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Tuvhorough, (Edgecombe County, X. C) Friday, Jlarch 28, 1831.
Vol. XJfo 28.
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The Presidency. It. M. John
r.n has indirectly given his consent to bo
i candidate tor the Presidency. In re-
Life of David Crockett. Here we
have it "on a large scale," a roarer from
the Salt Licks, chock full of fun and
fighr, fishing and feeling, frolic and friend
less all united in one man, and set forth
at length in a work just issued by ihe
brothers Harper, entitled "Sketches and
Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of
West Tennessee."
lie is a leftclcst the sava gist cr iter you
ever did see! Orson, the wild man of
the woods, is nothing to him; not a cir
cumstance not a huckleberry; and Mun
chausen, who shot a bear when all the
ammunition he possessed was two spare
jlints, can't hold a candle to the Colonel.
lie's got the fattest horse and the prettiest
sister, the surest rifle and the ugliest dog
in the district and tin, ugh his father can
whip any man in all Kcntuck, he can lid:
t iv to the letter informing him of his no- his father! lie can run faster, dive dcep-
miuatioii to that ofiico by a portion of: or, stay longer under and come out drier,
the members of the Kentucky Legisla-1 than any other chap this side the big
lure, he says: "To any thing beyond my! swamp; and can grin the bark off a tree;
present situation 1 have never aspired. I look a panther to death; tote a steamboat
So far as my humble ability may be use-1 on his back; stand three streaks of light
in!, 1 am at the service of my country, j ning without dodging besides playing at
Beyond the public good, of which others j "rough and tumble" with the lion, with
.re more competent than mysdf to judge, j an occasional kick from a zebra! To
L have no doiru ever to be named; forjsum up all in one word lies a horse.
public employment has always been to j The Colonel is u cn'jf varmint; but
me a burthen, and where responsibilit v is ! he's a screamer! Goliad was a pretty
iucrea:ed ami enlarged, that burthen ! bard eolt, but the Colonel goes ahead
.i)'jt be proportion ably increased. 1 j ho takes the rag off! he frightens the old
have uniformly thought that tin? office ofj folks astonishes the natives and beats
i'nident was neither to bo flight, de-;the Dutch all to smash! lie makes no-
:!ined nor desired." I'd. Int. thing of keeping under a blanket of snow,
land no more minds being frozen than a
The Sccrttarif of W ar. The annex-; rotten apple. Me lives, moves, rides,
.:d anecdote of a distinguUhed American j walks, runs, swims, fights, hunts, mar
's related in a recent letter of the corres-! rics, and has children on a great scale!
1 j .
; nude tit of liit: New York American from The sumo on his farm the land is so
Monroe, the site of the French town of; rich, he will tell you, that if you plant
the late war, in Michigan Territory: uf ; tcupcuny nails at night, they will sprout
the 700 young men murdered here, the crowbars by morning! His neighbors
greater part wore students at law, young j are half horse, half alligator, and a touch
physicians, and merchants, and the sons j of the steamboat, besides being of the
of opulent farmers, and in short t he real meat ax disposition, and always wolf-il-.iwers
of the youth of Kentucky. The- ish about the head.
event threw the whole of (he State into; I So liquors on a glass of "thunder and
mourning. Speaking of the troops who j lightning," that's hotter than Tophet, and
were concerned in the early operations ofj biU'S like a rattlesnake; or for bitters,
these regions, I have heard a number ofj sucks away at a noggin of aqua fortis,
interesting accounts from different per-! sweetened with brimstone, stirred with a
sons of the formation of the several corps, i lightning rod, and skimmed by a hurri
One of these I will venture; to repeal: jeaue! He walks like an ox, runs like a
A graduate of Williams' College, who j horse, swims like an eel, yells like an
had been recently admitted to the bar, j Indian, lights like a devil, spouts like an
was t iding through the Slate of Ken-! earthquake, makes love like a mad hull,
lucky, perhaps wild the design of find- j and can whip his weight -in wild cats,
ing some favorable point at which to fix - swallow a niime.r without choaking, it
bis abode, and commence the practice ol j you'll butter h;s head, and pm his ears
his profession, when he was accosted ! back!
"Go ahead" says col. D. Crodiett.
