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"Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace, antra rp'd1 by party rage, to live like brothers.' WO. 22, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1839. JOSEPH GALES $ SON, EDITORS AND PROPFETORS. TERMS. Subscription, three dollars per annum one half in advance. : (Xj Persons residing without the State will he required to pay theSfVHOLX amount of the year's subscription in advance. RATES OJP 1 D TEIl TIS IJtG. For every 16 lines this size type) first insertion one dollar ; each subsequent insertion 25 cents. Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher and a deduction of 33J per cent, will be made from the regular prices, for advertisers by the year. iXjLsttkks to the Editors must be post-piad. A valuable Plantation Tor sale In the vicinity of Raleiglu I70U SALE, a Tract of Land on Swift and . Williams's Creek, in a high arid healthy part of Wake County, North-Carolina, within, a fe w miles of the Seat of Government, containing 1834 acres. About 300 acres of this land have leeu cultivated in Cotton, Indian Corn, Wheat and other Grain ; the residue lies in its natural state, covered with fine Oak, Walnut, Hickory find Pine Timber. There is a tolerable Frame DyeHingHouse and Outbuilding on the Premi ses, and a good Saw and Grist Mill, on a Stream wh;ch rarely fails.'except for a short period, in the droughts of Summer . And as a continu ation of the Gaston & Raleigh Rail Road to the South, which will either run through this Land, or ver near it, will shortly be made, a good market wilbe thus opened foi the surplus Crop of the Farrh and the fine Timber of the Forest A portiob of this Tract, is rich bottom land, and the otler parts of it, are good high-land which produces well. The Range for Stock is ' very good.? ! . " This L-ind is mostly underlaid by a Bed of Quartz, which is believed te be impregnated with Gold. Particles of the precious metal have been found in the Water Courses which inter sect it. The Property will be sold on accommodating terms, on anniication to Joseph Gales, sen. in Washington City, Or to Wbstojt R. Gales, Ra leigh. 1 i But one half of the Mill Property will be disposed of, the other half being owned by the Proprietor of adjoining Land. F L KXIBL E , THIS beautiful; and thorough bred English Race Horse (lately imported by Dr. Mer ritt of Virginia) will make his next season f Spring 1839) at WiKan, in the County of Granville, commencing the 14tl of February and ending 1st July, at such prices as will ena ble ail classes of persons to avail themselves of the services of this distinguished Race Korse and getter of Race Horsesas I am insirtfcted to stand hiin low. ' His services are offered at THIRTY DOLLARS the season, and FORTY FIVE Dollars to insure, with One Dollar to the Groom; the insurance to. be paid as soon as the Mare is parted with, or ascertained to be in foal. No alteration wilfbe made in the above prices. He is 8 sure foal getter, and will al ways be found it his stable. Great care will be taken to prevent accidents, but no liability for any ; his Groom is careful and may be .relied on; Mares wdl be' fed for thirty cents per day. Black servants boarded gratis ; all white per sons, sent with mares, wdl have to pay board which will be reasonable. FLEXIBLE, is a rich Brown, full fifteen and a half hands high. bred hy the Earl of Egre- ! mont and was foaled in 1822; he is in finer health and spirit ; than 1 have ever seen hiin; and the breeders of fine horses are particularly invited to call arid see him. He was got by Whalebone; his dam, Themis (sister to Incan tator) by Sorcerer,hei damHanna, by Gohanna, out of Humming-bird, (sister to Catharine, Colibri and young CamillaJ by Woodpecker, Camilla, by Trentham, Coquett, by the Comp on Barb, (afterwards called the Sedley Gray Arabian.) Godofphin Arabian mare, (dam of Juggler, &c. &c.J Gray Robinson, by the Bald Galloway, old Snake jmre, Gray Wilkes, (si-ter to Clumsey) by Hautboy, out of Miss D' Arcy's Pet mare. ; : - Whalebone, t lie sire of Flexible, is brother to Whisker; Wofull, and Webb, by Waxy, dam Penelope, by .Trumpeter, Prunella by High flyer, Promise by Snap; Spectator's dam by Partner. In Flexible is thus united theffUlaod of" Herod, Matchem, and Eclipse, and orr botii sides the most fashionable blood of the day ; his ; running in. England will establish that fact, he having contended with the following Horses, which were considered; the best of the day " Such as Scandal, jVelasquiz, Warwick, Balloon, Shuttle, Pope, Vesuvius Haji Baba, Hottentot, Mazame, Doctor Faustus, Signorina, Rapid, Cespatcb, ,Arachna, General Mina, Cinderiila, Reubens, Brutendorf Longwaist, Merman, Ri naldo, Luzborough, Leviathan, and a host of others, which will be, set forth in his hand bills, i EDYVTAUQ H. "CARTER. Wilton Granville couintyi N. C. ? Feb. 128. 