VOL. XLII.
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HICnLY IMPORTANT FROM CVVA.
' ' 8UCCJSS9 or LOPKX.
Defeat and Death Central Enna.
Anticipate Captare it Manna.
The following liisblr important dispatch waa
received from the editor of tbe Savauuab Moni
tor htm l nigns-
SivabnaM, Sep- L 1I P. M. The schooner
Mvhn arrived ber to-day. with Harannah
dates to I ha 234 of August Iter nswa'Vae of
intense biterest and highly s-oour&Rinr, for the
patriot. - Since the 13th, Gen. Lopes and his
arm; ha' encountered the Spaniard in several
tf-nntests, tat all of which the latter had been de.
feated with very heavy loss.
On (lie 17th a battlo occurred, in which Gen.
Knha. ontiimndtHn-chief of the Queen's forces,
ws killed, tugotber with large number of offi
eersatid luaaV ' ' " " " '
. U-:- r- ia now sssrehinr, anon Havana, at the
head f an army of 1.500 or 2,000 men which
jg daily receiving Urge aeceaaiona from the aur
"roen Hing country.
The Spanish troope are completely eowedby
fhe frequent reverses which they have sustain,
td. ' i.
Cm. Cnna waa buried with great pomp in
Ilsvana, on the 20th.
.The nretest- excitement and eanateraatioo
- prevailed in thatcit.r.aa there were only aeven
hundred of the troop (here, who could offer but
a feefcl resistance.
arrival or stkamkr Atlantic.
' , Jew Day later from Europe
Jfxw Toac. Sept. 1. The steamship Atlan-.XbS&'ntm.lAstttV''i--mbmt-dock
at half past five o'clock this morning.
Jfer newa ia four dnyt later than the advices per
Aia-
,,, , Political newa of no consequence.
."The first accounts of the Cuban difficulties
were received at Madrid on the 13th, and were
represented a Terr trifling and na speedily up.
pressed.
-i ' BaSKETS. ',
CeMon, sine the sailing of the Asia, haa been
sjory actire, at full rnto. Middling quolitiea
Itare adranceil d. J lie sales 01 toe tliree days
are J4.000Tmlf, nf which exportera and specu
lator took rVOOO.
Breadstuff's. Tlie favorahle weatherand pmm
t isins harvest har verv much denreswd the flour.
' market, ilid prices hare declined Cd. a Is. J
LATER AMD VERY IMIORTA SI T.
tetters Xraa tbe Eieeakd Filrioti.
I flclLMe . dcrtmnt of Tl'tit Capture,
DENUNCIATION OF LOl'EZ, &c.
The Delta publishes the following letter
from Adjutant Stanford, one of the massacred,
wJiM'h explains more folly llwn any thing
we lutvw seen, I lie Manner iu which Uivy canie
y A.wjpwml zTi5---
--- iirvAt;i-uirTfln9rr
Dear fuIingtVit arrived oh the Island
of Cuba afier the most horrible passage you
can conceive of, cooped on board wild 400
or 500 men. i
We arrived on Sunday lost, t believe
dates I have almost forgotten.' The next
tnnrning f0.ez, with Gen. Paraguay an ' all
the rnima(tinr olficers, left us Ul mean
nouimf saesv)f Una ior tw days, when
UriUemiev tlieaMclied note, lis then re
quested we should join him at a liitle
iwn some aix or eight miles off, leaving us'
"in- the m-mftvkvW'wt,mii-ihif--fitgd'-ggs
itc.
We started for him on Wednesday morning
at't o'clock, A. m.. and had proceeded only ,
three milee when we were attacked hy 500
, Spanish soldiers.. In the first charge 1 re
ceived a verysevere wound in the knee. We re
pulsed them, however. They made another
charge, and completely routed us. We speui
two days ami night the moat miserable you.
can imagine, in the ebapparal, without anything
. tpealar driuk,. w ... , ...;. . ,
We made the Wst of our way to the sea .
shore, and found some wiih boats which we put
to sea. Spent a night opon the ocean, and next
day, about 13 o'clock, were taken prisoners by
the Habunero, Were brotight to Havana last
night and condemned to die thia morning.
We shall nil be shot in an hour.
Good by and Gad bless you. I send the
Masonic modal enclosed in this, belonging to
my father. Convey it to my aiater, Mrs P n,
and tell her of my fate. Once tnprc, God '
bless you, Stanford, j
Out of this end official report of the Span
ish officers, the' Picayune constructs the fol
lowing narraiive, which is probably altogether
correct; and we may fear that Lopei and his
whole force are captured and possibly made
to share the fjte of the ffty. .'
Gen. Lopes, on landing near Bahia Honda,
with the main body nf hi forces, consisting
-of (boat 300 men, advanced towards L P
ass, small town Ha the interior, leaving Col.
Crittenden aad bis command, 114 strong, in
charge of lh - baggage. That n'glil or the
next day, the ( Steamer Pixaro Lnded 700
Spanish troops at B.ihia Honda, anJ these
advancing towards the place of Lopri'slanding
cut off Crittenden's men from their compan
ion. On the second night afterwards this par
ty determined to attempt to form a junction
with Lrsprz, but on the road were attacked hy
i overwhelming body of troops, and a Tier a
hort struggle were on tlie second charge
tested and dispersed. After wandering about
In the thickets, fifty of them got together and
anade their way to tbe ses shore, where they
eixed four small boats and endeavored to
mike their escape, when lliey were captured
a hs been related in throfficMipoHrf Ad
miral Buslillos. There are still sixty-four of
this command to be accounted for. - Of t)ite.
forty were surprised luuahot .avmaU
y-'rjL Spanish lieutenant report that on
As 14 th he - im-trpnn--tweTrtyi- prrseru
gnardiug sn eqnal number of wounded com-
Tades, ad of whom were immediately put to
'death. The remaininr Iwentv-four. or such
ol then, as had not been killed in battle, prob-
sUy comisocd to. waodor in Uia vicinitv.
, .aolU, we, are fcreed to believe,, they also
.were'uken and slauitbtered. The other nartv.
ender I.opex, it seems, received the (Hark of
y t?psntjrir,-i j tirmliouse at Lass Poca,.
ano oast them off ,f 111 fte.m..Ail.Jsjasfts
.toaetf.Jstbcs M Spanish offieasl .
