Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-10-01

'HN' seen tickle public, Cloud eers.)-castng his
'i,Vard as man Ought, else he deserves not to
"',nd mrn-cas,ins HI eye forward 10 the tlme
e," th,, momen,ary 6ckeness nf The people would
,,y. we'll knowing that in the end, The people are,
~ ;ns, 70 merit, tL"ud cheers)'
rh,i is to say, that the voice OF the people would
-, wellington 10 the Ministry-and he Orator |
r.oosham) is prepared 10 60 ~ with h'mJ
Nurreys Traces in North america.
-h G,llow,ng letter has called attention to pas
~ ,h,se late Travels which filled Us with the more
sig bccanse Mir Murray had parted on the very best
,,j the families Of Berkeley and Brandon, and
" mos, respects his Travels seem TO be written In the
]" bera spirit towards he s. In addition to Mr. b.
n,snn's complete vindcann. we think it our duty to
s thai been long intimately acquainted with the
cement OF The two Brandon estates and consider
% 1,,mehl Of Mr. NJ entirely incorrect aud unjust
~ Geo Harrison (whose death has recently been The
,s of 80 much regre,) and his brother, William b.
u;son have obtained and deserved the reputation Of
~ among the best masters in Virginia. Their slaves
49,, treated with the utmost possible tenderness and
,c,s,iop We shall never forget the which we
".r;hed in January last-lhe tears which his numer-
-, slaves she'd and the agonzing EXPLANATIONS which
~ uttered around the grave Of George Harrison,
wfe among the most touching ~'c.sen's which we have
. yrr Witnessed
- CLARKE, Va September 9th, $780,
D,,r Sir-in the conaeXon which lately existed
,sw,,n yourself and my friend, George E. Harrison, of
H,ndon will be found my apology for troubling you
mi
~, published by The Hon Murray, is contained
ccoun, of his visit 10 the Estates of Berkeley and
B,,odoa on the James River At one or the other OF
hiss r,aces it seems he held conversation with an
Or,Iserr the substance OF which. if true calculated
n throw ;odeble disgrace on the Planters and Farmers
IS IN. South and especially the proprietor os Berke
lev or Brandon. To this conversation ask your par.
.nIar attention
To understand this mntter thoroughly, it may be es
,sli 10 stale ,ha, FIRST saw Mr.. Murray in Richmond
- The house Of brother Of my wife, where he
cs,yed the social terms. By one of the Ladies'
~ il- family, told he had expressed wish 10
r, some a the old Family Seats on james Rlver-and
her instance, was invited To Berkeley. Regarding
Mr. Murray as a gentleman, he was received into my
,av and treated such: and il is but an act OF just
,rs say, that was extremely pleased with him, be-
having that had rarely met with one so intelligent and
uIassunl,ng He remained with Us FIVE or six days
ard on one occasion told me, that bis principal motive
- visiting the country I" the condition OF the
.syss and he most agreeably surprised To IND
he,n ueaied with degree OF humanity and kinoness
pnch he had expected and he further ndded, that
hey could forget that they slaves their condition
was decidedly better than that of the great mass OF la
bnrers in Europe if not the words such was the sub
ssnce OF his remarks, after having spent several days
From Berkeley AIR Murray was furnished with boat
4, vis Brandon and carried with him letters of intro
tuc,"n my friends and reistives Nlessrs George f.
and VIM. Harrison. From this statement, you may ina
me my asionshmpnt reading the conversation
.alo have been held with relative 10 the
ira ment OF our negroes
20, not al all disposed 10 question Mr.. NluIrays
rscy should do it in relation to any fac, witnessed
hy h,u,p: hut respects the overseers statement,
a w venture 10 pronounce as false throughout, nor
do N truth believe snch cruelty is practised on any
ss,at. IN Virginia For the manner in which the Bran
dan servants treated have bot To refer you TO the
liter al the late Mr. George E Harrison 10 the present
SECRETARY cf the Navy For myself, do most positively
aver thai when ie hume the first of September but
one grnsn NJ gro the Berkeley estate had suffered cor
po punishment during the present year. and his offence
vas stealing
As nv oyerseer is Quaker. he seems quite as averse
to any unnecessary severity as am and at this moment
| serlv believe there is no such thing as co~hide on
my estate The truth is, in relation TO this formidable
Weapon (alttough disgusting object with ne yet with
thu, class from which taken, II is frequently
USED as the cheapest kind Of horsewhp and on The larger
.sls,es the ove:seers required TO be generally on
bo,seback Very respectfully, am,
"'''F'"|N' BENZ HARRISON.
