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VOLUME 4. THE LAW it CXCEAILLE SEWS OFFICE SOI Tit SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. J. R. SIMSICXS, Editor and Proprietor. PUBLISHED EVERY' WEDNESDAY. A F TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADV ANTE PROFESSIONAL, C AROS. JACKSON A- HUTCHINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WILL practice in co-partnership, in the counties of Walton, ’•tckson, Gwinnett, Hall and Forsyth. During Mr. Jackson’s abscence from Georgia, business letters should be addressed to the firm, at Lawrenceville. JAMES J ACKSOX, I K. t.. HUTCHINS. JR. Athens, Ge<» , Lawrenceville, Ga. Aug. 29, 1860. THOMAS E. WINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALPHA RETT X. MILTON CO., GEORGIA. TTYill practice in the counties of Milton, yy Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth and Gwinnett. attention given to the col lection of debts. March 6,1861. 23 ts FRANCIS F. Jl’ll YN, ATTORNEY ATLIW, LVAVRF.NCVIt.LF., GA. Will attend promptly to all business en truited to his care July 11,1860-ly JAMES P. SIMMONS ... SAM. J. WINN SIMMONS & WINN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW LAWKENCEVILI.E. HA. PRACTICE in the Counties of Gwinnett Milton, Forsyth, H ill Habersham. Frank lin, J ickson, Walton, Newton. DeKalb and Fultin. and in the Supreme. Court for the Fourth District. Aug. 29, 1860. TYLER M PEEPLES. ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. WILL practice in the counties of Jackson. Gwinnett. Hall. Forsyth and Milton. Prompt attention given to securing and col lection of debts. Aug. 29. 1860. tt ZECOTZEZue. WASHINGTON HALL E. R BASSE EN, ATLANTA,GEORGIA. February 1~ ,ü bß ly. GLOBE HOTEL, CT MMING. FORSYTH COUNTY, GA. BY JOHN CAIN, Ju. Bespeetfully refers to his patrons 9 ly AUGUSTA HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. WM. E. WHEELOCK, PROPRIETOR. April 3, 1861. ly IHLLOCtTS HOTEL. MONROE, WALTON COl NTY, GA. FTMIIS House is now open for the aceomo j dation of the public, and the proprietor re spectfully solicits a libeial share of the public patronage. J. 8. BULLOCH, Proprietor. Feb. 13, 1861. 20 ly ATTSSJTIOTJ I UOISC- KEEPERS. rjlllß undersigned would respectfully inform | tbe citizens of Lawrenceville, and sur rounding country, that he keeps constantly on hand, at his old stand, all kind of Furniture, such as Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, and Chairs. WINDOW-SASH MADE TO ORDER, I will sell all the articles in my line of busi ness cheap for CASH or Country Produce. w. il Mayne. March Ist 1861. ly LEU YL ADVERTISEM E NTS. - ADMINISTRATORS’ SALE. A GREEABLY to -an order of the -«£*- Court of Ordinary of Gwinnett countv, will he sold before the conn house door in the town of Lawrence ville, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, the following property to wit : One hundred tnd ninety acres of land (WO) more or less in the sixth district of Gwinnett county, known as No. 28, ad joining land of Joshua Bradford and others, it being the place whereon Red ick Betts resided at the time of his death. Sold as the properly of said Redick Betts, deceased, with the wid ow’s dower excepted. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. 'Terms made known on the day of sale. 'l’his October 12th, 18(51. BERRY HOLLINGSWORTH, JOHN M. BETTS. Administrators. Oct. 16, 1861. tds GIEORGIA, FORSYTH COl N f TY.—Whereas Hardy Strickland) executor of Jacob Strickland, represents to the Court in his petition duly filed and entered on record that he has fully administered Joab Strickland s estate, ’/’his is therefore to citeali personseon eerned, kindred and creditors, to sli' w cause, if any they can, why sain Ex eciitor should not be discharged from his Executorship and receive letters of dismission on the second Monday in January, 1862. H. BARKER, Ordinary. June 12, 1861. 6m GWINNETT COUNTY. UWTHEREAS Jackson A. Nunally and John J. Bonds Administra tors of the estate of Dudley Bonds, de ceased, represents in their petition duly filed and entered on record, that they have fully Administered the estate of Dudley Bonds. This is, therefore, to Cite all persons concerned, kindred and Creditors, to show cause if any They Can why said Administrators should liot be discharged from their Adm’inis'- tration and receive IbtterA on the first Monday in December next.' This Julv Ist 1861. G.T. RAKESTRAW, Or’dv. juTv II HOL. 11 6ny J Ibwwtoolte Sews, GEORGIA, FORSYTH COUNTY. By II ERE AS William Roper Ad ’ ’ m.nistrator of Elizabeth Mastets, represents to the Court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully Administered Elizabeth Masters estate. This is. therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can why said Administrator should not he discharged from his Administration, and receive letters ■*’ dismission on the second Monday in January next, 1862. 