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could occur in any part of undisturbed
England.
The visiter opened the door at which he
had knocked, before Burnett had time to
. raise the latch,— but Grace, as her trade
- tutned to do eo, made time enough to
whisper Michael, 'lf you'll be a good boy,
sod not repeat what vexed uncle just now,
for three days, I'll give you a rosy cheeked
apple, and butter to the potatoes for a
week.' Mick laughed with deligle, and
Grace finished her speech juse-in time to
say 'Kindly welcome,' illustrated by a
pretty curtesy to the muffled up stranger,
who was now standing in the widst of the
apartment. He was a stout thick e 4et man,
whose blue great-coat, strong brogues, and
well-fitting beaver, told °f o lds belonging
to the 'warmer' portion of the commonalty;
his 'shillelah' was more earved than as it
is usually seen in a countryman's hand,
and when he politely removed his hat, his
brown clustering hair ceded around a
handsome, yet disagreeable countenance;
at least, so Grace considered it;she thought
of the simile in the mock aermon she had
just read, of 'a leek being as bad as a pro
cess;' and after dusting a chair with her a
pron, and pushing it towards him, she
wai'ed, expecting that he would speak in
reply to the friendly greetings he had ale
ready received. He stood, however, in•
his old position, looking alternately at Bur
"' nett, st Grace, and Michael, and then in-
vestigating, with curious eye, every artic'e
of furniture in the kitchen—the dell neatly
art anged upon the dresser—the three deal
chairs—the stools and 'bosses'—the nog,
gins—the settle—the wheel, that most un
usual !twee of furniture in an Irish cottage
—a small work-table, anti a neat book
shelf 'facing the dresser,'—all were care
fully scrutinised, until, at last, Burnett be
came annoyed at his visiter's rudeness, and,
in lesongh tone, said, 'he hoped he liked
all he saw, for he would he sure to know
them again.'
'Ay,' replied the ma-•; 'like to he sure I
do; every thing here, is to be liked; and
----' his eye glanced f nilliarly
,at Grace,
'loved,.for the matter of that; but —' 1*
paused, and looked around again and a
gain.
'lt's a wild nigh', and I'm thinking you'd
better take an air of the fire,'said Burnett.
'Thank ye, so I will; it feels - eery rem
fortable,' said the straneer, w tin ler
the shadow of the wide diiinney, arid
spreading out his hand: to the heat, which
Grace had increased by the addition of
some 'sods' of turf 'The boy, a natutal;
the deg,' he con hued, talking aloud, a• d
yet as if to hirrnelf; 'the deg; the pretty
girl; every thing exactly as I saw it; it is
very strange!'
'May I make se bould as to risk what is
00 strange?' cm-piled Burnett;
'Every thine; every thing here,' he re
plied, tuinine his back to the fire, and a
gain sot veying the apartment.
'Nothing out of the common, sir, barrine
Grace's lie!e work tahle; a cienpliment
from the carrenter.' ehscrved the simple-
minded man, xt fide Grace blushed beatei
fully at the illusion to het; (truth will out;)
her loved.-
'Stranger and stranger still,' resumed the
traveller; 'and that that young lady's name
should be Grace!'
'Young lady!'- repeatetl Burnett; 'she's
an honest man's daughter, and a good little
girl, but no lady.'
'She's your niece, and that poor ft llow's
ycur nepl ew, and that dog's name is Snap
and your name is Conley Barnett, com—
monly called Black Curney, ur B'ack Bate
nett.'
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'Holy Mary defend us!' ejsculated Grace,
crossing herself; even Mick opened his
large brown eyes; while their uncle said,
'Why then it's Ituawn you must be among
the neighbors, though you're strange to me,
and your tongue's not of this country.'
have waked seventeen miles since I
entered a houe—l was never in this part
of the world before; and I was born in for
eignparts•rand yet I am as much at home
here as if I had lived in the parish all my
life. Evety stick of your furnhura I feel
as.used to as if it had been my own.
Black Burnett crossed himself as he
turned to lenk round his col taga, flail Grace
slid slily out of the kitchen into her little
her fingers into' the
chamber, and dipping
vase of h , ly water that hung a t the head of
, her humble bed, sprinklini ' herse,if with it;
wetting her fingers again, so that cm her re
torn to the kitchen she might convey a few
drops to her brol her's person: livr uncle
were a scapular so she considered him safe.
