Litchfield enquirer., 1832-07-05
From the Raleigh Star, june 15s

/ From tie Raleigh Star, June ID
Public Sentinuentirs North Carolina.
ty-five newspapers are published in this State.
viz. one in RutherfnrdtOn, one in Charlotte,
two IN Salisbury, one in Salem, one in Green's
borough. one in HiIlshOroHgh, one in Milton,
three in Raleigh, two IN Fayetteville, one in
Wilmington, two in Newbern, one in Wash
ingtOn, one 10 Marlborough, two in Elizabeth
City, one in EdentOn, one in Windsor, one 10
| Oxford. and one in WarrentOn. Of these,
fve ADVOCATE. and fifteen oppose the election OF
Mr.. Van Buren,. The remaining kc have
not yet taken side. Ifnewspaperseither gov
ern. or are governed by public opinion, the
ex-minster will BIZ supported by very deci-
ded minority ia this State.
! BY the general ticket sy stem, the western
section in North Carolina wields nearly two
thirds Of the political power of the State. In
this entire region, we believe, the Milton
Spectator is the only decided Van Buren, pa
per, unless indeed the Faye,te.i llc Journal
claims to bclOng to the West.
| 10 the Baltimore Convention, the only dele
gate from that section Of the State was the
Hon. Bedford Brown. How nearly he rep
resented the opinion and wishes Of two thirds
| of our citizens will be ascertaned with great
precision in November next
| There seems no ground for serious doubt
1 that N. Carolina will vote for Judge Barbour
by a very decided majority. Georgia exhib-
its many signs of late of a similar inclination.
South Carolina certainly will, and most prob.
ably Alabama and Mississippi. Virginia s
| first prediction was unequivocally that way.
! Superior management may carry her for Mr..
Van Buren,; but we hear from more than
| one respectable quarter that the friends of
Mr.. Barbour are determined and sanguine.
Richmond Whig.
| Unfortunate Circumst0nce.-TwoyO young men
tine enc named Montgomery. the other Alex
ander. foreigners. personal friends, and resi-
dents Of this country for the last Eve years,
| in the neighborhOod 0f Bush Hill on Sunday
! last, became excited, and finally fought 10
| earnest, and with great severity, for several
| moments. Some Ofthe by-sianders at length
succeeded in parting them, but about a quar-
ter of an hour afterwards, Alexander. who
was by FAR the heaviest man, fell suddenly
over. and dieG in few minutes. A jury was
| called forthwith, who after a sufficient exam
ination Of the body, decided the immediate
cause Of the death to have been severe blow
given behind the car.-Penn. pa.
NeU- Orleans, June 14.--No less than three
duels have occurred inc this city, within the
space of a week, without any great harm re-
sulting; in addition to these, there was a very
handsome affair, a Ia Mendoza, between two
young Eihiopians, in Charities street. yes:er-
day morning, which amused hundreds Of our
citizens. We are unable tn state whether
these doings are cOunie nanced at Washing
ton, or not hut can assure those politicians
who are Disguised with the state Of society
At. Al. n
change by coming here. where no ''rcpri-
mands'' or indictments are to be feared.
A ,carm Reception.-About thec close ofthe
week before last some there's made land.
ing near the House ola gentleman on the riv-
er side at Manhattanville, and carried of
quantity Of linen, provisions, &c. Embold-
ened by their success, the villains made an-'
other descent on last Saturday night. After
they had helped themselves To- all the porta-
BILE articles which were exposed, they pro-
cceded to the barn, the door Of which they
forced open; unfortunately for their design
the gardener slept there that night, and being
awakened by the forcing of the door, he
very quietly took his gun and awaited the
entrance of the thieves. AS soon as they ap.
peared he fred and the charge of buck shot
with which the gun was loaded, entered the
SUOuiuST Oh tue IUTGtlOSt 5UNU. In the morn
ing the blood which issued from the wound
was perceptible to considerable distance.
N. y Eng.
The following singular murder was COM
miited by a negro woman, near Middlebourne,
Tyler county, Virginia, last week. A young
man residing in the family in which the negro
woman was a servant, gave her some offence,
when she in rage, threatened to kill young
lady to whom he was about TO married. The
threat was at the time nnheeded, hut some
days after. the young lady having occasion to
cross the river, the negress offered her servi-
ces to row the boat--the offer was accepted,
and when the boat was half way over the riv-
er, the negress suddenly rose and plunged the
lady into the river, Mt the same time striking
her with the oar, and holding her under wa
ter until she was drowned. The murderess
was soon arrested, and Immediately confess
ed her crime and acknowledged her motive.
CLEVELAND. (Ohio,) June 90.
The steam boat Niagara, arrived here this
morning, brings Intelligence that expresses
had arrived at Detroit, stating that Capt. Jo-
seph Ndper, well known in this section ofccun-
try. had been massacred with all his family,
consisting Of his wife, wifs's sister, and four
children, near Fort Chicago. Naper. who was
q bold. daring man, had been in the Fort