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From the Richmond MUg, August 4.
ExtrHrdlnirr niiclnsurr—•Murrell
and h<* Pamphlet.
We yesterday said we knew nothing of
who Murrell was, or his Pamplct alluded
to in letters published in (ho Lynchburg;
Virginian. We had not then read in that j
paper the’ following synopsis of Murrell’s
pamphlet and the esttaordinafv diaclo- 1
sarcs made by Mr. Stewart, They will
be read with great interest.
*Thiereader will have seen allusions, in
the'foregoing accounts, to one Murrell,,
with whom the leaders of this conspiracy ;
are said to have been confederated. This !
Murrell was tried in Jackson, Madison 1
county, Tennessee, in June 1534, was
fbund guilty of negro stealing,—or, more
properly speaking, decoying negroes from
their masters, for the purpose of selling!
them for his own profit,—ami sentenced ;
to ten year’s imprisonment in the peni
tentiary of Tennessee, where he is at this,
time. We have now before us a pun-i
phlet, containing a detailed account of the |
arrtst of this freebooter, bv Virgil A.]
Stewart, early in the year 1554, in truth
of which, however, so staitling was ita
character, we placed bat little confidence
until (hat romantic narrative had been
partially confirmed by recent t-vcuts.;
Wcdid not believe that such an incar
nate fiend lived on the face of the earth.
But we can no longer doubt its truth, or
withhold from Mr. Stewart, his captor,
the credit due alike to Lis ingenuity and
intrepidity.
Mr. Stewart, in order to a ertain whe- 1
. Jthcr Murrell had stolen the negroes of a I
friend of his, (Parson John Henning of
. Madison county, Tennessee.) determin
ed to pursue him to a point where : t was
supposed that he had concealed them.
Falling iu with Murrell on (he very day
that he started in pursuit, Stewart feign
ed entire ignorance of the name and char
acter of his companion, and, by the most
ingenious stratagems, wormed himself so
completely into the confidence of the vil
lain, that he obtained from him a suc
cinct history of the exploits of his past
life, which had been one continued series
of robbery and murder, perpetrated un
der various circumstances, am* concealed
by' the most artful manoeuvres. While,
however, Murrell was daily loading his
soul with crimes of this chancier, he was
meditating a sch ate of vi.'.ainy on die
most extensive scale, and which, had it
been only partially successful, must have
resulted iu (he most appalling consequen
ce*. This diabolical scheme was nothing
less than a Servile Insurrection, to be
consummated on the 351 h of December,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five, in all
the slave-holding States and Territories,
from Maryland to Louisiana—For the
purpose of preparing fur this great stroke,
lie had travelled first to New Orleans;
thence, via Cincinnati, to Lexington
(Ky.) llicncc to Richmond, Va.; thence to
Charleston Milledgeville, Savannah and
Augusta; from which place he returned to
Williamson county, Tennessee, Ins na
tive place, or, as ho calls it, his “ old
stamping ground.”—Uc says, “In all
the route I only robbed eleven men; but
1 preached sums fine sermons, and scat -
tered same counterfeit United -stales pa
per among my brethren.” The fiend !
Covered with -rime, and yet daring to
ascend the pulpit, as the messenger oi the
Most High ! Old he not fear (hat he
might be blasted by (lie lightnings of Hea
ven ? He goes on to say that he regar
ded this plan “as the sure road to an in
exhaustible fortune to all who would en
gage in the expedition and lie adds:
“ Mj heart began to beat higli with (lie
hope of being able, one day, in v.sit the
pomp of the southern and western people
in my vengeance* and of seeing their ci
ties and towns one ciunu.m scene of de
vastation, smoked walls and fragments.”
Fortunately, however, his career of ini
quity wasab.v.itfo he terminated, at least
for a season. ?Ir. SteV’art, after obtain -
ing from him a full confession of the \il- J
laiiiies which had signalized Ids career, i
ami a devclopemont of Ids future plans,
succeeded iu bringing him, if not to full
justice, at least to temporary punishment.
And it is to be hoped, should he survive !
his present confinement, and be permit
ted again to go abroad in the world that
his footsteps will be dogged, and Ida ma
uccuvrcs vigilantly watched, by every
community which may be cursed with!
his presence.
