The Georgia mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1838-1839, May 18, 1838, Image 2
t ‘■E'fj'*. l Mr. Atkins!” said Mis* Etistarc.— *
‘Would iuu in.vt uio make an tjjort to attract his
attention I”
“No—-no* e v ict! r inak*» an effort; but I would
have you do yo irsrif justice—would have you let
him see a 1 ittle wuat you are. Why canuut you
talk us much whou he is here, as you do at other
times ?”
‘You are now laughing at me !’ said Miss Eus
tace. “1 have been quite ashamed of invself,
ever since I was drawn on to say so much about
Mts. Opi* s work?.”
‘The only time yon have spoken this evening!’
said Mr. Atkins. ‘Truly you Lave great cause
to be ashamed of your loquacity ! Why, Augusta
said more words to him in half an hour to-night,
than he has heard you utter since you have been
here!’
•It may be so,’said Miss Eustace; -but yon
may depend on it, Mr. Atkins, that 1 will never
speak a word when I should otherwise be silent,
n ir say any thing different from what I should
otherwise say, to secure the attention, or meet
the approbation of any gentleman in the world!’
You are incorrigible!’ said Mr. Atkins. -And
another th ng—either you dislike Horace, or are
attached to some other man. I suspect the latter.
I have watched you a little, this evening, and no
ticed a shade ot sadness—of melancholy, on your
brow, th " I never saw there before. I do not
wiih, my dear V»ov, from idle enrio«itv, to prv
into the seerects of your heart,—but tell me — is
i* in v su**' , * % «vi correct!”
“I do 't tn‘y assure von it is not,” Miss
Eustace had >n«t time to rep-y, ere Miss Leigh re
e it* red the parlor, and tue former immediately
left the roam.
••O, how thankful I am,” thought she, a< she
*'" J * hcrsell m her own chamber—“how tliank
lul lam that he framed his question as he did!
otherwise what could I have done ? Dislike Hor
ace Chauocey! Love some other man ! O. would
*he former were true! A\ mid I had passed through
t u* san, • Lethe in which he seems to have been
lunged f I.ut no matter—£ will soon go home,
i : 'd then ?tnve to grow forgetful nvself; for
never will I trv to refresh his memory! Sad!
said Mr. \tkius / £ will not be sad- at least no
one shall see me so—l will not be so if J can help
u”' Humming a cheerful air, which, however,
lo't something ot its sprightlines*. though none of
if - rc"h;!y, as she warbled it, she returned to the
parlor. <
As day.succceded day, the visits of Mr.Chnun
eey bee.-.me m ire frequent, and the interest Miss
Leigh inspire ’ more obvious. Ihe seat next her
he a..vays, if pc.s.ble, secured ; if that was occu
py i. t,-leek of her chair frequently afforded him
a support. He interested himsalf in all h*r pur
sun,—looke 1 over the book she was reading ox
u'il r*- i and admired her work, —and never seemed
eo-nulefeJv happy unless near her, and having
sum- object of mutual interest.
Meantime, despite Miss Eustace’s resolution,
she frequently sad ; and notwithstanding her
e iorts at concealment, which led her to ammar
unnaturally gay, Mr. Atkins saw it. He was ob
serving h-v closely, but silently; not even sug
ge,:i ig to Mrs. Atkins that anv change was corii
-1-1 - Hver her friend. But he noticed that the mo
iuem after the frolic or the joke was passed, a se
musness restel npop her features, as unnatural to
tb-m us tr y ditv was to her manner*. When Mr.
