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CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA i TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1825. For want of more interesting matter, we 1 offer to our readers the following narra- ( tive : I At the Superior Court for Scriven Coun- I ty, which adjourned on Saturday last, Sam- i uel Hushing, was tried for the murder ofll Mrs. Ma hy Platt, and after two days de-|t voted to die investigation of his case, the!i Jury returned a verdict of “ not guilty.”|i The evidence was circumstantial, and the j I circumstances were contradictory of each I other. The deceased was a widow whoji lived alone, in a small house, in a populous|i part of the county, and while she had many ' friends among her neighbors, tliere were those, wlmse feelings were unfriendlv to- s wants her. She kept a tittle shop, and had ' collected a considerable sum of money, a i port on of which she believed had been sto len from her. This gave her great uneasi i. ■ ' ‘u her anxiety to recover the mo- i irudently charged several per-.; > • '.die o lie nee of taking it. When < lU -e charges were spoken of in Rushing’s •-. Mice, he. said that “ if he were accused by > deceased as others hud been, lie be-; ■"i ib slu. Id he tempted to take her! t I Migth. after taking up several > i;.'Oi. *■ - ..ion of the theft, the ac . was ! •: nally made against Rush 'd in warrant issued upon the all hr. deceased, by which it ap !•• a: ed, h ■ t of the Bank Bills said to had can traced to the possession ■'d Rushing n informed of the war •a»iu, Rusio.ig the harshest expressions, it aring that “he would, if left to his own will, send Mrs. Platt and others whom he J named, to hell in ten minutes; that he I would give his horse to any person who would kill her; that if lie could get her out of her house lie would leave life only in her, and that lie wished thunder would strike the d—d old b ch.” He was after wards seen on horseback at the door of the deceased in conversation with her. Their words were not heard, but the deportment of Rushing was calm and without violence of gesture. On the day of her death a gen tleman went to the house of Mrs. Platt, and found her in a state of alarm, with her doors and windows, closed. It is proper to say that Rushing was taken under the war rant, that he broke custody, that an escape warrant issued, and that a warrant for Bi gamy was also out against him. On the last a female accompanied by a servant went to Mrs. Platt’s in the after noon on a visit—they knocked at the front door, but receiving no answer passed into the back yard, where they saw in a hogs head, the bonnet and shawl and a shoe of the deceased all bloody ; —there was much blood on the ground, and the hogs were eating it, and on the steps of the house blood was also visible. Alarmed at these strange appearances, the visitors departed, but calling a man from an adjoining field they returned with him to the house, and proceeded to a more minute examination. They perceived footsteps imprinted in the sand and traced them to and from a thicket at some distance and in a direction opposite from Rushing’s House. They were after wards observed crossing a road towards Rushing’s House. A bloody handkerchief was found on the ground, and it appeared that some heavy body had been dragged from near the hogshead to the House. Up on looking under the door, —the body of Mis. Platt was discovered on the iioor with in—the doors were fastened, and a window of the bed-room was left open. Things wereisuftered to remain all night in this sit nation, and on the next day an Inquest ex amined the body. The back of the skull was broken, the body was very bloody, and a stick of green China-Wood was found in the yard, three and a half feet in length, and an inch and a half thick at the but end, with which, no doubt, the murder was com mitted. A Warrant issued against Rushing and after some time he was found under ins mothers bed, rolled up in a counterpane. It appeared from the evidence, that the pris oner had been endeavouring for some time to keep out of the way of the Warrants for Bigamy, Larceny and escape, with a deter mination to go to some other country. On the day of the murder he was at work with an eider brother from early in the