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Tiimxx Dbiviits pet nnum-one half in advance
ThoMKbdonot,fcithciratth time of subscribing
ii)Wnueti11v. eive notire of their wish to Hat
jlaperdiscontinued at She expiration of the
year, will bepresumed aflesiring its continuance
Nt exceeding xitf Zneijmll be. inserted Are
timet tot iJoiiar aniwe(ty-ae cents ior eacn
ehbsequept pfetrication: i&ose ,of greater length, in
proportion If tfie number of 4,nsetions be not
. m&rked on them, they will becontinued unti or-
I force. The 'Legislatures of 'Georgia, of
Alabama, ofTennessee, ofNorth-Caro-fc
na, 01 Virginia, cc.severai other states
were then in sessionf llnistake iiot?
and if I do I hop gentlemen will correct
mefandf that of Mississippi was7 soon to
meet. Four of these States had a deep
stake in the Indian question, because the
Indian! n'ow reside in portions of them.j
. fa that the roost gross and base
faleHpods .were contained in it, as to
myself.iThis I did not so much regard j
but rsiwfuther, that, ith a vew to
reach me?k statement was made respect
ing MrMConnelf orfcft-oJf m constitu
ents, an humble an,-inoffensive citizen,
which would, in probability, cost him
his life. I felt hurt by this, as I had been
m m y Monaayr van, 10.
Mjv Whit? e of vEenncsiee,i-roie and
aid : I rise,Mr. PresidepVjtb offer the
RtsbluticfmwhiclI hold i&yhand i but
to enable Ahe. Senate. to understand wny
it is onered, anu tne oDjecciwwjsn to ac
complish it isiluty iac6mbent me
to accompany itwith some explanation;
I. will theretorejreadaijd then pass it fo
your tablen, A-
7J2etfThat JbeT Secretary of War be, and
he iatbereby Jequested to inform he Senate
what, office VBenjarni ti T. Curryhftlds in tlie
Cfierolcee Nation, under what law he waa ap
poWUedaml it what time 1 what" salary he re-
e
4
tvet, and whethet he has if any time, received
allowance, in aauitiiito ms siary, ana
,sftiting particularly the whole a
any
howinuch
mount lie has received eaqh year."
This '''(rVYoceeiied:Sr.
vf (nroceeueojMr. vv
vent into the Kation some time'arter the
election of the present Chief Magistrate,
a43 a l Deneve until apouc twelve monins
ago hVhadi,bVen employed as, an inferior
Agent to superintend the enrolment of
Gherokees for emigration, to havetheir
improvements aluedj&c. r During the
last winter he wasjherei antwhen I re-
turned home last spring, I understood he
!as making. some ngu re as a, politician ;
tiiat otitf hisjown head, or blithe insti
gation of some person rnore .wicked than
himself, he had while here, writtensome
letters for puWicatiorrUo asmaUpeva
paper in myown Stateivhich Had enga
ge in the.busmess of traducing me. Jn
the coiirseof the summer, we bad in some
jf the Congressional districts! animated
contests between candidates for Con
gress. f This gentleman I unilersU)
took an active partMHeiSometimes tra
velled out of. the Nation and even out
ol ms U4ngressionai Qtatrict, was zeaious
in propagating his opinion!, and, as I am
Informed arid believeeither wroteuhim-
fielf, or furnished' the materials .for one
orHnoire pieces, "brjthe same vehicle of
slander to whichThe bad written while in
Washington: ' - . ' i - f
$n the district including the Cherokee
Aaeoey, he was zealous in opposing the
lection of the,former liaember; and, with
-ft view t9 ienbje,iimtto act- fficietitly,
vvijas in1 the '-Aabit brf eading and 'showing,
.confidentially, abetter said to be written
;btvthe President himself, finding fault
j.witth the lofmerroemDery name, ana
vtising generafxpresioris, which Mr,
Xrry said were intended for me. I have
lUkewise been'infornfedhaVstill further
,to succeed in histptans ofltlefamation, he
onfidentiaUy useda. Utter, sal to be
-written ta hini by my honorable colleague
(Mr tirundy,) in hirnname wis
iused, no much to toy advantage ; and 1
now take this"occasion in the enalte, in
the presence of ouf'brother 'Senatorsn
presence of this audience', and' in the face
tOf the world, to ask my colleague to .say
whetKerat any time, he wjrote anyf let
ter to Mr. Curry, in which ; my nam, is
f Mrr. Grundy answered tMathe was tar,
ken by surprise with the question ; but
hedid not remember he had ever written
a letter on anjr subjectioMr. Curry and
that he fe.lt cecta'in if he had, he had'ne
irer fused his colleague name in other
terms thau those ot respect. J r
Mr, TWhite proceeded : lam then sa
tis&ed the answer given for the pre?
