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Tarboroilgh, (Edgecbvibe Coiiiily, JV. C.) Saltirdarj, September (7, 1830.
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from the Wheeling (Va.) Times,
Jug. Glk.
Execution. Thomas , Wint
ringer was yesterday executed in
this o'ace, in conformance with
Resentence of the Court, for the
murder of Jesse Chrisman in A
pnl last. A vast crowd from
every direction and many from a
great distance,' attended to witness
this sad spectacle. A warrant for
r.i reprieve of Boon Long, the
ico-nplice in the murder, until
it 20.1 of September, was re
ceived from the acting Governor
ci Saturday last.
It would appear from the fol
lowing account, published in the
:j:ne paper, that a desperate pro
cl for the release of the culprit
jasonly defeated by the firmness
ii watchfulness of the citizens of
Reeling:
The long agony is over, at
last we hope a respite will now
e given to our citizens who
ive been harrassed for a week
hi to an extent inconceivable by
ay one who have not witnessed
We has seemed to be under
nrtial law. Martial music has
wry evening been heard in our
et, guards and bayonets have
evened in the light of the night
bos and the measured tread of
jj'.diers on guard, the muttered
call to stand, give the counter
s', by the patrole in the latter
wi'.ches of the night: the restless
wdiearful looks ofcitizens as they
have gathered in groups and dis
cussed the probability of an attack
tpon their persons or propsrty for
lie rescue of the prisoners confin
d in our Jail under sentence of
death, have been calculated to
can a gloom over every mind.
To walk our streets where we
lave been free as air, and hear at
ttery corner the demand, with a
Piserl musket at one's breast,
l'nlio comes there," and the an
ser, '-'a friend to the laws and
! city of Wheeling." Then the
call for 'ihe countersign, or your
name and business," has seemed
Vastus back near a century into
the days when men's lives were
preserved only by the sword or
hvonet. Yet such has been the
ale fot)r citizens, and not with
out sufficient cause.
Soon after the attempt made to
scape by the prisoners in the jail
' this city, there was a rumor
that certain friends of Wintringer,
the prisoners at Steuben-
ll,e) intended making an attempt
jj rescue him. The guard about
lejail, was then, with a very pro
precaution, doubled: but no
demerit prevailed until this ru
tnr became a certainty from vari
sources whence correct infor-
na;n had been obtained. It
!?s "j'lown, too, that not only the
"ends of Wintringer in Steuben
' ebut his reckless and deprav-
3oaSS()cia.les on lhe r,ver' even
s Hn to Cincinnati, together with
' ",le ew f the same stamp in
J about Wheeling, had entered
cri? solemn league to rescue the
y mi,al from his impending fate.
coni!,,e nearest estimate that
fUni1' l,,ese desperadoes
number from 3 to 500, ma
JJA wh0ril it was known had
spared themselves wit!) fire
nnns for the expedition. Then
the patriotism of our volunteer
corps was at once made manifest
they came forward, well pre
pared to defend the city, and thev
have not been lax in their duty as
the event has shown. With the
increase of their arduous duties
their perseverance has increased,
and they have nobly earoed and
now receive the warmest thanks of
their fellow citizens whom they
have protected; and we trust they
will receive some decided testi
monial of the obligations under
which our citizens as a body now
rest to them.
Some have doubted the exis
tence of any conspiracy to pre
vent the execution; and the fact
that every thing has passed off
without any more riots than such
as always disgrace every public
execution, ha increased their
doubts, but circumstances have
proved to those best acquainted
with them, that there would have
been an attempt to that effect, a
desperate and bloody one, had
not the conspirators been overaw
ed by a superior, force prepared
at all points to meet contingencies.
It is now nearly two weeks since a
military guard consisting of a de
tachment from the volunteer com
panies was first called to guard
the jail. This for two or three
nights was considered sufficient,
until the threats of the criminals'
associates "to burn the town or
free them," induced the placing a
guard at the "waterworks, which
might have been rendered inejli
cieut by a few moments energetic
labor on the part of the evil dis
posed. The plot thickened as the j
fatal day approached Clubs ofj
armed men were discerned in the)
woods at evenincr and earlv in the
morning in each direction, hi
was then thought necessary that!
a patrole should be drawn, of a!
certain number of citizens frornj
each ward in addition to the three!
efficient military companies; the
fire and horse companies pnard-1
ing their own premise and appa
ratus, and ready for action at aj
moment's notice.