Mr. Stewart also succeeded in churn
ing from Murrell a partial list of his con
federates in the different shareholding
States, Murrell remarking, on handing it
to him, that “ there is not paper enough
to make a proper list, but when you come
up to my «ouee. wc will have time to
make a complete otic, and this will (do
until then, as you will not travel any, un
til you go with uic (gw trips and learn
the routes; and there is not near ail the
names on tins list, but there is no more
paper to write on. I want yon to be with
me at New Oilcans, on the night that the
negroes commence their ravages: I in
tend to head the company fjjat attacks
that city..myself. 1 feel an ambition to
demolish, the city which was defended
from the ravages of the‘British army, bv
the great General Jackson.” When we
•first read thc'paraphlct giving the detail
■of Morrell’s infamous , career, we. were
disposed to look' upon it as we do the
biographies of villains generally, w ith
•“ many grains of allowance”—and as to
bis list of confederates, we had no doubt
that it was vastly exaggerated in number,
and indeed that many of the names upon
it had no living representatives. But,
on fciaraiaingit, W e find that two of the
Mississippi incendiaries, (Cotton anti
Hunter/ are upon it, and we have there
fore less reason to doubt the accuracy of
the remainder. Flic number of these
confederates amounted, in Tennessee to
61; Mississippi, 47; Arkansas 29, Ken
tucky 2(>; Missouri, 27; (among the
number, in Missouri is the celebrated
Stephen VV. Foreman, who was some
months ago apprehended by the head of
an extensive gang of counteifciters;)
Alabama, 28; Georgia 34; Sooth Caru
l? a, w ; North Carolina., 3.2; Virginia,
21; Maryland. 27; Florida, 16; Louis
iana, 32 ; “ Transienters, who travel
from place to place,” 23; among whom
ri» the renowned’Phelp*. -who was some
months ago apprehended in' Mississippi,
as a highway cobber, and-shot in an at
tempt to escape from jail— Making a
grand total, on this incomplete list? of
456 J.
I; is to be regretted that this list is fur
ther deficient m omj'tiog the Christian
names and places of residence of these
incendiaries. Wc annex those in Virgin
| ia, none of whom, however, do wc rccog
j nize: R. Garison, A. Bcloach, J. Kcrk
! mon, three Jlmifs, VV. Carnes, T). Haw
kes, J. Ferine*, G. Derom, 8. Walker,
four Mathises, L. Wiseman. S, Washorii.
P. Hume, F.' Henderson, K. Cockburn,!
\V. Mi!bourn.
——■
| From the Charleston Mercury, Atiguit lUA.
TUB MEETING OP I'tSSTERPAV.
The citizens of Charleston assembled j
- yesterday, in all their strength, at the |
(City Hall; nil parties and all classes
j were there, and united in the unanimous
j adoption and cordial approbation of the
Report and Resolutions of- the Commit
j tee of 21, appointed at the previous od
! journal meeting. We never witnessed
a more overwhelming expression of pub
lic opinion.; and w hile we arc confident
j that the same mind animates and per
; varies the whole Southern community,
I wc feel satisfied that vigilance alone is
requisite to insure the stability of our In
stitutions. Even the Fanatics themselves
must soon perceive that perseverance in
(heir nefarious plans may abolish the
Union, but can never abolish any tiling
els*'.
His Honor, (lie Intcndanf, being cal
led to the Chair, and VV'm. Patton, F.sq.
appointed Secretary, Judge COLCOCR,
as Chairman of the committee, addressed
the meeting in n very satisfactory speech,
explaining the acts and objects of (he
i committee, and submitted (lie Preamble
land Resolutions following, which were
unanimously adopted, the Resolutions
being separately put and carried.
'■ The Committee of Twenty-One, to
whom was referred the important subject
on which (he citizens of Charleston were
lately convened, beg leave to Report—
(bat they have had the matter referred to
them under due deliberation,and recom
mend (he adoption of llie.annexcd resolu
tions. The committee have purposely
abstained from any labored argument on
die subject of Slavery, not from any ina
bility to sustain, on moral and scriptural
grounds, its existence and toleration as
now established in HmUli Carolina, but
f rom a deep conviction of die fixed resolu
tion ol (lie people of this State, to permit
no discussion within her limits,of Rights,
which she deems inherent and insepara
ble from the very existence of the State;
rights,•which existed before the Union
was formed, and which were guaranteed
to her by the Federal Constitution, when,
ns a Sovereign State, she became, a mem
ber of the Confederacy. The Commit
tee therefore, submit the following Reso
lutions for the adoption of the Citizens,
without further comment:
1. Resolved, That wc hold it to bn an
unquestionable truth, dial the subject of
Slavery as it now exists in the Slave
holding States of this Union, is, in nl! its
bearings, a domestic question, belong
ing exclusively to the citizens of these
States; —that the people of no other State
have any right to interfere therewith, in
any manner whatsoever—and that such
interference is utterly inconsistent with
tlie Federal compact, and cannot be sub
mitted to.
2. Resolved, That we regard with tlie.
utmost indignation and abhorrence, the
proceedings of those Incendiaries in
some of our Sister States, who, under (lie
name of " Anti-Slavery Societies,” and
oilier specious appellations, are endeavor
ing to undermine our Institutions, regard
less of the fatal consequences which must
inevitably result from (lie prosecution of
their nefarious schemes, which, if suc
eessfui, could not foil to involve the
Southern Slates in ruin, and produce the
utter destruction of that class of persons
■Tor whose welfare they pretend to lie so
solicitous.
The statements recently put forth of
s he existence at this time, of 330 such
Societies in thirteen States, and tlie,
weekly issue from a single Press in tlie
City of New York, of from 35 to 50,000
copier of these I ecnridiary Pamphlets and
Papers, with which our Public Mail lias
been latel y burdened, and which are now
spreading their deleterious influence
throughout tlie Southern States—admon
ish us of tlie absolute necessity of taking
prompt and decisive measures, to avert
the dire calamities which sucli proceed
ings are so well calculated to produce.