an i anu tms arunce musi nave neen
seiJ byjMr. Curry the moe effectually
to deceive and mislead those to whom he
xnaae such statements, . t ;
All thif conduct I disregarded.' & did
npt even think it worthy io helade mat-
lil ter jdi conversaiion. uurelections:ter-
intjnate4tteT6rjri,er member wajVeetec-
ted 1 ajla "wnen tne JLesislature met, I
"Wif again honored with a, Seat here by a
Unanimous vote. , ; -; m t
Smeihprt time ago a friend brought roe
a. Georgia newspaper and pomted me to
a if tier nnujer, ine signature 01 xaf. AJ.ur
r& dateds!ipecemte ad
dressed to . the JEdiitprdf fa 'newspape
-caijed tlie federal TTniont InHhat pa
the medium through which the Secretary
of War had irnluced him to undertake
this delicate, confidential, and hazard
oustagency. "i 1 The falsehoods were sa glaring,, and
the mischievous tendency of the letter so
obyjousyUbat I at first, hoped, so soon as
it met the eye of the Administration,
they would h set right without applica
tion from any quarter. After waiting
some time Without any step having been
taken,and hayjoggood eason to believe
the letter had been seen by at;teast one
member of the Administration, I address
ed a leUer to the Secretary oj War, un
der date of the 2d inst. a copy' of which
I will now read v ' .
tji 8 WiSHiicGTOir, Jan. 2, 1836.
Dear Sir I must tke the liberty of inviting
your attention to a letter under the signature
of Benjamin F. Curry, published in a newspa
per called the Federal Union, and bearing date
" Cherokee Agency. Dec. 1st. 1835?
In it you wilt see, il speaking of SamuelMc-
Connell, Mr. Curry; uses this lanjmaire he
fihas, for some years past, under the procure
menrpf Judge WbUe of Tennessee, been re
ceiytng pay frqm the United States Government,
as a secret and confidential Agent, while all his
visible efforts have been to defeat the measures
of.the ostensible Agents in bringing about a
treaty
I feel assuredyour own sense of jnstice will
at once pronounce that this statement, so far
as I atn concerned, is entirely unfuuaded
The name of Mr. McCopnell was not brought
to your notice by me ; I never asked or pro
cured the Department to appoint inir Any
' . Januarv 9- 1836. !
Sir; The attention of this Department has
beendrawn to a letter from you to the Editor
of the Federal Union, and which was published
f.r.4tA lunnct. ni:l ft, any ..it
I am instructed by the President, if that let-
ter was written by you. to tonvev to vou.his
disapprobationibf a part of it. There certain.
ly can be no impropriety in an officer's commu
nicating to thepublic proper information when
circumstances require itj and the general pro.
ct eamgs relating to the prospectsand progress
tif the Cherokee emigration are of this nature
But it is with regret the President ohf erves in
this communication, allusions to persons and
parties, which do not seem to be necessary,and
are calculated to produce an injurious eflect.
There is one error of fset, which it becomes the
special duty of this Department to correct, as
the requisite information is uDon its files. You
state that Mr. McConnell has for some years
past, under the procurement of Judge White of
Tennessee, been receiving pay from the United
States Government? as a secret and Confidential
gn1 & iYou have been led into a mistake
on this subject. Mr. McConnell was not em,
ployed under the. procurement of Judge White.
The suggestion that Mr. McConnell's services
might be useful, as well to the United States,
as to the Cherokee Indians, was made to this
Department from another and very respectable
quarter. As all the necessary circumstances
were not fully known at the Department, prop-,
er instructions were given to Mr. .McConnell,
and enclosed to Judge White, to be delivered if
lie thought the arrangement-would be useful.
