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Fpp H id 'Vf'holcM. 961. Tarborough, Edgecombe County, .T, V.. Saturday, 3ugmt 21, 1 8 14. ot. XX. .lt. 34. The TarbaroiisJi Tress, Bv Gforge Howard. Jr. U published w,ekly at TVco ZM P year if paid in advanoe-or. Tw Dl,ars and t.fly Cent at the expiration of the subscription year. SaScriberJ .rS at liberty to dij.cont.nue at any fime on airing notice thereof and paying arrears. Advertisements not exceeding a square wil be inserted at a AAxr the first insertion, snd 25 cents for every continuance. Longer advertise ments at that rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial Atfveruseiiipui! vertisements must be marked the number of inser tions required, or they will be continued until otherwise directed, and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Kditor must be post paid, or they may not bo attended to. ipaasiEB'sra From the Vermoi.t Spirit of the Age. WHEN THIS OLD HAT WAS NEW. A NEW KDITION BY SLASHER & CO. When this old hat was new Some twenty years aro, The Federalists began to fear A final overthrow And to keep their party up Ai.d make it look less "blue," They've change d their name a dozen time: Since this old hat was new! When this old hat was new, Ere "patent whigs" were made. The Feds against the rights of mart ; W.ere openly arrayed . - -But;i3Ugh they now deny the name, . As knaves are won't to do, Their doctrines look just as they did When this old hat was new; When this old hat was new . The Feds despised the poor. And blushed if they were caught within A dirty "ratV duor The Democrats alone were found Among the toiling crew. Logs woe not rolled in rushed shiri3 When this old hat was new. hen this old hat was new 'Tis known that Harry Clay Frofessed to be a democrat, Before he went astray, And for the "Secretary ship" , Sold out to John QM The man he called, a "traitor black," When this old hat was new! When this old hat was new (Ere Harry changed his coat,) He oft declared "no decent mac? . Would evei beg a vote!" But now he goes a stumping round, And begs the country through Tis very strange how things have charged Since this old hat was new! When this old hat was new, i He rau for President, But found too late that he was not The man the people meant! And now he'll find in spite of all That cash and coons can do. The people think just as they did W hen this old hat vras new, 3 ':"S'f 'fl V Wr' From the Raleigh Stand zrd. MECKLHyjJURG MASS MEETING. Below we present letters from several of the distinguished gentlemen who were invited t attend the v.real Mass Mtetimr m Merk.'eno::: g cour.! ?n this State: , . Columbia. Tenn., July 2, 1844 Gentlemen: I have had the honor to re ceive your letter of the 15th ultimo, invi ting me on In half of a public meeting uf the Democracy of Mecklenburg, to visit North Carolina, and to be present at a "public barbecue" to be given at Char lotte on the 23d instant. Having been nominated by the Democratic National Convention lately assembled at Baltimore, as a candidate for the ofiic.e of President of the United v.ates, and havj.ig accepted the norwnatiun, I at?i constrained by a. sense of p"fDricty to decline accepting all, invita lions to a,""1 public meetings of the peo ple (iu;inj the pendency of the Freoidenr tial election. In adopting this course I but follow the t xm.ple of the eminent men who have preceded me as candidates for that high station. It would afford me sincere pleasure, I assure yon, to yisitonce more the scenes cf my early youth, and "to meet on the consecrated roi I where first was declared the Independence of .this country," the descendants ol the "illustri ous patriots of May, ,75;" and if in any instance I could depart from the rule, of conduct which I. have prescribed for rr.y-&-lf in thU if;rrri. ii wnold he to visit the people of my native county cf Meckleu turg, whom you represent. Trusting, gentlemen, that the reasons hich induce me to decline your invita tion may be deemed satisfactory by your-, lves and by my fellow citizens of Meck lenburg, I ahi' with great respect, . ,. Your obedient servant, JAMES K. POLK. To Messrs C. J. Fox, and others. Com mittee of Invitation. Charlotte, N. C. June 21. 