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crrru American Monthly Magazine, fur Felly.
MARRIED BY MISTAKE.
The »ie«m was furiously whizzing from
the safety, valves of two fine boats that lay be
side the wharf at Providence, crowded with
passengers, and every moment taking more
on board. The Spitfire and Rasp, (Captains
Chace and Charcoal.) seemed like two huge
monsters, impatient to display their fiery speed
Upon the race-course of tho Sound'. Tho
tongue of the bell had rung its last alarm, when
a hot and hasty traveller, encumbered by o
<cloak and carpet-bag, sprang from the wharf
to the deck of the Spitfire, and in so doing
blundered against a gentleman who was stand
ing near the gangway. Ttie new comer, re
reading from ttie immoveable form of the other,
trod on ths gouty toe of an unhappy bnll-dug,
who uttered a low growl, and rasped his muz
zle against an adjacent trunk, signifying there
by that he had the will, if not the power, to
avenge an insult. The unlucky assailant
sneaked bluehingly away to deposit his bur
then and secure a berth, while the proprietor
of the bull-dog drew himself up to his prou
xleel height, toyed with a pink shirt collar, and
inuitered something like an imprecation, which
was lost, however, in tho folds of his cravat.
The gentlemen who had thus come in con
tact both belonged to the genus cockney, as
'was evident from their dress and personal ap
pearance. They bo'h wore square-cut green
•coats, garnished with brass buttons, and white
felt hats with very yellow gloves and waist
■cuats, and there was a curiam spruce grub,
ness in 'heir noses and a carroty tinge in
•their cropped Socks that plainly told their ori
gin. The principal differences between them
consisted in the thin sandy moustache which
twinkled on the lip of the owner of the hull
dog and in his superior stature. Tiiis gentle
man had been travelling in thu Canadas, and
making the grand tour of the lakes, whence
he diverge !to the City of Notions, lie was
now on his way to a town on tho Hudson,
theie to sign and seal ; in short, to wed a
lovely damsel, the chdd of a distant relative,
whom he had never seen, but whom the min
ature in his possession assured him was a
"•lovely crillchurc.” Tho second cockney
was travelling “ for hinformalion."
When the boat began to move, the passen
gers on board the Spitfire crowded to the
starboard side of the vessel to watch tlio pro
gress of the Rasp. Frequently did Captain
’Chace descend to the “inferno” in the centre
'of his craft, and as often, on his re-appear
ance, did the volumes of smoke that issued
from the funnels grow denser and blacker,
spreading like the wings of some vast bird u
hove tho water. At length a loud hurrah
• proclaimed that the Rasp had given up III;
contest, and away (I iw the victorious Spit
fire, justifying her name by the trail of sparks
she left behind, and cleaving the waves of the
Sound with a devilish velocity. The excite
ment of the race soon died away. Some of
the passengers descended to the cabin, others
•lay at length upon settees; while not a few,
with an air of determined activity, strode back
and forward on the upper deck. Among the
latter were our cockney friends. As niton as
they crossed each oilier in their counter
marches, he of the moustache gave vent to
aoine fragmentary ejaculations, such as -“Von
a gentleman hiosulla another gentleman,” anti
lieven if the liinsnlt was Imnliintentional,”
and the like; all of which muttering* ended 1
with a smart awing of Ins switeh cane, which
waa very awful to behold. Whereupon the
lessor cockney would look fluttered, but wou d
essay Die «ir of * Money musk," which inva
riably died aw.iv in a dumi smni quaver
Ths conduct of these travellers, afforded
much amusement to a couple of American
gentlemen who had noted their proceed ngs j
from the first. These last w re Frank liar
ris.a midshipman, and hi* companion Dr Seal- I
pel, both of the United States' navy. If the j
young middy waa in the highest spirits, the 1
man of science was hy no means indispo i d ’
to join in Ins mirth. He was a hint)'and port
•ly gentleman of the sect ol laughing philoso
phers. To a whispered scheme of the mis
chief-loving middy, Dr. Scalpel gaie assent
■and countenance. In pursuance of liio plan,
the friends separated, and soon after entered
into conversation with the cockneys; the
midshipman making up to the lesser Bri
ton, and tho surgeon accosting the owner of
the bull-dog.
"My dear sir."said Harris, “you must ex
cuse my interference in your affairs, but I take
such an interest in yon, though a stranger,
that I cannot help assisting you. Yon ran
against the gentleman with the switch cane
•and mustacliias.”
“It vas hontiroly hunhinteni ionally," repli
ed the little cockney, “I ham so wolatilo and
’eedless.”
“ But the man’s irascible, and his insolence
as apparent to all our fellow-passengers,"
* Vel, vat shall Idol Hapologizo !"
"Apologize! I’ooh ! that would only en
courage h*-* No—stand your ground, and
I'm the man that will uphold you. Assume a
firm demeanour.”
“ Fray 'ow can hi! I’m so volatile 1 ’
“hs easy enough. You must, 1 say, take
a determined attitude."
“ As ’owl" asked the cockney.
“ Knit your brows ami look big." The lit
tie cockney stood on tiptoe. « Ami if lie
should challenge you”
“ I’d lodgu ahinlbrmation,”said the cock
ney quickly.
“ If you did so pusillanimous a thing" re
plied his Mentor, “1 would he the first to
foresake you. I would abandon you to the
rage of your ferocious adversary."
At that terrible voice and’ those terrible
words the heart of tho little cockney died a
way within him. Men iwhile a dlfiorent con-
Vcrsation had taken place between the Inr
gcr cockney and the doctor. The former
did not wait for the latter's advances, hut
commenced with:—'Ow d’ye do, sir ? 'Ow
•dye do, sir. Fine day, sir. tine boat, sir.
Nce gentlemanly captain. I visli I could say
na much fur hall the passengers ” And ho
cast a very blood-thirsty & significant glance
at his timid countryman.
“ I take your meaning," said tho doctor.
“ Yon have been grossly insulted."
“ Me and my dog”
“ Twas too provoking.”
"An apology, or 'is 'art’s blood !”
"My dear sir, I like your spirit. With your
consent I’ll wait on tiie gentleman, receive
his apology or insist on a meeting.*’
‘■You're too good, sir."
“And may I ask your name!”
“Tis of no consequence. At present I’m
travelling incog, like rny worry good friend,
the Juke of Si. James. It vili be a condes
cension to meet this man, but, as the Juke
says, vc can’t always valk on stilts like the
French shepherds that ve saw in ’Ungary."
The pugnacity of one of the parties favor
ed the designs of the schemers, A duel was
agreed upon, and since the doctor had pro
mised to act as the second of the man with
mustaohios, the midshipman could do no less
than render a similar service to his timid an
tagonist
• R was determined on llioirarrval
at New York, that they should all ascend the
Hudson in a steamer, and be set ashore at a
landing-place well known to the in d ly. who
promised to take them to a most secluded spot.
