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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
au«iTsta.
IT Wrdneaday Morning, Jan 21.
The communication of “A Countryman," has
been received and will he published in a day or
two, together with our reply to questions.
In consequence of the failure of the Northern
Express mail, beyond Columbia, 8. C., we re
ceived this morning, no further intelligence from
Canada.
Wo understand that the Hanks of this city
now receive on depositc or in payment of dues,
the notes of the Hawktnsvillo Bank. They have
hitherto refused them since some, short time pre
vious to the suspension of specie payments.
The Legislature of Ohio are about repealing
the law which prohibited the United States Bank i
of Pennsylvania from establishing a branch in
that State.
In to-day’s paper will be found a statement
of the condition of the two Banks in Colum
bus. Abet- making a great show of strength,
and many grandiloquent declarations of a dc
lermlhaiion to pay out the last dollar, added
Movers magnificent pufl’sfrom our friend Flour
noy of the Enquirer, about the e.biltly of the
Banks of that city to “shell out the shiners," the
ColUmbua Bank has at length come into the mea
sure of suspehsloti of specie payment. Its refu
sal to do so at first, sprung from a false pride,
and it will now got no credit from the public for
having held out as long as it did. With the
Insurance Bank, the case is quite different.—
That institution has so many enemies on ac
count of Mr Biddle’s connection with it, who
would gladly embraced any and every opportu
nity to break it down, that it was right in confin
ing to pay specie and is still right to do so. We
ask the people of Georgia whether they have been
any thing the loosers by the sale of ibis bank to
Mri Biddle! It has been made safer and sound
er by the change, and we believe the people
generally place their confidence in those banks
that kre known to be the safest.
S The New York Evening Star of the 12 h inst.
sayst “The steam ship NePtune is nearly ready
lind leaves on the Ist of February, under capt.
iffennoyer for Charleston, thence to New Or
ipans, and returns to Charleston, and from the
litter for Liverpool, touching at New York.”
8 Tux Canal.—The Brunswick Advoca'e of
Be 18l!i instant, says 1 “With great pleasure we
Announce that this work is now let out to Messrs
■ & A Pratt, the enterprising contractors of the
■fcvannah rail road These gentlemen have been
Bpaged in litis kind of business for many years,
been employed on the New York hod Erie
SHal. They arc under contract to complete the
canal by the first of January next. Wc refer our
Haiders to the advertising column for the propo
mm of these gontlomeri to employ negroes.—
BShcj have already engaged a large number, and
K a few days they will commence work.
Bnpntpwiuxit.—We learn from the New York
Bfciiltiicrcial Advertiser, that the ship New Loh
*M*i frorh New Orleans for Liverpool, with a
Mjxgo of button, (vessel and cargo valued at $lOO,
HO,) foundered at sea in hit. 27 «5 N., lon. 87
OS W.-thc c aptain and crew were taken offhy
• '♦easel and carried into Havana, and arrived here
loot evening in the brig Morris Cooper. This
wal the vessel that Captain Stetson, of the War
rii«, at this port, saw going down, on the uftcr-
HOiKi of the 30lh of December, We have not
"hat amount there was insured on the
find cargo, hut we have ascertained that three
t in Wall street have £38,000, viz, $l4 000;
00; and $7,000. 1
ssissirri.—ThcN. Intelligencer slates that
egis.ature have met—and tint A L Binga- j
SHchas been elected President of the Senate, ■
•nuDt. King, ofFranklin county, Speaker of the
It adds, that both these gentlemen arc
;fMy r d Whigs—and hence infers, there “is a
majority in both branches of the Legisla- |
m-
■S[ Tennessee.—The Alexandria Gazette, stales
filial “the General Assembly, on the sth inst.,
Mpped a resolution, instructing tlxeir representa
tive, Felix Grundy, to vote against the Sub
jßWar-ury scheme of the present Administration,
a resolution requesting all their repre
Mptalivcs in Congress to use their influence
Baptist the adoption of the system projected and
piped by the present Executive of the U. S.”
Bpfe have heard it stated, says the Tallahasso
Jl&idiaii of the 15th inst, on the authority of
Millie discharged soldiers, who arrived in this city
HavCt from Tampa, that as their vessel was com
ing down the bay, they met aU. 8. Transport. I
with a large number of Indians and negroes, who I
|w(|thcen captured near Charlotte harbor by the
Muaouri volunteers after throe days hard (fight- j
jpg; This is slated to have taken place a day or
ilwo after the affair of which we gave an account
last »cck.
[mu THE CHUONICLE AND SENTINEL.]
| The Constitutionalist of this morning stated ;
[that the Bank of Hamburg was drawing sight j
jtbeeks on Savannah, at par; or. Charleston at \ ;
Brr cent, premium, and on New York at 2}
■crntlcman applied to the Bank this morning :
H| a check on Charleston, and was informed
if he paid for the check with the current I
of this State, Ij per cent, would be re
tired, —if in the notes of the Rank s of this I
1 per cent, —and half per cent lor the notes
Bla Bank of Hambu'g; and of ■ .curse 'he -ante
difl'eretice is mdde in payment of checks on Sa
vannah and New York. Under these circum
stances the paragraph in the Constitutionalist is
incurred —if authorised hy the Bank it is a gross
deception: for it tells our citizens that they can
buy exchange in Hamburg at a lower tale than
from the Banks ol this city, when the contrary
is the fact. A merchant who is compelled to
purchase a check on Charleston, will find it to
his advantage to gi,e 1 por cent premium, paya
ble in current notes, to a bank in this city, ra
ther than to give the Bank of Hamburg .} per ct.
payable in its own notes. Any one making the
proper inquiries will find this to be correct, for
it is next to impossible to obtain their notes to
any considerable amount. An editor in making
statements like the one above alluded to, should
be sure ho is aware of all the circumstances con
nected with it, lest ho mislead commercial men
abroad, which the one in question will most as
suredly do, MERCATOR, I
January 23.