( launci-v %v.is present, she indeed appeared not
much din r -;t from formerly, except that her
cheek was less frequently dimpled w ith a smile,
h -r eves were more intently fix-d on her work, and
her silence, it possible, was more profound than
ever. Sometimes, a hen a pang of peculiar bit
ternc »s shot through her heart, she would resolve
ou closing her visit immediately; but when she
had hint<*d such an intention to Mrs. Atkins, that
Hdy was so much hurt, and *o strenuously oppose 1
such a measure, that sh- abandoned the idea. Vet
how could she stay three months longer. which
•raw the term originally fixed for her'visit,—wit-
nessing that w hich she witnessed—that which wns
constantly enhancing her disquietude ? < fff-n j r ,
the retirement ol her chamber, she would t A*-
hers df severely to task. “How foolish—lmv
worse than foolish I have been, thus year after
year to !et one idea engross im- hear:, without ever
looking forward, for a moment, to a result like
this ! ♦ n-utnou souse,eomnimi pru<! nee, common
discretion « mid have taught me better! Vet 1
consulted nether: but permitted mv foolish ima
gination tn indulge itself at the expense of mv
p-acc. Childish iifat’jatio:;! Bui 1 will thus in
dnl. e myself mi longer. This attachment sh ill
tooted out! He and Augusta will make anoble
Couple. I see it—much a? my heart rebels a minst
I K' “ill love an !b ■ Inppv ! What if she
wm 1-: .'Ttidy his every wirii. as’l could not help
siomg-. and lose her very b ing ia liis; he will love
In r; and the observation of her shining qualities
wdl leave him no time to r ‘grettha absence oftri
lliiig uHI minor attentions or virtues. I must I trill
forget this dream of years, which else will involve
me in misery if not in guilt. Too much already
has mv lun.vt been divided between heaven and
cavtn . an 1 richly do I deserve this suffering, for
pern,itrmg a creature, however exalted in virtue—
and O how exalted he is! how far above all others
that Thare seem! yet how wicked I have been to
permit mm to engross so much of that love, which
telore IT: -acred altar, 1 promised should be first
nt all tor my Hod! Father,” she eri-d. while sh
latsoil her teartul eyes to heaven, “draw niy affee
tioiis to thysell, though my heartstrings should be
Both Miss Leigh and Miss Eustace were much
attached to Mis. Atkins, and wen* frequently em
ployed in making some fancy article—some elegant
trdle, to leave behind them as tokens of their re
gard. Miss Eustace hat finished'a screen, which
coui-l not but satisfy the most delicate tas*e and
was now engaged in embroidering a white satin reti
cule ior her friend ; while Miss Leigh , v:ls makiim
a pyramid ot various kinds of shells, as an orna
ment lor the mantel piece. This last was quite
an arduous undertaking, as many of the shells
were exceedingly small, and required great skill
anil taste so to arrange them, as at once to match
hem with precision, and display their beauty to
the greatest advantage. 3
All the little circle at Mr. Atkins’ watched the
progress of this pyramid v.ith interest, and with
admiration of -ts beauty, and the taste of the fair
architect. Mr. Chauncey was almost -a dailv wit
ness of Us increasing height, and certainly not be
hind any one u< the prais*> he besfwoed oii it. u e
x\ ould s:t lor an hour together, assorting the shell
and admiring the delicate fingers that titled' ‘then*,
m th-,r nW* so neatly: above all. admirrn- the
V° W Z ! hn th *' ■••rcliitcct to carry on a work
ho„cvrr foreigS
ttoe m.ruing a, Sii* I,ri 5 1, «•„ in
recess which was devoted to her use while erect
ing her pyramid. Miss Eustace came, as she firee
queutly did, to overlook her for a few minutes.—
She looked on iu silence for some time, and then
said—
“lt is the most beautiful thing, Augusta, that 1
ever saw. But is it quite perpendicular?”
‘•Perfectly so,” said Miss Leigh.
“Perhaps it is the position from which 1 now
view it, that makes it seem to lean a little toward
your tight hand,” said Miss Eustace.
“It undoubtedly is,” said Miss Leigh; for it is
precisely perpendicular.”
“It is really the most beautiful thing I ever saw,”
reiieateJ Miss Eustace ; and soou alter took a seat
on the other side of the room.
He had been but a short time settled to her
work, when Mr. Chauncev made his appearance ;
and ju*t passing the compliments of the morning,
he drew a chair towards Miss Leigh’s table, and
seated himself beside her.
“Wliat are you doing, Miss Leigh?” said he,
in a tone of surprise, as soon as he had time to ob
serve that instead of adding shells to the fabric,
she was deliberate!* removing them : “Have you
made any mistake 7”
“Abby has been finding fault with mv work,”
*he replie \ H r words seemed to almost i hoke
her. and h-r eyes sj. ukled with unusual tire, while
a very bright spot burned on her cheek.
