DREADFUL ShlP WRECK OF A
- DUTCH INDIAMAN.
A saipwreck, with more heart-rending cir
cumstance than has happened for some time,
was on Thursday made known at Lloyd's, by
the arrivalof. the ship Chance, Cnpt. Roxby,
DR BAIRD'S LECTURES on EUROPE.
Days without-night, and nights without
days. ' . ' " . ' -
There is nothing that strikes the stranger
moro forcibly i if he visits Sweden at this sea
son of the year when the day are the longest,
r c?j - .t- r i . - I . J"-"".
, - ' .- : , " " f man me ausencc ot uigm. ur 15. nad no
on board a portio-n of the crew ?f the Dutch conception of it before his arrival. He arriv
Indiarnan, named John Hemick, 11. W . Ed- ed at storkholm from Gottenbur. 400 mil..
kelcubury, master, which was totally lost, to- distant -in the morning nH mih r,Arn
gether with twenty three lives, on the rocks wt,n. , " ,o rt;BIIrt-h..ft ;.t .!,..
i!rmiSJiS.att1? i8land' ou ,h.e n'rn'D2 f note, of lime, and returned about midnight
the 29th of May; whilst proceeding from Am- it W09 a9 ligh, 88 it U nere ha,f an h(lUr be
sterdam to Batavia. fP .llti,i.i,ii V.. a:.,.: .i..
fuuvvh ... VUUIU SCO U13llllt:ilV.
It appears that, on the night of the 2d June,
the crew of the Chance were anxious to ascer
tain wnctner sucn rocks ns are Mid down in
the chart as forming ; St. . Paul's Island, 45
miles north of this equator,' and 29 degrees
West, are really to be seen, as many doubts
prevail as to their existence. At 8 o'cloc k
But all was quiet in the streets it seemed as
if the inhabitants had gone away or were dead.
No sign of life, stores closed. The sun in
June goes down at Stockholm a liule before
10 o'clock. There is a g'eal illumination all
night, as" the sun puses round the earth to
wards the north pole, and iho refraction of its
they discerned them, and the Captain was J rays .-b., thai you can ee to-read at mid
mum hurpnsuu uy ouservmg imuugn a giass, midnight. Df B. read Si letter in the forest
a Dutch ensign flying from a soar ou the I si
island. The Capuin instautlv ordered the I i;nt,f tU ii mntnln t th.hf:td f th
pinuare'lo proceed lo their assistance which, Gulf of Bothnial where, on the 21st of June
on reaching the shore.' "found Hventv poor ih .i.n !rifi Tint "iro dowti l TraVpHHri
UCTlu,;'i Aiiu.owru,-.yi :"":. 1 go up Ihere lo see It. A steamboat goes up
icuii uwi liicuoat nor. ueiiig aoiero i frarn Stockholm for tbe : purpose of carrying
take tbem-all oflV thc: cnntaill, thief officer, I tkrta vthn nr nnvimi t.. witnpss the nhenmn-
atewa'rd, carpenter, two" rtsmen, and three eIJOII. - t ony occurs oiio night.- The sun
apprentice -boys, were first rescued, the re- jjoes down to the horiion. von cau see the
mamder being assured by the. boat's party
that' they would return as quickly n possible,
und-preserve them aUo. Every expedition
was used, but in the meanwhile a hnrp l)recze
had Fpiung up, setting in a tremendous swfll
to the westward. The pinnace and the long
boat, which bad also been euf, kept beatiug
about for full five hours, to regain it, and ii
appearing evident that if they kept out much
later they would bo swept away by the strong
tide, they returned to the hip, having' been
unable to render the slightest assistance to
lhose unhappy fellows left on the desolate spot
whole face of it, aud in five minutes it begius
lo rise. At the North Cape, lat. T-J d. it does
not go down for several weeks. Now (23d
June) it would' be at midnight about 25d.
above the horizon. The way the people there
know it is midnight, they seethe sun begin
to rise. The changes in those high latitude
from somnier to winter, aie so irca. ihat we
can have no conrepliou of iherri at all. L
the winter time thu sun disappears and is not
eeen for six weeks. Then it conies up and
shows its face. Afterwards it remains for 10
15 or 20 miuutes. then descends. And final
It being probable that the gale might iu some v ft does not set at all. but makes almost a
measure abate, he kept beating about for the
isUud, as it was impossible to anchor, there
being no ,-ouuding, for ten entire days, hav-
log feeou nothing of ine poor -creaturef--, vho
by that tim rhtif have perished from the in
tense heat and the want of water and food,
he sailed for England, his own provisions by
that time becoming aUo very short.
