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Tavboroagh, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.) Satnnltiy, October 11, IS I J,
VOL XlX Xo. 41.
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LOVE.
By Robert Sou they.
"They fin who tell us love can lie.
With lite all other prions fl ,
All others are hut vanity.
In heaven ambition cannot dwell,
Nor avarice in the depths of hell.
Earthly these passions as of earth.
They perish where they have their biith.
But love is indes'rnctiblp;
Its holy dime forever hurneth.
From heaven it came, to heaven returneth:
Too oft on earth a troubled gnet,
At limes deceived, at times oppressed
It here is tried and purified.
And hath in heaven it perfect rest;
llsowelh here with toil and caie,
But the harvest time of love is there.
Oh! when a mother meets on high
The habe she lost in infancy.
Hath she not then, for pains and fears.
The day of wo, the anxious night,
For all her sorrows, all her tears,
An over-payment of deli ii;h 1 ? '
'oni the IVarrenlon Reporter.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING;
Agreeably to previous notice by public
advertisement in tne columns oi me war
renton ReDOrterand at various nublic nla-
ces in the county of Warren, a large and
resectable meeting of the Kenublic.an Par
tv of said county, was held at the Court
House in Warrenton, on Saturday, the
23rd inst On motion, (ienl. M. T.
Hawkins, was nomini'ed Chairman of the
meeting pro. tern. Geo. D. Baskervlile
was nominated by Henry Kins, as the leg
ular Chairman o! the mectii g, but Dr. P.
C. Pope having sugg'S'ed that it would be
best to appoint a committee of five to re
port the necessary and proper officers for
the meeting, the suggestion made by him
was almost unanimously concurred in
Wm. G. Jones moved that said committee
bo appointed by the people of the meeting;
Dr. Hpnry .1. Macon moved to amend by
Striking oit tne words "pi ople of this meet
ing" and inserting in lieu thereof the
Words Mhe Chairman of this meeting "
After some discussion upon this motion, in
which Dr. P. C. Pope, Dr R. C. Pritch
ard, and Wm. G. Jones, advocated an
appointment of this committee by the mee
ting and W. N. Edwafd, John H Haw
kins and Dr. Hemy J. Macon, advocated
an appointment Of the committee by the
Chairman; the motion submitted by Wm.
G. Jones was withdrawn by himself, there
biing some difficulty and delav likely to
lake place in counting the votes; a motion
that the chairman appoint a committee wai
then almost unanimously carried Where
upon, the Chairman in obedience to this
resolution, appointed W. N. Edwards.
Wm. E.ton, jr. O. D. Fits, Wm. G.
Jones and Dr. R. C. Pnt hard, who hav
ing retired a few moments le'urned and
recommended Geo. D. Bakerville for
President, Daniel Turner for Vice Presi
dent, and E W. Best and M J. Montgom
ery, Secretaries, which recommendations
Here concurred in the meeting; but M. J
Montgomery having declined to act from
indisposition, F. McHenry, was on motion,
appointed in his place. After the report
of the committee was concurred in. Geo.
D. Baskeiville returned his acknowledge
ments to the meeting for the honor confer
red upon him in an appropriate address,
and the rest of the officers proceeded to
the discharge of their duties. On motion
l L)r. H. J. Macon, the President was au
thorised to appoint a committee of five to
report resolutions for the consideration of
the meeting. Whereupon the President
appointed W. N. Edwards, Wm. Eaton,
Jr 0. D Fills, Wm. G. Jones and Dr. R.
C. Pritchard, to compose said committee
The committee having retired for a short
time reported as follows: The majority of
the committee consisting of Messrs. Ed
wards, Eaton, and Filts, reported the fol
lowing resolutions.
