:- .
Jf. XEMAl't
TIIOS
IDITOB Alf"
terscs
eeicBirTiav, three dollars
half in advance. ......
irTPeraoo rewaine;
if BO PS I BTOR.
per
aaaam-
Stata will ha
For every aqaare (hot eieeedia; 1 l.aa !
.' yp) ir. la.ert.oo, one dollar, each h-
enueat ineruon, iwemj -" , B
Yhe aderti.eraen. of Clerk. d..h.
eat. atf
aaaac irum '
ill wj eharfed iS per
duatioa of 33 per eent. will Ir
Utter to the Editor nt ho po.t-p.id.
" JPKIWTI OFFICE
FOR SALE,
r The .ubwiber will dirpoae of hi. Printing Office
!l themUtfio" term, if Immedi.te application
Em.de. Helia.lwoawdPreMeaend alanrequan
tityof trpe, with every neceaearjr appewlageor a
via-apaper and Job Office. If application i. made by
le terValdre- tte,ub.iber, oat P)mr
Otford, Jane 6th, IS30. - - .
Editor. of Newpaper la thi State ami Virginia
arereqneatcd to copy the above.
frtm Ricbabo P. Stitb, o., Brutmick.
Ukub.wick, Mar 10th, 139.
Dear Sir I have been very reluctantl thoogh
nnavoidabljr aompelled to keep the Piano hoaednp,
which I parchaied of joe aot long .ioce, uatil very
reeenfty. . . ,
It i. now op, and I am confident I never heara
more delightful toned matrament. Mv wile, who
hu been a performer from the time aha wa. eight
old, think. K aurpawea any rinu
year.
all who hare beard it, coincide with
loathed, and
Several peraon. bve extolled the tweetne.. and
Windy a the tone to highly l iropire ttwrtir
often toned Organ.
I ) eodaidered to very .onerior In every re.peet,
that k i generally believed 1 save ta hundred dol.
n for it. I a.iore yoo wa eould not be mora
.leaaed, and I aow tender yoo my gratefol aeknowl
erirmrut lor Ida ery great car wbwh yoa evi
dcnlly took in packing il. "
1 would adviee all who wi.li to poreli.e I iano.
to gie too a call before they .u rebate elcewhere.
" Yoara, mott re.peetfoUv,
RICHARD P. STITH.
f Mr. E. F.'XiW, Petenburg.
I I he now on hand (price 325 dollar) a l'ino
jaiiely t the came kind in every particular a. the
"J KT.-U to Mr. Stilh, alluded to above. I would
nriy 'lSiV one to point out ihe alighteat differeaca in
ioe or n nun il iney were aw oy am.
HoonJMA Piwft.HeuP
July, 8, 1839. 29
CAMP MEETING.
A eamo inoaitni will be held at Bank' Chapel
Granville County, to commence On Friday lha 16th
WAuguiir"."" T
The local and travelling Minuter, are e.rneatly
loliciled to-attend.
June 56th, 1839.
Wilton, 87th June, 1830
D E XT T AX. S UR OB EY-
' W.R. SCOTT.
Rectteetfutly announce to" the wnblie -that br
Intend, makinc Kalewh hi nlaec ot
. y . - .
Ha may ha lound at la r.agie
retidance.
Hotel.
is tf
Barsalns! Bargain! Bargain!.
tJ rtrrv tarM. aauallf kept by
the merchant, of tl.i eitf. i, raaey.
VOL. XXX.
f, " Nobth Caholina Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resources 4he land of our sires, and the home of our affections. '
RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1S3U.
NO. 34.
Slate of North Carolina,
Cmnty a Franklin.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
June Term. 1859.
J .me D. New om- Original attachment levied oa
Vthe lollowmt negro alarea, la
William Koica. Jiit
rannr. Joaepn, step? at
David, the' property of defeb-
dant.
It appearing to the aatiafaction of the court, that
the defendant in the above cate ha removed him
elf beyond the limit of ihi.'Slatti it i Iherefore
rdercd that publication be made for is week in
the Raleich Star, that unleu he annear before the
Juatice of our Covi t of Plea and Quarter Seuiont,
at the next court, to he held for the cooatr of
Franklin, at the coort houae la Loaltburg, on the
teeond Monday in September next, then and liter
to replevy and plead, that final judgment will be
rendered ap again! h'm, and the prop rty levied on
be condemned aubjeat to plaint ifTi recvery.
