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NEC DEESSE, NEC SFPERESSE REIPUBLICiE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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COLUMBIA* S. C. JANUARY 20, 1838,
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* ^sg3&* * THE^
.COfSMBXA T3L3SOO?a '
0% V^IS-' PUBLISHED BYr' ? ? .
S. JOHNSTON,
Ct ?Tenr Saturday attorning,
^ XVERT VeDXESD t AVD SATURDAY M0RVI*G
-V D7RI.YG THE SESSION OP THX ?EG JS L ATURS .
?S^v; ; " -? / ' terms : .r.X\&aS^ ,.. . . I
Three dollars per annum, if jpaid ift advaiiee^or
*^;Fbur dollars at the end of the' year. * v~~
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jwdewdin tile insiaeevery.pnoucauuij ? w u?ci wru
otherwise than reguMriy, to be^charged aar new for
j^jgW?T ?? ^3sffl^isem?nt^1fiocI hiving- the
'v ^nowber of insertions marked on thentwiR be contin
ued till ordered out!, and charged accordingly^
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- ^-l?i?t ofLetteii
JTMAINING in the Post Office at Columbia, on
the 1st January* 1838. - -v ' /- ?;- .
H! ?yif+- ??' Izard, "Mary C.
Lewigv' ^ ~ -
?n, Joseph' 2 JacksQiv Jztfrie^ - - y v>-.
"Jifahaly . s^C Jones, Gen. James.2 -
_,, /*"' B. 2 _" - ' James,:Ijnizabeth
^~^~;TJ6n^Th6rnas fS 'v"";>
SK^AMrtr Mary - - ; John9?ft7 Iln6ch^~V- *v -
^ Aterhy, Daniel ~ . Jones; Mrs.?Sarah . & ?
SEL^!* B ' ??" F'~
^^arry. Andrew :; : -
Bynum, William . ? Reels; Martha M. "C^V
SggBelL "Catherine ^ *" " -r " Ivenfl\voVtH, jjimes
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LegjHs^Sfcral* " ?s r";;
To^eacL Charles Xi?3?sl
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shot: c"^ifiadingham,: Jqco& H.
^^/.-^ffitfejohn, Jbite"^ - v
*SLeV^^f|1iliaxn'tI. >;?*;? :f
- fj&wrft, J. W. P<;Ci vil ?ri
?C>- "' V -gineer. ?--r -
l^yicEeaset
" ' /^Morreirv Vv yley ;.'
:^^Midd*etoiv John - " ==/
%njamin
^?^MofrajT? Major gsj^ - r
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cgnersont4oan ^
in?^liza6eth- ' ' ^-srV?
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?.:" ^NSbIe,l^trick, T ^
^ \.?fegbit, Mfeloon ; :
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i^^Evans, Thomas ^ ' Oliver,. W.;H. \ - . *
ns,. Samuel JL, - T , ?
^ - ^art^^Tfiomas . ? . r'
ft5^?> wwd - -^,1t Parker, CharIe8 2 : - " "':
^iJhaHtr^^i' - ^6^P. ^ *?
- ? #^5^ .; . , Pope, Tho^ii^c.. v;
ir,S. -.- .; ^ ^
^J^l?L*puC "^ -^i Pe^h^fimes , ; * ^"
ThoSnas John ^
> ^^^hardsoairjtolin S. - . v,
^ ^uoet^1Thofnas"W. Raisterr"Ji:J.^, ' t.->
Gibson, Samuel F. iflS&ft, Robert ;
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jGnW; vStevbnten, Robert
' ^MmerW, V f ^Smith, Maria / ^ ;
WiHiim John ^ ^ T'-- 'V . VJ
H - ; > - ~ -TKompsojvA^-WV ^ -
ttaS^ . ? 'Thbinpsbh, Dr. Chas.
f:- W. >
?yV'P^ ' H. H.
?wm Rebecca, ~-<:.">= Thompson, VV . Bi ? . .
.Hartin, Robert K. I TuckervJoel . }. . - . . T
ifaaibj^Slen > V " ". f
rf!, Thomas Valentine, Henry ' c
[eison, John ,V
George Wiggins, Emily, care of
[, Sophia E, . Jameg Feese ^
, George ^ 7^ WiUiam, -Western
risoQ, Thomas Watwi Aniw J. "'
Wade?-T^ ? I -
* ->? ;? . c.Wy8e, Joseph. .
JH^eorge^ .. -Wilson, .George T^ .
T Christina ; -V^the.r^poon, John D. 2
,v John~ '^- ?
?ary H/ . - ^ ? Watt*,- RrT.' - ?
lerry. % ?? v Williams* G.-W
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..MS,, Wilson, Benjamin
CBenjaxain
^ BEXJXMIN RAWLS, P^JVf.
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^^feteljgictn AcadeuiyJ
itution wiU beresuraed
iMiUtai care
ttwimicii ?m ripctix? w bu^ omuvuw, %.?
prevent all habits, of extravagance, the Mount- Zion
Society has adopted the.foflovying resoltttion " Tliat
student, o ? the Mount Zion Academy" ihalt con
u^i or have any account' m" any -store, tavern.; or
^8 bop; and if any one shall violate this rule, he shall
;?gfcc the first offence be Veprimanded, and for any rep
?J^etitidn thereof, be shall be sospendedor expelled, at
? ^e discretion of the principal."
r Parents and guardians are most earnestly request- j
ed net to foriiish tbe means of extravagance.
