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TARBOKOUUII:
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1S44.
-. .FOR PRESIDENT
James II. Polk) o'f Tciiiisscc.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, .
George M. Daltas oTPcnii.
FOR GOVERNOR,
chart IMoke9 of Lincoln.
ELECTO HAL A PPO I NTM ENTS.
. We are requested by Henrt 1. i oole,
Esq., the Democratic Nominee for Elector
of President and Vice President in thi
(2nd) Electoral District, to publish that he
expects to address the people of the several
counties composing the District, as follows:
At the Court House of Nah Co. 13th Aug
27th Aug
3rd Sept.
10' h Sept.
l.hh Oct.
29th Oct.
5th Nov.
Edgecombe,
.Tyrrell, .
Washington,
Alar'iii,
Peauforf,
Jhde,
Pill, on the day of
Presidential election, being llih Nov.
The Washington Whig and Raleigh
Standard are requested to copy the above
appointment?.
It will be perceived that the above ap
pointments alone involve a large amount of
uncompensated labor, and will therefore
constitute a satisfactory reply to the seve
ral requests received lo address the people
at their gatherings in detached sections of
counties.
(JWe understand that the letting but
the building of a new Jail in this place, ad
vertised to have taken place on Thursday
last, was postponed until next Saturday,
the day on which the polls of election will
be compared.
let her go down with her flag nailed to the
mast. Set every threadbare sail, and give
her to the God of storms" !
FOR THE TAKBOSO PRESS.
Mr. Howard: The communication of
.Macon, in the last press, makes some im
poitant and startling developments in rela
to our humbug Rail Road system and
financial affairs. It is.much to be regretted,
that it was not in the power qf the gentle
man to have gone generally into a develop
ment and exposure of the financial matters
of the State. But it is very difiicult lo gef.
behind the scenes in any government.
And this is one of the reasons, why it is so
difficult and always has been, to have for
any length of lime a good government in
practice, however excellent in theory.
Another and a very natural cause oT the
degeneracy of every government, no mat
ter whether free cr despotic is, lhat, there
must be of necessity a large numberalways
interested in having as lavish expenditures
as possible. And being tinder all govern
ments a very influential class, it will serve
to account for the many abuses and excess
es by which The people, the furnishers of
the money are abused and their rights in
regard lo their money, concerns, trampled
on. Vou will readily perceive that I al
lude to those who .consume or live upon j
the revenue, the lax-eaters. ISO tlou.ot it
is much easier and mote pleasant to live by
the sweai of others brows than our own.
With the class alluded to, every, plan, eve
ry humbu. no matter what itsabsurdity or
impracticability to any useful purpose. -will
alwavs find suppoit because it will add to
their revenue means of enjoyment. . ,
J I' Macon could have turned, back a few
years, he would have found much, to la
ment, in the management of-our aCf-irs.
You, sir, are very well aware of the boasts
.that have frequently be.n made even re
cently, that the Mate owed nothing. It is
now shown that our debt is much larger
than any good citizen would desire, ,and
the means of gelling out of it very inade
quate; .notwithstanding the notorious fad,
Uiat only a few yeais since the State was
in funds, if the public documents made. cor
rect statements, of some millions without
much i f anv debt. Where are those mil-
authorises. According to the statement,
alluded to, the quota of Edgecombe i.
1,765 30, which she cannot get without
the additional sum of one-half that amount,
or SS82 65, by additional tax. Now al
this may seem very fair, very ..literal, and
very moderate, and withal a very good
bargain for the people. , But it does not so
strike me.. Per haps the people may like it
and the system which it is to support. ;But
at present.it is not thy t. the hest possible.
If there is really a surplus of public money
under the control of the Legislature, and
they capnot find a valuable use or invest
ment fox it, they may gel clear of it in one
of two ways, or if the amount is very Jarge
hv hnih ThRre is really but one way so
r- i 1 Vi.t an pniial distribution of
Id. I AS SCC, "V 1 "
a surplus of public revenue can be made;
that js, to pay the necessary expen
ces with it, and repeal in proportion the
public tax. The other, next perhaps in
equality, is to .distribute j.o the counties in
proportion to Federal numbers, and let it
be applied.. to county purposes, for which
ihe people.pay, and to primary.schoql; by
the people themselves in such pari or whol
ly as they may see ht
possesion of. these documents,, after the
Senate had decided against their publica
tion; but it sho vs thai there .is. somebody
somewhere who is ready to take. the re
sponsibility. Extract from General Houston's leten
President of the Republic of Texas,
to General Jackson, date( .
