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NEWS Sl PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
]). . Editor.
No. 9.—NEW SERIES.]
NEWS & PUNTERS’ GAZETTE.
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•insure attention. -\o communication shall he
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■na me of the author.
Sales of Ijand and Negroes by Executors, Ad
ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law,
to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days
previous to the day of sale.
The sales of Personal Property must be adver
tised in like manner, forty days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate
’must be published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne
gr&es, must be published weekly for four mouths;
dbtice that application will bemade for Letters of
Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months.
THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD TIIE
NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE :
J. T. 4- G. U. Wooten, A. D. Nta/Lim,Danburg,
Mallorysville, B. F. Talom, Lincoln:.
Felix G. Edwards, Pe- ton,
tersburg, Elbert, 0. A. Luckett, Crawford-
Geru Grier, Raytown, ville,
Taliaferro, IV. Davenport, Lexing-
James Bell, Powelton, ton,
Hancock, S. ,/. Bush, Irwington,
Wm. B. Nelms, Elber- Wilkinson,
ton. Dr. Cain, Cambridge,
John A. Simmons, Go- Abbeville District,
shen, Lincoln, South Carolina.
EVgRY
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©s?ttU iicatncss auK Dispatch.
Situation Wanted,
A LADY from the North would like a SITUA
TION in a respectable SCHOOL or PRI
VATE FAMILY, as TEACHER. Address,
M. Pm Post Office, Washington. 8.
* A2 1L W *
/~IASH will be paid for TALLOW, by
R. H. VICKERS.
Washington, Oct. 22, 1840. 8 3t.
FOR SALE.
rjIHE Subscriber has it in contemplation to re
turn to his Plantation, and, therefore, offers his
Town Property for sale; consisting of a FOUR
ACRE LOT, with a large and conve- a .fl.
inient DWELLING HOUSE, eight
fire-places, the necessary out-houses, JJJJIHp
and a never-failing well of excellent
water.
If the purchaser wishes, he can have Twenty
three Acres of wood-land, well set with timber,
six or eight hundred yards from the lot.
Further particulars are not necessary, as the
purchaser will examine for himself
FRANCIS McLENDON.
Sept. 24, 1840. (4) ts.
Tailoring •
JTHIE Subscriber respectfully informs the Citi
zens of Wilkes county, that he has located
himself at Major Johnson Norman’s, nine miles
west of Washington, where he will be happy to
serve all who may wish to have any tiling done in
his line of business. All his work will be exe
cuted in the most neat, faithful, and fashionable
manner. The following are his cash prices :
1 Making first-rate Coat : . : : $6 00
Edging Do. : : : 3 00
Ditto, second quality : : : : 5 00
Ditto, third quality : : : : 4 00
Making Pantaloons or Vest : : 1 50
Ditto, Overcoat : : : : : 7 00
Cutting Coat ::::::: 50
Ditto, Pantaloons or Vest : : 25
He will be thankful for any custom in his busi
ness ; and as his prices are very low, he has de
termined to keep no books, and do altogether a
cash business.
JOHN H. RHODES.
September 14, 1840. (3) ts.
_ LOST,
A POCKET BOOK.
ON MONDAY, the 28th of SEPTEMBER,
I lost a long calfskin POCKET BOOK,
containing:
t Twelve Dollars in cash; to wit, two five dol
lar bills on the Central Bank of Georgia, and a
one dollar bill City Council of Augusta, and a one
dollar bill City Council of Columbus ;
One note, for $465, on William C. Jack, due
the 25th of December last;
One note on Hezekiah Montgomery, (John
Jones security,) for $185;
One on John T. Wootten, for $2Bl, dated
sometime last year;
One on John L. Wynn, for $1,200, due the
25th of December, 1841;
One on John L. Wynn, for $1,300 ;
Another on John L. Wynn, for s7fis;
\\ A due bill on John G. Wright, for $202 25;
’ 1 A receipt for Marcus, and Samuel Huling’s
|’ note for about $465, given by Robert A. Toombs
as attorney.
The finder will be liberally rewarded 1 for re
returning them.
All persons are forewarned against trading for
the above papers. JAMES C. WRIGHT.
Washington, Oct 1,1840.
ID* Leave with the Editor of this paper; or at
Mr. Lane’s store. XU 5
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) OCTOBER 2, 1840.
Ltast JVotice •
ALL persons indebted to us, either by NOTE ‘
or OPEN ACCOUNT, are requested to j
come forward, and pay up without delay.
