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Whole JNV 880. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X.C.) Saturday, January 14, 1843. Vol XIX Xo s. U The Tarborough JPrcs.v, BV OEOROK HOWARD, Is published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per vear. if naid in advance or Three Dnllarsat the expiration of the subscription year j For anj period less than a year, Twenty-five' Cents per month, .subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at any time, on rivinr notice thereof J and payinrarrears-thoseresidinlr at a distance, I must invariably pay in advance, or give a respon- sible reference in this vicinity. j Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and -25 cents for every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju- .. . 1 1 i'in..nnli 0 rwiv nunt lllrrtlOF A (I - dlCial aUVeillSr.Hltiii.j, .CI 1,1... ii.;;...-.. . vertisements must be marked the number of in- ronnirpil. nr t.lipvwill h continued until seruw" ! - j " . otherwise ordered and charged accordingly, Letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid or they may not be attended to. From the Baltimore Republican. Democrats to the rescue rise in your native strength. Rise in your native strength, Mechanics of the land, And dash the iron rule From rude oppression's hand; By all the might of mind, Assume the place of men, Heed not the scoff of those Who scorn the artisan. Ye sinews of a State, Your nation's pride and boast, Whose glory crowns her hills, And guards her native coast; You are her wealth in peace, Her vital breath ye are. And when the bolts of death ?.re hurl'd, Ye are her shields in war: By the eternal sword, To stern brow'd Justice given, By Freedom's holy self, The night of wrong is riven! Strong monuments arise. In record of your praise; Transmitting down your names To men of other days. Proclaim to all the world Your usefulness and worth, Speak out with trumpet tongue, Ye mighty men of earth! Was not the soil you tread Won by your fathers blood! Then on oppression's sel Boll back oppression's flood! STATE LEGISLATURE. Remarks of Mr. Senator Cooper, of Mar tin, in Committee of the Whole, on ihe Bill authorising the issue of a Million of "Dollars in Treasury Notes. Mr. Chairman: I feel bound to make a few remarks on the bill now under consid eration. It was, Mr. Chairman, at my in stance, that this bill was brought before the Senate; therefore, I feel bound lo give my views on a subject so important to the people of this State, as that which forms the substance of this bill. Before I took a seat in this Hall, sir, I took an oath before God, to whom the secrets of all hearts are known, that I would support the Constiiu tion of North Carolina, and the Constitu tion of the Unifod States; and I intend to keep that oaih sacred. The bill on your table proposes that this State shall emit one million of dollars in Treasury rotes, to be leaned out for the relief of the people, through loan offices, to be established in the several Counties the amounts to the several offices to be proporiioned to the federal population of the respective Coun ties the notes to bear interest of 2 per cent., and to be loaned out at 6 per cent., the borrower to pay one-fifth of the amount at the end of each year for five years, with interest, and renew his bond at the end of every year, if required by the public Agent. Now, Mr. Chairman, it seem- to me, not withstanding all the arnumenis of the gen tlemen from Caswell to the contrary, that this sum of one million of dollars would during this five years, afford greater reli f io the suffering people of this Mate, than could be offered to i hem by any scheme which this Legislature can at this lime de rise. Butil may be asked how this relief is to be afforded by issuing paper money? I answer, it will afford them the means of Meeting their nresenl engagements a,l(f thereby saving their property from beins sacrificed, which if forced into market du f;ng the present scarcity of money must inevitably be sacrificed. It is the scarcity f money that embarrasses ihe people gen erally. The money is locked up in the anks. 1 would ask, then, how can ihn People, with no money, and produce and property almost nothing, be able lo pay oebts which were contracted whn money Was plentiful and prices high. Lend our people monev. (which this bill nronoses i . . f ' --- -- f i- j meet their present demands and save i l"eir Dronerlv frnm tho Shoriff'Q hammer the industry and economy of our good 0'a State will soon set things right But, nile the people would find relief from this bi I, the State, sir, is not to he the loser. By the following; calculation, it appears that Ihe interest which the Slate would re- vc u wnoie amount ol nof3 in cir