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Salisbury
1ft
We are authorised td announce JAMES Ik KERR,
a9 a candidate Tor ihiej County Court Clerkship of Rowan.
We are authorised! to announce JOHN II. HARDIE;
M a candidate for thcj County Court Clerkship of Rowan.
We- are authorized to. announce JOHN' 8. JOHN
STON as a cdiididaie for Ihe Superior Court Clerkship
;f Rowan. i -"r - - - '
We are autliionze to announce OBADIAH WOOD;
cjOS, cartJidati for the office- of. Superior Court
i CWk of Rowan; couhty. j v t " . "
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'OIJ CONGRESS,
DANIEL IM.; BARR1NGER.
in- JWvLV4v TUTTLE, iVo. 38 inZuim
Sreff, Merchants Srchange, are our $oU Agents in the
Citf AW l"i,i?r rtceitingJubscription and Ad-
LAND
to be
There sefcras to be a little quarrel going
on, out irCMssi
Dn Wr. tf win, aj land speculjitori aricl
a corrppodent bfber" Tfue Democrat
a weekly newspaper, publistcdJbyOvC.
)easet a Paulding, pi the coiirsef whichi
Col Co A ales Fisher? name is lugged iri.
Mr. Fisher! it is) knolvn here, has had busi
ness out in fMississippiTthaf has required
his attention aoh a great part oft bis time
for the last ten years : and there are but
very fewj" persons in
quainted itlitte
4
this District at all ac-
quainte
nature of. that business
or its extent. jvNow we publish as much
of the aitarrel "referred tor.asis in oiirnosC
session, in order that all our readers mav
learn something about the. whole matter,
and" cspecaliyTMr.r., FisiiER cbnnectiou
with it. ! kVe f have garbled no statement,
tut have ven jthem all as we found them
in the ppp r'efjerred ' to, which is ! dated
jane 4i)iu,i icfija.vve nave aone tms in
order that
injustice;
or assertio
w may, not Tje ; charged with
If Uhjere s any false statement
made, (and we know of none,)
and it afreets; Mr. Fisher, we1 are not to
blame for.
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CHOCTAW CLAIMS
Extract tromhtferifi
liegtsteA at CJtpcchuma, Mississii)pi , to
(the Qommissiojicr of the General Land
Office;
May ith, 1835.
1 -f '
misht
aiso
state that this delay of
bringing tHe public lands in the Choctaw
purchase'ihto 'market' is the i hot bed ' that
will bring forth thousands of fraudulent
claims uprjfr jthe treaty ;' and yoii need
not be surprised if i(.docs not forever su-
,perede,arj6ther public sale by sweeping
oft' some six or? seven hundred sections of
the choice it lahIs7 b claipniil coined to suit
the times, li: -i J-jj-- 3,-"i-I--, ' '
These c ain.s (Choctaw) are not just.
Congress I as failed to act on the subject,
as was expecte I i and' there' is no" good
reason wby the Government shbuldFnot
have the dispcisal of her domain until their
claims arej susia iried! by an actlpfCotf
gress; f Theyliiro liejd by speculators, arid
not by. Indians ; have been purchased at
reduced plrices j arid the" assignees were,
at the last pessob of Congress, lobby nam;
ucrs m wasninston.
' - These lands are : Worth Hftv times as
r much as the lands the Indians pretendedly
iactuaUy) liye.d upon. 1 hose that had set
tlements Yfend they are not one in a hun
dred) livedj on tery poor land ; and, if a
strict exaipiriatiori was had, the yery same
lands, or landsbfja similar quality, could be
had in their! iniEmediate vicinity,and if they
must have tbeimi let them be taken there.
There is r o justice in their floating from
the poor pine lahds east pf Yallobusha to
the richepkrivjer lands on the :Mssissippi
There areLnlenty ofilandset to' be sold in
that section to satisfy all jurf claims i but
I querry very muchHf you keep the door
open, whether there will be, ( in J a short
time, enough in tKe Choctaw purchase 1 to
oausijr me real anu ncuiious claims. v; '
; any thing can be proved where rich river
lunds are in View. I In recommending th
abovr T m'ftVfl: nisrliftriTpr1 mv ; ilntv ttnA
let the result be as it may; I shall hereaf
ter look ion with indifference, as I have
fallen heretofore between two fires the
speculators j the Government, . and vile
Blanderers. )
November 24th, 1835.
