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«Thc ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Govern
ment.”
FOIL. III.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE 14, 1834.
NO. 13*
THe Southern Banner,
IS rPJLISlIED IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA,
EVERY SATURDAY,
BY ALISON CHASE.
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vance, or Four dollars if dolayod to the ond of tho
vear. Tio latter amount will bo rigidly exacted of
ill who f.ul to moot thoir payments in advance.
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Jess tho money is paid in advance ; and no paper will
bu discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except
at the option of tho publisher. A failure on tho part
c*' subscribers to notify us of thoir intention of re.
hnquishment, accompanied with tho amount duo, will
be considered as oquivalcnt to a now engagement, and
papers sent accordingly.
Advertisements will he inserted at the usual rates.
Jj’All Letters to tho Editors on matters connected
with the establishment, must bo post paid in order to
iccurc attention.
(nV-N'oticc of the sale of Land and Nogrocsby Ad.
ministratnrs, Exocutors, or Guardians, must bo pub.
Iished sixty da»/» previous to tho day of sale.
The sale of Personal Property, in liko manner,
must be published forty days previous to tho day of salo.
Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must bo
publisliod forty days.
Notice that Application will be made to tho Court
of Ordinary, for Leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be publisliod four months.
Notico that Application will be made for Lcltersof
Administration, must be published thirty days, and
for tatters of Dismission, six months.
Central Rank of Georgia, l
Milledgrxillc, March 3, 1834. »
P URSUANT to an Act of the General Assembly
passed on tho 23:1 day of December, 1833, enti.
tied “ an Act to alter and amend tho tenth section
cl' an Act passed lDtli of December. 1829, in rela
tion to the Centra! Dunk of Georgia, and to provide
tor the snlo and disposition of Lands forfeited to the
State the following Lands now forfeited by the
original purchasers, will bo oflbred at public sale at
tho following place, to wit:
.1/ the Court House in the town of Campbelton,
on Thursday, tho 2Gth day of June, 1834, and on
the following days, until all are sold :
Fractions No. 162, in tho seventh district Coweta.
Fractions No. 163, 171, 172,173,175,176, 177
and ISO, in the seventh district originally Coweta
now Campbell.
Fractions No. 65, 97, 98,124, 178 and 179, in the
eighth district originally Coweta now Campbell.
Fractions No. 1, 2, 43, 44, 52, 56, GO, 61, 63, 64,
65.G3. G9, 70, 71 and 72, in tho ninth district origin,
ally Coweta now Campbell.
Fractions No. 1, 18, 19,20,51,52, 131, 146, 151,
152, 153, 159,161,164,165,166,170, 171, 174,175,
176, 177 and 178, in tho first district originally Car.
roll now Campbell.
Fractions No. 225, 226 and 248, in the second
district originally Carroll now Campbell.
Fractions No. 244, 245, 246 and 247, in the sec
ond district of Carroll.
Fractions No. 94, 95, 169, 170 and 214, in the
third district Carroll.
Fractions No. 3, 4, 5, 15, 57, 58, 60 and 93, in
the third district originally Carroll now Campbell.
Fractions No. 257, 285, 286, 2*7, 288, 289, 290,
291, 292, 293, 307, 308, 309 and 310, in tho sixth
district Carroll
Fractions No. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 22,
23, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 28, in tho sevonth district
Carroll.
Fractions No. 23,21, 69, 116, 117, 213, 261, 262,
281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286,287,288,290, 291,
305,315,316,321,322, 323, 324 and 325, in the
eighth district Carroll.
Fractions No. 50, 70, 71 and 93, in the ninth dis-
rict originally Fayette now Cairptall.