Where .?, at a meeting of the Pemocratie
party of the county of Wake, resolutions
were adopted whereby their political hreth
ren throughout the State were invi'ed to
appoint delegates to a Convention proposed
to be held in the city of Raleigh, on a
day thereafter to be designated: and where
as we recognize in that recommendation a
conformity to the usages of the party, and
the best, if not the only means of produ
cing unity of purpose and concert of action,
therefore,
1st. ResolOed. That We approve and
adopt the suggestions of our brethren ol
VVake, as expressed in their 3rd Resolu
tion, "That the State Convention, when
assembled, shall consider and determine
upon the course of North Carolina in ref
erence to her vote in the Democratic Con
vention to be held in Baltimore, for th
purpose of nominating candidates for Pres
dent and Vice President of the United
States; to nominate delegates to that Con
vention for the St ite at large; to declare
the views and opinions of the Democracy
(ii tne ihie upon the mode of representa
lion and ol voting tor the State in that
Convention, or in their discretion refer
'hat point to the decision of the National
ton vent ion; to nominate a candidate for
Governor of the Slate at the next elec ion;
uid to adopt such oiher means as may be
best calculated to unite the Democratic
party and to advance the cause of sound
Democratic principles in the State and
Country. and that this meeting will
proceed to appoint lOdelegates to said Con
vention.
2nd. Resolved, That each of the distin
guisheil Statesman whose names have b mmi
presented by their icpeiMive friends, fur
the Democratic Nomination, shares largely
in our respect and confidence; and that,
though we entertain, we purposely forbear
to express individual preferences, deeming
it most proper to leave the delicate, mo
mentous and responsible duty of selecting
from among them to be performed by the
wisdom and patriotism of the party, in
Convention assembled.
3rd. Resolved. That it is best that each
Congressional District shall elect one or
more delegates to the National Conven
tion. 4 Resolved, That, holding the princi
ple of compromise and mutual concession
to be the basis of all party Contentions,
and that without its recognition it were
worse than idle to call such meetings, we
declare it to be the well settled sense of
this meeting that, the minorities in both
conventions. State and National, will be
bound to yield up their preferences and
heir repugnances as a sacrifice to harmony,
and to acquiesce in the decisions of the ma
jjoi ities.
5th Resolved, that a Committee of Cor
respondence lor the County, to consist of
7 individuals, and commitiees of Vigilance
for the several Captains Districts, wi bin
the same, to consist of 3 individuals each
be now appointed whose duly it shall be
to exert all lair and proper means to pro
mole the election of the nominees of the
State and National Conventions.
The minority of the committee, consis
ting of Wm. G. Jones and Dr. R C. Prit
chard, reported the following resolutions:
1st Resolved, That all party action which
tends to the elevation of men in disregard
of great principles, partakes of a factious
character and is derogatory to freemen.
2nd Resolved, That in the selection of
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency of the United Siates, the dem
ocratic party ought to have an eye only to
the advancement of the great principles
which distinguish them from their whig
opponents.
3rd. Resolved, That our Motto is, "Free
trade, low duties, no debt: Economy
Retrenchment Separation from Banks,
and a strict adherence to the Constitution:'
That upon no other principles can we
'go into the contest with certainly of suc
jcess, and that the man who is the best
representative of those principles is best
qualified to lead us to victory.
4th Resolved, That this meeting ap
prove the proposition to meet in National
Convention in Baltimore, on the 4th Moti
day in May next, for the nomination of
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, and we confidently trust that
said convention will ..in its action fairly
represent the wishes and feelings of every
portion of the Union, and thus command
the united support of the Democratic par-
fith. Resolved, that the delegates to said
National Convention ought to be selected
by the people one for each Congressional
District; and when so selected, should be
left free to represent the wishes and feel
ings of the people by whom selected, and
that two delegates should be selected by a
State Convention to represent the Slate at
large.
6ih. Resolved, That we approve th
suggestion of our Democratic fellow ci i i
zens of Wake, to hold a convention in tru
cit y of Raleigh, furthe selection of a Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor and for car-1
rying into effect the latter clause of the 5th
Kesolution.
A mo4ion was made by Wm. G. Jones
to strike out the resolutions reported by
i he majority and insert thoe reported by
ihe minority of the committee. This mo
'ion gave rise to considerable discussion
concerning the two sets of resolutions, and
ihe resolutionsof ihe majorityof the commit
tee were advocated by Gen. M. T. Hawkins
and Wm. Eaton, Jr. and those of the min
ority of the committee by Dr. P. 0. Pope,
Dr. R. C. Pritchard and Wm. G. Jones;
the last mentioned gentleman having madt
some remark concerning the opinions of
Mr. Van Buren upon the subject of the
ran IT. a debate ensued concerning the
comparative claims of Mr. Van Buren and
Mr. Calhoun for the Presidency in which
the same speakers participated (Jertl. M
T. Hawkins arid Wm. Eaton, jr. advocated
the claims of Mr. Van Bdren and Dr. P. C.