morning until ijluon, when he went to a new ground to assist two of his smaller brothers in burning brush. Soon after he began this employment, the elder brother and a friend were seen approaching, & the prisoner step ped aside, requesting his younger brother to say he was absent. When therefore lie was asked for, the reply was “he has not been here to-day.” The elder brother and his companion departed, and the Prisoner resumed his labors which were continued to between one and two o’clock, when the boys went to dinner leaving him alone. They walked half a mile, dined, returned in half an hour, and found the Prisoner seated on a stump scraping his powder-horn. He usu ally carried his gun to defend himself ag dost the officers of Justice. The three brothers again labored until dark, when thoir mother came to them as they were preparing to leturn home, and informed them of Mrs. Plait’s death. Prisoner’s countenance un derwent no change, but be paused for some time and then asked—” if any person had been after him ?” and added “ the murder I will be alledgcd to me, I must keep out of t the way.” The field in which the Prisoner 1 had been working was about a mile and a I half from the house of the deceased. The » Prisoner was next traced, on the same even ing, to the stable loft of Miss Hunter wh« found him there with his gun—he had been in that loft it appeared, several times be fore, and Miss Hunter resided in the neigh borhood. He went from the stable to the house, and passed the night. At sunrise | the next morning he departed, and was rare jly seen afterwards, except by his family land intimate friends. To Miss Hunter he 'said, “ he had not heard of Mrs. Platt’s jdeath until communicated by her, that he knew he should be charged with it, and that he must keep out of tiie way as he had ■done.” Accordingly he betook himself to I the woods, and was seen on the margin of the Savannah river swamp by one of the witnesses, whom he asked as to the deci sion of the Inquest, and to whom lie de clared he would kill one or more of his pur suers, before he suffered himself to he ta ken. He afterwards passed over to Carolina, 1 and returning to Georgia was apprehended 1 as we have mentioned. His conduct vari- 1 ed alter he was taken into custody. He was sometimes bold and fearless and again sad and in tears. Before the Court lie was I calm and manifested no emotion whatever. !He has been acquitted. Time will per haps develope other circumstances to ren der less mysterious this barbarous murder. —QO®— \Ve must apologise to the editor of the Savannah Republican, for a heedless slip of j our “ grey goose quill,” in attributing to the Georgian, a series of essays, which have appeared in the Republican. The para graph was written in haste, and the papers were not, at the moment, before us. We |trust the editors of those papers would, I neither of them, suppose that sucli amis* i take, on our part, was the result, of any thing more than haste, and momentary inatten tion. n i The Charleston Mercury of Tuesday last ! states—By the schooner Tom Bull from New-Orleans, we learn, that General La t FAYETTE arrived in that city on the 10th • inst. in the Steam-Boat JSatchez, from ■ Mobile. The East Florida Herald gives an ac » count of a horrid murder having been com* • milled on the body ol a Mr. Van Swearin ■ gen, who has heretofore been in the employ - mentof Major Chairs, the Contractor. He ; was on his way from St. Augustine to Ham i bly’s, and is supposed to have been killed -by two Indians, who travelled with him. t i The weavers in Philadelphia have turned - out for higher wages—and the looms are f nearly at a stand those willing to work, be i ing prevented by their colleagues. The ; profits of the manufacturer, it is further ; said, will not admit ol an increase of wa ges. , 1 Economical and safe Travelling. —Steam . tow boats, and a passage to New-York in , 2-1 hours for a Dollar—huzza! j | Albany Democrat. t ! A Virginia paper mentions that at a late - election in that State, the competitors walk 1 ed home arm in arm, after the result was 1 known, attended indiscriminately by the 1 friends of both, and by a band of music.