Alteat, S. fATlbKSUM. CITt
Price adv. $5 Q Si 6w
NOTICE.
HF Co-partner.hip heretofore existing iu thi
City, under the Firm of
OLIVER aV JOHNSON.
it di.tolved by Ihe dealb of the latter. The undr
igncd i. deurou. of eloaina Ihe buiinex ol ihe Con-
aero Immednlely; an4 .0 ab.alulrljr nccetaary ia a
pecoy adjuument ol it. aflaira, ilial he will be eora
pelleil, however reluctantly, to place ill account, in
an immediate train lor collection that are not nromnt-
Ij liquidaled.
IIJUMAS M. ULIr.C.
lialeigh July 22, 139. 3-2 St
NOTICE.
Entered, by Caleb Dueo.t, living in
Guilford County N. C. near Scott'
mill. Reedy Fork, a three year old
orrel FILLY, one white foot, a
amaH atrip twr the ntntetno-otlier par-
ticular mark. Entered on my book 26th June,
1839.
HENBY TATIIM, ft,. G. C.
30 3w.
'BBThOOk HERE'.!! jgQ
BEING nxiou. to go toTex.i, I offer lor tale
my fine
Morns KluIticauIU Orchard,
Ol three thooaand Tieea. They are ol one, two
and Three year growth, and will ha trooi ux to eight
lect high t&a Heaano. Speealalor. and Silk grotr.
era are invited lo look at iberot a. they will have
a fine opportunity to get a bargai n.
J. T. C. WUTT.
Near Raleigh, July 25, 1S39. 38 tf
CLE RK WA NT.E D.
and Staple Dry Good, Hard Ware, Grw I OCQOrol iKCDCy and CoUSiaiwwlOB
I ha nbacriberoner hi. terviee ta tit panne, a
General Agent and Communion Merchant.
uurrix i urvr-ii.
Raleigh, July Slat, 139. 34 Cw
Silk Good, printed L.wn., and Mu.l.,
ii... cl... Mr.niM.ta. Ouaeaa-wara and Cotton
Y.,, allof whieh he will aell at lh lo.ert prUea,
(on ereow w p"'""1 """"'.r
are rcqaet to can
bclora purcuating
Raleigh, July 31, 1889. " 3
Iiarniau oi ni
tor cu.Aj or on a .hort credit M
. The public ia general ar
and rxaroine for Iherowlve.,
Li i.
PIANOS.
rnllE -Jideraign'd, agent for the ala ol iroo
I Bunufaaturwd by M.Mr. R. Nunn k Clark
Nw York, would re.peatfully Inform the cilisea
...... i'.i : ... ..n.liu . I. am
M Italetgli, a. well a.oi nie anji -
of thoa. Inatrament. h iu.t been received, much
wliaicM for aeatncM of finishing and fulne.t of tone.
Hereon, deceit oo of being topplieil are. uwiiea to
ciMimc it, at Mr. J no. u. ""''
P. USMr.39UKiL.il.
Baleigh.July 30th, 1839. 7 32 4w
1 UJ1 Itegiater. , .
FOR SALE.
THAT deairable laraily rcHleuae, itatea i in ine
lawn ol Pitubourgh, lorraerly owned by P. Le
leuurier. Apply to . .
JNQ. G. MAKSHAL.U.
Raleigh. July 30th, 1839. S8 3w
Keciaieraad Wilmington Advertiser will maert
the above S time. J. G. M.
OLIVER & SRIITII,
SUCCISSOR TO OUVIB AMD JOHNSON,
MERCHANT TAILOIIS,
Faykttkvilx- St., Raleigh N. C,
One door above the Cape Fear Bank,
1 NFUM their friend, and the public, that they
i hate .....ruat thenrerfr Titlftg bu buiiea..4
-vnd-hnend carrying H on wall ita vanou. orancnea,
M a aiylenotto be wrpa.aen m America, ni
m iu.d h imi. anu wen veieaicu.. avwiruwvni . v
Uce4law atir- iioe, -which will - b mad ap to order
at abort notiee, and in tLe moat teabieoabl m
acr.