Pope, Dr. R. C. Pritchard and Wm. G
Jones, advocated the claims of Mr. Cal
houn. After the debate was concluded, Gen.
M. T. Hawkins and Dr. R C. Pritchard
were appointed tellers to count the votes
of the meeting, who having performed the
duty assigned them, reported one hundred
ami two votes in favor of the resolutions ol
the majority of the committee and seventy
five votes in favor of the resolutions of the
minority of the committee. The vote was
taken at 5 o'clock, P M.
O i motion made by W. N. Edwards,
Henry Fitts, Sr. Genl.M T. Hawkins,Wm.
Eaton, Jr. Wm. C. Clanton, J. H. Bullock,
John Daily, Geo D. Baskerville, Dr. Henri-
J. Macon, Wm. K. Kearney, and Sim
mous Southerland were appointed by the
meeting delegates lo represent the county
of War ren in the State Convention in Ral
eigh.
On motion of W. N. Edwards, the
thanks of the meeting were returned to the
President, Vice President and Secretaries,
for the satisfactory manner in which their
duties were discharged.
I he President in obedience to the
5th resolution appointed the follow
ing persTns as a committee of correspon
dence for the county of Warren: and also
the following persons upon the committee
ui viguauce tor me several captains wis-
tncts in said count) :
The Editors of the Reporter, the Ral
eigh Standard and other Democratic papers
of the State were requested to publish these
proceedings.
There being no other business before the
meeting, on motion, it adjourned.
GEO. D. BASKERVILLE. Pres.
DANIEL TURNER, Vice Pres.
E W. Best,
F. McHenry,
Secretaries.
The President of the meeting has not yet
handed to the Secrelaiies the names of the
persons Composing the committees of cor
respondence and vigilance As soon as
the names are received Ihev will be Dub-
lishcd.
From the Raleigh Register.
Piedmont, N. C. Sept. 23, 1843.
Mr. Gales: A negro boy, 12 years of age,
belonging to Mr. William Davis, of this
County (Cleveland,) whilst gathering peas
in the cornfield with some white boys, was
bitten by a Rattlesnake, on the side of one
of his feet, about 10 o'clock, A. M. He
immediately turned and asked one of the
others that was standing near him, if il
would kill him." The reply was, "no, ihey
thought not." In about 15 minutes, the
boy began to reel and stagger, and com
plained of loss of sight and nausea at the
stomach. He was led to the house and laid
on the bed, and about 4 P. M. of the same
day, expired.
'Tis exceedingly strange, how detructive
to human life is the poison of the Rattle
snake; and how great a derangement it
produces in the fluids of the general system.
The symptoms in this case were these: the
tongue green, the breath foetid, the saliva
ry glands poured forth their secretions in
abundance, the eyes were turgid with
blood, difficult deglution, stiffness of the
wrist joints, vomiting and involuntary dis
charges form the bowels, with complete
prostration of the whole muscular system.
After all these symptoms had developed
themselves, he continued to complain of
great thirst, and begged for water as. long
as he breathed, and seemed to retain his
intellectual faculties all the while, perfect
ly free from any derangement in those or
gans. Little or nothing was done to counteract
the poison, the family being incredulous as
to the use of medicine in any diseases; but
left it to the vis medicatrix naturae of the
human system, to do her own business.
Suppose, Mr. Gales, a tight bandage had
been drawn around his leg above the
unds made by the snake, immediately
after it was done, and all the wounded flesh
extracted, and he had been given to drink
freely of brandy, would not that treatment
have succeeded? 1 am inclined to believe
that it would, from the fact of having heal-
ed a spider bile some two months ago in
that way. C. j
Rut tie Snakes. Mr". Charles H Lance'
and Mr. Nelson Israel, while looking af'er
cattle last week on the mountains at the
head of Avery's creek in this county, found J
a den of rattle-snakes, upon which they
marie war and succeeded in killing thirty-
four! Some of which were as large as were !
ever known killed in this eouivrv.
rfshvilfe (A7. C ) Messenger.