“I’m fund of seclusion,” said he to the lit
lie cockney with an air of sentiment, “it’s so
convenient for fighting. I’m accustomed to
these things. 1 was once at a tavern, with
some of my friends, when we got into a don
founded aquabble. There was Jack Travers,
my most particular friend, Ned Halyard, his
crony Thompson, and myself. We were so
hazy at the time, that the next morning none
of us could tell how the quarrel began or who
enacted the parts of it; but it was agreed
that the lie had been given, that one gentle
man kicked another,' and that somebody
tbfsv a desviter at somebody else’* head, It
wa* necessary to have a duel, and we drew,!
iota for sides. I’nncipalsaiid seconds (ought 1
at the same time. I shot at my friend, and
Ned Halyard lodged a bullet in Ins crony.
Bui there was no great harm done, ami we j
ahsok hands and breakfasted logoi er. We.
bore no malice to each other—it was all done
for the honor of the service. There was «
necessity for fighting, as there is in your case j
The little oookticy would fain have dispu- \
ted the proposition, but hie courage failed 1
when he heard Frank Harris talk so dashing. |
ly about a duel.
Arrived at the fatal battle-field, the com- 1
batants were placed in their respective sla- i
tiona, and furnished with pistols by their!
friendly seconds. The little cockney was
pale as a sheet, and even the upper lip of the
mustachioed herotwilched convulsively.‘Fire!’
cried Frank Harris in a voice of thunder.
Bang ! bang! went the pistols. “ Are you
hurt?” cried each second to his principal.!
The replies were in tho negative. ‘‘Try it j
again.” said Frank Harris fiercely, and fresh
pistols were presented. This lime the hero j
of the mustachioa look a deliberate mm—
and missed. The little cockney railed the
trigger, and down went bis great, antagonist.
The seconds and the successful duelist rush
ed to the spot where the -.iying man lay kick
ing convulsively with a deep red stain upon
his marble forehead.
Like Byron’;, hero, ho exclaimed—‘‘lvcgot
my gruel,” and, like Byron’s hero, too, his
thought was of Ins ladye-luve. i enjoin it on
you,” said ho to the victor, ‘to go to the
'ouse of Villiain Viggins, which cam't he far
from'ere. Take this’ere loiter, which vas
mv credentials, and show it to ’tm. Tell
Miss Sarah Viggins 1 hexpired villi a wound
in iny 'cd and von in my 'art—slio’ll under
stand the compliment. Tell ’em I died game
—ami ’ark ye, I torgivo you ’urtily. It was
all my hown fault." Having wrung the hand
of the repentant homicide, he closed his eyes
and Iny back upon the sward.
“ 'Eaven knows,” exclaimed the poor little
cockney, “that I didn’t seek his life. I shut
my eyes ven I fired, and I thought the bullet
vouldgo over ’is ’cad.”
“ You have killed your brother traveller,”
said the surgeon, in a deep scpiilchurnl voice.
‘■My brother traveller !” shrieked the poor
little cockney. ‘‘Yes, and that makes men
fratricide.”
“This is no lime fur lamentation,” said
Frank Harris. “Rouse yourself. If you re
solve to comply with the dying man's injunc
tion, you must procure a conveyance at. the
inn, where they can direct you to the house
of Wiggins. As for me, I will soon meet
you again. Tell the story of your victim's
death, but conceal your agency in the affair.
Adieu !”
Tho disconsolate duellist shook tho proffer
ed hand of the midshipman, and after one
sorrowful glance at thu body of his victim,
took his departure from the fatal spot. At
the inn he was informed that Mr. William
Wiggins lived in the immediate neighbor
hood, and thither he proceeded on foot, mu
sing, “under the shade ot mclahcnoly boughs,”
upon I lie Into di-aster.
“Ho from the world had cut off a groin man
And what waa to bo bis reception ot the bouse
of the bereaved bride. How would bet lovely
bosom heave, and her beauteous eyes be filled
! with tears, ulllic melancholy intelligence which
widowed her ere she had been wedded. And
the heart-broken lather loo! ft would bring
down his grey hairs in sorrow to the grave. In
tho evejit of their discovering that he had been
the desit »y vr of their bliss, wlnit would bis peni
tence uno 1 tears avail? Into such a state of agi
tation was the poor little cockney thrown, that
upon arriving at the Wiggins’ house, ho had
j hardly strength enough to pull tho door hell,
j The house stood on the outskirts of a thriving
! village, and was a trim litllo box of a place, all
j overgrown with v.'tios, and embosomed in foliage
1 unJ (lowers, lookin.'t out upon a pleasant Inwn.
i Hut (he Utile cockney had no eyes for tho beau
ties of nntute, and no liino to observe them ; for
at the sound of the bell, an aged domestic appear
ed at the door, and ushered the tremulous visitor
into the best room of the i. ouse. Mr. Wiggins
immediately entered, a porli'y little gentleman in
a snulfcolured suit, with tho in igblest pair of eyes
that over looked a person through. He bowed,
ami wailed for the visitor to speak.
“Mr. Villiam Viggins, I presume.”
“ The same sit."
" I come sir, to liiuform you of a.’i happy, a
worry unhappy event—your son-in-law—that vas
to bo—boh lord I boll dear! I never can gel
through vith it. This letter”
——“ Is directed to mo! Hey? Speak fast.
Lot's have it.” And as the trembling youth yiel
ded up the letter, the piercing little eyes of Mr.
Wiggins ran over tho lines in a minute. iNo
sooner had he finished tho perusal of the letter.
Jinn his laeo lighted up, mid springing forward,
ho grasped tho hand of tho little cockney with
warmth.
“ So, you are Mr. John Smith —hey 1”
“ That certainly is my name. I vender vere
ho found it out," was the exclamation of the
cockney.
“My dear Mr. Smith, I’m so delighted to sec
you—we've been long expecting you—made all
tho preparation, my dear fellow—and Sarah feela
ns brides expectant ought to feel, and Mrs. Wig
gins is in the fidgets—but I’ll present you at
• once.”
i “ Mr. Viggins, you mistake henlircty.”
“ No mistake at all in (he matter.”
- “ 1 didn’t come to marry your daughter, but
to say that her marriage can never lake place.”
“What d’ye mean, John Smith 1" cried the
i irascible old gentleman, bis litllo eyes twinkling
i with sudden passion. “ D'ye know to whom you
speak? Adsblud! I'll make you marry her.
. Why, you’re mad as a March hare.”
Several times did the unhappy hearer of a ton
. common name attempt an explanation, but us of
ten as ho essayed to speak, the singular little
r oyos of the old gentleman would spmklo and light
[ ,l l‘. and ho would overwhelm the wi el died Lon
. donor with a torrent of high words. So tho lat
ter siiho.itted at last, with forced resignation to
j his fate, which is this instance seemed to hurry
\ him into the arms of a very pretty girl. Both
; mother and daughter welcomed their guest with
delight, and ho soon found himself at ease in
their company ; hut as often as he began to speak
• on the subject that lay heavy on his heart, the
eye of the old man kindled up, and ho made a
menacing gesture, which brought hack all the
fears of the unhappy Smith. Thus beset, ho be
gan to think it would not tie so very wrong to ae
f cept of the wife thus singularly forced upon him.
e He was in good circumstances, no obstacle'stood
in his path, and it was very unlikely the affair
would ever be cleared up. On the contrary,
should his full confession be beard, should the
l knowledge of (tie unhappy rcconlre transpire,
, what had bo not to fear from tho severity of un
. known laws in an unknown land ! He could not
j run away, for tho biight-eyed old gentleman kept
I a vgilant watch over him, and he found ho could
not pass the limits ol the lawn in a morning walk
- without being pursued by the aged domestic with
s some message that invariably brought him track.
