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Iain, and was so notorious in the
neighborhood of liis liirlli for acts
of rascality, thai he found it con
venient to fU his ostensible resi
dence in the then new and unset
tled wilds of the Western District,
where he could more securely ma
ture his plans, make proselytes,
maraud the country, and run off
property. Here he lived until
outwitted by Stewart, successfully
prosecuting his nefarious designs,
taking long, secret and mysteri
ous excursion over the country,
and leagued with every villain he
could find and manage in the
great contemplated massacre and
plunder above alluded to.
His adventures in these excur
sions, are lull of incidents, anv of
MUkLL, which are enough to make the
The rcnt W estern Land Pirate. blood run cold in the veins of all
The adventures of this individ
tul are
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Vxvnis t'cU foiitituuiiifp. Ij'n
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.i ...iipm'H iihii t' miiUft llio Minn-
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truly oi
a most dariur and
I iiiitd hand ol robbers that ever
i.ift'jted tlits. or any other country.
John A. Murel is llie chief or
ganizer ami great spirit of the
lawless baud, which, by indefali-
gable zeal and ability, he has been
noses, r 1 1 s confederates are scat
tered all over every slave holding
Slate, and number in all about
it thousand strong. They eon
who are not lost to the feelings of
humanity; take the following,
unprecedented character. wlncli we select at random Iron)
We liave just perused the pam-! l',e pamphlet:
r.idet containing lis disclosures to 1 had been acquainted with
i supposed confederate (Mr. Vir- j some old bands for a longtime,
cil A. Stewart,) in which the rea-j who had given me the names of
ier is let into the mysteries of onej some royal fellows between Nash-
f the most daring and well disci-1 ville and Tuscaloosa, and between
Nashville and Savannah, in the
State of Georgia, anil many other
places. Myself and a fellow by
the, name of Crenshaw gathered
four good horse, anil started for
Georgia. We got in company
able to gather together Irum all with a young ontn Carolinian
parts of the country and put inj just as tve got to Cumberland
inolion to serve his villanous pur-l mountain, and Crenshaw soon
knew all about his business, lie
had been to Tennessee to buy a
drove of hotrs, but vhen begot
there, pork was dearer than he
sit of two classes first 'members! calculated, and he declined pr
ol'tlie szrand council,' or robbers! chasing. We concluded he was
ril a nrize. ( rmshaw winked at
k strikers, or monsters not let iu-j me; 1 understood bis idea. Cren
10 the full secrets of the leader, ! shaw had travelled the road be-
lore, but I never had; we had tra
velled several miles on the moun
tain, Crenshaw asked me for my
whip, which had a pound of lead in
the butt; I handed it to him, and
he rode up by the side of the
South Carolinian, and gave h:m
a blow on the head, and tumbled
Lund together by the most awful! him from his horse. We lit from
and unholy lies and act in per-!iir horses and fingered his pot k
frct concert hv means of siirns and ! ets; we got 1200 dollars. Cren-
. I I I' -I I ' -l.... -..;.! Im l imtl- r f o ll!'.)l'i
ie daring i sum im. ""' -
where to hide him, and gathered
him under the arms and me by the
feet and conveyed him to a deep
crevice in the brow of a precipice
ptorsof the gaim and their nl- ad tumbled him into it he went
ti m f nh .- I IC n 1 1 fiprn firm r rilioiout of sitiht. We then luinbh tl
i!av?. ma:irrp nfth. vi -liitpc nnl 1 his saddle, and too
f '-nler of the whole South.
graph is revolting to our nature, .would avail them nothing to
l collected all my friends about j equivocate, since they could calcu-
i. Ui leans at one of our friend's
bouses in that place and we set in
council three days before we got all
our plans to our notion; we then
determined to undertake the re
bellion at every hazard and maki
as many friends as we could for
that purpose. Kvery man's busi
ness being assigned him, I started
to Natchez on foot, having sold
my horse in New Orleans with the
intention ofsteal'mg another after
I started. I walked four days,
and no opportunity oiVered for me
to get a horse. The fifth day,
about twelve o'clock, 1 had be
come very tired, and stopped at a
creek to get some water and rest a
little. While I was sitting on a
log, looking down the road the
way
I bad
come, a man came m
Im kept a mere cat's pairs to do
the dirty work and stand in the
passes of danger. There are a-
Inut 400 of the first and GOO ofl
the latter class they have a grand
place of confederation some
where in Arkansas, where the
'mystic councils' are held are
Kvens received from tl
dividual under whose influence
Hiey move. Men holding high
puces in society, and heretofore
unsuspccteJ, are the secret insti-
sight riding a good looking horse.
The very moment 1 saw him 1
determined to have his horse, if
he was in the garb of a traveller.
He rode up, and 1 saw from bis
equipage that he was a traveller.