Judge White hajl no agencjwhatever in the
matter, until he was requested, Jay the express
direction of the President, to serve as a medium
of communication between Mr. McConnell and
this Department. f-
Mr. McConnell transmitted various reports,
containing information as to the state of things
in the Cherokee country. But there is nothing
in these, going, in the slightest degree, to show
that lie did not act, with due fidelity, as well to
the UnitedlStates as to the Cherokee Indians.
It is also 1 matter of regret that you should
have attended at all to the employment of Mr.
Mcuonneu. Jbrom the relation in which he
stands to the Cherokees and thef suspicious,
disposition ot Indians, the disclosure may even
put his life at gieat huzard. It is therefore the
more imperative upomme to state explicitly, as
I have done, that there was nothing in the re
port, ot Mr. McConnel which could give just ot-
tence to the Indians.
The President has directed me to say that he
has read and approves 1his letter ; and that,
some h
me.
My course is here, my place is here.
From my stand on this floor. I contra-
diet (ne falsehood, and expose the inius-
ot thestorv. and the entire second story, has, and aught have recovered irom tne irjgni ,
plished always been occupied by Mr. Leach's Tif another, lMstie,v demoostralioji bad not .
icted ? family, while the reariTialf of the lowcrt been made about 10 o'clock at iiicht. A
meuitateu misciuer. In same
States it is. probable it has accom
its object. "How is If to be contrad
I have been furnished with a document storv. (senarAful Tmni ihf front bra'nar
proving the, falsehood, ,1s it supposed row passage,) being converted into three
that I would sneak to a printing office io cells, has been used as the nrison. the
beg a publication of its contradiction? entrance to the'm being either through
INo. 1 cannot descend to such an act of he kitchen, an appendage to the nrth
meahness. If I could, I dare not. j Thief end of the front of the main builtlinsr or
proud, high-minded, honorable men who through the front door of the dwellinjr
sent me here ivould,. for such an act of house. Qn the23d December, Mr. Leacfi's
degradation, recal-me from a station a- family consisted of himself, hia wife, a
a
mnng honoraDle men.
and thus cratifv
h in office,vvho seek to displace
rumor became prevalent .tha t the execu-
tio n was trr fake pi ace atr ha t hour in the
jail,and about fihy marched ujithec-e iri
a body and renewe4 the disturba'iice,'aud
partly effected-jta entrance into Ihe yt'ehv.
en, '. ! " ' i:"
f-fter much.jentreaty and explanation,
they werendoced to retire but not until
the fresh alarmt had caused Mrs, Chase
to relapse in to aither paroxy srd from
which she never recovered.- , Fftjeight
and forty hours she lingered jra state of
h e a r t-r r e n u j n g d el i Vi u m --at1 i mles ej? cl aim
ingin the?Ueresf agbn atthtt: mob 1
were killing er father, and at others re
paying theassiduous attentions and soo
thing endeavors of: her- aflicttlmfier,
with. the wild unmeanine laush 6nnsaii-
married dauarhter, Mrs. Clarlsal Chase,)
whojhad recentlyJjeen confined, but had
M ... ft
so !ar recovered as to be able to sit up a
portion of the day, and her young daugh
ter, and the infant son.
The suspicion of a private execution
ti.ee. If any opponent will deny my before alluded to, ripened into a connc
statement or justily this outrage, I meet tion, as the sun rolled on towards the
him here openly, face to face, eye to eye, meridian, and the impatient multitude,
and maintain and assert what is due to believing that they were to be defraudetMity. After the second attack she 'never
my constituents and myself, by all hon-iof their anticipated spectacle of the dy-i indicated any consciousness; of her aitua-
arable means in my power. t J ing agonies of a mere boy , stupid beyond itio'ri and at the loseof, leecond day,
uul ine lasnviue Ulliuu mis veinuic lexampie, ll not actually Idiotic, OUl notiueain urew ins ten cr iuc uat aim
of slanders and falsehoods gotten up in more destitute of the "noblest traits a.nd hnelancholy scene, one lias tett two ye
this city, as I have understood, for just distinguishine cSaracteristi'cs of a civil- T yoiingJuldren the eldest, a daugK
such purposes. JThe editor came here iz,ed human beins than themselves. be4ter, only twentyrone months, arid the
last winter, upon his own mere notion, J earned i highly exasperated, and, by com- youngest, an ihfant son, only, a week'oldi
or by the solicitation of seme other per- man consent, rather than anv concert of ot the day of her deaths She was the
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son, witnas I have understood and be- action, nroceeded in dense, but detached I onrysurviving child ot herbereaved'pa- .
