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Tarhnron$:h (Edgecombe County , JS". C.J Saturday, Juf 30, 1842.
Vol. XV ill Wo 30.
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FOR THE TAKBORo' PKESS.
SHE'S GONE
She's gone, perchance to return,
The hateful hour has past:
'hen my reluctant heart, did learn.
These eyes had "looked" their last'
The stern behest; it shook my heart,
Her friends proclaim'd her name;
And must my dearest S depart
Oh! who will bear the blame.
No bosom can avert the doom,
No voice can stay the tear;
The willow's foot shall greet a tomb,
A friend will guide the bien
Alas! dearest, bethought 1 then,
So soon we thus would part;
When eve beheld us walk the glen
In purity of heart.
Your ringlets glittered to the sheen,
Your evening garb was trim;
And graceful was the riband green
That bound your lovely limbi
Ah! little thought I to deplore,
Those li.nbs so neatly bound;
Or hear upon a distant shore,
Your name's familiar sound.
Yp cruel few who thus combined,
Your direful end pursue;
May heaven make you ever kind,
I could not injure you.
A long farewell! Ah! where shall hie,
A creature all forlorn;
To shun the mean and cruel eye,
Of triumph perchance scorn.
Yes! they'll mock a lover's tears
His woful heait annoy;
Alas! the hope and anxious fears,
A constant heart destroy.
Ah! few will seek the dreary mound,
That wraps my mouldering clay:
And few will weep beside the ground
All turn another way.
No no: I will not, cannot die
Forlorn, as dastards do;
The time may come, 1 need not fly,
Avenged I live for you.
W.
FOR THE TAKUOKO PUKSS.
FATAL DUEL.
Death of one of the Belligerents and
flight oj the other.
It was at any period during the delight
ful and beautiful month of May IS 42, that
a solitary traveller might have been seen
passing to and fro in the vicinity of Spar
ta, Edgecombe county, N. Ca. The slow
and easy manner in which he sat his steed,
even to an experienced eye, almost stamp
ed him as a cavalier of the West, had not
the fact been placed beyond a doubt, by
the brilliant reflection of the sun's rays on
the polished surface of his saddle-bag, and
the ambling pace of his jaded nag. The
toilet of this ex-native of Edgecombe was
evidently of the frontier cut, a loose blue
yarn coat graced his shoulders, a magni
ficent vest embellished with large brass
buttons gave the coup de grace, to a star
ched shirt collar that stood firmly up to his
cars, as though his head depended upon
that alone for support pea straw socks,
corduroy pants of singular cut, gave inte
rest to a pair of oily blue eyes, when we
take into consideration the splendid black
and grey whiskers which graced his cab
bage rose cheeks. In fact he rivalled in
figure and elegance "Yankee Doodle,"
4whcn he came to town mounted on his
poney"
"There came a man to our town,
0! isn't he a buster,
He wears a coat that drags the ground,
When he goes out to muster."
Perhaps the good people near Nashville,
Tenn., will recognize their fellow citizen,
Asa B., Esqr. It was this personage who
Ferformed such a signal part in the tragedy
am about to relate it was he who slew a
fellow-being on the field of honor, and
casta lasting reproach on that code which
in. the higher walks of chivalry, is consid
ered the ne plus ultra of gentility, and
honorable warfare.
. It seems that the horse of Mr. B. having
cast a shoe, he was induced to stop at a
blacksmith's cabin, on one of the most pub
lic roads in the county it was about mid-
day there was a crowd at the shop, drawn
thither to get their iron work, &c. anec
dotes and much merriment were the order
ot l be day IS. was evidently the lion "of
me hour. I he binkrupt law was discuss
ed as follows by the two Vulcans of the
forge
Sambo, what your opinion of dat bank
rupt law?"
"Tink him first rate, Pompey. I imply
for de application myself. "
"Just splaim him principles."
"Why, you see here now just lend me
dat half dollar you got for mending grid
iron todder day."
(Pompey hands him the money Sam
bo puts in his pocket. )
"Dare, den, now I owes de shoe maker
tree shilling, and you hdf a dollar, besides
lie grog-ship bifl; now dis half dollar all
de property 1 got; 1 divides him according
to de deb's. "
"I take dat half dollar back.'?
