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ft "ft He ine V, left -; HI, If't illoef ftr rati wfLfroni our exchange PP" Irftte Soceder order has been In r. .-a nluced some excite- N51.- to the svstem of slavery bit ,.,. j sOrfMrts of this ld' Ifw.tJacoloRepublic.D, which, taiej , siieit for - Vndoavors to .make netmuve F"""" , fnital out of the fact that he was Su be friendly to the; election of ,p to the Presidency. Now knve had a personal, wwuuwuw - ff Thomas S. Kendall, thend.v.dual in Mr rH-kaow 0 WIW" i wMUBii . '-i2SLt whefherhefce friendly to MSbriornot.we know not, .and K careMr'6 ar9 Prcparftd t0 say 11x81 If6 ifoJyi is not in Tennessee consider. J -modcn Atwliuonisi, in uw wi i If that wora. n - .nd on that question siauus proas j IVt . , . ir. ti !J vberehi Churcn tioea' . we nave nouu u.t i contemplated any revolutionary U-nires in,tne douui , myug.i WD v " L a moment pred'to justify his course, 1 m Barely obeying we requisition j Church, as we bejieve,, without any ui. imate design, beyond that of reconciling L Southern portion oi tne unurjcn; to hich be belongs to tne regulations oi mu Jynod. We say again, wo oo not preienu .f. omimn if M rj Kendall, but k,jttHllJwwr,. ' ' r.T . niimliAfvllv nnioct to nn at. H(t 00 inuai jM"t"""-",- j tempt to make political capital out of this Lr similar instances. . ixm n iuok reason. iMeMrat a Synod. in Maryland, a slave- hMm State; --ouul- send an jnoiviuuai a w it '. . ' . . . t-- Tennessee, another slavc-lioWingT State, to the South to preach Abolitionism t But even if Mr. Kendall haa been an ado- litionist would that fact of itself, for there Iii oo evidence . 4hat he taught theae doc irincs, directly or indirectly, justify a por- !tioa of the citizens of Sauth Carolina in inflicting an ignominous punishment " with; ,iii iiicIoR or iurv f Certainly not ! Irt this rash act there was exhiDiteda.Tar giCaTcTT .ligardl)f"'juWtcorder and safety, nd a precedent laid for more dangerous than any thing Mr. Kendall did. , . ; la thT section of country where Mr. Kendall resides, a large majority of the Ministers of lhaiscveral Churches arc of b's opinion en thi subject, and there they are considered not at all" dangerous to the country. There where slave-holders are all round them they arc considered , as among the best citizens and the rnost fast fncndClo the "government in hichrthey live. Jft'hcn a straneftisits a country lot him be tried by the laws of that coun try, and not by an infuriated mol, that may cfiancc to 'collcc.' , ' . '. L J ' - Good! - : " At the late Wlu'g Convention n Wash- Hilton county, Ten.,:, when the vast con course had adjourned at nighty a sturdy fellow made proclamation that lie had rent ed a, ten-acre field to sleep in, and then invited sll who desired to retire to rest to come un and go to bed, and he would lay tip thcgag : ; ; When will the IlunkJ dflNoTth Carolina fe We cant say certainly friend, but think H very probable that it wilt be very soon after Gen. Harrison's election.' That will give antw impetus to the business afiairs I of oui eou.nlry,rcsrtore confidence in our monetary malters,nd we trust soon' bring general piosperiiy. Fair Warning! Let all our neighboring prints w ho are shamed to acknowledge themselves indebt edloapapcr published h Buncombe, for riicles, lcavcoff" hooking' oars,Trwc ball get entirely out of.pnlicnce and call them to account. , . For the Messenger. ; Vfcij Sleeting in Haywood. large meeting of lhe: Whigs of Hay. wood and the adjoining counties, was held Waynesville on Wednesday, tlie 7th of wooer. m e .. "Ki Doctob C.