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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. X.]
rITBLKHK :u KIKRY SATURDAY MOR.XISO BY j
JOSEPH STURGIS.
0!f BROAD iTRr.tT, OVtR AUES A 513 YOUKC’S,
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per annum.
3d. All rule and figutt; work double th> above prices.
Legal ADVERTISErtr.Ktt p erf at the usual
rates, and with strict attention Requisitions ol
the law.
All Salks regulated by law, must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of I.anJ in
the county where it is situate; those of Persona!
Property, where the letters testamentary, of aJmin
istiation or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sa i.es under regular executions for thir
ty days, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Neoroes, bv Executors, Ad
■ninistcalors or Uuanlians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
3 ales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
DAI S.
Citations by Clerks of the Courts of OrJinary, upon
At’PUCATioN for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for six MONTH*.
Order* of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy ot the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
Notices by Executors, Administrators nr GuarJians.
of application to tho Court of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
Notices bv Executors or Adtmnistra'ors, to the Debt
ors and Creditors j| up Estate, for six tmxi.
Sheriffs, Clerks or Court, Ac., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
)i3* Letters on business, must be post paid,
to entitle them to attention.
CAUTION.
ALT. persons arc forivarned rot to trade for the
following described Notes of hand given to Dru
ry B. May, as the consideration for ivhtch they were
given has entirely failed, and I am determined not to
pay them unless compelled by law. One for one hun
•Hrod dollars, made payable at the Columbus Bans,
due thirty davs after dale, signed by myself as pnnci
pal, and W. \V. Pool security. Another for five hun
dred and twelve dollars and some cents, due five days
nfer date, signed by mysell as principal, and W. VV.
Pool an I Robert McCrary as securities. Also, one
for six hundred dollars, due the 25th day < f Dec* mher,
or tke Ist of January next, signed by myself with the
same securities. All inad : payable to the sail May.
GEORGE L. McC IIA It Y.
March 23, 1810. 6 ts
OGLETHORPE HOUSE, >
September 7, 1339. )
WM. P. MfKEEN & U. W. E. BEDELL
have associated themselves together for the
purpose of managing amt conducting this establish
ment, Which has been fitted out in a in-a’ and genteel
style. Tliir establishment is a large three story brick
building, on the corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph
streets, where the Post Office lias been lately remo
ved, au l convenient for stage passengers, going to and
from, when opening and deliverin ; the mail, and have
ample time to got their meals and refreshments, which
will always he orepared for their aCeommoda'ion. We
have associated ourselves, not only with the disposi
tion, hut with the ability to give general satisfaction to
itll of our friends who may favor tie with a call. We
deem it unnecessary to say much on this subject to
those who are acquainted with us, and those unac
quainted with us, are respectfully invited to try our
cheer and satisfy themselves. It is sufficient to say,
that this establishment shall at all limes be well fur
nished, well arranged, well attended to personally bv
the proprietors, and kept free from riots, drunkenness
and its consequences, and, io short.such attention will
lie b**stowed at Will deserve oilhlic patronage.
Sopt.n 3.5 ts McKEIsN & BEDELL,
PHOENIX HOTEL,
Luinpkin, StetMrt County, Georgia.
THE subscriber having taken the above house,
situated on the North Hast coftier of the court
house square, formerly occupied bv Mr. Beacham,
t ikes pleasure in informing his friends and the public
generally, that ibis new and commodious establish
n, nit is” now completed, and iu every way fitted up
fir the accommodation of hoarders and travellers : the
subxcribar will give his personal attention to the super
vision of the house, and no pains or expense will be
spared to render all comfortable who may favor him
with a call.
N. B. His stables are excellent and will a! all times
be boitnt Fully supplied with provender, and attended
bv a steady industrious and I rusty ostler, who will at
ail tint s he in his place and subject to the commands
of the visitot. GIDEON 11. OR OX TON.
Jan 25—51-if
coiiVMBUS norm,, isto.
subscriber respectfully informs bis friends and
B the public generally, that he still continues tot
occupy the above catablishmen', where he promises I
refreshment and comfort to the traveller and border, j
llis own personal attention will he given to his bnsi- j
n M in which lie hopes to give general satisfaction,
ami share a liberal patron >ge amongst his brother!
chips. JES*SE B. BEEVES,
ilolumbus, Oa., Jan. 21, 1840. 51 it
PLANTATION AND LANDS FOR. SaLFe
subscriber otrers for sale his Plantation on
§[. the Uchee creek, near Sand Fort, in Russell
county, Ala.,coii'isting of 1120 acre?, the greater part
of which is first rate lime lands, 200 acres under a good
.ence and in a fair state of cultivation. There is a
small never-failing stream of water running through it;
Iso a good spring near the centre of the improved
nnds, and good dwellings and all necessary out build
ups. ‘ A Gin House and Screw are now being erect
ed” on tho premises. Persons wishing to purchase
would do well to call.
Also 3 or 4000 acres of firsi rate lands, on the Cow
p ecreek, in Barbour, near the line of Russell.
JNO. CROWELL, Jr.
August 27, IS3S. 30 if
THOMPSON’S UTKHINE Tttl SS.
i/i effectual and radical cure for polapsus
uteri .
subscribers have taken the agency for the
L above valuable instrument, and have now on
hand and will constantly keep a variety of patterns,
which they will sell at Manufacturers’ prices. These ■
Trusses are superior to any instrument of the kind j
ever invented, and are now extensively employed.by j
*om of the most eminent practitioners ill the United
States. , , , „ r , I
Wc annex the certificate of Inc late Professor Eliene, i
who used them with great success in his own practice. ;
* Uixciss atr, Ohio, May 11th, ISJ9.
‘I hare carefully examined the Uterine Truss in- 1
vented by Or. Thompson of thisS ate, and I can con
fidently declare, that it is unqiusrion bly the most
norfect and useful instrument of the kind that has ever j
been offered to the public. It differs essentially in j
construction from the Utero Ab.ienun.il Supporter ,
constructed by Dr. Hall, and is in all respects a f,r j
tupcrior instrument.’ - 1
The subscribers have also received the agency ..>r j
r>r. Chase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is uni-j
rersaily ad nitted to be the most certain and lasting
jure ever discovered for Hernia or Eupiure.
TAYLOR & WAKER. Druggists,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, BroaJ-st.
Columbus. June ‘2O. 1539.
■ law NOTK'U. *
THE undersigned will attend in the PRACTICE
OF LAW, in the name of JONES & DEN
NING, in most of the counties of this Circuit, and a
few of the adjoining counties ot Alabama. 1 heir
Office will be found near the Oglethorpe House.
