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mttfrtrti Ifawtctr. “ The ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.” VOL. I. ATHENS, GEORGIA, JULY 27, 1832. NO. 19, The Southern Banner, I? PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA, EVERY FRIDAY, BY ALBON CHASE. Terms.—Three dollars per year, payable in advance, or Four dollar, if delayed to the end of the year. The latter amount will be rigidly exacted of all who fail to meet their payments in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, un less the money is paid in advance; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. A failure on the part of subscribers to notify us of their intention of relinquish ment, accompanied with the amount due, will be con sidered as equivalent to a new engagement, and pa pers sent accordingly. Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates. ■r 3*»AII Letters to the Editor on matters connected with the establishment, must be posf paid in order to secure attention. Notice of the sale of Lend and Negroes by Ad. ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be publish ed sixty days previous lo the day of sale. The sale or Personal Property, in like manner, must be published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that Application will be made lo the Court of Ordinary for Leave to sell Land or Negroes, mu.t be published four months. Notice that Application will bo made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days, and for Letters of Dismission, six months. A THENS Grammar School. T HE Trustees of the Grammar School in Athens,do now announce to the public, that the institution is in successful operation, under the management of IVfr. William H. Hunt; a graduate of Franklin College, and an instructor of some experience. From the trial made under the present provision, from personal in spection by visiting committees of the board, and an attendance upon a quarterly examination, the Trustees can and do with confidence recommend the institution to the public, as a preparatory school for youth desirous to enter the College: And persons visiting Athens for a summer residence, and all others, are assured that pupils will be well prepared for College, in pursuance of the course recommended by the Faculty of the Col lege. Ample provision will be made for accommodating the increasing numbers of the school. JOHN A. COBB, Chairman. E. L. NEWTON, Secretary. WATCHES A:\'D JEWELRY. J .iST received from New- York an elegant assortment i«f LADIES’. AND GEN fLE- ' MEN’S Gold Lever, 1 Lepinc & Common WATCHED. Silver do. do. do.; Ladies Gold neck and watch chains; Gentlemens* Gold safety and watch chains; Ladies and Gentlemens* Gold and’Plated watch seals and keys; Ladies Pearl, Jet, all Gold, Gold and Coral, Gold and Cameo Ear ornaments of a new pattern and very S l’ iidid. Breast pins, Finger rings, Medallions, iniaturc lockets, Pencil cases, Gold and Silver spec tacles, Gold and Silver thimbles, Shirt sluds, Bracelets, common Safety chains of various patterns; Plated castors, Plated and Brass candlesticks, snuffers and trays, Plated fruit baskets, Brittania Coffee and Tea sets. Razors, Razor straps and hones, Shaving boxes and brushes, Cloth, Hair, and Tooth brushes, Pen knives, Pistols, Fancy boxes, Belt buckles, Demosthe- nian keys, Scissors, Snuff boxes, Pocket books and Wallets, Glass and Coral beads, Music boxes, Bced purses, Childrens Silver whistles, Childrens Dumb watches, Silver spoons, Silver and Plated Butter knives; Claronets, Flagellets, common and Octave Flutes; Lavender and Orange water. Milk of Roses, and an elegant assortment of Brass Clocks and Mantle Time Pieces, &c. &c. B. B. LORD. N. B Canes mounted with Gold or Silver; and Sil ver spoons made at shortest notice. Wanted a few thousand dollars worth of Georgia Gold. B. B. L, June 12—13—cow3m. Law Notice. T HE subscribers respectfully tender their sorvicea, to their friends and the public in tho lineoftheir Profession ^Persons in Augusta, holding claims against individuals in the Counties of Clark, Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Kali, Oglethorpe, Morgan, Habersham and Franklin, which they desire to havo collected, will en sure every attention to them, by placing them in the hands of Andrew i. Miller. JUNIUS HILLYF.R, of Athens. ANDREW J. MILLER, of Augusta. June 26—15—tf. Sanfordville Inn. JYeiv Goods. F, sobscri 8UP kew goods, T he subscriber having recently received a fresh si • ' Consisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard-wares, &c.