SATURDAY, APRIL 82, IS43.
FOR CONGRESS,
A. II. AUUINGTOIV.
(fJVVe have had a considerable freshet
in Tar River, covering most of the low
grounds and throwing our farmers far b'ck
again in their spring business. The papers
in every diiection, complain heavily of the
immense destruction of property by fresh
ets, and in some cases loss of life.
The weather was unusually cold the be
ginning of this week, and particles of snow
were seen; the gardens and fruit tiees were
somewhat injured.
From the Washington Republican.
ffyWe observe that the Committee ap
pointed by the late Whig Convention to
'prepare an Address to the Whigs of the
8th Congressional District assert that the
Democrats carried the District in 1842, in
consequence of the "apathy" of the Whig;
and they state our majority to be only
We do not complain because the Address
is calculated to deceive the people; but,
nevertheless, we contend that the public
have a right to be correctly informed on
the subject. With this view we publish
the following official vote at the last Guber
natorial election:
Morehead
Henri
5)3
161
379
106
5S
Beaufort,
Edgecombe
'Hyde,
Pitt,
Tyrrell,
Washington,
Old district,
' Greene,
Craven,
..Carteret,
Nash,
b?etv portion,
750
74
57e
283
364
2,430 2,482
274
5-49
2S4
80
195
656
212
765
1,187
2,430
1,S61
2.482
Total,
3,617 4,343
Democratic majority, 726.
The above table exhibits the true vote
'.of 1842. At the Presidential election in
1840 the Whigs carried every thing by
storm with log-cabins, gourds, 'coon-
:,6kins, red pepper, cider barrels, &c. &c.
'But this was no test of th? sfeng'h of nar
ties, for it was well known that Mr. Van
Buren wis defeated before the election in
this Slate took place. At 'he Governor's
election in IM2 the Democrats carried the
old portion of the district by 52 majority
and the ten countie", now composing the
8th district, by a majority of 726 votes, and
not 659, as stated in the Whig Address
This was done, too, under every disadvan
tage on the part of the Democrats; for
Governor Morehead visited this portion
of the State and made several speeches
when he should have bpen in the vet to
meet his opponent. Mr. Henry, it is well
known, was prevented from visiting the'
fjasi. un aceuuiii 01 newness; ann in auni
tion to this, just "on the eve of the election,
the Raleigh Register stated a gross false
hood that he had"withdrawn from the con
test," which w is atao copied in'o the Whig
"organ of this town, and the Federal sheets
throughout the State. Thi- prevented ma
ny voters who had become disgusted with
the notorious deceptions that were practi
sed upon them, from casting their suffiag' s
for the Democratic candidate, which they
otherwise wouloV have done.
T-- r i ...
From the Washington Republican.
(ySince the Democratic Convention
was held in this place, the Bank organ here
has been continually harping about "Edge
combe dictation. " The charge was so
stale and absurd, that we had concluded not
to notice it. But as the Whigs are so defi
cient in slang, their favorite weapon, to
bring against the Democrats, as to have to
ise a thing so puerile as this, it mav not be
amiss to state its origin. An old gemle
man at our elbow give us the informaiio,,.
In the warm political coolest between old
Adams and Thos. Jefferson, the federalists
tere much excited aganust E Igecomhe, be
cause they couid make no breach in her
ranks, anl heuce cried out dictation, dicta
tion. J he federal party h;is, from that day
to this, continued to use this false slang.
So far from Edgecombe h aving dictated
in the matter, we know full vvell that the
reverse is the case. Edgecome presented
no candidate. Nor did she desire lo pre
sent any. But we will not dwell in our
remarks. We annex an extract from a
piivate letter addiessed to us, by a Dele
gate 4 f the late Democratic. Couventiun
held in this town:
-lsee the North State Whig is trying
to fan the embers of dissention in our par
ly and make capital out of our personal
pifcfercaces. TU the beat evidence of his
i ,t 1 r
their family marks one of the house hold
words applied to their President and lead-
m i. j i!flrv l '. -
ers. uetnorrais may timer aooui persons,
but our principles are all the same, and any
of our ranks, though not of our first choice,
can be safely trusted without the suspicion
of 'treachery.'
"His attcmnt to nreach ud 'Edgecombe
dictation is another small matter petty
trick existing only in his imagin dion.
You know i he nomination of Mr Airing-
ton received in our Convention, its first
and strongest support from Craven Kdge-
combe acquiescing last, and reluctantly in
t him on first billot. But
now. having received the nomination, tic
Democracy will rally to the polls, and sup
port the man of our principles, without the
fear of 'treachery,' which seems to naunt
the movement of the Whigs "
DEMOCRATIC MEETING MAR
TIN COUNTY.
