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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Saturday, February l, 1835,
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The Case of Lawrence. The
following statement, drawn up by
two highly respectable physicians
of the city of Washington, has
been published in the Globe. Its
perusal must convince every read
er that Lawrence is laboring un
der mental derangement.
The undersigned, hiving been
requested by the Marshal of the
District of Columbia to visit Ilich
ard Lawrence, now confined in
the jail of the county of Washing
ton, fur an attempt to assassinate
the President of the United Stales,
with a view to ascertain, as far as
practicable, the present condition
of his bodily health and state of
mind, and believing that a detail
of the examination will be more
satisfactory than an abstract opin
'ion upon the subject, we thereto! e
give the following statement. On
entering his room, we engaged in
a free conversation with him, in
which he participated, apparently,
in the most artless and unreserved j
manner. The first interrogatory
propounded was, as to his age
which question alone he sportive
ly declined answering. We then
inquired into the condition of his
health, for several years pat to
which he replied, that it had been
uniformly good, and that he had
never labored under any mental
derangement; nor did he admit
theexistence of any of these symp
toms of physical derangement
which usually attend mental a
lienation. lie said he was born
in England, and came to this
country when twelve or thirteen
jrears of age, and that his father
-died in this District, about six or
ight years since; that his father
was a Protestant and his mother a
IMethodist, and that he was not a
professor of any religion, but
sometimes read ine bible, and
occasionally attended church. lie
staled that he was a painter by
trade, and had followed that occu
pation to the present time; but, of
late, could not find steady employ
mentwhich hau catised much
neeuniarv embarrassment with
liim; that he had been generally
temperate in his habits, using ar
dent spirits moderately when at
work; but, fur the last three or
four weeks, had not taken any;
that he had never gambled, and,
in other respects, had led a regu
lar sober life.
Upon being interrogated as to
the circumstance connected with
the attempted assassination, he
said that he had been deliberating
on it for some time past, and that
he had called at the President's
lintisp nhnut a week nrevious to
the attempt, and being conducted
to the President's apartment by
the porter, found him in conver
sation with a member of Congress
whom he believed to have been
Mr. Sutherland, of Pennsylvania
that he stated to the President
that he wanted monev to take
him to England, and that he must
'give him a check on the bank, and
that the President remarked that
he was too much engaged to at
tend to him he must call another
time,for Mr. Dibble was in waiting
for an interview. When asked
about the pistols which he had
sed, he stated that his father left
him a pair, but not being alike,
" about four years since he ex
changed one for another, which
exactly matched the best of the
pair; these weie both flint locks,
which he recently had altered to
percussion iocks, Dy a mr. oote
ler; that he had been frequently
'.. i Un Hihit nf ln:(1 iiior ami Krino
those nislols at marks, and that he
had never known them to fail go
ing off on any other occasion, and
t hat, at the distance of ten yards,
the ball always passed through an
inch plank. He also stated, that
he had loaded those pistol three
or lour days previous, with ordi
nary care, for the purpose at
tempted; but that he used a pencil
instead of a ramrod, and that du
ring that period, they were at all
times caraied in his pocket; and
when asked why they failed to
explode, he replied, he knew no
cause. When asked why he ivent
t the Capitol on that day, he re
plied that he expected that the
President would be there. He
also tated, that he was in the
Uotundo when the President ar
rived, and on being asked why
he did not then attempt to shoot
him, he replied that he did not
wish to interfere with the funeral
ceremony, and therefore wailed
till it was over. He also observ
ed, that he did not enter the Hall,
but looked through a window
from the lobby, and saw the Pres
ident seated wuh members of
Congress, and he then returned
to the Kotundo, and waited till
the President again entered if, and
then passed through and took his
position in the east portico, about
two yards lrom the door, drew
his pistols from his inside coat
pocket, cocked them, and Held
' i i. .. I u..
one in eacn nauu, cunceuicu uv
his coal, lest he should alarm the
spectators and states, that as soon
is the one m the nghi hand miss
ed fire, he immediately dropped
or exchanged it and attempted to
fire the second, before he was
seized; he further staled that he
aimed each pistol at the Presi-
lent's heart, and intended if the
first pistol had gone off, and the
President had fallen, to have de
fended himself with the second,
if defence had been necessary.
On bpinir asked if he did not ex
pect to have been killed on the
pot, if he had killed the Presi
dent, he replied he did not; and
that he had no doubt but that he
would have been protected by the
ipeclators. He was lrequently
questioned whether he had any
iriends present, lrom whom ne
expected protection, lo this he
replied, that ne never had men
tioned his intention to any one,
and that no one in particular
knew his design; but Ihalhe pre
sumed it was generally known
that he intended to put the Presi
dent out of the way. He further
stated, that when the Presi
dent arrived at the door, near
which he stood, finding hiti; sup
ported on the left arm b Mr.