'Why, then, may I ask agam how you
pined your information?' questioned Bur
nett, as he seated himself opposite his mys
tifying guest, who, on Grace's return, was
seated also.
'lndeed you ina ,' he re ,lief; iand, what''
not alwaya the casa, I'll answer you; I
dreamt Upon this there was a loud ex.
clamation. Their visiter looked round anti
smiled. 'Do not be ashamed of your reli
gion, my good friends; I have been in many
countries,and one religion's as g ood as anoth.
er if it's acted up to; that.' my belief. Cross
yomsellagain, my pretty maid, and you too,
Master Burnett, and I will tell you how it
was; but:" first let n,e ask, is there not a deep
line of sand-pits near this, a little way off
the road leading to the left?'
'There is!' replied the uncle and niece
together.
.-..`And, now mark me! is there not a very
large elm tree a law pereheslarther on?'
'There is!' responded the same voices.
'And when you pass that, you descend a
steep green valley?'
'You c',
'At the foot of the valey runs a bright
clear stream, with a bridge over it?'
'There did run a.streani there,' said Bar.
Dell; 'but Peter Pike turned it into his mil.
dam, as I told him, contrary to nature and
. act of parliament; so that now there's a
bridge withnnt any water under it.'
(To be Continued.)
It -
is said them is a good deaf of small
poi in Boston.
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DAILY MORNING POST.
Tl 9. PHILLIPS WM. U. s !TB, EUITORB aND PROPRIY.THRS
MONDAY, FEURUARY 6, 1813
see Ftrst vage.
U . 8. seniktok s•
The election of Edward A. Hannegan,
as Senator from Indiana • This it the
twelfth Democratic Senator elected within
a few weeks, and the thirtieth chosen,
since last spring. In the same time there
have been THREE Whigs elected.
The account stands thus:
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
•
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
I linois
Indiana
Maryland -will give.-us another, which
will be gain the fjorth, arid will complete
the number to be chosen, for the next Con•
gress—beting the Tennessee Senator,
Good,-131unister, the actor and author
has joined the Washingtonians. We hope
he will keep the pledge more fit brolly than
hay.: some of the oilier members of his
profession who signed it.
The New Jersy Legislature have adop
ted a resolution fixity* Ilext. Tuesday as thy'
day of Adjournment. The applications
for divorces are oven more than usually
numerous at this session, hut only one or
two have been granted, thus far, the Coun
cil having determined to refuse all appli
cations which might be made to the Chan-.
cellor.
A Governor in a bail fix,—The Gayer
nor of Illinois has sent. another message to
the legislatute; requesting its immediate
action upon some plan to raise supplies
from %%hid' to pay their own t-xpeuses.
Having nothing hut auditor's warrants to
pay, with, he is obliged to give more than
double, the sp_cia price for articles for the
public use.
- It is said by wise calculat.rs, that six
millions of dollars is thetotal annual amount
of the cog of all the newspapers published
in the united Sates.
We more frequently seek counsel to
Eear our Own opinions confirmed than In
have our judgment directed.—Bost.
Aril we may aid, that men read more
with the view of confirming their fixed
pinions, than of learning anything which
they did not before know. How many
persons are there. who will even burn books
and papers, merely b cause they advocate
doctrines & creeds in which they were no t
taught. This detestable spirit of illiberal
ity is a drawback to every etYrit of reform.
If we would be truly intelligent we should
hear all sides— read everything.
.Itteinpt to fire the Miller Mbernacle,—
The Boston Timrs says, "about 11 o'clock
last everting some person attempted to fire
the Millar tabernacle in Howard near
Court street- A small flame tenement at
tached to it was neatly destroytd, but the
main building escaped without injuty."
Shot Down East.—A few days since
two deer were started from the woods and
in their race came upon the ice in the Pe
nobscot, and clambered upon one of the
wharves in Bangor, where one of them was
taken alive—the tit her escaped,
Upwards of four millions of specie has
been brought into New Orleans during the
past few months. Nothing but the hard
is to be found there now. What a change
of times we would experience if our finan
ciers would only graciously permit a small
quantity of it to find a habitation and a
home in this region. lt, with the aid of
Brodie's Pills vi ould have a healing influ•
A hog weighing seven hundred and
sixty-one pounds when dressed, was
slaughtered is Cincinnati, a few days ago,
U. S. • Loan. —The U. S. six pet cent.
loan has been taken by New York capital.
lets.
