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rA, AUGUST 27.
On Sunday morning lust a woman in
an evident state of mental derangement
1 made her appearance on tlie Sand Hills.
i She said she came from South-Carolina,
K and mentioned the names of a number oi
I respectable inhabitants residing,in Edge-
I field District. She would not, however,
I tell her own name, and when asked eva-
I ved the question. The night previous
I the rain had fallen in torrents j and du-
I ring its continuance she had to abide the
I «pel tings of the pitiless storm”. To-
I wards morning she found shelter in an
I uninhabited hut in the woods. But the
I phantasy of a diseased imagination, com
■ .bining with the gloominess of her situa
■ ’tion» impressed her with the belief, (to
I use her own expression) that murder
had been committed there" —and she soon
left the place. She. has wandered off
I again, and we have not since heard from
I her. She appeared to be about 45 years
of age, oj; the ordinary height, and was
I dressed in coarse and ragged clothes.
The Georgetown Messenger says, that
■ Mr. Henry Clay is to come into the
■ I administration as Secretary at War; and
■ that Mr. Cuowmnshield, the present
I Secretary of the Navy, is about to resign.
Sav. Rep,
•
FROM AMELIA ISLAND.
■ Our accounts from Fernanclina, come
■ down to Tuesday last; and as they appear
I to be furnished by those who wish well
■ totne Patriot cause, art of course of a
I more cneering cast than those previously
1 received. The force under General
1 McGregor is represented to be still con
■ siderable; and commodore Taylor hav
-1 ing arrived there in the bi ig Patriot a,
I from the Chesapeake, appears to have m
■ fused new life and vig >r into them. The
I brig Morgiana, with Mr. Sheriff Hubbard,
■ and other reinforcements from N. York.
■ vas hourly expected; when, we are told
i a demonstration was to be made against
I St. Augustine. But if the iate accounts
I from that place are correct, we much
■ doubt whether the Sheriff, with all the
■posse cornitatus at his heels, will be able
■intake it. The patriot brig St. Joseph,
■(formerly the Lerwick, of this port,) was
■driven as) lose at Cumberland Island in
■he late s. e. gale, but had beer, got off
■withoutlnjury. —Cnurleston Courier , Jin-
Bptst 20.
mmrnrnk
It may not be amis to notice the
■movements in oar navy. There may be
■omething brewing. We are told, in the
Hpubhc prints mat the destination of the
■Franklin, 74, is changed—-that the John
■Adams is ordered to be sited out—and
■that the ships of war ordered to be built
■by congress, are to be forwarded w ith all
■possible expedition. The Saranac, capt.
■Elton, has just sailed from this port, and
■tlic«Ontario, capt. Biddle, is on the eve
■ of saiiing.— J\‘ew-1”ork paper, August 7.
\ I (The British frigate Inconstant, com.
■ W James Ype, arrived at the quarantine
■ gaoinid on Wednesday evening in 15
■ days from Kingston, Jamaica via. Havan
■ 7 days from the latter place, having
■ onboard Two m tlious, two hundred and
■sy-/it'e thousand dollars —4US,OUU ol
■ *hichare foe ih United Spates Bank,
■ 5(1,000 for individuals, and the residue
■*■ England .We understand the frigate
■Jill san immediately for England after
■Wiling the specie for this place.— »lb.
PRICES AT CAPE HENRY.
the arrival yesterday, of the Danish
capt Tatem, in 9
irom Cape Henry, we learn that
selling at sl6—Fish $4 per
■sl-—Coffee 11 all 50—Sugars from
John, grand admiral, died at the
■p e » on the 4th of July, in the 36th vear
Ip* age. His bodv after remaining lb
w as intered, at St. Lucie, with mil
■tfhonors.—Commercia Advertiser.
jßJhe -.ritish schooner Adventure, which
« r ued vesterday in 12 days from Aux
■ a . v ?s, brings another rumor, that Imstil
■Jjfswere about to re-commence between
■ nstophe and Petioh. It, is said, that
■J 16 former, at the head, of 16,000 tr oops
| on his march to attack the later at
■®ffau-Prince; and that the latter was
• ■ pared to repel the attack.—lb. 10th.