lieve, not more money than would bear masses, towards the jail, in front of whiclil rents was greatly admired Tor her, accom, I
5; v . . w djaiit . a. m a. - J. u : r
His expenses. tie lived in tne nouse H hev concentrated to the number ot tit- prisnments, ana was iwenty.iwo ers o
with myJionorabletcolleasue. and. while tnen hundred or ' two thousand. The I age. and has been married about, threa
herefhivas furnished witli some ftye or six! more valorous and clamorous ascended years, to Robert Chase, J5sq. the Uni
tneusand dollars to estabiisji ins press the acclivity on which the jail stood, and, ted states uonsui at Martinique wno u
in Nashville, without relying upon sub- approaching the windowsand doorsl'de- at this very .tnoment Ifbndly" expecting
scripers, to ne enaaied to tnrow nis paperimanded in voci!erous& imperative tones, ner to join mm, in uio spring, at, ni ua
into the hands of every man who would whtn and where the exnected execution sulate.
condescend tn rp.ad it. Even this Verv 1 wa tn latri nlar. TIip wprp nrnmntlv
n.i.!.!i.i. til!, la.r t Ii.va nnl i i . j iul. n ii ..." I ' tiuisborousrii. Jan. 10. I
wuuiuct, vuuiaiuiiiii una itusii 'viaiiu Simmy iiuswereu, uiat jtiouuii, wast - n xi- a --t t .,.i..i-: A..wili
Jn..hl KAK0 ;nn,on(lB .nt. unrWL. k' .u. A. WIWOtrtCT wzrre.iu uui lust wc uicfcu-
ll. r- U .rC 4. Ik . Ann. I l L - .IJ U-
uic uaiiKui oeimwia iium una uuut, iv i u Known wnen ne wouiu ue. iiusau-im. T t l: .-r l:.
f UA ; UN. IT;n I u- t-r s.-i r. J. U, ramei, ui susuiciuus vi ,out
if
stolen a pocket 1)oqk containing' .
swer -true to the letter theiealous and.l.
47 a f " . I. I 1 -1 ,l I II aa i M.
xi uiereisany person wruwu my ncai- incredulous spoKesman received witn iouu i - . u: or..., .ilstri
IT. -, . " A . Ir I u"Ci wii'v. rieath. since then, the reatthiet has been
iiiv aaiaiiiict tit. vviiiwii snt3 puyvi vitas
established, I wish to heat-him do so.
air. urundy rose, and stated tnai tr.e er with their select tnends and invited u0 ,,i r;mn!ii p fmm tfiwiWillp.
itor had come here last winter not at guests, were to have all the fun them- SAtwie:fAfi ;n hands nfJJm Wlark. fiv
whjle he appreciates the zeal lyou hava displayed his instance j that how the money was selves. It was in vain that Mr. Leach, Ljnar Tennessee note, for iiie lliati of k
jeers and utter coniempu ney.w aeath: since then, the feAiYha'beeit
'that Prescott was to be hangeri that day, detecte(Jf qq Saturday night Mast AfthU
and the sejfish folks in;the house, togeth- bald Bradje a j0Umeyman hatter , ih-thii .
er with their select friends and invited nU ' n.i r;naitv -Ymmt IKwtlevilla.,
ii
ii
agency I had in the matter was at the instance
of the Department, and to carry into effect its
Wishes," as is fully disclosed in the letter from
the acting Secretary of War tame, and my an
swer, with its enclosure to him, to which I beg
leave t reier you. . ,
In that, as in everything else, I was willine
to do alljnmy power' to aid in carrying into
eftect the wishes ot thefdepartment in relation
to the Indians, and roust thiak I am treated
with great injustice, if your agents attached to,
your Department are thus-to misrepresent and
calumniate me, rrom all the information I
possess, I must think in the charges against Mc
Connell there is a great disregard'to truth. I
had ever believed, and yet do, that he acted
with great fidelity, andhat . from bis services
much benefit resulted. ,Vv'v"'
f But, sir, if Mr. 'McConnell was a secret agent,
appointed by your Department, doe lie merit
that his life should be endangered by this state-
racni oi your agcoi i , ii ne was not a secret a,
gent, is it right that he shouldbe endangered
by the statement of such a falsehood ?