' forts stalo that they desisted from the assault
Mrur to receive Huofarcement. Whether
aftjsl
any whaeqnent fighting took pbee at this
soint we do mm know; at all etenls, Ixipex
held his own for Iwo daya till. m the 15ih.
he left for the interior, and was not molested
am hi march hy Grn. Enna; all of which
w leant front the Spanish official accounts.
Tins was the atate of afltiirs on the 19th, the
dale of our last advice from the scene of ac
lion, through Geo. Enna dispatclies, dated
at 3 SO on tf at day. If Gen Lopej rejHire
the inovntrina ia safety, ha will a weaver aaon
whether lie ha relied wuh too murh rowti
denca on the assistance of the native inhabi
tants. The Picayune slates that letters, received
from two of the fifty iwo complain of the
"abandonment" by Lopex of Ciitiendcn's
band. They also comtilain of hating Keen
deceived in promises of Creole aasigtanre on
landing. Lopez, however, did not. land in
the neighborhood of the . reported insurrec
tions. It ia true, nevertheless, that there h is
as yet bee a ao poaiiivu exhibition of any ae
iuiis lusurrecuonary spirit in lUDa.
SCENES OF THE MASSACRE.
Tha moat satanisliinc and inexulicabla
thing to us ts tb eomradictnry aaseriipira
bout tl:e treatment of tlm (iftii
iflif btlore uu al- i
ler death. Except one letter, all those from
Havana which appear in the New Orleans
papers, represent the execution to have been
attended with the most cruel and shocking
brutalities ; and that one does not deny them.
It was written by a respectable citizen of New
Orleans, who says he got as near ss he could
but could not see the men when shot lie
vras a speet'itor of the procession lo tlie city
along which waa borne the apparel of the
dead, at irjpliu'A amidst lhc..lmuta .nf-iUg.l
populace. Other writers speak of witness
ing, with their own eyes, the barbarous in
sults they say that the men were tied togeth
er in; lens that thev were shot, then bayon
eted and. Iinftcked on. lhe Jiettd. with, the huts.
f muskets that then the mob partially
stripped the bodies, cut off ears, noses, tin..
and bo them about w'tli demoniac yells, aa
trophies, even under the windows of the rev-
lueuce of the Captain General that they
were ra roles! y conveyed lo the pla-eof bu
rial, and pitched inlo the trenches dug for them.
How to reconcile these statements with those
of Adams Si Co' Exprcsi man, and some
others who say the affair was "decently" con
ducted, we do not know.
A letter dated the I f ih, to the New Orleans
Picayune, says :
A court-martial was held this morning, on
boa-rd the-fVipate Epermnai on' the fifty pri-
sone s brought in by the Ilabanero. Keport
any thai the o dicers, two aergeona and every
tiftli wan are lo he shot.
The same writer, under date the I7lh,
eays:
" The drmsirm of -the roirrtam!trrial in -thtr
cases tit the fifty prisoners brought in by the
Habanera, rriflit befnre bst; wa not fonlirni
ed by the Captain General, who ordered the
whole of them to be shot."
Touching letters are published in tbe New
Orleans faun ppiifvert of ihe wassa cred,
which shew dwjemfrijr adjmiMRai.w.ilh.'
which they met death. Vegunt)fulloiu
ing asaspecimcn : '
Oh BoaRSTHC Man-of-Was Espi-.bama, )
August 16. 1851. 5
My Dtar and Affectionate Sitter mid
ftrotheri: Before Trfie, lam permitted to
address my last words in thi world.
Deceived by false visions, I embarked in the
expedition for Cuba. We arrived, about (oi
hundred in number, last week, and in aboi
ur
al
an hour from now, we. I mean fifty of us.
will be JoL 1 nai takeu prisoner after an
engagement, and, with fifty oiliers, am lo be
shot in antionr. mwmm
n "TimySiVrSeri anil stsiers, a repent
ant sinner, having been blessed with the last
rifhis of our holy religion. Forgive me for
all my Mliea of my life, and yon, my dear
and affectionate sisters, pray for . my poor
soul. '
A , ?o lo my dear mother and onsole
her. Oh! my dar child, his her a thousand
times for me. Lota her fur my sake, Kisn
my brolhersaad all your dear children. 'o
Father Blackney, my last profound respect ;
'o Father Lwre i and Fatlier l'l!au, a mM
for the repoae of my aoul. . " -
My dear mothsr-in-law, farewell!" Poor
Tucite is shot and dead by thi time t '
I give snd bequeath my dear chill to you
and you alon?. Good-by. 11 , good-bye
(j ' . and T , I did my duly. Good-bv
all.
Tour dear son and brother.
Honors Tacitb Vikxna.
Mr. An lonia Costa has promised to do all
he can to obtain my body. If so, please have
me buried ilh my wife.
Hata, on Boar a MawofsWmi "
8 o'cloek, A. M.. Aug. IS, 1851. J
Stanton It C. Dear Friend : About
50 of us, CoL Crittenden's command, weir
taken prisoner yesterday, have not received
our eenteace yet, but no doubt we wiil all be
shi t before sunset. Lopex tlie icroundreL
has deceived us ; there is no doubt but all
those reports shout the Cubans rising were
trumped op in New Orleans. Lopex took
nearly his command and deserted us we
were attacked or some ooo or 7uv or tne
Queen's troops the 2d day afier we landed.
Oar own gallant Cot. linttenuen aone ell
that any man could do but we saw we had
been deceived and retreated to the sea shore
ilh the inleuiion of eetiina off to our country.
if possible cot three boil and got oil with
the intention of coasting until we fell in with
an American vessel; an4 were taken prisoners
by the steamer Ilabanero, ;
V. . . . - ., i V j .
explain lomvTamuy mat i naveoonrn hii
ins but what was instigated , by the highest
motives: that I die with a clear conscience,
and like a man with a stout heart. 1 send
mr watch to vou : it is fur little Benny, my
nephew. . Goodby. . God bless you ill.
