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GEORGIA COURIER.
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hejotnir MEASiEr^s,
PUBLISHERS.
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finding the trunk and saving bis repuia
tion. Boyd, as they went off, cautioned
Shultz to be on his guard, as the hoy was
acjWseoimn to go and bunt the trunk, pass
by it and let the boy find it. When wit
ness went to the woods, young Martin was
son who removed it—that this belief ho
made known to the crowd, and believed
that Shultz and Boyd heard it—that the
an artful fellow, and they might get away'! lying'near a log—Shultz said, here is the suspicion of Martin’s guilt was universal,
fmm him—if he wanted assistance, to call ! log, behind which they hid the trunk—the He visited the deceased more on Martin’s
Sometimes they were in sight, some- i negro boy always came back to that log. | than Shultz's account—while there, Shultz
out, going from one thicket to ano- ! Shultz touched him with his foot and told I and another, person came in with tnedi-
•to Tatom’s hostility ; heard Tw>ra say,
“ if Shultz was in the river drowning, he
would not throw him a plank.”
16. Mr. Hamilton proved Tatom’s
T$rm$—Thi* Pap«*.r i* p-
Thursday r.fiprnoon^tt *'5 (V) per ann
vauce, or $ii (j;i at expiration of tU” year.
317* Advertiapnutnt^ not excc.odinjr t Mpiarr, intcrtr.l th**
first •tm** or 6*2 1*2 cents, and -12 2-1 crnCe for e ach e on-
lin tance.
out.
times out, going from one thicket to ano- ! Shultz touched him with his toot and told j and another, person
ther, till finally thfey came near the spot I him to get up and get the trunk, for it; cine—Shultz took off his shirt and spung-
where Arnold fiist overtook them ; and should he got. Witness said he might as I ed him carefully—Martin had a very fair
as Boyd and Lvnar were then in sight, j well let Martin alone,*for he was a dead | while skin, and in consequence he thought
' ’?rinv™ifL 3 aj- i Shultz called them and they came up. j man—saw no injury inflicted on him—■ the whipping shewed twice as great as it
Shultz, with one of them, took hold of! Boyd had a vine frazeiled, in his hand— | otherwise would have done, from the co-
would see his wife and children sink into
perdition, before he would shake him by
the hand as- a friend,” and other expres
sions of similar import.
17. Mr. E. Harrison testified to the
same effect.
Among the other evidences of Tatoflt’s
FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
Martin and tied, him with the rope, the j Martin was not tied. Shultz said he would ; agulation of the blood in the bruised j hostility, lie said, he once on a public oc
casion had a call for a greater number of
tumblers than he had about his house, and
requested Tatom to lend him a few;
Tatom tefused and said, “if Sholtz drank
out of one of them, it should never come
again into his house.”
The evidence here closed. The Jury
received the Judge’s charge and were
gone not exceeding 30 minutes, before
a verdict of Man-
i other end of which was fastened to the j send him to Edgefield Jail. Witness said blood-vessels of the skin—must have been
hoy, who continued to beg Marlin to tell he could not get him there, he would die. j whipped with a switch or vine-—whipping
j where the trunk was—Martin said noth- 1 4. James Tatom did not see Martinjon the scrotum slight and accidental from
— ling. Shultz addressed him in the same j till Wednesday night about 10 o’clock, j the lapping round of the switch—impos-
STATE OF SOUTII-CAROLINA, ! friendly tone as beforehand finally told ! when he was brought to bis house, much j sible to say exactly the number of stripes,
vs. ! him, if he did not get the trunk, they would whipped—wounds looked of the color of counted 40 to 43 on his back, and thought
! whip him, and turned liis clothes down j a ripe grape—died Sunday night about 9 j there might have been as many more on
!. over his shoulders, as low as the rope j o’clock—had no doubt of the whipping j all other parts—did not think the whip-
The boy still begged having killed him—whipped on the pri- j ping would kill—said to Martin in a few
Henry ShclYz &. Alexander Boyd.
This case was tried on the 4th, inst
.at Edgefield Court House, before his would permit ^
Honor Judge Johnson and a very in- i iMartin to tell where the trunk was. | vales 6 or 8 cut:5—spunged the wounds ; days he * v ould be able to go home—Mar- ! they returned with
tell: gent Jurv, of which Mr. William Shultz asked for a knife to cut the rope—; and swelled testicle every hour, by direc- i tin said bethought so— Wednesday morn- 1 slaughter.
