TA 11 BOKO UGH :
SATURDAY, MARC Ii" 2, 1850.
Edgecombe County,
The February Term f Edgecombe
County Court was held Ibis week. We
are indebted to John Torfleet Esq. the able
and efficient Clerk of the Court, for the
following' transcript of part of the pro
cecdings. ,
On Ttaesd ay, (a majority of the Justices
being present) the Court proceeded to levy
the County, Poor "and Patrol Taxes for
1850, as follows;
For County purposes, 113 cts.. on land
and 351 cts. on each poll.
For the poor, 5 cts. on land and 14 cts.
on each poll. 4 -
it - .
For the Patrol, 25 cts. on each taxable
slave.
Rohl. H. Austin was unanimously re
elected -County trustee.
The fallowing Justices were elected as
the Special Court for the next 12 Mouths,
viz:
Jno F. Speight,' Henry T. Clark, John
S. Dancy, Jesse C Knight and Harman
Ward.
The following persons qualified as Con-
- stables for the next 12 Months.
For the town of Tarboro'', Richard A
Savage.
For DiVt.No. 1
2
4
5
7
8
11
13
16
17
Joshua Killebrew.
Redding S Petway.
Henry Dixon.
Joseph Farmer.
James Wiggins.
James Is. Eason.
Richard Johnson.
Ilonrv Relcher.
A. J. M. Whitehead.
Irvin Thigpen.
Andrew J. Knight.
Henry Odom.
Jacob Bjrum.
The following persons were elected
Wardens of the Poor for the next three
years, viz:
Joshua L. Horn, Benjamin Bywum,
Charles Mabry, Joshua L. Lyon. Robert
Ricks, Baker Staton and Jno. A. Vines
and the Court appointed Tuesday .Dth day
ot April next for them to meet at the
Court House and organise by taking the
necessary oath of office
The following resolution was adopted by
the Court.
Resolved by the Conrt, that from and
after this Term, no application for license! have heard of Messrs. Newsom, Wil
to retail Sniritm.lmn,.. :ii i ! liam R. Poole, Richard Smith, Geo. YY.
ed hvtfap rnnrt .i L
j iv, uiu application oc
made on the first day of the Term.
FOR THE TARBORO PRESS.
Southern Meeting Preliminary.
A Meeting of the people of Edgecombe
... ...-.' m ,,n .
without party distinction, was held at
the Court House on Wednesday 27th ult. .
James S. Battle was called to preside.
In taking the. chair Mr, B. said, that if
bc understood the purpose for which the
meeting had been galled? it was intended i
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held. Great confusion (rt was known)
of conflicting publications as to the day
, on which it would be held It was fo re-
concile this conflict, and to upon some
, .4.. 1
J - ..uducu.
tvir. u. urged llic necessity of action
prompt and effi ient" action the counties
were moving aijd he hoped that Edge
combe would not be backward but would
talte a position worthy of her ancient ' re
nown. v
Col. Clark moved that a Committee of
Twenty be appointed to prepare and re-
port Resolutions for the actinn vr
ingto beheld onTuesdnv ,u,ft.L :
nrinnt, .
V , j
oumu runyersauon licrc ensued
be-
Iwcen Messrs. Baker, Pittmao and Clark
in reference to the manner in which the
Committee should be selected.
Col. Clark moved that the Chair
point. V ; .
ap-
; Mr. Baker, moved that the Chair .op
oint three pcrsons to aidhim in the selec
tion adopted, . .
The Chair appointed Messrs. Wm. Nor
fleet, Wm. F.-U.incy and Moses Baker-,
who reported to the meeting the following
committee, to wit: . -James
1. Philips; P. S;:Sugg,J;o.:Lawi
rence, Baker Staton, Jno: Lawrence, Da
vid Barlow, John L; Bridgers, Red. Pitt
man, Jo! J Pippen, L. R. Cheiry, J. , F.
Speight, John S. Dancy, Jesse C. Knight,
Harman Ward, William Barnes, (Tosnot)
James S Battle, Chas. Harrison, Benj.
Batts, Wm S. Baker, S. L. Hart
On motion of Col. Clark the Committee
of three was added to the Committee of
twenty - v
On motion of Mr. Pittman the Secretary
was requested to give noticethat a public
meeting to consider I lie question of
Southern Rights would he held at the
Court House in Tarboroon Tuesday the
12 th March at I o'cloik.
The meeting then adjourned.
WM. F. DANCY, See'y.
- Congress
Both Houses arc still, principally cnga
ged with subjects connected with the sla
very question.
. Burnt to Death. Mrs. Knowlcs, the"
mother of the Hon. A, Vcnablo was burn
ed to death at Washington City on the
4th inst. by her clothes taking fire.
