About Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1832)
<j it '■i R “ Tlic ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.” VOL. I. AT HE AS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1882. AO. 32. The Southern Banner, jg PODLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA, EVERY FRIDAY, nr alijoA' ciiase. Teams.—Throe dollars per year, payable in advance, ( p 0 „ r dollars if delayed to the end of the year. The htter amount will be rigidly exacted of all who fail to meet their payments in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, un- j a! * the money is paid in advance; and no paper will ^discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at tl, e option of the publisher. A failure on the pan of subscribers to notify tu oftheir intention of relinquish- tntnt, accompanied with the amount due, will be con sidered as equivalent to a now engagement, and pa- ^Advebtiskmks/s will bn inserted at the usual rates. lt3“AII Loiters to the Editor on matters connected vitiithe establishment, must bo post paid in order to meure attention. , . ICJ” Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes by Ad- biietrators, Executors, orGunrdians, must bepublish- '. ■•iii jaya previous to the day of sale. The ta' 0 of Personal Property, in like manner, must himhec 1 /arty days previous to the day of sale. C NoUcetr> del 110 '* and creditors of an estate must be NmiM 'ihIt 5 A d *pl?oation will be made to the Court of Irdinary for Leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be “Nm^Umt Application will be mads for Letters of [dminiitration, must bo published lAtrly day,, and for .etters of Dismission, six nuniths. For Sale, tA rfNUE HOUSE AND LOT now occupied •£1. ft by Mrt Sarah Harris, situated in the rtiie ii part of the Town of Athens, about ono liun- :d yards from the FEMALE ACADEMY The >use containa Eight Rooms—the Lot Two Aeres.-- pood bargain may bo obtained, by any individual to wishes to purchase. Apply for information at this Rce. Oct. 12 —30—tf. FOUND V the month of May, between the Factory and Che- ■,'rokee Corner, a small POCKET BOOK, contain is money, and a paper which w as lorn up by the ni nes who found it. Information given at this ofhee. Oct. 12—30- 31. rr NOTICE.CC avtirci a temporary ub-enee of the Subscriber P from the State, Mr. GEO. VV. SHA'V iaauthort- led to ait as my Agent. 0. P. SllAW. Oct. 5.—20—3t. !*ire Proof Ware-House, AUGUSTA. Stovall & Simmons, lEbPEClFt Li Y inform ihe public, ibai they continue the commission buaincH at their NEW SltE PROOF WAREHOUSE, neatly opposite the Merchants* and Planters* bank, and a little below the pper inuiket, Augusta. Having gone to great expense, to make secure the roperty of their customertf, they hope for u liberal iipport from the public, promising that strict and p«’r- iveringdttvotiou to the interest oftheir patrons, which ley have heretofore cxherled in their behalf. They ’e prepared to make liberal ca h advances on cotton, id all other reasonable facilities will be afforded. Sept. 28-- 28—w3m. Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Manufactorv. BpllE subscriber token the liberty of returning his thanks fur the past favours shown to him, and still Hotter* himself, by his at net attention to his I siriess, to merit a share of public patronage, us he ends carrying on the business in nil its various bran- ^ps; and all orders from the country shall meet with M ict attention. Persons from the neighbouring enun- I s wishing to have made such as bathing tubs, oil 1 terns, gutitni, Uc. can he mode at the Tin Fueiorv | Athens, in the neatest manner und <•! the best limit- ■ is. WILLIAM VERONEE. |‘Jn. B.—All kindsofCopporand Brass Ware repaired, ■ d Sheet-iron Stoves and Pipe made at short notice. Athens, Sept. 28- 23—41. ME me \L INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. VIE Trustees of this Institution, impressed with . the great importance of alibrding the facilities ol uirmg a complete Medical Education in our own le, and in our own climate, have under th»* authori n'their charter organized a Medical College in the of Augusta, and elected the lollowing Professors, rit: .. A. Dugas, M. D. on Anatomy and physiology, os. A. Eve, M. D. on Materia Medic a and Thera- tics. \ , P nhn Dent, M. D. on the Institutes and Practice of dicitio. (I. Antony, M. D. on Obstetrics and diseases ol wo- 1 and children. i. D. Ford, M. D. on Chemistry and Partnacy. 