3. Resolved, That these proceedings
have brought about « crisis, which makes
an earnest, and we trust it may prove an
irresistible, appeal, to all such of our Fel
low-Citizons iu tiie non-Siave holding
States as may disapprove of these Socie
ties am! their measures, cal ling upon them
by every consideration of duty and of
patriotism to manifest that disapprobation,
not merely bv tlie expression of their o
pinious, but by tlie most active, zealous
and perserving efforts to put down these
Associations, and to suppress that fana
tical spirit, which in pursuing an imagi
nary good, is regardless of the fatal con
sequences which arc inseparable even
from its continued prosecution, among
which, r.0t,1h6 least to be lamented, would
be THE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION
OF THE UNION. .
•I. That under our political
system, where a number of Sovereign
Slates are united together by a written
compact in a Federal Union, for special
purposes only, each member of sucli an
union has an unquestionable right to ex
pect and require, (what is indeed the
1 very basis <»f such a connexion) that no
interference whatever shall take place
with her domestic policy, or peculiar
institl-1 ions, either by the constituted
authorities of the Federal or other State
Government*, or bv tlie people of other
Slates, and it is the imperative duty of
each State, to prevent bv suitable penal
ties and provisions, their own Citizen s
from being guilty of any such interfer
ence with tlie Domestic policy of any
oilier State.
5. Resolved, Tliat the Post Office es
tablishment, cannot, consistently with the
Constitution of the United States, and
the ,«kjjfccts of such an Institution, be
converted into an instrument for the dis
semination of Incendiary publications,
and that it is the duty of the Federal
Government to provide that it shall not
be so. prostituted, w hich can easily be ef
fected by merely making it unlawful to
transport by- the-Public Mail, through
the limits of any "State, anv seditious
Papers, forbidden by the laws of such
Stale to be introduced or circulated there
in. and by adopting tlie necessary regu
lations to effect this object.
6. Resolved, That in the event of no
effectual measures being adopted either
by the General or State Governments,
or by the people of the non-slave holding
Slates, for the suppression of the great
and growing evil of which we complain,
it will become the solemn duty of all
these States having a common interest
with ns on this subject, to adopt the most
; decisive and efficacious measures to rno
i TKCT THEMSELVES.
7. Resolved, That for the purpose of
making such an earnest appeal to the
people of the nnn-slavc-holding States as
j may convince them of the true state of
; public feeling amongst us, it would in
the opinion of lliis meeting he desirable
to bring about a cordial co-operation
among nil the States having a common
interest with us, either through a Con
vention, or in any other way best calcu
lated to embody public sentiment, so that
THE TRUTH MAY BE MADE KNOWN, tliat
however wc may differ among ourselves
oh other points, we are on tills subject
UNITED AS ONE MAN IN THE FIXED AND
UNALTERABLE DETERMINATION TO MAIN
TAIN OCR RIGHTS, AND DEFEND OUR r.TO
PEUT'Y AGAINST ALL ATTACKS, —BE TIIE
CONSEQUENCES WHAT THEY MAY.
8. Resolved, That wc have no doubt
of the right of each Stale to provide by
law against the introduction of a morul
pestilence calculated to endanger its exis
tence, and to give authority to their
Courts adequate to the suppression of
(lie evil; and wc therefore respectfully
submit to the Legislature of this State,
the propriety of passing Laws (should
those now of force not be adequate to the
object) commensurate, with the means
now practised against, ns, and especially
giving authority to the Judges by proper
warrants, to seize and destroy, and re
quiring all persons to deliver up to be
destroyed, all incendiary publications
which may be brought into this State,
calculated to excite domestic insurrec
tion or to disturb tlie tranquility, happi
ness and safety of the people.
9. Resolved, Tliat a copy of these
Resolutions be transmitted by the Chair
man ol this meeting to (he Governor of
this State, with a request that tlie same
may be laid before the Legislature, in
order that they may take sucli measures,
as to them may seem proper. That co
pies he also transmitted to our fellow
citizens in eacli Judicial District of this
State, requesting their concurrence in
the sentiments herein expressed. That
the. Honorable she City Council be re
quested to cause to be printed at the pub
lic expense 5000 copies of tlie foregoing
Resolutions for general distribution, and
that His Honor, the Intcndant, be re
quested officially to transmit to tlie In
tendaiit or Mayor of each Incorporated
City nr Town in (lie United States a copy
thereof, and that a sufficient number of
’ copies be furnished to the Chairman of
, the Committee, to be by him transmitted
; in our behalf to such persons in different
portions of the Union as may probably
be disposed to concur with us in tlie sen
timents herein expressed.
10. Resolved, That the Intendant and
Wardens be earnestly requested to ex
ert their utmost vigilance in detecting
and bringing to punishment all persons
I wlio may be in any way engaged in fur
. j thering in this State tlie dangerous
, schemes of the Anti-Slavery Society or
, other evil disposed persons, and tliat if
. necessary they do call upon the citizens
I to aid them in (he performance of this
duty, and (he citizens here present do
, pledge themselves collectively andimli-i
viduallv to use (heir utmost efforts to aid
and assist the Constituted authorities in
the performance of this important duty.
