The star. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1831-1831, September 20, 1831, Image 2

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inereaSed. The most desperate etlbrts are
makigg by the masons, to retain the ofliceEi
and patronage of Goyemment in their hands.
ou ht . that the Cla an, Jackion
arrini - rayar.ini i.ol oft - tom - 411m each abandon. ,
ing the principles foi which they have been
contending, with a fixed _determination of
supportmg the-interests-of Masonry = that in
their opiniOnbeingpamtnotint to the interests
of the country. -
Since Mr. Rush has written his letter, the
masons have become very bitter towards him
—=they not only treat him with neglect but
-actual
1-3c \th
-revilennd-slander him.- - 11-is also
knowni n this place that Mr.
written e above mentioned • letter, and
the masons who two months ago lauded him
to-the skies, are now .exhausting their voca.
bulary of billingsgate up - 6n him.
I hope our State will be (idly represented
at Baltimore. It is confidently believed that
Pa. New York and some of the New Eng
land States will be Antimasonic ' by 18132,
and I think C* - Ohio will also, if McLEAN
is taken up for President. Mr. Rush is san
guine of success. He says no party ever
extended.,,with such rapidity, or was based
on purer. piinciples. J. P. .
Feint tho Woodstock Vt. Whig
The Clay-men say, "the Antimasons are
ruled by the Jackson ni&n"•—most astonish
ing! Antimasons ruled! Can such a set.
of disorganizers as the Antis are mid to bp,
be ruled by any body !! . And what say
Jackson-men of us? Why, that we are like
ly to be ruled by the Clay-men! So we
have it on both sides—Clay-men versus
Jackson-men, and Jackson-men versus Clay:
men=and between them both, the "Antis"
have to sustain double shocksand hard shots.
) , • 1-not - these - contradictnry charges by
.the crooked and perverse politicians, prove
incontestibly that Antimasons pursue their
own course regardless of its ot:fect on both
the Clay and the Jackson parties? If they
were ruled by either, that due would not
- fiarfausoit is clear that they are tinder
-the-influence of neither. And they will nev
er be influenced to vote for Jackson or Clay,
'so long as they are bout 41, to the Ilandinliid,
but will pursue their own straight forward
rae-and-when-that-comes-ath,wart :the
hawier:ef Andrew Jackagn t ef Henry ,Clay
or any other cable:tow-man, wh let them
--• llourtdcr - as much - as hey please an. try to
cheat us into a belief that-we-ara-under- the
secret influence of any man if they can. It
is all fudge—it is Masonry.
From the Newark (New Jersey,) Mohitor.
The editor of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, recently stated that Mr. Clay
was not an "adhering mason;" that he with
-4443w from the lodge some 20 years ago, &c.
.This brings - the truth from Mr. Clay's wes
tern brethren. The editor of the-Nashville
(Tenn.) Banner says, Col. Stone's statement
is "a palpable falsehood. Mr. Clay was in
the year of 1823, to our certain knowledge,
a member of Lexington Lodge No.. 1, and
we are informed by good-authority that he
had not "taken his dismission" in the spring
of 1830, little more than a year ago. Th e
"`assertion that "he has not, been in a lodge
room but twice" for twenty years we know
to be outrageously false. We have ourselves
xtEtx IN A L01)01 , 1 with him more frequently
within the lase`twelve yeari, and we were
not present on the tWos_pecially excepted oc
casions rerred to by ihe Commercial Ad
.
vertiser.
• Truth is constantly elicited with regard
to the masonic standing of Mr. Clay; .and
-will, we doubt not, before the time arrives
for cr►aking'the- antimasonic nomination, be
properly nn4eistood: We cannot think that
such a project .as Mr. Clay Advocated in
1822,4atofa,Mammoth-Lodge in-order-to
combined effect to the Enver oof th-ma
sanie: brNierhood---cleuhtls `of piiiiical
purposes4-:could have been sanctioned by
That President Jackson is an active-and
• ()maid mason - ii not questioned by any one.
