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and is constantly examining his books, and
sees (through all his affairs us Car us caro
and-attention enable him; balances legu..
lavly at stated limes, and.then makes out
and transmits ult his uccounts current to
his customers and constituents, both at
honie and abroad ; avoids as much as ]>os.
sible all sorts of accommodations in money
matters and law-suits, where there is the
leajlharard ; is economical in his expen
diture, always living within his income ?
keeps a memorandum book with a pencil
in his pocket, in which he notes every lit
tle particular relative to appointments, ad
dresses, and petty cash matters ; is cau
tious how he becomes security for any per
son, and is generous only when urged by
of humanity.— Mass. Spy.
AN AMERICAN GIANT.
Mons. Bihin. the gigantic Belgian, who
exhibited himself in Boston the last autumn
was Viewed with admiration and astonish
ment, as one of the most magnificent speci
mens of humanity in these later days. The
news of Iris collossal proportions, and of
his success in exhibiting himself, reached
the remote section of St. Joseph’s, in the
State of Michigan, where there resided, in
rural quietude, Charles Freeman, a youth
of It) y,aars of age, whose stature had out
stripped the. ordinary, altitude of common
moil, (hat he began to think himself worth
seeing—and with that impression firmly
established in his mind, he came to the city
of New York, and has finally arrived in
Boston, whe re he is on exhibition at Mr.
Harrington’s Museum. Having called, as
others do, to gratify the common prompt
ings of curiosity, we noted down the follow
ing items in relation to Mr. -P.’s history :
Charles Freeman, significantly called the
American Giant, and with much proprie
ty, too, was horn in the city of New York.
July 16th, 1821, and will therefore he 19
years and six months old on the 16th of the
present month.
In height he measures seven feet and
three inches, and weighs three hundred and
twenty pounds ! Around the chest the
girth is fifty four inches. When about
three years of age, the family emigrated to
Illinois, and ultimately settled at JBt. Jo
seph’s in Michigan, where he has been
brought up to a life of honest industry on a
farm, and has grown to be a wonder to him
self. He is the youngest of four children
—all pretty tall, though not. strikingly so.
The father over six feet, and the mother
not far from five feet, and six inches. The
sulgect of those memoranda is a pel feet
yydth in facial expression—having nevei
been shaven till since leaving home. Ali
the muscular apparatus belonging to his
Herculean frame work of bones, is prodi
gtously developed.
Os his tremendous strength there can be
no question. At present he seems to he in
the process of growing—having gained two
inches the past vear ; hut -what he is des
tined to he when his growth is completed,
is past our divining. It may he conjectured
lhat when the whole body is finished, and
has assumed the just proportions which
nature evidently intends to give it, he will
stand in the midst of the people of the Uni
ted States, as Gulliver did in the kingdom
of Liiliput, the wonder of a nation.—Med
ical Surgical Journal.
From the New- York Star.
ELECTRICITY IN STEAM.
It has been recently discovered that the
electric fluid is evolved in the generation
of.steam. An English paper states that a
person who was attending a steam engine
“happening to have one hand in a copious
jet of Stettin, which escaped from an acci
dental aperture in the boiler, whilst he ap
plied his other hand to the lever of the safe
ty valve, experienced an electric shock.”
Experiments were subsequently made by
men of science, the result of which demon
strated that electricity is given out by steam
with great.rapidity, and may be collected
as from a powerful electrical machine.
We learn from the Boston Courier, that
experiments of a similar nature have been
, made in that city, at the depot of the Lowell
rail-road. A brass rod was used, four feet
long, with a brush of points projecting from
one end, to collect the electricity, and a
glass insulated handle, two feet long, at the
other. On immersing the pointed or brush
end of the rod in a cloud of steam escaping
from the safety valve of one of the engines,
sparks two inches long were immediately
drawn from it, and taken at the distance ot
half an inch. They were too numerous to
be counted. Sparks were also made to
pass readily over the intervals in the tinfoil
of a spotted glass stript. A large Leyden
jar was charged at discretion, and shocks
Administered. Ether was inflamed by the
discharge of the jar. The electricity, tes
ted by pith balls and a bit of shellac, was
positive. When the pointed end ol the rod
was held in the steam at different distances
from the valve, the electricity w'as compar
atively feeble at six inches distance, in
creasing gradually till the rod was four or
five feet off, the sparks diminishing again
at still greater distances. The electricity
seems therefore to be developed by the ex
pansion of the steam on its escaping from
the boiler. Sparks could be drawn from
the rod, when it was afoot or two from the
steam. The sensation produced by the
spark was more like the galvanic shock
than that of common electricity. The
steam was positively electrified, and the
engine negatively ; which was shown, by
putting one hand on the engine, and taking
‘ a spark from the rod with the other, when
a slight shock was felt in both hands.