1839. 18 S Dancing" and Waltzing School. MONSIEUR BOSSIEUX, fiom Paris, who has established himself in the City of Richmond, Va. since the year 1829, arid has given ample testi mony of his qualifications for the art he teaches, respectfully announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Raleigh and its vicinity, that he will open his School some lime in the first or 'second week in April next, and will teach that elegant and polite accomplishment in the same style he has heretofore taught in Paris, (a style which has never been taught by any master in this country ) Parents who wih to have their.children instruct ed in this useful and polite accomplishment will please enter them immediately, if possible, by call ing on tbe Editors of the Register who have had the goodness to take charge of a Subscription. There will be also a NIGHT SCHOOL, for Gentlemen. As soon as the pupils can go through the figures, there will be' Cotillion Parties every week. As Mr. B. cannot remain longer than one Session, he earnestly solicit the attention of those who wish to attend his School. 'Terms and Regu lations can be known by applying at the Rxgisteh Office. Richmond, Va. March 11 tb, 18,30. 20 Rich and Splendid Lottery. CAPITAL PRIZES: 80,00!!! $25,000 S 20,000-S 1.1,000 ! MEXAjrDMJl L.OTTER , Class No. TWO tor 1839. j To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. positively on Saturday 20th April, 1839. I MAtfNIFlCENT PBIZES. 1 Splendid Prize of 1 Prize of 80,000 ! 25,000 ! 20,000 ! 1 6,000 ! 10,000 ! 9,000 ! 8,000 ! 7,500 ! 7,01G ! 5,000 ! 4,000 ! 3,000 ! 2,500 ! 2,000 ! 1,500 ! 1.000 ! do do do do do do do 2 Prizes of 3 4 5 10 20 50 5CK 133 do do do do do do do do 750 ! 500! Besides Prizes o$250$200--$150-$10Q $SO- $60--$5040, Lowest Prize 20 13 Drawn Numbers out of 78. ! Tickets only $20 Halves $10 Quarters $5 Eighths $2 50. Certificates of Packages of 26 Whole Tickets $260 Do. do 26 Half do 130 Do. do 26 Quarter do ! 65 Do. do 26 Eighth do 32$ Cj Orders for Tickets and Shares or Certifi' cates of Packages in the above Splendid Scheme, will receive the most prompt attention, arid those who order from us, may rely upon having the draxo intf sent them immediately after it is over. Send orders early and address D. 8. GREGORY Co. Managers, Washington City, jD. C. Oh Richmond, Va. SHERIFF'S SALE. I SHALL expose to sale at Public Auction, at the Court House in Rockingham, on the third Monday of April next, so much of each of the fol lowing Tracts of unlisted Land as will be sufficient to satisfy the Taxes due thereon for the years 1836 and '37; together with costs and charges for adver tising, viz: One tract of 33 J acres, known as the Heirs of John Mclnis, deceased, lying on the wa ters of Naked Creek, adjoining Mcluis and others. Tax, f $00, 1 7 CO Acres adjoining Samuel Snead and o ihers belonging to Jesse Wallace, deceased, lying on the Beaver dam. Tax, - - - $00,10 SAML. TERRY, Shf Richmond co., Feb. 16, 1839. (17 Pr. Adv. $3.50. NOTICE w AS committed to the' Jail of Granville County a few days since a negro Woman who calls her selfSukey Thomas, She had in her possession, when taken, papers; purport ing to be tree papers, one says she belones to one James Mumford. near Petersburer, Va. She looks to be 45 or 50 years of age, dark compac tion, spare made, looks down when spoken to, The owner is hereby notified to comei forward prove property, pay charges, and take her away, or she will be dealt with as the law directs. MEAD A.SMITH, Jailer. Feb. 18 39. tf 18 B RANBRETH'S fills. CTRHE New York Son says : Brandreth's Pills UL have heen used among many5 of our friends, and in our own family we have used them nearly four years when we required medicine in that pe riod, no Doctor save Dr. Brandreth has crossed our threshold, and no medicine besides the Doctor's Pill3 used. Our belief is, "keep your bowels and blood pure," and every kind of disease will be pre vented or cured. The Brandreth Pills are eminent ly calculated to do this, and thereby much lessen the sura of human misery. The New York Evening Star says: Brandreth's Pills are a medicine which their own intense worth will secure for them a large and ready sale. They have deservedly a high reputation ,- and as a family and anti-bilious remedy, it would be difficult to equal them among all the Patent Medicines of the present day. -v QCj "To the whole f Family of man. We feel both pleasure and satisfaction in recommending to all our readers, Brandreth's Vegetable Pills, as the most certain, most safe, and invaluable medicine exiani. as anw-oiuous ana aperient rills, we are perfectly convinced they stand far above all oth ers: as a certain cure in all cases of worms, scurvy, scorbutic humors, erysipelas, and all affections of the skin, dropsy, asthma, stone, gravel, piles, and lumbago, they will be found invaluable." London Times. For sale by Wm. Peck.agent, Raleigh. N. C. who is also duly authorised to appoint Sub-agents for sale of the Pills; in each of the following Counties, viz. Cumberland, Chatham, Caswell, Franklin. Gran ville, Guilford, Johnston, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham and Wake. In inviting application for Sub-Agencies in these Counties.it is suggested, (as is usual in such cases) that the applicant should be recommended to the Agent above named at Raleigh. Raleigh, Feb. 9, 183915 6 mo. P. S. It4 a real factt that the great popularity of me mcutcine in mis country pas tempted tne unwor thy to counterljt exterwvelyt hence the importance of the Doctor's 6ft repeated caution to purchasers. Messrs. Towles 4" Callum, Raleigh, hav a genu ine license to sell the Pills. W.P. DENTAL SURGERY RESPECTFULLY announces to the public that he intends making Raleigh his place of residence. CCj He may be found at the Eagls Hotel. OO Mri-Scott, Dentist, will he. absent for a few weeks, and will give notice when he returns. March 20, 1839. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY. I Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Sessions, A. D., 1839. Madison B ugh, Maty Baugh, Caroline Baugh and Jere. Buffalow & Wife Ellen, vs. - "A IK.am 1 ,. l, n 1. Vision of Slaves. and Sion Rogers, Adm r. of William Baugu. J IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Allison Baugh and Calvin Biugh, two of the Defendants in this case, are not inhabi tants of this Stae It is therefore ordered, by the Court, that publication be made in the Raleigh Register, for six weeks successively, notifying the said Allison Baugh & Calvin Baugh, to be and appear before the Justices of the next County Court to be held for Wake County, at the Court House in Raleigh, on the 3rd Monduy in May next, then and there to answer or plead to tills petition, otherwise it will be taken pro conftsso, and heard exparie as to them. Witness, Alfred Williams, Clerk of said Court at Office, in Raleigh, the 3rd Monday of February, 1839. 21 A. WILLIAMS. C. C GREEN'S STRAW-CUTTER. JUST RECEIVED for sale by the Subscribers, Green's celebrated patent straw, hav. and stalk- cutter, operating on a mechanical principle not be- ore appueu to any implement lor tnis purpose, l ne most prominent effects of this application, and some of the consequent peculiarities of the machine, are. I. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requisite to use, that the strength of a half-grown boy is sufficient to work it very efficiently. 2. With even this moderate power it easily cats two bushels a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been claimed by any other machine, even when worked by horse or steam power. 3. Ihe knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which they cut, require sharpening less often than those of any other straw-cutter. 4. The machine is simple in its construction, made and put together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as the complicated machines in general use to get out of order. W. & A. STITH. Refer to the Cultivator, Vol. 5, 2Vo. 7. Our ingenious countryman, Mr. Green, has re ceived a high compliment in the encomium which has been passed upon his machine by the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland. A description of this machine was 6ent fiom Canada to the Secreta ry by Mr. Ferguson, who pronounced it " the easiest and most effective cutter he ever met with a real first-rate machine " The communication was laid before the committee on machinery, who, after making a machine according to the description, and sufficiently testing it, reported that they found it ' to bear out all that was reported of it by Mr. Fer guson ; that " it is now ascertained that it will cut three times more than (he best common sort, and with less force 'and that " one person driving the machine will cut with ease five hundred weight of