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j a lucid and able charge from his honor South-West. .This magnificent project 30,000 spectators witnessed the execu-J
Judge Dick, tho jury retired about hajf, was broached in 1828, approved ot bjr. tion, and every available point or sigm
past eight o'clock, P. M., and returned j the Legislature in 1836, but it was not was crowded Inero was no aistur-
just before ton o'clock, with a -verdict until 1&48 that any energetic measures bance of any kind. Cropps contessed
The Southerner.
TAWBORO': APRIL 16.
Sale of Town Property and Negroes.
On Tuesday last, the Dwelling House
and four lots, forming the square, re.
ccntly occupied by 'Mrs. Thco. Parker,
dee'd, were sold at public sale, and bid
off by Rev. J. B. Cheshire for $4,600
The following Negroes, belonging to
said estate, were sold at the same time
for the following prices:
Isaac, aged 50 years, $605
Winncy " 30 895
John, tt 10 " 805
Charles & Lettis. 62 it 65 500,
Capt. Wiley Walston has also sold the
dwelling house and part of the Lot, he
recently purchased from Geo. Howard,
on the corner of Main and Pitt streets,
7to Mr. T, J. Stewart for $3,000.
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.
A letter to a gentleman of this town,
dated Norfolk, April 13, says: Our Ca
nal is so far completed that we may
open it for navigation ina few days, at
least for the small vessels. We shall
examine it -next week and decide more
fully.
of "Guilty of murder." ib.
-North Carolina Medical Society.
The tenth annual meeting of the
State Medical Society will be held at
Statesville; Iredell county, on the se
cond Tuesday of next month. A full
attendance1 is earnestly requested by the
Secretary. ib.
Branded for Bigamy.
A Raleigh correspondent of the Pe"
tersburg Express, says:
A man by the name of Robbins, in
dicted for bigamy, and who removed
his trial from Nash to this county, was
tried here on Friday last and convicted.
He had married a woman in Wayne
county and afterwards married another
in Nash. Ou Saturday he was bran
ded with the letter 13, on the right
cheek, in open Court the brand leav
ing a mark that he will carry to his
grave,
and warning all others to let
more than one woman be.
Sad Accident,
We learn that an "Organ Grinder,"
who has been about Goldsboro' for a
few days past, was killed on the Rail
road, on Monday night, about 9 o'clock.
were adopted to carry out the plan.
Since then the work has steadily pro
gressed, and at present there are up
wards of three hundred miles of rail
road in operation, connecting Beaufort
with Salisbury, and of the remaining
distance of 75 miles between that town
and Morganton, only 23 miles remain
unfinished, which, according to con
tract, must be completed by the 1st
January, 1861. Thus far the State
has contributed eight millions and a
half, which, with the individual sub
scriptions of one-third, makes a total
of about eleven millions and a half of
dollars, expended on rail roads, exclu
sive of large sums spent, in most cases
unprofitably, on river improvements.
That this vast outlay of capital and
labor will eventually repay the State a
liberal return, admits of no doubt, but
it requires time to develope the resour
ces of a country, to form new markets,
and to fill our waste lands with an ag
ricultural population.
Warrenlon News.
that he committed the deed for which
he was convicted.
Trade of the North-Eastern Counties
vf North Carolina.
The Washington Dispatch says:
"The trade of our North Eastern
counties is much larger than most per-
i sons in the State imagine; showing the
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ue was waiKiogon me ircawe woik, great iu iportance of the completion of
wuicn crosses iiaeK precis, aooui i lhe Chesapeake aud
New Paper.
We have received the' first No. of
"The Daily Delta,," a new paper just
started in Newbern, by Messrs. J. II.
Muse and Wm. B. Smith, the former
"ss proprietor, the latter as editor.
