North-Carolina Constitutionalist and Peoples' Advocate from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 2

H3" TheMeteonc Phendmraoo.W'bicb the wtiter; It ws shitered fnia thon CJIT li ALE I GHt st ruction, jtHs 'ittoffjn ittle consequence to us or the publ ic, whether, he id or did not, we shall not be at; much pains to ascertain the fact. Our impression was that he opposed Mr. Van Buren, mainly on the grounds, of his having voted for the tariffin 1828, in conformity to theriristructions of his constituents. ond was containing, it is" said," twenty-four personsj overturned. i Ot these, all, except orif, were more or less injured, seveu or eight severely.

MrvjJJi C. VStdmajj; of RaleigriV N. was killed instantly. A Mr. Lex, or Rex of New; Lebanon, probably in Ohio, was shockingly rnanedsamuch so that he could not i he rerrio Mrs.

BAitTLBTTj of Washington, D. her sister and two children, were- injured. Mrs. B. is the lady of S.

They are at Congress Hall, in this city. The Itev. Mr. Wkst, ot Washington, D. G.

had his les: broken: He is at the house of the Rev. Mr. Tyng Mr. Ch arles, of St. Louis, had his les: injured, thouah not broken, as at first supposed.

He is at Sword's hotel. The names of the other sufferers were not as- i -i-' The wether continued blusteringand cold during the ensuing two days and the greater part of which, time the mercury in Fahrenheit stood below the frcosinp pointK-- -From aThiladelphia Paper.K.-(v are. to-day called upon to record no less than three suicides, committed in our own city. These multiplied instances cf. self-slaughter are the, most melancholy and impressive proofs of the wretchedness ofthe race.

In a community where want is scarcely Jcnow here industry can attain ail thej'omforts of life and even where indolence is secured in all its necrssarieswe find frequent instances of humanity throwing off, with a guilty and desperate hand, the: unequal load, and seeking relief in the grave. The unusual number of this day's record, however, cannot but excite surprise. It cannot be denied that the atmosphere influences the frame the mind. For the last few days the weather in this vicinity has been unusually dull and heavy well calculated to relax the energies and leave the mind the prey of dispondency and gloom From the Newbern Sentinel. It is amusing as well as instructive, to watch the Contradictions in the conduct of the opposition prophets.

Some five or six years ago, they were youferous in thefr denunciations of Jackson as an ob gtinate, self-willed politician, who would listen to no counsel and submit to no Now they say, he is neither capable was observed heTe last Wednesday morning, is mentioned by tho-Richmond Enquirer, Charleston Mercury and Augusta pa as having been seen in those place at the same time, and presenting the same appearance, all represent it as bein inconceivably 'magnificent. A correspondent of tne Augusta Gazette states' that some of the meteors, appeared no larger thana small spark, and seemed tov move but a short distance, others were exceed ingly brilliant and pursued their burning way over. one fourthor on third part of the visible'expansej A few shed abroad a sudden gleam as bright as lightning in a dark night, or equal perhaps, to the light of the full orbed moon, and 'left behind them a luminous pathway which would continue twenty or thirty seconds." The same writer observed that-they moved off in diverging directions like the rays of lamp, or the radii of a circle, and com menced their career at all points of eleva tion above the horizon, and that the lines th i i rect i if co in ued wards have met the! Zenith, of hundreds. that he noticed not one crossid the focus, not one intersected the path of a fellow traveller, or of any that had gone before. In Charleston S.

Carolina, shooting stars were observed as early as ten o'clock to succeed each other, with unusual frequency, and continued to appear at short inter! vals during the night but at 3 o'clock the Mercury states, the wind changed to the N. and blowirfg with some freshnessj therewas a burst of splendour throughout the firmament, and its entire concave was thronged with innumerable meteors strea ming athwart each other towards the horizon in every quarter, leaving long lines of light, as if millions of- rockets were incipi- ently exploding. A gentleman says the Mercury who was off the bar mentions that at sea the starry shower "commenced as early as nine o'clock, P. and contin- uea till morning, ana-mat many oi me meteors seemed almost to strike the masts of tjhc vessel. One meteor vvas observed in the North under remarkable circum stances.

