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Watchman.
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fl, P" yar wo uoi.lars payaoi in
ui if, nut pail n advance, wo uoiiara
illt charged. , - r
inwrted at $1 for the first, and 25 cts.
4int insertion. Coaft orders ctanrged
kkfyr than' these rates. A liberal deduc
iTho advertise by the year. . ,
to'ihj (.Jr, must be post paid. y , i
WATCHMAN.
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For-the Watchman.
.I wish to-eall tho attention of
of slave-ownera in partic-
common in this com.
I am well sat.
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SERIES.
VOLUME-VII SOMBER 24.
Mr.
A.nnhlit. ,hat
IB? f f - ; i' .
k- m the practice
11 oCnrAl corn shucking
. i i j i .1
t.tint tn auenqance 01 8:avea on inese
. i. .1 t ! . i . . . i ' ii
'thcrinps ii oiien wunoui tnes Knowieage or
-ni l tiifli owner, and the manner of their
9 rarriMi o" Zrcntly tnjoiious to hwn.
flrl niacr, u is mo eiauuiu line hi an
K'eauM lil4lVC; Vtfry one white and black,
lf muqb liqifoV as they canlrink.
t iho krclnlid place it is the custom to per-
he greiltfst license of speech, 'especially
their forjf;!. The grossest ohscenity and
-pieiy-areVjttite common, and what is of far
jnre imporiaie (he prevailing sentiment of
0r lbMfi set songs, is in me nignest ae.
"U ,r I. : . I . .1 . j
to iiisiiuiwl; Miwuius uir wniies anu
insurrectionary in their tone. If
ever coine a timo when danger
. l.i niimk Afirttxl fmm I liA llnr f dnnm
of no m"re convenient mode of bringing their
' 'fji-ms i a.head than these nightly rendez-tot-
I1 nloy l said that kfoks un. neigh
burty to ref j to let your slavesj go upon such
opcanonsv? Bui neighbors should retneinber
that ihi work can be done much better in the
day can bo done without debauching
ttie morals! ofjibo ulave, and whicr jhere is no
danger of conspiracies or insurrection.
I hare few f. laves, and lhee iave hereto
fore f'Uored Ih general practice of going to
corn slrurkings. I h"ve invariably ob.
jfrved that c&ills and fever, pneiitjfonia, pleuri
i,y or 'hjojiplM! is ensue about ihe close of the
hurkinjt!iaiii ; and I have little doubt that
l great nnpyi(leaths among white's and blacks,
trr atiri'h'itahle to the exposure ot these occa-
lions. Il 'l'l '01,S of time from shucking the i
coil of Uiftrs bills and, the loss of likely
negrops hyl death, could bo put together in a
proper vi( 4 U would be manifest that the pre
ipnt.modejbf doing this labor is by far more
eipennivci jitlian if it were , done in the usual
way, or ev&n If it were done like mowing and
reaping by' hired hands. The chief advantage
. in th'u mi ti is, that n the highly excited tate
of feeling vhich prevails on puch occasions a
' (treat deal of labois done in ti short time.
llits) ii ill doiiWdly the case, but it is often
done at itir 'jeipense of the slave owner. Be
rules hatjiig ,he slave stupified all nfxt day
from the jlrevious night a revelty, and thus in
Cipacitatj-jJ to rend;r his usual day's work
i tie is exp)jed; to vice antf'dangerous templa-tion-hisnorl
and his health are endanger
ed and he (s 'every way rendered a less valu-
this llv'r. 'f
I am persuaded that on many ol these occa
sions w "heire- a corxl deal of fuss and liquor
t prevail thjre il not much corn shucked. There
are, partiqularfy tabout the tiijrvn of Salisbury,
I I numherj'of very drunken slaves, who make it
, point tuj'altend all thes gatherings. These
Mows make a good deal ol noise are, very
indolent, hnd do but little work. I am satis
fied that ii would be greatly to tho advantage
i their owners to keep them at home, and no
Joss at afj to ihe neighborhood farmers who
are honored wihr,their presence.
I itieM I h at a stricter discipline be adopt
ed duringjthe rorn shucking season. Thai no
sUvuhe allowed to invite hands to such meet.
inK. That no slave from the. town be per
mitifd to o into the country, and that a patrol
of each neighborhood be required to attend and
mtke a itict examination of every slave that
foei to orie ontheso shucking. It would be
a very graJt gain to the community If the ashx
ron, as ij now prevails, could be dispensed
with butj it has got so incorporated into the
cuntonn of society, that a sudden reforn in this
renpect cannot be looked lorbut every con-
lid c ration of prudence and safety require that
cam ion . anu. a siricier supervision oe naa
Y.
