Whole Xo. 528.
Tarhorongh, ( Edsecoinbe County, X. V.) Friday, Xovembev
14, 1831.
Vol. X Xo GO.
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M. VAN 15UKEN.
i (. P. S. Crooke William LeMreJ(
Barnabas Bates, p. Wetmnre,7ohn
.L Bedienf, Morgan L. Smith, Esqrs,
Committee.
' M'- iollowiti is the leitei addressed by
Mr. Van Hnren to the Committee of Invitation.
ir the nvent iieat Democratic FeMival al Cas
tle Harden.
Albany, October 24, K,34.
Gentlemen I thank you for your kind
invitation t attend the proposed public
festival at Castle Garden, for the purpose
of celebrating the triumphs of our polit
ical brethren in Maine, Connecticut,
3miiisvI vani;i, Now Jersey, and Georgia,
and I sincerely regret dial it is not in rny
power to accept it.
I know of no events subject to tiie con
trol of the suffrages of the people which
are of greater importance to them, or
mote deserving of such a commemoration
as vou have in view, than those you are
about to celebrate. Our political con
tests heretofore, have turned mainly upon
the feelings and opinions of the people,
with regard to the measures of ihe gov
ernment, and the selections of their pub
lic functionaries; leaving the action of the
i t i t
public mind untouched, hoth as regards i oer on
its freedom and the conclusiveness of its
decisions. The results of such contests
have partaken largely of the character
of a personal triumph, on the part of the
successful candidate. Not so with the
triumphs you design to celebrate. Willi
regard to them the issue was not so much
to ascertain what the will of the people
was as to determine whether that will,
when clearly understood, should or should
not prevail.
It was sufficiently known last winter
that a great majority of the people of this
country, were opposed to a re-charter ol
the Bank of the United States; and yet,
with a full knowledge of that fact, public
and private embarrassments of the sever
est character were deliberately created,
in the hope, and with the design of ht:iug
able, through the means of those embar
rassments, to coerce the people into the
support of that institution. With respect
; the truth of these positions, the muss of
thinking and candid minds are now of
one aecord.
Never, except in cases where military
force has been resorted to, have such
formidable means been used to bend the
determined will of the many, to the inter
ested views of the few.
If they had been successful, nothing
worth preserving would have been left in
our political system. The democratic
Uiumphs which you propose to honor,
have, I trust, saved our country from so
great a calamity.
Those constitutional expression of the
public will, operating in concert with
similar expressions in other states, and
supported by that, which is, I trust, to
follow in New York, will place the abso
lute supremacy of that will upon grounds,
which, if i liny do not conciliate the re
aped and good feeling of every one, can
not fail to command the acquiescence of
all.
You are right, therefore, in looking
upon these victories as upon "a general
triumph of the great principle of equal
rights."
In contemplating their consequences,
the interests of individual candidates .sink
into insignificance, when compared with
the additional safeguards which they
throw around the interests of the great
b.jjy of the people.
The Cotton Crop. Clayton & Bur
ritfs annual statement of the cotton crop,
appears in their Shipping Commercial'
list of Saturday. They make the whole
crop,
a rush, and with a cat-squeal of victory
overcame her antagonist, throwing her
on the ground and planting her knee up
on her breast and her talons in her cheek.
From Gulf of Mexico,
Atlantic,
Total,
Kx ported,
CoiiMimed,
Phis croo has nroved
i I
Bales.
- (MI, 4 3.1
5C3,9.r)l
I,205,3!J4
1,027,429
1, U6. ):i5 '
to be 134.95G
hides larger than that of the previous year
which was itself more than 30,000 bales
larger than any previous crop.
The consumption in this country ap
pears, from the statement, to have "been
about the same with the previous year,
the whole increase having been exported.
et so great has been the increase of
cotton manufacturing abroad, that the
stocks remaining on hand at the end of
1834, will probably be a good deal less
i ban they were at the end of 1833.
Journal of Commerce.
