Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 13, 1841, Image 2
Company or Augusta," I briefly submit
the following statements, and although
many years have elapsed since the occur
rences and.incidents took place, yet there
were so many circumstances of my lire in
timately counected with-my employment,
as an officerof that company, and the pe
culiar situation in which I stood in its bu
siness, that the transactions, still remain
vivid and fresh in my memory.
On the firft dhy of January, 1818, my
duties as Cashier commenced. A new set
of Books were opened and kept on the
usual plan of books in other Banks. The
officers were then, Wm. E. Barnes, Book
keeper, John T. Lamar, Teller, and my
:selfCashier. The entries on the old books,
as made by Mr. Downie, were transferred
to the new books: the property, as a Capi
tal stock, consisting ofthe Bridge over the
Savannah river; Bridge Row; Bridge
Bank, and lands in S. Carolina.
The tolls collected at the Bridge, were
invariably enteredin the cash account, and
went to the increasi of the means for the
redemption of Bridge Bills. The tolli in
.1818, amounted to more than $18,000.
From the first of January, 1818, up to
the time the Bank stopped payment in
May, 1619, the Bridge Bank promptly re
deemed its bills when presented, by indi
viduals, with gold or silver coin, and when
presented by olficersofother Banks, which
ivas frequently done in large sums, they
were redeemed either in the bills of the
Bank presenting them, or in specie. The
Bridge. Bank at no time, whilst I acted as
Cashier, borrowed money from any Batik
whatever.
I was present on the 21th of May, 1819,
when the Bridgde Batik stopped payment;
the fact was announced by you to a nuin
ber of persons present, demanding IJuY
meat of Bridge Bills. You stated to them
most explicitly, that you had come back
into the concern with all you had, would
tise all your means and personal exertions.
to redeem every dollar of Bridge Bills in
circulation. That the assets of the Bank,
the property of wfiich had been pledged by
the company and your individual proper.
ty, should be applied to the payment of
the bills, dollar for dollar, and you urged
them not to part with their bills at a a sac
rifice, as all-should be paid. The day af
ter the Bank stopped payment you fur
vished me with about $15,000, to pay de
posits, and which was appropriated to that
object by the Teller.
I was in Augusta for several months af
ter the24th of May 1819, and know, that
you devoted your tooney and means to a
considerable amount, in redeeming Bridge
11ills at par.
All the Bridge Bills which were on hand
at the time. the Bank stbped payment,
amounting to about 8175,000, were count
.d and-burnt in my presence, a few days
after the Bank failed,,
Any further inquiries you mny think
irojier to make, shall be cheerfully respon
led to, so far as the subjects have caime to
my knowledge,
Tam respectfully, Your ob't serv't,
WdA.. Y..'HANSELL.
nowenclose his power !of Attorney to Mr.
Wilde, to-transi.r the samo to me; with
his letter-to have Mr, Wilde fill up the
Blanks in the power of Attorney; and I
.hope you will insist on the same being
done. I havo seen both the letter to Mr.
Wilde, and the power of Attorney. It is
all regular, and Mr. Wilde cannot refuse
to do what Mr. Len requires.
-1. heresy authorize you to pay the mon
ey for the judgment, and take the assigna
maent in my name. Tihe same authority,
I have given Mr. Tracy, so that you can
use either, when you pa~y the moiney.
Respectfully yours.
S. C. DUNNING.
David Leion,
John McKinnie & Henry Shultz.
Received Augusta, 3d A pril, 1821, from
Carlos Tracy. the sum of four thousand
one hundred and ninety dollars and sisty -
seven cents.; the same being in full of the
principal, interest, and costs in the above
case, and being paid to me by the said
Carlosi Tracy, as the Attorney or agent of
Mr,- S. C, Dunning, of Savannah. 1 hold
the execution in the said case sublject to the
order of the said S. C. Dunmning, or his
said attorney or agent Carlos Tracy.
. (t$igned) W. LAMKIN, Sheriff.
I am truly astonished, that a communi
ty, should be so depraved anid so dead to,
common sense, as to submit alnost toea to
tal destruction, before they will peaceably
surrender that which they hiave so unjustly
obtained. HIENRtY SHlULTZ.
