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Wool, ' ' ' CHERAW. i Beef in market, . . , J ; T Bacon from wagons,' . - 4 & 6 Ua 15) ,.15 18 15a25 '20 a 22 18 a 23 10 a 121 ;: 12a.l5 ,'0 a 7 80 a 00 6 a 7 1 " 46 a 42 100 a 125 " "' ''5 ; U0 - PfiaC ,73 a 150 350 a 455 m ; i 22 a 25 0 . 10 a 10 40 848 . 45 a 55 jJJut.tcrv4' .Beeswax, f . lIa,Tin'r Balo rope, .'coflce; .-Cotton, 'i t -riour Country -. .Feathers from wagons rx3dert Hides green .,' ' " 'dry'- - ' 'Irod :. ' '' 'Lime , t,,i 4 , tLard. . , leather soW ( ; f Lead bar ' ; Jxvvood ; t.; in Jlloiasses , . s ; ' J Ki'W i")rl(nns ' ails cut assorted '..; 8a o wrought 10 a Jo 40 a 50 70a 100 125 ;r )atf ' ' k.dl curricnr : yr'i: lamp- , ( 1 ;.(, linseed ' ' .- I'aintji. white lead r I I 110 a 12$ ' 3 a 42 r" : tspaniih brown - Fork . . . . Itic9 - Shot, bag' - vf ' pourid t : .', v f Sugar , salt, sack ; 'salt ' " ' . ' JStccl, American "; . - . Engliili ' 1 ,8a 08 450 a 550 'ftxi'a 250 W ; . 12 . in t9 270 a' 300 10 a 12 - - . ,v,14 lb 12 a 14 Teaimpenal 100 a 137 f . hyson 1 . 100 125 Tobacco manufactured ' : 10 a Oo Window glass 8 x 10 SO ft, 325 330 - . 10x- - i , - CS0 a 375 T"B immense, andlncrcaslng popu I larity of these Pills, is another proof of the nal biitrof theold adage, that , "truth ispowcrful and will pre Other Pills are only pufled. but Dr. rVi ten are purchased and praised and re- commended until the demand for them has become almost universal. ' Dr. Peters' would impress this fact upon the public, that his pills are not a quack medicine;, but . a scientific com pound of simples,! which has been the resuil oi many years inicnse apjmca tion to a profession in which ho was regularly Lred, and hence it is as'op ular whn the regular faculty as i with the people at large, i-1'., i ? ,U X One of the many peculiar virtues-of the Vegetable Pills- is that . while very powerful in their effects they are partic- nl.irlv mi!J and trrrtlla in tlioir action. Unlike the generality of medicine, their application isuuvcr uiwuuuu v(iu ratu sea or prmins?." "V r ". Peters' Vegetable Pills are now re garded by those who have had ah op as an inestimable PUBLIC BLESS ING, ityiiz?----"'-' - Withnut inv TMnlinn in nn or j ... ,. country, no medicine has spread with such rapidity and given' such universal saiistacuon. Price 50 cents. Foe sale by E. Oi Mofiitt, Ashe boro JOB PRINTING V- THIS OFFICB. T II E t'Pil ILADELPH I a; . SATUiRDAT COURIER. 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BAPTIST Association. pIIE old Sandy Creek BapuVt "asso- ; -ciation-wiii oo held at Aloon's Chap el, in the edge of Chatham County, one mild and a half hclmv MurlAv'a Rfllte ----- - - - - . w m" r w ! commencing on Saturday tne 27th of uciooer loaa. mere will be sundry Churches convened, and preachers in attendance from, dijrerent umof the Conntry. Bretli7en '.d JricnTs""'ifim all soeieticrire invited lomend. Communicated, A keen retort.' "You liad bfl ler ask for manners than tnonr v." said a fine dreased gentleman ton uegar--Jioy-iiinasked4iim-for alms. . ''I asked for what I ihiin?lit you bad the most ol," was the re ply. or Uie little mendicant. - ' ; The late frequent rains have liad a fine effect upon the growing crops. v e are scrry to add that the ratterpillar lias mads its ap pearance In the corn fields on the coast. Wil.Mv . Ttic 'pram marhct, Our report of the markets, in another part of to-days, American, rccorils the ex traordinary fluctuations which have attended Uie value of corn within the past week. , Wc stated that on Monday, prices had risen to nc U)lhm per bushel, but the decline since llii'n has almost beeW rapid f the rise, for yesterday tales were made at 8ti leutsr i-r bushel t'ri,i' .. ...!