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o/.e '/#. Wisdom, Justice, »Moderation.» VOL. L ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 90, 1843. .Ctei ,1 .d-,! ,ei . ). 3. THE PATRIOT, » ITOUSIIED EVERY WKDUSDAY M0«»n», BY NELSON TIFT & SETH N. BOUBHTON, Editors.* TERMS. tferawmj TWO Dollar* per annum, if paid in advance, qr Three Dollars at the end of tire year-. Advertisement* not exoieding twelve line*, Will . iiwcrted at One Dollar for the first insertion, and lfty cents for each', continuance. Advertiscipents ot Win* the namber of insertions specified, 1 will published until forbid. ti. ■ . . .Vales of Land awl Negroes by Executors, ^Vdmims- . atom and Guardians, art required by law to he Jvertiscd in a public gaxdtte, sixty day* prcvioiis to i'i!ty ot j . ! '.c i The sales of Personal Property must be advertised like manner forty dart. '' ... Notice to Debtors and Creditors of arrestee mast published forty days. ,. ;. -l-r . i : Notice that application will be made to the Court (Minary for letivc tosell land and Negroes, must publislied weekly for four months. Monthly Advertisement*, One Dollar per square, r each insertion. , S/-Ail Letters on basmess must be post paid. POETRY. given me too much change,” said he, pre- j made a little salt, with about two handfuls senting the four pistareens to Mr.. VVH t 0 f com meal stirred in it; he will very soon ~havegiven uie four quarter dollars grow fond of* it,-and indeed prefer it to any oilier drink; it cools the system, relieves thirst, and contains considerable nutriment. 3d. Whenever you stop for the purpose of breakfasting, let your horse cool about ten minutes; then feed with half'a gallon of oats or com, and two bundles of fodder, not forgetting to ofler him again the walcr, meal, and salt. ’4th. At dinner time ob serve the same treatment as directed at breakfast. 5lb. At night (having arrived at the place you intend stopping at) have your horse turned into a lot, for the purpose of wallowing, cooling, &c. Cth. With soap,and water have all dirt removed from his legs. 7th. Have him placed on a good bed of straw, then take of spirits of any kind half a pint, of vinegar half a pint, mix them together, and let his legs be rubbed with the mixture until they are dry. 8th. you have given me four •quarter dollars instead of three.” “You have your right change,” said Mr. W-—“the oil is twenty cents, and those four pieces arc not quarter dollars, they nrc twenty lent pieces. Here is a quarter,” continued the benevolent store-keeper, tak ing one from his drawer, “which I will give you. You can notice the. difference be tween them as you go home; and let me advise you, nlwnys to deal as honestly as you have done to-day.” Who can imagine the feelings of the boy, whch ho saw the true state of the matter; and knew in an instant that had he icrsevcrcd in his sinful project bo must roni the very nature of the circumstances have been discovered. “ Had I carried out my first intentions,” said he tome, when he related the once*, dote, “I should have handed my brother. Let him be well curried, brushed, and rub- WOOING; BV A BASHFUL GENTLEMAN. Heak tins talc of a boyish heart. Hear and be wise ere yo go to woo; Ever with boldness play your |crt, Nor weakly sigh, nor timidly sue;— Hear the tale of a boyish heart: As 1 drew near’ to my lady’s bow’r, I sung her a song that might win a flower; Song so gentle and sweet to hear, It hud suited well in a fairy’s car; Iowly and soft at first it rose, And touching tho sigh at its dying close. Hear the tale of a boyish heart.— Vainly I sung to my lady’s car; A minstrel came with s bolder art, And he sung in on accent loud and clear;— He snng not the tale of a boyish heart Ilis spirit was high, and his soul was proud, His song was eager, and wild, and loud,— And, O! mothonght, how worse than vain, The chorus strong and the swelling strain,-— Song so stormy and wild to hear, Will never suit for a lady’s car. Hear the talc of a boyish heart— Never you sing in your lady’s car, As if your soul were about to part, And you stood on tho edge of a mortal fear— Tell her the tale of a manly heart !