May 1st, 1841.
ellfisce~aneous.
From the Conmstitutionalist.
MUaDua AND AasoN IN S'r. Lotis.
At St.' Louis, Missouri, on the night of
the 17th of April, the stores of Sommners
& Morrison, and Collins & Petus, were
robbed, two clerks murdered, and the build
ings fired and reduced to ashes, The
store of Ker.net & White was on fire, but
was saved, though their stock was much
injured: and the whole block would have
gone but for the uncommon exertions of
the firemen.
ThDEF ALCATION.
Tefollowing statement we copy from
the New Orleans, Crescent City of 27th
.April:
. .* "The recent appalling' overdrafts at the
State Bank have excited *an in vestigation
at the Bank of Louisianna, by which it is
.found that about $80,000, some say $190,
000, are fouqd missing. The search was
first indaced by.the Cashier, Mr. Lever
ich, when it was found that Mr. Collson,
who is said to have been overdrawn $20,-.
000 at the gite Bank, was the Discount
Clerk at the Batik of Louisiana. We are
not ahleto say if any discrepetncy occurs
ia Mr;;C's books, but it as certain that lhe
and the receiving teller of the Batnk of
Louisiana have absconded. The latter has
pock~ete4 it. is stated, about $80,000, re
ceivedin twodepo~sitcson Friday and Sat
arday.last. One getntlemaun on Friday die
~aositd .30.000, and on Saturday a well
-known firm here deposited $50,00, ueith- b
6r of which sums appiar on the. "scratch- .%
er," 6f thie eceivitt teller, ablid whi h a- 1
lone marks his responsibilty for the diy.- 0
These sums, as a matter of course, were
entered in the bank books of the to depos- t
itors, but appeared only Daunois. Hopes
are entertained of their being taken, but s
we do not learn on what grounds."
In New Orleans, two weeks ago, Mr. I
Thomas Chew, a brother of Mr. ieverly <
Chew, Cashier of the Canal Bank, who
had just art ived from Kentucky, a perfect t
stranger to the city, had been invited to
dine with his "ephew, Mr. C. W. Cam- I
mack. -Not being acquainted with the lo
.callities, he inquired lbr the residence of
his nephew. le applied to three men,
well dressed, who, having ascertained that I
ho had moncy in his pocket; led him thro'
many streetq, until they came into a nar
row alley almost uninhabited, and finding
no one in sight, Mr. Chew was struck on
the back of his head, and he fell dow.
He was then robbed of his money, and the
three scoundrels escaped. This occurred
at about 2 o'clock, afternoon.
in New Orleans, on the 26th of April, a
Tennesseean, named Ferguson, wasswin
died of $1565, which the Picayune says.
were the fruits of years of toil and industry.
Another countryman was swindled. of
$1200.
In Talbot County, Georgia, about the
middle of last mointh, no atrocious mur
der was committed by, it is said, a man -
niamed Murdock. The name of the mur
dered man is Hammond or Ilammock.
We copy the following statement from
the Picayune:
ACCOM1PLISIIED SWINDLING.
A LARGE BUSINESS ON A SMALl. CAPITAL.
One of the most extraordinary cases of
switidling-as ingenious and during as ex
traordinary-which has been fior some
timo developitig itself, is now creating
great excitemeit itt this commttnity. The
exploits of Stith, Hines and King are com
plete eclipsed, and the climax of rascality
has been attained in the present instatice
-the particulars of which we give as fol
lows.
Two mcii, calling themselves Chambers
and Mackey, were some monthi ago resi
ding in this city. They had originally a
capital of about $1,000, out of which they
have managed to raise something more
than $100,000 by means of swindling !
One is said to be a native of New York and
the other a Scotchman, Chambetrs appears
to have been "head devil," and his cun
ning, stand unprecedented in the annals of
crime. lie wias once arrested in Bati
more on behalf of the Charleston banks
for frauds committed on them, and sent to
the Penitentiary, where he served out his
time.