Fractions No. 135, 148, 161 and 162, in the four*
teent'n district originally Fayotte now Campbell
THE STEAM-BOAT
Company of Georg!a»
( CONTINUE t Q give des-
Jpatch and accommodation
gto Goods and Shippers. Tho
Company is at this time better prepared for business,
than at any time previous. Having at this moment
threo steam-boats engaged in the trade between this
and Augusta, and one just launched, which will be
ready to run by the 1st of July, viz : tho Tugalo,
tho Augusta, the Savannah and the Georgia, all of
which are first rate towing boats, and commaudod
by abla and experienced Captains. The tow boats,
17 in number, are all in prime order, the most of them
new or nearly so, and equal in every respect to any
in the United States.
The situation of the Company’s wharves are pecu
liarly well adapted to the business, having four
wharves of 100 feet each, entirely separated from
any other wharf property. The sheds and stores ore
rendered secure from fire, and Goods aro always re
ceived for forwarding free of storage. Tho Cotton
Yard being inclosed and fitted for the reception* of
Cotton, and responsible Watchmen employed night
and day, making both Cotton and other Goods al.
ways safe. The steam and tow boats have all beon
built at Savannah with a view to meet low rivers,
and it is believed they will answer as well os any oth
er boats for that purpose. ' But in order to insure
despatch at all times, the Company have in contem
plation to cut a Cana] from Augusta to somo point
on the Savannah River, below tho Shoals. For this
purpose a very liberal Charter was granted by tho
Legislature of this State, and a survey of tho route
has been commenced, and is now in progress, under
the direction of Colonel Cruger, one of tho most
skilful and experienced Engineers in tho United
States. With every exertion on the part of the Pros-
ident and Directors of the Company, and active
Agents, and accommodating Officers, the Company
hope for a continuance of that patronage hitherto ex
tended to it.
Susannah, May 20th, 1834.
ID* The Editors of tho Augusta Constitutionalist,
Macon Telegraph, Athens Banner, Federal Union,
and Recorder, .(Millcdgeville,) Washington News,
and Miners Recorder (Auraria,) will insert the above
threo times each ; and the Journal of Commerce,
(New York,) four times, and forward their accounts
to the Georgian Office for payment.
May 31—11—3t.
IDoetrg*
From the Star Spangled Banner.
UP, UP WITH THE BANNER.
Air—“ Anacreon in Heaven."
Up, up with the Banner, the star spangled sheet,
Fling it forth to tho breeze, let the world see it wa
ving;
And millions of freemen beneath it shall meet,
With hearts that no despot shall e’er be enslaving;
Let its starry folds burst,
As fair as when first,
Before it turned pale the oppressor accurst *
God bless the proud banner and long may it be,
To the tyrant a foe—and a friend of tho free.
It has waved o’er the field ; at the sound of its namo,
The children of freedom have gone forth -in glory;
Its stars are all beaming, and sny, shall its fame,
Bo shorn of its lustre, and shine not in story ?
Shall tho scorn ef its foes,
Dim tho brilliance that glows,
And sally the banner that proudly arose 7
Tho flag is still waving—and long shall it be,
To the tyrant a foe, and a friend of the free.
Our fathers unfurled it, and many a field.
Has hallowed the banner tho patriot gave us.
Beneath it the doom of the despot was pealed,
Beneath it, tho despot can never cnslare us ;
As pure and as high,
It floats in the sky,
As when it first taught us for freedom to die ;
Wave on thou proud banner, and long shall thou be,
To tho tyrant a foe, and a friend of the free.
S. J. L.
J&fscellaufi.
Livery Stable.
T HE Subscriber haviflg purchased a got6 assort
ment of CARRIAGES, consisting of several
GIGS,
A T1LBERRY,
A SULKEY,
an elegant two hobsb
Barouclie,
AND A—
GOOD FAMILY CARRIAGE.
A number of
Good and Gentle,
Horses,
Which he offers to Hire on
accommodating terms.
Fraction No 238, in tho seventeenth district orig. ! Travellers would find it to their interest to call at
I uially Henry now DeKalb.
Fractions No. 176, 177 and 178, in tho eighteenth
I district originally Henry now DeKulb.
