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SATURDAY, SlilMV V2, 1835. j$JOn Sunday lat, a meeting of the citizens of lliis place was called by the Magistrate of Po lice, to lake into consideration the contents of a letter received at the Post Office when the following Circular was immediately distrib uted hi t"c different districts in this county, and sent to several persons residing in other counties: CIKCUL.AK. Tarboro' 0 Sept. IS35. Dear Sir: To-day's mail brought to this place a letter of which a copy is hereunto annexed. That you m iy know alt the particulars, we hasten to communicate with you immediately. Tlie chiieus of this place met this afternoon and resolved to appoint a committee of vigilance, consisting of Joseph K. Lloyd, Benj. M. Jackson, Solomon Pen der, Lewis Bond, George How ard, and Francis L. Dancy, and recommend to the districts in the countv to appoint a like coinmit- Ti.jy have been in almost con-j slant session for lour -days and have patiently and dispassionate ly investigated every matter of the least suspicious character that ha been communicated to them. And from this thorough examina tion they are unanimously of o piniou that there are no concerted plans for insurrection. They have discovered, however, that the slaves of d 'liferent neighbor hoods have been drawn together on Sundays, by some of bad and immoral character, for the pur pose of gaming. If these leaders contemplated insurrection, it does not seem that they had ventured to communicate their views to others. The Committee have caused corporal punishment to be indicted on all those who attended the meetings for gaming. They have discovered very few offen sive w eapons in the hands of the slaves, and only such as they might have had without any mis chievous intent. No abolition tracts or incendiary publications of any kind have been discovered among the free negroes or slaves. 1 he Committee recommend to their fellow citizens, however, to be vigilant, and that the Commit tecs for the different districts be considered as standing commit tees, whose duty it shall be to investigate all reports and suspi cious matters, and to communi cate to their fellow citizens any information they may deem neces sary for the public peace safety. GIu reply , U, ery of .!.e j not all of .M, acted I hold her Uoe ,.u!4 Ml S J 1 t W V J A PLANTER. Ilaleigh Standard, relative to the politics of the members of the next General Assembly, we state that "tow" wc are satisfied the Whigs have been defeated and truly gratified at the prospect, that Senator Mauguiu need not look lor relief in that direction from his present awkward position. We shall publish the Koll of the members in our next. n. n atnU Tint tllPsf C O 111 Ml 1 1- I . . " - llc ",ta . . j 1 lie Central L ommittee entertain tees communicate to the Lentral . , cc-.i- 1 ic Luimmma-a j iht belief ifthis course is pursued, Committee at Tarboro , Irom , f. n. . .. 1 1 1 1 i mi. i on 11 1 vyuiniiiiiiv.1 j un charge their duties, wc shall never have any thing to fear from the slaves. J. R. LLOYD, Ch'm'n. Sept. 11, 1S35. time to time, all information they may receive, and adopt such regu lations as they may deem most advisable. J. R. LLOYD, Chairmen Committee of Vigilance. Smithfidd, Sept. 2d, 1S35. Dear Sir: The following is a true copy of a letter found in this village on ypsterday, written in a bad hand. The citizens of the town now as sembled, have authorised uv to address you the copy, that you might take such measures as you might think best at such a time as the present on the authority of such a letter. We here are ma king preparations to protect and defmd ourselves. Yours, respectfully, DAVID TllOMSOX. ft7Ve find in the last Wash ington Whig, an article containing in our view several flights of fan cy, which we do not distinctly com prehend among them, wc are charged with having practiced numerous manoeuvres to cover our late political defeat in this Con gressional district, and represent ed as having been one of the members of the Jackson Van Bu ren Convention held in that place some months past. Being wholly unconscious of having practiced any manoeuvres on the occasion referred to, and withal unambi tious of political distinction, we courteously request the Kditnrs of the Whig, to state the facts upon which the above assertions are founded. 1 he same article ascribes io us the paternity of the communica tions signed "A,'' and "A Plan ter,'' which appeared in our pa per two weeks since, and several sage speculations are set forth relative to their contents we con ceive, however, they are suffi ciently expurgated in the sub joined reply by one of the parties concerned. fXMr. Alex. J. Lawrence lias retired from the Raleigh Star, and Mr. Thomas J. Lemuy has be come sole proprietor of that pa per. Mr. Lemay observes: "The change of proprietors will not be followed by any change of the principles upon which the Star lias hitherto been conducted; nor shall it lose any portion of its lustre, if devotion to the best in terests of my native State, and in creased diligence and attention to business can prevent it. On the contrary, 1 hope to be able to