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ib(dil]ist wa^r®ihs)a&if a.m1ltom c joxks salisbury x €. saturday aug st m is:io vol v mo 5-wiiole no 213 i guards rushed un the man who still held i he weapon in ins hand lie was at first 11 treated hut the officers interfered and hav ing represented the importance of ins be | nig put into the hand of justice the priaon i er was brought to a room above the ground | floor wheie lie was stretched on a bed and ! searched in order to ascertain if he had no i arms concealed a p.nnaid whs found in his side pocket m gisquet who was then in lhe tnilenes with several other public functionaries immediately repaired lothe guard house and proceeded to exam j me the individual arresled — he refused to i lell his name and when recognized hy sev eral persons who knew him said lie was a commercial traveller and that ins name was alibeau he pretended that alib.-a.i was all assumed nauic and refueed o give his real one from regard to ins family he was then asked il he hail been agitated while aiming nt lhe king and if it was not agita li.m ilia had tletauged the direction ol the arm he replied with much composure that lie felt no emotion and hat if lie bid missed ins aim it was owing to ins having j experienced a shock or push for which be could noi account lie was finally asked if lie repented ins crime be answered in ' lhe negative and added that if it was to be | done over again be should not hesitate to ilu it lhat he had no further explanation to give because inlhis age lorgoiism.in which any thing like conviction or devotion was no , longer lo be found no one could appreciate or understand ins motives acbe.au and that he had lived in the refer ii itill last monday week by a vote uf ul to ill gubernatorial rencontre the portland advertiser publishes an extract from a letter from ohio describing a singular rencontre between gen boyn ton of ohio and the hotspur governor of michigan the wiiier was a witness of lhe seme — which look place at defroit il appears that a conversation arose relative lo the boundary line and the admission of michigan into the union offended at some remarks inadvertently dropped while dining ai the american ii ml mason sciz j ed lhe carving knife and made an attempt 10 heart him gen b saw his movement j 111 lime to ward oil the blow wrenched the i knife fiodi him threw l.im on the floor ' put his fool on him and hit ins coat io ! j pieces then llireiv linn into the street seized a loaded horsewhip and give linn a severe flagellations which the writer re marks " soon coiih'il his ire governor mason must have let i lesson winch will teach li i in to be careful in future bow fie kit ms h m ( y hereattet be had i ir illy cents per year subscribers who will at one payment k r f„rone year ai two dm cllongaathe same class shall h|v i advance lhe suit of kama urine shall continue as oilier sohscrl valbls the prisoner is of a dark complob ion wiih a great beard which u i • i...ls his chin his costume was apparently de cent and clean but it concealed a very much soiled shirt which lie avowed he had worn lor ihree weeks by its present rulers ? arc wc all such base submissioniats to know lhal he is not the man to be enlusted with power ; that iliire is force enough lo prostrate him and yet not to use il — not to put forth an arm of defiance ? we miatake the character of this country ir we believe that this or any election can be permitted to go by default lei the republican parly he up active and vigilant and lhe reiyn of corruption ceases forthwith tiiic sl/a-fi o'clock p m as the packet did nol sail this morning i am le to coininiiiiiciile the result of lhe celebrated rem eon ease norion vs lord melbourne which w;is hied al london lhe day belore yes terday lord melbourne ia acquitted the t r i:i i e.i nineneeil al aboiil ten o'clock in the morning and ermelude.l al twelve o'clock at ] night occupying lo.ieteeri hours sir william follet opened mr nuglon'a casein a very vio lnui spiveh coin lining charges against lord [ melbourne scarcely any uf which were eusiain i ed by ihe evidence the witnesses fur inosl - purl were sitvitiis who bad lived wiih thenur . ions ll was certain lhal melbourne was a very constant visitor but it was nol proved lhat lie hail had criminal conversation wiih ihe lady when j h came in lha house norion being necessarily ! nhsenl on his dulies as 1'olie.e magistrate mrs , norion was denied lo all other visitors the j most impuri.-iiit witness was one j ho p cook there were found upon him two very short clay tobacco pipes 2'i sous a calico pocket handkerchief which had never been hemmed and which was disgustingly filthy i — a board comb — and in a fine a couteau i poignard dagger open wuh a silver ban | die and eums paper wrapped round the j blade wiih which weapon he declared he [ intended to have killed himself and be did in fact attempt to alab hiniaeif but was pre viiiiiii hu displayed vast assurance and i effrontery lie refused to give any satis factory anawer to the questions put to him j lying on itie guard lied he looked around i with audacity and said to those present — | if i were free i would do the same thing the attorney general and the prelect ! of police arrived at lhe fiist intelligence of the crime and proceeded to examine him j | alter winch he was brought lo the prison of the coneiergie under a stiong militaiy escort r""^xdo no pay dniiiig tbe yea r will becbi.nre.1 three dollar in all eases noanbaerlptlon will he received fur less than one year no paper will be