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From. the Philadelphia lunqirer.
Incidents of the American Revolution.
interesting sketches.
[The following Sketches first appeared over
the signature of “K,” in the “Citizen Soldier,”
a weekly paper published in this city, from which
they have been arranged for this paper.]
On the 22d of November, 1776, Gen. Wash
ington retreated to Newark, his whole force con
sisting ot no more than 3500 men. The Brit
ish, on the 12thot August preceding, had landed
on Long Island an army of 30,000 excellent
troops, for the most part veterans, amply sup
plied with military stores and warlike materials.
They were provided with a numerous and effec
tive artillery, and backed with a large fleet to
support them. The Continental army, on the
contrary, was deficient in all these important
particulars. It consisted of new levies, indiffer
ently officered, lor the most part militia drafted
for short periods of service, and these badly paid
and provided for. In warlike stores and m .te
rials, and in artillery, they were sadly deficient,
and, in fact, wanted everything but that spirit of
patriotism and bravery,'which sustained them
after so many trying disasters. After much
hard fighting and various defeats, and some un
important successes upon Long Island and in
the vicinity of New York, General Washington
was compelled to retreat into New Jersey before
this formidable force, which, at the period first
mentioned, was reduced to the number above
stated. His force, upon the landing oi the Brit
ish on the 12thof August preceding, was 17,2a>
men, of which, however, there were only 10,.i1l
fit forduty, and even these were little better than
raw troops. Under these trying circumstances,
he considered the cause in the greatest danger,
and said to Col. Reed, “Should we retreat to the
back parts of Pennsylvania, will the Pennsylva
nians support us?' The Col. answered, If
the lower counties are subdued and give up, the
back counties will do the same. Ihe Gener
al passed his hand over his throat and said,
“My neck does not feel as though it was made
fora haltei. We must retire to Augusta Coun
ty Virginia. Numbers will be obliged to re
pair to us for safety ; and we must try what we
can do, in carrying on a predatory war, and, if
overpowered, we must cross the Alleghany
Mountains.” Such weie the feelings of the
lather of his counuy at this gloomy period of
the revolution, and this tlespondency must have
prevailed to a much greater extent amongst the
handful of brave men that accompanied him.
On the 28th ot November, having been infor
med that Lord Cornwallis marched in pursuit
of him, he left Newark for New Brunswick.—
His Lordship’s van advanced to New Bruns
wick by a forced march on the Ist of December,
when General Washington retreated to Prince
ton, having first broken down a part ot Bruns
wick bridge, and thereby delayed the passage of
the enemy, and secured his troops from being
harrassed on their march. Here Lord Corn
wallis halted, having received orders not to ad
vance beyond this point, but he sent an express
to General Howe, acquainting him, that by con
tinuing the pursuit briskly, he could entirely
disperse the army under General Washington,
and seize his heavy baggage and artillery be
fore he could pass the Delaware. General
Howe replied that he would be with him imme
diately, but he did not join him till the 6th. It
was General Washington’s intention to have
* made a stand at Brunswick, but he was disap
pointed in his expectation of the militia. On
the day he quitted that place, the service of the
Jersey and Maryland brigades expired, and nei
ther of them would stay an hour longer. On
the 7th, Lord Cornwallis’ corps marched into
Princeton, which the Americans quilted the
same day. The next day the British marched
in two divisions: the first marched to Trenton
and reached the Delaware just as the rear guard
of General Washington’s army under Col. Hen
ly, gained the opposite shore about 12 o’clock at
night.
Lord Cornwallis halted within six miles ot
Trenton, and intended to have crossed the Del
aware below Cornel's Ferry, at a point where
the river was but twenty-eight rods to a spit of
sand on the Pennsylvania side. He got his
troops ready, and his artillery was prepared to
cover the landing. A Durham boat, loaded
with flour, had passed down the river but three
days previous, which was large enough to con
tain one hundred men, and was sunk under a
bank ou the Jersey shore, probably by some lo
ry. Mr. Mercereau, a meritorious officer, who
proved himself worthy of the important duty
confided to him, had been detailed to remove all
boats from the Jersey side, and not content with
the report ot his subordinates, that this duty had
been strictly performed, he examined the shore
in person, and discovered the sunken boat,
which had escaped the observation ol his men.
He inquired of a neighbor concerning her, and
was told she was an old one, and good for noth
ing Not relying, however, upon this informa
tion, he had her bailed out, and found her to be
new. She was immediately removed. This
affair was of the utmost importance to the Ame
rican cause. Had this boat been obtained by
the British, which they searched lor, and were
told had been removed, they would have had no
difficulty in landing on the Pennsylvania side,
as there was no force to oppese them. At Cor
riel’s Ferry, but two miles above, there lay a
large number of boats, guarded by but about ten
men, which they could have secured, and with
wliich their army could soon have crossed.—
Washington’s anny was some distance
abovejaikv—have been unable to have of
fered any resistance. crossed the
Delaware, his force consisted of buttwenty-ivrv
hundred, which was reduced, in two days after,
by reason of their term of service expiring, to
but seventeen hundred men.
This state ot things filled the minds of those
throughout the counuy, who werefriendly to the
Revolutionary cause, with alarm. The British
Commissioners in their proclamation, issued
the 30th of November, preceding, had offered a
free pardon for all treasons, to all those who
would claim its benefits within sixty days.—
This period was about to expire, and many
availed themselves of it. Although New Jer
sey was at that time occupied by the British ar
my, yet Gordon, in his history of the American
Revolution, vol. 2, page’l43, tells us, that the in
habitants of that State, almost to a man, refused
to turn out.
At Philadelphia, however, quite a different
feeling prevailed. This dark hour, which cast
a shade of gloom and dismay over the entire
counlry at this period of the Revolutionary
struggle, that time which tried men’s souls, only
seemed to animate the citizens of that good city
with afirm andsettleddetermirfhtion tovindicate
the rights of America, and redress her wrongs.
The flag ot Liberty was displayed, and that glo
rious Hall whence Independence was proclaim
ed, again resounding with the shoutsol Ameri
can freemen. Public meetings were held, elo
quent and patriotic addresses were delivered by
General Mifflin and others, her worthies of that
day. The situation of the army was made
known, and her sons were told, that America
expected every man to do his duty. And nobly
did they respond to the call. Resistance to fo
reign rule and dominion was firmly resolved up
on, and these brave and devoted men promptly
enrolled themselves amongst the defenders of
their country. Bodies of militia were drafted,
and large corps of volunteers were organized.
Without loss of time there was a sufficient force
in the field to re-inspire the father of his country
with confidence in the American Cause. In
stead of retiring to Augusta County, in Virginia,
and carrying on a desultory warfare from a
mongst the mountain fastnesses ot that State,
he found a bulwark, to their eternal honor be it
mentioned, in the gallant hearts and strong arms
of the citizens of Philadelphia. These patriots,
let it never be forgotten by their sons, at that in
clement season, left their comfortable firesides
and homes, and all that was dear to them on
earth, to encounter the hardships of a winter
campaign, and that too, it they had been dispos
ed so to do, when they could have taken advan
tage of .he offer of the British Commissioners.
They went into the field, all undisciplined as
they were, to fight in the cause ol liberty and
their common country, and with undaunted ’
courage and determination to do battle against
an army of veteran invaders, having an over
whelming superiority of numbers, and flushed
with victory. These brave men promptly march
ed to the points to which they were ordered up- ,
on the Delaware, which river, although lull of
floating ice, they soon alter crossed. At Prince
ton, and in the subsequent campaign in the aid i
ot their companions in arms, they compelled the ,
British army to be content with winter quarters
at New Brunswick, and turn their backs upon
Philadelphia, insteadof occupying that good city
during the inclement wirier of 1776-7; and the
names of Mifflin, Mercer, Cadwalader, and oth
ers, for the services which they then rendered,
have obtained an honorable place in the history
of their country. It may, without vain boasting,
be said of these gallant troops from Philadelphia,
that the example ol fortitude, bravery, ami pa
triotism they exhibited in thus promptly meeting
and repelling the enemy, tended not a little to
excite amongst their countrymen that spirit of
freedom, and love of country, which enabled the
American people, in spite ol the almost insuper
able difficulties with wnich they had to contend,
subsequently to achieve their National Indepen
dence.
The British, being disappointed in obtaining
boats, and being therefore unable to cross the
Delaware, were put into cantonments, and form
ed an extensive chain from Brunswick to the
Delaware, near Trenton, and down the banks of
that river tor several miles; so as to compose a
front at the end of the line which looked over to
Philadelphia. It appears at this trying mo
ment that nothing but the infatuation ot the ene
my could have saved the Americans, over
whelmed, as they apparently were, by the cir
cumstances with which they were forced to con
tend. At Trenton the British would have nad
no difficulty in obtaining materials to construct
boats, with which their troops could have been
transported to the western shore ol the Delaware,
but forsome reason this was not done. Nothing
could have been more fortunate for the Ameri
cans, who thereby were enabled to rail v their
scattered forces and raise new levies. By this
inactivity on the part of the enemy, our people
bad time afforded them to recover from the stun
ning effect ofthe rapid retreatofGen. Washing
ton through the Jerseys; and the atrocities prac
tised upon the exposed inhabitantsofthe district
I in which the enemy was quartered, added not a
the little to produce that burst of indignation on
part oithe American patriots and people which
' so soon compelled the British army to act on
the defensive. The British Commissioners had
issued proclamation l ; and granted protection? to
lite inhabitants who were desirous to avail them
selves of them, and many thousands remained
in their houses thinking themselves secure.—
These protections, however, were but little re
spected by any mercenary invaders. The Hes
sians could not read them, and the English sol
diers would not understand them. These latter
thought themselves entitled to enjoy the license
with which the former were indulged, amt there
fore exercised the privilege of plundering the
people and destroying their property without
compunction or mercy. It is but j ust, however,
to state they made no distinction of persons the
Americans, Whiff and Tory shared the same
fate The officers were, in this particular, little
better than the men. Gen. De Heister was pro
nounced the arch-plunderer. He actually ofier
ed the house in which he resided in New A ork,
whicii was the property of a loyalist, at public
sale, and a large amount of goods, the property
of others, was sold the same way for the benefit of
the officers of the British army. The licentious
ravages of the soldiery, both British and foreign,
caused discontent and murmurs to increase ev
ery hour. “Neither age nor sex was spared.
Indiscriminate ruin attended every person they
met. Infants, children, old meii and women
were left in their shirts without a blanket to
cover them from the inclemency of the winter;
every kind of furniture was destroyed and burnt;
windows and doors were broken to pieces ; in
short the houses were left uninhabitable, and
the people without provisions, for every horse,
cow, ox and fowl was carried oft’. Sixteen young
women fled to the woods to avoid the brutality
ofthe soldiers, and were seized and carried oil.
