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The Taibo rough Press
Br George Howard, Jr.
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foluntcers for Oregon.
f Jittentionf rheumatic Ratlation!
IN anticipation of a war
with Kng land, the indivi
duals composing'he Rheu-
ijfegg? m a t ic Battalion are each
and every one notih
and warned to
iSer pear (armed as shall here
-"a Iter he direcieil.) before
Orderly Surgeon GEO. HOWARD, in
Tarboro, and purchase a bottle of
Heices lAnament and EUatirs.
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which is warranted lo cure all the old dses
of chronic or inflmnrnto'y Rheumatism
that have remained tincufed np to the pre
sent time. This without delav. so that vou
my be in readiness lo march, if called upon,
f To the Universal Rheumatic Battalion!
Given this day at Head Quarters by
COMSTOCK $ CO.
Co mm tnders General.
The above articleis sold wholesale by
Comstock & Co. 21 Cortlandt st. NewVork
by Geo Howard, Tarboro' -- M. Wes
son, Gaston F. S. Marshall, Halifax Bur-
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ucii ol 11 y in a u, i aimyra r. vv . ivioore,
Williamson and by cne person in every
village in U. States and Cauadas.
March 19, 1846.
m'ilwaine;brownley, & co..
JRetersburg, Ti.,
ARE now receiving their Fall Supply of
Which is verv general and extensive to
which they invite the attention of purcha-
sers. In their assortment mav be found.
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IGOhhJsbro wn Sugars, common to fine,
75 packages loaf and lump Sugars,
50 barrels clarified, crush'd & powder
ed do.,
750 bags Rio, Laguira, Cuba and Java
coffee,
1000 casks cut nails and brads,
40 hhds and tierces: Molasses, part Su
perior, 60 tons Swed., English & Amer'n irons,
350 ps. cotton bagging, various wts. and
qualities,
300 coils ybale rope, hemp, fl ix and jute,
1 500 lbs sewing, wrapping & seine twine,
2000 u ball: and hank shoe thiead,
1500 sides oak and hemlock sole leather,
150 dozen, upper leather, calf, kip and
sheep skins,
2000 sacks L'Pool line and ground salt,
'1000 reams wrap'g, writ'g.& letter piper,
20,000 lbs. iWestern Bacon, sides and
I shoulders, r
German, blistd, cast and shear steel.
Hoop, band, nail rol. and horse shoe iron,
P-atent hqrse shoes in kegs, spring steel,
Cart and waggon boxes, trace chains,
jiunpowder in kegs, qr. keg & canisters,
5bot &,bar lead, of Virginia manufacture,
Hotton ; Yarn, best N.Carolina manufae'e,
Bed cords and plough lines, Manilla rope,
Harness and skirting leather, ' .
Saddles, bndles'aud horse collars,
Cotton cards, Whittemnre's best, and com-
. mon kinds, Pf
feas, imperiat& gunp'tl,Y. Hyson & blacks,
ndigo, niatlcler, copperas, and saltpetre,
alts, borax, brimstone and alum,
I'estlwinter sperm and tanner'si oil,
epper, spice, finger and nutmegs,
andles, best sperm and tallow,
oap, brown and pale, washing and sha
I ying, &c. &c.
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83Their brsl attention will be
men to the sale of produce, con-
fgned to thfir care.
f August l, 1815.
APPROVED
I Patent Medicines.
yGoeli eke' splotch less Sanative, for the
tire of Consumption, coughs, rolds, &c
LBernardV remedy for Asiatic Cholera,
holera morbus, diurrhcei, &c.
j Compound Clilorine Twill Ha.rh, for
reserving lfe teethe iom decay, pro'ect
Dr. Phelps's! ceiehraexf tomato Pills.
Dr. Thorhsoit' celebrated Bye Wuter,
never failing rerpecjly )if i taken according
Mirecuons wnicu.aecQmpany rnem.
For safe by llGJSQ. HOWARD.
?boro'; June; 164 , ; C u ,
JatteronSf Wills,
PETERSBURG, Va.
August 25th, 1845,
AVE in store and are receiving ih
Pfoilowing Goods, to wit:
60 hhds r. Ktco; jN. (J., St. Lroix and
I refined Sugars,
20p bags La'guua, Rio and Java coffee,
20 hht.a R' Rico and Luoa molasses,
I part prime9
100J sacks L P. and G. A. salt,
20Q ps. cotton bagging, part sap'r qual.
20Q coils Bale rope.
lOOOQ lbs. Virginia cured bacon,
OOOO " w estern sides and shoulders,
25(1 sides good" and ''damaged" Sole
Leather, -.
50 doz. Russet upper do,,
f506 lbs. Shbe thread,
' 150 bis. Nos 1 and N. Ca herrings,
I0Q boxes Sperm and Tallow candles,
I api roved Brands,
2Q boxes & bis. jLoaf & Crushed sugar.
