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The
Southerner
TARBORO': APRIL 25.
Encouraging
TVe have increased our type-setting
iorce. so as to enaoie us to give a more
extensive variety of reading matter
than we have done recently. '
Vxstrxct Convention.
The last Newbern Union contains
the following. So far as this county is
concerned, there has not been that we
now of, a dissenting voice against the I
re-nomination of our late Representa- the next day an investigation of the af
tive; but if -the other Counties in the fair took place in Gaston, which resulted
District deem it advisable the Democ-
racy of this county will not object to
"
the movement.
It appears to be the conviction of a
great number of our democratic friends
in Craven Courty and elsewhere, that
it will be best to hold a Convention for
the purpose of nominating a candidate
for Congress. They think that a so-
cial meeting of the democracy of the
District, and the consequent interchange
of sentiment on the subjects pertaining
to the approaching campaign will serve
to cause more harmony and goodfeeling
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to prevail, and also be the means of ih
creas'mg their interest and enthusiasm
in the good cuasc.
It will be seen by a notice in this
paper, that a meeting of the Democrats
of Craven County will be held on Tues
day night of Superior Court week, for
the purpose of appointing delegates to
the Convention. We hope there will
be a good turn out.
State Medical Society.
Vie learn from the Standard, that
the Medical Society of the State of
North-Carolina held its eighth annual
meeting in the town of Edenton on the
15th instant. In the absence of the
President, Dr. 0. E. Johnson, Dr. O.
F. Manson was called to preside.
The annual address was delivered by
Dr. S. S. Satchwell, of New llano ver,
in the presence of the Society and a
large number of gentlemen and ladies.
His subject was, the obstacles to the
advancement of the science and profes
sion of medicine. He discussed it with
marked ability, and his address was
well received and warmly commended
by all who heard it. The address was
ordered to be published.
lleports upon the diseases which pre
vailed in their respective counties dur-
iug the past year, were read by Drs.
McKee, buinmerell, iielly, nttman,
auu.iManson. luey were all relerreu
to a publishing committee, -consisting of
l)rs. Dickson, Satchwell, and Thomas,
of Wilmington.
The Society resolved to commence
the publication of the North-Carolina
Medical Journal some time during the
present year; and elected Dr. Edward
Warren, of Edenton, the Editor. 1
We learn that there was a considera
ble addition of members to the Society,
and that there can be no doubt bow of
the continued prosperity and success of
this valuable organization.
: The next meeting of the Society will
be held at Newbern on the third Tues-
day in May, 1858.
Important Case.
The Wilmington Journal says
The action of ejectment, brought by
Stephens and others, claiming as heirs
of General William Blount, of Tennes
sec, against Wm. C. Bettencourt and
thirty -one others, residents of the town
of Wilmington, was tried at the Supe-
nor Court of Law for Brunswick coun-
ty, in sessiop this week at Smithville.
' The cause, which has excited much at-
tcntion in this community, was one of
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great interest, and consumed three days
in its trial, ending in a verdict for the
defendants. His Honor. Judge Per-
son, on the bench.
The plaintiffs claim is under what is
kuown as the "Watsjn Grant," being a
crant of land made under George II.,
in 1735, to John Watson, which tract
Watson, in 1737, deeded to Joshua
Granger! Granger, by a will dated
1741, bequeathed it to Caleb Granger,
About 17(53, that Caleb Granger willtd
it to another Caleb Granger, who, sonic
time between 1780 and 1790, willed it
iMfy Granger, wife, of Governor
Blount, of Tennessee. About 1800,
Uleti .ilsirv oiw l.. .1....
tie property has tun ittvhcr;heiw as!,
,W. nTfemawverL to cine date of i
tha institution of this suit or
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1850. These, we believe, are the mam
'facts. rv-
Sale of the WeldopHoiel f
Tbe Petersburg Daily Expres3 says
We understand that Mr. uonn i
u,i,r ham disnosed of his new ana
-uriiri HW.p1 at Weldon. N. C: Mr.
