before he mated the water's edge thr same fearful laugh was echoing from a place which he knew to be one oisafety. • a • 4 Prom . the incoherent tavings of poor Sally, My readers will gather as much a- , they can wish to learn or the dismal tab of the tr.nsactions in winch she was COn cerne.l. I'hey can have no difficulty ii roareiving tht• natural result of her terra ble disclosures. Of all these occurrences I knew no thing at the time; my readers may there fore conceive my aste: , ishment as 1 ws• accidentally present at the scene which must now describe. Charles Wilson, I have already men tinned, had obtained a scolar4! , ip in t h e University: and he made his room his re sidence up to the time of his being calk.: to the bar. An intimacy subsisted be tween him and me for souse time. Ire member it must have been within soma days of this strange interview, we hay' made a plan for a day's excursion int( the county 0 icklow: e e returned late is the day by one of the evening coache!. we both were tired, and as we .passed tavern in-street, Charles pi opose. that we should have supper. do nut now remember by what acci• dent we were shown, not into the cuff: , room, butinto a small room set apart fo snore private parties. There were tws. tables in it; at one of which Charfes any; I seated ourselves, end were soon enga bed in the discussion of onr supper witl the appetite of hutvry men. While we were thus engaged, a secone party entered the r"oai and look posses. sion of the other table. One of them whir sve:neil to be the leader, was a handsome young man, at least he would have beet: both handsome and gentlemanly in his ap pearance, if he had not both the m.mne, aid look of a roue. He was aceompsnie , ' by a dandy-looking young °theft., wh•• w salokii): a cigar, and ablta and %u g.r 'Joking, 01;thile-agett man, who hat; s imething the luck of a dog-,tealer, bu was also engaged in the gentlemanly oz cupatlon of the cigar. A strange glance passed from the lead., cr ru Cliarks. Charles was eviaenth, tonfu...:l; there was, however, no sign re c ogwi du it. ' Do you know these chaps?" I asked though,l,sdy. "I don't want to know them," he an swered, silArtiv, and began vcllemently t pick the leg of turkey. whici► had consti tuted a portion of our supper; he showed however; no other symptom of agitation. I understood the shortness of his reel; as a reproof of my impertinent inquiry. and like most persons wlio have received a deserved rebuke, I was very well inch nett to he silent. Conversation altogether flagged at our table; but the others apnea , ed well inclined to make up for it by thei. noisiness. Their leader commenced 'calling fit' champagne; and I could not Tielp think ing that hc did so in a manner, a: if to ridicule the less aristocratic cal. which Charles had just that instant mad: for two tumblers 01l •uitch. It was Liu however; pointed etiougii ro jusify a n., tice. Charle's fate coulered, and h again vehemently picked a bone. The others commenced a conversation in a tone so loud that most of what the . , said could b i :card at our table, partici, larly as our humble beverage by no mean. appeared as exhilarating in its ellPcts a. the champagne, of which their were certainly not stinted. The officer talked of cock-fights ant' horse race; the fat-faced gentleman of fighting bull-Jogs, in a tone, and with t. wist th.it seemed' to confit in my guess a, to his OCCLlpation. The other was gene.. ally silent, alt tough occasionally he join ed with the others in boasting of exploit. of a character even it,ore disgraceful that. those of the heroes of the cockpit and the dog-fight. At last he 'nid to his 6nipanions "Boys, 1 mutt tell you of my last adven ture; only think of it; an old rascal though to hook me into ina.rinmny with his "Into matrimony!" exclaimed the offi cer, incredulously. . "Ay," he said, "an old Jew of a Dub iin merchant, oho thought his mono) would be well spent in buying even tin contingency of a coronet for a vulgar 100 king niece that he hes taken as his child. she was the daughter of some country cu rate; but 1 humored the thing, and had a month's sport out of it, feastin g ; with uncle arid flirting it;t , i the niece. I h them all in high to ro; hut egad, the plc . hien wretclies took the matter too serious ly, and 1 linv . been fo,ceil to cat it short.' Charles's ft itures untlertvent a thou sand changes of co'or and po.wion du ring this s;:eech, wdich the srai, , r vett-- dared stiii more disgusting iam.dago sad ins - nuatim s of