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NEWS & Pli/HYTEItS’ gazette:
I>. U. COTTIN, Editor.
No. 22. —NEW SERIES.]
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of country, which they offer to their friends
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bers a call.
COZART & WOODS.
Doe. 31, 1840. ts 18
hook Here !
ALL our debtors must pay up. Every
person indebted to us either by NOTE or
ACCOUNT, are earnestly requested to call
and settle immediately- Those who have
.suffered their Notes and Accounts to stand
over ever since we commenced business
without making any payment on them, can
not longer indulgence; and will
find them in the hands of an Attorney, un
less paid very shortly.
BURTON & PELOT.
January, 7th, 19 ts
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold at Elberton, on Tuesday the
2nd day of March next, apart of Perisha
ble property, of Thomas Jones, dec’d, consisting
of a lot of Blacksmith’s TOOLS, and other arti
cles-not-here mentioned ; terms will be made
knownynithe’ <lay^
•,, . JMHN 11. JONES, ) . , ,
ROBERT HESTER, ( Adm rs -
January 11, 1841. cow 3t 20
GEORGIA :
,fl Proclamation.
Bv His Excellency Charles .1. McDonald,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of tlie Ar
my and Navy of this State, and ot the Militia
thereof.
a WHEREAS, by the
first section of an act
of the General Assem
by of this State, assen
ted to on the eigh
teenth day of Decem
ber, eighteen hundred
and forty, entitled “an
act to compel the sev
eral BANKS of this
State to redeem their
liabilities in SPECIE, and to provide tor the for
feiture of the charter or charters ot such as may
refuseit is made the duty of His Excellency
the Governor on the First day ot January, eigh
teen hundred and forty-one, to issue his Procla
mation, requiring that the several Banks of this
State, their Branches or Agencies, which have
heretofore, failed to redeem their liabilities in
GOLD and SILVER, and all other Banks in
this State, shall on or belore the first day ot
FEBRUARY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED and
FORTY-ONE, pay to any person or persons,
(Banks and Brokers excepted,) in SPECIE, ev
ery bill, note, draft, check, receipt or money on
deposite, (except in cases where such deposites
are by terms of existing contracts, payable oth
ervdse than in specie.) issued or received, or
which may hereafter bn issued or received by
them respectively, upon demand or presentation;
I do therefore, ia conformity C;?'cto, issue
this my Proclamation, hereby requiring the sev
eral Banks of this State, the.r Branches, or
Agencies, which have heretofore failed to re
deem their liabilities in Gold and Silver, and oth
er Banks in this State, on or before the first day
of FEBRUARY, eighteen hundred and forty
one, and thereafter, to pay to any person or per
sons, (Banks and Brokers excepted,) in SPE
CIE, every bill, note, draft, check, receipt or
money on deposite, issued or received, or which
may hereafter he issued or received by them re
spectively, upon demand or presentation, except
in cases where such deposites are by terms ot
existing contracts payable otherwise than in sjie
cie. And Ido hereby charge and require each
and every of them, to be careful and punctual in
the strict observance and faithful performance oi
all the duties enjoined on them by the aforesaid
recited act of the General Assembly.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Milledgeville,
this the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-one, and of the American Independ
ence the sixty-fifth.
CHARLES J. Mi DONALD.
By the Governor :
Wn. A. Tennille, Sec’ry of State.
January 14. 20 3t
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
A FULL REPORT OF THE
GEOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL
SURVEY OF THF
©IF ©[E©^©]^.
rjIHE Legislature, at their last session, deem-
A ed it expedient to discontinue the salary of
tile State Geologist, in consequence of the em
barrassed finances of the State. By this unex
pected movement, the subscriber is deprived of
the means of completing the survey of the State,
on the original plan: if done at all, it must be
at individual risk and expense.
