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rx rrrvvrn sz : fv .,ttth 7JV TTV ,Tr5XAT (V , . ,7S jf (77 TO CTF VUl 1 fxi tws&m HALEIGH, IT. C. THURSDAY, JXPIML 9r 1C35 VOL-HHVI i.J Jnrlh Carolina Gazette reausaaa. wkxki.i, v LAWRENCE & LEMAY. . Pot OXice Department during the va cation. - A . majority ofThe Committee was computed nf the devoted friend of the Administration and the unanim- I ous report of that majority tuttaini I .-. . - jcvery charge preferred againit the De- - .?lV.?' j- '' :! : Diriment. I will not detail facta, but give their conclusion: '' ? ' .iatUwdMwiiimiirreiirtionperf -rrThat th firtaneea of ITiWltepSrtmen't wKTrar.aiKl prroniclrut wiihoul ittin have been managed without frugality, ays a ability, ghtsned . .. .w-.--.--v- .., n..n run. bt hin ih imin ni a dll.r,iiUle-i,m- . ..... , k.a i 4inne5r,iiiiprrwiniieM(ieuinnaiiini nav been manageu without trugalit; j ir, vba may desire to bccyin. subtsi ilwrs.i ttm, intelligence, or adequate public i I Uesirwtly rt,uirefl to pay ih holr a-, Tne Carama principlea of an enligl , ntrtheyaar'aiubacriptiooirf a.lvanee. e,onom- have been violated.' Etc i.e cents for each eaiuiuuoev- jKi tu ttie Editors mutt be post-paid, Lllr. Itcnrhci's Circular. come, and expenditure bate not bee pK portioned to the benefits to be purchaaed. "2d. ,?'bat the form ut making and pre serving marl contracta ia both negligent and conltneil, and that an occular inspection of' i Congressim 8UMP 11-vi-nue i uflirient fe ii? Uovernt aililrratffl In the freemen ul the nal Diait-iel. PLUS RKVr.NVK. icJi from the CirenUr' nf the Hon. Amm j the mail contract books can alone Convey an adequte idea at the rarelcsa ana coniiwca i s'ae in which they are kept." "3d. That the mode of advertising mail debt ia eUingUl.hed, ant j contracta naa practically ..wwnro.ii. -w oi lite mw, ani renaereu mi ijr.icin ui now ereater than what for the necessary want overnment. An overflowing kurr inviies to prodigalitr anil ti'uptton in those who administer it- r rooit obvious poiirr would teem tinira in reeard to the more important route an ,mplv form or a. bitter mockery. And, '4th. The practice of jfrantiiig extra al lowancra has, at varioua'datea in Uuhiatorv of this Department, run into witd" ecaea; aome illegitimate, and therefore without an I apolocrvi and othera legitimate, but very m t i . r ..... aiiuitfa (o Bring me lievenue qown ai ,hitaource may be ascribed, without baa ard e to me neccMary wauta oi im ernthfJiU.-iButnlu,canutvtUt; i - a a av a . - e before in rear ia-u. , .ine.com.:. u bilf prnviiles for a gradual re- t ion up to tn-t nernii, ami tne fee of the Union demand tht the -r will therof.ire. he a aurnlua Ue- ment. The letter of a contractor, auggett . mg an impraicnmi', of error, much of the embarrassment of the bepartment; and, in - whoever aspect thit cointr(lttee fiat Tnd ati i opprtfWnlry'to etam ine it. itatrikea them that its practical ope. ration haa been fraoa-ht with much more of evil than of rood. Amontr jta other achieve t menta, it haa signaliied ftmioe4a4yfrer the moment, aud produced a lively impression in every part of Amen ra; and the glowing language of Ourke, in one or liii mot celebrat ed pefhw-4n tlre-Crittslt-: I'tiM-lia-roentt raatlc ttie story of Jane Mac Crea imniliar tn tlt European TliUyiiuiig lady was the datigli. tor of a Clergyman. . wlm died in New Jersey belore the llcvulutioti. a homo in- the home of her brotlier, a reNpcrtable gentleman renitjing