Price 5 per year in advance. It will
also be issued weekly, at $1,50 per
year in advance. It will advocate
democratic principles and doubtless
prove an able auxiliary to the demo
cratic cause. Success attend it
miles north of this place, and was not
seen by the Engineer till the Engine
was within about 15 or 20 yards of
him; too late to check the progress of
the train which passed over him. The
train was stopped about 300 yards from
the place of the fatal accident. Ilis
head was broken to pieces, but his
body did not appear to be mangled.
The sum nf $225 91 chiefly in gold,
was found on the body of the uufortu
natc stranger. GohhborQ1 Tribune.
The Lady's Bool-.
We have received the May No. of
this beautiful and interesting periodi
cal, which as usual contains a great
variety of illustrations and useful and
entertaining matter.
Another Accident.
Wre learn that a man by the name of
Davis, an overseer on the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad, we believe, came
to his death from a fall from a bridge
on said Road on last Thursday, week
It appears that Davis went to bury the
unfortunate "Organ Grinder" who was
run over the Light before, and aftir
wards on returning, imbibed too freely
of ardent spirits, lost his balance and
fell through the bridge on a sill, a dis
tance of twenty-three feet and was ter
ribly mangled, and he died the next
day. He leaves a wife and sever ll chil
dren. Wilsen Ledger.
apeaKe auu AlDcmarle Uanal,
and the injury done to that section by
the failure of the last Legislature to
pass the bill for its relief. As one
slight indication of the immense trade
ftf that sectiou. we mention the fact
that during the week ending the 14th
inst., forty-four vessels arrived at the
port of Eliztbcth City, all connected
with the inland trade of those counties
with Norfolk,. Baltimore and Philadel
phia. Many of them, it is true, arc
small but perhaps they would average
4UU barrels at a load. The com, wheat,
peas, sweet potatoes, cotton, staves,
shingles, lumber, beeswax, honey and
seupperuoug wine of large quautity,
thus to swell the trade of other States
aud to be enumerated as the products
and exports of Virginia, &c. Several
of thoe vessels arc engaged iu the
shad trade.
Wife Poisoning.
The case of Stephens, of New York
charged with poisoning his wife, which
has'been before one of the New York
courts for three weeks, was closed on
Saturday last by a verdict of guilty.
The case is. a remarkable one in crimi
nal iuriinrudencG. . The chanre of
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poisoning was not brought against the
prisoner until about a year after the
death of his wife. The body was ex
humed, and chemical examination
made, and the evidence of the poison
ing rested solely upon the testimony of
the chemists, who by a scries of re
markable tests, detected the presence
of arsenic in the remains.
In Virginia another remarkable pois-
oniug case has just been decided the
case of Johnson accused of causing the
death of his wifo by slow poison. A
friend in Rappahannock county writes
us that the trial occupied several days,
and was of iutense interest throughout.
The prisoner was found guilty and
sentenced to be hung. This verdict
was the result of a scientific examina
tion of the remains, a portion of which
was forwarded to New York for that
purpose.
A Wonderful Town.
The rapid growth of Leavenworth
city, Kansas, is astonishing. Although
only 4 years old it contains a popula
tion of 10,460, with an assessed valua
tion of $3,871,375. It has nine chur
ches, ten schools, four daily and four
weekly papers, seven job printing
offices, eighty-nine lawyers and forty
doctors.
Or view ten-thousand worlds like this
Not a blemish we would find.
Then where is in the inner-man
The first imperfection small
Since he was form'd by the hand of God
The most perfect of them all. '
Let us never be base and rude
To those, who do seem so odd
But speak kind words of sympathy
For it was ordained by God.
It will turn from many a heart.
The sharp bitter pangs of woe
Like a keen silver falchion sheers
That turneth away the foe.
Tawboro', March 14th, 1859.
JCSOver 1,000 people disembarked
from Leaveuworth, Friday week, lor
the Kansas' "old mines.
Treasure from a WrccJc.
Foreign.