.SEABORN JONES.
, HENRY L. BENNING.
Sept. 16,1839, 33 if
lasa and martinbs,
dyers AND SCOURERS.
HA V E removed to the building formerly occupied
by Mr. O’Hanlon, nearly opposite the Ogle
thone House, where they will be happy to receive any
orders to theirdine of business. They wid renovate
and mend C jats, Pantaloons, \ ests, fenlks, -atms. or
any article of wearing apparel winch may have become
,nJ The sTncTesf punctuality will be observed in doing
work, and every effort made to merit the patronage of
the public. 50 ts
January 13, ia4Q-
A” j®. HUGHES, Attorney'll //no, Cuthbert
• Georgia. , .
-Jan. 23, 1640. jl “
THE.,THOROUGH BRED RACE HOUSE |
LINT WOOD.
HAVING withdrawn Linwood from the turf in
consequence of an injury in his legs, he will
stand the ensuing spring season, one half oflns time at
my stables about three miles East of Columbus, and
the other half at Maj. Henry Kendalls on Upatoy.
The season to commence at in. stables on the 15th
day of February and close about the last of July.
Linwood will be let to rnarcs at thirty dollars the sea
son, and fifty to ensure, and one dolloi ;o the groom in
every instance. In every case when the mare is sent
it will be expected tha’ a note for the season money
will accompany the mare. Mares will he kept both at
Maj. Kendail’s and at the Proprietor's own farm at
the usual rates, and every care taken to prevent acci
dents and escapes, but no liability will be incurred for
either.
P<digree and Description,
Linwood is a light chesnut, of remarkable beauty
and line form, fifteen and three-quarter frauds high, of
gay, graceful, spirited action, wuh a very docile tem
per, a quality much to be desired in a race horse, and
which runs in the veins of all the Pacolets, to whom he
is closely allied in blood. He was five years old lust
spring, was bred by Mr. John Connally of Alabama,
the b eeder of Jo in Bascomb, Bill Austin, Gamier,
and other distinguished runners, and was got by the
celebrated race horse Wild Bid, dam by old Pacolet,
vrand and tin by imp. Dibmed. great grand dam by imp.
Wilduir. great great gra* and darn bv imp Shark, &c.
Wild Bill was by Sir Archv, out of McNorrel’s old
sorrel mare Mariali, a Georgia nag, who was also the
lam of Charles Kemble and other good runners—
Maria!, was by Gabatin, dam by imp. Bedford, (also
ihe sire of Gallatin,) g. and. by Gen. McPherson’s De
bonair, g g. and. bv gr*-v Dimned, g. g. g d-byWildaii.
stc. Pacolet, the sire of Linwood'* dam, was by imp.
Citizen and was the pr >g> nitorof most of the bes’
racing stock of die West.
From the pedigree it will he seen that Linwood
traces immediately *o the very best English horses
ever imported into Ann re a. viz: imp. Diomed. imp.
Bedford, imp. Citizen, imp. Wildair, Imp. Shark &c.
It is the opinion of many of our most distinguished
breeders r.nd judges that the descendants of these
horses have not been improved by the recent fashiona
ble important ns. Linw .*>d was let to a f w mares
he two last seasons and proved himself to be a sure
foal goiter. His colts are rentaikably large and hand
some, and will Compare with the get of any horse in
Ihe Slate. I can with great confidence recommend
him to my f lends and the public as a first rate horse
in every respect to breed from, either for the saddle,
the farm, or the turf.
Performance*.
T in wood made his best race on the Is! day of May
1837, over the Western Course at Columbus, Ca.,
being then three years old, and carrying full 86 lbs.
On that occasion, he won the two mile Jockey Club
purse, at two lu-ats and with great ease, beating Black
Duke. Cronometer, and the celebrated two mile hors
Blue Black tn 3 rn. and 50 sec. i ach beat. In conse
quence of the extraordinary promise exhibi'ed in this
race I purchased him from Col. John Blevins, and
immediately ;;f erwards, at his earnest solicitation,
permitted hjm to be taken to Alabama, in the stable of
Cos!. Blevins. In travelling lo Montgomery he was
very badly foundered, which doubtless affected Ins
racing powers ever alter. In the fall of 1837 lie was
iaktn to Greetisboiough, Ala. bv Col. Blevins. and
although ‘in very had condi ion won the Jockey Clllb
purse two mile heats, boating a good field of horses
and making the best race which was made during the
week. He was tben taken to IM bile and entered for
the Jockey Ctub purse two mile heats, was beaten the
first heat and withdrawn. lie was then taken to
Montgomery itt January 1838, and again beaten two
mile heats. He was returned to me in the spring of
1833 in a wretch*d condition, and with the tehdons of
both legs greatly inflamed and enlarged; he was then
turned out until fall, when lie was put in training, but
his legs became so much swollen that it was necessary
to blister them severely and stop his exercise, in con
sequence of which lie did not s!aK at (lie races over
the Western Course that fall. He was then taken to
Macon, and with only two weeks exercise and still
complaining i * his legs, he was started for the Jockey I
Club purse, four mile heats, against Ibanaand Gerow, j
he won the first heat in the best time ever made over j
the track, and was beaten the two last by Gerow, both
in good time anil after a very severe and close contest.
Two weeks after he was again started the four mile
day at Milledgeville against, Gerow and Alice Ann.
A few minutes before the start he broke loose from tire
groom and run about two miles over the track, front
place to place, with a crowd at his heils; he wa
caught, and itt this worried condition started in the
race in which lie was beaten by Gerow. He was
again beaten in Augusta in December following, three
mde heats, by Col. Hampton’s Elilily and others.
condition of his legs was such that he could not be
trained in the spring of 1839. In the fall he was again
put in training, and although greatly complaining, won
the Jockey C ub purse, three mife heats, over the
course at Columbus, beating Gen. Scott’s West Wind
anti others at two I eats in 5 56, 6.00. Two weeks
afterwards, he was started the four mile day at Macon,
and run one h*‘at in which he was again beaten by
Gerow. After the heat the tendons ofhis legs became
so much inflamed aitd enlarged that f was satisfied
they would completely give way in another heat, and
I withdrew him from the race and from the turf.
Lit wood's first race over the course a! Columbus
was, under the circumstances, the b> st two mile race
ever made over that track, and exhibited first rate
speed, wtiit t his t volve mile race at Macon with
Gerow shewed that lie was a horse of bottom. He
lias never started in <* o*l con li'ion since liis first race,
although he has made a great many and some very
good races, f hav*- no hesitation in expressing the
opinion, that ifhe had not been foundered as stated, and
otherwise injured. lie would have made or.e of the
most distinguished race horses ofhis dav.
