-7 S.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1850.
gjVVe are authorised to announce
James F. Jenkins, as & candidate for the
office of Sheriff of this county at the en
suing election.
(Q36 arc authorised to announce
Jacob Byrum, as a candidate for the of
fice of Sheriff of this county, at the en
suing election.
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Col. Wilson's Monument.
The corner stone of the Monument, to
be erected by the citizens of Edgecombe
to Col. Louis D. ' Wilsd'v, will be laid on
Wednesday, the 22nd of May next. The
Monument Committee have invited the
jGrand Masler-of the Grand Lodge of No.
Ca. to superintend the ceremony and
Wra, F. Dancy, Esq. will, deliver the Eu
logy. The Masonic. Fraternity generally
are invited, to participate.
here--will require twice the number ofl
vessels now required and will cause our
population to increase, and real estate to
advance. - , - . - - , . .
Can such a road be built? We have
not a doubt of it. Look at FayetVevilIe,
wherd they are now building a plank foad
200 miles long, to Salisbury., The State
took two-thirds of the 'stock! At Win
chester, Va.,they arejust starting a plank
road. The State took three-fifths of the
stock, and the other two-fifths were made
up in a few days. There is no difficulty
in getting stock to' such- roads taken, be
cause they always pay well. Now, it is
proposed to start our road from some
point on the river to which steamers can
run at all seasons. It is supposed the
25,000 appropriated by the last Legisla
ture will remove obstructions in the river
as high up as Sparta, so as to give, up to
that point, navigation for steamers that
may always be relied upon. Well, from
Sparta to Raleigh, by the direct route the
road would probably lake, the distance is
about 75 miles; and the cost of a plank
road that distance is 590,000. If the Leg
islature should subscribe two-thirds for the
State, as there is no doubt they readily
would, there would be but 830,000 to be
taken by individuals. Nowis it possible
that in view of the vast benefits that would
spring up from the work, this sjm cannot
be made up, especially since all experience
shows that the investment would be a
profitable one to the stockholders? In
deed, cannot the whole sum be procured
without calling on the Stale for aid?
It does appear to us that a work so
pregnant with benefits, and at the same
tinicso feasible, ought to enlist the active
exertions of the communities interested in
it. Ought not public meetings to be call
ed on the subject, and committees appoint
ed to collect information? Will not the
people of -Washington set the ball in motion?
(jtpBurwell Ham, : son of Haywood
Ham, of Wayne counfy,was tbrpwn from
a-horse .: on Saturday la),and lnstantl
killed. Goldsboro9 Telegraph "
1 Fisheries.- Tha Fisheries on the Roa
noke and A lbermarfo Sound, are doing
very little towards catching Fish; many
of them are not paying expenses: tlie sea
son so far, has been unfavorable for the
Fishing business. Plymouth News.
From the .Wilmington Journal.'
To Democrats! the Slh of May!
Are our Democratic brethren through
out the State aware of; the fact, that the
Democratic State Convention for the no
mination of a candidate for Governor, and
for other purposes, will be held on the
15th of next month? It would seem not,
for although it barely wants a month of
that time, comparatively tew counties
have as yet appointed delegates. We
gould respectfully but earnestly urge up
on our friends in such counties as have not
tl.U mntfnr. the neCCSsitV of
immediate action.
tinuance. Still many of tlre.eJitors hayc
now and then, when ihey Had something
carious in their papers, addressed one t
me; occasional ly." Ybur's came to mo I al
so now and then, so irregularly, as not to
excite a iiTspicibn that they were constant
ly sent as to a subscriber, and I assure you
I had no suspicion that- the notice of dis
continuanceAad failed being given to you
as to others. Butall this; is merely to
place on its true groundiTtbe apparent neg
ligence and injustice of whicjfi I should
seem to have been guilty towards you: v It
is enough for mlhatou; thought met a
subscriber, and thaCthe paper vas sent
from your office, whether ircame to me
or not, and I hope that this prompt . atten
tion to the first notice I 'have received in
the eight years, will satisfy you that this
extraordinary delay has proceeded merely
from misapprehension. With a request
how to discontinue, accept my acknowl
edgments for the long indulgence inten
ded really on your part, and the assurance
of my great respect and esteem.
Til: JEFFERSON.
Mr. Joseph Gales.
Dry: Gbpcis Boot, Shoe
Aid'Saddlcry tVare Rooms,
PETERSBURG. VA.
Congress.
In the Senate, on the 1 1th inst. Mr.
Cass presented the resolutions of the Le
gislature of Michigan, rescinding the pri
or resolutions in favor of the proviso. lie
said, this was a 'peace offering to the Uni
on, and no portion of the people of this
country were more devoted to this Union
than the citizens of Michigan. Mr. Cass
enlarged upon the glories and benefits of
the Union, and its rapid, growth, all ot
which we had seen and in which we had
participated. In no country was it ever
given to men to take part in the earliest
struggles for the establishment of a free
government, and to live to share in its
counsels after it became a great empire.
