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ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD.
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Will leave on the 4th of March, for
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White Home, Washington City, or at the ;
Captain’s office,
N. B. All Baggage, Extra Globes, and j
GlentWorth Papers, at the risk of the own- ;
ers.
HYPOCRITES will be in attendance to
amuse the passengers, free of charge.
B. F. Butler, Jesse Hoyt, Recorder
Mortis, F. P. Blair, and other choice
spirit*, -it is expected will be among the for- i
ward deck passengers.
s.(£r Gold and Silver only received for ,
passage. ■ - >i, • - ‘ •
Presidential Election.
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THE RESULT.
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Georgia, 11 - 8297
Pennsylvania, 30 217
New York, 42 11000
New Hampshire, 7 6000
Virginia, 23 17000
New Jersey, 8 1700
Rhode Island, 4 1976
1 Connecticut, 8 2000
Kentucky, 15
Ohio, 21 25000
Indiana, 9
Maryland, 10 4681
Delaware, 3 900
Louisiana, 5 3500
Massachusetts, 14 20000
Mississippi', 4 1500
Vefondrit,’ 7
Maine, 10 700
, ALABAMA.
The Returns so far show a considerable
Whig gain. ...
INDIANA; V,
Harrison s majority, so far as heard from,
is 9,224, Whig gain on the last Election.
VIRGINIA.
The Locofocos claim a majority of 1,.
700. The Richmond Whig confidently
ascribes the unexpected result of the Vir
ginia Elections to fraud in some of the
counties.'’' 1
TENNESSEE.
Sufficient Returns are not yet had, to
judge of the manner in which this State has
voted, but little doubt is entertained that
Harrison has received her Electoral vote.
MICHIGAN.
Eleven hundred majority is claimed by
•the Whigs in this State.
From the New-Orleans Bee of No v. 9.
MISSISSIPPI REGENERATED.
We record the redemption of our sister
State with the liveliest feelings of satisfac
tion. The Van Buren party have con
stantly boasted that Mississippi was theirs
beyond a peradventure. But the progress
ofKEFORM has been so irresistible that even
Mississippi has felt its auspicious influ
’ ertr*v has struggled with the incubus of lo
cofbcoism, has freed herself from its baleful
oppression, and has followed in the wake
of Louisiana. We have returns, official
and reported, from.. 23 counties, which ex
hibit so heavy a gain to the Whigs, that we
believe we can with safety exclaim
All Hail Regenerated, Mississippi !
The returns from 23 counties show a
majority for Harrison of 3,433 ; Whig
majority in 1839,1,259. Gain in 1840 for
Whigs, 2,i?4, leaving 900 Locofoco ma
jority to be overcome in the remainder of
the State (33 counties.) This will easily
be done. Mississippi is safe by from one
to two thousand majority.
In Jackson county the Whigs have gain
ed 70 votes.
Fire.
About 7 o’clock on Tuesday morning
lat£ the dwelling house of Mrs. N.M. Stone,
near this village, was discovered to be on
fiyc. It was found impossible to stop the
progress of the fire, and the building was
burnt to the ground; a portion, of the furni
ture was saved, but much valuable movea
ble property was consumed with the house.
Loss estimated at S4OOO, no insurance.
Abated.— The Extra Globe has
been discontinued, and its editor be* issued
proposals for publishing anew paper called
Kendall’* Expositor.
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State Printer. —Mr. Gordon, ofChatham,
has introduced in the Senate, a bill to re
peal the law of 1836, providing for the
election of a State Printer; and authoriz
ing the Clerks of both Houses to contract
with printers and publishers for the execu
tion of the State printing in future.
We copy the following from the
Southern Recorder, ofNov. 17.
There is something very singular in the
remark of the Governor in his Message,
“It is to be hoped that this Bank (the Cen
tral) so long the benefactor of the people,
will with its ample assets, be enabled to
counteract the ungenerous efforts of other
Banks to discredit its. issues, provided its
liabilities are not increased by legislative
requisitions.” Now the Governor is stren
uous for the resumption ofspeeie payments,
and the only reason the other Banks refuse
the Central Bank bills is because they be
lieve that it is wholly unable to redeem its
bills with specie, as they will have to re
deem theirs. Now is there any thing un-.
generous in this ? The other Banks have
to redeem their bills with specie ; will their
debtors edme to them to pay their debts
with Central Bank hills which cannot re
deem its bills with specie. How long now
we should like to know, would the Banks
be able to hold out at this rate, ■ paying out
all the time specie to their creditors, and re
ceiving all the time from their debtors, bills
tiiat cannot command specie ?
