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AUUUSIA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY as. 1839.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 27.
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Silk, Silk!
The cultivation of silk, within the short space
of a few months, has grown to be a subject en
grossing importance in many parts of Georgia j
and unless we are greatly mistaken, must in a short
time, become so throughout a very large portion
of the South. The case with which it can be pro
duced from lands which have become unfit for
cotton, and the high price which it will always
comma: I must render it soon or late,a great sta.
pie of i!,‘ and upper Georgia and S. Carolina.
V ■ illy invite the serious consideration of
. citizens to the subject;—and not con
■ only, but action. In order to go into it
y, they must do so
overal periodical publications upon the
cui.u of silk, have been commenced at various
places at the North. Among others is the “ Amer.
lean Silk Grower,” published by Messrs. Ward
Cheney & Brothers, at Burlington, New Jersey.
It is published monthly and each number contains
28 pages.—Price $ 1.00. The editor of the Chron
icle & Sentinel has been appointed Agent to re
ceive subscriptions in Georgia. Those who wish
to subscribe to the work can do so by leaving
their names and one dollar at this office, and it
will be forwarded without any further expense.
The publishers of the “Silk Grower,” Messrs.
Cheney & Brothers, have been for several years
devoting their attention to this subject, and are
thoroughly acquainted, practically, with the bus
iness.
There has been no election yet of Virginia
Senator. We think it probable there will be
none during this session of the Legislature.
The Boundary Trouble.
The Governor of Maine has despatched a spe
cial agent to Fredericton, to ascertain whether the
capture of the State’s Land agent was sanctioned
or disavowed by the Governor of Now Bruns
wick.
South Western Hail Road Bank.
In the Kentucky Legislature- r,« ■
the vote rejecting the bill conferring banking priv_
ileges on the Charleston and Cincinnati Rai (
Road Company was reconsidered, and the bilj
ordered to a third reading by 51 ayes, to 40 nocs.
It is thought it will also pass the Senate, though
some suppose the Governor would veto it.
The Great Western, on her recent trip from
England, brought out about 9000 letters, which
produced her $2,430.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier,
Washington, February 21.
This has been a day of unparalleled excitement
in the House. As soon as the journal of yester
day was read, Mr. Prentiss, ot Mississippi, rose
and called the attention of the House to the abu
sive attacks upon Mr. Stanly and Mr. Southgate,
contained in the Globe, under the signature ol A.
Duncan. He offered a resolution for an inquiry,
whether these publications were authorized by
Mr Duncan, ot Ohio, a member of the House;
and if so, whether he is worthy of holding a seat
in tliis Body, and whether he ought not to be
forthwith expelled. Mr. Prentiss followed up the
resolution in a speech of mote than an hour, m
which he dwelt upon the aggravated and unjus
k tillable character of the insult offered to the House
by these publications, and upon the obligation ol
the House to protect its members from these out
rages The insults here offered were on account
of words spoken in debate, and they were pub
lished during the session, and in the official paper.
Their evident object was to provoke a conflict of
some sort or other. The publication was made
after the law for the snpp'cssion of duelling had
received the President’s approbation, and a mem
ber could not now send a challenge, without ex
posing himself to the penalties of that law. Un
der the protection of that law he had apprehended
that blackguardism would be sheltered. He now
called upon those who had passed that law, cither
to protect members from these virtuperalivc at
tacks, or rescind the law and suffer gentlemen to
protect then selves. Give us back the arms of
cavalry, or expel from this body those who are
guilty of gross and-wanton violations ot decorum.
Mr. Jenifer supported the resolution, and was
very severe upon Mr. Duncan.
Duncan replied, and spoke at length in
, Jf. .of his conduct. He alluded to the
wrongs he had received from the
nbers coii'vrned—to the publication of a speech
bv Mr Stanly, on the 4th of February, which he
I : ,(1 not heard on this floor, and which was grossly
I. naive to him; to the insults which were daily
i be ioed upon him and the parly to which he be-
I Wed in the House, in the Senate and in the
I federal newspapers. To attacks made upon hiir
I i„ the newspapers, he had replied in the newspa
m S He had been forced to take tins course, bm
II he did it in self defence, lie was unwilling t,
111 take bark one word ot what he had said. He re
r affirmed now, all that he had said in those pubh
,1™„ H e had not thought of the duelling act
RL He was willing the thing should stop here if gen
tfa flemen chose, or he would be responsible to then.
Sr The duelling act would not operate upon him am
ffie aggrieved parties ten days hence, and out c
It limits of the ten miles square.
H * m‘ Grey, of New York, alter some remark:
mk in which he alluded to another question of pnv
|Ri 1 r.i. B (Tllev and Graves concern) as still o
ft:
Wk debate was continued by Messrs. Menife
. Prentiss, Grey of N. Y., Wise, Thompson of S.