A most respectable genileman in the neighbor
hood of Woodbridge was alarmed w’ith the cries
and shrieks of a most lovely daughter; he found
a British oflicer in the act of violating her, and
instantly put him to death. Two other officers
rushed in with their fusees, and fired two balls
into the father, who was left weltering in his
blood.” But the heart sickens at the recital of
the horrid barbarities of that campaign, and 1
therefore retrain from making further extracts.
These atrocities so exasperated the people of
New-Jersey, that they flew to arms as soon as the
British retired to New Brunswick, which they
were compelled to do by the successes of the
American army, which occurred soon after. A
feeling of sympathy and indignation was ex
cited throughout the country by these barbarities,
and the American people were now convinced
that their only security consisted in resisting
the enemy to the last extremity. The citizens
of Philadelphia were the first to set an example,
which was shortly followed by the back coun
ties of Pennsylvania, who “poured in their yeo
manry in support of the common cause.”
Gen. Lee, with more than three thousand men,
continued in the rear of the royal forces, (al
though expresses were repeatedly sent to him,)
marching so slowly that Gen. Washington could
not account for it. Whilst he lay carelessly
and without a guard at Baskinridge, some way
distant from the main body, he was made pris
oner. The British officers considered the Ame
ricans so deficient in military skill, that upon
his being taken they exclaimed: “We have ta
ken the American palladium.” This event,
however, was perhaps fortunate for the Ameri
cans, as the command of his force devolved up
on Gen. Sullivan, an active, brave andmeritori
ous oflicer, who soon crossed the Delaware and
joined Gen. Washington.
As the term of service of a considerable por
tion ofthe force under Gen. Washington’s com
mand was to expire on the Ist of January fol
lowing, no time was to be lost in achieving
some exploit, which should be calculated to re
animate the expiring energies of the country,
and accordingly Mr. Mercereau was employed
by the American general, to obtain information
as to the situation of the enemy. He provided
a simple youth, whose apparent defectiveness
in abilities prevented all susp cion, but whose
fidelity and attention constituted him an excel
lent spy; he passed from place to place, mixed
with the soldiers, and having performed his
business, returned with an account where they
were cantoned, a:.d in what numbers. Gen.
Fermoy, upon hearing this intelligence, cried
out, “now is the tune to clip their wings while
they are so spread.” It is but justice to this
poor boy to state, that after being employed some
time in like services, he was suspected by the
enemy i.nd thrown into prison, where he was
starved to death.
Gen. Washington (Dec. 21) was, however,
almost in despair when he contemplated the con
dition of the force under his command, as he
could not count upon support from that part of
it whose term of service would expire on the
first of January. He found his numbers, on
inquiry, to be less than he had any conception
ol; and while he communicated the fact, thus
cautioned his confederates, “For heaven’s sake
keep this to yourself, as the discovery ot it may
prove fatal to us.” Col. Reed wrote the next
day from Bristol, and proposed to the General to
make a diversion, or some thing more, at or
about Trenton, and proceeded to say, “If we
could possess ourselves again of New Jersey,
or any considerable part, the effect would be
greater than if we had not left it; allow me to
hope that you will consult your own good judg
ment and spirit, and let notthe goodness of your
heart subject you to the influence oi the opin
ions of men in every respect your inferiors.—
Something mast be attempted before rhe sixty
days expire which the Commissioners have al
lowed—for, however many may affect to de
spise it, it is evident a very serious attention is
paid to it; and I am confident that unless some
more iavorabie appo«rttncc attends our army
ana cause before that time, a very great number
of military officers here will follow theexample
ol’ Jersey, and take benefit from it. Our cause
is desperate end hopeless, if we do not strike
some stroke. Our affairs are hastening apace
to ruin, if we do not retrieve them by some hap
py event. Delay with us, is near equal to a to
tal defeat. We must not suffer ourselves to be
lulled into security and inactivity, because the
enemy does not cross the river. The love of
my country 1 , a wife and four childen in the ene
my’s hands, the respect and attachment I have
for you, the ruin and poverty tha't must attend
me and thousands of others, will plead my ex
cuse for so much freedom.”
The General answered on the 3d: “Necessity,
dire necessity will—nay, must justify any at
tempt. Prepare, and, in concert with Griffin, at
tack as many posts as you possibly can, with
any prospect of success. I have now ample
testimony of 'he enemy’s intention to attack
Philadelphia, as soon as the ice will afford the
means oi conveyance. Our men are to be pro
vided with three days provisions, read} 1 cooked,
with which, and their blankets, they are tomarch.
One hour before day is the time fixed upon for
our attempt on Trenton. If we are successful,
which H?a ven grant, ami other circumstances
favor, we may push on. 1 shall direct every
terry and ford to be well guarded, and not a
soul suffered to pass without an officer down
with the permit.”
On the evening of the 25ih ot December,
1776, General Washington ordered the troops,
about 2,400, and who were commanded by Gen
erals Sullivan, Green, and Col. Knox of the Ar
tillery, (elected a Brigadier the next day, before
the news reached Congress) to parade back of
MeKenky’s ferry, that they might begin to cross
as soon as it was dark; and expected they would
be all over by 12 o’clock, and arrive at Trenton,
nine miles below, by 5 the next morning. As
there was much ice on the river, the progress of
the boats was seriously impeded, so that the ar
tillery did not get out brfore three, and the troops
did not take up their line of march till near four.
This gave great uneasiness to Gen. Washing
,on, as his object was to surprise the town,
which he would not be able to reach before full
day-break; but as he could not retreat without
great hazard, he determined to push on, feeling
more confidence from the probability that the
enemy would not have entirely recovered from
the effects of the festivities ofthe preceding day,
and that a surprise, would, therefore, be rendered
more easy, and success and conquest more cer
tain.
Col. Rail had been informed of an intended
attack, and that the night of the 25th had been
determined upon. His men wers paraded and
his pickets were looking out for it. Captain
Washington, who was afterwards so much dis
tinguished as a Colonel ot cavalry at the South,
under Gen. Green, had been forabout threedays
on a scouting party with about filly men, in the
-Jerseys, without effecting any exploit. He
uheretore marched towards Trenton—attacked
the picket in question, and, after having ex
changed a few shots with the enemy, retreated,
with an intention of crossing over to Pennsylva
nia. On his route, however, he met General
Washington advancing, and v.as much morti
fied with the idea that the alarm he gave, had,
perhaps, frustrated the plan of the commander
in-chiel, by putting the enemy upon their guard.
These, on the contrary, after having waited for
some time for a renewal ot the attack, concluded
that the Americans had retired and went into
their quarters.
In tne meantime Gen. Washington advanc
ed in two divisions, one took the lower road to
I renton, whilst the other marched along the up
per 1 ennington road. The upper division at
tacked the enemy’s advanced post at B’oelock,
and in three minutes after, the fire of those by
the lower route announced their arrival. The
enemy s picket, who discovered the advance of
the American troops in the grey of the morning,
took it at first to be the scouting party by which
they ha I been previously attacked. The out
guards made but small opposition, although they
behaved well tor their number, keeping up a
constant retreating tire from behind houses.—
The main body formed, but the Americans con
ducted the attack with so much vigor that in a
short time they were in possession of half their
artillery. The British soon found, that being
surrounded, they must be cut tq pieces if they
made further resistance; and the regiments of
Rail, Lossberg and Knyphauscn were compell
ed to surrender themselves prisoners of war.—
Seven ofthe enemy’s officers were wounded, be
side Gol. Rail mortally. About thirty others
were killed and wounded; and about 600, con
sisting of light horse, chasseurs, a number ot
privates, and a few officers, escaped by the road
leading to Bordentown.
In this gallant enterprise, the Americans lost
but two men, besides two or three frozen to
death. The night ot the attack was one of the
most severe of that dreadful winter. The wea
ther, whilst it facilitated the enterprize, subject
ed the Americans to the most distressing hard
ships. It snowed, with sleet, was intensely
cold, and the road was very slippery. The suf
ferings ot the Americans in crossing the river
and iu the subsequent march were extreme, but
the result amply compensated them. It revived
the drooping spirits of their countrymen, and
was the first of a series ot successes which frus
trated the plans ofthe enemy, for that season, in
regard to Philadelphia. On the evening of the
same day, Gen. Washington repassed the Dela
ware with his prisoners, their artillery and col
ors. The British were no less astonished at the
herdihood of their enemy, than were the friends
of the American cause overjoyed at the success
of this daring adventure.
The rapid retreat of Gen. Washington thro’
the Jerseys, and the small force he had under
his command when he crossed the Delaware—
the numbers who availed themselves ofthe pro
tection of the British commissioners, and the
gloom and despondency l which prevailed tliro’-
out the counlry at this period of the Revolution
ary struggle, induced the British commanders
to think that the American war was now near
ly brought to a close. Many who had been
members of Congress, committee men, justices
ofthe peace, and the like who had filled public
stations under the republic—individuals of
wealth and influence—availed themselves at this
crisis of the offers ofthe British commissioners,
and repaired to the officers who had authority to
grant protections, to testify their obedience to
the laws of Great Britain, by subscribing a cer
tain declaration ot allegiance to the king, and
claiming the benefits of a general pardon. Ma
ny whigs shilled about—only a few stood firm.
It was the middle rank of people in general,
that remained steadfast in this hour of trial.—
Besides, in proportion to the population, a large
number were avowed tories,and assisted the en
emy with the utmost zeal.
So confident were the British, from this state
of things, that the spirit of the revolution was
on the wane, that they allowed their forces to be
scattered in cantonments in the Jerseys, to all
appearance in a state of society. Lord Corn
wallis was so impressed upon this subject, that
he had already left the army, and gone to New
York, intending to embark immediately tor Eng
land.
Col. Griffin, who was not informed of the
plan of Gen. Washington, nor of the time agreed
upon for the attack upon Trenton, without or
ders from the commander-in-chiet, mossed the
Delaware from Philadelphia, and being joined
by a lew New Jersey militia, proceeded to
Mount Holly. This induced Count Dunop to
retire from Bordentown, to which place he, how
ever, returned, after the defeat of Col. Rail at
Trenton.
It was Gen. Washington's intention to have
ordered a diversion for Count Dunop, upon the
night of the attack upon Trenton, but the situa
tion of Philadelphia at the time prevented it. A
large proportion of the inhabitants ot that city
were Quakers, many of whom were opposed to
the war, as well as loyalists oi other denomina
tions, and it was thought by Gen. Putnam, then
in command, that there was reason to apprehend
an insurrection in that city, and that the pre
sence of the militia was required there to pre
vent it. The question of independence had
been carried by a large majority in Pennsylva
nia, but that did not lessen the bitterness of those
who opposed it.
