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“ Wo lose no time in despatching the
Chief Clerk in tho State Department as a
special messenger to bear you these melan
choly tidings.
Wo have the honor to be, with the high
est regard, your obedient servants,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of tho Treasury.
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of War.
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General.
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
REPORT OR THE PHYSICIANS.
Washington, April 4, 1841.
Dear Sir : —ln compliance with the re
quest mado to us by yourself and the other
gentlemen of the Cabinet, the attending
and consulting Physicians have drawn up
tho abstract of a report, on the President’s
case, which 1 herewith transmit to you. —
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THO. MILLER,
Attending Physician. ]
To the llon. D. Webster,
Secretary of State.
On Saturday, March 27, 1841, President!
Harrison, after several days’ previous in [
disposition, was seized with a chill and!
other symptoms of fever. The next dav|
Pneumonia, with congestion of the. liver]
and derangement of the stomach and bow
els, was ascertained to exist. The age!
and debility of the patient, with the immi: |
diate prostration, forbade a resort to gcner-|
al blood-letting. Topical depletion, blis-|
tering, and appropriate internal remedies,l
subdued, in a great measure, the diseasf I
of the lungs and liver, but the stomach and]
intestines did not regain a healthy condi
tion. Finally, on the 3,1 of April, at 15
o’clock P. M., profuse diarrhoea c-ame on.l
under which he sank, at thirty minutes to
one o'clock, on the morning of the fourth.l
live last words uttered by the President,
as heard by Dr. Worthington, were these :
“ Sir, I wish you to understand the trie
principlesof tiie Government. I wish them
carried out. I ask nothing more.”
THO. MILLER, M. D.,
Attending Physician.
FRED. MAI, M. D„
N. W. WORTHINGTON, M. D. |
J. C. HALL, M. D„
ASHTON ALEXANDER, M. D.J
Consulting Physicians.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
Washington, April 4, 1841.
The circumstances in which we an i
placed by the death of the President renderl
it indispensable for us, in the recess of Con I
gross and in the absence of the Vico Presi-i
dent, to make arrangements for the Funeral!
Solemnities. Having consulted with th’ l
family and personal friends of the deceased,l
we have concluded that Lhe funeral be sol-I
cmnized on Wednesday the 7th instant, atl
12 o’clock. The religious services to hi S
performed according to the usage of tli'l
Episcopal Church, iu which church the dr I
ceased most usually worshipped, The]
body to he taken from the President’s Housej
to the Congress Burying Ground, accompa I
nied by a Military and a Civic Procession,l
and deposited in the Receiving Tomb.
The military arrangements to be under
the direction of Major General Macomb,
the General Commanding in Chief the Ar
my of the United States, and Major Gener
al Walter Jones, of the Militia of the Dis
triet. of Columbia.
Commodore Morris, the senior Captain
in the Navy now in the city, to have the di
rection of the naval arrangements.
The Marshal of the District to have the
direction of the civic procession, assisted
by the Mayors of Washington, G> orge own
and Alexandria, the Clerk of the Supreme]
Court of the Unhed States, and such oth ]
er citizens as they may see fit to call to]
their aid.
John Quincy Adams, ex-President of]
the United States, Membersof Congress now]
in the city or its neighborhood, all the mem
bers of the Diplomatic body resident in
Washington, all officers of Government,
and citizens generally, are invited to at
tend.
And it is respectfully recommended to
the officers of Government that they wear
the usual badge of mourning.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of State. ]
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of the Treasure.]
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of War.
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General.
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
On Monday the body lay in state, and
was visited by hundreds of citizens. A
writer on the spot gives the following ac
count of the melancholy sight to a cotempo
rary. ‘*At 12 o’clock, the door of the
White House was thrown open, and citi
zens were admitted to take a last look at
him whom they had so recently lifted to
power. Among the number 1 found my
w’ay into the mansion of death. The body
was laid in the hall of entrance, very near
the front door. Black crape was festooned
over the glass partition which bisects this
spacious saloon, and the chandelier, which
hung over the coffin, was dressed with a
similar emblem of death. The coffin was
covered with black velvet and was closed,
but the part of the lid which fits over the
face was glazed, so as to prevent a perfect
view of the countenance of venerable decea
sod. I was not struck with any remarkable
change which had taken place, except that
the whole of the face seemed much emaci
ated, as if ho had been suffering from a
sickness of months,instead of a single week.