SALISBURY, N. CM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1850.
FORSYTHE SUPERIOR COURT.
i The Fall Term of the Superior Court for
Forsythe county was held last week, Judge
Manly-presiding. There was but one case of
general importance disposed of, to wit : f4 The
Slate vs. Jesse Mcftride and Adam Crooks"
on a charge of circulating an, incendiary gub.
lication.- The defendants were indicted ufjder
the Act of 1830, being the 17th sjection of the
chapter on Crimes and Punishments in the Re
vised Statutes, which is as follows ; I -
" If any person shall knowingly bringiinto
this Slate, with an intent to circulate, or know
ingly circulate or publish within this State, or
shall aid or abet the bringing into this Slate or
the circulation or publication within the State,
any written or printed pamphlet or paper, whe
iher written or printed in ior out of the State, the
evident tendency whereof would be to excite
insurrection, conspiracy; or resistance in the
slaves or free negroes and persons of; color
within the Stale, or which shall advise or per.
suade slaves or free persons of color to insur
rection, conspiracy or resistance, such person
so offending shall be deemed, guilty of felony,
and, on conviction thereof irt any court having
jurisdiction thereof, shall for the first offence
be imprisoned not less than one year and be
put in the pillory and whipped, at the discre
tion of the court, and for the second offence
shall suffer death without benefit of clergy."
This case had excited intense interest in For
sythe and the adjoining counties, and the trial
was attended by a large crowd of anxious spec
tators It was taken ud on Fridav mornin?
and occupied the whole day and until 9 or 10
o'clock, at night. The State was ably; repre
sented by John A. Gilmer and Hugh Waddell,
Esq., and the defendants by George C, Men
denhall and James T. More head. Eqs.r Great
latitude was allowed by the Court to the de
fondants'Counsel, and every disposition shown
to give tnem a fair and impartial hearing ; and
no one who witnessed the zeal and ability of
the counsel for the defendants can accuse them
of not discharging their wholeduty towards their
clients. " i
The pamphlet on the circulation of which the
charge was founded, and which was read in
evidence, contained a sort of running commen
tary on the Ten Commandments, couched in
the violent and canting language of the aboli
tionists, and intended to show rhat slaveholders
live in the habitual violation of alhsaid Com
mandments. The essential point of evidence
was the proof that McBride, on leaving the
house of Mr. Kenedy where he and Crooks had
staid all night, put this pamphlet into the hands
of Mr. K.'s daughter, a little girl len or twelve
years old.
After the arguments of counsel, and a clear
and intelligent charge from 'the Judge, admit
ted on both sides to be impartial, at a-iate hour
the jury retired and rejriaioed together all night.
At the opening of the Court on Saturday morn
ing the jury came in with their verdict of Guil
ty as to McBride. and not guilty as to Crooks.
We may here remark that there was no evi.
denee adduced before the. Court against Crooks,
except his association with McBride.
The Judge proceeded to pronounce against
McBride substantially the sentence prescribed
in the statute, viz : inprisonment for one year,
in th piliory for one hour, and twenty lashes.
The defendant took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
From th Raleigh Register.
Asheville, N. C, Oct. 9, 1850.
To the Editor of, ihe Register :
The Hon. T. L. Clingman, Mi C, made his
appearance to-day on the public square, to give
an account of his political stewardship to a
large and intelligent auditory. Such had nev
er before been the custom of" Members of Con
gress, as we are aware, from this Distict, but
the great dissatisfaction expressed pretty gen
These men have been travelling in neighbor
more
over ihcsi cort) shuckings.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL.
. Great exctement has been caused in
.... : ' . i .i
some portions of the country by the ope
rations pf the- Fugitive Slave law. Ar
rests of alletifced slaves have been made
at Pittsburgh New York and elsewhere,
the slaves inj each instance being safely
retarned to their masters. The alarma
niong tb;e colored population is so gteal
that ".numbers have taken up the line of
march for more safe and distant quarters.
