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Published weeklyly every Saturday morning at $3
per annum if paid in advanco, or $4 if not paid
until the expiration of the year.
Persons subscribing out of the State, are required to
pay in advance.
No subscription received for a leas term than one
year.
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar per
square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for
every continoanco. Those Advertisements that do
not have the number of insertions marked on the
margin will bo published until forbid, and chanmd
accordingly. ,
O" All Letters addrossod to this Office, must bo post
paid.
BOOTS AND SHOES. '
AT the store heretofore occupied by J. Bishop
& Co., the subscriber has opened a large
and extensive assortment of Boots and Shoes, which
were selected particularly for the retail trade from
the most approved manufactories?to wit.
Genllemens fine Calf Boots.
" Waterproof "
*' Stout Calf se wed u
" " " pegged H
" fine " Bootees
" Stout " "
" Fine Shoos and Pumps
44 India Rubber over-shoes
Ladies French and Morocco Slippers
" Gatcr Roots
" Black and White Sattin Slippers
" New style over-shoes
" " 44 Rubber
44 Buckskin and Velvet *
" Seal Slippers and walking shoes
Misses Seal and Prunella walking
" 44 44 Slippers
tl Leather Roots and Shoes
" New style Rubber "
Boys Fine and stout Boots
44 11 ? 44 Bootees
ii it it it Shoes
44 44 Dancing Pumps
Childrens black and colored Prunella Boots
ii ii ii ?? " Shoes
" Seal and Morocoo Boots and 44
44 Leather Boot? and Shoes.
A large stock of Mens stout shoes and brogans
suitable for plantations, and
6000
Pairs of Negro shoes, Camden make, superior- to
any others in the district.
ALSO
Northern and Southern Solo leather, Upper
leather, i rench and Northern Calf skins, Dining
and Binding skins, various colored Morocco skins
for Coach trimming.
Shoe knives, pincers, kit files, punches, awl
blades and hall's, boot webbing, heel ball, shoe
tackr, bristles sparables, peg cutters, sand stones,
jiggers, shoulder sticks, shoe lasts and ull other
articles generally in use wjth shoema .ers?also
every description of imported shoe thread, shoe
blacking and vurntsh
Dry Hides received in exchange.
GEO. ALDEN.
Sept 30 22 tf
ffA DOLLARS REWARD.-AbsconVrded
from the subscriber in Barnwell Dist.
S. C., on tho night of the 15th inst. a negro
man named REUBEN, he also took with him a
dark sorrel Marc about 13 hands high, said mare
has a small star in her face, and has two saddle
maiks on her back.
Reuben is about 25 or 30 years of age, G feet
high, dark complected, speakr quick when spoken
to, and when he left, had on a blue cloth coat, and
a black hat with crape around it. The subscriber
bought said negro from a man who said his name
was JOHN EDWARDS, and that he lived in
about G miles of Camden, he was travelling to
Alabama, and had four slaves in company with bin,
of which Reuben was one, he is also of opinion,
that said boy has by some means came up with his
former master, anil that will endeavor to get
Iiiin out of Che state for the purpose of re-selling
him. Any person taking up said negro, and lodg
iiiir Him in jiiu9 uuu giving iiiiuruiuuuii mrrcui
to me; at Blackvillo I'ost-oftice, Barnwell District,
S. Cm shall receive the above reward.
SAMUEL REED.
Oct. 21 *25 4t*
A CARD.?The suljpcribers having opened a
Taylor and Drapers business 2 doors South
of Holleyinan & Gass' store, on Main-streit, beg
leave to lender their services to the citizens of
Cauidcn and its vicinity, in cutting and making
up cloth in the latest and most fashionable styles.
1 They will receive the New Yoik and Fhiladelphia
fashions quarterly.
They will execute all orders that mny be entrusted
to their care, with neatness and despatch?and
hope by close and unremitting attention to business,
to merit a share of public patronag.
SEVERNS & SMITH.
Camden, S. C. Sep. 23 21 9t
A CARD.?The undersigned having formed
a coparlnetship in the Mercantileliusiness,
would respectfully solicit from their friends and
the public, a share of patronage.
They intend keeping a full assortment of Fancy
and Staple Dry Goods, ot the latest fashions:
a i. s o
Groceries of the choicest kind, all ol which they
will dispose of on the most accommodating terms.