We shall place all debts due to us in the hands
of an Attorney for suit, on the lirst day of
January next; therefore, those wiio do not wish
to pay cost, &.C., can call on us and settle.
LAWRENCE & PETEET.
Washington, Oct. 8. (6) ts.
Segarsli
Tl/’E have appointed Mr. WM. JOHNSON,
* * of this place, our agent for the SALE of
SEGARS in this section of the State. They are
WARRENTED TO SMOKE FREE, and to be
of as FINE FLAVOR as they are represented,
which our customers may rely upon.
The Segars are of approved brands, and are
offered pt wholesale or retail.
LASIT & BROTHERS,
liethnnia,
Oct. 1, 1840. 5 “ North Carolina.
“monthly notices.
|7IOUR months after date, application
A will be made 10 ihe Honorable the
Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sit
ting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell ihe REAL ESTATE of JOHN
MOORE, deceased, tale of said ooflnty.
SARAH MOORE, Administratrix.
JOHN HAMMOCK, Administrator.
July 6, 1840. m4in 45..
rjTOIJK Months after dale, application
_T will be made to the Honorable the In
terior Court of Wilkes county, while sil
ting for orrdinurv purposes, lor leave to
sell the Lands and Negroes belonging to
the Estate of JOEL APPLING, deceased,
late of said county. JOHN APPLING,
July 14, 1840. 46 Administrator.
■ AOUR Months after date, application will
Jt? be made to tile flou. the Interior Court of
Wilkes county, while silting ter ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the Lands and Negroes
belonging to the Estate of T. C. Porter, de
ceased. A. W. FLYNT, Adm’r.
August 11, 1840. 50
171 OUR months after date application
A will be made to the Honorable the
Interior Court of Wilkes county, while
sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell the Real Estate belonging to the mi
nors of William 11. Daniel, late of said
county, deceased. KINDRED JACKS,
August 23, 1840. 52. Guardian.
Months after date, application will be
made to the Hon. the Inferior Court of
Stewart county, while sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell a NEGRO WOMAN,
named Laura, belonging to the ESTATE of A.
H. SHEPHERD, deceased. Said woman sold
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
Estate. JAMES M. SMYTIIE, Adm’tor.
ANNE E. SHEPHERD, Adm’trix.
Washington, Wilkes, Oct. 8, 1840. (6)
Mouths after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the inferior Court of
Wilkes County, while sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell a PART of the REAL
ESTATE of CUNNINGHAM .DANIEL, de
ceased, late of Said county.
R. C. DANIEL, ),, •
I). W. McJUNKIN. ( AUm,n ’
Oct. 15, 1840. 7
Mail Arrangements.
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Washington, Ga., Oct.. 17, 1840. (
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• OO” We are authorized to announce Mr.
J. C. WILLIAMSON as a Candidate, at the
election in January next, for RECEIVER
and TAX COLLECTOR lor the County of
Wilkes.—Oct. 1. (5) ts.
07?“ We are authorized to announce Mr.
HARDEN WOODRUFF, as the Harrison
Candidate for CORONER, at the ensuing
election.—Oct. 1. (5)
OCT We are authorized to announce
Major JAMES B. LANDERS, a Candi
date for RECEIVER and TAX COL
LECTOR for Wilkes County, at the elec
tion in January next. —Sept- 17. (3) ts.
IK/” We authorized to announce Mr.
JOSEPH J. POLLARD, as a Candidate at
the “ensuing election, for RECEIVER
and TAX COLLECTOR for the County
of Wilkes—Sept. 24. (4) ts.
ALL MISTAKEN.
The Locofocos all over the country have
been ascribing their recent defeat in'Maine,
to the Abolitionists. But it turns out they
have the wrong sow by the ear. The Illi
nois State Register, (Locofoco,) says that
the defeat of the Administration is to be at
tributed to the MORMONS. * ’
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Geographical Anagram.
The following may amuse some of our
young readers :
FOR THE NEWS AND PLANTERS* GAZETTE.
I am composed of 18 letters:
My 1,5, 6,4, 9, 10, 8, and 11, is a cluster of
islands in the north-west of Europe ;
My 2,5, 12, aHO 17, is one of the United I
States ;
My 3,7, 10, and 9, is a range of Mountains in
Europe;
My 4,3, 8, 12, and 14, is one of the Barbary
States ;
My 5,3, 7,2, and 8, is a lake in the north of
the United States ;
My 6,9, 15, 13, 7,4, 2, and 8, is a town in
Georgia;
My 7, 10, 15, 3, and 8, is a county in Georgia.