11. Resolved, That the City Council
be also requested to take the proper
measures to secure the strict performance
of the dut y imposed by the law upon the
Harbor Master, of keeping a correct list
of all tlie persons arriving to, and de
parting from (his Port, and that they also
request the President ami Directors of
the Rail Road Company to have correct
lists of all persons arriving and depart
ing by that conveyance, whether white,
free colored or slaves, and that measures
be taken to have these lists regularly ex
amined. to the intent that Incendiaries
and other evil disposed persons coming
amongst ns, oratleinptiug to pass through
this State, may be detected and exposed.
12. Resolved, That these proceedings
he signed bv the Chairman and Secreta
ry, and published in all the papers of this
Slate; and as it is desirable tliat the sen
timents of the people of tlie Southern
Slates on this subject, should be general
iv known, we respectfully request tliat
the public presses throughout the United
States will make their readers acquain
ted with these our proceedings—which
we doubt not contain a faithful expres
sion of tiie sentiments of these States,
without distinction of parties.
C. J. COLCOCK. Chairman.
Edward R. Laurens, Secretary.
On motion of H. Bailey, Esq. secon
ded by R. Yeadon, F.sq.
Resolved, That the thanks of this meet
ing be returned to the Committee, for
their able, zealous, and patriotic dis
charge of the duties assigned to them,
and for tlie measures adopted by them for
the preservation of tlie public order and
safety.
On motion of Capt. Ltnaii,
Resolved, That tlie thanks of this meet
ing are due to the Reverend Gentlemen
of the Clergy in this city, who have so
promptly, and so effectually responded to
public sentiment, by suspending their
Schools, in which the Free Colored popu
lation were taught; and that this meeting
deem it a patriotic action worthy of all
praise, and proper to be imitated by other
Teachers of similar Schools throughout
the State.
EDWARD W. NORTH, Chairman.
William Patton, Secretary.
We are authorized to state, (hat the
Civil Authority of the City have, in pur
suance of the Resolution passed nt the
public meeting yesterday, promptly acted
on the matter referred to them, so far as
to make the necessary arrangements
with the Post Master and agent of the
steam boat
.
\ ■ —««»>» ■
The Intending of Charleston has issued a Pro
clamation, offering a re yard of one thousand dol
lars for the apprehension and conviction of any
person bringing into that city any Incendiary, pa
per or publication, or of printing, publishing, circu
lating or distributing, any paper or document tend
ing to disturb the good order of that city ; or in
any form or manner, whether it bo orratly or other
wise, calculated to interfere with their domestic
institutions.— Conttilutionalitl.
The Charleston Board of Health report the 1
deaths of SO persons in that city during tho week 1
ending 9th lost.—three whites and 17 blacfes and 1
colored. |i
Auaugx:* an&PMZQ&Mt
From the Richmond Whig, 17 th imt.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS.
These elections commenced on yesterday week,
and the Raleigh Register has the following re
turns : Ho far they arc unfavourable. .
The Elections. —The elections took place in a
few counties on Thursday last, and the returns
are : wring in.—We shall endeavor not to mis
lead the public, with regard to the tesult, and cer
tainly will not do so, unless deceived ourselves.
In the Warren District, sufficient oral informn
■ tion has been received to render it certain that.
Gen. Hawkins (Van Buren) ic re-elected over
Mr. Crudup (White) by a considerable majority.
It is known that Mr. C. has been in the field
but a few weeks, and was brought out under most
disadvantageous circumstanced.
In the Tarboro’. District, wc have heard only
certainly from Edgec.omb, where Dr. Hall, (Van
Btirdn) received a majority of 1214 votes over his
opponent, Mr. Pettigrew, (White.) There arc
several counties in this District, and the final re
l suit; is considered.very uncertain.
Benjamin Sharpe is elected to the Senate from
i Edgecomb, and Lemuel Deberry and Joseph John
Pippcn to the Commons. They are all Van Bu
renites, no opposition having boon started.
Franklin County, — Senate —H. 0. Wiir. ms.
' Common:, Thomas Howerton,S. Jeffreys. Pom.:
Senate, Williams 251, Joan D. Hawkins 187.
Commons. Howerton 048, Jeffreys 410, Davis
■ 380, Collins 364, Portis 35—a1l said to be for
J Van Buren.
Congress—Hawkins 531, Crudup 452.
In the counties from which we have heard, no
, better news: wav anticipated as regards our Slate
Legislature. In our next, wc hope to show, a
’ balance on the other side.
• •' —■
Fine of Packets between Charleston and Li
, verpooi —Wo are pleased to learn that the num
, ber of shares now subscribed, for the execution of
tills important project amount to one hundred and
ninety. Two of our citizens have each taken 15,
ami another 2A shares. The price of a share is
SSOO, to bo paid in instalment and only 110 re
main open for subscription.— Charleston Courier.
Extension of the Steam Packet Line. —lt is
proposed, under the auspices of a respectable
West India merchant of this city, in conjunction
with the agent of the steam packets plying be
tween this port and New-York and Norfolk, and
; Captain James Pennoyer, master and sole ow
ner of the now and superior steam packet Dot
■ phin, have determined to make an experimental
voyage in the Dolphin , from Charleston to Ha
vana, with the view of forming a line of steam
packets from Charleston to Havana, and probably
by connexion with others, thence to New-Orleans.