I am more thah oyer satisfied that it is
the settled purpose and determination of a
twin succuiavurs lUj sweep me lanus oi
me uhoetaw country under the pretended
claims arising imder the fourteerith .arti-
cle.
I Under the order of the President
to suspepd some -of; the j lands Until the
claims i jare Investigated he saysX!f Ad-
r vantage! has been .taken, i and this order,
limited ks it is bn the face of it to the last
Congressj is helq tip isautnon'forsweepj
lnS vef :acre bftfie reriiainiiig couhtri',
under cfrcumstanccsmuch more oggrava-
j i rnanthe grand 1 azoo speculation some
f--irty Kars ago v Hordes of Indiansvyho
have al plain cases bre now conjured up,
j and, under Ipiretjeridd purchase aset pf
I Jfnouji speculators are "carryingl.every
j thing bforeTth'em. 1 Already havenhby
j Wown u thQ $ales4t Columbus ; land, af
I ter devouring that cjircass,thy havecom-
fenced here. f : I feel m uch embarrassed
; oathis subject:: jMariy of my Jvarm'friends
L are interested id theni some few (compa
ratively of the cfaims themselves are good;
arid, in fin atteriipt ,to stem "this ; current,
Je odd are against me-on -every score
Qt pubjic dutyi '- The subject de
eryes the seribus1 consideration- of Cbn-
tfilo. C. Jlf 1845.
SPECULATORS
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BRUNER:&-JAMES,
Editors 4 Proprietors.:
gress, as several of Uhat , body i are; either
directly or indirectly, interested jjn' these
claims, - wjide; influence, with: persever
ance and importunities of the claimants ;
is lobby meifibersV Will, I jfar, have the;
effect of forcing them ;through;withbut re
'flection,-of afstrict regard Uo the interest
of the United States. - r -ft
i apparent tbat under : a very
few f good lases, one of the grandest schemes
of fraud is now in progress, and near con.
summation, that has ever been started m tms
country..
'i
s
Comnendium pf testimony taken before the
select cmrthtteet on the part of the House
4ofljesentativesqf the State bf'Mis
; ' sissippi, to whom was referred the exam-
amination of the frauds charged to have
'been committed under the 4th article of
ute iremy vjiuancing itaooti creek, d)ln
" -January, 1835. ; .
' Colonel .rWilliamWard, '.United States
agent for the Choctaws, at the time of the
treaty' aforesaid, being sworn, answered as
follows : f That he knew of no company
formed for the purpose of purchasing
Choctawlandi ; that he kept a registry
of names, to register applicants under the
14th article, when application was made
according to Jhe treaty ; that when one
Indian applied for himself, heregisteVed
him, but vher one applied for many, he
refused Notify) ng him at the. same time
that each! must apply for himself. He re
gistered all these applications in a bond
book, sent to the War Office. From three
to six of these Indians, who had properly
applied, Were accidentally omitted on my
register Xj: X-.n:- ' -
General John Watts, of Jasper, being
sworn says j! A company was formed.
He saw the agents 6! this company at ball
plays, surrounded by several hundred In
dians, makingf their marks" for them on
blank sheets of paper, and apparently-faking
the faumber of their-children, when
the Indians did not themselves " touch the
paper; and the Indians, when he saw
this, had jio interpreter,w &c.
James lllis member of the Legislature
from Neshobaixconcurs in the statement
of General Watts, and also knows some of
the Indians who went west, and have since
returned or bejen brought back, and whose
names ar -among those now, presented
as having a! right to .reservations ; and
that he was told by one of those agents,
if he would introduce no resolution in the
legislature calculated to bring this fraud
before Consrress, he would-not interfere
with him in his county matters ; that the
Governmetit had left the door open to fraud,
aim it was; no narm ro maKe use oi it.