.m’nli °' Mcock —Messrs. Grey and Glascock
opposing the resolution.
1 e ,2if ec wa3 sovere and personal in his
speecn. Ih c point he made was, that Mr. Dun
can allowed that ho was insulted by Messrs.
Stanley and Southgate, and that it was his duty
0 cal! u p°„ i h em for satisfaction. But, instead
01 that, he had recourse to an offset, and after
Holding up his wrath for some weeks, poured it
out 111 billingsgate abuse through the Globe.
r. Duncan hero begged leave to explain that
he had wrote the article a fortnight ago.
.i . !f.’i S ‘ U | d Mr / Menifoe ' but was not publish
ed till the day the duelling law took effect.
Here there was a shout from the members and
loud and clamorous applause from the galleries,
which were crowded to suffocation, as they al
ways are, when a fight is expected.
The Speaker interposed, and said hc would clear
the galleries.
Mr. L. Williams hoped, hc said, they would be
cleared. But many memberscried out “no” “no.”
Mr. Duncan replied, but half suffocated with
rage, that whoever intimated that I c would avail
himself or had availed himself of the duelling law,
was a foul calumniator and scoundrel.
Mr. Menifee said, in rejoinder, that the day of
recrimination and offset was past by. Nobody
minded that now. Abusive epithets would not
pass as an offset to insult.
Mr. Prentiss’ second speech was still more 1
abusive. It was evidently intended to drub Dun- I
can m retaliation—that is “oflket”—for his at- 1
tuck on Stanly and Southgate.
It was an humiliating spectacle for an Amcri- 1
ca , n ' bike it all and all. The House adjourned 1
without taking any question. I
In the Senate, the bill to regulate the mode of 1
keeping the public money, was passed, 28 to 15. 1
James 1 bmpleton, convicted of murder at the J
last term of the Superior Court of Lumpkin i
county, has been sentenced to be hung on Friday )
the slh of April next.
The Legislature of Missouri have appropriated '
§2OOO tor the relief of the Mormons. '
1
The Legislature of Michigan has ballotted for '
three days for aU. S. Senator, without making a 1
choice. 1
_ i
The Commissioners of the Western and Allan- 1
tic Rail Road, have determined on Ross’ Landing! *
on the Tennessee river, as the terminus of the road. '
t
Tallahassee, February 16.
PosTscniPT.—We stop the press to announce
the following distressing intelligence received to- r
day at 12 o’clock, M. Pindarvis resides at the ®
head of the Waculla, two miles from the railroad ll
and twelve from Tallahassee. v
Saturday, February IG, 1839. “
Mr. Betton—Dear Sir—Lust night my nearest
neighbor Pendarvis, his wife and most of his chil- V
dren and negroes were killed bv the Indians, f
Judge of our situation. Please inform Gov. Call
we wish aid—l fear to leave my family, but send s
my younor nrnn in tv««...:G.vas inguu vv t
were awakened by the guns, but did not know
till this morning what it was. )
Send me a keg of powder and a box of large (
size caps, a dozen bars of lead, &c. i
DANIEL L. RICHARDSON. ‘
We beg for efficient aid for pursuit immediately (
I have plenty for man and horse to eat. ,
I have just viewed the scene of outrage and (
found Mr.” and Mrs. Pendarvis, and two children
murdered. She, (Mrs. P.) inhumanly butchered '
and mangled, lying in the yard—a female child
nearly eaten up by the hogs—the old man and
eldest son burned up in the. building which was
fired after being plundered. A few of us arc here
to bury the dead and a few to go in pursuit of the
Indians supposed to have been 8 or 10 in num
ber. Five children (the twoeldest girls, one boy,
and two small girl childrenjhave been picked up
in the woods unhurt, except one of the large
daughters slightly in the knee. All the negroes,
six in number, escaped and came to my house in
the night. Great alarm is felt by the neighboring
people, and something ought to be done at once
to check the vile savages.
11. AKbnLK.
Moue MrniiF.nF.HS.—On Monday evening
last, the house of Mr. White, residing two miles
south ol St. Augustine road, about 10 miles from
Tallahassee, was attacked by a party of Indians.
A negro was shot down in the yard, and simulta
neously three rifles were thrust through a small
aperture aside the chimney oi the dwelling, and
discharged in the breast of a young man, brother
in-law of Mr. White, who fell dead instantly.
Mrs. White also received three balls, and Mr. W.
was wounded by one ball. The Indians then de
camped without committing further depredations.
