all monies coming to thccounty for which
lie is appointed, out of said fund, in such
VMtnner as the Commissioners may direct,
and shall enter all orders passed by system
for that purposo, in a book to he kept by
him ; and the bond of the said Treasurer
and Clerk shall be deposited in the Clerk’s
office of the Superior Court of their county,
and may be sued on, and shall be recover
able in a Court of Law or Equity in this
State having cognizance ofthe same.
Sec. 4. And oe.it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid , That the Clerk and
Treasurer of the Poor School Funds shall
he allowed to retain as a compensation for
his services, two and a half percent, on all
monies received by him, and the like sum
for monies paid out by him.
Sec. 5. And be it.further enacted by the
authority aforesaid , That it shall be the
duty of the Justices of the Peace in
the several districts, Georgia militia in
this State, to make out a list of the chil
dren in their respective districts, between
the ages of six and fifteen years, whose in
digence, in the opinion of the Justices, en
title them to a participation in the Poor
School Fund, and transmit the same un
der their hands and seals to the Commis
sioners of the Poor School Fund in their
county, on or before the first Monday in
January in each year thereafter.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That if shall be the du
ty of the Commissioners of the Poor School
Funds, or a majority of them, to consoli
date the several returns of the Justices, of
the children in their several districts enti
tled to a participation in said funds, and
transmit the same to the Governor of this
State, and a copy thereof to the Senatus
Academicus, on or before the second Mon
day in November in each and every year,
together with the receipts and expenditures
ofthe preceding year, and the amount of
money in hand, if any, and for what the
payments have been made.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be the du
ty of the Governor to draw his warrant on
Treasurer, in favor of the Commissioners
of the Poor School Funds, in the several
counties in this State, for the amount of
said fund to which they arc entitled accor
ding to the number of children returned as
entitled to a participation in the same, at
any time after the third Monday in Novem
ber in each and every year.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid . That all Teachers of
Schools having in their Schools any of the
children returned as entitled to a partici
pation in the Poor School Fund's, shall at
tend said Board of Commissioners, whose
duty it shall be to convene four times in
each year after the year 1841, and three
times in the year 1841, on such days as
they may think proper, having an eye to
an equal division of time, and have three
fit and proper persons within the vicinity of
said School, appointed as trustees thereof,
whose duty it shall be to attend said School
quarterly, and examine the children so re
turned as entitled to a participation in the
Poor School Funds, and report to the Board
the progress of said children, and unless
the report of the Trustees satisfies the Com
missioners that said children have usually
attended and made reasonable progress,
the Commissioners shall not pay said teach
ers for the same.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That when any chil
dren, entitled under this act to the Poor
School Fund, shall be taught in any nf the
Academies in this State, it shall he the du
ty of the Trustees ofthe Academy in which
they have been taught to report to the Com
missioners ofthe Poor School Funds, as is
provided in the Bth section cf this act, and
on failure thereof, the Teacher of such A
cademy shall not be paid out of said funds
for the same.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be the du
ty of the said Commissioners of the Poor
School Funds at their regular meetings (or
a majority of them) to pass or reject all ac
counts presented for their examination, and
to cause all such as pass, to be paid, pro
vided they have funds on hand, and in
case of a deficiency, they shall cause them
to be paid in proportion to the demands and
the amount of money on hand.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That no more money
shall be appropriated to the tuition of each
child, entitled to participate in the Poor
School Fund, than the pro-rata share to
which each child is entitled, upon the e
qual distribution of said fund among ail
the children in the several counties who
may avail themselves of the provisions of
this act.
• Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be law
ful for the Commissioners appointed under
this act, to cause to be paid, all accounts
which have been contracted in pursuance
ofthe acts which this act repeals: Provi
ded, the samp shall be properly authenti
cated. and shall have been created in strict
conformity with the provisions of said acts.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the
authority ; aforesaid, That nothing in this
act shall be construed, as to prevent the
Trustees of Common Schools in any of the
counties of this State from paying all con
tracts now created by them as Trustees
without regard to the length of time school
has been taught in.the different districts of
said county, and the monies remaining in
the hands of said Trustees of any county
after all just demands against them, as
Trustees shall turn over to the Commis
sioners ofthe Poor School Funds, for said
counties, as contemplated by this act to be
applied to the purpose of Education accord
ing to this act in the school district from
which said Common School Fund is recei
ved.