discontinued but at tbe op li()n f the edilor unless ill arrearges art ,. aid extract of a letter from a mississippi an to the editor if the richmond whig hul for the i'oblie lands ibere would be few van buren men indeed in ill is part , if the wurld l'lie uld settled lounlias are strongly against him and iho independent new settlers from lhe south independent i ineaii m circiimstancas — but in lhe purls of iho stales just reclaimed from the indians fan bursa is sir.mg not in his own strength but in lhat of ihe government and its patronage : all the offleers are nol only loveruineitt men but active eleclioneeis to have been an nelive electioneer isulniusl lhe on ly road i oiliest in this country for in the whole range of my observation and i have been a resi dent a number of years j have not known une appointment of any other description and wheo appointed lhe officer must mil let his zeal cool or ho will soon ho informed against and lose bis place * it is reduced lo a sysiein and general jackson's offloa holders in iho west and they who wish lo be are the most furious and clamor ous partisans in ll.e world when to be suc e.ssfol in services of ihis nature is lhe best inle i to reward from ihe government you may judge what unceasing and violent exertions the office holders make lor preaident jackson's man mr van huron and there are great numbers whom they can influence ; many through theil inieresis in any mure throegh their fears for iheir interests this man thoy can help in mb spec ulations if improve cor.lonnable lhat they nan thwart and harrass if he prove refractory voii may be sure they leave none of their power un exercised knowing an eye from wasliiiigl.ni is upon them anil thai they are expected to labor assiduously for being put and kept in offie s connecleil wiih hind sales which if they keep a few years they aresuro lu make the most over grown forlunns hy thia means the president has a host of adherents in this country in whose eyes do what ho may he can never do wrong if he had espoused reuben whitney instead f mr van buren as his sueccssnr in office i am confident these men and iheir followers would have been as much for whitney aa ihey are for van buren no king ever had more absolute power over the will of his hired mercenaries liian gen jackson has over the office-holder in the south west if one happens lo be indillur ently honest you will always find him more neg lected and less in favor at washington than uny oilier nut he is soon kicked nil urgeis a broad him to tfalk out lo save kit feeliugsfroin being dismissed - the public lands are a source of groat and in creasing wealth but i am convinced in my own mind lhat the are and will more and more be a curse to lhe country i believe they have lol ly doubled lhe president's power by doubling his patronage sod when i think how much alarmed our fathers were in 98 at lhe increasing power 1 executive i can but smile at their lerrors.aud ask myself what old palriuls of lhat age would say could lliey lift iheir heads from iho grate and wiiii,^s the almost unbounded power lhat une has aiiained i will nol say throughout lha u stales but here and elsewhere ! com pan 1 wuh old john a.lains gen jackson's power is like a steamboat compared wiih a skiff bin bad as this is ii is nol the worst the public lands are giving hull to the most extensive and mad peeulaiions gambling of the highest d.v'i e » liieli must pruduco wide ruin and sobtrulaion bui ihe w.irsi is not told yel they are giving hirlh to lhe muhl foole.rriip<i.ii and fraud which this country or any olhsr ever saw give youi imagination lhe reins and you can hardly con cern ihe i nil li i admit it in hard for the gov ernment to check these villauies but all will say it oughi to try instead nl thai its agents are the worst of the set if ho will but be a llm ruugb going lull blooded partisan for government and van huron he may clout and defraud in a ny extent he pleases the orimos that are ait ed in re against tin nation and hie indians are enough lu call down the judgment uf heaven on iho land lhat suiters il 1 irust lhat the old stales will do something at the ballot boxes to restrain thsss grsat and growing evils mr van buren will certainly continue in office and power llie present office holders who ore diing o much for him that yon know is iho new york crei d of " rewards mid punishmenls and dividing lhe spoils the only way and hope ia lo break up llm present execrable system and ll ; abuses by putting into the presidency a man who will sweep the blond suckera out old llu^h is lhe hoy for lhat a firmer and honesi er man never breathed and he knows lh jackson van buren office hnlding partizans sine he broke wuh jackson if he did not know then before give us old hugh if possible ; but if you can'i give him give us any body who will put tire lu lhe nest of the scorpions i . t i j i letters tn the editor must he pos lid ; otherwise they will certainly nit be it ended lo terms of advkrtisino — fiflil cent a autre for tke tret insertion and tteenly-fiyt nils per square for each insertion after wards no advertisement will he inserted for les s an one dollar advertisements will be continued until nrher s i received to slop them where no direction 5 _. previously given adveiliscinenlsby lhe year ol six months will oollai month for each sqna'e e ol the i"'»i . texas the last advices we have from lhe texiau forces are contained in a letter from con green i dned at ins head quartera upon lhe brazos june 38 " on the 5lh ins he writes " i i ; santa anna on of the