"Do you tink dis child green? Pm a
bankrupt; you get your share wid de oder
creditors."
This discussion between Sambo and
Pompey drew forth loud peals of laughter,
nd flashes of wit and anecdote now took
place between Mr. 13. and some of the gen
tlemen who were present. 15. told of the
marvellous things of the great west said
that pumpkin vines grew so fast in his
'diggms," that you could not overtake
them on horseback that he could extract
sunbcins from a cucumber, and fill a junk
bottle with sunshine and wound up his
brilliant display of anecdote, by waking
pussey and giving a lecture on the ait of
sneezing. A sneeze, to be in good taste,
he observed, should crack like a rifk on a
clear frosty morning; when you feel a tick
ling at the root of your proboscis, just do
the pigeon-wing or the flying brizza, with
a torn cat under each arm open onr
mouth and blaze away the echo will be
heard all along the greit valley of the Mis
sissippi. 1 am particular in relating these
tales, because they caused the flask to cir
culate, and had an important bearing on
the destiny of the gentleman from the
west. 1 will now relate all the circum
stances connected with this melancholy af
fair, with a hope that the code of honor
will still flourish with increased lustre.
B. was about to leave, he replenished
his flask and was in the act of treating the
blacksmiths, when a strapping youth sprang
to the flask and drank up the contents
without ceremony. This manoeuvre pro
voked him of the west, and a spirited and
abusive altercation ensued. The young
man immediately retired, accompanied by
a few of his personal friends a consulta
tion was held, and it was resolved that a
duel should take place, and the matter ad
justed according to the etiquette of the code
o! honor. It was agreed thai no ball should) the sound that made the knight of the west
be put in the pistols, and that every body ; cut out ftom these musical notes, procccd
present should so understand it except Mr. cd from a little pond of fresh water. A
B., who during the absence of the young large frog dressed in a green surtout. buff
man had been strutting the quarter deck I vest, and small nankeen inexpressibles,
with a perfect looseness, under the impres- 'was understood to say, " Paddy got
sion that his adversary was frightened, and droonk oonk unk" this brought a re
had retired from the vicinity of his iiivin-jply from another frog, who appeared to be
cible arm. This impression was purpose- an adjutant dressed in regimentals "thung
Iy encouraged, and the hint given to B. thong thong thung pouchongte
that the young man was a coward; and hyweet te-weel hir-ir-teweet surrcn-
dint of persuasion 1 was induced to chal -
lenge his enemy. I he challenge was un
expectedly accepted, which threw the wes-
tern warrior into considerable of a fluster-
at ion. The duel wa to come off at 5 o' -
clock in the arternoon weapons, pocket
pistols distance ten paces each to have a
second and a physician. These prelimina
ries did not exactly suit the chivalrous B.
ten paces was too near for his martial
spirit. He was heard to whisper softly to
his second and say, "Iwhall be all fired ob
leeged to you, if if you can put the dis
tance at 40 yards, and if it is not ompossi
ble let it be 100 yards, keep dark." This
proposition was repulsed with indignity,
and Mr. B., to judge from his actions, be
'gan to think "discretion the belter part of
valor;" and would not have "stood upon
the order of his going," if his second had
not have peremptorily told him, he must as
a man of honor stand the test in this un
pleasant affrir. A circle was described
the parties enier ten paces, (Oh! fatal dis
tance), was sk p'd off and the belligerents
at the pegs.
Gentlemen, are you ready? All ready
Fire one two three pop, pop. Phy
sicians enter the ring and report "nobody
kilt, but both severely frightened." Mr.
B. looked deadly pale and winked unmer
cifully his cheeks blew up and his eyes
darn ed a hornpipe, to the inexpressible de
light of the crowd. A parley now took
place, to see if the matter could not be
honorably adjusted; the challenge was
withdrawn, but as B.'s second would not
concede some points of honor, the parties
were again placed at the pegs. Are you
ready? Ready. Fire one two three
flash, flash. Neither pistol sent the
messenger of death in the opposite ranks;
but loud cries of 'B.'s wounded in the
Unee," resounded with prolonged shouts.