on the western bank of Uudson's Hiver about four mile below Fort Ed-warirT-Here alio formed an inti macy with a young man named David Jiiiiea, to whom it wns uu- (lerstooil she u as engagt'd to be broke th married. When the war out. Juiiph took' . the aide of royalists, went to Canada, received a commission, and was a captain or lieutenant among the provincial in Burgoyne'n army. v:iiWJr&ir4;w tiro &ta f tii f iii A "I j. mm w .... " - tsteni margin of II turson'u River, withm a few yards or the water, and 4urroii4il By7:faloiiwHlr- bli! extent, which was cleared ol them- interred on the east aide of the river abont three inilea below the fort.' The body of Lieutenant Van Vechten was buried at the same time ttml n the aanie- awt.-. - History has preserved no facta hr which we ran at this day iiscer- taiir.5bji.reiisiMr,wliy,Mis;Mctt sktuld remain as ho did in ho ex posed and unprotected a situation. She had been remlnfleti r her aii gtr oy tne peopie m mo in. ji r dition relates, however, and with seeming truth, that through aome medium tr communication aha had prone wd her Idver, probably by his advice, to remain i thi place ,1 until tho aimroarli of the.Iintish troops shtinld afford her an.opyur to tt i ty to joi n htm i n rtn pnnywjlh her hostess and friend. It is said. that, when, they saw the Indians cumins to tho house, they went at first (t ightened, and attempted-to rarane: but. ns the Indians made signs of pacific intention, and mie of IIIUIII lltlU lll llii mi, . brook, from each aide of which th rround rises into a hill, and it was . .. - ....,. . at that tune covered over wiiu irers nd Hitdei brush. Eight or ten nds aonth of thi bmnk, nd eiinhe west side of the mad, these, men were bid he could get them, I wked him whether he would wot gie in ior. He said he, would give us njr quan tity of dry goods, or any auin of m awy-aiid - bring-iXii" any "Iaco" . t i . r . i. . . I. . thai WO nilglll piw.ii upon, aw mt w .1..... -mi , 4i. ri,it Ahdrn was! mitrlit cct it. Mr. rauluing answer OTeran5tvM l'in s IIriile without interrupuon. uiouinon h....v-, ini particular of -this event I atir no step.' I tben' taked the per. o . ... ' . , am, wlift railed himself JoUll Anuer rateil in the testimony given by raul.". U L Vwu,a Myl V!-.- - - - tlin and AViHiams at Smith's trial, UjLJit hi V"'?? , 1 ,?. .. .! ,t.A bv tk Yes. I would I told lum I did not . ; , . Wit 1 1 am tfclrinsv t io - intend manuscript among the other papers, mm aionS,c ..... Th " 3Lny having bee., taken ! ILana, and we stopped under shade, only eVeven days alter U.. capture of; lie begged u, no 1 1 . ask U o, Andre, when every ri.cumsU.ico . t.ons, and said wire it he came to any mnsttiaru- frmt fm r in 1 ' rttmimtntii t nu .a -"" . tiou of his captors, it may bo re- that it was to be opened, their fears rrflnuMl antb the letlCF was a: rit ifm tained a request that tliry woultl pol tn ii earded as exhibiting a gistBter cx Hctness in its details, than any ac count hitherto pnblisht'd. In an swer to the question of the court, Myself, Isaac Van Waif, aud !!. ivm dressed in a blue over ; t7ma-tiglitIi.Mljri'iti-ttltWW - : of a kind tr clarot color, though a -rather deeper red than claret. Thn button-holes were laced with. gol4j tinsel, and tho buttons drawn over ln5i:thHraweV:iuid.uf.ax;.c, Daniel William were lying by the , a round ..at, m"' . . r ,r.- ....i ,ki. half u mi e i coat and ureecues, sim SI MO W HW , " - .v,.j. ..... j: Hhoot miles above Kingsbriidge.