-. ... i ..i. i.' l j ..vaB -iiuf VkVI' the racaas of saving arts of crops a iiu iter in run.?, which -iiavc oeen tlafin niany , ges had been given 0pfueldsi;ha their influence reducing prices from tblr late clevation.?aZimore ;! It becomes our painful duty to an nounce death of THOMAS DEW?5 Jf. Esq., Attorney at law of this place, iw ijvj'umcu lias him pn oitiuruay mc '4th!ut. aed about 30 years, j . ! -pio circumstances attending the death of Mr. D. are truly distressing. He was a candidate to represent this couuty in Ue neit Legislature, and was returning from the lower part of the'eoonty, 'where' he had gone to attend a public gathering a few days previous to. his death. f On arriving within six miles of this pave, it was discovered that he was in a state of mental derange ment On the evening of bis death, be started for home, as was supposed, but not reaching this that niirlit. nerions an- prehensions were entertained by the citi- zens oi our village, , mat some; tmslbr tune had bpfallcu him, and immediately search was made, for him that night in the neighborhood where he was . last seen: his hersa was found on the bank I " " "w w. , vw.... P5' Crod river near by, but no traces of its owuer could be fonnd. On next ipornmg search was again made, and melancholy to rolatc, he was found id the bottom of the river, having appar ently bcen drowned the evening prwi !In thodeath"of tliis Vounf man the Community has fceen deprived of one, w ho, by his natural endowments, was fitted for any station in life, and who j by the exercises of a highly gifled men? father and mother, a brother andstvtr- R sisters- to depiore a loss which' to ikivui ad iitir:(ii irrHinirnnia wcitinmm. yordton Gax, qf Slh Jlvg. r: THREE SLA VES TRIED FOR . .. . "MURDER. , the btaunton, Va. Spectator, of Inursday last outains the particulars n uic inui oi mo inree slaves Andrew, Lucinda and Caroline, f r the murder of the two children of their master, Mr Mayse, of Bath county, Va.' " ' : Tr&ome account of the murder ha ra 1. ready been civen to the Dublie. On PrL day,the 10th of August, two little daugh- icre oi Mr. aiayse, one aged something mure than seven vcarv. anA tiw mh probably from 13 to 18 months youn ger, w ho had been going to school for some timer about three quarters of .a mile from, their : father's house, bavins failed to return nomeat the usual tiincV theiroiheriamejBneaayjiUheirde lay, and caused sr search to bo made for them, supposing they -had strayed oirfor the T'urposo f. gathering wild berries,;and had. lost their way. I Ter alarm was increased,' by "the fact that her husband was absent at the Hot Spriugs, and night was fast arproach- LForsome time the search rrn n. successful, but at lencth tho children were found lying dsad, near the road by which their father must necessarily pass on his return home,-with: their throats cut from car to ear. Suspicion soon attached to three negroes, viz: a man named Andrew, a woman Earned Lucinda, and a girl about 14 years old named Caroline; all of whom belonged to Mr. Mayp& A coroner's inquest was held over the bodies,' and a; great deal of tcf tiinony was examined, w hich so confirmed the . previous suspicions, that tho ihice negroeslvcre arrested & committed to jail and a warrant issued to convene a court for their trial on the 22d of August. 1 Immediately aAer the arrest, Caroline,'' the pirl, nude a dis closure, 'criminating Lucinda, who was her mother, and the wan named Arid rew.'-s'i'V-. f';,"" On the triat, which took place on the' d.iV above rnentioiicd, two cf tho Accu sed, Andrew and Lufiiida, were sete ratcly arrAigncd,' and tho gtrl.Carohne, was brought forward as a whss. llQt testimony, was to tho : following pur lW5')7'!,;.','ii,!!:'J j-:.;"i';. 4 j On ilw evening of ihejnurder Lucin.. diJherTijoflicr, left the house ofhirnaa ter fort he ostensible purpose of gatherio uidoemcs. .As wie went from the house she told the witness that she must 1 g wnjowarda.tlie sclioorhouse, and . meet tho children, as 1 hey", came from schoohund bring them up' to the gate -over the hill, and that, she would showr them another-Uickberry patcli. 