There was a placid expression in his fea
tures which seemed of itself to assure us
that he is now “ where the wicked cease
from troubling, and the weary are at rest.”
As fast as the room, which would contain
about a hundred,was filled by the rush from
room without, tho door was closed and then
re-opened to permit the egress of those who
had gratified themselves with a farewell
glance, and let in other visitors.—Over tie
countenances of all there was a cloud, as if
the sorrow was universal. Sighs and tears
attested the sincerity of the public feeling.
It has been a day without precedent in our
national history ; and it is one which is
ineradicahly impressed on the memory of
every citizen of Washington. I saw Mr.
Granger, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Crittenden,
standing about the room and the ; ortico.
Mr. Webster, I presume was in the . nterior
of the building, l ire State Depr rtment
was entirely closed, and in thootlierDe
part incuts there was little public business
transacted. The llag over the capital floa
ted at half mast.
The army and navy departments have
each recommended that proper funeral hon
ors be paid. The latter gives directions to
each of the navy stations and to each of the
public vessels in commission to fire twenty
six minute guns, commencing at 12 o’clock,
M., on the day after the receipt of the or
der, and by wearing their flags at half
|mast for one week.”
| The body of Gen. Harrison is to remain
■but a short time in the Congressional Com
Jctry, at Washington, when it will be re
|movedtothe ancient family sepulchre in
(Virginia. That Slate will then hold tin
|ashes of six of our Presidents.
\Froni the National Intelligencer of Ith insl.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
By the extraordinary despatch used in
[sending the official intelligence to the Vice
[President, at Williamsburg, and similar
[despatch by him in repairing to the seat of
[Government, John Tyler, now President of
jibe United States, arrived in this city yester-
Iday morning, at 5 o’clock, and took lodg
jings at Brown’s Hotel.
■ At 12 o’clock, all the Heads of Depart
liu nts, except the Secretary of the Navy,
l(who has not yet returned to the city from
■ his visit to his family,) waited upon him, to
Spay him their official and personal respects.
■They were received with all the politeness
land kindness which characterizes the new
■President. lie signified his deep feeling of
Ithe public calamity sustained by the death
■of President Harrison, and expressed his
■profound sensibility to the heavy responsi
Iffilitiesso suddenly devolved upon himself.
■He spoke of the present state of things with
■great concern and seriousness, and made
■known his wishes I hat the several Hoads of
Departments would continue to fill the pla
ces which they now respectively occupy,
and his confidence thalthey would affordaP
rise aid in their power to enable him to car
ry on tho administration o r the Government
successfully.
The President then took and subscribed
the following oath of office :
I do solemnly swear that I will faithful
ly execute the office of President of tin
United States, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend tin
Constitution of the United States,
JOHN TYLER
April 6, 1841.
District of Columbia, )
\City and county of Washington. $
I, William Cranch, Chief Justice of th
■Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
■certify that the above named John Tyh i
■personally appeared before ms this day
land, although he deems himself qualified
Ito perform the duties and exercise the pow
I rs and office of President on the death of
■ William Henry Harrison, late President of
■the United States, without any other oath
■than tiiat which ho has taken as Vice Pres,
jident, yet, as doubts may arise , and for
■greater caution, took ami subscribed the
(foregoing oath before me.
| April 6, 1841. W. CRANCH.
From the Globe of Tth instant, evening.
The funeral of President Harrison was
conducted to-day with great propriety—
with pomp and solemnity. A vast multi
tudo attended. Uniform companies from
lhe cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia
united with those of the District, and these,
added to several bodies of the United States
troops drawn in from neighboring posts,
made a very imposing display. Several
bands of fine music led different sections of
the military array, and, with melancholy
strains, blended the sympathies of the peo
ple. The whole procession, including a
largo concourse of citizens from the neigh
boring States, filled the Pennsylvania ave
hiue to a very great extent. The houses
immediately on the Avenue were for the
most part hung with black drapery and the
windows were crowded with fair faces.—
The day was soft and beautiful, enabling
the immense throng (a great many of whom
were on foot) to attend the remains they
honored to the place of sepulture, some two
or three miles from the President’s man
sion. There, the last rites being paid, and
the body deposited in the tomb, the scene
was closed by the firing of cannon and vol
leys of small arms. Throughout the day
minute guns were fired, and during the pro
cession the bells of the city tolled.