It is needless, perhaps, to represent to the en
lightened citizens of Georgia, that by billowing
out the plan so happily commenced in 1837, and
pursued with unremitting energy lo the present,
the State lias been contributing her mite, hum
ble as it may be on the part of tier agent, to the
cause of general science in our country, and the
advancement of intellectual improvement among
her citizens, in accordance with other States ot
the Union. There is but one alternative. Inthe
present situation of the survey, the work must
either be abandoned and the important informa
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Geology of the State,’ lost to her citizens, or the
subscriber must depend for support, on individ
ual patronage. He is determined to make an ef
fort for the benefit and honor of Ins adopted Slate,
to proceed with the survey. From former ex
perience of the unbounded liberality and gene
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ent parts of the State, he is confident that, in
making an appeal to their sympathy and patron
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That a complete survey may be made of the re
maining counties of the State, and the whole
consolidated and published for the information
and benefit of the citizens, public patronage is
most respectfully solicited. A work of this kind,
is much needed in Georgia, a State comprising
an area of sixty thousand square miles, being
destitute of a single correct Map, Geography, or
history of the same. A majority of the citizens
must, from necessity, be unacquainted with the
rich mineral resources and agricultural capaci
ties of the different sections. Favored as the j
subscriber has been, by four years labor, as
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in collecting materials for a complete report of
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survey of the remaining counties of the State,
and that they shall be finished as they will be
needed for publication.
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State Geologist.
Milledgeville, Janury Ist, 1841.
N. B. it is impossible, at this tiim, to desig
nate the number of volumes in a set.
CONDITIONS.
1. The work shall be printed on royal octavo
form, on fine paper and with new type*, and will
contain complete reports of a Geological and Ag
ricultural Survey of every County in the State,
with a Map of the same, Drawings of remarka
ble places, sections, &c, together with an ac
count of the Natural History, Botany and Agri
cultural statistics.
2. The first volume will contain a system of
Agriculture adapted to the soils and climate of
the South, with a table of analysis of soils irom
different counties, and remarks on their improve
ment; with other useful agricultural tables.—
Also, a complete Glossary of Geological and
Agricultural terms.
3. Each volume shall contain (500 pages, in
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JANUARY 28, 1841.
| cloth binding, at 83 50 per volume, to subscri- I
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delivery.
4. The printing shall be so arranged, that a
volume may be expected during the session of
the I legislature, iu each year, until the whole
set is completed.
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1 Geological and Agricultural Map of the State,
will be constructed, 6 by 4 feet, on which in ad
dition to Geographical delineations usually on
Maps, all the Geological and Agricultural tea
tares of the State shall be accurately sketched
| and colored. Price on Rollers, 810 00.
The papers of this State giving the above a
few insertions will bo entitled to a copy of the
work, gratis.
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ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first TUESDAY in
April next, at the Court House door in
Wilkes county, pursuant to an order of the Ho
norable the Inferior Court ot said county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes.
One JYcgro Girl
named CHARITY, belonging to the estate of
William Gresham, deceased, late of Wilkes
county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased. Terms made known
on the day of sale.
HENRY F. ELLINGTON, Adm r.
with the Will annexed.
January 7, 1841. 19 tds
GEORGIA, l VS/-HEREAS Hugh Ward,
Wilkes County. > ® * AdministrtaorontheES
QUlNLAN, deceased, applies for Letters of
dismission from said Estate.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon,
and admonish, all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap
pear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to show cause, (if any they have,) why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, this 7th day of
September, 1840. JOHN 11. DYSON,
Clerk Court of Ordinary.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
msUEULWEOUS.
PAYING THE Doctor.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
A iter a day of unusual anxiety and fa
tigue, I)r. Elton found himself snugly
wrapped up in a liberal quantity of blank- |
ets and bed quilts, just as the clock struck 1
twelve one stormy night in February. For j
t over half an hour he had lain awake rack
ing his brain in reference to two or three
i critical cases which were on his hands ; hut
i tired nature could keep up no longer, and
J the sweet oblivion of sleep was stealing o
-1 ver li is senses. But just ashe had lost him
self, the hell over his head began to line
furiously, and brought him into the middle
ofthe floor iu an instant. Pushing his head
out of the window, he interrogated the
messenger below, just too late to save that
individual the trouble of giving the hell- j
rope another violent demonstration of his
skill.
“Mr. Marvel wants you to come and
see Charley immediately,” replied the mes
senger.
“Why, what’s the matter?”
“He’s got the croup, I believe.”
“Tell him I’ll bo there iu a moment,” j
said Dr. Elton, drawing in his head.—
Hurrying on his clothes, lie descended to j
his office, and, possessing himself of some i
necessary medicines, it being too late for
the family to send out a prescription, wrap- !
ped his cloak around him, and turned out I
into the storm.
It \\ as at least half a mile to the residence
of Mr. Marvel, and by the time the Doct
or arrived there, he was cob! wet, and
uncomfortable, both in mind and body
Ascending to the chamber, he was not a
little surprised to find Charley, a bright
little fellow of some two years old, sitting
up in his crib as lively as a cricket.
