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.KONIOLE ANlii SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6.
The Knavery Exposed.
The following letter from General Harrison to
Mr. James Lyo«s of Virginia,;exposes the true cha
racter of the “ Last Curd ” of the Locofocos :
Cincinnati, October 21, 1840.
Mr Dean Sir ;-—I have received a Hand Bill
which contaitrs a tetter eaiti to have been written
by me to Artfew Tappan «mjl-others, in which I
proclaim Abolition principle*'. It has my name
to it, but is a VILE FORGERY. On the aay,
2d October, I was at Columlj is.
Yours tr haste, the ma;i just closing,
Jas. Lyons, Esq. WM. ;E. HARRISON.
Pennsylvania and Virginia.
In this morning’s papei wife'be found all the re
turns we have been able to coi-lact of the election in
•hese two States. We give ti)=em as we find them
in our exchange papers, and hey must be taken
for what they are worth. Ti e news from Penn
sylvania, if tiue, is highly encouraging to the
friends of Reform ; and that from Virginia is fa
vorable to the Locofocos. A few days more, unless
we have our accustomed failures of the mail, will
enable us to present the true state of the case. If
Virginia has gone for the Lpeofocos, we confess
we shall be disappointed, though we should not
feel disappointed to see Pennsylvania go either
way.
Spkc-ial Election in Kentucky. Col.
Thompson, Whig, has been c eded to Congress
in the district represented by the late S. H. An
derson. His majority over Daniel, V, 8., is a
bout 800. !
From the \ew Orleans But of the 31 st ult.
Arkansas’
Last evening we received l;he Arkansas Star of
the 21st, which contains retunpt from ten counties,
showing a gain of 650 votes ? to the Whigs since
1838. The locofoco majority >vas then 2,500. If
■the remaining counties show.; a similar gain, the
-election has been very close. "The Star says not a
word of the legislature.
Indian News,
An Extra from the office rs the Apalachicola
Advertiser, of the 2Sth ult, srjys—Capt. Smith, of
the Louisa, reports having a raft, i.bout six
miles below Ochese, on whicii the Indians had
crossed to the East side of the Apalachicola River,
sometime between Friday ami Sunday last. Col.
Mapes, of the‘U. S. Army, exatrjined it, and declares
it to be his conviction that the raft was made by
white men, which the belief that the
Indians have been, and are sti ,;1 aided by some de
praved whites.
Pennsylvania I lection.
Majorities, with the gain o: loss on the vote of
the 13th.
V.B. Har. V.B. Har.
gain. gain.
Philadelphia city and co. 205 138
Berks, 3880 153
Bucks, 327 305
Chester, ,784 159
Delaware, 713 114
(Lancaster, 4300 591
Dauphin. 947 434
Cumberland, 1 122 308
York, 589 166
Lehigh, 47 246
Northampton, 980 ; 109
Montgomery, "768 35
Ademe. 846 277
Franklin, 834 312
Schuylkill, 308 4 284
Centre, 811 186
Juniata, 105 25
Perry, 924 j- 71
Lebanon, 968 418
Bedford, 555 210
- Northumberland, 1016 ( 238
Huntingdon, T 550 271
Mifflin, 42 ; 38
Union, ovcrj!000 134
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!908 4314
908
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Correspondence of the Baltn/iore American.
Philadelphia, f_Vt 31st, 8 P. M.
Gentlemen—We have jusj come out of the
warmest political contest we have ever had in this
city,—-The -votes polled are’larger than at any
former election, but our majority of 2882 is eight
hundred less than it would have been at a fair
.election.
The returns from the interior are of the most
cheering chajacter, and have conclusively settled
the question that Harrison aped Reform have
carried the day in this State. [
The population of Charleston, according to
the official census, is 41,139.
For the Chronicle Sc 'tontine/.
'To the Editor of the Staiuiasd of Union.
Sir—When the W higs of thisd ounty made their
first rally, in April last, you Acre pleased, with
that felicitous purity of expression so peculiarly
your own, to duo them “ bar#--ridden, can'ing
knaves .” Through the columns of this paper I
then informed you that your master should pay for
this piece of/insolence. 1 now r ill your attention
to the returns of our late election;, and ask wheth
er your master has paid for it f\ Where are the (
-“ tones of terror” in which you bud us the demo;- i
racy of Richmond would speak t l us at their meet-
ing in May ? And, above alii what think you
now of General Harrison’s “ cqbweb pretensions
to the Presidency ?” ; A WHIG.
Byway of postscript. How roes a swaggering |
bully feel wiien well whipped ? ( Give us your ex- i
pericnce, and learn better manners. I
Tiuf. Cotton Crop.—lt gives us some pain
rto add-to the testimony already: before the coin- (
mercial world, concerning the failure of the cot
ton crqp, that of an eminent planter, Col. John
L. Hunter, of Alabama ; a gentleman of great
experience.and .intimately connected with the
cotton planting interest.
Inwiin, A);.., Oct. 23rd.