Its first appearance was a burst of diverging stars radiating from a com mon centre; they afterwards reapproached and agglomerated themselves into a nu cleus, which- slowly moved horizontally extending itself into a bending bar of light, remained stalioiiary for-sevtral minutes. andTgradually resumed the form of a sin gle star and vanished. 1 A writer in the Richmond Whig, accounts for the Phenomenqftthus: The recent frosts killed the vegetation on the return of the present warm weather, decomposed so rapidly as to jsur- large the air with its miasmata. Elec tricity, Nature's agent to. purify the air, was brought ito actionand its opera tion ws the phenomenon witnessed.

We have selected the following particulars of the melancholy accident which lately occurred on the Camden and Amboy rail road and which has deprived our town of one of its most valuable and esteemed citizens. The death of Mr. Slcdman is universally deplored by all who knew him. Philadelphia, 5ov. 9.

Fatal Accident. It is with pain that we make a record of an accident upon the Camden and Amboy Rail-road. Yesteiday about noon, the wheel of one of the cars on this route broke, and as a fart remained on the track, the wheel of the next car encountered the piece, and the concussion threw the car oft the track, and caused it to overset by which accident Mr. J. C.

Stsdman, of North Carolina, was killed; Mrs. Bartlett and child very, much injured Mr. Drevious, of this city, much hurt; Capt. Van deubelt injured considerably West hatLhis leg broken, and several other persons, making in all ttn or twelve, suffered more or less. The Hon.

John GIuincy Adams was in the car which lost its wheel. i The Rev. Dr. West, whose leg- was broken, suffered a simple fracture below the knee. Or.

J. Mitchell set the limbj and authorizes us to sav that Dr. W. is doinsr well, and there is no doubt of his ramd recovery, i ne itev. ur.

w. is pastor of the Episcopal chnich, at Newport, R. I U. Gazette. i ANOTHER ACCOUNT FROMTHEFKNNSYLYANIAtf OF Shocking Actidaitf-yiQ regret learn a dreadful accident occured yesterday oh theBohlenlown rail-Road, halfwav petween" Amboy and liorden steamboat, in conseaueiice.

M. I. did not arrive until near seven clock, and wc were unable to sratner more than the following1; rumors. 'It seems that the axle of the foremost ofthe train of cars gave way. The train car checked sand a frigment was iniomnton's wrist unuer the' cuff of lug coat The; spejctatort gathered around, nd learning the accident wished iee the gash, he drew down his'sleeveV firmlr pressed it round his wrist they Mr.siltetl on seeing it he obstinately refused.

-By this course, the by standeri were at length 0 led to suppose that something; mysterious was involved in tis conduct, and determined stall events to see his wrist. By force they pushed up his sleeve; ai! beheld a scar recently healed, as if mado -by tearing out of flesh, appeared landlord had beenat the had ij seen the murdered man with the fleshbe- tween the teeth, ami it struck him in a moment that the flesh was torn from this man's wrist. Charging them to keep hiw safe, hastened to call in the legal aathori tits and arrested U. a In the event, Danton confessed that be- ing quartered at Sedan, and out of money 1 he came to Paris to try some adventure, Knowing that his brother had a large sum bv him, directly on his arrival he went to his lodgings in a retired part of the tityX about eight in the evening, lie entered the house unnojiced by the and passing to his apartment, found his brother asleep. He immediately, commenced his work of death; his brother Waking up, defended himself, but in addition to the surprise and horror of the moment, being in a feeble stateiif health, all the detpe-ration of his struggle was overpowered.

In the scuSc hp tore out the flesh. Beinc killed, the surgeon cut up the body, tied it up in four parcels as before mentioned, secured the money and retired. He also confessed that eleven months previous he had. murdered an wh was living with a second Imsband, to obtain Her husband was arrested and imprisoned for a number of but as nothing appeared to criminate him he had been discharged. ThoWriter saw the unhappy fratricide on his way from prison to the place of execution, The Philadelphia- Exchange being to wear the finish and beauty which are hereafter to render it one of the hons of ou r.

metropolis. The kev. stone of the pediment lias been fixed in its place; the vane liisignia hare been placed on the spire above the and the American flag rolls but its starry folds over all, in token of the approaching completion of the edifice." It is tru-' ly a spiendia pile. 'I'he wesrnacarfff presents as classic and nure a srjeci- men of architecture can be found the county; The curiously-worked pilasters and capitals, the Tvrdrk are told, of Italian women! clear and deli cate marble; the fluted pillars; the neat and tasteful cornices, all combine to present a most imposing front to the 'spec tatorand to add a crowing tjrace to the whole. I he semicurcular sweep ot columns on the east, too.