Indeed he goes so far as to class "Religion
and Masonry"itogether. Under his admin
istration, no influence has been so important
in obtaining appointment to office as that of
masonry. By him, or his minions, antima
sons have been "reformed" forthat offence
alone: and masons retained because, they
werMattached to the . order. Of those "re
fOrmed" • some were Jacksonmen, of those .
retained some are Claymen. This evinces
the power of the grip, over the qualifications
.of honesty and capability, or even an adher
ence to his person.
From the gerkimer (N. Y.) Free Press
THE DIE IS PAST.—The masonic
ftateruity in this' State ,have.now deliber-
•tely given out their desperate resolution
hold on to the principles and practices of
-der, in the face 'of the broken.laws
.raged feelings or the people. 'The;
. . ige,. which assembled, at N, York,
re last, have rejected the wise
. • of their reasonable brethren, to
d.'have 'made. out their list of
• A all puisa.nts for theyear ensu
- -- -. ----- 7 • have broken the trace which
. .'` . alibied, and scrit must ceitse.7.-
. .on of parties is now complete—
, ~ ,ory ow the one handompported by
rnitous fulids - and the tremendous piste
And patreeage of the state and general
goventment; ,the people.onthe,otlier,, mov
•ed on by the generous impulse of then: own
aldurea,, -Irkipg and expecting 'no. higher
, jireWardllitin tore freedom reinstated M all
.lio 0, , ' 'ind to possess for themselves the
deligli conseionsnrss of well doing. , We
At
, hayii. flow cohie_to tbe . stand where it is the
'•diettid . twery MUM to. take -hie' side.
„The
-- :eitivis:bee atrive'dupon which all that is dear
. : 1 / 4 .lo'.iiil us roj übliatuni.--yea. and perhaps our
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liiii
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iatzu• ra
AU Ire tatimva
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AUtie,s and ble ,•ings as.paretits,chikireirand
brothers-':—are suspended: No 'man can
now stand heal without the deepest dis-
race: With
the virtuous it el non-commit-.
talism Must be abandoned. The qllestiom
is, shall the order live or die? Shall it main
tam its power over our broken
_laws, mix
courts-and-ministers ef-justice, or shall oar
Tree insfittitions come forth fro,* the fiery
trial; disabused and sustained by"the suffra
ges °four countrymen? The question rests
equally upon the honorable members of the
fraternity and uninitiated, and "well mean- 1
lag -masons"-can no-longer-turn a- deaf- - ear 1
to the calls of duty. The "handmaid" shows'
fight, vengeance darting from "her blood
shot eye, her breast swollen with rage, and
her !lice bloated with the operations of the
fiercest passions. All oilier political ques
tions have become 'subordinate,to this, for
if masonry is triumphant every measure of
general policy is thrown into its hands.—
There can be no discharge in this war; ma
sonic laws or the people's laws must one or
the other succumb. We shall now go on
to wage ceaseless contest against this gov
ernment of kings,sovereians & ; high priests,
this coalition of monarchy and hierarchy;
we shall not flag until victory perches upon
our banners, or we are called away from
earthly labors. We cannot—as citizens of
this republic, as children ; as husbands; as
fathers—we cannot, we_will not fold our
arms and see all that we _love on earth in the
most imminent peril.
"Blood has a voice to piorce the skies,"
and the voice of unavenged blood shall ring
in our ears while there remains, an exasper
ated and unsubdued . foe• brandishing over
us th© naked sword of vengeance.
GOOD GROUND OF OPPOSITION
TO FRE EMA SON RY.
. The annexed extract is from the report
of the Massachusetts Antimasonic State
Committee to the Antimasonic State Con
vention held in Boston-in May last.