“ The crops have suffered considerably from
the heavy rains in July and August, producing a
casting of the squares to a great extent; also
from the ravages of the bug—flic bolls having
been perforated, which causes I Is* rot: aso from
.The Caterpillar, which has destroyed the leaves j
«n(l young fruit, causing a blight similar to an (
early frost. Indeed, the season; has been most
unpropilityis, and, from what Ucan understand,
although my crop has sustained less injury than ,
those of my neighbors, we shall lose not less,
but most probably more, than r,ne third.”
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The Goods Seized. a
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The Baltimore Sun says: —v I'he cloths and
cassimeres under seizure in this city since August, -j
18J9, were sold by the ma.sUal, lor casa, «u tin- j
15th and 16th ult. and prouuced $43,534 44.” p
ELECTION RETURNS.
~ PRESIDENTIAL CONGRESSIONAL
VOTE. VOTE.
La y \
II II
COUNTIES. s- « 2- 3
° 5 §
3 > *
• • <t» •
. .
Appling, 100 115
Baker . 199 239
Baldwin,.... 731 533 330 323
Bibb, 18 675 676
Bryan, 5S 89 36
Billoch, 25 386 J 7 365
Burke, 593 195 523 271
Butts 233 392
Camden, 190 227
Campbell -••- .... 199 530
Carroll, 256 451
Cass 14? .... 489 662
Chatham.... 591 647 .... 556 651
Chattooga, 211 268
Cherokee, 361 504
Clarke 630 319 , 619 360
Cobb, 42S 658 ’ 407 659
Columbia,... 470 223 .... 479 274
Coweta, 50 .... .... 682 684
Crawford,.. . 435 459 417 448
Dade, 23 145
Decatur , 404 248
DeKalb,' 664 759 < 616 753
Dooly, 228 330
Early, ... 240 354
Effingham,..lsß 55 .... 173 75
Elbert, 958 105 . 909 133
Emanuel,,... . [ 124 1.70
Fayette, 130 ; 406 543
Floyd, 271 266 t 264 281
Forsyth, 348 457 1 330 511
Franklin,....’ .... .... ....{ 433 815
Gilmer, .... < ...J 84 338
Glynn, .... ....[lid 28
Green 894 127 I 840 106
Gwinnett,... 125 703 680
Habersham,.. .... 344 802
Hall 527 624
Hancock,... 482 241 .... 469 248
Harris, .... .... 933 386
Heard,. 1 .... 32> 374
Henry, 931 794 853 782
Houston, 667 6i7
Irwin, 60 I*B
Jackson, 544 569
Jasper, 495 494 510 509
Jefferson.... 457 89 .... 438 96
Jones, 497 456
Laurens, .... .../ 442 4
Lee, 302 153
Liberty, 65 151 121
Lincoln, 317 D 3 294 154
Lowndes... J .... ,i 412 123
Lumokin,...' 355 736 294 -748
Macon, .... .... 355 325
Madison, 357 256 324 297
Marion, .... .... 357 312
Mclntosh, 16 10( 145
Meriwether, .... .... 736 790
Monroe, 796 675 818 733
Montgomery, —• .... .... 202 7
Morgan, 478 27S 4SI 330
Murray .... 234 481
Muscogee,... 235 rn J 959 8-48
Newton...... 988 355 r .... 959 398
Oglethorpe,.. 654 127 604 132
Paulding. ..... i ! 243 263
Pike, ...... 526 626
Pulaski, ....... 210 315
Putnam,..., 468 310 1 440 346
Rabun, ; ...... ; .. .., 26 314
.A ...» ' .... .... 54U 592
Richmond,.. 939 406 ....; 593 501
Striven, ]M) 199 .... 172 237
Stewart, .... .... 887 775
Sumpter, .... .... 446 371
Talbot 888 820
Taliaferro,... 431 47 396 60
Tatnall, .... .... 259 24
Telfair, .... .... 187 131
Thomas, .... .... 410 145
Troup, Hl6 433
Twiggs, ; 376 423
Union, 94 422
Upson, 632 293 637 308
Walker, .... ....: 3SO 509
Walton, 1t,2 52*- 681
v ire,,. I 201 46
Warren,.... 552 243 , ...i 552 336
Washington. 593 453 . .... 579 617
Wayne, 1 .... .... *....' 75 80
Wilkes. 438 353 462 384
WiiJijsoL, • •.... ‘ .... •,... 46-5; 50*
From the Apalachicola Commercial Advertiser Ex
tra of the 28 tn ult.
I.oss of the Steam boat Le Roy, nix Lives
LosU
Tiie steamboat Siren, Capt. Field, brings in
telligence of the loss of the Le Roy, Washing
ton Smith, master, and reports the melancholy
news that 6 persons were killed, and several
dangerously scalded, burnt, or olhewise wounded, j
—The accident occured on Sunday last, about 2 i
o’clock, P. M., opposite Blount’s Town, ou this j
liver.
The Le Roy was employed on the Brunswick
line, in the conveyance of the mail, and passen
gers, between Chattahoochee, and 101-a, and in
hei last trip was coming from the first named
place. She is represented to have been an old ,
boat, but was not considered unsafe. It appears
that first her boilers exploded, and afterwards she
caught fire and burned down to the water's edge.
The wreck now lies opposite Blount’s Town to
which place the wounded were conveyed.
