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MOJULU gPMUHg (TOME two and three per cent, fund of the default ch . pistol to have been accidentia!. ing States to the payment of these claims .IS 1, so "carefuily worded." Another mistake. This two and three per cent fund w ill go to He to understand that he had made no Ttr,o: f: . T. which such an inference could be' drav.:;, and said that all good citi- zens must regard the matter as a great out DCL A. Bentlev, Dentist, from New1 oik, who was in this section of country difring the summer of last year, and realized a handsome amount by his profession, has left us minus in the sum of 40 odd dollars. onl V subdued lva rope I ein i his neck and lightciu 1 until was almost checked. Hi- - uu ed ami taken to Dr. Ticri he can be seen. No doubt, adds thV I o'-1- . .1 I I in the right breast'of his brother Robert. Medical aid was" immediately "procured and the wound examined. It appeared that 5 buck-sh- ot Jiad taken effect, causing a very dangerous wound, though hopes were en- tertained that it wouldsjiot prove latal. To speak of such things as a warning to others, seems almost useless. There ap- pears to be a fatal carelessness implanted in pay the interest on stocks now held by the United Mates toverment, the interest on rage. I think this is what Col. K. said to me at various times. lit- III, which ought long since to have been paid by the States to the Chickasaws. . ' uiosc negroes mat has i ed oil" w hen ha wa-- i Mit.n! As to the conduct ot j.uessrs. urowu or Walker, or any other, men, unless we can the human, mind in relation to the use of FRED. P. STANTON-Memphi- s, Aug. 2,S15 From the I'icaj uaf. The Troops. We yesterday received the following communication from an offi allow them to be governed by honest and patriotic motives, allcontroversy about their ion of Mr. CailVey that he e u. ;i a child or pei haps boi'ii there. ,i. two skeleton-- ; in the hollow, oi" '!,, posed to be the father and j :,,,-.- ! man that we caught, lie a , ... ty years old, w eiurlrs.o:;e hundred f IS He left here la fall and took a trip, through the Southern portion of -- the State as an Oculist and Surgeon Dentist. Said Bent-le- y is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, slen- der made, darskin, roman nose, black hair, front teeth Jarge and very white, lias quite a familiar way of introducing himself to strangers, and is near 30 years of age. The Outrage at Germantown. . The Memphis papers are crowded "with the particulars of this much to be regretted cer of the 3d regiment of infantry, whish acts is at an end. There are acts of many of our public men,- - which if it were sought J. C. BTOTmTT.T. &. O. J. STAFFORD, KDITORS & I'ROI'RIKTORS. we publish with much pleasure, as the in to place upon them odious constructions, pouuds,and will eat noilum: and that which h tainted he formation it contains must be ot interest to the families and numerous friends of the of HO 1,1, V NPKIGS JI.Il.IIAI.l. ., 711. ficers of the regiment: . Thursday, August 7,1845. :it !. could be represented in a much more un- favorable light than has or can be attempted in this instance. : The article n tlie Senti- nel demonstrates one fact, which, .w hen the country knows, will forever silence attack upon any one who have acjed upon these claims. It is that they are just. Mr.. Jar IETIOl'K.TIC !TATK INO.tll.VlTIO.V. affair. We copy below the statement of fire-arm- s,, which experijwice cannot eradi- cate. We think, however, that those who witnessed the scene which occurred on this occasion, as described to us, will never per- mit themselves to-forg- the lesson. There was the suffering victim, enduring patient- ly the pain of perhaps a fatal wound; near by stood the innocent, though careless au- thor of his suffering, his own brother, with all the agony of frantic grief depicted in his countenance, and expressing by words and actions the most uncontrollable remorse; and the widowtd mother was there, anguish consuming her heart, and feeling sorrow which none but a mother knows and this scene of distress heightened and aggravated by the remembrance that this mother had been made a widow, and these young men fatherless, by a similar accident some eight or nine years ago! We ucill not suppose it possible' that any one of the large number will cat craw-fid- i and lio' when they are left in his wav w ill not touch food in the j"; person. - His hair and na:!, ... His body is well sheltered and rain' by the long hair tl When any of the negro m IU, him he how s eno-idei- a! !e which must be Trom inline! New Orleans July 22, IS 15. Gentleman: It may "net be uninteresting to the friends of the 3d Regiment of Infan- try to know that they leave to-morr- ow morning on the steamship Alabama, for 'the Bay of Aransas, near Corpus Christi, Texas, and any letters, papers, or other packages intended for the officers of that Regiment, Mr. Stanton, (who we are happy to state' is rS (lonfTcr nrA rprnvpn'nnr from hl nagan pronounced them valid, and that V - L VI IIWII . - "t , wound,) which is substantiated "by the affi Congres should settle them. Mr. Sevier was ready to pay at once alKhat w ere val davits of the various witnesses. .The Ap rou goverxob, ALBERT G. BROWN. FOR AUDITOR OF PUBLIC CCOl'NTS, JAMES E. MATTHEWS." FOR STATE TREASURER, . WILLLAIYI CLARE. FOR- - SECRETARY OF STATE, WILSON HEMINGWAY. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOHN D. FREEMAN. muiK ne e er saw one neaue id. The only ditterence of- - opinion upon the subject was, how the amount due the jshould be 'directed as above, to the care of peal of Tuesday last says: the Quarter Alaster in IS eta Urleans. "Dr. Christian's trial, before three whig The following is a list of the officers-o- f Indians should be ascertained whether through the ' Courts or by Congress; and - ii to tl to nly house. His captor further tau- hi take this negro or luonit r and disj)osc-- ot hiih to the A!. j ... . i.. ... . i i justices, is over, and they have admitted him to bail, under the extraordinary cir cumstancesof the case, in the inconsidera all the ingenuity of those who wish to make capital out of the measure, cannot make it ble sum of $1,1300 for himself, and $1,500 of sympathising-friend- s who witnessed their lias oev.iMiie i-- nil iv 1 1 I : U'm i ;i- - governable, and Dr. Piece th . i an ho cannot dispose oLhim, he w nl i e tokill him in self-defenc- e, orlinn L for his securities." grief will ever run a hazard with deadly agai n .Sam meri'ille Reporter. From tle Southc-r- Reformer. the Regiment, and of the.General Staff ser-- , ving with it: Lieutenant Colonel. E. A. Hitchcock; Commanding. Brevet Captain P N Barbour, Adjutant. 'Surgeon N. S. Jar vis. - . Assistant Surgeon A. W. 'Kennedy. . Captains L. N. Morris, H. Bainbridge, J. Van Home, G. P. Field. Lieutenants J. L. Coburn, W. S. Henry, J. H. Eaton, L. S. Craig, J. M. Smith, W. H. Gordon, D. T. Chandler, S. D. Dobbins, 1 - There are, it seems, persons, who attri- bute the shooting of Mrt Stanton to an ac- cidental discharge of Dr. Christians pistol. The following will throw some light upon FOR CONGRESS,' JACOB THOMPSON, of Lafayette. STEPHEN ADAMS, of Monroe. JEFFE11SON DAVIS, of Warke-n- . ROBERT. W. ROBERTS, of Scott. . Democratic County Nominationa. SENATE, COL. JOSEm W. MATTHEWS. 