Truly yours, Gila A. Cooe,
Tli piMyuusUo publishes the Wlowiog
additional etters:
LanrffdrhIrBrahdf.
s Havaka, Asg. 18, 185U
Ma Dear Mother have but a few mo-
men ia to live. , Fifty of as are condemned lo
be shot within a half hour,. I do not value
life, but deeply regret the grief it will eauae
you to hear ol my tteatn. t arewett, men, my
dear mother, sister and all; we may meet
sgJu another woriaW.Thtok of ofWo f
fnwret the causes l nave given you mr griet
nmember nlym -vtrtuei- Fa re wen, agmrr.
ileareat mother, aad believe me to He your a
fectionaie eon, ' J, BaaaPT.
Mr. Maria D. Brandt.
man j i i
WEDNESDAY
. Ltllcrrotn Thmai C. Jumtt. , j
rANisn FaniAta. Esp:rmaT? t
Ttarliotof Havana, iu. 13, 1851 V'
3?y Dtnr Brother unit Shier Th'n is
tlie last Inter vou will ever treeivvi from yoor
brother Thomas. lit tmm hoHrmor I will bs
launched into eternity, being sow a primner, j
with City otlicrs, aboard of this ship, and under
sentence of deaih. AO to be allot 1 Thia hi a
hard fate. But I trust in ihe mercy of Hod,
and will meet my fate manfully.
Think of m hereafn-r, not with retfrel, b
a mm whom you losl in lite, and who lov
ed you. Adieu, for aver, my brotiiera, aialers
and fiieiida. Tuoaui C, Juics.
Itobort, anr poor friends, G. A. Cook snd
iolin O. Bryce are with me, and send their
Us regard to yon ; also, Clement Sundfonl,
former y of Natchez.
IsUnfrvrn Vitlor Aerrv
My dear Brother "Jtolicrl Adieu! I am to
be shot in an hour ; there is no remedy for u.
This will be handed W you by my frii iid. Mr.
Costa, who has been kind enough to take
charge, of it. Adieu 1 lionerl. 1 dio aa a
man and aa an American should die. Kiss
t-lT wifo ro,v foo4 .in.aUcr., aisyr and:
oroii-.cra, ana neisrvo me ever your oroincr.
(Signed) VirToaKaaa,
Aiijust 16. IB51 6j o'cloek.
Tlio following apiical to die citizens of
New Orleans appears in the Picayune of the
33d instant;
To the Citizen of Sew Orhan.
Nol having engaged in the cause of Cub i
personally, 1 have forborne to enquire into the
plan of operation further than has been com
mon lo aliour citizens who touk interest in the
catMMi r
I'o-day, however, I have made the proper
nquirv, to enable me to form an opinion a to
what is lobe done, and the conclusion lo which
I have come is, that, if the- citizens of New
Ofleasts do not strbsrriVc tlber-illy' there" Ts iio
prospertef any aid being furnished tu the brave
and gallant young meu whose lives are uow
perilled in tlie. mountains of Cuba.
There i no tune for dtdav. we nave ma
one tale of blond and murder, and we may
soon have another. -
My object is, if possible, to save tlie rem
nant afflic valiant hand who defeated die forces
of (Jen. Enna. on the I3ih insl., ai.d nurched
into the interior on the 15th. i
This we know from the ollieial publications
, Havana, and further all is doubt and uncer
tainly. -
Thi. however, is certain, that tho same
meri Vl'firi defiled Gen. Enna, and compelled
dim to send hark, to Havana for-reinforce-ineufas
whnu Uicy were only defended by ilie
works hastily thrown up around an old build
ing, will he able to hold him at hay lor some
lime when they reacli mountains so well
'auVpU-d lb defence as those ol Curare; "This
is more certain if tlie people of llie eouulry
unite with them, which is contidenlly' staleid
to betlieciisebvcorrespomleiita from lluvaua.
who 1 am fully ealisuoU, bave not made state
ments winch they uo not believe.
But, fellow citizens, after examining the
poaiiiuo in, a miUtary poml of if-.w.J. !ft..iitr.
isficd tliat our IrienU and bretumi win ne n
nally overuhclined by superior Spanish force
if they do not receive assistance.
However anxious we may.be to relieve
those who are in danger, we must not hazard
any more small detachments ; we have had
enough of (hat. Whatever is done must be
done "promptly and rfficuJUlu.
Whether snythltia X a.'!. Mtt .be done ifer,
pchds opon you, men of New Orleans. There
is no time to 'Ck aid from a distance. ' '
There is no biek oi men who burn lo sncoor
the sun ing coiurades of the slaughtered Crit
tenden, Kerr, U
is tlie means, the means that is wauled.
I therefore plainly appeal to you lo come
forth generously and prompt V. It will re
quire a considerable sum to do any thing that
you nr I would sanction tor 1 aay at once
that 1 will never consent that our noble young
men shall airaiu be hazarded with insufficient
numbers and insufficient means.
FELIX HUSTON:
New Orleans, Ang.'22.
LATER FROM NEW ORLEANS...
Naw Orleans, Aug 20th.
On the night ol' the assault upon Ihe Span
ish Consul's office tho mob succeeded in
obtaining posession of the Consul' letter
book, which was found u contain the names
of' many proscrilied cttiiens who had been
reported to the Cuban authorities. Portions
of ihe book will bo published. The city has
now resumed comparative quietness. Al
east 1000 Liberators are here watting con
veyance for Cubs. Gen. Felix Huston acts
as Commander of fjiis force.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
Telegraphed exclusively 'for ihe N. Y. Ex
press.
WiSH.NOTOH, AUg. SU.
The Government authorities here have to
day received information, which may be ful
ly relied Upon, that a formidable expedition
for the invasion of Cuba, is now fitting out in
your city.
Stringent instructions 1 1 prevent it were
sent on this morning to ihe several agents there.
The persons enraged in tins scheme are
wel known, but their intercessions will be of
no avail. ... ..
A K m,I ..f f,Mir ar five hundred Cuban. Bv-na.
oathisers Da railed the streets of Baltimore Sat
urday night, wilh effigy of the American
Consul at Havana siuca upon a none.
which they afterwards burned on I edera! Hill,
, A dispatch from New Orlean states that
tha Soaniali Consul had resigned his post and
let tlie Spanish residents of lhat city nnder
ihe proiet uon ol toe &ugun aim r rencii con
suls. ' ' " ." .
