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. 1 it 1 1 i if'. h i 1 i i, and Mover will be throw, iate the nations! lip Id 8- kMArjrt M. treurv. Thin will Mop the moo to of On the subj-ct M'rl ' ouch NuUifiotio. Democrat M endeavor . we touched briefly r la nuke noUiieal capital out of ihe Laad law. 1 be recollected, that lh whole leaden 1 Cm, Pat ry of Mr. Henry' Letter t Acceptance. rT i . va to bring discredit on f (Mnl laaprov- GOV, MUMtCflUA ASa MR- UESUY. la worlast, we j, fiait ef the debit romiel to notice taai to which (he rival can, wioairaaeitmu tneir pnoiuon on nc iwiM improvement, y granting went laeir if question. The pnUic who were ootj uiia blaining mowfy tha getting the fueaent will be equally sorpriei wi h g ,1, tad corporatHiua in deb', for the llurae wko werr presnii, at the agreefnewt p ,rpo$e of proenrinx likeir bondun And which finally appeared in the optnionaof i another ha says, "they (the Whig the Iwn gentletuco. Gov. Morebead at- .;ve public money to pay the f $m Vfd tkat ne-Trs-ottrty: o.piied to that tttnf Heb i at mt or the SaTei,tsolved ooi t of Free 'I'rado whir k eila at Prp ia wtd fcliente of Internal Improvement, em a Free Tiade on oosidet and a tax ! an, at (,e tevi1 cf North Can.lina, on ... . cd trade in all own trie with which e ; tlaarir aalt, iron, anJ ougw, to replace the leal, lie fcatl n aert f obj-Ttioiii to ref,m(,gr. trade but sides, lie stated, what no ne can de y, that Mr agricultural end souf.iC4ering - productions sre late 1 in Kngtsiidat variuua enorswmis rate. some ai high at 2000 per cent, or a tax of 20 time the value of the article; ami that tai had to be paid betore the American farmer manufacturer can be permitted U ae'l his r pruductinnwi England. Tubarco, worth from 2 tn 4 scents, ia taxed Ti cehta a liound. The let nn Flour varies accor- wing to the price, ami it ia mil; when the article la very scarce ami ntgn tnai ii win beat to pay the tax. Cotln t raxed. All manufactured good from this couutry are f course entirely excluded. : these enormous burdens on our commerce, we arc called on by. the Demucrala to ihruw ope n oar ports lo the admission of every prod action uf Foreign nation, tree, or with a aaerely immina tali warrbv -Mr country at flooded with foreign gils our people templed by the f,: c hea poena In git i a tleot ler Ihrnv, the in terrtia of uur.awn farmer, met hanica ami maiiafactarfra pniatrati'd, and the like ittterrata in Kirupe aphct J and iiriched. lie wat fur ati ayatem that thu worked nuin$X ouraeUea ami for Kngland and Frace. TheWh'ija were annietimea call 4 wBrjtil Whig, bat the advocate f auch a ae'icy a tlii were the Britiali tiarty, II lad mor fancy forthi policy than he 4tad for that which would compel a North Carolina farmer to py SO erut for the privilege of aelliaf a both l of wheat in -South Carolina, whiUt the 8 mih Carolina farmer ia at liberty to aell hi ia North Carolina without paying any (at. .. .- lie than quoted from Gen. Jackaon, (an atbority that Mr. Henry, at might have been eipeCted did not venture to gainaay) the fotlowiag paatagt frm Cm- Jacttan'i Jmnl Miuaf, tU I "Tbe lauitf Jen with wbicb iha riling uubmtnl oTihajniblia latH By ka aniicipaifil, (irffen.j an lfMrtaailT arrjrini' Into clfact mar fully th fwlier ia ivUtiao to import dutin, which b na teoamwoilaal la wy loraaor Bwaaage. A oiotliBca' tioo a to lanff, which ahatl pida.- a raductiea l oar Mraoa I Mm wan' a of ike eovemiaanl and an aJjiMtoMnt of lb duliaa ao itoaaria with a iw t oual jalie to tahrtioa to all our aalional intaraat aoJ t Iht tultritcii f)rf fflicf, ao far a it Buy h Injurioo to ihoao hHoieat ioWatiK to be ol lb ptlaeipal objaet ich aaaaaa lb coo. oklaralioo m Iba al Wooffoaa, lo. IurehaU then aikru Mr. llmry whether he was in favor ofGro. Jackson's , aystem of countervailing duties! The Governor's atatemeat had been so clear, it a addressed itself to the commotFsense and 'national sealing tri tha peaple.lhat either Mr. Henry waa convinced or he did at vealora la e press bis diasent. lie AnmrnMil m ttt m&irmiiwm. lift itid Ih 1irtaLOBlMkMa'aaysttjilxouu,li,"r ....;i;n..i..i:.. i i. -.;.!