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The Soutlierner.
TARBORO': MAY 21.
.BSTV- S. PALMER, is duly empowered
to take advertisements and subscriptions for
this paper in tho cities of Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia.
-V?jrg?-W II. McDONALD, is authorized to
recolvc advertisements and subscriptions for
'tlais paper in the city of Ncav York.
' BiSfHENRY B. DAWSON is authorized
to receive subscriptions and advertisements
for this paper in the city of New York.
8?LAY. & BRO. are our authorised A
gents in Philadelphia
Democratic Meeting.
A meeting of the Democracy is earn
estly requested, on Tuesday of May
Court week, to take such steps as they
may deem proper, to be represented in
the District Convention to be held on
the 9th of June in Newborn. It is ho
ped that every Captain's District in the
county will have their men present, in
order that the unmistakcable popular
voice may be heard.
Co tigress io n al.
We have inserted the proceedings of
the Democratic meeting in Greene on
our first page and will insert that of
Jones county in our next papar. They
breathe a spirit of unanimity and mod
eration which augurs well for the unity
and success of democratic principles.
We were favored on Moniav last,
with a visit from W. C. Loftin, Esq.,
the Independent Candidate for Congress
in this district. He stopped only a short
tixae with us, but gave assurances that
it was neither his wish nor intention to
divide or distract the democratic party
-that should there be any whig organ
ization or whig c:ndid.ite, he would de
fer urging his claims on the purty.
A writer in theGoIdbon Telegraph,
wants eto sec Hon. R. S. D uintH the
whig candidate for Congress in t his dis
trict." Tho whig convention which a.s
scmbled at EJentou on tho 3rd inst.
nominated the Hon.. David Outlaw as a
cauuxuauo iui ru-e.eeu m 10 v,mgn ss
j ! j . i c ... ... n
irora tlie nrst District
District.
e following from the Wil-
oniric Free Press
ss"
We copy the
mington Democn
The Campaign Opened. tmpor
tanl Discussion in Clinton.
Mr. Editor: The canvass opened '
here yesterday with spirit, between
Hon. W. S. Ashe and D. K. MeRie,
?TSq' ,M Ashe WaS Wal'm Und earuest !
Both the men have their good points in
an address. McRae, however is one of
iur. iuuxvau cioqueni anu rraceiui
distribution of the public lands; seeing
the best stump speakers in the i alizes the expectations of his patrons ' ot prizes tor many of our cruisers, mining interests, wny not to the agn
South. consequently he not only merits, but wnencc, by Jiglitcw, their cargoes were .euui-i a?u one interest ue
Mr. McRae led off, and though oppo-! sccurcs succe forwarded through the sounds, and by .promoted without also promoting the
the Dismal Swamn canal, to the north-j other? Do not planters want a home
w v w V lit C III 11 '. V A I I I
-i it l rwm w m i
that thousands of acre3 are given to the' paid.
West every session, he was in favor of 0ne C0Py one 'ear Two copies one
N. C. having an equitable slice. It yC:ir' $0,
was democratic policy in the West, to' Five copie3 onc car 10' ntlJ an cxtra
get all they could of the lands. Was it CFP7 to tb? pcrson 8eadi"S thc club'
r.. i t n xi ten copies one year, $16. Thirteen cop
good policy in the Last to give all the ies one Q 1
time and refuse to take. What sort of; Whcre a cJfb made up b individuals
policy Was It to distribute to onc section who rcside at a distance from each other, tho
and refuse to the other. Policy, like Book will be sent to the town in which each
charity, ought to commence at home. ! resides.
Mr. McRae made Bennett's bill his j Register your letters, and when remitting,
text. He was sarcastic, vehement, elo-! Set your Postmaster to write on tho letter
qucpt. .
. Mr. Ashe replied. It is but truth to
say, he is not equal to McRae in argu
ment, but he is plausible, sincere I have
no doubt, and at times phillipically se
vere, lie had opposed the details of
the bill, would not touch an unclean
thing. Regarded the river and harbor
bill as unclean; but had oflered one or ;
two small amendments to it. Mr. Mc
Rae drew the admission of these things
from Mr. Ashe.