The successful issue of the attack upon Tren
ton inspired the friends of America with renew
ed confidence in the intrepidity of their gallant
little army and its commander. The enthusiasm
of the Philadelphians was still more aroused
when they saw the Hessian prisoners, amount
ing to nearly one thousand men, who were
marched in triumph, accompanied by their can
non and colors, through their streets. The cru
elties practised by these mercenaries upon the
inhabitants of the districts through which they
had passed as conquerors, as well as upon the
field of battle, had caused their approach to be
regarded with no less terror than would have
been the case if the people had expected an in
vasion from the wild savages of their forests,
and they could scarcely be persuaded that these
subdued men, passing quietly in columns
through their streets, were in fact their terrible
and sanguinary Hessian enemi s. Many,
however, could not be made to believe that these
men were in fact Hessian prisoners, and looked
upon the procession as a ruse practised by the
government to inspire them with renewed con
fidence in the patriot cause. Those that knew
the contrary, however, feL that these ferocious
men had been conquered, and made prisoners
by 1 that gallant little band—that forlorn hope ot
American liberty, that had been retreating be
fore these veterans but a lew days before.
Tnis fact renewed their confidence in the
cause of independence, and the men of Phila
delphia and the adjoining counties flocked in
crowds to the standaid of their country, and bra
ved the rigours ofthe campaign ol the winter of
1776-7, in which they afterwards did such good
service, mat, with trie assistance of their com
patriots inarms, they not only saved their city
trom being occupied by the ruthless enemy, but
promptly compelled them to act on the defen
sive. Besides, it tended to confirm the confi
dence of the. American people in the justice of
their cause, and in their ability io defend them
selves and their homes against their formidable
enemy.
At the period ofthfi attack upon Trenton, the
British forces lay scattered in cantonments over
New Jersey; and presented a chain of strung
posts extending fi om Amboy and Brunswick
across to Trenton and thence down. Jbe Dela
ware—having a front towards Philadelphia.
Gen. Howe thought that all things considered,
he ran no risk in extending his line of posts, and
besides it enabled his troops to occupy the seve
ral u<wn» within their lines as winter quarters,
during the rigorous season that had now set in.
His design was also to take advantage ofthe
bridge of ice which, he doubted not, would soon
be afforded him to cross the Delaware. The
wings of ins army was therefore greatly extend
ed at the period when General Washington
made his successful expedition to Trenton.
Count Dunop, with a brigade of Hessians,
occupied Bordentown, and further down, near
Burlington, lay another large body l of Hessians
and English. These being aware of the weak
ness of the American army, and believing them
to be greatly 1 discouraged by their recent defeats,
paid less attention than usual to those precau
tions always deemed necessary in military op
erations. General Washington, having obtain
ed .accurate information of the position and con
fidence ofthe enemy, entertained the hope that
by l rapid manoeuvres he might successively at
tack those corps nearest the river, and for this
purpose he divided his forces, which consisted
almost exclusively of Pennsylvania and Virgin
ia volunteers and militia, into three corps. One
he stationed at MeKenky’s ferry, which he com
manded in person, and which performed such
excellent service at Trenton, another under the
command of Gen. Ervine was to cross one mile
below Trenton, and a third corps consisting of
fifteen hundred men, commanded by General
Cadwalader, was to cross near Bristol, and to
advance upon Burlington. These were to have
crossed the Delaware on the night ot the 25th
of December, but the great quantity of ice then
in the river rendered this impossible. General
Cadwalader succeeded in reaching the Jersey
shore, but finding it impossible to land his artil
lery, was compelled to return. He, however,
crossed on the 27th, about two miles above
Bristol, under the impression that General
Washington was on the same side.
The enemy had retreated from Mount Holly,
which they l evacuated upon the approach of
Col. Griffin, as above stated. Being informed
ot this, General Cadwalader proceeded to Bur
lington, even after learning that the successful
troops commanded by General Washington, had
re-crossed and advanced next day l upon Borden
town. This latter place was occupied by the
enemy, who, upon the alarm of General Cad
walader’s approach, went off in the utmost con
fusion. The day upon which General Cadwal
ader crossed, five hundred men were sent from
Philadelphia, who passed over to Burlington on
the 28th. In theevening, General Mifflin sent
over three hundred more, and soon followed
with a further reinforcement of some hundreds,
with which it was his intention immediately to
join General Cadwalader. General Green als
crossed the Delaware upon the same day, with
three hundred militia. Pennsylvania was now
roused, and her brave sons, in great numbers,
flocked to the aid ol the commander-in-chief.
K.
Mr. Clay and the American People.
“Well, Mr. Clay is a great man, a noble man, and a
man to be proud of; and 1 would about as soon see
him President as any other, although 1 have always op
posed him."’
Such, says the Philadelphia Forum, was the
honest confession to us, yesterday, of one who,
as he said, has always heretofore opposed Mr.
Clay and the Whig party, and still reckons him
selfa firm, undeviating “democrat.” How many
thousands are daily l making the same confes
sion!
We see in these kindly expressions, which are
now constantly falling from the lips of our op
ponents, the most gratifying evidences of the
subsidence of those feelings of asperity and bit
terness towards the great American Statesman
which they have heretofore indulged, and of a
returning sense ot justice. We hail th“m as
the harbingers of greater union and harmony
among the people, and the predominance once
more, of American over party feelings. History
furnishes us with many l instances ofthe grossest
injustice having been done to the greatest and
best of men for a time, but there is scarcely an in
stance upon record where such injustice was not
eventually atoned for by those who had done it
either in the lifetime of the individual or after
his death. The hearts of the great mass of
mankind are “in the right place,”—the people
themselves are honest and love justice; they are
liable to be deceived, and to imbibe false impres
sions in regard to their prominent men and even
public benefactors, but let them once perceive
their error—let them but once discover that they
have done an individual injustice and wrong,
and they will never rest satisfied till they have
made him ample amends. They love, on such
occasions, to show their magnanimity; they are
proud of themselves, and therefore self-satisfied,
foi ackuowleding and for the wrong I
they have committed, and their feelings on such I
occasions often run into the wildest enthusiasm; I
—the object ot their former dislike becomes the
idol of their hearts, against whom they will hear
nothing said. Such feelings, though sometimes
carried too far, do honor to the human heart,
and show that we have an innate love of justice
within us, even while we are coutyaitting the
grossest wrong.
Mr. Clay has been for many l years a target at
which the most envenomed arrows of party 1 hos
tility have been shot. He has been the subject
ofthe vilest slanders and misrepresentations;
hi? words have been made to convey a meaning
I he never intended—language has been put into
- his mouth he never uttered—he has been charged
i with acts he never committed; and, when he
? has attempted to deny the charges brought a-
- gainst him, his voice has been drowned by the
- hue-and-cry and clamor of those who seem de
-3 termined that the people should not listen to the
s truth. Amidst all this clamor, ahd hue-and-cry
3 against him, he has pursued the even tenor ol
his way, serving his country with all his great
’ abilities, and trusting to time and the people—
r the honest, unprejudiced people, to do him jus-
- tice, and c lear his name from the foul reproaches
■ attempted to be fastened upon it. Time and
• the people—his own countrymen —are now do
ing him that justice he has so long and so pa
tiently waited for. The revulsion ot feeling
has already commenced, and every day adds
strength and volume to the swelling tide. Men
who once looked upon him as a monster, now
behold him as he is, the great American States
man, the unrivalled orator, the plain, practical
’ farmer, the true-hearted patriot, the honest but
injured man; and they begin to feel what a re
proach it would be to the American people
should history hereafter record that they had re
fused to intrustjsuch a man—one who has not
his superior in the age in which he lives—with
the highest office in their gift. From this re
proach they l are now giving the strongest assu
rance they intend to be free; and they will be:
the charge of ingratitude will not lay long at their
door; for, if we read the signs ofthe times aright,
the 4th oi March, 1845, will not more surely ar
rive than Henry Clay, if Providence shall spare
his I’ife and health, will take his seat as Presi
dent of the United States, amid the acclamations
of hundreds of thousands, including thousands
of his former political opponents.
=£j"i T n 1816 there were only fifty-six voters in
Bangor, Me. Now it is a city with 12,000 in
habitants.
Communicated.
LINES
Written uport hearing of the death of Mr. W. R. Harding.
BY AN ABSENT FRIEND.
Oh! thn Struth wind murmurs sadly—
For its whispers are all gloom—
It heralds .that a friend we’ve loved,
Has been harried to the tomb—
Whose hear.*- was generous, just and true—
Whose presence would revive—
For he<eherished those fine feelings
Which kept sympathy alive.
But ever arc earth’s fairest ftowers
The earlie st snatched away;—
They spring uj» in our daily paths,
But will not—cannot, stay.
Our dearest friends are called to meet
A just, yet gener.ous, God—
Earth claims her portioned treasure,
And they sleep bene.ath the sod.
’Tis hard to part with those we love,
To yield them up forever —
’Tis hard to stamp the golden seal
Os friendship but—to sever.
But oh! how trying’tis to learn,
That the spirit of the blest,
Has been harshly forced, so very soon,
To find eternal rest.
We early learn to love the smile,
That dissipates each pain-
Pargetting that a “jealous God”
But gives to take again.
He tests our gratitude the while,
He blesses while he grieves;
For blessings only in disguise,
Arc what the heart receives.
The’re sent to wean ns from the world, t
To whisper, ere we stiay
Beyond the path of wisdom,
That there is “a perfect way.”
Then Lord, prepare our hearts, I ask,
That every victory won,
May find us ready to exclaim,
“Thy will, not ours, be done.”
And while each dear, familiar face
Is missing from our side,
I know Thou*wilt, in mercy,|
One other friend provide;
Upon whose strength we may rely,
Whose hand will guide the rod
That binds up every broken heart,
And points the way to God. Lucy.
June, 1813.
OCTOBER,
BY THE LATE WILLIS GAYLORD CLARIL
Solemn, yet beautiful to view,
Month of my heart! Thou dawnest here,
With sad and faded leaves to strew
The summer’s melancholy bier.
The moaning of thy winds I hear,
As the red sunset dies afar,
And bars of purple clouds appear,
Obscuring every eastern star.
Thou solemn month! I hear thy voice—
It tells my soul of other days,
When but to live was to rejoice—
When earth was luvely to my gaze ;
Oh, visions bright—oh, blessed hours,
Where are their living raptures now?
I ask my spirit’s wearied powers—
I ask my pale and fevered brow!
I look io nature, and behold
My life’s dim emblems rustling round,
In hues of crimson and of gold—
The year’s dead honors on the ground ;
And sighing with the winds, I feel,
Wfele their low pinions murmur by,
How much their sweeping tones reveal *
Os life and human destiny.