B. Mays was foreman. It was an in-! sa >d Martin had a knife in his breeches j tioq of Dr. Spann, with cold vinegar and | ing no indication of danger—Shultz did
diet me nt for the murder on the 31sfej pncket—took it out and cut the rope. All j salt. .'not think he would die, and was very kind
jf July last, of Joseph Martin, near j fhe time he was tying Martin and torning ! Dr. Spann* said he was requested by j him—Shultz's humanity he said was
Hamburg, who was accused of robbing, on down his clothes, -Shultz continued to ad- ; Mr. Shultz to visit Martin, whom Shultz 5 proverbial.
tiie public road, near Fox’s Mill, two fe- j dress hip in the most mild and friendly j said, h*e, Lynar, and Boyd had severely ; 9. Col. M’Kinxe, Col. Hutchinson and
males, of their trunk. j r,J anner—Martin said nothing; and wit- j flogged and ducked—thinks the whipping 1 Capt. Joun Miller and several oilier re-
C OCXS EE. sau 1 Martin, wny dont you tell j was the primary 6 ause of his death—di- J spectable citizens, some of whom had
For tiie State, M ijor J. S. Jeter, So- I where the trunk is. One of them said, j reefed Shultz to wash his sores with vine- i known Shultz upwards of 20 vears, in all
'iclyor. i K‘ vc him Lynar stepped up,and ‘ gar and salt, and keep his bowels open i the vicissitudes.of his eventful life, testi-
( or the Prisoners, Gen‘1 Glascock, i with a suitch forked 5 or 6 inches at the : w hen there occurred excitement, and he | fled to his unexampled kindness of dispo-
Col. Butler, ?«I.«j■ >r Thompson, and Mr. ! c ' n “* a:H * frazeiled, of ordinary size for . would soon he well—-did not believe there : sition, respect for the laws and peaceable-
M’Duffie. The two last alone spoke on j Mien. purposes, gave him 3 laslics, Bovd was any danger—no cut or bruise that j ness of temper. “Benevolence, charity
the'defence, their colleagues being ex- j keeping cjount. iMartin stumbled and fell was completely skin deep—no nppreheu- ! and kindness,” in the emphatic language t i
ha listed by exertions on a similar occa- j 011 ‘ one knee, exclaiming, O, Lord ! They j sion of his death til i or £ ths: of an of one of them, “ were his characteristics^ j i;
sion on the prccedidgday. Mr. M’Duffie j ordered him to get up, and gave Itim 3 hour before his death. Martin was re-j in his intercourse with black and white.”
tvas very unwell, and evidently laboured ! n,orc - Shultz said to Lynar, it he was i moved on Wednesday night,from Shultz’s |
under great bodily weakness, produced | b rC( l| give it (the switch) to him, and re- house, in Upper, to Tatom’s, in Lower j
hy a recent attack of fever, which pro- j quested Arnold to. go and cut him some Hamburg, between 9 and 10 o’clock at
vented his attendance at Court, till the ■ switches, or hickories, (doubtful which) night, in a state of profuse perspiration,
night preceding the trial. The oxamina- Arnold turned his horse and rode home, contrary to his positive orders, when ap-
without complying with the request. j p]jpd tc lor permission to do so—enough
When cross-examined bv Solicitor and : to have produced the most fatal conse-
Ma jor Thompson, Mr. Arnold said, what : quences—had every atti ntion paid him at
er,s gave notice at the outset, that, so mis- j lie had described occurred on Tuesday ! Shultz’s, who was personally kind to him
represented had been this transaction i~- j:j --- t •
lion and defence was managed principally
by Major Thompson.
The counsel on the part of the prison-
caricatured was the picture, which public
prejudice, had drawn, they were directed
to object to no testimony, which might be
oTered, but fieely to admit every thing
fiat had tho remotest tendency to devel-
njic thecharacter of the transaction.
The Solicitor proceeded with his evi
dence, and called Mr. Berry W. Arnold.
Witness said he had heard of the loss
of the trunk, and as he knew Martin
and his father went to see him at
Mr. Adams’ in Hamburg, said to Mar
tin, “you have got into bad business;
but if you want assistance, I will he
your security, or get security for you.”
