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I’RESEItVING HAMS & SHOULDERS
FROM THE INSECTS FOR SUMMER
USE.
In my travels through life and cast of
the Alleghany mountains, I have been al
ways very inquisitive on their mode of
making Bacon, but found hut a small vari
ation from ours. Being a lover of Bacon,
it is almost my invariable practice when
travelling and calling for breakfast or din
ner, I would greatly prefer bacon ham ;
and in my traveling tour through England
and Ireland in 1839, 1 found their bacon to
be greatly superior to ours. I will state to
you my mode. I believe 1 have tried and
seen tried in my neighbourhood all the me
thods in practice of our country and fre
quently fail, and I must prefer the one here
in described (taken from the English.) In
England their mode of scalding is very
different from ours ; as fuel is costly and
not many hogs to clean in a general way
as we have, they heat their water in a ket
tle and pour it on by small quantities and
cover the pig over with straw so as to keep
the heat on—their modes differ—and when
cleaned neatly and the animal heat is tho
roughly out, then they salt their meat
down and let it lie in salt from twenty-four
to forty eight hours; (their salt is much
preferable to ours ;) then take it out of the
salt and brush ofTthe loose salt and hang it
upon hooks to the joists in the dwelling
house of the peasantry, there to dry in the
air until about the last of February or the
first of March, which is the time the fly (a
large gray hairy fly) deposits its egg. You
should have your sacks made of cheap
ninepenny cotton, large enough to slip over
the hams and shoulders, and let the air
pass and repass around the ham and shoul
der ; then draw the top of the sack around
thestring that yolir meat hangs by and tie
it tight to keep the fly out. These sacks
will last many years by proper care of
them. There is no such a thing as smo
king of bacon and beef in England. They
are very particular in cutting ofT the feet
so as to cut them off below the knee joint
and hock joint, to prevent the air from get
ting into the marrow of the bone, and keep
it moist ; and in hanging the hams and
shoulders up, always to have the hook end
downwards to keep it from draining dry
and the meat from loosing its sweet mois
ture. Their beefisnotput in sacks; dry.
ing steak is very neatly separated, as the
seams through the flesh may show, and that
prevents the insect from having much of a
place to do any injury. This practice I
have put in usage since 1 returned home.
The sacks are three quarters of a yard long
and half a yard broad, though the size will
be owing to the meat; the cost of the cot
ton sufficient to sack all my family’s Sum
mer meat is 82 50 ; and much better than
smoking, besides the danger of the fire.
I do not approve of my meat laying in
salt longer than from five to ten days ifthe
weather is favorable for salt to dissolve ;
and if it is practicable to hang it up,l do so;
then the meat is not hurt by the impure
salt that is used in our land. According
to the old Virginian and Maryland rules
they let their meat lay in the salt from six
to eight weeks, and that is enough to de
stroy all the juices that ever were in the
meat. Hogs slaughtered in the latter end
ofNovember and first of December and
hung up according to directions, will have
nearly three months to dry in the pure air
before it is requisite to put it in the sack ; a
high and well ventilated meat-house is
much preferable. There have been many
ladies and gentlemen to visit me, and they
universally admired the fine flavor and red
color and mild taste ; more particularly
they speak of the dry beef not smoked. It
retains its juices—in a broiled state. So
I must draw to a close by saying if this is
found worthy to be placed in your valua
ble paper you can do so. Yours, truly,
J. E. LETTON.
GO TO WORK THE RIGHT WAY.
ADDRESSED to farmers.
