The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-09-27

s""'f WV" VI, """W " sWCe ueh0, whefe tbcy
have been since residing.
II seems that como two months auo. a "A,
Robinson, fsmillafly known about hero AZ
"tgcsh Robinson,'') who was raised IN Madison
county m THE State, and who followed gam biiSp
a. q means Of livelihood, was arrested IN Colun
T bus, Georgia, for passing counterfeit money.
consisted Of notes on the Danb NJ Charleston,
and the South Western Rail Road Bank, and
such was the skill with which they wore execu.
ted, that hc succeeded 10 passing one hundred
and ninety dollars, in noies:of various denom,.
lions from &5to 300, upon keen sighted bro.
ker OF that place, receiving in return vod at but
II per cent. discount. Shortly after the OK.
lchsngc was made, one ofthe notes was upon OK.
examination thought to be no, genuine, which
led TO more critical examination Of the whole
OF them, when they were oil found to be coun
ter'clf. One half OF the business men of Col.
umbus, howeve-, protested that they were gen.
uine, until subsequent events forced upon them
the conviction OF their baseness.
Robnsin was ihereupon arrested bu, proies.
ted vehemently his innocence, stating that he
wasa Kentucky drover, and had received this
money for stock he had sold. His room, how.
ever, was searched, and in the lining of fellow
'odgers cloak, il was discovered that he had
conce aIed near thousand dollars of the same
money, and also bunch Of skeleton keys, which
ne had with him to answer certain purposes
when his counterfeit money failed him. He
was tired before an examining court, and the
evidence being as we have stated, there was no
hesitation as to his guilt, and he was sen, on for
a final trial before tie Criminal Court. Shortly
after his Imprisonment he was taken sick, and
was so III that the physician supposed he must
die. Under this belief himself, he sent for seve-
raj gentlemen, and made full confession and
detailed all the circumstances about the coun.
forfeit money which had been found upon him
He told them that he procured the money, as
an agent for its disposal, from The Bantons John
and W'lllam) in Lincoln county, in this State,
where there was an extensive manufacturing
es Adjustment, for notes as well as coin, and
that 1t was in constant operation. He accurate.
y described TO them every portion Of the bull.
tings as wei a. the apparatus aud gave them
the names OF many Of their agents for the dispo-
sal of the money through ut The United States
Upon this information being furnished, Mr.. A.
K. AVER a merchant of Columbus, and gen.
tleman of the highest responsibility, started for
Kentucky, and reached Stanford on Friday last.
The establishment of the Banton's Is about
miles from that place. A warrant for their ar.
rest, upon tho Information or Mr.. Aver, having
been issued, that gentleman with the Sheriff and
number OF the citizens proceeded to the farm /
of the Bantons. They were not at home when
they arrived but being In the neighborhood,
were found and arrested. They then proceeded
10 the establishment ofthe Banton's which they
searched, and found the most complete and ex.
teDsive establishment for counterfeing, that is
to be found, perhaps, IN the United States
presses. one Of which will weigh fully five thou.
sand pounds--stamps, dyes, crucbes, with a
large quantity Of metals, and in fact every thing
necessary for the business. The Bantons were
taken TO Stanford, tried on Saturday, and sent i
on for further trial-the Court at the same time 4
ordering the Sheriff. to take into possession all of
the above described articles. &
The above facts we have from Mr.. Aver him. 6
sell, to whom the people Of Kentucky, and in.
deed Of the whole Union, are under heavy obi
cations, for his exertions in ferreting cut and
breaking up this establishment, and in bringing
the counterfeiters to the punishment, they will
undoubtedly receive at the hands ofaJury. I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DEsTITuTloN IN SOUTH CARoLINA.-The last
Columbia South Carolinian contains most de.
plorable account ofthe suffering existing in some
of the uppear districts of that State for the want
of bread.stuffs. A correspondent of that paper,
writing on the 10Th Of August from one Of these
districts, says: IL
"ln llmy wanderings have never seen such
prospect for crops. Throughout the DISTRICTS {
of Abbeve, Laurens, Union, Spartanb0rg, I
York, Chester, and considerable portion of q
Edge6eld, Newbury and Fairfield, the cry is
Famine! It really looks very like it-,here 10
no hope in many sections for any thing like
suficiency Of bread corn, and what is TO become
of our stock! The district Of Union seems to
be the very centre Of desolation; nearly all who
have the means are sending to the mountains
for corn, while many of those who have not, are
taking up their traps and putting out for land
Of plenty. /. is to be hoped that this dreadful
scourge may teach US lesson never to be fcr-
ge'ten-'to lay up for a rainy day."
The Carolinian contains the following re.
marks regarding this distressing and unusual
condition Of things: l.
1.-THE Famine. The last accounts from Spar.
tanburg, and the surrounding districts, all go to
confirm the previous descriptions OF most De.
porabe scarcity. We are creditaby informed
that already, persons with money IN their hands,
are begging for corn, for which they are wiling
to pay any price, and some instances were gwen
US Of industrious men suffering extremes OF hun.
ger, and scarcely able to procure bare subsis .
tence for the families. Such accounts are truly
distressing, ard should appeal to the sympathy
OF every individual, in other parts OF the State.
Something must be done, Immediately, for the
relief Of the sufferers, who we fear. panc.strick
en-, are neglecting ready and efficient means Of
relief which they have IN their own power
Abundant crops have been raised, ~ almost Y
every other part ofthe United States, and by /
concert Of action, on the part OF those owning II
wagons, and other means Of transportation, am i
hne tho aufY n H