- Howelet- Eso: wasitalled to'the Charr j Col." Joseph Ca- they was, appointed Tice President, and "Av"W0Ji made Secretary. The meeting was addressed at length on """ w tne prominent 7obji present Administration by T. L. CUngman, "l-.uuu voi. John lirnv Kvnnrt who pressed upon tho citizens with niuch earn uie importance ot turning out J0" the day of the Presidential lec. non- To effect this, in part, it was on motion, . :, , r r &oltk, That the President of the "meting appoint a Committee of Vigilance Jj each Captain' District. -L - In COmnlianrn With ti ' u vmg appointments were made : , i " uv lumuuuu. itiu geon. Elijah Dei . Ran ; I tf I Hpftvftr. Ir William oore, Esq G. F. Lons. E. Osborne. Capt. A. C. Hartgrove. . "wer nam. Green Moore, E. Phil. J? Allnrnn, Isaac Robeson; E." M. -Dsl5on,f, Henry Clark"" Wfl3Wriye. Walter Brown, Esq. F. w. Potts, A. T. Davidson, W. W. Battle, Jeremiah RatclifT. ;--T, ' llf't'reA- Ferguson, Esq.; David 'U, Esq.,, George Cooper; Jame. rcen,Hugh Rogers. , , -, . ; n A3V (Jreei.-E. A. Enlou, D. ' Monroe,'. A. G, Lcatherwood, John 5CmLohnMiucurfT; ?. Ki Samuel Sherrill, jr.tairruel Gibson, Esq., E. G. Hyatt -- V v.- ree. Charles Buirorarhcr. Fson, Esq., G. W, Clayton, Jas. Caney JFW. A. D. Cathey; Esq., John W." Davis, Win Hooper, Natlmn Caward, William S. Parker... v , was further ordered that the proceed, ings of this meeting be signed by the Pres. ident, Vice" President, and .Secretary, and forwarded to die Highland Messenger for publication. "The meeting then adjourned. DOCTOR C. HOWELL, Pres. JOSEPH CATHEY, Vice Fret. " II. II. Davidson, Sec " .. From tlie SouOi Wemtern Virginian. . ' , The Contest. Tho Richmond Enquirer, of the 22d ult. , gives tlie following as tho most favora ble result the Whigs can hope" for In No, ve-nibcrnext; " "7 9 : Slaks certain. FOB MR. VAN BCBEJfc " FOB CEX. HARBISON. "" New Hampshire, 7 Vermont, -Pennsylvania,- 30 Massachusetts, Maryland,. 10 ConnectictJ Virginia, 23 Rhode Island, South Carolina, ,11 Delaware, . 7 14 8 4 3 15 9 ' Georgia, Alabama, s: Mississippi, Illinois, . ; Missouri, Arkansas, j Slate doubtful, for arguments take. Maine, - 'r ' 10 New York, "' " 42 ObiOyST v ;. ' : . - 21 "Tcnoessof, V - 15 New Jersey, , ' v; 8 North Carolina,- . e ,-. 15 Ijoutsianaf ; - i 5 Michigan, ' , ' J ' ' 119 Van Durcn 115 Gen. Harrison 60 doubtful 118! Thenme Editor of the Enquirer cannot count a auflicient number of votes to elect Van Buren, yet he says the cause has continually advanced since 1936, when Mr-Van Buren did- feceive a sufficient number of -votes to elect him.- Butgvcnl.t!iisJjicoisistci)ey 'of-riuire-; Kitchie isa virtue coulpareuvmTni ims un. hoard imnudeiice unS deception "which: could induce him to put downthe above States es -doubtful. Maine doubtful h-At the recent election in that State, where the vote, as all acknowledge, was. strictly a party vote, Kcnt the Republican candidate for Governor; beat l-'airlield, his Federal competitor, decidedly tlie most popular man in the Statcrome"300 votes ! New York doubtful , a Stale which even the most ' ' hard ened and reckless" of the party have had top rriuch self-respect to deny to Gen. Haif rison and which, even the Representative of Mr Hopkins-constiUients'Uias coo. ceded to the Old Soldier and Farmer. Ohio doubtful! ..-No man in his senses, unless he be the most unscrupulous politi cal juggler, can for a moment consider Ohio as doubtful. Ohio, whose citizens give indication of almost a unanimous vote for the Father of their State who fbek around his standard by thousands and hun dreds of thousands, doubtful ' The' faint est idea of such a thing is, preposterous supremely ridiculous. The Editor of the Enquirer knows it he knows that Gen J Iarrisou will carry jQhiQbylronL715ttQj 25,000 majority. North Carolina," the freemen - of whosc soil have spoken Sn thunder-fents'the downfall of modern Dem ocratic tyranny in that quarter t doubtful! Judse Saunders," the late Federal candU dato for Governor in that State, by far the more popular of the two , was defeated to the tunojpf 9,000, by Morehead, the Republican candidate, the Presidential be ing the universal tesi question. Louisiana. too, Mr. Ritchie puU down as doubtful f But why contradict any thing heali : say, we know it to be superfluous, every' body knows his fish storiesn artf told for cf fi;ctrhd1ia3 rricd-wo!fn-so-T)ftch that nobody Would bclicve'h'im if his wolf should happen to clamber into tlie fold through one of his own breaches, in' November next ' WeifecL above language, when we refer to the back numbers of the Enquirer, a