Among the passengers was Mr. Willis Alston,
and we believe he was the only one who escaped
unhurt. He is reported to have slated, that be
fore leaving Challanoochee, he observed some
thing about the boat which created a feeling of
insecurity. Thus impelled, he kept as near the
stern of the boat as possible, that being the safest
place. On hearing toe explosion, he immediate
ly jumped into the yawl boat, and thus made his
escape while the vessel was on fire.
The kiiled are reported to be
Daniel Rowlet, passenger.
Washington Smith, master.
John Ashton, engineer.
Pressly Hicks, fireman.
John Waller, da.
Henry Carter, a free mullatto steward.
The names of the wounded we have not
learned.
Fortunately, there were mot'inany pas-engers
on board, otherwise the disaster would have been
still more mel incholy. The Le Roy was owned
by the mail contractors on the great Southern
Route, Messrs. Stockton.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Since the above was in type, through the po
liteness of Cupt..James Y. Smith, of the Steam
boat Louisa, we have received a more circum
stantial account of the melancholy catastrophe a
bjve related.
The Le Roy left Chattahooche on Sunday, at
half past 10, A M. conveying the mail to lola.
The accident occurred two miles above Blunts,
town, at the hour before slated.
The names of the wounded are
Holloman, Pilot,
Sam. Smothers, a free mulatto, book.
A b ack woman belonging to the .boat, .and a
negro ooy, belt ngingto Judge Spang.
There were three persons who escaped unhurt,
making in all thirteen persons who were on board
at the time of the accident.
The wounded were conveyed to the plantation
of Mr Sutton, where they havojrecetved every
attention, and in a fairway of recovery, 'i’he pi
lot is much bruised, having been blown several
fi’et into the ai<-, and fallen on the wreck, with the (
wheel in his hand.
Nothing was saved but the mail which was "j
blown on to the forecastle. The river, Capt. i
Smith says, is literally strewed with fragments,
and since the accident the boat, has entirely dis- ■,
appeared, leaving nothing but the stern pole to (
indicate where it lays.
After the explosion, and before the fire a Mr. t
I upper went on board the wreck alone, to ren- I r
d er assistance to liic wounded and recover the j t
bodies. While thus engaged the wounded ‘ a
were taken away in the yawl hoat, leaving him
without a living companion. In its absence the
flames spread with fearful rapidity, but with un
daunted, and true bravery, he still persevered to
the imminent danger of his life, and had the re
turn of the yawl been delayed a few minutes, he
would undoubtedly have fallen a sacrifice to his
heroic benevolence. We are happy to state that
he escaped, but such noble conduct should not
go entirely unnoticed.
Capt. Smith, master of the Lc Roy, was only
in temporary command, the regular master having
engaged him during his absence at a Camp
Meeting. The mail was rescued by Mr. Sutton,
and conveyed to its destination by the Loqisa.-
Virginia Election.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says -
The following statement of the vote in the coun
ties named, was furnished us by one of the pas
sengers :
Bedford county, 350 Whig majority.
Campbell county, 223 Whig majority.
Caroline county, 83 Administration majority.
Richmond county, 410 Whig rnajnjity.
Chesterfield county, 280 Administration major
ity-
Petersburgcounty, 17 Administration majority.
Norfolk county, 137 Whig majority.
Hanover and Stafford, nearly equal.
The ladies did look lovely l , we saw a dark
eyed brunette who might have set fiie to a soul of
ice.— Clipper.
“ O ! whar did she kum from ?” — -hieh. Star.
From Richmond — Clipper.
0 where, and O where does the lovely creature
dwell ? — Picayune,
Augusta, to be sure ; where <dse do you suppose ?
Did’ntyou know that Georgia was famed in song
and story as the land of beauty.
New Jersey.— William Pennington, tfie pres
ent excellent Governor of New Jersey, was yester
day re-elected to that office. Charles G. McChes
ne.y was elected secretary.— New York Commer
cial Advertiser 31 st.
Ihe Hon. James F. Simmons (whig) has been
elected a Senator in the Congress of the United
Slates from the State of Rhode Island, in the place
of the Hon. Nehemiah R. Knight, whose term
of service expires on the Ith of March next.
1 he recent election in lowa Territory, for a de
legate to Congress,has resulted in the election of
General Dodge, tfie Locofocos candidate for Con
gress, by about 60U majority.
The Extra Globe has run its race—finished
its distinguished career. Kendall has pocketed
his dollars, and the office-holders have the Extra
Globe.—Valuable equivalent! The last number
is graced by the “ hist card” of the party, and if
its readers ever learn the trutn, they must look to
other sources. Kendal has issued proposals hi
publish a semi-weekly paper to be called ‘<Ken<*
d .ll*s Expositor.”— Madisonian.
Execution of Jack Sheppard and Jona
than U ild.
As public attention has been drawn to these
worthies, we present our readers with an account
of the execution from the records of the lime.
The London Weekly Journal would be a curi
osity in these broad sheet days.
London was remarkably quiet from the above
period till November, i 724, but that year pro
duced a thief that seemed calculated to nerlonn
successfully every scheme of desperation. He en
joyed a limited sway, and during the lime he was
at largo the public were in constant apprehension.