FROM THE LEGISLATURE OF MA
RYLAND.
We learn by the following letters to the
Secretary ofState that the Lgislature of
Maryland proposed to attend the funeral of
President Harrison, in a body.
Annapolis, April 5, 1841.
Hon. D. Webster, Secretary ofState.
Sir: We are directed, by a resolution of
the General Assembly of Maryland, to in
form you of their determination to unite in
paying a tribute of respect to the memory
of the late President, by attending his fu
neral on Wednesday.
With great respect, we arc your obedient
servants; RICHARD THOMAS.
President of the Senate of Maryland.
CHAS. STEIIETT RIDGELY,
Speaker of the House of of Md.
Office of the Clerk of the Senate oi l
Maryland,
Annapo/is, April 5, 1841. ( j
Half past 2 o'clock. $
Dear Slit: I have been requested to in
form you that the Members of tho General
Assembly of Maryland proposes to reach
Washington by the train of cars arriving at
about half past llo’clockA. M.on Wednes
day, the 7th instant, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral oftlio late President of
the United States, the “Great and Good’
1 larrison. It is thought proper tocommu
ideate this information that the Chief Mar
shal may have it in his power to assign the
Members, as a body, their appropriate
place in the procession immediately after
their arrival.
1 have the honor to he, sir, most respect
fully and faithfully your much grieved
fellow citizen and servant,
JOSEPH 11. NICHOLSON,
Hon. D. Webster, Clerk Senate Md.
Secretary of State.
The Governor of Virginia upon receiv
ing notice of the death of the President, im
mediately issued tho following orders:
Executive Department, }
Aprils, 1841. \
The Executive having received the mel
ancholy intelligence of the death of WIL
LIAM HENRY HARRISON, late Presi
dent of the United Stales, and deeming it
proper that measures should be adopted to
pay all due honor to his memory, and to
manifest a deep sense of the calamity which
lias so suddenly deprived the American
people of their Chief magistrate : It is
therefore ordered—
-Ist—That the Guard House 801 l be toll
ed during the day, and that the flag of the
United States he displayed at the Capitol,
and at the State Armory at half mast.
2nd—That one hundred guns be fired on[
the Capitol Square in tho course of the day |
at equal intervals of time, commencing at j
sunrise and ending at sunset.
3d—That the principal entrances of the
Capitol be hung with mourning drapery.
4th—That the members of the Executive
will wear crape for thirty days, and that i:
he recommended to all the Executive Ot
fleers of the Government to wear the same
badge for the same period.
That the Executive will unite with thei-f
fellow-citizens in whatever further demon
strations of respect for our distinguished
fellow-citizen and Chief Magistrate, they
may deem proper to shew.
Captain Richardson of the Public Guard
is charged with tho execution of the Ist
and 2d of the orders, and the duty required
by the 2nd is assigned to Captain Hyde of
lie Richmond Fayette Artillery.
By order of the Lieut-Govcrnor,
WM. H. RICHARDSON,
Sec. Com.
The Pennsylvania Legislature adopted
similar measures of respect to the memory
of the President.
The laic IYcws lVom Ehiropc.
The sti tuner British Queen has arrived]
in New York bringing news from England]
up to the 10th ult, by which it appears tin
treat excitement in that country, in rola
:ion to the McLeod affair, was caused by
the Congressional report of Mr. Picketts,
which seems, in the opinion of the London]
Press, to have diminished the chances so■ ]
an amicable adjustment of the difficulties]
be tween the two countries, and to have made
the danger of collision more imminent.—j
T n sail of the line have been ordered to]
tli coast of the United States and three hat j
allions of Infantry to Halifax to support]
Mr. Fox in his remonstrance against “the
judicial murder of McL od The Atlas
a London paper says :
“ War with America must and will as
surely follow upon the murder of McLeod,
as the light of morning follow's the dark
ness of night ; but then this war will be
a wav without any definite object, excep’
revenge for an injury which cannot hr
atoned.”
Since the arrival of the British Queen
the Acadia has arrived at Boston bringing
dates nine days later, by which it appears
that the warlike preparations are still con
tinued, although the tone of the Press has
become rather more peaceful ; the London]
editors having allowed much of their su
perabundant valor to evaporate in words
The Liverpool Mail of the 18th of March
has the following mild remarks on the sub
ject.
