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Tarborough, ( Edgecombe County, JV C.J Saturday, May 13, 1843
Z7c Tarborough Press,
BY GEOHiiE HOWARD,
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From the Charleston Courier.
SOLILOQUY.
The :times are tight, the times are tight.
Had government madetem so;
The tiiiiestare tight, ay, woise than tight,
What shall we traders do?
Our hats are worn, our co us are torn,
And out our elbows run;
Of skirts hereft. our seats at e left
Uncovered lo the sun.
Our pants of blue have lost their hue,
And grown as slick as tar;
Ourshiits have fled both tail and head,
Anil collar now we wear.
Old woollen socks that hide our hocks,
The rents we grieve to see;
0! cursed sight.these times arc tight,
They're tight beyond deg'ee.
0! blessed boots, that from the roots
Did once protect our toes,
Now out they creep, to take a peep,
And off our toe-nail goes.
We dance awhile, a id then we smile
Till memory brings to mind
The day that's passed, when boots &. us
Were of abetter kind.
Unless things mend there'll be an end
To all things here below;
A long black shirt, to hide the dirt,
Will soon be all the go.
May looseness come like ped of drum,
May perfect looseness reign;
And things relax like melted wax,
And ease the trader's pain.
A BROKEN Ttt DER.
From the Raleigh Register.
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
The Baptist State Convention of N
Carolina has lor several years greatly felt
the need of an active ageni to be in the
field all the time, and its interests have
greatly suffered for the want of such an
agent. 1 have once been appointed, and
as; un been jtrongly soliciied to become
its agent ; but circumstances, over which I
had no control, forbid my accepting it.
0Now I will propose to the Baptist
Denomination in this Stale and its friends,
that if they will contribute a sum of money
sufficient to pay for the new Baptist Church
in this City, and to redeem me from my
just and honest debts, that 1 will regard
myself as belonging to the Denomination,
and hereby pledge myself to S'.-rve its in
terests in whatever way the Convention
may direct, all the days of my life, without
further compensation.
I am influenced to this proposition from
two considerations.
First, from a sincere desire to save the
church and to pay every man what 1 just
ly owe them.
Secondly, I fed deeply for the ocdit
of die denomination in ihis State, and am
willing, vea. anxious to do all that I can
to promote its prosperity. My coming to
Raleigh in 1839. and building this Church,
was the principal cause of my losing all my
property, and now I am willing, il l can,
losell myself to save it for the denomina
tion. But the inquiry may be, what obli
vion is there on the denomination and its
friends to do this? And what advantage
would it giin if they were to do it?
1 do not propose this plan on the ground
of obligation, nor cm I foretell what ad -
vantage would be gained by it. We are
nowever told in the scripture, that the j
stronger should help to bear the burdens of j
the weaker; and that we should not look
ciy man on his own weahh. but also on i
wealth ol others. I he denomination j anof to )C )aj(i as fa as it would go on such
would hardly Mop to inquire about obliga- L(j cajms as preferred, ami where secu
ion or calculate about advantage, if they J rit monev had been paid for me. 1 had
lad sent me as a M.ssionary to Africa or I to give bond with Rood security, for th.
oUurrnah , and on my voyage across the . Slim.nder of my body in open Court, i,
ocean, I had heen shipwrecked, and barely j,he (jourl uouse ;n K.deiirh. To relievt
-jiog wuii me, hud heon cast upon some
--..-w.v, oiiuic, vvilo every iiuug i nau
0n boar(1 buried hi the great deep, except
JrillilSmty hlo c1n.n .. '. .1 I I I
my wife and five little helpless children,
who now reduced to the extremest pover-
send a leiter back to tell the sad story of
our misfortunes and sorrows, and il is pub
,C,y , e;I( jn a qu. c,urch w h f
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I. V m- , , ecnei
J "tcasir vv un what lervour
would your hearts he Iifled up to God in
prayer tor us! and your contribution
would no doubt flow in abundantly. And
should the sum demanded for my delibcra
li n he ten thousand dollars, the question
with you would nt t be, what obligation
are we under to contribute our funds to re
deem, him from imprisonment? Or what
advantage would it be if we were to do it?