- k.t .i.i-TBtcer of an Abolition Society in. Rhode confessor coverd the whole ground, aur rendered the very point at issue, repudi ated hit boasted Free Trade," and pla cad him side by aide with Gov. Morehead on thit great question.,- Hut how foolish ha mast hsve looked the next time hi eye rested on bis tnotuis, "Ye Tradi and Sailor'aiRhur'Xc On ih auj-ct of Proscription, Mr. Henry dwelt at great length, reaidng the - long list of Loeofoco .officers who. on the expiration of their, terms of service, had been beaten by other candidates. All this Mr. Heery called pmacriptHiB. Senators Browa and Strange had been 'proscribed bees a Whig !egiejator had had bet ter sense than to re-etect them. Attorney Grnerat Daniel had been 'proscribed," the L-M-nfoco Councillors of State to a Whig Governor had been proscribed.' With equal propriety tnav b said, that the mem'ters of tha Legisfature who are not re elected from year to year are Mpn. Berthed." Gov, Morehead replied to this flummery, by the jocular remirk, that if Mr. Henry could only eatablish thi doc. trine, anil convince tha people ol its cor rectness, it was tha very thing he desired. It would of course be proeriptien to -tarn him out of the offlce of Governor at tha next election. Bet, aaid he, -if my competitor should be elected, I assare him . he will never hear ft word from me about proscription." Inregird to the death of Gen. Harrison, Mr. Henry bad said, in his letter of Ac eeptance, Ihat it waa the vengeance of ileatea which had fallen ejmn the party lor their am. He ainpHfied this idea greatly in his speerb. . Gov. More steal replied that he mlht with equal i apriety attribute . the a miction of bad health under which Mr. Henry complain J that ke wat suffering, to "the ven geance of Heaven," bet he would not do o no, not for tke efCce which ha was ask ing at the bands d tlte people. In connection with this, the Governor quoted the following from Mr, Henry's leuer as conclusive evtuence mat we nau not a Whig Administration, and of eours were not answerable for its acta, and for Ih failure of those good results which we ' hid promised t' ourselves free; the act es soin of Gen. Harrison:-- ,,, . t! t -Cat tba aura fajaw of aeaogiof Jim lis wa at hawdt The aaaaaerebl yr Ifttl, asoe arri- df Jauttlf badth aawty grMpaJ tha tap fj intpiitwis pov, than M waa eah4 bom taw it .at. , - he -,k of the U e Bank aiiaaalaiiOK fthe States and rarnaraiion o vt4onarv schemea of inter G i. Mrekail drew Mr. H.-nry out on thit aal'jert, and doubilr to the a tnazemcHt of aome of hi LKfteo h iend in the ami-internal improvement conntie (for which the a'xive extract were inten ded, he came out for the grand scheme concocted at Raleigh by hiniielf ait I uilt era in 1838. What i that akemr? Th;tt a Lnan'of Thiee Million of D.d Ur wnht to tie contracted by the State; Ihat 1lie Slate altould guarantee IJOO. 000 of Rl.igh and Citntt Rail Rjad Knil4-thio wa dune, and Mr. Uenry' friend aie now .bitter in their com plaints aUmt it. f'l'l,!M it khould ub crib fitwr ifttt ,wV(J6,000,; i.f the rap ilal atock ol ol the Fayeitteville and Yad- kin Rail Road; three nfth of the cost of the Nag' Head work) lour fifth of the cotof a R il Road from' B aulort Har bour to intersect the Wilmington Rail Road; two-filth f the cost of atimilar road from Raleigh to the Wilmington R-iadj two-ifihatn a Mc Adamixrd 1'orn pike from Raleigh to GreenaDorough; and opening of Neue and Tar Riei . Her i a magniGoent ailh-mc! and though we are by no mean calted upon to pronounce it ''ma l" and Vuituwry" it i quit probable that it ia a much an as thoae ia other Stales which Mr. Hen ry ha denounced a auch. And why would not the three million which he re commended to be borrowed be at much "gambling tfeil" a those which he ha pronounced ao? Ye, Mr. Henry aid he would stand or fall by that acheme: He wnold not "rtnig:n - He went for- the whole scheme, ("gambling tiabt and all ) Now if all this i not at war with the whole tenor of hi Letter of Acceptance, then there it no fixed meaning to the Kngliah language. Ifit is not as balil an It rt lo hnmbug the people as was ever made, then he is not the prince of humbugZert. 