It is impossible to tell what will be the re
sults of Lord Palmerston’s peremptory de
mands upon the government of the United
States. If Mr. Fox he left, by instructions
forwarded by the President steamer, to act
upon the principles previously asserted by
him in his correspondence with Mr. Forsyth,
there can be no doubt that a rupture with
that country is inevitable. If, on the other
hand, the Foreign Secretary has had re
course to his tampering system, and accepts
terms of compromise unworthy the dignity
of England and the justice of the case, we
may be prepared for the same disagreeabl*
reverses as have followed the enterprises of
the Elliots in China.
Some few people seem to think that En
gland, in the present as in other instances,
ought to deal leniently and mercifully with
our expatriated countrymen; that wr
ought to treat America as wo would treat
an illegitimate daughter, and concede a
large portion of our just claims for the sake
of charity and peace. Our view of the
question is that we have conceded too much
already. We have yielded when we
should have firmly resisted—we have stir
rendered when we should have been point |
ing our guns—and wo allowed robbery as-1
ter robbery to be committed without evine-j
ing any resentment or indicting any punish |
ment. In this way wo have encouraged]
Itlie unscrupulous citizens of the United
States to bully, menace and insult us with
[impunity. Now is the time to settle not
[only our Northeast boundary question, but
to bestow such chastisement upon her law
less citizens as shall be beneficial to them,
in a moral point of view, for the next fifty
years.— Liverpool Mail, March \%tli.
SELECTED ITEMS.
Post Office Robbery. —The Richmond
(Va.) Star states that the Assistant Post
master at Abingdon, Va., John W. Stevens,
has been detected in plundering the Post
Office at that place. He was caught with
letters up hiscoat sleeve, which contained
money.
“ Did you holler , I thought I heard A
Yell?” f
Miss Marlineau.
A. Yell, Governor of Arkansas, has, ve
toed the hill entitled, “An act for the pro
tection and preservation of the rights and
property of married women.
Highly Important. —Mr. Miller, who lias
been for some time prophesying tiie end of
the world, and who we believe hud fixed
a day some time past for tho purpose, has
postponed that event. He now says that the
world will stand well enough until the r
■ lection of Mr. Van Buren to the Presiden
cy, when it will certainly go by the board.
Os course this amounts to a postponement
‘sine die.”
Bennett, of the New York Herald, says
iliat “the eye is an index of the mind.” It is
well known that Bennett squints :—Pren
tice.
I The Twenty-seventh Congress. —Tiiere
Bare eleven States which have not elected
I heir representatives to the Twenty Seventh
■Congress, and the election of some of them
will not regularly take place until after tin
lav fixed for the Special Session. In such
cases the Governor’s, we presume, will take
care that their respective States .shall not
go unrepresented.
John C. Calhoun, the Charleston Couri
■ r states, was fifty-eight years of age on St.
Patrick’s Day last, the 17th March, and he
iug in Charleston, he celebrated the Saints
birth day and his own at the same time.
Ejection in North Carolina. —The Gov
ernor of North Carolina has issued a procla
mation ordering an election for representa
tives to Congress, on the 13th day of May
next.
Methodists in Texas. —The Methodist
Church in Texas comprises 1,623 white,
and 230 colored members, and 25 local
preachers.
Congressional Election in Maryland. —
Phe Governor of Maryland has issued his
■ proclamation, ordering a special election
Son the 17th of May of members of Congress
to represent that State in the extra session.
Durable Whitewash. —To make white
wadi durable and prevent it from cracking,
the water in which the lime is mixed should
e fully saturated with salt before the lime
is put in.
A Desperate Lover. —A dispairing swain
]in a fit of desperation, recently declared to
|his unrelenting lady-love lliat it was lii.s
|firm determination to drown himself, orper
|is It in ilic attempt !
A beautiful Currency. —The Natc-hc?
j Free Trader says :-“Or. Saturday, we saw
|a ten dollar gold piece sold for SIOO in Mis
sissippi Railroad notes ; and on Monday,
a common Marseilles vest brought SIOO in
notes of the Mississippi Shipping Company.
This is going back to continental quota
tions. j
David It. Porter has been nominated
by the Van Huron Party as a candidate for
re-election to the office of Governor of
Pennsylvania. The Pottsville Miner’s Jour
nal says numerous petitions are in circula
tion, to have the Governor impeached, for
his gross prostitution of the pardoning
power; and it is possible that action may
be taken upon it at the present session of
tiie Legislature.
