cause the
'dissolution of the infant. If mothers ho
jhave their little babes afflicted with these
distressing symptoms, would apply Dr
j William Evans's Celebrated Soothing
I Syrup, which has preseived hundreds of
infants when thought past recovery, from
being suddenly attacked with that fatal
. malady, convulsions.
! This infallible remedy has preserved
I hundreds of Children, when thought past
i recovery, from convulsions. As soon as
j the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child
I will recover. This preparation is so in
j nocent, so efficacious, and so pleasant, that
i no child will refuse to let its gums be
rubbed with it. When infants are at the
j age of four months, though there is no ap
? I pearauce of teeth, one bottle of ihe
Syrup should be used on the gums, to
open the pores. Parents should never be
j without the Syrup in the nursery where
there are young children; for if a child
! wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediately gives ease by open
ing the pores and healing the gum; there
i by preventing Convulsions, Fevers. Si.
! To the Agent of Dr. Eans' Soothing
Syrup; Dear Sir The great bemfii
afforded lo my S"fi'Ting infant by jour
Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted
and painful dentition, must convince every
feeling parent how essential an eaily np
plication of such an invaluable medicine
is to relieve infant misery and torture, Mv
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lUiaiil, imic leriuiwK, rapri lent ru mm M
acute sufferings, that it was attacked with
convulsions, and my wife and family sup
: posed that death would soon release the
:- babe from anguih till we procured a hot
I tie of your Syrup; which as soon as ap
; plied to the gums a wonderful change was
j produced, and after a few applications the
1 child displayed obvious relief, ami by run
I tinuing in its use. I am glad lo inform
' you, the child has completely recovered.
, and no recurrence of that awful complaint
; has since occurred; the teeth are emana
ting daily and the child enjoys- perfect
health. I give you my cheerful permission
( to make this acknowledgment public, and
will gladly give any information on this
; circumstance.
When children begin to he in pain with
their teeth, shooting in their gums, put a
little of the Syrup in a tea-spoon, and
with the finger let the child's gums be
rubbed for two or three minutes, three
limes a day. It must not be put to the
hroast immediately, for the milk would
stake the syrup off loo soon. When the
.teeth are just coming through their gums,
Mothers should immediately apply the sy.
rup; it will prevent the children having ;.
ever, and undergoing that painful opera
tion of lancing the gums, which always
makes the tooth much harder to covne
i through, and sometimes causes death.
I
Beware of Counterfeits.
i
tijCaution. Be particular in purcha
sing to obtain it at 100 Chatham St.,
New York, or from the
j REGULAR AGENTS.
I J- M- Redmond,) , .
Geo. Howard, J larboro'.
M. Rcssel, Elizabeth City.
January, 1S40.
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LVS OF THE UNITED STATES
j PASSKD AT THE PI it ST SESSION OF THE
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TWENTY-SIX I'll CONGHESS.
i ' Private No. 8.,
Private No. 3. j AN ACT for the relief of Robert Milnor
AN ACT for the relief Suttcn Stephens, j and John Thompson.
lie enacted by the Senate and House He it enacted by the Senate and Haute
of lie-present ati ocs of the United Slatcsof Representatives of the United States
of stmenca in, Congress fisscmhlcdof America in Congress assembled.
Tint all the right, title, and interest whtehltlnt the Secretary of the Treasury be,
might accru? or revert to the United States- and he is hereby, .directed to pay to Rob
to a certain trj;-t of kind in Jackson coun-j ert Milnor and John Thompson the sum
ly, A'abama, reserved to Sut'en Stephen of two thousand seven hundred and fifty
un lera treaty made and concluded be- seven dollars; . and twenty-three cents,
tween th United Stntes and the Cherokee i being the amount of fees equitably due to
'ribeof Indian, on the eighth dav of Julv, ! said Milnor and Thompson for extra ser-
eighteon hundred and seventeen, he, and
the same are herhy, relinquished, and ves
ted in ti e siid Sutten Stephens and his
heir: Provided Tli-it no conveyance or
deed of the said Iran! of land shall be valid
or effectual, until such conveyance or deed
shall be submitted to one of the district at
'ornevs of Alabama for his approbation;
and if, after inquiry into the facts and cir
cums:ancas attending the con'racl lor the
sale of said hitul, or any p;n t thereof, he
shall be satisfied that said 'contract is fair,
and thai the consideration paid or agreed
to be paid therefor is adequaJe, he shall en
dorse his approbation on such deed or eon
veyaneo so approved, and thereafter the
same shall be deemed valid and iTcitti.d.
r. m. t. iiun n:u,
Speaker of the House of Represenla lives.