Marlin replied, “ ves I have got into a
difficulty.” Witness shortly after went
home, and returned, and fwind two ladies
sitting in the piazz t—asked M u tin if those
were the ladies who had lost the trunk—
morning, and that he did not see deceased : —unnecessary & highly improper to have
again tiil Friday at Mr. Tatom’s—that ! removed him at that time in such a situation
Shultz had been sick two days—was tin- ! —told Shultz there was no danger of his
willing to go with Marlin—was requested j death—removed without Shultz, know-
bv L. Holloway, Esq. to go—his manner I ledge—Shultz begged Spann to have him
towards Martin was soothing and kind as j removed from Tatom’s, who, he said, was
it possibly could be, and continued to be j the worst enemy he had—rritated and
so till the last moment before .he whip- [ injured by constant turning to shew his
he answered they were.
ping. Witness saw Shultz daily, who
manifested great concern for Martin, and
said he had called in Dr. Spann.
2. Thomas Williams was present at
Mr. Adams’, when Mr. Shultz came in
and asked what was the matter—siys
Shultz addressed Martin as stated by Ar
nold. When Shultz and deceased went
ofl’. in 10 or 15 minutes Arnold followed,
and when he came back, asked where Dr.
Spann was, saving that a surgical opera
tion would have to bo performed—that
they were whipping Martin ; some believ-
The women j‘ed it—some thought it a joke. Witness
slid, ail they wanted was their trunk and J went with Pleasants to see if they could
clothes. Arnold took deceased into the j make any discoveries—half way between
yard—told him, all the ladies want is their | House of Confidence and Fox’s' Old Mill,
property—that if he would get the trunk, j met Lvnar and bov going towards Fox’s
or manage so that it was got, all would be | Mill—Lynar said, 'lie had prepared liim-
irell. Martin replied, “as God is inv
Judge, I know nothing of the trunk.”
While in the yard, Martin informed wit
ness, that Neethammer was out with the
hoy, (a negro boy who came with Mart n)
to try and get the trunk. From the vard
they went into the house—Martin stopped
inside—Arnold went into the piazza—told
the ladies Martin denied any knowledge
• of the trunk—at this time Neethammer
i*ame up with the bov, and said the trunk
could not be found—that the boy had led
him to the place where he said the trunk
had been left. After a few minutes, Boyd
came in'p the piazza, and asked where
the boy was—said, “ give him to me, I’ll
make him find the trunk.” He and the
boy went off-—does not know whether anv
person went with them or not. Shortly
after this, Shultz came into the house
where Martin was—sat down and looked
at Martin attentively for nearly a minute—
he then addressed the deceased, “ Mr.
Martin, although I think yo.i are guilty of
this act, your countenance does not be
speak you a rogue ; you area young man
and fitted for better business. You have
a long time, from your age, to live in this
world, and no doubt have respectable pa
rents, whose reputation you do not wish
to sully ; you havtf also a reputation of
your own to form and maintain. With-
* out reputation, a man is nothing. Now, if
you will get the trunk, that reputation
rhall not suffer—the matter shall be drop
ped—there is no disposition, in any quar
ter, to make you an example or a victim,”
or words to that effect. Sanyo person
present asked Shultz to go with Martin,
and see if they could not find the trunk— T
deceased said he would go, and, if if was
possible, get the trunk ; but declared in
the same s demn manner, he knew nothing
about it—Shultz asked ail present if*thev
would he satisfied if the trunk was found—
they answered, ves. [t was drizzling rain
—-some person handed an umbrella to
Shultz, who was unwell—witness followed
shortly after on horseback, and overtook
them at the top of the hill, on the road
l:oiu Hamburg to Fox’s Old Mill. No
one except Shultz was w ith Martin. They
had stopped to lis'en and ascertain where
Dot'd and the boy were. Shultz request
ed Martin to call the boy, whose name
was Anthony—Martin called twice—wit
ness said, he heard a noise below them,
which he expected proceeded from them.
