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The Southerner.
'. TAWBORO: OCT. 9.
Foa tie Southerner.
Debating Society.
The citizens of Tawboro' and vicini
ty who are favorable to the establish
ment of a Debating Society, are reqacs
ted to uaeet at the Court House on Mon
day evening the llth iust. at 7 o'clock.
Tawboro.', Oct. 7th. "Many
The Speakership,
Among other names mentioned in
coDDoctifu uu cu W..u.F i
Uext General Assembly, says the W,l-;
Mr. Cunningham of Person in the -Senate,
and Mr. Bridgtrs of Edgfcombe in
the House. They are in addition to
the names of geutlemen refened to by
us a few days since. They are good (
nicn. ,
Jtlr. Buchanan Msage to the Quo.cn
The Milwaukio (Wis.) Sentinel, of
Wednesday says: Exception h.ving
hern t:,t in hv some members oi the
. , .. A .: i . . iiiiiigfon and Manchester Railroad,
Jewish persuasiou to one particular par. . .
, . A, - , i- , . .A. where we can note the immense quanti-8n-aph
iu the telegraphic dispatcu cut i
. e i . r i . r v - . tics of Cotton piled p and constantly
by President Bochanan to Queen Vie .
r t - j y r i r i : , arriving, far beyoud all f.triuer preee-
toru, Dr. Isidor Kaliseh, UabU ot tire
s . . . dent. Something of this must be
. n i . e . i
wrote to the President for an cxpiaua-
. . r f i , i
tion. -lesterday, Dr. Ivilnca cdied
, . , .. i .
..rvmn tnrnti tint f I'l-I.lV
. ... . o .:
and request its publication luhe beuti-
. . ..
ncl. It is as follows:
T . . o -i i ,4.-0
Washington ity, Sept. 11, 18o8.
"My Dear Sir. I have received
vour-favor of the 5th inst. an i permit
we to say that ia the construction
of my answer to the Qaeeu I think you
' are somewhat hypercritical. Most cer-
... 1 , . , .1
tainly I uever inteuded by using tin-
expression, all the nations of Christen-
dom, to ca.t any reflection up -n the
Jews. Such an idea never entered my
mind. IJoth as President of the Uui-
ted States aud as an individual, I have
ever been the advocate of religious lib-
, 4l r A r i -
-erty aud the pertect ireedom ol coiisci-
ence. For many of your persuasion I
entertain the highest personal regard,
and I would be the last nun iu the
' world, cith.r in an official du-ut
derogatory to neir character or eaiciua.
ioa iu nuuuumcif icuiums.
"Yours very respectfully.
ttjamcx Buchanan.
Rev. Isidor Kalisch, Milwaukie."
Cotton Picleing Extraordinary.
A correspondent oi me retcrsuurg
Express writes as follows:
Tawboro', N. C, Sept. 17th, 1858.
r , , x
lo your paper, aua a consiaut reauer?
never having seen any communication
published from my county, I have con
cluded to send you a short account of
an extraordinary "Cotton Picking."
had at the "Strabane" plautatiou of
our towusman, It. 11. Bridgers Esq.,
on Saturday 25th Sept. 1858.
Thirty-two Hands" picked sixteen
thousand and ninety-six pounds (10,096 ,
lbs beins an average of 503 lbs the
highest, (man named Herbert), picked
- w i
one thousand aud .six'y wen pounds
the four highest averaged seveu hun
dred and seventy-nine, aud one fourth
pounds the fourteen highest averaged
six hundred and 'nine aud one ha.f
pounds.
The hands commenced at 5 o'clock
A. M.f and stopped at 7 o'clock P. M ,
except the man Herbert who coutiuued
forty-five minutes iouger, it bing the
time required tor the wagons to make a
load from the field to the Gin House,
and returned fora second load. At the
time when the other hands stopped,
Herbert had about oue thousand ani
twenty five pounds. During the after
noon Herbert picked . eevcuty-scveti
pounds in fifty-five minutes, and it wa
not known to him that the cotton pick
ed in tuat time would be weighed sep
artely. This was picked and weighed
in the presence of Messrs. Jesse .Mer
cer, Elisha Cromwell, it. .11. Peuder,
J. L Bridgers, R. R BridgeVs and
fl. C. Dixon. The hands picked iu
Sacks,' cine end attached to the body by
a strap over the left shoulder, aud the
other end resting ou the ground. Each
CM emptied the cotton out of tin
sacks into baskets whieh contained
when filled, from seventy-five to one
hundred and -fifty pounds. Messrs.