In another part of Mr. Curry's letter he states
shortly before the Council, Levrls Ross came
to'K'H.xvtlle, and after his return rumors were
put afloat connected with my name.
wris. . r i - i ...
Muoioiciciicc af. uurry wisfies snouid oe
drawn from this statement, no doubt was. that
Lewis Ross came to Knoxville to consult me.
assure you, that if Mr. Ross was at Knoxville.
rooi the time 1 left Washinzton in March, till
my return this fall. I never beard of it. until -1
read Mr. Curry'setter, and have had no com
munication whatever with him.
The whole tenor of thTsTetter, so far as I am
concerned, is a tissue .of misrepresentations, in
tended to place my conduct in a false view be-
ore inetona,
I am well aware that thn who lrnnnr Mr.
Curry Vould not excuse me for taking any no
tice of his slanders ereneraliy ; but from the 'be-
culiar nature of his charge, & the circumstance
L I. . ' - . . ...
m,t mis cunncxion wi your jjeparimcBi, nis
statement may be thought entitled to.some ere
dit should it pass without rebuke.? .,""
11 : OIL. .L-...b l.
ic i jyur umwr, you, are me witness, who
knbw the great injustice done me, and to you
I confidently appeal for such steps as will do
that winch is just to the conntry, to Mr, Curry,
ana to my sell.
thef? to bft. informed what course you will
pursue in' this matter.
1 have the honor ty be. most resnettJullv.
your obedient servant. ,
On the night - of the 15th, I
his answer, dated the 14th,
copy ot one written to Mr. Curry on the
9th. -m i
TJSPAKTrSHT OV WiH,
January 14.
Dear Sir : I must ask your indulgence for
not having'answeid your letter of the 2d inst.
which was received here on the 5th. The de
lay has baen owing to the great press of busi
nes, and tp the propriety of laying the matter
before fte rresident.
ttVhavA notv the honor to send the copy of a
letter addressed to Major Curry, and in which
the'l'reside's disapprobation conveyed tj
hup. -f l he statement mat Mr. lcuonneu was t
eroployed at ydur suggestioiiisJtpgether cm
roneous, and 1 gave pur thjR. matter rjgnt Dy
eivine the trueTacta of the caser I considered
the Department under obligations to' y&u for
the trouble you took on the subject , of th era
1 ployment and proceedings of Mr. McConnell,
in the execution of vour duties, he deems it in
m r
ciimbent upon him to recommend to you great
discretion and particularly to convey to you his
disapprobation of the allusion you have made to
die employment of Mr McConnell.
Very respectfully, t
Your moat obedient servant,
LEWIS CASS
were
and
Major B. J Curry, New Echota, Ga,
To this, y on the 16th, I wrote a very
short reply. V -
$ Wsrhington, Jan. 16, 1836,
DearSirt I have the honor t acknowledce
raised, or by wftom, he had no knowl- at the top 01 his voice, time and again, fiddly T This fact was madei kiidwn in th
edge ; that the paper had taken iu side, reiterated his solemn assurance that they mornin. and the note' upon examinatiorif
; absolutely and entirely mistaken, proved to be apart of the rhOnejwhiicH
laboring under an extraordinary de- was contained iff the lost pockeVob
n. Bradley was thereupon imniediatelyjappre
Mrs. Leach, too, dreadinitest the dis- hended, h, thirty five dollars ofthe money
turbance around the buildinz misrht alarm found upon himr His many.CQntradictory
and agitate her invalid daughter, inform- stories, as well as his final V confession. thai
and was 'maintaining it as well as it could
that he had not noticed this letter in Jt, and
That he knethere was great scuffling tojlusion.