From the Charleston Mercury J in S 3.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
By the schr Caspian, Copt. Swissr, arrived
Saturday from St, Augustine, we have received
1 the Herald of the lulli hist, from vhieli we copy
| tile foliowing;—
| We have nothing new frnm thcarmy this week.
The following extract of a letter from a gentle
man at Tampa gives some further patliculars of
Col Taylor’s affair on Uie 26th nit.
TAMr.ut.tr, Jan. 3.
Major Graham has just left our cabin. Fite
Major was in the battio fought hy Col. Taylor’s
command, with Alligator and Coacoochee, and
their loaves. He says it was a hard fought ac
tion; 110 wounded and 28 or 20 kil led; among
the latter, Col. Thompson, Lieut Center, Capl.
Vanswcaritigen, Col. Gentry (Missouri) ami
among the for tier a Lieut Walker, (from Augus
ta) and Lieut. Andrews, but neither dangeruus
!r-
The Indins were prepared on tire edge of a
lake, and the whiles had to pass through a wide
boggy swamp to reach them, there were about
-300 regulars in the battle, and tire Missouri
Volunteers. The Indians shot from the high
grass and from trees which they had ascended, ll
was expected Jcoup would have joined Taylor,
hd was at last advices, 00 miles in advance of
Fort Mellon. Col. Nelson has had some skirm
ishing.
This is all the Indian news we have been able
to gather, except that Jumper and Holaoochee,
anil 140 Indians (CO captured) will be here to
morrow, and will he immediately transported.
The Major thinks Taylor’s command can’t get
out again, under 10 or 15 days—they want hor
ses.
Shipwreck.— The Schr. Allure, Capt. Conk
lin, from New York hound to this port, went
ashore on Wednesday afternoon last, on the out
er shoal about 2 1-2 miles S. E. from the light
house The Allure had been oIT the port wait
ing for a pilot for 52 hours, hut receiving none
the attempted to come in through lire old south
channel as laid down in Blant’s rliart, heaving
the lead all the lime, when she suddenly struck.
Tiro vessel heat over after tiro cargo was taken
out. The cargo principally saved, partly dam
aged.
(I ENERA h STATEMENT
Os tiio Bang of Columbus, on Monday morning,
January the Bth, 1838.
Capital Stock, $400,000
Old emission of Dank notes in cir
culation, 72,503
Post Notes in circulation, 887,300
Due to other hanks, 829 594 71
Due to individual depositors, 10,742 12
Dividend, No 15, 3,000
Surplus fund and discount acct. 50,087 78
$1,289,007 61
Notes iV bills of Exchange, dis., 1,008,475 58
Banking house and lot* 8,901 22
Due hy other banks and agents, 62 007 98
Company 10th Division Ca Militia, 2,907 93
Salaries. 1,700
Specie in vault. 143,277 90
Notes of other banks, 61,737 —205,014 00
$1,289,007 61
A. B. DAVIS, Cashier.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT
Os the .Stale of the Insurance Bank of Columbus,
and its Branches at Macon and Savannah, on
Tuesday, the IGlhJanuaiy, 1838.
Bills and Notes dis , running to
maturity 353,682 56
Do suspended 140,203 67—193,386 23
Bills of Exchange do running
to maturity 117,460 45
Do do. suspended 56,533 60—173,999 95
667,886 13
Resulting Balance between the
Parent Bank and branches, 6,052 00
Balances duo by Banks in iho
State 62,304 94
Ditto duo by Batiks out of the
Stale 5,865 93
Banking bouses ami lots in Co
lumbus and Macon, 20,000 CO
Expense aerount 3,731 89
('ash Balance, viz:
Notes sf the Bank L T : S, 71,215
Notes of the Banks of Ceor-
gia 66,450 (10
Notes of Banks out of the
Statu, 825 00
67,273
Specie—Cold 29,382 58
Silver 172,421 69—201,801 27
340,291 37
Dollars, 1,107,236 21
Capital Slock, 600,000 00
Notes Issued,
Parent, and Branch -Votes, Ist
ami 2d emission, 972,385
“redeemed and laid aside tor
cancellation, 92' ,693
Circulating, 4*5,692 00
Due to Bank U States, its branches &
agencies, 315,120
Duo to batiks in the State, 7,946 43
Due to other banks out of the Slate, 17,170 71
Discount, exchange, and interest received 5,203 97
j Surplus Fund, 9.863 68
| Contingent fund to meet losses 6,000
Fund tor the extinguishment of
the cost of banking houses 2 000 8,000 00
■Suspense account, 2,< 30,65
Contingent suspense account, 156 16 2,186 81
Individual Depjsiles 95,751 82
$1,107,235 21
JOSEPH L. ROBERTS, Cash’r.
