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“ The ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.” VOL. I. ATHEYS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 12, 1832. AO. 30. The Southern Banner, is PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA, EVERY FRIDAY, BY AI,BO\ CIIASE. Tekms- - Three dollars par year, payable in advance, Four dollars if delayed to the end of the year. The latter amount will be rigidly elected of all who fail lo hieet their payments in advance. No sabacriptl in received for less than one year, un- \ money is paid in advance; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at [he option of the publisher. A failure on the part of subscribers to notify ua of their intention of relinquish- ruent, accompanied with the amount due, will be con sidered as equivalent to a new engagement, and pa- Dt »sent accordingly.' r Advert is ehrnts will be inserted itf the usual rates. SlJ’All Letters to the Editor on matters connected ivith the establishment, must be post paid in order to lecurc attention. iCP Notice of the sale of Land and Negroeaby Ad- linistratorn, Executors, or 0 uardians, must be publish- I sixty day* previous to the day of sale. The sale ot Personal Property, in like manner, must i published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice lo debtors and creditors of an estate must be Siblished forty days. . Notice that Application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave lo sell Land or Negroes, must b< published/nr months. Nolicethat Applicat'on will bo mad- for Lclteis of Administration, must bn published thirty dayi, and for Loiters of Dismission, six months. MAIL ARRANGEMENT TO THE GOLD MINES. 4 PLEAS AN I TWO-HORSE CO.aCH now runs twice a wcok from Athena, b> _ way of naniclsville,Madis«n Springs and lirnraville, to Clarkrsville; leuving Athens every 'unday and Saturday at 6 A. M. and arriving at ilarkesville Wednesday snd Sunday evenings—Leave larkcavillo Tuesday and Saturdav at 6 A. M. and ar ve at Athens every Wednesday and Monday eve- lings. The Stage line is continued from Clarkesville DCooperstown every Sunday, and returns to Clarkcs- ille every Monday; and will convey passengers to 'oopcrutown, Osinesville, the Falls, Gold Mines, and on Works, on Tuesday and Friday of each week. Bv tis arrangement Ihc regular Stage from Augusta lo irneaville, by way of Peiershnrg. is mei every Wed esdav, going’ and returning, at Carnesvilln—and the u gust a and Milledgeville Singes are regularly met si thens every Monday and Wednesday evenings; so ml the mail and passengers will not ho detained oi. itner route from Augusta to Clarkesville. Passengers jiving Augusta Thursday morning, can reach Coo- erstown Sunday evening hy way of Athens; or leave ugiista Sunday or Monday morning, they can arrive Clarkesville Wednesday evening, either by the thens or Petersburg Stages. fCP Fare, eight eenis per mile. THOMAS KING, Contractor. August 31—24—41. ME l> !C \L IXSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. r HE Trustees of this Institution, impressed with the great importance of affording the facilities of cquiring a complete Medical Education in our own itate, and in our own climate, have under the authori- y of their charter organized u Medical Collrge in the ily of Augusta, and elected the following Professors, o wit s L. A. Dugas, M. D. on Anatomy and Physiology. Jos. A. Eve, M. D. on Materia Mcdica and Thern- leutics. , _ . f John Dent, M. D. on tho Institutes and Practice of fledicine. , .. - M. Antony. M. D. on Obstetrics and diseases ofwo- nen and children. i L. D. Ford, M. D. on Chemistry and Parmacy. Paul F. Eve, M. D. on Surgery. , , I The Trustees respectfully call the attention of the ublic to the distinguishinff/eewlur* of their plan ol in duction. The course will be six months insteud of the isual period of four, by which extension of time, the lectures will be less crowded, and an opportunity Worded for more minute daily examinations. That the lectures may be interesting and satisfactory, the ne- CFsnry apparatus ami pre parations have been ordered ■om Euiope ana the North. Candidates for the Doctorate are required to be of ood moral character; lo have attended at least two ill courses of Lectures in this Institution, or one in »rae other respectable Medical College and a second this, in addition to tho usual term of private study j havo registered their names, and