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Newspaper Page TextTHE GEORGIA JOURNAL, it PRINCE A RAGLAND, ta published twice a week during the tension of the Legisla ture. and weekly for the remainder of the year, at the Corner of Wayne and Hancock Streets, at THR RB DOLLARS perannuro In advance,or FOUR DOLLARS at the end of the year. The Paper will not he sent to any person out of the Stat the subscription money is paid in advance, or satislactor; , until of th< ence given. Advertisements inserted nt the usual rates. ■JjT N. B. Sales of LAND, by Administrators, Executors, . Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the first I ues<l< in the month, between tliehour-io ic the afternoon, at the court-lit property is situate.—Notice o public Oaxette SIXTY DAYS Sales of NEGROES must bt Tuesday of the month, bet wee place of public sales in the cou tary.of Administration or Guardianship, mar li first living SIXTY BAYS nolle" tiler™ , In one nl the piil.lic (.true. oMIii. Slat., ami «l llit.loorol the courl-liou.e, where such sales are to be held. ... , Notice lur the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner, FORTYday. pre.lou.to the day of sale. hiu"s to tlivday of sale, public auction, on the first te lei ^ ^ Nolle* to the Dehlort nml Credit, llihed for FORTY day.. * ■'iralloll sof an Estate must be pub- Notiee that annlication will be made to the Court of Ordinary r leave to sell LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS. Notice foV leave to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be made there on by the Court. Persons interested in those Advertisements which are publish ed Monthly, will find them in the first nud fourth page of the first paper in every month. All business of this kind continues to rerelve prompt attention at the Office of the GEORGIA JOURNAL. SELLING AT COST. T HE subscribers commence ibis day sel- ling tbelr stock of Goods at cost, for rnsli.' WILEY it BAXTER* .Jan 5—tf Sjuldling and Harness Making. HIE Subscriber Ima removed next Hour to T" FOR SALE, 15,000 Also 2.000'lbs. LARI) of I... lbs. BACON, consisting , f Hants, Shoulders and Middlings Also 2,000 / lbs. LARD of best quality—Also Corn, Fodder and Corn Meal. Enquire of the Subscriber. R. II. L. BUCHANAN. Milledgovillo, March 22—tf NOTICE.—The Cili- tens of Morgan county, are respectfully no tilled, that an election will take place in Madison,on the first Monday in May next, o represent Morgan county in a Convention, liehl In Jllilledgeville on the first Monday in June next, to luce the numberof Senators and Representatives In the Le gislature or the State of Georgia, In compliance with the rceom* it the Inst term of Morgan Supc- ilersigneii request the Edit* for f.< n, to gis mnici positively sell on as good terms a THOMAS J. SHINIIOLSEK. NOTICE. T HE *ub*criber hereby informs bis friends and the public generally, that hereafter he will only work for Cash, or for those to whom he may be indebted. He continues to make Mill Irons, Inks and Gudgeons, «« usual—Mill Boxes, and other Castings of Brass or Composi} sion nt sixty-five cents per pound. !TT GUN LOCKS repaired at the shortest notice. Milledgcville, Dec I—eowtl I. T. CUSHING ATTENTION ! GEORGIA ! L OOK nt your Metropolis ! Look nt her streets! Do you leel any pride for your State? Do you desire pleasant walking—handsome streets—a flourishing lion wi May next. W. F. Fan Landingham, M. W. John Wingfield, A. K. Leonard, W. J. Peatman, Seaborn J. Johnson, John W. Porter, Nathan Aldridge, F.lijah E. Jones, Lcwiss Grates, David Irwin, It. A. Steele, Wm. Porter, March 22-71 Wn arren, Gilhn Wilson, Pobcrt R. Harden, Nathaniel Allen, S. J. Safi old, William Hanson, Joseph P. Penick, John K. Dawson, John Robson, Lucius fj. Wittieh, II. II. Randolph, Milledgcville Hook and Dntg Store. T HE Subscriber bns tnken the Book nnc Drug establishment in this place, nml solicitsn continn mice of the liberal patronage heretofore extended to it. he wil receive in a few week* a full supply of all the articles neces^arj to perfect the stock, and no article s‘ " * ‘ only found in such a pint to merit the p , that he will no tronage which lie lo make a fortune t Look at the conditio you—Just think of getting ouo tlum five thousand for ten dollars—ten Twenty Thousand for ten dollars ' luforit! Go in lor it! nml if that will no What n spcculnlio he will end ""»|.'*"i l ‘| , 5-ii l TiiiV\ias ft- ORRUN SPORTSMEN ATTEND. HERE will be n Main of (locks fought •Inin., In O Milledgcville Street Lottery. < Authorised by the General Assemb'y of the State of Georgia.) SCHEME. 1 Prixo of *20,000 3 4 9 5 5 5 S 5 5 3 5 35 50 G50 5000 do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do 10,000 5.000 1.000 t>00 eno 700 tiOO 500 400 300 200 100 50 20 12 minty, 50 ilolliir. il Unlit i till* pn i Monday llm lCili i CLINTON HOTEL Itlnurdbr JOHN CARTER. Cli ,nn, April 5—31 MOTICELLO IfoTEL. THOMAS DAWSON rcspect- riillv lender. Iii. ilmnk. to hi. frleml., noil lu Hi ' public generally, fnr the pntrunnge he has tecelved •penlng Ills house in this place nml is now NEWNAN HOTEL. SIGN OF THE GOLDEN STAR. THE undersigned having tnken the Ltss than TWO BLANKS to a PRIZE ! ! All Ihe Prim, to lio dunlins from the commencement except the following, deposited ns lollows, six : First Day’s Drawing—2 Prixes of 5,000, 1 of 1,000, 1 of 900, I •f 800, 1 of 700, 1 ol iiOO, I of 500, 1 of 400, I of 300, I of 200. Second Day’s Drawing—I l’rixe ol 10,0(9), I of 1,000, 1 ol 900, 1 of 100, I of 700, I of OUtl, I of 500, I of 400. I of 3110, I of 200. Third Day’s Drawing—1 Prixo of 10,000, I of l.ono, I of J00, 1 •f 800, 1 of 700, I of 600, I of 500, I ol 400. I ol 300, , I of 900,1 , | of 