Fractions No. 41, 42 and 354, in the sixth dis.
! trict Gwinnett.
Fraction No. 364, in the filth district of Gwinnett.
Fractions No. 97, 139 and 140, in tho seventh dis
trict Gwinnett.
Fraction No. 1, and Islands No. 1 and 2, in the
| ninth district HalL
Fractions No. 1, 13, 25, 67, 68, 84, 91, 93, 107,
1110, 112 and 176, in tho ninth district Hall.
Island No. 3, in tho twelfth district Hall.
Fraction No. 159, in the 11th district Hall,
Fractions No. 128,129, 130, 131, 133 and 134, in
tho fourth district Habersham.
Fraction No. 19, in tho fifth district Haborsham.
Fractions No. 8,23 and 37, in tho sixth district
lllabcrshatn.
Fractions No. 52. 53, 58, 59, 205 ££5 207 208,
211, 222, 223 and 221, in tV„ t0nt h ’ district Haber-
6ham.
Fractions *’ 0 jQ4, 129, 130,152 and 175, in the
W *-.»n district Habersham.
Fractions No. 12, 13, 40, 106,215, 216 and 220,
| iu tho twelfth district of Haborsham.
Fractions No. 24,25, 74, 104,105, 108,148, 171
[ and 193. in the thirteenth district Habersham.
Fractions No. 49, 76, 77 and 78, in tho third
district Rabun.
Fractions No. 12, 39, CO, 79 and 80, in tho 4th
district Ribun.
Fractions No. 83 and 96, in tho fifth district
Robuu. .
Tho right to either of the foregoing Lots, Frac
tions, or Islands, may be reinvested in the holder
of the Cortificato issued by the late Commissioners,
by settling at tho Bank -the whole amount of the
original purchase-money remaining -unpaid with all
interest due thereon, before tho first day of May
next, or with the officer authorised to sell the same
on any day before the resale.
Tho purchaser of any Lot, Fraction, or Island,
will be required to pay one-tl.ird part of tho pur
chase-money on tho day of sale, and the remainder
in two equal annual instalments; and any purcha
ser failing to pay any instalment to the Central
Bank of Georgia, within sixty days after the same
becomes due, shall forfeit tho amount previously
paid; and tho Lot, Fraction or Island so purchased,
shall revert to, and become the property of tho
State. By order of tho Directors.
HENRY W, MALONE, Cashier.
March *6—52—9t
this Establishment, os they can be accommodated at
any time, in trayolling to any part of tho country.
—also—
His STABLES are ready to receive any IIorsc6 that
may bo entrusted to bis koeping.
By the Day, Week or Month.
Having a trusty and experienced Ostler, he flatters
himself to bo able to please all who may call on him
in the above line of business.
(UTAH persons hiring tho above named articles,
will be held responsible for all damages.
ETCash in advance will be'required.
JAMES WITTER.
Athens, Jan. 25—45—cowtlSept.
GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
W HEREAS Wiley Thornton applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of Phil
ip Canterbcny, deceased.
These aro therefore to cito and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to bo and tppenr at my office within the time prescri
bed by law, to shew cause if any they have why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hind Juno the 3d, 1834.
YOUNG L. G. HARRIS, d. c. c. o.
June 7.—12—3?d,
CONFECTIONARY.
undersigned respectfully informs the Lcdics
A and Gentlemen of Athens and its vicinity, that
he has commenced tho above business in all its various
branches. Having omployed a first rate workman,
ho will be enabled to execute any work ho may be fa.
vored with, in tho best style and at tho Augusta pri-
ccs. Persons in the up-country dealing in Candies,
are earnestly requested to call and see his assortment
before Bending to Augusta for them, as ho- is deter
mined to sell on as favorablo terms as any Confec
tioner in the State of Georgia.
Tho following aro among tho articles he intends
keeping constantly on hand:
CANDIES.
