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clftoltti ytatciijia d ulahs-p nee two !■- l,,,v-,;,kl„,l - ion c torders lhan these rates a l.b advertise by the year ej.tormusi be posi pjnd p . t he watchman r , upe rance celebration *' r 0 ,-;— knowing you lo be a "'' frjend t0 the cause of temperance ' you mav not deem unworthy a v r columns a short sketch of a celebration which i had the ef " r } sare o attending a few days ago a felt apprehensive perhaps like other friends of lhe cause lest the ' _. influence ol opposition and , apathy of men however im iv0 rk in which tbey are en , w \ ien self-interest is nol the in .,., ;., ion might overcome the „. i jo serious injury to the cause impression i and has originated ... peculiar circumstances in which placed the frowns of some the tion of others and the cold nee ol siill more are well calcu scourage • when i went forth and breathed atmosphere ofthe world i soon • . reviving influence my blood ... | a new through my veins and new ... were awakened in my mind as i . ssed the deep and increasieg inter alive on the subject of temper such were the pleasurable emo ch i experienced at a celebra spring i irove division on the 30th a my arrival at the place i expected to odly number of the citizens as but i did not imagine that i see all the world and he rest of lokind not only the neighboring citizens were ambled hut the neighboring villages surrounding country poured in its . different motives no doubt oi_2bt this multitude together — some iiie to see that great curiosity about ley beard so much and had seen i ithers perhaps came with the ipe of seeing or hearing something at h they might take exceptions but ihere were any such they were most lisappointed but judging from e respect and attention observable du i the occasion 1 have no doubt that the cat majority came because they felt an ■in the cause the procession was formed at the tnd consisted of four divisions of mil one isection of cadets we down by the stand where the is assembled ; sand as we passed ng we ane gazed upon with apparent ind delight some tender or af te mother saw with mingled feel joy and pride a son in whom cen their earthly hopes enlisted in i of brothers iree from the temp r power hje lovely maiden smiled as she saw r beyond lhe reach of the de yer we returnd to lhe stand and took after music b the band and he opening ode some half dozen lies such as are not met with '■eryday and sunday too stepped out platform with a bible which m presented to the division with a '•''' and beautiful accompanying ad pssby miss durkhead the gift was and the ladies responded to by r * rumple in an elegant and appropri ' ■tiner mr blackmer of salisbury n introduced to the audience who i them for more than wo hours : ; iii unusual degree of eloquence and fisoning rendered more agreea " ; . well timed anecdotes which pleas etter the older they were mr ' kmer disavowed any intention to let llr tii bis lips any thing that might un ttssarilj be painful to the feelings of j one whether a friend or an enemy to cause he expressed a desire to rea issionately and fairly that he ng home to the hearts of all a ict on of iheir duty and show them nature of the ground they occupied :: " k happily did he carry out hisde • have no doubt that he disarmed 1 candid mind 0 f its opposition and e who remained unmoved especially sellers it ihere were any present ir a blush of shame for many j s come alter mr blackmer had : faking the sons and cadets nv ted to march down in the grove ■e of some refreshments to our r p rise and gratification we lound ' i - ) yards long well supplied with which vve were informed the la 1 voluntarily prepared and be it l . ■e ' r tionor and may they ever 1 il(1 rich blessings which temper i -° well calculated to secure for a l!!l them we partook freely of ltie s which were set before us and 101,1 to see that the ladies were 1 hold and decided stand in our e then f i • hard urm c in procession and d uck to the stand when we were the carolina watchman j j brltner | !,,.,„„. ( keep a check vrott all totjr h litor $ proprietor ) rulers { new series uothis.axd libert vis safe < get i harrison ( volume viii number 16 salisbury n c thursday august 21 1851 favored witli an able and appropriate ad dress irom col coleman of concord — wiihout attempting to disprove all the vile insinuations against the order as to their secret designs and pernicious ten dency he appealed to the good sense of every one present and solemnly disclaim ed against all such affirming that it such were the case he would immediately ab solve all connection wiih the order with his clearness and perspicuity of style the force of his arguments and his plain prac tical observations he must have forced upon the hearts and consciences of all present considerations which will not be without their effect but it would be use less to dwell upon the oratorical powers of mr coleman with whom i presume your readers are generally acquainted — mr blackmer and mr coleman both seemed deeply interested in lhe cause and we hope their labors may not be in vain and i must say on the whole that i never saw more perfect order and decorum ob served on any similar occasion all went on smoothly without causing any harsh or unpleasant feelings i did not learn how many names were handed in for innitia tion but i have no doubt that that occa sion has awakened an interest and enlist ed the favors of many which will tell in no small degree in favor of the order of the sons of temperance davidson college p w p from the christian statesman in launching this our bark on the great ocean of public thought and opinion we are less concerned for smooth seas than for a right course — less confident in any of the charts devised by man than in the counsels of ilim whose way is strength to the upright and whose voice stills alike the angry waves and the tumult of the people we decimate ihe christian statesman to the union of these states not merely be cause of the blessings involved in this union ilself but because we regard it as the means to a still higher end — the lib erty and happiness of the human race the sentiments of the authors ofthe de claration of independence and of the constitution of the united states have a neverdying vitality and their influence will be circumscribed by no olher limits than those of the world to all the in habitants of the earth the truths embod ied in those immortal instruments are as the light of a morning without clouds and if men are not now everywhere ca pable of appreciating and enjoying iheir advantages they are universally capable of being raised to a condition in which all the immunities of freedom and self government may safely be theirs if we regard none of the human race as hope lesslv degraded wre see in the character and condition of none in absolute perfec tion ; and while we rejoice in the admi rable nature of our government and un ion we do not imagine them without de fect and incapable of amendment the works of god alone are wiihout flaw or stain ; nor should vain mortals deem that any production of mere human skill can compare wilh what has been touched with perfection