Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Saturday, September 10, 1836.
Vol. XII No 36,
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q3isccIiaiteons-
INDIAN WAR.
I'fovi the Tallahasse FluriJian of
August lb.
Horrible. A few days since a
ijrtv o!" Lownds county Ga. vol
Jii'.e'rs fell in with a parly of
Creeks near the Florida line, and
Ullcii ten warriors, and look
ci.ht women and children prison
ers. The prisoner.-; were taken
u a house under guard. In the
evening one of the squaws was ob
served to give her children drink
from a coffee pot. Shortly after, !
she obtained leave of absence, and
n:i returning, search was made
irlier, but she had made her es
,3pp. Her children were all
fiyutl dead, from poison adminis
tered by their unnatural mother.
Oil Wednesday, the 2d inst. Col.
Wood of Randolph, Ga. with only
liirty-eight men under his com-
EinJ, discovered a large party of
Liiaus in a swamp. The savages
ullenged him to come into the
sump for a "fair fight." Nol
distanding his inferiority in
rnbers, he boldly charged upon
mi. After a desperate engage
Kiit, hand to hand, the savages
fed ill all directions. Twenty
seven warriors were found dead
on the field of battle, and many
more were supposed to have been
killed and wounded. Before
i:;eir flight they strangled their
iliiltlien by stuffing their mouths
and nostrils with mud moss. The
iliilJrti) were found in that condi
lioa after the battle was over.
LA gentleman who arrived
sn Thursday from Key West,
i)'iig intelligence that a vessel
'oomanded by a Spaniard, and
m American, recently touched at
liiiiau Key, full of negroes, sup
posed to have been purchased
lrum the Seminoles in exchange
hr ammunition. The people at
Key had not force enough to ar
h'si l!ie miscreants. ibid.
C? A letter dated Duncanville,
V2d, from T. E. Blackshearl
n Governor Call, of Florida,
itato on the authority of Major
M 'Key, that there were about 150
rifik warriors, and the like num-
of women and children, al
flint River, on their way 10 Flo
rida. The whiles have had four
cagements, the results of which
ere: On Sunday, 9 Indians kill
'J; Monday, 2 "whites; Wednes-
14 Indians killed, 20 horses
'lUn, and ihe Indians completely
routed; altogether 50 to GO Indf-
f115 and 12 whites killed. The
battles
were fought in Stewart
Lee counties. Maior Gen.
janford was in pursuit. Major
oxie has five companies between
""tUivcr and the Chickasaw-
,i , 10 Prevenl l"e escape of
inaians to Honda.
Information from Colum
Kpa. to Aug. 5ih, states that
lie Government have determined
,0&iake arrangements, if possible,
;Hlh the friendly lud lans, to enter
the service of the United
against the Seminoles in
''e approaching campaign. Col.
one of Gtu. Jestip's aid?, is
now occupied in making ths ar
rangement.
Indian Murders in Missouri.
The St. Louis Bulletin of July
1 Sill, states, that the bodies of two
men had been found dead in a
harvest field near Grand River
also, three women, all murdered
by the Indians. Several chil
dren also, have been carried oil.
Several volunteer companies of
the State have been called out by
an order of the Adjutant General.
TEXAS.
From the New Orleans Bulletin
of I Sth August.
By th e arrival of the schooner
Shenandoah yesterday from Bra
zoria, Texas, we have received
the ''Telegraph and Texas Regis
ter," of August Oih, published at
Columbia. We cannot but con
gratulate our Texas friends, upon
having so respectable a print, both
as to its typographical execution,
and the manner in w hich it is con
ducted. We glean from its col
umns but little information, other
than what we had before received.
The candidates for Presidency,
V ice Presidency, the Senate, and
House of Representatives were
announced, the elections under
the new constitution being about
to take place early in September.
Stephen F. Austin will probably
be raised to the Presidential
Chair, and if fifteen years of the
most devoted and untiring exer
tions to the best interests of Texas,
furnish any claim to it, then will
.Mr. Austin not fail of proving the
successful candidate. In his an
swer to the nomination, he con
cludes by saying: "I perceive by
the proclamation of the Presi
dent, ordering the election, that
the people are requested to say
whether they are in favor or not
of annexing Texas to the United
Slates. On this point 1 shall con
sider myself bound, if elected, to
obey the will of the people. As
a citizen, however, 1 am free to
sav, that I am in favor of annexa
lion, and will do all in my power
to effect it with the least possible
delay."
