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i I 1 1 I 1 - w I - At. " vi:. 1 ' 4 : V-4 - - " .-'V ,'1 -'Tl 4: V t - ' j 1 .1 f ' , ' ' ' .. y '' --4.U9 snuw.-uci-pvm.-u jiuuuaHj ' ' a ;, r . I vanced. Oar cimles wore out their moccasml ; 1 rind, ptitting one'of I hem oh a horse," we enjoyed t he unusual siiiht of ah Indian who could not ride. Ic could not even guide theanimal, and appear. I Tho sno W 1 was ihreo or our fuct deen in the summit of the I pass ; and from thi point the guide pointed out ;Otir luiuro-roaa. tieciinmg iu g r j r 1 1 1 On tho'23tbf Godey, who was a; little" dis taiico ironi the campjiad eat Jovn , to tie fili . ihorcasins, when ho heard a lowr whisno near and. loohinir up, saw two Indians half hiding bef ! hind a rock fortyyards distant ; the would not 1 Mow him to apioabh, but, breaking into a Jatigb J-kiromecI oil ovcr me snow, srcuiii: wa? u4 i i Jea cf iircarms, and thinking themselves perf i iieilf safe when bevond arm's length.' ' N On the 31st, sax uapiain : jc v e gatuerea together a few of the most intelligent of-the In-S tJians, and held this evening an interesting coun- if. . I explained lo jlhem my intentions. Ji told tbpm that wc had come from a (af country, hav ing been travelling fur nearly a year, and tha.t: yu.werc dcsirou3 simply to go across the moun tuui into tho country of theother whites. The re vere tvh who appeared particularly intelligent i-ohe, a somewbatbld man,. He told me that, before tho snows- feiL.it was sis sleeps to the place where the whites lived, but that now it was impossible to cros3 the mountain on account of tho dcen1 snow rand showinir us, as the others I Iliad done, that it Was over our heads, he urged U3Strongiy 10 iojiow ioe course 01 mo river, which he said would conduct us to a lake in which there were many large fish.r There, he Midi were many people ;1here was no sno w cn the ground ; and. we might remain there until Itho spring. ..From their descriptions, we were fehabled to judge that, we had encamped on the ijiipper water of the Salmon Trout river. It was iharJIy necessary to say that our communication m as bnly by signs, as we understood nothing of ijngrjrapidly and vebemsntJy, explaining what jlhey Considered the folly of our intentions, and nrging usto go dow'n to the lake; Tah'te, a kyord jsignifying "now, we Tery soon learned to luhow,' from Jte frequen-t, repetition. y. I told him fthal te men anil the horses, were, slroogr and tna,i we would break a road through the snow ; jancf, spreading before him our bales of-scarlet Icjoathf and triukcts, showed him what we would (give for: a guide. , It was necessary to obtain one, 11 possuie ; tor 1 naa oeiermmea nerei io attempt the passage of the mountain. Pulling aLbunch of grass from the ground, after a short discussion among themselves, tho old man made us comprehend tbat it we could break through the I' t . m . ... snow, at the end of three days We would dome j down lipon grass, which he showed us would uo auoui six locoes nign, ana wncrc toe ground "Was; entirely free. So far, he said, he had been in hunting for elk: but, beyond that (and he cJosedj his eyes,) fhet had seen nothing ; but these was ono among them who had been to the W'hites and, going out of the lodge he're turncd with a young man of very intelligent Jappearante, lJere, said he, is a young man yhij his seen the whites W'ilh his own eyes; apd ho! swore, first by the sky, and then by the ground, that what Jie said was true. With a rSe present of goods',, we prevailed upon this young hian to be our guide, and he acquired a mting us the name Melo- a 'word ; signifying fHpnd, vichjtbeyiifed very freauently.t He wis'thjuly dad, and nearly, barefoot, his moc casins jbeing : about. worn out. We-gare him sktns tp make anew? pair, and to enable him M perform hit Undertaking to; us. . ) The Indi abs retnalned lrt the camp during'the night, nod Vo; kept thjf guide-and two" others to sleep ftt t!e obr, Jaiid having; made them ,cbmprc, bend 'the use ot our fire-arms. The snow, which had--intermitted iii the evening, com. moncc(jl falling again in the course ofthe night and it Snowed steadily .ahVidaV. In the morn. jing I icquaiuted the; men w'ith my decision. and explained to them' that necessity required 1 us tq tnakea great efforttto clear the rnoun. tains. J I reminded them of the beautiful vallev f.t!lX f acramento, with which they were fa miliar j from tbe descriptions of Carson, who hsd been therVsome fifteen years ago, and who, in orr ate privations, had delighted