Peppermint, Cinnamon, Sassafras, Almond,
Lemon, Rose, Horehound, Barley,
Cream, &c. &c. &c.
CAKES.
Pound Cake, Sponge do. Fruit do. Scotch do.
Jumbles, Mackaroons, Almond Cakes,
Queen Drops, Ginger Bread, dec.
CORDIALS.
Mint, Noyeau, Perfect Love, Life of Man,
Cinnamon, Rose, Lemon, Tansy,
Annisseed. &c. &o.
FRUIT.
Raisins, Prunes, Figs, Currants, and when
they can be procured, Pine Apples,
Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, dec.
—ALSO
All kinds of Preserves, Jellies, CrystaUzed
Fruits, Ornaments, Toys, Spc.
(D* Weddings, Parties, Ac. furnished with the
above articles in a superior style, and on the most
reasonable terms. **
ID* All articles sold for eash at the Store. Smo
king and drinking prohibited. A. BRYDIE.
May 3.—7—»6t. «
For Sale,
^ T the Cabinet Ware-House of the subscriber,
From the Backwoodsman
It is now ono hundred and two years, sinco the
first English settlers, landed and sat down among
the primitive forests of Georgia. The following ex.
tract from Hale’s History of the United States, though
very much generalized and condensed, may not bo
unacceptable to our readers; it may prove to have
beon as worthy of a column or two, as many an ar
ticle dealing in contemporaneous events and specu
lations; although it merely reaches back through col
onial retrospects and struggles. Every citizen should
have some knowledge, at least of the history of his
own State. It will certainly yield a very lively plea
sure to compare the handful of discouraged and dwin.
died settlers, and the' scanty patches of cultivated
soil of those days, with tho present wide spread ex.
tent and multiplied and still increasing population.
From the sea to the mountains and beyond; from
the Savannah river to the Cbattahoocbie, Georgia
smiles over as fertile soil and as abundant natural re
sources, as bless the most favoured regions, and
glows and prospers beneath as fine a climate as hap-
pifics any portion of the globe; amid scenes of pecu
liar loveliness and captivation; at least to us. With
her limits now fixed and her boundaries extended to
their farthest and permanent poiuL a theatre promi
sing and tempting as any, is presented to genius; in
dustry and enterprize. Her march to wealth is siif-
ficiently obvious : may that to moral distinction, sci
entific advancement, and literaiy amelioration be
sure and glorious! May she continue to fulfil her
destinies by noble efforts and with commanding char
acter { Apiopos, how commendable would it bo if
somo gifted Eon of tho soil, would give us au cle.
gant and aklo History of the State ? Call’s isolated
and imperfect attempt, cannot certainly supersede
the effort or discourage competition. We should like
to know, in what results tho late Mr. Bovan’s la
bours terminated; who it may be remembered was
appointed to collect from England, materials and
papers, connected with the authentic early History of
this State 7 At the untimely decease of that ingen
ious and respectable gentleman, was the enterprize
of preparing for an able History of the State aban
doned ; and is there no likelihood of looking out
among the genius and abilities of the country for a
competent successor 7
GEORGIA.
Upon the southern part of the territory in
cluded in the Carolina charter, no settlement
was made, until several years after that char
acter was forfeited. In June, 1732, several
benevolent gentlemen, in England, concerted
a project for planting a colony in that unoccu
pied region. Their principal object was to
relieve, by transporting thither, the indigent
subjects of Great Britain; but their plan of
benevolence embraced also ti e persecuted
protestants of all nations.
To a project springing from motives so no
ble and disinterested, the people and the go
vernment extended their encouragment and
patronage. A patent was granted by the
king, conveying to twenty-one trustees the-
territory now constituting the state of Gbob-
gia, which was to be apportioned gratuitous
ly among the settlers; and liberal donations
were made by the charitable, to defray the
expense of transporting them across the At
lantic, and of providing for their support the
first season.