1IOU3E OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAMES I T. J. MA LONE. JAMES II. COWAN, COL. E. F. POTTS Gov. A. G. Brown and Hon. R. J. Walker. We have been somewhat surprised to find a most bitter and relentless attack in some late" Yicksburtr Sentinels', upon Gov. Tin: Gri.r Sg.tPi;o.. (hi t! there were lying in the '. la, eight vessel--- , eouipo-ingti- a eeutly stationed in tire l.'n'f, i, Potomac, the sloops-of-- ar S mouth and St. Mar 's, the Pi Lawrence and Porpoi-v- , and that .matter: "Mr. Stanton," says the Appea4,"was un Brown and R. J. Walker. . It appears that armed; as proved by all the witnesses, and Mr. Christian, to say the least of it, is a man the Sentinel is not satisfied with the state B. R. Johnson, W. B. Johns, D. S. Irwin, D. C. Buell, J. B. Richardson, W. T. H. ments made by. these gentlemen, nor with blameable for men to diller in opinion as to the mode. In either alternative the appro- priations of the United States Were to be "held and disposed of by the United Stales subject to the trust specified in said treaties." Are theclaims against the government just? If answered, in the affirmative, then let them be paid. We might show many other inconsisten- cies in the writers plot, but it is not worth the ink. Against all the attempts to allege corrupt motives to old leaders of our party for their conduct in the late Senatorial Com- mission, we place the public acts of their-lives-, and the esteem and respect of their party. It does not devolve on us to make a defence. Editors may usurp their offices' for ulterior ends to dictate to the people, but it will only end in an exposure of their own infamy. . The people have been too much domineered over by the political pres ami it has tended more than any thing else to weaken .and destroy its influence. If men (en. I aylor. 1 o tln , , lv added three sloox-o- - ai the marked renewal of confidence which Brooks, A. W. Bowman, G. Sykes, C. E an. the late Democratic State Convention man Jarvis, J. C. McJb erran, G. C. McClelland H. B..Schro6der, J. J. C. Bibb. ifested in their favor. The motives of W. F. TANNEHILL, at the "City BodK of equal strength to Mr. Stanton. Again, if it was an accident, why did not Mr. Chris- tian say so at the moment, after the firing, and. throw ,d own his pistol, when the blood was running from Stanton's jaw in a sluice as large as a man's little finger? No such thing was done by Mr. Christian, on the Messrs. Brown and Walker are attacked, The Regiment is 567 strong, all included) "Store," Memphis, Tenn., is our authorised and they are charged with being concern in perfect - health, and eager to plant the Agent, and will attend to forwarding us ad vertisements, Subscriptions, Sec. Stars and btnpes on the banks ot the Rio ed in schemes of the vilest corruption and plunder that ever disgraced the criminal ers, viz : the steamers Piinrt :,. sissippi, and the sloops-i.-- u .1, ('vane and Marion. Ti e na.. Pennsylvania was also ordered Gulf Squadron ha Ik u cntr: portion of this licet will he a! t convoy the troops whi( h are ;.! hence to Texas; the reman' !, ceed down and eniie in thel.'i rclatjons between Mexico and i assume a more peaceful a-- j i i. fvrsonioti . DC3 No new subscribers will be received contrary, his manner was that of defiance If any one were to shoot another acciden Grande. . .lours, dec - Late Foreign News. The steamship Britannia arrived at Bos unless accompanied with the Cash. tallv, is it not reasonable to conclude that 3. he would immediately say that it was an I calender of-an- y country. We feel reluc- tant to pollute our sheet with a statement of the, charge. It is sufficient to say that the Chickasaw bill, which- - wajs .recently spread. before the people" by the Reformer in a letter of Dr. Gwin, is depicted in the most Senatorial Canvass. ton on Saturday, with fourteen days laler accident, and express sorrow and regret, from Europe. v e are inqebteu to Adams This portion of the State has been recent .V. O. especrally when the man's life-blo- od was 6c Co., for-Lngi- sh papers. whom our party have put forward and sus- tained, are to.be assailed by democratic ly honored with the presence of a distin lowing "lrom. .the wound? It strikes-ou- r There is an active demand in the cotton detestable light, and R. J. Walker repre mind that this would be a reasonable con market, and the sales have been large. elusion, and as Dr.-Christia- n did! nots ex guished candidate for U. S .Senator, Dr. W. M. Gwin, and will soon be by two oth- ers, ex-Gover- McNutt" and Gen. IL S. papers, the time for their dissolution is at hand. Let us have open foes, if we have any to deal with. What we have stated The weather has been favorable, and the sented as advocating the measure from a w ish to enrich -- himself upon the ignorance or credulity of the Indian. Gov.- - Brown is plain or act but on the contrary, from his crops are doing well.' acuons,u was the iast thirty he thought of. in regard to Gov. Brown and Mr. Walker, Foote. In connection with the name of The produce market maintains a firm ap Y e take it for granted, that it is an insult as parties-'t- o tlie commission has met the next charged with conniving at the fraud, and from what the writer is pleased to gup- - to the understanding of "an unprejudiced approval of the former and w e doubt not of man, to say that The shooting was an acci- - pearance. . The .American provision trade is dull. The iron trade is unsettled. American securities, in consequence o the efforts made by the State.of PennsylVa the latter. it positions have been gratu- itously given to Gov. ljrown and Mr. Walk- - LdenU Umtmi Srri:s Tuoop, ion i i. -- troop now; stationed at the bari.v i rison, below the city, will !Vae i'.m (. ton on Mondav or Tue-dn- e i . ., . i command of (Jen. Tavloi. '11., !. vessels have been chartered ! t..,v them: ship Suviah, (e n ; ami the steamship Alabama. We i. e. doubt their, appearance on the i -- la; be hailed with joy, and sunn we Ii .. of tlie Star Spangled Pann- - rh. m - j on tilt1! puhlif' places of icir i r ; with the .uil.'iju.-ttio- t i t fie u;,,j, ;. I'. pose and infer, his plot would seem- - to be complete! by assuming, that Messrs. Brown, Walker and "Gwin intended, on Jhe.'success VA.cain.if it was an accidenf wh-- v did not Dr. Gwin, we would say, that the impres- sion that we are-i- n favor of him for Senator Ls untrue. We are not, .and have never been. We do not look upon him as the choice of this or any other' county, save the county of Lowndes. We. are not as well acauainteel with him as some others, but we er, which theyaowo hold, and a whole host of charges built upon false and disengenu- - of the Chickasaw bill, forming a law part Mr. Christian .(if he neglected it at "the time) nia to pay. interest on "her debts, have gone nership, and making -- immense fortunes in go to Mr. Stanton in the course of the same ous premises, uov. lirown had no mten up.- - prosecuting the suits of these Indians in our evening, and express his regret, and tell tiOH oi making a senatorial nomination rune Parliament. Symptoms of the session him that it was ah accident? This he did courts. The fanfaronade in the suspicions of -- the writer may- - una far what tltey are months in advance of the regular session u Congress, and in making it, the conimins'um W? ? -- The facts, that Christian had his obey the will of our people; -- and we would drawing to a close are observable in the withdrawal'of a number of bills. There is no parliamentary session to which the mem worth. In charging upon the fidelity ofj was alone to meet the contingencies of tie pistol well loaded and- - concealed in his pocket, and its firing and shooting Stanton, Aorill.K Nl:.lto Cam:, -- Vi.n:,i: Executive Session, which for present effect, here further state, that the idea wh'vch is that the North now so sedulously circulated, ory of man extendeth, where labor of a others fie has laid his, own ppen to suspi- cion and mistrust. We only desire to cor- rect some of the circumstances stated in. without-Stanto- s even seeinchim, looks a are so sanctimoniously scouted at by ihe were informed upon h' 1, t.t ., ; ; ; , ; more severe and continuous kind has been U nnmspd to Gw in or McNutt because they little too strange. to be construed into an editor. of the Sentinel. . leighuorhood had av.ani ht-ei- na exacted from the representatives' of the ""ii his' plot.' The Sentinel remarks that when Had the Hon. Jacob Thompson accented One Ol those digracetii OMItl-v'-ti- .! i opposed Roger. Barton, is untrue. .The people, and the royal s"peech w hich dismiss the bill was reported to tlie Senate ''it pass tlie commission under these circumstances, iae so lately excited pnl!i-- - all, accident. .. MR. STANTON'S