p y O Tip Q g Whole No. 7S3. Tea-borough, ( Edgecombe County, JV. C.J baluvday, Fehi nunj ?, i8-h Vol. XVUs-Xo. 9. Bf GROIttiR HOWARD, I js published weekly at 7V l)!!ars anil F,'ff, ffurt ppr year, if paid in advance or, 7We Wat the expiration of the subscription yenr! For anj period less than a year, Ttvcnhf-ru'c (ts per month. Subscribers are at liberty to fOMtiiiuo at any time, on rivin-r notice thereof ind pavmsr arrears-ino.se residing at a distan-e BlUst invariably pay in advance, or give a respon se rt'HTcnee in uns vicinity. I Advertisements not exceeding a snu up wilt ! l:i5irtpJ at One D"u tl,ft first insertion, and -25 tents tor every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju- ijcial aiiveru-.emenis -percent, hi-rher. Ad- yertinients must be marked the number of in sertions required, or they will be continued until Otherwise ordered and charged accordingly. , Letters addressed to the Iv.Utor musfhe post paid or they may not be attended to. Doctor Wn. EVAN'S' For children Teclhiw PSEPA3ED BY HIMSELF. To Mothers and .Yurses. IE passage "1" l lie Teeth through the gums produces troublesome and dan gerous symptoms. It is known hy moth ers that there is great irritation in ihe (noutli and gums during this profess. The gums swell, the secretion of saliva is in creased, the child is seized with frequent lid sudden fits of crying, watching, start ing in the sleep, and spasms of peculiar tinrlj, the child shrieks with extreme vio ence, and thrusts its fingers into its month. l these precursory symptoms are not spee dily alleviated, spasmodic convulsions uni lersally supervenp, and soon cause the dissolution of the infant. If mothers w ho have their little babes afilicted w iih these distressing symptoms, would apply 1 Jr. William Kvans's Celebrated Soothin" Syrup, which has preserved hundreds of Infants when thought past recovery, from leing suddenly attacked with that fatal malady, convulsions. : This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of Children, when thought past fecovery, from convulsions. As soon as llie Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child ill recover. This preparation is so in pocent, so efficacious, and so pleasant, that Bo child will refuse to let its gums be fubbed with it. When infants are at the ge of four months, though there is no ap pearance of teeth, one bottle of the Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the pores. Parents should never be uhoul the Syrup in the nursery where there are young children; for if a child akesin the night with pain in the gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease by open ing the pores and healing the gums; there to)' preventing Convulsions, Fevers, Sic. To the Agent of Dr. Evans' .Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir The great benefit afforded to my suffering infant by your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted inrj painful dentition, must convince every leel x's parent how essential an earlv ap plication of such an invaluable medicine s to relieve infant misery and torture, Mv nfant, while teething, experienced such acute sufferings, that it was attacked with convulsions, and my nife and familv sup posed that death w ould soon release the babe from anguish till we procured a bot tle of your Syrup; which as soon as ap P'ied to the gums a wonderful eh mge was Ponced, and after a few applications the c)ld displayed obvious relief, and by cou tinuiiifr , ;,s ,)Se j am (() jfl)rm you, the child has completely recovered, jnd no recurrence of that awful complaint .has since occurred; the teeth are emana- I ,nS daily and the chil d enjoys perfect j neaHh. I giveyuu my cheerful permission j ? "maKe this acknowledgment public, and ''l gladly give any inform ition on this I Clrcti mstance. VHen children begin to lie in pain with ; ieir teeth, shooting in their gums, put a ' ll. e of l,le Syrup in a tea-spoon, and I K f,lSer lel lhe cUUV Snms ,)e rubbed for lW() or a,ree miMMtcS) t,ree jmei a day. musl 0l ,)e pnl ,n ,he , orcast im-nediatelv, for the milk would ; ake the syrup nit too soon. When the ih are just coming through their gums, "10lh!rs sho"'d immediately apply the sy , Pi U wd prevent the children having a ! tiorT'f I U,,,,erS0'"S Ibat painful opera- : makeMl nC'",q lhe g,,ms' wh,ch aUa's i lnro . le ,0()ll much harder lo come Ug ai,J sometimes causes death. ttcuarc orcouiilcrleits. sine nutlor- He particular in purcha- New V (!hlaui U al l0 Chatham St., 4ew York, or from ttie REGULAR AGENTS. J- M. Redmond, ) fT, . Geo. Howard, Tarboro . , M. Uussel, Eliiabeih Cily. January, 1S40. (tiy ATrriiouiTi".) L YWS OF THE UNITED S TATES PASSKD AT TUB SKCOXD SESSION OF TIII2 TWE.V IT-SIXTH CONGRESS. Pur.Lic No. 4. A V ACT lo authorizi the issuing of Trcas ury notes. Re it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United State of Slmer ca in Congress assembled. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to cause Treasury notes to be issued for such sum or sums as the exigencies of the Government mav require; h it not exceeding ih sum of five million uuihi.i in ii i is emission, outstanding at any one time, to he reimbursed in the "last qu u ters of t he year, if the condition of the Tre.isury will permit it, and to he issued tinder the limitations and other provisions, contained in the act, entitled "An act to unhorize the issuing of Treasury not-:s," approved the twelfth day of October, one thousind eight hundred and thirty-seven, and as modified by an act, entitled " Vn act additional to the act on the subject of Treasury notes," approved the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty, except that this law shall expitc in one year from and alter its passage: Provided, That in case the Treasury notes outstanding and unredeemed, isued under former laws of Congress, added to the a motint of such notes issued under this act, and actually expended or issued to meet pay mcnts due and payable before the fourth day of March next, shall, on the fourth day of March next, exceed the sum of five millions of dollars, then the President of the United Stales shall be, and he is here by, authorized to issue, by virtue of the provisions of this act, such fuither amount of the said notes as will make the whole amount issued under this act, and applica ble to the payments falling due after the third day of March next, the full sum of five millions of dollars. R. M. T. HUNTER, Speaker of the. House of Representatives, RII.M. JOHNSON, Vice President of the United Slates, and President of the Senate. Approved, February 15th,lS41. M. VAN BUREN. From the Washington Republican. GEN. WILSON AND THE HANKS. We publihed in our last number mie important propositions concerning the Hanks, offered to the lastGer.cral Assembly by Gen'l WiUon, t!ic Senator from Edge combe, and promised to rem irk upon the points involved in future number. We now resume the subject These proposi tions were in the form of ajmndmcnts lo a "Hill concerning Hanks," &c. Gen'l Wilson's first amendment propo sed, That if at any time hereafter, any Hank established within this State shall suspend, or refuse to pay any of its notes, to the holders thereof, in specie, when de manded, at the Hank or place where the slid notes may have been issued, it shall not be lawful f n any Hank so suspend ing specie payments, to collect any of its debts, due at the time of suspension un til the snid bank shall resume specie pay ments: Provided, such person or persons as may be indebted to said Hank or Hanks, shall renew their notes, as thev shall fall tIRl .mvinji the in'ercst .and invinn such serl,rity as may be deemed nood and suffi cient lor said debt." This measure seems to us so perfectly rea sonable and jut, that it is difficult lo imag ine the reasons which operated on the minds of those members who voted against it, except upon the supposition that they forgot that they were representatives of lhe people, and considered themselves the representatives of the Hanks. However singular such a misconception may be, it is by no means unprecedented in American legislation. What can be more fair than that those who refuse to pay their own debts, should not compel others lo pay them? Will it be replied iha't those per sons who hold the notes of the Banks can sue them, as well as the Hanks sue their debtors that the Courts are open to both? It is not a sufficient answer. True such is the law, but the law is almost a dead letter; and so far as the community is concerned the law might as well confer on the Hanks a perfect immunity from suit. What individual is rich enough or bold enough to go to law with a moneyed corporation controlling a capital of millions and holding the purseslrings of every citi zen? Some broker from a foreign State may occasionally be found who finds it to his advantage to sue a Rank, and his busi ness relations may be distant enough to e vad' or perchance snug enough, to defy Ms malice. Hut such cases are excontions' nere is.ne whowill go to law with a pv.verlu Bank? Those (if there be anv miIi) who might otherwise be dis- I . . I T . . . ... I posed to sue the Hanks, are in far-t general y Miicivi.oiuers in sucli institutions, and then fore find it to their interest to wink at. their iniquities and oppressions. Those, on the contrary, who