The case is a plain one, and cannot be
avoided. The Banks cannot do business
at all, ifthey fcre the.sole payers of'specie,
and the receivers fdr their debts of that
which is cot equivalent to specie; and there
is no ungenerosify it) the business.
Which would his Excellency himself
prefer to reeive, the ‘notes of the Central
Bank, just issued to the people, or the notes
of the other Banks of the State, which he
recommends the Legislature to compel to
resume? Or in other words, does his Ex
cellency prefer bills uncontrovertible info
specie, to those that are convertible ? We
would fain hope that the Central Bank has
not so far overstepped the bounds of pru
dence, as to make issues which she cannot
redeem,when the other Banks redeem theirs;
but still the general impression is that she
has done so, and on that account both the
Banks and the people refuse their bills
when they can get others. However, this
matter will soon be put to rest; if the Cen
tral Bank resumes specie payment with the
other Banks, her notes will be the most cur--
rent in Georgia ; if she does not, they” will
be little better than continental paper, and
the people will be compelled to suffer the
damage. A short time will settle this mat
ter.
Providential Escape of Gen. Harrison. —
Extract from a letter dated Cincinnati, Oct.
31st.
“ The Lord God be w ith us as he was
with our fathers. Yesterday morning, as,
Gen. Harrison was riding over his farm
looking for his cattle, he rode across the
tunnel of the White Water Canal, which is
digging through his farm, he found the earth
giving away under hib), and threw hiinsr-U
nearly 15 fefcV ftlSfffflSsj” horse and” landed
on the top.of the grojited without injury to
himself, while his horse went down 40 feet
with the earth into the - tunnel, and was still
there in the afternoon ; and if the General
had not been smarter than his opponents
call him he might have been there too, but
the Lord was on our side and saved him. I
saw a gentleman last night who spoke
w ith him since his fall, and he says he is
not hurt.
OCT The city of New York contains
313,269 inhabitants.
An Effectual Mode of Frightening
Crows from Corn Fields. —During my re
sidence in lilt- western part of Louisiana,
which is much infested by blackbirds and
crows, I frequently observed a white cotton
thread suspended from the top of one cane
(or large reed) to the top of others through
o'ut the length of their corn fields. I in
quired the use of it, and was answered, that
it scared the crows or blackbirds, I do not
recollect which, but am of opinion it scared
both. Since my return to Virginia, I have
settled on a small farm in Chesterfield
county. Three sides of my field are en
closed by pine woods, the most choice a
bode of crows. Immediately after plant
ing my corn, I tried the experiment. I
procured small pine poles, 15 or 16 feet in
length ; set them in my corn field, 50 or 60
yards apart, lengthwise the field, as it was
long and narrow ; then stretched the cot
ton twine from the top of one pole to the top
of another, throughout the field; and found
that my corn was protected form 40 to 50’
yards on each side pf the twine so suspen
ded. The next season my field being in
form an obtuse angled triangle, and would
require a number of threads stretched par
allel through the field on account of its
form, and by way of saving labor and
thread, as well as for experiment, 1 stretch
ed the thread around the field, or set the
poles on the outer edge of the corn field,
say about 10 or 15, yards from the fence,
which protected the, corn entirely from
crows. The present year I enclosed or
stretched the thread around 30 acres ofcorn,
say with two pounds of cotton twine, at 81$
cents per pound, and am well satisfied that
I did not lose one hill of corn by crows.
