A
f Irsm the Arkrj:. .s Giigcttc. '
Extract of a letter to the Editors, dated
i"-Chnclttw dgencyt FtK 13,1837.
Liformatioa,l:as jifct been .receive:!
- -s thia placyby express; fror.i Ciinp
, Mason, in the prairies, connrir.g ths
statements made in Colonel Folsom's
Icttcrr tcsiiCctinjTtlar howl's intentions
if ti e Gamanches and other wild tribes
. towards tbc; whites and friendly Indians.
B ,ADia commotion arnon the various
" lamtins ruiiex of the fifcpdlv, tribes;
they are collecting together with theitf
tcntwhof sending, as stated, their wives
and children to.thcir homes. , The Del-
awares and Shawancos have experien
- . ccd the displeasure of the Oaraanches
" alreadv: some " barclv escaped with
1 their lives, loosing their horses land Oth
er property. - There are many white
women and children "prisoner among
.the Camanches and Klowajs, who can
not be ransomed hardly at any price.--7$
If it will benefit them any by jnving their
nams to the Public, you are at liberty to
. ; " do so, as they might, by chance, falfun-
dcr the notice of some of theirfriends,
Who may use some measures, withe
assistance of the Government, in procu
ring their deliverance. : They are as fol
lows: Airs. JUanin, who reports that her
youngest children were killed because
. they Were unabled to walk with lheL par-
ty whpTnadc them captives; she is Eng
lish, but has resided in the United States
many years ; Richards, Parker, " and
Frost , There arc others whose names
haver not been ascertained, as they are
'Cot 'allowed to'have much-intercourse
i. with the .whites
These prairies will, ere long, be the thea-
tre of continual strife between the vari
ous bands who are drawn thither for the
purpose of hunting and plunder. All the
Indians of the different tribes, who 'still
adhere to the ancient custom of subsis-
. ting by hunting, skim off to the prairies;
' they are the hunting grounds, their fields
of adventure, and we, hare a right to ex-
pect a Ltde fitting thereVand should not
prevent iC if it would only confine itself
10 tnatpuntr)-; but it is a dangerous
spark, aMTnay light into a flaiuc the
J Washington. March. 20, 1$37.
There were three, arrivals from Eu
Tope at New York on the 27th inst but
they brought no important political news,
except that, a fcnirth ; attempt had been
made to assassinate the Kins of France.
- Bjr W arrival from Cadiz, bringing dates
"o theZ5th of February; It is stated that
Smyrna " had , been ' destroyed by an
Earthquake, and that four tliousahd per
rons had perished I The Emjlish papers
ontam accounts 0! .two melancholy
ShrpwTecks--the Glasgow a ship of 433
tons which sailedfrom Liverpool for New
York on! the 8th of February, full
goods, and with uy passengers on board. ; 0id North State. I have never contcm
On the 25th, when under full sail, ahtfjplatcd such ingratitude, nor shall I make
rruck a shoal of rocks, ealled the Bar-cnvemcnts elsewhere that would com-
jb, it iiuK vi uk ui iuf
ar.' .-mp acu cargu au
. -STOEcrs pcnsneu j - x lie vuicr rcwci wai
the jane and Margaret, bound to New
York from the same port, a new shin. -
It is supposed she struck upon the Ark
bw. More tJian two hundred persons
were on board, and it is supposed they
!ell hove perished I ',, f '
Jf Haifa million bushels ofFpretm Wlieat
. are said Jo have'Jn iniorte4 at New
York within a few days. It is passing
strange that in tins Agricultural Country,
our fartuers do not furnish us with a suf
ficiency of bread P7- -:f" ." -The
Committee appointed by the Le
cislature of Pcnnsvivahla to'invcsti'rate
the mode in which the new Charter.of
the Bank of the 17, States had been ob
tained, hare acquitted the Bank, the Le
gislarure, and aD others implicated, of a
ny charee o( briU-rt-, corruption, or any
"Improper means in procuring thef3iax