— oflers them for sale on very reasonable terms at his •tore opposite Mr. Byrd’s Hotel. He returns his thanks to his former and present cus tomers, and hopes that the low pricea of his goods, will •ocure a continuance of their patronage JAMES C. EDWARDS. June 19—14—tf. TO JOURNEYMEN Curriers. W ANTED immediately a good Currier. C atant employment and liberal wages will be given to a man of steady habitsandgood moral charac ter. This Village is not excelled bv any in the State in point of health. JAMES ('. ANDERSON. iCJ 3 * The Editors of the Recorder will please give the above our insertions, and forward tho account to me for payment. J« C. A. Salem, July 6—16—41. Commencement. T HE examination of the lower Classes in Franklin College will commence on Thursday, 19th inst. and the final examination of the Sonior Class on the 34th. Candidates for admission into College will be examined on Saturday the 28th, at which time all who oxpect lo enter the next term are advised, if practica ble, to be present. On Sunday tho Commencement Sermon. On Monday the 30th, the Trustees will meet, Tuesday 31at, the exhibition of the Junior Class, and on Wednesday the 1st August, the Annual Com- jmineement. The oration before the Demosthcnian and Phi-Kappa Societies, will be delivered on Thursday. ASBURY HULL, Secretary. Athena, July—6—16—4t. * Weekly Georgia Courier. The encouragement, which ihe Courier has receiv ed from the Public, demands from us an effort to in crease it* usefulness and adaptation tu the wants of its patrons. We are now publishing it Thrice a week, the additional cost at ourown expense; but there are so many of its friends badly situated in relation to the facility of receiving it by the Mails, that we intend to issue immediately a Weekly Paper for those, who cannot, from the cause mentioned, receive it but once a week. This will be issued at a period in the week, best suited to the up-country mails, and most favora ble for the transmission oflbe earliest intelligence to its country readers. West present think of Saturday morning, ao as to embrace the transactions of the whole week, with all the new Advertisements. Its contents will be made up from the TrUwstkly paper, and from the Doit, after October next. It will thus contain more intelligence of every kjnd, than ony other weekly paper in the State. In addition to the above, we hold oursetves bound to transmit, to its Patrona, SHpt containing all the important intelligence during the week, by the mails first succeeding its reception. We shall not postpone it* commencement longer than the first of April next. ,. , ;cp* Term* of the IF tty Courier, $3, if paid in ad vice—#4, if not. JOHTT DA.7TSOH R ESP EC TFULLY lender his thanks to his friends and <o the public generally, for the patronage he has received since he opened his house at this place.— He is now adding to bis building, which will enable him to accommodate his visiters with comfort to them and satisfaction to himself. His house is situated on the West Bank of the Hightower River, (known on the map of the Cherokee country as Sally Hughe’s place,) on the ntane road from Milledgeville to Tennessee and N. Alabama, and in tho richest part of Cherokeo coun ty ; in the vicinity arc good mineral and limestone wa ter, and the Gold mines, July 6—16—eow4m. No Combination, Free Trade, EARTHEN WARE, GLASS, CHINA $ LOOKING GLASS, THOMAS S. J. BARROW, & Co. Importers and Wholesale Dealers, -Vo. 8S, Water Street, New York, offer for sale, A very large and General Assortment of fiarthen Ware, Glass, China, and Looking Glasses, S ELECTED with the greatest care, and comprising every vurietyof pink, purple, brown, black, blue edged, and C. C. Ware, also, ovory style of plain and gilt Looking Glasses, China and Glass Ware, which will be disposed of as usual at free and unshackled pri ces, low lor Cash or city acceptances. The attention of Merchants generally is invited to our Establish ment and plan of business, as calculated to benefit tho interest of all dealing in the line. Particular attention will he paid to all orders by letter from our Southemfrisnds pledging ourselves to pay mure than usual attention to their Communications by giving them the newest style of Goods