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I. lil «. ? ?8ar BV vr?* THE “ Wisdom, Justice, ^Moderation VOL. I* ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 10,1845. NO. 22. THE PATRIOT, -rtUfllEP EVERT wedsesbat noximui, by nelson TIFT & SETH N. BOUQHTON, Editors and Proprietori. teTims. . in-0 Dollar* per Annum, if paid in Advance, or ‘ jvitvr* At the end of the yonr. ii.crti»cinent»not exceeding twelve line*, will ,t One Dollar for the first insertion, and !irL n l.for each continuance. Advertisement* '/Win* the number of insertions specified, will • rTblidied until forbid. “’iw cf Lind and Negroes by Executors, Adminif- I and Guardians, are required by law to he -hvrtUed in a public gazette, sixty days previous to ! of Personal Property must be advertised i life manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must I irnoHished forty day*. I .Notice that application will be made to the Conrt | /Aj ,nan- for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must I v -'i.ii-lied weekly for four months. I “fejihiy advertisements, One Dollar per square I for each insertion. IT All Letters on business rRust be port paid. start of him, in the way of settlement, he had aban doned the whole project. In consequence of this, and the fact that Tom and Dick had both as much other land as they couldnultivate to advantage, tlio tract in question had lain entirely idle, until the ap pearance of Harry. Upon examination, he conclu ded it was just the spot for him, and accordingly made a settlement lie, however, was weak in pbyv tcal strength, and had not any of the convcniencies for carrying on fanning successfully, besides the prairie wolves, and other wild animals were very troublesome, especially to new settlers, and Harry had neither arms nor ammunition with which to pro tect himself. Dick aceiugttetutcofil&in, Mm me longer ttUi Um lut jeu’ttmajanj of enignnt. POETRY. From the Boston Post. IA DESIRABLE OPPORTUNITY. 1 LADIES ATTEND! T„ he let. at a very desirable rate, Hing little bouse in a healthy estate; •TU a bachelor's heart, and tlie agent is Chance, •fiction the rent, to be paid in advance. TV owner, as yet, las lived in it alone, &>tV fixtures are not of much value, but soon Tuill lie furnished by Cupid himself, if a wife TaVa lense for tbe term of her natural life, fio hates, dear ladies, pray do not forget ,1c excellent bachelor’s heart’s to be let TV tenant will have a few taxes to pay: low, honor, and heaviest item, obey; A« for the good will, this landlord's inclined To have that, if agreeable, settled in kind; Ir/tod, if he could such a matter arrange, He'd V highly delighted to take in exchange, (Provided true title by prudence be shown,) A nice little woman no might call Ids men, So ladies, dear ladies, pray do not forget, An excellent bachelor’s heart’s to be let Yours, B. W. From the Richmond Enquirer. REPLY. |Th! “tin excellent bachelor’s hearts to be Id.” 1 \ lady has seen, and cite will not “ forget,” ■She i - anxious to know, if it suits to a I, l.\id hopes, Mr. landlord, you'll send her the key I She'd exchange her own heart for a heart that is warm, l l 1™» io protect her in sunshine and storm; IWWiapattiaents where honor, where charity dwells, 1 And the sunlight of genius illumines the cells; I Snch a heart she would base, for the term of her life, 1 And be a good bachelor’s excellent wife. |SV would like to examine the story above; ■phuue fixtures, she thinks are essetifi^to love, ■In her attic she wishes a sk v light i^reo, IWhoro rays from kind heaven could come or could go, BitVmsnssm is furnished with gems of rich lore, wisdom and virtue a [duntiful store, |h»' if judgment select them, with taste most refined, I' d birmouy rule over all when combined, lie is ready, and willing, to lease it for life, be a good bachelor’s excellent wife. Yours, MISCELLANY. you and your sons—I’ll annihilate the whole of yon —I’ll demolish yon in tbe twinklingof an eye—you and all of your crew—Til teach you and the world a lesson—I’ll show you that I am not to be trifled with in this way—instead of your taking my land TO take yours—poltroon and knave that you are.” “Bah 1” said Tom, and tamed on his heel. FURTHER FROM OREGON. WiLumET Falls, Oregon, Oct 28,1844. I arrived here on the 12th day of the present j month, having been on the way 151 days from In- Fr. ».i the United SttUes Journal. THE QUESTION STATED. ijfenncrs beticecn the United Stales, Mexico Cnl Texas, illustrated by tbe history <f Tom, Dick, and Harry. [ Tlicrc are those, even in this