!'The Masons appear to dread more than
any thing an investigation of their Institu
tion. Sometimes intimations were thrown
out, calculated to operate on the fears . of the
Committee. They were told of the great
purriimors, the tremendous power and influ
ence of the Fraternity: that Boston contain-
;4 . 4i . - • -1 " -
more than 150,000: tiiat if the Committe •
lirKeeded, a host of enemies would rise u
againgt them: that desperate fellows were i
the Institution! and it could not be put down
"Toil and labor cannot effect it. Ny ma
can stand before it." With significantlook
and gestures, they said, ''Your business an
occupations will be injured. Your interest •
and prospects will be cut off; a civil wa
will be created; there will be ble - o - dt You
characters and reputations, will be ruinn(P.
"If such," said the Committee, "be the
power and disposition of Freemasonry,
there's no hesitation—we give ourselves to
tho work—we will make the attempt and
try to go through it. It is the cause of out
common country and of mankind. If we
fail, let it be .so: if we are sacrificed, it will
be on the altar of patriotism. .This institu
tion must be examined, its gates thrown
open—its covering taken off—its walls ta
ken down: the broad light of day let into
its mysterious vaults: its prisoners set free,
and its dark secrets exposed'':
RENUNCIATION.
Frorii the Woodstock (Vt.) Whig
SlR—Seeing my name, erroneously-pub
lished in your paper a few week4 , since, in
'the HA of adhering Masons in. Hartland, I
feel it a duty which I , owe to my friends and
my,.country, to correct error, and let
them know„how_and where I stand in rela-
TO — ttreri - Utj'e - et'i - f - rrrasonry.
Tam do elrifidiff thitire — s - e - effB2 - winte - irg;
and I shall Soon leave the stage of action,
lttetthawlit br-e-ver
in.:a newspaper; and my story shall be short.
I .tonls the first degree mils oit •
1716, and I have takeuthreetlegrees in all.
I have not met with a lodge for about twen
ty years. As soon as I; was convinced of
he evil of masonry, I renounced the Insti
tution. This I did two or three years ago,
and I thought it was so understood, -till I
saw .my name in your paper. I . have served
my 68tiary' more than five years in the
Centinuntal Army, fighting for liberty and
independence. Our exertions were crown
edwith wonderful success, and I hope ''and
believe that the struggle for liberty and
equal rights, which was commenced at the
Revolution; will not cease till all monopoliz
ing and tyranizing evils shall-be done away.
I wish well to my country and to my
friends, and the public - an aflbctionate, and
probably soon an eternal farewell.
Respectfully yours,
EPHRAIM, CAREY.
Ilargand, bile 10th, 1831.
Perhaps no portion of the conduct of - the.
present AdminiStration is more reprehensi:
'hie, than its dealings with the Indians. •he
Georgian authorities are alloWed to pnter-:
the Cherokee nation,.seize upon any indi
vidua.l tlio,Y may think proper, and, although
thee' do not even pretend to charge them
with any thing criminal, ,put chains upon
their necks, and drag them along the high
way, with' a barbarism that is not only con
trary to law, but such as. in this .section of
country, no 0110. • would dare to inflict even
Utzn such a culprit as the ferocious Gibbs:
The arrested person, not even charged with
any thingillegal,is seized and - Ckained by the
neck to a horse; and thith th,zagged thtotigir
a long "march; and all this is done under the
very . of the General Government, in
entre , / of solemn existing treaties, and in
the eau Of ,tho lutist binding bbliptions,
r.lAiog upon that Governthent, AD protect all
MIN
E
MN
within its. Jurisdiction. But, if we wonder
that the Government withholds its protec
tion, how much inore shall we be surprised,
when Nye,sce it aiding in oipression:by it
self bee:dining it tool ofthe-oppressor. Some
Jaw persons arre4A, - etaiinedilie
of residing . in that nation, as authorized by
the United' States, an authority superiorto
the State ofGeorgia.- - Oneelaims it because
he is Post Naster, - and. consequently ao offi
cer of the Government. Mr. Barry is in
foilned of this, and -forthwith turns him out
of (lice ! ! Others claim the privilege as
Missionaries, employed by various detiorni
nations, Methodist, Baptist, Moravian and
Presbyterian, and paid by Government.—
This is told to the Executiye t iind tbrthwith
the Executive, disowns them, :saying he has
nothing to do with them, he 'owes them no
protection; besides this, by treaty the U. S. -
are hound to pay the Cherokee Nation an
annuity of $6OOO. This has always he reto-
Ibre, been paid in one sum to the Nation ;
but Ge n Jackson and his advisers, have as:
certained that the true principle is. to take
) hemselycs what Congress never au
thorised; to wit, to make an equal dist ribto
Lion of it, to the individuals composing; the
-Nation. Thus, the noble defender of Mrs.