Mercer and R It. Bridgcrs were pres -
pntdtirinrr'the tickin. and saw the cot-!
ten weighed by Mr. Dixon. Messrs.
0 r c
Cromwell and Pender were present the
greater part of the day, and saw the
most of the picking and weighing the
quantity picked in their presence, cor
responding with that Teported in their
absence.
During the day, Messrs. Win. Nor
fl?et and H. S. Lloyd visited the plan
tation, and saw a large quantity of the
cotton picked that day, and they, with
the others already mentioned, say that
the cotton was in "good merchantable"
condition.
This statement will no doubt seem
incredible to most of your readers, but
it is nevertheless true. Can any one
hoat it? Edgecombe against the world.
... o a ,
Yours, &c,
- Monthly Receipts of Cotton.
The Petersburg Express says : The
Cotton received in the city during the
month of September, for which state-
ment we are indebted to Mr. u
Branch, the obliging Chief Clerk of the
ll(,u a(MOU,,tud t(J l070
bales by Railroad, and 44
wajron.- Total 1114 bales.
Petersburg
is now, as it his always been, though
p rhaps uot generally known, the only
cotton depot iu Virginia.
Cotton.
The Wilmington Daily Jou;nal sy
Staudiitg on Princess street, in front
f ur ffice, we cau look ovtr tue Cape i
Fear River to tin; depot f the Wil-'
attributed to the A ow
J
Charleston preventing
f
through that port. Apart
O (
suspension of business tlurj, ttiequar-
r 1
amine which vessels from Charleston
are suoj-et is a serious drawback. We
J
are fr tVoiu rejoieiug over t ho afllieti on
of our ueig'ubors, and tru.u tint the
abatement "f the vioieaee of the cpidem-
wUu;h wa . n.C M,lri j,ist wcck? miiy
rapidly progress, until its toUl depar-
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tu,ti can be chronicled; still, since the
epidemic is there, we can uot be sorry
tl:lt produce should seek this point.
Cotton Crops,
.
he Pulaski Ga. limes sys: We
J
copy below, from a 'etter from our friend,
Normau McDuffie, Esq , of Wilcox
COunty, the followiug extract:
44j icked x.ounds of cotton,
picfc fro,u th(J same acp at
i cnn . ... T 1,.... f,. ...
that will average '2.000 pounds. Tuis
is from seed that I have been planting
for .-ever il years. My prolific is injured
by the rust.
This is the best yield of cotton we
haV(J heard of in many year$t all!i if we
did not kuow Mr McDuffie as well as :
we d wo 3U(Mlld think tbat his t.uam'
stretched a -little when he
was mea.sur
ing the acre.
Who can beat it?
Lvicky Negro.
A gentleman well known to
the
merchauts of this city, says the Peters
burg Democrat went north a few days
since in search of a free ngro from
li cky Mount, N. C, wU.vli.ii lately
become heir u a lari?.! fortuna.
G
v WC Tl? -,tb , fo,l'JWm? m the
x.rW-, .,rtjr a, cuou, auu ua e uu
doul.t it refers to the same person:
' 1 fortunate Teamster.
It is st-ited that a colored teamster
in this city, named James Thorp, has
bveu left property - by a gentle iuuu iu
Norih Carolma, valued at 75,000,
which will be placed in his hands as
soou as his ideutity is legally estab
lished, of which there is no difficulty.
Thorp was born ou the estate iu Caroli
na, aud was afterward sent North to
school at Norristown, Pa. He left
.ehool and has since becu married and
endeavored to sustaiu himself. He is
represented as worthy of the good luck
which has so suddenly enriched him.
Sudden Death.
A Negro woman belonging to Kiu
chen Taylor, Es)., of this county was
found dead on the road one day last
week. She had been despatched with
a horse aud cart utter the children, who
were attending a school in the neigh
borhood, and having been ahseut Ion
eu'ugh as to cause -aoiuy apprehension'
a au ftccideutj auother servuut Wiu&cui
in search of her by whom she was found
in the road a corpse.