Any inconvenience experienced by-those
"Fugitive's rom labor" all excitement,
threats and Outrages against the peace of
the country ,r-the safety of the Union, with
the increased hardship or anoyance to the
Macks, here 'or in the South, have all been
brought about by thosX biltejr foes of the
slave, the ultra-abolitionists. This is the
legitimise fruit of that ultra-abolitionism
.which, i ip its blind zeal, has proved the
slave's greatest curse, without having yet
realized lone solitary particle of good,
cither to the black man or the white. I
inc sections for some time, in the character of
preachers, sent here from some ecclesiastical bo
dy in Ohro. It is not for us to discern the motives
of their mission ; but the effect is evil, notori
ously evil; and seeing this, ift they can hard
ly fail to perceive it, they ought now to desist
from their operations among us. One of them
has been convicted, after as fair a trial as any
man ever had, of a wilful violation of our. laws.
If was in evidence that he had publicly declar
ed his purpose to persist in the course he had
pursued in his ministry regardless of the law,
&c. Nothing but that higjKsense of loyalty to
the law, which happily pervades the communi
ty, has saved him from summary punishment;
und if he can with impunity violate the law of
the land, would he complain if an outraged
community do the. same thing in regard to him !
It was remarked that these men conducted
themselves with propriety during their attend
ance at Court. McBride was bound in a heavy
sum, wilh surety, not to circulate anjf more
pamphlets of the same sort during the penden
cy of his appeal. Greens. Patriot. i 1
erally with Mr. Cs course seemed to render
such a step necessary on his part. We wish
to say nothing disrespectful to the Hon. M. C.
but in the estimation'of candid men, he gig.
nally failed, with all live special pleading he
was masfer of, and all the appeals to sectional
feeling that a Congressman fresh from debate
could devise to satisfy the minds of the . people.
A powerful revulsive feeling has begun against
him, which will sooner or later, issue in Mr.
Clingman s overtnrow. we are sorry to say
so for Mr. C. is a man of talents, and if hi
patriotism was only as deep as his ambition, he
would be a valuable auxiliary to any party
but as it is, we must in candor say, that we
have no faith in the politician. His slights of
the Whig party were many and marked in the
course of his speech and his complaints to
the worthy democrats scattered about in de
lightful profusion. But I must give him credit
fo say, that he still speaks of " oiir party"
meaning, I suppose, the Whig party. He
thinks that old lines of party will be-broken
up on the' late great issues before the country
and he evidently is preparing to be a clingman
to the largest fragment. But be is olaiulv mis-
. 1
taken as to the great conservative National
Whig Parly. ' y
When Mr. C. took bis seat, Mr. Baxter, of
Henderson arose in reply. Mr. Baxter is one
of our most sensible and practical Lawyers.
His ambition is confined wilhin bis profession.
and we hope he may one day wear the ermine
of the Law. The speech of Mr. Baxter open
ed with an expose of friend Clingman's course
as far back as his abortive attempt to obtain
the Senator-ship of this Slate. He playfully
said "that had. Mr. Clingman been ah older
and more experienced man, and no better qual
ified man had presented himself, he would have
voted for him had he been a member of the
Legislature, in consideration of his great per
soual kindness for Mr. C." This effort of Mr.
B's has placed him high among the friends of
the Union and the true friends of the South.
He showed how Mr. Clingman's votes in Con
gress were given on the same side with Gid
dings, Seward, Hale and Chase, and with
withering effect, he charged home upon our
M. C. his disorganizing, disunion efforts du
ring the past session, and the croakings of a
factious spirit in the midst of our national re
joicings. Buncombe is right side up and we
rather think, if we can start any sort of a man
the next time, somebody will be keel hauled
under the shjp of Stale. By the way, the Hon.
M. C. forgot not to tell us that the Editprs of
that truly national paper the "Washington
Intelligencer" were Englishmen wilh Eng.
lisb sympathies the Union Newspaper he
thought more friendly to the South; but that
would not dot it was the Southern Press, that
was the great Paper for us to read, and we
were lacking in our duly to thei South, if we
did not read and con over its pages till they
were well got by heart and to heart.
Of all ' Presses' deliver us from this South
ern Press' Humbuj; soon to be among the
things that were, a school-boy's tale, the
wonder of an hour.' But good-bye, Mr. Ed
itor, 'till jou hear again from
OLD BUNCOMBE.
were relieved and were filing off to the rear ot
the hill, the colonel accidenily caught sight of
a pair of shoes sticking 'put Irdm beneath a
huge pile of sand. Upon! closer investigation,
a pair of feet, with legs toj 'them, then a body,
and presently Sam's wooly head was disinter
red. I
" You black villain, what aie you doing
here," said the colonel, j
" Why, look heah, colonel, I don't care for
the escopet and muskets- much, or de six
pounders and deshot ot dat size but when de
dam Mexicans begin to shoot de reg'lar Penn
sylbany Dutch ovens, by golly, I think its time
for all nigger servants to hide 'em diminished
beads."