Mr. McRae, said that Mr. Ashe had
forestalled organization by announcing
himself in Washington. A freeman in
his cottage had as much right to an
nounce himself as an ex-member. Mr.
McRae was in favor of organization,
Mr. Ashe attempts to choke it. Which
"Was the best democrat?
I understood Mr. Ashe to disavow
the course of the Wilmingtori "meeting;
its action was had "without consultation
."" inn ii. saia to votwi!
.'Stt'ii bill because the nation
debt, and the land pledged to'
was in
the liauidation of the debt.
Mr. McRae - said that Mr? A. W
dodged the vote 'upon the homestead
bill, giving away 150,000,OUU ot acres,
and Mr. A. did not deny it.
Mr. A. said that his opponent was a
whig. Such a dodge will injure Mr.
Ashe's chances. He must oppose Mr.
McRae as a democrat, if he expects to
succeed in Sampson. We all know
Mac too well for that course to help
Mr. A. Let us have a fair fight.
The spiciest mirt of it, was where Mr
A. charged that Mr. McRae had been to
the Whigs of Wilmington for succor.
"And if I have said Mr. 31. you were
close behind on the same track, to find
it out so soon. The only difference is
lam ahead and expect to be all the
time." Lively cheering and Laughter.
Mr. A. got into personalities about
some appointment involving JMr. Al
The latter very tartly replied. Mr
McRae after Mr. Ashe had said Ac (A.)
had exerted himself in W. for his oppo
nent, got him to admit that he never
once mentioned the affair to the 1 resi
dent.
This canvass Mr. Editor may be de
cided in Mr. Ashe's favor, upon what
you so nervously insist, as "democrat
ic usage:" and I have ni hesitation in
saying he would make us a good repre
sentative; but if it was to be decided by
the anneal upon the stump, before the
11 X
people McRae would leave hi in behind
Sampson will roll up a large vote fur
the eloquent Chairman of the last Dem
ocratic State Convention.
The debate here was an animated and
interesting one, but I have only thrown
out a few hints of it. Tours, &c,
AN OLD FOGY.
Clinton, May 11th, 1853.
Town Laws.
The reader will find ou our first page,
the new Law for tho government
this town, passed at the recent session
of the General Assembly.
State Agricultural Fair.
The attention of the reader is direct
ed to an iuteresting article on this sub-
ject, on our first page, from the indefat
igable Secretary of the State Society,
Dr. Jno. F. Tompkins.
Council of Stale.
The Standard says,
the Council of
State has been requested by Gov. Reid
to convene atRileigh, on Thursday
20th inst.
New Religious Paper.
We have received the first number of
"The Christian Friend," a new religious
paper, published at Wilson, in this
county, by Rev. Dr. John T. Walsh, j
t h yQry ncjljy printc anJ
appears
.tob(J eJiteJ witU Spirit and ability j
Term ono dol'ar a vear invarilblv in !
; Acrm"ncdul'ar a eai' 1Iuar,abl 111
, advance.
Got ley for June.
This always acceptable periodical, is
again at hand, and as usual, is more
ani more attractive. The indefatigable
proprietor, c intitules promising to add
t0,t3Ut,l,ty:ml bjlh:iia and
evoIT succeeding number more than re-
lerms casa m a.vance, postage
"Registered." The money will then come
safely. Remember, we have no travelling
agents now, and all money must be sent di
rect to the publisher.
We can always supply back numbers for
the year, as the work is stereotyped.
Address L. A. GODEY,
No. 113 Chestnut stieet, Philadelphia.
Banks and Bank Notes.
The Rranch of the Bank of thc State
at Elizabeth City, will be discontinued
from and after the 1st day of June,
1854.
There have been recently put in cir
culation counterfeit 10 Notes of the
Salisbury Branch of the Bank of Cape
Fear aud $10 Notes of the Bank of
the State, at Raleigh, which are pretty
good imitations. . .The Newborn News
gives the following description of anoth-
I er: ' A new counterfeit S50 note "on the
Merchants Bank of Newborn, has re-
ccntly made its appearance-, and may be
described as tallows: v igncite, .sauor
seated on bales, with colors in his
hands, and ships in tho distance. The
head of Franklin is on the lower left
corner, and the head of Washington on
the right 50 on the upper corners.
