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! DYv GEORGE HOWARD, JR.
Is published weekly .at Two Dollars peryear
if paid in advance-or. Two Dollars and Fifty
Cents at the expiration of the subscrrption year.
Advertisement not exceeding a square will be
inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 25
Cents for every succeeding onevrs Longer ones at
that rate per square.. Court Orders and Judicial
advertisements 25 per cent, higher. r ,
Fare Reduced.
rip HE Stage Fare1 from Rocky Mount to
Washington is reduced to' $5--0 r,
From Itocky M ount to Tarboro'
' $1 50
it t oparia a uu
' Sparta
Falkland
Greenville
4 u Falkland 2 50
4t Greenville 3 00
'. Pactolus 4 00
' ' Washington 5 00
Tarboro" to Sparta 0 50
Falkland 1 00
" Greenville 2 00
For seats, &c. apply to B. M. Selby,
Washington Goold Hoyt, Greenville
or to GEO. HOtVrfRD, Tarboro'.
February 1, 184S.
(EXTRAORDINARY! IJ
A CURE OF BODY AND MIND.
Philadelphia, Jan. Gth, 1846.
Dr. D. J Af ne, -Dear Sir: Justice
compels me to make the following state
ment of the extraordinary effects of your
valuable medicine the Alterative.
I certify that my wife was VMicted for
fourteen years, during which time her dis
ease baffled the skill : of several eminent
Physicians, and after finding that every
means that were used failed to relieve her,
I concluded to place her in the Pennsylva
nia Hospital, hoping that the care and treat
ment she would there receive from the
Physicians.Jn that institution, she might
again be restored to health. But to mj
great disappointment, she grew worse, and
became entirely deranged in her mind,
and Itwas obliged to take her home again
'.'incurable" and Bereft of Reason.
I will here mention that at this time the
more prominent symptoms of her disease
were Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, at
tended "with sickness of the stomach, and
vomiting of a very offensive foetid mucus,
pains in her head, back and stomach, and
in the region of the heart, with violent
attacks'of Colic, a troublesome cough from
large quantities of phlegm in her'throat,
which kept her continually gagging and
retching to throw it up. She had no appe
tite, and was very weak. She also suffer
ed very much from a uterine disease by
which she was confined to her bed. Add
to all the above, the deranged state ui nerj
mind, (which at tins time was iruiy awiu,,;
and you will be able to form idea of her
afflictions. '
v. . . . f . .
liy the advice ot a tnenu wc commenc-
ed giving her your alterative,
,n Uli
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ui a iCll-rUmu, uu "--""usihen.umlc in all the Counties, and,'
. . . m i
uuu j.uuu uiuk nvijuvi ..w. j
a
gave your Vermifuge 10 increase ner ap
petite, and the;ne Pills to regulate
herbowels. Sne had not taken two bottles
ofihe Alterative, before. it operated ;
on her in a wonoenui manner, miing ner
face with small red pimples, and caused
her to expectorate large quantities ot cor-
ruption, before which, her breath was so ,
oaensive we could not remain in me room
with her unless the doors were open.
Finding , the Alterative doing her so
much good, we increased the dose accor
dini to the directions, and she continued
to improve daily, until finally she was
RESTORED TO HE VLTU, IN BODY AS ,WELL
AS -IN mind:
f
I hope you will delay nd time in laying
this before the public, as I am willing to
be qualified at any time to the truth of the
above statement, and that it was your Al
terative which cured lier. . l
Bedford above Marlboro Street.
SAMUEL FIELDS.
The above is from a well known and
worthy citizen of Kensington, and a mem
ber of e Methodist Church, and hundreds
of fai...,iesin that neighborhood will testi
fy to the truth of his statement, ; .
Prepared only by Dr. D. .Tayne, Phil
adelphia, and sold on agency by
GEO. IlQlfRD.
Tarl?Qro'? Nqv. 9, "
STANZVS.
-.a .... By Jessb E. Dow.
The brazen trumpet calls to arm's ;J
O
Yon n' Valdr flies from Beauty Vcharms,
?And every danger braves; ruj lo
Thro' dreary wastes and pathless woods U
.The volunteer goes forth, ,. . i ji i''
And shouts amid the solitudes r
The war-cry of the North. ,
Above the dead of other days '
. The glittering files advance:
In passes wild, their cannon blaze
. On many a gleaming lance;
On lofty towers and dizzy heights,
On ramparts sown with death, 4
The Eagle of the North alights;
And braves the battle's breath.