1844. Gentlemen: Your h?Uvr of.the 15th in-j 6tant, reached me to-day, and .1. feel ex ceedingly gratified by the kind and cordial manner in which, on behalf of the Democ- racy of Mecklenburg County vou have in vited my presence at a Barbecue on the 23d of next July. I ben vou to believe that no similar courtesy from any portion ui my;ienow:citizens could be appreciated more mguiy man one coming from a dis trict hallowed in the memory of patriotism as the very first to echo with the sound of American Independence. It so happens however, that I have promised a. veteran of '76, the Chairman of a Committee from Montgomery county in this State, to join him and his neighbors, at. a Harvest Home Celebration, on a fH 1 of Revolutionary encampment, at Whitemarsh, and on the day preceding the one you have indicated. If distance did not render it impracticable, how much delight might be crowded into the brief course of two days, by mingling scenes and associations sacred at once to both the civil and -the military glory of our country ! Obliged lu deny myself the en joyment of participating in your festival, accept the following as my humble contri bution to its sentiment: - The County of Mecklenburg; Whose fearless democracy earliest launched the bolt of Independence a proud birih-pliet lor a people's champion! 1 am, gratefully and respectfully, Your friend and tello .v citiz--".-, G. M. DALLAS. To Messrs. C. J. Fox, &.c. Washing i on, June 30, 1S44. Gentlemen: 1 am honored by your note of the 15th inst.tendering to me, in the name of the Republican party qf Mecklen burg county, an invitation to a Barbecue at Charlotte, on the 23d of July next. 1 re gret that my cScia.1 duties here compel me to decline its acceptance, as sfrong as is the inducement, which the occasion and the place hold out to accept. 1 am highly flat tered by the cordiality of your invitation, and the grounds on which you placed it. There is nothing which I have more at heart, than to see restored and placed in the ascendancy in their full vigor the old piin- ciples ot the Kepublican party. My con viction is deep and of long standing, that on it the;duraion of our glorious political system and Union depends... It is that alone, . which can resist the fatal tendency to consolidation, which for. many years has .marked the progress of cur Government, and which has been accomplished by in creasing confusion, corruption: and loss of confidence, as it approaches nearer to it consummation. It has been my destiny to stand in opposition to this fatal .tendency a large portion cf my political life, often un der the most trying circumstances. If it i3 ever to be arrested, it must be speedily done. It will soon be too strong to be re sisted. Much will depend on the approa ching contest. Should the Kepublican par ly succeed, and should they in good kith, earnestly and early commence the great tiitl of apoplexy on Sunday Iast,'at 4 o' woi k ot bringing back that Government to 1 cjoc: the original principles and policy cf the tj was sitting at )is front (oor in jea. party, the hopes ol the founders ot our p- din. Pa-., at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, liticd system. may still be realized; cur lib-1 as he generally did, to get the cool air, erties preserved, and our free, popular, fe- jam about eeven hc was. foun(j proslrate deral institutions be ever the admiration of j and jnsfensible . on the step of the door, the world.; But if not, it is to be feared, huvinr fallen from the chair. He never the opposite will be our doom. . In conclusion, I offer the following sen timcnt: .... , , Tht Republican Party: May it suc ceed in the coming ejection, and may its success be followed by the restoration and firm establishment ot its original principles! and policy. , With grett respect, 1 am, Sic &c. .- s J. C. CALHOUN. To Messrs. C. J. Fox, &c. Delroil,June 2S, 1844.. Gentlemen: 1 have had the honor to re ceive. y;our invitation to attend the Barbe cue to be given on. the. 23d of July, by the Democratic party pf Mecki? nburg county. Distance and other causes will prevent me from being present upon that occasion, but I fully participate with you in the feelings which have given rise to the proposition to celebrate the union and prospects of our party upon a spot.whic! was the first to raise the battle-cry; of Independence, and which was the-birth-place. cf. the able and eminent citizen who hw ben selected by our General Convention a a our candidate i lid P.hipf. Mairistracv ef :.'