But what is that sum to all our D nomina
tion? Come, my brethren, methinks you
would all exclaim at once, lei us send an
ambassador, and a vessel afier him and his
family forthwith, for he is our brother and
was on our mission.
Now I did not it is true set out on such
a grand ohj -cl as a Missionary to either
Afiica or Burmah, yet I was engaged in
endeavoring to sustain those who went
there to preach the Gospel to the Uc-ilhc.i.
and alsv) to promote the interests of our
Denomination in the State. For twelve
years 1 toilet! in trying to sutain the be
nevolent operations of i he Convention, in
every department wheie my brethren saw
proper to appoint me, only receiving ho
my compensation less than an avcage of
fifty dollars per annum, and that small sum
was given by the different Churches, I ser
ved as pastor; whilst 1 was myell 'contrib
uting, besides my time and travelling ex
penses, more fundi to benevolent objects
i ii.v,v.ih,ii iiuiii i ui; v iiuiciius. i
speak this without vanity or boasting, but
as the truth and God knows it I was cal
led from my engagements at Rocky
Mount, to endeavor to build up an interest
for the Redeemer in the Bapiist Church
here. To do this, a new house of worship
became indispensably necessary. 1 under
took it upon the advice, and with the co
operation of many of our most judicious
brethren. I had to sustain almost alone
the whole burden &. expense of its erection
from beginning to end. About the time
of its completion my misfortunes began.
In the first place 1 had to pay twenty-five
hundred dollars security money. I Ws
twolhousand dollars by Moris Multicaulis
trees. I lost six thousand dollars by the
Wilmington Rail Road I lotne ir a thou
sand dollars at Mobile, Ala. 1 had thiee
thousand dollars due in Florida which
could not be collected I lost near four
thousand dollars by the sale of Propeity in
Raleigh, over a thousand of which was hist
on the adjoining lot to the Church, which!
was improved with a view that all pro
fits should be appropriated to the Church.
In addition to all this, were the advance
payments for the Chun.h 'hat could not be
refu ided.
Having conveyed all my resources to
proper assignees for the benefit of my cre
ditors, 1 went to Wilmington to do the
best I could for the Church, and to engage
in the Commission business, in hope of
recruiting my resources, to enable me to
sati-fy any demands that might rem on un
paid. Although I was prostrated by adver
sity so that I had not a dollar of my own
to bear my expenses in going there, yei a
king providence and kind friends encouia
ged me. As Pastor of the Church I had
the pleasure of baptizing over a hundred
happy converts, more than doubling the
Church in one year. As Commission
Merchant I had considerable business to
transact, and flattered myself that, it would
not be long, before I would be able to
meet all just demands against me, so that 1
might devote myself exclusively 'o the
great work of preaching the Gospel of
Christ to my dying fellow men. How sad
ly disappointed were my expectations, for
about a month ago, I was sui prised with
an arrest by the Sheriff of New Hanover
on a writ called a Ca. Sa. is-ued upon an
old claim due to a citizen of Raleigh, from
whom I had previously received a prom
ise, that the claim should stand in a judg
ment till I could make it convenient to
pay it off I fell this to be an ungenerous,
and oppressive measure, and considered it
my duty to convey to an assignee, all of
mv little resources, lor me uencnt of those
J ... i i - . ; n " i
ttCierous friends and citizens in Wilming
t,)n wh0 ,a(i 3jded trie in makiig this lit
tie; that they might first be paid what ihcy
loaned me. and sold lo me; and the bal
my securities, I surrendered myself when
the Ca. Ja. was called up on Friday last,
and was forthwith committed by the Judge
to the custody of the Sheriff to be imprison-i
ed. I have thus been torn, by this cruel
aiut barbarous feature of our laws, from i
oursuing a profitable business, engaged in
lor th benefit of my creditors, which
is now closed and suspended. I have been
torn from the holy functions of a Pastor for
God's people, who are now as sheep with
out a Shepherd. I have been torn by this
unfeeling and oppressive act of human
laws, from all the endearments of home,
wife and children; who are by it bereft of
their only earthly dependence for support,
and thrown entirely upon the kindness of
Christian charity for bread, and am separa
ted from them more than a hundred miles,
lobe kept in confinement for at least 'JO
diys. To be able to get released at thai
time, I must do what my very soul revolts
at, that is, to swear that I am not worth ten
dollars. This indeed would be nothing
but the naked truth; but it is so very de
grading and oppressive, that after a man
has suricndered every cent of his propei ty.
