i
cr : . vVr is the rcrrmk frequently
- worn busy iJIcrf, v.! fcney t!.at
. iong 3 their bodies y not strctcl:d
on a couch, or their I:;.Jj f lied bc'otz
them, they may bo saU t o I ; up and d
inc. But what is it to be employed!
Johnson defines the. word business, ob
ject of labor." Wc !ve, therefore, only
.to inauire, what is men's business in the
world ? -what is the object pointed out to
them as the mrisT worthy to be labored
Tor! If they lo of thclsracl of God, the
- answer is given by I hiiti This people
have I formed for myself, that they may
" show ftrth my praise." If they be not of
inai israei, u now awniny siarung is uie
'rcry. of cyer squandered houf.' while
they linjer unmindful - of the thrilling
call "Escape for thy life flee to the
mountain ! 1 JZ?
ASHBOROUGH, N. G. "V
Saturiiaj, Juii 3, 18oV,
, TltE KEGRQ STEALEIia
' This was a prosecution commenced
4 ,' tmthe countyof Rutherford against John
jf , Haney, John C. Hardin and 'John W,
. Williams for having stolen and con
veyed away a negro Slave belinging to
. jllri Nancy Davis.' The three prisoners
-"w-cre jointly indicted together, Haney
Severed from the others, and was tried
'seperatcly, and convicted at Rutherford.
The other two removed their trial to
.Burke, and were Jointly tried together
.last week at Morganton. : y ' .- -;
' ' Tho principal testimony against the
prisoners came from a man by the name
jzL vflianilRobmsaniacconiphMw
the crime, who turned State's witness a
gainst his companions. A great number
of witnessed (perhaps 40 of 50) were
examined on both sides at Rutherford1
which brought out a tram of circumstan
ces, going to coniinn and corroberatc the
e .statements of Robins.
. lOn juTejrialJ
, was substantially the same on the part of
. . the State; but tho prisoners examined no
witnesses. V?'" ?cv4. ':'. V
Tbctestimoigr
trials was substantially as follows.: ( "
He, witness, was a-oung man about
23 raised in the county of Randolph-
had a brother somewhere in the western
part of the State 4astNQvembcr was
year, started out to hunt himfound
him (after travelling a good deal) in
we county ot Kutucrtord , very poor
man- concluded to stay ; with him a
while and work they were both black-
; tmiiht. This was in the neighberhood
"-where the prisoners lived. This brother
being a drinking - iiian,y witness gotj to
prinking some to had abstained before, ,
' and for a'ycar 'ot !
began to associate with the prisoners
Some disagreement started up between
' him and the prisoner; Hardin. They
fought a time or two both stout strong
men witness was rather too much for
Hardin. 1 After going on in this way for
some timo, Hardin proposed to be friend
ly, bury all jheir dircrcnces,jandjey
" became intiinalciii tfiiOpriugof 1836:
Witness continued much in the compa
ny of the prisoners Hardin and Haney,
who at length - made some advances to
,him on the subject of stealing negroes--said
they could put him in a way to make
money much faster than he was then
doing, if he- would be true to the e!ubt
intimated that tins "Poncy Club as it
was called, was jvcry extensive The
subject at first vtruck him with horror'
hut became more familiar on further con-
rullatiori. , , ,
Oil tbellh Sunday in July I83G, wit
ness was at meeting at the High Shoal
JMectinj? House in or near the neighbor
hood where ho u John Haney took
him to one siJe asked if he knew
whero Hardin was, and ,' whether' ho
would nee hiin that evening promised
t see him told hi:n, witness, In tel'
Hardin ha had a fk.ia boy in market'
cer-e rp this m rr'r- juat before day ;
iahd't!;t! ho jvJUil 1 ' Uni,' 'vltncss,''and
Hardin b meet lum t!.at nigl.t about an
hour after dark at Webb's old field, and
he would show them the by. Witness
saw Hardin accordingly and told him
wcrcupon they went to the place ap
pointed. Haney soon came, and after a
Utths conversation, madca shrillwhistle,
and up came a large likely young" negro
man. Iney all sat down upon the ground
and had a good deal of conversation a
bout (aking the boy away to sell ; and
he, witness, was pjtched bn to ""perforin
that part of. the service. . Haney told
nun . there was no kind of danger, for
the boy came from Mrs. Davis', that she
was an old widow , woman, and ould
not pursue, and that her sons had no en-;
ergyj and 4tlicre was nodangerbutjt !