On questioning them whom he had Kaved,
he learned th;it they belonged to ihe fndiaman,
in question ; that on the morning of ihe 29 h
of3Jy, she was iiiuniur unfJer a press of
sail, when, at 3 o'clock, the watch on deck
descried ihe rocks ahead, so close as to make
it impossible to clear ihem. The helm was
instantly put down, but almost at the same
moment the ship struck; and the succeeding
wave pitched her on her beam ends. Every
endeavor wan tus'antly made to gel her off ;
all her rigging and msts were cut away, in
order to lighten her, but to no avail, as the
6ea kept dahinu her against the rocks with
terrific force, her timbers gradually patting.
The los-i of the ship being then inevitable, ibe
captain succeeded in teaching the rock with
online, and secured it round 'one -of the loftiest
clifTs, in effecting which he wag no less than
aeveti times swept down the rocks," frightfully
lacerating his body. The Hue also being
ruade fast to the wreck, the greater part of the
crew contrived to haul themselves on to the
I aland by it. Four brave fellows aflempted
to land in a boat with the ship's papers and
some provisions, but on nearing the breakers
a 'tiemendous sea capsized the boat, and they
all perished.
On assembling on the frightful spot on
which thoy had been cast, and whieh present
ed not the remotest chance of escape, certain
starvation stared them in the face. Of wear
ing appaiel they had saved none, save the
few drenched tattered rags that covered them ;
and of food, all they could rescue from the
wreck was a cask of butter, a cask of flour, a
mail biscuit, and a small keg of giu. Im
mediately under the Line, exposed to a burn
ing tropica suu, aud not having a particle of
watoi to quench their thirst, their aeute sufTer
i.igs under such circumstances cau be weli
conceived. The heat was scorching, and
-they could only allay it by wading into the sea
up to the chin, and thus remaiuing the day.
At night the spirit was distributed amongst
them, the stogie biscuit was broken up and
divided equally, aud then they commenced
? coming the rock-, in hopes of finding further
food. Thjy succeeded in gaining a few wild
fi'nvl and eggs, with the latter of which they
managed to appease their hunger, but for want
of water they were almost driven to madness.
Oil the third day, to their great joy, a vessel,
bearing Americau colors, hove in sight in
the ofling. They hoisted the signal of dis
tevs on a spar, and in order to make doubly
Mue, the mate, seven seamen, aud a passen
ger, nut on in the only boat they had been en
abled to s ive, with a small piece ol wood to
paddlo along; the oars beiug lost, to ihe ap
proachiog ship. ?;- Perhaps, however, it could
be scarcely credited, thilt although the Ameri
cau must have seen them, she passed, unheed
ing their awful condition, and was not eeu
afterwards: The ooor creatures in the boat
then strove their utmost to regain the Island "; '
the current was too strong for them, aud They
were speedily out of ighf. That they have
pcri.-ibed long ere this'there cau be no doubt.
The bad ot the slightest provision with
them; no'compass. ad no 'oars; the nearest
place being ' Cape Roque more than 600
- miles distant. The sufferings of those left
on the locks, on perceiving the fate of those
-in -the boat, were -Adn-futd, eud on the fourth
day they gave themselves up to death. They
:'weie rapidly siukiog from the effect of the
heat. On the moriit&fg'nf the fftth day the
' Chance hove in sight, and, as before noticed,
vedevttu. Th ill-fated Indiarnan belong
ed to Rotterdam, and was of 800 tons bur.
deu. She was quite a new ship, and had on
- I y bean built about two months previous to
her loss,
circle round thw heavens. He had been ask
ed how ihey managed in regard to hired per
sons, and what thev considered a day He
conld not say, but supposed they woiked by
the hour, and 12 hours would be considered a
day's work. Birds aud animals take tbeir ac
customed rest at their usual hours. Ihe Or
did uot know how they learnt the time, but
they had, aud go to rest whether the sun goes
down or not. The hells take to the trees
about 7, P. M., aud tay there until the sun
is well up in the' morning and the people gel
into this habit of late rising too. The n t
morning Dr 1$. awoke in Stockholm, be was
su'pried to see the boo .shining into his room
He looked at his watch and found it only 3
o'clock. The next lime he awoke i; was 5
o'clock, but no body in the streets, the people
were not ia iho habit of rising so soon. The
Swedes in the cities are not very industrious,
owing probably to the ctimtte. The suu i-
op so l'ng. that tho atmosphere becomes very
hot, though not so hot as our summer weather.