Late news from Europe
New York, April 12. The steam
ship City of Baltimore, with Liverpool
dates to the 30th arrived this morning
o
The Peace Congress was expected to
meet at Baden between the -15th and
20th instant. Piedmont would proba
bly be admitted to representation with
out a vote.
France, Austria and Sardinia, were
continuing to increase and improve ar
maments. The Calcutta mail to February 15th,
had been telegraphed. Indian news
unimportant.
Cotton opened firm, but closed dull
and steady.
Flour dull and easier, but unchanged.
Money market generally unchanged.
American securities slow of sale, but
unchanged.
Sale of Reai &
THE nXDERSI6SED ,
late
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m larooro , on T
th Court
uesiav .. : n
t ...ft, the sara;;c
M., C0urt week, the Ue,i slS),
m the county 0f Ed
scribed to wit
i r a
ecombe,
Isl. A Tract of i
uomaining about forc
ing the land, his interest in ..TV
Iff nrkct s.
Tawboro', Market, April 15,
Turpentine Dip, S2 45 to 2 50.
Scrape, 45 to 50 cts. per 100 lbs.
Tar, SI 00 to SI 10.
Corn, 62 75 t? S3 00 per bbl.
Cotton, 10 to 10 cts.
Bacon, 12 to 13 cts.
Lard, 10 to 10 cts.
Washington Market, April 12.
Naval Stores Continue in action
at our last week's quotations, which
we renew. Dip Turpentine S3, 15 a
320: Snrnr. S'2 00: Tar SI. 40 a 1 50:
A ..r r m u-ii jjr- t
ayut umi ui lueM 6.AuCuaua Rosin u 10. g iritg Turpentine 47
LuPgley, bullion brokers, Loudon, there rt
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Corn 05 a 70 cts. bushel.
Cotton No sales.
Bacon, hog round, 11 to 12 cts.
acres the
James B. Little of the sa;,, .ThH
tobesoldforthepayment0S
his interest iu which W3 tl S
James R. Thigpen, the said u
other lands of the said Thin
lands of Gray Cobb and others T'
2nd. Ji Tract
n j. ; J
Slimming aoout oue hunW, .
joining the Jand, of Jes?e
ueesot m.(1 Leigh and othi?
same being the land of icb ;
Savage died seized. Sllerr4
3rd. Ji Tract,
Containing about one hundred acre,
joiamg the lands of Vm T ' Xi
Howen ta! F,emigM;:
same beincr thehm.i r, 3,ti
llltu x L
ing devised to
others.
4A.
Balzera A. Flemi
Fie
in
A Tract
Lying on Ougletrey's Creek, a
lands of tphraim Wootcn and JohlW
containing about thirty-one and one-J
acres the same being the land ofwhick
Pnscilla Edwards died seized.
Terras: A credit of twelve months x
be given, bond well secured beanVinta
from the day of sale being required
W. H. JOHNSTON, ClerV;& Master
of Edgecombe County
April 14, 1859.
NEW
Spring Goods!
,; Our Pail Road.
Wc clip the following from the Taw
lioro. correspondent of the Petersburg
Press:
Ou last Thursday, (31st,) Mr. J.
Bullock and Mr. Kobt. liridgers, in
company with Gen. McRea, of Wil-
.miugton, t-tarted from Rocky Mount on
horseback to take a view of the pro
posed route for this rail road. They
found it one peculiarly adapted for the
purpose; the country being for the most
part level, and free from deep cuttings
or tunneling. The estimated cost will
Le $10,000 per mile, aud perhaps under
that sum. This road, it is thought,
will be carried on to Washington, N.
C, distant from this place 50 miles,
and will prove of great advantage to
the merchants and farmers, the only
means of transportation now being by
wagons and by "flats", to the river.
The people of Wilmington have offered,
I-understand, to take 825,000 worth
of stock, provided the cost is not, as I
have said, over 10;000 per mile. The
balance will soon be subscribed by the
residents of the county and the Wil
mington Rail Road Company.
fiejwrted Insurrection in Cuba.
