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TARBOKOUGII: SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1844. FOR GOVERNOR, Col. tllichacl Ilokc, of Lincoln. (J"YVe are authorised to announce LOUIS C. PENDER, as a candidate ai ihe ensuing election for the office of Sher iff of this county. FOR THE TAKBORO PRESS. Mr. Howard: I observe in your paper of the 24th inst. a communication over the signature of "Cenetoe," expressing a pre I' rence for Henry T. Clark, Eq as a suitable person to represent (in part) thi countv in the lower branch of the next . Legislature. It is generally believed that the present members will decline a poll for re election the ensuing summer (indeed it is said that one has so exprrssed himself) and in such event wHo is more capable of repre senting us than the gentleman suggested by "Conetoe?" Mr. Clark is a gentleman of talents and varied accomplishments, warm, (rank, and enthusiastic in the advo cacy of his ptinciples, and an honor to the county which gave him birth. Will Edge combe forever hide her lights under a bushel? will she lag behind her sister coun ties in bringing those before the public who are able and willing to defend her glorious cause?? She has talent of the first order in her bosom, let her cherish and promote it. For several years past her prominence among the Democratic counties of the .State, has provoked the sneer and ribald jest of the Federal party she has become a sort of political target, at which all the ar rows of party rancor and abuse have been aimed: She has been denounced as "igno rant and corrupt" this we know is false bill kt us send men to the Legislature who can and will repel these foul attacks on her character. The writer of this article has conversed with leading Democrats from va rious sections of the county, during the present week and public opinion, so far as it could be gathered, seems pointing to wards one individual and that individual is Henry T. Clark, Esq. He does not know whether Mr. Clark would permit his name To be run he has held no conversation with him on this sub ject but this much he does know, that no one would-be more acceptable to the peo ple of the South side of TAR RIVER. .a MAiinJ tn iwt 4n t inr in all its CirCtimsttnCeS antt COBCOITlit" charges and epithets wh.ch he boast, nave,, p.. ' an7s -than that which occured on board the siana or easels principle. Shjp prinPeion, yesterday rv nii ih hutnrv m inn larm laws is iuu . . . Awn iiiv iii.wi j w. ...v - -" kon iinonvprpH in hlS COIUmilS IOT months. We were in hopes our recent re ply would have been sufficient, but it pro vokes a renewal of his offensive imputa tions. We now see the specification of what the "false statement" charged on us consists, and therefore we answer it specifi callyand not generally as before. The Whig asserts that a Whig meeting in Washington county sometime last No vember, nominated Mr. Stanly for Gover nor, and that Mr. Collins himself introdu ced the resolutions so nominating him, which were passed unanimously. Now the Press stated on the authority of a gentle man present at the meeting, that they did not nominate Mr. Stanly, and that there was a controversy in said meeting between Mr. Collins and a ceitain "youngster" of the party, as the Whig terms him. This was our statement and our authority. The latter part of the statement is not denied by the Whig. And when we afterwards saw the proceedings of the meeting published, we paid not particular attention to it, as it very discreetly omitted any allusion to its own family jirs; and if we recollect riht, the resolution with regard to Mr. Stanly did not nominate him, but stated the fact that they had chetrfully supported him for Congress, and if selected as the Whig can- lidate for Governor, would as cheerfully support him for that station. This is now our recollection of said published proceed ings, and we regret we cannot refer to them at present; but they are not in our reach. f this is correct, then our statement is not 'inconsistent" either with the fact, or with said proceeding. If wrong, we were ed into an error which we explained on the first opportunity. The Whig can refer to the proceedings, (which we have in vain endeavored to obtain, and decide for itself whether Mr. Stanly was nominated, or even recommended in preference to any other