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Communications FOK THE TAHCORU' Pit ESS MASONIC. Mr. Editor: I happened last Sabbath to be present at the fune ral of Starke IV. Smithwick, which took place at the town of James ton, on Roanoke river, Martin count', near the late residence of the said deceased. Abont 1 1 o'clock the steam boat arrived from Plymouth, la den with a great number of gen tlemen and ladies. Perhaps a more numerous concourse of peo ple than we often see in this sec tion of country had assembled, some probably to witness the Ma sonic ceremonies, some to hear the expected preaching, and some to pay the last mark of respect to their departed friend and brother. The weather in the morning was clear, about 8 o'clock it began to be a little changeable from clear and sunny to cloudy vapors float ing in the air, though it proved to be a very pretty day. About 1 1 o'clock the Masons repaired to Mr. Merriner's, where they all dressed, and about 12 o'clock they marched in silence down to a large and commodious church, where they all look their seats. When preaching commenced in a few minutes by the Rev. Wheeler jNIartin, his discourse was taken from the first ten verses of the 25th chapter of our Lord's Gos pel recorded by St. Matthew, of the ten virgins which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their ves sels with their lamps. From which he made a wonderful ser mon, and the discourse delivered was very appropriate on the occa sion. After preaching was over, the company of Masons commenced their exercises about half after one 6'clock, and after marching in procession about a quarter of a mile in profound silence to the grave of their deceased brother, and there went through with their forms usual on uch occasions. Their appearance was attractive and pleasing without splendor, their ceremonies orderly and graceful without pomp or parade, which was delivered by their bro ther Henry 15. Smilhwick with such feeling and sympathy as did honor to the fraternity. The si lent march, the measured steps, their slow move to the grave, and their twice or thrice compassing the grave of the deceased, all had an air and cast of solemnity that seemed to comport well with the occasion. The square, the level, and the rule, referred us to the beginning of the world, the tem ple of God, to David, Solomon, and other ancient and illustrious dead. The wide spread volume of truth carried in front, bespoke reverence to God and respect to virtue. The forms of invocations and supplications delivered at the grave, seemed to have a deep and lasting impression on the mind; and at last the enunciation we have now performed the last sol emn act for our deceased brother appeared to leave the sure and necessary rejection on the mind of each one present: He has gone to the eternal world, ami thither I must soon follow it is the unal terable doom of all the earth. A Friend to moral and religious solemnities. August the 8th day, 1S35. mrng the property destroyed. At least 500 girls, employed in binderies, and in the shawl busi ness, have been thrown out o( em ploy, and also 500 men, employed in the same and in the printing and publishing establishments. The scene this morning was heart rending, when the poor girls came down and to their astonishment saw the heap of ruins, which w as unexpectedly presented to them, whereby they were suddenly thrown into a state of temporary indigence. Many of them were frantic with grief. The total damage sustained is estimated from 1,500,000 to $2,000,000. In Fulton street, two journeymen printers were burnt to death. Their names are said to be Piatt and Carlisle. A master bookbinder, Mr. 131an chard, after being severely burnt, jumped from the fourth story, and was so injured that he expired shortly after." In the Wake district, Wm. Montgomery, of Orange, is elect ed by 3S0 majority over Danl. L. Barringer, of Wake, the late member. This gratifying intelli gence reached our village on Tuesday last, and produced no little excitement among our citi zens, who testified their joy at this unexpected triumph of cor rect principles, by firing can non, &cc. In the Fayetteville district, Mr. Deberry is re-elected by a majori ty of 480 votes over Mr. Belhuue. We shall probably be enabled to give the ofiicial statement of the vole in this district in our next paper, as the Sheriffs were to com pare the Polls at Washington the day before yesterday. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1835. HLKCTION HKTURNS. Halifax County Andrew Jovner, Senate. Sterling 11. Gee and Wm. M. West, Commons. Town of Halifax R. C. Bond. State of the Poll: Senate no opposition. Commons Gee 724, West G55, R. II. Burton 550, C. Hays 537. Congress W. L. Long 699, J. A. Aynum 614. Northampton Wm. Moodv, S. R. B. Gary and Win. Crump, C. Congress Long 4G3, By num 444. Jlartin Jesse Cooper, S. R. Roebuck and A. M. Slade, C. Bertie . W Mebane, 5. John Leigh and Thomas Spel ler, C. Poll: Senate Meb ane 34!, Wm. Cherry 205. Com mons Leigh 509, Speller 561, David Outlaw 461, Jas. Vr. Rcedj 341. Congress Bynum 610, Long 402. Beaufort. J. O. K. Williams, S. Henry S. Clark and Samuel Smallwood, C ifyc William Selby,S. R. M. G. Moore and John L. Swin dell, C. In a few weeks we shall proba bly have returns from all the coun ties, when we will give an entire list of the members elect, together with their politics, so far as as certained; The last Raleigh Re gister classes the members from 31 counties and 5 towns, as fol lows: for While 57, Van Burcn 45. The Standard, gives returns from 13 counties and 1 town, as follows: Republicans 3 1, Whigs 9, and remarks that "there has been a Republican gain since last year, of one member in each of the counties of Wayne, Pitt, and Ber tie; and a loss of one in Granville, and one in Hyde." The Fayet teville Journal gives returns from 40 counties and 5 towns, thus: for Van Burcn 64, White 61. The Journal's statement does not include Martin county, which re turned 3 Van Buren members, ma- kiug 67 to 61 Ami's. (tA correspondent of the Warrenton Reporter announces the death of Mr. Robert B. Som ervell, on the 12th iust. in the 23d year of his age. Mr. Somervell was shot with a pistol, sixteen days previous to his death, in the affray between Alessrs. Green and Bragg, in Warrenton. (E7"The Petersburg Constella tion contradicts the statement of the Norfolk Beacon, that an Eng lishman by the name of Robertson had been hung near Lynchburg, inconsequence of being detected in circulating incendiary publications. Great Fire in the city of J'eic York. The New York papers give a melancholy account of a destructive fire which occurred in that city early in the morning of the 12th inst. The Evening Star says: There has not been such a fire In thirty-five years! There were 30 or 40 valuable large buildings destroyed. Twenty-one of the .finest printing ofiices in town eleven binderies, including thirteen publishing establishments of neiv . papersfive of which were large, and eight penny papers have been Hon Jesse Speight is re-elected in the 'v."wciu uiainci, uy a majority tf 767 votes over Col. John McLeod. The polls in the differ ent counties stood thus:. Speight. JWeLeod. Johnston 72S 343 Wayne 775 24S Greene 394 joq Lenoir 319 2y4 Jones g2 093 Crave 52q I43 Carteret 219 4lQ 3017 2250 In the Halifax district, Jesse A. Bynum is re-elected by a majori ty of upwards of 300 votes. Dis turlancc in I Va s h ing ton It will be seen by the annexed accounts from the Washington Globe, that that city has been threatened with a serious commo tion. The exciting cause appears to have been the detection and apprehension of a distributor of incendiary publications, and the impudent expressions of a free negro. The vile fanatic will thus see some of the early fruits of their nefarious attempts to dis turb the peace and (juiet of their Southern neighbors. From the Washington Globe of Tuesday. A man named Crandell, said to be a brother of Miss Prudence Crandell, who teaches negroes in some of the Eastern States, was taken up in Georgetown, in this District, night before last, by the Police officers ofthis city, and put in jail, under the charge of circu latingTappan, Garrison, and Co's papers, encouraging the negroes to insurrection. Yesterday morn ing there was such a concourse of persons around the office where lie was to have been tried, that it was thought prudent not to bring him out, for fear that he would be taken from the officers of justice. We are informed that it is the in tention of the justices, as soon as the excitement has subsided a little, to go before him in jail, and there try hirn. Those friendly to themselves and to humanity, will do well not to bring any of the Company's papers this side of 'Mason and Dixon's line.' This is the opin ion of a great majority here of those who are opposed to slavery. From the Globe of Friday. It is with extreme regret that we have to state that our wide spread and hitherto peaceful City, has been the scene of riotous ex citement ever since Tuesday last, when Crandell was committed to jail for having in his possession some Incendiary publications. A great number of persons were displeased because he was tried in jail, which we believe was the only place where he could have been tried, without endangering his life. On Tuesday night the enraged populace were informed that Beverly Snow, a free mulatto, who kept a drinking and eating house at the comer between Brown's and G'idsby's hotel, had spoken in disrespectful terms of the wives and daughters of me chanics. In a very short lime he had more customers than both Brown and Gadsby but the landlord was not to be found, though diligent search was made all through the house. Next morning the house was visited by an increased number of guests. But Snow was still absent. They then determined to search the house of his associates for him.j The house of James Mutton, ano ther free mulatto, was first visited. In looking for Snow, some