Steamer Darien. —The steamer Oglethorpe,
Capl. Wood, armed thin morning from the
wreck of the Darien, and brought from the wreck |
140 hales of cotton. Capt. W. slates that lie suc
ceeded in removing the wreck to a sand bank
about five miles from the place the boat sunk,
and 17 or 18 men arc engaged in taking out the |
i ma.hinery, which will bs saved. Ihe boat, Cap'
W, think , will be a lor?, The sloop George
Washington, Captain Smith, is alongside with
a lighter engaged in saving iho balance of ihe
cotton which is in ihohold.— Georgian.
s?ntr fiKTTKßfi—i'hero were received and
nssoiled at lhe IVew York I’ost Ofllce on Friday.
I 1,381. ship letters and on Saturday 9,972. Tola I
in two days, '7O, 3alV A very unusual number.
THIS IJU.MaiIV CASE.
[COXTINUKD.]
58th Witness. Isham Choni —Knew .1 I, B
well; ovorseed for his step-father eight months,
in 1823; 1 knew J I, It two years afterwards;
prisoner is not J 1. It; 1 never saw prisoner till
about fourteen months ago; prisoner did not
know me; ho said mj name was Blatter; Mr.
hivingvton said, “Chout, will you take a drink!”
Prisoner thou said, ‘'this is Ishilm." I had an
interview with prisoner, to sec if ho was .1 L It.
I took him out and asked him about a circum
stance that occurred at camp meeting while he
was there: J I. II bad left bis horse at the camp
in cling; some rough words passed between
him and Mr, i'Allitnrslea; it auppar, about it. I rose !
up and told them they should not light till the !
company was gone; Billiugslea a-kud me. to go
with Jesse and get the horse, which ho did. 1 :
Asked p.isoner if he recollected (ho horse he rode
back to the camp meeting. Ho could tell me
nothing about tin; circumstances, and did not tell
the name of the horse ho had ploughed the whole
summer, when lie did plough.
Cross-examined—Prisoner could not tell me a I
single thing about the afl'iir; ho said he recollect. J
ed going after Iho horse; Hut could tell nothing
till after I told it; J 1. 13 did not plough much;
never a week at n lime; two days was as much us
Ire ploughed at a time; 1 think 1 had this conver
sation with prisoner after dinner; prisoner I think
was sober; pris-mor went in company with some
ladies, and ho left his homo, and rode with them
in tire carriage.
59th Witness. Spencer Thomas —Know E
13 in Upson county about 1825, ‘C or 7; saw him
frequently; i was present when he was carried
oil'towards Gwinnett; I think E I! canto back
again; I should say, to the best, of my knowledge,
prisoner is E 13; at first i did not recognise him;
after conversing with him i thought it was 13 13.
HOlli Witness. Thomas U. JSruy, —Knew .1
L 13 very well for about three years before lie
was grown; went to school with him three
months; it was while his finger was som; if was
bit nil; I behove f played marbles with him
every day; I am fully persuaded that prisoner is
not Bunkley; I doii’t/ecollect particularly his
handwriting, but 1 lliitik ho wrote a very good
hand.
01st Witness. Samuel Griswold —Was ac
quainted with Jo-so 1., Bunkley; about seven
years; the prisoner is not, in my opinion, Jesse
1,. Brinkley; I lived itt Clinton, and ho was
frequently here; I had a private interview with
prisoner, to satisfy my-elf, and I asked him a
number i ('questions, which he said ho did not
recollect;l mentioned the mames of the princi
pal inhabitants of the place, and he could not tell
their names or occupations; hr, could not name
the merchants an ! mechanics that 1 knew Jesse
L. Bunkley was acquainted with; he could no!
tell the occupation of Mr. Weathers, that J 1. B
dealt with; ho staled truly his residence; he could
not tell the residence of particular persons; 1 think
J J. 15 passed the jail daily while it was building;
prisoner could not tell who built it; I asked him
who built the brick house and Mrs. Bennett’s, he
said Joneses, hut could not tell which Jones; he
said he. know the school house, and went to
schnoll there, and that it had been used as a
church; prisoner had been line a month before
I conversed with him.
(JrdMS-exainmed.—J have never had any other
conversation with him; he was in custody; but
not closely watched; the school house is in the
vicinity of the church, be slated truly the name
of the person who built lire houses enquired of;
James Jones built the brick, and Wm Junes the
wooden one.
G2d Witness. Jtogel' Al’ Car thy —Was ac
quainted with Jesse Ij. Bunkley from his child
hood, till a few weeks before he went off; the
families visited, and .1 1.13 has been at my house;
the prisoner is by no means J 1. 13, he is as un
like him as can he; 1 wont with Mr. to ('din
ton jail; prisoner did not know me, and as soon
ns 1 saw him I knew he was not Bunkley; I
asked him where his grand-mother lived, when
Bunkley left here; he said at Mrs Williams’.—
She then lived near me, within 150 yards, and
JI. B visited her there. ,1 I. 15 had light eyes,
like Mrs Parrish, fair hair, Well made; I asked
prisoner hut. few questions, I was so well satisfied
thal if was not J ], 13, son of Wm D,
63d Witness. Jnn G Park —Knew E.
13 in Gwinnett tit 1823, ’■!, 'o and perhaps
’2G; saw linn frequently, and he had uun.-
ness frequently will) me, as a lawyer; ho was
frequently indicted and 1 was ins counsel. I
was present when ha was brought to Law
renceville on a proclamation for him and
several others. Id 13 was arrested, and I was
employed to obtain a habeas corpus for him,
and discharged him. He was allerwarde
brought with Win. )i. ten Upson. E B was
again discharged ami William committed
and convicted—f think prisoner is E 15; that
is E 13 I feel as confident in swearing to his
identity us to that of tiny individual I ever
saw; f came to tins county liy request, to see
prisoner, and know if I Would identity lion;
had before heard the minor thal J Lit had
returned; I was confident, from rumor, that
lie was J L 13; I doubted vety much, from
the lapse of time since 1 had seen him, whe
ther I couid identify Barber; I crime with Dr.