From the fVilminglon Journal.
Presidential Visit. President Taylor
visited Richmond. Va , on the 23d ult.
the anniversary of Washington's birth
diy, lor the purpose ot being present up
on the occasion of laving the Coi ner Stone
of the Monument, to ihc memory o?
Washington, which is to be erected bv
the State of Virginia. Gen. Taylor
received by the Virginia House of Dele
gates in Scssiort, and a welcome extend :
by ihc Speaker, 10 the President and to
George Washington Paik Cost is, the nem
living relative of Wellington, and tin
guests responded in an appropriutc man
ner.
The ceremonies of laying the Cornei
Stone were very impressive. The pro
cession was fully a mile long.
From tlx Raleigh Standard.
Cotton Factory. We arc gratified to
state that arrangements are now u.ak-ingto
- . I
erect a Cotton Factory in this County, up-
on a mill seat and lands owncd-fcy James
.IV W.nm "Pert t'nnuMi nc ihf Falls of
'7 J-
Ncuse," some twelve or thirteen miles
' 4 V ! kJ J Ills Jfl .
from this place. The Company is to con-
sist of some 5is or seven, and among them
Haywood, and Alfred ; Jones.
The Fac
tory, wc learn, is to cost sonic 30,000.
From the Fayeltcmllc Carolinian.
Bigamy -Wo published a few weeks
i gothe marriage, in Goldsboro',of J J..Iohn
- "eck; U. S. A., d artillery,
Mary Andcr-. Yesterday's Vi
J . . . : J ,
to -Miss
ilminnton
t'ommcrcial contains "n rnrl
MallhcWsl stalins lhat sM Hcd; jag a
wifo and children now in East Florida. If
so, the army must be. purged of such a
wretch.
,,, ...
- - Frem the Gotdsboro9 PatrioL
Qjo burglars, calling themselves
ton iii1 l.. ..y .
recen arrested on the Wilmington rars
U PP084 lhat thpy are the persons
lhefWalch and 1
,Qf llie Messrs. Bowers in Wilmington.
-i ue value ol the property stolen, is about
8200; of which about 700 worth has
been recovered. . v-
From the Petersburg Republican.
Maryland. k bill has been passed by
the House of Delegates of Mary land, wit h
a ,arSe majority, forbidding the anthori-
liPS r,ne tate to borrow 'money, on
State's account, for yorks of Internal Im
provement, or.any other purpose. This
18 ,n consequence oi the immense public
debt which Maryland has incurred for
improvements.
Killed Himself Many will recollect
j the celebrated irerb of Navy Island, 5enr
erai Van Renssalacr,; who, with a few
mad followers, took posscssicm of that Is
land, belonging to the British . govern.
mcnt on the Niagara fidhtictV and ncaijy
involved us in war. ThaUaflair Jed to
the. burning ofahc Caroline, and the
trial of McLeod.V General Van Uenssa
lacr, on New Year's day, in Syracuse
closed his chamber, and, inhaling, the
fumrs of charcoal, terminated his life. He
was of a Iviglrty respectable f amily,1iurof
ail i eccentric; character, and u as the cause
of great trouble and great expense tolhc
country. iv. r.star. - v- - .;
I From the Faycitcvitle Carolinian. ;
Singular Freak of Nature. The fa
ble of I phis and Ianthe, which forms
one of the most striking talcs in Ovid's
Metamorphoses, was probably true after
all. -Just such a thing has happened in
the State of Massachusetts A petition
was on Friday presented to the Legisla
ture of that Stale on the part of an indi
vidual in the town of Chilmark, stating
that he has a child, fifteen years old which
was born afemalc (apparently) and chris
tened Rebecca,' but that recently it has
manifested itself to be of the male se x
lie therefore petitions that the name nf
U'tis androgynous offspring may be chang
..d to Willi im. TJie Courier is informed
'.Udl this account is perfectly correct, and
that the instance presents one of the most
curious cases in physiology. Truth is
stranger than fiction. . .
Emigration or Liberia. The steam
er Robert Collins Capt. Taylor, anived
yesterday from Hawkinsyillc, having oh
board 135 of thfrivejyrjDC belonging to-the
otatc of Maj. Jacob Wood, lateof Mcin
tosh, and uhicli by his will he emancipa
ted. We understand ( vera! of them ex
pressed 451 rat dis;iti.vfuction on being in
formed that the y were to lie removed to
Liberia, and ranaway Savannah News
iln abseondent Minister The Rich
mond ttcpi.b!i-ri, of the 5;h instant says:
It was cuirently reported through the
rity. on Sunday last, that, 1?ie .Rtv. Joelj
W. .tones, who officiated at the Methodist)
chapel, on Oregon Hill, had left 1 he .city !