July gfl, 1839. 39 3w
MR. CLAY'S SPEECH AT BUFFALO.
Mr. Recorder and Ftllow-Cilizeni;
The journey, which has brought me in
the midst of you, wa undertaken.) afford
me an opporiunitj which I had long de
sired, but never before enjoyed, of view-
ng some of the lakes, the coun ry border
ing upon them, the wonderful cataract in
jour neighborhood, and the Canada I
had no with, during it performance, to
attract public attention or to, be the object
f any public demonstrations, 1 expected
indeed to meet, and I take great pleas-
re in acknowledging that 1 have every
where met, with individual kindness, per
sonal respect, and friendly consideration.
But, although it is my wish to pass on qui
etly without display or parade, I am pen
etrated with sentiments of gratitude for
the manifestation of attachment and con
fidence with which I am honored in this
beautiful city of the lake. I thank you,
most cordially thank you, lor them "
1 am happy to learn tnat tne puuuc
measure to which in the national coun-
ciU, I haecrdyhumMg-inpport, I haveHftouglit oflTierTrusband and communicated, her fear, on the site of Herod' palace. Most of
- State of .North xurmmmwv&ix
. Cointv of Franklin.
Court of Plea and Quarter Sessions
m.Jo-rre'enn,-'1939'i
Joha Pearao -
I' Heir il law ol Thoma. Pata, dec.
Tdmwa GriRU
Rcabea Carntcr
a
Sama
1
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l
CaV Bll
V i
Same
Kkthaoiel Duaa
x
. Sulomoa PeWertraa
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It aiinearin: to Ihe aMitXaetina of lit eowt. that
Wi j I'crry, wMe of Manuel I'enyi laaa Pee aa4
wwnii nwrtHHl. wae m ame H uracil, kclra at law
at Tbotna Paw, dee'd, and defendant, in the above
'il cate i, reaide beyoad the limit of the Slat
u tacrcfera awdvred (bat Mblieatiaa be aaadc tor
t eck. ia the Baleigh htar, dn ihey ha aa4 ap-4
H before the Jauiera of oar Coart of Ph-a awd 1 1
V'w.-tar hcHtMa, lb next coart ta b held forlbo
axaiy of Franklin, at the aoart houa m Loai.
rg, wa tha aeaoad MondaT of Senlember next
and thera to ihow aauaa, il aa thew have.
nH .tea'
Raleigh, July S3. I839. . l St
trWwVJIM
cotton ow manufactured in the United
Slate were thrown into the glutted mar
ket of Europe who can estimate the reduc
tion in the price of thai great staple which
would be the inevitable consequence?
The compromise of the tariff waa pro
posed io preserve 4ur manufactures from
impending ruin menaced by the administra
tion ofGeneral Jackson, and which would
have been inflicted at the succeeding sea
sion, and to avert from the Union the
threatened danger of Civil War. If the
compromise be inviolably mainlaintd.as 1
think it ought to be, 1 trust that the rate
of duty for which it provide, in conjunc
tion with the stipulation for. cash duties,
home valuations, and the long list of free
articles, ioserted for the benefit of the
cMottfa tw ti tartatt -wiU enMt it rea
sonable and adequate 'protection.
Intimately connected with the sttength,
the prosperity and the Union of our coun
try was that policy of Internal Improve
ment of which you nave expressed appro
bation. Tiie national road and the great
canal, projected or executed byyour Clin
ton, both having the same object ot con
necting the eastern and western pnrtioos
of the Union, have diffused a spirit
throughout the land which has impelled
the several state to undertake the accom
plishment of mott of the work which
ought to be performed by the pretent gen
eration. And after the distribution of the
Targe surplus recehlrTriade from the com
mon treasury, but little now remain for
the general government directly to Jo on
this treat subject, except those works
which are intended lo provide, oil (he fytv
igablc waters, for the security of com
merce and navigation, and the completion
ot the cumoenand tloau.
- lliave been reryad, during- my
age upon this lake, to find that an erro
neou impression had existed in my mind
a to the improvement of harbors. . I had
feared that the expenditure of public mon
ey had been often wasteful and unneces
sary upon' the works 4a the lake shore.