Not so, rejoined the physicians, "the par
ties are safe and sound." The supposi-
tion that B. was wounded in the knee, ori
ginated in the following laughable,scene.
N) terrible was the physiognomy of his ad
versary's pistol, that his knees became agi
tated and beat the devil's tattoo with such
velocity, that from a stout cavalier of 5 feet
10. he sunk down to the contemptible
height of a dwarf go it, chivalry !! !B
when he breathed a second and found him
self in the land of the living, straightened
up amazingly, but looked as though he had
been under the operation of a galvanic bat
tery. Matters were fast coming to a cri
sis the courage of ex-native of Edge
combe began to wax cool the seconds de
manded another fire B. refused. Hi
gallant second, unterrified by the clouds of
strife and war, urged his friend once more
to try his fortune on the field of honor.
B. no a' began to play the 'possum, for no
sooner had his adversary turned his back
in order to prepare for the third round,
than he fired away and brought the unfor
tunate youth to the ground. It was con
certed beforehand, that the youth should
tall and feign himself dead, and as soon as
he bit the dust he was taken to a cabin,
shrouded, and his br east daubed with red
ochre and pokebcrries so as to have the ap
pearance of blood.
B. was awfully frightened, but was indu
ced by strong solicitation to enter the cab
in and take a look at his prostrate and
bleeding foe. Here was a scene that no
pencil could describe. B. exclaimed, kand
have I come to this wretched pass I have
taken the life of a fellow being, oh! Mis
souri, oh! misery." To go back a little in
the narrative, B. had concluded not to take
mother fire but, to assassinate his foe and
run for it, thinking no doubt that
"He who fights and runs away.
Will live to fight another day"
As soon as B. took a hasty look at the
murdered man, he slipt out of the back
door, seized his saddlebags and mounted
his '-white Surry," and went it with a per
fect looseness down the road. Pursuit
was instantly made by the friends of the
deceased, but so swift of hoof was his
steed, that the fleetest nags and best of
horsemanship could accomplish nothing.
Fie soon cut out from the public road and
sought security in the foliage of the piney
forest. here under a cloudless skv, sur
rounded by green fields and the dazzling
rays of the setting sun, he reposed in aw
ful stillness until darkness became visible.
It was just at this time that many birds
were hopping from twig to twig, their mu
sic would have been a delicious treat to
an innocent man, but seemed to mock the
misery of poor B. The field notes of these
birds were diverting "boblink, boblink
stingy i stinsy go and see Philcsy,
Philesy so sweet, sweet pshaw, pshaw
chuck katy-did, luntv-did." &c. But
surrender.
B. thinking this a summons to surren
der from his pursuers, and not understand-
ing ihe Latin of the birds, nor the German
jof the frogs, put spurs to his horse and ar-
rived at the terry about 10 o clock at
night. He immediately tapped gently and
softly at the ferryman's door, and in a sub
dued tone enquired if the "gentleman of
color" was in. "I am in," gruffly replied
the negro, "but I am not a gentleman of
color, dar's whar you're wrong; why you
no call me nigger, look at my shins, eber
see a better likeness ob a cucumber? I am
a rale Tar river nigger"
l was born in a cane-brake,
Cradled in a trough,
Swam de Mississippi,
Where I kitched the whippin coff."
The parties were soon in secret confab, the
murder disclosed and fifty cents offered by
B. for a speedy passage over the river.
"Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee;
Take, I give it willingly,
For invisibly to thee
Constables three, are after roe."
B. was safely landed on the other side of
the river, and at parting with the ferryman
gave him another fifty cents not to let any
person cross that night. Thus clear of all
immediate danger, the gallant B. went it
with a perfect looseness thro' the swamps
and by-paths of Conetoe, and the last that
was seen of him, he was seen going in a
hurried gait towards the far west.
Thus closes one of the most amusing oc
currences that ever happened in Edge
combe, and although the tale is somewhat
embellished, yet in the main it is a faithful
record of facts and to use a doggerel
rhyme, it was enough to make
"Hickory shad, without life or motion,
Leap from the frying pan and swim the ocean."
O.K.