“O Doctor ! we’ve been so frightened !”
said Mrs. Marvel, as Dr. Elton entered.
“We thought Charley had the croup, lie
breathed so loud. But lie don't seem to
get any worse. What do you think of him
Doctor ?”
Dr. Elton felt his pulse, listened to his
respiration, examined the appearance of
his skin, and then said, emphatically,
“1 think you’d better all be in bed !”
“I’ts better to be scared than hurt, Doc
i tor,” responded Mr. Marvel.
“Humph !” ejaculated Dr. Elton.
“Don’t you think you’d better give him
something, Doctor ?” said Mrs. Marvel.
“What for, ma’am ?”
“Te keep him from having the croup.—
Don’t you think he’s threatened with it?”
“Not half as much as I am,” replied the
Doctor, who made a quick retreat, fearing
that he should give way too much to his ir
ritated feelings, and offend a family who
were aide to pay.
Next morning, on the debtor side of the
ledger, under the name of Mr. Marvel,
Dr. Elton made this entry : To one night
visit lo son, $5. “And its well for me that
lie’s able to pay it,” added the Doctor,
mentally, as lie replaced the book in the
drawer from which he had taken it. Scarce
ly had this necessary part of the business
been performed, when the same messenger
; who had summoned him the night before,
! came post haste into the office, with the
announcement that Mrs. Marvel wanted
him to come there immediately, as Char- j
ley had got a high fever.
Obedient to the summons, I)r. Elton
soon made his appearance, and found both
Mr. and Mrs. Marvel greatly concerned a
bout their little boy.
“I’m so ’fraidof the scarlet fever, Doc
tor?” said Mrs. Marvel. “Do you think
it’s any thing like that ?” she continued
with much anxiety, turning upon Charley j
a look of deep maternal affection.
Dr. Elton felt of Charley’s pulse, and
looked at his tongue, and then wrote a pre
scription in silence.
“What do you think of him Doctor ?”
asked the father, much concerned.
“lie’s not dangerous. Give him this,
and if he should grow worse, send for me. ’
The Doctor bowed and departed, and
the fond parents sent off for the medicine.
It was in the form of a very small dose of
rheubarb, and poor Charley had to have
his nose held tight, and the nauseous stuff’
poured down his throat. In the afternoon,
when the Doctor called, on being sent for,
there were some slight febrile symptoms,
consequent upon excitement and loss of
rest. The medicine, contrary to his ex
pectation, heightened, instead of allaying
these; and long before night-fall be was
summoned again to attend his little patient.
Much to his surprise, he found him with a
hot skin, flushed face, and quickened pulse.
Mrs. Marvel was in a state of terrible a
larm.
“I knew there was more the matter with
him than you thought for, Doctor!” said
the mother, while Doctor Elton examined
his patient. “A'ou thought it was nothing,
but I knew better. If you’d only prescri
bed last night, as I wanted you to, all this
might have been saved.”
“Don’t be alarmed, ma am said the
Doctor, “there is nothing serious in this
fever. It will soon subside.”
Mrs. Marvel shook her head.
“It’s the scarlet fever, Doctor, I know
it is!” she said passionately, and bursting
into tears.
“Let me beg of you, madam, not to dis
tress yourself. I assure you there is no
danger!”
“So you said last night, Doctor, and
just see how much worse he is getting !
As Doctor Elton was generally a man of
few words, he said no more, but wrote a
prescription, and went away, promising,
however, at the earnest request of Mrs.
Marvel, to call again that night.
About nine o’clock he called in again,
and found Charley’s fever in no degree a
bated. Mrs. Marvel was in tears, and her
husband was pacing the floor in a state of
great uneasiness.
“O, Doctor, he’ll die, I’m sure lie’ll die!”
said Mrs. Marvel, weeping bitterly.
“Don’t he alarmed, my dear madam,”
replied the Doctor, “I assure you it is no
thing serious.”
“O, I’m sure it’s the scarlet fever! It’s
all about now.”
“No, madam, I am in earnest when I
tell you it is nothing ofthe kind. His throat
is not the least sore.”
“A cs, Doctor, it is sore !”