Bucppard finished his career at Tyburn, in the
midst of an incredible number of spectators; and
t.jeir conduct occasions this notice of him. The
sheriffs officers, aware of the person they had
to contend with, thought it prudent to secure his
hands on the morning of execution. This in
novation produced the most vuilcht resistance on
Sheppard s part, and the operation was perform
ed by force. They then proceeded to search
j him, and had reason to applaud their vigilance,
I for he had contrived to conceal a penknife in some
part of his dress. '1 he ceremony of his depar
| tore from our world passed without disorder ; hut
; the nstant the time expired for the suspension of
the body, an undertaker, who had followed by
| his fricuds’ desire, with a hearse, and attendants,
' would have conveyed it to St. Sepulchre's
churchyard for interment; hut the mob conceiv
| ing that the suigeons had employed this unfor
tunate man, proceeded to demolish the vehicle,
and attacked the sable dependents, who escaped
i with difficulty. They then siezed the body, and
in the brutal manner common to those wretches,
beat it from each to the ether till it was covered
| with bruises and dirt, and till they reach Lung
, acre, where they deposited the miserable remains
lat a public house called the Barley-mow. Alter
it had rested there a few hours, the populace en
tered into an inquiry why they had pot coylri-
I buled their assistance in bringing Sheppard to
Long-acrc; when they discovered they were
duped by a bailiff, who was actually employed by
the surgeons; and that they had taken llie corpse
from a person realty intending to bury it. The
elucidation of their error exasperated them al
most to phren/y, and a riot immediately commen
ced, which threatened the most serious conse
quences. The inhabitants applied to the po
: lice, and several magistrates, attending, they
| were immediately convinced the civil power was
I insufficient to resist the torrent of malice ready
; to burst forth in acts of violence. They there
fore sent to the Prince of Wales and the Savoy
requesting detachments of the Guards; who, ar
riving, the leaders were si—ured, and the body
was given to a person, a friend of Sheppard, and
the mob dispersed to attend it to the grave of St.
Martini’s-in-thc-Fields, where it was deposited in
an elm coffin, at ten o’clock the same night, under
a guard of soldiers, and with the Ceremonies of
the church.
The Weekly Journal of November 21, 1724
gives a brief abstract of Sheppard’s Life, pub
lished at the time, which may amuse the reader,
“ An Abridgment of the Life, Robberies, Es
capes, and Heath of John tSheppard, who was
executed at Tyburn, on Monday, 16th instant
1724.
“ J he celebrated Jack Sheppard, whose emi
nence in his profession rendered him the object
ot every body’s curiosity, having made his exit
on Monday last, at Tyburn, in a manner suitable
tt» his extraordinary merits, we hope a short
summary of his extraordinary performances, be
fore and since his repeated escapes out of New
gate, together with his behaviour at the place of
execution, will not be a disagreeable entertain
ment to our readers.
“ He was born in 1701, and put apprentice by
the charitable interposition of Mr. Kncebone,
whom he afterwards robbed, to one Mr. Owen
Wood, a carpenter in Drury lane. Before his
time was out he took to keep company with one
Elizabeth Lyon, who proved his ruin ; of her he |
gave this character—that “ there was nut a more
wicked, deceitful, lascivious wretch living in
England.” The first robbery he ever committed
was of two silver spoons at the Rummer tavern,
Charing-cross. He owned several other rob
beries particularly that <4 Mr. Rarigterin Hamp
stead, for which the two Brightwelis were tried
and acquitted ; in relation to which he often said
jocosely, ‘ Little I was that large lusty man that
plucked from the ditch,’ as Purgiter had deposed
at Brightwell’s trial. He was long comrade with
Blueskin, lately executed, who, according to the
account Sneppard gave of him, was ‘ a worthless
companion, and that nothing but his attempt on
Jonathan Wild could have made him taken no
tice of;’ afterwards he broke cut. of St. Giie’s
round-house, throwing a whole load „i’ bricks,
&c., on the people in the street whostood looking
at him, and made his escape. After this he broke
out of the New Prison; then out of the con- {
detuned hold in Newgale; but his last escape 1
from Newgate having made the greatest noise, t
we shall insert the following particulars
“Thursday, October 15, just before three in
the afternoon he went to work, taking off first his ’
hand-cuff's, next, with main strength, he twisted
a small iron link of the chain hetwen his legs
asunder; and the oroken pieces proved extremely
useful to him in his design ; the fetlocks he drew
up to the calves of his legs, taking off'before that
his stockings, and with his garters made them
firm to his body, to prevent their shackling. He
then proceeded to make a hole in the chimney of
the. castle, about three feet wide and six feet high
- from the floor, and with the help of the broken
link aforesaid wrenched an iron bar out of the
chimney of about two feet and a half in length,
and an inch square; a most notable instrument.