- -rtri-r'-.Ti,::'"i."'"r;,.T .Titt .TT: tiav iiioroii's, uvi v til a . rail ue lor several veara io come.. i oae of thii "surplus, so as to prevent 4 witeful and ilangrriius use ol it jthe Federal fJovernment, various its have Been propuseu. vine was liapo-e of the Itevenue arising from naieot ihe I'ublic l,anua among tne s arconling to their representa in on2re's. This was the tihject Mr. tHa v'a -ielrated-ZiL--iiZi 1 the plan aeeuie.d to he .f.quiUr ki And iul. that I regret it did not ... ihi annrnV a'iuli of the Pre. (" -- - - - baed by the f ederal uovernment eat expense, or were oriPtnally rtbyth 'Stater tii the Federal ernment, 'ar common ben'fit ntf theStutei." Theae were the t -upon whieh - the lands were i r l . i . . i n, ami i no not aec now mcac s could be more strictly and pre compiled with, now that the ic debt is paid, than by dividing proceed among the States, in A-t n.n i thvif . rnranrannn in r... Tbta .ivuutd iv to Nortn 1 ,B,e flina not less than two hundred .and dollar, annually, which, e - It -would curtail The' Teder! ernment of aome of its dangerous onae, would give lo our State means of carrying on all her im eaients without taxing the people. de, it is believed, that unless the lie Lands are disposed of in this , they will in a few years for party noses, be eiven in tne states iu Sch they lis Such a disposition ildbe roosf'u'njust'""to"''ihe old let, who ought lo have an equal re in them. 1 wat, therefore, per- ftly astonUhed that any Represents . . r VT..-.I. r..-i:... Urn t iro'n iiurui nuim., ciiiivi . . . . I . . . L. I i - tf legiiaiurr snvam vum aint a. .measure io,ju.mtui so. wen Iculated lov promote the proaperny d happiness of the State. Mil it for the people to say whether nil.W will ofter their most iniporlant avikhts thus to be sscrificed for the aake r ... . t. .. ii . u i: . i .. : ... and aoliciting an eatra allowance, not onfrequently has aerved the double office of an authority for rhe grant, and of a record of its existence. Some dark .n,np fit a contract, or loose acrao of paper i rommunlv the onlv official evidence of the order for large disbursements of money ili nma nfntn iltowanccs. It ia tpnz- zlinp problem to decide, whether this dis cretionary power, throughout it whole e istence, has done most mischief in the char- cter of impostor opon ho department, or teduccr Ito cont rac'ortZ n il rlAr in hoth Puises.M This is the report ol the majority of thf commitiee The minority ustut mnr u'nfavorahie. and cimcludeirwith' a strons; intimation that the Pottmastet w.Htd nod riiltivatcdoHWTtrmtntlfCTnWTV'CJf under uie cuargo m u.c nay ,.i mi...-. v,..v- iV, , , SWbTn whom he ferJ' SS WW thorn i lain there .! jmt an ! mile from the f.rt, stood a house safety to the British camp. L.i- !hs near as I can rccoject, and saw occuii e br INIrs. MWeil. a widow fortunately two separate parties of several persons we wtre acquainted occupieti oy wirs. x i rii, j act- with, whom we let oass. ' Presently a;iw irniaia nLiiuniuiisiivw w . i , Satur-I thread slock ig'.'r ; Tho neartsl loory pus.. ladv and an acquai MeCrea, with whom she was stay, 'mw n .i visitor at the time the indenendently of; each other, l.ud imitpil in this enteriH-ise. coin insf ... . , t - -...:.!.:. ..itn..lr ..ftliit iiii-b. American army was in that ucigii- uming wuu u , - borhood. The side of the hill was ct guard. It is incredible ll.a ttitli; a rrnwt I of bus ICS. Jones SIIOUIU liavo kitwii uu- '- . ...r