It is my positive belief that if a field of
any magnitude was enclosed by the thread
(unless a crow on entering the field should
fly so high as not to observe the thread,)
there never would be one in it as long as
the thread was suspended. I get small
saplings, as small as I can, so that they
may give way to the winds,) about 15 or 16
feet long. First drop them around the
field at 50 or 60 yards distance ; then I
make holes with a “ slab, ’ (or pointed
stake,) as to set the poles firm in the
ground. Then I wrap the thread around
the end of ihe first pole and set it up firm ;
go on to the next with my ball of twine,
wrap it around that, and so on throughout;
observing to stretch the thread as tight as
possible, in the first instance, as it will
swag very much after a rain or heavy
dews. I give these directions, because I
believe from experience, that it is necessary
that the thread should swag a little, so as to
be kept in motion by every slight breeze.
I hope that many will try it.— Far. Reg.
From the Constitutionalist.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
November 15, 184(1
Yesterday, in the House, Mr. Roberts
moved to reconsider so much of the journal
of the day before, as relates to the rejection
of the bill to repeal the act of 1838, re
specting the granting of licences for re
tailing spirituous liquors. On this motion
to reconsider, the yeas were 64, nays 98.
Mr. Whitfield introduced a bill to author
ize the Governor to execute bonds of the
State, and to procure their negotiation for
specie, and to require the directors of the
Central Bank to pay specie for the notes is
sued by that institution, upon certain condi
tions. This is an important and extraor
dinary movement, especially at (his period
of the session. I shall’ wait, before I ex
press an opinion, for the reports of the com
mittees on Banks and the Finances.
The bill for the pardon of Francis Law
rence, convicted of the crime pf murder, in
the county of Talbot; was rejected, yeas 37,
nays 124. ‘ ‘
Mr. Roberts has introduced a bill to ap
propriate money for the political year
1841. “*
In the Senate,” yesterday, the hill for
ihe organization ofia court of errors was
taken op. A substitute for the bill Was of
fend by Mr.’ Jones, which was taken up and
read. The’ Sehate held reSbl'Ved itself into
a committee of the whole. The substitute
of Mr. Jones was read by section. The
blank for, .the salary of the Judges was fill
ed up with $2500. At this stage of the
proceedings, a motion prevailed for the
committee to rise, report progress, and have
leave to sit again. The organization of a
supreme court, at this session, is yery
doubtful.
From the Texas Register.
Petrified Trees in Texas.
The petrified trees in Texas may be
classed among the greatest natural curios
ities of the country. ‘ They are found scat
tered in huge logs of blocks, or in small
detached masses, over a vast extent of sur
face; chiefly, however, in a belt of country
about twenty miles broad, which extends
from near the Sabine, on the east, to the
Gaudaloupe on the west; generally at the
distanceof eighty or one hundred miles
from the .coast. The largest of these trees
yet discovered is found lying near the sum
mit of a hill, in an open prairie, near the
residence of Col. Moore, and about five
hundred yards north of the .oad leading
front Houston to Austin, in Fayette county.
The body of this tree is seven feet in diame
ter: and,as considerable portion's of its out
laycrs have been worn away or broken off,
it must have been once about Jv/enty-four
feet in circumference. It is,*ompletely si
licified throughout, an4-*£ so hard that the
‘TtWjis fcatJjTy'strike fire with steel. The
fibres of the wood are so distinct, that the
rings demoting its annual growth may
be distinguished.’ ■” Some of its broken
fragments, resemble flint, and are semi
transparent on their edges, others resemble
chalcedony ; but the main body of the tree
resembles some varities of fine-grained sand
stone, and is of a dull, grey ash color. This
trunk resembles an immense log, lying
slightly inclined with one of.its extremities
buried in the earth. The portion above the
surface is about sixteen feet long. Its larg
er extremity rests upon a ledge of sand
stone, which here protrudes through the
soil, and forms an irregular shelf, extend
ing along the side of the hill to a consider,
able distance on either side. Along this
ridge many huge blocks are scattered, which
appear to be portions of the same tree, and
have been mistaken ;by many persons as
the fragments of its branches; some of them,
however, are found at the distance of more
than three hundred yards from the main
trunk. It is worthy of remark, that por
tions of silicified wood are also found imbed
ded in this sandstone; they however ap
pear to be imbedded only near its surface,
and many small pebblestones of agate,
quartz, and other siliceous substances are
imbedded with them; apparently indicating
that they once formed the beach of a sea or
lake. ‘ •
In the hill on the opposite side of the val
ley, a similar shelf.of sand stones protrudes,
and silicified wood'iare found lying along
it, and m gome places imbedded in it. The
soil above this sandstone, even to the sum
mit of the hill, contains a large quantity of
siliceous pebbles of agate, quartz, chalce
dony, flint, and some fragments of silicified
wood. The summit of the hill is about
thirty feet above the surface of the adjoin
ing! valley, which is broa^i,.and shallow,
like} most.of the vsjjl.eys of this section. This
ledge of sandstone may probably bte traced
n ar the. summits of all the hills through
out the undulating regions of Teitas. Va
rious speculations have been made relative
to the species of tree to which this silicified
wood belongs. Some attributed! to the post
oak, others to the liVe oak, others to pine.