hay or straw in an hour." This is a high but de served commendation. The not'u-e, with a cut of this machine, is published in the Society's paper for June. STATE OF NOKTH-CAROLISA. WHEREAS it has been duly represented to me by a portion of the citizens of the Second Congressional District, that they have associated themselves as a Joint Stock Company, for the growth and manufacture of Silk, and have subscribed the amount required by law, under ihe name and style of The Williaraston Silk Manufacturing Compa ny ;M and have organized themselves, by appointing Asa Biggs President; John Hyman, Secretary; D. W. Bagley, Treasurer ; and James Shaw, Joseph D. Biggs, Wm. Wilson, Kader Biggs and John Watts, Directors : Now, therefore, I, Edw'd B. Dudley, Governor, pursuant to the act of the General Assembly of 1 336, entitled " on act to encourage the culture and man ufacture of Silk and Sugar in this State." do declare and make knowu that the said Company is duly in corporated, under said act, by the name and style aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the State to be here to affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at onr City of Ral eigh, this the 1 4th day of March, A. D., 1839, and of the Independence of the United States the 63d. EDW'D B. DUULEY. By the Governor, . Christopher C. BattUS P. Secretary. 21 State of North-Carolina. TrfHERE AS it has been duly certified to me, by H a portion of the citizens of the ninth Congres sional District, that they have associated themselves as a JomTStock Company for the growth and man ufacture of Silk, and have subscribed the amount required by law, under the name and style of the Mechanic's Silk Growing and Manufacturing Com pany; and have organized themselves by appointing George F. Wilson, President, R. H. Lehman, Sec retary, Herman II. Butner, Treasurer, Christian Grabs, W. E. Lehman, Timothy Transue, PJhillip Proff. and Daniel Butner, Directors. , Now, therefore, I, Edw'd B. Dudley, Governor, pursuant to the act of the General Assembly of 1 836 entitled " an act to encourage the culture and manu facture of Silk and Sugar in thio State," do declare and make known. that the said Company is duly in corporated, under said act, by the name and style aforesaid. 5 In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the State to bejiere to affixed and signed the same with my hand. Done at our City of Ral- eigh, this 14th day of March, A. D., 1 839,- and of the Independence of the United State the 63d EDW'D B. DUDLEY' By the Governor. . t - . Christophea C. Battle, P. Secretary, COACHES, BAROUCtlES AND BUGGIJES. ' PTHE Subscriber has on hand an assortment of JL the above Carriages. Some are richly fin ished, which will, he thinks, bear a comparison with any manufactured Elsewhere. The work is war ranted to befaithfullyexeeuted, and will be sold on as favorable terms as can be afforded. Those wish ing to supply themselves, wilt please call and judge for themselves. t THOS. COBBS. Baieigh, May, 21, 183$. SPRING MEETING. I JOCKY CLUB. I S 7V? TE CO URSIZ. THE first meeting of the Jocky Club SPJtING , RACES, for 1839, will commence on Tues day the 30th of April, and continue five days at which time, the great Match will come off, between BOSTON and the QUEEN, for $10,000 a side. FIRST DAY. Ladies Purse, $3002 mile heats entiance $20. SECOND DAY. Proprietor's Purse, 14003 mil heats entrance $25. THIRD DAY. Jocky Club Purse, $8004 mile heats entrance 40. FOURTH DAY. Citizens' Purse, $200-mile heats,, best three in five entrance $15. FIFTH DAY. A Sweepstakes for 3 year olds, subscription $200, half forfeit mile heats, three or more to make a Race to name and close on the 15th of April ; now two subscribers. A Sweepstakes for three year olds, subscription $100, half forfeit mile heats, three or more to make Rate to njame and close as above, and to be run on jthe first day of the meeting. Gentlemen wishing to enter Colts in the above Stakes, will please address the Proprietor. Stables and litter furnished gratis. CTj' Purses subject to the usual discount. W. L. OTEY, Proprietor. March 20, 1839. 