I am sorry there is so much need of the
admonitions lam about to give. Depend
upon it, you do not “work it right” or you
would make your farms just twice as
valuable as they now are. Many of you
farm too much. You would find it much
more profitable to farm twenty acres well,
than forty by halves. The last season I
made my grounds produce at the rate of
one hundred bushels of Indian corn to the
acre. Is this not much better than a com
mon crop of thirty or forty bushels ! You
will certainly say it is, and with the same
breath ask how I manage to make it produce
so plentifully ? My land being much infes
ted with ground mice, or moles, and over
run with grubs and other vermin. I put on
early in the month of March, about seven
bushels of salt to the acre, which thor
oughly destroys all kind of vermin, being
an excellent stong manure, and ploughed
and harrowed the ground over and over
until it became completely mellow ; I then
had every corn hole filled with long ma
nure, and after dropping my corn, (which
had previously been soaked in warm water,
I scattered a pint of lime over every hill,
& then covered the whole with a little mel
low earth. In about a week the corn be
gan to come up plentifully, after which I
nursed it with the plough and hoe every
other week for eight weeks, at which time
it was as high as my head, and not a spire
of it was destroyed either by frost, grub or
birds. My other things I manured equal
ly well, and I have been amply paid for all
my extra care and trouble, as I raised
more than twice as much per acre as any
of my neighbors, and did it in much less
time. I mean I got all my harvesting done
two or three weeks before many others.— 1
This is accomplished in a great measure
by redeeming time ; rising between three
and four o’clock in the morning, then if
the day be sultry and hot, I lie by from 12
to 3, and rest, I then feel refreshed and
able to work till quite dark. This I
call ‘■'working it right,” whereas should 1
lay in bed until the sun be up and shame
me, haunt the tuvern at night, drink too
much whiskey, put half manure; half
plough, half plant, half nurse, half harvest,
and do every thing by halves, I surely
should not “ work it right” nor get half a
crop.
I shall now conclude by giving you,
for further consideration, a few excellent
observations, from a wiser head, perhaps
than my own, and hope that every brother
farmer will do likewise.
“ loftcnsay to myself, what a pity it is
our fanners do not work it right. When I
see a man turn his cattle into the road to
run at large, and waste their manure du
ring a winter’s day, I say that man does
not u-ork it right. Ten loads of good ma
nure, at least, is lost in a season, by this
slovenly practice; and all for what? For
nothing indeed but to ruin his farm
“So when I see cattle late in the fall and
early in the spring rambling in a meadow
or mowing field, bounding the soil and
breaking the grass roots, 1 say to my self,
this man does not work it right.
“So when I see a barn-yard with a drain
to it, I say this man does not work it right ,
for how easy it is to make a yard hollow,
or lowest in the middle to receive the mois
ture and all the wash of the sides which
will thus be kept dry for the cattle. The
wash and moisture of the yard mixed with
any kind of earth, or putrid straw, is excel
lent manure, yet how much do not our
farmers lose by neglecting these things, in
tact they do not work it right.
AN OLD FARMER.
PUBLIC NOTICES.
To Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the Estate of
JOHN W. JONES, deceased, are re
quested to make immediate payment ; and
those having demands against the said Es
tate, are notified to present them within the
time prescribed bv law.
CHRISTOPHER BINNS, Adm’r.
January 7, 1841. 6t 19
To Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JOti! - .
C. DODSON, late of Wilkes county, de
ceased, are required to make immediate pa;,
ment, and those having demands against the s.i.c
Estate, are notified to present them, duly a tithe,
ticated, within the time prescribed by law.
JOHN DODSON, > „ ,
SAMUEL DODSON, > rs-
January 14. 6t 20
To Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JAM I •
BOATWRIGHT, late of Wilkes com. ~
deceased, are required to make immediate pa; -
ment; and those having demands against the
said Estate, are notified to present them within
the time prescribed l.v law for payment.
Z. SMITH, Adm’r.
January 14. 6t 20
To Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate ot BEN
EDICTINE CREWS, iatc of Wilkes
county, deceased, are requested to make imme
diate payment, and those having demands a
gainst the said Estate, are notified to present the
same in terms of the law tor payment.
ELIZA MANKIN, Adm’x. with the
Jan. 14. 6t 20 Will annexed.
Caution !
A LL persons are cautioned against trading for
a certain NOTE of hand, made payable to
JOHN W. HEARD,or bearer, for between 70
and 80 dollars, and dated sometime last tali, date
and amount not recollected, it is however the on
ly note ever given by me to said Heard. The
consideration of said note having failed, I shall
not pay the same, unless compelled by law.
GEORGE W. JARRETT.