aboli tion newspapers were found. Button wai immediately seized and taken before a magistrate. In a few minutes there were sever al hundred persons around the magistrates ollice, hallooing, Bring him out! Bring him out!' The magistrate soon decided that he must go to jail, which decision was undoubtedly a merciful if not a lawful one. With some difficul ty the officers got him to the jail. As soon as he was safely lodged in jail, some persons hallowed, 'Now for Snow's house!' The crowd immediately moved off at a quick pace, and in a few minutes were there, and in a short time cut down the sign, and broke and des troyed most, if not all the furni ture in the house, not forgetting to crack a bottle of 'old Hock 'now and then.' By the time all this was done, the other houses intended to be searched, were vacated. The crowd then went to the centre Market House, w here some speeches were made, and a committee of twenty-four were appointed. We could not get near enough to hear the purport of the speeches, nor the object of the committee. In the mean time the City Council held a meeting, and passed some resolutions au thorizing the .Mayor to adopt such measures as he might think best to allay the excitement, Sec. Whereupon, the Mayor issued his Proclamation. And then Major General Jones, of the militia, issued orders for his forces to arm to put down the disturbances; Some fifty or sixty persons appeared at the City Hall about sundown, armed with mus kets and fixed bayonets. About the same time some three or tour hundred persons near Snow's house, two or three hundred yards distant. Both parties maintained their ground till some time in the night, when the armed force marched into the City Hall, and the unarmed force marched to the west end of the City, where they burnt a negro hut, and broke the w indows of a negro church, and dispersed in squads of ten and twenties, and nothing more was heard of them during the night. After this was done, the armed force marched towards where the house was burnt, and inarched back again. Baltimore mob order restored. We give below from the Balti more American of Tuesday and Wednesday, further accounts of the recent disturbances in that City, together with the gratifying intelligence of the restoration of perfect order. Baltimore August 11. The excitement in reference to the per sons connected with the affairs of the Bank of Maryland was mani fested to a still greater extent on Sunday night. At eight o'clock the house of Uevcrdy Johnson, in Monument Square, was attacked and entered, the lurniture thrown into the street amd burnt, the interior of the house demolished, and the front partly lorn down. A short time before eleven o'clock, the house of John B. Morris, in South street, was at tacked, the furniture thrown into the street and burnt and the inte rior demolished. About the same hour an at tack was about to be made on the newly erected dwelling of Hugh McElderry, in north Calvert street, but it is said that a repre sentation that the property was yet in the hands and at the risk of the contractor, induced the par ty to retire. The residence of Jesse Hunt, Mayor of the city, was next visit ed, and the furniture thrown into the street and burnt. These citizens supporting the The house of Captain Bent zineer was also assailed. The Store of Captain Wiley, Franklin street, was about to undergo a similar visitation, but the repre sentation by Mr. Lynch that the property w as his al not captain W's. w as the means of its preser- vatiou. llie nouse 01 uv. iimi.e was assailed; but his lady making her appearance and declaring that the properly was her own, she having received it from her fath er's estate, they listened to her appeal and departed without do ing any injury, were active in civil authorities on Saturday night. A little before day-break on yesterday morning the residence of Evan T. Ellicott, in Pratt street, was attacked, the furniture thrown into the street and burnt. In all these cases the assailants carried on their proceedings with out hiuderance or any attempt at it. Baltimore. August 12. Order is restored in our city. Boused by the excesses committed on Saturday and Sunday, the. citi zens turned out on Monday, and under the direction and au thority of the Mayor and Council were organized in armed bodies for the protection of their lives and property. From fifteen hundred to two thousand, inde pendently of the Fire Companies, were under arms all Monday night. No attempt was made to continue the lawless proceedings of the two preceding .evenings. The supremacy of the law is fully re-asserted, and confidence com pletely re-established. On Monday morning a feeling of indignation spread through the community at the sight af the de vastations w hich had been com mitted the night before, and at the threats of further violence. A town meeting was called. Our venerable fellow citizen, General Samuel Smith, presided, and a call was made upon all such in habitants as valued their