ALFRED IVERSON.
Columbus Ga., Jan. 15, !840. 51 ts
GERMAN, INDIAN AND TIIOMSOMAN
on,
PRIMITIVE, PRACTICAL. BOTANICO
iranaßiCAr., school,
Located seven miles Dost cf Alai ion, mar Hamburg
IN uniting these several IVledicai Systems or modes
of practice, Dr. B. R. THOMAS, the Principal
I of the School, begs leave to state, for the information
! of the ailhcted and public generally, that he has been
j many years engaged m the practice of Medicine, and
has devoted much of his time, labor and practice, with
many of the most intelligent and successful German
and Indian Doctots, both in the United States and
Canada, lo ihe treatment of acute and chronic dts
ea es of every name, stage and type, and of the most
malignant character; and has, by practicing vvitluhem,
acquired a thorough knowledge of all their valuable
secret Recipes and manner of treatment, which is far
superior to any tiling known or taught in the Medical
I Schools, and which has been successful, by the bles
sings of the Almightv, in restoring to health, hundreds
! and thousands of persons that had been treated for a
number of years (tv many ot’ the most learned and
s icntific Physicians of the day, and pronounced to be
entirely beyond the reach of remedy, and given over
o die. Yet by the simple, efit acinus Vegetable Medi
tomes,not poisons, they were snatched from the jaws of
the grim monsier, death, and restored to health, the
greatest of all earthly blessings; for what is riches
and elegant dwellings, without health to enjoy them.
Health is the poor man's wealth, and the rich man’s
bliss. To a mail laboring under disease, the world is
little better than a dreary solitude, a cheerless waste
enlivened by no variety, a joyless scene cheered by
j no social sweets ; for the soul in a diseased body, like
j a martyr tn hts dungeon, may retain its value, but it
* has lost its usefulness.
NY ul be added to this institution, as soon as the fie-!
cessary arrangements cun he made, an uffirman—the
cold, hot, tepid, shower, sulphur and ‘he German, Rus-j
sian and t homsoman Medicated Vapor Baths; and:
every thing that can possibly be of any advantage in j
restoring the sick to health, oi relieving suffering hu- !
inanity, mil be promptly and constantly attended to;-
and where the student will learn by practical expert- I
once, (the best kind of logic,) the true principh s of’
the healing art. Price oi tuition mil be S2GO, payable j
ia advance.
fCU 5 * All persons afflicted with lingering and chron- j
ic diseases, (of anv name, state, stage or type, for we !
have battled disease in a thousand forms.) who cannot!
conveniently apply in person, will send the symptoms :
of their diseases in writing to Dr. B. R. Thomas.!
Hamburg. Ala., where Medicines will be prepared in j
the best manner to suit each case. Although thc-v j
may have been of many years standing, and treated j
by a dozen different Doctors, is no good reason whv !
they cannot be cured by the subscriber. Persons liv- :
i;:g at a distance must expect to pay for their Medi- j
cutes when they get them, as no Medicines will be j
sent from the office on a credit.
~ t. Jp* Letters addressed to the subscriber, will no’ !
be taken from the office, unless post paid.
Nov. 20. 1539. 43;f B R. THOMAS.
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE, j
CONTAINING Two Hundred Two and a Half
Acres of Lasrd.trt.wd with oak and pine. There
are eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel-j
ling, with all necessary out offices, a goi_xl gin house j
and packing screw, a peach and apple orchard. The j
entire under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles i
of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned j
bv Thomas C. E vans. Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot find a more desirable location than the !
one offered for sale by rbe subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN QUIN.
DISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership existing between the undersign- ;
ed is this day dissolved bv mutual consent. The j
unsettled business will be attended to by W. A\ . j
Pool, using the name of the concern, if necessary, in j
reference to the concern. A\ . ‘VA . POOL.,
March 28. s3t P. P. MoCRARY.
‘ WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 25. 1840.
Fiofn ihe New York Herald —Extra,
TUE MAMMOTH HUMBUG,
on
The Adventure of Shoceo June* in Mississippi, in ties
Summer of 1839.
Shocco’s soliliquy af.er murdering the Pasquotank
! roaster which he had christened H. Wright Wilton—
j the theatre of his future glory selected—His entry in
to Columbus—the Rea! Estate Bank—lias his step
father made president—Cape Fear Bank of N. rih
Carol na—proposes to lend nine hundred thousand
dollars of iis gold—becoming a great lion among the
ladies an J the specuiitors—Deposite Banks—govern
ment distress warrants —His descent upon J; ckson
and the joy imparted to the managers of the Union
Canks—Hiram G. Runnels—Fmanat, music and the
Roaring river—His arrival at Yicksburg—Hon. S. R.
Prentiss—Vicksburg hospitality and a grand carousal—
Important business, making large loans to the boys
and taking mortgages on their lots—He and Prentiss
go to Natchez—Scares Post No e Merrill and Mr.
Alandeville, cashier of the old deposite shaving shops
into * duck fits.’ Proposes to lend the Banks and the
other bortowers as much specie as they want for 20
yeats —Becomes a great favorite and honored guest
among the swelled heads of Natchez—Goes to New
Orleans—Finsn* ial frolics, dupes and diddles the
whig-—He and Prentiss return to Natchez where he
renews his nego laiions with the Banks and borrowers
—s offered eleven per cent for bis Cepe Fear specie—
G us a three thousand do! ar hill discounted and pock
et ,s the shinpiasters from ih> Agricultural Bank—
makes a sudden departure for Vicksburg just as the
Agricultural Bank bad its bonds and securities ready
an I expecteJ to clutch the Cape Fear gold—Treats
wrh the Vickburg ula'ors. but can never get all
things ready—Goes to see Marshal Gwtn at the Brar.-
and m Springs—The marshal smokes him and exposes
th humbug—Shoe gets into a passion among his boon
compan ons —Threatens to hav.- the marshal removed
Joes back to J ckson—Gives soveral aud.ences to
the Uni* n Bank managers—Gives them valuable in
; formation in the profo md mysteries of finance—En
i gag's to b < o.tte the rarn'or, cicerone and secretary of
the grea Hiram o:i his bond selling mission to the
no'lit—Lectures his patron and friend on no.them
e’iquetfe, manners, cus oms and music—Affectionate
parting between him and Hiram—Mr.con whig festi
val— Rea! Estate Bankagain—Dr. Humphries, mort
gages, mysteries, Prentiss, Sltccco and thunder and
lightning!