owe the Hanks are generally persons of limited pecuniary re ourees, who borrow for the purpose of in- leasing the amount of their business, and whoso far from being able to become an tagonists of those corporations in the courts, ire not less persuaded by a hone of future lavors, than constrained by then condition to succumb. We repeat then, that so far as real results are concerned, the Hanks might as well enjoy a legal exemption from suit. The truth is, that' we find almost every Legislature, clothed with the whole power of the State, neulectinsr or refusing to hold these corporations to a just accoun tability for their violations and abuses of their charters; how then can it be expected tint individuals will, singlehanded, call them into court. It 13 no answer, or at least an insufficient answer, therefore, to object to the proposition of Gen'l Wilson, that the courts are open for individuals to sue tin? Hmks, as well as for Hanks to sue individuals. The law itself should inter pose its shield between the powerful and the weak. Hut it may be said also, (we wish to give the Hank-advocates the benefit of every objection.) that if the Hanks are not al lowed to collect their claims they could never resume. That depends entirely up on the cause of suspension. It is very clear that if the Hanks throw too much pa per in circulation, they must curtail that circulation before they can resume; but it is equally clear that they ought never to create such an excess of circulation, & we arc quite sure they never would if Gen'l Wilson's proposition was adopted. Hut the fact is that the Hanks of North Carolina do not admit that they have overbanked. The Presidents of those institutions, being interrogated by a committee of the last Le gislature as to the caiises of the suspen sion, attributed it not to an excess of circu lation, but to the suspension of the Hanks of other States. The resumption there fore, cannot take place until the cause is removed, until the Northern Banks re sume. It is not necessary to curtail their circulation therefore. Hut it will be ob served that the amendment of Gen'l Wilson is prospective, as the politicians term it, that is, that its operation would be limited to such Hanks as may, "at any time hereaf ter suspend or refuse to pay any of its notes." And its object, no doubt, was as much to prevent such a state of things as lo mitigate its calamities. The amendment secures also the debt, the payment of which it suspends, by pro viding it shall be regularly renewed on the payment of the interest and with ample se curity. Thus just and safe in its provis ions, it is difficult, we repeat, to conceive any good reasons which operated on the minds of those Senators who voted against it; and we cannot doubt that their constitu ents will demand of them at least a plausi ble excuse for their votes. We know very well that whenever a De mocratic Editor discusses in his columns the management of Hanks, and the action f public bodies upon them, he is charged with a design to inflame public prejudice. In iruth, the appeal to popular prejudice comes from the other side, and if it be con sidered that one party are two apt to repre sent them as monsters, it is not less true, that another habitually regard them with a veneration due only to a grade of being be tween men and angels. We regard them, precisely as they are, as soulless corpora tions created for presumed public advan tage which they are prone to forget in pur suit of profit, and requiring vigilant watch and strict legal limitations. We shall notice the other amendments hereafter. fjpThe following extract from the let ter of Mr. Hunter, Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Richmond En quirer by which it will be seen, in the words of the Enquirer, that "if ever he was a whig, he has tm-whigged himself" and is an advocate, in loto, of democratic doc trines! "1 have seen, or at least I think I have seen, too much of the importance of these great principles to be unwilling to frater nize with any who honestly and faithfully maintain them. In accordance, then, with what 1 know to be the wish of some, and with what they assure me is the desire of many, 1 now declare myself a candidate for the suffrages of the people generally, and without reference to party. My prin ciples of public action are unchanged, and the leading articles of my political faith are so well known to you, that I need not recapitulate- them. 1 am as heretofore a gainst a U. S. Bank, a protective Tariff, and a system of Internal Improvements by Ihe General Government. The opinions which I have formerly a- vowed to you on the various branches of