candidate. We were distinctly in formed, that Mr. Collins contended in said meeting, that it was impolitic to trammel the Convention with any 'nominations or preferences; and that the aforesaid young ster contended for an unconditional nomi nation of Stanly, as other sections had no minated their favorites; that the youngster was overruled, retired in disgust, and left Mr. Collins and his meeting unanimous for a resolution nominating no one, but committing themselves fully to the selec tion of the Convention. And time has hown, that neither Mr. Collins nor the plain and too well known to the Whig and every reading politician to admit of any bat a wilful misrepresentation. The Whig's assertion that Dr. Hall voted for the Tariff of 1832, which in some of its features was higher than '42 was verbally correct; but the inference he sought and claimed for it, was false. The use he sought to make of it was in open violation of every fair inter, pretation of it, and of gross and apparently wilful injustice to Dr. Hall, made unblush inelv and persisted in to this day. If the code of morals allow any distinction be tween the ussertio falsi and the suppressio veri, the North Slate Whig may apply i for the benefit of his conscience in this case. Nag's Head. Mr. Rayner has introduced again into Congress a resolution inquiring into the exDediencv of oneninz Naif's Head. The constitutionality, practicability and expedi ency ofthis measure has been doubled anil inquired into so often, that its threadbare appearance begins to wear the ridiculous As regular as Congress meets, it intrudes its misshapen head into the Halls of Leg is lation like the ghost of Amy Dardeu's horse to effect no other purpose, as far as we can learn, than to become a hobby hor.e for politicians of eastern No. Ca For we cannot learn that any serious effort was ev er made to effect ihe purpose of the enqui ry; but only to introduce Nag's Head, that they may claim the privilege of riding it in the home elections. For the talents and virtues of a No. Carolina politician, weigh not a feather if not mounted on this hobby. The constitutional doctrines of our firmest Republicans have yielded to the monster. Even Mr. Mangum when fiist sent to the Senate as the champion of a strict construction and a thorough anti Internal improvement man, the very ground of his election, yielded to the mon ster and eased his conscience by calling it an External improvement, (a nice hair split ) Governors, Congressmen and Slate Legislators, have at the risk of their places, huzzaed for Nag's He id; yet not the first grain of sand is removed for its ac complishment. It has been surveyed and re-surveyed, reported on in all its mostfav orable circumstances; yet all that is effected is to electioneer on, by w hich the people are humbugged and political quacks foisted The balance of political pow- I inln nnwpr. Whirr f'rtntront I nn rorrimtort 1 r Jnlr i I ' wvm it li v tl iil.iii.m I'll, limn j us i . . I.ll.i which is the only real expediency about their choice, or the "available" man. The Editor of the Whig seems to be in the secrets of the meeting, if he will dis-1 lose the controversy between Mr Collins and the youngster, it may explain the whole n.attr. And we repeat, if our re collection of the said meeting isconect, the "false statements" charged were not made aftprnnnn. whilst under way, in the river Potomac, fourteen or fifteen miles below this city. Yesterday was a day appointed, by ihe courtesy and hospitality ol Capt Stockton, Commander of the Princeton, for receiv ing as visiters to his fine ship (lyingoff Al exandria) a great number of guests, with their families, liberally and numerously in vited to spend the day on board. The day was most favorable, and the company was large and brilliant, of hoth sexes; not less probably in number than four hundred among whom were the President of the U nited States, the Heads of the several De partments,and their families. At a prope hour, after ihe arrival of the expected guests, the vessel got under way and pro ceeded down the river, to some distance below Fort Washington. During the pa sage down, one of the large guns on board (carrying a ball of 225 pounds) was fired more than onre, exhibiting the great power & capacity of that formidable weapon of war The Ladies had partaken of a sumptuous repast; the