“Fault! what fault ?” asked Mr Chauncev.
loan instant Miss Eustace was beside the table,
and catching th" hand that was about to icmov..
another shell, she cried-
“Dear Aug i*: t. what do you mean ! you must
not rt move another shell from this beautiful fa
bric !”
With a motion not perfectly gentle, Miss Leigh
w:t . irew her Land troni Miss Eustace’s grasp, and
iu silence proceeded to remove the shell.
“Do persuade her, Mr. Chauncey,” said Miss
Enstac*-, with eagerness. ‘Do persuade her to let
alone thl« work of destruction. I only asked her
il it wasquite perpendicular; and no doubt it was
my pen tot observation that made it appear other
wise. Dear Augusta,” she added, throwing her
arms arou tl h*-r friend's neck, “do desist from
your present purpose. I wish I had kept my
foolish tongue quiet. You know not liow sorry
1 am that 1 made the remark !”
But Miss Leigh would not yield. Releasing
lierselt liom Miss Eustace’s arms, she returned to
her work of and -molution, while she said
‘l shall t ike it to pieces, Aliss Eustace. T like
not that any thing should go from beneath my
hand that i* not perfect!’
•Thai is a right principle,’ thought Mr. Chaun
cey, ‘and is an excuse for lie stopped short,
for he found himself iu danger of having his judg
ment warpel by the emotions of his heart. Fix
ing his eyes on the pyramid, he fell into a train of
musing.
•It is quite perpendicular, is it nor, Mr. Chaun
cey ?” s .id Miss Eustace, supposing his mind en
grossed by tlie object he seemed so intently view
ing. ‘ls it not quite perpendicular?” she'repea-
‘I; i>- not,’ said Mr. Chauncey, roused by her.
reiterated question to examine the pyramid with
a critical eye —‘it is not; though I did not notice
its dot:.nation till led to look for it. The defect,
however, is so slight, that few persons probably
would notice it ’
•iuj willuot take it to pieces, Augusta ?’ said
Miss Eu itace,ij au entertaing tone.
Miss Leigh removed her work to a greater dis
tance from her. and turning it slowly round, ex
amined it carefully.
dm, 1 must take it down, Abby—nt least thus
i.ir, said she, pi n ing her finger on the pyramid.
‘ j h" d«-t.-ct is not so -light as Mr. Chauncey says.
Every one wall observe it. 1 should have doue so
myseli soon as 1 had completed it. lam very
glad yon noticed it so seasonably, notwithstanding
my | 'tuiem-y—my ill-humor. Will .you forgive
in- y . -ae added, as --he looked up with an
• xpr- td regret ou her features, while she
held up her lips lur a kiss.
•J hav-.- nothing to forgive,’ said Miss Eustace,
a* sii • placed her lips on those of her friend with
the warm kiss of affection-
Mr. Chauncey drew a long breath, as if relieved
from an oppressive burden.
noV.vithsinnding this speedy reconciliation,
Mr. Chauncey’s visit was not pleasant as usual.
Mi?s Leigh seemed too intent on taking her work
r > | Fee*, to converse with her usual vivacity.
Nor did her countenance wear exactly its most
agreeable expression. In a few- minutes after the
mutual kiss ha ! been given, a look of uneasiness ;
oi discontent, settled on her features,—and a ccr
t.uu rometl.iug lurked about her eve and brow,
which, to -iv the least, was not attractive. There
was something, too, in the c losing of her mouth
(hat rendered ln-r far less beautiful than usual.
All this might have arisen from the unpleasant
ness of the task of taking to pieces that which
she had put together with so much care and pains.
But lie tlie cause what it might, Mr. Chauncey
was paralyzed by the effect. He made one or two
efiovts at conversation, as he found silence very
embarrassing. I[e tasted not that rich enjoyment
w-hicn lie sometimes had, while sitting in perfect
silence beside the object of his admiration. But
his eilorts to converse were unaviling, as Miss
L«-m!i answered only by monosyllables. He wish
ed Miss Eustace w ould do something to break
the spell; bm she had resumed her seat and her
work on the other side of the room, and was silent
and unobtrusive as usual. Mrs. Atkins at length
camem, and Mr. Chauncey hoped that relief was
now at h ind ; but instead of this, the unpleasant
explanation ol Miss Leigh’s retrograde work must
he made.