We have carefully examined several spe
cimens collected in different sections of this
republic, and find that the characters of all,
even when shown by the microscope, are
alike. They evidently belong to but one
species of tree, prybably different from any
now existing upon the globe;’ It resembles
the pirn ; even thesmail circular dises or
glands that are found in longitudinal sec
tions of the pine, may be distinguished in
small fragments subjected to an examina
tion in the microscope. The fragments of
transverse sections also exhibit the system
of reticulations peculiar to - the coniferac.
The pebbles of quartz, agate, flint, &c.
which are found in the superficial accumu
lations, in which these trees are imbedded,
are found strewn in the soil throughout La
grange Bastrop counties, and a large por
tion of Travis, Gonzales, Colorado and
Washington Counties. We have also been
informed that they are found in the sections
of Houston, Liberty, and Jasper counties
containing these silicified trees. It is wor
thy of remark, also, that extensive forests
of pines are also found in this section. The
silicified trees, however, are not confined to
the forests of pine; but often are found sev
eral miles distant, in open prairies, or in
forests of post oak and cedar. Whether
these trees are found east of the Sabine, or
west of the Gaudcloupe, we have not ascer
tained. Similar petrifactions have been
found in the pine barrens of New Jersey,
Missouri and in Chihuahua : possibly the
same scries of deposites which contain these
fossils extend along the Atlantic and the
Gulf of Mexico, quite round to the feet of
the Cordilleras, in Chihuahua, and are al
so connected with the great tertiary region
of Missouri. As many of our readers may
be anxious to learn how these trees became
changed to stone, and thus buried beneath
deep beds of soil, we will here remark that
the whole section in which they are found,
was once covered by a deep sea. This is
indicated by the marine shells which are
found imbedded in the sandstone on which
they rest, and the vast quantities of round
ed pebbles found in the superficial accumu
lations above the sandstone. Into this sea
the mountain torrents of adjacent lands
may have drifted vast quantities of trees,
and other vegetables, which, after becom
ing saturated with water, subsided upon its
sandy bed ; and as the woody matter de
cayed, siliceous particles contained in tbe
water were deposited in their place, and at
•length; their trunks and branches became
transformed to solid stone, which possibly
during ages rested on the tranquil bed of
the silefit deep and the currents of centu
ries swept over them the vast deposites of
earth and pebble stones in which they now
lie! These events may have transpired
thousands of years before the days of No
ah.
In progress of time, the ocean bed was
uplifted from beneath the waters; and the
rains of centuries gradually scooped out the
hollows, and wore down the elevations of
the surface thus upraised, until at last pres
ents the broad, shallow vallies and smooth
ly rounded hills, which characterize the
undulating region ofTexas. The shelves
of sandstone extending along the sides of
these hills, however, indicate that this sea
remained stationary for a long period of
time; and as most of these silicified trees
are found lying along these ridges, it is
doubtful whether the trees were imbedded
in the superficial accumulations, resting
upon the sandstone ; and were thus deduc
ed by the abrasion of the waters; or wheth
er they were thrown up against and upon
these ridges by the violence of the waves of
the ancient ocean.
The former opinion is rendered the most
probable, from the fact that some of these
huge trunks, which are found lying over
the ridges and upon the sandstone, are more
than six feet in diameter, and twenty or
thirty, orxneve feet long ; these will weigh
several tons; and it can hardly be sup
posed, that any force of the waves would be
sufficient to cast them over these ledges
without at the same time shattering them to
atoms. The hypothesis that they once
grew upon the spots where they are now
found, cannot be maintained ; because none
ofthe-trees are footed erect or with roots or
branches; but merely the bare trunks are
found lying horizontally, or slightly inclin
ed ; and in shattered, broken masses, as if
they had been subjected to the action of
powerful currents.