wh; , :li no e told be capable. I ;lit anxious to e s ., cape the containitilty., of such society. "Who were the -...r,tches that had the, impudence to try to take in your exclaimed the dog stealer, as lie thrust repeated spoonsful of some made dish down a throat brilich gaped like the cra ter of a volcano, which, indeed, he made it resemble in other respects by Ling guilty of a certain practice to which vol canoes are said to be addicted. "flonor bright," exclaimed the officer, in a tone of jest with which much of se riousness was mingled. "By -," said the other. striking h:si, clenched fist on the table, "there is no "Good heavens,!" he exclanierl, honor bright' in it, their name is Irving." chance IS not Worth a 'rat: this noble It was the work ()fan instant for Charles r °oris fellow will he shot by that scout. o rise from his seat and move toward, Ire]; it is a cursed system, damnable— die blustering bully. He was calm mut !amiable—if it could be done without." •ollected. In tones of thunder the words, He paced up and down the room for au "You are a liar and a scoundrel," bun instant. "He 'shan't be murdered no from his lips; and his clenched fist ha , ,—..," he added, with an oath. "Will ,tretched Mr. Leeson beside his chair. ie let me be his second, O'Brine— nuw rose to interfere; for the dog you s ive me your place?" a sunile played! ;tester had grasped a bottle of champagna an his features as he spoke. apparently with the intention of break ..A re you serious Major?" rig it on Charles's head; the officer, how- .perfec tl y "he replied; "hit' .aver, dashed it fr om his hand, and raised I asked. y s only chance is an experienced secold ip his fallen companion. ('t riles ker.t I have seen some a firs oldie kind," lie .as ground unmoved. Mr. Leeson very .ion revived. "'Phis," i continued, with a inelancholly air; "they °thee ' are horrible businesses, but this poor young .must of course be settled elsewhere." fellow must not be shot without a fair "sir" cried Charles, "Mr. Leeson chasm +, :snows me. lam nephew to the gehtle .nan of whom he has dared to speak with It was not dificult to obtain Charles' •lisrespect; I am cousin to the young lady co r mconsent to • the proposed substitution. "I t non • ever, whose name he has dared to pollute with" he added. with a ghastly :iii ruffian lips; he was fur months the sm i le, "release you from -our promise ;nes, of that gentleman; lie sought that you must come aril sie me shot; ' , - oung lady's hand; he has been rejected lecause he was found ont to be a scowl. Irel; and you know, sir," he added, em •.hatically, "if what I say he true, his con :ua to-night has been that of a liar, a Alan, and a coward." "You shall answer for this sir," cried •he infuriate Leeson. "Fortescue, the :uatter must be settled soon," he added, a cold. sneering expression to his companion; "the sooner the better—you will be my friend." "I'm damned if I do," was the quick reply of the other, "in this or any thing else to a man who has acted so." The young officer rose in violent agita •ion and pulled the bell; he asked for his -hare of the bill; and with a significant 'Leeson, you no where to find me," he .eft the room. Charles flung his , and most contomtously in the table; att.d ..c ~'.,used his exam .iie„ Mr. Fort; , scue was apparently wai ring for us in the passage; he addressed ,:liarles--"Sir," he said, "I feel it right to, pologise to you for having been in any .ray a party to the wanton insult that was offered to you to-night; but I have Hone what I could in the way of repara- Charles assured him that he had more han exculpted himself: the young officer t. alkyd tiok , ri with us twin , s college; as .re went along he said, "We are biith in ur a shot from him; I may put you on an goal footing with myself. Leeson is a! professed duellist; he can snuff a canfilel twelve pees; this accounts for his ...onduct tonight; these bullies are al ways cowards at' heal t; but perhaps one other uf US might bore din; if the fir,t f us tines it, it will save the second; bum / fear it's a blue look out." At parting, he sdook hands with Marie- I could not help thinking .pretty much, .wt) men would do, who found a source ci! sympathy in being both condemned to .1 eat h. "O'Brien," said the poor fellow to me. "will you stand by and see me shot? l .o but little ti-oub.e; but I must get sent me to do it." I sea, rely knew how to act in takin •his °Nice upon mvse!f. I was utte.l:l inacquanted with the laws and usages %Ai !ti rill ng; and it seemed