On Saturday last many slran-j
gers were seen which ur.s any
thing but calculated to excite con
fidence, and iu.lhe evening it be
came known that the authenticat
ed statement of the postponement
of Long's execution by the Gov.
was carried up the river as fast as
horse could move. This was
calculated still more to increase,
not the alarm, but the general in
terest and precaution of our citi
zens. On Sunday morning stran
gers commenced thronging out
streets, and not a moment passed
during the day but more or less
horsemen from a distance were
seen riding to and fro, and en
deavoring to obtain quarters; car
riages and vehicles of every des
cription, came too, several steam
boats loaded to the guards with
passengers, filled the wharves,
and before night our townvas al
most a solid crowd.
About sunset on Sunday, 100
citizens took possession of that
number of guns received from St.
Clairsville, and formed into a
company, resolved to see the laws
of Virginia and of the United
States enforced at all hazards: and
their resolution was needed, for
every arrival from up the river
since, announced ihat the excite
ment on the Ohio side was great
in favor of the criminal, and that a
general out-breaking in conse
quence of the reprieve of Long
and not of Wintringer, was to be
apprehended. The night came
on gloomy enough; but one reso
lution was to be seen among our
respectable citizens, and that was
to have the laws respected. Late
in the night, two men from Steu
benville were taken up, and on
examination confessed that they
were of the gang, and that their
obect was at that time to go up
the rive'r a short distance, to in-
lorm their
company that an at
tack would be useless: as the town
was so weil guarded as to afford
them no hopes. Two of our citi
zens proceeded with ibem about
two miles up the river to the resi
dence of the family of Long,
where they found nineteen per
sons; with the father of the crim
inal who suffered yesterday, all
armed to the teeth.
After learning the stale of things
in town, the father, who was the
leader of that band, exhausted
with want of repose and food, of
which he asserted he had not par
taken for several days, gave up
all hopes apparently, and gave the
pistols he carried into the hands
of the citizens, acknowledging
what his efforts had been, but that
he found them useless and would '
not proceed further. All was
men quiet until the night guard
was relieved. .
Yesterday passed off with no
signs of agitation.
From the Journal of Commerce.
Case of Rathbun. Buffalo
correspondent of the Albany Ar- remafks:
gus. gives some hints in regard to ''That Colonel Burr was a lib
the developments made, or to be erline is generally believed; that
made, by the correspondence be- ,,e in"aJr ,,a.ve hatl ",5tr'pues with
tween Benjamin Rathbun and his som.e. females who occupied a
confidential clerk Rathbun AI- : Poslt'on 111 Pl iv"te and public es
len, while in this city last spring, to timatio" o which they were not
which we alluded in a former pub- enl,l,e(1. is hy no means irnproba
lication. After stating a number i l),t5 f,,r s,,cn instances may be
of particulars relative to the cs. . fd in all ages and in all coun-
tent of Rathbun's operations in lr,es l,,al ,,e or any ot,,er
real fstatp. niprriiamlW.P cmrroc '' nia" has been involved in exten-
mnnufaclures, and every
else, the writer proceeds
thing
I am credibly informed, that it
is now ascertained by an examin
ation of his papers, that from the
commencement of his forgeries to
the present time, they amount to
about 7,000,000! No crime of the
same magnitude, is, I belive, on
record. Fauntleroy, in England,
though exceeding all European
experience, did not more than
equal one tenth part of that a
mount. But it excites my won
der how Mich a course of conduct
it . .
could os rontmued lor two
three years, to so trreat an extent. !
or i
without eiving rise to some suspi-1 C0,:i,Mo dignant at the universal
cion. Yet -none seems to have j troctioii ot iogs in that city, as
been excited, or if excited, to have ! semb,el together on Thursday
been made public. It is true that ! eve,un?' we,u m search of anri
there were many who supposed I
that bankruptcy would be the end '
of him; but none seem to have :
anticipated the truth in its whole i
extent. He says that for the last
four months he has lived in con
stant dread of an explosion has
felt as if he stood before a loaded
cannon with its match slowly
burning. To postpone the explo
sion, he has been obliged to con
tinue and enlarge his evil prac
tices, until their extent gives hira
a painful elevation above all other
criminals.
"Notwithstanding his crimes,
there is much sympathy for him
here. He was always honorable
and generous in his dealings. H
has given employment to a great
many laborers. He has dono
more than any other man to build
up and adorn this city, and his
works will remain many years to
atte&t his taste and enterprise, and
to perpetuate also the memory of
his offences. And in his failure,
he has taken care to provide for
all his creditors here, so that none
here will suffer in a pecuniary
sense from his operations, but ma
ny have been benefitted by them.