The concerns of the colony were managed
by the trustees, who freely devoted much of
their time to the undertaking. Among other
regulations, they provided, that the lands should
not be sold nor devised by the owners; but
should descend to the male children only;
they forbade the use of rum in tho colony,
and strictly prohibited the importation of ne
groes. . But none of these regulations re.
mained long in force.
In November, 1732, one hundred and thir
teen emigrants embarked for Georgia, at the
head of whom the trustees bad placed James
Oglethorpe, a zealous and active promoter" of
•this scheme of benevolence. In Janaary,
they arrived at Charleston; and ihe Carolini
ans, sensible of the advantage of having
very low for cash.
Feb. 92—49—tf.
SAMUEL FROST.
barrier between them and the Indians, gave
the adventurers a cordial welcome. They
supplied them with provisions, and with boats
to convey them to the place-of their destina-
tion. Yamacraw bluff, since called- Savan
nah, was selected as the most eligible place
for a settlement.
The next year, five or six hundred poor
persons arrived, and to each a portion of the
wilderness was assigned. But it was soon
found that these emigrants, who were the re
fuse of cities, had been rendered poor by idle
ness, and irresolute by poverty, were not fit
ted to fell the mighty groves of Georgia. A
race more .hardy and enterprising, was ne
cessary. The trustees, therefore, offered to
receive also, all such as had not, by persecu
tion or poverty, been rendered objectB -of
compassion, and to grant to all,- who should
settle in the colony, fifty acres of land. In
consequence of this offor, more than four hun
dred persons, from Germany, Scotland, and
Switzerland, arrived in the year 1735. The
Germans settled at Ebenezer, the Scotch at
New-Invemess, now Darien.
In 1736, John Westley, a celebrated Me
thodist, made a visit to Georgia, for tho pur
pose of preaching to the colonists, and con
verting the Indians. He was then young and
ardent, the people around him felt less ardour
than himself, and his pious zeal soon brought
him into collision with some of the principal
settlers. He was accused of diverting the
people from their labor to attend his religious
meetings, and of exercising unwarranted ec
clesiastical authority. Persecuted by' his en
emies, and finding he could render no further
service to the cause of religion in the colony,
he returned to England, and there, for many
years, pursued a distinguished career of piety
and usefulness.
Two years afterwards, George Whitfield,
another and more celebrated Methodist, arri
ved in the colony. He had already made
himself conspicuous in England, by his nu.
merous eccentricities, his ardent piety, his
extraordinary eloquence, his zeal and activity
in propagating his opinions. He came to
Georgia for the benevolent purpose of estab
lishing an orphan house, where poor, children
might be fed, clothed and educated in the
knowledge of Christianity. In prosecution of
this purpose, he often crossed the Atlantic,
and traversed Great Britain and America, so
liciting aid from the pious and charitable.
Wherever he went, he preached, with sin
cerity and fervor, his peculiar doctrines, ma
king proselytes of most who heard him, and
founding a sect which has since become nu
merous **k1 respectable. His orphan house,
during his life, did not flourish, and after his
death, was entirely abandoned.
In 1740, the trustees rendered an account
of their administration, At that time; two
thousand four hundred and ninety-eight emi-
grants had arrived in the colony. Of these,
fifteen hun dred and twenty-one were indigent
Englishmen, or persecuted Protestants. The
benefactions, from government and from in
dividuals, had been, nearly half a million of
dollars; and it was computed that, for every
person transported "and maintained by the
trustees, more than threb hundred dollars had
been expended.
The hopes which the trustees had cherished,
that the colony, -planted at such vast expense,
would be prosperous, and the objects of their
benevolence happy, were completely disap.
pointed. Such was the character of the
greater part of the settlers, and such the re
strictions imposed, that the plantations lan
guished and continued to require the contri
butions of the charitable.
