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Curious and dreadful Karra five. pmnr • Tiff Lar.cet ” a London paper We our! vouch for ibc auibenti fifv of (be following lac( -A few yearg ago, a medical student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital* andadres t.or under Mr. Abernetby, had ae quired the eon fi dew*© ot a male pa tient, vvlioee rase had been severe and ororrai'ied* and to whom the student had both paid particular at tention, and exhibited much kind* Xir s. At the mati’s recovery and discharge from the Hospital* he re posed confidence hi* benefactor, aid expressed his grant side in a most singular manner. “ Sir,” said hr* ** I an a resurrection-man by trade, and my wife keeps a house •f aeonmmndation for ladies” •o"f*e iti conversation, (he man tela ted the following c urious and dread f'll story ; and n*>with*-landing his .h rrible trade, he exhibited the strongest marks of feeling during the narration: A young woman came to pass the evening its out* fin use with a celebrated man of ia*.k ion. She was delicate, young, and extremely beautiful. She was evi dently bu< a novice in vice, ami bad been it-dueed in repair to the house bv artifice and persuasion. On my entering the drawing-room to carry up tea. I found that she had been Creeping bitterly, and as I had as* re tied the staircase, I heard her between her sobs, exclaim, “my poor unhappy mother I” They staid i> my house (hat night. At ten the next morning, the gentle man left (he house, paying me lib erally fr my accommodation. At twelve we had heard no noise up stairs ; air.l my wife went into the chamber to wake the lady, and off*e her services in assisting to dress her, Oa entering*the room, what was her horror to find the girl a corpse. Agitation had brought on an apoplectic fit, in vhi-h she had (fed I ‘was ex tremely alarmed lest this accident would bring ?ny house before the notice of the Magistrates. I dread ed a indictment by the parish—And | dreaded still more giviiig mv pvi deni e .before the Coroner. There was nothing in her pockets to indi di'ate who sire was. or where she bad e’ me from I saw that the girl was a lady ; her hands were soft and white, her whole figure delicate, and her clothes hough plain, were of the best quality. I was afr aid that her friends might make a stir ab*ut the *a*e if it published ; and I knew not bow to get rid of the corpse. At last, after a great deal of consul tation with tny wife, 1 resolved to put the body iu the cellar, under the kitchen staircase, and to cover it with earth from the garden for - a few days. This I did ; and when it became in a proper state, I sold it for five guineas to one of the gentlemen in the Hospital ; it win diverted hv him, and the ske # leton, which is now in the surgery, sai once the beautiful and uuhap pv girl that died in my house Six months after, I took up on old copy of a i ewsnapee, and the first thing that struck me. as if Providence bod directed my eye to the spot, Wi an advertisement, staring that, “ if the you g lady, who had left her . parents on —would return to ber home, she might be in time to console the last hours of ber mother, whose sorrows for her flight had bought on her iilopss of which she Was expiring.” The date corres ponded it was the very night that the girl hod slept at my b use* The reading <*f this paper made tn< ill the whole nigh*. Next day I wr.fe an anonymous letter, with the direction of the advertisement, saving that the girl had died ofap ©pie xy—for I thought any certain ty under su h circumstances would be lietier to a parent than (he ap* prehension of a daughter’s pn sti fu r - o and indigent e. This wss -he Pan that be mother ever beard of lie* child!” The learned Sir Thomas Moore, who wg? Lord High Chancelloi of Eng-.nd. wa o clear in the per lormar.ee of the duties * of hi great office ” that when his -on complain ed how little they could gain under his administration of the law he re plied. I wih do justice to ail. and thereby leave you a blessing ** He wa o crupulously conscientious, that no subpoena waa granted bat I what he >aw, and no order but what h® Nor could the King or Queen corrupt him or the whole church in convocatio fasten any charge upon him that might stain his integrity He urtered eight apoth egms. viz. Ist The world is undone bv lookine on things at a distance 2d To aim at honour on earth, i* to get a coat of arm- over a prison gate 3d He that i- covetou-’ when he is old, i like a thief that ; .!eals when he i going to the gallows 4th The greater punishment in this world were to have our own desire sth We go to he! with more pains than we might go to