“These phenomena (says the Daily
Advertiser, from which the account of this
• periment is abridged) are no less impor
h t to the theory of electricity than they
i e curious. They may explain, among
sher things, the electrical excitement of
V atmosphere and clouds.” Some of the
S*st eminent scientific men in England
arc pursuing the subject, and very impor
tant developments may be expected, “it is
not unlikely (says an English paper) that
this newly discovered phenomenon may
lead to important results, in advance our
knowledge of the nature of this subtle and
mysterious fluid, and form an era in the
history of electrical science.”
A pistol has been invented by A. \V.
Spies of New York, having six barrels,
each of which may lie discharged succes.
si.ely hv merely pulling Iho trigger. It is
called tho “self-cocking and revolving pis
lol” and will bo found serviceable in the
Navy, as in boarding, it is necessary that
the left hand should he entirely free.
NEWS m GAZETTE.
rrtxnrtEs and men.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1841.
fFF” We acknowledge the receipt of sun
dry Congressional Documents from Messrs.
Nesbit, King, Warren and Cooper, of the
Georgia Delegation.
Cd7”Tlie publication of “The Gleanings
| of Husbandry,” has been resumed.
The Cvcortfia Kail Koad (Sank
This institution has again suspended
Specie payments. The hills are still re
ceived and paid out by the Banks in Au
gusta, and the Branch at that place contin
ues to pay Specie.
This suspension, we understand, has been
caused not by any want of confidence in the
solvency of the Bank in this part of the
State to which ii lias supplied the chief cir
culation ; but by runs made upon it by
brokers and persons from other State?.—
The institution has paid out since the first
of February, no less than 3184,000 in spe
cie and its equivalent, as we are told on the
authority of its President.
(KT The exciietrvnt on lie Northern
frontier, continues unabated. An assem
bly of the citizens of Lock port, had com
pelled McLeod’s hail to surrender him to
the Sheriff, and at the last accounts his tri
al was progressing ; the Grand Jury hav
ing found true bills against him for arson
and the murder of Dufree, the stage-driver,
who was killed in the attack upon the Car
oline. There is a strong War feeling pre
vailing among the border population, oil
both sides, and the British authorities seem
to lie taking precautionary measures—
though no preparations are making on our
part. If war ensues, it will find the United
States perfectly defenceless —without mon
ey, army, or fortifications.
GEORGIA.
The first settlement of Georgia, from I
uaneroft’s History of the U. States.
“While the neighboring province of
South Carolina, displayed a ‘ universal
zeal for assisting its new ally and bulwark,
the persecuted Protestants, known to us as
Moravians, heard the message of hope, and,
on the invitation of the Society in England
for propagating the Gospel, prepared to
emigrate to the Savannah. A free pas
sage ; provisions in Georgia for a whole
season ; land for themselves and their
children, free for ten years, then to be held
fora small quit-rent; the privileges of na
tive Englishmen ; freedom of worship;—
these were the promises made, accepted,
and honorably fulfilled. On the last day
of October, 1733, ‘ the evangelical commu
nity,’ well supplied with Bibles and Hymn
books, catechisms and books of devotion,
conveying in one wagon their few chattels,
in two othercovercd ones their feebler com
panions, and especially their little ones ;
after a discourse anil prayer, and benedic
tions, cheer ml tv, in the name of God, be
gan their pilgrimage. History need not
stop to tell what charities cheered them on
their journey, what towns were closed
against them by the Roman Catholic mag
istrates, or how they entered Frankfort on
the Maine, two by two, in solemn proces
sion, singing spiritual songs. As they
floated down the Maine, and between the
castled crags, the vineyards, and the white
walled towns that adorn the banks of the
Rhine, their conversation, amidst hymns
and prayers, was of justification, and of
sanctification, and of standing fast in the
Lord. At Rotterdam, they were joined by
two preachers Bolzins and Gronau, both
disciplined in charity at the Orphan House
in Halle. A passage of six days carried
them from Rotterdam to Dover, where sev-
eral of the trustees, visited them, and pro
vided considerately for their wants. In
January, 1731, they set sail for t.teir new
homes. The majesty of the ocean quick
ened their sense of God’s omnipotence and
wisdom ; and as they lost sight of land,
they broke out in a hymn to his glory.—
The setting sun, after a calm, so kindled
the sea and the sky, that words could not
express their rapture ; and they cried out,
‘ How lovelv the creation ! How infinite,
ly lovely the creator !’ When the wind
was adverse, they prayed ; and, as it
changed, one opened his mind to the other
oh the power of prayer, even the prayer ‘ ol
a man subject to like passions as we are.
