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Thomas C. Bradford
HAVING taken his brother Pm
tEMoif into copartnership, in
the mercantile business their business
In future will be managed under the
firm of T- C.BHJW FORD. & Vo.-
where persips wishingt« give them a
call, may always find one or the other
at their store.-Thcy also respectful-
K inform their friend* and the public,
that they have for sale at their store,
A very Extensive Assortment of
DRT GOODS,
AND TUB
'Following Groceries,
' -VIZ—
-5 Hhds. Sugar,
SO Barrels ditto* 1 ,
16 Barrels N. P • Rum,
8 Hogsheads ditto,
A lew Hhds. Jamaica and West
India Rum,
Old Holland Gin*
teach Brandy,
Pr'me Mountain Whiskey,
*SOO Bushels Liverpool ground Salt,
20,000 lbs. prime Swedes Iron,
40 Bags prime Green Coffee,
„ * Tierces ditto, »
6000 lb,. t’Mling.. well Milled,
Pcpprr, Ginger »“3 Since, by
the Bag. _ . ,
Tiie whole or any part of the above
tfrlides will ho sold very low lor cash,
produce or apgrnml l'»l>^ c nnn.
P. BRADFORD.
July 16. c .
Carriages for Sale.
The subscriber has This Dan received
Half a Dozen well finished
Newark made Gigs,
with harness—n ho,
Two handsome Light Coaches
Made by U. 11. Camplicld. which are
warranted good, and will he sold at a
very small advance, for cash or town
acceptances.
f G. B. MARSHALL.
July 16. am
The Celebrated Race Horse ,
Potomac, for Sale.
THE subscriber being earnestly soli
cited to let Pot. mac remain in
Gc igi i, and not fating willing to leave
him s his properly, and his business ah o
making it absolutely necessary he should
f tturn to Vii gmia at tbs- expiration of the
present season will flVr si Public Sale,
on the third M nd <y in July n* xt, at
Washington, Whkrs countv, Geo. it fac
ing c U’t d y, this noble nniin.il, who in
point of f »m. is not inf riot co ~ny horse
on the globe —I conceive myself safe in
saying Sv.» when I have the con„uireni
Opinion of the beat judges of this siatt
ani. Virginia a race horse, he stands
unriv .Ued, h h ving beaten all the best
racers in Virginia and Nosth Carolina in
his dsy His colts arc equal t uny hoi s> s
in the Union, as large « p >iti n f tlum
arc racers as of any either hors s, & thos<
that are not, are universdly large and
elegant, lor the prf>oi ot whkS 1 h v
certificates from g- nth nf n of tht'fr.st
ttSpcctabiH yin Virginia. 1 have atso u
full catalogue ,t his p digree and pc -
f'.rmance, which may be seen by any
gt nteni'.n d -sirous of purchasing. 1
request ut gentlemen tha. are f nd ».f
fm< horses to t.rke a look st him. H is
how thirteen years of , and in as fine
he,.lth and condition as any horse co
earth—-fnd notwithstanding 1 did not
reach the ststc until the lat ter part of Ft -
,bmry. and the horse then poor from
hod travelling, he has covered bttw. e-n
ninety and me hundred ma ts t thirty
and thirty five .** lUrs. His amm noing
and elegant appearance is a scfii tent
recommendation to him any where*. —
The terms will be one thou.e nd dollars
cash, the balance in two -qu il annual
payments, the purchaser o< purchasers
to "give bonds with satisfactory sfctnity,
(~»n the delivery of the hors ) to b. ar
interest fr m the date, it nut punctu Uy
paid. The subscriber will in the min
time treat with any gentleman privately
tor the horse,
Wm. Townes.
W<ißh»n(?ton, Off'. Jun 25 s*7.
Now in Richmond
Jail, POLIDORE, aboir y ars ul,
s»ys belongs to Samuel Egnt-w ?.f Ab
beviUc, South Caroline-- DUBLIN about
20 or * I years old, says hi belongs to a
Mr. frai'Aick.—JjTF.PHtN, who says
be belongs to St; phen Hanchbaggcr of
Lincoln c unty—aj sf , SCIPIO, who s?y 3
he belongs to Mr. Tarver, cf Wilkes
county, Gtorgia. The owners are re
qut ste-d to come forward, prove property,
pay charges and them away.