'aul F. Eve, M D. on Surgery. 'he Trustees respect fully call the attention of t he ic to the distinguishing feauture of their plan ot in- iclion. The course wiU be six months instead of the d period of /our, by which extension of time, the lures will bo leas" crowded, and an opportunity riled for more minute daily examinations. That the lures may he interesting and satisfactory, the no tary apparatus and preparations have been ordered i Europe anu the North. andidates for the Doctorate are required to bn of J moral character; to have attended at least two courses of Lectures in this Institution, or one in c other re«neclablo Medical College and a second its, in addition to the usual term of private study ; uvg registered their names, and delivered to the fetary an inaugural dissertation on some medical cct, one month previous to the conclusion of the •se. . he course will commence on the third Monday in Oc- ‘nrxf,and terminate the third Wednesday in April. ‘ » expense of the full courso of Lectures will be j Matriculation, 85. Graduation Fee, $10. Oood Board may be obtained in the vicinity of the ||ute for $13 per month. be healthiness of Augusta and economy to the bnt, need no comment. published by order of the Board. I Signed, AUGUSTUS B. LONG9TRF.ET, President of the Board ofTrustees. Milton antony, Vice-President. D. FORD, Secretary. r26-I6-wtlS3—61. PACKETS WM, SEABROOH, Cnpt. W. DUBOIS, and JOI1V DAVID iTIOVGIxV, Cnpt. JAMES CURRY. T HE Proprietors of these Splendid Steam Packets intend running them as Passage and Freight Boats between CHARLESTON and AUGUSTA, the coining season—the first regular Trip to commence on Satur- dat, 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 trading 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 Augusta. 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 the low pressure principle, coppered and copper fastened; and as no expense has been spared in building them, for safety, speed and comfort, they art* recommended to the publie with the greatest confi dence. H. W. CONNER ft CO. Agents, Charleston, S. C. A. MACKENZIE & CO. Agents, Augusta, Georgia. Oct. 5.-29—!3t. Co-Partnership. rj|lHE undersigned take pleasure in informing the U citizens of Athens, and the public generally, tlmt they have formed a co-porlneHop in the Mercantile Business, Ami opened a Store at the stand heretofore occupied by Mr. J. EDWARDS individually,under t.ie name and firm of THOMAS HANCOCK & CO. Where they intend keeping a choice, extensive and fashionable Stork of Goods, in the varimiv departments of their line of business. They respectful y solicit the attention ol the public towards their estah ishinent. THOMAS HANCOCK, JAMES C EDUARDS, JAMES A \\ RIGHT. Athens, Oct. 5.—29—tf. To the Public. I N consequence of an arrangement between somo of tho Creditors (of tho late fi r m of Bateman & Dun can) and I B Bateman proprietor of the Union Hotel Property Lottery, Good titles can he depended on to prize holders of Tickets, and the drawing of said Lottery will lake place the fourth Monday in next Dtcember. September 8th, 1332. THOMAS BEALL, 1 JAMES SPIER* T. U . GOODE, H. J. CBF.U 8, D. B GRANT, W. P. YONGE, October 5 —29—cow 3m. NOTICE TO MECHANICS. PDIIIE Inferior Court of Walton Countv, will receive W sealed proposals until the third Monday of No vember next, for the building of a wooden Jail in the Town of Monroe, in said countv. Persons sending proposals arc requested to give a rlrafl or plan and state their price. The Court, however, will not|receive any proposals where the price shall exceed $2000 The person or persons undertaking the work, will ho requir ed to give bond and security to have the smite comple ted in a reasonable time. By order ofthe Court. J. P. LUCAS, d. c. Sept. 28-23—71. PROPOSALS For Publishing al Macon, Georgia, an Agri- cultural Newspaper to be entitled THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. BY M. BARTLETT. T HE SOUTHERN PLANTER will he devoted exclusively to the Agricultural