f mill, of tho- arrantremcnt, or no '" a iihoi vi " .. u ... . llVB HOCII l IB IlilllKr ll uiini.w... ono ol Hie youns men. n willi ine, said, 'There comes a gen tleman like looking man who ap- miitra tu be well dressed, and has irt) boots on, niiil whom yu had bctlej fit f stiiji; i f y ii ii tfoii't " know h itn . O n d. that, I got up, and prcseniqu my When the prie .waa in . their bauds, the two r.hiers quarrelled about the e the reward they that. I cot fitt!lock-tlh4rcastf-lho pvrsoo, and told him tn stand; aud then I asketUU! eullcmen,' said lc, l lla yu one! Jameson was stationed with part of Sheldon regiment or lra gooil8. To tliat place It was rwoly- ed to take tne prisoner; nnu wuuia a fow hoiirs he was delivered tip t Jameson, with ailthe .fiapera tliat had been taken from his boots. ' m is t ...f party the Public Itevenue given to n portion of the Union, and the pub tit Land to anothjr. " Another pro '1 f-ition, having the same object- in i f M w. nr.nl.it bv a itiatinvtiiaitV , , V ... ' j . ...... Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Ibwun:) U was-to 8n.end 4be Con-j fntalauM lobe itnieaelud.- But these disclosures, though enor mous are not all. There arebusea till hid in the recease of the Depart ment, to which the Committee were not allowed access. It wa ascertain ed that the Postmaster General, ince he eame inta office, has removed up wards of thirteen hundred Postmaster. Many of theie men were known to be - x .a J -.a r ut:.. tan. ong intil, laitniui puun vanta. Their uccesors were, in -ny instances, both incompetent and dis honest. "The Committee wiihed to know the cause of these removals; but the Pos'masfei' General refused to permit Ihe examination, and the Rep resentatives of the people were not al lowed access to thein own records, to see whether injustice , had not been done to free American citizens. Thi refusal of the Postmaster General cre ato thn atrnnirest and 'mot unfavora ble Inference apathst nintfr Guitt llone eek concealment; and I fear the ex animation would have disclosed the melancholy fact, that these weepiog removal have been made without emite, tn control the freedom of election, and to next President. If the Postmaster General ha re moved these meritorious officers with out causes, and Tor such corrupt purpo se, I hesitate not to say he ought to be impeached and removed from office. Sothouht James Madison so thought General Jackson. In his letter to Mr. Monroe, in 18IT, he advised him to se Uct nmcers for their nrobitv, virtue, cipa regard to in nis memorial , iw vius1"" from diiTeront parts at the moment, and rending the air covered and on the totijr from the house, stootl a large pine trwy near; t-e- root of whklgushed: ..f a ur.Annial Ollfilia llf WUtei'. A euard of one hundred men had Imoiloj.f dividing . -- mill, in-!."! "'". b5?"Hr;V'7,r.,". i..Aun ,f ettimr aistHites WIout U our wtrtvv-l Mked him .an alias 1 . 1 it II TPf! & III All T CLIMT I f t s.a. - : - i J . - ttHn4.iv.,.lU,woMjialwU a little beyond the pine tree. j in a wild fit or passion killed the Early one morniog IhtM picket victim and scurd tbc-acalp.- Wr guard was attacked by a. party uf ls.it tho least a'aockiug feattu-c ul Indians, rimhine throucli tho woods the transaction, that the savage . 1 a ' a. ..I Inn . miaulitii same sccmeti not awaits i um m""" with Uninformed as to the motive of his hideous ells. Lieutenant Van .employer for obtaining iuo csun Yechten aatd uve tiUiers-wvio JiWH-u -oi-ine iiuyTur m.,r-...