The shopkeepers in Stockholm in the middle
of the day, used to shot up their j-hop and
take ihir siesta ; but the government all .wed
the Jews to come in, and they obliged the
Swedes to change : the Jews kept their hop
open in the middle of the day, and the Swedes
bad to follow the example. But they are not
very thank'ul to the Jews for it.
The Diet of Norway does not allow a Jew
to step his foot in that country. The law was
made in the 19th century, and is a disgrace
to the age aud its protestantism : they exclude
both Jews and Jesuits. A few years ago ihe
government advertised for" money; a Jew
went in a steamboat from Copenhagen to ue
gociate the loati. He made a bargain, and
afterwards wauted to go ashore, but this privi
lege was lefused him. They were glad of
his money, but wou'd not allow him t step
bis foo: on their foil.
The country of the Swedes and the Not
weciaus may be called the New Euglafud of
Liuroue; It is a laud of rocks, and contains
an ftiuunrerable number of lakes and i-lauds
no pari of it is peifectly level, aud where
the surface is cotnpaiatively level, it is undu
lating. There are many iron mines aud
some of gold and silver. The irou mine of
Daiiemora, which is in a pram count ly and
500 Feet deep, is prffffctflaily celebrated; a
also the iron and carper mines of Falmouth.
The mine districts wre poor and populous, but
you fiud there the best people in Sweden.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CLAIR
VOYANCE ON CASWELL CO., N. C.
Doctors Comer and Anderson, of this
county, were recently called to see M iss ,
(it is unnecessary to name the lady,) living in
the South part of Caswell, who they found un
der gieat nervous debility, and in a mesmeric
state. The patient slept a great deal she
seemed to have fallen a victim to strong lethar
gic "spella" now coming, now going
but her spells or repose were lengmy, wnue
she found it impossible to keep awake but a
very shoit time, comparatively. v nen asleep
she was always in a cfairvoyic state. Un
visiiina her and hudiu; ber asteep to all in
tents aud purposes, the two attending physi-
cians tested her clairvoyic by nlina-ioiuing her
so that she cold not possibly " see a wink M
e"vn though she were not asleep. From thisl
......
experiment grew the following resu:is : jJr
Comer gave patient s sisler a pocKCi unite, lo
present her, with the inquiry, ' whose knife is
it?' The knife was put in the patient's
hand aud the question asked, when she au
swered, " Dr Corner'." Patient had not
seeu Dr Comer noi bis knife. Dr C. then
slip! a pen knife of his in the sister's hand,
who put it in the hand of the patient, and ask
ed whose knife is this?" (Dr Anderson
present.) Patient parsed the knife t her
nose, smelt of it, and replied, " this, - too, is
Dr Comer's knife." Dr Anderson acciden
tally spied patient's mother at a distance going
to ihe spring asked patient as to the. where
abouts of her mdiher ? She replied, "going
to tho spring. The mother vas seen return
ing I'roiri the spring wilh A pail of water ou
on her head aud a jog of milk ia one hand.
Patient was again interrogated about .her
mother, and she minutely described he re
turning from thftspriug told about the vessel
ot water on her mother's head, the jog of milk,
and in which hand she held it. She was ask
ed where the h;rses of doctors C. aud A. were?
Patieut replied that her lather had put them
in the stables, and then told ihe particular
stable in which each man's horse had beeu
put. Patient w-as then asked whefl it had
rained at Dr Cooler's? (Dr C. lives a long
distance from patient, and hud uot been hon
for several daysa moreover he was not aware
that it had raiued at his house the day before.)
Her reply was "yesterday;" Patient was
called ou to say when it h id rained at Dr An
derson's: she answered; the same t idle it
rained at Dr Comer's." She was asked lo
state at which of the two places fell the most
rain ? Her reply was, thai it rained very
little at Dr Comer's, lull a great deal at" Dr
Anderson's." All this was f und to be pre
cisely as she staled. Patient had no know
ledge, not the least idea, of any thing she said,
or of the presence of the physiciaus w hile she
reposed, when she afterwards awoke from her
sleep, and denied having held any conversa
tion. Various other questions were asked the
patien'; and all that related to anything that
had t iken place, or rhen iu process of occur
rence, she ausweied and tild about it wiiti the
greatest accuracy. Patient couldti I tell about
ihf future knew nothing about tho occur
rences behind the curtain oTTime to Cnnnc.
The above is no hoax, but true to the letter:
We "speak by the card,", ifyo-i know how
that is, aud ifyou don't, we shall not trouble
nurseif lo tell you. Suffice it to say that no
man will question the veracity oi either of the
above named physicians, and that Ihey will
bear testimouy to the truth of nil the material
comicalities set forth as above. Jjilton
Chronicle.
SUPREME COURT OF N. CAROLINA.
