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srr j '.IN I I i.i 'j isyn . I II -f ' -.. 's. fmmm t n & - - iviurvoivn live f6r. but to improve ourselves avojui uszFULToosRjtxQTnERi- ' i . YOLfalE I-i-!lJ3IBER- 9, Y t . ... oJ lt9 T3 10. neb 09 Ltl I Ml .tin nt4 Jehus in AnyAccJ tlviluniay Morning.: s - wl'ptft withif three monlha ;? sabnnilrer may mnmii- - it ftl till all irrrnrnsn or pain ; witf f the ilhcrethmof the 11 Mrs, foramii?Vaion Off, v in rome'nost pniil ' ; . " " f.oNVK mri'). or ' ' t ilflS; FRANCES SILVERS, murjprinf ni burning f ln CUli j . - ' ' '.. i I, Frances SMven, a native o the rate of North. C a roli h, and ral-ed in the Couu y of An'n,'ba more rcwly a ritizen of Harke actuate? h frelinCT of ihe ikcpen soleranityi and fur purpo-ci purely kncCcul to the world, as well a to myself do; iu these preientii iaJ in the pnsenceer that taMe fi re whom it is the sentence of ihe Uw of our cntintrjrr i "f h jj I ; j$ ar on the 28tH Ju?c, an? I deeming it a peccisary prrprator exptdient py t.peari.i:x s upp!itiit Vfore (iod, to implore from him that mtr cy ihat iu die fullura of hi grace, he ii v able to extend - to all such iinftii uist ra hie creature as m self iYiake a ftjll and complete coofes siih of mV Uf , fnm and aficr ray ttins.nirriicd.to.Chaile3iUers, down to nd day of Dec mbvr. years, two month and s ru days. i .ilr. , Jatl' : Jlrerft-'an J my f mtr, Hiii Musru, ueui i.ear jitighbir, it' vv happtned by the dip(ntioo of l'rovi Jcnc', that his fin Cfi irlrs Silvirs' a id mystl .! came attnchjLV1 ecii . other, , ne-'Cnally pnp -ed nunuge, to which fin I n t w thciut rtfltctu n. l gAve'mjrcniiseMi believing that c cuutj apend our slays m 1 ve and mutual ass stance tj ; each Other vc wi re mirried eceordialy, on tt.e;nili "of ictobi r, rs tlie vcar 1329, and ir. warco-rary to the ibprobattaft t;f bul!i viur friend. ot hng after we were married. fsayjhreejuoulbsMiile living at Crctn Silver)', Buncu.iibe County, on a certain .day of. the, week, he went cut with 'his gun and do Isunting; -.tit the cveum vu in lu'ilie would as aon believe;! had an ijvme bumf,; I tfiltl It ins heJh:il Uul tcr iiiav uoris-uauungiu kc - lioue log?i, instead of id 1 1 ti ac away, that his iitkle Orecu : .1, ",t, nan s pose to ne aoont my i. . ktirtcr snorriiiir add buntiit'-. living t)fi himr and lie4 a ciipp. t the lime by the m.tjih of bisViUinl., rtci vti wile lifling logU re- lv to mefw'iiN, d'.imn-tif if ou ttkehiipirt instead of Vmefl wiU J'Ut jo;i o au end' !k! lin:; a i o jTu f'i M hau.l nt.the tiiut? .iml'e tin I,!. .. ! . ..! e . . f .. -i .rtply.tiiJiiinlilcKihc r.dLfCvtriur Wished to take no (mh's part in bis, but wished he would jiii iuid alten J JojwuatAvBji right,' and fir tiien de hnise ovcr;bim,r A contention was Cliil .ll IWliiir llie i Ijisf'nf lhns:ini.iUi.i,t tin hetwpen i s until WC Par- yrek v ti were snt for to visit Mr ..... . w, - V oo 1 v ?s -Tamil y, 'about ha'f a miil e fcffl. S ceejiSilvcrs', amK-wertint Ir A M UiO I! ( lUC, I 1 ; N wetartcd, he? for reasons ihkhown to me, ordered rac to go back, and fi;tther,sratt'd that if -1 did not, he tvould ' sacrifice me in the road; I sked hin what Were hif reasons lie told me, becali -o l don't wnt ym to c with me, and gave me a puMi. and maoe on in a run. ; , in the morning! sicea nun, wnen he reuihieJAvhat was thejreason he trtated rac w:i told him I hid lefTmy fjlETrntTliairtaken him for myrTncndT He