Woodbury, and observing many
persons in his rear, and being him
self rather to the right of the Pres
ident, in order to avoid wound
ing Mr. Woodbury, and these in
the rear, he stepped a litile lo his
own right so that should ins ball
pass through the body of the
President, it would be received
by the door frame, or stonewall.
On being asked if he felt notrep
idation during the attempt. He
replied, not the slightest, until he
found that the second pistol had
missed fire. Then obseryingthat
the President was advancing upon
him, with an uplifted cane, he
feared it contained a sword, which
might have been thrust through
him before he could have been
protected by the crowd. And
when interrogated as to the mo-
live which induced rum to at
tempt the assassination of the
President, he replied, that he had
been told that the President had
caused his loss of occupation, and
the consequent want of money,
and he believed that to put him
out of the way, was the only rem
edv for this evil; but lo the inter
rogatory, who told you this?-He
could not identify any one, but
remarked that his brother-in-law,
Mr. Red fern, told him that he
would have no more business, be-
cause he was opposed to the Pies
idem and he believed neuierr
10 be in league with the President
against him. Again being ques
tioned, whether he had often at
tended the debates in Congress,
during the present session, anil
whether they had influenced him
in making this attack on the per
son of the President, he replied
that he had frequently attended
the disrusnion in both branches
of Congress, but that they had,
in no degree, influenced his ac
tion. Upon being asked if he expec
ted to become the President of the
United Slates if (ieneral Jackson
had fallen, he replied no.
When asked whom he wished
... r i r
to be the President, his answer
was there were m3tiy persons in
the House of Representatives.
On being asked if there were no
persons in the Senate, yes, sever
al, and it was the Senate to which
I alluded. Who, in your opin
ion, ol the Senate, would make a
good President? He answered,
Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, Mr.
Calhoun. What do you think of
Col. Benton, Mr. Van Buren, or
Judire White: for President? He
thought they would do well. On
being asked if he knew any mem
ber of either House of Congress,
he replied that he did not and
never spoke to one in his life, or
they to him. On bring asked
what benefit he expected to him
self from the death of the Presi
dent, he answered he could not
rie unless the President fell, and
that he expected thereby lo recov
er his liberty, and that the me
chanics would have plenty of
work, and that money would be
more plenty, he replied, it would
be more easily obtained from the
Bank. On being asked what
bank, he replied, the Bank of the
United States. On being asked
if he knew the President, Direc
lors, or any of the officers o! the
Bank, or had ever held any inter
course with them, or knew how
he could get money out of the
Bank, he replied no, that he
slightly knew Mr. Smith only.
On being asked with respect to
the speeches which he had heard
in Congress, and whether he was
particularly pleased with those of
Messrs. Calhoun, Clay, and Veb
ster, he replied that he was, be
cause they were on his side. He
was then asked if he was well
pleased with the speeches of Col.
Benton and Judge White? He
said he was, and thought Col.
Benton highly talented.
When asked if he was friendly
lo ueneral Jackson, lie replied.
No. Why not? He answered,
because he was a tyrant. Who
told you he was a tyrant? He an
swered, it was a common talk
with the people, and that he had
read it in all the papers. He was
isked if he could name any one
who had told him so? He replied,
No. He was asked if he ever
threatened to shoot Mr. Clay, Mr.
Webster, or Mr. Calhoun, or
whether he would shoot them if
he had an opportunity? He re-
died. No. When asked if he
would shoot Mr. Van Buren? He
replied, that he once met with
Mr. Van l3uren in the rotundo
and told him he was in wanloi
money and must have it, and if
he did not set it he (Mr. Van
Buren) or General Jackson must
fall. He was asked if any per
sons were present during this
conversation? He replied, that
there were several present, and
when asked if he recollected any
one ot tnem, ne repuen tnai ne
did not. When asked if any one
r . I I . . i
edvised him to shoot General
Jackson, or say that it ought to
be done? He replied, I do not
like to say. On being pressed
upon this point, he said that no
one in particular hau advised him.
He further stated, that believ
ing the President to be the source
of all his diraculties, he was still
fixed in his purpose to kill him,
and if his successor pursued the
same course, to put him out ol
the wav also and declared that
no power in this country could
punish him for having jjdone so,
because it would be resisted by
the powers of Europe, as well as
ot this country. He also staled,
that he had been Ion?: in corres
pondence with the powers of Eu
rope, antl that his family had been
wrongfully deprived of the crown
of England, and that he should
yet live to regain it and that he
considered the President of the
U. S. nothing more than his
Clerk.
