Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, August 25, 1817, Image 2
From the Utica ?uJ Patrol.
- -EXECUTION CXF TUhlh
On Friday- last ptysuant to the
sentence of the law, the punishment
of death was inflicted on Jubn Tu
bty who at the Ian Court of Oyer
and'Terminer, was convicted of the
murder of his Brother. ? The me
lanchol'jr duty ot executing that sen
tence vya? ?performed by Appollos
Cooper, E q. sheriff of this county,
wkh^ mingled dignity and>fee1incj;. ? q
1 he prisoner was taken from the
goal in y?httesbotough, dressed in
white, and conveyed in a cart to the
? place near the village of Utica,
signed for thcfxtrurioni 1 hrshr
riff was accompanied by xlii^ depti
ClCft and a tiuop of cavalry feortirnand
r cii by Capt Camp. .The proces
sion was formed ik W htte^opough^
and including the spectators, was
very . long.. Near the line of Utica,
it , was joined by i company of itr^
famry under the orders of Captain
Smith, and pV-bcecded sfowly thro*
Utica, attended by a band of music,
? >? ' ' V s A a * ^ ^ * "
playing a dead march, to the gallows.
After a very appropriate prayer by
the Revd, Mr. Coe, of New-Hart
lord, and at about halt after one
o'clock, the:exec4jtion wis perfofrh
td. The bod v hung somdKng
jftore than half an boor, and was
then cut down and delivered to some
^.^ftSihe friends of the deceased, to be.
carried to Brothertown for luter
Of the' mind of tjjte prisoner it is
"ad'fficult t<? give any Satisfactory atr
?Sik>unt, reports concerning it are so
inconsistent^ After his
condtmnauoh he wds in soroe mea
sure, attentive to Hisj#A|ation. tho*
"he seems to have cherished the hope
that he should be reprieved. The
sheriff informed him, as soon as the
fact *ras ascertained, that ihefe was
no hope of it, and that he mOst ex
pect to suffer the punishinent award
' the crime of which he bad been
nd guilty. After receiving
that information he seemed inore
afflicted and more concerned about
' his future welfare. - He had many
visits from clergymen atnd other re
ligious person, which .*ere fafe*
proved to give mm instruction re
lative to, the doctrines of th*gos~
pel and the necessity of repentance,
. {What effect? these :0 riendly, efforts
aftt^ wiA; what ternj
safffohe left the world, it is impos
sible tq-say. For^rnt tinie after
his ?pi^?mnatton, - he manifested
a malignant and rcvengful disposi
itioAiiAo^a^ds .thosrf . w?, testified
ug^inst him For some of the la? t
days of his life, his feeling towards
them appeared to be different.
Hie seemed not to harbor 3ny ha
tF^d or, desire of revenge. A*W
he was taken from the prison and
dressed (or execution, he requested
permission to see his fellow prison
ers, Sod took a very affectionate and
imere&tihg leavr of them. He was
very deeply affected, and manifested
the Most keen' and poignant feel
ings. A clergyman 'fend some - of
his fi iendstbcfe in the cart with him,
and the opportunity was improvfcd
? for religious conversation. He
Said very littte, became JUore tran
quil a" he approached the scene of
with steadiness. He was indulged
by the sheriff with a chair clurtng
the religious services, after which
he rose and stood with consider
able firmness and composure.
The sheriff informed him that he
might still live till near two o'clock
if he desired it, and aked him if
he felt ready. He replied that hfc
was probably as ready as he should
be and did not wihh the execution
deferred. Me never denied that he
killed his brother, but said some
things stated in the testimoi.y on
hi> trial were not exactly true.
The la t words he uticjed (ex
cept answer* to a few questions)
v-vie to implore die Lord 44 to have
mercy on my soui."
A a are of the exigence of an ex
r?sMve desire to witness the scene,
the sheriff in J judiciously selected
the spacious, open ground back of
the village of Uiica for the execu
tion. 1 here was no attempt to pre
vent the enforcement of the law,
nor to do any tiling but merely to
sire the prisoner and \vitness theex
ecuriort ; yet the military farce had
repeatedly to make ? very uigorous
exertions ro prevent the rpada from
being thronged as the procession
passed, and to keep the people
from crowding upon ? the gallows.