There is an eagle between the signatures
of W. W. Clark Cash., and C. Stover
Pres. All the genuine 50 notes are
signed by J. W. Guion, Cash., and
John Snead, Pres., the first officers of
the Rank."
Frightful Casualties.
The papers in every direction are
teeming with sad particulars of awful
calamities which have recently occurred
by land and by sea.
The whole number of deaths asoer
tained to have resulted from the catas
trophe at Norwalk is forty five. Of
this number, nine resided in New York
city, five in other parts of the State,
and twenty-four in New England. There
are included, two clergymen, eight phy
sicians, sixteen women, and two chil
dren. The ship William and Mary, bound
from Liverpool to New Orleans, having
a cargo of railroad iron, and 20S passen
gers, on the 3d of May, when off the
Isaacs, (Bermuda,) struck on a ledge of j
sunken rocks and shortly after drifted
and went down, carrying with her over
200 passengers.
Threo of the crew and a few of the
passengers got into the life boat, and
were afterwards taken on board a barque.
For the Southerner.
Beaufort Harbor
Extract from the report of James
Kearney, Lieut. Col. Topographical En
gineers, to the Secretary of War, May
21, 1838, requiring him to survey a
route -'from the southern debouchc of
the Dismal Swamp canal, dowu the
Pasquotauk river to Elizabeth, thence
to Croatan sound, Pamlico, and other : "4 '"""Y1 ors; ius
, 4l 4 , VT , i trait.) Oi this charge I remark that it
sounds, near tho coast of Nortn Curoh- haa no found:ltion ia truth Anothor
na &c. &e." statement mentioned to me by the Ed-
Beaufort, since the settlement of the itor of the Observer, as one currently ru-
country, has never had less than 15 or
10 feet on the bar of its inlet at high by the agcuts of the Rothschilds to so
ndes. It has now, perhaps, 2o feet at cure mineral lands for them. The same
high tides. Certainly it Ins nearly remark is applicable to this also. Iliad
that depth, and there are few bats to understood that the Rothschilds were
the southward of it with more; at low
water it has 18 feet. A nnviry.ililn
; communication tor coasting vessels
would, therefore, open for the trade of a
iurgc p irt f Xorth Carolina; at least
one ot the bc.-t, and taking the depth of
water at low tides, the character of the
b:ir auJ tlic safety of the coast near it,
PrhaP3 tllC bSt Atkn,ic harbor 60UtIj
of the Chesapeake bay.
Several routes have been proposed,
jsome of them have been surveyed, and
one ot them has been attempted, by best results of the burvey. I was cm
which to connect the trade of the sounds ployed by the owners of the Fentrissor
herein mentioned with Beaufort. Stith Mine, to make an examination of
We are not dependent upon mere
speculation for our opinion of the im-
nortanec of this harbor: it was made
manifest by the war of 181213, and
'14, during which it became the depot
cm cities. Tobacco ana oincr produce
was sent by that route from Petersburg
to foreign markets, whenever the Ches
apeake bay was occupied by the ene
my. The following extracts from the
books of the treasury department will
show thc importance of Beafort harbor
to commerce at that period, and its con
trast with the usual transactions of the
port:
Years
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
Gross revenue.
$522
2,681
10,116
105,214
74,774
Tonnage.
929
909
1,022
1,011
1,466
1,538
1,344
4,809
2,1558
Professor Emmons.
A communication appeared in the
Fayetteville Observer of the 5th inst.,
over the signature of -Australis," iu
which allusion was made to certain ru
mors in circulation, prejudicial to the
gentleman whose name heads this arti
cle. A suitable occasion being thereby
afforded, Professor Emmons replied in
the Observer of the 9th, lefutingthe
charges in circulation against him.
To the Editors of the Fayetteville Ob-
server.
; Sirs: I am indebted to the Senior
Editor of the Observer . for calling my
attention to an article in the paper of
the 4th inst., over the signature of Aus
tralia. It seems to be expected that I
shall reply to the charge contained in
the communication referred to. I shall
do this very briefly after I have made
two or three statements respecting the
views I entertain of the ultimate objects
to be attained by the Geological Survey.