We now think proper to add,
that the young man appears per
fectly tranquil and unconcerned,
as to the final result, and seems
to anticipate no punishment for
what he has done. The above
contains the leading, and literally
expressed facts of the whole con
versation we had with him, which
continued at least two hours. The
questions were frequently repeat
ed at different stages of the exam
ination, and presented in various
form.
NATIIL. P. C AUSIN, M. D.
Physician to the Jail of
Washington.
THOMAS SEWALL, M.D.
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1S35.
JThe Postmaster Gener
al has appointed Dr. Richard
C. Mason, of Virginia, Treasurer
and Chief Clerk oflhe Post Office
Department, in the place of O. B.
Brown, resigned.
Q3C. A. Harris, Esq. of Ten
nessee, has been appointed Chief
Clerk of the War Department.
Claeringthe Way. The Sen
ale of Ohio have passed a bill pro
hibiting the circulation of notes
under five dollars, by a vote of
23 to 11.
The Alabama Legislature have
passed a law to the same effect
prohibiting the Banks of the Slate
from issuing small notes, and the
circulation of those from other
States.
Governor Dunlap.has recom
mended similar measures to the
Legislature of Maine; and there
appears to be every probability
that the whole country will be
purged of trash of small notes,
and that the no Id and silver ba?is
will be effectually established.
Pennsylvanian.
(jpThe bill to prevent the
issue and circulation ot bank
notes of a less denomination than
five dollars, was passed in the
Stale Council of New Jersey on
Monday last, to go into operation
on the 4ih ol July next It is
confidently predicted that it will
also pass in Assembly, by a hand
some maioritv. We say again.
Well done, New Jersey!
N. Y. Ev. Post.
New York. "A concurrent
resolution instructing the Sena
tors in Congress to use their best
efforts to have the resolution of
last session, concerning the re
moval of the Deposites, expunged
from the journals of the United
States Senate, has passed the As
sembly of the State of New York,
by a vote of S9 to 31. It had
previously passed the Senate by a
vote of 24 to 4."
Ohio. The Legislature has
rescinded the Instructions address
ed by the last Legislature, to their
Senators, respecting the Land
Bill, the Deposites, &c. &c.
Connecticut. democratic
Convention of delegates from all
the counties in die State, assem
bled at Middletown, 28th ult.
Eight delegates were appointed
to attend the JBaltimore Conven
tion, who aie unpledged whom
to support fur President, although
a resolution was passed express
ing a confidence in Mr. Van Bu
ren. In Indiana, also, unpledged
delegates have been appointed to
the Baltimore Convention.
The Southern Literary Messen
ger. Monthly. Though long
delayed, from a press ol other
engagements, we jreet with si cor
dial welcome this new periodical,
lately commenced at Richmond,
Virginia. It "needed no ghost
from the graved or if it did, this
publication would convince that
our southern bretherh are not less
gifted with a fine literary taste
than with the higher faodties of
oratory and bold original thought
for which they have ever sood
pre-eminent. The present woil
though fugitive in its character, is
a brilliant and proud testimonial
of the buried riches of mind which,
like their unexplored mines of
gold, lie dormant and hidden from
public observation, because there
has been no incentive, or market,
or outlet to draw them forth, and
give them publicity. But Mr.
White, the proprietor of this peri
odical, has. we think, sunk a shaft
into the intellectual wealth of the
"ancient dominion," which will
be the means of extracting and
preserving the gems and pearls
that are embowelled there, and
which only need to be strung
together, as he has judiciously
done them, to be universally ad
mired, and to yield him a rich har
vest both of fame, and, we hope,
of pecuniary profit, for so laudable
an undertaking. The materials
and sources which he has at com
mand from his literary, scientific
aud poetic contributors, are abun
dant, and of the choicest quality;
aud the tact he has displayed in
their arrangement and selection
indicate a sound taste and eminent
qualifications for the task he has
entered upon. We of the north
may boast of more colleges and
universities than the south, and a
more general diffusion of educa
tion among the mass of the popu
lation more philosophy too, and
perhaps more cold, abstruse
science: bnt can we compare with
they of that genial climate of the
sun in the pure inspiration of poe
try, of passion, of love, "the
thoughts that breathe, the words
that burn?" the soul of pathos,
of sentiment, of chivalry, the
thunders of a sublime eloquence? j
We believe not. and we take even1
this unpretending periodical as
demonstration conclusive that in
them dwells, whether with or with-!
. . - i
out mental culture, the divmel. ,, , " , . .