During the last week the following Opin
ions have beeu delivered, viz :
- By Ruffin, C. J;, in Dickinson lo use of
Costiu v Lippitt, from New Haoover, revers
ing the judgment and affirming Count .Court;
in Smith v Hawkins, in Equity from Bun
combe, declaring that the injunction was pro
perly continued to the hearing ; in Williams
v Oates from Mecklenburg, the judgment of
the Superior Cdurt reversed, and that of the
County Court dismissing the petition, affirm
ed ; in Gathiugs v Williams from Mont
gomery, affirming the judgment below ; in
Logan v Simmons et. al. in Equity from
Rutherfoid, declaring the deeds lo the defen
dant S. fraudulent, aud the plaintiff entitled
to the slaves coureyed in them, &c.
' By Daniel, J., in Buchanan v Paiker, froth
Columbus, affirming the judgmeul below ; in
Putnam v McGibbony, in Equity from Guil
ford dismissing he bill wilh costs ; iu Raper
& Spurgiu v tiamihou & Armfield, in Equity
from Davidson, declaring plain tiffs entitled
lo redeem the slave on paying $500 the pur
chase money, aud dismissing the bill with
costs as to Solomon Armfield ; iu Mitchell
and others V Walker aud others, in Equity
born Bdrke, dismissing the bill as to Walker
and Keller, wilh costs, aud directing a decree
ihat Person, aud iu the eveut of his inability,
Sater whitb, repay the purchase money, inter
est and Costs at law, aud in this Court; iu
Doe ou demise of Cullender et. al. v Sherman
et. al. from New Hanover, awarding a veuire
denriyo; in Ingram v Sloan, from Anson,
affir uiing Ihb judgme. 4 below ; in Hall, C M
v Paschali, bum Warren, affirming the judg
meul below.
By Nasb,J, in But'er and others v Durham
uud others, iu Equity from Rutherford, direct
ing a reference ; iu Crissmau v Wright and
others, iu Equity from Surry, directing the
bill lo be dismissed wilh Costs ; in Par4sh v
Sloan and others, in Equity from Sampson, af
firming the judgment below; in Wall v Tom-
liuson, from Stanly, reversing ihe judgment
and awarding a venire de novo; in Drake v
McIVlinu, from HeudersOn,. arresting the
judgment; in Doe on demise of Irwin &
Elines v Co.x, from Mecklenburg, reversing
the judgment aud awarding a veuire de novo.
Fatal Affray. An affray took place iu
the Sand-Hiilc near Columbia, on Saturday
last, batween two individuals, Messrs. Stack
and flornsby, when the latter received a blow
' . on the head that fractured his skull, from the
effects of which he died ou Mouday. As
this affsif will undergo judicial investigation,
we forbear making further remarks. Colum
bia Advocette.
The Russians again tttfirpED iry the
Circassians. Accounts from the Caucasus,
by the steamer Cainbrir, bring the important
intelligence that the Circassians have
taken from ' the Russians, after soma hard
righting aud great bloodshed, the Castle of
Sotcha, on the coast of Abascia. Sheikli
Shnmil had art ived at the head of the river
Kovhau with 30,000 meny aud had called1 up
on the inhabitant to funrrsh o-ne man per
house, wbirhwould make a very largo- force,
Worolii ft s iro-ps had been beaten by the
DaghistanU.es, and three or four ship load
of wounded have beeu sent to Crimea. Mauv
of the Poles l u the Russian army bad deserted
to ShanSil, 'so "that Worouz-'fTs being iu
waut of men, ordered a carbovafuz (each worth
6. bd. sterling,; to raise reiniorcemeuts at
Akheska, without being able to get rrnrny.
He further sent a number of Mussufuiau
ulemas (doctors of taw) from Crimea, with
their niufli, to Shamil, to try if they could open
a negotiation to treat for terms of peace, of
course merely to set ihe Circassians to deep.
Shamil, n ware of the treac hery, had three of
them put to death. The Russian arm-y was
suffer iug dreadfully from a scarcity of pro
vision, aud the soldiers will have to wait for
the ucw crop before they will have a sufficien
cy of food. Tha crops in Circa ssia, though
vry auty la si yea' are good ibis season.
In eo-usecsunea. of the lone succession of
reverses experienced by the Russisns, the
Emparoi is said lo hae adjourned the de
finitive pacification of the Caucasus." We
trust uch will prove lo be lbe fact. Already
the war baa continued several yerara, anid" boiU
of brave Russians have perished, without be
ing able to make any permanent impression
upon the still braver mountaineers, who are
fighting for their altars and their hearths, un
der almost the identical Declaration of Rights
which formed the bat ia of the American Revolution.