, My 8, 10, 8, 18, 12, and 8, is a town in
China ;
My 9,2, 3, 12,1,12,10, 8, and 10, is one of the
United States ;
My 10, 1, 12, and 10, is one of the quarters of
the Globe ;
My 11, 10, 7, 12, 13, and 8, is a town in
Georgia;
My 12,7, 13, 9, 10, 8, and 11, isa large island
•in Europe ;
My 13, 9, 15, 6,7, and 4, is a county in
Georgia;
My 14,13, 12,8, and 6, is a river in France ;
My 15,10, 18,6, and 7, is a county in Georgia;
My 16, 15, and 12, is a sea in Siberia;
My 17, 9,6, 8, 1 and 18,'is a river in Siberia;
My 18, 13, 8, and 4, is a county in Rhode
Island;
And my whole is the name of a highly-esteem-
I ed periodica],.published in this State.
WILLIAM JOHN.
Penfield, Oct. 12, 1840.
Hamilton and Jelferson.
[The following striking and beautiful por
traits of these great patriots ; taken from
an Essay on the Life and Writings of
Washington by M. Guizot, French Minis
ter at the Court of Great Britain; aside
from their justice and intrinsic beauty are
the more valuable because they are drawn
by an impartial and powerful pen. The
sketch of Hamilton is more particularly
recommended to our readers, as it is the
fashion in these latter days, for the pseudo
democrats to decry and abuse him and his
policy as the vilest of the vile. It is consola
tory to those who have the minds to appre
ciate that great and good man, that, though
his own countrymen pour dishonor upon
his memory, the patriots of the world know
and honor him as one of their glorious bro
therhood.—Ed. News Sf- Gaz.]
“Hamilton deserves to be ranked amongst
the men who have best understood the vi
tal principles and fundamental conditions
of government —not of a hap-hazard gov
ernment, hut of a government worthy of
its task and ofthe name. There is not one
element of order, strength, and durability
in the constitution of the United States,
which he did not powerfully contribute to
introduce into the scheme and cause to be
adopted. Perhaps he thought that the
monarchical was preferable to the republi
can form : perhaps he sometimes doubted
ofthe success ofthe experiment which was
being tried in his country : perhaps too he
was carried away by the liveliness of his
imagination and the logical ordour of his
understanding, till his views sometimes be
came exclusive, his deductions extreme.
But no less lofty in character than in in
tellect, he served the commonwealth with
faithful zeal, and labored to found, not to
enfeeble it. His superiority consisted in
knowing that naturally, and by the essen
tial law of things, political power stands
aloft, at the head of society ; that accord
ing to this law it ought to be established ;
and that all systems and all attempts of a
contrary tendency, must ultimately
‘disturbance and debility into society itself.
His mistake was to adhere t(To closely, with
somewhat too much of arrogance and ob
stinacy, to the model of the English con
stitution ; to attach an equal authority to
the good and to the bad portions of that mo
del, to its principles and to its abuses ; and
not to make sufficient allowance for, norto
trust with sufficient confidence to, the va
riety of political forms or the flexibility of
human society. There are times at which
political genius consists in not dreading
what is new, as wejl as in respecting what
is eternal.
“The democratic party, not I mean of
the rude and turbulent democracy of anti
quity or ofthe middle ages, but ofthe great
democracy of the modem world, has no
more faithful •or eminent representative
than Jefferson. A warm friend-of human
ity, of freedom, and of science ; confiding
in their virtue no less than in their right ;
deeply affected by the injuries which the
mass of men have suffered, by the hard
ships they endure, and constantly engaged,
with laudable disinterestedness, in the at
tempt to repair the evil or to avert the re
currence of it; tolerating the authority of
government as a necessity to be viewed
with distrust—almost as an evil contrived
to cheek anothef evil, and endeavoring not
only to restrain, but to lower it; mistrust
ing all greatness and all personal splen
dour as the harbinger of usurpation ; in
heart, frank, kind and indulgent* though
apt to take up prejudices and animosities |
against the opponents of his party ; in mind. I
bold, quick, ingenious and inquiring, more
remarkable for penetration than for fore
sight, but too sensible to carry things to ex
tremes, and able to meet urgent evils and
dangers, by summoning up a degree of
prudence and firmness, which, if earlier
and more generally exerted, might perhaps
have prevented them.