improve this journal, and aid in elevating the character of the oress in North Carolina. If I can succeed in obtaining the re quisite patronage, the dimensions and typographical execution of the Star shall, in a jdiort time, be equal to that of any paper in the Southern section of the Union. pon her with his knife drawn, & stabbed her in the aouomen. Uis auo-hler attempted to interfere and re-cue her mother. He im mediately turned upon her, and threatened to ei ve her in the i . i i ame way. rue n;i'ciiru uji i small child and ran half a mile, to the hou-e of a neighbor, forastU- lance. When that asilance was afforded, and came to where the horrid deed wa perpetrated, they mind, that in addition to t tie lirsl wound inflicted, the demon had cut his wile's throat. Search was immediately made for him. and he was found per- laps two hundred yards from the house wilh his own throat cut from e:ir to ear. and partly throusrh the wind-nine. He was O II. not dead, however, as he ou to have been, but was brought to this place on Thursday morning, ami is now in jail. The doctors ewed up the cut place in his neck te better to enable the sheriff lo bans him. Patriot. Appointment by the Presi dent. Charles Mialer, ol I'enn svlvania. lo b Secretary of the Tenitory of Michigan, vieo Ste phen T. Ma-on, superseded. The reasons for this change are jjiven at length in the (Jlolie of .Monday they refer to the deli rate and intereslinir relations al present existing between the Ter tiiory of Michigan and the State of Ohio. FOR THE TARUOIIO IitKS. CuTlie good citizens of dis trict ;o. 2, of Edgecombe mili tia, having assembled for the purpose of consulting upon such measures as the present circum stances of their county require, organized the meeting by calling Col. JJevj. Wilkinson to the Chair, and appointing Iienj. D. Battle and James (i. Barnes , Sec retaries. After due deliberation, the committee appointed to that duty reported the following reso lutions, which were adopted unanimously: Resolved st, That in the opin ion of this meeting, the present excitement throughout the South ern country, has been produced by the seditious proceedings of Northern fanatics. Resolved 2dy That the Consti tution of each State, as well as that of the United States, has COPY. Tarborough, August '2tk. Tlree lines is to let you know that ne had a splendid meeting on the 9 ill instant and they all gave their con-ent to join us and say thar they glad to think that the bloody work is close at hand and we say to von that w e intend to I loose our lives in the attempt or j g"rauteed to every citizen the gain all freedom we want you to j T"61 enjoyment ol life, liberty have your meetings regular and j a,M' property. take rrn to lot ooop know ii thr.t Resolved 3d, That in the Con- ou cant have confidence in 'and dont in companies at meetings do it will be suspected meet in the Moods that in the thickest place you can find the time is drawing stitution ol the United States, slaves are recognized as property in the hand of the owner. Resolved lfi. That the people of the South, in the disposition of nigh and when you start go in l,,at ProPer,.Vi :,re amenable only companies of ten until midnight 10 ,ales ma(,e ny themselves, and the have a certain nlaceto ! Resolved fA, That the iniqui meat and then take your two lit- lous measures of the Northern tie towns and then we can co an fonalics are unconstitutional, kill all as you go leave none as ruinous to the cause they propose big as your fist Major S Black to promote, treasonable in their right to us as quick as possable results, and if persisted in, will bow you come on Major and let surely prove destructive to our us know how many you got on happy Union your list we have about two thou- I Resolved Gth, That from the sand in our different coumies that 'ale expression of public senti we have heard from and a great n)ent in the Northern cities, our many of the free blacks People confidence in the friendly disposi going with us and they am our . l,on of our intelligent brethren at officers nothing more at present lne North is still unimpaired. but doivt let them drink a drop, j Resolved 1th, That we will use every lawful means in our nosses The above is the copy it has, sion to preserve inviolable the no signature auacueu io n. e rights secured to us by that com I 1 lave advised by to-day's mail the pact, under the genial Influence of )eople of Raleigh, Waynesboro', which we have enioved unexam- and Slantousburg sending to each a copy. DAVID THOMSOX OTThe Central Committee of Vigilance beer leave to submit lo their fellow citizens the following UEPOMT. The Centinl Committee of Vig ilance entered nPo iheir duties immediately r.fter us formation. pled prosperity. After the adoption of the above solutions, ihe committee report cu ruies and regulations, whic were also ..,l..i . . . . w nuuiueu, io ne observed by the Committee of Virilnnrp in the performance of the duties imposed upon them. Ben. Wilkinson, Chairm tu rj. if. uattte, James G. Barnes .1 an ecrclanes. FOIl Till: TAKHOKO PRESS. JIr. Howard: I am extremely sorry that my request in your pa per of 2'Jth, should have placed you