Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-05

innate Democratic candidate for Congress- in place Of NJ
= 'e'''n' VII! be hell on the 10Th inst. also
.. lie Convention nominate Whir can !idatc for thi
District will be held the 5!h September.
T. ihe Convention called by the Central Southern Righ,
e Der next. ' va ~ " ' -
h MASON COUNTY SALT WORKS.
we 'earn on the authority Of gentlemen from Mason
county, Virginia. that about twelve miles above the nlou
o' he great kaHawha River on both sides If tie Ohio sal
water has been found in great abundance md of quality
every respect equal the celebrated wells of Kama wha
'Fe'dy some six wells have been sunk and Others
ac IN progress Several hundred barrels Of Petroleum.
i"ch OH nave been procured in sinking these wells
me 'nc quality ut e wafer the great abundance OF the
supply and The incxnustabc beds OF coal lynr upon con
'eent level with the salt furnaces in al the adjacent hills
give promise of rich field for enterprise OF our fellow
czeas of Tie West The wells are sunk near the River for
1he convenience of shipment, while the coal is mined by
oiAoh'a cfs cut III the sides Of the surrounding hills
ana brought to the places OF consumption without hosting
machinery OF any kind These advantages II the salt ma
Keis OF Mason and their neshbors in the State OF Ohio
cannut fail 10 give permanent the business How
lar This saline placer vii! affect the old works the Ka
na"ha are not prepared say Blu, their being situated
the OHIO river only twelve mics from the mouth Of the Kn-
nawha while the old works about sixty miles up that
rTer will give advantages Which necessarily be felt;
and the more so, while the kanawha remains unmproy,
Inc new salt basin should become productive the
"d (Which Is supposed is by means npobabeD The
sd Tor consumption be enlarged This can bn done
oy either OF two ways by both combined Diminish the
price oi tie article where Produced that Of transportation
70 'hc points OF consumption, do both, and the object
VIII be ELECTED to certain becomes question of
immediate interest To all parties concerned look these SUBJ
Ieets fully in the face But what be done towards in
ceasng the use of Western salt in middle and Eastern
sections OF Virginia, without large expenditures public
money for the completion Of great lines of internal i'm
povenent OF course nothing And yet are so far de-
pendent upon the North lost to our own necessary en-.
terprises, tina, salt nil hardly scrc us.
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Mr. Byrd's we'll timed and patriotic address, declining to
oe candidate, VIII be found in another coumn Enquirer
Upon the above two lines OF text yesterdays Ht reads
us as many columns of homily We answer its whole dis
QUESTION in two lines more Mr. Byrds withdrawals "well-
timed and patriotic, because prereats the election of
hg whose party affiliations and federal doctrines render
him enemy the USIpS than any Democrat tina,
is to be found in the Virginia canvass
--Sese--
II from The subjoncd proceedings OF meeting of
portion OF the leading and respectable people Wvhe
county, that abolition emissaries have been work in that
region Of country, we'll in the adjoining portion OF
North Carolina We have yet definite statement of
The facts alluded in the proceedings of this meeting and in
Inc Introductory editorial of the Wytkevle Republicans
Quoting the account of the expulsion OF Bacon and his fel
conpiraors from the North Carolina press which is al
eady before the public, the Wyhcvic PepuJcun says:
Thus it will be "BAcoS' who tried in Grayson
erm or two since as Oicudcr in This way and who
hen discharged has been sent only into sister State 20
ess his nccnday and murdcrous purposes But learn
hal some of the negroes that committed the murder which
published last week have been since takcn and that they
Tc$Sy charge Bdcon their adviser and INSTRUCTOR Let
m be taken and turning from Tie law and statute let Judge
lynch dress him down the OF five hundred and let
n goand go quickly TO his infamous colleagues Gddnss
nd CUrwin Of Ohio Seward and Gcrrtt Smith o! New
ork, and Parker and Adams, John Quncys son. Of Masa
use portion uayson, Mrougn oy., anu
" mc alnnSc annc and down Sandy-but thank God the way
riId and rugged difficult OF passage And more many
men reside bv the way, under whose quick glance o
nGuiry, rogue wnccs sore laHeec.