A Democratic meeting was held in
Martin county, at the a url-house in W'il
liamston, on Tuesday, 11th April, 1843,
when Liwrence Cherry, esq, was called
o the chair, and A. H. Collield appointed
Secretary'.
A committee of three, appointed by the
chair to wit: Col. Asa Biggs Dr. vv m. S
Woodard, and Col. Jos. li. Carraway, re
ported the following resolutions for the
consideration of the meeting, and which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
meeting it improper that a Democratic Dis
trict Convention be held at some suitable
lime and place, to nominate a candidate of
Democratic principles lor the next Con
gress, tor the ninth District.
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting be authorised to appoint five Del
eg Ues to lepresent this county in such con
vent'On. Resolved, That this meeting will cheer
fully support the nominee of a Democratic
District Convention, as we believe no one
will be selected by ourpatty in convention
who is not of the true Democratic faith.
The chairman appointed as Delegates,
Dr. Abner Williams, Col Asa Biggs, Ar
thur S. Cotten, E-q , Laurence Johnston
and Pierce W. Yarrell.
For the purp se of giving no' ice to the
other counties in I he ninth Congressional
District, that we are ready to co-operate
witlj our Democratic brethren,
On motion Resolved, That the proceed
ings of this meeting be published by re
quest in the Washington Republican and
N. C. Standard. The meeting then ad
journed.
LAWRENCE CHERRY, Ch n.
A. H. Coftield, Sec'y.
Fire in Newbern. Yesterday's mail
from Newbern, brought intelligence that a
destructive fire occurred in that town on
Tuesday. The fire originated in the Wade
Steam Mill, owned by Jno. Blackwell,
Esq. at hdf pat 10 o'clock, A. M raged
till about 10 P. M , and destroyed about
one iniM'irn nouses, muii's, warenouses,
1 1 1 I . ... L.
Sic. IVash. Whig.
William H. Foulkener. We under
stand that this scoundrel, who murdered
young Bledsoe, fled to Virginia, and mar
ried a second wife, leaving one with five
children behind, and who was recently ar
rete I in Virginia, was tried last week at
Louisburg. for he Murder, and convicted
of Manslaughter. Rat. Reg.
Shocking Murder. The painful intel
licence reached here a few days auo. that !
-7 - . . '
Mr. vVilliam Foster, of Louisburg, was
shockingly murdered in Jackson county,
Geo , on the 5 li instant, by some of his
own negroes while on their way to Alaba
ma. He had forty or fifty in Company,
but only five or six are supposed to have
bpen concerned in the murder, one of
whom entered his tent wh-n he was asleep,
and perpretated the foul deed. They
were aneed, and will no doubt soon have
t pay for this drea Iful crime on the gd-
lovvs. Mr. Fos'er has let I an interesting
family to deplore his premature death.
lit 1 feign a car.
(TFrom a Mobile paper sent to this
office, wilh sorrow, we extract an account
of the death of Maj. James B. Rinsom.
He wa shot by the accidental discharge of
his own gun, at the Waco village, in Tex
as, whither lie had gone with other com
missioners 10 neat with the Indians -Ma
jor Ransom was a native ol this county but
had moved from it about 15 sears ago, and
was ; ( iuzen of Texas for the last 6 or S
ears; h was both active and useful he
was private Secretary o President Lamar
during his term of .-erviee and contributed
not a little to th popularity of his admin
istrati.xi. He w;ts afterward Major in the
army and stood high in ihe estimation of
his brother officers. Amiable in his dis
position, accomplished in his manners
his intellect cultivated and his fancy vivid,
he endeared himself to all he associated
With. He died in the. 40di year of his
age, and but a shott time before he had
promised t' visit once more his aged moth
er and fiieuds in the land of his birth.
Worrenton Reporter.
fJJThe Elizabeth City Old North State
complains that several Northern vessel.
loaded with ice are now in the narrows
near that place, for the purpose of taking
shad, which, when caught, are packed in
OWn WCaK caus. -i u-aiin i) I uin; ui
ice and shipped to the north, to the ruin of
1he fisheries on the Albemarier sounu.
Our Legislature at its last session adopted
measures to preserve the terrapins in Pam
lico Sound, and now, it appears, the Nor
therners are Turning our shad fishery.
