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JlOni ll) AM) MY rrr.nious MWinr.m ? onroLic, r aiic ii Wc have or In th horn r, tr! lam re i i. the onnuli of r t . . t A I. Ml put1.. VOI '""Ct ) UCCUJ(J UIOO Oar (Lily paper tcin- then printed and ready fur distribution, and the (oimtru paper just com. ... i . . i ,. - imcucc!i, we apprised cur distant readers, by fintty . .-(Mcn'it, of the scene of desolation m mal in atrocity and shocking circm... -tress, which was at the moment nasslnrr before 4 ...L:..t i..".. . r n i i ... t . . . . - ' stances, 10 one na just uuen unacr our promising me melancholy recital of particu notice -tlte particulars' of which, as far at wc Ur in this day's paper. have he n aWe.lo collect them, e here lay be- Our anticipation of the extent of mlichie fore t r readers J , . ' threatened by this ferocious truest are but too About ujc nrst pi tills month two frenchmen I painlulljr verified, as the following tale of v?o will came t ' is place from Baltimore, and rented a testify Those who first repaired to the scene. II A . , ?.,.. ! i . I .i. . . .i . . . . " : km an u..iuk nuuic in rcurcu liiuauon near iic uui mojice oiiginatcu in an untenanted Piume'i Hope-Walk, but seldom made use of it, kitchen, attached to the bouse at the N. W. cor- and thenonlyt night, I Their mysterious move- ner of High and Main-streets, belonging to Mr. rocnts i excited 1 considerable curiosity , in . the Mordecal Cookcy and that when first discovered, a tu-'-i i j ill . .1 f-. I....I. ' ... jicj iuuiiivwpnuciciiiu3oitiyuiioiaiiojeincricw uutucn oi-waicrjuuiciomiy applied, would m table1 to them - - . I have extinguished it. But the buildings being . ,aiivtajr luwiutu iiicic iwi iiicii anuainirui vij iuumuiiuic, uu me wwu oiowing neavy i,..,,4 .t. i. 1 .. 1 u r . i. : j t . . ' hub wujvi tvu w w in wic uuuo,--4iiu..ucuCljl .ilLzii:'" ' K""vu, in a icw minurcs, sucn an 9 and 10 o'clock, a' Mrs? Lester, residing in an ad- ascendcncy"as 10 baffle every, effort to restrain its hcent tenement wan clarrhed br a sudden cry , fury and many whose condition, only an hour be- tvhich seemed to be t - cry of V murder! Some I fore the alarm, might, in a proper appreciation of : uujv . 4ui.u jtikuxa wiu4jr.uuioir.jwwuiuH-a -cMviaoiCf nave : Lester under the co viction that there was some now. scarcely a shelter for their heads;-' thjn itnisi'gomg on in the houser related the) - We have not heard a suggestion of the proba. circumstance to the constable, who entered the! Me total value of property destroyed ; and will I -house, an J discovered ti spectacle truly horrible therefore only say that, it is such as many years uuwiyii'ii vu vcrj tccuu vi, iiuiniDiiy. in vi iiiwai jiwucutc lauour wouiu noi repair, ft chamber ot the second story was extended on and that such is the'distress which it has brought Hhe floor the naked trunk of human being, di- upon those whose means were humble, that it 'Vested of it's head and limbs, and in the fire place cJ' loudly upon the humane for immediate re lay, the neaa, leet and hands, burnt almost to uei. Jicacon. fcinddrs : . The arms were separated from the fwlv t ttlA lifttl1P mint, art A a n-n! n lit'irll i. . ? . . I CIIAHLKSTO. MAnrn 27. i rr nppiiniirpiu inn iann n inrpni rkrsi"i.i - . - .ppred to he been performed with the in i,' ''1 7 .Vn" -.r . .cif i TL ,. . y n King-street, at I j cents per pound ; which, ..... - -.hv... .v "u nn viir inii An .. . n I. . I. Df thekneei tion dexterity miIUi u'KWH. ti itiuu. lllU3lon virr. ni nn - 1 : ! separated