Cobra Passengers.—A bill has been
passed by the Massachusetts Senate, pro
vidiug that Railroad corporations shall not
make any rule disc:iminating between the
accommodations of passengers on account
of color, and making it a penal offence in
agents who exclude or assault persona on
that account.
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Arftrrolo3ok curious at.'
phia, ota.n ra4l‘. to houst'4 3 o'''... - 1;;fo re the New
es. ' 'fie intersperses knflecettrestwit '.ll44lLectistature.:' , " The 40plication canie
recitations, stiiries„: dialogues , &c . which I.ll:t!hys!)anwho charged his wife
Ad' much iriCeresTto the entertainment. I witiiheing too familiar with a young man,
playing cards and drinking switzel. At* ,
Let the documents were read, a letter was
sent to the Chirk's table, which had just
been receive from the wife. She said
"she could not oppose the divorce, but the
bill ought to be changed, so that she might
be divorced from him. She was married
to him when very yowl, and in about a
year she found she had mistaken the man.
He could afford her no pleasure, anti she
sought it elaewhere—for pleasure and hap
piness, are the aim of every one, and if
there was any gallantry in the Legislature,
she thought they would change the appli
cation, and divorce her from her husband!"
Democracy at Boston.—There is to be
a grand Democratic festival at Faneuil
Hall on next Thursday evening, the 9th
inst,. in honor of the electi,m of Marcus
Morton, as Gmernor of Massachusetts.
Cool. Jones.—Washington papers say
that the President has determined to recall
Commodore Jones from the command of
the Pacific squ idron. The gallant Com'
inodures pugnacious conduct at Californi
wi'l get him into trouble at home.
dem. \Vhig
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dlecidents in St. Louis.— A. dray man
named Mahar, while watering his-horse in
the river, drove too far in, and he immedi
ately sunk. Two men in a boat went to
his ass . stance, and succeeded in h.riding
the horse's head above the surface of the
water, till they cut him loose from the
dray, when he swam round the ferry boat
and came on shore below. The dray was
shortly afterwards taken out, but no trace
of the driver could be found. A search
was made during the day for the body, but
without success. Al.mut sundown, some
five persons commenced firing a small piece
from a yawl, for the purpose of raising it,
when the, powder pr , vided for the purpose
was accidentally ignited, and injured all
five. Two of the persons in the yawl
were seriously scorchad.
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1 (gait.) 0
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0 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
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Magi
Travelling through the air by Steam.-1
It is said to be a fact that an invention for 1
navigating the air with the aid of steam is I
about to be tested in London—lt is entire
ly distinct from ballooning. A. W., Miles,
a scientific gentlemen has given a desctip•
lion of it in a letter to the Londan Atlas,
Ir,•m which the following is an extract.
"It is Feifectly true that such an inyen ,
ton is in existence, entirely distinct from ' ; ,
ballooning; that a working model his been
shown me, which by its action, appears to 1
fistablish the pefect practicabiity of travel—
ing through the air, being, so complete and
simple in its construction, and the combi..
nation of is parts so extraordinary, that
little doubt remains that the important re
salts of the invetion will he fully achieved.
1 am given to understand that the nest car.
carriage will be ready for operation early
in the present ye:it; it, therefore, behoves
individuals to iva,t. the develorment of
this wonderful invention, when it may he_
comaan important subtect fur con—
sideration, as to the changes that «i ll
rrs'Ult to society, whether under the control
of Government, or in the hands of a public
company."
The Pniladylphia Lodger stated that
M jor Noah had been appointed Surveyor
of the i pott of New Yolk, but the*: Y
Union, a paper formerly edited by the Ma•
jor, denies the statement, and says that no
change oil made until after the next
4th of March.
Departure of Mission ariex.—The,
Justin Perkins anti Bishop Mar Yohannan
are soon to returs to the country of the
Nostoriana, and are to ho accompanied by
Mr.' David Stoddard, of Northampton,
Mass.
Snakeish.—lt is said that on bEint , re •
moved to Arica, ran. esnakes which sel.
3om exceed fiv: rect in length in this
country, attain the en .rmous length of
eighteen feet.
A lump of gold weighing 83 lbs. has
been discovered in the mines of Zlatoust,
Russia. It has been deposited in the mi—
ning museum at St. Petersbut gh.
A State Conveniion of the \Villas of
New Hampshire has been called, to meet
at Concord on the second day of February,
for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for Governor, in place i,f Col. Cilley, who
declines bei-g a candidate.