4 bis. superior Pulverised do.
10Q bags Drop and Buck shot,
100 kegs D. P. powder,
30 tons Swedes and Boglish Iron,
$ 6k bnd and hoop do.
3 blistered. German & Cast steel,
250 kegs cut and box nails,
10 doz. Wells & Co. approved axes,
5Cjj casks London porter q'ts & p'ts,
10 hhds Baltimore whiskey,
50 bis. i do. do.
50 44 superior Northern A. Brandy,
15 4 N. K Rum,
10 Scuppernbng Wine,
10 qr. casks Tener iff and S M. do.
$ pipe superior old Madeira,
6 qr casks Port wine,
' 5 half pipes superior Cognac & Cham-
1 paign brandy warranted genuine,
30 b'ls. old iMonongahela whiskey,
2 puncheons best Jamaica Hum,
3 pipes Hi (Jin, .
100 nests Iron anl Wood bound tubs,
20 bags pepper, spice and ginger,
5 half cheits superior 11. P., Imperial
I? and Y. IL Tea,
50 doz Bed cords best Hemp,
100' Cotton Lines,
100 reams VV rapping paper,
50 44 Writing & Letter do.
26 boxes Whittimore's genuine Cotton
I! and Wool cards,
100 bis. new City ground, family flour,
100 4 Si F. ditto ditto & country,
25 supefrior Cider Vinegar,
100 bushels best Clover seed selected,
Viiret'her with other articles usual I v
kept in the Grocery line; all of which we
offer for sale, upon such terms as we think
a fair examination cannot fail to approve.
We are agents fbr the sale ol .labez Parker's
Threshing Machines ,
FAN MILLS, STRAW CUTTERS &
op gfotlXtxn;
VVhicji are soldi at the same prices as by
ihe .vlanulaciurfcr.
We: a I so solippt a continuance of the very
I beral' patronage, heretofore received in
i ie way of Consignments of Produce: say
or n n Rj n anrl
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fledge ourselves to be unwavering in our ! reasonable ground to expect additional in
isrmsiof Commissions, as we place all on j formation from official sources, the under
an ecjual fooilng. Say fjly cents per signed presents the following as the result
tfale for Cotton, and all other kinds ol
Produce 2h perjeent. Also, the receiving
and forwarding jof Merchandise.
Thkniipavatielt d popularity of
HayV$ Liniment,
TTS al surety of its virtue the genuine
I Hav's Liniment has cured
ay
over twenty
lousand cases ol
PILES fi the United
states. It is the only article useu anu pre
scribed by the Faculty of New York, and
is recommended by every Physician in
he country whi has used i! or seen its el-
ffcts on others! The genuine has torn-
ock & Co. 's name on ech wrapper.
Sold wholesale by Comstock & Co "21
ortfandt st. N'ew York by Geo. Huw-
rd9 TarboroVrt-M Wesson, (iastoh b.
iVlarshall. Halifax Burnett & Hyman,
Palmyra F. W . Moore, VV illiamston
hd by one person in every village in U.
tales and. t anaclas. iviarcn i y, 10m
j Jusf Received,
!y tlie Stibscriber,
A. LARGE ASSQR I'M KN 1 Swedes,
r American and English Iron,
German & cast Steel, cut & wrought Nails.
CUsiinirs. consistinzof ovens, pots, spiders.
skillets, tea Hetties, andirons, cart and
wagon boxesU ploughs, points & heels,
Shade?, long handled shovels, hoes, trace
and)1: halter chains, sulky springs,
llurka Island salt,Iowns& grotindSalt,
Vyhite lead, linseed and train oil,
Sx 10 and iOx 13 window glass putty.
A' LSO, a ver v'lar ge & genera I assort men to
1 ' GROCERIES,
Hardiyare and Cutlery,
Qhihd, Glas,)Crockery and StofM ware.
r or saie on aqcummouaiing jierms.
From the Raleigh Star.
Executive Oppice, ?
Raleigh, Feb. 33rd, 1846. S
Sir: I send you an article, prepared in
accordance with? the direction of the Leg
islature, and designed, to exhibit the expe
rience of the Slates of the Union since
the year 1839, in regard to the cost ar
profits of their States' Prisons.
Please publish it in the Star, and send
five copies of the paper containing it, to
the Clerk of the County Court of each
County in the State, for the' use of the
people of his Countyftand request each
Editor of a newspaper in this State to give
itone insertion, and forward his account
to this office. Your obed't serv't,
WILL. A. GRAHAM.
T. J. Lemay, Esq. !
PENITENTIARY QUESTION.