the currency question are unchanged, and I desire lose the proceeds of the public Ian, Ls applied to the current expenses of the General Government. KTIt seems that the fall of stocks is ruinous to many of the s'ock-gambling iraternifv. I he Aaliona Intel isr-ncer's correspondent announces the slopninjr of what is called "a large banking house" in Wall street and svs that others are "shivering in the wind." The state of things in the Pennsylvania legislature consequent nn the third stop page in Philadelphia, will be seen in lhe following extract of a letter: "Our Legislature, douhtlcs, will be flooded with projects of relief, as Ihe re presentatives of t he banks are here and on the alert. Already the Committee on Hanks in the Senate Ins introduced a rc- solution suspending the penalties of thejJed wi:h talents and respectability, are the present laws for forty d tvs, so that the bo dy might ascertain what relief the banks want: and in the House a resolution has been introduced by a city member to le galize the suspension until 15:hof Fcbrua ry, 1842; but if the Hank of the United States is included in these resolution, neith er the forty days nor the year and forty, will he time enough for her, ami next year we will have another legalizing of suspen sions. "If the Philadelphia Banks had per mitted the United States Bank to die on the 15th of January, without involving themselves by loaning her money, they neod not now have been standing at the bar of the Legislature, supplicating for mercy, ami that mercy now should only be extended to them on condition that they would leave her to her fate, and take care of themselves. "Shortly, however, this who'e subject will be up, and we'll see." Savannah, Feb. 5. From Florida. By a passenger in the steamer Isis, Capt. Pitcher, we learn that Lieut. Col. Clark, of the Sth Infantry, had in charge thirty-two Indians, who showed themselves in the vicinity of Fort Dade, and were brought in by the friendly dele gation from Arkansas. They are on their way to Tampa. Information that can be relied on has been received from Col. Loomis, of the 6th Infantry, that a number of Indians were expected to come in, say thirty to forty, and would proceed to Tampa. Among them was Ilcho Emathla, the chief of the Tallahnssecs. The prospect of the termination of the war, it is thought by some, is rather bright er; whereas by others the promisr-s of the red men are looked upon as a mere humbug-gcr United States Navy. 'The navy of , w""e many speculationsaie anoat concern the United States consists of eleven ships ,nfi the Personal iden'ily of the witch a of the line, four of which ichareonthe stocks one razee of 54 g ins; t.,i fi-iir'itrii! i of the first class, rated at 44 guns each, six of which arc on lhe stocks, and two of the second class, rated at 30 guns each twenty-one sloops of war, of from 16 to 20 guns each four brigs of 10 guns, and eight schooners, 10, 8 and 4 guns each. In addition to the above, two steam frigates are now building at New York and Phila delphia. The oldest ships in the navy, are frigates Constitution, built at Boston, the United States built at Philadelphia, and the Constellation built at Baltimore, all in lhe year 1797. The oldest ship of the line is the Franklin, built at Philadelphia IS14. The number of Post Captains in the na vy is fifty-five, the oldest in rank being James Barron. The number of Masters Commandant is also fifty-five; of lieuts. 2D0; of passed midshipmen 191; of mid shipmen 231 ; of Surgeons 61; passed as sistant surgeons 17; of assistant surgeons 51 ; of pursers 51 ; of chaplains 13; and of sailing masters 29. The pay of a senior captain on sea serv ice, is 54,500 per annum; of do. on leave S3, 500; captains of squadrons 4,000; do, on other duty S3, 500; do. off duty S2, 500; Master Commandants in sea service S2,500; do. on leave of absence $1800; Lieuts. commanding SI, S00; do. on other duty Sl,500; do. on leave SI, 200; surg eons from SI, 000 to S2,700; according to their term of service; assistant surgeons, from S650 to 1,200; chaplains at sea Sl, 200; do. on leave S$00; passed midship men at sea S750;do waiting orders S600; midshipmen at sea S400; do. on other du S350; sailing master of a ship of line at sea Si, 100: do, on other duty, Si, 000; profes sors of mathematics Si, 200; teachers of na val school, S4S0. Saving at the Spite, fyc. A Subscriber yesterday sent us a request to discontinue his paper, assigning as a reason, that the times were so hard, it became necessary to lop off expenses. So far as our cxperi- ence goes, it establishes the position, that the very first expense a man retrenches, when he gets