Brewster, and went to Mr.Towles’; we had
determined not to have prisoner pointed out
to u-; we went into the store, and there were
several persons present; we went mm an end
room, t ti the way, there were several indwid- ,
na!s, standing up, at my right, and behind 1
one ol them I saw and immediate y recog- i
nizod prisoner, looking round at me; he took ‘
ins scat on the bed, in a dark corner of the I
room; I was sitting at the fire, and he coo- I
versed with another tnan-*-!ne vo.ee confirm- ,
ed me in my opinion. 1 tried to got a full
view of Ins face and eyes, and he avoided it,
till I covered my face with my hand; I con
versed with prisoner; lie came into the piaz
za; he was asked if he had ever seen me or
Dr. Drowsier; hr? raid he thought ho had seen ,
Brews’er, and called Inin a Flewellen, but
that he had never seen me; I remar ed to him
il he was either E Bor J L E lie ought h
know me; lie said he did’nt think lie had evir
seen me before; I asked him when lie 101 l I
Georgia, and where lie went; ho said lie went |
west, and he said some time m May next, j ,
(1K37; would he ten years amce he left. The ; ;
conversation was then interrupted. I never ' ,
taw J L B to know him: I have seen pri.-on. I.
or two or three w eeks ago, at Miiiedgevtlle; I ,
i think prisoner is of ilm f ame nn.oi, shape ,
I and voice as the man 1 kne was E 13 I. don't ,
I recohoet Elisha IS particular.;-. I knew most
i ofe4n; . dy—Eejah and William well. i
Croc- • warn tied. —J tinnk, and am indeed
'confident, that ! saw prisoner in Gwinni.lt, i
! at the election, in October. 1(325; I saw him ;
as- ; .’.iirds either in '7 or ’-J, in Mi l -!
ledge' i ; ie, ditving a w-.gvaj It) i.'c n• - I
I dal not. see lam again till at Towcs’. 1 on.
ly reoo Icclud to have seen him in the back
room ami piazvi; he may have walked out
into the yard. Had heard I hit it was J L Is.
and E )i. From my knowledge of prisoner's
countenance,actions and voice, 1 immediately
recollected him. 1 know no particular marks
about him, except. Unit llune was a small
mole cii- wart, on his cheek; h s tout i small
j and short. I don't recollect Mr. Towles and
prisoner’s walking up to mo, in the yard; 1
I was in the yard, at the end ot the puma, and
s they came to the end of the piazza.
FOR THE STATE.
0-1/A Witm’ss—Wikins Hunt. — Was ac
quainted withJ Eli; I came in the Fallot
1811, and lived with Cn.pt Parrish. 1 knew
him from that time till 1823 or '24. Prisoner
is not that man. I have a very distant rc o
lection of J E B
Cross-examined.—l have had no conversa
tion with prisoner, lie once took me tor Air.
i Jackson.
WITNESSES FOR THE PRISONER.
Ist Witness. fAttlehery Lucas. —Knew J
! E 13; knew him from a liny, to 17 or 18 years
j old. From my recollection, that prisoner is
| the same man:
Creiii-examined.— I live about seven miles
from Uillmgsle i’s; I never vi-ned Bdliposlca's
i family. Didn’t know Mrs. Eowther, till oor
| 10 yours ago, at a camp-meeting, while she
i whs a widow. 1 don’t recollect saying th at I
I didn’t know Mrs. Eowther. L knew no other
j l id, of,l E It's «iao living in the name neigh
l heriiond. 1 knew old Maj. Jesse Bnnkley,
i and ids family; and noticed J 1, II about Clin
ton. Don’t. I'.-collect the E, in his name. I
only knew J 1. 13 ns a bey, about here; he
was a wild boy, and I noticed him. I knew
Win. Moreland, and have known him 28
years; I lived 13wears in the District, with
him; 1 might have met him in the road and
didn’t know him. lie had whiskers, and 1
told Inn. at first, I dn’t know him. I merely
said in a joke, that Mr. Hardeman must nut
examine me, as he hud done before. Win.
Will mis had a son named Wilie, lie is all 1
recollect. I didn’t know Campho'l Barton.
Was not intimate with .1 E 15; be had a lull
face, jaws slicking on!, and no beard. His
! hair was lighter linn it is now; Ida face was
round; don’t recoiled the form of his nose;
think ho favored the .Slattern; Hull the most.
Don’t recollect J E B’s mouth or lip. 1 never
visited Ins family. Prisoner appears to ho
pretty much the name as lie used lo do; except
Ins jaws mid beard; Ids jaws have shrunk.
‘■ill Witnett—< harlfi McCuntell. — Knew
J. E. B. while a lad. I believe prisoner lo he
tin) same person, 1 can’t swear positively lo
him.
j Cross-examined.—l moved lo the river in
1818, and was cut oil' into I3ihb when the line
was altered, Esquire Dillingslea lived here, and
1 livad near Macon, soy 12 miles from Clinton.
I last saw .1 I, li in 1821 or ’22. Ho never
visited me nor my family, nor 1 him. 1 saw him
here heipiunily. 1 was intimately acquainted
with him. He was about Hi nr 17 years old.
When 1 lived near him, lie was 15 or Hi years
old.
