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C&tonicle anU Sentinel.
Ode.
BV WILLIAM COLLINS.
( Written in the year 17-16.^
How sleep the bravo, who sink to rest
Hy all their country’s svishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers sold,
Heturns to deck their hallowed mould,
She there shall dross a sweeter sod
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod.
By fairy bauds their knell is lung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung ;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay ;
And Freedom shall awhile repair.
To dwell a weeping hermit there '
Prom the London Pocket Magazine.
Henry Saint Pierre.
A TALF,.
riIAFTEB I.
“Midst fears instinctive, wonder drew
Tlie boldest forward, gathering strength,
As darkness lowered and whirlwinds blew,
To where the ruin stretch’d his length.”
Bloomfield's May Day with the Muses.
In the autumn of 1700, near the suburbs of the
city of Lyons, some peasants, proceeding from
tho market to their rustic homes, heard, from a
group of trees near the roadside, tiro groans of
some one apparently in distress. With the spir
it of unsophisticated humanity they proceeded to
the spot, and found on the ground the senseless
and bleeding body of a man. They raised it from
the earth, applied such restoratives as occurred
to them at the moment, and soon had the satisfac
tion of observing signs of returning life. The
strange', a young man of very swarthy and for
bidding countenance, whose dark malignant eyes
even in the flash of pain seemed to deny the thanks
to which his tongue had given utterance, faintly
and briefly staled that he had been wounded by
some secret assassin from the neighboring copse,
who fled ns soon as he saw his purpose was ef
fected. He declared his ignorance, of the person
of the assassin, and pointed to a neighboring hut
as the home of his father. While four of the hu
mane peasants bore the bleeding youth in their
arras, two of their body proceeded forward to im
part to the parent the dreadful event.
They found the old man cleaning with great
minuteness an old pistol, and his change of col
or at their entrance seemed to anticipate their
tale ol woe. Antoine, the elder of the peasants,
in the rude caution of untutored simplicity broke
the dreadful relation to the horror-struck father.
“Where,” exclaimed Bampiorre, (for that was
his name,) “Where was the deed committed?”
“It was,” replied Antoine, “ in the ”
“Lightnings! within the wood of Masque!”
furiously interrupted the old man. “May its
branches be the gibbets on which the Lyonosc
may hang till the birds ofthe wood devour them.”
The peasants started at his vehemence, and
Bampiorre added, with a degree of softness very
different from his former manner—
“l knew my boy was gone to that accursed
wood, and there I doubt not he has found his
death.”
At this moment Iho rest of the peasants miter
ed with the younger Bampierre, to whose wounds
they assisted to apply alleviations, which appear
ed to revive and relieve him. The father then
led them to the outward room, and setting before
them refreshment, returned to his wounded son.
Their conference was long, and the low murmur
ing of their voices alone told the humane villagers
that it was not the chamber of death. At length
the old man re-appeared; his face was pale,'and
Ins brow was gloomily knitted.
“My kind friends,” said he, “to whoso benev
olence I owe the life of my son,accept my thanks.
I have with him been endeavoring to guessatlhe
assassin. He states that the figure was well
known to him—it is that of an old acquaintance.
Vou will not leave the work unfinished which
you have begun. Como with me to the house of
the assassin, ere his flight shall shield him. In
the cottage of Henry St. Pierre you will find the
murderer! St. Pierre is that assassin ! my son
declares it—he has seen him—he knows him
well—and ho must not be left to escape.”
The peasants were aghast. Henry St. Pierre
was well known to them ; his virtues wore the
subject o( every tongue ; the hamlets round about
resounded with the generous acts of St. Pierre.
He could not be a murderer! What! the gen
erous friend of the weak, the support of tho poor,
the father of the orphan,—he could not he a mur
derer! Hut the young peasant asserted he was
so, and justice required he should be listened to.
The whole parly proceeded to the cottage of
Henry, Ho was from home. A lovely girl, who
on the morrow was to become the partner of his
future life, and tho venerable Maurice, her father,
were alone in the cottage. Where was St. Pier re!
He had been gone from the cottage since the set
ting of the sun towards the wood of Basque. A
solemn silence was observed by the peasants.—
They could await his return, they said, hut they
were not communicative.
After waiting some considerable period, loot
steps were at length heard approaching tho cot
tage, and in a lew seconds St. Pierre entered.—
His countenance was pale as death, a cold per
spiration had settled on his brow, and his eyes
wandered anxiously around, us if searching for
some absent individual. A pistol, recently dis
charged, was in his right hand ; in his left ho bore
the hat of the younger Bampierre. These were
circumstances which left but little doubt of his
guilt. He was seized, bound, and dragged to the
prison of Lyons. His asseverations ofinnoccnce
were disregarded; the frantic screams of the love
ly Annette were unheeded ; the more reasonable
expostulations of the aged Maurice wore rejected
and despised.
Traces of footsteps were afterwards found in
the wood of Basque, and they corresponded with
•he shoes of St. Pierre; he had been soon in the
outskirts, at tho decline of day-, hy a youth from a
neighboring hamlet; a portion of his dress was
found adhering to the hushes near the spot on
which tho murder was attempted. Tho pistol,
too, had been recently discharged-and but little
doubt could remain of his guilt.
Si. Pienedid not deny iris having been in tho
wood, but solemnly declared lie had not discharg
ed tile pistol. He refused, however, to account
for its being in his possession—it was not, he at
firmed, the weapon of murder. This was mys
terious, but he refused to explain. The peasants
shook their heads doubtingly, for his tale’thc most
credulous could not believe. They all agreed his
motive was obvious : young liampierre had been
his rival; and although an unsuccessful one,
jealousy, that monstrous passion, had doubtless
urged St. Pierre to aim at the life of his opponent.
Further parley was therefore thought to be use
less : and Henry lot. Pierre, tho friend of the poor,
the host of the houseless, became flic tenant of
the gloomy dungcon*of the criminal.
CHAPTER It.