■’.Vint a pily it is.''s:,icl Mrs. Atkins. ‘WliyUi i
not someone of us observe it sooner, to save you
so much trouble, Augusta ?’ 3
To this Miss r.eigli made no reply, hut with her
tnnutn more .irmly closed than ever, continued for
at -v minutes Linger to undo her work. Increas
ing dissatisfaction, however, was legibly written
on h.-r countenance, till at length, closing her
hands over the pyramid, she said, ‘This is too
I'.'*']™’ a ,?’ :>t * he l sa,,,e : ' nst; int pressed her
...mds together, and reduced the fabric to n com
plele.rum.
•l), how could you do so ?’ cried Mrs. .Atkins.
- ‘ l ' v , une f(,r you, Susan, after Igo
home said Miss Leigh. ‘T could not go on
w,ta this—all Batwf-.eti.m in it was forever des
troyed . Jo he concluded.
5000 DOLLARS RE AT V R D
Tv a-i a way Iron, the subscriber within a few years
h's whole estate, consi.stmg of houses, lands, Ac!
ary gradin’! v and almost imperceptibly stole
awav. after being put in motion by the magic art
intemperance, who lived in the family/ Anv
person who will put me in possession of said es
tate. shall be entitled to (ho above reward.
toper.
THE LEOKLIA MIRROR.
Front,tits Philadelphia Vtniter
LAST DAYS OF A PIRATE.
I wis born in Wales. At the age of fifteen
years I lost parents, friends and Ibrtuue. Thrown
on mv own resources, 1 came to the West Indies,
and succeeded, alter a time in obtaining the situa
tion of overseer to Gonzales, the governor of St.
Ann. He was a proud and haughty Spaniard
whom I disliked, lbr I had not learned to li.ite,
and l should soon have left his services but for a
being whom he called his daughter; the fairest;
but wir.it matters it how fair she was ; I loved her
—loved with all the pure affections of my soul—
and she loved me. ell; five years passed away.
At length I gained her consent to leave the island,
and unite her destinies with mine; for the stern
Spaniard would as soon have bestowed liis daughter
on a slave as on me. 1 obtained a boat and the assis
tance of a negro to convey us to the main, when
th" black villain betrayed us to Ins master, and on
the point ol enibar.,iii‘i we found ourselves sur
rounded by soldiers and slaves, wha. by the gover
nor’s order, stripped me to the skin ; yes there be
lore the gaze oi hundreds; and worse, before her
for whom I only eared to live, I was stripped and
flogged by a negro; Oh, how my heart was cru
shed; My spirit was broken but not subdued.
There, kneeling on the sand, the blood streaming
from my lacerated shoulders, 1 swore never to
rest satisfied, until I had washed out the foul dis
grace in the heart’s blood of a hundred -Spaniards.
I have performed my oath. Twenty long years
have sped away since that accursed hour, and the
revengeful flame then kindled in my soul has ever
burned with fierce intensity, while each new victim
served as fuel to the raging lire, and naught but
the chill damps of death can quench its blaze. The
governor obtained my liberty, or rather nn release
from a filthy dungeon, i entered into the military
service of the Spaniards. The revolution which
had broken out in Caraccas had now become gener
al along the main ; the patriots were every where
in arms, an i I soon found means to join them but
not without first sheathing my knife in the hearts
of my colonel and two sentinels.
Here my hatred to the Spaniards soon rendered
me the command of a small party with which I
prosecuted a guerilla warfare in the interior ; but
was finally taken, manacled and marched barefoot
and wounded across the isthmus to Panama, with
scarcely a rag to protect me from the scorching
sun : it was almost insupportable. I complained
ol my head, and the merciless villains gave me a pa
per cap ; and lest the wind should blow it from
off my head, they fastened it to my scalp with boil
ing pitch. But the desire ol revenge supported
me beneath all their tortures. I again escaped
and atTengt'h found myself at the seigeof Cartha
genia.’lti the coinmand of a gun boat. Here I
signalized myself by many a deed of blood, and
after the capture of the place obtained a captain’s
commission, of a gun brig. I was ordered to con
vey several of the Spanish nobility, with their pro
perty to the island ot Caracca, and accordingly
set sail, but steered my course directly for St. Ann.