ddivered to the feretary an inaugural dissertation on some medical bject, one month previous to the conclusion of the urte, The course will commence on the third Monday in Oc- >er next,and terminate the third Wednesday in April. Tho expense of the full courso of Lectures will be 00. Matriculation, $5. Graduation Fee, $ 10. Good Board may be obtained in the vicinity of the Btitute for $13 per month. The healthiness of Augusta and economy to the ident, need no comment. Published by order of the Board. Signed, AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET, President of the Board of Trustees. MILTON ANTONY, Vice-President. L. D. FORD, Secretary. July 6— 16 —8 mt 15S—6t^ STEAM PACKETS Wffl. SEABROOR, Capt. W. DUBOIS, nnd JOIIA DAVID raOYGI^I, Capt. JAMES CURRY. T HE Proprietors of these Splendid Steam Packets intend running'hem as Passage and Freight Boats between CHARLESTON and AUGUSTA, the coming season—the first regular Trip to commence on Satur day, 3d of November next, under the following arrange ment Leaving Charleston and Augusta every Satur day, and arriving at Charleston and Augusta every Tuesday, By this arrangement, Country Merchants tiading to Charleston, and wishing to avail themselves of the con veyance, can make their calculations with perfect safe ly, before leaving home, when they will have their goods in Auguvta. Great care has been had in fitting up their Cabins, in a style combining comfort and splen dor, equalled by few boats in the United States. These Boats are on tho low pressure principle, coppered and topper fastened; and as no expense ha9 been spared in building them, for safety, speed nnd comfort, they are recommended to the public with the greatest confi dence. H. W. CONNER CO. Agents, Charleston, S. C. A. MACKENZIE & CO. Agents, Augusta, Georgia. Oct. 5.—29—13t. • Co-Partnership. T HE undersigned lake pleasure in infom.iii; the citizens of Athena, and the public generally, that they have formed a co-partnership in the Mercantile Business, \nd opened a Store at the aland heretofore occupied by Mr. J. C. EDWARDS individually,under Lie name and firm of THOMAS HANCOCK & CO. Where they intend keeping a choice, extensive nnd fashionable Stock of Gouda, in the various departments of their line of business. They respectfully solicit the attention of the public towards thoir establishment. THOMAS HANCOCK, james c. Edwards, JAMES A V\RIGHT. Athens, Oct. 5.—29—tf. To the Public. I N consequence of an arrangement between some of the Creditors (of the late firm of Bateman & Dull' can) and J. B. Bateman proprietor of the Union Hotel Property Lottery, Good titles can be depended on to prize holders of rickets, and the drawing of said Lottery will tako place the fourth Monday in next December. September 8th, 1S32. THOMAS BEALL, 1 JAMES SPIERS, j Superinlendtmls T. W. GOODE, I Jl. J. CREWS, f to the D. B GRANT, j W. P. VONGE, ) Lottery. October 5—29—eow3m. NOTICE TO-MECHANICS. 1 1I1E Inferior Court of Walton County, will receive sealed proposals until the third Monday of No vember next, lor Ihe building of a wooden Jail in the Town of Monroe, in said cutintt. Persons sending proposals arc requested to give a draft or plan and atalc their price. The Court, however, will not|receiveany proposals where tho price shall exceed $2000. The person or persona undertaking the work, will he requir ed to give bond and security to have the same comple ted in a reasonable lime. By order ofthe Court. J. P. LUCAS o. c. Sept. 28-28—71. . ¥anfordville Inn. JOK1T DAWSOIT J ESPECTFULLY tender hie thar.lu lo hi. friend. A and to the pnblte generally, for the patronage he • received since lie opened hie house at thta place, i i. now adding to his building, which will enable a to accommodate bit visiters with comfort to them i satisfaction to himself. His house is .ousted on > West Bank ofthe Hightower River, (know n on the P of the Cherokee country as Sally Hogue's place,) the man*! road lrom illtdg. villeto Tennessee snd tlshtma, snd in tho riches' part of Cherokee coun- ; m the vicinity are good mineral and limestone ws- ' and the Gold mine*. Inly 6—16—eo»4m. Book and Job Printing neatly and occur,ate- executed at this office. PROPOSALS For Publishing at Macon, Georgia, an .agri cultural .Vewsjioper to be entitled THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. BY M. BARTLETT. rjpt HF. SOUTHERN PLANTER will bo devoted exclusively to the Agricultural interest of the