A telegraphic despatch in the Wil
mington Journal says:
The New York Sun of this morning
hoists the Cuban flag, and says there
is no doubt that the whole island is
now in a state of revolt. A stroug ex
pedition left here during the latter part
of March.
are now tu be i-ccu gold bars of the
value of 11,000, and-silver bars valu
ed at JC4000, fished up from the wreck
of H. M. S. Lutiuc, which was lost off
the coast of Holland, on the 9th Octo
ber, 171)1). After sixty years' immer
sion, the gold louks as fresh as if it had
just been taken out of the bank. The
silver bars, on the other hand, have be-
Niw Southern Telegraph Line.
A despatch from New Orleans, da-
j ted April b, says:
The mof-t extensive chain of subma
rine teleirranh cable in tlu ITnit.nl
States has just I cn successfully kid come r11 almost black, under
by John Kend dl, Ksq , general gu.i me.au water, ana some
perintendant of the Washington aud;ofthu dollars which bave bccn aIs0
New Orleans Telegraph Lines, and ' ved, arc so much corroded that they
Col. Tanner, the Loral Sur,e.iiitnW . arc worlh oul ouo or lwo
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Lard 13 cents per lb.
Trial of SicM'S.
The trial of Hon. Duuiel E. Sickles
for killing Philip Rarton Key is pro
gressing at Washington Ciiy. On Fri
day, the fifth day of the trial, the Dis
trict Attorney closed the evidence
against the prisoner. This week will
be devoted to the evidence fjr the ac
cused and the speeches of counsel. The
general impres.ian appears to be that
the jury will return a verdict of justifia
ble homicide.
iu contHction with their new lino be
tweeu th s city and M bile via the Lake
Shore. Thj new Hue is uow completed
from Mobile to Fort Pike, and is some
ca
ch.
Wilmington Market, April 13
Turpentine, the past week, sold at
S3 05 for virgin, 83 05 for Yellow dip;
and SI 75 for hard last sales.
Cotton, is selling at 10J a 12 cents.
Com 70 to 75 cents per bushel.
Bacon, hog round. 12 to 12 J cents
hams, 13 to 14 ceuts.
Lard 12 a 12 cts.
Fresh Pork 8 to 8 cents.
Important to Millers.
Stephen W. Bond, of Walker's creek,
forty miles shorUr than the old route.' Wythe county, has made an improve
Five sections of cable, in all about 13 . incut iu the working of mills for rriud-
miles. some of which arc five miles in ( ing corn. The improvement cousists
length, have been laid at diifereut'in greatly accelerated motion, and a
points across the rivers and bays, the ! marked reduction iu the motive nower
steamer Oetavia, of M bilo, having j necessary to be applied. Both the up-
been chartered by Mr. Kendall tor the per aud lower stones arc made to re-
purpose.
Petersburg Market, April 14.
Carefully corrected weekly by N. M.
Martin, Bro. & Co., Grocers and
Commission Merchants, No.
129 Sycamore street.
Cotton. The market is quiet to-day
at uuchanged prices. We hear of no
transactions of importance. Ve quote
1859..
Old Coin.
The Norfolk (Va.) Argus states that, ted by means of a single horse, which,
a gold coin, of very ancient appeararce, j at an ordinary rate, will produce over
some 616 or $18 in value, was recently . four hundred revolutions per minute,
ploughed up in a field on Tar river, 'and the number can be increased to
Nah county. N. C , by a negro boy, j fifteen hundred. Pet. Exprts.
who at firtt thought it to be nothing
Marking Papers.
The Postmaster General decides that
a pen or pencil mark, made for the sole
purpose of attracting the eye to a par
ticular article or portion of printed mat
ter does not subject matter to letter
postage, as insisted on by some post
masters.
Sale of State Bonds.