. They go the generous and young,
Their father's pride and stay;
They lisped the patriot's oath, and sung
The hymn of glory's day;
The sword of Seventy-six they bear,
The old drums lead them on,
The starry flag Oh! it is there
As when its fame was wont
They fight they bleed they win they die-
They sleep on every hill
The Aztec maid, with streaming eye,
Above them watches still
The rivers whispering oer their sands,
Their names to mountains tell,
And Fame repeats to other lands
How Freedom's soldiers fell.
They fight they bleed thoy win tl ey live
They tread the royal halls
Their open hands rich blessings frive
To Poverty's sad thralls;
Their starry flag floats wide and free
O'er Superstition's cells,
The valleys thunder liberty,
And high the anthem swells.
, Who strews with thorns the soldier's way?.
Wha calls him back to shame?
Who scorns the brave in glory's diy,
And brands his honest name?
Who bi b the conqueror's banner trail?
The lion-hearteo: turn?
Oh! name t:is:i not! but draw a veil
Around thir living urni !
Washington. D ;c. 12, 1817.
From the Raleigh Standard.
uUuion and farmon?."-Thc Lin
coln ourier appeals lo the Republicans in
tha(. regjon t(J unilevanj abide the decision
of Conventions. This is the safe and true
. Vc oueht to make a
vigorous !
effort to carrv the next Legislature. 1-ct '
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wherever the least anDrehcnsion of divis-1
wnc
dilficultics mav cxist.let a Conven-U,r
. be called,and its decision, fairly '
dficlared be respected and adhered to. 1
Qur principles are too important to be put
in jeopardy by the ambition or the mere
aspirations of men Let our friends re-
member Person and Frahklin--Tboth strong
Dcmocratic Counties, and the former .Whig
. t.a rv,rrrtn nhoUet vnn. anHiho
in n. w v,........
latter Whig in the Senate.
THE LATE JESSE SPEIGHT.
Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, in his recent
.lni,v in tha Senate at the United States. !
on the occasion of announcing the death of
Gen. Jesse Speight, spoke as follows:
"Jesse Speight was born in the County
of Greene, and State of North Carolina, a
few years anterior to the close of the last
century," where he continued uninterrupt
edly to reside, Until i his removal to the
State of Mississippi, in the year 1837.
Prior td his migration from the State of
his nativity, he had officiated as a member
of her Legislature, and had likewise sup
plied material aid in he reformation of her
organic law, as a prcrminent member of the
Convention Which assembled for that pur
pose in the year 1835. Before leaving
Nortli Carolina, he had represented one of
the Congressional Districts of the ancient
Coram on wealth "in theother wing of this
Capitol, for four consecutive terms, closine
on the third of March, 1837; and Tarn as
sured that his whole political; conduct at
that critical 5 period of our national history
was eminently creditable to himself, and
satisfactory to "his constituents' After his
removal to the West, he successively' rep
resented a most intelligent a'nd" patriotic
constituency., Iu;st innebr;ancli of our
State Legislature,' and then in the other,
and presiding over bothat different times',
with such distinguished success asgreatly
to elevate his " character as 'auLpub1i6 mari
anl muUipIv the number of' his, admirers.
From "the Presidency of the Mississippi
Senate, he was elected to iai seat unon this
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floor, where he acted under the daily and
hourly inspection of those in whose pres
ence.! now speak; and, 1 trust, that I shall
not be deemed by any Senator "who hears
me at all extravagant, when I assert that
my lamented colleague, whilst connected
with this body, gave constant evidence of
his possessing a sound, acute and practical
intellect habits of persevering industry,
seldom surpassed- inflexible honesty of
purpose a magnanimity of soul, which j
held him ever in readiness for the perform
ance of generous and noble deeds, and
which equally saved him, at all times,
from the least participancy in aught that
could be recognised as little, or sordid, or
illiberal. He was blessed with unusual
sweetness and uniformity of temper; and
the unceremonious cordiality of his man
ners, rendered his society particularly a
greeable and attractive. In domestic life
he was strikingly amiable and exemplary,
and his untinuly decease has brought sor
row and disappointment to kind and inno
cent hearts, which his living presence
never failed to inspire with sentiments of
buoyant . hope, and elastic gladness of
spirit." ih. ,
From the 1Vthinrton Omnibus.
lTI)L!C MEETING.
"Citizens of the Town of Washington,
who 'ire opposed to an obstruction to
Steam-uml navigation in our river, are re
quested to attend a mefcting at the Court
House, this afternoon, at 4 o'clock. 'Feb
ruary ICih 1S1S.'' i
In obedience to the above notice, which
was circulated but a short time before the
time designated, an unusually large num
ber of our citizens assembled, and the
meeting was organized by the sppoint-
mcnt of Joseph Potts Esq. Chairman and!