Liedt. Thomas C. Jamks It is with sor
row lhat ws Have to record the name uf Lieut.
Thomas Cost' James among those who pervj
uhed with tbe prisoners executed at Havana.
It would have beeu less painfuf to report the
death of this Martyr in tho esuss of liberty,
if sat opportunity had been afforded bias to
strike one blow for freedom, and be had perish
ed while "siemiDg with mighty effort the tide
of battle." .,. ,.; " , , v .
The report of his dalb ws received nere
with tbe most painlu! emotions, ss he wa a
WtIButgtotiafihiaalwliUaaiong tu u uirY
vsrssll belovcw sod ssloen-, Ws deeply
yip-UiiM with 4ti kw4r4 -sad friends -
Un he slsu was with us a Irieofl and a favor
ite. Ws was, indeed, capable of eliciting warm
altsrnnienis. rru. voaa,
: nut ia caiulua rewenti in iniciicnnii, mnnu sua piyuru irioarru, itc ima 01
it , i i . . . v - ,
lORNING, SEPTEIBER 1 0-1 851 ?
"TODTt'l llf 1ITI8ST.'
I .; - M I R !4 T 1. 1 E . w
' I shall aewer forget my trwt lie. if yna wiU
excuse the reference to myself, although it
happened wben., was. a , very litUe gil-J
My youngrt suiter bad a cent, with which
slie wished to buy a fig, ' and being loo eirk
to go down to the store . herself, she enraevwl
me to go. Accordiiuily I went. As 1 a
reioming with the tig nicely done j? in a
small paper, suddenly the thought occurred
to inc that t should like to look at the fig.
So I very carefully opened the paper, when1
the fig lookeo 9 very tempting, I thought I
could not help tasting it a little at one end.
dien 1 eould explain the. affair at Iwnie. 1
had scarcely despatched that bit before 1
wanted it all, and without much more thought
ate up ihe wholfc- figl Then when the
whule fig waa gone, and I had nothing lo do
but lo thin 1 began to feel very uncomfort
ablemy own Ciithleesiiesa my sister's dis
appointment I stood disgraced before myself.
1 had done very wrong; 1 thought of run
ning away ofl some where, 1 did not know
exactly where Jjnl Where I shoulJ flir
come bick again., It waa lone buAtr I reach
ed home, and I went aa quickly as I could,
and told my sister that I had lust the cent. 1
remember she cried sadly, but I went direedy
out into the garden, and I tried to think nf
something else, hut in . vain : my own guilt
stared me steadily in die face, and I was
wretched enough.
Although K wanted a lew minslo to our
dinner hour, yet it seemed very long to me.
I was anxious some event might inlervcrte
bet w ee n rmr imdg'TTe'TTi aj WIIT. 1 imag
ined it would relieve me. I wandered about
the garden with a heavy spirit, I thought 1
would give worlds if it had not liappeaed.
When dinner hour came, I was stated in my
high'elian stinyia,diers'wdet'w'Be"a niy sis
ter made her rppearance, crying and looking
very much gieved. My father immediately
inquired what the matter was. Then mv
mother stated the story, the conclusion off
which wa that 1 had 'lost the cent. I aaa
never forget tha look of kind, perfoeily un
suspecting confidence with which my father
turned to me, and with hi largo blue eye lull
in the face, he said; ' Wlierttitidur did jou
loose die centt perhaps we can find it amui. '
Not for one single moment could I brave that
lone and that look, but bursting Into tears, 1
screamed out, ' O, I did ant lose the cert I
ate up the fig 1 ' A ailcqee, aa nf the grave,
et'iaued. No one spoke. In an instant I
seemed lo be separated at an immause distance
from all tbe rest of the family. A great gttlf
yawned between us. A sense of loneliness
and desolation, and dreariness came over me,
the impression of which, I prcsume,"wtll go
with me forever. I felt the table; and nil that
afternoon, the next, and during the week, my
feelings, were melancholy in the extreme..
But as time wore away, and, my father , and
mother, brothers and aistcrs, received me back
to tluv.r love aud favor, my spirits recovered
their wonted torier -Tlie whole"' event teft' Sn
indelible impression on my mind and heart.
n rrortneew me
that- thw'wmy "tbetratra
'Arthur' OaxUli. . - I
gressor is hard,
The best dowry to advance the marriage
of a young lady is when he ha in her coun
tenance mildness, in her speech wisdom, in
her behavior modesty, and in her life virtue,
TiiR.Tosov. Give not thv tongue loo
re hbrwrlcrt 'tcee prisoner. J
word nnspoken It, like the swrml ln the scab
bard, thine. If vented, thy sword is in snoth-
crt hand. If thou desire to be held wise? be
so wise as to bold thy tougiia.. Qua tit.
wn ne iiiiiK..,, '
ABEL HtCKS !N A TIGHT PLACE.
by tut actuob or " covin sallt dillusd."
Monroe, Union Co.. N. C,
- ' July 4th, I85i; J "
Muter Porter t wislie to lay a case be
fore you that I thinks ia hard. ' Yon tee I
waa bora e poor man, and luck has been agin
me ever tense 1 was born l ind what's worse.
the law has bin airiu ms.. loo. I aot have
tol several times, and not been found out,
but thitt's agin my. principles, i I don't see
how them a gits rich by stealing call enjoy i
their riches 1 eould'nt do it, St so I would'ot
steal. I mout have - lugged and loafed abotil
as some does, but I'm above that, loot so I,
has suffered some in this world, snd I allows
lo suffer tome more before I'll either steal or
lug. Bui that's not to the pint or rather to.
tlie hnij-pinl : lor the worst pint in my rase
was half-pint to begin with. I 'spose I
had drunk about that quantity of Ihe anient.
when who thotinr come along but v tarty-
foot Hovtlon." Now Mr. P., it so happen
lhat 1 am low man In inches, snd J Can l
bear fur one of llrose tali fellow to be look
ing over my bead at something beyond me.
Ses I:
Mr. Houston, Liok some other course.
