mmmm mm
Whole Xo. 503.
Tavhorongh, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Friday, May lfi, 183 4.
Yol X Xo. 33.
The -Tarhor.msh Free Press,"
BV fiKOKOE HOWAHI),
Is published weekly, at wo Dollars and Fifty
Cent prr year, it' jkiuI in advance or, Three Dol
lars, at the expiration ol the subscription year. For
any period leN than a year, Twenty-Jive Ctrifs per
month. Sulcriieri are at liberty to discontinue at
any time, on Riving notice thereof and paving linear
those residing at a distance must invariably pay in
advancc.or g'u e a responsible reference in this vicinity.
Advertisements, not exceeding 16 lines, will be in
serted at 50 cents the first insertion, and 25 cents each
continuance. Longer ones at that rate for every 16
lines. Advertisements must be marked the number
insertions required, or they will be continued until
otherwise ordered, and charged accordingly.
Letters addressed to the Editor mubt be post paid,
or they may not be attended to.
QTAt the late term of the Superior
Court for Pasquotank county, Judge
Martin presiding, Mark W. Jones was
tried and convicted of t ho murder of
James IVilliams, in October last, and
sentenced to be executed on the second
Friday in June. It appears, from the re
port of the trial given by the Elizabeth
City Star, that the murder was commit
ted at (he house of the deceased, and the
only witnesses to the act, were his widow
and son, a youth about 17 years of age.
The deceased had called his neighbors
together to assist him in moving a house
that they had all left his premises ex
cept Jones, who remained till after night,
took supper and drank with him, appa
rently in perfect friendship; and it was
not until Jones professed some knowl
edge of the art of juggling, that the de
ceased called him a liar, and ordered him
from his house, at the same time going
to the door and opening it. Jones walk
ed peaceably towards the door, and as
he passed out, stabbed the deceased in
the right breast, of which wound he died
in a few hours.
On Thursday, Levi Bright was tried
and convicted for an assault and battery
upon Ephriam Madrcn. The defend
ant, in u state of intoxication, fell upon
and beat his unoffending neighbor, who
lived but a few hundred yards distant, be
cause he rebuked him for swearing when
the thunder was rolling over their heads
anil the lighting flashing around them,
lie was sentenced to six moths imprison
ment which was afterwards reduced to
three.
On the same d y, Benjamin Davis
was tried and convicted for receiving sto
len property, and sentenced to receive
fifteen lashes on his bare back and pay
a fine of tea dollars. The defendant has
taken an appeal to the Supreme Court.
This case was tried under a late act of
Assembly, making 'he accessary liable
before the principal is detected. The
punishment is as severe as it is upon the
conviction of the principle a fine not
exceeding 50, and whipping not exceed
ing 39 lashes, or standing in the pillory
not exceeding two hours.
Suicide, We are credibly informed
that George Pool, an old man 70 years
of age, in good circumstances, who re
sided near Pattonsville, in Burke county,
committed suicide, on the30ih of March
last. Mr. P. until within about a month
previous to his disease, retained the
health and activity of youth; but for the
last few weeks, had been delirious, at
times. On tins morning of the 30ih, just
before dawn he arose from his bed, rush
ed out of the house and ran into the
woods, before the family were aware of
his design. As soon as daylight appear
ed his family, apprehensive thul he might
injure himself, commenced searching for
lii in. He was at length found hanging
to a sapling by a hickory withe, with his
knees touching the ground. No cause
is known to have led him to commit the
act of self destruction.
Kuthtrfordton Spectator.
Milton, April 30. A serious accident
occurred in this place on Saturday moi
ning last. As the Stage from Danville
was descending the hill on the street from
the bridge, the driver's foot board g;lVe
way, and n passenger, Jacob T. Coles,
Esq. of Piitsylvauia, Va. who was sit
ting on the drivers seat and who had the
reins in his hands driving at the time,
was thrown from the seat and became
entangled in the gear of the hind horse,
and in that situation, Was dragged some
distance before he became disengaged,
lie was, in consequence, dreadfully bruis
ed and mangled, particularly about the
head. He was taken to Mr. Owen's Hotel,-where
medical aid was immediately
procured and hopes are entertained of his
recovery. Spectator.