R. L WILSON,
J. L JONES.
Camden, Aug. 30, 1837. 18 tf
Wm. KENEDY U1RCLA1,"
Portrait Painter,
HAS arrived in Camden, and has taken rooms
over Mr. Alex. Young's storo, where he will
be pleased to attend to all orders lie inay bo favored
with.
Specimens of his Painting can be seen at Mr.
Young's Sept. 30 22 4
'/ ||AlLORING.?The undersigned beg leave to
41 inform their friends and the public generally
that they have entered into copartnership in carrying
on the Tailoring business, and by close attention
and a disposition to please, will endeavor to
merit a share of public patronage.
ivt , , M'kONALD&flRASlNGTON.
May f, 1837. M 20, tf
! ggggai^p"?w?????wm
House and lot kor sale. The hou?
and lot now occupied by James Jenkins ai
a store, and formerly by J. D. Lemiere, is offerer
foi sale The terms wilt be accommodating to thr
, purchaser and reasonable in price, which may b<
inore fatly learned by application to
Aug. 12 15 WM. M WILLIE.
Ulnntiiamaking.
MRS. MARY BRON-ON, very respectflill;
informs the Ladies of Camden that she n
now prepared to carry on the Mantuamaking busi<
ness. Her work will be done in the most fashion
able style?and reasonable Charges. Her resi
; dence Is immediately opposite the post-office.
Nov 4 27 _
For Sale, ~
A GOOD PIANO. Apply to
SHANNON, McOEE & Co.
Nov. 4, 27 tf
sjiaic vi 9ouin Carolina.
By his Excellency Pierce M. Duller, Esquire,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
the said State.
WI1EIIEAS, information has been received
by this department that nn attr^cious murder
was committed in the district of York, on the
14th inst., on the bodv of Wm. Nance by a negro
man slave, named Jaclt, the property of George
m/\imy , and that the said negro Jack has fled
from justice.
NOW KNOW YE, to the intent that the said
Jack may be brought to trial for the said? crime ; I
do hereby offer a reward of two hundred dollars
for the apprehension of said Jack and lodging hiin
in any jail of this State. Jack iB about 45 years
old, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches, weighs about 150 or 10C
pounds, complexion yellow black, loves a dram
talks much, and brags greatly of his knowledge ol
Farriery and Wagoning, of which it is said that he
has been driver in almost every Stale south and
west of New York. He was some time ago purchased
by his present owner from a Mr. Waugli
of North Carolina.
~ 0|UlVi- Given under my hand and
SCa' the State at Columbia,
this 24th day of October,
1837.
p M UUTLER.
By the Governor,
B. H. S\xont,
Secretary of State.
Camden, Nov. 4, 27 3t
School.
m*RS. E. S. CLAKKSON will resume het
ITI school on Monday the 6th November.
Oct. 28, 20 2t
BANK BUSINESS.?A. Burr will attend l?
agency hussincHs in either of the Banks, and
refers to W. H. Bowni, Esq. Bishopville., John
Ramsay, Esq. Siimterville. Sept 30 22 tf
ilMtU A 'M1 TS?1???Tl? r..=
JLi pectfnlly informs the citizens of Camden and
its vicinity, that they can have their clothes cut
and inadc in first rate style, by calling on him at
his residence, in Rutledge street, two doors below
\ir. L. W. Ballard's. His terms will be reasonable.
All orders will be thankfully received, and promptly
attended to
JOSEPH CHARLESWORTH.
Oct 28 20 tf
i%j o-riCii. ?The subscriber takes this nittli
XT od of informing the citizens of Lancaster
Dial, that he has re-commenced the Tailoring
Business in all its various branches, on ; am
('reek, near to Shilo Church. He solicits a share
of said business. E. W. BAKER.
Oct 28 26 3t
Plantation lor *alc.
THE Plantation formerly belonging to P. J.
Lucius, sitt ated on the Waleree river and
Grannys quarter creek, containing about twelve
hundred acres, lour hundred of which are cleared.
The above plantation is nine miles from Camden
with a gopd road leading to it.
Persons disposed to purchase are invited to visit
the place.