11. BARKER, Or’dv. jttly 10. 1861. 41 6m GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY. Wy HERE AS Anderson 11. Arnold ’ ’ applies to me for letters of admin istration on the estate of Polly Ann Arnold deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said de* ceased to file their objections, if any they have, why said letters should not he granted the applicant on the first Monday in September next. Given under my hand at the office, this August 3rd 1861. G. T. RAKESTRAW, Or’dy. August 7 1861. 3m * NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANO CREDITORS. A LL persons indebted to Jas. Waits late ol Gwinnett county,deceased, are requested to call on the undersign cd and make immediate payment, and all persons having demands •-■gainst said estate are requested topresent them to the Administrator, duly authentica ted in terms of the law. NEW TON WAITS, Admr. Sept. 11, 1861. 3m GE O R GIA, G WIN NETTCO UNT Y. riAVVO months afterdate application wdl be | nude to the Court of Ordinary of Gwin nett county, Ga., at the regular term after the expiration of two months from this notice, for leave to sell the land of Polly Anu Arnold, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs ami credi tors of said deceased. ANDERSON A. ARNOLD, Adm’r. Sept. 4, 1861. ADMIMSTR YTORS’ SALE. VYT'ILL he sold, before the court i ♦ house door, in Cumming, For syth county. Georgia, on the first Tues - day in December next, the land ar d plantation in said county on which Am* brose Pirkle lived at the ‘ime of his death, consisting of the following lots to wit: Nos. 361, 420,504. 506, 6(H). 508,500, 572, 576. 577, 581, 47, and 48. each lot containing forty acre s, and i out.lining in the whole sdt) acres.— 'There is a good new saw mill on said premises. There is a portion of the land cleared and a portion in the woods. It is situated in a healthy and pleasant location. The terms will be credit 12 months with approved security. Titles executed when the money is paid- Any persons wishing to buy at good farm in this section will do well to attend this sale. LEWIS B. PHILLIPS, NA I’HANIE L PIRKLE, Administrators. October 23. 1861. ids /" 1 EORGIA. G WIN N ETT COUNTY' * JT Whereas Asa B. Wright applies to me for letters of guardianship of the property of Charles C. George, minor and orphan of 1 en ry T. George, deceased. These are therefore to cite all persons concerned to show cause, if any they have, why letters should r ot be gran ted the applicant on the Ist Monday in De cember next. Given under mv hand at office this Oct. 29th, 1861. G. T. RAKESTRAW, Oadinarv. Oct. 30, 1861. ADMINISTRATORS’ SA LE. A GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Ordinary ot Gwinnett county, will be sold before the Court House door in the town of Lawrence ville within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in December neat, the following lands to wit: Sev enty-five acre- part of lot. No. 293, asm! one hundred and ninety acres ;»f lot No. 316, all in the fifth District of said county, adjoining lands of Hugh Lowe and other®. Sold aS the proper ty of James L. Etchison, deceased.— Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms made known on thedayof sale. 'l’his October 15th. 1861. FRANCES B. E TCHISON, BENJAMIN STILL. Administrators. Oct. 16, 1861. tds (;wi nnett sheriff’s sale. WWffTLL be-sold before the courthouse ** door in the town of Lawrence* v;lie Gwinnett county, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, the foliowing prop" erty to wit : Eight hundred and forty acres of land more or less, Nos. not known, be ing the place formerly owned by David W. Spence, and whereon William B. Roberts now resides, adjoining lauds of Nathan L. Hutchins, James P. Sim moiTs, Samuel Rawlins, and others, lev ied on as the property of Lewis Brown by 7‘rtue of a fi la in favor of the Bank Ol ' the State Georgia vs. the Law rencevile Maniilacliu.Ty Company Jas. Garmany, llirain ji. William.’ Levis Brown and others. Said fi ta T.ow con trolled by saiil Hiram R. Williams, am' 1 also a fi fa in favor of the Bank of Fulton vs. the said “ The Lawrence ville Manufacturing ('ompany,” prin cipal, Merit Camp, John Mills, Asa Wade, Lewis Brown, and others, as se curities and endorsers. Said last fi fa controlled by said Merit (‘amp. Both of said fi fas issued from the Superior court of said Gwinnett countv. JOHN S. McELV ANY, Dept, Sheri IT. Oct. 30, 18(51. BLANKS FOR SALB .IT THIS (jftll K; TOB WORK, ; . NEATLY E X E0 I) (t D ! A r THIS OFT IC E. LIAVRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 20, M ISCE 1. L A N E OUS. From the Christian Advocate. er El I-OSSFS CAEN'S. Sweet are the uses of adversity. Let us consider them. 