by the divine hand great questions discussed with eminent ability in both houses of congress by powerful minds have recently agitated the whole country fears have been felt and expressed the dill'erences between the south and the north on the slavery ques tion would destroy the union our fears have been allajed by the consideration that differences of opinion do not neces sarily nor always imply differences in motives and sentiments ; and that on op posite sides of the question utterly at va riance in opinion are patriotic humane and christian men — men at war in theo ory yet and perhaps ignorant themselves ofthe fact united in heart let we have said to ourselves this union of sentiment and heart underlie like a coral reef all these warring elements of opinion and however fierce the controversies and stor my the public debates the union which has ever found its resting place in the sentiments and hearts of the people is safe to the colonization of our free people of color with their own consent in a fr i - ca and the civilization of that continent through christian settlements and other means which humanity and experience mav suggest we shall devote earnest and unremitting attention considering ihese among the greatest enterprises which can command the energies of individuals or communities in thisage eversince gran ville sharp examined the early maxims of english law and conducted lhe mind of lord mansfield to his immortal deci sion in the case of somerset the cloud has been gradually but constantly rising from off the destinies of the african race and to us at least the evidence is con vincing that lhe land of their first degra dation captivity and suffering is to re sound with the songs of their deliverance to be their chosen inheritance their mag nificent possession and home as a people distinct independent religious and free any legislation on the part of the sev 1 eral states or of the general government [ intended to coerce emigration ofthe col i ored population fo africa we believe un | necessary and that ii must tend lo deleft j the beneficent ends for which such emi gration is desired no reputation for au . rhonty can be so desirable to us as the character of friends and benefactors ; and freedom of choice and action to persons ol color who are to engage in such an un ; dertaking is important if not essential to success it is because this scheme for reclaiming alrica from barbarism and bringing her within the circle of civilization and chris tianity through the agency of her own ! children commends itself to the common reason because it is full of benefits to two races of men and two quarters ol the globe ihat we deem it worthy of the gen erous patronage of individuals and ol the state and general governments in the support of this scheme our duty and interest are united ; and what we be stow upon africa she will liberally re , compense to us again yet what are the gains of commerce however extensive ! and lucrative to the consciousness of hav ing rescued wide regions and a vast pop ulation from the horrors of the slave trade .' — from the darkness of ignorance and the most cruel of heathen superstitions to liberia we direct the eyes of our ! free people of color not as to a land of ex ile but as to an inheritance of liberty of wealth of honor and renown — a field for triumphs virtues and rewards — a thea tre for heroic and memorable actions — for words and deeds and works which history will not willingly let die over shadowed here by a more numerous en lightened and powerful people with whom in the great pursuits of life they cannot hope to enter into a successful competition ; depressed by circumstances recollections and associations for which the truest benevolence can discover here [ no adequate remedy that mighty provi | dence which educes good from evil which j led forth the tribes of israel like a flock j from the house of bondage into a land i beautiful for situation which their fathers possessed — a land of hills and valleys of i olives and vineyards — a land flowing with milk and honey now opens wide the country of their ancestors to the children of africa and summons them to repossess alone and under auspices of freedom and christianity this rich and great inheri tance they are called to found and build | up along those far reaching shores and i over that continent all civilized institu | tions good governments and the church i es of god to what work greater or more | worthy were the thoughts or efforts of i man ever directed ; and can those who ! engage in it fail to experience in them selves the development of unwonted en ergies and the renovating power of he ' roic purposes and hopes the circum stances motives and discipline which 1 the colonization scheme supplies cannot j fail to arouse the energies of the colored , race they are what this race especially | need and without which or something ; similar we see opening before them no path to distinction who that i.s not a stranger to the won derful results of the colonization of this continent will doubt the rapid spread of civilization and christianity in this age through colored emigrants educated to liberty and true religion in africa ! — we see but the dawn of that new day of intellectual and commercial intercourse bet ween widely separated countries which ocean steam navigation has introduced results which it must a century ago have required almost half that period to pro duce we may look to see hereafter ac complished in a single vear withont this mighty element of steam until with in some ten years this north american continent in the period of a little more than two centuries has been changed from the wild home of wandering sava ges to the abode of more than twenty mil lions of civilized men who have covered it with the rich products of their industry the monuments of their skill and art — with institutions of learning humanity and liberty — and with temples dedicated to the only living and true god if it be recorded " that in 1707 in ssouth carolina there were but about 7,000 souls besides negroes and indians and no minister of the church of england ; in north caro lina above 5,000 without any minister of any religious denomination ; in virginia 40.000 souls divided into forty parishes but vvanli.ig nearly half the number of clergymen required ; in maryland 25.000 wanting also half the number necessary in pennsylvania 20,000 250 communi cants in the episcopal church ; in the iwo jerseys 15.000 250 communicants in said church in new york 30.000 souls 150 communicants in that church in rhode island and nai ragansett 10.000 souls 30 communicants :) in boston mass and piscataway b0.000 120 communicants of the episcopal church ;) ami in newfoundland about 500 families and the entire number of civilized people in these american colonies did not much ifat ali exceed half a million what may we not hope for africa now inviting her descendants to her bosom when a gener ous and determined purpose to occupy her vacant territories ascertain and com mand her resources and reduce ber irreg ular and chaolic tribes to social order un der wise laws and the christian faith shall animate