Millerism is increasing at Philadelphia.
They had a gathering there lately of about
4000.
In the last eight years, 89 vessels have
been wrecked on Lake Michigan; 118 lives
wrecked, and property to the amount of
$1,052,450 lost.
S7ci g,hing.—Tbe snow at Prairie du
Chien is five feet deep on a level.
The Illinois Senate and House cannot
agree on the State Bank Bill.
Hon. R. Gardner, Member of the Leg.
islature of Alabama, died on the 13th ult.
John Neal is lecturing in Now York,
on the Rights of Women.
The debating societies have taken hold
of the subject of pantaloon straps. It is
creating a great excitement.
The Quincy (111.) Herald is now pub
lished semi-weekly, and goes it strong for
Van Buren. We notice that many ofthe
western Democratic papers are advocating
the nomination of this distinguished States.
MEM
Latest from ilexeco.--New Orleans pa.
pers of the 23d ult. have later news from
Mexico by way of Havana. A new ver
sion of the 11Iontercy affair is all we notice,
which is of no interest. Business is very
dull at Havana.
Negro Shot.— A negro was caught in
the act of entering a store; at the corner of
Craps and Mandrille streets, New Orleans
on the 23d ult. and shot by the proprietor.
It is supposed that he was mortally woun
ded.
Fitly seven persons in
,Montgomery co.,
Ohio, can't get married because the fees
are to•r high ! What a pity !
Forgery.—The New York Com.ner
rial of yesterday says:—"Wall street was
thrown into some ctriftision this morning
by -the apprehension of a y iun!.7, man wh o
had presented a forged check at the Bank
of New York fur 8500. The case is now
tinder examination at the police office.
The check was not paid—the forgery be
ing discovered by the teller nn its presen ,
ration f r payment. We have the name
of the young man; but withhold it until the
present legal investigation is closed."
Naval Court p )rtion only
of the (Fleets, ordered to eroistitute the
Court Martial on hoard the North Caroli
na, ftr the trial of Cult mander Mackenzie,
appeared on board yesterday— Co
Downes and Captains Slow, Smith, Storer,
nud NN yman not appearing. These ffi
cerm are all stationed either at Boston o r a t
Portsmouth, Ne - tv liainpshite, and have
undoubtedly been detained by the slot in,
%% pr v nted the arrival of the Eastern
in:dl, due yes•erd is 0 orning.
A f.cr tirvil 1 o'clock, Coinino•
dor,. Read anti, naced, that, as the President
and the other officers na r ed ab ive had not
arrived, the Uottit wiittl,l stand tnljotirlie.i
tintil 10 o'cli4-1: this in:'rning,—.V.
February 2fl,
From Florida.—By ihe ar:ival last ev
ening of the St( 'am packet St Matth"ws
CaptMcNelty, we are i, possessor of tin.,
Jacksonville Tropical Plant, of %Vednes,
day last. The following are extracts:
We ate happy to announce to all, both
far and near, that the small pox has entire
ly diAappcared from this town and vicinity,
and we hope eternally.
A party of set lers, (rom Glenn county,
Georgia, passed through this town yester
day, on their way to the Nut-li-ga.
The Indians who escaped from post No.
4, as yet have not rctuined,nor troops who
who went in search of - them.-- Sac Repub.,
Jan. 27.
do Editor Robbed! —'['he Editor of the
the St. Louis Ledger has been robbed of
180 dollars in specie We regret that he
constrained to state that "tl.is blow has a
stunning effect upon our prospects.' The
amount stolen had been carefully treasured
up to meet our enganements due upon the
estab i±,metr, and of er thus working fre.
quendy eighteen hours Out of the twenty
t'our, to establi,h our paper, it is a hard af
fair la be robbed of our industry by a thi , .!l.
Since we started this establishment, we
have not enj , yed au hour's recreation; day
and night, Sunday and Saturday, has been
one unceasing, round of toil, cheerful toil, on
our part, in the hope th tt we might firmly
establish the Ledger, and secure to our
selves permanent employment and a liber
al remuneration for our toil—and just as
our paper is winding its circulation, aed
becoming generally known, we are thus
thrown back in our prospects. We are it
is true, somewhat retarded, but not disbar
led.
TREA'URY NOTES OUTSTANDING, FEB
1, 1843.
