Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-05-18
From lie Macon Tsisarnuh.

Records--S,opp'ng oftke sheriff Sales,
and The kidnapping ef The Deputy Sher-
if by Mol!
The following letter from Col. J. NJ.
Kelly to the Editor gives some particulars
| Of the daring outrage last week in tue
! cou1ry Of Sumter. AT our last advices
from there, Thursday ovenina) the Court
wa, still 10 scssion-and the Grand Jury
zcalously engsgeG in fereling out the da!-
ing perpetrators. we are pleased TO lcara
tho citizens generally Of that wealthy and
respectable portion Of Georgia discounte-
nance the daring outrage.
A small caske, Of the cinders of the
hurur records in which the writing is sill!
Iegibe were brought away by q frieId, and
left u, this Office. -
AMERlcus. May a, 1912.
Dear Barilc,t:-l Inkc occasion TO write
you Ivy the present opportunity To inform
you oithe occurrences which have taken
place here !nr the last two DAYS. On
Munday The Cnuri was organised, and af.
:cr spirited aud able charge By Judge
Taylor to the Grand Jury, defining their
powers, and pointing hem 10 their sworn
Obligations. WE proceeded quietly and reg
uIarly Onward in the disposition Of the bu-
Siiness Of the ,crm. The promp'i,udc Of
the officers Of the Court, aud the alacriiy
with which parties seemed 10 meet their
cases promised The despatch during The
week of most or all Of the cases ripe for
,riaI. After such beeina,ng you may
Judge Of nur surprise 90 Thursday morning
when. 10 use the language Of The report,
we found that the Clerks office tras siolen,'
the preceding night. The Clerks box or
desk containing all tho papers, the dockets.
the minutes of The Cour. the records Of
judgments, appcr,ainiug 10 the present
term, (cxcepting such papers as the Ator-
news had taken out of the Office on Mon-
day) was gone. All was conlusion-
Judge Taylor look his seat. aud the Grand
Jury being in Court, the Judge informed
them of the outrage upon the rights of The
country committed in The purItining olihc
records. and charged them sps tally to fer
ret ou, the offenders and bring ihem 10 JUS
,ce. If possible. That body distinguished
for the intelligence and integrity Of its
members. has been visilani am indus,iI'
Gus, and still has The matter u,'e. iDyesti.
g,arrJu=-wTrUesses are constantly being
sworn and sent up al their request, and it
is hoped that they will be able TO ascertain
the names OF the offenders. Il has been
nsccr,ained that The Clerks box or desk
with all The dockcis, papers. &c.. cnnlaiu-
ed in il as above mentioned, wErc taken
into the woods and burnt. visited the
spo, 10 day. aud no doub, can exist as TO
the fact-bccausc found among The cin-
ticrs parts of the execution and nhor dock
els and Of the minutes which had not
crumblcd to ashes. containing cases in
which am Interested rs attorncy-thc
par, thus left werc charrcd so much as to
break 10 pieces upon the leas, exposure 10
the current Of air.
Having briefly disposed Of this &c, Of the
drama, vii! proceed TO givcy you short
history Of another, which though not 50
permanently injurious in its consequences
as the other, and not so penal in its char
aclcr, is nevertheless calculated TO excite
alarm fer the safety and durability OF our
institutions. Indeed there seems 10 be n
revolutionary spirit abroad in the land.
The hour for the Shcrili's sale arrived,
aud the Cour, suspended business 10 give
him an opportunity TO sell. MIR. McCrary.
the Deputy Sheriff proceeded to The door
of The Cour House and proclaimed ,ha,
the sale would then cuTmcncc, and began
TO read from the advertisement, when three
or four stron. men seized him and carried
him of rici armis!' Judge Taylor npon be-
ing informed Of The affair, repaired immc-
iia,cly to the Court House aud ordered
the Sheriff TO summon n sufficien; guard,
and 10 arrcs, The mob who had carried oil
the Deputy by vio!cncc--which was ac-
corliingly done. and some two or three
were over,aken aud arrested, and stand
indicted by special prcsen,meni for resist
ing the officer, DC. The Sheriff then pro-
cceded TO sell for rather to attempt to sell. J
The people were haransued by some
man, whom could not see, forowarning
persons present no, to bid for property
II is impossible TO tell how many were de-
,ermincd TO prevent salc-unless to sup
pose that MINORITY acquiesced in il. One
man saw, who with n most barbarous
look and gesture, absolutely forbade any
bidding whatever, knew him not, but |
never shall forget his visagc. a mad wild
cat could not have looked more demon
like, his teeth gritted as be spoke, aud he
shook his head, and threatened that the
mau who dared to bid should be ,ee!i mobJed,
The man was stranger to me. was in
tcreslcd in the She-ii's sale. bu, felt that il
bid, it would be Of The peril of my life
Some eigh, or ten stood round ne spokss-
men, and rs the Sheriff would offer an ar
licc of property for sale. they would say
mo Jid" So that out Of an advertise
men, Of two or three columns in a news
paper. the Sheriff sold but lwn | acts oi
land one for five dollars and the other
for fifty, which was permitted, as il Tas
only to perfect titles.
Judge Taylor me, this crisis with firm
ness aud decision, and called upon The
Grand Jury, as the right arm of the crimi-
nal law, TO D cseni all those WIN were ensa-
IL jo,.,r,n1 n,h,re frorn hiJJ,,r