On the passage I called my crew together ; in
formed them that we had on board upwards of two
millions of dollars belonging to the Spaniards, who
were our natural enemies, and inquired if they
were disposed to lot so line a prize slip thus easily
through their fingers ? They caught greedily at
the bait, and with one voice exclaimed, “Set the
Spaniard : adrift: land them on the desert island.”
Having tints obtained their consent to an act which
equally implicated all, 1 resolved on my future
course, and took my measures accordingly. That
night, while the passengers were asleep in their
.berths, I despatched them successively, with mv
own hand and launched them through the cabin
windows; they told half a score towards the ful
filment ol my oath. We arrived at St. Ann, and
anchored oil the island at nisrht. I immediately
landed with a boat’s crew of chosen ruffians, anil
proceeded undiscovered to the house of Gonza
les.
On the way wc met his son, a lad. of sixteen
years, whom 1 compelled to conduct me to his fa
thers bedside, where I found him buried in the
arms ot | sleep. There lie lay the object of mv
soul’s most bitter hatred. Did 1 strike him tlien ?
Did 1 send him slumbering into eternity ? No, no :
F roused him ; he saw me stand smiling over him
with mv dagger at his throat, and liis craven son
burst with terror from liis glaring eyes. Oh, what
a delicious moment was that to me. He spoke no
word, but gagged and bound, I had him speedily
on board, whilst my crew sacked and set' fire to
the town, the hateful scene of my early degrada
tion. Yet was there one biiterpan.g tube endur
ed; but’twas only for a moment. Ere I left the
island the daughter of Gonzales came: she whom
I loved so well; on her knees she besought me to
“spare! oh, spare my father! You hived me
once" Aye, but I love no longer; revenge has
absorbed my soul; there is no room for love ;
awav ! I saw her no more, As for the governor,'
1 had him whipped until he implored me in mercy
to plunge m v dagger to liis heart. No such mer
cy for him; the scourge was plied while he had
»«gl‘t o| ' filling left, and then we gave him to the
sharks. Why do you shrink as if in horror?
think you I was an iota more than revenged? lie
was hut one of the doomed hundred. Weil, for
this act I was outlawed by the government and
commenced a cruise on mv own account. The
few remaining hours of my' life would not suffice
to tell the tithe of my adventures, perils and es
capes. Three times 1 have been a prisoner ; but
stratagem or gold was ever potent to loosen bolts
and bars.
Once T was tried for my life at New Orleans
bn* the glittering of shining ore dimmed the eye!
sight of my judges, and they could discover no
spot of blood upon my hands. Five years I rov
ed there: tor of these seas; hut now, what all the
art and power of man have failed to do, the never
ceasing tumults of a guilty mind have done: cut
sho.t im mad career. Long since I felt the hand
ot death upon me, and like the wounded tiger, that
seeks some gloomy den wherein to die, hither I
came, without associate or friend but this little cre
ole nurse. ( hanee has made us acquainted. I
have confided to you the outlines of my history •
it wdl serve as a tale to while awav a tedious honr
and make your hearers si a re. And now, grant urn
ones avor when I an, dead ; living, I ask no more •
bury me in the sea full twenty fathoms deep I
have done. Give me some drink; my mouth is
parchod ; my brain is mi the whirl' ILF fi, t
pang: dentil is here; 1 feel it about mv hean
WeU why should J live ? and yet to die‘with such
r <,a< ‘ of gunt- ~,sh-hush! speak not to me;
T know you woul.l s.,y; but ’tis all in vain-
AA hat s death to me ? I have bearded him a thou
sandnme i; why do I shrink so row ? A heavy
mist comes gathering over mv sight. Who are
°*?* ! "'V )-n let them ,-ome a so
elo c . V itil a desperate effort he raised him
m hand Tl ' wi,ha convulsed grasp
mj hand, gazed ou me for a moment with a ter
rifled and ghastly glare and then fell back exliaus- -
ted on iiis pillow. His distorted features gradual
ly relaxed; the wild expression of his eye slowly ,
assumed a placid look; and something i e a--:nile
played about his lips ; the pirate was no ..lore.
qiska j
From the Cincinnati UTiier — Extra. — April ‘25.