Set he: What's the matter Hucksf" "
Ses I ! " I don't wan'l you to be standin'
thar a lookm' over my hed.V
Why, ses he u.Huck you are a fool I"
That was enuffs I had allert wanted la Uil
a Ull man, and u Forty-foot" was Ihs highest
I had ever S 'en. So 1 goes up and Jag lum
in the short rib. Ses he t '
Quit Huckst you are a fool !" ' '"! " '
Well, upon thai I digs into him agln.w
Well, then at last Mister Houston get mad.
and lakes as by the two arms, and give tuc
a shake thai made ny tcetb chatter tod my
eye strike fire, and be hands me over the
fence to a constable, and be takes me down
to Sabett't cross roads, where Ihe Court was
held ia a masbeea fiuacliine house, and
Lawyer "Joolus" waa employed lo defend
rne II. ita mighty goo-Jwrtcd man, Jooiut
is, ind o i Judge Balde that tried me but
there was no chance for me le gel o(J, and so
1 'fesses ruiltv. and Joolus turns Into beririti'
laale with wx ehiWrefl, sort trme gtten
to liker, ano tliere waa ao ail oignerthao
Charlour, and it would never do to send ne
to iail. i,w-.-j, .... .... .,
. " list yon gol any stock here I" tct ihe
Judge to the Sheriff.".''
No,tur," ses the Sheriffl this Is the
second Court ever hoi J In Ihe corntty of Un
of, end we tint reddy with sicb things tm?
Wettrl elv kit-ol esUof. hr had
tha Sheriff aneer, and the Jadee looked down
pwrt'tif paper,-and then he sayW " '
Mr. Clerk, beord lit, judgment of the
Court ( let Mr. tluckt be eon fined in Ihe
stocks for ooa hour. And," says he, a Mr
r n . ' . . . W ' '
tor urn tea ugaic ti tor mmiuBw , ,, 4
Sheriff, you ao oesaet as neastaa feasible to
exeru'ing the julgmeUt of the Coun." ...
i " How is that t" says JiMdua, flaring up
and looking wratay -at the Judge. i Your
honor dn't mean to iaflict any attusul pwa
ishmetr j f 1 fitimt-
Oh, no C aayfT the Judge, btrfn , the
mode of carrying out lb sruleacs isjeft lo
the Sheriff.' s v. i Jf 4 --.l,
And then all thetawyere taft, but Joolus
and eosje said 'frne Joohtt," and so I gol
madder still, and says Mr.. Sheriff, I dare
you to do that jk "-- ' , ,-''
And so they look me out of the Courthouse
na a general laff, and as the lawyers eome a
hng to dinner,, thar.l ws lying with both
legs through the crack or a rail lence, and
some fellers setting on the fence making sport
ofjuo!.",. . :,Z...- "Zi,, "
And I heard that queer-looking feller,
"Ham Junes," say " Joolus,, look at you'!
And then I "' thought Joolus' would hare
fainted. He tnmed to Ihe Judge,' and he
aay t " My God, Jndget I never had a client
n sseli a it beaore l" .-. I f :,
'r And tha,JiHlg N'i all nf tliera lawyer
laughed out. ' But I felt hurt my Teelrag
was hurt as well as my Intra. I don I know
wliethei or not you are a Uvryer, but I want
to know whether it t eemttlin to Ihe Amer
ican Constitution, lo put a feller's leg throngfi
a rail fence became they hatWo't got stock in
new county, i want to kw, sirl lt ef
that he accordiog to the Constitution, I'll go
serosa His line to south Carolina and help tu
mane a new uonstiiiiiion l
3M.tolHH,amV
ABEt HuCKS,
iisct tiiHEeirt.;
J .A..W;P.UlNU.GiJJiST-.
A merchant of Paris, Mr. D , had
for several year maintained Intimate relations
with a lady named l.ucta D , originally
from Milan-" FT about a month past the la
dy observed a decree of coolness snd smliar
rasa men t in he lover that eaused her great
aaumty. Pressing him Willi her questions, 1st
hnally acknowledged that owing lo tli.o tocev
saut solicitations of his family, he was on the
poinfol "marrying "a rich heiress. This an
nunciation aroused the Italian blood flowing
In the lady s vein, auatnrew Her into violent
convulsions. Sending bark without deigning
to took at them, the rich presents seat by her
lover, toappeiuo, her angar, -she Jeslrd W
intention to destroy herself in the presence of
the briJal pair on the day of lliuir luarr-ing.
Mr. D i, look every, possible precaution
lo prevent Ihe threatened catastrophe, but
knowing the audacious character of bis form
er mi ress, was iiot wiihout a ixieiy at totUe
result. ,; 'itti.. t-,
"-Two day ego; l t)ir -ehitrcn where;-ih
We lding ceremony was performed, lietipear-
cu dreamy and preoccupied I ana yesterday.
during the wedding feast, he scarcely smiled.
It wa not ''until th j.twttV.-B.nd when ihe.
guest were prepariag to depart that vie began
la recover ilia raietr.-in the hone that he
ioutd:a Italian's
despair. ' All at one the noise of alleioution
was heard upon lbs stairs, i A mortal pallor
overspread the face of ihe bridegroom, who
recognized the lady's voice altercating with
thai of one of his elerks who had been placed
thereto prevent lier enlrancav. But thes-i
rared woman burst, through itU oMaoleB-j
Wirirfrsorderelr' tetlrnents, streemmf -iHilr,
and t stiletto in herliind; she rttshfif Inflif
table. " Tot! did nol expert pto, ' atuttj hc
to the Aiew . husband l but,, your niarnage
liked eonneocalioB 1 ome to seal kjf ifitBjy
WotJo.' "Thoi taVirig alia aimed a dsadly
thrust of Ihe stileiwr at her breast, v Happily
one of the" rncatr caught her arm In such a
manner' ti fighily to change iho direction of'
the blade, to thai ti but iligpuy, entered Iter
left breast. The Waistcoat Slid shirt bosom
of Mr. D want sprinkled, with the spurt
ing blood. !- -: '"'.:. J-'.ff ;,ifJ.Srir .j.-;-:
It would be difficult to imagine ihe son fusion
caused by this melo-dramnria scene smonr
the wedding party. The bridq fainted, one of
the bridesmaids went Into liyaterict, aud, most
of jht ama etcaocd fr orn jha rooin. ,, Mr,
I), was so mucn overcome uisl nt wa
for tometims ur.able to tpealu - Tbe uaforlu.
nate lariy was aonveyed to her dimi idle,
tnj precaortcHir wm tuketl" against' any re
newal 01 ine BUimpi si suiciun, one now
understood to be out of d-inirnr and to have
become somewhat calm. Pari Corrtipon
dent Boiton Tapef. ' 1 ' - ?