invincible upon the high ' era co lhe dili lhe monstrous fact is lev io peii threa hundred milea distant j the retreating mexican army was ordered to reirugatle hall way between sao patricio and metamuraa — tins must have been under the calculation lhal santa anna was safe in vera f.'ro hot we i have bun still and we will keep him until ws get whal we ask fur and we will ask lor much i ' on ihe 8th i was ordered by the govern ' ineni with the army under my couiiiiaiul to i inarch against ihe northern indians ami having ! marched ilius far under lhe order you see we j have again to fight the mexicans i march to [ morrow wiih all lbs force in his pin of lhe country to unite wiih ilia auuthern division ol lhe army under general rusk to day 1 have j ordered itrevei brig felix houston lu advance with lhe cavalry and hot as the advance of my army we will assemble in a few days a forca ol 200 men upon lhe col ado where we ooghl to tight uriea the soldiers are in good health and spirits they have grieved much hereto i fore fur fear all ihe laurels wvre lu be won by j ihe victors of san jacinto " attempts to enforce ins arguments by means of the carving-knife if his conduct was as represented he has shown himself un worthy of the station be occupies lie should forthwith be degraded from bis of fice of governor and appointed head wait er at the american hotel he must be lietier qualified to flourish a earving-knife iliiin io preside over the administration of lhe slate — boston alias correspondence uf the new york siar ltvebfool june j4 the crisis is still impending the commons have rejected the principle hot utterly abolish ing ihe details uf ihe peers bill lur annihilating kiiliiielo.il cerporaii msin liel.niil oa moli'layj aa a,^b\^b\meh^i^i^ssi^slm /..'/'.' in mississippi — a letter from a gentle man in canton mlsa.daled july 8th to his friend in this place contains the billowing - f = t == " wete made and ii was discovered lhat this ithc king had been urged since the at „,„„ la(1 ( , 1|ml e p aca ,,„ ca . * of alibeau.to establish a body guard roug^j bon , 4 0 , d()ck b ln , e l)f , 1|e __^ i ____^ nol itsl it saving that bayo ■,■,.,„, | ld -,,,,. , l,.,a c„„v s d wy been wanling and that be kmm m m{h m n .,,.,„.,,, quarg 1 „„,.,■_ b illj^atii'^li'-'iil''.iitn-'u'.'i.il lo |, r ,„, ,„„„,„ | i n |„„, t , ;„ ..„,, bsm his msiesty bad addressed lhe k , g wtuge . proceeding from.be wm to the archbishops and sul , e8 o t |, e fil | lr0 , savlng , 1 , ill;ik lr „. person i am wailing lor will not come and w s r a n ew a , cmpt , 1 " sl ••«• f m a ditection of the curt lie kiv life providence has pre i onj t|ient . e u b(j e f|(|e w^m\my gratitude s raised toward , p ft|aca „„, , ( , the quay snd there remained p hm c . m ' re<1 w ," h " s p erf i in s group of people who were waiting for hf.-e....r ly devoted to the w.lf re ol ,,„, £ , g ,',„,,, „,„ ,.,„,., ,„,,.. „ ''"' fir '" '•""«■'•"'"■ibji ! ; p ,„ k ,|, 0 „ u , „ w „ | . u „ any n,,,,ii'i,m and lfc wl11 <"" ' ne n j no one observed the cue be carried in his b-rmiil 1 '"""" r.nil hanks „, al , k „ n < . v , ra „ f ,|„„ ry ,.,,„„.,■c.'lebrateil in all the j m . lilker wl „ „, ml r,cli.ri'.l it n ser b your tejjj geanl ... the national guard happened to ■louis i illl.ll ph ijeonjm , lt „„. ■,-,, : ii.-r..-s and !'• ll iuc.im 7ih june 193(5 bent on hirn lu give the magistrates e»ei . attempted suicide galtf f ortnamml | u | 1is ower he staled lhal gives the following accou it ! w8ap „„ su . /( .,| ,„, l|u . 8#lamln | l „| heen , i inaiii 111 his establishment wuh many oil h,l his keepers hiving gone oul l..r a s , ,,„.„,,, klml . .,..„ ,,,. rtl|s 1wilrl . ,,, get sumo tobacco to chew he u d(1 ., slo |. lllon 0 f the |, ivs t(l |, 8 » u who was wit . him 1 j ;|||| , , ul u s . || fl „„. 1)llt „, „ „ rcluri lhe latter had i „ e air ., r wi1s ,,,- „,, li back when the priaonoi | n |, e „ ute lo confl . m „_ tlh1 |., uglng f ■to dash out his brams lue i u uividual arrualed w»a then tltitcuvercd mtc wall but the keeper was too ij lm , mm . r f h ,,„„,,, ,,,,„„,, ,„.,.„ ww bim end seized him bythe clothes si , lt uri rt!c „ gi1 j zrt ,| ,.,„, prisoner to be all ng aid my tine fellow you wish to u ,. ul n ; s , : , n „ h:l ,| l,.,',l n hia house ■me a trick winch would have been t.io ml , ,,,„ ,„. | la i gone off without paying him ww ol in ! at.beau st firet endeavored to e|m jq .^ i 8 passport which has ht off as a joke but afterwards acknowl been t 7 tjl , vt ,, ,. a hl , n in lvm)gi bi , me „| lou . real intention asserting thai it e<j hj ha m , n iinim ,„„ c|u ._ kint for want of courage lhal lie allemp qn confronted with iheaei.tinel of ids life but be had become disgusted , he national guard hu had conversed with present slate of existence and g of ii c|li , „,„,,, „ a ( .„„ u , isk himsell from eight more p<j u|n ,,,„, v „ u „,, s ,. vl , ,|, ll | |„. lr „- ( i ,| 1 . lie is at times prodigal k , ai , e not.on while speaking with r af vi 1 " is one of them is my rr tills 1 .„„|,., ll , ,,„„; \!,:„ „, was l ic.1 in ' ,,.,»' 7 l1 " nst letter ol lhe al , , ( .,„ 1v ,. ; ,., ,, r a , the king was yet to fear all the o i,,»l,m lie n-.i v another , s m\l,af,-y „„,,,., a ,, ilt l ,„„|,, r ,.,,„„,„.„,„„. ||„ m fate my name will be known wm od . n lho foom rorm . r |, occupied mmihmm am my devotion ol my pj eil t h j hewaedressed in a in at frock by all true patriots coal but bis shirt wss dirty and iii r.gs vli.iin madrid of the 23d june , lml \ v|s w , ,,,„„, bt kinfi-i ahoul li o u.i'iit to be entered into c|oc(j r h lje al 7 v g ,.,„,, ,| ,,„,) of the grandees lo gu irantee j |. ,., „, |. m , ,. ,,,,,,, , cnn.