■ Tiie British frigate Inconstant, Com.
■,,, a, \ les !*• Yeo, sailed for England
1 ■sterday morning.—lb.
f ft!’ 1 " Stock of the Bank of the United
Has bought in Philadelphia a few
■ Ba go at 1-36 and 137; bv the last ac
[ K'Mtad risen to 139‘i or 140.
1 that in our market it
■i/"^9—and little or none, to be had
L . 1 Price. —Richmond Compiler.
■*o« Nasseau papers of July 30.
■ e sloop Sisters, Prudden., from New
9. w • < l#;: ■ h,
! 7f. br6i '? lil to, m her passr.™,
unci btiimled by a squadron of ludepeu
uen “ cruizers, consisting of two brigs and
and 5 schooners and cutter completely
armed and equipod, belonging to the na
val force ol Venezuela. Capt. P. was
treated politely. One of the brigs, a short
nne pievious had an engagement with a
privateer from Galvestown settlement
in which the latter had her edmmunder
; and eight men killed, and 24 wounded:
me had arrived at New-Oleans before
! tie sailing ol the Sisters ami was called
the Hotspur. These privateers it is said
are not considered by the cruizers of Ye
nezuela as engaged in the cause of inde
pendence, but as freebooters.
The White wild Sheep of the Rock,,
Mountains, —l he beautiful skin, presen
ted by John Jacob Astor, Esq. to Dr.
x Dtcliell; turns out to be one of the rar
est productions in North America. It
oolongs to a species of Sheep, Goat and
Antelope, running wild on the Rocky
Mountains. The present specimen is
the' only one ever seen in New-York. and
was brought with other furs, byway of
Lake Superior, lonn the region bey r ond
the sources of the Missouri.
It is covered outwardly .with a sort of
shaggy hair, and within the hair with a
a fine W(sl equaling the most delicate
merino.— Ihe whole is as white as milk.
It appears to resemble almost exactly
the fleece brought by capt. Lewis from
tie Columbia river, and described by-
George Ord, esq. in the Journal of the
Academy of Natural Sciences in Phila
delphia.
. *he specimen of this highly interest
ing quadruped was exhibited to the Ly
ceum at a late meeting; and has been de
bited in the Cabinet of Natural History
At the New-York Institution.
In a Zoo’ogical Memoir which was read
on the occasion, Dr. M. bestowed a just
eulogy upon the liberality of the donor in
having made so seasonable and valuable
a contribution.—»/V*. V, paper
FROM THE CHARLESTON CITY feA7.KTTE.
Messrs. Skinner <sj* Whilden—Thc pub
lication of the enclosed confession, is re
quested by a number of your readers ami
subscribers, in this vicinity; and may al
so not be uninteresting to the public
generally. Yours, respectfully,
Barnwell, 20th July, 1817.
TIIE CONFESSON OF RICHARD
FRANCIS.
At the court of general sessions for
Barnwell district, fall term, 1816, Rich
ard Francis was convicted of horse-steal
ing, and was executed 011 the 21st of De
cember following.