iheir hearts ? if the opportunity and ability to do a good work imposes upon men the obliga tion to perform it the people and govern ments of our southern sstates are placed under solemn and fearful responsibilities to aid effectually and largely in the colo nization and civilization of africa life is too short and its duties are too high for him who writes or him who reads these lines to waste the one in idle con troversies and vain speculations or neg lect the other because it demands for its accomplishment the spirit of self sacrifice and may be in opposition to many of the generally received opinions and practices of the world from the baltimore clipper execution of ihe cosden mur derers declaration of innocence by the criminals tay lor murphy and shelton addresses of taylok and mchpiiv the dread sentence oflhe law was fully ex . ecuted yesterday al chestertown kent coun ! ly on the above three prisoners convicted of the murder ofthe cosden family residing near georgetown x roads the murder of which j ; we have published full details took place in ! february the murdered parlies consisted of ! william cosden his wife mary ann cosden ■, his sister amanda cosden and mrs cosden's j sister catharine webster a colored woman j j residing in the family was also desperately j ' wounded hut recovered — an infant child and 1 young lad only escaping without injury the murder was committed for money and i besides the three men executed four men nam | ed webster drummon roberts and shaw ; were arrested as participants shaw it will be recollected turned stale's evidence and the ; olher ihree were discharged in the absence of i proof of heir guilt the conviction of murphy taylor and sbelton was on shaw's posiiive , evidence and circumstantial proof which left j no room to doubt ihat they were justly convict ' ed and merited their doom they have all i three however always denipd their guilt and i died it will be perceived with the asservation of innocence on their lips our reporter who went to chestertown on thursday had interview with lhe prisoners on i that evening abraham taylor is a man 51 i years of age in february and was born and i raised in new castle counly del he has a i wife and five children living — two sons and | two daughters by his first wife who are mar | ried — his present wife havinga child len monlhs j old he appeared in good spirits when we ; saw him but denied any knowledge of cosden or his family asserted ihat he never saw or was on his place and never saw shelton in his ! life or murphy within five years past he as serled that what shaw swore to was false and thai he belipved he had been hired to do so if shelton or murphy knew anything about j the murder he prayed god that ihey would not j die till ihey had made it known nicholas ! murphy is a man 48 years of age and was born ! in the upper part of cecil counly and has a | wile and six children the youngest of whom is : only eight or nine weeks old — born since his ' arrest he stoutly denied his guilt william shelion is a young man 25 years of a«e born : in delaware within three and a hall miles of smyrna his father died when he was only five years old he has a mother and on lire ther living near smyrna — also several half sis i lers his brother married one of murphy's daughters he likewise continued lo assert his innocence ail of the three prisoners re j sided al lhe lime of lhe murder in a seclion of couniry known as " the forest in kent coun y del and kent county md during thursday evening and night a num ber oflhe friends and relatives of the prisoners visited the jail and look their final leave ol ihem ministers of lhe gospel and olher gentlemen visiied ihem also and gave ihem good advice but all wilh ihe same result mr vicker's al shelton's request was with him a large pari of lhe night murphy prayed with much ap parent fervency ill mid-night aud all three ob tained several hours good repose having slept very well a guard was kept around the jail all night and also in lhe rooms each prisoner being chained by lhe ankles in separate apartments early in the evening of thursday persons from a distance hpgan lo come into chestertown to wimess the execution and before midnight every hotel and other place where accommo dalions could he had was crowded to repletion many being unable lo obtain lodgings at all parlies continued to arrive throughout the n i cr h i and next morning by every kind of land and water conveyance al 7 o'clock on friday morning we again visiied the jail taylor was cairn but much dejected and represented his willingness to die his great digress being about the neyjesiious condition of his wife and chiid he id that he believed that bill wehster was at the bot tom of the prosecution againsl him murphy still bore up and seemed more composed than on lhe preceding evening shelion exhibited no change irom his usual stoical demeanor various clergymen were with ihem on thursday night and on friday morning pray in and counseling ihem shelton's brother visited him on friday morn ing at 7 o'clock and look leave of lim ; as did also the hrother of murphy al a later hour lake leave of him the-e were scenes to harrow up the feelings of any one and caused many a tearful eye the wives of taylor and mur phy had previously been to chestertown to see ihem — lhe mother ol sheltsjn did not see hi in t'ruin some reason — he himself did act wish an interview several of the reverend clergy had prayers with each ot lhe convicts — shelton li.tened to one ofthe mosl feeling appeals to god we ev er heard without any emotion murphy and taylor prayed both fervently and loudly and seemed deeply affected each was urged as some atonement for their crime to make a free confession bul ihe sliii plead their inaocence at 8 o'clock their chains were knocked off j and clean clothing furnished lo each they were subsequently shrouded in while and lhe , caps placed on their heads their arms having been properly pinioned at a quarter past 9 a m they were ready and m.*ved out of the jail with firm steps around lhe building was an immense throng of people previous to leaving ihe jail taylor turned to murphy and said io him *• it you know any thing about the murder tell ii now he replied " i know nothing or i would ds so an armed posse of ihree hundred men car rying muskets and fowling pieces undercharge of col james r ricaud surrounded lhe pris on ; added to this were the whole constabula ry force of ihe county and three companies of light dragoons fully mounted and equipped the prisoners walked out lo a two horse open wagon in wbich ihey were sealed on chairs deputy sheriff wm paiker and mr john greenwood lhe jailor acting deputy be side ihem high sheriff francis cann esq was on horseback in advance and in the rear of the vehicle were ministers surgeons members of the press and a few other privileged persons the armed citizens were formed in a hollow square around the prisoners and those in com pany wiih ihem one company of dragoons in advance and lhe olher two bringing up the rear in this order the sad cortege proceeded out of the town lhe usei and side roads be ing filled wilh persons of all sexes colors and