would b6 a safe trip. The next enquiry'
was, ; how. to procure a horso for, the
cipcdiUon. Hardin remarked that John
Williams had a "horse that lie thought
riught be had, but' lie did not know i
whether it would be safe to fct Williams
into the secret. Hardin was however to
sec W. and try what could be done.
This .war.on'Sunday.iughU.aridl, the
start was to bo made on the following
Tuesday. Witness aw t Williams him
self oo Monday ; and asked him if. he
had any potion of taking that trip they
had been talking of -alluding to an ex
cursion round through the edge of South
Carolina to hunt work-one smithing
and the , other ditching. Williams an
swered he would take the trip as leave
as not . The night previous, witness
stayed in the woods with the negro near
Hardin's house and Hardin ' brought
victuals to them in the morning. Haney
called, the name of the negro Will His
true name was 11; t T - v " ..
On Tuesday , witness started on foot,
and was soon overtaken by Williams, on
horscbackr-rthey travelled on. together
till they came to a bush in the road, which
had been placed as ft signal for witness
to call tip the negro he did so, and up
he came. He men observed to Willamj
that he jiad traded for that boj and was
going to sell him. He said this not know
ing whether Haney and Hardin, or ei
ther of them had let Williams into' the
secret He then asked Williams for his
horse to ndefK)bserving he would go on
and sell the negro, and return, immedi
ately and meet with him againWr ofc
served that the horse was borrowed,
and hVcould not let him go. .Towards
evening, W, lagged behind." Witness
end negro went on to one Morgan's and
stayed all night offered the negro for
sale at. $800 next morning early W.
came up he and witness appeared to
be entire strangers, tho from North
Carolina witness calling his name Wil
liam ; Izard, and W'illiams calling Iiis
name Wesley. They kft here together
with i the i ncgra As soon as they had got
completely asjt, Morgan's, witness re-
marked tliat tbey must travel uiiicj-entiy,
for he discovered Morgan was suspici
ous of them that ho must have the
horso or else he must torn backi ' Wil
liams told liirn to take the hofsc, ob
serving he is not mine---,,if you return
well and good; if not I'll work him out
Uke another negroT,and tlien Icft tlie
road witness and negro went on to or
nearGrcenville In South Carolina; where
he sold the, negro to one Duncan for
$900 then returned directly and, met
with Williams again before h e reached
North Carolina, and paid him $100- he
bad previously told him be should never
loose any thing by letting him have the
horse: They Iwturned to , Rutherford
County; in a few days he saw both Har
din and Haney and paid them their pro
portions of the' money. And thus the
. . f - . .
matter enaca lor mo present.
TT?sc?ppcared Jo elicit great pop
ular excitement, joth in Rutherford and
Burke; and was managed by connsc
oh both sides with zeal and ability.
Mr.: Solicitor (Jwinn, assisted by J,
Mc I). Carson appeared (or the y Prose
cution; and ihc priioiwrs were .ddeii"
ded by J. G. Bynam and M. - IMc
Williams was Juund not i7y;by
the jury, on the ground that the partici
pation he had in the transaction could
not be proved t? have taken place in this
State. Al was near the State line where
they started,' and the, most of tho trip
was 'performed ih 'South Criroliua. ;
Haney and Hardin were both convic
ted, and sentenced to be hung the for
mer at Ruthcrfoitlton oh the tho 23d
inst and the latter at Morganton on the
30th inst But from this scntcncethcy
haveeach taken "ah appeal to the Supreme
Court
y Tliere aro some other facts and cir
cumstances, which came out tocidchuU
1 in evidence,'' and others believed to
- .' . . '.". ......