1 he ..AVhigs are. many irf theiav in fa tor of In teroalr Improvetnents, when practicable. they were in lavor of that schema at the time it was adopted; but not now. They are not ia favor of the Sttte's auempting to borrow (for -she could not ccred,J hree million of dollar in surli limes ss these., They are nmin favor ol a measure winch wmuIJ aln to tlie peent burden nfine tox payers, tha necessity of raising 180,000, or three timea tno whole amount of their preaent taxea. We wilt the peojdo of the whole State to know that Mr. Hen ry i. That he ia for (he whole acheme of 1838, "gambling debt," and all tuy vot. Governor Dorr. The Richmond En quirer, a "few daya ago, denied that (hi man a an ADoiiuotiitr. jnw we aia l.i,mi , nisi uv was HUM.I1IBIVII UJ an Abolition Convention, and rm jointly up on their ticket and that of tha Loco Foco parly. A jetter f ern Washington to the Mil leilgevrlle Recorder, on thi subject says: 'I wrote you that the rebellion was the work of the Abolitionists; that Dorr waa one the President ol the Society, and formerly their candidate for Congress The constitution which they have adopted proides fiat ths rifht of trial, by jury, lit fufUitt lavti,H (which Virgims com plains ol so loudly in New York, and a gainst which she naa levelled her retaliato ry legislation,) "ana fortvtr remain invl owfe. This, you know, is the great Abo lilion piinciple) and this is whit the re bellion is lor, after al ! At prrsent. the laws of Rhode Island allow no such right, and the legal constitution allow nn. such." Thi remark abates something of the surprise which we hsve heretofore felt, at the manifestation of so much hostility, by the Dorr parly, to the legal -constitution, when, so far as the rig7u ofmijfraze is concerned, 'hat constitution differs from their own only in requiring Iwo year'' re sideace, instead of one, a a qualification in a non-freeholder a -difference so insig nificant t scarcely to justify serious op position, and certainly not important enough to warrant violent and bloody re sistance! But there is an important dif ference, it seem, in another point, be tween the constitution rej-cted by Dorr and his party, aoiljahich iUey are endea-. vorTrig Jo thrust down I Ik tiifoatswf the people, by the "neard." One withholds the right of jury trial to fugitive slave, and the other grant it, and holds it invio late. .Surely the Enquirer, and ether Southern sympathitera with the Dorr fac tion, will see Ihat they have been duped, by party teal, i a- most ridiculous atti tude. Some of the Southern members ol Congress, of that party, looked more nar. rowty into the mailer before they took the leap which waaldhave identified them, in action at least, wire the nmies of the South. The correspondent of the Mil leilgeville Recorder says: "The (Ulinde Island) question has divided the Vanities in Congress, Mr. Walker of Mississippi, sattf, day before yesterday, that the time had come when there would have I V1 another organization of parties. Mr. Cal hnun said yesterday, that it wa infamous abolition HSreeement. X lympatise A Lft&lUit ST A H AN with th Khqatrer apon tbt wnfurtunate predicament to which affinities have led it. Where wr S wooted prudenerr Homer, for once, nodaed! Lynth. 11r. TREATING AT AND BEFORE t ELECTIONS This ediofs and ruinowa practice of treat ing at and before election, by thoveaeeking f.r office, or by their friend for them, in atill kept op by Ion many whose good ernae and high standing in the community would anthone a lo look for a different course. The mutt enuring cfTorta have been made, and are atill making, lor its suppression, by the wise and gimd, in every aectiotr uf he couairy. Almost ail prudent mean have been tried, but we are sorry to add, ihat, in many instanres, they have had no effect. In our April number, we pub lihed an article on this subject from the Highland Messenger, m which the writer prpoed that tn order that this evil ..might be suppressed, the yjrand jury in each coun ty respectfully request the candidate to come iiiftre them in a body, or separately, aud afee that ihey would not treat them selves nor pro: ure others to treat for the in. This wa penned in reference to the pend ing elections to North Carolina-) but the suestinn may be profitable to the friends of temperance in every section of the coun try. One or two tempersnce societies in this county hsve appointed committees to wait on the grand jary at the next term of the county court, and respectfully request them to adopt this course. A letter from a respected friend in Ten nessee informs u thit in the county from which he wrote, the friend of temperance were p'eding