I rose from my seat, drew an ele
gant rifle pistol on him and order
ed him to dismount. He did so,
and 1 took his horse by the bii;:le.
pointed down the creek ami or
dered him to walk before me.
We went a few hundred yards and
stopped. 1 hitched his horse,
then made him undM-ss himself all
but his hii t and drawers, and or
dered lim to turn his back to me.
He aked me if I was going to
hoot him. I ordered him a se
cond time to turn his back to me.
He said, '"if you are determined
to kill me, let me have time to
pray before I die." 1 fold him I
had no time to hear him pray.
He turned round, and dropped on
late on nothing but certain death.
Their plan of villainy w as detect
ed by disclosing it to a white man,
and asking his aid in their diabol
ical scheme. He declined their
unhallowed proposition, and to
gether with a number of wbitt
persons, watched over their secret
manceuverings at one of their uoc
turnal meetings.
Another Slave Jtrocily. The
National Intelligencer of Friday,
relates in detail the attempt of a
ytmni; man, a slave of Airs.
Thornton, widow of Dr. Thorn
ton, to murder her, while in bed.
Happily, in her room, slept the
mother of the slave, who was a-
wake, and saw her son approach
ing her mistress' bed, with uplifted
axe; instantly she sprang upon
him, and held him, while her mis
tress fled to the next house for
aid. Meantime, the mother had
forced the son out of the backdoor
and locked it. He struggled vio
lently to re-enter, all the time,
venting, as "the Intelligencer stales,
"the most ferocious threats, ami
uttering a tissue of jargon, much
of it a literal repetition of the lan
guage of the im endiary prints."
On the approach of assistance, he
lie I and had not been taken.
This is a clear instance of the
terrible effects of circulating in
the slave region, the abolition
tracts. Albany Argus.
premises. He placed the muzzle
f his gun into his mouth, and
discharged the contents by means
of a string which be fastened to
the trigger, and then connected it
w ith one of bis feet.
It is of rare occurrence that
men are so intoxicated with suc
cess as to be driven to madness,
and it is therefore a very strange
and extraordinry fact that in the
immediate neighborhood of Mr.
among his brothers for possessing
themselves of a large partV7iiiis
A fact for the Abolitionists.
A free man of color, named Jen
kins, a resident of Westmoreland
Co. a. a few weeks singe, sold
himself to a Slave Trader, and
tianslered by bill of sale bis lib-
his knee-, and I shot him through erty , for the sum of three hundred
and filly dollars. So says a
correspondent of the Richmond
Whig.
unietime in January. 1831, two
saddle, and took his horse
with us which was worth $200."
On another occasion he bad
r.eiro wu prn unln frnm :i nrpvniled on an old neuro mat).
k' Mr. Hemi'mir, of Madison , his wife and three sons, to run ofi
uuntv, Tennessee. Murel had with him to Texas, where he pro
tcome a suspicious character, mised them freedom, on condition
ji''-Mlien pretended home was in ' they would work for him one year.
''IJlS'MI Connie I bu.f n short i Whi p ilesceinblllf t lie MISSISSIPPI.
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the old man became suspicious
that we were going to sell them,
and became quite contrary. We
saw it would not do to have him
with u?; so we landed one day by
the side of an island, and 1 re
quested him to go with me around
the point of the island and hunt a
Stewart came un cood nlace to catch some lish.
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ime previous been tried for a si
1l:il!ar odenre. He was closely
! hatched. It was ascertained that
had left home for some place
'ndie Mississippi river and pur-
j t was immediately made by
Virgil A. Stewart, whom
"lrd liad never seen and would
l r,t su ;nect.
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h liirn remained incognito After we were obscured from our
came very familiar, spol n ofi company, l shot him through the
'ctinuant thieving in the couu- head, and then ripped open ins
, not reproachfully but with
' r!ect justification and at length
Reeded inducing Murel to
,kIlve hi,,, a 'rare fellow,' and fit
l;'5lr,iment for his purposes. The
j .jU'1 as, Murel began to feel of
"nand venture little disclosures
jWli Stewart seemed to take
11 lull confidence was given,
esteemed
''Pte, taken to
let in a full history, he.
y lpn they returned, Stewart im-
'ately ,a,l Murel arreste(J and
t,,J "'custody.
"appears from Murel's disclo
reN di;tt he is a native of Middle
essee-that taught by hi
C Id u,,eu a cl,i,d to p,,rer
1 ' nc soon became as
L'rew up, an accomplished vil-
a promising
the 'mystic
belly, and tumbled him into the
river. 1 returned to my compa
ny and informed them that the old
negro had fallen into the river,
and that he never came up after
he went tinder.
While in New Orleans, he got
in with a rich Kentuckian and de
coyed him oft to a spot where he
had stationed some of his gang.