Sec 14. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That nothing in this
act contained, shall be so construed as to
authorize the Commissioners of Poor schols
to appropriate any other funds to the pay
ments of accounts contracted under the
common school acts, which this act repeals
than the funds which have been set apart
and distributed under the aforesaid acts.
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Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by ike
authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful
for the Commissioners of the Common
Schools, and Trustees of the Common
Schools in any Division and District, to pay
over to the Commissioners of the Poor
School Funds in their county, any unexpen
ded balance that may be in their hands, Sc
the Treasurer’s receipt for the same shall
be sufficient evidence, the same was paid
over to him.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
any Commissioner or Commissioners, Trus
tee or Trustees of any Common Schools,
who after thirty days notice, shall neglect
or refuse to pay over any money in his or
their hands, as authorized by this act, shall
be subject to indictment, and on convic
tion, shall he fined by the Court, in any sum
not exceeding the amount of funds in his or
their hands belonging to the Poor or Com
mon School Fund, which fine or fines when
collected shall be paid to the Commission
ers of the Poor School Fund.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That an act entitled an
act to establish a general system of Educa
tion by Common Schools, assented to the
20th December 1837,and an act entitled an
act to amend an act to establish a general
system of Education by Common Schools,
assented to the 20th December 1838, togeth
er with all other acts and parts of acts mil
itating against this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed. ’
Assented to, December 10, 1810.
NEWS AND GAZETTE.
principles and men.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1841.
0C?” The weather has laid an embargo
upon our intercourse with the rest of the
world. The mails come very irregularly,
and bring hut scanty information when they
do arrive. This must he our apology for
lack of news to day. For the last 2 weeks
it has only stopped raining to give us a
change in the way of sleet, which has cov
ered the side-walks with ice, and caused
several accidents by tripping the heels of
pedestrians and bringing their heads rough
ly in contact with the rocks ! Melancholly
to relate, these falls have produced several
severe fractures—of the rocks.
Education.
We publish in this day’s paper the school
law passed the last session of the Legisla
ture repealing a law of 1838, which last so
far as we can learn, has never yet been
carried into effect, nor has any attempt
been made to enforce it.
No State in the Union has made greater
efforts or laid out more money ineffectual
ly, in attempting to establish a common
school system, than Georgia. Annually
for the last twenty years has some new
law been passed, each Legislature undo
ing the work of its predecessor, ample
funds have been set apart for the purpose,
still we seem as far from the desired end
as at first.
The efforts of the Legislature are ill-di
rected and abortive. If a good scheme is
proposed they will not adhere to it long e
nough to give it a fair trial, they neither
understand the object desired nor the best
mode of obtaining it, and legislation never
will do good until legislators make them
selves acquainted with the subject, adopt
and adhere to some certain plan, and cease
their custom of “moving, like a sick man
in his sleep, three paces and then falter
ing.”
There is also too much apathy among
the people on this subject, and their indif
ference is manifested by the tact that the
law of 1838, was suffered to remain a dead
letter, when if they would have taken pro
per interest in the matter, it would have
been carried into effect. The scheme
proposed by it was by no means in
efficient. It was modeled from that adopt
ed in many States ofthe Union, where it is
found admirably to answer its purpose and
was so far modified as to suit the sparse
ness of the population in some parts ofour
State. But it is useless to set forth its pro
visions at length, as it is repealed. It was
an excellent law, and it is a reproach up
on us that no attempt was made to enforce
it. Let us see if the law of last session
will be better attended to. That it may,
we intend to recur to this subject again,
just to jog the memories of the officers to
whose care its execution is confided.
England and China.