The half million of State bonds ad
vertised by the Treasurer of the State,
"were sold ou the 4th inst. Two mil
lions and seventy-two thousand dollars
were bid. About pue-third of these
bonds were sold at par, and the balance
. of the bids accepted netted 98 at the
Treasury. The bulk of the bids came
rfrom New York. Under the circum
stances this was an excellent sale,
t Raleigh Standard.
' Wake Superior Court.
. On Wednesday last Shipp was tried
tfor the killing of Anderson Merritt,
una acquitted.
un inursday the case of Ilogue,
cnargeu wuu uic murder of Sherwood
11. Parish, was taken up, and occupies
the whole day .and a part of the uiirht
The case was managed on both side?
witU much ingenuity aud ability. Aftc
Great Fire, in New Orleans,
New Orleans, April 6. About noon
o-day, a fire broke out in the lower
evee cotton press, which contained
about 10,000 bales of cotton. The fire
extended to four adjacent squares, con-
taming cotton, all ot which are now
burning. The loss is estimated at near
ly 81,000,000, but well covered by in
surance.
Suicide.
Mr. Ringwood Linstcr, a respectable
citizen of Ohn, Iredell county, com
mitted suicide by taking strichnine, on
the 2rjth ult.
Internal Improvements.
The great object to be attained by
our present system of internal improve
ments, is the connection of our Atlantic
seaboard with Western North Carolina,
beyond the Blue Ridge; the"di verging
routes to centre at Asheville, and from
thence to the Tennessee line, which
when completed, will put our State in
rail road conucction with the South and
more than an ola brass button. The
dace where it was found is said to
have been a battle field in the revolu-
ionary war. Exchange paper.
The coin above referred to was found
on the lands of Mr. Simon Gay, of
Nash county. It is a good deal worn,
the milling and lettering arouud the
edges being gone, although the devices
in tlu centre are quite distinct. On
one side, we remember it had a Greek
cross with a rampant lion and a castle
quartered in the divisions formed by
the limbs of the cross. We suppose it
to be an old Spanish doubloon, with
the arms of Leon and Castile, the lion
and castle. . It was originally an ounce
wc suppose, but does not contain much
over two-thirds of that weight of
gold; Mr, Gay was so kind as to show
us this coin some time since, but be
yond .the qucerness of finding it we
aw nothing very remarkable.
Wilmimgton Journal.
'A Venerable Man Dead.
The Wilmington Journal has a no
tice of the death of Dr. A. J. DeRos
sett, which took place in that city on the
1st inst. He was in his 92d year, and
was respected by all who knew him.
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Execution in Baltimore.
Baltimore,; April 8th.- The four con
victs under sentence of death in this
city were executed to-day at eleven
o'clock, "A. M., in the jail yard. Fulty
Verdict Against a Railroad Company-
A verdict for S7,000 has been ob
tained at Burlington, Vt., agaiust the
Vermont and Canada Railroad Compa
ny, in a suit brought by the adminis
tration of Mr. Ebcn N. French, who
was killed by the explosion of a loco
motive on the road in July, 1855. The
suit was brought in behalf of the fami
ly of deceased. The Jury gave the
verdict on the ground that the Compa
ny was guilty of culpable negligence
in permitting the locomotive to be ruu
when in an unsafe condition.
and nominal.
Corn. 90c and active.
Bacon. Cincinnati cured Sides at
SHS Su3SG3I3BS
HAVE just received, a large and spleadij
assortment of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Haviug been selected with great care,
which we are selling
At Low Prices!!
ALSO,
A LARGE SUPPLY of housekeeping ani.
cles and great variety of NOTIONS
too numerous to specify.
RgyFrench China, Crockery,
Glass ware, Tin w;ire,
Bath tubs, Groceries,
Hard ware, "Wood ware,
Coal oil & Lamps, Bonnets & Flowers,
Books and Stationary, &c. &c.