War having been-declared against Spain,
Mr. Oglethorpe was promoted to the rank of
general in the British army, and at the head
of two thousand men, partly from Virginia and
the Carolinas, undertook an expedition against
Florida. He took two Spanish forts and be
sieged St. Augustine ; but encountering an ob.
stinate resistance, was compelled to return un:
successful to Georgia.
Two years afterwards the Spaniards, in
retaliation, prepared to invade Georgia; and
they intended, if successful there, to subjugate
the Carolinas and Virginia. On receiving in.
formation of their approach, general Ogle
tborpe solicited assistance from South-Caro-
Kna. But the inhabitants of that colony, en
tertaining a strong prejudice against him, in
consequence of his lato defeat, and terrified
by tho danger which threatened themselves
determined to provide only for their own safety
Meanwhile general Oglethorpe made pre
parations for a vigorous defence. He assem
bled seven hundred men exclusive of a body
of Indians, fixed his head quarters at Frederi
ca, on the island of St. Simon, and with this
small band, determined to encounter whatever
force might be brooght against him. ' It was
his utmost hope that he might be able to re-
sist the enemy until a reinforcement should
arrive frotn Carolina, which ho daily and anx
iously expected.
On the last of June, the Spanish fleet, con
sisting of thirty-two sail, and having on board
more than three thousand men, came to an-
chor off St. Simon’s bar. Notwithstanding
all the resistance which general Oglethorpe
could oppose, they sailed up the river Alta-
maha. landed upon the island, and there erect
ed fortifications. * ,
General Oglethorpe, convinced that bis
small force, if divided, roust be entirely ineffi
cient," assembled the whole of it at Frederica.
One portion he employed in strengthening bis
fortifications; the Highlanders and Indians,
ranging night and day through tho woods, often
attacked the out-posts of the enemy. The
toil of the troops was incessant; and the long
delay of the expected succors, so cruelly with.
held by South Carolina, caused the most
gloomy and depressing apprehensions.
Learning that the Spanish army occupied
two distinct positions, Oglethorpe conceived
the project of attacking one by sunrise. He
selected the bravest of his little r.rmy, and in
the night marched, entirely unobserved, to
within two miles of the camp which he inten
ded to assail. Directing his troops to halt,
he. advanced, at the head of a small body, to
reconnoitre the enemy. While thus employ
ed, a French soldier of his party, firing his
musket, deserted to the Spaniards. Discov
ery destroying all hope of success, the gen.
eral immediately returned to Frederica. He
was not only chagrined at this occurrence,
but apprehended instant danger from the dis
closure which the deserter would doubtless
make of his weakness.
In this embarrassment, he devised an ex
pedient which was attended with the most hap-
py success. He wrote a letter to the desert,
er, instructing him to acquaint tho Spaniards
with the defenceless state of Frederica ; to
urge them to attack the place, and if he could
not succeed, to persuade them to remain three
days longer on the island ; for Within that time,
according to late advices from Carolina, he
should receive a reinforcement of two thou
sand men and six ships of war. He caution,
ed him against dropping any hint of the attack
meditated, by admiral Vernon, upon St. Au
gustine, and assured him that the reward for
his services should be ample.
For* a small bribe, a Soldier who had been
made prisoner in'one of the numerous skir
mishes, engaged to deliver this letter to the
deserter, and was then set at liberty. As
was foreseen he carried it directly to the
Spunish General, who immediately suspected
the deserter to be a spy from the English
camp, and ordered him to be put in irons.—
But although his suspicions were awakened,
he was yet uncertain whether the whole might
not be a stratagem of his antagonist.
While hesitating what to believe, three
small vessels of war appeared off the coast.
Supposing they brought the reinforcements al
luded to in the letter to the deserter, he hesi
tated no longer, but determined to make a
Vigorous attack upon the English before these
reinforcements could arrive aud be brought
into action.