By the late accounts, we perceive that
offensive operations are already begun by
England against China. One city has
been taken and another battered to the
ground by the British, and great numbers
of the Chinese have been killed.
As the cause of these proceedings may
be little known to our readers, it may per
haps be interesting to them to know some
thing of the origin of this war, especially
Sificc it is likely by the interruption of the.
trade of the United States with China to
add another to the many discords now ex
isting between this country and England,
which sooneror later must result in war.
The quarrel of Great Britain with China
originated in the attempts of the latter coun
try to restrain its people in the use of opi
um, a drug much sought for by them, not
for its medical properties, hut for its intox
icating effects.
The Chinese Government, finding the
use ofthe drug producing a rapid deterio- ’
ration in the morals and health of its sub
jects and its consumption increasing to an
alarming extent, enacted very severe
sumptuary laws against its use, ami also
forbade its importation. These meas
ures were found insufficient to stop the e
vil. The British in defiance of the Chi
nese laws, still continued to introduce the
poison, and the Government at length took
a most decisive and proper step in the mat
ter ; it ordered all the smuggled opium in
the hands of the merchants to be seized and
destroyed, and this was accordingly done.
The English, largely engaged in the opi
um trade, finding the market closed against
them, resolved to force the poison down
the. throats of the Chinese with the sword,
rather than lose their capital invested in
j the trade.
This we believe is the whole ground of j
! dispute ; on the one hand the desire of a
: Government to fulfil its first duties, the
| preservation ofthe health, lives and proper- j
ty of its subjects, on the other the. desire of j
gain, unrestrained by any moral or phi
lanthropic consideration; it is not difficult
to tell which is in the wrong. Indeed, we
may always discover the justico or injus
tice of any cause in which England is en
gaged, by ascertaining on which side she
fights, that side may always be sot down
to he wrong until it is shown to be right by
the most inoonteslible proof. John Bull’s
arrogance and presumption lead him to in
terfere in the affairs of every nation and
he never inquires what is just, but what is
expedient. His jealousy also of other na
tions sometimes prompts him to engage in
quarrels where, it would seem, there was no
prospect of gain to himself, but in which
his intermeddling will prevent the aggran
dizement of others. Secure and unap
proachable in his own foggy little island,
lie may defy foreign interference himself
and has plenty of leisure to set other peo
ple together by the ears, sometimes from
the self-interest, and sometimes apparently
front the mere love of bloodshed. We see
him at this moment engaged in murdering
the Chinese, because they will not consent
to be poisoned that his pockets may be fill
ed, and, in another quarter of the world,
burying thousands of the inhabitants of
Acre under the ruins of their houses be
cause Mehemet Ali has qurreled with the
Sultan, which one would think was no bu
siness of England’s.
The interest of this country in these pro
ceedings ofEngland is daily increasing as
our means of communication with all parts
of the globe becomes daily quicker and
readier. We may therefore expect to be
drawn into these contentions and to be com
pelled to resort to arms to protect ourselves
from the aggressions of this intermeddler
among nations.
Congressional Election.
Returns from 88 Counties give
Holt, - - 25,904
W atson, - 20,828
Holt’s majority, - 5,076
( yCr The Census of the District of Co
lumbia shows a population of 43,712. —
The Citv of Washington contains 23,364.
inhabitants.
Resolutions have been submitted in
the Legislatures of some of the Western
States urging upon Congress the propriety
of appointing the same day or days, through
out the Union, for tlie choice of electors ol
President &V.President. Such a law would
greatly incommode the fence men and those
who are fond of voting with the majority,!’
but such inconvenience would be , more
than compensated by other advantages.—
It might possibly diminish the practice of
betting on elections, so common and so
pernicious especially to the losers.
The body ot Napoleon has been disinterred 1
and removed fspm its grave in the Island of St
Helena, where it has rested for twenty years, to
a splendid mausoleum in Paris. It was iound
in a wonderful state of preservation, the features
being so little changed as to be easily recog
nized.