, . r r-1 el I unobserved in the sawdust ot
empyrean, the undying fires ofhe At (he c f fa
true genius. It were invidious to , H ng.)errmance lhe crowd Q.
particularity different essays; but! ,)efei t0 let the elephant pass to
we cannot forego naming in the j Jlis reccsSf bul ilSlead of proceed
third number one of masterly povv- i as usuai ne llirne(J asiHp ami
er, of most felicitous and original :
diction, and of intense and thrill-1 a group of Jadies and gentlemen,
ing interest, entitled 'My Class- who as might be expected were
mates." No American pen that so much alarmed that they scat
has dipped in the fictions of the 1 tered in every direction. The
drama can, as we think, be found j keeper, at this moment discover
to have surpassed this beautiful ' ed lhat the animal had something
story. There is another, called in his trunk. Upon examination
"Cupid's Sport," in Sterne's hap-.be found it to be the young lady's
piest manner. The "Cyclopean
Tower" is also a beautiful little picisea up, ana was only seeking
gem. The fair ladies of Virginia out lh owner when he, un
have added too, with theirplumes, :ceremonious,y as he company
some elegant stanzas. Care : at firsl hoiJRrd extended his trunk
should be taken in this department, j
for our country is overrun with
the rhyming maniaj but little of
the fruits of which have a higher
merit than that of the glittering
versification and mawkish affecta
tion of the delacruscan school.
As to foreign matter and subjects,
they should be avoided as hack
neyed, especially where there is
so much more solid and purer a
capital to work with at home.
A. T. Star.
(3 A young lady passing a
long Tremont street, Boston, in
company with two younger sis
ters, was seized by a villain, who
bore her off. Being frightened,
however, by the shrieks of the
children, he abandoned her, and
fled. She was found lying on
the ground, nearly dead with
fright. ib.
Heavy damages. In one of
the parish courts of New Orleans,
a verdict of five thousand dollars
was obtained by A. K. Smith, an
appraiser in the custom house, a
gainst Peter K. Wagner, for hav-
ing written a libelous letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury im
peaching his official and private)
character. ib.
Route from New Orleans, via
Florida and Savannah. A
meeting of the merchants of Sa
vannah was held Jan. 15th, at
which it was resolved to subscribe
forthwith on the opening of the
,Joks, to ihe siock of the charter
of tVe "Atlantic and New Or
leans Seaboard Line Company,"
granted hy the state of Georgia.
S100,O0Ovq be assigned to Savan
nah, 875,0(xj lo few York, and
S75,000 to New Orleans and Mo
bile. Joseph dimming, chair
man; Wm. Robertson, secreta
ry. ib.
Education. The Governor
of Pennsylvania frankly acknowl
edges the disgraceful truth, that
in that great state, the keystone,
as it has been termed, of the un
ion, there are 400,000 persons to
tally destitute of the benfils of ed
ucation. The system of primary
or common schools was commeii
ced in New England as early as
1747, and in the latter part of the
last century it was adopted by
New York and Virginia. Since
lhat the system has been intro
duced into South Carolina, Ohio,
New Jersey, and Delaware, How
discreditable therefore, to the
great state of Pennsylvania that
she should be so far behind hef
sisler slates! ib.
Voider Yet. A correspondent
of the New Haven Herald says,
a servant girl of his asked him on
Monday, if he knew how cold it
was. He replied, "I should think,
the thermometer might stand
quite near zero.' "I guess" says
she, "it is more th:tn that, for
Miss L. told me it was 44 degrees
below Nirnrud."
Wonderful Sagacity. One
day last week when the crowd of
'ashionables was greatest at tne
Union street exhibition, a beauti-
ful girl who had fed the elephant
wuh sundry cakes and apples, in
lakin- an ale ,Vom her b;,S d'e
mil hpr ivnrr onrtl pun u-hidh
lnrusl his trunk into the n.idst of
a'u ease men me elephant had
amonS Ihem.Ztoo Atlas.
Singular and most important
tnvention. Mr. Parker of the
state of New Yor k, has discover
ed a composition which will har
den like a stone, and yet may be
worked in a soft state as easily as
mortarl Exposure to the weather
causes it to petrify and become
actual stone, requiring a heavy
blow with a hammer to break it.
A specimen may be seen at Mr.
Garfield's shoe store, in Congress
street, who is agent ror Mr. Par
ker in this city. Mr P. has com
pleted a section of Canal as a spe
cimen of that intended to bring
wate near New York from the
Crofon river. It may be cast in
moulds in the form of pillars, fire
places, vestibules. &c, and is not
dearer than brick. Its value is
incalculable for building cisterns
&c, situate in wet or damp pla
ces. It is undoubtedly one of the
most important inventions of the
day. The American Institute
have awarded Mr. Parker a gold
medal. Troy Y. Chfonide.