Jan. 7, 1841. ts 19
(.iCTtinv:
ALL persons are lorwarned from trading for
a certain NOTE of hand, given by me
payable to WILLIAM S. THOMAS, tor about
Two Hundred and Fifty-Six Dollars, and dated
on the sth instant, and payable on the 25th of
the present month; as said not e was wholly
without consideration, and was given by me un
der a misunderstanding. Therefore I shall not
pay it unless the law compels me.
WILLIAM F. SOHAN.
January 7, 1841. 19 ts
GEORGIA : 1 ‘M/'IIEREAS Stephen G.
Wilkes County. > * * Pettus, and John Pet
ot dismission as Administrators on the Estate of
Charles Pettus, deceased, late of said county.
Tiiis is, therefore, to cite, summon, and
admonish, all and singular, tlie kindred and
creditors of said deceased, to be and appear 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 my hand at office, this 4th of
January, 1841. JOHN H. DYSON, C. C. O.
Jan. 7. m6m
GEORGIA, IVM7TIEREAS John B.
Wilkes County. > * * Greene, Executor of
applies for Letters of dismission.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon,
and admonish, all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear 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 my hand at office, this 12th of
Jan. 1841. JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk c.o
GEORGIA, i ‘I\niERHAS Hugh Ward,
Wilkes County. >
)TATE of WILLIAM T.
QUINLAN, 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 my hand at office, this 7th day of
September, 1840. JOHN H. DYSON,
Clerk Court of Ordinary.
Elbert Sheriff’s Sales.
IN MARCH.
ELBERT SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at the Court-! louse door in Elbert
county, within the legal sale hours, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Two hundred and thirty acres of Land, more
or less, with the improvements thereon, lying on
the waters of Falling Creek, adjoining lands of
Joseph Downer auu others, and one Negro Girl
by the name of Frances, about thirteen years
old, levied on as the property of William Bell, to
satisty two ti. fas. issued from the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, one in favor of James Oliver,
bearer, vs. William Bell, and one in favor of
Henry Kinnebrcw vs. William Bell, principal,
and Joseph Downer, security, and sundry other
fi. fas. from the Superior Court of Elbert county
and Justice’s Court, vs. said Bell. The Land
pointed out by William Bell, and the Negro by
James Oliver.
ALSO,
One Sorrel Mare, about eleven years old, and
one Bay Mare, about three years oid, levied on as
the property of William J. l’ralt, to satisfy a fi. fa.
from the Superior Court of Elbert county, in fa
vor of Elizabeth Jones, bearer, vs. Mary Roberts
and William J. Pratt. Property pointed out by
William J. Pratt.
ALSO,
Three Negroes, to-wit: Rachel, a woman, a
bout twenty-eight years old; Sukey, a girl, a
bout thirteen years old, and Joe, a boy, about ten
years old, to satisfy two ti. las. issued from the
Superior Court of Elbert county, one in favor of
Archibald Stokes, vs. Samuel C. Starke, John T.
Starke, and Abram B. Starke, and Nicholas Bur
ton, securities on stay, and one in favor of Mar
tin & Hooper, bearers, vs. Samuel C. Starke.—
Properly pointed out by Abram B. Starke, this
26th of January,- 1841.
THOMAS F. WILLIS, D. Sheriff
January 28. 22
ELBERT SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at the Court-House Door in Elbert
county, between the legal sale hours, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Two hundred Acres of Land, more or less, ad
joining lands of Rennet Dooly and others, on the
waters of Cold-water Creek, and twenty-three
Acres of Land adjoining lauds of John McCurry
and others, levied on as the property of Hugh
Harccrow, to satisfy a ii. fa. John Brow n, Scn’r.
bearer, vs. said Harecrow. Property pointed out
by Defendant.
ALSO,
One clay-bank Mare and Colt, levied on as the
property of Amos Prater, to satisfy a fi. fa. in fa
vor of Thomas R. Alexander, vs. Amos Prater,
and William Prater. Property pointed out by
Defendant.
ALSO,
All of We H. Crawford’s interest in one
hundred Acres of Land, adjoining David Daniei
and olhers, on the waters oi Picken’s Creek, and
•nso the interest of said Crawford in two Negro
vVomen, one named Patty and the other named
. oily, to satisly a fi. fa. in lavur of A. Hammond &.
i fobs, vs. said William 11. Crawford, and sundry
.slier ti. fas. vs. said Crawford. Property pointed
ut by Alfred Hammond.