t?r j and, on a t'csblirtion beuig oSercd
by one of the dissentients, authorizing
n the Judiciary Commitlee to bring In a
bill to repeal the Charter, it was ncga
- tived G I votes to 3 1. So that an end is
I put to all doubt n th question;
'The persecuted Count Confalonicri
has.jtu been received in this Country
with'a hearty welcome. . HxCpunt was
antongthe foremost in rank and influ
ence in Austria, to diffuse improvements
uA frec and liberal principles. J Je first
. Introduced rlcam, in all its forms, in Ita
T.ly, and devoted lus Income in extending
' 1 duration to ti e poor ai)d ignorant
These traiti of benevolence and libcral-
i?y,whibt thev raised the Count in the
Xeideemffliiauiitrvnien, marked him
r v ; cHor the xmgeanccof the Austrian
' ." tJoctricnt He was thrown into nris
..:rw.ilaSvcd his eirope with life, to
, . ' """the' .unceftsippitaHon
' f his wj.tu 1 HNir wards underwent
; - " an ii fiprl'MrreWl nNqcn ears, and at
ilitr.-yleL.-J C it Is cay lor.,
livta 'enjoy; itrr "'
The Congress cf Uuatcmfla adoptca
3 i;rual badze of mourning on bearing
of Mr. Livingston's death; they also or
dered his Likeness to be placed in their
Hall pf Assembly, with the following in
scription Edward Livingston gave
to Louisiana laws which have been . ad
opted by Guatemala.T-Thrpugh him le
gislation tnade brothers of two people,
and united their Lbcrtie&rt'oiTM-
pondence of the Register ,
Correspondence of the Intelligent .
i Tt,.,;;ft SSnulDa-tCtook' twenty-eight, passengers
iTepame hassubsidcd, Businesses 9 d of he;atav.treak,'and
going on more smoothly again. , A va- ggJS the footof IsWjIooro
aTZTZLZ J
paper,
trusting American credit. ! Once more
it was ascertained that the charlatanry
of the Treasury Circular was to be kept
lip, , AH these things produced a tremen
dous panic, and mere, can be no doubt
that there was a great cause' for thatpan-
ic , Any other class than that of Amer
ican merchants : would have crushed to
pieces hy .iC-Nicholas -fiddle; byhis
calmness, prudence, and the cdnhdence
his character inspires, saved us." The
New York Banks, by his example alone,
dared to come to the rescue.,
- There is a curious state of things now
in this dry.liM Jhe oju
V cstcrn States, owe to- us. Bills upon
them daily come' "back protested" The
Treasury Circular frightens the banls'of
Khe mtenor, so that they dare notdis-
count; ana yet, notwiLnsianaing ine
ercat debt in N. York, their States want
their proportion pf the surplus in specie!
This is the farcical system which the
Government papers are advocating. -r
Mjor Jr aViT We have solicited
a copy of the following patriotic letter
from this distinguished Enginecr to the
President of our Kail Road Company.
We hope hewiu pardon the hbcrty we
take in pubhshing it:-;. S
New York, Fely 5th, 1837. :
My Dear Mr. Winslowr
! tl received your welcome letter of
the 27th ult two days since, and most
sincerely do I conatulate you on the
Mceessiur resuir of rthc Internal ln
provemeut -question. I will not allow
myself to doubt the want of, individual
subscription ' to ensure the early com
mencement and vigorous prosecution of
' our Work ; nor shall any effort of mina
wanting to promote it You do me
hi ;,1Kt;re ;n nr-laiminf that I am not
bffto be seduced from the service of the
pd me to it; vn the contrary, should!
i r(ulr& reptitaUon bv my connection
with other States, I trust itmay enliancc
my ability to be usciul to my own. -
I shall visit you ere long, and at any
rate when Mr. - Cushman shall advise
me that he is ready for mevl MnWliis
tlcs. my partner, also you may expect.
say in about a. month. .You may W
sure it is very gratifying to lum and me
thaCourrAssibtamsT shwld jjive r such
general .satisfaction, as you ftuaothcts
lead me. to suppose.' . ' ' " ; i f .
ruy.tteville Observer..