The Dolphin will certainly leave Charleston for
Havana, via St. Augustine, Cape Florida and
Key West, on Tuesday, the 10th November next.
Persons of respectability disposed to join the par
ly, may address William Patton, Agent, Char
leston, willi money enclosed, or proper references.
The price of passage is S4O.
The Dolphin is an entirely new boat, of elegant
model, with superior engine and heavy copper
boilers, copper fastened and coppered—handsome
ly fitted for fifty passengers, and well provided in
every respect. Tire commander is too well known
to the public to need any additional recommenda
tion. He was the very first to introduce, success
\ ■/''%> Atlantic Steam Navigation, and is riot sur
passed us a skilful steam navigator and polished
gentleman.
If duo encouragement he extended to this pro
ject, a trip to Cuba, inviting its luscious fruits and
line climate, will,become more easy and quite as
fashionable in the winter, as to Saiatoga and the
Virginia Springs in ttic summer.— lbid.
—-**H® Q —-
From the National Intelligencer, Tthinst.
The First Fruit.—A circumstance of a
shocking character, and what was within a second
of time of resulting in the perpetration of a most
bloody tragedy, occurred in this city two nights
ago, which, viewing it as one of the effects of the
tanatieal spirit of the day, and one of the imme
diate fruits of the incendiary publications with
which this city and the whole slave-holding por
tion of the country have been lately inundated,
wtlmvo concluded it4f.be ourduty to make pub
lic. On Tuesday night last, an attempt was
made on the life of Mrs. Thornton, of this city,
(llto much feeperted widow of the Into Dr. Thorn
ton, Superintendent of the Patent OlJiee,) by a
young Negro man. her slave, which, ftom the
expressions lie used, was evidently induced by
reading the inflammatory publications referred to
above. About half past one o’clock, in the dead
of the night, Mrs. T’s. chamber, in which slept
herself, her aged mother, and a woman servant,
was entered by the Negro, who had obtained ac
cess to it hy forcing the outer door. He approach
ed the bed of Mrs. T. with an uplifted axe. She
was, fortunately, wakened by bis step, and still
more fortunately the negro woman, the mother of
the man, was also awake. As he approached the
bed of her mistress, the latter sprung up, seized
mid heU him, while Mrs, T. escaped from the
room, rushed to the door of the next house, the
residence of Dr. Hunt, whom she roused hy her
cries. On reaching the entry of Mrs. T’s. house.
Dr. H. found that the mother of the Negro had
succeeded in forcing him out at the. back-door and
locking it. Finding, however, that but one per
son had come to tho assistance of the family, he
endeavored again to force an entrance with his
axe, and furiously continued his efforts, notwith
standing the party had been strengthened by the
presence of a gentleman, who resided with Dr.
Hunt, and who had also been roused by Mrs. T’s.
cries for help; ami it was not until after the arri
val of two constables, and hearing their voices as
they entered the passage in front, that he desisted
and fled. Had they approached the house by the
rear, the Negro would have been arrested; but,
as it was, he escaped and has not yet been appre
hended. During the whole time that he was en
deavoring to forco a second entrance into the
house, ho waff venting tho most ferocious threats,
and uttering a tissue of jargon, much of which
was a literal.repetition of the language addressed
to tho Negroes by the incendiary publications above
referred ter. Believing that his bloody punosc
was in part at least, if not altogether, the effect of
those publications, and that such deeds must bo
the natural consequence of their dissemination,
we have concluded, not, however, without some
hesitation, to make tho occurrence public, as well
for tho information of our northern fellow-citi
zens at large, as for that of the Fanatics themselves, 1
who may not"'be aware of the tendency of their
1ab0r5,.... t- a • .it. .«
“ Since the last assemblage of ouV citizens, the ,
exposure of the horrible plot in Mississipi has been
made, and the scenes in that State give a still
more serious aspect to the subject than it had
hitherto worn. It is no longer a mere theme for ]
declamation, hut a subject delimiting positive and
energetic action. It matters but little to tho peo
ple of the South what is thl# exact proportion of 1
the Northern population who lake an active part I
in the abolitjpij schemes. It is enomgh for us to .
know that the mania is spreading, and that the
danger is formidable. Self-defence requires of us
the adoption of .measures of security, and the <
time has arrived when we must demand the legis- j
lativo interference of the Northern Stales, to se- (
cure us in out chartered rights, against their citi
zens. or we must maintain those rights by the
same spirit and the same action, which prompted g
our forefather* to declare the people of Great Bri |
tain, “ enemies in IFor, in Peace friends." We
ran recognize no fellowship, either political or so- 5
cial, with cimrri mullet which send forth among f
ue incendiaries and cut throats. Wc want no ad
vice or instruction from those who have pocketed (
the price of their slaves, snd wc will receive none, t
If our national compact has ceased to be a guaran- ,
antee, we must seek one for ourselves,” — Rich• ,
mond Compiler. t
— (
The Post Ojpce Department. —The Post Os- 1
lice Deportment has received intelligence of the (
late proceedings here in relation to the abolition (
papers, and of the highly judicio.us course of 1
our Post Master, on the same subject, We i
can scarcely believe that the Department will l
hesitate to go to the utmost strength of its legal t
power and constitutional authority to suppress t
the evil of which the South has so much cause, I
and so just a right to complain. Letters have al
so been received at the Department, from Rich
mond, urging that the circulation of these papers ‘
though the mails be stopped. —Charleston Cour- i
iff, 12(5 inst. I
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] THE NEGRO MEETING.