While here Mackey kept an account
with the City and Commercial Banks, de
positing and drawing small sums frequent
ly, and on one occasion he overdrew at the
City Bank for $4000. After this lie kept
out of the w ay for several days, but ho was
ier of the Conimercial Bank, on the sub
jects of fiuance, exchanges, &c. Frot
this bank he obtained two certificates of
deposite-one for $60, he raised to $1,000
which was presented by a man in coinpa
ny with Mackey. The paying teller refu
sed to pay it, sayinig that it was tnt in the
handwriting of the receiving teller, who,
on being-called, at first said it was in his
writing. Mackey, laughing, said to him
-"What deny your own handwriting !
Don't rememrberhtaving givenl me that cer
tifcate the clay of its date 1-Refer to your
books." This~j was done, and the date.
nttmbcr and amount of the certificate
were fotund to agree. The money was
paid and nothing irore then thought.
about it. The genuinie certificate for$1,000
was retained by the villain, and is suppo
sed to have been altered to a much larger
amount and sold.
Mackey afterwards got several other
certificates ft-omt the same bank otn specie
deposites, whlich have all been altered, and
the Cashier is already advised of seven
which were negotiated by the bank. Otie
for $13,000 was sold at Louisville; one
for 13,000 at Cincir-.nati; one at Philadel
phia for $21,000; and one at Newv York
for $23,000, besides others not recollected.
The mail from New York on Saturday
last brought to the address of a commer
cial house in this city a certificate of de
posite purportitng to be No. 422, for $23,
000 specie in the Commercial Bank, which
had been altered, probably, from $123, ~
and sold to a broker in New York. Thist
is the last which has been discovered, but
i is probable many more will yet come to
hand.
Ptursuit has becen made after the swind
lers from Louisville, Cincintnati, Mobile
and this city. .A young Scotchman. who
can idecntify' them, was despatched from r
this city a week bince for Can'ada, where t
it is thought they intend to go. -
e
In Boston, on the 22d1 April, a man a
named Emmous, murdered Charles Reed. ~
Emnmons is in jail.
We copy from the Pennsylvanian of A pril !
28, the following particulars of another ~
swindling occurrence.
"We learn that about a month ago a
man of genteel appearance, calling him
self Thomas Lyle, presented himself at
the Philadelphia Bank wvith a document E
purporting to be a power of attorney, o
signed by the President of the Branch f
Bank of Decatur, Alabmama, and counter- p
singed by the Cashier with the seal of the ft
Bnk attached, constituting him the agenit s
for said Bank, and giving him authority to
settle its account with the Philadelphia
Bank, and to receive the balance due,
The account was accordingly made out,t
exhibiting a halatnce of upwards of three
thousand dollars, for which Lyle called a r
fw days afterwards and received the a
mount.
"No suspicion was excited a t the time,
as the document beret ie seali of the Bank,
and the bearer represented himself as one d
of the Directors.e
"Circumstances, however, have ince ii
occurred which lead the Baok to suppose n
a fratid ha-s been committed. andI the pub- v
ic will dro well, thnrefre, to look ntir for ea
44
Jr. Lyle, who is described io61'.1out,
tell inadd mpan, neerly si dark
ai inclining to gray, and aoi years
f.age. - -
The Portland,- Maine: s contains
lie following:
Torrible.-We learn ro, credible
ource, this morning, thattb gedy
'f blood occured last Weddeug kin..Sum
er, Oxfoid county, wh r. Moses
ut'terfield, hither a highlfpctable
itizen of that towii, murder wife and
wo youngest children, whil'-o eothers or
he family only saved themes by flight.
Mr. B. had previousli w told, had
its of insanity, and this aiial attack
ok the form, it is said, of7. us pren
, and his alleged reason murdering
us family was to savo thed from eternal
uin, at the approachingend;8f ihe world.
lie has been coumittida tft;Rlin Paris.
Forgery.-A checlc'for ale ohandred
lollarson the Union BankofihF'city, da
ed 19th January last, wapr ived from
dlacon on Thursday last. j- Excbange
lealer, which proved to-&2 forgery.
Phe check purports to beldat~rn by our
qIayor,-Jacob F. Minizing iq., in favor
>f Charles Green or bearer".The rogue
losold the paper in Macoi|ubiless ob
ained a handsome: premiuifefor Charles
on funds. Whether this. fo rei was per
ietrated by one of the gang elggod in the
-ecent stupendous frauds i- .the banks
broughout the county, it: isrunknown,
)ut it is fortunate that this,. llaffair was
pronptly dctectcd, as it Wliilu these in
.itutions, as well as individtals, no their
;uard, and prevent furthir h redations of
I similar character.-Chara our.