Tltere are, probably, a f;w inauncea in
general, me expenditure had
MUfJKU. and. aalutarjv w--
In suittaining the great system of poli
cy to which I have just adverted, 1 was
actuated by the paramount desire which
has influenced me throughout my whole
public career of preserving in all it in
tegrity and vigor, our happy Union. Id-
it is comprehended, peace, safety, free) ioe
stitution and all that constitutes the
firide and hope of our country. If wk
if! the veil beyond it, we must start back
with horror at the icenea of disorder, An
archy, war and despotism which rise tip
before us.
But if it be most proper and expedient
to leave ihe case to the several states,
these internal improvements, within their
respective limits, which the wants of to
cietj require, there is one great and Is'
ting resource to' which I think them fair
ly entitled. The public domain has ac
complisnea the object 10 which It was
dedicated by our revolutionary fathers, in
satisfying the land bounties, which were
granted to the officers and soldiers of the
war of independence, and in contributing
to the extinction of the national debt It
is in danger of being totally lost, by loose
and improvident legislation) and, under
the plausible pretext of benefitting the
poor, of laying in the hands of speculators,
the foundation of principalities.
division, ad not by the merit of the ri i-
c.ipies ol its opponent. -lhee diviaiun
are, at the same time, our weakness anil
his strength.
Are we not then called upon, !r. Re
corder and fellow-titi7.er.. bv the hinheat
of duties to our. country, to its free insti
tutions, 10 posterity, and to tue world, to
rise above all local prejudice and perso
nal partialities, to discard all collateral
questions, to disregard every subordinate
point, and, in agenuine spirit of comprom
ise and concession, unitinc heart and
hand, to preserve, for uuraelves ihe bles
sings of a free governmeut, wisely, honest
ly end faithfully administered, and, at we
have received them' from our fathers, to
transmit them to our children? Should
w o4jsU ubjtt-4ursalM
reproach' ifwe 'permitted bhr differences
about mere men to bring defeat and dis
aster upon our cause? Our principles are
imperishable, but men have but a fleeting
existence, and are themseive liable to
change and corruption during its brief
his wountletl brother restored to cooacious
ns, his fei ble strength being unequal to
hi weight, Morriit threw his arm around
the shoulder of hi almost murdered bro
ther, and tenderly drew him beyond (he
influence of the increasing firereturned,
caught up the infant, but finding it life
leu, gently laid it down a few paces from
the door on the breast of the father. He
then essayed to return for the lifeless bod
iea of the others; but the fire now having
wrapped the door in flames, forbid hi en
trance. Seeing his angel like purpose
thwarted, he with hi little sitter and
brother sought such a restfhg place a a
houseles farm and clear sky afforded.
The .daughter that escaped At the outset
took refuge in a rye field. Mrs. Wright
msdsLSwaj apine mile and. haltor two
miles, barefooted and in her nightdress, to
her friends.
So strong did the citiren apprehended
an Indian attack, that the took the pre
caution of placing their female at a point
ofaafety, and collected a tolerable force
uciore they ventured to the scene of sup-
been neces-
continuance,
If my name creates any obstacle to cor-! posed danger,
dial union and harmony, away with it, and I -Mr. Wright was an . honest and good
concentrate pn some indtviiualmre- citizen without a ti enemy in - the -world,
reptaoie to an branches ol the opposition, muruered lor his money. 1 be murderers
w.S'1 .! .i a . . -.-'.. . a
tnaina puuuc roan worm wno is not are wittte men ana not Indians yet un
ever ready to acrthce iumtelt (or the detected. Ihe who e eountrr is aroused,
good of his country? I have unaffectedly , May Providence point out the perpetra
desired retirement. I yet desire whenaojrtJiisJiflm
conaattentiy wiUi the duties and obliga-1 -
tion which I owe, I can honorably retire. From tha London Metropolitan, for July.
rIrt VAtarn atnlirlisar. trnmrA tavith at a I JEUUSALAM.