be true from rumor, which we feel iiot
at liberty to publish until the cases are
finally, disposed of; if the Supreme
Court should grant a new trial, the case
must again be submitted to a Jury, and
ought to remain unprejudiced by printed
rumors, further than the facts have been
udiciall brought , out in the regular
course of evidence. For tho same rca.
son, w5 . refrain from any i general re
marks , on the subject that otherwise
might be proper,
Judge Pcarsonc lately had an
opportunity of witnessing, for the first
time the official demeanor of his Honor
Judge Pearson; who has just comple
ted his spring circuitconsisting offthc
Superior Court of Macon, Haywood,
Buncombe, l ancy, , lluthcrford ana
Burke. He presides with high satisfac
tion both to the Bar and to the people.
Out of Court, he is affable and familiar
towards all ranks; of socicty---just as a
republican officer ought to be. On the
Bench, he maintains me dignity of the
Court; attempers justice with all the
mild forbearance that the nature, of the
case, and a sagacions view to conse
tpences permit' Towards the gentle
men of ibe Bar, he is not often, perhaps
never captious but uniformly exercises
great firmness" of purpose. Judge Fear;
son is particularly happy in his", manner
of charging the jury always brief, and
totlie. point ; and is so uncommonly
clear and possitive m his positions o
law, that an error, should he commi
orie,:is casUy dct(K;te4 iuid. rectified.
Mr. SoHcitotGwinnhas much to rec
ommend him' as a prosecuting officer.
His official course seems to be directed
with an earnest solicitude for the public
good, and at the same time, with tlie
highest regard for the rights of individu
als. . .. i.2.1
The Catawba Country j-Ncver til
our late excursion in that quarter, Thad
we any thing like an adaqoate idea of the
standing and importance of me South
Western Count ics in tmsfState, particu
larljr Lincoln and Rutherford. And we
say this, not solely in. reference-to the
situation and quality ol the soil and face
of the country, and its natural resources,
but we allude alsio' to the character t
tlie people, and the improved state of so.
ciety. Believing as wo do, that, many o
our readers urc laboring under mistaken
and contracted views with respect to a
most imj)ortant portion of our country, it
isJnteeilijBooiiL
room, to publish a few sketches of men
and tilings, as they appeared to us, in the
counties of Rowan, Davie, IredelL' Lin
coln, Rutnerford, Burke, &cJ -
- Burke Superior Court.. prison
cr by the name of John Adams was con
victed last week at Morganton for tlie
murder of a man of the namo of Clark;
sentenced to be hung on the 30th fast
LVVd did not hear the evidence ; but it
was spoken of as a case of most attro
cious stabbing to deathiiAgo Pear
son, in passing sentence of death on tho
prisoner, addressed him In a brief, but
very touching expostulation. V Pictured
the heinous character of his crime; then
called his attention to the absolute, ne
cessity of devout repentance, tliat he
might appcaso the wrath of his offended
Creator, and by religious faith, exjieri
cnec tho benefits cf the r.!Mi!n': merits
j
)f Jesus Christ, tho aviurcfl ti....:.
TEXAS.": We wererceetiily fuorcd
with the perusal of a letter IVom the
Texiaii Secretary of State to his brother
in Lincohiton ; 5 from whichit ' apjcars
that their prospects are brightening fast.
They seem to be in but little dread of tlio
onjt talked oi invasion irom luexico.
Ve extract tlie foliovying from', two
letters lately received from-an intelligent
acquainta'neo in tho conuty of Orange
The letters were mostly writtc5 on pri
vate business; ' and no doubt for our own
personal benefit; hut as they 'contain
valuable suggestions, appficabw to evc.
ry reader, the writer will' please to ex
cuse the liberty we tako in' publishing
extracts from thciii: ' . . -'
' .'nth ilr1807..