'That the Southern people lose much by the war is evident: that they gain much is equally certain if not so evident. ‘•One benefit of every war,” so said the quaint Timothy Titcomb, “is the saving of a large crop of young men.” I'he future power and glory of the country rest on her young men. War schools them to labor, to discipline to hardship. Fops and exquisites do not wait on Bellona, but brave, haic hand ed, sun-browned men. Fi tie blotbes gold-headed canes, hair grease, and scented are not the fash ion now; but dtont and simple attire, the heavy musket, the tin canteen and leather straps. Light-wheeled buggies, behind “2.40 ’ trotters, give way to lumbering artillery wagons, with can non and eaisens. What a change J The rations of camp, the camp-stool and the camp-bed, the sentinel watch and the soldier’s march—these nourish men. The high resolve, the patriotic thoughts, the unselfish daring and do ing of war, are favorable to a noble de velopment of character. The pros., peel was not flatterirg a few years ago. Luxury and soilness were corrupting us, and our sons w ere growing up very spindling plants in their youth. The muscle, and be ue, and blood of the forefathers, who stood the brunt of’76, and subsequer.tly conquered the coun try trom wild. Indians and wild beasts, were running low. Simple manners, and plain tastes, and vigorous pursuits are come .(gain. 'The fodder crop has been lost, b at we shall save a large crop of young men. The xh.ughters also share the benefit oi the presen', adversity. ArrayeJ in muslins and lace, they had well nigh been trorked oil’ into “angelic crea lutf s but now there is a prospect of real women, in homespun. Old-fash* ioned spinning-wheels and looms are seen again. Had advent been I delayed a few years longer, none would i have been found to teach their use.— : Thousand?, of young ladies, who had grown up without kiio,ving how to fin* ger a knitting-needle, are making socks lor the soldiers. Patching and weaving, making new garments out of old ones, dispensing with “a love ol o bonnet” for each of the four seasons—these are being 'earned. Godey’s fashion plates are not inquired alter. The delicate sip pers at Java coli’ee are satisfied with Rio, and are devising means to eke out that wi h parched meal, okra, and rj e—o. Paris slippers, and Philadelphia boots, witli consumptive soles, are disappear ■ ing before home-manufactured loot-gear, j In fact, the necessities of war and self j denial of the blockade are forcing re.. forms on us—personal and social— which have long been desired, but none had the courage to inaugurate. We were going too fast, and selfJnduL. gence was eating away the manhood and womanhood of the nation. 'The greed for gain has been cheek ed. A long, enervating, prosperous peace was making us a mercenary, money, worshipping people. Great prin ciples were not cherished : the popu lar mind had lost sight of them. Our solid men were very timid of any sha-p. well-defined assertion of right, lest it should make a fuss that would hurt trade, and send stocks down, and in* terrupt the Pactolian stream that was pouring wealth into their cofl’ers. The spirit of the nation needed toning up. The price of liberty had well nigh been forgotten. The pulse of patriot ism was languid. Statesmen had been crowded out by politicians, and these were doing a huckstering business— corrupt and corrupting. The body politic needed a purging, and the body politic is getting it. Witness the num ber of incapable public men who have gone under: of timid, selfish, time serving, small-great men who have been ordered to back seats. Competent and honest public servants are appreciated in this hour, and sought alter, and ano ther lease has been secured to consti tutional freedom. Is there no compen sation for our troubles in this general awakening of principle and patriotic sentiment ? We lose many Measures hy being no longer one nation with the North. For instance, we lose the chance, of spend ing sixty millions of dollars every year in travelling about their hotels and wa tering-places, and taking their impu dence. We lose thechanceof sending our children to Yankee schools, at live millions of dollars annually—there to be taught that Boston is the hub of the universe, and the Puritans were the sum of all perfection. We lose the bargain of getting tainted school-books and general reading, at a few cents cheaper than new!y*ar.inscd Southern enterprise can furnish vvilat is sound. YY e lose the refined society of Yan* kee school-masters, ai.d pedlars, and sore-throat agents for all sorts of asso ciations, who used So visit us, enjoy our hospitality, fleece us handsomely, write abusive letters back, and then, after making a pile, take themselves back to the North. 