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Tavborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Friday, October 31, iS34.
To. Ar A:o. 58.
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From the Washington N. C. Statesman.
The. C hoi era in this Town. Two
tdiort weeks cgo ihe hum of business, the
greetings of returning friends nn.l the
general joy consequent on the unusual
lino health of this community, for the sea
son, and the near approach of cool weath
er, met us at every turn. All was life ami
buoyant with hope. I5ut this prosperity,
this happiness was too great to continue
long in this ill fated Town. There was
but a step between and death the
dcspoiler was at our door, but we knew
it not. With the hushed footsteps of the
murderer in the dark, the destroyer came
and marked his desolating progress with
human suffering, deep abiding griefs, ru
ined hopes and death. He heeded not
the imploring look of the dying child,
llichardson, Esq. of Bladen county, mem
ber elect to the Legislature, anil ;i big,lv
respect able gentleman, who had just com
menced a career of honor and usefulness,
when he met his untimely fate by the
bursting of his gun. His loss is greatly
eplored.
ff?Tlie Editor of the Carolina Watch
man rn.-ikesa correction of the statement
made in his paper a short time since that
Corn was selling in tbo neighborhood of
Lexington at 20 cents per bushel. The
statement was made upon the authority of
a gentleman in Salisbury: the editor" at
tended Davidson court week before last
when he ascertained that corn has not
sold this se.ison for less than 35 cents.
GyMuch violence is said to have been
exhibited at the late election in Philadel
phia. One person is reported to have
been killed.
The scones of outrage and bloodshed
which are beginning to characterize the
elections in the larger cities of the Un
ion, are subjects for painful reflection.
They exhibit a change in the public feel
ing which must have a deplorable effect
upon the future welfare of the country,
unless decked by the virtue and intelli
gence of the people ami the firmness and
decision of the magistracy. When mob
law bcoir.es the order of the day at the
annual eh.etions, when peaceable citizens
are deterred, bv the fear of personal vio-
treezttiii under his withering tmirh mirilcncp. from i v r. i i n p iliomnct ncti...
vet the anguish of the widowed mother, ible right of freemen, when the approach
:u view of the exposed condition of her jof an election fills the minds of a eommu
orphan Girl, in an unfriendly world, ' nity with the fear of tumult and violence,
while her own spirit for a moment Iin-ithe purity of the elective (ranchize is en
tered on her lip. The heart-broken wife : dangered, and the control of the popular
could not parry the blow, under which voice must be placed at the mercy of that
unk the husband of her youth and with . party w-ho can purchase the services of
mm all her toml hopes in life; nor could j the greatest number of ruffians to do its
:iu5 agony and tears of a whole family in-1 bidding. It is therefore the duty of the
pin; the pity, as they buns; over the love- j wise and patriotic of all parties to attempt
:y Girl, hut a few hours before beautiful j to crush this dangerous spirit in its first
as young, but now dying while her fa-j manifestations. Otherwise, the infiu
iier lay, hard stricken, panting for life. ; enee of the example of the larger cities
Bosom alter Bosom has heaved with dy- may extend to every part of the country,
:ng strife, and sunk into eternal quiet, and our cletions, instead of being the
Grave alter Grave has opened and clos-j proud evidences of our virtue and frce
'jd lorever on those we knew and thosejdom, will become the annual monuments
we loved. Even the awful stillness of! of our shame and degradation. .Pet. Int.
midnight, was interrupted by the passing
splendid estate, and connected with the
most respectable families in that region,
became attorney-in-fact for several pen
sioners, and, availing himself of a knowl
edge of the business of the department
committed many forgeries, and has been
for years in the actual receipt of immense
sums thus fraudulently obtained. Tin
report is, that he has abstracted from the
treasury some 850,000 already 28,000
have been placed to the account of his
misdeeds. He came here last week, and
made an attempt upon the honor of one
of the clerks in the pension office, by of
fering him a bribe of 810,000 to make
certain erasures and alterations, to cloak
the frauds he had so long committed with
impunity. He invited the clerk to his
room at Gad shy's and after locking the
door and putting the key in his pockcf,
he produced a brace of pistols, and
threatened the individual to an acknowl
edgement of a disposition to serve him.