Tor some time after his conviction he
appeared to regard Ids approaching fate
w ith the most per ect indifference, ari
sing it was supposed from a hope that lie
would be pardoned by the governor.—
About a week before his execution, lie de
sired to see Mr.-Trbtti, the sheriff'of the
district, of whom he enquired if there
was any reason to hope for a pardon; be
ing answered in the negative? he wept
bitterly, and from that time till his exe
cution, he continued to pray almost in
cessantly, and apparently with much fer
vour. On the day preceding his execu
tion, he sent again lor Mr. Trotti, whom
he infor med that he wished to make con
session of the crimes of which he had
been guilty, adding, that by doing so, he
thought he could die with more resigna
tion. •> Paper and ink being procured,
and another gentleman being called in,
he related as follows:
That he was about 32 years of age, the
son ol Richard and Mary Francis, and
was boarn in Nortn-Garolina, from which
state his parents removed to South-Caro
lina, soon after his birth. His youth was
spent in idleness, ignorance, folly and
vice. The first crime of magnitude of
which he was guilty, was tiie stealing of
ahorse of his uncle Jourdan Han oi, near
Kingstroe, for which ho was apprehended
tried and convicted, but was pardoned by
governor Alston, on condition that he
would enlist in the naval service—that
lie was accordingly conducted oa board
the gun-boat cutter Boxer, stationed at
Georgetown, under the command of Lt
Mork, where he remained about a year:
that, in company with two other sailors
he desertad, and came to Island Creek,
in Colleton district, where he had some
friends and relations; and where he re
mained until hearing he was advertised
as a deserter—that he then directed his
course towards Florida, in company with
Isaac Sauls, his wife’s uncle; that in pas
sing through Bryan county, Georgia, they
came a cross a man lying drunk and a
sleep, on Jenk’s bridge, over Black or
Mill creek; they threw the man from the
bridge into the water, and took along
with them his horse, which was standing
feeding a little distance off. The water
under the bridge did not appear to be li
ver a foot deep, but the space between
it and the top of the bridge was between
20 and 25 feet, and the bottom was co
vered with logs and rubbish. They heard
the man reach the water, and struggle,
but what became of him afterwards they
never understood. On the Altamahari
. ver,he fell in company with one Thomas
Jones, with whom he engaged in the com
mission of theft, robbery and villainy ol
every description; that during the .time
lie vvas with Jones, which was about 18
months, they robbed many persons and
houses of money, watches and clothes—
stole ten horses" and 3 negroes, _ ell of
which they sold to the Spaniards in East
Florida. One of the negroes who belong-
♦
HP* Sfr - »«*. Hiev stole
from Becks ferry, on the Savannah n
yer; tae ofhcr two f rom James Caswell of
I attnall county, Georgia; that while in
copartnership with Jones, h e stole on las
own account a horse from Mr-. Harvey,
of Bulloch comity; that himself, Jones,
and one Lewis Randall, an associate ol
theirs, met at St. Mary’s with a man by
the name of'Johns ton, and two jtfhefs of
the name of Williamson—affcrqßeadiflg
some time in drinking and gambmig to
gether, a quarrel arose between the two
parties; Johnson threatening to inform a
gainstthem, they drove off the two Wil
liamsons with clubs, knocked Johnston
down, threw.him into the river, and cs-
Caped into Florida—from thence they
went into the creek nation, and were
sometime employed in stealing cattle and
horses from the Indians which they dis
posed of in Georgia. VV hiic in tins em
ployment, they killed two Indians, and
one ol (heir party was shot through the
ai rn w itn a rilie ball. . That he aftervyards
engaged as a substitute io the Georgia
militia, and having served two months at
Savannah, he deserted with a view of en
11sting in the United States service.—
Vv ith that intention, in going to Montgo
mery in company with a sergeant of Lt.
i urpin’s, he got possession of the ser
geant’s horse, saddle, bridle and pistols,
and making off to Sumpter distr ct, s. o.