'The profession of teaching—always 1 j >nora’J“- llt 1101 sullieietitly honor" ' cd—wii; rise in I '' ,llj li»’ estimation ; and Southern yontn, IT'de an. 1 fenrile, will I be brought up and devoted to it, in I ply to suit the demand. All the mechanic arts will rise in j public estimation. The nasal.,tv/arg' [ ing, abolitiom.bred rats htjye left the I sl|ip. 'The mechanic, arts were held ' by Joo many at the level of their eh;ir- ' aider —a sly,sharp, slippery generation. The good, the worthy, the line, v, h<> I came from that region, are with its still i by a natural jillinity. A'l welcome to I them! Families of wealth and ambi tion will no longer be shut up to a I'ety i professions., for their sous, but. all the j field ofi i r)fcm.hai, : ift.nrjs ary optn> honorable competition. Tiieimiii who 1 Gau help realize an I in.iinlain our in- “independent in all things—neutkal in nothing. dependence in all departments of in dustry, wjll be gratefully acknowledged as a ptil’in; benefactor, and as the peer ol 'he best. Franklin will again be printer, linger Slurrnan shoemaker, and Fulton an engineer. The institution of domestic slavery is being put by this war in its true light before the world. Not as an ele ment of national weakness, but strength, it will hereafter be -oui.led. AVhilc theritling.iacec o lorth J() (he vile t'uthe mnd and raise the staples of ’subsi .Hence and commerce in the usual quantity. The North verily thought that slave insurrections would break out shrill*«njeoiisly with the war. This was liieic rod of' terror over us, their boast, and final resort —they would raise insurrections, or father, they would give an opportunity, and servile insurrections would be general and spontaneous. Horrid picture® they drew, and uttered horrid prophecies. - Northern and English philanthropists did not know, they could not be made to understand the tenure of domestic slavery—the real relation between the master and the servant—between the while and the black races. Well, the war has been going on long enough to convince them that all their ealcula ' lions were cast in error. Since the air ; olitionists that were among us have been scared out and driven off, the ne groes have been quieter than ever, — There has not been a single neighbor hood insurrection in the grain, the cot ton, or the sugar plantations, notwith standing a very large proportion ol the male white population has been with* drawn to different ami distant seats of war. The women and children and the o'd men sleep safely with open doors, and their slaves pray that their masters may whip their enemies, and come home again. Many slaves were taken by their masters as body ser vants to I he war, and we have not heard of a single case of 'desertion or treach ery. Indeed, not a few of them have made their abolition friends bite the dust, or driven them into camp as cap tives. From all quarters, the informa tion is that‘he slaves of the South nev- ler were more obedient, cheerful, and governable than now, and the abundant harvests attest that they have not been idle. The worshippers at Faneuil and Exeter Halls must open their eyes to facts inaugre their theories. They will be the wiser by this experiment, and the world will he wiser, and domestic slavery, as it exist® in these Conleder ate States, will be politically, socially, and niuid’iy vindicated; wnile the wealth, the courage, and the prowess of the States, where il constitutes the basis, of agricultural labor, will demand for it not only toleration abroad, but a respect that lias not been awarded.— The South itself has never realized this property to be so secure as the experi mentum belli has proved it. This fact will be a better protection against the tampering and machinations of a preg matic philanthropy, than the fugitive slave law has ever been. 'The business of the underground railroad is up.— Slaves will be let alone, and the power of doing mischief' through them will not enter into the calculations of our enemies. And a new era dawns on the slave, as on slavery. Freed from the irrita tion end pestiferous agitations of the abolitionists, masters can develop the system kindly, and into its complete patriarchal proportions. On the other i hand, the withdrawal of the South from the broken league of the Union is the death-blow to the abolitionists in the North. The people there, with their mills and factories half ruined, their great cities and seaports half abandon* ed—the main source of their wealth and trade cut off—may look upon tbe croaking crew, and say, “We have you to thank for all this.” This blockade is doing for us great things. If it lasts long we shall put. fairly in the way of developing «//our resources. Heretofore we have been content to know and cultivate but a few of them. Says a North Carolina pa per, referring to the stoppage of quinine —“We have in our materia medica plenty of substitutes. Let the quinine stay out. it will be worth a ten years’ blockade to get back to the good old days of ginseng and boncset, of snake root and hoarhound,” The loss of the Northern pictorirjU and penny papers and monthlies, and the issues of their novlets and quartos need not be lamented. Instead o' read ing we were becoming a gormandizing and a smattering people. The public taste was being vitiated. Ttie tricks of trade and the greed of publishers was pushing the book market upon a surfeited and dyspeptic public mind. Fewer books, well selected and well read, give more mental health, depth and stren>gth. Now, we have leisure to read the rod authors, to consult the standards. “1 have read” remarked a gentleman to his'friends the vtlier day. “I have read more solid, imefiii books within the last six months than the List six years.”— This haste to keep up with lire lastad verlised volume, and glancing over its pages or reading by the title page is for the piesent at an end. The grain of centuries of though' is no longer over laid by the ehail; and the mental tone of »ur people will be the sounder and ; ,<;ur literature the better fov ibis Joss of ' sensation papersand books. 'These reflections might be extended, for ’ , f: ai( -‘ looking out up< n a grand future; bin propose not to dismiss ’ the general benelus of a n independent,- liowgeneotis South—only tC 'u’dicate a few of the present blessings oflseiiing ' the present tribulation. Ono other point—the (Ireadftil civil war alopg tli? I border that is to separate hotweei; tipi ' Northern and Sm|tip?.ii ( yqve|:ii]betit?i What considerations can reconcile nd to this state ol things—faipilies divi ded, neighbors adhering to different sides, and d.; - iving each other' otil, .and fisTii'.hil. Sreids,lvnl ibsp blbodV battle, grounds. i ins .tf*, 'ln' II ■•<•■.*■■ ~'-y er.l.if th.c L ■ d ■ it -ill tis really to be two people, and to de | vclopc us side by side, into great na„ I tions, representing, as all great nations J do, different ideas and conserving dis ! ferent trusts. Man cannot make a tree •I —■much loss a forest. Neither can he I make a great nation. Certain natural I processes must be gone through which . are beyond the power or wisdom of I man. There is no gulf of water or ' barrier of mountain between us and I them : so there must be one of set ti* i merit. Had Maryland and Virginia, i Kentucky and Missouri, by a majority I vote, promptly withdrawn from the old I Union—with the original seven tt »n ■ Slates —the separation would net have ; been market, final, complete. They ! might have gone back again. Such a i division would have le t many North* I ern sympathizers on this side of the : line, and many Southern sympathizers jon tint side. But the exhausted for- ' bearance of these States, and the infat -1 uated despotism of the old government i works a thorough and deep scaled sen ! timent. The hot iron burns the indeli- I ble mark. The war chariot grooves j the border earth with an ineffaceable dividing line. 'The friends of the North go to them—the friends of the South come to us, and so the elements of each are homogeneous. 'The pro cess ol disintegration and each seeking its own by affinity may be severe, but is it not necessary in the nature of things ? Nature does not stickle at in flicting short and sharp pains to secure great and permanent results. A nation mav be born in a day, yet not without travail. 'The Federal law of compact mav or may not allow a peaceable and bloodless secession—but the higher j law does not. This is evident. We ; must needs enter the future and lasting | good through present and momentary I suffering. Great national adjustments ; take place slowly. Greater evils and j longer than any yet endured may await I us. Let us be patient and hope to the i end. Our people, our young men have ; to be taught that war is no trifle—that : it is not an idle pageant, an affair of ’ epaulettes and ovations, of parade and ■ glory ; they must be taught this—else i they will be too ready to fly to it again, ’ and at every little occasion. They have I not yet got to the bitter of it—such an experience of it as will lead tjiem ; while gratefully accepting the re ‘ suit of the arbitrament, to dread- and i hate the arbiter. 'Therefore, while we j have never for a moment questioned 'he i justice and grandeur of our cause, and ' the certaintv of our success—never I doubted but that God was on our side, ■ and intends to make us a great nation ' —we expect not to be exempted from ; tribulations. The bud may have a bit : ter taste, but sweet shall be the flower. ; And we reckon the sufferings of this I present time not worthy to be eompar i ed to the glory that shall be revealed in ■ us. Col, C uickley’N Blorsc. j 1 never have been able to ascertain I the cause of the quarrel between the (’liekleys and the Drakes. 