Re-examined by p isnm-r— l saw J E 13 a few
times in Macon, and uni satistied that prisoner
i-s Bunkley.
3d Witness —John Allen. —l lived in Clinton
from 1810io 1818; and knew J E B ns ahoy.
He slaid a Jfrrnt deal in Clinton. Ido no:
know his features. He resembles (ho Blatter
family. 1 should think, from Ids likeness, dial
he was of the family.
Cross-examined.— 1 left here eadv in 1818,
in February, There is great dissemblance
among the family themselves. There is very
little favor between Mrs Parrish an 1 Hull Kinder,
very little indeed." 1 cannot remember lids man
from his features to be .1 I, 15
•U/i H linens—,'lllen O. Fnmbrovgh. —Has
seen E. li. in Gwinnett; rny acquaintance very
limited; J thought I should know him again.
He was a rude bullying fellow. Never saw him
in Epson. This was in 1825 or 1820. 1 saw a
man in the service, in Florida, dial I thought was
tiie same man. 1 endeavored to ascertain it lie
was die same man lie rather evaded my ques
tions ; said he was horn and raised in Georgia;
but did not know where Gwinnett was. I bad
lids interview in Florida, in the spring of 1836,
My opinion was derived from Ids manners and
disposition, more than from any particular recol
lection ol his appearance.
Cross ax-mined.—l won’t say the man I set*' 1
in Camp was E, B, Prisoner’s carnage and
motion answer pretty well for Barber ; but 1 think
he was rather istget; height corresponds. The
man I saw in Florida, was rather larger Ilian
prisoner; the man in Florida was called Barber;
and from this and his deportment, I judged him
him lo hr E. 13.
Glli Witness. Daniel Culpepper, —l knew
Jesse Bunkley; know nothing about the E.; knew
him in Warren and in Clinton, several years; 1
knew him in Clinton 8 or 10 years; 1 saw him
afterwards in Crawford cdUniy, in 1824 or’s;
not positive which. Know him and his family
connections from Ids features, i should say
prisoner is the man.
Cross-examined—l moved from Warren, in
H? 07; I lived about six miles from J I, li’s Ethers;
lie was then a small child. After I moved lo I
Jones, lived about the same distance, six miles,
(for Emilios never visited. Left Jones in 1822.
Had no conversation wiili .1 E 13, in my life, 1
know Charles Macurlliy, Wilkins Hunt, Robert
V’ Hardeman; hoys al the same lime. Never had
any conversation with J I, B, CM Hardeman’s
hair was prcliy while, when he was a boy; and
so was prisoner’s. Ho maid with (lie Blatters,
in Cravvlord; I think .10-sc was In Knoxville, in
1824 or ’5, [ think '26; lie nssoeialed, then, will)
Ned and Wm. Blatter, his relations, as I heard.
I saw prisoner, sometime this fall, in October or
Novemb -r, with the Blatters; bo companicd with
Billy and Septimus. I picked Idm out, myself,
ami went there for that purpose; 1 thought i
knew him, as soon as J saw him. I went into
the crowd around him; Ins features suited. I
had been told ho was on the ground. 1 was
looking al,out some lime before 1 found him.
There was a crowd all’round; 1 was alone; nobo
dy talking with me at the time. / have not said
I didn’t know him. I saw Jefferson Bla'lcr
when he was a small boy; I don’t recollect much
about him; hardly recollect him at ali; J think lie
was younger than J L B.
7th Witness —George .S' Kennedy —Knew J I
L B several years, in Clinton, about 5 years; 11
saw him several limes, afterwards, in Crawford, |
in 1825; knew his family connections. From
my knowledge of him, it is my opinion that pris-1
oner i the man. I did not immediately rec ,g- -
ni7.e him, but did so in about 20 minulcr; t win
sent for to go there, by Allen Marshall, hut did
not know why he rent for me, I knew every
man in ibe room, at first sight, but one; after sit-!
ling aI, vv min,lies, I thought I knew the man; 1
lie smiled;’! then felt pretty well convinced that!
lecognircd bis features. I told Mr. Marshall I 1
tiiougnl the man tt as Bunkley, !:y the , upper
part o! f.s face. V, lien I raw him *v hk Tb
■ ’. —'ft ccb-incud ilia- i; war-Bgnkl-' r. I
• huil seen him then’ in 1 before ho i»mi imaj ;
k ho stayed with tho fl itters, there, in that year;
Bemuel, James E., William end Septimus Slal
-1; ter; they claimed kin.
s Dross examined.—Did not know that prlmnci
y was in (Jiowtord; when I went to Mnmh ul’s, 1
s had not heard of it. I think prisoner’s nose anil
I upper lip nro like .! 1, IPs. My recollection is,
| that .1 I, B's upper lip was thin; .11, B’s face
,) was then much teller, than at present, lie was
| inclined l > be llcshy; not quite ns tall, ns ho
I is now. 1 think his hair is now blacker, did not
notice the color oi bis eyes; bis brows were heavy;
, don’t think more diilereiiee in the change nflns
. hair, than Mr. Hardeman’s, ill the same lime;
I there is about as much change in the one, as the
other.
Hill Witness. John 7’. Pntlei'soii —Knew .1
I. Hin 1815 or 1 1 (i; moved into Jones in 1917,
and knew him till 18*35; had not seen him for
sonio lime before he went away; ho war a noted
hoy and saw Esquire Ilillimjslea drive him to
• school. I think prisoner is (lib same man; can
! see tho family features, and from his ways and
j manners, I think ii is ,1 I, li.