Frauds in Flour.-Severikof our Mer.
:hants have mentioned the *ati to us, that
rrauds to a considerable extent are prac
;ised in the article offlour. A largo quan
tity of flour brought from thip country to
his market is found to weigfrom eight to
itteen pounds less to the' -bWI than the
legal weighf. Here, 'wherfthe mieans of
wighing are at hand,. the *ttempts at
rraud are easily detected; Ibtin the coun
try, where considerable qut tiies of flour
is sold from the wagons, grdiimpositions,
no doubt, are practiced.
Millers in the up country,4bosend much
flour to market with the.ir tran 'upon the
barrels, and who desire Iojikiuntein a re
putation, should look wl'f to the packing.
Within the last week a scase has been
brought to our notice, and 1he-name of the
miller also furnished, but 4a forbear giv
ing it publicity at presentdreith the hope
that we shall hear of no'more such cases.
-Camden Journal 5th ins4
The adroit rogue whooi successfully
iwindleUl the bank of Kenifeky, and also
the Lafayette Bank of Ciicinnati out of
$13,000 each, -by means offoiged certifi
cates of deposit, has been equally success
rul in New York. Messrs4acob Little &
Co, are the victims to the annount of $3,
X*0.
Mr. Thompson, cashierie Bank of
America, New York, r'ived a letter
bringing in the name of 11, precise
Pennsylvaiian. 7
MITcHEL THE Fonoa.-The Com
nercial of last evening published the fol
owing letter from Montreal in reference
o this scape-grace. Oilier information
*eceived confirms all :hat is said below.
NV. Y. l~zpress.
M~orT aFA,, A pril 21. 1841,
Charles F. Mitchel, the person wvho
ommitted the forgeries in your city and
hiladelphia, is now in this city. He ar
ived en the 9th inst. bearing the name of
ood win antd passess his tima in gambling
nd at a house of ill-fame. He was ar
estedl a few days sine awl taken before
lie police, but succeeded by feeing lawyers
a getting clear. 11 is trunk however was
earched, atnd about $4000 was found in it,
nestfy notes of the Girazrd Bank. H e is
pendinig it very freely. A'stranger called
*t my office this mornmngirith $150, which
e had received from Goodwin, who be
aid had lost it in gamblog~.
It struck me that this lnght be Mlitchel,
ud [ said so to the strautter, who told me
hat hr had been introdwted to Micthel in
few York about three y 'rs ago, and had
flerwards seen him at 3 ffalo, and had
o doubt that this Good n~ was the same
rian. When lie first n him in Men
real lhe told him that he thought he had
een him before but G'oorin (or Mitchel)
enied all acquaintance ~ith him. When
mentioned Mitchell's. tne my infor
iant distinctly recollec that this was
bre same person. I lea moreover that
e told his lawyer be-si member of
longress, and at the ' ice office con
issed that his name wa Mthell.
I have spent the whol, d&y in trying to
are him arrested, but giaout success
)ur authorities say "ThaJnited States
efused to give up persons fho have com- a
litted the most beinoustrimnes in this
auntry, (alluding to Holdss the murder
r) and why should we lreble ourselves d
bout this man ? He is spading his mon
y very freely, which wI do us some
ood.'
The money that he otained by his j
>rgeries might be recovere from by prov- s
ug the debt. He might b arrested on a
civil process, if anthory were given t<
me one here to proceed gainst bim.
A gentleman at the' rhroad depot in Ii
rovidence had his pocketicked of a copy A
I the Neto Testament, ththief probably,
om tts size and form,. ataking it for a a
ockhet book. The gentinan hopes the ti
:llow may learn a usefubasson from the ti
poils which he thus dishiestly obtained.
Rigid Sentence.-At..illshorougb, in
efferson county, Missoupin the 22d uit.,
ro men were convictedf the crime of
hbery with the intent tenurder. One
I theta was sentenced tue penitentiary ta
ir' ninety and the other I forty years!