and putting them down to the very lowest cash price. T. J. BARROW, & Co. No. 88, IFafer Street, New York. July 13-17—4t. R. E. MARTIN, Dentist* Is now in this place, and offers his services to thecit izens ot Athensand vicinity. July 6— 16—tf. Inherits. .VO TICE. F OR SALE, the Plantation whereon the subscri ber now lives, near tho Town of Athens, consis ting ol about 450 ACRES, with a largo two story Dwelling llousc, and other suitable out buildings. The whole or a part ol the plantation will be dis| nsed of with the buildings to suit purchasers; the situation is healthy and suffi ciently near (within a mile) the Cillege for all the advantages of the schools. I would particularly invite parents who wish to educate their children under their own immediate guardianship, to call and see the preini- s. JOHN NISBET, Jun. June 25—15—61. t3r NOTICE. A LL Persons having demands against the Estate tm of fir. James Nisbct deceased, are requested to resent them to Ihe subscriber, or to Eugenius A. Nis ei of Madison, Morgan county, by the first day of January next, for payment. Peraona indebted to said Estate are requested to e«me forward and make pay ment bv the same lime ALFRED M. NESBIT, Executor. July 13-17—tf. O" NOTICE. c£3 f Hereby forwarn all persona from trading for two notes of band given by me to George W. Hopkins, for $40 each, one due the 25th December, 1831. the other due the 25th December, 1832; both datwf 8th April, 1831; ae I have failed lo receive the considera tion for which I was to have had lor said notes, I am .detern-ined not to pay them. WILLIAM ALBISON. Iuly 13—17—31. THE FIELD OF FREEDOM. The last published verses from the pen of Mrs. He mans are uddressed—Too Flower brought from the Field of Grutli—the field beside the hake of the Four Can- tone, where tho “ Three Tells,” es the Swiss call the fathers of their liberty, took the oath of redeeming Switzerland from the Austrian yoke.' The line* are annexed. Whence art thou, flower 7-froin holy ground, Where freedom’s foot hath been I Ye; bugle blast or trumpet sound ' Ne’er shook tl;at solemn scene. Flower ofa noble field! thy birth Was not where spears have cross’d, And shiver’d helms havo strewn the earth - ’Midst banners won and lost: But, where the sunny hues and showers Unto thy cup were given. There met high hearts at midnight hours, Pure l;ands were raised to heaven. And vows were pledg’d that man should roam, Through every Alpine dell, Free as the wind, Ihe torrents’ foam, The shaft of William Tell I And prayer—the full deep flow of prayer, Hallow’d the pastoral sod, And souls grew strong for battle (here, Nerv'd with the peace of God. Before the Alps and start they knolt That calm, devoted band, And rose, and mado their spirits felt Through all the mountain land. Then welcome Grutli’s freeborn flower! Even in thy pale decay, There dwells a breath, a tone, a power, Which all high thoughts obey. —Q©6— From the Boston Traveller. THE OLD BACHELOR. Not a laugh was there, nor a sign of a smile, As our friend to the bridal we hurried; We thought of the pain he would suffer the while, For lie looked so confoundedly flurried. We saw him stund up, and we pitied him too, As the parson Ihe dread knot was tying; He trembled so much, and Ins pliiz wassoblue, That we feared the poor fellow was dying. We escorted him home that bright aummer’s eve, When pale from his bridal returning— We spoke but few words, and most sorely did grieve, A bachelor’d no more discerning. And who would have thought that one like lo him, So shy of tho girls had we found him. Would ever have had his eye-sight so dim As lo fall in the noose that hound him ? ’Twsb sad to us all as sadness could be, That advico in vain we’d been giving, That instead of confined, ho might have been free, At this moment in singleness living. W'c cheer’d the poor fellow aa well as we could, And thought he was sorely repenting ; But now ’twsstoo lute—he could not it lie would, So he gave up all thought of relenting. Wo carried him home, and we put him to rest, And the tears fell fast as we did it; A tear fell from him, we knew ’twas not jest. Though he thought that his sad smile hid it. And sadly we talked of his blessedness gone— How each bachelor now would upbraid him ; Ho said he cared not, so they’d let him sleep on, ’Neath the counterpane, just as they laid him. Slowly and sadly wo all walked down From his room