'The1 witness accordingly took the child of: Mr; Mayse which she wss nursing, and went towards the fielroolhouse, until sho: " met the children on their ; return home.' 1 ISbe readily pursuaded them to nc ' : Company her to the place designated, a : ' bout 40a yards from tho house of Mr. . Mayeson tho road, and near a gate' which fed intrt one 0f the fielJg. ThV ground on onisid.of the road, at-thi . 1. 1 . . i. a . . poinr was n a lrest,nnd on lha other was cleared, with the exception of bush es w hich had grown up in the field ' P . The situation Was quitefpublic '-for.- that remote section of the country as the road was or-casir-ally tra veiled. . When the w Stness reachnrt ihn designated she found the prisoners Lit- 1 cinda and Andrew ; wailing- for them, -thd latter leaning on the fence, with hi shcrt sleeves rolled to nis shoulders. Almost immediately upon their reaah- '' l?rl'LcH'w"wl the eldest, child, who finding tier self so rough! i managed begged Lucinda not t urt her ( as 'she never done her any ! arm Lucinda inade no reply to this prayer -for mercv. Vut catching hnMAf fi. of her victim, she drew it violently- vv. mi vj icave mo mroav luiiy ex posed,1 end standin? behind hplm'ut,- . firmly in - this position,- until Andrew, ' with a single stroke with a shoe krrfc. cut ner throat almost from ear to ear. Lucinda then relinanishoit hr Ku the. poor.""' tnnocenfwith its eve ' rolled upwards in agony, and with up- linn! . t m IT mm jvm waggcrea lorwsird, descri bfig m her course a half circW with.- the blood spouting from every vein and artery, until she fell prostrate and cxpi- red without a groan.; The other littlo '"J victim, terrified beyond expression at the horrible scene w'hich she had jusf -witnessed, fled into the corner of the fence, and without st reached arms im ploring tor mercy. But she might a? weir have anrald to hungary Timers. AinlrewYushed upon her, dragged hef from bor place of refuge, a nd' landed " her over to Luc;ndaiwho hel.l l the santo situation her sister met her horrible fate, and Andrew wlff, same instrument "of d.ntli. tA ll.A .1.. , , " IIIU laiwuase of. the witness, -nwnt n i,. neck for some tiirie. un?il th ht.i almost severed from the body, and she fell dead without a stni"te. '- ; . The witness said thai kIa ikn M. ' away to thchouse and did notfc t le prueners , did or where they went - This dreadful narrstivp of the wj;nri?was; 1 sustained by all the idcncc in the case, and by the Testimony' y r : , " " u,io ma coiiatera - -tacts. unonancxaminntinn ncu sjtioft of the botl.es of thechildrcn, and; ... uu lU(J anpearanco ot tho ffronnd, it Was found lh.1t Avarii L!-- g .Ajr UlUr corresponded with the statement of the i..7r ?.:-a Ti .( . . oldest ay ' ' that she must have fallen in that positioi a,jiU H,iamiiv nan xiowed from the wound and was found Immediately" under the neck. . f ..' ' . t 1 ho traces of blocnl xvcre, also distinct ? ly viKible, showing that she had star gered lorvvrrd and described a semi ' circle in bor nroirrpsfi: a- tij u.. .t.- . . witness. ,rho wounds too correspond . with her dcscriition.f.iptvK,L. ,..- . in the throat of the eldest wa., smbothe 7 "lur" ,u"a. uvo or three inches in len-nh that of the vmmr0, .... .. f even, and of, much greater Ufepth and y nV nmh ...! J.I r ... .. biwicr wmuiana extend. 1 V onls cannot.describe the feeling which were produced upor the bvstan- ' dcrs as this dreadful narration procress ' ed, particularly ai thu Cith ..l er of .the- -murdered J children . were o" uiigeu to do nresent . The ! deepest e-" motion pervaded the whole audience. ' The couiiitd were so miwh nm.A,i to bo compelled from time to time f nvjmmy me examination, and the poor ITloilief was til rnnmiLarl ...'(!. lW r8 ,w? obligedlo,'; toapportci f 'A i . . f
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