It is very evident that the peo
ple of Texas entertain no serious
fears of their Mexican foes, and
talk and act as though their inde
pendence was fully acknowledged
and secured. We deem it proba
ble that the position of the Mexi
can forces in Metamoras is rather
an uneasy one, as from recent ac
counts Rusk with a strong armed
force of 3000 Texians, w as on his
march for that place, while sun
dry Texian schooners of war were
intercepting by sea all communi
cations through that medium.
On the subject of Santa Anna's
release, the public feeling in Tex
as would seem to be rather in op
position to it. They cannot for
get his base prostration of every
principle of honor ami humanity,
in his wanton butchery of their
deceived and slaughtered coun
trymen. He is now removed to
the plantation of Dr. Phillips, a-
bout 12 miles from Velasco, where
he continues to be placed under a
strong guard.
Several merchant vessels have
been converted into war craft by
the Mexicans, for the purpose of
protecting their coast and ship
ping, from the Terrible and other
Texian schooners of war, which,
it would appear, have already
captured several Mexican vessels.
The beauties of the Scenery on
the Broad Hiver, North Carolina
(not French Broad.) A writer
in ihe Charleston Courier speaks
of this scenery as surpassingly
grand and picturesque. The
stream "for ten or eight miles,
rushes over, granite ledges in an
endless variety of cascades, while
on each side rise the grandest
mountains 1 ever saw. They look
a thousand vcars older than all
the Other mountains in our South
ern upper country. Clothed in a
roresi tor . about two-thirds of
their height, they then break into
precipices ot solid, naked granite,
with a fringe of dwarf pines on the
extreme summit. These precipi
ces are several hundred feet in
height, and continue several miles
in length. They are fully equal
in majesty and impressiveness to
our noted 1 able Rock. This
combination of rich scenery is in
the Rutherford Mountains, but a
lew miles from Ashville.
JV. F. Star.
The Sculptured Rock at Digh
ton, Jlass. The Boston Trans
cript gives a very neat engraving
ol tins curiosity, which, since the
settlement of the country, has
puzzled the heads of our antiqua
rians. Dr. Mather look a sketch
of it in 1712; also, afterwards,
Professors Sewall and Winihrop,
and Kendall, ihe English travel
ler, in 1807, which last is correct.
Gen. Washington gazed on it, and
thought he had seen similar sculp
tures in Virginia, done, as he be
lieved by the Aborigines. The
rock is gneiss, of a dark purple
red, on ihe sea shore, overflowed
by every tide. It is 1 1 feet long
and 5 high, and smooth as planed,
where the inscriptions arc. Dr.
Fmiklin sent copies of the in
scriptions to European antiquari
ans, who believed them Phoeni
cian: we think ihey are Indian.
There is a tradition il was an In
dian place of bauUhmenti ib.
The History of the Constitu
tion. To every American reader,
not only to every statesman and
politician, but to every freeman
capable of richly esteeming ihe
institutions under which we live,
no forthcoming work can be of
greater interest than ihe only au
thentic History of the Constitu
tion of the Unitpd Slates, from
the lucid and faithful pen of James
Madison, the first (or one of the
first) of its great founders and ar
chitects. Of the value of such a
work no one could be a better
judge than Mr. Madison himself,
and he has in his Will, providing
for its publication, borne the most
emphatic testimony on the subject,
whilst directing the avails of ihe
publication to be applied to pur
poses wholly disinterested, hu
mane, and literary. We are in
debted to a friend for a copy of so
much of the Will of the illustri
ous deceased (dated April 15,
1835) as relates to this work; in
which, as follows, we are sure
that our readers will find much to
interest them. Nat. Int.
"I give all my personal estate of
every description, ornamental as
well as useful, except as hereinaf
ter otherwise given, to my dear
wife; and I also give to her all my
manuscript papers, having entire
confidence in her discreet and
proper tise of them, but subject to
the qualification in the succeeding
clause. Considering the peculi
arity and magnitude of the occa
sion which produced ihe Conven
tion at Philadelphia in 1787, the
characters who composed it, ihe
Constitution which resulted from
their deliberations, its effects dur
ing a trial of so many years on
the people living under it, and the
interest it has inspired among the
friends of free government, it is
not an unreasonable inference lhat
a careful and extended report of
the proceedings and discussions of
thai body, which were wiui cioseu
doors, by a member who was con
stant in his attendance, will be
particularly gratifying to the Peo
ple of th? United States, and to
all who take an interest in the
progress of political science and
the cause of true liberty. It is
m v desire thai ihe report as made
by me should be published under
her authority anu oirecnun, mu,
as ihe publication may yield a
(considerable amount beyond the
I necessary expences thereof, 1 give
.the neti proceeds thereot lo my
wife, charged with the following
Legacies, to be paid out of that
fund only," he. he.