Executive Office, 7
r Raleigh, Feb. 1846. 5
By the 4th section, of the "act concern
ing a Penitentiary passed at the; last ses
sion of the General Assembly, the Gover
nor was required1 to open a correspondence
with the Executive of the several States,
in which the Penitentiaries "are now es-
tablished," with a view to obtain "such
statistical information, in relation to the
profits and expenditures of those! Institu-:
tions, since the year 1835, as may in his
opinion be necessary for the . information
of the people, whose vote is to be taken,
on the adoption of that system of punish
ment at the election in August next; and
to cause the same to be published in the
newspapers of the State previously to the
election."
A circular letter, embracing the neces
sary inquiries was accordingly prepared,
and a copy sent to the Executive of each
State and Territory of the Union, during
the last Autumn. Prompt and satisfactory
aeples were in a short time received, from
several of the States, and among them,
some of those most distant from us. But,
it is a source of regret that from others, in
which the system is known to exist, no in-
telligence has been obtained. Having de
layed this publication longer than was de-
sired, with the hope of procuring the re
turns of the year 1845, which has been in
part realized, and waited until there is no
of his inquiries and researches.
In the State of Maine.
Year. Profits.
Net Prof, of
State Pris. in 1840. $1,865 76
Loss.
Loss
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1841.
1842.
1843.
I44.
gi9,119 02,
" Profits
' Do.
" Do.
838 13
577 56
1,163 79
Profits. Loss.
$179 43
1,015 92
Massachusetts.
Year.
Net Loss of
3 State Pris. in 1840.
" " "; 1841.
" Profits it l 1842. 931 36
" Loss " 1843.
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5,022 11
268 68. I
" Profit ' 1844.
Connecticut
Profits of State
Prison in
1840.
184L
1842.
1843. -1844.
$4,511 19.
8,282 90.
8,065 29.
0,069 25.
008 92.
attnbuied in
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This nrosnerous result is
the Report of the Inspectors, to the fact,
that the officers of the Prison, hare not
been removed from office, with the" chan
ges of political parties, as has been the case
in some other States. j -
New York has three Penitentiaries, viz:
At Auburn, at Sing Sing, or Mbant Plea
sant, and at Clinton, (the last recently
erected ,) besides the State's Prison 'at
BlackwelPs. Island, for te punishment , of
inferior offences. .
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Profits of State's Pris. in 1S43, $3,379 21.
1844. 5,806 12.
1845. 7,369 49.
Number of Prisoners 6S3.
Jit Mount Pleasant.
Year. Loss.
Loss from State's Pris. in 1841. $5i5 14 00
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1842. 13,817 00
1843. 29,688 00
1845. 18,140 60
The statement respecting both these Pri-
sons, for the last year, are obtai tied from
.1 r -1 ... I a 1 a 1 t
ine iiessage 01 isov. ngni, aaieu Jan.
6th, 1846, who remarks respecting the de
ficiency of $13,140 60 at Mount Pleasant,
that "this balance of expenditure has been 1845, states the net Fronts of lhe;Peniten
metby drawing from the Treasury g 17,-7 or the year, at $lQi025 00. He
000 deposited therein from the former previously says, '-the system of prison dis-
surplus earnings of the prison; and $340, cipllne Which has been vigilantly adhered
00 from a balance on hand at the close of(t has been well calculated to accomplish
the previous year.,?
There are in this Prison 797 convicts,
including all the female prisoners in the
State, 61 in number.
Jit Clinton. The buildings being on
ly partially completed, the statistics of Re
ceipt and Expenditure are not furnished.
It is noticed only, as showing a disposi
tion, in that Statef to extend the system.
New Jersey
In the State Prison, there is a gain du
ring the past year, over and above the ex
pense of supporting the prisoners of $5,
282, of which $2,000 have been paid Into
the Treasury: Message , Got) Stratton,
Jan. 1846.
Maryland.
Profits of State's Prison, 1843, $483 66.
" " " 1845, 1,220 92.
"This Institution ha ceased to be an
ezpenae. 10 nu 1 am wa ranicu
a iL- CJii 1 T ... J
in expressing uie opinion, niai iui uic past
year it has been as judiciously managed,
in view of the moral improvement of its
Inmates, as any similar institution in the
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country."Me3sage Gov. Pratt, Dec. 1845.
In Delaware & South Carolina, Pen
itentiaries have never been established.
1 In Georgia.
Until within the past two years the sys
tem has been a constant and heavyl burthen
to the State. But for the years 1844 and
'45, it has yielded aggregate profits amoun
ting to $9,430 98. "Under the skill and
management of the principal keeper, it has
yielded a net income of $8,987 83 the
present year. Whatever may have been
heretofore the unrequited outlays of mo
ney on account of this Institution, jthereby
making it a distasteful burthen on the peo
ple, the problem is now solved, and con
vict labor may be so applied as to remune
rate the public Treasury; and satisfy that
active philanthropy which looked jon guilt
and its atonements that preserved age, and
reformed the offence.,,-r-Message Gov.