Geology. —The Government of Wiscon
sin, recommends the appointment of a Ge
ologist, to examine particularly, the miner
al portion ofthe Territory.
MURDER OF A METHODIST PREA
CHER.
We learn from the Nashville Whig, that
a foul murder was committed on Monday
the 14th ult., near Hendersonville, Surnner
county, Tenn., on the body of Mr. Lindsay,
a respectable clergyman of the Methodist
Church, of near thirty years standing, and
55 years old. He was shot to obtain the
money he had about him, S3OO, as is sup-
man by the name of Carroll,
and thrown iiitoCumberland ‘ river, ‘ where
the body was found on the 20th, by drag
ging with a net. Carroll is a citizen of
Missouri, hut for the last six months has
been in Tennessee, and wherever he is
known, is rather celebrated for his expert
ness with his rifle. He has not lieen seen
since, and a handsome reward is offered
for his apprehension. A man by the name
of Johnson, a supposed accomplice, has
been taken up.
DISGRACEFUL.
The following statement we copy from
the Washington correspondence of the
Boston Atlas :
There has been a practice prevailing
here for some years past, to a limited ex
tent, which as a chronicler of events at the
Capitol, I feel called upon to expose. The
two Houses of'Congress, you know, are al
lowed a large number of Pages, or boys in
waiting, to run to and from the Senate
Chamber and Hal! of the House, to do the
bidding ofthe members. These boys, most
of whom are under ten and twelve years,
are allowed $1 50 a day, or $lO-50 a week
for this little service. Some half dozen
years since, some avaricious members
brought on their sons, aiid ohtained-eniploy
ment for them as Messengers. The prac
tice was always repudiated, and in one in
stance old “Ben Ilurdin,” of Ky., threaten
ed a father to expose his conduct -to the
House, if he did not withdraw his son from
the service. The threat was successful to
accomplish its purpose. At the last session
j Dr. Duncan, so notorious and so infamous
! all over the land, brought on his son for this
| purpose. Col. Johnson gave him a Mes
i -senger’s place in his room, and ho was paid
| for 8 months services, and $250 extra at
[ the end of session, in all between six and
‘■ seven hundreddollars. This session, again
j the Doctor brings forward his son, and he
receives the same per diem as before, and
will at the end of the session probably, re
ceive an extra payment, such being the
practice. This practice I have thought de
serving of public notice, for if such things
are done in the green tree, what may he done
in the dry. There are scores of orphan
boys here, and of the sons of poor parents,
who should be allowed the employment
given to the imported hoys of foreign politi
cians. It is not necessary to send to Ohio
for a common runner of errands, nor is it
dignified, to say the least, for a member of
Congress to thrust his son upon the Vice
President.
THE NEW APPORTIONMENT.
Some speculations are indulged in touch
ing the new apportionment of Members of
Congress’ under the census of 1840. It
has been usual every ten years to increase
the ratio of representation somewhat, so as
to keep down the number of members in the
lower House. At present there is one
member for every 47,700 of population.
If that basis continues, the next House of
Representatives will be considerable larger
than the present. The relative strength
of each State delegation will he much the
same whether the ratio of representatives is
enlarged or continued on the existing scale;
’ If enlarged, some of the smaller Atlantic
States must suffer a reduction in the num
ber oftheir present delegation.
Some object to increasing the number
in the House of Representatives on the
ground that there are more in it now than
are useful to the country. - The English
House of Commons contains six hundred
or more; but then the privilege of verbos
ity is not reckoned among the privileges of
a member of parliament. A man in the
House of Commons is not expected nor in
deed allowed to speak unless he has some
thing to say worth hearing ; and lie is obli
ged to stop when he is done. These would
be grevious restraints upon our Representa
tives—and quite impracticable of enforce
ment.
j It is quite apparent that for all practical
j purposes the House of Representatives is
already large enough ; hut then if the
number is increased the evil may work its
own correction. That is to say, the neces
sity of rejecting superfluous, prosy and
irrelevant speeches may become more appa
rent, and the whole tribe of talkers be put
upon their good behaviour.
