SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1835.
FOR THE TARJJOKO PRESS.
Mr. Editor: You will please
say in your paper that I cannot
condescend to notice the pitiful
hand-bill signed "Rosin." 1
don't play.arv with mnnkeys.
FAIR PLAY.
Congressional Election. The
final reuh of the election in this
district will not be known until
next week, when the election in
Tyrrell lakes place. So far as
heard from, the votes stand thus:
Hall. Pcttigreic.
Edgecombe, 1320 75
Pitt, 600 5 t:i
Beaufort, 452 y:0
Washington, 31 491
Hyde, (reported majority) 150
2103
2179
2103
Majority for Mr. Pet'w, 76
Tyrrell will probably add 400
to Mr. Pettigrew's present majo
rity. We freely admit that this
result is very unexpected and
somewhat mortifying to the peo
ple in this section of the district.
For notwithstanding the repeated
declarations of Mr. Pelligrew that
he was in favor of Gen. Jackson
i
and of State Rights, and opposed
to the U. S. Bank, to the Tariff,
and to Internal Improvement, (the
main principles for which Dr.
Hall has uniformly contended,)
yet their confidence in the Doctor
remained unshaken, and conse
quently they cannot but regret
bis defeat.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Edgecombe County Benj.
Sharpe, Senate. Lemuel Deber
ry and Joseph John Pippen,
Commons. Stale of the Poll: j confederates amounted, in Ten
fsYnate Sharpe 311, John W. nessee, to fil; Mississippi, 17;
Barnes 2S2. Commons - Deber- A rkansas 'J'J; Kentucky 23; Mis
iy 636, Pippen 72S, John J. Dan- ,ori, 'J7: Alabama, 2 Georgia,
lei 671. (All lor the Adminis . , . ,
. V .r ii ti ,, o4; South Carolina, :o; Aoith
1 1 .i t mil . ; Valium crs i . u . nail
1320, E. Pettigrew 75.
Pitt County. Alfred Moye,
S. Macon Moye and John L
Foreman, C. State of the Poll:
SenateA. Moye 34 f, Marshall
Dickenson 29S. Commons M.
Moye 769, Foreman 646, James
S. Clark 343. (M. Move and
Dickenson, Administration A.
Moye, Foreman and ('lark. Op
position.) Congress Hall 600,
Pettigrew 533.
The following is the official statement of the polls.
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Districts. Jlnll. Pcttihv. Sharpe. Bar's. Deb'ry. Pipn. Dan
1. Tarboro', 83 13 10 4 GO 73 II
2. Spictr's, 80 2 7 29 19 13 71
3. Flowers', 144 2 32 02 125 43 101
4. Barnes's, 71 () 10 20 53 2G 23
5. Petway's, 52 0 19 14 41 23 2G
6. Amason's, 130 0 45 17 134 83 49
7. Barterfield, 79 7 3S 5 67 38 4 1
8. Sparta, 78' 19 23 7 30 42 02
9. Robertson's, 76 0 17 G 28 50 35
10. Bulluck's, 60 1 5 13 15 24 53
11. Harrell's, 50 2 7 17 33 39 10
12. Harper's, 60 4 0 27 29 53 20
13. Parker's, 80 0 14 03 39 40, 05
14. Logsboro', 53 1 3 g j- orj 01
1 15. Cherry's, 70 13 20 15 38 49 44
j 1G. Maner's, 49 1 15 5 04 24 28
17. Gardner's, 105 4 2S 5 74 j7 43
Total, 1320 75 oil 282 S38 72S 071
PITT COUNTY.
Hall. rett?tt.d.Jloe.DkVnMMoye.For'n. Clark.
1G6 131 81 105 003 J J49 Gf)
Districts.
Greenville,
Pactolus,
31
100
54
Tali's,
Burney's,
Haddock's..
Cross Roads,
Foreman's,
StancilPs.