I am really pleased at vour proposal
to give .Farmers,:. Mechanics, ice t an
opportunity to exchange sentiments and
inlormatioit 1 have mentioned tlw thing
to several of my frierwbi, and all tteem to
concur, that it will be highly beneficial
both to your patrons and yoursulfl Your
paper cannot give us m mis section mc
Eastern hews as ioon as tlieRalcigh pa-
pent, and, on that account, they ivill be
preierrcu; wn in uie oincr respeci your,
paper, giving information that other, pa-
r;rs win never give, win oo preierrcu.
have often heard it lamented that com
mon business men had so little chance of
exchanging their sentiments; and I can
not attribute their jieleence in read jig
newspapers to jinyXhing clsc For in
stance, I have spent thirteen years of my
life in t merhanical line, and have paid
colisidcnble sum-and leen at much
trouble to aequtro information of. men
wno wisiiea w monousc,ai iney couiu
from their Infomialioni and if I had
have known that we had the Dbcrtv of
. . . . ..: ..
enquiring through the , , medium of a
Newspaper,! inight have got tho "same
knowledge almost without trouble or
cxrnse.Indccd I shall think it no a
mong the many strange thingv if the
honest working classes of this intclligcht
community cannot and will not support
a paper which is their decided friend.
a I regret most sincerely thaf I am so
incompetent to write my Beotimcnts on
imporiani suojecue; ier a ocucvo i uo
possess, some mechanical information
thai might at Icastbo uscfol to many of
our fellow country mea Unly be o
good Mr. Luttor, asto notice tho back
ward state of our country when you
take a journey. - Beliold the many old
fields that would make tlie most excel
lent pasture land Ivinjt uti of over-run
with briers, arid tlie proprietors hunting
their kan cattle in the sterile woods,
just for -want of ; scattering tlie proper
Spianmy oi gooa gnuw sccu on. meir
lelds," when they quit cultivating, tlwm.
How many : dwellings do you behold
without even an ornameuul fruit tree
to shadethem, w hen a few hour's labor
and a few years patience, would furnish
them with various kimls of beautiful and
delicious clicmcs on stately arid luxuri
ant trees! Instead, of; flocks you fre
quently see nothing but an unprofitable
train of useless dogs. Can it be surpri
sing that men emigrate from such scenes
of wretchedness, and degradation ff. I
mean m diKparagcment to any person?
bufUie'fact iSj, we areairsuitceptible of
i mpro vetricnf; my object is the improve-
meiH oi an. - ioi oeingopposeu lomrn
but mtatureq and the measures which
I wish to encourage arepeacc, liberty,
and temperance. For in my ctimation,
lio who presents only a crust ofbread to
the lips of hunsjer, is entitled to nviro res
pect than ho who slays hundreds of his
fellow men with the swnrtf, or forges the
mannacles and fetters for llKJuinnds-of
B. SwainJpj.
B.1 LshaU some timq shortly send
you a tew remarks concerning mc ocau
tiful May Cherry. -Jt x J. S. .
- 13th May, 1837.
Dear Sir: ' -. '
' I now proceed to 'redeem
the promise I made some time past con-
cerning mo jropriciy 01 pmo 01 our lar
mers and citizens making a little im
prevemcnt in their dwelling groves an 1
walkways, by the cultivation of ornamen
tal fruit trees; and rnoro '"especially t!,c
cherry, of which you, as well ns every
otlier intelligent gentleman, know there
is a great variety. I shall at r - jht con
fine myself prmcipally to lUb May
Cherry. , Tlus tree is well' adopted
to our sqiL and climate; its growth is
vigorous and Juxuriant it blooms a little
later lhan the common. Hlak Morrcllo
Cherry, so corniiKm in this and the nd-
; jacent cointics.' Ils bloom is snow-white
and very largo, eshibiticg the most mat
est ornamental nppearanee. Hut this -not
all; its fruit h hardy and very 1
lifie; it h now getting ri)e, exhibitii,,,4!"
farhiorooni'aaigitahiearaircet
when in bloom. 1 would by glad, sirlf
you could be with mo when they are'il
eating . I an sure you would be of pin
ion that such trees vvouldbqinodisgraC(j
to the walks in . Ashborough. The fruit
(notwithstanding the late frosts- and cold
dry spring) is abundant f It is consi(iur.
