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SOUTH BRANCH IflfTEEAJOEflfCE R.
PRINTED AMD PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM HARPER, ROMNEY, Va.
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IQLITIE VII.
SATURDAY, AUGUST XT. 1830.
NO* lO.
Miscellaneous.
coro was of low birth, and Metollus
the eon of a licentious woman. Me
isaid, to Cicero—‘’Dare you tell
[father's name Cicero replied,
r your mother tell yours i"
dnome.—‘Oh eat it up, dear—eat
J says mammai
isn’t ma. I've oat enough.’
lyes, dear, oat up what's on your
Iso that it need not be lost.’
>w oomrnon a practice this is, stuf
ohildren beyond' the wants of na
and making them gJuttoDsall their
I, so that the scraps need not be lost.
ICious economy this!
AWTUX DETAIL *
Treck of the Francis Spaight.
Belated by one .ofth(e Cretv.
'he Francia Spaight, of 345 tonsy
n with timber, failed, from St.
n’a,Newfoundland,on 24lh Novem
bound for. Limerick. . Toe crew
anted to 14 men,; with the captain
male ; they bad fine weather for a
days, but it afterwards blew so
yj«bai they were obliged to drive
'.e the winds. At three in the
Wing of December 3d, the vessel,
Sugh the carelessness of the helms
, suddenly broached too, and in
e than on hour she lay on her beam
is, the greater part of the crew sav
themselves by clinging to the rig
s'. Patrick Cusack and Patrick Ba
le were drowned in the forecastle, &
ffith, the mate, in the after cabin,
e captain and Muiville got to the
i and main masts, and cut them a.
1 ; the mizzen top-mast went with
n over the side, and the ship inline
ely righted. As soon as she right
she settled down in the sea, and
e was scarcely any of her to be
) except the poop and bulwarks,
situation could be more miserable
that of the unfortunate crew, stan
ancle deep on the wreck, in a
ter s night, and clinging to wbatev
ibject was nearest, as sea after sea
sd successively over them. On the
n, they discovered that their pro
Jn* had been washed overboard,
(they had no means or euu.iug m
fresh water. The gale continued
>ated and for safety and shelter
([.gathered into the cabin under the
jt. Even here, she was so deep
I water, a dry plank could not be
"1, and their only rest was by
ling elose together. At ten in the
mon a vessel was dscried to the
:ward, but she stood far away be
ll the reach of signal, and was soon
*>f sight. That day and the next
led away without any change in
weather. On the third, it began
moderate.—There were thirteen
kis alive, and not one hud tasted a
sel of food since the wreck ; and
bad only three bottles of wine;
was served out in wine glasses at
intervals. There was some oc
onal rain, which they ware not pre
ed at first for saving, but on the 4th
Sfth day they got a cistern under
mizzen mast, where it was filled in
days. The periods in which lit!
no rain fell were, however oftei
g,so that they stinted themselves
smallest possible allowance, li
en days after the appearaoce of tb
t vessel another was seen only fou
es north. An ensign was hoisted
she bore away like the former, an
i soon lost to their view. Despai
S. now in every countenance. Hoy
lived through the succeeding fiv
, it would be hard to tell; som
indeavored to eat the horn button
eir jackets, the only substitute fc
rimeut which occprred to then
Ire was no means of taking fish,an
njugh birds were sometimes see
ng past, they had no means (
iging them down. Horrible as thi
alien was, it was made yet won
the conduct of the crew toward
another. As their sufferings in
v>ed, they became cross and aelfis
jJe strong securing a place on th
bm floor, and pushing aside t)i
ik to shift for themselves in the wi
i cold. There was a boy, name
Jrien, especially, who seemed I
e no friend on hoard, and endure
sort of cruelly and abuse. Moi
J men bad got sore legs froi
ling in the salt water, and wet
fish and apprehensive of bein
’t J hs soon as O’Brien cauie net
search ol a dry berth,' he wt
away, tor which he retaliate
es.
j the 19th December, the 1
pee the wreck, the Captain ss
rere now a length of time with
sustenance, that it was beyond human
nature to endure it any longer, and
tndt the only queition for them to eon
iider wai, whether one or all ahould
die ; his opinion was, that one should
suffer for the rest, and that the lots
should be drawn between the four
boys, as they could not be considered
so great a loss to their friends, as those
who had wives—and children depen*
ding on them. None objected to this,
except the boys, who cried out against
the injustice of such a- proceeding.
