The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-05-21
Horrible Disclosures.


cord during the past week, caused by the
discovery that several children, who died
recently, had been disinterred and their bod
les removed.
There are hundred rumors in circula.
''on aoo t The affair. After comparing the
conflicting stories together we make out
tue following statement Of the case:
A quaek doctor, known by the name of
Nngeni, applied to a man to assist him in
taking up IA child that had been buried a
few DAYS before. The man made the re
quest known, and inIimated that two little
Sr9S, daughters Of very respectable gen
'Ienan residing IN the vicinity, had been
removed from their graves bv this man M
gent Tor the purpose of extracting medici
MAJ properties from their .!esh and bones. To
ascertain the truth of the rurnor, the father
h'h the graves re-opened and found the
collins and bodies missing. OF course this
created deep sensation, and we are in
formed that it was determined to ipfict
summary punishment upon Nugenl; but on
visiting ms house he was found very sick
anu '' dying condition. One report SAYS
mat he took poison after learning that bis
operations were known 10 the pubhc-and
another, that he died with disease con
tracIed from frequent handling of decom
posed bodies
Nugent died on Wednesday last. He
made a statement before death. 10 IN. .C
feet that he had exhumed about sixteen
lead bodies in Concord and elsewhere. and
alter using them, (for making medicine J he
burned The flesh, collins and everything. to
prevent detection. His ash pile was ex
amined. and teeth and bones found therein.
lis theory appears TO have been that a
medicine could be made by boiling the iv-
er OF human being, that would cure liver
complaint; aud SO with regard 10 other iii
-eases. We learn that Nugent was from
Forsyth county, and had been living in
Concord about two years. He once lived
IN This town, we are informed, engaged
10 selling peppermint and cinnamon drops
! Before he died he gave the names OF three
or tour OF his acconplces, one Of whom,
white man named Bogus, was arrested in
thls place last week aud committed to jail
What the fellow did with the medicine
he has been making no one knows. We
heard some one say he had agencies in
Salisbury and Goldsboro. where one or
more of hi> accomplces reside. Those per.
sons who are i'll the habit OF buving and
swallowing every kind Of nostrum offered
To them for the cure of diseases, internally
aud externally, will take hint from the
above Western (N. C) Democrat
>.s.s
ScARDoRoUGH's PoRrRAIr OF CALHOUN.
during our stay in Pendle;on we visited
Fort HUI" the late residence OF Cardinals
greatest son. We were very kindly receiv.
ed and Hospitality entertained by Col. A.
! l.. Calhoun, the proprietor of the place
We notice this visit with view 10 do JUS.
tlce TO a native artist. Among the many
who have endeavored to put upon canvass
"a correct likeness of this great man, none
have been SO successful As Mr.. VIM. II.
;-Sc"rborough. Any one who had known
John e. Calhoun rs man. who had been
! accustomed see him. not in the Senate hut
around his own tireside, in the heart of his
own family, would al once he struck wi h
! the trutlIulmess of the likeness referred to-
II WAS taken when the statesman was al
home following his favolle avocalion-
iatning. Looking upon the picture one
might well imagine, that having just return
ed from his fields lie had thrown himself
carele>sIy into chair, aud The artist, watch
ing for favorable opportunity. had fortu
nately seized upon hi, one, and thus had
transmitted 10 po,terity one among. if not
Ac oafy true likeness Of the great Carroll
man In other pictures Of HIM. we find
very good IikenesSe> Of tie statesman. but
IN ihc one referred To we see tie Dlqa. III,
WAS not surrounded by the care, Of State,
nor pressed down 10y their weight but in
the midst of his family, ho WAS ENJOYING
that domestic happiness for which he seem
eel TO have been created, when the artists
pencil represented him as he Oas. In Mr.
Scarhorough's painting we see the fither:
the KIND, mi'l aud 9en,le head OF a family;
IN Others he j. represented as the political
warrior mar>ha.Ing hi> hosts and leading
them 10 battle. No wonder then, that his
i'm'Iy ,Steem Mr.. Scarborpughs painting
so highly Family Friend.
The London Times says: Just opposite
Deprord the visitor will be aware of some.
thug prc Adamalic wallowiug IN The mad
oi The Isle OF Dog,-a standard saurian SHIN.
To which even Noah'sark mus, give prece
dsnce. and TO which all the MEulboiourhs
ani WIImingtons aud Merrimac,, and Nj
agtrtS III the world are mere cockboa,s. An
l'on hull OF tho barIeu oi $4,000 tom,
nearly 700 feet long AID 90 high. will
meet WN eye-Ihe hull of Mr. Scot Ru,
sells Great Eastern steamship. We mus,
CIV" few ;"ore figures, for every figme i,
u monster, and worth looking al separately.