Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-08-19

companiesel leaving one man with Gen. II.
win to witacss his death, &c the balance
saofthe company going with. the. other pri:
! soner.D Roberts, 10 Fort Gaines du:
.tsring the great excitement after Epps psfwas
sFshol, Dr. e. "A. Roberts go. olishis horse,
y wea uploEpps, pulled of, hisSfugerring,
'slliook OUT his gold watch, and his :co!larsand
collar buttons. purse, aud a roll of money,
aon. The Bank Of Darien, and putin his
4 Spocket-lhezring, collar and collar buttons,
.fhave moi since been seen, the watch was
4 recovered from Roberts when he was
sIsearched after arriving at Fort Gaines; /;
:Ethe supposition is that Epps' name, or in.
initials, were either on, the collar, buttons,
Tor ring On examining Roberts. afIer
saheygot to Forl Gaines, they found on.
him, and in Epps'. saddle bags, near five
Thousand dollars, principally American,
Egold-26 skeleton keys 2 lock. pickers, sew.
eral pieces. of sperm candles, which had
.been lii, several IboXeso Of matches, black.
fmask for tho face and head I bowie knife:
lin >Epps' or, John Jacobs saddle bags,
with the pame:of syVilliam EppsS written
Ion the scabbard, 2 pbials morphine, 2 or
3 pbials strychinine, and ], phial supposed
flo belhe extract ol morphiue, They
were both well dressed, and had hue hor
fses, shulnor atpaper aboutthem that.wpuld
-giYesrhe leas INSTRUCTION oftheir names or
business. DR.. e. a Roberts. was iden-
lgi6ed' by il,ree or four individuals
iYas a witness .sin a case, in this country
against. onesG George w. Loore, who was
Indicted for kiliing a, young man for his
money; Loore was found guilty. sbuttaades
his pe.4and afterwards was caught
near Glenyille, in This State, and hung to
a tree without any Court. Dir. E. A..
Roberts, has once stood high ASA citizen,
and an eminent:physician; learn he mar
ried lnto very respectable family, either
a daughter or a near relative of Gen.
Mitchell. who resides near Fort Mitchell,
in2lhis Stale; ii is said he has spent all his .
properly, and turned a irregular black leg.
Jacobs or Epps, was dead before saw
him, consequently cannot describe him
as accurately as / would wish. think
he was about six feet high, would weigh
about one hundred aud sixty pounds, thin
tyisage,good teeilI. moderately fair,shairs
inclined obe dark and nor very thick, he /.
was fssIn thirty y+segen 10 forty years old
be tiiefnaii aJaeTtisetfsssz
the murderer of r. Adulphus Muir, Of
Dinwiddie Co. tVa.;) his companion
Roberts said he did not know his name.
If it was not John Jacobs s-that he had
known him buta few days-Ihat he had
iold him his name was John Jacobs-lhat
he was from, Virginia; The hat he wore
when shot was made in Louisville, (kv.)
Wilson and two other men. left with Rob
erts, well ironed for Harris Co.. (Geo.)
this morning. nesIected 10 describe the
color of Epps' eyes, they were blue; you
will discover that ] have no proof of his
name being Epps, only the name Of Will
liam Erps being written on the scabbard
Of his tuw!e knife. have no doubt but
every man that reads this description,
would moi regre the payment Of al least
five dollars for sight at The skeleton keys.
and other lock picking instruments that
were found on them. don't suppose
there is Il lock in the State Of Alabama,
that could mol he unlocked either with the
Keys or pickcrs.
Aug. 4.-Since writing The foregoing.
learn. from uudoubied authority. that since
the parties left Fort Gaines with Roberts,
one of the second company that left pre-
tendInly 10 take the robbers, has produced
a pocket book placed in his hands by one
OF the robbers, containing seven State
Bonds, payable in 1913, and between one
and two thousand dollars in money. re
gre, am so situated that ! caunonl give
ynu The name Of the individual who kept
this pocket book. bond and money in pos
session secretly till this Iale day. learn
two men haze been sent of privately with
the bonds and money TO BiIingslea, the
supposed owner. Ina few days The whole
affair will be made public.
The British Philanthropy andtke Stare
Ifade.--We elliptic following, says the
NY. Herald, ,lroln,the Trinidad Spectator:
Yesterday there was witnessed in the
yard at Government House scene dis.
graceful to IL free counlry-a scene bear
ing striking resemblance 10 what is wit
nesSeu VI pioiesseu slave u'a'h hei. he
Indian Immigrants, by tho Lord William
Bentrck. from Madras, and the Cadett;
from Calcutta, amounting to four hundred
and fifty lhrce, were distributed eralis to
the lavorits applicants by the Immigrant
Agent General, in pure Baltimore "r Gu
ban style. In apporlionins 10 the plan
lers the respective numbers applied for,
no regard whatever was paid 10 the ties
Of family or friendship. Wives were sep
araled from their husbands, aud children
from their parents. While being thus me.
sed out as mules, or a husband rushed 10.
wards his wife, or vice versa, or mo-
lher TO the lot containing her sous, The
poor atfectionale creatures were rudcly
nilSh he'd hack in tho rnnsr hrulal and IN.