— I This unusual harmony is recommended as - worthy of imitation. The books for subscription to the New ! York Water Works Company were, opened s |in the city of New-York, at ten o’clock on i the morning of the 18th instant. The capi ■; tal of the company is two millions, and be -1 fore three o’clock nine millions of dollars 1 were subscribed. 1 — qo© — . A letter received in New-York from a > French Manufacturer, who has inanufac - tured Egyptian Cotton for a long time, says ? the Cotton this year is very inferior, and => that the loss in working is at least 11 per t cent—s or 6 per cent of which is sand. —— 0 A letter from Havre, March 20, (received '■ via. England,) says—“ Our market is heavy - —Upland Cottons S 3 to 35 ; Louisianas, u 36 to :38s ; Ashes dull, Pots 46f. ; Pearls h 47f.—Coffee receding, St. Dom. Is|. Rice 5 is in good demand at 33 to 38f. —QO©— The splendid ship Washington, capt. Ro s setter, for China, dropped down yesterday 1 afternoon, preparatory to her sailing this - day, and anchored at the Watering Place.— r She was under but a mere rag of sail, and e yet she worked to admiration. There is tj no doubt the Washington will prove a fast ljsailer, and an easy steering vessel, which, i‘ for her size and full make, could hardly be u expected. Her return within 12 months, s! with 1300 tons of China goods, must be the y wish of those who are friendly to the enter s prize ol the respectable house which con-i i tributes so largely to the prosperity of our ■ city.— N, York Gaz. 21 st hist. B AMr Petek Nelson, advertises a lady I named Miss Emma B. English, in a New ", Orleans paper, who, it appears, not only ’ jilted him on the eve of marriage, she being "ibis housekeeper, but took off'sundry articles .jof wearing apparel, paid for by her amorous u swain. Miss Emma denies the charge as far as relates to the clothes, but pleads guilty to the breach of promise. Peter seems to think that to lose his wife, is bad enough, but to lose the clothes, is provocation past endurance. ATTENTION! 3 La Fayette Riflemen ! ! 4 T I'END a meeting of your corpse on ( HUliS *7 HAY the sth inst. at the companies Room City Hall at half past seven o’clock I’. M. the members are requested to be punctual in their attendance, as the business requires,. My order of Capl, Coldweli. It. F. Basil, Sec’y. May 3 pg we.vvvst. RESPLC I FULLY inlorms the Ladies and Gen tlemen ot Augusta, lliat his engagements in '’t.mr places will not admit ot his remaining here alter tiie 7th inst. Chose may have occasion tor lus professional services will phase apply tins week at the Planters’ (Intel. 077” Mr. Family may be expected here again next winter. M |>v 3 It 89 a ® iio 'p hr inhabitants of Augusta and vicinity, are informed that a supply of IRE has been received at the new Ice House, back of the Eagle, i'averii, where u may be obtained from sunset to sunrise" 4 every day during the summer. ' Persons living at a distance, can have it packed so as to keep several davs. Bez. Dickinson, „ „ Ice Home Keeper. May 3 f; g EXCHANGE OFFICJB IHNI7ED STATUS POST NOTES, DRAFTS ON BOSTON, B.AL i I MOKE, PROVIDENCE, WASHINGTON CITY NEW YORK, PE I FiVSUKG, VA. PHILADELPHIA, CD 'Vtpjf, S, C. AND u K VANN . * Bunnell A -m. John, ; „ > Broad, corner of M’lntmh-street. ■,, J ' ,u * ,I'lid Silver Coin and all k ills of Bank No PES, Ij'u 1 c* /,/ . al,d Sotd ’ 4' • ——_ b. rl2 . , , l* — ~ 7i r~V iu»< 1 Wppi | | 'f Pipes Holland Gin, '■*n7lir POH SALE m ‘ Fguu & M'Lauahlin. > CD On Consignment. , 3 Pipes first quality Cognac Brandy. ” May 3 2t 89 1 ■ HAS FOR SALE, HHDS. prime St. Croix 18b Pieces CO CTOf^BAG i Mi.y 3 It* 89 BBLn, N. E. Gin, 1 H Boxes Loaf Sugar, MdrSfrW 1 ■ 5 Hogsheads Whiskey, , lb Casts Glass Ware, | 10 Barr. Is Cider, 10 Bags prime Coffee, JUST AJiHIVED TO \Vm. 11. Kgfln. A fashionable (*ig, with Harness, ‘ FOK SALE. May 3 2t 89 ' JVJL iCKRIiEL No. 1 BALTIMORE FLOUR LOAF SUGAR KICK (4-2 INCH COTTON BAGGING PHILADELPHIA WHISKEY in Barrels For Sale by Thomas ADGran. May 3 It 89 ¥oi* AN exculleiit Cat Renter and Boat hand ; also a young Wench, who is a complete cook, ; washer, miner and h'-use servant— to he sold to raise cash —Enquire al Una office. , May 8 2t 89 VO il SALE. 4 PAIR of wei| broken carriage horses in good i » order, and a light travelling Carriage. En quite at this Office. Mav 1 89 Lust uc .MVsVanL » SOME time since, one Execution in favour of Z chariah Magruder, for J-J2B 25 or 361 i c 'ins, With interest from the 25th day of May i 1811. 