gei suoscriDcrs ior ii at home. jur. mc
Connell he-knew, and thought him a cle
ver man, of good sense, and he believed
he had recommended him for thi3 officer
Te which Mr. White rose and replied;
ies Mr. f resident, there was a great
scuffling to get subscribers for tit : so
&hat I received last night your favor under date j great, that owr old acquaintance, Samuel
oi me in, wun us enclosure m answer to mine Uwinthe and officer from Mississinni.
rti..n,i.;.ct m , - r i . . . rr-
Th, r,.ul, i, sn HlffVr.nt fr u,hat. th.ntr T i WS ,nt 8erV,Pe ? and, When pro-
had a right to anticipate, that I refrain from any CUI inS 5UQSCriDes at uaiiatm m April
remarks on the contents of the letter, written to last, wrote to ii r. uitchie, ot the ii.n
rf uurry i?y oirecnon ot the Kresmenu
have the honor to be, ;
Most respectfully,
Vour obedient servant,
. . HU. L. WHITE,
quirer, the cetebrateu letter as to len-
nessee politics, intended unjustly to in-
iluence the Virginia elections, and which
no dount nad tne desired enect. Mr.
President. I have made these dtsclo-
1 had applied in the only triendly mode sures with great pain and the most deep
w a t . - a . f . w '
tcouid devise, ior me interposition or mortihcation : but 1 deemed M mv dutv
the executive Dower. I remembered to do so. The answer to my resolution
well the great principle for which the par- will show whether it will be in inv
ty had struggled to elevate the President er, and whether :t will be my duty, to
to his present station. 1 remembered attempt any thing farther on the unnlear
i ! . c t . r , i . i I . . - "
ni recognition oi ii in nis inaugural Ad-jsant subject.
dress, wnicu inousanus oi me citizens oi
the United States, as well as most of
those now in the reach of my voice heard
him deliver, as containing . the princi
pies upon which he would administer the
Government. The paragraph is in the
following words :
'fThe recent demonstration of public sen
timent inscribes on the list of executive
. . . i . - ....
A DISGRACEFUL; SCENE
In IVcw-Uanipsblre.
ed the rioters, of her Critical condition,
and implored them to retire, forfhe sake
ol humanity : but her anxious, and as the
sequelfhas proved, fatally prophetic fears
were derided even by the women, who
losing all sense of the wonted delicacy
and decency.of their sex, and traces of
woman-hood, fiercely pressed, in close
contact with the men, towards the acces
sible points of the house. One woman
to whom Mrs. Leach remarked that sue
was afraid the noise would kill tier
daughter""brutally replied, that'she did
not care and hoped it would kill her."
Men, wonien anil children ascending the
woodpiles, scaled the fence of the prison
yard, white others approach! ngTn front,
burst into the kitchen and front doors,
and gained entrance to the narrow pas
sage way into which the prison cells open.
In this'confined passage occurred a spene,
unexampled in real life, and which im-
the trfoney in his possession waa atpajttp,f
the stolen property, leaves )o.aoup qi nit
guilt, -..,-iv0''''
The part most to Ije regretfd Jfl-Chls af
fair is the melaricKoly.. 'fe6i"ME"ra
shiers, from whom now all'laspiciqn is re
moved, 'We thought froipthev first ht'
the circumstances were, n stifficienttr
strong to warrant his comnltnient. Imj
other evidence appeared .aaituPiiiiaLn;.
the Tact that on Sunday afternVon Mr, '
berff the owner off the ' pofedolkr fWa"
for a short tiftie asleep upon a bencTrJn th
shop in which Brashiers worke$, 1snbT ctv
ring that,tin,e Brashiers wa$ seennearnii
nerson. But no money was ever found in.
fat
m& possession, except iwnat it. was
knqvvn from whom he reciivedt. I Besidea
M r. Corbet didTnjpjraihis pocket fegplt
nntil'the nexf nioTnipg. . Of Brad ley .ther
was even at that time much strquge groiinjj '
for suspicion ; but it is , perhaps improper
now to detail the evitjerice, ast the inatter
We
i i i .
