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AUGUSTA HERALD.
TUESDAY, MAY 2-2, 1821.
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M E are indebitbl to the politeness
ot Gen. 1 homas Glascock, a Mem
ber of the Legislature from this Coun
ty for the following particulars. Both
houses adjourned on Thursday last,and
among the several acts which were
passed by them, are those, approving
the conduct of His Excellency the
Governor relative to the appropriation
ot the amount from the contingent fund,
fertile purpose of enabling the com
missioners more effectually to secure
the treaty, annexing the late acquired
territory to the State—And a tender
ot the thanks of the Legislature to the
State and United States, Commission
ers for the promptitude and zeal in ef
fecting the same. Both which passed
by large majorities. The following
from the Georgia Journal, will riot be
uninteresting to our readers
“ We had prepared a detailed account of
'lie proceedings of the L-gidalure, but the
Treasurer’s It -port and the Land Act occu
py so much of our paper that we arc c.no
pe lied to lay it over tor next Week. We
must however in for n our rea lets a resolu
tion has passed both branches of the Legis
lature, authorizing the people to express on
their ticket at the next gene ai elec inn,
their assent or dissent to the call of a C inven
tion to revise the Constitution of this Btate.
The resolution will he published in due sea
son.
The Legislature yesterday elected bv
joint ballot, (jo). James Blair," David Terrill
Esq. lames Alston, Ksq. I)r. Thomas Moore,
and Peter Lamar, Ksq. Cummiss Oners to su-
JJerint' nd the drawing of the Land L ittcry.
lleze 1 ; a a Liukie, Walter Campbell, Ed
ward 1 inmas, Charles Phillips, John 5. Loi -
ter, Drewry Stokes, Jacob McLendon Joun
M'Bride, liichard Ki nnou, and J din 11.
It road ua x, Ksqrs. Surveyors to ;ay oli'tile
county and dls rict lines.
Tiie ballots for the other Surveyors had |
not been counted out when our paper went
to press.
We observe, with pleasure, that Uni- i
ted States’ Bank Stock has risen in !
England to 24?. which with the pre- ;
sent exchange, is equal to 115 dollars a •
share ; and, as all tiieir own stocks are j
falling, we have no doubt that the ap- 1
pearancc of troubles in Europe will ;
tend to raise the price of all kinds of i
American Stock, atld particularly so
that of the Bank of the United States.
A knowledge of these circumstances I
should induce the present holders not. |
to part too soot: with their stock, its till
their losses may be made up by the rise
which must take place.
Halt. . Fed. Gitz.
Fraud in Cotton .■ —Another instance
ot the detestable practice of fraud in
the packing of cotton, was detected in
this city on Friday last. A lot con
sisting of fourteen bales at 14 a, and
three bales at 12j cents per pound,
Was purchased by a merchant in King
street, on examining which it appeared
tliat smell bales of the former and one
of the latter, consisted of very inferior
quality, ingeniously plated on the out
side, the thickness of from two to three
inches with prime cotton. The whole
of the 8 bales were adjudged, by four
respectable merchants who were called
to examine the same, to be worth not
more than 7 cents per lb. with the ex
pense of mending atrd repacking char
ged thereon. It appears from the cer
tificate of the persons who brought the
cotton to town, and sold it, that it was
owned and packed by Clem ins M'Gur
rit;], living on Sugar Creek, in Union
District.
Charleston Courier.
j
v Population of Massachusetts. —lt ap
pears by tiie late census, that the whole
population of the state of Massachusetts
is 023, 237 ; of whom 3425 arc foreign
ers, riot naturalized—3B6B are free
blacks, and there are no slaves. There
are 63,400 persons engaged in agricul
ture, 13,301 in commerce, and 33,464
ill manufactures.
I,ifan'He Depravity.— liie following in
stance ot early maliciousness, is copied from
a Vienna paper of the Uth March. A la
boring man, whose exertions, united to
those of his wife, had kept his family in a
comfortable situation, left his ,
house in the afternoon of the 4th, in order
to enjoy the pleasure of * Sunday afternoon’s
chat with ilia equals in the neighborhood.