Shultz requested him to ride down the
hill and ask them to come up. He did
.so, and met Boyd and Lynar with the boy
coming up. Witness said, Shultz and
Martin are above and wish you to come
up. Boyd said, “ shut your mouth, sir ;
I’ll make the bov find the trunk.” When
the bov came into an open place, so that
fee saw Martin, lie excl limed, O, inastei
Joe ! O, mastei J- e ! A' he approached,
lie hogged iMartin to show where the trunk
was. Shultz requested Boyd to give
him tlie boy, and lot Marlin and him see
if they could not find the trunk. Bovd
refused «at first, but finally gave up the
Ooy. Shultz addressed Martin in pretty
tru^h tha same friendly language about
self with a cow-hide, and now he would get
the trunk. Witness and Pleasants follow
ed after Lynar 300 yards—Pleasants said
he heard Boyd’s voice, and turning in that
direction, found Shultz and Boyd with
Martin, who was lying on his side—Shultz
was near his head, and Boyd not far off
with a hullus vine in h:s hand, about the
thickness of liis thumb, and 4 or 5 feet
long, and frazeiled at the end. Deceas
ed was in his sh.rt sleeves—Shultz helped
him bv the shirt collar to get up. In going
away from that place, Martin fell several
times, and bogged frequently to sit down
and rest, appearing to he exhausted—wit
ness did not think he would live an hour.
Witness left them to hunt the trunk, and
did not see him again till evening. There
was a great alteration in his appearance
now and when he first saw him in the
morning.
Cross-examined by Solicitor. It was
n hour after Martin'went off with Shultz
till witness saw them in the woods. Pri
soners frequently urged him to go and get
'.he trunk, for he knew where it was.
Covered with mud, blood oozing through
his shirt, bloody fluid from liis nostrils;
but little blood on his clothes—did not
examine bis body at that .time. When
vyitness saw him in the evening, Air.
Shutlz was giving him something to drink,
smelled like Mint Tea or Toddy. This
was at the Billiard house. Martin ex
wounds to tlie numerous visitors, whom
idle curiosity called to see liis situation,
contrary to the Doctor’s wishes—told
Shultz that he could not be answerable for
Ins life, if his directions were not better
followed—lias known Shultz many years—
“ would take him a long time to tell the
many acts of goodness that man has done”
—knows no equal in charity and univer
sal kindness—liis professional duties mak
ing him acquainted with acts of goodness
done in secret,& without the knowledge of
any but those to whom accident revealed
them. While Dr. Spann was sitting by liis
bedside fanning him, the evening before liis
death, lie said to the Doctor, “ I've been
neglected.” The Doctor asked, who
had neglected him ;
you, Mr. Martin.”
has not been to see me the whole dav.
10. Gideon FI. Hull, the Marshal of
llainbmg, repeated liis instructions from
Shultz, which were to govern his adminis
tration, and exhibited a piece of paper,
which longuse had worn into pieces, with
this laconic and characteristic direction
from the Founder of Hamburg: “Be
strict, just and merciful.”
11. Mr. Joshua Mercer had been a
i leading head-workman for six years in
| Hamburg; Shultz’s directions to him
i were verbal : to be mild and smooth with
his men, and get the place as well as peo
ple a good name. Recent outrages about
Hamburg, which had been undetected,
bad given Shultz gTeat uneasiness for the
| reputation of the place; expressed the
: deepes.t regret for Ins conduct in Martin’s
j case. W ifness had received the same
j written instructions as the Marshall,
j Permission was here granted by tlie
I Solicitor to read certain letters from some
| of the most respectable citizens of Angus-
I ta, relative to Mr. Shultz’s general cha
racter. Out ot SO or 40 only two were
read as being tlie substance of the whole—
one from Dr. Anderson Watkins, the o-
therlrom Col. William Cumming. Those
who heard them found it difficult to deter
mine, whether- their contents did most
credit to the object of their praise, or to
the men who wrote them, whose good
sense and liberal feelings would not
!f gCd b l- , mfc , . <0 be Equine.
been published in many of the
thfe United States, without n v •
ment or knowledge. The Genc-J 0 "
mg too much to that impetuosity off
and violence of temper, f or w l, ic h [ -
said to be so remarkable, is th us „ 6
the petition and circumstances o n J
purports to be founded, much great ,/ ;
portance, <han they would other* " ;J
Compared with the main objections
his promotion to the presidency *i. f i
in my humble judgement, as mole-i p
the side of the Andes. I hav» iC,
time, nor would it be a suitable c x
on which to enter into an exair.ii -
them. I have frequently called v“f
teetion to many of them,’ and shall 1°-
blv do so again. Let then the r
bear patiently the scrutiny of tr/- '
eve.—The conduct, the character
cal and moral, as well as the qtialilji
of an individual aspirin^ to the hv' '
fice within the gift of the peouW
United States, will, and ought t ‘ Q h .
jects ot the most rigid investing: l -
the peaceful solitudes of his “ h cr ' ‘
be so disturbed whenever he hcW ^
they have been topics of remark V
assure him, that it is destined tob- C
and again, the scene of confusion a J'
sternation. Public curiosity
roused, and public enquiry i';. '
Nor have they been without
cial effects. Almonteach week liaslu
lthl . t0 vie *b additional facts, and thrown,'.