Wionsborooghj S. C. Dec. 23, 1837. >-56
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r.iitd fV>p ^ale.
uvu un tuu f* a^icv iiwvi,^ umiv/w ?. ? ?
v^LM?k * -n ? ? -? Ar AkPtiKti* or?r? nw^ n<*.
j'^COfKairs in wac wuw^auvuk XVW .ttVfjyv^ -*jwv w .,
. .J^&rid 2,000 of upland ; of theswamp there is cleared
^'^aboue 900 acresv and of the upland about 100. More
~ v_w <.f?k"A - Anlfrsrot-a^ Imw? is frp?h Kfivinp*
- r entirety. h^Uly .JWj
^Jpiealthy setflement^
^^the swamp Iahdsvp
?^iflrrist mill and two
^ -^prist mill and
" vand near the
b sStiated so as to affird
'^inconvenient distance from
~~iT are on tbe plantation, a
gins, propelled by water,
.^<'^ana at: ax tuc ucnu^._yt-*"J plantaJfion. There is also
' - on the plantation, allqcfc-of cattle and hogs and 4 or
??^5, 000 bushels of of ??rn, ?which might be purchased,
-"S if desired, with the^ntaitietti . * r >:: - ;
The terms of payment." would be made easy to a
^"-purchaser. A^y f^her. information may be had by J
j- ^Application to thesubscrtber, ia C amd en. Tosses, k#a..;
^l^woaJd be given either the present season, so soon as
^the crop is gathered, or the next, as might best suit
the purchaser. , . W. M'WU.LIE ;- V
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tin Estray.
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^*wr AS" taken up as an Estray, by the Undersign- ,
' ed, near Monticeltov Fairfield District, a Bay ;
HORSK 31tTLE, of a smalt size, about jiiae years '
%$*U, andippnM^:^^-^
^V- Dec- 23, 1837- ^*7?.**?^! %'*. 4
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Final JYotiec . --*?
A LLr persons indebted to the ;?stafe of JAMES
I-jSl MAUFJE; must come forward by the 20tli of
^February next and settlewith Ki xsleh,McG r &g o it .
*jfe Co. thec^iespective Xotes and Accounts, or ibey 1
will be indiscriminately pHt in suit.
"gTathose indebted in lar^'e sums, indulgence may :
? extended a{K)n their ^gfving.- bond j^dtb: ^approyed
w^ej^SyfecE;Ad?>.
Hampton Races.
JWlHE Races over the Hampton Course, in the vi
| A-;: cinity of Augusta, Georgia^ will commence on
j the first Tuesday in Febuary next, and continue dur
i ing the week, '.y . ? *.?? c *'>?*
' The proprietors, after a vast deal oflabor and ex
pense, have at length filled up this Course, and it i?.
admitted by those who have visited it, to be equal, if j
notspuerior, to any in the United States, in point of
its fixtures, its locality, and its superiority of soil as a 1
training track. The owners of horses, trainers and
riders, say from forty to fifty, can be accommodated
with the utmost convenience and comfort. Twelve
or fifteen gentlemen, wishing measurably retirement ,
ffroni the noise and bustle.of the; city, can be furn
ished with excellent roams ? Theurstables are'notin- '
erior to any* ia' America; they can s^ble from forty,
lib fifty race horses. < >:-? -v ^
- ?F1RST i>AYi ^ '
. -%A. Colt Sweepstake, two mile heats, one thousand j
?.dollars, entrance, half forfeit, declaration $100 ; sixen
'tries and closed. M. L. Hammond names C. C.
Gerow, sire Henry, dam by Eclipse ; Col. W. Haiap
tnn, b f Emily, "srre Emilius, dam Elizabeth ; John
Morrison,- bf.'crTarget, sire Luzborough-, and out of
-an Archia mare : John S. Ashe, c-L f. by Godolphin
and put of SaJly Taylor ; E. -M. Scnbrook, c..,i.by
Luzborough, out of Miss Mid way ; ^ m. M'Cargo, b.
c. Steel, by imp- horse FTyde, out of the dam of Sally. ^
Epbanks.v f/? ~ ??"'C ' - - ' f."
\*V V- ^ SECOND DAY.
Wednesday-? Two miles and repeat? free forany '
. thin?? A. handsome silver Plate, ivalued atip25*vj
.to whrc^-will be added $150 in. cash. - The Plate is
. a present from a friend to the turf. ...v%. ;?
;'.f 4 -THIRD DAY- v
Thutsday.: ? Three -mile heats? "5GOO. . 7' -
TOURTH DAY.' ~ ^
Friday.? F^pr mile heats-r-pXuse S1500 ? $1,000 to
the winner and 500 to the second horse in tho race,
^provided he saves his distance, . and that three
.i jSttfTUrfr- v N & V .
iilFIFTHDAY. _ ;; .