As we increased in numbers and extended
in space, our devotion to the work of our
fathers was increased.
The resolutions were read and ordered
to be printed.
In the House of Representatives, on the
Ilth inst. after debate, a bill was passed
for extending the lime for the payment of
Late Frost.
We had another severe frost on Wed
nesday night Last, -the 17th inst. The
fruit is materially injured, though not en
tirely destroyed; as was the case with the
blighting frost which occurred on the
night of the Iffth April, last year. The
wet and cold spring we have had thus far,
has also thrown our farmers far behind,
the seed planted in many instances rotting
in the ground. A writer in the Moun
tain Banner savs :
"If the reader recollects any thing of
the past. winter he recollects every thing;
for it did nothing but rain for thirteen con
secutive Sundays, more or less, and threw
in all the intervening days for good mea
sure and good measure it was, "heaped
up, pressed down, and running over," and
as that is scripture no oae will dare dis
pute it."
Plank Roads.
We find the following article in the last
Washington Whig. So far as individual
enterprise is concerned, Edgecombe will
not prove a laggard in any feasible project
of internal improvement suggested by the
neighboring counties, in which her co
operation is invited but when it comes
to "calling on the State for aid." she would
unhesitatingly say, hands off.
Plank Road to Raleigh. We are
glad that the subject of a plank road from
this place to Raleigh is attracting public
attention here and in Pitt and Edgecombe
counties.
Of all kinds of internal improvements, duties on iron imported for the Wilming
experience has demonstrated that plank ton ana uaieign uaiiroau.
roads are the most practicable and the
most successful. In the State of'ISew From the Raleigh RegisUr.
York there are 1200 miles of such roads,
and all nav' well. Some, we are inform- Council of State. The Council of
ed, paid the stockholders 75 per cent, last State, in pursuance of the call of Gov
year. In some sections they are laid Manly, assembled in this city on the Sth
down on or near the lines of rail roads, and inst. when the following members were
divide from 25 to 50 per cent, per an- present: A. S. Erwin, of -McDowell,
tium, while the rail roads, divide on- Thos. A. Allison, of Iredell, John-. Wins-!
3y 6 to 10 per cent. The cause of this low, of Cumberland, N. T. Green, of War
difference is this a plank road costs only ren, L. Bond, of Bertie county. -. ;
one-tenth as much per mile as a rail road, A. S. Erwin, was appointed President
and when it is built the cost of keeping it of the body, in room of Col, Joshua Tay
in operation is nothing, except for toll col- loe, resigned. :
lectors; while the cost of rdnning a rail The following gentlemen have been se
road is immense. A plank road will last lected,at the nomination ol the Governor,
till it is worn out, which generally takes and by consent of the Council, to consli
from 7 to 9 years. Another advantage tute the' Board of Internal Improvement,
which a plank road has over a rail road is viz: Dr. F. J. Hill, of Brunswick, and
tbisfarmers having their own teams can Calvin Graves, of Caswclfcounty.
take their produce to market over a plank
road without cost in money; whereas if From the Raleigh Standard.
they send it by rail road, a good part is
f.aken to ay freight. The usual load for . Wake Superior Court. Wake Supe-
two horses on a plank road is 10,000 rior Court was in session here last week,
pounds equal to 50 barrels of flour. his Honor Judge Manly presiding.
The benefits that wVuld arise from a In the cases., of Patience Fennell vs.
plank road hence to Raleigh, are Innu- Henry Castleberry, for'Slandcr, the Jury.
flierauic. it would enable farmers on the gave the plaintiff 8250 'damages
lino ana near it to get their produce to The only criminal caScr on the docket
market cneaperthan in any other way that of any importance", was that of the State
can be deviseu' by the wit of Inan, Ii vs. Christopher C. Scott, for the murder
would double the ViJue of lands in many of George Fowler, which consumed "two
flections, ind in others bring lands now days, Wednesday and Thursday, in the
worthless into uiarket. it wouiu cause a examination of witnesses, speeches of
good portion of t'e produce that will counsel, &c. The Jury returned a ver
come down the Central Hail Road, to be diet of Manslaughter : and on Saturday
brought here; because it can.i;e broughtat morning the prisoner was brought out and
less cost than it can be taken to anr other under sentence of thu Court, was branded
market. It will bring lb this place doub- in the hand and committed to Jail, there
From the Fayelteville Carolinian.
(QThe reward of 3000 which was
ofTered for the recovery of Dr. Parkmans
icmains were paid to Liltlefield (the
principal witness ogainsi Dr. Webster,)
by the family, a few days after the trial,
they being convinced that the parts of a
body found in the College were those of
Dr. P. Littlcfield had before declined to
receive the reward.