mag.nat.on never descended to invent or wUl hereafttr undergo uaftialinreatiga
pourtray. - ; ionr-i?lcorier, , V : ,
The prisoners Jyid broken the glass in XS . - 'v ' . -V-V""
from the Boston Morning a small sash, designed to admit light into l Cool 'couraee.-Whiit deterroiQed pur-
their Cell, afd to keep the cold out as pose what decisive taction what, cool
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n-iiattrtfr snrl hpartlpt rnnilnrt nf tha in
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dividuals, who assembled to witness the
well as might be, Mr, i,each had closed calculation What a. Powerful effort? of .
it up with, some pieces' of board. This fiktyolition it requires to getu;rof bed.9ni . 1
duties in characters too legible to be o- execution of Prescott, &t Hopkinton, N. ture caught theyes of 'the tnost for ward'txf pf these icyrniRgy-e'man, who,
receive df
enclosing a
ver looked, the task of reform,-which agreeably to the sentence pronounced,
will reauire. varticularlv, the correction and who were excited to indignation bor-
o Mojra&UK that.have brought the pat- dering on madness, when they received
ronage of the Federal Government into intelligence that he was. reprieved:
conflict with the freedom of elections, and As the day appointed for his execu-
the counteractron of those causesp which tion drew near there being a general con
have disturbed the rightful course of ap- viction among the intelligent portion of
pointment, and nave placed, or contmu- tne innaDiianis oi nopKinton,tnat, oy rea
ed, . power in unfaithful or incompetent son of general mental imbecility, or per
hana." haps partial insanity, he might not.be a
This short paragraph shows the main proper subject for capital punishment, a
ground nn which the contest rested, petition was got up and presented to the
winch ended in the election ot the pre- Governor, and a Driet respite obtained
sent jCfl'ief Magistrate. It contains the till the founcil could be convened, and
sentiment aywwed by him in presence of a fartherlnveStigation of the matter held,
nearl twenty thousand freemen. It The fact. of this temporary respite was
contains the sentiment which, as one of scarcely known beyond the limits oPthe
his advocates, IhbnesUy entertamed.It village of Hopkinton, and on the evening
contains the sentiment on the maiuten- of the 22nd and the morning olf the 23d
ance of which, I believe, our ftfedom and of December, the day first appointed fop
;nd. I felt hurt the execution,a vast multitude of fpeo-
per it hastfieen published, and irom it co- nd i have endeavi.rci to do iii stir ft, in his sfir
Ail tnln am. mZ v A " w mm I ' I ' S ' -
uicv iMiu ai iuu9 uiricp uaijcr ouu iai-. vices, as iar,as mey are Known to me
iy tio onp,nxiny nwn atate, jailed in
Nashyijle Unipn, gqtten db fnds fur
nisejd here expressly for tKes purpose'of
d is ifi bu ti n g, in piy wn tjtpf andetse
where, all the, dirty filtli $nd sfainder
wh(i could belfc1ldw
detract frqm my humble standip$
timeat wliicli the" letterjyiljutJ?
aB rwell'asthe place ieeand
tU ratter fHtf struck- ne . wthv some
If Major Curry intended to intimate, as you
npoerihat there vras a communication be
tween yourself and Mr. Hss, such an intimation
8Mv" "rlYHr? inypeniienA or lue en
tire.. Want of proof of such a course., vour word
is quitf sufficient to satjsfy me t'ht there was no
c ammiiii fip in lliTCTetirn
1 s ery respectfully, "
Prbealent servant, .
hfi, ;s".,V LB WIS QA
Bon. HvBHX.varT. .
liberty essentially depe
and inorttfied upon reading the Secreta- pie, male and female, both from the neigh.
ry's letter. I could not reply without boring and rpniote towns,! poured info the
usingxpressionsnot fit "to address to a village, to witness thej exciting spectacle
member of theresident's Cabinet. In of a public execution of ainalefaptbr a
place of Mr. Curry receiving such rebuke spectacle never before exhibited inthe
as would deter htm from committv g a county or Mernmac. Un the ,23d,
simlar offence in-futu re, it appeared to after reconnoiteringevery corner of the
me that he was complimented. Although village, its high-ways and byTWays,wjyth-
hisconduct was not approved as to Mc-out finding any convenience" tor the ex
Connell . as to me it was verv well : that. I ecu tion erected, the sagacious assemblage
instead of an inferior agent, he was to be took it into theii heads that the deadly
viewed as an electioneering political dip-j mandate of the law was tote carried in
lomatist, and that herealter, ij thenar- toetTect privately intlie Jail, sitaated on
den'er, noken of by the Senator ifrom a little abrupt el evationi about a quarter
Massachusetts the other day, is to? wear j of a' mile north of the Heart of the village,
his diifldmatic button, Mr. Curry ought and kept by Andrew .Leach, -Esq. depu
teuigure in nis pouucai eieciioneermg jiy onenn. .