400, 1 of 300, I «: f 900,I ion of the Inst all be entitle! Fourth Day’s Drawing—I Prlxeof 10,000, 1 of of 800, 1 ol 700, 1 of 600, I of 500, 1 of 400, I ol J00, Fifth and Inst Drawing—1 Prixr ^ *“ ~ ,A * “ *' Of 800, I of 701, I of 600, 1 of 500 And on the commencement ol mu Fourth Day’s Drawing, the first drawn mini ton prise of 1.000 dollars, and on the couclu Drawing, the first and last drawn number s Cepital rrixeof 5,0 hi dollars each, in addili may be drawn to their numbers. , The whole lottery to be completed in Five Day s Draw inn only. PRIZES ONLY TO BE DRAWN. The First Day’s Drawing will take place on the first Saturday of May next, or sooner should the sale of Tickets warrant. The whole of the Prixes payable in sixty days after each Day i Draw lag—subject to a deduction ol fifteen per cent. All prixes not applied for in 12 month il lbe Milledgcville Street Lc imler the superintendence n The plantation bns v i keed the mills i Hal) this for tin t llam W.< H.Tor ter, Ja PRESENT PRICE OF TICKETS. Wholes $10—Halves $5—Quarters $‘2 50. r kale, In a great variety «f,numbers nt^tlie sVnU* l |V*» , |I part of I lie United Stall ^trillion—Address to PRYOR WRIGHT, Secretary lo Commissioner*. EAGLE TAVERN—Spuria, Geo. Cleveland &. Saunders have THE NEW LANE OF STAGES FROM MACON TO SAVANNAH. BY MARION AND DUBLIN, AVI LI. run Three times and Saturdays, at eighto’clock in the t RATES a* usual. N. B. Persons wishing seals, • A Fortune, if you want one ! I N Gwinnett county, Georgia, the subscri ber ha* for sole n valuable Landed F.stat •d Dwelling lio ,vly built Mill*, bm tended, a lull sup| i it, a good still l>. LYCEUM ACAF.DEMY. CARROL!, COUNTY. IHE* Trustees of this institution linve gent lei llll, i Th situutin of Mr. Richard K. tenth. Mr. Hill has be chad in the neighbourhood froi JOHN A. JONES. WM. II. LUMPKIN. CHARLES IIIJLSKY, JOHN l>. CHAPMAN, JOHN IIILL. j Columbus Enquirer, will publish the nbovi $100 HE WARD. St TOI.EN from the I.ot of Henry Eiuly, in ►cLlie to,vii of Irwlnton, wllliln.on comity, on the nisi SEABORN DELK [AS removed from Irwiiiton to Marion, I will, .our, ,lio, If taken by Jahi ity the Saturday E AAV—111 future the undersigned will practice l.aiv in connection—Tuny will flvo ll.elr nlten- tionlo bu.ine.a In tin* cnnntie. of Baldwin, Wjlkinson, I nlnntn. June. anil Jn.per, of lint Ocmulsee CIrcull-llllili, Monrov, and flouitun, ol (be Film ulrcull—Twlf,« noil FulniU ,ol Ibo Soulb- eru Circuit—Hancock of Ihe Nortli MillilIn Circuit. They will bi eupied by Judge Lamar, and i Jan 5—tf , Wattlii t the office hei esentiy by R. K. Hit I X A. IN IS BET will practice law in the fol- A • lowing counties, to wit: Morgan, Greene. Putnam, Jas per, Newton, Clark, Hancock, Taliaferro,4l Walton- He will de vote his undivided attention to the profession ; nml will altem promptly to the collection of money, to any of the counties ol the Oakinulgee, Western, Flint, or Chattahoochee circuits. Madison. Morgan, Ga. inn 26-3m .... , The Augusta Constitutionalist, and the Athenian,will give the a iove an insertion in their columns once a week for three mouths, and forward their accounts to h. A. NesbiL LAW. THOMAS C. M’KEEN, W ILL practice Law m the Chattalioochce Circuit and in the counties of Crawford nml Upson til £he Flint Circuit. Busiitess entrusted to him will meet with prompt attention : his address is Tulbotton n march 15—6in TWOTICE—The copartnership hitherto ex 1m isting between the undersigned, attorneys nt Inw.isthlt day dissolved by mutual consent. Knch will continue to resitb at Carrollton, and practice separately in the several countiei cqfliposing the Chultahoochee Circuit, and in Cherokee count] or the Western Circuit. February 21st, dark hair, rather snare made. Ihe n lor the detect! ,.iof the Thief and tic- nly five dollars for Ihe horse n’nne. LITTLETON MADDUX. UTNAM County, Georgia—Mrs. Flournoy applies for letters of administration o ale ol Wm.ll. Flournoy, late ol saidrmmty, tlee’tl. This is therefore to cite the kindred and creditors ofsr :o be and appear at my office, within the time prescribt o shew cause, if any they have, why said letters ofatlinii: ilimild not be granted 1832. MISCELLANEOUS. march 1—inSni DIVISION ORDERS. Head quarters, 3d Division, Geo. Militia, 1 MiLI.EDUKril.LE, Marcli 13th, 1832. ^ I N pursuance of general orders of the Commntiller in Cliief, the niinunl review nml inspvrtimi nl the Srtl iilvi.inn.it Oeorfin Militiu.liy R.’,intent.nn.) Mnltnl 1 J«, will take place at tltcir respective muster froumli, in the inuntlt of .May next, on the days billowing, vix : In the county of Clark, on Wednesday the 2nd May. In the county of Oglethorpe, on I' riday the ■4th •'•‘jy- , In the county of Green,on Tuesday and Wednesday the 8 anti BURKING. The Victim—A true Story—by a Medical Student. From the Ijitdy's Hook. Some years ugo, myself and a fellow-student went to Dawlish for the summer months. An ac cident which I need not narrate, and which was followed by a severe attack of pleurisy, chained me a prisoner to my room for several weeks. My companion, whose name was St. Clare, was a young man of high spirits and lively temper; and though naturally kind and affectionate, escaped, us often* as he could, from the restraint of a sick room. In one of his walks, he chanced to encounter a young lady, whom he fell in love with, as the phrase is, at first sight, and whose beauty ho dwelt upon with a warmth of enthusiasm not a little tan talizing to one, like myself, who could not even behold it. The Lady, however, quitted Dawlish very suddenly, and left my friend in ignorance of every other particular concerning her than that her name was Smith, and her residence in London — So