for "pu ts unknown," in consequence ofj
rrtain disclosures compromising, his in-;
rgrity. The fort of Ihc case, as wc mi-;
dorstand them
, ;woth it,o,vinj. to certain
yiMC.use, New York, (where
nsmru s frim Sy
bo formerly resided,)-the Methodic min ;
isters of this city applied to him for his
credentials. Having none, he couhl not;
of course pioduce them, and on Saturday
List he suddetily took his departure, leav-
i his boarding and oilier bills unpaid, j
Thc report thai he hal taken with him
il - P I . ..f ll.n .l.nnr.1 .. . . . - ' .
me iunn u u.u .n, u,..e mhum...
untrue. lie wa.i ongiRcd to be mar-
ried to a lady of hi congregitjon, and it is
d tint he already has two wives in the I
Stale of New Y..rk.
From the Raleigh Star.
Swumy in Horses: Jno. Wliitc, in'
the Southern "Cultivator." giv-s .the fol-
lowing plan of curing horses of the swin-
ny: I lake bout a quart of water, boil it,.
and add salt as long as it will dissolve
nuvi-llMJw i&kc a niece of blanket and dir;
it in water whil-hot. bathe the horse's
shoulder well for ine morning in sue-
cession; miss a few mornings: if the cure
not effected, bathe Again for nine '.dars.
I have cured a groit many horses in this.
. . .
way. Anoilurnpply common rail fal-
urn salt is preferable) to. the naft affected,
and rub up and down the;shouldcr with
a brick, as haid as the horse can bear.
iFovetsti. k
Tlie steamfliip America has arrived at
loston, with Liveqiool. dates- to the 9tii
ult.
The cotton market is depressed. Flour
is not much inquired for, and prices ha ve
fallen from Is to Is 6d per bbl. on good
brands. i:
To cotikidevfthe question of
Southern fttJ t7V
the Court Home inTavboro x i
4
i o'clock. V :
: MARRIED. v
'. At Vine Hill, "on -Tuesday, the'20tlr of
February, by Wm. It. Smith,. lu$c -;M r
Isaac Cushing, of this County, lo-iUiss
Marsaret S. Whiiehcad, of Scotland ISecK.
DIED.
In this place, on Sunday last ngrd about
1 7 years, Mrs. Elizabeth ObcrV-, wife of
Mr. Green Oherrv.
Groceries, &c
123 "bk'New Orleans Molasses part a
? very superior quality for family
use. v '
. 25 hhds new crop French Islands "dit
to; strictly prime.
21 Sugar of various grades.
M) bags Codec ditto.
300 bbls. Whiske) -'El Dosado.
99
25 Gin.
25 " Rum.
75 " New York Canal -Flour.
150 Ucgs Nails 4s to 20s inclusive,
50 boxes Vrooni & Fowlers No. 1 Soip,
2a 4i Cnndles equal to Hull & Son's,
200 big? Shot assorted,
25 kegs Powder,
30 boxes Tobacco 5s and 8s,
25 bbls. Snuff, salt and Fresh,
10 " Copperas,
50 4t Mess Pork,
100 reams Wrapping Paper,
10 m Jwsto Sanz,? Principe Segars,
SO bbls Crackers.
Indigo Camphor Epsom Salts-GIau-
her Salts Hlank Book Fools Cap and
letter P.iper
Tiuilhu the' iilh.of Mcncli d i
French llrandv lloHaiifll;srtmcnt of GOODS in their line, which
Gin Malaga and Madeira Wine, Aviili
many other articles .usually solj in"a.coun -
trv store for sale by
'f. WILLARO.
Washington N. C 55. h February 1S50.
JYoticcs
LOST, a few days since-, near the Epis-
1 I , I. I I I 1 I . . t ,
copai i.nurcn, goui oracciei ine nnuer
will be suitably rewarded "by returning it
to this office. . " .
A! arch 1. 185fV
Pianos ! Pianos ! !
The undersigned respectfully calls the
attention of the publie to the splendid,
highly finished New Scale '
Itosewood and .IWahogttHy
fXtt tif&3L
. .-JMjli V
slrh (iJi entire cxst iuon framit, hand-jt's clay entered into parfix-rship, and
finely carved and gilt this iron frame i11 continue the
comoiHss the entire instrument, prevents; finflCERY & nflMMISSinM
ll from warping and getting., out of.tunc.l
i,or wlleen years have they been tried mi
n. -..i.. .... i i " n. .
