SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1836.
tt?We are gratified to learn
that the services of Walter Gwj nn,
Esq. havebeen engaged as Prin
cipal Engineer of the Wilmington
f.Dd; Raleigh Rail Road, aud that
the survey will be commenced
i m media telv- Th s -increasi n g i u
lerest manifested by our citizens
in regard to this noble undertak
ing, induce the hope that their
wish to have the Road pass
through this place, will be favor
ably regarded by the Directors.
CJThe Legislature of Virginia
adjourned on Thursday week, af
,ter a session: of 109 days. The
bill increasing the banking capital
of the State, was laid over for
further consideration.
The Legislature of Mississippi
have also adjourned without char
tering the proposed Mammoth
Bank, in that State.
(Tr'The last Petersburg Intelli
gencer appears in an improved
and enlarged dess.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, the following re
solution, prefaced by a long
. preamble, was submitted by Air.
Benton.
Resolved, That the said resolu
tion be. expunged from the journ-
' al, and. for that purpose, that the
Secretary of the Senate, at such
time as the Senate shall appoint,
shall bring the manuscript journal
of the Session of 1833-'4 into the
" Senate, and in the presence of the
Senate, draw black lines round
the said resolve, and write across
the face thereof, in strong letters,
the following words "Expunged
by order of the Senate, this day
of , in the year of our Lord,
1836."
The bill for the relief of the
New York sufferers by the great
fire, has passed both houses. It
provides that bonds which shall
be renewed with good securities,
shall be made payable in three,
four and five years, in equal in
stalments, from and after the day
of payment now specified in the
same. All who have paid, are to
have the sums refunded and re
ceive the benefit of the act, pro
vided their individual loss is prov
ed to have been more than one
thousand dollars
Irrthe case of the contested
election from this State, on Tues
day last, the first branch of the re
solution of the'eommittee, which
declared that Mr. Graham was not
entitled to the seat, was agreed to
yeas 144, nays 87. The se
cond branch of the" resolution,
which declared that Mr. Nevvland
was entitled. Jo' the seat, . was re
jected yeas" 99, nays 100. A
resolution. was then adpoted, de
claring the seat vacant.
An Important Arrest. For
several months past, the Treasury
Department hastieert in possession
of information calculated to lead
to the detection of the persons en
gaged in causing the destruction
by fire, of the Treasury office at
Washington, about three years
,.- past. On Wednesday last a per
son was arrested in the city of
New York, charged with firing
the building with his own hands,
hired to commit the act, as we
have U: ard, by some of those who
had committed frauds upon the
V; Pension Office, which they wished
- have destroyed, to screen their
r Other persons, we hear,
" -i in 1 ivr -KT
in me western part oxjgvjorK,
one in Vermont anaVanother in
Inri. The person that was taken
in New York was brought. oh yes
terday in the steamboat ' line, in
charge of Mr. Blaney, the Hi'l.
Constable of-Philadelphia, Mr
Jvelley, Deputy Marshal of Ohio'
aud Mr. Merrill, of the New York
Police. Thee officers left Balti
more this morning with their pris
oner for Washington, where the
trial is soon to take place.
Baltimore Patriot.
INDIAN WAR.
Latest from Florida. It is with
great pleasure that we lay before
i .u rn '. . . J
our icducis uic luiiwwiug iiiieresi
ing intelligence from the late Seat
of War. JPliere is now every
ground for the hope, and every
reason for the belief, that Oseola,
the master spirit in the late at
tacks on the while population of
Florida, has seen the folly of fur
ther resistance to the forces of the
United Stages, and that he aud his
adherents will surrender their
arms, aud abide by the stipula
tions of the treaty between these
Indian tribes and the Federal Go
vernment. Every Southern pa
per furnishes intelligence calcu
lated to produce the impression
that the war in Florida is 'at an
end. In confirmation of this
opinion, we take this opportunity
of stating that on Saturday last,
Drs. Caldwell and Cabell, attach
ed to the staff of General Scott,
passed through this town, bearing
despatches to Washington.
Pet. Int.
From the Charleston Patriot of
the 24th.
The Steam Packet Dolphin,
Capt. Pennoyer, arrived here last
night from St. Augustine via St.
Mary's and Savannah, with' ac
counts from the first named place
to last Saturday. The Savannah
Georgian of yesterday, contains t
the followiner.
which leaves no
doubt of the speedy termination ofi
Indian hostilities in Florida.
