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Communications.
FOR THE FltEE PRESS.
Mr. Editor: In tho whole
range of hum mi contingencies
and human circumstances, there
can be no situation in which
man can be placed that is more
interesting and more admirable
to a charitable and sensitive ob
server, than that of a young and
onterprizing man, who after
being thrown by misfortune or
the ingratitude of friends on the
ocean of a busy and selfish
world, still struggling with a
noble energy to regain what
chance or crime had torn from
him. That is the crisis of hu
man trial and too often of des
pair. The unwary and promis
ing youth, who basking in the
calm sunshine of great men's
promises, who relying upon the
false security of empty profes
sions and interested flattery,
had incurred obligations he is
unable to meet, is in the very
moment when he imagined he
was nearest the reality of his
golden dreams, unceremonious
ly thrust aside, and left like the
plank in the shipwreck, to bat
tle with the waves and ride with
the winds.
At this period of our earthly
pilgrimage, instead of bearing
up "yet a little longer," and
trusting to the chances of for
tune or to our own desperate
efforts, we resort to that bane of
life so appropriately described
in the following couplet:
"In the flowers that wreathe the spark
ling bowl,
Fell adders hiss, and poisonous serpents
roll."
It is then that intemperance
seizes her victim, the fillets are
wreathed, the faggot is lighted,
and in the blazing torch the
once gay and noble youth ends
his days, "unwept, unpitied and
unsung." Yes, Air. Editor, the
blighting mildew of the accur
sed beverage, never would have
blasted and ruined many a gay
and promising youth that have
fallen as her victims, had there
not been stamped in the origi
nal imperfections of our nature,
that despicable crime of ingra
titude. There are young men
now within tho limits of your
town, of enterprize, of integri
ty, and of sober and regular
habits, who receive at the hands
of this community no encour
agement whatever to pursue
their present laudable course.
Treated as they are, by an un
feeling and cold hearted world,
what but despair and ruin will
at some time be their fate!
What else, Sir, is the cause of
the many instances which you
already daily and nightly be
hold in your streets! What
else, Sir, has hurried thousands
through a train of debauche
Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. 6j Tuesday,
ry and
grave7.
infamy to aa untimely
TOR THE FREE PRESS.
United States
A giant in infancy rapid in
improvement an asylum in its
glory bold in enterprize ac
tive in commerce and agricul
turerich in treasure happy
in government. Base in slave
ryfractious in religion and po
litics uncertain in union. Vain
proud excessive in luxury
eminent in arts and sciences
glorious among nations a ter
ror to monarchs the envy of
me wonu its Constitution vio
lated its citizens divided its
slaves mutinous. A pause need
ful changes demanded
the past instructing the pre
sent admonishing the future
forbidding. Dangers threaten-
g, multiplying persistence
invincible. Let him that has
eyes, see and linn that ha
none, think. Let the politician
remember Rome the citizen.
Greece and all, .St. Domin
go. .Let the demagogue for
sake his madness the ambi
tious man murder his ambition
the religious man be a Chris
tian the American, a republi
can. Let the enicure abandon
luxury the debtor pay his
debts the proud man suppress
nis pnde Hie nroflmale re-
nounce his extravagance the
selfish candidate forget to bribe
and let all abolish slavery.
For the time is coming that
may speak such a course to
have been indispensable. Video.
By particular request."
Epitaph on a Squirrel composed by a
little School Boy.
Beneath this monument lies
the bones of Bun, who during
his whole life was a peaceful
inhabitant of Vine Iiil! he liv
ed interrupted by no person un
til alas! one morning lie in sport
ran down the side of the house
and met his death at the mouth
of a dog. Any dog that would
murder such a peaceful citizen
ought to be hung.
The Confessions of Nat Tur
ner. Mr. T. R. Gray's pam
phlet of "The Confessions of
Nat Turner, the leader of the
late insurrection in Southamp
ton, has been published at Bal
timore. It makes 22 nuircs.
It professes to give, from the
Bandit's own lips, the circum
stances which formed him a
leader and a fanatic. It sketch
es the commencement, progress
and termination, of an insurrec
tion, the bare recital of which
makes the blood run cold. The
description of the butchery of
the whites (55 in number) is
terrilic. We cannot make co
pious extracts from it, because
it is put under a copy right.