complete file of whicTi we have fortunately preserved. -In that paper of the 18th January last, we find the following language: "The only States that are absolutely-certain for 4iim (Harrison) are Vermont and Michigan, and even those some think doubtful." Tlie Enquirer has wcek'y reiterated, since the Jjabove date, " 1 he, worKgocs bravely on, " One fire more, and the day w ours, ' Democracy , sweeping all before it," &c. , &c., &c : and now, after an eight month's canvass, in which, according to; the En quirer, Van Burenisrq has been rapidly gainingTahd of crscRepubficwsin de- climnff. Gen.1 Harrison is sure of seven States, with he admission that he may get eight more, giving, in all, 179 votes, or 31 more than eniugh to elect him. ; Van, nc cording to the showing of the Enquirer, has been advancing with a yengcancc-1 lobster fashion backwards. Tl . Our own opinion is, an opinion founded upon thfi most correct information, where actual resujts have not transpired, that Van Buren may possibly get Missouri,' Alabama, IlfinoispNew Hampshire ami SouthCaro- una, all of which we consider extremely " doubtful," with perhaps the solitary "ex. ception of the latter, and in'all probability even that State wui throw away jier voie, the other scale. Finally, to. adopt the language of Mr. Ritchie. " the only States that art abso- Iutcly certain for him are" South Carolina and New - Hampshire, " and. even tnose some think doubtful." - General IlABRtsox has done more for his country; with less compensation for it, than any man living. President Madison. 11 Kentucky, 7 Indiana. 4 ' ' 5 : 115 ' ' 60 " tFrom th . Maduoniaa.j -: J Test Questions, .r." .There aro questions w hich the ncbple should ask themselves before they go to tlie uaiiot-box, tne answers to which' must in fluence their votes. Whether William Henry Harrison, or Martin Van Buren, in a merely personal view,ought to be elected, is a matter of minor consideration.' In fact, it becomes us to discard all considera tions which look solely to fts gratification of the ambition of any individual Wo go for principle which must survive and jnflu ence tlie fate of remotest generations, whilo those, by whom they are administered, per form their brief duties and then mingle with " the clods , of tho valley - But as the representatives of these principlesrit is of the higlipst importance that w rBttke bo placed in the hands of the Irc8jdent,J bo used at his disc iretion, w ithouVemytoutTto trol of the representatives of tlie people T If he can say "Aye" to this,, Will voto for Mr, Van Buren ; if " NoV? for General Harrison. 2. Ought tlie President to h&ve 200)00 armed men at his disposal. Ito exl-cnte r all his commands, -subject to the penalty of daath, according Jto military law, in cose of disobedience ? If hesays -" Aye"to this. Jie will .vole for Mr. Van Buren r if Tie says "'No.rhe will vote fcr General Harrison.' 4 ., t. v i 2. Ought the wages of laboK to be re duced to less than 25 cents a day, to hc standard which prevails in countries where those who labor are called serfs, vassals, and peasants? . ' ;v : iPhe say "" Aye," he will vote for Mr: Van Buren if he say ".Noheywij,! vote for General Harrison: - Otlghtthepublicrevenues tocx, nended. and public officers to devofe? their ltme-as missionaries: fo the purpose of keeping one man in power . and ; excluding another I If he can say ."'Aye,'' he will vote for Mr Van Buren; if. "No," for General Harnson.. 5. Is-dt important that the currency should be restored to a jvholesome condi tion ; that the obstructions which choke up the channels of industry sliould be remov- cfl; that agriculture, commerce, and mans , LlL secure basis; that labor should have its re compense ; "tlmt "economy a&d"jD'ceoMtaU' bility shojild be enforced in tlie public cx-penditurcs-i-and that the fetters should be broken which retain the freedom of speech and opinion! If he savs " Avc.he will vote for Gen. Harrisqn; if " No," he will-ote tot Mr. van Buren..' r- , '. . Let every voter ask himself these ques' tions. and vote as his conscience must re-. ply, and