A large proportion of the mulitude
were females, many of whom Were
at the place of execution by eight
or nine o'clock, remote from .any
btiilding, without shelter ' or i any
? thing to defend them from the ex
cessive heat, and there ? remained,
scorching in the sun for six- hours,
; rather than relinquish the design,
or to be deprived of the opporru^
**ity (&hall we say pleasure- and
gratification) of seeing^ >r^fc|fcd i
tnalefactor sent with violence ancl
igftoroiny, to eternity. I \
Some estimate may be fortned,
of the number that attendedthe <
ecutfehi from the fact, that in re.-,
turning 615 waggons and odier
carriages, all full, passed one road
from Uticato Whitesborough, be
fore six o'clock, and also, that in
three r hours, * (between four and
seven(there passed through- J^ew
Hartford, five thousand and forty
, four persons. All the other roads
appeared * to be equally crowded, '
though no attempt, that mc have
heard of, was made to cdunc those
who passed. Taking these
fU data, the wfcolc number 96?^
not have been less than fifteen
thousand, and those who formed
their opinions from a view 6T tfv
multitude on the ground, believed
pe number to have exceeded this
Estimation. ?
[ , ^ * ? "r
Melancholy and fatal occurrence*
, Ashore time since,
n a than Whjtaker,- and hv^wife tfncJ
grand child, all of'S&fF vd iuCon
nccdcut, wjcre descending a hill m
a one horse wagg'op. From sowV:
lu^hown cause^lie i^e became,
rffrigfitt&i and tkri With v violence;
Ail three were thrown from the
wag?',n- Mrs. Whitakrr wa? (Udnd
en a sharp atone which had piented
T?Ht|lde, and hail broken two or
.three of, her fibs. She was rtsino.
h?use ?? t!ie vi'cimty and,
dttd in about two hours, i'he
child expired the n^xt morning, af
ter having passed the night in ex
jflR*#*. Cai)C- Whitaker
wdii found at a short distant from
the Others, hi* face. fliangM in" a
shocking rtiaririer? *h? was light
lest and lensekss. He was Remo
ved to a neighboring house,' fchefc
he"femained in the fame i.ituartoflR
about ten days- He then reiovi'r
ed his senses in a considerable de
gree?could open-hfcurycs, but dis
cern no light. He is row recruits
ing sJbwly, but can give no accoonr
of his misfortune.
From the.Lferpttl ^ j iy*.y 31.
Methodist Mitsion.?-Yestef^iy,
at a o'clock in the ate moon, a very
jTspcctabfe meeting Wa4 held in
Brunswick Chapel, London' road,
For the purpose of forming a socie
ty to i up port the Methodist Missiim
for'ttie" West Indie*, Canada* Nova
Scotio, Newfoundland, .Sierra Le
one, the Cape 6( Good Vbpc. Or
Ion, Benfcal, MaiHriss, Thc^
Rev. J. Reece, President of the ,
late Conference, in the chrfir.-~-At
this meetkig a society was formed,
and a liberal subscription entered
into, in aid of the missionary fund.
A number of Gentlemen addressed
the meeting, and explained the na
ture and objects of the institution.
Force of 1 Libit / ? It is said of a .
Rath physician, rh.it he would not
prescribe, even for himself, with
out a fee ; and therefore when un
well, he took a guinea out of one
pocket, and | ut it into ?ric other.
Hints to IViycs and Bad Hi: 5 bands.
'?The purity of the motives conMi ules
: the value oi the action."
iV good woman, who lived in
hacfe&rickt>1 husband. He
very frrqupgtjjr* .came home from -
the cavern flfifcfat eight, m a state of
inroxication,vgtjrjpg her much trou
~ble B"y his unreasonable requirc
One night his pot companions
were expatiating on die t mo its and
faults of their .wives ? alHiaJ
much fault to find, except the hus
L band of the good woman... ..-K
candid to give her a good char:
?nd abqye.all that she
him; let him require the'inost vm
rrasonablg thing imaginable. To
prove this, he would lay them five
gallons of beer that if they would ?
go home with him, though it was
'rj>ast twelve o'clock at night, she'
I would w ith his biJdi ng, r Uejaiyi
cook agood sUppei for therewith
F out j grumblings or even a sulky 1
look. : The proposal was accepted, '
and considered as fine sport. .