In the Dolnhin came nassen
! gers 33 invalids from Tomoka, of.
the South Carolina Volunteers,
who were discharged from service
on account of their illness.
All the troops stationed on the
i i i . i . . i.
bea-uoaro, nave laKen up me line
ofmarch, or are shortly to do so,
for Volusia, except a small de-
: tachment of Col. Brisbane's com-' 1,U51"' 'uias aooui mree , , v"fa , '
mand, which remained al Camp! hundred yards from the Camp of! Reived a wound; the ball, pass
j M'Rae. General Gaines, raised the whoop,) inS through his hp, knocked out
Savannah, March, 22 The ' which was immediately followed two ofhis teetll but its force beinS
following extract of' a letter re- i b-v one from l,,e hostile Indians. ' nearly spent, it did him ncfur-
lonowing extract oi a letter re
ceived in this city, in a great mea
sure confirms the accounts Dnb-
j fished yesterday from the Jack
sonville Courier:
Picolata, March 15. An ex
press from Fort Drane last even
ing, states that Gen. Scott is there;
that Gen. Gaines had retired to
Fort Drane, and left the com
mand before Scott arrived while
at the Withlacoochee. Powell,
Jumper and Apel were in camp
suing for peace that they were
tired of fighting. Whilst negotia
ting, Gen. Clinch's detachment
came up and knowing nothing of
what was going on, rushed upon
the Indians who fled, and Powell
and the rest hearing the alarm,
started like fury, but promised to
return the next day that on ac
count of Clinch's men they were
! afraid to come into camo. but
stood on the other side with a flag,
and stating that they had sent to
the Governor, Micanopy, to know
his ideas, and, as the old man has
always been considered in reality
favorable to removal, we are all in
hopes that the war will soon be
! terminated. They have moved
: their women and children about
j 40 miles from the late battle
i ground. Gen. Scott has had the
i offers of from 800 to 1000 Creek
Indians, which he has accepted.
They are to be there in 20 davs.
From the Jacksonville
March 17.
Courier, I
Gen. Gaines' and Oseola had an
Interview. The news from the
Camp of Gen. Gaines continues to
be of great importance. In our
last we stated Gen. Clinch with
the Alchua militia had joine.d him.
We were then unable to state cor
rectly the particulars. The fol
lowing extract of a letter Ao the
Editor, will show the force, which
accompanied the provisions.
"The force which went to the
relief of Gen. Gaines under the
command of Gen. CliRch, consist
ed of four companies of mounted
volunteers from Alachua county,
commanded by Caplains Will
iams, Carter, Hern, and Lieut.
Dell, one company from Hamilton
county, uuder Capt. Martin, the
Richmond Blues, about seventy
friendly Indians, and some regu
lars, in all about seven hundred
men. Verbal reports state that
the Indians are getting short of
lead.
With this force Gen. Clinch went
to the relief of Gen. Gaines. The
night before his arrival, Oseola
sent a neerro to the camp of Gen.
Gaines requesting an interview,
and promising to stay killing
white men if he would stop killing
Indians. This proposition was
agreed to; and Oseola was told to
come next day wiih a white flag,
when they would have a talk with
him. The next day in company
with another chief, he came to
within about one hundred yards of
the Fort, waved his white flag a
roiiud three times, and sat down
upon a log. Three officers from
the camp went to meet them.
Useola informed
them that
uen. nncn. was on
his way to'
join them with a large number of
horse-men. He exnressed his
willingness that hostilities cease &
to give tip his arms. The officers
required him, to sign articles of an
agreement by which he bound
himself to proceed immediately to
Tampa Bay, and there embark
for the Mississippi. Some say that
Oseola objected to this mode of
removing, and wished to go by
land. Others that he would not
promise to go at all, but wished to
live on the other side of the With
lacoochee and to have it for the
boundary line between them and
. u n i. - j
.u,e Wl,lie 77 1 ' . r U,S.CUS.S,"J vas
.errne" u,e larnval 01 ure.n-
Clinch. Durinckihe course of it.
Oseola inquiried how they were
? 1 IOT Prions. I ey told
' ".'' ,,a. " r,c,,v "c aa,u
ug Miew uiey uaa not, ana li tney
would come over the river, he
would give them two beeves and a!
bottle of Brandy.