mav almost be called magnificent But little over a year and a lialf-or time has clasped since the foundation of this edifice was laid; and before two- yea rs lrom its commencement, it will be filled with the hum and bustle of 'multi- tudes cbmrnercinsr." The custom house. dgitators of New York, ought to pay it a visit, ju oruer 10 ptrieci ineir contemplated edifice: The entire plan of course-would not he adapted to a building tht kind; but parts might be advan- -tageously Ev Post. A premium of five hundred dollars is offered to any person who will draft for a regulating steam-boat navigation that will meet with the approbation ot Congress, and pass into a law at their next session. If several drafts 'are offered, the premium will be'jriven the author of that whieh shall be passed with-' out alteration, and if any question should arise as to the person entitled to the the matter will be referred for decision to the Hon. James Kent.

The Vills, when prepared, may be left with the editor of the New York Daily Ad vertiser, who will isclose the. name of the individual the payment of the premium. The Daily Advertiser of New Yorkr states that the demand for seamen, in that city, for the past month, has been unusually great. Wages have risen and from sixteen to twenty dollars a month are given freely; The great number of vessels going South, and on foreign voyagrs, is the cause ot the increased demand. The assistant Postmaster at Camden, Me.

has attached the property of Mr. Mitchel, the Postmaster at Portland, and hound him over for trial on a suit for $10,000, fcr maliciously charging the Camden Postmaster with stealing from the mail. The University of Pennsylvania and the Jefferson Medical College commenced their rejjular cources on. Monday. Both of these medical schoels are well Schuylkill County.

-From the Miner's Journal learn that there are in Schuylkill County 4541 taxable inhabitants. The Real Estate is valued at TUESDAY; NOVEMBER 19, 1833. JE3" As the second: volume of the ititutiorialist closes wih the present num ben we deem it a fits. opportunity to press our acknowledgements t.o our friends andt assure them a -strong desire on oar part to merit a continuance of their confidence ani(Uror Circumstances o( which We had nojcontrol, hare operated the present year, to prevent us from devoting as much attention to the management of the jpaper1 as we could have wished. hope however by unremitting application to bur business, and a proper; ivgard for tfws opinions and feelings ofthe public, to tfender our paper useful and interesting.

To" ensu rt, however, auch a result, it is rojxrtatit that our exertions be met with -correspondent encouragement from thjjse whom we shall labor to please. The fcueanesaof an editor if properly conducted, requires an unusual degree of Industry and must be untiring' hi is assiduity to gratiiy the insatiable a pprthe of the j)tAKc. He is compelled frequently to compromise his feelings by pocketing the rbrst specie of insults, or run the rtskof offending the greatorl portion of his subscribers. Strictures intended to apply to principles in the abstract, "are often misconstrued into personal reflections, and tho' he may observe the utmost precaution and delicacy, it is utterly impossible t9 giving offience sometimes. It lias -always been our desire to abstain from wounding the feelings of individuals nnd though there bnsjbeen instances when jwc have been compelled to animadvert on the tourse of public rhen, yet in doing so-we have never been influenced by considerations of a.

parsons! nature. phenomenon which Occurred en Wednesday morning appears! to have been observed pretty generally Ijhroughout the state. We were too agrc-ejably Entertained by -Queen Mab, to know -any thing of it until it was too late. Those who witnessed it represent it as being the most sublime and awful scene, ever to mortal ffow. It appeared they; say, as if all the stars in the firmament, had been driven from their positions, ihd were descending in ehowers to the ear h.

The magnificence and grandeur of such a fipecticle is much etter conceived than described. Many people believed tle cpd of time had come, and thafthe icorid wpuld.soon join its brother orbs, in iheh chaotic gambols. Some looked on in silent a imiration and awe others filled the afr w'ith their shrreks Avhife many 'muttercd over their prayers with a fervor denoted apprehension of some fearful Few xve believe looked orj without emotion. --We are not sufficiently versed in philoso-sphy to account'for sp singular a phenom- presume it tjo have been occasipn- ed by some peculiarity in the state of the atmosphere. During the evening preceding its occurrence, and a few hours pre- jrious, the weather n-as unusually warm for the season, but underwent a very sud-den change about he time of its commencement.