heaven with 6rh. ‘* he more we have of any thing but riches, the better we are 7th. Who would not end hi aim -to Heaven ? Who would not- end hi estate whi therhe i to be banished himself? Bfh. When anyone wa calumniou in hi* presence, he would say et anv man think as he plea erh I like this room well. He wished to behold three things established in Christendom. An universal peace ; 2ndU A uniform system of religion : and 3d!y A reformation Tarher of live* than religion This great, learned. and vi fuou man beheaded in 5R5 t during the reign of Hear* VIII for refusing to rake the oath of -upremacy and sufccesrion ; which hi enemies corlnecred with >-ome oth**r charge* against the ambition of hi - cruel mas ter which were Construed into high treason,— Catholic Miscellany. - --- -n i r niuim —r rrti lu rnmn Sheriff’s Sales. WILL be sold on the first Tues day in November next, at the cour ? house of Wilkes county, with in the u* ual ale hour*?, the following property to wit: Sevt’n negroes, viz: Da vy. Bob Exaline, Docia and her ; three children, Lizev Ellen and Em my 23 bed >, furniture steadand cord rix dozen sitting chairs, six dre ing rabies si\ large pine tables,, one walnut secretary and book case, * one mahogany do do one ’or o£ book* we 5f assorted ©ne mahogany side board one mahogany card table, one set mahogany dining fables one chest drawer six dre sing gla se*, four lira’ iron pot two large ditto ditto, six pair pot hooks, six *?rge ovens, two small do one tea kettle, one pair waffling irons two large gridirons, twenty two small and he , eleven sets plate*-- t eight set* knivea and forks two set table spoons, one pepper mi* one spice mi , r wo coffee mi!?s. eight bra < candlestick 6 metal do fhur pair candle mould 6 waiters, four jars four pair firedog 6 sets tea cup- and saucer two set tea plate four sets tea spoons Q paint ed ca c k and sos etts, (‘ jug* one tin gallon measure, one sopha one lot gla s ware, four set castor , 1 dear born wagon, one sorrel horse eight cow and calves one tract of land containing two hundred acres, more or le s lying in said county, on the waters of Fishing Creek, adjoining Robert Ware and others another tract of land containing four hundred and fifty acres more or le, lying in said county, on the water of Fi h ing Creek adjoining Thomas Prather, and others ne half of a crop of cot ton of about twenty five acres 25 barrels of corn more or le * a small quantity of fodder, six feather beds tedftead and furniture two pine folding table one > ahogany side board and two sorrel horse : levied on as the property of A en P Rice, to satisfy sundry execution in favor of Jilson Hopkin- and others—prop erty pointed out by said Hopkins. (The two tract* of land subject to a : mortgage ALSO, One tract of land, contain ing eight acres more or less lying in raid county on the water- of j Rock* fork of Fishing Creek ad oining Benjamin Luker, David Dan ner and others; levied on as the prop erty Charles A. Cox to satisfy an execution obtained in a Justice* court j in favot of David Danner; property pointed out by defendant. ALSO, One negro woman named Charlotte; levied on as the property o Andrew Poda, to satisfy an exe cution obtained in a justice’s court, in favor of Green & Lane John Burks, and. s. September 50 ! 8?+ i la.* k cc ds, NEATLY EXEC* i El), AND For sale at this Office . \jrr ILL be *oki on the first Tues- j W day in November next, at the Court House of W i'kes county, within the usual sale hours, the fol lowing property viz. One tract of land contain ing three hundred acres, more or less, lying on the waters of Little River, adjoining Marv Porter and other* ; levied on by a constable as the pro pertv of Pa.ul T Willie by virtue of six fi fas from a justice** court, in the name of John Robertson, administra tor of the estate of John Robertson, deceased,’ with the will annexed, against 9ohn W. Willis for Edney Willis tnd Paul T. Willis, security; ! and at jhe time of said levy in the oc cupancy of Edney Willis, and pointed out In plaintiff, and also levied on by myself by virtue of two fi fas, one jn the name of Jafcnes Chivers against Paul T Willis and the other in the name of Susannah Kendrick against said W'illis as beirg his property, to satisfy *aid fi fas and at the rime of the lew said to be in the occupancy of Joshua Willis *l.