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Tarboroagh, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Saturday, Stpleniber 23, 184.
VOL XIX. Xo. 3.
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BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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FORGET-ME NOT.
From the German, bu Fitzgreene Hal
leek. There tea fl.nver. a love'y (Imvrr,
Tinged deep with Faith's unctwmging hue;
Pure as the eiher in iis hour
Ol loveliest and serenes! blue.
Tn. st i earn let's gentle side it seeks,
The silent fount, the shaded grot,
And sweetly to the heart it speaks-,
Forget-me not, forget-m e-not .
Mild as the azure of ihine eves,
Soft as the halo-beam above,
In tender whispers sijll it sighs,
Forget me not, my life, my love!
There where thy last step turned away,
Wet eyes shall watch the facred spot,
And this sweet flower he herd to say,
Forget! ah, no! forget me not!
Yet deep its azure leaves within
Is seen the blighting hue of care;
And what that secret grief Inth been,
The drooping stem may well declare.
The dew drops on its leaves are tears,
That ask, "Am I so soon forgot?"
Repeating still, amidst their fears,
My life, my love, forget me not!
From theN. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 7, 1S43.
Messrs. Editors The Miller Camp
.Meeting which hs lately been held in our
vicinity, on the line of the Housatonic
Rail Road, at a place called Siepnev, came
to an end lat Tuesday morning or Monday
night. Such a scene of co dtiMon, fana i
fism and impiety (as it appeared to me,)
has never been equaled in this country
since Columbus first stepped on our
shores, unless in the case of Matthias the
Prophet, whose career was short. On
Thursday last Chittenden took the stand,
and endeavored to prove that the world
Would come to an end in 1S43. He spdke
of the Judgment and eternity with a great
deal of solemnity. During his preaching a
n.-in pretending to be insp.ied, passed up
and down through ihe encampment with a
green leaf in his hand, waving it over his
head, and crying "Hallelujh" and ''Glo
ry" at the top of his voice. He soon be
gan poin'ing his finger at certain individu
als, making at the same time a muttering
Bound, widl his mouth closed, which the
Millerites said meant, that the individual
to whom he1 pointed, was to all intents and
purposes, eternally damned. Thus, he
went from one to another sealing up forev
er and ever the damnation of individuals,
and the leaders all testified that the man
fc'as inspired, & it would not answer to slop
him, for that would be sinning against the
Holy Ghost, which sin could not be par
doned. At night, however, he was taken
offthe ground by his fallnr, and confined
r a lime. On Monday, another man by
tiie name of Campbell got inspired, and
nt through similar performances, being
joined by many others affected in the same
w'ay. It is impossible to describe the
scene. Any person wearing a breast pin,
Artificial flovveis in their bonnets, or a safe
ty chain of gold, or a gold watch, was poin
ted out as lost. I hese fanatics would fall
n their knees, and demand of others to fall
before them. They pulled off breast pins
and finger rings and threw them away,
broke up safety chains and scattered them
to the winds. One lady was induced to
takeout a whole set of fale leelh and throw
them on the ground, which were stamped
n the ground, which weie stamped in the
Llrt- Others cut ofTtheir hair, which they
u'e,'e told was their idol; others pulled it
0ut, and tried to persuade their friends to
; " likewise. I wo voun? ladit-S Irnm
lirid
geport were also inspired and pro-
--.v-v-u vvue; upon imiivuuj.iis wmu uiu uoi
-,fcieve as they did, by pointing their fin
&'-'s at.J making this muttering noise,
oaning, &c. A Mr. f minister
I d I PiscoI)al c,lurch at , mount-
a the stand to make some confession, and
IiOiiiinrt.l . .. i- i i ...u . a: i
declared that he should be no longer min
ister of that particular church, or any oth
er, hut should do what he could for ths
great cause. He was pointed at, however,
by the inspired man. and had to leave the
stand. A Methodist minister by the name
of Fuller, and a Baptist by the name of
Gregory, were both sealed over to eternal
damnation by these inspired ones. They
were however not so easily frightened.
