Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1826-1832, June 11, 1827, Image 1
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Monday 3une It, X&Zl,
Thn Telegraph is published weekly
h J, Gu.-Office on Cherry Street, near
: Square*
TERMS.
STONE & COIT, J
liave just Received, by late Arrivals,
40 barrels Boston Rum 1’ i
go do northern Gin
7 hbds. do do
100 barrels Whiskey x *
7 hbds. Sugar
40 barrels do
3 do Loaf Sugar
g boxes ,lump do
60 bars prime fi r « u Coffee
30 banels canal Flour
45 do Mackerel, No. 1,2 and 3
10 boxes Soap _
15 do Ucorg.ia and sperm. Candles
5 kec* Tobacco
30 reams Wrapping Taper
qq do Letter do
3 crates Crockery, assorted
C kegs Dupont's Powder, FFF
55 bags Shot
20 kegs Nails, assorted
15000 lbs. Swedes Iron—500 lbs. Sseel
1000 lbs. Castings—200 bushels 8Mt
w Brandy, Holland Gin, Jumaiea Rum, Malaga
p el) per. Pimento, &e. &c. for sale low tor
ii+r * »P rillc
To the VubWc.
spectable Merchant In.tbUrCity,—and'to
confidence in any other falsehoods which, may issue
from the same or any other source,—1 deem it my du*
ty to state, that the Bank of Macon is not, nor has
not, been interested in that or any other failure; that
the discounted paper held by the Bank is considered
tire confidence, on thelability or the Bank to.meet
promptly ail demands which can cojne against it, (for
mien purpose they .have now in the faults more spe
cie than the amount of their Capital, besides Georgia
and United Stales’ Bank notes;) thpt 'the'.notes are
current .in this City, and have always been promptly
redeemed by the Bank at Macon.
■ ' (J. B. LAMAR, .
> >■ ■:■■■ President of the.-Runt’of Macon.
A .gusfg, Ga. 21 it May, 1*27 -31i
FLUKER & COLLINS
r aVE removed their DllV(1 S TORE to one of
I the tenements in McDonald’s building, on Mub
r street, where they Will keep constantly on hand,
. .4 General Assortment of
drugs, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
•eonV instruments, Glass Ware, Dye Stuffs, Ac
’ All of which will be sold on accommodating
10—-jan 2
|i/{/.V£ AND FIRE INSURANCE.
M|E Narine and Fire Insurance Dank'of the Stale
i f Georgia will effect tnsurafice upon, Dw elling
Ware Houses, and Buildings in general, Mer-
udiie, Household Furniture. Ships in portend their
.joes. Also—against loss or damage by Inland
Ijpiion in any part of Georgia and Marine risks
(gtUy.
ferms of Insurance will be favorable and all claims
Irally tnd promptly adjusted*
f.Tsons residing in the country can have Insurance
ictedby addressing the President or, Cashier and
W» description ot the pro;ierty to be insured.
■ JOSEPH CUMMING, President.
Vuaum W. Baker, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Lord, George flail,
I. P. Henry. Elias Bliss,
lijrlei IF. Rockwell, Charles A. Higgins.
1 April 9—24
DK. A. TAHJSS
* Tender*his PROFESSIONAL SER
VICES to the inhabitants of Macon and
thaadjucent country.
He will be found at the, La Fayfttc
Hall, or at his Ofiice on Bridge-street,
opposite the Darien Branch Bank.
All applications will be promptly attpudod..
april 23 31
SYfMEYl OOQUS.
1 dkdb Juet received and for sale, ’
JL VV Pieces Brown Shirting and Sheeting
22 do Bleached do do
10 do Osnaburgs
60 i do . Fancy Calico (new patterns)
English Ginghams ....
Striped and Plaid Batlisle Dresses; • <’•
Denmark Sattin, Casbett , q-.r
Bengal Stripe '
Cambric and Battiste Cravafs
Black add White Silk Hose •
Musketoe Netting
‘ ‘ Cotton and Flag Handkerchiefs
Parasols and Umbrellas ’'O'
Leghorn Bonnets, Gauze Handkerchiefs.
