Whole No. 92.
Tur borough,
(Edgecombe County, JV. Saturday, XotembeV 18, 1843,
27ic Tarborough Press,
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TWK FARMER'S SONG.
By S D. Patterson.
I envv not the mighv king,
Upon hi? splendid throne.
Nor crave his glittering diadem.
Nor wish his power mine own:
For though his wealth and power he great.
And round him thousands how
With reverence, in my low estate,
More solid peace I know.
I envv not the miser he
May tell his treasures o'er:
May heaps on heaps hefore him see,
And toil and sigh for more.
I scorn his narrow, sordid soul,
Rapacious and unjust.
Nor bow benpath th b.ise eontrol
Of wealth's corroding lust.
Let warriors mount fame's giddy height,
(tain glory's gallant meed,
Becalm, collected, in the fight.
While thousands round them bleed!
I covet not their victor wreath,
Their courage or their fame.
Their laurels are an empty breath,
Their glory but a name.
My wants are few, and well supplied,
By my productive field;!
I court no luxuries beside.
Save what contentment yields,
More real pleasure labor gives.
Than wealth or fame can bring,
And he is happier far, who iives
A Farmer, than a King.
From the Raleigh Register.
To the Editor of the Wilmington Chron
icle In an Editorial article, which appeared
in your paper some time since, my name
was mentioned in connection with the His
tory of North Caioliiu. Pioiracied ill
ties, and cons quent accumulation of du
ties, have hitherto prevented my giving
the due degtee of attention to your enqui
ries. 1 have at no time contemplated a
tak of the nature sujjgt-Med, and do not
concur in the opinion, t hat I am well quali
fied for the performance of it. J have
some fondness for antiquarian research,
however, and the indulgence of this pro
pensity has probably produced the impres
sion that I aspired to the higher and more
arduous office of Historian.
I cannot justly make pretensions to eith
er very extensive, or very accurate know
ledge of the eirly history of this State.
There is no one who can The researches
of Judg Mailin, Mr. Hincroft, the Rev.
Dr. Hawks and J. S Jones, in this unex
plored field, have not been fruitless, and
yet a very slight examination will satisfy
any one how little i known in comparison
with what may be ascertained. You are
certainly correct in .supposing, that our
tarly history cannot be written from any
sources of information accessible on this
side the Atlantic. It would be very easy
to show this by an analysis of the attempts
of Williamson and Martin. The latter is
much the more systematic and accurate of
the two. He possessed advantages, more
over, not to be attained by any one at the
present day, who limits his researches to
our own country and it may be long before
we will have another historian, who will
devote equal ability, learning, patience and
perseverance to the subject. All our pub
lic records were, under a Resolution of the
General Assembly, subjected to his scruti
ny more than half a century ago. The
Letter B ok and documents of Thomas
Pollock, P resident of the Council in 1712.
'he p.pers of Gabriel Johnson, Governor
of the Province from 1734 to 1752, and of
Mauhov Rowan, who, as President ofthr
Council, entered upon the duties of the
Executive depirtmeni in the following
year; together with many papers obtainm
during various journeys undertaken for
this purpo.se, underwent his examination
Of these public records, some of the most
interesting are not now to be found. Ma
ny of the private papers are in his posses
sion in New Orleans, "not in a condition
of being useful to any but him who collec
led ih-m," and a still greater number, .are
probably either lost or widely dispersed
among the descendants of those who orig
inally placed them in his possession.
The success which crowned the effrts of
both Williamson and Martin, may be infer
red, to some extent from the following ex
tracts from Bancroft's United States, Vol.