The State has two great interests to
be consulted the agricultural, which
is first and foremost; the mining which
is certainly very important.
One of my first efforts was to pro
mote the interests of agriculture. The
examination of the soils of the lower
counties together with the native fertil
izers, occupied my attention for six
months. What I accomplished may be
seen by reference to my report. The
remainder of my time has been occu
pied in the examination of mines and
miucral lands, together with agriculture
and soils of the mining districts proper.
There arc properly no mines or miner
als in the lower counties, but in the up
per, both agriculture and mining re
quire my attention, and they have both
received it. Australis will not there
fore infer that because my labors are
confined for a time to a mining district,
that I am losing sight of agriculture.
He would be satisfied of this, if he could
inspect the soils collected for future ex
amination. We do not differ at all in
our views of the importance of agricul
ture. Now it happened that when I
was exclusively engaged in the lower
counties, that complaints reached me,
that I spent my time there to the no
gleet of the mineral and mining inter -
; cats interests tor which the
survcv
was mainly ordered by the Legislature;
and on the contrary, when engaged in
the mining district, the district which is
eminently agricultural complains. I Foreign.
Cud no fault with this state of things, m, . L, ? . , .
, . . , . -ii dhe steamer Atlantic has arrived at
knowing well that if gentlemen will re- v - i i i i . i
. A 13 , , . t . New lork with Liverpool dates to the
licet a moment upon the subject, they o , fc m, i
.,, 4, ... . J Cl, '.ordinst. ihe political news is unm-
vey precisely as it is wished by all par
tics is impossible.
The main charge in the communica
tion of Australis however is, that I aiu
leagued with speculators in the pur
chase of mines. It is said that he ex
amines the minerals, tells the owner if
i c . 1 1 ,
he can get S for his estate, to sell; and I
soon thereafter another pars m comes
a'g price,, and buys the
11 4 V . ! . i . , j
morcd, is, that I have been employed j
to have agents in this country, with the!
design of investing panital in mineral i
lands; but whether they were actually
here or not. I never had the satisfaction
of knowing. However, I should most
certainly have used what little influence
I possess to induce them to invest their
money in North Carolina.
Thia ,cads mC t( rcmark' tUat
1 1 have acted in this matter always with
the view to bring capital into the State;
and I think this will prove one of the
it, with a view to sell to Northern men,
My report of this Mine resulted as was
wished in its sale and I believe with
highly benheial results to tho mining,
interests of the State; and if to the
market, ana is not, me great evil under
; which the interior of the State labors.
that she has no home market at all?
Every mine that proves worth working,
makes a market. While in Massachu
setts cotton and wroolen factories make
the home markets, here, in North Caro
lina, the mines are destined to become
the home markets.
In all intercourse with gentlemen,
the owners of mineral property, it has
been my invariable rule to tell them all
I knew of thc property. My best judg
ment has been exercised in all cases of
doubt; and in no instance have I in
formed either a Northern or Southern
speculator that such a tract could be
purchased below its value. I have ever
regarded thc owner of a property as
possessing thc first claim to information.
I have often believed that the owner
stood in his own light, but this I could
not help. If I thought so, I told him
so. I repeat what I have said once be
fore, that one of the best results of the
Survey will be, to bring working capi
tal into the State. I adopted this view
very early, have acted upon it, and shall
yet act upon it. I wrote a long letter
to a gentleman of capital in New York,
with a view to induce him to invest it
in coal lands. I stated that I was full
in the belief, that a large manufactur
ing town could be built up upon Deep
River; and wherever I saw a prospect of
the kind I have urged it. But 1 have
been just as urgent in my reasoning to
gentlemen of this State as to tbosc out
of it. I have communicated freely to
every body; I havo not pursued, the
course which has been pursued in some
of the surveys, to conceal every thing
from all parties: this I considered
wrong. While my communications are
free and full to all parties, they are also
gratuitous.