STATEMENT. . Dr. Clrristian came up and shook me cor "errtlemen had a right to do'as they please! ed immediately through, the accustomed es them to their respective districts, will be addressed" to weary frames, and, it may be, The. parties are Known, a nidi, id n, the very men who" pretend to so much holy horror, would be the first, to accuse. Gov. .as. far as Mr. Barton' personally, was con fonns: that it was read, passed to a second gation n to be had, and frv impaired constitutions. This year the press-- . reading, ordered to be printed. At this dlally by the hnnih.and asked me to step aside with him, at the same time requesting BrmVn and Mr."Thompson of collusion, an with thwarting the intentions of the people, haracter of the city, of t,r ,' v. , ; tvandof God, w6 tru-- l thai ..i,m- i I stage" it was permitted to sleep for a month.' ure of railway business has been unprece- dented, and the worst feature is, that it has cerned. If they" violated- - the wishes of the North, let them answer" to tlie North." Mr. Barton does hot complain, and- - his friends do not complain. Blit there is one issue It instead of tins' last sentence, it had been will he re-ortc- d tutoi.x , i,t iM. ;, Mr. 1 erger to go w ith us. W e went a lew steps to the. fence; Drt C. standing. with his right hand in his pocket all the time. He not been half disposed! "of, nor can it be tor their own personal aggrandizement. Frem that day to the. present, a continual 1 such acts, as soon ;(N id,. J . .j . j;.;r, ,. . stated that the bill was then; placed upon the "calender of the business of the .Senate, even if the session- - were, to continue until cry "would have been kept up.against them, The whole t oniniunitv. i e th,. v the end of the year. now nttpiViDthxr to be made, which shall said, he had been told, I had said sorue statement "in his published letter was. false. sympathies are with the tvrant .v, The New.Zealand debate has terminated ...... - ,..,... . . . not be made 6u us an. issue between 4Jr, iressor, -- (ami thank Heaven the v ai e i ' I replied, that I had said several statements in a majority for. the Government, but, as and with some show, ol plausibility it would be asked Why, with'out any contingencies to meet, was Mr. Thonipson appointed U. S. Senator pi nine mouths before his services-wer- e needed by the peo lemand a chnng in the- - shve ,,.!, .Gwin and McNutt.' It is not the "Issue qf i i in the letter were incorrect, lie asked and was reached in the due order of busi- ness on the 21si February, then the whole truth would- - have been totd. Again, wljen Mr. -- Walker represented that the Chicka- saw's had sent an agent to Washington, and that pgent an Indian, a searcher after truth would easily have 'come to the con a great General is said once to have declare- d,- -- .'Another , such, victory 'and I- - am un ing uie iniuciiou oi puni linient m ij. which they were. Not. having the letter the canvass. " We have not and will not be made to choose the difference between r oil the premises ol' the owner, a?: ;, done !' before me,I referred to that part pf it w'hieh represented that he had heard me confers iing those enactments whi h, the At:..-- Punch and the Devil. There are other ple? Had not Gov, lUown some ulterior motive?and liad-no- t Mr. T. some ulterior motive? Yes, the -- 'dear people" would be "Liverpool Cotton Market, June 30. The increased- - de'mand from : the trade, icneral is ot opinion, cannot i I, i', . with my own lips that. I had been a preach clusion, that some member of the Chicka :rucl persons who, because a slave is , j,; er, and excused myself by saying I had ac saw nation was alluded to, which was the called in to'make.anotlier ganfe of puppets, lory, are disposed to punidi him within : I . . C l l : i .i which set in at the middle of.last week, as noticed- - in our circular of Friday, has been continued up to the present time; perhaps ted under excitement, at a Very early age. 1 tout him 1 had expressly "denied in" my men oi ine nnie - . . t ie j'tnhae. tiiimS'r life, break a limb, ordeniie -- fact." An intelligent citizen of the nation was sent to Washington for that purposel It was only necessary to read the memori and denunciation and abuse, crimination and recrimination, permitted as it is now at- tempted, id disgrace the Democrats press speech in Memphis, that 1 had -- been x pre'a fit is m&re limited to-da- y than it has been slaveof existence. cher; alleging that I had never been licen- - of .Mississippi". for- - the 'personal ends of al of the Indians themselves, and the report of Mr. Walker,"to appreciate his motives in smce that period. The result has been a slight strengthening of prices appfying only to the middling classes of American descrip amuiuous. demagogues, we Pledge our sea or autnonseu xe prea.cn mat i nau tre-quent- ly exhorted, and on one occasion, at "We believe there is a law in this Si: providing that if a s!a e ' ow n r -- h.dl ; nnnecessary rigor in tin: j nni hna m ot ' slave, tint such slave hall be talo-- n. ! 1 11. t . answer to the arguments ot Messrs. feevier uch schemes selves to throttle all the solicitations of the resident minister in tions.- - land Jarnagan, that Congress was prepared From tje Hew Orlean lit-- Alexandra, had attempted to preach a ser In other respects we are just as before to act. upon these claims. 1 he memorial candidates and'otler men who are qualified, able, honest and Competent worthy men, worthy of the -- station and worthy of dis- tinguished confidence oh the part of -- the Democracy. EC3 The Candidates for Representatives and State Senate, who were nominated by the County Convention, are requested to .meet in Holly Springs, on Monday the ISth instant. . fjCTWe shall publish next week, the list of proposals for carrying the mails on. a number of new refutes in Mississippi. . Communication. Holly Springs, Aug. 2, IS-15- Something New. Our readers may-remembe- r a statement mon as a trial that was then betwen 17 and IS years of age. I was anxious to en-- . that is, favorably influenced by the good trade and .fine weather, and kept in check by our large stock. There is however a lit prayed in reference to the misapplication of appropriations from the Chickasaw fund "to the removal and subsistence of-th- e In- dians and the payment of clerk hire in the ter the ministry but mv. father opposed it, published some weeks since ofca wild negro having been seen in the parish of Caddo, in this State. The last number of the Caddo tle speculation going on daily. 11,000 and I ceased at that point; I remarked that I had never attempted to justify myself, by saying I had acted under excitement. Dr. American have been taken on speculation titv of Washington," that authority be giv and 1500 American for export. Total Gazette contairis a long article from the pen en to the Chickasaw nation to subject these items "to the scrutiny of judicial tribunals Christian said that his version of the matter number of sales of 47,S70 bales. ot Mr. J. M. 1'iece ot that 1'arish, descriptive of his successful attempt to catch this non July 3. For the last five days the sales of the United States. Mr. Walker states mm, anu soia p on-i- e imiatouit It...; person, on his account. If such law exists we hope to a . forced strictly, w ith care- - an I n. i. Some are di-pos- ed to urge that t!a ; lion of these sad and tn IVeijni-i.- i,;- - t ; are calculated to.stir up the oj.j.... . ' our institutions and keep .aliv e the ( mhr. - abolitionism. Wo diller fVom ;u! , the humane master fears no m: !i ii. lies to disturb his repo-e- ; an to r wretch who thus sports with hiana.'i i; although that life be. a s!;; e the m.