II. Thap XIII.
"The accounts in the historians of North
Carolina are confused. As far as I can
learn no memorials of the earliest settleis
remain. I have no document older than
1663, and no exact account which I can
trust older than 1662. p 134. (Note ;
Martin 1, 138. snys George Dmmmnnd
Henning II, 266, identifies the man and
settles the question. Willi ams m I, 119.
is even more inaccurate than Martin; h
says Drummond died in the colony. So
carelessly has the history of North Caroli
na been written, that the name, the merits
and the end of its first Governor aru not
known." Martin's is certainly a meagre
work, and yet careful examination has sit
me, that he made the most of his op
porlunities. The publication by Henning
of the Statutes at large of Virginia subse i
quently to the composition of Martin'.-
History enabled Bancroft to ascertain the
true name & some incidents in the tragical
history of our first Governor. But can he.
or can anyone ele, pronounce confi lent I y
(he name, or declare the merits, or end of
either of the three immediate successors of
Drummond? Who is able to inform us
when, where and by whom. North Caroli
na was first settled, or give a connected
account of Culpepper's rebellion in 1677.
r even of Cary's in 1707? From the dale
of the fust charter of North Carolina in
1663, until the Colony passed under the
government of the Crown, in 1729, our
history not merely remains to be written,
but ihe materials for it are yet to be ascer
tained and procured.
To what extent the late Judge Murphey
prosecuted his historical enquiries, I have
not the means of ascertaining very accu
rately. I am satisfied, however, that he
arrived late in life at the conclusion, that all
attempts at history, in the exising state of
our knowledge on the subject, would be
idle. In the winter of 1826 7 he visited
Raleigh, and submitted his Memorial, in
relation to his projected work, to the Gen
eral Assembly. At the same lime, he
procured the adoption of a Resolution, re
quiting the Gover nor to make application
to the British Government for liberty to
j pr ocure for the use of the State, from the
olhceofthe Board of Inde and Planta
tions in London, copies of such paper sand
documents as related to the Colonial his'orv
of North Carolina. It is a fortunate cir
cumstance, that this applicat ion was made at
a lime when we had a Minister at the
Court of St James so peculiarly qualified,
and heartily disposed to promote the ob
ject, as the distinguished President of thej
Historical Society of N. York. On the
25th Aug , 1S27, he transmitted a commu
nication to Gov. Burton, accompanied by a
manuscript index of Colonial pap rs, eve
ring about 400 loolscap pagr-s, relating to
the period between 1729 and 1776. I can
well imagin- the trnsport with which
Judge Murphey would have welcomed this
folio, and the intense interest with which
he would have scanned its pages. There is
too much reason to believe, however, that
although it reached the Executive Depart
merit in the autumn of 1S27, and he lived
until February, 1832, no such enjoyment
was in store for him. From 1827, until
the session of the last General Assembly,
the document excited much deeper inter
est, and was more extensively known
abroad than at home. Governor More
head succeeded, last winter in attracting
the attention of the Committee on the Li
brary to it, and the Legislature, with com
mendable unanimity, directed its publica
tion, under the supervision of the Public
Treasurer. This duty has been well and
accurately performed both by the Editor
and Publisher. The result is a neat octavo
of 120 pages, with the following title:
"Indexes to Documents relative to North
Carolina, during the colonial existence of
said Slate, now on file in the office of the
Board of Trade and State Paper Offices in
London; Transmitted in ltf27, by Mr.
Gallatin, then the American Minister in
Loudon, and now published by Resolution
of the Legislature of 184i 3, under the
direction of the Public Treasurer."
Is it too much, to requr st that the cor
respondence on this subject, prefixed to thi
publication, which will best explain its na
ture and object, together with pages 84 and
96 as a specimen, may be presented to tht
eaders of the Chronicle?
I hope to learn through your columns,
whether you have in your vicinity an
considerable proportion of the document?
chronicled in these pages, and, if not.
vhether much anxiety is. manifested t
btain them. If in Wilmington, no enthu
siasm can be kindled on this subject, whic!
may serve to light the torch of history,
we can scarcely hope to excite it else
where. You rs, very respectfully,
D. L. SWAIN.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 27.
Subsequent denunciations are still more
unsparing. See especially the note at the
bottom of page 162.
From the Raleigh Independent.
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October 24, 1843.