us in speak iiig if ts .rich pastures . a nd abounding game, and jJrj7 a vivtd contrast between its summer cHmbt(j less;than a hundred miles distant, and thy ia!f!cS nuW arpund'usr 1 informed them ohg experience had given them confidence observations and crood instrumental altiiJst directlv west. ; and " milep distant, was the great farming establish mtin! f Captain Suttera gentleman who had fiirmeriy lived in Missouri, and, emigrating to this country, had become tho possessor of a prin ria!itv 1 assured them that from the heights of ,th,e npuntuin before ys we should doubtless 1M Tlef the Sacramento river, and with one lefio it place ourselves a&in in tfi tnwtjt r plenty .h The people received this decision with the bccrfu! obedience which had always char ncterized them : and the da v was imrnorlifttlv Hi0 0 prarations necessary to enable is ;to carry it into effect. ,. Leggings, moccasins. f- . ? - t I W 1 - Rut the cold. Our guide was'not neglected. BJftremity i:f suflering might make him desert; H lerMid the best wo could for him. M'ggiitgsniopcasins, some-articles of d minin" tin were dui inffviiiA iist ci-iia n M Jand a large-green blanket, in addition to the w.uw nu scanei ctolb.were lavished upon him, and to hit great and evident contentment.' He prrayea himself in all hia colors ; and, "clad An i i i- 2 . - cars,ei ie made a gay-looking udun; f'aud, with his various presents "was pro a. richer and better clothed than any ofhis tube bed ever been before. - J 411 D- Already said hat oiiprovisions were vervlow ! we had t,P tiki, .in ' - - - v " , i- , . r . wuuw.nor grease ot m ri-rmW andjho want of saU be. cme me of ourgreafest privationg:; The poor d,g whu: h had been found in the Bear rrver val- y-j, uhu wuica naq ueen a compagnon de row ege ever since, had now become fat, and the 5 J? whjch llt?eIoDS?d requested permission to kill, it. .Leave was granted: Spreid out up 8nw, the meat looked, very good; and it made, a strengthening meal for the greater part jnVTntbrciught in two oc4hre4 raUnts during the day, which were purchased lr?S!:f rttosiie noshelter, but we made a Ji th trunk of crie f the hu2e oursolves comfortal,1P . tm. iV - 7-" - n'vau out blankets. c--; lirirlif olaiiP ,1 i .. . S Tery m a " . "wtneier -was . TJ- rv ".u,"i5 wna which' snranr nn ui sundo wn made a intensely old. and this w Qiio f . t.he bittcrpst nights during tpo J-TV.O Indians joined our party here, and one ct- them, an old man, immediately beaSt; k j rankle ih, snying that ourselves and 'animals ( wou.d peri.h in l!:e snow, and that' if wc, would fcX."T" "."vujii euow us anottier and a better way across tne mountain. He spoiio in averv .loiid Voice,-and there was, a su-ar repeliiion htr- nli rases "and arrangement nl v01d3, whi rendered Ms speecu biriKiug uuu nui uuuiuaiLai. - f Wehad now begun to understand 'some words, and. with the aid of s'mns. easily comprer hndef the old man simple ideas. ? Rock up. oil rock rork upon rock snow upon snow- spow upon snor,; said oe ; ' even 11 you gei oVer the snow, you will not be able to get down from the mounJarna:' He made us the sign of precipices, and sjiowed us how the feet of the hbrscs would slip and throw them off from the narrow trails which led along their sides. Our dhinbok.'who comprehended evermore readi lj than ourselves, and believed oufj Mluation hvpeless, covered his head with his blanket, and Me"un to weep and lament. , 1 wanted to see lie whiles,' said he ; I came away from my oWn Debple to see the whites, and I ; wouldn't care to die among them ; but here'- and he looked around into the cold night and gloomy forest, and, drawing his blanket over his head, be. o4in again to lament. ' -f . - Sealed around the ttee, the fire illumuating tfio rocks and the tall bolls of the pines around apout, and the. old Indian haranguing, we-pre-sfnted a group of very serious faces. February 5. The night bad been too cold lt sleep, and we i were op yery early, Our guide r: was standing by the fire with all his finery on, ahd, seeing him shiver in the cold, 1 tnrew on his shoulders one of my blankets. We missed 'hjm a few minutes afterwards, and never saw Shim again. He had deserted. His bad faith 4d treachery were in perfect keeping with the Jbftimate of; Indian character which a long in f efrcourse with this people had gradually forced upon my. mind. pen my. mind. ' y - 1 On the 10hiff February, the wind kept me air niiea wua snow uunug iuo uij , mo Was very dark fn the southwest, though ' else where very clear. The forest