Again, the best and warmest friends
of the Survey wish me to be in the field
the whole time the entire year. This
is impossible, and it would also be un
profitable, if it could be. By a stipula
tion with his Excellency the Governor,
I am to perform 8 months' service in
the field annually. This requirement I
have fulfilled. I spend the remainder
of the year in the Laboratory; and dur
ing this period, I employed four Assis
tants, for two months each. By this
arrangement, I succeeded in making the
large number of analyses which are giv
en in my report. I had no desire to
bring this matter before the public; but
when numbers arc enquiring where I
am, and what I am about, it became
necessary to allude to the fact. I wish
to say to all such enquirers, that I am
at work for North Carolina in some ca
pacity or other.
I am much obliged to the Editor of
the Observer and to Australis, for the
kind expressions which appear in their
communications, especially for the con
fidence which appears to be entertained
of my ability to promote the interests
of the State through the Survey. My
desire is certainly to accomplish this;
but it is too much to hone that even
my frieuds will be satisfied, much less
the many who look on the work with
indifference.
EBENEZER EMMONS.
teresting.
Liverpool Market, May ?.
We have to report a steady, quiet
Cotton market, the sales being 20,000
bales in the past three working days,
with 6,200 to speculators and exporters
if 1 frnier atations
,'kct 13 very dull. V
The Cotton mar-
ry uuil. Provisions lacon is
Beef is in moderate request.
active.
Pork is in moderate demand.
IVXarkcts.
Tarboro' Market, May 21.
Turpentine. Dip, S3 10 to 3 25.
Scrape 50 cts. per 100 lbs.
Tar, SI 25 per barrel.
Corn, S2 25 to $1 50 per bbl.
Bacon, 11 to 12 cts.
Lard, 10 to 11 cts.
Fish Ocean Shad, $11;Cut ller-
r,nos
Halifax
7 50; Roe Herrings, $6 50;
Herrings, 5 50, Dor bbl.
Cotton, 8 to 8 cts-
Washington Marlxt, May 17.
Naval Stores Receipts of the new
crop Turpentine are on the increase,
but prices tend downward. We quote
Z l'T V? at $3 C' ld S3
j o0, Scrape SI 7o, Tar $2.
Corn Sales continue to be ma 1c at
last weeks quotations, 50 to 52c. for
Hyde co. in good order to retailers, and
48 to 51c. for up river to shippers.
Bacon Large lots of Hog round
from flats and carts command 9c
' L;ird in bbls. 9c. and kegs 10c. small
lots trom store about 10 per cent more.
Neicbem Market, May 13.
Bacon. Sales of hams at 10 cents,
si les at 9 cents, and shoulders at 8 cts.
Lard. No change to report, sales at
10 cts. by the bbl. demand light and
the stock on hand moderate.
Corn. Sales since our last at 46
cents per bushel by the quantity, and
OU cents trom carts market well sup
plied for retail purposes.
Tar in demand. A small lot was
sold yesterday at SI 65.
rv . .
xui j'cuiiiiu continues to arrive in
small quantities; sales are made at $3,
25 for dip, $3,70 for virgin, and $2,25
tor scrape.
Reported for the Wilmington Herald.
Wilmington Market, May 18.
The arrivals of country produce since
our last report have been so limited that
we have but a meager report to make.
Turpentine. The sales since last is
sue reach about 500 bbls. at $4,15 and
4,20 for Virgin, 3,60 for yellow dip,
and 1,60 for hard per bbl. of 280 lbs.
The receipts of the article have been
very light, and the maiket is bare.
Spirits Turpentine. We note sales
since last report of 400 a 500 bbls at
44 cts per gall. Small sales on yester
day at above prices. Balance of stock
light, and held firmly at that.
Rosin. Nothing doing. No trans
actions for want of .vcssels. , Commjn
held at SI, 15 a 1,25 per bbl, as to size
and condition, v
Tar. Sales of 86 bbls. at 62,10 per
bbl. Nono on market.
Corn. A cargo of 1,000 bushels ar
rived and retailing from vessel at 60
cts. per. bushel. The stock on hand
at continues full, and the demand liimted.
. Bacon. The stoolc f at
and thrrA ic Kf" . v- S
v inuuurate deirmni
note no change in previous ,r; '
round 10 a 10, hams l 'ln H
10 a 11 , shoulders 10 cts. por j, ' SlJr-s
ceipts from the country comr, ,
Western held at 8 a 9 cU VV
rfNo change teftB
occasional small sales bbls. j ' aili
from store at 10 a 11 cts. H
sales of consequence to rcp Jrt
Cotton. Sales of a few h i
ctsporlb. IU,bs.lJ
Reported for the South-side ft
Petersburg Market,
Cotton. There is some en? -10c.
for prime lots. Holders,
ask 10e. S'ncral'J
Cora. Dull at 55c.