When Spring’s delightsome moments shone
' They came in zephyrs from the west,
They bore the wood-lark’s melting tone,
, They stirred the blue lake s glassy breast;
Through summer, fainting in the heat,
They lingered in the forest shade;
But changed and strengthened now. they beat
In storm, o’er mountain, glen and glade.
How like thoset ransports of the breast,
\\ hen lite is fresh and joy is new—
Sottas the halcyon’s downy nest,
AmLtransient all as they are true !
They stir the leaves in that bright month.
Which Hope abnut her forehead twines
Till Grief’s hot sighs around it breathe—
Then Pleasure’s lip its smiles resigns.
Alas for Time, and Death, and Care—
What gloom about our way they Hing 1
Like clouds in Autumn’s gusty air,
The burial pageant of the Spring.
The dreams that each successive year
Seemed bathed in hues of brighter pride,
At last like withered leaves appear.
And sleep in darkness side by side.
WE HAVE PARTED, MARY.
BY CHARLES SPRAGUE.
I knew that we must part. Day after day
I’saw the dread destroyer win his way;
That hollow cough first rang the fatal knell,
As on iny ear its prophet warning fell;
Feeble and slow thy once light footsteps grew ;
Thy wasting cheek put on death’s pallid hue ;
Thy thin r hot hand, to mine more weakly clung;
Each sweet “good night” fell fainter from thy tongue. .
I knew that we must part. No power could save /
Thy quiet goodness from an early grave ;
Those eyes so dull, though kind each glance they cast, I
Looking a sister’s fondness to the last; I
Thy lips so pale, which gently pressed my cheek ;
Thy voice—alas ! thou couldst out try to spea k ;
All told thy doom ; I felt it at my heart,
The shaft had struck—l knew that wc must [>art.
And we hate parted, Mary—thou art gone !
Gone in thine innocence, meek-suffering one,
Thy weary spirit breathed itself to sleep
So peacefully, it seemed a sin to weep;
And those fond watchers who around thee stood,
Felt even then, that God was ever good. ;
Like stars which struggle through the clouds of night,
'1 hine eyes one moment caught a glorious light,
As if to thee in that dread hour ’twere given,
To know on earth what faith believes of heaven. :
Then like tired breezes didst thou sink to rest ;
Nor one, one pang, the awful change confessed.
Death stole in softness o’er that lovely face
And touched each feature with a new-born grace; 1
On cheek and brow unearthly beauty lay,
And told that life’s poor cares had passed away ;
In my last hour be Heaven so kind to me,
1 ask no more than this—to die like thee. J
Yes, we have parted, Mary—thou art dead !
On its last resting-place 1 laid my head,
Then by the coffin-side knelt down, and took
A brother’s farewell kiss and farewell look ;
Those marble lips no kindred kiss returned ;
From those veiled orbs no glance responsive burned :
Ah ! then!fell that thou haast passed away,
Tnat the sweet face 1 gazed upon was clay.
And then came memory with her busy throng
Os tender images forgotten long,
Years huiried back, and as they swiftly rolled,
I saw thee, heard thee, as in days of old ;
Sad and more sad each sacred feeling gjew,
Manhood was moved, and sorrow claimed her due,
Thick, thick and fast the burning tear-drops started—
I turned away, and felt that we hud parted.
LINES WRITTEN BY A LADY.
As an excuse for her zeal in the cause of Temperance
and addressed to a friend who told her she “was al
most a monomaniac on the subject of alcoholic
drink.”
Go, feel what I have felt,
Go, bear what I have borne—
Sink’neath the blow a father dealt,
And the cold, proud world’s scorn—
Thus struggle on from year to year,
Thy so’.e relief the scalding tear. •
Go, weep as I have wept.
O’er a loved father’s fill,
See every cherished promise swept,
Youth’s sweetness turned to gal),
Hope’s faded flower strew’d all the way
That led me up to woman’s day.
Co, kneel as 1 have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray—
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay—
Be cast, with bitter curse, aside,
Thy prayers burlesqu’d, thy tears defied.
Go, stand where I have stood,
And see the strong man now
With gnashing teeth, lips bathed iu blood.
And cold and livid blow ;
Go, catch his wandering glance and see
There soul’s misery.
Go, hear what 1 have heard,
The sobs of sad despair,
As memory teeling’s fount had stirred,
And its revealing# there
Hath told him what he might luivc been,
Had he the drunkard’s fate foreseen.
Go to thy mother’s side,
And her ci ushed spirit ch eer,
Thine own deep anguish Eide.
Wipe from her cheek t.ne tear—
Mark her dimm’d eye, her furrow’d brow,
The gray that streaks her dark hair now,
Her toil-worn frame, her trembling limb,
And trace the ruiQ back to him
Whose plighted i’aith in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth—
But who, foresworn, hatn yielded up
This promise in the deadly cup,
And led her down from love and light,
From, sjl that made her pathway bright,
And chained her there, ’mid want and strife,
Tnc lowly thing— e Drunkards Wife!
And stamped on childhood’s brow so mild.
That withering blight—a Drunkard’s Child'
Go, hear, see and feel and know
All that my soul hath felt or known—
Then look upon the wine-cup’s glow,
See if its brightness can atone ;
Think it its flavor you will try,
if all proclaim’d— “’Tis drink AND die’’'
Tell me I hate the bowl!
Hate is a feeble word—
I loathe, abhor—my very soul
With strong disgust is stirr’d
Whene’er I «ee, or hear or tell
Os tte liurA JPc vwfc of Hell !
MORNING.
BY JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE.
“ ’Tis morn, but yet the full and cloudless moon
Pours from her starry urn a chastened light:
’Tis but a little space beyond the noon—
The still, delicious nQon.of Summer’s night;
Forth from my home I take an early flight,
Down the lone vale pursue my devious way ;
Bound o’er the meadows with a keen delight,
Brush from the forest leaves the dewy spray,
And scale the toilsome steep to watch the kindling day.
The lark is up, disdainful of the earth,
Exulting in his airy realm on high.
Hi* song, profuse in melody and mirth,
Makes vocal all the region of the sky;
The startled moorcock, with a sudden cry,
Springs from beneath my feet; and as I pass,
The sheep regard me with an earnest eye,
Cessing to nibble at the scanty grass,
And scour the barren waste in one tumultuous mass.
But 10. the stars are waning, and the dawn
Blushes and burns athwart the east—behold,
The early sun behind the upland lawn,
Looks o’er the summit with a front of gold ;
Back from his beaming broWzthe mists are rolled,
And as he climbs the crystal tower of morn,
Rocks, woods,and glens their shadowy depths unfold ;
The trembling dews grow brighter on the thorn,
And Nature smiles as fresh aa H but newly born.
God ofthe boundless Universe ! I come
To hold communion with myseli and Thee !
And though excess of beauty makes me dumb,
My thoughts are eloquent with all I see ;
My toot is on the mountains lam free,
And buoyant as the winds that round me blow
Mv dreams are sunny as yon pleasant lea,
And tranquil as the pool that sleeps below ;
While, circling round my heart, a. Poet’s raptures glow.
—. ■- .- __wj- --
MARRIE d,
On Tuesday evening, the 17th inst., by the Rev
W. J. Hard, Dr. J. H. Mubbay, of Hamburg,
S. C., to Miss Mabtha Gloveb, of Edgefield
District.
In this city, on the evening of the 18th instant,
by the Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, Charles Burdette
Cross, Jr., of Charleston, S.'C., to Miss Corne
lia L., daughter of Daniel Bird, Esq., of Edge
field, S. C.
In Richmond county, on the 18th inst., by E.
Palmer, Esq., John G. Hatcher, of Burke Co.,
to Miss Ann Eliza, daughter of John FulchSr,
Esq., of Richmond county-
'"dTsTd?
On Wednesday morning, -the 25th instant,
Randolph C. s on of Major
Isham Thompson.
Died, at his residence in the lower part of
Greenville District, S. C., on the 30th ult., of
Paralysis, Mr. Wm. Choice, Sen., in the 88th
year of his age. The deceased was a native of
Virginia, but removed to this Distilct ir. the year
1754, where he soon after married, raised a fami
ly of nine children, and died upon the plantation
he first settled. During the stirring scenes ot the
Revolution, he took an active part, and was fa
miliar withmany of the scenes that “tried men’s
souls.” He lived a useful life, and died regretted
by all who knew him.
At Greenville, S. C., on the 15th instant, Ma
jor John G. Hamlin, after a short illness, in the
26th year of his age.
Commercial.
Latest dates from Liverpool Oct 4.
Latest dates from Havae Oct 1.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday Evening, October 26.
Cotton.—Since our last report we have received
accounts from Liverpool to the 4th inst., giving
sales to a heavy extent, and at an advance in pri
ces of J a Id on all qualities, and a heavy busi
ness doing amongst the manufacturers at full
rates.
Our market on the strength of this news has
advanced a I a J of a cent on all qualities, and
an active demand. We quote 6 a as extremes
of the market- principal sales at from 7 acts.
The receipts for the past w'eck hav: not been as
heavy as the week before or as was expected, this
is attributed to the falling off of prices, and by
some to the gloomy prospects of the extent of
the crop. From all the information we can re
ceive on this subject, wc must confirm our report
of last week, that the crop cannot be within one
fourth of the crop of the last season.
Dry Goods, Hardware, Hats, <f-c. —Business
amongst our wholesale dealers continues to a
heavy amount, and as our stocks are large they
will be prepared to accommodate all who visit
our city.
Groceries.—A heavy business is doing amongst
our Grocery dealers in Bagging, Rope, Salt and*
all description of groceries. Salt retails at 50 cts
Gunny Bagging at 19 v. 20 cents, Kentucky 15 a
-18 cents, Hemp from 16 a2O cents. Manilla
Rope 9 J a 10, Hemp 8 a 10, Jute 8 a 9 cents.
Mmey.— Exchange on all the Northern cities
is abundant at j cent premium, on Charleston
and Savannah par. Central Bank notes sell from
6 a 7 ■gr cent discount.
Liverpool, October 4.