III. M. JOHNSON,
Vive President vf the United Slates,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, April 27th, 1S40.
M. VAN BUREN.
Private No. 4.
AN ACT for the relief of the heirs and
legal representatives of John Grimball,
senior, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House i of Representatives of the United Stales
of Representatives of the United St ales) f America in Congress assembled,
of America in Congress assctnbled'l'1 there be allowed and paid, out of
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That the heirs and legal representatives
of John Grimball, senior, deceased, be,
and theyase hcieby authorized to locate
two hundred and twenty-three and one
fourth acrts or one and a half ouartcr
seirtionsof land, not exceeding that quan-
tt'y, in the Opelousas land district, in the
State of Louisiana, upon any unreserved
and unappropriated land insai 1 district.
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Privati: No. 5
AN ACT for the relief of James Hrewe-,
of Ohio.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
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I I'll Inn .S'Piv nru fit hi I r-?vunr rtn-
out of any monev in the T
oth-iwise appropriated, lo James Iheuer,1 , 3 Ml"1)
r 11 ' . ' , . ,.'inot otherwise appropriated, the sum ot
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of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, or to his
leal ienreentative. one hurulied fhitl.'irs.
bc'ng the amount by him paid to the Uni-
tedStaicsontheth.rticth day of January.
anno
i niu i it i i i 'een nun. ireu ami iweniv nine, 10 duuu
l.iomimt one thousand eight hundred ; . , . , , , ,.
. , . 7 r i( ia light-house and dwelling house on
uriy-two, wdh inwnst mm that1 , 8 . n . n i c.- . -i
and thirty
date, at the 1 nd oliicc in Zanesvil e, Ohio,
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f.r the wesi half ol the southwest quaner
ii eclUIl iiiiuiut-i hmiiu:i:ii, in townsnip
number eight, range number three, in the
Zanesville land (iisliirt, and for which
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said land the United S ates cannot
the said James Brewer a title.
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
make
Puivatk No. 6.
AN ACT to authorize James Alexander
to relinquish certain land, and to locate
other land in lieu thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of Jinicric in Congress assembled,
That James Alexander he. and he is here
by, authorized to relinquish to the United
States the east half of the southeast quaiter
of section number three,' in township num
ber nine north, in range fourteen west of
the second principal meridian, in the
Palestine land district, State of Illinois;
and that he be permitted to enter, in lieu
thereof, a like quantity of land within the
limits of said district subject to private
entry.
Approved, Miy 2d, 1S40.
Pkivate No. 7.
AN ACT for the relief of Nathan Levy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of i he United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury pay
to Nathan Levy, American consul at the
island of. St. Thomas, out of any money
not otherwise appropriated, three hundred
? and seventy-eight dollars: which sum he!
received of the master of the brig Falcon,
of Bosion, Massachusetts, and which he
paid, one-third into the Treasury of the
United States, and the other two-thirds
to the seamen composing the crew of said
brig; said hew having been compelled,
by judgment of law. to pay back s iid sum
to the owners of said brig, it having been
I illegally received and paid over by him as
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mures tiu.
Approved, May 2d, IS40.
vice rendered by them as gangers at tin
port of Philadelphia, after the passage of
the act of the fourth of Jul , eighteen hun
dred and thirty-six, reducing the duties
on wines, in regauging certain wines then;
m custom stores, at said port, and coming
within the provisions of said act; to bi
pud out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Private No. 9.
AN ACT for the relief of George Willis.
He it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives oj the United Stales
of America in Congress, assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury
be authorized and required to pay to
George Willis the sum of eighty dollars,
for tho loss of a pilot boat while piloting
a revenue cutter over Ocracoke bar, out
of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Private No. 10.
AN ACT for the relief of Meigs D. Ben
jamin and Company.
Iieil enacted by the Senate and House
j any money in me treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to Meigs I). Ren jamin and
' company, of the city of New York, two
! hundred dollars and forty-six cents, for
I """ties paid by them on ten cases of leather
gloves imported by them in the month of
January, eigmeen iiunureu ana Unit
j n,ne-
! Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Private No. 11.