Dowlas, Striped Florentine,
• ■ •i.-f. irm.e
MACON CLOTHING STORE.
l. fitch 4. CO. :
um MERCHANT TAILORS,
y^EEP constantly for sale, at their store on Mul-
JHk. berry street,
• A General Assortment
DRY GOODS >
i : •.*' ... it..''. . mo
READY MADE CLOTIIINq,
which will be sold as low as can be bought in Savan
nah pr Augusta; and they solicit the patronage Of their
former trieuda and euatn u.t i s and the public at lai^c.
TAILORING
carried on as usual. Having the latest New, York
Fashions'and Workmen, Customers,.-nay depend in
having their work done in the best manner and most
foshooable style, with neatness and despatch.
We return our thanks for past favors, and solicit, the
patronage of the public for the future.
N. B. On bund>JO pieces of PAPER H ANGINGS
of different patterns,: which will be sold low.
, B3» Old debts must be paid.December S
UWD LOVTVVRY.
Tickienburg'
Bed Ticking, Cambric Dimity , ^
Cotton and Linen Drills
Irish Linens, Long Lawns
Men’s mid Boy’s lined and bound Shoes '• '{fitn . O
Gentlemen's fine Calf &■ Seal skin do & Pumps
, ,m i d 0 do do Monroe do' •• «>•'
Ladies Morocco Walking do
do Black & Color’d Prunella do &c. Ac,
- _ STONE & COIT. «
Macon, May 14 tf—29 .
smi]M©asns£i
AND
Just Received
AT THE MACON
ILOTHSKG STORE,
A New Supply of
SVaUMYLft GOODS
ASD .
© I ^ % 0 10 >
J’UIOH are l'resh and new, (direct from New.
lark, consisting of
Circassians ; . m
While. Drilling .
Bruwn'and silk Drilling , , ..
India Levantines
Grass de Naples and florcr.tinc Silks
While, brown and black Linen
White and black Cravats
Bolivar Cravats
Stocks and Stiffeners 4 "
Velvet Florentine )
Bndand white Marseilles . <••• > VESTING
4>o. do. Valencia, (anew article) )
Webb’s patent Suspenders
Super linen Hose
Half Hose
Black silk do.
Russian Belts ,
Galloons '
Gentlemen’s leghorn Hats
BoVs’ do. do. '
Silk Unfbrellos l
Tailors’ Trimmings, &c. Ac.
■READY made clothing.
Frock COATS and COATEES
Csjdmere PANTALOONS
” mle and brown drill , do.-
w kite, striped and brown do. do. .
fiilk drill do.
White and brown linen do. ■.”*■
Crape tod silk camblet -i. do.
rongee and bambaaipe, do.
virtassito » n d deumark'satin.do.
fonj and Jerry striped do.
Clue nankin dd*
Rngup co-d and common striped do.
Duck Trousers, Ac. ’ V
Valencia VE -T8
| lr M«'d do.
nu^nnd white marsbflics do.
f'lain and striped ilorenlrac do.- •*' '
Velvet and common do. : RT</*
Circassian JACKETS 'y>
. i w bite and brown linen do.
*. 8triped do. - ,
F*m linen and cotton SHIRTS
«omiagGown»,&c.&c. *-
enumeration of GOODS and CLOTH-
[hcwldlowf ** ^ m |j 0rlat ' 101 ' un< ^ best quality, and
TMtom^G
enrt? M Having Uie latest Spring Fash-
* m »y depend on having their work
Indebted to the subscribers hre once
u *d to coil and settle the same.
.. L. FITCH & Cq.
HUros & MDDICI^S.
J&u* SIIQTIVELL Sf CO.
“ for sale, a Icirge and general asssortmoent
5. WULY and PATEKT MEDlCMES,
|J5f selected by competent judges, arc
confidepce to tho public, at Savannah pri-
alerehants, Physicians, I’lanfcrsandothers
f" to call and ixamino for themselves,
t nvtti lar ft° «upply of PAINTS, OILS,
• X/E WOODS, DYE STUFFS, Ac. Ac.
May 19—30
DRUGS.
Sa,\t, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee,
IRON, WHISKEY, &c.