.:s vret lit - public. Though absent, - I er-ruiatiy unite with you in the "efforts f the resi ration .of the republic.a.. .p-.Lty. Xo power," and from the enthusi si:i . -.vilh .which the nomination is every where received, I con fidently anticipate the triumph of our prin ciples, and the election pf ,James K. Polk, who, by his past services, in the Democrat ic party, has given the sure3t pledge of his future devotion to Kb same great cause. With much respect, , . I am, gentlemen, . . Your obedient servant, : v t,EW. CASS. To Messrs. C. J. Fox, &.c. Lancaster, 6th of July, 1844. Gentlemen: Please to accept my grate-1 ful acknowledgments for your kind invita-! lion to a public Barbecue to be given byj me uemocrauc party ot Mecklenburg on the 23d instant. I can assure you I should esteem it a high privilege to meet the De mocracy of the old North State, "on the birthpot of Arr.er ican Independence," and io exchange friendly salutations with the descendants of those, brave and patriotic men who there first pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor in the cause of American liberty. I have, there fore, most sincerely to regret that my en gagements at home render it impossible t hat I should accept your. invitation. . Will you please tc present to the assem bled company the following sentiment in my name: Old McckUnlurg, and Ahclclen burg's native son, James A. Polk: "The bitih spot of American Independence" is the soil most worthy to produce Democratic Presidents. Yours, very respectfully, JAMKS BUCHANAN. To M est rs. C. J. Fox, &.c. From the Mudisonian. Downfall of a Republic Soon th Uist cf July. His- fever ran ever one hun vs of the la-t invasion of Texas will idre'd days .without anv material change. news strike discordantly or. the ears of the free I men of the United States. The hosts ol Santa Anna, the liberated prisoner on hon orable parole, the supplicating object of Texan mercy, are on their way tq Texas, to spread devastation over the land. We understand that his army is commanded mostly by European officers. The money to pay the. expenses of the invasion has been advanced by the British Government, and the expedition was set on fool as soon as the news of the rejection of the treat y of annexation by our Senate reached Mexico Too Bad. A friend who is one of the craft, writing from Washington city,, in forms us that at the whig printing ofiic? where he was employed, there were print ed for gratuitous circulation, 5,000 copies of a speech, purporting to have been deliv ered by -J. J. Hardin, in the House of Rep resentatives, abusive of the private as well a public character of Mr. Van Bu ren, (a second Ogle affair, we suppose,) which, since the nomination of Polk and Dallas, have all been suppressed; a dead loss. 'This is a truth for which wo can vouch, knowing the character . of our au thor. And .such was the sluff with whi h those political murderers of private charac ter were going to electioneer against Mr Van Buren. . We thank heaven that ihey were disappointed in their prey. Fay. Jour. Died. We regret to state that the Hon. Hpnrv A. M iihlnnhiiro" thr 1pmrr?lip L ,,Mpdte for Governor, in' Ppnnsvlvani. spoke after. He was 62 years old. 1 his depri rives the democratic parly ofjiXlr- Wilunp a married man, somewhat ad - ,'ocate: and at this particular I vanced ? .year?, who had been previously ?t n!il- nlv lime is a severe loss. . We see that Mr. Francis R. Shunk, .will probably be ,he candidate in Mr. M.?s place. Mr. Shu ok was the next prominent name when Mr. M. was nominated. ib. Fracas between Gov. Thomas, rf Ma rylund, and Ur. Ty er.A letter in the Baltimore Patriot, dated Frederick, Md., July lGth, says 4 You are aware of the state of feeling existing between Gov. Francis Thomas and Dr. Win. Tyler, growing out of the domestic troubles -of the former. They met yesterday at WaN ling's hotel, on the second floor, whither the doctor was on a professional 'visit to same of the lodgers, but through Walling's interference, the doctor reached the bar room in his descent, where the doctor, drawing a pair of revolving pistols, prepa red to receive his Excellency, should he make a -demonstration to attack him.. ; The Governor descended also, and made a spring like a tiger at the doctor's Jhroat. The doctor raised his pistol at the Gover nor's breast, but the bystanders, at the risk of their lives, dashed them- apart, and, car ried, th-e belligerents into separate icems, for their choler to subside. ijrcadful and Fatal Occident. Yes terday afternoon Mr. Augustus C. Fenno of this city, was accidentally shot dead by his' intimate and personal friend, Mr. Wil liam Neai. They t were out firing at a mark. He fell in the presence of his wife, who was at her house directly on. the op posite bank of the stream. Mr Fenno was about 38 years of age, and and has thus suddenly been taken away, leaving a wife with one child, a boy, about twelve years old. Bangor Whig. . Dreadful Occident. Wn learn from a gentleman who came through, this fore noon in the ear, from the tEcst, that as the train was leaving Dover, a little girl, in