here has a, no. blp appearance ; the tall cedar is abundant, its greatest height being 130 feet, and circumfer ence 20, three or fiur feet above the ground ; A"L ait j J : L. J... : . U .1... and hare I see Cor the first time-the white pine, of which there are some magnificent trees. -Htnlock. spruce is among the timber, occa sirfally as large as eight feet in diameter four fetl aljove the ground; but, in ascending it tapers rapidlyto less than one foot at the height of 80 feet. . I have not seen any higher than 130 leet, and the-slight upper pait is frequent. lyJrokei off by the wind. fiThe white spruce is frequent ; and the pine," (pinus Colorado ofthe lUextcans,) which constitutes the beauti fu forest along the,, flanks ofthe Sierra Nevada tothe northward, he re the, principal tree, not at lining a great ei beight than 140 feet, though w th sometimes a diameter of 10. Most of w? trees e.ppeir to differ slightly from those ofthe same kind on the other side ofthe conti neat. . . - f The elevation of the camp, by the boiling point, is 8, 050 feet. We are now 1,000 feet above the level of the South Pass in the Rocky mountain?, and still we are not done ascend, ing! The top of a flat ridge near was bare of .srfow, and- very" well sprinkled with hunch grass, sufficient to pasture the animals two or th ee days; and this was to be their main point of support. . This ridge is composed of a com. ptict trap, or basalt, of a columnar structure; over the surface are scattered large boulders ofporous trap. The hills are in many places en tirply covered- with small fragments of volca niejrock." X - - February 13," Tho meat train did not ar riyi this evening, and I gave Godey leave to ki our little dog, (Tlamatb,) and which he prepared in Indian fashion, scorching off the bar-, and (washing the skin with soap and snow ar4 the cutting it up into pieces, which were la4 xonthe snow. . Shortly afterwards the sHtgh arrived with a supply of horse meat; aiidT we had to-night an extraordinary dinner peaf soup, mule, and dog." ! jOi the the 20.' A of February, " we encamped with the animals and all the materiel of the cainp on the summit of the Pass in the dividing riqge, x.uuu miles ijy our irayeiied road trom tbi'Dalles of the Columbia. ' HrThe people "who tad not yet been to this pojat climbed the neighboring peak to enjoy a lok at the valley. 'J Temperature of boiling water gave for the eldyation of the encampment 9,338 feet above the j sea. ' " ty' ' V; - - - "ThisVas 2 000 foet higher than the South Pass in the Rocky mountains, and several peaks in view ' rose several thousand feet still higher. Thus, at the extremity of the contii neit, and near the coast, the phenomenon was seji of a range of mountains still higher than h?great Rocky Mountains the.nselves. This ex raordinary fact accounts for the Great Basin, and show that there must be a system of small lal;s and rivers here scattered over a flat country, and which the extended and lofly range ofjthe Serier Nevada prevents from escaping -to the Pacific ocean. Latitude 38 44' : Ion- ude 120 28'. f Thus this Pass in SierraNavada, which j well, deserves its name of Snowy mountain, eloven degrees west and about four decrees SO 13 south of the South Pass." : j IREDELL LAND FOR SALE. II WILL sell at pablic auction at the Courthouse in the Town of Statesville, on Fridav the 17th ilav oTOrt. nci a valuable tract of, land, belonging to the estate of Atfanam lowrance, deceased. - This land lies two miles west of Statesville, on the main road leading to Morgan toiiJlt contains 225 Acres, 175 of which, is woodland, anflheavily timbered. The, cleared land, is very pro ductive, aid susceptible ofihe highest state of im prove -menu At is convenient to several Grist and Saw Mills, a Tannery, with a delightful road to the village. ' Any one wishing to see u)ia land in my absence 'will oe waiwu pon wim pleasure, by calling on the Rev. E. F. Rockwell, of this place, RevJohn M. Wilson of Bethany or Col. Thomas A, AlUson., ; v. , . The land will be sold on' a credit. " " J - JOSEPH 1 CALDWELL, Ji"-V-T 5 Admll. with the' Will annexed u ' '..-.. . ; i of Abraham Lowraoce. gatesville, Sept. 1st. 1845 19;6t Elizabeth Fillhour. ) ; ; - - ' J? ' . Atuchment levied on 130 acres Ivl Cowan. . pf Land. JN modon, and it appearing tothe satisfaction of the irt;l.;.. nr v . "l":uu,lul not an innaoitam ot yuan, inii th i . . ... . 4 n. r'lT!'