'They have j lived within a mile of each other, in ; Illinois, for five years, and from their j first acquaintance there had been a mti- ■ tiial feeling of dislike between the two I ) One eventtig Mr. Drake the elder : was returning borne with his ‘pocket i full ot' rocks/ from Chicago, whither > he had been to dispense with a load of I grain. Sa i ?n- Barston was with him on ; the wagor/and as they approached the > grove, which intervened between them 1 and Mr. Drake’s house, he observed to his companion : “YVhata beautiful shot Col. Crick* ley’s'old Roan is over yonder.” “H ing it 1” muttered old Drake, “so ; it is.” The horse was standing UTtucr some I trees, about twelve rods from the road. Involuntarily, Drake stopped hisrteam. lie glanced furitively around 4 , t'hen with a queer smile the old hunter took up his rifle from the boMotn of the wagon, and raising it to his shoulder drew a sight upon the Colonel’s horse. “Beautiful I” muttered old Drake, lowering his rille with the air of a man resisting a powerful temptation. “I could drop'old Roan so easv 1” “Shoot,” suggested Sain Barston, who loved I’uii in any shape. “No, no, ’twouldn’t do,” glancing eaiHietisly around him again. “I won’t tell,” said Sam. “’Vai, I won't shoot this time, any how. tell or no tell. The horse is too i nigh. If he was fifty rods off, instead of twelve, so there’d be a bare possi* biiity of mistaking him for a deer, I'd let lly. As n is, I’d give the Colonel live dollars for a shot.” At that m iment the Colonel hirnsel i stepped from behind a big oak, not hall a dozen pares distant, and stood 'before Air. Drake. “Well, why don’t you shoot !” 1 he old man stammered•soriie words in confusion. “That, you, Colonel ? I—l was tempt- i ed to. I declare/ And as I said, I'll give vmu aA” for one pull.” “Say an ‘X,’ and its a bargain I” D ike fell ol his rifle, am! looked at old Roan : “How much is the hoss wuth ?” he ; muttered in Sam ? s ear. ‘ About titty dollar?.” “Gad, Colonel, I’ll do it. Here I > <mr -X.’ ” The ! ’o’oncl took and pocketed the I money, muttering,“Hanged il I thought vo.t’d take m<‘ up.” With high glee the old hunter put a fresh cap on his rifle, and stood up in his wagon, and drew a close sight at. old Ro,ui. Sam Barston chuckled.— i The Colonel put his hand before his | face nnd chuckled too. Crack! wpht the rifle. The hunter ! torp opt a ho'frld oath, which I will no repeat, Sam was astonished. The Colonel lai!che<l. (lid Roan never stir r.-il. lArake sfaited ct his rifle Tith Cage agi t)ihello’s.: “D hit's the matter With vc i,k lit v U Fust time you ever sarVed me quite ! such a trick. I swan 1” And Drake loaded the piece with 1 1 great wrath and indignation. ••People said vou’d lost your m-cit <> shooting.” ob*erved the Colonel, in a ' cutting tone o( satire. “Who said so ! It's a lie ! ’ thun dered Drake. “1 can shoot—” ahorse ’ al ten rods ? ha ! ha ! Drake was livid. ••L 10k here, Colonel, I can’t stand that 1” lie began. I “Never mind, the Aorsttcan.” sneer ed the Colonel. “FH risk you.” Grinding his teeth, Drake produc'd another ten d dHr bill. “Here.,” lie growled, ••I'm hound to ■ have another shot any way.” “Crick away,” cried 'he Colonel. i pocketing llif! note. ! Drake i/i7 crack awav —with dead" : ly aim, too —but the horse did not mind | tiie bullet in the least. To the rage and utter astonishment of the hunter, old Roan looked him right in the face, as if he rather liked the fun. “Drake.” cried Sam. “you’re drunk 1 A horse at a dozen rods —oil. my eye/’ “Just shut your mouth, or I'll shoot you!” thundered the excited Drake. “The bullet was hollow, I’ll swear. The man lies that says I can’t shoot 1 Last week I cut off a goose’s head at fifty rods, and I can do il again. Col onel, yon can laugh, but I'll bet now, thirty dollars, I can bring down old Roan at one shot.” The wager was readily accepted.— The stakes were placed in Sam’s hands. Elated with the idea of winning back his two tens, and making an ‘X’ into the bargain, Drake carefully selected a ! perfect ball, and even buckskin patch, I and loaded the rifle. I It was now nearly dark, but the rid : hunter boasted of being able to shoot a I bat on t-.ie wing by starlight, and wilh ' out hesitation he drew a clear sho. on i old Roan’s head, I A minute later. Drake was driving I through the grove the most enraged— ' i the most desperate of men. His rille. j innocent victim of lay with broken I stock on the bottom of the wagon.