81 qj5 Carolina Watchman and Wilmington Ad vertiser will insert. W.L. O. JLook out Party Rage. 10 all individuals concerned who have human or . tender feeling to bear in mind, that those who persist in making my enclosed ground, or land marks a public road ; or in any other manner tres pass upon it, may expect 10 be punished to the ex treme end of the law. And those who have tres passed on my public and private character, and civ il feelings, to forthwith abandon base slander before it falls oh their own heads. And as an individual I do earnestly and fnnkly call for the civil law, of the. Sovereign State, to protect my riht, and native feelings. ! " THOMAS ROGERS. Wake County, March 20th. 21 3t THE DESERTERS. Found among the papers of Mr. Mason, Secretary to the Duke of Cumberland. There were in the Regiment two young sol diers above the common level, both from the same place, a small town in Lancan shire, and each had made friendship for the other. They had enlisted together through different motives; they marched together and were inhabitants of the same tent." One whom I shall call the lover, had enrolled his name through an uneasiness from his being disappointed in what he thought all his happiness was centered, the marrying of ! a sweet girl of his own town, by whom he was much beloved. Her relations were in exorable, and his hopes vain. The other was a lad:of spirit, believing the soldier's life as fine as the recruiting officer had de scribed it, willing to see wars, accompany hi3 friend, and serve his country, likewise accepted the king's picture and was called a volunteer. He was the only son of his mother, and she a widow; she was much grieved at his step which had been taken without her privity or consent ; but being in an easy situation, and not wanting his as sistance tor support, she lamented only through her affection for him. The widow gent forth her son with tears and blessings ; the maid eyed her lover, from a distance, fa nearer ; approach not being permitted and beat time to his steps with her heart, until he was out of sight, and then sentjher soul after him with a deep fetched sigh. They had not been long in camp before the volunteer had woful proof of the wide dif ference between the ideal gentleman and soldier, which had been dressed up in his imagination, and the miserable half starved food for powder. As to the lover he was insensible to the hardships of the body the agitations of his mind absorbed his whole attention in vaiu had he attempted to fly from the object of his love ; he had brought away his person only, leaving his thoughts and his heart behind him, and was as absent from himself in the noise and bustle of the day, as in a silent midnight watch, or when stretched upon the bed at night. l hey communicated their situation to each other, and took their fatal resolution to de sert. Thus winged by love, and urged by fear,: the hills of Scotland flew from their heels, and thev arrived within a mile of their own town, wheu they were captured and conducted to their camp. A court mar tial was held and they were condemned to dit but the General ordered, as is usual in such cases, that they should cast lots, tanuVonly one of tbcm suffer. At the ap pointed time the ring was formed, the drum placed in the centre with a box and dice up on its head and the delinquents made to en ter. The horrors which set brooding on their souls the preceding night, now over whelming them at the awful crisis, were strongly painted in their wan and pallid countenance. Their .friendship . vras real and sincere, but not of that fabulous and he roic kind as to wish to die for each other, ,each wished to live, andach was lis(jui- eted at the thought that his safety must be built on the welfare of his friend. They alternately requested each other to begin. The lover looked alternately at the little in struments of life or death, took them in his trembling hand and quickly laid them down. The officer interposed, and commanded the voluuteer to throw ; he lifted his box in his right hand, then shifted it into the left, and gave it to his right again, and as if ashamed of weakness or superstition, cast his eye upward for a moment, and was in the act to throw, when the shrieks of female sorrow struck his ear, and in burst from anfunder a vertical sun, than noW perish rom opposite part of the circle, the widow and the maid; their hair dishevelled, and their garments by travelling, soiled and torn. What a sight was this ! The mother and the son on one side of the drum', and the maid and the lover on the other. The first transports of their frantic joy at finding tbem alive, were soon abated by the dreadful un certainty of what must follow. The officer was a man who did not hurry the volunteer to throw. He put his had to the box of his own accord. His mother Tell prostrate upon the earth as did the maid, and both with equal constancy and fervor poured forth their different prayers. He threw nine. A gleam of imperfect joy lightened