The subscriber expects by boats
Corsair and A merican Eagle, and
will sell very ioW, if taken from the
wharf, Li- -■
ISO casks TUomaston LIME
1200 b„«, SALT
18 hogsheads sup. Molasses
6 do santacruzriugw
• • 10 bags Coffee'
6000 lbs. Iron
-ii. - 60 barrel! Whiskey ’ i!>
20 do Gin and Rum
10 casks Rice
20 barrels FLOUR
Holland GIN
Jamaica RUM, Sec.
•"I LAIN STORE—
LbsiIRON
6500 Germitu Steel
■ :• 1000 \ms\ie\s SALT
Jr-! . u/.O it) boxes <s ’« ■
Acid Nitric
do Sulphuric
do Muriatic
do Tartaric
do Prussic
Aqua Fortis
Arrow Root
Allum
Alcohol
Arsenic
Antimony ; r
Annis Seed,
ntsb
F LUKER A COLLINS, Macon, Georgia, have
just received,, and keep constantly on hand.ia
general assortment ol DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS,
PAINTS, Ac. among which ore ’ 4
Cream Tartar Graduated Mens-’
Carbon. Ammo-, ures
nia Glass furniture as’d
1 Cinnamon Hellebore Black
Cretap pt . do Whitb-
Elastic Catheters Hartshorn
r, dd' Bouges Indigo, Spanl
Ergot India Rubber
ExtractLiquorice Iceland Moss
■ do Cicuta Isinglass
do. .Gentian Ipecac . 1
do Henbane Iran Curb.
Balsam Copaiva’ Ether Jalap
do Peru , Flowers Benzoin James' Powders
do Tolu . do Sulpb. Juuiper Berries
Borax, refined Fod Glove Lignum Uuassia
Burgundy Pitch Flax 8ved Lint, Patent
Blue Vitriol Fennel do . Litharge
Bole Armen Fowler’s Solution Logwood
Calomel Ginger Root Manna Flake
Castor do Powder Mace
Cautharides i 1 Gum Aloes Madder
Corrosive Subli- da Ammonia Magnesia Alb.
mate ’ do Arabic do Calc.
Cassia db -Assaftctida Miisk
Cloves do Benzoin Mustard
Cochineal- >- do .Catechu
Columbo ’ do tiuaiac.
Camomile Sowers do Gamboge
Cubcbs ».■ j •/ . do ifilyrrh
dp. Onium
i'Sea
C Ratings
65 barrels Whiskey ,
Brandv and Gin • . '. v
-.»5 !»««< * :i ' 1 Superfine Flour
■ i.it.lo "xi-u Brown'Sugar
.»> .tifsDs. Loaf - do .!!<( ••*
.■ Hhds. Molassei 1 t Vn
. . . Bags Coffee .
. Kegs Tobacco
•> i n j.t. Kegs Powder '
' • VT c .. Weeding Hoes, Soap, Ac.
—also' VOIt SALE, O* RSISOVABLE TZRHC—
! The new boat
Calculated to carry froiq C to 700 biles cotton.
i RALPH KING.
“iuiv.,. :y.; »,.•
[, rtl )w»ted
m lE "'i'’
L ,cn ' ) '' r continues the Practice of Late in
.Hub!! . CC' In addition to tlie Counties in which
FCnH- ,° . re Practiced, he will attend the Supc-
pc^^VbeCouuUasof Lee, Musteget, Troup
iOHNr. BOOTH.
pfnilE subscribers hayiyettlcdthemfc'-os.perma-
4JL nentlyat'fifaran, “ 1
_ 1, BahCsiiii/y, G*i/f,:';Mid.tmyo
united their proiessiouat infcrcSls dUati^lhe :(irm of
SDLHtLL & :o6£a.%>
They xyill. practice LAW ,la Bibb and the adjacent
Counties- One of them inayalwaysbefoundinlown,
their office is in Chapman's piazza, next to Judge
Strong’s, corner of Mulberry and Fourth streets.'’
tri' 'Satisfactory references enn be. given.
JOHN (i. POLHI1X,
- ! CARLETON B. COLE.