Saturday ? MiTe heals, three, beist" Irrtive-^nurse
- <!vXa" to the winner, and 10ft to the 2d horse
-" The; sports ,ot each day. .wilt be cjos^L : hy Sweeps,
stakes o f different distances, for a purse to] De^iveS J
Sy the Proprietors arid theentrsnce money added.
? - A number- of- fine horses will attend, and great
; sport is anticipated. * ? <F- W. LAGYv.-j
r,. i -.r ; . ' Acting Proprietor:
f' Jari; 5, 1838. 3m _ V ^ 3t ;J
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Cholera Remedy for 'JC hoUpra Morbus
CHOLERA, Summer Complaints, of children &c.
mayaoon^exDected* and the folio wi ng med i
i cine is a sureand sale cure.' No family ought to be
without one bottle" at * least, when it is notorious
thousands of children die annually in this State with
that obstinate complaint. Diseases of the bowels
frequently , effect grown persons as well as children
and no instance has yet been known where this
medicine has been used where it has failed." It is
therefore confidently recommended to every one
constantly to have it in their houses. . v . .. i
^ ^ - READ AND BELIfiYE. -j
s This remedy has been used by many eminent
physicians, some of whom have.char ge of the largest
Hospitkls in- the United States, where the Cholera
has prevalied to a great extent, and been fatal to the
-intemperaie, aged and lunatic persons. -Their con
fidence ia this medicine is such, that they . say they
are riot afraid of the most inveterate cases of Asiatic
Cholera, when taken in time.
ii. The following are only a small proportion of the
certificates I have of the efficiency, of this certain
remedy for the Cholera. Those opposed to quacke
.jv wilt at once see that this "is nothing of the kind, .
for those who have subscribed their names to these
certificates, livearaong us, aneHire known to be men
^of, the first standing, and upon jvhose word the ut-.
most reliance can be placed. . ? . \ ?
- " directions.? Take a table spoonful of the mixture
.with the. same quantity of water, every hour or half j
hour, a* occasion may require^ until vomiting, purg
ing and pains have ceased. In common, .ordinary
cases of dtarhcea, a table 'spoonful of the mixture
maybe taken three or four times a day, and repeated
^at night on going to bed. ' Thi6 medieine has been
. administered-to children afBicted with diarhcBa, or
"cholera morbus, cholera infantum and summer com
plaints, with complete success. In no case has it_
failed to cure the most inveterate attack. The best
mode of administering it to children, is, to take a
tea spoonfuLof the mixture and mix it with the same
quantity of water, giving, it as above directed? a
little sugar may be added, to make.it mure palatable.
$3rKeep the bottle well corked. - . ; -
: ^When the cholera was raging hern to a great ex
tent, the Rev. Dr. John French, had occasion to use
I this preparation twice in his own family, and" has
given^the following certificate of its;ef?cacy : --
? "On Thursday my^ttEe .son^ ^ home from
school,"makrng'grfat complaint of srek stomach and .
pain in the bowels. - He looked to be quite sick. F
immediately gave him a dose, of this medicine ;, he
was presently relieved, and has not complained
sinc^* * ' ? i * ^ ?
' v<Oa Friday, while absent from home, a white girl,
-ivin?-at ray house, was taken with nausea and painl
"in tne bowels. My wife gave her a dose of this rae
dicine, an<J. to use her own words,. it acted like a
charm. She was w:ell before I returned to" the house,
? and has remained so ever since. ~
.. Norfolk, Sept. 6th, 1832. ?: > t-" P ?
l r This certificate, which adds no little weight to the
value and importance of my medicine, i? given by
the Rev. Arthur Cooper, Inspector of our Borough,
and I have no doubfhis name will be recognized by
every individual in this section of the country. He
presents it cheerfully, believing it to cause many to
possess what he considers to be the most valuable ot i
. all medicines, vl am sure it will convince those who
[ have an abhorrence to patent medicines, that this is
no quackery-. - Only readjhis. "
^ v - Ojv- J ^.JfORfOLK, July .17, 1&?. ,
, . Mr. R S Bernard? Sir," I am. greatly opposed to
? anything like.quackery, bitt When 1 reflect upon the
good yoiiri^v^uable remedy has done, and might
continue to do",1 if made generally known, I am wil- -
,'Iing to throw aside any thinglike prejudice, and freely J
gi.ve my. opinion upon your medicine. . In my situa-.
tioh of life, it frequently happens that diseases of
pyery tpniri oomd. under my obseryauon-^but the
major part of them seem to be^at this season of the
year, premonitory symptoms of Cholera? many of
which,.! have no doubt, prove Atalfor want of such
a prepai^ition as yours. Now, sir, the remedy for
Cholca (as you will it) is the very thing that is want
ing wstay the progress of this distressing diseaseed
Thisvlspeafefrom experience. . J have not only usis
it repeatedly ii\ .my own family, but . have a.dminis
tefed it to many others, and I can with truth sa,y its
effects have surpassed ray most sanguine expecta
tions. In several cases where the bowels were in a
r most deranged state, other remedies had been ad
[ ministered, until really the patient wasin'great dan
l ger of- dying, and from simply giving adose or t wo of
k your remecfy for cholera as described, immediate
relief was found. In one instance -I used it upon,a
servant, a member of my family, that was laboring
under a dreadful bowel complaint, spasms and;vomit
f ing ? for some time my wife and self had serious ap;
i prehensions that she would die ? but after giving one
dose of your remedy for cholera, the vomiting ceased,
j the pains gradually disappeared, and -the next day
i she entirely recovered.- I have also used this raedi
| cine with children troubled with bowel and summer
i complaint, and in no case has it failed to curc them,
i Mos?t willipgly do I recommend it to my acquaintan
ces, and hope all.prudent persons will avail: them-.
selves of so valuable a medieine. 'f ? ' "
4 v. v - - I ARTHUR COOPER. %
> .This invaluabl?aedicine is for sale only by '
"C: * - v A. FITCH, Columbia.