A conscientious BOOKSTEAI.ER. A book
seller who ox poses books for salj in his open
shop window in New York, having recently
observed that he lost a number of books, not
withstanding he always found tho exact quan
tity, baling those that were sold, on taking
them in at nights; and besides this, finding
several books among hi own of which ho had
not the slightest knowledge, was the other day
indiiced to Watch a demure looking riian rather
closely, whom ho had constantly seen look
ing at his books, but scarcely ever making a
pU'ihase. Iu ibi employment it surprise
was very soon increased by observing his
customer put a book in his pocket, and pull
another fom under his coat, which he placed
amongst the rest on the board, and then de
liberately walked away. Being, however, de
sired to walk back again, and account for his
Conduct, the trembling culprit nt length ac
knowledged that he had been ?n the cousraut
habit of exchanging good carnal for what he
called indifferent spiritual books, uhi'h he
considered advantageous to the bookseller ;
and as a proof of this assertion, pulled out of
his pocket a voliime of old puiftauic divinity,
for which he averred, and the fact proved it,
be had deposited a well-bound volume of the
works of Pope, by way of a Conscientious ex
change ! Ilis youth aud simplicity had siw.h
a u effect ifpou the bookseller, thai affer mak
ing him' sensible that even' these exchanges
would .expose hirrv to prosecution for theft,, he
let him go whb aefvice iu future always to con
sult the-owner of the property before he at
tempted to transfer or exchange it under any
any pretext whatever.
RELATIONS TO MEXICO.
To those who are acquainted wilh the rela
tions existing betweeu Mexico aud the Uni
ted States, it ii well known thai (he inveterate
aud malignant feelings which now exist in
Mexico against the Noilh Americans (as we
are called) have partly their origin iu Ihe arti
cles published in Ihe National Intelligencer
II is said to be a journal well received, aud
. i , sia. a.
eveu popular, in Mexico. Its articles are
said to be copied into the Mexican pipers
and are circulated by the Mexican govern
rnent with iireat industry, for the pu pose ol
exciting the most embittered feeling against
us. The political affairs of thai country are
now iii such a condition, tltat there can be
little stability perhaps uu peace in. our re
lations. The war-cry has now become so
lopularj that those who raised ihe storm can
not direct its pitiless fury.
Iu'the articles above referred to, ("War by
the Executive,") it has .furnished another
prolific theme for the Mexican governmental
press. ' Some,- perhaps much, injury may re
sult from1 it. Mexico may be stimulated io
hostiltiie.s ; or, if war be already waged, it
e
may provoKe Mexico to greater excesses,
-and prevent an earlier return lo pacitic rela
tions. Let ihe National Intelligencer change
its course, and stand up foi the rights aud
honor of our couutty; and it may assist iu
quieting the .-torm, ot alleviating its fury. In
ihe spirit' of peace and goodwill, we would
say, Pause, before it he Too late. It is un
founded and untrue, that the government of
tha United States intend to make war or com
mit aggressions ou Mexico. The National
Intelligencer does not do half justice to our
government, when it says ih it '-iity mzan to
transcend tot I ft ourjorcesils Texas') actual
limits. To pass beyond lis population and
possession inlb' a region of only Afexicah n-
habitants a region within whicli lexas has
not d settlement, and which embraces at least
forty-five thousand Alexican souls over which
lexas has never exercised an instant s juris
diction is making nothing but .a valunlai-y
and offensive io dr. unjustified by any pretence
of that neetistty xchich could aloHc warrant
Ihe temporary employment of the public arms
by the President.''
Is it possible thai the editors of Ihe .Nation
al I utelligeucer are so utterly ignorant of the
topography aud hydrography of that country.
aslo expres the opinion, contained in the'
article referred ! ? If he i, he oujht lo
inform' himself of the true bouiidaries of Tex
as, ns given, for instance, by iV'lr Clay.
Nativism versus Naturalization.
The complex iou of tho tecetit General Con
vention of Political Natives"at Philadelphia,
wm not readily be forgotten bv the Americau
people. Ferocity and folly were uever more
signally blended, than in the language of some
of the orato-s. "Uuless we Slop rmmia'a-
lion," General Dearborn of Boston is said to
have exclaimed "Unless we stop imrrrwa
tion, we cannot preserve ihe liberties of our
country. If it continues, ibe lime come when
:o i i
we win nave io rise in arms, ana massacre
the foreigner st or make them sares, in order
to preserve the institutions ot our country, aud
transmit idem unimpaired to our children."