sold the horse, dfc. to one Charles Mich
ardson for 7 0 dollars.—That on the Four
Holes, lie stole a mare from an unknown
person, which he exchanged in Barnwell
district; and stole a horse at the 45 Mile
House, on the road leading from Charles
ton to Columbia, which a few days af
terwards, near Givham’s Ferry, lie ex
changed with a waggoner for another horse
—that near Hudson’s Ferry, on Savan
nah river, he engaged to work lor a man,
and going to Savannah, on a raft ol his
employer, he left the raft at Ebenezer, re
turned, end stole his employer’s horse;
came to South-Carolina, was apprehend
ed and committed to gaol at Coosaw
hatchie, from whence he was discharged
in consequence of the prosecutors not
appearing. He then stole a stock of
cattle in Colleton district, which lie sold
at Slann’s bridge, and for which he was
committed to gaol in Jacksonborough
While there, hearing that he was to be
prosecuted by James Mallard; for horse
stealing, lie broke gaol, escaped, and
stole a mare, colt, saddle and bridle,
f rom the plantation of a Mr. Lemax on
the Round 0, which lie sold on Brier
creek in Georgia, and went to Florida.—
Being there furnished by Thomas Jones
and Lewis Randall, with two horses, he
returned to Georgia to sell them, but be
ing closely pursued by some Spaniards,
he was forced to leave one of the horses at
the St. Mary’s; the other he left with
Jacob Carter and Henry Branch, on the
Altamahn,to sell. Tiiat at Riceboro’ he
stole a horse which he sold in Jackson
liorough, Georgia—he then came to Ca
rolina, and on the night of the 4th of
August, 181 G,incompany with a friend
(whom he declined naming) approached
the village of Barnwell; he remained in
sight of the village, holding the horses
on which they both road, while his friend
stole tiie horse for which he was about to
die. He was informed that the mare
which Mallard charged him with stealing
was one which he had exchanged witli a
Mr Loper. If so, he observed, that he
did not steal her, but received her in ex
change for a horse; with a knowledge,
however, that she iiad been stolen. That
he had many secret friends dispersed
through the country, between Sumpter
district and the St. Mary’s; that they had
never before forsaken him in adversity;
but that since his last conlinement, he
had not heard from any of them, and did
not believe that they had made any at
tempt to assist him; tiiat those he called
his friends,had imposed on him; keeping
him between them and the haltar, they
privately countenanced and encouraged
him, and profited by his villainy, while
he was miserably destitute of food and clo
thing—that he had been four times iwarri
ed, and had two wives then living,one in
Sumpter district, the other in Bulloch
county, Georgia
To bad company and his own ignorance
lie ascribed the depravity of his mind.—
He had often experienced compunctions
of.conscience, but believing his situation
desperate,both in this world and the next,
these sensations served only to impel him
with greater rapidity in his vicious ca
reer.
He was mi;ch agitated while making
the above statement; but on concluding
grew more calm. A minute or two after
wards, however, his discomposure of mind
returned with greater violence. His
whole frame became suddenly convulsed;
his conntenance evincing the greatest
mental agony. Becoming a little more
composed, he observed that lie had omit
ted the most atrocious act of his life, not
intentionally, for his wish was to disclose
every thing he could recollect. He then
made several attempts to proceed, but
was unable—the power of utterance had
entirely forsaken him. His agitation
gradually subsiding, he desired that he
might be attended on next morning, when
he would conclude his confession.
In the morning his appearance was
much more composed. He observed that
during the night, he had conversed with
the other prisoners on the subject that lay
heaV&on his mind the preceding eve
ning, whifcftbad given him great relief.
He then said, that after descrbng from
the cutter Boxer, as stated above, one ol
the sailors who deserted at the same time
(who«e name was Murrel) and himself,
m 4 % •
cartie to Charleston, where they remain
ed about two weeks—while there, Mureil
observed, that he knew a man by the name
of Blake, a ship-carpenter by trade, who
bad money, of which he ’proposed they
should rob him. After some enquiry,
they dlscoveted where Blake lodged, en
tered his bed-chamber at a late hour at
iiignt, (omul him &loue 9 with a candle bur
nmg; seized him by the throat, by choak
mg prevented him from crying out, and
demanding Ms money, he pointed to a
small trunk, which together with the un
fortunate owner, they carried into the
street, where they chunked the man to
death, and alter taking a gold watch from
Ins pocket, they raised a grate and depo
sited the body in one of the drains of the
town. In the trunk they found 240 dol
lars in money. Francis then made off
tor Island Creek, as related above. Mur
rell spoke of Blake as a person with
whom he was acquainted, and Francis
believed them both to be from the north
ward.