conditions many females shedding tears but all anxious to gel a view of lhe miserable wretches about to be executed shelion nev er held his head up from the time he lelt the prison — lhe olher two gazed around them they arrived at lhe scaffold al a quarter of 10 o'clock which was erected in the usual mode on an eminance in a field of dr w halen about a mile northwest of chestertown here were from 7.000 to sji^|»?rso«fc,v > 0lb|ed among , whom we were gva/ttied to rx_t.ee very few white females the oolyobes present at all heing in vehicles a distance off more lhan one third of the concourse were colored persons the armed posse and troops formed a hollow square around the scaffold and none but lhe few privi leged persons were admitted within it at 10 minutes of 11 the three prisoners walked up on lhe scaffold very firmly and were sealed on chairs mr william cosden an el derly gentleman father of the murdered man who went out with the cortege on walking up on the scaffold burst into a flood of tears and was scarcely able lo go down again he was so deeply affected the prisoners knell down and the rev dr jones offered up a fervent prayer in which ihey joined the rev mr valiant then ad dressed them in a mosi feeling manner and urged ihem if ihey knew any thing ol the mur der to make the reparalion left by a confession each protested his innocence the clergy j ihen bid ihem an affectionate farewell and ! came down irom the scaffold being told if ihey had any thing to say to say it now taylor advanced on the scaffold and in a loud and distinct tone ot voice amid breathless silence said — " you all look upon me as a murderer i have been tried for m life and am about to go out of ihis world gen tlemen i know no'hing more of this murder than the most innocent child among you shaw has sworn falsely — sworn my innocent iiie a way i have nol seen murphy for about five years and never saw shelion in my iiie before his arresi i shall go oul of this world inno cently i have no more to say murphy then advanced taylor resuming his seat and addressed the crowd he said — '* i was not within nine miles of cosden's house on the night of the murder i did nol know that ihere was such a man or family as cos den's in the world i was in bed at 3 o'clock on ihat night with my wile i am innocent ol lhe murder and turning lo the sheriff you can proceed lo murder me as quick as you please all of you bear this in mind ihat i am not a muderer murphy look his seal and sh-'iton was ask ed ifhe had any ihing to say he sai<j he had not and refused lo make any statement — taylor turned lo sheltisn as he sat dsiwn and said — shelton if yon know anything about the murder for god's sake tell it now " shelton replied i have nothing to tell " taylor said tell what drummr.nd lold you in jail shel ton answered " i don't know whal it was " messrs b c wi.-kes vi.kers and j b ricaud came on the scaffold and bid ihem fare well mr ricaud said to shelton " i will send vour letter lo your mother with ihe lock of your hair you have given mr paiker lo put in it " this appeared lo gratify him taylor wished lo see mr john van pelt from ihe head of sassafras bul he was nol t be found he then asked lo see mr john da vis and he came on lhe stand mr kicaud gave mr davis 10 lo hand lo taylor's wife which gratified taylor taylor then a_ked davis to get a heaise and have his body taken up to his family after the execution which he promised to do mr davis who has known taylor for many years begged him to c>>nte--s all he knew about the murder — that il would do no good lo withhold il he again alleged his innocence and reque-ted mr davis to tell all his friends in his neighborhood that he died in nocent the nooses were affixed to each ofthe cul prils necks mr bi-hop a sheriff from penn svlvania assisting sberiffcann and deputies they were bid farewell and for a moment stood alone — on the brink of eternity ! a.i 21 m of 11 o'clock the trigger was pulled and lhe drop fell murphy loudly asserlinj his nuocence and that he wa going safely home the knot of murphy's rope al his neck slipped loose ihe fall being frsim six lo six and a hail feel he was precipitated to ihe ground to ihe greal bock of the spectator *. a mong whom there was a universal thrii est hor ror ! he laid on the ground and roiled over cried iu the most piteous mtnner his neck be ing severely lacerated and cul by lhe r.>pe — taylor and shelion died very soon and easy — tavler scarcely moving his mi i at a murphy still asserted his iunocence and ii i was necessary to let taj lur and sheltoo hang - - ' " ■"*■. ■■s _» til dead before the scaffdd could be again fix : ed for murphy _ execution when the crowd saw morpby fall to ihe ground ihey pressed for ward toward the spot but the prompt action of the guard forced ihem back again murphy was conducied lo a chair and sat down protesting he was not guilty and begged ihey would spare his life " oh " said he,°"for an innocent man lu be hung half a dozen limes ! oh ! my poor dear wife ! oh lo think i was hung nce aud am lo be hung again — un in nocent man this day " i he rev mr \ alianl came to him and urg ed him to confess all he knew — thai he would certainly be hung ajjain and nothing could 9avo him murphy said he had already told all he knew of ihe murder and thai was nothing ; that if he had known anything of it he would have conlessed it long ago '• oh my god he con tinned to be hung over again oh my god to murder an innocent man ihis way !" he a.-ked lor a drink of water and it was procured tor him bul the injury to his throal prevented him from swallowing il shelton and taylor having hung till six min iles past eleven o'clock — twenty-seven min es — were pronounced dead in drs whalen houston marsh wickes and ricaud the sur geons in attendance and were laken down — lhe knots ol both ropes had slipped lo ihe back parts ofthe neck taylor's neck was cut on one side very deep by the rope and lhe bono wa dislocated shelion necll was not cut and nol dislocated il was ihoughj the bodies were placed in plain pine coffins painted black and removed from under the scaffold the scaffold and rope having been readjust ed murphy was again assisted on the trap and the noose being fixed to his neck in a minute of time he was dangling in the air before the trigger was pulled hesai ' — ' i am innocent gentlemen . i never knew cosden i do not know whether taylor had anything to do wiih the murder but shelton i know was nol there on ihal night i am an innocent man going home io my god ! oh ! gentlemen do nol kill me !" the drop fell the second lime al twenty min utes past 11 o'clock and lhe body having hung some thirty minutes he was taken down and placed in a coffin he died rather harder than the olher iwo the mascular motion of his body at any rate being greater taylor's body was sent lo his family as re quested — the brothers ol murphy and shelton look charge of their bodies and took ihem lo their residences shaw was sent for and brought to chester town a few days since al lhe request ol taylor who said he wished lo see him — that when he was confronted wilh him he would not make ich sufrpinen s as he had c when shaw came there he