Professor Anderson, the great English Jug
gler, gave a private exhibition for bit leals
r -...- t . SJ VnJi rt...j...
Ol ncctvinsiiry I, ,,vw i ii.injn.
eveniiMi, -r-Tlto'prttba Itserib ssrsaaVtif
his manipiilaUoo! -., (ij. , -.;-... -.,!
It would bs dilBetiU lo describe thtite tx
periments at length- but we may say that
many of them were of a novel and evt aordi
nary character, I boss winen struck us as
the most curl ius, were me inexnansnnie out-
. A t , f B
tie, which furnishes liquors and wlnei enough
of all kinds, to mpply eompany of relnrned
Califomiant for a day, to say aothing of soca
sioaal (lasses oi Soda water-milk, aad eptom
salts, which .were, pWeiiirojn il.a jhe .au
dience requKCd- But the most wonderful part
of thia trick wasrrtiA the brtilfr(W.is ttroken.
snd found to contain" only Iwo pocket hand
kerchief htflonging to some ladle f the com
pany, "Yet there was a hat, takca front t gen
tleman, which wee aa m tch of a bom f plen
ty, at the battle, for it rt forth Codies' riuan-
tuies of boabont, boaqttcts, tin cups, tnd, last
of all, feather enough to moke a double bed.
Se en half-dollars, eollncted front persons
prrscnU wors placed lu t box. ' whVh i
locked snd committed to ihe care of one nf
the spectators , hut spnedily mado their , ap
peaftinecrdw by sine, in a transparent bos,
which, atwehed lo Iwo long, slender strings
hu nz from from the ceilings, rihraiini slowly
over the heads of tht audience,. A vise of
1 ilk Was bt (ed ir water, sml water; sy artotv
ned into ib k I innocent gold-fish were mid
to iliszorga fins which, tha moment before
had been fired out of a pistol and a ' multi-
ioda of poeket han'tkembteta rtthered pm-
miaeimsly muml the room, were ihrustia a ba
sin and washed, taken out soakln, burnt to
cinders over s spirit tamp, ' tnd then found
neatly ironed and done up: ifl a brig .which
had stood alone on tmlsolated t-tlile all the
w4W'At- fofhfn - depottred K: x
wslehes, bebMirtng to uitleienl memrier oi
the audience, in box, which b '' locked am
held on hi head for sif ty, but at Ihe report
aft pistol. It, xWss fouui that, hrf h'l C -
caped from :heu- hiding-phce, ami were Jiang-
...i I
tng Irors) Ue hottosv of the rhair OS) whiefc he I
nit. 1 he rlosinr feat the aeapewssmt ofl
a little boy m thbair w itii woihing to support I
himtnt svaaH stick aboat the size" of a wsl
kinf eane, osi whtrh enrarm reared at the el
bow, while the body was streerren vwl in
hoirsiatt.it rlirectroa.' The perfhrmineea werJ
received wiih vottnd of spplaase. "
"43 1 1 C 1 ff ')
The Rdlnwmg article from tha Xorth Croll-
aa Standard and the Washington Union will.
na doubt, Jntorest uur readers. A few bsoit
such kit wesM get up a pretty little family
quarrel, and It is snsselww ar other nataml lur
very body to take sa lustres in sac little spi
cy matters. ' There Is also something of a graver
nature connected with this sahjeel all art eon.
earned to. know which 1 ihe trae repre sen-
Is til re of Ciq utuversal and. unterrifie4 Deiaoent
ey, the Staodard or .the Union; e l ar curious
to discover en wbat gran4 or platform tho
Standard will aally settle dowa aad plant Ik
self; and all will be snrased to sew hew redW
loatTy and unjustly the Standard "rnfe and
charge " upon the Wblgs, and especially with
what coolness It charges upon the Whigs with
raising ieaaea " for party purposes!" Tbinkof
that Master Brook I the Standard laotunuga.
bout raising erica "far party pBrpoaesl" y
' !.,, rrosa the K. C Standard. Aug. 23tL
v-sfl MOUTH CAKOU.VA, .,, r .
y-'We cpyTfiTf iflowTng from a Uit noinber
of me Wwhtngtoa Uuhmu - fi
., "NoBfii Oabouiia". We afelrratlrlrd io
Josrn list the Hon. VT. Ashe, oseorB
proiiiising DemticraC ha ,ecfl .r.e.-clc.cteij. lt
frongreas in" tTiWiTiiiington "Disirint, Norlh
Carolina, hy an overwhelming "majnrlty.' ' In
dted, there wa no regular opposition to the
election of Mr.' Ashe, If appears thaf Mr.
Warren Winslowy a ecideil Demoent, ws
voted for hy a portion of the Whips, with
a view to dunin'sh Mr. Ahe'tvote, Bnt
are authorized to ray that Mr. Winslow was
placed in ihe field without hi knowledge nr
consent, was voted fof gainst UisAxpreseod
wishes, and Uiat ho was in lavor or Hie eterv
lion of Ihq regular dfmocratie candidate. "
' Ilie expression of gratiheation, by the lT
nlon.nn the election of Mr. Ashe, cornel in
rood time, snd . Is nothing more than that gen-
man r entitled Hf at the hands or me national
. . . ... ..i. ... .. . . ,, v . - .
Democracy but Ihit it the first occasion, We
believe, on whidijtbat paper ha made any al
lusion to the Congressional elections In Noith
Carolina. The WBshingt 'n tJnlori newspaper
lias hecn but little If any use to lliejiarty in
this State Airing ihei laic" c impnliiri i ami it -
deed, the Impression of nvmy of our friends
1s, ih it it ha rathrf tippled sntlTniiire-tl ii In
our efforts against the common adversary.
