North Carolina Newspapers

rrr THE "(TIROL IX A WATCIIMAX. ' .';Sn nrr vrar, Two Dollars payable in .iPfcW'pJ-" Jvacf,Tw6 Dollars " fA, rims'" cn-rgru. t'l" . . .. i .t u ih nrsr Hnu .j l is. (br rath ubrqurnt inst-nion. Courtorders V" I j i.-r crnt. higher than ihi-w? rates ml. III- I i Villi! II?" " . . I vts l" ''if t'Jl,0r mUSt be PM :ie year. "r the A shcrille Messenger. - frO TIJE PUBLIC. Mr. ErvJi"s manifesto, published in the lltciillc of the 7ih inst.,in relation i hut trpn bim anrf rnvstflf. liar UP" mc lhc nt,crssify ol a shprt . CUIll ..,.. - J 1 ' '9 tii . ' . i i.i:..u .t L , triors UjWyt nnu puouaii iuc currcsppn 'ff hrtfcren 6s. ) H s Allegation that I had 44 proclaimed n to tbf?;Nvorll, through ihe Messenger, ""r V 7 "V: w'" "T' rpP'y is. that I eould nnf tvi i k t be bHs charged. Anyone whoiVjels . . l' in f kilt moA ! anact'(f justice I might well call ion k to puiitisn ine communication refer- I D I . i U toly 6im, so thaf his readers miht - and iUde for thelnsel ve's, vvhetherlor ; his ctrbtruction of my language! is i; bul l pave long sjjhTco Uespairedjof ivin justice through the paper under managtinent. But enough upon this int. ;f i On the ejenm'g of the 15th of July, I envtu 9y me nanus oi Dr. Jones, the nuimt npie . fiM Asiikville. July 15. 185li "Col. John lia iter I have seen your icle in, uie iuessenger th.is alternopn. contain & charge which a gentleman mot suhrhit to. I therefbre request you .,(.. i ! n . i ...I" ru naiiio jiui uiniiu, wuu win arrange Mhe barer of this, the preliminaries our meepng. , Very respectfully, , j MAUCUS BR WIN ll'mlcr ordinary circumstances, I wduld iveaeciipiu ujis cnaiienge, as welljior r reasori that 1 believe duelling both Ininaranjl irrational, as from tle don t.ion that; he was influenced from! an uyfthv (If'Sire or notonetv. Itut I fied that he was an instrnmnr imU :Ai of others, put forward to chaIlfhtT r.in the htipe that my known conteJnpt mc mail wuum uiuucc me lo decline ia whicli event, the press underi his irol waiild have been mostituted to fow and base purposeof misrepre Jting m)' moiives, and detaming my Jiractfr.'U'ith the view of bringing me ridicule and contempt. Such a course . ,,i l : .. i t i 4.u, in opinion, navq led to greater fi acnes o 4hc criminal law, than i the of his challenge, and of the chose the least. With thpsn pptance J evils. I "ions 1 rr ade.the following reply : U!trvi!lc, N. C. JtiluA5. 185i. MlEClS IiRUiN. Ivsn Mir V.i ipdy;wHs!hunded to me by Dr. Jobes. nderstanil it to be a challenge to meet N in mortal com Ua t I 'iivini dot Jitrary, nbave refrained irom saying b whicl might with propriety have ii. Fdr various reasons 1 am opposed ttlm$ -difficulties in the why indica Ay you.. A sound public opinion is al )s compt tdiH to dQ justice to all her nilualtdis We are. ami I nr mII tiL00 :'ing ionfj do its judgment: not only wt il atlhnv time I fisjlle of. doing injustfee to any otk I J-uh led it duty to make reparation, ft. from evey thing that has occurred jfen us, J ;jim impressed with the! be '. that you spek, in this carrespohdeince, notoriety to jwhich you are not entitled, fJout ol -which to make political capi KJtol it is therefdre, that 1 am Ipro JN to do an act against my conscience, "one that will dimitiisli mv selfl re. f'Ct. It'i.smt' nurnnvo t . i invv --if . i -w.t iiiiu rri l ir in. i i- l . w. J the laws rif it i..t- r...u:.i . T . r . . ... i j- -" vl KIU IlIfT jiUlli t-nitinir it nr tl.iv ...i ..i i& .... u Kirru 11113 ,and South Carolina, near Col. Jno. t i 'in lliderson county, o.i Tiurs- io,v",i,0ll Pfofou"J secrrcy, as iLwill t otMbeguict of my family anf a- WUllJ Gui. S C! Tn?., Oi IQh, kdf'i'nf . I'comV t V J ounenge to mor- fR(J Pr"P" to light you with on: JOHN BAXTEjR." W.T.V""1 ll" ' the ohi, J r m. "1? "ecn mi.ond - .11 VH IUOI J. J. BRUNER, Editor Sf Proprietor, if 1 jo Insjusuce io rnjsen. i arn cpn- Vvhile 1 hart i T rm- ' r . : ! vv'"p i naq no malice inu-r,io t 1 u correct u s smicmpm in some ,nni( nn, ,aAA, . .. ". i away. This may be so: I in,i.i .. - r r mm ru iirria srw have said more and thought J had For this conducive arraigns me'hpfT -m , . . 