Money Market. There is no change
worthy of remark in our monetary affairs;
every thing seems to be glidingon smooth-i
ly & we believe steadily, to a sound and bet-
ter state of the currency. i
Cotton, our great staple, is pretty firm,;3'!?" for the like reason."
and Tobacco up; and the price of negroe,
the most certain barometer in our Southern
States, and the first to indicate an improve
ment or depression in the monetary affairs learned iivme, ol ew York, now Hector
of the country, have lately risen at least 20 f St Thomas' has determined (says thaj
per cent, on the price of last Spring. j Express) to give up his present charge,'
We have lately seen a fac simile of theja"d to go to Holly Springs in the State of
United States Treasury Notes, issued by Mississippi, to tike the pastoral care of
Mr. Secretary Spencer; the style of engra- j church there. He will be A great loss to;
ving is said to be so superior as almost to de-1 flock here, but a great gain to the cause
fv counterfeit in it. The denominations is- of Protestantism in the West. In connex-
sued will be 50. 100. 500 and 1000 doll r
bills The notes on their face are payable ,
one year after date, and bear an interest of I
one mill per 1UU per annum i nis is
done to conform to the Act of Congress
They are endorsed as payable on demand
in specie at the Merchants' Bank, the Bank
of Amer ica and the Bank of Commerce, in
the city of New York. The amount to be
issued is J55, 000,000. These notes will
have a great tendency to equalize ex
changes, as New York is the great centre
of trade and business for the whole
Union. This issue, with the suppression
of all small notes under $10, and the pla
cing into immediate liquidation all suspen
drd Banks, would soon give us one ol the
soundest and best currencies in the world;
and we should be gratified to see all our
sound banks lend a helping hand to produce
so desirable a result. ib.
Superior Court. The Superior Court
for the county of Craven has been in ses
sion during the week in this place, his
Honor. Judge Pearson, presiding. No
great amount of business, we uutiei.-taiid,
hus come before the Court. The negro
man, Andrew, who has been confined in
jail on a charge of rape upon a white wo
man was tried yesterday and acquitted.
The trial of David J. Greer, for a misde
meanor comes on to-day. The charge
againsi him is an attempt to burn his own
store, wilh intent to burn a dwelling house.
Newbemian.
J-JThe trial of David J. Oreer for t4a
misdemeanor, in attempting to set fire to a
store in his possession, wilh intent to burn
a dwelling house near," came on in this
town before his Honor Judge Pearson, on
Saturday last- The trial excited consider
able interest, and was conducted with ear
nestness and ability by the counsel on both
sides.
The Jury re'ired about sunset, and not
j agreein- on their verdict by 12 o'clock
j r(rt io h released, oo condition of his
giving bail for his appearance lor a new tri
alib.
The Public Execution. TIip sentence
of the law was yesterday executed upon the
person of Hampton B Tilly, for the mur
der of William Martin.
In the case of Tilly, it is not improper to
remark thai he met his death with an un
bundling cheek and a steady eye. H
was apparently callous void of the finer
and we iker feelings that actuate most men
His spirit was unubdued by the terror and
in!fmnitv nf his situation. And it was
matter of regret that he was unable to for
get the threats and injuries which ne al
leged he had received from Martin. We
understand he spoke about three quarters
of an hour at the gallows, with a clear,
strong, unfaltering voice; but in a manner
disconnected and without point dwelling
principally upon his various quarrels with
Martin, and alleged falsehoods of some of
the witnesses in his tr ial. V hat he said,
had a tendency to convince the bystanders
that the verdict of the jury that found him
guilty of murder, was correct.
Greensboro" Patriot.
Hurra for Old Ripl From an article in
the Fae'teville Observer, giving the man
ufacturing statistics of North Carolina, we
learn that in the Slate there are twenty
five Cotton Factories in which a capital of
One million and Fifty Thousand Dol
lars is invested, and which employ about
Twelve Hundred operatives. Take this
fact in connexion wilh her being out of
debt, and having the longest Rail Road,
and the finest State Capitol in the Union,
and Ihe name of Rip Van Winkle" as ap
plied to North Carolina, may be considere d
a dear case, oi 'uucus a -non iulchuu
VVp honfi it mav be 'manv a lone day e-e
her enti rprising manufacturers may know
the want of a good protective tantt.