and himself besides that he cannot be per
mitted to go and labor for the support fj
Ins family, till he shall shock the whole
sensibilities of his conscientious scruples.'
by taking this shameful and abominable
oath. JNo honorable man can think of
it
wtinout being shocked. It is at
variance
with all the Laws of Goc
and ought to bt
holisfipd from trie laws of man. For
hold it, that if a man is mean enough to
delraud his creditors by withholding mon
ey when he has it. or concealing propert
from the common action of the law, he is
mean enough to swear to a lie. Wen
"here no other persons to be affected by it
but myself, 1 would lay in prison till the
lay of my death, before I would so tie
grade myself before my fellow-men as to
swear it; when it is apparent to every body
who will examine, thai I have given up
every thing that the law can claim in the
shape of properly, without even reserving
one bed, one wheel and cards, one loom,
working tools and arms for muster.
one
bible and testament, one hymn book, and
one prayer book.
Thus am I again thrown upon the world
in a pennyless condition, and it may be
possible, that what little credit 1 had gain
ed, by my persevering efforts to aid me in
my laudable exertions to get out of debt,
will by this entire prostration the second
time, be completely destroyed. Look at
what I have tried to do, my brethren, in
support of the Convention, in building up
and sustaining Wake Forest College, in
the erection of the Church in this City,
where I am not even allowed to go and
vvoiship with God's dear people; and then
look al mv case now
Will you suffer the
talents antl qualifications which Cod has
g-.ven for usefulness to be shut up and rustjsion, and vviih less success than is rarely
away, whilst Ihe cause of our denomination i met w ith. No doubt the consciousness of
is bleed inn al everv no re throughout the I his manv political sins and terniversaiious.
Slate; when it would not cost more than weighed too he .vy on their minds for such 45 m S K b E of ihe termination of the
twenty-five cents to each member of our an attempt. If they had not the manliness ; tail of ihe other, and much brighter, is be
( hurch, to loose these bonds and let the and independence to exp-ess an honesl lieved to be without foundation. Caraccas
captive go free, and to secure a house at opinion about St udy's political course, oriPpers lo the 14 mst. contain a long article
ine Capital of the State for our denomina-l were so hardened as to feel not the blows el dive to the Comet recently observed
tion lo worship in. No, I will not believe!
then arise in your strength, and accede to j
it; my proposition and God will bless it.
When a Convention was held in Baltimore,
in May, 1840, for political purposes, one'
ol the Marshals of the day was killed whilst
serving the body. So great was sympa
thy for his widow and children, that the
sum of near six thousand dollars was im
mediately raised by subscription, and pre
sented as a donation from ihe young men
who composed Ihe Convention. Cannot
will not our denomination spread over
the whole State, owning thousands, yea,
millions upon millions of dollars, out of re
gard lo its ow n character, from sympathy
to one who has fallen in their service, and
from a desire to secure for life an active
agent who will put forth all his energies to
promote their interests? I say will they
not for all these considerations come for -
ward as one man to redeem one of their
brethren from imprisonment and from a
condition worse than slavery itself?
How shall it be done? Let every Minis
ter or deacon read this to all our Churches
and congregations, and then take up a col
lection and subscription, to be paid in one
month, and forward the amount thus raised
to brotln r Daniel Du Pre, of Raleigh, who
is the 'Trustee for the Church. If this
be done promptly as it may be done, there
can be no doubt but the object will be at
tained. And should there be any overplus
let it go into the treasury of the Conven
iion. The brethren need not fear of giv
ing too much on this plan. Therefore let
every one give what the spirit of Divine
love prompts his heart to give and the
work will be done. Should this last ap
peal be disregarded, the Church will no
doubt be lost, the whole denomination
he reproached, and the Lord only knows
what will become of me and my pooi
family.