Baltimore American.
Duty to Whig Editors. —A correspond
ent of the New York Democratic Press
proposes to give the Whig Editors of the
Union a Dinner, for the services they have
performed in the late election. Upon this
the Wheeling Times properly’ remarks:
“There is a much better way for the Peo
ple to show their regard for such services.
It is, to pay up what they owe them, square
off’their accounts yearly, and begin anew;
and then urge their neighbors who depend
upon borrowing to subscribe, and pay for
them too.” This is but justice and right,
and we hope they will come to the conclu
sion to do it. Prompt payment is the on
ly means by which a paper ean be sustain
ed.—Cumberland Civilian.
An Upper Canada paper says that within
the last four years more than 12,000 run
away slaves have made there escape into
Canada from the United States,and that
schools have been maintained among them
during that time by the American aboli
tionists.
The Poor Indian. —ln the splendid re
gions of the “Far West” which lie between
Missouri and the Rocky Mountains, there
are living at this moment on the prairies,
various tribes, who, il left to themselves,
would continue for ages to live on the Buf
falo which cover the plains. The skins of
these animals, however, have become val
uable to the whites, and accordingly this
beautiful verdant country, and these brave
and independent people have been invaded
by the white traders, who, by paying them
a pint of whiskey for each skin, (or ‘robe,
as they are termed in America,) which,
sells at New York for ten or twelve, dol
lars induce them toslaughter these animals
in immense numbers, leaving their flesh, I
•the food of -thou Indian, to rot gnd u putrify j
on the ground. No admonition or ediitiftn”
ean arrest for a moment the propelling
-powerofthe whiskey. Accordingly in all
directions these poor thoughtless beings are
seen furiously riding under its influence
in pursuit oftheir game, or in other words,
in the fatal exchange of food for poison.—
It has been very attentively calculated by
the traders who manage to collect per an
num, from 150,000, to 800,000 buffalo
skins, at the rate which these animals are
disposed of, in ten years they will be kill
ed off. Whenever that event happens,
Mr. Catlin very justly prophecies that
250,000 Indians, now living in a plain of!
nearly three thousand miles in extent, must |
die for starvation, and become a prey to j
the wolves, or that they must either attack !
the powerful neighboring tribes of the
Rocky mountains, or in utter phrenzy of
despair rush upon the white population in
the forlorn hope of dislodging it. In the
two alternatives there exists no chance;
and we have therefore the appalling reflec
tion before us, that 250,000 Indians must
soon he added to the dismal list of those
who have already withered and disappear
ed. leaving their country to bloom and
flourish in thp possession of the progeny of
another world!— Quarterly Review.
Cne ofthe Spanish Bourbons was roas
ted to death in liis palace by the foroc of
etiquette. His majesty's chair had been
placed, by the grandee in waiting,'at the
due distance from the fireside. But, by
some supei'ftuofts-liberality in the-supply
of the roV<il fagots, the fire burned, up with
iinpij?eci<-(l force. The king began to
roast. To remove ‘himself was never heard
of in Spanish annals: to remain where he j
was to he burned alive, But to remove
his chair was the especial duty of an espe- |
cial grandee, who happened to he absent at j
tie crisis. The monarch continued roas
ting; all the court stood round the royal
carbonisation, all commiserating, hut none
daring, to outrage etiquette by interfering.
At length the grandee was found: he perfor
med his office, and drew hack the chair and
the king in it. But he was unluckily too
late—the king was roasted to the bone; and
all that remained, ’ was to-take care that
the'royat embers'should have a royal buri
al. Etiquette was the true sovereign.
HARRISON’S CABINET.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
a pretty careful mechanic generally, has
turned Cabinet-maker. Its first job is as
follows:
“The New Cabinet. —Until something
definite as to the intentions of the President
elect uas known upon this subject, wo
considered this business of cabinet-making
about the poorest in which an editor could
engage. W are now prepared to speak,
because we have authentic information.