It is unnecessary to say more, in relation to
i. the publication of the Constables, Tant and Hat
field, in the Courier, than that the facts we have
j given on the subject, were obtained from five indi
r viduals who were present at the meeting, and on
whose veracity we still rely.
CORRECTION.
j We regret the allusion to Judge Polhiel, ia
the mention of Burrilt’s affair, in the reply to the
Courier, on the sth inst, during our absence, lest
sonic may suspect it was intended to implicate
f him in that affair—(which, however, was not the
' case,) —believing, os we do, that he was wholly
innocent ofany participation in it—and as we did
. at the time, when we warmly defended him against
. the violent charges made by Seaton Grantland,
in the Southern Recorder.
5
FIRST NEW COTTON,
1 A bale of New Cotton was received yesterday,
1 at tho Warehouse of Robert B. Beall, Esq.
- in this city, from the Silver Bluff Plantation of
J Col. James H. Hammond, of Barnwell district,
S. C. and sold at 22 cents per lb.—being the first
, hale (if the new crop received this season. We
’ perceive, too, by the following paragraph, extract
• cd from the Charleston Courier of Thursday,
I that Col. Hammond has sent another bale of the
. new crop to Charleston:
“ A square bale of new Cotton was received on
■ he Rail Road last evening. It was raised on Col.
• James H. Hammond’s Silver Bluff Plantation,
Edgefield District, and consigned to Messrs.
; Boyce, Henbt &c Walter. A sample may be
seen at this office.
MURED—AN D HIS BAND.
Wc published in our paper of Wednesday, the
, sth instant, some information, derived, as we then
slated, from an intelligent and respectable Geor
gian, who had just returned from a tour to the
South West. Tho narrative, as stated to us,
wore an air of wild romance—and, indeed, had
we not been well acquainted with the honorable
source from whence wc derived our information,
we should have passed it over as one of the fic
tions of Mark J. Lewis’ horror-stricken brain.
Many of the incidents in the history of this mon
ster. Mmcl, wc refrained from publishing, belie
ving they wonld be revolting to public decency
and feeling.
Since our publication alluded to, we have re
ceived through the Richmond (Va.) Whig, addi
| tional particulars of Murcl, (which will be found
i in another column,) and which, as far as they go,
confirm tho statement received from our infor
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UNION CALUMNY.
The manner in which the infamous efforts ol
the Courier, to connect the Nuilifiers with the Ab
olitionists, have been fallowed up instantaneously
by similar calumnies, in other Union presses, the
Federal Union, Savannah Georgian, Southern
, Spy > Ac. shows llvat there is a deep and deadly
concert and conspiracy in the matter, which ought
to open the eyes of every Southern man, and ex
cite the strongest indignation, even of the Union
men themselves. Is there a single man living
who believes these detestable calumnies, or that
they are believed even by those who utter them I
, Wo venture to say, not one! We have; heard ol
no one, IS'ullifier or Union man, except the au
t thors of them, but what regrets and reprobates
s them. What, then, must be the object of them 1
t What, hut parly effect ? And is there to be no
thing sacred, in this State, from the baneful in
fluence of party— not even the common interest
and safety, when in deadly peril ? Mark how, in
J Carolina, and Virginia, all parties unite in this
matter, as one man, while here, on the contrary
instead of pursuing that most salutary and only
safe and efficient course, one party labors to add
1 even a civil to a servile war, by charging upon its
opponents the horrible and awful crime, of a con
spiracy with our common onemies, the Abolition
ists, to excite the latter!!! Suppose these things
couid possibly he believed I What must inevita-
Wy k c *he consequence 1 A hatred of one por
tion of our people against the other, more deadly
and unquenchable, even than that against the Abo
litionists, as it would certainly he more just, if
well-founded? Would not one portion rise up
against the other, and commence against them a
1 war of utter extermination, till tire trees were la
'• den with their dangling bodies, as now in Missis
sippi, but thousands to one ? And would not
such extermination be both justifiable and inevi
table, if such calumnies were true ? Do not all
know the extreme danger, even of suspicion only,
C in matters like these ? Who shall say to what
lengths such suspicions, once started, may lead ;
’ or, if the whites were to be thus arrayed against
. one another, what would become of the country,
’ and who should protect it, when thus divided
against itself, from utter destruction, at the hands
’ of the common enemy? Must not a belief in
such calumnies necessarily lead to such results ?
