you first allude, was taken after the most
mature deliberation, and persevered in
with the anxious and confident hope o!
preserving the harmony of our common
and happy country. The doctrines avow
ed in the Veto Messages to which you
refer were, as I hope all my public acts
have been based, on what i deemed to
be the true principles of the Constitution,
and consequent prosperity and perpetui
ty of the Union. It is therefore highly
gratifying to me to learn, that so respec
table a portion of my fellow citizens con
cur with me in opinion."
Hon. Mr. Gaston's Address. We
tender our thanks to Mr. Thomas V.
White, of Richmond, for the satisfaction
we have derived from his present of n
beautiful copy (just issued from his press)
of tho Address of the Hon. William Gas
ton, before the Philanthropic and Dialec
tic Societies at Chapel Hill, N. C. It is
a treasure which cannot fail to be useful
to those who will carefully apply it, while
it adds lustre to the already resplendent
talents and pure and elevated fame of its
author. Such admonition and such sen
timents as are embodied in this Address
are above all eulogy; the youthful mind
may derive from them the lights of wis
dom and the incentives of virtue and ho
nor, to guide and impel it to the highest
pinnacle of fame. We shall, when we
have more space, present an occasional
extract from this Address; in the mean
time we beg leave to subjoin a testimonial
of its excellence from the venerable Chief
Justice of the U. Slates. Norfolk Her.
, K'ch'nond, Aug. 9th, 1S32.
Mr. Thomas White,
Dear Sir: I have just received your nolo, in-'
timating your intention to reprint the address
delivered by Mr. Gaston before the Philanthro
pic and Dialectic Societies at Chapel Hill, and
asking my opinion of it.
Mr. Gaston favored me with a copy of this
address, and I have perused it with peculiar in
terest and pleasure. The advice he gives to stu
dents is excellent. It may be read aain and
again to advantage by every youth who wishes
to avail himself to the utmost of the instruction
to be acquired in our seminaries.
His lessons on the course to be observed by
the young gentleman who is about to enter the
great theatre of human action are not less valua
ble, and cannot be too frequently or too deeply
impressed on the rising generation. They seem
to constitute the true basis of the character to
which statesmen in a republic ought to aspire.
With great respect, your ob'dt.
J. .MARSHALL.
Close Voting. We arc indebted to
the politeness of a much valued friend,
for the following particulars of the elec
tion in Macon county: Senate Benja
min J. Brittain. Commons James
Whitaker and Aseph Enloe. State of
the Poll: Brittain 88, Guynn 72. Whit
aker 5G5, Enloe 42G, Tatham 42G
there being a tie, the casting vote was
given to Enloe, making 407. These
two gentlemen were within one of being
tied last year. Sheriff Bynum w!
Bell 387, James Fruit 387 these gentle
men being also tied, the County Court of
course must decide the contest. " This
presents a scene of tfie closest voting,
perhaps ever witnessed in any county in
this State, or elsewhere. Western Car.
Singular circumstance. A letter from
a gentleman at Constantia, on the north
side of Lake Oneida, dated July 27,
states that "on the morning of the 25th,
this shore, north of the Oneida Lake,
was discovered to be lined with dead fish,
principally white fish, pike and perch."
F rom a paragraph in a Paris pnffcr of the
20th June, it appears that the fish in
v ranee have been similarly affected.
"For the last four days, (observes the Pa
ris paper,) great quantities of eels and
other fish in the river at Harfleur, and in
the ditches at Havre, where the tide
flows, have been seen to leap on shore
and there expire. Guards have beet set
to keep people from picking them up and
eating them." This strange phenome
non is ascribed by many to the present
peculiar state of the atmosphere. Star.
Mortality among free Blacks.- We
cannot but call attention to the very re
markable fact, (says the Baltimore Pat
riot,) that of the 173 deaths in this city
last week, 78 were of colored persons,
nd of these, 75 wore free! We would
not imput
cause; for
inhabitants
ignorant, an
vice ana rc
them. To
wholesome
ssolulcncss as the onlv
vetin fortunate class of our
eunuch exposed, indigent,
ably imprudent. Acl-
mccs are lost upon
frntri Jim ,11
Sil.ahH d;iTWty- that oonnfcr-
, cv 41 " ,a " evil to
nem, trecdej a t ab
them
no blessing.
i t
.v 1 uuueu uuu De
roes,:,
The Surveys P?T;arn that the sur
vey ot the route ouuU Cann F
Yadkin Rail Road i'sfrogrcssing steadi
ly and with all convenient expedition.