. Therefore we should not wonder that when the
i weddingday was fixed, Mr, John Smith was passive
, bridegroom—-that he pronounced all the vows re
. qutred by love, law, and religion ; Squire ’Cobus
j liverlink kissed the bride, and was as gay as a
, man in such unhappy circumstances could be.
, On the morning after his marriage, to his hor
, rot and surprise ho was confronted in the little
parlour which had witnessed the sacred ccrcmo
, oy, with his ancient antagonist, who, accompa
;i med by Harris ami the surgeon, appeared to
0 beard the bridegroom in his den. The rcsusci
li tation of the largest Mr. Smith is easily account
. °'l for. The mischievous midshipman had su
i, P l ’ ri V' JoJ a httl® red paint to the charge of pow
’ der in tho pistols, and the appearance of this on
0 [* IC forehead of thdeoeknoy so alarmed him that
he gave himself up for dead. Ho had now ar
rived too late in the day. What an eclaiuciue
d merit.' And the hride trembled and fainted,
doubtless ? She did no such thing. But when
she found that ons Mr. John Smith was quite as
y respectable as the uthei-, she clung to the arm of
• < Ur husband, dsclared tUt he was ths man
I of her choice, that site never could have looked j
! twice npon the oiher ; and was as happy as pos- 11
siblc though naiihieo «r mistake. 11
Friday F.Vening. Vvl). 17, 1837.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA, i
Osceola soasKXDEBF.o —the wah at ah r.sn. I'
It will lie seen by the following article from
i the Darien Telegraph, received by last evening’s
i mail, that the news of the surrender of Jumper
j and Alligator is confirmer), and that Osceola him
| self, who is supposed to be, and lias tbc crodit of j
I being the master spirit of the Florida war, has i
also surrendered, with 300 warriors. To this
1 necessity he seems to have been brought by tbc
, defection of Jumpier anti others, who bad previous
ly surrendered, and threatened to disclose his rc
i treat to Gen. Jessup unless he did so likewise.
I 'This war being now concluded, a question of
' j some importance and perhaps difficulty arises.—
i What is to bo done with the hordes of Negroes
i B
. who have from time out of mind been congrega
; ling in the Seminole nation ? Such as can be
. | identified by tbeir masters, will of course lie dc
- livered up: but such as cannot, and such as have
been raised up there and have taken up arms
against the whiles, what is to be done with them?
t From the Darien Telegraph.
n GLORIOUS NEWS,
il imfortajVt from Florida.
; By the steamer Oemulgcc, Capt. Blankenship,
r arrived yesterday, (Sunday) direct from Black
s Creek, we have received the following interesting
| particulars :
] On the 2d hist. Gen. Jesnp encountered Jump
, | par and Alligator, who commanded a body of In
, 1 dians amounting to about 10i'. The General
' routed them and took 50 prisoners. Outlie 4lli
I Jumper and Alligator gave themselves up with
the remnant of their band. These warriors sla
ted to the General, (bat they would endeavor to
bring Powell to terms, who was on an Island, in
: the Withlacoocheo, destitute of provisions, and
1 ammunition, with a few devoted followers.
Jumper and Alligator also stale that tho great
( cr part of the Indians were bumbled and thorough
ly convinced that it was fruitless to contest any
■ longer with tho whiles. Defeated in all their en
r (leavers lo obtain a supply of ammunition from
i Cuba, and other places, they are, no doubt, crest
fallen. Tho chiefs above named told Ocn. Jesup,
I that they would, with his permission, bring in
Powell, by fair moans, if possible; if not they
■ would me stratagem or force. They tendered
• their families as hostages, and their oiler was ac
. copied.
I Gen. Jesup baa thus covered himself with glo
( ry, for there can bo no doubt that be will eventu
ally have the haughty and malignant, hut truly
brave Oicola, within his power. Wo are glad
that Jesup has succeeded. One of our Generals,
, at least, will not bo brought to a Court Martial,
for not doing Ilia duly. What Clinch, Gaines,
’ and Scott, under fair auspices, could have accom
plished, Gen. Jesup has been enabled to perform.
1 The stain which has blotted the national escutch
eon, that of permitting a band of savages to burn
‘ our habitations, mid destroy our citizens with im
punity, is at last wiped off,
Our correspondents need tic under no appre
hension, respecting the truth of our statements,
c VVe can vouch for their general correctness.—
y Tho Ocmnlgee brings official despatches from
J Gen. Jesup, of the same tenor; and all may bo
h assured that the war hae terminated. Wo omit-
J cd lo stnlo before, that Jumper and Alligator se
g ccted the 18 th of the current month as the day on
a which they were ta moot Ucn. Jesup, with Ve
il ruin, (lend or alive.
- Gen. Jesnp, we are informed, in tho action of
. the 2d hist, took 50 negro prisoners, 250 poneys,
I and 1000 head of cattle.
I BETTER STILL.
OSEOLA SURRENDERS.—Since writing
> the above, wc learn, that a letter was received by
I George Yonge, Esq. of Ibis city, from the army,
o containing the gratifying intelligence that Oskoea
i, has come into Jkhup’s camp with 300 warriors,
i-1 The great Chief formed his men into lino—leau
ir ed himself against a tree—and when the U. S,
r- officer, who was deputed lo receive him, came up,
ir ho approached him, and gave up his rifle, with
is all tho grace of a fallen hero.— lbid.
n
TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,
’ SECOND SESSION.
In Senate, Monday, February 13.
PATENT OFFICE,
a Mr. Buggies moved to postpone the previous
is orders, fur the purpose of Inking up the bill con
il corning the Patent Office, and Ibo motion being
agreed to, the bill was rend, mid the amendments
t. reported by the Committee were considered ami
1- agreed to. A motion was made to amend the 4th
r. section, which appropriates 100,000 dollars to re
o stoic Ihc models, &c. so as to reduce tho appro
-, priaitou lo 20,000 dollars. The motion being do
1, cidcd in the negative, a motion was made to
li strike out the 4lh section altogether. This motion
was negatived hy a vote of yeas 13 and nays 37.
The hill was then ordered to bo engrossed,
c M T r. Buchanan moved tho printing of 2000 cx
o tra oo( 'ie« of tho message of the President, and
the acc, intpanymg documents concerning Mexico.
c TEXAS.
II Mr. Widker moved to take up the resolution
s submitted J\V him on the subject of the recogni
•- tion of the independence of Texas.
it Mr. Wright wished tho army appropriation bill
first disposed of.