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: JYotice.
IHE Undersigned request all persons indobted to
j>. the Estate of ANNE IIALL, deceased, to make
immediate payment Prompt measures will be en
forced forthwith to collect such debts as were paya
ble in January last.
B. F. DAVIS, " ) ?.
WM. K. DAVIS, > Executors.
? ' THOS. F. FURMAN, )
Jan. 6. I
$ 1 0? Reward.
RAN away froth the Subscriber, from his resi- j
dence, on South^Edisto, Willow Swamp, Or- |
angeburg District, S C., on Monday night, 23d Oct., j
a Negrp man named II OWARD. Said Negro is well j
proportioned, about 6 feet high, and of black complex- 1
ion? high forehead, a somewhat "prominent nose, full
face, and no. -whiskers ; he has a scar on the inner
K ankle of (I presume) the left foot, produced by a burn,
an d on one of his arms a mark resembling a letter S.
Howard speakswith* plausibility and ease; is rather
assuming in his address, yet mild and humble in his
manners.. Ha is a keen, shrewd fellow ? walks erect
and fast, and is apt to bear uncommonly op his toes
when hurried.* According to his own account, he
originally belonged to Joshua Lee, a planter near
Clinton, Va., to which place it is supposed he will di
rect his course, or to Norfolk or Richmond. He had
on when he .went away, blue pantaloons and coat, ei
ther a blue or yellow vest, and a black hat. He, took
away with him a pair of saddle-bags, and is supposed
?to have a fre$ ticket. " ~ x
To any person who will lodge said Negro in jail, so
that I get him, ifit be in this ,Stat<e, I will pay-a re
ward of fifty dollars, and all reasonable expenses ;
if irr'North Carolina, seventy-fivo dollars and ex
penses ; if in Virginia or Maryland, ohe hpndrfed dol
Tsqjf and ?xp e n ses . ? WM: RILEY'/
* ' The G lvera w Gazette, Fay ette v ille Gazette, Raleigh
Register Richmond Whig, and National Intelligencer
will please puhlish the above once a . week for five
weeks^.and forward their accounts to.the subscriber
Lai dra^bufjj C.lr.SvS^4 . ^ r I W. R.
f spjife# *? i
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respectfully offers, his profession
i j|EF; al services to the inhabitants of Sandy Run and.
rsutrounding country- He has located himseU, for
the, present year,, at Mrs. XiNCxJjtetGER-'s, on the.
State Rioadv " . w > V ? - -
^ 'COMMITTED;
-- K. ? V 7- KoUTH" CAROLINA, 7 ^
ri >.? " ^ : " rt Darlington District. >
WAS committed to this Jail on the 24thDecem
:ber. last, a Negro man who calls himself
ttpvdv ??? K^lArtflro <a,
u V ' i . ^ ,T.(
Simpson itorcBms^ttTilm. from Richard Piles, living
in the : State of Virginia, near Alexandria^ in
Henry had on when committed, coarse yellow pan
taloons "and cabinet over coat. Henry is1- black, and
styrs he is about twenty-five years old. The owner
is requested to pay all charges and take him out.
v -W.-WvKlNG, S. D. D. -
Jan. 3, 183S. . T 2*
Frorn Motherwell's Ancient and Modern Minstrelsy.
, There^were t wa corbies* sat on a tree, .
Large and black as black might be, ?
<. And one the other gan say, . - '
* Where shall we go and dine to-day ?
Shall we go dine by the wild salt sea 7
: Shall we go dine 'neath the greenwood tree ? ?*
"As I eat on the deep sea sand, -s ;
J saw a fair ship nigh at land, ^ ; "
. ,1 waved my wings,.! bent my beak,
The ship sunk, and I heard a shriek ; . .
"There they lie, one, two, and three, . ,,
; 1 shall dine .by the wild salt sea.- J
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; >MCorue^ Iwill show ye a sweeter sight? ... n
A fonesome glen "and a new-slain knight; .
5 His blood yet on the grass is hot,
VHis sword lialf drawn, his shafts unsjiot,
"Arid no one-kens that hie lies there, ?>'
But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair.
p.. " His hound is to the hunting gane, N ' - -
-^His hawk to fetch the wjld fowl hame,
, 'His lady's away wth another mate,
.vSoshallwemake our dinner sweet;
- { Our dinner's sure, our feasting free, ' r ?'
;Come, and dine by the greenwood tree.