republican land, un- riV boast'd government of equal rights and privi- gg mf-h who afi'oet a mawkish insensibility on the sub- T'd tH the right of tho United States to fond a onion r* Texas; and the right of Mexico to mnke war i for consenting to such union. To us the J "ihen is as clear as the noonday snn, through a liwclefs atmosphere. In fact wo cannot see a which to hang a shadow of doubt. To the rt tlie people wo hope it is equally clear. To those, however, who are in doubt, we cannot F-sstnt j the subject better than by giving tho his- p °t d-rec emigrants, who settled in the \yest [* years ago, as it has been related to us by a The site upon which they located was a “intiful prairie, and they wore what, in that region, v usually termed squatters. Com (for we shall give them very familiar names) out first, located his tract, and bad nude con- improvement, before bis neighbor Dick paaenccd even exploration. The latter, on dis- coring the great abundance of comforts which the t bad gathered around him, stuck his stakes and [ sit his cabin at a reasonable distance from, but on o same prairie, on which Tom’s plantation was day with great professions of friendship, and saying: “ I perceive yon are in a bad condition for this new country, I therefore propose, if you will enter into wrtnerehip with me in the profits of your farm, that i will famish you a team to do your ploughing, and will let my sons take tarns watching your premises, to keep the wild beasts from doing mischief.” The proposition seemed to be a plausible one and Harry accepted it. But when ploughing time came, Dick’s team was “engaged at home,” or had "gone to mill,” or something else, so that he could never get it Tom, however, lent him his for a few days, and he planted*! part of bis gronnd without ploughing. In a little while, as his grain had begun to grow, along came a herd of Buffaloes, and more than half des troyed it Then the wolvea began to devour his sheep, and the foxes his poultry. II* repeatedly call ed on Dick to fulfill his promise for the protection of them, but the boys were always “too much fatigued” or they were “in a drinking frolick,” or off gallant ing some pretty Indian girls in tlie neighborhood.— They could never come to the rescue. He tlicn of fered to stand watch himself, if Dick would let him have tlie ammunition and rifle—but “the boys had token their arms with them” or they were “ choice weapons,” and “could not be trusted in the hands of any other persona.” In this way Dick failed in the performance of his contract, entirely—but when harvest time came, notwithstanding the diminished produce of Harry, he insisted upon his full proportion of what was leit. lie would not abato a particle, and even wanted re muneration for that which had been destroyed thro’ his own default of performance of contract. In consequence of all this, poor Harry had hard work to get through tho winter, and might have starved to death, but for the generosity of his more liberal neighbors. So the next spring, he told Dick lie would try it alone, and that tho compact was at an end. Tom told him ho was right in the eyes of the law, of nature and of tied; but Dick was quite angry, and told him ho would hold him to his origi nal bargain, and iflie did not give him bis share of the profits he would take it by force; and not only that, but he would drive him from the premises.— Harry, however, feeling conscious that ho had jus tice on bis side, refused to yield; while Dick commen ced the execution of his threats. He would go by night and tear down the fences of Harry—letting the cattle out, or beasts of prey into, his fields, and set his sons to watching for tlie poor man, to massa cre him, insomuch that the latter was obliged often to keep himself shut up for weeks together. Tins warfare was continued for eight or nine years, Har ry still maintaining possession of his grounds often under the most difficult circumstances. He, how ever fonnd he was not gaining any thing in the way of property. Half of his time, at least, was consu med in the effort to protect tho little he had; and the other half was little, if any, more than sufficient to produce enough to keep soul and body together. In tbe mean time, the matter had assumed great notoriety. It was talked of throughout the whole country. Every body but Dirk, felt at heart, that Harry was a sadly persecuted man, and pronounced Dick a groat rascal. Still, there were two or three speculators who had got an eye upon Harry’s farm, and wan'ed to get it, but were not