The loss will fall principally upon
bankers and brokers abroad, and
it is not therefore surprising that
a feeling of commisseration for
him should exist here.
I have not heard any one make
the remark which seems to me to
follow very justly from this case,
and that is, that under no other
circumstances than the general
spirit of speculation which per
vades every portion of the com
munity, and 'this part partictdar-
ly, could such an extended fraud
nave continued so long undetect
ed. In ordinary limes, the mag
nitude of his operations would
have excited attention and suspi
cion, and would have led to an
earlier disclosure.
He has involved his brother
and his nephew (Rathbun Allen)
in the same ruin with himself.
The latter, who was his clerk, was
at large for several days, no evi
dence being found to implicate
him in the forgeries. At length
among the filed letters, some from
him were found (very strangely
preserved) which I understand ex
plain fully their mode of opera
lions. k.
Col. yrtton Burr. The late
English papers speak of this gen
tleman as "the American warri
or." He resides in this citv. and
s now ui a very feeble state of
! health. The Philadelphia Ledg-
j er, in alluding to the misery it was
( alleged the republication of Col.
. I3.'s amatory correspondence
wou' produce in a great number
of tne most respectable families,
sive and extraordinary intrigues,
; which, if known would destroy
' the peact of numerous families, we
do not believe; for we repudiate
the supposition that such exten
sive profligacy as this would im
ply, has ever existed among any
class of females in the Unites
States, distinguished or obscure,
exalted or humble, rich or poor,
! who placed any value upon repu-
i tation. ib.
JWub mxo
at Troy. We un-
derstand.
ays the Albany Eveu-
i ing Journal of Saturday, that a
,u,m!)er ofc""i' of Troy, be
,om,tJ lhe P"ons whom the
C:rPr;U,1" had delegated that
(,ulv' seized l,,t m aml ook them
lo a P,ace areei! wPon aml tl)'
tnrmshed 'hem with an entire suit
of far and feathers! Some of the
persons were arrested, but thoy
were immediately bailed.
OyThe St. Louis Republican
says "We hear from Alton, that
the materiel of the 'St. Louis Ob
server' was treated very uncere
moniously on its reception at that
place a day or two since. As
soon as it was discharged from
the boat, the press was broken to
pieces, and the type scattered on
the wharf. The proprietor, in
the last number which he issued,
gave notice of his intention to re
move to Alton." This was the
Abolition paper lately broken up
at St. Louis.
CCTMr. Storrs, an abolitionist,
attempted to lecture in the Metho
dist chapel, at N. H. on Wednes
day last, but was prevented by a
mob, who broke in the windows
of the church, and drenched the
audience with water, by means of
an engine. Eastern Argus.
Harlem Rail Road Tunnel.
This stupendous undertaking, it
is expected, will be completed in
about six weeks. The tunnel is
already through the mountain
about 475 feet on the north side,
and 60 feet on the south, and
about CO feet more remains to be
cut before the workmen meet.
This tunnel, when completed, will
be the largest, thou not the
longest, - in the world, and cut
through rock of as hard and firm
a texture as can any where be
lound. The open cuts on either
side of the tunnel are almost ter
rific to gaze at from the edge of
the summit. They are through
the solid rock, and that on the
north side is 55 feet deep. The
work is prosecuted under the di
rection of Mr. Rutler, the able and
skilful superintendent, night and
day.
Skaddy. This is the name of
a new article of merchandise, con
sisting of old rags, teazled back
as nearly as possible to their ori
ginal element of wool. Shaddy is
wrought into cloths, and gives
them a soft character, rather bet
ter than new wool, but soon brush
es off, leaving the cloth in a ruin
ed condition. It is an unworthy
sort oi a cheat, ttiougu no more
so than a thousand other cheats.
It is rather odd, too, that the old
and filthy rags of a beggar should
be perchance made over, into the
new and splendid dress for a lord.
JV. 7. Jour, of Com.
Bleeding at the nose. Bleed
ing at the nose if it be ever so vio
lent or protracted may be perma
nently stopped by the individual
using some salted dried beef which
has been grated fine with a nut
meg or other grater in lhe same
way that he could take snuff; two
or three pinches are said to be
sufficient to slop any fit of bleed
ing. By recent arrivals at New
York, advices have been received
from France to the 25th July,
and from England to the 1st of
August.
The following extracts from the
Courier & Enquirer of September
5, embrace all the items of in
terest.