He was attended by a clergyman at the
gallows, and prayed with much earnest
ness. As the sheriff struck the board
from under his feet, he exclaimed suffi
ciently loud to be heard by the bye-sfan
ders, though apparently addressing him
self, «W*w W«M* is the man who
stole the horse! W****** of
Beaufort district, is the man who brought
me into all mv troubles! The Lord have
mercy on us* The Lord have mercy on
us!” J
From Lalla Rookh.
ALAS! how light a cause may move
Hissention between hearts that love!
Hearts tnat the world in vain has tried,
And sorrow but more cjosely tied;
That stood the storm when waves were
rough,
Yet in a sunny hour fall off,—
Like ships that have gone down at sea,
When heaven was all tranquility!
A something light as air—a look-i-*
A word unkind, or wrongly taken—
Oh! love that tempests never shook,
A breath, a touch like this has shaken.
And ruder words will soon rush in,
To spread the breach that words begin;
And eyes forget the gentle ray
They wore in courtship’s smiling day ;
And voices lose the tone that shed
A tenderness round ail they said;
’ fill fast declining one by one,
The sweetnesses of love are gone;
And hearts, so lately mingled, seem
Like broken clouds—or like the stream,
That smiling left the mountain’s brow,
As tho’ its waters ne’er could sever,
Yet ere it reach the plain below
Breaks into floods that part forever.
Oh you, that have the charge of love,
Keep him in rosy bondage bound,
A" in the fields of bliss above
He sits with llowrets fettered round;
Loose not a tie that round him clings,
Nor ever let him use Ids wings;
For oven an hour, a minute’s flight ,
Will rob the plumes of half their light.
Like that celestial bird, whose nest,
Is found beneath far Eastern skies—
Whose wings, tho’ radiant when at rest,
Lose all their glory when he flies.
OBITUARY,
DIED, on the 17th inst. in the 16th
year of his age, Masteh Austin O.
Vincent, only son of Mr. Allen Vin
cent, of this vicinity. All the tender care*
of a father were blended in the one object;
and all the duties of a parent were per
formed in rearing the youth to be a useful
member of society, and lie promised fair
to be all his fond parents wished: with
a disposition that gained him friends
wherever he hud acquaintances,was unit
ed a talent and a desire to acquire lite
rary information, which is seldom found
in that age. But the spoiler came, and
all the fond anticipations of parental af
fection were disappointed—in the short
space of 21 hours he was translated from
health to a never ending eternity. “The
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away
—blessed be the name of the Lord*”
COMMUNICATED.
DlED—at his residence on the 21st
inst. in the S4th year of his age, Joseph
Marshall, jun. esq.—He had presided in
the magistracy of his county a number ol
years, to the satisfaction of his constitu
ents, & left in it an honorable and digni
fied example of virtuous disinterestdness.
AH the duties of Father, Husband and
Master, he performed consistent with
the true systems of Morality and Reli
gion—and in the dispensations of Provi
dence during his severe illness, not a
sigh of discontent passed his lips—the
same calm firmness that characterised
his previous life bore him out—and in the
entire confidence of his Redeemer, he
bid adieu to these terrestrial scenes with
out a pang. i
DIED, on the morning of the 25th
inst. (at the house of Col. Z. William*
in Columbia county) after an illness of
eleven-days, in the seventh year of his
age. Master Lucius Hill, only son of
the late Mr. John Hill,formerly merchant
of Augusta, leaving an affectionate mo
ther, a little sister, and numerous rela
tions, to lament the loss of a fine promis
ing child.
Yesterday morning, Mr. Charles
Downie , for a number of years a respec
table inhabitant of this city.