The political excitement which! ‘ 1 '‘ff sheets calculated t 0 p „
tlie eyes of the people, and to warn t .(
ofthe dangerous precipice upm Y ‘
they tread. ‘ ‘
The General’s “ hard earned rev:-,
tion,’ about wbieh lie speaks, with v
becoming modesty, if it be founded
merit, is in no danger
by examination..
{l^r 3 The Judge’s Charge to the Jury
shall appear in our next.
AIR. BUCKNER’S ADDRESS
To his Constituents, in relation to Gen. Jackson's
letter to Col. Hot. Owens.
To tbc Voters of the Eighth Congressional
District.
The election of a member to Congress
from this district having closed, I can ad
dress you, without incurring the censure
of acting from interested motives in rela
tion to it.
as prvailedin this district and throughout
the state, dictates the propriety of permit
ting the ebullitions of passion to subside
as soon as possible, and not to give addi
tional fuel to the flame. Such was my ar
dent desire ; and I should have contented
myself, by returning to you mv most grate
ful acknowledgments
being impair
But if, when the mis
for die recent testi- , ... . ...
iiionv you have furnished, for your tina-i !\°J\ u * ar prejudice and partiality shall It
bated confidence, in at least mv disposi- | “‘“'P 8 ™, 1 Fie.sober judgement of an
tion to serve yon faithfully, in 'the ardu-t ' S „° d }1 “ bl,c sb ' i!i P r,niot,;,cc ,h ‘t L.
ous and honorable station to which you
have called me, at three successive elec
tions, had it not been for a most extraor
dinary attempt, made by General Andrew
Jackson, not only to injure my prospect
ol election, hut to assail the purity of my
motives in tlie course which I pursued du
ring the canvass.—You all know what
that course has been ; and tlie unprinci
pled attacks which some of mv enemies
have made upon me. With them no fab-
was ** a mushroom popularity, gained ttin.
out merit,” let him not flatter hiimelfib •
tnfy can add, “;hat it was los< without,
taulr.” M e have heard much <>f hue
bnut a reign hf terror, a sedition law, &
\l hen attempted to be applied to the ■
sent administration, such expressions
but scare-crows, u^ed by artful politician
to alarm the ignorant, or are the idle t,har.
tasms 0} disordered minds. Our g.ay.,
ment has never been more ablv adminis
ideations against'tlie administration, (for! v* m <’,°!. U j?°. n morc , ' r puohr&n pn
whose acts they seem disposed to hnld : * * , ' 01 . 0 t,,fi r '
me responsible,) was too barefaced; do K vl 'n’
misrepresentation, of my political opinions. S . , , F r;;r,r{
- r K 1 "'•'•nr, which has ever
principle
piproa.-h of tyranny ai
is seen or felt it
political wjor.d-.
was too ridiculous to be essayed, by me,
who seemed determined on success, lit
er country—the el
ecti hi of General Jai
... , suffer them to forget the unfortunate in
» T , c * neglected 1 t { )0 depth of his degradation fur one solifa-
.* but . I rydeparture from the bright path of his
splendid life.
n,..,.. l, rrv: - , 1 12. Mrs. Alexander, Martin’s nurse,
eve.., hour-says Tatom was I md to him ! u;as at Shultz’s when they came to remove
Directed him to be spunged with vinegar
r—says Tatom
Tatom absent two days—one attending I
( Mm to Tatom’s; it was between 9 and
10 o’clock, and Martin wet with perspira
tion; cautioned them against taking him
out in that situation : deceased as soon as
exposed to the air ofthe roomsneczed. One
ofthoso about taking him out, impressed
the trial of the boy, Anthony—says Mar
tin did not die necessarily ol liis wounds,
but thought they were the primary cause—
wounds on liis private parts were slight,
being mere red marks—complained of
soreness only on iho back, and ol’ sick ! „i,h“7!,c“dan ;! er'or i',"asked Martini
stomach vomr.ed frequency at Tatom s-- lcm[ , lv if kilw hi ,’ „. 01lM
very hot room—Sholtz ur R cd lhem? Martin told them he teas Mv
treated by Shultz.