O’Brien in particular,protested against
it; and some mutterings were heard a*
mongst the men, that led the latter to
apprehend they might proceed ■ in a
more summary way. Friendless and
forlorn a^ he Wa», they were well cal
culated to terrify the boy into acquies
cence, and he at length submitted.
Mulville now prepared some sticks of
different lengths for the lots. A ban
dage was tied over O’Brien’s eyes,and
he knelt dow-O) resting his face on
Mulville’s knees. The latter had the
sticks in his hand, and was to hold
them up,one by one,demanding whose
lot it was. O’Brien was to call out a
name, and whatever person he named
for the shortest stick was to die. Mul
ville held up the first stick,and deman -
ded who it'was for. The answer, was,
“for little Johnny Sheehan,” and the
lot was laid aside. The next stick
was held up, and the demand was re
peatedyf'on myself” upon which Mul
ville said that was the death lot-that
O’Brien bad colled it for himself. The
poor fellow heard, the announcement
without uttering a word. The men
told him he must' prepare for death,
& the Captain proposed bleeding him
in the arm. The cook cut his veins
across with a small knife, , but could
bring no flow of blood 5 the boy him
self attempted to open the vein at the i
end of the elbow, but like the cook, he i
failed in bringing blood., The Cip- ,
tain then said—“This is of.no use, ’tis i
better to put him out of pain by blee
ding him in the throat.” I
At this O’Brien for the first time, i
seemed terrified, and begged that they 1
would give him a little time: he said •
he was cold and weak, but if they I
wmilrf let him lie down and c - -
little, he would get warm, and then he
would bleed freely. To this there I
were expressions of dissent from the I
men, and the Captain said \was best i
at once to lay hold on him, and let the I
cook cut his throat. O’Brien driven t
to extremity, declared be would not let i
them ; the first man, he said, who laid i
hands on him, ’twould be the worse for i
him; that he’d appear to him another <
lime; that he’d haunt him after death, i
There was a general hesitation a- i
mongst them, when a fellow named i
Harrington seized the boy, and they i
rushed in upon him ; he screamed and
struggled violently, addressing him
self in particular to Sullivan a Tarbert ‘
man. The poor youth was, however,
soon got down, and the cook, after (
considerable hesitation, Cut his throat
with a cate knife, and the tureen was ,
put under the boy’s neck to save the
blood.
A* loon it the horrid act had been 1
perpetratdd, the blood wai terved to
the men. They afterward* laid open
iha body, and aeparated the limbi; the
latter were hung over the item, while
a portion of the former wai allotted for
immediate uie, and almost every one
partook of it. This wai the evening
of the l6th day. They ate again late
at night ; but the thirst, which wai
before endurable, now,became craving,
and they slacked it with salt water.
Several were raving,and talked wildly
through (Jie night, and in the,morning,
the cook wai quite raid. His raving
continued during the succeeding night,
and in the morning, as his erid seemed
to be approaching, the veins of his
neck were cut, and the blood drawn
from him. This was the second death.
On that night Beltane was mad, and
the boy Burns on the following morn
ing ; they were obliged to be tied by
the crew,and the latter eventually bled
to death by cutting his throat. Beltane
died unexpectedly, or he, would have
suffered the saute fate. Next morning
Mahony distinguished a sail, and rais
ed a shout of joy. A ship was clearly
discernable,and bearing her course to
wards them. Signals were hoisted,
and, when she approached they held
op the hands and feet of O’Brien to
excite commisseratiou. The vessel
proved to be the Agenora, an Amer
ican. She put off a boat to their as
sistance,und the survivors of the Fran
cis Spaight were safely got on board
the American,where they were treated
with the utmost kiudness.—[ Abridged
from the Limerick Siar.
’ "in 391 Kt-a.23
IttTELLlCKVCKlt.