. J
As Ge' Clih approached,
thr lr,endl' lnd,ans discovering
The men immediately formed and
fired a platoon. The Indians fled : T,lis. movement of Oseola in
and were closely pursued. A j requesting an interview, when
runner then came from Gen. en' Gaines had been entirely
Gaines ordering them to stop, and ! surrounded by his followers for
informing them that Oseola was j several days, is inexplicable, and
treating with them.. "At first those t seems to have taken all by sur
in pursuit could not be restrained i Pr,se Whether it was n artifice
but the cry ot "treaty," "treaty
soon checked them. Gen. Clinch
then formed and proceeded to
Camp.
The following extract of a let
ter, written after their arrival, con
tains some interesting particulars:
Head Quarters, Camp Iznrd,
Florida, On the Outhlacooche,
March 3, at night. "We arrived
at this post on the evening of the
Gth, and found Gen. Gaines' army
in a state of starvation, eating
horses, dogs, &c. Less than a
gill of corn was issued for a day's
rations. We brought but a small
quantity of provisions with us,
and 1 believe there are but few
men in camp who are not hungry
al this time. We found plenty
fresh Indian signs two miles above
this on the river, and some of us
wanted to pursue them, but the
General directed otherwise. When
we came in sight of the camp, the
spy guard reported Indians (500)
in battle array. The war whoop
commenced, and all who heard it
expected, and I believe, were pre
pared, ready and willing for it. I
was at the head of Captains Mar
tin and i at ter s Companies, the
left flank, when we discovered a
considerable body of Indians on
our left. We crossed up a little
faced to the left and gave them a
fire -two only returned it, (and
one of the balls struck near me,)
they instantly fled into the ham
mock; it is said we killed one and
wounded two; to-day the spot has
been visited, and a considerable
quantity of hides, some rice, he,
were found, so I guess they left in
a hurry. They have had Gen.
Gaines completely surrounded for
several day previous to our arri
val; they had fought him all the
day before, without much execu
tion on either side.
Hearing the attack ;bf Gen.
Clinch, the officer in conversation
with Oseola advised him to retire
into the hammock, while they went
to the camp.
On reaching the Camp, Gen.
Clinch found its inmates in great
distress. They were literally in a
state of starvation. 1 hey Had
killed and eaten several horses and
dogs. One soldier having stolen
a . dog and killed it, sold one of the
nuarters for five dollars. For
this act of stealing, killing, or sell
ing or all together, he received a
severe flogging. Une. man gave
six dollars for a piece of horses'
entrails about a foot long. Five
dollars were given for a biscuit
and the same for a quart of corn
We forbear to mention many oth
er acts, showing what hunger will
compel one to do, winch are relat
ed of these patriotic men, thus
surrounded and suffering in a sav
age wilderness, let there was
! perfect subordination, and every
nian was prompt in the discharge
of his duty. The Alachua Vol
unteers cheerfully distributed their
biscuits and com. reserving none
for themselves. It was affecting
to witness the greediness and
thankfulness with which they re
ceived a whole or a half biscuit
from their deliverers.
The evening . of the day on
which their interview was inter
rupted by the arrival of General
Clinch, Oseola sent word to Gen.
Gaines, that if he would send away
the horsemen, (Alachua militia,)
they would come and surrender
their arms. We know not whe
ther from suspicion or otherwise,
the horsemen were not sent away.
After wailing three days to hear
more of Oseola, and not having
provisions to remain longer, Gen.
Gaines returned to Fort Drane, at
! which place Oseola was to have
' met him, Monday or Tuesday.
After reaching this Fort, he trans
ferred the command to General
P, , , , r P T r. .
Clinch, and left for New Orleans
1 ffaP lai.auassee. uur-
ther injury.
aev,sea on 'earning ot the ap-
proach of a reinforcement, to give
time to make a safe retreat; or a
stratagem by which, after the intro
ducing five hundred Indians with
in the breastwork under the pre
tence of surrendering their arms,
he intended to make an attack with
his main force, and, taking advan
tage of the confusion to massa
cre the whole before Gen. Clinch
could render them any assistance:
or, as he says, he is really tired of
murdering white men, General
Clinch's arrival sooner than was
anticipated, prevents us from de
termining, and time alone can
now decide.
Though Oseola has couraue
and cunning to plan and execute
most any bloody movement, we
sincerely hope he has seen the
hopelessness and folly of further
resistance, and that the Indians
will now surrender their arms, and
prepare to abide by the stipula
tions of the treaty for their remov
al. Should this be the case, Gen.
Gaines will receive a Nation's
thanks and a valiant General's
fame.