“0 for a tongue to curse the slave
Whose treason, like a deadly blight,
Tomes o’er the councils of the brave, -
And blasts them in their hour of might 1
May life’s unblessed cup for him
Bedmgg’il with treachciies to the brim,
With hopes that but allure to fly,
With joys that vanish while lie sips,
I.ikc Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eve,
But turn to ashes on the lips !
Hiscoun’ry’s curse!—his children’s shame 1
Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame 1
May lie at last, with lips of flame,
On the parch'd desert—thirstiag die,
While lakes that shine in mockery nigh
Are fading off, untouch’d, untaslcd,
Like the once glorious hopes be blasted.”
Moore’s Lulla JRoolih.
Days rolled away, and the dungeons of Lyons
yet contained the haploas Henry. Twice only ho
had breathed the pure air of heaven, to undergo
the examination of the ministers ot justice. The
hour of trial at length arrived. The hearts of
his friends beat with fear; the soul of St. Pierre
throbbed with hope; and the attention of alt was
fixed upon the important and singular case about
to bo decided. With a firm and manly step, St.
Pierre advanced through the assembled group to
the bar. Every eye was fixed upon him. His
cheek was faded, his eye appeared dim, hut lus
countenance was placid and unruflled. Once on
ly the hectic flush crossed his cheek, —it was on
meeting tho eye of Annette, who, with her father,
attended the trial. On the other hand appeared
the two Bampicrros, the young one with hatred
sparkling in his eye, the older witli a meek and
downcast look, as though it anguished him to
aim at the life of a fellaw-creaturc. They made
their depositions : the younger Bampierre swore
to the person of St. Pierre ; the peasants deposed
to his entrance into the cottage, to his agitation,
to the remnant of his garments hanging to the
neighboring bushes, to tho discharged pisiol, to
tho finding the hat of St. Pierre in the hand of
Henry, Ho was called on for his defence. He
solemnly asserted his innocence. He admitted
having been in the wood of Basque, admitted
having therein found the hat of Bampierre, and
ho acknowledged the footsteps to bo Ids, hut lie
denied the attempt to murder, denied all know
ledge, participation, or idea of Iho crime. More
lie would not say. In vain his friends implored
him ; in vain tho beautiful Annette bent her knee
to her betrothed ; in vain even tho judge exhort
ed him to explain tho mystery : deaf to all, he
persisted in Ids silence. The verdict was decid
ed ; it was a verdict of guilty. The awful sen
tence of the law was passed upon him, and the
judge impressively pronounced on St. Pierre in
terminable imprisonment.
The beautiful Annette tell lifeless at tho feet
of her parent. Tho spectators raised her, but the
heart had ceased to heat—her lip was pale—the
blood had rushed from her check to return no
more! Tho heart of affection was broken ! An
nette, tho betrothed, had perished ! St. Pierre
was borne from the court in tho arms of the at
tendants, to his prison home, and the weeping
and horror-struck spectators retired to their sever
al abodes.
Maurice, the venerable Maurice, to whom An
nette had been the prop of life, tho staff of decli
ning years, followed her to her eternal home, to
leave her no more. He had shed no tear at her
death, had uttered no exclamation of sorrow, but
had sunk beneath tho ufllictivo blow with all the
silence of despair.
Three days passed away, and still the atten
tion of tile people of Lyons was occupied in gues
sing at this mysterious event; on the fourth, vvhen
the sun had set, and darkness was over the city,
a cry of fire aroused the inhabitants from their
beds. The city prison was enveloped in flames.
The devouring element,despite of every exertion,
raged in its progress. Tiro door was broken down
but its vacuum was instantaneously supplied by a
barrier of flame, which mode tire hardiest shrink
from entering. Screams were heard from the
dungeons, where tho captives midst of the flames
were perishing. All attempts to save the tenants
of the prison were known to bo in vain. Even
the jailor perished in the devouring element, ami
it was not until the following night that the bo
dies of the sufferers could be removed.
At length, the ruins were explored, and in the
cell of St. Pierre, whoso stony wails had most re
sisted tho heal, a mutilated body was found, and
1 consigned to kindred earth. A small tablet was
| reared to tell tho passing stranger of the ca'as
• trophe, and la convey to posterity the remem
brance of the event. Albert, the brother of St.
' Pierre, a dissipated, thoughtless youth, as nearest
• of kin, sueeeded to his moderate income, which
■ tho king in mercy had granted to his kindred;
‘ and as years rolled away, the circumstance, the
j - crime and lire victim were alike forgotten.
CHAPTER 111. '
1 In the month of November, a company of per
-5 sons had assembled at the comfortable fire side of
• the inn of the honest Jacques, from the chilling
1 blasts of this bitter month. They consisted of
the principal inhabitants of the suburbs of Lyons
• who nightly met there to talk of nows, and listen
• to the marvellous relations of those travellers
1 whom cold or hunger compelled to take refuge
• there.—Among them was Albert St. Pierre. The
host as was his custom, filled his place in a huge
' arm-chair, which had served successive landlords
until now bucks, now legs, and new bottoms, 10-1
1 gether with sundry other repairs, had rendered its
■ form and make so doubtful, that the most anti
! ejuated antiquarian would have been puzzled to
1 fix the date of its creation.—Mine honest host
was raising his seventh cup of Nantz to that part
1 of tho [lead in which the lips arc commonly placed,
when a traveller,from a ncigboring room, sent that
I ho might discharge Ids bill of entertainment cro he
I departed. When this business had been despatched
; and tile traveller was on his way, Jacques could
i not refrain describing the purse of golden lonis
i d’ors which the traveller had displayed, and gave
| a slirewed guess that iris portmanteau was sirni
-1 larly furnished, from tho great care with which
it was guarded. Some few remaiks followed, and
| tho company shortly after broke up. Two hours
i afterwards, three peasants passing along, observed
in a retired part of tiro’ road the body of a man ;
they raised it; it was Albert St. Pierre, and they
bore him to his cottage. He appeared to be un
hurt; no wound was to be discovered, and every
means were used to bring him back to sense. At
; j length, with a sudden start, the eyes of Albert
: opened, and gazed with frantic rapidity on all
around him. “I have seen him ! I have seen
■ him!” lie exclaimed. “He stalks abroad in judg
ment on mo! Henry ! Henry ! I will confess
all; but do not haunt me.” The peasants were
1 amazed; tho words were repeated, and they
1 reached the cars of justice; its minions entered
; the chamber of the now idiot St. Pierre ; but in
1 vain—no word did bo utter but what betrayed
> the wanderings of a'icnated reason. At length
1 the crisis arrived; Ike physician watched unxious
■ ly the sleep of his patient. Heawokc.—“lt in all
' ! over,” said the physician ; “ho has his reason,
but it is the forerunner of death.” Albert was
1 aware of this ; he motioned for writing materials
• and as he penned the conclusion of the following
I scroll, he sunk back on his pillow and expired.