?. that PubUcationbe made for six weeks Defendant Zr V,Jchman Salisbury; for the PF j& TC0 fia will bTrendlr. ed jgaum h, heLand levkd oa be condemned 5rt??Jt P?ifT. claim. Witness, John iinter's fee 5 0019:01 ; 4-.Uw-,, ioct'9 Curton Ilrfcler, HAVING associated themselves in the Vrzc. . ul vi i ir.DiciM:, faiKl located at ;,Io'::.t Vernon, KrUer's Store, Rowan County,) of. r their nrnf..,: 1 -1 M r .FROAI -CORPUS CHRIST!. ; ; The steamship Alabama, Capt. Windle, ar. -rived yesterday from- Aransas Kay, iwhicb she left "on the evening orthe ji 15th instant.; She reports that the steamer Day ton bur4 her boi lers on the 11th; on .her passage from Corpus Christi to1 St. Josephs, , having from 30 to 40 nrcnni,n hoard.' incluojoft U. S. soldiers, and ha? tiched to- the IBayton; it Uhe tiine of the explosion." Ten of them were killed on the spot. tLieufs.iHiggin$8 andBprry: were among Mbe" dead. ; Seventeen ; persons -were wounded, some of whom;will probably recover. Captain Crossman, the Quarter-Master, was on board, and vith twpT Wher cffiters, was blown up in the air upwards of 100 krards, but escaped with a few contusions. Capt. Cross man had one of his legslsomewhat bruised, but was able to walk and attend to his business the next day. ,sThe Dayton is ja tptal loss. Wo copy the following f(om a private letter from one of the officers of Xapt. Foriio's com pany. The letter is datea Corpus Christi, Sept. 8th. ; - M i There are stationed at this plaie about 3000 troops, consisting 6f regulars, both infan uiu uiivm, . .. ; -, 1 ; j were, at first, mostly raw recruits who had net- er shouldered a musket, jorj handled a cannon in their iives ; but being jdrilled twice pr three times a day, under officers who understand their duty, they are becoming well disciplined, and I doubt not in ;a few! weeks will equal the regulars themselves. j i We have many reports !in circulation, but none that can be depended! on. No obe can tell when we will march, or where. Of one thins we all feel confidents that we have an army nossessina: the proper spirit, and i large enough towhip all the Mexicans that ran be mustered against us, let them' come when and where they please.' - ' " Since the above was; written, we learn by an extract of the Picayune that but seven were killed by the bursting ofitbe Dayton s boilers, namely : Lieuts. Higging aM Berry, one ser geant, and corporal, two discharged soldiers and one deck hand. Lieut.! YVm. Gordon,' of the 3d Infantry, was one of the officers stand ing with Capt. Crossman, j His injuries are slighL Lieut. GrahamJ of the 4th Infantry, was slightly scalded. Pr. Crittenden ef the 7th Infantry, was thrown down and much bruis ed by timbers which fell upon him, but ho was again about. . .. j j The bodies of all tho!selpst have been re covered, One of the founded died th next day ; the other sixteen were less injured, than was at first apprehended; ; and no fear was en tertained for them. j j The Galveston papers of the Cth contain ihe constitution of Texas entire, j Attached to it is the following important; ordiance : AN ORDINANCE. Whereas, various contracts ihave been enter ed into by the President pf the Republic of Texas with divers irividuals, with the ex pressed intention of colonizing an enormous amount of the public domain of Texas ; and Whereas, it is believed that said contracts are unconstitutional, and. therefore, void from the beginning, and ifjcairied out would operate as a momopoly of Upwards of a mill ion of acres of the public domain of Texas, in the hands of a few individuals when, ih truth, the citizen soldiers and creditors of the .Republic of HVxas had, bylne laws and con. Istitution of said Republic, a clear and indis pensable pre viously subsisting right to locate upon public domain thus attempted to be as signed to said contractors jj Sec. 1. Therefore, it is hereby ordained and declared, That it shall be the duty of the Attor ney General of this State, pr the District in which any portion of the colonics may situate, as the organization of the Stale jshall L& comple ted, to institute legal proceedings against all colony contractors, dec dec. jThe bill provides for the protection of actual settlers. Sec. 2.lBc it further pr da ined, That the Leg islature is hereby restrained from extending any contract for settling a cojony, and from re lieving a contractor from the failure of tho conditions, or the forfeiture ocuring from non compliance with the contract Sec. 3. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance shall be presented to the peo ple for their adoption or i ejection at the same time this Constitution shall bejpresented to them and the returns of the votes taken on this Ordi nance, etc. etc. Adopted in Convention, lTjth August, 1845. THOMAS J. RUSK, Pres't James II. Raymond, Sec'ry. We have been politely permitted (says the Tropic) to publish the following very interest- ing extract from a lette;r of pen. Taylor to a gentleman of this city i " As yef we'have met with no enemy, nor do I expect we shall doi so, at any rate for some tune, as our Chief Magistrate cannot declare war? and from all the information I can ob tain, I do not believe Mexico will declare war against us ; and even should! she have the te merity to do so, she will hafdly attempt to in vade any portion of our territory, but wilj act on the defensive and by non-intercourse. I' was quite surprised to learn that considerable apprehensions were felt by the good citizens of New Orleans and elsewhere for our safety particularly as I neither b letter, or in! any other way, expressed orientertained the opinion that I thought our situation a critical one, much less that I desired a reinforcement, or that my command was not adequate to repel any (force that might be brought against it at the same; UmeTduly appreciate4s well as feelunder the greatest obligations to the good people of! your city, not only for the interest they manifested for our safety; but more especially for the efficient aid of the two' volunteer" copipantes of art Jlery so promptly despatched Jv ' ' j ' , The Union cuts the; Charleston Mercury, with an air of offended dignity, declaring that it will not agairi contradict any pf its charges, however mendacious,' and that the republican party (t the Locp Fo co party.) i prefer an, ope n enemy to an insidious foe There's for you frientls of Mr7CalhbonG(k- ; ; . The Stage."--Charles Kean and hislwife are reported to be yorth fifty thousand pounds. Forrest, it is said," has invested up wards of a hundred thousand dollars ih stocks and real estate. I ed something like sirtv Macreadv ciear- thousana dollars during his recent visit toithis;country and Anderson nlicut the sam amount. Eilsler and Celeste are both immensely rich and so ii Ole Cull, yho is isaid to possess a larger estate man, any ot the loregomg, inECAROLINASsWICHMAN; SALISBURY N.;jbTOBEie4 1845. I JACOB COTTON. This fellow, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary West and her grandson, was tried and convicted at 'Mdclcsville'Iast week. The case came up on Wednesday njornitig, before his Hon., Judge Pearson, and after a most tedious examination, and elaborate debate on bolt sides, was closed with the Judge's' charge about 12 o'clock oil Thursday night. States' Counsel, " H. C Jones, Nait. Boyclen ; Counsel for the prjisoner, James E. Kerr, J. Clarke, J. A. Lfllington. T fA case of such interest rarely occurs in this part of the world, usually so civil, and as) may naturally be expected, created a gqod deal of excitement. Some of our rekders, probably Vemember the circum stances under Vhich this most awful mur der was committed : Mrs. Mary West, a vejy aged woman, (about 81 years) resi ded in this vicinity, alone, with the excep tion of a grandson aged between 10 and years. She was living in ease and cohifort, with an extensive connection, around her was beloved and respected. It was a well known fact that she had a hand some amount of money at her command, th4t she had money loaned out ; and al ways keft a sum by her. This tempted the cu pidity of Jacob Cotton. lie conceived in his! heart lh.e perpetration of the most hor rid deed ever committed in this part of the country: and on the 19th of March iMf, put it in execution. . fJottqn lived in Davidson county, Mrs. West in Rowan, with the Yadkin river and a distance of six miles intervening, between theirWveral residences. Cotton had formerly lived in Rowan, near Mrs. West's ; and up to the night of this horrid deed, had some relations residing but a very short distance therefrom. Before day, on the morning of the 1 91 h March, these relations of his, discovered that Mrs. West's house was on fire, and by them spread the terrific intelligence, throughout the neigh borhood. In a short time many ofthe neighbors were on the spot, who after dil igent search discovered the lifeless re mains of the aged occupant smouldering in the ashes ofthe ruined dwelling. They immediately drew it out, and with it came up the hitherto undiscovered remains of the little boy. They were i found side by side just under the spot where the bed they usually occupied should have stood. A Jury of