And what if they are not believed, and « t pre
sent cannot be, does that excuse the vile guilt
of intention which would fain have made
, them believed, reckless of ail consequences, how
-1 ever awful and horrible ? Thanks to our Union
friends, they are not yet disposed to believe such
things of us, even from their own counsellors;
. but arc not such counsellors bad citizens, danger
, ous to the peace, order, and safety of society, and
therefore to be carefully watched and guarded
, against; for who shall say, under that general
long goaded, feverish, angered excitement on this
subject, which it is much to be feared must yet
, come, what may not follow the desperate, mad
| dened sense of inability to reach the real cnc
my? How often docs man, in this condition,
ding to any suspicions, and grasp at any object,
to sate his vengeance, against which it may be
accidentally or designedly pointed ? Let us then,
ail, beware how we direct suspicion againt any
one, in these matters, without the strongest cause
—and beware, too, not less, of those who would
recklessly do this; and not only without cause,
but to subserve their selfish parly purposes!
' Cautioning our Union brethren to remember, that
> in this matter we have entire common cause witli
them, and therefore to beware of weakening that
common cause by dividing it against itself; wo
say to the Nuilifiers, also, beware how you in
volve the innocent with the guilty, and suffer
yourselves to be imbued with suspicion ahd hatred
against the whole Union party, because of the in
discreet and desperate, self-cendcmning folly, of a
very few. Yeild to no party feelings on this sub
ject ; and in ail matters connected with it, talk
think, consult, & act with the Union mcnas though
they were of your own party; and as you value
the safety of your country, and of your wives, mo
thers, sisters, or children, suffer not yourselves to
suspect them, or to become estranged from them,
or they from you. Deal with them as brothers,
and necessary partakers of the same common dan
ger, and common lot; and bear with their momen
tary errors, doubts, or weaknesses, ns you would
hope for them to bear with yours. Above all
things avoid recrimination on trivial matters, reject
all parly feeling or action on this subject, and dis
countenance all concealment from them, or any
sepaiate action. This is no party matter. Dan
gers thicken around us, and are fast accumula
ting ; and woe, woe unto him that will suffer any
party feeling, in such an hour, to prevent the
common harmony so necessary to common safety,
or his own selfish party interests and objects, to
stifle for a moment his highest duty to his coun
try. For our own part, let others think of us
as they may, as we have honestly and faith
fully striven, and shall still strive, to do onr duty
to that country, regardless of all selfish personal or
party considerations, may utter weal or woe come
upon us, both here and hereafter!
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT, tc.
Athens, August Bth, 18115.
I stated in my last, that the salaries of the
Professors had been raised to $2,000 —which
would have been done, probably, had the funds
of the institution allowed it, and no doubt will
be hereafter, as soon as the inorease of the tuition
money, arising from tha rapidly increasing num
ber of stndents, will justify it; for that sum is
small enough, in ail conscience, and so admitted
to be, I believe, by all. But I was in error: the
salaries of the Professors, were raised S2OO only
—from $1,400, to $1,600 ; and tAe President’s
salary was raised S3O0 —from $2,200, to $2,500.
The number of students is now 140 or up
ward—about 25 more than at any previous time
—and it is confidently expected that it will be
increased to 160 by January next!
I omitted, in my last, to give the names of the
gentlemen on whom the Degree of Master of
Arts was conferred, and which are as follow—all
graduates of Franklin College, except the last
mentioned, the Rev. Mr. Holmes, of Macon:
Philip C. Clayton, of Athens,
Stevens Thomas, jr. “ “
W. R. H. Moselet, “ '•
Edward R. Harden, “ «
John T. Grant, “ ' 1
H. C. Carter, « « 1
Daniel Inolis, “ Walton county,
T. F. Montoomehi, •< DeKalb «
Bennet Harris, « Putnam “
John B. Mallard, « Liberty “
James J. Gresham, “ Burke «
Allen B. Means, “ Morgan « [
C. R. Ketcbdm, “ Augusta, j
Wm. Tatlor, “ Sparta,
Francis R. Gouldino, “ Grecnesboro’,
Henbt Sanders, “ c
James A. Nisbet, of Macon,
f A. B. Powers, “ “
• Rev. Adam T. Holmes, “ “
> It is said that the Union parly have nominated
, Mr. Gideon Holset, of Putnam, as their candi
. date for Congress, to fill the vacancy of CoL
t Terrell.
. The “Family Circle” Proclamation continues
i to be a subject of much amusement, and I be
, lieve "the nominee” and the whole “House” are
t as heartily sick of it, os its “Head” would ccr
l tainly be if cognizant of it. I understand they
f deny that “the nominee of the family” is the
. author of it; but it wont do, for every one sees
B at once that “it is Heroics’ vein to a hair.” It is
! eureiy the most unique and ridiculous piece of
- arrogance, bombast, vanity, folly, and arrant non
sense, that ever emanated from a human brain !
t Who could have believed it ? And yet, if I
j mistake not, it will soon lie found to lie but “the
s punctum salieru of nullification in” “the family
circle;” for report saycth -‘there arc more charges
. to go offyet,” or rather have gone off, which when
j made to appear, will even “beat this, all hollow.”’
, “The man is certainly mad, or making verses.”