As the voyage excited weariness, a devout
listener confessed himself to be an uncon
verted man ; and they reminded him oi
the promise to him that is poor and oi a con
trite spirit, and t.rorhbletli at the word. As
they sailed pleasantly, with a favoring
breeze, at the hour of evening prayer, they
made a covenant with each other, like Ja
eoh of old, und resolved by tho grace of
Chris*, to east all the strange gods which
were in their hearts into the depths of the
sea. A storm gri wso high that nofcft sail
could beset ; and they raised their voices
in prayer und song amidst the tempest ;
for the love of the Lord Jesus, as a brother
gave them consolation. At Charleston O
glethorpc hade them welcome ; and in five
days more, the way-faring men, whose
home was beyond the skies, pitch their tents
near Savannah.
It remained to select for them a resi
deuce. ‘To cheer their principal men, as
they toiled through the forest and across
brooks, Oglethorpe, having provided hor
j ses, himself joined the little party. By the
j aid of blazed trees and Indian guides, lie
i made his way through morasses ; a fallen
trie served as a bridge over a stream,
which the hersesswam for want of.n ford ;
at night, h > encamped with them abroad
round a fire, and shared every fatigue, till
the spot for their village was chosen, and,
like the. little, stream which formed'its bor
der, was named Ebcnezer. ‘Them they
built their dwellings, and there they re
solved to raise a column of stone, in a to
ken of gratitude to God, Whose-providence
had brought them safely to the ends of the
earth.”
Correspondence of the Savannah Georgian.
FLORIDA, Feb. 15.
Three hundred more of the enemy arc j
now at Tampa—they have smoked the
pipe of peace and agreed to emigrate, hut
lest their modesty should receive a shock,
they have stipulated that Government shall
provide them with clothing previous to their
departure, and tho General has despatched
a steamboat to New Orleans for wearing ap- ;
parcl to he distributed among them.
A party of Tallahassees headed by their !
Chief, and accompanied by one of the Ar
kansas delegation, halted at Fort Clinch a
short time since, on their way to Tampa.—
Whilst there, Tigertai! (whose übiquity is i
unquestionable) sent his brother to visit!
| them, and if possible, prevent them from 1
j going in. The Arkansas Indian made |
j known tho object, Tigertail was endeavor- j
jng to effect through the agency ofhis bro- |
tlier, which so enraged the latter, that he j
sprang upon him with his knife and inflicted
two severe stabs. The Pease Creek Indi- |
dians have sent word to one of the head men |
of the delegation that they will take his life j
if lie presumes to venture among them. If j
the delegation effect nothing more, than the j
creation of a peace party among theirßi'eth- j
jen, they will have accomplished miitii— j
presumptive evidence that their statements j
have been of service in the negotiations, is j
to he found in the apparent want of unanim j
ity among the Indians, as evinced by their j
late councils.
Many are of the opinion that tho 0.-neral !
will emigrate a large party, but I for one
do not believe that any treaty stipulations
will be found binding on tho part of the In
dians. Purity of purpose and a rigid ad
herence to plighted faith form no part of the
Seminole character. Ilarneyize Mr. Ti
gertail and a few others of a similar char
acter, take the field, und keep it, and the
next half century may witness the termina
tion of the Florida war. Temporising mea
sures, though aided by a gallant “Duke.”
whose bogies have sent forth a “haughty
defiance” at the edge of every hammock
‘.that skirts the Tampa—for such music,
though accompanied by the “ pomp and j
circumstance of war” has no charms to
charms to smoothe the savage breast.
Yours, truiv.
A Noble Sentiment. —The more 1 am ac
quainted with the agricultural affairs, the
better I am pleased with them ; insomuch
that I can nowhere find so great satisfac
tion as in those innocent and useful pursuits.
