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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Friday, January 17, 1834.
Vol X Jfo 18.
The "Tirbornt!rh Free Press "
BY GEOIiGE HOWARD,
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Letters addressed to the Editor must be'post paid,
or they may not be attended to.
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Virginia. On Tuesday, the 7th inst.
Littleton Waller Tazewell was fleeted
!y the Legislature, on the second ballot,
Governor of Virginia. On the firT bal
lot Tazewell received 55 voles Fdward
Watts 39, Peter V. Daniel 27, Jam; M'
Dowell (not in nomination) 3 on these,
eond ballot: Tazewell 85, Watts 53, M'
DoavcII 22, Daniel 3.
Alabama. The Montgomery (Ala.)
Advertiser of the 1st inst. states that the
Crock controversy has been amicably
adjusted, and in the language of the Go
vernor, "the settlers are to remain in the
undisturbed possession of their improve
ments, and that ihe orders of the Secreta
ry of War are to bo confined exclusively
to the locations which were reserved to
the Indians by the treaty."
CCrIt will be seen by reference to the
proceedings that a resolution has been in
troduced into the House of Representa
tives which has a direct bearing on the
controversy with Alabama. The mover
of that resolution (Mr. Lewis, of Alaba
ma,) states that when he left home, all
was quiet, and universal congratulations
were exchanged on the prospect that the
President would defer the order for the
forcible removal of the settlers; but that,
since his arriual at the seat of Govern
ment, he had received letters stating thai
a large military force bad been concen
trated at Fort Mitchell, and that orders
had been issued to them to act on the
15th January. Mr. L. further says, that
upon application to the Secretary of War
for information, he had been informed
that the time could not be extended, and
thai the order had not been revoked.
We have heretofore made some re
marks upon the mystery which has been
permitted to rest upon this subject. We
have been told that the matter would be
peaceably adjusted, and yet a large mili
tary force has been collected and march
ed into Alabama for what purpose, we
are yet to learn; an unaccountable si
lence having sealed the lips of the Exe
cutive and the official orgun of the admi
nistration. Upon a subject so deeply in
teresting to the feelings of every citizen
of the Union, it is the right of the people
to be informed of the state of a contro
versy which, in u certain contingency,
may place the General Government and
one of the States of the Confederacy in
open and direct conflict; we trust howev
er, that that information will not longer
be withheld. Petersburg Int.
Usury. A case of usury was lately
tried in the District Court of Mobile,
which excited much interest among the
merchants of that city. The case is re
ported by the Register as follows: It
seems that the respectable house of Mc
Loskey, llagan & Co. held the note of
F. & C. Scott, of Springfield, Green
county, for some fourteen hundred dol
lars; which the drawers found it inconve
nient to pay at matur ity. They solicited
an extension of time for twelve months,
which was granted to them on their
agreement to pay the customary commis
sion of 2 per cent, for advancing. The
commission was added with the interest
to the original sum due, and a new note
taken for the amount at 12 months. The
note was not paid at maturity, and a suit
was instituted for its recovery. Against
the claim of the plaintiffs, the defendants
plead the statute usury. The jury,
which was composed of very intelligent
gentlemen from the country, after a long
consultation, returned to the Court, find
ing specially that more than o per cent,
had been taken by the plaintiffs, but with
a becoming indignation, refused to return
a verdict generally for the defendant.
The New Orleans Watch-icards.
The recent disclaimer of Gen. Lambert.
and the other British officers at the bat
tle of New Orleans, of the fact that
Beauty and Booty" were the watch
words upon that occasion, obtains little
credence in New Orleans. One of the
Editors in that city who was there dur
ing the battle, reiterates the assertion
that those words were usid as the rally
ing cry of the enemy, and that it was
made known to the commander-in-chief
through several different sources; and the
Editor insists, that to deny so palpable
and notorious a fact, is a perfect absur
dity. This matter must be more tho
roughly explained before the American
public will be satisfied as to the accura
cy of Gen. Lambert's memory in relation
to it. N. Y. Courier.
Escape of a Murderer. Wadkins,
who was to have been executed on the
17ih January, has escaped from the Sa
ratoga (N. Y.) jail. After getting oft' his
irons on Thursday, he asked the Keeper
who brought him his evening i joal, to
explain to him a passage of scripture.
