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From Europe. We have no later European intelligence than the 4th Aug. brought bv'thc Sampson, from Liverpool. The reported defeat of the Russians by the Poles, is consid ered rather doubtful. Below we have --iven some additional extracts. RXCLAXD. 'TIic discussion of the Reform bill was going on slowly, the op position continuing to resist the details of this popular measure. In one division on the 2d, there were but 265 members present who voted. The ministerial majority was 49. The resolu tions, however, for enfranchi sing the large towns, Manches ter, -Birmingham, and Leeds, passed without a division. FRANCIS. The speech of the French King is very decided in tone, and indicates great reliance, on the part of the ministry, in their strength with the nation and the Chamber. It is confidently said that if Lafitte is elected President of the Chamber, France will de clare for Poland. Contrary to the apprehen sions entertained by many per sons, the anniversary of the French Revolution of three days passed off without any po pular commotion. The review which took place on the third dnv said to have been one of the grandest scenes of military display ever witnessed, present ing upwards of 100,000 men under arms at the same lime, attended by a train of 200 pie ces of artillery. POLAND. The London Courier of the 27th Julv, contains the follow ing highly important intelli gence: Ve have this moment received from an official source the Declaration of Prussia re lative to Poland. Tlie Prus sian Government has just decla red that it is not neutral in Po lish affairs; that it considers it has a riht to aid Russia in eve ry way in facilitating the pass age of provisions and munitions of war to the Russian army in Polandand to treat the Poles as revolted subjects in fine, that the present state of Prussia is inactivity but not neutrality. This declaration will no doubt, change the policy 0f our Cabi net, for the system of non intervention, not being adhered to by other powers, we are not to keep. The rising in Lithuania, and the consequent diversion in fa vor of Schrzynecki's forces, has been crushed terminated by the assassination of Gielgud and in the retirement of his for ces into Prussia, where thev were disarmed. The Russians are now able to press forward upon I'raga without fear of being deprived of their commu nications; and we see it stated with regret, that nearly 100,000 men are approaching Warsaw on the side of Lithuania, while lasKewitsch has crossed the Vistula with 60,000, and intends to invest it on tho side of Frussia. An extensive insurrection was reported to have broken out in Hungary, ,r, favor of the Poles. Une fact is unquestionable tn.at money, wine, provisions, and medicines, from Hungary, daily arrive in the Polish capital. nussiA. At St. Peiersburgb the cho .era continued increasing to a jngmiui extent. There had been, up to 14th, 4916 cases and 2249 dCluhs. At Archan gel and at Uigfl it liad vcry con. eiderably abated; but at Cron stadt it had increased, and at this place the deaths had been upwards of a hundred a day. BELGIUM. The arrangements relative to the marriage of Leopold are, according to report, now about to be commenced. The cho sen Queen of Belgium is the Princess Marie of France,whose loveliness will serve to lessen the cares of royalty. All goes on smoothly under the new King thus far. His Dutch Majesty, however, is still refractory, and insists upon call ing Leopold I. simply Monsieur dcSaxc Coburg, and withholds his assent to the London pro tocols. PORTUGAL. The French squadron forced its way up to Lisbon on the 1 Lth of July, after a battle of two hours 'and a half, captured the Portuguese frigates there, and took them outside. Alter wlitcli ; Don Miguel acceeded to all the' demands of the French. The tri-eolored flag was flying in' that port. The English took . . .. . . f . no part in the affair, but appear to have looked on as gratified spectators. The French Admiral, in his report of the action says: "By ; most unexpected good fortune, J the squadron, which for three j hours and a half remained at between 400 and 500 toises on- ly from so many large batteries, hitherto conceived to be im-! pregnable, has experienced but a very slight loss." ITALY. Revolution in Italy. In pro-! portion as the Austrian troops' have evacuated La Kouiagna, , the Pontifical authorities have lost all influence, and it is now impossible for them to carry on the administration except by yielding to the loudly expressed wish of the public opinion, which is unanimous. The Police, the civil authori ties, and military authorities, can no longer act in the means of the people. The citizens re- fused their concurrence. YVc, the territory that has been lost, Revolution has pervaded alli& to abate the pride with classes the nobles, the citizens, the artisans, the country people perfectly understand enth other, and properly is every where re spected. However, the agents of this police are not persecu ted; the public authorities are not insulted. When the peo ple are not troubled by the Pa pal troops, they oppose to tin; depositories of authority only