-o- . the wider; anl .the fan her he is (p. the better we belivay, will it he for the ' ty of our sacrcil iustituti.jus. iY. O. J ' sonian. was correct, and if I said it was not, I told what was. not, so. I replied, you are mista of Cotton amount to no less than 40,000 that the reports upon these . claims were bags, including about 13,000 which have very voluminous: Uvoofthem comprising been on "speculation. During the time spe about five hundred pages, and that a com ken, you misunderstood me." He said he did not that he could prove his statement to be true, and called upon Mr. Yerg-e-r to tes- tify in regard to it. Mr Y. commenced a cified the market has had an animated ap mittee of Congress, whilst discharging its Messrs..MoRRiLL t Stafford: You will recollect that last Sprihg our tax collector," Mr. -- John R. McCarroll, was reported by pearance, and prices have exhibited an up other duties, could not bestow that atten statement, but Dr. C. interrupted him. and the Auditor of the State, Jam'es E- - Mat ward tendency. The middling qualities of tion upon these voluminous detaiIs,.compns- - said to me, "my statement is correct, and if thews, Esq., as a defaulter. .In rply to ing hundreds of items, that justice Co the United States and Chickasaws required.-- - you say it is not, you say what is not so this official report of the Auditor, Mr. Mc- - As for the bill being marked f private," about American met an advance of d. in the early part of the present ' week", which has been firmly supported ever since. Late trom Texas. Our last dates give us the action of the Convention on the re I said again, that lie had certainly misunder stood w hat I said and he repeated his de descript, and of several of his physical pecu- liarities. The Editor of the Gazette declares that the creature possesses an appendage which Dr. Piece omjtted to mention, viz: a tail abont three inches long, w ith hair on it. If this be so the idea of its .belonging to the Genus homo must be abandoned, unless some acute philosopher should prove that Lord Monboddo's theory of .men being originally rrronkeys "furnished "with tails, is true, and that the . animal in question, is a specimen of Lord Monboddo's idea of primitive hu- manity. It appears from the account given by Dr. Piece, that he in company w'ith JVIr. Perry, proceeded toward the haunts of-th- e crea- ture, which lie tracked by means of a pack of hounds. After Tunning some time the v Carroll had a report put out here that the reason he had not paid over the public mo which so much has been "said, it is only ne IVXASOIvJlC. ney was, that. Mr. Matthews had agreed nial again; l then remarked;. your statement is a lie. to pass through Holly Springs and receive An,, J I ! solutions of Annexation. The resolutions cessary to state that all bills of this charac- ter are marked "private" and put upon the private calendar of business in contradis- tinction to bills of a public character, and its being marked "private" no more con the money, but had laiiea to cio so. in re are adopted and 'signed by. the President and all the members. Vofney E. Howard plv Id this, Mr. Matthews gave a flat don- - r it r II." r i ;i Sg i.oix.i:. Instantly Dr. C. jerked his hand violently out of his pocket, and swept it round in a circular direction, punching me in the left temple with great force. . TJie mark of the muzzle of the pistol is on my left temple: iraaicuon. Air. alcvvakrou, uuu ihs irienas however, still stuck to their former state cealed it from a full examination in congress than'if it had been marked "public",. This I did not see the pistol, as we were stand ing verrj-clo- se together, face to face. The beheld creature coursing along at great is not the only intentional ignorance shewn oX parliamentary usage. The imputation upon Mr. Walter's, motives in pressing the passage of the.bill, while it gives us" some had arrived. He was robbed by the inaians on his route, oF every thing he had. . His name appears On the committee of the "state of the nation. Ex-Gover- nor Runnels is on the "executive and legislative" commit- tee. The Convention -- preserves - gfeat or- der and decorum, and is one of the most dignified "bodies that ever assembled south of the Alleghanies. The crops are gener blow thus received caused me to raise my fJil'-J- in"-t- .. speed, and resembling a bear rather than a man .Dr. Piece got within ten paces of mm cf tahiag f ocl'K K r. M., lr the purjn consitieration the nroprit tv "u "nun li IU UIC llill muc; me piSlOl was immediately discharged, and the ball and commanded him to stop, but instead of insight into the mind and character of the writer fails to find colorable evidence for its' Masonic ehHl in 11 ly Springs An ;i ' ! entered on the jaw. bone, ranging dow nward pausing he took to a fiver. He was still will I; delivered on the occa-io- n and 'backward, lodging somewhere in the y ment, and in private "conversation here suc- ceeded in throwing the blame on Mr. Mat- thews. In the mean time, however, Mr. McCarroll. hurried ofT to Jackson to set- tle with the State, and came back and paid he had done so. But, in a letter from Mr. Matthews to the editor of the Oxford Or- ganizer, Mr. Matthews not only asserts that he never made any such promise to Mr. McCarroll, but says that Mr. McCarroll is "still a defaulter, and that there is yet a balance against him in favor of the State. Now, sirs, as a voter and a tax-paye- r, I call vipon Mr. McCarroll to know what right he has to hold the peoples' money in his pursued by the party, which finally arrived F. Srran.vs. All Masom of go,! siaa ' ally good. Keformer. at a very thick cane break,in the midst of neck. Ihebkxfld flowed pro! usely; it w as my sovn impression that some large blood support, even if we forget for a moment our knowledge of the man or his standing be- fore the nation. The pitiful charge-i- s made that Mr. Walker wanted to practice law in Dreadful Arniifent. which, was a large gum tree, with a hole vessel of the neck.w?as cutand that 1 would just large enough for a person to squeeze in". bleed to death in a few minutes, and this I mittCil as well ua reguhir iiu.-niVr-- , r. within tlie jurisdiction of th'n Lode, brethren from neihbi'iing Lotlges, ne i:. v to attend. Uy orderof the Lodge. c. wAiti:, c'j August 7, 1815. the Supreme Court of the United States, It again becomes our. unpleasant duty to record a dreadful accident occasioned by the careless use -- of fire-arm- s. On Saturday last, two highly resrwi-tr- bl voimnr'men. think was the belief of every body on the ground at the moment.. and that he urged the passage- - ot the jbiH, having fat fees in prospective. At the very moment hewas represented to be thus in- fluenced, it was" known to him that he would Col. Kenny called upon me several times hands, in violation ot law and right. If "I looked in, says Dr. Piece, ."-an- could see the singular bejng squatted in one cor-he- r of the hollow "and looking more like a bear thari a human being. It .being almost night, they concluded to wait until morning; At break of day, they commced cutting and succeeded in making, a, hole large enough to get him out. ile was ferocious and indomitable, fighting with fury and was (brothers) named Alexander and Robert Kirkpatnck, were trifling with a pistol, in a room at La Grange, they believing it to be without a charge. Th .iit in Germantown, and expressed great sym- pathy and kindness for which I feel grate- ful. In his last interview he told-m- e that there was a report out. to the effect that he be Secretary of the Treasury, which would for four years at least, if not forever more . Black List. Robert II. Love, fur sub seripli "i ' ' :: Guard, Vol. 3, h) J. 11. Thomas, for subscription. :' Guard, Vol. 3, Mr. McCarroll, refuses to explain these matters as he has heretofore done, I call on Mr. Matthews to let the people know the facts of the case. A CITIZEN. the pistol was discharged by Alexander and the greater portion of the contents lodged had given some statement showing the dis- - remove him from the bar. Again, Walker is charged with Voting he
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  • MOJULU gPMUHg (TOMEtwo and three per cent, fund of the defaultch . pistol to have been accidentia!.ing States to the payment of these claims .IS 1,so "carefuily worded." Another mistake.This two and three per cent fund w ill go to