But the cry of hard times is heard all
iver our land. So might the woman have
sud, when Elijah the prophet told her to
nake him a cake first, when there was on
iy enough she thought, to make a litth
cake for herself and son that they might
eat and die. As Cod increa-ed her ban 1 j
,' of meal and cruse of oil, to Inst llnough all
'be famine, because she gave the prophe
biead, so God can increase jour resouices.
through all the hard limes, if you give to
his servants and to his cause.
May I not hretlueu and fi iends, expect
soon lo heat from the length and bread ih
of our Slate w? will do it. we will do it
Mav God grant it, and all the praise and
glory shall be ascribed to his Holy name.
Your imprisoned brother,
A .1. BAP ILK.
Raleigh, April 10 h, 1K43.
TO THE BAPTIST DENOMINA
TION. Since my appeal to you in behalf of the
New Church in this City h is been made, I
have received such strong remonstrances
from members of the Baptist Church in
Wilmington,- against releasing me from
my engagement to them as Pastor; and al
so such earnest rrnionstranci s from my re
lations and others ;.g oust that pait of my
Communication which proposes to sell
myself for life, that I feel it to be my du
iy lo withdraw that part of my proposi
ion. The appeal will now stand for the pay
ment, of ihe Chinch alone, and ti e over
plus of funds, if any, to go into the Tteas
ury of the Convention.
I wish it distinctly understood that no
part of my first proposition was a begging
dHur for my own inteiest, independent ot
advantages to be gained by the Denomina
tion. No: I am able to support my fami
ly by my labor, and prefer ;o work for it
than have it given to me.
I feel grateful more than I can express,
lor the deep sympathy manifested by the
community in general for me in this se
vere trial; and for thai generous response
to my appeal, which is daily coining in
from every part of the Sta e. May the
Lord most graciously reward all for their
kind feelings, and liberal contributions
shall be the prayer of
A. .1. BATTLE.
Raleigh, April 27, 1843.
From the IVushingion Republican.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Turboro April 25 h, 1843.
Dear Sir: 1 see the Whig Convention
has brought forward Edward Stanly as
their candidate for this Congressional Dis
trict How far the selection was a matter
of choice or necessity with them, admits
of much doubt. But there certainly was
labor and effort wasted in the Convention
to manuf ict ore enthusiasm on the occa-
he has given their rights, I assure you 'tis
not so vvi'h the Whigs of this section. The
Whig vote here is very small; but, small as
it is, h.e cannot command it. They can -
not approve of his Bankrupt vol. s,or his
Tariff n.-tions, and h.s equivocating two -
sided voles on the Abolition question his
support of that incendiary, .1. Q Adams, is
maiked against him; and last, but not.
least, his quarrelsome bullying coutse in
the public councils. These thing have
weight with the Whigs of ibis section, and
they would have preferred another candi
date many ol them will not support him;
those that do, do it as a necessary adhe
rence lo their party. In this town, one
half of the Wings will not vole for him
j They remember his high-handed proserip
I f ive coutse in removing our Post Master,
against the express instructions of our eiti-
lzens, both Whig and Democrats An of
licer who was sustained in the community
in which he lived by both parlies, and no
one then or since in this whole communi
ty, could be found to make the fits'
charge of mismanagement againsr him.
On the contrary, our citizens voluntarily
tendered him their approbation and general
acquittal from any misconduct. Yet Stan
ly, living 50 miles off, with no interest in
the Post Office, assumed the disposition of
it contrary to ihe wishes, interest and feel
ings of our whole people; this wanton out
rage inflicted, loo, by a man who occupied
the place of fheir representative so far
from representing them took particular
pains to misrepresent and did it in such a
way as to add insult to injury. Whether
Stanly's course in this matter was protnpt
ed'by any petty malice against the Post
Mas. er, or to subserve some selfish party j
purpose of his ow n, is not known but it
asone of the only office he could reach
to bestow on some gieedy office seker
and he seemed determined to do it, what
ever wrong it might inflict on this commu
nity. And all this was done against the
positive and written instruction! to him
rom the Whigs of this town. And if
uch is his treatment of his own friends,
Ahat assurance has his friends any where
else, that when it serves his selfish views
they may not be treated with the same dis
respect and disregard lo their inteiest and
right-? He will find when our votes are
counted, that the Edgecombe Whigs are
not so craven ami low xpirild as to be
tiamphd on with impunity then to be
called on to worship the hand lhal smiles
them. Yours, . .