We annex a letter from our
Paris correspondent, subsequent
to the date of which we find an
annunciation in the Moiriteur to
the following effect: "The Minis
ters assembled at the house of thf
president of the Council. They
afterwards went to il IP Ivinrr nt
Neuilly. It was decided that no
review should take place on the
29th July." This measure ap
pears to have been adopted in
consequence of serious apprehen
sions that another attempt Would
be made on the life of the King at
the review, with which the fetes
usually given in commemoration
of the revolution of July, were to
commence. All Paris indeed
seems in a state of great agitation.
The Correspondent of the Journal
du Havre says, "One would sud
pose that political exasperation,
which had slumbered for a year
past, has revived with all its form
n .., 1 .
vi luij unu vengeance, it is
xvhispered that a vast conspiracy
as uceu uiscoverea, mat many
hundred gulity or suspected per
sons have been arrested, and that
lists of names of a still greater
number have been seized, arms
it is said, have been found, prisons
nave been opened at Doullens and
other places, that the military are
deeply involved, and that dark
projects were on foot for the so
lemnity of the 29th of July, which
have been happily discovered.
This much is certain, that the
King, M. de Thiers and M. de
Talleyrand, have returned to Pa
ris: that the review of the 29th is
countermanded, and that the al
cove constructed around the Tri
umphal Arch has been removed.
Vague rumors are in circulation
of a vast conspiracy, the ramifica
tions of which -extend to Lyons,
as well as to several regiments oi
the Line. Nothing less is spoken
of than a Society uuder the title
of Avengers 0fJUibeaud.
Cholera in' Vienna. A letter
from Vienna, of the 7th of July,
says: uThe cholera still spreads
mourning and desoialion. In all
the localities hitherto affected by
it ho new character has been ob
served in it from what appeared
on its first breaking out. There
is hardly a place along the road
to Trieste that has not been affect
ed by it. h is Said at Trieste to
have redoubled its intensity in the
Friou! and at Lay bach. In Hun
gary it has made its appearante
at Presburg, wliere its effects are
severely felt; some cases have eve
been declared at Pesth and Bud&."
MEXICO.
Firm the JVcw Orleans True A
merican, Aug. 23.
A Battle Fought. By a pas
senger from Vera Cruz, we learn
that a bailie was fought on the
13th July last, at Etta, Mexico,)
between the government troops,
900 men and three pieces of artil
lery, commanded by General
Canalrzao, and the federal troops,
(revolutionists) CUO men, com
manded by General Asavado.
The action lasted half an hour:
the revolutionists were completely
routed, and their destruction very
great. Gen. Asavjrdo taken pris
oners, witli three other field offi
cers, who were shot the next
morning in the public square.
The loss of government troops
was comparatively small. Our
informant, who was chief of artil
leuy in federal troops, says that
the interior of Mexico is in a very
agitated state, and that a great
deal of difficulty will ensue to the
Central Government, owing to
tire revolutionary movements.
The Mexican squadron were at
Vera Cruz on the 9th August,
getting ready for a cruize, viz: the
brig Fama, and schr. Bravo.
From the Louisiana Advertiser, of
the 2bth Avgust.
By the arrival of the schr. La
dy Hope, in seven days from
Tampico, we learn that the Mexi
can republic is in a frichtfullv
convulsed state, the intelligence
received at Tampico, previous to
the sailing of the schr. was of a
most painful nature, plotting,
treachery, and strife being the or
der of the day, party pitted against
party, and all in open ' hostility
throughout the distracted land.
No battle of note, since that of
Etla, has been fought, in which,
it will be remembered, the Con
stitutionalists were worsted; they
are not, it appears, dispirited or
broken by their defeat on the
contrary they are encouraged by
the accession of numbers to their
ranks and the rapid extention of
their principles. If this is correct,
the overthrow of the present gov
ernment is the likely result, but it
will not be effected without much
destruction of life.
Still further front Mexico.
The New Orleans Bee of the24lh
ult. gives copious extracts from a
file of the Cosmopolita, a liberal
journal of Mexico, on the subject
of the affair at Etla or assassina
tions in Oajaca, in order to better
enable us to appreciate the true
condition of that country under its
present slate of revolutionary ex
citement. The execution of Alcevedo and
others at Etla by the commandant
of the Government troops Canali
zo, is denounced as a repetition of
the bloody scenes of the despotic
reign of Bustaraente. The liber
als are contemptuously called sans
culottes, and the priesthood are
said to be using all their influence
in the pious effort to exterminate
them at the point of the bayonet
These excesses are compared to
the conduct of Danton and Robes
pierre, but the day of retribution
as then is prayed for, in the recur
rence of another 18th Brutrj aire,
which shall put an end to the
reign of terror. 4