The Newbern Sentinel gives the following description 6f its appearance there. It is likewise noticed in the Ox ifard Examiner, and Tarbbro Free Press. Remarkable Phenomenon. were aroused from bur, slumber on the trizht of Tuesday lakt, by a neighbor who exclaimed that the i'atars cre A una seemea rampr an unusai cuiasiro-hetwe made all possible haste to obtain a view of "rt. On arrival at the window.

a spectacle presented itself at once novel, gtaniing anu suuiime. uc ajjpcai ed to he filled with! a vast display ot fire works, The atmosphere was very serene the stare shone with unusual brilliancy, so that upon first sight of these innumera-bU sparks of lisht SBhooting downwards upon our nther spnere," a minu unnnc ed with philosophy! might very well im irine that the tenants of the sky were falling from their ilaces. Shower after shower or tnese uiaaionai urops, aescenu-ed. the last even more abundant than the first; and vanishing at the distance of a- bout a hundred feet from the eartn, lelt no irace of their existence. We are in- formed bv an eyewitness, that at half af ter one, be preceived of fire ap- Darentlv.

as I arse as a comL accompa nied by a train, which after flying through the 'air for a considferablc time in a ser- periUne course, vanMslted, and was' sue reeded bV tins rocket shower, ineex- h'lbition lasted a least three A fact somewhat" rejnarkabhv i that the 1 shower was Inclined fejnmfst the- wirid, an give ntfTationai totyecture as to the nature or cause nf thif There tnanv thinM tob liiirh as well as ton deen for the compass of philosophy at pre aent. A balloun might probablj hae A correspondent of the Tarboro free press who 1 styles' himself "Hickory Broom" has written a stceeping communication occupying nearly a page of ahat paper upoti'Rail roads such mailers" Among many good things contained in his communication We select the following: Rail Road demagogues, from the highest to thelowest classes of mendacious aspirants, with; the whole fry of croaker for Theological Incorporations, quake at the thunders cf the Free Press" and cower under the removing frown of the freemen of Edgecomb." After dilating some time, upon Rail Roads he makes' a most valorous attack upon the New State House, and the Com-roissibners, who were appointed to super-fntend its erection but manifests entire ignorance of the progress of the building and its manacremeinV Hickorv Broom will have to "thunder" a little louder, and a little more to tne nur pose oetore ne nro- duces much 4 quaking" I3. "A friend in need, is a friend in deed." We should be remiss in common politeness, were we to pass unnoticed the remarks of bur friend of the vVilmington Press, in reference to the ultra-criticisms of the Newbern Spectator We are! not the best hand in the wprld to express ac knowledgements? but feel them very sensibly disinterestedly conferred. And we take great pleasure in tendering our thanks to our friend of the Wilmington Free-Press, Jbr his kind interposition in our behalf. i Criticism.

The I editor of the "New bern Spectator' thinks that our friend of the "Constitutionalist'V ought to eschew criticism, because hp happened to miss a dsntre in one or two sentences. We think not especially in the present case which is that of the "Harbinge" It errors are committed in that paper, either in style ot Cframmar, they ought to be noticed, on several accounts. There are, we under stand, several of the faculty engaged in writing for the Harbenger, who entirely relieve Mr. Patridge from the editorial burden; want of time cannot therefore, be pleaded in extenuation, lhe first number of the Harbinger assumed a very high tone, amounting to an expression something- like the following editors are incapable of conducting journals, or writing but we are," they would probably add, ('though we hope not) ridiculous hoax, promulgated by every smattering popinjay, that a Vknowl-edge of English cannot be obtained without a knowledge of the Latin, We do not say that the Harbinger claimed too much for its learned editors- we do say that; learned editors ouht to be cautiously correct, for no one will pretend to say that they are not "capable of being so. Thedicltiyn ofthe facultv, in litera ry matters, Will not extend beyond the col: ere To ensure a high literary re putation.