    He to understand that he had madeno Ttr,o: f: . T. which such an inferencecould be' drav.:;, and said that all good citi-zens must regard the matter as a great out

    DCL A. Bentlev, Dentist, from New1oik, who was in this section of country

    difring the summer of last year, and realizeda handsome amount by his profession, hasleft us minus in the sum of 40 odd dollars.

    onl V subdued lva rope I ein ihis neck and lightciu 1 untilwas almost checked. Hi- - uued ami taken to Dr. Ticrihe can be seen.

    No doubt, adds thV I o'-1-..1 I I

    in the right breast'of his brother Robert.Medical aid was" immediately "procured andthe wound examined. It appeared that 5buck-sh- ot Jiad taken effect, causing a verydangerous wound, though hopes were en-tertained that it wouldsjiot prove latal.

    To speak of such things as a warning toothers, seems almost useless. There ap-pears to be a fatal carelessness implanted in

    pay the interest on stocks now held by theUnited Mates toverment, the interest onrage. I think this is what Col. K. said to

    me at various times. lit- III,which ought long since to have been paidby the States to the Chickasaws. . '

    uiosc negroes mat has ied oil" w hen ha wa-- i Mit.n!

    As to the conduct ot j.uessrs. urowu orWalker, or any other, men, unless we canthe human, mind in relation to the use of

    FRED. P. STANTON-Memphi- s,Aug. 2,S15

    From the I'icaj uaf.The Troops. We yesterday received

    the following communication from an offiallow them to be governed by honest andpatriotic motives, allcontroversy about their

    ion of Mr. CailVey that he e u. ;ia child or pei haps boi'ii there. ,i.two skeleton-- ; in the hollow, oi" '!,,posed to be the father and j :,,,-.- !man that we caught, lie a , ...ty years old, w eiurlrs.o:;e hundred

    f ISHe left here la fall and took a trip, throughthe Southern portion of -- the State as anOculist and Surgeon Dentist. Said Bent-le- y

    is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, slen-der made, darskin, roman nose, black hair,front teeth Jarge and very white, lias quitea familiar way of introducing himself tostrangers, and is near 30 years of age.

    The Outrage at Germantown. .The Memphis papers are crowded "with

    the particulars of this much to be regretted

    cer of the 3d regiment of infantry, whish acts is at an end. There areacts of many

    ofour public men,- - which if it were soughtJ. C. BTOTmTT.T. &. O. J. STAFFORD,KDITORS & I'ROI'RIKTORS. we publish with much pleasure, as the in to place upon them odious constructions, pouuds,and will eat noilum:

    and that which h tainted heformation it contains must be ot interestto

    the families and numerous friends of the ofHO 1,1,V NPKIGS JI.Il.IIAI.l. ., 711.

    ficers of the regiment: .Thursday, August 7,1845.:it !.

    could be represented in a much more un-favorable light than has or can be attemptedin this instance. : The article n tlie Senti-nel demonstrates one fact, which, .w hen thecountry knows, will forever silence attackupon any one who have acjed upon theseclaims. It is that they are just. Mr.. Jar

    IETIOl'K.TIC !TATK INO.tll.VlTIO.V.

    affair. We copy below the statement of

    fire-arm- s,, which experijwice cannot eradi-cate. We think, however, that those whowitnessed the scene which occurred on thisoccasion, as described to us, will never per-mit themselves to-forg- the lesson. Therewas the suffering victim, enduring patient-ly the pain of perhaps a fatal wound; nearby stood the innocent, though careless au-thor of his suffering, his own brother, withall the agony of frantic grief depicted in hiscountenance, and expressing by words andactions the most uncontrollable remorse;and the widowtd mother was there, anguishconsuming her heart, and feeling sorrowwhich none but a mother knows and thisscene of distress heightened and aggravatedby the remembrance that this mother hadbeen made a widow, and these young menfatherless, by a similar accident some eightor nine years ago! We ucill not suppose itpossible' that any one of the large number

    will cat craw-fid- i and lio'when they are left in his wavw ill not touch food in the j";person. - His hair and na:!, ...His body is well shelteredand rain' by the long hair tlWhen any of the negro m IU,him he how s eno-idei- a! !ewhich must be Trom inline!

    New Orleans July 22, IS 15.Gentleman: It may "net be uninteresting

    to the friends of the 3d Regiment of Infan-try to know that they leave to-morr- owmorning on the steamship Alabama, for 'theBay ofAransas, near Corpus Christi, Texas,and any letters, papers, or other packagesintended for the officers of that Regiment,

    Mr. Stanton, (who we are happy to state' isrS (lonfTcr nrA rprnvpn'nnr from hl nagan pronounced them valid, and thatV - L VI IIWII . - "t ,

    wound,) which is substantiated "by the affi Congres should settle them. Mr. Sevierwas ready to pay at once alKhat w ere valdavits of the various witnesses. .The Ap

    rou goverxob,

    ALBERT G. BROWN.FOR AUDITOR OF PUBLIC CCOl'NTS,

    JAMES E. MATTHEWS."FOR STATE TREASURER, .

    WILLLAIYI CLARE.FOR-- SECRETARY OF STATE,WILSON HEMINGWAY.FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,

    JOHN D. FREEMAN.

    muiK ne e er saw one neaueid. The only ditterence of-- opinion uponthe subject was, how the amount due thejshould be 'directed as above, to the care ofpeal of Tuesday last says:

    the Quarter Alaster in IS eta Urleans."Dr. Christian's trial, before three whigThe following is a list of the officers-o- f Indians

    should be ascertained whetherthrough the ' Courts or by Congress; and

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    to tl

    to nly house.His captor further tau- hi

    take this negro or luonit rand disj)osc-- ot hiih to the A!. j

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    justices, is over, and they have admittedhim to bail, under the extraordinary circumstancesof the case, in the inconsidera

    all the ingenuity of those who wish to makecapital out of the measure, cannot make it

    ble sum of $1,1300 for himself, and $1,500 of sympathising-friend- s who witnessed theirlias oev.iMiie i-- nil iv 1 1 I : U'm i ;i- -governable, and Dr. Piece th . i anho cannot dispose oLhim, he w nl i etokill him in self-defenc-e, orlinn L

    for his securities." grief will ever run a hazard with deadlyagai n .Sam meri'ille Reporter.

    From tle Southc-r- Reformer.

    the Regiment, and of the.General Staff ser--,ving with it:

    Lieutenant Colonel. E. A. Hitchcock;Commanding.

    Brevet Captain P N Barbour, Adjutant.'Surgeon N. S. Jar vis. -. Assistant Surgeon A. W. 'Kennedy. .

    Captains L. N. Morris, H. Bainbridge,J. Van Home, G. P. Field.

    Lieutenants J. L. Coburn, W. S. Henry,J. H. Eaton, L. S. Craig, J. M. Smith, W.H. Gordon, D. T. Chandler, S. D. Dobbins,

    1 -

    There are, it seems, persons, who attri-bute the shooting of Mrt Stanton to an ac-cidental discharge of Dr. Christians pistol.The following will throw some light upon

    FOR CONGRESS,'

    JACOB THOMPSON, of Lafayette.STEPHEN ADAMS, of Monroe.JEFFE11SON DAVIS, of Warke-n-.ROBERT. W. ROBERTS, of Scott. .

    Democratic County Nominationa.

    SENATE,COL. JOSEm W. MATTHEWS.

    1IOU3E OF REPRESENTATIVES,

    JAMES I T. J. MA LONE.JAMES II. COWAN, COL. E. F. POTTS

    Gov. A. G. Brown and Hon. R. J. Walker.We have been somewhat surprised to

    find a most bitter and relentless attack insome late" Yicksburtr Sentinels', upon Gov.