themselves that they would not vote for, nor in any way sanction the election of candidate fir ny oflice, who were known to treat, either directly or in directly, i hi,, the writer aaid, was taking well, and to it the friend of order were Wking with much hope. Should the withe of the octiie in tin country, relerreii to above, b disregarded, we should then urge by all means some such course a that pur sued hi Tennessee. It i high time the ad vocates of temperance the lover of lib erty, Rd order, and low taxes should adopt some prompt anil vigjrous measures other than those heretofore used, in refer ence :o this degrading vice. Temp. Ado. LEGISLATIVE LABORS. The labor performed by the Committees of the present Congress has been more per aerving and thorough than at any preced ing Congress for many yeara. !lides the Stsnding Committees, which have vied one with another in sedulous attrntion to their duties, 'he Select Committees have been indefatigable in the pursuit of the in vestigations which they were appointed o institute. We are reminded ol ihia al the present moment by a Report, of great Iri.gth and 1 nor, made on the 23d of May lsl fand nn on the Isbles of Member, by Mr. Gii.mka. from the Select Commit tee on Retrenchment, appointed on the 1 7th Juno last, of which lie is Chairman. Of that Committee it waa made the duty ' to examine particularly aa to the nuoi- ber of officers or agema employed, the expeuditurea and modes of transacting bosiness, in the several departments ol the public service at the seal of Govern- ment, and at sorh other points as the committee msy deem necessary, or a may nbulndirate'd by this Wuse) anrio report at the next eesinn whether it is proper to make any reduction of the ex penses of the civil list, or in the number ' or arrangements of the person the em ployed, and whether lh patronage or the Executive branch of the Government niav not be diminished or regulated aa to ' those appointment tor which there ia an indispensable neceetity." Th Kepnrt now mist ay me com mittee consist of S40 piges, comprising a great mas of tesHmoov, oral and ontcial, industriously collected by the committee. though covering but a small part of the ground whicn the committee wouiu nave explored had cirrumstances permitted. Il waa not entil after thel'h of March, when, in consequence of alledged want of co-op eration on the part ol puonc lunctiowaries, leave was given lo the committee lo send for and examine persons and paper, Ihat the rnmmite set to work by itself, and began it examin.rtion of the Departments at the Seat of Government, being those within its immediate reach. Of the results of this investigation it would be hardly practicable to give any thing like a rondenard viewt though, w hen our space will allow, we may lay before our readers some entire passage of it- For the present, we must be content to py for their inlorination tne general con clusion of tlie committee from the inves ligation nec-sssrily of partial extent, be cause of want of time and the daily engage, ment of 1hs members ss far as it was in their power to pursue it. Jt is as folf luwsi In a Government of auch complicated powers and interests a oura, it isdifficoll, if not impossiide. either to prescribe or practice any precise rule of economy. The amount of expenditure necessary "to -the best regulated peace establishment twist vary according to Unfuieseen exigencies. The 1ree great classes under which our exnentlitures may be arranged vie. toe ar my, the navy, and the civil tist) do not ad nut of etact ralcuiatioie, ny more than the growth of owe population and flower. AH that is desirable, however, aa to the economy of the ayatem, may be eccoea plialied by the application of that principle of responsibility o intimately indentined with our Theory t Government. Econ omy doe not enM in withkoMiog son- puea which the public safety demand a, net so limiting the appropriation of public mo- ey to proper object, and in seeing that 1) NORTH C A ROM it is disbwrsed with fidelity, The danger f prodigal appropriations and loose ex penditercs are greater in the Federal than in the Stale Governments, in cnoseqeepre if 'he indirect mode by which the reven ues are raises!, and nt the, vast number of disbursing agents who most necessarily be employed, and many of them at a great