“ It was no easy task to make these two
men act together in the same cabinet.—
The very critical state of affairs at the out
set of the constitution, and the impartial
preponderance of VVashington, could alone
accomplish it. He applied himself to the
purpose with consummate perseverance
and sagacity. At bottom, he entertained
a decided preference for Hamilton and his
principles. ‘By some he is considered aS
an ambitious man ; and therefore a danger
ous one. That he is ambitious, 1 shall
readily grant, but it is of that laudable kind
which prompts a man to excel in whatever
he takes in hand. He is enterprising,
quick in his perceptions, and his judgment
intuitively great.’
“But it was not till 1798, in the freedom
of his retirement, that Washington held
this explicit language. As long as he was
at the head of affairs, and between his two
secretaries of state, lie observed an extreme
reserve towards them, and gave them a
qual marks of his confidence. He thought
them both sincere and able men ; both ne
cessary to the country and to himself. Jef
ferson not only furnished him with a sort of
tie, a means ofinfluence over the popular |
party, which soon afterwards became the
opposition; hut Washington availed him
self of his opinions as a counterpoise to the
tendencies, and especially to the express
ions, of Hamilton and his friends, which
were sometimes exaggerated and intemper
ate. He was in the habit of conversing
with and consulting them apart on the af
fairs wJiieh were to be debated between
them in common, in order to remove or to
lessen the causes of dissension beforehand.
He knew how to use the merits or the pop
ularity of each of them with their own par
ty, so as to reiloundgo the general advan
tage ofthe government, and even to their
mutual benefit. He adroitly seized every
opportunity of involving them in a common
j responsibility: and when 9. rupture appear
ed to be the inevitable result of too deep dis
sensions or over-excited passions, he inter
posed, he exhorted, he entreated, and by
his personal influence, by a frank and touch
ing appeal to the patriotism and the good
feelings of the two rivals, at least he re
tarded the eruption of the evil which he
could not cure.
William Penn.
This excellent man is thus described by
an acquaintance of his :
“He speaks well the Latin and the
French, and his own tongue with great
mastership. He often declaims in the as
sembly of his ‘ Friends’ with much fluent
eloquence and fervency of spirit; by which,
and by his -perpetual attendance on ihe
King and Parliament for the relief of his
party, lie often exposes his health to
hazard.
“ August 26, 1682, William Penn, Esq.,
went towards Deal, to launch for Pennsyl
vania. God send him a short, prosperous,
and safe voyage.”
Mr. Penn thus prefaces his account of
the Province of Pennsylvania :
“ Since (by the good providence of God,
and the favor of the King,) a country in
America is fallen to my lot, I thought it no
less my duty than my honest interest to give
some, public notice of it to the world, that
those of our own and of other nations, that
are inclined to transport themselves beyond
the seas, may find another country added
to their choice ; that, if they shall, happen
to like the conditions, and govern
ment (as far as the present infancy of things
will allow us any prospect,) they may (if
they please) fix with me in the Province
hereafter described.”
He thus concludes the account:
“ It is farther advised, that such as go,
would at least get the permission, if not the
gotid liking, of their near relations (for
that is both natural, and a duty incumbent
upon all;) and by this means will natural
affection be preserved, and a friendly and
profitable correspondence maintained be
tween them. In all which, God Almighty
(who is the salvation of the ends of the
earth)-directs us, that his blessings may at
tend my honest endeavors; and thus the
consequence of all our undertakings will
be to the glory of his great name, and the
true happiness of us and of our posterity.
Amen.”
The American Alechanic.
Whatever may be the “ pomp, glory,
and circumstance” of the great men of the
world—whatever may be the dazzling pa
geantry of high life—the glitter of fashion
able society, and splendid misery of those
who believe that “ Those who think must
govern those who toil ;” there is ncr situa
tion more enviable than that of the plain 1
American mechanic—free from every
thing for which heaven designed him, un
trammelled in his opinions, and left to the
guidance of his own genius, he walks erect
in the full stature of man. Earning with
his hands the means by which he supports
himself; protected by a government, which,
like the sun, sheds its light—its fostering
care upon all—who shall gainsay his right
to enjoy the fruits of his labor, in the way
| which best ; niav please him ? Under our |
I government, prudence, industry, and eco- !
nomy, are sure to meet with their reward, 1
and it should be remembered by every the- (
clianic, that the road to preferment and offi
cial dignity is open to every one. All
that the people want, in those that serve ‘
them, is fidelity and patriotism—truth to
the Constitution, and intelligence enough to
perform their duty. It is the duty of every
American to render himself competent, to !
aet on a'll occasions as becomes an Ame
rican citizen. Intelligence, education, and j
study, are within the reach of every liu- I
man being.