General! Samuel Dale, member from
Lauderdale, . knows of locations having
been made infhis county, which locations,
he presumes, iwere made under the 14th
article, on Iwnich no Indian has ever lived,
to his knowledge, and on which , there is
no mark. of field or house ; and on which
he does not belie ve any Indian has lived for
fifty years ; and these floats were laid on
lands on fhiph white menwere settled,
who had, pefbre they, heard of the loca
tion of said floats, gone to Columbus to
buy these J lands at the public sales.'
?: Hon. Slmpel J. Gholson, states that a
company fwas lormed to obtain Indian
claims ; that he heard a man who called
himself Fisher, say,-at Columbus, that if
the 'settlers residing on the lands located
for the Indians would bind themselves not
to oppose? the claimsthe company would
convey the settler a quarter section, to in
clude hisimprbvementTat $il 25 per acre,
and the residue at $3 per acre ; and vvoud
not require pay till title was perfected.
Said FisHefi also stated that he had no
doubt if the company, were let alone, they
would hi able to get title to land for all
the Indians that had removed in the coun
try, whefherLthey had been registered or
not ; and that he did not believe that any
other signification of intention, on the part
of the Indians, to become citizens, would
be required, than proof of their beingin the.
country at tnaiime. 1 nearu u. n. xuur-
gan say that ihe believed a great many In
dians had gone west of the Mississippi in
ignorance of their rights ; that the compa
ny; had fan;; tgent west, buying- Indian
claims and, bringing the Indian back to
the Choctawfnation. v It Is, said Morgan,
a first-rite business, and I have an inter
est in it; Sdid: Fisher stated that they
were tot cret one-half the lands, and that
they would ; cost the company some ten
cents per acre. ; yTy'v-Vr'h '''
'-iG. W. Bonnell, editbrbf the Southern
Krgus, a whig paper at Columbus, stated
that there was great excitement; against
the company ; to allay the opposition and
ecjtemehtt. was proposed to take in one
hundred popular men.- I was spoken of,
but believing the" claims fraudulent, refus
ed to 1 have driy thing to do; withhem
JMr. L. iN. Watch was theprojector ot this
plan. ; ' Mr. Bonnell said it was one of the
most stupendous frauds' that had e ver been
attempted, anccould be. easily blown up;
. 3Yilliam-podd,: member. from .Attala,'
said there was great excitement j that Col.
Boyd: b"4 AttalahabUnforraed him" that
certain propositions had been made to him
to become interested ; that it was the ob
ject of the company to get as: many men
of infldencc interested Avlth. theni: as pos
sible. s6 tha all cbuld.make a handsome
nrofit : and that thoso popular men could
allay the prejudice andpppotion tpthose
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"Keep A CHECjCTW AUToci. .
. 4J '' is safe. ""Si
claims.
Most of the land floated was first
rate ;
and the Indians had never lived on
? iisaac Jones, member from AVinsfon, said
he knew many Indians yyhq had4lefi the
country and went west with the ther In
dians, at the expense of ihe Government
and; were gone ;about twelve months, and
have returned to this State; with he guns
theyi received from the Government, i Mr.f
Fisher told me he was locating agent for
the Indians," and. was among the ; Indians
above alluded to y that many sections were
reserved in Winston, on vhich, as he be-j
lieved, no Indian ever did live.
General Stephen Cocke, Senator from
Monroe, states that, from the reports and
statements of others, he believes many and
great, frauds have been attempted ; that
Charles Fisher informed him thatjhis com
pany had obtained some two thousand sec
tions from the Indians, of which they were
to have one half for ,their trouble ;. that
the company consisted of said Fisher,
William M. Gwin. A. F. Younef. D. W.
f Wright, Wiley Davis, and one porter, of
1 ennessee.; Fisher said the Indians were
to have one thousand sections; himself five
hundred, and Gwin and the rest (the bal
ance. Fisher & Co. had got from the In
dians and irrevocable power of j attorney
to all said one thousand sections for the
Indians. Many of these lands were loca
ted, and on lands very superior j to those
the Indians lived on. . He knows several
Chickasaws that were passed off as Choc
taws, and had lands located." General
Falconer, Colonel Home, John C. Thomas,
members of the. legislature, alsoj testified.