PUBLIC MEETING IN WYTHE COUNTY
Aa meeting OF poon of the Citizens OF "ythe Goun
. held Al h, Court House Wednesday the 18th day ot
icu.r 1851 tbcnr court Gly COL b. H. Floyd, was called
y the Chair and H. s. Mathews, appointed Secretary
hr ohec, of the meeting having been cNpi ny hia
or Andrew s Fulton in few pertinent remarks me ioloM
ne Preamble and Resolutions, olc!eu Oy hil "e'e ""a'
n0u>y adopted: ,,, ;,;,,, of
t Cnniy OF Gruyson that the lth day oi the present
monn ALFRED BARTLETT Citizen Of the said Con'y o
ays5n murdered by some hn T,SeS "'g cirMryTs
mother citi,zen OF said county is believed to hc t"t'a
xounLcd that this sad catastrophe was pro!uceu oy ,c
,ouIsn sucd by certain pretended missionaries rom Soc
- ,he nonsIyrholng States who for some time past nave
,een under the enrb Of Religion inslng pom P"ecs anu
,-iyatciy their Abolition doctrines amongst le slaves '
,a rouny and this meeting deem!ng Il mater Oh sum
@ nnnt,,nce in view of the safety Of their persons, and
,rnnery and those of The citizens 0l Hcif s's!e |"u!'
and for tie maintenance o those pTrcpGs "en INC a.
men we hold sacred and regard as as'ci'la ~ 'io
n.re Of the rights OF the South do hereby
Rrs,ye Tha il is due 10 the peace and hlfmohyoi OF our!
soI.rs and our fuw- czcEs Of South Western i'@n'
generally that all those who have been instrumental "Iec
or Indirectly producing the catastrophe referred To- should
be expelled from the country. 49,, ,, r
Resolved That il fellow citizens oi me coun'y o
C.yenn should need our aid in attaining The OBJECT contcm
plated in The first resolution, we wl' al 'o'''ch' warn"
Ing. rally 10 their aid =, r. ,.n, par
.o su urninu the necessity of the appointment o. co
ncc Of vigilance, and some re"nIks oy MAJOR I,,n
Yos, in support oi the resolution 'nc '"'''"'"5
was unanimously adopted: ;, RI .,rc,
Resolved That Central Committee |" cohSst , 81 d
hs anoojrsd which shall be Committee OF 'l2ase .o
C,rrespondence 10 take suc action upon me slec' d" -.
cnmstarces NAV in their Judgment, require; anu " 'e
similar action The part Of citizens ol ote orr
south Western Virginia Said Eom'nitlre " NV NV. ,h
10 appoint such other committees IN olhete"' p''' " ~
county they may thnk proper. ,,,,, , f,omm;, |
~ of Vir,nce in pun suancc Of the above resolution VIZ
,oircw Fulton Robert Gibhoney, Robert Kent inoas
j. Boyd Ephraim McCavock' Isaac J. hs'"'''' "'D
l.. Y1st ..;.., ,o s;,od bv ,hc Chair
1 md Secretary and furnished the Editor OF the ltcpuo-
icun and Yrgina Cunsitu:ionalst ana al' ot, H.,
published in South h-Wcstern virginia. VIA 'i
The same be published.
On motion, The meeting adjourned ,,r own Chairman
Isl. ). MATTHEW'S
Tie dcinss of AboI,onism, in Southwestern '"s'"1
are thus described by the last WythcvIe ftepuoicah
THE TRAGEDY In GRAYsoN.
,r ho ,Inded 10 The servile insurrccon in Grayson
and oiyen what information then had 10 the pubic "e
NOW make more full account OF The ilght ana e n,a
Four negro men, The property OF john Klvcs anu ' ~
Gov two czcns Of that county, scduced BY the Huvcs "
he orious and Infamous abolition emssaty, Drro ~
has been prowlng about Ihroug Oh that county anu i
; S,nr and in Ashe and other counties In Nor o"to
na on the Virginia borerana%ay from ner n,s1 awess
Sa,e of the Conedcacy, there To be hafnoFea
and and worked and haborcd occasion might
low or require They took the course o New vG ece
meet the colleagues hypoces and villains Of Bacon con-
and Mcbride turned ou however ina, as e irom ,e
iI and vet in Grayson county, eight or ten miles ir .e
Wr,he line they were fallen in with by live or SIX "e m @
o Grayson who undertook stop and arrest hel ne
1ocs were armed with knives spears, ana WIN one "' w
m.dc Of broken English scy,hcs. The white men
We are not prepared give the particulars OF e co
II d,hr white sCytneS