I nat it had extended n, ilm 9t;i.
as far as wiflun 15 miles of the mouth of
ine uwliary R,ver, about 65 mites from
Ijayettevillo, and will be continued along
the valley of the Yadkin, immediately on
the feouth bank of the river, for about 15
miles above the Narrows, so as to reach
the navigable waters of the Yadkin, and
thus secure the advantages of a direct
water communication with all that fertile
country watered by the Yadkin, by Ab
bott a Creek, the South Yadkin, Dutch
man s Creek, and limning Creek, all of
which are navigable, we believe, for ma
ny miles from that point. The road will
then leave the Yadkin and strike the
Catawba at or near Beanie's Ford. It
is gratifying to learn, as we do from a
source to be relied on, that thus fat, no
insurmountable obstacle, nor any more
unfavorable one than was anticipated, has
been met with. Fay cttcvillc Obs.
The rail road. The ship Equator,
from Liverpool, which arrived at this
port a few days ago, brought out a loco
motive engine, called the "Roanoke,"
with a tender and wagon, for the Peters
burg and Roanoke Rail Road Company.
Previous to being shipped, the locomo
tive engine underwent a trial on the Liv
erpool and Manchester Rail Road, and,
we understand, gave entire satisfaction,
both as to speed and construction
As it has been some time since we re
ferred to the progress of the Rail Road,
it may be satisfactory to mention that
about 20 miles (commencing at the Cor
poration line and extending beyond Stony
Creek) is entirely completed and ready
for use. From Stony Creek to the Me
herrin River the Road has been graded,
on the first ten miles of which, the wood
ed rails have been laid, and the contrac
tors engaged in laying down the iron.
From the Mcherrin to tho Roanoke the
Road is under contract, with the excep
tion of about 2 miles. The Town sec
tion, commencing at the depot, at the
corner of Union and Washington streets,
and connecting with that portion already
completed, is also under contract, and
about 200 hands actively engaged upon
it. From present appearances, it is pro
bable that in little more than twelve
months the entire line will be completed
and the cnterprize of our citizens rewar
ded, by seeing their favorite town be
come tiie mart for the rich products of the
country bordering on the Roanoke.
Petersburg Times.
A four flays meeting will hhM at
ton, to commence on Wednesday, the 26ih of
DIED,
On Friday, 3lst August, at his residence in
Pitt county, after a painful illness of two years,
Ivey Foreman, Esq. an enterprise citizen; a
kind neighbor; an indulgent creditor; in all his
domestic relations, amiable. The deceased sus
tained through a long: and busv HIV
racier for uprightness and usefulness, and has left
a void in society not easily filled. Green. Pat.
M the Cheap Cash Stoim,
Of purchasing Cheap Goods from
5?1
WTSOH &l CO
HPHE above concern inform their numerous
nalrnn il- u.-, ni r .. .
i. .aw nic wcavc ana ractz up all the
remainder of their present stock of
. Staple & Miscellaneous Goods,
IN A FEW DAYS.
Those in want of 'GooJs at their own Prices,
previous to their beinsr sent awav. will mil ,nH
examine for themselves. ' V.
OZrAn entire New Es'tahihhm.P.nt will lio
opened in the same oremisps. nnnnnipH in? vv
son & Co. irr the course of a few weeks.
iarboro Sept. 10, 1832.
fFIlE Copartnership heretofore existing in this
nlace. in the name nf
N. II. Bountree Co.
Was by mutual consent dissolved on th 14th nf
July last, and the whole of the business transfer
red to 13. 13. 13hLL, oneol said partners, who is
fully authorised to settle the business of the firm.
a: h. rountree,
E. E. EELL.
Stantonshurg, N. C. Sept. 3, 1832. 3-3
Commission Business
IJV JWliFOLR
'PHE Co-partnership of Gordon $ Townes
having this day expired by limitation, the
Subscriber lakes this method of tendering thanks
for the liberal patronage he has received from
his friends heretofore, and to ask a continuance
of their favors. JAMES GORDON.