No signs of per-
i sonal violence was ..found on the body,
iand the conclusion arrived at. was, that
she came to her death from a disease of
the heait. WiUiamston Banner.
Man Killed,
An old mau by the name of Jack
Winn was iustantly killed a few miles
from this town on Thursday last, by
the falling of a tree top? His son saw
the danger but too jate to warn his
father. Verdict of the Coronor's In
quest in accordance with the above.-6.
A Romantic Affair.
A correspondent of the Petersburg
Express writiug from Pleasant Hill,
uuder date of Oct 3, says:
I leim that quite a romantic affair
came off in or near Weldon a day or
t0
two back. It appears that a young
gcutlenian and lady became very much
enamored of each other, and as is usual
iu such cases, where love is reciprocal,
a proposition of marriage was made by
the gentleman and accepted by the
lady. The license was obtained and all
the preliminaries' arranged in order
that the two foud hearts might be united j
in the holy bonds. But whe course
if true love never does ruu smooth."!
i
As the time approached for the nuptials,
the young gentleman was t:ikeu wifh a
throbbing or peculiar sensation about
the region ot the heart, whieh produced
a ski';ishn;"s.s and a desire to vamose,
consequently h took the first tram for
It lvigh. The young lady, who pos
sessed true N. Caivli'ia grit, was not,
to be out wit ted iu this way With a
five shooter iu one baud and the license
in the other she to.k the first train in
pursuit of h.-r abscou lel lover. At.
the beiutiful town of Warrent n s"u
overhauled him, and imagine (heir
'pheclinks' whvii th';y both descried
each nth r. The lady still armed up
braided her 1 ver for the urrgallaut
patt he had played in their mutual un-
fever at ' dcrstanding, and at the same time of
shipmeuts : lcl'eiJ him her tortus of capitulation,
i which, und. r the circumstances, the
i rum t ho ' '
'young man thought it best to aeeept,
.... 1
and the twain were soon ma le one,- aud
thej weut ou their way rej oicing.
be Itinged.
At tho reent term of Johnston Su
perior C urt, Exuiu. a slave, the prop
erty of Lovcl Atkiirson, was tried for
tin. murder of his mistress, found guil
ty, and sentenced to he hanged on the
lGth of next month.
Silver aHff IjCud iu Ckilmin County
A friend in Chatham writes us that
silver and lead have been found in four
mountains near Cane Creek Factory.
There have as yet. been no excavations
in the moutrams, but '-the ore lies all
over tl.etn lo sc." Oar correspondent,
w!i) say that he h is tested the metals
on all thcSv; mountains, thinks the ores
very rich and the supply -sufficient f r
age6 t0 wm.-F,yttieciile Observer
Later from, the Mormon.
St. L )U;s, Oct. 2 Salt Like dates
have bejn received. The Mormons are
i reported to be orderly, aud the Indians
ori .tIl rout4 nuiot- Thy nw general
ly is uuimportauL
Mormon Women.
j ne .)en, rson l,ity (Wo ) Examiner
of the 14th inst.. says; "By the arrival Com Tho market is active at 00 c.
of a young man named Hubert Bran- fr prj,ue and 88 c. for good. Very
don, we have been furnished with thecu0:ce lots would bring 92 c.
fdlowinr information from Salt Like: i . A ,4..'.l 1 1
Ic-me down, with two Mormon Uaius
nuiu mF oti, uuiuueruig u mfc
persons,, principally women, who
were chiefly English and some Scotch;
and the principal topic of their couvcr-
sauou tnrougnout was the aosurdity ot
; ilor""i principles, lbey
Were -a iiri'inimm iti thoir itoiiiinni-j-
tions of Brigham Young and his Apos -
tleS talked of his . aMat8inatiou b tUe
iuormoos who remained at Camp Scott
asasureeveut They have all ( with-
out exceptiou) become disgusted with
M rmouism, and renounced it, aud
expressed their dett rmiuation from
henceforth to use all their efforts for the
total annihilation of Mormouism."
The Scvppcrnong
The Petersburg Express says: This
fiue species of grape is attracting tho
atieunon oi iruu ana grape cuiturists
in this section ot Virginia, to an extent;
which promises to equal the zeal of
their brethren of the Old North i'tate.