“Thevision of death is over me!—the cold
grave yawns for its victim ! guilt weighs down
” my soul, and all the horrors of a bleeding con*
• science rush over my memory ! lam (he slayer
b ol Henry ! my silence was the signal of Ins
II death ! But for me he might have flourished, his
! > children be now encircling him, and his troubled
8 spirit, which hat crossed my path, bo at rest. I
saw Annette—to see her was to love her. I dared
to breathe my love, and was repulsed. Dread of
• my brother s hate made me affect contrition, and
• hy that the lips of Annette were scaled. I saw
by brother my successful rival. I had long been
the slave ot dissipation ; Bampiorre was the com
panion of my revels; I squandered my patrimony;
Bampierre was the secret foe whoso sjiecioiis
fi iendship led mo on to ruin! 'To him I unfolded
the talc of my unrequited love, to him I opened
tire before guarded secret of my ruined fortunes.
It occasioned mutual confidence —l , 100, loved
Annette. Tho villagers also spoke of his love,
and laughed at Ids presumption ; —my brother
was the bar to both—the object of our mutual
hatred. I thought of his marriage with Annette;
I saw in it the ruin of my love, and the destruc
tion of my hopes of future wealth from his in
heritance. My bosom harbored horrid thoughts—
blood flitted before my vision —murder haunted
my ra>nd. Young Bampierre fanned the (lame
of hatred. Scheme succeeded scheme; Ail death
and a division of hit inheritance was agreed upon
between us; each was lo sue lor Annette, am)
Ifmvo to fortune the result. The elder Bampierrr
soon agreed to our plan.
It was my brother’s' custom, ns soon as the
shades of evening cooled the parched earth, to
seek the wood of Basque. Wo had determined
to watch his motions, and, when opportunity was
given, to despatch him. Thrice we wailed with
anxious impatience his approach to his customary
relroat, hut in vain; he came not: and the arri
val ol Annette at his cottage made us fear his
nuptials would be completed ore wo had an op
portunity to execute our intentions. Wo there
fore agreed that whichever of the three should
have an opportunity separately of despatching
him should do so, and it was decided that we
should meet no more until the deed was done.
On the fourth night, when nearly dark, [ saw with
horrid satisfaction the ill-fated Henry enter the
wood of Basque. I tracked him to its inmost re
cesses,—l raised the weapon with deadly aim at
his heart—l fired—l missed my aim. My brother
paused a moment; then rushed into tire cluster
of trees beneath which i stood. Lwas incapable
of flight; conscious guilt rooted me to the spot,
and I sank at the feet of the injured Henry.
Never shall I forget the look of horror which he
cast upon me ! 4 Albert!’ said he, 1 have I injured
you? Would you stain a brother’s hand with
kindred blood ! what madness urges you lo this 1
can nothing but my death relievo you, or am I so
severe a brother as not to listen to the griefs of
Albert V I could refrain no longer ; I knelt at
his feet; I bathed them with my tears; I conjured
him to yield me to the hands of justice; I told
him my meditated guilt, nrv daring love, I opened
thy whole soul lo him, but I did not criminate
the Bampicrres in my confession. • Albert,’ re
plied the noble-minded Henry, 4 by the memory
of our departed parent I swear this scene of
horror shall never pass my lips. Kneel lo your
Maker for his forgiveness ; a brother’s heart re
quires no appeal. Live to repair your error;
check those dangerous passions urge
you on lo ruin; and when this agitation has left
you,meet mo at my house, and your necessities
and sorrows shall exist no longer. I am myself
unnerved; but in an hour, Albert, we meet again.’
He loft mo, and I remained alone, to meditate and
bless lire brother who thus could nobly render
genii for evil.
I'll A I'TKU tv.
4 * the shriek of agony,
The groan of death, commingled in one sound
Os nndislinguish’d horrors: while the sun,
Retiring slow beneath the plain’s far verge,
Shed o’er the quiet hills his fading light.”
Southey’s 44 Madoc
<4 I mused for some time after the departure of
Henry, and was preparing to leave the wood,
when the report of fire-arms alarmed rno. I
turned towards the sound, and saw the elder
Bampicrro rushing hastily along the path. It
was dark, but ho approached so near, that his
form, familiar to my eye, could not deceive me—
I trembled for my brother: I know the murderous
purpose for which the hoary villain had entered
the wood; I heard the groans of some one suf
fering; and by their sound was guided to tho spot
of murder. The fallen victim had fainted. I
raised the body in my arras; judge my astonish
ment; it was tho younger Barnpicrre ! It was
evident that the father had mistaken, with the
uncertainty of aged vision and tho veil of eve
ning, the wretched youth for Henry. I could
i not hut feel awed at the inscrutable wisdom ol
Providence which had thus turned the guilty
father’s hand against his enly child. I used
i every endeavor to restore sense to the young
• peasant, hut in vain, and was about departing to
■ the cottage of his father when I hoard the sound
of footsteps. A thought struck me—for me to
! appear in such a situation might occasion ques
i tions, and these persons would doubtless bear the
; body to somejeottage if they could be made aware
4 ! of his necessity. I mimicked the groan of a
j wounded man, and soon had the satisfaction of
i finding that the peasants had discovered the
I body. I traced them lo the door of the cottage
• ; of Barnpicrre, and then proceeded to my house,
f until the hour of meeting rny brother should ar
t rive.