1" ' I. Purine opinion. All ih, i iT... 1 . I' . ' w ! rJ kfn amonl nro.n. ! . " MrtVB m KAV In b muf, nai j na(j in me-same com- ;0n r . ' " "v QPin- l,i.iUk' of l,i.n hs .he d,pj,,y r"!" with sincer- co.ruc.ion upon my lhgUL. ! f nL, "c"cll"'"0u!d have bern ards me. Whatever I rriay inr nnA , " , l monlhs be. ht, and privately said to mV ?. !l he V,,est. hypocrisy on both abqLt him, I have never published ' f nhlit Uerrnned lhat flse notions fn" ..St - . .. ' f I 0 POlltenesS Of hnnnr K,.M ' . that position. Notwithstanding my assurance that I n,s mauer, can ascertain (li(J not i ntend Tt A fi if -7 . rhimsf nc irum oi wtiat 1 say, by ire- rn,i k;u -r . p " u,m' De has i . j.L-..;,.i I..:.. Jr Jrc. clossed his manifesto bv vinr, k. firP LU' LliU f I 1 Ivlv LUIllIMfi ril'll f 1 1 Jl n f 1 I . J "J lUQl Ilfl body in this community believes it, except a lew COntemntihL cl... ...l ... , J ""rs wo win sav anything, hey are paid for. and perhaps a lew old crazy women." Now I have the satisfaction of! believing that my word would bo taken as true, by this whole commun.ty-.eyen by the gentleman him sell, upon this or any other question, with out other proof, h is only Because he wishes it otherwise, that he pretends to stalling the influence of his slanderous public PrPOSe l give the racls lo the 1 had not shot any sort of gun, ten times in ten years next before we met, and had never before, on any occasion, shot a du eling pistol. My pistos reacbed here b the Monday belore, directed to Dr. Whit ted in whose possession they remained until vve went upon the field. On bein urged by him to practice. J ground that I did-hot intend to fire ; and when we got upon the ground, the pistols were so rusted that one was loaded with difficulty, and the other could not be load ed at all ; but the bullet partially pushed in it, was extracted by Mr. Fuller, of this place, after my return. Looking to the possibility of a fatal result, I prepared a paper containing my opinions of the man the motives that influenced him, the rea son of my acceptance of his challenge, and also a declaration of my purpose not to return his fire. This paper, sealed up, I handed to my friend, Dr. Whitted.be fore taking my position, with instructions not to open it till after the fight. It con tains these words : " I regard th nrt.Vc as barbarous, sjpful, and irrational. I ne ver desired thcTblood of any man.uorlcan I be induced to shed it; and should we engage in actual combat, 1 will not return his-h're." Indeed, my views and felings upon this subject were so well understood by my friends, that it was confidently as serted by them; atRutherfordton,40 miles ofF. that I would not fire, long before the result was known. After a knowledge of all these facts, Mr. Erwin pretended-incredulity is as mean as 'tt s hypocritical, malicious, and ungrateful. Any thing which i d i d or said upon the ground or elsewhere, that might appear to contra dict this intention, was only done to hurry his fire, and in that way and to that ex tent, protect myself. JOHN BAITER. Ijlendersonville, N. C., ) nug. j, y GENERAL LOPEZ AND HIS FOL- LOWERS. The New Orleans Delta of Friday eve ning publishes the following letter from Adjutant Stanford, which partially ex plains the manner in, which our unfortu nate countrymen met their untimely fate, and is the first publication which throws . . - t ji"" , i r '"'.lion, Imt mv nrpscnt rnra ,. ' .. i:..u . u : ... ...l- u in . i r.nK ,,u,l',u rom eu to Untienden's command having been in? it at tlitv jmis Ur.,i iif - i " Havana, August 1G. "'Dear lluling: We arrivejl on the Tulurwl r r rih nllnp flip mnt hctrriKlo , two friends only, I will answer you passage' you can conceive of, cooped on orc definite. In conclusion, I will en- 1)0 ard wilh 400 or 5(Jj me9- ?1 Upon Vnlf nr.f-M,..J ; . lir : 1 o. 1.. I . T ui: we arriveu uii ouuunj iaai, i umeve dates I have almost forgotten. The next morning, Lopez, with General Paragay .t De" Jirnet I accepted his challenge (I mean Crittenden and his battalion.) e lolloping terms: We heard nothing of him for two days. when Crittenden dispatched a note, j tie then requested we should join him at a little town srme six or eirht miles off. leaving us in the meantime, to take care H. is slL?it ,eni,; J- W' WTt,fin ; 4We Parted for him on Wednesday treerl J t as the Preliminaries can be morning at 2 o'clock. A. M..and had pro ceeded only three miles, when we were attacked by 500 Spanish soldiers. In the 1 u lpfms proposed are those published the knee. VVe repulsed them, however, prisoners yesterday, have not received our 1 Havana, but the information we have re- fail to affect personal sensibility, executed Jjand hal on Sunday morning last, while the K',n-l'K We look our positions. They made another charge and complete- ; sentence yet, but no doubt vve will all be ceived, though very scanty, we believe to as it was at a distance from the place of, Xer whTe h w wa w,,fbis waV. Man MA n ,,rfn8 1 was hvt on the' ritht Iv routed us We spent two days and shot belore sun set. Lopez, the Scoundrel, be from a source which may be fully re- action. I have been assured that the hu- ; C- Ps eJ W eT ,e Jas l? PPr lv,,,e ser i . yhl.ch.'catispil m.. . I h t. 'J .r-i.... . :i.t- n nWii ha rUpiv.H ns thr. inndnnht hut all lioH unnn. V infhrmprl that Gener- i man feelmr of th Hantain nnrl . T. .rgfl m ' d'acned Irom a tree which first charge, 1 receivea a severe wounu in . . . . . . i i ... winz nr.;:A , 7 ,slul 8 OU. niguis me timsi ui.ic.nu.c jv- ...... .. lv - " "'J oeciared to mv fr in,a Pinp. in the rhannaral. Wlinoui au iuihk tj 'urposp nn r . J y'mo o ri r 'lArani l firc-an" to avoid, every , to cat or drink. - , Ucomnan U duP,ici,y I remarked to ! We made the best of our way 10 the HQUfM krHtr'n' r,r was accidental, seashore, and found some boats with fc,a8onj,i !? Ur Jones t0 say so ko my t which we put to sea. Spent 'alright upon W.j . . as contf hot twelve In. io tie. and lU i .. . ...i. ... i r th Ha. 'Wicedltt uiuu ves wnicn ociock, were iaKen piisuucia j hton.nLllf ap,,on'I wastinwil ini? for banero., were brought to Havana last , hre.:..i. re.u".il 1 had sought fir- nirht and condemned to diethis morning. n - - a i - - - - , , , IS tneSMniTa I. ; tTr. LII U ll U .i n W shall hn all khut in nn hour. Good by and God bless you. I serjd the masonic meijal enclosed iii this, helonging to my father Convey h to my sister, Mrs. Keep a check upo.y all your Rulers. Salisbury, n. c, Thursday, septemer hVissl more, UoU bless you. STANFORD." From.thts and from a comparison with he official reports of the Spanish officers, he ricayun constructs the following nar rative, which it considers to be a more f orrect and probable one than has yet been given. b'en- h?Vz on landing near Bahia Jionda with the main body of his forces Consisting of about nn ti a I Lwar,. 7 nuoui duo men, advanced wards LasJPozas, a small town a few miles in the interior, leaving Col. Critten den and his command, 114 strong in charge of the baggage. That nigh or the next day. the t;. , . V 7no s; u xi.airu ianaea JhLbp?,sh !roPs at Bahia Honda, and "5 luwaras the place of Lo- frm V fo' vruienuen s men .tfom their companions. On the second night afterwards this party determined to a tempt to form a junction with Lopez, hut on the road were attacked by an over whelming body of troops, and after a short Struggle were on the second charge routed and dispersed After