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Simmons then got advertisements printed , and had them posted up in the most conspicuous parts of this and the neighboring parishes . It was expected , however , that they would be torn down ; but , instead of that , there was a written notice posted up immediately under each , which ran in the following words : -- `` ` Take Notess . `` ` Any man that 'll dare to take the farm belonging to smooth Sam Simmons , and sitivated at the long ridge , will be flayed alive . `` ' Mat Midnight . `` ` B. N. -- It 's it that was latterrally occupied by the Grogans . ' `` This occasioned Simmons and the other magistrates of the barony to hold a meeting , at which they subscribed to the amount of fifty pounds as a reward for discovering the author or authors of the threatening notice ; but the advertisement containing the reward , which was posted in the usual places through the parish , was torn down on the first night after it was put up . In the meantime , a man , nicknamed Vengeance -- Vesey Vengeance , in consequence of his daring and fearless spirit , and his bitterness in retaliating injury -- came to Simmons , and proposed for the farm .