-ici v should this fail it is said the queen . j n , errog „ ing him itiam martin dti t pledge lhe royal domains nm w bu comine „ re d the proceedings w letter from smyrna dated june 3.1 k | ib4mi or lho individual known by thai published in the journal of commerce of o j a ,| a(jd ,, ht . ,,„ h , lr ,,| a . k 8n l iliesllih contains alarming acconnls from bjtf ornp | e „ on pa | e . ollll 8*sulls 1 ld)wure iqreece the kingdom is ssid to be swarm foubi r h|i keu ing w.th small bands assembled under na l|n l(je e?en|0 „ a || ,|, e ministers the live chiefs conspicuous for their dislike of p rg , md the r , s t al pane lie bavarians the writer even says that b||t oll ,„ nemlly lo coiigr.iti.lale the king olho is not expected lo return and „ on ns mm e ] a m j gl w s to the monarchy is on the eve of falling lo r . ( . 4 ., vt , ., j,.,,,iiaiion of both chambers on pieces we place little confidence inthese , n the palace lo the tuileries it al illl = iissss ,« a f a a a s aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lm./,-,i ok forfigjy business legislation upon hie bill ami in two hours eighty of hie original clauses were restor ed—with soaror a word ol uppsi i irani the tone peel merely protesting a-.iosi he d.'.-i aiuii ul the in j lily b,-en considered as involving ihe acquiescence uf bis aide of lhe house on lhe nexi day lhe bill was completely made up on lhe plan which i have already seui you ami a com mi pea appointed to draw up the reasons why ihe cum nuns decline accepting the a meodments of ihe lirds on friday night tins committee founsisllng ul so ne of the vlin itiers o'cotmell and r lionra'1 members made 1 heir report lo lhe ll mse and iheir " rea sons were immediately slumped with approval and communicated lu the peers in what is call ed a committee ol conference spring lime chancellor of lhe exchequer was the pers.ii who bruughl down tulhu o.r uf lha commons the aforesaid reasons they ciiiiplaioej and i'ially aa yon must haveuuiio nl,l lhal i in irisii corporation 11,11 returned trio the peers waa not ihe same as ihai reoeiv ed by ihem 1 1 was luunded on a new principle bore a new : title an i varied completely in us enactments iron ilia benl oj oy ihe commons it uia^i iheref.ue he considered as an original ill n„w the right of u.e peers t amend was on disputable but added the report " according lo ihe biicio.it usages and roles uf parliament n was iiiipissihle in consider an original bill n pas e.i as an amendment with ihe necessary aiieu li.in the rep irt nludes lima :— " i'lie scandal ma abusesoi lhe corp iralions ul ireland are uiliuiiled hy all and lhe coimnons bavec.iisidi red i lie exist no ■uf such abuses to .,,• a j i,i siro.md ul'ooinplaint tney in rehire eo.hav.rei in am ml those crporm ions bui il ineir lull lu amen i is cliaiij d into a measure i i | ihohsh a system which bus existed lor upwards ! •! ix r uies which in nu former period nui even during internal coin notion ami • ml war li - rvas evet pnipoaed lu a,li-li — the commons do noi conceive lhal an en i.-.meiil ol snob an unprc oedeuled nature can josily be classed ainunu those well considered measures of imp iveiueiil wlii,-h p.r'iaiu an n i pi i ■■1 ita it1 , ,--." toe • r .- ins j i ii-i die lord - a i ii ills having been read in ihe ii mse of i r,u by hit llarqu.s of laiisiloiviie ll was agreed lhal they sii.uil.i 0 cuosidi ie.1 on r'riday lu-morriiu hm nu inn a bveiiiusl.il was airreed on the sug gesli.mol lhe oukeul vvvllingiun itial lhe de bate should i.ni now until nexi m niday - so that yuu ciiinul ear i i.o resull until next ll hal will ue done no one can gti s s me reports have il lhal there is a aphl in the tory camp ihe ouke uf welling tun bla.niua lord lyndhurat lor pushing nu ..- iu such an exire miiy ii ai ,■i„,,,i . inns i-ei yield or resist a hi ii dial e.iir beiuu nun .| hie uul uf iho q.iesuuii o her rumors have il thai iho lurds are resulved lu rtjecl me i ill as lestured by ihe c an nuns a llur.l on ilil is ihai ihe peers i will gram corporation lu some tint msiesd ul twelve > of lhe larger irish towns auu llieii ai the l.iiidoii courier which is ur affecta to be pretty much in lhe ouofidenoe uf ministers i mis in ii niini.id it peers uouiinue refractory there will be a prum iali.ni uf parliament oi ; i november n hal possible go^dcun iw obtained by uol a slip i ca.iiiut see a dissolution ol parliament would nui i hunk do any mug fj " our community has been thrown into aetata of excitement in the last lew days by ieve.al shocking murders the firsi was the case of an overse who killed n negro on lhe plantation of john b pease verdiel of lhe inquest " delih eraieand wilful murder the paraon charged was brought lu town examined before a justice and admitted to bud in lhe sum of 3000 i the sec and was the murder of a mr harris who was killed by a man named bird and his son wade bird a dispute aroso about a tuition bill when the birds fell on harris tho old man holdjng linn while lhe son slabbed him fifteen or twenty limes wil h a dirk till he fell and expired ! liar lis fought inanlully having during ihe r-cufhe shot hi son in hie abdomen si woooded him se verely in lhe hack besides blabbing lhe elder bird several times the birds have been com u.iiied lu vicksburg jail two or three days alter ibis win s kastwii'li shot a man in manchester named allen a mail rider but was acquitted on ins examination l fore a magistrate puhhc opinion goes against ibis decision besides