wandering about in e thickets, fifty of them got together and made their way to the sea shore, where hey seized four small boats and ertdea Vored to make their escape, wh a they Were captured as has been related in the official report of Admiral Bistillos. There e sun sixty lour of this command to be accounted for. Of these, forty were sur prised ami shot at a small farm house. A Spanish lieutenant reports that on the 14tn he came upon twenty pirates" guarding an equal number of wounded Comrades, all of whom were immediately put 4o death. The remaining twenty-four or sdeh of them as had not been killed in battle, probably continued to wander in the vicinity until, we areforced to believe, they were also taken and slaughtered. lhe other party, under Lopez, it seems, received the attack of the Spaniards, in a farm house at Las Pozas, and beat them of! with severe loss, at least so it is sup posed, since the Spanish official reports state that they desisted from the assault in order to receive reinforcements. Whe ther any subsequent fighting took place at this point we do not know ; at all events Lopez held his own for two days till on the 15th, he left for the interior, and was not molested on his march by Gen. Enna; all of which we learn from the Spanisfi umuim accounts, i nis was the state of affairs on the 15th, the date of our last advices from the scene of action, through Gen. Enna's despatch, dated at 3.30 on that day. If General Lopez reached the mountains in safety, he will discover soon Whether he has relied with too much con fidence on the assistance of the native inhabitants. : The True Delta publishes the letters furnished it by Messrs. Stanton & Co., and the relatives of Mr. Vienne. The italics hre those of the writers : "On board the Man of-War EsrE- ) ranza, Aug. 10, 1851. "My Dear and Affectionate Sisters 4 Brothers: 44 Before I die, 1 am permitted to address my last words in this world. " Deceived by false visions, I embarked in the expedition for Cuba. We arrived, about four hundred in numberTlast week, and in about an hour from now, we, I mean fifty of us, will be lost. 1 was tak en prisoner after an engagement, and with fifty others, am to be shot in an hour. I die, my dear brothers and sisters, a repentant sinner,, having been blessed with the last rites of our holy religion. Forgive me for all my follies of my life, and you my dear and afFectionate sisters, pray for my poor soul. " A . go to my dear mother and con sole her. Oh ! my dear child, kiss her a thousand times for me. Love hef for my sake. Kiss my brothers and all your dear children. To father Blackney, my last profound respect ; to Father Lacroix and Father D'Hau, a mass for the repose of my soul. "My dear mother-in-law, farewell! Poor Tacite is shot and dead tSy this time ! I give and bequeath my dear child to you and you only. Good bye H ; good bye G and T . 1 did my du ty. Good bye all. " Your dear Son and Brother, HON ORE TACITE VIENNE. Mr. Antonia Costa has promised to do all he can to obtain my body. If so, please have me buried with my wife." 41 Havana, on board a man-of-war, ) 9 o'clock, A. M., Aug. 1G, 1851. j 'ft OTA'NTOJJ CC UO. -7 .l A r 1 II x r- r C yiuy uenr iruuius . AOOul ou oi us, ; , .... .. .. .... uiuac iriituia auuui iuc Muuaus iiauin , were a Lopez serted iru km o we wilt rliciftix ljt ouiiib uuu 700 of the Queen's troons the 2d dav er we landed. Our own gallant Col. j t,nltpniipn ittenden done all that any man could ' ft . 1 - j do but we saw we had been deceived and retreated to the sea shore with the intention of getting off to our country if possible-r got three boats and got off with the intention of coasting until we fell in with an American vessel, and were taken Do THIS, iXD Ltbertv is safe." Gen' I Harrison. : . prisoners by the steam hnt H,k xplain to my family that I have done nothmg but what was instigated by the highest motives, that I die with a clear conscience and like a man with a stout heart. 