In indulging those (feelings, I am led to re
flect how much more delightful to an uiide
bauched mind is the task ot making im
provements on the earth, than all the vain
glory which can be acquired from ravaging ;
it by the most .uninterrupted career of con
quests. — Washington's Letter to Arthur
Young.
THE PHILADELPHIA BANKS.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer we clip
the subjoined table, showing the amount of
specie drawn from the. Philadelphia Banks
up to the time of their suspension. The
fact here stated is important, tor it proves
to the country that the Philadelphia Banks
acted in good faith, and did not consent to
a renewal of the suspension, until driven
to it by the force of circumstances, which
they could not possibly control. . Such a
draft upon the Banks of any city in the tin
ion would have compelled a similar course.
We annex a table, which possesses more
than ordinary interest at this time. It
shews the amount of specie and the specie
funds paid by the various Banks of Phila
delphia, from the 15th of December last,
to the Bth of the present month inclusive.
The amount will surprise most readers.
The United States Bank alone paid up
wards of $(3,000,000, and the other Banks
upwards of $5,000,000, making in aggre
gate of more than $11,000,000, or nearly
double the gross amount of specie in all the
Banks of the State of New York, It will
be seen also, that the Bank of Pennsylvania
alone, as well as two other Banks paid
each more than $1,000,000 —or more spe
cie in fact, than is held hv the 04 specie
paying Banks in Rhode Island, and all tire
Banks in Maine and New Hampshire.—
Under these circumstances, ourcitiixns and
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, should
endeavor at least to do justice to our own
Institutions. Philadelphia is neither a
manufacturing nor a commercial city in
the sense in which New York and Boston
may be so described. She is the distribu
ting point for the South and YV est —is, from
her position and the character ot her busi
ness, constantly in debt to the East, and
hence it is that our neighbours have the
advantage with regard to balances and are
! enabled, when so disposed, to make such
heavy limits upon us lor specie.
Specie and Specie Fund-pail from Decent
| her 15, 1840, to February, 8, 1841, inclu
sive.
Pennsylvania, 1,137,104
North America, 285,000
Philadelphia, 1,141,820
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ 802,028
Girard, 1,050,000
Mechanics, 212,000
Commercial, 130,000
j Western, 30.000
j Southwark, 75,981 j
Moynmcnsing, 101,000 !
I Penn Township, 50,000 j
Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ 25,000 :
Northern Liberties, 67,000 !
Kensington, 9,139 j
#5,122,732 ;
Bank United. States, 6,083,3.21 j
| William Woodbridge (Whig) lias
been elected Senator of the United Slates j
from the’ State of Michigan, or six years j
, from the -Ith day of March next, to succeed j
Mr. Norvell, whose term will then have ex- ,
j pired.
The Printer. —“ 1 jity—l pilv the priti- j
| ter,” said my undo Tobv—“ he’s a poor
; devil,” rejoined I. “ How so ?” said ray
uncle, Toby. In the first place, he must
: endeavor to please every body. In the
negligence of a moment, perhaps a small
paragraph pops in upon him ; he throws
it to the compositor—it is inserted—and he
lis d—d to all intents and purposes.” “Too
much the ease.” said my uncle Toby.—
! “ Nor is this all,” continued I. “ lie some
times hits upon a piece that pleases him
mightily, and he thinks it cannot but go
i down with his subscribers : but alas ! who
| can calculate ? He inserts it, and it is ov
|er with him. They forgive others, but
they cannot forgive a printer. He has a j
■ host to ‘print for, and e very one sets up for 1
; a critic. The pretty Miss exclaims, “ why .
don’t lie give us more poetry and bun mot !
| “ Away with these stale pieces.” The
politician claps his specks upon his nose,
1 and runs it over in search of violent invec
tive—finds none, he takes his specks off,
| folds them, sticks them in pocket, declaring
, the paper good for nothing hut to burn.—
j So it goes.—Every one thinks it ought to
j he printed for himself as he is a subscriber;
! and thus weekiy it is brought to the grand
j ordeal!”