all ihis here has lately been some lynching of some shopkeepers on ihe road bo iween ihis and manchestel for selling whiskey lu ami harboring negroes knelt of lhe lynched received aboutune hundred lushes one of them has taken refuge here bui has received notice to quit the sia'.o many of uur citisena are oppos ed to this practice and are resolved to maintain iho supremacy of the laws they have deler iniiieil therefore to resist lhe illegal atlempis of lhe lynchers the natchez courier of lhe 18th u'.t slates ilia letters were received on iho previous day ] iii thai oily from general palis houston dated near washington texas 2.s.1 june whioli slates lhat lhe writer had been ordered lo join the main army wiih despatch — lhat the texisna were ducking lo ihe field with great ardor,st lhat lhe ladies had determined nol lo leave their homes again for lhe mexicans who are spoken i of as soldiers with iheolmosl contempt by lhe writer the courier expresses the opinion thai ihe appoint ment of gen lunar to ihe command ol ihe texian army coul i nu have been in en l e,l as iiispend.ng gen houstun as ore reason for tins opinion u refers lo ihe difference in lhe lilies adopted by these officers in their adores ses io ihe army lien houston styles hhnsell " commander in-chief while thai adopted hy lamar is " major general commanding 8wj the following paragraph is copied iroin lhe new y.rk slur : glorious news from texas — if true — a letter fro ii a highly respectable genllaman al ah xau dria ued kiver dated july 1 li stales l hal in tellioeucb hud just been leceived hn re lhal iii m-.xn'.m lorees had made an nlteiopl io ilie ciilorado and were no i by lhe i'exians and repulsed with the loss al 8110 men killed besides many wuuuded and taken prisoners from the new york star there is nothing that mr van barren ' dreads so much as an organized and spirit ed opposition at the approaching l'rcsi.len n il campaign he has reason to appro in ml ilu result of union and energy mid i therefore exceedingly anxioui to create the impression that the government candi date in oihcr words the nominee ol the president he is invulnerable and thai re sistance bejng hopeless luhniiasiun is the most prudent step in pursuance of this plan uf operations he commands one wing ul ihe armv ol uilii'i'-luililei's and general jackson commands lhe other and lliey sur ii iiinl ihe people calling upon them to lay down their arms and offering to parole hem on condition ol then taking no part against mr van buren's projects as long aa us adminietralion lists nothing is easier for the people to accomplish than to cut iheir way through this line ofmercina ries and they are bound so to do i y every consideration uf patriotism and publio good the must fatal error lhat this country can poasibly pursue is to submit to corruption and misrule when there is power to pros . r itii u — we have seen wonders perform ed hy a small aimy we have seen a small well organized and firm party destroy b much more powerful and united body ; but here is the democratic party of the ti nt,m opposed to air van buren capable uf defeating him and giving we may say new liberty to the country can it be pos sible lhat air van buren is capable of par j alysing their efforts hy a mere declaration i that lie being the choice ol gen jackson ! is invulnerable .' we should hope not ; ' let a blow at least he strucli for irecdom and lhe result will show that il has not ' been struck in vain we have been fre quently asked lo give mr van buren a liberal chance in llie estimate of states in i hia favor ; to set down those that are doubt ful wilh-lliose that are certain we will i do so we will go beyond lhe hounds ol i probabililv and lei us ace where be stands : maine j latest from texas the lurk charles p wil lies arrived al new orleans on lhe isih u i frum matagorda bay which place she leli hi the dili bringing about ninety passengera cluefly vio i ami children ; lhe major pari ol lbniil ylexuuai-uuwj-ile ifout ll.e e.mtilry arlj.t i eeol 10 texas till lemul'll is mini i i ll iii conformity wiih an order iroin gen husk who 1 is oiling io lay waste lhal pan ul the uuuulry in nnl.r in h mass ihe mexican army on hon march as by this means they would be left wilhuut food for themselves or forage lor their horses the charles p williams cun.iadiola the report lhal lhe mexican brig vencedor del j vhiinn had blockaded the i'exian boo bruins al | tla.ogiirda i'ha brig thai as taken fui llu ' veoe ■dor del alamo inual have been the tex un ana llnrioii-o the armed texian selmo i.er liiviuoi ile brulus a id llevenge sailed on ilu ;•: li lu cruise off ihe mexican ooaat and lu blockade the purl of melamoraa th texian army by ihe 1st accounts was encamped ai victoria on lhe guadaloupe river awaiting the approach of the enemy and in creasing in miiiiuer the mexican army is ooiiueniralinjj oil a ri-mu around iwo miles dis tant iroin vlelailluras anil have sen lu ll.e di vi s ul lhe army on the bordi rs ol texas lu juin ihem intendiug to enter texas in a body v 1 jour com a !