The Keeper took the bible, read the pas
sage, with which the prisoner seemed
much affected. As the Keeper was in
this way thrown off his guard, was about
to retire, the prisoner knocked him down
with his chain, jumped upon and stun
ned him, and then took the keys, locked
in the keeper, and made his escape.
ttJThe following development was
lately made by the committee on privile
ges and elections, in the case of Moore
& Letcher in the House of Representa
tives. The witness, who replied to the
interrogatory, escapes the legal conse
quences of perjury by the acknowledg
ment of a fraud.
Question Did or did not your brother,
who was anil is a minor, tell you that he
had sworn (in order to vote) that he was
abate twenty-one years old?
Answer No. My brother told me
that he had written the figures 21 on a
scrip of paper, which he put in his shoe,
and swore he was above 21.
ries, making the sale or advertisement of
tickets in any Lottery, a misdemeanor
subject to a fine uoi less thau 500, or in
default of payment, to imprisonment not
exceeding six months.- Rut. AV".
Gold. Mr. W.J. Poindexter, of Loui
sa, gives a highly flallering description, in
the Richmond Enquirer, of the results at
tending the labors in the Gold mines of
that county. He says:
"The urine of which I am about to
speak, belongs to Mr. David Tinder (a
most worihy and respectable man) and
lies on Contrary Creek, in the northern
part of Louisa county: it is worked on
shares by Cel. Robards & Company, of
North Carolina; gentlemen who have
been extensively engaged in this business
for years, and 1 am told with great suc
cess, ll is, what is called by Miners, a
deposit of gold, and not a vein. The
following is an account of their labors
from the lime of commencement, up to
this date, which is just eight weeks and
two days. 1st week, 331 dwts. 2d week,
299 dwts. 3d week, 158 dwts. 4th
week, 229 dwts. 5th week, 1,G06 dwts.
6th week, 949 dwts. Till week, 280
dwts. 8ih week, 941 dwts. On the 8lh
day, ihey obtained the unparalleled sum
of 3,680 dwts.; the day following, 2735
dwts. While washing from this spot, 1
saw 125 dwts. washed from a single pan
ful of earth, not amounting to more than
3 pints. And again, 115 dwts. from the
same quaniity. Indeed, sir, 1 can hardly
give you any idea of the richness of this
mine. In digging up the earth for wash
ing, it literally glitters with gold. In
North Carolina they think 1 dwt. to the
hand good work, and 2 dwts. very good;
only look at the difference. On one day
the average was 135 dwts. and during the
whole time more than 9 dwts. There is
no estimation in this matter, but every
thing was tested with accurate scales
and weights, and that too, under the in
spection uf many of the most respectable
gentlemen in the neighborhood."-.
fX?Col. Crockett disclaims thn me
moirs of his life in circulation, and prom
ises to put to press with as little delay as
possible, a genuine narrative of his life;
in which he shall strive to present him
self what he really is, a plain, blunt, ices
tern man, "relying on honesty and the
woods, and not on learning and the law,
for a living."
Richmond Whiz.
The. Yankee out-done. The Journal
of Commerce says, in reference to our
story of the Brunswick paper: 'The San
geifield Intelligencer of this Stute, is
printed not by the proprietor's two boys?
but by his two girls and is worked in a
cheese press.' Good! Go a head my
hartics. We give it up. Doylestown De.
Georgia. The Legislature of this
State has adjourned, after a session of
seven weeks. We are glad to see that a
bill, to make the Judges of the Superior
Courts eligible by the people, was reject
ed. An act was passed, which howeve?
requires the ratification of the next Le
gislature, altering the Constitution so as
to make the sessions of the Legislature
biennial instead ot annual. An act was
also passed for the suppression of Lotte-
adept in pipe smoking old Vantwiller
never liked a fog of tobacco smoke half
as well as I do it seems to be my con
genial atmosphere. I shall send you a
few stems already bored doni bore your
friends with them. 1 have learned how
to make puns too. The real fact of the
case is, that my friends, 1 fear, will not
know me when I return home I am so
much improved."
"We have made a calculation, and it is
computed that one hundred dollars
worth of Turkies will be devoured Jiro
to morrow: Old Rip will certainly wake
up then, for he is much excited on the
subject of Internal Improvements I can
say with safety, t hat Hits is the only sys
tem of internal improvements, for which,
an appropriation will be made this ses
sion. I have on every occasion voted as
a high-minded and liberal man, and the
consequence is (if disposed) that 1 shall
not be in the next Legislature. You
shall hear from me again."