, ? *jfr . ' I
_ r When they c$me into, the house,
he told her she must rise $nd copk
a supper for him and his fivt friends. 1
This she did as he had stated, wjth
as prjch despatch and cheerfulness,^
as.il it had been a pleading fca&k.?
.They were all much surprized, $s
well they .mi^1irv, 10 see h^r conduct,
and to very different from what they *
would have been treated if they had
clone so at their own homes.
w'- ?? v> v i<- ? ' "j'rt^T.ir - f> y
y While they were thus regaling
themselves, though at the expanse
of the good woman's rest and com
fort} ^ey ventured to ask her how
it jtr*b jshc . coqpplkfd with l|er htis
! bands requirements, at so late an
I hmir) Without murmuring ? ' forlr
tb^. .Hid; done so they sh^uk} have
had their heads weH ^pmed, and
gon? to bed supperless !? *She re
piicvi, \vi(h inildness and seriousness,
that io hcttfof was painful but she
was desiioiis of making her husband
comfortable as ii was in her powr
er, while Itfty lived in i&s world,
Cot she *aV Vvcil. convinced, from
IhW manner of living, he would be
miserable in the wcrld 1c ftme Ar**
/this ^ns.wer surprized them as much
a$ her amiable cojffmfct. Though
his worthy friends won iher wager>
they los,t toeir mirth, and returned
to thtir h^mss, at lea&t, for once,
with some -iHpiight#. But
Pthe word was ble(>i.cd t5 hrr hus
band, Arid &c received the fruit* of
her " labours of love," in his v??l
reformation. As he was thereby
fed to stick for that happiness on
'^ ^ppndcd in tbk world
to come, JMgH
I *' t \ fnoiAMA, Pen May 9,
f?i i,EJttraordina>j.-^A cow of ttfr.
D. Sample, who fives near this bo
rough, had a calf a few days since,
| witfwW heads if our eyes , ibfH ears,
nut legs, ( f but- before and two be
hind) and iwo tails. It is now liy*
ingrV ? '% : Su :
HIGHLAND CHlEKTAIN'S FUNERAl.
Invrmeta. $>iay 26r 1 he Chtsholm's
(Mr. Chrholm, of t^tmbolm) funeral,
which look plate 6rt the 16th itisu was
Conducted wrtn a degife of splendor, Which
rivalled (foe usages of nifctent time* in the
U?*i ??( homage and leaped to the*
remains of dtceast?i chief*. Invitations
Were very general throughout Inverness
and the neighboring coutfties, and nearly
340 guests sat down to a sumptttOus en*
terunnment provided at Beauly. Upward*
of 100 dozen, ct claret were drank on this
occasion I the com mynafty f of whith a
ver j large assembly w ?Ve in attendance,
had not been forgotten? bread and clieese
?ft ample abundance, and 20 inkers of
whWfc?f , were dislrtbuted among them?*
anil they maite so very free, that a man
' and two women died of the effect oi in
toxicftion. Many battles with sticks and
fists, and stones were (bright, and many
ciacked crowns were given and received?
but beyond the foregoing melanchdy cir
cumstance^ no furthet fatal effects ensued.
Various depredations, howevet, were com*
mitted and among others, some of the ri?
tfers discovered nr.rf morning, thfet tliey
had come home witnout their saddle-flaps,
the well dressed leather of Which it had
bern discovered, would make, superior
broy;ue soals.
Tetc*ci#r%
H.Ut
DISTRESS IN' EUR011
Letters from respect ble private
vidua;s residing on the Coitnuuu jf I
? ape, reprt scut Ibe U?siie*s tmton^
peasantry of France* luiy and S^i'^r.
land, a? pievailing to an extent uiirq lulled
at any former period. Added to the ^ic it
and unusual scarcity ?4 provisions, the
i.trqutiii dtub^ndtn^ of the military corps
was thi owing thousand* of person* upon
*ncn?ty who wgrg entirely diMUuti uf itic"
means of mi honorable subsistence. M
ny brave men, win* had borne arms for
their country, and shown wi?h a brilliant
lustre on the ficUl ol ^lory ; in despair, haJ
-either pal mi end to intir o w n lives, or
sought a precarious livelihood by uniting
themselves with some of the desperate
bands of assassins that infest the g|<ai
h^hways of Italy and Switzerland. Not*
L ^ ^ Hiding the humane efluria of the res
Ujrinqcnts, numbers of the p?'.?e
l4?*y,wuli hunger. In some div
ttxu, j-hm
othei&? ilieijjr
the extreme* :>v
v Petersburg Intelligence/.