Mr. Van Buren will not receive forty votes in the electoral colleges. Gen. Scott's opinion. It is quite iime that tlie traducers 'of Gen.' Hacrison should listen to the distinguislicd eulogies which are bestowed upon him by tlie most eminent military men of the coun try. A lew days ago, we published a most laudatory letter by Gen. Games. Here is one by Gen. Scott,"whom we need not men. tion as one of the oldest, best and bravest generals in the United States service, and whose'single word should Outweigh the de- traction of the,, whole host of .writers and speecn-mnKers in tne pay 01 tne iresi dent i Saratoga SprfngsfAug a correct selection. . in tins view let eyory, or eiticwon 01 wsi year. w e nave carnea voter put . to Ujmself tlie following queW, Legislature by an,overwhelming mnjo. lions:, , ' rity. " Secured tho election 0 a Whig Sen- " 1; 7 Oiisrht the revenue of the country to ator in Cangrcssand elected our whole it " fC" ... I of the 3 10th instant, inviting me on the part of the Harrison eoirlmittee of correspond ence for Butler. county to visit you, and be pfese: onventio as found me in this place, Atbur through ihe Keystone State woul beTiighly interesting to me, but my public duties at this time forbid, and I ought to add that as an officer of the Federal Govern: ment, I early prescribed to myself tho rule to abstain from taking an active part in the conflict of politics. ljence, in thirty-two years; I have not onc-ebeen to the polls, ot to a party meeting. This official reserve has, however, never prevented me from dis cussing with the spjrit of a freeman, in the casual intercourse of society, the merits of all public-men and publ iamnaau res , of my time. . Thus it has fallen in my way Wbcar zealous testimony .to ihe distinguished scrri ccs of General Harrison,- both -asa- states man and a soldier. With those services I have long been familiar, and can only attru bvtetogrossignorancesr to partymahgnity the recent imputations to which you alluded. If at the end of the late war with Great Britain, or at the end of that so successfully waged by General Wayne against" the NbrtTuwestcrtilndiansjflny -person bad shamefully impeached the courage of Gen." Harrison, he would, I am Jully persuaded, have had not only his patriotism but his courage denied by every honest lnwrted American. , It was never my . fortune to serve in the field with Gen. Harrison. But I well remember the admiration entertained ly my immediate associates j in arms for the Hero of Tippecanoe, port; Meigs ami rhe River Thames. This sentiment as fur as lever Iknewjor believed, wasxommon throvgh tAU our Armies, both officersjtnd mc pla cing him, with one accord, in the classiffour most gallant and successful commanders. Without meaning to violate the self-imposed restriction above mentioned, I can-frotfrrbeing-directly appealed to. by your respectable committee, w ithhold iSiis hum ble testimony from an old brother soldier who has been so unjustly assailed in this late day of hisfair rc'nown. pect, your obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. Samuel A Pcbvunce, Esq., in bf.half of the Tippecanoe" Club of Butler co., Pa. A. Modest Damsel. " Mother wants to get three yards of cloth for primitive tri angular ) appendages for her baby,n said a modest young damsel to one of tlie clerks in this city. Chicago Democrat. . ar -sib 1 our eompiimeniBry- leuerimg the Chipota-nvcrprra boa-4auenHth4mneuiateJy fcr 1 aeia ifciv, except two LATE NEWS, &c. yictory! Victory I Victory! r- GEORGIA REDEEMED! ! The People triumphant Tne faithful sir rewarded!! Colquitt, voonerand Black rebuked!!! Signally rebuked by the peo ple, for their political stock-jobbing, and tnrir devotion to Locotocmsm It!!, s We have complete returns from 26 coun ties, and reported majorities 111 several more, (believed to bo correct,) which show ticket to Congress, by a majority of 3000 4000 votes ! This is cloryenoiiffh for oneAdny. and securcsydeorgia for I Jarrison, by a tmich lnrg'Dfnajority-tlmn we hare given to our C8ngrfeswionn)i tickej. We efiajl give a ta ble next wock-Augusta Lhnn. q,iienl, fFroni the St. Juarph-'ruiii-s of the 12th. .MORE INDIAN MURDERS.