I i Cross- examined—l lived about eleven miles
s 1 from town: never visited t. c fainly, nor they me;
s I was Deputy Shorin', and had to visit the town
pretty often; knew him very well; 1 know John
j Todd, and have seen Mr. Hardeman, Todd and
s Buiikley in .o vii, while hoys; never saw Told
r working on a chimney; didn’t recollect hi* young ■
, er brothers.
j Dili Witness. I I'm M zell.-~ Knew .1 I, B
well; knew bint tl”c or six years; first knew him
in 1815 or *10; 1 oversaw fir his grandmother;
1 knew him till he went away; from my acquain
’ lance 1 think ihe prisoner is the man.
t toss examined.—ln 1815 or ’l6 .1 T, B was
about twelve or tliiileen years old; I lived live nr
six miles from Clinton one year; I lived five
years about six miles from Clinton. I visited
’ tho family of Mr Imwllter mcssionally; when
1 Bunklcy and myself met we generally shook
hands.
1 l()li Witness. Ediveinl (Vnrh —Became nc
qmiin'rd with J B Bin 1818 or ’ IU, and knew
1 him till 1820; wo were intimate; ho and my
• brother were intimate; 1 saw him at Augusta for
I nhoiit two days. To iho best of my recollection
. I think prisoner is J 1, I),
I Cross-examined. I never lived in Clinton;
■ lived about eight miles from Clinton; never visit
< ed his father’s, nor they mine; don't recollect that
; Untikley's finger was bit.
llih Witness. Isaac /.' Hmoer —l went to
• school with J I, U when quite a small hoy, in
, this place; In 1890 J went to Aikansn-.v, and a'.
Helena) heard that J I. M was there; 1 went to
see him and was inti duct’d to prisoner us Jesse
, Uunkley.
, Cross-ox a mined. I did not rcengni/,o any teal
, noofJ E B. 1 ilid not recollect his features; I
was at school with ,J B 1! but onoyeai; I did not
, recollect bow J B 11 looked; prisoner was then
, doing business for a man named Palmer; w hen I
I first mot him ho was dirving a dray with bacon
on if.
r 12th Wi ness. Harris Gresham. —l was in
, Court when Mr. Willingham was sworn; lie
I said he was coming to see Barber; that bo bad
a large sear on Ids font, mid that be should know
, him : ho described Barber as about the bright of
prisoner; that lie was heavy built, and a little in
, elined to he bow legged, and that he would weigh
i I fit) pound). Ho slated that limber had a scar
below Ins kme from u rattlesnake bile: that lie
, ( would know Him by tho scar: Hill said he would
know him, for ho had fought him, the first man,
and Ini him on the jaw. 1 allude to young Wil
lingham.
19th Witness. James E. Slattcr —Knew J.
Ij. B in Crawford : went frequently to my fath
er's ; tvo have been often together, and staid in
ilio same room together : wo called cacti oilier
cousins: I knew him in 1824 and ‘25. 1 don’t
know when ho left hero. Prisoner is the man.
He had scars on him at that time : 1 have seen
smiie ul them, but J. don’t know biin from scars,
, but from features. I ue,uhl the evidence about
the peculiar mark refoned to by a previous wit
ness: il was not so when he staid at my father’s:
, in 1825 Jesso Buiikley had * • • J
1 have examined that particularly since, and nm
, convinced that if I am Slaltcr, he is Bunkloy.
Cross-examined—Don’t know dial I ever saw
him betoro 1821; don’t know hew long he was
in Crawford ill 1887: I am not positive as to llio
time ho staid there; not inneh attention paid b,
him. I was a go-.d dual in his company; don’
know where ho went from there; I noticed him,
hut paid Hut little attention to him, except his
frolics; ho was there several limes, the latter pari i
jof 1824 and first port of’2s; ho would ho gone
two or three days at « time, mid return, don’t
recollect when ho left there in ’25; I sometimes
went with him on his trips to Knoxville; his horse ,
was faster than mine, and ho would sometimes
go ahead of me; did not see him again till six or i
eight weeks ago, in Crawford county; knew him
us soon as I -aw him; I called linn by no name 1
when He first got (lu re; didn’t know I B B was (
in the county; prisoner caniu up and shook my ,
hand, and called me by name; I Slid nothing tor i
some minutes; said afterwards, I presumed lie -
was Jesso B; I think his nose a little longer, ami I
he a little taller than in 1825; think bis lip a lit- 1
tic thinner, his hair lint very little darker—a (
shade. .1 B B’sfaeo was fuller in tho chocks, ,
and beardless; don’t recollect saying, in Knox- r
ville, that 1 recognized him by a circumstance he t
| related; I first thought that when he canto hen:
Ihe was an impostor, hut that I should know him *
I if I saw him; I soul in Knoxville that 1 ri d not
] know him when I first saw him; I say J did noi
know him as soon in I saw him; 1 did not innoe |
dialcly make myself known to him; it was be- 1
tween half an hour and an hour before J made 1
inyscix known to him. The reason, 1 thing, :
there is a difference in the. appearance of hip nose,
is that his cheeks were fdniDily fuller, and lia-.e
shrunk. I
A Novel Riiii’-mes r.—On Heard the packet '
brig Moses, this morning, as the crew was stow- (
ing aw ay a cask, as il was supposed of beef, the ;
head burnt aut, and it was discovered to eon'ain |
the two lull grown negroes, preserved in
salt, Tho f'oropjjf was holding an inquest on '
them at two o’clock hi the bridewell yard.-—vV
Y Coin .'hlv, j
Scotland. —(Jlasgow is placed in lire singular j
predicament, at the present moment, ofhaving
two Bord I’rovosU elected by the town council.