    Tin: Gri.r Sg.tPi;o.. (hi t!there were lying in the '.la, eight vessel--- , eouipo-ingti- aeeutly stationed in tire l.'n'f, i,Potomac, the sloops-of-- ar Smouth and St. Mar 's, the PiLawrence and Porpoi-v- , and

    that .matter:"Mr. Stanton," says the Appea4,"was un Brown and R. J. Walker. . It appears thatarmed; as proved by all the witnesses, and

    Mr. Christian, to say the least of it, is a man the Sentinel is not satisfied with the stateB. R. Johnson, W. B. Johns, D. S. Irwin,D. C. Buell, J. B. Richardson, W. T. H. ments made by. these gentlemen, nor with

    blameable for men to diller in opinion as tothe mode. In either alternative the appro-priations of the United States Were to be"held and disposed of by the United Stalessubject to the trust specified in said treaties."Are theclaims against the government just?If answered, in the affirmative, then letthem be paid.

    We might show many other inconsisten-cies in the writers plot, but it is not worththe ink. Against all the attempts to allegecorrupt motives to old leaders of our partyfor their conduct in the late Senatorial Com-mission, we place the public acts of their-lives-,

    and the esteem and respect of theirparty. It does not devolve on us to makea defence. Editors may usurp their offices'for ulterior ends to dictate to the people, butit will only end in an exposure of their owninfamy. . The people have been too muchdomineered over by the political pres amiit has tended more than any thing else toweaken .and destroy its influence. If men

    (en. I aylor. 1 o tln , ,lv added three sloox-o- - aithe marked renewal of confidence whichBrooks, A. W. Bowman, G. Sykes, C. E an.

    the late Democratic State Convention manJarvis, J. C. McJb erran, G. C. McClellandH. B..Schro6der, J. J. C. Bibb. ifested in their favor. The motives ofW. F. TANNEHILL, at the "City BodK

    of equal strength to Mr. Stanton. Again,if it was an accident, why did not Mr. Chris-tian say so at the moment, after the firing,and. throw ,d own his pistol, when the bloodwas running from Stanton's jaw in a sluiceas large as a man's little finger? No suchthing was done by Mr. Christian, on the

    Messrs. Brown and Walker are attacked,The Regiment is 567 strong, all included)"Store," Memphis, Tenn., is our authorisedand they are charged with being concernin perfect - health, and eager to plant theAgent, and will attend to forwarding us ad

    vertisements, Subscriptions, Sec. Stars and btnpes on the banks ot the Rio ed in schemes of the vilest corruption andplunder that ever disgraced the criminal

    ers, viz : the steamers Piinrt :,.sissippi, and the sloops-i.-- u .1,('vane and Marion. Ti e na..Pennsylvania was also orderedGulf Squadron ha Ik u cntr:portion of this licet will he a! tconvoy the troops whi( h are ;.!hence to Texas; the reman' !,ceed down and eniie in thel.'irclatjons between Mexico and iassume a more peaceful a-- j i i.fvrsonioti .

    DC3 No new subscribers will be received contrary, his manner was that of defianceIf any one were to shoot another accidenGrande. . .lours, dec-

    Late Foreign News.The steamship Britannia arrived at Bos

    unless accompanied with the Cash. tallv, is it not reasonable to conclude that3. he would immediately say that it was an I

    calender of-an- y country. We feel reluc-tant to pollute our sheet with a statementof the, charge. It is sufficient to say thatthe Chickasaw bill, which- - wajs .recentlyspread. before the people" by the Reformer ina letter of Dr. Gwin, is depicted in the most

    Senatorial Canvass. ton on Saturday, with fourteen days laleraccident, and express sorrow and regret, from Europe. v e are inqebteu to AdamsThis portion of the State has been recent .V. O.especrally when the man's life-blo- od was 6c Co., for-Lngi- sh papers. whom our party have put forward and sus-tained, are to.be assailed by democraticly honored with the presence of a distin lowing "lrom. .the wound? It strikes-ou- r There is an active demand in the cotton detestable light, and R. J. Walker repremind that this would be a reasonable con market, and the sales have been large.elusion, and as Dr.-Christia- n did! nots exguished candidate for U. S .Senator, Dr.W. M. Gwin, and will soon be by two oth-ers, ex-Gover- McNutt" and Gen. IL S.

    papers, the time for their dissolution is athand. Let us have open foes, if we haveany to deal with. What we have statedThe weather has been favorable, and the

    sented as advocating the measure from aw ish to enrich --himself upon the ignoranceor credulity of the Indian. Gov.-- Brown is

    plain or act but on the contrary, from his crops are doing well.'acuons,u was the iast thirty he thought of. in regard to Gov. Brown and Mr. Walker,Foote. In connection with the name of The produce market maintains a firm apY e take it for granted, that it is an insult as parties-'t- o tlie commission has met thenext charged with conniving at the fraud,and from what the writer is pleased to gup- -to the understanding of "an unprejudiced approval of the former and w e doubt not of

    man, to say that The shooting was an acci- -pearance.. The .American provision trade is dull.

    The iron trade is unsettled.American securities, in consequence o

    the efforts made by the State.of PennsylVa

    the latter. it positions have been gratu-itously given to Gov. ljrown and Mr. Walk- -LdenU

    Umtmi Srri:s Tuoop, ion i i. --troop now; stationed at the bari.v irison, below the city, will !Vae i'.m (.ton on Mondav or Tue-dn- e i . ., . icommand of (Jen. Tavloi. '11., !.vessels have been chartered ! t..,vthem: ship Suviah, (e n ;ami the steamship Alabama. We i. e.doubt their, appearance on the i -- la;be hailed with joy, and sunn we Ii ..of tlie Star Spangled Pann- - rh. m - jon tilt1! puhlif' places of icir i r ;with the .uil.'iju.-ttio- t i t fie u;,,j, ;.

    I'.

    pose and infer, his plot would seem- - to becomplete! by assuming, that Messrs. Brown,Walker and "Gwin intended, on Jhe.'successVA.cain.if it was an accidenf wh-- v did not

    Dr. Gwin, we would say, that the impres-sion that we are-i-n favor of him for SenatorLs untrue. We are not, .and have neverbeen. We do not look upon him as thechoice of this or any other' county, save thecounty of Lowndes. We. are not as wellacauainteel with him as some others, but we

    er, which theyaowo hold, and a whole hostof charges built upon false and disengenu- -of the Chickasaw bill, forming a law partMr. Christian .(if he neglected it at "the time) nia to pay. interest on "her debts, have gone nership, and making -- immense fortunes ingo to Mr. Stanton in the course of the same ous premises, uov. lirown had no mtenup.- - prosecuting the suits of these Indians in ourevening, and express his regret, and tell tiOH oi making a senatorial nomination runeParliament. Symptoms of the sessionhim that it was ah accident? This he did courts. The fanfaronade in the suspicions

    of --the writer may- - una far what tltey are monthsin advance of the regular session u

    Congress, and in making it, the conimins'umW? ? -- The facts, that Christian had hisobey the will of our people; --and we woulddrawing to a close are observable in thewithdrawal'of a number of bills. There isno parliamentary session to which the mem

    worth. In charging upon the fidelity ofj was alone to meet the contingencies of tiepistol well loaded and- - concealed in hispocket, and its firing and shooting Stanton, Aorill.K Nl:.lto Cam:, -- Vi.n:,i:Executive Session, which for present effect,here further state, that the idea wh'vch

    is

    that the Northnow so sedulously circulated, ory of man extendeth, where labor of aothers fie has laid his, own ppen to suspi-cion and mistrust. We only desire to cor-rect some of the circumstances stated in.

    without-Stanto- s even seeinchim, looks a are so sanctimoniously scouted at by ihe were informed upon h' 1, t.t ., ; ; ; , ;more severe and continuous kind has beenU nnmspd to Gw in or McNutt because they little too strange. to be construed into an editor. of the Sentinel. . leighuorhood had av.ani ht-ei- naexacted from the representatives' of the""ii his' plot.' The Sentinel remarks that when Had the Hon. Jacob Thompson accented One Ol those digracetii OMItl-v'-ti- .! iopposed Roger. Barton, is untrue. .The people, and the royal s"peech w hich dismiss the bill was reported to tlie Senate ''it pass tlie commission under these circumstances, iae so lately excited pnl!i-- - all,

    accident. ..MR. STANTON'S STATEMENT. .