, , . February, 16, 144.
a ononiii minitipr. together Willi our
roidpnt Charge, has been appointed, with
full powers, to consummate the work of
annexation. Hut that you may be the
more perfectly informed of everything in
teresting connected with. ihe subject, I have
directed my private secretary and confiden
tial friend, W. D. Miller, Esq., to convey
my personal salutations t and embraces to
you, with, authority lo communicate up
on every subject. " Mr. "Miller is a young
gentleman who has been with me in my
office since the commencement of my pre
sent Administration. He knows all, my
actions, and understands all my motives
1 have concealed nothing from him, nor
will he conceal anything from you. Mr
Miller bears despatches, and has been ap
pointed secretary to the secret legation at
Washington. . If you should desire to send
Gen.
.. COUNTY CANDIDATES
(JWe are authorised , to anno,,.
LOUIS D. WILSON, as a Z .5
date for .re-election to the Senate, at u!
rai Assembly ol mis Mate.
fine.
. (J,We .are
.Gen.. JOSHUA
authorised
to annn.,-.
UAIINES, aa acaZe
for re-election to the House of Commo
at the ensuing election, for , members
the General Assembly othis State.
(DVVe
ROBERT
are .authorised .to annoonc.
R. BRIDGERS. F.s "ce
candidate for the House of Commons at
ihe ensuing election for. me rubers of it.
General Assembly of this State.
(7 We are authorised
M. D. PET
re-election at .the ensuing ejection for the
office of SherifTof this cbunty.
u. i nt w i i , , a 5 3 candidate f0r
TO THE FREEMEN OF EDGE
COMBE. Gallant Comrades!
The hour for battle is at hand! Before
the close of another week the day will be
lost or wen.. Jlre you ready? If not, we
beseech you haste to make ready. No time
is to be lost. Delays are proverbially dan
gerous. The coon squadrons are marshal
ling their forces for the fight, and will make
a desperate struggle. They are scattering-
jaiseuuuu.s uruaucasi over me iaie. II ; same amount
lions gone? to, the., four winds, or rather
"gone to the use and behoof of a number of
corporations, without in some . instances
havin'g. even done them much good. In
some othVr instances, it has been of use, to
those passing it. 1 . mean that portion
which went to the . banks, and it is to be
presumed they will be able to make some
remuneration for its use. What is Ihe situ
ation of nearly a million and a half of the
surplus money deposited by the Federal
Government wiih the States? Is that too
to be numbered with the things that have
been? V?as there ever a. greater instance,
or a more useless and unjustifiable case, of
humbug legislation, to call it by no worse
name., tlun ihe Disiributipn At? . .Ami
If M nenn i'e nnrrprt. what IS tO bCCOme
of ihe school system alter llie expenu.iuut; any communication to Washington, you Vi " i , wlun3CU 10 announce
of many thousands? It.will be a lesson to j -, f hjm a re;1(,v wrjtPr an( he will! I-OUlS C. PENDER, as a candidate at
ihe Liegislature as wen as 10 ine pcupr iake pleasure in serving you as an am2nu
to rush blindfold Upon every, proposition ens's
which may be gotten up to roh them to . jj0 m'y venerated friend, you will
tax. them. 1 could give further caution by Lerc.e;ve ti)at rexs is presented to the U-
nited States as z bride adorned fcr her es
pousals; but if, in the confident hope of
the Union, she t-houid be rejected, Jier
mortification would be indescribable. She
has been sought by the United States,. and
lhs is ihe third time she has consented.
Were she now to be spurned, it. ivould
forever terminate t.rpect.ition on her part;
and il wqidd then be only left lor the Uni-
tn.l St'-ti.c ti uTiuil I Ii j I ilf ivrtnlil vnoL'
The annual interest on this debt cannot j ' . " , l,:,,,. in
would jusiify her in a , course dictated t by
necessity and sanctioned by wndont.
referring to seveial of the States, .but this
from Illinois may serve, if it is not loc lte,
for further caution. The State debl of Il
linois stands.as follows:
Amount of debt. . Sl4.703,M9
Amount of interest, t2,:a
Population in 1MO, 416. 183.
Proportion of debt per head,
Proportion of interest per head,
30
I
75
J7
now be much Jess., lhan S900,OCC 'I he
dqbt will be increased the amount of the
me f r:ung eiequon ior ine OUice of Sher.
iff of this county.