' The atrocity of these denunciations against
foreigners, is happily counteracted by their
absurdity rendering commentary auperflu
ou. Albany Argus.
Ben' Hardin, formerly a whig member of
Congress from Kentucky, and latterly Secre
tary of State iu that enlightened common -weahh,
has-committed or attempted to commit
an outrage on a young woman placed under
his change, which has compelled him to aban
don tbe Stale, very suddenly, to escape the
popular indignation.
IN I EM PERANCE. Tbe following pre
seutmeut was made by the Grand Jurors of
0
Rowan counfy, al their late session :
August Sessions, 1845.
W'e, the Grand Jurors of Rowan, Pieseut,
That ibe most of ihe business brought before
us during this Term, has beep in cousequeuce
ofDrunkeuness, wid1 that a great deal of it baa
beeu occasioned by and through the public
treating of candidates for public offices at dif
ferent times and places; consequently we
cannot help but view the practice' as an evil,
aud a growing eviF, for it is manifest to every
one that it is anuu'allv becoming worse and
worse, and we cannot help buf feel alarmed
for the good order and morality of the com
munity at larg, if not for liberty itself, for it
has almost come lo pass lhat those wh trea,t
ibe most are certain to be elected, consequent
ly those who are tillable or uu willing to treat,
have uo encouragement to become candi
dates as they are almost invariably defeated
no matter what their mialmcaTions are: ami
we cannot help but think h i hiah time for
the friends of good order aud1 molality and for
every patriot without distinction of party to
come out and put tbe fiown of condemnation
upon the practice, and hereafter use their in
fluence in endeavoring to' prevail upon all
candidates to abandon the mart ica and trust
to tbeir own met it rather than to the merits of
the whiskey barrel.
It is stated in a Lancaster paper, that Mr
John Wise, the celabrated aerouaut, has be
come a lunatic.
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE.
Messrs Dockery and Worth singular sui
cide murder and tscape, $c.
Anson County, N. C, l
August ISth, 1345.
Cap!; Bayne, Sir : As you are aware-, our
election in this District has resulted in tho
choice of Gen. Dockery, having beaten Mr
Worth nearly 1000 votes. Mr Worth vaa
the regular whig candidate having received
the nomination of the Asheborough Conven
tion, and consequently had for his friends the
leaders of the party but tbe people arose in
their strength, and in lauguage louder ibau
thunder, have said we will not longer be dic
tated to by these " contemptible caucusses,"
as they were sneer in ly called by Dockery.
This result has put forever a quietus lo Con
ventions in this District and for my part I
would be glad if it could have the same ...effect
throughout the Slate for, sir, iristead of re
flecting the popular will, they are generally an
extinguisher controlled - by some master
pirils and tbeir obsequious cliques. In the
palmiest days of ourRepublic, lhose caucusses
were unknown, and it must be admitted lhat
our Representatives then were superior in
talents and integrity to what they have been
since. theie miscalled conveulioiis-or-tbepeo-
ple have paved the way to the advancement of
men destitute of character and intelligence;
fur all will admit lhat iu high political excite
ments the nominee ofa Convention, whatever
may be his riualifications, will h-f certain to
obtain the votes of hi., partisans in preference
lo an Independent candidate; although He is
superior in every qualification which consti
tutes a gentleman; These remarks are not
intended to cast the least imputation on Mr
Worth; for he is represented as a gentleman
of sterling integrity; of no mean order of tal
ents, and unimpeachable moral character.
So far as the democracy of this county were
concerned, they regard the result with perfect
indifference. Both, Dockery aud Worth,
expressed themselves 'in favor of voting for
ail the appropriations which might be ueces
sarv lo consummate annexation. Dockery, j
I have heard, has never been much opposed to
he measure if this be so, I t-Usr he will noic
give it his cordial support. With regard to
Oregon they were both for maintaining our
just rights, rather a vague expression I con
fess, but ode which suited our views in this
county, for we dont hold lo the same views
on lhat questioir avowed by ibe ultra of oin
party, believing lhat a ' masterly inactivity'
would have been our best course under the
then existing circumstance--: but we a"re not
(or surrendering our rights which may. be
"clear and unquestionable;" for Geii- Dock
ery. (whig though tie b' ) said he would march
a thousand mile bafefb'tfted over prickly pears
before he would let JohnnyBul! have one inch
of laud which did not belong to him. I shall,
with these hasty remarks, drop this s'dject,
shnnlv pfllin that it is the dulv of overy do-
mocrat to siv; ihe' General, a fir chance.
Ill course crfu be 'judged befer hereafter,
for by their f ults ye shall know th'em."