IV.' W-Happer, ot Baltimore is iae pur
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chaser.' The price paid was gdv.uuv.
for which tEe purchaser gets furniture.
fixtures, &o.,as well as the Duucung.
Mysterious.
A correspondent of the Petersburg
Express writing from Gaston, says:
Some days since, as the night train on
this road was going north, and when
near Gaston, the, Engineer discovered
some object on tbe track just ahead of
him. He checked up, but passed over
l;t before he could stop the train. After
the train was stopped the Conductor
and Engineer went DacK and discovered
ine augiea uouy ui a nCC u,
ThUW?tad". Wicion:nd
in the arrest of several free negroes or
rauia, '. UPU luc V"-
fhA fnllnurinor irMimstantial evidence.
i
IVjel itiiu im uca wens avu u vuiuiit
ny with the deceased, on the evening or
night of the occurrence, and they were
unable to give a satisfactory account of
themselves afterwards. Search was
made in the Village, and blood discov-
ered, which could not be accounted for.
This was traced to the river bank, and
udoq eoincr over to ' the Halifax side of
the river, it was discovered there also,
and very near the spot where the de-
ceased was ran over bv the train. These i
circumstanees in connection with the
mw
faet, that the deceased was coll when
the Conductor of the train reached him
immediately after the tram had passed
over him, led to the unpleasant suspi
cion that the man had been murdered
and placed on the railroad track by the
murderers in order to lull suspicion and
shield themselves from the effects of
their crime.
The suspectvd parties were arrested
and are now I learn in the Northampton
County Jail awaiting the -action of the
Grand Jury, which will be had at the
next term of the Superior Court for
that county, which comes on in one
week from next Monday.
A Homicide.
On last Sunday morning, a free ne
gro named Locklier, was found dead
about eight aiilcs north of Lexington,
shot through the breast John Shoaf
has been arrested on
now in jail.
suspicion,
and
is
Negro to be Hung.
The Edenton Gladiator says: "Whit,
a negro belonging to Mr. Pritchard, of
Brunswick couuty, was tried and con
demned by our court last week, on the
charge of burglarv committed in Bor-
tie county. The penalty for this crime
s jeatUt xhe day for his execution is
gXC(j on Friaayj the 29th of May.
Killed.
We learn that a man by the name of
Jos. Williams, residing in or near this
city, was killed by a limb blown from a
tree falling on hiua, on Wednesday last.
He leaves a widow and several small
children in a helpless condition and as
deserving objects of charity. Raleigh
Standard.
Fearful Leap.
A correspondent of the Petersburg
Express, under date GoldsborO, April
17. writes
Last night when the train from the
North sot in about eleven miles of
Ooldsboro', a passenger deliberately
left his seat stood for a moment erect,
then made a plunge, going head fore-
most through the window of the coach,
glass and all. while the speed of the
train was 26 miles per hour. The
train Was stopped, as soon as possible,
run back, and search was made for the
maniac passenger, DUt he was not to bo
found. While running back and forth,
honinsr to find some traces of him. he
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was finally seen standing on the track,
having sustained but little injury. The
escape from instant death is considered
miraculous by all aboard.
On bis being taken again upon the
train, a physician pronounced him to
be laboring , with delirium tremens, or
blue devils. He . was brought to Golds-
boro', and left at the hotel, where he
took a room. About day this morning,
minus a large portion of his clothing, he
made another jump, and left for the
woods.. When the house was openedj
and it was asctrtained he was gone i
with hat, coat, boots, &c , left behind," a
Lumber of our good citizens went out
o look for him. About. noon he waj
Ix j j 1 1 . 1 .1 ,
without
bootjessbut witb a largest of fiery
j 1 -J .rVTT . , .
icia uau 'ubu a SLuue mason: is saiai
to have a family in South Carolina; had
been JNortu to see relatives, who had
feasted him too liberally on lager, and
upon the whole jiei was; a' hard ease: tie
lefum the 3 o'clock train South. Hav
en t heard whether he has gone through
the window again or not.