On the first day of the present session, Dan
iel Webster was tendered the situation of
Secretary of State, or Secretary of the
Treasury, or any other post in the new
administration that he might choose. The
country will rejoice to learn that he will
take the former. It is equally certain that
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, will receive
the post of Attorney,General. Noble be
ginnings, these.”
Unless “authentic information” is to he
questioned, this demonstrates what we have
all along believed, viz: that General Harri
son will select his Cabinet himself, and do
such other business as properly pertains to
his station in such manner as seems best in
his own judgement, maugre all the news
paper nominations and newspaper sugges
tions in the world.
We shall regret deeply to lose Mr. Web
ster from the senate of the United States.
In point of dignity, or in respect of reputa- I
tion, he has nothing to'gain by going into
the Cabinet; and as a servant ofthe public,
we think his present position is one of more
efficiency than that of Secretary of State.
He lias been a hard worker, however ; and
if he desire the comparative rest which the
proposed change will give him, and its par
tial retiracy from the public eye, no one
should object.
The selection of Mr. Crittenden, as At
torney General, will, we think, give almost
universal satisfaction.— Cin. Gazette.
POPULATION—REPRESENTA
TION.
The census ofthe different States are co
ming in pretty rapidly now ; and as they
do so, some interesting facts are now devel
oped. New England, for instance, should,
the apportionment bo 1 representative to 60-
000 inhabitants, will lose 4 members of
Congress, while the State of Ohio will gain
6. ‘-The Now England States that will
lose, are N. Hampshire, Connecticut, Ver
mont -and Maine and
Massachusetts will just hold their own.—
Os theiEmpire State, the same to.be said ;
New.'tYork- having increased just about e
noiigh'sincP 1830, to meetthe increased ra
tio of population to-representation, on the
supposed basis of 1 to 60,000.
The young Giant ofthe West is gaining
handsomely upon her big rival ofthe “Em
pire cognomen From the,year 1820 to
1830, New York increased .in population
545,796; Ohio 356,469, or less than New
York 189,327. From 1830 to 1840, New
York has increased in population 514,227;
Ohio 577,792, or more than New York 63,-
565. Present population of New York, 2,-
‘'432,835; ofOhio 1,515,695.
Maine has a present population of 501,-
796. Increase since 1830, 102,334.
Massachusetts has a present population
of 739,306. Increase since 1830, 129,-
202.
Vermont has a present population 0f291-
848. Increase since 1830, 11,196.
New Hampshire has a present popula
tion of 284,481. Increase since 1830, 15,-
153.
- Connecticut has a present population of
310,131. Increase since 1830, 12,456.
Delaware has a present population of
78.107. Increase since 1830. 1,359. Uh-
der the present ratio of representation, this
fcjtut£_.but holds her own—l. Under the
‘new apportionment. il’“it'stfaN ho ft.wD.at .
00,000, she will have u surplus of 18,107.
New Jersey has a present population ol
273,272. Increase since 1830, 52,403.
Mieiiigan bus a present population of
211,001. Increase since 1830, ITfUgL
ratio
a will
‘• Kepi-. M-ntatiw in C.uigri -s.
surplus population of 13,272;
chipan will increase her single Represen
tative to 3, and have a surplus of 34,001.
Bcsjdgs Ohio and Michigan, the states of
Indiaua, Illinois, and Missouri, will have
increased representations under the new
apportionment. Here, in the north eas.
j tern division ofthe Mississippi valley, when
J the twenty-eighth Congress assemblies, will
he found tube the heart and the strength’ of
the Republic.
Important Indian Trialy in Indiana. —
The Fort Wayne Times states that, at the
late Indian payment at the Forks of'the’
Wal >ash, the Indians made a proposition to
sell their lands ; and that General Milroy
(although not officially authorized hv the
Government,) took the responsibility, — 1
“while they were in the humor,” of treat
ing With them for about 500,000 acres, be
ing the whole ofthe Miami lands in Indi
ana. The price agreed to bo paid is a
hout $1 10 cents per acre, and the Indi
ans to move west in five years. The lands
arc worth $lO per acre, hard as the times
arc, and there is little doubt the General
Government will confirm the treaty.