a vis inert itc which rentiers gov ernment impossible the taxes are not paid the magistrates are not obeyed. Ballagnnni, commander of the Papal forces, advanced to penetrate into La Romagna, as tar as Fano, eight leagues from Ancona, but there he was for ced to stop. A terrible deser tion began among the people. The soldiers refused to fmht against their fellow citizens. They desert iti whole bands, leaving their urms and baggage. They are vcry well received by the peasants in La Romagna. The tri-colored flag is flying at Imola; the Pope's troops at Forti went to pull it down, but were repulsed. These troops were afterwards disarmed at Forti itself, and two Brigadiers who resisted were shot by the people. Every where the Na tional Guard organized during the revolution, has resumed its duty; and the Italian cockade is not generally worn, but every body has it in his pocket. The citizens of Bologne have sent a deputation to Rome in the name of La Romagna. It is ordered peremptorily to de clare that the population will i repulse the Papal troops if they dare to show themselves, and the inhabitants are resolved to rise and govern the country themselves, if the Court ot Rome persist in attempting to govern them by violence What can be done against such reso lutions? ALGIERS. A letter from Algiers of the 8ili of July, announces in the following terms, the melancholy result of the expedition of Me dcah: "On the 15th of the last month an expedition, consisting of 6,000 men, under the com mand of the General-in-Chief, set out for Medcah, and as if they were taking a military pro menade, thev arrived without any obstacles in the capital of the District of Titery. The ar my then proceeded 3 leagues further, to chastise some tribes . i n i,i . I wliicli reiused tne payment oi the tribute stipulated. In fact, seven or eight chiefs of these tribes were shot, their corpses were burnt, and tins being done the troops returned to Modoah. On the 1st of July, they set out for Algiers, but trom the mo ment ot their departure to with in six leagues of this city, our troops had constantly to defend themselves against more than 45,000 Bedouins, Kabyles, and Arabs, who attacked them on all sides. The situation of the column was extremely critical, and it owed its safety only to a forced march which it made du ring a whole niijht, and which the enemy did not expect. The expedition occasions us the! complete hiss of Medeah and Belida, and the still more cruel loss of at least 700 men killed and wounded. Of the latter, only lot) have reached the hos pitals; those who could not be brought away, fell into the pow er of the barbarians, who be headed them on the spot. We are now shut up in the placo, and another expedition is pre paring to endeavor to recover which this victory has filled the enemy.' -. "-jt-i ip-iy-- - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1831. Superior Court. The Fall term of the Superior Court for Edgecombe county was held in this place last week, Judge Swain presiding. On Thursday, the parties charged with shooting runaway Josh, were dischar ged without trial, it being ascertained that the negro had been outlawed. No other circumstance worthy of no tice occurred, so far as wo can learn. Rumors, $c. On Tuesday morn ing last, a passenger in the stage from Fay et lev i He, reported that Wilming ton had been fired and taken posses sion of by the blacks, who had risen in considerable numbers in the adja cent counties, and that troops were marching to the scene of action from Fayetteville. The excitement pro duced by this intelligence, was consi derably increased by numberless ru mors that occasionally reached us, together with the statements from the Newbern and Fayetteville papers, until the arrival of the Raleigh mail on Friday evening, which relieved us from our painful state of suspense. We have collected the following statements, which will give the reader some idea of the feeling produced by the late extraordinary and alarmin developments. ' From the Fayetteville Observer of Wednesday last. Rumoured Insurrectionary - We have an unpleasant duly to perform, in acquainting out readers, that there is no doubt of a conspiracy having been re cently formed among a portion of the slaves in the counties ot Sampson and Duplin, in this State. Suspicion having been excited, we learn that during the last week, a slave of Tho mas K. Morrisscy, Lsq. bhoritt of Sampson, who hud been es teemed very faithful, and was usually entrusted with his mas ter's wagon whenever it was sent to Wilmington, was arrest ed, and on examination, con fessed that he and six or seven others had designed to bring about an insurrection on the 1st of October ensuing. That their plan was to muster what forces they could in those two coun ties, and thence to proceed to Wilmington, where they oxpee to collect a large force. The negroes implicated by him were arrested, and all committed for trial. What we have subsequently heard, we trust has grown out of the above circumstance, or at least is greatly exaggerated; but we do not feel at liberty to withhold it from our readers, and therefore state, that on Monday evening an express ar rived here