The Public and our customers generally
are invited to call and examine our Goods.
R. T. Uoskins & BowiUtch.
Tawboro', April 11, 1859.
1LOST.
ON THURSDAY the 7th April, the SaV
scriber lost his overcoat with
A Pocket Book
ist Red-Iia
: i . mi. t - a . a . . i .
volvc. therebv making twice tho n,n- I,ruue Sraues ror seiec"
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ber of nctuul revolution in a given j u,,us uu,uerb BeK ioc, wuuouo n.numg
space of time. The mill can be opera-! Pasera. inienor graues very nun
illlll iiiiiiiiii.ii.
Containing two Notes, one agns
S. Sugg, for One hundred and fortj-fo
riniiirn AtA ihp. 1st January, 1859, E
101-a 11, and Shoulders at 8 a 9. j the othcr against w s. Long, amonntnot
Baltimore cured c less. Demand in- reCollected, some over Eleven hundred dol
creasiuff, with a limited stock in the i Of ii st. 18-37.
For the Southerner.
II est tres facile de biamer ce que est he-
reditaire d autrui.
BY J. L. HAYS. -
It's true, it's nature to condemn
The faults of one another
And snap the golden chain in twain
' That links us here together.
Though why. should we thus adverse be
The nicest shades discerning
When error's stamped upon our hearts
In letters bright and burning.
Go search the flow'ry lap of earth
And view the deep leaden sky
Then paint with fancy's vain deceit
Their beauty, most rich to vie.
Ah ! frail man ere thy work' had done
Thy heart would be stern and cold
And age would turn to silver gray
Thy bright summer locks of gold.'
Were we te take each atom small
Aud but weigh it in the mind
market,
Lard The market is active. Sales
of Western in bbls at 121c; kegs 12$c
Virginia 12 Ho 13 cts.
Hour. Has advauced. We quote
Superfine at G 75; Extra 87 75, and
family 8 to, in a retail way. Large
lots could be bought lower.
GuaBo. 845 to $59 per ton Bone
dust 30. In full supply.
M. D. LAWKEXCE-
April 12, 1859.
yVVVk
. . i Votes
HAVING lost or nnsl.ua u
nn thP. 1st of Jw"-'
1857, 1858 and 1859, for
The Ladies of
Edgecombe adjacent Counties,
ARE respectfully invited to call and
examine Mrs. M. E. BOND'S beautiful
Spring purchase of Millinery GOODS and
Dress Trimmings.
At the residence of David VV. Batts,
on the 3rd inst. by W. W. Batts; Esq.
Mr. James T. Vorne to Miss Milly
Batts, youngest daughter of Jno. Batts,
Sen'r. dee'd. Also, on the 5th inst.
at the residence of James Ellis, by W.
VV. Uatts, Esq. Mr. Coffield Ellis to
Miss Eliza Flora, all of Wilson county.
Coal Oil & Lamps.
THIS day received a large and ele
gant assortment Kerosene Lamps, -And
for sale
r h D. Pender d: Co.
ALSO, Coal Lamp Oil,
by V. Tender & Co.
Turboro', Feb. 23, 1859.
iL. nnnteco
d 10-
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navable bv J. J. B. Tender w
,mu made
of Seventy-two dollars nna w - .
t i u.f.n,orn all rerso
trading for the same, or using tbem
manner whatever, as paymeu
stopped. BLOCKER
April 12, 1859,
Mrs. 3lTE. Bond
WILL be happy to rcceire
her numerous customers auu
generally, at her new place ot ,
3d door below Messrs.
& Baker's fancy and staple j Ury .
Coal
Oil-.
I am now prepared to ft' J
tomers and the public gcu- -
- nil.
kerosene ij
Of the most superior qu.v-
discount made to dealers. w
the best article mnftared.
market rates, call on - ,&
Pttersburg, vMjvt
" Garden Seed
i.ntmfpn nndfor sale.
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