To the unfortunate. Mr. S. How
land of West Brookfield, manufactures
wooden legs with joints, that are so light
and easy as to answer almost as well as
the natural limbs. A man from Vt. lost
both his legs not long since by a log's
rolling over him; he procured an artificial
pair, atid is able, he says, to perform near
ly all kinds of work with the same facili
ty as before. We are astonished at the
varied ingenuity of man. lie has suc
ceeded in replacing nearly all the organs
of the body which are ever lost. lie
makes teeth arid eyes, and clothes the
bald head, and makes limbs for the des-
I titule. Wtstfield Journal.
A Murderer caught. Michael Sikes,
who perpetrated a most atrocious mur-
rhursdav the 23rd inst. in Nor-
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road.
The Norfolk Beacon says, "it is almost
reduced to a certainty, that within twelve
months from this date, the entire route to
Wehlon will have been completed; and
the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road
will demonstrate the successful enter
prize of our people."
Radford, Oct. 23, 1834.
Aicful Occurrence. On Monday, the
20th ultimo, at the mills, near Rockford,
urry county, William. G. llayncs, Esq.
his sou Stephen, and two or three others,
were employed in repairing the saw mill,
when, unexpectedly, the decayed and pre
carious supports of the upper floor gave
way, and Mr. llaynes was thrown a dis
tance of eighteen or twenty feet, on the
rocky foundation below. On extricating
folk County, Ya. on two of his neighbors,
Batson Fentress and John Murden, was him from the situation in which the fall
arretted on Thursday last, by Mr. Daniel j had placed him, he was found to be badly
Spence. in tin? upper part of this County, I bruised ami mangled; he, however, strug
in the edge of the Dismal Swamp, and is'gled with all the agonies of expiring na
now safely lodged in our jail. j lure, until Tuesday, about 5 o'clock, P .M.
We glean the following particulars of j when, after severe pain, he expired,
this revolting act of human butchery ! Fortunately, no other injury of conse
from the Norfolk papers: Sikes, itap-iqueuce was sustained by the others.
pears, had promised Fentress the pick- j Stephen was lighily hurt by the fall, but
ings ol his lolil (or taking care ot his en-i Inn since recovered. iy tins unexpect-
closures during his absence; but when;ed and premature death of one of our
his crop was gathered, instead of fulfill- j best citizens, the neighborhood has lost
ing that promise, lie turned in his ownjn friend, a distressed wife a kind and
tock, and r entress, accompanied by
Murden, set off to turn them 'out. On
the road they were met by Sikes and three
boys, two sons and a nephew, all armed
with guns and pistols. When Fentress
declared his determination, Sikes insisted
he should not turn out his stock
affectionate husband, and several chil
dron a good and benevolent parent.
Salem Reporter.
(T?The Hartford Review informs Us,
that a quantity of gunpowder, placed by
This some malicious persons at the entrance
i
produced a controversy, which was sud
denly terminated by Sikes, who dischar
ged his gun at the breast of Fentress,
of the Free Church in that city, exploded
during service on Sunday evening last,
fortunately without injury to the congre-
then but a few feet from the muzzle, whojgatinn. A reward of 100 has been of
fell de-ad. Sikes then ordereil his neph j fered for the discovery of the persons who
ew to shoot Murden; the boy obeyed audi placed it there. On the same evening, a
wounded him in the arm, as he was mak
ing oil, lie lurried to remonstrate, tell
ing Sikes he had never injured hsm, and
betted he would spare his life. Sikes
snatched the gun from one of his sous,
and lodged the contents in the side of
Murden, who fell mortally wounded.
Eliz. City Star.
(ITA regular North Carolinian, on
Monday, made his appearance in the of
fice of the U. S. Gazette, measuring six
feet eight inches in height, and as straight
J i r -lit
as a pine tree, ills wiioie lamny oeiong
to the breed of "Long tins." The united
measure of himself and four brothers a
mounts to 32 feet and 3 inches, and they
are not the highest that can be produced
by "a great smell; for a neighbor of his,
measures over seven feet perpendicular."
JV. Y. Star.