toli me he was not mv friend, neither did he iutend to be, b it wisncd ljvoaia go oacK to mv father or friends' and remain. Repeated evidences were made by him of ' dissatisfaction during the same mbrriirigi aud asmany bjrme to know tne cause, out, an wunoui - . . - " . .... . . ' . surrevn, Ue left the house; and swpre .he" .would not return until I ItU iL I then left 'the ,hbusa and went to hi uVtfta? ed VViUon's In the evemug he came after me, ami haia ne vas auvweu oy nw u cle t pi make peace, and we agreed Sola ; tiiiie in the 'Bext weekwe mnved over on to Joe River in the C'ju pyofi'urke, ort ther place where f tiosii Silvers -formerly, livedv at whifh place tve' lived friendly; two orUhree moiitlis.j -. : VfrV But on the e vening of "a certain dav, wbeof as J. said, lie bad just cbmafrtn-hit' father'!, he told me lie'had fieco pursuaded to leave roe, anJ heint'-nded to do it-4 He con- inued to talk a that way .until we went t the house, wheu he vtoia men ed whrppin the teeth , of the card that I hd iu tay lap. then Ml him'Jie-ated as if he had not goid wit. . He replied to me, damn yuM thQiht I could make you mFraftef.'.whi!eI;-Aer verv rough and ill languaie passed froui -eaelrib earh oneartd it rfuk trTI in an alTrav he pushed me out of the d'tot? struck' m" one or tw o blows and drew off .f me one side of my fk. , ; . T " rThins remained in this way un til evening hen 1 returnedfrom hi' f4ther!vheit4hrough-4he course of the day, he had sent me, I fouiid all his clothes and himself! miiQ bunted for some time, and jprestnr of his sister, mother, . and was convinced '. he tiad left me."t Ilauntrihlrew Myself on the bed then bega to cry, and he hear I me and come up to the house and loM ma. damn vou, I had iototen - lion ti h ave vnu: but I done it to von; try. tour' nluek, to see if you loved me, and by h d have found out that ymi do 'Then for. someUime we lived in peace, but finally we began to dispute, iud fceyeral little dis puteitook place, and at diCereot tirarr thouch on a certain evening when he came home to supper, helmy being eonflncJ, and d. a ben tdo, I have yu -to waitou .unmake asked me if tb-re was no clauuerl seemed to be my cre;.t:st pleasure 1 fii-e d, every ihi- else. He then but f which I hadset for hrmto:seehim in a cup? that he wanted, sorae'for etyof my being at my father s witlij. hW brother.. I then replied ho.. He mv mother hegot wad, and in the Uhrii said he would .lot eat it, for inieniion toilsodiitiiNny-wtyi1 i 4id niien4hrcw-ottL-wn; the. riip myseir, after which warm huzmge past from each to each oth ' I ir, and resulted in an -mi fortunate i i t.;viv hs struk me one or two i ! I j .-'.l iiMvlinl mi nut of the C. u ?nd told me tolra'Vethe place, I .!iotild not live, there, neither shc.-uld I ffti to any of my friends !o t n . inr Inve nuy of my clothes or proper t y, bon net or shoes. I Hi tiftVv. into a 'passion, and swore I w.iuld bei.'f-vj.'tr' fir"! did not have thtiiv if 1 had to t my cow to buy a citi io Kin ni u um, v yi w a ." I.lll 1. 'it.