-"."f,.-, and scalped, and Tour wcro wounded, he regardctl her in J'f . ,.,l;,,ti;,r,,' Samuel Standish, one of thi f-SartCp'Isoi.er. a..T Huppt.setT tho M.nlp whoso post was near the jdne tree, would bo an acceptablo tt opl.y.--discharged his : musket on thc- lhst Xet jt e jmagiucd what . Indian ho saw, and ran down tl.eTerliugs of the anxious lover, wait. . .. . . . i i . i .... ..uFmI aiilii'itt:ttiiiii lilt! ar lull luwarua the lonj out no ..au no r ? .- "V T-i.i.. " .-.I .R.I.I I.-. ..Gentle III a n Jij U ITIIllf Ulliv - r . " - - .. -".v. . . .. i . .. i:.l Party. upoiiinai iiohi nun a mo. Then he aid,- I am ft -Uritish 111-; cf F out of the country on particular Ixisiucssi aud I hope you will not detain mo a minute; and to sliovr lhatjio was a British officcrjic pul led nut his watch. Upon which I tnl 1 him t.i dismount. Ue then said, M Gud, tmt.sL'iJ"J-iLl.lr,j;.i'l get along," and aeenied to make a inmrh .f it. and nulled out General Arnold's pass, which was tn Joiiii Anderson, to tass -ail -goarus m While Plains and below. Up rnthat ' , rrom ihe PhHadetphia Caaette. -Art twreKKsTtNauitKCK nRiz: We last evf ning . attended , the lecture or Air. rcrdicarls tipou the moratvntt intcHectmtl-cwnilitloii..ofL-. fli eere. when we. heard from him a lViirM v-Hteesti- try, which, as nearly as we ean. rt- collect, v as in aubslance as folU-a:. are triUif Greeks whosoonjirict tho capTuro of ConHtantiiionlo by the tifks fled trthe mountains Tortbtt 7 . M . . ' ll... tsi .... a a SB ptirposo n escaping inu ,jr ",,v their invaders, and wiiose uescenu- - ant havees-tr swe rcmatueit llicrtjr; as a.disti!tcUceT Quo, of; tl tribes imsst ssutg a considcrabio town ha TOif-OFriCE DErAttTMEKT.. hs Pot Office Department n the subject of evere scrutiny, wit commence I by a committee of I Senate at the first eaion. That Inmittea re nor ted. and disclosed a toe of mismanagement and abuac iu !ct, to unexampled and to startling, tmtny were unwilling to. believe and ttt it down to the (core of party position to the Administration. The epartment hat become bankrupt, from immense extra .allowances made to vorite contractors, without any ade- at service rendered by them, at the rt will and pleasure of the. Poslms- r ueneral or his subordinates. io :." .i..i u .!,;.. ii,ii iIh-kii rival oi nit iiiiruur.i . .. " . .. i.' .t .V..-1..1.V thi. .nn-llinir nr.Hif of her death ,,.. you had best let mc go, or lUUiailS. W 11 ll uai iimaut', linn i" -ri tt . i- . " .. j..,.. .....ii I. . . . .'i .... e.i. uni.tod to him. The moo- u ill brine Yourselves into trou cut oil ins rcireai, tmcicu om n m --. ...- -- i .:n .i: ,i . l , 2L.x .i,..i bi.n :,. re..r Lad suffered by the hand of. for your stopping me will detain tl r"r"' " ' :7 , . cmeltr n hid. he had! General's business," and said he W m brew him to the ground, unconsciously armed; his most fond-U,ig,o Dbb sFet ry; .to meet a p mm, lurcw mm . . . V.Mmm I, asteiL and ..... fi.i. ii.iil irell-iiitcJllffeuCU - p in oncd his armsanaabeii uuwieoyvi5iw..wv.pv iT-VTi.! - fiIMH that I to . . . .. f ...i. ,t wu, nhiiited in Ins Soul, fieneval Arnold. Uoil tnai a iu ..m x.oienirv mrwaru ,p . '.--iorltclAWlm 1 honed he would not be o nnrMnuiiv in a ii is bm unit it iihiii t imvh ---- i was' .He to his ,.. nM....tl v tnbitn n a in.irl. lm)ln a. he could, and iii a short time he never eradicate. His s mit ,.. ii.- .n.inr. ul.ert! Heveral scathed and his heart broken. V" !. La...ii lived but a lew years, a prey IIIUIUII9 wn V .i.