New York Market, Ma
Cotton the market is Un V
with sales of 1,500. Corn
with sales of 35,000 bushels T'
67 ecnts. Turpentine-sales 0f
bbls. at $2 56. Pork-sale, 0f
bbls. mess at $15 60, an prime at
25. Beef-sales of 300 bbls. S
and plenty. Bacon sales of 150 tifc '
ces at 6 cents for shoulders, anl 9 T
hams. Lard sales of 269 bbls. at Jj
a 10, and heavy. '
Mechanical Knowledge
Is the atrenSth of a nation, an4 ,
thorough system of Free Education
is the only preservation of a Republican
Government. AnJ as Frank. L. Bond
is now struggling with New York for a.
independence of North Carolina, lct'everj
citizen of Edgecombe and the adjacent coin. I
ties call at the well known furniture ware
room in Tarboro', and enrol his namcamonj
its patrons, and stand in the ranks and bat
tle with F. L.Bond in defence of the me
chanical interest of the South.
ALSO, let the Ladies wield their influence
and bear in mind that this great champion of
Southern mechanical independence, ia daily
devising new plans of Furniture for
their comfort aui convenience, woii'j
here say to them, if they wish to see thein
scWcs as others see them, they must call at
F. L. Hond's ware room and purchase' one
of those beautiful marble-top Dressing Gu
reaus, with a mirror on tnem, that will re
flect to the eye and mind the most beautiful,
features and figures that, were ever before
beheld by the fancy of a Udy's imagination.
3ee advertisement in another column.
;BgrPOLSONING.-i
Thousands of parents who use Vermifuge
composed of castor oil, calomel, &c.tare not
aware, that while they appear to benefit th
patient, they are actually laying the foual
tions for a series of diseases, such as safe
tion, loss of sight, weakness of limbs, ic,
In another column will be found thc ii
vertisemcnt of Hobensack's Medicines, to
which we ask the attention of all directljiu
terested in their own as well as their Chil
dren's health. In Liver Complaints ani all
disorders arising from those of a bilinui
type, should make use of the only genuine
medicine, Hobensack's Liver Pills.
not deceived," but ask for Iloben
sack's Worm Syrup and Liver Pills, and ob
serve that each has the signature of the Pro
prietor, J, N. IIOBENSACK, as none else
are genuine.
No Family Should be Withoi
. Them.
(Tj-We speak of M'Lane's Lirer Pills.'
which have becon e an iadispnN'
Family Medicine. The frightful symp
toms which arise from a diseased Mwt
manifest themselves, more oie9.n
every family; dyspepsia, sick headache,
obstruction of the mpnses, ajiue andft
ver, pains in the side, with dry, hacking
cough, are all the results of hepatic de
rangement and for these. Or. MatieS
"ills are a sovereign remedy. They
have never been known to fail, and they
should he kept atall times by faroi""1
Directions.-- Take two or threegoin?
to bed, every second or third ni?l't
they do not purpe two or tluee times tJ
next morning, take one or two taw
slight brtahfist should -invariably ioW
mm i use.
The Liver Pill may alsobetstf""
purging is simply necessary. ft .
ti-bilious purgative they are
none. nd in doses of twoorthiee- J
give atnishing relief to sick headffl
also in slight derangements of the s ,
aCh' ' j Tarbof
Fot sa'e by Geo. llowird, in 11
sold also by druggists and dealers g
erally, sold at wholesale by all
cipal druggists in the United State
Candidate for Coiigrcs
u
J8We are requested to announce
LOFTIN, Esq.. of Lenoir county, as
didate for Congress in the 2nd Congr.
al district of N. C. at the ensumg
subject to one contingency only
Stale rfzricultural Society
a meeting of thc State AgriouUur
ciety will he hold Raleigh on .
nesday, tho 2&b of May, pr
Dr. Tompk-ms will be present, n ,
ddresg : the meeting on tho tW