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For £O/0 or to Rent. |
4 HOUSE and LO£T at the upper end ji
/ V <>f Broad-st. as good a stynd for 4?
buying produce as any in the city—For |
particulars hqure of T, PYE.
August 27. tw
BOARD J |
AND
Entertainment , a
OR civil persons cither stationary or
. travelling, at Elberton, on that well
known lot formerly occupied by Captain I
V\ m. Patterson. People from the low
country are invited to visit this seat of
health.—A Mineral Spring is convenient
to it. The subscriber promises to fur
nish supplies for agreeable accommoda
tion, to commence on the first of Octo
ber next.
Thomas Oliver,
August 27. e ’M:
& W E are nutiiorised to an- #
nounce GERARD MflltKlS. a candidate
for Justice of the Inferior Court of Co
umbia county. August 27.
Notice, ~
NINE months after date application
will be made to the honorable the
Interior court of Burke county, for leave
to sell 100 acres of land lying in said
county, on the waters of Hockey Creek*
adjoining lands of Bowling Hart and
others, being the real estate of Benjamin
Nichols, dec.—Sold for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of said deceased.
Amos Nichols, adrar.
August 27. m9m
NOTICE. ~~
NINE months after date application
will be made to the Honorable the
Inferior Court of Burke county, for leave
to sell 56 and 6-sths acres of land, (be
(he same more or less) in the county of
W ashington, adjoining lands of Francis
Wells and others—bemg part of the real
estate of Lewis Emanuel, dec.—sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
- E. Emanuel, adm’r.
August 27: m9m
STOPPED
ROM a Negro Fellow, a Post Note
. for a considerable amount, which
the owner can have by giving a satisfac
tory description of it. Enquire at this
office. August 27.
—* FOittfiVLb, —: —.
TWO LIKELY YOUNG FEL
LOWS—excellent Bricklayers.—
Enquire at this office,
August 16. /
Bills on New-York
Par Sale by
Benjamin Picquet.
August 23. ts
GEOJtOUJ, > WROUGHT to this A
Darke County $ fj Jail on the 14th of
July last, a negro man who says his
name is DENNIS, and that he belongs
to William Green, of Scriven county.—
He is about twenty one years old, of
dark complexion, has a scar on the right *
side of his neck. The owner is request
ed to comply with the law and take him
away.
Jeremiah Butt.
August 16. B
tollElilEK’s BALE.
WILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday ■
in September next , at the court house in
the town of Wayne.sborough , Burke
county , between the usual hours ,
600 Acres of land in Burke
county, on Savannah river, adjoining
lands of Telfair and others—levied on as
the property of Charles Jones, to satisfy
an execution in favor of Welcom Allen
against Thomas Sanders, John \. Con
ley and Charles Jones—property pointed
out by Charles Jones, the Defendant.
—ALSO—
One hay horse, levied on as the
property of Win. Stuart, jun. to satisfy
an execution in favor of Hardy Perry? ■*
—ALSO—
-100 Acres of land lying on Buck
Head creek, adjoining lands of William
Cumn and others; levied on as the pro
perty of Puler I. Goulding, to satisfy
sundry small executions in favor of Isaac
B Hardin; levied on and returned to me
by a constable.
—ALSO—
-20 Acres of land ajoimng
of John Moreson and John Step toe, ly
ing on Hockey creek; levied on as the
property of Samuel L Pdmr6y,to satis
fy an execution in favor of Jame&i.Ander
son and others; levied on and returned
to me by a constable.
John Bell, 8. n.c.
August 2. ~ wds
|C7»l)oct». FEND ALL & GLENN*
hare removed their SHOP, to the house
next above the Jiusrusia Book Store.
July 16. ,77 7 ,
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The Subscriber
INTENDING to spend ihe summer
months in the country, has appointed
• Mr. Samuel Player, to attend to his h&>s* 7
nyss m general, who may be found at nio‘- '
, store, near the market.
John Haynsworth.
Augusts '7 ' Uvvqw ,
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