The negro died next day. Mrs. \V .is thought
likely to recover—Mr. W. was not seriously in
jured. A paity of our citizens next day went in
pursuit, but were unsuccessful in finding the In
dians. A number of signs have been seen in the
i neighborhood, and great apprehensions are en
, tertained by the inhabitants of further attacks. A
r party from Camp Wacissa went out on Wed
nesday morning. , on
j On Thursday of last week, a party of 15 or 20
f Indians attacked the dwelling of Mi. Stokes, in
e Jefferson county, in the day time; the inmates
~ discovering their approach, fled and thus saved
s their lives. The Indians plundered the house of
SI 000 in bank notes, and burned it. Mr. S. was
n at his work about 2 miles distant at the time of
e the attack.
e The following is an extract from a letter to the
h Governor on the subject of the situation ol the
e people in that neighborhood,
y Old Tows, Jefferson Co., i
y ' Feb. 10, 1839.5
3- jy car SirMy company has been several days
ie searching for the Indians who robbed and burned
n Mr. Stokes’ house in our neighborhood,we cannot
i- find a certain trail of them. We last evening
it found $2O, of §l.OOO of his paper money that
;o the y took from him—all necessary information ho
B " can give you. „ ,
i- Permit me respectfully to ask of your Lxcel
;t - icncy a force sufficient to restore confidence and
a (ford us protection, otherwise the danger is such
u - that a largo portion of us will be obliged to leave
our homes.
of Respectfully your obt. servant,
A. B. Shehee.
ts, His Excellency, R. K. Call.
The information previously received the
01i .! number and movement of the troops west of tin
°* j Suwannee, had induced us to believe that oui
to frontier was well protected. A company of re
do gulars is stationed at Camp Wacissa, one at tin
Ocilla, one at Camp Pleasant, one at Camp At
ee ' kinson, another at Charles’ Ferry, and four ai
i
Dcadmans Bay—these companies returned only
a lew days since from a scout which was com
menced on the 25th December, and wo are in
formed will all leave again to-day. The Indians
however, elude all search, fall upon the settle
ments, and commit their murders unmolested;
and it is impossible to say when these horrid mas
sacres will cease.
Jrom the West we arc informed that about 250
Indians are m the neighborhood of Andrews Bay,
and refuse to come in. Capt. Butter is in pur
suit with a force of 60 or 70 men, entirely insuffi
cient to capture the enemy. A few days since, a
party ot nine were surprised, and six of thenum
ier captured. 1 hese Indians have shown no re
cent signs of hostility further than to kill cattle
tor subsistence.
J. W. OOWI.FS, THE McnuKUKU The Pen
sacola Gazette of 16 hist., after giving the details
01 , “ c examination of Jones, in relation to the
" r °* Isaacs, copied from (his paper, says:
There was much excitement here yesterday,
from the belief that the principal murderer, J. W.
Cowles, had been performing as a Ventriloquist
and Juggler during the past week, and bills were
I, P for a performance last evening. Some one in
cautiously read the Savannah paragraph to Cowles,
he said there was a good many J. W. Cowles in
the I'intcd States. From the fact that Cowles
was a ventriloquist and had disposed of Jewelry
here, it was determined to arrest Cowles, but he
had disappeared, and though pursuit immediately
started, he has not yet been found.”
“ The brig Caspian arrived here yesterday, the
aptaiu states that Cowles was a passenger with
him, from Charleston to Key West, ami from
thence to St. Joseph, that he had Jewelry which
ho had offered for sale—and exhibited at different
places.
Cowles may yet he lurking near or about our
city, a reward ot One Hundred Dollars is offered
by the citizens of Pensacola, for the delivery of
Cowles in Pensacola; this is in addition to the
S>3oo, by the State, of Georgia.”
The indefatigable “Spy in Washington,” says
the Southern Recorder, gives the following items
of news. In reference to the supposed visit of the
President to Milledgoville, during the period of
the Reduction Convention, while, wc have no
doubt, he would receive from all parties the res
pectful courtesies due to his exalted station, yet,
we would feign hope, that the May Convention
will have more important work on its hands, and
that which too deeply interests our people, to con
vert itsell into any thing like an instrument for
the electioneering purposes of any man or party :
Washington, February 10, 1839.
I understand that Mr. Van Buren purposes, du
ring the ensuing spring and summer, to make a
grand tour through the Southern and South-Wes
tern States, the ostensible object of which is, to
visit his son’s wife’s father, in South Carolina,
and his illustrious predecessor at the Hermitage.
He w ill set out in April, and travel slowly through
ifgima, i\orth-Carolina, South-Caroliua. to Au
gusta, thence up through Tennessee, &c. home.
It is expected that his Georgia friends here, will
so arrange inoil, aviiich lalo
meet at that place in May.
There is another little arrangement that may
be promoted by this tour. It is now perfectly
understood, that the Hon. R. M. Johnson is to be
handed out of the Vice President’s chair sans cer
emonie, and although the nomination of his suc
cessor, by the Loco Foeos, will be nought but an
empty compliment, as defeat is inevitable, yet in
certain quarters there is an anxiety that Mr. for
syth should be designated. Something therefore
mav, and probably will be done, “in the course of
events,” on this subject. Such arc the hints that
my Asmodeus gives me, and he is seldom wrong.