Id s wife, v. ho had remained at Home, regu
Jating her household, on finding her husband
not returned at seven o’clock, put the
young-si of her children, a boy of 2 months
old, into the cradle, and ordered the elder,
an nher boy not m re than four years ut age
to r .ck his brother to sleep. Feeling wea
ry a .d lonely, she laid herself on a bed a id
fell asleep. In about an hour she was awa
kened by her elder son, who appeared much
ag.tated. She went to her crad'e, and on
-
finding it empty, sought for her infant,
which she at length, to her horror, found on
the ground, covered with blood, and dead
from wounds inflicted with a sharp instru
ment, Affrighted beyond the power of ex
pression, she rushed from the house and a
laruled the neighbors. They collected, and
on Viewing the body in its situation, said
that none could be the murderer but the el
der hoy. The father caine home, and was
convinced beyond doubt, that his younger
child hxd been murdered by his elder. A
hatchet and a large knife were found near,
and they disclosed the means which the
young fratricide had used for perpetrating
his horrid purpose. His bloody clothes, Ins
satisfaction on seeing those weapons shown
gave si rong proof of his malice. It was al
so known that he had even at that age, ex
pressed great jealousy of his brother, and a
great aversion to rock the cradle. The sit
nation of the unfortunate parents cannot be
described.—'l he children, the greatest bles
sing that Providence could have bestowed,
had become aimost as soon as born, their
greatest curse. They experienced the bit
terness of heart of Adam and Eve, after the
murder of Ariel.
BOTANIC EXPOSITION.
The most luxuriant, beautiful, and gene
rally useful Plant, in this part of the Union,
is very little understood, in its character and
economy Indian corn, fZea MayseJ the
Plant alluded to, has properties the most pe
culiar, iu its fecundating character. Those
who cultivate it from year to year, who reap
the vital return of the prolific harvest, reward
ing with ample abundance their labor, are
yet, entirely, ignorant oi its natural or botanic
properties. Why, (one asks) clothe different
kinds of corn, when contiguous; in growth,
intermix ? Wily, (another enquires) does a I
single stalk, separated a distance from the \
field* produce a few or no grams, however |
luxuriant the growth fA third wishes to ;
know, why, bv cutting off the tassel, from a i
number of Plants, in the midst of ihe field, !
they yet bear full ears, when if all are cut off
in vhis way, not a grain would he produced ?
Various reasons in answer to each question,
are attempted to be given ; none satisfactory,
none even apnlicable.
This noble Plant is characterized, by a sepa
ration of those organs of generation, gener
ally located together, in others. The tassel
is the male, the silk tiie lemale agent, in the
process of procreation. Vile first, lias, when
in ily unfolded, a fine dust of potfen, slightly ;
adhering to the whole ; when this is dry, it j
detaches itself from the tassel, and with the >
slightest breeze is promiscuously wafted over
the whole plantation of Corn, settling upon
all and every object within its range, among
the rest the silks, which are simultaneously
presented to view, receive (hi tpolien in abun
dance. Tin* e silks are all tubes, rather ex
panded at the exterior extremity, and have
their radix in the cob, which at t his point of
junction is Called the matrix, or Seed bud.
t his impregnating dust or pollen, is, when
thus located, infused into, and absorbed bv,
each spire of the silk, which has an expand
ing arid contracting power, always (at mis
particular state of the great process) in action,
and through the tube, conveyed to the matrix
or seed bud, producing the grain or seed, to
each tube, thus impregnated, and matured on
the great base, whence sprung those silken
tubes. Thus is th.s mysterious process con
summated, in the production of that great
support of life among almost every description
of animals, especially man. Ihe questions
are therefore e-i!y solved in their order.
First, this intermixture mimia', though par- i
ti.ai participation, by each, of different kinds
of Corn, in the properties, appearance and
qualities of the other, is caused simply by
this promiscuous and interchangeable dissem
ination, by every breeze, ofthe pollen or male
dust, and its consequent settling on and ab
sorption by the dfferenc kinds of si ks, m;j.
tati”, mutandis, file non production of gram,
by a detached single stalk, arises from the
uncertainty of this fecundating pollen on tiie
single tassel, reaching the proper organs of
procreation on this single stalk, it being gone
with the first si ight wind, leaving behind
but a few scattered particles, some of which
only find their way to the fits or silk, lienee
the. scattered grains of this I’iant. By cutting
off a proporti m of tassels in the midst of ma
ny oth is, or the great bulk ofthe Field or
Fls itation surrounding and contigious to
those decapitated Plants, no possible injury
results. The flos being amply supplied with
the neighboring property of antheml dust,
without which there would not be a single
grain. These answers are comp ete corollar
ies from the given character and botanic prop,
erties ofthe Indian Corn Plant, It is believed,
that some knowledge of the botanic economy,
or nature of plants, is necessary to their suc
cessful cultivation—it is therefore thought
useful to the agriculturists in this State, to
know the properties of this, our favorite,
almost indispensible product of the soil.