dilation, during the five years, would be ISO 000 dollars, and the interest which the Stale would nay, would be S75 000 .vi1:u ,iMfiM,j c' .u u ' ' deducted from the above amount ""lJ,;, ' ",avc -'nce 01 MUd.OOO gain to the Mate, to delray the expenses of this scheme. at 2 1 prct. $5,000 20.000 15.000 10,000 5,000 at 6 pr ct $60,000 48 000 36 000 24 000 12,000 14 year, 1,000,000 2nd 800.000 600.000 400.000 200,000 ir" 4 h 5th 75.000 $180,000 Deduct am't to be paid to the State, 75 000 Balance, being State's gain. $105,000 But, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Caswell says, that the Banks, by expand ing their issues can afford relief to the people. Sir, I have no confidence in these Bmks I look for no relief from them. They relieve when they please, and thev refuse when they please They go by fa vor, and favor those who are in favor o! them. They relieve the people? They are now sucking thir life's blood from them. They are more like the hungry hyenas that rob the grave to satisfy their appetites, than they are like institutions for the relief of the people Look at the num ber of Bank in thse United States, whose notes are now worthless, in the hands of the honest planters and others, who have received them in payment of substantial propei ty, such as land and negroes. Yes, sir, some of these notes are so worthle.-s. that with a thousand dollars of them, a tra veller could not buy himself a breakfast and a bundle of fodder for his horse: and dl of this caused by issuing their hills fot the relief of the people; and this the gen tleman from Caswell wants the Banks in his State to do. The gentlermn from Caswell tells us something about the government of France, and savs he believes that France has never had but two Banks, and that the gold and silver in circulation, if I understood him correctly, in France, was more than the whole amount of Bank notes in circulation at any one time, in the United States. This, Mr. Chairman, is easy to be account ed for; France never had but one Bank and that was a Mercantile Bank, wholly for the benefit of the mercantile interest, and, sir, if I am not greatly mistaken, that Bank never issued any note for a less amount than 500 dollars. That Bank, sir, was never intended for the laboring people of France; and all amounts between 500 dollars and sixand-a quarter cents, were to be found in gold and silver change. The gentleman fiom Caswell says that the Banks of South Carolina have nver suspended specie payments. Sir, I pro fess to know something about the monry matters in South Carolina. I have had as much, or nearly as much to do with that State in money matters, as with my own State. That State, sir, established a Bank with the stock exclusively owned by the State, and all the dividends of this Bank went to the relief of the people of that State. Not so with the Banks in North Carolina. They go for making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. Sir, the Banks in North Carolina do not inlend to relieve the people. They have got their rider up, and he is holding ba- k with a strong check rein fur u better bet. Henry Clay s fifty million Bank is ahead And if the Banks can bring down iiiiu up on the people, so that they can be made to believe that nothing else can save them but that monster, thousands of good honest men will be induced to vote for Henry Clay for President. Mr. Chairman, when we return home to our constituents, they will ask us what we have done for their relief, and all we can tell them is, that we have done nothing. For my own part, I want to have a belter answer than this to give them. I want the bill on your table to pass, Mr. Chairman, and we can then tell thein at least, that we have done something. And if the measure should fail to give relief, (ihough I am sure it will not.) even then, sir, we can have it to say, that we have done the be.U we could. The gentleman from Cawell says, he 'cannot the legislate the people out of deb'; hut that by passjng this bill, we shall cre ate a debt in the State with worthless shin plasters, which instead of giving relief to the people, will cause their sons and daugh ters to lie down in want. Now, sir, if we cannot legislate the people out of debt, we can help them to get out, by giving at leasi temporary relief. And so far from this scheme causing our sons and daughters to lie down in want, many a suffei ing crea ture will be enabled to retire to their quiet reoose with appetites satisfied. Sir, shall we not try lo extricate the people lrom their present embarrassments? 