a matter in whic;. ► knowledge of diem might be essential. last I thinOtf of ceasalting a relative, my own, an officer whose regiment wit> lien quartered in Dublin. Chatles and i .ad spent some evenings with him in thy larracks; and having obtained Charles' wrroission to communicate all the circuit% .tances to him, I set oil without losing:, noment to ask his advice. At the time of which I write, the lav if public opinion did not bear so strongly igainst the-practice of duelling as it does low. A duel, even where its termination .vas fatal, was esteemed a light matter. in this, as in every other instance, the one of general fedi% influences that of inlividuals. I confess - I looked upon the .natter in which I was engaged in a light very different from what I would now re g .rd it. This much I may just hint in ex te tuation of myself to those who may be disposed to try my conduct by a rule more atierring.than the fluctuating laWs of pub lic opinion. 'Fite world has grown wiser upon the subject sincea-the same years' h.tve taught me much. No one perhaps aas ever passed through the changes and chances of a varied life without feeling that touch of wisdom lies in the lessons of e x r i• i i t e h n s c o e m i, e difficulty I made my way to major Williams, in his apartments at jeorge's-street barracks. He listened calmly to my story, "The fellow escaped too lightly," he' 'aid, when I had concluded: "Of course 1.; still send a challenge. Wilson must, if course, meet him; but lie is not to re ceive his fire; lie may shoot him the first Time if he can." I mention() to him what I had heard of (lie skill of the other. He started and letrayed visible emotion. "Pour fellow,' , ;le cried, "this is a cursed system—this villian will shoot him like a dog•—fellows mike meiety—daiiin the uully," me repeateu, intterly„ at the cuncleSion ut ihe broken sentences which he lilt) ut• ter.•d half as an address to me, and hall "Are you up to such matters?" he said eagerly. "I can't say I am,'' I replied. "Did you ever load a pist..l9" "I have said," said I. "What for?" he said with a smile. "To shoot sparrows." I replied catch ing at the moment from him an expression of gaiety that was far trom my heart. MORE OF THE JAYSBURG MUR. DER. Painful as the task is, we must, accor ding to promise, give further [particulars, sanguinaryof this tragedy. _ Dunlapand his wife had been seperated since the 6th of September 'last, on ac count (lithe intolerrable intemperance of the former. Mrs. Dunlap was the (laugh ter of Reader and Mary king, formerly ,of this county; had been mart ied three 'or four years; had 'one child; and was about twenty-two yearsat age at the time of her inhumane nitarrder. After their seperation. Mrs Dunlap took up a temporary abode at the dwel ling ot her uncle, Mr. Joseph King of Jays burg, to await the arrival of her father who was on hr way, to remove her to her paternal home in Cleariled county. Dunlap became acquainted with his wife's intention to leave the county, and repair- RI to the residence of Mr. King, on Fri day morning, and demaned the child, aged 14 months, and threatened that it he was refused, "he would make bloody :vork before n4;114" or something Fto that effect. fie left the house, disappointed; and the women in the house, became alar. ined, and fearing that he might return and take the child by force, locked the door. sometime afterm ards, he returned with an axe in his hand, and in a rage broke 'he door and made his way into the house. His wife rushed out—he pur; ;tied and overtook her in the garden, and 7.ut her down with the axe, It is suppo -.et! that she held up her hands when he :truck the first blow, as the axe entered 'lre arm above the wrist, and cut upward:, lilitting the bone about two inches, when ;he axe slipped !off the arm, and cot a leep gash on her brest. From the appear ances of the hotribly mangled . body; anti , he place in which it laid, tt. was suppo .Nl that he struck the axe into her head is he would into a In;, and then ; put on 'is toot and'pres , ed out the deadly wea ,on, acrd repeated the blow, until he had ilicted seven annuls upon her A piece if her sknll was found in the garden, near spot on which the "bloody work', vas done. np. unfortunate woman liv , .d about t 4 hours after this crtle.! deed .'aal been enacted: lier agony can be Int 'er tamagened than described. When Dunlap thought his wife was lead; he ran to a house in the vicinity, 4eized a table knife, returned to the scene f horror, threw himself down