ALSO,
Four Negroes, to-wit: Theny and her child,
ifiert; Harriet, a girl about four years old, and
■ . unk, a boy about six years old, levied on as the
•roperty of Linsey Neal, to satisfy a fi. fa. in fa
vor of Burrell Bobo, vs. Linsey Neal, Alfred M.
.'veal, Benjamin Neal, and Creswel) Neal, secu
.y on stay. Property pointed out by Linsey
Neal.
ALSO,
Two Negroes, to-wit: Jim, a boy about four
teen years oid, and Rachel, a girl about nine
years old, and two hundred Acres of Laud, more
or less, adjoining Jesse Dobbs and others, on Sa
vannah River, levied on as the property oi Alfred
M. Neal, to satisty a fi. fa. in favor of Julian Neai
vs. Alsred Neal.
ALSO,
i wo hundred Acres ol Land, adjoining Larkin
Clark and others, (.no Land is mortgaged to tire
Ruckersville Banking Company, and the Bank
Stock to be sold with the Land,) all levied on io
satisly a fi. fa. in favor of William White vs. Gar
land Jones.
ALSO,
Two Negroes, to-wit: Eadv, a woman, and
Phillis, a woman, levied on as the property oi
John Beck, to satisly a fi. fa. m favor of Robert
W. Terrell, vs. John Beck, and sundry other ti
fas. vs. said Beck. Ijevy made and returned to
me by a Constable, this 20th January, 1841.
WM. JOHNSTON, D. Sheriff.
January 28. 22
ELBERT SHERIFF SALES.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at Libert Court-llouße between the usual
hours oi sale, the following property, to-wit:
Five hundred acres ot Land more or less, on
the waters ot Beaverdam creek, adjoining Eliza
beth Blackwell, and others, and one Negro Wo
man named Beckey, eighteen years old ; ail lev
ied on as the property of Thomas R. Alexander,
to satisly a fi. la. trom the Superior Court ot El
bert county, in favor of Jesse Maxwell vs. Clark
& Alexander (makers,) and Bennet Dooiy, In
dorser, and sundry other ti. fas. vs. said Clark &
Alexander.
ALSO,
Four hundred acres of land, more or less, on
the waters oi South Beaverdam creek, adjoining
William Eaves, and others, and two Negroes, to
wit : Mariah, a woman, twenty-three years old,
and her boy child Dave, about two years old, ail
levied on as the property of Thomas Haynes, to
satisfy a fi. fa. from Elbert Superior Court, in la
vor of Hand & Scranton, vs. William D. Haynes
and Tlios. Haynes, security, and Asa J. Haynes
security on stay, and one other fi. fa. in favor of
A. Hammond, adm’r. &c. vs. Abraham Brown,
Charles W. Christian, and Thomas Haynes, ex
ecutors, &c. of Barnabas Pace, deceased. Prop
erty pointeu out by Thomas Haynes.
ALSO,
One hundred and fitty Acres of Land, more
or less, on the waters of South Beaverdam Creek,
adjoining William Horton, and others, levied on
as the property of Thomas Haynes, to satisly a
fi. fa. from Elbert Superior Court, in favor of Ga
briel Booth, vs. William D. Haynes, Thomas
Haynes, and Nathaniel Duncan. Property poin
ted out by Thomas Haynes.
ALSO,
One hundred and eighty-two and a half Acres
of Land, more or less, on the waters of Deep
Creek, adjoining John Dickey and others, one
Wagon and yoke of Oxen, and one Grey Mare,
ten years old, all levied on as the property of I
saac M. Pledger, to satisfy a fi. fa. from Elbert
Superior Court, in favor of Job Weston, surviving
partner, &c. vs. Isaac M. Plodger. Property
pointed out by Defendant
ALSO,
Two Sorrel Mares, one eight years old, and
one five years old, levied on as the property of
John Edwards, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Job
Weston, surviving partner, &c. vs. John Ed
wards. Property pointed out by Defendant
ALSO,
One Sorrel Horse, ten years old, levied on as
tlie property of Henry W. Bond, to satisfy a fi. fa.
in favor of Hand & Scranton, vs. Henry W.