A. Hhodts, jun. I), SlPff.
July 12. $
BASH ADVENTURE.
J '*■ ■ ISjf' . ' V
From the Philadelphia-Freemao’a Journal
The following very singular account
of an attempt by two Englishmen
one American, an Abyssinian mer
chant, and some Arabs, to visit n
cavern in which was supposed (he
mummies of the “Sacred Croco
diles’’ were deposited,is taken from
a work lately published in Eng
land, entitled “Narrative of a jour
rtey in Egypt and the country be
yond the cataracts—by Thoma*-
Leigh, P. M.”—and exhibits (h»
spirit of extravagant curiosity arid
rash adventure, in as striking a
light as any thing that we recol
lect to have seen;—
“We were bent on going, and the
Arabs at last undertook to be our
guides for a reward of twenty five
paisteres. A fter an hour’s march i ;
the desert, we arrived at the spot,
which we found to be a pit or circu
lar hole of ten feet in diameter, and
about 18 feet deep We descended
without difficulty, and the Arabs he
gan to strip; and proposed tons to do
the same; wo partly followed their
example, but kept on our trow sees
and shirts. 1 nad by me a brace of
pocket pistols, which I concealed in'
my trowsers, to he prepared against
any treacherous attempts ofotlr guides
—lt was now decided that three of
the four Arabs should go Xvith Vis,
while the other remained on the cut
side of the cavern. 'rite Abyssinian
inercit: « declined going any fart Users.
The sailors remained also on the ont*
side to faknVare of our clothes We
formed, therefore, a party of six; each
was to he preceded by a guide—'■our
torches were lighted—-one of the A
rahs led the \vn\-*-tif.d I followed him.
“We crept for seven or eight yhrds
through an opening at the bottom of
the pit, whii liwas partly oho'akjed bp
with (he drifted sand of the desert,
and found ourselves in large chamber
15 feel high, *
“This was probably the. place into
which the Greek Demetrius had pen
etrated, and here we observed wlial
he had described, the fr agments of
the mummies of the crocodiles. We
saw also a great number of huts fly
ing about, and hanging from t lie roof
of the chamber. Whilst holding up
my torch to examine the vault, I ac
cidentally scorched one of them. I
mention this (rival circumstance, be
cause it afterwards gave rise to a
most ridiculous, though to us a very
> impoi iao'discussion. So far the sto
ry of the Greek was true, and it re
mained ouly to explore the galleries
where the Arabs had formerly taken
refuge, and where, without doubt,:
were deposited the mummies we were/
searching for. We had all of us tor- {
eltes, and our guides insisted upon
placing out selves in such away, that
an Arab was before each of us.— ;
Though there appeared something !
mysterious in (bis order of march, 1
we did not dispute with them, but
proceeded. We now entered a long
gallery, in which we continued for
more than an hour, stooping or creep- ;
ing, as was necessary, and following
its windings, (ill at last it opened into |
a large clumber, which after some
time, we recognize . as the one we had
first entered, and from which we bad
net out. Our conductors, however,
denied that it was the same, hut our
persisti> gin (he assertion, they agreed
at las( (hat it was, a> <4 confessed they
had missed their way the first time,
hut if we would make another at
tempt, they would undertake to con
duct us to (he mummies.
“Ourcuriosity was still unsatisfied;
we had been wandering more than an
hour in a low subterranean passage,
and felt considerably fatigued by the
irksomeness us the posture in which
we hud been obliged to move, and the
i heat of our torches in those narrow
I and low galleries. Hut Hie Arabs
j spoke so confidently of succeeding in
this second trial, that we were induc
ed once more to attend them. We
found (he opening of (he chamber
which we now approached, guarded
! by a t-xmeh of unknown depth, and
wide enough to require a good leap.
The first Arab jumped the ditch, and
,we all followed him. The passage
we entered was extremely small, and
so low at some places as to oblige us
(o crawl flat on the ground, anti al
most always on our hands and knees.
The intricacies of its windings re
sembled a labyrinth, and it termin
ated at length in a chamber much
smaller than (bat which we had left,
hut like it contained nothing to satisfy
our curibsity. Our search hitherto
had been fruitless, but the mummies 1
might not be far distant; another cf-1
;i• * *
fort and we migW atlU be successful.