That paper has been and ti now "hiking 'part
with Cobb nd Foote'. tgainst MoDonuM and
Quiima t and we -doW remernbcT tn havrfaniT ttcriire bull and void the obligations erea-
. ,i . i. . r .. j - i . . .!.. . , -t. : . e.-
scen ai any muo ui a columns, a ocnnne nnu
eorrret'staierneiit of the position of Ihe Piv
mncrary of Hiis Stale, or of ilie Soqtrj g mar
ally,' Tii relation to iht ciil!eil com promise.
On the contrary, that paper, hat adlrrned, re
peatedly, the justice of (lit compromise t and
It lias sustained it, to Ihe Injury of Southern
Democrat who acquiesce in it for the sake of
the Union, but Who have protested and will
vimiaon ti rmlest cgs'trtrttjt''hljiistiqfi,'f1
stinie nf Its fiinllirea. .' rf "
- So far at the agitalinn in Uia South upon
the so-call:d Compromise is concerned, it
onnlit to be Known to the Washington Union
tliiu the- Uiucal are- set responsilile fiw.tt;
bill tbal it has been ..hrotif lit about anil kepi
un bv Wliitr leaders, for party purposes. As
soon aa thai compromise became the law ol
the land, Ui Democrat or Ine South, out or
SouU parolins, announced It ia their In
tention lo arqilicsct in it in good failhl provi
ded die free Stales treuld do the same i but
because they would not unqualifiedly approve
it, which a large majority nf. then could ant
eoascieaiioualy d-mhey were t one lienou ne
ed by me eotisohuauoa pmrs as Uisumoa-
istt,snd as tneiiiie to we union and to puu-
lui ordnr and this too, while in the froei'ta a
the treatcr porttoB of the Wfc party was
arrayed against the fugitive-stave law and de
manding lie noduteattoa or ttou;'!:
Ws obi area that the Washington Uuioo.
tha Rielimond Enquirer, and other Deraocral-
ia nrints North nf ibis, hive announced the
- Union ticket" as generally successful ior
Congress in thi State. Now, what we have
to repent, toy fie iwsnuen urn is, writ
art ise Umununui tn tsorin v.arvunai ana
w must express our surprne thai we are com
pelled in make ibis asjoma ie to frieniU. mmn
hersofoUf own purtt'. The Ueinncra is elected
to Congress from this S a s, are better UoiiHi
men than tha Whigs who have been elected)
thefsre so for ih simple reason Uiat lliey
seek to pr erve the U 4 in arttrdinsr to the
Cenrtinriot hi Uui m- which our faihars
esiablished, and the en'y Uuion worth main
laming or preserving. t-.-W.
But w have no wun, at present, to dwell
pm trtse pom;..,? we nare Daen .oe-
feateri in Uim Biota, pot ny any union lest.
hot for tha pl'ii-t raason ihit a onijoriiy of the
Districts are li'Jii Districts, msd ss by tlie
Whitr leaders in Into for tlieir own beneru.
This is lbs Reason why North Carolina sends
onlr thrae Democrats, out of nine members,
to lliensxt CoHgross.
From the rVasblngton rnion.
TUB RALEIGH STANDARD AND OUR
M f ,, ,; SELVES.., , f ;
Wa regret to find an articlo in this dctno-
eratM paper which faus far short of our rstl
ovste wf -what i ilue to the-grent crnrrsiinnt Ifl-
vwved in the party fclslioos of tlie country .
W refer to the arnol of die S3d instant, in
which the editor remarks thai ihe Washington
Union aewspspcr n is een oi tint tittle, if anr
wyWwtvr'parly' ier-this- State ditrintf the
last campaign ; and,indW, the impression of
many of our frionJs is. that it has Mthir rip
pled tn I injured mb in oar efforts agntnst the
flommoit adversary. That pi pel lias been.
aad it now, taking part with Cobb aad route
against McDonald and Kuiiman and we do
not remember to bare sejn at any time in its
columns a definite snd onrreet statement ef
ihe position of the democracy, or of t)to Nocnb
geler itly, in rolation to tlie to-callcd Com pro-
This I not quite as hnrih a erliictsns as lint
I bestowed by the avowed orga-i nf thneee-
lsionist hue upon o ir I I oduelorv ad h-os
J We me then denounced at having separated
:7
" - m
mirely fernm tho democrat; party bear art '
we area are) the ansa prnm tee-. as aueh a eeute
meat ef tho slavery question aa should pes- s
vent tbe future siiUlwa ai that suliteet.
But wa were not chiven from tho field by u
K().
aurh dantiBoianoa t anr do w feel that the '
imparnat jaufrmetM vf the fratl IxhIv of the
ifrnroersoc party will roorur ia the epUi'A 4
eatorwiaed by ta Kaleigh Stondard of m eiV -
fttrte. i , : t'j.i. :. - i ., ,
It has been the aim of the Washington tV-'
s) to rsresK ile the cpu airy to the Compromaa
nol as a Measure perfect ha all its details, os n
one of full jwalir to the Smth, but as against 1
which ao complaints coeld be made lo instil v
dtn exlrrms action arrest by South Caroline r
and those leaders at the Nashville convenkoa M
who insisted on the immediate formation of a w
smilhera confederacy. The exeeuwaa of we '
higiuve-elave taw waa the feature in that measr
re to be insisted on ss the condition of the
preservation of the Union i awe) u has been in
sisted on by ns in sueh tonne nf earnestness w.
snd justice as our huaable abilities eoold em-
ploy, ' In doing lliie, wo hove certainly a)t ?
stained frnni all vorh logic aa that which has ' t
aeea empliryeu to dsmousiratnts; that ihCosa?
pmmiss was a fraud or a . chest, by whiefc
tlie North gained everything and the South
nothing, if thi had been true, all Ihe soerritv tu
ern members who volrd for thai meassra sVr
served to be banished from the confiilenee of -
dicir constituents, artd ihe nteasu re itself ought i
tube stilt ox ponged from -the recorda, by
drawing black Itnes aroond the losrstat wniclt .
rontains it, ss was done one belore on a mere -. s
oriibls i,occaiimJl seenju.to. jit. to .fee. mtVsLJ?.