Mr. Benton wisltfld the unfinished business,
being the Army Increase bill, lo the first dispos
it ed of. He commented sharply on Ihc new prac
tice of a Senator jumping up, before (lie Chair
,c could announce the unfinished business, and
g proposing to postpone the orders. Il was new
u and unbecoming in the Senate,
r. Tho Chair hero stopped tho discussion, and
tho question being taken on the motion ol Mr.
n Walker, it was decided in the negative by the
f- following vote;
e Yeas—Messrs. Black, Calhoun. Clay, Fulton,
it Hendricks, King, of Alabama. Moore, Mouton,
i-l Parker, Preston, Walker, Whits —12.
1- i Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Benton, Brown, Bitch
.o I nan, Clayton, Culhberl, Dana, Davis, Ewing of
V j Illinois, Grundy, Hubbard, Kent, King ofGeor
h | gia, Knight, Lynn, Lyon, Morris, Nicholas,
h i Niles, Norvell, Page, Prentiss, Robbins. Haggles,
n Strange. Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Tomlinson,
ik Wall, Wright—32.
>e MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT,
a The Senate proceeded to consider the bill to
ic increase tbc present military establishment of the
f- United Slates.
Mr. Benton explained that the provisions of
i. this bill ns it had been framed, are the same as
U those of the bill introduced last year, and that if
ir adopted the effect would be to raise an army nu
t, morically lo 12,000 men; but ns one-fourth might
e be always estimated as unfit for service, tho cfli
), cicnl force in the Cold would not be more than
i- 10,000; and this number ho considered abse
il lulely necessary to be employed, to enable the
>t army lo sustain itself and the country.
il The details of this bill and the amendments
k occupied a considerable time in the reading. The
b most important feature in the bill appears to be
;. the provision that every officer without reference
e lo his rank, shall receive 'an additional ration per
c diem for every five years that he may have been
:- in the service. At three o'clock this packet was
s closed ; the Senate still in session,
a HOUSE OP It KPU KSK NTATIVKS.
Tat.tE or R. M. Whitney. —Tho Chair in
r. formed the House that the Sergeant at Arms had
e reported to him that he had now in custody the
j. body of Reuben M. Whitney, and was ready to
bring him to the liar of tho House, and further
0 that he had furnished the said Whitney with co
j. pies of the papers specified in the resolution un
[. tier which he was directed to be arraigned ; and
I. on motion.
It was ordered, that the Sergeant at Arms do
, now bring the accused to tho bar.
lt Mr. Whitney accordingly appeared st the
.. bar.
.. The Speaker proceeded to inform the accused ;
1 that he had been arraigned to answer for an al- |
„ leged contempt in refusing to obey the summons ;
„ of the Committee of the House, as a witness. ;
)f which committee had been authorised to send
n for persons and papers.
Furtlier, the Speaker informed the accused that Si
he wan entitled to be heard by counsel in his dc- d.'
fence, if he pleased ; and that he win* now at li
berty to make bis answer to the charge. is
Mr. WiiT.nt replied in substance as follows. a
Mr. Sccaueß : 1 hold in my hand a paper res- a
ponding to the charge upon which lam arraigned, l(
and lieg leave to uifer it for the consideration oi
the tlouae, -
The papet Was received and read. It states
that bis retinal to attend before the committee was
not intended, nor by him believed to be disrespect- '
fol lo this House.
And that ho docs not believe that it can be con
| sidcred an n contempt of the authority of the ®
i House.— His reasons for not obeying the sum
mons of the Committee had been truly stated in v
his letter replying to the summons. He did not l
think himself hound to obey such a summons; *
j hut, notwithstanding this, he had attended before [
another Committee, and would have attended he- r
fore this Committee, if he thought he could do it i
without exposing himself to insult and violence, c
He therefore answered to the charge of the t
House, \
y-V.vsf, That the summons was illegal, and that [
the House had no power to enforce it, and
Second, That he could not obey the summons t
without exposing himself lo personal assault. .
If the House however, decided in favor of the (
legality of the process, ha would respectfully ask, (
First, That the'Committee should lie instruct- ,
ed to state their questions in wilting, and he be
permitted to answer them, on oath, before a mu- (
gislralc, as had been done in former eases.
Second, That the House would insttuct their
committee to prevent the introduction of deadly
weapons into the committee room.
He further asked that he might bo permitted to
examine witnesses before the House, and that ho
ho heard by counsel, should it become necessary.
Mr. Gholson moved that the accused be now
permitted to produce testimony in bis behalf.
Mr. Haynes said a preliminary question of the
power of the House ought first lo he decided.
Mr. Palion suggested that it had been usual to
prescribe some mode of conducting the trial.
Mr. Uouldin saw no necessity, he said, for any
further proceedings in the case. The accused
said in his answer, that he was ready to go be
fore the Committee, provided arms should he ex
cluded. He was sure that the committee did not
wish lo have any weapons.
Mr. McKay was unwilling to instruct the com
mittee not lo carry arms; hut he had no objection
lo settling the matter by directing the inquiries
to he made in writing and answered before a ma
gistrate,
Mr. Huntsman wished to get rid of the matter
in the easiest way possible. Ho had no idea of
consuming the rest of the session with it.
Mr. Lincoln said that his duly, as a member
of the Committee, was to offer a resolution for
the arraignment of the accused for an alleged
contempt; hut, after the House had adopted the
resolution, he did not consider that he had any
thing to do with the prosecution. He, however,
in conformity with the precedents, offered a reso
lution as a substitute for that proposed by Mr.
’ tiholson, directing the appointment of a select
committee of seven to report Iho mode of pro
\ ceeding in the trial.
Pending the discussion on this question,
The Speaker directed the Scrgcant-at-Arms lo
retire with the accused and await the decision of
the Mouse.
Mr. Camhreleng opposed lha motion to ap
. point a committee, as producing unnecessary dc
: lay. Unless some forms should he dispensed
i with, i« would he impossible to pass even the or
, dinary appropriation hills for the support of the
government during the present session.
After some further debate, the above amend
, ment was rejected, and the resolution of Mr.
Cholsmt was so modified as to direct the trial to
■ proceed forthwith, by the examination of witness
es, and that a committee of live be appointed to
direct the examination on the part of the House.
Mr. Whitney requested lime till Wednesday
next to prepare fur (he examination and that the
following persons be summoned as witnesses,
vis : Messrs. Martin, Fairfield Cillet, and Hamen
of the House; and Messrs. John F. Sullivan and
, Win. E. Lewis of Philadelphia, now in this city,
. The request having been granted by the House,
the Speaker direetcil that the accused should re
tire mil appear again on Wednesday next.
, The House proceeded to receive petitions, in
reversed order of the States,
From the Baltimore American, of the 14th instant.
DISASTROUS GALE—TIIREZ VESSELS
LOST.