In conclusion, we will furnish our read
ers with an account of the subterranean
forest of the Isle of Portland, in England,
which contains silicifi'd trees, similar to
those we have attempted to describe. This
forest is imbedded in solid rock ; it consists
in'vast numbers of trees, belonging to spe
cies resembling the pine and to some spe
cies resembling palms, and other trees that
are now found growing only in tropical
countries. The roots of these trees extend
into a layer of earth about a foot in thick
ness, resting upon a deep bed of limestone,
Containing marine shells. ; ‘Many of the
stems of these trees, as well as the plants, ■
ate still erect, as if petrified while growing
undisturbed in their native forest—the trees
having their roots to the soil, and their
trunks extending into the superincumbent
strata of lime. The strata of limestone ex
tending above these trees are several hun
dred feet. The strata nearest the trees
contain fresh water shells ; above these are
stra’a containing shells of an estuary ; and
above all these, other stata oflirnestone con
taining marine shells ! Dr. Backland re
marks, that the structure of this district af
fords a good example of the proofs which
Geology discloses, of .alternate elevations
ahd submersions of the strata, during the
formation of the crust of our planet. Ist, we
hive evidence of the rise of the bed of lime
stone on which the soil lies and on which
the trees are rooted, till it reached the sur
face of the sea. Secondly, this surface be
ca)n;4, for i time, dry land, crowned by a
tqrnporary forest, during an interval which
is indicated by the thickness of the bed of
filacjc mould, called the dirt-bed, and by
the rings of annual growth in large petrifi
ed trees, whose roots have grown in this
mould.
Thirdly, we find this forest to have been
gradually submerged; first, beneath the
waters of a fresh water lake, next of an es
tuary, and afterwards beneath those of a
deep sea, in which cretaceous and tertiary
strata were deposited more than 2000 feet
in thickness. Fourthly, the whole of these
strata .have been elevated by subterranean
violence into their actual position in the
hills of Devonshire!
Such are the evidences of the mighty rev
olutions that have affected the globe upon
which we reside.
A Quick Way to Get Rich. —-A Miss In
gram, of Pontiac, sometime since was pe
rusing a Texas paper, and observing a
mong the persons that bore a prominent
part in the affairsof that government, a man
bearing her own name, and jocosely remar
ked to her companions that she had found
a namesake iPTexas, and intended to write
to him, and claim relationship. This reso
lution more from curiosity and a desire of
novelty than from any conviction that her
hopes would be realized, was carried into
effect. She wrote him a respectful letter,
giving him a history of her family and pa
rentage, and suggesting that as the name
was not as common as most of the names of
our country, the probability is strong that a
relationship existed between them. She
received in reply, a friendly and affection
ate letter, acknowledging her as a cousin,
and expressing an earnest desire that the cor
respondence might be continued. This was
readily acceded to, and it was carried on
agreeably and satisfactorily to both parties,
until very recently, when she received in
telligenceofliis death, and information that
in his will he hud bequeati and her the hand
some sum of twenty thousand dollars in gold
and silver, leaving his personal property
and immense landed estate to his relatives
in that country. A few days previous to
the reception of this joyful communication,
she had connected her fortunes with those of
a Methodist clergyman, and should their
deeds of charity comport with their means,
the widow’s heart will be filled with joy,
and many an orphan live to implore bless,
ings upon the heads of their benefactors, for
the deeds of their benevolence and genero
sity.—Michigan Northern Advocate.
The Mother of General Greene. —Among
the many ladies who distinguished them
selves for their patriotism, charity, and o
ther good qualities, in our Revolution,
there is one whose name ought not to be
forgotten, and who, in my opinion, is equal
in merit to any that flourished in our coun
try, and there were many at that time. A
bout the commencement of our Revolution,
and as it was ascertained that Nathaniel
Greene, (afterwards General Greene,) in
tended to join our army in defence of his
country, a deputation of Friends, (common
ly called Quakers, and to whose society he
then belonged, by order of their meeting,)
waited on him to endeavor to dissuade him
from it, and after listening to all their ar
guments on the subject, he informed them
that he felt an irresistible propensity, not to
be got over, for joining his brethren in
arms. He thanked them for the interest
they had taken in his welfare; but he
could not comply with their request.