A NEW STATE
A Tennessee paper argues that there
is a natural and unalterable deversity of
miercsis pciwecn i.ie iasiern ana esi-
ern sections of that State,' and that the
former being the weaker, division, it
must nccesparily labor under a Meat
manypolitica) disadvantages." Ittt
fore proposes, that I$est Teunessce, and
parts of Virginia, Georgia and Alabama
borderincr thereon, shaliconstitute a new
State. , lhi. , hc fame inequalities al
leged to exist between diflcrent sections
of th cUnion, and which are sometimes
cited to show the probability if not the
necessity of its dissolution,' are urged as
reasons for the division of smaller tcr
ritories, and would eontinuc to be so ur
ged were the Union sundered into in-
jmuessimai lragmcuts. : in an our
geographical" disputes, the Northern u
said to be too strong for the Southern
portion of the confederacy in a State,
one f section outvotes the other in a
town A ward is too strong for B ward
and even in a country village, where the
balance of power is settled, by the loca
tion of a grog shop these tectUnat jeal
ousies arc always latent, ready on oc
casion, tar bf.izo . forth in fierce "conten
tion. Our Tennessee friend had 'better
let well enough 'alone," If he should
OUtlC, 11 WMUIU IF A UU VJW Dtiuru oixjcr
i j i r .1
,-2 snrt their chance of getting ashore at Smg
insuoHtici would bo fuund tb cwt.gefct the roaAif; Ljr Any acci-
......
x as- those .cf which B nowcorri
& Lynchburg Virginian. t
V frio York HarthM."
' 'Stec-mbodt Disast"3is steam
boat Korfulk loft New Vindior for t: "
city yesterday af.ernoon,at half past four
o'clock. When-just above Sing Sin,
thewas sttuckbv a crle rf ice, w! ch
stove in her bow. :The captain Peered
forthe,shore,and 'fiuding '.tl;at tl;5 water
gained very fast, he ran her aground,
where' she was lvinff at davlicht this
morriing, vd three feet of water iii her
at high tidev. ' A sihall sloop, loaded with
Stone, called the Ellen Justiv Captain
street, before ten o'clock this morning.
Gaston 'and Raleigh Rail Road,--
The first annual meeting of this Com
pany was held in Raleigh on" the Cth
ult. The report of the i'resideut. 'says
the Register, shows the affairs of One
country to be in a prosperous condition,
with nearly 700 hands employed, and ine
work'rauidlv Procressinir. ' It is expec
ted mat Fifty rnilcs of the Road will be
in operation "by the time of the next an-
nual meeting. Fayettewt Observer,
Waki Superior ." Court' Out
Court set week; ande"on tinned
in session until Satorday night -
Judge Bailey prestdedf and, with
great acceptability, both to the pro
fession and to the people lib pa
tience, industry, promptness .and
dignified' urbanity; are worthy, of
iciitation, and prove that the Legis
lature actedjudiciously in elevating
hid to tke Iiencb. ' .
3 Very few caosei - on the civil
docket were disposed of, the whole i
weak being occupied inihe trial flf,
State prosecutions. Among them
was one of a capital nature, which
excited intense interest, and filled
the Court House with anxious spec;
UtoVsV The high standing of the
parties concerned the peculiir hel
noasess of the alleged charge, the
eminent1 Counsel -employed, - the
large oujberpf respectable witnes
ses iii attendance many of them
ladies all conspired to give to the
ca?e an absorbing character. We
allude to the Indictment againsit
Dr RichattL Harnutn, for the mur
der of his wife XbiHia llarnum, by
poison.' The case wis taken up on
Wednesday, and the examination
of witnesses ' commenced about 1
o'clock, about Iwo hours having
been censuned in making a" jury.