East llubamiun.
jThe last Petersburg Intelligencer
says: An attempt was made by some per
son or persons, who do not appreciate the
lifT-rence between meam and tnum, o get
mio ine tixcnange mnit, on eunesuajr
night. He or they bored through the
wooden part of the front door: bu "brought
up" by lh- inside casing of the door which
s made of Iron.
(QSince the nbove was wri'ten, we
have heard that a similar attempt was made
l,P;)" ,he Farmers' Bank of Virginia, and
Halifax Republican.
fTJDr. Hawkes. the eloquent; and
10,1 wilh his clerical duties, he intends to
pursue t hose of a teacher of youth.
Pennaylvaman.
Pork Packing, The Cincinnati Chroni
cle ol the I4th-inst. savs; The season for,
this important business is fast advancing.
We notice extensive preparations for the
coming season. We learn that contracts
have been made for Hogs at $2. 50 per
ICO lbs. Whether it will range above or
below that mark is yet to be determined, ai
the Hogs come to market.
A Caution to Transportation Compa
nies. In a suit lor damage against tn
Champlain Transportation Company, in
Washington county, N. Y, last week,
caused hy the sparks Irom one ol IneiC
steamboats setting fire to C. & W. YV
Cook's saw mill, a verdict was given for1
S7.4S5. The plaintiffs alleged that the ac-f
cident was owing to a want of proper cara
md attention on the part of those who had 1
the boat in charge, & that the catastrophe
might have been avoided by lessening the
fires, or keeping furheront into the chau
nel and so thought the jury.
A Drunken Murderess --The "Provi-"
dence Chronicle' gives the following in '
tance of the horrible effects of miemper- r
ance, which occurred in that Lity last
week. A fine little girl of five.) ;t t !
was so severely beaten by its mother as to
cause its death. The child was found dead .
in its bed, with the blood running out of
its mouth, nose and ears, the body cover- -ed
with bruises, and its clothes sticking to '
the wounds by the blood. One ankle
was out of joint and one severely bruised.
Murder aud Con flagration in the In-,
diun country A Mr. Vorj a licensed i
trader in the Cherokee nation, his wife and .?.
a traveller of the name of S'evens, were ,
murdered on the military road in the -Cherokee
country on the night of the 15th ;
Sept. The object is stated to have been :
pj-obably plunder, as the houe of Mr.Vore
w is burned, and an attempt made to burn
the bodies of those murdered in it Three
men by the name of Starr, supposed t(J ;
have been the perpetrators of this foul dced .
were shoitly after arrested, and while on
their way to jail under a guard of seven
men, made their escapek
Gold Mines in Cuba. A gtrat deal of
inh rest seems to have been awakened in
Cuba, on the subject of discovering and
working mines, occasioned by the , facts
published by Mr. Ramon de la Sagra, in .
his Physical, Political, and Statistical His- ;
tory of that Island. The researches which
he has made prove that gold, supposed not j
to exist in that island, is to be found in;,
large quantities. 1 he copper mines that
have been known since l?87, and which i
since that period have furnished to the ?
Government bronzed iannon, now furnish
a metal upon which is placed the highest
estimate. Already, in the eastern portion
of the island, the working is very consid
erable, and new companies are forming io
engage in a similar branch of industry itl
the centre. Numberless discoveries have
been made in the vicinity of Puerto Prin- t
cipe, and are enlisting the attention of spec
ulators.
We learn from the Niagara Courier that ,
a body of Prussians, consisting of 86 fa mi-.-.
lies and nearly 400 persons, have purchased
over 1800 acres of land in the town of
Wakefield, N. Y" , on which they have al
ready founded a settlement and commenced
improvements.
Meteoric Showers. According to the .
theories of professor Olmstead, and of M.
Arago, of the French Academy of Science
and other learned persons, we fhall have a,
recurrence of the phenomenon of meteoric
showers on the night of the 12th or 13th '
of the present month so that all who feel
an interest in witnessing this beautiful dis
play should he on the look out from 12 "
o'clock until day-light on the night men-,
tioned. It is possible lhal meteors may be
seen on boih of the night,staied, and per
haps for a week preceding or succeeding
according to the condition of the atmosphere.