I 44 At the appointed time I directed my steps lo
i his cottage, with a heart beating witli shame, and I
i panting with gratitude. What was my horror j
r to find Annette weeping, and to learn from her'
4 father that Henry was charged with the murder i
I of the younger Bampierre, and dragged lo pris-1
> on ! With tho rapid foot of fear, I flew to the j
r cottage of the accusers. At first they affected to 1
■ brave out the truth of their depositions; but
i when 1 stated the scene which I had witnessed,
■ when I related my knowledge of the murderous
i deed, they sneered at me, and in a lone of defi
ance dared mo ta contradict their testimony.
They threatened to produce those written proofs
, of my criminal intentions which in an evil hour
. I had confided to them, and held over me the
threat ofignominous death, and eternal shame and
execration, should I dare divulge my knowledge j
of their guilt. With grief and contrition, 1 ac- j
knowledge that the fear of shame, the love of life I
prevailed, and I consented to be a silent spectator
of ray brother's dcslruction. I avoided his dun
geon ; I dared not to meet the eye of the deeply
injured St. Pierre! I was silent, and saw him
fall tho victim of villainy ! I have since enjoyed
the half of his inheritance tho other has been
yielded to the Bampicrres.
To drown remorse, I again plunged m dissipa
tion, and my alliiirs again became embarrassed.
On the evening in which 1 was silting at the inn,
I listened with unobserved attention to the tale of
Jacques. I heard of tho wealth of his guest,
and thought that I might acquire riches. I fol
lowed the stranger, having first armed myself. 1
overtook him, and with the firmness of despair 1
presented my pistol to his breast, and claimed his !
property. Words cannot tell ray terror when,!
putting his purse into my hand, ilic well-known
voice of my brother fell on my ear— 4 Again in
the path of blood !’ be said : 4 ill-fated youth !
know you not that shame and sin arc synony
mous!’ 1 heard no more—sense forsook me
amljl sunk upon the earth ! Can it be a spec
tra sent from the sepulchre to wither rnc with
horror! No! it is his voice —his whom I
i have driven from happiness, whose hopes 1 have
i blighted, whoso jays I have cleslroycd:—it is my
; bro *
It was indeed Henry St. Pierre, who, saved
I from the flames, had, in a foreign land acquired
i wealth, and practised charity. On the night of
■ the devastation, the jailor had been aroused from
his bed by (bo devouring element, and had rushed
1 towards the entrance. Finding that passage cn
-1 vclopcd in lire, he endeavored to moke his escape
through the vaults. The dungeon of St. 1 Pierre
was but a few paces from the path. He respect
I ed the youth, ho thought him innocent, and he
f determined to give him a chance for life. He
1 therefore descended to tho lower vault, and un
locking the door, bade tho astonished prisoner do
i part. On reaching tho steps by which the jailor
had descended, they found the roof of the passage
; had fallen in, and completely paved with fire the
| long and narrow opening. Henry darlcd through
hut his utmost persuasions could not induce the
jailor to follow : calculating on succour from
■ without, the old man obstinately refused to pro
ceed, and reluctantly St. Pierre abandoned him
- to his fate, and rushing through the vaults, gained
’ the country, and proceeding to tho sea-shore, left
his native land. As tho flames advanced, tin
1 inilor receded, and Iris last refuge -vas the cell ot
bis late prisoner, and his was the mutilated body
which had been discovered and buried as Si.
■ Pierre.
1 lie two Bampiorres were seized ; the facts
were proved against them ; and on the scat!',ln
'his detested pair expiated their crimes by death,
execrating e»eh gt|;er, find execrated by the loath-
ing spectators of their end. St. Pierre lived hut
a few years afterwards ; he returned to his na
tive land but to expire, requesting us a last fond
wish, to rest in the same grave with his Annette.
NOTICE TO LOTTO N PL ANT IIR S IN
GENERAL. *
f|AHE subscriber informs the public generally,
1 that he continues to carry on lire business of
manufacturing COTTON OIKS in -all its various
biancbcs, at Tyrone, Wilkes county, Oa., and in
tends to make Coltou Oins on various plans, to suit
purchasers. .My Oins arc all made ot the best
materials, ns 1 nave made arrangements with Nay
lor & Co., New York, fur the best article of cast
steel forHaws, and all other materials necessary to
make first rale Cullen Oins. I shall also make a
good many of the anti-friction Oius, which I find
from experience, is a very superior article of Oins,
for which the public can bare references to the
certificates annexed, from the hands of the gentle
men that have used them for the lust season.
Oins will be delivered to purchasers from any
part of this State or South Carolina. Jtcpairing
iloac in good style, and at low prices.
All orders directed to Tyrone, Wilkes county,
will be promptly attended to by the subscriber.
8. 11. CRENSHAW.
CRUTIFICATES;
This is to certify, that I bought a forty-saw Oin
of S. R. Crenshaw in 1539, and after a fair trial of
it, I found it to come fully up to the recommenda
tion given to me by Mr. William. Brown, i be
lieve it will pick one thousand pounds of nelt Cot
ton in ten hours. C. J. UU It K .
BtUreen county, January, 1841.
1 do hereby certify, that I have tried one of S.
R. Crenshaw’s forty-live saw Gins, of the leu inch
circle; she is as good as can be made, and she will
pick four bales a day, to average three lincdrcd and
seventy-five pounds. Site makes as nice mer
chantable Cotton as can be made.
THOMAS LEWIS.
Bulls county, December 28, 1840.
Tlris is to certify, that 1 have bought one of Air.
S. R. Crenshaw's anti-friction Cotton Gins of forty
five saws, and I have no doubt they aro lire best
article that arc now in operation. I can gin from
two lo three bales per day, that will average lour
hundred pounds. It makes first rate Cotton, and
there is no danger of lire at all in ginning. 1 think
ail farmers would do well to get such a machine.