    Dr. Clrristian came up and shook me cor"errtlemen had a right to do'as they please! ed immediately through, the accustomedes them to their respective districts, will be

    addressed" to weary frames, and, it may be, The. parties are Known, a nidi, id n,the very men who" pretend to so much holyhorror, would be the first, to accuse. Gov..as. far as Mr. Barton' personally, was con fonns: that it was read, passed to a second gation n to be had, and frvimpaired constitutions. This year the press-- . reading, ordered to be printed. At thisdlally by the hnnih.and asked me to stepaside with him, at the same time requesting BrmVn and Mr."Thompson of collusion, anwith thwarting the intentions of the people,

    haracter of the city, of t,r ,' v. , ;tvandof God, w 6 tru-- l thai ..i,m- i

    I stage" it was permitted to sleep for a month.'ure of railway business has been unprece-dented, and the worst feature is, that it has

    cerned. If they" violated- - the wishes of theNorth, let them answer" to tlie North." Mr.Barton does hot complain, and- - his friendsdo not complain. Blit there is one issue

    It instead of tins' last sentence, it had been will he re-ortc- d tutoi.x , i,t iM. ;,Mr. 1 erger to go w ith us. W e went a lewsteps to the. fence; Drt C. standing. with hisright hand in his pocket all the time. He

    not been half disposed! "of, nor can it be tor their own personal aggrandizement.Frem that day to the. present, a continual 1 such acts, as soon ;(N id,. J . . j . j;.;r, ,. .stated that the bill was then; placed uponthe "calender of the business of the .Senate,even if the session- - were, to continue until cry"would have been kept up.against them, The whole t oniniunitv. i e th,. vthe end of the year.now nttpiViDthxr to be made, which shall said, he had been told, I had said soruestatement "in his published letter was. false. sympathies are with the tvrant .v,The New.Zealand debate has terminated

    ...... -,..,... . . .not be made 6u us an. issue between 4Jr, iressor, -- (ami thank Heaven the v ai e i 'I replied, that I had said several statements in a majority for. the Government, but, as

    and with some show, ol plausibility it wouldbe asked Why, with'out any contingenciesto meet, was Mr. Thonipson appointedU. S. Senator pi nine mouthsbefore his services-wer- e needed by the peo

    lemand a chnng in the- - shve ,,.!,.Gwin and McNutt.' It is not the "Issue qf i iin the letter were incorrect, lie asked

    and was reached in the due order of busi-ness on the 21si February, then the wholetruth would- - have been totd. Again, wljenMr. --Walker represented that the Chicka-saw's had sent an agent to Washington,and that pgent an Indian, a searcher aftertruth would easily have 'come to the con

    a great General is said once to have declare-d,- --.'Another , such, victory 'and I- - am un ing uie iniuciiou oi puni linient m ij.which they were. Not. having the letterthe canvass.

    " We have not and will not bemade to choose the difference between

    r oil the premises ol' the owner, a?: ;,done !'before me,I referred to that part pf it w'hiehrepresented that he had heard me confers iing those enactments whi h, the At:..--Punch and the Devil. There are other

    ple? Had not Gov, lUown some ulteriormotive?and liad-no- t Mr. T. some ulteriormotive? Yes, the -- 'dear people" would be

    "Liverpool Cotton Market, June 30.The increased- - de'mand from : the trade, icneral is ot opinion, cannot i I, i', .with my own lips that. I had been a preach clusion, that some member of the Chicka :rucl persons who, because a slave is , j,;er, and excused myself by saying I had ac saw nation was alluded to, which was the called in to'make.anotlier ganfe of puppets, lory, are disposed to punidi him within

    : I . . C l l : i .i

    which set in at the middle of.last week, asnoticed- - in our circular of Friday, has beencontinued up to the present time; perhaps

    ted under excitement, at a Very early age.1 tout him 1 had expressly "denied in" my men oi ine nnie

    - . . t ie j'tnhae.tiiimS'r life, break a limb, ordeniie --

    fact." An intelligent citizen of the nationwas sent to Washington for that purposelIt was only necessary to read the memori

    and denunciation and abuse, criminationand recrimination, permitted as it is now at-tempted, id disgrace the Democrats pressspeech in Memphis, that 1 had -- been x pre'a fit is m&re limited to-da- y than it has been slaveof existence.

    cher; alleging that I had never been licen- - of .Mississippi". for- - the 'personal ends ofal of the Indians themselves, and the reportof Mr. Walker,"to appreciate his motives in

    smce that period. The result has been aslight strengthening of prices appfying onlyto the middling classes ofAmerican descrip amuiuous.

    demagogues, we Pledge oursea or autnonseu xe prea.cn mat i nau tre-quent- lyexhorted, and on one occasion, at"We believe there is a law in this Si:

    providing that if a s!a e ' ow n r -- h.dl ;nnnecessary rigor in tin: j nni hna m ot 'slave, tint such slave hall be talo-- n.! 1 11. t .

    answer to the arguments ot Messrs. feevier uch schemesselves to throttle allthe solicitations of the resident minister in tions.- - land Jarnagan, that Congress was prepared

    From tje Hew Orlean lit--Alexandra, had attempted to preach a ser In other respects we are just as before to act. upon these claims. 1 he memorial

    candidates and'otler men who are qualified,able, honest and Competent worthy men,worthy of the --station and worthy of dis-tinguished confidence oh the part of --theDemocracy.

    EC3 The Candidates for Representativesand State Senate, who were nominated bythe County Convention, are requested to

    .meet in Holly Springs, on Monday the ISthinstant. .

    fjCTWe shall publish next week, the listof proposals for carrying the mails on. anumber of new refutes in Mississippi. .

    Communication.

    Holly Springs, Aug. 2, IS-15-

    Something New.Our readers may-remembe- r a statement

    mon as a trial that was then betwen 17and IS years of age. I was anxious to en-- .

    that is, favorably influenced by the goodtrade and .fine weather, and kept in checkby our large stock. There is however a lit

    prayed in reference to the misapplicationof appropriations from the Chickasaw fund"to the removal and subsistence of-th- e In-dians and the payment of clerk hire in the

    ter the ministry but mv. father opposed it, published some weeks since ofca wild negrohaving been seen in the parish of Caddo, inthis State. The last number of the Caddo

    tle speculation going on daily. 11,000and I ceased at that point; I remarked thatI had never attempted to justify myself, bysaying I had acted under excitement. Dr.

    American have been taken on speculation titv of Washington," that authority be givand 1500 American for export. Total Gazette contairis a long article from the penen to the Chickasaw nation to subject these

    items "to the scrutiny of judicial tribunalsChristian said that his version of the matter number of sales of 47,S70 bales. ot Mr. J. M. 1'iece ot that 1'arish, descriptiveof his successful attempt to catch this nonJuly 3. For the last five days the sales of the United States. Mr. Walker states

    mm, anu soia p on-i-e imiatouit It...;person, on his account.