Uintimely Death.-MA gd old country in
ame of M onbetnge. in. th'ord, wh~o has th
utered her 100th year, hingea few days su
go lost her daughter. ivhtwas not much un
tore than 80, exclaimed ,hile. her eyes tb
ere filled with tears, las! I always co
uid I should never rear tt poor child !" bil
FROM TilE PACIFIC.
By the ship Osage, Capt. Mickle, froin
Valparaiso, letters have been received
from the United States frigate Constitu
tion, dated 27th January, 1841, by which
we have intelligence of interest to many
readers.
The officers and crew are all well, and
since sailing from the United"States only
four of the five hundred composing the
crew of "Old I ronsides" have. been over
taken by death. This fact speaks well
for the climate, well for the internal police
of the ship, and also well for the skill of
her medical officers.
The steamers hav stopped running be
tween Callao and Valpariso, oving to the
coal sent from England by the Company
as an experiment, having disappointed
them in its qualities. The coal of Talea
huana has been tried, but- found almost
twice as expensive as that sent from Eng
land. Mr. Wm. Wheelrighi, the zealous
and active projector of the Pacifie Steam
Navigation Company, has gone to the
southern province of Valdivia in search of
coal, and it is hoped he may be successful.
The U. S. ship St. Louis had sailed for
the Marquesas and Saudwhich Islands,
and the coast of Mexico.
"Two days ago," says a writer on the
27th January, "a French man-of war brig
arrived here from Callao in 16 days bring
ing General Torico, and the news of a
revolution. There has been a slight emuete,
the result of which is, that Gamara is nowo
empowered to make forced loans and raise
as many troops as ie pleases. All the
powers of a dictator have been accorded
to him."-Phil. Nat. Gazeute.
Nrw-YonR. April 30.'
The Steamer President.-A dec per saade
is thrown upon the prevalent anxiety re'
specting the fate of this vessel, by the ar
rival of intelligence that she had not reach
ad Fayal on the'3d instant-being then
twenty three days out. This intelligence
c.omes in a letter to the Boston Post, from
Captain Scott, of the barque Fame, which
vessel put into P'rovincetown (Mass.) on
Monday.
She touched at Fayal on the 3d, and
reft on the4th, and as Captain Scott's let
ter imakes no mention of the President, the
inference is natural that she had not been
seen or heard of at that port. A barque
was seen approaching Boston harbor yes
terday afternoon, when the papers went
to press, supposed to be the Fame. She
may possibly have brought intelligence not
given in her captain's letter.
The steamship seen on the 20th of
March, as mentioned in this paper the 31st.
and again on Tuesday, was most probab
ly the Britannia, which left Boston on the
16th.
Exchange.-Forcign.-There is still a
fair demand for bills on London at76 a 71.
Some Southern bills are offered at 61 a 7.
The President Steamship.-The barqlue
Fame, mentioned in this paper yesterday,
arrived at Boston on Thursday evening,
but brought no intelligence of the President.
The steamship had not been seen or heard
of at Fayal on the 4th, when the Fame
-t-r. ~ V t 1 on -the 2d-a vefs
mercial Advertiser. -
Covrespondence of the North American.
NEw-YaRK, April 30.
The business in foreignt bills has been
very large yesterday and to-day, but -bills
have been plenty, and towards the close
there was rather a flattening in the mar
ket. Some Southern bills sold as low~ as
6 pram. Drawn hills from the South with
city endorsements, 62 a 7, while city draw
ers sold at 7 a 7j. On France thbe sales
were largely at 271, but closing at 288,
Holland 395 a 40.
Cotton is very firm in prices, though the
sales are yet moderate. Some prime Mo
bile and New-Orleans sold this mnorning as
high as 13 cents. Sales of corn at 53 ets.,
weight. Nothing done in rye. Gennes
see flour stands firm.
The Great Western will probably have
93 passetngers. She has 93 now engaged.
United States Bank fell of a little. State
stocks wvent up, which is a good thing for
effect on the other side.
The New-York and the Boston steamers
will have a fair pull for old England. both
of them starting at about the same hour
to-trporrow.
NEw OalEIYs. April 27.