-n. MM,i.. . ., .. . w a i . .1 Here Staudisk waa kftto.4imwlfr,aI wcollecUous, aud.uok iuto 4ho at a little distance from tho spring grave under the burden of his grief. ... . !. ; I -nmninlnniirp. nl tlllH lllt'lail- aotl me p. no tree, exnecirnc every i "v ... - --- - t.k fit.u w 1 1... . ri f n ..r-l.l.-'rhnlr tater is still cliei lshcu wuu narhJ. k. ti. Tdrr U,-Ptni8l9. neoeciares, .1 t...v i. u, . - B :. k n rr.al a va- a-- 1 . - - - r a? r Llaiui!fr lam iu avw-; rinuv u.a - muer oi years, auiviaion oi tne ur-i r J -.. '.in., or tn pratifr ..ibe ..aml)ition.o.i I7..U nun amnni, ins AiiiMaci..-....'.-'.',w,-"n -" ft r , - . . . , IK. Mlrlt I regret, however, that this reason to Trr, tuition could not be acted on for '' , " ,:,.',TJ. ii Anil n ,. ., ,ner ivepuum-an iu. ...... -til oi time. 1.. i .jj...-:.-4(m-tirrfrj nia inaDTarai nuumv . .vw, r1ar.l that he condered among Ms most acred dutie "the correction oj those abutet which hnve brought tne Patronage of the -Federal Government into conflict with ihe freedom of tlec tiontV These - are-palritotic senti ments, honorable both to his head and his heart.' From the bottom of my oul I respond to their justice and troth. Whenever the immense power and patronage of this Government, with upward of one hundred thousand ofit f ers and persons in h pay, uirh to bear upon the freedom of our elec- A I ! .1 i nni for the ournose ol controlling ami lii-taiina- to the n-nnle. then mry the patriot tremble for theWcty of our free institutions. ... i i . u fate comrades, whose scalps were cftii anicuotisl v displayed. A few niinii . . . a s a tea only had elapsed, wucu ne saw n small party of Indians ascentling the hill, and with them Mrs. Mac Neil and Miss to' Crea on f'. H rr kne w t hem both Ti a :i 1 ng" offe been at Mrs. M'Nfil's house. The Indians, when he perceived much thcyj engaged in a furious quarrel, and beat one another with their in tiskcts. In the nil dst of this fray. 7- L . .... . ' " I i . - faae up inisaeucency, ine man ruuica through the country have been rut wa. aud the. people are made to (far for this mismanagement of the partmenU. -.Tbit.it not alH the Post- iatter GeDeral hat preumed to bot w large iamt of money from the State ttokt opon the faith of the Depart ieot.ia direct violation of the Coosti- Itioo, which declare that Congress tone shall borrow money upon the faith I the Government!. . .c: j Daring . ths last summer, therefore, hen among you, I did not hesitate to renounce th department rotten to the re. Some doubled, other blamed me; 1 St what i the fact? The House of Irprcsentatives appMnted a Committee - r,.iu.iue iuiw m. conoiuon oi me irilSCEM.AIVEOl s. KxlracU Irora ths life anil treason of UcoedieL Amolil. trr. iassb ariaa:,.j..-. :. THE MURUEK OK MISS McCBF.A. The murder of Jane M'Crea has been a theme, which eloquence and sensibility have alike contributed to dignify, and which has kindled in many a "breast the "emotion of a re sponsive sympathy. General Gates description, in his letter to iiur- goyne, although more ornate than forcible. and abounding innro T.i bad tasto than iu simplicity or pa thos, was suited to the feelings o lively sympathy , by thj people who dwelhtielir the sct'iie orita jiiTocljial' incidents. : The inhabitants of the village of Fort Ed wanl have lately removed the remains or Miss Mac Crea from their bsMrgratiiig; ptaTt'iand dem TfTTtlsss pul lio burial ground. The , crrc