OCSince the above was in
type, we have received the Wash
ington Jlobe of Wednesday last,
containing the following:
We understand that official des
patches were received yesterday
at the Adjutant General's office,
from General Scott, dated Fort
Drane, March 14, which confirm
the rumor that the troops under
Generals Gaines and Clinch had
fallen back to Fort Drane, and of
the departure of General Gaines
to New Orleans, foF his command
to the west of the Mississippi. Jt
is not seen that hostilities have
ceased; on the contrary, the In
dians are said to'be in their strong
hold on the Wylhlacoochee, and
General Scott is vigorously push
ing his original plan of campaign.
A'ew Paper. Hugh McQueen,
Esq. for many years a Represen
tative in our State Legislature
from Chatham county, and a gen
tlemen of acknowledged talents, is
about establishing a new Paper at
Chapel Hill, to be called the "Co
lumbian Repository." In rela
tion for the Presidency, the "Re
pository" will advocate the claims
of Judge White.
Disaster, The schooner Brill
iapt, Captain Ludlam, owned by
Messrs. Cook and lAdams, and
Ransom and Spelman of New
York, and bound to New York,
from this port, laden with naval
stores and cotton was run down
on the 1 1th inst. at half past 1 1
o'clock at night within twenty-five
miles of Sandy Hook, by the brig
Cumberland. Capt. Darling, of
1 w
New York, and bound to Wil
mington, on board of which vessel
the Captain of the schooner Brill
iant aud crew (except the mate
who was lost were carried to
j Wilmington. The B. has since
been towed into New x ork, dis
masted and full of water.
Washington Whig.
G?"At Orange Superior Court,
held last week, Judge Donnell,
presiding, James Adcock was con
victed of Burglary, and sentenced
to death.
Alston Durham, indicted for
the murder of Sarah Durham, was
acquitted, on the plea of insanity.
Raleigh Register.
Mr. John Treadwell, of Samp
son county, a kind and benevolent
man, was drowned in Coharie
Creek on the 4th inst. ib.
(trThe Spring Term of the
Superior Court for the county of
Onslow, was held last. week, Judge
Saunders presiding. A consider
able amount of important business
was despatched, among which
included the trial of John Blake
for the murder of James Mur
rough. The prisoner was a very
aged man. The Jury believing
that he struck the deceased on the
head, in consequence of the latter
person's having drawn a pistol on
him, he was acquitted of murder
and convicted of man-slaughter.
He was sentenced to be branded,
and imprisoned until the first of
June. We are happy to under
stand, that the urbanity and
promptness of Judge Saunders in
the discharge of his official duties,
have produced universal satisfac
tion, and given a flattering earn
est of his usefulness in the judicial
career which he has just com
menced. jYewbern Sentinel.
Beware of Intemperance. On
Tuesday last, a boat, in which
were four persons, left the wharf
to proceed down the Neuse. Ow
ing to mismanagement, she upset
when about two miles from town,
and one of the passengers John
Banks was either drowned, or
perished after having been taken
from the water. It is reported
that inebriety w as the cause of the
poor fellow's untimely fate.
JYewbren Spec.
(t?We learn from a highly res
pectable gentleman from Green
ville, that a plot for an insurrec
tion. was discovered in Abbeville,
S. C. a week or two since. The
scheme was formed by a North
erner, by the name of Donalson,
with some negroes, and the con
spirators were to meet at a certain
meeting house, on a certain eve
ning to deliberate and consult.
Before the time came on, one of
the negroes betrayed the plan to
his master, and the w hite man was
arrested precisely at the place, de
signated by the negro. Being
ueieciea, tie confessed the charge
and implicated one or twn nihprc
who have not yet been arrested.
Rutherfordton Gaz.
MARRIED,
In this countv; nn Tuodo,,
j "ny even
ing last. bv the Rev. w h.
Mr. John Loner, of Martin
to Miss Marian Mavo.
Also, on Wedr.csdav
2.f1 nit. h-.r T.. ; ,
John P. Bella,,,,, ,.t m H 1),
. ...... ,, . wriiiir-s t.u-... - 1
Mrs. Sarah Coffield Ci',,:,:y, to
RcpubliciniXomhiati
FOR PUKSIDFNT
MARTIN VAN BUREX, 0r x ..
FOR VICE PHEsidevp
RICHARD M. JOHNSON t.
FOR fiOVVDv,,.