and wounds; inflicted in many severe bat-iLeaving th "Gxrden of Oethsemane,"
ties, and' hard campaigns, ever received we traversed a teep path which ascends
his discharge with more pleasure than I from the bed of brook Cedron to the um-
should mine. But I think that hke him.: mit of the Mount of Olivet. Numerou
witliout Dretumption, 1 am entitled to an olive trees were scattered Jonr the aide
honorable ilischarge. - 1 of the declivity, and around a mosque
In conclusion, Mr. Recorder, allow me and convent, which, crown the loft v -e-
to express 4o the city government, through, minence. a We hurried impatiently to the
you, my respectful aud especial aeknowl-'highest point, and turning to the ' west-
edge ments for its liberal tender of the ward, magnificent panoramic view of the
hospitalities of this city and to you my whol ol Jerusalem and of lliesurround
tbanka (or the Iriendl y and flattering man-ing country suddenly , burst aponeuf
nec in which, you -Hrv cemtminiicated it. gb
MC"RlJtt AND BUTCHERY.
opposite previpiiuua elevation. set "
no luxuriant foliage and verdant gardct.
watered by ratiuiug' tretms, at 2p
lous, and at Damakcut, and at many . :b,r
place to the notihwardrbtrCen all sitfet
bare rocks near Iheir aharp and cragey
points, and'a few nandiring xig rag path
lead between them; Everywhere aiound
the city is extended a Wild and solitary '
country, and to--rtrtr-eiaTWif dntieey 'T
range over the tumniita i.f bare arid ele
vations, and at last rests on the lofty and
majestic ridge ofblueniountain bordering
the Dead Sea.
F or hare of herbage i the country rownd, .
Nor .priug. nor atrearn refreah the iMiTengrottiMl. '
No teudertlowerrxolt.il. cheerful bead
No autely tree at noun their heter pread. " 7Vmo
Here on the summit of the Mount of
Oliye. we may legitimately indulge in the
vaneu association nu recollections wlm h
the lurrounditig landscape is so eminentlr
calcoltdrtoJdrawTorthrHere. unilia-
tarbed by the doubts which must invade-,
every mind with regard to identity of
the tlitTerent sacred places pointed out be
low, we can leisurely survey the prospect,
and take jn at a glance the threatre of the
great events in the Jewish history, and or
si, iv iMieicaiui( Lircuiiiaianccs atieouing
the close of our Saviour' life. On that.,
consecrated enclosure immediately be
neath our feet once . stood the ' gorgeous .
temple of the wisest of kings," and in
place of the clear deep chant of the muez
aln which kthetmly slcfed' music "now ;
heard proceeding from the spot, once issu
ed the sublime sounds ol nraiaes and
thanksgiving to the one true God, which
accompanied the solemnities of the Jewish
worship, when tlte Levites, which were
the singers, being arrayed in white linen,,
having cymbals, and psalteries, and harps,
and with them an hungered and twentv
priest, sounding with trumpet, were a
one, to make one sound to be heard in .
praising and- thanking the Lord, when
they lilted np their voice with - the trum
pets and cymbals, and instruments of ran-'
sic, anrffpraiaed the Lord, saying; For he It
gnoti; tor iwwiydirreTh-ftfrevcr."
iHhoughthe frail structures of man
soon pass away, yet these rocks, and the.
neighbouring eminences unon which at on. I
the ancient Jerueattm, -he CHjTof .Davl J,?r
sni i re main . n erenr- short I r d tst an ( .
mbMues, huse, gardenind fortiata
mut be the spot where Jesu sat upon the
Mount of Olive over against tlietemple,'i
and ll this ground he must oft have tra
tersedlor Jie. wawontto eo to the
Mount of Olive, and tilidiscipfe with
UT-.- V rr-- : sr - r-
UIIH.
Aiier enjoying we interesting prospect,
we entered the small moque whtch
CfOwrti" the summit "To the lofty eminence
it is surmounieu iri smilldoine ;.intrt'rr:' t
r. :i . i ; i l i a i . X '
i ream oune-
here have commanded your approbation
The first of these in time and importance
was the last war with Great Britain. Up
on its causes and upon its result, we may
look back with entire satisfaction. . in
urveviuz thi theatre of gallant deed,
gun tlieHakeeand "poa their - shore,!
have felt my bosom swell with patriotic
pride.' Nor can any one fail to recollect
the name of Brown and 'Scdtrind Porter
and Harriton and Shelby and Perry and
their brave comrades, who so nobly sus
tained the honor and added to the glory of
our country. And it i most gratily ing te
behold the immense augmentation on tnis
v . .... . . .,
irontier oi military strengin anu secuniy
since the last war. The tatisfaction which
i derived from witnessing the tranquility
which new prevail en-our 4order would
be complete if I were not forced to recol-
, . i . i i . r . . I ...
ieci mat tne violation oi oar lerruoruii ju
risdiction, io the case of the Caroline, rev
mains to be satisfactorily atoned for.