Miss' Martha Ann Tyson, daughter., of -Mr
John Tyson, Jr., was' found djcowued in
B own Creek last Fiiday, and from' till tbe
circumstances, a more cool and delermiued
case of sdieiJe hrf seldom occurred. She
had place'd her affections U a young man iu
the neighborhood, and was opposed b'y her
parents, and nothing moe was apprehended
than is dsu'al in -sucH caesr until Ihe" above
named day. V?hen early thai morning he
necame pettish and her mother .slapped he
cheeks it was no! Ions; after she Was seen
to leave the house, but it excited no suspicion
until ber absence became loo much extended,
and it was then thought lhat she had eloped
wiih ihis youug man but who can fell the
anguish of her parents when ihey learned her
sad fate. It appears lhat he went immediate
ly to Brown Creek, nboirt two miles, and went
under the bridge down to the creek and drown
ed herself in water not more triad 18 inr he
deep. She was accidentally found in 3 or 4
hours by soma n mermen, witn nor neau up
stream, lying wiiH her face ou ihe bottom, her
hands somewhat folded rt ber beat. and
her person stretched out at full . teiigtii ; n ihe
creek was not running she could not - haye
been moved by the motion of the water. She
was a pretty girl, ju-.t blooming 'into womau-ho-id,
and would f avo beeu fifteen at hsr next
lii'iff-day. That a person fiorn greal grief or.
poignant remorse should f' onrr die impulse of
I ihe moment, commit suicide, i not strange,
lull for a leuder female of stfch tender veas.
thus" to cut (uJunder the golden chain. wrTch
connects with eaith, and iu such a cool and
relibernte manner, i passing slrauee, aud
throws complelefy in the shade your suicide:
vrith pistol, daggers, aiiA halter.
On the same day with Ih'r dreadful mUfor
tune, oif counny was thrown into no little ex
citemen, by Teaming ttrai on Thursday night,
thrne notorious and daring negroes, now ihe
property id a speculator named Forsyth, (pur
chased Harry from Tbrv Steele,'." saac, -Irnrn
S. W. Covington, and Friday fVom RoDt. L.
Steele, of Richmond county,) broke out of
ChesterhWd jail, killing the jailor, named
Bevel, and made their escape. It appears
that ihey had during ihe night escaped from the
cell into a larger room ; here, for the purpose
of arousing the jailor, they engaged iu a fham'
fight about daylight, aud called out lo him that
one ot the negroes was dying. The poor
man rushed unconsciously up siafr, opened
the door to alleviate the want's of me dying,
and ns he entered the room received a blow
from au iron bolt which caused his death in a
few momenta." The negroes lormwun maue
their escape. We learn lhat a large party aro
on the scout for tbem. Three mo-e daring,
reckless villains neer went uummg ; aud
from their violent acts of robbery and crime
in this section, as well as threats thrown out
in Chesterneld jail, is sufficient to produce
auv thing but a pleasant feeling in our com-
...,; i lours, iiuccicir.
Correspondence of the North Carolinian.
Washington, August 1 8, 1845.
: Mr Batwe : I avail myself of a few mo:
ments before the mail closes to infoi m you of
a most distressing occurrence which took
place in this City this afternoon whethe .
murder or manslaughter, it remains for ihe
proper tribunal to decide. Mr Z. Kendalls
on of Amos Kendall, was shot dead by tbe
hand of Rufus Elliott, the brother. in-law of
John C. Rives f this Cily. A young man, a
friend of the pa-ties, who interfered, was also
shot in the arm by Elliott, but not dangerously.
The weapon was one of Coil's revolving pis-'
lols. 1 he report is thai the two bad a disrfute
,n a bowling alley, few uigh.s ago, Jhen
young Kendall made a remark, which" Elliott
threatened lo call him to account for. He ac
cordingly met him iu ftout of Fuller's Hotel
demanded the required explanation, which'
not being received, tbe present lamentable
ana ir was the result. The deceased was a
line young man, recently appointed iu one o(
the Departments, whose untimely loss cannot
be too deeply regretted.
The perpetrator of the act Ir.statifiy took a
coach and has left the city; I'he father of the
deceased is at present absent. '
- . Iu haste j bur. , .
THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE IN WIL
MINGTON. This edifice is now near its completion. It
is so arranged, aud is lo be used conjointly;
for Custom House, Post Office, and Uuited
States District Court purposes. The Custom
House corps of officers have taken possession
of their apartments. The building has been
erected on Ihe scite of the old Custom House,
on North Vaer street, facing the river. The
situation is not favorable for shdwin" ibe
structure to advantage, but still ii preseuts an
imposing aspect.