1 cmiVWdm marjiauu anu Virginia,
ant sonMJ '9 oiistaut use .in-Institutions,
nf Professors, 'and .private families, and
hare given entire satisfaction; the climate
or change of weather have little or no ef
feet on iho Instrumcntstiie tcme ispow-j and so liberal I3' extended to our predeccs
crful, brilliant and sweet. Principals of ! sors. r C.'"': -:; V,
ipals
Academies, professors ami tnerchants will
find it to their interest to purchase these
Pianos. All- instruments are. warranted.
Orders and letters will be promp'ly an
swered and attended fo. Respectfully
Address, : KUMN &.CO.
No 1 85 Norih Green St., Bait.
. ; . ;;--'list ot rnrcEs. . r-y'-
Pianos with metallic plate in I Rose wood
or mahogany cases, 6 octave, from ISO to
S2S0. With iron frame, 225 to S00. 6
octave, 250 to 350. 63y 275 to 35Q.i 7
octave, 300 to 500. 7 octave. Grand Pia
nosr very .powerful and bi illiant, from 500
to S 1 OOOV Harps lrom 550 to COO. Z
The-above named Pianos are constantly
manufactured with all' the litest improve
ments, and will be sold on the most accom
modating ierms. . '
Any person wishing to purchafe a Pia"-
no !L,eas otriythe subscriber,' and a
Piano 'will be sent here by A. K& Co.
anA lne f instrument or price do not
please, they 'yill be at no charge qj ex-
pense for transportation of said Piano.
- r Geo. IfowaTarboro'S
$50 Reward.
; Lost, in Tar.bbro', on Thursday, 7
February in!: ?' J; . ' s
; A wallet PcLct licI;,
Containing 3260 in bank notes,. the pijn
cipal part of which wfere wSlo bills on u,
State Bank, and a Tew on the" Con.n crciai
Bank at Wilmington -there were ahon
it, four or five '$20 bills on the Sta
Bank', and some papers of no use to anv
person but myself, I will give a reward
of FIF TV Dollars for thc recovery nf
the pocket book and contents, and any ,.
formation respecting either will be thank,
fully received.
JOHN II. DANIEL.
TarboroVFeb-S 1850. . 6
THE firm of H King &'Co. will bo
dissolved, by mutual consent, the first dav
of March next. v
All persons indebted to said firm, are
requested to call and settle at or before
February Court next.
The busincss"hcrcaftcr will be coudv,
ted by Jo. S. Pender, who will. give ithis
personal attention. '.
Owing to sickness, our former work
man became incapacitated for any busU
ness, consequently there has been consid
erablc delay and disappointment, to our
customers; having procured another work
man, I shall be able to execute all kinds of
Watch) Clock and Jewelry
fn a manner to give entire satisfaction both
as 10 promptness and style of execution.
JO. S. PENDER.
Tarboro', Jan 30. 1S50. v
The Subscribers
HAVE formed a Copartnership under the
style and firm of
Pittman & Cut liberty
For the purpose of conducting a general
Jtttrt Co at mission tlSusfncss
They arc now receiving from the North
ern cities a general and well selected as-
having been "purchased by their agents
ero - for Cash, they will he enabled to
fill the orders of their friends upon the
very best terms.
They offer their services to the Farmers
and others of North Carolina in thesaleot
their produce pledging in advance their
best exertions to render entire satisfaction.
They wail he prepared at all, times to
make liberal advancements on produce
when required.
- E LAKE J? ITT MA Ar, '
C IJARLES IE C V TUBER T.
Petersburg, Jan'y J, 1S50.
03 B . P i 1 1 ma n , w i 11 a s fo r m e rly a 1 1 e n d,
the Courts of Edgecombe coujit'.
New -o-partnership.
THE late firm of Mcllwaine Brown
ley having been dissolved; (Mr. William
Brownley retiring from business,) we have
, ( t
In ihc sarrc manner as heretofore, under
the firm and sty a of
We hope by constant and faithful atten
tion to the i nterests of our friends, to mer
it a continuance of that oatronane. so lonar
. sors.
Our Stock of Groceries
Will hc( large andxommanding, cmbra-
eing a general assortment of Goods in out
line, (intoxicating liquors excepted.)
We fhall give strict attention to the
SAiE OF PRODUCE ON COMMISSION,
And w;ill beat all times prepared to make
liberal advances when desirable.
: A. G Mcllioame,
fVmS.rBrownley
Ro. D. Mclltvqine,
Ro; A. Martin
Joseph Ji. Dunn,
Petersburg, Jan. 1 !B50.4t -
To Pensioners.
'V'": - ; 0 ; . r:
THE Subscriber continues to act as
freitf for Pensioners
FATETTfeviLLEVNonTa Carolina;
Charges moderately for his services; fur-
Inishes all desired information, and sup
plies all necessary Blanks without charge.
. 'January 231830, ' - r f,
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