Hoimutj:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1836.""
O' The Circuit Superior Court of La w
and Chancery for thia county, will com
mence ita session in this place, on Satur
day the 10th of September tiext—and,
that for Hardy county, at Moore field, on
Wednesday the 21st~of the same month.
A writer in'tflo Woodstock' Sentinel
nominates Wm. il. Roane, Esq. of Ha
nover, as next Governor.
Mr. Shaw, State Etfgineef, has com
menced the survey of a route for a Rail
Road from Froderickeburg to Char
lottesville, under a resolution of the last
Legislature.
Trie -Flux.—This disease has been
unusually fatal at Point Pleasant, ( Ma
son County Va.) Wo learn that four
of Mr. Johh Doyles' family, became its
victims in thu course of a few days. The
disease sooma to have assumed a more
violent character than at any former pe
riod.—Parkersburg Rep. Aug. 12.
A Heavv Business.—Wo learn, eaya
iaya the Mow York Transcrlpt,frotn good
Authority, that the budineaa transactions
)f the Messrs. Josephs, of Wall, etreot,
jn Saturday last amounted to upwards’
if TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
, From tha Norfolk Herald.
Unparalleled baseness, shall we call
t ? The term is not sufficiently in
lignificant, nor can we conjure tip an
ipithet to characterise the features of
fepravity belonging to a transaction
vhich has just been related to ns. Let
he reader judge. A white man, whose
tame we withhold for the present, ar
ived here a few days ago in a small
:raft front Richmond, hiving with him
i negro man and ;two small boys.—
la offered the boys for sale to several
tersons, but the price $700 being
hought too higlt,he lowered it to $450
rhich induced a suspicion that lie had
>01 come honestly by them ; but to
is suspicion was opposed the ready
llr.~—‘:~~- eid'boogfir'hnfTWiu 'hrd
wo hoys, who were his children, in
’etersburg. Still, however, It was
hought proper to investigate the mat
er, and the vyliite man with the ne
roes were taken to the Mayor’s of
ice, when the truth came out that tbe
legro was a free man belonging to Pe
ersburg ; .that the boyalso free,were
ifs own children, and tjiat he entered 1
nto a compact with the white mon
ter to carry the children abroad «l»d
ell them pud divide the money I All
he parties are in custody.
Bank NotiCk to Enoorskrb.— It wan
rated some time since that tho banka in
Jos ton had adopted a rule to notify en
lorsnra as well a8 drawers of notes dis
puted or lodged for collection, except
ng when the only endorser was the per
ion depositing the note or draft. Would
tot this rule have prevented the exteu
live fraud of Uathbuo, had it 'been put
n practice by the hanks ! Andos there
rot ns much necessity for such a wliolo
lome rule being put into use, as before
lis failure f Let some leading hank bo
>in the practics, and too otlieia will soon
ollow. —Journal ofCom.
For the Intelligencer.
To the “Jackson” yeomanry of Hump,
shire.
. ■ . , i ■ - ■ ■ > >
Gknti.kmen: Your support o(G?n.
Jackson, in preference to John Q. A
Jama, when the latter was a candidate
for re-election, wus doubtless prompt
ed by patriotic motives. A plain, re
publican, and economical people your
selves, you .naturally objected to the
re-election of Mr. Adams on the, very
feasible ground of his expensive admi
nistration of the, general government.
And, being induced to believe, from
the loud promises of Gan. Jackson,
then a candidate, that, if elected to the
Presidency, he tvould immediately in
troduce, into the government, of our
national affairs, the most rigid econo
my ; reform existing abuses; and do
a thousand other good things too tedi
ous, here >o particularize, you, without
hesitation, as before intimated, patrio
tically gave him your undivided suf
frages. \Vell, the Old Hero then suc
ceeded, as he did four years subse
quently, and still sits at the helm of
our national ship. And, judging trom
the warm support which you have all
along given his administration, 1 am
induced to believe that his official acts
have met your enti'e approbation.