I The following paragraph, from the N
| York Journal of Commerce, is an excel ;
i lent hit at the Pensylvania United States
i Bank:
“■There,” exclaimed Mrs. Betsey U. (
Sarles, an old lady of our acquaintance, j
who kept a store in Catham street in this
city, many years ago, and who became in
volved by overtrading. “There, there,”
said she rubbing her hands together—“
thank my stars, 1 have at length borrbtvrd
enough to pay off all my debts, and have :
plenty left to resume business.” ■
“ Madam,” said the man at the tavern to
the landlady, “ your coffee is very good,
what there is of it !” “Do you mean to in
sult me,” said the lady. “No madam,”
replied the traveller, “I meant to say there
is plenty oj it such as it is /”
We learn from the latest intelligence
from England, that the Queen Victoria, on
the 21st of November, presented the Eng
| lislt nation with a beautiful and highly ac
complished Princess Royal.— Fayetteville
Signal.
: “ Accomplished” hell ? That is we pre- j
j same she squalls equal to any other infant j
of her age in the Kingdom.— Pulaski Whig •
OO v 7
Courier.
A good chance for speculation. —The fol
lowing advertisement under the head of wife
wanted is in an Arkansas paper :
Any gal what’s got a bed, calico dress, a
Coffee pot and skillet, knows how to cut out
britches, can make a huntin’ shirt, and
knows how to take care of children, can
have my services till death parts both on
us.
A RICH OLD MAID.
The richest old Maid the world ever saw
died recently at Stow, in the north of Eng- j
land. Her name was Jane Innes, and she
formerly resided at Edinburg, Scotland.
Her will has just been proved in Doctors
Commons, by which it seems that she died
possessed of property to the value of SB,BOO,
000. This immense sum is to he divided
equally among all her relations without re
gard to nearness of kindred. She was ex
ceedingly miserable in her habits; one sin
gle instance will be sufficient to prove this,
when nearly 80 years old she would not go
to the expense of a light to go up stairs by
in the evening; and consequently stumbled
down in the dark, breaking her leg. This
accident caused her death.
Fox Populi. —At a political meeting a
few weeks since, a large orator closed his
address with the following: “Fellow-citi
zens, the Sub-Treasury must fall; it is a
structure reared upon sand ; but, were it
! built upon adamant, it could not endure,
for the voice of the vox populi is against it.’
A Classical Distinction. —“ Mr. Chair
man,” said a juvenile member ofa legisla
ture in one of the YVestern States ; “Mr.
Chairman, I now move that the House ad
journ indefinitely.”
“ Mr. Chairman said a more experienced
member, “ 1 don’t understand the gentle
man—l dont know what he means by ‘ in
difiniiely.’ Why does he not couch his
motion in languago to he understood ?
! YY’hy does he not use the good, old lvngiish
j phrase sine die ?”
The ‘Holy City Mortgaged. —lt is said
that Jerusalem, the Holy City, is mortgaged
to the Rothschild’s for a certain sum of mo
ney.
The re arc outstanding at the pivs< nt
time #750,000 of the notes of the old Uni
ted States Bunk, most of which are supposed
to be destroyed, as they have almost entires i
ly ceased to make their appearance for
redemption.
Dip the Mississippi dry with a tea spoon;
stop the second Municipality f.uin going a
j head; twist your heel in the toe of your
! hoot; make post-masters perform their pro
: mises ; send up fishing hooks with balloons j
and bob for stars ; get astride a gossamer I
I and chase a comet: when a .rain storm is j
| coming down like the cataract <d Niagara,
{ remember where you left your umbrella ;
choke a musquitoe with a brick bat; in
short prove all things hitherto considered
j impossible, to he possible, hut never attempt .
j to coax a woman to say she will when she j
has price made up her mind to say she \
\ won’t.— N. O. Picayune.
....
I WASHINGTON NEWS’ OFFICE, ;
THURSDAY, Feb. 25th.
i After our paper- went: to press, about 10 i
o’clock last night, an alarm of fire wasgiv- i
en and the store of Messrs. Burton and Be- !
lot on the south-west corner of the’ public I
square was discovered to he in flames.—
The fire having taken in the most exposed \
part of the town and our citizens being per
fectly destitute of any means of arresting [
it, spread w ith great rapidity in different di- i
recti oils from the place of its origin until it !
had consumed part of the town in w hieh a J
great portion of the business was done and \
was only arrested at last by the most vigor- ,
: ous exertions.
i We have suffered in common, with tna
j ny others of our fellow citizens, but our
loss is trivial compared with theirs. Our
printing establishment was luckily at a
distance from the square and therefore sus- ;
tained no injury.