vague a direction ho, however, resolved to fol low up. We returned to town sooner than we otherwise should have done, in order that the lover might commence his inquiries. My friend was worthy of the romantic name that he bore. Melville St. Clare—a name that was the delight of all his boarding-school cousins, and the jest of all his ac- quaintace in the sclviols. lie was the sole son of Thomas St. Clare, of Clare Hall, in the county of , No. , in Ilanover-squarc, and Banker, No. , Lombard compliance with the terms of a note he held in his hand. It ran thus :— “ Let me pray you to set off’ instantly with the bearer in my carriage to your distressed friend— “M. St. Clair.” On reaching the house, the blinds were down and the shutters closed; while the knocker muf fled, bespol^c a note of ominous preparation — “ How are you 1 inquired, somewhat relieved by seeing tuy friepd up; and though looking wan, bearing no marks of severe illness. “ I hope noth-, ing lias happened ?” “ Yes, the deadliest arrow in Fortune’s quiver has been shot—and found its mark. At three, this morning, my father’s valet called me up, to any his mastei was in convulsions. Suspecting it to ho a return of apoplexy, I despatched him off for Aber crombie,* and on reaching his room, I found my fears verified. Abercrombie arrived, he opened the temporal artery, nml sense returned, when my unfortunate parent insisted on informing me what arrangements ho had made in my favour respec ting tho property; and on my suggesting that his books might previously require to ho looked over, lie interrupted me by saying it was useless. ‘ You are tho son of a ruined man.’ I started.* 4 Yes, such have I been for tho last twenty years! I have secured to you a thousand pounds, to finish your oducntion—and that is all that calamity has left it in my power to bestow.’ For some mo ments I was led to doubt his sanity. 4 Whr.t, then, can be contained within those two massive chests, so carefully concealed?’ ‘Old parchment copies of iny mortgages. Your fortune has only changed in aspect; before yon were in existence, tho author of your being was a beggar! My credit alone has supported me. 1 have with difficulty been able to invest in the funds for your wants the paltry sum I mentioned. May you pros per better than your father, and the brightness of your day make up for the darkness of his closing scene. God’s blessing .’ His head sank on tho pillow, and falling into a comatose state he slept for four or five hours, when his transition from time to eternity was as gentle as it was un noticed. 44 For my part, I merely remain hero till the last offices arc performed. All his affairs will be com mitted to hia solicitors, when the fortune and res idence which l looked forward to enjoying as my own must be left to others.’’ Courage, my dear fellow,” said I, “there is no space too great to allow of the sun’s rays enliven ing it—neither is that heart in existence which hope may not inhabit.” The funeral was over, tho mansions of his fa ther relinquished, and St. Clare himself duly for gotten by his friends. The profession, which he before looked on ns optional in its pursuit, was now to become his means of existence ; and in order to pursue it with greater comfort to ourselves, took spacious i.,oms, which enabled us to live to gether, in street, Borough, in the neighbour hood of our hospital. One morning, it so happen cd that 1 had something to detain me at home, umj St. Clare proceeded by himself to his studi From the brilliant complexion nud handsome countenance- of a former day, his appearance had degenerated into the pale and comsumptivo look of one about to follow the friend for whom bis “su- bl 44 Give me joy, Dudley! .loy, I say, for life is bright once more!” exclaimed St. Clare, return ing Lite in the evening, while bis face was beam ing with gladness. 44 I rejoice to hear it,”said I. “What has hap pened ?” I inquired. St. Clare explained. lie had met his unforgot- ton mistress of Dawlish; she had introduced him to her father, with whom she was walking, and whom ho recognised ns a Mr. Smith, nn eccentric and wealthy acquaintance of his deceased parents. Mr. Smith invited him to dinner the next day.— To cut short my story, St. Clare soon received per mission to pay his addresses to the Indy he lmd so long and secretly loved; and Mr. Smith, who had originally been in trade, and was at oqcc saving and generous, promised jCHi,()0() to tho young couple, on the condition that St. Clare should fol low up his profession. The marriage was tq be concluded immediately after St. Clare bad passed the College of Surgeons, which lie expected to do in six months. 44 Dudley, I have an engagement to-day, and shall not bo at homo till the evening,” said St. Clare, returning from the Hospital one morning, “but ns we must dissect the arteries of the neck some what more minutely before we go up for examinn- tion, I wish you would get a subject. I am told you can have one within two days, by applying to this man,” giving me the card of an exhunmtor in the Borough. 44 Very well,” 1 returned, setting oft*. 44 Which will you have, Sir ?” asked the traffick er in human clay, whose lineaments bespoke the total absence of every human feeling from his heart:— 44 a Indy or ajemman ?” 44 Whichever you can procure with lenst trouble, 1 I replied. “When can you bring it to my lodg ings ?” “The day after to-morrow Sir. 1 44 Good! What is your price ?’ “ Why, Sir, the market’s very high just now, os there’s a terrible rout about those things ; so I must have twelve guineas.” “ Well, then, at eleven, tho evening after to morrow, 1 shall expect you.” Tho night passed on, no St. Clare appeared ;— the next, still he came not—and eleven on the fol lowing evening found him yet absent. Surroun ded with books, bones, skulls, and other requisites for surgical study, midnight surprised me, whan a gentle tap at the door put my reveries to flight. ‘‘Two men in the street, Sir, wish to see; there.” 44 Very well,” said I; and recollecting the ap pointment, I descended, and found the cxhuinator and another. “We called you down, Sir, to get the woman out of the way; because, you know, these things don’t do to gossip about. Shall we take it stairs ?” “ Yes, and I will follow behind. Make ns little noise as possible.” “ No, no, Sir, trust us for that—we’re pretty well used to this sort of work. Jem, give the signal;” when the party addressed, stepping into the street, gnve a low whistle on his lingers, nnd something advanced with a dull, rustling noise, which proved j there w to be a wheelbarrow containing a sack. They had | the two, | filled the gutter with straw, and over this dri the barrow. In an instant two of them seized i you sion gathered round his mouth; nnd though igno rant of its meaning it made me recoil, from tho air of additional horror it flung over features already so revolting in expression. I went into the closet to take a glance at tho subject, fearing they might attempt to deceive me. They had lain it on the table, and a linen cloth swathed round was the on ly covering. I drew aside the corner which con cealed tho face, nnd started, for never till that in stant hnd l seen aught that came so near to my most ideal picture of female loveliness; even though the last touches had been painted hv the hand of Death. As the light of the candle tell on tho shrouded figure before no, it composed the very scene that Rembrandt would have loved to paint, and, you, my render, to have looked on. I for hair was loose and motionless, while its whole length, which hud strayed over her nock and shoul ders, nestled in a bosom white as snow, whose pure, warm tides were now til rest for ever! One thing struck me as singular—her rich, dark tresses still hold withiu them a thin, slight comb’. An oath of impatience from the men I had loll in the next room drew mo from my survey. 44 Where did you get the subject, my men ?” I enquired, ns 1 put the money into the man’s hand. “ Oh, we hadn’t it from a town churchyard, Sir. It came up from the country, didn’t it, Jem?” “ Yes,” replied the man addressed, nnd both moved quickly to depart; while I returned to gnzo on tho beauteous object I bad left, and which af forded me a pleasure, so mixed ilp with all that ..as horrid, that I sincerely hopo it will never fall to my lot to have a second experience of the same feeling. Tome she was nothing, les3 than nothing; nnd 'High, from long habit, I had almost brought my self to meet with indifference the objects which nro found on tho dcsccting-tablo, I could not gaze on one so young, so very fair, without feeling the prings of pity disst ’vc within me; nnd tears, fust nnd many, fell on those lips : I refrained not from kissing, notwithstanding Mortality had set its seal upon them; as yet— “ Ueforailecn) ’* ' fim-ln* fingor* IU1 M*t a pt Il.u line* whereb*-iuity lingn-s.” Her eyes were closed beneath the long lashes. I hi ted one lid; the orb beneath was large and blue —but 44 soul wns wanting there.” So great was the impression her beauty made upon me, that, stepping into the next room, I took my materials, and made n drawing of the placid and unconscious form so hushed anu still. I look upon it at this moment, and fancy reculls the deep and unaccoun table emotions that shook me as I made it. It must have been un instinctive . But to proceed, 1 saw but one figure in my sleep—the lovely, but unburied dead. I awoke—what could it ho that felt po moist nnd cold against my face?—where was I ?—what light was glimmering through the windows?*—it was the bleak of day. Worn with fatigue, I had fallen as 1 :ep over my drawing, while the candle had burn out in the socket, and my head was resting on the inanimate breast, which had been deprived too soon of existence to know tho pure joy of pillowing a fellow-heart it loved. 1 arose, ami retired to a sleepless couch. In the evening, while over my modicum of coffee, iu came St. Clare. He appeared haggard and wild, whilst every now and then his eye would gaze on vticuncy, unit closing, seem to shut out some un pleasant thought, that haunted him in ideal reality. 44 Well, St. Clare, whathas detained you?” “Death!” said he, solemnly. “The sole re maining relative to whom Nature has given any claim on my affections, is no more. A sudden despatch called me down to soothe the expiring hours of my mother’s sister, and not a soul is left me now on earth to love, save Emily and my friend, I feel most unaccountably oppressed—a dread sense of ill pervades me; but Jet me hope that ill is past.” “Well, think of it no more,” I replied, and hanged tho conversation. 44 1 have procured a ubject-femnlo, beautiful and young; but I feel more inclined to let it rest nnd rot amidst its fel low-clods of clay, than bare so fair n bosom to the knife. It is well that the living hold a prooccu pancy of my heart, or such a beauteous form of death ” 44 This note has just been left for you. Sir, from Mr. Smith, who, requests an immediate answer,” said my servant, entering. I read aloud its con tents :— • “Though unknown to you, save byname and the mention of another, I call upon you, as the friend of one who was my friend, to assist me in unravelling this horrid mystery. On Tuesday, at two, my dearest Emily went out, with the inten tion of returning at four. Since that hour, I have been unable to obtain the slightest information res pecting her. I have called in your absence for St. Clare twice; he was unexpectedly out. Surely 1 have not mistaken him! He cannot have filled up tho measure of mankind’s deceit, and abused the trust reposed in hilt! Let me pray you, for the love of Heaven! to give me the least clue you are possessed of that may lead to her discovery. 