willing to pay tho full value for it; because they thought that, as he was situatod, they could get it for a great deal less. These were constantly stimulating Dick to continue his persecutions of Harry, whilo to tho latter they This was owing to the unnsnal rains that fell during the first two months after our departure from Mis souri. My health is good and has been daring the whole route. The health of the small party tbatt accom panied me is also good. The last thousand miles no interruption from the Indians took place, nor did even a shower of rain fall to lay the dust. None of the families hate ye' arrived. The fore most are expected to reach this neighborhood in about a week. The last range of Mountains, cal led tho Cascades, have never been passed with wagons. We were five days passing over this range of mountains, and found it by far tho most difficult and fatiguing part of the journey, both for ourselves and our horses. The mountains extend to within a few miles of this place. The range runs nearly North and South. The Willamct is on tho West side of the mountains. The Columbia breaks through from East to West; it has a number of dangerous passes, and two falls that cannot be pas sed by the lightest canoe. Our families, wagons and baggage were carried around the falls; the portages, however, arc not lengthy. The settlements of this Territory appear to be in a good and prosperous condition. - Even the last year’s emigrant's some of whom have not been more than nine or ten months on their new farms, have plenty for themselves, and some to spare for their countrymen now on their way. Of bread, beef, fish and potatoes of a superior kind, we hare plenty. The three first mentioned articles are exported. Tlie brig Columbia is now freighted with wheat and flour, and will sail in a few (fays for the Sand wich Islands. A profitable trade with the Islands is already commenced. From ns they receive wheat, flour, beef, pork and lumber. In retnrn, we receive from them British, Chinese and American mannfac. tured articles; and molusscs, sugar, coffee and rice, the growth of the Islands. Standing in tho door of my present lodgings, I can count sixty-two buildings. They form tlie present village of the city of Oregon. Timber and lumber fay scattered about for more buildings, say eight or ten. Several oilier villages, (ono or two of them I havo seen,) have somiS pretentions to future greatness, but arc quite small as yet The Hudson Bay Company transact nearly alt the foreign and domestic trade. The Company de rive great profit from tlie business, and at the same time accommodate the inhabitants of the Territory, who are all agriculturists and mechanics, without capital sufficient for commercial pursuits. On our arrival we found the country dry and parched. We havo recently had a week of warm, rainy weather. •end by Mr. Perkins of the brig Columbia, i»y~t to Oahoo, on tbe Sandwich Islands, whence I hope it will find its way by the whalers to-Boston or some other port in the States. Yon may not bear from me again until 1 reach California. GENERAL JACKSON’S MARRIAGE. This event in the history of Gen. Jack- son has been often alluded to, but the cir cumstances attending it are very little known—at least we nave never met with any account of them until now. The sub joined narrative is irom a eulogy delivered at Natchez. Miss Rachel Donelson, the daughter of Col. Donelson, of Virginia, hadbeencelcbra- ted for her gayety, affability and sweetness of disposition. Her.father emigrated to Tennessee, and, dying, left her an orphan. She formed an unhappy matrimonial con nexion with a morose, jealous and dissipated character of the name of Roberts, who soon abandoned her. The difficulty was, made up, and the wedded pair cnine together a- -ain; soon after which Andrew Jackson ccainc a transient boarder in tlie same hotise were Roberts and his wife were re siding A second rupture soon occurred, and Roberts left his wife and went to Ken tucky. Learning that he intended return ing and taking here there, and dreading his inhumanity and bad treatment, she de termined to seek an asylum in'Kntchez, beyond his reach. Natchez was then the Oregon of America. In the spring of 1791 she came here with Col. Starke and his family. At the earnest request of Col. Starke, Gen. Jackson piloted his family through the Indian country. After his re turn, Judge Overton communicated to him the astounding intelligence that he was the unconscious cause of the last separation ; that it arose from Robert’s jealously of him and