Who has not heard of Sliocco Jones? ihe
historian of North Carolina—the chivalrous
defender of Southern honor, by killing Mr.
H. Wright Wilson, of New York, (who
lorried out lo he nothing more than_a little
Pasquotank roaster,) in single combat, for in
sinuating that some Southerners did not pay
the ir debts? Who, we ask, is solar behind the
spirit of the nge—the march of mind—the
progress of science—the growth of humbug,
as not to have heard of Shoceo? If such
exist, we pity them; and through sheer com
passion lor their ignorance, # not for ihe edifi
cation of the reading mass, we will give a
mere outline of ShoCco’s summer campaign
in M ississippi. We confess our inability to
pursue the under currents and by-play inci
dent to the conduct of the piece; for two
substantial reasons; the want of detail, and
of capacity lo por|my in true colors the nicer
shades of charactlWvhicli must have devol
oped themselves to our hero, during lt*3 per
egrinations through ‘ the eldorado’ of the
S utli. We will, therefore, confine ourselves
to a simple narrative of prominent facts,
which will verify the old adage, that ‘ truth
is stranger than fiction.’
After the affair with Mr. Wilson became
known in North Carolina, the intimate friends
of Shoceo indue% him by many persuasive
arguments to leave the State, until the public
indignation should in some degree subside.
With all that tractability peculiar to South
ern youth he yielded to their entreaties, not
withstanding his own high resolves to main
rain his ground, and frown down, from the
broad platform of Southern chivalry, pubi c
opinion in his nat.Ve State. Having yielded,
however, to his friends he had lo look around
and ascertain in what direction he could most
safely fly; and could we enter into his thoughts
there is’ little doubt that he tints soliliquized
before liis departure from the ‘good, old
state:’ ‘lt will not do for me to go north —
no, the Yankees cannot appreciate chivalrous
deeds; and there is no field for a man of my
genius, from the denseness of their popula
tion, their circulating selfishness, and above
all, from the character of their monetary
system —mv forts being chivalry and finance.
Besides, 1 reaped all the laurels in that field
seven years ago. I damned Jefferson as a
demagogue and plagiarist, published the
Mecklenburg declaration of independence,
and got the northern federalists to subscribe
and pay in advance for 5 thousand copies of
the history of North Carolina, in 3 volumes
octavo, a mere specimen of which has only
yet been written. ‘ Westward the star of
empire takes its way,’ and why should I not
follow and impress the three of my genius
on t e generous sons of the South West.—
It shall be done—l am resolved. Chivalrous
deeds can be appreciated in South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, but then (lie financial
condition of those Stales does not require the
assistance of my genius. Whither then shall
I go? Louisiana will not do. .Let me con
sider. I have it: Mississippi is the place
which destiny points out? There my whole
man can he developed and appreciated; there
I have friends and relatives too; in a word,
from the present rottenness of her banking
institutions and the generous and unsuspect
ing character of her sons, I can become at
once ‘ the lion’ of chivalry and finance.’ Like
all men of genius, Shoceo had no sooner de
termined, than he commenced putting his
plans into execution, and by that very night’s
stage he was seen wending his way towards
the tar west.
During the lime necessarily occupied in
getting to Lis destination, the press from
Maine to Louisiana, teemed with moral lec
tures on the baneful effects of duelling. Poor
Wilson of New York was held up to public
view, in alt the lividness of death, as a mel
ancholy example of the effects ol false pride
and false honor. While the public mind was
most excited on this subjecl, who should drop
in upon the good citizens >1 Columbus, Mis
sissippi, but Shocco Jones ! Ye Gods! what
a sensation in a small town ! Only think of
it! The news was passed from ear to ear
in a low whisper, and as a secret too, until
everv man, woman and child in the town and
surrounding country was apprised of his ar
rival. The greatest anxiety was manilested
by all to see this great ‘fire eater;’ even the
ladies, notwithstanding their horror of such a
terrible man , wished to see what he looked
like. Their curiosity was soon gratified, when
it was ascertained to their great surprise, thai
there was'not much of the horse or the alli
gator either about hint, notwithstanding the
press had generally pronounced him a mon
ster! In certain circles too, where bowie
knives and pistols are as common as tooth
picks alter dinner in a bar-room of a north
ern hotel, he was acknowledged ‘ a lion’ of
the first water, for having, in his cant phrase,
‘ drawn ills manhood to six feet, the lowest
notch on record in any country.
Notwithstanding the native suaviler in mo
do of Shocco’s character, there was an air of
recklessness about him, on his first appearance
in Columbus, that well accorded with the feel
ings ot the principal actor in such a tragic
scene ! Occasionally too, he was observed—
particularly towards the close of dinner par
ties, given for the purpose of drawing off his
mind from brooding over the death of \\ il
son —to utter incoherent sentences! This
tendency to hallucination was observed to in
crease to such an alarming extent as to in
duce a more thorough investigation of its
cause, when if was found to arise more from
excessive indulgence in 1 the ardent’ than 1 the
melancholy extent,’ Many were the pious
ejaculations uttered by his friends and the
religious portion of the community, over the
wreck of ‘so much promise’ once embodied
in %oung Jones, now alas!—blighted forever
by that accursed custom. Matty a moral
lecture and sermoti was delivered to Ihe young
men of Columbus and its vicinity against
duelling and its effects, to which Shoceo !ur
nished the text. It would not do that Jones
should he lost without an effort to save him;
no-,—religion, morality, humanity, demanded
that an effort should be made. A constilta
tion was, therefore, held by all actuated bv
such laudable sentiments, and the result was,
that certain individuals were from time to
time to fall in company with Mr. Jones, as it
vve r e accidentally, and endeavor by their con
versations to check the current of his thoughts
and restore his mind to its former happy
condition. They, in accordance with the
o’uti s assigned them, did so, and in the course
of a few’ weeks were gratified with the con
vict'on that they had succeeded almost to the
utmost extent of their wishes. A marked
change had come over the spirit of Shocco’s
Jreams; he mingled more in society; talked
on sucli subjects as those around him felt in
lerested in; and, in place of being a monster,
the ladies found out that he was ‘ a very clev
er and ageeable fellow.’