(0We - arfe authorised to announce
JESSE MERCKR, as a.paAdjdaje at the
enduing election for the ofece of Sheriff of
this county. -
.it Tarborousrh and JS'ew York.
i n: -f-i : 1. I ........ 4.': v
loan, "wchi iR. .u.n. .uucu.M.v- w;Iowevtr aiver,e this mijHit be to the
more lhan fclb.UOO,UOU, reqn.r.n5.near y , wishej or of lhe United
nna mill. m- r ilnllirc innilJ t' In n:l V IP . .' '
,u" v v I'- """ilshlcs. in ipr iirrwul silntmii shr rnn H
one m
interest. The estimates and ralculations
made as to the. future receipts from thu ra
nal, we can sjfely set, down tobe. full one
hundred per. cent-, more. than will be reali
zed. This his invariably been the case in
the public works. of all., other ,St ites, and
we have seen no superior judgment exerci
sed by the government of Illinois in their
internal affairs, to destroy the impressions
that the same mistakes will be made in this
instance. It is gratifv ing to see lhe delin
quent States making every effort possible
to meet ine interest on ineir uecis,. out
wjien we see, an additional loan contracted,
then ;,ve see the already large debt made
still larger,' upon terms that canqot be ful
filled, we cannot quietly lpok,cq and see
the people of that State pressed down deep
er than they now are. .
One of the "greatest curses tQ the human
I creature is, a blinl credulity which rnakes
them give implicit . taith
bad a cause.
you, who have
they can display zaal in so
how much more ought
truth, justice, and right on your side, in
the person of Col. Hoke you have a leader
worthy cf ycur cause, and worthy to be
your standard bearer. lie is a bold and
fearless Democrat. His competitor, Wm.
A. Graham, is a Federalist of the rankest
stamp. He voted against giving the elec
tion of Governor to the people, and is now
seeking the office at their hands. Will the
people sustain him? Will they vote for
Mm, who has always been foremost against
thtm? We cannot will net believe it
Come forth theh in all your strength, and
vote for Col. Hoke. Edgecombe expects
every man to do his duty. The eyes of
the Slate are upon you.
Watch the little Federal clique in Edge
combe. Their leaders we believe are gen- j
tlemen-i high-minded gentlemen and
would scorn any underhanded measures;
but their Utile swaggering understrap
ptrs, stuck here and there about the coun
ty, are unscrupulous and will resort to any
means.
Descendants of Johnson and Irwin! gal
lant sons of a revolutionary ancestry ! where
are ye now? Your forefathers fought for
libertywe fight to preserve it; they
fought against British taies we fight
against the taxes of Northern plunderers.
Rouse up and rally in all your force, do
t6 the Polls, every man of you- bring out
your neighbors. Animate lhe lukewarm,
encourage the faint-hearted, and confirm
the wavering. Democrats of the South
side! you who have never known what it
is to falter-stand forth and vindicate your
princi pies. Democrats of the North side!
friends of freedom and equal laws! your
country calls. Give one day fb her. Put
on the whole armor of Democracy, and go
oiui conquering and to conquer. If you
fall-fall wilh your arms in your hands.
"Jf the gallan, ship cf State ii to go down,
w.th the statement of the Secretary ot the t)(re h,ch be lhrusl at lhem. .Ad
Treasury, at the t.me .ht Ihe surplus was fooIj j ls reaJ
more appan-ni than rcjl, and hat it would , he pi iricipa objecl of lhi3 ije commu
all be wanted very soon Was he right? nicallon is ,0 recaJi the attention of the peo
Less than two vear& verified what he said, , . ,, r ' e
u s ; . , . . , ' p'e to the communication of Macon. J.ir
in the bur debt to somewheie about the! i t i . n . u i ui .
mi me luji, us.wi w hich we uuuht all to he much on hired tu
Ai-wl Iml Ii ir th 4 t-in it mi . o . J7 .
aim tni " i r nit u lj
not ponder long.
. The Dissolution of the Union. The
Boston Atlas, the leading whig paper in
New England, says:
'We shall certainly consider the annex
ation of Texas, or and other foreign, state,
to (his country as a virtual dissjlution of
the Union, and we apprehend Iht such a
vast addition to our territory and popula
tion would so far change the nature and
circumstances of the connection as to ab
solve lhe dissenting states from any further
obligation under the original contract bl
Union."
Astonishing
JULY 27
Gacon,
Brandy, apple,
Coffee,
Com,
Cotton, f .
Jetton beg'ging,
Flour,
Iron,
Lard,
Molasses, -Sugar,
brown,
Salt,T. I. .
