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y S !T iS U holc Xo. .500. Tarborongh, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, Jlpril 18, i83;5 Fol. AT No. 10, i , 1 I RD llle I'Y U ('ii a s ill 1 .111 ?:ilf. bii'l iiiv. imi:i id, n ill-"' )lll l'r sb ppr- v l- COM" iidt-r ulii'ff Ih- ih ion iCTl'' T,jrf '( if j ' i Pre ss, ' ' ;K:u;r. iiouwk n. , ". ,i,'. i"'1" v t'i . ait in itilvine j'v; IhillfS. t ne i xir;itii!i of (tit ;,,,! vt ti- 'T any iii is. i a vfrt'-, I l.lt'l s i'rti'v 'irr Ca tt p r mouth lf l( llllfl'lv l lll-"lll illllf HI .M.V I''1"' on jiviusT iiUv lliercut ;tml ..H hi t.l :' ,,i i n .11 i v ;y in alv;tiirt or i .... ..I...... .... ... ti., ..,..;..:. ,..Hl''l"'"llMr T. r iv, ,iM'iif -ill-, "''t eSTfrtluiS l( Inn. ' ,,w 1 1 . I at " i c-m; ih.- Ui ,, j.M'i'iilMMfli Cimll'iimiu'r. L'n? '.',',! (jiU.s .it ilirtt rak fur cv.Ty lt iin- )it,I,N,.l,i,.,il :iiut tie in it UmI tin- mini j .r ,' i-ierli. irquiriJ, or iney . '.aiinii.-1 'tiit'iwie oririfd, and "le'li-r a.Uli'''' " l'htr nntst In ,,,'t i'i). r i'l,v vn h- ;tittiiilel to. iA of ,-'t"r- Mycr. We line been furnished with the fol l.wiiig p-irticulars of this shock iraiicdv, which are said to , ie been established before the Coroner's Inquest. Col. Mvers and Major John pLe;T1ore, were neighbors, and the plantations adjoined. There va no friendship between the parties, although a son of the for mer had intermarried with a daughter of the latter. A dispute existed between them concerning seven acres of land, to which both bid dawn. Col. M vers bought i he land about lour year ago from Joseph Threewits for 50 vWbrs. .M'Lemore had pre viously otTered Threewits 47 dol hrs for it. The land was valua- ; I'etoCol. .Mvers only because it n aiitcted his two plantations; and this vtr'j reason M'Lemore, as i.e li'uibelf declared, was most op Mied to Coi. Myers having it. Il.e liiiibelf declared, was most op-1 ;i strong impression of reality the existence of a nefarious com plied to Coi. Myers having it. ' i'P'n his hearers, and mule them binaiion, which was often suc- ! .Nothing was known of M' Lemore's j claim, until last spring, when Col. M. Luveone of his negroes tier- Siissiou to plant for himself, and with that view bad it ditched. Then lor the first time M'Lemore . m111!' . . j And he is here. came forward, saving that the i f . , , . . , , , .. ... , , ! It was at this moment that lie lanjwashis, and hisplat embraced , ... . . r. . . 1 . , : plunged the weapon to I. is heart. t. (J.i examination it was then , . , , . , .. . , . .. It is said to nave been an ac idei.t. cscoyered that the corner lmei, . .i i - i ... . . but it is the opinion ot the .Vsh- Trtes had been cut down and even ,. i- , . . . ville hditor. that it was tin4 result t!ie toots dug up. ; .. . . . . . , w i i . iol the excited feelings ot the actor, It was agreed, however, that . . . , . -; , , . ,". . . , , , 'Who had so absorbing! v entered .1 Lemore s land should he sflfr-' . . t Vi i , . ... . . . ,. into the dreadlul spirit ol his hero, veveJ, a;iu il his plat embraced it, . ... , r. , . . n . 1 ,, ' as to drive home his death upon tnit Lul. Mvers would surrender , , , . 1 r ... bis heart, ov t lie mere soasinodic . 1'.. 1 lie div was fixed for l ie t rtrrn,.. I ' I l! ...... w.i so did M'Lemore, but only to fctniUus surveyor had disap- , . 1 i onted inn. Another day was J iiXftl, w hen .M Lemore was again ;., j , I. .I . . ne na'i no design oi euouig ins i uttault. Here the matter rested .... ,, .. , r , . , " ti'i'il il i- . i ' i m ' ble with the plav ; but, looking at U'l.ii the o 1 nisi, when Col. M.1.. . , ,r r v i u, , ., ,. , r his complete identification ot leel- tat with Ins overseer and four . , ., , , . r , ,, uig w itli the part he acted, the ac- '2'roes to fence in the laud. He . . 