Tne Baltimore American con'ainsj
an account of a shocking murder perpetra-j
ted in the street of that City, on Thursday j
evening las, on ihe person ot Miss Ann
Maria Burk, i young woman of irreproaeh
character. The following particulars are
given of this inhuman outrage, by the Ame
rican :
The deceased aged about 28 year', left
i he dwelling of Handle H. Moale, Eq. in
Franklin street, in whose family she lived
as a nurse, to go to the dwelling of Mr.
Poultney in Mulberry street, to bring home
Mr. Moaie's daughter, who had been spen
ding the afternoon at Mr. P.'s.
It was then about eight o'clock. She
proceeded at once to Mr. P.'s, and inform
ed the servant who met. her at the door of
htr errand, remarking at the time that she
would s'ep round to the millinery store of
Miss Clarke, in Charles street, and get a
new bonnet which she had ordered some
days before. She accordingly went t
Miss Clarke's, procured her bonnet, and
left with as little delay as possible.
When in Mulberry street, only a few
yards east of Mr. Poultney's house, direct
ly opposite ihe .south side of ihe cathedral,
a man suddenly approached her, and ad
dressed some insulting language to her,
which she did not distinctly hear. Alar
med at being thus accosted by a stranger at
night, she shrunk hack, & inquired of him
what he vVanted with her. To this the ruf
fian replied that he purposed murderiug her
Then stepping behind In r, struck her a
powerful blow with a club on the right side
of the head, which felled her to th
jrround. and then fled. In her fall she in
jure, herself severely on the left side of
j her head and neck
As soon as she recovered sufficiently.
she crawled to Mr. Poultney s steps and
rang the bell. She was taken in by tht
servants, who rendered her all the aid in
their power, Mr. and Mrs. Poultney being
absent from home, on a visit. She was after
wards conveyed to Mr. Moaie's dwelling
and the best medical assistance w.is procur
ed, but all in vain. The blow h id caused
a great depn ssion of the skull, and a trian
gular portion of it was driven far into the
brain She lingered in great agony until
four o'clock, A. M. yesterday, when sh
died.
The Mayor of the City of Baltimore has
offered a reward of S500 for the appr ehen-
sion &. conviction of the murderer or miir
derers Suspicion has not yet r sled up
on any one.
From the Milton Chronicle.
SHOWING OFF!
"My dear Mr. DressmeofT." said a lady
'who had more pride than brains, "do lei
Bill, the carriage driver, gear up th
houses and drive our fine carriage up and
down the streets, to-day?"
'What lor, wife?"
'Oh, merely to show it, Mr. Dressme
ofT. to let folks know that we have a car
riage that we are therefore not common.
but stylish and grand as any body -do.
now! Mr. Dressy
"My dear Mrs. DressmeofT, I feel hap
py in yielding my assent to all your wih
es" "'Bill, hitch the horses to our car
riage and drive all about the town- '
And Bill,' said Mrs-. D. interrupting
ly, "make the horses prance make them
fairly fly, when you passby Mr. and Mrs
Such an-one's. (Aside,) Who would be
common folks? That fine carriage! weare
now among the "quality,'' and it won't do
for me to have anything to do with any bo
dy who hasn't a carriage hey! ihere goes
the carriage! ah, me! but how people will
eye it! and what will Mrs. Richetyskrickel
think when she sees it guess she II con
clude that there's more quality in town than
herself-: "
(Enter servant in great haste, with eyes
two leet apart and ready lo leap from their
sockets:)
Lord ha' ma'cy, missus! hosses runaway
and broke de carriage all to mash! one
gentman say it neber be mended in de
worl' "
(Mrs. D.) "The carriage broke! good
gracious! we're undone oh! 1 shall faint!
we're now cut off from besPuctable socie
ty!" Reader, the funny part of the above
lies in these two little words, to wit: iT's
true! .
A Miser. The Wheeling Times says
that a Mrs. Mitchell died in that town
last w ek. who had b ii very poor, & hact
partially subsisted on charity for several
years pist. In her house were found elev
ert hundred Spanish dollars, and it appears
that she also owned A Valuable Tarm in
Pennsylvania.