“How do vou know ?” responded the
Doctor, examining Charley’s mouth and
throat, which showed not the least symp
tom of any irritation of the mocus mem
brane. “It can’t be sore from any serious
cause. Some triflingswellingoftheglands
is all that can occasion it, if any exists.”
Thus assured, and in a positive manner,
Mrs. Marvel’s alarm in some degree aba
ted, and after ordering a warm bath, the
Doctor retired.
About three o’clock the Doctor was again
sent for in great haste. On entering the
chamber of his little patient, he found his
fever all gone, and ho in a pleasant sleep.
“What do you think of him, Doctor!”
i asked Mrs. Marvel, in a low, anxious
1 whisper.
“I think lie’s doing as well as lie can.”
“But aint it strange, Doctor, that lie
j should breathe so low ? He looks so pale,
I and lays so quiet! Are you sure he’s not
dying?”
“Dying!” exclaimed Dr. Elton, —he’s
no more dying than you are! Really,
Mrs. Marvel, you torture yourself with un
necessary fears! Nature is only a little
exhausted from struggling with the fever,
he will he like anew person by morning.”
“Do not mistake the case Doctor, for we
are very much concerned,” said Mr. Mar
vel.
“I do assure you, sir, that I understand
tlie case precisely ; and you must believe
me, when I tell you that no patient was
j ever in a better way than your little boy.”
Next morning among other charges
j made by Doctor Elton, were two against
| Mr. Marvel, as follows : To four visits to
son, 84. To one night visit to son, 85.
“Not a bad customer!” said the Doctor,
with a smile, as he ran up the whole ae
, count, and then closed tlie book.
In llio constant habit of sending for the
Doctor, on every trifling occasion, whetli
’ er it occurred at noonday or midnight, it
) is not to be wondered at that a pretty large
bill should find its way to Mr. Marvel at the
end of the year. And this was not the worst
of it; the health of his whole family suf
| sered in no slight degree from the fact of
! each individual being so frequently under
j the influence of medicine. Boor Charley
was victimized almost every week; and
instead of being a fresh hearty boy, began
; to show a pale thin face, and every indi
j cation of a weakened vital action. This
j appearance only increased the evil, for
j both parents, growing more anxious in
I consequence, were more urgent to have
| him placed under treatment. Doctor El
ton sometimes remonstrated with them,
but to no purpose ; and yielding to their
ignorance and their anxiety, became a par-
I> ty in the destruction ofthe boy s health.
“AYliat is that, my dear?” asked Mrs.
Marvel ot her husband, some ten months
after their introduction to the reader, as
j the latter regarded with no pleasant couti-
I tenanec, a small piece of paper which ho
held in bis hand.
“Why it’s Dr. Elton’s bill.”
“Indeed ! How much is it ?”
“One hundred and fifty dollars!”
“O, husband!”
“Did you ever hear of sucli a thing ?”
“One hundred and fifty dollars, did \ou
sav ?”
“A'es, one hundred and fifty dollars !
Aint it outrageous ?”
“It’s scandalous ? It’s downright swind
ling! I’d never pay it in the world ! Who
ever heard of such a thing! One hundred
and fifty dollars for one year’s attendance !
Good gracious!”—and Mrs. Marvel held
up her hands, and lifted her eyes in pro
found astonishment.
“I can’t understand it!” said Mr. Mar
vel. “Why, no body’s had a spell of sick
ness in the family for the whole year.—
Charley’s been a little sick once or twice ;
but nothing of much consequence. There
must be something wrong about it. I’ll go
right off and see him, and have an under
standing about it at once.”
Carrying out his resolution on the instant,
Mr. Marvel left the house and proceeded
with rapid steps towards the office of Dr.
Elton. He found that individual in.
“Good morning, Mr. Marvel! How do
you do to-day ?” said the Doctor, who un
derstood, from his countenance that some
thing was wrong, and had an inactive per
ception of its nature.
“Good morning, Doctor ! I got vour bill
to-day.”
“Yes, sir; I sent it out.”
“But aint there something wrong about i
it, Doctor ?”
“No, I presume not. I make my char
ges carefully, and draw oft” my bills in ex
act accordance with them.”
“But there must be, Doctor. llow in
the world could you make a bill of one
hundred and fifty dollars against me ? I’ve
had no serious sickness in mv family.”
M. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
“And yet, Mr. Marvel, 1 have been call
ed in almost every week, and sometimes
three or four times, in as many days. ’
“Impossible!”