ANDREW WEST.
Marion county, December 26, 1840.
1 do certify, that 1 purchased of Mr. 8. R. Cren
shaw a fifty saw Cotton Gin, that runs on friction
wheels, i much approve of the improvement on
the Gins,as they are in no instance, 1 believe, sub
ject to take fire by running, and 1 find that they
run much faster with less power. The brush
broom delivers the Cotton, at least, much better
than the other kinds do, that 1 have been in the
habit of using for the last twenty years past, and
I find will readily gin from two to three bags a day
of five hundred pounds. I. R. WALTON.
Morgan county, December IS, 1840.
I do hereby cer’ify, that I have tried one of Mr
.Crenshaw’s Cotton Gins, and find it far better than
any other I ever had, and I have owned many, it
cleans Cotton with more speed, and makes it mmc
clear of motes, and sells for a better price accord
ing to the state of the market at the time sold, than
any Gin I have ever tried. M. WHITFIELD.
Jasper county,June 0, 1840.
1 hereby certify, that I have purchased and have
in use, one of 8. It. Crenshaw’s anti-friction Cot
ton saw Gins, and take pleasure in saying, that I
believe it to be the best improvement in machinery
of that kind now in use. THOS. DYSON.
Monroo county, December 24, 1840.
1 do certify-, that I have bought a forty saw anti
friction Gin of S. it. Crenshaw, of Wilkes county,
Ga., and take pleasure in recommending it to the
public as a good article worthy of patronizing, in
the performance of ginning for -peed and neatness.
J. W. WILLIAMS.
Butts county, December 22, 1840.
I do hereby certify, that I bought one of S. R.
Crenshaw’s anti-friction Cotton Gins last year, and
take pleasure in recommending tho said Gin io the
• public. 1 can gin twelve hundred pounds of picked
Cotton in one day, and 1 think all farmers would
do well to get such a machine, as there is no dan
! gcr of its taking fire. G. H. ALLEN.
I’utnarn county, February 6, 1841.
I do hereby certify, that 1 have got one of Mr
S. H. Crenshaw’s anti-friction Colton Ginsof forty
| five saws, and I believe they are the best article
j that ever were made to gin Cotton. I can gin three
j bales of good merchantable Cotton in one day, and
, I think all farmers would find it to their interest to
j get sncii a machine, as there is no danger of its
taking fire. Gi.EEN .I DOZIER.
Columbia county, January 6,1841.
I have got ope of Air. Crenshaw’s anti-friction
Gins, that will gin four or fivo bags per day, aver
aging four hundred pounds to the bag of good Cot
ton. A fifty saw Gin I consider in no danger of
fire at all, as 1 have had sufficient trial of one.
LEONARD STEED.
Columbia county, December 9, 1840.
This is to certify, that I have made trial of one
! of S. R. Crenshaw’s anti-friction Cotton Gina, and
. from the trial made with it, think that said Gins
| will perform well, and will deserve the trial of
planters. L. T. P. HARWELL.
Morgan county, December 30, 1810.
I hereby certify, that I bought of 8. R. Crenshaw
a forty saw Gin, ten inch circle, and 1 believe she
will gin, with close attention, two and a half bags
a day, that will weigh four hundred pounds cacti.
The Cotton is good. JOHN REDDING.
Monroe county, December 25, 1840.
This will certify that 1 have made a small trial
with one of Sidney R. Crenshaw’s forty saw Gins,
of the nine inch circle, and am well pleased with
■ it. 1 can gin two bales in the day, weighing four
hundred pounds each. MARK GONDER.
Hancock county, December 14,1840.
I do hereby certify, that 1 bought a forty saw
j Gin from 8. R. Crenshaw, ten inch circle, and 1
! believe it will gin three heavy hags of Cotton in
i one day with close attention.
THOMAS WYATT.
Jasper county, December 19, 1840.
This is to certify that I purchased a Colton Gin
of 8. R. Crenshaw, of forty-five saws, that runs on
what is railed anti-friction wheels, and excels any
Gin that I ever saw. Living on the road that leads
from Madison to Alonticello, I have had a great
many persons to call and sec the said machine in
operation, and 1 have not heard the first man say
that it did not excel any machine that was made
to gin Cotton. I think all farmers would find it to
their interest to get such a machine, as there is no
danger of its taking fire try a careless hand.
February 15, 1840 P. G. WALTON.
This is tu certify that I have bought a forty saw
Cotton Gin, of Air. Crenshaw’s make,and have run
it for the past season. 1 cannot recommend it or
his make 100 highly to the farmers.
O. H. I’. AIcCLENDON.
Butts county, December 28, 1841.
1 have in my possession of Mr. 8. R. Crenshaw’s
Colton Gins, and find it to be far better than any 1
have ever tried, it is a forty saw Gin, and will
gin eight hundred pounds of good merchantable
Colton in a day. B. J. BRANTLEY.
Hancock county, December 14, 1840.
1 do hereby certify, that I bought a fortv saw
Gin from Air. Crenshaw, of ten inch circle, and 1
believe, with close attention, it will gin three
bales ol Cotton pier day, that will weigh firm- hun
dred pounds each, JAMES BILL
Morgan county, December 18, 1810.
I bought a Gin of S. R. Crenshaw, of ten inch
circle, and forty saws; it works well, makes (irsi
rate Colton, and gins very fas*. R. REDDING.
Alonroe county, December 23, 1840.
I have tried one of Mr. Crenshaw’s Cotton Gins,
of the ten inch circle, and am well pleased with it
I am certain it will gin tight hundred pound- U |
good merchantable Cotton in a day.
.. , LEVIN R. CULVER.
Hancock county, December 14,1840.
mh 12 Wt Ut Jan.
WARREN SHERIFF’S SAUS. •
\ J ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
v\? next, at the court house door in the town
of Warrenton, Warren county, da., between the
usual hours ol sale, the following property, vi/
two hundred and twenty acres of land, more or
less, lid quality, adjoining lands of William Hill
mid others; levied on as the property of James W.