Bond and William Bond. Property pointod out
by Henry W. Bond, this 22d January, 1841.
ALSO,
Seventy Acres of Land, more or less, on the
waters of Beavcrdain Creek, on both sides of the
North Fork, beginning a stake corner, thence
running North to a Chinquepin corner, on the
South hank oi said Creek, thence up said Creek
to a While Oak corner, thence East to the old o
riginul line, to a Pine, thenco S. W. to a Willow
Oak corner, on the South bank of the South
Beaverdam, thence N. W. to the beginning, levi
ed on as the properly ol Jacob W. King, to satis
fy a fi.fa. in favor of James Oliver, Ilionesius Ol
iver, and Thomas Oliver, adm’rs. of Dionesius
Oliver, deceased, vs. Jacob W. King and Wii
liamPulliam, security. Property pointed out by
Win. Pulliam, this 23d January, 1841.
ALSO,
Three hundred Acres of Land, on the waters
of South Beaverdam Creek, adjoining lands oi
Benjamin Winn,’ and others, levied on as the
property of Abraham Brown, to satisfy a fi. fa.
from Elbert Superior Court, in favor of John Dun
can, vs. Win. 11. Brown, Wesley Hendrick, John
Brown, jr., Abraham Brown, and Duncan and
Christian. Property pointod out by Abraham
Brown, this 26th January, 1841.
WILLIAM ‘ll. ADAMS, Sheriff
January 28. 22
Lincoln Sheriff ’s Sales.
IN MAR CH.
LIN(jOLN SHKRIpp SALES.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at Liucolnton, in Lincoln county,
within the usual hours of salt, the following
property, to-wit:
Three beds and twelve covers, three bolsters,
six pillow cases, six window curtains, one look
ing-glass, with a drawer, one dressing table, one
wash stand, one bowl and pitcher, one lot books,
three clocks, one pair andirons, shovel and tongs,
two pine tables, one blue pitcher, one set knives
and lurks, two sets plates, half dozen table-spoons
one sugar dish, one glass butter stand, 5 bowis,
two sets cups and saucers, half dozen tea-spoons,
one japan waiter, two dishes, one hair trunk and
coutqpts, ten hoods, seven fur hats, one leather
trunk and contents, one hair trunk and contents,
one large pedlers box, ten pair india rubber
shoes, one large pot, two small pots, one tea ket
tle, one spider, two water buckets, hall dozen
rush bottom chairs, one large looking glass, one
jersey wagon, two cows and calves, and one hun
dred bushels corn, more or less, levied on as the
property of Charles P. Jones, to satisfy a fi. fa. iu
favor ol Henry M. Elliott, vs. Charles P. Jones, ot
Lincoln, and Samuel Danforlh, of Wilkes, and
sundry other fi. fas. in my possession against said
Jones.
ALSO,
One hundred and twenty-five Acres of Land,
more or less, adjoining lands oi John B. Me Lane,
Joel B. Sutton, and others, levied on as the prop
erty ol Jeremiah Walker, sen’r., in favor of Nich
oas G. Barksdale. Property pointed out by the
Plaintiff Levy made and returned to me by a
Constable. Jan. 20, 1841.
BENJ. F. TATUM, Sheriff
January 28. 22
LINCOLN SHERIFF SALES.
TM/MLL be sold at the Court-House door
’’ in Lincoln county, on the fust Tues
day in March next, within the legal sale
hours, the following property, to-wit:
One Lot, or parcel of land, lying and
being in the village of Goshen, in Lincoln
county, with the improvements thereon,
containing two and a half acres, more or
less, levied on as the property of Charles
Statham, to satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. in fa
vor of Augustin D. Statham, vs. said C.
Statham. Property pointed out in said fi. fa.
ALSO,
Four negroes, Haley a woman, about
28 years of age, and her child Henry, a
bout three years old, Sealy a woman a
bout 25 years old, and her child Sam, a
bout two years old ; levied on as the pro
perty of James 11. Ware, to satisfy two
mortgage fi. fa’s, in favor of Jared E.