— A maid is a woman and not a flower, And she loves, in her lover, tho proofs of power His eye must be ardent, his spirit high— For her the soft note and the tender sigh— She may be timid and tremulous still, But he must be one who must have his will. MISCELLANY. The Four Pistarccns. When John was about thirteen years old left his parental roof in New Jersey, and nt to Philadelphia to learn a trade. He tered as an apprentice with his brother, coach-mnkcr. He was frequently sent a drug store for half a gallon, of oil, for lich lie was accustomed to pay twenty e cents. But il happened in some lime it oil fell, and the pnee was only twenty its. Not being informed of this,, ana ing with him a one dollar note, he pre- ticd it, and received in change—not as expected—three quarters of a dollar, t four pistareens, of the value of twenty nts each. John supposed they were arters, and that the druggist had given nfour instead.of three. ' He had been taught when a child to be acst. He knetr it was as dishonest to to advantage of another’s mistake to tain ivhnt was not his own, os to cheat any other way. His first impulse, there- c, was to return one of these pieces to ic man; but before he had time to carry t these feelings into practice, Satan, and * evil in his own heart tempted him; the light occurred that he would give three them’ to his brother, as the supposed ;ht change, and kept the fourth for him- He closed his hand upon 'he money, up his jug and left the store. b jug had no handle to it, and he had try it by a string lied around its neck, ib so cat nb.fingers, that after changing rom one hand to the other several times, was compelled' to tdop twice and rest, ibting each time whether to go on or to bade with the money, he next corner brought John a third ie to a stand. Rest relieved ihe smart er hb bands, but the cuttiqgs of his eience were not so easily prevented’.— meditated some minutes, aad coo- nee now became urgent in its demands, t he was ashamed to go back. He ihcd be bad obeyed hb first honest iru le. He felt very nnh&ppy, bnt be must delay. He had already been a long 'wuthbiemnd. He took up bbjug, (decided whether to go forward or to He stood one moment, and dctcr- to—go back. was a hard task to trudge back three aqaactewitha heavy Jug without a le; and mom than once he/ haded- dcUrmiMsdUr^jve up hb honest nw- three of tho pistareens. He would of course have asked for the balance, and I should have been driven to add falsehood to my crime, by saying that was all he gave me." In all probability I should have been detected ana sent back to my father in dis grace. It would hare stamped nrv char acter J- ’ — ----- - never ed up lib jug, and with a light lienrt' and rapid step procedcd up the street. He was so rejoiced at the happy result, and so thankful for his preservation, that he set out and run, and did not feel the string cut hi? fingers. During thirty five years that he lived after this event, he never forgot the lesson it taught him; he became a most excellent citizen, and always said— “ Ilonctty is the best policy.” From Mason's Farrier. Treatment ora Horse on a Journey. To perform a long journey, with comfort and case to a horse, and satisfaction to the rider, requires some attention tothc feeding, for eight or ten days previous to the setting out. ‘ A horse uncommonly fat, running late at grass, fed with unsubstantial food, such as bran, &c. or unaccustomed to ex ercise and fatigue, is very unfit to perform a journey on, unless prepared by being fed on old and solid food, for eight or ten anys, such ns corn, fodder, oats, or hay, and giv en moderate exercise. A horse about half fat is. in the best situation to bear the fa tigue and labour of a journey by following (he mode of treatment I shall here recom mend. If he is only a tolerably good one, bv the time he reaches his journey’s end, should it last four or five weeks, his condi tion will be much improved, if he is not entirely fat. 1st. It is necessary to have your horse shod with a good ana substan tial set pf shoes, taking caTe that they fit easy, set well, and arc not placed so near the inside of the foot as to cut the ankles in (ravelling, which often produces stiffness, considerable swelling of tne legs, and some times lameness. 2d. Examine your sad dle, valise, portmanteau, harness, &c. as the case may be, to discover if they fit with case and comfort to your horse, taking care to let them undergo the same examination every two or three days. For a saddle to fit properly, il must be neither wide enough in the tree to slip upon the shoulders, or so narrow as to pinch or break the skin on the withers; the bolstering or stuffing in the panncls should be adnptcd to the hollow spaces on each side of the back bone or spine. When thus properly fitted, a crup per will be useless. 