From Frankfort we have no intelligence of mo
ment. It is understood that the motion to recon
sider the vote ; by which the Rail Road Bank Bill
was defeated, will he made to-day or to-morrow.
The best information we have upon the subject is
that its passage is very doubtful. —Lexington Ob
“tke Rah Road Bank.—We learn from the
Western Globe of Saturday last, that a large and
highly respectable meeting of the citizens of Camp
bell, without distinction of parties, was held on
Tuesday of last week, in Covington, by which
resolutions, instructing their Senators and Repre
sentatives to vote for the Rail Road Bank bill, were
adopted, without a dissenting voice.— lb.
pfotiLE Bequests.—The late John Hex, Lsq.,
of N. Carolina, has directed all his slaves, (20)
to he emancipated, and to he sent, it they arc
willing, to Liberia, under the patronage of the
American Colonization Society. He lias provided
ample means for this purpose. He has also left
$15,000 to build an Infirmary for the “ 1 oor Sick
of Raleigh.”
“See how they run.”-—We learn that 110 lit
tle consternation has been produced in Worcester,
in consequence of the absconding ol the 1 ostmas
ter in that place, Jabot Harrington. Itis believed
that he has taken with him a large amount ofGov
ernment funds. Harrington has been one of the
leaders of the Loco Foco party in this State, and
was active among the originators of the Republi
can, a Loco Foco newspaper recently commenced
in Worcester .—New Bedford Merc.urij.
Houma Mean eh .—Two white men landed
. in their skiff on the shore of the Mississippi, near
Donaldsonvillc La. and hired some negroes to
. steal chickens from the plantations. Ihe negroes
returned with their plunder, when the whites re
fused to pay, and a fracas ensued, in which the
: negroes murdered them 011 the spot by blows on
the head with hammers. Five have been arrest
ed.
Premiums for the Production • "Silk.
> The executive committee of the v ■ can Silk
I Society, in accordance with the cmm .isaid
t society, offer the following pre:„ n .w. :
; Ist. For the greatest quae"
I raw silk, produced by any in < ■ ctu >• li-« ■> ••.r.mn
j 0 f his or her own raising d nr tm- year 1-0
One lli nnneii Dollve-. or plate .■! tb it vn.ne
- at their option.
1 2d. To the person or m:.u;n whosn.i.l siake
a the greatest quantity of merchantable raw
c one-fourth of an acrcof ground, the trees ot which
shall have been planted in the year 1 iSJ, Iwo
HUNI.UED Dollatih, or plate of that value, at
their option. . . . , ~ ,
3d r V‘ the person or association who snail make
1C I the seco id greatest quantity of merchantable raw
,;i k from one-fourth of an acre ot ground, the trees
r I of which shall have been planted in the year 1839,
” i One Hcsdbei) and Fifty Doilaus, or platcat
le I their option. „ ... ,
4lh For the best pound of sewing silk, made
a , from cocoons of the competitor’s own raising, in
* -1 —
wB9, Fiftt Doha ns, or plate of that value, at
their option.
* or lc second best pound of sowing silk,
made from cocoons of the competitor’s own’rais
ln? 111 1839 >. T,I i»Tr Dollaks, or plate of that
value, at their option.
Five pounds of the silk offered for the first pre
mium, and the whole quantity produced for the
other lour premiums, must be deposited with James
•’ t* treasurer of the American Silk Society,
in Baltimore, previous to the next annual nicotine
ol the Society, which takes place on the 11th De
cember, 183!l.
[friDEov B. Smith,
Car. Sec'ry. American Silk Society.
’I he Story of u Duse Murder.
Joseph Langel, convicted of the murder of
Daniel Rapp, was duly executed at Buffalo on
the 11th. Notwithstanding the atrocious {and
aggravated nature of the crime, a strong effort
was made to procure a commutation of sentence
trom the Governor; partly on the ground of the
peculiar constitution of the prisoner’s mind ren
dering the punishment of death an improper one,
and partly because such a course would “hereaf
ter deter others similarly situated from exposing
their own and other’s guilt.” The Governor’s
answer to the application is published at length
m the Albany Advertiser. It is an admirable pa
per of the kind—every way worthy its distin
guished author. We annex its concluding pas
snges, tn which a brief history of the case is given:
I at tad. Inq,
An intimacy had existed several months be
tween the prisoner and Mrs. Rapp. The deceased
disapproved ol this intimacy, and, as its calami
tous result leaves no doubt, with just cause. But
icing a man evidently of peaceable disposition,
he contented himself, for aught that appears, with
expressions of his dissatisfaction. On Monday,
the loth of July, 1837, Rapp was brought from
his barn into his house, severely wounded in the
head, and insensible. It was said by his wife, and
believed by his family and his friends, that this
injury had been received from the kick of ahorse.