They were surrounded and rob
bed of all their money. He says,
"the Kentuckian was so mad, that
he cursed the whole city, and
wished that it vvou Id all be delug
ed in a flood of water, as soon as
he left the place. I went to my
friends the next morning, got my
share of the spoil money, and my
pocket book that 1 had been rob
bed of." The following para-
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me uacu oi me nead. I i ippetl
open his belly, and took out his
entrails, and s'link him in the
creek. I then searched his pock
ets, and found four hundred and
one dollars and thirty seven cents;
and a number of papers that 1 did
not tnke lime to examine. 1 sunk
i he pocket book ami papers and
his hat in the creek."
Many other incidents equally
fiendish and inhuman are record
ed, but we have not room for
them. The pamphlet is intensely
interesting throughout, and wilhia contains 54 while and 328
Longevity in Yorth Carolina.
It appears from a Tabular
Statement, going the rounds of
the papers, compiled from public
Martense's dwelling, there is at
present a gentleman confined to
his room in a state of decided men
tal alienation, the result of a pre
cisely similar case.
Penn$ylvanian
Bernardo De Soto, one of the
pirates under sentence of death at
Boston, on the expiration of the
reprieve lately granted him, re
ceived a full pardon from the Pre
sident. The cause assigned was
the assistance he rendered the
rew and passengers of the Amer
ican vessel Minerva wrecked on
the Bahamas in 1828. De Soto
was immediately afterwards ar
rested at the suit of L. D. Child,
Ksq. for the sum of eight hun'dred
dollars for professional services
rendered to him before and after
his trial, and for money paid out
for documents, depositions, travel
ing expenses, and translations, in
the attempt to establish the inno
cence of the pirates.
The last Boston Post says, a
few days afterwards, he was en
tirely released from prison having
procured the requisite ball, to be
forth coming at the suit of Mr.
Child. So much for the efforts
of Seignora De Soto, the Spanish
wife. She left Spain after sen
tence of death hail been pronounc
ed against her husband, first ob
tained a reprieve, then a full par
don, and now has obtained bail
for his entire release from prison.
Delaware Gazette.
fortune. J he child was taken
from the house on the pretence of
going fishing, and carried into the
woods. One of tfu3 brothers re
turned to the father, bringing -,
letter from the other who remain
ed with the child, demanding a
check on the Bank for $30,000,
and in the event of a refusal threat
ening to destroy the child and af
terwards to commit suicide. I he
father instantly complied with the
demand, wrote the check, and
hav ing but $18,)00 of the 30,000
in Bank, applied himself to bor
row the remainder, which from his
credit he hoped to do by the arri
val of the Bank hour. He stated
the purpose for which he wanted
the sum to those of whom be bor
rowed, the transaction took wind,
and in a short time the city was
up in arms. A body of citizens
repaired to the Bank, where the
brother who brought the letter.
was receiving payment at the
counter in specie. He was seiz
ed, and although armed, made no
resistance.
He was stubborn for a length of
time, but at last confessed the
conspiracy and told where the
child might be found. A com
mittee of citizens embarked in the
steamer Den Juan, carrying the
caught brother along with them,
who, after much subterfuge and
unwillingness, carried them to ait
island 15 miles up ihe Mobile, as
the spot where bis brother and
the child might be found. Con
ducting him on shore, the party
concealed themselves and ordered
him to shout to apprise his broth
er of his return. This he did, and
the brother speedily made his ap
pearance, and was taken inio cus
tody. He was then required to
tell where the child wa, and ac
cordingly led to a hollow log, in5
which the child was found in air
emaciated condition, but to the.
great joy of the citizens, alive and
CTJo Smith the Mormon
prophet lias bought three mum- j otherwise well. The newspaper
mies, and has discovered that they account states that the two broth-
locninents, that there are in North I are the bodies of Josevh ( thtf sou ers dl- nt return to Mobile'
Carolina tS white and 207 color- ! of Jacob,) and King Abimelech Private letters state that they were
ed persons, of the age of 1 00 and his daughter. They are now hanged to the next tree a just
years and upwards. This fact ; to be carried about the country to . sentence whether passed by mob
speaks volumes in favor of the guli poor human nature.
salubrity of our climate. Virgin-
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te read ny ail. l he recent con
templated insurrection in Missis
sippi, has been hastened by Mu
rel's confinement and the publica
tion of this disclosure. A list of
about four hundred names is here
published, among them, Cotton,
Saunders, Phelp, Blakand oth
ers executed in Mississippi.
Sal tm Hep.
From the Lynchburg Jlrginiaa.
Another Insurrection wipprd in
the bud...l will be seen, by tliefol
lowing article, that another con
templated servile insurrection has
been prevented by its timely de
tection: From the Shelbyvillc (Ttnn.)
Freeman, Avg. 1 4 .