Preamble and resolutions relative to 'the
Choctaw treaty and certain alledged
frauds. - '
- 'Whereas the United States did, by a
certain treaty held and made with the
tribe of Choctaw lndians residing for the
time being within the limits of the State
of Mississippi, (to wit : the treaty of Dan
cing Rabbit creek,) made and concluded
on the twenty-eighth day of September,
A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty :
And whereasby the 14th article of said
treaty, certain reservations of land were
granted to such Indians as should remain
on such land for five years next j succeed
ing such treaty : ;
And whereas, such claimants (were by
the 14th article in the treaty referred to,
compelled to signify their intention
claiming, under the provisions of said trea
ty, within six months after the ratification
thereof, or forever forfeit the right thus re
quired : j
'And whereas it appears, from recent de
velopments, that the large claims to land
have beep preferred, conveying the richest
and most valuable portious ot the unsold
Choctaw lands, and purporting to be foun
ded on and growing out of the Itreaty a-
bove referred to, and on a part lof which
lands thus claimed no Choctaw Indian
either does now or ever did reside :
And whereas,it is evident fronj the facts
of the case, that these claims are mani
festly unjust in their character, oppressive
in the result of their operation op the free
men of Mississippi, and calculated to se
cure no ultimate benefit to the Indian ori
ginally claiming, but, in their consumma
tion, will have direct tendency to impair
the confidence which the good people of
this State have in the correctness of the
law and in the honesty of the administra
tors of our public institutions : !
fi.uu wuerens uiis uuuj iiavo aauaiauiu-
ry evidence of the fact that a large por
tion of the claims to said land, bnder the
Provision of, the treaty already referred to,
are set up anu aiiempiea to ue. susiaiueu
on the testimony of Indians, who are un
acquainted with Vthc" nature of an oath,
and utterly regardless of the obligation
thus incurred, and on the testimony of oth
er individuals wholly unworthy of the con
fidence of a moral . and intelligent com
munity. , !
And whereas the permission of such
abandoned and licentious profligacy would
injure bur community; disgrace our social
and political compact, and Iicepse corrup
tion and perjury to stalk at large through
our land : " Now, therefore, j
Be it resolved by the Legislature of tlte
State of Mississippi, That our (Senators in
Congress be instructed, and our Represen
tatives requested, to use the most speedy
and efficient means to pre vent the consum
mation of such of said titles tb said land
as have originated in fraud, to he end that
the aforesaid land may i be disposed of in
the regular way, and in accordance with
the law in such case made arid provided.
Resolved, That his Excellency Charles
Lynch be requested; at as early a date as
may be ibssiblei to; furnish otjr riatbrs
and Representatives in Congress with a
codV of the foreeoing preamble and reso
lution, "and with theftest imony taken there-
on, with a request mat tney lay.uie same
before both branches of Congress.;
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lld;i;IlERMiTACE,:. Jan.: 19, 1 844? .
Etear Sm:--1 have received! Ithis morn-
i inf hv mail the enclosed pamphlet.' -I"re
ler tdpage U Ot saiu pampuieiaoriiiy-
fr 'i t tn vbuT ; There" hi v. name ; is
used. - Now, I state. without fear of con-
agent, ever purchased a foot jf Jand from
the Choctaws. These purchases, I have
always believed, iwere the vmst stupen
dous frauds ever: attemptea upon ine
;verntnent.
t
I think so stilland, if proj
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" f Rci.tRS.VDo xmsiXXft LiBEMTi
- v i.Gert.MmrHmm.tiY'
ly investigated, will, I have no doubt; be
fully established.' r Ta prevent fraud," the
Choctaw treaty conferred reservations to
include trie Indian improvement.' " Instead
of approving these salesI always viewed
them ai jfrauds of the blackest kind and
do still ; and believe that the re is not one
of them ought to be confirmed to a white
man.) . .j zl--. -
; Scarcely i-ble to.wield my pen, 1 have
thought it right to say thus much to you,
in your situation ; and 4 am very, respect
fully, your obedient servant. ' ; ;f
.r
r ANDREW JAUKSUiN.
From Ike (Paulding, Mitt. True Democrat.
