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
- ii
to tl
to nly house.His captor further tau- hi
take this negro or luonit rand disj)osc-- ot hiih to the A!. j
... . i.. ... . i i
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