- Lnngham to satisfy a mortgage ii. fa. in favor of
Thomas L. Latimer, issued from the Superior Court
1 of Warren county. Property designated in said
mortgage. JAMKS HALL, Sheriff.
J May 3, IS4I.
WAHltliN SHERIFF SALE*.
1 Kitr ILL be sold on the fust Tuesday in June
» ? v next, at the court house door in WarrentOn,
i between the usual hours of s ilc,thc following pi'Or
I petty, viz;—the undivided interest of Alien Wiu
, ren in Hannah, u negro woman, and four children,
‘ ami the said Warrcn*s interest in three hundred
acres of land, more or less, said interest being the
eighth part of said estate lands, lying on the Ugee
chro liver, adjoining lands of Cullen L. Uraddy and
i others; levied on as the property of said Warren
to satisfy sundry li. fas. from Justices Courts, in
, favor of Thomas Kent and others. [’property
pointed out by plaintiff'. Levy made and returned
to me by a bailiff’.
Also, will be sold at the same time and place,
one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, of pine
i land, lying on the waters of Joe’s Creek, adjoining
f lands of Thomas Raley and others; levied on as
- the property of John Kent to satisfy sundry li. fas.
■ from Justices Courts, in favor of Ananias Beck
• vvitn and others vs. John Kent and ClaibOrn Thig
pen. Properly pointed out by the defendant. Levy
made and returned by a bailiff’.
Also, will be sold at the same time and place,
. ninety acres of land, more or less, lying on the
« waters of Jumping Gulf, adjoining lands of Thomas
1 Raley and others; levied on as the property of
1 KHzabcth Bynum to satisfy sundry li. fas. from
- Justices Courts, in favor of Lockhart &, Threewits
and others. Property pointed out by plaintiff’.
Levy made and returned by o bailiff'
Also, will bo sold at the same time and place,
the undivided interest, it being the eighth part of
■ John Conner, in two degrees, namely: Kzckiel, a
man about 20 years old, and Tony about 60 years
t old ; levied on as the property of John Conner to
r satisfy sundry li. fas. from Justices Cour's,in favor
i‘ of Tobias Upton, for the use of Anthony C. Usry,
I transferee, said property in possession of Kigali
- Conner. Levy made and returned by a bailiff'.
Also, will be sold at the same time and place,
the following properly, viz: two hundred acres of
pine land, more or less, adjoining lauds of Thomas
Rivers and others, lying on the waters of Deep
- Creek, and forty acres, more or less, adjoining
1 lands of Burkhalter, and Sarah, 11 years old; Kmen,
1 7 years old; Amanda, S years old; and Lucy, S
* years old ; ail levied on as the property of Terry
f Oliver to satisfy sundry li. fas. issued from the Su
-1 perior Court of Waircn county, one in favor of
r Thaddcus Camp and others vs. said Oliver. Pro
e peperty pointed out by George V. Neal, plaintiff ’s
1 attorney. JAM KS HALL, Sheriff.
r Miy3, IBfl.
COLUMBIA SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold at Columbia court house, on the
first Tuesday in June next, between the
, usual hours of sale, eighteen hundred acres of pine
l land, more or Ic.ns, upon which is a comfort able
3 dwelling, and all other convenenient houses. Also,
. an excellent Saw-Mill, recently repaired, and in
i Operation, upon an incxhaustable piney woods
stream, lo satisfy three li. fas. from Columbia In
ferior Court, in which Davis, Bolton, Kirkpatrick,
Campbell, and David 11. Hobbs, are plaintiff’s, vs.
2 James D. Ihync,defendant.
Also, one lot neatly enclosed, in the village of
I Appling, upon which is a large and convenient
store house, and two other one of which
is occupied as a Doctor’s and Lawyer’s Office, the
other as a Saddler’s shop, one grey horse, one bug
gy, and a negro boy ten or twelve years of age,
. name Joe, to satisfy three li. fas, from Columbia
t Inferior Court, two of which, to wit —Swift, Nich
-2 ols, Chandler & Maurice, plaintiffs, against Walter
i J. Jones, defendant, and Snyder and Nichols, plain
. tiff’s, against Walter J. Junes and Waler Jones, de
fendants. R. 11. JONES, D. Sheriff’.
May l, 1841.
MORO 4 V SHERIFF’# SALE.
WILL lie sold on the first Tuesday in June
next, before the court house door in the
town of Madison, within the usual hours of sale,
[ one Negr'girl by the name of Aveline, about 13
* years of age*; levied on as the properly of John L.
* | Thompson, to satisfy a mortgage li. fa. in favor of
William A. Shields, for the rise of Moses Davis, vs.
John L. Thompson, and pointed out in said mort
gage fi. fa. L K WIS GRA V KS, D. Sheriff'.
April 1, IS H.
» BURKE SHERIFF SALES.
W'LL sold at the court house door, in the
I ▼? town of Waynesboro, Burke county, on the
, first Tuesday in June next, one hundred acres of
; oak and hickory land, adjoining lands of the estate
of Peter Applewhite, deceased, anil others; levied
*on as the property of Henry 11. Bordeaux, deceas
ed, ami Nancy his wife, to satisfy an execution in
i . favor of John Saxon Administrator of Azariah
. ! Duke, deceased, vs, the said Henry H. Bordeaux
and Nancy his wife.
Also, one-third of three hundred acres of land,
adjoining lands of the estate of Thomas Woods,
Whitehead, and others ; levied on as the properly
j L. B. Marsh, lo salisry sundry small executions
I from a Justices Court, 71st district Burke county,
, in favor of Saxon, Kirkland & Co., and others, vs.
said Marsh. Levy made and returned to me by a
constable. - S. W. BLOUNT, D. Sheriff.
April 2D, 1841.