He immediately entered the Red-room, which is
directly over the castle, and went to woik upon
the nut of the lock, and with little difficulty got
it off, and made the door fly before him ; in tiiis
room he found a large nail, which proved of great
use in his farther progress. The door of the en
try oelween the bedroom and the chapel proved
a hard task, it being a laborious piece of work; for
here he was forced to break away the wall, and
dislodge the bolt which was fastened on the other
side. This occasioned much noise, and he was
very fearful of being heard by the master side
debtors. Being got to the chapel he climbed
over the iron spikes, with ease broke one of them
off, and opened the door on the inside ; the door
going out of the chapel to the leads, he stripped
the nut from off' the lock, and then got into the
entry l»etvvcon the chapel and the leads, and came
to another strong door, which being fastened by
a very strong lock, he had liked to have stopped,
it being full dark, his spirits began to fail him, as
greatly doubting of success ; hut cheering up, he
wrought on with great diligence,and in less than
half an hour, with the main help of the na ; l from
the bed room, and the spike from the chapel,
wrenched the box off, and w s so master of the
door. A little farther in his passage another
stout door stood in his way ; and this was a diffi
culty with a witness, being guarded with more
bolts, bars, and locks, than he had hitherto met
with. The chimes of St. Sepulchre’* were then
going the eighth hour; he went first upon the
box and the nut, but found it labor in vain ; he
tlien proceeded to attac k the fillet of the door ;
this succeeded beyond expectation, for the box
of the lock coining off with it flom the main post,
he found his work wis nearly finished. He was
got to a door opening in the lower leads, which
being only bolted on the inside, he opened it
with ease, and then clambered from the top of it
to the higher leads, and went over the wall He
saw the streets were lighted, the shops being still
open, and therefore began to consider what was
necessary to be further done. He found he must
go back for the blanket, which had been his cov
ering a nights in the castle, which he accordingly
did, and endeavored to fasten his stockings and
that together, to lessen his descent, but wanted
necessaries, and was therefore forced to make use
of his blanket alone. He fixed the same with
the chapel spike into the wall ol Newgate, and
droppeu from it into the turner’s leads, a house
adjoining the prison. It was then about nine
o’clock and the shops not yet shut in. It fortu
, nately happened that the garret door on the leads
| was open. He stole softly down about two pair
lof stairs, and then heard company talking in a
I room, the door being open. His irons gave a
! small clink, which made a woman cry, “ Lord !
| what noise is that?” A man replied, “ Perhaps
the dog or cat;” and so it went off. He retnrn
ed up to the garret and iaid himself down, being
terribly fatigued, and continued there lor about
two hours, and then crept down once more to
the room where the company were, and heard a
gentleman take his leave, who being lighted down
stairs, the maid, when she returned, shut the
, chamber door. He then resolved at all hazards
|to follow, and slip down stairs. He was instant-
I ly in the entry, and out at the street door, and
J once more, contrary to his own expectation, and
I that of all mankind, a free man.
“ He passed directly by St. Sepulchre’s walch
j house, bidding them good morrow, it being after
twelve, and down Snow hill, up Holborn. leaving
Si. Andrew's watch on the left, and then again
i passed the watch-house at Holhorn-hars, and
j made down Gray’s inn lane into the fields, and
; at two in the morning came to Tottenham court,
j where getting into an old house in the fields, he
j laid himself down to rest and slept well for three
i hours. His legs were swelled and bruised iniol
i erably, which gave him great uneasiness, and
; having his fetters still on, lie dreaded the ap
i proach of the day. He began to examine his
pockets, and found himself master of between
forty and fifty shillings. It raining all Friday he
kept snug in his retreat (ill the evening, when
after dark he ventured into Tottenham, and got
to a little blind chandler’s shop, and there fur
nished hi.nself with cheese, bread, small beer, and
other necessaries, hiding his irons with a g>eat
coat. He asked the woman for a hammer, but
there was none to he had. so he went very quiet
ly hack to his dormitory, and rested pretty well
that night, and continued there all Saturday. At
night tie went again to the chandler’s shop and
got provisions, and slept till about six the next
day, which being Sunday, he began to batter the
basils of the fetters in order to beat them into a
large oval, and then to slip his heels through.
In the afternoon the master of the shed or house
came in, and seeing his irons, asked him, “ For
God’s sake, who are you 1” He told him an un
fortunate young man, who had been sent to Bride
well annul a bastard child, and not being able to
give security to the Parish, had made his escape.
The man replied, “ if that was the case, it was a
small fault indeed, for he had been guilty of the
same thing himself formerly,” and withal said,
“ however, he did not like his looks, and cared
not how soon he was gone.”
“ After he was gone, observing a poor looking
man like a joiner, he made up to him, and ic
peated the same story, assuring him that twenty
shillings should oe at his service, if he could
furnish him with a smith’s hammer and a pun
cheon. The man proved a shoemaker by trade,
hut willing to obtain the reward, immediately
borrowed the tools of a blacksmith, his neighbor, i
and likewise gave him great assistance, so that 1
before five that evening he had entirely got rid I
of his fellers, which he gave to the fellow, besides
his twenty shillings. |
“That night he went to a cellar at Charing- 1
cross; and refreshed very comfortably, where ;
near a dozen people were all discoursing about <
Sheppard, and nothing else was talked on whilst t
he staid amongst them. He had tied a handker i
chief about his head, tore his woollen cap, coat, i
and stockings, in many places, and looked ex- i
a tly like what he designed to represent, a beggar i
fellow; and now concluding that Blueskin would '
have certainty been decreed for death, he did fully (
resolve and propose to have gone and cut down i
| the gallows the night before his execution. s
“On Tuesday he hired a garret for his lodging i
at a poor house in Newport Market ; and sent for f
a sober young woman, who for a long time past r
had been the real mistress of his affections, who L
came to him, and rendered all the assistance she
wascapable of affording. He made her the mes
senger to his mother, who lodged in Clare street. *
She likewise visited him in a day or two after, c
begging, on her oended knees of him to make l
the best ot his vvay out of the Kingdom, which t
he faithfully promised, but could not find in his b
heart io perform. d
“He was oftentimes in Spitalfields, Drury p
lane, Lew pencr’s lane. Parker’s lane, St, Thomas »
st. See. those having been the chief scenes o hts fi
rambles and pleasures.