There was more truth than poetry in Sam's
idea of the size of a sixty-eight pounder.
ANOTHER REMEDY FOR THE SOUTH.
The Portsmouth Pilot says that "The enter
prise for establishing a Virginia Ocean House
upon the Atlantic, near Cape Charles, has form
ed a nucleus and thar President Falls of the
Baltimore Steam Packet Company, vith' Mr.
Wise and several gentlemen 6f Norfolk and
Portsmouth, have reconnoitred and found a de-
and commanding site for the purpose
fullest improvement
lishtful
An evidence of the utter want of every
real svrriDathv with the colored man. wad
'een ast week when SSOO was rarsfd in one susceptible ot me
, r.". j- w i f . , . :
the city of New York to restore the fugi- an? ,ar TPa8,"g 'n aavapiages me ceieura
tive slave tb hs family in that city. Of resort at Cape May. The Pilot urges the
ih v ifiiink cAnnr..ii .u Ir 1. 1 immediate erection of suitable hotel buildings.'
- - auii) nuivu iH.buii uiiic iriui u vii tlliai WJl." Ut 'ik A . C
c ueuu una paiag)apu aiiuiuri rc-iiirujr km
the South,' because we look upon every dollar of
Southern Tnoney which can be kept at home,
instead of being squandered ,in luxury and ex
travagance in Northern watering places, as
giving bo much additional strength to the South.
Colored mar, not one cent was raised by
the abojitionists.
TbU was 'not a case of buying a slave
to take htm out of bondage, thereby aid
ing to strengthen slavervfthe plea behind
Which abolitionism always shelters itself Thousands upon thousands of Southern money
have been spent during the past summer at
Northern wat2ring places which might have
been retained at home. The Virginia Ocean
House we trust maybe established, and we
hope it may receive the patronagejf Southern
people. The most effectual and constitutional
mode to fight the North is through ihe pocket.
Wil. Commercial.
-When annealed to. but an effort to restore
-the man to his family and friends in a free
Slate. The .heartless refusal to aid in
luch a cause shows that discord, disunion
and annrctiy, a reckless hostility to the
Jgreat clause of universal emancipation,
T!aod the rights, liberty, and hapinessof the
Human , face, is more the object with
these unhappy agitators, than any real
Empathy or care for the colored man.
1 American Courier.
In Philadelphia, on Friday, a man was ar
rested on the charge of having altered the elec
tion returns of two wards after they had been
made ud bv the broper otticers. Judge King, in
A letter from San Francisco of 31st August i holding him to bail, remarked : ' .
Mentions ah invoice of house frames lately ar
rived tbert from Baltimore. Invoice cost 3..
600, freight 1,200. They were sold to pay
charges, and only brought 8550. This is not
ry fiarorkble to shippers of houses.
'if.
He looked upon the act of polluting the bal-
lot-box as next in heinousness to the committal
of murder, as it struck at the very existence of
our institutions. He therefore would bold him
A eon .- . it '!
in 5i,ovv to answer,
DODGING THE BALLS.
We make the fdllowing amusing extract
from " Recollections of a Campaign, by one
who saw the Elephant," which wo find in the
Illinois State Register. It has reference to the
siege of Vera Cruz :
The morning after the flag had been so tri
umphantly raised upon the hill overlooking the
city, was a busy one to those who had kept
watch and guard over that estimable treasure
during ihe night. Scarce was it light enough
to recognise your lellow sentinel from a pile ot
sand, ere the , villainous saltpetre" was again
put in requisition from every fort in the city,
from tb castle out in the sea, and the escopetes
and muskets oT the lancers and infantry, who
occupied the hills. It fairly rained iron. The
men dur trenches in the light sand with their
hands as a sort of protection; from the balls of
the foe.