Kcrolntionartj Anecdote.
In the year 1775, when the combined
forecsofFrance and America were contain- i
plating an attack on Newport, R. l.,Gene- I
ral Sullivan arranged his army to march
against the British forces. He disposed
his troops in three divisions ; the first divi
sion was ordered to take the west road : the
second to take the east road, and the third
to march in the centre. The advanced
guard having arrived within three hundred
yards of the British, commenced throwing |
up entrenchments. The British then fired
a few scattering shot, which passed over
the heads of the Americans without doing
any injury. The American guards were I
placed about thirty rods in advance ofthe j
army, and within speaking distance ofthe!
guards ofthe British. In full view were
five or six hundred horses feeding, which
excited the enterprize of a young man by
i the name of Mason, about twenty vearsohl.
This young mau, in open day, and in the
presence of both armie.s, conceived the
bold design of bringing off - one of these
horses as a prize- In a low piece bfground
between both sentinels, were a few scattor
cd elders,by means of whioh he contrived to
pass both lines undiscovered, and made di- 1
reel for the pasture where the horses, with ;
their saddles on, were feeding, and’ the
bridles slipped about their necks. A
mong those young Mason selected the best I
horse he could find, which he mounted, and
after leaping two or three fences, entered
the road which lead to the American army.-
As he approached the British guards, he
put spurs to his horse and passed them be
fore they had time to recover their sur
prise ; when he received the fire of both
sentinels at the same time. But our hero
had the good fortune to escape unhurt, and
arrived safe in the American camp with
his noble prize, he halted, and in a digni
fied manner, drew from his holster both his
pistols, and extending his arms, discharged
them both in triumph.
But the alarm given by the sentinels
called out both armies, and the panic ex
tended even to the British fleet in the har
bor. Alarm guns were fired for many
miles up and down the coast, and the whole
country was filled with the utmost conster
nation. The British army paraded in
front of the fort expecting immediate at
tack. The troops sprang for their horses, J
when lo ! one poor red coat was seen wan- 1
dering alone destitute of a horse. The j
cause of alarm was soon discovered, and j
both armies retired.
Our iiero, after exhibiting his horse in
proud triumph for about two hours, sold
him to one. of the officers for five hundred
dollars—a reward worthy of one of the
boldest, and most daring, and successful
enterprizes of which history can boast.
John Hancock.
BY E. S. THOMAS.
The memory of this great patriot, states
man, and orator, has been most grossly
neglected; while hundreds, whose servi
ces in the cause of Independence were not
a tythe of his, have been eulogized to the
skies, and lie on canvass and in marble,
this great patriot’s name but seldom finds
a place, even when celebrating that free
dom he was among the very first, if not the
first, to risk his life in obtaining. 1 have
for years noticed this neglect with feelings
ofunfoigiied regret. Never was a man
more beloved by any people, than Han
cock was by the people of Massachusetts.
With the exception of a single year, when
Bowdoin was put in, he was, for sixteen
successive years, elected their Governor, [
and closers his patriotic ‘and illustrious life j
in that high station. Hundreds of times
have I Seen him, when so worn out and j
crippled by disease, that he could not stand,
taken from his carriage into the arms of j
two faithful servants, (who regularly at
tended for the purpose,) and carried up to
the Council Chamber, a distance of nearly
fifty yards from the street. The last time
he addressed his fellow citizens was the
most impressive scene 1 ever witnessed.—
A town meeting was called upon a ques
tion of greatexcitement. OldFaneuil Hall
could not contain the people, and an ad
journment took place to the Old South
Meeting-house ; Hancock was brought in
and carried up into the frontgallery, where
the Hon. Benjamin Austin supported him
on the right, and the celebrated Dr. Charles
Jarvis on the left, while he addressed the
multitude. The Governor commenced by
j stating to his fellow citizens that “he felt”
it was the last time he should address them, j
—that “the seeds of mortality are growing ;
fast within him.” The fall of a pin might
have been heard, such a death-like silence
pervaded the listening crowd during the
whole of his animated and soul-stirring
speech, while tears ran down the cheeks
of thousands. The meeting ended, he
was conveyed to his carriage and taken
home, but never again appeared in public;
fl. .1. K APPEL, Printer.