the circumstance of his accompanying Col. Starke, to protect his family froni the Indians,had been seized upon by*Robertas a ground of divorce, in a petition to tlie Vir ginia Legislature. The t nought that an innocent woman was suffering so unjustly on his account made General Jackson’s sensitive mind most uneasy and unhappy. He immedi ately sought but Roberts and expostulated with him on the injustice and cruelty of his causeless suspicion ; but the interview ended in mutual defiances. At length news came that the Virginia Legislature had actually granted thcuivorce in accordance with Rob- cri’s petition. Forthwith Andrew Jackson hastened to Natchez, and offered his bond and his heart to tho inooreni nnd aruinklo woman, who had been made so unhappy by false and unfounded accusations, lie entile to Natchez, to give the world the highest evidence he could give of licr in nocence. Although free to form a new connexion, Mrs. Roberts declined the proffered offer.— Rut Andrew Jackson was not to be outdone. He addressed her in the language of Rulh Tlie grass ha* commenced springing up, and looks j to Naomi: “Entreat me not to leave lh» c much like your Wisconsin prairies in Slay. The | or to return from following after thee, for leaves of such trees as shed their foliage, are yellow : where thou goesl I will go, where thou lod- and beginning to fall. The kinds shedding the leaf gest I will lodge, thy people shall be my are oak, a species of maple, aloe, box-wood, hazel,• people, and llty God my God ; where lhot! elder, tic., all small and scrubby, compared to those diest I will die, and there will I be buried.” in the States, except elder and alder, which here. \ promise which he literally fulfilled by re grow quito large. Notwithstanding the case with fusing the sarcophagus of the Emperor Al- whicli the necessaries of life are acquired, I never cxnnaer Sevcrus, that lie might be buried saw a more discontented community, owing princi- by her. At length,aftersome three months pally to natural disposition.—Nearly all, like myself,! Mrs. Roberts, being convinced that the chiv- having been of a roving, discontented character be- airy which prompted the proposal had be. fore leaving their eostearn homes. Tho long, tiro- i come associated with genuine love, nccept- some trip from the States has taught them what ed the offer, and they were married in this they are capable ofperforming and enduring. They j city or ita vicinity, nnd r:turncd loTcnnc- talk of removing to tlie Islands, California, Chili, 8CC . On arriving there, finding that the anil other parts of South America, .with as much divorce had not gone through all the forms —required by the laws of Virginia, at the time of their marriage here, the ceremony was among women of the lower class are of sil ver ; among those of the higher class (and here, as in,every/:ountrv,there are distinc tions of class), they are of gold. A few days ago my friend Ben Jussuf in vited me to go with him to his house. I, of course, seized with joy this opportunity of seeing him in his domestic circle. • m at the door, which is inva- nably kept shut by day and by night in all Arab houses; a women shortly appeared and inquired who was there; at Ben Jus- suf’s answer the door was opened, but when the woman saw me with her husband sho instantly concealed her face, and was a- bout to run away; my friend, however, commanded her to remain. She was his wife, and besides her he had-two others, who were seated cross-legged in thc.court, one of them grinding corn in a hand-iuili, the ether combing the hair of n boy about i C i 0r 8 * x y cnrs old; I should have guess ed them all three to be at least forty, but Hen Jussuf assured me that they were all under five-and-twenty ; their faces and fig ures were withered, and tlie bloom of youth * quite gone, their eyes alone still retained their fire. At twenty, the Arab women * begin to fade, and at thirty they are old matrons. They all seemed to live in perfect har mony, and tho manner of the women to wards their lord and master was obliging even to servility. Tojudge by appearances it must be easier to keep house with three wives than with one; perhaps the rule “di et* et impera” holds good in love as well asm polities. I must, however, confess, tpat I do not envy the Mahomerian gentle men their frigid joyp, nor do they seem to find much satisfaction in them themselves. The women here are mere slaves; of that chivalrous homage paid by the Spanish Moors to their women no traces arc left save in the songs and poems