“The Arab whom I followed, and
who led the way, now entered another
gallery, and we oil continued to move
jji tlio game as hclore, each
pre ceded by a guide. We had not
'one far before the heat became ex
cessive—for my own part, I found my
hreathitig extremely difficult, my
Head began to ache most violently,
md 1 has a most distressing sensation'
of fuUnebs about the heart,
«We frit we bad gone too far, and
vet Wei ektiaost deprived ot the pow
er of returning. At this moment the
torch of [he first Arab went out—l
Was closi to him, and saw him fall
on his eWei-rhe uttered a groan—his
legs were strongly convulsed, and i
heard a rattliag noise in bis throat—
. he ws) dead. • The Arab behind me,
seeing the torch of his companion ex
tinguished, and conceiving he had
siiimbkd, passed me, advanced to his
assistance, and slopped; I observed
him appear faint, totter and fall in a
moment —he also was dead. The
I hire! -trabeame forward, and made
an effiet to approach the bodies, but
stopped short. We looked at each
other In silent horror. The danger
inere&ed every instant; our torches
burnt faintly; *mr breathing became
more tiffieu’l t; our knees tottered un
der us and we fell our strength near
ly gorto <
* “There Was ho lime to be lost— ’he
Ameriei«> Bartlmw, cried out to us
to “takecourage,** and we began to
move bark as fast as we could. Vie
heard tl« remaining Arab shouting
aft<*r us, easing us Caffrcs-, imploring
o*if a«si4ajt.e, and upbraiding us.
with desertig him. Hut WC were
obliged to I'iavc him to his tale; ex
pecting cveiy mrtment to share it with
I him. tbjMvindmgs of the passage
through will h we had come increased
Ihc diffi -uliyof our escape; we might
take wconi' tints, and never reach the
great, chapter we. had first entered.
P'.ven suj posing that we look the
"shortest r< ad, it was hut 100 probable
ourstrenp It would fail us bclore we
arrived, Wc had. each of us, sepa
rately an link own to each other,
observed attentively the different
j shapes of he stones which projected
| into the gtileries we had passed, s>
! that each tud unimportant clue to the
i labyrinth tve had now to retrace.—
; We compared notes, and only on one
| occasion lad a dispute, the \:nericaii
: ( differing from my friettd and mysell;
in thistlilemma we were determined
hy (V majority, and fortunately were
right. Exhausted with fa’igue and
ter/or we reached the edge of (he deep
trench, which remained to be eross
i tjl before we got into the great chant-
J her. Mustering up all rny strength I
l leaped and was followed by the Ame
j Hean; Bmelt stood on the brink, rea
idy io drop with fatigue. He called to
us, “for Clod’s sake to help him over
' the fosse; or at least to stop, if o ily
J for five minutes, to allow him to re
i cover his strength.” It was impos
-1 sihle; to stay was death, and we could
j not resist Hie desire to rush on and
i reach the open air. We encouraged
him to summon all his force, and he
; cleared the trench. When we reached
the open air it was one o’clock, and
i the heat of the sun about 160°. Our
sailors, who were wailing fur us, had
lu* kily a bur dak full of water, which
(hey sprinkled upon us, but though a
little refreshed, it was not possible
to climb the side of the pit; they un
folded their turbans, and flinging
them round our bodies drew us to the
top.”
lIOttRIItLE!
[The unnatural monster who is the
subject of the following charge and
address, passed through this place
on Wednesday last, accompanied by
the Sheriff bl Brook and a strong
guard: — Winchester (iu%,
Thomas Johnson, you have been in
dicted and iried in this court for a
rape upon Larina Johnson —you have
had a fair trial, by a respectable and
intelligent jury of your own choiee,
who after a patient and attentive hear
ing. and due deliberation upon your
case, have pronounced you guilty of
the charges
It was remarked by your counsel
, on the trial, that (he laws of all nations
in Christendom, (America excepted;
the crime of rape is punished with
death;—lt is an offence marked by the
reprobation and detestation of all ci
vilized men. According to the gene
ral sense and feeling of mankind, a
distressed and unprotected female has
a right at all times, and under all cir
cumstances, to claim and expect pro
tection of any mao who may he in a
situation to afford it, against violent
\ forcible attempts upon her person;
I no such protection is at hand, the
only hope of escape is an appeal to the
humanity and honorable feelings o= ,
her assailant. That man who could
resist such an appeal, and proceed t«
his abominable purpose by force and
violence, against a female in (ears,beg
ging and beseeching Mm to have mer
ey on her, to take pit y of her weakness,
and her innocence, is a monster in hu
man shape, possessing the form and
figure, wit bout the heart and feeling
common to man.