They can speculate late, and perhaps improve
its culture.
Richmond paper.
From the Liverpool Mercury.
AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE AND MUR
-IJEU.
The following is an authentic statement of
the circumstances:
“ Mr. Proctor, an English merchant, re
sident at Crawford’s island, ascending the I
Pongas, tor the purpose of trading wiin the
natives, in his vessel called the Catherine,
exchanging British'manufactures lor the pro
duce ot the country, was on the point of
leaving the river with a full cargo, wheh one
those scourges of Africa, named Curtis,
a slave factor, seized his vjssej Without tile
1.-ast provocation, a id refused to give it up
because Mr. Proctor would not redeem it
by paying a sum of money which this fellow
chooie to exact, but ratlier preferred to ap
ply for tiie assistance of tiie local govern
ment at Sierra Leone ; thinking, that as he
had been encouraged by that government
to trade up this river, in the hope that it
might wean tne natives from the slave trade, j
by showing them the superior advantages
ot a lair arid honorable interchange of coin
modi ties, it might assist him in recovering
his property. Mr. Proctor accordingly re
turned to Crawford’s Island, and meeting
with that zealous officer, lieut. liigan, of
the Thistle sloop of war, communicated to
him his situation, who immediately proceed
ed to the mouth of the river a >d sent an
armed boat to Curtis to demand from hnn
tne restoration of tue vessel, &<S. Curtis re
fused to give it up ; and, the officer com
mandtng the boat, feeling that the British
dag had been insulted and a British subject
unlawfully plundered of his property, at
tempted to or.ng it away by force ; where
upo i, Curtis and his party immediately fi ed
upon the officer and his crew, and, with a
brutality scarcely to be described, as r o
verpo .venng them with volleys of masque
»
try and stones, secured the officer and six
of his crew’, and immediately put them to
death, cutting and mangling their bodies,
and, even after interment, had them taken
up and thrown into the woods to be devour
ed by wild beasts : four of the crew escap
ed to the factory of another slave dealer,
who had no share in the butchery ; and two
blacks, who were made prisoners, escaped
the fury of the captors, as Curtis said he
should sell them for slaves. A few days af
ter this, his excellency the governor of Si
erra Ler,-.e sent an expedition, consisting of
four vessels of war and one hundred and
fifty troops, to avenge the deaths of the
brave Englishmen, and retake the Thistle's
boat and surviving crew, and Mr. Proctor’s
sioop. The six sailors were brought away ;
but the sloop and the boat were not retak
en. Curtis and his party retired into the
woods on the approach of the expedition ;
and their towns were burnt by the British
troops ; after which they re-embarked and
the expedition returned to Sierra Leone.
This prompt interference on the part of the
English government, in protecting the lives
and property of its subjects, When engaged
in lawful pursuits, bv showing these lawless
trafficers in human blood that it did not en
courage British merchants to embark in any
trade without throwing round them the am
ple .shield of its effective protection, was ex
pected to Convince them that they would
best consult their own interests bv respect
ing the persons and property of English
men ; but I am sorry to find, by letters
which I have recently received from Sierra
Leone, dated the Ifltli Nov. that the slave
traders on the Bio Pongas are rather en
couraged than dismayed by the expedit on
I alluded to, as they are considerable gainers
by the seizure of all British property in
I their potvbr, in retaliation tub .the burning
| of their straw built huts by the British troops,
I and are become so confi lent in their strength,
that they are actually erecting fortifications
on the banks of the river, to repel the next
j attack that may be made upon them.
This hostile spirit has spread to the neigh
boring river, and has already shown itself in
a transaction of which the following are the
particulars, extracted from my correspond
ent’s letter—‘ Captain Stvan has just arrived,
and reports that, in the Bio Nunez, two
black slave dealers had threatened to be
head an American captain, and had actually
placed his head on the block, for refusing
] to land his cargo and give them credit. He
j only saved his life by submitting to their iie
| mauds to a certain extent : after which, he
left the river. The American sloop of war
John Adams was about to proceed there, lo
force a restoration of die property.”