Although the wounds were supposed mortal, he
gradually recovered, and on Friday morning
walked about his room and was believed altogether
out ol danger. In this state of convalescence he
suddenly died and w*as buried, Suspicion went
abroad, and after the lapse of about a week the
body was disinterred and underwent a post mor
tem examination. It then appeared that death
had been produced, not by the wound of the head,
but by strangulation. The prisoner and his para
mour, Rapp’s wife, were arrested and the prisoner
subsequently confessed his guilt and accused his 1
accomplice. His account of the transaction is *
substantially this. That he and Mrs. Rapp had 1
held several conversations about killing Rapp, f
which resulted in an agreement on his part seve- '
ral nights previous to the first assault, to execute
that purpose. In pursuance of this agreement, [
he went on one occasion to Rapp’s house, but re- 1
turned without making an attempt. On the Sun- r
day night previous to the first assault, he renewed Jj
his promise, and prepared himself with a weapon. 4
On Monday morning he waylaid Rupp as he was
entering the stable, felled him to the ground, and
after inflicting several blows. anOuv U
1 “ finishing” his horrid work. On Tuesday night \
he slept under Rapp’s roof; she visited his bed i
several times, urging him to the murder, alleging i
that “if he was ever to do any thing, he must do ,
it then, for her husband was getting well and i
would soon be so strong that they could do nothing
with him.” After a night thus spent, the prisoner |
and Mrs. Rapp went into Rapp’s room. Mrs. I
Rapp, after attempting to irritate her husband, (
pushed the prisoner upon him. The prisoner
“took Rapp by the throat and held him until ho
was dead,” the wife at the same time assisting Im
pressing upon the body ol her husband. I
Such is the prisoner’s history of the transaction.
A murder more foul in its origin and motives, or ,
more atrocious in its circumstances, has seldom .
been committed in this or any other country.
lam unable to conceive how the guilty conncc- ,
tion between the prisoner and the wile ol his vic
tim, or the influence over him which she acquired
by the connection, can mitigate his guilt.
I cannot understand how the escape of his ac
complice from justice, can be made an argument
for commutation of his punishment.
There is no ground for a doubt that the prison
er’s confession is in every respect true. He has
indeed the merit of having made it. But when
would crime receivers just punishment, if that
punishment could be averted by late and unavail
ing confession 1 The prisoner had time for re
morse and repentencc, after making his horrible
compact; after his first attempt to execute his
irurdcrous purpose; and again, alter its final ac
complishment. He seems to have been hardened
in guilt, until his victim was brought from the
grave, to be his accuser, and public suspicion had
fastened upon himself as the offender.
There is no plausible ground upon which I ran
interpose, unless it bo that the prisoner has be
come insane since his conviction. ’I he Revised
Statutes provide for that case by authorising the
sheriff to summon a jury to ascertain the prison
er’s insanity, and upon their verdict the sheriff is
required to suspend the execution until he receives
awarrant from the Executive, or from the Justi
ces of the Supreme Court. —-[3 R. b>. . r )-17.]
Painful as is the responsibility cast upon me by
this application, I am satisfied that it cannot be
granted without establishing a precedent which
will leave the Executive without the power to
withholc its clemency in almost every instance
where the law prcsciibes capital punishment.
WILLIAM H. BLWARD.
Hydrophobia.
The Lancaster, Pa., Examiner announces the
death in that city, on the 13th instant, of Mrs.
Elizabeth Keely, by hydrophobia, and adds the
following particulars of this distressing case;
Mrs. Keely was attacked by a mad dog on Hat
rdav tile 3d of November last, and bitten on the
back of the hand, receiving an extensive lacerated
wound, which penetrated to the sinews. She
immediately consulted a physician who ordered
her to soak her hand in salt water, and afterwards
to put on the wound a salt poultice. Feeling
apprehensive of the result, she on Monday follow
ing commenced the use of Stay’s cure, and passed
through a full and regular course of that medicine.
Shortly after she had made use of these pre
’ cautionary measures, the family removed from
‘ Philadelphia to Lancaster. Since their removal
1 to this place she enjoyed good health until about
’ three or four weeks ago, from which time until
1 the period of her attack she said she “ was not
vcr y well.” The wound had healed up well, but
R the scar always remained tender and livid. On
v Wednesday evening the Oth inst. she felt soreness
“ on the back of the hand around the wound. On
’ Thursday the soreness proceeded up her arm and
1 reached her elbow. On Friday it had travelled up
to her shoulder; when of her own accord she ap-
plied » blister below her shoulder.