But we may be permitted, with
out infringing on the author's
privilege, to copy the following
incidents:
"And by signs in the heavens that
it would make known lo me when I
should commence the great work
and until the first sign appeared, 1
should conceal it from the knowledge
of men. And on the appearance of
the sign, (the eclipse of the sun last
February,) I should arise and prepare
myself, and slay my enemies with
their own weapons. And immedi
ately on the sign .anceariner in the
U - I i O
heavens, the seal was removed from
my lip;, and I communicated the
great work laid out for me to do, to
four in whom I had the greatest con
fidence, (Henry, Hark, Nelson, and
am. ) It was intended by us to have
begun the work of death on the 4th
July last. Many were the plans for
med and rejected by us, and it affect
ed my mind to such a degree, that I
fell siek, and the time passed without
oar coming to any determination
how to commence. Still forming
aew schemes and rejecting them,
when the sign appeared again, which
determined me not to wait longer."
(the strange appearance of the sun!)
"Hark got a ladder and set it a
gainst the chimney, on which I as
cended, and hoisting a window, en
tered and came down stairs, unbarred
the door and removed the guns from
their places. It was then observed
that I must spill the first blood. On
which, armed with a hatchet, and ac
companied by Will, I entered my
master's chamber: it being dark, I
could not give a death blow, the
hatchet glanced from his head, he
sprang from the bed and called his
wife: it was his last word, Will I.iid
him dead, with a blow nf his axe,
and Mrs. Travis shared the same fate,
as she lay in bed. The murder of
this family, five in number, was the
work of a moment, not one of them
awoke: ihere was a little infant sleep
ing in a cradle, that was forgot ten,
until we had left tiie house and gone
some distance, when Henry and Will
returned and killed i(; we got here,
four guns that would shoot, and seve
ral old muskets, with a pound or two
of powder."
"From Mrs. Kccso's we went lo
Mrs. Turner's, a mile distant, which
we reached about sunrise, on Mondav
morning. Henry, Austin, and Sam, j
went to the still, where, finding Mr.
teenies, Ausun sii.u mm, and tne
rest ol us went to the house; as we
approached, the familT discovered us,
and shut the door. Vain hope! Will,
with one stroke of his axe opened it,
nrd we entered and found Mrs. Tur
ner and Mrs. Newsome in the middle
of a room, almost frightened to death.
Will immediately killed Mrs. Tur
ner, witn one mow ot his axe. 1
took Mrs. Newsome by the hand,'and
with Ihe sword I had when I was ap-
prehended, I struck her several blows
over Ihe head, but not being able to
kill her, as the sword was dull. Will
turning round and discover ing it, dis
patched her also. A general destruc
tion of niooerlv anil search for mo
ney and ammunition, always succeed -
ed the murders."
4 A II the family were already mur
dered, but Mis. Whitehead and her
daughter Margaret. As 1 came round
to ;ie door I saw Will pulling Mrs.
Nvhitehead out of the house, and al
the step he nearly severed her head
from her body, with his "broad axe.
miss Margaret, when l discovered . lo remove the free colored po
ller, had concealed herself in the cor- f,.rttri limit um
ner. formed by the projection of the
cellar-cap from the house; on my ap
proach she fled, but was soon overta
ken, and after repeated blows with
the sword, I killed her by a blow on
the head, with a fence rail."
What wretches! This mon
ster Will, furnishes deeds that
would suit the pencil of Salva
tor Rosa.
One confession of Nat Tur
ner is important:
He was asked, "if he knew of any
extensive or concerted plan. His an
swer was, I do not. When I ques
tioned him as to the insurrection in
North-Carolina happening about the
same time, he denied any knowledge
of it; and when I looked him in the
face as though I would search his in
most thoughts, he replied, 44I see,
Sir, you doubt my word; but can you
not think the same ideas, and strange
appearance about this lime qi the hea
vens might prompt others, as well as
myself, to this undertaking?"
The pamphlet has one defect
we mean its style. The con
fession of the culprit is given, as
it were, from big own lips
December 13, 183 1.
(and when read to him he ad
mitted iis statements to be cor
rect) but the language is far
superior to what Nat Turner
could have employed -portions
of it are even eloquently and
classically expressed This is
calculated to cast some shade
of doubt over the authenticity
of the narrative, and to give the
Bandit a character for intelli-
Tnni ivlll.li rl.-wi. n,-it An.
serve, and ought not to have rc-
ceived. In all other respects,
the confession appears to be
faithful and true. The whole
pamphlet is deeply interesting!
ft ought to warn Garretson and
the other fanatics of the North,
how they meddle with these
weak wretches. Rich. Enq.
ere has been consider
able excitement lately in Madi
son and Orange counties, Va.
occasioned by the discovery of
some insurrectionary move
ments among the slaves. Three
negroes have been apprehended
in Madison, and on their exa
mination stated that a general
rising was soon lo take place
there. Precautionary measures
have of course been adopt
ed J Fas. Union.