1 , . , Li , , i . . cident becomes a natural and not "'! ii'it been there more than , , r.., i.,c . . .... a wonderful couseuuence. the r-w an hour, when M Lemore, ' . ,, . . ... , -,, ., i I , i hallucination did not end with the ins oveiv-er, both armed.! , c. . .. c , -,,(L (, , , p unge ot the dagger. His leel- ',J,Je up to Col. M. who was f ? ,i rln,i; ' ,, ... . ..,f inisbore him along yet further. ending with his back toM'Le-i,.,. . . niore. and tl.o Int.,, .. i ' -.. . iiiv. Kllltl , 1JC1I V lllllll J Jr t ilfps of Col, M. (who was i not -jtv.ro r i i ii i tragic uiuuivs, i iiimu stiiiciiic I '"'Jt art are of las approach) called c .. . , fjo . I cuttni'irv. i. . i . .'for him to repeat. He went iii.ii mat ue was a uamneti ra,cal. nnrl ..c r-i m .. .... ...i I , -...j j wui. ill. VMICCICtl; J-nd, shot him dead on the spot. , U;is unarmed, not even living a slick. M'Lemore after t;il?, itill on horseback, advanced a;'portwo nearer, cocked the barrel of his gun, and was, ' ' llie act ot shooting o cor nil 4 ,ifn when Col. M's overseer "a--you ,,ave airea(ly kiled .'IVluift shoot him again," upon I S turned his gun upon the .'er and threatened to shoot jj1-1 loo if ,e opened his mouth. , e dismounted from his ;")r'e aud reloaded the barrel he "Hnchar-red. ui ..-.ll.l , b ,(M)lv .Mvers was j ;'1'1. and on being informed that XV.5' rtpUed, -for if not I'll !!!!?anolherl,)H(1-" I,elhe f;i t "4l1wa'1 nI,s overseer, having W.-0rdered tlie Toes atvay, ,: body of Col. M. well l"'r n blood, ix-'.tl I., i.:. 1 AVr .... ' yJl"J 0! V uiiij HIS M;ert0 guard it. Col. M. was M . , lrtly through the heart, ,allf-vv I:,d ,a i i, e.J 't (iire , j '"i'i Ol IJUCK snot, 4 Jt Ahicb passed thro' him. The physicians say that lie could iot have breathed (Mice after be was shot. M'Lemore's overseer (Sligh) proved that his employer iad been on the watch for Col. Myers ever since daylight, and old him (Sligb) "if Col. Myers anie to that land that day, lie was determined to kill him. Ckarhston Courier. (XT" We learn from a letter re ceived last evening, that the trial if Mr. M'Lemore, for the murder d'Col. Myers, took place in Col umbia, last week, and that the ju ry could not agree upon their verdict, and were discharged on Saturday night. The prisoner was remaiuded to jail, to await his , trial in October next. ibt j Tragedy in Ileal Life. A ; Xashville Tenn. piper gives an affecting account of the death of a young man by a wound indicted j on himself, while performing the part of Bertram, in Maturin's ' tragedy of that name. His name' was M'Latiuhlin. He had been' in Nashville about four weeks, ! am! become h member of the Thespian club a oinpany of amateur actor. He is represent ed as a man of enthusiastic tem perament, easily susceptible of poetic and imaginative excite ment. On the evening of the fa tal performance, as the tragedy proceeded towards the catastro- phe, Ins exritement n. creased, and and its visiters have been subject the gloomy spirit of the play was vt to a series of depredations, upon him uiih a power thai made ' effected in a manner that indicated shudder as he pronounced the fol- lowing, accompanied by the . plunge of the dagger that brought bim to bis death: 'Bertram hath but one fatal f -c on . " . . ' mat uncon sciously moved to do the bidding fflw. ln...n...l ..I'nnc:'..!.. n'.ll.;.. ,., , . . , iakinr into vievv premeditated . ' -. , , , . I i litre w as min. tuici suoiee- . . f . ,1 . ,. i.:.. . , . . .r r . trough it with a startling effect. j With a burst of exultation, he ex- "I tlied no felon death ' warrior s wt upon rior's soul!" freed a war- As soon as llie last words were pronounced he fell, to rise no more. The wound was indicted on the left breast. The bleeding was internal, and so slow in its progress, that it did not finally clog the action of the heart till the exniration of near two days. An appropriate funeral sermon wasj pronounced over his remains by the Rev. Mr. Howell, of the Nash- ille Baptist church, w ho related that he was accidentally a fellow- passenger with the deceased when he came to the city four weeks before that he had been interest ed in him had conversed with him had learned from his own lips his predilection for the stage had advised him to manly and substantial pursuits bad learned from him that, at limes, he bad serlons and solemn thoughts on 'the subject of religion, and gaiued from him a promise, that he would attend to the concerns of his soul. He saw him no more until the day before he died, when lying on his death-bed. Mr. Mc Laughlin then referred to the former conversation with Mr. Howell said that he was still concerned to secure the salvation ot Ins soul, and that if he recover ed, he should have learned one lesson. He did not recover. The jessou to which he referred, is now-Tor the living to learn. Huston Courier. 