The Methodist, Fuller, commenced pray
ing. For a while all went well. -the Mil
lerites crying "Glory," -Hallelujah,"
"Praise God," &c., till soon he prayed
for the poor deluded ones who thought
they were doing God service and were
not, asking that the devil might be cast out
ofihem. Whereupon ihe M ii lei its cried,
"take him away," "stop him," "stop
him," "his damnation is sealed," and laid
their hands upon him. Fortunately there
were friends enough to protect him. The
Millerite leders said all this was the e'tfVct
of the spi. it of God, till Litch, of the Mid
night Cry," saw how things were going,
and announced from ihe stand, that these
things were the works of the Devil, and
ih it the Millerites nnit leave the ground
O.ie minis er declared that the world would
come to an end this year: "It was jut as
sure as preaching " Others of the Mille
rites said it would be in the seventh month
from March 1843. Others, that we 'should
never see the 1st of October 1843. Hut
the meeting ended, and the inspired ones
fled. It was well for them thai it did; for
the people were about adopting such meas
ures as would protect tliir wives and
daughters from the insult of ihese deluded
men.
I have not told you the half, nor need I
We ihese the doctrines of the Bible, and is
lhi Milier sm carried out?
The Millerites. A friend who resides
in Connecticut, tells us that a neighbor of
his who was pn sent at the Millerite Camp
Meeting near Bridgeport last week,
brought home a handful of rings; chains,
&c. which were thrown away under the
influence of fanaticism, as described b-vour
correspondent. We cannot help feeling
ashamed for Connecticut, and for our race,
that such a scene should have occurred
among a people celebrated for intelligence
and stability.
The women who tore out their, hair,
and cast away their ornaments preparatory
to their ascension, were not of the best ed
ucated class; yet we dare say they could all
read, and all had the Bible in their houses,
sent their children to school, and were
themselves aceusiomed more or less to at
tend public worship on the Sabbath. Cer
tainly we have little reason to despise the
devotees of Paganism, if we cannot keep
our own educated people from such mi-ei
able fanaticism. ib.
Counterfeit Gold. Counterfeit quarter
eagies, of U. 8. coin, are in circulation.
They have a coarse, brassy appearance, and
vet may pass, for it is not once in a year,
if once in five years, that mul people see
a piece of Ameiican gnld.
Dreadful. The Maysvilie (Ky.) Eagle
says, that on the evening of ihe 4th instant
when the steamer Ohio Mail was a short
distance below Augusta, Ky. a deck pas n
ger named 13ro-vn, said to be laboring un
der mania a potu, threw a young man in
to the river from the after guards of the
boat, and then jumped ovei board himself.
Hoth were drowned.
A Young Murderess. At Pen Yann
(Pennsylvania Vankeetown) in this State,
a young mother, only I8yeais of age, na
med Mary Hrown, has been charged by a
coroner's jury with drowning her own
child-a little illegitimate about three
years of age. After her misfortune a
man named Hrown married her, but the
child, was the cause of so much dissension
between them that she thrust it intd the
canal to gel rid of it. She acknowledges
her guilt
rJDied at Martha's Vineyard an old
lady a few days since, Miss M. Merry,
aged nearly one hundred years. She had
lived nearly alone for forty years; at her
death were found under the steps of her
dooj $8. 000 in specie probably the most
of it had been there forty years. It is sup
posed she left in real estate about $ 1 5,000.
Three Beauties The women who
Were sent to the work house in this city
because of their being leagued with the
scoundrels, Smith, Douglas and Meeks, in
the burning of the beautiful and costly raii
road bridge across Heargrass Creek are
called and pass by the unamiable appella
lions of Hig footed Sail, Toothless Mary,
and Long nosed Polly. Oh! what an anti
climax to woman's high origin and desti
ny! Louisville fVhig.
Earthquake. The South west err
country has been visited by another severe
shock of an earthquake. Il was distinctly
felt on the Mississippi river. The shock
communicated to the steamboats induced
ihe passengers to suppose, for a moment,
that they had either grounded, or run up
on a snag. The Memphis (Tennessee)
Eig'e, of the 19th ult., says: We wen
visited last nignt by one of the severest
shocks of an earthquake which we have
had tor many years, (excepting the one on
the 4th of January last.) The shock last
night was attended with considerable
noise, and is said to have continued nearly
a minute.