in such an unenviable situa tion. I perceive the Whig evades complying with the request, but promises to do so, if you will pub- sh Dr. Hall's speech, delivered in Washington a few years ago. fhis he know s is impossible, nut why the Whig should have got in such a rage, 1 am at a loss to divine; for surely those friends of Mr. Pettigrew, who were not in Washington, ought to be furnish ed by some means with copy of lis "grateful acknowledginents"- nd as the Whig has lately been possessed of so much "glory," 1 thought nothing could please it better than to have an opportunity of adding another laurel on the brow of their distinguished states man. What would Messrs. Webster and Calhoun say, if one of their organs refused lo publish one ol their great efforts, especial- y when requested io do sor And why the Whig has thought proper to abuse you, for merely publish ing a communication, (which every paper in the Stale would except those belonging to a com pany,) 1 cannot conceive; unless by your publishing the request it has deprived the publishers of selling some four or Jive hundred copies of the speech, at a shilling a piece, as they did a celebrated Song composed by a man who could neither read nor write. Or it may be, that they expect "me next Congress in the third Congressional district" will be held at Washington, ami they perhaps be elected printers. But if they pursue the course they have adopted in this case, they will most assuredly have opposi tion; for the people would not leave their homes and go to Wash ington every time a ilgreat speech" was delivered, even though they were promised a plent' of "whole hogs." In conclusion, the Whig spouts considerable concerning the delegates lo the Baltimore Convention, &ic. Now, as a set off to that, if the Whig will only be kind enough to publish the ere dentials of ihe delegates who at tended the Caucus at Washington last December, I will be willing to let the people judge whether or Ohio and Michigan. A letter from a respectable attorney, dalec Detroit, April 27th, says, " i are on the eve of a border war with Ohio. Blood must be shed I am this moment under marching orders." We trust the writer apprehension will not be realized It must indeed be a dreadful in fatuatinn which could induce two neighboring communities, mein bers of ibis great Confederacy, to mingle their arms in deadly strife We cannot believe that either of them have so far forgotten the duties which they owe to th country, and to the cause of uni versal liberty. But apart from this, if the order of ihe President dismissing Governor Mason, of Michigan, shall arrive in time, it will soothe ihe pride of one party, and confound the zeal of the other. Both of them ought lo be ashamed of their, warlike prepara tions, especially when they know that in three months ihe contro versy will be put to rest by the action of Congress. Jour, of Com. tin -hut if he alat r.-i . me a fair price for ,t, iK' ,' ie ami got nought to .. ' matter, particularly if ,e 3,1111 of his discussion is to tt, ',,,!rt' ol my shirt, wiil,ulc ' 1 at all. M,atih; Now, then, if u.e AH! oiks want to free a m-.,. , '"'"'' must Un ready to p;lv fr , ' "'" some-thin like work well. Let Slates fit a fair and form 'hi pi; ll II) inir "Ulli, P -e fur a trii fro i a conn.,;,.. take charge of ihe matier X-ftIU an abolition man ,s s l', 1 ofphilanthrophy i1;4l rJ,r work enuf at home for -,t j "I"1 send the amount of tlle tixt(' of a nigger io this Co. ' south, and simply say'- , men, inclosed me a nigger." ' ' Now, this would he n-U , would call true phiUwh' :r .i. a i...t:.:. ... 1 1 . H.S am i .i.c f, iMMuwii loius at Ik ihpv wnnhl fln,t of I . r "P an;! Death by Lightning. Two ne gro women, the property of Mr. Powell, near llaysville, Franklin county, were struck by lightning ou Sunday evening, IGlh ultimo, and instantaneously killed. They were returning; from the Camn- Meeting at Plank Chapel, each with a basket on her head, con taining plates, knives and forks, Sic. and as they were in an open field when struck, it was supposed the metal attracted the electric fluid, and caused the explosion in that particular spot. Some of the knives were melted, and every thing else about them, including even their clothing, shivered and toru into atoms. Ral. Star, Mark the IIvnocriles n the Palmyra (N. Y.) Sentinel of An gust 7, we have the proceedings of a meeting called for the pur p o.,. of doing what, does the reader suppose? VVhy, of lakin measures for "ridding that place of the vagibond Negroes by whom it is ,it present inferred lo an alarming extent, or for advis ing in regard lo some other efli cient anil legal Mep3 of security against Iheir nocturnal depreda tions and demoralizing influence." Who could have been prepared for such language as this from a village in the interior of New Voik? Where are the lender sympathies of Tappan, Leavitt Co. Why are they not endeav oring to elevate the character of the "vagabond negroes' that al ready infest their State, before they seek lo augment their num ber? Out upon you, hypocrites! But, whal does tin: reader sup pose is the character of the meas ures adapted by these friends