of the Arabs. The children arc educated by women up to their seventh year; on reaching that age the boy is put in possession of a per- tiousc and a pony, and is no longer allowed to eat with the women; should his fa ther be away, he has supreme authority over the whole household, not excepting his own mother. The manner of arranging a marriage is simple among the Arabs. A man takes a sum of money or any article of value, and oilers it to whomsoever he happens to meet- with, saying, “Comrade ! i hear you havo a marriageable daughter, give her tome as :» wife and take this ns a marriage gift.” tribe oilier minks tne ntaten a ‘sm'raoto one, he replies, “Yes: here she is, take her with voti;” nnd the marriage is concluded. The rather must, however, warrant her to be a maid ; and if the husband finds she is not he lakes her home next morning and demands his present back again. MAMMOTH REMAINS. A correspondent of the Albany Argus, were continually making grcnt professions of sympa-! composure as you in Wisconsin talk of removing thy on account of bis sufferings. It is generally to Indiana or Michigan. thought that if it had not been for the conrse of these j Almost tho first man I met on my arrival was J. “ sharks,” as they are termed in tho local phrase of! M. Woir, formerly of Indiana, who served with roe that country, tho difficulty would havo been settledj in the Ranges. I also heard of Lancaster Clyman, in an equitable manner much sooner, and Harry who is married and settled some 40 or 50 miles up would have been in the quiet possession and profita ble occupancy of his own premises. Things, however, continuing in this unpleasant way, and the prospect for a speedy termination of tha difficulties being very dubious; and moreover, it being clear to Tom, that tho said “sharks,” or spec ulators, would not be very welcome neighbors, he met Harry one day, and says to him, “ suppose you and I try a partnership—I have got land enough, and do not want any of yours, nor the profits ot it provi ded you will keep it in your own possession. I will help you to take down the line fence between yon and me, and wc will add it to the one between you and Dick, which I think will bo very likely to stop j | his further depredations, and as to those animals that ‘ Tliings'”wcnt"on rather smoothly between I are constantly annoying you, you shall have a share “for some time, but Tom having got a consid- of my ammunition, and tho use of my woapons, and Mart, and boing withal a better economist and if need be, I will send my tons to assist you in keep- - in" them out. All tho benefit I will aak of you tn return for this, is that you will purchase from mo ' skillful husbandman than bis neighbor, ad- ®d more rapidly in prosperity. He bad also a e family of sons growing up, all of whom, as they tho Willamet.—I expect to see him this week.— fit fa said that he is doing well. Yon recollect tho large stories wo used to hear respecting the immense size and height of timber in this country. The largest timber I have seen fa an evergreen of the fir kind. One treo that I measured a few days since fa six feet four inches in diameter; and 268 feet long. Tho tree was felled with an axe fast summer. The fir is only two kinds, white and red; both good for timber and lumber, and general ly g p|ita easy, making tbe neatest rail fences I liave ever seen; it has the appearance of being durable. This fa the season for sowing wheat; all the farm- era are busily employed, it having bees heretofore too dry to sprout the grain. The fanterean sow wheat from August until Jane, with a certainty of reaping a-fair compensation far his labor. The straw of that sown in May grows very short, which renders it difficult to harvest.—That sown early, and in good order, grows large and long, measure or my sons, such articles as we produce that youjing five and six feet, and in some extraordinary of age, were settling down for life, on the I may want, in exchange for such as yon produce- cases it has been known to measme sevenfeet^n «ning a strong, as they were already a happy, or make use of any of your unoccupied premises, grain or berry o( aUthat I have sees is remarkable "n unity. Thfa naturally excited the jealousy of they must have the privilege of doing so, by paying for its round, plump form, but he said nothing. you a fair price for it; and yon or your eons may The small Canada t h this state of affairs/along came Harry, who have the same privilege with regard to any of our likewise grew weU; Inshpcutoe, are of a fine l^Nienavou^cmnm^wTuxhTbraand fapfta.” Harry, wearied as it were, onto death, with quality, and ymU abundaatly. The streams; I am Kit He wraTon^XX hLSCn. Z vis- the long continued annoywioes he bad experienced, 1 told, never freeze over, nor does the raow ever cover Uituated directly between thow^wbich they oc- tai. * . ... 