' Dodging the balls" was also much in vogue,
and many were the twists and turns, the falling-down
audi the rising up, the jumps, the
leaps, and the jjokes that were practised by "the
boys. It was, the most serious game ot " cor
ner ball" I ever saw played. This thing of
dodging cannon balls may sound strange to the
reader, but it is no less strange loan true.-
Now, to attempt to dodge or get out of the
way of a musket ball, or even a six pound shot,
1 admit, would be no easy task, but to move
backward or forward, to the right or left, and
thus escape one of those tremendous 63 pound
ers, that we were favored with from the castle,
was as easyas " falling off a log." The dis
tanee fired waszsomewhat over two miles, and
the course ofjthoae "monstrous shapes of
death," could readily be distinguished from its
peculiar humming sound, and as it neared the
hill its black ungainly visage; was distinctly
visible.
It was amusing to see the gyration, and the
ground and lofty tumbling of our black" hero,
Sam on this occasion. Poor Sam s heroism at
length Could stand it no longer. . As the sharp.
quick, cutting tsit tsit list of the mushet
balls would fly over his bead, he 1 would throw
up the whites of his eyes like a duck in a
thunder-storm, and cry out : Lord a massy,
bress dis nigger." "Good Lord, dat was
rj
close." And as a large ball woutd strike the
lops of the bill and throw up a perlect column
of sand, Sam would throw himself flat on his
face and lay still fljjtwo or three minutes, for
fear, as he said, "de black rascal might burst."
At last Sam was missed from the hill, and af
ter the troops that had remained there ail night
FLYING MACHINE.;
The practicability of navigating the air by
means of a flying machine, has been satisfac
torily demonstrated and settled, as be thinks,
by Mr. John Taggart, of ;Charlestown, Mass.,
who, the N. Y. Evening Post says, is at pres
ent toe seen with his invention in Dunlap's
Hotel, 135 Fulton street.) The flying machine
consists of a car, to the front of which is at
tacbed a pair of wings somewhat like the screws j
used by propellers, and a! float or balloon fas
tened to the car in the ordinary way at an ele
vation of six or eight feetL The wings, which
may be moved in any direction so as to assist
in the ascent or descent! of the machine, are
put in motion by turning a small axle running
through the centre of the; car. The machine
may be guided in any direction by means of a
rudder, the slightest variation in which it obeys
wiith wonderful precision,'
The float or balloon, which is pear-shaped,
is thirty-three feet nine inches in height, having
a diameter of some twelve feet, and the whole
weight of the machine, when ready for ascen
sion, is three hundred and fifty pounds, in ad
dition to which it will carry with ease over one
thousand pounds. j
The inventor told us that be had already
made one ascension in it, for the purpose of
practically testing its powers. The ascent was
made from the commons at Lowell. Mass.. in
the presence of a large number of spectators.
Owing to some fault in inflating the balloon, a
quantity of steam was allowed to intermix with
the gas, thus greatly diminishing its buoyancy
so mat wnen tne ropes wnicn held it to the
ground were cut, the machine ascended only to
the height of a few feet,' when it fell down, to
the imminent peril of the occupant.
After two or three ineffectual attempts, Mr.
Taggart elevated the wings considerably above
the fane of Ihe car,! which bad the desired ef-
fect,and away went the machine, far above the
heads of the spectators until it had dwindled
in their gaze to the size of a swallow. After
attaining a considerable elevation, Mr. T. pro
ceeded in the direction ol Lawrence, whence
he passed to Andover and Bradford, over which
latter place he struck a current of air which
carried him, at a rapid rate, to Redding. From
this again he passed to Salem, having crossed
a portion of the sea in his passage from Red
ding, and alighted at a distance of nine miles
of Lowell, accomplishing the whole voyage in
an hour and twenty minutes.
Mr. Taggart says that at one time he had
obtained an elevation where the air became so
rarified that it was, with the greatest difficulty
he could retain his! powers of animation ; his
hands, and other parts of his body, swelled, and
blood spurted from his mouth and nose.
The invention, lie tells us, has met with the
support and counte lance of several of the sci
entific men in Massachusetts. , It is the inten
tion of Mr. Taggart to make an ascent in this
city, in the course of two or three weeks. He
has already invited some of our most eminent
machinist, and men of science, to examine bis
invention. Peg. Intelligencer.
1
T THE COAD WHEAT.
ment after, the order was countermanded, as
the vessel appeared to be crossing our Irack.