A nt , ntit ottis anding of the .
is pt ior to the act of
31-t Janu:try, 1342, 33,757,612 33
Deduct cancelled notes in the
hands of I heaccouuting cf.
firers, 34.731 63
A moun t ismed under the act
of 31st January, 134., 7,959,994 83
Deduct arrent
radeeined
recorded in
Il ia hooka of
Ibis office, 52,855,994 55
And ihe ant's
In the hands
of acruount
ing officers, 114,894 35
3,970,888 90
Amount Issue! uuder the act
of 31st August, 1342, 3,025,554 89
Ded'ct red'ioed
4- recorded
in this office, 3 000 00
And in the
hands of ac•
counting of
ficers, 3,164, 33
TRRUCRY Dursasusirr,
Register's Office, February 1,1843. •
'P. L. SMITH.
Resister of the Treasury of the United States
A god ►.ured
frienda o u rs,-ffh o WO; a ri t ifioiliiiiveold
of a %rife, with dodbie edged wad of a
tongue, apph - ed tis the other day, with
tears is his eyes, cif know if she- eouldu't
be prosecuted and punished, apiler the law
against carrying concealed weapons.—Pic.
More rascality.—Great frauds have just
been discoverel in the Canadian custom
houses. It is a , serted that three quarters
of the revenue has never reached the gov
ernment. Ono collector returned less re
venue for one quarter than was known to
have been received to a single importation
within the kti.iwledge of the inspector.
Temperance in Swedert.—lt is stated in
a letter, by a Frankfort j•iurnal; from
den, that all the brandy distilleries in that
country have been abolislisd; anti that a
law has been passed ordering that the
names ()fall pet sons wh r get intoxicated
shall be posted on the door of the parish
church, and that the clergyme,ti *hall put
up prayers for their reformation.
We have not befo.e noticed the scandas
lons articles which have recently appeared
in the Paris paper against !latiame Stoltz.
the celebrated Caracarice of the French
Opera. She has been persecuted beyond
endurance, scandal declaring that she was
the chree amie of Motsieur le Director.
At length the fair artist snualit the protec
of the law, and brought an action for libel
against M.
.Champein, 1 ite editor of the
Melomanie, and now e li:or of the Musi,cien,
fur a series of articles, published in the for
mer journ 11, under the tit'e of Memaires
inelitts de Fug,antini and (o some verses
addressed a lafavorile. Theuse came on
be'ore the Tribunal of Correctiona! Police.
Champein applied for a postpone cent of the
hearing, on the ground that the advocate to
' to whom ha had applied to defend him. had
declined undertaking the cause, bu.l (lid not
make known his resolut lot: until it was too
late for M. Champein t give insttuctions
to another counsel. The court refused to
grant the required delay, and therefore' M.
Champein suffered judgement to go by *de
f a ult; and was condemned to he impriSiba
ed for twelve months, to pay a fine of
two
liiiimsqou frinc., and da naies to lladame
Stoltz, to the amount of six thousand francs•
The Court further ordered Ilta! the judJe
meat s hould be inqert e d in the rllasicies,
and in three other juurnels:to he chosen by
Madame Stoltz.
Was 0113 of Virginia's nob'est sons. A
purr r hearted Mlll never lived, and , tie
min I was as clear as his heart was pure.
Virginia loved him, and she will ever rher
isle his memory. If there be an O'n'o
D eriver it, n ow my reader who is igno
rant Tit' the honor due to his name, and of
the hi 2.11 rßuk which _ he held among the
fAners of American 12mocracy, let the
inf ,rrn him that John Taylor was a bosom.
friend of Thomas Jefferson, and that prop
ab'y no man lived in Jefferson's time, with
whom he.more cordially or more perfectly
agree I la political sentiormt.
About thirty ye;trs rg , r, this great man
and lm Fe Democrat entered into an elabo
rate investigation or the met its (or rather
of the demerits) 'tithe paper money cred
it systHm. Among the conclusions to
which h e was broAght. by that ineetstig,a—
-[ tirm. and whilt he published to the world,
I were these doctrines:
That the papPr sys . tem of this
country is 'a system of public plunder.'
That. 'hope who become the creditors of
the public by the i.4sue of paper credit,
'subsist upon the nutional
That :he paper contrivance; sanctioned
by law, are 'the syren notes of weahh and
cunnng, designed to fascinate labor while
its fruits ate devoured.'
That 'paper credit is insensible of the.
least Jegree of fellow feeling for labor,'
and that pre+sperhy, is adversity to the
mass of the people.