rights and were disposed to protect 1 1 them, to meet at noon in How ard's Park. Here, accordingly, a large concourse assembled and marched in order to the Mayor's office. Gen. Smith made to the assemblage a spirited appeal, the more impressive from the charac ter of the speaker, who, after a half century of public service, now came for ward in his eighty third year to lead his townsmen in their determination to vindicate the authority of the law and de fend their persons and property. The multitude assembled were requested to organize themselves in their respective wards, and re assemble at the City Hall at six o'clock. This was efficiently done, and before night the vari ous bodies were well armed and distributed over the citv, through which they patrolled during the whole night. liegrets for what is passed are idle. The town has learnt a les son from the doings of the last few days that will never be forgotten. Feelings which should ever animate the government power, particularly in a republic, a w il lingness to preserve peace by peaceful means and a reluctance to proceed to the last extremitv, fatally misled the city authorities last week. These dispositions diverted them from the adoption of the only means of effecting their object. Had the force which volunteered on Saturday to keep the peace been, as it was on Monday, organized as an armed force, not only would the designs of the violently disposed have been frustrated, but bloodshed would certainly have been pre vented. Such a manifestation of power and resolution would have deterred them, and preserved the city from the horrors of the last few days. CC?"Mr. Gouvernenr, the Post master of the city of New York, has resolved not to transmit anv of the incendiary publications de posited in his office for the South ern Slates, until further directed by the Post master General. Jy-EKIcr J. Cc.'flf v.. poiutilK-nt to preach ut )' ', on the 5th Sunday j a.,,1 day, ut the Mt-ado- v cUy, at Whkeruk; ! ,1'4" 1 1 Autre) 's deck; iiUl .Ut:, I own C:eek; 1V.(1HV, ;., i Saturday, befor ihe'fi,- s,.'1?'" September, ;it Unii-n M p LV Sunday, at Toisuot. ,.. .' ments were mack- by "''"i; UimsJlf, before his dece!!' (' ' be filled by' Kkler IV' . request of Elder Gorm,,.'' ; At Little Keck, Ark:,,,, lath ult. Dr. J.jhn IV. , " l'ai borouli, N. C. l)r "jf'c a semlcnianof Hivat Uln ''': ' in his proteiui,, and h, """ uwil State ;k u U Hi: conduct through life is imitation, and" seem tcj 'j 7 heart-felt cstl eni aiui !l ' all who knew bin,, ji ' ed by T. RHaxvku.s.aj law) who admihr-uu-dt.V'1" and rendered his sun v,'; tollable as possible., c 1 The Itc&iifoi. Consisting (,iu( . BUY GOODS mas, itoiitH& Mlm Battle & Brothers' best CouJv armui utensils ai.d fl .,a sorted Glass C, 0tktrv K Jugs, Jars, and Casting do. SSI Hum iRur an,! r,r wium .1 !.. .... .. " ' BUck YEW if& Paints and lh't. Lamp and Fish Oil., Best Turks Island SALT,iCt Uesides many oilier n.ii.ot ; oles useless to ensj meraic, J; which me offered At fu sil cod And of course will )e loum; lower ihiiu can lie obtaiut! h ses where the usual pt-r pei.!;--chaigeable. ft The very low piirm a u .1 r 1 . . . ir mesu uimus are onet(i. rni'ii! . duce persons :o Lwl i ve : tv sold for o.ah alone; bul nevertheless sold on a credit I he first of .1 tnal customer, at which ivJ: : 1 1. ... .j 1 neslJy requested to m.ike sti:; ment, in order to cloe the . sent concern ami lecomrcei.eit siness upon a plan more :o t own convenience ami I irjie the advantage and er.lire lii!. tion of the public. n. 11. iiousmi Tarhoro, 17th Anj. 1HS5 Notice. IS I h:ive not been kno'.vr, the people, arid lliey bvii been acquainted utthnv" i therefore will m;ke vne marks upon n;y Libiue;-. persons having any Brick work or llirh To do, or any kiud of bi:?k whatever, particularly sw'' brick walls eorniee-, tor in arches, scheme a rents !''p" valle's in lylinsr and wMt-rv- ses, ail piers, pilaris n work, S:c. would oblige 1 selves in employing me.l1 got a form or arclntict, (pni in England,) mncrior w ever has been sen hfrt; new form ami the first or.e1 ever has been brought lien:. with what I have learned and with the assistance cfr book, can execute any job' in a neater style than w been done about here. b now capable of carrying business, I would be veiy '"' fill to the people 10 empty r and if my work does t-clj'' be better formed, i 101 ! cer than any that hns v,r' done by any brick m""i' section, 1 will not 'lf'. thing for my work, and it on as reasonable iffm-a"1. be expected. On any Ur$j I would wish to make tke , for I know that I can smoother brick than ever.-' made any where bf'e- 1 will warrant my burstimr. smokinir, i' sfi- ' else that does not work, and to be M'ptnr.. that has ever been done M'"; All orders from any4 may be sent to Tarborou: , Oflire, or any prison distance may come of , to Silas r.vei itt S neto Creek meetii g combe count v. fr.ii. J. r- August IT, !5?5. Petersburg Iut.
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