Turpentine,
wheat,
whiskey, -
per
lb
gallon
lb
bushel
lb
yard
barre
lb
lb .
gallon
lb
bushel
barrel
bushel
gallon
Ta
?
40
12
30
7
20
S5
5i
G
35
. a
a
170
.55
25
-8
50
13
35
8
25
5
6
7
40
12
; 50
180
75
40
Yew York
- 5
40
9
47
5
$5
3
7
IS
6
32
225
100
20
7
50
13
43
10
16
si
4
10
20
35
$33
118
20
of his hands by Congress, il would have
been called for to pay the necessary expen
ses of the Federal Government. That Act
deserves to he placedin a category of im
moral acts that it is not necessary to men-
I tion. i- .. .
Macon makes rather an unfavorable ex
hibition of the prospppts of the so called
Free School fund. The .following state
ment, in connexion with this subject, may
not be amiss. ,
From an official statement, publisher by
authority, it appears that the sum applica
ble lo all the counties for school purposes,
the conditions of the act being complied
with, was for one year from Sept. lsK'42,
to Sent. 1st, M3. 90,847 22. One of the
requirements of the act. iif rightly under
stood, i, that the counties receiving their
proportion shall raise by taxation a sum not
to exceed one-half of the fum to be receiv
ed Frcrri the Literary Fund. This sum bv
. : 1 p e nil
taxation u iqr an tne counties wouici, oeing
added to that sum, make for the Slate, if
no mistake In the estimate, JS1 36,270 83:
consisting of $90,S47 22, of the people's
money previously accumulated Trom vari
ous sources, and lhe half of that sum in ad
dition, by a new tax making the aggregate
for the year a above. Let us compare this
amount with the public tax, the Mate tax
collected by sheriffs. In round numbers,
from looking into public documents, with
out giving fractions or the precL-c amount,
it will be found to be about t80,000 sup
posed for M3, the last y ear, &3,7S7 05
u an mis De correct, anu mere is no inten
tional error, we find the slim for school ex
penditures, if the law is fully complied
witn, larger man me whole amount o! pub
lic or State .revenue from taxation, bv the
difference between the sums here stated.
And the people for the sake of getting
"' a tfiimuwieugeu 10 ue ineir propor
tion of the public money b'elonktriz lo them
: ii t : i i . . v .? .
in me ujierary runa, must lax themselves
to more than one-haU of the whole amount
of ievenue from public or Stale taxes.
This Is one among other requirements,
without vvhich they are riot to get thai
which is their acknowledged portion of the
public money.
ine .amount here mentioned from the
proceeds of the tax is supposed to be equal
lo the one-half the $90,847 22, as the law
him.
PHILO MACON.
Louisiana Flections. Elections were
effects of Fright. A
daughter of Peter Fisher, of Philadelphia,
about twelve 3 ears of age, who from her
infancy was unable either to walk or speak,
in the evening of the extensive conflagra
tion in Cadwalder street, duiing the riois,
entirely gained the faculty of speech and!
the power ol locomotion liuin the effect
oflnght. Her father's house was burned
in the conflagration, and the family had to
tlee to the woods. The editor of the North
American ha ?etn the girl .and says she
now speaks with distinctness.
Dr. Duffy's
a:ti-biliousjpills
AND TONfC MIXTURE.
vTUST RECEIVED, a supply of Dr.
Duffy's Anti-bilious Pills and Tonic
Mixture, an effectual remedy for Ague
and Fever,.&c . , .
GEO. HOlVARDgent.
Tarboro', July 16.
yyyjju
(plt is stated in the N. V. Tribune,
recently held in Louisiana for members of: thai the Cashier of the I3ank of Stamtord,
Congress, State Legislature, and a Sta'e-lonn., is a t defaulter lo l!)e extent, it is
Convention. The results so far as ascer-i Irar"" ol OjOOO, and is out ol the way.
tamed are the Democrats have elected 3
members of Congress, the Whigs 1 ihe
Democrats have a majority of 1 in the
State Senate, and the Whigs it is onjectu
icd will have a small majority in the House
of Representatives, which will give ihem
a majority on joint ballot, as they had last
year and lhe Democrats have elected a
majority of lhe members of the State Con
vention. The principal changes are, the
Whigs have gained one member of Con
gress, and lost 3 members of the Legisla
ture from New Orleans. Notwithstanding
the popular vote is decidedly against the
Whigs, they exultingly proclaim lhe result
as a "glorious victory," and set down
Louisiana as certain for Henry Clay!!
Truly Ihey endeavor to make the most of
"small favor3."