gentlemen had succeeded them at the table, & some of them had left it; the vessel was on her return up the river, op posite to the fort, where Captain Stockton consented to fire another shot from thesimt gun, around ani near wnicn, lo otnerve its fleets, many persons had gathered, though by no means so many as on similar dischar j-s in the morning, the ladies who then thronged the deck being on this fatnl occa sion almost all between decks, and out ol reach of harm. I'he gun was fired. The explosion was followed, before the smoke cleared away so as lo observe its effect, by shrieks of wo which announced a dire calamity. The gun had burst, at a point 3 or 4 feet from the breech, and scattered death and dt-sola tion around. Mr. Upshur. Secretary ol State, Mr. Gilmer, so recently placed at the head of the Navy. Commodore Kennon. of its gtllant officers, Virgil Maxcy, lately returned from a diplomatic residence at the Hague, Mr. Gardurr, of New York, form merly a Member of the Senate of that Slate, were among the slain. Besides these, seventeen seamen were wounded, several of them badly and probably mor tally. Among th se stunned by the con Ctission, we learn not all seriously injured. were I apt. Mockton himsell; (-ol. Benton. of the Senate; Lieut. Hunt, of the Prince ton; W. D. Robinson, of George'o wn Other persons also were nerhans more or m - ess injured, of whom, in the horror and confusion of the moment, no certain as- count could be obtained. The above are believed, however, to comprise the whole of the persons known to the Public who were killed or dangerously or seriously hurt. The sene upon the deck may more eas j ly be imagined than described. Nor can the imagination picture to itself ihe half ol its horrors. Wives, widowed in an instant by the murderous blast! Daughters smit ten wiih ihe heari-rending sight of theii S (J Among the recent published deci sions of, the Supreme Court we notice the following: Bv Ruffin. C. J. in State v. Lane, from Edgecombe, declaring that there is no er- tts- hl,t hrJ the lVhiS itselfi aml 3,1 ,he xor tn the record. cant of the W hig about truth and morality, and the assumption to himself of their im- The North Stale Whiz. maculate purity, becomes a fine comment We dislike controversy more particular- ry on his own course and conduct in this ly with persons who are as lavish of char- whole mat'er. ges and epithets, unbecoming the inter- In answer to the demand of the. Whig course of even political opponents; but we will also refer him lo his course to however reluctant, we feel bound to give wards Dr. Hall. He can't plead that he another notice to the North St;te VVhig. was not notified of it before; for his charge When a person is assailed out of his hear- against Dr. Hall was promptly met at the ing, and afterwards rallied for not no- time not only in this piper, but in the ticing attacks and charges which he never Washington Republican under his very saw or heard of, the assailant in such a case eyes. During the last Congressional cam is guilty of worse conduct than his own paign, he sought to excuse Stanly's vote charges. And if this controversy revives for the Tariff by asser'ing that Dr. Hall had worn out uninteresting mailer, we can on- voted for a higher Tariff himself; and held ly gay, that it has but just been brought to up Dr. Hall by this vote as the advocate of ar notice, and though late, demanded not only the Tariff policy, but of a higher some reply. Tariff than Stanly supported. The high . When the North State Whig was estab- Tarifl of 1828 was compelled, by the com lished last spring to advocate the Whig pelled by the complaints of the South and cause and Mr. Stanly's election, as open the State of the Treasury, to be reduced; political opponents we desired only fair and Dr. Hall voted for the lowest rates play, of steering on our course openly and that could be obtained in 1832, and for still seeing our opponent's. So we respectfully lower rates in 1S33. And from the low tendered an exchange with the Whig, and rates of 1833, Mr. Stanly voted to raise regularly sent him our paper; but after one and increase the Tariff. They acted the or two numbers, the Whig ceased to come very reverse of each other, one to lower to us, in return. We continued our paper the Tariff, the other to raise it; the roads to him till we saw his