Inquest was sumnoned to the pla;e, who after a careful examination, returned that Mrs. West and her grand son! Henry Swink, had come to their death by Violence from the hand or hands of aJ person or persons unknown, and that the house was afterwards fired, j They were led to this conclusion by the facts that the bodies of the unfortunate tenants, were found together where they must have slept; and that the hinges of one of the doors were broken and bent as if force had been appjlied to open the door. The lock of the Chest in which the old lady kept her mo neyj, was found in the ruins under the spot occupied by the chest, with the bolt forc ed put of the boxing, and just in such a condition as might have been expected, if one with a chisel, had broken it by priz ing jup the the lid. And then there were drops ot fresh blood on the steps of the back door, and on a plank leading from theidoor. These circumstances, together wit(i the exceeding improbability that a person of such great age, could sleep so profoundly as not to discover the dwelling on lire until it was too late to escape from it, oV after discovering it, never removing frorh bed, was satisfactory to the Jury of Inquest that a foul deed had been commit ted But there were left no traces by which they could fix a reasonable suspi cion upon any one. Thus the whole mat ter 'rested for some time; and it was ra pidly fading from the minds of the people. About two months and ahalf had pass ed away, when public attention was again awakened on this subject : Jacob Cotton, a poor, miserable wretch, was arrested on suspicion, and after a close examination bfore-Meshack Pinckston, J. P., of Da vidson county, was fully committed to a wait his trial. The time, place, and re sult, of that trial, has already been stated. We will now mention a few facts elicited on said trial, going to connect the prison er With the deed of which he stood charged. . t was proven, that on the next morning after the murder of Mrs. West, about 9 o'clock in the day, Jacob Cottotvpresented himself at the house of Furgerson in Davidson county. Mrs. Furgerson and sister. We're the only persons at hbmc. Cottbn looked badly as one who had lost sIeVp--said he had started .tojgo to his mother's on the day before, some 16 miles ofij was taken with a bleeding, at the nose turned back, andslept all night in Swice good's barn?".::VV'":Vt V'" , s;i"2" After getting his breakfast, and drink- ing several times of some liquor for which he bad sent by the feisterof Mrs. Furgerson, he became pretty live 1V -danced about over. the floor, sin'gingJa ditty, something like the followin ; The old hen and chicks went to roost 'I' ' f vV""The old she pposum cat them down . , - V' And the old Turkey cock strut ted round." .;- Whilst in this flow of spirits he showed two purses containing money. ' He emp tied them of their contents, and in the pre sence ofthe Furgersonf counted forty -two , that dollars arid ten cents. It was proven Cotton 'had acknowledged two days be-. fore that he had no money, but that he was "going to his mother's and vvould have plenty towards the j last of the week. It was proven that he lived in the most ab ject poverty-that although a good black smith, lie idled awayhis time, and was a triflingvworthless-fellow- that he was ne ver known to have k Idrge sum of money before, f It was proven that hedid not go to his mother's, and consequently got none from her. He attempted to account for his money : mentioned the names of two personsof whom, he said he received it: But in this he failed : They had, it was true, paid him some money five, six, or se ven years before, but never an amount ex ceeding six dollars, -j Where then, did Cot ton get his money ? It was shown that he did not. sleep in Swlcegood's; barn : -his j fatherrin-lavv endeavored to prove that he slept at his house on that fatal.night ; but having told two stories entirely irreconcil able with each other, his evidence fell to the ground ; (and if his ears do not pay for it 'twill be a less matter :) Where then did Jacob sleep? It jwas. proven that he said at the tinte of his arrest, I know where I got my money, and can tell, if I chose to do so ; and if people are so bad off to know, I can tell, or show, who killed Mrs. West ;M and yet, during all his trial he coulo" not, or would not, show where he got his money, neither would he di vulge any thing in relation to the murder. Numerous other circumstances were brought out calculated to strengthen the probability that Cotton was