were thrown together in a bucket ,:nn. r , "Jrw .k. i - i ( ... , . on; tne principal contents of the bags bcin; On he : floor lay,an axe, besmeared with blood, ...in. . ' K . i.. .t.i. with which the diabolical, author oLthl foul n'F , ' V V.; ""V,"1 J, Vu' ...nrr hirt ,i:.na,r. tK.s. v5,,; 5ot.!"Lof ood l"I"y- Tl'e name of the seller, butcherkni ves, which had served the office of dii section. v A Coroner's Inquest was immediately sura moncd, buHio evidence appeared which could in the slightest degree criminate any known indi vidual. Neither the name of the deceased nor that of his companion could be ascertained with certainty, and all the account that could be given of them amounted to no more than what we have before stated, except that they had been seen the night before at a house of no good repute in Church-Street, and the verdict of the jury was, i as a matter oi course, " Wilful murder by some person or persons unknown. , There was no furnimro'of any kind in the house, save a few artjcles'c f bedding, and two trunksWhat then cduU lu $ been the purpose of these people in taking the bouse i In one of the trunks wecaY numbef of arti- cles of valuable clothing ; in the other a number r i ' li.- - ' ' 'IT"' - . is J. Caswrll, who attempts to excuse himself, by saying that it was packed by Col. Faxrow of opUlanburg District, b. C. A sample of the Cotton may be seen at this office Courier. SAIJSnUUV, (X. C.) TL'KSDAY, AlRIL 10, 1821. SOLDIE1M' JJOUNTV LANDS LS ILLLNOIS. There are, no doubt, aomv of our render interested in Soldiers' Bounty Lands located in Illinois : To such, the following extract of a lute act of that state will contain desirable information. Subjoined to it is a circular letter Of valuable watches, watch Chains, and Sundry I from Messrs. Van Zandt & Uockwell, Military Land A arucics or jcweirr-on inq uoor, too, was an rents, at Waahimrton City. Persons in Ui Dart of the - m il Sec. 7. That in alt cases where hndt or oth- Jy .eoSue U tccomplished Kit tlicm, their JohlfT J'h',1" dUrKC(I Whh' lrmt yCl ilim ouKI "me next. Spain would either have sold for, a triple tax, in consequence of the own. . . , . imiurng cr or owners thereof having failed, neglected or 10 rci,;;n . r tonstituiion Into the hands of the refusexl to comply with the tequiiitions of tho act ,lorle Ferdinandrej-estiblish the Inquisitionf of 1819, the owneror owners shall be exonerated with all its riV and tortures, and auto da fes, from payment of the triple tax, if, at any time or have her plains dchVed with Llood. and her sons sacrificed by hecatomb,, to appease tho wrath and satiate the Vengeance of bflended tftimacy. Portugal would have to return tohcr chainsTand servitude and dcgfadation, "or cxp ricnce a fate similar to .that of her neighbor Motive!, of, safety, therefore, if nothing more, would Induce thenv to assist Naples. England, also,' who, from her great maritime bower, mir lit In all the cues where the Dounty Lands re matcriall inlure Nant. will tm.tn main the property of 4he Soldier, or his Heirs'.! ' V.t:.' A' 'i::: . . . . S the tax i, payable by them MrtVyears after the i -TqS" date of the Patent. - tlvt t1 nd Mlt t'ic encroachments and pre- It will afford us sincere pleasure to act as the tensions 6f the allies. Upon the whole, there- before tho 1st of January next, he shall pay into wie, a rcasury tne amount oi the single tax and In terest." ' wuTAnr, LwA jxd crivmit, a exxer, in t iro to vrt it t7x arc n.fl82ir" Sir-TIio foregoing is an extract of the law of the State