Macon, April 2—tf—24
The Georgia Patriot. Southern Recorder and Journal
of Milledgcville,Chronicle and Constitutionalistof Au
gusta, and the Savannah papers will give' the above 2
or 3 insertions, and fonyard their accouuti for settle
ment. 8 . ; v, * , , A,, *
:do :
Copperas
Canclla Alba’
Coscariila e ’
Cowliage
Court Piaster
Castor OIL
Caustic Lunar
' do Common
Ointment of Con- SnuUs
tharides Saffron
Ointment, Alcrcu- Sn-snparilla
■«.:rial Savin
Ointment, Basil- Spunders Red
“ icon , Salli, Glauber
Ointment, Citron' do Epson!
Mortars A Fcstlci
' assorted
Nutmegs
Galls . .
Nux Vomica
Orange Peel
Oil^Almonds »-
ammany do'Ariiber.rect.
do' Shellac
da Tragacantb
' do Camphor
tientinn
Glass Futmclr
i do Morthra
do Annisced
do Cinnamon
do Caraway
. d« C’.ovak;;.;;
do Juniper
do Lavender
do Lemon tdi...
do Origanum
do Pennyroyal
do Peppermint
do Petroleum
do "Rosemary
-do Spear Mint
do Turpentine
do Worm Sebd
.Tartar Emetic-
Turmeric
Tciebinth Viiict
UvaUrsi i,
Viderian
A DM INIS TRA TOR'S SALE.
On the third Maudiy in JULYMtxt,
W ILL be sold at Hillsborough, Jasper county, be
tween the usual hours of sah\
Alt tlte^Personal-property I-^longing tfi the rstotc.of
Samuel StearniC’deceased. 1 Terms of sale, cash. '
1 A I;'. STRATTON, Adiainietrator.
June 4rr—Ot—~-'j£i ■■ ... i • .
• • ■ "-^*4 NOTICE.
CrnllE public nre hereby cautioned against trading
ii fori NOTE, given by me, to Luke Ross, dsteo
on or about the first day of "March last, and payable at
four months, fpr $005 as the consideration of said
note has .'ailed, I du not intend to be h< >1 o >; onsiblc
for the same. x. .-
ray mp r: ujohn b. cumuing.
June 4,1827 - —3t ■ .32 -V.> .
Orris Root do Roclielle
Pearl Ashes f do Taitar
do. Barley do Nilro
Pepper, Bluck '. do Soda
do Long '* Seuna ;
Peruvian Bark Snake Root
Pimento _ Bpcnnncettl ,
Pink Root SpiritsHartshom Phial* assorted
Plaster Adhesive, do Nitre Window Glass
do Robonuis do Turpentine Glue
Precipitate, Red do Wine, red. Ivory Blnclt
do White do Lavender
Phosphorus Com.
Quicksilver Sponge
Rhubarb Kulpb. Roll
Resin Yellow Squills
Sulpb. Zinc ’ Soap, Castile
do Potash do 8having
do' Quinine do Windsor Starch
Sulphurate AnU- Storax, Liquid 8wcct0il
mony Sugar of Lead Super Corb. Soda
r , . PAINTS, Ac,
Red Lead Rose pink Drop Lake
Chrome Yellow Tcrodeseana Sand Paper
Spanish Brown .Umber.,' Fiitenngdo
Blue Smalt* . Vermillion
Venetian Red Copal Varnish
King* Yellow Japan do
French do Verdigris
Black Lead Pi-usssian Blue
PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
Bats, Haney Opodeldoc Worm Lozenges
Bateman’* Drop* Godfrey'sCordial Henry’s Cal.Mag.
British Oil Seidlita Powders Turlington* Bals'm
Ess. Peppermint Soda do Lee's^Pills
Eye Water Fenoy Essences Antique Oil
Itch Ointment Lip Salve Milk of Roses
Wash Balls Pomatum Roll Cologne Water
Stoughton’s Bitters .
Also, n number of other articles; ell of which they
will sell low on accommodating terms.
}Uy 14—tf ^
'^UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. u \
Athens, Mull 2:1,1~27.
7TRHE fine! examination ofthc Members of the Sen
iL inr Class in Franklin College, will commence
on Monday the 18th of Jonb, next. Tho attendant*
of the Trustees of the , Uqjverlity U particularly
requested. Parents, Guardians, ana Literary Gentle
men generally, aro also invited to be present.
AS11URY HULL, Secretary..'