AN ACT fur the relief of Gamaliel E
Smi'ih.
Re it enacted by the Seriate and House
of Representatives of the Unitetl States
I hat the Secretary of the 1 reasury be, and
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mll h - nmi iv.i.nmt in tiia I c-t. .... I
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live hundred dollars, in full
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j United Slates in the summer of eigh-;
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furnished bv him and used bv his successor
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UUtit"! CUI11I ill L lutuii ai I oaiu uuiiiiui
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Private No. 12.
AN ACT for the relief of Thomas W. Tay
lor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of VJmcrica in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to
pay to Thomas W. Taylor, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, the sum of one hundred and
ten dollars, being Ihe appraised value of
a horse belonging to said Taylor, taken
into the service of the United States in
May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
Approved, May 2d, 1S40.
Private No. 13.
AN ACT for the relief of Richard
BooTcer and others.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Rcpresen t a tives of the Un iled States
of America in Congress assembled
That the Secretary of War settle the claim
for clothing of Richard Booker, and those
composing the company under his com
mand, called the Richmond Washington
Volunteers whose services were tendered
and accepted,under the acts of February six
and July six,eigbteen hundred and twelve,
said cqmpany having been called into the
servjedon the sixth of June, eighteen hun
dred and thirteen, in which it remained
until discharged on the thirty-first of
December, eighteen hundred and thirteen :
and that he allow said company so much
as is due, under said acts for clothing, and
that the allowance so made to each mem
ber hep lid to him, or, if dead, to his legil
representative, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 2d, 1840.
RkSOLUIIOV, Public No. 1
JOINT RESOLUTION, a ithorizing the
Secretary of War to continue certain I
clerks employed in the office of the)
Commissioner of Indian Affdrs.
Iiesolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Sin ten
of 'lmzrica in Congress assembled
That the au hority given to the Secretary
of War hy the sixteenth clause of the ftr.M
section of the act entitled, An act provid
ingfor the salaries of certain officers therein
named, and for other purposes,' dated the
ninth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, lo employ twe
clerks in the business of reservations and.
grants under Indian treaties, bj extended
after the expiration of the period for which j
that authority was granted, for the term of
two years.
Appuoved, May 2d, 1S40.
From the Raleigh Standard.
PROPOSED MILITIA SYSTEM.
The "whigs" are, as usu d, striving to
deceive the people in regard to the new
militia system proposed by Mr. Poinsett,
Sr cretary of War. The disciplining of the
militia has long been an object of attention
to men of all parties, and all have agreed
that something better than the present ve
ry inefficient system should be adopted.
Whether the plan proposed will answer
the purpose or not, we shall not pre
tend to say but it is any thing else
but a "standing ai my," as the "whigs'
designate it. We cannot see why a
disciplined militia, of the freemen of
the United Slates, should be less patri
otic, less devoted to the liberties of the
country, or less competent to judge of
federal encroachments on their rights,
than men ignorant of discipline and un
restrained by military rules for their own
government. Every one knows that men
under discipline are vastly more compe
tent to protect their country from foreign
invasion or domestic insurrection, than
'raw militia." We do not see how such
men can be called a standing army, uanger-
ousto the liberties of the people, unless it
is believed that they will fight rgijnst !
themselves or, like the Kilkenny cats,! because they are now supporting for
should take a fancy lo eat one another up. j the Presidency Gen. Harrison, who reoom
Let every man who is enrolled in the j mended a system much more objectionable
militia, illustrate this matter by asking j than the one now proposed, and in which
himself if 10 day' drill during the yearJ those points that might appear objection-
will make him a traitor to the liberties of
his countrymen? or rather, let him in
quire if he would not he the better enabled
to defend the institutions of his country
from foreign on domestic assault.
The sys em proposed by Mr. Poinsett;
provides that all the able bodied while
male citizens of the United States, be
mtin mii ,lv ouu i v. al in
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shal be rnrocd.&divided into companies
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W"y pvu.ta, uuu ineu.uai uun oer
oms-vvho, ha,lt Prov" e tmselves
with each a musuet, bayonet, knapsack,
powi er.anc tne otner usual accoutrements,
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1 nese are to form the first class, or the
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mass, rrom inis class, n is proposett to
enrol 100,000 men, by draft or voluntary
enlistment, which sh;dl be divided into
companies and battallions of ninety men
to each company, besides officers and
musicians. These are to be mustered once
or twice in the year, and do duty from
10 to .SO days during which time thej'
will draw the same pay and rations as
soldiers of the United Stales. This is cal
led the active or moveable class, and is
enlisted for four years, one fourth going
out annually, and their places supplied by
annual draft or enlistment from the mas.