■' r ajjtb in i''i.oitnu rkrnin ll.e vlilledgevilla keporler july 88 uur i ilelligence iroin florida is lhal uover nur call who has he command of ihe entire force lo be engaged against the betninolss only delays ihe commencement of another campaign until lhe arrival 1,000 volunteers from it n uessce which aie daily expeoted he hupea with the tennessear.s the florida militia ami llie u 1 s.aies troops in lhe lernlory locum inenee the campaign by'ihe 1st of august v illoiigsl ihe oilier uiijecis.il the p.eseul meusurea ia lha ul desli lying the crops nf he indians we v,r in eh tear lhal lhe clloiale ot klori da will prove lhe worst tie these troops will llieel mill weeaooot accede to the propriety ol carrying troops iroin tennessee into ihe malarious 8 waiupa ol florida in the munih of august li will we doolii nut be alteuded with a waate of human life which the ubjenl lobe attained will hv nu means aanoltun in t.gird m ilie health ul the iroopa already there we may judge irntu lhe fol lowing facts at fori oraue ai uur last ac suunis nui ol ihe comparatively small force sta tioned there there are leported l id in ihe sick hal among whom are five out uf seven officers from bla"k creek the acouuuta are truly de plorable—filty iwu have died iberein rtydaya tlie indians an alill in imall parl.ee cum in lung depredaliona the only queatlun is out tbey in the succeeding sickly months be followed iniu ihs swamps snd routed from ihem 1 hairsorae ol tbe wadding lhal had been lodged therein i was also reported that » courier bad been despatched to the dukes of oilcans and ncmo.irs to invite ilium to it was rumoured in paris on lhe 80th ult tliat the sultan of turkey had consented to dismiss the hcis eltondi on the demand ofi b nl i i.-i ill , pjsssssss^^^m .— .-—. v h -,.,. kmg j jiiriiynoisasanyuew ekcn 1 give iheiul i may add l hu yuu nu whal suly inailerd of form ihe i'ury lords ran ' raise m lamij lot molehills lhal on laiilav alie lhe cons granny harrison a capital hit — tlio hon charles a i wu kliffe iho ahlo whig candidato foi lieut ovcrnor of the state of kentucky addressed the people of covington oppo site ihis city | on thursday last in doing so he took occasion to notice the epithelof granny so freely bestowed upon gen harrison by all the van buren presses mr wickllffe said that for his own part as a wurm supporter and enthusiastic admirer of general harrison ho felt much indebted to lhe van burenitcs for calling the old hero a granny it was a capital cognomen and he was gratified that tho general had re ceived it he is the most efficient cran hi continued mr w indeed said he i consider the general thobest midwife i ever knew for 1 saw him deliver general proctor of the brit ism army of six hundred chil dren in fort minutes also that general villnreal chief ir conn jnaiujidllic car lists recently appointedon return in all haste lo i'aris hjournal dcs debats i renee tt illl a conillllllee ol ihe cumin in lord i l i | - -" ' i-i.ol 10,11 1uu account of the feeble health ol^^btithid himself tendered ins resignation nominally lor the same leason |( ( \ — | yesterday evening at a quarter past sis w m the rnlc^nd standing orders ol lhe house o'clock al the moment when lhe klll'j was ,| ie 8 ioud uiiooverbd instead of silting passing through the glllchel of ll.e tuiler 1ui |, ii,eirha.sun during me cremoiiy 1 lea in front of the point royal to return to this absurd complaint wli.cn lord ii fto neuilly a young ma aged 23 or so eemed to cuu.ld tor as ul j»»'r cs wm yun , bred upon ins male close o l„s g^^^z per.so.is with a weapon o new in««.u<>a 3 but wa merely through mad which although ii species of fire sr.ns had i |( , ncg . hal the customary form bad been de iheform ol a walking cane arrested at i ,,,,,,,,,„„. during a greut part of ihe confer the same ins ant by he national guards ;„ 0b me lords stood up with their huts oil bui who were under arms with ibeil colors in ! m the first instance when lhe cuiniuous sii.arsd comi.liineiii .-> lhe king lhe assassin was lhe room ihey were sealed he apprehended lr,go,'!l ii'to the guardhouae and will d.f ha nuadrauiaga would be taken id lbs uirouio ficultj saved from being ion to pieces j stance .^ jg the peers will noi abate an by a strange ensure one ..! those in a l believe ihey have the kingwnh itiein lional guards was a gull-maker ol ll.e (| j arl „ „ ut , n desd suppose thai a pruru nanie of devisme living in he hue dil jauuii tuuk place what mil it avail y mil it lli-ld.-r who iiinneillately lecogoinzed he lua jj b ihe lords atei.u.late lo the popular feelings prisoner as an individual io whom some t the commons r lei i melbourne drrm.i u^h two or three months before be had s.d.l the a su-p and he throws he game j i .. i „.!,,. i \\ in e parliament are assembled his sving eeapon he had just discharged and which l|||t .,„, ,„„„.„». la far the prisoner a traveller for a silk warehouse | aillb|it u ,„ wi4 ,,,| m ,, uike iu ihe l)uk m mini ,, reten led bo wanted as a pattern or murfuw dj^jve parliament and he j'or.ea pec n lor the purpose ol sales for the ,,,,,,! keul , oiliee unlil ihe commons mm ibsu manufacturer and inventor m devisme uul _ the prisoner admitted the fad as well as . i think the lords will no yield-asan tndica that his uauie a ficl.tous one prubably)wua tiuii they uitew uui hi cuvenmieut s chancery from the courier fraon.is of sunday l-ast evening about li o'clock a iiewth tempt waa made upon ihe king's life wbichi fortunately proved as unsuccessful as the former jii ? t as his majnsty had entered ins carriage to return to is'euilly and was i'mling under the gat way leading to the tyuaj a young man who had placed hiin ii mi the side opposite iu lhal of lhe na tional guard lilted up a cine in which a pistol banel had been fixed placed n on lha carnage tour an fin 1 il si the ring louis philip was thai inntuiml bowing to lhe national guards through the oilier win d whether the ssssss.n f i agitated f e is stated was pushed while engaged i taking „„,, ii uh || j ,„,. ,,„„ .., i king who immediately