“I’ll show you my ledger, if that will
satisfy you, where every visit is entered. ’
“No, it's no use to do that. 1 know that
you have been called in pretty often, but
not frequently enough to make a bill like
this.”
“How many night visits do you suppose
I have made to your family, during the
year?”
\ “I'm sure I don’t know. Not more than
! three or four.”
“I’ve made ten!”
“A on must be mistaken, Doctor.”
“Do you remember thfit 1 was called in
j last February, when you thought Charley
had the croup?”
“Yes.”
“And the night after ?”
“A cs. That’s but two.”
“And the night you thought lie hud the
measles ?”
“Yes.”
“And the night after ?”
“A'es. But that's only four.”
“And the three times he fell out of bed? ’
“Not three times, Doctor!”
“A cs, it was three times. Don’t you re
collect the knob on his head?”
“A cs, indeed !”
“And the sprained finger ?’’
“Yes.”
“And the bruised cheek ?”
“Well, I believe you are right about
that, Doctor. But that don’t make ten
times.”
“A'ou have not forgotten, of course, the
night he toldyou he had swallowed a pin ?
“No. indeed,” said the father turning
pale. “Do you think there is any danger
to be apprehended from its working its way
into the heart, Doctor?”
“None at all, 1 should think. And you
remember ”
“Nevermind, Doctor, Isupposeyou arc
right about that. But how can ten visits
make one hundred and fifty dollars ?”
“They will make fifty, though, and that
is one third ofthe bill.”
“A'ou dont’t pretend to charge five dol
lars a visit, though, Doctor?”
“For all visits after ten o’clock at night,
we are allowed bv law to charge five dol
lars.”
1 “Outrageous!”
“Would you get up out of your warm bed
, after midnight, turn out in a December
storm,& walk half a mile for five dollars ?”
“I can’t say that I would. But then it’s
: your business.”
“Os course it is, and I must be paid for
t it.”
: “And now, Doctor, that don’t account
■ for the whole of this exorbitant bill.”
“But one hundred day and evening vis
| its here on my ledger, will though.”
’ “A'ou don’t pretend to say you have paid
■ my family a hundred visits, certainly ?”
“I will give you day and date of them if
necessary.”
“No, it’s no use to do that,” said Mr.
Marvel, whose memory began to be a lit
tle more active. “I'll give you a hundred
dollars, and say no more about it; that is
enough in all conscience.”
“I can’t do any such tiling, Mr. Marvel.
I have charged you what was right,and can
take nothing off. What would you think
of a man who had a bill at your store of one
hundred and fifty dollars, if he were to of
fer you one hundred when lie came to pay,
and ask for a receipt in full ?”
“But that aint to the point.”
“Aint it, though ? I should like to bear
of a case more applicable. But it ’s no use
ito multiply words about the matter. My
! bill is correct, and I cannot take a dollar
j off of it.”
“It’s the last bill you ever make out of
me, remember that, Doctor ?” said Air.
Marvel, rising and leaving the office in a
state of angry excitement.
“Well, what does he say ?” asked Mrs.
Marvel, who had waited for her husband’s
return with some interest.
“Why he tried to beat me down that tlie
hill was all right ; but I’m too old a child
for that. AVhy, would you believe it ?
lie has charged five dollars for every night
visit.”
“Well, that’s no better than high-way
robbery.”
“Not a bit. But it’s the last money he
ever gets out of me.”
“I’d never call him in, I know. He must
think we’re made of money.”
“O, I suppose we’re the first family he’s
had who was’nt poor, and he wanted to dig
as deep as possible. I hate such swind
ling, and if it was’nt for having a fuss, I’d
never pay him a dollar.”
“He’s charged us for every poor family
in the neighborhood, I suppose.”
“No doubt of it. I’ve heard of these
tricks before ; but it’s the last time I’ll
submit to have them played oft'upon me.”
The visit of Mr. Marvel somewhat dis.
composed the feelings of Dr. Elton, and he
had begun to moralize upon the unthankful
position he held in the community, when
he was aroused from his reverie by the en
trance of a servant from one of the princi
pal hotels, with a summons to attend im
mediately a young lady who was thought
to be exceedingly ill.
“AVhoisshe?” asked the Doctor.
“She is the daughter of Mr. Smith, a
merchant from the east.”
“Is anyone with her?”
“A'es, her father.”
“ Tell him I will be there immediately.”
In the course of fifteen minutes Dr. El-
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