interest of the country, including Horticulture, management of Stock, making of Wine and Silk, Gardening, Domestic Econo my, Useful Arts, Household Expenses, Health, Fruit Trees, &c. &c. &c. It will he issued every other week—on a medium sheet, and quarto form—on good paper and ne v type, procured expressly for tho purpose. To he improved and enlarged ns the extent of patronage shall warrant. The form will bo convenient for binding; and each volume w ill be accompanii d with a copious Index. Political and sectarian subjects will be excluded. It is the design of the publisher to make the work interesting to all classes ofthe community ; particular ly to those in any wise connected with farming, Gar dening, Mechanics, &c. Communications arc solicited. Agricultural Socie ties, and friends of the Planting Interest generally, are requested to aid us in our undertaking. Essays on Law, Medical and Scientific subjects, will be received. Premiums will he given for the best written essays on particular subjects. Any well written communica tion on any subject connected with the objects «.t hit publication, will entitle the author to a year’s subscrip tion. 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 the Macon Tele graph the price will he One Dollar and a half, in ad- ii.ee, or Two Dollars 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 the State Society will be held in Milledgeville, on the Second Tuesday in November. It is desirable that all the Societies in the State should hold meetings and elect a delegate or del egates to attend the Anmv**i**-v; if not, Ict a report he directed to the Secretary of the State Society, Mil* ledgeviile. Judge Colquitt, Col. Lumpkin, Rev. Mr. Law, Major Davia, and Drs. Antony and Hams, arc appointed to deliver written \ddreanea. Let the num ber of members, the names of the President and Sec retary, and P. O of Society, accompany the Report, that hctiay early receive the printed proceedings. ADIEL SHERWOOD. Oct. 5.—29—Ct. The following beautiful Jines are extracted from the Pearl for 1832, written by Mrs. Gilman, of Charleston, South Carolina. THE CHILDREN’S CHOICE. John. I mean to be a soldier, W ith uniform quite new, I wish they’d let me have a drum, And be a Captain too ; I would go Amid the battle, With my broad sword in my hand, And hear the cannon rattle, And (he music also grand. Mother. My son ! my son ! what if that a word Should strike a noble heurt, And bid somo loving father From his little ones depart ? What comfort would your waving plumes And brilliant dress bestow, When you thought upon his widow’s tears, And her orphan's cry of wo? William. I mean to be a President, And rul« each rising Slate, And hold my levers • nee a week, For all the gay and great, I’ll he a King, except a crown. For that they won’t allow, And I’ll find out what the Tat iff is, That puzzles rne so now. Mother. My son! my son ! the cares of State Are thorns upon the breast ; Thai ever pierce the good man’s heart, And roh him ofhi9 rest; The great and gay to him appear As trilling as the dust; For he knows bow little they arc worth, How faithless is their trust. Louisa. I mean to be a cottage girl, And sit behind a rill, And morn and eve my pitcher thero With purest water fill; And I’ll train a lovely woodbine, Around my cottage door, And welcome to my winter hearth The wandering and the poor. Mother. Louisa, dear, a humble mind *Tis beautiful to see; And you shall never hear a word To check that mind from me; But ah ! remember, pride may dwell Beneath the woodbine's shade; And discontent, a nulled guest, The cottage hearth invade. Caroline. I will be gay and courtly, And dancoawuy the hour?, Mur>icand sport and joy shall dwell Beneath my fairy bowers; No heart shall ache with sadness Within my laughing hall ; But the note ofiove and gladness Re-echo to my cull. Mother. Oh ! children! sad it makes my soul To hear your piatful strain ; I cannot bear to chill your youth With image* of pain. Yet humbiy take what God bestows, And. like his own fair flowers, Look up in sunshine with a smile, Anti gently bend in showers. —(aO©— CuffePs Parody.