When the deputation took an affectionate
leave, and left him, his mother, who had
been listening with all the anxiety of a fond
parent, used tier best endeavors to prevail
on him to stay at home, when he told her it
was impossible . After a pause, “she burst
into a flood of tears, with this remarkable
observation :
“ Well, Nathaniel, f thee must go, it is
possible that i may hear oj thy death, and if
it be God s will that it shall so Happen, i
hope 1 shall not have the mortification to hear
of thee being wounded in the back.”
Comment is needless—a Spartan mother
could not have said more; but Mrs.
Greene stands preeminently superior to the
mothers of antiquity, as her education was
so different—she was bred a Christian.
Definition of Cherub. —A lady (married
ofcourse) was once troubled with a squal
ling brat, whom she always addressed as
“my cherub.” Upon being asked why she
gave it that appellation, she replied—“ B
ecause it is derived from cherubim, and the
Bible says, the cherubims continually do
cry.” Good, that.
An Editor's Luck. —A Tennessee editor
found a five dollar hill in his office, and was
much rejoiced at the unprecedented pheno
menon ; but, ten minutes afterwards, while
he was inditing a paragraph, calling loudly
for Chapman to crow on the occasion, an
owner called for the money. In his vexa
tion, he immediately changed his “ crow”
into a bitter article against a political oppo
nent, by whom he was prosecuted for libel,
challenged to a duel, and got a sound
thrashing into the bargain.
Van Buren’s “ last card’’ seems to
have been the knave. He played it skil
fully, but Harrison counted too many
honors for his tricks.
Jftuslin de Laines*
Just received, direct from New York, a
handsome assortment of MUSLIN DE
LAINES, which will be disposed of on
reasonable terms, by the subscriber,
MARK A. LANE.
Washington, Nov. 19, 1840. 12 3t
PUBLIC SALES.
L N DECK MBE R.
NOTICE.
Will be sold on Monday, the 7th ot December
next, at the late residence of I’eter Strozier,
deceased, the following property ; to wit,
ALL the Crop ofCorn, Fodder, a good stock of
Hogs, Cattle, and Sheep, Plantation Tools,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, a number of
Smith’s Tools, Cotton Gin and Gear, and other
articles too tedious to mention. Terms made
known on the day.
All sold by the consent of the legatees of said
deceased, and myself.
’ PRISCILLA STROZEIR.
Nov. 19, 1840. 12
1 N JANUARY.
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in JAN
UARY next, before the Court House Door,
between the legal sale hours, the following
property, to-wit:
ONE set of mahogany dining tables, 6 split
bottom chairs, 6 cane bottom ditto, 1 rocking
chair, 5 odd chairs, 1 optical glass, 1 portrait, 2
frames, 2 brass candlesticks, 1 lot glass ware, 2
flower pots, 5 imitation truit, 1 lot pic lures, 1
small chair, 2’ astrol lamps, 1 marble centre
table, 1 side-hoard, 1 wash bowl and pucher, 1
lot crockery, 1 iot tin ware, l mantle glass, 1 iol