The tw* gentlemen. Bribes Fleming and Dunlop,
who aro both highly respectable moo, had each a 1
parity of votes; the rate Lord I'rovost claimed tho 1
privilege of giving t Hi: casting vole in favor of Mr.
; Fleming, and Bailie fVnl, the next senior mft"-
| istrate; also claimed the .same right am) gave his
[ easting vole in favor of .Mr. Dunlop. Ex-Pto
vosi Mills invested Mr. Fuptning with the chain* ■
ofofilce, and Mr. Dunlop Wi- taken out an inter- I
diet against Iris opponent officiating as Bord Pro
vost, till the court of st-riens bud decided the } -
question.— I -fulon /‘a/ier.
Yesterday a h e k in ibis 10-.vo, in dtt.u.ipiing i v
to drive over a company of respectable citizen*, ' t!
was upset, and ibe drivers leg broken. —Jirmror I b
n M cf.
This is just such a mishap as has befallen the I J,
administration in its attempts to drive nier Ike I
necks of the people, iiow is ■ ;n: h>g, }.[• *%.,
Enron v-a ■.r .' ' v")t Hi a
lii inn neignooinoiui ui Hetkluy Square, Lon
don, arc three ciniiiont surgeons, whose name*
mo Slaughter, Uloot mill Death.
HARHIKI).
On Thursday evening, »(•« IJth ms-t , by the Rev
Mr Collins, -Mr,. Jam km M. V. Coophr, of this
jii.icf', in Mins Makv Ann I i!kk, of Columbia rip.
, °ii ibo 10th inn. by tb« Rev. .lulm .Milner, Mr.
1 ii.vxki.in iM. Vi:is ui t.iof Rnrnnsvilla, Pike eo.
‘Mils iMary A.M.Cox, oi .Mourn* county.
>i’i the bull i<■.l In the Kov John .Milner, My
!vri;uJc;;, ol Hurnesvilie, to Miss Eihu.y
11. I n v kii, daughter of IL. fryer, all of Pike
county.
TMC LOV.\DKS VI.LLM AC ADEMY.
V%I AN’ ononc lon (be first .Mondayof the pre*.
• ml month, jmder Ibo snperintendance,i)f
.Mu. Jno, iV \ oUNti, whom pup U will bo inetrue
n.t in ibu Greek noil Roman Languages mill all
the brant I. rs oi English lituratnre usually taught iu
Academies. ■ •
Mr. Voi'no is n graduate of Oxford College,
Ohio, though n native of this district. The Trus
liich ol lire limliluii iii Ibid themselves fully nnthoyia
od id r.R'oniinond bint us being well qualified Hi
ibsoltnrgo ibo duiie.. in which lie bn ong ignd. Ho
Ins not been lon.»enough Iron College to b Wuma
rnny in ibo /.anguauea, mul part of that lima he
has been employ; d in touching, and lias given full
Mitislm liun us to Jiis qnubllcuiioiM. The frustoc.ij.
.also luivc ibo silt elitclirin to announce to the publjg
ihal tlu-y bave engaged .Mil. Aiiii.vitA.vi (,’ItNNiNU,
It VM to lou'di tb ! lower branches, niid can with
pr.-ptli t y nicoimuond him us u first ratn English
t< acher, Imving tried hint two years previons'v,
Iha general supervision of ibo .School will ilg.
Volvo ii|mi the principal lonelier M it. Vac Na, who
together with the 'I i uitoos, will use every i X'Tliun
to manage the School wish that, kind ol inoibod,
an I disciplino w bieli will iiliord lo tb.i students bulb
moral nnd intnlloetnnl advantages.
I.owmlesville is silmiiel IS miles west of Abbc
vtlls* vi.lage, and near the Double bridges on Roc
ky River, on a high, dry nnd Mindy ridge, with
good water and is perfectly i enltby. 3'bgn) being
no stagnant waters, or sluggish streams lor some
tittles distant, it is therefore out ol ttie reach of tno
noxious iTduvia «bitli is so destructive lo boaltb in
many other places. Two of ibo Trustees lime
practised pby.de for miny years in the neighbor;
bool, r.nd can speak knowingly of ttin superior
beallhbilniss of the pi tee. l,owndasvillc is more,
over Minuted ub ml Avn mil s distant from several,
valuable mineral springs, ivbieb btive recently been
purennsed by a company who expect to hav« pn>-
paialt .ns in nudiiic,h lor the ree.eplloM of visitors
ibu ensuing summer; which willaiforda valuobla
retreat lor u lew w eeks, lo pny whoso consul utiont
may req lire it. Ooitd hoarding can b» bail in lint,
village ami it l tbn neighborhooii, at quite rulivuu
iwildislune.es, on reasonable terms.
JOHN (J. CALDWELL,
A. H ARNOLD,
E. HUNT,
• HAMSTER ALLEN,'
WM, C. COBBY,
I s. ALLEN,
•s.J. SJIACELFORU,
WM. PASCHAL,
JAMEN COSHER, ,
MATTHEW VOUNIL
jan 21 w it l r J
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
\ ft/ ILL bo sold on Thursday ilia 10th day of
ft * Minch next ul the lalo residence of vVTltiitra.
