Terrible Death Of The Hon. Robert Porter

tice taken from the Caddo Gazette, of th death of Col. Éobert Porler, who seemi to be a well known individual in the Soutl nnd Southwest. What was the occasier of th$ attack upon him it does not say, bu the affair loóles like one of those outrageous Lynch cases whicb frequeutly disgrace the land; "He was beset in lus house by nn ene iny named Rose. He Bprang from his couch, seizöd Ms gun, and iti his-nighl clothes rushed from the house. Foraboul two hundred yards his speed seemed to defy his pursuers, but gelling entangled in a thicltet, he was captured. Rose told him that he inlended to act a generous part and give him a chance for his life. He tben told Porter he might run, and that he should not be interrupted till he reached a certnin distance. Purtcr tarted at the word of command, and before a gun was fired he had reached the lake. His first impulse was to jump into the water and dive for it which he did. Rose was close behind him, and formed his men on the bank ready to shoot him when he jose. - In a few seconds he came up to breathe, and ecarca rud his headTeached the surface of the water when it was completely riddled with the shot of their guns, and he 8unk to rÍ6C no more." (ÏAt the recent State Convention in North Carolina, some 300 whigsbeing present, Henry Clay was nominated for the Presidency. (tThe Mississippi has raiced uncommonly high, and is rapidly rising. It is anticipated that mirch damago will be done by 's' overflowing.To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir- In your paper of the 23d instant, just put into my hands, there is an extract of a publication made by Bishop Hughee, of New York, in which a doubt is insinúa ted aito the genuineneas of the anti elaveryaddress, to Irishmen in this country by Mr. O'Connell, Father Mathew. Doctor Madden and sixty thousand Irishmen. In ihe extract, which ia all I have seen of the. publioation, there is nothing to show that Bishop Hughes adduces any cvidencc even lo give color lo the charge. It seems abundantly strange that one so inieliigent as the Rjght Reverend gentle. man, and so weil iiííbrmed as he ought to be, m.ust bo, as to the sentiments of Mr. O'Connell, Father Mathew, and Dr. Madden, and the Irish al home universally, on the subject of slavery, and in absence of all evidence, should deny the genuineness of so romarkable a document. One bo sceptical must beprepared almost to doubt I the exlstence of Father Mathew himself,and of the glorious temperance reformaiion with which he has been the instrument underGod.of blessing not only his own country, but ours. Nor is it, for one o Bishop Hughes's chararter and officia station, putting but a trifle to haznrd. Ii is no light thing many one, and it is a very serious thing for him, who stands be. fore the country clothed with the influence of b dioecsan teacher of christmn ethica, recklessly to imju(e a base fraud to his aeighbors and fellow cilizens; for right well does the llight Reverend gentleman know, that ihéguilt of thus making such an imputation is, in a moral point of view, but little behind the guilt of perpetraling the fraud itself. I propose, now, Sir,tlirough the medium of theFree Press, the' same that has given currency in Ma part of the country, if not approbation, to the fraudulent charge, to furnish someevidence in the case: not conclusive, I readily admit; but such vis will, I think, bc found worthy of considerntion by all whobave an interest in the subject; especially worthy is it of the respectful consideralion of the Right Reverend gentleman, in as much as it is fitted in some degree to relieve his mind from the uneasiness it must now be laboring under, by showing him what his generous spirit ought to rejoice to hear, that the abolitionists are, probably at least, innocent of the base trickery which, in his prejudice and rashness, he has_ unhappily im puted to them. I became aequainted with Mr. U'Connell in the summerof 1840 whilst attending the London antislavery conference,gether wiih some hfteen or twenty other American delégales. Mr. O'Connell was also a member of tho conference, & allho' Parliament was in session nt the time, was daily present at the anti slavery meetings, partaking in the proceedings. Aa soon as Mr. O'Connell learned that his countrymen, who had sought in ihe United States, a higher liberly than hey were permitted to enjoy, or even hope for in the land of their birth, had been beguiled into cooperaiicn vvilh partiestereopposed to liberty, with parlies who were seen rivaling each other lo gain the favor of slave breeders and slave sellers, the great enemies of American liberty, and ihis by incessantly henping on the abolitionists, (the only party representatives of the cause of liberty among us,) all manner of obloquy, contempt, injusiice and oppression, the propriety of an address to them, by an old well known and well Iried friend, very naturally suggested itself to him. Mr. O'Conoell seemed to think, that all that was necessary lo be done to insure from his American countrymen such a course in future, as he feit confident was in strict unisón wiih their unporverted feelings and judgement in every conflict between freedorn and Blavery, was to bring them seriously to reflect, to exhort them fuithfully but affectionately to turn from their error; and to feil them how much they have grived their fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters and their whole kith and kin left behind, by dishonoring the cause of liberly now every where associated with the name of Irishman. - Mr. O'Connell at once, gave the American delegation to undersland, that, if he could command the necessary time from his official and other indispensable duties, he would prepare an address inhisotni name, before they should sail for the U.S. Multiplied and inecssant public engagements, it is supposed prevented him from doinu so.My last interview with Mr. O'Connell was in October 1840, a few days before l sailed fur New York, at a repeal meeting in Dublin. Notwithstanding lus almost unremitted personal occtipation fur three or four hoursduriuv -ihe meeting, he found time before hs left it, lo speak to me about the address; and to asoure me, (and it was among the last things he said,) that I mightrely on its being neither forgotten nor nelucted - andón its being written and seni to this country as soon as it couid be prepnrecl. Thatit was not sent out as soon as was expected, was, doubtless, oving to the judicious change of the original plan, and to the time required for obtaining the signature of sixty thousand of his countrymen, who desired to be associated with him in the sublime, yet peaceful effort to advance the cnuse of human liberly on every soil, pressed by the fool,or tilled by the hand of an Irishman. The address I send you, trusting you will republish it; if on no other ground as a matter of nibrmtion to which your many Irish fellow citizens ti Michigan are ! enlitled from tho nublic journals. it is !ijust such an nödress na I should expe J from the clearand comprehensive niind t Mr. O'Connell in such a ca3e. f lt was no part of my object, at the om set of this coinmunication, lo examine th . soundness of the reasoning, by whic ■ Bishop Hughes has been led to declare . "that it is the dnty of every naturalize , Irishman tó'reject % and repudíate the ad f dress with indignation." I shall not insia on doing soat thÍB time, characterized, a : every onc must eee t is, by passion am declamation, and fallacious as it couli easily be ehown to be; but shall conten myseifwith exercising the right which asone of ihe public, but more especiallj as a ;ma!gned aboliiionis!, I possess, ol inquiring how far the Right Reverend gen tleman has qualified himself for the post o guardián of the publiic welfare in the piemises. lst. By not being himself an Irish reipealer, or connected with the repeal associations in this country. 2nd. By huving used his iniluence wilh his Irish fellow cilizens in this country, to prevent iheir Lrming repeal associations ; "o opérate on questions of (British) domestic and nationalpolicy.'1'' For if Bishup Hughes is himself arepealerin name - or if he permits himself o be regarded t3 a repealer- or if he has not rebuked the cause of repeal as it is carried on in this country, (I sny this without intending any thing for or against the cause of repeal among us,) well may Mr.O'Connel and Fathcr Mathew, and Dr. Madden and their sixty thousand warm heartcd associales in (he cause human libert}', reply to his impassioned objurgatorie?, "Physician, heal thyself." liespectfully yours,