With reference to our last circular of 22d ult.,
we have now to advise a further advance of fully
jd jf lb in cotton. The market, though quite
steady, was very quiet up to the 30th ult., the
sales only averaging about 4000 bales per day,
with little or nothing on speculation, but since
the arrival ofthe Britannia steamer on the mor
ning ofthe 30th. with dates a fortnight later from
the United States, we have had a brisk revival of
demand and an extensive business both to con
sumers and speculators, producing the further
advance above mentioned. The accounts by this
steamer have strengthened the previous impres
sions as to the probabilities of a moderate, or pos
sibly a very short crop, to which the further con
siderable rise in prices in the American ports
foves increased confidence. We are still without
advices from India and China, a second Overland
mail with two months later dates being now a
bout due. The Manchester market for both goods
and yarns continues in a healthy and most satis
factory state, the home trade having materially
improved during the past month. The sales of
cotton for the week ended 29th ult., amounted to
24,290 bales, of which 3430 were Upland at 4 asi;
11,540 Orleans at 4 a 64—with some small fancy
lots as high as 7d; 5020 Alabama and Mobile at
3J ass; and 300 Sea Island at 10 a 15d If lb.—
About 2100 bales of it were taken on speculation,
and 700 for export. On Saturday, the 30th inst.,
the business was about 8000 bales, ortMonday,
the 2nd instant, it was considered at about 20,000
bales, and yesterday about 12,000 were sold.—
Speculators have taken about 20,000 bales in the
three days. We now quote Upland 4 a sf, fair 5,
Orleans 4a 6| and7, fair s|, Mobile 4 a s|. fair 5,
and Tennessee and Alabama 3J asd jf lb. The
stock in tnis port is estimated at 795,000 bales,
against 513,000 at same period last season; the
st ock of American is about 593,000 bales.
The duty on Wheat is now 18s If quarter, and
on Flour 10s lOd If bbl, with a probability of its
shortly reaching the highest point of 20s on the
one, and 12s on the other. The value of Flour
duty paid is 30 a 31s If bbl, demand limited. Its
value in bond must be considered nominal; there
are sellers at 21 a 22s If bbl, but no buyers—and
it is doubtful whether 20s could be obtained for
an y quantity.
Week ending September 29.—The excitement
which has prevailed during the last few weeks
has subsided; but the sales are still considerable,
and full rates have been obtained for American
and Brazil, while Surat, in consequence of the
late s.'ipply, is held less firmly; in other descrip
tions t.here is no change. Speculators have ta
ken 21(10 American and 400 Surat, and exporters
400 Ame riean, 200 Surat and 100 Pernambuco.—
The sale a of the week are 24,290 bales, embrac
ing 300 Si'.a Island at lOd a 15d; 20 stained do 7
a 8d; 3430 Upland4asjd; 5320 Mobile, Alabama
and Tonne sse 3f a s|; 11,540 New Orleans at 3j
a 7d.
1842. 1843.
Taken by the trade since Jan. 1, 837,240 999,160
On speculation 178,600 315,050
For export 57,710 60,520
Quotations, September 29.
Ord to mid. Fr to gd ft. Gd to fine.
Sealsland, 9 a 10jd lIJ a 13d 16 a 21d
Do stained, 4a5 6ja7 8 a 9
Upland, 3J a 4J 4j a 51
Mobile, 4 a 45 45 a 5{-
Ala & Tenn. 3| a 4} 4J a—
N Orleans, 4 a 4J 5 a oj
Liverpool, Oct. 3.
Cotton— The demand foi cotton has improved,
and our market was brisk yesterday; 1500 bales
Surat were sold at from 3jd to 3id per lb., which
is Jd per lb higher than previous rates.
Extraordinary Sale of Cotton.—The sale
of cotton on Monday last amounted to not less
than 20,000 bales, and an advanse of Jd per lb
was established. This is one of the largest daily
sales that has ever taken place in Liverpool.
Liverpool, September 29.
Cotton — Our market has displayed little or no anima
tion this week, yet prices have continued exceedingly
firm, and the trade, though not buyers lo any great ex
tent, have taken a fair quantity, considering iheir ex
tensive purchases of the last two months. The pros
pects ofthe new crop absorb the attention of specula
tors, who are anxiously awaiting further advices from
the United States, by the steamer Britannia, which is
fully due; a: present they are almost inactive. Long
stapled descriptions, including Sea Islands, Brazils and
Egyptians, are in good request, al full rates. The tran
sactions this week have comprised 24,290 bales viz:—
20310 American, 1810 Brazil, 810 Egyptian, IS) W. India,
&c., and 1180 East India, &c. There have been bought
on speculation, 24CJ American and 400 Surat.
October 3 the receipt of the advices by the Bri
tannia ou Saturday morning last, holders of cotton dis
played an additional degree of lirmnees, and 60L0 bales
were sold that day al steady rates. The market on
Monday assumed a very animated appearance; the trade
and speculators purchased about an equal quantity,
and 20.C30 bales were disposed of at an advance of Jd Jf
lb. The demand was maintained with much spirit
throughout this day. and though a further amendment
of Jd qg lb was required, the sales amounted to 12.CJ0
bales, inclusive of <SOOO American and 1503 Sural taken
on speculation. Business closed with an exceedingly
healthy tone, at prices Jd Jf? ib higher than the qaota
tionso f Friday last Sales 300 Sea Island 10 1A1; 20
stained do? (aj 8; 3430 Bowed! (a) SJ; 115 W Orleans 31 (5)
7: 5020 Mobile 4 jast; 320 Pernam SJO6J; 1020 Bahia
470 Maranham 4|(3> 6; 810 Egyptian 5J (g) ? ; iq
Carthagena 3j ( ; 170 W. India 44 f®ti; 1180 Surat 2j (a)
4 -total 24290.
Estimated stocks 29th September — 1542. 1843.
American 339260 611460
Brazil 49720 61970
Egyptian 20920 21980
West India, Ac 15330 17670
East India 109770 105260
Total 535C30 818310
Havre, September 30.
Cottons— There has been no spirit displayed in our
market during this week, but there has nevertheless
been a steady demand, and the sales have been daily te
a fair extent! with occasionally a slight degree of spec
illative feeling. Holders continue to maintain a firm
altitude, and exhibit no want oi confidence, so that not
withstanding the moderate amount of the recent Iran
sac lions, p, ices are still well supported, and are stiff at
our quotations. The absence of advices irom the Uni-
ted States, none having been received since the Ist in
stant, tends in a great measure to check operations, ano
the anticipation that some new features in the amount
of the coining crop, may possibly arise to create a
change in the aspect of things, keeps Jeulers from com
ing forward boldly, and gives an appearance nt dullness
to business, which can hardly be looked upon m any
other light'than as of a transitory nature, lhe Mtua
tionof the Liverpool market would seem to be m thia
respect of a similar description, for by the latest intelli
gence from thence, there had been a falling off in the
demand without, however, any symptoms ot a down
ward tendency. . ....
The next arrivals from the other side of the Atlantic
arc therefore awaited rather eagerly, as it is expected
they will be of a more conclusive character, and pave
the way for future transactions. The imports, since
the commencement of the month, amount to 3,478 bales,
and the outgoings to 32,000 bales, and the advance in
prices within the same tune has been 2t03 on A
mcrican ordihary and middling, and 1 to ~on su
perior descriptions.
r October!.
As yet we arc without later advices from the United
States, but intelligence by the Britannia is expected to
arrive by the next steamer from Southampton. 1,200
bales of cotton, chiefly ordinary American, were sold
yesterday at steady rates, whilst the better sorts at 75f
and upwards were little noticed.
Hamburg, September 22.
Cotton was in fair demand, at some advance : sales
during the week consisted of 532 bales Texas at 4} sch.;
296 Georgia at 4£ to 6; and 106 bales Bahia at 5| sch.
We are authorized to announce
WILLIAM PHILLIPS as a candidate for Clerk
of the Superior and Inferior Courts, at the ensu
ing election.o27*
U. S. MAIL. LINE
TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
r rkrough in six days.
A Tri-weekly Line of Four
Hnrsff Post Coaches lea w es Madi
son, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, passing
through Covington, Decatur, (Ga.) Marietta,
Cassville, Rome, Jefferson, Van Buren, Summer
ville, Decatur, (Ala.) Tuscumbia, Ripley, and
Holley Springs, to Memphis, Tennessee.
This route connects with the stage line to
Huntsville, Nashville, Knoxville, Tuscaloosa,
Columbus, (Miss.) and other towns in Alabama,
Tennessee and Arkansas.
Passengers reach Decatur, Alabama, at 11
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paid through at the Rail Road Office
Augusta *&2O 00
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October 1, 1843. ) »18
INCOLN Sheriff’s Sale,—Will be
sold, on the first Tuesday in December
next, before the court house door in Lincolnton,
Lincoln county, one tract of Land, containing
seventeen hundred acres, more or less, adjoining
F F Fleming, Wm Dallas and others. Sold to
satisfy a mortgage fi fa issued out of the Supe
rior Court of Lincoln county —John Cartledge vs
Rein Remson. Property pointed out in said
mortgage fi fa.
ISAAC WILLINGHAM, Sheriff.
October 26, 1842.
Al IMINISTRATORS’ SALE— On
the first Tuesday in January next, at the
market house in the town of Louisville, will be
sold to the highest bidder, a negro woman named
Rose, about thirty-five years old, belonging to the
estate of Benjamin Glover, dec’d, and sold by or
der of the Honorable the Inferior Court of Jef
ferson county, when sitting for ordinary purpos
es, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said decaesed. Terms of sale on the day.
JESSE GLOVER, Administrator.
MOURNING GLOVER, Administratrix.
October 26, 1843.
TA LI A FERR O SUPERIOR
COURT—September Tenn, 1843. '
Williamson B. Lawson, )
vs. > Rule ni si.
Shelton Lawson. )
The petition of Williamson B. Lawson show-
eth: That on the sixth (6) day of May, in the
year eighteen hundred and forty-one (1841), Shel
ton Lawson made, executed and delivered to
William F. Welburn, guardian of Jane F. and
James T. Welburn, minors of James Welburn,
deceased, a certain mortgage deed, which said
mortgage was on the fourth (4) day of January,
eighteen hundred and foity-two (1842), for value
received, transferred and delivered to your peti
tioner, Williamson B. Lawson, to secure the
payment of a certain promissoiynote made by the
said Shelton Lawson, and bearing even date with
said mortgage, and for the sum of one thousand
and two 36-100 dollars, and due one day after the
date thereof, upon acertain tract of land situate,
lying and being in the county of Taliaferro, State
of Georgia, on the staters of Little river, and ad
joining lands of John C Fleeker, Robert Daniel,
and others, containing two hundred and fifty
acres, more or less.
And it further appearing to the court, that
there is now due on the said mortgage deed and
note, the sum of one thousand and two 36-100
dollars, principal, and the sum of one hundred
and eighty-seven 10-100 dollars, ($lB7 10-100,)
interest accrued to this date:
It is therefore ordered by the court, that Shefl
ton Lawson do pay, or cause to be paid, the
principal and all legal interest now due on the
said not® and mortgage, and that shall accrue, as
well as the cost of this proceeding, on or before
the first day of the next term of this court, or
show cause why the equity of redemption in ane
to said mortgaged premises, should not be for
everbarred and foreclosed, and the premises sold:
And it is further ordered that service of this rule
be perfected by publishing the same once a month
for four months, in the public gazettes of this
State, or be served on the said Shelton, his agent,
or attorney, at least three months before the
next term of this court.