Also, the corn and fodder that may oe -on the
premises. VV. O .NIX' >N
The Columbia Telescope will please give the
above three insertions and fbrward their account
to this office for payment. Oct. 28 'Jfi
TIlV < opurtnership heretofore existing in this
place, under the firm of MURRAY & BRYANT,
hlS been dissolved by the death of the latter;
All persons having any demands against the said
firm, will please hand them to the subscriber for
adjustment, and those who are indebted to it, are
earnestly requested to make early payments 11
him. JOHN D. MURRAY,
Surviving partner of the firm ol
MURRAY & BRYANT
Oct. 14 24 3m
JOHN D. MURR\Y will continue business on
his own account at the store lately occupied by
vlurray & Bryant.
AN . sin
gle man who can produce testimonials of hit
experience as a good < otton and Provision planter
and manager of Negroes, is wanted to proceed
to Alabama, and take charge of a considerable
planting interest, on the first day of January next
None need apply but tnose who can produce recommendations
of their unexceptionable charactei
and qualificaiions; such a man will have a permanent
and comfortable situation. Apply by Iettei
addrcssedfb R. O. Charleston, will be attended tc
or by application to this office.
Charleston, Oct. 21 25 4t
South Carolina, ?
Lancaster District. $
Robert Phillips and his wife, Susanna, appicant
vs. J,lines Davidson and his wife Elizabeth, lsare
Fortinberry and his wife Tubitha, Mark Mosely am
his wifo Olivea, and Levy Deason, heirs of Edmunt
Dcason, dee'd., Defendants.
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that the abovi
parties, defendants, resides without this State
it is therefore ordered that they do npj>eaT and objec
In lh? fliviiiinn nr anlo ik< ...I
?*' ? ".' ' w.. vi ?uu i vat cBvnio ui AJUUiUll*
Deaaon, on or bafore the first Monday in January
next, or their conset to the same will be enterej o
record. J. H WITHERSPOON, O. L. D.
Nov. 11 28 8t Pr's fee $4 50
** \
9 f^ALLand Winter Fashion*. Just
i Ml received by M'DON AL.D V tJR,*SirsU1
l'ON, from >ew York and Philadelphia,
j J bey are prepared to cxeoote all orders in the
i most f ashionable Style, ami at the shortest possible
notice. M'DvJMAL-D and LsRASIMGTOJN.
Oct 14 24 4t
FOR. Sale, aooo Pair -Negro Shoe*, of a
superior quality, made expressly tor this
i market, which will be sold lower than any of the
kind. Also, a general assortment of Harness,
Saddle*, BridJes, Travelling Trunk*,
4"?N.
B. Repairing done on the shortest notice.?
Apply one aoor below John At Niolon's store, to
s T/NtI ItTanXT O- A TT...|%? ST
jvniioun ot iiudiliN.
Oct. 14 24 7t
COTTON SAW GINS.?The subscriber continues
to manufacture the above article on
. the most approved plan. Old Gins carefully repaired
&c die. Early applications best suit the
interest of the planter and manufacturer.
July 22, 12 tf JOHN WORKMAN.
1^" OT-CE.?Al persons having demands against
Xvl the estate ot Andrew Benson, dee'd. of Lancaster
Dist. S. C., are requested to hand them in,
legally attested, within the time prescribed by law,
and those indebted to said estate, to make | ayinent
to James Benson. JAM'S W. BhNSoN,
and SARAH BENSON,
Nov 4 27 3t* Adm'rs.
Sale of* Lands.
Alex. Ingrem and }
Elizabeth Smith, I Partition of Rout Estato.
VS. f
Jno. Ingrem, et al. J
BY virtue of the decrees of the court of Equity
made in the above; case, 1 will otf?*r for
sale at the store of Thomas Greer in Lm.caster
I 'int., on Thursday the 9th November next, he
following tracts of land belonging to Margaret
Ingrem, dee'd.
One tract containing 2IC acres, situated and
, lying in the District of Lancaster on the road from
| Lancaster lo t^arnuen, ana at the 24 mile poet,
, from the latter place
I Also, one other tract in said district also containing
21G acres adjoining the former, and iinincp
diatelv on the mad below, and at the 23 mile post
, from Can den.
I Also one other tract situated and l ving in Kershaw
Dint, containing 432 acres adjoining the tore(
going, and also on 6nid road, reseiving from sale
5 acres, upon which the church stands.
I Also, one other traci containing 100 acres, and
one of 139 acres, both situated in Kershaw Dist.
' All the feregoing tracts adjoin and form a body
' of land containing 1,103 acres, most of which is
[iroductive and of easy cultivation. The tracts of;
and lying in Kershaw Dist. will be sold with a
warranty, as ordered by the decree of the court of
Equity.