Indian
Outrages in Jo wa Terrible
' ' . Massacre.
c A letter received at Pittsburg from
a respectable-source, dated Fort Dodge,
Iowa, March 23, says that a settlement
of twenty . families at the head waters
of the Des Moines river had been attack
ed by Indians, and that it was suppos-
ed tnat all were murdered. Ualv two
houses were visited by the persons
bringing the news, in which fourteen
dead bodies were found; Some had
been shot and others inhumanly clubb
ed to death. It is presumed that the
whole number of persons'composing the
settlement were killed or thev are now
in captivity. .A meeting of citizens was
called on the 22d ult., and a company
of fifty to one hundred men had organ
ized to march to take vengeance on the
Indians and rescue any persons that
might bo found with them.
From Cahfurnia
Henry Dates, the late . State treasu-
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rer, ot wnose lmpeacumem we uau in-
elligence, had been tried and convict-
ed. The amount of bis defalcation was
124,000. He has been declared in
competent hereafter to hold any office of
public trust or houor in the State. He
has also been indicted, and is to be pro
ceeded against criminally. Mr. ltowe
remains in prison. ' Comptroller Wueat
man has been impeached for malfeas
ance, but has not yet been tried.
The finances of the State are in much
embarrassment and coufusion, but the
papers express a firm confidence that
the entire State indebtedness will be
met in a reasonable time.
Methodists.
The New York (East) Methodist
Episcopal Conference is now in session
at the Fleet street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Brooklyn. At the opening of
the Couference the Bishop, Ilev. Thom
as A. Morris, made a few remarks, in
which he allu led to the r.ipid spreid of
Methodism, and said that in 1813 the
commencement of his membership
they numbered two hundred thousand
and two hundred; they now number one
and a quarter millions. The increase
of the Church had been rapid, and the
wealth was quite proportionate to the
increase of membership.
Fish.
The Potomac fishing season is about
half gone, and less perhaps has been
done within that time, says the Intelli-
genccr,
than
during
any similar pre
vious period. Shad at from $14 to $16
per hundred, and herrings at 9 50 and
10 per thousand, are almost unparal
leled prices. Indeed so dear are fish
that intending buyers are in many cases
holding back for cheaper purchases or
no purchases at all.
A Deep Snow.
The Cooper stown (N. York) Journal,
says that on Tuesday last, in that town,
the ground was covered to the depth of
twenty inches or more. In some parts
of the county the snow is said to be
three feet deep. ' .
The Case of Rev. O. P. Farrington.
The Church Council at Cohasset,
Mass., after investigating the charges
of adultery, &c, against the Rev. O. P.
Farrington, voted six for acquital and
three for conviction. It is understood
that Mr. Farrington will vacate the
pulpit. .. ,
Death from the Bite of a Spider
A lady Uamed Ann Eliia Tyler died
suddenly on last Thursday night, in
Jiichmond, (Va. trom the. bite of a
spider. She was bitten on the right
check-the night before, and died the
following evening from the effects. ,
The time to Fat.
An . eminent English - surgeon, Sir
Charles Landram, asserts that the only
time at which hearty meals should be
eaten is justpretious to retiring for the
night; -The digestive organs can then
quietly perform their functions. - '
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Later news from Europe.
The steamship Glasrow has arrived at
New York, with Liverpool dates to 8th
inst. . : . ' ... ;
A despatch from Madrid says: Mex
ico recognizes the justice of the Spanish
demands. y
All markets were drooping in conse
of,anv advanee ot Inmates m the
Bank, of England.. S J
. ... v-i. .M Mrasiuus
uonou uuic uu -
dull. Wheat steady, iour 4u..
Some-forced sales had -been made at a
decline of one shilling. Corn has a de-oi;ti;rnATM?v-hbldera
oftefreeljv
I Money molt 'siringerit? a feiiMfatls
advanced to 7 per cent. lor , loans ou
stocks.
; i Markets. : - J
Tabboro', Maekkt, April 24.
Turpentiue Dip $2 00 to 2;,1Q.
: Scrape, 40 to 45 cts. per 100 lbs.