Lonerevitu. A negro mart, named Jo
seph, belonging to Mr Richard Wilder, of
this county, died on atuniay lasi, ageu une
hundred and eighteen years, ne was
one of the witnesses of the Revolution, and
was nresent at the burning of Norfolk. .o
seph's wife is yet living, and is one hun
dred and sixteen years old. They had
lived together seventy-eight years.
Edenlon Sentinel.
Hard to beat. In an adjoining county,
there is a man between 80 and 90 years of
age, who never was known to insult, or
speak ill of any person whatever, neither
has any person ever spoken in, or inten
tionally i-insulted him; he never was sued,
warranted, or indicted; in fact, he has ne
ver been plaintiff, defendant, or witness in
my case; never was but once over 30 miles
from home, and yet, he is as active, per
haps more so, than persons are at that ag";
has from his infancy enjoyed excellent
health, never having had occasion to take a
dose of medicine, which is unusual in our
section of country. Wilmington Mes.
New York Election. The recent elec
tion for Mayor and Common Council of
the city of New York, resulted in favor ol
the Democracy. Morris, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, was elected by a
majority of aboul "6000 and the Common
Council stands S Whigs to 26 Democrats.
Last year the Whigs had a majority of 4,
in the Common Council.
Commander Mackenzie. The friends
of this noble minded officer the friends of
our gallant navy and its discipline all
who have the honor of the service and the
haracter of the country at heart; will re-
jjoice to learn that Commander Mackenzie
has been fully and honorably acquitted by
the Court Martial of every charge preler-
red against him on the late trial respecting
the mutiny on board the Corners, and that
the decision of the Court has been approv
ed by the President. Ar. Y. Com.
Exchanges. The New York Sun says:
No better evidence can be had of the con
dition of trade, thin the present state of
the exchanges. There are a great number
of points where exchange on New York
has always been at a high premium, that
are now selling at a discount. For in
stance, exchange on New York in New Or
leans is now celling at two per cent, dis
count. In Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky,
where exchange has heretofore averaged
from three to five per cent, premium, it is
now selling at par and one per cent. disc.
i !:
Foreign Coin. We understand that at
several northern cities, the fractions of a
tnllii in f r ro i it n rrin !r ithl I'ptoftpd Pn
jViwi.rai III Ji -'6t1" " .v..w. - -
.- i .1 1 . . , ,1 ir
the Spanih money is received at all, it i
at 23 cents for the quarter dollar; 10 cents
for the I2i cent piece, & 5 cents for the 6.
Money Market. The late news front
England announced an important fact,
which is des'ined to exert a great influence
upon the destinies of New York, in rela
tion to it trade with the great West. We
le'er to the modification of the English
corn laws in relation to the United States,
so far as to admit the grain of United
SiaiP.' urnwih into Canada at a fixed nomi
tv
nal duly of 3s. currency per quarter, 01 7
cents per bushel. Ihe motive for this
measure in England is undoubtedly to test
how far the United States are capable of
affording a steady supply of the articles of
agricultural consumption. Many English
statesmen were misled by the effect of the
paper system prior to 1837, which so far
impoverished the country in the midst of
seeming prosperity, that large quantities
of wheal were imported into New Yoik
fiom England. This led them to suppose
that the United States were subject to oc
casional scarcity, like other countries. The
effect of the new tariff will be to draw
through Canada and the St. Lawrence, in
British bottoms, the whole produce of the
great West, at the expense of New York
and New England. English goods arriv
ing in the St. Lawrence in British bot
toms, in return for free United States pro
duce, will inevitably paas duty fiee into
all the Western ports, in spite of all thej
steam cutters that the sapient Secretary
will choose to send. The oppressive duty j
of the present tariff operates as a bounty to
liveit the trade from the Hudson to the
St. Lawrence, notwithstanding the natural
disadvantages of the latter channel.
N. Y. Herald
(tjIt is stated that quantities of pork.
bacon, and lard, to the value of 500,000,
were put up at Cincinnati this winter fur
the English and French markets, now foi
he first time, opened to this description of
Amercan produce.