From Teras-We are indebted to the
politeness of Mr. JT. W. Simonde, of the
steam packet New York, for files of the
atest Galveston and Houston papers.
By the latest accounts from Atustin, it
appeared that peace and quietness, with
a slight exception, prevailed on the fron
lers.
It ts expected that there will be a calledi
session of Congress about the fitrst of J une,
o dispose of the loan.
Captain Lewis had left Austin, with
thout one hundred and twenty men, wvith
ome friendly Indiatns for the purpose of
couring the country otn the upper Colora
o, in pursuit of the hostile Indians, sup
osed to be in that vicinity.
On the night of the 12th inst. a small
arty of Indians came down to Webber's
rairie, and carried off a number of hor
ss from that neighborhood.
The Santa Fe expedition is expected,
> leave Austin by the middle of Play.
Mr. Flood, the Charge d'Affaires from
se United States, lias entirely recovered
is health, and was expected to leave
.ustin on the 24th, on a visit to Galveston.
The streets~of Houston wvere represented
a crowded with country wagons, concen- <
ated there to convey merchandize to dis
at parts of the republic.t
The papers notice the death of Cot.I
>hi S. Evans, a native of Orange Coun- I
,New York, in the 27th year of his age.i
is death wasn much regretted.-Bulletin.c
Curious Plant.-There may be seen at fl
r. Chupcin's Soda and Refreshment es
blishment, otn E. Bay, a curious parasi- fi
plant, from Florida, resembling a pine- d
upie in general appearance, and the pal- is
etto somewhat in its leaves, it is called
a "Air Plant," denotin; its power of ti
bhsting oa air alone,.-without earth-it si
ually grows, however, against a wall or a0
a trunk or braneli of a tree. Each plant a
ntains more than'-a quart of water im- p
wrl from the nammnphe. -Cka. Cou... ftl
Johin C. Calhoun.-This disitinuished i
citizen of South Carolina stopped in this I
city a part df Monday last, on his way to
visit his son in larengo county. leD re- I
mained here only until a Steamboat-(thc
Arkansas) was ready to leave, declining
to accept the very pressing invitations of
many of his friends to stay and give his
follow-citizens an opportunity of bearing
him state his views upon the present as
pect of the political world. Mr. Calhoun
looked in good health and good spirits, and
still capable of carrying on the war in de
fence of the old Republican doctrines of
'98 for some years yet.
We understand that he has partly prom
ised to spend a short time in our city on his
return, which will probably be in less than
three weeks. We hope that arrangements
will be made, so that the people of the
country, as well the city, may have the op
portunity of hearing the great questions of
the day discussed by one so welt qualified
to throw light upon every subject that he
touches.--Nontgomery Ala. Adv. April 23.
We have heard that even Whigs, here
in Carolina find Senator Preston's letter to
the Colleton meeting very distasteful. It
'vants manliness. As to a Bank lie ought,
as an intelligent man and conscientious
public, servant, to have made up an opin
ion pro or con, long before this time, and
having made it up, lie ought to have the
independence and frankness to avow it.
ft will not do to tell the people that his con
stitutional principles, depend upon the cir
cumstances of the Extra Session, and thus
surrender himself to the Whig leaders to
place him like a Swiss Soldier, where they
please, when they want to use him. To
deny the right of Instruction is one thing
to assert the right to be a trimmer and
time server is another. The first may be
done creditable hough erringly-the latter
can only be at the sacrifice of self respect
of the people.-Charleston MIercury.
The Albany Argus has the following:
American Prnsoners at Van Dicman's
Land.-While tho public sympathy has
heen demanded for McLood, is it not due
to humanity, tbat the American prisoners
engaged in the Canada incursions in 1838,
and now suffering imprisonment at Van
Dieman's Land, should not be overlooked ?
The Charle3ton MAurcury says: -
The Argus then goes on, half eulogizing
these geperous young New Yorkers, for
whom the temptation of piracy was un
happily too strong. Perhaps it would be
well for the puissant State of New York,
whose fingeraches convulses the Union, to
get rid of her grand quarrel with her loaf
er McLeod, by sending hii to Van Die
man's land to be exchanged for'somo frac
tions of the Botany Bay off shoot of New
York chivalry. They will do to make
Whig members of Congress, and make up
the loss of the lamented Mitchell. Let old
fron Sides be again fitted up for the ac
commodation of Jackasses, and an appro
priate Commodore to effect an exchange
of the animals.