up the scene she had sen her son shipwrecked, buffeting the waves, when presently he gained a rafi ; and is paddling to the shore, and already thinks to feel his fond embrace, but still is anxious: lest even some envious billow should snatch him forever from her eyes. Meanwhile the lovers, giving up all for lost, were locked in each other's arms and entreated to be killed thus together on the snot. She was held from him bv force. He advanced towards the drum with the same air he would have ascended the ladder for his execution. He threw ten ! The maid sprang from the ground as if she would have leaped to heaven ; he caught her in his arms; they fainted on each other's necks, and recovered only to faint again. The vol unteer was the least affected of the four, and all his attention was employed about his mother, whose head was in his lap, but she was insensible to his care. Soon after the women had rushed into the ring, an of ficer had ran to the Duke's tent to inform him of the uncommon tenderness of the scene. He accompanied the officer to the spot, and standing behind the first rank, had been an unobservede.spectator of the whole transaction. He could hold no longer : he came to the widow, echoing in her ear, V'he is pardoned!" restored her life and happi- . .1 rni , . i , t ucss lugeiuer.,, xiieu iuimng'io uie lovers, he commanded thernrto go immediately to the chaplain to be united by that tie which death only could dissolve. He often de clared he felt more pleasure from this ac tion than from the battle of Culloden. He shed tears, but they were not those of Alex ander when he wept for more worlds to conquer. THE STSA3IBOAT. The House of Representatives recently adopted by unanimous vote, a Resolution, that the President present to the only sur viving son of James Rumscy " a suitable gold medal, commemorative of his father's services and high agency in giving to the world the benefits of the Steamboat." When this Resolution was before the TT T T"l XT' I nouse, ivir. itumsey, 01 rventuckv, a nephew of the deceased James Rumsey, in an unpretending, but clear and touching Speech, detailed the evidence which estab lishes conclusively, as it seems to us, the fact that as early as the year 1786, James Rumsey did succeed, " in propell ing his boat against the current by Steam alone four or Jive miles an hour." The experiment took place on the Potom ac, near Shepardstown, Va. in the presence of hundreds of spectators, and among the witnesses surviving, is Dr. Jilexander, of Baltimore, a gentleman of the highest char acter, and who was on board Rumsey 's boat. Finding, however, little encouragement in his own country, Rumsey went to Eng land, and there with the perseverance of genius, confident in the results of its own .clear apprehensions, and not to be discour aged by the doubts, the coldness, or the sneers of the world, he labored to perfect his invention, and had all but finished his new boat of between one and twro hundred tons, and named a day for thj; trial, when, in 1782, death arrested his hand. Hungry -creditors seized upon his little property, and with him died, until revived and perfected by Fulton, the s'.eamboat. While thus vindicating the priority of Rumsey s claim his honorable relative does full and ample justice to Fulton, from whose fame he seeks not to detract a single rav. To Rumsey, whom Fulton knew in Eng land, and to Fulton conjointly, he justly ascribes the character of " the highest ben efactors of their species," and thus eloquent ly and forcibly depicts the immeasurable value to America, ana to tue v est espe cially, of steam navigation. "Sir, yon have no arithmetic of powers vast enough, by which to estimate the benefits 01 tne steamboat in a pecuniary point of view alone. Their labors have rendered the whole Republic .more prosper ous in peace, morefowerful and defensible in war. Their labors, too, have tended, in no small degrej to the preservation of hu- man life. I am aware that the truth of this last assertion may not be universally ad mitted ; but it will scarcely be questioned, at least by a Western or Southwestern man who recollects the old mode of con ducting our commerce. Small as that com merce was before the introduction of the steamboat, it drew off a larger portion of population than is now, necessary to trans act it, although so immensely extended. Even then, more died in the long and ex posed and laborious voyages in keels attd barges, or the exhausting return by larid steamboat explosions But they dropped off" one by ones they sunk obscurely into