Eaton, the President of the United States, is
found dealing out to each Cherokee, a pen
sion 0f42 cents per alumni !!!
It is ,high time that public attention should
be brought to bear upon this subject, that
they may apply the corrective.—Foilßep.
Taxes.! Taxes! Taxes!
From the Lancaster Herald.
Through the agency of masonic.misman
agement and protliaacy, Pennsylvania has
been plunged in a debt of fifteen millions of
dellarsa sum airnost - eqtraFtolialf the ma ,
tional debt. The interest on this amounts
to 700,000 dollars, tbr the paynient of which
the most oppressive and burdensoine taxes
have been imposed by a masonic legislature
and governor. Not only are the lands of
the farmer taxed nearly double the usual a
mount, but he is compelled to throw open his
desk, to exhibit his books, to display his pa
pers, and divulge the situation of his private
'aflitirs to gratify"the impertinent curiosity or
malicious feehngs of an insolent-taxgathemr,
often to the great injury ofhis 7 Character and
pecuniary interests. Not only4,ol,thi.
the case, but he. will often be compelled to
pay a tax on debts due him which he may
never receive. The State will not guaran
tee the payment of debts, yet it exacts the
payment of tax on them.
But this is not the worst. Were the mo
ney thus raised, expended with economy and
wirr an eye to the public good, the people
would bear the burden with comparative
cheerfulness. Such - has not been the case,
-iiewovor T noiNia it likely. any uha,, g ,,s-- tho
State policy will be Made while its destinies
are in the hands of the lodge. 01- the im
mense amount of money already expended—
where are the fruits? Where is the' revenue
which it was promised, .would be derived
from such extraordinary expenditures?--
Where is the work completed, or in such a
state of forwardness as — to give hopes of a
speedy ecimpletion? No where. Large as
was the amount of money appropriated by
the last legislature the works still languish.
The resources of the State are squandered
and its energies paralied by incompetent
and profligate agents. On the Pennsylvania
rail road, the most important link in the ex
tensive chain of itnprovementl!not grail has
been laid. True, proposals were issued some
months ago for materials, but there the mat
ter rests. The money which has been ex
pended in grading. and bridging • thirty or
forty miles, 'yields no interest—yea,. it will
require an additional stun to put the road in
a condition tbr laying the rails. -
'1 remedy these evils it is absolutelyrtfe=
ccssaiy that the peoljTo era nrajorijy — int the
legislature over the lodge, the coming ses-
sion. asons ave 715 - 15 fig ie o .•
the farmer to expect any-reformation attheir
hands.__lt_is_the_intereSts and object of -
sonry to provide office for as many of its
sworn band as possible. Every device there
fore is resorted to byihe institutionto create
offices and thereby obtain power. We find .
through the vast system of What is called in
-ternal improvement, every station filled with
those who wear
. the badge, of masonry or
truckle to its' power. The canal. commis
sioners, the superintendants, the engineers
of every grade, the contractors with few ex
ceptions are all of the enlightened few. The.
only way s as we have remarked„ for the
'people to relieve themselves from the ey.o .. _
of masonic legislation, and an odious system
of taxation, is for them to elect a majority
of
. frcemen to the next legislature. This
they can do if they be true to themselves &
their interests. Antimasons are the friends
"of reform and economy, and will labor to re
deem the State from it present embarassed
condition., The citizensof Lancaster coun- -
ty, especially, areballed to exert themselves.