TERMS?A credit of one and two years with
interest from the day of sale, except so much cash
as will pay costs, which w.ll he required tiom one
of the tracts lying in Lancaster L>isi. Itond and
, security. Purchasers to pay for Commissioner's
papeta.
Peisons wishing to purchase, can. at any lime
examine the plats foi a more general descr.ption,
by calling at my office.
J H. W1THERSPOON, Jr.
I Coram'r in Equity L D.
1 Oct. 14 2i 61 Pr a fee $10 50
SOlTli (JAltULlVl,
SUMTER UlsiRlcT.
Summo is in Partition.
Elijah McElveen, Applicant.
V8
yifi^HODA McElveen, Joscnh McElveen, John
McElvccn, Mows McElveen, Eli.ts McElveen,
William McElveen, Susan McElveen, (wid.
ow of Adam wcElveen deceased,) John Frierson,
(widower of Jai.e Mci l\een, decensed;) I-rancis
selson and Eiizaleth s wife, Margaret McElveen
' (now cDonald, having iniermnrried with one
1 McDonald) Rebecca McElveen Samuel MoE.ve *n
1 Andrew J. McElveen?childien of Adam and
Susrin McElveen, to v\it:
Rebecca, Margaret, Mary Ann, John. Robert,
Nancy and Adam. Children of John and Jane
Frierson, to wit:
Ada ine and Joseph, Mason Reams, guardian
| adlitem lor minor heirs of William McElveen, sr.
i deceased, defendants.
IT appearing to my satisfaction,'that John Mci
Elveen, Moses McElveen, Elias Mc Iveen, William
McElveen. Margaret McDonald, and hu-band,
; Daniel A.cElv?en, James M Elveenand wife, and
all others (if any of the legal heirs and represents
tiveB of William McElveen, sr deceased.) dele dnnts,
resides Without the limits of this st te, it is
therefore ordered lhai they do appear nd object to
, the division or sale of the real estate of William
McElveen, sr. on or before the fourt. d. y of December
next or their consent will he entered of
i record. WILLIAM LEWIS, o. s. D.
, < >ct. 7 23 8 #'J
A fine Plantation for sale.?The
subscriber having purchased lands in the West,
offers for sale his plantation lying on West side of
i Wateree river, containing five hundred acres, two
hundred of which, at thic* time has a crop on it
f Any person wishing to purchase, is requested to
call and examine the premises.
Also, my house at Kiritwond, which is large,
t with ail necessary out buildings, in good repair, a
good spring within the enclosure.
Nov. 4. 27 4t JOHN WHITAKER.
PIANO iOli'1'L.iS i UN ED ?it. ivt\Jr-.ibTEtt.
brjther to the late < . P. Sakrneister,
' Patent Piano Forte Maket, of N. Y.. offers his ser'
vices to the citizens ot Camden, for Tuning an l
' Repairing their Pianos. In consideration ot his long
' experience in that line, he tlalters himself to satisfy
every one, who will please to send his address to Mr.
" M'Kain's Hotel.
1 N. B?Persons wishing to have their Tiano Fortes
' in good order, may send their address soon, on account
r of my staying only for a short time.
> Nov. 11 28 It
FOR SALE?The subscriber's bouse and lot
in the town of Camden, situate on the
East side of Broad street, opposite Col. John
Carter's. If not previously disposed of, it will be
, sold before the Court House in Camden, at public.
I sale, on Monday, the 1st January next, on a credit
I of twelve months.
1 Also, on the 20th December next, on the pre
mises, his plantation known as Jourden's Hill, on
b the east side of the Wateree, about ten miles
, above Camden, the tract contains upwards of 20<?
i !>? of nrinin unland. 130 of hip. Ii in Hparprl
J under good fence, with all necessary fixtures in
p good repair. The property can be seen and treated
f for at private sale, at any time previous to the
above time, on application to
Nor. 11 pi tf J. J. MJCKLfi.
'
Miscellaneous.
, TRICKS OF TRADE.