1 £ JJJLii- almost all tho uplands awT* covered F°P>ed. It hod been .originally considered as em- tfpon thfa Dick flew Into a terrible rage, j •** fir* Tho earth »thteklv 'fco MbiS elplmhj for a locUion, and Sho scoundrei-youbavo ^n«to^tb<^^retSfou^U i^SSZ ft sue time decided to take, beth thfa and that you have interfered in my SL^u^s tob^kSough it. again performed there. ARAB WOMEN. The fair sex is not altogether fair here, at least in niv opinion. No oue can deny that the Arab women have graceful figures and regular features, but they want those essential requisites of beauty—u soul and individual expression. They are all exact ly alike, and their faces express but two passions—love and hale ; all nicer shades of feeling are wanting. How, indeed, would it do possible for. them to acauire in tellectual or bodily cultivation, when the greater part of their time is spent seated cross-legged grinding corn in a handntil), or asleep 1 Tho married women are seldom qeen out of their bouses, and then only closely veil ed. The young girls, on the contrary, are to be found every morning at sunrise out side the gate of the town, standing by the fountain,at which they assemble with stone jars on their shoulders, to fetch water for the day’s consumption. This truly eastern scene calls to mind Rebecca at the well, drawing water for her father’s flocks. If a stranger nsks a daughter of the town for a draught of water (ofma), the maiden reaches him the jar with a kindly nod ; but when he has slaked his thirst sho pours a- way the remainder of the water, for the lips of the infidel have polluted it. The Arab women wear a whilw woollen garment confined under the breast by a gir- ble, and n white cloth twisted round the head. Their ornaments generally consist in ring* in their cars and on tbeir ankles, which are invariably naked writing front New burg, gives an interesting description of the discovery and exhuma tion of the remains of an immense Masto-. don found during the last week, about six * miles from that Town : An idea of the sizo of the monster may be formed, when wo state that the skullalone weighs sevenhun- dred pounds. The tusks are over nine feet long. Across the hip bones lie measures about seven feet. Tne position of the ani mal at death, was clearly discernable. Ho had evidently become aired and had settled down on hisnnunehes, with his fore legs spread out, and in this posture he was found. Under the vertebrea, the contents of his stomach were found to the amount of several bushels, and consisted of leaves, twigs and fragments of the branches of trees crounchcd arid broken up. As the remains were found imbedded in shell marl, all this wns entirely evident. This is the fourth skeleton of the mam moth that has been discovered in that count), but while nil the others have been imperfect (many of the bones never having been found, this one is entire, every bofie having been found, even to the small bones of the feel and tail, and in a complete stale of preservation; the enamel on the teeth being ns perfect a* if in the mouth of a liv ing animal. “BOLD AS A LION.” One of the best jokes of the season is told by the amiable Goines, of tonsorial no toriety. A Southern Adonis, no way cel ebrated for his personal attractions, on com pleting a somewhat protracted toilet one morning turned to his servant and inquired: ‘How do I look Cesar? ‘Plendid, massn, plendid,’ was ebonyV delightful answer. ‘Do yon think I’ll do, Cesar V giving him a piece of silver. <Guy, massa, neber see you look so fierce in all ray life ; you look jra* bold as a lion. ‘Why what do you know about a Bon? you never saw one Cesar ’ '‘Neber sec a lion, massa I Guy, I sec massa Peyton’s Jim ride one ober to de mill ebery day.’ . , ‘No, you fool, that’s a donkey ‘Can’t help dat massa—you r him” ...... Burlington, (Iowa) was settled just twelve years .....v.. ..... .............. One cannot 1 ago,and now contains 6000 inhabitants—an in- deny the efficiency of this graceful manner crease of cam thousand inorery two ypara^ Ifa lo- of calling attention to the Wulv of ihetr 1 cattec (SSOmflraahoreirLoafa tnjholgsiliwto- fect, which arc truly exquisite. Them rings ,pi) fa very favorable to its growth and prosperity.