The court 'Continued in session un
til 7 o'clock, when it adjourned
vVrlonext .day, thejury having
bero committed to the charge of an
Officer for the night. The examin
ation of witnesses was resumed next
morning, IndlabouriwoT o'clock,
those summoned for the State were
got through with. A large r.um
ber were a! in attendance for the
defendant,1 but before they were
called,; the counsel for the State
rose and addressed, the court! and
abandoned the. Profecution, remar
king that the evidence was sufficient
to show that the deceased had oot
diedbyLnndthatf
be unjust to the defendant, to press
the matter1 further an opinion in
which all will doubtless concur who
heard the testimonyparticularly
of the eminent Medical gentlemen
who were examined and of A Pro
fessor Michcll. The Jury, ofcourse
forth with returned avcrdict of not
guiltyV ' r M ' ;" :-r;,V- 't
Counsel for the S late, Attorney
General Daniel and Dadger, For
the Defendant, Iredell, Devereaox
er.
Safety of Rail '?anf. The
last annual report of the Worcester
fiail-ruad w says'.tTbat since the
first Opening of v tlie road, 3 "years
go, neary S0O,uot, passengers
have been transported on it but
during the whole period, juo passeh-
";r r There were several more on board the
, and dis- " ' ' v "j ,L -1 "
It m trial
Cvr.tc?
cirl'i is S3 alsciultly zzh? t!.a
ccr.trcl ff nan r.3 tt-in; -r. J the
fcantrcai acc'rJrsts ihzi cccur frcn
itara 'rsthsr the reru'.tt f t !i
gence t!:ia ths tnltllity -t3r.ir.r5
it.'; II f :cc the jasti? cf penal en
ertt' 5 fbst crp;r:t cw
in ftcaa carnaes of any l.irvl, I y
v.i.i.'j losses to iadividuals have in
curred. ' . ? ' ; '
Dxsgratfful " scene$ m ' I'arry
county (Ca.--A letter in ths Mil
ledgeviWe Standard, received by
Geo Schley, and dated Echota
March 2, gives a (disgraceful pic
ture M)f affairs in Murry county," in
that State. " On the 27th of Febru
ary at daylight, fiy armed men,
headed by the sheriff of the county
forcibly, entered the houses of spring
Place, under color of State iuthor
ityi ".made 'prisoners) of the citizens,
and then, having seized 51 mus
kets, pistols, &c ' deposited there,
belonging to the State, burnt the
aae in the public squire.' The
rufTuns. after treating the 'citizens
with great;brutality, ctarched off
ten of them, tinder the escort or the
Sheriff, to the county jail of Gass
county at Capcrille. : There by a
writ of habeas corpus, they were
discharged. 8ereral other citizens
havewfwhi p ped shot afahd a
tusetT in viribtia ways7llt is re
ported that women and children
naVe been whipped by the, tane
gang. - These latter are said to be
renegadoes antl outlaws.
Liverpool Cotton Market r March
10. Our Market still presents an
unfavorable aspect; the depression
noticed in our last atill roatinnei.
td prices arc cin lower for all
kinds. save Sea Island and fine E-
gyptian, , which .beinc scarce are
maintained we loruear giving a
M ' ft .
positive opinion as to the. extent of
decline, as in the present unscttcd
state of things, it would bo only
calculated to mislead, and there
fore we beg to refer to our quota
Exporters bave taken 1150 bales
of American. There have been 4,
009 bags of. all kinds sold to day.
Four vessels, from New Orleins;
one from f Darien, one from Dahia,
one trom Charleston, and one from
Savannah, have arrived, but not
yet reported The import this
week is 9,827 bags, and the sales
reach 18,620. OlobeJ t
Special Cnzf.- We are inform
ed that at the recent February term
of Orange County Court, (a major
ity of tjje justices , being present,)
they rasolved to elect ar tpecial
court fnr ' the ensuing year, and se
lected James Mebane, Catlett Camp-
bell and Joun larulhers, Ksqrs. as
the members. Ve hope majori
ty if if he iusti es of .this County
will attend at the. next Court, tb
determine on the expediency of a
dopting the same measure.
, ,w, ;;.. -Mitten Spec
Henry Barlow, the, cbscending
Cashier frora Albany, baa been tra
ced to Texas; where he died cn
the 30th of June last, at Marianne,
near Columbia; of the fever cf the
country after an illness of about
four week. 11 ii identity wrs ts
certained by disinterring the IcJy,
and by various articles which r. trs
known to bel: 3 to D. such t 1:3
lencil case, silver Er.rifThax, tic
IeT hid purr hs.se J a fir: r 1 f :
Hrassos, and in rcn: 1 y a
native cf the cocr.try I U cn
ced an ex tend vs t ' ::.U..a, and
sent 810.000 to C :i forthe fur
chate of slaves. lis i? suppose J to
have taken with 1.1. t to -lexas on
ly C 12,000, cr :i5,g0a.r; , .
ij:h..: ; : . Reitcr.