77t Catholics now have in the United States, as appears by a recent statistical statement of their own 382 Churches 342 Priests 20 Colleges and b'emina- ries for malesfit) Seminaries for females ami 17 Convents. Missionaries The New- Vork Commercial Advertiser, says, "It has been ascertained from the official records of the Custom Houses, as we are informed, that upwards of COO Roman Ca'holie missionaries have arrived in tin- United States, within the last 12 mouths. Juvfiiifr. Depravity. State of Maryland vs. Thomas Holston and others. These cases, seven in number, w ere of a peculiar char acter, and excited much interest. For a considerable lime, our city cessful. Much bad been said and published oil the subject, but it remained for the trial of these juvenile offenders to prove the txistence of an association of which no citizen was aware. Fi tun the evidence it appears, that I r some ve irs a gang of young desperadne-, have been associated, on ii r the denomination of 4,The F". :y Thitves." The associa tit.u vrts regularly organized, commanded by a captain and the necessnry subalterns, anil its rules were regularly enforcetl. One of its roles, was, that each nu mber should commit depredations to a certain amount, or be expelled from the body. The persons composing the association ap peared to be on an average from II to 10 years of age. The cap tain, Holston, was a dwarfish lad ; about 10 yearc of age, and whilst I standing at the bar among his col leagues, chewed his quit!, and spurted his tobacco juice around him with the air of a veteran. The members of the fraternity bear on their arms decorations, impressed with India ink, gunpow der and vermillion; indicating, we presume, their proficiency in their profession, and their rank in the corps. One had on his left Mrm an imnression. with India ... ,rIllino,V(ipr. nfn rm.i nn chor, a death's headj and the let " cr. - ter T some few, the recently initiated, a vermillion cross others part of a red cross. Some of these individuals had been committed on former occasions one of them, in the course of the last five years, eight or ten times. Three of the gang were sentenced to seven years confinement in the penitentiary. Baltimore paper. Herr en Apprehended. Herren, who robbed himself of $24,000 belonging to the bank of Caledo nia, Danville, Vt. has been ar rested. We lean that after escaping from the officer here, on Sunday evening, he contrived to get possession of an old suit of clothes, in which he disguised himself as a vagrant, carrying an old bag, in which be placed for for deception, a piece of salt pork and some crusts of stale brown bread. Tims habited, be com menced bis journey home. When he arrived at Coventry, N H. twenty miles from Barney Vt where he resides, he engaged ; man lo carry him in a vvugon tin rest of the distance. He w;; carried within five miles of hi. resilience, and there set down. When the owner of the wagon re turned lo Haverhill, he stopped ai Anger's tavern, and on beiiiL asked where he had been, said that he bad been "giving a cast to a poor vagrant devil of an Irish man " A shrewd, guessing, Ver mont Yankee, who was present, advanced a supposition that it might have been Heireu. There was no foundation for the belief, but doubt was excited, and that was soon followed by investigation. An express was despatched for Burnet, and sure enough, there was good Master Herreu, in his own house, snug in bed, sleeping aw ay the fatigues of his pilgrimage. On making search, the package oi SI 0,000 was found at the foot of a steep hill, near bis house, together with his bag of cold pork and brown bread. While on his journey to Barnet, he endeavored, by letters written from Boston, to produce an impression that he was con cealed in the city; audit was to this circumstance that the notice in the Transcript addressed lo Ja cob Casco had reference. The bank has now recovered all the money but $150 and there remains $450 on private account to be accounted for. A. Y. Traii3. Xatchez, March 0. The Steamer Henry