H. F. Havens Secretary. ;
The objects of the meeting were staled
by Mr. Geo. Houston, who presented the
following preamble and resolutions:
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lielteving that any project having a ten-
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we, the residents of Wuhington, N. C.
have fell, and continue to feel, an interest
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in the cntcrnnse ot Messrs. JJionle &.
Brothers, to navigate Tar River by Steam, !
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'Siness near ne river aim auuui na suui it
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nnti Rnninrt; liiii uiiji aiicr ui uui iuwij. :
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uftnt PvnrPl, for lhe navJ
iaAton 0f Tar river and hoped that no ob-
TOrtllIH hp thrown in the wav Df
hep enterl ngat once upon the business for
weii calculated and de -
. , qQ far a ascertained all the citi -
0 m ,
in the unoer
if
"-,pns nt fKf. own. and an
counties who are interested in a safe and orea Persons n lioston wno nad me looK ior years, ,is now oe.ore me u..u.
spcedy mode" of transporting produce to ! ol runaway southern slaves, he stated that : liament. ,At the .recent election in E?lg
,r J, 1 : - ,r-: nrobablv one hundred or more of this class land, Baron Rothchild, the millionaire,
ine seaooara. concur wiiii u a ucbuc iu
have said boat upon the ; river at once,
1
Ht ar t0nished and mortified to
learn that the owners of the bridge across
Pamlico River, opposite the town. of
Washington, refuses to construct such an
opening in it as is required by lhe act,
their incorporation; and . which, if con
structed, would be all-sufficient for ' the
boat to enter at once upon the business for
which she is intended. Beit therefore,
' Resolved, That the thanks of all are
due to Messrs!, Dibble & Brothers for
J heir enterprise; and that it is the" duty of
A good citizens to see that they are secure
in the enjoyment of rig guarantied by
t he Constitution of the United "States and
the Constitution of North Carolina. f
Resolved, That we consider the refusal
of the owners ofthe bridge to grant a pas-
sage to the 1 Steam-boat Gov. - Graham , a
hikh-handed and tvranical: assumdtion of
ed to them by the State,
iater and that it;be-
ib values his rights,
hnvos fVfrv r.ilipn whi
to use his best exertions to have the same
annulled. : : - i
Resolved?-") That? we recommend ta
Messrs. Dibble &'Rrothers td remove im-
mediately so much of the "obstruction pre-:
sented by the bridge opposite the Town of
Washington,as will permit the Steam-boat
Gov. Graham to pass and repass; that we
pledge ourselves to them to pay two-thirds
of any judgment; and costs that may be
rendered against them, for the performance
of such act.
The above preamble and resolutions
were adoptedv bv acclamation. In obedi
ence to the rast je(2f?tT6n an obligation to
the effect specified was drawn up, and im
mediately signed by nearly every citizen
present. -
Ordered, that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the town papers.
JOSEPH POTTS Ch'r.
B. F. Havens Sec'y.
Seaboard and Roanoke Rail Road.
The Commissioners appointed by the
County Court of Northampton, to assess
the damages, have awarded $23,000 to
Hon. Frances E. Rives having decided
that the land belonged to him, during the
unexpired term of the charter.
Weldon Herald.
From the Raleigh Register.
Beware of an Impostor. The Public
are cautioned against an Impostor, repre
senting himself as . A Pierce, who
passed through this City about the 8th of
December last, soliciting subscriptions to
various Periodicals and Magazines. - Sev
vidi pciaoiiB ae inuueed to surseriue lor
different papers, the publishers of which
refuse to acknowledge any such Agent.
Editors, South of this, will confer a favor
on the public, by putting them on thejr
guard against- this scoundrel. He is a
middle-aged man, rather above the ordina
ry height, light hair & sandy complexion.
Executed. Three of the negroes con
demned for the murder of Mr, Leonard
Wideman, were executed on Friday last.
The fourth is still in the jail at this place
and we learn has been granted a new trial.
One of the three executed, confessed to
having murdered his former master Mr.
Ramsey that himself and two brothers
killed him and placed him under the limb
... .
oi a tree. Until his confession it was the
1 ceneral opinion that Mr. Ramsey was kilU;
! hy the tree falling upon him, and such
, se ' Yf- of lhe ' of ,n1uest
neiu over ins notiy
. J
It is something remarkable that murder
f'.iniuiL l unce hikil. it srpitis 1.11 ne n tTiiue
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so black in the sicht of heaven that the
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ruiiiv conscience cannot resi unui 11 is
made known.
vioocviue tianner 19 tn mst.
Unaway Slaves. Vert persons who
are not acquainted with the operations of
the underground railroads are aware ot the
dumber of riinaway slaves who annually
reach this city from the south. On re-
. marking a gentleman familiar with these
! mallers lnat there were a great many col -
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i F-on, arr.vea m in . uy
! ,anJ' 01 proviuea lor in ... .y ,
and others, after a while, proceed towards
Canada. Bost. Traveller.