stair and garter, - ' A i The Jail iia two tfry wooden bjldf
But. sir, what was I to do next f ; Ihe ingVonginaity designed merely iioraj
falsehood imdlzotie forth to mswer the dwelling house, j The irontjf thoer
the mob who spsavagely hungered &thirs- iu a atoyelessfirejess. rmcaft deGner.
ted, as it were, for the sigh&ff poqr Pres- atply push back ihetDeclptues
cott'siast mortal throe and death strug- out of his waritf -lieatwi tholi tlh rttVAi
gle " Here,Vhey frantically exclaim-Uhudderis cfttlutiiedfor ' ;
ed ; 'here is' the place thev are to hang darin??. He shou1d;holdliiinsetf In Veadi'
Mm,ft in an instant the temporary de- jness to enlist agfctttstl&e'
ience ag4iii5t me cuiu wasijpeu twin uruioupteciiy possesses o,u ei essential , re
the aperture, as if it were merely a piece cwisite ofa soldi ertoitcootnesiHe
of paper. The rush to get a view of hasa savaee
what was supposed to be going on, that jciness of feeling -.-hiclfT.th'o1i-thry
followed this announcement, was shock- may command respecV the cannot W
ihg and dreadful not less than fifty were enyied. v4 . - '-it
wedged into a space where a dozen could por a man o phlegmatic tetnperameni,
not stand at ease. Women shrieking for it Requires jttinighty eir
their lives, were lifted up by the pressure, a mightier to turn tivr whgrilie gets.Utera
4utmightiest of all tp get u p a i it.
Before he goes.he warms and; turns, and
turns and wafms-Aokes'lii ioVsMh tha
lire anu inennisiieeis-ruuiia iiauua--
oanjes nis snins, anu sppaaaio ueu.
if a shank happen Jtostray-over,thepoJ4
till their heads struck Ihe ceiling above,
m- - . ' t Jft i l .
oesougni
and they in turn, unavaUil
to be permitted to retire.
It wasti ot course jmpbssible, forIrs.
Leach, by anyhumaij efirtiorpire caution
Co prevent theiVfouteries and ruffiauly
vella from reachin? the. ears of heF -'aic-k llinen six itiches frbia
daughter. She frequentlynd distincltjr it. was orrginauy p4anieufnejs!iaicnr
heard the horrible threats CUered againstfe it baclcay htigb it were jfHabTtirf-
both Prescott ana her lather; and her ap- l Hut when day comes, anu meoreaitiaii
ihv. warm
prehensions ion nis satejyrteiutiea ler to iningsjegin m ruie;n iuct ilhc jiciw .
such a degree that her reasoVtiecinie uhl we must be excasr:fQrHlUWjK
settled, and everyiexped tent resortecktd HobtfV-7lof4
calm her perturbed spirits was inelTectu
al. Towa.rdleVefjtng the rioters, sick of
nope ueietrcu, Buuuemy oegan io retire,
chagrined at tlieir disappointment Ope
infuriated and -intoxicated brute made ad
expiring effort te seize Ifrescott, and of
fered if fiftys-men would, join him, to go
down to theMUageJo procure axes, with
which to storm and'emolislf tbejaiK--r
6 Enterprize.Mtsir&
eruW, & Was&ngton; itJiiaS&ttTav'
justpJuitaSteiftn Boa intended?
itayintkinlofQOiw
mejuWe jinn ith 'M&?2Jt-i?'?
vw ooats. says me- mag di w
which to storm andemohsrtbf ja :
Six howeveroply ioined3 nis. sUndarM
and he abandoned his 1 gajlatfttrbject. different pointf of trade jwir, waters, 'iar
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