I -
BUURE SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold ou tiro first Tuesday in June
next, at the court fiouse door in the town
, j of Waynesboro, the following property, to wit:
. I George, a man, and Phebc, a girl; levied on as the
’ ; property of Alexander J. Nowland, lo satisfy an
execution in favor of Etholdred J. Tarver, one in
: favor of John li. Guedron, one in favor of Ezekiel
Robinson, and one in favor of John G. Winter, va.
I said Alexander J. Nowland.
Also, one hundred acres of oak and hickory land,
; adjoining lands of L Whitfield, H. Rod, and others;
, levied ou as tire property of Barbary Bed, to satis
fy sundry small executions issued from a Justices
Court in favor of Green 13. Red vs. Barbara Bed
and E. D. Palmer, Levy made and returned iorne
, by a constable.
; Also, will be sold at the same time and plane,
, 0110 Negro woman named Martdy; levied on as the
property of John A. Roberts, to satisfy sundry exe
cutions from a Justices Court in favor of John
Lewis vs, John A. Roberts. Levy made arrd re
turned lo nre by a constable.
, April 20’ 1841. ISAAC MESSEX, ShoriH'.
I BURKE SHERIFF’S SAtLE.
Va/ILL be su'd on the first Tuesday in July
' t V next, Ik fore the court house door-in Hie
‘ town Waynesboro, between the usual hours of
1 sale, the following property, lo wit: Cliloc, Lermiou,
I’cggy. and Fanny; levied on as the property of
: i’.iyi'.c Lovell, lo satisfy a mor'gage fi. fa. issued
1 from Burke inferior Court ia favor of Samuel
’ Dowse vs. Payne Lovell.
April 29, 1811. ISAAC MESSEN Sherilf.
WARREN SHERIFF SALKS.
WILL be sold at the court house door in War
rentoir, Warren county, on the IstTuc.,-
day in June next, between the usual hours ofs.de
the following property, to wit: four hundred acres’
ol pine land, more or less, whereon Abner Norris
now lives, adjoining lands of Norris and others, on
waters of Little Briar Creek ; and two hundred and
, sixty acres, more or less, whereon Win. Karris, Jr.
now lives, on the waters of Sweetwater, adjoinin'
I lands of steed and others j all levied on at tire pro
, petty of Abner Norris, to satisfy one fi. fa. in favor
ol Henry J. Pope vs. said Norris.
Also, two hundred acres of land on the waters i f
Big Briar Creek, adjoining lairds of Hodo and oth
ers ; levied on as the property of Thomas Neal, jr.
lo satisfy sundry 11. fas. from a Justices Court m
. BWorof Isaac Hart, jr., and Elias Wilson vs. Tiros
Neal, Jr., principal, and David E. Hodo, security
JEREMIAH PERRYMAN, D. Sir’ll'.
April '.’fi, ’.Bll.
ADJIINiSTJJAT'OULS SALE.
jianLL bo sold on Tuesday, rbe 23th day of
V y May next, at the late, residence of John
McDuuald, deceased, in Columbia county, between
.lire usual hours, the whole of the perishable pro
jetty belonging to the estate of said deceased, cuu
ling of Hors-s, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Corn, Cotfi'n,
Baron, I,aid, Household and Kitchen Furniture’
Plantation Tqols, ttc, ’
Terms made known on lire day of sale, Phon'd
!hc day of sole prove inclement, the sale will he
oomiimcd until the next fair day thereafter
April 15,1841. GABRIEL JONES, Adm’r.
M TAKEN from the stables,
the 23d March, a large bay HORSE,
'' • with long black mane ami tail,one white
hind loot, a little white in his laec, and harness
mark on his left shoulder. He had also a lump
under the jaw, close to the curb-chain. Any in
loimation given to mo at Murray’s old Mill, will
be thankfully received and suitably rewarded,
ap 7-ts JAMES KNIGHT.
® IUINAWAY from the subscriber, about
ojsA the latter part of January last, a Negro
women by the name of CELIA, about 35
-luKo years old. Said woman .is a little above
the ordinary height and black, she has two if not
more upper front teeth out, alsp a scar on the right
i side oi her face, near the mouth. A reasonable
reward will be paid for the apprehension and de
livery of said negro in me, or in any safe Jail, so
' that 1 get her. ELIJAH It. ROBERTSON.
Woodstock, Oglethorpe ho., April 14. wdt
’#VS RUNAWAY —From the subscriber,
living in the Fork of Cougarce lliver, '
95L Richland District, in the early part of
JaTL. November last, a yellow Dpy, about 5
feet, sor 6 inches high. Has a scar on his face
near the eye, and is about 35 or 40 years of age.—
His name is WILLIAM, and has passed among his
i acquaintances under the familiar name of HILL
MILLS. A suitable reward will bo paid for his
apprehension,and deliver him to any Jailor, so that
1 can get him again. , JAMES U. ADAMS,
milled w6t
NOTICE.
« < LODfiED as a runaway in the jail of
V Abbeville District, South Carolina, on
, the 291 h ult,,ancgrj man about thirty—
. A A- live or forty years old, stout built, live
i feet ten inches high, and ready spoken, who calls
himself M Midi,and says lie belongs to Robert
Homes of Talbot county, Ga. lie had, when ap
prehended, a paper purporting to be a pass, and
almost illegible, dated 22<f July, 1810, granting him
leave to pass to Wyusborough, Faiillcld District,
, South Carolina, until the 25th May next. The
owner of said slave is hereby required to come for
ward and prove bis property', or the said slave
shall be dealt with according to the law of the
i Stale of South Carolina.
aug 25 wly J. H. COBB, S. A. D.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.”””
*r\ STRAYEDorstolcn from thcsubscri-
on the night of the 6th Decem
( 1 her last, whilst at Fennlield, Greene
, county, Ga., a Sorrel MARE, rather tall and slim,
, four years old, hind fuel white up to the pastern
: joints, hind legs quite crooked, and a white spot on
, her back, caused from a hurt of the saddle. She
, paces and rides well.