The Lowell (Mass.) Mercury states
that two lads in that town, somethit
like seven or eight years old, undertook,
on the 22ud ultimo, to make a display of
fire works, in imitation of Dr. Divine, the
Fire King. Having secretly obtained 3
or 10 pounds of gunpowder, they hid it
carefully in their mother's garret; and in
her absence, they commenced the expe
riment by igniting small particles; but
becoming tired of this wearisome mode
of proceeding, the oldest boy hurled a
lighted match into the general maga
zine, and sung out "every boy take care
of himself." Every window in the apart
ment was instantly blown into atoms, the
roof badly shattered, and the whole tene
ment shaken to its foundation. The
large boy was picked up on the chamber
stairs, and the smaller one picked himself
up in the street in front of the house, ha
ving been blown through one of the win
dows, both of them perfectly safe and
sound. Ral. Star.
(TTAn attempt was made not long
since to poison Judge Wallaek, of Law
rence county, La. and all his family.
The family all sickened soon after taking
the food containing, as was supposed, ar
senic. But the quantity administered,
was probably too much defused and of
course too little of it taken to cause death.
The principal cook in the family was un
der suspicion, for having made this atro
cious attempt to destroy life, and is now
lodged in jail to await her trial.
resolutions against the new made Clerk,
and adjourned. The Court proceeded to
business. President Judge Goodenow
ordered the election to be put on record.
Associate Judges Henderson and Bur
goyne dissented. The Clerk pro tern.
hesitating, Judge Goodenow ordered him
to hand up the book, and he would him
self make the entry. Henderson dared
him to do il; and assuming the warrior,
drove the President from his measure; on
which he said indignantly, '! adjourn the
Cuurt," and made a quick retreat amidst
cries of "Let him go" and peals of ap
plause. Henderson, at the suggestion
of the Bar, adjourned regularly.
Ohio State Journal.
Cincinnati Trouhhs. Wc learn from
the Cincinnati Gazette that considerable
excitement prevailed in that city on Mon
day last, in consequence of the appoint
ment by the Court of Mr. Samuel II.
Goodin, to the office of Clerk of the Court
of Hamilton county, which had been fill
ed by a pro tern, appointment for the last
two years, in consequence of a disagree
ment between the Judges, respecting a
suitable person to fill the vacancy. The
election finally took place on Saturday
last. Judges Goodenow, Cilley, and
Burgnyne, voting for Mr. Goodin; and
Judge Henderson voting for Samuel R.
Miller.
On Monday morning, previous to the
assembling of the Court, a meeting of the
Bar, and another of the citizens, took
place at the Court House; each of which
resolved against the appointment. On
the opening of the Court, the Journals of
Saturday were read as tar as entered; but
there being no entry made of the election
of Clerk, a scene of confusion occurred
which ended in an abrupt and instanta
neous adjournment. A private corres
pondent thus describes the transaction:
"Since I have known this 6weet city,
it has not been, with few exceptions, (say
six) in such uproarious condition as to
lay. Handbills were posted this morn
ing, culling the citizens to meet at the
Court house, to decide the fate of the
Clerk elected on Saturday. The house
was full; and Ex-Judge Voodruff stated
lo the meeting, that the brother of the
Clerk elect, had offered him, while Judge,
one thousand dollars to gain his vote for
his brother. The offerer, pronounced
the accusation false, amid a shower of
hisses, curses, &c. The meeting passed
Atrocious Act Yesterday evening,
about G o'clock, as the steamboat Splen
did was leaving the landing, a shot was
fired from a house near the wharf from
which the boat started, and killed one of
the passengers. The boat immediately
returned and the corpse was brought on
shore. This is the third time, and from
the same house, that persons have been
shot on board ol boats leaving this place.
In the former cases, two persons were
wounded. Three persons are now in
jail, taken up on suspicion, and the Cor-
roncr s inquest is yet investing the mat
ter. We shall therefore say nothing
more on the subject at present. The cit
izens of Natchez, we have no doubt, will
take care that no more atrocious acts of
the kind be perpetrated, at least from the
same house. The man who was killed
was from New Orleans, in which city he
had been working at his trade black
smith. His name is Barney Norman,
and is said to have been a man of good
character. He was formerly of Little
York, Pennsylvania, but previous to go
ing to N. Orleans, had resided at Yellow
Banks, Kentucky, to which place he was
about to return when he was killed. He
was about 30 years of age. We shall en
deavor to be well informed concerning
the whole transaction, and the causes,
from first to last connected with the death
of Mr. Norman. Natchez Paper.
Dreadful Accident By an arrival
from Upper Mississippi, we learn, that
the steamboat St. Louis, bound for Ga
lena, collapsed one of her boilers on the
12th inst. by which twelve or fourteen
persons were either killed or seriously
wounded. The accident happened while
endeavouring to pass the Des Moines
Rapides.