Singular. Ve have been informed by
someyoung men, of a strange occurrence
which took place near Genesee a few days
since. Some acre or two of earth, sudden
ly sunk down to the depth of several feet,
leaving a large pit or chasm, where men
had jut been engaged in cutting wheat.
Various cause have been assigned, but
nothing sure or unequivocal has been de
cided upon. fioch N. Y. Post.
From the Raleigh Independent.
Ji real Teetot Alter. The S. C. Tern
perance Advocate informs us that Mr.
James Lyles. of Columbia, whilst repair
mg his house, discovered a pig under the
fl or which he was raising. This pig had
he -n missing some time, at least 5S days,
during which lime it had submitted to en
tire abstinence from food or drink. The
Fig is still living and able to take a little
ine il and water; it has been seen by a num
ber of the most respectable persons, whoail
attest the above facts. The fortunate result
ot this compulsory experiment, is a pleas
ing contract to the fate of the pig of th
V inkles. Our readers have, we daregav,
heard the melancholy story. It is thus di:
tilied by some "Great Unknown:"
"Jonny Winkle he, & Hetty Winkle she,
" I hey had a little pig.
The little pig he, laid down and died:
"Jonny Winkle he sat down and cried;
"So, there was an end of one, two,three;
"Jonny Winkle he, Hetty Winkle she,
"And piggy wiggie!"
Deaths from Lightning. During a
thunder storm at Richmond or. Friday last
the house of Mrs. Coghill (situated on
Adam's hill, overlooking the valley) was
struck by lightning, and herself and her
widowed daughter, Mrs. Sarah Johnson,
were killed by the fluid in its descent. It
struck on the comb of the house, descen
ded on the east side to a window in the
.second Ctory, at which Mrs. Johnson was
standing, and struck her dead; it descended!
thence iua straight line to the window of
the story below at which stood Mrs. Cog
hill, and struck her dead also. Mrs Co-
lull had a daughter and son; the daughter
shared her fate; the son was present to wit -
ness the awful deaths of his mother and
sister. iirs. Johnson left a daughter ele
ven years old. It is but a few months
since a man was killed by lightning but a
i short distance from the Scene of the melan
choly event described. Comp.
A Money making Writer. The New
York True Sun is the authority for the fol
lowing: "Of all the American writers
i now in vogue, Mr. Willis, is probably the
most fortunate. He has several times're
ceived from one to two thousand dollars for
a single work written in the space of a few
weeks. We have known him to receive a
good round sum for the toil of a single
hour, and we doubt not that he i In re
ceipt of the largest income from his litera
ry labors of any person in the country.
He is now in a fair way to realize a hand
some fortune. His last venture in the
Mirror bids fair, from present appearances,
to be a most successful and lucrative one "
Philadelphia paper.
Horrid Outrage. A gentleman called
at our office on Saturday last, and informed
us that a horrid outrage was committed in
Manchester, Vermont, on Wednesday last
Gen. Roderts of that place had some
difficulty with a neighbor named Clark, in
relation to a crop of grain, and forbid
Clark's hired mart going on his land to take
off ihe crop, and told him if he did so he
would shoot him. The man persisted in
going, and as he entered the lot Gen. Rob
erts shot him, and a son of the Gen. ran up
& pinned him to the earth with a pitchfork
Our informant did not learn whether the
wounds proved fatal or not. Gen. Rob
erts has been arrested. Sandy Hill Her.