- Jt becomesur midaiircliolyhjity to record further sickcmiur details ot Indian barban. ty.fl'Thursdjiy morning the 10th instant, the houie of Mr. Wyley Jones, on the Econfulaih Washington county about sixty miles north of this place, was attacked by a party At Indians the premises aih burnt andrMrs. JSones and one of hor ehjluR'il'an iiuuni , snot. v e nave conversecr.wRn ;u r. Jones, who says that he Was returning lrom one of his fields about 10. o'clock,' iiWlk' JtaorJHiand'wiren within two hundid - and on rising the bill, found tho hou.se sur rounded by Indians and eight ox ten in the piazza. , Tlie. Indians discovered him that moment ahd pursued him firing and whoop, ing at lumlike. devils. Being entirely un. armed f vi5ithout?even a knife, ho fled and escaj)ed in the hamiriock.' Mr. Jones -daughter, a girl about 13 years of age, states that her mother, a negro woman and four children were in tlie house when the Indians were discovcrcdin the yard, Mrs. Jones HP UH7 yuuii - I.I .1 st child and was shot l niTonu alti-nintni" to escape out 01 the tloo (tgajnlol about 3000 votes over tho uovcrn- 1 . . i 1 . nr. 1 1 7siTr,rTO by Jthree balls, one passing., th rotigli the Li?h the head of the child 111 her arms. 1 he daugffc r above mentioned took- the two children and while thelndians" were ransacking and plundering the house, passed unmolested and hid tl;m in the bushea.-The litje he roine then returned to the house, in the midst of the Indians, helped her mother up, who was lying in tlie porch who assisted her about- three hundred yards into the "field, when becoming faint from loss of blood, the little cirl left her in search of water. . She returned with it, but hcr-mo-. tUer after drinking, dicdin "a" lew niomchts. She then covered her mother andthe dead infant with bushes and carried the remain- ibtr children to the nearest neighbor. The .Indians destroyed all the furniture, and stole about 8300 the most of which was in specie and carried off, or burnt the notes and other aiiers of Mr. Jones. One sin- gularfoct connected with this outrage is thatlie only money found in theryard was a,five dollar bill on a broken bank in We-i tumka, Ala. Was it instinct that enabled the Indians to discriminate between good moncyjind bad. AJewjays he.forcjhis outrage Mr. John Logarthy, wiulc descend. . " . ' . . . . i potatoes, eggs, and chickens, w as killed probably "by the same party,- as pieces -ol tarpawhnz belonginK to tho - bottt founcLat their camriii)!rltace "about a mile e Jones'. Mr. Lr. had with 'him --on paving Marianna, from 3 to 500 dollars. A cojtipany of volunteers started in pursuit of the Indians and tracked them to the Dead Lakes on the Chipola. Volunteers are now being ratsea-'IfihthU county to continue tho pursuit, but we fear that the Indians-cannot be overtaken. Where are the 1500 volun teers autliurized tajje raised for .the pro tection of Florida ? Are Middle nnd East Florida alune entitled to protection? An oiler was made sometime since oy a vol unteer Company from Iola and its neigh borhood to be mustered into service and to scour the country along St. Andrews and Apalachicola swamps, lijjlding themselves equipped and in readiness to niarcli ata monient',8 warning, but the offer was re jectedno arms or provisions furnislirtl the 'company who were conscqucndyQlband. ed The inhabitants near St. Andrew's Bay liave mostly fled to this place for pro tection, and those 011 the Econfida have abandoned tlieir homes and fortified, at the houseof E. Bobbin , Esq I IowJung iathis state of uncertainty and alarm to exist ? - The Nashville Banner of Oe. 1st, says : "Gen. Jackson,- we understand, started oifTuesday upon ah electioneering. bxpe dition to the 'Western District. We pr;- dict he will come back with K. Kfkouldnt 1 jk ... t . - 1 Komc wnucn on nis counienance. We have some acquaintance with the peo ple of the Western District, and under take to'sav tliat they are the last people, in the world to jxno to tlie dictation of any, man. Anoxvule limes. The result of tlie Vermont election Is considered by the Abolitionists the greatest triumphwthey havo-yct- achicwd.AficlojdeHand JjSJ.panejsandye.ryjhinn Era. The above is considered by good judges the greatest lie the Icw bra has yet achieved.' The Loco Foco candidate for Ltu. Governor. MrTBarbcr- m, and' far some time has been, the Secretary of tlie VVrmont A nti-Slavery Society. He is one of the most prominent Abolitionists in the State. 