“At last he came to a resolution of breaking the
house ot the two Mr. Lawiins’s, brothers, and ii
pawn-brokers in Drury lane, which he accordingly cl
put into execution, anil succecdcti: they ho.h
heating liim rifling their goods as they lay in i*u
together in the next room. Amt though there
were none others to assist him, he pretended t icre
was, hy loudly giving out directions lor shooting
the first person through the head that presumed
to stir, which effectually quieted them, while he
carried off his booty. With part whereof, on the
fatal Saturday following, being the 31sl of Octo
ber. he made an extraordinary appearance, and
fiom a carpenter and butcher was novy transform
ed to a gentleman; he went into the city, and was
verv merrv at a public house not tot f oin t te
place of his old confinement. At four the same
afternoon he passed under Newgate in a hackney
coach, the windows drawn up, and in the evening
he sent for his mother to the Sheers alehouse, in
Maypole alley, near Claic market, and with her
drank three quarterns of brandy ; and after leav
ing her, drank in one place or other about that
neighborhood all the evening, till the evil hour of
twelve, having been seen and known by many of
his acquaintances; all of them cautioning him,
i and wondering at his presumption to appear in
s that manner. At length his senses were quite
overcome with the quantities and variety of liquors
he had all the day been drinking, which paved
I the way for his fate, and when apprehended, he
was altogether incapable of resisting, scarce know
| ing what they were doing with him, and had but
two second hand pistols scarce worth carrying
| about him.
“From his last re apprehension to his death
• some persons were appointed to be with him con
| stantly day and night ; vast numbers of people
came to see him, to the great profit both of him
self and those about him ; several persons of qual
ity came, all of whom he begged to intercede with
his majesty for mercy, hut his repeated returning
to his vomit left no room for it; so that, being
brought down to the King’s Bench bar, West
minister, by an habeas corpus, and it appearing
by evidence that he was the same person, who,
being under a former senctence of death, had twice
made his escape, a rule of court was made for his
execution, which was made on Monday last. The
morning he suffered he told a gentleman that he
had then a satisfaction at heart, as if he was go
ing to enjoy an estate of JB2OO a year.”
A tumult of a different description in some par
ticulars, but originating from an execution, hap
pened in May, 1725, when the famous Jonathan
Wild expiated his numerous offences at Tyburn.
The mob in the former case were willing to have
rescued Sheppard, because lie was a man utterly
unlit to be at large; but they would have torn
Wild to {daces because he was the means of rid
ding the public of many villains, though of the
blackest dye himself. Jonathan Wild was born
at Wolverhampton in 1684. and commenced his
active life as a buckle maker, whence he migrated
to London, where he became in a short time thief
taker general. In this office his body received a
greater variety of wounds than the oldest soldier
ever exhibited; his skull actually received two
■ fractures; and his throat was scarred by theerring
knife of a wretch hanged by his means, the com
panion of rshepparu. That the reader may fullv
comprehend this man’s crimes, I shall insert an
abstract of libs indictment:
“That he hath for many years past been a con
federate with great numbers o highwaymen, pick
pockets, house breakers,&c.
‘•That he hath formed a kind of corporation of
thieves, of which he is the director, and that nis
pretended services in detecting and prosecu'iug
offenders consisted only in bringing those to the
gallows who concealed their booty or refused to
share it with him.
“That he hath divided the town and country in
to districts and appointed distinct gangs for each,
who regularly accounted with him for their robbe
ries. He had also a pirticu ar set to steal at
churches, in tune of divine service ; and also olh-
I er moving detachments to attend at court on
[ birth days, balls. &c., and upon both houses of
| parliament, circuits, and country fairs.
“That the persons employed by him were for
the most part felons convicts who have returned
from transportation before their due time w as ex
: pi red ; of whom he made choice for his agents, be
: cause they could not i>e iegai evidence against
him, and because be bad it in Ins power to take
i from llicrn wbat pari of the stolen goods he plea
! sed, and otherwise abuse or even hang them at
: Ins wi t and pleasure.
“That he hath from time to lime supplied such
1 convicted felons with money and clothes, and
lodged them in his own house the better to con
| real them, particularly some against whom there
are now informations for dirnmishingand counter
feiting broad pieces and guineas.
“That he hath not only been a receiver of stolen
goods, as well as of writings of all kinds for near
fifteen years last past, but frequently been a con
federate, and robbed along with the above mention
ed convicted felons.