into an economical fit, is the subscription to his Newspaper. -'Newspapers aie things," argues be, "which can be dispensed with, and costs money that might be saved." Agreed: so may the Schooling of our children so, indeed, may nine-tenths of the articles necessary lo our eomforiabb support. Any man may get rih who will live on bread and water, and clothe himself in rags. Hut who would live like a brute, for the pleasure of saving money, which he cannot carrv hence with him! There are a few such five or ten in a million and how wretched are they? Most men, sensible ihey must die, are disposed to enjoy a little of the fruits of their labor; and nothing is perhaps more necessary to the enjoyment of cociety, or self-s itisfacticn in retirement, than a well informed and virtuous mind. It gives a zest to all things in prosperity, and is the best resource in adversity. Newspapers, though not always conduc- best possible channels for obtaining an ac quaintance with the affairs of the world, and lo implant desires in the hearts of youth for more solid reading, zz they go onto maturity. In truth, they sre the great engine that moves the ir.cral and political world, and not only l'A in estab lishing thecharacter, but in preserving the liberties of a people. Viewed in this liht, and it is not too strong a one, we would ask Are there not an hundred items of xpenditure, which a person ought to cut ofl, rather than deprive himself of the solid benefits derived from a good Newspa per? Rat. Reg. Witchcraft Revived. For several days past, some excitement has prevailed in the neighborhood of Charlotte street, North ern Liberties, relative to certain enchant menls supposed to be practised on the per sons of several children. The symptoms of supernatural influence are discovered in an astonishing degree of crossness in the little innocents, an incessant screaming and kicking, which is said to be caused by certain cruel pinches bestowed on the de licate hides of the young sufferers. One child is reported to be pinched all cyer as blue as an indigo bag, and to be in perpet ual danger of falling into convulsions. A physician (not of the regular school, we presume,) pronounces the cace to I 3 evi dent witchcraft, and has commenced the process of exorcism. Hitherto his labors have been unsuccessful, beeaur he says, the parents have not sufficient failh in the undertaking. The mother of the children believes devoutly, but the father es yet proves himself an obstinate infidel as far as witchcraft is concerned. It is the opin ion of some of the neighbors that nothing can be done for the poor little creatures until their papa will candidly acknowl edge himself a jackass for denying the re ality of the necromancy. In the mean- i-i i. ! ve'T ancient lady living in the neiglibor- hood is chiellv suspected. Une account says that a man perceived a beautiful white rabbit playing in the yard, and chased it into an out house, when it was suddenly transmogrified into the old-lady just re ferred I o. This story shows her to be a witch in the estimation of certain folks; and of course she becomes responsible for all the unaccountable mischief which is done in the neighborhood. Think of all thislo happen in Philadelphia in 1P41. Ledger. Important to Horsemen Jl Secret worth Knowing. The day before yester day, we happened to be passing in front of the United States Hotel, when we obser ved a large crowd attracted by an omnibus laden with passengers, which the horses refused to draw. The driver had tried every expedient to urge on the animah such as the ordinary modes of whipping, coaxing,&.c, but all in vain, whenour townsman, John C. Montgomery, Esq., suggested the plan of tying a stiir.g tightly round the horse's ear close to the head the driver apprehended that Mr. M. was disposed to quiz him, refused to make the trial, but upon Mr. M.'s lying the twine around the horse's ear having the driver to resume hi3 sent and to give his hcrse a loose rein, without applying the whip it operated like a charm, and the sni.nsls started off without fuither diffi culty, to the infinite amusement and grati fication of the bystanders. Mr. M. stated to the crowd, that he had tried the experi ment more than a hundred times, and had never known it to fail but once. Philadelphia Paper. A Younq Scamp.-'Thc Baltimore Clip per states that a lad in that city, on the even ing of the eclipse, persuaded his compan nions that the eclipse could only be seen from his mother's yard, and charged thenx i C, ,1 rv-ntcinn i 1 hp IIPACOn a cent eacn ior w.m . says that fellow win oecome a uau wuvt cer yet.'

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