    If such law exists we hope to a .forced strictly, w ith care- - an I n. i.Some are di-pos- ed to urge that t!a ;lion of these sad and tn IVeijni-i.- i,;- - t ;are calculated to.stir up the oj.j.... . 'our institutions and keep .aliv e the ( mhr. -abolitionism. Wo diller fVom ;u! ,the humane master fears no m: !i ii.lies to disturb his repo-e- ; an to rwretch who thus sports with hiana.'i i;although that life be. a s!;; e the m.-o- .the wider; anl .the fan her he is (p.the better we belivay, will it he for the 'ty of our sacrcil iustituti.jus. iY. O. J 'sonian.

    was correct, and if I said it was not, I toldwhat was. not, so. I replied, you are mista of Cotton amount to no less than 40,000 that the reports upon these . claims were

    bags, including about 13,000 which have very voluminous: Uvoofthem comprisingbeen on "speculation. During the time spe about five hundred pages, and that a com

    ken, you misunderstood me." He said he didnot that he could prove his statement tobe true, and called upon Mr. Yerg-e-r to tes-tify in regard to it. Mr Y. commenced a

    cified the market has had an animated ap mittee of Congress, whilst discharging itsMessrs..MoRRiLL t Stafford: You will

    recollect that last Sprihg our tax collector,"Mr. --John R. McCarroll, was reported by pearance, and prices have exhibited an up other duties, could not bestow that atten

    statement, but Dr. C. interrupted him. andthe Auditor of the State, Jam'es E-- Mat ward tendency. The middling qualities of tion upon these voluminous detaiIs,.compns- -said to me, "my statement is correct, and ifthews, Esq., as a defaulter. .In rply to ing hundreds of items, that justice Co the

    United States and Chickasaws required.-- -you say it is not, you say what is not sothis official report of the Auditor, Mr. Mc- -As for the bill being marked fprivate," about

    American met an advance of d. in theearly part of the present ' week", which hasbeen firmly supported ever since.

    Late trom Texas. Our last dates giveus the action of the Convention on the re

    I said again, that lie had certainly misunderstood w hat I said and he repeated his de

    descript, and of several of his physical pecu-liarities. The Editor of the Gazette declaresthat the creature possesses an appendagewhich Dr. Piece omjtted to mention, viz: atail abont three inches long, w ith hair on it.If this be so the idea of its .belonging to theGenus homo must be abandoned, unless someacute philosopher should prove that LordMonboddo's theory of .men being originallyrrronkeys "furnished "with tails, is true, andthat the . animal in question, is a specimenof Lord Monboddo's idea of primitive hu-manity.

    It appears from the account given by Dr.Piece, that he in company w'ith JVIr. Perry,proceeded toward the haunts of-th-e crea-ture, which lie tracked by means of a packof hounds. After Tunning some time the v

    Carroll had a report put out here that thereason he had not paid over the public mo which so much has been "said, it is only ne IVXASOIvJlC.ney was, that. Mr. Matthews had agreed nial again; l then remarked;. your statement

    is a lie.to pass through Holly Springs and receive An,,J I !solutions of Annexation. The resolutionscessary to state that all bills of this charac-ter are marked "private" and put upon theprivate calendar of business in contradis-tinction to bills of a public character, andits being marked "private" no more con

    the money, but had laiiea to cio so. in re are adopted and 'signed by. the Presidentand all the members. Vofney E. Howard

    plv Id this, Mr. Matthews gave a flat don- -r it r II." r i ;i Sg i.oix.i:.

    Instantly Dr. C. jerked his hand violentlyout of his pocket, and swept it round in acircular direction, punching me in the lefttemple with great force. . TJie mark of themuzzle of the pistol is on my left temple:

    iraaicuon. Air. alcvvakrou, uuu ihs irienashowever, still stuck to their former state cealed it from a full examination in congress

    than'if it had been marked "public",. ThisI did not see the pistol, as we were standing verrj-clo- se together, face to face. The beheld creature coursing along at great

    is not the only intentional ignorance shewnoX parliamentary usage. The imputationupon Mr. Walter's, motives in pressing thepassage of the.bill, while it gives us" some

    had arrived. He was robbed by the inaianson his route, oF every thing he had. . Hisname appears On the committee of the "stateof the nation. Ex-Gover- nor Runnels ison the "executive and legislative" commit-tee. The Convention --preserves - gfeat or-der and decorum, and is one of the mostdignified "bodies that ever assembled southof the Alleghanies. The crops are gener

    blow thus received caused me to raise my fJil'-J- in"-t- ..speed, and resembling a bear rather than aman .Dr. Piece got within ten paces of mm cf tahiag

    focl'K K r. M., lr the purjnconsitieration the nroprit tv

    "u "nun li IU UIC llill muc; me piSlOlwas immediately discharged, and the ball and commanded him to stop, but instead ofinsight into the mind and character of the

    writer fails to find colorable evidence for its' Masonic ehHl in 11 ly Springs An ;i' !entered on the jaw. bone, ranging dow nward pausing he took to a fiver. He was still will I; delivered on the occa-io- nand 'backward, lodging somewhere in the y

    ment, and in private "conversation here suc-ceeded in throwing the blame on Mr. Mat-thews. In the mean time, however, Mr.McCarroll. hurried ofT to Jackson to set-tle with the State, and came back and paidhe had done so. But, in a letter from Mr.Matthews to the editor of the Oxford Or-ganizer, Mr. Matthews not only assertsthat he never made any such promise to Mr.McCarroll, but says that Mr. McCarrollis "still a defaulter, and that there is yet abalance against him in favor of the State.Now, sirs, as a voter and a tax-paye- r, I callvipon Mr. McCarroll to know what righthe has to hold the peoples' money in his

    pursued by the party, which finally arrived F. Srran.vs. All Masom of go,! siaa 'ally good. Keformer. at a very thick cane break,in the midst ofneck. Ihebkxfld flowed pro! usely; it w asmy sovn impression that some large bloodsupport, even if we forget for a moment ourknowledge of the man or his standing be-fore the nation. The pitiful charge-i- s madethat Mr. Walker wanted to practice law in

    Dreadful Arniifent. which, was a large gum tree, with a holevessel of the neck.w?as cutand that 1 would just large enough for a person to squeeze in".bleed to death in a few minutes, and this I

    mittCil as well ua reguhir iiu.-niVr-- , r.within tlie jurisdiction of th'n Lode,brethren from neihbi'iing Lotlges, ne i:. vto attend. Uy orderof the Lodge.

    c. wAiti:, c'jAugust 7, 1815.

    the Supreme Court of the United States,It again becomes our. unpleasant duty to

    record a dreadful accident occasioned bythe careless use -- of fire-arm- s. On Saturdaylast, two highly resrwi-tr- bl voimnr'men.

    think was the belief of every body on theground at the moment.. and that he urged the passage- - ot the jbiH,having fat fees in prospective. At the very

    moment hewas represented to be thus in-fluenced, it was" known to him that he would

    Col. Kenny called upon me several timeshands, in violation ot law and right. If

    "I looked in, says Dr. Piece, ."-an- couldsee the singular bejng squatted in one cor-he- r

    of the hollow "and looking more like abear thari a human being. It .being almostnight, they concluded to wait until morning;At break of day, they commced cuttingand succeeded in making, a, hole largeenough to get him out. ile was ferociousand indomitable, fighting with fury and was

    (brothers) named Alexander and RobertKirkpatnck, were trifling with a pistol, ina room at La Grange, they believing it tobe without a charge. Th .iit

    in Germantown, and expressed great sym-pathy and kindness for which I feel grate-ful. In his last interview he told-m- e thatthere was a report out. to the effect that he

    be Secretary of the Treasury, which wouldfor four years at least, if not forever more

    . Black List.Robert II. Love, fur sub seripli "i ' ' ::

    Guard, Vol. 3, h)

    J. 11. Thomas, for subscription. :'Guard, Vol. 3,

    Mr. McCarroll, refuses to explain thesematters as he has heretofore done, I call onMr. Matthews to let the people know thefacts of the case. A CITIZEN.

    the pistol was discharged by Alexander andthe greater portion of the contents lodgedhad given some statement showing the dis--remove him from the bar. Again, Walkeris charged with Voting he


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