Norfolk, 1st Sept.. 1S32. 3 4
Racing, A challenge is made by
James B. Richardson, Esq. of South Ca
rolina, to run Bertram, jun. and Little
Venus against Andrew and Bonnets o'
Blue, for S5.000 aside each race, which
is accepted by VVm. R. Johnson, the ow
ner of the last mentioned racers. The
race is to be run over the Washington
course at Charleston, on the Monday and
Tuesday week preceding the first day of
the annual races at that place. Hal. Reg.
COMMUNICATED.
By divine permission, a Camp Meeting will
commence at Pierce's Camp ground, in Halifax
county, N. C. on Wednesday, the 3d day of Oc
tober next, 4 miles west of Halifax, 6 miles south
of VVeldon, 9 miles from Moore's Ferry, and 34
miles north-east of Warrenton.
The Rev. Eurrel Temple will preach at
the Falls Tar River, on Tuesday before the first
Sunday in October; Wednesday, at Williams's;
Thursday, at Tarborough; Friday, at Cross
Roads.
A three days meeting will be held at Tarboro'
commencing on Friday, the 21st September, by
Rev. E. 7 Elake and others.
The Baptist Kehtikee Association will com
mence on the 5th of October next, at Log Cha
pel, or Conoho church, in the upper end of Mar
tin countv.
NEW BINDERY.
T11TI a view to the more efficient prosecu
tion of their business, the Subscribers have
Established a Bookbindery.
Having procured the best materials from the
North, and employed a Workman who comes
well recommended, they are prepared to execute
on moderate terms, all orders in this line.
Account Books, Records, &c. ruled and made
to order: and every kind of Binding promptly
executed in the best and neatest manner, on rea
sonable terms. J GALES SON.
fJBeing Publishers of .the Reports of the
Supreme Court, such of the Subscribers to that
Work as chuse to send their Nos. to him lo bind,
will have them carefully attended to, and the
Indexes and all deficient numbers supplied.
Raleigh, August 2, 1832.
information OElanteti.
CllOULD this notice reach the eye of any old
K Revolutionary Soldier who has any knowl
edge of me, or was with me in the time of the
war of the Revolution, will confer an everlasting
favor on me, in making it known immediately
by letter, directed to the Tumbling Shoals, P. O.
South Carolina, as I am extremely poor, and un
able to labor, and wish to avail myself of the op
portunity of drawing a Pension from the Gov
ernment, should I be fortunate in getting the
proof that is necessary and required of applicants.
I enlisted at Henrico Court House, in the State
of Virginia, under Captain Samuel Booker, was
transferred and served next under Capt. Wallis-
waa vviui woouioru s regiment, men served un
der Beaufort, and was in his defeat in this StatP
1 was in one engagement on North River under
yen. vayne. 1 got badly wounded in Beau
fort's defeat; was carried to Camden, and lay two
months under the care of Dr. Alexander, and
was there discharged. I enlisted for three years,
or during the war, and served three years.
liQOII E2SHI3.
HE Subscriber is under the disagreceable ne-
cessily of requesting those who owe him, to
owe him if possible no longer than May Court
Inis he requests not from choice, but necessity
compels him to require either cash or note for
the debts due him in this vicinity by that time.
C JVINDHOM.'
May 20th, 1832. 39
WOCD3L.
1IT 1 .
CASH naid fnrW
D. RICHARDS & CO
Tarboro', March 30, 1832.
The Subscriber offers for sale
That Valuable Tract of Land,
Whereon Williams Hines now lives, lying on
Tar river near Sparta, containing by a late sur
vey about Five hundred and twenty-eight
acres. J he land is high, pleasant and healthy,
with good well and spring water. On thn lnn,l
are comforiable and convenient buihlinn-c fnr a
small family. It is thought unnecessary to say
more, as no person would purchase without firt
examining for themselves. A bargain may be
had if application be made soon. The land will
be shown to any person, by applying to Wil
liams Hines on the premises; or to the Subscriber.