stopped, and decli- they travelled were directly opposite, then ning any further to intrude our paper on how was it possible that the anti-tariff votes him, we siopppd too. The only Whig ta- of Dr. Hall should justify the Toriff votes ken at this office was inaccessible to us, of Mr. Stanly. Tis true some of the du- consequently we knew nothing of the con ties of the Tariff of 1832, were higher than tentsof the Whig, its false statements," orlthe duties of 1M2: but they were support vilieation, except what was accidentally led not as the choire but the lowest that brought to our notice from other prints, could he wrung from Tariff majorities "Very recently the Whig has again been Dr. Hall supported a descending and Mr sent to our office, whether intended as a Stanly an ascending scale of duties, and h permanent exchange or only during the J whogoes down the ladder must first tread on controveisy, we neither know nor care 1 a. poke higher than he who starts lo climb which so much inquiry is made, of keeping the question up. It would be as difficult to trace the origin and history of this humbug as of the "fabled ship of Sir Wal ter Raleigh" which the good people believe to be still cruising in iho.e capes A bout 30 years ago, Fulton, a Sc -tch Engi neer in the employ ofthis State, reported its practicability by constitution of im mense sea-walls, and this report remains to this day one of the numerous monuments of folly and impracticability of said Fulton: and any improvement of said report by subsequent surveyors only raises that much higher the aforesaid monument. The friends and advocates of Nag's Hed have been in power in this State and in Congress. The treasury has been full to overflowing and millions lavished on equally vain attempts; yet, not the first dol lar is spent towards opening Nag s He-ul. Where then was their z al and friendship for Nag's Head! All spent in resolutions of enquiry, or carefully bottled up for use in the next campaign; and this game which has been playing for a score of years on theblindnessof the people, Mr. Rayner has again commenced. Quousque tandem Cafalina abutere nostra patentia. Na ture has in this instance come in to the aid of the constitution and forbid this work of man; for it would be as expedient to assign the limits of the ocean or direct the course of the sand and the winds as to attempt a permanent ship channel at Nag's Head. Congress The Senate is still engaged principally with the Tarifl, and the House with the 21st Rule. father's lifeless corpse! The waitings of agonized females! The piteous grief ol unhurt but heart-stricken spectators! Th- wounded seamen borne down below! Thesilrnt tears ami quivering lips of their brave and honest comrades, who tried in vain to subdue or to conceal their feelings! hat words can adequately depict a scene ike 1 his? I he bodies of the killed remained on board the ship last night. They will be brought to the city this morning. From the Raleigh Independent. We are glad to see our State securities going up; we understand there was a sale of Rail Road Bonds with the State guaran tee, effected in this ( ny last week, at 3595; an improvement of 4 percent, on last sales. of the 12th inst. says the Governor t been in bad health for some time'paat, , Amalgamation. We learn that a servant girl wes married in this city terday by a Justice of the Peace to a J man. The couple we are told, appjjJ nearly or quite all the clergymen here in Bridgeport to legalise the union l they all declined the honor, when the't was tied by the Justice. "Erery 0n " his taste." We do not learn where ! happy couple spend the honey moon. New Haven ity Washington Market Feb. 29 .fj0 wholesale, 551 60 per barrel. BacoJ1, 7Jcents. Lard, 7 to 7 j cents. Naval sto New dip, $1 65; Old, il 65. Sera 65 cents. 