From the Charirston Mercury.
Toll-roll! Toll-de-roll! Roll-de-toll!
Where is the Major Jack Downing?
Ago onhaa~ k Downing.?
We. wattto know his .Dpmuion.n oaqUire
Biddle and the Big Bink.
Come forth Major Jack-toll-roll! roll
de-zoll!
So sings the merry minstrel of the N.-Y.
Herald, "W1here's Major Jack 7" why gone
to Andalusia, making wino with the clus
tering Nicholas, trying the vintage, and
carrolbiag " Sing tantarara! Rogues all !"
Where's the great Regulator ? that giant
that fought the Government, and ruled the
people-that murderer of the Innocents,lest
truth should live-that' adulterous I-erd ?
Like Herod festering on his rotten throne.
Devoured by worms born by his own cor
ruption. Blighted for aye aed " by the I
Justest doom that ever the destroyer yet
destroyed !" Where are its deposites ? No
Jackson has removed them now, and to
another Bank. Those wvho, against the I
Government reclaiming and rescuing its I
owo, were so clamorous to "shut the I
door," have " bared the knife themseLves:"
Biddle & Co. wvere determined that nobo
dy else should hereafter remove deposites
to other Banks--so they have removed
themselves, divided the spoil. sublimated I
the capital,-leaving nothing in the cruci- '
ble but a caput mortuum of rascality.
What is the soul of the Whig party, and
the motive of the Extra Session? The
Whig Administration is a Brokers' Agen- f
cy,-manwuvring to beggar the people to ja
save the speculators. Read this from (
Kendall's Expositor.-Char. Mercury. d
There are now held by corporations aind,
cap~italists in Europe and America, bonds ~
of our States to the amount of about two
hundred millions of dollars. These bonds c
are at an average depreciation of about 25 o
per cent. and there is great danger mhat t
some ofihem will become almost, if not
entirely, worthless. "As they now stand, e
ihey cannot be sold for more thanm one hun- el
tired and fifty millions ofdollars. Now, if ci
his load ofrdebt cant be thrown upon thea
broad shoulders of the American people,a
hese stocks will rise to par at once, and *i
hus fifty millions ofrdollars will be put in- d:
o the pockets of their holders. ht
Reader, be not startled ! We avow to ai
ou our solemn conviction that the special
:all of Congress now proclaimed is a stock
obbing operation.
The American Journal of the Medical fo
Sciences.-Besides many other articles in
he A pril number of this .Tournal, there is
me of much importance by Geo. B. GrafT, C
1. D., of Illinois, on the Milk sickness of
he WVest. Our readers no doubt remem
er seeing various ntotices of the sufferings dc
mnd mortality which this dlisease has caused
a the Western States. It attacks beer- gi
attle, horses, sheep and goats. Cattle may m
e etfected to such a degree as that their se
cabh and milk will produce the disease in at
ian, and yet the cattle themselves mnani
est no unhealthy symptoms. In a severs
egree, the disease in the inferior animalsnt
Sattended with formidable symptoms. i
Dr. Graff has given a full description of Ri
te sufferings as they occur in man; and lie toI
rys, a minute qtuintity of cream, buttter, ya
cheese from the milk of an infected cow,
though without any distingumishting ap- Cc
sarance, ordour, or taste, will develope cd,
ie iease. Thae, ost olnt at fatal be
'rin, it is gctierally Ilbought, is pro'lu c cd
iy eating a few ounces of infected beef.
he cause of the disease in ammals .
inown; it appears to be limited todcii
cribed localities in all the Western Sta
-specially in Illinois. The disea.
ea traced in one locality for nearly
Ired miles, in a vein of variable
3arallel to the Wabash river, in I'
Niot the least important part of Dr. r
assay is a paragraph in which he hers he -
7ollowing testimony to a criminal, and al
nost incredibli;-disregard of human life
iud happiness
"There is a inurderous practice now car
ried on in certain districts, in which the
inhabitants will not themselves consume
he butter and cheesewhen ranufactured;
but with little solitud~for the lives or health
of others, they send it in large quantities to
be sold in cities of the west, particularly
Louisville, Ky., and St. Louis, Aiissour..