The Duel. There has been no little
applause bestowed upon Marshall and
Webb, for the "coolness" they displayed i The students of the Cambridge College)
in tiV late duel. The Baltimore American have passed resolutions expressing their to
tells th storv in a difl" rent way, and the t d dijumnrohation of the act of blowing up
editor of that paper is politically friend I' to
both and it is said personally alo The
folio "ing is, we dare say, the truth of the
matter:
'Whpn Marshall and Webb had taken
their places on the ground, and pointed
their pistols towards each other, for the
first fire, such was their trepidation that
both their weapons went olf before they
were raided both balls striking the ground
some feet short as well as wide of the
heroic combatant! At the econd fire also,
Webb's pistol, from the same cause, shot
short as well as wide; but M rhall had
cour age enough to raise its muzz'e as high
as Webb's ailj What a brace of courageous
heroes for honor, these!!"
ConiP to the Rescue Mr James Gra
lnni le truing thai the people of his Dis
trict are opening their eyes to the abuses
and deceptions of ' the Whig leaders, ha
thrust himself before his constituents, and
tries hard to explain away that gross abuse
of power and that unconstitutional act of
the Whigs in Congress of giving 25 000
of the people's money to the rich widow of
(leneral Harrison. It won't do, Mr. Gra
ham; the eyes of the People are opening to
the abuses the deceptions, the false promi
ses ol the leaders of the t lay Federal Whigs
They promised the people Retrenchment
and Reform in the Government; they
promised to proscribe proscription; thev
said they were against a Protective Tariff,
and a National Bank; that they would bring
back the Gover nment to its original purity,
simplicity and economy, which waspracti
sed by the founders of the Republic, the
thn Whigs of the Revolution. They
promised to make times better money
plenty wages high Taxes low. They
have not only forgotten all these fair prom
ises, but have falsified them all when in
power. The people see this their sen
tence of condemnation's about to be pas
sed on these faithless public servants. And
thus we see Mr. Graham making an nppeal
in behalf of himself and Governor More
head to the people, and trying t excuse
himself and his fellow offenders for a gross
violation of their duly to their constituents
and to their country. Yes, well may Gov
ernor Morehead cry out to Mr. Graham,
help me Cassius or we sink. The People
have now the matter in their own hands,
and if they do not prevent the lawless abu
ses of power by the Whig leaders, they
have but one step more to accomplish their
political ruin and degradation. Fay. Car.
Fatal Occurrence. We learn that a man
named Grice, living across the river, was
shot by his son-in-law, named Chasen, on
Wednesday night last, the 13th inst. The
shot look effect in the abdomen, tearing
away the entrails and part of the right arm
We undertand that the jury of inquest
are pretty well satisfied that the act was
justifiable; Grice who was a very trouble
some, ill-natured man, having provoked the
deed.
This we believe is anoth( r of the baneful
effects of intemperance. ib.
Murder and conviction The Fincas
lle (Virginia) Democrat gives an account
of the death of Colonel John Persinger, of
Alleghany county, under aggravating cir
cumstances. During his recent harvest,
among his cradlers was a young negro,
whom he had raised and treated with as
much indulgence as he did his own chil
dren, except that he (lid not come to the ta
ble. This boy did not please the Colonel
in his mode of cutting, and he commanded
him to change it. The boy persisted, and
the Colonel stood be fore him to stop him.
He threw his cradle forward with great
force twice cutting his master's panta
loons the first time, and the second cutting
his leg nearly off above the knee. The
negro mounted his hoise (which he was
permitted to own and keep) ami rode off.
Mortification ensued in the Colonel's leg,
in a few days, and he died. The boy was
apprehended, was tried on the 9th instant,
and condemned to be hung on the 12th of
Aujustnext.
University Hall, Cambridge blown
up. The Boston Mail states that about 2
o'clock Wednesday morning, the 6th inst
ant, the University Hall, which was nearly
new, and the best of the College buildings,
was blown up
The work of destruction was caused by
carryinga large bomb shell into the buil
ding, and setting fire to the fuse. The
bomb-shell exploded with a tremendous
noise carrying out most of the upper part
of the building, and creating a work of
destruction hardly to be conceived fiom
even such a cau-e.
Fortunately no one was in the building
except a baker, who slept there to take
charge of it, and he escaped serious injury.