.Dr. Wm.M. Gwin : Of late, gracious
sir I see! in the newspapers, you arid 3our
special friends' are taking a vast deal of
pains to purge your character of Indian
speculations and frauds. w It would afford
me great pleasure to recant the unfavor
able declarations which I make, against
your private and public reputation, could
I do so, consistently with a sense of pub
lic duty. ! If youiiave any thing to say or
prove that will rebut the testimony of Gen.
Stephen Cocke, taken before the select
committee on the part of the House of Re
presentatives of the State of Mississippi,
in the name of your own reputation, pro
duce it tb the people Where is Col. Fish
er? Why do you not produce his state
ment, if to be had, to establish your inno
cence T jGen. Cocke says, that Charles
Fisher informed him that his (Fisher's)
company, had obtained some two thousand
sections of land from the Indians, for which
the company was to have one-half. That
the company consisted of said Fisher,
yourself, A. F. Young, D. W. Wright,
Wiley Davis, and one Porter, of Tenn.
His testimony went on further to establish
that the Indians were to have a thousand
sections, Fisher five hundred, and yourself
and others the remainder, being more than
five hundred sections. That the company
had procured an irrevocable power of at
torney from the Indians to their one thou
sand sections. That theylvvere located on
lands superior to those occupied by the In
dians. And that the company passed off
several ., Chickasaw Indians for Choctaws
and had their lands located.
But ybur sinking reputation required
of-Lsome great effort tb retrieve it therefore
you wrote, to Gen. Jackson to certify to
your good character. Did you inform him
that you were of the company, engaged
in . Indian speclations ? If you had, be
kind enough to read what he would have
said to you in reply :
" No one as my agent ever purchased
a foot of land from the Choctaws. These
purchases I have, always believed, were
the most! stupendous frauds ever attempt
ed upon the Government. I think so still,
and if properly investigated will, l nave
no doubt, be fully established." General
Jackson1 s Letter to T. Hartley Crawford,
Com. Ind. Aff.y Jan. 19, 1844.
Now, bir, Gen'l. Cocke connects your
name wittuthese Choctaw "purchases "
and Gen. Jackson pronounced them in
1844, " the most stupendous frauds ever
attempted upon the Government Had
you stated to Gen. Jackson that you were
one of. the company engaged in buying
Indian scrip and reservations, he would
have declared the depravity of your cause
and the justice of public indignation. At
one period: you stated there were many
honest Indian speculators ; of late, neces
sity has driven you, as I am informed, to
a shifting of the whole ground of your de
fence. At first you told the people, no
thing could be clearer than the justness of
your intentions towards the Choctaw tribe
of Indians. But it seems now that you
have been interested in their affairs fur
ther than f your love of mankind would
justify. Your love for the poor Indians
has no precedent, unless it is in that man
who with one hand puts a shilling in the
urn of charity, and with the other - takes
out a potmd. Perhaps, sir, I am somewhat
severe yet Doctor, that wounded spirit, j
shall unhealed by no measured 'apologjv
when you have made your; defence com
plete. You are; now, sir, an appellant to
the public in the cause of your reputation,
and if the people find that you have been
the innocent subject of vituperative slan
der, they iwill make with you common
cause and heartily join in your resentment.
You once had the respect and esteem-of
your State but your virtues, of which
the people then boastedVare now disgrac
ed, that honor, for which you were so high
ly esteenied, is now lost.; If your public
conduct and private acts, do not deserve
the punishment which the present appear
ance of things inflict upon you, in view of
common Jight F will not only vpease to in
yau ybur, reputation but at once devote
mv peri to the cause of injured innocence..
- " r - JEFFERSON. "
a-
rj37 Here is: another article extracted
m the!" Vicksburg Sentinel, , of May
from
9fth. 1 84 If edited bv Walter
HlCKEY.
This article is ; not editorial inthc'4Senti-:
VI . i -a ArM - L-iJxzzZ'
nel. uut a communicaitou v " "Fl"
frorivite;headingrhis,re also,cepy
cra submitting it to the reader-with
ma 9 w- romnrk' i r i ;t 1 1 iizxa aucuz & tuu a a, - - l . i m m -- s n hAiirrnr l n sud aiiviiu
K'jCjP rA;h?Vwn:Wncrnsionsas' to the LVri 4nrl hf Wairl McDonald to interpret
r . I aiiu 1V1 lis " ; . . . a aw as m m s . 0. .. - -
jer- truth of. Its statements, ana tne.exreni io Mor mm ; mai riucr
WlL-lvii.ilVl.