country, including Horticulture, management of Stock, makingofWine and Silk, Gardening, Domestic Econo my, Useful Arts, Househuld Expenses, Health, Ftuil Trees, &c. &c. &e. It will be issued every other week—on a medium sheet, and quarto form—on good paper and new type, procured expressly for the purpote. To bo improved and enlarged as the extent of patronage shall warrant. The form will bo convenient for binding; and each volume will be sccompanii d with a copious Index. Pulitical and sectarian subject* will be excluded. It is the design of the publisher to make the. work interesting to all classos ofthe community; particular ly to those m any wise connected with Farming, Gar dening, Mechanics, &c. Communication, are solicited. Agricultural Socie. tics, and friends of the Planting Inleiealgencially, arc eqnested to aid u. in otir undertaking. E-savson Law, Medical and Scientific subjects, will be received. Premiums will be given for the best written essays on particular subjects. Any well written commumca turn on any subject connected with tho objects n( this publication, will entitle the author to a year's subscrip ' in. The publisher will be assisted in the Editorial De partment by several literary gentlemen. TERMS. Two Dollars per annum, in advance, or $2 50 at the end of the year. To subscribers to Ihe Moron Tele graph the price will he One Duller and n half, in ad-, va-ice. or Two Dollar, at the end ofthe year. The first number was issued on the first Saturday in September. Macon, Oct. 5—29. To Temperance Societies. T HE next Anniversary of tho State Society will be held in Milledgeville, on the Second Toted ay in JVotrstier. It it desirable that all the Societies in the Stale shuilid hold meetings and rlcct a delegate or del- ,-gates l» allend the Annivrisary; if nnt, let a rr-pori be directed to the Secretary ofthe State Society, Mil ledgeville. Judge Colquitt, Col. Lumpkin, Rev. Mr. Law, Major Davis, ana Ura. Antony and Hama, arc appointed to deliver written Addressee. Let the num* henof members, the names of Ihe President snd Sec retary, and P. O. of Society, accompany the Report, that be may early receive the printed proceeding*. 3 AD1EL SHERWOOD. Oct. 5.-29-61. From the Religion® Intelliguncor. DEATH’S CHOSEN ALLY. The King of Terror® frown’d upon his throne, Overwearied and displeased. “ Behold, my task Since him of Eden felt a brother’B hate, Down to the brow that blanches ns I speak, Hath known no respite. Would that there were one With whom to trust my cares awhile,—and snatch One moment of repose. Ho! ye who wait! Give notice,—that with him most worthy found By previous deed® to waste tho race of man, The Victor-Monarch will delight to share Tho glory of hi® kingdom.” Mighty winds Swoln up to earthquake violence,—and tones Of many water®, like a thousand seas Clamor’d the edici,—while the lightning’® spear Wrote it in tiame, on every winged cloud: Yea, with such zeal the clement® conspir’d To publish the decree,—methouglit there lurk’d In each some latent, lingering hope, to win The promis’d regency. The Passions came. Thron’d on their storm-clouds, and with varied voice, Thundering or eloquent,—a■* best beseem 'd Their several nature®—boasted how to seal Life’s counties® springs. But to their claims, stern Death Gave credence cold. Next, Besides® Famine roso Up like a charnel-ghost,—and Pestilence Came stalking on, with quiver over full,— And ever in her ears, a mournful sound,— The weeping of the nations. —Loudly shriek’d A martial trump,—and on hi® banner’d ear, War, like r. sovereign came. Unnumbei’d spoils Were strew’d around him,—and the blood of men Flow’d as a river’neath his chariot-wheels. Hi® eagle eye the promis’d honor acann’d, As an undoubted right. But (lie pale king Ponder’d—yet spake not,—till with haughty prido The candidato withdrew —and trembling Earth Shrank at hi® kindled rage. There was a pause. A® if none dar’d in that foil’d champion’s steps Essay to tread. At length a bloated form Mov’d slowly on, with mix’d and tnuddening bowl,— But ere the footstool of the throne he prest, Death, with a faflici’s fondness hasting down Embrac’d,—and in the seal of empire plac’d. Gre at was ihe wonder,—hut none dar’d gainsay ; And with a tearful shout, all Nuture’® foes,— Discuses,—passions,—wars and sins, proclaim’d Intemperance their lord,—while at his feet Hell cast her trophic®,—and with joy receiv’d Death’s allied friend,—as hor prime-minister. L H. S. !