The New York Journal of Commerei
contains a report 01 a case in the Cornmoi
Pleas of thul city?Silk anil Aairon vs
Adolphus?in the course of which there
was testimony adduced*by defendant as t<
j the usage of certain flash auctions, which
is quite of an edifying character; and i!
it shall not serve as '? a caution" to pur<
chasers, it must be their own fault. Thr
action was brought to recover a balance
due on goods bought hy the defendant ai
auction. He hud bought a great bargain
of a pretty little box, filled with jewellery
and other small articles, at so much per
article; and, after paying a part of the
demand, was " shocked" at the number
of odds and ends, small brass rings, etc.
which the box was found to contain, and
refused to abide by his bargain,
j Among other witnesses called hy tin*
defendant was a man named Covler Janny,
who exposed the man icr in which
mock auctions arc carried on in so candid
and good humored a way. as to create
considerable laughter, llis evidence was
as follows.
Q. Have you ever been employed as an
auctioneer ?
A Yes. During fifteen y?-ars, I was
employed as auctioneer by different houses.
Q. Do you know of such things as
shave lots ?
A. Y?s. A shave lot generally consists
of a nice looking little h >x tilled
with a variety of articles, having at the
top a few articles of value, and in the
Imjuoui a lar^% number of smfrtl articles
worth little or nothing, and so minute in
size that they can scarcely be perceived
until all the things are turned out of the
{ box All the articles in 'he box are sold
i?it so much each article, and when a person
bitls for them, and the box is knocked
down to him, he is then asked to give a
deposite, and alter he has paid it, the articles
are then ail turned out of the box,
and the purchaser sometimes looks a lit;
tie astonished.
Q. Are there many of such boxes sold
at an auction during one day ?
A. Not often. If we can really sell
one shave box in the day, it pa> s all the
'? xpenses.
Q,. Wnut do you mean by the words
1 HKALLY sell ?
A, It often happens that we sell ?lie
same box five or ?ix different times in the
same day, to Funks.
a. What are Funks?
A. Puffers emptor ed to hid against real
bidders, in order to raise the price.
Q. To what intent do these puffers
Lid!
A. Why, until I can catch any other
chap bidding ; then as quick as I can, I
knock it down to him.
Cross-examined.? Q. Do you think that
an honest way of doing business?
A. No--that was the reason I quit it.
Q,. But were yi.il not 15 years at it be
fore your conscience became too tender to
hear it any longer f
A. Yes but there was not an auction
every day. I often refused to sell shave
lots.
By a juror. Q. Will you report bow
those shave lots were put up?
A. Yes, I'll tell you exactly. There
were a great number of small articles, less
than the top of your linger, and worth
little or nothing, placed in the bottom of
the box ; then there was a few silver articles
put in the top, and sold at so much
each article, and the bidder was told there
were 150 articles in the b<?x ; and as soon
?? lie purchased them and paid part ol the
m<?ney, then the articles were all reckoned,
and made to amount to BOO articles. ;
Q. What used you to do on such occasions
?
A. Why, I told the best story f could,
is in duty hound. I was considered a
pretty smart fellow that way, and was,
therefore, always employed.
Q, Dili persons ever buy in their own
i>oods at these auctions?
A. Sometimes the goods were sent tQ
the auctioneer with an invoice; and if the
owner wisne<) to protect them, (from being
sold too cheap,) he might do so; but we
lalway- charged him the fees.
Q,. You have said y<?u have often sold
the same article several times over. Explain
that.
A. If, for instance, I had a single watch
to sell, and could not get a single bidder
for it, some of the Funks bid for it, and
I knock it down, and then take it up again
as if u was another watch, pretending that
I had a large number of them, and knock
it down to a second Funk ; and then another
of the Funks says, ''that watch is not
dear, I'll take another of them," although
he knows that there is not any other one.
Another Funk then says, ' Come, I'll
lake two of them at th. same price," until
perhaps soine stranger thinks the watches
ire going very cheap, and asks the opinion
of one of the Funks, who tells him
" there never was such a bargain," and
the stranger says, "I'll take one.of the
watches;" and then the only "ttlic which
I was for sale is given to him ; and if aoy
other person should then say, " JTU take
i
???r 2
5? another of the watches/' I tell him I antk'
very sorry that he did not speak in tfcne#
for the watches are all sold. ***.
Q. Have you known any thing of tlkU
? sort to have been done in the plaintiff's >
1 store ? ? 1
A. I know nothing about the plaintiff*
The witness here looked archly at the
1 box of trinkets which the defendant had.
1 purchased from the plaintiffs, which had
T been brought into Court, and was then
i lying on a table near where the witness j *
' was standing?
