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WVoc No. 201.
Tarborough, Edgecombe County, N. C. Friday, April 23, 1830.
FoJ. r. No. 34.
THE "FREE PRESS,"
By Geo. Itoward,
Is published weekly, (every Friday,) at
TITO DOLLARS per year, (or 52 num
bers,) it" paid in advance Ttvo Dollars W
fifty Cents, if paid within the subscription
veir or, Three Dollars at the expiration
of the year for any period less than a year,
Tiventy-five Cents per month. Subscribers
at liberty to discontinue at any time on pay
ing arrears. Subscribers residing at a dis
tance must invariably pay in advance, or
give a responsible reference in this vicinity.
jio subscription discontinued unless a noti
fication to that effect is given.
Advertisements, not exceeding 16 lines,
will be inserted at .50 cents the first inser
tion, and 2.) cents each continuance. Long
er ones at that rate for every 16 lines. Ad
vertisements must be marked the number
ef insertions required, or they will be con
tinued until otherwise ordered.
Letters addressed to the Editor must b3
post paid, or they will not be attended to.
0ttO Goons.
flIIE Subscribers are now opening at
their old stand in Tarborough,
Afresh arid varied assortment of
FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GOODS,
Hardware, Crockery, &c.
Which they offer at their usual low
prices.- j)m RICHARDS $ CO.
Oct. 22, 1S29.
For Sale.
Al the Store of K. &S. 1). Collcn,
IN TAR HO ROUGH,
Turks Island and 7 O A T Hp
Liverpool sack 3 5VJLi JL y
Molasses, sugar, coffee, tea, and chocolate
Iron and steel of everydescription Sc quality,
Blacksmiths bellows, and every other arti
cle to make a complete sett of Black
smiths tools,
Old brandy, by the barrel or retail,
Jamaica rum, 5 years old,
Otard's cogniac brandy, 10 years eld,
Pure Holland gin, old rye whiskey,
Madeira wine.N.E. rum 6v common brandy,
Torctherwith an extensive assortment of
Staple and Fancy Goods,
Of almost every variety, at as low pri
ces for cash, as can be bought 'at any
store in the place.
A constant supply of Sicaitn's Pana
cea, Dr. Chambers' remedy for In
temperance, Judkins's celebratedOint
vent, &c. &c.
(QThe highest price paid in Cash,
for good clean baled Cotton.
JUST RECEIVED and now opening,
a splendid assortment of fancy & staple
Seasonable Goods,
At unprecedented low prices 100 bar
rels superior Cut HERRINGS, &c. &c.
A S. IX COT TEN.
May 23, 1829.
vSalt at GO Cents,
P0R SALtf, by the Subscribers, ten
thousand bushels
TURKS ISLAND SALT,
j Of the best quality, which they offer at
the above price for Cash, or in exchange
for seed Cotton, at the highest market
price. I), RICHARDS $ CO.
Tarboro', Dec. S, 1S29.
King Gatlin,
CKNSIBLY grateful for the very lib
eral encouragement heretofore mani
fested by the citizens of ibis and the ad
jacent counties, have the pleasure to an
nounce the arrival (direct from NEW
YORK) of an elegant and extensive as
sortment of every article pertaining to
GENTLEMEN'S
fashionable Clotinng,
Selected by a first-rate judge, and at
most reuueeu prices among which
splendid assortment may be found:
Black , blue, olive, steel and mixed Cloths,
''lain hhir.lc silk Vrlvrt-.
j p'Srcd and striped do.
I Jain black Florentine,
;ucncia vesting, of various colors,
White quilting, of a superior quality,
ALSO, Patent Suspenders, and a general
and well selected assortment of
Fashionable Trimmings,
All of which will hp nhl nf rrrliifol
j Prices for cash, or to punctual customers.
! Tarhnrn'. 9th C?nrt 1 Qoo
w , EV.
Henrv Johnston,
7TSIIES to inform his friends and
customers, that he has hist return
ed Prom New:York, with bis
Fall Supply of Goods,
In his line of business, which he is hap
py to say he can sell on better lerms
than is usual in this market among
them are
Superfine blue and black Cloths,
Brown, olive, and steel mixture, do.
Hottle green and drab do.