I Mr. Tyler's Opinion on the Banking
System. —In a discussion which ensued in
the House of Representatives, upon a mo
l ion to appoint a committee to investigatr
the affairs of the old United States Bank.
Mr. Tyler gave the following opinion of the
Banking system. The speech was deliv
ered some years ago, before the present
financial difficulties, and which only con
firm the opinion then delivered :
“ For one, I enter my protest against the
Banking system as conducted in this coun
try ; a system not to be supported by any
correct principle of political economy. A
gross delusion—the dream of a visionary—
a system that has done more to corrupt tli*
morals of society than anything else—
which has introduced a struggle for wealth,
instead of the honorable struggle which
governs the actions of a patriot, and makes
ambition virtue—which has made the bus
Landman spurn his cottage, and introdur ■!
u spirit of luxury at variance with the
simplicity of our institutions.”
MI!. TYLER—A BANK.
The Charleston Courier says:—Before
we published our Thursday’s article, we
were quite aware of Mr. Tylcr’sopposition
to the old U. S. Bank, as his anti-bank,
hut anti-sdre facias speech ot 1819, and
his vote against the renewal of the hank
charter in 1832 ; hut Mr. Tyler’s letter
shows that he holds the Madisonian doctrine
—the true constitutional doctrine—that
although the power to charter a national
hank is not expressly granted by the consti
tution, yet it may be constitutionally inci
dental to other granted powers as a means,
“necessary and proper,” to carry into ef.J
feet. Mr. Tyler, then does not hold him-l
self estopped by the eonstittlik n from giv-j
ing his assent to such a hank—it will lo
with him a question of national expediency’
and we have entire confidence that lie will]
not thwart the expressed wishesofthe A mer-J
ican people, by the veto power, and refuse]
to relieve their stifle: ing interests, by with-]
holding from them their only hope of a]
sound currency and stable fortunes. Bc-|
sides, we have it, on high authority, that]
Mr. Tyler, as President of the Senate, held]
himself lo he the representative, not of Vir j
ginia, hut of the Union, and was prepared.]
in that capacity, to have given his cash'ngj
vote, if necessary, in favor of a national
hank. That we shall have a national bank
we regard as a moral certainty ; and that
we ought to have one, we propose to show
in future, by a few articles on the subject.
SPEAKERS OP TIIE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
Since the adoption of the Constitution, the
House of Representatives at Washington
has had 14 Speakers. Three of these were
from Virginia, two from Massachusetts, two
from Tennessee, and one from each of the
States of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New
4 ork, New Jersey, North Carolina. South
Carolina and Kentucky. F. A. Muhlern S
burg Pensylvania, was Speaker from 17898
to 1791. and from'l793 to 1795 ; Jonathan*
T'-urnhull of Connecticut, from 1791 < (i
1793 ; Jonathan Dayton nf New Jersey fl
from 1795 to 1799; Theodore Scdgwic of*
Massachusetts, from 1799 to 1801; Xa I
thaniel Macon of North Carolina, from 1801*
to 1807 ; Joseph B. Varnum of Massachu H
setts, from 1807 to 1811 ; Henry Clay ot'fl
Kentucky, from 1811 to 1814, from I-s 158
to 1820, and from 1823 to 1825; Lang-1
don Chevcs of South Carolina from 1814 tol
1816 ; John IV. Taylor of New York g
from 1820 to 1821, and from 1825 to 1827-i
Philip P. Barbour of Virginia, from 1 82 1 8
to 1822 ; Andrew Stevenson of Virginia.l
from 1827 to 1831 ; John Bell of Tonnes 1
see, from 1834t0 1835; James lx. Polk o.'l
Tennessee, from 1835 to 1839 ; R. M. T.B
Hunter of Virginia, from 1839 to 1841.
NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA. I
We understand that on Monday last, the!
day after the duties of Governor devolved!
on him as Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Pat j
ton issued his warrant for the surrender ofg
Robert F. Curry, the fugitive from justice!
from New York, in compliance with the!
demand made by the Governor of NVnj
York. He had previously, in his capacity*
of Councillor, advised the surrender of tie 1
fugitive when the subj< ct was submitted t- |
the Council for their advice by Gov. Gil I
mer. His own sense of duty, therefore, re I
quired of him to pursue the course he has!