'j James Collins. I, ■ May 3 3t 89 I THOMAS 8. METCALF, UFFfittSi FOB. SALE. Ol3 a ©iM> BU I"“ S '■ i ’ c,p ”° l “ r “" d i 6, Too Bushels prime Virginia Corn, j 500 Pieces prime 4- inch Hemp Bagging, > 200 do do Tow Bagging j 160 Coils Bale Rips, large Ik small sii.es, I 500 do Bugging T wine, | 60 Cons Swedes Iron, assorted, , 8000 Ihs. Share Moulds, j 2000 lbs. Hoop and Band Iron, J -tOi'O Ihs. German Steel, I 3000 lbs. Blistered Steel, | 300 Ihs. Swedish Tub Steel, | 40,000 lbs. Castings asorted, . 400 Casks 2d, 3d, 4d, 4 l-2d, sd, 6J, 7d, Bd, \ lOd, 12,1, 20d, 24<1, ik 30J patent cut Nails { And fid, Bd, lOd, 12d, 8i 20d Brads, ! 20 Bags Pepper, Spice and Ginger, ) 2000 pound Bar Lend, > 100 ilags Shot, { Kegs “ Dupont's” Sc “ Roger’s” Powder, I I*o Kegs No. 1 Si 2 Tobacco Yuvious Brands, 1 50 Dozen Papers “ Riel’s” Tobacco, I 200 Hall, Quarter and Tenth Boxes “ Flints,”; “ Dos Amigo,” and ** Cabannus” Cigars, j 150 Quarter and Tenth Boxes common Span- J ish and American do 1 60 Hhds. prime N w Crop Molasses, 1 20 Hhds. prime and 2d quality Sugars, ; 40 Bbls. Muscovado Sugars, , 25 Boxes Havannah White Sugars, 1 80 Bbls. Loaf Sugar, i 20 Bbls. and Boxes Lump Sugar, | 100 Bags prime and good fair Coffee, J 35 Boxes Imperial and Hyson I'eas, | 120 Two pound Cadies Gunpowder and Hy- son Teas, I ” - "““I N For Cash or on a liberal credit for City acceptances only. May 3 89 AUCTION. THIS MOUJVTJVIi, will he soli at (0 o’clock, before the POET OFFICE, for Cash . % a©© PIECES Russia Hemp 42 Inch Baggio) Fraser & Bowdre, Auctioneers. May 3 It «9 Tkin Morning, at \0 o’clock, Will he sold at Auction, at my Store, |I V BUGG & SAYAGJS, MV KNT IKK STUCK OP DRY GOODS, Consisting of a general an I well selected assortment on liberal terms. All sums under jsloo, cash ; sums of SIOO, noi exceeding §2OO, four mouths j sums of g tOO, noi t-xceeding g4OO, six months; and ail suing o g4OO, nln mouths credit, with approved endor sf d notes. Darien and North-Caroiiua money la V, *nar. '•) ALS— O-1 To Went, JogMk 1e Store occupied by the fffiW subscriber, until the tl■ s v Octob. i JUICES next, possession given immediately— and die Dwelling House occupied b} B. Sims, until the first October next—Possession given in all next week. B. G. Sims. May 3 It 89 (tmCDß&dilliSlSo Having removed to the brick house, directly oppo site the Post Office, WE OFFEII THE FOLLOWtno ARTICLES OK GOOD TERMS k-JUGAU, brown and Eoaf, Molasses, (best) Coffee, Hyson, ■y Pouchong, / 4 £\ f«SI Imperial and r Ji —1 \ Gunpowder ) Iron, well assorted Nails, from 3d to 40d, German and Blistered Steel, Jack Screws, Cotton and Wool Cards, Bagging, 'I wine and Cordage, Shoe Thread, 8 and 10 balls to a pound, Soap and Candles, Boxes of Newark Cider, Apple, Peach and Cognac Brandy, Malaga, Port. Catalonia, Sherry, S. Madeira, Current, I’enenile and Madeira Wines, Whiskey, N. E. Gin, N. E. St. Croix and Jamaica Hum, Holland Gut, Windsor Glass, 8 by 10, Castings, 20,000 lbs. well assorted, from 5 a 60 pounds. Demijohns, 1 a 5 gallons, Family Flour, Sail Petre and Nutmegs, Sugars, Chewing Tobacco, No. 1 Mackerel, Bice, Porter, Grind stones, Sacking, 1 race Chains, Powder in Cannisters, Shot, Domestic Goods, and other articles. J. W. L. Simmons & Co. May 3 2t 89 TO RENT. if*! FOR the present season, a con iij'ffL vemenl 11 uise and Lot, on the Sand hi'jag Wills.—For particulars, apply to tlu mmSSkxutm subscriber on the prerr i Ha rah M. Featlall. April 19 85 A CARD. Dll. HALL, offers Ins professions! attendance! to the public, in surgery, the obsletrick art.l and in the practice of Piiysick. Application made at the U. S. Arsenal, neai Augusta, Ceo. will receive his attention. April 26 t t,7 I 500 Bbls. prime Northern Whiskey, 1200 do do do Gin, ! 120 do do do Rum, !’ 