Vnltir nfr The Northern Advocate
states that the members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, during the last year,
have decreased nearly twenty-four thou-
sand.
Presentiment. The following para-
graphwe cut from the Columbia Tele-
graph, being part of a notice of one of the
privates of the Palmetto Regiment, D. . H.
Trezevanf ! , .
MA beardlfess 'boy, scarce 17, xvhen he
volunteered at the first callof Carolina
he assumed discharged unfalteringly
power, and in direct violation of the spirit Juiy, r 1847,) having passed unscathed
and letter '-of their charter. - v il-y-A-:-, through the horrors of Contreras and Chu
Resolved; That by 1 such refusal,'7 they rubused, he fell at Chapultepec on the 13(h
have clearly forfeited the ' chacteri' grant of September; being,- in the words of his
the sternest duties of manhood. In a few
weeks aftr his eighteenth birth'-dav MOlh
brave v,Caf tain,, amongst the. .foremost
when he received the fatal ball." A niys-
tefious warning reached his soul that his
hour was com&O He told his coihrades the
night before the.batUenthat he should no
'survive the naprrowf He was seriousahdt
reflective, and1 His tible'xVas'oftehVln JHiS
hands. And, whdnl thatrrnorrovv earned
calm and unfaltering,!, he, pressed on warcj
to his doom, and soon the last pulse of his
brave young heart beat beneath the bible;
as itjay where so long it had been in life
supon his bosom."
it "
Jl Mexican Acknowledgment 1 A doc
ument published iirMexico, entitled Thev
lState of vera Cruz to the Mexican Con-
federation," contains a historical narrat ive
of events in, that, State, from Aug.l6th,
1846, to June 30th, 1847. : It states: "Cer
ro Gordo cost the nation 40 pieces of ar
tillery, 1,500 men killed, wounded and
missing,. 6,0.00 muskets, the surrender at
discretion of 5 Generals, with 3,700 men
who laid down their arms, the disgrace of
3,000 cavalry, who fled with the second ia
command; the Maj. General, 15 Generals,
and 40 officers, and 150 petty oflicers,
who sought safety in the direction ofPue
bla; the fortress of Perote, which vvas aban
doned to the enemy, with 40 pieces of ar
tillery, 4 mortars, and all the stores in the
magazines, and a space of 52 leagues around
that fortress"
The papers in the interior of Mexico are
discussing, pro and con, annexation to the
U. States. Those who favor the measure
are accused of hifth treason by their antag
onists. Ball, Sttti. V ,
From the N. Y, Journal of Commerce.
Failures tn ntngiariitiX is estimated!
officially that during the year and four
months between June 28, 1846, and No
vember 5. 1847, Great Britain had to im
port breadstuffs to the enormous amount
of thirty three millions and a half of
pounds sterling!- say one hundred and
sixty -five miltions of dollars! It is little
wonder that after such a draft upon the re
sources of the country, there should be
embarrassment, prostration, and convul
sion. I!
The whole number of failures in Greet
Britain, from August 1st, 1847, to Jahua?
ry 1st, 1848, five months, is about 200, far
beyond twenty-four millions of pounds
sterling. It is not wonderful that such an
extensive bankruptcy in the short period
of five months should cause a severe revul-
sion
The wonder rather is that the shock
nas not oeen iar' greater.
London Pi ices. The London corres-
!pontlent of the Charleston Courrier, writ-
: oi. nnn ennnirn a 4 a
. I I I P Bill III 4 - I M I- 1 IF I II III .
; ..iinp nf rhritmas. mpntlnn fhf nrices
; w - j r
of some articles, which appear exorbitant;
"Beef varied in price from 14 to 28
cents per poind,i mutton from 10 to 16
cents, pork from 14 to 16 cts. Turkeys
raised in price from $2 to$5; geese weigh-
jng 14 pounds, sold at S2, rabbits 50 cts.,
. and oXv9 $
The Jews. The most important move
ment in relation to this long persecuted
and distinct race, which has been agitated
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-England, which proved only for Christians
holding office. ; Baron riotnwr.ua couia
not take the oatht which has to be admin-
At- i ? i .
! istered to him on laking ms seai uccause
i that oath compels him to recognize Christ,
whom the Jews repudite. This state of
things has brought abo.ut a movement, 5the
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this selnsn featureof the law, and to. permit
Jews or Gentiles, the publican and the liea-
j then, to hold office, if it be the sovereign
; will of the people; ? r ; i - V
! It isolated in the debates on the subject
! in the British Parliament, that they have
'fulfilled offices in, tjiat country, such a
magistrates and constables, and the U,
with honor and probity. ?