alter lhe explosion le a ston that he was not wounded and w'brtd tbe coach lo be driven on to ste my the king was wiih the queen and madam adelaide and a detach we need scarcely add that the air rung with deafening applause by the auditors the hit was admirable — cincinnati whig he can deliver van buren of as many votes in any county of the slate — ed tel willi this liberal and incredible allow am e he is still an immense distance from the presidency ; but were he ten times as dr was ins election secure beyond doubt,-is be to be permitted without a struggle to fasten upon this country the gross corruption and illegal acis ajujiled a correspondent of ths baltimore re publican slates that a remedy for i be lly in wheat will be found by passing lhe seed wheal through a strong hi me or pickle.wash i ing it well and hen rolling u in slacked i lime not preparing at one time more than a ' day's sowing the following agricultural paragraph is from the boston morning post :— " how is crops why corn tolerable — wheat aim none " but ink and uits oh lurdy ! " i dragoons escctletthecarri^agof^h on hearing the explosion tho national
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1836-08-20 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 20 |
Year | 1836 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 5 Whole No.213 |
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Creator | Hamilton C. Jones |
Date Digital | 2008-12-23 |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Saturday, August 20, 1836 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1836-08-20 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 20 |
Year | 1836 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 5 Whole No.213 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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Creator | Hamilton C. Jones |
Date Digital | 2008-12-23 |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Saturday, August 20, 1836 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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ib(dil]ist wa^r®ihs)a&if a.m1ltom c joxks salisbury x €. saturday aug st m is:io vol v mo 5-wiiole no 213 i guards rushed un the man who still held i he weapon in ins hand lie was at first 11 treated hut the officers interfered and hav ing represented the importance of ins be | nig put into the hand of justice the priaon i er was brought to a room above the ground | floor wheie lie was stretched on a bed and ! searched in order to ascertain if he had no i arms concealed a p.nnaid whs found in his side pocket m gisquet who was then in lhe tnilenes with several other public functionaries immediately repaired lothe guard house and proceeded to exam j me the individual arresled — he refused to i lell his name and when recognized hy sev eral persons who knew him said lie was a commercial traveller and that ins name was alibeau he pretended that alib.-a.i was all assumed nauic and refueed o give his real one from regard to ins family he was then asked il he hail been agitated while aiming nt lhe king and if it was not agita li.m ilia had tletauged the direction ol the arm he replied with much composure that lie felt no emotion and hat if lie bid missed ins aim it was owing to ins having j experienced a shock or push for which be could noi account lie was finally asked if lie repented ins crime be answered in ' lhe negative and added that if it was to be | done over again be should not hesitate to ilu it lhat he had no further explanation to give because inlhis age lorgoiism.in which any thing like conviction or devotion was no , longer lo be found no one could appreciate or understand ins motives acbe.au and that he had lived in the refer ii itill last monday week by a vote uf ul to ill gubernatorial rencontre the portland advertiser publishes an extract from a letter from ohio describing a singular rencontre between gen boyn ton of ohio and the hotspur governor of michigan the wiiier was a witness of lhe seme — which look place at defroit il appears that a conversation arose relative lo the boundary line and the admission of michigan into the union offended at some remarks inadvertently dropped while dining ai the american ii ml mason sciz j ed lhe carving knife and made an attempt 10 heart him gen b saw his movement j 111 lime to ward oil the blow wrenched the i knife fiodi him threw l.im on the floor ' put his fool on him and hit ins coat io ! j pieces then llireiv linn into the street seized a loaded horsewhip and give linn a severe flagellations which the writer re marks " soon coiih'il his ire governor mason must have let i lesson winch will teach li i in to be careful in future bow fie kit ms h m ( y hereattet be had i ir illy cents per year subscribers who will at one payment k r f„rone year ai two dm cllongaathe same class shall h|v i advance lhe suit of kama urine shall continue as oilier sohscrl valbls the prisoner is of a dark complob ion wiih a great beard which u i • i...ls his chin his costume was apparently de cent and clean but it concealed a very much soiled shirt which lie avowed he had worn lor ihree weeks by its present rulers ? arc wc all such base submissioniats to know lhal he is not the man to be enlusted with power ; that iliire is force enough lo prostrate him and yet not to use il — not to put forth an arm of defiance ? we miatake the character of this country ir we believe that this or any election can be permitted to go by default lei the republican parly he up active and vigilant and lhe