in tho uppermost story; We vowed that his case should bo never our own, Whom we leR not alone in his glory. JItttomiattB. From tho New England Weekly Reviow. THE PILOTS. Hnlfmoon Bay is Ihe mart of one of the rich est districts of Jamaica. Fifty sail of ships resort here anmia’ly, to receive end lake home the sugars et cetera, of the parishes of St. Margaret’s ; and, at Sf Mark’s at Christmas, it is nothing unusual to sen twenty or thirty merchantmen at once, moored in the n rbor. Still, at a secondary colonial port, the arri val of a ship is not an every day occurrence. The signal gun at the windward, aa it comes sailing down on Ihe trade wind, operates like an electric shock upon every man, woman and child, in Ihe place. The merchant drops Ins pen and seizes a spy-glass; the planter mounts his mule and gallops to the Boy ; there is a rush of tho profunum rulgus to the wharves; and even the poor slave is permitted lo sus pend his toils a moment, and gazo at the lone ivunderer of the doep, as she comos, walking tho waves in beauty, round the easlern head land. But none feel that suit’s mngical '-fleet like the men for whose ear it is intendcr 1 . These were James Henry and Thomas Glen, me rival pilots of Halfmoon. The echoes of tho far-off call would scarcely cease, before their gigs would be seen cutting the water, as if life aud death depended on their spend. There is nothing more animating than a boat race. The dancing boat, leaping from wave to wave, like a live inhabitant of tho sea —the breathing silence, flushed cheeks, and quick nervous strokes of the rowers—the in tense anxiety in Ihe face of the helmsman—bis low exrctation, and fierce rebuke, hurled at some laggard at the oar, are bII picturesque : and then, the animating shouts from the shore and the shipping—the bet, the laugh, the taun ting cry, of victory, and Ihe dropped oar, and craven eilcnco of defeat—all concur to give an electric start to the blood, such os tho vo taries of the turf never knew. It was on a clear, windy afternoon in July, that a large brig suddenly appeared in the of- No gun had announced her approach; no one had seen her double the eastern bead- land ; but there she was, as if by magic, stand ing into port undei a press of sail. At that moment Henry was engaged with three me repairing the rigging of a large drogger, that lay about two hundred yards from the wharf. The small boni had been lent lo the upper pari of the Boy for some (arkling, and Ihe gig was fastened to the head of the wharf. A loud shout came over (ho wulcr from the windward, and turning round Henry sitw Glen standing in the stern of his gig, and waving his hat in triumph. A glance at the ofling, and quick as thought ho was in tho sen, fol lowed by the other three ; and nil were seen blowing like porpoises, and swimming nt a prodigious rate towards tho wharf. Just then a crowd of men rushed upog the wharf, ono of whom jumped into the gig, and losing the fast, met the swimmers about half vvny from the drogger. A load hurra hurst from the multi tude the moment they wore seated at tho ours. “ And now,” said the deep voice of Henry, “a dollar for each man !” and the boat went off over the bay, like a glancing shot from a cannon. Glen was already outside the shipping, nnd steering dead for the brig, across the line ol the surf—Henry, on the contrary, pulled for its oltermnsl breaker, thereby gaining a deci ded advantage by throwing himself directly in the vessel’s courso. No more was seon dis tinctly; for Ihe breakers of the surf were run- ning high, and (brew n mist of sparkling spray ctween the spectators on shore, and tho view beyond. Tho brig however, hove too, us usu al, and then came steadily on to her moorings. The gig of Glen was seen skulking bark on its former way; its master standing tip and throwing his arms about, with tho characteris tic violence of a Creole, and apparently ven ting his rage on his crew. Henry was then, doubtless, on bourd Ihe brig; but his boat was not seen in low, ns was usual, and the whole affair looked rather myslerioue, ’till capt. Milne landed with Henry in his jolly boat. ” I tvas on the lookout for a pilot,” said the captain, “ and at length saw a boat putting off across the surf. She attracted ihe attention of all hands, for she came with a long and strong pull. The helmsman particularly, as I viewed him through thegluss, mado me think ofsumc horseman I have seen, whoso bodies get along faster than their horses. Just then, there was a cry of ‘ o boat ahead !’ and 1 round to!’ came next, in a voice that would have done honor to on admiral. Looking under the trisail boom, sure enough there wus a boat, directly ahead, und not thirty yards off.— ‘ Down with your helm I’ i cried, 1 down !’ But it was too late. The next sea hung us direct ly over him, and we crushed her as I might tin egg-shell, thus. “ I had run forward,” continued capt. Milne, “ on observing the imminent peril of tho boat, nnd had returned ns quickly to Ihe qunrlcr deck, to see what became of Ihe men, when a figure, which lo all appearance, had cutne out of the sea, clambered over the tnfirnil, and jumped up on deck. “ Pilot, captain !” said thought him gone to the bottom and the job his own. The abnvo are facts, of which tho write* was an eye-witness. he in the same gruin voice which hailed us.— Hat he had none, nnd the brine was trickling from his hair over a face which glowed Ilka n red-hot shot, and I thought f could hear it hiss. Had the sea-god himself made his ap pearance, he could not have been more in character, nor my ship’s company more ama zed. ' In Ihe uame of wonder!' 1 wus begin ning to say—whon a loud hurra came from the other boat. Glen it seems had observed the accident, and was coming on w : th triumphant shouts. Henry very coolly lifted his dripping arm, nnd vvaving it too and fro, gave him tho sign manual of Ihe profession that Ihe ship was supplied. “ You can be of some use, howovur,’cried he, in his dry way, ‘you can pick up my men, which will be just tho same thing, you know.’ To say the truth, in tho hurry of the moment—for it had all happened in a minute, I had myself forgot my errand aft. Looking off on our starboard bow, as wo then lay with our head to the wind, thcro were several blark object*, heaving and setting in ihe sea, which there was no mistake in taking for negroes’ heads. * Tho poor fellows will drown before we can let the bout down,’thought I, and hailed Glen, for they were not far from him. ‘ Hollo tliore I’ said I, ‘pick up those men !” But what was my astonishment lo see the fellow, after shaking his fist at us, with a malignant grin, deliberately turned txis bouts, head to the shore. * Cun it he possible ?” thought I; * Pass up my blunderhu* I’ * Notv you dog, pick those men tip, or I will put n slug through you.’ The cowardly hound obeyed and then steered off across tho reef, while we filled away to nur moorings.” “ But what I consider tho marvellous pnrt of this day’s work continued Ihe captain, ‘ is Hen ry’s getting on board. From the atyle in which we run him' down, and the fact that there was another pil-.t within hail, no one dreamed of the posaibility of his taking ua in to port, even if he escaped drowning. It was a wonderful instance of g'Jod luck, thnt any of the crew, in these circumstances should get on board, nnd an absolute miracle that he should be thi pilot. Such however was t he fact, it seem* that Henry supposed that we saw him, until we got quite near him. On discov ering that we must go over kim, he dove just as the brig was in the act of pitching, and pas sing under her, rose immediately under the rudder. He caught the rudder chain, passed Afina, the Murderer.—Aided by the polite* ness nnd attention ol Benjamin Morris, Esq. Sheriff of Bucks county, we wero enabled in the vary part of the week, to look into the Doyleslown juil, in which the murderor Mina is awaiting his exe ulion, and to hold some ennversution with that unfortunate individual, us well ns with other prisoners. Having passed through various apartments, wewers next shown into Mina’s cell. We found hint engaged in close converaatiun with high constable Blaney, of this city, but upon our entrance he instantly ro9e, and received ua with much formality. A chain about two feet long was attached to hie left foot. He was in dishabille, and consequently less neat a.id tidy in his nppearanre, than when we saw him in court, lie however appeared cheerful and animated, and in the course of conversation, frequently indulged in loud and hearty laughter. Tho cell in which ho is confined is above ground, niry, light and comfortable. By tho side of his bed stood a small table, upon which were writing materials, und a large loiter, just sealed, addressed to his father at St. Salvador, under