RICHARD D. SHAiGru
Prices Cimi
fit Tarbnro" and New
MAR. 30.
Bacon,
Beeswax,
Bratulv, apple
Coffee,
Corn,
Cotton,
Cotton baa'",
r lour, supf.
Iron,
Lard,
Molasses,
Sugar, brown
Salt, T.I.
Turpentine,
Wheat,
VIiskev.
Jtegimental Orders.
i Officers ami Mtiinaus, he,u -i, .
I be iiUth Keg it net: I of Aorth C a:., In.:,
tia, are ordered to mret Ht thr ir u-i I p i
rade ground, at Jam Bii lrVs, on ih
3d Satuiday, (the 16th) Anril next, m ih,
hour ol 11 o'clock, equipt as the law d;
recis, ior an unicer muster.
The several Captains bd'uwiH" to sji
Regiment who Jiave given th. ir receipt
for muskrts belonpinsr to ihe Smt
are req.ie-ted to haie them e n the pand
ground on the above named day, in cie.
neat order.
David Williams t Col. Com
March 3()th, 1&36
Slate of North Cnrolin
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions,
FEBRUARY TERM, lS3ti.
6.11 '
use of A. Tvson, ( Original
vs. . ( Atlnchmuii-
Levi Amason, '
Levied on one Tract of Land, touiainisf
about 1200 acres more or less, ailji u x
the lands of Stephen Voxlard Perry
Barnes, and oilit-rs formerly the prop
erty of Elisha Woodard, deed.
JT appearing to the satistacunn of li
Court, that Ltvi A mason the iHi uAtt'
is mt an inhabitant of sai i SiHto, t v
conceals hiinsfll that the ordinaty pr'ces
of law cannot be served on him: hi'
therefore ordered, that publication k
made for sjs weeks in Ihe TarLoro'.fii
Press, that unless the said defendant ap
pear at the next Court o: i'leas ai.d Q"f;
ter Sessions, to be held l r the t:imij
Edgecombe, at ihe Court Hone inTaib
rough, on the tout th Monday in May r,i
then and there to repl. vv and pUaiiiis
sue, final judgment will be takt-o again
him and the property l vied on he (ooi
lied subject to the plaintiff's recover).
Witness, .Michael lieam, Clerk f o
said Court, at Tarl)oroiih,ihetouimMs;
day of February, A. I). 1836.
MIC II L. HEMIX,C.C
Price adv 53 50.
State of Nor Hi Carolina,
EDGECOMBE COUSTF.
Court of Equity
MARCH TERM- 16.
Arthur Knight Barlow, Pliff.
1 . 0 . r m. ...1 i-;ni,i Wi n1
IVnigDl WIUOW OI rtlinui rvii'g"'-
Knight, Peter Knight Sen'i, Lntj M-
oetsey Kingnt, josnua t,ni"
Polly his wife, William flainfsand.
cy bis w ife, Joseph Knisbt. John km
an inf. nt.resid.ng within f he StHte--"0'
v-naiies ivni'in. 1 en 1 .0---
Ceraldus Bans and Heisey his e'.D-"
.!.-t 11. : b....... riainps ann S""?
Haines, U mpsev Daniel and Lv''
wife, Allen Knighf, J'' K,,j;
Arthur Knight, Joseph B-tn
Patsev his wife, Newsoni Bjn"e'1
JSan7 his wife, Thomas Srncklayc '
Lucinda his wife, al Knighi. tr.
lin Knight. Polly Knight ""'K'J(j.
Knight, residing with"t the &wr .
fendanis.
. ,,
IT appearing to the Mti?ftc "
1 Court, that the defendant above de c
bed as non-residenis, are noli' di' (N
of this Stale: It is inerei' -" ,,
publication be n.ade in ' ' r
Press for six weeks. coni."
ants to appear at nexl term of w
to be held for said conniy, an
1 ftl.o cPrJn"
House in larboroiign, Ht)Prei
Hay in September I"tB ,n5er
pieati or oeio " .,. fakM
same, otherwise judgment ",nL(,ard tt
pro contesso, " "6 v"
parte as to Ihein. . n(j
ter of said Court, at office,
Monday of March, 1J;
Vnrl.
lb- !8 lo : 14
I it? I,
bush. 55 6i)
n i5
yard. 20 L5 ., ,'.
,b; 1,1 u is .
gall 4- DO i 3 j '
, 1,1 10 !:
bbi. k, O.3., .;;
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Price a it v ? 1 75.
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