- I...t.n t1n . . . ted; I then went to my tamers, anu he as always have and will believe wfttT To nlv miss.' ; imnaiuu v somcthiug;;liko Uwo C. SATU 111 V Y, F "KB It Vt X weeks at which time l?e sent a man j t i justify him io any acts towards in the oeighWhood for mand sent r da, that were (connected with bfa meord he waain distresswasor4ta!itya many of his ry for what wasd6ne, and Wished ' I alwtyMhohsht I loved him mo to see me. I went to see him; for II was willing to believe, even at that time, that I loved him, : He laughed when he law me, and we agreed and went together to my, fa herVthen vn the ' next day wt HQ&.0 J.010 aa ontiiojLisejJiiih&pIahn tationojyhidiyiaiherHvtd Ve there remained norm re than a month, when I went down t milk my mother's row, an ltetomed, but did not return as soon as ! he did froai" my fatherV whtre we both were, in consequence of wht h he flew into a pasion, and ab' at bed time he took hii knife in bed with hfm with the intention to kill mel 1 being afraid, rtaintd out of bed until he went to U ep. and took it from tinder hr irlloy. He threat ened ti kill me tho igft bef tre 'he lay uown n e uien remaiDea in peaeejir whar was (oas'in them j times peace, for soine weeks, but fi- j naiiy He onstinan iv tt-me n ,si obstinately lo:ie, bi'causrhe would; the Court, and inform the Court uevxTTTnrlaitysrfor bivKnhit hei Charles VaJTiot Ot to keep nssotana remamea eui i r npr . .. . three weeks aniobg bin mis had just cause to believe, until. Iisj irouc was oui, w ntu nc wmuc uiu during his absence I had It ft Iwme. and moved the things to y futher'a) to. OLe. of the neighbor's houses ishere he expected to see me pass. He met me, and aild he was sorry he hadlreated ni unfriendly, he wished to treat -4iu fri ndly and wantt d me o move, aok, so that we could agiu live turner At this time I a-far advMnred in pregnancy. "Moved him and told him I was willing to move "back a Igaio; I loved him, but it must be on conditions he wouia not again aouse mft. We went together first at my fathers, . and then At his father's, and then back to my father's where I wasconlinea; -C-: " tv No occurrence took place of ny ipptnatiairgyijusUu . my. hi'iug ctmnued, except on a certain occa- m m when athis fetherV, and in the where ha was " Ivin-i and nerhrns yhere no was iyita anu P.I" I may have threw n.yaeif partly cm 4him. - 7 He arosef lmmediatelrdtrPiTeturiid 1 sfnick n one blow on myjhad with his iist, for which was strongly renrdvedbv some oneniTst iit . He said nothiofuutin went out, when' U fnll.w.d me , and .aid he was he followed me out and aid he was sorry for it, l Wjat owatiwawn wiilioufsayitiauy thing .until he caine out o mo Just pr'vtoujL.10 presence or nis sister urolpe a switcp with " which to w hip nje. ? I Ihen waaoVercotwiwtfe4l4o444 p 1 i a mip t . Never yet had 1 ever made the V . ... c . , e ,i vir i e first attempted Off an) of JuK uiuns, ui w . ,mv. h "..- (or, as Ooi Is "the onl judge, before whom I may now 1e brought to ap- - . .'' .. t i. -i"-2i.e -I pear, on mis carui i sy ii as u ready at llishar, i nun laveu niirwyucntu ai and had not as vet, the most distant H,"" ?M ttH ? f MiA. Ul . .? . . j.V-. . rr.J ktiiketnestveariite at the samrliuie miention io uo iiiaLnu jiuury... .. . . i-n 1 Various times we , dj (IV red and oftea did he Vthreaten me with. death,and hlsjpileicrininaiioW'iiot.tcs' make use Of anv m ns hy wuich to support liis chiblrenV bV me nor'a - ny omcr.woini... ; . "'"1, dered his cus wereo f Hint: nntwithstAiidintf at verv manv l"ul . . i .i . '.i - i - - , - '..:u' - times I faieduv submit to lamas woman. should' dnj bftt without trace i Tctisii miis nriiXlmcouimon; nor j-et; del I by any meab' retcndMm'ont mora. Mow, was all It Y 25, t 8371 than he loveime-Verv manv timeL:r3A,f has hi treatment towards irie been