Not Skinned. A story, some time
since, went the rounds; to the effect that a
t California emigrant, by the name of Was
son, had been flayed alive by Indians. An
acquaintance of the young man writes to
the Chicago Democrat in contradiction of
the story, and stales that Wasson is now
digging gold in El Dorado.
From the Petersburg Republican.
Miss Crums and Mrs. Perkins.
Miss Crums, was considerable of a belle
in her day, but of late years she became
neglectful of her toilet. In summer her
skin became discolored by the scorching
rays of the sun which of course impaired
her beauty, which was a source of great
annoyance to the gentle one, she became
careless, her face was covered with Pim
ples, Blotches, Pustules, tetters, Rash,
&.c; the Beaus one by one dropped
off, like the leaves from their mother tree
in autumn. She was left, poor thing dis
consolate; on ail such, occasions she con
sulted her old friend the village gossip
Mrs. Perkins, who pitied her lone condi
tion and sympathised with her, for the de
sertion of their charms, which in by-gone
days enchanted so many admirers.. But
Mrs. P." had heard that Dr.. Worthy, had
something in his store which restored lost
beauty, and improved the condition of the
skin called
Jlnolher Shower nf Flesh and Blood.
Mr. G. W Bassett sends to the Richmond
Whig, an account of a small cloud passing
orcr a few spaces fjom the south
Pamunkcy river, in the lower end
over county, Va. on the estate called Far
mingion, and discharging around, over
something less than or.e rood of-, ground,
various pieces of flesh and liver. The
Whig says:
"The specimens sent to us have been
sent to Dr. Gihson, and the result' will be
given. Thcjr had very much the smell of
frogs and were probably original deni
zens of some swamp taken up by a wa
ter spout.' '
From the Raleigh Register.
Two Letters a Contrast. We late
ly, received, from a Postmaster in this
State, a Letter to the following effect:
uSir Your paper addressed to at
this Office, he wishes stopped. He only
subscribed for one year, which was paid to
the Collector, and hewon't pay a cent for
any time since. Respectfully, &c.
The time for which this man owes, and
for which he could be made to pay, if "the
play were worth the candle," is 23 months
or 8. "
The other Letter is from a distinguish
ed source, and illustrates very.stron ly
the'diffcrence between the conduct of an
honest and dishonest man. It is an origi
nal Letter from Mr. Jefferson, which we
find among some old papers belongipg to
the late Joseph Galesthe founder and
Editor of this paper, to whom it was ad
dressed by its illustrious author. It
shows what correct views were entertained
by that great Statesman with regard to the
rights of Editors :
Monticeilo, June 19, 17.
Sir Your favor of May 23, came to
hand a few days ago, with a statement of
my account for your paper from Jan.
1809, to Jan. 1817, a term of 8 years. J
now enclose you 24, the amount; but
some apology is due for this prodigious
delay, for justification there could be none,
had 1 considered myself a subscriber.
But the truth is, that on winding up my
affairs'in Washington, in the beginning of
1809, J scrupulously paid up every news
paper account I had in the world, and
thought I had been, as I meant to be,
equally exact in desiring every paper to
he discontinued, except the Nat. -Intelli
gencer and Aurora, the only papers, out of
my ownState, ! meant to read." I find; it
was through a servant I paid you rs, who
RADVVAY S CHINESE MEDICATED SOAP,
which takes off Pimples, Blotches, Freck
les, Pustules, tetters, Rash, Sun Burn,
bank of ant MrPnew crcs Salt Rheum,
I Ring Worm, Scurvv, eruptions of all!
of Han- , .7 1
Kinu, anu maKes t nc skin smoom, iair,,
pure, sweet and healthy. Miss Crums,!
forthwith started for Dr. Worthy's and!
found the soap there as mentioned in the
Jatntki lZice & James,
ARE now receiving by the schooner
Edith from Boston, Margaret from New
Yorky and the Express and Steamboat
lines, their full supply of
.. . . STAPLE AND FANCY
Forcigtt, and, Domestic Spring
and Summer
Exceeding in any am6unt and variety any
previous Spring for the last ten years
nearly all of which will be found entirely
fresh .except a large amount of Staph
Goods purchased beore the advances,
which will enable them to offer Goods at
such prices as will compare favorably
with any of the Northern markets, and
they invi'e comparison. Additional sup.
plies will be constantly arriving hi tflQ
ij3ot, Shoe and Saddlery
Mr. D. R. Newsom will, at all times, k
found at home, ready to serve his old
friends, customers, ahd all others, from an
entire Neiv Stock of Boots, Shoes, trunks,
travelling Bags, Saddles, Bridles, wagon
Whips, Collars, Letter,. Foolscap, and
wrapping Paper, Shoe thread, Lacetts, &c.
comprising a Stock calculated in every
wav to claim' the attention of wholesak
Dealers. Orders have been deposited with
the principal manufacturers, North and
EasL in order to have the Stock at all
times large and commanding, at prices that
shall be as low as in New York, Philadel
phia, Biltimore or Richmond.