They have tasted the North Carolina
wine, eaten the grapes, have seen them
growing, have studied their character)
tud are now enthusiastic iu their culti
vation. The Scuppernoug, it is thought
by Kome, has uot yet beeu brought to
its perfection, and the' delicious wiue
expressed from it may yet be improved
upon. At present, the Scupperjiong
wiueis equal to any which we nave ev
er tested, tor purity and pleasantness oi j
taste, and m the former virtue lar ex-1
-V ....
col
them all. The extensive raanufac
, tore of fpurius wines in this country
-
and abroad, demands the reco-.ii tion
if
native resources, and with such prece
dents as have been established in the;
manufacture of the "sparkling Cataw
ba," and the above mentioned excellent
article,' we see no reason why, with cv-
' " -
cry variery or grape ana every esseniiai
advantage of climate, our wines should
not become as various aud as famous as
those of Europe.
.
Infer'stiny to Newspaper Proprietors,
One of the Courts of the State of
Indiana recently made a decision
which is of interest to all mwspaper
proprietors throughout the Uuion. A
controversy existed relative to a charge
for advertising . between the commissi.
oners of Hamlin county and the Patriot;
newspaper. It was held by the Judge
that ''published terms, of newspapers
constitutes a contract. If work is giv-
en to newspaper publishers, without a
. :.. i i. : it u !
hshed trms, the publisher can charge
and receive according to the terras so
published. It is not necessary to
prove what the work cost or was w.rth;
the publishers have a riht t fix the!
estimate value of their columns, anil if so
fixed no other c,uesrionuecd be asked,
out tue price luus cu irgcu cau do re
covered." Fort i
rived at Q-iebec. with Liverpool dates
to the 22nd ult.
th o.;,i it. .
At Liverpool, Cotton had partially
advanced l-lG:h. Breads'utfs dull.
Money abundant at 2 per cent.
Tlie States Geueral f II dlind open -
ed )u the 20th. The King iu a u ad-
dress hoped that the b dy would re -
ccive favorably the concerted measures
to abolish slavery iu the Dutch posses -
f,iuas. .
rlaiakrt.
Tawboro', Market, Oct. R,
Turpentine Dip, S2 20 to 2 25.
Scrape, o to 40 cts. per 100 lbs.
Tar, $1 00 to 81 10.
Oorn, -S2 75 to S3 00 per bbl.
Cottou, 1 1 to 12 cts.
IJaeon, 12 to lo cts.
Lard, 12 to 12 i cts.
M'tsUiitgton Market, Oet C
Naval Stores Dip Turpentine 6,10
and &j,15; Scrape do. $1.50; Tar 1,40 Of which the late John L. Williams
a SI, 50; Rosin $1,15 died seized, situate in the said county,
tJraiu Corn is selling from boats at on the north side of Tar river, ad join -00
TO cts per bu-h-d, a in (juautity. j iug the lands of J. J. B. Pender and
Cotton The uew crop is coming for- ; others, aud containing about two huD
ward juite freely and is selling Iroin dred aud forty acres.
I ii to Hi cts for s ii t middliug.
Wilmington Market, Oct. 6.
Dip Turpentine Virgin is selling at
$8,00; Y'eliow, $3,00; llard, 1,50.
Tar, SI 00 to 1 70.
Cotton. Vlh to Vll cents.
Corn, 73 tj 75 cents.
Uacon, hog round, 13 to 14 cents.
Lard 13 to l-i cents.
Petersburg Market, Qtt 6.
Carefully corrected weekly by N. M
Martin, liro. & Co., Grocers and
Commission Merchants, No.
10 Sycamore street.
Cotton The market i- steady to-day
with sales of about 3o0 to 400 bales, at;cureJ beiug n.quirej bearing interest
Ui to 13 c. for geod to prime. Iti-; lrom the first a.iy of january Qext.
ecinrs arc heavier.
Lard is in fair request at 13 J to
141 c for prime in kecrs
At tne residence or irs, uray, at
; li.Kfcy Mouut, m this county, on Wed
i npsdnv rvnin l'nf. Kv Kav -T ItKttint
; Cheshire, Mr. James Chapman, of Flo-
rida, to xM.ss Helen Gray, daughter of I
Maj Etheldred Gray, dee d.