Crawford, Nov. 1845.
Alabama.
"It is sreatlv to be regretted that the
Penitentiary has not yet been able to de
fray its own expenses. I am not suffi
ciently cojnversant with its -fiscal opera
tions to state to you why it has not."
Message of Gov. Fitzpatrick, Dec. 1845.
In a previous part of the Message, the Le
gislature ij informed, that "the sum of $15,
000 appropriated at the last session of the
Oeneral Assembly for the support of the
Penitentiary the current year, was wholly
insufficient to do .so, and discharge the
debts of the Institution at the period when
the appropriation was made."
Mississippi.
A Report of a Committee of the Legis
lature of f hat State, declares that tne Re
ceiptsof the Penitentiary exceeded the ex
penditure in the year 1843; but by how
much is not stated. The same Report al
so avers that "the Penitentiary of Missis
sippi is now fully answering the end of its
erection, and responding both to the com
mands of justice, and the anxious desire of
benevolence." "
Net Profit of Penhent'y; 1844, $1,337 00.
" 1845, 5,110 02.
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Gov. Drew, Jan. 13th, 1840, writes as
follows: "You will perceive" (rani the
agents' reports "(forwarded by him but not
yet received here) our State Prison so Tar
has been a tax upon our State, yet it is be-
lieved that in the course of a few years, it
itiay be turned to profit It must be re-
marked however, that the Institution is
productive of much ood, and hasiproved
a great saying in the expenditures for the
suppression of crime, while it is eminently
humane in its object." ' v
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Profits of Penitentiary in 1843, 2,246 &6.
j Report qf Prison Discipline Society
Boston. '
Kentucky.
The buildings of the State Prison Were
destroyed by fire in the autumn of 1844,
and are now beini rebuilt, tt i rrtorteri
to haVe yieMed considerable profit for
several vear8 bef ore this casualtv.
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Ohio.
Gov. Hartley, in his Message of Dec.
the true objects, of criminal puttishment.
Special regird has been paid to the com
plaint of a portion of our citizens, who
have perhaps with, good cause, alleged,
that the system of prison labor, created an
unjust competition with their business, and
tended to degrade their pursuits. " So far
as practicable, without a violation of old
contracts for prison labor the employment
of the convicts, has very properly, as well
as profitably, been directed to those ob
jects which do not conflict with the inter
ests of the existing mechanical pursuits of
the State
An inspection of the letters and doctt
ments from which the foregoing statements
have been collected will be cheerfully . 'af
forded to any one desirous o further jn
quiry; as well as, of a plan of Penitentia
ry buildings lodged in this office, by an
architect of reputation, vvfio estimates the
cost of their construction at $30,000; it
being a part of the design that additions
shall be made, as required, by the labor of
the inmates.
(Signed) WILL. A. GRAHAM
NojTet -GoyT Brown of Mississippi in
noticing a similar complaint therej recom
mends the erection of a Factory of Wool
len or Coarse Cottons in the Penitentiary
to avoid such competition Message, Jan.
1845. - ' V-.'.V
From the Raleigh. Star.
The following list of crimes and punish
ments; which has been furnished to us by a
gentlemen of the legal profession, will be
read with interest In connexion with the
Penitentiary question. '
Crimes punishable with death in Jtibrth
Carolina for a single offence :
Murder. r
Burglary j
Arson ' I - -
4. Robberv on or near4 a hitrhwav.
8. Accessories before the fact in each of
these four "
9. The fighter; of a duel arid all aider
and abetters where a party Is killed;
10. Castration vvith malice aforethought
11. Rape, or Carnal abuse, of V female
child.
12. Crime against nature. "
13. Burning the State House, Court:
Houses," Jails, &cv J
14. Stealing a slave.
: 15. Con vey i ng or con ceal i n g a sla vef
with intent to enable him to escape out of
the State. '
16. Taking a free negfd or person of
mixed blood out of the State with? an in,
tention to sell or dispose of him, &c.
17 Breaking Prison when confined -on
a capital charge.
18. Rebellion of Insurrection by slaves,
&c. . ' - '. '- ; '
19. Joining a conspiracy or rebellion of
slaves by free jerons
20. Slaves who voluntary return to the
State, after being transported by sentence
of a Court
21. Attempting to commit a rape on a
white woman, by a person of color.
For Second-offence
02. Malicious Maiirrfng,
23. Bigamy.
24. Grand Larceny.
25. Horse stealing.
26. Burning Bridges, &c. : .
27. Circulating seditious publicationJ
among slaves,
28. Inciting slaves to sedition, bj
words.
29. Forgery
30. Manslaughter.
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