0
NEW SERIES,
-.,..MJMBl
NUMBER .12, OF VOLUME II.4-
which Mr. Fisuer is implicated m the
frauds charged upon the speculators there
in named and spoken of.:, J ; . , ; , .
4
Correspondence of theTicksburg Sentinel
r Leake Co.; May 22d.
tCapt. Hickcy Dear Sir;-AVe seldom
get a sight of your paper.- Every man in
this couniy'oppbsed to the Choctaw spec
ulators would take it, if they believed it
would ever reach them. It would make
your hair stand on end to hear the curses
that are lavished on you and Lavins.
Robins ; and Claiborne, come in for a full
share, and. indeed -the whole democratic
party of Vicksburg. The Hopahka pec
pie are dreadfully flurried, arid they; take
it out in cursing. The people here are
delighted at your course. 1 They wish to
see the speculators put down. But we
are afraid to speak above our .breath.
Theire are so many bullies and despera
does at work, that ones life twould not be
safe an instant. . The poor Indians but
of them I will speak in my next." I send
you this by private hand. Pray do not
disclose my name, and if you write to me
direct your letter to Ofahbma or Thomas-
town, but by no means to Hopohaka.-
Send the Sentinel for me once a, week to
the Mississippian office, Jackson. 1 will
write Jo Gen. Price and ask him to. send
it to me by private hand ; if it comes by
mail, I will never get it, and to be known
as a subscriber will put my life In danger
and expose my family to insult from For
ester and his crowd." i ' : '
Scott County.
Dear Sir We are delighted to see ybu
in the shoes of Dr. Hagan, raking down
the speculators. The people are with you.
The best land in this county is claimed by
the Indians, who have all agreed to give
one half to Jack Smith ; a man with one
eye can see that he will get- the wliole of
it. Jack is a right good fellow in other
respects, but our citizens cannot see where
in his right lies to so many thousand, a
cres of the best land in the county, claim
ed by these Indiansand for which he has
not paid a dollar."
- : 1 . ! Kemper County.
Dear Sir Send me two copies of the
Sentinel." The enclosed warrant if sold
at the usual rate, will pay for them, and
leave a balance which you can deposite
for me with Mr. Bowman of Jackson, of
the firm of Bowman and Wilson, mail
contractors. We want you to pour a con
stant fire upon the speculators. We know
them well here. - Forester has several a
gents in this county, and his strikers are
constantly among the Indians. Ben Mc
Ilvaine of this county is his right hand
man ; they expect to get $300,000 worth
of scrip out of the Indians under Mcll
vaine's control. Mcllvaine is a democrat,
but you will spare no man on account of
his politics. Forester and his partners
have taken deeds and bonds from air the
Indians in anticipation of the action of the
Board. In the adjoining county , of Nes
hoba, things are just as bad. Shortly af
ter the treaty Charles Fisher and Sandy
Young went through the country and
bought up the Mug-ga-busha claims for a
mere trifle. They were the partners, of
Judge Wright and Dr. Gwin. Big Hugh
McDonold was their interpreter. . There
are several thousand of these Indians, the
most ignorant, lazy, drunken creatures in
the nation. McDonald has lived constant
ly among them, and has perfect control
over them. For some reason or other he
has entered into new contracts with them,
and though he has never been worth a
dollar, he now.holds deeds from all those
Indians, and if he Board allows their claims
he will be master of several hundred thou
sand acres of land. Nothing is now claim
ed by Fisher. He appears only as Mc
Donold's attorney. McDonold claims to
be attorney for the Indians. He was ori
ginally interpreter for ' Fisher and Gwin.
It is in this way that Fisher and Gwin de
ny having any interest. They claim mil
lions in the names of other men. There
are two other speculators in Neshoba,
Jacoway and Clements. The former is a
partner of-Forester's, and claims all the
Indians overjn Sumpter county, many of
whom are free negroes, with black skins,
flat noses arid wooly heads. They swore
they, were Indians, and the Board receiv
ed; their testimony, as I have been told.