From Ihe N. V. Journal of Commerce.
G ubcrnntorial Rencontre. The Sou thern
mail of Saturday brought a report of
a rencontre between Gov. McDowell of
Virginia, and Guv. Francis Thomas, of
Maryland, at Staunton, VTa. Theie is a
family difficulty b.-tween these persons,
growing out of the separation of Gov. Tho
mas Irom his wife who is the daughter of
(iov. McDowell. The rumour of the ren
contre at Staunton is variously repeated.
The Richmond Star furnishes the following
account :
'We have the particulars fiorw a corres
pondent of a fight thai occurred at Slaun
tou on Tuesday last, between (iov. McDo
well and Governor Thomas, of Maryland'.
Gov. Thomas reached that p c- in th
Valley stage, about 1 1 o'clock, and Gov.
McDowell in the Charlottsville stage, about
an hour afterwards. They put up at the
same hoiel and met theie, but did not
speak both de-igning to take the Lexing
ton stage. When the stage came up,
Gov. McD. handed his lady into the stage,
and as he was also in the act of entering,
he obsi rved Thomas at his side &demanded
where he was going, lo which he replied
"in the stage." This he was assured
he should not do, and from words they
proceeded to blows, Governor McDowell
employing his umbrella with marked effect
upon ins adversary. 'The bystanders then
interfered and the battle was stopped
Gov. Thom:.s declaring he had not received
fair play. By the persuasion of friends,
Gov. McDowell with his lady took a pri
vate conveyance to Lexington, Gov. T.
continuing in the stage. It was anticipa
ted that another "scene' would occur al
Lexington, from which place news was
anxiously expected. The affair has caused:
great talk and excitement at Staunton.
Alabama This State sets a good ct
ample in paying her interest, if not in regu
lating her own currency. The Merchants'
Bank on Saturday paid over to the Phoenix
Bank 1 06,000, being ihe amount of inte
rest payable at the Phoenix on the first of
May. As for the interest due in London
on the first of July, part of it was sent for
ward in March, and the balance goes by
the steamer from Boston today. ik.
Signs and ivonders. The story of a
second Comet being seen at Laguira, about
(here, but nnke no mention oi any otnw.
. Caraccas is s.ven mtles from Laguira.
I he new iomei seen ny a watchman
1 ,ht5 other night at Philadelphia, was only a
;", or stars. It is not uncommon for
! People to sec stars, and sometimes they are
Kclly mutnpiieu ami en.argeo.
'The extraordinary fire-ball seen for
three quarters of an hour in the neighbor
hood of Mobile, was a lantern tied to a
boy's kite.
The ' unearthly glare," exceeding the
glow of a burning prairie, which was seen
by passengers Si'i through Long Island
Sound, on the night previous to hc 2 rd of
April, was occasioned by a fire in the
woods, a few miles below Deer Park, L.
Island.
Ami we have no doubt that nine-tenths
of the wonders which are chronicled in the
newspapers of the present day, if the truth
could be known concerning them, would
prove lo be of the same order. So many
people are on the gape for wonderful phe
nomena, that a crow cannot fly over with
out creating a panic.
(JWe learn from the Cheraw (S. C.)
Gazette" of the 26th ins!, lhal an highly
estimable citizen of that place, Mr. W. J.
Bailey, was suddenly thrown from his
sulky by the running away of an unman
ageable horse, and being dashed forcibly
against a tree was intauly killed. The
deceased was a native of Anson County, in
ibis State; and has lefi a wife and child to
mourn his premature loss. Rat. Reg.
(JMr. W. A. Smiih, believed lo be
from Norfolk, Virginia, was lately found
dead on the river bank near Augusta, Geor
gia under what circumstances the paper
before us does not slate. He was decently
interred, and his trunk and other property
placed in responsible hands. 'This notice is
published for the benefit of his friends, -ib.
ffT'They had a thunder gust at May
bridge, Vermont, on the 28th of March,
which was immediately succeeded ' by a fall :
of f now, five inches in depth.