! his death followed soon after. The corpse
1 was ombowelled and kept for eight days,
| to give an opportunity to the citizens from
j the distant parts ofthe State to render the
last tribute of respect to his memory. They
.came by thousands and tens ■of thousands ;
I the procession was an hour and a half in
{ passing. The post of honor among the mil
j itary was given to the Concord Light In
! futitry, under Captain Davis, -the same
j who commanded them on the ever-memo
rable nineteenth of April ‘75. It was the
I most solemn and interesting, and incompar-
I ably the longest funeral procession I ever
saw. Samuel Adams, who was lieuten-
J ant-governor, became governor ex-officio
1 by the deatlrof Hancock, and followed the
bier, (there were no hearses with nodding
j plumes in those days,) as chief mourner,
j init the venerable patriot could not endure
{ the fatigue, and was compelled to retire
j from the procession.
Hancock, before the Revolution,'was a
’ man of vast fortune, and though he permit
ted it to flow in the cause of his country,
j like water, lie had still enough left to sup
| port a splendid establishment, and lived
I and entertained like a prince. His gener-
I osity was unbounded. I well remember
i that one evening in each week during sum
mer a full band of music, at his own ex-
I pense, attended in front of his venerable
| stone mansion, to entertain the citizens who
j were promenading on the mall. He sel
dom left Boston to. visit at any distance, but
when he did he was escorted by a volun
teer troop of cavalry, who held themselves
in readiness for that purpose. He was ve
ry fond of joke and repartee, so much so
that a worthy citizen of Boston, Nathaniel
Balch, Esq., a hatter, who never failed
to appear amdng the invited guests at his
| hospitable board; obtained the unenvied ap
j pellation of “the Governor’s Jester.” The
celebrated Brissot, in his travels to the U
nited States, speaks of his meeting this
gentleman at Hancock’s table; and such
| was the mutual attachment between the
Governor and Mr. Balch, that if the former
was called away, no matter what distance,
Squire Balch attended him like, his shadow
which the following circumstance most
happily illustrates; Governor Hancock
was called on a visit to the then province
of Maine, on which occasion he travelled
in state, and was attended by the Hon. Col.
Orrie, one of the Executive Council, and
Nathaniel Balch, Esq. Their arrival at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was thus
humorously announced : “On Thursday
last, arrived in this town, Nathaniel Balch,
Esq., accompanied by His Excellency
John Hancock, and the Hon. Azor Orne,
Esq.”
The events of by-gone days have been
| brought to my recollection by the following
I short, paragraph from the N. Y. Evening
Star.
Valuable relic. — We have had left for us
at our office, for inspection, the original
commission appointing John Hancock first
J Major-General ofthe Massachusetts Colo
| ny. It is dated May 30,1776.
us Sue sentimentT
Header, listen how Prentice il-
S lust rates the impotence of the ef
’ forts: of the cohorts of Locofoco
ism to silence the roar of the
Harrison hurricane !
44 Nothing can exceeththo rage
of the Locofoco leaders at their
utter inability to restrain or check
the overwhelming force of public
opinion in favor of Old Tippe
canoe.
44 It reminds us of a crazy man
we heard of many years ago, who
thought to silence the great Nia
gara Cataract.
44 He stood up before it, and
calmly, but sternly, bade it be still.
It roared on, and his words were
in audible.
44 Then lifting his voice to a
higher pitch, he cried, 4 Silence !’
The Cataract roared on, and again
his voice was lost in the mighty
noise.
44 Frantic with rage and disap
pointment, he yelled, and scream
ed, and shouted, all in a breath,
4 Stop that infernal uproar !’ The
Cataract roared majestically on,
and all the madman’s yells and
curses seemed unable to force
their way* through the atmos
phere an inch from his livid lips.
44 Such is the fury, and such is
the iinpotency of the Demago
gues, who are trying to quell the
! earthquake roar of public senti
ment.”
We can count no less than 1,000 politi
cal falsehoods uttered within the last
month.— Globe.
Most of the falsehoods that you can count,
j have been nailed to the counl-er. —
Prentice.
An Eastern paper says, that the Loco
focos of Maine have to walk on stilts to
keep their chins off the ground.
Prentice says, that Van Burenism, in all
parts ofthe country,has suffered dreadfully
from the ARMY WORM.
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