reiyn of corruption ceases forthwith tiiic sl/a-fi o'clock p m as the packet did nol sail this morning i am le to coininiiiiiciile the result of lhe celebrated rem eon ease norion vs lord melbourne which w;is hied al london lhe day belore yes terday lord melbourne ia acquitted the t r i:i i e.i nineneeil al aboiil ten o'clock in the morning and ermelude.l al twelve o'clock at ] night occupying lo.ieteeri hours sir william follet opened mr nuglon'a casein a very vio lnui spiveh coin lining charges against lord [ melbourne scarcely any uf which were eusiain i ed by ihe evidence the witnesses fur inosl - purl were sitvitiis who bad lived wiih thenur . ions ll was certain lhal melbourne was a very constant visitor but it was nol proved lhat lie hail had criminal conversation wiih ihe lady when j h came in lha house norion being necessarily ! nhsenl on his dulies as 1'olie.e magistrate mrs , norion was denied lo all other visitors the j most impuri.-iiit witness was one j ho p cook there were found upon him two very short clay tobacco pipes 2'i sous a calico pocket handkerchief which had never been hemmed and which was disgustingly filthy i — a board comb — and in a fine a couteau i poignard dagger open wuh a silver ban | die and eums paper wrapped round the j blade wiih which weapon he declared he [ intended to have killed himself and be did in fact attempt to alab hiniaeif but was pre viiiiiii hu displayed vast assurance and i effrontery lie refused to give any satis factory anawer to the questions put to him j lying on itie guard lied he looked around i with audacity and said to those present — | if i were free i would do the same thing the attorney general and the prelect ! of police arrived at lhe fiist intelligence of the crime and proceeded to examine him j | alter winch he was brought lo the prison of the coneiergie under a stiong militaiy escort r""^xdo no pay dniiiig tbe yea r will becbi.nre.1 three dollar in all eases noanbaerlptlon will he received fur less than one year no paper will be discontinued but at tbe op li()n f the edilor unless ill arrearges art ,. aid extract of a letter from a mississippi an to the editor if the richmond whig hul for the i'oblie lands ibere would be few van buren men indeed in ill is part , if the wurld l'lie uld settled lounlias are strongly against him and iho independent new settlers from lhe south independent i ineaii m circiimstancas — but in lhe purls of iho stales just reclaimed from the indians fan bursa is sir.mg not in his own strength but in lhat of ihe government and its patronage : all the offleers are nol only loveruineitt men but active eleclioneeis to have been an nelive electioneer isulniusl lhe on ly road i oiliest in this country for in the whole range of my observation and i have been a resi dent a number of years j have not known une appointment of any other description and wheo appointed lhe officer must mil let his zeal cool or ho will soon ho informed against and lose bis place * it is reduced lo a sysiein and general jackson's offloa holders in iho west and they who wish lo be are the most furious and clamor ous partisans in ll.e world when to be suc e.ssfol in services of ihis nature is lhe best inle i to reward from ihe government you may judge what unceasing and violent exertions the office holders make lor preaident jackson's man mr van huron and there are great numbers whom they can influence ; many through theil inieresis in any mure throegh their fears for iheir interests this man thoy can help in mb spec ulations if improve cor.lonnable lhat they nan thwart and harrass if he prove refractory voii may be sure they leave none of their power un exercised knowing an eye from wasliiiigl.ni is upon them anil thai they are expected to labor assiduously for being put and kept in offie s connecleil wiih hind sales which if they keep a few years they aresuro lu make the most over grown forlunns hy thia means the president has a host of adherents in this country in whose eyes do what ho may he can never do wrong if he had espoused reuben whitney instead f mr van buren as his sueccssnr in office i am confident these men and iheir followers would have been as much for whitney aa ihey are for van buren no king ever had more absolute power over the will of his hired mercenaries liian gen jackson has over the office-holder in the south west if one happens lo be indillur ently honest you will always find him more neg lected and less in favor at washington than uny oilier nut he is soon kicked nil urgeis a broad him to tfalk out lo save kit feeliugsfroin being dismissed - the public lands are a source of groat and in creasing wealth but i am convinced in my own mind lhat the are and will more and more be a curse to lhe country i believe they have lol ly doubled lhe president's power by doubling his patronage sod when i think how much alarmed our fathers were in 98 at lhe increasing power 1 executive i can but smile at their lerrors.aud ask myself what old palriuls of lhat age would say could lliey lift iheir heads from iho grate and wiiii,^s the almost unbounded power lhat une has aiiained i will nol say throughout lha u stales but here and elsewhere ! com pan 1 wuh old john a.lains gen jackson's power is like a steamboat compared wiih a skiff bin bad as this is ii is nol the worst the public lands are giving hull to the most extensive and mad peeulaiions gambling of the highest d.v'i e » liieli must pruduco wide ruin and sobtrulaion bui ihe w.irsi is not told yel they are giving hirlh to lhe muhl foole.rriip |