A true extract from the minutes of Taliaferro
Court, September Term, 1843.
019 CHESLEY BRISTOW, Clerk.
TA LI AF ER R O SUPERIOR
COURT—September Term, 1843.
William Rhodes and Josiah Pollard, )
Jesse Veazey, Archibald Janes, & c ‘
and others, creditors. J
It appearing to the court that Archibald G.
Janes, Thomas Janes, and Absalom Janes, Geo.
W. Lamar and Joseph Davis, assignees of Samuel
Clark; Zelotes Adams, John Linton, John Dew
berry, Arden Evans, Enoch C. Lawrance, Dr.
Randall, David Boon, Wm. P. Truitt, and the
Central Bank of Georgia, parties defendants to
the above stated bill, reside out of Taliaferro
county, and have not been served with the same
—it is ordered by the court that senice be per
fected on said defendants by the publication of
this rule, once a month for four months, before
the next term of this court, in the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel.
A true extract from the minutes of said Court,
this 11th October, 1543.
019 CHESLEY BRISTOW, Clerk.
WILLIAM N. BIRCH,
No. 1381 Water street, New York,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Leghorn, Florence, Braid and Straw Bonnets,
Panama, Leghorn and Palm Leaf Hats,
Silk, Lawn, and Willow Bonnets,
ap 18] Artificial Flowers, &c. &c. ts
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Windaw Glass,
4*c.
(sign OF THE RED MORTAR,)
sept 13-ly Augusta, Ga.
WYATT & WARREN,
DEALERS IN
Silks, Muslins, Eaces, French Flowers,
Linens, Cloths, Casslmeres, Carpeting, and
Dutch Bolting Cloths.
feb 5-ts No. 206»Broad-st.
MURRAY & GLENN,
Attorneys at Law,
McDonough, Henry Co., Ga.
Will punctually attend to any business entrust
ed to their care. Office at McDonough, Henry
county, Ga. A. G. Murray,
ap 22-ts L. J. Glenn.
GEORGE D. RICE,
Attorney at Law,
Marietta, Cobb county, Ga.
Practices in the counties of Cobb, DeKalb
Campbell, Paulding, Cass, Cherokee and Forsyth
nov 18 ly*
STEPHENS & BURCH.
Attorneys at Law,
Crawfordville, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Taliaferro,
Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Warren,
Elbert and Lincoln. A. H. Stephens,
an 14-ly Robert S. Burch,
W. W. ANDERSON,
Attorney at Law,
Monticello, Ga.
references.
ly *
JOHN R. STANFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Clarkesville, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Clarke, Frank
lin, Habersham, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Gilmer,
Union, Murray and Gwinnett, and in the Federal
Circuit Court for Georgia. jy 17
J. W. M. BERRIEN,
Attorney at Law,
jan 11 ly* Rome, Floyd county, Ga
E. Y. & J. HILL,
Attorneys at Law,
A Monticello, Ga.
Have resumed™ e practice, and will attend the
Courts of the Ocmulgee, and the adjoining coun
iesofthe Flint Circuit.tfap 19
J. ALEXANDER,
Warehouse and Commission Merchant,
Campbell street, Augusta, Ga.
aug 16 _wtlst jan
SIMMONS CRAWFORD,
Factor and Commission Merchant,
jy 29 ts Savannah, Ga.
S. W. HORTON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
aug 29-ly Ruckersville, Ga.
THOMAS H. POLHILL,
Attorney at law,
nov 26-wly Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ga.
“PHILIP CLAYTON,
Attorney at Law,
• Athens, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Clarke, Walton
Gwinnett, Hall. Jackson, Habersham and Frank
lin. ts jan 31
RICH SILKS, VELVETS, &c. &c.
WM. H. CRANE & Co. have
just received among their Fall and Win
ter Goods, the following articles:
Rich figd and striped Silks,
“ “ and.plaid Velvets,
“ “ Chusans and Tesans,
“ plain and striped Mouselin de Laines.
“ Chamelion Orleans Cloths,
Plain and figd Alpaccas,
Black Silks and India Satin,
French English and American Prints,
Rich Silk and Broche Shawls,
Damask, Plaid and Woolen do.
Rich Chamelion Silks and Velvets, for ladies
Bonnets,
Rich Velvet and Satin Bonnet Ribbons,
“ “ “ Neck
French Bonnet and Cap Sprigs,
Ladies’ Dress Shawls and Cravats,Q
Together with a good assortment of Handker
chiefs, Gloves, Hosiery, &c. &c. All of which
they will sell low. trw2w&wlt 026
WATCHES, J EWEDRY', SILVER and
PLATED WARE, CUTLERY, &C.
CLARK, RACKETT & Co. have
just received a full supply of all articles in
their line, which they will sell on good terms,
and to which they beg the attention of their
friends and the public.
Clocks, Watches and Jewelry repaired with
care and warranted.
Watch Materials.— A good supply.
026 dlw&wlm __
GLETHORPE UNIVERSITY.
—Order of Exercises foe Commence
ment Week of 1843. —Valedictory Sermon to
the Senior Class, by the President —Sunday,
November 12th, 10J o’clock, A. M.
Junior Exhibition—Tuesday, November 14th,
10 o’clock, A. M.
Commencement, and Anniversary Oration be
fore Thalian and Phi Delta Societies—Wednes
day, November 15th, 10 o’clock, A. M.
Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees—Tues
day, November 14th, 7 o’clock, P. M.
Annual Examination of Undergraduates—
Thursday, Friday and Monday, November 9th,
10th and 13th.
J. H. FITTEN,
Sec. of Board of Trustees.
P. S. The next College year will open on the
Ist Monday of January, 1844. oct 23-w3t
LANTATION FOR SALE.—
The subscriber intending to remove to Au
gusta, offers for sale his plantation in Habersham
county, three and a half miles from Clarks
ville, containing 625 acres, about 100 of which
are cleared, the balance well timbered, with a
good dwelling, with eight rooms, all with fire
places, and all the necessary out-buildings, all in
good repair. There is attached to the above a
good saw and grist-mill. For terms apply to the
subscriber, on the premises.
023 wit PAUL ROSSIGNOL.
The Constitutionalist, and Savannah Republi
can will publish the above weekly, four times,
and forward accounts.
NEW GOODS.—The Subscriber has
just received New Fall and Winter Goods,
consisting of a general assortment, such as is
usually kept in a country store, which he offers
at about Augusta prices.
Dutch Bolting Cloths, of the best brands.
Also for sale, the House and Lot attached to
the store. CHARLES RALL.
Appling, October 24, 1843. wtf
NOTICE. —All persons who have not
paid up their last year’s notes and accounts,
are requested to do so, and all those having ac
counts for the present year, are requested to call
and settle up by the first of January, without
fail. CHARLES RALL,
Appling, October 24, 1843. wtf
GEORGIA RAILROAD AND BANK
ING COMPANY.
Notice to the Newton County or Middle Branch
Railroad Stockholders.
THF FIFTH INSTALMENT on
the stock of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company, known as the Nev ton coun
ty or Middle Branch Raiiroad Company’s stock,
amounting to fifteen dollars per share, making
the whole amount paid $65 per share, will be re
quired to be paid, at the Company’s Bank in Au
gusta, on or before the first day of December
next, in cash, or in notes at six months, with in
terest. The stockholders who have paid less than
SSO per share, will be required, in like manner, to
make their payments equal to $65 per share. —
Those stockholders who have paid $65, or more,
per share, together with those who shall exhibit
certificates from the Chief Engineer that they
have contracted to work out their indebtedness
to tlte Company, and are prosecuting the same
satisfactorily, will be exempt from this call.
By order of the Board, «
October 25,1843. J. W. WILDE, Cashier.
The Federal Union will copy the above weekly
till Ist December. wtdl
BOOTS AND SHOES.
EB. STODDARD & Co. have
• received, by recent arrivals, from the man
ufactories,
35,000 pr Men’s thick sewed and pegged Bro
gans,
30,000 pr Men’s Russet Brogans,
25,000 pr Men’s Kip Brogans,
Men’s fine Calf sewed and pegged Boots,
Boy’s Thick, Russet and Kip Brogans, with a
great vaiicty of ladies’ and gentlemen’s fine
Shoes.
As they have one of the most extensive stocks
in their line ever exhibited in this market, which
they will sell low, by the case or to suit the con
venience of purchasers, they desire merchants
visiting Charleston, to call and examine their
stock, at the old stand 317 and 319 King street, a
jew doors above Boyd’s Hotel, before making
their purchases. sept 26 dim
THE PHILOTOKEN:
“ OR FEMALES’ FRIEND.”
efficacy of this remedy, in re-
JL moving and correcting those derangements
to which the feuale system, in every condition,
is so peculiarly liable, renders it well
WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF THE
LADIES.
The Philotoken is strictly a vegetable remedy,
prepared from roots, that act in unison with Na
ture. Its happy effects arc best attested by the
warm commendation of living witnesses—those
who have given it a fair trial, and who speak
from experience. To the pale cheek and languid
eye, it brings the bloom of health. To the rest
less nights and wearisome days of the nervous
and debilitated—and to the suffering, anxiety,
and danger, frequently attendant upon the lives
of females, in certain conditions, it brings sure
relief, comfort and protection. And to those who
are pining in dreary loneliness, unblessed with
offspring, the use of this remedy (from the “joy
ful experiencc”of others in such cases,) promises
the most encouraging hopes.
O’ For all particulars, (which cannot, with
propriety, be inserted in a newspaper advertise
ment,) see pamphlets—to be had gratis.
Sold at $1,50 a bottle, by the principal druggists
in Augusta, Savannah, Charleston and Colum
bia. 023
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD STOCK.—
1. The store house and lot in the town of
Madison, occupied by Jno. Robson & Co.
2. A small farm of excellent land on the Oco
nee river, now rented for $240 per annum, and
containing one hundred and forty acres.
3. A small piece of land near Greensboro, ad
joining Dr. Poullain’s, containing about twenty
acres.
4. Two tracts lying on the Athens branch of
the Rail Road.
5. A lot near the Methodist Meeting House in
Crawfordville.
6. A house and lot In the city of Augusta,
whereon Wm. Phillips now resides, near the
Planters’ Hotel lot.
7. The old Planters’ Hotel lot, well known in
the city of Augusta.
8. Five improved lots of different sizes, front
ing on street, opposite the residence of A.
J. Miller, Esq., between the old Planters’ Hotel
and the river.
9. That spacious lot and improvements in the
upper end of Augusta, known as Kilburn’s Ware
house.