0C?"We see it stated in a Ken
tucky paper, that a black prea
cher and ten other colored per
sons have been lodged in jail
in 15ardstown, Sclson county,
Ky. charged with conspiring an
insurrection. Bv means of an
I intercepted letter, they were ap
prehended at their place of
meeting, and some of them, it
is reported, have made confes
sion of their guilt. bid. Jour,
Ohio and the. free. Blacks.
The State of Ohio is taking ac
tive measures to prevent the
i einiSration of colored persons
lrom Otlier places into tUat
State. A notice appears in the
Cincinnati papers, warning em
igrants and those who may em
ploy them that certain requisi
tions of the law of the State
' will be rigidly enforced against
all delinouents. This 'notice
has been rendered necessary,
as the guardians of the public
j peace of that city stale, in con
sequence of certain publications
in newspapers and reports from
other sources, that the slave
States are adopting measures
the representations received in
Cincinnati, that numbers of that
class are preparing to migrate
to that city.
11111(41 IM II Will lllVyll IIIIIHV-) w.
Colony of Liberia. v the
town of Monrovia, 55 new wood
and stone houses were erected
Caldwell and Millsburg, and
some towns for recaptured ne
groes, share in the general
prosperity. Francis Devaney,
an emancipated slave, has accu
mulated a property worth
820,000. Mr. Waring, another
colonist, sold goods to the a-;
mount of 70,000; two of the
colonists own vessels, and
would trade with the United
States, had they a national flag.
Nett profits on ivory and dye
woods, passing through the
hands of the settlers in one
year, was S30,7.f6; eight ves
sels traded to the colony last
year, from Philadelphia.
In Agriculture, every thing
To!. rillXo 17.
grows spontaneously; here is no
winter; one continual spring
blooming. There are six
schools in successful operation.
It is calculated that every child
in the colony shall be educated;
100 from the neighboring china
now attend the schools in Libe
ria. Divine service and Sun
day schools are regularly atten
ded. There are three religious
societies, Baptist, Methodist,
and Prest3Tterian meetings on
the Sabbath and week day eve
nings. Three Swiss Missiona
ries reside there. The Chris
tian religion appears to have
some influence on the surround
ing tribes. The population is
2,000 -they have 6 militia
companies, a fort, 20 pieces of
cannon, and arms enough to
arm 1,000 men. N. Y. Evan.
Louisiana. Yesterday mor
ning's mail brings us the New
Orleans Emporium of the 19lh
twelve days from the press!
It states, that during the first
six days of the session, the Le
gislature had elected George
A. Waggaman, a friend of Mr.
Clay, to the Senate of the U. S.
(by what vote, is not mentioned)
2d, that they had passed the
act to prohibit, with some ex
ceptions, the introduction of
slaves into Louisiana 3d, that
they had appropriated 820,000
lo arm and equip the volunteer
militia of the State... Rich. Enq.
Georgia Bills have been re
ported to the House of Repre
sentatives of Georgia, to pre
vent the introduction of slaves
into the State, after the 1st Ja
nuary, 1832 and to encourage
the formation of volunteer com
panies in the State.
Missouri. Gen. Wm. H.
Ashley has been elected to re
present the State of Missouri in
Congress, vice Mr. Pettis, kill
ed in a duel. Gen. A. is in fa
vor of Gen. Jackson.
Stupendous project. Notice
is given in the New-York pa
pers, of an intended application
to the next session of the Legis
lature of that State, for a Char
ter of a Company, with a capital
of Un millions of dollars, for
the construction of a Rail Road
from the city or county of New
York to that part of Lake Erie
lying between the mouth of Cat
taraugus creek and the Penn
sylvania line, together with a
branch to ihe Alleghany riveo-
A lucky hod carrier. -A.
black fellow arrayed in tatters,
and those tatters very liberally
sprinkled with mortar, the sym
bol of his profession, presented
the ticket, combination num
bers 43 49 56, which came up
a prize of 820,000 in the New-
xork lottery, which drew on
Wednesday last, at tho counter
of Mr. Robert T. Bicknell. Lot
tery and Exchange Broker, in
Ithesnut street, yesterday mor
ning, and immediately received
for the same the due amount in
cash. The luckv holder ap
peared perfectly satisfied with
his bargain, but evinced less ex
citement on the occasion than
might have been expected.
Philadelphia Inq.
ft?Lnbor is sood. if not for
' food, certainly for physic.