The very mild weather experienced hero for the
last ten days or a fortnight was succeeded on
s Sunday night by a most violent gale from the
. northwest, which continued throughout that night
> and yesterday. Wo have already mentioned that
s the river was clear of ice from its mouth up to
I Hawkin’s Point, and the effect of the gale was to
[i drive the ice in the main channel and south branch
. of iho river down upon the vessels at its edge,
i. and thus to crush and sink them. No less than
I. three were thus overwhelmed—the btig Eliza
i) belli, of Poitland, with a cargo of mackerel; the
a Bremen brig Column, from Turks Island, laden
. with salt; and the schooner Wm. Tomkins, from
La Guuyru, wi h a valuable cargo of indigo, coffee,
. and hides. Wo arc gratified to bo ahlo to stale
d that although the crews of the several vessels
>. wore in the most imminent danger, and encoun
tered the severest exposure, not a single life was
n lost,
i- Vestcrday morning at sunrise our estimable
fellow-citizen, who has charge of the works at
II Fort McHenry, and whose philanthropic spirit led
j him to lake an early and anxious observation of
i, ] the river, despatched lo one of the Insurance
i- i offices the following notet
■- Fort McHenry, Monday, Sunrise,
i I A brig is sunk about two miles below this
d | The crew arc on the mast, and unless the Relief
v or some, other bout is sent, they must perish.
HENRY A. THOMPSON,
d Great praise is due to Captain Taylor, of the
•. steamboat Maryland, for the promptness with
o which he met the application made to him, in
consequence of this nolo and the disabled Condi
1, tion of the Relief. His preparations lor de
i, parluro were hastened, and having forced through
thu ice in the inner harbor, which occasioned
i- some delay, his course was taken directly to the
if spot where the topmast was visible with the crew
- upon it. The heavy blow and swell in the river
i, made it a ,|gett*'r of no little difficulty to lake off
>, the sufferers in safety, benumbed and frozen a
i, most of them were; ami nearly an hour was oc
cupied before the last man was got on hoard the
steamboat. They were literary cased in ieo
0 from a half lo an inch thick, and some of them
it had suffered greatly. Instead of proceeding to
I Annapolis,as Captain Taylor originally intended,
f he returned to this oily with the consent of the
passengers, who united with him and his crow in
f doing all their power to adininste.r to the comfort
■ of the suffefers. The passengers also generously
t contributed about sixty dollars for their relief. It
■ is due to Captain Turner of the Iceboat to say
t that ho went down in the Maryland, for the pur
- pose of rendering such aid as circumstances might
1 require.
At the commencement of the gale on Sunday
i night, there were lying at the edge of the ice, be
-1 j s iJes the vessels above named, ten or a dozen bay
i j vessels. —What late has befallen them is yet tin
■ | certain, hut it is feared that some ol them must
j have sunk.
-
1 From the United states Telegraph.
FINALE. —On yesterday the last net of
the drama was performed, with solemn cere
mony, tn the Hall of the House of Represen
tatives. At 12 o’clock the Clerk of the House
announced to tie Senate that all things were
' | ieady, and that the House was prepared to
i proclaim our monarch in duo form. Upon this
I annunciation, the Senate moved in funeral
| procession to the House, with solemn steps
and slow. Each member look his allotted
seat in silence ; the Vice President pro tern-
I pore mounted lo the s de of the Speaker, and
m a loud voice informed the vast concourse
I assembled of the object of this pompous page
; ant. The tellers were stationed at their proper
■ places, and the opening of the seals coimnen-
I ced. Long was the ceremony, and imposing
■ the mockery ol the scene, before it was told in
; voice of authority that the Hon. Martin Van
Purcnvvav elected {.’resident of the United
Uates for four years, from and after the 4th
lay of March next. n
'Thus ends this ni ghty business, and this 1,1
s the reward of years ot vitdfmrntion, of arts ®
md intrigues, and calumny and corruption, *
and falsehoods in number ten thousand times
Leu thousand, and thousands ol thousands.
?or this have hundreds of honest and virtu-
ous men been proscribed and persecuted ; -
thousands rmned lorever; the constitution
violated and trampled upon, the country ex- f
cited and agitated lo its centre; private rights
disr-gurded. and public liberty despised and «
outraged ; the halls of the nat.oon councils
filled with corruption, and the whole Union
with violence and wrong ; the press subs'di- u
zed and prostituted, and every imaginable
species of vice, every conceivable enormity, r
practised without scruple!—And this is the b
return for all these things 11 Who gains ? t ,
Alas! the people may well enquire! Ho they t
gain any thing? No, no. no. The vile and c
the vicious only will reap the rewards. I hey g
who have deceived, insulted and betrayed, t
they only will reap the harvest. a
Thus falls the curtain for the present. 1 lie I
day was gloomy, the sky covered with clouds I
and the mists hung darkly and dim over the t
Capitol. Such atmosphere befitted the bust- l
ness in hand. We regard not portents, but t
wc wish that the darkness ot the day may c
not be etninous of the deeds which are to bo ‘
done. Hot the curtain has fallen, and we may
not look behind the scenes. Martin Van
Buren is President, and R. M. Johnson Vice
President of the United Stales. Ihe latter
received this favor from the Senate. Par»g
nubile fracleum !
From Iho Constitutionalist.
LOANS OF THE CENTRAL BANK.
That institution has advertised that an ap
portionment of §OOO,OOO will he made among
the several counties ol the Slate, in March,
April, and May next, to be loaned on accom
modation notes. The amount apportioned to
each county is specified in the advertisement,
as well as the day of discount for each coun
ty. The following is the amou d apportioned
to each of several counties, and the days for
offering the notes.
Thursday, March 22. Burke, 11,950; Chat
ham. 15,400; Clark. 10,.’3(H).
Thursday, March 30, Columbia, 11,500;
Elbert, 12,700.
Thursday, April 0, Greene, 11,833; Han
cock, 12,250.
Thursday, April 20, Lincoln, 6,146.
Thursday, May 4, Richmond, 13,000;
Scriven, 4,600
Thursday, May 11, Warren, 10,205;
Washington, 10,610; Wilkes, 13,784.
The following are the general regulations :
The law requires that the money apportion
ed lo each county, shall be loaned only to the
citizens of such counties respectively, and
that the endorsers, as well as the makers of
notes, shall be residents ot the county. The
Board will therefore require in each case, a
certificate of residence botli of the makers
ami endorsers, which may bo signed by any
civil officer of the county. But. if the money
appropriated to the counties respectively,
shall not be applied for, and loaned within
thirty days from the offering days above spe
cified, then the above requirement of the law
in relation to the residence of endorsers cea
ses, and after that lime a certificate of the re
sidence of the maker only, will be required.
All notes must be made payable at the Cen
tral Bank of Georgia, three hundred and sixty
days after date, and must have two or more
good endorsers.
Certificates of the taxable properly of the
makers and endorsers of the notes off red
will bo regarded the best evidence of their
solvency.
No note will be discounted, having on it
die name of any person indebted to the State,
either as principal or security, which debt is
due and unsettled ; or who ib the maker of,
or endorser on, any note or bill heretofore
(1 scounted by the Bank, which is past due and
unattended to.
No note will bo received for discount, after
the hour of 13 o’clock M. of the days above
specified.