VreaZiujTiin ftew rorfc.-The
Express of t Monday jays: . Since
Saturday
lay we have lud large adJi
tiocs from abroad to our stock of;
u l:
tUfe v
U .i:
this
ever t;.:
cf ether descrin.
. we hi' 5 now
"-t crproachingte
(f -.Lt-Lcls. im
ti;r.! c."
f v.-!
t .i'.o:i
great itc:!c tf ferula histnvCtu.
lt:-r: :u.7i um'A LV''Tis a pity
lut cc:ild ihare with them.;
ASIIBOUOUGU, N. C. .
FAYETTEVILLE AND WESTERN
was nearly completed -at "he date of tia
last Fayetteri!!e.'(w.Itfiras 'sta.
ted; in that paper, that the survey of the
upper route, through , llandoljw Dav
son, &c, would be commenced imine.
ntelyAitporUhat;.aomc
know not how, been put mto circulation,
that the hands, engaged a the sun-ey,
have at times been inattentive, and canv
less of u' eir duty.' There isnoevidcnct
to us,tlut tha . rei.it is true, and
bopoand believe, that it is untrue, ad
have tuiifbrmly treated it as a calus
ny, got up vj , uiose xo
to indulge an unfriendly disposition tot
ards the work; and throw , obstacles is
tho way of public patronage, j
; 4 "
. ' -C' ,
IIUWIECANE AT JA5IEST0WX.
' We are informed by a gentJdmaa
recUy Ironi Jamestown Guilford coun
ty, that a inost frightful and alarmfcj
whirlwind visited that place on the night
of 'iheTttVinst,- (Friday niit of hi
weckat 0 xcbek.) : Beveral dwfellgi
; were greatly injured; and many out
bouses quite destroyed. ;, 0 lives lost,"
but two or three persons some injurci
We could not hear wIiq the 'stiffercri
werj5 (cither in person or property) u
our informent wai a stranger ; at i tb
placei but wo shall probably hear tho
particulars in a lew days. ; ; t
zz SPECIAL COUltrSl
We have heretofore noticed, the act
of the last Legislature, autljorizing ths
several counties of this State, to appoint
tpecial magistrates to hold tho county
Court. We hopo our county will pd
it into practical operation forthwith-
Our May .Court is -near at hind
commence the first day of ncit.nraclh.
This will be a favorable opportunity Jot
taking the necessary steps, ts a majori
ty of the , justices will be required cs
Tuesday of Court, for the transaction of
county bushes' .
We have ret ths act itself now U
fore us, I I: if v. 2 rccoHcct its proTsioo
correctly," L ,j J. Jatc of anycoonty (
majority 1 present) mayetect vsj
r.u.T.l;r t " cir body, from 3to ineltf
r.vc, t -i i i the county court lor a yei&
Ar.J tZ j them, out of the county fundi
a 1 nat:o compensation 01 iroro u
t3 i day. 'We .woukl . prcf:r
tuniLcr of three, rather than 1 B
barely fcccause it will e lcssexpcns?ft
but it Mill augment the Individual rcspo
sjbnity oieacli membcrjef the cotft
and urge, hini to greater promptness
the ; m'sch his official duties. ,1
proper measures' should be taken for fr
Kng vacancies that may, unexpectedly
happen on the Bench, from Bckncf
other caused ' " , -
4 lit is very desirable, thatv the maS
iraics ana the ,pcopio ottno cy-
should discuss the subject jittlebefop
hMpifr
ly cl.ccxtd f i! ?; holders are desi.'
rcuscf c!:,:ij, littlie t Tilleri hold
o, end the i.hrcssica is (Utt
iw Dcaoiito act unacr5ianau77-