The following curious advertisement ap
peared in a Concord, (N. H.) paper.
| “ Whereas, 1 Daniel Clay, through misre
i presentation, was. induced to post my wife,
; Jihoda, in the papers, now beg leave to in
! form the pubic, that l have again taken her
j to wife, after settling all our domestic
I broils in an amicable manner :—so that eve- 4
! #y thing as usual, goes on like ciock work, j
[Divorc’d like scissors rent Jn twain,
Each m.mrn’ii die rivet out
Now wiiet and riveted again,
They’Tl make the old s':eai‘b cut.j
MARRIED —on the 29th March,
at Herculaneum, Missouri, John IK
Honey Esq. to Miss Mary S. Austin,
daughter of Mr. Horace Austin.
From sweetest flowers the bu y bee
Can scarce a dr ,p of honey gather ;
But, Oh ! hoiv sweet a flower is she
Who turns to ho.vky altogether.
DIRD —In the city of London, the
Rev. Joseph Demon, aged 73, former
ly of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; and for
upwards of 50 years a distinguished
minister among the Wesleyan Method
ists. For many years Mr. Benson lias
been the editor of the Methodist Ma
gazine, a Work of high repute.
Trices Current,
AUGUSTA.
COTTON, Ib. 14 a 16 nom.
TOBACCO, cwt. .3 25 a 4
FLOUR, bbl. $6 a 7
B ACON, 8a 10 50
COHN, bushel, 75
SALT, bushel $1
! 1 rijai
£s* The Members of Webb’s
Lodge, No. 19, are requested to attend an
extra meeting of their Lodge, TO-MOR
IIOW EVENING, at 7 o’clock.
Jiy Order
B. M. W are, sec’r//.
Mav 22 9
Jibuti of
May 21, 1821.
THE Board of Directors having this day
declared a Dividend for the last six
i months, of four dollars a Share on the Car)
j ita! Stock, payment thereof will commence
j oil T hursday the 24tli instant.
Augustus' Moore, Cdsh’r.
May 22. 94 2t.
TURTLE SOUP
A Turtle. Soup will be
served up at the SHAKSPEAKE HOT EL
(late Vauxhall.) on Thursday next, at 12
i o’clock, precisely.
whiskey punch,
REAL HUSH MALT,
Every Day, from 11 A. M. to 9 P. M.
JL. Clint.
May 22. 94
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. Tor U\e ft cue fit ot*
MR. R ALTON,
Tins Evening; Mnj 23, 1831.
Will be presented (for the first time
this Season,) Sheridan’s Celebrated
COMEDY, in 5 Acts, called the
ftchoui i'ur Scan&aY.
After the Corned if a .Dance bu Miss
Clark.
To which will be added a new Farce
never performed here, called the
imyvY U\e \M‘\U.
Doors to open at half past 6, per
formance to commence at half past 7
precisely.
V' BOXES can be taken from 10
till 1, and from S till 5, on days of per-
the Box Office, Theatre.
Positively the Last Night but
One.
Toy tA\e fteueiil of
nm- iUßßaasm.
On \Y ednesday Evening, May ‘23,
i 821.
WILT. I)K PKISRVTET)
A favorite COMEDY, in 3 acts called
the
aiaii>aa®!EHr a©wu
Between the Flay and Farce
Mva, Vve,^navtV
From Mr. West's Company of Eques
trians will (for this night only) git«
exhibitions in her astonishing Per
formances upon (he
TIGHT ROPE.
CLOWN, Mi’. Scbiifotti,
I o conclude with other Entertainments
the particulars of which will be ex
pressed in the Bills of the Day.
No Postponement on any considera
tion.
*** Door? open at half past six, amt Per
j forneyicr- to commence at half past sever
; o’clock precisely.
V (Places for the Boxes may be taken
from) 10 til! 1, and from 3 hill 5.
by i. Thompson.
THIS l)J /', ( Cuesilni /,) icili
be. Sold, before the Globe Ta
vern (if fait-.)
A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
SEASONABLE
©IB! 1
Consisting of
1 8 & 9-8 Gingham*,
9-8 it S i Cambrics <ke.
Fancy & plain Cravats, silk Fldkf
Strip’d muslins, muslin robes.