Springing up, I commenced dressing, but jus
as I took my coat and vest up to put them on,
the watch cried out that the vessel would be
into us. At the same time he hailed her to
steer away; but before the sound of his voice
had ceased, the vessel, which proved to be the
steamer Soulhernor struck us on our bowspiil,
which, acted as a lever, pryed the bow of the
bark wide open. I called out to learn whether
there was any danger, and the first answer
came that there was none ; but some one im
mediately cried that she was sinking. 1 was
dressed, and running upon deck, where the
passengers were fast assembling, several of us
engaged for a moment in trying to launch a
life-boat, which hung on The starboard side, but
before she was unlashed the bow of the bark
was deep under water,and none of us were able
tfUUKKlELD COUUT A BLACK 'Ti
UATALOUU E OF CHIME-.
A letter from an esteemed friend: da ir
-jugrucm y. ii. wv;i. iniorms lis In at'
his Honor, Judge O'Neall had been erj-l
igaged all the week on the Sessions DockeU
Five capital cases bad been tried twtf
for killing Slavestwo for killing white
men, and one for rape ; all except ond'
for killing a slave, (a boy) by a little boyf
were more of less connected with intbxU
caiiug uruiK. vui oi inis.icarlul array :
of capital feloniesone of the cases for kill-'
mg a negro, ana one lor killing a whitti
man. were found guilty f manslaughter;1
The other two cases of homicide resulted
in a verdict of acquittal the case for rar)e
resulted in a conviction for an assault ,
with an intent to commit a rape. ; j )'
We learn that the subject of tbis brutal
outrage, was a highly respectable maiden
lady of 55 years of age.. The act was
committed in the house, where she, he'jr
brother, and two other maiden sisters lived.'
Her brother was drunk at the time, and
had been during the previous nighL The
perpetrator of the foul crime was his corrJ.
panion in drink, having spent the whole
night with him drinking. His sister be.
ing worn down with fatigue and loss (of
rest, had lain down in the evening after
dinner, to sleep, and it was when the Wai
thus situated that the attempt was marje
In a letter written bv the nernetrator.iin
... - - w "t.
is;
to stand. 1 be ladies were all terrified. scream, lail. tn the. lndv. her hmihr nH cUiow1
ing for help and mercy ; yet only one man j he savs : " I cannot think for the life lof
seemed to lose command of himself. Those j me, wnat could have got into me, for! If
who could, immediately iiimnprl nt-frKninl anA t i ir i . 1 - . . "
1 , --,, j "i , j know mysen, i never mougni orsucu O
w..uu.B iu Sci uway irom me , th n0. Kpforft. rnnit hnve hrrn
commenced swimming to
vessel before she went down.; but no one had
time to seize a plauk or anything with which
to sustain himself. The vessel was so nearly
'perpendicular that I slid down to the mainmast,
where, catching hold of a settee, I drew my.
self wilh all my might toward the stern, in or
der to jump overboard. But 1 had scarcely
time to catch hold of the rigging of the miz
zeomast before she went down, and the cries
for lielp were drowned in the, rush of waters
liquor
for when liquor is in, icit is tcithout." ! I -One
other man was convicted of an as
sault with intent to kill andrmurder. Tbo
The cases in which convictions took place
were sentenced on Saturday as follows:
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The State vs. Stonecker, the little boy
convicted of killing a little boy slave, pn
sudden heat and passion, sentenced to !3
made by the bark's sinking. As we went months imprisonment, and a fine of $100.
a-
was, which
About one
"TU C . .. . - TJI . j r a
i uc oinic u. i nrhrr c-uuvicicu oi llliu ,
"slaughter in killing Stephen Stalnaker-U j
3 months imprisonment, fine $100. We
understand that this very moderate sin- i
tence resulted from the fact that the prls
oner had been struck in a previous affray
of the same night, by the deceased, with j
a stone, and stabbed in the back by His
brother. All parties were drinking.