of Illinois, passed in February last, lor ttic relief oi certain persons whose lands, fcc. have been sold for taxes, and which wo hasten to forward to you for your information. agnt ot younelt rod friends,8 to-have deeds f roWrshoutd abhutctale pfacr' thosultrwe corded, and In the payment of taxes to the UIL thinkTwill be auspicious i tothe cause Of freedom. noisr Missouri and "Arkansasrnd"promlscTon' tLTV'JZZZ7 - LI V." : . our oart. to merit the cimfinr. wfirh m.l i- T"C holy grants might as well attempt to shroud m S - - placed in us. , ' toe natural world in darkness, as to quench the We recommend to those persons who mar be I intellectual lieht which is making its wav through. pleased to employ us as their 'Agents, to commu- out the moral world. nicate with us as early as practicable, so that, when necessary, we may refer to the Books of Vsl-.v -1trant irold Uatenr lerer watch-Th hhirrt n -committing the murdercould not have been plun I der. or the murderers would hive secured these valuables. Whay hen could have been, the mo tive ? We can imagine bo other but revenire. Another idea suggc&ts juelfr however, which does away this suppositi(m n Their intention ev idently was to cut the whole body in pieces and burn it at their leisure j and their leaving the house was probably alyt for a time, when they would return, coraplet- their hellish work and car ry oil the property wuhput exciting suspicion. In one of the trunk's was found a masonic di ploma, from the Grahd Lodge of Maryland, fill cd up in the nam'qfVfer J.aifoardeite, and da led, City of Baltimore, 21st December, 1820. -But whether that was the name of the deceased or of his conipanion,or,indeed of cither of them is a matter ofi'uncertaihtjM--I(,was stated by a n i t - ' ''"r: . . . i .1 i renenman, wno saiq ne.WBS acquainted wun ine person whom he supposed th deceased to be, that An examination into thU"fhysterious case was subsequently instituted by tbft.Mayor but after --examining- number of TJersonthVitfQuirvYe' suited in nothing atisfactoryltpwasltateaihat the deceased and his companion had freduently been secn in company wUh j,wo Spaniards who had lately arrived in town from Baltimore, and about whom there were some suspicious indica ; ; lions. 'T:;,::.irr,T-''v-'--'- -v-.'-i.-.- Should we be too hasty in surmising that the " dc ceased ani his :-cmpanibnge4her. with "the two Spaniards with whom they associated," were a band of depredators upon the community by toe various arts of fobbery iahdTswindling ? Their incognito movements bjjt; ahovc all, the impiements for lock-picking, found amongst the effects of the deceasedt:lcavej?(it;, little room to doubt that such was their occupation. , -'-- We regret that' it is not iu our power to pre sent a more satisfactory (detail ot this affair, winch has excited so much sensation in our tovn.-Wc trust, however, that the vigilance of our police will yet ahord us that opportunity, by ferreting out the demons who perpetrated this horrid deed- . AWFUL CONFLAGRATION ! ! Yesterday morning between ,2 and 5 o'clock, mr neighbors cf the town of PORTSMOUTH, were aroused from their slumbers by the cry of I'irc, and in less than an hour many of the niosi worthy and respectable inhabitants, who had rush ed into the street. to rescue their neighbors prop" fcrty from the ravages of the devouring clement, could see nothing but the smoking ruins of their WjUiue happy habitalions. How fatally, alas ! is rcuitze to them by this awful visitation, the truth of the sacred adjjioniyon, ":yc