—Mr. Baylcy, author of 41 Four Years in the West Judies,” says : “The blacks have ull, to a certain degree, a taste for music, and soon catch the time of any song they have heard. The airs of Moore's and Baylsy’s melodics, are many of them familiar to the slaves; and >hey often substitute words of their own, which, if sung on an English stage, would create roars of laughter.” lie gives the following example in imitation of the “ Soldier’s Tear.” Beside dc door he turn For take ono last sly look, At the sugar and de boiling house, And de still deside de brook ; He see de mill go round, Ho hear um—dum—turn—turn, So he raise de bottle to he mout, For tako one drink of rum. Beside de mule-house door, One mule bin on her knees, She kick the trash upon de ground, It fly before dc breeze; De men da gib one curse, The manager da come, And den de fellow raiso him band, For put away dc rum. He run ior lcav<* tlie spot, Oh, do not tinK him fool, For when the huckra come wid whip. Him temper seld »m coot; Go, watch among de cai.es. You see him hiding—mum I— Be s re him pull him boltlo out, For take ono drink of rum. This song (be adds) was always encored by the au dience— ergo—Pobo never refused to sing it ogjin, and on my last visit to M ■ 'a esta'e, if I b«^ n.*t mistaken, the faithful negro had the honor of b»*ing called up to the great house, to sing it before a party of his master’s guests; and having acquitted himself nobly, received a glass of rum for his t'ouble. i&toctUann. From the New York Mirror. SONG. BT JOHN MALCOLM. How sweet our native hills ap|iear, First hsilud from foreign shore! How sweet the blending smile and tear Of friends, beheld once more! And sweet is music’s melting fall, The enraptured heart to move; But, oh! more sweet, more dear than all, The gentle voice of love. ’Tis tweet to muse on days gone by, And o’er them abed a (ear— For, e’en in sorrow, there’s a joy. Than other jova more dear. Sweet are our Mowing h^ura of mirth, Sweet, friendship’s truth to prove ; But far beyond ail joys on earth Is that of catly love. A SCOTTISH LEGEND. BY ritOKBSBOIl WILSON. Some people Itttve a iriclc of describing inci dents ns liaving happened within their own ob servation. when, in furl, thev were al the time Ijing asleep in bed, mid disturbing the whole bouse with the snore oftheir dormitory. Sneti is too ottnn tho character of the eve-wit ness of the present «gc. v Now, I would not claim personal acquaintance with nn incident I had nut seen—no, not for fifty guineas per sheet; and therefore I warn the reader not lo believe the following little story about an eagle and n child nn the alleged authority of the wri ter ol the article. “ I tell the tale ns ’Iwas told to me,” by the schoolmaster of the parish alluded to above; and if the incident never orcured, then must lie have been ono of the greatest and most gratuitous of liars (hat ever latiglil ihe voting idea how in shoot. For mv single self I am by nature credulous. Many exiraordintirv things happen in Ibis life; and though “ seeing is believing,” ao likewise “ hc- lievcing is seeing,” ns every one most nllow who reads the following pages of this Maga zine. Almost nil the people in the parish were leading in their mnadnw-hsy nn Ihe same day of midsummer, so drying was the sunshine and the wind,—ur.d Inigo, heaped-up wains, thnt almost hid from view Iho horses (tint drew •hem along the sward beginning to gut green with second growth, were moving in all direc tions towards tho snug farmyards. Never had tho parish scented before so populous. Jocund was tho balmy air with laughter, whis tle, and song. But the treegnornnns threw tho shadow of “ one o’clock” on the green dial-face ofthe earth—the hprses were unyolt ed, and took instantly to grazing ; groups of men, women, lads, lasses, and children, col lected under grove, and hush, and hedge-row; graces were pronounced, some of them rather too tedious in tho presenco of the mantling milk-cans, hullionbars of butler, and crackling cakes ; and the great Being, who gavo them that day their daily bread, looked down from his Eternal Throne, well pleased with tho pie ty. ofbis thankful creatures. The grcnl Golden Engle, the prdo and pnst ofthe oarish, stooped down, and away with snmothing in his talons. One single sudden female shriek, and then shouts