attempting to run across the track, was caught by the engine. The train passed over her and severed one of her limbs from her body, and , otherwise dreadfully mangled her. She was alive when the train left, but no hopes were entertained of her recovery. Lowell Courier. Melancholy Occident. Two young ladies drowned. On Wednesday lat two daughters of Mr. Jonah Holley, living in the east put of this town, and another ycung lady, went to Conesus - Lake about sundown to bathe. The two farmer went into the water together, and .had-walked haul 1hree Wl3 from onshore, when ihey were both suddenly precipitated down a bank into water nearly thirty leet deep Their names were Sarah and Frances; the former aged 22 and the latter. IS years. Genessee Republican. rmr Zera Sheohcrd died at New- ! town, t'ti. on the 2 I t of Jul v in the 57lh year of his t:e He wan confined to hishjmp. slack it with boilinir water, covering room on the 4th of Am il. and. died on the te,fi;ing the s?;i!lof the most eminent phy- sicjans, atwl what is most singular, --Pe nev er closed his eyes in sleep, nor was he ev er drowsy during eleven, weeks of the time. (fjMr.s. Barge r, of Petersyille, Mary land, about eighteen months ago, was safe ly delivered of three fine children, and the same ladv, last month, presented her hus band wiih four heahhy childien at a birth. Seven children in eighteen months! Expenses of Monarchs The London coriespondent of the Journal of Commerce write.: "It is said that a proposition will bo submitted for -augmenting the income of the Queen, on the score of her increasing family, and that Her majey having be come pecuniarily involved, will seek from her faithful Parliament a relief from all her difficult ies.-Hcr present debts ate stated to be jei00,000 sterling. The support of hercelf, husband, and court, costs John Bull 470,000 a year about g2, 120,000. r Louis Philippi has also applied to the French Chambers for an appropriation for the support of.the younger members cf his family. Public feeling has strongly 3et in against this applica4ion, from the notorious fact that the king 13 one of the richest men in Europe and the. papers assert that the income of the royal family, is 2j 0 millioi r u-i""' u .1 1 .. : . ti, ' ooantities, makes a slate color,. very suita francs, while it has received, during thr, ' u..:j i:' . r last 14 years upwards of 3s5 millions. J v . . . Horrid Murder and probable suicide ( New OrhancQn the afu rnoon of the oin instant, a miss ainarine Lumminc; a young tauy ot about 17 years ol age, resi ding wiih her mother in Girad, nsar Pa ronne st., who was engaged to;be married on the next day, the 6th instant, called up- on her.mantua .maker, -living in the Fiisi iMunic.paiity, ier me purpose m naming her wedding dress made. While there a Pa'iu hl" aidresses to her, prevailed upon 0 te accompany mm, togeiner w in ivirs. Leonard, the mantua maker, to the Lake!an( VOu wiidi them a clean white, it. is well end of the New Cans! for the purpose of ta king a fish supper.: After getting, through their repast, they entered the carriage for the purpose of returning to the city. During their ride, when between Ihe half way. house and the Carrolton avenue from some cause or other, Miss Gumming attempted to escape from the carriage, when Baune drew a Colt's revolving pis tnl and shot her through the heart. .. .Mrs. Leonard immediately leaped from the car riage, and in falling injured herself slight ly. Baune then jumped fiom the.qarriage, fired at Mrs. Leonard, and twice, at, the driver, without effect, and then ran into the swamp. Ral. Star. Stop the Fillian.Thz Yacoo, Miss. Whig, of the 28ih ult. says: "A most notorious scoundrel, by the name of John Farguson, stole from Mr. Thos. C. -Ray- ner, of Holm3s county ,: on Saturday night last, his two little daughters, one aged 11 and the other 9 years, also a negro man and two horses. ;What under heaven could have induced the black hearted wretch to steal the little: girls we cannot conjecture, but we sincerely hope that the scoundrel will be apprehended, and the children restored to their distracted pa rents. (JU : is stated in the Philadelphia Ga zette of Friday afternoon that the Recorder of that city has issued thirty-seven war rants for persons engaged in the late riots; of these persons, eight are in prison, two dead of wounds received by their fellow rioters before their arrest, sixteen are und er bail for trial, and eleven have not been yet arrested. . Su ccessor of the P 7 ophe . -John Har day, President of the Boston, Branch of the Mormons, in reference to a succsssor to J60 