terly regardless of the means employed to I S . <J,i tbt ^ resinetic.' ‘—"bn
* - lean rvno-.t I- '
t mn
have
ther
ensure it It was in vain that an appeal
was made to their candour, to take the
public speeches made by me,-both in con
gress and before von, with my votes, as ■
the surest test of those opinions. Marked |
as tlie victim of their political persecution !
the rancour of their hostility towards me,
appeared to be* increased by the prospect i
of my success. ' t
Not only the errors real or supposed,! P° S ' l ° c 1 ’ c " crr,r ‘ ‘ :S * ig" t r • tat
of the present administration of the gen- ! J ctl,U1 ' ’be FiCbfiient < t \\v
1 oiates should thus a temp! to use his in
once—would there not be
then expect, from wiiat we
seen? He, a citizcu of a
candidate fi<r tire office of r
tive magistrate, to say troth:. * ,*.!:
means employed to* enscr; hie
make a direct and most unf iir a
influence theelection r.t anienih-.r
gi’cs«, liom this district ; and tii ■
period, when it was believed
C ■
was m a very hot room—Shultz
Spann to have him removed from Ta-
tom’s, in consequence of certain rumors,
saying he did not know how the case |
might terminate in Tatom’s hands in con
sequence of his enmity. When Spann
called to see Martin, gave him opium—
does not recollect that deceased refused
to take medicine—remembers Tatom’s
informing him of the costive state of his
bowels, and advising an injection.
6. Martin, the father of ihe deceased, I
said, liis son was well treated at Tatom’s— 1
lie, himself, was perfectly satisfied—said 1
there was not much turning of liis son to 1
show his wounds—that his son was whip- j
ped “ from the crown of the head to j
tlie earth.”
7- Bullock saw him the first of August
at Shultz’s, lying on a bed on the floor— !
Martin said to Roney, he would rather be j
anj* where else than there—said he could i
not ride, but if they would get a gig he !
would go—they removed him to Tatom’s, •
eral government, but even those of the
administration of Air. Adams doc’d, were
urged and grossly misrepresented to you,
with the intent of operating against my
interest. To all true patriots, it must be
matter of great regret that such violent
party spirit should prevail. I have watch
ed its progress, not only in this state, but
in tlie United States, for several years
past, with no small apprehension of the
alarming and fatal consequences, to which
Brazier, an old respectable "it inevitably leads, unless the wise and
virtuous part of the community shall dis
countenance, and thereby chock its in
fluence. The various public addresses
made by me during the summer, afforded
me opportunities of turning my attention to
some of the charges alluded to, to show
the fallacy of some, and the inapplicabil
ity of them all, so far as they were intend
ed to operate on me. It wes apparent to
13. Dr.
physician, did not hear the testimony
which had been given. The Court read
to him such parts of the evidence as were
necessary to give him a just impression
ol tlie extent of the injury, its appearance,
the'medical treatment of the case, tlie
temperament of the deceased, and the ex
posure of Martin in removing him to Ta-
tom’s. Alartin was described to be a
hale, muscular, very fair skinned young j my enemies, blinded even as they were
man; therefore, the Dr. said, predisposed j hv party spirit, that their attempt would
to inflammatory activity ofthe system. 99 i prove abortive, unless some other expedi-
pressed a desire to go home, and Neet-
harnmer drove up his waggon for him. 1 ' vr:, PP‘tig him up carefully.