3d. Your valise should be fastened on by passim? two straps un derneath two pieces confuted to the valise pad, and through two loops at the back of the saddle; by which means it will be kept steadily in its proper place, and the rider will not be perplexed by its swinging first on one side, and then on the other, and the danger of the horse having a sore back from friction will be avoided. The cnly difference between the customary way of fastening a valise and the one I here' ro bed with straw. 9th. Water him plenti fully. 10th. Feed him with two gallons of oats,' or one and a half gallons of corn or hommonv, and eight or ten bundles'of fodder. lith. Let his hoofs be nicely cleaned out and stuffed with fresh row-nta- this application keeps them tough. with dishonesty, from which f might j moist, and cool. 12th. Cfiangcyour food have recovered.” As it was, he pick- ns often as possible, carefully avoiding ns- L "“— —- i:_e. e. —j j n ,r any that is'new, or just gathered.— Observe the above rules to your journey’s end, except your horse should prove a great feeder, and ‘in that case you may indulge him a little ; but the quantity I have here recommended, is enough for any common horse when travelling. It may not be a- raiss to remind the young traveller to in spect his horse’s shoes once 3 day, and whatever appears amiss about them to have immediately rectified. It frequently hap pens that the skin of young horses, unac customed to travel, is chafed and scalded by the friction of the girth; the part, wash ed clean with a little soap and water, and then washed with a little salt and water, will immediately cure and toughen the skin. It often happens at little baiting places or country taverns, (met with on the road by travellers,) that towards the end-of har vest, servunts are apt to feed with green oats or wheat, in consequence of the scar city of fodder, unices otherwise directed ; food of this kind is poison to a travelling horse, and will produce a diarrhoea and ex treme debility. It would be much better he should not have long food for two weeks, than to give it to him green front the field. When persons travelling arc not attentive to their horses, they are frequently given mouldy oats and corn, wliich is productive of the* worst effect; there being but few kinds of food that can he given a horse, that will terminate his existence more spee dily. Many of those valuable animals have bqpn distroved by such means, when the owners have' been frequently at a loss to know with what disease or from what cause they had died. Mental Courage. Mokal and physical courage are gener ally understood and appreciated, but there is a kindred attribute which may be de nominated mental courage ; and the former are not more indispensable in the common relations of life, than is the latter to the successful pursuit of knowledge and dicip- lineof the mind. It implies a hearty rea diness and alacrity of alt kinds of intellec tual work, with the power and the will to apply the forces of (lie mind with steady and persevering vigor, in masterin'g difficul ties. Much may doubtless be done to pro mote this habit of mind, by a judicious commend, is the passing strapsthrough the loops to tne back of the saddle. On the night previous to your commenc ing your journey, after yourhorse is placed on a good bed of straw, and is well rubbed feed with two gallons bf oats, or one and a half gallons ot old corn and hommony, and eight or ten bundles of fodder, or a quanti ty of hay equal toiL In the morning feed with half a gallon of oats, after which of fer a backet of water. It is customary for bones to be Cratered before being fed; but it is much better not jo water them until afterwards; a large draught of water very often destroys the appetite, and makes a- horse dull and sluggish for a. whole day afterwards. When he is watered’ in this way, he seldom drinks too much, and his mouth is washed clean and is moist when he commences his journey. It also meas urably destroyes his inclination to drink out of every stream he may cross in the road, which » so tiresome and unpleasant to a rider. Being now completely prepared for the contemplated journey, Die following rules must be strictly observed. 1st. Never per mit- your horse, while travelling, to drink cold branch, wall; ■ or pond wafer; .or mare than is necessary to wet or moisten his mouth. 