At iTV.nov Sf Mru'c P.n.l.
Louisiana, on the 16f.h ult., Gunl. Wy-
att Moye, of Aberdeen, Miss., and Mrs.
j Mary Mason Me Master, daughter of
! the late Col. Francis Dancv. ot said
1 P4ri!i fnn. "
Parish. Cum
Wilmington Journal copy.
By Jesse Fulghum, Esq-, on Wed
nesday tho r22d inst , at the bride's
j faiher's, S. I). Boy km, E-q to Miss
.Jtncie B.ykin, all of the county ot
YYiisou
Just Received,
A NEW SUPPLY OF
Kerosene Oil Caraphine Burning Fluid,
Kerosene Camphine and FUid Lamp wick,
Castor Oil in quart, pint aril J pint boU.
French Olive OilFrench Bed Pans, ,
Babbitt's Potash, in tin cans, of 6 lb each.
Concentrated t-e Castile Soap,
Comp Cathartic Pills iUdenu's Plasters,
Hewes Nerve and Bone Liniment,
N ursing Btttles 1 s i Jar Vials-corks,
Wax m itches Clar lights,-&& &o
Forsalwbj
Qf. Il9Tnrd.
- ,' TS
via jts. r-.
Important Sale oi
"O 1 7 4 4-
XfcCcil HiS tcilC
!lir
. THE undersigned by virtue of De
crees of the Court of Equity of Edge-
combe county, will expose at PUBLIC
SALE at the following times and places,
The Tracts of Land and
TOWN LOTS,
Hereinafter described, to wit :
ON WEDNESDAY, the third day
of November next, he will sell at the
! residence of the late Charles Mabreyof
the said county, the following Tracts of
which he died seized, to wit :
The Truct,
j ded at the time of his dcath h ' QU
(Juin Swamp, adjoining the lauds ot
Edmond D. Folk, 11. II. Bridgera and
, others, and containing about four hun
dred and six'y acres. This Tract will
i be sold subject to the Dower of the
j WiJow of the dcccaged
The. Trad,
Situate in the said county, adjoining
the Lands of the said R It. Bridcrs,
Henry L. Staton, Josiah Liwreuceand
Lrence lytng on
the north side
i nt h'ni? Creek, and cc
containing about
eight huudrcd and seven acres.
2nt a small Tract,
Adjoining the lands of the said It. It.
1 Dndgers, Ethelured Uryan and others,
and coutaiumg about, seventy-eighfr
j acres.
TERMS: The two Tracts first above
; described, will be sold on a credit ot
lone, two and three years, commencing
on the first day of January, A. D.
1859, the price to be payable in instal
ments of thirds at the eud of each year
with interest from the said time. The
last mentioned Tract will be sold on a
credit of oue year, with interest from
the said time
AND, OX TUESDAY, the ninth
day of November next, before the Court
House door iu Tarborough, he will sell
the following Tract of Laud and Town
Lots, to wit :
The Trad o Land,
FIVE LOTS,
Siluatc in the Town of Tar bora,
And designated iu the plau of the said
l.o nnn.K 10 Qfl 11
and 110. The Lots number 10 aad 30
being those on which the Revd. Tuom-
a H. Uwen now resides L.ot number
51 being that on which the late Naucy
U J5nen resided at the time ot
death Lot u amber 11 being the
now occupied by Joseph ti. liowditcu
as a stable Lot and Lot number 110,
ueing a vacant 101, lying on or uear
ieaver uam uuq.
TERMS: The last mentioned Tract!
of Land and Town Lots will be sold on
a credit of twelve mouths, boud well se-
W. II. Johnston, C. M. E.
Sept. 29th, 1858.
Important Sale
THE undersigned by virtue of a De-
cree of the Court of Edgecombe county,
will expose a Public Sale, on the pre -
niiscs, on inursday, the zzth day uf
October next,
The Tract of Land,
Of which the late CHARLES MA
liREY of the said county, died seized,
isituate in Martin County,
On Hyraau's Mill Pond, adjoining the
Lands of Klisha Everett and others, and
Containing about 500 Jlcres.