the litlo of Brigadier General. A num ber of religious tructs were strewed about the room, and a Spanish bible occupied a shelf at the head of his hod. On the wall tvo noticed Ihe form of a cross, mode in pencil marks by Miira himself. Miou spoke without reserve of Ins life and character. Several of the incidents ho men tioned wo noted down soon after, and we shall give them to tho reader, first promising how. over that but littlo reliance should be placed upon any which aro not corroborated by well known facts. His stories are contradictory, and invented, apparently, to excite the wonder of the curious. He said his parents were ofa. distinguished family, in high honor, in Trim- dad do Cuba, in which island he was born, and continued to reside until he sailed for America. Tho early part of his life passed with but little to distinguish it from othors, except an extra ordinary propensity for mischief, and a fond ness for female society. When ubout Ihe uge . of seventeen, ho met with a singular adven ture while sailing in a Spanish vessel, on an excursion to a neighboring port. They feli in with a dismantled ship, belonging to tho Co- lombisn service from which u boat, containing sovoral sailors nnd a gentleman in rich uni form, aud a lady, was seen to put off. Tho boat approached the Spunish vessel, und tho gentleman in uniform briefly mentioned tout his vessel wus in a sinking condition, and link ed to bo taken on hoard : which request, how ever Ihe Spanish Captain refused, alleging ao a reason, that the sufferers wer* his Country’s oneutiun, and not untitled to Immune treatment. Mina expostulated with him, and implored him, by all means to lake the lady on board, who it wan a any to (ftrcetve, was u most beau, lil'ul and interesting creature, not more iIiuq fifteen years of uge. His entroaties had nut little effect, until ho seized a largo Spanish knife, and swore lie would kill the first man that dared to prevent Ihe crew of the boat from coming on board. They wero thon han ded on deck, nnd Mina took caro that they should bo well treated. The gentleman proved to bs a distinguished officer in the Columbian army, and the lady his daughter. To her Mina made love, and so successfully, that she consented to marry him upon their arrival at Cuba. Her father immediately returnod home, and when there remitted, us u marriage portion for his daugh ter, $22,000 in Spanish doubloons, and sub sequently 17,000, in Colombian coin, together with an infinite variety of jewels, rings, lie. With a portion of this money Mina bought a handsome plantation, upon which he soltlea. lie lived with his young wife very happily, fop about a year, when slto died in giving birib to a daughter. Tho girl lives with his parents, and will inherit his estate. Mtnu spoke also of another daughter, now living in Cuba, which bn culled—fur some reason- he did not explain—an “ unnatural daughter.” After the death of his wife, Mina, having nothing to occupy his nttentionv connected liiiusel with a buttallion of grenadiers, holding lire ruiflt of cadet. The officers were general ly overbearing, much given to intemperance, •>nd consequently unpopular with the men.— They became at length so insolent and tyran nical, (hat u portion of the battallion resolved in revolt. Accordingly, availing themselves of u favorable opportunity on a parade day, they seized u piece ofeunoon, in possession of some blacks, and turning it upon Ihe officers, fired and killed a considerable number. The panic which this movement occasioned was only momentary, the office At rallied the grea ter portion of the soldiers, and drove (be re. valters from the field. They fled to a thick et. in a distant part of the island, where they organized into a banditti, making Mina their leader. They numbered forty, all desperate fellows and capable of any species of crime— They depredated on Ihe inhabitants to a great extent, and in the course of their career, rot* thence to the cabin window, would have enter-■ b&J tho royal treasury of a large umouot of ed it, but (bought himself too damp for a lady’s; money. This Inner feat was accomplished at stateroom—so passed up to the lasts of the'the instance of Mina. lie entered the office sir rn boats—and thence over the ta^rail to tho' at a p.rlicul ir hoar, when the principal guard quarter deck, and took the bng just as G1 m | was withdrawn, and having himself secured