June 4—-33 ... . ■
Hair Powder
Drop Lake
Durable Ink
Wafers
PU1 Slabs ^
Tooth Brushes
Smelling Bottles
Una Awkdi:
Rotten Mono
Pomice do
Lamp Oil i.
NEGROES.. V
(KWHF. following likely NEGROES will be sold a
sii bnrgnisi:
A liealUiy WOMAN, who it a good cook, washer,
pinner ami ’Weaver, with her daughter, a fine GIRL,
about MV6B yearsare. . j&.'i*
A smart HOUSE GIRL, about fourteen years of
An active BOY, about ten years of *?*■
march 2<J——'22 fit C. A A.
Apply to
M'CRKGOR.
NAMES OP PORTWATE DRAWERS IM THE U0ONT!tl OP
EIBB, CRAWFORD, MOSROI, BUTTS, HOI STOS, HU,
HESKY, UPSOS, AKDPAVETTE— CONCLUDED.
IP” The fiist figures after eacli name denote tho
number of the i^ot; the second, the Rtimer of the Dis
trict; the third, the Section nr County, the figure 1
representing Lee, figure 2 Bluscogee, figure 3 Troop,
figure 4 Cowete, and figure, 5 Carroll.
Abbreviations—s. soldier—r. s. revolutionary soldier
—ilig. illegitimate—w. svidow—orp. orphan—id't, i-
deot—f. a. father absent—h. a. husband absent.
BIBB.
Jp mes W. Howard 5116 2, William Blanch*
urd 12 7 1, A. W. M. E. & C. Ethridge orps,
-69 7 »| William Sanders s. lSD 1 3 5, Samuel
Armstrong 101 10 1, William B. Gamble 2-12
22 1, Jeremiah Wolchar 205 32 1, Andrew
Joter r.33 27 1,Richard Bullock r; s. 65 2 5^
Dempsey I. Justico 83 19 2, Josliua-Jourdaus,
122 10 1, Samuel Gillespie 115 2 3.
CRAWFORD.
James H. Tuff 189 4 3, Susannah Potter w.
143 21 2, Isaiah Culpepper 25 10 3, Peter
May junior 125'18 t, William P. Harris 390 7
1, S'ephen Carter 288 11 2, Nathan Bridges s.
30 19 2, James A Miller 139 32 1, Thomns
W. Glover 25*1201, William Edwards s. 133
2 1.
MONROE. 1
Abraham Ledlmv 39 19 2, Samuel M illet
201 10 I, Josiah Hudgins s. 177 13 1, William
Swan 79 6 2, Wiley Barron s. 13 22 2, W. D.
E. Ingraham ilig*. 162 3 4, William Ferrell
88 3 3, James Delay 214 3 1, Elgot Driskel
204 11 S', Moltou Hann 85 10 3, John 15.
Thomaston 150 1 5, Jeremiah Smith s. 171 8
2, Francis Powers 230 22 2.
' Francis Miller s. 103 6 1, William Davis
16925, Nimrod Ferguson 39 151, David Rus
sell orp. 219 5 2, Potcr Davis 259 22 2, Peter
Yfmngblood’s orps. 60 9 4, Henry Gibson 117
4 2, Wm.'Lnnglev 223 23 2, John Ferguson
278 17 2, Felix G. Cohron 222 11 1, Allen
Rowe 79 2 5.
James Stripling 43 6 5, Ilenty Slurgess 94
15 5, John Johnston 245'8 1, Alfred King 75
27 1, James R. Smith 153 19 2, Elizabeth
Downs d. 197 21 2; Thomas Higginbotham s.
245 10 5, William Mills 257 3.2 2, Harrison
Lesueur 225 11 3, John Murphy 27 73, John
Finch 338 28 1.'
Bt/TTS. V vv '
Richard Funds 38 4 3, Samuel Burkes brps.
181 2 1, Mark M’Loroy s. 247 15 1, Martha
Black tv. 42 10 1, Joseph'Campbell 82 1 4,
Stephen G. Harris orps. 5127 1, Elizabeth
Parker w. 84 4 2. * ’ *• • ;
HOUSTON.