reiterated his evidence against them told taylor he knew he was guilty and there was no use in his denying it all that taylor did was to abuse shaw most foully and wish he could be admited to kill him asking the sheriff for a pistol lo shoot him taylor was once convicted of kidnapping a negro and sent to the penitentiary for seven years and notwithstanding the positive aud in dubitable proof in ihat case always denied his guill of it thi is the first execution that has taken place in ken county for a period of over 50 years morpby and taylor asserted heir full prepa ration for death — whether truthfully or nol is an issue now between tbem and their maker — shelton also declared himself fully prepared bul gave very little if any outward signs of it murphy when the knot in the noose slipped and he fell was shinned for a few minutes af ter he recovered he appeared to suffer acute pain in lhe spine at repealed intervals and pre sented an object ihat excited lhe sympathy of all to the most painful degree to a question put to him he remarked that he only felt soni thing giving way under him and a sudden tight ening ol the rope around his neck — in au insianl he was totally unconscious of pain census statistics — in the stale of delawa ware there are three semi weekly and eight weekly news papers published of ihese the blue hen's chicken is set down us havinig ihe largest circulation viz 2750 copies the oa zelie al wilmington h is 1000 semi-weekly the journal 600 ditto and lhe republican 1100 in the state of florida eight weekly and one semi-weekly paper are published the largest circulation is that ol the apalachicola advertis er 1500 copies the tallahassee sentinel has 1200 both are whig papers there are three democratic and six whig papers in the stale iu georgia 53 papers are published 4 be ing munthl 40 weekly 4 iri weekly and five daily of these 16 are democratic 8 whig 1 independent 4 literary j medical 1 agricul tural 4 religious 1 union 1 neutral and the character oflhe rest nol stated the largest circulation is thai of ihe augusta sentinel 5600 the temperance banner in greene county has noo ; the augusta constitutionalist south em cultivator m icon telegraph and macon messenger have each about 3000 in virgin ia there are j papers 61 weekly 13 semi weekly and iri-weekly and 20 daily of these 21 are democratic 37 whig and ihe rest neu iral religious state rights literary tvc the circulations are not accurately obtained by lbe census and there is lheref.»re no use in quo ling ihem they aie all small however in south carolina ihere are 45 newspapers 27 weekly 7 duly 4 iri weekly one semi weekly 4 monthly and one quarterly tbey are a!i set down a either democratic inde pendent neutral liieiary religious or temper ance but we observe ihal ibe greenville pa triot which is a s'aunch union paper and noth ing else is not so slated the charleston mercury \- rated ai 5000 subscribers the cou rier 5000 the evening new 4500 and the sun 2500 in north carolina there are 52 newspapers published 4i being weekly 4 semi week j 1 iri-weekly 6 semi monthly and one monthly the raleigh re«i.ier star recorder and standard and lbe fayeltevi ■• 0 server have each from 1500 la 1700 subscribers 23 paper are whig end 19 democratic ,, egg ii england — eggs of hens ducks and other poultry commonly eaten as food in the kingdom are in point of quan tity almost incredible the aggregate number cannot be le>s lhan 1.500,000,000 or 75.000 tons ; and the value at tbe low est prices 3.000.000 ireland produces nearly 100.000 000 and lhe continent of europe supplies us with 500.000,000an nually these facts are perfectly ascer tainable those why ar ne i ibl • of committing great crimes do not easily suspect others of them
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1851-08-21 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1851 |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 16 |
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Creator | J. J. Bruner Editor and Proprietor |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, August 21, 1851 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601552428 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1851-08-21 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1851 |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 16 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 4951190 Bytes |
FileName | sacw05_016_18510821-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | J. J. Bruner Editor and Proprietor |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, August 21, 1851 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
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clftoltti ytatciijia d ulahs-p nee two !■- l,,,v-,;,kl„,l - ion c torders lhan these rates a l.b advertise by the year ej.tormusi be posi pjnd p . t he watchman r , upe rance celebration *' r 0 ,-;— knowing you lo be a "'' frjend t0 the cause of temperance ' you mav not deem unworthy a v r columns a short sketch of a celebration which i had the ef " r } sare o attending a few days ago a felt apprehensive perhaps like other friends of lhe cause lest the ' _. influence ol opposition and , apathy of men however im iv0 rk in which tbey are en , w \ ien self-interest is nol the in .,., ;., ion might overcome the „. i jo serious injury to the cause impression i and has originated ... peculiar circumstances in which placed the frowns of some the tion of others and the cold nee ol siill more are well calcu scourage • when i went forth and breathed atmosphere ofthe world i soon • . reviving influence my blood ... | a new through my veins and new ... were awakened in my mind as i . ssed the deep and increasieg inter alive on the subject of temper such were the pleasurable emo ch i experienced at a celebra spring i irove division on the 30th a my arrival at the place i expected to odly number of the citizens as but i did not imagine that i see all the world and he rest of lokind not only the neighboring citizens were ambled hut the neighboring villages surrounding country poured in its . different motives no doubt oi_2bt this multitude together — some iiie to see that great curiosity about ley beard so much and had seen i ithers perhaps came with the ipe of seeing or hearing something at h they might take exceptions but ihere were any such they were most lisappointed but judging from e respect and attention observable du i the occasion 1 have no doubt that the cat majority came because they felt an ■in the cause the procession was formed at the tnd consisted of four divisions of mil one isection of cadets we down by the stand where the is assembled ; sand as we passed ng we ane gazed upon with apparent ind delight some tender or af te mother saw with mingled feel joy and pride a son in whom cen their earthly hopes enlisted in i of brothers iree from the temp r power hje lovely maiden smiled as she saw r beyond lhe reach of the de yer we returnd to lhe stand and took after music b the band and he opening ode some half dozen lies such as are not met with '■eryday and sunday too stepped out platform with a bible which m presented to the division