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Mexico, the United Slates, and Texas
The documents winch we publish to-day
on the subject of the annexation of Texas,
possess a good deal of interest. In the first
place, we have a batch of suppressed corre j
.Pifice, consisting of letters from distin
guished men, in Texas to members of the
U. S. Goyernrhent; the object of w hich was
to apprise our government of the efforts
which were niaking by other nations to
prevent annexation, and the probable
course of events in case the treaty should
b.e rejected. These letters, one of w hich is
from President Houslon to Gen. Jackson,
gives us a clearer insight into the policy of
Great Britain in regard to Texas than we
had before seen able to obtain, arid show
how much we are sacrificing, in a commer
cial point of view, by allowing the markets
of Texas to be monopolized by others, when
we might have had lhem almost exclusive
ly to ourselves. We do not exactly un
derstand how the Madisonian came into
We capital ol the bank was cnkinallv
590,000. but the failure of a hanking house
in New York, reduced it some years since
to 3550,000. 'Ihe examination of the ac
count is not yet complete, and the precise
amount of the deficiency is nut known.
-&
The steamship Hibernia has arrived, at
.Uosion, -making the passage fiom Liver
pool to Boston in twelve days and nine
houis. She bilngs news twelve, days la'er
than .that brought by the lat si earner; but
nothing of importance lo this country, ex
cept that the cotton market is very biisk,
and pi ices rising.
Liverpool Cotton Market, 'July 3
The transactions in coiiou since the de
parture of the Grewt WeMtrn have been on
an exten.Mve scaleat no pcriod.'ha' the de
mand slackened, the trade purcri.iMng with
unabated confidence and .'peculators opeia
tirigto a rair extent. American sorts and
Surats are fully I 3d per lb.' higher, as
will he perceive by the above report, and
the market altogf ther has a firm, healiijy
aspect. The business done this week has
been large; the sales have aveiged from
7.000 to 8.000 biles each dav, and amount
alt.gt;iher 10 about 29.000' balei. Prices
of all descriptions are very tlrni. Ameri
can 4d to Cd.
1 -v. -v- .Siilsss
Washington Market, Jity 25. Corn
wholesale, 1 0 per barrel. Bacon 7 a
7i cents. Lard, S cents. Naval stores.
iev dip, 95; Old, il 70
f5 cents. (Vhiir.
R.D. Addinston,'
(Surgeon Dentist ,)
. FROM NORFOLK, VA.
WERY. RESPECTFULi;V acquaints
y ' the Ladies and Gentlemen of Tarbcro'
that he arrived on lhe gOth July, and loca
ted himself (for a fhdrt time) at the Hotel
of Mr. S. Pender. He operates in all the
various branches of his profession, viz
Ektraclg, plugs, and cleans lhe teeth. He
is prepared to set or apply artificial teeth
10 any case whatever; duplicate specimens
nf his operation may bes-een.at his room.
Old plates altered and repaired. The
cayed teetH of indigent persons extracted
w ithout charge. ; .
Town references W. F. DaricyandR.
R. Rridgers, Esqs.
Joticc:
. .. -- ..
rfT HE .nibsciber, being desirous t? rc
-7- nib ye lb the wet, offers his lands oT
sale. Tile tract on which he lives cbntain
. , 700 Acres; t
itualed in the county of Nash, lying oj
the North ide of Swift Creek, on the road
hading from Enfield 4o Hilliardston, 1
ti iles No. E.st of Nashville, and 6 Eastoi
Hiiliardstun. Trie placb is healthy, M
water good, the Hpuses comfortable, orcn
ai ds select. & ihe farm in excellent repair.
ALSO, one other tract,
adjoining the above, containing 500 acrej
excel-
Scrafe
rzirrr,w.. .Ti
A FR?SH uppy of Peters' Pills just
received and for sale by
rp : , , T , GBb. iiothiRb.
larboro ; July 19.
I vinrr in iK olViwaj-iwI mnniv II has a Une
ling and all necessarv out houses
lent water and remarkably healthy.
AltStf, oiic oilier tract,
lying in the county of Edgecombe, S'1.
ted oh ihe North side of Swift creek
within one mite of the W. & R. R Ka'
Containing 700 acres; it is well limberc 1
has a good dwelling and necessary oa holij
ses. All of the above farms are el
adapted to the culture of corn, eotio"'
wheal, oais, &c. Persons wishing 10' P3
chase land in this country, would do we
to call and examine for themselves iJ
diatelv. IVILLIAM F. BATTLE'
July 15th, IS44. 293
Couslable Blanks far
AT THIS OFflC.
sale,