Nankeens, Italian Sewing Silk,
Calicoes, Lawns Canitm Crapes.
Double inili’d Cassimeres, f
Marseilles Vi slings, Ac,
ALSO,
Barrels W hiskey, and one
Xorftieru Ala&e ii\U.
Sale to commeiice at half past 9
o’clock.
May 22. 91
NO r ICE.
\LL persons *,e lire'-y caution
ed, from rading fur any No lis
f sgned b, (he Subscribe 1.,
Messrs. A is G. Sued** A Cam
field of New York, aod dated sum
tune >n flu-year 1818, , the same h...
been fully paid off.
E. Varner.
Eatonf n, May is, 1821 at* i
filauk Pntroon’s lieceipts
needy printed, for sale at ibis ~f|j lv
MORE GOOD LUCK..
FkllcA, o« 2*l lift *a I‘rizti o£
rnii^D/irn', 11 ! "f (he National Lottery, was presented on Safer
paid at* l SON, Esq. (the fortunate holder) and immediately
Allens’
JLIHTfiST ©OTQ©!,,
Corner of Broad and Mlntorh-Streeii.
'' !,m “ p n/es of every denomination sold by them meets with the same
prompt payment. J
May 22 „ 4
k.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold, on the first Tues
day in July next, at Friaklih
Court-House
One Red, Four Counterpins,
One Sheet, five. Pillows, three Hol
sters, two Axes, two Roes, One Mat
tock.with suuilry other iirtieJes levied
on as the property of John Tuisg. at
the instance of Daniel Hu all, for
the use oi‘ Job Hammons and others.
ALSO,
Two Acres of Land, More
'.r less, ort the water* of -Stephen’*
»eek. joining the Village of tarns
” le, two tows and Calf* and one
i ifer, three Hogs, one Desk, one
Curtail,with sundry J.aw Books,two
I’ots, one Oven, four Bed Steads,
one Ciijihoard, one Sideboard, a small
Quantity ol Fork, and Beef, and Sun
dry other articles, levied on ns the
property of Green W. Smith, at the
iustance, of M. Donald and Pore,
tor the use of John M‘Ktnney and
.lames Lamp Kin.
also,
Two hundred Acres of Land
on the Water* of VYeblis Creek,
joining John Burton, levied on a*
the property of Thomas Stovall,
at the instance of William Busu auu
returned to ntc by a constable.
ALSO,
One Ray Mare, two Reds,
Bed Stead aud Furniture, six Chairs,
en.: Table, one Biead Tray and sundry
other articles, levied on" as the pro
perly of Larkin Purdue to satisfy
a ii la. in f.vour of John K. Carson.
Thaddcus Beall, Sh’ff.
May 15
NOTICE.
existing circumstances, it
a' is altogether inpractieable for
metuliv with my wife Mary v| Nor*
rill, with the harmony which should
xisl between persons so nearly al
lied by the Laws of God aud man,
a *'d as my determination is to live
-part.- This js there lore to warn
and every person or persons Irony
trading with her in my name, us i
feel it not obligatory on me to pay
any debts so contracted.
John B. Norrifl.
May It 3t 91
Executor’* Sale.
Wdl be Sold by an order of the Hon
orable Inferior Court of Uurlce
County, at Ike Court-House in
tVayneibnrough, on the first L'iies
day in July next.
All the Real property of Green
Bell, late of said County deceased.
Term* made kn w n on day of Sale.
Mary Wlutu, E.v’trx.
May is. U 3.
Final Notice.
I WiLL attend at tbo Store of
1 Messrs. Walton and Harris, ,>p.
oisite the Fast Ollice, every •Vedues
lay, Thursday and Friday until the
!irst of June, for the purpose of col
cling the Siale and County Tax,
•’•r the year 18 20. Persons in ar
•ars will do well to avuil themselves
I i bi* opportunity, if not execution
. will issue.
E. Bugg; T. C.
April 24. 86
no ID AND WELL TAX.
citizens of and all
3 persons residing within the lim
its of the corporation, are respect
fully notified that on MONDAY (he
twenty third inst. I shill commence
calling upon them for their Taxes
for tin* present year, agreeable to the
fifty-seventh section of the General
Ordinance of the city, and will con
tinue until the twenty-third day of
June next, alter which a returu will
he made of all persons in default
A. Bugg,
City Tax Collector.
April 20 85