— Sam Barston ”, as too much frightened to laugh. Meanwhile the gratified Colonel was rolling on the ground con vulsed with mirth, and old Roan was standing m-disturbed under the trees. When Drake reached home, his two sons discovered his ill humor, and the | mutilated condition ot his rifle stock, I and hastened to arouse his spirits with l ntfws, whieh were sure would ■ make him dance for joy. j “Clear out!” growled the angry old j man. “I don’t want to hear any news; I get awav, or I shall knock one ol you j down !” | “But, father, it’s such a trick played i off on the Colonel!” “On the Colonel?”’ cried the old [ iniiii, beginning to be interested. “Gad, I if you’ve played the Colonel a trick ; ; let’s hear it.” “Well, father, Jed and 1. this afier- ■ noon, went out for deer ” ! ••■llang the deer, come to the trick !” ■ “Couldn't find any deer, but thought I we must shoot something ; so Jed bang- | ed away at the Colonel’s old Roan 1 shot him dead.” “Shot old Roan?” thundered the ‘hunter. “Jed, did you shoot the Col > onel’s old hoss *” “I didn’t do anything else. And I then,” paused Jed, confident that the I joke part must please his father, “Jim | and I propped the old horse up. and ; tied his head back with a cord; and l ?lt j him’stan/ing under the tree-, just as if jhe was alive. Ha ! ha ! Fancy the Cohroel going to catch him? Ho! ho! I wa’iTt it a joke?” I Old Drake’s head fell on his breast, fie felt of his empty pocket-book, and i looked at his rifle. Then in a rueful i tone, he whispered to the boys : I “It’s a joke 1 But if you evet tell of it—or if vou do. Sam Barston—l'll skin you alive! fve been s-hooting at ■ that dead horse hail'an irour, at ten dol j lars a shirt?” j At that mbnietit Sam fell into the ; gutter. Sam had laughed himself al* ■ most to death. Goves-f.ior *s Messapre. As Governor Brown’s Message is too ! lengthy lo admit of our publ shing it : entire in one, or cvqn two issues of our I “half sheet,” without excluding all im ; portant news from our columns, we j must be content with giving our read- ■ ers such extracts from it as contain the ■ most imp.«'au-t recomtnendations and ■ suggestions. We beg n with RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE. I Ou account of the blockade ’of our I ■ ports, our planters are unable to sell j | their cotton, which is the great, staple ■ ' production "i the State, anil brings in- ■ : to the State She money which stimu- \ ! bites and sustains every other bramffi ; iof industry-- The taxes of the people, ! ! including Confederate war tax; must I necessarily be more burdeuAomt- this i ‘ yar, than they have been any previ- ; i ou? year. . . the present generation.— I Utrless sothing can be realized !»v i ; the sale id, or by. an advance upon cot-i i ton, il will be next to impossible fori j our people to raise the money with ! i which to meet this heavy burden.— ; i Such is the patriotism of our people, j i and such their zeal in the glorious ' I cause of our independence, that all | ; seem perfectly willing- to submit to i i luy amount' of taxation, necessary to sustain the Government, if they can raise the money by sale of the pro- , duels rd' their labor ; but they are not i willing to have large amounts of valu i aide property sacrificed under the Sher iff's hammer, t(» raise small sums of money to meet their taxes. In this slate o! things it is the duty of the Go vernment to do all that can be done, to afford relief. As the best mode of relief which oc curs to my mind, I recommend the ap.. pointmeiit of an officer of ab'diiy and oxp' i ' , f bee • a (•‘bhTpetfirft A'auA Xl' AI B Ell 1( w!;ie‘i will enable him to th u- tc i whole lime to the work, who fb: 1 authorized, oif rccuivitx evidence vhat any pl tn: h's d i i-d liis coiton in e'\v Wei' 1 anv interior town this S.aie, aHK i Iris insured the acme , agatiist ' tire for twilve muii'-h-'. with i.i.w ! vent Insurance eomp oty in t’,e jto advance to such plainer tw --iliitflH i of the market- value of hi? crop. t<» paid in Treasury tmtrs i f this St-iHB i srcureii as al-.ove jniiposi d, u hii-h : | to he received in paym< nt lor a'l | i lie due?, and fintdid with ■ ;g!n per -I bonds when piUseided for lln i i redeemable at the option of i a'ter a short period.. The I. w should give the State ' control o! the cotton til! sold, and in: •amide provision for the repay ylo the Treasury’ of the prineipH j advanced, with eight per cent. : terest, the rale paid by the State, whtH , the blockade is removed and th ■ c< ■ : ton sold, 'i’his would enable our plaiß l ters lo realize upon their crops, a smM ' cient sum, to meet their current •,-xr ses, and to pay all taxes r> q'.tue-' them for the necessary expens ■>’ war. and the supp n’t of the G. ■.utiH inent. I think our people have a r;g:H to expect some such reli f l m I I a M proposed at our hands : and 1 most r>H spectfully but earnest!v inv-ke for subject rhe attentive constdt . r ?li< n(■ the General Assembly fl stay law. « In connection with the foreg-riefl subject. I may remark that mj viewfl on the subject ol Bank suspensions atifl stay laws having been frequently prufl mulgaied, are well known to the peoß pie of this State. 