The State t. Siron, convicted of as .
sault with intent to commit a rape sen
tenced to live montns imprisonment aqu :
to pay a fine of 8200. - r j j f
The State vs. Freeman, convicted of jan ;
assault with intent to kill Col. James Torn
kins sentenced to be imprisoned six
months, and pay a fine of $100, and to find '
sureties to keep the peace and be of good '
behaviour. ;
We learn that from an inspection of the
dockets for a period of ten years past, they t
exhibit the startling fact, that there have ;
been 21 distinct homicides in Edgefield :
District in that time ! What an awful :
catalogue of crime is here presented, to.be :
accounted for by old Edgefield 1 Why is :
it that such a District, remarkable fortkU '
ent, patriotism, and piety, should be bur ;
dened with such a vast amount of crime i ;
The-intemperate use of intoxicatingdrtnk i
furnishes the ready jnnswer. Men,othert
wise respectable sell the hateful thing, ,
and lay the foundations of their' ruin in i
their own har.rnnms. Hnw Innov' nh I -1
sound, but immediately I . , n, FjjMfi(!i(i bow down Ui, !
i rolled so heavily, I i 0. t jo,i0: " ,n ,u '.i.t,:.!. ! j
down I commenced drawing myself up by the
rigging, and when I had cleared myself from
that, I continued to descend, being drawn down
by the sinking vessel. Exerting myself to rise
to the surface, till after what seemed to me an
age, I fell that I was no longer descending, since
the, rush of water had ceased. Although I as
cended rapidly, I was so long under water, that
I was in a nearly exhausted condition when I
gained the surface. As soon as I had cleared
a a v . . .
my stomach and lungs ol water, 1 looked
round to see where the steamer
had floated tar to the southeast.
hundred yards to the southwest I observed sev.
era! things afloat, towards which I started, and
for the first fifteen minutes had nothing to sup
port myself with. I then found a board, about
three feet long and two wide, on which I rested
for a moment, and took the first long breath.
During all this time, the cries of those who
were trying to sustain themselves were most
heartrending, and loud above all the others
was clearly distinguished that of a female. I
tried to throw off my coat and boots, but find
ing it impossible, turned out off my course to
try to render aid to the lady. When near
enough to see her, I called out to her take cour
ae, telling her that I would soon be with her ;
also not to spend her strength by calling for
help, but to hold firmly to her plank, since she
would soon be saved. She replied that her
strength was almost gone, and lhat unless she
was soon saved it would be too late. At,- that
time, a man, a few yards from her, rolled off
his plank, but whether he was previously dead
or not could not be ascertained ; be neither
struggled nor gave a
disappeared. The sea rolled so heavily
could scarcely swim against it, and it was at
this time that some one of the floating planks
or timbers struck against my side and arm, and
threw me under water. Recovering myself,
however, I turned to look at the lady, who was
then being carried on the top of a high wave,
and holding firmly to her plank ; it rolled with
her and she went under. But by an almost
superhuman ellort, she recovered ner position
abject degradation to the slavish yoke S
o. U. lemp. Adoocate
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Our farming readers will remember a short
notice, published in this paper early in the sum
mer, of a field of remarkable Wheal, then rip
ening on the farm of 'Edwin J. C ad, of St.
Mary's county, Maryland, some ears of which
we had seen, and the qualities of which we en
deavored to describe, j In consequence of the
publicity thus given to it, probably a great de
mand has arisen all over the country, for sam
ples of this crop. and for seed wheat from it.
In a letter received from the proprietor of the
field, he mentions one in which, in reply to in
quiries by a gentleman in Alleghany county,
Pennsylvania, having sent him by mail a small
sample of the wheat, he received, in acknowl
edgment, a letter, from! which the following is
extracted : j
" I have shown the specimens received to all
our millers, and to a very large portion of the
farmers, and, with scarcely an exception, they
pronounce it the finest specimen of wheat they
have ever seen. I am not surprised to hearthat
you could have gotten twenty dollars for a sin
gle bushel pf wheat ; for bad I that much now
at the present time, I could easily sell it at a
dollar per pound. I have been offered, over
and over again. Jive cents per grain for the spe-
cimen you sent me, which would amount to
oveir twelve dollars. But itsscarcity makes il
valuable," fcc. i ,
Even in Mr. Coad's own neighborhood, at
home, enormous prices; have been offered for it.
We are glad to learn that he is making prepa
rations to seed a large Crop this fall ; and, if no
disaster befalls the crop, he will be able to sup.
ply a good many demands. Persons at home
and abroad are already engaging wheat for an
other year, and be has! been obliged to make
out a list for the -purpose of registering their
names, residences, quantity wanted, dec. Nat.
Int.
The Greensboro' Patriot, speaking! of
i
the number of persons leaving the State,
says : '
A gentleman of this place has kep( a
cursory count of the number of emigrants
on the plank again, and commenced calling for i who have, gone through here during ihe
aid. She soon lost, her hold again and went j past thirty days. The number is C13
down, but rising asked me to help her, as she I an average of over 20 per day, and Ihe
should soon go down, and when almost near : probability is that this falls much short of
enough to reach her plauk, she gradually re- j (ne actual amount. Besides, we learn
laxed her hold, and with one long gurgling cry .uat ,ue nurnber passing up the flat Uock
i road, on our north, are unprecedented.