Unparalleled basenesst shall we
call it? The term is not suffi
ciently significant, nor can we
conjure up an epithet to charac
terize the features of depravity
belonging to a transaction ' which
has been just related to us. Let
the reader judge. A white man
whose name we withhold for the
present? arrived here a few days
ago in a small craft from Rich
mond, having with him a negro'
man and two small boys. He
offered the boys for sale to several
persons, but the price, $700, be-1
ing thought loo high, he lowered
it to $450, which induced a sus
picion that he had not come hon
estly by them; but lo this suspi
cion was opposed the ready dec
laration of the negro man, thaij
3lr. )afJ bought him and the
two boys, who were his children,
in Petersburg. Still, however, it
was thought proper lo investigate
the matter, and the white man
with the negroes were taken to the
.Mayor's office, when the truth
came out lhat ihe negro was a
free man belonging to Petersburg;
that ihe boys also were free, were
his ow n children, and lhat he ban
entered into a contract with ihe
white monster to carry the chil
dren abroad and sell them and di
vide the money! All the parties
are in custody. Norfolk Her.
OC?Bra(lbury Allen, of Lex
ington, Mass, cabinet makers,
have decamped from there, ha
ing committed extensive forgeries
it is said to the amount of$!7,000
on the father and uncle of Allen.
A Warning. Beniamin Rath-
bun, of Buffalo, N. Y. has specu-
ated and failed lo a large amount!
11
liabilities are estimated at
early three millions of dollars;
his property at $2,600,000. More
than a million and a half is said to
be paper with forged endorse
ments some of it shaved at ruin
ous rates. Ihe U. b. Bank of j
Philadelphia is taken in for a for-j
ged note of one hundred thousand j
dollars. His paper has flooded!
Wall street for six months, and
the New York Hereid says, that
to him and similar speculators,
that city has been indebted for the
enormous price of money. He
has civen an extraordinary im
pulse to ihe town of Buffalo last
year building 165 fine brick
stores the American House,
w hich cost, along with its splendid
furniture, $160,000! His prop
erty has been assigned over to
five trustees; and among the first
to be paid are "the clerks, me
chanics, and daily laborers in his
employ at Buffalo and Niagara
Falls; ' and also all persons to
whom he was indebted for build
ing materials, Sec. This is a just
arrangement, tie is said to have
had in his employment at ihe time
of his explosion, more than 1200
hands. On the 3d inst. Lyman
Rathbun. the brother, was arrest
ed on a charge of forgery; and on
the 4th, Benjamin was arrested 011
a similar charge. Both are now
in jail, and are fully committed
for trial. What a chapter in the
wild history of speculation! As
the Philadelphia Gazette observes
be was ambitious, and aspired
to the denomination of the Father
of Buffalo; but he was feckless in
his means, and will go down to
history as the Felon of Buffalo.
Among the multifarious items
presented in Mr. Rathbun's sche
dule of his personal property, we
observe 60 wagons, 00 setts of
harness, 120 team horses, 50 post
coaches, 140 stage horses, and 4
canal boats.
The Rochester Republican
states that the wife of B.JRathbun,
a very wonhy woman, was unable
to bear ihe shock a revelation of
his proceeding produced, and is
now laboring under menial alien
ation. x
Great and destructive Flood in
Tennessee and loss of life. The
Nashville Republican of August
loih, states that on the Monday
preceding a tremendous and un
paralleled torrent of rain had fall
en in Dickson county, sweeping
down the hills in such force as to
carry away stock of all kind, fen
ces, dwelling houses, iron works,
he. Two families on Yellow
Creek are said to have perished,
with the exception of a negro,
who saved himself by ascending a
tree. Nearly every forge and
furnace in the county are destroy
ed. The valleys were literally
filled with the torrents, and Cum
berland river below lhat section,
rose suddenly 25 feet in 2 hours.
(tTlie corporation of New
Orleans has purchased two cotton
presses in that city, one for
$375,000, and the other for
$200,000. They occupy valua
ble ground, and the object of the
purchase, if we mistake not. is to
remove ihem as nuisances lo the
sections of the city where they are
located.
Carpenter's Machines. In Co
bury, Upper Canada, a successful
machine lias been put in operation
which will in part make ihe hand
labor of our carpenters of more
effect. It supersedes the use of
the hand in preparing boards for
flooring, and is propelled by a
two horse tread-wheel, and saws,
planes, longues, and grooves,
"with the greatest precision and
facility."