No jury here' would attach a feather's
weight to such testimony. Jacoway is
Forester's principal striker. , Clements is
a man of some little property ; I know nof
thjpg of him of my own knowledge, but
have heard Jacoway say, that he could
send him to the Penitentiary foi a trans-;
action in the land office at, Columbus;
These speculators, are so jealous of each
other that theyare constantly at war, ac-v
c using each other of swindling. PTjpassed
one day at .Yazoo Y iilage'while the Board
sat there, arid . heard both' Forester arid
Jacoway speak: in the most insulting way
' T"Vt-.J lf.miifa 'anil T aAi.rtlan)t
heard Judge Wright sayat his own room,
as Col Fisher rode by that' he Was nbe
greatest villain then living, ana mar, iuc-
1 -nAnnlil lrriAw Ml T amwilliri?to make
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TtomasUVbrd;::aadM
t5preteivwere all present: f ifesaid that
with hini;"that lITey i.d Lv,j,;!.1, ut TT-"
Donald, and shuf.lcd every ti,i::j over i:i
his name, and now when they had got a
board fa vorablejb.'thc claims, and were
about to rcalize'a fortune they :werc try-,
ingto swindle hirh-out'of every farllih j ;
that he had depended on Gwin ; but that
he bad been up, and had shuffled as much
as any of them, and that he, J udgeWright,
could and would blow .the whole claims :
to. the devil! I repeat that Mr. Word,
MrJ'EUis and Col. Graves heard this, in
my presence,' and I have i not doubt the
same was -heard at other times, by every "
gentleman on the ground. Wright and
Claiborne were very intimate. ClaiborneV
McRae and Ellis all occupied" the same,
room, and I doubt not they can prov v. hat
I say. 1 have been asTonished that Col."
Claiborne, in his publication did not touch
on these matters. He canl prove all he
wants to prove by Judge NVright and oth
ers; I am sure. . Now that 1 think of it,
Mr. McRae stated many of-Fisher's ma
noeuvres at Patten's Springs last summer, ; ;
and I expect can tell more than any other ;
man about this whole fraud, for he is an
observing rnan.'and goes into every crowd, s
UNION HOTEIi,
mocksvillen. c
THE UNDERSIJGNEI)
RESPECTFULLY announce to die public, that thejr
have recently purchased that large ami commodi
ous Public House in JMocksville, Davie county,
known as the
that they have refitted and newly furnished the same anT
opened it for the nse of the public To those acquaint-,
ed with this stand, it wilt be unnecessary to aay that the
building is nearly new; the rooms large and airy, of
modern constrpction, and that the entire, .establishment
with its;. ... i$x -
Out-buildings; and adjacent G round,
is most commodioualy and comfortably - arranged." The
undivided attention of the undersigned will be directed to
the comfort, and well being ,of -thosewlw may .honor
them with their patronage. vV V'"," , -
II. & It: REYNOLDS. 7
Mocksville, February :201845dw44 ; :
CHEAP, CHEAPER ! 7 CHE APEST !
ril HE subscriber rnnertAil. i
JL ly informs his friends and T7Y""
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the puDuc that be still continues to carry on v v
the. : ' -''-- ; r ... . , :
in Salisbury, on main street, a few doors south -of 3. Sc. i
W. Murphy's store, and just opposite the Rowan. Hotel ' I
He has on hand a large assortment of 'furniture, and 1 . 1
arcjja in uia employ mcui me uegi ui wurKineni mna uses
the best materials the country affords. Jle has on hand
at all times an assortment of such' work as .will suit the ?
wants of the country, such as Bureaus? Sideboard, Sec :
retariet, Cup-boarJt, Table$, Candle-$tand$f Wathy
Hands, Bed-stead, ; . . . ,-i -viJ, -
Cane Bottom and Windsor .Chairs d-c.
A neat assortment of Coffins constantly kept on hand,
so that any person can be accommodated in that dine, and
ihe prices shall be-made to suit customers, not only in that
article, but in all of the above mentioned' articles. 'The .,
subscriber would say to. the public that :they, would do
well to call and examine before they purchase, as lie in '
tends hereafter to sell cheaper than work has ever been
sold in this State. - 4 . !J
All kinds of country produce and lumber Will be taken ?i
in exchange for work. DAVID WATSON.