During the progreas of that war, as in
the war of the Revolution, cut off from the
usual aupplies of European fabrics, our ar
mi... A M.l .... m , . If ..
....... au wur pupuuiion generally were
subjected to extreme privations and suffer
ings, it appear to me, epon it termi
nation, that the avlsdttin of government
wa called upon to CUard. azatntt the re.
currente of the evil and to place the aecu
jrity awl proaperMy of -the country sport 1
sore . main, iiente,- i .tuncurreu. moat
heartily, lb the policy of protecting Amer.
rean manuracturesvfbr a limitrd time, a-
gainst foreign competition. Whatever ili.
versity of opinion may have ' existed as te
" ProPrie,Z !iLn'U?0ii(?IX,tU,lJ.
think that all candid men must now admit
that it ha placed thi country at least half
advance of the position in
a century in advance of the position
which it would have been, without it a-
Wetorjudretit Seal thoald sot be entered p doption. The Value of a home at well a
?$JZ!,'nt"mfomm'a,bi foreign market U incalculable, It may
oe iituairaieo or a (ingle extninie. sun-
pose the three hundred thousand bales of
Alteat.
Price adv.
PATTERSON, Clk
39 w
the public domain should be equally divi
ded among all the states. In their hand
the fund would sist in the execution of
thoe great and costly works which many
of them have undertaken and some find it
difficult to complete The withdrawal of
the funtf-from tne danger to which it i ex
posed and the corrupting innuences which
it exertsfluctuating a the fund doe, from
year to year would scarcely be felt by
the general government, in itf legitimate
operatiops, snd would serve to impress
upon it the perlormance ol the necessary
duty of economy and strict accountabili
ty-
Thi i not a suitable occasion, and. per
haps, 1 am ' not a fit person to expatiate
here, en the condition oi our public attain.
but t treat that J shall be excused Tor say.
ing a lew words to those who concur in
opinion with me, without intending the
slightest offence to any present, if there
be any present, from whom jit is my mis
loriune io utner. we ocueve inai inere
is a radical mat-administration ot the gov.
ernmeni; that great interest ot the coun
try are trodden down) that rtw and dan
gerous principles and practices bate been
introduced and continued; that a fearful
conjunction of the purse .and the sword
in the itAi hand, already alarmintlv
atronr. is Derteverinsl v attempted!-that
4hexntrtutiwn-"ha been grotsljr violated
a: d that by the vast accumulation of exe
cutive power; actual and meditated, our
tyttem i rapidly f tending;o,wai Ar an
lective monarchy. Thete are our convic
tiiins, honestly and sincerely entertained
ii . .. i . i t
tinn. lav Cltnili.it ' imm-ifialt v k.ln
QfUthrderf yet registeredlnthe and the eye took in, at a bird'sye vief,
catalogue of rime, the following defies' every hoate and street, and almost every
covnimi wam. vara ot rround. Tha acana wa rarlain.
. The perpetrator or thi foul and brutal 'ly very imposing, and the appearance of
marder, after having killed and butchered the city, with its domea and capolu, and
all they supposed were in the house, rifled the minarets of the mosques, is from this
it of all the money they could lay their pont of view quite magnificent The first
hands tjponi bat-fortunately the .money oblects which strike tha ih. i
that had prompted this outrage, had been magnificent mosques occupying the site of
rcmwvvu. xi wcnouTes every gooa citizen Doiomon's .lempie. ihe one on-th
to be oa the alert, and render hi aasia-; north ta the celebrated moqu of Omar
tsnce in ferretting out the murder, aud , that en the soath is the Mosque ElAksa.