distance from the Seal of Government. The commit lee brieve that w ith proper econo my and responsibility, and without in pairing any osefal branch of the public ser vice, tho aggregate expenditures may in time of peace be reduced to $17,000,000 per annum." The particular proposition 'with which tlu Report conclude were inserted in Ihi paper o the day after the Report wa nude, and need not be here repealed, the object of this neiiro being merely to do justice to the assiduity with which Ihi committer, has devoted itself, a far as it wss poihle, to the task im onset upon it by the House. At. it. Tobnreo. From the document presented by the Secretary of the Treasury to Con gress a few days ago, H appears that the quantity of American Tottacro consumed in Europe, in 1810, was 8(1.390 hluls. which Mold, in this country, for $6,450,819, and on which the European government levied a revenue dnfu of 35,071 ,81 the tax be ing nearly aix titnea the amount (A the ori ginal cost of the articl Die American planter, it will be pereievtd, pava, a liberal sum toward the support of Kinee, Lords and Common" on the other, aide of the wa ter, who extract ftom his Isfior and capital six dollars for every one which the planter receives himself. If thi i not paying pret ty dearly for the privilege of trading with John Hull, Johnny t rapeau and others, we are no judge. If we were miller we honld like to get toll iu that ratio, from our cus tomers, for a year or twow But the beauty of it is that there are some tobacco planters so much uruler the influence of party spirit, that they think it very wise to pay to our kinsman acrosa the water this high price for the privilege of entering their port parti cularly as they buy cotton from tis upon the payment of a small duty; and even take from us a few barrels of flour when it it neces lany to keep famine from tke door, and they can't do without it! And what is more, while they think it very right In to pay litis heavy tax for the support of European go vernments, they aeem to think it horrible for us to tax the foreign manufacturer a little to support our own government Some of our wiac Congressmen, even, are disposed to abolish the custom-houses entirely, and to resort tn direct taxationin other, words, to lax our lands, ncgroea, horses and' furniture, instead of French wines, British cloths, and Swedish so that we may be ettre to pay the expenses of our own government, amino small portion of(those of Europe also! Well this may be sound policy, for anght we know; but if it is, our minds are too obtuse to see it. No one can question its excessive liberality! And besides, we would ask those who seem to regard this foreign tax on our tobacco as a fine thing for us, what becomes ol Fas a Trade all the while They are mightily wedded to that idea; hut how can they defend the European practice, which so diametrically conflict with their favorite theory? We ahould like to have an answer. Lynrhhurg flreinian. FEDERALISTS ii DEMOCRATS. Now confess, don't you hnnesdy think the Whig party ia die old Federal party in disguise! Honestly, then, we have no con fession to make. JiVe oan only say, we be lieve no sor.h thing. Why notf Because the Federal party were in favor of -a strong central federal goternmcnt. Their principle and measures tended to concentrate all the essential executive, legislative, and judicial powers in the General Government, and to leave the States the mere shadow of those rights and powers, thai wete secured by the Constitution. Now we do not denv that there are in the Whig ranks some, perhaps many, whose politics were essentially. fede ral. And. friend Dcniecrat, have you none in your ranks that have been open federal ists, and are now federalists in disguise? Stop casting these stones, until you can shew you are without sin. If there is a Whig in our ranks that opeuly or secretly advocates die old federal principles of concentrating more power in the General Government than a leimimate construction of the Constitution warrants, be is no Whig, but sails under! lalse colors. Morn of she pompons, and empty, and frothy declamation that goes the rounds of the self-styled Democratic papers of the day, in lavor of the rights of the people, is, we fear, the concentrated essence of disappointed Federalism, now showing a foaming xeal