9 In ordinary times, and under oriliifrß ary circumstances, I believe -all sue® laws are wrong in principle, corrupting in practice, and in violation of thail good faith which should characterize all commercial transactions between muni and his fellow man. lienee 1 have, onl all previous occasions, with!:' Id -myl assent from all such enactments; be.l lieving that they gen-rally have theirl i unjust speculations; and that ' used by the designing, to wrest from the hardy sons of toil, the just i;icod?es of tin.if daily labor. i Bin these are no ordinary times. —• We are in the midst of revolution, and i your predecessors have authorized the i suspension of the Banks, and have- I stayed the collection of debts till ' lai December next. Our ports are ! blockaded so that our planters cannot ! send their cotton and oilier produce to market, and it is impossible lor our Banks to import specie al any prices i with whteh to reueem their bills. Its this stale of things, to require then;<or resume, is to require an impossibility- It occurs to me therefore, that lite most; that can be done, is to guard by proper' legislation as far a- possible, against I over issues and abuse of their privi leges frv our Banks during the suspen sion, so as to cause them to do justice to the people, and prevent their insol> vency when they shall, at a future day . be called upon to resume specie pay-- , inent. ‘ It is also absolutely necessary to ex-' tend the slay law between other debt-t --ors and creditors. Should creditor bt<‘ permitted in the midst of the present'' crisis, by legal process, to bring th ?‘ property of debtors to sate by the Sheriff, who is required by law to yell' for cash the results would be deplort ■' ble. Money is so scarce, that propet<4 ly forced lo sale for cash- Would n-oT probably bring mere than one*third t<T half as much as it would have brought twelve or eighteen months s'rtYee, when' the debt was contracted. This wottlv ' enable a few heartless specnlatoi s, who happen to have funds at their com mand, to buy up the property of poor debtors, at almost noini'mll prices; air.’ would cause an immense amount "f - J ■ sering among helpless women and - dreti, whose liusbauds aitdfath'ers. er anticip ifing iha pTeseii! st i • >! things, contracted debts when m. o*v was plentiful, and the country pro*, ci ons. which, had that state of tfiiiA- re* | maim ;!, they would easily hat' p?tiu but wltieh their whole prbpc>rt\ i, forced t > sale by the Shet iff. wi-idd now be insufljeient to satisfy. d o of these debtors, leaving a Very smalt i amount ol property for the support of their families at home, are now in lhe military service of their cnuiitrv, risk ing themselves, and sacrificing all !he pleasures of home, m defence of our lives, liberties and families, l ean im- , agine no greater cruelty. ihatt to permit j the creditor in the absence of the sol-' ( user, to take from his family, the srrrw i pittance left for their support; It is true, few creditors might be so cruel as ito attempt this, but the law should I make ample, provisions for the protec i tion of the weak am! the helpless l against those who might be proiHpted j by avarice, to disregard tin- dictate® of hum'anity. I therefore in view e-f oOr' . m (•“■'Sit-i s; waivd for tfre pre-'ent, :,||- oliji i-tuuis to this character of l»gisl i j ima. and recoin tend the eu.tet.nent of si.el l , laws, as will continue the suspen- , sion, am! protect the poor and unf >r j lunate from the grasp of the avaricious j and the powerful, till the establi«l\m -nt : of our independence shall have reh'-v* j ed us from- the embarrassment wltieh i have grown out of the revolution. U X PAT RI DTK • SF« UI t. ATI . Il is a matter-of the most profound regret in the present event fid crisis, when Yli whole energies of our pcoplo arc being exened to the utmost capac ity in the e-atiso of ottr im!.*pemleu«*<’, ami when thous-imls of our ftdl'»w*eit izems who hate but litti? except their services to give, have ' nobly responded to their country’s ea'4'aml rallied to her Standard in the'field',' leaving helpless families behind widh little inems of support < Xeept their daily labor, that eombi'tiaiions hAfre been formed bv hard.-hearted afal unpatriotic, specula tors; to buy up,'an I e tgross almost.the,. (/h'vL.i sttid'/fif'S' ot' po-. ip-,,‘w.s.sai,c.*i off