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Dec'rlS, 1855. Whole -.No. 20
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(Jeo. IIowakd, Editor & Proprietor.
TtRMS-Ptfl ANNUM.
lfpa,if
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52.00
2 50
Oiliericisr,
RATES OF ADVERTISING
firm, v nn
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lrarf . - 5 00!"fe' but .d,iMty of getting a
fiN " "' t t t t , .. I Cheap and efficient mnnlnnn W T.l
frit ft Of' a,H' (Micci'tine-
25 prremt. lwjhcr.
j I'cn-'V f (n rtiscments hy contract.
Fall and Winter
GOODS.
nmv receiving and opening at ' -
d,,ir Now tore,
one of the best select-
0tl Sti ck (f Goods ever brought to this
.fl.in of the country, consisting in
j;irt of Foreign and Domestic
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods.
Li.iics lhvss Goods Cloaks, Talmas,
anJ Mantillas French and Scotch
1nbruidvvk'S
Clothe Castimcrcs, Satlinetls,
Tweeds, luntin-ky Jeaus, Kers- ys,
Ve.-tings, eve.
EetttiJ made Clothing,
Xciiro (!""ds, lilaidicts, Linsoys, loots
and Shoes. I hits, C;ps, Hardware,
Cutlery, China, Glass aud
Crockery Ware,
Groceries. S-c fyc.
In fact, everv thing finally found in
a fit (!:
IV .,,. v.f .,11 ill
l,;,.l, lvivo l.otn selected w:th especial i
n nun t.w l 1
reference to the wants of this section of
tic country, and will be sold
VKKY LOW.
CT(Ju-ck sales and small profits.
U'h!cH A: Hart.
Ta i lor o' , 1 o ! h S e 1 1 . IS 5 5 .
'25.
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IMI'OIITEUS r.nd Vh losale Dealers
in n ign I? im stic Dny Goods,
No 58 or DO Sycamore Street,
1 KTLRtT.UIUJ, VA.
WE nre now repared tn exhibit to
tlie 3?crcl;:!iits of A'irginia and North
Carolina, a large and commanding stock
of
Forcing :i2fl 5oEUi'tic
Having purcliastd largely of Heavy
Woollens eailv in June, we can offer
goods at such prices as cannot fail to
command attention
One of cur firm will remain in New
Ynk during the season, in attendance
at the
and forwarding anything, new and nov
el, as it may be received by the weekly
ttcainors from Europe.
Merchants who are compelled by
competition to buy at
The Lowest Market Rales
"Will find our styles and price such as
v'll enable them to compete successful
ly iviih those who purchase in the
ortLcru markets.
Stevenson
Sept. 5.
v ! 1 'j i ' aj ' J yi-j
Female College.
TilH next session of this Institution
tf.ll commence on the first Wednesday
111 August, 1855.
Auijde accommodations arc provided
Iiir;oiy number of voung ladies.
r,,r information, Catalogue, &c. ad
'"'" the President of the Faculty. Rev.
- '1 r,ront, W. S. G. Andrews.
June 4th, 1855.
All Aeeoimts
T . ...
ADL previous to the 1st, now due,
;re made out and ready for settlement
ll,lc indebted will nlease save them-
"vl's the mortification of being dun
M by calling forward and settling
";lr bills, as interest will charged
tr,Jw the 1st, on all accounts. . '
IF. A. Grimmer.
J!,y4, 1855.
'"STORY Q F HQ II T H CAROLINA
or sale by Ceo. Uoieard.
MPORTANT TO
M ANY years experience in stock
feeding 1ms convinced farmers that, nil
cram .oucht to bo ,l L.w r,
. v .i.u iui.iv IVUU1U
answer the purpose, has preveuted ma
ny persons from commencing.
The subscriber in recommondinff
Lenniirs Portable Improved
Corn and Cob ITS ill,
For grinding fine meal for family ufe,
crushing corn aud cob together for
stock, and shelling corn, and other pur
poses, does so m a full belief tint it will
answer the purpose for which it is in
tended. It has now been in use several
.1 I , . n '
LJ,,! 111 uie otatc ot Virginia over
, '" ,,uw 1,1 J v lrginia and
A'lth Carolina. Thousands
s are now
in u-:o in the Southwest and North.
Hundreds will, on application, testify
to their usefulness nn a farm.
All we ask is to give them a fair tri
al. They are warranted to grind line
corn and cob meal; corn meal, from
which two-thirds can be sifted for
br;ad; hominy, coarse or fine; gri'id
nig of wheat, barley, rye, &c. aud is a
good corn shelter. Quantity varying
according to power. applied.