iinrtiiypiiaikwmtt A nrocession of yotine men and tono of Tho-- cTiTefsr - apparently itr- taroxyism of rage, shot Miss 3Iac- Crea iii the breast. Slio instantly fell and expired. Her hair was long and flowing. The same chief grasped it in his band, seized his knife, and took ott tlio scalp in sucn manner as (j includo nearly the whole of tho hair: then springing from the ground, he tossed it in the face of a young w arrior, w ho stood uear Wm waiciutig ineoperaiion, brandished in the air, and uttered a yell of savage exultation.'; Yhcn this was done tlie quarrel ceascu; aim, as tho fort had itlrcady been alarmed, the Indians hurried away as quick ly as iwssible to General Fraser's enrammnent un the road to Fort Anne, taking fwltii tnem ivirs. Mac Neil and Samuel blandish. The bodies of the islam' were found bv a party that went in pur suit. : and were earned across the river. I bey nau ueen stripped oi their clothing, and the body of Jklisa M'Crea was wounded in ' nine places, either by a scalping kuife or a tomahawk. maidens fotliiwcdlhu ttTTcsauuwcpt in silence wlie the earth5 wa again closed over them, thus exhibiting au honorable proof of sensibility and rcsnect for the dead. Tho little fountain stilT" pi urs out its clear . a. a a. a waters near the brow oi.tue nui, and the venerable pine is yet starid ing in its ancient majesty, broken, at the top and shorn of its branches by the w inds 'and storms of hair a cen tury, hut revered as marking the spot where youth and iniMK-enre was sacrificed in the i tragical tlcath of Jano MX tea. . r . ; -. -, . . From; the same,' CAPTUItB OF MAJOIt ANDRE. It' happened that, on the same morning on "which Andre 'crossed Pine's li ridge, seven persons, who resided near Hudson's Uivcr,on the neutral ground, agreed voluntarily to gn out in a company armed, watch -the road, and intercept any suspicious stragglers r droves of cattle, that might be seen passing to wards New York. Four of this par ty were stationed on a hilt, where they had a view" of tho road for a considerable " distance. The three others, named John Paulding.- David Williams, and Isaac Van Warf, were concealed Iu the bushes at A messenger was' not her place and very near the road. desnached to convey the afflicting .About half a. mile orthil. the nil. intelligence to her orother, who ar- lage of Tarry town, and a few hun rived soon afterwards, took charge tired yarda from the bank of Hud of his atster'i remains, and hnd aon'i titer, the road crosses a sraall yuu ble. ie as ier for. Id (Vend ed, that we did not mean to take a- tiv thine from htm; and l mid :um there weio many bad 'penple,"whn wete gniitg--lrmgthe- rod,-ao4 1 did not know bulperiiaps uq migni be one." i " When Turther quealioned, raul dine replied thatJ.o . asked the per mi li'w name, who told hun it wit John Anderson; aud that w hen An tlerson produced Gen, Arnold's jass, he- should hat o let him go, if he had MutJ before callcd,hluiseifj: a. Uritih nlRcer. I'auldi ng alsi said, that when-1 the - person t polled-rttot-hi wltttnm.dersiowl - it us nigoal ihat4ivs British oilit er, nuV4wt ureseni. .- t- :.