That Banking systems are indissolubly
connected with every commercial and po
litical question, by an interest generally at
enmity ‘vith the public good'
That a privileged paper money is 'a
d e adly fo e to republicanism,' laboring in
'the fields rf hypocrisy and deception, and
making goveri:ment a credit shop for dis—
pensinlY, unequal we
Such was the sroug and unequivocal
testimony which din Taylor, of Carn'ine.
bore against our present panking system,
nearly thirty yews :go. Ido not stop to
comment; but if the candilreade'r will con'
cider for himself how amply this teitimn‘
ny has been confirmed in every particular,
by the subsequent sad experience of the
country, he will ado it that I have present
ed an honest-, a sagacious, and truthful
witness.— Ohio Statesman.
Indiana —We eopy the following striking itc.
cnunt of the past an l present c.)ndition of thk . ingß
in Indiana, from the Ohio Statesmar:
”We I rev. Fed s , iine years ago, in the Rummer,
WC think, of 1834, dinonelly, from southeast to
northwest, through the state of Indiana, on hoise•
hack, taking our time lei:qtrely. A great portion
of it is the richest end most hcaut4 - ul country we
ever witneescd.... A ha r iy and it dustrions popu'a
tion wa. pouring in from every road, and making
the wilderness to blossom as a rose, A happy
and pmsecrons people met eon at every turn, and
every one boasted of his rich po-riessions, and of
the great prospect ahead to the seller. At 4hat
time there acne not a bank in the slate, except.
p-rhaps, n small affair of doubtful ere it, 81rna ,
where on the Ohio river.
-$3,722,831 20
"Rot the plundering fund•mringera cut - 0d not let
her ci , izens rest in their peaceful abodes—they
were good plucking and the last feather must be
had. A (+real state bank e•aa recommended and
eQtablish: d, "safe to thelbill:holder and profii..
able to the banker." It was the model system
and specul it in:r, and credit; and fund...mongering
followed rapidly in its rear. State debts acru ou 7
Inted with monstrous strides, and the plunderers
rode in full triumph in the cdrrupfion they pro
duced. The state is now, in a few short year.i,
dishonored, bankrupt, and without hope of paying
her debts. The people are groaning under bur
dens an I•misfottunes in horrible contrast with
theirformer happy e mdition. The State Bank.the
fountain of their troubles, the great betas , . ni wick
edness, is floundering in the -ruin it has created."
4,989,105 93
6.164 33
3,019,390 56
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Scandal of thr... French Press.
John Tay ofCacoline,
From the Van Buren (Ark )
Death of Tom Merrit.
This scoundrel and hardened desperado .4
is at last gone to the devil, his own place,-ee,„,
Thuiliartielitao;ei we fra've heatedaauttri)i.
g ood antbiaiity, are as fullnws::
I Young Mclntosb...a.bule.Cherulutea44+a!a
had been strolling over the western.
ries, and out of personal curiositq.. Wit
there alone to the council on the Brasaciii.
which the Texans held with the wild Indi
ans, and seeing a I he wished, was on 'We
homeward route, when near Ed wzrthe a
who lived far up on fittule
mules from Fort Gihson, he met t vo mep,
who with levelled rifles ordered him to
dismount. Doing so, they robbed him of
his mule, his powder, bail and provisions,
and giving him his gun - with the load there
in; told him to march, sr•ying he was ito
Indian if he twilit not snap() t I.imself with
one load. • They then left him and wilt
on ten miles, and camped. llclntoahaiio2-
ged them to the place, and Coming upinotid
one of them at the fire; the other had gone
'town the blanch for the purpose of hoots
ing. Surveying his ground, he got behind
a log as a screen, and 'slipping' softly. tip ,
to attain it without discovery. From themes.,
he - et - mid - =ly see the man's - head; and the
set ulte eurlinai above from Ilia pipe. Draw
' ing bead he fired, and the ball took effect iii
the robber's head under the left ear,
,pats
sing out. at his right eye. Melntnah-ran
then i noediately up and exaniined. . lfie
man's gun, which he found loaded; hearing
him mutter, he drew' the man's own knife
from its sheath, arid g ive him two hesity
thrusts, which soon put a fierimi toltie mot
terin Mutint then got his awri-P4w
eer and balls, reaesded his gun. tookehis
mule, and the robber's, his pocket ko6k,
in which ho found a $1.03 counterfeit
and Ins knives, and started on. • a
Wh:ut Mclntosh came to &icy:trite he
was asked whether he had met two men,
and answered he had; Edwards remarked
it was a wonder they haul not maltreated
or killed him. :Mclntosh replied
..11e.ba.,4-
killed one of them, and related how they
haul treated him, and he had revenged-Um.