-? -Cl* yVr'wS ' .? . .*? ' " ?< .* x : ' t
. . JzLfl' k. ? y ^
V- ^ ? +? % , - * '
Ye shall sit on his white hause-bane,
vl will pick out his bonny .blue een ; '
/ Ye'll take a tress of his yellow hair,
- -To thoak yere nest when it groWs bare ;
The gowden down-6b his. young chin ^
ir - Will do to se we my young ones in:" ' -
?. ,w O cauld and bare will his bed be, ;
- -When winter storms sing in the tree ;
At his head a turf, at his feet a stone,
;^He will sleep, nor hear the maiden's moan ;
i" O'er his white bones the birds shall fly, -
'\-The wild deer bound, and foxes cry." ?
<;'?* Ravens:.:""'^'' j, / V ?
V / .? s* (From Sheridan.] -
^ ^ v* *> -*** ** . < ? ^
v. -r'> We.two, each other's only pride,
> ?" Each other's bliss, each other's guide, ' ?
? V Far from the world's nnhallow'd noise,
1 X Its coarse delights and vulgar joys,
Through wilds will roam, and deserts rude,
; For Ju>ve, thy home is solitude.
' * ' ? ' y'-? K 4 '??-Si- *" v " *
r r ' .With fond -respect, and tender awe, - v - <
t> I wiUobserve. thy gentle law, - ' v .
^ Obey thy^looks, and serve thee still/
i "-^^yent thy? wishj foresee thy will, ' - -
* And, added to a lover's care,
.^ ^;B^Uhat frends and parents are. .
A TRAGEDY OF THE AMERICAN
WOODS: ' /i ; . : / .
Frpwihe London Metropolitan for Oclober.
' ^ Just as the shades of evening were begin
ning to enshroud the deep valley that reposes
?aj." the foot of the wild and lofty Pochono
.imountarns, I approached a lone cottage which
was jnarked out on my travelling chart as the
"place for me to pass the night in. Although
I had never been iu that part of the country,
yetthe building of squared logs or "blocks"
that bow presented itself, was in some measure
?Ha old* acquaintance, since poor, and lonely,
and "cheer less as it seemed it had acquired a
nam6 in . the history of that part of the coun
try 'with which it was connected. . Its wooden
?walls were blackened with the tempests of
half a century, and the traditionary tales con
nected with it were familiar to every child, in
the distant settlement. A person of the name of
-.liar be r had beeii induced to settle here before
any of th e v all eys- i n thel southern district of
country (now fujl of people) contained one
white inhabitant..^, What induced this hardy
man to bury hiiiisllf ^fid a young family, in
(He 3f^crae^.?%4^;fro^a|iV th ej>ale-faces,'
j W the ^ridians^ called, the white people in
those-^^ia^p^^^ive.
On his way to this secluded del I lie must
have passed through many a valley which
presented a fertile soil and a more serene cli- i
mate; hut induced by sour; feeling which
must flow forever remain a secret, learner,
with a wife and four or five children, accom- (
panied by a younger brother, took possession
of the extreme head of a mountain valley, ami
there built the sombre looking building now
before me. It has been surmised by many,
that the contiguity to the adjoining mountain
was his chief inducement to settle here, for
he was a remarkably keen hunter. -There
certainly were more wolves and panthers ituj
that vicinity than in any other part of the
state, besides an abundance of elk and deer,
with a great variety of other game of smaller
note. They did not devote their time exclu
sively to hunting; for when they had resided
here son.e Half score years, they had managed
to clear away the forest trees from a few acres
of land, sufl^cient to grow more grain than
the family would consume. ?bout this peri
od they were awaited on by two Indian war-*
riors of the six nations, who informed the
Laraers. that if they valued their Own safety,
they must immediately .fly from the abode
>lhey had so long inhabited.. This piece of;
intelligence, which was delivered , with much
apparent sincerity, was at the time but little
heeded, for although they had . never before ;
been. actually threatened by the Indians who
Ifad occasionally visited them, they had some- j
times used a little caution when they suspect
ed a party of Indians were any where in , the
.vicinity. ; |
; - One day, shortly after the visit of the tw6\
warriors, the younger of the brothers return^
ed from.an excursion on the mountain, with i
the somewhat startling: -intelligence that he .
had crossed, jn his way~clown, the ttfail of an ,
Indian party, and he shotllil judge from its
appearance that, the number was somethings
considerable. y> He further stated,^ that lie
had from the summit ,pf the adjoining -hill/
carefully surveyed the forests all around ; but
no curling smoke rose . above, the green foli
age (for it was sum'tn^, J to^enote their hunt
ingfires, neither had he heard the report . of
fire-arms during the whole day. To those,
?acquainted with th'eisubtlctj^ of thp, Indian
^character, this report was.somewhat alarming,
the lo.ne family determined to be. cir
cumspect in all their movements.. Tfieir
arms -consisted of three rifles, one used by
each of the brothers, and the remaining one
by the eldest son, a stout' youthi ot nineteen.
It was agreed that they should keep watch
during the night?the brother! and the sons
taking it by, turns?and the fire was exi;u
guished before it became quite dark.