But that box reminds roe strongly of
1 old times. J
1 ; jfr
From the Edgefield Advertiser* .M
WILD BILL. i
Mr. Editor.?A fact which baa acme
j to my knowledge in exploring the. West, ^
i may not be uninteresting'to your reader#. If
Some seven or eight years since a hunts* gp )
man, whose name I have not learnt, Ten* -<
lured further *into the great Mississippi , 1
Swamp than usual, when he discovered 3
the mark of barefoot human tracks ; aware ;
thai this dismal wilderness had not before *
been explored by the citizens, he was ' M&fl
induced to the belief that he was near gjgsj'
{the hiding place ?f some deserter, or
runaway servant, and returning and mak* -18
jing known his discovery, joined.bv seve- t
ral of his neighbors, who, with the ut- ^
most c-'utiun. approached the silent re- ?
| treat, when to their astonishment and
consternation, they boheld a being of tfte
wilderness in human form, clothed in
i nature's garb?hair effectually adopted to
,111c blasts and chills of his gloomy home, <
'not quite so long, though resembling the
I rown boar of the West. This unnatural
being, with searching eye, instantly discovi
r.d hts pursuers, and hounding over
rifts and through swamps, with the fa*
cility and ease of a young buck, bid ^jj
defiance both to doge and rtieu, until it
! reached a hiding place at some distance,
ben alb one of the many mounds that
atiract the traveller's attention in the
alluvial regions of the West. The Cave
showed some marks of man, but for the
knutcl iigc would not have been suspecI
led other than the hermitage of some
. muss oi tlie lorest. Desirous of procuj
ring the object of their pursuit unhurt*
\vi Iv much difficulty, unit not un*il many
slight wounds had been received, they .
sut cerced in securing him. lie fought
with the courage of a Tiger* but knew
| the use of no w eapon other than those of
nature, and uith >ugh as wild as the deer,
. proved t<- he a lad of about sixteen years*
Great anxiety was, from various and competent
sources* manifested ill reducing to
civilization this most perlect child of the
j woods. if e was carried to WoodvilJe,
I M ississippi, where he soon became do*
t inesiicaled and exhibited marked evidences
ot speech, first us the Parrot or an
Automaton, and occasionally, as if showing
the impulses of reason, would appear -Jj
under the influence of some hidden or 1
latent spi ii g; rationality giadnally develop.
d itselt as it from a long slumber*'
When susceptible of interrogation* the
natural inquiries suggested were, who he
was ? where lie came from ? what his
i name, and the myste imps circumstances
which had placed him in the awlul dilemn; J
j as well as the manner in which he had \
I sustained hinis. If among the bear and <
| other ravenous boasts. From the best
int. rpn tation of his answers, it appeared
that liis name was Bill,?his father's J
Broun; who was rowing his mother and
a younger brother down the Mississippi,
! about eight years previous in a small ]
1 craft, a..d from some unknown cause,
j killctl and threw overboard their mother, *
! and then deposited Bill with his younger
I hi otlu r on the bank; the latter shortly
.died, leaving Bill in this forlorn and desolate
situation, who from the ffnpulse ot
1 hunger penetrated the adjacent swamps, j
| the theatre of his future destiny?Bill's
lirst* food was frogs and tadpoles, but as 4
bis capacities became more congenial to
his necessities, iho flesh of opossum
! was adopted; one seldom escaped when
discovered; raccoons were occasionally T ^
I taken. He was also particularly fond of
lizzurds, and for months after taken, disi
- -
played the utmost activity in catching
them which he ate alive. A.t the sight
of a lizzard all the anx ety of a cat poun1
cing on a mouse was strikingly pictured.
Bill *aid that the bear, wolves, panthers 1
and other animals frequently came neat* 'j
him, yet avoided with caution, too near
i an approach to an object so like them- .1
selves. The best and most efficient moans ."|
of civilization proved inefficient; he was
taught to drive a wagon, plough and uso <
an axe, though his indolence exhausted I
all patience of his tutors. The first *
manifestation of the social feelings was
towards the female sex, whose presonce
acted like magic; his next reading attrac- J
lion was that of spirits; he became dissi- . j
paled. Bill is now a living monument of ,1
the natural and innalo depravity of man* \
the depths of which n:c beyond the reach J
of mortal muo, the philosopher*, phre- "?
noh'gisls and modern sages notwithsitand- *3
tag. The foregoing facts are currerit and
can be substantially authenticated by Ugp 'J
leading citizens of Woodvijle, Mississippi, *^0
and several of Louisiana. *1
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