Tar, $1 00 to 31 10.
Corn, $3-25 t? "$3 50 per bbl.
Cotton .111 to 12cts; ' ?
T . 1 Ct L 19 .
Lard, 12 to 13 cts.,: . -
' Washington Markett April 22.
Naval Stores. Dip Turpentine is
saleable at $2,75, Scrape do. $1,60,
Tar $1,40, Kosin $1,00 (Round Bbl.)
and Spirits Turpt. 41c.
Grain. Corn from Hyde County, is
selling at 03 to 65c per bushel as in
quantity for retailing, shippers oner
but 6Qc at which figures, a large quan
tity could be sold if sent to market in
good order.
Bacon, hog round, 12 s cents.
Lard, 12 to 15 cents.
Wilmington Market, April 22.
Turpeutine. The receipts during the
week have been quiie light, and we
note an advance since our last of J5
cts. per bbl. There is a good feeling
in the market, and parcels are readily
taken at 2,80 for virgin and yellow dip,
and 1,80 for hard.
Corn. We note the receipt during
the week of only 3 cargoes, 5,150
bushels all of which changed hands at
75 cts. per bushel. There is a good sup
ply in dealers hands, and we note a
slight advance in price.
Lard. There is but alight supply in
store with -only moderate receipts dur
ing the week, and wo continue former
quotations, 13 to 14 c.
Bacon. -The receipts of N. C. during
the week have been better than for
some weeks past, and we note a fair
supply in store. Sales during the week
of several thousand lbs. at 14 cts. for
hog round.
Cotton. The market has ruled ex
ceedingly quiet since our last, and we
have heard of sales of only a small lot
middling at 13 J cts per lb. llcccipts
light.
Petersburg Market, April 22.
Carefully corrected weekly by N. M.
Martin, Bro. & Co., Grocers and
Commissiqn Merchants, No,
129 Sycamore street.
Cotton. The market con tinue-quiet.
Some buyers only offering 13J to-day
I for good lots.
Wheat. There is a better feeling in!
this article, and we quote good to prime
red at 1 25 to SI 37, and white at
61 45 to 81 48. but we think choice
white would bring 1 50.
Bacon There is a moderate supply
of new Western in the market, and we
quote Shoulders at 11$ a 12 J c. Sides
atl3al3J. The bacon crop of last
year is estimated to be much below that
of '55, and we expect to see prices high
all the year of Virginia there is but
little in market, and we quote it hog
round at 14 a 15 c
Lard Is in active demand, and pri
ces are higher.
We note sales ot lots
at 15 ic, to 16c., in kegs of prime qual
ity; barrels 15 to 15 ie.
Guano There is a good deal arri
ving, which is being sent off to fill or
ders sent in early, a good portion of
which was sold at $o9. The market is
firm and sales are now making at 60.
In Christ Church. Raleigh, by the
Rev. Dr. Mason, at 5 oclock, on the
morning of the 15th ihst, Mr. Kenelm
Harrison Lewis, of Rocky Mount, to
Aiss Elizabeth Heritage Bryan, second
daughter of the Hon. John H. Bryan.
Then come the wild weather come sleet or
$ome snow, , . . j ,
We will stand hy each other, however it
blow; : I ' r-'
Oppression and sickness and sorrow and
pain, - . '
Shall be to our true loTe ii links to the
chain. v
Received by Steamer Hoanokc,
A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
French $- Scotch Embroideries,
Ginghams,' Valencies, Maltese, English
Thread Laces, Edgings and Insertings,
Swiss and Cambric trimmings, &c.
WED DELL & HART.
Tarboro', 15th April, 1857.
Just Received and Opened,
A NlCb assortment of -Summer
mantles, Canton crape Shawls, Sc. &e.
; Wcddell friiart,
Tarboro, 15th April, 1857,
Ladies Dress Goods.
1 WEDDELt & HART.
INVITE the Ladies to call
their elegant and cboiee -
and sec
"V
s' Assortpient of Dry Goods.