Matters were arranged between the par
tics, and the swindler left the city. The
clerk subsequently communicated all the
particulars, and an agent, together with
the informer, proceeded to the north to
arrest the delinquent. The whole state
ment of the clerk has been confirmed by
a letter inclosing money (signed with a
name agreed upon) having been received
sim e his departure.
To the foresight and untiring industry
of the Ivev. F. S. Evans, advantageously
known in the valleyas a Methodist divine,
is owing the (Jiscovcry of the Virginia
frauds. This gentleman is about to re
ceive the appointment of register in one
of the land offices in Illinois."
that not one was teen on the battery.
We saw some hundreds of these rioters;
they appeared to be boys and young men
about 20 years of age, of the most degra
ded and wretched portion of our popula
tion. A vigilant, energetic, and activo
police should arrest this propensity for
rioting, by making examples of a few of
them, which would nip the propensity in
the bud. N. Y. Dai. Adv.
Disgraceful fto. -Yesterday after
noon, about the close of.divino service
in the churches, a furious fray took place
m several streets of our city. Leonard
street from Broadway to Elm; Elm tr
Franklin; and Franklin from Elm to
Broad way, were thronged bv hundreds
of riotous and disorderly people, but not,
as we are happy to learn, Americans.
The contending parties knocked each
other down, stamped upon, beat and kick
ed them when prostrate, with frightful
violence. Numbers might be seen fidit
ing at the same lime in various direc
tions; and the scene was altogether bru
tal and disgusting. Our informant, who
was an eye witness believes that there
were an hundred fighting at the same
time. He saw several down at once, and
others jumping on them, and he judged
there were 1000 persons looking on and
around. iV. Y. Com. Adv.
Attempted, Murder. The following
extract of a letter was handed us by a
leading Mercantile House yesterday eve
ning:
Hick ford, Sept. 29ih, 1834.
"I will say to you, that a singular cir
cumstance happened in this neighbor
hood Saturday. Mr. Thomas W. By
num, a very pious young gentleman, left
this place about 4 o'clock in the evening,
otitis way home: about a mile and a half
from the village, he was fired upon by
some villain secreted behind a fence and
some bushes, about fifteen feet distance;
the contents of the gun passed through
we seen so deep a gloom overcast this j Qucbeck, was lately shipwrecked, and
community or such consternation as was j all the emigrants on board, 310 in num
observable here on the last sabbath: that ! her, perished. Six of the crew savei
day, seven corpses lay in different parts of
the Town claiming sepulchral rites not
Hearse with its charge; to the House ap-: Dreadful Shipwreck. The ship Sy-.tho lappells of his coat, and vest, some
pointed for all living. But never have belle, bound from Cromarty, Ireland, for shot struck his umbrella, which was un
der his arm, and elevated in a line with
! himself; his horse, a fiery steed, wheeled
short, dashed through the woods with
great speed, and Mr. Bynum escaped
uninjured. He states he saw some per
son at the moment the gun fired, but could
not tell whether blnek or white. Mr.
Bynum being a mild, religious young
man, does not know, lie says, that he has
an enemy in the world, and is so believed
by his acquaintances. The neighbors
are at a great loss how to account for it.
All is doubt and mystery whether he was
the intended victim or not. There is no
clue as yet for suspicion to rest on any
one. Your friend." Pet, Const.
all indeed of Cholera nor yet all deaths
on that day.
The first appearance of the disease,
which candor and truth obliges us to de
nominate Spasmodic Malignant Cholera,
was about the time the papers published
here went to Press, the week before last.
It broke; out, evidently without foreign
origin and near the close of a long spell
of very warm weather. Its ravages for
a few days, were awful; but it subsided
on the cool turn we had in the weather,
ia the early part of the last week. We
now felicitated ourselves with the hope
that the danger was over: but a few warm
days succeeded, and it reappeared at the
close of the week with frightful violence.
The cool north wind of the last two days
and the fine frosts each night, have again
f,hfw ked it and we understand that, all the
r'ernoing eases are promising to do well.
V'ain we are encouraged to hope that
the Pestilence h is passed over and left
,ls- Oh that it may be so. Ye men of
prayer, who have places at the Throne
f,s Mercy, cry, cry mightily to God to
spare the lives of our people. For fur
rh:r details, we refer to the Reports of
lta Ijoard of Health in this day's paper,
!,M!I to our Obituary notices.