We understand that a Hrooklvn carpen
ter built, finished and completed, a two
story house yesterday, between tunrisc
and sundown, and. that a family moved in
it before dark. Some dispute as to the
right of possession of the property was
the cause of the expedition. N. Y. Ev.
Sta r.
C?A novel operation has been per
formed in Philadelphia, under the direc
tion of Drs. Jackson and Draper, of that
place, by the internal application ol
leeches by means of silver tubes being
passed down the throat of a gentleman
who was afllicted with what is termed
"throat consumption." The result was
satisfactory. ib.
than half the required amount of stock
of ibis institution has been taken, and
that strong hopes are indulged that the
remainder will be obtained, and ihe Bank
put into operation.
Value of HJilifia. In the late Report
of the Adjutant General of Massachu
setts, of the existing condition of the Mi
litia of the State, an anecdote is related,
which, although it may provoke a smile
from those who know the incmcicncv of
our militia system, yet shows that abroad
"the name of it is a host of strength!"
"It is said, when the Russian forces,
some years since, had invaded our lim
its on the Pacific, and the circumstances
was represented to the Emperor; the
Great Autocratic, in holding up his title,
significantly spoke of the power of his
army, and inquired what was the number
of ours. It would have been better for
us to have withdrawn the claim, than to
have named six thousand as the uhima
ratio of its enforcement; but, the lucky
thought of the last return of the Militia,
enabled the American Minister to give
ihe evidence of right which twelve hun
dred thousand men could furnish, and
saved him the necessity of another interview."
other, wh
himself,
near a village by a mounted traveller,
who mentioned that he was a planter of
ihe country, ami invited the young advo
cate with all the freedom of western hos
pitalir lu dine at his hou.se the follow
ing day. The invitation was accepted;
and the eastern gentleman arriving at the
mansion of his unknown host, found a
large patty collected; the majority of
which were well acnuaintcd with each
while many were strangers like
and invited apparently in the
same manner. The dinner, however,
was got through with sociably enough;
and by I lie time the glass began to circu
late freely, all felt that easy confidence
m the fellowship and good feeling of
each older, w hich is the soul of good so
cicty. The host then rising, described
briclly the state of the north western
frontier, and produced a commission
from his pocket to raise a corps and
march at once thither. They etdisted to
a man; their entertainer provided thorn
mi the spot with theneccssary stores and
munifione, and the band of volunteers
started in a lew hours on their march to
the border. The name of the noble host
was not mentioned, but the eastern ad
venturer, who was elected a Lieutenant
on the spot, and soon became; a Captain,
was said to have been better known since
as Coionel, General, Governor, and last
ly Mr. Secretary C.?s.
Slat ma for the National Capitol.
Extract from the manuscript notes of a
"entlcman recently relumed from a tour
on the continent of Europe.
"While at Naples, we visited by invi
tation, two splendid statues, nearly com
pleted, the work of Mr. L. Persico, for
the United States government. They
represent Peace and War, and arc intend
ed as ornaments to the principal portico
of the Capitol at Washington.
"These statues are objects of universal
admiration, even it) Italy, the home of
the fine arts: they are formed of blocks
of the purest Carara marble, as white as
snow, and without a blemish, rather ex
ceeding nine feet in height, displaying a
dignity and harmony of expression as
admirable as they are original, and re
taining the characteristic expression of
the Anglo American. Tdo cannot fail to
produce, a nappy effect, in a country com
paratively new, as models of taste, found
ed on national accuracy."
We have learnt with regret that it is
the intention of government to place
these valuable works in a public portico,
exposed to atmospheric mutations. They
are admirably suited, however, to orna
ment the chamber of the House of Rep
resentatives. Their arrival in ihe United
States may be daily expected in one of
the public vessels. Nat. Oaz.