[From the Georgian of last Wednesday.]
Savannah Insurance and Trust Company. —
Tlie Books of Subscription to the Capital
Stock of this Company, were again opened
yesterday, and, nljiiough there was lees appa
rent eagerness for the stock, tlie subscription
| exceeded that of tlie first day,(Monday,) 75
shares. Eighty-two thousand live huiuircd
and sixty-one shares wore yesterday subscri
| bed, on which the instalment of thirty dol
lars per share was paid, i c. $2,470,830 If
, we add that of yesterday, to the subscription
j ot the day previous, we have 165.047 shares
, subscribed in two days, or $16,504,700 sub
scribed, on which tiiirtv per cent lias been
! paid, to wit . $4,951,410.
> imm, wiiiiiibbii wiinw ■ i. mmmmm ß—■
; CjOMMLVRWCi 1 \ fi._
, From Levy's New Orleans Pri< e Current, Fib 11,
' Colton —Arrived since the 3d hist of Louisiana
. and Mississippi, 18,133 bales, Tennessee, and North
• Alabama 3744, Lake 839, Mobile 43fi; together
• 32,1),) 1 hales. Cleared in the same time for Liver
-3 pool, 15,441 halos, Glasgow 830, Havre 1731, Mar
seilles BUO, Nanlz 70, Stockholm 333, Barcelona
•301, Havana G 2, Now York 557, Boston 571, Ports
, month 1573; together, 81,781 hales, making an ad
j. dilion to stock of 870 bales, and leaving on hand, in
-1 elusive ot all on ship-hoard, not cleared on the 9tb
ills!, a slock of 103,538 hales.
All hough the sales of cotton since our lasi report,
3 amount in Ihe aggregate lo about 13,000 bale-, in
, (heating ibat a fair demand had been experienced,
j such in reality has not been the case, os the mar
ket, during much the greater portion of the week,
has worn quite a dull aspect. Yesterday’s ir insur
ious were to a tolerable lair extern, but it was sole
-1 ly owing lo holders having consented to accept ; ri
-1 ccs that had pr< viously been refused, alter having
i become thoroughly convinced, that in the present
• slate ot affairs, both at home and abroad, they had
. less room to hope for a favorable turn in the market,
.. Ilian causes lo fear that prices would continue llieir
downward tendency. Wo have no later foreign ad
■ vices than those published in our last number. For
particulars of sales and quotations, see the Brokers’
i Report, annexed.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION,
i Ordinary, lOi a lil
i Middling, 134 a 13
Fair, 141 a 15
Good Fair, 17 a 174
Good ami Fine, 181 a—
| Sales of iho week, 13,000 bales, at a decline of i
■ cent on nil qualities below good lair. -Sales hue
been made below our lowest quotations,but the quali
ty of the cution was very interior: —Ot Mississippi
10J hales at 13, Go at 14; 30J ai 13; 836 at 17; 1014
. at I(i; 83 at Mi; 158 at 14;; 1177 at 13; 73 at 11;
515 at 14' ;36 at 13; 61 at 94; 619 at 13; 494 at 124;
1337 a! 15}; 141 at lit; 363 at 181; 39 at 184; 801
at 13; 59 at 19; 300 at 15; 65 at 16; 1100 at 13; 200
ai 16; 273 at—; 700 at 13!; 1390 at 154; 400 at 14};
85 at 17}—of Western District Tennessee, 600 at
131; 49 at 13; els. per Ib.
Marine Intelligence-
Savannah, Feh. 15—Arr ships Frances, [hr] Arm
strong, London; Milledgeville, Porter, New York;
Crofi, N York; Augusta, do.; schrs Virginian, Nick
erson, Boston; King, Pratt, do; Medium Charleston;
Joseph, Voss, do; Fume, Foster, do.
Cld, Br bark Clio, Reed, Liverpool.
Darien, Feb.7—Arr brig Macon, Bibhins, N. Y.
Mad d, schrs Florida, Biiggs, Charleston; Edward,
Franklin, do; Allamalm, do.
DIED.
On the 12th inst. after a short illness, which
she bore with Christian resignation, Mrs. ELIZA
BETH C. WHITE, in her 60th year, and for
the last thirteen years a resident of this county,
leaving behind her numerous friends and their
relatives to mourn her loss.
In Milledgeville, on the 7th instant, Adam
\V i lkr nson, aged 56 years, formerly of Charles
City County Virginia, but for the last 36 years a
resident of this State.
On the 3d inst., near Columbus, Fbancks
Ann, only daughter of Major John A. Jones, »f
Carroll county, aged 3 years and 7 months.
On Thursday, the 2d Inst, at her residence T
near Columbus, Mrs. JaS* Howxnn, widow,
mil relict of Mr. John Howard, formerly of Mill
;tlSeville, in the *>B year ot her age.
_ m • i —nr— ~**~* l *~*~‘*~ jr
PUOSI'ECTUS
»F THE
Ist*«i2»swick Advocate,
. J -weekly paper, to be published at Eruuowt ct, £
Glynn county, Georgia. M
rn VUE causes which render necessary the -■
B establishment of this Press, and its claims Ist
to the support of the public, can best be pro- a
sented by the statement of a few facts. ,
Brunswick possesses a harbor, which lor |ni
accessibility, spaciousness, and security, is kr
unequalled on the Southern Coast. 1 his, ot to
itself, would be sufficient to render its growth hi
rapid’, and its importance permanent; lor tie «
best port south of the Potomac must become
the site ofa great commercial city. But when a ,
to this is added the singular salubrity of the
climate, free from those noxieus exhalations
generated by the union of salt and river wa- w
ters, and which are indeed “charnel airs to
a white population, it must be admitted that
Brunswick contains all the requisites lor a $
healthy and populous city. This much has t
been the work of Nature, but already Art has
begun to lend her aid to this favored spot, and
the industry of Man bids fair to increase its ■
capacities, and add to its importance a hun
dred fold. In a few months a canal will open
to the harbor of Brunswick the vast and fer- a
tile country through which flow the Altama- 0
ha, and its great tributaries. A rail road will a
shortly be commenced, terminating at Fcsa- _
cola, thus uniting the waters ot the Gulf of
Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Other rail
roads intersecting the same in various divec
lions, will make Brunswick their depot, and
a large portion of the valley of the Mississippi j
will yet find its way to her wharves. Such, j
I in a tew words, are the principal causesjwhich t
will operate in rendering Brunswick the prin- i
cipal city ot the South. But while its advan- !
tages are so numerous and obvious, there have i
been found individuals and presses, prompted j
by selfish fears and interested motives, to op
pose an undertaking which must add so much
to the importance and prosperity of the stale
Their united powers are now applied to
thwart in every possible manner, this great
public benefit. Misrepresentations and ridi
cule, invective and denunciation have been
heaped on Brunswick and its friends. To
counteract these efforts by the publication and
wide dissemination of the facts—to present 1
the Claims of Brunswick to’lhe confidence and
favor of the public, and to furnish informa
tion relating to all the great works of internal '
improvement now going on through the State,
and to aid in developing the resources of Geor
gia, will be the leading objects of this Press.