(JA clairvoyant subject in magnetism a
few days since conducted a small, but cred
ulous party, toCalf island in Boston Harbor
vith the idea that he had discovered im
mense treasure there. A circle was mar
ked, four bibles placed upon the same ai
the cardinal points of the compass, and thf
liggiog commenced,1 and was continued
continued until the party came to a solid
iedge when it was abandoned. Ignorance
and superstition it seems have not entirely
left our vvoi Id. Bangor fVhig
Execution of two Slaves Frightful
Consternation On Friday, the 25th ult
in Laurens district, S. C. , the two slaves
found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Garrett
were executed according to sentence
Three or four thousand people were pres
ent The wdrrian confessed her guilt, was
penitent, said she deserved death, and that,
she Was inStigieM to, and assisted in, com-i
milting the deed by the negro man named
Randall all of which he positively denied,
and was as stubborn as a mule to the last, j
A spectator says it was truly affecting to
se 4 little children belonging to the guilty
woman two pair of twin, none of them
old enough to walk. She tdld her h tu
ba rid and other negroes, to take warning
frim her fate, how they listened to the ad
vice df evil-doers. At precisely one
o'clock the plank was knocked from under
them, and they were launched into eterni
ty. ' After they had hung about five min
uies, from some cause there seemed to be a
panic in the crowd, when the cry of "mad
dog," "earthquake," &c , wis raised by
some mischievous persons, and a general
rush of the spectators took pldce, running
over one another, horses breaking loose
and dashing through the erdvvd, crippling
women and children, and several of the
latter separated and lost from their parents;
but providentially no lives were lost. The
writer describes the scerie as awful in the
extreme, reminding him of a terrific torna
do. In fifteen or twenty minutes order
was again restored, and the Criminals were
cut down. Drunkenness and rioting pre
vailed around the village ih the evening
Melancholy Suicide. We are sorry to
erord a most painful event. Last night
Air. hit I ward tt jvans, wno resides in
Pine stree near Second, came home about
ten o'clock, much intoxicated. He had
hten unending the meeting of the
democratic delegation. His wife and
another lady, after taking off his coat, boots
and waistcoat, persuaded him to lie down,
which he did, on condition that they should
remain in the room with him. They were
soon after startled by the report of a pistol.
Mr. Evans had shot himself with a small
pocket pistol, which they were not aware
was in his possession. The ball entered
the skull on a line with the outer corner of
the tight eye, about three inches above the
eyebrow, producing instant death.
A Coroner's inquest was held on the de
ceased this morning. The body was found
in the position in which death came upon
it, the right hand still grasping the pistol.
The verdict of the jury was that ''the de
ceased met his dea'h by shooting himself
with a pistol. " Mr. Evans was 36 years
of age in January last. His father, who
is one of the most prominent mer
chants in this city, is now absent in Vir-
g'nia. The deceased has left a wife and
four children.
Philadelphia paper.
From the Madisonian.
Most Singular Circtirrisirriice.-The
Rev. Mr. Hurnharri, minister of the Socie
ty now worshipping at the Odeon, called
upon us this morning and related the fol
lowing strange story, which, had he not
been a clergyman, We could hardly have
believed. One evening last week, the
Rev. gentleman's wife was taken suddenly
and seriously ill. wheri. during a violent fit
of vomiting, she ejected a Live Frog,
about half grdwn ! The frog hopped half
way across the room, and then, witn some
thing like dramatic dignity, laid down on
his back, and expired! Mr. Hurnham says
she took the frog into her stomach, in the
tadpole state while drinking wa er in the
night, as she had been in the habit of so
doing, arid that it had been in her stomach
for some weeks. Mr. Hurnham remarked
to us that, although he was not much af
frighted, yet he waj considerably surprised
at witnessing such a Strange addition to
his family !
The Jews in (rermanij. The Aix-la-Chapelle
Gazette Stales, tha.t a new Jewish
sect has been formed at Leipsic, under the
auspices of a Dr. Creiznach. The mem
bers are obliged to have their children
christened and educated in the doctrines
of Christianity without the parents becom
ing Christians themselves. The Universal
German Gazette, also published at Aix-la-Chapelle,
says, "A long struggle proce
ded this event, and political causes had
iheir"share of influence The new Jews
it is well known, have already for a long
time neither kept the prescriptions of the
Talmulh, nor the laws of the Old Testa
ment. Not 500 out of the 6000 Jewish in
nabitants here live according to Jewish
laws, and that small number .only because j
i hey are compelled to do so from personal
lot conscientious, motives. They even
,ay men to attend the synagogues, so tha1
'.here, at least, a sufficient number is present
for reading prayers. Declarations are now
arriving from all quarters in favor of the
new sect, as well as against it The Jews
lin Austria would adopt the new doctrine
en mase, but they are afraid it would
make their political situation worse "
Aettf York paper.