1 send my watch to you, it is for Ii tie Benny, my nephew. Good bye, God -"y-juu ail. Truly yours, v GiLMAN A. COOK." In reference to the foregoing, the Cres cent remarks as follows : ! 44 We scarcely know how to construe these letters. We do not think that they charge wilful desertion or treachery upon Lopez ; but we do think they charge uoon him a want of plan and foresight, and announce, further, that reliance upon the assistance of the Cuban Creoles, is at best a feeble hope. We confess we suspect there is some point and force in these im plied statements. " Had there been any actual treachery, any wilful desertion on the part of Lopez, the fiery Kerr, and chivalic Crittenden, would not have failed to have written to that effect in terms of manly and indi nant denunciation. It is nonsense to sup pose that Lopez behaved treacherously or in bad faith. A man has only to look at his position to see this. The fate of Lo pez is in the contest, and now the soil of Cuba must bear him a conqueror, or cover him a corpse. He has -rV V KJJ tween death and victory. He is cut off fmm frnr f mm . . U n . , ; - v"r vuua. ne is, witn a price upon his head, surrounded by all that Spain has ol power in Cuba. In such a position he needs men, and every soldier is invaluable to him. Bad faith or treach ery would be the worst of folly or insanity "But the letter of Adjutant Sanford gives a key to the whole matter. Crit tenden and his party were assigned the duty of bringing up a portion of the bag gage, a necessary, perilous and honorable duty. Discharging this duty, encumber ed with the baggage, a Spanish force in tervened between them and the main body of Lopez, and communication was temporarily broken off. Before it could be resumed, as will be seen from Havana letters we publish to day, Lopez had some hard fighting, and could not communicate with Crittenden. When he did commu nicate, and Crittenden started to join him, a large Spanish force again intervened, and the unfortunate result Was as Adju tant Sanford has sketched it. " That Lopez should peril a whole force to go to a detachment was impossible, and contrary to all rules of reason and of war. And yet on this it appears to us, must any complaint solely rest. Kerr makes none; Crittenden, so far as many of his friends in this city know, (and they have a letter from him.) makes none. Treachery or bad faith cannot, therefore, from our pre sent lights, reasonably be imputed to Lo pez. In reference to another matter, aid from the Cuban Creoles. It has been long known lhat they have no arms, and cer- tainiy till they have these and a respect atilf A rrw. courage them, a jrenpral o.,ihmb n .h..;. part is not to be expected. If Americans I . A" lms wl11 snow 3 ou in what sort of go to Cuba, they must, for the present, re- I 'lkmS l.hese people are held here. An ly upon their own arms to sustain them, j oler circumstance not unworthy of re We think it proper to say this, in all fair- ! rTlark is lhat among the twenty thousand ness. A truly brave man looks all con- sPeclators who distinguished themselves u r J r- i :j bv their hisses, invpnii'oc fonmo .i .."bw.i,. in mo mtc, mm, miriy consiu- ered and wisely provided for, he meets them without terror and without surprise. As journalists we aim to state facts with clearness and candor. We wish to see Cuba free, and we deem it a matter of plain common sense that this result will be sooner reached bv calm nrovisinn than ! i B - headlong daring by wise prepartion and sober calculation, than by heedless forays and ill ordered expeditions. This view, we have every reason to believe, now prevails among the emigrants who will soon land in Cuba, and in calmer and more thoroughly digested views we dare prophecy more solid and successful re sults." ..' . . . . From the Savannah Republican, Sept. 2. LATER FROM HAVANA ! . i den. Vtnnn hilled hii thp. Patriot ! dm. j - - - - i i . .i- r-m f rr 1 . f iTifi " tii r i t..ij i i r fin i nn . . r . . ri w . . s i a. . 