10. Also, eight or ten lots in the neighborhoo
of the above, improved and unimproved.
Also, sundry lots between Greene and Ellis
streets, back of Beall’s Warehouse. Apply to
sept 1 J. W. WILDE, or
ts JOHN P. KING.
Jjr’The Constitutionalist will copy.
GIN-MAKING AND REPAIRING.
T I ''HE Subscriber takes this method
to’inform his friends and the public gener
ally, that he has removed his establishment op
posite the warehouse of Messrs. Stovall and Sim
mons, where he intends carrying on the above
business in all its various branches, and is pre
pared to make and repair all kinds of Cotton
Gins. HEZEKIAH ODEN.
Augusta, October 23, 1843. trw&w6m
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
PROPOSALS will be received during
the week ending on the 18th of November
next.forexcavating and embanking the remainder
of the GEORGIA RAIL ROAD, beginning
at Covington. Also for the masonry on the line,
and the superstructure of the Yellow Riverßridge,
414 feet long, together with the framing of several
truss-bridges, amountingin all to about 1800 feet,
in length, and varying in heightfrom 25 to 55 feet.
Profiles and plans of the work will be exhibited
during the week both at Madison and Covington,
and bids received at each place.
Paymentswill be made in qpsh, monthly,as the
work progresses.
J. EDGAR THOMSON,
Chief Enginer and Agent.
Engineer Department G. R. R. &B. Co. j
Madison, October 12, 1843. S
The Southern Recorder and Macon Messenger
will alter their advertisements to conform with
the above and the Charleston Mercury will copy.
014 _
JOSEPH W. THOMAS,
Attorney at Law,
oct 18-trwly Warrenton, Ga
JOSEPH C. WILKINS
Attorney at Law,
Will practice in all the counties of the Eastern
Circuit. Office in Riceboro, Liberty county, Ga.
sept 11 ■ . . tf ’
CARVER’S IMPROVED COTTON
GINS.
THE subscriber having, for many
years, been engaged in the manufacture ol
COTTON GINS, principally for the Mississippi
and Louisiana markets; and, having recently in
vented and applied to them many valuable im
provements, is now enabled to furnish the planter
with a machine warranted superior in quality and
performance to any other Gin of a different con
struction.
The above mentioned machines are for exhibi
tion and sale at the store of Messrs. Baker &
Hart, and at the Warehouse of Messrs. Clarke &
Roberts, Augusta, Ga.
Planters, who are desirous of having their Cot
ton well ginned, and of procuring the highest
price for their crop, are respectfully invited to call
and examine the machines; and all information
they may wish to obtain, will be furnished by the
agents above named, or by Mr. Hezekiah Oden,
of Augusta.
August 12. [wtlstjan] E. CARVER.
TO PLANTERS.
FT, HE subscriber has received a supply
I of CO TTON GINS from the well known
manufactory of Boatwright, of Columbia, 8. C.,
and is prepared to supply planters with an artic ,c
that cannot be surpassed. He also has on hand
Gins manufactured by William Jones, formerly
of this place, which he will sell at the reduced
price of one dollar and seventy-five cents per saw,
and others slightly damaged by the freshet will
be sold at one dollar per saw.
Old Gins repaired at the shortest notice and in
the best manner.
Planters are invited to call and examine before
purchasing elsewhere. WM. C. COOPER.
aug 15 wtf Near the Upper Market.
STRA YE D—From my plan-
on the 29th September, eight
* I r Y miles below Waynesborough, Burke
County, two horses—one bright bay, with a blem
ish in his right eye, and when he left, limped in
his right fore foot, and about five years old; no
other marks recollected: the other a brown bay,
about four years old, with one or both of his hind
feet white to the pastern joint, with some marks
of harness; both natural trotters. I will pay. a
liberal reward to any person for taking up the said
horses, and informing me of the same, by letter
or otherwise, so that I can get them. Address
Wayncsborough, Burke County, Ga.
014 3tw C. B. CHURCHILL.
B RICHMOND HOTEL.
As this house has be. n clos- jjiiji
one week, the subscriber would, through
this medium, inform his friends and the public
generally, that he is again in the occupancy of
the Richmond Hotel, opposite the upper market,
and in the immediate vicinity of the warehouses
of Messrs. Porter Fleming & Co.; Andres &
Green, W. A. Beall & Co., Stovall & Simmons,
and near that of Messrs. Adams & Hopkins, and
the stores of Messrs. Hand & Williams, Porter
Fleming, Scranton & Starke, Michael Reiley,
Stovall & Hamlen, Francis Spears, N. K. Butler
& Co., O. H. Lee, Thomas Metcalf, E. & J Sny
der, Win. Housely, J. Dill, H. C. Bryson, A.
Stephens, Peter Poulett, W. &J. Nelson, John
M. Dow, W. K. Kitchen, D. L. Curtis, and J. K.
Kilburn—making it a convenient location for per
sons having business with any of these firms, or
for families visiting the city, quite retired, as my
ladies’ department is entirely detached from the
public house.
Persons favoring me with a call, will find due
attention, comfortable lodgings, best fare, atten
tive hostlers, and charges in accordance with the
hard times.
Persons arriving by the Georgia Rail Road at
night, will find at the depot a baggage convej -
ance expressly for the use of this house, free of
charge, and lights burning in the bar for their re
ception. Those taking the omnibus, will find
the charge 25 cents—the same as to any other
part of the city, any suggestions to the contrary
notwithstanding.
EDWARD W. COLLIER.
Augusta, October 9, 1843. d3ttew4t
33* The Constitutionalist, Madison Miscellany,
Washington News, Athens Whig, and Green
ville Mountaineer, will give three weekly inser
tions and forward accounts.
PLANTATIO M FOR SALE—The
subscriber offers for sale the tract of land,
whereon he now resides, in Columbia county,
containing one thousand and fifty acres, well im
proved, with good dwelling, and all the necessa
ry out-buildings—or he will sell a tract lying in
Lincoln county on both sides of the Petersburg
road, near Lincolnton, containing seventeen hun
dred acres, with good improvements.—Redeems
it unnecessary to enter into details as to ths
character of the land and improvements, as per
sons desirous to purchase will examine for them
selves.—For any information as to the place in
Lincoln, reference can be had to Peter Lamar,
Esq., or Francis Fleming, of Lincolnton—and as
to that in Columbia, to the subscriber. Terms
will be made easy.
oct 21-w4t* JOHN CARTLEDGE.
800 Cases HATS, CAPS and BONNETS
At Charleston Prices.
r® THE subscriber most respectfully
«9ql informs the merchants and planters of
Georgia and Carolina, and the public generally,
that his stock is now complete, consisting of ev
ery article in the Hat, Cap and Bonnet line, of the
very lat :st styles and patterns. The cheapest
and largest assortment ever offered in Augusta,
at wholesale and retail, for cash or undoubted
prper. sept26tw&wlm E. L. FERRY.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
4 THE subscribers would in
form their former customers, and
chants generally who visit Charleston for their
fall stocks, that they are now prepared to offer
them the most complete assortment of HATS
and CAPS ever introduced into this market. —
Connected with the old established house of Wm.
Rankin, Dukvbe & Co., Newark, N. J., they
are enabled to furnish these articles at the lowest
manufacturer’s prices. The qualities and styles
are warranted not to be surpassed by any other
establishment in the country. Orders by mail
will have prompt attention.
WM. RANKIN, SPROULLS & Co.,
No. 16 Hayne street,
sept 26 w4w Charleston, 8. C.
’ ~ADAMS & HOPKINS’
Fire-Proof Warehouse,
Augusta, Ga, August 22, 1843.
r I subscribers respectfully tender
JL their thanks for the liberal patronage here
tofore received, and again offer their services to
their friends and the public in the Warehouse and
General Commission Business, in this city.—
Prompt attention will be given to the storage and
sale of cotton, forwarding go ds, purchase of
merchandize, shipment of cotton, &c. Proceeds
of cotton will be remitted (if so instructed by the
owner,) in bank checks payable at Washington,
Greensboro, Madison, Eatonton, Milledgeville,
Covington and Columbus, or in bank notes by
mail.
Messrs. F. C. McKinley & Co. of Madison,
will act as our agents for the forwarding of cot
ton by Railroad, make advances on cotton con
signed to us, receive return sales of cotton, and
pay over proceeds at Madison, if desired.
Messrs. McKinley & Seymour are our agents
for forwarding cotton per Railroad from Greens
boro. ADAMS HOPKINS.
John M. Adams. august 23
Lambbth Hopkins. w3m
undersigned will continue the
JL EACTORAGE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS, in Savannah, on his own account.
Particular attention will be given to the sale of
Cotton. R. M. GUNBY.
Savannah, August 19, 1843.w3m
jSS. MANSION HOUSE,
gjijl Gainesville, Ga. Biijl
Mrs. THORNTON will keep open the Man
sion House, in Gainesville, for the accommoda
tion of travellers and families that may wish to
visit this place. Her charges will be low, corre
sponding with the rates of other houses in the up
country. Every effort will be made to render all
comfortable who may favor her with their pa
tronage. ts jy 6
O’ The Milledgeville Recorder, Athens Whig,
and Macon Messenger, will give the above four
insertions.
JAMES ALEXANDER,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
STILL continues to transact the above
business in its various branches, at his old
stand, corner of Green and Campbell streets. —
All business entrusted to his care will meet with
prompt attention.
Augusta, September 5, 1843. w4m
WM. A. BEALL’S
Fire-proof Warehouse,
BBOAD STBEET.
Augusta, Ga., September 1, 1843.
rriHE subscriber, grateful for the pat-
JL ronage heretofore received, informs his
friends and the public generally, that he still
continues at his old stand, on Broad street, and
will devote his personal attention to the storage
and sale of Colton, receiving and forwarding
Goods, and the transaction of a General Factor
age and Commission Business.
Liberal advances made on cotton in store.
M essrs. J. Robson & Co. will continue as here
tofore to act as his agents at Madison, and when
desired will make advances on cotton consigned
to him per Rail Road. WM. A. BEA-L.
septi trwlw&wtlst Nov
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
Augusta, Geo.
THE undersigned continue the Ware
house and Commission Business, at the
old stand, their extensive Fire-Proof W arehouse,
on Jackson street, leading directly trom the Rail
Road Depot. Thankful for the liberal patronage
extended io them the past year, they respectfully
solicit its continuance, and pledge themselves to
use every exertion for the interest of those whose
business is entrusted to their care.
Particular attention will be given to the storage
and sale of Cotton, receiving and forwarding
goods, &c.
Liberal advances always made on produce in
store. —When Cotton is sold, we will remit the
proceeds in whatever way the owner nay desire.