-0. One house and lot in the village of Mallorysville known cs the Planters’ Hotel, well improved, in the occupancy of Benjamin Wootten ievmd on a? the property of Reuben Scott to satisfy aq execution in the name of John Woolbright against paid Scott: property pointed out b Henry Pope. ALSO One negro man named Mark : levied on and now advertised • for ale as bring f übject *o a mortgage in favor of Thomas D McLaughlin and F.benexer as the property of John Hillt by virtue of an execution from a justice’s court in the name ofc. Wylie Hill for the use of John Eason against John Hill: property pointed out by Vs Hil! Also, twelve sheep; levied on as he property of John Hill to satisfy an execution in favour of John Vasser r* said Hill, ALSO, One tract of land contain ing three humfred and eighty seven acres, inure or less, in the occupan cy of Simeon Echols, lying on the wa ters of Dry F<-i k of Log Creek, ad joining John Harper. Matthew Fa ver, and others, and about two hun dred barrels of (torn, more or less ; levied on at hi* proper” to satisfy an execution in the rKme of Andrew Low & Cos, against Josephus D. Ke boh and Simeon Ft hoi*, together with sundry other fi fas against said Simeon F.ohh, R- j. Willis, and. s. w c. Q< t. 2, iß2b i I ILL be sold at Elberi C* urt ’ famine, on the first Tuesday in November next between the usu al haul’s <>f sale, the following pro perly, to \yir: One black horse, 8 or 10 years old. art! thirty barrels corn, more nr less ; levied on as the pro perty of William.Furgersoo to satis fy an execution in favour of John S. W ilson, indorsee, vs said Furgersoo. ALSO, One hundred acres of land, more or leis, adjoining Charles W. Christian, * Robert Denna, and e tbers, in sard county ; levied on as the property of John Tucker to sa tisfy an execution in favour of Tho mas Oliver, issued Lorn a justice’s eourf, and returned to me by Jessee Nelms, foustable. A LSO, Three hundred and forty teres yf lard, more nr less, adjoin ing J Jin Hysinib, and others, lying on the waters of the north fork of LiMle Cold Water Creek, now occu pied by Richmond Skelton ; levied on as the property of Wiiiiam Den nisandNubel Covington to satisfy sundiv fi fa’s issued fr m a justice’s court! Pleataui Walton for Robert Reynolds, vt. said Dennis and Co vingtni, and returned to me by j Job* Farmer, constable. Gl I hompson, and. s. e. c. 1824*. \ Jt b e zt C° urt house \\‘ of Wilkes county, on the first Tuesday \in December next, between the usual lours of sale, the following property viz: 5 negroes, viz. Hester a woman, Phillis a woman. Jim a boy, Sam a boy, and Kit a child; levied oo as the property of James Towns to satisfy an execution obtained oo the foreclosure of a mortgage in fa vour of WiliUtn Janes vs said Towns- John Burks,-D. s, \ Sept. 30, 1621, ] Mm inisirafors’ alt^ WILL be sold on Wednesday the 20th of October next, at the late residence of Joshua Render, deceased, on Clark’s creek, in this oouaty, all the personal property of said deceased, except the negroes, and consisting of House-hold and kitchen furniture, several feather beds and fnrniture, plantation utensils, one road wagon and gear, one ox eart, three yoke of oxen, one gig and har ness, one cotton gin, some valuable horses, among which are several fine bro./d uiarcs, rattle, sheep, and hogs, between two and three hundred bar rels of corn, all the fodder, oats, Av. a quantity cf excellent wheat, • apd the orop of cotton. *A credit will bn given for all sums over five dollars until th^.first day ot January, 1826, the purchasers giving notes with approved security before the property is delivered ; the oottoo is excepted from these terms, for which the eredk will be only to the first of January, 1825.—Sale to contiue from day to day until ail is sold At the sainff time and place the Plantcftion will be sold, consisting of about 828 acres of land, in excellent repairs, with a dwelling house, gin bouse, and other neces sary out-ho uses ; for which a oredit will be given—one half payable the Ist of January, 1826, and the other half payable the Ist of January, 1827, die purchaser giving notes With approved security. James Render adm’r. With the will annexed. Sept. 13, 182 L AGREEABLY to an order of the Hon the Inferior Court of Lincoln county, wil be sold at Lin co nton. in said county on the first Tuesday in December next all the real estate of William Best, late of said county, deceased, consisting of the following Tracts of I and. —One tract lying in the county of Lincoln, on the waters of Loyd's creek, and known as the late residence of said deceased, containing two hun dred acres - And an other tract Jy ing in the county of Monrce. being lot No-* 224 in the 9th district of said coiKity To be sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of raid de ceased Terms made known on the day of sale Etheldred Ross, adrrir. Sent 25. 