and outcries its if it church-spire had Inmhled down on a congregation at a sacrament! “ Hannah La- mood's bairn !” ” Hannah Lomond’s hnirn !” was the loud, Ihsl-sprending cry : “ The Ea gle’s ta’en alT Hannah Lamond’a bairn I” and many hundred feet were in another instant hur rying towards tho mountain. Two miles of lull, and dale, and copse, and shingle, and many intersecting brooks lay between; but in nn incredibly sltorl lime the font of ihe mountain wob ulivo with people. Tho eyrie wus well known, and both old birds wero visi ble on the roekledge. But who shall scale that ilizzy eh IT, which Mark Sleuart the sailor, who had been at the storming of many a furt, attempted m vain ? All kept gazing, weeping, wringing of hands in vain, rooted to tho ground, or running back and forwards, like so many nuts e-suying lltcir new wings in discomfit are. “ V\ lint’s the uso—what’s tho use o’ony putr human means? Wo have no power hut in prayer!” and mnnv knelt down—fathers and mothers thinking of their own babes—ns iflhey would force the deaf heavens to licur ! Hannah Larnnnd had all this while been sil ling on a rock, with a facn perfectly white, aid eves like those of a mad person, fixed on the evrto. Nobody had noticed Iter; for strong ns all sympathies with her had been at Ihe sw'oop of tho Eagle, they wero now wallowed up m llto agony of eye-sight.— “ Only last sabbath was mv sweet wee wean baptized in the name of iho Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost!” and, nn uttering these words, site flew off through tho brakes, and over the huge stones, up—up—up—fast er than ever huntsman* ran into tho deuth,— fearless as n goat ulaying among the precipi ces. No one doubted, no one could douiti, that she would -non ho duslied to pieces.— But have not people who walked in their sleep, in obedience o the mysterious guidance of dremns, clotnb the nulls of old ruins, and found footing, even in decreptilndc, along the edge of ‘unguarded battlements, and down dilapidated stuir-cases, deep as draw-wells or conl-pils. and returned with open, fixed, and unseeing eyes, unharmed In their beds, al midnight! It is all llte work of llto soul, to whom the body is a slave ; and shall not the agony of a mother’s passion—who senh her baby, whose warm mouth hud just left her breast, hurried off by a demon to a hideous desth—bear her limbs aloft wherever there is dust to dust, till she reach that devouring den, and tiorrer and more lurto s far, in the passion of love, than any bird of prey that ever bathed its beak in blood, throttle the fiends 'h it with their heavy wing* would fain flap her down the cliffs, and hold op her child tr, deliverance before tho eye of the all- seeing God! No stop—no stay—she knew not that she drew her breath. Beneath her feel Provi dence fastened every loose stone, and to her hands strengthened every root. How was she ever lo decead ? That four but onco crossed hor heart, ns up—up—up—to the lit tle image made of her own flesh and blood.— The God who holds me now from perish ing, will not the same God snvc me when my child is on my bosom?” Down came the fierce rushing or the Eagles’ wings—each savage bird dashing close lo her head, so that she saw the yellow of their wrathful eyes.— Ml at onco they quailed, nnd were cowed.— Yelling, they flew <,|T to the slumo of nnnslt jutting out of a cliff, a lltousnnd feel above Ihe cutnruct, and the Christian mother fullino across the eyrie, in llto midst of hones and blood, clasped her child—dead—dead —dead —no doubt—hut unmunglod and untnrn, and swaddled tip just as it was when she laid it down asleep among the fresh hay tu a nook ofthe hnrvest-field. Oh I what nnng of per fect blessedness transfixed her heart from that faint, feeble cry I—“ It lives I it lives I it lives I” and baring her Itosom, with loud laughter, and eyes dry ns stones, slut fell the lips ol Hip unconscious innocent once more murmuring at Hie fount of life and lovo I “ O thou great and thou drvadnil God I whither hast thou brought me—one of the most sin ful of thy creatures ? Olt I save my soul lest it perish, even for thy own nanny* sake I 0 Thou, who diedst lo save sinners, have mer cy upon rnn !” Cliffs, chasms, blocks of stone, und