I The thorough-fares on the South probably '.
I present similar scenes.
vWe by no means wish' to subject our
selves to the charge of crooking over this
' painful and humiliating subject; but i we
may repeat the words of the Carolinian,
it is" deplorable." Is there any remedy?.
: Is it ever to be the highest reputation of ;
North Carolina that she is a great Slate
logo auimj from? She must become a'
great State to come to, or at least to blay
- . t
she can assume her proper.
THE WRECK OF THE ISAAC MEAD.
To the Editors of the hew York Tribune :
If you deem the following notice of the wreck
of the bark Isaac Mead Worthy of an insertion
in your valuable paperi it is at your service.
I was lying awake in my state room, when I
heard the watch on cleck give orders to the
helmsman to steer to the windward of a vessel.
which order seemed to be obeyed. In a mo
disappeared forever. For tho first time 1 felt
desolate and disheartened, fearing lest the
steamer was going to leave us, and looked to
wards the land, but none could be 6een. An
other man, soon after, went down near me cry
ing for help and mercy, and I began to think
my last hour was at hand. Suffice il to say,
that after being iii the water for more than
three quarters of an hour, I was rescued by
the steamer's boats, yet, sad to relate, only
nine were left to tell the mournful tale, twenty-
four have gone to their final account. Of these, '
one was the child of the above mentioned lady, ,
which ihe steward with praiseworthy humaui
ty, carried through the waves swimming wilh
one hand, till no sign of life appearing, he left
it. The steward was picked up in an exhaust 1
ed state.
The Cap'aia was drawn under water by
some one who seized him by the hand, and who
came near drowning him. Almost immediate
ly after this he was seized again by the breast,
and iu disengaging himself had to tear off his
clothes. After recovering himself, however,
be swam away for the steamer, and finding a
plank' managed to save himself. The rest of
the crew, and the remaining passengers, met
wilh no particular incidents. All being roused
from their sleep, no one had lime to save any
thing, and many passengers never got out of
the cabin.
We were kindly treated on board the steam
er which brought u to New York, and I take
this opportunity to express the thanks of all who
were saved to those who so nobly contributed
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to our wants, and whose Kinaness sioks aeep
into our hearts.
In the midst of this gratitude, only one cause
of uneasiness acts a drawback, and that is ihe
long delay of the steamer's boats in coming to
our rescue. . Why we were forty minutes in
the water is a question which I would not like
to press lor an answer. Three went down who
struggled more than half an hour. Yet let a
veil be thrown over the whole ; all was so or
dered by the will ol Him who alike ruleth the
armies of Heaven and the children of men.
W. H.STANTON.
Flushing, October 7.
General Cass has been re-nominated for the
next Presidency by the Democratic State Con
vention of Michigan. Commercial.
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stand.
There is but one remedy. We must;
have more attention from the people and ,
their legislators, to State concerns, andr
less to Federal politics. We may snout
around hickory poles and log cabins,
tramp about with polk stalks on our
shoulders and coonskins on our heads,and
throw up our caps to political IcadersVun;
til doomsday, and all will not raise tour.
State out of the dust. We have tried all
that, and nothing else, and ought to b, .
satisfied that it is unavailing. Ob, .that i;
this truth could be indelibly impressed,
unon the minds of our people. that!' we,
i must keep parti oul of our councils when. :
Slate Improvements are under consiuera-
tion. and meet only as North Carolinians
before we can etlect anytmng great ana;
good for the land of our birth 1 ; . ,-
But, remarks a cotemporary, " there is.
one consolation to those who hav bad tho1
privilege oflegtslating for the: good ofthij .
State, and have not done tit ; viz: thatjfj
we have not creatly increased ourpwn,
population, our stand-stil! policy has jper-;
tainly helped to swell that of other States
which have bad more puouc pirii, ,om ,
thus contributed to a prosperity which in
vited emigration. Georgia. Aiaoamar-; -Mississippi.
Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas,
and Tennessee, contain hundreds of tjiouf
nands of native born North Carolinians,
who have literally been driven from;
her bosom by the thriftless policy oH kef
legislators. : j !
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