We.sley Williams 57 10 1, Needham Smith
103 2 3, Johnson Willborn 127 11 3,. Francis
Fanns orps. 142 3 2, Elizabeth'Burton w. 206
19 2, Simon Porry 198 3 5. if '
PIKE.
'Joseph 'Davidson r. s. 183 29 1, John P.
Clegg 105 4,4; Esther M‘Donald wi 185 12.1,
Silas Moatt 166 29 1, Joliu Howard 125 3 3,-
Gtmrge Holsevs orps. 119 10 5, Clediah.Sib-
roy97 1 4, John Irwin 245 10 2i Johii M’D m-
iels prps; 219 6 2, James R. Gray s. 54 201.
HENRY; i.i.
Alexander Ualdw'ell s. Ill 10 5, William
Lavender 233 5 2, Burton Whittaker 24914 1,
Jesse Goodwin 100 7 2, William Bouner 173
9 2, Abraham Haglar 18 6 3, Jesse Griswold
224 27 1, Petor Z. Wurde 102 1 4.
Johnson Powell 15 8 4, Elizuhcih'-Garnbr
w. 49 7 3, Asa Henderson ilig. 46 11 5, A. H.
Gunnells ilig,- 116 5 4, Jnnie.s Hutcheson 66
21 1, Jacob Sikes 54 33 1, Henry Burks 37 0
1, 'George' Cagle 153 22 T, John C. Sinmibns
193 1 l, Elijah C. Hunter 82 9 5, John Brah-
non 281 9' 5, Nancy Frcfim m's iligs. 70 6 5,
Jqlin Cunncll s. 66'3 1, Elijah Callum s. SO S&
1-,’Johnson Hoflin 225 3 4, Reuben Nolen 197
9 2; Eliza Burnside w. husband died in service
267 16 2, John Downs r. s. 169 13 1, P. R;
Weldon T18 21 2, Georgo Cigo ilig. 141 22 2,
Moses Cox 85 61, ’Isara J; Harlsficld 209 23
2.,) • • r -..r*. »»i cp, '
r; . UPSON.
iZoroaster Robinson' 289 5 3, Wm. Moates
179 It:I, Claborn Bishop 8619 2, Peter Dra
per 75 29 1, James-Perryman s. 48 17 2, Wm.
Grishams 74 ll 5, W. B. Scrimshiro 22 12 1,
Thomas Woods .87 21 2, Allen Stilwell 2.U
15' 2, William Barron 190 4 3; Thomas S.
Clark. 263 4 1, Sinclair M'Muilan 46 3 1,
Mtlps G. Beach 314 3 4» Nathan Johnson 196
2 1, Thomas Sandors r. fc 32 6.4, John J;
Lewis 105 1 2, Samuel W. Burton 184 22 1.
FAYETTE.
, George L Roberts 141 25 1, James Gray
121 91, James Horton 38 2 4, Michael Austin
ivsl 221 10 3, Patrick Duvaine 210 4 2, Wm.
Horgnn junior 259 19 2, Sarali Wright w. 59
1 4, John Watkins ilig. 55 29 1, David Hanes
31 17 2, Wm. 'Clayton s. 114 10 3, John An
gle »>ll 14’1; John Whatley 981 3, James Wil
kins 185 l 4, N. R. Young 152 9'2,-. Edward
Lattimore 239 111, Larkin Mdsaps 319 1 4.
mulcted in damages in the Allc
■e amount of $1,758, foi
lady, contrary to his prfi.Tiisc
Uiiinages in me Allegany county court,
to tho amount of $1,958, for refusing to marry a fair
i. This custom of renair-
GEORGIA— Film CotmlfA •' ’
VtHiP Clerk or IsrKRioti Coonr’s Ornct.
\>y ILLIAM BREWSTER, of captain Reeves’
district, tollsIit'fure John Sessions Esq.
ONE SORREL MARE,
three years old, with a blaze in hcrf*ce ; her hind feet
while above the fetlock joints. Appraised to thirty*
five dollars, by James Crawley anu Thomas G.Pbil
Ups, this 2d day of April, 1627.
ft. (i, JOHNSON, Cleric.
SELECTIONS.
8
GEORGIA—1’iKE COUNTY.