Mitcriea if frchnd.-m An Irish Gentle
man in writingto life friendio ttils cuy?
says, * We have had tettersfrom Uerry
to the lOih of. May* and have seen sever
xal passengers, >( fcoth concur in descri
bing the miserable condition of unfortunate
Ireland. ?vJ?rovision$ are, not *o very dear
as they have- be|ti fn^ former times, but
there is aintt8P5| total ^ant of money^
fhe nun Who should .receive lOOOi. a
year with difficulty can obtain 100/.; and be
who should receive 100*. can scarcely get
f1 1 W. Thousands of families _. are coniinu*
ally wandering from .village to village J n
search of food ; and those tarmfcrs who
lived in pomfqrt,4)*te, been reduced to
thort CQmtfion*% tuid^canitot c\df chore than
g i v e a single potato* to Ofceh beggiug fa*
mily or tbey would be reduced to beggary
themselves. Notwithstanding this . e*r
irtmc distress, Government is very un>
willing to permit emigration to. America,
and none can now come but.vhosc who can
ps^ten guineas for thefcpQgitpe. None
therefore can copte, but what triay j* cal>
led the better, sort of the middling class.'* '
RaUigh(K C ) Ucgirttr.
wretch^Dnes^6P fr/cnqe,
The following deplorable picttKe of the
state of France, is from the pen of a gen- ?
tie man weil known in the tiithed States,
Land whose virtues are not test distinguish* i
ed tW? his talents Aurora.
? " THe death of Of, Mnhlgnhmft. Mr.
HamUtooi Mr* Wrifouand Mr. Barton,
are indeed deep wounds to science, pai li*
cularly the latter. But, my dear sir, our
fine country is at pieat{S??;jfevirerf tojlttl
great firlnvfdc* of UfUimc^ and In Suth a ,
miserable situation that very little can be
spared for mere existence, while Franca
at the same time' labors underlie great*
est scarcity ; thousands and thousand! *re
forced to eat grass stuT roots procured by
d^lng .the fields and woods ; women
and children aire (ouncL'ffcftd from
fioni want of food ; such is bur miserable
situation, and Switzerland and Savoy am
not bttUsr,"
t ?- . >w it--. ^ n ? ? y. . >? ? - ?
V ? .
On Thursday cventavg IM, Mr*.
Bare l Milbmk*. ? of Bethlehem.
Mr. VV.Uer MUb.nk,, w.? .afcly <WW
Sf?5rt35?JS^
JS5"& i*?&' jji*V ??
:ntccniH in every work of thy hand,
.iruit of thy body, and the fruit of
I thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land for
r good.? *flbdny Gazette.
An old gentleman of the name of GouI%,
lately married a girl scarcely nineteen
year* of age? 'After the wedding tlp^E*
vrnilv bridegroom add retted to hie friend
Dr. G' ?? 1 the following couplet to inform
Ljtim of the happy ivcat L^' ?'/
44 So you see, my dtaf fity (ho4 eightf'
years wit
A girl of nineteen faU'ift lore with old '
Qoti/d." j -
T 6 which the Doctor replied ?
, M A girl of nineteen may love GOULD,
?f% w true /
tff1 But believe w*e,~ dear sir, It tt QM
without u/' 4 ?( V' i.
i -? ? ?* ?? v ^ ?
Baltimore, Jugunt 5.
H&BVXftT ?W fttltf tYfif'AplA.
A correspondent of a Philadelphia pa
per s?y?,
<* f hare jn*t returned from a long tony
through PennsylfMrta, and I can truly xay
- 1 never uw such crop* of Wteif, ryyaod
- oats, or ? greater prospect for bockvflieaU
The Indian com* except in a few solitary
instances, looks delightful, and the pro*
peels tfne.'*
V> * - '
Lexington ) Ky . July 22.
AUTVL OCCUaRtNCK.
On Sunday Itfct two respectable lidleA
Were kilted by lightning in the Presbyte
rian meeting hiaise In this town ? Mrs.
Jane Hieunor At'CuSaugh and Mrs. Jane
JLucket* , This tiulp *ftiicting dispensation
of Providence happened during divine
worship : the scene of distress and con
fusion among the congregation ct n scc??
ly be .