23
53
15
9
94
104
54
00
17
18
1
7
0
30
19
55
30
22
11
30
0
10
o
32
1 1
349
43
Tison's Store, 28
1 erluns s,
Griffin's,
Buck's,
14
40
7
Total, 000 533
Incendiary Publications.
We .stated a lew works since that
several copies of the anti-slavery
publications issied at the Noith,
wore distributed in this section by
some person travelling South in
the stage. Since then a number
of them have arrived at the Post
Office in this place, directed "to
the Methodist Clergy," and to
different individuals. We, learn
also from the papers, that similar
publications have been recently
received at Raloigh, Norfolk,
Richmond, &c clearly exhibiting
a simultaneous movement by the
northern fanatics against our do
mestic relations. It is proposed,
in seveial of the Virginia papers
to send delegates to a State Con
vention, to be held at Lewisburg,
on the 15th of September next
on this subject. In Charleston,
S. C. the excitement was so great,
on iis being known that large
mumhers of these tracts and pam
phlets had ai rived by mail, the
people broke open the Post Office,
seized the bags containing them,
and made a public bonfire of
them. Indeed, thr recent dis
closures in Mississippi, enjoin it
upon the Southern people to use
the utmost vigilance, collectively
and individually, to detect if pos
sible every person engaged in
this nefarious business.
A Iiss iss ipp i. G v. R u n n e 1 1 s
of M issisippi, has issued a pro
clamation, calling the attention of
the Police of each county and
district to the recent iusui reclion
ary movements, and directing
them to organize efficient patroles,
j and to endeavor lo appn bend all
suspicious pel sons. Prom a con
fession ol one Murrell, convicted
jast year of negro stealing, and
r.ow confined in the Tennessee
Penitentiary, it appears that la
wns on of the principal leadeis
of a gang of desperadoes, dispers
ed throughout the slave, holding
States, whose object was to pro
cure plunder by exciting the slave
population to rise against the
whites. It is stated that MurrelPs
Carolina, 32; Virginia, 2 1 ; Mary
land, 27; Florida, 16; Louisiana,
32; ''Transh.-iiiers, who travel
Irom place to place" 22 Miking
a grand total, on this incomplete
list, of 456! It is to be regretted
that this list is further deficient in
omitting the christian names and
places of residence of these incen
diaries. We give below some
additional particular of the recent
105 003 J49 G5
10 32 94 100
10 40 no 82
20 81 38 27
2 37 25 12
3 21 22 4
26 74 102 17
19 42 29 1
G 33 32 o
10 14 1 0
15 G4 18 7
8 23 10 4
298 7G9 GIG 343
disclosures in Mississippi, collect
ed from various sources.
Before Cotton was bung, he
made repeated confessions of his
guilt, both privately and publicly,
in presence of an immense multi
tude, and furnished a detail el' the
plan of operations agreed on, and
a list of the prominent conspira
tors. It seems from Cotton's
confession, which was, as lo the
most cssseulial particulars, reduc
ed to writing previous to his
death, and subscribed by him in
presence of numerous witnesses,
that he was an accomplice ol the
celebrated Murrel; and he in fact
acknowledged that he had been a
member of two grand councils in
association with Muriel himself.
The project embraced the whole
slave region from Maryland to
Louisiana, and contemplated the
total destruction of the white pop
ulation of all the Slave States,
and the absolute conquest and
dominion of the country. A
large number nfhohl, enterpris
ing, and unprincipled white men
are concerned in the scheme, scat
tered over the country, along the
whole line of contemplated oper
ations, who have succeeded in en
gaging the aid of such among the
negro population as, Iroiu their
peculiar characteristics, were re
garded as best suited lo such an
enterprise the bold, the saga
cious, the desperate. Arms and
ammunition have been procured,
and deposited in various secret
places, and all oilier arrangements
effected which were deemed es
sential to the adoption of incipient
operations.