with a '•''' and beautiful accompanying ad pssby miss durkhead the gift was and the ladies responded to by r * rumple in an elegant and appropri ' ■tiner mr blackmer of salisbury n introduced to the audience who i them for more than wo hours : ; iii unusual degree of eloquence and fisoning rendered more agreea " ; . well timed anecdotes which pleas etter the older they were mr ' kmer disavowed any intention to let llr tii bis lips any thing that might un ttssarilj be painful to the feelings of j one whether a friend or an enemy to cause he expressed a desire to rea issionately and fairly that he ng home to the hearts of all a ict on of iheir duty and show them nature of the ground they occupied :: " k happily did he carry out hisde • have no doubt that he disarmed 1 candid mind 0 f its opposition and e who remained unmoved especially sellers it ihere were any present ir a blush of shame for many j s come alter mr blackmer had : faking the sons and cadets nv ted to march down in the grove ■e of some refreshments to our r p rise and gratification we lound ' i - ) yards long well supplied with which vve were informed the la 1 voluntarily prepared and be it l . ■e ' r tionor and may they ever 1 il(1 rich blessings which temper i -° well calculated to secure for a l!!l them we partook freely of ltie s which were set before us and 101,1 to see that the ladies were 1 hold and decided stand in our e then f i • hard urm c in procession and d uck to the stand when we were the carolina watchman j j brltner | !,,.,„„. ( keep a check vrott all totjr h litor $ proprietor ) rulers { new series uothis.axd libert vis safe < get i harrison ( volume viii number 16 salisbury n c thursday august 21 1851 favored witli an able and appropriate ad dress irom col coleman of concord — wiihout attempting to disprove all the vile insinuations against the order as to their secret designs and pernicious ten dency he appealed to the good sense of every one present and solemnly disclaim ed against all such affirming that it such were the case he would immediately ab solve all connection wiih the order with his clearness and perspicuity of style the force of his arguments and his plain prac tical observations he must have forced upon the hearts and consciences of all present considerations which will not be without their effect but it would be use less to dwell upon the oratorical powers of mr coleman with whom i presume your readers are generally acquainted — mr blackmer and mr coleman both seemed deeply interested in lhe cause and we hope their labors may not be in vain and i must say on the whole that i never saw more perfect order and decorum ob served on any similar occasion all went on smoothly without causing any harsh or unpleasant feelings i did not learn how many names were handed in for innitia tion but i have no doubt that that occa sion has awakened an interest and enlist ed the favors of many which will tell in no small degree in favor of the order of the sons of temperance davidson college p w p from the christian statesman in launching this our bark on the great ocean of public thought and opinion we are less concerned for smooth seas than for a right course — less confident in any of the charts devised by man than in the counsels of ilim whose way is strength to the upright and whose voice stills alike the angry waves and the tumult of the people we decimate ihe christian statesman to the union of these states not merely be cause of the blessings involved in this union ilself but because we regard it as the means to a still higher end — the lib erty and happiness of the human race the sentiments of the authors ofthe de claration of independence and of the constitution of the united states have a neverdying vitality and their influence will be circumscribed by no olher limits than those of the world to all the in habitants of the earth the truths embod ied in those immortal instruments are as the light of a morning without clouds and if men are not now everywhere ca pable of appreciating and enjoying iheir advantages they are universally capable of being raised to a condition in which all the immunities of freedom and self government may safely be theirs if we regard none of the human race as hope lesslv degraded wre see in the character and condition of none in absolute perfec tion ; and while we rejoice in the admi rable nature of our government and un ion we do not imagine them without de fect and incapable of amendment the works of god alone are wiihout flaw or stain ; nor should vain mortals deem that any production of mere human skill can compare wilh what has been touched with perfection by the divine hand great questions discussed with eminent ability in both houses of congress by powerful minds have recently agitated the whole country fears have been felt and expressed the dill'erences between the south and the north on the slavery ques tion would destroy the union our fears have been allajed by the consideration that differences of opinion do not neces sarily nor always imply differences in motives and sentiments ; and that on op posite sides of the question utterly at va riance in opinion are patriotic humane and christian men — men at war in theo ory yet and perhaps ignorant themselves ofthe fact united in heart let we have said to ourselves this union of sentiment and heart underlie like a coral reef all these warring elements of opinion and however fierce the controversies and stor my the public debates the union which has ever found its resting place in the sentiments and hearts of the people is safe to the colonization of our free people of color with their own consent in a fr i - ca and the civilization of that continent through christian settlements and other means which humanity and experience mav suggest we shall devote earnest and unremitting attention considering ihese among the greatest enterprises which can command the energies of individuals or communities in thisage eversince gran ville sharp examined the early maxims of english law and conducted lhe mind of lord mansfield to his immortal deci sion in the case of somerset the cloud has been gradually but constantly rising from off the destinies of the african race and to us at least the evidence is con vincing that lhe land of their first degra dation captivity and suffering is to re sound with the songs of their deliverance to be their chosen inheritance their mag nificent possession and home as a people distinct independent religious and free any legislation on the part of the sev 1 eral states or of the general government [ intended to coerce emigration ofthe col i ored population fo africa we believe un | necessary and that ii must tend lo deleft j the beneficent ends for which such emi gration is desired no reputation for au . rhonty can be so desirable to us as the character of friends and benefactors ; and freedom of choice and action to persons ol color who are to engage in such an un ; dertaking is important if not essential to success it is because this scheme for reclaiming alrica from barbarism and bringing her within the circle of civilization and chris tianity through the agency