2d. Every time you stop to feed, (which will, be morarng, breakfast, and din ner tune,) give him a bucket of water, The Prospect of Trade TO AMEBIC AW COMMEBCE. Among the most intelligent observers in our country, there appears no difference of opinion, that the shores of the Pacific Ocean and the China Seas, are destined to yield a rich harvest to the trade and commerce of the United States. Wo observe in various parts of the coun try quite extensive arrangements making by cmjgrants for Oregon; and much more attention appears to he bestowed upon the ultimate importance of Ihe trade along the shores of the Pacific. There will be ihe final control of (lie immense whale fishery, in which so many of our vessels arc now engaged. We have more than double the number of vessels connected with this com merce that both France and England have. Their annual earning is valued at over five millions of dollars. Our great fleet of ves sels pass the winter months between the tropics, in pursuit of sperm whale; the summer months in the Northern Ocean, be tween the Sandwich and Aleutian Island, for the capture of black whaler, and be tween the Sandwich Islands and the coast of Japan for sperm. It is known, that a very large trade is done in flint, sandal-wood, &c., which are sold in China. On the immediate track of this trade are situated the Sandwich Islands, twelve days’ sail from the mouth of the Oregon and the Bay of Francisco, and in the centre of the route to China. Conse quently, they arc a point of command for the whole future trade between the two Continents. The Islands arc 8,000 square miles in extent. The population is 100,- 000 industrious and comparatively civilized people, enjoying a most prolific soil, and one of thc'fincst climates in the world.— Sugar cane is indigenous, and the low grounds admirably adapted to the culture of any tropical production ; while, on the uplands, every species of grain and vege table grows luxuriantly. At no previous period has anything like the attention been bestowed, as’al present, upon the growing importance of the great trade of the Pacific and the Chinese Seas. Il is believed that new and constantly ex • tending fields will be open to the trade, commerce and enterprize of the United Statce—and that, for a quarter of a centu ry to come, tho extent and importance of the commercial relations will add augmen ted sources of wealth to the great shipping interests of our country. which is, not to relieve the student of the necessity of labor, but to direct and stimu late him to the use of : his own powers.— Carstcn Niebuhr, the celebrated traveller, and father of the history of Rome, made the following remark to bis son on the sub ject: “Noman deserves toleomanything which he does not principally work out for himself; and the business of the instructer is to help ihe scholar out of otherwise in explicable difficulties.” The formation of this , habit must, how ever, depend principally on the student him self. And in order to acquire it, the mind should grapple vigorously with such diffi culties as occur, before extraneous aid of any kind is called in. The student mpst expect to climb the hill, and swim the flood ana thread the' forest, in his intellectual progress, as weH as to walk over the smooth and level plain. Ami when he comes up on such difficulties, he should not loo rea dily take the ann of another, but boldly ana patiently try his own strength upon it first. If he succeed in mastering it, the acquisition will be much more secure and valuable to him. It is these very difficul ties, with the patient labor they require, which principally educate the mind, that is which call oat and teach it to master am apply its ; forces: it is these difficulties, whetherof language or of science, which the mind 1 combats tn : the course of educa tion, which produce the.acuteness-and the ready command of -his resources that dis tinguish the scbolhrand thinker from the uneducated man. '' We laara that the crops in Indiana,: Illi nois^ Michigan and Ohio;never looked bet ter mat more urpipisutg than they do at 1% present.—Jv. Y. Journal of Com. otn the darkness'in front, when ... battery, towards the river, glanced a volume of mus- qsstiy, aad fa another instant, the whole line of tho works; bastion, redoubt and rampart, streamed forth one living sheet of flame. Tbs eighteen* monnteJ where we stand, were filled totbe muzzle with grape, canister, and tags of musket bullets—imagine their havoc. The enemy came on with loud shouts and undaunted bravery. • By the continued glare of oar discharges, we could see dense dark’ masses of men, moving in columns to three separate points of attack uuon our works. Our artillery and musquetry pout ed on them a continual stream of fire, rolling and glancing from angles bastions and redoubts. Repul sed— they were reformed by their officers, and foot Spain to the charge tobe again repulsed. At each times hours fly like mainutes—a life appears concentrated to a few moments. We had been engaged perhaps an hour—perhaps three, when I heard in that bas tion of the Fort, a hundred feet from me, abovo tho uproar, a quirk, furious struggle, aa if of men enga ged in fierce death fight; a clashing oflaycncts.nnd sharp pistol shots, mixed with heavy blows, and short quick breathing, such as you have heard men makn in violent exertion—in rutting wood with axes, or in other severe manual labor. Hie conflict though tierce, was short—the assailants were repelled.