. And then, mercy upon him! how he is literally
. “used up” by the last Southern Whig ! Shade
3 Junius, what a scoring!—what a downright
. flaying alive ! And certain it is, tiiat it must
. oithcr have “demolished him tctotally,” without
r leaving even a “grease-spot,” or ho has “quit the
drive,” and “gone to parts unknown.” Whether
j. “the family circle” will “ever bear of” “‘our
, nominee” again, this deponent sayeth not.
I have seen the infamous attack of the Geor
gia Courier on the Nullifiers, respecting the Abo
lition handbills, and its author will feel it, eie the
t domestic peace and safety of the South are res
tored; for,
I “Curses, like chickens, will come home to roost;”
and, little knows he of Southern teeiing, in this
t matter, or Southern character, and Southern in
, tfircsls, who expects to interpose his poor tempo
( rary party objects, and petty, selfish malice, in a
, crisis like this, between the great huiy of the pco
| pie, and they who are wholly identified with their
, interests, and honestly struggling to protect and
i preserve their deeply jeoparded peace and safety.
! “Whom God wills to destroy, he first makes
- mad ;” and mad, indeed, must that man bo, who
t at such a moment, could have projected such a
! self-damniug accusation ! Who will believe it ?
Who suppose it even possible, for one moment ?
■ If it could reach any one, it would reach us; for,
‘ if it could apply to any one, it must apply to us,
i for whom, mainly, it was evidently intended:
■ Yet, we could ask no greater punishment on its
I authors, than that they should continue to repeat
it till the public believes it. Why, now, look at
’ it, and the results! Scarcely is it uttered, ere
1 the people of Charleston and Richmond, as if
1 for the very purpose of vindication, range thern
• selves side by side with us, without regard to
• party, on the very position which we have occu
, pied almost alone, for the last two years. As to >
, the propriety of discussion, and such pubiica
> tions as that which called forth this attack, we
, consulted a public meeting of the planters of-’
■ Richmond county, held at the Poor House, short
• Iy after the Southampton affair, to consider'the
1 public interest and safety m such matters; and
, aftcr a full ami free hearing, they decided unani
! tnously, with tiro exception of one, or perhaps
1 two, dissenting votes, in approving the course wc
i then recommended, and have since pursued.,
t Wc have since consulted hundreds of planters
■ and slave-holders on the subject, and without find
ing any, except one, aftcr an explanation of our
views, who differed from us, or hesitated to admit
that tile course wc have pursued, was the correct
and proper one. Time will shew that we have
not acted hastily or unreflectingly on this subject;
and we are very far from regretting the part we
have taken..
The mat tree and objects of the assault, ore too’
plain to be mistaken; and the wonder is, that:
the mind which could conceive and attempt so
desperate and deadly a project, should be so utter
ly blind to the probable and natural effects of it.
It is evidently the suggestion of a bold and dar
ing mind—a very different one from that of “the
soft and pliant willow” of the Courier, who, we
venture to say, has received little thanks, for the
bungling, self-convicting manner in which he has
mixed and presented the deadly “ingredients of
the poisoned chalice;” and “even handed justice”
will “commend them to their own lips.” We
“see the master-cloud;” and if wc mistake not the
public must sec it, too, ere long.
POST OFFICE INSTRUCTIONS.
In publishing the following very important cor
respondence, communicated by our worthy and
vigilant City Postmaster, we cannot forbear to ex
press onr decided approbation of the prudent, ju
dicious, and considerate view of the subject taken
by the Postmaster General, which seems to us to
be decidedly the correct one. However wc might
hope that he could have gone farther, it is plain
that to have done so, would have been an unau
thorised stretch of power, and perhaps a dangerous
precedent; but wc trust it will be enough, for the
present, that he lias left us to our own resources
for protection. The people, in every town or vil
lage, should now meet like those of Charleston,
and appoint a Committee, to act in concert with
their respective Postmasters, till the next session
of Congress, when the matter must of course tome
before that body; and however we may fear the
consequences of its introduction there, wo will
hope for the best, and perhaps the sooner it comes
before it the better, since it must do so sooner or
later, and the longer it is deferred the worse for
us, who are becoming weaker and weaker in it
every day:
Post Office, Augusta, Aug. 14th, 1835.
Editor of the Chronicle:
Sir: —l offer you the enclosed letters for your
paper of to-morrow. They are sent to mo in re
ply to my letters asking instructions in relation to
Incendiary publications.
Very respectfully, yours, &c. u .
w. c. Micou, P. M.
Post Office Department, j
Southern Division, B th August, 1836.5
B>R .‘—The enclosed copy of a letter addressed
to the Post Master at Charleston, 8. C. by the
Post Master General, on the 4th instant, will in
dicate the views of the Department on the subject
of your letter under date of the Ist inst.
I am, very respectfully, Your ob’dt serv’t,
C,K. GARDNER.
William C. Micou, Esr.
-, ? .. . Aogusta, Ga.
- _, Post Office Department,?
[copt.J 4ih August, 1836. • >
Alfred Hcoeb, Esq. Post Master,
Charleston, S. C.
Sib :—ln your letter of the 29th ult. just re
ceived, you inform me that by the Steam Seat
Terrell.