Bicb J printed TCrape ft 'Paris, Moire
Antique printed and plain Bareges,
Tissue Grenadine, French printed Or
gandies, Candries, Jaconets, Lawn Mus-
uns, xcf etc; , ,
Tarboro', 15th April, 1857.
George Howard, Jr.
Attorney and Solicitor,
WILSON, c.
Attends the Courts. of Nash, Wayne, Edge
combe and Wilson counties.
Office opposite the Court Housed
April, 1857.
J):$i Gregg, D DiS.
- TENDEKS hisl professional services
to the citizens of Tarboro and vicinity.
Ladies : and Gentlemen needing Dental
services, will find it at their interest to
give me a call. , ,
N. B. References the operations
themselves. ' March 7, '57.
Gameotypes !
Hang out our Banners on (lie
outward Walls 11 -
The ciy is, Still they come! ! !
OWING to tho earnest solicitations
of many citizens of Tarboro',
HacenSiSc Mallon,
Haveconcludcd to stay a short time
longer thus giving all an opportunity
of obtaining one of those beautiful and
life-like Pictures. April 10,1857.
Groceries, &c.
Loaf, clarified and brown Sugars,
offe, Molasses, Flour, Vinegar,
Whole and ground Pepper and Allspice,
Havana Sugars Pipes,
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
LorilUrd'&, Rail Road and Mrs Miller's
Snuff,
Shoe Thread, Brushes and Blacking,
Yeast Powders, Mustard, Nutmegs,
Cotton Yarns and Plough Lines,
Adamantine and Tallow Candles,
Raiors, Strops and Bores,
Brown and fancy Soaps,
Cap and Letter puper, rena and penholders,
A Tarieij of Tin, crockery, glass and stone
ware &c
For sale by Qro, Ho v curd
NEW
Shoe and Hat Store.
(?. L, BrochiM & Co.
Main Street, (opposite the Court House)
tarboro', n. c.
WE respectfully announce to the ci
tizens of Tarboro and surrounding
country, that we have opened at the
above Stand, (formerly occupied by
Mt ssrs. Pender & Baker,)
A large and complete Assortment of
Shoes, Boots, Hats, Caps,
Trunks. VaUes, Carpet Ba!s,fyc.
All of which we offer upon the most rea
sonable and accommodating term?.
Our stock comprises in part, Ladies
and Misses Italian cloth Gaiters, black
and colored; bl'k and eol'd Lasting do.j
morocco, kid and goat Boots: morocco,
kid and ealf Buskins, Ties and Slip
pers; patent leather .hug. JJuskins and
I on...
ers: bl'k and bronze toilet Slin-
persv omen 8 gram tfoots and iSus
tl? 1 .
kins; Gent s fine French calf
Boots,
stitched and peg'd; men's calf and kip
Boots; Gent's and boys patent leather
and calf glove-top Gaiters; cloth do.;
pat. leather Oxford Ties and Pumps;
calf and grain Oxford Ties; men's and
boys thick Brogans; unbound and kip
Monroe's; goat and grain do.; Chil
dren's Shoes of all descriptions; Gent's
fine silk Hats; fine bl'k, brown and
pearl cassimere Hats; boys do.; men's
and boys bl'k and col'd wool Hats;
Gent's, boys and children's straw goods
of all varieties. j
Having made arrangements with the
manufacturers to furnish us Goods at
the shortest notice, we will keep con
stantly ou hand, a complete and well j
assorted stock, and persons may rely
upon getting any article in our line.
The patronage of the public is very'
respectfully solicited.
G. L. Brockelt & Co.
April, 1857.
FOB SALE.
A NEW supply of Drugs, Medi
cines, PatentMedicines, Perfumery, &c.
just received.
Sanford's Invigorator Russian Salve,
House's vegetable anti-bilious pills,
Tarrant's compound extract of Cutabs and
Copaiba,
Hollow ay's Oitftmeut And tills,
Baker's Sfttert, ttibbard'i Bitter?,
HoofiaWd's Bitters, Stoughton's Bitters,
Moffat Bitters, Health Bitters,
Oxygenated Bitters, &c. &c
Qw- o,wardt
Qameotyp
es!