Xvo'w not what country may find it to their advantage to transact their landed business in the western country through Messrs, Van Zandt &. Rockwell, as tlicy have Ujc character of be ing punctual ana tuithtul in their agency business. Wc understand that their charges arc very moderate. AN ACT for the relief of certain persons w hose Lands, Hank stock, &c. have been sold for Taxes. Appro veu, tctiruarv, 10,1 "Sec. 1. That all persons whose lands, See have been stricken off to the State for the triple tax, shall be allowed until the first of January next, to redeem the same, by paying into the state Treasury the amount of the single tax to which the said land or other property would have been liable under.the provisions of the act of 1819, the costs which have accrued on account of such strik ing off to the State, and interest at the rate of ,6 per cent, per annum on said single tax and costs from the time the said taxes should have been paid, to the time of redemption. Sec. 2. That all persons who have already redeemed their land, by paying the price the same sold for, with 100 per cent, thereon, after there has beeadeductedirom the sum sorby them paid the amount of the single tax to which land or oth- er pTOpertyrwas of right liable, the costs of the sale and Sheriffs fees shall be entitled to a credit for the-balance then remaining due ; and the sum so credited shall be considered as a deposit j and may be applied tq the pay ment of any taxes w hich may already have accrued or which hereafter may ac- erne ori said land.- TJ Seer 5rTliathcre non-residents fhave mid taxes-in the-crranty-where thrlandTcoUuate; and it has been subsequently sold to the State or r i r ri i- .it. jfKHfuudi3 ior t iduuic io nsi. ine same wun tne Auditor, 'at is made his" dutybpoh information to redeem the said land, if the same has been sold to individuals, and il strickeribT to the State, to erase the rccordther the owner a receipt for the unibuntof was sold for. " Sec. 4. That aliicrsons who have redeemed their land, Eccby paying a triple tax, Sheriffs' fees, and costs of . advertising, shall have a credit foij ato hiay be applied as provided Tn" "Sec. 6.' That all residents and poh-resklents who may heretofore have redeemed, or hereafter shall redeem their lands or other property for sales to individuals under the provisions of the 1 Uh section of the act of 181 9,- a credit for sd much of the sum paid by (hem to 'redeem their and, Sec. as shall remain, after deducting: there ;. .i . . '. i ' t . 9 ...... rom ine amount oi tne single tax or taxes which may or shall have accrued upon such land, with interest ut tne rate ot 6 percent, per annum, from tnciimc sucn tax or taxes became- i!uc, to the tunc of redemption, and the costs of sale, the credit to be; applied as pernihted bythe second, jv uunur ui4iuo ipiic oi 4IUHOJB, in time 10 g- v tf. e h'i ensure ,h. parent of .he .,.; .., o, in. OX-- TSftStfZX TZ to the 1 reasury of that state, prior to the 1 st of following descrinuon i one a d.rk h.ir ,u January, 1821. - - ----- ------ la light bay color rtwtf of tliem pace, one of thm is Wc arc, very respectfully, sir, somewhat hurt by a portmanteau , co other narticutar Your obedient servants, "If,!";.. J V Pve ,lmc M o .y on V.VN ZANDT & ItOCKWEU- " " ' LT " .urc "'wi.or give ......... ...v. , wi.nuc iuiimr,ou Aiiiunanco, near JuIl'! Mun.hey V or to John C. Mum. Hair m. N. r . . - . . e - - ' w - 'w - ' The king of Naples, it appears by a late arri- "a 1 T U"cr T,,c m I'll I to have takrn tlif-m. i mmir m.n ii.A.'