1 : na ! ! By the arrival yesterday at this port of the schr. Merchant, Capt. Westendorff, from Havana, whence he sailed on the 22d ult., we are in receipt of further ad vices from Cuba, which confirm the re ports previously received of the battles i. . u o :' u t A . i. Tl.. . ueiwrcii iuc oimiiisu i ruuua auu iuc i ai- , nuts uuui uicuciai iujizt., iii v nivu i u 117- imlor llnnnnn I T rwyxl in llihlnli t k a inner were victorious. caiuiui reiy - - r . c ! m uiuia, iuc uaiur 111 uiu a tin, five other Soanish officers dred Spanish troops. Gen. Enna's body was exposed in state twodays at Havana m .A 1 L . I and was alterwarus ounea witn greai pomp. We learn also that Gen. Lopez was ev ery where successful and was marching towards Havana with a force of 1,500 to 2,000 men, and was in position east of NEW SERIES. VOLUME VIII-NUMBER 19. ........ .. rroies at Havana were nignly elated at f .nnoV. i .. - m. o autct-s.'. nnu iney are daily making accessions to his armv. Americiin I . , . American vessels and a strict watch is constantly kept upon all American citizens on the Island. Thev are reported to be about 700 Spanish troops at Havana. The accounts of the death of Gen. Enna exnlain th , 1 ir Hill IC- ce.ved here of a despatch hnvinj, been out on hn.r , ni'-' r " 'Trn v,,,rroKee. just before shington. informi no him nf tko , n. Lopez. We presume the despatch to the Spanish minister related jo the death of Gen. Enna and not to en. Lopez as has been reporied. Gen. Lnna was not instantly killed, but was wounded in one of his legs, from which h uieu me day alter the battle. i ne reports of the inhuman massacre I I FillAn.AHV. a. oi bol. Crittenden's command ml iK- ... elties and outrages perpetrated upon their bodies are fully confirmed. By the Merchant we have received our regular files of the Faro Industrial, to the 20ih ult. VVe learn from this paper that on the 17lh. the Captain General distributed bre vets, &c. to 35 officers and soldiers who were wounded in the battle of Las Pozas. It also contains an official communica tion of the Captain General, dated the 19th, which states that General Enna was dangerously wounded in a battle with Lopez, at a place called Carambola. From the New York Evening Tost THE EXECUTION AT HAVANA. The Cronica, a paper in this citv in ih c? i , J Spanish language, and in the interest of me Ipanish Government, publishes letters i.uu. navana oi tne I5th instant, in which an attempt is made to apologise for me execution of the fifty-two prisoners be longing to the expedition of Lopez. We translate a few passages. One of these letters say : I believed that I saw, in the first days after the landing of the pirates, a general discontent, notahat they had arrived, for of that every body was glad, but on ac count of the impression which prevailed, that an inclination to lenity and a spiiit of temporizing had been manifested by the Government. When the fifty prisoners were brought in this morning, every body asked, If these pirates had been success ful inPXCltln? a civil war uUt t IJ have become of the lives and the proper- ty of the whole white race ol this island Have not the methods of lenifv. nripn,P and resignation been tried without pre- tciiiuig luese anempts irom being re peated with more vigor and audacity" han before? In what manner are these ban dits to be restrained and inspired with respect for our rights and'our territory V " After relating that the fifty prisoners were executed in what the writer calls obedience to the 44 torrent of public opin c ion. and in presence of an immense crowd ol spectators, the waiter says: . .u,,lo, anu cr'RS aga,nsl 'he pirates were the negroes, who swarmed on the ground." This is probable said in allusion to the reliance placed by the Government, in the last resort, upon the blacks, both free fln(i (l,h.rU ;c0 Tt,f n a"d ,herU ,Se The blowing paragraph is frnm th nmo loiter . 