Melancholy Casualty. 'The Fayette
nle Observer contains a notice of the
bidden and melancholv death of Amos
themselves in the boat. It is stated that
more than a thousand of the emigrants
who have left Great Britain and Ireland
the present year for Quchcck have per
ished bv shipwreck on the passage; while
of a still greater number w ho have left
those; countries for New York, not one
has been lost by shipwreck. ib.
Shocking Murder. We learn from
the Norfolk Beacon, that about dusk, on
the 29ili ultimo, Mrs. Ellen Uyan, who
keeps a sailor boarding house in thai
jdace, was murdered by John Ferris, her
son-in-law, a boatswain in the United
States' Navy, by stabbing her in several
places with a dirk. Ferris was immedi
ately arrested, and committed to pris
on. ib.
OThe Pension Office at Washington
has, in several instances, recently been
defrauded, through the means of forged
claims for Revolutionary services. We
have heretofore noticed some of these ca
ses. A Washington correspondent of
the Winchester Virginian gives the fol
lowing account of a more extensive fraud
upon the Treasury than any which has
yet been brought to light:
"Independent of your Virginia cases,
we have a northern discovery, comprehen
ding a tissue of fraud out-Fauntleroying
Fauntleroy. A man, formerly a pension
aoent in one of the eastern slates, but
dismissed by Gen. Eaton, possessed of a
The Canterbury School. Mr. Will
iam H. Burleigh, (as we learn from the
New Haven Herald,) who was employed
as an assistant, and we presume succes
sor, in Miss CrandciPs School for color
ed females at Canterbury, was arrested
on Wednesday afternoon, for a violation
of the law relative to the education of the
blacks from other states.
ttOne Gladden Bisliop, a Mormonite
preacher, in an account of this fanatic
sect, says it commenced in Manchester,
Ontario county, N. Y. April, 1330, with
only six members, and now numbers
20,000, and COO preachers, with 2 print
ing offices, 2 stores, and a large stone
edifice, for a house of worship. Thcso
facts, if true, which we doubt, are a sad
commentary on the conservative power
of human reason against the inroads of
one of the most audacious imposturesthat
ever disgraced the annals of mankind.
N. Y. Ev. Star.
Revival of Religion. The Methodist
Chistian Sentinel says that a Revival is
now going on in Norfolk, surpassing any
heretofore known in that place. It ex
tends likewise into the adjacent counties
in Virginia, and into those in North Car
olina lying contiguous to the former.
Dizgruajul. In yesterday's paper we
noticed the disgraceful proceedings on
the Battery, when every colored person
was compelled by a ruthless mob to seek
shelter, by flying into the nearest dwell
ing. On the same afternoon, a barouche,
the driver of which happened to be a col
ored servant, was attacked with stones
and mud, and a lady and her little daugh
ter were in imminent danger of their lives.
The driver was struck in his forehead by
a stone, but fortunately was not seriously
injured. The fears of the blacks were
so "rcat, that yesterday it was observed
OJust before the recent prorogation
of the British Parliament, a member of
the House of Commons, Sir Samuel
Whalley, gave notice that, at the next
session, he should move to bring in a bill
for the abolition of the Hereditary Peer
age. As an indication of the state of the
public mind in England, this is an impor
tant incident. General reverence for old
institutions is passing away: and with it
the influence of the aristocracy, already
become gradually weakened by the diffu
sion of wealth and knowledge. The
HouseofCommons, hitherto underthe vir
tual control of the Lords, is now the pre
ponderating power in the British Gov
ernment. Under the operation of the
Reform Bill, it has resumed much of its
original character as a popular represen
tative body; and, having resumed it at the
time and through the influence of the
popular ascendancy, it is proportionably
formidable. The tendency of opinion
and events in England is to the result
proposed in Sir Samuel Whalley's decla
ration. It is discovered that there is no
natural connection between primogeni
ture and the functions of a legislator, and
the artificial condition which produced
and justified it has ceased to exist. The
principle of responsibility, often hereto
fore in the revolutions of nation? dimly
perceived and irregularly asserted, and
distinctly understood and acted on in our
own country, is coming to be regarded
in England as the only substantial basis
among a civilized people for a political
structure. New York American.