“That in order to carry on these vile practi
ses and gain some credit with the ignorant multi
tude, he usually carried about him a short silver
start as a badge of authority from the government,
which he used to produce when he himself was
concerned in robbing.
“That he hath under his care and direction se
veral warehouses for receiving and concealing
stolen goods, and also a ship for carry ing ofl’jew
els, watches, and other valuable goods, to Hol
land, where he has a superannuated thief for his
factor.
“ih.at he kept in pay several artists to make
alterations, and transform watches, seals, snuff
boxes, rings and other valuable things, that they
might not be known, several of which he used to
pre.-ent to such as he thought might be of service
to hun.
“That ho seldom helped the owners to lost
notes and papers, unless he found them able to
specify and describe them exactly, and then often
insisted on more than half the value.
“That he frequently sold human blood by pro
curing false evidence to swear persons into lads
ot which they were not guilty ; sometimes to
prevent them from being evidences against him
self, at other times for the sake of tne great re
ward given by the government.
This consumate criminal, after dealing so wide
ly. and to an enormous amount, fell a sacrifice to
a paltry theJt of a little lace, stolen from a win
dow on Hoiborn Hill, when Wild’s usual fore
sight so far deserted him as to enable the person
he employed while he waited on the bridge to
turn evidence against him. His execution at
tracted the greatest concourse of spectators ever
known to have assembled on a similar occasion ;
and an incredible number of thieves of every des
cription attended, to wreak their vengeance on
their i eneral enemy. They shouted incessantly
with frantic yells of joy, and threw stones at the
miserable man as he rode, till his head streamed
with blood; but, when he fell from the cart the
air was literally rent by reiterated cries of triumph.
Wild had endeavored to commit suicide; but the
dose of laudanum intended for the purpose prov
ing too great, his stomach rejected :t in time to
save hts life. It, however, rendered him nearly
insensible, and consequently prevented the an
guish he must have experienced in his last mo
ments from the conduct of his enemies and the
brutality of the populace.
ImPOHTAST TO ScFFKUEIIS FROM THE Too l ll
acne.—At a meeting of the London Medical So
ciety. Dr. Blake slated that he was able to cure
the most desperate cases of tooth-ache, unless
t.ie disease was connected with the rheumatism,
by the application of the following remedy to the
decayed tooth ; Alum reduced to an impalpable
powder two drachms; nitrous spirits of ether,
seven drachms. Mix and apply them to the
Sooth.
The annua! revenue of trie established church 1
“ ls 524.0U0.00U, and the value of
•hurdi edifices and parsonage houses, 96,000,61)0. I
Limit Houses.—The corporation of T
louse, Lon 'on, owns 53 beacons, li ? i u ,
cc. on the coasts of England and BcotU '| U *
essels passing these lights are subjectedT' A
ain charges rated by act of Parliament I'*
whole amount thus collected by Triruu
in 1835 was $459,801. The whole !M jr,i
first class English and Irish Light House-
and the number of lights 183.—The
house on Lundy island is 79 feet high
tern is 542 feet above high water mar j. " e :
clear weather the light can he seen 30
at sea. The whole number of Light Jp'/* 01
the United Slates coast is 194 ; with
These facts we gather from Vethakc’s e,l„
M’Culloch’s Commercial Dictionary n/ i7 ° n
_I • 7 ’ 'd-Jn
Ax ExTHAOnniHAIIT Womax.— -\
named Mary Shellneck, (says the Jo,'
Flandres ) died on the Ist of August •, j
She was a native of Gnenf, and in March i- 1 *
entered the 2d Belgian battalion as a inaleV, "
teer. On November 6th, in that year, s / 5
tinguished herself at the battle of
received six wounds. She afterward*
the 30th demi brigade, (Batavian) and
campaigns of Germany. She was next rp J'
to the Bih Light Infantry, and <lisp! aV cd ~
bravery at tire battle of Austerlitz, in
received a severe wound, which led to St
covery ot her sex. She, however, confirm,
follow the regiment, and at last presented a ’
tion with her own hand to Napoleon. The f
peror received her with marked distinction |
her tenth on the list of lieutenants, and
her with his own hands with a cross of the I '
of Honor, which he himself had worn. J n p
she was granted a {tension of 673 q e *
neral, which was celebrated in the chu;4
Mcnin, was attended by every member of,
Legion of Honor belonging tc the garrison
an immense concourse of people.
On Sunday morning a train arrived from Lee
on the North Midland Railway, containing
carriages and five enginess; there were upvU
of 2,500 passengers; in the evening, at hatf-p*
six o’clock, the train started from Sheffield hack'
Leeds, having ten more carriages, making tbec
traordinary number of 73 carriages besides em
nes, and containing 3000 peopi e.~Sheffield p
triot.
Means.—The captain of a down easier | ate |.
| hoisted a signal of distress at sea. because, i
I t hough he had water, beef bread and pork emU
| for his ten men, they had but three bwrek]{
[ bean* for the rest ot the voyage—a oeriodnf •
j bout thirty days. The signal
justifiable in the Admiriabiy Court ol Barnatabu
o b i t u a rT~
Departed tins life on Thursday eveninsr, theft
October, at Sparta, Ga ,of pulmonary consume
Mrs. Sarah Louisa Crawford, consoitof Ms-
Joe 1C raw ford. She was a native of HaliLxcoil
I ty, North Carolina, but for tlie la>t twenty
i a resident of Sparta. In the death of thi< exceih
woman, her bereaved frmi'y have sustiiaedan
reparable :oss. She met death with a lirmne?sij
comp isure which bespoke her confidence > n tho» I
high virtues which it lad been the business n I
the delight ot her life r o practice.