:f:-
PAn invention, entirely recent, can
not fall to make a complete revolution irt
the business of the tailor. Messrs. Keiff r
of Pari, (the Ma0n d'Or) having con
ceived a method of replacing die ordinary
mode of taking measures by substituting art
ingenious piece of mechanism, whivh
forms a perfect model of a gentleman's per
son. By means of this apparatus the loss
of time and the trouble of trying on clothes
is entirely saved, and alterations Will be nO
long -r ivquin d.
DESTRUCTION OF A CITY!
Dreadful Storm fioiirfceu lives lost-
Oif the 13th ult Florida was visited by
a destructive storm, as we learn by slips
from the 'Star of Florida." of Tallahassee
and Ihe Commercial Gazette at Port Leon
and Si. Marks, however, the damage has
been great.
Commtrtial Gaztltt OJJice, )
Port Leon, Friday, Sept. 15. 1M3.
Our city is in ruins! We have been vis
ited by one of the most horrible storms
that it fever devolved upon us lo chronicle.
On Wednesday a Iron I 11 o'clock A. M.
the wind commenced blowing fresh frorrt
the South-East, bringing up a high ti'e
but nothing alarming; and at 5 l M. the
wind lulled and tide fell, the weather stilt
continuing lowcry. At 11 at night, thd
wind freshened and tide commenced flow
ing, ami by 2 o'clock it blew a perfect
hurricane, and the whole tovVn was inunda
ted. The gale continued with unabated
violence until 2 o'clock, the water ma
king a perfect breach ten feet deep over
our town. The wind suddenly lulled for
a few minutes, and then cattle from the
South-West with redoubled violence and
blew till day-light. Every Warehouse in
'he town was laid flat with lite ground ex
cept one, Messrs. Hamlin and Sr, ell's, and
a part of that also fell. Nearly every
dwelling was thrown from its foundation,
and many of them crushed to atoms. I hd
loss of property is immense. Every in
habitant participating In the loss more or
less. None have escaped - maiiy with on
ly the clothes they stand in. St. Marks
suffered in the like proportion With our
selves. But our looses are nothing in com
parison with those at the Light Mouse.
Every building but the Light House gone
and dreadful io Hda'e, fourteen lives
lost, and among thbm some of our most
valued citizens. We cannot attempt to
slimate the loss of each individual at this
time, but shall reserve it until our feelings
will better enable us io investigate it. We
give below a list of those drowned, o far
as heaid from.
tfl Port .eon A crazy negro boy be
longing io Tallahassee.
tit the l.ighi House npt M C. Rob
ri'tsoti, his wife and three children, and a
child of Dr. Tradewell's Air. Joseph
Wood, a pr'rait painter from Tallah;s-ce.
A child of R. V. Buffl is, and five negroes.
Those saved are Capt. Itunggrfurd, his1
wife and two children, Dr Tradewell's
youngest child Messrs. Oglesbee, Blethen
and Kennedy, pi lots and five negroes.
Our cilizYns are now out, looking for any
that may have escaped, and to bring in the
bodies of those thai may be found. Such
total destruction of property never has-occurred
in our place. Oui loss is estimated
at 250. 000
In addition to the above, we haVe learn
ed that the family of Mr. Edward Walker
living on Shell Point, wife, children and
five or six negroes, all perished. Mr.
Walker himself escaped by clinging to ihd
branches of a tree, till the waters subsided.
It is also stated there are several other
persons living at this point, and who have"
not been heard from, and of whose safety
great doudts are entertained. Theie are
also several families frOm this courtly, irt
summer quartefs on James's Island, on
whose account much anxiety is felt. In
deed such Was the violence of the wind
and the height to hich the tide rose, that
imagination could scarcely fix limits to its
ravages. Cedar Keys, Apalachicola, and
St Juseph. can scarcely hae escaped with
out much damage.
Roy Killed by n Lion 'The D.ingof
Courier says that while a caravan wan ori
exhibition ai Norridgewock,a little boy ap
proached too neara lion's cage, and wasin
stantly seized by the beast, who tore off
one of his arms and a part of his abdomen
cnusing immediate de th.
Philadelphia paper.
The Last Yankee Trick. Mr. Squibbs
has turned several huhels of elegant pir.
pin apples, out of white pine. The iroha
tion was so good that he sold a yankro
coasting captain ten barrels of them. Ha
told him that they had a flavor like pint
apples and they have. Rich. Star.
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