Salisbury, April 19, 1845 - - , -.25tf,e
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AT THIS
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FURNITURE.
fXIHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends tnd
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JL the public, that he still continues to carry on the . r
Cabinet Making Business -
in Salisbury, on mainstreetVafew Jwre south of J. &. W,
Murphy's store, and just opposite tbi Watchman Printing
Office, and keepsin his employment the best of work
men. He has on hand at all tunes such work as will suit
the wants of the peoplefsuch as Mahogany, Cherry and
Walnut Sideboards, Bureaus, Secretaries, China-Presses,
Cupboards, Tables, Bedsteads, ' Ladies Work-stands, .
Candle-stands, ;&ic. . - '1 ?. i'i; V - .
He also has on hand a large and; neat; assortment of
Coffins, and will constantly keep a supply,' arranged :
from the smallest to the largest size. "'4S ly-'f 5
All Jobs done by me shall be in the best style, and the,
charges lower than at any other shop of the kind in this
place. All kinds of country Produce, and Lumber will .
be taken in exchange for work. A reasonable credit
will be given to punctual dealers. . ? ; -- "
KLNXHEON; ELLIOTT.
April 5th, 184549:ly ' " ' ' v"" v .
(CrSPRING AND SUlDIERiS-
J Fashions for 18491 VTV
At the Old Tailoring Establishment. "T
J HORACE II. EARbi i' .
HAS just received of Mr. Mahav. the'London,
Paris and Philadelphia Fashions, for the Spring tt
itmmer a 1844, which far surpasse Any thing f the
kind heretofore published.4 . lie still carries on tlie . : . j
; s . TAILORING, tVBlNZna , . K.t
in all its various branches, at histoid stand, where be is
ever ready to meet and accommodate his old and new-
customers with fashionable cutting and making of gar.
menu, not to be surpassed by any In the Southern coun
try. Punctuality, despatch and faithful work as has been
always shall be his aim and objects Thankful for' past
encouragement, he hopesto merit its continuance. 1 1
P. S. Reference he deems unnecessary ,'as his experi
ence and work for the last thirteen years will Www.
April;12, 1845--tg8 'cfui; H.,IL BEARD,; e
NEW SPRING HAND SUMMER-
THOMAS DICKSON rn-pectfu!Iy informs his friends
and the public, that he still carries on the TAI,
LORING BUSINESS in all its vTarious; branches, two
doors above J. Si, W. Murphy's store, where he is- ready '
to execute all orders of his customers in a style and man -ner
not inferior to any work done in this part of the coun
try. He is also in the regular receipt of tbe 'iVJSHf
YORK FASHIONS, and prepared to accommodate the -tastes
of the Fashionable at all time. : '- v j
The following is a list of his prices :.fyW -yr- v -
. . For making fine cloth coaf, . - i ... $5 00 A ,
" thin summer coat "t'S 00. !
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i " 'Ji.. mi r. f - N ' 2 00 s2 50 ' 1 i
a ..z. .-1. . . mill. . . . A-v : v ;. r- ' .z . - - .
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; All" work will be warranted to fit well ond to be made
well. - ' ' Mar 17, 1845-tf3 " -I
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TO. THE PUBLIC.
rXIHE Bubscrilwer takes thTa coethbd of in fori '
'Afjj,,, the public, that he still 'continues to '
carry business bf STONE CUTTING; .;
as usual, at his graniuTQuary 'seven miles south r
of Salislwjyi near Ihe old Charleston road, vhe re -he
is ablelo. supply all orders Cor JtfiU Stones, of
the best grit, and outhe, shortest notice.' Also, ,
for saleat tWlowesfprices7 window sillsi door
sills, door , steps," rough ' building rocks.tomb'
stones, gold grinders, &c"&c. : . ' '
V;,,- J.HOLTSliOUSER.4
" : Salisbury, Nov. ' 2, 1 8 4 41 v27 -; ; '
'iN.tB::Orders for any of the above wrought
articles,-directed to liie'at Salisbury,' will be
punctually attended to ' - J' J. II. -r
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