Tii is is the class to be first called upon
when troops are required.
There is a third division, to be call
ed the reserve or sedentary class, to
be composed of those who have served
their regular time in the active class. In
this third division they remain four years,
and then return to the mass, and are no
more liable to be called out, unless the
exigences of the country should require
the aid of all its militia force.
For convenience of instruction and
discipline, it is proposed to form ten
districts, in each of which, ihere shall be
depots of arms and ammunition. The
following classification of States is recom
mended: First District.
Maine,
New Hampshire, V 9,200 men.
Vermont
Second District.
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, 9,600 raea.
Connecticut. S
Third District.
! New York.
18,000 men.
Fourth District.
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania.
Delaware,
13,200 men.
Fifth District.
I
Maryland, i
Distriet of Columbia,
10,400 meni
! Virn'nia. t
Sixth District.
North Carolina,
South Carolina, (
Georgia, f
10,000 men.
Florida.
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Seventh District.
Alabama.
Mississippi,
Louisiana,
8,000 men.
Tennessee.
Arkansas,
Missouii,
Iowa.
Kentucky,
Illinois,
Indiana.
Eighth Disirtct.
2,000 men.
7,400 men.
Ohio,
Michigan,
Wisconsin.
Total, 97,000 men-
Provision is also made for a proper
proportion of riflemen, cavalry and artille
ry and no interference is lo be mado
with volunleeer eorps now in existence,
or with the mode of appointing officers
now prescribed by thediffetent States.
This is the plan which the Secretary
submits to the judgment of statesmen and
military men, in answer to the call of
public opinion, and a recent resolution of
ro.igrtss. The disasters, defeats,' the
gteat sacrifice of human life, from the
s'ow organiza'ion of the militia in lime of
war, are fresh in the recollection of every
citizen; and some remedy should certainly
be applied to prevent such consequences
in future. Whatever system may be
finally adopted, it is a matter of congra
tulation that the subject has been brought
before the people, and we hope it will
never be dismissed until something is done
to render the militia, that patriotic and
safe arm of public defence, efficient and
available in time of danger.
Hut do the people suppose thattheFed
cal Whigs are sincere in their denun
eiations of this system, or that they really
believe it to be any thing like a s'aiding
army? No. In this as in every thingelse,
they are bent on deceiving Ihe people
able, stand in much bolder relief.
From the Norfolk Herald.
Mr. J. T.. Allvn, our late delegate in
the Assembly, has handed us a copy of
the last appraisement of real estate in
Virginia, made in 1S3S. It divides the"
Slate into four districts, and compare
the assessed value per acre with what it
was at the previous assessment in ISIS. It
tells badly for the improvement cf tho
State on the whole.
Five millions increase in 20 years is not
much in a Slate like Virginia, where
there are untold millions of wealth, acces
sible at any time, with the proper keys to
unlock it. This increase is all in ther
western region, (the 4 h district,) which
besides covers a deficit in the other dis
tricts of eighteen millions the appreci
ation of real estate in the 4th, being more
than 23 millions of dollars above ihe assess
ment of ISIS.
There is a falling off in the value of pro
perty in the 2d district, of the rise of nine,
millions; and in ihe 3rd district there is an
appreciation of nearly two millions. These
are melancholy as well as alarming facts,,
which demand thea'tention of our states
men and political economists. OurSlata.
must have been wrelchedly governed by its
Legislative rulers, to hare made so liltle
pi ogress in 20 years, while many of her
sisters, with not half of her natural resour
ces, have almost doubled their capital
within the same period.
We shall take an early opportunity to
refer again to this document.
Slide of Earth in Canada. On Ihe
morningofthe 4th instant, a large tract
of land of several hundred acres, near
Three riven, Lower Canada, slid clT into
the river. There were upon it two houses,
several barns, 40 horse3, cowa and other
domestic animals, and 500 fine sugar maple
trees. The land went off gradually, & tho
inhabitants, including the men employed
in making sugar; who took the alarm as
soon as they saw the trees moving, made
their escape.
Counterfeit ten cent pieces are said
to be in circulation in Philadelphia.
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7tnth District.
0,200 men.