The publication of the Murrel
pamphlet is understood, lo have
precipitated the attempted execu
tion of the plot, and lo have in
duced earlier hostile movements,
by several mouths, than was ori
ginally contemplated. So far
as we have been informed, the
scheme of operation agreed on
was as follows: On the night of
the 4lh of July, an attack was to
be made upon" the low 11 of Vernon
in Madison county, at a time when
most of its white population would
be asleep. The whites, lhu. tak
en by surprise, were lo be indis
criminately butchered. All ihe
ammunition and arms of the tow n
were to be seized, and the whole
force of the insurgents, as rapidly
as possible was to be directed
against the town of Livingston,
where similar proceedings were
to be had. By the time this could
be accomplished, il was expected
the whole body of the white popu
lation would be overcome with
panic, and be constrained to tly
from the scene of leror; and every
black in the country, able to w ield
the w eapons of w arfare, w ould be
found arrayed around the insur
gent standard. This army of in
cendiaries w as then to march upon
the town of Clinton, burning,
sacking, and laying desolate the
w hole country as tin y advanced.
By ihe time the destruction of
Clinton could have been accom
plished, it was expected that the
insurgent army would be greatly
strengthened, and amount perhaps
to several thousands. A precipit
ous march was then to be made
to the county of Claiborne, along
the skirts of Warren, and the
whole country upon the river
bank was to be ravaged and in
undated with the blood of men,
w omen, and children.
Such are the outlines of this
plan of conspiracy, related by
those who have witnessed much of
the investigation which has taken
place upon the subject in Madison
county. Lynchburg irg.
The New Orleans Bulletin
of the 12th inst. contains Ihe
following:
"The steamer Freedom con
firms the report of the execution
of the Vicksburg gamblers, and.
also states thai on the 4th inst. a
quarrel originated on Deer Creek,
Washington County. Mississippi,
between , one Hashburger and
Chaney, and that on the Gib,
Chaney and friends were attacked
by Hashburger and friends, which
attack resulted in the death of
two of each patty, viz: Chaney
and Wm. Chance, Mr. Howard
and a negro belonging to Hash
burger, and Rich. Chance badly
wounded. It was re ported at
Vicksburg on the 9lh, that in
consequence ol the difficulties
among the gamblers, inurrec
tionisls and' others. 26 persons,
while and black, suffered death, in
ihe Slate of Mississippi on the
6th inst."
lit addition to the above,
other sources state, thai in Madi
son County, on Sunday the 5th,
I wo men. Cotton and Saunders,
Steam Doctors, together with
seven negroes, "were hung with
out law or gspel,'? and two
preachers and ten negroes were
jo be hung on the 8th. On the
evening ol the lOih, a laige mob
assembled at a place c;dled 'Un
der the Hill, in Natchez, and
routed the gamblers in tola: des
troying their tables, &c. then
allowing them 21 hours 10 leave
the city, and granting 4o hours
lo the female inhabitants of the
same notorious place, lo take
their leave forever, otherwise
their houses would be pulled
down about their ears, and them
selves subjected to much incon
venience, by being compelled
lo quit ihe city.
State Convention. We pub
lish to-day the amendments lo the
Constitution, adoptt l by the Con
vention. The Kaleigh Register
gives the following as the out
lines of the Oidinance for carry
ing the same into effect.
AN ORDINANCE
Of ihe Convention provides that
the above amendments shall be
.submitted by the Governor to the
People on ihe 2d Monday in No
vember next, thirty days notice
being givtn, and that the polls be
opened by the Sheriff, at the sev
eral Election Precincts in each
and every county in ihe Stale;
that all persons qualified to vote
for Members of the House of
Commons may vote for or a
gainst a ratification of the amend
ments. Those w ho wish a ratifi
cation of the amendments, voting,
with a printed or written ticket,
"Ratification" those of a con
trary opinion, " Rfjrrtwn." It
the amendments be ratified, they
shall take effect and be in force
Irom and after the first of J;uua
ay, 1830. Thai in case the a
tneudments be ratified, ihe elec
tion of Governor shall take place
at the same time in Julv and Au
gust next, that the election of
Members of Assembly shall be
held. Futher particulars will be
found in the Ordinance, which,
w ith correct copies of the amend
ments, will be distributed amongst
ihe people h: ihe several counties.