by the side if his victim, and commenced cutting sway at his own lltoat. lie was here ar. -ester) and lodged in p-icon, where Ire is now awaiting a trial,—[%V. B. Repubh• can, THE INDIANS, St Augustine, Sept. 15, ' On Tuesday night last, about 11 o'clock Lt. May, in passing to his command at 'Fort Peyton, heard - the driving of horses.] He pushed on, and had lust crossed the' last bridge, When he heard the noise of al horse close following, and reining up, it', passed a little a-head. To the hail 'who tie you—speak or Pll fire?" Receiving ; .to answer, at the distance of three paces he deliberately discharged a pistol at a person who was leaning forward In the itct of slippi no- ' from his horse. This oc curvd withinthlrty yards or the fort, so near that the words were heard within. The sentinel immediately hailed, and was ordered by the lieutenant to stand to his post The following horse entered with an Indian's sash in his mouth for a bridle, and a blanket on his back 4 The pistol had been loaded with three buckshot and a ball; the ball was found to leave struck the horse high in the shoul der, just below the nec,c, the shot are sup posed to have taken affect upon the rider, from his position at the moment of being , ii 'd upon. By judges of the different Indian, characters, Weld Cat is believed to be this bold fellow , whose object Seems to leave been to approach without noise, strike the passenger with a bludgeon, and take his s?,alp, without alarming the gari 3on; and had it not 'aeen fur the noise ne cessarily made passing the bridge. the project is likely to have succeeded. The p.dc-face is allowed to have acted with a boldness and addresse equal to the inu pudent courage of the red-skin. In the morning, Copt. Mid,ler, witn the volunteers, and Lt. May, with some regulars, followed them to the Saudi. Capt. M., in taking a course to surround or cut them off, fell into the regular trail a-head, and with a few of the most ad, vanced of his company' discovered the Indians in a spur of Cypress Swamp near thirty miles from the post. They had dis posed of themselves with a large pond al front, with a dense and extensive ,wamp behind. parties saw each other at nearly the same moment; the In dians who were seen were in number 7 or 8; they brandished their rides in the air giving the war-whoop, disappeared into the palmettoes. The Captain restrained his men from following and tiring, as the Indians were to hundred yards ott; and were apparently making ready to give bat tle. But no more was seen of them, arid pursuit in the country in which they were, would have been useless. They left be hind a few articles, 2 skins" of honey and their horses. The horses, it appears, they had deliberately driven up, penned. and taken from the king's Landing only :ibout a mile from this city, and were dri ving south, by the Fort, when the affair ocoirred with Lt May- This is but the history of a day in East Florida, and may give an idea of the da• ring and prudence oldie Seminole, as well as the cal ntiess with which he is some— times met, and the difficulties of pursuit. Rona Ens FAILED—The Louisville Journal of the 4th instant states that as Gen Atkinson and his family were recent ly returning to Jefferson Barracks from St Louis, where they had been on a visit the carriage in which they were riding was attacked by two ruffians, one of whom seized the reins of the horses whilst the other placed himself immediately iu front to stop the carriage until the arrival of several accomplices who were close at hand. The driver who fortunately had a pistol, shot the person who held the reins and putting whip to his horses, succee• thid in extricating the party from further peril. It will be recollected, that a few weeks ago, Judge Dougherty, one oldie most re spectable citizens of St Louis, was tour dared upon the s sine road, and no doubt the General and his lama) were preser ved from a similar fate by the presence of mind of his carriage driver. A number of the citizens of St Louis visited the place of attack next morning, but were unable to trace the .assailants. Consider able blood was discovered upon the spot but the accomplices, to avoid detection, , had carried away the body. AN INFERNAL MACTIINE.--We this day heard from Col. Haskell, at the car oiler's office, a most remarkable circum stance, which occurred in the lower part at Bleecker street last night. It appear ed from his statement that an engineer engaged on the Croton Water NVorks, liv ing in Bleecker street, hail been in the habit, during the summer, of sleeping with his window open. This seemed to give an opportunity to some evil disposed persons to attempt a robbery. 