March 12. . James, Rice James.
JYotice.
I WISH to employ 3 or 4 good Car
penters, good workmen, sober and indus
trious. Fair Wages will be given. Blacfcj
preferred. Direct to Jackson, Northamp.
ton county, N. Ca;
Thomas Bragg, Sertr.
10 April, 1850.
(QThe Washington Whig is requested
to copy 3 or 4 times. -
Preston & Merrill's
infallible Yeast JPctcaer,
j papers; she used it, and is once more in! Warranted to make good Bread without
the zenith of glory, in the midst of a host; fail, if good Flour is used, and, to keep ia
of admirers, which she said was all owing any climate.
For sale by
Geo. Hoioard.
to Rad way's famous Soap.
TKE CIRCASSIAN BALM,
cleanses the head from dandruff, removes
scurf, invigorates the hair and makes it
B...uuiu u..u 8.u. i i icc cuu ijnfUKMS the citizens of Martin and the
in large bottles. Pnncipal Office, 161 Ful
ton st. New York.
Sold by Wm. II. Mayhew, the only A-
Thomas L. Liddon,
BRICKLAYER & PLASTERER,
adjacent counties, that he has
Removed to Hamilton,
I Anrl.lfl fllllll ni04PAl l nvnnnin .11 !.L I.
gent for Ncwbern, and General Aeent lor u-r f 7 . A. t J
fi ' . - f XT r- b - fins line of business, that mav be entrusted
the eastern counties of N. C. - . 1. . ' A - ,
a i cn k r , . 0 to him. He has. competent workmen in his
ALibO, by W . Uernard, Greenville: R. , . .
Aman, Aman's mill; Mr. Alston, Golds- jt? alJ calJ 8lve satisfactory assuran
boro' and Geo. Howard. ?arbrn. i CCS' lhat;a11 WOrk. to him w.ll be
' I nvAm.f I 1 1
xi Acvutcu cApcuuiuusiy ana. in a wornmaii'
like manner. References.
Jo. IValdo, Hamilton,
IVrti. Norfleet, Tarboro,'
Baker Staton, Edgecombe Co.,
Goold Hoyi, Greenville.
Hamilton, April 3, 1850
FOR THE T RBORo' PRESS. .
Oh the departure of a young man for
California.
Tis past -the visionary dream is o?er,
And Med the pleasures in. its blissful
train: '
The joys that Hope hai pencil'd are no
more,
Tho' the sad substitutes of Grief remain!
t) : there's ancuish in the verv word.
That once was life Sl heaven to my soul;
h or, ah! my falt'ring accents are not heard
By him who listens to the billowy roll!
He's gnnc! the scudding bark unfurls its
sails, . ."
And bears him triumphantly awav:
Spreads its wide canvass to the fav'rin
gales,
And darts with fury through the foamy
spray!
Ah, tho the breezes waft him to the coalJ
They cannot tear his image from my soul.
List of Iictters,
Remaining in the Post Office at Tarboro', the 1st
of April; 1850, wfhich if not taken oat before
1st of'Jnly next, will be sent to the tlene.i
Post Office as dead letters.
Atkinson Theo
Anderson Arthur
Bras well A :
Bryan Fred D
Beehor John
Cutril Daniel.
I Dunn LS 3
Denton Campbell
Exum Eliz'h miss
Elain Mary miss
Fly Thomas; '
Faithful Lewis
Garvey Andrew J
Griflin Lawrence
Griffin Marg'tmis
Gardner John
ker
; DIED. : . V
In this county, yesterday, Mr. J. J. Bar-
On the 22d ujt. of cholera, Capt. John
E. Sulzman, a native of German v. formp
ly of Kashville, N C. recently of Georee.
Lane Patrick
Linn John 2
Meeks Joshua
Manning Elizabeth
McDowell Patrick
Madrey Micajah
eal Charles E
Peel Susan miss
Powell Martha mi
Pippin Joseph Jr
Rue Jason
Ruffin John
Robinson Sarah
Si mmons James. ;
Sussdorff C F
Stinson John C
Staton James M
Harris John
Hedgepeth HichM 2 Suce P S Dr
rt . . . OCT
neugepetri M B miss Thieben K
Hyman Louisa miss Taylor Irvin
norne j L
Hursey J M
Jones James
Knight Joseph
Lyon Bennet T
Walker Lawrcnrt?
- Williamson Jas
Ward Ann is roT
Wooten Mansel
Wooten Wm
Locus Tempy mrs .
65 MZM, KflQMOND, P-
vvTu, 4ij33. aa zory yars. ; -c
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