44 1 he American war steamer Vixen has entered this port four or five times. On the morning of the 12lh she was announ ced in sight of the port, with another steamer near her. The other made move- ments which appeared suspicious, uniilat last she disappeared. The people on the wharves and the officers of the marine deemed her appearance suspicious. The Vixen came to the mouth of the nort. and Um . i i . i . ; uci vuiiiuin uur i wrni on iioani me vessel ; of the captain of the marines, when, be- ft a a "I ' ...niva, in ii, in:- ; inc nL-prl nnrpriiiniT tKa cium.,. t : ; " "o ... - . . . . i ii n v. u ii ii I arru ill ...:.u u: l i- j . ii.ifiii -t i a i i . i v.. r w t mm r i i i n 1 1 ..in. t U I i i ... ue uiu uoi kiiow wnai sne was ; sne nad nn nnnparfinpp r f hpin7 SCnn nicl- c n.l 1- f - . " " " t """-Ju, auu i-r-- tainiy was not iortn American. And j ""j ,ur rui,lc U1 "uromic; ana ior yet the suspicious steamer was the Pain- 1 ' ,ha' un,il. il ma' be ru,ed Dy a Na- pero. What do you think of the persuit IT 1 ..a of the pirates ordered by that Govern ment r a ,u 1 r.u , Another letter of the same date, speak- r 1 fl f Ol the PXfifiULinil DI IHP f 1 I I V nritfinort o - - - - ....j . uvnv i o, . 'says; , , ' . paring naii cellency. and avoiding a spectacle truly a a .1. san and disagreeame. Among mose un- fortunate men was a Colonel, who appears to have been a nephew of the Secretary of War to that republic, and the letter which a few minutes before bis death he wrote to his uncle is full of imprecations against Lopez and the press of his coun- Tryrrry-whosc deceptions-he was sacrffi. ced ; and he begs his uncle, in conclusion, to endeavor to set public opinion right, that no more blood may be shed. ' Such are the contents of the letter, as I have ueen assured. This refers, we suppose. toTJo!. Cefteex. den, a nephew of the Attorney General. Cuba. To an article on the uhj(?ct of Cu. ha, and its atfrir, the Fayetterille Observer appends ihe following at a Postscript: P. S. I hare j5i ,,en Mr. Lawrence, of Cal. ifrnia. formerly of Fayellerillr, bo xrat m 1 1 i aii-i mi ; ... . .r.i """ r'a(1 come Irorn California hv- the Nica. ra?ni. rout nA Y,A :.. 11 t u m iiarana lor the LhtiTnke;- l,e "Jri lhJ had lo clos0 Ifithtir llnial . iL.. ' i. . . r in Iheir Hotel, at they were inn!i1 , J ""111 IUC IMfred in 'he Creels, had stones thrown a't 'hem. &c. Of cgtir ,ht.v d(J n lQ go ui to uiines, ihe execution. This doea t look like a deire for a reolution. and for assistance of Americans to accomplish it. l.ntef Vr. .....' 'I'l i w ' ""y"- tnesGUoonerw. wmch arn ved at Boston on the 23i on the 1st inst., states that the English and French Consuls had gen public no tice that they would blocklde every port in the Maud, in case the flaytiens com menced hostilities against the Domini cians. The first parcel of the new CalTt r rn pi had beeir oVliterfMl ami lUm ; doult of the immensity of the yield. Cof. a 1 . . i,,,. ,3 UV HQ J - lee has in censequence fallen frmn 5lon - - v.vv to 5Sj. llaytien currency. Improvements. The offices, premises, walks, gardens, and parterres about the President's House and grounds are under going considerable repair, alteration, and improvement. Several things have been done of late that tend to lhe comfort and convenience of the establishment ar.d its occupants, as well as to the visiters and others that traverse those grounds. Curves have been straightened, side gates put in, old and decrepid fences exchanged for new and substantial ones, parterres protected from undue intrusion by light and tasteful fences, and