Groce, vs. James R. Ware—property
pointed out in said mortgage fi. fas.
B. F. TATOM. Sheriff.
Dec. 30, 1840. 18
Wilkes Sheriff ’s Sales,
IN MARCH.
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court House door, iu Wash
ington, Wilkes county, on the First Tues
day in March next, at the usual hours oi sale,
the following property, to wit,
One fifty-saw Cotton Gin, one Gin Band, one
Gin Wheel, 3 Cows, 2 yearlings, 1 bay Mare, 1
bay Gelding, 4 plough Hoes, 2 sett plough Gear,
a few hundred pounds of Oats, 1 crib oi Corn, 1
lot of Seed Cotton, 1 Shot Gun, 2 pine Tables,
1 pine Slab, 1 Cupboard, 2 Sows and 2 Shoals,
and 1 two-horse Wagon, levied on by virtue of a
mortgage fi. fa. issued from the Inferior Court ot
Wilkes county, Junes Jones vs. John Thornton.
Property pointed out in said fi. fa- this Ist Janua
ry, 1841.
GEORGE W. JARRETT, D. Sh’ff
Jan 1, 1841. 19 ■
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court House door in Wash
ington Wilkes county, on the First Tuesday in
March next, at the usual hours of sale, the
following property, to wit,
Twenty-one head of Hogs, five head of
Cattle, one Road-wagon, five set of wagon
harness, two Horses and one Colt, six split
bottomed Chairs, one bed and bed cord, out
quilt, two pots, one skillet and lid, and one
cupboard, levied on as the property of A
lexander Brown, to satisfy a mortgage fi.
fa. issued from the Inferior Court of Wilkes
county, in favor of John C. Dodson, proper
ty pointed out in said fi. fa. and left in the
possession of John Dodson, administrator of
John C. Dodson, deceased.
THUS. R. EIDSON, D.Sli’ffi
Dec. 31. 18
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
Will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAI l u
April next, before the court house door
in Wilkes county, pursuant to an order
of the Honorable Inferior Court of said
county while sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, the following property, to wit:
One Tract of Land,
containing about six hundred and forty a
cres, more or less, lying on the waters of
Kettle creek, in Wilkes county, adjoining
lands of Bennett, Truitt, and others.—
Sold as the property of William H. Dan
iel, decease i, late of said county, for the
benefit of the Minors, of said deceased.—
Terms made known on the day of sale.
KINDRED JACKS, guardian.
December 17. 1810. 16 tds
GEORGIA: .
•I Proclamation.
By llis Excelloney Chabi.es J. McDonald,
Governor and Couimander-in-Chiei oi the Ar
my and Navy of this State, and of the Militia
thereof.
S WHEREAS, by the
x first section of aji act
IbL her, eighteen hundred
and forty, entitled “an
la""* act to compel the sev
-gjn oral BANKS of this
‘“™ t State to redeem their
liabilities in SPECIE, and to provide lor the for
feiture of the charter or charters ot such as may
refuse;” it is made the duty of His Excellency
the Governor oil the First day of January, eigh
teen hundred and forty-one, to issue ins Procla
mation, requiring that the several Banks oi this
State, their Brandies or Agencies, which have
heretofore, tailed to redeem their liabilities in
GOLD and SILVER, and all other Banks in
this State, shall on or before the first day ol
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 sucli depositee
are by terms of existing contracts, payable oth
erwise than in specie,) issued or received, or
which may hereafter be issued or received by
them respectively, upon demand or presentation;
I do therefore, iu conformity thereto, issue
this my Proclamation, hereby requiring the sev
eral Banks of this State, their 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 tlierealter, to pay to any person or per
sons, (Banks and Brokers excepted,) iu SPE
CIE, every bill, note, draft, check, receipt or
money on deposite, issued or received, or which
may hereafter be issued or received by them re
spectively, upon demand or presentation, except
in cases wliere sucli deposited are by terms oi
existing contracts payable otherwise than in spe
cie. And Ido hereby charge and require each
and every of them, to be careful and punctual m
the strict observance and faithful performance ot
ail the duties enjoined on them by the aforesaid
recited act of the General Assembly.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal ol
the State, at the Capitol in Miiledgeville,
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. McDonald.