Died, in Mi Hedge vide, on the 28th ulb.ow 1
its oldest and most respected citizens, fiEosctl 1
• Clayton, Ksq., after a protracted illness Mr.C. 1
had been Treasurer of the Stat-, continuouslv.fcr 1
twenty years, and most honorable to the chancer
, of the deceased, both lor fidelity and exceed
j correctness during that long period not a single er- j
j ror mistake has ever been discovered tohavcbm j
1 committed by him in his whole manage nento::* I
I Treasury Department. Mr. C. was as auiiabita
private as he was faithful in public 1 fe. By ha I
i death his family has 10-t a devoted parent, ancthe
i State a most valued citizen.
COM M KK( IA i„
latest dates from Liverpool, October l
Latest dales from Havre, September t ,§
Nr.w-V rk Octo er3l.
i Cotton. — Since cur last there has beenacs
• created inquiry, prin ipally for home use, tiiougr;
i few hundred bales have also been taken fern
port. Prices this week have rath r tended dotn
j ward, and during this period we notice a decliw*
! s 0 I of a cent p> lb ; Upland may 1 c quotedr"
, 09J cents as the extremes. The saKs of ther-:
rhree days embrace 1505 bales. Poland at \.\
i cents ; 2>'J Mobile 9 0
j making a total lor the week of is- |
! 3000 hales.
New Orleans 6li
j Georgia
South Carolina litw
i Virginia ■■
Total 2$ j
t To f al import from Ist to 30lh 0ct.... 14,3-
Kxpoit from Ist to 28th Oct 6,1®
Kxpoit from the U. S. since Ist of Oct.
inst 15,43
Same time lastyeai 19,11
Same time year before 13,33
Coffee. —The stock contii ucs light, and ho 5
exhibit much firmness ; the demand, howeveu
qu te moderate The sa'es include 650 bags) -
zil, at 11 011 $ cents ; 700 L gnayra, lOA Iff
130 Cuba,
13, aI 4 mos ; 150 Afiican, 14 6 mos; ands(W'
Domingo.
Sugars. —The stock of Muscovado, though sob
what increased continues unusally small; holuf
are sum, but the demand is moderate. The sa
incluJe 2f 0 birds. Porto Rico at 8 a Sj cents;!
St. Croix 9 a
Brown Havana, a S; and SO White do. >
Trinidad Cuba, 9| a cents, all 4 mos. &
fined Sugars continue scarce and wanted.
Molasses. —Continues very inactive, and we In
onlv to notice sales of 70 birds. Trinidad Cuba,?
ccived coastwise, at 25$ cents, 4 mos.
Flour and Meat. —Since our last, the market.
Western J-lour has been inactive, partly owis;
the recurrence of very mild weather for the
and tire absence of other than a limited demand* |i
the neighbouring markets. We quote com'
brandsGcnesse dull at $5 and in ‘ omc instac r
we un .ei'tand, sales have been made at *.
holders generally, however, arc firm at $o a coir - f
erable portion of the receipts being limited at t-*
price. Ohio 6ic. are without change. There is i al!l
more inquiry for Georgetown for J.
3 a 400 bbls. have been disposed of $5,31$ a
which is a slight reduction. 1500 bah- bmi'-
wine have been taken for export at $5,50 cas'-'
The common kinds of Southern continue ' f
scarce.
Baltimore, Oct 31. |
Coffee. —But little doing this week. Li®“ r
sales us Rio at of Laguayra at 11
and of Bt. Domingo at 0 9*c.
Cotton. —A sale of sl> bales South Carolin 1 *
114 c.
Flour. —Howard st. Flour.—The sales of H°*
atd street flout from stores during the week
as we are advised reach about 3000 btib-,
common brands at $4 90 to $4,91, princip* 1
the last named rate. The stock is not large
there is only a liiMtcd demand. We coatii lUL
quote the receipt price at $4,87. , ~r .
City Mills Flour. —Some 2UOO or 301-0 bids
been taken this week for export, at s4,>"i l ~
Susquehanna Flour —ls held at $5 very •'
doing.
New-Orleans, October 3t-
Business during the last three days has
cecdingly dull, more so in fact than we have
nested for some time past. The approaching *
lion engresses the attention and time ol ali
of peop.e, and naturally interferes coasitl' 1 - j
with commercial pursuits. In addition to thß •) ,
late news from Europe has in a measureP** a
the operations in the cotton market; and
the existing Jitficultics relative to the Las--
question aie satisfactorily adjusted wc cannot
pect that the transactions in our great staple'
beentered into with coni.donee.
On Wedne.-day we had a heavy ta 11 !
since then tire weather has clear J off witi‘ at ’“
uoxtiicriy wind. u .
Colton. —Arrived, since the 27th instant, 0 *