Such being its end and aim, interference in
the party politics of the day would be impro
per and impolitic. Brunswick has received be
nefits from—it has friends in all parties, and
every consideration is opposed to rendering its
Press the organ of a party. To the citi
zens of Georgia—and not to the members of
a party—to the friends of Brunswick—to the
advocates of Internal Improvement—to the
considerate and reflecting—do we apply so
aid and support.
J. IV, FROST.
Publisher and Editor.
Teiims : Dollars per annum in advance.
Advertisments on the usual terms.
I AW.—The undersigned lias settled in Macon
i with a view of practicing haw. He will attend
the Courts of the adjoining counties, and may be
found by aoplication ot tho office of Messrs. Poe &
Nisbet tor ihc present, llis office, not quite com
plete, is on the second floor of the new Commercial
Bank.
In winding up my business in the Ocmulgea cir
cuit, I have associated with me Augustus Reese,
Esq., of Madison. Our joint attention will he ap
plet! to that object.
E. A. NISBET.
Mncon, Jan 17.
The Southern Recorder, Chronicle and Sentinel,
and Whig, will publish the above weekly until the
first of .May. —Macon Messenger.
■lan 3 3 18
, AOf ICE. —All persons indebted to the cslale of
, la Joshua Stanford,lateofColumbiacounty,dec
| arc requested to come forward and make immediate
payment; and those having demands against the
same, are hereby notified to present them properly
r authenticated, within the time prescribed by law
. GUILFORD ALFORD, Adnir
with I he will annexed.
Jan 18 X H 6t
Notice.
‘ OEUSONS indebted to mo for Professional ser
' JT vices, will please make payment to Messrs Jf.n
--i kins & Mann, who are my aulhorised Attorneys,
. during my absence from the Slate.
, Feb 4. 1837 3d 1) PATTERSON.
Kxecutor’*> Notice.
4 Lls persons indebted to the ear ate of Mrs Jane
* Sunn, late oi But ke county, deceased, are re
• quested to make immediate payment; and those
f having demands against the estate are requested to
j present them, duly authenticated, within the lime
prescribed by law.
s SAMUEL BARRON, Ex’or
Jan 12 X 11 Gt
1 j%[ OTICE —All persons indebted to the estate ol
iA Elios Welborn, late of Columbia county, dee
m are requested to come forward and make immediate
~ payment, and all persons having demands against
filename are notified to present them duly auihenii
. rated within the lime prescribed by law.
J. M. WELBORN, Adm’r.
Jan 3 1 w4od
b i\ OTICE—AII persons indebted to the estate ol
r ill Peter Mathis, dee M are requested to make ini*
r . mediate payment. Also, all persons having dc
•. mauds against said estate, are requested to present
a them in tonus of the said.
ROBERT A. ALLEN,) A|l .
NANCY MATHIS. * Adm rs ’
Jan 13 X 10 40J
ll Administrator’** Notice.
t, ALL persons indebted to the estate of Joseph
i* xIL Frederick,deceased, are requested to make im-
I, mediate payment, and those having demands against
- said estate, will present them within the lime pre
scribed by law. JOHN REICHMAN, Admr.
Feb 3, 1837 x frw 28
*1 Notice.
g ALL persons indebted to the estate of James Blan
t XX. chard, Sr. deceased, arc requested tumakc mi
ll mediate payment, and those having claims will pre
t, sent them duly attested, in the time pre.- cribedby law.
r URIAH BLANCHARD, , ~,, •
BILLINGTON BLANCHARD, S
r November II 90 60d
\I.L pels- ns indebted to the estate of Hiram Nunn
Into of Burke eoutiiy, deceased, are hereby re
quested to make immediate payment; and those
having demands against the estate are requested to
present them duly authenticated, acrorditig to law
SAMUEL BARRON, Adm’r
Jan 12 X 11 fit
J €Ll^tß HUil "
11 “St oul I nuld acquaintance be forgot
! And never brought to m nd,”
• Should Georgia’s sons in peace forget.
The Hero of J.ang Syne.
rjMlf.subscriber respectfully informs his friends
J. and the public that he has purctiased the above
establishment front its original proprietor, Mr. Ewd
McGowan, and that having much enlarged its former
■ slock ol excellent Wines, liquors, Ac. he is now able
< to accommodate tho-e who may call upon him in a
' manner such as he hopes will give general satisfaction
’ —Having determined to devote his entire attention to
the business, and by every exertion in his power to
render Clinch Hall an agreeable retreat, he looks
• with confidence for a share of that patronage which
> the known liberality ol his fellow citizens is ever
wont to bestow.
Having fitted up his spacious cellar for the purpose
he is enabled to accommodate individuals or parlies
i with Slippers, at tho shonest notice
Fames can be accommodated with private rooms.
S. SANDIFORD.
Pec 16 100 t s
Notice.
ANDREW j. MILLER, Esq., as guardian of
Thomas C. Bonnead, a free person ol colour,
has filed m my office an affidavit, slating the desire of
the said Thus. C Bonnenu to remove from the Stale ;
and deserihes him ns a hoy about twenty-two years
old.ol likely countenance, a mulatto of clear complex
ion, and about five feet eight inches high; all pentona
interested will please take notice.
Nov. I) 90 JAMES M’LAWS, Clerk. •
PFTIT CULF COTTON 5E8D. 3 24« a«os
Genuine Folk Gulf COTTON SEBI>, caret..
V aelee.cd expressly lor ibis Market. Just receive
rum \,*w Orleans and for sale by
HaTHBO.NE & BAKER.
-Jan. 27 __ ' ll 11
Dmiian Springs.
r '1 he subscriber has purchased the
ei buildings formerly occupied by Mr.
Erwin and others, and is nowpul
ting them in the best order jbr the
reception es company. The prem
ies tire very convenient to the springs, and by the
ttertlioii the subscriber will bestow on his custom
rs, he hopes to merit an t receive the patronage of
ll who Icivo bent, litre patronized the tstobliah- ,
sent. The virtm sol the mmorai Water, are too well
nown to neeil tiny recount! ndoiion He experts
n hr abb to nceotnmodale trout one hundred to one
tundred and fifty persons. Every arrangement will
io ntadc lor tlie amusement and rccr.ation of the la
lies.
HiS Stables are put in good order, and will be well
I tended. MORRIS MATHEWS.
1 tb 5 vvlOw 3fi
The Savannah Georgian will publish the above
veekly ten w eeks.
IliaziiH, I
mm,. Wi 1 stand the ensuing season at I
Josiaii Fatteuson's near White
Hal), anti at Cambridge, at S4O the
season, SCO to insure. Hiuzim is full
4 J f" n .ll sixteen bauds and a half high; he was
•BSvT—got by old Sir Arfchy Cut of the dam
of tho celebrated running mare roily Hopkins.
Pendleton, (S C.) Feb. 10 L. GOODE.
