Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-08
ssssEs ESH'EG.
THOMAS HART BENTON.
COL. TIC

,,rvrJ in Ibis place on Monday morning
last on his way Washington city lie ''nh lodgings
at rIlcrs Hotel, where he was visited ny large num-
her of orr democratic cztrs who were dcsirouS OF pay
;nr th,r rcsprcts To this enlightened statesman und
sterling Republican. During bis stay, the compliment
of pblic dinner was rendered lni, winch was politely
declined, in consequence oi the i'teu prilr' ne au
allotted for his continuance here, and from disposition
ON his part to avoid any thing like show or parade He
left Harrisburg early Tuesday morning. oy Inc fioneer
line for Philadelphia, and will reach Washing Ton ny inc
opening IF the Session. prepared to devote al 'e e'
ocs of his rant md the noble purpose OF sustaining
The principles of pure democracy, and defending Tie
administration of the Peoples President from the reck-
less attacks of during onp"SiitTo2nWIcEae
HARnIspukG, Nov 81 1885.
Hon Tuos. II. BESroS: ~
Sir:-Thc undersigned, citizens oil fiarriSDus nave
heard with great satisfaction, Of your arrival III The CaP
tai of PcnnSyvana; and as, IN common Will te 49,
mass of the friends Of the Administration OF the 1'he
raj Government they entertain exalted sense OF your
pryate worth we'll Of your signal pubic services
in times of difficulty and peril they respectfully ana
earnestly request your acceptance OF pubic d!h
ner at such time and place as may best compoft
with your convenience and the term OF your souurn
in Harrisburg. This mode of esltylng their regard
may perhaps be deemed Objectionable, from its t!c
oucnt prostitution to fnctous and unworthy purposes
but us the suddpnncss Of your arrva and the probable
duration Of your visit preclude the adoption Of any one
less hackncycd they trust they will stand excused for
selecting -and that it will be consistent with your
Calvin Blythe, James Peacock, S. D. Patterson, DAM
Sturgeon Herman Alricks, John Small, H. Buehlc-.
James FinGay, John Roberts, Bernard Griger, Frs r..
Skunk c. G. Rawn, David Small, Hugh Hamilton.
Ovid +. Johnson, Benjamin Parkc, S. Workman, Geo.
Naglc II. Award.
HAnRIsErRG. Nov. Odd, lSs5.
Gentlemen | have TO return my uneignrd thanks
for tho honor which your invitation contrrS upon me-,
and say that the circumstances under which travel,
do not permit to enjoy the qualification sonld feel
aticcting our political friends at public dinner in Tie
Capital Of Pennsylvania. I have dcvatrd this a.
sion, from my usual route in going TO Washington City,
for the express purpose Of passing, for The first time in
my life through the interior of this great STATE and of
seeing part Of those public works, sPccnrn
of that fine cultivation and portions OF that patriot
ic population, of which we have al! heard, and whch
every American Citizen must feel a desire To- and
to know: but it also my object TO pass along like
lama tde traveller, going rapidly, briefly stopping
at the points which claimed most attention. and re-
crY!uo without form or ceremony. tie friendly saIuta
tons of those who should do the honor 10 give
opportunity of making their acquaintance. This piaE
OF travelling has brought me. yoG well remark, sud
denly and unexpectedly among you: thanks your
and magnificent works, which permit us to go day and
night without loss of sleep rrst-whch raahlc 10
ccnd mountains without fatrue-pass ROCKS without
jolt-go MrOugh where cannot so 0rcr-ard conquer
an elevation three Thousand feet without any other 5D
Oily sensation than that OF moving he level Of borl
zonta line glad that have been able to reach ttc
Capita! of ynur State suddenly and unexpectedly, for it
preserves my brief call lis and unpretcmdng cha
ructcr-rclicvrs my political friends from the cxacons
which formal and proclaimed visit might have imposed,
and gives your kind invitation the fresh and graceful
aspect of 4 free and spontaneous otlrrng.
You have been pleased to refer with expressions OF too
much honor TO the part which have acted i'll the diff
cult and pcrllnus scenes through winch the adh's.a,
ton Of President Jackson has had 10 pass and while
cannot but be proud to my own la5ours so much APP
prcciatcd, and orerratcd must take leave 10
peat villa, have often said before that the pers Cf
these times would have been fatal 10 The Republic,
had it not been for One Man who stocd in front
Of the Storm and the body of the People who stood
at his back. lie and they, have saved the Re-
public and prevented the Bank of the United States
from doing now, what Mr. Jefferson predicted twenty
years ago that it would undertake to do namely to seize
upon critical period in the affairs Of the country TO
hinge the confidence Of the people in their public innc
lonarirS, upset the Government and put an end to the
form well 10 the substance Of the Constitution.
This is what the Bank has attempted TO do: and has
been prevented from doing; and if in the multitude OF
those who have noby sustained The President in this ar
duous contest, could presume to name one above all
Others il would be the patriotic Governor Of your
State whose wise and energetic message to the General
Assembly Of Pennsylvania, at the most gloomy and de-
spending period of the Panic Session. developed the true
position o Pcnnsylva democracy and showed that
equally inaccessible TO the Impressions OF terror and
TO the scductions Of interest
Accept: gentlemen. the expression Of my thanks for
your kind cviliiirs and the of my regret that
time and circumstances limit a brief interval of twen
ty.tour hours the short visit which would gladly have
extended to many days.
Respectfully, your obliged and grateful cllowc citizen,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
.iirSSrs Cnrin Blythe. James Pcacock, and others.
\ HonnlBLE vrLAlS-Thc Na,chez Daily Courier.
OF the 9TH inst, states, that being named Htunm III.
Short, who had been nhabilan of one Of the Penen
tiaries OF the Western States, but liberated
count Of his good behaviour hired himself woodchop
per to i Nachez few wceks snce-that he
worked in liie woods me then pretended sickness
to return to- and sleep in, his employers
housc-tha he permitted 10 sleep in the house and
in The with OF his enploycr-that he rose in
the night and went out several luesthat lie al last
in. struck blow with at his mate,
which g hlcd upon his iuehead stunned but did not
kill hm-.hat he next went into the of his employ
er, attempted TO cut his threat, aud partly succeeded
that hc stabbed him several times III the temple, and
about the head and with broke several ribs and
wrist of his wc-tha the son, the meantime.
ing from the effects of the blow he had received and
hearing from the Of his father and mother,
seized nske and rushed down stairs, when The vii
lain. Pcrcrlvlng man coming upon him armed fled:
carrying with him. however the contents Of the mnsket,
which loaded with sh"t-lat he fled: naked and
got off brynnd the reach OF pursuit few days after
wards, Short offered his services wood chopper to
living above Point Coupcc, LOO miles from Natches.
On going TO look at the woods where he TO work
Short walking behind his employer. raised his axr
and killed INN dead at his feet He then returned to the
house, in which there was no one except an old negro
woman, whom he attempted TO kill. She got clear Of
he wanted, and went OFT. An alarm raised, and he
after taken: when the facts being proven upon
him, he was permitted to make his confession, and was
then HANGED. In lis confession, which is TO be pub
lslcd, he stated that he would have killed any man for
five dollars.
WESTERN l. ND SALEs.-Solne weeks ago, we gave
upon two different occasions account OF the manner
in which the slua,tcrs upon the public lands in Illinois,
managed purchase lands at the public sales at the mini
mum price, by lntimdang competitors: and thereby pre-
venting them from bidding. 1t seems, however, that
these gentry now and then met with their match as
will be seen by the following statement recently related