that would even poison, the fountain of all right; we mean the princi ple and minds of the people. Can such doctrines and acta as have lately bee.t advo cated, and witnessed in Rhode Island, be the result of a love or veneration of rational lib erty. To every intelligent, honest mind, the principles there contended for by the radicals, are pJaialy teen in their tendency to strike at the very foundations of the holy fahne of ournghts, to scorteb and wither the very roots of the re of liberty, under whose shelter so many millions of freemen now rest in security. When it can he shewn that the exposition of our Constitution, giv en by such men a Jefferson, Madison and Clay, ia federal, then we will own we are federalists. Until then, we claim to be Re publican Whigs. We trill next week call oar render's attention to mum of the facte that go to prove whether the Whig pnrty or the modem Democratic party, have the beet right lo be called the Csipporter of rational liberty. Newberu Spec PETERSBURG COTION FACTO ' HIES , . . Capital iavealo iaCaUoa FactotU, f 1,800.000 Nombst of Spicule , - 24.000 Looms , ' til Yewda of CtMh mtu$4fryt VV Namlf f whin dpjtiv tmpoj4 1,440 tVanesKear nf itawxaxwtiJ aluaailn at mitttavne) ItMts iWm Faeteriee 8,540 N A Q A. Z EVT. FroarihaSl. Loots (MWwrl) RepaUieaa, May 4. Mere &Bvt itie Pwrrer. - The worthy, of whom we made mention in yesterday's Republican, a having sold a forged check to Messrs. Benoist St Co., un derwent an examination yesterday before Justice Weimoro, was committed for further trial before the Judge of the Criminal Court, and proves lo be a nephew of the Htm. Thom as II. Rentom. From a gentleman ott whom we can rely, we have derived the following interesting biographical items of our hern Several years ago Thomas Benton Bruce, came to Maysviile Ky., about aa Cue, nohle lookin! a fe.low as might be met with in a month's travel, -in possession of a splendid iron-grey charger, richly caparisoned, upon which lie frequently sliined most brightly to the admiration of all beholders; and not onlv to admiration, but to rffectf-ft he look eaptive, by means of these exhibitions, in connexion, with a profuse display , of other graces, as well as the grace of possessing a fine horse, the heart of a rii-h w idow in that little city, whom he married in some two or three months after his arrival there. After marriage, they took a jaunt to Sara toga and Balleton Springs, in New York, where he dashed around like a true nobleman, during the watering season, snd returned to his residence, his new and comfortable, resi dence at Maysviile. On their return, ihey topped at Pittsburgh, where the lady's father residbd and sojourned there several days. But it came to pass, upon his arrival at home, that he wa taken down with the small-pox, the worst kind of a Way, the in fection of which he had received in Pitts burgh. But wh:t was worse than the small pox, if not for him at least for his wife, du ring their absence, intelligence had reached Maysviile that through the influence of the uncle of this Mr. Bruce, the Hon. Thos. Hart Bentou, of the U. S. Senate, ke had in by-gone-yeara been appointed a Postmaster in North or South Carolina, and" that foi making rather free with the .contents of the mail bags, he had ' been elected for a number ; of years to the Penitentiary of that State for a period terminating somewhere in the term. Gen.. Jackson, however, supposed to be through the interposition of the hon orable uncle of this Abstractionist, set him at liherity; and at the moment we now speak of, he finds himself very comfortably located ia Maysviile, bating the small-pox. Open the receipt of this information, his wife, instead oftnforminghim thereof, wrote on to Governor Chambers, at Washington City, who was ' then the representative in Congress of the Maysviile (Ky.) district, lo procure for her all the information he could respecting the matter, and to communicate the same to her.. Before the gea'leman wo half well, or in travelling order, she received an ans wer from -the governor, confirming the jrepnrt in all its detail. After tie had so far recovered as to be able to travel with safety to himself, h was one night very po litely escorted to a steamboat at tlte wharf, and very significantly charged lo put out, wad never shew tiiefaeem