AWFUL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
Loss or 125 Livks
Tt becomes again our painful duty to record one
of the most awful and and. structive incidents known
in the terrible and fatal catalogue of steamboat
accidents.
Tiiis afternoon about six o’clock, the new and
elegant steam boat Moselle, Capt. Perin, left the
whan ot this city, (full of passengers) for Louis
ville and St. Louis, and with a view of taking a
family on board at Fulton about a mile and a
halt above the quay, proceeded up the river, and
made fast to a lumber raft for that purpose.
Here the family were taken ou board, and du
ring the whole time of the detention, the Captain
was holding on to nl! the steam he coukl create,
with an intention of showing off to the best advan
tage the great speed ot the boat as she passed
down the whole length of the city. The Moselle
was anew brag boat, and had recently made sev
eral exceedingly quick trips to and from this place.
Soon as the family were taken on board from
'kf raft, the boat shoved off, and at the very mo
ment her wheels m ule tU« evolution, her
boilers burst with a most awful and astounding
noise, equal to the most violent clap of thunder-
The explosion was destructive and heart rending
in the extreme, as we are assured by a gentleman
who was sitting on liis Horse on the sho’e, wait*
ing to sec the boat start. Heads, limbs, bodies
mid blood, were seen flying through the air in ev-
ery direction, attended by the horrible shrieks and
groans from the wounded and the dying.—The
boat, at the moment of the accident, was about
thirty feet from the shore, and was a perfect wreck.
She seemed to be torn all to flinders as far back as
the gentlemen’s cabin, and her hurricane deck
(the whole length) was entirely swept away. The
boat immediately began to sink rapidly, and float
(with a strong current) down the river, at the
same time getting farther from the shore.
1 lie Captain was thrown by the explosion en
tirely into the street, and was picked no dead and
dreadfully mangled. Another man was thrown en
tirely through the roof of one ofthe neighboring
houses, and limbs and fragments of bodies scattered
about the river and shore in heart rending profu
sion. Soon as the boat was discovered to lie rap
idly sinking, the passengers who remained unhurt
in the gentlemen’s and ladies’ cabins, became
panic struck, and with a fatuity unaccountable,
jumped into the river. Being above the ordinary
business parts ol the city, there were no boats a!
hand except a f**w hrge and unmanageable wood
flats, which were carried to the relief of the sufier
ers as soon as possible, by the few persons on the
shore. Many were drowned, however, before
they could be rescued from a watery grave, and
many sunk who were not afterwards seen.
AVe afe told that one little boy on shore was
seen wringing liis hands in agony! imploring those
piesent to save his lather mother, and three sisters,
all of whom were sniggling iu the water to gain
the shore, but whom the jmor little fellow had the
awful misfortune to see perish, one by one, almost
within his reach. An infant child,'belonging to
this family, was picked up alive, floating down
the river on one of the fragments of the hurricane
deck.
Dr. Wilson Hughey, of the T. S. Armv,(nod
brother-in-law to our estimable I 'Uow citizen, W.
H. Hughes, of the Pearl St. House,) is doubtless
among the slain, as he was known to have been on
.board, and some pieces of the military coat he
had on, were picked up among the fragments.
3Ti. I ov*ell, a highly respectable grocery mer
chant, ot Louisville, and brother-in-law of Mr.
Wilson McGrew, of this city, is also suppos ,1 to
be lost, as he was on board, and no tidinos h ive
since been heard of him, uothwithstandinAhe ac
tive inquiries ot liis friends.
AVe are unable, as yet, to particularize any oth
er persons lost, ns the boat sunk in about fifteen
minutes after the accident, leaving nothing tube
seen but her chimneys and a small porno i of
her upper works, and also as a scene of distress
and confusion immediately ensue 1 that altogether
baffles description. Most of th- sufferers lue a
mong the hands of the boat, and the ste-tame
passengers.