We have just heard of an intend
ed insurrection of the Negroes, in
the neighborhood of Farmington,
colored centennarians. It is
law or not.
It is impossible to paint ihe-
An unfortunate thief. A fel- agony of the parents in the awful.
ow in Annapolis, Md. named hours of suspense between hearing
somew hat remarkable that the Jones, having stolen a hotr, tied of the danger ot their child, and
largest number of individuals of its legs together after killing it: finding him safe in their arms!
advanced age should be found in and for the convenience of carry- Nr can any one but sympathize-
the Slates of Maryland, Virginia, I ig it, he let the hog rest on his with the noble passion displayed,
North Carolina ami Ceoruia': shoulders while the rope with by the people of Mobile outbid
New York
population,
with
only
her immense 'which it was tied went over his occasion. From the desperate
contains 115 breast. On bis way home, find- character ol the brother it was not
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persons of 100 years and upwards:' R bimsell fatigued, he laid the ouieu inai ue wouiu execute Ins
whilst, 'm old Massachusetts, there! hog in the crotch of a tree, about threats. Richmond Whig.
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an; bul id individuals who have u,e ueiuui oi uis suouioers, in or-
altuiued to such an age.
Raleigh Reg.
ft8" Juice Heth, the dry nurse
der to rest himself. But the hog rA most fatal fever has brok
slipped through, the rope ihat was en out in Boston A number of
round the man's breast slipped up emiuentrnen have fallen its victims,
to his throat, and immediately ;
of Gen Washington, aged Oie! choaked him to death; and in the' Commodore Elliott and
Hundred and Sixty One years, is I morning they were both found General Towson have lately had
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now exhibited at Niblo's Garden ' (jeaa ine one 00 one s,e aua ine 3 correspondence which came
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New York. She is said to re
semble in appearance an Egyp
tian Mummy, so dry and attenu
ated has her flesh become; she is
withal an inveterate smoker.
Bedford county, (Ten.) We ! Joice is a Baptist and was immers-
have not beard particulars in rela
lion to the manner and extent of
their plan. Some ten or fifteen ne
groes we learn, have been severe
ly whipped, some of whom marie
confessions of the whole matter.
They stated that some white man,
who refused to tell them his name,
was the prime mover of the whole
matter he has left the neighbor
hood and gone to Nashville, as he
told the negroes, to aid in doing
something for the rescue of Murel.
One of the most deeply implicated
among the negroes, was sentenced
by the Committee of examination
to be carried out of the country.
Some of them, we understand,
protested, while under examina
tion, that they would speak noth
ing but truth, inasmuch, as it
ed onwards of One Hnndred
years ago in the Potomac.
Petersburg Con.
(David Crockett, one of the
Tennessee Delegation who nom
inated Judge White for the Presi
dency, has lost his election to
Congress by a large majority.
Suicide. A respectable farmer
named George L. Martense, resid
ing at Flatbush, Long Island,
blew his brains out on Tuesday
morning, in a fit of temporary
derangement, occasioned, it is
said, by unexpected good fortune
in the disposal of some of his pro
perty at an extraordinary high
price. He effected his destruction
in an out-house adjacent to his;
other on the other side of the tree, ry near terminating in a duel-
inns, me unei miicu uic uug, jucKiiy, however, Hie partiescould
and the hog in his turn hanged not agree who ought to stud the
the thief. Bait. Visiter. J challenge, and in the mean time
i,e 0lJr fQr (ie Constitution to
Affair at Mobile. The child sail arrived, and cm ofi the con
abducted at Mobile by its uncles, troversy by sending the Commo
has been recovered, and the cul- ( dore to the Mediterranean. The
pnts hanged. Letters and papers correspondence originated fi
luruisn ine particulars oi me sto-
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ry as follows:
There was a French Physician
in Mobile, a man
character, much esteemed, and
who has accumulated a considera-j
the biographical sketch of the
Commodore in
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a Boston naner.
which the
of excellent two English vessels. th Dpi;
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and Caledonia, during the late
war, a brilliant exploit, was ex-
ble fortune by the practice of his clusively credited to Com. (then
profession. The Physician had Lieut.) Elliott, and no notice was
three brothers in France in indi-j taken of Gen. (then Capi.) Tow
gent circumstances, to whom he son, who bore an equally gallant
was accustomed to transmit mo- and distinguished par; in the fight,
ney frequently. Last winter they Gen. Towson, addressed a letter
all came ov er, joined him at Mo-jip Com. E. on the subject of this
bile, and were affectionately re-; omission, in which he was some
ceived and entertained. The' what piquant. The Com. repJi
physician had an only child, a ! ed with great severity, and so the
boy of five years of age, and this correspondence proceeded to iti
circumstance led to a conspiracy j climax. Norfolk Herald
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