. . . val at Charleston, has displayed at the Congress old, and about five feet nine inchc hlglu " at Lay bach, an unexpected firmness, and osi- 4wU JQI1V SUA VS. lively refused to comply with any of the proposi- tfcYlrifttttu. tions made to him by the royal hypocrites assem- T HAVE in my poMeasion a llank Ilill, which, I have bled there tb"deviseplahs lorarrcsllng the prog- TI'ZVT uin-e frfm onKJ . ... IM MO,u 1 hc owncr f thc hill may have it on applies, rcss of liberal opinions in Europe, and drawing tio. . a. IIENDEKsov. tighter thc cords which bind a great proportion SnLll"'r!'' -W 1 oi her population in servitude. The king de- RtSln. dared his determination to preserve inviolate TSAIAM WILLIAMS, an indented apprentice to tl.r bis oath to obscne thc constitution : and in con- f P"11""" ' ebair-makcr's businC, ran away from sequence of which, it is said, orders were imme- will be riven if the said William is debvered t m,. t diately transmitted to Milan, the hcad-iuarters my AoV' f the Austrian army, to have the troops put in Uneolnton, X. C. April 1. 1821.- t ifir' motion, for the purpose, doubtless, of effecting wnnnvc ivn r by force what could not, be accomplished by in- tngue, hypocrisy, and menace. If these ac- 11 day of May next, at the Court llouse in Salisbury , counts, therefore, are correct, the work of de- lw !ike'-v. '"nfc NWSKOES. id two hundred acrea of ... ... ".O'Hgon me aiKin itivcr, aajounng the lands of struction has ere this commenced, and the fields John 'WruL Alex. i. ...i A. 6 . v.t -r j i --- .-- r. -- ' 1 f mt. it imui 'I of Italy are again to be moistened with.tbc blood j U tlve wooyi, Uie property of A.Um srot, deceased, and whitened with the bones, of the Ictfmsf L an iron-handed oppression. This crusade against the rights of man,' this attempt to rivet the chains of slavery on a nation which has just gloriously burst them asunder,' is, LIS T OF LETTKKS In the rott-Office at Ctimlott,-, JS'rth-C,irn!iiia, on the 1st dun "J April, 1821. A....liaac Alexander, Colonel Chariot T. Alexander? wc presume, what thc Holy Alliance term exten- HiaabeUi ileal v. M. iiinL sa.n,... . .r! Zl ding the influence and the principles of thc re- nm Nasl' ,i,llo), itcv. Airhibald Hron, Allei! ligion of Jrs wMcb wss .he os,cnsiUo obiect S'riSt. of the formation of this League : Thh is the way lMcrt hc k, INlis chCv, .lob Cannon! Thomas I -..-... 1 L'l IV IV A .. . .... . . wini. w....nimKar wuuu jieisoy Diilm, Absoleui Duairci's. John Davidson. Wnlfpp 1niu u.:... cy of that religion whose brightest charactcris-1 Iouglas. I Nathaniel Karrun, John M. FhIIwhmI, Dan- tics are mercy and love, and which bespeaks , ' , )'n Tl f;lcy 'nw.iine9 fumble. ll....lan .,., - - "ood 2, John Hipp, Holly Holding, Aanuicl Harris Doc- peace anil good will, and not war, and hate, tor Harris, Jeremiah Hood, Mary Hode, .tonathau Hark- and destruction, to man ! But the reward of the !,cs wi,liu,ni Hrgve. I... James Irwin, Alexander . ... .i , r . . J""'tciM-'JoHef), William Jones, William John- hypocnte is sure, .though oftentimes slow : and tton, K....Thomas Kilpatritk. M....Gen. Michael Mac the allied sovereigns, in rc-kindling the flames of l 3' )v'''n Morriton, Kobert Maxwell, Elam Mor- T- i .. . t n9on I'hdbmon Morris, Samuel McCoinbt Kdwiii Max- war in Lurope, which has hardly had time to well John Montgomery. Abraham Mimes. John MerullaS- Jashua Mabry, Thomas McCord, Uixlcrick MoCollcy. breathe, after a dreadful conflict of twenty years, may be but applying the torch to thc