About ihe period when it was fully estab
lished that Shoceo was himself again, it was
ascertained that he was a man of business,
and that he came to Mississippi clothed with
power to arrange or collect the debts due by
the Planters and Agricultural Banks of this
State, to the General Government; and in
addition to this, that he had a large amount
of money in Ins possession, belonging to the
Bank of Cape Fear, (North Carolina) which
he was authorized to invest in Mississippi on
certain conditions, fits connexion with the
Government was ascertained through the
United Slates District Attorney, to whom he
gave notice, that his services nnghl he requir
ed, and therefore lie must hold himsell in
readiness. He also informed him that he
had letters front Mr. Woodbury, the Secie
tary of the Treasury. His connection with
the Cape Fear Bank wins ascertained through
a gentleman formerly of North Carolina, now
connected with ‘ The Ileal Estate Bank of
Columbus,’ to whom he communicated the
additional fact, that if certain arrangements
among the officers ot’ their Batik could be
effected, lie would grant a Dan to them.
Although Shoceo received much attenlion
on his arrival, still there was a degree of cold
ness and restraint, that, itt ali probability, was
not always agreeable; hut since it became
known that he had recovered from the shock
occasioned by tfe fatal affair—that he was
a Government officer, and above all, that he
was an agent to lend money for the Cape
Fear Bank, he was viewed and treated very
differently from what he had been on his debut
in Mississippi. He was looked upon hy the
embarrassed gentlemen as a sort of god-send
in hard times—by the knowing ones as a
perfect or*cle on all matters relating to fi
nance, and by ‘the, bloods’ it was believed
that he was the very pink of chivalry. The
opinions of the ladies too underwent some
change, for they found out Mr. Jones was the
very paragon of perfection, and therefore a
brisk competition sprung up among them os
to which should make the most favorable im
pression. This he could not avoid perceiving,
and in* return for this extreme cordiality, lie
repaid them by the most polite and marked
attention, leaving the matter a perfect enig
ma as to which he most admired. We will
leave Sliocco for the present going the round
of hospitality for winch Columbus is celebra
ted, whilst we give seme account of ‘ The
Real Estate Bink’ and matters relevant
thereto. This Bank is nothing more than a
company of gentlemen who associated them
selves together (without a charter) after the
suspension of 1837, for lhe purpose of bank
ing themselves and their particular friends
out of their pecuniary difficulties ; first pledg
ing real estate, hence they derived the cog
nomen of ‘Real Estate‘Bank.’ They in
accordance with the custom of Mississippi
Banks issued profusely ‘ unavailable pa pur,’
and about the time of Shocco’s arrival, they
found themselves in a ticklish condition. They
could not pay their honest debts, and many
suits had been commenced against them. To
get a loan, on almost any terms, was there
fore a great desideratum. It came through
various channels to the gentlemen interested,
that if Mr. Gordon (Shocco’s step father.)
was appointed president of the concern, he
(Sliocco) would negotiate on favorable terms.
A meeting of the stockholders was therefore
called to take litis matter into consideration.
They met and discussed the object thorough
ly, when it was ascertained that Mr. Walt
hall, the president of the Bank, when he had
been puffing lor two years previous as a great
financier, knew nothing of the subject, but
that Mr. Gordon did know all about it. They,
therefore, without any ceremony, gave Mr.
Walthall his walking papers and appointed
Mr. Gordon president, with a salary of three
thousand dollars a year! This preliminary
having been taken Shoceo commenced the
negotiation in good earnest. The leading
points of it were soon agreed upon, as the
situation of the ‘Real Estate’ men prompted
them not lo stick at trifles. They therefore
agreed they would take one hundred thou
sand dollars bearing interest at the rate of
ten per cent per annum. Though Shoceo
and • the real estate men’ understood each
other perfectly as to the amount and rate of
interest, still a d.ffieulty presented itself as to
the time. They wanted the money for five
years only* whilst Shocco’s instructions from
the Bank was to lend for twenty! Slue
co expressed great desire to obviate all diffi
culties, and said lie would endeavor to do so
by laying the whole matter —the character
of the securities, &c., before the Cape Fear
Bank in tlie most favorable light, and for his
pari, he bud not tiie slightest apprehension as
to the result. The only difficulty was, that
a month should ellipse belbre he could get
the consent of the Bank to his suggestions ;
but it was unavoidable, ss it was a matter of
too great importance to act upon without ad
vising them. There was no alternative; so
that ‘old real estate’and all the little ‘real
estates’ had to exercise their patience for one
long month before the glad tidings could be
received from ‘ the old north State.’
Os course, during this interval of suspense,
‘ the real estates’ were> if ppssible, more as
siduous in iheir attentions to Shocco; it was
a constant round ol parliesatncmg them, each
vieing with the other, who could entertain
most sumptuously. Shocco called frequently
at their banking house, and conversed freely
wilh the directory, on the subject of finance.
All his conversation and actions, shewed that
he had the utmost confidence in the solvency
of the concern, and ihe ability and penetra
tion of the directory. He even went so far
as to ciiange his deposites from the branch of
the Planters Bank, in which he had just
placed (hem. These deposites consisted ol
three packages—one of them endorsed ‘one
hundred and forty thousand,’ and the other
‘eighty five thousand dollars of Cape Fear
money ;’ both were beautifully made up in
j light colored wrapping paper, bound round
with red tape, and scafcd very handsomely
with red wax. The third package was out
of much larger dimensions than Ihe other
two; the tape around it was also red, but
much broader than that which bound the
packages of notes, but the sea ‘s on this pack
age were of immense size, and government
seals too! This package was endorsed in a
larg * bold hand ‘ public documents’ The day
that Shoceo changed the deposites, several
gentlemen were standing in the streets with
whom he was acquainted, he, of course,
could not avoid speaking to them. The two
money packages were carried under his left
arm, whilst ihe public document package
stood out in bold relief in liis right hand.
These packages gave rise, of course, to some
remarks; —hut there was an air of mystery
about Shoceo, that forbade impertinent en
quiry as to the contents The exhibition of
it e:n, however, had the effect of raising Shoc
co in the estimation o! those who vvere not
personally advised of the real object of his
miss on to Mississippi.
Twenty-five days of the month had glided
on very agreeably to Shoceo, whilst it drag
ged heavily with all interested in the real es
tate Bank. On tiie 26th day, Shoceo received
a communication from the Hon. Levi Wood
bury, in relation to the monies due by the
Agricultural and the planters Bank, ordering
Johes in the most peremptory manner, to
consult Dr. Gwin, the Marshal of the South
ern division of Mississippi, immediately, and
tben take such steps as would compel them
to pay the money so long due the govern
ment. The t order was so peremptory that
Sliocco had to leave for Dr. Gwin’s residence,
at Vicksburg 1 hat very night. Before depart
ing, however, he called at the Ileal Estate
Bank, read the passage of the letter, order
ing him off, and shewed satisfactorily to the
Directory, that as a government officer, he
was bound to obey. He assured them that
his absence should not be long, and that if
he was necessarily compelled to remain longer
than bis inclination would dictate, it should
not prevent the consummation of the nego
tiation as lie would leave a package of one
hundred thousand dollars in deposite, and or
der the Postmaster to forward bis letters to
Vicksburg, from which point he would write
them the determination of the Cape Fear
Bank. This was entirely satisfactory, and
Shoceo left in the stage for Jackson, the cap
itol of our state.