-h . All these particulars'1 wrro nu- stantiaUv coiillrmcd by David WiU i a in , w he test imony- tmTgard to tho searching of Andre,; being tiioro mbiute than .. Paulding's, is hero in serted. u We took Vim in the bushes," said Williams, and ordered him to tmtl off his clttths, which he did; but .... I .1.1 n searching lunvnarrowiy wecou.u notfiud any sort or writings. ve told him to pull off his boots, which he seemed to be indiiicrcm auoui; but we got one boot off, and search ed in that boot, and could find no thing. Hut we-found there , were some papers iu Iho bottoni of his stocking next to his foot; on which we mane nim p "r."6 and Tound three papers wrapped up. Mr. Paulding looked at the coutcuts, aud said he was a spy, , ye then made - hiinr pull off his other hoot, and there we found three more pa lters at the bottom of his foot within his stocking.. : . V : Upon this we roade him dress i.:.,..plt. and asked him .what he whiit.1 - irivvr-nii to -let Mm fcn lie said he would give us; any sum or money. . 1 asked him whether he would give us his liorse, saddle, bridle, watcbt and :nnft4 hundred -.lii.eas.. He . said "Yes;" and told us he would direct them tu auy place, II llfto ,ita " ----- - j wclUiHtined- uMm b fr T'rV- assailable by ato. m, having become an object of peculiar jcaslousy to th pachaii ithi UmiriW.J.W -was situated, he resolved to ottempt to ilestrny them by stralagem Ho , y accordingly scni a complimentary in-1 '; vitati.m to-tbecorainander , of the . tribe, to rumifli a body ortroopst lt , mai h with him against some t omi, mon eneiiiy. l iie requcss was -plied, with,, but no sooner were thesu ttictt. td tuc numucr di ed and. upwards, withm the power ... r, ,the Turkinh army, than they were inhumanly buti hered; alter which the Pacha moved towards the.; i-ock,iu hopes. nf rinding, the town uiipfolectcdrlrt tUe iexpfdmniirtiW- ever, he was disappidutcd. On reach ing it base he found that tho re. -uiHiwing .niea' mI all. Jh , women wei-enrn.ed fur its defence, ami that it was, impregnable even by his u." pcrior ntimbci s.w-Tho actual com mauder of the place, desirous or ro- tnliating upon the Tacha for his bar. barottit -coiid uct , - resorted W -4 -- - stiatairpm. He coniiauin'catfd a so- town-tfttd-hls "haudsthir I'afha . hav ing some tloubts vorjp5iyli i otherndaced iii his" hands as it litis- tage, his son, a young iu,uu was immediately sent off to the palace of niolacl thii gates were to be openbd, and thn tWMqMWtij-lclift't'inafcli''liilliC tl.dngr WhiCr,H was necessary iw -rsT pass by "four forts. " U t!is meaiaime, theso -forts' were manned' with the . disposable force, male and female of the town, with positive orders not to tiro Mntil the Turkish troops had entirely passed the first r outer, most fort. No sooner then was this effected, than a tremendous auddea.. . tructive fire was commenced opon - the invadersV and continued until tho whole body was destroyed, i mounting, las we i' ui.dvratjli t thousand 'men. ".' s"'' ".-:f''r Bcfore"the"result, Imviever, was known to the Pacha, who was not with the army, his soti, a boy of the age or the young Greek hostage, took the -liberty of telling Uh guest, that as - . -soon as information should arrhe of ' the capture of his native town, he was . . . . K roARted aliv. ' Do not be ton uro of that," sai d the young Greek, Mis soon as new arrives oiuie ueica. of yaur father, you shall ue skinned a live. The Greek commander, after the siiecesful Issue to his stratagem, - ; wrote a letter to the Tacl.a; cvntaln- t- .1.7. ft.llowins words: knew that - joii were a treacherous roan, but I did Sot know UiarroCweref TootTT ou e ve. ir it was that very, spot, so thtWiQ:T?cWM VirHrtt 6U t
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 9, 1835, edition 1
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