Clerk of Inferior Court'j Office,
F.ABORN B. Git AY, of Capt. Weaver’s district.
ku tolls before Neil Urquharl, esq. a cream cidored
Indian HORSE, a few sa. lie spots, his right hind foot
white, four feet six inches high, six or seven years old
—apprnixedto forty-two dollars and fiuycents.by Wil
liam Germany and Britain Alford. thisJMth day of
January, 1827. II. G. JOHNSON, Clerk.
fehruary 7 15
. "STAR OF. THE SOUTH.
CJUBSCRIPTIONS to the above religious paper,
{3 u ill be received Qt this office, and lorwarded to
An aiK ertiH’inent in a neighboring paper, by an un
lucky typographical error, reads—“proposals will bo
received for building by contract, /tea bridtt for the
county of Middlesex." Now to contract for h rides, is
natural enough, and to rigthem after thev are contract
ed for, is also quite common: but to build them, seems
to be a new branch of architecture, which is to t>« con
fined we suppose, to ihc people of MMdltbt, M'ho
without being classed in the nonicnclature, as ei
ther males or females, are still anxious to jl'aVObrute;.
It Is to be hoped that their request will he punted.
'J’hc above ease reminds ns of awniular mistake
that occurred some two or three wuce, in a paper
, ... JH-. »• This custom of repair
ing breaches of promise, by a suit at law, has becoim:
a profitable business; but il badly suits the suitor, who
discontinues ills raft at the court of cupid, because it
did notniit his Inclination to marry.—lb.
Cast Iiio.v, A way lms lately been discov
ered of rendering Cast Iron soft and malleable.
It consists in placing it in a pot surrounded by
a soft red oro found in Cumberland and other
parts of England, wliicii pot is placed in a com
mon oven, the dootsof which being closed, and
but a slight draft of air peiinitied undor tho
grate, a regular heat is kept up for one or two
wooks, according to tho thickness and .weight
ot the castings. The |io(s .ire .lu-ti w tlulr twa
and suffered to cool, and by this operation lti<*
hardest cast metal is roiidered so soft and m il-
leablo that it ipny be welded together, or, when
iu a cold state, bent into almost aoyshapo.by
a hammer or vice. , Newton's Jour.
■ A Revolvtion’gr. The biographer of John
Hart, of New Jersey, one of the signers to tne
Declaration of Independence, relates that after
tho British took possession of Nuw Jersey and
of Iris own farm, being unwilling to he absent
from the neighborhood of his fam.ly, ho became
a wanderer iu iho woods! “ carrying hii gray
hairs and his infirmities about from cottage to
cottage, and from cave to'cave. Thdextronii*
ties to which he was reduced, may bo judged
from two facts ; one is, for., a long period ha,
never ventured to sleep twice in the aamo house;
and tho other, which ho very good homuredly
told of himself, was, that on one occasion, be* ■
ing sorely pressed for a safe nighi’slodging, jnd
beuig unknown whero ho applied for one, be
was obliged to share (hie accommodations
large dog—a bedfellow, as he docl.n ed, not in
those evil times the tnest exceptionable.”
Continental Money. Few perhaps are
aware that tho emissions of paper money diit»
ing the Revolunonary wur, anil which wtlro
j'endeied necessary in the absence; of regular
govermnen.s of suific.ent energy to enforce tfio
cullccion of tuxes, amounted to the cnofmbliS
sum ofTtvo HUNDRCD millions of dollars. The
tii st ein.ssion of two million.-, only, took pl-.co
in June, 1775;mid in the year ’79 upwards.of
one bundled und forty millions were emitted 1 .
W«el i'W •••!:. yi*;.;:-*-* Boston Patriot."'
. -.*
Commodore Prytz. Tho Argentine Newa
gives - lie following account of the commander
of tho Brazilian squadron, now blockading
Buenos Ayres : (Charles Prytz, the presen:
commandant of thp"blockading squadron,„|9
sitldti* «,f a rini'i-rn.ble finu.ly in Denmark.