Annexed Mri more particular description of
ihe building, furnished af our request by a gen
tleman Concerned iu iu construction.
Tbe Custom House is three stories hioh,
with attic iu rear; has thirty nine feet frout,-
and is sixty five iu depth. - It has a pedimenr
front, elected on a basemeuted story of red
sandtone, rusticated. The front has two an-
taes, and two columns, with capitals after the
manner of the Temple of the winds nt alliens,
and cornice, which is continued on ihe two
sides and relumed on the rear, with anta on
rear cornets; nil being of red-andtoiie from
Connecticut river. The front, rear, and the
two flank walls are faced with the celebrated
Baltimore pressed. brick. The first sttry has
four rooms wilh vestibule and hall. Two of
the rooms are for the Post Office; one of the'
others for tho U.S. Mar-hal. The aeconu
story has likewise four rooms, wilh vestibule'
and hall. The rooms are for ihe use of tho
Custom House officers, Collector, Naval
Offir er. Surveyor, Inspector, &c. The third
-tory has a spacious and beautiful room f.r
tho use of th-i United Slates Diti id Cou'17
This room has a dome thirty-four feel iu di
ameter, divided into twenty-four pan nets. On
the, same floor are jury rooms. In the aitic
there is an office for the Clerk of ihe Court,
and another belonging to the Custom House
dt'pattrhent The building ii fi-e proof w ith
out : the doors and window sholtrrs nm hi)
of heavy wrought Iron, ud Ihe roofing of
thick copper, plated w?ih' liii:
Ihe Custom Mouse has been built from
the design, and under the super ir.tendants of
John S. Norri-. The work Was commenced
in May 1843. The cost altogether will bo
about $34,000. IVilminston Chronicle.
IV
Aiimy and Navy Movements. Ji Naval
force in the Gulf of Alexico. Tbe Uuited
Mates souadrOn in the Gulf of Mexico is am
ple for anv emergency likely to arise iu that'
quarter. Including the steam frigate Missis
sippi now ou her way, it will consist of leu
vessels of war, mounting over two hundred
guns. . Ihis, we believe, is a larger lorce
than has ever been heretofore concentrated
under "he. command of any naval officer iu in
our service.
Oil ihe western coast of Mexico there.
are, or shortly wit tie. ei rlit ot our vessel- ot
war, and fhii fcure will be increased by the
vessels of the East India Squadron, now on
their way hom. Washington Constitution.
IlWoR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. The
New Orleans Tropic, a warm and decided
whig paper, in alluding to the probable rupture
with Mexico, uses the following resolute aud
....
patriotic language :
" We now say lhat if Mexico is n.ad
enough to jeopard her national existence by
declaring war against Ihe Uniteo Sia'es, we
hope our government will make no child's
play of the matter, but proceed at oucn w ith
energy io put an end to ihe contest iu a way
that shall redound lo the honor of ihe Ameri
can name, and at Ihe same time convince
E -ripcau po ers that we are misters of our
own fnovemeuls nu(thi continent. If there is
wur lei it be no temporizing alair, hut prompt
ly efficacious and conclusive. Li t the whole
couutiy, without a disseriliug voice, sustain
lbe government, and lei it aci as ihe represent
ative of a great nation."
TOs is tbe kind of talk we like. What
ever may be our private opinions, when n mat
ter is seffled aud becomes national, all party
differences should ield to love for our coun
try. ve trust the whig party will every
w here accord with the seotimeuts of their aide
coadjutor, tbe N. O. Tropic. -
Murder- A men named Gibbons, tbe
ferryman at the North East ferry, nioo miles
from town, waa shot through the bead and
killed yesterday morning by some one un
known, whilst standing by a fence a few feet
from his boose. This ia alt that we have
heard of the occurence. The county coroner
went out in the afternoon to bold an inquest
ovor the body. Wilmington Chromcle.
The Weather Crops. Thie imme
diate section of country n still suffering with
the continued' drought or, rather, we are
parched up and vegeta'iFon no longer able to'
suffer. The cotfn croto are exhausted, and
many of our farmer's will scarcely make a
busbel to the acie. But while this is the cats
immediately aioued Charlotte, iu the upper
pat t of this county, and in parts of Lincoln,
Catawba, and Iredell, particularly along the
river and creeks, fine crops will be made.
Upon the whole, we think tbe fears of a
famine are ill-founded. With the old crop of
corn yet on band, and the crops making io
in some parts of the neighboring counties, we
believe a bountiful supply of bread stuff rifay
be had by every body. None need suffer who
will be industrious "and economicelr-s.fljMfc-lenburg
Jeffersonian.