*ltecrUaut). From the Exeter News Letlor. CONSTITUTION AND GUERRIERE. An anecdote r.'lnnve to llic capture of Ihc Gncrriere lias lately gone iho mnml* of the papers, which is staled lo linve hern from an iiiiqiicslionnhlc source, and characteristic of (lie coolness, prtidenco, nnd superior skill of the gallant American commander. Tho an ecdote is doubtless corroct in each important particular, ulthough tve have often heard it related with some udditinns and slight varia tions, hy a person who wns on board of the (.'nnsiiiniinn when the occurrence took place His verson was as follows: The Guerriere was lying to. 'Tho Consli- tutirui wns leisurely bearing down upon the enemy under her three topsails; every man was at his respective station, and all on board were eager for the contest, when the Gncr riere eommenred action nt long shot. Com modore Hull gave a peremptory order lohis officers not to npply a single match uniill ho gave the word. In a few minutes a forty two pounder from the Guerriere took effect, and killed nnd wounded some of our brave tuts. Lieut. Morris immediately left his station on the gun derk to report Itio same to the Commn- doro, and requested permission to return the fire, as tho men were very desirous to engage he enemy. “ Mr. Morris,” was tho Commodore's re ply, “ are you ready for action on the gun deck ?” “Yes, air.” “ Well, keep so—but don’t let a gun bo bred till I give the word.” In a few moments Mr. Morris again ap peared and stated that he could with difficulty restrain tho men from giving the enemy a broadside—so anxious were they to com mence the engngoment. “ Mr. Morris,” reiterated tho Commodore, intently gazing on the English frigate, “ are you ready for action on tho gun dock ?” “ Yes, sir—and it is impossible for me any longer to restrain the men from firing on the fop. Their passions nre wrought up lo tho highest possible pitch ol excitement. Sever al of our bravest teamen are already killed und wounded ” “ Keep cool, Mr. Mnrri«. keep cool. Sen nil prepared, and do not suffer a gun to be fired till I give the word.” The gallant Lieutenant went below. Inn few minutes the vessels having neared ench other lo within pistol shot distance, Morris was sent for to appear on the quarter deck. “ Are you all ready for action, Mr. Mor ris?" again demanded the Commodore. “ We are all rpady, sir—and tho men arc muttering horrid imprecations because they arc not .offered to return the fire of the ene my." “ Firc, then in'God’s name !” shouted the Commodore in a Voice of thunder. It is edded, that he wore at that time a pair of nankeen tight*, and he accompanied this soul-cheering order with such a tremendous stamp upon the deck with his right foot, that the unfortunate pantaloons wore completely split open from the knee to the waist band! The conduct of Danes before and during the nruon, was such ns might havo been ex pected from a brave nnd generous enemy. Mr. Reed, a young man belonging to Brew ster, Mass, at present a respectable ship mas ter out of Boston, had boon pressed on hoard tho Guerriere a few weeks previous to the engagement. Sevcrnl other American sea men wero also on hoard. When tho Consti tution was bearing down in such gallant style, und it became evident that u severe action with nn American frigate was inevitable, young Reed left his station and proceeded to tho qnnr- ter deck, nnd respectfully, but firmly, repre sented to Capt. Dacres that he was un Ameri can citizen, who had been unjustly detnined on board the English frigate; that ho hml faithfully performed all the duties assigned him ; hut that i' could nnt bn reasonably expec ted lie would fight against his countrymen— lie therefore begged leave to decline tho honor of participating in the engagement 1 The English captain told him frankly he appreciated his patriotic feelings ; thut he did not wish the Americans on board to use arms against their countrymen ; and lie subsequent ly ordered them all into tho cock-pit, lo render assistance to the surgeons,if it should lie neces sary. Reed left the spur deck ufter the Gncr riere had commenced the action. Several shot* were known to havo taken effect, hut the Constitution had not yet fired a gun—much to the nmusoment of the British tnrs, who predic ted that the enemy would be token without any resistance, with the exception of n veteran man-of-wnr’s man who was in tho battle of the Nile, nnd gruffly observed with