The fame of Shoceo 1,-nd preceded him,
and after his arrival, it was announced by a
fellow passenger, connected with the Union
Bank, to tiie President and Directory of that
inst union, that Sliocco had actually arrived,
and was to leave the next morning for Vicks
burg. As Governor Runnels (the President)
was preparing the bonds and getting ready to
start for the North, to sell five millions, it was
deemed advisable that he should become ac
quainted with -Mr. Jones, whose intimacy in
the financial circles ol the North, and bis
conn* ction with the Government, would ena
b'e him to communicate some things very
advantageous, not only to Runnels but the
whole Stale. It was agreed that he should
go forthwith, and become acquainted with
Jones, and, if possible, induce him to stay some
days ot Jackson. No sooner said than done,
for that very moment Runnels and Shocco’s
travelling companion sallied forth for the Ea
gle Hotel, where President Runnels and Mr.
Jones of North Carolina were formally intro
duced. After the customary conversatien
among strangers the President invited Mr.
Jones to spend the everting with him. Shoc-
Coj nothing loath to get into company, con
sented, after lie should make a deposite of
some money and important documents, with
Mr. M’Farren, the receiver of public m neys;
(owing to the lateness of the hour be could
not do so in a bank.) After Shoceo made
his deposits, Runnels called in liis carriage,
and conducted him to liis residence, where
Mr. Jones was introduced to a majority of
the directory of the Union Bank of Mississip
pi, who also came to spend the evening with
Runnels. At first, the conversation of the
party ran upon ihe customary topics of the
day, stale of the weather, prospect of crops,
badness of roads, politics, rough travelling,
&c., but after a few rounds of ‘ cigars and
cogniac,’ the conversation merged altogether
on finance. Here Shoceo was at home ; then
it was that liis genius was apparent; all lis
tened lo him with breathless attention ; he
talked of Biddle, the Browns, Prime, Ward,
and King, Barings, Rothschild, Bank of Eng
lend, and countless millions, all in the same
breath; until Runnels and the rest of the di
rectory felt that they were quite ‘small pota
toes.’ They were, however, all delighted
with Shoceo, and the information lie gave
them. The merry glass went round, until
finally Runnels began to ‘shine’ when he
gave. Snocco (as a bon louche) the ‘ Roaring
River!’ Shoceo entered fully into the spirit
of the hour, swore that was the sweetest
song he had ever heard ; talked alternately
about Van Buren and Woodbury, and occa
sionally on finance in the detail, that is, about
small sums of from half to five millions of dol
lars,until Runnels lelt pretty nigh satisfied
that lie could sell the bonds to Shoceo, or at
least lie could do so with his advice or assis
tance. An hour always arrives when the
best of friends must part; so it was in the
present instance; they did not separate,
however, until Sliocco promised to stay some
days in Jackson ; during the next five or six
days he spent his lbrenoons in secret conclave
with the Directors ol the Union Bank, giving
his opinions on currency, exchange. See., and
the evenings of each day he devoted to frolic
iug with them.
The time at length arrived when Shocco
had to bee the Marshal, and also to consult
some lawyers in behalf of the Government,
on the Bank cases. Runnels was consulted’
as to whom he should employ as Counsellie
recommended his personal and political friend,
SergeantS. Prentiss. Shocco was delighted
to find that his friend Premiss, whom he had
the pleasure of introducing into good society
in Washington, was in such good odour in
this region, and declared he would be certain
to employ him. The evening before Shoe
co’s departure for Vicksburg, Runnels look
his advice, as to how lie should proceed u>
sell the bonds at the North in the event that
lie (Shocco) could not accompany him, as he
had promised, if he could possibly arrange his
Mississippi business in time. Shocco set to
work and wrote letters’ of introduciion for
Runnels, to all the large capitalists in Phila
delphia, New York and Boston. After this,
Runnels threw his arm around Shocco’s
neck, and said, ‘now Shoe, ‘damn it oki
horse,’ you know what I want —you know
these Northerners—just give me item how to
come the GiralTe over ’em. 5 St.ooco replied
to Runnels in his own familiar Way. ‘ Now,
Hiram, you know that I am a particular
friend of yours.’ ‘Yes, Shoe, that I do.’
‘ You mus-t not be offended, then, at any thing
I may say ; for I am alone actuated, in rry
advice on this occasion, bv a desire to benefit,
not only yourself, but this great cotton-grow
ing state, which you will represent at the
North*’ ‘I am well aware of that Shocco,
so speak freely.’ ‘Well, Hiram, I know all
the men you will have to encounicr, for I
i came it over ihem once, with the His o y of
i North Carolina, in three Vo’umes, which, by
the way. I,ns never yet been puli! idled. They
are all federalists of the deepest dye, and httjfc
Jefferson worse than., the Roman Catholics
say the Devil does holy water! You must
insinuate that Jefferson was no better than
he ought to he; and opposed to the credit
systtni, or be cautious how you talk politic*.’
‘ I understand that, Sliocco*’ ‘ln the next
place, Hiram, you must be very laconic in all
your correspondence and conversation with
them touching your negociations.’ ‘ Never
fear, I will be right to the mark with every
word.’