— Those that gained a footing were bayooetted, or thrown backoverthe parapet. In a few moments I beard again the same fierce struggle, and: again fol lowed the like result and stillness—if stillness eoold be raid to exist under a continual rear of musquetry and artillery. A third timei it arose, sudden and des- perato; it ceased, and presently a clear loud voice rose high above flic battle from the bastion: “ stop firing in front there, you are firing on your friends. An instant cessation followed. We were deceived. In another moment, the voice of an officer with start ling energy replied: Aye, ayo, we’ll stop; give it them, men, giro it them!”—and the firing .renewed, was continued with redoubled fury. The bead of person, alter three several a& suits, gained possession of the bastion, and by that ruse, endeavored to cause a cessation of the fire—a result that might have been total to us, had not the decep tion been soon discerned. But the prize was of lituo value, a* the bastion was commanded by the interior of tho works, and the men, under cover of tho walla of an adjoining barrack, poured into the gorge that led from it, a continued storm of musquetry. Tho fire continued with unabated fury. Tho enemy, re mised with great loss in every attack, was unsuccce- ul in every point save the bastion, tho possession of which they still retained—when I heard a groaning roll and shako of the earth, and instantly the bastion, bodies of men, timber, guns, earth and stones, were blown up in the air like a volcano, making every, thing in tho glare as clear os noonday. A descend ing timber dashed one of my artillery men to pieces within a foot of my shoulder. Profound darkness and silence followed. Naught but the groans of tho wounded and dying were heard. As if by mutual consent, the firing ceased and the men withdrew, re side, i Night Attack on Fort Erie. (August 14/A, 1814) By “requot” a new correspondent of the “ Spirit of tiie Times.” Hostler! bring up tho horses, wc will cross the Canadian shore, and ride leisurely over its battle grounds. Tighten the girth, John.—Jump—I’m in my saddle. Arc you itidy?—Allans. Well broken is that grey of yours, he has got a good long trot— how easy it makes you rise in the saddle, and how nacefuf is the gait. But here we are at the Fcny. -Cow, we stand on British ground! Generous and gallant blood has deeply stained its soQ • Observe these crumbling works—the stone fort feeing the river—the remains of ramparts and trenches—here a bastion—further on a redoubt—there again lines and earth-works, forming a continuous circle of de fence, but now all last sulking to their original level. These are, or rather were, the fortress and defence of “Fort Erie.” When some yean since I rode over the ground with our kind and excellent friend, the Major, I listened with great interest to his narration of the part of the campaign acted upon this spot and the adjoining country. I will repeat it to you aa we ride over it. Jump your hone upon this decaying mound—it was a bastion. Standing oa this bastion, “ Here,” said the Major, we had thrown up our lines, malting the defences as strong as practicable. The British had also erec ted formidable works about half a mile in front, (the method of instruction,-the-trueobjee,of &y kept op an incessant discharge of shot and sheila for several successive days, which was returned by us with equal vigor. At length a shell from the bat teries having Mkn upon it, blew up one of our small magazines, but with trifling injury to the rest of the defences. They greatly miscalculated the damage, and were elated with their success, and Gen. Gaines received secret information that they intended to carry the works by storm on the following night— That night said the Major, I shall Dot soon forget— It set in intensely dark and cloudy, extremely fa vorable to the design of the enemy. Every thing was put in the fullest state of proportion to receive them.' The men enthusiastically awaiting the at tack, were ordered to lie on their arms. Attending along the