Weil, this is all very right, if you sin
cerely believe he has redeemed all the
is
[ higli sounding promise* made during
hi* candidacy in reference to reform,
economy, &«. But a* his second con*
stitulional term Will loon expire, and
jrou are.not desirous of electing him
fora third term, let me beseech you, as
a plain, economical people, not to sup*
port, as his immediate successor, Mar
tin Van Buren. For, Gentlemen, the
very same motives of economy, which
prompted yon to ‘Oppose the re-elec
tion of Mr. Adams, speak trumpet
tongued in opposition to the rationali
ty of your bestowing your suffrages, in
November next, on the purse proud
aristocrat of Kinderhook; A man, so
destitute of American feeling,and hold
ing the skill of her artisans in such ut
ter contempt, as- to import from Eu
rope^ three thousand dollar carriage,
horses, and servants, in which he rolls
about our country' in all the pomp and
magnificence of an oriental monarch.
1 any, Gentlemen, a man of this des•
cription is not fit to preside, as Presi
dent, over a plain, republican people ;
nor can I believe that you, the sturdy
yeomanry of Hampshire, will ever, af
ter mature reflection, contribute your
mite in bringing about this much to be
regretted state of things. It is true,
you have been commanded by Gen.
Jackson to support biin, as his imme
diate successor. But this, -you may
refuse to do, notwithstanding your
friendship for him, and not, by such
refusal, act improperly. A child, when
offered the inebriating bowl by its bac
chanalian father, -and commanded to
sip, may tommendubly refuse, and yet
not forfeit parental affection. And
what i right bas General Jackson to
command you to vote for Van Buren
as his successor ? None in the world.
Then, Gentlemen, let me again be
seeci you-not to aid in the elevation
to the presidency of the. purse-prouu
Martin, seeing his total unfitness Irom
his monarchial habits to rule aver, a
free and independent people. But for
the plain, old, democratic, farmer ol
North Bend,who has speot forty years
in the most arduous service of his coun
try, and whose talents, as well as hab
its, eminently qualify him tor the sta
tion, i say, "go ahead" n»-*L *'ta[
Muadyv.. lOj.Oj'-eMitnlemeii, the films
if party prejudice and you will see, as
dearly us the midday sun in the hea
vens, the propriety of the step 1 re
commend. You will see (hat the
daises of the “Little Dutchman” are
is imponderable,in comparison to those
if Geo. Harrison, as the smallest vwi
de panicle of matter is to one of those
reuiendous mountains with which you
ire encompa-sed.
A plain old Farmer who twiee voted for
Jackson but who never will for Van
.Buren. \ ■
22nd Aug., 1836.
S5SS ‘
The Baltimore Republican states,
that the commissioners, under the in
demnity act, have awarded to Mr.
Johnson upwards of forty thousand
dollar! for the injury done to his pro
perty. .The. tame paper adds,, that
the boose and lot cost him ,but $25,
000, a few years since, The lot has
not been removed, and the house
stands as Mid* with .the exception, of
a pert of the. frpnt stall, .and Italian
maible portico'; and it 1* stated that
he-has recently, been offered, for the
property as it now stands $35,000. It
is stated, moreover, that of the. $40,
000 awarded to him, $14,000 is al
lowed for hie furniture, notwithstand
ing the most valuable part of. it had
been removed from the house previous
to the attack upon it, in August. . The
Republican, seems to think this, award
“the most barefaced piece of Imposi
tion that-was ever attempted. against
the rights, interests and feelings of a
free people.” We know nothing a
bout the matter. t .
Georgetown Metropolitan.
The Van Burenites of McConnelaville,
Morgan Co. Ohio have advertised infhe
Van Burcn paper of that place, for a
Physician,. Nona: need apply unless of
pure "dbmocratic" principles. VVe no
tico in connection . with the same that
there has been a prospectus issued for u
Whig paper to be published, arid tho
natural conclusion, is that the party is
sick. — Vibg. Times.
The West always claima for itself ori
ginality, and which is at all times freely
accorded to it. As an instauce we quote
the annexed, closing sentence of a legal
opinion delivered by Judgo Haywood, of
Tennessee, and publisnad in tne Nash
ville Advocate of the 11th ultimo : “On
all theso points 1 am very clear, but tho
Judges of this State are such d—d fools,
that no man can tell how they will de
cide. ”
The United Stales arid Mexico.