Millerism. The wags are making mer
ry at Millerism. Since the appearance ol
the "Midnight Cry," one editor announces
that he has in addition received a copy ot
the "Noonday Howl," and the "Morning
Veil," and a paper has just made its appear
ance in this city called the "Vial of Wrath
and Junk Botth of Destruction." It con-
tarns large number of prints, and amnngt J
others, the description of the beast of Dan
iel, with seven heads and ten horns, toge
ther with a chronological calculation as
reasonable as Miller's, and quite as fanci
ful. It is as follows: -
The beast had seven heads and ten horns
on each head, which makes 70 horns, an
swering to the 70 weeks of Daniel. Now
the tail of thi besst was 666 feet long,
which is ihe number of the beast. Multi
ply this by ? and it makes 4662, which was
Ihe age of the world when the first anti
chris'ian Pope began to reign. Now tie
up the beast's tail into three knots, and it
will shorten it to 614 feet 4 inches, which,
being multiplied by 3, the number of
knots, gives 1843 exactly the year in
which the world will be burnt up. But
there is another remarkable coincidence
Martin Luther wore boots with tacks in
the soles: just 263 nails in both boots,
which being multiplied b' the seven heads,
gives 1841 throw in the two boots, which
correspond to Miller and Hiuves, and it
gives 1S43. N. Y. Express.
r$:-
(JJThere was ice formed at St. Augus
tine, Florida on the 24th of March, of one
eighth of an inch thickness. The latitude
of that place if we mistake not gretly, is
29 4S At all events, such a degive of
cold in that part of iIvj territory, is unpre
cedented at this s as in of the year.
The H-ickley grant of ten millions'
(teres in Florida David Hoffman and
Charles F. Mayer, of Baltimore, as coun
sel for the heirs of the late Richard S.
Hackley, who purchased from the Duke of
Al igor 10,000,000 aeres of land in East
Florida while that territory belonged to
Spiin, "notify and admonish all persons
whitever, that all the lands, lWginhing at
the mouth of the river imanura, or A
waxura, where it entere the sea, and run
ning along tiie right bank of said river to
its head thence by a right line to thej
nearest point of the river St. John, ascen
ding that river along the left bank of it to
the lake Macaco, and from the most sou
thern extremity of said lake to the head
spring ofthr river Hipuns, or Hynholos,
along its right bank to its mouth in the sea,
and then continuing along the coast of the
sea, back again to the mouth of the river
ri 'munura, the place of beginning, togeth
er with all the Islands adjacent to said sea
boundary,' are the property of the heirs &
representatives of the said Richard S.
Hackley, and as such will be maintained
against all pers6hs whatever; and hereby
notifying all such persons as may be dispo
sed to settle, -or to pjrchse. within saidl
limits, that no sure legal and valid title cat?
be conferred by the Government of the
United States, until the same shall be legal
ly abjudicated in their favor, which, as
said heirs are confidently advised, is never
probable to take place."
Florida An expedition to the south
ern part of the territory lately returned to
St. Augustine. They went some distance
south of Jupiter inlet. They represjnt
the land as very rich. rost nas never
been known, as potatoes, sugar cane, and
peas pi m ed by the Indians, are as green
and its fresh as they generally are m the
month of Jure or July. As proof of the
richness of the soil these geullem'en
brought samples of sugar cane, found grow
ing in the Indian old fields, measuring from
six and a half to seven inches in circumfer
ence. I hese staiRs ot cane are represent
ed to average fiom twenty to twenty-two
feet in length and filled with juice of supe-
ioi quaht)
J heartless Villain. Scarcely a day
passes, sys the N. Y. True Sun, in
which we do not hear of some awful out
rage of the Divine and human law. Seduc
tion, murder, and other crimes stalk
through Ihe land, and each new tale seems
more dreadful than the last.
A few months since, a fiend in human
form, and catted a merchant, in Pearl
street, became acquainted with a young!,,,, . . , r.
1 - .- . b : . .
lyn, and was afterwards received as her
avowed suitor. She was an only child.
Her mother dead The villain ruined
her; and when her father discovered her
situation, he went to the young man, and
with tear.-, besought him to maki; the only
possible reparation to. marry the girl;
offering him at the same time ten thousand
dollars to put him into business.
The young scoundrel refu?ed to have
any thing more to do with his victim, and
told the broken hearted old man 'that he
was not to be hired to mairy a prostitute.'
The old gentleman, being too feeble to in
sit upon justice, or take revenge, the sedu
cer e.-caped punishment and still moves
among men. The old gentleman is worth
property to the amount of fifty thousand
dollars, and has left his home with his
daughter, and gone, his friends know not
whither.
From Europe The packet hip Soutl
America arrived at New York, brings Liv
erpool dates to the 7th .March. No mate
rial change had occurred in the markets.
The English papers give appalling ac
counts of the burning ofa theatre in St. Pe
tersburg, Russia, by which three hundred
lives were lost, having perished in the
flames!
Petersburg Market, 1pril 1 0. CoMon
dull cah sales range from 54 to Q.Int.