guilty. But the main facts were the money found in his possession the kind of money- silver and the purse which 'contained it. The purse was proven to be ihe purse, the prop erty of the deceased, Mrs. West. It was identified by her daughter and by her grandson. It is a buckskin purse, about seven inches long, and two an a half or three inches broad. The principal mark by which it was Identified, is the Wcrwhip ping" al the top, or mouth. But its gen eral appearance was jf satisfactory to the witnesses, that it is tBe very samer Ja cob proved by his mother, that he owned a purse some two years hefore, jand she thought the purse found in his possession when arrested was the same ; but she could not tell why she thought so, and did recollect that it was " overvvhipped at the mouth. He also proved by her that he had a good deal of silver money J8 months before money that "he" should V have re ceived from the two gentlemen 'whom he named Ahe same money that he could not prove he had ever received. In fine, ; Jacob could not show his innocence of the crime with which he stood charged ; and there were several very strong and u neon trauictory circumstances going to estaD- J .. r . lish his guilt : He could not show where he slept on that fatal night ; he could not show how he-came hi possession of the tnone;' ; he could not prove that the purse was his own ; he knew who murdered Mrs. West, but would not tell ; and on being asked, (the day before his trial came on before the Magistrate, Mr. Pinckston,) whether he killed Mri West, answered MI do not know whether I did or not i r tt.xi.Uni.. iT T.io.r ;t, (Hill IU Ks(lJ VilC V JJUlVi VU A H U I OUUJ UltUh just before the lawyers had concluded their speeches, "the purse was found stained with blood on the inside. The Jury retired about 12 o'clock at night, and very early next morning des patched a messenger to the Judge inform ing him that they were prepared to bring in a verdict. They came in and returned the prisoner guilty. Guilty of the burg lary, guilty of the murder, and guilty of the arsen. v The prisoner heard the verdict almost with perfect indifference. Indeedrhe had kept up, throughout the' whole trial, an air of careless indifference, and on several occasions found matter to excite his risi bilities. On the last dayof the Court, the prison er was again brought before his Honor and heard the sentence-of death passed upon hinu He is to b' publicly hanged, at Mocksville, on the 2 1th day of October, instant; ' On Friday night after his . conviction, the prisoner made a amfessiom lie im plicates three other persons, two of whom (Peyton rHasket, and pavid Volentine,) were immediately arrested and commit ted to fail, but for, the want of room we must defer giving Any further account at sent. . ot Yet. The. negro fellow, David, who had een sentenced to; be hanged on the 3rd instM at Concord, for an attempted rape upon the per son of his young mistress, has been respited by tlie Governor fur fottrVeeltf . Ere ..It Wc im-i:;e si... of cur' far off reader, t, j themches where is this ask Mori. and what soil cf a traces is it ? tv.,n.-..H ut;is igiiuiuiii -j.uocKSYiue, must 1 : . c H . I...HI Hfl oet. selves in soma dark corner cf the earth, v ive n hp lumbering news cart ever disturb tEef -or, it may be, grope their tray iogros nesslhoiioh ten thousand 4ai t , .. rr cf roo rrt nrv ll a viirl thAm WTocksrille is a pretty viflae siUatef I th? only sandy ridge in Davie coonir tl vmillil a. A I t VUMU luv lift presume the whole world knows DarieVn Why Darie county! she'sa daughter of 0yn7' an, the great mother of couiiiiesi; she Ee 'f' here alew miles to the Noth of os, Soui er being the dinding line ; and a richer i tentie ana yei more neannv? refinn :. ver shoncupon. Her farmers areaterr er Thdcpendent set, and they raise the bk, ' hogs'up-tbere that ever grunted, can fr it;-sAh l.and they raise finej tobacco too, . good deal of it of late years ; and cotton, anda tind oats, and rye, and such matercropsofiW I and they make lots of whisker, and brail. ..I? aeoryMV ell, as we weTTisajitJIcQ? is situated on a sandy ridge j near the centre 4 Davie county, and what is a very remarkablt fact, the water, that falls! from the ve of tk Couil-house on one side, rim$ off inttj the Soul i river, whilst that that fallsrira the CTeioailn' other side runs into the' big Yadkin. So tk there is no doubt but 3Iocksyille w situated oi a ridge, and we hare had oct;ular proof thu is a sandy ridgei,Tcirc'tmVtance' gitei' a clean, healthy a