Some hours after, midnight, and while the.
farher of the family was keeping watch, he
thought he perceived a bright spark of fire
advancing slowly across the small piece pf
meadow in the direction of the house, and as
it came nearer he distinctly saw part of the
body of a naked Indian. There was no mis
taking the intention of the incendiary, and as
all was parched and dry with the scorching
suns of July, a fire once kindled against the
time-seasoned log walls of their dwelling, the
whole dwelling would be in a blazejn a few
minutes. Larner was in the upper; story,
in an opening in one end of the building;
but as the Indian came nearer he changed
his course H little, ; .jis. if .he intended to I
make his -fire in the rear of the ; house.?
It was a., moment of extreme } anxiety
with Larner. If he permitted the villain to
pass the rear of the building, they were all in
a short time to be burnt, and most probably
massacred by the merciless beings, no doubt
in ambush close by. If he fired and shot him,
retribution would certainly await them all,
and in either case he considered them a
doomed family. But he did fire; and long
before the reverberations were silent in the
adjoining mountains, the Indian had given
one lofty bound, and shrieked the shriek of
death. The report of the rifle brought the
whole family to his- side, and he related to
them all that had taken place; and it seemed
a matter of doubt whether the Indians would,
attack thein under- cover of the yet remaining
darkness, or postpone their onset until the -
return of day. It seems they did .wait for;
day light, and when it returned, they commenc
ed firing at the-diflerent windows or openings,
wherever they imagined they might reach the
inmates. This plan, however, had not much
effect. One-of the younger children received
its death wound: but the rest escaped un
harmed for the present. _
As I before stated, in the back part of their
building there was no opening. The Indians
finding the plan of firing at the windows not
likely to produce much effect, determined
upon making a circuit through the neighbor
ing woods, and thereby gain the defenceless
rear of the dwelling. This plan, however,
was anticipated by the besieged ; for when the
firing ceased, the Larners suspected they
would make this movement. The two bro
thers, therefore, without much difficulty
contrived to make two small openings in the
shingled roof ; and when the assailants em
erged from the woods behind the building,
the two leaders were instantly shot down. ?
The rest, unappalled, rushed forward, and
before the brothers could reload their pieces,
there were a score of the savages under the
shelter of the building. The son, too, had
not been idle; for by thrusting one-half of.
his person through the end window iie had
been enabled to fire upon them as they rush
ed for the house, and lie made one ol. therri
bite the dust. Yet, after all, what availed it ?
The Indians would instantly set fire to the
house, and they would all be burnt alive. ? r
The brothers, therefore, immediately rested
upon the family quitting the premises, and
making for the woods. But this plan was
nearly fatal tp the whole pai;ty ; /or "before
they had crossed the slight hollow in front of
the woods the twp brothers and three of the
children fell to rise no more. . .
The eldest son was singled out by a tall
powerful Indian, who pursued him across
the field of growing rye. They .were each
armed with a rifle, but neither of them stop
ped to fire. Young Larner, perceiving that
the Indian gained rapidly .upon him, r lor his
knee had been slightly -injured, by a^balj^
bethought himself of a stratagem wli.icj^ultir
mately saved him. Some ot the partjr^n^P;
the house were yet occasionally firirig^t%jjie
fugitives that made, for the woods, so "young
Larner, as, if he had received a deatli wound,
fell amongst the tall India n' iu
- ? ? - '<? gZ&S. ? c;.-;;
stantly squatted in the grain also, hein* ap- J
parentlv suspicious of some trick in his in- {
tender! victim ; but in a short time he raised j
himself upon his knees, in order to scruti- J
nise the place whore young Larney Jay, when
the yon 114* fellow, who had been arranging
his piece for such an occasion,- fired at the
Indian and shot him in the brail). JEJjc did
not wait to reload, but,, jn sjHtejOfjhe sore
ness of his knee, he pushed lfor,the woods,
win eli were but a short distance, yf Once be
hind a sheltering tree, he re-loaded his rifle,
and having done so, had the satisfaction to
find that none of the surviving Indians pur
sued him; there were many of them engaged
in scalping his father and uncle, atwTa youn
ger brother, and two sisters ? while others
were in pursuit of his mother and eldest
sister, who had succeeded in reaching the
woods.. *- v
For two nights he continued to wantlcr-in
the forest, but during the day -lie remained
hidden in some hollow tree. At last, hun
gered and weary, Tie. reached a distaut settle
ment on the river Delaware, the inhabitants''
an armed party and set off for the scejg^M
slaughter. bu reaching the plkce t^eg^ pre
sently discovered the dead bodies of nine In
----- ? , ^v,, was
evident, had been carried off by the surviving
Indians^ for their bodies were noivhere to be
found. 'This party remained three or four
days in the vicinity of these; late scenes of
Blood ; but the mother actl dalighter return
ed not. - F rom this periocl the. place was de
serted for some years; but the surviving