(general Assembly.
C7-A member of the Legislature writ
ing lo the Editor of the Newborn Senti
nel, gives the following amusing account
of his services in that distinguished body:
" I his is the first session that I have
served, and if it is permitted me to return
home, it shall be my last. Not being
gifted with the gab, 1 have been a sort of
looker-on in this Venice of our's. At
one time, I am almost disposed to split
my sines with laughter, and at another I
become so irritated and provoked, that 1
think of handing the Speaker mv resig
nation. A reso Ulioil lias honn intrn.ln.
ced, instructing the appropriate commit
tee to enquire into the expediency of tax
ing Pleasure Carriages. If a bill is re
ported, it is intended to attach a rider to
it, taxing Lawyer's sulkies, they bcin"
considered very pleasant vehicles" This
may be productive of some benefit to
that learned fraternity, as it may drive
them to riding ile circuit on horsphnr-fc
and it is thought that it will cure many of
them oi mat dreadlul complaint called
the Dyspepsia, which no doubt has arisen
from their sedentary habits, and riding iu
their pleasant Sulkies. We have seve
ral members in the Commons who were
present at some of the courts in your cir
cuit, and they represent your Lawvers as
being exceedingly facetious und funny.
Alas! poor fellows, if some of them are
compelled "to go it" horseback, they will
contain very little fun by the time they
reach some of their distant courts."
i must not forget to inform you of my
promotion. I aim an honored member
of the Jug Committee, and I do say it,
that I have drunk more mean liquor du
ring this session than I ever thought my
father's son would have swallowed. If J
should ever become a candidate again, I
shall be a famous fellow at a treat, for I
have received the degree of gall burster
in drinking! 1 am too, a most finished
Abstract of such of the proceedings of the Legisla
ture as are considered interesting to our readers.
SENATE Tuesday, Jan. 7.
The 11 ouse of Commons having con
curred in the amendments to the follow
ing engrossed bills, they were ordered to
be enrolled: The bill to establish the
Merchants' Bank in Newbem, and the
Albemarle Bank iu Edenton; and the bill
to recharter the Bank of Cape Fear.
The bill to establish the Bank of Roa
noke iu the town of Leaksville, was re
jected on its second reading bv a vote of
33 to 21.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the bill to provide for ascertaining tho
sense of the people relative lo amending
the Constitution of the State. The ques
tion pending being on the indefinite post
ponement of the bill, it was put and deci
ded in the negative ayus 30, nays 32.
Mr. Floicers in the affirmative.
Mr. Meares moved to amend the bill
by striking out all that part of it embra
cing the proposed amendments to the
Constitution, and inserting in lie thereof
a substitute. The bill was then laid on
the table, and the substitute ordered to
be printed.
HODSE OP COMMONS.
Mr. Wyt he, from ihe committee of Fi
nance, who were instructed to enquire in
to the expediency of exempting from
taxation such slaves as are disabled per
maneotly, reported that it is not expedient
so to legislate.
Mr. Wyche, from the same committee,
Veported a resolution directing the Pub
lic Treasurer to publish the revenue laws
with the ucts of Assembly; and also a re
solution concerning Treasury Notes
burnt by the committee of Finance. Tlio
former was read the first time, and tho
latter adopted and ordered lo be en
grossed. Mr. Long submitted a resolution,
which was adopted, appointing a com
mittee of five for the purpose of ascer
taining whether the Attorney General of
this State, Romulus M. Saunders, did not
violate the 35th section of the Constitu
tion in accepting an appointment under
the General Government, and did not
i hereby vacate his said office, and-that
they report by bill or otherwise.
The Senate having concurred in thea
mendments to the bill to establish a Bank
iu the State of North Carolina, the said
bill was ordered to be enrolled.
The bill for revising and digesting tho
public statute laws of this State, was
read the third time; when Mr. Stockard
moved that it be indefinitely postponed;
which motion was negatived by a vote of
33 to 19. The bill then passed its third
reading and was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Wilson offered a resolution, which
was rejected, proposing that this House
will not, after this day, receive any more
hills of a private or public nature during,
tho sitting of the present Legislature.
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