1 Ba ‘ Urd . ay ’ thc pain in the arm being worse,
, ‘ mo ,hp left *>rcast and side®of her
- i r 1 phy f icittn ’ tcllin « lliln - his
ding hi r, that she “ had an attack of rheuma
-1 Um.nherarn.” During the early part of ffi„
-at tlm 1 K IHR thC r piUn lcft hcr ar »«. “lul settled
= maeh T r - Part °. f hor br * ast or Pit of thc slo
-3 Von i.er r U ‘f rC " red bed she was 80 ‘>" roused
Iron, her sle p by a sense of great anxiety, and
r i . r ‘ 'p, of l , U ' ch r st > with a sensation of smothcr
- ,fv 1 'j 1 1 1 coining on she attempted to drink,
■Set?' 1 B, r° Uld “ 0t swallow - The Jistross
el M M rs t T'"' HS ’ and so,lsc <lf suffocation he
her nI.V '• Bnd WOrse un,il Sui “ lll y morning when
“ r physician was sent for. Apprehending thc
true character of the disease he !,t once common
rto hold sh l i° Ulß '’ of treatment, which appeared
f oho d the disease in check, and for a time pro
i ducul manifest amendment. 1
1 This hopeful state of things, however, was
; °' l l M ? nday ni « ht hy symptoms indi
-1 rating a rapid advancement of thc disease. Thc
1 * pasins U '. ca ","' "’arming, the sense of smothering
bh- f c r ora coun tenanco indescriba-
Irrltll i-, 810 M. 1,1,0 a Btato of ,he greatest nervous
r? ’ y V ,i le fi | cker itig of a candle, the dis
turbance of the air in thc room by walking, the
approach ol fluids towards hcr, and even breathing
on her face brought on the most awful spasms.
‘ ' n ' untll ""'d lll this way until Tuesday morning.
Throughout tins day hcr spasms were not
ipnU, so violent as the night before although her
system was becoming more nervous and exoila
• . °' vards cvcn *ng her mind became wander
ing and delirious, making it difficult to fix her at
ffiuliou. Sometimes she became almost frantic.
i\ car bod time, however, she became more com
posed, and enjoyed a short repose; after which
,ni ! ul boca,nc nior <‘ mul more unsteady until
it ran into a constant delirium.
On Wednesday morning she became rapidly
x lausted, and sunk into entire insensibility at
unit past 11 o clock, from which time she lay per
fectly calm until 1 o’clock, when hcr spirit left
its earthly tenement!
During the last two days of her illness, ulic
was visited repeatedly by a clergyman, whose
conversation and prayers had a most tranquili
/mg effect upon hcr. Thc objects of this earth
mos difficult to part, with, were hcr three little
children; but these at last, she said she was will
ing to give up. There is every assurance that
she was (to use her own language) -ready end
willing to go to thc regions of eternal bliss.
It,livois.—It appears from tiic late report of
the ( luet Engineer of the Illinois & Michigan
Canal, that that important work will be finished
at much less cost than has been generally suppo
se.,;. Ihe ( '°s t . according to the latest estimates
will he F 7,621,442,57.
The aggregate length of all the rail roads, con
fc,in p luted by thc Internal Improvement Act of
Illinois is 1,3415 miles. Thc whole amount of
railroads now under contract, is 293 J. The en
tire cost of all the rail roads is estimated at SI 1.-
470,441 50.
We learn •*-- *• •
i of South Carolina, for the delivery ofHenry Jones,
who by his own confession, was cognizant ol the
recent brutal murder in that county. Cowles, thc
ventriloquist, implicated as the. instigator and one
of the principals in thc diabolical allair, has been
apprehended in Pensacola, and lodged in jail.—
The Governor, we understand, has received in
formation that he awaits his demand to bring him
back to thc scone of bis guilt. Dickerson is the
only one now remaining at large.
Docomotives.—Mr, Norris exhibited on the
sth, one of the Locomotive engines which he
has manufactured for the Kail Road Company in
England. It is of the second class, weighing be
tween eight ami nine tons —outside connection,
and finished in a stylo that will insure admiration
in England. This will be the first Locomotive
Steam Engine ever sent from this country to Great
Uritain. We understand that an engineer goes
out with thc locomotive, who will he employed to
run it on the road.— Philad. U. S. (luzellt.
Tin k Yankee Philosophy.—The editor of
the Nashua, N. H. Gazette, who recently lost
“lock, stock, and flint,” —his entire office—by
fire, consoles himself under his misfortunes in the
following manner:
Many a man goes to bed rich at night, and
gets up in the morning not worth a groat. —This
is not our case—we went to bed one night poor,
and got up before the next morning a darned
sight poorer.
Consignees per I South Cnrolinu Kaintoaif.
Hamiiiro, February 26, 1 S.'lfi.