The principal losses were Mr. A. A. i
Cleveland (store and dwelling house burnt)
Burton & l’olot, store burnt, and a bouse i
owned bv Burton & Belot, and occupied by ;
J. Hogan as dwelling bouse and shop— ■
John It. Eidxon store and dwelling house : j
house owned by A. A. Cleveland and oc- j
cupied by Getting A, Butler as a law office !
and Dr. Ficklen: house-owned by Mrs. Cor- <
bet ; &■ Tailors shop occupied by Win. F.
Solian; store and dwelling house owned
and occupied by I’.T. \\ ill is; store, owned :
and occupied by McMillen & \ inccut; 1
store owned and occupied by Win.F.Solian; ■
store unoccupied owned by F. T Wills- j
j store owned by J. D. Thompson and oe- i
cupied by Geo. W. Jarrett; store owned 1
I and occupied by Johnson & Waterhouse;
; house owned by W. F. Sohan; house own
ed and occupied by John Burkes, besides j
a great number of valuable out buildings, i
The loss cannot he less than #35,000.
M A K 11 I E 5) ,
In this place, on Saturday tho 20thinsf, by
the Rev. George \V\ Pe'.ne, Mr. HENRY DIL
LON to Mrs. SARAH GARTER.
Op Sunday the 21st, by the Rev. John YY'. <
| Reid, Mr. SAMUEL E.'DANIEL to At: s
! MARY SLAYTON.
’"STE w&mm*
DENTIST,
A T Mr. Alexander’s Hotel, in consequence of
the hardness of the times, w 11 work at re- ;
duced prices.
February 25. ts 2(3
SHOE STORE.
PERSONS having Georgia Rail Road money .
on hand can use it to advantage in the pur
chase of SHOES, &c. at my usual low rates. —
Also, for Factory Thread and Cloth. A fresh
supply of which, will be received in a few days.
A. L. LEWIS. :
February 25. 2(3
ASSIGNEES SALE.
WILL be sold before (he Court Utilisedoors |
in the several Counties named below, mi
the first Tuesday in April next ♦'or the benefit of ‘
the creditors and all concerned -as Joshua Daniel, 1
the following tracts of land to wit:
One half of lot one hundred and forty six, (146) ]
in .the sixth district, first section, now Union j
County, at lllairsviile; the tract- contains 1(30
acres.
ALSO, ‘
One Half of the lot two.hundred and thirty two j
(232,) in the sixth district second section, now
Gdmer, containing 100 acres, will bo sold at !
Elijay.
ALSO,
The whole of lot 168, in the 11th District and j
3d section, now Murray, containing 160 acres, j
and half of the lot number eighty (80) in the j
25th District, arid third section, also in Mur- j
ray, at Spring place, on the same day.
ALSO,
At Marietta, Cobb county, lots one hundred and j
eight (108) in the first district, and second sec- j
lion and lot eleven hundred ami six (1106) in
third (3d) District and third (3d) section now j
Cobb county, containing each forty acres.
ALSO,
At Paulding Court House, lot thirty two (32) in j
the first district and third (3) section now Pauld- !
ing county, containing forty acres.
ALSO,
At the Court House door, Columbus, lot two hun
dred and seven (207,) in the tenth district (10)
of Muscogee county, containing two hundred
two and half acres more or less, terms made
know at the time, and titles executed by the As
signees.
PETER LAMAR, 1
EZEKIEL LAMAR, > Assignees.
HENNERY B. MOORE, )
February 18, 1841. 4t. 25
wmi mNsriswn*
EXECUTED AT THIS
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PIIESfIKTAIKNm
‘rJiOUGIA, Wilkes county.
SUPERIOR COURT, t
February. Term, 1841. \
Wu tin- Grand Juror'S, chosen, selected,
and sworn, lor February ‘Term of the Su
perior Couit, for 4841, lor the County and
State aforesaid, in the discharge of our du
ties, itjakp the follow ing Presentments :
We have examined, through our Coirt
j mittee, the Records of the different Clerks’
! Offices of the Cqunty, and find them prop,
i erlv brought up, and plainly and neatly
. kept, hv the present incumbents. On ex
! animation into the stnto of tne County
Treasury, we find in the hands of the Trea
-1 surer, Five Hundred and ninety-three l)o!-
j lavs, seven and three-fourth cents ; and dtte
j and unpaid by tho Tax Collector, One
| Thousand and twenty-three Dollars and
71 cents; out of which last amount may
jhe deducted Collector’s and Receiver's
j commission and insolvent list. The a
! mount paid out ot the Treasury last year
j being Two Thousand one'hundred and
| eighty Dollars and forty cents; und tho
County receiving none of the State lax,
, will Leave the Treasury unable to meet the
i current expenses : We therefore recom
mend to the Interior Court to levy such an
! extra Tax, upon the general l ax. as they
j in their judgment think -necessary to meet
! the expi uses of the present year.