n signifi cant shako of tho head—“ that Yankee knows what he’s about.” A few moments passed away and the Con stitution poured in her tremendous broadside —overy gun wns double shotted nnd well poin ted ; nnd the effect which it hud on tho enemy can hardly he conceived. Mistimed tests and jeers nl tho imperturbable, but harmless Yankees, gave place to the groans of tho wounded and dying; and sixteen poor muti lated wretches worn “ tumbled down the cock pit,'’ from the effect of the first broadside! Dacres fought as long as a spar wns stand ing nnd a gun could lie brought to bear against the enemy; but when Ins masts were complete ly shot away, his uffu-ers and men mostly killed und wounded, encumbering tho decks ; w ile the scuppers were slreuming with gore ; when the Guerriere, which hut a few hours before was justly coitsideied one of tho most splendid specimens of navnl architecture which belon ged In the British navy, lay on the water nil unsightly, unmanageable mass — when ho had no longer tho stomp of a mast left from which to display the pro.id flag of his country, llin gallant Briton began to think that ho hail got into an ugly scrajie from which ho could not possibly extricate himself. He could no lon ger oppose even a feeble resistance to his more fortunate toe. Com. Hull sent tin officer to tiiho possession of ihe Gurriero. When he arrived along side lie demanded of the commander of the English frigate, if he had struck. Dacres was extremely reluctant to mnkc this concession in plain terms, but with ft shrewdness whirh would have done honor to a Yankee, endeavored lo evudn the question. “ I du not know that it would bo prudent to cnnuniiH the engagement any longer," said lie. “ Do I understand you to sny that you have struck ? inquired the American Lieutenant. “ Not precisely,’’ returned Ducres, “ but I don’t know that it will be worth while to fight any longer.” “ If you think it advisable, I will return nboard," replied Iho Yankee, “ and we will resume the engagement.” “ Wh>, I am pretty much bars du combat already.” suid Dacres—“ I have hardly men enough left lo work u gun, and my ship is in a sinking condition.” 1 1 wish lo know, sir," peremptorily demand ed Iho American officer. “ whether I am to consider you n prisoner of war, or tin enemy.” “ I believe there is nmv no alternative—if I could fight longer I would with pleasure—hut — I —must—surrender—myself—a prisoner oj Relics of the Jlborigines.—From tho ntim her of mounds or burial places on the banks of tho Ogccchee, that river would appear to have heen u favourite one w.tli the natives. About fifteen miles from its embouchure, a part of the land projects several miles out, called the “ Seven Milo Point,” (rom the number of intlos in its circumference—across this point, the extent is not more than the sixth of a mile ; and ench side of it ia swept by tho bold and rapid rtvor. The Tumuli abound more especially here ; and there nre found in them, beside a greut number of human hones, the urns m which the aalies and hones of the dead are contained. Some of these urns urn car- veil with a degree of skill and beauty, and contain, also, ihc ornaments in use wilh ihe natives, among which,I have found them perfo rated to be strung—and on ono occasion,an or nament which from its size and texture must have been made from tho tooth of an Elephant or Hippopotamus, a proof, (as neither theso animal* or their relics are found with us,) that the earliest inhabitants of Ibis Continent had commercial relations; and a concurring proof with tho remains of regular fortifications, snd other works of art aro found every where in our country, that there was a people who had attained a higher degree of excellence in the arts of civilized life, than those who wore its inlmhi'ants when Columbus discovered it. The bones found in tho Tumuli mentioned, nre in a petrified state—to which may bo attri buted their preservation ; nnd it may also bo remarked, licit their processes and spines for the insertion of muscles nro holder and more prominent than those we find nt present—their muscular force must havo been proportionate ly greater. A very old burial place of the curliest white settlers adjoins the Indian one, and also a more recent one of the negroes, a (linking amalgamation in tho death of those races, who in lifo aro so widely separated by custom*, nnd physical and moral peculiarities. Savannah Republican. From Willis's “ first impressions of Europe." Florence.