We can, at all times, obtain checks on tiie differ
ent Banks in the interior.
sep 18-trwtlod CLARKE & ROBERTS.
GEORGIA, Habersham County:
The heirsand kindred of James Allan,
late of said county, deceased, and all others con
cerned, are desired to take notice, that I, as wid
ow of said deceased, intend to apply to the next
Superior Court of said Connty, according to law,
for my dower in all the lands of which he died
seized or possessed. HANNAH ALLAN,
Widow of James Allan, deceased.
i - Habersham county, October 24, 1843. 3ng
trALUABLE LAND FOR SALE
V IN GREEN COUNTY. -The subscribe™
offer for sale seventeen hundred acres of land, ly
lug in the fork of the Oconee and Appalachee
rivers, about ene-half of which land is cleared,
and the other hall in the woods. There are als*
two hundred and fifty acres of fine low ground,
one bundled and fifty of which is cleared, and
one hundred in the woods. There is •lio on the
iand a comfortable dwelling-house, and all otter
necessary out-buildings. This land lies on the
west bank of the Oconee river, adjoining lands ot
Wingfield, Catchingsand Crawford,7 miles west
of Greensboro, on the road leading to Madison, by
Willis’s Ferry, on the Oconee River.
The above plantation is offered for SB,OUU, in
four payments: Ist payment on the first of Janu
ary, 1844, and annually on the first of January ol
each year thereafter. Where payments are made
In advance, the interest will be deducted. Pos
session will be given on the 25th of December
next. Persons desirous of purchasing are refer
red to Charles L. Mathews, of Greensboro,
Georgia, or to the undersigned, at Cahawba,
Alabama. THOMA' M. MATHEWS,
JOEL E. MATHEWS,
Executors of Charles L Mathews, Sr., dec’d.
October 12, 1843. o!2 w6t
NOTICE. —Ranaway from the
m subscriber’s residence, on the 18th of
September, 2 miles below Raysville, on
the public road leading from Augusta to
Washington in Columbia county, two negro men,
one by the name ot William, a mulatto fellow,
about 26 years of age, about 5 feet sor six inches
high, has the end of the middle finger off'on the
left hand; the other is a black boy, named Dick,
about 18 years of age, and about 5 feet 4 inches
high, has no marks recollected, unless a scar on
the left arm. The said negroes went off together,
and it is probable they are about Lincolnton, Lin
coln county, as they were raised in that neigh
borhood, and sold as the property of Robert
Wheeler, and purchased by the subscriber. A
liberal reward will be given for their apprehension,
and placed in any safe jail, so that I can get
them; and any information about them will be
thankfully received. I have fears that they may be
carrriedoffby some white person, and if they are,
I wiil give fifty dollars reward for the said boys
and thief, with proof sufficient to convict him.
September 27, 1843. W. W. STONE,
sep 29 wtf.
BOMMER’S PATENT MANURE.
fIN H E undersigned is the agent of
JL Messrs. Abbett & Co. for vending rights to
individuals for making and using the above named
Manure. By reference to the advertiament of
MessrsAbbett & Co. In the “Southern Cultivator 1 ’
the prices may be ascertained. All orders address
ed to me post paid, at Sparta, Ga., will receive
prompt attention. R. S. HARDWICK.
aug 24 wtf
AW NOTICE —JOHN W WIL
SON and LEWIS 'POTTER having asso
ciated themselves in the Practice of Law, will
punctually attend to any professional business
entrusted to them in the counties of Taliaferro,
Green, Oglethorpe, Columbia, Hancock, Lincoln,
Warren and Wilkes. Office at Crawfordville, Ga.
jan 10 wly*
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSIN ESS.
THE undersigned having leased the
Fire-proof buildings situate on the comer
ot Mclntosh and Bay streets, at present occupied
by Gen. Thomas Dawson, and known as Mus
grove's Warehouse, will take charge of them on
the Ist September next.
This establishment is centrally located, and for
convenience to business and security againstfire, is
unequalled by any other in the city.
They will be prepared to make reasonable ad
vances on produce and merchandise in store, and
hope by strict attention to all business consigned
to their care, to merit a share of public patronage.
BUSTIN & WALKER,
Augusta, Ga. August 15, 1843. trw&w
THOMAS DAWSON & SON’S
NEW FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
East comer qf Mclntosh and Bay streets,
Augusta, Ga.
THE undersigned having leased, for
a term of years, the extensive FIRE
PROOF WAREHOUSE, lately erectea opposite
their old stand on Mclntosh street, tender their
services to their friends and the public in the
FACTORAGE & GENERAL COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
The strictest attention will be paid to the sel
ling of cotton, forwaidingof goods, and the pur
chase of merchandize, &c.
Liberal advances will be made on cotton in
store, and our Agent at Madison willalso advance
on all cottons consigned to us, and fill promptly
all orders for merchandize at the lowest market
prices. THOMAS DAWSON & SON.
Augusta, August 24, 1843. trw&wtf
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE SOUTH.
THE GENUINE BRANDRETH
PILLS have, in all cases in which they
have been used, fully sustained their high char
acter. In the East and West Indies, in Russia,
Turkey and China, the Brandreth Pills are ex
tensively patronized. The 'same may be said of
Mexico and throughout South America. I have
recently received one order for eighty thousand
boxes, from the Governor qf a Colony qf Portu
gal in the East Indies. He had used the Bran
dreth Pills in Madeira, by the advice of rhe very
Reverend, the Canon, Thomas Toicntino'de Sil
va, my agent at Funchal, and found them so ex
cellent as an anti-bilious physic and purifier of
the blood, that he became, after much experience
of their beneficial properties, one of their best and
strongest advocates, and has nowintroduced them
into the Colony of which he Is the appointed Go
vernor by the Government of Portugal. Thus
the Brandreth Pills continue to have the sphere
of their usefulness extended.
In the Eastern States of North America, and
in Great Britain, no medicine was ever in such
universal use as the Brandreth Pills. High and
influential individuals often purchase them to ad
minister to the poor. In every place where they
have been introduced, and where no vile imitation
of them has been sold, their reputation has con
stantly increased, and the circle of their useful
ness enlarged. They are conceded to be the best
purgative, the best anti-bilious and the most cer
tain purifier of the blood known. The cures they
have performed in chronic diseases, where hope
had fled, is beyond belief.
As a general family medicine, especially in the
South, their value Is incalculable. By having the
Bbandbeth Pills always on hand, should a sud
den attack of sickness take place, they can be gi
ven at once, and will often have effected a cure
before the physician could have arrived. In Cho
lic and inflamation of the bowels, these Pills will
at once relieve, and perseverance in their use,
according to the directions, will surely do all that
medicine can do to restore the health of the pa
tient. In diseases arising from the use of mer
cury, or from any cause of vitiation, from bad
blood or otherwise, their use will produce the most
happy results. In all attacks of Rheumatism, in
Erysiphilas, Salt Rheum, and in cases of chronic
or recent Costiveness, the use of the Bbandbkth
Pills will be productive of infinite service; some
times being productive of so great a change for
the better, as to occasion great thankfulness. In
all cases of indigestion, worms, asthma, diseases of
the heart, and in all affections of the stomach and
bowels, the Bbandbbth Pills will be found a ne
ver-failing remedy.
To insure the full benefit of these celebrated
Pills, they should be kept In the house, so that
upon the first commencement of sickness they
may be at once resorted to; one dose then is bet
ter than a dozen after the disease has become es
tablished in the system.
The Bbandbbth Pills are purely vegetable,
and so innocent that the infant a month old may
use them if medicine is required, not only with
safety, but with the certainty of receiving all the
benefit medicine is capable of imparting. Fe
males may use them during all the critical periods
of their lives;—the Bbandbbth Pills will insure
their health, and produce regularity in all the func
tions of life.
Be carqful of counterfeit Pills. How to avoid them-
No. 1 SscuaiTV.
Each Agent who sells the genuine Brandreth
Pills, has a Cbbtificatb of Agency, which has
been engraved at a vast expense. It represents
the manufactory at Sing Sing, on the banks of
the Hudson River, and is signed by Dr. Brandreth,
and his seal stamped upon the paper.
No. 2—Security.
Above all, observe the labels upon the boxes:
Each box of the genuine Brandreth’s Pills has
now three labels upon it. The top and the bot
tom label containing upwards of five thousand
letters in red ink; the words Benjamin Bkan
dbath’s Pills being printed over two hundred
times upon the two labels.
No. 3 —Secubitv.
There are also upon each label two signatures
of Dr. Brandreth—one “B. Brandeth,” and also
one “Benjamin Brandreth.” Each box, there
fore, to be genuine, must have six signatures of
Dr. Bbandbbth upon it. If the box do not an
swer this discription, the Pills are not the Bran
dreth Pills, but some vile counterfeit of them, as
all the old labelled boxes have been collbctid.
Besides the above signs of genuineness fac
similes of the Bbaniibbth Pill labels are upon
the Certificate of Agency; therefore compare
your box with the labels on the certificate; if it
agrees the Pills are true, if it does not, they are
false.
I have expended much time, and at least five
thousand dollars, In perfecting these checks to
the sale of counterfeit Pills, and in the hope they
will secure the genuine Brandreth Pills to all
who want-them.
1 remain the public’s servant,
B. BRANDRETH, M. D.,
241 Broadway, N. Y.
Sold by the following authorized agents in
Georgia:
CHARLES E GRENVILLE & CO, Book
sellers, Augusta; Chapman &. Threewlt, War
renton; Sanford & Lumsden, Eatonten; Wil
lard & Williams, Decatur; W Maxey, Monticello;
Joseph B Gondor, Sparta; A B Phelps, Powel
ton; Hill & Pratt, Lexington; Usher & Ander
son, Covington; J A Clarke, Jr, Monroe; Tucker
& Compton, Jackson; Dunn & Martin, Forsyth;
John M Cox, McDonough; T & J Cunningham
& Co, Greensborough; Seaman Goodall. Savan
nah; S D Clark &Co Hamburg. ly ’feb 10
REMOVAL. —The subscriber would
inform the planters of Georgia and South
Carolina, that he has removed to Crawfordvills,
Ga., where he will permanently locate himself,
and carry on the business of manufacturing COT
TON GINS. He is prepared to make Cotton
Gins on various plans, though he would recom
mend the Anti-frictian Gin as being the best aril
cle of the kind he has ever seen in use, and, from
his experience in the business, he can say, with
propriety, that he does not think his Gins can be
surpassed in the Southern States, and in fully au
thenticating what he says in relation to the mat
ter, he would refer you to certificates of gentlemen
who have used them. All orders addressed to the
subscriber at Crawfordville, Taliaferro county,
Ga., will receive prompt attention.
jan 3 . &&CR£NSfiAW
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