Having purchased from tho Agent of
the inventor the exclusive right of sell
ing and using these mills in the county
of (dd Edgecombe, we take pleasure in
recommending them to the farmers in
the above county; and from a desire to
have them in general use, we will sell
them at Forty-live Dollars as we re-
U'i'tio iliom nr will nut tli.ni n n t,-.,
adding the expense of labor.
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Vojirlt Kintj.
Tarboro', N. 0 , Juiy 5th, 185o.
P. B. WILLS.
BLAKE PITT MAN.
JPetcrsburg)
Wills & Piltman,
(Lately of the Firm of Wills, Lea Jiroivnlry,)
WILL give their attention to the
sale and purchase of all articles of
Jit ric ultu ra I Prod u ce,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &C.,
And purchase for order and se
commission all articles of
11 for
Groceries, e-c, fyc.
llcceive and forward Goods, and act as
General Commission Agents.
.Sugar.
135 Bbls, clarified Sugar,
5
' Porto itico do.,
For sale by W. II. IVillard.
Dec. 10.
Sladwiiy's licmlij llrmcdivs
IVOS. 1, 2 & 3,
ARE so prepared as to harmonize and act
in unison with each other. Taken separate
ly or together, they will instantly stop pain,
speedily remove disease, and quickly cure
its cause. No pain can exist, or disease af
flict the system while under their influence.
No. 1 Radical s Ready Relief is the l.rt
and only remedy ever recorded in the modi-
cal history of the world, that has stopped the
most violent pains in a tew seconds.: it win
stop the most severe pains in live minutes or
less, and will cure the most obstinate and
painful llhcumatic, Nervous, Neuralgic and
Bilious complaints iu a few hours.
No. 2. Radicals Renovating Resolvent, for
the quiek cure of all chronic and scrofulous
diseases. It' is 'powerful, searching and
pleasant; it cleanses and purifies the blood
from all scrofulous diseases: it resolves away
from the bones and muscles all diseased de
posits; it electrifies the fluids and solids with
health and strength the patient will expe
rience its powerful,' soothing, -beneficial ef
fects in a few hours after taking it. -
Radwais medicated Soap the superior ef
ficacy of this highly medicated compound
over nil other cosmetics for purifying the
skin and curing salt rheum, ring worm,
rash, tetter, chapt flesh,' and imparting to
the complexion that roseate .tint which im
tare intended it should wear, is ackuowlcdg-;
ed to st-md beyond the reach of rival. Bad
way's Soap is purely balsamic in its proper
tics, it cleanses, heals, purifies and impart,
f nil who use it
beautv to tne compiu- . - -
For sale by
(i eo. Howard, Tarboro.
House, Sign,
AND
The &ub&crihcr
INFORMS the citizens of Edge
combo and adjacent counties, that heis
prepared to execute the above descrip
tion of
-.R'aintiais
In all he various Branches.
lieferences can be given to persons
for whom I have done work in this vi-
cmity, in the above branches, as to 1
v-..j uuu punciuaniy. rersons (
Will Peril;) D3 (i( WO tn r,l nn mo V.r.
fore making contracts elsewhere.
1 "n. A. linsctt.
Tarboro', July 25, 1S55.
North Carolina Institution
FOlt THE
eaf and Dumb
THE next session of this Institution
will commence on the first Monday iu
September. It is very important that
pupils should be punctual in their at
tendance at the be-'inmnvc of the ses
sion. Applications for Admission, &c, i
diouid be made to
H'u. D. Cooke. Principal.
Italelgh, Aug. 1855.
New
liUiU
-M-
TIIE subscriber has just opened a
new Drug Store
And will continue adding to his stock;
until he gets it complete. Among the
articles now olio red will be found
DIuc Mass,
Calomel,
Quinine
lilaek Drop,
Anise Seed
Fennel ,,
Sulph. Copper
Ether
Iron
Morphia
Potassa
Iodine,
Strychnia,
Creosote,
Lactate of Iron,
C;,rb.
Ascetic Aci'I,
,, iino
Flour Sulphur
Pivcip. ,,
Cox's Hive Syrup
Ipecac ,,
Benzoic
JSitric
Iron
It hu barb
Peruvian Bark,
JWy
Caneo;?
7
Squills ,,
Essence Mustard
,, Lemon
Peppermint
Laudanum
Paregoric
Batein, in's Drops
British Oil
llark-m ,,
Pepperine
Bay Water
AVinc Ergot
Alcohol
Burning Fluid
Lamp Wick
Castor Oil
Cream Tartar
Alum
Borax
Copal Varnish
Black Leather ,,
Pearl sago
Sal Eratus
Yeast powder
Ti,oth
,, . paste
Hair Brushes
combs
"White Wax.