—Ono lodges likn a punce in Flor ence, and pays like a beggar. For tho infor mation nf artists and schnllars desirous to come abroad, to whom nxoct knowledge on the subject is important, I will givo you the inventory and cost of my whereabout. I sit at this moment in a window of what was formerly Ike archbishop's palace—a noble old edifice, with vast staircases and resound ing arches, and n hall in which you might put a dozen of the modern brick houses of our country. My chamber is as large as a ball room, on the second lloor, looking out upon tho garden belonging to the liuuso, which extonds to the eastern wull of the city. Beyond this lies one nf Ihe sweetest views in the world— the ascending amphithcatro of hills, in whose Inp lies Florence, wilh tho tall eminence of Eiesoli in the centre, crowned wilh the monas tery in which Milton passed six waoks, whilo gathering scenery for his Puradiso. I can al most count the panes of glass in the windows of the hnrd's room ; and between the fine old building and my eve, nn Iho slopn nf the hill, lie ihiriy or forty splendid villas, half buried in trees, (Madume Cninlini’s among thorn,) piled 9 ono above another, on tho sleep ascent, with their columns and porticoes, as if they wero niorklcmptcH in a vast terraced garden. I do not Hi ink there is a window in Italy that commands more points of beauty. Cole, tho American landscape painter, who occupied the room before me, look a sketch from it.— For neighbors, tho Neapolitan ambassador lives nn llin name floor, tho two Greenoughs in the ground-rooms below, and tho palace of ono of fhn wealthiest nobles of Florence over looks the garden, wilh a front of eighty-fivo windows, from which you are at liberty io se lect any two or three, and irnngino tho most celebrated beauty of Tuscany behind the crim son curtains—the dnughter of this samo noble hearing that reputation. She was pointed out to mo nt the opera a night or two since, and I have seen ns famous women with less preten sions. For tho interior, my furniture is not quite upon the same scale, but I have a clean snow- while bed, « calico-covered sofa, chairs nnd iitblcs enough, and pictures three deep from tho wall to the floor. For all this, nnd the liberty of tho opiscopal garden, I pay three dollars a month ! A dol lar mure is charged for lamps, boots, and ser vice, and a dark eyed landlady of thirty-fivo mends my gloves, nnd pays mo two visits n day—items not mentioned in the bill. Thon for the feeding nn excellent breakfast of coffee and toast is brought me for six cents; and, without wine, ono may dino heartily at a fash- innable restaurant for twnlve cents; and with wine, quite magnificently for twenty-five.— Exclusive of postage arid pleasures, this is alh. one is called upon to spend in Florence.— Three hundred dollnrs u year would fairly and largely cover the expenses of a man livjpg nt this rate ; mid a man w ho would not bo wil ling to live hull ns well lor the sake of his art, does not dusnrvn to see Italy. I have slated ihoso iinsemiinent.il particulars, because it is a kind of inforniu'ion I believe much wanted.— I should have come In Italy years ngu if I had known us much; and I am sure there are young men in our country, dreaming of this paradise of art in half despair, who will thank me fur ii, and tako up at once “tho pilgrim’s samlal shoon and scollop shell.”—Mirror. Mr. Joseph Strickland,, jun. has lately is sued liisr* procklaymashon,*) giving notice of certain mc-caling feats that'shallfjHicat tnonn- shcr Chuwbert oil hollerTj fie promises among other dainties to swullow a whirlwind, two hundred pounds of hot ten penny nails, three barrels of rattle snakes and a rail-road. Joe is a man of Capacity.—Camden Journal. . From ihc Salu ilay Morning Visiter. X Misters Editors,—Haven bin on a visit to ihe south ov, this plais and fallen in wilh your ne ts papers a few days since i diskivered a plokliimnahurtifrom Mister Strickland, to do grait Iceis ; I spnsa he will be willen tu taik me up on the fnllerm performance : PUBLIC NOT1SS. Oltho, iiotwnhstandin, however, Joe Strick land juneyour, has ishud a procklamashun set- ten fourth his sewpeorceorety in swsllering tilings that appear tu nateral eis unposabell: Thairfoto, No oil men, wymmen and cltlder, that i Moases Bangs ove the the stait ov New. ham-hecr dew banter the sade Joe toswal- ler the follcrin artvkcle with me at anae