'I hey are looking, sir, with an anxious eye to the General Assembly for something to be done for them. Let us then, shew a will ing mind at least to helD them. Mr. Chairman, my friend from Caswell, sranos in my estimation as one-of Wortl Carolina's most talented and most worth; ons, and I regret to have to differ with him on a question so important as the one lore this body. But, it does seem to me, sir, that he is, in the present instance, rath er too nice about the constitution. When we attempt to propose any thing for the people, all become alarmed for fear it will interfere with the constitution. But if a B ink charter was asked for, for the mo neyed aristocracy of the land, I think it would be apt to be like it has been in past Le gislatures of this State the constitution would not be scrutinized so closely. And as for a State debt so much harped upon, we find them always ready to create debts lor extravagant schemes of Internal Im provement, and then call on the General Government to pay them. But, sir, the bill on your table does not propose to cre ate a debt. The income to the State wouhl would enable her to defray the expenses oi the scheme; and therefore could not be a burthen on the people, but would afford re iicf. But this measure if it should fail, will be under the control of the Legislature, who can repeal it at any time. If it is not perfect, I call upon Senators of both parties! to come lorward and help to make it perfect; to put their shoulders to the wheel, Hercules like, and do the best they can. I hope, sir, the bill will pass. Charge of polygamy. We learn from the Q jincy Patriot, that Reverend John Gregory, who was elected last week Rep resentative from that town to the Massa chuseits General Court, was, on Friday last, on the complaint of Thos. Drake, of that place, in behalf of the Commonwealth, brought before John J. Clark, esq. of Rox bury, charged with the crime of polygamy. Several witnesses were examined,-the re sult ol which was to place the accused indi vidual under bonds of one thousand dollars for his appearance at the December term of the uourtol Common Fleas at Dedham. -?:- The woman who married the woman. The Albany N.Y. Atlas says: We men tioned yesterday that a woman dressed in the disguise of a man, was arrested for mar rying a woman named Mrs. McDonnel. Strange as this may appear, it is true. She has wore the trowsers, coat, hat, boots, and all for some years past, aud has worked at the tinsmith trade in town for a long peri od, "on her own hook;" carrying a budget on her back, with all the utensils necessary for mending old pots and kettles. ll is also staled on very good authority, that she voted the whig ticket, in the eighth ward, at the late election. She has passed under ihe notorious and unfortunate cog nomen of John Smith, and married by the Kev. Mr. Stilwell, minister of the North Methodist church, some four weeks since, to a Mis. McDonnell, a widow lady, moth er to a chubby-cheek boy in trowsers. i hey lived together as man and wife since then; but Mr. Smith on all occasions went to bed with his trowsers on. Mrs. Smith, for this was her name by mciriage, was dissatisfied with the matri monial state, and complained to a friend of her's, Michael McGuire, that her husband, to use her own language, "didn't do the thing that was right." Mr. McGuire, from the conversation, was led to believe that there was a mystery about the affair, and protested that he would ferret it out. A day or two subsequent to this, Mr. John Smith called at Mc's house, and en- atiired "any pots or kettles to mend! "Divil a one," said Mike; 'come in, my lad, I've a word to say to yourself." In walked John Smith, and Mike eved the gentleman very sharp. "A pretty trick ye have been playin, isn't it, madam," ex claimed Mike, with a shrewd shake with his left eye. 'Madam! don't madam me," roared Smith, greatly excited. "Yes, 1 will," said Mike, in an angry tone, "and I'll know whether you are or not;" at this moment Mike seized hold of John Smith, and tore his coat, vest, and , saw to his great surprise that Mr Smith was indeed a woman! These are the facts that led to the arrest There is no law on the statute, however, which covers the offence, and yesterday she was discharged from custody Connubial hooks and eyes. Amelia Simcox, in a letter to a Western editor, unbosoms her wrongs as follows: "I mar ripd Simcox eight years ago, at which time my gowns were fastened by eight hooks and eyes. Now, sir, you will readi ly conceive that no woman can completely hook-and-eye herself. Whilst a spinster, -he obtains the aid of her sister, cousin, mother, or Betty, the maid. When sh becomes a married woman, the hook-and- "ve duty naturally devolves upon the hus band. For the first year of my marriage, Simcox, like an affectionate husband, hooked-and-eyed the whole eight; the sec ond year he somewhat peevishly restricted his attention to seven; the third to six; in fourth