Funoticism = Daniel o Conneli has addressed long
ls,fs, TO Joseph Surge, English Quaker. impioring
HIN operate in the proposition ne inenos 10 orhg
forward 10 induce the British Government, never to re
ccsrzs Texss uuti the Republic shall conssnt to aho
ih he Slave Trade and Slavery He proposes also the
purchase Of portion of Mexico, bordering upon Texas
for The purpose Of establishing colony for emancipaled
ard emgan people OF color 10 be governed bv l,s own
people and laws We do not conceive II posSibie, that
Great 3fisn will seriously entertain either proposition
but if she does course is laid down WIN pen
Gil 81 nght. texas Uuy 10 PieuoSo ~ i''S"
10 the frs branch Of the proposition but the moment
she NEEDLES with the second. shall have to tell her
Presiden, Monroe told the Governments OF The Old
Word-America will suffer such interposltlon win
her saiety institutions and Interests
The Hoaz The last Alexandria Gazette contains
communication from H T. Mel " which sheds some
Ugh, upon the reported duel between Messrs joseph
Seawsil Jones Of Sbscco, and Ii. Wright wilson oil II
York Al least there longer doubt of lis beings
Hoax played off with much ingenuity and labor oy hf
Jones MIR Mel WAS unwittingly led to take Pari
in i-bu he is still loss To understand the secret
motives which could have urged him to conceive such
scheme Mr. Joness visit to exos putting 1t DOT OF ms
power to demand explanation. MIR. Mel was IN
ducrd b. Mir seppeo!s TO change clothes with MN, 10
order facilitate his escape The correspondence which
purported have passed between the Pasties'he ap
psrrri perturbation Of Mr. Jones-the OF action
stained with bood-s handkerchief also dyed IN BLOOD
and PICKED up by woman rho had been ooognt 10 'e
fec y lhr report Of the pistols 10 fact the hole pio
Was so conducted as TO impose upon Mel I'm IeV'sh
ing the spo, weeks afterwards for the purpose OF
'sm"ging the msgvings which were day arising VII"
regard 10 This mysterious afa'f, he f"ono son'd'y
smentng the fate of an unfortunate pig, onnd
anrl tine heiere ne or the dneDg ground, whose man
eet rhoa, fully indicated whence the blood bowed oy
WHICH The ground and handkerchief were 60 abundanly
sarpd!
Mobile continues to be scoarged with yellow fever
During Inc week ending the ith several OF hei nos
useful and respected citizens had fallen victims 70 Inc
mortality Among these were Capt h'ooy, one o. ane
Editors of The Commercial Register, and Mr. fi'zsirn
on:. Of The firm Of Fi,zsimons e. Gaines The nu"o.I
OF 'nernens in the fret Is days OF the month was 24o
= The number had diminished tor the last few oays
but attributed rather the want OF subjects than
to any mitigation Of the malady The fever had aP-
p"ared but in obligated form in Natchez and Vicks
osrg. on The banks Of the Mississippi we TRUST, .ne
disease viii sonn yield the purifying influence OF the
Coz" weather On Saturday morning, We were visited
BY white frost
II gives great pain state the death OF the venera
bic Randolph Harrison sr Of Cumberland. VII" died
LAST week the White Sulphur Springs ~ the Ist year
Of his age-a gentleman who was much distinguished
By irmnpys of his principles the vignr Of his mind
the warmth Of his feelings and the devotion OF his
family md friends Some competent pen ought 10 pre-
pare ung obituary for the press His character JUS
tfOs and ueseryesit.