44 1 know not what I have written, but you can understand its meaning. Your’s &c. 44 John Smith.” Starting from his seat with the air of a maniac, St. Clare abstractedly gazed on empty air, as if to wait conviction. Too soon it came, and seizing a light, ho dashed towards the closet where lie knew the body was to be. For tho first time a dark suspicion flashed upon me, and taking the other candle I followed. The face had been again cov ered, and St. Clnre, setting the light upon the ta bio, stood transfixed—just as wo feel the pressure »of some night-marc-dream—without the power of drawing his eyes away, or by dashing aside the veil, to end this suspense of agony, in the certain ty of despair. Every muscle of his body shook, while his pale lips could only mutter—“It must be so! it must pe so !” and his finger pointing to tho shrouded corpse, silently bade mo to disclose the truth: mute, motionless horror pervaded mo throughout; when, springing from his trance, he tore away the linen from the features it concealed. One glance sufficed;—true, tho last twenty-four hours had robbed them of much that was lovely, but they were cast in a mould of such sweet expression that once seen, was to bo remembered for ever. With indescribable wildness be flung himself upon the body, nnd embracing the pallid clay, seemed vainly trying to kiss it bock to life. 1 watched his countenance till it became so pale, only one shade of difference between In an instant, from the strained glare of seif to the perusal of poota, philosophers and )»i« torians. Ilis mode of acquiring languages was most inartificial nnd faboriotis ; ns lie would under take to master a certain brief portion (a few lines,1 of a Greek or Roman classic, and persevere until he had accomplished it. In this way, he acquired n good share of knowledge of those language*. I fe subsequently became acquainted with some iff tho modern tongues and had so far investigated the structure of the Oriental dialects, nnd those r f ti.r Celtic language, that ho had projected a great Ct n. pnrativo Lexicon. So says the record. It is not mentioned at uh 1 age he wns married ; but it would seem to ha\ been not long after in's majority. The marring was an unhappy one, and it is said that he ndducj ■ the improper familiarity between his wife, nnd Da:: id Clarke, as tho instigating motive fur murden the Inttor. This murder must have been comim: ted when ho was forty one years of ago, iftke cha in the authority we have before us prove correct viz: in 1745. Ilis accomplice in the transacti< n wns one Houseman, and their victim was a shoe maker at Knaresboro’,who had recently lunrrhd a woman orgood family, nnd boasted that he would get n good fortune by her. Aram and Houseman advised Clarke to speculate on the credence which this report received ; and, in pursuance of tbciv promptings, he bought u considerable amount of plate and jewels, on credit. The manner of tho murder is related only by Houseman himself, who was the Kings evidence ou the trial, lie said that they persuaded Clarke to walk with them iu the field, to disguise the mode of disposing of the < t fects; and that he saw Aram, by Uk* lightofthc m i. give Clarke several blows iu a certain cave into which they had entered, nnd which was un. 1 t<* have been un hermitage. It was called St. Rob ert’s Cave. Aram’s share of tlie spoil win mil JJIliO; with which be removed to London, where we was employed ns an usher in different t nde- mios. His friends in Yorkshire did not hoar from him, und it. was supposed by them that he warn dead. In 175r\ whou Aram must havo been 54 yours old, by this reconing, a dead body wan dug up by a laborer, near Knaresboro*, in a lime pit, two feet below the surface, which seemed to have boon double, from the position in which the bones lay. The extraordinary disappearance of Clarke was well remembered. Arams wife had thrown out hints that lie und been murdered; and ut the con ner's inquest upon these holies, she nwt/re that. h believed tlio crime had been committed by her hu6 band nnd Richard Houseman. The lattor was ar rested, and exhibited strong symptoms of tenor and confusion. On taking up ouo of Uie bones, he exclaimed, “This is no more Dan. Claike’s bones “than it is mine.” From his manner, the iuferen- was immediate that he knew where the hones r- il ly might be found, and, after some interrogrih -n, he led the people to St. Robe.t’s Cave. The re sult was Aram’s arrest and conviction, his wife be ing one oft the principle witnesses, after Houseman against him. Ilis oxtjaordiimry defence—extraordinary fonts ability and ingenuity, and indeed ho much s<* f >r t 1 later that the judge who triod him suaum to have made it a ground for disbelieving its honesty must bo familiar to almost every body. It is extr ordinary too in one special point of vitw. It is purely argumentative, and contains neasierernti nor even nn assertion of his iuuooMce. But L liberties luve been taken with it by Bulwcr, and those merely for the sake of compression, wher it did not injure the integrity of a weH known do . i ment. Wo have to observe ol it, that on compar ing it with some scraps of verse and prose said i - • havo been found on his cell, wo do nut believe, n! though these latter are abovo tho commou run of such convict lucubrations, that Aram wrote his de fence ns it was preserved. Wo beliova him to hv. boon nn uncommon nmn for his situation in lifo ; but common sense wiU wipe from tlie roll ot profcuu.d scolars and successful worshippers of science, th • name of this usher who murdered a shoemaker l’.