A pretty good Haul. The Darien
Bank Agency at Auraria, a few days
since entrusted to a merchant of that
place between GO and 70 lbs. of Gold, to
be conveyed to Savannah. The last
news from him. in a letter from himself,
was, that he was in Charleston and in
tended to take shipping for some foreign
port. This was at first believed to be
a hoax, played off by himself, but is now
believed to be "too true to make a joke
of. .We think the Agent is not to
blame, as the absentee stood high in this
community, and the purse of several oth
er of his friends have sustained damage.
We understand he had gold and money
to the amount of twenty two or three thou
sand dollars! IVestem Herald.
Novel Feat. -The York Pa. Republi
can of Wednesday mentions a novel feat,
performed by a Yankee at that place a
few days since. Early in the morning
an argument took place between a Yan
kee stranger and a resident of the bo
rough, in relation to the merits of mason
ry ami anti-masonry. At last the oppo
nent of the Yankee being somewhat irri
ated, offered his antagonist five dollars,
if he would sit upon a post at the door of
the Hotel, in the open street, and lecture
upon anti-masonry from that time until
the setting of the sun. The Yankee met
the proposition at once; the money being
staked he mounted, not the rostrum, but
the post, and there he sat reading anti
masonry to a multitude of boys, and now
and then to a passing adult. Towards
noon he was offered one dollar and a
bottle of wine if he would get down,
which he refused. About noon he whs
offered two dollars and a half if he would
descend, but he stuck to his bargain un
til the sun had entirely descended tho
horizon, and he obtained his five dollars
before quitting his post.
Important taw Suit. On Wednes
day last, the action brought by Elder
Charles Giles, against Dr. D. L. Malisoti
for criminal conversation with the Pluiu
liff's wife, came on lo be tried before tho
Hon. Ezekiel Cowen, Circuit Judge, at
Whitesboro.' The trial lasted twenty
hours. The high character sustained by
the plaintiff, the peculiar character of tho
defendant, the length of lime the suit had
been pending, and the excitement it had
produced, all conspired to produce a deep
feeling in this community, and to call to
gether a vast multitude to witness the
proceedings. The evidence produced
on the part of ihe plaintiff was a chain of
circumstances extending through a period
of 18 months. The plaintiff's wife was
forty five years of age, and yet appearing
like a lady of thirty two, and the defend
ant was about thirty. He was a boarder
in the plaintiff's house, for a part of tho
lime, and was his family pysieian. The
plaintiff resided at York Mills, and was
necessarily absent a part of the time.
Under such circumstances, the defendant
began to practice his seductive arts upon
the wife, which were continued unknown
to the unsuspecting husband, until the un
happy victim was entirely ruined, and the
peace of the plaintiff forever destroyed.
Il appeared that the defendant was poor.
On Friday morning, the jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for two thousand
five hundred dollars damages.
Utica N. Y. Elucidator.
Dreadful Accident. We learn from
Andover that a dreadful accident occur
red at Poor & Blanchard's Saw Mill, on
Thursday morning. Mr. Samuel Upton
rose before daylight to attend to bis bu
siness of sawing lumber. The logs were
drawn to the mill as usual by water pow-er--a
vertical shaft being set in motion,
from which a rope is attached to the log.
It is presumed that after the shaft wus in
motion, he attempted to arrange the rope,
and his hand was caught between tho
rope and the revolving shaft. His body
was thus drawn towards the shaft, ind
the rope passed round his body and the
shaft several times, compressing the ab
domen and chest into the least possible
compass. A more dreadful death can
hardly be imagined although it is pre
sumed that his sufferings were not of long
duration. The person who had been in
the habit of assisting him in his labor, is
supposed to have entered the mill about
fifteen minutes after the accident hap
pened the log was then drawn up to
the shaft, and its revolutions of course
had ceased. Mr. Upton was a worthy
man, of about forty years of age, and has
left a wife and four young children.
Mer. Jour.
Extraordinary Death. In New
York, a few days since, an infant only six
months old was killed by a cat having
sucked its blood from the nose of tho
child, while asleep in the cradle. Tho
child was found with the blood in its nose,
warm, but lifeless. The cat remained in
the cradle with its mouth and nose im
mersed in blood, and so gorged as to be
unable lo leave the place. A medical
examination took place, and the result
was, from ihe loss of blood by the child,
and the great quantity found in the cat,
which was killed, that the life of the child
was taken bv the cat.