Superfine Cassimeres, of different colors,
Plain and fancy Velvets for vestings,
Plain and fancy Silks for vestings,
Dark and light Valencias, new patterns,
White and buff quiltings,
Pocket handkerchiefs, gloves,
White and fancy cravats, patent suspenders,
F. A. Hart's patent braces,
A complete assortment of TRIMMINGS.
The above goods will be sold low for
cash, or to punctual customers on a short
credit. Gent lemen furnishing their own
cloth, can have it made and trimmed in
the most fashionable manner and at the
shortest notice.
Tarboro', Oct. 1, 1S29.
Mrs. A. C. Howard,
AS just received her fall supply of
GOODS, in her line of business,
comprising a handsome assortment, suit
able to the season among which are
Pattern Gros des Ind. hats of the latest nor
thern fashions,
Leghorn and Straw bonnets,
Superb head dresses, ornaments, See.
Llegant ribbons, feathered flowers, Sec.
With a number of fancyarticles, well wor
thy the attention of the Ladies.
Ladies' dresses, cloaks, pelisses, &c.
made to order, in the latest and most
approved fashions.
Leghorn and straw bonnets cleaned
or dyed, at the shortest notice.
Tarborough, Nov. 5, 1S29.
$25 Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Sub
scriber, about the Sth inst. ne
gro man HARRY Harry is a
bright mulatto, (half white,)
with large freckles, between
thirty and thirty-five years of age, near
six feet high, and weighs about one hun
dred and seventy pounds; he is a good
ditcher and well acquainted with all
kinds of work usually done on a farm;
he is a very intelligent ingenious fellow,
well calculated to pass himself for a free
man, which no doubt he will attempt to
do; he is well known in this county,
particularly in this and the neighbor
hood of the late Lemmon Ruffin, Esq.
where he has a wife. The above re
vard will be paid on the delivery of the
said Harry to me near Sparta, Edge
combe county, No. Ca. if taken within
this State, or Fifty Dollars if taken
without this State and Fifty Dollars
will be paid for evidence to convict any
white person of harboring said negro
on conviction.
RICIID. HINES.
IGlhNov. 1S29. 13
The Editors of the Raleigh Star, Nor
folk Herald, and Petersburg Intelligencer
are requested to insert the above advertise
ment in their respective papers for four
weeks, and forward their accounts to the
Postmaster at Sparta, No.Ca. for payment.
Domestic
North-Carolina Legislature. We
insert, by request, the following extracts,
from the "Debate on the bill for estab
lishing a Bank of the State," which took
place in the Senate of our last Legisla
ture. Mr. Martin, from Rockingham,
introduced the bill, and made some ob
servations in its favor; after which
Mr. WILSON said, in order to bring
the, principles of the bill fairly under
discussion, he would move to strike out
the first section. He said it was known
to the Senate, that the charters of the
present Banks had but a short time to
run; and it will be proper for the Le
gislature now to conclude whether they
will continue the charters of the Banks
at present in existence, erect a new
Bank, or do without Banks altogether.
It was with a view of bringing thesub
ject fully before the committee, (and not
from any hostility to the principle of the
bill,) that he made the present motion.
Several speeches were made for and
against the motion, when
Mr. Montgomery said Mr. Chair
man: The motion now pending before
the committee, is on striking out the
first section of the bill on your table.
Sir, the principle contained in the bill
on your table is a subject upon which
the public mind is more agitated at this
time than it ever has been on any sub
ject, at any former period, since the for
mation of our government. It is a sub
ject upon which the people of this State
expect and anxiously look for an ex
pression of sentiment at the present Le
gislature. The subject presents to us three pro
positions; one of which is, shall we ex
tend the charters of the present banks?
another is, shall we let them expire and
do without banks altogether? or, shall
we create a bank predicated on the
funds and faith of the State, in which all
will be joint stockholders in common?
Sir,. I am in favor of the last of these
propositions. I am, Mr. Chairman, not
in favor of it as a matter of choice; (for,
sir, I am willing frankly to acknow
ledge that I do not look upon banks as a
blessing among an agricultural people,)
But, sir, there are peculiar circumstan
ces under which we may be placed,
which necessarily compel us to adopt a
course that, under different circumstan
ces, we would deprecate. I am, there
fore, reminded of the truth of the old
adage, that while we reside in Rome,
wemust necessarily, in some degree,
conform to her customs. I, therefore,
subscribe to banks at this time more as
a matter of necessity than of choice.