From the Ralcih Star.
tTTA revolting murder was nerDetrateri
in the vicinity of Mavsville Keritiickv, od
the 28th tilt. A quarrel arose between &
Mr. Jhu Harnett and Ins son James Har
nett, a young man ahoiit 22 years of age;
The latter, who was intoxicated, became
fi antic, seized ah axe which stood close by
and s'ruck his father seTeral times on tha
head, mangling him in the most cruel man
ner. The old man died the next day.
From the Globe.
Child Saved from Drowning by &
Dog. At Cincindtti, on Thursday last, a
we learn from the "Enquirer," a little
girl apparently seVen or eight years of age,
was playing with a large brindled cur dogj
much" above the ordinary size, throwing
sticks into the water, and watching the dog
bring them to shore. Full of excitement
with her amusements, she ventured lod
near the bank with an object tod great for
herriuny strength, and staggered with her
exertions to throw it into the water, she
lost her balance and fell in herself. The
dog, true to his affection Fur the child plun
ged in, giasped her by the .cloihes around
the waist, and without any apparent diffi
culty brought her out and deposited her
safely upon the bank of the canal, where
fur mother and sisters had arrived to res
cue her, but the dog had anticipated them.
We have dlten heard of such acts of the
Newfoundland breed of dogs, but this ii
tl e first instance of the sagacity of the
common cur that ever came to our knowl
edge. Counterfeit Mexican Dollars: Some
doubt is expressed by the New Orleans
Hee, whether the government of Mexico hai
not ventuied upon the ruinous and disgrace
ful expedient of debasing the coin of that
country. A considerable amount of Mexi
can money was recently found in the pos
session of a young man, who-a proved
to have received it in good faith, which uii
examination was found td be largely min
gled with spurious alloy. Fifteen of the
dollars were a&sdyed by Dr. Riddell.
Several of therh were found to contain 52cj
53, 54 and 55 cents of Silver, and the rest
copper, others were composed ot nickel
and copper. From the testimony elicited
it seems probable that the money was actu
ally issued from the Mexican mints.
A fellow calling himself William Turner
arrived at the town of Norwich, Connecti
cut, a few days since, and on the strengtH
of a bandaged and splintered arm, which
he said was fractured, and a mournful story
of shipwreck and disaster, contrived td
make many appeals to the charily of the
good citizens Uf that towrr. Unfortunate
for him, however, a Dr. Bergess whorri,
he encountered became very desirous of
viewing the fractured arm; and the other"
positively refusing to grant him his wish
suspicion was awakened; arid by the aid
of a little force, the bandages arid spllhlera -were
removed, and exposed td view a
quantity of gold eagles and bank notes"
carefully disposed along ari arrri a5 sound a$
it possibly coiild be. The impristor waJ
straightway introduced to the riotice of the"
Mayor, by whom he was assigned quarters
for thirty days in. the House of Corectionf
with the injunction that hf should be
at work at prdper intervals. Notwithstand
ing his arm; he was doing well at the last
accounts.
(QThe" Charleston Mercury says that
Josiah Gilchrist; acting as Assistant Con
ductor dn the Rail Roadj recently met with:
an untimely death. In comingdown witri
a train of freight cars, and w hen within
short distance of the Upper Depository,
in attempting to jump frdrii one car to an
other he missed his foothold and fell be
tween the cars where he was so shockingly
mangled, that aliho' thejbest medical aid
was ajmosl immediately at hand, he silrvi
ve'd the acident but about an hoar.
Progress of Puseyisrti. The Alle'ganjr
Banner says it saw a beautiful young lady
of the Episcopal church, walking along
Federal street with a Bishop on her hack
and a Cardinal on her shoulders. Veri
ly, we are a priest-ridr'en people
(jySpots upon mahogany furniture,'
caused by cologne water, or alc'dhol in titif
form, may be immediately removed, afrtd
the place turned to its original color and
beauty, by the application of a fefcr drops
of oil. We believe this to be a sure resto
rer. Try it. Boston Merc. Joitr v
Why is it that on Emma's cheek.
The lilly blossoms, not the rose?
Because the rose has gon6 to seek
A place upon her husband's nose.
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