4 The loco foco candidate for Gov. ernor, Mr. Dillingham, is also a member of the Abolition Society, and received the nomination because it was thought that he would be! supported by the A nti-Slavery men. Bridgeport Standard. , CorretpoQileftc of tha Nntional Intelligence. j ;jt: 7. if New Voek, Oct. 1. The British Queen, now about putting out to sea , has a largo number of passen gers, fciie takes out some specie ; and tne amount which goes out in her and in the packets is about 4uillajnrilion of dollars. Exchange on London, Paris', and Amster dam 1ms so rise nas to make the exporta tion ot specie desirable. As I wrote; you yesterday, tlie French houses aro uneasy, and they send .out silver.,' Again, large bill drawers do not like just now to draw lurge uiiis, in consequence ot tho unsettled state of affairs in tlio East. Southern bills were scarce for the packets to-day. Span ish dollars now bear 31.2 premium : Mex. ican lto 11.4; hve franc pieces 94 to 94 1-4. r In the stock market something is doing. $2,000 Illinois sixes were sold at SI ; 82,000 Indiana fives fit 75 1.4. These stocks are getting into more favor. Lxchange on rluladclphia is 90 to 90 1-4. United States Bank w 63 to 03 1-4. Tlie continued and increasing prostect of Gen. HarrisonVtdection to the Presi- dwncy isnow so settled in the minds of many business inch that tncy begin to act as if they could rely again' upon a sound and stable currency. Tluyreis tnore rBon fidence and more cheerfulness in whuthus-. ihess, is done, uiwn the ground that the days of mwehiej"-mnking -hv this Administra. tierf arc nutiilK-red. I know full well that an attempt is made to assign this confi. dencS and cheerfulness to the sub-Treasury law, than which at present,' and so far as New York city is conce rned, there never was a greater fa ree,,! pet bank sys tem is completeJy,rvrmVL in" all but ihe najne. The spirit of thCsub-Trcasury act is a dead letter. The Government detos- ites are made in the Bank.gf America, and fertiheu checks upon banks payable in specie are taken at the Custom-house. There is no more need of a receiver-gen eral here, business being done thus,tlian of a receiver-general in the moon. It will become one of the first, duties of Messrs, Calhoun and Pickens of South Carolina, to inquire, when Congress meets, what has become of 44 the specie clause." As usual, though f. tlioy have been duped by New Y ork t'tctics J but being born to be, per haps, they have made up their minds to submit to fate. The anniversary of tlie Bettlo of the Thames will be celebrated in this city with public puDuc ainners. - Uur ttour market isw ithout mupn change. Gcncsee84,87 ; -Southern- corn -53 cents; I Tlie cotton market is- without change, nnd very-dull. In the ship RusSati Glover for New Or. leans, 325 -passengers went out:-. " Our theajreseason is pretty well opened. Mrs. Wood has already drawn great houses at tlurPnrk. and her husband is soon to ap pear, old troubles having been forgiven qr lorgottcn. ' : From tlie Savannah .R.'piihlican..; FROM FLORIDA: BVi-thc arrival of the Forester last night from Blaek Creek, we received the St. Au-1 Ai- XT c . I. , 1.1. : . A I guMiine -ies, 01 ine idih nisi., lorwuru- ed by our attentive correspondent at the latter place. Our Jacksonville correspon dent writes us that tho Advocate o that place was not published last wt-ek. We give below two or three articles extracted from the News. which is all we observe of inieresi : Extract of a letter to the editor dated 1 Jobi JacksqxM J". ptS. 1 910 The 1st Infantrv leavrs Middle. Fhridn . . , . y Companies, B and E,' which proceeded