-i the sake ol gaining £100. When they came to carry him out to execution, he had cut Ins left arm, near the wrist, with u ra zor, and was faint from loss of blood. The (low ing was promptly stopped, nnd be was bar. alive, though in too weak a state to listen to 1 devotions of the chaplain. It one ofthe prose i - • moots, referred to above, bo genuiue, be confc his crime in deep humility of spirits, and not .lit out hopes from the intercession revealed R Gospel. ABSENCE OF MIND. Many curious anecdotes on this subject arc . cd of the R*v. Dr. Harvest, one of the mi in of Thomas Ditton. So confused on some sions were the ideas of tin? singular man, th u ho has been known to write a letter to one p- r- . address it to a second, and send it to a third lie was once on the evo ol being married to the K.sh op’s (laughter, when having gone a gudgeon f. >< ing, lie forgot the circumstance, and overstaff 'j>.c* canonical hour, which so offended the lady th • ^ immediately broke off’ the match. If a b . happened to take off’his hat to him in the air , m hopes of receiving alms, he would make him % bow, toll him he was his humble servant, and e. oil. on. Ho has been known on Sunday to for*. 1 i.;;- days on which he was to officiate, and would wall: into church with his gun under his arm lo ascor tain what tho people wanted there. Once wlun ho wns playing at backgammon he poured out n glass of wine, and it being his turn to throw, hav ing the box in one hand and the glass iu the oilier, being extremely dry, and unwilling to lost: time ho swallowed down both the dice, and discharged the wine upon the dico board. Another time, in one of hifc absent fits, lie mistook his friend’b house, and went into another, the door of which happened to stand open, nnd no servant being iu tho way, he rambled all over the house, till cqming ii < • a mid dle room, where there was nn old lady ill m lmd of a quinsy, ho stumbled ever a night al«ol, threw a clothes horse down, and might not have ended found about her person ; tho nrms were certainly in an unnatural position, being bent with the palms upward, ns if to support a weight; nnd seemed to have been somewhat pressed, but this might lie ac counted for by the packing ofthe body. All be sides wore the appearance of quiescent death. She was opened and not tho slightest trace of poison presented itself. Immediate search had been made for the nmn ; they’ had absconded, and all apparent means of inquiry seemed hushed with tho victim of science in its grave. Some years passed—St. Clare was dead—the father ofthe unfortunate Emily was no more. For tune had thriven with me, and being independent of practice, I lmd settled in the West-end of Lon don, and married the object of my choice. 1 was soon occupied with the* employments of mv pro fession, and amongst tho rest that of surgeon to the dispensary. Seven years after my first commencement, I had to attend a poor man who was attacked with inflamation of the brain. The violence of the dis ease had boon subdued, but some strange wander ings of delirium still haunted him. In a paroxysm oft his sort he exclaimed to mo, as 1 was feeling his pulse, 44 Cut it tiff! cut it oft*! it says so : oft' with it!” Paying n>attention to this, I replaced his arm within the coverlid, but dashing it out lie seized mine and deinaided, 44 Does it not say if thy right hand offend thee, nut it off’?” “ Yea, my man, but yours is a useful member; take my atlvicc, nnd keep tt on. 1 ’ 44 1 will not; it has offended me, av, damned me to eternity. It is a murderous right hand !” But I will not drag the reader through the ineoligrent ravings of guilty delirium ; it suffices to any, that after some considerable pains I elicited the follow ing story from him:— 44 It’s just ton years lo-mnriow (that’s Tuesday) since I was discharged from four months imprison ment in the House of Correction. I was then just twenty. In the imiio place I met a gang of resur rection men, and they caul what a jolly life they led, plenty of money, and all that, when one of’em told the rest ho know a better way to got the rhino quickly than what they did, end ifso bo as wouldn’t split, he’d toll ’em. Well, after making no take an oath (l trembles now to think of it) that I wouldn’t toll, they lot me into it. This wn$ to kid- nip all the green-horns, that didn’t know their way about town nnd carry them to a house the gang had iu alley, near Black friars, where they were tp be suffocated, and sold to you doctors for cut ting up. Well, it took a long time to bring my mind to such a thing, but they persuaded me we were all deslinal to go to heaven nr hill, before we were born and that our actions had nothing to do with it. So I agreed, wlion the time came round to enter the gang. “ On the day we wore let loose, there wore four of us loitoring near the coack stand in street. A gentleman was walking up ami down before an inn, looking at his watch every now nnd then', and casting his eves round to so*: if a coach was com ing which ho Boomed to expect. Presently he met some one who knowod ’urn, und I saw him take a letter and read it, uiul then say to the other, 4 1 can’t come this instant, because I expect a friond in half an hour, and must wait for her; but stay, I can write a note, and put her off,’ when lie stepped inside the inn, anti canto out in V*n minutes, with a note in his hand. One of us had been servant in a cutting-up house in the Borough, and knowed him afore; stopping up, he asked if lie could