reprehensible & i'WTerable Such for instance as the following: Qn returning from preachm5i,oi a cer tain occasion, he was mad; & threat enedmerwith death j he took down wiuiuui ucing I cpncu iu iu any 3tan,ot heir .time when asked to mane a fire, he refused-' I told blmlt wai infernal laziness . He struch me one blow that lractured my rib when rny fhildjasjbnlx about afjmqiiths otdr7After receiving such abusej I Hvas afraid to life with him. and we parted. Sonic time after, he come to my father's and snatched up the e hild I then made jap J1 ication to k- i c ivi i . i. his father, and he told me to take it. He told me, (perhaps he mav recol- jeci tuis wnen i am ieau anu gjnc that if Chartesjeyer did'so again, to make a siniilar application to hiui una ne wouia mawc appiicantn w a cnua. . , . And ni another occasion twv wbipn we had -eareely anythWg Uon which to subsist, mf father sale me a row, and I t ook hey home; bin father offered nie another, and I wanted m have diem bo'h, a was the opinion f his fnthcr, but upon taking the first home, I re eeiyed sm h abuse a caused me to route to thii prison with scars, aid was tbrti threatened with dea'h ifefr I t dd it. I ana still willing to s.iy, that in t e mtd-t of all my abue and distress, I bsd not haruoied any intention to in- j jre him, , but was told, and I think there are w Wai'sHe to it, thai he bii.-nd-id t kill nu by ioihea, to krp bom being Jutig.OnVedoeHilay I told him i I had if-mr dayn work to do -one day break Bat one daj wash, Fri lay fomyselfand Saturday ro to theqnilt ihe, to wh'n h he as willing Wednes day wf both worked in clcaiting flat, j he broke, 'and' afeutflieu. y iiowc4 Ned .VVilwnV. U ihqaUiit.K, in-Bun- " werfc doe we went to ihe house, and I . romb county, the nexi day was Sun- had not sfhutrhedi might have ben" done, his father told ; day at Jamri Uowell's. hlin it wasdooe u ry well for the first j ji,,. boe aiate'me'nts ronremin" I had dfimsjbut he had better iak it IU) confession jn the abote warned rasel b.trkaMd gne it a few more li ka she 'do hereby soleihnly declarerin the had it to wear- U replied to bi. fath p.SCnce of my God, at whose bar r' .'". r,rr , wr, Thurs,(j.the. 22d. I wrut to wash at . fcff . knJ1ie veMo wl fJlh. tn(tue evening who a large skuk i on my head. 4d n hihl ii my a im Uecame u alter I naai."n ineresou.e me !' " J0' IUP, ! 1 H h fire. I then asked him why he had not cleanrri' ihe CliipVoutnf.e1touseft King a Ultlewapfin lornn Bn.'oir. u ; rii) udtntiy"". 1 ieUtnan,ryo.!'t fl wevuad seated1urHelv.H a nil lh fil. -..id .a,,,. - ,HiorCa! ; rrc,tn Hilt. ko.ws her diHm by ihin time, I reckon she's no U fTelJ l in. if he -waq to die in llo- fii he ; he re,d,e,l he w.,.,ia m j in jh. ilthvi' ill JTl). . Il t lrn in Ihll a in auv other olACe, - lh j(J F j,; WMt to d o any a utter. I(nUI him IfCOUlU jhle ww rawted, io4c not help. riitnimt so nnrh si-.Theoh jutnprd ad stmck '. i : . . i ... : i. .:.. A. ....il ,i. fnir.jmmruiairij o y "" " " . ., j;a Kr.M... 