self, &c., showing the things he had taken.
there 'Mclntaish firstrleatned Who WiereAhe
robbers, and drat he had.killed toln toter
ritt; for the gnn, mule, and some leggings
which Tom wore, Edwards had given ti
Niertitt in ex - change for 'Mark Atftitil*,'
the fine horse they lately took from ThNgs
anum; and Edwards knowing the .mWe,
gun and leggings, was enabled
i
dentify the man whom Mclntosh-had thus
speedily killed:
Ed wards insinuated to the young 4(3-
okee, in a way he did not like, that hairbe
(Mclntosh) killed. one of his uhrolltrial - Ilie
would fallow him to the devil but,be
would kill him.
Nrclro , )Qll I eft Ed wards and proeceled
no his way. After: coin°. semels nr 20
miles, in passiee amiss a
.prairie, 110eraced
hark (as he had done frequent ly from awl•
picion) and perceived a taae fn railiOnr•
suit of him —so pnosed to be Jess :Ik;ijit.
I Soino w reds skired prairie...to the tight
into which Merritt turned, and going aryne
way paused, dismounted, and starte&tria - a
ravine with the inn:talon r f rhe lin e ' Me:
Intosh, which the latter discovering he
dismounted and endeavored to intefrept
Merritt's louse, which was a fine blek
one; this . rh:inged Merritt' s course; andl he
started hack, and when at the d stance. of
30 yards fro:n his horse he fired, thelall
pasi , ing close b- fore Melntosh's face; as
Merritt was in the act of mounting, :Mcln
tosh, at the distance of two hundred yares,
returned fire—and the horse bttunding l i and
his rider being linable to gain his place for
same yards. :Mclntosh believes he vv'ound•
ed consummation devoitilyto be
desired.
Nlclntosh caret home and surrendered
himself to his agent, bef ire whom these
fists were deposed, giving up:all the pro•
party he had taken fr , m Merritt,as he Said
lie had 110 wish for it. At Fort. Gilmien
he learned that there was a reward offered
for the Merrias, and he returned imMOdis
ately to the place where he had killed' Tom
Merritt, and is new probably in that reeve.
in rinse pursuit of his brattier villain. Al'
good citizens pray his success, for so villa'
nous and desperate a man as: 1044 -1 1 4 e
ritt should receive all rigor, and death.-
The action throughout shOwed grearbri
very and determinationawr the part
Intosh, and lie ought to he . accounted
brave.'
The Somers .Iffair.—lt appears jj
well understood, now, that the G'ette
Naval Court Martial to be held for the , t
al of C r nmander Alavkenzie, will
,pppy i p
m board the , Nuril) Cantlioa on Wi4l4
clay next, the ht. ~I February. The Cot
will be e,) , np"eed of the following min-
ber3:
President—C .irninndore D3tvnes, Uot
mudore Read; Captains W. C•miptorißt,
tom Dan. Turner; Charhs W. Skinne ;
Isaac McKeever; J•din H. Antic;
Delany; John Gwynn; and Thomas. N °-
Wyman; Commanders Henry W. Ogden,
Irvine Shutarick.and Wil:iam W. McKean.
Judga Advocate, Samuel Rusb, of Pk*.
- 4
-6)mmander Mackenz - e, who on Frida'y
rece ived the order for his arrest, will Jpo
triad upon three charges—the fio3t, nark
der, the second cruelty and oppression.
What the third is, we have not heard.
We learn that an application has /mkt'
made to Silvanus Rarelje, United States
Corn rnissioner,for a wart ant to arrest A'l4a
ander Slidell :Mackenzie and Guest Gan*
sevorirt, upon atii.lavits charging - diva
with putting to death Samuel E. --, !.etk..
well, by hanging ltiin to the yard-arm of
the United States brig Somers, on the - high
seas, and,thst the application M S ref ,91
Nv
on the ground that the charges ere,ap: 8
time the application was under 'ex pa:
tion, end undetermined in a legal - tribmal a ,
created by Coortresq for the 'toirefiffritifft.
of the navy.- -N. Y. Sun. , •