ti, Fnrt. ( ,ilrrtfr! fl.T. f!dfll( llorula will be protected by the Volunteers alone. ; Scrgeant lirssrn. B,-nImnvr-lsHaJl1 -upuiyuig-at. O I . ' Infantry, left' Fort Jackson on the 3d inst., on Express for Fort Macomb. On the 4th inst. his horse went into Fort Macomb'; scout was sent out "immediately, and they4 found his overcqat a few miles below diaries1 Ferry. Nothing has been heard of him &ince. , On the morning of the 5th inst. a soldier of ' II.' Company, 1st Infantry, was res cued by some Vol'untcers''froin''twolhuiinis','' who were carrying him off to a hammock near lioo til's, about a mile lrom Charles Ferry. The soldier was drunk ; the In dians had no arms, and escaped. A letter from Black Creek states that Lieutenant Hanson, 7th Infantry, went out from Wacahoote, and had had a second fight with the Indians. The enemy re treated leaving 4-dead on the field. ""John" Barry, a native of Tnn"d, and" lately discharged from the U'."S.' Afmy, was accidentally drowned yesterday, near tho-Powder House. He has hfft a wife and two children in Philadelphia. JuhnJAherJiethyya painter ..formerly of South Carolina, was accidentally drown ed last night, by falling between the Central w harf and a vessel alongside." Mysterious Affair. ExTra'cT from a letter dated, Nassau, (S. P.) 27th August, 1 1840. received at New Orleans via.HaJ vuna : , -A singular circumstance occurred a few days ago. A large French ship from Hamburg, bound to Havanua, was picked up by one of our little wreckers about a fortnight ago, quite deserted. She was afloat with no sails set but a jib not the least injured having" a very valuable car go of silks, fruits, &c., and all in good board in their proper places, yyhensound. ed three feet water was found in - her hold, which was infmcdiatcly pumped out ; and it was discovered that she had no .leak. A frw-potihry amis eat were only fojindaKve. There were a nu mbe r of c'a ges , Vlth 05T nary birds, apparently starved to death in them. " I have seen one of the persons wlio first went on board (our old wrecking ac. quai'ntancc B.) and he says that the cabin and state rooms were peauiifully furnished and had afffHe appearance of passengers having just stepped out. of them one in particular had a ladies toilet combs, bntsh- tsf&c. , imd- WU settejrray6niitri shawl, work box, needles, thimble, ice as 11 that moment laid down. . INo one can . conjecture why she- ,was so abandoned. lhere arc many cases on board addressed to different merchants in Havana, and the vessel by which I am now writing is dis patched to gain- soiVKJ uirormation on- the subject She isVlarge new ship4 built this ycar.iand is named tlie Rosalie.- From Vera Cbuz. TIki barque Eu genia, Captajn James Biscoe, arrived at New; York recently. SIiq left Vera Crua on the 28th August. ."" The Government conducts , consisting of aboiit 8300,000, had left Mexico on the 19th August, destined for Vera Cruz, at which place money liad become exceeding. ly sdarcp, owing to recent revolutionary movements of tlie Federal party at tho cnpitnl. 1 he revolt of the 5th and 6th regiments. on the 15th July, had been compromised -and settled on the 27ih the lives of those concerned being- guarantied by the Su premo Government ; ,but tho . principal chiefshad received their passports to quit ' the country, and were preparing; to leave. - . . I resident oustamente had asked. Jo be hivstedwitli extradWiriftrJr powers, but which Congress had not grunted on the 19th August. .His Ministers had sent in their resignation, but continued todischargo the functions of their respective offices. 1 ranquility prevailed at I ampico on tlie 9th of August a revolt of the troops hav- ! 