Maysviile' again a charge which he has ever ainec religiously observed, so far as is known. The next information we have of him is in Scoll county in this State, where he marries another rich widow, whose property he wsmps by a mortgage, to the tune of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. The mortgage heing foreclosed by the creditor, tomebodu, not known who, to a certainty. went and poisoned the trees of a line young orchard of choice fruit uJiieh grew upon tin mortgaged premises, and set ire to nail burn ed down the buildings thereon. Who did this is not exaedy knowm. but about the same tune the gentleman decamped, ar.d left his innocent suffering wife not only minus her estate, but also to be arrested and undergo an investigation upon the suspicion of the com mission of a crime of his own or some one else's. Such is the biography of our hero, aa fat aa il has been narrated to ws. Tke h'mtut. between the time of his decampment fiom Scottcounty and his triumphal entrance in to our city, remains lo be filled up by future developements. A HORRIBLE HISTORY, INDEED! The New Orleans Picayune of the 9th inst, brings us one of the most shocking his tories of crime and punishment we have read for many a day. 'Hie Parish of Concordia waa the scene. Two negroes, one named Joseph, belonging to Mr. Voohees, on the Bayou de Glaize, and the other named Enoch, who b id formerly been owned in the aame neighborhood waa sold in New Orleans and having ran away, returned lo the Parish of Concordia. He persuaded Joseph and a negro gjfl to go, oft with him. They ar med themselves and proceeded to the house of Mr. Niesh Harrington, on Red River, whom ther-ntlleif. I hey earned off hie . i , . , . iiaiignter, wnom iney ttetainea in tne woods six week and treated with a cruelty and a buse the most shocking and brutal. They then killed another man. whose name is not known. Afier committing this murder, on returning to toe place were Mtse II. was confined, they temarkod that they had killed another hog. After this they went le the house ot. Mr. ueorgia 1 odd. not Tar from Mr. H.'s, whom they also killed, car rying off Mrs. Todd with a email child, whom ihey treated also m a most brutal man ner, and threatening to kill both her and the child if it should cry; and often when they were on the point of k illing them all the yellow girl would Uirow herselfon her knees and beg their lives, saying that if they shot them, their bullets would have to pass through Iter body. Mrs. Todd and Miss Harrington both state ihat the yellow girt sereial timea saved their lives One of the murderers was caught, on the 9th instant, near Union Point, on the Mis sissippi, the other making his escape, though not without having had several balls fired at him, and in supposed to have been wounded; though not caught k is to be hoped thai he will aoon be brought to pay the penalty of his atrocious erimest.-. V : The boy Joseph immediately after hia capture confessed Ihat be lulled both Mr. Hsrrington and Mr. Todd, and the person, hut stated that he had been Cwj to do it by Enoch, who first enticed Jiira w run swsy. No white person was impUt. ted. " 1 ' . v . After this confession. It was delibrately resolved that the negro should be burned alive. The terrible scene is thus described by ihe Free Trader: . . . -The boy was taken ami chained to a Irs immediately on the bank of die Mississippi on what hi called Union Point. Faggon were then collected and piled around hiia.hj which he appeared quite indifferent. Whet the work waa completed, he waa asked what he hail to say. He then warned all to lake ex ample by him, andasked the prayers of all a. round; then railed for a drink of water, which was h iu.letl to linn; he drank it anil said: Now set firo I am ready to go in peaceT The torches were lighted and placed ia ih pile, which soon ignited. He watched us, moved tlte curling flame as it grew, until ii ' began lo entwine itself around and feud nfag his body; then he sent forth cries of agony painful hi the ear, begging some one to blow his brains out, al the same time surging with almost superhuman strength, until the staple with which tlte chain was fastened la the tree (not being well: secured) drew out; and he leaped from the burning pile. At that moment the sharp ring of several rifl.