the whole" made to wear a tidiness that formerly, in the less conspicuous parts of the establish. im-iii, wns uoi suiuc eni v annarent An. o, her month, and we doubfnot ?hat the ment, was not sufficiently apparent. An- ! White House, its appurtenances, gardens. and grounds will be ir. a belter condition man at any previous time. The paving ol 17lh street, west of the War and Navy Departments, will not be without iis share of advantage, if we except the single ob jection to which this otherwise excellent kind of road is open, viz. its noise. Nat. Intelligencer. The React inn in South Caroliua. Th Greenville (S. C.) Patiiot of lhe 8ih draws the following contrast between the present stale of public sentiment in the Slate of Sooth Caroli. na and the prevailing feeling within its borders several months ajjo : 44 It is, indeed, amazing to see what changet lake place in public opinion in the short space of a few months. Last fall lhe whole State .-rrmeu io u tor secession. nw it ii ! - to a vo,,! of lhe l,eoP,e. a majority would bo ! d 0PP0ed ' monihs since there- I ".V not a nf?wTaper in South Carolina lUt did not advocate disunion and secession. Now we have ihe Southern Patriot. Hamburg He. publican, Charleston News, Souihern Stand, ard, Columbia Transcript and Erskino Miscel. lany, all opposed to secession. 44 Not a whisper was heard, when the Legia lature met, of any popular eipression aaTnst secession. Recently Hamburg has, wiihgreat unanimity, declared herself in ihe opposition. Four thousand persons at CreenvilU rn,,ii. " c'esea memseiret, , by the preamble and resolutions adnoted ho.. house, on lhe 4ih July expressed ihemselret. me io secession, iiorry district did the same at a public meeting on lhe same day. 44 Last fall there was not heard a single voice from the leading men of the State in opposition lo secession, except from Col. Grayson, Mr. Poinsett, (ien. Hamilton, and Cen. Thompson. Since lhat lime we have seen letters opposing, won great aniuiv, Ihe separate action of the State, from Juov'e Cheves, Judge Butler Jud O'Neal, Col. Preston, Dr. Lieber. Jude With. ers, Dr. Dickson, Col. Hurl. Col. Chennut. Col. Orr, Mr. Ban. well. Col. Brooks, Col. Bojd Col. Owens, and many others. At a meeting of the Whigs of Bosrox, held on Wednesday niuht. for t hr nnmn 1 of choosing delegates to atrend lhe Sprin- field Convention, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved. As the sense of this meeting, that should ihe question of the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency be . DrouSnl hefore the Convention proposed lo be he,d al Sprinr,'fiHd. that our dele- . pa!es he instructed to advocate andimrf ' uoon the snnprinr mprita nnrt olaTn.. t ,mn ui the Hon. Daniel Webster to lhat distin. gui-hed station, above all others; and to ; . . : assert, fearifxxlu anrl tmhltti thai ini'Nji.. i - . - - .'v.w... su... . . . mm J --y.. wu n i 3ui eminfntlv Ih first rhnnn ik .Tl.-.. r ... - . , ' O oosion, ana, as we Deiieve, oralaiee'ma- tional Convention, hereafter to be"holden. , lhat another man js the preferable can i didate of the great Whiff party of the na- tion. we. the W lugs of this district, will nn r . i v c ..II .l - . mr . . . ' " -.t A 1U ii. pi vll.UUVU I.W I I . ajj oiners. ! M KLANcnoLv Occurrence. -We nnAr. had just heen l.lown down in front of his buz gy. lell upon him, killing him instantly. We share in lhe regrets which Mr. Elliott's death will occasion imbe many who knew and admired his amiability of character, bis zeal and usefulness, yet we trust lhaf, struck from life, as he was, while encased in Christian ser vice, dath was lo him but a triumphant en- ""nce into those joys which he labored so earn, j e8,,v ,(J induce otben to, seek after. Sumter j Bannr. j The idle man is ihe devil' hireling; whose j livery is rags, whose dial aaJ wage ate famine and disgrace.