'Uiniuiivi ,110.11.1.1, ....... , M!aAjTHtavlaid. - dowh the axr nod Ai Ku, kud M damn your t,il ihootyoo, and carelessly threw the hot poucn over maanouiNera, anu lthrti loured the powder into tbe.gttw. .i:ftiid wiuie nuwtins a ouiifi in , mc n'i a- A, . ,(l ..ru. and M.uikhiiii one 'ki, hi. It.e iwde of the ac. and "-e MU and as lie struck the -W f at. oTk Or83 ' AFf EH '3 MON 1 118. '"'wk nv I fp t: ri w uw?i the . r,,f mnieiit'w i wirJU fii, lf re st tl.r Ri.lc nf H,p tionse whj ik dour, ' I ' llieiit Wut to bed aiid.cov-' rvtA rm'm uj, i few;, f,r.nii t ifi hh rnotn or t.iglt I omld tieJr hini ilraw fong breaths and gap, tltirnot know ltow long lUy bed 1 tfn.k.iii louror HioiVi 1 then' thought 1 must fftt lm out itlir w;i); e h V, i be hung, id studied soiuc Jo ki"W t ti dt knoiy thtft'Vio AutLw-C- lav IMt.i- ' llB Kil. I thotight of ".ifiejgrouiid being ffyaetCao stmt V cuu!i noriMtt him hi ' gl Ml l.d It hough I if J n)U (J ) y II'MIIIH) ttllll HUT MII:I n;,i i. .y Duri -iHf Mirn 1 'W'MlKl give ten h..Mad world At the ajme wisli 'd I Iih4 been de.d too- )iut knowitig I miivtito Momellitiig with him, Ijutt toUei him info the jire, ho!e do ws wi'hmit totirin? him wlih ny o-d um Hiid dui not riir him ii Hiiy,, u ty hi all Ttw fire ' u a 5 tn JI with' 4 kmi' tlt-Ul o' tie on tire jie'arth lii-keJ up t;er tweiitvor hioreh..aid8 Wt'h . h J i bi tikW wi Jrushflsofbig ' Uick .i j rhiiR. tiat hy l .irrf Vief house, where he ud et m.mkI ' pul- l d 'nothing off hi him t'lt U4 bat a as not .mi; but ihrew :t in and burnt it uji v Uc bu. nt lie whole ftighi od burnt eotii;el, up, with the e'x? pfi"iV if a few"sMckH, wi.icb rro ftiu, other afterwards, but look n i j.ait of it out, only ome small pWm of, booea. washed all the bl od ff the floor in Ihe nielli, that night, then noon as day fame, washed my iiih' ai before Wan to do. Wv I s it d-ttte. Washing ib'ojt nine or fen oVIork,' nil down to J les.hifatheV8 and there tried o rui a roal for 'my iinld, out f one. of my i ai o frm-fa,' but w a8 so alarmed i ould not do if. fo fear .i.... i.i . . .i . , Uirj nuuiu rt lli ireili!lllt, Ol 'ttf hand. otaid at Jakes nil Viiht, S-t-' urday iurnig he sent J.din o f ur .'ay up io my ho;me for Chart s Hnd wh. ii theboyjftui hedsaw Jj,ke load the gun; aod the sibf of thai gun g,e roe more i.ata and distraction than a uv j thing I had t xpi-t imred, as i pu- ,u I in tuindof Chti Jc9 and uurunh.i.t nf- fr4y, That day, Satuwhi, I wet to ,kti io apiar on the last Friday in JUHC Wxt, then and iher. to riie .M imnaptu, ACVnutit naat lite, u n.a j e. M j Clin jmMbi recollect. May nU di ie icoodo'es and lender uieu es bo speedily '-xteuded towards ml save death eternal.- Oi-o ,n) K in tin- jail at M ranl Hep . Ukto"'t). N C , io t!.- n vsnre ' Tili vVils40r. ' u j,utj Sdf ,fft i, the 23d I y of, May, A. D. 1833 her FRANCES SILVERS. lllrtll. Test CW C BKVENS. ?THOS. WILSON. --d Peibf .Rail ,R Md" mpauy. . ... i7 emitted by the General 1s- aemhly of the State of Ara Caroli na, and tt is hereby enacted by the authority of the name. Thai II .h Cauipht ll, sen. Uirim Kobiusoii, Joon Kelr" William -Noti, John U. Hall, Loui U. Henry, Robert Strange, Ben janiin U 'binson, Lewh Brown, John W. OaMford.rf Joshua W. C'Cinau, Tiininxs ' Nash' ChUterun, Edward L Winslow; Jostiih Baker. Edward V. VVilkitigs. John Huske, Duoran Mt Rae. J .-iei.h Atey, 'Jeremiah Kyle,. James Sea ell, Charles l Mall .t. 01- iter IV Stat ir, Thooian. L. Ilybart, IVter;, M'.KelUr, Laucidi Betaune, Josiai, E at, Charles M" Alst r. Jolm U.'; Kelly, .John. Morrison, Etlinutd D 'bt'trv. J dm M.riio. Dmifao Wc U., Js II iruyTM i ean. Paul. Bar- nngtr, Abrjiiu 1. AkX4udor, J "ft, - 1 .......... Hi lcd to go-rbuV sab'nty after lmy - W!iM some i-'I-- ) . ' - f -' - ': '' V : v.i",y r I .. -'f f r. ...v '; . , t:- - '
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