-f was heard the body of the negiofelli corpse on the ground. He was picked aa by some iwo or three, aad again thrown iats the fire and consumed not a vestige remain ing to show that such a being ever existed. ' The yellow girl was taken lo Natches, ia the cuitoJy of Mr. C. S. Lyman, who will deliver her up to the proper authorities at Yidalia, La. hie army; One af the proved measures of ecov my nuw under consideration in Conm is lo reduce the army lo the basis of 1821, In that ca eurregular force will consist of about six thousand men. At present the army numbers about twelve thousand. The iecrase since occurred in different limes. A regiment of dragoon was sdd in 1 832 in consequence of the Black Hawk war. In 1836 a second regiment was fir med an account f the Florida war, and ia 18S8 a further addition of 4,657 men wu authorised. ft may well he asked whether a fores which was deemed sufficient ia 1821 it adequate to the wants of the countiy bow, enlarged aa our terry lory has become. Mr. Staxlt, in his speech on the Army bill, stated that The number of posts has doubled since 1831, and that according Is the estimate of the War Department troops were needed Is garriseu them now. Ths Secretary of War in his last annual Report reromtn-ndrd as Mr. PotNscrr had daee before him, the establishment -of bttef posts to extend from Council Bluf to the Oregon Territory, and if this recommen dation, which seemed to be well received, should be scied on, there would b need of mare soldiers still. Gen. Scott in his report lt winter asked for two addition al regiments. A b'ind economy i w ires than UvisS expendiiure. If we need a regular fores stall, a a peace establishment, It augut In ha ftt'kUm ttm ll. ..f i. it - signed for. A report from the Adjutant I ucur.n, unci! s-cu. iu, ioju, uctiares lhaf if two regiments had been stationed at JeflVrson Bartacks, near St. Ituis, tha war with Black Hawk in 1832. which it is aaid, cost two millions snd a half, waU have been avoided, besides the loss of ais ny valuable tiver indnhe deirruetiiirsf much properly. 'I he same document sild Ihat Ihe scene of devastation and Indus barbarity which now overspreads East Florida, most probably, woo d have beee avoided if the- military force of the country had been sufficient to have authorised the stationing of two regiments on the lower Mississippi and Ihe Gulf of Mexico, sr if one thousand troops could with propriety have been withdrawn from the Southern Atlantic border. : In rase ef a war with a powerful nitioa our chief reliance would be of course sa the great body of our citizen soldiers, K after some tlisciidine and vxneeiew. woeU! make efficient troops. But Tor tU ordinary occasions of Indian disturbance and such temporary difficulties as msy call for military interposition. Ihe rmploymeat of militia is very expensive, and nssalty not v-ry successlal. The regular fore ahould be adequate for such casinn. ; Halt. Am. -. New York, June DaraLCATto. Wall street wa una ally interested yesterday by a defalcalioe in the old Ocesn Insurance Cn. Thcd' pany has been for some time 'engaged t winding ep its affairs and dividing its upj Yesterday morning the Directors were astounded bv eeceivinsr unite frum Mr. Jas. 8. Scbermerhwrn, Secretary of lbs I Company, that he had in the course sfihf I last six yrars abstracted ever a hundred thousand dollar of the Capital, which supposed to be $370,000. Mr. Scbef merhorn ha lost the money in storl p wlationsi ind all the time has enjnyed lb most unqualified confidence of 'he Com pany and all who knew him. The fr dates back to the time which tried mra' honest v-r 183f. Mr.' Schermrrhnra wt at his tleV yesterday until .arrested tai taken to ihe police, near the close of mra ing business. P.- -iff . Jovf. "On.-.1 RoBar.BT. The porter of the Lng land Bank as Brooklyn, while coming Wall ilreet yesterday morning la make hia exchangee with the City Bmks. i: l-. I- i u j r !. ft.aK us pms,ei cut opvoaii'i mure sw i" " , pocket book, containing over 850.000 ij X Dank tolls or various deenmien" " checks, about half each. The ekrcU were ef course saved, or lheamenl them) by notifying the bsoks not tr7 bat lbs' hank note cannot be '" psjj h- j . . i , sXvK . iy "' 4
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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