'I he engin eer saw on several occasions some per sons lurking near his premises, and sus pecting their designs determined to set a trap lbr them. Ile accordingly construc ted an infernal machine, formed of a hoard, on which were placed two Bowie k n i ves . T;E!tioartl was made to fit into the window, and drawn back by a spring, the conducters being two threads placed across the window, which, it touched, would immediately cause the machine to strike against the intruder. He then told the persons in the house that he was ' • Last out of town, and fastened his doors. Last night a man deeming the coast clear, attempted to enter: the spring being touched, the board fiew home, and one of the knives entered the man's body, while the board struck him with great violence, flrced- him some feet from the window. He was picked up bieeding and insensible. lie is said to be a notorious thief. N. Y. Whsg. The powder mill of A. & A. Watson ituated on the Monongahela, about four• miles above Pittsburg, containing seven thousand pounds of powder, was blown p on Wendesday, with a crash which was beard eighteen or twenty miles around. One man was so much hurt that he died the same evening, and another injured but not seriously. The houses in the vicinity were shattered, and several men on the opposite side of the river were prostrated by the shock. GLORIOUS VICTORY IN GEORGIA! A Gain ofeight Whig members of Con gress. Majorities in both branches of the State Legislature. The question is now settled as to the Georgia Elections. The Augusta Con ititntionalist (a Calhoun Van Buren Sub- Treasury paper) of Monday last has the foll 3wing gratifying intelligence. "We have received sufficient returns to anticipate the final result of the elec tions for members of congress and of the State Legislature• The State Rights (Whig) Ticket for Congress is elected; and there is no doubt that the same party will have a majority in both branches of thafieneral A,sein . bly, small but enough to take the lead in ail elections by joint hal lot." A political revolution appears to have taken place in twine parts of the State. Counties where the Van 13uren party hitherto has had comelete ascendency have elected Whigcandulates. To /he Priends or Joseph Ratner. FIMLOW-CiTIZEIM—The Genera refection has resulted iu a manner con trary to all our reasonable calculations , and just expectations. The opponent of our candidate for the offica of Governor appears to be elected i;y at least 5,000 cf a majority. This is an event to which, if it had been fairly produced v; . e as good citizens would quietly if not cheerfully submit. But there is such a strong Koh ability of malpractice, and fraud, in the whole transaction that it iv our duty Peacefully to resist it, and fully expose it. The election has been characterized by features altogether unparalled in the his tory of our State politics. A few of those of a more general nature may be here instanced. When the returns from all the counties shall be received, it, will probably be found that the whole vote given for Jo seph Ritner on the 9th inst. is greater than that which he received in 183$ by a number at least equal to the natural, reg ular and legal increase of votes in the whole State in three years. it will also be found that his friends in nearly every county polled fully as many votes as they before the election expected to do, and upon the strength of which expecta tion a reasonable estimate gave him a majority of 10,000 votes. The grave questions then arise, whence came the majorities, returned for his opponent? And how can he be defeated, who has so well sustained himself with the people and so largely increased his vote. It will be discovered that in the Dis tricts in which the friends of Joseph Rit ner had the control of the elections, a moderate increase of votes for him, ari sing from sufficient and well known caus es, took place; while in the same Districts his opponents bad fair play and polled their full number of legal votes. On the other hand it is known to all that in the District in which the Inspectors and Judy es were the friends of Me. Porter, not only were the friends of Joseph Ritner in inn:iy cases wholly excluded from voting, but his opponents admitted without a shaddow of right, thus swelling the ina• jorities of Mr. Porter even beyond the wild expectations, and extravigant