paWce,ju$t what ia fectlr Is Thejstreets ailaicfoortliand SouiV and a largo area isj left lr; jthfr Courtlhotis( which occupies a central position in the vtllig and a more 'tasty Courl-hbus will "rareij seen. There are two. Churches' already ther4 und a third one about to be built. The Vttu bytemn Society barest very lirge brickchu whose desk is statedly filled jyth3 ReV,Wa. liam Halli The .Methodist" Episcopal Socijfy have a large framed church, V hich is supplied by Circnit Riders and by the RevJ Btxict Clegg, who also "has charge of an excellent male school; in the village. The church not in the progress of erectiou,.is by the Episcopj. Mpcksville i not a largo place now, no, bi when that Rail Road is. built fifom the seaboani runn'uig up the valley pf the Yadk in, to stc right, there, why then, ab !:thenVyou'll see Toicn. But Mncksvilie, as she w, ii a pleasant looking little place, and her people seem to It entertaining and industrious ; land we are cer. tain that her population, has' increased consul. erably within the last few,-years. There ire Jive stores there to wit : John jMcR6rie,EsqJ Lemuel - Bingham, Esq., the (Messrs Gowan,! M r. Wa Watts, and Mr. Thompson, (and om iti "dogge'y.r ) And here let us ask the question, how is it tbat some of the merchants of Mocks.; villo are underselling those of Salisbury 1 0a the day before we left home, we beard a Salts! bu ry me re h a nt ask ing . $ 3 a sajck for Salli anil , fifty cents for Molasses ; oh the next day at M(x;ksville, we saw Salt sold at 82 75 and Mo! lasses at 40. Thisjs something newihuf ittt U true. There is there, also, a Cotlon. Factory, the property of Thomas McNcely, Esq., with i Wool Carding Machine and Grist Mill attach- ed, all going to by steam als, in the vlcin'tt,' . a small cteam saw mill. AU.tho . tanW branches of business common jin a pountryliks ours are carried "on there, and janparently wif successtuuthose enared in them. rTEefi emmnodat ions' therelare deciJedlj'l fine : The Union Hotel, is thejibuse we stopped ; " atits a grand place : it is notv in the "hands h of II. R Reynolds, centlemen! who understand l., . , . - ' . rtrfsr-rT' 73 Mheir business well a he . builuinir is enhrtl v . -m0 jlw V.' I VtVJ O m V IV ill V ll klJ UIIUWI i n e w, very large and conve n ienl y and comlorta' bly arranged, well finished undj pleas hpgioJJfc eyvl lie table ;was wellturnsbed ano Boun tifully so was the Bar, and our poneyjared well beyond a doubt.uTTlibefs another Hoyse in Mocksville, emue) Bingham Esq. Now, Mr. Bingham was once ai Typo, and the i an editor for many Wears. Ilej was a patten i then, and is likely so to contintle a 'tbii'Iifc I He just one of thos? sort of men who knows: I how thinffs should be done, anfrknotcins does., ' . v Both these houses are well paftbnised dorinf; . Court weeks, and it is only on such public casions, we imagine, ;thal they &te much 'coo-i' pany ; for we do not suppose there is rouchtrai veiling through i those parts, except by Wagoj; ers and Cartmen from Surry,, AVjilkes and Ashe, : who come down into the flats to)traoe,jodjhel always bring with them a supply meat andj bread, and butter and cheese j. to 'last the j through their journey. One ;thmg fel ruck our -attention, which, if we were a landlord in Mocl ville, we would look upon wilh4 Isner, rf'J ! f mixed wiu jealousy I We mean the bdroacw a ponton oi ine people oi uavie, are ,uc folic in thi intii thn va Pif fftmfl uO WltB f - , i i airour travels. - We'vej never been there oo public or Court day, but we; bve seen otn dozen barbacued pigsf and lambs, reposing solemn silence . on . large dishep spread tP" long tables, arranged under thatf fine grov oaks a short distance west of the Court Ho' They are ahvaya there, and always well atten ded to, owiug, no doubt to the fact, that thJ art cheap for cash." . V - I , ' 1 - Wo remember hearing, .sometime o j. a poor devil of a negro barbacued a dog sold him out by the meal, in that same heautb ful grove of oaks ; and as we passed alouj J those roastedTinimals'the otheVday, w' ted ourselves regarding each with a searca' 5 o -i " . f , , i nit and suspicious eye. But we saw noU"2e seemed to belong to the canine family poor negro who introduced. bow-wow" X ago, ; experienced such a sad reverse of foHf on account of it, that no one has, we beM?r ever had "the temerity to attempt it again.- the jjUce of Mr. McDuffie in the U. S. Senate. . .a ;-4 5
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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