eonsislenl with patriotism and traUt, and will i
the dignity of tho democratic eauae, to de .;t
justice to the able and experiatwed men wh4
voted lot the measure as the beet thti? that ---J
could he done to allay f xcitetuent. ai ' . ' disV,-iA ;
arm those agiutors. North and Moudi, ks -
aimed really at ihe tteeUuctiow of lite Uuioat X
' Whilst eontrolled by this leading sentim'n) 1
we have dealt with forbearnnee toward Umsw
of our parly who have differed from 'us; amll ,
especially towatds those who eeeased to p!
prehend lhat State rights would lie railsnji-red
by acqnleseence In the Compromise'. For
Slate rights, at onderstood by Jefferson and"
Jackamrhy the minds that refrtrnKHtandhtfJ'11 ,""
had the Bgnney in preserving onr government""
we triisl thai we entrrlaia a reverencs at
profound s that of any Strtilheruert and we
eonld not by any ermsiiieration bo led to lake
a step calculated lo weaken them. But in
proportion BS tins lerung; ia sincere suouin
thnl b indignsnl which eondemaslhe rash nnd
mad poliey oftheaocessionnrt who sssembled ?
at Nnshvllie, and who, ondet Ihe pretence nf
considering what means, could be devLsed Kir
!'". pnrpose of pacifylnj the country, s toj tid
tho only coarse which was sere lo produce trt)'
opposite effect. The remijy' aitapb-d -hf '1
these men was tmmemaie ocession, or, wnw
wa tnnti.mrnmfto jt, a rcsottliirm rommit'imf
the southern State to the ttpportof any on of
them that might withdraw from the' JUntom..,
led by the constitution ; Ind 'thi, too, after
the Compromise; had become a law of lit a Ua4 ...
hy Ihe vote of a majority of flit aeflern
meniher themselves, ami when B was notort"
ons thtlbnth tht remedies anrflbe doctrines'
advocated by Mr. Chevea tnd his disciples
were irrecnnciUble with Ihe maintensnee of
the Union, tnd could product) no other effect
than to stimulate So.ith Carolina, on me ewe
bario'e
the abolitionttt tnd the free-soilers, on ihe
other hand, lo oppose Ihe fegitire-slave law, '
Infiicl, it wa distinctly declared by Mr.
Chevei that Ihe constitution wt a dead o,
Wai'li-verjTaln' HTM "rcaKrWlTaiiiT tTiai no" ." '
statesman ntighl to wish to revive tuck t Cm' .
on lhat bequeathed to nt hy our father. "
W enlcred our protest at the lime against'
such doctrittet, tnd can never be broiiflit (3
believe thai ihey are compatible with the ti ai
righia taught by Jefferson a(4 Madison. , la it'
for insisting that Iho democratic parly must'
maintain the Compromise, and tdliere to the11
counsels lcfi by the patilot of the rcvotu'i-viH '
that the Raleigh Standard hat taken oil. nee
atonrlahorst Such would teem to be the rait A
fiom llieonlyspeeification illlabcenpleedtl1,
Bresent Btevidcncenrtllc tnadcqitr.cy rlav
bors in tliedomoerafiecauee. Thi piciiie.i i id '
it that we ts frionilly to the elections of Cobb
aud Foote; aud nol to those of .McD.in:il4
and Qiittnian. Before , tins tpccip.c itioa can
be made availulilo to' an impcaelunent esf
our labprs, ll is Incumbent on the accuser to (
t!low that Messrt, Cobb tnd Foote are not
rood democrats, tnd Uiat their defeat is nw.
sary to the successful protection of tl:e ri-'htt'
if the Smith. -In olher words, Ilie Kali i!l
Standard must show lhat democracy is safer iti
the hands of those modem lights in tha South,
will relleeltlie vtewt ofMeiTt.vlieves snd' t '
Kheil, than in those which warn us, as Mr,
Jefferson did, to preserve the ennsltltiilon in alt
iu vigor, tnd to regard Ihe wilt of the m ijori-'
ly, constitutionally expressed, a trie taw Irors,
which there it no appeal but to ihe prwciplt
of forct or revolutiiia. ' , ' . J
. We ttand where Jackson did when he wid.
our fc Jural Union must be prcscrveiJ uiit op,
posed to State rights, or to ihrr ta ti sovi sr
eignty of the States or ihe people, but anxtj.
nu tn correct die tciuleiiete nf our sys'eiu lo
impair lliota right, by the mild and pe.u ea.
hie mean rreated by the right Jlirmsolrcst,
acd n jecssary to tlieir ptoscrwion. .,.,v , .,s
Bui wa ire unwitting to suppose that tbe
Raleigh Standard, slibooj'i iLsnalisfied wiih
our course, ran desire to break up the demo
eralie party because a small fraction of it, re
ganling the Compromise a serious injury it
tha South, is anxious to make it ihe ncea-iun
of asserting a principle tvhii'U can have nv
other effect at this moment limn to weaken- .
ths bonds of our Union, i This princirdu is
tiiif of pcai'Siibte eess1frSi" with or wiirwut " "'
ctnse, at the pleasure ol a Statn, Ail adu.i;
that, if the greivance is intolerable, the ri dit l
get rid of it rxuus, and is inalieiiii'.le, vrhctlier
a applied lo individuals or States. Tli" only ins . ..
q irry.then, is, IsltieCrtrttpromw shirh agn: .""
itee I la a measure supported by f.iur-filihs
of tht South one of those grievances' th t a
party in the South ran denounce with sufi-ty
as to gross B violation of constitutional .intbor.
1 y ss to justify reuslsnee. in Ihe s isr ia
which 0r fatherrsepnralcd from C real ii .
Common snnse answers. No ! And we
be'psrmitted to imhiliro the heleil ti --t e
ISWprto theild 'he U-Miioerulic party I -eotisciuances
or such an assumption, a'-1
imf
"St b.t'ttW'acciTfe'il'lits'ibfe gmia npoi-'-'ii'
Raleigh. Stand'-MU, has been rcpioi '
the great body of our friends wiib
and with assuranc ja, both ss to. ih- j-, ;
tirr, a hjeh w.II love us no rau-.e of" r
d in-ret,
1 -ww'HPA-Mrt.-wS,. Avrim1a,-is'!Wfctn
:.i(eilifaWh