carry the note for him ? The other was in a uurry, and said 4 yes,’ giving him half-a-crown to take it into tho Boroughf then got into the coach nnd drove off Instead of going with it, he had larnt to read, and breaking tho note open, found some lady was com ing to meet the gentleman by half-past two. 4 l’il toil ye what, my boys,*says ho, here’s a fish come to our net without looking for it, so wo’,'I have her first. Shortly after, up comes the conch with a In- ily in it; meanwhile one of our gang had got anoth er coach belonging to us for thi purpose, which was m waiting; so ilio villian tells her that the gen tleman had been obliged to go some whore else, but he was an old servant, nml if she would get in to his coach, ho would drive her to tho house whore the gentleman was waiting to receive her. She, never suspecting, got in and was driven off to the slaughter house, as we call it. She entered by a back yard, and frightened by the dark, dirty way, and lonoly-looking rooms, and not seeing him she expected she attempted to run off, but that was of no use, and taking her to a room, for the purpose, in the middle ofthe house, where no one could hear her screaming, ahe was locked ur for the night. Well, I was uncommonly struck with her beautiful looks and begged very hard tt let her go: they said it would not do •because a* how they would all be found out. So dir she must, the next order they had for a corpse. That very night came nn order and they swore I should havo tho killing of her, for being spoony enough to beg her life. I swore,I would not do it; but they said U’l didn’t, they would send me instead, and, fright ened at their threats, I agreed. 44 In the room where she slept was a bed, with a sliding top to let down nnd smother the person who was lying beneath, while the chain which let it down was fastened.in the room above. They had given her a small lamp in order to look at her through a hole, that they might see what she was about. After locking the door inside, (for they left the key there to keep ’em easy, while it was bolted there, hod not the oflrighted”paticnt macia noise at his intrusion, which brought up the servant, who, •st in the room, instead of tho ns momentarily expected, qwiet- vars who by this time war- taken on the out,) and looking to see there in the room nor any other door, she "knelt by the | finding Dr. Hurv bedside, said her prayers, and then lard down in apothecary who w her clothes. This was nt ton—they watchod her j ml the old lady’s f till twelve; she wns sleeping sound but crying ton,. w jth such nn immoderate tit of laughter at i they said when they took me up into tho above, and with a drawn knife ot my throat, fusion, that it. broke tho quinsy in her throat, nud he lived many years afterwards to thank Dr. Hal ed on my letting go the chain which was to smotii- j vest for his lucy mistake. IIis notorious hecdlm cr her beneath—I did it! oh, I did it!—hark!” i ness was ge apparent, that no one would hire him starting up,, 44 don’t you hear that rustling of the I u horse, as he frequently lost his beast Iron under clothes? a stilled cry ? no, all is quiet! She is 1 |,j ni) 0 r nt least from out of his hands ; it being h\e lone for—take her and sell!” and from that he fell! frequent practice to dismount and lead fchc rwrso, * putting the bridle under his arm, which the bene sometimes shook off’, or tho intervention ol n post ensioned it to fall ; sometimes it >vas taken oft into his old raving manner once more. The next day ho was again lucid, end puffin from his bosom an old purse, he said, 44 1 managed to get these things without their knowledge.” It by the boys, when the parson wns seen drawing contained a ring with a locket engraven “ E. S.” the bridle after him; nnd if any one asked him and the silver plate of a “ dogs collar with the name ! after the animal, he could not give the lenst ace »uut of 44 Emily” on it; 44 that, he remarked, 44 came 1 a little spaniel which wo sold.” of it, or how lie lost it. In short, the blunders ho committed were endless, and would he considered I had made a finished minaturc from the rough incredible wero they not authenticated by incon- drawing tnken on tho first evening vff my seeing testible evidence. Yet notwithstanding all tiii«, Emily Smith. This had been set iu the lid of a llurvest was a man of uncommon abilities, and an nuff-box, and anxious to sec it ho would recog- excellent scholar. his fixed inanimate sack, and without making any more disturbance former tension, while with his hand stiff retaining than if they had been simply walking up stairs, j tlic hair of tho deceased in his grasp, he sunk up- tn an instant, from the strained glare ol I • , , • „ „ . , ,. , •» , , ’ , , , , „ 1 nizo it, I brought it in my pocket. After looking, glance. Ins eyes relaxed, and a lifeless, ’ , . ,r . . v.i i i ’ . / ... ’ , | ’ an instant at tho contents of the purse, I silently e expression of nonentity succeeded their t f i. n onil( n t- n: . Altlio they carried it into my apartment, and the vehicle it was brought m was rapidly wheeled off’. i the ground. Assistance • called, nnd from a state of in- lt is usual for students to carry on their dissec-j sensibility ho passed into one of depression, tions solely in the theatre to which they bel but as there arc many annoyances from the I All our efforts to disentangle the locks he had warmly loved from his fingers were in vain; An eccentric nmn did tile world account j ( c ' ,nrsc sc , 110 ° °K. e " "''f' 1 l, P. in these |, laces, the locks wero, therefore, cut off front the head.