bottle, 1 pair brass andirons, 1 pair knife boxes, 1
set fine knives and forks, I set small waiters, 1
large cloth press, 1 lot bed cloths, 1 stand, bed
curtains, 1 lot window curtains, 2 mahogany
bureaus, 2 looking glasses, 1 secretary; 2 wash
stands, 1 pair small andirons, 1 small table, 1
lot books, 1 child’s cribb, 3 bedsteads, 2 feather
beds, 2 matrasses, 1 hearth rug, 1 work stand, 1
l ady’s saddle and bridle, 1 bunch of feathers, 5
wash tables, 2 water pails, 2 bread trays, 1 tea
kittle, 1 ove i and lids, 2 pots, 1 skillet, 1 grid
iron, 1 pair wafer irons, 1 pair waffle irons, 1 ba
ker, 1 dozen pair shoes, 1 roanc horse, 1 spice
mortar, 1 co!, 1 small bed and furniture, 1 lot wai
ters, 133 bunches factory thread, 1 iron chest, 1
large writing desk, 16 small shawls, 7 silk veils,
1 lot ribbons, 4 small pieces of silk, 12 pieces of
white mush ,8 colored ditto, 1 piece striped cot
ton goods, 1 piece mole skin, 1 piece striped
drill, l small piece satinet, 5 pieces Circasian,
l piece crape camblet, 3 pieces milinet, 2 pieces
colored cambric, 1 piece red flannel, 1 small
piece calico, 1 lot flax thread, 1 piece white
crape, 1 piece black ditto, 8 pair kid skin gloves,
1 piece fringe, 1 box of lace, 1 lot suspenders, 1
box wreaths, 1 lot tuck combs, 1 lot side ditto,
l iot wood ditto, 2 pocket books, 1 lot spectacle
cases, 3 shaving brushes, 1 lot buttons 1 lot
court plaster, 2 papers o pins, 1 box curls, 2
bottles of macassar oil, 1 black cravat, 70 pair
ol shoes assorted, 2 paper boxes, 1 portable desk,
1 large ink stand, 1 tin box, 3 split bo'tom chairs,
1 shoe punch, 1 pairo! s'eps, 1 lot of wrapping pa
per, 1 box waters, 1 lot quills, 1 lot of plank.
Levied on to satisfy, a F,. Fit issued man the In
terior Court of W ikes (‘outer, ip fatter of Wylie,
Lane & Cos. vs. Lawrence I'etee :a id sundry
other Fi. Fas against said Lawrence X-. l’e'eef.
l’roperty pointedou’ by Clieuoh i'e ee
ALSO,
ONETRACT of'LAND, Jv*” * water
of Beaver Dam Creek, i ; •• • , (joining
lands of John Huguelv, ‘ e?, and
others, containing five hu lire a r•, more or
less: Levied on to satisfy aF‘ .’te, ssnel from
the Superior Court, Lawrence “and eei vs.
Nathan Lyon and Frederick Lawre ce : and
sundry oilier Fi. Fas. against Lyon and Law
rence. Property pointed out by Nathan I von.
ALSO,
One set Mahogany Dining Tables, 1 ’’sirol
Lamp, 1 Work-stand, 1 Bureau, 1 .Wash-stand,
1 Ward-robe, 1 small Trunk, 1 large do, “N.fea
ther beds and furniture, 1 Matrass, 2 BedsiteNlf', ■•
1 lot Bed-clothing, 4 Towels, 1 Waste bowl and
Pitcher, 1 Looking-glass, 1 ladies’ Work-box,
1 bunch Feathers, 1 set Window-curtains, 1 Ri
ding-whip, 1 box Indelible Ink, 1 Mantle-glass,
1 Table-cloth, 2 pair Shovel and Tongs, 2 pair
Andirons, I lot Glass-ware, 2 Waiters 1 Dust
ing-brush, 2 pictures and frames half dozen Split
bottomed Chairs, half dozen Cane-bottomed do.,
1 Rocking-chair, 2 Carpets, t Hearth-rug, 1 lot
Books, 1 lot Jars, 1 Screw-driver, a part of abbl.