Highly important Slate Paper.
From the Nashville Republican, Aug. 0.
Gem. Gaines’s Requisition.—We
delay the publication of our paper to
a later hour than usual, for the purpose
of laying before the Public the follow
ing documents, with which we have
been furnished by the Governor :
War Department, May 4,1836.
Sir S' Major General Gaines, to whom
the command of'the western border of
Louisiana has been assigned, has noti
fied this Department that he ihas called
upon your Excellency for a brigade of
militia, tho whole, or is many of them a9
practiCat,|e to bo mounted.
* Bm instructed by the President to re
quest your Excellency to call into the
service of the United States the number
of militia, which have been or may be re
quired by Gen. Gaines, to serve not less
than three months after their arrival at,
the>places of rendezvous, unless sooner
discharged. Very respectfully, your o
bedient servant, .
-LEWIS CASS.
Ilis Excellency N. CannoN}.
Governor of Tennessee, &ci
, War Department,July 23,1830.
Sir; Major General Gainea has ap
prized this Department that he has made
a requisition upon your Excellency for a
regiment of mounted gun-men for the
service of the United States.
Copies of the despatches receivodfrom
General Gaines have been transmitted
to the President of the United- States,
who- will issue such orders npon them as
ho may think the circumstances require.
Meantime I have the honor to inform
you that, in order to prevent any incon
veqience or delay, in the event .of the
confirmation of Gen. Gaine's requisition
by the. President, a disbursing officer will
be ordered to proceed to the State of
Temvesse with the.neoessary funds. Ve
ry respectfully, your most pb't servant,
C. A. HARRIS,
■ , s Acting Sec. of War.
His Excellency N.-Cannon, -
Governor, &c. ,. ., j
The above letters from the War De
?fg'waa~receivof in'inswe?1!18^ ,t0 t*le
, , Hermitaqb, Aug, 6, 183(J,
. Sir:: :I have received your letters
>f the 29th ult., and the 4th instant,
iceompanied by the copies of comma,
lications which were addressed to you
in the 4th of May, and the 25th July,
jy the Secretary of., War, and also ac
companied by your Proclamation of
[he 20th, founded on..the requisition
made-by Gen. Gaines, bearing date
the 20th of June last. The documents
referred to in the communication to
you of (he 25lb ult. from the War.De
partment,.have-not yet been received.
The obligations of our treaty with
Mexico, as well as the general princi
ples which govern our intercourse with
foreign Powers, require us to maintain
n strict neutrality ia the contest which
now agitates a portion of that Republic.
So long as Mexico fulfills her duties to
us as they are defined by the treaty,
and violates none of -the rights which
are secured.by it;to our. citizens, any
act oh the part of. the Government of
the United States, which would tend
to fosterspirit of.resistenco. to the
Government and laws, .whatever, may
be their character or. form, when ad
ministered within her own. .limits and
jurisdiction, ..would . be unauthorized
and highly, improper- , A .scrupulous
sense,of. these ohligetions has preven
ted me thus far from doing qny thing
which can authorize the suspicion tbai
oifr Government is untriipdfu) of them,
and I hope tq.be equally cautious .and
circumspect in all ipy future .conduct.
It is in reference to these obligations
that the requisition of Gen. Gaines in
the present instance must be consider
ed ; and unless there is, a strong ne
cessity far it, it should not be sanction
ed* Should this necessity not bs man
ifest, when It it well knqwn that the
disposition to befriend the Texans is a
common feeling with the . citizens ol
the United States, it is obvious that
that requisition may furnish a reason
to Mexico for supposing that the Gov
ernment of the United States may be
induced, by inadequate causes, to over
I step the lines of the neutrality which
it professes to maintain.