But yours is not an ordinary rape,
it was perpetrated under circumstan
ces of the most unusual and extraor
dinary character, such as have been
very seldom, if ever, submit ted to the
coosideVation of a court and jury.—
The unfortunate Lavinia Johnson is a
poor orphan child—she is your dough
ter ! and you the only parent she had
to look up to, for advice and protec
tion; the jmost sacred and solemn obli
gation wa« imposed upon you, to bring
up this child in (he paths of innocence
to teach her lessons of morality and
virtue, and to be her faithlul adviser,
guardian, end protector through life.
How have 'von failed in the discharge
of those duties? Vol simply in neglect
and omission; hut you became her
worst enemy, striving to corrupt her
morals, to persuade her to the com
mission of an act, ealcula-ed to blast
her character, and destroy her pea c
of mind for ever—when she could not
he Induced hy the persuasion, or tie
stern command of a pacent, 10 submi
to a disgrace and pollution so foul a 7 >d
unnatural, it seems that force aiid vi
olenee was resorted to, at a time whet*,
when she was begging and entreating
your pity and your mercy, up
on yon by the lender appellation, of
parent, in hopes by thus femimti g
von of the existing ties of na'ure, to
soften your mo*! obdurate heart, and
to avert the calamity : bat all reshl
ance, all appeals to the heart and feel
ing.were made in vain, and you tri
umphed over the innocence and weak
ness of yrttir Owrt child; ISy threats
of putting Imr to death in case of dis
closure, youc offence was for a long
time concealed, and during that time
often repeated. Su"h is the history
of the transaction as given by your
daughter under oath; to her evidence
the jnrv have given full credit, and
in so doing, as I think, decided cor
rectly.
The dcvelopcments of acts so cruel,
inhuman, ami unnatural, so contrary
to (he laws of nature; the laws of the
land, and the laws of heaven, excite
feelings of the utmost horror, disgust
and astonishment. They present one
of the most extraordinary, unnatural,
and melancholy instances of the de
pravity of human nature that has pre
haps ever occurred in the common
wealth. It is believed to have no par
rallcl in the annals of our judicial
proceedings. The lenity of our law,
in its application to (his case, must
be acknowledged to be very great in
deed, in permitting any other punish
ment than death, uader suck circam
stances.
It has been proved, that you pro
fessed to believe in a future state of
rewards and punishments, and oeea
, sionally, with your daughters bowed
yourself down, and offered up prayers
and supplications to heaven for mer
cy and projection. If so. if you be
lieve, as we are all taught to believe,
, that at some future time, we shall all
i stand at the bar of eternal jnsiicc to
receive judgment according to deeds
done in (his life, it becomes you to
i make speedy preparation for that aw
ful trial—By a sincere repentance,
and fervent prayers and supplications
for mercy, to endeavor to make yonr
peace, obtaining forgiveness, and re
conciliation, to the favor of the su
preme being, against whose divine
laws you have so highly offended.—lt
only remains for me to pronounce the
judgment of the law. That you be
taken to the place from whence you
came, and from thence to the public
jail, or Penitentiary House, near the
1 ! city of Richmond, and be there con
l j fiued at hard labor twenty-one
> I years one halfof which time you arc
' , to be in the solitary cells.
Estray.
i GEORGIA , ) "gnjEFORE me, Stcph
i Burke county.s en Murray,
tra'e far this county, this day James
Kimball tolled b-Tore me a small bay
Horse, seven or tight years of age, about
thirteen hands high, tick marked, paces
and trots, no visible brands.—Apprised
by Charles Floyd, Jacob Hblligsworth
and Dankl Thompson, to Twenty-Fivt
Dollar*, sth July, 1817.
Stephen Murray, j.p.
Extract from the Estray Book, July
lOih, IS 17.