PETER &INES.
Angt; 37th 1SQ2. 1-3
3pfIE Subscriber has for sale on consignment
A 7 or 8 barrels OLD APPLE BRANDY
aume 01 wnicn'is 4 or 5 years old.
HENRY JOHNSTON.
Tarboro', April 17, 1S32.
Land for Sale.
I OFFER FOR SALE,
800 or 1000 dcresqfLand,
TT being the Land on which I now live, silua
ted in the county of Warren, and immediately
between the towns of Halifax and Warrenton,
21 miles from the former, and 14 from the lat
ter mentioned places, which is quite a healthy
section of country, being well watered for man
or beast, and has upon it a small newly built
Dwelling House, with other necessary houses.
As it is presumed no person would purchase
before viewing, it is deemed useless to say more
than the Land in point of soil and production is
lint- 5nfprint In ttnr in Un J r .
v j ii me aujacem section Ot
country off from the river,and besides other con-
. ...w..v.v, .10 vAiujiijr tu me xoanoKe naviga
tion and entrance to the Virginia Rail Road,
should make it desirable with purchasers. As I
am prepared to meet the sacrifices necessary to
be made to effect a sale of Land, 1 have no doubt
purchasers would be pleased with my terms; I
invite all persons wishing to purchase to give mo
an early call, as from delay a bargain may be
lost. I have other small parcels of Land in tho
county of Warren 1 wish to sell also, a tract oC
175 acres in the county of Granville, all of which
I will sell upon the most accommodating terms.
For further information apply to
JOHN A. NEiVELL.
Warren, July 19, 1832. 50.4
HPHE Subscriber having determined to remo've
to the West, offers for sale the tract of-Iand on
which he now lives, consisting of about v
Eight hundred Acres,
Lying in the upper part of the county of Halifax
and twenty miles west of the town, adjoining
the lands of Dr. N. J. Drake, dee'd, W. W?
Thome, J. Williams, Gen. Wm. Williams, dee'd
and others. This land is tolerably highlv im
provedon it there is a small and comfortable
dwelling house together with all other necessary
out houses, and the land , is inferior to none in
this section of the country. All persons wish
ing to purchase lands arerrequested to visit the
Subscriber and examine for themselves.
WILLIAM ,H. HARRISS.
July 6th, 1832. 47.5
H. RUNAWAY,
rjOMMITTED to the jail of Edgecombe coun-
ty, as a runaway, on the 22d day of June last
a negro boy who says his name is ADAM, and
belongs to James B. Tartt, of Alabama. He is
about 30 years of age and dark complexion. The
owner is requested to prove property, pay char
ges and take him away in the time limited, or
he will be dealt with as the law directs.
" T , C. WIND HO My Jailer.
July 21, 1832. 48
$20 HSWilRD; "
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on
Monday night last, .nv b'nv nn.A
FORD, about 18 years of-age, 5
feet 3 or 4 inches high, swarthy com
plexion nearlv whits. hmA r. a
a - .wvt iav.6 CUJll
down look, no beard, straight hair not very
black, very full breast took with him a suit ot
licw wiuic tuuuu uiuines, ana black lur hat.
This boy can read and will probably attempt to
pass as a free man. A reward of Ten Dollars.
will be given, if taken with in this county, to
any person vvho will deliver said boy to the
Subscriber, residing eight and a half miles from
Tarborough,' oir the. Raleigh road, near Cokey
bridge; or, if taken out of the county, Twenty
Dollars wiir be given for his delivery to me,
or if secured in any jail so that I get him again!
All persons are hereby harboring, employing, o&
carrying off said boy, under penalty of the law.
SAMUEL P. JENKINS.
May 29, 1S32. 4l
"O R. HINES, Esq. -having been appointed
our Agent at Tarborough, we respectfully
request those in that section indebted, to make
payment to him, as soon as convenient, and he is
duly authorized to grant the proper discharges.
He will also attend to any other business con
nected with our establishment as fully and effec
tually as we could were we personally present.
C R. RAMSAY, Editor of the N C. Con
situticnalist and People's Advocate
Raleigh. N,C. Julv 19th; IS3.Q.