Before I. left Washington, General
Gaines intimated to the Department of
War that some indications of hostili-1
ties from the Indians on our Western^
frontier had, been made, and that, if it
became necessary, he would make a
call for the militia. He had also in
formed the Department ofhis ill health,
and asked lor a furlough to enable him
f to visit the White Sulphur Springs. 1
ft ■*%
directed (be Secretary of War to grant
bin the furlough, and to inform him
of .the apportionment which had been
made of the 10,000 militia tinder the
receBt .volunteer .act; and if the emer
gency should arise ^ which would make
it necessary to iocrCaie the force under
hid command, that a. thousand volun
teers in Arkansas, and another in Mis -
souri, raised agreeably to this act,
would be enrolled and held ready fur
the service. This forcej aided by the
portions of the Dragoon regiments that
would be dtationed in that quarter,and
those of the regular army, already there,
were deemed amply sufficient for the
protection of the frontier near to the
Indians referred toi,, There are no
reasons set forth in. the requisition
which the General has since made up
on you, to justify the belief that the
force above enumerated will be insuf
ficient, and J cannot therefore, sanc
tion it at the present time. To sauc
tion that requisition for the reasons
whifth accompany .it; would (wrapt
the belief that it. was.dqneto aid Tay
as, and not from p desire iq prevent
an infringement of our territorial or
national rights.
I deeply regret Hiat the Tennessee
Volunteers, whose prowess and patri
otism are displayed so promptly on all
occasioaS that threaten the peace or
safety of their beloved country, have
been, called out on this occasion with
out pri per, consideration.. .They can
for tho present only be mustered Into
the service and discharged. If there
are funds appropriated out of which
they can be paid, uo order to this ef
fect . will he given.
>• 1 " * • ...
.. The tep thousand volunteers author
ized under the late act of. Congress
are intended for one year’s service,an4
must be employed to meet all necessa
ry calls for. the defence afaur frontier
borders. Should the occasion arise
for a.greater number on the Western
frontier, the call would be made .on
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.
There is, however, no information to
justify the apprehension of hostilities,
to any serious exteot^ from Jb£ Wjgt
nessee will be ordered to the Western
frontier as soon as tbelr service can he
dispensed with Where they now are
employed.
I would barely add further, that the
authority givenyou by the order of the
4th of May having been satisfied by
yielding to the requisition of. General
Gaines, a new authority from the De
partment of War was necessary to au
thorise yoa to comply with that of the
2Sth<>f June.. The. Government of
the United .States having adopted, in
regard to Mexico and Texas, the same
rule of neutrality which had been ob
served ja all similar cases before,. It
was not to have been expected .that
General Gaines should have based this
requisition for additional military fosse
on reasons plainly inconsistent with
the obligation of that rule.
\ ’ i \ 4 ■ ■ ■ * . l . » ,
Should Mexico insult, our national
liag, or invade our.territory, or. inter
rupt out ciiia-ns in the lawful pursuits
guarantied to them by the treaty,.then
the Government will .promptly. repel
the insult, aud take speedy reparation
for the .injury. , But, it does not saeas
that offences, of ibis .character have
been committed, by Mexico, oc were
believed tp have been,, by .General
Gaines, I,am, very respectfully,your
obedient servant, ( . ,
ANDREW JACKSON.
t » \ i • » >
Ilia Excellency, N. Cannon,
Governor pfTennepsee. »
F. S.—Before closing this letter, the
documents referred to by the acting Sec
retary of War na having boon transmit
ted to mo, have boon received. A. J. t
h-i <
Cure for Founder.—The seeds of
sun-dowers, says a correspondent of
the Zanesville Gazette,,are one of the
best remedies known for the cere of
founder in horses, Immediately on
discovering that your liorsevis.fouuder
ail, mix about a pint of the whqle seed;
should be given as soon as it is discov
ered that the horse is foundered.
The “Mad Stone,’’ which in some
paits of Virginia has steadfast believ
ers in the virtues, attributed to it, is
now regularly advertised in the Rich
mond Whig as being in the possession
of two persons tyho Keep it ready for
application. Tnsy gravely pronounce
it a 'well known antidote to'hydropho
bia, and a cure for the bite of poison
ous serpents, <Sjc,’ The eharge ol the
application of the “Stone” to the first
wound is 25 dollars, and one dollar
for each subsequent application.
J