— ml drill. nl* nnd Bnt- street. .... him. “ Very odd,” remarked the heads of houses I Friday and Saturday the lltlt nnd ^ w | 10 | 0Sn | c hrides, “ (Imt the old man should in sist upon his son studying medicine nml surgery, when every one knows he will inherit at lenst ten thousand n-yenr.”—“Nothing to do with it,” was the argument of the father; “who can tell what is to happen to funded, or even landed property, in England? The empire of disease takes in. tho world ; und in all its quarters, medical knowledge may be made the key to competency and wealth.” While quietly discussing in my own mind the various relative merits between two modes of op eration for political anourism, nt my lodgings in r . .... .town, some three weeks after our return from the ,r "‘" country of hills tnJ rain,(some ungullantly add, of i^nmi thick ankles also,) my studies wero broken in up- ■tar on by a messenger, who demanded my immediate , w .. Jay tli«* 17i1t May. linediately pr«*reding tlierevi , J named counties, the - i-commissioned offices of the respectl taliotts, will he asteinlded for instruction A strict compliance with order* will he ejtp**cie<t ; a rigm cipline and subordination inlorced ; and nil infractions promptly and indiscriminately puniihcd. The General* ol Brigade will attend in person to the execution of their orders. By Command of Major General Watson, b. ROCKWELL, Division Inspector 3d D. G. M. march 15. FOR SALE, A T the Milledgcville Book Store, a few set* of Dr CLARK’S COMMENTARY ON THE HO LY SCRIPTURES, 4to or 8vo*ire. very low for Cash, short credit—Also, Salitmth School Libraries. Recently eri,a supply of Methodist Uyntn Books, new edition. t»L line binding. On hand, a tew copies ofthe Water Wft moft «f th*popular Nuvvls. mar Through all tho anguish of his soul ho nev apokc; the last words to which his lips guvo utter- nce, were these— 44 It must be so, it must be so.” St. Clare nnd myself lmd determined to lodging where we could pursue this necessary, but revolting, part of the profession in private. With-j in my bedroom was a dressing-closet, which, as it p or hours, he would stare at one object, and his was wdll lighted, we devoted to this purpose.— look wns to mo so fuff of horror anil reproach, I Having carried in their burden and laid it down, | could not meet it. Suddenly ho would turn to the they returned to the sitting-room, through which j | ia j r< nn< j fastening his lips upon it, murmur some inarticulate sounds, and weep with all the bitter ness of infantine sorrow. The reader wiil remember it. so chanced, that I rover was introduced to tho heroine of my tale; but all doubt was now removed as to the identity of the subject for dissection with the unfortunate Emily Smith. How she came by her death was h mystery that nothing seemed likely to un- the only communication with tho otlic “ Couldn’t, gyt ye ajemman, Sir; so wo brought ye a lady this time,” said the man. 44 Very well. I hope the subject is a recent one, because I may not be able to make use of the bo dy for a day or two.” “ As to the time she lias been buried, Sir, that’s none to speak of;” while a grin of dark expres- • • Abercrombie is lltc chid surgical writer ou disrates of tl"* el. Not the slightest marks of violence could be placed the snuff-box in his hand. Ilis mind hut barely took time to comprehend and know the face ' was t when, flinging it from him, with a loud cry, his j the f spirit took its flight to final judgement—and I vow- Made cd from that day u renunciation ofthe scalpel tor *' ' ever. EUGENE ARAM. | t Of the real history oHu gene JIrani, the hero of f Mr. Ikdwer’s new novel, the Now York Commer cial Advertiser presents this account, abridged from Newgate Calendar:— He was born in 1704, of an old family, but his father was a poor man, and a gardener by profess ion. Eugene had only the advantage of a day school, and of his own inextinguishable thirst for knowledge, until liis father went into the service of Sir Edward Blackett; when his son was enabled to enjoy leisure, privacy, and books. lie at first devoted himself to mathematics. He was employ ed as a book keeper in London, at the ago of six teen, but after a severe attack ofthe small pox re turned* to his fathers house, where he recommen ced his solitary studies ; which wore now, how ever, of another character, ns h« applied him- y h hut if I u ly trike a ’ When i DOMESTICATED WEASEL r11 Buftbn wns of opinion Hint tho . easel mini incapable of domestication w« have ing interesting account of one iu & letter loiselle de Laiulre.—'“ h I pour some milk itid,"says she. “It "ill drink a good deal ; > not pay it tins compliment, it will carcu- snlia/icd, it generally goen to - chamber i* the place m its residence, an ’ I Imvo ntl a method of dispelling its strong odors ; y por jt»s. During day its sleeps inside a qtn ' At nigh*. I keep it ill a wired cage^which it nlw > lors with much reluctance, but leaves with j ' L the servant sets it at liberty before I ant up n the morning, after a thousand gambols, it conieffioto rny bed, ana rdposes in’Jiny hand, »>r an my bosom l: 1 am up before it is let out, it wmII fly tome inrnp*‘ure. and-spend half an our in caressing me, plnyin ’■ ' t mv fingers, nnd nibbling at them with itH te< *h lib it little dog; leaping on iny bead nnd on m reck, and then running around my arm with the ness nnd eletrance of n squirrel. Such is its ngihiy tMtt it will leap into my hands, although tipw yard distant, if I present them to it. It much adroitness and cunning to obtain any for object : ami it is so capricious at times, u ;• ••• form certain acts apparently from contradic ’ R seems ot all timei exceedingly desirous of

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The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, April 12, 1832, Image 1