The tax which they will have to pay the en
sifing year for State and county purposes will
.b - xceed 80,000 dollars, an enormous amount
for them, when we consider the low price of f
produce. Every one of them should turn out
at the.approaching election and record his
yoto for the candidates of the people—for
men whose interests are theoswe as their
nwnrivho are not sworn 'to favor the projects
Orignuited in the lodge. From such men.
they .may expect
,the repeal of the . odious
system of taxation passed - by Deputy Grand
Master Wolf arid his masonic legislature.—
They *ll place the stamp of infiimy on the
unprincipled trick, Eby. whipk, the operation
of this hated lkw was postponed until-after
the people had'hestowed their votes on those,
Who had betrayed their ifiteres(s. ).
"I nrn not, never an, "nor never will be
ti
.Ereern.nson," igiys Jobn quiricy 11,dants.-
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DESTRUCTION OP BARBADOES,
- A-letter bas--been- reeetv4 by the Col
recta oft a - Pm - of - N - 6 wl o from John
11. Miercken, Esq. American Counsul at
St. Pierre; ',Unique, ,giVingthe - melaricho
intelligenc,o oft.he almost-entire destruc
tion of tip: island of Barbadoes, on the 10th
Of August. A violent hurricane passed over
the island at that time, demolishing hundreds
of buildings,,and burrying their-tenants be
neath the ruins. One account stateS,that
. fioe tkousandhittrion beings havo-perished,
and that the dead bodies having already be
gan to putrify, apprehensions were enter
tained of some fatal malady from the efflu
via which rises from the corpses. The
siirvivingifitttettants . werelngaged in the
melancholy task of burying the dead as ra
pidly as they could be discovered from their
sudden repositories; but no hopes were en
tertained of the resuscitation of the island to
prosperity and commercial activity, from
the devastating ravages of the storm. Ilan ,
dreds of the inhabitants who were, but a feW
days before, affluent and in the enjoyment
of all the comforts and superfluities of life,
are now houseless• and in
.want—their= pro
perty utterly destroyed—and themselves, in
many cases, with' fractured limbs and in
flicted wounds, from which recovery is
doubtful. Fathers and children haVe sunk
itiThundreds to the same untimely and gen
eral grave, and the entire island presents a
scene of terrible and melancholy ruin, as it'
the avenging spirit of destruction had passed
over it in retribution for long indulged, and
hence severely expiated, crime. Many of
the most reputable and distinguished inhal)-
-itantsi , their7wives-And_ebildren, are amonk
the victims; and the calamity is one of such
a terrible nature, that the survivors appear
horror-struck that they and their's should
have been selected out for so severe a judg
ment or visitation.—Bielenell's Reporter.
Etportation of Specie.—lt is stated in
the New York Commercial Adveitiser, that
more than five millions of dollars in specie,
have been shipped from N. York to Europe
during the Oresent_season. Dor importa
lions, are more than our expoxtatlwwv:9W7_
intcg_ ... LlLie present bearing of the-recproci
ty system in favour or our EtrropeammiTigh=
hors, and the consequence is the draining of
all the precious metals from the country.
The probability is that the present season
of our promise and prosperity, will he 'fol
lowed by a gwinter of our discontent," and
of universal %tad times."—Boston Cour.
A- YOUNG MURDERER.