Flea bane
Blue stouo
Camel's hairpencils
Wafers
Tted Ink
Nutmegs
Mace
Cloves
Seidiitz powders
Soda
Ma.eriin ,,
(Juni Aloes,
Amuioniacum
Arabia
pulv.
Camphor
My rrli
Opium
Shellac
Oil Anise
,, Bhick Pepper
,, Cinnamon
,, Cloves
,, Ergot
,, Lavender
,, Olive
,, Origani
,, Peppermint
,, Sassafras
Wormsced
Extract Bark
Sabina
Valerian
Arrow ltoot
Blood ,,
Colchicum
Columbo
kranieria
Licorice
Pink
Sarsaparilla ,,
Snake
Squills , -Valerian
,,
Mercurial Oint.
Cantharides
Turner's Cerate
Husband's Magnesia Seltzer Aperient
Calcined.
Carbon.
Cochineal
Litharge . .... ,
Red Lead
Bole Armenian
Chase's Trusses ,
Piiysieiu's Cases
Spatulas
Lancets
Catheters
Speculums ; ,
Breast Pumps
Syringes; v
Vials, Corks, &c
Geo. Howard.
Citrate
Fowler's solution
Dona van' s ,,
Acetate Morpliia.
Balsam Copaiva
Soldified!S,
Capsules
Cantharides
Salts1 Tartar ---,r
-Epsom --
.Rochelle
" May 1, 1855.
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A FRESH SUPPLY of Jajne's Family
medicines, . ... -..
Fahnestock's Vermifuge &C .-- : ;
For sale by Geo. Howard.
Geo Howard, Jr.
"; ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Having located at fVilfton, N. C.
WILE regularly attend the Courts of
Pitt, Greene, Way no- and Edgecombe
counties. Office next door to Gay's
Hotel. June,
:5:
niEPAllATOHY to a change to be
A urn.t. novt. T hJlVr. w-n,..!,
tliiur mv Books and will -thauk m v
friends to render what . facilities thev
can1 in making settlements, as the ar.
raugemeut must-be closed by that time.
I have a very fair
Stock oj Dry Goo s Groceries, &;c
On hand, which will be sold at a small
advance on COST for cash, or negotia
ble paper. No new account will be
opened ) A. Grimmer.
June 20, 1G55.
S4k-4 V4 Sl4
TIIE subscribers having purchased j paired at low' rates. . Second hand Pia
the Coacli Establishment of James Nel-1 nos taken in erchaii"-e.
son in TAlU'OUO', have associated
themselves together under the firm of
' " PaLimaunlaiii Slcwurt,
For tllG PurPn; carrying on the
And Repairing business in all He
li ranches.
vrill nvnditinnc'iT vorviir fill f:irriM-
o:' Buggies, &c, in a workmanlike
manner, aud on reasonable terms.
Having first rate workmen i'i our
employ, we have no hesitation in ex
r the belief that we will be ublelsinil1 ices to tho ckizeus.of Edge
p resell i .
to give general sji t Ufa ! i . gf n s
"... i i....i:,v. . .v.-.r,.n '
(kits, and all kinds of farming imple-l
II) " U 'I'I li. U-tJl I" li' " V;J .il ' ' ' 1 ,
mcnt$ will bo mad
and repaiico.
A portion of public patronage is res
pectfully solicited.
7. Ji. Pidtimounluin,
T. J Sfeicurt.
Tarboro, May 11, 1855.
Z-yl. 1 Paiamountain returns bis
sincere thanks -to pis frunds and the
public for the liberal patronage he has
received, and informs them that he wilt
still continue his shop at his old :-!a:id
near the 1'ridge, and execute expedi
tiously all work that may be entrusted
o him.
WOULD announce to the citizens o. iar- j
boro' and vicinity, that x:e Has locaiouui ,
rarboro' near the bndge, waere ne ,ai ,
cute
All Kinds oj Smith JVork,
and promptly repair all machinery, Buggies,
Guns, Locks, etc. which may be entrusted to
him. Bell-hangings attended to.
He hopes by strict attention to business, I
1 S
rit the conn-
and moderate charges, to mer
r--c; a pi er il
l..r.f.o 0' the liiiblic. and i
support.
Tarboro', May 20..