al)lo . larger , than the "MorelH having
smaller wed, covered with flesh of 4 rj
yelloivish red color, a sweet and otm.
site taste,' needing no. sugar in makin"
tarts, and is in eating at least two wectj
stibner tljan tlie common Moreilo clicr.
rici; I would be extremely triad to fur.
nish you willi some of tho scions, and if
you regretted mo roqm they occupi&j,
1 asmro yoiTyour lady would not cspo!
cially in the time of : tltcir ripening, ,
am terv anxious that .improvements in
cvctv thing, useful should bo made, and
would bc(sorry to induce any man toL
bor Unnecessarily: hut if any eentlemnn
wishes to procure Uus fruit who doesivt
already , possess it I wold be ricklv
paid for anv reasonable portion of tn.i.k
e by the dissc nination of any thin of
uie kind tliat might prove beautiful to
tlie Isotnmiiiit vt or juscfut.lolhy fellow
beings. I rode a on journey and paid
something for the" scions I commenceJ
with, and it is tho last act of my life, tern
pjrallr speaking, that I have reason u
complain of ; For I.would not give ot
Sabbath day's relaxation and repose un-
uor uicir aiiijuu summer wiaac, in lly
contemplation of the. beaut'yhan.non-,'
excellence and magnificent -grandeur hi
the Great Creator, lor n vAa life's ren.
tlozvous in tlc house of incbration, rev.
elry rnd debauch. ' 7
iHirs, with the highest esteem,
B. Swaim, Esq. J.
I. B. Pleaso show this scribbled Li
ter to Mrs. Swaim, as I am inclined to
tliink she will not forget to have sciora
planted at tlie proper searon, if y
hurry in public, life should make vou for.
CIRCULAR TO THE DEPOSITS
- HANKS. .
's TaAtiVRT Department.
:v":.v:j.i7, 1837.
SiRr As the painful information
has reached this Department thro
has suspended sptcie payments, the
object of this Utter is ta learn, offi
cially, if that fact has happened;
and lo rcceire such explanations
i " .
concerning ine reasons tor it, ana
the future course of your business
as ic win iie apparent ire so impor
tant jor uiis iJcpartmenirto know,
under the 'existing liabilities n(
relations between you and the Gov
ernment. ' ' :-: -1'
While, on the one hand, it ii
deemed proper that snch induigen
ces should be granted by this lie
parteient to its firmer fiscal agent
as they may request, consistently
wim me uws ana wuu 111 e present
: .t 'ii : 1 1 ..1 ..
state of the Treasury; it must be
apparent, on the other hand, tint
nothing can be : kranted which i
likely to tndanger the public fund
and other important: public inter
ests. -: -
The imperative ptfvistohs of ihf
act of June, 18S6, make It the du
ty of this Denaitracnt to discontin
ue ordcrin:; any further sums of
pu
deposite banks, after suspending
specie payWnts. And hence, yo
are notUKil, that no more can b
Uius deposited iri your institution
I provided Euch a failure to 'rcdfcm,
your notes haSclually"occurrt
'It is ato rude my duty, scon
as practirabl?, ta f elect Lther.dcp''
siCories. Ctrl place' with" them thf
money of t!;c United Stales in you
posscsr; r well as the accruing
rercnur; ! ut the Department wilt
Cndcavcr t() draW out the 'funds J"
yc :r ! .."..'Js'Jby warrants, reayonab
i i t li ir amount, and in the period
cf their payment. Such warrenf'
1 transfers, it is trusted, youwi"
r.t alltinies be, anxious aud able to
meet, id a manner satisfactory to
concernednot only, with "a view g
fulfil f-iitltfiill tr vmi rnnl Mfl. , BDU
relieve the Treasury and its credi
tors fromcmbarrissncnt arid losses
hut to Cxhoncrate yourselves oil
stireties from consequences eqfls
injurious, inevitable, and un picas
ant
J
1,
-
t
r0
X