The must desprve it; and we shall be among the man who will rejoice at I its exaltation. As to the editor pf the "Constitutional ist," we sup-pose he is in the sitnation of all othr editors, who are moderately supported; that is, he has Jforty things to think of, and thrice as many to do, in the same moment, and cannot always be correct. In," such situation there are few men, who would not commit errors. Press. A snow stormrattended with nnnsttal atmosphereic appearances, fell at Lewis- biirghAlegliany Uounty, fa.

on Monday. 28th ultimo, of which the following is an interesting disctiption, dated from that place on the 1st instant. On Monday our town was visited by one of the most singula snow storms we have ever witnessed. The morning: was pleasant until, noon, when the heav ens were covered by a dense mass of clouds, and the atmosphere became so chilly as to make an extra coat necessa- ry for the comlort ot an wno were in the streets. Abont four o'clock, P.

M. there were strong indications of an ap- nroachinsr storm; the woods west of the town were agitated by the fierce rushing of winds, land emitted sounds similar to the roaring of a tempestuous ocan.fc.ud-denlv a scene of awful grandeur presen ted itself; the clouds which were lowering; in the west, assumed a dark and threatening aspect and, carried along: ranidlv, by, the impetuous element, al most in an instant, enveloped the whole earth in darkness, sending forth large flakes of snow with such rapidity as to cover the earth in a few seconds, with the white mantle; of winter whilst so denser and rapid was its descent, that op-jects at a short distance were totally shut out from view. It was. truly an appalling sublime spectacle, and reminded! us very much of some of the scenes of a similar character, discribed with so much force and beauty by Cooper, the 1 certamod. The passengers in the fore most car, among whom we are informed was the Hon.

John Adams, were perfectly uninjured. THE LATE RAIL-ROAD DISAS- TEft. We copy from the Philadelphia Intelligencer a more particular account of the calamitious accident which occurred, oh Friday last, on the Rail-Road between tsuriingxon ana Ampoy Appalino Disaster. -Much anxiety was felt last night here, in consetjuence of the non-arrival of the mail by the Rail Road Line. Its arrival about half after six o'clock confirmed the wcrst apprehensions.

An, accident of the most melancholy character took place on the road. We have taken some pains 10 arrive at the facts, which, so far as we have learned them, are as follows: The locomotive, with its train of cars, had advanced halfway between Spotswood and Hightstown. They were going at a rate estimated from thirty to thiriy-five miles an hpur. This speed, of itself dangerous and improper vas rendered more so by the leaking of one of the vessels which supply the wheels with oil. The oil having been thus exhausted, the wheel became dry and heated, ana at length, while at full speed, the axle gave way.

The.car, containing a large number of J. Adams, fell 'on the tract, and was thrown from the road by the succeeding, without serious injury to any of the passengers. To-the latter car, however, the consequences were horrible. 'It contained twenty-five persons, men, women and children. The concussion, which was tremendous, overturned the car, and the engineer being unable to stop the locomotive, it was dragged lor the distance of nearly forty yards.

The scene may be better conceived than depicted. Out of thirds were injured. All was for a while shrieks fend groans, confusion, and horror. One person, Mr. J.

C. Stedman, of- C. was so crushed and mangled, that he shortly expired. He retai.ied his senses to the last, and with the ut most self-possessionlhe necessary arrange ments for thedisposal of his property. He died in a few minutes after the accident.

We learn, that four hundred dollars were found upon his person. lie has left to mourn his untimely death, a wife and six children. Twelve others were seriously wounded. Several were mangled so dread fully, that it was found impossible to re move tnem; others vPere brought to this city, lor the beneht of immediate surgical aid. -f Mrs.

Lient. Bartlett, of Washington, had her arm fractured in three places, and one of her children "was hofrtblv manjrledJ The Rev. Mr. West had bis leg fractured. The limb has since been set, and Mr- West is doing well.

Captain Vanderbelt was severely injured in the back. A gen tleman of New Lebanon was shockingly injured: ganother had both his things Irac- Air. Drcyfous, of this city, was se verely, but not dangerously injured. Imprudent New York Gazette of Friday, says, that "Passengers arrived yesterday from Philadelphia, by the Camden and Amboy Rail Road, in six hours and thirty-five minutest It is, perhaps, to this, improper and dangerous speed, that the dreadful accidenupon this road, described in another -column, may be attributed. Phil.