Splendid Pictures i,
SOMETIIINQ . NEW.
Cameotypes. the latest and
est discovery of the
Ilavc us & 'lla
ux.xuu, X C
WOULD inform the La(li
Gentlemen of Tarboro' and -that
tbey have taken Rooms "J'
At the Odd Fellows Hull in t i
tin ,il ' 0,W
Where they are prcpared to exc '
these beautiful Pictures in the bU
style; the Cameotype is an inventll ,
Mr. M. M. Mallon's, and is 1 !f
represented to be; they are more i
like as regards colers ihn I(
style of Picture ever brought kef;;
an -a
r , came ume thcth
resent a stereoscopic effect, which
alone be equalled by the aid of a
scope, (yet no stereoscope is required
while they are remarkably sharp '
brilliant, giving a harmony in i..
f
S
and tone which cannot be equally I
any other known process, and i,:a
other artist can rival. yt
. . - --vu I
DO
making Photographs and Ambrotypc,
by tho latest and most improved pro!
cess. All persons wishing Picturta
will do well to call soon, as our m
will be short, owing to other cnga I
ments. 65'
N. B. Pictures taken in all kinds of
weather in a few seconds, and patUn
in Lockets, Pins, Rings, or Cases to
suit purchasers. jt $
Tarboro', Mreh 12, 1857.
Dr. A. H. Mucnair,
INFORMS his friends and the pub.
lie, that he- has returned home and re
sumed The Practice of Mclicinc.
All persons indebted to him are reques
ted to come forward immediately and
close their accounts by cash or note, or
they will be put in train for collection,
Tarboro', March 30. 1857.
THE subscribers are prepared to
igrind Corn at their
Steam Mill in Tarboro',
At the shortest notice. A toll of one
sixth will be taken from each grist.
:r Oberryd'Ero.
March 11th, 1857.
Important Sale
t ar .1..
OF I.Ail.
THE subscriber will, on Tuesdaj,
the 28th day of April next, expose at
Public Auction, at the Court House
door in Tarborough, by virtue of De
crees of the Court of Equity of Edge
combe county, the following Tracts of
Lad, to wit :
One Tract,
Situated in said county, adjoining the
lands of Redmun R. Dupree, David V.
Mercer, and William Barnes and wife,
and containing 156:2 acres, more or
less, it being the tract on which the lite
Dr. P. S. Sugg resided at the time of
his death. This tract will be sold sub
ject to the dower of Mm. Sugg, which
embraces 309 acres thereof. Bond
with approved sureties will be required
of the purchaser, bearing interest from
the 1st day of January next, and paya
ble in three equal installments, one on
the 10th day of March, 1858, one on
the 10th day of March, 1859, and tbe
last on the 10th of March, 18C0.
One other Trad,
In said county, adjoining the Ian o(
llpninmin ' Haifa - IWrc Dnlha Foreman,
and others, and containing about 26U
acres, it being the tract of wbicnuw
late Benja.W. Knight died seized. i"
tract will be sold subject to the dower
of Mrs. Knight. Bond with approve
sureties will be required of the purcw
ser
bearing interest from
the aay v'
sale, and payable at next March Court-
One other Trad,
1- Af
In said county, adjoining the las
VV. S. Long, J. L. Bridgers and otters.
containing about one hundred ana w j
acres, it being the jtract which d,c
Ann h-1"
ards for life and after her death w
children. The bond in this case w"
. . . Vm
be made navable at next
Septeooo"
Court and hear interest from
the flJ
of sale. .
And One other Trad,
In said county, adjoining the lands o
William Peel. J, J. R Tnorne
ers anil containing" 47 acr, k being
tbe tract of which JL.i Jones an
wife, Delha, S?5Sms ad others are
zed. This tract will be sold on a cre
& ftf sj months, bond being gTcr
bearing interest from the day of sl
, ' W. H. Johnston, G. M.s;
Tarboro' March 17,48$?'