Horse Trading. —lt is sometimes amus
ing to hear a couple of jockics trading in
Horse flesh. They are generally thp “hit
or miss” portion of community, and rely
more upon “chances” than any other class
of business men. An instance of this kind,
in which one ofour neighbors was concer
ned, “came off” the other day, and ex
amplifies the gravity with which the sucker
swallows a costly joke.
“How will you trade?” was the inter
rogatory of the stranger.
“Unsight, unseen,” replied neighbor B.
“Agreed,” said the stranger, “provided
you answer my questions and pay five dol
lars for every falsehood you tell me.”
“Done,” says Mr. B.
“Is he sound in his limbs?”
“Yes.”
“Is lie sound in his wind ?”
i “Yes-”.
I “Has .he good eyes ?”
“Yes.” ■
| “ 1 hen how will you trade?”
“Give me seventy-five dollars.”
“I’ll give you fifty.”
“Done.”
The money was counted down, & neigh
bor B. putting $45 in his pocket, handed
back $5 to the stranger.
“What is this for ?”
“Why I told you one falsehood.'”
“What was it ?”.
“My horse is wind broken.”
It is needless to add any thing .more by
way of comment. “The thing was out.”
l> i t U ill* 2.
IT The. following obituary was intended for
publication last week, but was received too late.
DIE D ,
In tin's place, oil Tuesday the sth distant, af
ter a lingering illness, Mrs. MARY A. HAY,
consort o! the late Dr. Felix G. Hay, mthefor
tieffi year of her age.
’ The eulogy ofthe living can add but little lus
tro 10 the memory of this truly inestimable lady.
With a heart overflowing with the purest and best
emotions of our nature—an open, candid, and
J benevolent sincerity to ali, she had won for her
self the warm attachment of a large circle of
kindred and friends, who by her death have sus
tained a loss winch neither time nor change can
repair.
Mrs. Hay was for many years a zealous and
efficient member of the Presbyterian church of
this place, and the bright Christian example
of her ardent devotion to the cause oi (iod is
worthy of all imitation. For some months pre
vious to her death, her thoughts seemed abstrac
ted in a great degree from the troublous’ scenes
around her, and intently employed in prepara
tion lor that eternal world, to which her dissolv
ing frame admonished her, she was rapidly has
tening. The drama approached its close. The
destroyer came, not in terror, hut as the mes
senger of peace and mercy. With the staff of
religion in her hand, and the bright countenance
of her Saviour for her guide, she left this scene
of trial and passed in glorious triumph through
the dark valley of the shadow ot'.death.
The friends and connexions of the deceased
have much to comfort them in their fitter be
reavement ; tor though a tenant of the c‘6ld and
dreary tomb, her immortal spirit has left its ta
bernacle of suffering and of sorrow,, and fled to
that celestial dime “where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at rest.”
Farewell, thou bright and blessed spirit! one
who loved thee with, a sister’s heart, still ling
ers in sorrow at thy grave, aiid bathes with af
fect ion’s tears the cruel clods that cover thee !
“ M.
Li aw Dissolution •
r IK Copartnership hitherto existing between
J JOHN W. WILSON and OLIVER A.
LUCKETT, was this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The undersigned will attend with
punctuality to all business of a Professional na
ture intrusted to him.
OLIVER A. LUCKETT.
Office in Crawfordville, Jan. eflb, 1841. 3t
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber intending to leave the Coun
iv sometime in March next, offers for sale
his STOCK of
Books , Stationary , A V.
At a VERY REDUCED PRICE. IT Per
sons wishing to purchase, will do well to call—
as his determination is to sell out by that time.
O’ PERSONS indebted to him by Note or
Account, are REQUESTED to call and settle,
as he wishes his business closed by that time.
13’ Ail those having BOOKS belonging to the
Subscnlier, are requested to send them in as
early is possible. LJSNN aRD.
Januarv 21, 1841. ts