182*. N Friday the 22d of October f * next, will be offered for 9ale at the plantation of Richard Bank)), deceased, in Oglethorpe county, i Some articles of house hold and kitehen furniture, a set of hitter’s tools, one or two prime young horses, and a few other articles not necessary to mention.— Terms of sale made known on the day. Elizabeth Banks, adm'x . James Banks, adm'r. Sept, 8. 824. II ILL be sold on the first Tues- T v day in December next, at the Court House of Wilkes county, J wo ti act- of Land, -viz-.- One containing seven hun dred acres, more or less, lying on the Dry Fork o Long Creek in said county, adjoining Barnett Moore and others the other tract containing three hundred and five acre , more or about two mile* from Wash ington, and adjoining lands of Henry Terre*. for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Peter B. Terrell, deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale * YY illiam Jones, adm’r. >ei , 29, 1 824 40—St X \ i ILL be sold pursuant to an or W der of the Honorable the Court o Ordinary of the county of Wilkes, at the court hou-e of said county, on the first Tuesday in De cember next, 206 acres of Land, more or le-s. in said connty, on the water* of Beaverdam and Kettle Creeks, adjoining Purnell Truett sen and others, being pajrt of the real es tate of David Butler, deceased, and 6old for the benefit of the heirs and caeditor* o’ said decea ed —Terms —twelve months credit, the purcha ser giving bond 8c approved security l ranees VV. Butler, adm’x Sept. 1824, 40*—St ON the first Tuesday iujffnuavy next, \riil be sold at ihccou.T house in Elbert countr, All the Negroes belonging to the estate of John Chat ham, late of said ooantv, de* ease l, foe the benefit of the heirs ;id cred itors. Terms made known on the day of sale. James Christian, John Brown, Exeditors. Sept. 22, 1824. 40 .V —• ■ ■ - ■ -■*- i.- , r r Taken out of mv stable , Saturday night the AY HORSE, near fif teen hinds and one inch high, onp white hind foot, no brand recollecteciL hi-i main hang on both side of neck, bushy tail, unshod, and in good order, pace when under the saddle and ride tolerably we .sup posed to be twelve or thirteen years old, lately purchased from a gentle man from Tenne see For which horse a liberal reward will be given and all reasonab e expense paid Frances A. Leapham. Sept. 30 1824. 40 rs D. Meigs & J. M. ha ,and, Having formed a connection for the\ purpose of transacting a Warehouse And Commission Business, O E’ PECTFULLY solicit the* ■ patronage of their friends and the pub ic i heir Ware House is situated opposite that of Messrs R, Malone & Co’s, upper end of Broad street and is new. spacious and con venient, and from its situation, af fords great security from fire Thei subscribers wi’l also attend to receiv ing and forwarding any produce tit merchandise confided to their care. Daniel Meigs. Jonathan M. Hand. Augusta, December 31. A fresh supply of seasonable DRY GOODS AMD Crotkeryware, * * % ‘ will be kept at the store formerly o(£ copied by L- H Echols &Cos Great bargains can be expected as the sales are only for Cash Samuel Goldsmith & Son. They have lately received from Eu rope, a fresh supply of the Medicated^ OIL SILK, an outward application of which is * final cure for the Rh. umatic Gout* or any swellings. The public can not be imposed on by purchasing and using the above remedy, as the mo ney will be returned if it has not tho desired effect, when properly appH* ed and according to directions 4 S. G & Son. September 11, 1824. 37—ts qpHE subscriber returns hfa I grateful acknowiegments to those persons who have heretofore given him their encouragement and patronage, and informs them that he has returned, and now ooeupies bis former stand fronting the Court- House, where he has again opened ft HOUSE OF Entertainment. He trusts that his experience in the business, will be sufficient to war rant the conclusion, that those who favor him with a calf, will be ly and attentively aceommedated ; he invites bis old friends once mere ‘to favor him with their custom, and assures them and the publie, that nothing shall be wanting on his part to afford (hem every comfort and convenience in his power, Samuel B. Head. Washington, Sept. 11, 124.—-38 fit N, B. Any person wanting to hire horses and gigs, can be accommoda ted by the subscriber. S. B. H. — 1 1.11 I 11. NINE months after date applica tion will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Elbert county* while sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sel. a tract of and in Pike county, formerly Monroe, known by number 64, in the second district of saidcounty, it bring the rea estate of Joseph Buffington, deceased Ann Buffington, ex'r** Feb. 11, 1624. ,