GjAr. act of the last session of the
Legislature, "better to promote the ad
ministration of justice in the county of
Macon," although its title indicates oth
erwise, is said to possess an important
public character. We understand that it
virtually extends the jurisdiction of the
State over ihe Cherokee Indians they
being the occupants of "that portion of
the county of Macon" mentioned in the
Remarkable Longevity. The Mur
freesboroiigh (Ten.) Monitor publishes
the following extraordinary case of lon
gevity: "Mrs. Detsey Tranlham, died in Mau
ry county, in this state, on the 10th of
January 1354, at the uncommonly ad
vauced age of one hundred and fifty-four
years. She was born in Germany, and
emigrated to the British Colonies in
America, at the time the first settlements
were made in North Carolina, in ihe year
1710. It is matter of history that the
proprietors of Carolina induced a num
ber of Paletines from Germany to emi
grate t.o their lands in that colony, in or
der to give value to their possessions.
For this purpose ships were prepared to
convey the emigrants, and upon their ar
rival Governor Snytc was directed to give
to each 100 acres of land. Among the
number of those who emigrated at that
time, which was one hundred and twenty
! t riv , i . i "
years ago, was lvirs. iraninam. ill uie
ago ol 120 her eyesight became almost
extinct, but during the last 20 years of
her life, she possessed the power of vi
sion as perfectly as at ihe age of 20.
For many years previous to her deald
she was unable to walk, and it is said to
have required a great attention in her
friends for many years to prevent the
temperature of her body from falling so
low as not to sustain animal life. For
this purpose, she is said to have been
placed betw een two feather beds for many
years before her death, and by this
means to have retained the natural warmtli
of her body. At the time of her death,
she had entirely lost the sense of taste,
and hearing, b or twenty years beforcs
her death she was unable to distinguish
the difference between the taste of sugar
and vinegar. At the age of sixty-live she
bore her only child, who is now living,
and promises to reach an uncommonly
advanced age. We doubt whether the
annals of modem history can produce an
equally remarkable instance of longevity.
act as "lying west of the Nantahaly ri
ver," and in which the public officers arc
required toexecule "all judicial process
to them directed, either by a justice of
the peace for said county, or any other
court of record in this Slate." Ilahigh
Star.
Great Family. At Ithihwald, in
Switzerland, the postmaster and landa
inaii of the district, is a line man of
about fifty, who is nearly seven feet high.
His wife is above six fdet; and of seven
or eight children, sons ami daughters, the
former all above six feet six, and ihe girls
above six feet.
Military Movements. The Columbus,
(Geo.) Enquirer stales, that on the 27th
ul(. the companies of artillery lately from
Old Point Comfort, who have been sta
tioned for some lime at Fort Mitchell,
took their leave in the steam boat Sanga
mon; and on the 2oth, several compa
nies of infantry passed through Colum
bus, from the same station, on their way
to Tennessee.
The Legislature of New Jersey, at its
late ami short Session, passed twenty-six
bills of divorce and dissolution of the
marriage contract !
One thousand dollars per day. The
Charleston Mercury, uf the 1 lib 'instant,
says that "ihe receipts of the rail road,
on Saturday, from freight and passen
gers, were but a fraction under 1000."
Salem, March 15. We are informed
that on Monday morning last, Mr. Thos.
McUorie, of Lexington, (Davidson coun
ty) started to the North to purchase
goods, and had proceeded about twelvo
miles on his way, when it was discovered
that the boot of the Stage had been open
ed, and his trunk containing about 2,500
dollars worth of gold, taken out. Mr.
McRorie immediately took a horse and
returned to Lexington, where he was join
ed by the citizens, and in less than two
hours, the trunk was found, close by the
road, within seven or eight hundred
yards of the village. It had been cut
open, and the gold eased out. The trunk
also eontaiued several articles of clothing;
these, we understand, were nicely repack
ed, as they had been found. Reporter.
CTThe newspapers tell a story of an
old woman who gazed at tiie meteoric
shower, believing that the day of judg
ment was at hand. She urged her hus
band to lose no time in collecting his
debts. The Belfast Journal relates a
conversation in a store upon the same
subject. One young man put a ques
tion: "Suppose the world was to be des
troyed on or before the last day of June,
w hat should we busy ourselves about till
that time?" This was a tough question,
which no one seemed ready to answer.
Turning to an idle, lounging lubber, he
asked, "What would you do, Bill!" "I'll
tell you," says Bill; "I'd get trusted
wherever 1 could, apd agree to pay in
Julv."
Albemarle Bunk of Edcnton. The
Edenton Gazelle states, that rather more
Maxim. Successful guilt is the ruin
of society.
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