The same is the Land, on which John
L. Knight n-w resides.
Terms. Bond well secured will Le
required of the purchaser, payable in
three equal installments of one, two
and three years, the whole bearing in
terest from the firt day of Jan'y next
TP. II Johnston, C. M. E.
Scpt'r 20th, 15.
AVE. Ricks, D. D. S.
GRADUATE OF TBJB
Baltimore College of Dental Snrgera.
OFFICE AT
Afr.t. Gregory Hotel, Tawboro9.
Persons in the Country. wishing to
see him, will address hito at Tawboro.
All calls left at the Hotel in his ab
sence will be promptly" attended to.
Aug. 1858,
1 pw'Flliv
II1
VVV U
L
New Goods!!
OFFER to their FV '
Public generally, a very (JHF?,! ,l
Fall and Winter GooH
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Hardware,
Crockery,
i00ts an.) Oi
ti
Wood ware,
l Ware,
Which th -y are determined tt
unusual low rates. An h
their stock and prices is earnest. ?
citea. MtvJXAIR rf. tin?
JJugh Macnair, Tawboro'
Lolin JUacnair. Oct. ljJ
The Subscriber
TENDERS his sincere thanku 1 1
iiicuus ami iuc puuuc, ior the liwl
patronage exteuded to him since l
commencement in business and ho
a contmuauce of their L
w Firm.
in the New
Ifugh Mac
Tawboro', Oct. 1, 1858
A Valuable Farm
ron sALi;,
THR
sufficient to work it, propetlv offers y
sale bis Farm situated ia theloJ
part of
Beaufort County,
Twenty-three miles below Washii
directly on the road to Hyde CoqJ
The quality as well as the advauta-l
this Land are very superior. The A
tract contains 500 acres. 200 acres;
whieh is Swamp and about 50 oli
cleared and in cultivation.
growth of the Swamp is black m
ash, pwplar. pine, and oak; with a sg-I
fa .e soil of a chocolate color wofetiJ
two feet deep, based .upon a clay whi,
coutains ton per cent. carb. lime, as;
uiolerueath this to the depth of fc
feet from the surface is a superior (jm,!
ily ofhhell marl, over the entire trat;
The facilities for draining are venl
great, having a most excelleut fallic;!
not afifecled by a storm tide. A dim
excellent crop now stands upm tk
cleared land, considering the seaso&
The advauUge for shipping produce in
very great, as a vessel drawing six fee:
water can be loaded within a half milt
ot the barn along side of the bead
The high land is well adaf
growth of every variety of crop, acdl
1 1
; the means of manuring it ar very freail
The farm buildings arc not of the bU
but as good us are gencrailv op
farm3 Q tbls section. This Jaudcas
be purchased at twelve dollars per at
her one-third cash and the balance in
eue.amjtwo years Persons wishing anj
'further information, can obiainit&J
uddresing the subscriber at Batb,.N C.
ine ; or by calling upon him on the farm.
Israel Brvok
Sept. 6tb, 1858.
37-6
Now is the Time,
j
Noio is the appointed hfi
ForBargaius!
Thos. ?. Cook
HAS just returned from the Nor,
with a splendid Lot of
tVatihes Jewelry & Plated wan,
whiA lo respectfuliy invitcs the U
dies -nd Genmeil 0, Tawboro'?
adjoining counties to call and exaffl'W
and which he will sell cheap for Of
or good Notes, at the old Stand on W
street, adjoining Mr. Howard 6.
Juue 9, 1858.
Land Plaster, Li
and Molasses.
THE subscriber informs toe
of Edgecombe county, that be will kl '
constantly on hand,
In Tawboro,
Land Plaster and Lime, and
by the barrel; in quantities to Wr
chasers, and at very low prices r
a short credit to punctual cusvome
Also, just received, a few barrel
prime Ocean Shad a lot of Whole 0
rings, (Jcment. Plaster of Paris,
W0Q Ihs BACON, for sale, cD r
II. l.hitL
for Cash. - Wilhe !"-
whom' ' March 20. 158.
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Molasses.
Ofchds ENGLISH ISLAND MOLA
a- very superior article, dirrct fro
W'esi Indies, for sale by .
ji ji. miiiiri
Wadm:ston, C, June,