1. . . . f -. ... ing wen anticipaiea. Tho Texian navy, or a part thereof, un dcr the command of Commodore Moore, was cruising off Vera Cruz on the 24th August; but nut, s supposed, with any hostile intention. , . Confessions of a w-ealtuy Lqcofoco. A few days since we met an old acquaint-ance-who had formerly been a strong VVhig, but lie said he had turncd lxjcofoco. On our expressing our surprise, he gave his reasons in substance ns follows: "You know," said he, Fl I am a largo manufac. turer, and employ a great number of hands. Formerly, I had to pay them one or two dollars a day, andthen they prescribed their own hours and rules. Now I hire these very men at 60 to 75 cts. a day, and I regulate the hours and rules. Then they w e re independent , and would work or not as best suited their purpose. ' Now they aro "rrmiitilT'Tl Irr irnrh -rrntnmrij-awri rn-iasmi htmiblo and thankful as possible. By tliis T-duction of wages", which" falls exclusively on themr 1 save,- said he, "eleven hundred dollars a month, which 111 a year is twelve thousand two hundred dollars. The arti cles I manufacture sell as ..high as "ever. Now," said he, " I like the doctrine. My men are so patriotic they like it. I shall, therefore, vote the Locofoco ticket, and if we can succeed and continue these times, I expect," said he, " to get my wages re duced still further." This is the confession as near as we can relate it. It is made by one long sh rewd i n trade, a nd one who is now practising upon it. N. Y. Express.' -. An AkARM at Sea. The captain of one of our downcast schooners found hini- self one day becalmed in a fog off the Islo of ShoaLi, near Portsmouth, N. H. The vessel lay with a slight motion, when tlie captain, with the quick ear of a seaman, discovered, by the creaking sound of eord age, that there was another vessel close haul uppn him which might run a foul in short order. He had neither gun nor trum- f pet, to give his ncighlwr warning of their HcafTppfoaeh ryTOd the" ocsr Tiling heuould think of w as to set 1 using h drumming on some empty casks; but to no purpose, as the sound increased, ,and "the vessel was ,,cnH.ng !,inl: ' effort Jf- ingonui- to the ear of an old srunter that happened to boon board, gave jt several turns, none of, the easiest, whichbrotight forth a squeal almost as loud ns the hig.whi.stlc of cur lo comotive. engines. This signal was effect uul; and just before coining in sight of his nedghlor crtift, bows on, he heard her cap tain exclaim to the man at the helm, in a! voice of thunder, " Starboard your helm, -blawt your. eyesTStarboard.'ouri helm we re close ii)on a hog yard. Boston Journal. . . ; ' " In the midst of life we are ra death." Never have we been more forcibly impress ed with the truth of , this solemn warning lhan wo were on hearing of the death of Col.. Paul F'itzsiimnons, wlio died at his residence near this city yesterday, of a violeut attack of Bilious colic. On Thurs daylasrtie was in our office appa"rentlycn joyirig the higliest degree of health, and bid as fair to live to a good did flgc as any of our acquaintances. Reared mthe city,, he was familiarly ahdfavorably known, and jnoncenjoyed in :.aJiiglierJ.ieJiecpn- hdepec and esteem ol his numerous lncnds. Augusta Chron.- '" . Retort Courteous. The Louisville Journal says: Dr. Duncan, in a late speech at Cleves, shook his Bowie-knife at certain higs who were present. A whig, by way of retort, shook a whiskey-bottle at him ; a weapon that has often laid the Doctor low. I NOTICE. -"'5SfS T WISH to w H the well-known Mnd J- 5 milrs below the Warm Spring, Jyjfa1 and one milr and a half above Pointed ' Jtock, on the public road on French Iiruud Kiwr. There are On HUNDRED ADtSEVETl ACRES OF IASD in cultivation, and ONE HUNDRED ' ACRES micrht be cleared. If one of the best STOCK STANDS irt th neighborhood, and suit a bumness nun very well. I hare a. Norw rv of the Moras Multicaylia. With or wiUionf it, I will sell tiic farm as it auits the puref'"''.. v . .' . ' " Titranld tiktrtoHtarrsrru is not practicable to make the whole payment,, when poMtewion ia (riven. For further informs., tion, call at ruy house. - - P. H.NEILSON. , HoUy Grove, N. Oct. 12, 1840. tf-19 f niauk Deeds. LRGE supjdy, printedon first-rate paper, for a! it this office, on good terms. Oct. 18- , . .. . . . , Ji 1. !l !: ,1 I'.'t' x fv; f ! tVji 1 I I m I; m in' -tMi ft j- . . ----- ..J 1
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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