to five; the fifth to four; and so on decreasing, until this morning, the anni versary of the eitgth wedding day when you would have supposed him possessed by ihe dearest and fondest recollections, he dropped another hook-and-eye, intimating to me that for the term of his natural life he should restrict himself to one the hook-and-eye at the top. As I know, Mr Editor, you have a crowd of female read ers, I thought it a duty 1 owed to myself to warn them, through the medium of your columns, of the craftiness, and I must say it the selfishness of man They will, I hope, take warning by my condition, and ere they ent r into matrimony, stipulate lor a due performance of toilette attentions on the part of their husbands. Whilst in our pride, we women remember that mar riage has its bonds, let not the men forget (hat it has also its hooks-and-eyes. ft singular occurrence. A remarkable instance of sagacity in a dog is mentioned by a correspondent of the Richmond Whig, as follows: "Some time last spring, a gen tleman by the name of Branch left Ca-Ira, in Cumberland county, Va. for Missouri, and carried with him a hound dog. Soon after Mr. B. reached Missouri, he died: and, strange to tell, the dog left Missouri aud reached Ca-Ira some short lime past the distance b- ing one thousand miles or more. -:5:- How to cure Sprains, Cuts, and Brui ses. ror a biuise. foment the part as quickly as possible, with very hot water, wbich will remove pain, and prevent dis coloration and stiffness. It has the same effect if applied after a blow. Bruises re quire the same rest as sprains. They heal with the greatest ease in a strong constitu tion; but often produce serious consequen ces in beer drinkers, or persons of intem perate habits. A pinch, or the fingers crushed, a from a pair of tongs, or hastily shutting a draw er, or door, or a garden gate, may be im mediately relieved by plunging the part into hot water, which will also prevent the nails turning black. In short, this simple application is preferable to the stimulative frictions usually employed. Sprains, instead of being rubbed with embrocation, which is the general remedy, require rest, by placing the sprained limb in an elevated position, fomentation with hot water, for at least half an hour, will soothe the pain and abate the swelling; and the part should then be gently rubbed, and supported by the application of a flannel roller. The invalid should lie down, but have the sprained limb raised upon a pil low, higher than ihe rest ol the body, so as to diminish the flow of blood to the disea sed part. Should the sprain, however, be severe, surgical advice ought to be obtain ed immediately. In some cases, after the fomentation, the pain may be relieved by rubbing with equal parts of spirits of cam phor, distilled vinegar and turpentine mix ed; or with soap liniment, (opodeldoc.) Cuts require very simple management indeed more simple than they usually re ceive. A deep cut is rarely so trouble some as a moderately deep one; hence, the alarm often felt at a gash,' as a deep cut is called, is groundless. The bleeding should be 'snatched' say with the nap from off a hat, or cobweb; but if the blood flow pro fusely, surgical aid should be obtained. Y hen the bleeding is not great, the cut should be allowed to bleed for a short time; the divided edges of the cut should be sponged with cold water, and pressed to gether; a piece of lint dipped in cold water, should be bound over the cut, and in two days the lint and bandage may be remov ed, when the edges will have closely ad hered, and the wound is healed. A cut with a sharp knife, although it may bleed more than if made with a blunt instrument, it is less troublesome; for the edges of the window will adhere sooner. Instead of a bandage, adhesive plaster, or 'strapping.' is sometimes used for keeping the edges of the cut together. 1 he moist surface of the inside of an egg will adhere to a cut, and heal it. Washerwomen, if their fingers be cut, may have the wound irritated by soap or soda, or inflamed by blue, a substance of extreme acridity. When the hands have suffered much lrom the use of soap, soda, or potash, and water has proved an insuffi cient remedy, apply a liitle sweet oil. Cooks, in skewering 'high game should beware lest any of the putresent juice pen etrate a cut finger, when it will cause much irritation; to be relieved by sponging with warm water. The danger of cutting Corns so closely as to cause them to bleed, is great; for if the corn adheie to ti e pans beneath the skin, they are often wounded, and may ex cite serious mischief The bleeding may bestopped by the nap scraped fiom off a hat, or by lint dipped in cold water; the foot being supported, for a time, in an up right position. Injuries