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ttYUiiiL i Ji. r iZiU ;
..w, I
DR BR V-NDRETI. would here impress '
I.:...: ,.i. itiin n-i .onM-.tllv. that,
however different may be the .action ot
the
Pills at different times, that such different I All that is asked of those who have never
action arises not from any alteration in the ! yet become acquainted with them is to pro
Pills, but from the state of the body; they cure one box, and the Proprietor s word for
should therefore be persevered with until the
n,t?nn i uniform: for thev are an effectual
nf ntr. hnvinir the same kind of
ajououiu 7 .
action on the human body that storms and
hurricanes have upon the air, or that the
tides have upon the ocean; they purify. ,
For sale by Oco. Howard.
Wm. II. W.sllard,
Commission Merchant.
WASHINGTON, N C,
GIVES his attention to receiving and for
warding Merchandize, and produce, and is
prepared to make liberal CASH ADVANCES
on all articles consigned to him for sale, or
shipment to his friends in Baltimore, New
York and Boston.
Oct. 11.
".",i"iiJLcty .
00 bales jujst received and for sale by
W. II. Willard.
. Washington, June 28. v
TV n
Land for
I000..ACRES of good Swamp, Land,
in the lower part of Beaufort Co., on
the soiith side of Pamplico liivcr, and
near South Creek. .
-For' particulars apply to
' W. II. Willard. i
7 Washington, N.'.C, Jau'y 2. '
Sale.
To Cic I?sisit':i! Fsablic.
in-
THE undersigned respectfully an
uounces to his E Igecombe' county
friends, acquaintances, and tha' Ladies
in particular, that he has opened .
4 ... - -
On Market street in inimingto?i,
Where he will always keen a complete " . - " v ;' '
assortment of Mimical Lurhnndhci Stam- Engines, of any power or style,
PIANOS of all sizes and qualities, with S.Mills of every Variety; v ' :
rosewood cases and iron frames, 'mauu- !I,niDg Machinery and Pumps,
factored by the oldest-. house in the G nst und Fiuur Mills itc,
country, SioJart & Co. NT. Y. . The i
In addition to these he selected while
iu New
fork last month, a splendid
stock .of .Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Ban
jos, Fifes, Clariuctts, Accordeons, and
all the detail articles keot in a regular
Muiic store, all inporlc-dand warranted
liis catalogue of Music is thebest one
iu tlie State, consistiug. yf the best and
latest compositions of the day, as Songs,
Polkas, Valacs. Ail instruments re-
r-' mi
31usi.e and catalogues tsent by
mail free of poztayz to any place desi
red. Instruments carefully packed and
sent any where. Call and t03 me when
you come to town whether you pur
chase or not.
Il'rmann L, Schreincr.
Wilmington, Jan. 1st, 1S55.
HAYING- permanently located in
lrboro', respee; Tuiiy ofi'ers his profes-
combe aud the aaiuiuiug.c'ouii ies. Hav-
.
prosecuted his pr..iV-iou for-up
wards of six years, iu all its various
branches, he feels assured that he will
be able to please those Who may honor
him with a call.
Office at 31 1-3. Gregory's Hotel.
Jun'y, 1855. -
Indian Vegetable Pills,
FOPt the speedy, safe, and effectual cure
of all diseases brought on by billiousness,
impurity of the VLood, and general derange
niout of the system it is a ' -widely, well
known fact, that WriyhCs Indian Vegetable
I'J.'Is are the areat Panacea. The Southern
mrliealnrbt, arc indebted to the iuven
m3uur.ictuvcr of tIlis popular family
hn of Fevers and colds, so
common iu the South. For sale by
Geo. Howard.
Dt Spencer's Vegetable Pills
ARE the cheapest and most approved
' family medicines ever offered to the public
j ...
' TlieJ ar0 extremely mild in their operation,
I neiiher causing sickness oi me siomacu, uoi
! anv unnleasaut sensation in the system, as
j is too frequently the case with medicines
given to act upon uie uuuS, .iuu..u
tudes, who have been -unable to take other
pills or preparations of medicine, on account
of their nauseating effects, use these puis
i without the slightest disagreeable feelings.
j it, they will never can i auj
purgative medicine so long as Spencer se3-
, ctable Pills can be obtained
Price 2b cents per box.
also, Dr HuWs Vegetable Fever
and Ague an d A nti-Fe ver
AMONG all the advertised remedies of the
, ,. . .... .. u ,."PI-.;il '.VvPr.
a ' . i v..--T nf5,i..
iione seem to meet with such rapidi.y of saltf,
I l . . 1 -L i J .-wt-,
i - I C'lri'vi-H'T . . ;i
lelraicd Pills. V.'herever they
Br. -Hull's ce
been introduced, all tonics, in whateter
,ave
subscriber has sold a number of them ! luce!lcia iumP3aud Engines,
in Edgdcombe and the adjoining conn-! Jvitts Corn and Cob crusher,
ties, and they have given general satis- llicc Thrashers, . . . ..
faction. - " femngle Machines, -
shape, all taixtures and pills, and prepara- , wuicn wiu compare wita ; most (.ortli
tions of every character, designated for this ern House.
disease, nave oeen aibcartieu, unu x. -n.o
Ay lie Pills have been received as the only
3.1 i 7i- ii.,ir
permanent cure: ihey . etop tue imus ana
i'ever the lirst day, ana. --? no. mucu
Stomacn or uieiav.- vi .1 nii uui. wj. ,
, ?