Martin said he was unable to go home, Messrs. Aloore, Anderson,
- ’ ’ ’ ’ Bow-
oilt of 100 physicians would have bled
him at least 40 oz. and operated on tlie
system in every'hianner calculated to re
move existing or prevent future inflam
mation : condemned the irritating appli
cation o f vinegar and salt to the inflamed
skiw, also the exhibition of opium; scout
ed the idea of there being no fever ; the
suppressed pulse in this case he consider-
, j ed an evidence of the necessity of blood-
peiman, letting; this operation would !i
aiksa.d if Mr. ahnlt* would let him stay, | B^e, were called to prove, principally, i oc]ifd the constipatcd bow .,, ls gnd .
he would remain where he was. Shultz j ,be kindness of Tatom s treatment tolessening the susceptibility of the' system
insisted on h.s staying, and had a bed pro- ! MartJ » •>* his house. j t0 niorbid actio w l 8u]d tiave rcm J ed or
ent could be resosted to, with better hopes
of success. One last and violent strug
gle was to be made. Expressions alleg
ed 4o have been uttered by mo, more than
two years since, were ascribed to me, in
which I am represented, as evincing an ut
ter contempt, both for the people of my
district and for the republican principles
on which ourgoverment is founded. To
those statements, in a lew hand bills, has
tily prepared, I gave a most positive and
unequivical denial; and by the testimony
of a gentleman of high respectibility, dis
proved them, as far as
him badly bruised or whipped—more , prove that Martin took the trunk, was re- citement.
bruised than whipped—few marks on face sisted by the Solicitor as irrelevant to the bel
, — ~ a negalive is sus-
; P fe vented all those symptoms which evi- ccptible of proof. Before I had time to
prepare even that defence, the letter al
luded to, made its apoearance. It con-
-■ - 1-- - _ i to morbid action, would have removed or
vided for him—next saw him at Tatom’s,! 1 - - -
lying with only a shirt on him—examined j The attempt to introduce evidence, to deuced the existence of a high bilious Vx-
' !,a, ,n, ' h rent. The Dr. expressed his firm
,nd see™*) have been I issue before the Court. The Defenie&cfom'if te'S l,!^eS"fo ,al "? "bZander which rvae perhaps not in
inflicted with a blunt, stiff instrument, ra- ) urged the propriety of this testimony to 1 ’ ^
ther than a tapering, keen hickory
like they had been inflicted wi
lus vine found near him
1 , - - . - , - . produce death, it it had been judiciously
ckorv—more shew the quo ammo under which the whip- ! treated ; that the exposure of Martin in
v, th the bul- pmg was inflicted—that it was from no ; the rain and wet by 'the bushes while in
felonious intention—from no malice in i search of the trunk * hie • t
Cross-examined by Major Thompson. ! prisoners ;& that as the solemn assevera-j a place as Hamburg, at such a seaso'nof
and
ich
tended for publication, but for the eye of
his friend and correspondent, Wm. O-
wens, Esq. General Jackson in that let
ter, dated the 26th of July last, influen
ced by motives, which no one of com
mon sense can misunderstand, and which
every man of honorable sentiments must
condemn as utterly unworthy and con
ed so less from any evidence of external ■' pression might'not'be left on die''minds of i and ,* Carnt ‘ d t0 I ten >Ptjb!e, asserts that circumstances on
injury than the languor of his counten- : the Jurv, that the whipping was inflicted (I n and .1 S I d f reC ° ^ asb ' n ?‘ on f m Palle-
* ■ * 1 H t> ' mnicteo tion, and through the damp atmosphere gallons with falsehood. Printed copies
of the swamp, were sufficient, of them- of this foul and slanderous letter were
selves, and particularly when conjoined circulated through my district in every
with improper medical treatment, to send direction, for about a week before the
any ordinary mao to “that bourne from election, at a time when it was known,
whence no traveller returns.” both by its writer and the individual to
were exam- whom it was addressed, that I should
Braaier in the have no opportunity of making a written
opinion and reasoning. ' reply to it,until after the election was over.