When taking into consideration the sit
uation of our country, and the ordinary
transactions of business carried on by
the people of North-Carolina, not only
amongst ourselves, but our sister States;
and when I see them banking it on the
north and south, and the United States
Bank assisting in furnishing bank paper
to carry on the ordinary transactions of
business, upon which large profits are
made; and believing, as I do, that while
we use bank paper, we must and will be
tributary to the source from whence it
came; and being unwilling to pay tri
bute to the Virginia banks, or to the
treasury of South-Carolina for her bank
paper, or to the stockholders of the Uni
ted States Bank, (many of whom reside
in Europe;) and being also unwilling to
subject the people of this State to pato
the few capitalists of our own State a
tribute annually more than equal to pay
the ordinary expences of our govern
ment; and believing that banking is pro
fitable, and that this profit rightfully be
longs to the people, out of whom it is
made, I am, therefore, friendly to the
bill on your Jable, and opposed to the
motion, made by the gentleman from
Egdecombe, to strike out the first sec
tion. f I am in favor of the bill because
it contains the provisions that I alone
am willing to bank it on in our State;
for I am opposed to any banks the pro
fits of which do not go into the public
treasury of the country, where it is a
joint stock in which all are stockholders
and copartners.
The honorable Speaker, from Rowan,
has labored hard to alarm us and excite
fears and distrust among us, by citing
the failure of banks in other States, and
particularly Kentucky and South-Caro-Iins.
He tells us that the bank paper of
the Commonwealth's Bank of Kentucky
soon depreciated considerably, and gives
that as a reason that we should not esta
blish a bank on the funds and faith of
the State; for, says he, we will fall into
the same difficulty.- Mr. Chairman, if
the gentleman will shew the situation of
North-Carolina at this time to be in the
least degree similar to the situation of
Kentucky at the time the Common
wealth Bank went into operation, and
during its existence, I will, Sir, aban
don the bill on your table forthwith as
unwise and impolitic. North-Carolina
has three Banks, and the United States
Bank a branch within our State, all the
charters of which expire in 1S35 and
1836. Then will we be, unless hew
banks are created, without banks entire
ly; (for, sir, I do hope that the Con
gress of the United States will not ex
tend the charter of the United States
Bank.) Kentucky had at the time, and
during the existence of the Common
wealth's Bank, forty or forty-two banks;
all in operation within the little State of
Kentucky, all trying to make money,
all dividing the profits of banking with
in the State. Was it, then, to be calcu
lated on that any of them could succeed
well? It was not, sir, and the cause is
is as obvious as the sun at noon-day in
clear weather. There were too many
I divisions of the profits of banking in the
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Bank of Kentucky have had all the pro
fits of banking within the State, as 1
wish North-Carolina to have, no doubt
she would have succeeded well.
The State Bank of vSouth-Carolina
was adverted to by the honorable Spea
ker, in strong terms, by saying that in
two several attempts to increase the ca
pital stock of that bank by opening
books for private subscriptions for stock,
they had failed to get one dollar subscri
bed; and says that is proof sufficient to
him that that institution is rotten at the
core. To me, sir, the failure on the
part of that bank to get stock subscribed
by individual capitalists, is the strong
est proof that that bank is doing a good,
honest and safe business for the people
of that State. For, sir, I apprehend
that the capitalists in South-Carolina are
like the capitalists in North-Carolina and
elsewhere, generally unwilling to em
bark their capital in any institution
which they cannot move and govern at
their own will and pleasure, where they
cannot have power in other respects as
well as profit from their capital; and,
sir, the people of South-Carolina were
wise enough to keep the controling
power of their bank in their own hands;
the controling power not to be atlair xl
by the capitalists, and the bank to be
under the control of the people, whose
wishes and views are nothing but hon
esty and fair dealing; I say, Mr. Chair
man, these facts being known and made
manifest, no doubt were the reasons why
the capitalists did not wish to vest their
capital with them. Again, sir, we havp
other strong proofs that the Bank of
South-Carolina is sound and doing vvell
for the people of that State. We have
the message of his excellency the Govcr?
nor of that State, lately laid before the
Legislature, in which he speaks of the