Price 1 o cents per lot.
For sale iu Tarboro"by . v Ceo. Tlotrard. .
Graefeubcrg Medicines.
JUST BECEIYED, a fresh supply
of these popular medicines, viz:
Vegetable Pills, E-o Lotion, Green
Mountain Ointment, ' Dysentery Syrup,
Barsaparilla Compound. Children s Pan
acea, Consumptive's Balm, Health "bit
ters, Marshall's' Uterine Catholicon, &c.
Geo. Howard.
il mins; ton, N. CV
A. II. VAX136KKELEN, Troprictor.
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THE subscriber having purchased
the entire interest in the "CLAKEN
DON IKON W01lKS solicits or-
1 iUkcr lur,Jllie other Water-wneels,
Shafting Hangers and Pullics,
Cotton Gins and Gearing, ,
Iron Castings of all kinds and patterns,
Brass " t
Jjocomotive and Tubular Boilers,
Flue and plain Cylinder lioilers,
Blacksmith work of all kinds,
Iron Doors for Houses and Jails.
The. Establishment
Having' been re-organ izi d for the ex
press purpose of insunug punctuality in
the execution of all orders, the publie
may rest satisfied that any work which,
may oiler will be promptly delivered
according to promise, and of such work
manship as cannot fail to give satisfac
tion. v '
The Mechanical Department
Being in charge of men of talents "and
experience, I have no hesitation in say
iug that the work hereafter turned out,
shall compare favorably in every res
pect with that of the most celebrated in
the States, and at prices which will
make it to the interest of all iu want to
send me their orders. , . -
Repair Worh -v
Always dene without delay and hav
ing a large force for that . purpose, it
will prove advantageous to ' any person
needing such to give me the preference
without regard to expense of sending
same from a distance.
Orders will be addressed to "Claren
don Iron Works," Wilmington, N. 0.
A. II. Vanbokkclcn,
Oct. is. v ;
THE subscribers, have engaged -tho
services 'of a first-rate Harness malcer,
well known in this vicinity, and are
now prepared to manufacture new. Har-nes-,
or repair old, at the shortest no
tice, aud on reasonable terms.
pi d t mountain & Stewart. '
Tarboro', Sept 24,' 1855. , - ' ";
SOUTH E!CX
SPRING TRADE
Garlick, Gicalhihey
D g Medicines; Dye Stuffs, Paints.
Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass
Patent Medicines, Segars, Snuffs,
Chewing and Smoking Tobac
co, Perfumery, .Tooth and
Hair Brushes, .Lubin's
Genuine Extracts, Lan
drcth's Garden.
Seeds, '&c.
THE subscribers beg leave to remind
their friends and customers in the Old
North State as welbas their own State,
that they are constantly receiving addi
tions to their already large and com
prehensive stock of the above articles.
.From Merchants, Physicians, Far
mers and others in want, they most re-
r.n-.f V. 1 1 r "nil o !i rrr 1 1 xf tmW.t- n
-v.a-.V v. ..j
and examination of their stock and pn-
, , .
; w J n . - - v v, w v it
leading articles in their lice, wliich '
they have in quantities and at prices
Alum, , ammonia, copperas, blue
mass, calomel, brimstone, borax, black-
; camphor, cream tartar, cloves. En.
extract Intrwno.l. fl:.v A
i 7 r. ww. .
essences of all kinds, flour sulphur-
race ginger, gum Arabic, glue, Harlem
oil, Indigo, inks, Lyon's kathairon,
Larry s Tncopherous, Baker's bitters,
Hoofland's German bitters, Vermifuges
of all kinds, Wright's pills, Brand
ret h's, Peter's, Lcidy's, Hose's, Mc
Lanc's, kos
Dr. McClintock's Family Medicines,
j Hampton's Vegetable Tincture, Mus
- j tang Liniment, occ.
IVilminpinn. N O. '
Garlick, G wartime r Hodges,
Ky. GU High street,
POKTSMOUTUj VA,
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