of "human rights," in New York, to nd themselves of the few i"iee blacks among them? After declar ing, in their preamble, that they had been seriously annoyed by the depredations of this class of people, who are, they say, "wilh few exceptions, lazy, dissolute, pilfering vagabonds, generally re fusing to labor for any compen sation bul depending on their nightly thefts and the poor laws for the means of subsistence," (how characteristic of the race, every where!) I hey rt quest own ers of houses which they occupy to expel them forthwith, and hereafter lo refuse lo receive them as tenants!! And this act of ex pulsion is done by men who lec ture the people of the South on the duties ol humanity, and who denounce us, because, instead of augmenting the number of "lazy, dissolute and pilfering vaga bonds" by manumitting our slaves, wc rather increase their happiness by keeping them em ployed, and giving them more and better food and clothing than they would earn for theinselve.s il they were free, or even than the white slaves of the North at this moment enjoy! We say again, out upon ye, double dyed hypocrites, as ye are! Lynchburg Vir. 1 11m .. i juMuy ,la $r .war. i . . mi uuicieuce ueiween rHu down justice, and their ki;i, philanthrophy, which is ver'v al to overlook it.' Your frienrf ZKKIEL BIG K Low Antiquities. We were af days since invited by a gentle of this place to examine lr)),, be deemed a noveltv hi ,, '' parts. In digging out a cd" under his dwelling liousr.abo, four feet below the surface discovered what appeared to I a piece of limber hewed ii, ;, square form, morlitui, ice. in a respects resembling il,e sill of a framed building. t. ther this limber, may ma Je t;e remains of some building erectw by a race of men more anum; and civilized limn the copjicrcn lorcd savages generally siipl to be the aborigines of Amain, we leave for the learned and curi o u s t o d e te r m i u e . Oxford Eun. OyP'ddic meetings have been held at Warrenton, Wilmington and Long Creek, New Hanover county, relative to the movements of the Abolitionists and Incendia ries; at which strong resolutions were adopted. ib. ft?"Mr. Robert Brockelt,o Camden county, was killed by lightning on the 17th ultimo. ib. Greensborough, Aug. 29. Horrid Murder! We have just received information of a murder committed in the north west parlof this county, which was attended with the most aggravated and re volting circumstances. On WediM'sday last, John Col houn, who had been drinking freely, perhaps to drunkness, the day previously, took his jug and started after more liquor. 1 1 is wife Elizabeth entreated him to desist. lie swore if she did not Come at Last. a err:!, published in the Mew liaveu Ht raid, we learn that the oizn peeled Comet has at length mad its appearance. The honor t its first discovery (at least iiitb country) belongs to ProlUsor Olmsted and Mr. Loods ot Ya College. OThe cholera hs mi? frightful ravages at Versaiii'1 Kentucky; on the morning emlm. the 17th, in a population of ncrr Iy 1000 persons, there ocn.rrt in the space of 21 hours, oO ca;f and 21 deaths! Among tlem " many of the medical men, ti.au letter was dispatched to Ltv::: ton for medical aid, wljenihw the physicians of that town, D: Pawling, Bell and Blackta' with a generous devotion, irair1 diately proceeded thither. I Hussellville, where the diseae nearly disappeared, there been 100 deaths. Zekiel Bigelows Mode of abo lishing Slavery. "But now to the notion 1 first started with, for this is the nub of this letter. As in this country there might be more danger in preventing free discus sion on all matters, than in letting all have their say in most matters the only course left in this nig ger question, is to see that one set of folks don't use other folks' property in carrying out their plans of "philanthrophy," as they call it. The meaning of this word "philanthropy" accordin to the dictionary, is "to love men." Now, if any man loves a nigger more than his master does, he should love his master just as much, else there aint a jot of philanthrophy in it. Now, ac cording to the laws of the land a nigger is as much the propery'o'f his master as my shirt is mine; if any man wants my shirt, and J chuse to sell it to him, it's a bar- Remarkalde Cure. A gentleman in GrcenfieM via (Mass.) had a finger cm ,I,V ihe blade of a hav-fiiuer a fc? davs since. It was divided tf tween the first and second"5 Dr. Deane was called in fifteen minutes afterward. i; severed portion had fallen am- the hay, and was then p" " cold; it was taken up, u;,se warm tvntpr spruied Mil tllf lU now entirely re-nniu?d. fact should serve as a lesson' similar cases, to 'save iliepfff GreenfeU M"- Mir !': CTAt a late fire in it was discovered that a sma:" story house contained thirty families, seven of which nedf the garret, in which there partition. Mirror. 07-The manufacture of ous coin for Hayti and mprim. i rnrried OlltOf01" ble extent. A schooner 'r at New York from XMie"'' , Jersey, on Thursday 380 boxes of it each coin $1200, made entirely -amounting to $4. were to be glossed f(ii:. to exportation; it was 1
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