Inlcl. C7 We very much fear the recent star phenomenon has had an unhappy in flu ence on our friend Yancey's brain. 'He imagines that we have "a particular antipathy against him." We assure him we do not entertain the most remote desire to disturb his quiet and would be sorry, very sorry, to create such an impression. We know friend Yancey's fault and have always regretted it. Such extreme sensi tiveness, though sometimes 'indicative of a noble mind, if given way to, is apt to sour the temper make a man irrascible An editor derives very little sympathy from the world, by permitting himself to get in a rage at every trifling provocative.

We i like in a cotemporary, and have always respected that quality in the editor of the Examiner: but as he values his future ponce, we would as a friend ad vise him to temper his 'spleen with a few mor grainv of good nature, and adopt some regimen to dispej those Lhypochon driac affections of the mind, which he apJ Toears to be labourin? under. As it re- gardshis having denied the right of in of forming or maintaining any opinion of nis own, suomits 10 ue leu about at the will of unprincipled men whom he knows to be in every respect, infininitelr inferior to him. Then, they foretold, 'that dm military chieftain, this bloodstained hero, whose laurels were his only clory, would seixe with av idity the slightest occasion for plunging the country into civil or foreign war; they, looked forth with horror to the period when his sun would set in blood! Now the only act of his administration which they applaud is that which threatened force. They even. sar that the Proclamation was not sufficiently en ergetic; that immediate violence should have been used to put down a state which pretended to any, portion or sovereignty ye faUe prophets! Twice have ye deceived us) and who will believe you now? Honor to Gov.

Stettin. The citizens of Fayetteville, we take pleasure in saying, bave ever been disposed to pay the high est respect to the Chief Magistrate of the State, andhavealways availed themselves of any opportunity of doing so." They never rendered honor to any one more hearti ly than to the present who on the occasion of his passing through town on Tuesday lastwas welcomed with en: iiiUMasm. ne was mei a lew mues irom town by a number of gentlemen in carriages and on horsebac-k, by wlmrn he was escorted, in a carriage provided for him, to the town line, where he was met by the military companies of the place, and escorted to lodging at the Lafayette Ho Here he was received by James Seawell, Esq. Magistrate oi Police, the Commissioners ot the town and a large concourse of citizens, and appropriately welcomed in a brief and pertinent andress, by Mr. Seawell, he returned 'shanks, in the course of vhic.h he paid very high compliment to the discipline and equipment of his military escort.

The troops review before him, fired a salute, after which they were A very large company then partook of a Collation provided for the occasion, at which James Suawcll, Esq, presided, as-sisten by Dr. Tlios. N. Cameron and P. I.

Tillinghastf When the cloth was removed, many spirited toasts were drunk, in reply to one of which, complimenta-ry to himself, Gov. ejwain delivered an animated gpcecli upon the-subject, chiefly, whit er.growses so much his and the public attention in Nirth Carolina, at thic lime Internal Improvrments. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and we have rarely witnessed a scene of so much enjoyment. Jayeff ville Journal. From Zerah Colbitrris Memoirs.

REM AUK. ABLE INCIDENT- In thbeginning of a -circumstance took place that excited much interest in Pans. A surgeon in the amy named Danton, was arrested at gamb ling house, in the Palais Royal, on the tes- timony oi a scar on nis wnsi. some time previous the officers ot the night had funn, while passing toe rounus in liferent parts of the city, fur parcels tied p. One contains the head, another the trunks a third the things, and a fourth the legs and arms of a man.

In the teeth, tightly compressed, was piece of human flesh apparently torn out in the dying struggle. The parts were collected, and put together hi their regular order, anil exhibited for-a number of days at tae Morgue. The mystery which involved this dark transaction excited quite an in-terest, and numbers went to behold the corpse. The general and only conviction was that he must have been murdered; but for a number of weeks no clue bfained to tltcit information on the sub-jeet. When it became improper to keep body longer above ground, a cast in piaster was taken, luiiy rcpreserting the murdered victim, antl 8iis' remained a much longer time for the, public tosee.

At length Danton happened to be engaged in gambling at the Palais Royal; lie played high and lost; called for liqour to drink; and angry because' the waiter ws somewhat tardy, when he came with it, Danton emptied the glass and thrtw itat novelist. at once by the occurrence, ana tne sec sea tta vita ftdvtntago. I.