calcu lations of his own friends. Is it right that this state of things (the existence of which each voter will deter mine by the facts known to himself,) should be submitted to in a free country? Finally, it is known that in several counties in which our opponents had the control, the votes of whole Districts fa vorable to our candidate, were without shaddow of law orjustice, wholly reject ed, and false and partial returns made. Can there be any safety tinder republican Institutions, if iurh high• handed oppres sion be tolerated? No! We owe it to ourselves as freemen and good citizens, to examine into this matter, and if fraud be detected to expose anti resist it. fie owe it to our country and to posterity. On behalf, therefore of the State Com mittee of Correspondence and Vigilance, the propriety is suggested of taking mess tires at once for investigating the manner in which the election was conducted, and the result produced. /Vow is the time to make the examination while the facts are fresh and the outrage recent. Let it be done then peacefully, determinedly and thoroughly. But let it be commenced with an honest resolution to submit to the ' result whether it be favorable or unfavor able toour wishes. This is the duty of all who contend for Equal Rights and the Supremacy of the Laws. But tellow-citizens, until this investi• gation be fully made and fairly deterntin ed, let us treat the election of the 9th moat as if we had not been defeated, and in that attitude abide the result. In the mean time your State Commit tee will take all proper measures on the occasion, and when the whole facts are known, and their returns received, we will probably address vou more at length. IHO. H. BURROW ES. Cha'm St. Corn. Harrisburg, Oct. 18,1830. Pennsylvania Legislasu re. SENATE, Not being able to give the names of the members elect correctly this week, we merely state the number elected in the different districts and counties. From the returns received, the two branches of the Legislature will stand as follows: Districts. Dirosocr'c L. F. City of Phiad'a, 2 County do * 2 1 Montgomery, Chester, and - Deleware, i 2 1 Bucks, 1 Berke, 1 Lancaster and York, 2 1 Dauphin and Lebanon, 1 Perry, Mifflin, Juniata, Union & Huntiagdon, 5 2 Columbia 4. Schuylkill, 1 Lehigh & Northampton, 1 Luzerne, Wayne and t Pike, S ' 1 Bradford & Susquehanna, 1 Franklin, Cumberland } and Adams, ! 3 Bedford 4, Somerset. i Westmoreland. I Fayette & Greene, I Alleghany & Butler, 2 Beaver & Mercer, 1 Crawford de Erie, 1 Jefferson, M'Kean, Pat ter, Tioga, Vanango and Warren, Indiana, Jefferson, Cato. bria ¢ Clearfield. S 1 23 10 *This distract is disputed; but there be. ing no doubt of the election of the demo- cratic candidates we have counted them in our columr. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES L. P. Districts Philadelphia city, do county, Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, York Cumberland, Perry, Berks, Schuylkill, Northampton & Monroe, Lehigh, Pike and Wayne, Northumberland, Juniata, Mifflin & Union, 1V" Columbia, Washington Westmoreland, Armstrong, Indiana, 1 Jefferson, M'kean and Warren, Fayette, Bedford, Franklin, Montgomery, Dauphin, Lebanon, Luzern, Susquehanna, Bradford Tioga and Potter, Huntingdon, Beaver, Allegheny, 4 Butler, Delaware, Somerset & Cambria, 2 Lycoming 4. Clearfield, Greene, Adams, Centre, Crawford, Venango, Erie, Mercer, Democ'e Democratic maj REC A Pll ULATION, 62 Senate, 'louse of Reps. Un joint ballot, Governor's Election. CouNrzEi. R ITN au. PoaTsa Adams, 1775 Allegheny 1523 Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Centre Chester Columbia Clearfield Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Erie 899 468 1211 [ Franklin Fayette 'Green Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniatta Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming M'Kean Mercer Mifflin Montgomery Monroe Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia City 4 e4 Do County Pike Potter Schuylkill Susquehanna, Somerset Tioga Union, Ye nano, Warren Washington Wayne W estmorelsna York 925 48:1 3100 686 1400 The Tharlston papers announce tl u death of Mr Hilbert, the mate of the Pulaski, who escaped in a boat, with Mrs.. Nightingale and others, on the wreck of that vessel, and who has survived the fu ry of the waves but a few tn,bnths to fall under the withering hand of disease. 1 R 4 1. 1371 149 3886 T 1 1122 1527 228 347 490 iGt4 828 805 1053 980 1042 500 2146 940
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