Clay passed down a few days ago, with fifty tons ol cannon balls, for New Orleans. One hundred large cannon have been ordered at Pittsbuigh also, for New Orleans. The Major General of the northern division, we see by our exchange papers, has received orders to inspect the several fortifications within his command. utam via r amuy. l ne last Arkansas Gazette notices the, sI0uld hide it. He finally lashed death of an entire family, consist-. a strap around it, and suspended u.gof six adult persons, in thejt,oma bearn high above the short space ol nine days. TheyUood wife's reneh. hStltr resided in Crawford county, andlame and infirm, was supposed bore the name ot Hixon. The unable to gel at the rum. After lather, muiber, three brothers and ,e was gone, she placed the wash a sister, died. The disease was lub underneath and took a gun me ...mrnu., u, voiU i lague, as(oaijeij a bullet, held it un it is frequently called. j derneath. and nulled the. in-? legislature of New Jersey have passed a law to pre vent the beastly practice of prize fighting, which has lately been commenced on their shores by parties from New York. It pro vides that the pugilists shall be fined and imprisoned, and not on-1 ly they, but the captain of the boat that may bring them to the State for that purpose, and the spectators who come to witness the combat. This is a wholesome law, and there is no doubt that the morality of East Jersey will carry it rightly into execution. A farm near Monmouth in N. Jersey, which was purchased a few years ago for about two dol lars an acre, recently sold for thirty. This extraordinary in crease of value has been produced by the effect of marl upon the soil. From this, many of our fellow citizens in the country tan infer what treasures they possess, either on their own lands oc within reach of them. Landowners throughout Maryland are greatly indebted to the Legislature for providing for a full geological examination ol every county in it. Bait. Farm. C?During Iiis late voyage from Virginia to Liverpool, Cap tain Comick, of the ship Sarah, was instrumental in rescuing from a watery grave the crew and pas sengers of the barque Henry, con sisting of one hundred and forty four persons. This noble deed vas effected with imminent peril o himself and crew. On his ar rival at Liverpool, the merchants of that city subscribed 107 sove reigns as a present to CaptainC. and also presented him with two pieces of silver plate. tt?A Stage Driver, on the Florida route, by the name of Walter Jones, in Laurens county, on Tuesday last, put ah end to his life in a fit insanity. He had been sick 8 or 10 days, but was better, and on Tuesday came dow n sud denly from bis room, and got a horse from a brother driver to ride a little, as he said. To every oue's surprise he went off at full gallop, and shortly after a message was received lom a widow's house on llie road, about a mile off that Jones was acting very strangely. Before, however, any one could reach the spot who was able lo control him he had taken oil his shoes, and stuck bis feet into the lire, swearing with a drawn knife that he would kill any one who disturbed him. There were none but females about the premises. After roasting his feet a short time, be got up, took off his coat and waistcoat, and removing the back-log from a good fire, de-j liberalely laid himself dowu in its place; where he w as so burnt be fore any assistance could b ob tained that he soon died. His habits lead to the supposition that his derangement was mania a potu. Charleston Couritr. r Ji Hum Story. Mr. Hunt, of TSorlh Carolina, said at a temper ance meeting in New York last week, that the lovers of rum are distinguished for inventing modes of obtaining il. In illustration, he said a man in Orange county, North Carolina, came home with a keg of rum, but w as immediate ly summoned to attend court as a juror, and was greatly puzzled to know what to do with his rum; ior his wife, being an intemperate womai, would iuui it thm.M, h the ball pierced the keg and let dowu the contents into the tub. IVestfitld Journal. Foreign Emigration. The New York Evening Star states that "From the returns at the Cus tom House, and in the possession of the Common Council, it