the skeletons of old trees—far, fur down and dwindled into specks, a thousand crea tures ol her own kind, stationary or running to and fro I Wus that the sound of tho water fall, or Ihe lain! roar of voices ? Is that her na tive strath ? and lhal tuft of trees, does it con tain too hut in which stands thn cradle of her child! Never more shall it he rocked by her toot? Here must she die, and when her breast is exho'tsted, hor baby too I And those horrid beaks, and eyes, and talons, nnd wings, will return, and her < liiltl will bo devoured at last, even within the dead bosom tlmt can protect no more. Where all this while was Mark Sleuart tho snilor? Half-way up the cbflTa. But his eye hud got dim, and his head dizzy, and his heart sick ; and ho who had so often roofed the top* gallunl sail, when at midnight Iho enmming of llte gale was heard alar, covered his face with his hunds, and dared look no longer on the swimming heights. “ And who will take caro of my poor bed-riddeu mother?” thought llattnuh, whoso soul, through the exhaustion of so many passions, could no more retain in its grusp that hope which it had clutched in despnir. A voice whispered “ God.” Sho looked round, cxpocting to soo nil angel, but nothing moved except a rotten branch, that, under its own weight, broke oflTrnm tho crum bling rorlc. I lor eye, hy some secret sympa thy of her soul with the inanimate object, watched its fall; nod it Reemcd lo stop, not far off, on a stnull platform. Her child was hound within her bosom—she remembered not how or when—but it was salt]; and, scarcely daring lo open her e;cs, sho slid down the shelving rocks, nnd found herself on n stnull piece of firm, root-hound soil, with tho tops of hushes appearing below. With fingurs suddenly strengthened into the power of iron, she swung herself down by brier, und broom, and healltor, nnd dwarf-birch. There, u loosened stone leaped over a ledge, and no sound was hoard, so profound wns its fall. I here, tho sltingio rattled down tho screen, and she hesitated not to follow. Her feet hotindod against the huge slone thnt slopped them, hut she felt no pain. Her body was callous as the cliff—.Sleep ns the wall of a houso was now tho side of thn prucipiro. But it wns matted with ivy centuries old, long ago dead, and without a single green leaf, but with thousands of arm-lhiek stems petrified into llto rock, nnd covering it ns with a trel- lice. Sho bound Iter baity in Iter neck, and with hands and feet clung to that fearful lad der. Turning round her heud and looking down, lo I tho whole population of the pariah, so great was the multitude, on llinir knees; nnd, hush I the voice of psalms ? a hymn, breathing the spirit of one united prayer I Sad and solemn was the strain, hut nothing dirge like ; hreathing not of death km deliverance. Olten had sho sung Hint tune, perhaps the very words, but them sho heard not, in her own hut, sho and her mother, or in the kirk, ulong with all the congregation. An unseen hand seemed fastening, her fingers lo the riba of ivy, and in sudden inspiration believeing that her life waste be saved, she became al most as fearless as if she had been changed into a winged creature. Again her feet touch ed stones and earth ; the psalm was hushed, but n tremulous, sobbing voice was close be side her, and lo I a shc-gnat, with two littlo kids at her feet I “ Wild heights,” thought she, “ do these creatures climb; but Ihe dura will lend down her kids l>y tho easiest paths ; for oh I even in the brute creatures, what is the holy power of a mother’s love I” and turning round her head, she kissed hor sleeping baby, and for the first lime she wept. Over hcHd frowned the front of the preci pice. never touched before by human hand or foot. No one had ever dreamed of scaling it; and Ihe Golden Eagles knew that well in their instinct, asf before thoy built their eyrie, they had brushed it with tboir wings. But all the rest of this part of the mountain side, though scarred, and seamed, and chasmed, was yet accessible ; nnd more than one person in the parish had reached llte bottom of the dead's Cliff. Many wero now attempting it; and ere the cautious mother had followed her dumb guides a hundred yards, through