General Oglethorpe, by mere accident, ob.
tained information of their design. A small
party was instautly placed in ambuscade, the
Spaniards advanced near them, halted to rest,
and laid aside their arms. A sudden and
well directed fire killed many, threw the ene
my into confusion. After a few more dis.
charges, they fied to their fortifications,
which they demolished, and hastily embark-
iug, made fcvery posible effort to escape from
the reinforcements that were supposed to be
approaching.
Thus was Georgia with trifling loss, deliv
ered from the most imminent danger. Gen
eral Oglethorpe not only retrieved but exal-
ted his reputation. From the Carolinas, grate
ful for their preservation, and from the Gov-
ernors of most of the northern colonics, ho re
ceived cordial congratulations upon his ad-
dress aud good fortune. So mortified were
the Spaniards at the result of the expedition,
that the commander, on his return, was ar
rested, tried and cashiered for misconduct.
But the prosperity of the colony was retar
ded by these disturbances. For ten years This Caspar Hauser has always acted like a
longer, it remained under the management of! mischievous boy, lying, lazy, and indocile,
the trustees, who embarrassing it by too much Ridiculous attempts have been made to prove
to assume the responsibility of expressing our
own belief in the facts given below, or in the
deductions drawn from them. We confide
ourselves to translating a3 closely as possible
a letter, written from Ansbach, tho place
where Caspar Hauser died; by the Chevalier
e Lang, to the editor of the Literary Ga
zette, published at Leipzig.
* * * Ansbach, the 3d January, 1834.
living hn ou J 010 ™ that Caspar Hauser was
* Jf UrW “ scho ? lma9 ‘er, under whose
care he had been placed. H e returned
home on tho 14th December last, towards
evening, wounded in the breast, of which
wound he died on the 17th of the same month
According to his own saying, he had been
invited by a stranger (in the midst of a vio
lent tempest of wind and rain) to take a walk
into tho garden of the castle, where, near tho
monument erected to the memory of Tz,* this
unknown person presented to him a silk purso
with a letter, whilst opening which, the stran
ger struck him a blow with a poignard, which
wounded him in the breast.
The judicial enquiry which has just taken,
place, proves that all his declarations are
false. Until now, no one has been able to
discover the least trace of this stranger,
whom Caspar describes as weariug moustach
es and whiskers, tall, wrapped up in a blue
mantle, and with spurs on. The witnesses
examined, affirm under oath, that they saw
Hauser (who in fact went out at the hour he
did, contrary to the restrictions which had
been imposed on him) enter, the garden of tho
castle alone, and walk towards tho monu
ment, without being accompanied by uny one ;
they saw him afterwards return, no person
pursuing him. Besides, at the place whero
the monument is erected, the ground was
covered with snow, and here and there the
print of Hauser’s footsteps was only percepti
ble. The purse which Hauser said was pre'-
seated to him, was found there, but with it, n
letter, the writing in which, and it is now
said, the contents betraying extreme igno
rance, leave the strongest reasons to pre
sume, they proceeded from Hauser himself.
In it, among other things, it is said they
would not kill Hauser, ami that he would
know.better than any one who was the stran
ger, and who sent him. The wound, after
scratching the pericardium, enters the stom
ach, and passes through its whole length, till
it is lost in the liver, which is of a larger sizu
than usual, appears to show that it was in
flicted by himself, and renders it improbable
that it was struck by the hand of an assassin
standing in front of him, who could not have
given his weapon such a direction. In con
sidering what could have induced Hauser to
commit an act of this kind, two conjectures
present themselves. It is possible that ns
formerly at Nuremberg, he wanted to inter
est and mystify the public, by another story of
a pretended attempt at assassination, and that
he had given the instrument he used a wrong
direction. It is possible, too, that the re
proaches of his conscience on his culpable
impostures, have driven him at last to this
desperate step. The examination of his
corpse, which shows that his physical organ
ization was perfect', also forbids the belief in
his long captivity in a dungeon, deprived .of
all liberty of motion. Marks of inoculation
have too, been discovered on his body.