young tarner marrying, he and his wife took
jpossessionof the lone and blood stained dwell
' ing; " The tribe of Indians. had removed far
aw ay to^he vi c i n it^(^Jj^Sei^c aa n d Ciaga
?Lakesr'^o ffiat tbtra was no longer any dan
ger ttrbe apprehe^jj^^om such ?rude and
barbarous neighbors." Years rolled on and
brought with theul a"x?ew generation of that
devoted family ; But more than twenty years
pa^seid away wnthontanytidings of the miss
ing-ieinalcs. Atyjut this period some settlers
from the part, of the country where the Lar
ners originally resided, located themselves in
the vicinity of the , before mentiojied lakes,
where they lived in "peaceand goocUwill with
their neighbors the Indiana; and from whom
they learned the fatcTof^the missing mother
and daughter. . ^ ,
They stated that they were pursued and
soon captured in the woods ;"and although
ttiey would only submit to^be: dragged along
by force, ipthat manner iheyproceeded for
a po rtion of two days. But tnis.mode of pro
ceeding was found * so inconvenient to the
party, that when they Ifeaclied the caves in
the Moose Mountain, a council was held on
their prisoners, when they were adjudged to
die. They were then tomahawked according
to the customs of those barbarians; and they
had no doubt but their skeletons might be
found there still.. This information was some
time afterwards imparteddto the son and bro
ther of the deceased, w^^^mbracing tbc first
opportunity, accompanied^ by three friends,
repaired to Moose Mbuj&ih. sought ont the
caves that w<ere almOSt^Rirely unknown to
white men, and found' tbsrtwo skeletons ? in
the very positidji theyhadiaBen beneath the
tomahawks of their murdereraE, '-'-SfS- :
They were then removed with much care
and labor to the residence nfmSfcson. who
with true filial affection, interred
satn'c grave with the mouldering
their departed kindred. Atiheitimp
the lone dwelling, . the son, who'iiad i^sc
the family massacre, was still occupying _
He was riowjoid and gray headed, but he sti
occasionally took his rifle into the woods i
pursuit of game. He too had lieen therfath"
of a family of sons and daughters,^* now Zi
grown up, and all except one, I believe, ma
ried and settled, one or two in his bwn di:
trict, but the others had been induced to wan?
der away to the Far West. He is still look
ed upon "villi a sort of veneration f and Sfcarcc.;
a lone traveller .ever visits him to - whom he
does not relate the lamehtableP fafel [of his
* . - -V * . . x* >
family. - "> ' V. ?
Extract from, the Message of the Governor vf
Oh io , Dec. 4 fh 1 837; & ' ' v
The derangements of the" currency have
brought the subjects of banking and the credit
system,, as contrasted with a specie :circula-f
tiou, in prominent review before the whole"
body 'of our people. The* advantages pfboth,
systems have been sustained and defencfedby
the ablest men of our country ; and wj find
the whole matter still in the hands of Con
gress, who alone have, the power of settling
and putting at rest this distracting question/ ;
That the people are ready to abandon" the
credit system, by prostrating the banks, and
establishing what has been called a hard mo
ney government, I do riot believe. 'Such a
revulusion in the' business^ of the courijrry
wonld be too oppressive on all classes of so
ciety, and more particularly on that acjive j
and enterprising portion of our dtizeris," who
have been the purchasers and venders of our
surplus productions, and who^have done-so
much to build up the prosperity ofth^ State,
to be for a moment endured, if.-" T - ' ^
<*Ler lis examine arid see what would be the'
operafion of such a h a * a rd G U s; e x p e f i me flt as
that of reducing the circulation of the coun
try* to specie alone. Every .man' conversant
with the laws of trade, and the effects f cur
rency, must admit, that all articles of mcr-'
cHandise, arid all descriptions of property,
must fall in proportion to the reduction oftjie;
circulation. This, to be s 11 re,- is not always
its immediate effect, but that it must, in the
end, approximate to that .standard, is not to
be questioned. But. its; operation will not
end here,? -it will* raise the value of debts iu I
a ratio still more. oppressive. Suppose the ]
banks^of vOhio were compelled to wind up 1
their - business, as they must certainly * do,
under this 'exclusive metallic currency, and
that in- their circulation, there
should remain due to them ten millions of
dollars; "~The result would be, that it would
feke what is now worth forty millions in land
edjestate, to settle this debt. We may theo
>rize as we please, but all revulsions in trade,
(-when heavy balances remain unsettled, and
I specially ^agricultural States, must in the
be -liquidated and paid by ^ change df
oberty: from one. hand Wanother ; nine
rf* VJ f* ' c" '? ^ ; -
t e?* n-twentietfWof which w.iH fall cm tjealostate*
This utf I ^prove eqiudlytruein winding up
I he affairsofa^ypther-.promineirtbranch of
!msiness,.as,Weil .as tbatofbaoking. Stop,
c'or instance^ jthe importation _offorei*a
men n e rcha nd iser^ojnpel the chant throusgh -
out tl^e . State to ck>setheir business, and
the debt due will have principal!? to be
?:ii isficd fey- real .estate.; Our whole credit
system Jh a^j^tKii4 ^Sjee based upon
tiie security of landed property ; and the
policy that r shaft hazard' its sacrifice,,* b
(itvstniicifrejo' the interest and prosperity of-.
tlie ^lioIe^(Iy of our people.