'Hep. " COMMUNICATED. fJ7Rev. Thos. L. Carter will pm on the 1st Sabbath in March at WeldoJ 2nd Sabbath and Saturday before at Jacv son, Northampton county; 3rd Sabbath j Lee's Chapel, Bertie county; 4th SabW and Saturday before, at Taiboro'; 5th Sab. bath and Saturday before, at Hardaway'i, At Tarborough and N'ew York. FEB. 21. per Bacon, - lb brandy, apple, gallon Coffee, lb Corn, - bushel Cotton, ' lb tOtton bagging, yard Tatboro yew York, Floor, Iron, Lard, Molasses, Sugar, brown, Salt, T.I. - Furpentine, wheat, whiskey, barre Jb lb gallon lb bushel barrel bushel gallon 8 40 13 30 a no $5 5 6 35 9 45 140 65 35 9 50 15 35 7 25 i 6 7 49 13 -50 40 4 40 9 47 6 15 $5 3 7 18 6 32 235 S 50 12 5-2 8 16 i 4 10 so 33 lWllQ 20 25 Lost ! BETWEEN this place and Mri. November term of County Court, a small paper bound book, red back, containing "statistical and historical account of Edgecombe by Jer. Bailie," Ihe property fVm. b. Uancy, esq. The nnderwill e suitably rewarded by leaving it' with Mr. Howard, Tarhoro, or giving me lie necessary information for its recovery. WILLIAMS HIKES. Feb. 28, 1844. !r 4 Notice. npHE Subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he has employed Miss Lane, a lady who has had some ex pertence in teaching and is well recom mended, to teach School at Cone toe A- ademy, which has been just opened, 'uition 5 cents p r day for all the differ ut branches taught. Board can be had n the neighborhood from $3 50 to $4 00 per mouth, or 10 cents per day where itudents go home. J. H. DANIEL. 25th Feb 1S44. 9 N. B Board and tuition in proportion j to the times. We hone therefore to ob I ain a ftw Boarders and Scholars J. H. D. From the National Intelligencer. MOST AWFUL & MOST LAMENT ABLE CAT AS I ROPHE! Instantaneous death, by the bursting nf one oj the fatge guns on board the U nited States ship Princeton of Secre tary Upshur, Secretary Uiltner. Com modore Kennon, $ Firgil Maxcy , Esq. In the whole course of our live it has never fallen to our lot to announce tnnur fo at this late period we have thrust at us I from the bottom, but the intermediate readers a more shocking calamity shock Conner's Inquest... The Coroner was las' week called to view the bedy of a slave, the property of Wesley Jones, Esq , who was lound (lead on his plantation. The verdict of the jury was, that he came to its death, in consequence of the excessive use of liquor, procure! at some of those pests to society, the grog-shops of Ral eigh." ib. Important from Texas if true. The N O Bulletin of ihe 14th insL mvr; By the arrival of the steampackel Nen- iune, from Galveston; we have verv late advices from different parts of Texas. We have received a copy of an Extra published from the office of the Houston Teleeranh on the 9th inst Circumstances as far as we can judge, stem to warrant the belief that the statements given arc substantially cor rect Glorious News An nexafion. We have received intelligence fiom sources ol unquestionable author iiy, that the Senate of the United Mates has almost unanimously ratified a treaty for the annexation of Texas to the United States I he despatches rela ting to the subject have been forwarded to Washington, Texas, with all possible nasie. Suicide of Gov. Reynolds Gov. Thomas Revnolds. of Missouri, commit ted suicide at Jefferson city, on the 9th inst.. hy shooting himsell through the head with a pistol. He lingered several hours in great agony. The St. LouVs Republican llalc and Female School, Hp HE Subscriber avails himself of this opportunity to call public attention to the b ve mentioned Institution, of which he has charge as Instructed In struction will be given in any and all the English branches, to any extent required; iso in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and French languages. Students, designing t enter our University, will be taught he course of studies recommended by the Faculty in their Cata'ogue. ' I he present session commenced on 2d Monday in January, and will end on Fri lay belore the 2d Monday in June. StU lents may enter at any lime during the ession, and pay for the time sent. TERMS. English branches per quarter, 5. Languages do. 7.50 Payable quarterly. Refer to the Trus tees of the Male Academy. " J. H BROOKS, Principal Feb. 10th, 1S44. 6 NEW GOODS! NEWCOODSn Tail & Brother, WOULD inform the citizens of thi place and the public generally, that they now have on hand a very desirable and magnificent assortment of iFancg ana Staple BUY (ROOBS, Hats and Caps of the latest style and ve ry best quality Boots and Shots Hard ware, Cutlery, Crockery. Glassware, GROCERIES, Ac Purchasers of the above articles will find it to their ioterest to examine their stock. Even if they do not purchase of us, they will at hast have the advantage of learning the lowest market prices. Tarboro, Feb. 1st, 1844. 5
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