(XT Two well dressed females, on Tues
day, i" Philadelphia, in Chesnut street,
near Second, got into a regular set-to,
scratching, tearing and biting each other,
without mercy, ruffles, bonnets, caps
nnd shoes flew around, till at last one of
Ithcm, summing up all her strength, made!
mob collected at the African Methodist
church, and an affray took place, in which
one colored man was seriously injured.
(rA new sect have made their appear
ance in Connecticut, calling themselves
Perfectionists, and established a paper at
New Haven, called the "Perfectionist."
The Niece oj George Washington.
The story which has been travelling
through the newspapers that a woman
had lately applied to be admitted into a
poor house in Fngland, who, it was as
certained was a niece of Gen. Washing
ton, turns out as we expected it would
entirely false. A writer in the Winches
ter Virginian thus settles it: "Gen. Wash
ington never had but one own niece my
aunt, the Inte Mrs. Charles Carter who
never was in England certainly, and 1 be
lieve never out of her native State, (Vir
ginia,) and who died in my house four
years since."
A Queer Oath. The Tennessee Con
vention, which was lately in session, for
the purpose of remodelling the Constitu
tion of that State, had cousiclcraDlc Oilii.
culty in settling hL. phraseology of the
oath to be taken by the members of the
Legislature. A great variety of forms
were offered by various members, and
among others the following by Mr
M'Kinnev. It was rejected, we believe
but we are of opinion it come? nearer
than any other form, to the cour&e fol
lowed by a great many members of iho
Legislative bodies, and that it might be
taken with less risk of violation than the
ordinary oath. "I, A. B. do solemnly
swear, that as a member of this General
Assembly, 1 will, in the first place, do the
best 1 can for mvself in the second
place, for my friends and in the third
place for the State of Tennessee."
N. Y. Cour.
d?The negro Csesar's cure for poi
son for discovering which the Assem
bly of South Carolina purchased his
freedom, and gave him an annuity of one
hundred pounds.
1782. Cccsar's cure for the bite oj a
Rattlesnake. Take the roots of a plan
tain or hoarhound, (in summer, roots and
brunches together,) a sufficient quantity,
bruise them in a mortar and squeeze out
thejuice; of which give as soon as possi
ble, one large spoonful; if the patient is
swollen you must force it down his throat;
this generally will cure, put if he finds no
relief in an hour afterwards, give auother
spoonful, which never has failed. If the
roots are dried they must be moistened
wita little water. To the wound may
be applied a leaf of tobacco moistened
with rum.
CGThe Dog Population of the United
States is estimated at one million and
three hundred thousand, and the expense
of keeping them upwards of ten million
of dollars annually.
Child hilled by rats. The Coroner
of Philadelphia was called a few days
since to view the dead body of a black
child, which the mother deposed, she
found dead in its bed its face being near
ly eaten ofTby rats.
The Temple Fraud. At the time of
the suicide of Judge Temple, agents
were in the vicinity of Rutland, (Vt.) in
vestigating the number and extent of his
speculations. It is stated in a letter from
Vermont, that more than a week ago
twenty one cases of entire forgery had
already been ascertained upon which over
S4000 had been drawn; it was also dis
covered that considerable sums had been
drawn for real pensioners after their de
cease. X!ie family of the unfortunate
Judge have, with a feeling that does5
them great honor, resolved to refund to
Government, so far as his estate will ad
mit of it, the money he had fraudulently
obtained.
The Biter Bit.t is currently repor
ted, says the Boston Journal, that a large
stockholder in one of our Banks, wish
ing to effect a change among the Direc
tors, lately transferred a number of shares
to certain individuals, with a view to in
crease the number of proxies at his dis
posal. It is said that one individual who
is insolvent, held shares in this way to
the amount of 82000; but one of his cred
itors casually hearing of the circum
stance, yesterday attached the shares,
and it is thought that the original, and
actual owner, will have to whistle for his
property.
The First Methodist Conference.
The first Methodist Conference held was
assembled at London, June 25, 1774.
The Methodist Preachers then, through
out the world, were six. They are now
more than three thonsand, and the actual
members of the Society, near a million,
CIf you would be rich, think of sav
ing as well as getting.