of her own ! children commends itself to the common reason because it is full of benefits to two races of men and two quarters ol the globe ihat we deem it worthy of the gen erous patronage of individuals and ol the state and general governments in the support of this scheme our duty and interest are united ; and what we be stow upon africa she will liberally re , compense to us again yet what are the gains of commerce however extensive ! and lucrative to the consciousness of hav ing rescued wide regions and a vast pop ulation from the horrors of the slave trade .' — from the darkness of ignorance and the most cruel of heathen superstitions to liberia we direct the eyes of our ! free people of color not as to a land of ex ile but as to an inheritance of liberty of wealth of honor and renown — a field for triumphs virtues and rewards — a thea tre for heroic and memorable actions — for words and deeds and works which history will not willingly let die over shadowed here by a more numerous en lightened and powerful people with whom in the great pursuits of life they cannot hope to enter into a successful competition ; depressed by circumstances recollections and associations for which the truest benevolence can discover here [ no adequate remedy that mighty provi | dence which educes good from evil which j led forth the tribes of israel like a flock j from the house of bondage into a land i beautiful for situation which their fathers possessed — a land of hills and valleys of i olives and vineyards — a land flowing with milk and honey now opens wide the country of their ancestors to the children of africa and summons them to repossess alone and under auspices of freedom and christianity this rich and great inheri tance they are called to found and build | up along those far reaching shores and i over that continent all civilized institu | tions good governments and the church i es of god to what work greater or more | worthy were the thoughts or efforts of i man ever directed ; and can those who ! engage in it fail to experience in them selves the development of unwonted en ergies and the renovating power of he ' roic purposes and hopes the circum stances motives and discipline which 1 the colonization scheme supplies cannot j fail to arouse the energies of the colored , race they are what this race especially | need and without which or something ; similar we see opening before them no path to distinction who that i.s not a stranger to the won derful results of the colonization of this continent will doubt the rapid spread of civilization and christianity in this age through colored emigrants educated to liberty and true religion in africa ! — we see but the dawn of that new day of intellectual and commercial intercourse bet ween widely separated countries which ocean steam navigation has introduced results which it must a century ago have required almost half that period to pro duce we may look to see hereafter ac complished in a single vear withont this mighty element of steam until with in some ten years this north american continent in the period of a little more than two centuries has been changed from the wild home of wandering sava ges to the abode of more than twenty mil lions of civilized men who have covered it with the rich products of their industry the monuments of their skill and art — with institutions of learning humanity and liberty — and with temples dedicated to the only living and true god if it be recorded " that in 1707 in ssouth carolina there were but about 7,000 souls besides negroes and indians and no minister of the church of england ; in north caro lina above 5,000 without any minister of any religious denomination ; in virginia 40.000 souls divided into forty parishes but vvanli.ig nearly half the number of clergymen required ; in maryland 25.000 wanting also half the number necessary in pennsylvania 20,000 250 communi cants in the episcopal church ; in the iwo jerseys 15.000 250 communicants in said church in new york 30.000 souls 150 communicants in that church in rhode island and nai ragansett 10.000 souls 30 communicants :) in boston mass and piscataway b0.000 120 communicants of the episcopal church ;) ami in newfoundland about 500 families and the entire number of civilized people in these american colonies did not much ifat ali exceed half a million what may we not hope for africa now inviting her descendants to her bosom when a gener ous and determined purpose to occupy her vacant territories ascertain and com mand her resources and reduce ber irreg ular and chaolic tribes to social order un der wise laws and the christian faith shall animate iheir hearts ? if the opportunity and ability to do a good work imposes upon men the obliga tion to perform it the people and govern ments of our southern sstates are placed under solemn and fearful responsibilities to aid effectually and largely in the colo nization and civilization of africa life is too short and its duties are too high for him who writes or him who reads these lines to waste the one in idle con troversies and vain speculations or neg lect the other because it demands for its accomplishment the spirit of self sacrifice and may be in opposition to many of the generally received opinions and practices of the world from the baltimore clipper execution of ihe cosden mur derers declaration of innocence by the criminals tay lor murphy and shelton addresses of taylok and mchpiiv the dread sentence oflhe law was fully ex . ecuted yesterday al chestertown kent coun ! ly on the above three prisoners convicted of the murder ofthe cosden family residing near georgetown x roads the murder of which j ; we have published full details took place in ! february the murdered parlies consisted of ! william cosden his wife mary ann cosden ■, his sister amanda cosden and mrs cosden's j sister catharine webster a colored woman j j residing in the family was also desperately j ' wounded hut recovered — an infant child and 1 young lad only escaping without injury the murder was committed for money and i besides the three men executed four men nam | ed webster drummon roberts and shaw ; were arrested as participants shaw it will be recollected turned stale's evidence and the ; olher ihree were discharged in the absence of i proof of heir guilt the conviction of murphy taylor and sbelton was on shaw's posiiive , evidence and circumstantial proof which left j no room to doubt ihat they were justly convict ' ed and merited their doom they have all i three however always denipd their guilt and i died it will be perceived with the asservation of innocence on their lips our reporter who went to chestertown on thursday had interview with lhe prisoners on i that evening abraham taylor is a man 51 i years of age in february and was born and i raised in new castle counly del he has a i wife and five children living — two sons and | two daughters by his first wife who are mar | ried — his present wife havinga child len monlhs j old he appeared in good spirits when we ; saw him but denied any knowledge of cosden or his family asserted ihat he never saw or was on his place and never saw shelton in his ! life or murphy within five years past he as serled that what shaw swore to was false and thai he belipved he had been hired to do so if shelton or murphy knew anything about j the murder he prayed god that ihey would not j die till ihey had made it known nicholas ! murphy is a man 48 years of age and was born ! in the upper part of cecil counly and has a | wile and six children the youngest of whom is : only eight or nine weeks old — born since his ' arrest he stoutly denied his guilt william shelion is a young man 25 years of a«e born : in delaware within three and a hall miles of smyrna his father died when he was only five years old he has a mother and on lire ther living near smyrna — also several half sis i lers his brother married one of murphy's daughters he likewise continued lo assert his innocence ail of the three prisoners re j sided al lhe lime of lhe murder in a seclion of couniry known as " the forest in kent coun y del and kent county md during thursday evening and night a num ber oflhe friends and relatives of the prisoners visited the jail and look their final leave ol ihem ministers of lhe gospel and olher gentlemen visiied ihem also and gave ihem good advice but all wilh ihe same result mr vicker's al shelton's request was with him a large pari of lhe night murphy prayed with much ap parent fervency ill mid-night aud all three ob tained several hours good repose having slept very well a guard was kept around the jail all night and also in lhe rooms each prisoner being chained by lhe ankles in separate apartments early in the evening of thursday persons from a distance hpgan lo come into chestertown to wimess the execution and before midnight every hotel and other place where accommo dalions could he had was crowded to repletion many being unable lo obtain lodgings at all parlies continued to arrive throughout the n i cr h i and next morning by every kind of land and water conveyance al 7 o'clock on friday morning we again visiied the jail taylor was cairn but much dejected and represented his willingness to die his great digress being about the neyjesiious condition of his wife and chiid he id that he believed that bill wehster was at the bot tom of the prosecution againsl him murphy still bore up and seemed more composed than on lhe preceding evening shelion exhibited no change irom his usual stoical demeanor various clergymen were with ihem on thursday night and on friday morning pray in and counseling ihem shelton's brother visited him on friday morn ing at 7 o'clock and look leave of lim ; as did also the hrother of murphy al a later hour lake leave of him the-e were scenes to harrow up the feelings of any one and caused many a tearful eye the wives of taylor and mur phy had previously been to chestertown to see ihem — lhe mother ol sheltsjn did not see hi in t'ruin some reason — he himself did act wish an interview several of the reverend clergy had prayers with each ot lhe convicts — shelton li.tened to one ofthe mosl feeling appeals to god we ev er heard without any emotion murphy and taylor prayed both fervently and loudly and seemed deeply affected each was urged as some atonement for their crime to make a free confession bul ihe sliii plead their inaocence at 8 o'clock their chains were knocked off j and clean clothing furnished lo each they were subsequently shrouded in while and lhe , caps placed on their heads their arms having been properly pinioned at a quarter past 9 a m they were ready and m.*ved out of the jail with firm steps around lhe building was an immense throng of people previous to leaving ihe jail taylor turned to murphy and said io him *• it you know any thing about the murder tell ii now he replied " i know nothing or i would ds so an armed posse of ihree hundred men car rying muskets and fowling pieces undercharge of col james r ricaud surrounded lhe pris on ; added to this were the whole constabula ry force of ihe county and three companies of light dragoons fully mounted and equipped the prisoners walked out lo a two horse open wagon in wbich ihey were sealed on chairs deputy sheriff wm paiker and mr john greenwood lhe jailor acting deputy be side ihem high sheriff francis cann esq was on horseback in advance and in the rear of the vehicle were ministers surgeons members of the press and a few other privileged persons the armed citizens were formed in a hollow square around the prisoners and those in com pany wiih ihem one company of dragoons in advance and lhe olher two bringing up the rear in this order the sad cortege proceeded out of the town lhe usei and side roads be ing filled wilh persons of all sexes colors and conditions many females shedding tears but all anxious to gel a view of lhe miserable wretches about to be executed shelion nev er held his head up from the time he lelt the prison — lhe olher two gazed around them they arrived at lhe scaffold al a quarter of 10 o'clock which was erected in the usual mode on an eminance in a field of dr w halen about a mile northwest of chestertown here were from 7.000 to sji^|»?rso«fc,v > 0lb|ed among , whom we were gva/ttied to rx_t.ee very few white females the oolyobes present at all heing in vehicles a distance off more lhan one third of the concourse were colored persons the armed posse and troops formed a hollow square around the scaffold and none but lhe few privi leged persons were admitted within it at 10 minutes of 11 the three prisoners walked up on lhe scaffold very firmly and were sealed on chairs mr william cosden an el derly gentleman father of the murdered man who went out with the cortege on walking up on the scaffold burst into a flood of tears and was scarcely able lo go down again he was so deeply affected the prisoners knell down and the rev dr jones offered up a fervent prayer in which ihey joined the rev mr valiant then ad dressed them in a mosi feeling manner and urged ihem if ihey knew any thing ol the mur der to make the reparalion left by a confession each protested his innocence the clergy j ihen bid ihem an affectionate farewell and ! came down irom the scaffold being told if ihey had any thing to say to say it now taylor advanced on the scaffold and in a loud and distinct tone ot voice amid breathless silence said — " you all look upon me as a murderer i have been tried for m life and am about to go out of ihis world gen tlemen i know no'hing more of this murder than the most innocent child among you shaw has sworn falsely — sworn my innocent iiie a way i have nol seen murphy for about five years and never saw shelion in my iiie before his arresi i shall go oul of this world inno cently i have no more to say murphy then advanced taylor resuming his seat and addressed the crowd he said — '* i was not within nine miles of cosden's house on the night of the murder i did nol know that ihere was such a man or family as cos den's in the world i was in bed at 3 o'clock on ihat night with my wile i am innocent ol lhe murder and turning lo the sheriff you can proceed lo murder me as quick as you please all of you bear this in mind ihat i am not a muderer murphy look his seal and sh-'iton was ask ed ifhe had any ihing to say he sai |