ap pears that the emigrants who ar rived at the port of New York, during the 1st quarter of 1S34, were 1,812, 2d do. 20,413, 3d do. 17,085, 4th do. 0,743 total 40,053. Thus, over forty-six thousand foreigners have landed in this citv in twelve months, independent, we believe, oi those who have entered coastwise and from the Canadas. Kvery year the number is on the increase, ror iao, we may anticipate at least fifty thousand, equal to onefifth of our whole city population. vtr'The Morocco Lion was sold at auction, on Saturday last, agreeably to public notice. He was knocked down at $3350 cash. The highest bidder proved to be the agent ol a menagerie in Bos ton, for which establishment the animal was purchased. Hun dreds of people, supposing the Lion would be exhibited to public view, repared to Mr. Dyer's Auc tion Booms, at the hour of sale, lo get a gratuitous look at him, but they were disappointed. He ap- peared only by proxy. Nat. Int. "Book of .te." This is the title of the 16th No. of a periodic al Work recently published at the North entitled Klenients of Astrol ogy, by Edward Bostlebwayt Page, High Priest of Nature, ike. This book, says Atkinson's Sat urday Evening Post, undertakes to prove hy infallible calculations that the great Day of Judgment is to take place next year, ( 1 SoG,) amidst earthquakes, comets and a general convulsion of nature, and the MILLENIUM will com mence!! The author says "Did the infat uated world but know all my cal culations, oronly a ten thousandth part of them good heavenj what processions, and shouting, and dancing and ringing of bells, and serenading with bands of music, and firing of cannon, should usher in the Millenium of 1837. Like a steamboat under a high pressure of steam, the earth would tremble with the joy of it inhabitants." (ITThe Norfolk-Herald states that a lady in Portsmouth, Va. was lately delivered of four boyg, two of which are fine hearty chil dren the other two were dead. The same lady, about 10 month since was delivered of three boys, none of which lived; making 7 children in 10 months!! True no doubt. A Pitlsburt?, Pa. paper has been informed by a gentleman of German Town ship, Fayette county, that a cow belonging to Mr. Young of that county had recently had forty-one rakes at a birth. Only one of the calves (which were about the size of rats) w ere alive. The cow was dead. The statement looks quite probable, all must admit. Infanticide. On Saturday a wooden box well secured, was found tloating in the river a little above the city. On opening, it was found to contain the body of an iufaut, placed there doubtless by the hands which caused its death. It was the opinion of the physician who was called by the coroner lo examine it, that it had lived but a very short lime, and from lh.e marks of inc'Piei,t de" co,rPit,ol, dial it bed been dead L I.. 1. i I suiuc irttvs. n nun nave uoaieu from a hundred miles up the river. Jiochtster j . 1. Democrat. Braided Bat Tails. A few lavs since at Darien N. Y. a cluster of eleven rats were found in a stable, with their tails hand ed together in such a manner as to forbid the idea of iheir ever extricating themselves. Ten of the rats were aliv e; they had near ly consumed the eleventh! The ends of the tails that stuck out from a half to one inch thro' the braid ing, had perished, while the re- maiuder was perfectly sound. Various Sects of the United States. The number of Catho lics in the United Stales is com puted at 500,000, or a 28th part of our population; the Calvinistic Bapiisis at 2,743,452; Methodist Episcopal, 2,000,000; Presbyte rian, 1,800,000; Congregational, 1,200,000; Protestant Episcopal, G00,000; Universalists, 500,000. The above estimate is not proba bly very exact, but may elicit a better one from die parlies inter ested. It is a happy circumstance that, by toleration and the absence of a state religion, the shades of reli gious opinion ate so equally blended. Like the ba anting powers of state sovereignty and the federal power, religious feuds are thus kept down, and an equipoise preserved. JY. Y. Star. (PThe fire is never .satisfied with wood, the ocean with rivers, death with mankind, nor a co quette with ovci$...N. Y. Mirror, - 3 I. f l ' . ' i i I "