Several witnesses were called to show ; What my allegations Were, is not stated,
the fact that the deceased underwent great j Had there been any specification, an op-
irritaiion from being often turned to gra- porlunity would have been afforded to me
ance and whole appearance—skin broke on an innotfent and not a guilty individual,
on the arm and breast—looked like lie The Court sustained the Solicitor in his
was whipped more through his clothes \ objection, and such testimony was reiecN
than 011 the naked skin. W hen he ex- ed. The Counsel for the prisoners then
he'would him ' in , digUamIy ° ff f ed to confess them guilty, wnence no traveller returns.-
l!o or stav-if I , 1 r~ he , m f U 0t a ' ,y Cnm ? ,h ° Sol,ci{ ‘ )r chooser The other physicians who
F!ke with himiV Tf^ l Ha r I S nanie «. jf Ae J* d,< i no ‘ P r “ v e the guilt of ined concurred with Dr. Br £
‘ 'oi S , a , V ’ . sn 'J ,, ! bavo j 1 1 art in, in taking the trunk, to any Court same opinion and reasoning,
every comb i .-Shultz inflicted no pun-! and Jury in the Country. The Court
■sliment on him after he saw Martin, but | suggested that the prisoners would receive
on .he contrary protected and helped him. j all the benefit of such testimony, if such
The witness, when asked if he, with oth
ers, did not say, “give him Lvnch’s law,”
teplied, that he said, that would be as
good a plan as any. It was the universal
impression of the crowd, before Shultz
went off with him, th at he had taken the
trunk
3. Thomas Turner. Shultz’s con
versation to Martin confirmed- Shultz
were really the belief & impression under tify public curiosity in seeing his wounds,
which they acted. j Among these
Air. E. Hammond, in giving whose tes- j 14 Col. Whitner said, that on Sun-
timonv the objection was made, stated j day there wa£ a constant ingress and
that the boy had described to him and the
owners, the trnnk, in such a manner, with
such minute particulars relative to the pe
culiarity of its fastenings to tiie gig, that
he- had not the-slightest doubt of the per-
egress of persons who seemed to visit the
house out of curiosity merely, as they
were not boarders. He also testified to
the hostility of Air. Tatom to Air. Shultz.
15. Charles Masson, Esq. testified
of relying upon either a denial or justifi
cation. But it best suits the purpose of
defamation to deal in general remarks. I
hope that I shall be forgiven by you, in
the vindication of myself, by following the
vulgar example set, and declaring that the
charge, thus made against me, by Gen.
JacksoD, is itself absolutely false. The
petition signed “John Harris” was gqt al-
: ..... I pH ■ W gencr..t
burst of indignation against bint ? Wi
the Gencraf elected, would hedrsd-iu: t.
do tint, ns President, which be* Ins
iHiblushihgly d re, whilst a candidate 1—
One would have supposed that t' is iuur .
ciilale patriot, who, with whatever ; •
tience and complacency, lie mav lis'pn t<
propositions of intrigue Sc corruption ! * fa-
fore he would reach the Presidential chair
hy such means, would see the earth opei
and swallow both Air. Clay, his friend
and himself,” would have been willing t.
see.at least tire Hermitage sink, sooner
than ho would attempt fir his own bent-li!
to inflftence an election in another suite
It whilst his pretensions are before tU
public, he has not been restrained f ort
the commission of such an outrage; at what
will he scruple, in the indulgence of Bis
passions, when he shall have secured ’h-
object of liis most inordinate ambition ?—
We may hear the voice of servile adula
tion, and see its rewards profusely lavish
ed, but the manly voice of free inquiry in
to public measures, the unrestrained ex
pression of public opinion will be stifled,
and the merit of an aspirant to office will
be testified by liis devotion and blind ofc -
dience, to the orders of the day.
With sentiments of respect, I am y
obd’t. ser’vt. and fellow-citizen.
RICHARD A. BUCKNER.
Facts.—A single mercantile house, oz
Long wharf, has sold, since the 1st of Jan
uary last, thirty seven thousand barrels 0:
Tennessee Flour ; of which less than 300
barrels have been disposed of coastwise :
the remainder has been sold to country
traders, and chiefly tljose in the manufac
turing villages.
Another house has paid since the 1st
of April, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for American Wool, purchased
or farmers and wool growers, belong
ing to the New England states and N.JYork
and sold out again to the manufacturers ot
New England.
The Boston and Canton Factory com
pany imported during five months proerd-
ing tlie first of Alay last, one million
pounds of Smyrna wool ; all of which is
used in its own factory, in the manufactory
of what is called negro cloth.-—Boston
Courier Sept. 24
Neither Drunk nor Sober.—An acci
dent happening to a stage coach, through
carelessness, the following conversation
took place the next morning betweeu the
guard and a stable boy :—“ A bad job that
of Bill’s, last night! how was it ?’*—“ Why
some say, Bill was asleep.”—“ Was he
boosv ?”—“ No, he warn’t drunk, nor he
warn’t sober; the liquor was a dying ir.
him, like.”-—London paper.
He who doubts the propriety of a tb : i)£
need never doubt ifs impropriety.