The perpetrator of this outrage is not yei
discovered; but the College Faculty and the
town authorities are making every effort to
probe the matter to the bottom.
and their
Curious. We saw a few days ago,
says the Upper Marlboro' (Md.) Gazette,an
old man, who about 20 years since, was as
black as negroes generally are. His color
has undergone an entire change, except a
few spots on his face, and he is now - pe"r
fec ly fair. His hair is the only evidence
of his ever having been a negro. He is
the properly of Thomas T. Somervell,
Esq. We expect a change of this kind, so
radical, is unpnralelled.
Resumption The Tennessee banks
have come to the determination to resume
on th" first day of August. Better late
haii nevtr.
Defalcation. The Savannah Republican
of Friday lat, contains the following: Col.
Haynes, late treasurer of the State, has
died a defiulter to the State to a consider
able amount. We are informed that the
deficits already ascertained from the Comp
troller's books is SIS,000. The actual
embezzlement of public money is, howev
er, much greater.
Outrage and Suicide. An infuriated
wretch, in Gloucester county, enraged be
cause his wife made a profession of reli
gion, lately attempted to murder her and
others, including the pastor of the church
so which she had united herself. Fai'ing,
he as arrested and imprisoned, and esca
ping from confinement, endeavored to mur
der, with an axe, the officers who . were
endeavoring to recapture him. Hearing
fue arms mentioned, as likely to be used
against him, he committed suicide, by cut
ting his throat so effectually as to die al
most instantly. Jersey City Adv.
Great Emigration The New York
American says ihat letters received from
the continent of Europe announce the
coming of thousands of Germans to
the United States. One letter states that
20,000 are about to embark from one dis
trict, and that the rage for emigration per
vades the whole of Germany and Holland.
The only event that can possibly preve..t
the coming of these masses of emigrants, is
the want of vessels. An immense army
of emigrants are on their march into France
io embark from French ports. In confir
mation of these reports, we extract the
following from a French paper, published
in Paris, noted for the accuracy of its stale
ments:
Whole villages, including the rich - as
well as the poor, are emigrating, says a let
ter from Mentz, from Germany to North
America. Three of those in Upper Hesse
have, within a few months, been entirely
abandoned, and several in Rhenish Prussia
are preparing to follow the example. A.
short time ago Ihe whole population of one
of these villages passed through Mentz on
its way to America, accompanied by its
pastor and schoolmaster. Galignuni.
A new kind of traffic. The Yankees
are every where famous for swapping. It is
not often, however, that we have to record a
speculation like the following, even in Yan
kee laud. In a portion of the great town
of Great Barrington, known by the appro
priate name of i imber shin, lives one Aus
tin, until recently a sorrowing widower.
The wife of Austin not long since died,
leaving him a daughter aged seventeen
years. Like most who have been blest
with excellent wives, he was extremely
uncomfortable in this his bereaved state.
Hard by lived a neighbor, whose happiness
with a wife Austin envied. Austin one
day mourned with his neighbor over his
own hard lot, while he congratulated him
upon the possession of such an excellent
wife. The neighbor seemed to think that
he would prefer the daughter of Austin as
a companion to his own wife, valuable as
she was. A swap was finally proposed and
agreed to. Austin received a little boot"
on account of the difference in the ages of
the females. The females making no
objection, the exchange was effected.
Austin received, and has for months lived
with the wife of his neighbor, who makes
good the place of her whose loss he had
mourned. The daughter of Austin furni
shes th nf ighbor with a wife, with which
he is well pleased, congratulating himself
not a little that he has swapped oflfhisold
wife, lor a "bran new one," and only had
to pay J55 to boot.
Stuckbridge Jfass Visiter.
"Ohl Take you r time. Miss Lucy. '
A Miss Lucy Long." residing in the wes
tern part of Ohio, has brought an action
for breach of pr omise against one Hiram
Smilhson. Hiram said, in his defence,
that he was willing enough to marry Lucy,
but that he was not quite ready; that she
was altog"thr in too big a hurry and for
that reason had sued him. "Take your
time, Miss Lucy Long. "
rot Pur.-o's recitation room,
indignation on account of it.
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