Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-09-22

ieesity eksmpteo from military duty v.
vac organized; 70 which the following
|grnslemeh were appointed officers -
Capt. 1hsmas q. epst, Captain, Cap.
tain ID. n. Bingham. lst Lieutepant
Mr.. T.. ID. Bullock, Cd Lieutenant.
The n'isersbly deiuded:and 6endish
band in Southampton have paid dearly
for their stupidity and atrecisus wick
edness; and such will inevitably be
the fate Of all ~ho may ever be 90 sill,
aud dspraved ~ 10 initiate their exam.
pie. but there are some, il seems.
reckless enough to a,tempt il. Vigi.
lance, therefore, becomes necessary
tor perfect security.-[ Star.
NORFOLK. sRrT. IL.
Military. Company I, LIST Repi
'nent Of the Y. 8. Artillery, from, For
tress Monroe, under the command oI
Capt. +. Whiting and Its. Naurmao
and Palmer, arrived here on Saturta,
abo1t p. ~. in the Steamboat Elamp
ton, and embarked in one Of the Ga
nn' Boat, which sailed imned.atriy
for Ne~tern, N. c. via the Disms,
swamp Canal. This movement, we
understand, 10 in compliance with a
request from the authorities at New
bern. which has been promptly acced.
ed to by Col. House, commanding a,
Fortress Monroe.
Iroubfes IN the South. I'VE have,
foS several days past, had alarming &C.
cOu ME Of inaur,s~es>,.
among the colorsd population of North
Carolina. Great alarm has eer,ainl,
existed in that quarter. The last re
port stated that IL families had fallen
victims. But the papers by this day..
Southern mail, shew that, though the
alarm has not been altogether unfou nd
ed, the reports consequently have been
greatly exaggerated. A letter pub.
lished in the National intelligence Of
this morning. dated Raleigh, NC.
Sept. Is, says" We learn from
Fayetteville, that there have been dis.
turbanees IN Sampson and Duplin, bu,
cannot ascertain particulars. IL 10 nov
even doubtful, " neither any " hite fami.
ly has been killed"
The Richmond whig Of Saturday
evening givcs the following extract Of
Post Bill received that day from Pc.
tersburg: ave are happy to state,
that the report with regard TO the in.
surreetlon IN y. G.. is exaggerated
there have been no murders committed
A. yet."-Bah. Pat. Sept. 10.
We understand, says the Baltimore
Chronicle, that q negro man confined
IN gaoi ~ a runaway, and Who was
inspected to be concerned in the
southampton insurreetion, has been
demanded by, and delivered to. the
executive Of Virginis.
FROM the Chamber'burs PA. Repub Sept. IS.
Uholesdle M,1der.-One of the sd,.
tors was IN company with q gentleman
on Wednesday lsst, direct from Hall.
Tax, who stated that he witnessed the
trial OF Henry CANDLES, Captain of the
Lady Sherbroks, from Londonderry.
shipwrecked near Cape Raw on the
l9th uif. by which e73 persons los,
their lives, the particulars of which
we're given in our last. Captain Gam.
bies vas convicted of intentionallv
wreck'ng the ship to get at the insu
rance and sentenced 10 be hung, after
which he confessed that he deserved
the punishment. Our informant state.
'nh so heart-rending were the details
ot the horrible scene in which near
500 human beings were consigned to
a sudden and watery grave, that the
whole court, and apparently all the
spectators, shed tears. One of IN.
witnesses, whose arm was broken. had
lest his wife and large family Of
children.