John Carpenter, Clerk,
July 12* * c
B •. I*
CHRONICLE.'
Saturday, July 19, ISiyT^^
PERU? &
The Charges exhibited against
Capt. Oliver H. Peiry, by Mr. J 0
Heath, recently appointed consul to
Teoeriffe, and formerly of the U. s
navy, have excited a painful interest
in the public mind. The « Hero of
Krie” is accused of conduct the most
hameful, unjust, and tyraonical—of
ibi'smg a subaltern officer without
provocation, (Ken cowardly tlnkin <*
him—of being instrumental in refut
dug him for three months and a hair
an opportunity to substantiate his aN
legations, and receive that justice,
which the injury done him so imperi
ously demanded—when finally grant
ed, of an illegal constitution of the
Court Martial, and a suppression of
its sentence against Capt. P.in viola
tion of established principles.
IVprejudge a controversy of tliif
ki id would be illiberal and unjust...
“ Hear both sides,” before you decider
is a maxim we should never lose sight
of At least, in nine cases out of ten r
a relation of circumstances grow
ing out of disputes between individu
als, is subject to considerable modifi
cation. Nor yet is the misrepresenta
ion of facts thus slated, often caused
iy a brea -h of veracity. Passion and
hatred arc so apt to blind a ;d pervert
ur reason, that it is very seldom we
view the conduct of our enemy thro’ a
correct medium; his most honorable &
magnanimous actions are too often
placed to the account of some sinister
motive; “A t men consider alimrn
mortal, butUiemsetves.”Thus we ease
our cotiscienre with (he reflect ion, I hat
no Censure, however severe, no injury
■owevec deadly* can be misapplied
when directed against the life or repu
tation of him whom tve cal! our ere*
my,- Thdse remarks ate incidentally
expressed, and are not intended to
have any bearing upon the Statement
of Mr. H. who comes before the pub
lie under Circumstances, which give
an air of authority to his assertions,
that at present repels contradiction,
and almost silences doubt. But, for
the honor of that navy whose deeds
yet brighten old Ocean with Its fame;
for the honor of those services wbi h
the Hero of Erie” ha* rendered bis
country, we hope that the foul biot
which threatens to ohs ure the splen
dor of his renown, may he waslicd
away by the pellucid stream of jus
tice, and still continue to shine will*
uncoiitaminated lustre.
——j
THE FLORID AS.
As public opinion appears to be
much divided in relation to the object
of Sir Gregor McGregor’s operations
in Florida, wc have thought proper
to present our readers with the fol
lowing publication, that they urn be
enabled to compare notes on both
sides. But there appears to he such
a cal lid on of interests involved in tlio
subject, that it is impossible to form
a correct opinion, in relation to the
merits of the enterprise, until wc are
better acquainted with fads. Tlhk»
however, will soon furnish us wild
clue to the business—’till (hen ’lis
our duty, as impartial Journalists, 'o
distract the public mind as much 09
possible nflth all thi reports and coun
ter-reports, assertions and contra
assertions. that the affair has given
rise to. So here goes;
FROM THE SAVANNAH GAZETTE^
The citizens of the United States,
willgcnerally have their attention how
turned, particularly when there is »o
little to direct it at this moment of
general peace throughout the uni
verse, on the expedition carrying on
against East Florida and which lias
the honor of having, as its military
chief. Sir Gregor M‘Grcgor; and un
der him officers of distinguished bon
or, and reputation, and a declared ob
ject,—that of giving liberty to an ex
pressed people.
What citizen of the U. States, wW
reads thus far, but will give Ins sm
cere wishes, for the suc«*ess of *o !■?***
rious an enterprize? The name
berty—the name of patriot hero.p ll '
licularly when contrasted with b| , ; llh
ish oppression—excites in.pur brea* *>
sensations honorable to Freemen;—
we may however, be most egregious}
imposed upon, by those sensali« r ’ K J
for it may happen, that tb® l ‘* u '
which excites them, may be made
cloak, for the purpose of gpati'.' ,n s
the most selfish, illegal, and cru® 1
fentions. It may he proven, tlw 1
persons who advanced the fund:*
fitting out the expedition again* ’
Florida, expecting to be rcimbur--
«en-fold, were actuated by ni °. ,
altogether selfisinj that a* tu c , v u '’