Smith, .informs the editor of the Times f that all the speculations on this point aro "fudge and nonsense, " and sayb, Sarl H. Smith, the oldest member of the family now living, and a brother to the murdered Prophet, will take the place of his brother Hiram as Patriarch in the church, -according, to the ancient custom of God's pec- ' pie. ... (3 Gov. Thomas, of Maryland, is out in the Maryland papers with -a card in re lation to his family difficulties; and chal lenges Gov. McDowell, Col. Benton, and the friends and connexions of Mrs. Thomas to a jvulicial investigation. Brilliant Whitewash. Many have heard '.of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east of the President's House at Wash ington. The following is a receipt for ma- "Ikirg it,' with some additional improve ments learned by experiments: - - Take half a bushel cf nice unslacked it during the process to..keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of clean sail, previously well dissolved in warm wattr; three pounds of ground rice, boiled to thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot, half a pound of powerful Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which have been previously dissolved by first soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow firf in a smair.kettle with a large one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water ia the whole mixture; stir it well and let Tt stand a few days covered from dirt. It should be put on qujte hot; for this pur, pose it ran be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace. It is said that one pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outide of a house, if properly applied. Brushts more'-or less small may oe ued according to the neatnes3 of the job requi. red. It answers as well as oil paint for the wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper. It attains its, brilliancy for many years. There is nothing -of the kind that will compare wiih it, either for inside or outside walK Coloring matter may be put in, and maue of any shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make red or pink more w, less deep, according to the quantity. ,A delicate tinge of this is very pretty for in side walls. Finely--. pulverised .common clay, well mixed with the Spanish brown before it is stirred into the mixturej t -kes a lilac colon Lamp black in mc- ie ... . ... . 4 black :yid Spamrh brown mixed together produce a reddish stone-color. Ochre stir j rej jn makes a yellow wash; but chrone i oes further, and mates a color generally e.-temed prettier, in all these cases, the uarKness oi me snaae win oi course uo ue tei mined by the quantity of coloring matr ter used. It is difficult to imake i rulej i i -f.i i -nr l .1 tastes are verv. different; it would he best j,0 iry experiments on a shingle, an let it t ,irv. i )ave been told that green must not j )e mixed with lime. The lime, destroys jthe color, and the oolcr tizs an effect upon j lne whitewash, which makes it crack and j )eal. W hen wall? have been bexMy smoked to squeeze inuiga plentifully through a bag into the water you use, belore it is stirred into the whole mixture. ; Usejnlness of Buzt lee -Bustles arfe more useful than is generally supposed. A fashionable married lady, on; her route to spend the .day wiih a friend on Shockoo Hill, was overcome by the heat and .lunU, ed. .On being taken - to a neighboring house and her. dress loosened, eht grew ibetter., Tbe kind hearted ladi; - however, proceeded to. relieve her; from a s.omswhat weighty bustle, when to their; amazement,, they discovered within it a, pmall lap dog, Some sewing, three spools of cottbnr a pair of stockings, a jiv.. md bowl, a pap spoon, a sun bonnet, a pair of silk gloves, a pair of slippers, a cradle, two pillows, a .baby's. -frock and other things four towels, a set of false curb, two pocket handkerchiefs, a card case, a little baby asleep, some crackers, a bottle of milk, & dozen, of Wright's cakes, a dressing cjse, mirror, wash stand, and various other arti cles which we shall not enumerate.; ,Thb surprised females (Quakeresses) quickly packed the things back again, replaced tho hump, and the recovered lady, oncei mora refreshed and dressed a la mode, dripped on her way, the picture of modern grace and beauty. Richmond Star. (JTo remove ink staina.from paper dip the feather of a pen in muriatic acid, and gently pass it over.the part of the pa per which is inked this will turn it lo a red color; afterwards, dip the feather in, boiling water, and pass it over the samQ part several . times,' and all traces of t ink will be one.