10 Pipes prime Holland Gin, 7 Pipes prime Cognac Brandy, 13 Hhds. old Jamaica Rum, 5 do N. Orleans and W. 1. Rum, | 1 Pipe superior old Port Wine, i 30 1-2 1-4 & 1-8 Casks f’ico & Sicily Madeira t Wines, t 35 1 4 & 1-8 Casks Malaga Sc Sherry Wines, | 17 14 Casks “ Dyer’s” best curant Wine, 20 Bbls. Cider and Beer, 120 Boxes fresh Muscadel & Bloom Raisins, 20 1-2 bbls. and kegs Crackers, 100 Gallons prime new Honey', 150 Boxes No. 1 and 2 Soap, 66 Boxes Fancy Windsor Soap, 1 250 Bbls. fresh No. 3 Mackerel, | 150 do do No. 1 and 2do 150 Half bbls. No. 1 and 2 do 58 Whole and half bbls. shad, ; 20 Boxes Cod Fish 100 Ihs. each, I 50 Small Kegs Salmon, i 3000 lbs. Bacon Hams, 75 Bbls. Northern Flour, 1 10 Tierces prime Rice, i 150 Nests Dry Measures, ; 200 Nests Boxes 5 in a Nest, 1 300 Pails, Iron and Wooden Bound, ; 200 Straws ot Tumblers, t 30 Thousand Russia Quills, i 130 Pieces Osnaburgs, | 25 Maxes No, 10 Cotton Cards, | 30 Crates Crockery assorted in Crates. \ 170 K< gs White Lead ground in Od, 1 V ttVvwvhVfc feVeavw Engine at ON Monday, the 9th May next, at 12 o’clock, will be sold at the wharf, in this city, on ac count of the underwriters and all concerned, the • reck of the Steam float Henry Shultz, ns she now lies, together with her Rigging, Sails, Anch >rs, fee.) and at the same time and place, the d Engine ofsa'd boat, made by Rush & MulL-nburg, *. if Philadelphia, upon (he high pressure principle, ' lull 60 horse poyver, with four iron Boilers, mea suring 23 feet in length and 30 inches diamater, ■nd Furnape complete, not one year old, and con ig filtered by tl)e Engineer, to be uninjured by the (ire or explosion. I he Engine is thought to be complete, with the exception clone of the main Shafts being injured, _ Two others however, are in Charleston, made on an improved principle to those n< w on board, and will be sold as part of the machinery. Conditions cash. Duntn and North-Carolina money taken at par in payment, i (£/■ The Charleston Courier and Patriot, and ‘savannah Georgian and Republican, arc requested ' copy titis advertisement five times, and forward heir accounts to the agent of the boat, in Augusta. Apr i 29 3t 88 AOTTOX BAttOL ' PIECES INVERNESS BAGGING. JUST li K CV.JVh.It Ou Consignment, 1 *9U rou SALK Hr Musgrove & Wetmore. April 29 6t 88 WtfcckfcA Uooits. 4 hi- persons are hereby cautioned against ’»• withholding any Goods, Wares, or Mer e chanuize, being parr of the cargo of the Steam , *oat Henry Shultz, lately destroyed by fire—or . any part of the rigging of said Boat, which may have come into their possession, or which may be , found on either shore of the River, as the law will be rigorously enforced against them. Per •nns having any of the above described proper-" ly, are requested to give notice thereof to the _ subscriber at this place, as soon as possible. Jacob Moise, Agent. April 26 87 During my absence for four or five weeks, from this place, Doctor Cunning, ham will attend to my professional duties, for which purpose he will call, (unless casualties prevent) at my office every fore and afternoon, to < meet such cases as may be more convenient to the applicants, than a message directly to his of fice. John Dent, m. d. April 29 2t 88 Dividend X*o. 14*. Hunk State of Georgia , } 22ji A wit,' 1825. 5 THE Board of Directors having- this day declar ed a dividend, on the cap Pal stock of this bank, for the last six months, of g 3 per share, or 6 percent per annum, the same will be paid to .he respective Stockholders thereof, or to their order, on and after Monday next. , By order of the Hoard, A. Porter, Cashier. (CT The Editors of the Augusta Constitntional st, Washington News, Southern Recorder ami Georgia Journal, in MilJedgeville, will please publish the above three times, and charge the ex ' .icnse to this Bank. April 23 3t 88 Por MTwo Stores and Lots, upper end south side Broad street—nearly opposite H. Malone & (Jo’s Ware house ; which will be sold low for cash or approved acceptance, on reasonable terms. Apply to James P. Maguire. April 29 88 GEORGIA, Striven County. - SVTWUEREAB Jacob M-Gowin, applies for let ters of Administration de bonis non, on the Estate and effects of John M’Gotvin, late of said - County, deceased. These are therefore to eilc ami admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the snd deceased, to file their objections in (he office of (be Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of said County, within the time prescribed by Jaw, (<» tbew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given tinder my hand at office in Jacksonbo j rough, Ibis 27th day of April, 1825. iom Seaborn Goodall, CVTc. Do ok vivid dob Printing, Neatly Executed at this Office.