Resolutions of ihe Convention
direct that 270 copies of the
Journal of the Convention, shall
be printed and distributed as fol
lows: viz. one copy to the Execu
tive Department of the United
States, and of the several Slates;
one copy to be deposited in the
Office of the Clerk of the County
Courl of each County in the
State; one copy to each member
of this Convention, and fifty co
pies to be deposited in the Public
Library, the Library of the Uni
versity, and ihe Offices of Heads
of Department, in such propor
tions as may be directed by thf.
Governor of ibis Stale. Also,
that 125 copies of the Constitu
tion, and the amendments adopted
by the Convention, be printed and
distributed under the directions of
the Governor lor each County
entitled to a member in ihe House
of Commons, and in like propor
tion to counties entitled to a grea
ter number of Representatives,
and 125 copies for each senatorial
district, making an aggregate
of 21,250.
(CThe Cincinnati Daily Gaz
ette of July 14, says: We under
stand that E. A. Brown, of Ohio,
late Minister to Brazil, has been
appointed Commissioner of the
General Land Oflice, in the place
of Elijah Hayward, Esq. re
signed. Horrid Fracas. We learn that
a most dreadful aflair took place
in Warrenton on Monday last.
We will give the particulars as we
heard them from a most respecta
ble source. Mr. Charles P.
Green. Editor of the Bovdtou Ex-
positor, being in Warren on, Mr.
John Bragg determined to chas
tise him, as we learn, lor souk
offensive article which appeared
in the Expositor some time since.
With this view he got his brother
Mr. Thomas Bragg, and perhap
others, to accompany him aftei
going lo several places they came
upon Mr. Green at the Store ol
Mr. Plummer Mr. John Bragg
entered at the back door and
struck Green down with a slick
before he w as advised of his ap
proachthe ivvo Braggs then as
saulted their prostrate enemy
when Mr. Somerville interfered.
At this point Green discharged a
pistol al John Bragg, but the pis
tol was diverted from its aim, by
some means, and the ball entered
the breast of Somerville. The
fight siill continued between the
Braggs and Green ihe latter
ihen drew a dirk, anil stabbed
John Bragg in the neck, cutting
one of the large veins, who imme
diately sunk from loss of blood.
The combat was then single hand
ed Green inflicted numerous
dirk wounds upon the face and
arms of Thos. Bragg w hen they
were separated. Our informant
stales that it was doubted whether
Mr. John Bragg or Mr. Somer
ville could recover from their
wounds. Oxford. Ezarn.
Gr'W'e are authorised to state
that the .Merchants' Hank of JVew
hern is now in readiness to com
mence operations, and the Board
of Directors w ill meet every Mon
day night for the purpose of dis
counts. , cu'bern Sptc .
Salem, Juhi 25 We learn
'that, on Wednesday last, the
I body of Mr. ralenline J.ifler ot
j Davidson county, was found dead
in a creek near his house. A Ju
ry of Inquest being held over the
body, the following verdict was
pronounced: 'came t( his deaih
by drowning himself.' Reporter.
CTCapt. Read, of the Navy,
has been Iried by a Court Martial,
on a charge of cruelty and op
pression to a Midshipman, found
guilty, and sentenced to one year's
suspension from the service.
The President has approved the
sentence.
.Murder. On Saturday last,
John Whitaker, a member of a
highly respectable family in ibis
county, was so badly beaten in
the immediate vicinity of this Ci
ty, by Merril Miller and bis son
Levi, as lo cause his death in a
few hours. An inquest was held
over the body, and ihe verdict of
the Jury was, that the deceased
came to his death in consequence
of blows inflicted by said indiv id
uals. JSIerril Aliller has been ar
rested, and is in prison, but bis
Son has thus far, eluded the vigi
lance of the Officers. Ral. Reg.