I We have also examined into the state of
1 the County Jail, and find it in good condi
-1 tion, with the exception of a few bars loose
I in the lower w indows, and would recom
; mend the immediate repairs by the proper
I authority.
Wc recommend to the Inferior Court to
■ have the following alterations, if practica
; hie, in the Court-House, to-wit: the exten
, sion of the floor, from the gallery across the
j house, which w ill afford above, three suita
! ble Rooms; one. to. be attached to each of
the Clerks’ Offices, which has become ob
vious! v necessary from the great accumu
lotion of books and papers in those Offices;
the others lor the use of tiie Sheriffs’ ; or to
he used for such other purposes, as might
lie found useful ; leaving a passage to the
present Petit Jury Rooms, as at present, ac
cessible bv tiie present stairs now in use.
Such alterations would make it necessary
I to lower the Judge’s seat, so much to be de
sired. both for the convenience of the Court
and Bar. That, together w ith the exten-
I sion of the floor over-head, would render tlu>
transaction of business much more easy
and pleasant, on account of the present dif
ficulty in hearing, which in its present sit
uation must be plainly seen and felt by all.
The door of entry ilom the Grand Jury
Room, under the Judge’s seal, would be
necessarily closed, aud a door made of one
of the present windows, which would be e
quallvor more convenient. The whole or
detail of the alterations proposed, wo wuuld
recommend to the direction and judgment
of the Inferior Court, or such persons as
they might engage to assist in carrying out
the -proposed alterations.
We present as a grievance, the privilege
granted by owners of slaves, in hiring their
ow n time and contracting for themselves in
the Town of Washington and other parts of
the County, and recommend the Justices of
the Peace of the several Districts, to see
! the Law faithfully executed in such cases.
In taking leave of his honor Judge An
drews, and of the Solicitor-General Alex
| antler Pope, Jr., we tender our thanks for
I their kind and courteous attention to this
j body during the present Term.
I YVc request that these Presentments be
j published in the News Ac Planters’ Gazette.
LOCK YVE.EYfS, Foreman.
James Wing field.
Thomas Holliday.
John B. Kendrick.
Ephraim Bailey,
brands Colley. .
Garland JVingficld.
William Sherrer.
Peter Gullatt.
Fielding Ficklen.
Thomas W. Beck.
James D. Willis ,
William Quinn,
Woodson Callaway.
Clark 11. Jenkins.
Simeon C. Ellington.
Charles -4. Killgore.
William H. Hart.
William Q. Anderson ,
Henry F. Ellington.
On motion of Alex. Pope, Jr., Solicitor-
General. Ordered, that the presentments of
the Grand Jury he published as request’ and
by them. • .
True copy from the Minutes.
JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk.
Ternary lorn. mil. it •>
liO&t,
I\ Washington, nr on the road to.E R.'An
derson's, on Tuesday the 16th instant, a
small YVALLET, containing Notes on sundry
persons. All of which, (with the exception'of
three or four,) are made payable to tho Subscri
ber. And l now caution all persons from trading
for said Notes made payable to me, without my
sanction, as I shall take the necessary stops to.
establish or otherwise recover them.
A suitable reward will be given for therr tits
! livery to me. JOHN C. STOKES.
February 25, 1841. It %
c.irxiJLiEn.
ja- THIS fine HORSE is now at
I -nig. Elberton, (la., and will commence
j bis Season at this place, on the first
\\ JA* March, and expire on th*.first u
j SirjfeßSffe* June next. And jriß bp let to,
Marcs at 10. 15, and 25 Dollars. Marcs sent to
the I lorse, will be kept, for 30 cents.per day, and
Servants boarded at 25 cento nor day.
JAMES T. REYNOLDS;
Elberton, February IT, 1844. 8t 26
Months after date, application will be
* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court ot.
YVilkes County, while sitting as a Court oFOrdi
narv, for leave ta sell a Negro boy, ELBERT;
belonging to the ESTATE of YV ILLIAMi
GRESHAM, deceased, late of said county.
HENRY F. ELLINGTON, Adm’r.
with ‘he Will annexed,.
Fell wry 3. l-Ml,