mine which is spread for their own destruction. The Em peror of lJussia has not so much to fear at pres ent; but the king of Prussia and the Emperor Black,, Jamca Storyi Volintine &tc of-Austria cannot but be fully awareYthat com; W...John ceIy. O....Mr. Orr. l....Aaron Perry, Isaac Philips. It....John Itich, William Itoane, Rachel Robin wn, John Ilea, John Kodgers, Joseph Rout. S....Rev4 uariweii pam Wavul SmiUrJ, John SUM, John Snell, William Shelby, GideonTll. Smith," Mr. Sprott, or John Stems. T.. Jolm Ty e. fullv aware that- mm, ' ,,"inP,r,n aMm..luompMn,.Jamca r.r Torrene. ' ' ' ",av W,H I W.... William M. Wilson. William.1 U'il bustible materials are thickly Strewed through- w, Rev; John U. Wilson, J. Wilson, Matthew Wallace 2, out their dominions, which a small spark might J "'i "aiuei wentt, Darnel Wei,ts William Walbce. mjiu imu a limine, mai wouiu uaiuc an ineir pow er to extinguish. It is an old remark, however, that whohi God intends i t destroy, hEfirst jn- atuates ' ainl the blind, impolitic, and, we might ... L Yt T T K U s llemnininjtU the Pw!-Q$tca(Vohtwitt . JJy I, IQ'I wutft y, not takrn out prrviws to tlieni of Jil t) titv t, will be sent to the General rout Office tlead letter. tfj Obiene the date. say, senseless conduct of the legitimates, would seem to point them out as . i. .t icsii uciiun : ana we rare nnr nnw .nnn ir rnmoc I ll.irik '..tr... V.M..r --I.,. t.... rl I 'll Tl I '.I r, 1 iiiiiwiaiuii, .? iuiiii VfUlvcillUI49Cj lllureillll, IIOU- upon them v Their existence is not necessary to ert Cw hran 2, Robert Carson.. DJol.n DoF. Thomas : b. ' " ; JOHN IJUOOKS, Aa Bams, Andrew llotfon, Jno. Ros. Victims' marked for tl ton, Jno. Hough, Sarali Wradshaw, Matliias Ilarringer, it how soon it comes J,.0,'n Host c-lan'y Carrikur; Mary Corethers, Wil- Lurope butiheir dettructim may bctaits. peace .H22K?-a-Si I'1",,l Dry F Jacob Faggart, AbjnjykFoJU. Mfety, nd;h.PPines5. Is i, no, beu,r tint three XWW&'llISS; ' orTour men ifiluld die," and millions be free, s- Harriu, Jno. Hamilton, Archd. Houston, Vacliel than that these three or four " should live, millions be slave ? and Ilolbrooks, Hugh Havr. Edwin It. Hams. J John Jam. ison-2.-, K Henry Kotizer, Paul (i. Klutts. M Paul Miscnhimer, George Martin, Arclid. McCunly, sen. Ar- her will be fearful, will, we believeultimately ler. P Eleanor Pickens, Jno. H. Plunket, John Pkirr, ... triumph. Prance must remain' neutral itt It Jane Picked Walter S. Pharr, I): R. Powell, R -Dr. . 1 . , . , , . ? "i Josi Ross, W. .1. Russcl, Christ. Reinhardt, Danl. Ri- wm reimiie inure circumsnection. ann itnnwi.iHMhn.voi. k i'hi m vi,. Ti.n f:..i. i k . 1 -7 " " V . - w...sv. n 1. a - ..... , J kvi, J lOV j . if 1 II. 1 1.1V 1 edge, and talent, in the Bourbons, than thenar. ST"' nrS' w,fe S",eou w?kcr MIch:tcl o . . .. ; .7. i ir Vjt.eon, A. W ood, Samuel W allacc, Benjamin R. West,. , pear, to possm, more liberality in opinion and . 3w44 UAVlU'S'IORkE, A.P.M. practice, than they seem inclined to exercise, to JCJust reeeivcif, ami for sale at the Post-Office, preserve their own ill-got -power, without 'inter- e mi:,iJ(!)KS' &c- vb,Law,PIvc, i)i- . i ' . ? r -.' vr r J vinity, Ibstoryi Mjseelluneous Blank Books, -W riting fenng.m the affairs', pf other nations, and panic- Papcr,&c. And, also, a variety Dry GootK &c. , ularly for the purpose for which suh an interfe- y-Cfst-'-' - , D.Stohke: rentes-wouW. be. made in the case of Naples Spain and Portugal : must make common- cauy;
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