bringing them to justice The calm de-,They are close to that portion of the city
liberation exhibited by the little boy is walls which immediately border on the
worthy of older year, and we venture to Mount of Olive, and with the court,
ay a parallel iostajjce has never Jwen portico, and gardens attached to them,
heard of. jthey occupy a fourth part of tha whole
1 hey made their escape, and have not place, and present a most imposing sp
been taken. oearance. - The town rises s-radualTv ' ai
The following particulars, which we ex- bove these, and the most prominent object
tract front the Bateaville News, were .beyond is tbt Church of the 1Ioly Sepul
written by a gentleman ot w ash ington cnre, wnn u two dome oi atriking aa
county, to a friend in Batesvillc. peetj the one being white, and the other
'"The most horrible murder ever perpe- almost black. Here and there a lofty
t rated in a christian country, was commit- ; tower oi a tapering minaret risrs above
ted last Saturday night at Cane Hill, on the gloomy stone houses of the natives,
Mr. William Wright and four of hi chil- these the lofty tower or minaret (aid to be
drcn. 'Mrs. Wright states that soon after built on the site of the house of Pilate,
retiring to bed, she heard he sounnd of with its gallerie and Saracenio decora
horsemen approaching the house. Her tion, sppear most prominently to the
timidity suggested the spprehension that eyt and the minarets of Ben Israel, of
,55yj!L,SSL5-
ihurch:of 'li'Aceuion:?i";i
founded, by .-ficlenajfha..!aotjier(Con
stantine. I entered a small cnurtTard.
and wa there shown an indentation in the
rock, which i gravely affirmed to be the
print ol our Savour' font, left by him
when he ascended from hence to heaven ! .
Unfortttnaely however, for the tory-tel- .
(era, we are told by St. Mark (hatha led
the disciple out' "a for as Bethany,"
where he parted from them, and aen- .
ded op into heiven.' Bethany is nearly a"
mile distant, on the onnnsitft side of the "
hill. Cast in wax plaster are taken of :
tin mark by the pilgrim, and carried
home with them! . :
Close to mosque arc the remain of the
ruined convent of St. Pelagia,. which,, i '
aid tobe erected on the spot where the
Virgin Mary received three days warning . .
ofthe time of her death! , ,
Oo my return to Jerusalem, a small
ridge by the roadside, close to some olive
trees was shown to me, as ' the identical
spot where our 8aviour stood when he
taught the disciple the Lord' Prayer, e
(Luke xi.) aud considerably below to the
left, a ruined building, with a aubter
ranean apartment, supported by twelve
arches, where, it is laid, the apostle com- ,
piled their creed!! On descending , (till ;
urwier, a piece oigrounn, just ahove the
Garden of Gethsemane was positively' al
woke-av- thoflwa4
end both rose. Mr. Wriglit through a private dwellings were Toveredwtllr
crack by the , door discovered three inin vow domes, and wy -intelligent cicerone
walk op to the dori-hKkedHfhTypmn1ed oTirto me tlevdlflerenr hurche
could tay 'all I night. Mr. Wright rep ied and convent, and a long range of stone
yes, and opened the door. The robbers buildings surmounted bv . small cupolas,
at that moment, seized andtslabed him to 'which he laid wa a college .ot dervish
,dcifh..J3dAuetoer.r
rushed out by- the assassins while yet - Altogether the "cilV, :'"a' een from the
butclwring her father.'-Mr. m
despatched, the fiend commenced 1agh- ranked.a one of the finest of Oriental citiet
tering hi defehcele chililren. They in external atpecU-A long tine of bat
stnick out the brains of a little infant on'tlement wall, with their towers and
have to perform towards our country "To
correct past evils and to avert impending
dangers we see no effectual remedy but
in a change of our ruler. , The opposi
tion constifutes the majority, unquestiona
bly the majority, of the nation. A great
responsibility, therefore, attache to it.