IS
number only from fiity to seventy five arc believed
to have escaped making the estimated loss of lives
about ONE HUNDRED \ V!) TW’FNTV
FIVE !! I), tale of woe! BN A
J he accident unquestionably occurred through
sheer imprudence and carelessness, The Captain
ol Hie boat was desirous of showing off her .'rent
speed as lie passed the city, and to overtake and
pa«s another boat which had left the wharf for
Louisville a sh( rt time before hint. Dearly has
lie paid for liis ambition.
The Clerk of the boat, we understand, escai-d
unhurt. These are all the particulars' we have
vc f been able to learn. In t, -norma ks Vv'l.D we
shal! no doubt be able to give the names of many
olhers w ho have been lost and killed. ' V
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
Extract of a Idler to the Editors of (L CassriUe
dated
utallee, Cherokee county, Ca. )
disiharged.wlioiherbotl, from the same gnu or
not. is somewhat imeevtniu.— One struck Mr r
mthe upper part of the chin, shivering one sh\e
ot the jaw bone to atoms, passed through the
month, carrying away inrt , ” Ul, r
supposed to be lodged deeply in tho ’ side°of the
neck; the other passed through the lap. pels o'fhis
• oat and 'Wiunded one of hi* children, by pa*s tl "
through the upper part of the scalp, burym- n,- r !
|v l Di
assassin. Mr. C. is no" \hl
ofthe injury of the nmgue, tT froZXTT
communicated some facts, and answered imerro*
g-uonesm a very laconic manner. He wri
tn.n he saw the assassin, who was mr, r i
the name of Wind, who was u 2
to be from Tennessee, a , and X
Canton several days.'
Stills'(lndians.) I was up at Canton yesterday
saw Copeland, and heard the circumstances
lated as they are substantially detailed to you 1
On the return of Col. Brooks and myselt |
the Six swe understood, a young Cherokee \?
the name of Lise or Luge, of bad habits and svl
pieious character, was seen in possession 0 f
large amount of paper nianey, (N. C. bills w,!
the amount of some §IOO, in HlVs amt 50’s, i,,!]
knowing that it was improbable lie could* hav
obtained it honestly, we proceeded last ni-ht,
arrest him, and now have him in custody ; to-(B°
wc will proceed to investigate this matter win
scrutiny—lie admits that he has the money'
and that he obtained it from a white man, on the'
Allatooua Road, near Smith’s store, for two horses
and one cow, but says that the white man is g one
on, and that no body saw him trade, dec. Cant
King, to whom he passed one of the SIOO bills
says that Lige, on bring asked how he came bvso
much money, said he got it at New Echota.
That he has obtained it by some villainous means
there is no question, and 1 have strong hones v,’>
will have it developed. F
Yours,
J. BREWSTER.
Charleston, May 2,
-A ’able Libcraliti/. —liis Hon. the Mayor receiv.
ed yesterday, from the Mayor of Wilmington
N. (’. the sum of SI,OOO, the’ contribution of that
city, for the reliel ol sufferers by our recent con
flagration. An act of such prompt and spontane
ous benevolence aw ikes our liveliest and most
heartfelt gratitud ■.— Cuu. i
Generous ContriL^'ion. —Messrs. Fort, Town
send and Mendenhall have handed the Mayor a
cheek for SSOO, to be appropriated for the relief of
the sufferers by the late fire.—it.
Genuine Chaiily.—'-A citizen of Savannah"
unwilling that his left hand should know what his
right hand doefli, has transmitted us the sum of
SIOO, for the sufferers by the late tire with strict
injunctions not to make his name, in any wav
pubic, lie geuerausly expresses the wish that
the amount could be increased ten or twenty times.
The Lord loveth the cheerful giver.— lb.
The citizens of Columbia, S. C., at the largest
public meeting ever held iu the place, have au
ihorized the town Council to raise TllREl!
1 i IOC SAN I) DOLLARS, lor the relief of the
snfiem-3 by the fire in Charleston. Committees
v. vi appointed to solicit individual contributions
in all the different Wards.
Augusta Chronicle.