from Clinton, in Sampson, bringing letters from a respectable gentleman in that village, stating, upon the author ity of two persons, names not mentioned, who had come ex press to Clinton, that the ne groes had embodied themselves to the number of 500, about 17 miles from Clinton, in what di rection was not stated, but from the known intimacy and con nexion existing between Mr. xMorissey and the gentleman at Clinton, we infer that the ex press came from Mr. Morissey, who lives near the line of Du plin county, about 14 miles from Clinton. The letters re ceived here, state that an ex- i i I C 1 .1 . . press nau ueeu lorwaruuu to Wilmington. When the stage from this place arrived at Wilmington on Monday evening, it was imme diately despatched back with out any mail except a letter from C. Dudley, Jr. Esq. Post master, to the Postmaster here, informing him that the place was under martial law, in con sequence of information recei ved at 8 o'clock that morning, that the negroes, to the number of 200, had encamped on Sun day night, at llockfish bridge, in Duplin, 40 miles from Wil mington, and about 50 miles from this place; that they were, and had been for several days, expected at Wilmington. The letter was written in great haste and excitement. Mr. Dudley had been under arms all the morning. It is evident, that the account received here, and that which produced such excitement at Wilmington, proceeded from the same source; and our read ers may conjecture how much both accounts are exaggerated, from the circumstance that they vary so materially in the num bers stated to be assembled. For our own part, we confident ly hope it is nothing more than a false alarm, growing out of the arrests stated above. In this town and vicinity, there is not the slightest cause of apprehension. But the way to ensure our safety, is to be well prepared for any event, and the authorities of our town have taken and are how taking prompt steps for security. They are distributing arms among the citizens, organizing additional military companies, and will in the course of this day (Tucg. day) have every preparation made to meet danger, come from what quarter it may. Several gentlemen of t,j3 place started for Clinton, on Monday night, whh amis and ammunition. From them we are in hourly expectation of cor rect information. From the Newborn Sentinel of Thursday last. Insurrection. We stop the press to state that an express lias arrived in town, with the in telligence that the negroes in Duplin and Jones counties are in a state of insurrection. Im port says, that seventeen icliitt families had fallen victims when the messenger left the nei'di borhood. We hope to see such steps taken as shall not fail to strike terror in the hearts of these savage miscreants. Our citizens tire prepared, and wait but for the word to act. From the Star Extra. Raleigh, Thursday Evening, Sept. 15. Negro Conspiracy. Know ing the deep interest which per vades the community with re spect to an insurrection of the blacks reported to have broken out in Sampson and Duplin counties on Sunday night last, we hasten to lay before the public in this extra slip, such in telligence as has reached us since our paper went to press; from which it is gratifying to learn that no overt act of rebel lion has taken place, and that the alarming reports now circu lating through the country, a bout the burning of property and massacre of several white families, are utterly erroneous. I5ut while we rejoice to hoar that no lives are lost, there should be no relaxation of vigi lance and precaution. Altho' no damage has been done, an extensive plot seems to have been well matured for great mischief, and it may not yet have been traced to its bounda ries. Prompt steps for security should, therefore, be every where taken and steadily per severed in. The following communica tion was received at the Execu tive Office to-day, about 12 o' clock, M. Clinton, Sampson County, Sept 13, 1S31. S To the Governor of N. Carolina. Sir: The inhabitants of Sampson have been alarmed with an insurrec tion of the Negroes. We have ten or fifteen negroes in jail, and we have such proof that most of them will be bound over to our Superior Court. We have testimony that will impli cate most of the negroes in the coun ty. We wish you to issue an order to command the Colonel of the coun ty to appoint a cuard to ruard th jai! until the negroes shall have their trial. J he people of Duplin county liave examined ten or fifteen negroes, and found two guilty, and have put them to death. There never was such excitement in Sampson and Du plin before. Yours respectfully, . WM. BLANKS, THOS. BUNTING,' R. C. HOLMES, H. C. HOLMES, S. JOHNSON. Observer Office, Fayetteville, Sept 15, 3 P.M. Two of the gentlemen who went from this place to Clinton on Monday night, have this mo ment returned, there being no danger, though the existence of the plot is clearly established. We have procured from one of them the following statement, drawn up by himself yesterday at Clinton. It is worthy of en tire reliance. On Sunday the 4th inst. the first information of the contemplated ri
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