What are wo to conclude from all this 7
regulation, discouraged the emigrants and
checked its growth* At length, disappointed
in tbeir hopes, and .wearied by complaints,
they surrendered their charter to the crown,
and in 1754, a royal government was estab
lished over the colony.
New regulations being adopted, .Georgia
began to flourish. Among her - governors,
James Wright deserves honorable notice for
his wisdom in discerning, and his zeal in. pur
suing her true interests. The cultivation of
rice and indigo was prosecuted with augment
ed industry, skill and profit; and in every
succeeding year, an increased amount of these
staple commodities was exported to the moth
er couutry. The Florida Indians were some
times troublesome, but were as often chastis
ed and compelled to sue for peace. -*
Caspar Hacsek.—While the tragic death
of Caspar Hauser still excites the sympathy
of every feeling mind, and the King of Ba
varia is offering enormous sums for the dis-
covery of his murderer—whilst the sudden
fall of the curtain, on the dark drama of his
life, would seem to have condemned us to,
endless uncertainty as to the occult and mys
terious power that tortured his existence for
so many years, and at last brought it to so
fatal a close, a new CEdipus starts up, and
attempts to throw down the whole structure of
hypothesis and brooding fancies, which the
fertile imaginations of Germany have thrown
around this adopted son of 'Nuremberg, aud
protege of Lord Stanhope—around this Cas
par Hauser, through whom philosophers flat
tered themselves they might solve some of
the most diflicult problems in philosophy—
on whom, Doctor Fiurback has written
very excellent work, which has been transla.
ted'into English, republished in England and
in this country- This Caspar Hauser, ac?
cording to the authority in question, was,
reader! originally nothing more than a Mer
ry Andrew, a mountebank, a * performer of
high vaulting and low vaulting, and all ft*®
wonderful feats, by which the gaping crowd
in Europe aro amused at their public tairs
and their public places. Far bo it fro® us
that he is the last shoot of the elder branch,
now extinct, of the Counts of Tattenbacb;
then, again, that he was a son of the Grand
Duchess Stephaine, from whom be was taken
away by stealth, she being assured that tho
child of which site had been delivered, was
dead. It is thun that his stupidity has been
worked upon, and his imagination perverted,
by forcing him to believe that be was tho
son of a prince., or at least of a count. Ac
cording to my belief, it is very probable that
this phenomenon is no ono else than tho
Merry Andrew of some of those troops of
mendicants which alxmnd in Lower Bavaria,
and that his parents had taken him with
them on a pilgrimage to Alten-Ettengen,
where he was to exhibit himself at one time
as a cripple, at another as a simpleton; then,
when a wager had been made, be was to
surprise the public by marks of good sense,
or some other unexpected talent, such as, for
instance, the crippled leaping with agility on
a horse, and then managing the animal like
a good rider. In support of this opinion, are
the facts of his first appearance at Nurem
berg in the garb of a mendicant, his vulgar
dialect, common in those parts of Bavaria ;
the rosary he t ad about him, with the pray*
ers printed and addressed to our Lady of AL
ten-Ettengen; then, again, his dexterity fa
riding, which immediately struck the good
citizens of Nuremberg. And I concludu
that Caspar Hauser left his troupe of Bava
rian mendicantu and began to practice at Nu-
remberg, on hiu own account, hts talents tor
deception and oiysiifiMh®®*
I authorize
you, sir, to make such use of tkjp letter aa
you may think proper, and to publish ttwtfo
or without my signature. -
* A lyric poet born at Anatagb in 1720. died is
1796. The society of “ the friends of the Art*!’
erected to bis me mory this monument^ surmounted
by a colossal bust. - -
He whose voluntary expenses exceed his
revenue ; who anticipates uncertain profits,
and who squanders against bis inclinatiop,
must be u beggar, be his income great as it
may.