Ilo is now about forty years ot ane. He on- *
luted when very young :uio the 1 J. nidi navy,
and served as a midshipman when Lord Ncbou
nUdh.lln' attack, iq on Copenhagen, upon the*
2d of .April, 1801, which attack ended in dis
solving ;tKe fjiurthern Confederacy furmcdin-
gaitisi Eiigl-.nd thiougli French influence. In
1807, oq jhe surrender of,CjOpejiirtgen and tho
Dotflih Beets’ iq Lords' Cadicm t ,unr( .G.nnb cf,
Pryiz held a command. Afler ihaf, ev;:ut he
commanded u division 6i, guubo it? hijf^c .
fiC; syVxi in. ihq -service.of Napoleon at-Flush-
ilig m the year lMu), and we belidvo n da
U es. In lies. Anenin.es me rel.ueu of him in
ho Br.i7.ili.iii navy, that when ordering any
English s-dlorj to h^jbeved, he generally adds
nn extra' dozen ns a ‘‘reniembrmcc of Copcn-
li.igdn." From- this circumstance, and his
known',iriijnnsr.y .ig.iinst E|iglaud and English-
nien, be has acquired tin; nanio of ” Copenha
gen Jack,” ariiqngsi ti.e English seamen. ,
An important Medical discovery will.soon bo
brought to not.a—it cotls.sls .n a new remedy
to prevent' iliu l ' , f0Tmjfiori : 6f -Cousiihiption iii
those predispbhOd,' find to clire it when formed
in nine cbYes out of ted: We me niiornied that
it is as effectual as the lately found remedy a»
gainst liiieuiperauce, and idnsists' of different
articles to be used together, one td be taken in
the palatable shape ofchoeol iie, syrup orpjnlk,
and the othei to be infi lled iri the lungs as a
sweet and Ovigrdnt peifume.—Philadelphia
Saturday Earning Post.
SoutHitELS. Niue gentlemen iq Washing-,
ton township, Ohio, m two days killed 1634
Squirrels, ,
X Good Excuse. A young lady in New-’
York has disihurged a young mud to whom sKA
was engaged, because lie had Masonic and
Morgaii-uiurderiug -connexions. 1 * ■
Accident. MR Daniel A. Treat, of New
Milford, Conn, while fishing for shod in the
Housatonic fiver,'was upset in a eauoe and
drawn to the bottom by the seine. When lira
seinu was drawn in he waslbuud still uitached
to it, appaiently lifelcvs; but by g eet exer
tions ho was happily resuscitated and restored
to hn> family.'' . ,
Wc understand that tho percussion lock has
been applied to cannon by L.eui, Will.mi 5.
W alker, of tbu U. S. Navy. Those who ara
acquamted wiill naval guuuerv,will readily so«
the imporuuco of this applicuuun.—Boston
Patriot. <
Papers have beeu received at Boston from
S . Johns Newfoundland, to tho 7th uh. by
which WO lv.iru, lliat the seal fishery; rite pre
sent season, employs a lmge number of vessels,
and the hazardous enterprise has beeu carried
on with imcommon spirit and success. In one
week lastuionlli, lorty-one vessels ur.ivodut St.
Johns from the ice, biingiugsixly nine thousand
the statu of Now Y'ork; where tbe writer in warning 1 . r _ ■ - „ . , . ,
the public n-aiost cro*sing a bad bridge, broke out in- eight hundred and fourteen seals. Since which
to the following couplet;
“Whoever oVr this bade cloth travel, ^
Encounters piles, and stones, and gravel. _
Trenton True American
time, nuuv otiiers have returned, wnh oqrially
good fortune. One schooner left thi port on a
certain day, fell in with tho ico on the next,
Cratio*! —Mary Morse,ofBaUImore^couht^Maiy" and on the evening of the third had taken up-
Cation. . turj iaaU On wirth dav she wai
land, haa recovered ^.OOOdamijri
non, tor a breach ol‘ promise of
of Henry Tomlin*
Marriage. He had
(•hTeditor, at MillXvillc the lady several year-, and a. lenrth gave ^ Amithw, in about ,ho came ime,
MpM f »tUM)a Urk b ' SeCU ^' ab0Ve ' ! udwtitilS Ud^Anoth*; fahWcis lover sull mot» xuccwal'ol, havim; hrougiu m 35«X
wards of 300 seals. On the sixth day she wax
omplotely filled, add roturuod witlunora thah