Paper V znctring. We yester
day examined an elegant piece of
furniture veneered with marble pa-
per, in imitation of rose wood."
The imitation was so perfect, and''
the veneering so exact, that an ex
perienced painter was unable to
discover lhat it was not grained
with paint, though he considered
it almost impossible to shade and j
blend colors in such a beautiful j
manner. The paper was from)
the manufactory of Messrs. S. C.
h E. Mann, of this town. They
have brought the manufacture of
colored and marble papers to a.
higher state of perfection than any
establishment in the United States.
This plan of veneering furniture,
we think, will prove a very useful!
improvement. It combines three!
very desirable qualities elegance,
durability and cheapness. A
common pine table can be cover
ed, in imitation of rose wood, for
$1 50, in a style that would defy
the most skillful painter in the
world to equal. It is the opinion
of cabinet makers that it will wear
much longer than common ve
neering. Dedham (Mass.) Pat. j
Q7The brick house No. 144
Fulton street, four stories high,
and 25 feet wide by upwards of
60 deep, is in ihe process of being
moved back 20 feet or more, so as
to correspond with the line of the
widened street. The furniture
remains in the house, the goods in
the stores, (which occupy the low
er floor,) and even ihe tenants
need not leave the premises by
reason of any danger lo which
they would be liable. We are
told ihts is one of ihe largest brick
buildings ever removed entire,
i JV. Y. Jour, of Com.
Beater, Pa. Aug. 3. An Ohio
paper speaks of a boy that, at 12
years of age, weighed 160 pounds.
Pretty fair weight, to be sure; but
not up to Beaver county. We
have a heavier case, or rather,
pair of cases, as follows: About
three weeks ago, a pair, or match,
as Ihe case may be, were married
in the southern corner of this
county, and from the hvmenial al
tar were taken to ihe scales, they
were "weighed in the balance,"
and certainly not found wanting.
Their weight, in conjunction, w as
750 pounds ! !
OThere are four persons re
siding in the neighborhood of
Hatcher's Pond, in Edgefield dis
trict, S. C. whose united ages
amount to 3S8 years. One of
the parlies, Mary Wise, is 115
vears old. Thev can all of ihem
ride almost any distance on horse
back, and are capable of attend
ing to their ordinary duties.
Deception and Revenge. A
medical man of New Orleans, Dr.
Alexander Leger, charged with
bigamy at New Orleans, to escape
the law fled lo Havana, but lately
returned, w hen he was apprehend
ed on the charge of Louisa Beau
vais, whom he had married in this
country, although having a living
wife in France. He was unable
to give bail for $5000, which was
required, and he was removed to
jail, but on his way back he was
fired upon and supposed to be
mortally wounded by the only
son of ihe lady whom he had de
ceived. The ball entered his
forehead. JV". Y. Star.
Murder and Suicide. Hiram
Norton inhumanly murdered his.
w ife with an axe, in Forsyth coun
ty, on the 30th ult. causing her
death instantly. He sent word
of it to the neighbors, and then
drowned himself in the river. The
event is imputed to religious mel
ancholy in the husband. ib.
Singular Death. A man na
med George Hailey, lately fell
from a vessel into the water near
Baltimore. The water being
shallow, he came plump upon the
bottom, and in contact with a
large lobster, which caught him
by one of his ears and held fast.
He was drowned in consequence.
When the body was found, about
an hour after, the lobster had still
a good grip upon the ear.
Philadelphia Trans.
OCIt is stated that there were
547,000 volumes of books printed
in the United States last year, ex
clusive of pamphlets, periodicals,
and repeated editions.
Horrid Fanaticism in Spain.
A poor cobbler at Bilboa, suspec
ted of adverse politics, was lately
dragged to the market place,
and at length stabbed and pel
ted lo death by an infuriated
mob, among them several women
who washed their hands in his
blood, making their children do
ihe same, while ihey danced fan
dangoes and sang low obscene
songs around the corpse in exulta
tion of their execrable triumph!
JV. Y. Star.
The way they commit suicide, in
Paris. There were 229 suicides
in Paris in 1835. Of these 73
were females, most of whom pre
ferred the death by suffocation
from charcoal fumes. The fash
ion may have come from ihe Sul
tan, who strangles his discarded
mistresses in a sack. Not one of
the women used a pointed instru
ment. They are not fond of steel,
except in their corset bones. Af
ter 30 the women abandon suicide,
but the men go on to 50.
Treasure of Morocco. In some
chambers in the city of Mekinez,
it is estimated, are entombed 50
millions worth of Spanish dollars;
consisting of jewellery, bars of
gold and silver, belonging to ihe,
reigning monarch."