I have /tried, tp understand all the arg?-?
inerits thal havjj J^^useS infitvor of this ...
hard tnoney theory ; "arid, after mature reflec- "
ft on, have Jabo red to carry out their results; :
aniil^carniot see that there is one ho man be
in^ in the United States to be benefited by
its operations?the men recei ring compensa
tiqns iind salaries from the public, and the
man of money and of v mortgages, excepted .
That the destruction of credit will make the
rich rjfcfier,'and the poor poorer, is too plain a ,
proposition to be called in question. The
history ofour own State is an argument much
stronger than any I can make in favor of this
position. If there is asiugie district of coun- ?
try in the United States that owes more to i
credit than that of. any other, it is Ohio.? ,
Credit has given us our elevated stand/
amongst our sister States. . Credit Jjas gireW ;
us one of the most enterprising ^nd act ive set
of business men that have lived in anyajrek$2
in any country. Credit has given * to^us an ^
equality of fortune that is . not to, be found^
amongst the same nil mber of people in
ica or elsewhere. Credit has bought o^li^
land, made our .canals, .improved our rivewga
opened our roads, built up our cities, cleajng^fef
our fields, founded our churches, erected ou'O
colleges and schools, and put us into the pos- j
session of as large a share of rational freedom '$
and solid comfort, as has ever fallen to the.
lot of any people. .
If, then, it is the settle*! policy of those who
administer the affairs of the Government of tjje.
Union, to overturn all our previously, well
established system of credit, of finance, aud
of trade, by sinking the 'whole property and
business operations of the country to aspecie^
circulation, why do they not come forward
and show their sincerity by the surrender of
a portion of their, own* jelaries ? Do they
suppose that the people will sit quietly by
and acquiesc^ in seeing their laud reduced to ,
one-fourth of its present value, whilst the
provisions, of the same law will add four-fold
to the vaiiie^of the salaries of our public ser
vants ? Thus giving to our President annu
ally, instead of twenty-five thousand dollars,
(the 'nominal amount he now - receives,)
one hundred thousand dollars, and the other
federal officers," down to the lowest postmas- -
tcr, in the same proportion. Does "not every
person see that, under the prodigal eaptndi
tures now making, a few years* appropriations
will transfer to the pockets of the offiesrs,
agents, contractors, and retainer* of the Gea-^
eral Government, the whole specie capital ef
the United States T Is it not now true, that
our federal officers are growing rich oa the
distresses and embarrassments of those who
support and sustain them 7 and are they not \
at this moment receiving ten per cent, over
and above that paid tO our State officers,
where the law gives equal compensation f ; "
One argument used to'sustain an exclusive
metallic currency is, that itwould give stability ;
and uniformity of prices, prevent overtrading;*
keepdown speculation, and save us from em
barrassments and revulsions in trade. Can this I
be.true? Would not the evils be as likely to '
noplace under a limited, as underan eolarg
ed circ ulation ? To effect these objects, is it
not necessary thait we should have, under the
Control ofa well regulated financial system^ a
Circulation capable of contraction andeipaa*
s ion, so as to meet the wants of the commercial,
[ricultural, and manufacturing interest* of
e country? Would not the sa/ne embar
ments take place under a circulation sunk,
?fl|3o a specie currency by an unnat|iral i
diversion of it from its accustomed channels,
thaSfenow have under a reduudant curren
cy ?i>^ of circulation control
the evi^TOJipjained of? If you make ten
thousand" dollars control -fifty thousand dol
lars' wortfi^of property, by sinking the value
of property and raising ih*> value of money, I
cannot see? how there can be less ovsr-trading^
and greater uniformity in prices in the one .
case than in the other. I repeat, that it is
not the amount of circulation that produces
these'evi Isftfij&tbe i^a1?t of power to control,
and judgement in the application of our '
means, by those who have the management
of our financial system. .
Ml must ^gree that both our commercial
and agriculttursd^ants require a circulation
capable of expansion to-day and contraction
to-morrow. The superabundance of our pro
ductions in Ohio may this yea* require fiveor
ten millions of dollars more, to put them in
to the market, than may be necessary at the ,
next; and one of our sister States may fall
succeeding crop. -^^^^Ictty ofoi
ciai system
one portion of the Union to another, to meet
these fluctuations in trade, is, in my opinion,
the only sure rcmtffft
Different measures have been proposed, to
meet the* demandsugf trade, ^nd'toTegulate
exchanges. Eighteen month's ago it was
positively asserted by the Secretary of the
Treasurvthat this cottld be effected through
the iastruinentality of our State banks, with
gireater advantage to the people than it had
ever theretofore been done* We are now
told that this experiment has entirely failed,
and that there is no other specific than that
of a S u bl?rea2u ry system, under the direc
tion apd control of the Treasury -Depart
mentf' p - > - ?? >
1
GLEi\i\ SPRINGS,
_ Spartanburg District, S.C
ITA^DSOME improvements are in rapid pror
jjUEjgress, and will be ready to accommodate be
tween two and three hundred jierwjns by the first of
July next.
.Persons wishing to- rent cabins-far the accommo
dation of their* own families, mmt apply by the firat
of April; after that time, the first applying will b? 1
entitled to choice in c.ibiri?$' ' V"
JOHN W/ SMIT1I, Sec'ry.
I)ec ,20, 1837. ' j '. -W