The Greenville Mountaineer, Columbia Telescope,■ w
and Edgefield Advertiser will publish the above I
once a week, until the Ist of May, and forward their
accounts for payment. L. .G
Fen 14 tM 86 , f Kfc
POSTPONED U
AdiMististralor’g Sale.
Tlj ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at the Market House in the town of
Louisville, Jefferson county, tho balance of the Real
Estate of Dr. A. G. Sin Itnan, deceased, consisting
of 350 itcrcs of I and, adjoining A. Holt’s and the
town common ; the Dwelling House where Mrs.
Shilman now resides; and a convenient Store House
on the corner opposite the Dwelling ; which was
advertised lobe sold on the first Tuesday in Febru- ■
arv. ’837. Sold lor the benefit of tho creditors.
H. B. BOSTICK. ) ...
THOMAS STREET. \ Adm w *
Feb 14 hi 3f,
6Cxcculoi*’s 3*aie.
ON Tuesday, the 7th day of Marclt next, at the
late residence of Mrs. Eliza Milton, deceased,
in the town of Louisville, will bo sold, %
The House and Lot, the late residence of the de
ceased, containing about 4 acres, and well improv- «
ed. Also, a neat Carriage, and a gentle anil well #
broke pair of Horses. Also Ihe Household and
Kitchen Furniture,bind sundry olhorarticles bclogn
mg to Eliza Milton, late of the county of Jefferson, H
deceased, and to be sold agreeably to her lost will
and testament.
ROGER L. GAMBLE,
Feb 15 1837 Executor.
N. B. A credit will be given until the first day of *
January next. 1
Executor’s Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Eliza Mil.
ton, deceased, are required to make payment,
and those to whom the estate is indebted, are re
qested to present their claims, properly authenticat
ed, within the time prescribed by law.
11. I. GAMBLE,
Feb 15 Executor,
H^ XECUTOR'S SALE.—WiII be sold on Mon-
M.J day, the 20th ol February next, at the late re
sidcnce of John Olive, deceased, in Columbia coun- H
ty—all the personal property of said deceased, (Ne
groes excepted,) consisting of Household and Kitch
en Furniture, Corn, Fodder, Oats, Horses, Hogs,
Cattle, implements for farming,one lour wholl Wagon
and Harness, two Cotton Gins, &c. &c. Sale to
continue from day la day, il necessary.
Jan 1U 7 wtuj FABIUS J. OLIVE, Ex’f. ■
rjXO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-f \
JL think it proper t, make this known, th it lam *
about to take the houses lately occupied by Mr. E.
Ballard, near the head of White Oak, the property
of Thomas Butldre, Esq., there to remain until my
entire business is settled—such as disposing of the
balance of my properly, the collection and payment
of debts, &c., which I have been unable to do in
conscqn.-nce of exceeding ill health.
fob 2 4ivv WM ■ MAGBUDER.
COLUMBIA SHERIFF’S SALe!
WM'L 1,0 “t Columbia Court Ilonso,on tlio
V V first I'uetduy in Match next, between tint
usual hours of sale -.—A negro man, MOSES,about
fifty years of age, and a woman by tho name of
LET HE, and her child. The woman LETHE is
about seventeen yarn of age, and her child (a boy)
is about two months old, levied on to satisfy sundry
filhs. wherein Archibald Magntder, Peter Wright and
others are Plaintiffs,and William Magruder, Sen'f.
Defendant.
RICHARD 11. JONES, D. S.C. C.
Feb 3 X_ wtd 28
Oicirilim’g Notice.
months after date application will be made
to tho Honorable the Inferior Coun of Lincoln
county, while setting fur ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell a Negro Woman called Pat. belonging i
• to the estate oi the minors ol Aza Beall, deco is-d.
F. F. FLEMINi,, Guardian.
. Feb 10 wtm 33
eldministrator’s Sale.
> On the first Tuestlay in March next,
' % ‘ * lc so *‘* before the Court House
V" door, in Jacksonhoro,’ within the usual
hours of sale, agreeably to an order of the Hon
orable the Inferior Couit of Scriv n county, when
1 sitting for ordinary purposes. Eighty acres of
pine Land, adjoining Lands of Augustus Seaborn
Jones, James Roberts, and ethers, belonging to
the estate of Job Herrington, Jour, deceased
sold ior the benefit ol the heirs and creditors of
said estate. Terms made known on the day of
sale
I BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON, Adm’r.
Dec 17 wt j 24
1 . Sdm in is Sale, t
On the first Tuesday in March next,
V V in JackHkiijlioro,* within the usual hours k
of sale, Three hundred acres of pine Land, ad- 1
joining Lunds of John Zeaglar, the estate of Jo
seph Gibbons, and others. Also, the following
t five negroes, viz; Rachel, Stephen, Durcas,
. Hannah, and Nathan, belonging to the estate of
William Gross; sold by order of the Honorable
Inferior Court of Scrivcn county, for a division
among the heirs of said estate.
THOMAS H. BURNS, AdmV.
Dec 17 wtd 24
Sole.
On the first Tuesday in March next,
%/®,7 ILL be sold before the Court House
▼ v door, in Jacksonhoro,’ within the usual
1 tours of sale, agreeably to an order of the Hon _
, >rable the Inferior Court ofSciiven county, when
, fitting for ordinary purposes, a Negro Man, by
he name of Cyrus, belonging to the estate of
William 15, Dopson, deceased.—Terms cash.
M N. McCALL, Ex’r.
Dec 17 wtd 24
r | ’ WENTY DOLLARS REWARD
/fiSn. “ will be given lor the nppreh-hawzrr
and lodgemeni in some sate jail, ofa Ne
r t em vvumiul nam d CHARITY, who ran
rv auay from tho subscriber on the 241 h ot
December last. Charity is twenty-five f
or 6IX yc nr s of age, rather light complect- ’
<d, five feet two or iltrca inches high,
and very compa. lly h ,ilt. She has (as well os I re
collect) a large s.-ar on the left side of her face, ex
tending from the lower part of her ear to her nose
i She was raised in Columbia county, in this State,
, and haa no doubt gone to that county.
r . , „ THOS. T. WILKINS.
EatontoH, Jan 16 12 ts
Cicero Aca(lcni)>,
MONROE COUNTY.
Trustees of this Institution are desirous to
ge a I F--4CIIER to take charge of tho Acndtv
my tor the present year. A Classical Teacher, who
can come wqll rerommt tided, would be preferred
A line addressed to the Postmaster, Brownsville,
would be attended to
B. F. Kerne, I
Th. Redding, [
A. B. Reid,
M. Toi.an, I
_ . . John Pitman. J
Feb 16, 1837 39 3t
1 he Augusta Chronicle and State Rights Senti
nel will give the above three insertions, and forward
their accounts to the Trustees lor payment.
ALL persons having demands against the lat»
James T. Hudson, of Jefferson connty, dec’d,
are requested to band them in, properly authentica
ted, within the time prescribed hy law, and theso
I indebted to the deceased will please make payment
to ELISHA SMITH, Adtn’r.
Jan 1C X 15 ft