.AVe see by a notice in the Charleston Courier
of yesterday, that the mayor of that citv, acknowl
edges the receipt of two thousand four hundred
and fi ui teen dollars collected bvsubscribtiou from
the citizens of Augusta, in aid of the sufferers fy
i!k; late fire. It should have been fuur thousand
four hundred and fourteen dollar*, w h cli vR
make, with the *2OOO sent by ourcitv council
•>0'414 contributed by Augusta. Cons. '
The citizens of Savannah held a public meeting
on the 2d ...st, and came to the resolution to nil
the sum ol *BOOO lor the benefit of the suffererskv
the late fire in Charleston. The citizens of An',
gusta will raise from *OOOO to 65(;0 for the su.re
purpose. A\ ill our banking institutions char c a
premium for remitting the above sums ? ib. '
Gen. Scott has passed through the State, to his
Head-Quarter?, which will be formed at New ]'-
chota. The troops from Florida, wII pass throw*
Columbus,*on their route to Cherokee.
A\ e learn tliat the Georgia quota, are organize!,
and many of the companies on the route, to Cher
okee. A fine spirit lias cli iracterized the country,
on this occasion, and we feel great pleasure in sai
"lg, that probably a liner body of men, than that
winch will compose the Georgia Brigade, Leloins
to no service.
AVe understand, Gen. Charles Floyd, has been
ordered by the conmiunder-in-Chirt,' to the com
ma.id ot the Georgia Brigade, and will promptly
assume his command.
Alt that prudence, sound judgment, and the most
untiring devotion to the interests of the country
e:ui do, the tiers ol our patriotic Governor will prove,
ins been done. AVe can now only repeat eur
l ’ri sl,!Ce,e a!, d sanguine, that tin; removal of
the ( iierokees may be accomplished, and the
r»g.its ol humanity, and the peace of the country
tit the same time maintained Recorder.
Tor M int at D ihlonnega, in this State, has com*
me need its coining operations. W c have, within
;i tewylavs been shewn a few half eagles, of its coin
ago. i hey resemble precisely with one exception,
our other com of similar size—the initial letter
G , placed immediately over the year le.'iS, alone
di-tmguishing it, from that.of our other Mints.-
4 hat cast at Charlotte, in N. C., we learn, is also
distinguished, ia like manner, by the letter C-.—ib.
LATE FROM FLORIDA.
A slip from the Brunswick (<4a) Advocate, da
teu - m instant, contains the following intelligence:
“By the Revenue Cutter Madison, Captain
Howard, from Havana 24th, Key West 28thut
an . Key Biscayne 3rd ins', an ived at this s pent on
fcjnuday last, wc learn, that Col. Harney c f Fort
captured a sqnaw, from whom be
oj ained the necessary intelligence, has "one with
a detachment of 160 (Tragoons and artillery, to at
v ..jim -Tones, who it will bo remembered was
',!, no . n . ,0 P'r' s along the Southern part o.
, ‘’’T a T !*. >out Ive y Fargo. The expedition
te.tlxoy Hiseayne n-i Thursday the 2d itisf,
O he latest intelligence at Key Biscaync was
that Alee/: Tfajn, the Seminole Chief who nego
enited with Gen. .Tesup. and surrendered to him
.l," eon s,iot with all his immediate followers by
onlcr of: sam Jones, the Chief of the Mickasiikies
l his assassination is said very much to have ex
asperated the Seniinoles,and we arc told that ma.
ny ot them now beg our troops to allow them tore
mam and assist in exterminating their late allies;
h>am Jones and the Micasukies.
“ The naval detaenmenf, lately engaged Lieut-
I mvcll s expedition, have gone to Pensacola to
jmn our squadron for Vera Cruz. This squadron
is netached to protect our commerce from the con*
sequences of the French blockade.
*i Magurder, rind liis company, catne on in
the Madison, from Key A Vest, to Key Biscaync.
and tnenoe shipped in the Campbell, ’for St. Au
gustine. J
Cii Sunday 22d nit. Governor Tacon left Ha
vaim. being recalled by his government. He W*
amid every demonstration of regret of the inhabi
tants ot Havana. He.appoints Estelata his ?u c '
cessor, under whom, it is thought, the admirable
nil j efficient system of police introduced liv T aco"
" ill be continued, am] an orderly and quiet gov
ernment maintained.”