03 We extract the following
from the Will of the late John
Randolph of Roanoke, recently
admitted to probate in Virginia:-
To Nathaniel Macon I give
and bequeath my oldest high
silver candlesticks, my silver
punch ladle with whalebone han
dle, a pair of silver cans with han
dles and my crest engraved there
on, my hard metal dishes that
have my crest of J. I. old Eng
lish letters engraved thereon, also
the plates with the same engrav
ing, the choice of four of my best
young mares and geldings, and
ihe gold watch by Roskell, that
was Tudor's with the gold chain,
and may ev ery blessing attend him
the best and purest and wisest
man that I ever knew.
Riots in Jamaica. We learn
from the New York Evening
Star, that a letter has been re
ceived in that city from Kingston,
Jamaica, dated June 22d. whirl.
states that the whole Island had!
been kept in a slate ot alarm and
feverish agitation in consequence
of the insurrection of the manu
mitted slaves, (or apprentices, as
they are now called.) Not a day
passes but one or more of the
murderers are brought up for
trial.
(TJunge G.to , i:,is , Ijilr t
;.'d to deliver the Anneal A
'lelore the Philoinaihr.siun -t
Enzcluiii Soeieli s nf V
Forest Institute, on ile i-.'''
.November ruxt.
con-piracy, H is vnd by . ;
.hez Courier. s n, " eXSv
through the whole s(,,,H , .()
try conisiinr ,,,,r;I
band of blacklegs, not h ti
or .000 in uumher.
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'liik-v. ' 1.1)1 1 4.- :.o ' .1-
tee.
5 V virtue of a Deed in Ti.'
executed to ln.' I.v Tun,-:
Hut land, for purpovs Hkpyi
contiiint d, I shall s-i or, 'w jiIh.
mises. on Fridat , Uj?th !y ,'
August (inst.) to the hiiitsi
Clurfor cash,
The Houpc mid 7o,
Wherer said Rti'hrul l;v;(
including his Storehouse and dir.,
The h nct of Lfiml,
Purchased by said Rutland cf W.
N. Edwards and wife, udj ::u's
the Sco'land Neck Race Traci;
two negro ?vowen, one oi imni
young and likely--one horxr ar.J
Milk v. and all of the IimjM'h'1'!
and Kitchen Furniture I't-li'i iiL
lo si Rutland.
J. Ii. J. D si MEL. truU:
August o'th, 13.5,
MUSEUM OF
j ax
Figures,
f'HE Proprietors t espt-ct.'ii ;
inlorm ihe Puldic ibt lb
have at considerable expense tit
ted up and anaiigt-d this Mih'jit:,
and will exhibit the suit' i'i
Tarborourh until Ceuii w ek. 1:1
the building next door Mrnv.Vr.
Pender's Hotel. Atra.i.s
vat ions personages rej)ie",j
are Washington, Lafnvette. J " l'
son, the Goddess of Lihnly.
14 other figures togvll.T
a piece of the skin oi -l
Sarpent. and a variety oi c''
curiosities.
August 7. 1835.
-
- ViWs Grave Jcudniiy.
THE Examination of the
in this senooi, unnei
of Mr. E. Bullock, took
agreeahly ti appointment '
l hursday, the 23d ol
I Uv -i Lrre a,ifl '
snprtnhlp niiliprife IllUfl' ''''
lion was "iven and onlei an1
corum preservetl. i'K I
went through tr.i' rP-?,f
parts with decencv and acfi;"1.'
which gained for theni-cn '
their attentive Preceptor "!"
planuse of all who wimt
their attainments. Fc P1"0'
ings of the kind have Uco 111
universally applauiied. ;
After the pupils hod Vftlor.
their several parts, thcte wa
appropriate address tiehve .
Lemuel Deber ry. rq. (j;p
ny anotner irom !'
Daniel. Several other
m-ll :ifli1 Kvrj ihe comp-m)'-
the exercises were cIomj -
vtvy applicable addrc lf( ,
by the Rev. Mark &nt:eil
ter ivhich the con-jw") ,L
from the stage 10 reg'ie .'
tlay all highly pleased j
proceedings of the o'ay j
each other,
1st August, 1S35.