the grave by the way side ; or, after reaching their homes, fell victims to disease incurred by along sojourn and travel in southern climes. The consumption of life, though known to be great in the aggregate, hap pening so much in detail, makes no impres. sion. But now, every steamboat accident creates a sensation, and is proclaimed in the universal press of the country. If the mighty commerce now in progress on the Western waters had to be conducted in the old way, it would require the agency of so many individuals, that it would not be long before the sides of the public roads, from New Orleans to tne upper States, and the banks of that great river which pours into the Gulf the congregated waters of nearly half a continent,would be almost acontinued graveyard." THE CENSUS. The law passediby Congress for taking the Census next year, is published in the Globe, of the 6:h instant. It is long but the following is a full though brief extract ofit: . Sec. 1. Directs the Marshals under the direction of the Secretary of State, to cause an enumeration of all inhabitants, exclud ing Indians not taxed, within their districts, distinguishing First, The sex of all free white persons. Secondly, The ages of all under 5 under 10 under 15 under 29 and then under each successive 10 to 100. Thirdly, The number of deaf and dumb free whites under 14, under 25, and upwards j also the number of blind of in sane and of idiots specif) ing how many of the last two are a public charge, Free colored persons, or colored persons bound to service for a term or for life, are to be enumerated, the sexes distinguished, and the ages under 10 under 24 under 36 under 55 under 100 to be noted. Also, the number, without regard toage,of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and idiots, and how many of the last two are a public charge. The Marshals to appoint assistants, who, as well as the Marshals, are to be sworn to a faithful performance of duty, which is to consist in inquiring, personally, at every dwelling within the district, or of the head of each family, as to the facts required to be certified. The enumeration is to commence on 1st Jan.,, 1840, and to be completed in ten months. Each assistant to moke two copies of his returns to to the Marshal. Sire. IT. imposes a penalty of $200 on any assistant, for neglect or falsification in making his returns. Sec. III. Requires the Marshal to file one rCony of each assistant's return with the Clerk of his District; also an attest copy of lis aggregate return to the State Depart ment the other copy, with the original aggregate, to be transmitted to the Secreta- ry of State by , 1st December, 1840. Penal ty for failure in any of the acts; on the part of the Marshal $1,000. Sec. IV. Establishes the pay of assistants thus: For every hundred persons returned, if resident in the county $2 if in a town or city of more than 3,000 persons, at the same rate for 3,000 and theii for 300 per sons returned over that number, $2. When, however, from the scarceness of population, his compensation is inadequate, the Mat- shal may allow not exceeding $2 50 on every hundred returned. - The payment not to be made to assistant till he shall have sworn that he has faithfully j executed his difties as prescribed bv this act. m The comprnsation of the Marshals varies according to Districts.' For the District of North Carolina, it is $450. Sec. V. Every person whose usual place of abode on said 1st Jan.: shall be in any family, to be returned as of that family.: The name of every inhabitant, without any settled place of residence, to be entered in the schedule; persons occasionally absent to be enumerated at the place of their usual abode. Sec. VI. Every free person, more than 16 years old, although not head of a family, bound under a penalty of $20 to render, if required, a true answer so fair as he or she can, to the questions of the assistant, touch ing these matters, and according to knowl edge, to give an account of every person belonging to the family. Sec. VII. Each assistant, before making his return to the Marshal, to cause the sche dule containing the number of inhabitants in his district, to be posted in two of the most public places within the district, for each of which he is to receive $6 compen sation. Sec. VIII. Secretary of State to transmit instructions, forms and blanks to the Marshall.
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Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 30, 1839, edition 1
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