Bovvers, deeiiascd, lain «f Lincoln county, the, jfru.
putty ol the said deceased, Cthislsllllg of eprn, fod,-.
tier, dee. House bold and Kitchen furnitur', anil
other articles JOSHUA DANIEL, Admr.
Jan S 3 lH:\vld
To Debtors mul Creditors.
1.1, those intloblcd to the estate of Win. Ttow
i * ers 'lute oi Lincoln county, deceased. »r« , re
quested to malic immediate payment, and thief#
having claim,i against tbn same,io proient in terms
of the law. JOSHUA DANIEL, Admr.
Ja't 2d IStwtd
fI'OLIR minihs after dale, application will Im
made to tin. honorable Inferior Coml of Barks
county, when sitting for ordinary purpose*,..for
leave to sell to' number three hundred nnd thirty,
lour, fHMI) in lhe sixth district, Carrol county, con
taming two hundred two and a half acres.
Jan St l«w4m Win W MAUND, Admr.
MR. OLCOTT "ill receive pajflltM RMhMi
Hope, < aibmibiii eionty, <ieo ,27 tnilci from
Angustu, and comigi.ous lo the CJeo Krill Rond.—
Hu is familiar with the edncnlion of youth and pro
mises to tin Justice, 1
Beading, writing and arithmetic, par qr $5
Natural Philosophy, Histoty, Ac. “ *' fi
Latin nnd Greek Languages, “ H
(loud Hoard at sl2o—half yearly iu advance.
Columbia county, Jan 22 vvdt 17
SCUTTSI3OKO’ GEORCjIA. .
’2’,HE Spring terra of this /nsliltilioii, Jcf3.S will.
■ open on Monday, January Hilt. Ilia desira
ble that all students should be present at the for
mation of classes, on flic first day of ibo term. Tha
government, of ibu institution is strip), hut salutary
—being by written law’s and constitution, which arm
rigidly miloreed, after Ibo manner of the republican,
hi.no Governments of ibis country. A pamphlet,
containing bints on Female Education, our system
ol instruction, discipline, die , will shortly bo pnb-,
fished, and sent to all who may (eel interested
enough to apply tor it, by letter lo the I’rit eipal. t
'flu: boms lor instruction are from clay light till
nine o'clock I' M (summer nnd winter ) reserving
four hours lor meals and recreation. On Matiir
days, students are engaged only till noon. Tbejofo
eeum, (a literary and scientific sVocii ly,) of which
the J’rmeidnl is rx officio, i’resident, meets every
■Saturday evening, i bis society has been eslab--
halted hot a lew months, nnd has already proven it
selfto be immensely improving to ilia young ladies*
We pledge ourselves to impart in one year's limb
lo any young lady, who possosses a good mind, and,
who cun rend fluently, a bufi'Jsptne handwriting,a
a correct knmvleilga of liramniur, Arillimetic, Geog
raphy ami spelling. • t
A married genib nmn, from South Carolina, t
eng i-'esl m I Ini drawing nnd painting department.
His work will compare with any artist's in thfc
thuilhera States liesid>'H the above branehca, ho
w ill tench perl rail ami ininalnre painting, gilding,
broitzimr.Hiieilting, trunsterrihg prints, fancy worf*
wit It pcrlbratisl paper, Ac. Ac. In the musical
department, i slrm iion will be given on the piano,
gitilar,nnd flageolet. I.cefnrcs cvcry night on bar
inanand euinpaiattve J'liysiolegy, liotaay, Ailron
otny,< In inisify, Ac, Ac.
f.xurtioMs are being niidcto have a clergyman at,
laibcd lo the institution, which .will be effected
w.llt an bitUdclay us posstldo. fie have a library
ol SOO volumes—an herbarium of 2 l|K) specie* ot
plants,culler ted by ibo I‘rmcipal, in tie State nf
South Carolina —optical iiislrttiiicnu —Chemical ap
pa rat us, maps, globes, Ac.
7 be yowra! la ,iea arc rr quested t» dress plainly
—not lo wear jewels of any sort, nnd nqi to alien.l
bulls and parlies. No Horn account* wilbout ihb.
sainlion ol parents or guardians. Such as havp
aceoiniis will be required to icgistor all their ox<
rinses in a book ’they will keep lor the purposb
Rat ons w ill receive a minute report of their dill
dren’s progress in their atudies.
JJoard ran bo had in tho village. . . . i,
W e mli' it the patronage of our Southern friends,i
and pledge ourselves to labor to deserve it. Wenol
nnly invite but would be flattered by the visit* of
all who may bx disposed to attend our lectures, re-,
citation*, Ae. on any day or hour during the week,
L. I.ATASTE.
ANiVA M. LATASTC, ,
doe 27 v. iMjAtnJm 3<J2 I’nncipols■
LOCKHART, THREE WITS A CHAPMAN.
y ) E--FECTI I LLA" inform their friends and the
iAll public thill rltfiy are prepared with shed*and
rime stores in tire Vl!h£e of Warteiuon, for Dm re
eepnon of Coltori amt (>b“ids, which will be fir-,
x, dried by the Had Road lo Augusta, and Good* to
the up country, nsdirocied. with care and dospau-b.
Those dUtpo-'cd 11 do be*incsk.by tho way of this
I,ranch of ibofoao’.may roly ml our strict iiitontinn
lo all bus'll vs* confided to os Uur sheds for cor
[nii are adjoining Ibo Ui p.isttory
dec. Id • -”' 1 "ft
{O-Tha SfiUodgß’ illo HaearJ;r will e.fw lire
f-, f-v tint**-