sometimes arise from cutting the nails to the quick, when ihe bleeding should be stopped as above, and it may be requisite to apply a poultice; and iffungu form, to touch it with blue stone, or other caustic. Cuts by Snaving should have the bleed ing stopped by hat nap, or gold-beater's kin. A very small piece of nitre, dissol ved in water, and applied to the face, af ter shaving, will remove any unpleasant sensations; though the first application may be somewhat painful. (QThere is a petition in bankruptcy, in Massachusetts, in which the assets of ihe bankrupt are named at SI. 889,018. Amonghedebtsisoneof $300,000 to Ba ring. Brothers, & Co., of London. The decree of bankruptcy is opposed by able counsel here, on behalf of certain foreign houses. Boston Daily Advertiser. The Latest Defaulter. The New York Journal of Commerce says: "The fears which have been en'ertained since Edward H. Nicholl, the late secretary of ihe Life Insurance and Trust Company, fled, are realized. The investigations have brought to light the fact, that he has feloni ously appropriated to his own use large sums of money belonging to the company. How large the amount is, it is impossible to say as yet. At a meeting ol the compa ny yesterday, it was resolved 'that any loss which the company may sustain, will not impair it capital, nor exceed the. sum. oft wo hundrc land forty thousand dollars'. It is said he has gone to Europe." .:- The Philadelphia United States Ga zette says the interests on the 5 per cent, bends of the State of Tennessee, which be-" came due on Tuesday last, was promptly paid at the Philadelphia Bank. The Ga ze'te adds: "And, on inquiry, we learned further, that the interest has at all times, been promptly met. We mention this, because hitherto there seems not to have been full justice done to Tennessee for her promptnes in redeeming her pledge word, and sustaining the honor of that sovereign ty behind which some of the States have shielded themselves." From the New England Farmer. The white Jish xi remedy for Poison. In a communication in the New England Farmer a few months ago, I endeavored to call public attention to the White Ash. Whether any person had' been induced to try experiments with it, I am not inform ed but I have extended my inquiries, and obtained many important facts. I lately conversed wiih a Baptist minis ter who travels much in Virginia and North Carolina. He assured me that ma ny people in these States well knew that the rattle snake and mocasin snake have ihe utmost dread of the While Ash, and that it will cure those who are bitten by these snakes He related many facts pro ving tha persons had been cured when the effects of the poison had rendered them helpless, so that others had to apply the remfdy. The bark or leaves is chewed and juice swallowed, and also applied to the wound; or if there is time, a ie , may be made of the bark or leaves and drank freely, and also used externally. I have obtained other proofs of its effica cy in curing the bite of serpents, and of its preventing their biting. 1 am now confi dent that many in all parts of our country have some knowledge of its virtues; and it seems surprising that thy have not been more regarded by our physicians In sev eral medical works the subject is mention ed; but I have found no physician or botan ist who has devoted much attention to it. One in Lowell and one in Boston have pro mised to prepare medicines from the White Ash, and to use them when they have an opportunity. wfi Important Invention. We have been much interested in the effects of a small instrument having the appearance of a child's whistle, but pe forming the office of inflating and distending the lungs, and giving them a healthy action. It almost performs miracles A friend w ho has just returned from Philadelphia, and who has used one of these little lubes for a fortnight, measures about four inches more around the chest than when he commenced its use; his voice is fuller and stronger, and there i every indication of permanent improve ment. This important little agent of re moving consumption is formed on very simple piinciples; th patient breathes en tirely through a tube for four or five min utes, inhaling th-.- air through one aperture, and exhaling it through a smaller aperture, thus retaining one quarter of each inspiia lion, w hicH tends to expand the lungs. This instrument is the invention of Dr. J. S. Rose, of Philadelphia, a man of great talents, who makes that wide spread dis ease, consumption, his sole study, and who, if his directions are tot lo wed, promi ses almost to banish from the land this bale ful and inveterate foe of human life. He has written a teatise on consumption which all who have weak lungs should procure and lead. )