Stovall, Simmons & Co., T. Dawson, Hitt &. Dill,
Uses (V, I teal), VV. E. k J. U. Jackson, T. Richards,
C. A. Greiner,G. Lott,T. J. Parmeleo, K. D. Cooke,
Clark. McTeir & Co, llamlcn, Robinson k Co.,
Hand & Scranton,.!. I*. Seize, Uatbbone & Maker,
I). \V. Force k Co., It., Gould k liulkley, A. Gum
ming, I’. L. Jones, W. W. Clarke, I). McCormick,
A. it. Mallory, N. Flemming & Co., J. L. Dixon,
Aldrich k Shove,N. 11. Whitlaw, .1. 0. It. Ford, 11.
VV. Sullivan, 11. L. Jeffers, G. Parrott, J. F. Hen
son k Co., A. B. k P. It. Church.
MARINES INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, Feb. 26.
irrived yesterday— Hr. barque Josephs M’lnlyre,
London; line brig Arabian, Welsh, N. Orleans;
steam packet North Carolina, Davis, Wilmington;
hi the OJfiing—Kt. ship Uuecn, Junes, from Li
Shin Lotus, Skiddv, North of Enronc;
brig William, Slomnn, Bailee; C L brig Uimon, Li
! vermore, N. York; line brig Lnngdon Cbeves, Baker,
Philadelphia; Bremen galliot Betty, Wcnliee, Ham
! 1,1 \y e nt to sea yesterday— Steam packet Charles
ton Pennoyer, Cohesion, Texas; steam packet
‘ North Carolina, Davis, Wilmington.
I Savannah, February 25
c Cleared. —Brig Havre, Carpenter, Boston.
,1 Arrived. Ship Celia, Huckman, New \ oJk ;hr
„ fork Gleanor, Guthrie, Greenock ; brig Augusta,
Nichols, New York ; brig Opelousas, Delano, Bal
* timore ;steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Augusta;
- steamboat Georgia. Gould, Augusta; bng Havre,
J Carpenter, Boston
’’ ‘STTTTTTUk..—AH persons indented to thc estate ol
■ E’l heophilus Wiliams, late of Scriven county,
II deceased, arc requested to come forward and make
ll immediate payment; and those having demands
■t against said estate, arc required to render them m
ll agreeable to the time prescribed by law.
It g AHUAM HUNTER, Jr.,
.t February 5, 1839-w6t _ Administrator,
a %TOTliil" —All persons indebted to the estate ol
s Jonathan Clictt, late of Columbia co.,deeeas
n cd are requested to come forward and make imme
,l dia’te payment, and those having demands against
said estate arc required to render them in agreeable
P to the time prescribed by law. .
)- WILLIAM CI.IF.TT, Vdmmistrator.
February 1!», 183!». w3m
Vol, 111.— No. 24.
*» I)I<ANTATIOIV Foil SAI F rpi .
[ in r ™nw“ r salo hi * ■J ,l * ndi ‘i plnntntion,'
■
; srisSfS? 5
:
. nlnorej land ib all o( ,bo name qualitv, aid,.* two
nrs several fine springs of excel lent, pure water and
the well water usc.l at the plantation is euud to sl
5 purity"' The nl 16 Up ' COl l nlry ’ for f-'eshness, and
purity. 1 lie place is also very healihv. as there
, vvoh not „ amgle ease of sickness among myne!
! SI" “ year ’ requlrin « the “itemiance of a phy-
I'* 1 " 11 ' 1 (!S on theeastern braneh of Chirks
i sawhati hie creek, J 8 miles from Albany in tinker
Atlions, or of t he editor ol the Chronicle <fe Sentinel
June? trw&wtf CHARLES G. McKENLEY.
Tm. GI r 0 i7, »8 "OKKS. ~
t1.,? ti "I CrS respectf,lll >' in fomi the public
that they have commenced the manufactory of
Tl,evl,»™ /v, gr ° Ugh ’ in B, *vcn bounty, Ga
rhe> have extensive i|names of Limestone, which
is considered by professor.l. R. Lotting, State Geol
ogist, to whom the proprietors arc indebted for the
information which induced them to embark in the
undertaking, to be of the very purest kind. They
have consequently erected large and substantial
Kilns in the most approved manner, and procured
men Horn the North who arc perfectly aeouainteH
with the business. A portion of the Lime is now in
mantel and has been pronounced by the principal
to be C os exeeHe°i ghbo^ 00d ° f ' Vu B usta .™d othere,
to be of excellent quality. The subscribers take
pleasure in inviting those who take an interest in
the dcvclopcment ol the internal resources of Geor-
Unlnd s?T‘" e Pcin e I convinced that the whole
Lulled Mates cannot produce a more beautiful arti-
They have now a quantity on hand, which thev
will deliver at the mouth of BrierC'reek on tne Sa
vannah river, or at Augusta. Raving extensive
piopaiations nr progress, they expect to be able du
ring the next winter and spring to supply orders to a
very largo amount ; and they have every reason to
believe that they will entitle themselves to the favor
" Peonage ol the public by producing a cheaper
“mad * 10 C h ° me than Can bc foun(l
Orders will be received by I). Kirkpatrick & Co
erby Ihos. L. Smith at Augusta, or Jacksonboro'.