Of the truth of this I am well apprized by
actual observation, and I am as certain
that it has often caus * b in those ci
ties, when the medi ndants vie
it as some anomaloAs arm of disease, 'n
suspecting the means by which poison had.
been conveyed among them.-Physicians
of the latter city, having been questioned
particularly on this subject have mentioned
to me a singular and often fatal disease
which appeared in certain families, the ca
ses occurring simultaneously, and all tra
ces of it disappearing suddenly, and which
I cannot doubt were the result of poisoned..
butter or cbeese."-Ball. American.
EDGEFIELD C. H.
TUURSDAY, MAY 13, 1841.
07m The proceedfings of the Cambridge
Agricultural Society, have been receiyed'
and will appear in our next..
0?" Persons sending Marriages to us for
insertion, are informed that no notice will
be taken of them, unless they are accom
panied with the name of some responsible
person. Two have been received,by letter,
through the medium of ile Post Office, the
writer of which, no doubt, intended to
hoax us, but,'as the date of the letter.was
" Lincoln C. H., 'eo., May 8, 1841,' and
the Post mark, " Longmires 6tore, S. C.,
May 9," it betrayed itself. We would ad
vise our fair correspondent, as we presume
from the hand writing, that it came from
one of the fair sex, that when she next un
takes to hoax the Printer, to send the Fee.
(t0 The Court of General Sessions and
Common Pleas,-for Chirleston Distridt,
commenced its spring session of six weeks,
on thd 3rd inst., at Charleston, his Honor
Judgq Earle, presiding.
The following gentlemen were, of'the.
4th inst., elected Directors of the Planters
and Mechanics BankefMouth-Gaiuiia,
Daniel Ravenel, John:Robinson, Joh -
Kirkpatrick, Robert Martin, 4 . Wil
Iington. C. G.-Memmingor,- William.Aik
in, William Bell, Andrew McDowall.
William Rajenel, A. Y. Walton, T. y..
Roger, William Adgor.
At a meeting of the Board o'f Directors,
ield'on the 4th inst., Daniel Ravehel was
lected President.
The Camden Journal of the 5th inst.,
tates: " The annual meeting of the Stock
elders of the Bank of Camden, was held
in Monday last, when the propriety of ac
epting the late net of the Legislature to.
rovide against the suspension of specie
ayment, was again considered, and final
y rejected by a very large vote. The foh
owing namted gentlemen were chosen Di
ectors, for the ensuing year :---W. Mc
Villie, Paul F. Villipigue, W. D, Me
)owall, Johni Workman, W. E. Johnson.
'homas Lang, and Hayman Levy. The
1st three arc new Directors."
The editors of the Washington Globe,
ropose as will be'seen by refcring to our
dvertising columns, to publish an -Extra
itobe, l'or six months, at the price of oae
ollar per copy, end during the extra see
on of Congress, at fifty cents per coipy.
Ve call upon our friendlsof this district to
ame forward and assist in sostaining the
oly Democratic paper, now existing, at
te seat of the General Government, the
litors of which, have been indefatigably
nployed in support of the Democratic e
tuse for a long time; but a ennparralled
't of a Whig Senate, has deprived them.
'a contract, miade previously by that ho
p, by which they will no doubt sostain a
tavy loss. Subscriptions will be received
this office.
Gov. Polk, of Tennessee, has formially
fused to call the Legislature together
r the purpose of electing a United States
anator, arguing that tbe called~ilssion of
3"gress is unnecessary.
The Governor of Illinois, it' is stated, has
cdined calling a special session of the L.
ilature, to provide for the election of
smb'ers of Congress. Iflinois will eon
juently, not be represented if Congres
the extra session.
rhbe .Apalachicola Journal, of the 24th
., states that the Ship Vanacover,s Cat.
hey, was burnt on the nightjgvlous,
he water's edge, while lying. ah~East
ss. She was freighted by Goldsteio &
., bound for llavre. Her-eargoamOUnt
to 1400 hales of Cotton. It had not
inascertaiued heow the fl-e originated.