The English papersCl'intain an account of
ttial - ar - John - Bird - Belli- for-the Murder
of Richard Faulkner Taylor. Tim crimin
al was not fourteen years of age, and , his
victim was younger. The murder was
very deliberately perpetrated, and was com
mitted for the purpose of obtaining a small
amount of money in the possession of Tay
lor. Bell took him into a wood, under the
pretence- of showing-him the- way- -home,
and threw him down, jumped on him, and
cut his throat, after which he rifled the
corpse of the money. When on trial, - he
manifested little appearance of feeling at
any part of the proceed i ngq:7. lie was found
guilty, but recommended to 'meicirtm ac
count of his youth and ignorance. The
recommendation was of no avail, and he
was executed at Maidstone, in presence 'of
'nearly nine thousand spectators. He con
' ducted himself with decorum awl firmness,
made a full confession of his guilt, and ap
peared sensible of the justice of his sen
tence. He cut the throat of his victim,
Taylor, while on his knees, and ofThring to
surrendetstal-his--money,-and imploring the
tettpatso - Atthis -- rherreitell - atit: L -
•: • .
las DufirlilLfloZt., keeper:ot - =wgroterorr
Main street s near the Emile Tavern, in this
Village, murdered his wife by beating her
upon the head with a hammer! . Holt was
an-intemperate man,•and- had long indulged
a suspiciOn of his wife's constancy. Mrs.
Holt, so far as we can learn, W 11,9 an'amirible
and worthy woman. She has left three
children, one of which, an infant, was in
the arms of the mother when the murder
was committed:
Holt appetirs to have deliberately planned
the deed. He discharged his clerk, some
days since, and seemed engaged in closing
his,ffai
ars. The murder was committed in
Me
4 14.:
chamber of the sufferer, between 9 and
10 o'clock in the morning, and was not
covered until the servant girl was attracted
to the room, by the-e,ryipgof:the infant.—
This was thUnd in the arms of the expiring
mother—Holt having left the house, and
fled. lie was speedily pursued, overtaken
near Black Rock, and secured without re
sistalice.—Byralo Journal Sept. 7.
Fatal Rencounter.—On the evening' of
the 9th instant, an altercation took place
lbetween Mr. Benjamin F. Potter and James
B. -Keatts, residing in the same neighbor
hood, on the nor()) side of- the river, about
9 or 10 miles%elow.this place, which was
succeeded by an attack by the former on
theiatter, and resulted in Mr.
,Keatts (after
he had been seized by, and received sever
al blows from -his adversary) drawing a
pocket pistol and shooting Mr. Potter thro'
the heart, and thereby producing almost in
stantaneous death. Mr. Keatts inimediate
ly surrendered himself to the Civil authority!
. ,
,
We are frequendi , asked,yhether. it is
certain that Judge McLean; of Ohio,witi be
a eandidate for the Presidency.. ",We think
he %trill, no autttek , vriiat other fte nthinenare
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Aug. 17.
EIS
Ar ,;INO'f
. . . .
placed before the 'public. The antimasons,
generally, seem to have a partiality for him
- a nd Will, it is thought, nonittin,te him, at their
convention, on the ; 26th instant,,,Bkiladel.
.
phia Saturday Evening Post. . -
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS-A Mr. Beech
er, of New York, informs ; the public that,
fur the.sum of sixty dOttars,._he will affiird a
machine that will, by the aid of a single
horse power, and suitable care and attend-
once, thrash form straw one hundred b - 4liels
of grain: shell three hundred bushels of corn;
grind thirty bushels of provender; and cut
sis tilialrea - waers or straw, Id the Short
space of twelve hours. The operation oftho
machinery may be seen at No. 32, Burling.
Slip, New York. This must certainly be a
matter worthy the attention or those who
are ttgriculturi , st upon an etensive scale.
A white oak 4'ree', .o,n,the* land of Mr. 4
:rOve, near' Roxbury, 'fliinerkeunv town.
ship, in Chambersburg, Pa. being felled and
cut up, produced the INlowing, viz:-1400
shingles, 200 folloes, 4saw logs, one 14 and
the other 1(1 feet long, 1 house log 22 feet
long, 4 rail cuts 'making 6,0 rails, and 2'ecirds
of wood.
A tumor of an uncommon magnitude,
measuring thirty-two inches round the larg
est circumference, was a few days since ta
ken from the breast °fa {innate, by Dr. W.