CORN ELI LX & SMITH
May 7 2awd&wtf
bo Bouaiis it t: wlrS;
. Ranaway from the subscriber in
■4 ,° . ur T M a guilty, Georgia, on the
I'til lost, two negro men Joe and
Til “ am - Joc 19 about 28 years of age
V™ wn complexion, about 5 feet Bor
lO Jn chcs high, had on when he
U'l'Jil aimv a wiiwwipi. ui ma
■fiffinamnnuch injured by a saw- gin, with a small
wen on the back part of his hard. These negroes
were purchased from benjamin Davis, in Hamburg,
S. C., on the Stli of January last, and represented
as having been raised in Louisa county, Virginia.
Whoevermay return said negroes to me shall re
ceive $5O, oriflodged in any jail in this State, South
Carolina, or North Carolina, or Virginia, so that I
can get them shall receive $2O.
DAVID SEAY.
Columbia Court-house, Goo. Feb. 23.
fob 25 ts
(rt’ The Columbia Telescope, S. C., and the
tliellichmond Whig, Va., will insert the above
once a week for three weeks and send their account
to this office for collection.
FIFTY IiOELVUS HEW A HI)
\ A RANAWAY, from the house of the
subscriber, living in Crawford county,on
fciot tllo n 'Khl of the 2d instant, a black fel
low by the name of /I NDHFAV. He is
|jjf\ about five feet six inches high, between
JuTfj 10 and 50 years of age, thick set, and
has a scar (or lump) on his breast, about
mSSaSSt the size of a cent piece. He has a
brother in Augusta, by the name of Cuffec, belong
ing to Col. Gardner, of that place. 1 will pay the
above reward for his apprehension and commitment
in any jail, so that I can get him.
sch 19-w3t JACOB FUDGE, Sen.
FIFTY DOLURS HEWAIiI).
t Runaway Irom the subscriber,
at Richmond Rath, 10 miles from
Augusta, on Sunday lasl,the 16th
inslnnl, Iwo negro men, viz:
fleorge, about 22 or 23 years of
age, yellow complexion, well
made, stnghl in his built, end is
near six leel in height. He had
on when he manway a blue round
jacket, dark pantaloons and a tar
paulin or sailor's hat and was hare-fooled. Joshua,
the other, is about 20 or 21 yearsici ugo, da,k com
plexion, slow spoken, had on a blue round jacket
mid white pantaloons, a round-crown while wool
hat and was also barefooted. lie is about live lect
eight or ten inches high, and stout built, with a
smooth face, having no board nl all.
I will give the above reward for the apprehension
of said negroes, and delivery to me at Rath, if taken
in Georgia, or for their confinement in some safe
in il if apprehended out of the state, or $25 for oil her
of them. MMEB WHITEHEAD.
sept 19 ts
yxdß SALEI—My 1 —My Plantation in Barke county
I* 3d district, containing 500 acres, lying on the
waters of Chickasahatchee 258 and 259;
upwards of 150 acres cleared and under good fcnc
, ing a large new gin house, gin and running gear,
i an excellent smoke house, kitchen, and double pen
, dwelling house,good negro cabins,and stables, two
wells of good water. Any person desiring to look
at the above property will find the owner, or her
; agent, on the place during the winter months.
s ’ 1 I). C. BALDWIN.
> Alliens, November 26, 1838 wtlttapl
TWT OTlCE.—James T. Dottiwell, Attorney at
l\ Law, Louisville, Geo., will attend to all
I legal business intrusted to him in the Counties of
Hmkc, Jefferson, Washington, Emanuel, Tatnal
Montgomery, and Laurencs, and he flatters himself
by his diligence and attention to business, to share
a part of public patronage. All communications di
rected as above will meet with immediate atten
i, tion. w3m
Georgia, Columbia county : . ,
i w-j aTHANI EL COOPER, of District No. 6, tolled
-* before me one roan Mare, about 1-1 or 15
rears old, about 14 hands high, with some saddle
marks on her back, appraised by Isham Cliatt and
1 Claborn Revcll, to be worth twenty-five dollars,
'■ this 9th day of February, 1839.
c JAMES D. GREEN, J. P.
’ A true extract from the cstray book.
11 DAVID HARRISS, Clerk.
feh 1C w3t
Georgm, Columbia county ;
■ SHAM CLIATT, of District No. 6, tolls before
’* | me one brown horse Mule, about three years
old, appraised by James Kirkpatrick and Marlin U.
Reynolds, to sixly-live dollars, this 9th day of Feb
l ruary, 1839. JAMES D. GREEN,.I. P.
lc A true extract from the estray book.
DAVID HARRIS.", Clerk,
feh 16 4$ vr3t