You must speak of the salubrity of the cli-.
mate, the inexhaustible soil, the ricli staple,
the‘immense resources,’ 4 recupeiative ener
gies.’ These phrases will at once place you
on a level with Biddle himself, for they alone
enabled him to humbug the capitalists of Eu
rope and the flats of America. Sliocco, you
must write it down, and I’ll learn it bv heart
in the stage. You must not, continued Shoc
co, when you walk the streets of Philadelphia
w th Biddfei Scholl; Lewis, or anv of ihe fi
nahCierS, put your arm round their neck, or
talk to them about honey fugling the boys in
Mississippi bv post notes, Sec. When they
mean honey fugling, as you and Prentiss do,
they use the ‘ financiering.’ You must not
walk Chesnut street with your hands in your
breeches pockets. These Northerners don’t
like to put their hands tn their pockets, unless
when they get something to put in. And if
you invite them to dine with you at the Ho
tel, you must order various sorts of wine,
champaigne is decidedly vulgar; you must
order Hock and Burgundy, for the meats, and
after dinner, Go we ns best Lnbo and ‘Paul
Seymour,’ ‘just to let them see you know a
filing or two.’ ‘By and Shoe you must
write that down too—l can’t recollect those
hard words.’ I am under some apprehen
sion, Hirapi, that there is too much of the
fortiter in re, and too little of the suaviter in
mo do in your composition, to make a suc
cessful negotiator. Stop now Shoe, what the
Devjl is the use of talking your damn French
to me, dont you know that all eve! 4 I learned
was among the rosin-heels ? So talk what I
can understand. ‘I mean, that in speaking
to the Northerners,yon must not charge over
them rough shod, * but si p the wool over
their eves,’ that is, talk to them as slick as
greased lightning; for you must know there
is nothing like humbug in finance. ‘ I’ll do
myjbest Sliocco.’ If you profit by these hints
Hiram, there is no doubt of your succis ■;
but by the way, there is another matter I
forgot to mention. ‘ What is that Shoe?’ It
is about the kind of parlies the Nort erners
give—there are two kinds —or.e called a.din
ner party, and the other a soiree. ‘\\ hat’s
the last you mentioned?’ L is an evening
party, where they have music and conven
tion alternately. Now Hiram, you are cel-,
ehrated aea singer, both at home arid abroad;
but then these fellows are fu.l of their squeak
ing Italian music, and they cannot appreciate
a good sentimental song. For instance, not
withstanding tlit? deep pathos ahd soul stir
ring cadences in ‘ Roaring River,’ they could
not appreciate it! Even that sweet air that
you sung at the Prentiss supper, called the
‘ little heifer feeding in the grass,’ the poetry
of whick had so much point to it, would be
entirely lost upon them. I wduld therelore
advise you by all means, not to sing unless
they insist, and then I would only sing,
‘ Woodpecker built on the top of the moun
tain,’ and ‘ Buffi lo Bull came down the mea
dow,’ or some other plaintive little air. It
shall be done, said Hiram, tluleSs they gel into
a frolic, then I must go ‘Roaring River,’ or
burst.
The board and Sliocco spent that night in
carousing, and kept up the fun until ti e stage
called at Hiram’s house, at 3 o’clock in the
morning, to carry the prodigy of chivalry and
fmanceTo Vicksburg.
It was late Saturday evening about the
23J of June, (we like to be particular) when
Sliocco Jones of North Carolina entered
Vicksburg; and that he might live as long as
possible in the shortest possible time, lie im
mediately repaired to the office of nis friend S,
S. Premiss, the ‘ Rising Sun,’ of Mississippi.
The salutations were Cordial, and .before they
recounted half the glorious'frolics they had
had together in Washington, when Prentiss
and Wise and Menifee were playing the gi
raff in fife Whig menagerie, they broke the
neck off a bottle of Champagne and drank to
the return of thdse joyous tunes and the reigri
of the ‘ credit system,’ in all its vigor. Bottle
alter bottle lost its neck and was cast into a
corner of the office, until,five baskets of Bos
byshelts best tine Her had disappeared. Old
night himself was frightened at the riprorious
hilarity, shd before 12 o’clock all Prentiss’s
boon companions were cortvehed to join in
the outporing of wit and wine; to which Shoc
co’s advent gave rise. It was day-break be
fore ‘he revel was brought to a stand by the
fall of the whole Coinpony. Shoceo and three
others spread themselves on Prentiss’s bed,
six of the boldest speculators in Vicksburg
had sunk on the floor, and Prentiss alone stood
erect to philosophise on the virtues of th'e
fallen heroes.
About 10 o’clock on Sundry, all hands
were roused from their slumbers, took a hair
of the dog that bit them, ‘and after copious
ablutions,- and a cup of coffee, recommenced
their labors of love find friendship’. Before
12 o’clock the church-goers were startled
from their propriety by the sounds of mirth
and revelry. But on learning that Shocco
“Jones had come to town, even the rigid
Presbyterians overlooked the desecration of
the Sabbath on account of so extraordinary
an occasion.- The libations of Saturday night
were repeated until exhausted nature cried
‘hold, enough!’ and returned the sparkling
beverage pluro rivo.
After soda, shaving, and a warm bath next
morning, Prentiss and Shocco felt as ‘good
as new,’ then business of the highest import
ance was introduced. With an appropriate
air of mystery and meaning, Shocco told
Mr. Prentiss that it was now time he should
make known the object of his mission, and
taking the ‘ Rising Sun’ aside, and layi.g
his hand fa mi iarly on hw shoulder a In Run
nels, he spake as follows i Prent., old horse,
these banks of yours have played most foully
with the Government. They have now for
years had the use of the public money, and I
have been commissioned so dose them up
with a distress warrant, unless they immedi
ately liquidate the 900 thousand dollars which
they owe to the boys at Washington. Pren
tiss! is letted gravely and sliook the ashes from
his cigar, while Shocco continued, 4 1 must
consult Gwin, the Marshal, but if they do not
settle instanter, I’il lay the grace of God on
them, and in that event, I shall require your
services. In the mean time, suppose you
just walk over to my room;- I wish to depo
site my papers and other matters hr one of
your banks for sale keeping.’ The same
three parcels with red tape, large seals and
bold labels that astonished the natives at Co
lumbus and Jackson were again half exposed,
just enough to excite interest and give wings
to rumor and curio-ity. ‘ Prent.’ said Shoc
co. ‘ wfrat sent of a concern is this Rail RoUd
Bank of yours r’ I’ll beg—d and and, said
Prentiss, if it does not excel in ‘ rough steal
ing,’ any bank on earth. When there is any
‘ tall’ thieving to be done, the boys who man
age. arc down for nine chances out often, and
are found thar, tha>\lhar, all the time. T|ienj
said Shocco, ‘l’ll make my special deposit
in the Planters’ Bank.’