W. Hitt, of Vincennes, Indiana. We are
told that the operation promises to be com
pletely successful; and that the lady is in a
fair way of recovery:
At the horse-race, near the White Horse
Tavern, Burlington county, New Jersey, on
_the 31st ult.,' a quarrel took place between a
'-blaek-mati-Hythe-rtant6-- of-Ismatevart i
and a young man by the nave of Rob er t i.,
Crossley. It resulted in the latter receiving
a kick from the black man, which put a pe
riod to his life in about ten minutes. Stew
art was immediately arrested and taken be
fbre Robert Chambers, Esq. who committed
him to Burlim,,Aon jail., •
MELANcumx.—On TuPsdav, the 24th
tilt. Mr ANDREW W Eten, Of %%heatlield
township, Perry county, Pa., was untbritt
nately drowned in tatqmpting to Wade or swim
Shearman's Creek, between Fio Forge and
ly7Ftslttit
he-inont-11.
found until the Sunday fullowin7,in Huncan
non Forge dam, where it was taken out and
buried in the Church Yard at Young's Meet
ing House. The deceased has left a wife
and three small children to lament his death.
A duel was lately fought between two
citizens of Pottsville: One of the linty re
ceived a bullet through his hat, which occa
sioned so much fright; that the poor fellow
em-saled himself, but it ii 4 not stated.wheth
er in a coal-hole or aot; but certain it is, that
he was under the intpresion that he had sent
his antagonist to "that bourne froni which
no travellers e'er returns;" but. fortunately
this was not the case.
It is stated in the St. Louis Beacon, that
banda of Sacs and Fox Indians attacked a
party of Menominies, in the night, while a
sleep at Prairie drr Chien, under the very
guns of the United States' fort, and massa
cred 24 of them, more than half women and
children. Ten more were , wounded, but
escaped .into the houses of ._the citizens of
that place.
A Paper Mill belonging to Frederick A.
Taft, Esq. of Dedham, Massachusetts, wtLs
very much injured by the spontaneous com
bustion of a,heai ahrown paper, thrown to
gether betime t• {roughly dried, into one of
the departments of the factory.,
--The- Boston -Courier spep i Say
• tr—Bankin-13uston, sxys.- 5 --tiitiee the, nice
ink; hi January there have been made - 3771: --
depmit,r,--amonnting,:ter-61-80M4.--Thefe—
litrtzlienn-LMIS - lir 1 m
35 cents paid out.
The report of the Treasurer of the New
Hampshire Savings Bank, Concord, to July
48, shows that the amount of deposiLsLW22.l
is $19,440 cents, and - that $1538 had
been withdrawn by 14 persons. Of the 221
depositors 100 are feniales, and many young
men and children.
We have been visited by the most, de.
structive freshet known since, the memory of
man. The crops on the river plantations are
entirely swept—planters, who expected to,
make 600 bales of cotton, will not make 10.
This, with the loss of their provision crops,
stock of cattle, hogs, destruction of fences,
and injury to the soil, will make a sum total,
which we canndt at this time estimate. We
believe that $300,000 will not Cover the
losses sustained by a portion Of our fellow
citizens in this district alone. Amongst the
injuries sustained ie the loss of our fine
bridge.. It embraced fem. arches neatly
constructed and covered, two of which, the
longest, are taken oti:
five hundred laborers are wanted on the
Camden and Amboy Railroad at Borden
town, N. .1. to whom good wages will be
given. The manner in which'this work is
progressing to a speedy completion does
honor to its undertakers.. The Delaware
and Raritan Canal, in the neighborhood of
Trenton, we should judge to 4 equally as
fast on'the march to ediniiWn. It is in
tended that the canal. from Trenton to King
ston shall be finished this season, in order
that water may be let in to remain over win
fer, A splendid lock is building at Trenton
one hundred and fifty 'fbet in length, and
wide enough'to the,patiettge of ajtirge
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CAMDEN, S. C. Aug. 30.
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