If defeated, it will be defeated by It own
the floor, and ' run their bowie knivc
through the tender bodies of three other
children a they reposed in the embrace
ol aweet sleep. Tne fourth a litte hoy of
some ten or tweleve years, with a long
heavy blade, the demon at a blow apara
ted tne crown from the mat of hi head
striking him into insentibility, but not
into death as they supposed. Fortunate
ly two other children sleeping in another
apartment were not diacoveredj also little
Morri eicaped. their observation. This
little child of .the tender age of 6 or 7
years only,, bad been placed at the back
side of a tronnel bed, thus hiding him from
the eyes ofthe murderers. Little Morris
was awake and with the wisdom of mature
ear, lay in breathless stillness, eyeing
rum beneath tbe iulda of the. bed - iurni
turca, the strange deed of murder," rob-
beryxnd arori;
From this intelligent child. we learned
that after every eye beneath this ill fated
roof,' as they lupposed, had been cloied in
death, and every tongue tilenced forever,
the robbers proceeded to plunder tb bouse
dwties which w'ejof allthe money, set; it orr firejctancrral-:
lopea ou. Liittle Morris, alter satislying
himself that the murderers were gone,
moved from his hiding place, and com
menced with astonishing intelligence to
rescue all, from the ruin of the rapid v
advancing flames.- . He ran and awoke hi
little aisters and hurried .them out ofthe
burning dwelling-returned and found
wept over Jerusalem, and pronounced the-
nronheer of destruction, aftorwarda an
l rtkingly and awfully fulfilled l The
day a shal t tme ipon- thee- that thine -ene
mies snsu cast a trencn round aoout thee.,,
and campa thee round, and keep thee in
oft e very idel'i.. . And here r U wss r tha i -
the tenth legion, ofthe army of Titus af
iiiaiun. ciicaiiipru-
gate, extend the whole way round the
town, and a few cypresses snd oilier trees
throw up Iheir leafy branches amid the
porticos and gates of the mosques.
Alter tne surprise and admiration which
this proapect at first naturally excite ha
(ubsided, the bare, rocky, and deaolate
aspect of the surrounding country, and1
lh solitude aod silence of the city itself,
most forcibly atttract the attention.
Neither in the .rcets, at the gatowavs,
nor along the rocky : mule-tracks leading
therefrom, is there aught of life or anima
tion. Some solitsry. woman, with her wa
tcr.pitcher.cltmbing the craggy eminence,
or sum slowly moving pilgrims are alone
en. The eye," on a closer crut'uiy, dis
cover large tracts of open and waste
ground within the walls, and many a ruin
ed hoiue and dilapidated building.. There
is none of the-bustle - and .animation or
dinarily perceptible about a large -town.
No moving crowds traverse tbe public
thoroughfare the ear etrivea in - vaia to
catch the noise and hum of a lanre city.
for such it appears to bet all is strnsely j
l x ii . . - ., L; - i
rwnw aiuiy atienu a ne SWMM ino wotp.
ana tbe noise of the wheel, and m pranc
ing horse and at the jumping chariot,
are no longer heard in Jerusalem, i -
It we tearch for some carrlage-roau or
great publio thoroughtare leading from the
provinces into the city; we hlf discover The best way te pleas every, body ia
nothing beyond a narrow rocky mute-path to mind your own business, and let your
winding along the valley . among the neighbors alone.
A NE WCI RCU LA Hi
We find in the papers, a circular dateA-
New York, July 5 and signed by a num
ber of gentlemen from vanouus 8outheri
states, who cacuany met in that .city.
Among the signers are John Branch, tf
North Carolina, and Gen. J. Hamilton.
and Mr. McDuffie of South Carolina. It
I addressed to the ''Cotton Planter.
Merchants, Factor, and president and.
Directors of the severat Banks of the
Southern States,' audits object is to de-
viae auuiaj ugtieu moue oi action, oy inose
Interested, to prevent those fluctuation:
in tne price ol cotton o common ol lati-
years. ' With this view, it proposes a Coo- '
vention of delegates irom the cotton
growing 8tates, to be holdea at Macon,
in Georgia, on Ihe fourth Thursday of Oc
tober next, for further consideration of the
subject. The circular suggest, that, in
stead of our cotton, being as heretofore '
thipped to England,' and made liable to
be operated upon by all the capriee ef the
British money market, and Britiah vpecu- :
la tors, a permanent system should be es
tablished in this country, to commence
with the next crop."- by which " shipment "
would he made under auspice of the
8u thera BmrtkV'therebyensbtiTij' grow'
ers and tactora p realize, at. oncev and
also enabling them to hold cmto their ship.
ment, in Liverpool and Havre, for re-
mu aerating price.
fnt. Chron.