Washington Market.tfpril 20. Corn
wholesale, 3 a 553 10 per barrel. Bacon
16 cents. Lard, 6 to 7 cents. Naval stores.
New dip, $1 85; Oldj $1 80. Scrape,
70.cents. Rep.
Jit Tarborough and jX'eio York.
APR. 22. per Tarhord. New York
llacon, - lb 7 8 4 5
brandy, apple, gallon 30 50 40 50
Coffee, - lb 13 16 9 13
Corn, - bushel 60 ' 65 47 52
Cotton, lb 6,7 6 8
Cotton bagging, yard 20 25 15 16
Flour, - barre $5 5J $5 5$
Iron, lb 5 6 3 4
Lard, - lb 7 8 7 10
Molasses, - gallon 30 35 18 20
Sdgar, brown, lb 8 10 6 9
Salt, T. 1. - bushel 50 55 32 33
Turpentine, barrel 150 160 225 238
wheat, - bushel 65 75 120 130
whiskey, - gallon 35 40 20 25
Edmund D. Jlacnair,
Attorney at Lau,
TAM3011O N C.
April 18, 184 i.
16
i of d H-H Mi
Cash Store at Zlocky Hount9
NASH COUNTY, X. C.
fflUK Mib-Cnber b gs leave to inform
the cili ns t,i Nst, Hm Ivlgecombe
counties and the public gem-rally, that
he has jui op ned
A new Cheap Cali Store,
At R.icky M iu it, (where U. Hnn, Eq.
formerly did hutncs,) where he i pie
pared, ready and willing-, to w.iii upon all
thn-e who may have the tundi.ess to fa
Vur him with their cu-tom His Stock
'Consists of a
Han dsome Jlss'irlm pu t of fa neij fy staph
DRY (OOIS,
Hardware Cutlery, Sc.
rockery, ('him, and (ilas wares Boots
j
and Shoes in crreat variety Leather, shde
thread, &c. B aver. Rosia, rabbit, and
c jssimere Hats, of the lattst s-tyle. Y'il
luv, straw andsi'k Bonnets, mnst beau
tiful article. Together with a genera) a
S Mtment of GlUVCKKIF.S, consisting of
molase, sugar, 'coffee iron, powder nnd
sho.t, &c "ploughs, plough points, Weeding
hot-s, nails, spades, trace chains, &c &c.
Ladies and 0 emlenven are respectfully
invited to call and examine for themselves,
as he charges nothing for looking.
J C KNIGHT.
Rockv Mount. March 2 1st, 1843.
The Store at his residener, recent
ly known hy the name of Tradesville,
wiH iho be continued hy the nb cribor.
J. C. K.
Vo all ihe. world who use Leather in any
form.
Oil of Tartnin)
Or, Leather Restorer.
A NEW CHEMICAL DISCOVERY
jjjDS T people know, itiat Skins and
Hides ate converted into Leather
hy the use of Tannin extracted from cer
tain barks,
When the force and strength of the
Tannin is worn out, leather becomes
dead, hard, dry, bri'ife, cracked, covered
wilh a crust, yc. Tilts ALL KNOW.
To restore 1 iieii lift, softness, moistntss,
strength, smoothness, and remove all
rusts, lly, or hlister restore the tannin.
riiis substance the leather never can re-
'reive the second time; but ihe whole vir
tues "f it are in Ibis article, THE OIL
0 TAjYJ IJV which penetrates the stiff-
with tin
Uli the ringers. 11 iinnans at once a
strength thai is utterly incredible until
s en. It becomes like ntw Itatfur, in all
respects, vvnh a delightful softness and
polish, and makes all leather cnmpletrly
atid perfectly impervious lo water partic
ularly boots, shoes, carriage tops, har
ness hose, trunks, and in lad ult things
.made of leather, giving a splendid polish,
even higher than new leather has, and at
least doubling its wear and durability, in
whatever manner ihe leather is used
These are Facts.
Thoe wlia will wear old shoes, groan
with corns, ride with old carriage lops
have old harness and throw ihem away
half used look filthy themselves, and all
about them expend double what is ne
cessary f.r articles of leather, to their
beans' comem, for w hat we c are, if their
prudices are $11 strong ihey will not try
a new disc.ovjey. We have no favors to
ask of them, they are the greatest snffer
erf, and we beg for nobody's custom or
patronage. iow, gentlemen, please your
selves. CTNone genuine unless with the fac
simile signature of ('omstock Co.
Fov sale in Tarboro' by Geo. Howard
in Washington, by Dr. F. Gallagher
in Raleigh by Dr. N. L. Stilh.
April 8, 1843.