lines, and manning the fort and bastion, our little army, in perfect silence, awaited their com- “*he forest had been cleared about three hundred vards in front of our works—beyond that were, as you sec, the woods. As the night wore on we lis tened withearnestaess to every sound. A little after " tilt, are heard on the dry leaves the stealthy of footsteps—pat—patter—patter. We listen- toned—they came nearer. A short, sharp challenge; “Who goes tberat” baaed from Art farther re- The footsteps ceased, As if irresolute to ad vance or recede, and all wai stiH. Another quick challenge—« rattle of the mnsketaa if it fell into the hollow of the hand—followed the reply save from the parapet which ihey purchased for their grove. A large quantity of fixed ammunition had been placed in tho part, and a stray wad falling upon it, had blown them all up to- :-ether. My duty required that I should immediate- I r repair this bastion, and most horrible was tho sight—bodies burnt and mutilated—some of them stul pulsating with life, among them Lieut. Colonel Drummond the leader of the attack. There ho lay in the morning light, stark and stiff, extended on tho rampart, a ball having passed through his breast— History mourns, that his courage assumed the char acter of ferocity. His war-cry of “No quarter to tho damned Yankees,” his own death warrant, was long remembered against his countrymen. Tho enemy did not resume the attack, but retiring to their en trenched camp, strengthened their works, and pre pared to make their approach by regular advances. But come, spur on, wc have tar to ride—spur on. Hero we are upon the works. Here is the stone wa ter battery, and there the two strong redoubts, end back of them the remains of their lines, and deep en trenchments. These are the works which were car ried in the memorable and desperate sortie of Fort Erie. The right by Davis and Miller; the left hr Porter and his volunteers. Hereon the left, quoth the Major, fell my gallant, my accomplished friend, Lieut. Col. Wood, at the head of hb column. Ho was one of the most brilliant officers in the service, and as beautiful aa a girt. I often gazed with aston ishment atthe desperate daring tort characterized him in action; here be fell; bayonettod to death on the ground on tins spot;”—and here the Major’s voice quivered, and he turned hb face from me, for the cruel death of his dear friend was too muoh for hb manhood. His ashes sleep amid the Highlands of the Hudson, beneath their monument, near the flag staff at West Point, peace to his gallant spirit! The stars of his country can wave over no braver other sons. ’ _. The Prosperity ot Oregon. A letter from Mr. M’Cnrver, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, gives a most flattering account of the prosperity of that region. He says the crops ora most excellent, ana that all produco bears an excellent price for shipment to the Sand wich Islands and the Russian settlements. There is n great demand for mechanics at high wages. He states also that Dr. M’- Laughlin has just commenced a canal a- rouud the WiUnamelte Falls, which he ex pects to complete in two yean, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. It is to . be capa cious enough for boats of thirteen feet to pose with perfect safety. . Graceful Compliment. Washington visiting a lady in his neigh borhood, on leaving the house, a little girl was directed to open the door. He turned to the child and said, “I am sor ry, my dear, to give you so much trouble.” “ I wish sir,” she replied, “ it was to let yon in.” : guard, forced in by the eunaey’a advance/.” guard! back to jour poata instantly, or we will fire upon you,” run* thqatern. voice of a ded, and entire stfflSL* 5taobttfri!d~ It wua» Testifying to a marts sanity.—A lawyer;; profound as the darkness, not even the hum of the says the Journal of Commerce, who wan insect rose upon the ear: We bid raw heads upon J r.v. v ..... the ramparts, and Ibtenal with sllfoarfitculbas. Wo listened. Perinqw haBaa hour ebpsed, when, wo imagmrfw heard tha desfl, hetsy sound of a large Je0 „ y l _ . , collect that he refused to pay metov cost, sed—« brisk scattering lire,mnd the picqueta came m orqt leOsthemslde ma strike several artt-. inb«ntlfal ontertind3 ,: tDB lir*jre'8U^nCTn Jn ocfli- clcs from my bJJ t ' *#^bart»b^t*tidttod_»y'ti#CltJ'0(httiei!Yif : *' utmost in expectancy—every eye endeavored to fath- recently testifying in one of the Co«utS4Jt relation to a man’s sanity, said—“I havo no. doubt of the old. gentleman being per fectly sane art the time referred to. I roc—