4 This is an important business,’said Shoe-,
co, ‘ and if I have to proceed to extremities
with the Banks at Natchez, ns I expect, vour
fee shall be twenty thousand dollars. The
government is plenty able to pay, and by
g—d I shall give you a liberal fee. Though
not the slave of shin-plasters, yet the bright
sparkle of Prentiss’s eye showed how much he
felt in contemplating the enjoyments which
so splendid a fee would procure. It was spun
understood that Shocco Jones, the pink of
southei n clfivalry, who in defence of his coun
try’s honor, had made poor Wilson, alias the
old lady’s pig, 1 bite the dust,’ was not only
agent for the federal government to give the
‘ |>el batiks ol Mississippi Ji-I J but whnfwas
ol more importance he was also agent for the
Gape Fear Benk of North Carolina, to lend
several hundred thousand dollars on good
security. Flocks of hungry speculators soon
besieged the ‘ author of the History of North
Carolina.’ Part/ after party, and fo'ic aftet
frolic succeeded; each endeavoring to out
do the other in the munificence andcrtrdiality
of his entertainments. It was nothing but
Shocco herq and ScUoccq there, and as Mr,
Prentiss was his counsellor and lripnd, it, was
Shocco & Prentiss, and Prentiss St ShdcCQ,
from morn till night and from night till morn.
The finest horse flesh was at his .service morn
ing, noon and night. , r Phe best gaited and
most beautiful long tailed bays with elegant
housing invited him to equilatipn in tfe morn
ing, belbre and after dinner, and in all his ex
cursions there was a contest who should havd.
the honor of riding next to him and monopo?
Using his conversation. F/ach wa? assiduous
in his efforts to make a favorable jmpressiort
on Shocco, and each dilated on the facility of
acquiring fortunes from their immense specu
lations, with a little ready money to render
their property productive. Shoe, looked wise,
assented to the,vast resources of the country
and thp certainty of,each man with a compa
ritive small loan, say from 15 to 50 thousnhd
■dollars, becoming iu 20 years a perfect nabob.
‘This Cape Fear Bank,’ says Shocco, ‘ has
got about 900 thousand dollars in hard specie
beyond her legitimate wants. It is now get
ting cumbersome and producing nothing ; fi r
there is a point in North Carolina beyond
which the credit system cannot be pushed ;
but here, so as you can get money, interest
is a matter of moonshine wyott,’ After din
mr a s[ a ous barouche was always at Shoe*
co’s command, and four speculators as his
body guard. That gestation might he per
fectly gentle, that the wine and rich viands
might sit easy* and chymifitett'dti be encour
aged mi true physiological principles, the
coach was directed down the hanks of the
river towards the race course, that via Appia
of the South. In all these excursions die to
pic on which Shocco’s companions loved to
dwell was the surplus funds of the Cape Fear
Bank. ‘Ft is true,’ said Shocco, ‘I have
missed to lend a Bank at Columbus idO thou
sand dollars. I have entered into partial en
gagements with some other Banks and indi
viduals to extend them relief, still I think there
wills he funds enough to let you have tvhnt
will render ydu perfectly easy.’ General V.
Was promised at least 50 thousand dollars,
Judge P. 50 thousand, Mr. K. 14 thousand,
and his friend Pient was to have the tallest
sort of a fee for attending to his business in
Mississippi. It required considerable time to
get all these matters straight, and afier seVer
ai days hard trolicking, Shocco thus addressed
his friend Prentiss :
1 Premiss, old fellow, by g—d I must go to
Natchezvsee Gwin, and bring this business to
a close with the hanks. (He was well aware
however that Marshal Gwin was not in
Natchez, lmt at the Brandon Springs ; but as
Gwin Was the last trfah he wanted to see, he
took the rout he would be least likely to meet
him.) ‘Again,’ said Prentiss, ‘ i'am your
man,’and both stept aboard the fi.st boat
atld were soon in she ‘city of the bluffs.’
Previous to Shocco’s leaving Vicksburg, he
wrote the following letter:
Vicksburg, June 13th, ISSJf
The President and Directors of the Real Es
tate Bank of Columbus t
Gents:— By due course of mail I received
a reply from the President of the Cape Fear
Bank. He entirely concurs in fny views*
touching the negotiation with you. He in
sinuates, however, that I will have the secu
rities examined thoroughly by the most able
counsel in the State, and for this purpose, to
gether with the government eases against the
Banks of Natchez, I have employed Sergeant
S. Prentiss. I leave with him this evening
for Natchez, on Government business, and
expect to get to Columbus by the middle of
July; .
Your Very ob’t serv'd,
JO. SEAWELL JONES,
of Shccco, North Carolina;
The morning after their arrival as soon as
rhe Bank opened, Jones arms liimSdlf with
his twtf parcels of ‘ specie deposites,’ and his
bundle of‘public documents,’ as usual, march
ed up boldly to the Planters Bank and de
manded to see the cashier immediately. Mr.
Mandeville was called up, and Jones addres
sed him thus : ‘ Are you Mr. Mandevil e,
cashier pf this Bank ?’ * Old Persimmon,’
the sobriquet by which Mr. M. was best
known in Natchez, looked aghast and an
swered with a sort of hesitancy, in the af
firmative. ‘ Well, sir,’ si id Shocco, ‘ I want
to know what you are able to do to liquidate
the debt which you owe the government?’
which was attended with such an air of au
thority, that Mr. Mandeville, the most austeer
and dictatorial shyloch in the south, fairly
trembled, his knees smote, and he stammered
out that he ‘was not prepared to say,’ but
hoped that Mr. Jones would make a com
munication in writing to the board. ‘lf you
don’t know how Jtp settle it/ said Shocco,
‘by g—d I shall soon show you,’ handing
over the three parcels as special deposites. so
the meantime ‘old Persimmon’ had recov
ered a Ittrle from the shock and scanned the
labels minutely;: stop, said Shocco, I believe I
shall take hack those ‘ public documents
my friend Mr. Preritis may want to examine
them to-day,-
Shocco deptfed from she Planters’ Bank,
but the heaving of Mr. Mandeville’s bosom
during that day showed that his heart was
ill at ease. The ‘ Public Documents’ were
carried itrimedia-tely to the Rail Road Bank
of Natchez, and it was soon all c>ver town
that the may what killed Wilson had arrived
and was alxiut to put to death the two oldest
Banks in the Slate. Curiosity was on tiatoe
not only to see Stiocco; but the Raii Road
Bank was crowded by locofocos anxious tn
look at the f death warrants’ of the twogreat
‘ thieving shops.’ The ‘ documents’ were
exhibited bv the teller, and the destructive?
locos 6eemed to draw new life 3rtd vigor from
the prospect of terminating she existence o
those institutions of oar Country which had
used all their Otvn capital anti the United
States money too in c relieving the people.
‘ Thank god,’says one loco, ‘ the d—d Banks
will get Justice at lasi.’ * 1 wish,’ says an
other, r the devil bad run away with ail the
Banks iu the State three years ago;’ ‘ aye,
and the directors too.’ sa'*s a third. ‘They
have robbed mo of all my hard earningJsays
[NO. 10.