By the Governor :
Wm. 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
®!F ©[E©TOo^ a
TFHIE Legislature, at their last session, deem-
JL ed it expedient to discontinue the salary o,
tno Slate Geologist, in consequence of the em
barrassed finances ot the S ate. By thisunex
pec.ed movement, the subscriber is deprived ol
the means ol completing the survey ol tlie State,
o.; 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 ol Georgia, that by following
out the plan so happily conunenced in 1837, and
pursued with unremitting energy to the present,
tlie State has been contributing her mite, hum
ble as it may be on the part of her agent, to the
cause ol general science in our country, and the
advancement oi intellectual improvement among
her citizens, in accordance with other States of
the Union. There is but one alternative. In the
present situation of the survey, tlie work must
either be abandoned and the important informa
tion obtained by lour years investigation of the
tieoiogy oi tiie State, lost to her citizens, or tlie
subscriber must depend lor support, on individ
ual patronage. He is determined to make an ef
fort lor the benefit and honor of his adopted State,
to proceed with the survey. From former ex
perience of the unbounded liberality and gene
rous hospitality ol ins tc ‘.ow citizens, in differ
ent parts of the State, lie is confident that, m
making an appeal to their sympathy and patron
age, it will not be made in vam.
That a complete survey may be made of the re
maining counties of the State, and the whoie
consolidated and published lor the information
and benefit ol the citizens, public patronage is
most respectlully 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 Mag, Geography, or
history oi the same. A majority of the citizens
must, irom necessity, be unacquainted with the
rich mineral resources and agricultural capaci
ties of the different sections. Favored as the
subscriber lias been, by lour years tabor, as
Sta’e Geologist, m different parts of the State,
iu collect ing materials for a complete report of
an Agricultural and Geological survey and Na
tural History, he trusts that he shall be able tJ
meet the approbation ol his fellow citizens.
Tlie subscriber pledges his honor, that the
proceeds arising from subscription tor tiie work
shall be appropriated to the completion oi the
survey ot the remainiug counties of t.'ie State,
and that they shall be finished as they will be
needed for publication.
JOHN RUGGLES CUTTING,
Seale Geologist.
Miiledgeville, Janury Ist, 1341.
N. B. It is impossible, at fliis time, to desig
nate the number of volumes in a set.
conditions.
1. The work sli*ll be printed on royal octavo
form, on fine paper and with new type, and wiil
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 oi’ the Natural History, Botany and Agri
cultural statistics.
2. The first volume will contain a system oi
Agriculture adapted to the soils and climate oi
the South, with a table of analysis of soils from
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 600 pages, in
ciotli binding, at 83 50 per volume, to subscri
bers ; to non-subscribers, 84 00, payable on
delivery.
4. The printing shall be so arranged, that a
volume may be expected during the session of
ihe Legislature, in each year, until the whole
set is completed.
5. Should there be sufficient patronage, a large
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 fea
tures of the State shall be accurately sketched
and colored. Price on Rollers, 810 00.
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age-
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85 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
Dec. 17. 16
FOUR Months after date, application wiil be
made to the Hon. the Inferior Court of Elbert
county, while sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell a NEGRO MAN, by the name of
EDMOND, as the property of William Haley,
deceased, this 25th January, 1841.
JESSE CASH, ) „ ,
JOHN A. TEASLEY, \ Ex rs ’
January 28. m4m 22
‘p’OUR Months after date, application will be
A made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Elbert county, while sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, for leave to sell the LANDS belonging to
the ESTATE of THOMAS JONES, late of
Elbert county, deceased, tiiis 22d Jan. 1841.
JOHN H. JONES, ) ,
ROBERT HESTER, ( Adm rs-
January 28. m4m 23
GEORGIA, J Whereas, William Ward,
Elbert County. ( applies to me for Letters of
Administration on the Estate of Richard Gully,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular tiie kindred and creditors
of said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(if any they have) why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 22d day of
January, 1841.
WILLIAM B. NELMS, c. c. o.
January 28. It 22