The above reward will be given for the deten
tion of sail! Mare, and information given to the
f subscriber at Buckeye Dost office, in Laurens
county. Any information respecting her will be
i gratefully received. RUSSEL KELLAM.
January 18, 1841. wtf
COLD MINES EOR SALE I
g N obedience to a decree of Die honorable Chan-
B_ eery Court, at a Court holden at Talladega, in
the 4th Chancery district, in the Northern division
of the Slate of Alabama, the undersigned, Register
of sai I Chancery Court-will proceed to sell, on the
first Monday in July next, at the Aberchooche
Gold Mines, in Randolph county, Alabama, to the
highest bidder, on six, twelve and eighteen months
credit, (taking notes with good security, as also a
| lien upon the premises for the purchase money,)
the celebrated Gold Mines, known as section 5, in
township 17, in range 11—to be sold in lots vuy--
■ ing from one-fourth of an acre to forly acres. This
section is supposed to contain the richest ijegosites
of Gold yet discovered in the United States,and all
persons desirous of purchasing may have an oppor
tunity of testing the lots under the supervision of
the undersigned, who will attend at said Mines
during the week preceding the sales.
Indisputable titles in Fee Simple, will be made
to the purchasers, they paying the expense of exe
cuting the deeds. HUGH I>. WATSON,
mb 3l«wtd Register in Chancery.
I AW NOTICE.—CHARLES D. DAVIS having
A relinquished the practice of Law, the co.
partnership of DAVIS & FOSTER is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. C. D. Davis will close
lire unfinished business. ( HAS. D. DAVIS
JAS. H. FOSTER!
The subscriber will still continue to practice at
tire office formerly occupied by Davis & Foster.
JAMES 11. FOSTER.
Monroe, Walton Co. 16a,, April 6, 1841. w2t
JEFFERSON SHERIFF'S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
next, within the legal hours of sale, a i the
market house in lire town of Louisville, the Tallow
ing Negro slaves, to wit: Milly, a woijm an( j
Peter, Mary, and Irwin, her children; le vied on as
the property of Moses Walden, to sal : , s ty a mort
gage ft, fa. from the Inferior Court of said county
at the instance of Morris Walden vs, Moses Wal
den. The property pointed out r., the mortgage fi.
‘“'a R. J. FARMER, I). Sheriff.
April 17, ISII.
.lEFEEBSON SHZiKIFE’S SAJ.^.
Wl I *'7 k® at lll " > tnaraet bouse n the town'
yy of Louisville, between the usual hours oil'
sale, on the first l uvsdoy in June next, the follow
ing property, to wit:—one negro boy by the name
of Harry, about 35 years of age, and one tract of
laud, lying on she waters of Big Creek, containing
one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, oak and
hickory, and joining lands of T. H. Polhill and!
others, lo satisty sundry fi. fas. issued from a Jus
tices Court in favor of Asa Holt vs. Green G. Wat
son and Parian Tompkins. Levy made and return
oil by a constable. Properly pointed out by Parian
1 ompkius. WM. S. ALEX ANDER, Sheriff.
May 1, 1841.
AUMIMSTRATOIISI SALE,
j tMT !LL be sold on the fit-gc Tuosdky itt.fujy
» y next, at the lower market house in Auras
ta, in pursuance of an wder of the Court gj Ordi
nary ol Richmond county, eight Negro slaves, viz:
• ally Phorbo, Hannah, Judy, Henry,Nedr, Charity,
amt Andrew.
Abo, one hundred and forty-seven acres of land,
more oi less, in said county, joining lands of Per
ryman, Tinley, and Conner, all tire property of
! \V illrani Tinley, deceased.
JAMES BRANDON, > . , ,
ALFRED SEGO, t Adm rs.,
j April 84, 1841. J
v DMINISTRA'I'OR’B SALE?
\V I h r ' b f f° W °" I Saturday,the 22d of May, at'
» the late residence of David Altaway, j r .„
ueccased, in Burke county, all the perishable pro
perty of said deceased, consisting of Cera, Fodder.
Horses Cattle, Hogs, Bacon, Lard, one horse Cart,
Hull hold ami Kitchen Furniture. Terms of sal*
0,1 l !l ■'}%• , „ lIENKV SAXON, Tem. Adm’v.
April 13, 1841.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALfci,
/ 1 ,’ )C s y* ( ' at the residence of lames Peek
.1 T , s ® nior »* n ' t'aUaferro county, on Saturday!
Iml ‘I “r oXt> thu petsuual property of
Josiah b. 1 eck, late of said county, dcc’d. Terms
marie known on the day of sale. Property cou
u:tlug of a Saddle and Bridle, Books, two Trunks,
Wearing Apparel,&c., and one gold Watch, a Rifle.
Gun, and .some other small articles
Match 10. IB 4I. WILUAMT - PEK *’^
OLAHDIAN’S SALE.
A t. KEEABLE to an order of the honorable, the
ai. Interior Court ot Burke county, while sitting
as a Court of Ordinary, will ue sold on the first
I uesday in June next, before the courthouse door
ru Waynesboro, between the usual hours of sale
two hundred and twelve acres of land, adjoining
Jo in Goodwin, Isaiah Carter, and Thus. Bostwick.
bold as the property of Joseph H. Bell, a minor
.. , ,■ I J*‘ >AIKK V. Ml LKEY,.Guardian.
March ti, IS il. *
ADMINISTRATRIX’S (TaLeT”
4 GREEABLE to an order of *he Inferior Court
/ V of Habersham county, when silting for ordi
nary purposes, will be sold at Hie court house door
"I said county, on tiro Ist Tuesday in August next,
between tiro usual hours of sale, the following
property, to wit:—one tracin' 'andcontaining 600
acres, more or less, lying on Taicoa Creek, adjoin
ing lands of Jesse Dooly and others.
Also, one Negro woman ami child; the woman
about 25 years age. the child 6 or 8 months old
also, a boy 7or 8 years old. Sold as the property
of Burgess Tilly, deceased. Sold for the benefit of
the heirs. NANCY TILLY, Adtn’x.'
March 18, 1841.