Flour, 1 lot Medicines, l pair Sad I’e-bags, 1 lot
boxes and contents, 2 small Tab’es 1 Wash
bowl and 1 itcher, 1
rniig, ~ Spurs, gYv asli-tidc, 2 Water-buckets,
1 pine Tab’e, 1 B'anket, 1 Bread-tray, 1 Sifter,
1 lot kitebec furniture, 1 Axe, 1 box Salt. 2 jars
Lard, 1 large Jar, 3 pieces Bucnr, 1 Meat-axe, l
lot Com, 2 brass Cand e-s: ck I ', 1 Garden-rake, 1
Man’s Sadd e, 1 lot Cigars, 1 iot ground Tobac
co, 1 lot Pickles, 1 he Decanters and contents,
1 ;o Tumblers and Wine-glasses, 1 lot Glass
jars and contents, 2 tumbler Drab ers, 1 Britan
nia Pitcher, 1 lot Fr ction-inatcbe”, 1 lot Cordials
in bottles, 1 lot Porter, 1 lot Malaga Wine in
bottles, 1 lot Preserves, .1 Shaving-box, 5 paint
saucers, 1 lot Teas 1 kv variegated S<aap, 1 lot
Tin-ware, 1 lot empty boxes 2 Tobacco-cutters,
2 Nutmeg-graters 1 lot Silt in boxes, 1 lot Rai
sins, 1 lot bar-soap, 1 Sign-board for bar-room, 1
lot Champagne Wine,- 1 lot Ginger, 1 lot Spice,
L lot Pepper, 2 bottles Simighton’s Bitters, 1 lot
Pipes 1 bbl. Vinegar, 2 Pitchers, I lot water
buckets 1 lot Bottles and Phial?, 18 Counter
stands and contents, 11 Liquor-stands a*a con.
tents 1 lot chewing Tobacco, 1 lot Staitfi, 1 lot
Copperas, 1 lot Madder, 1 Ice-box and Sign, 1
lot empty barrels, 1 lot loaf Sugar, 1 Augur, 1
lot Garden Seeds, 1 lot Chains and Rope, 1 lot
Naiis, 2 pair Scales, 2 large Baskets, 1 lot Split
bottomed Chairs, 1 Sand-box and 2 Ink-stands,
1 glass Lanthern, I lot Shot, 1 lot Jugs, 1 lot
Nails, and 1 Grocery Sign, sold by an order of
Court, upon sundry attachments to-vvit: Darnel
Lee vs. Thomas If I-awrence, 11. McMillan vs.
Thomas H. Lawrence, John B. Lennard vs.
Thomas H. Lawrence, this 10th November, 1-40
G, W. JARRETT, Dm Sheriff
Nov. 19. 12
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will Vie sold on the First Tuesday in JAN
UARY next, at the Court House Door, in the
town of Washington, Wilkes county, within
the usual sale hours, the following property;
to wit.
One HOUSE and LOT, in the town of Wash
ington, occupied by Francis T. Willis, also,the
HOUSE occupied by the said Willis as a Store;
both adjoining Burton, Pelott, and others ; also
one other small STORE HOUSE, lately occu
pied bv Lawrence & Peteet, adjoining the abovqgg
named’ lot. All levied on as the property opj
Lawrence &. Pe'.eet.
ALSO,
The STORE HOUSE and LOT, formerly oc
cupied by Thomas II Lawrence, adjoining the
above described lots, John D. Thompson, and
others. Levied on as the property of Frederick
Lawrence.
All fronting the Public S prare in said town of
Washington.
AI-SO,
At the same time and place.
The HOUSE and LOT occupied by Chenoth
Peteet, fronting the Me’ In ands ('hurch, adjoining
Samuel Anthony, Alfred 1,. Boren, and others,
levied on as the property oi Che df.li Peteet. *
ALSO,
At the satne time and ‘'f.y
ONE LOT, or Parcel o I/m ’ .'y
of Wilkes, adjoining Jesse Ca 1 -
Anthony, and Thorn*-’ • aul ‘ p ?
twenty-four acres,m-..re o s ne
property of Lawrence &, Pe
All the above property lev e sun
dry F. Fas issued from the S. o:
Wilkes county, in the name of Par ’ * t-w „
and Charles L Bolton ; and two in or . -e,
McTier & Cos, vs. said Lawrence & Peteet.
Property pointed out by Chenoth Peteet.
THOS. R. EIDSON, Deputy Sheriff.
Nov. 19, 1840. 12
I N FE B it U A it Y ‘
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in February
next, before the Court-house door, 1 y Older of
the Hon. the Inferior Court of Wilkes county,
between the legal hours of sale, the fo.lowing
property; to-wit,
ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, known as
the Crosby Tract, lying on the waters of Kittle
Creek, in said county, belonging to the Estate of
William H. Dan el, late ot W lkescounty.de
ceaFeii. Terms at time ot sate.
D W. McJUNKIN, Administrator.
Nov. 19, 1840. IJ
EXECUTED
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