The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-10-13

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joints, thus drawing them up close upon
The breast. Atthe bottom of the box was
black coat without pocket-Aaps or lap
I,efs, and considerably torn, and neck
stuck, across which was a cut. Upon
,hrse, wrapped abnut with piece OF sail
cloth and bits of oakum and other rubbish,
was The L,,Iy, doubled up as above men:
toned and tightly crowded down.
The BODY upon examination was found
to be in a stale of advanced decomposi-
liun; the whole frontal bone Of the fore
head, with part Of the temporal bone was
beaten in upon the brain; the right tparietal
bone was lik kewise fractured, and the left
separated from the rest Of the skull and
driven in completely upon the brain. One
check bone was fractured, and there was
deep wound in the back Of Ills head
There was also a cut upon the side of the
chin, Which matched perfectly with the
cut In the stock. Upon finger on the
right hand was small ring. The features
were SO eatirely decayed and the coun-
lenance 50 lisfgured that the body could
not we'll be identified; but Mrs. Adams tes-
titled that as nearly as she could judge
from the ring and coat, the body IS that Of
her husband. scar upon the leg is also
mark of Identification. A Awatch, known
to have belonged to Mr.. Adams as he re-
peatedIy attempted to sell it, has been
found in the trunk ofColt at his lodgings.
Colt is known to have been indebted to
Adams to considerable amount for print
ing his work on book keeping, and it is
understood that the latter had had some
trouble in securing his pay. Colt was
about to ship box of his books to Phila-
delphia, and employed a third person to
do this and to receive the money in his
stead. This third person, we understand,
was told BY Adams that ,he money for the
books was 10 be paid to him as Colt was
in his debt The former mentioned this
to Colt who denied it. and said he himself
must raceive the money. On meeting Mr..
Adams, on the fatal Friday, the third per.
soa told him what was said by Colt, and
remarked that he was sure Colt meant to
cheat him out Of his money. Adams re-
marked that he should take care of that as he
meanIt 10 see Colt about it. He was last
seen that day going up Broadway, near
the corner Of Chambers street.
At "a late hour last night the coroner's
Jury .returned as their verdict that the body
was thai Of Mr.. Samuel Adams; and that. in.
their belief he came to his death by blows
inflicted by ]. c. Colt.
Mr.. Adams was originally from Provi-
dence. His parents are both dead, but
most ofhis relations still live in that city.
He had wife but no children. He 4ost
nearly all his property, partly by fire. aud
partly by The failure of those who owed
him, and was in debt some 5000 at the
fine of his death. He was an honest, in.
dustrious, tenn, crate .and religious man,
highly respected by all who knew him.
His age wGs not far from IS.
The testimony taken on the inquest is
published in The Courier. The principal
witnesses examined were, DR.. Gilman and
Kissam who made the post mortem exam
ination, the deputy coroner, who was
present at the finding and opening Of the
box, Richard Barstow the carman who
carried TO the ship, Mr.. Wheeler the
writing master whose disclosures led to
the discovery, Dr.. Chiffon who analyzed
the stains of blood on the hatchet and the
wall of Colts room, Mrs. Adams, and JUS
tice Taylor, who found Mr.. Adams watch
in Colts trunk. .,el
The verdict was "wilfal and deliberate
murder" against John c. Colt, who was
lhereupen committed for trial. =.
e.
THE VETo PowER.-Ita appears evident
Iy that the Clay scheme Of abo1ishing the
veto power will not take among the con-
siderate man Of any class.
The doctrine of checks. and balances,
rightly understood, is most beneficial
one. The error Of some Of the federal
politicians Of our country and of the aris-
tocrats Of other countries, consists in sup
posing that checks in government should
be introduced by giving 30 a privileged
order permanent veto on the will of the
people.
The true doctrine of checks and balan-
ces, is that which proposes to check each
agent Of the people, by some other agent