: > promptly taken. lie has, wo understand.!
enclosed the warrant lo Gov. Seward in u|
brief, letter, containing a strong and droid §
ed remonstrance against the conduct of thel
Governor and Legislature of New York I
as to fugitives from justice and fugitivi I
slaves, with an earnest hut respectful ap-|
peal to them to arrest the unhappy and!
dangerous collisions which must ensu, j
from a perseverance in their assaults up J
in the rights of the State of Virginia and]
the other Southern States. —Richmondi
Whin.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Annexed is a statement of the Imports A
Exports in each year (ending 30:b S-■picm I
her) since 1820 :
Years. Imports. Exports |
1821 #62,585,72-1 #84,974,382]
! 822 83,241,541 74,100,281 j
1823 77,579,267 74,099.03tt|
824 80,549.007 75 986,057]
1825 96,340,075 99,535,3891
1820 S 1,074,477 77,595,32:1
1827 79,484.003 82.324,827
1828 88,509,824 72,264 680
829 74,492,527 72,358,08 >
1830 70,876,920 73,849,508
*B3l 103,191.124 81,310,583
1832 101,029,266 77,176,943
1833 108,118,311 90,140,433
834 126,521,332 81,024,162
1835 149,895,742 121,093 557
1836 189,980,035 127,663,040
1837 140,989,217 117,419,376
1838 113,717,404 108,486,610
1839 162,092,132 121,023,410
1840 104,305,891 131,571,950
The exports of 1340 are larger than those]
of any previous year ; and not only so, but]
an unusual portion of them were of domes-]
tic origin,,viz : #113,762,617; being only]
$17,809,331 of foreign origin,
TEMPERANCE PLEDGE.
A temperance society of rather a novel]
character has been established at Working-]
ton, England, upon principles which are]
certainly economical, how far soever they]
may be conducive to temperance. The]
pledge to be administered to the members]
of this institution is intended to run thus:—i|
do hereby promise not to drink any fer-|
mented or intoxicating liquors in any pub-]
lie house at my own expense, nor to accept]
less than a glass of brandy at any other
person’s, it is hereby supposed that not
many people will frequently offer drink to
the members of a society who will take
nothing less than brandy and never return
die compliment. Thus, it is expected, that]
the objects of this singular institution will]
be realized. We should he much inclined to]
think that the members of such a society]
would be apt to return the compliment by]
treating themselves ! .
CURIOUS CLOCK.
The Newark Daily Advertiser mentions!
another newly invented Clock, which isev-j
en more ingenious in its construction than]
that of Mr. Crane, of that town —which we]
thought the nc plus ultra of horological
contrivance. The Daily Advertiser says :
“ The inventor and manufacturer is Mr.
J. B. Lafoy, who is well known to many of
our citizens, and who has shown in this
production, a high order of mechanical
■lit •’ ■
■An Arrow, the stem solid-
Iglass rod ; the barb or head of which is of
(brass and also solid : the feather end ol the
|A prow is of the same metal, hut is made
(hollow, and contains the whole moving
I power of tho clock, and is wound up ones
la week. This arrow is fastened by a pin in
It he centre of its stem io a ginss dial plate
lon which the figures are painted, the arrow*
|hi ad pointing the hours with perfect precis
lion and regularity.
I An inspection of the clock presents lo
Ithe curious observer this question : how
lean any movement contained within the
lextremo end of the arrow—and obviously
(having no connection with the centre on
which it turns—operate to cause the arrow
to revolve! A remarkable fact which
shows the impossibility of deception is, that
the arrow may he removed from the dial
plate, and laid down, or even carried in tin*
pocket ; and when replaced will immedi
ately return lo the correct hour.”
>1 A Ii It I E D ,
t)n Thursday evening the Bth instant, hv the
Rev. Wesley I’. Arnold, (.'alone! THOMAS J.
BOW'.M -N, of Ruekersvillo, to Mls< SARAH
y. BLACKWELL, ot Elbert county.
j -. >il.X It il <. ■
i Died, m this place, on Monday the s:h instant,
: i the 79th year of her age, Mrs. REBECCA
[ALLISON, relict of Colonel John Allison, of the
Army ol the Revolution. Mrs. A. was a mem
[nor of the Presbyterian Church.
I Died, at his residence, Thornville, Eihert conn
|'y, Georgia,on tiie 6ih of April, I—4l, in the ?4iii
[year ol has age, Mr. JO]L\ W .ATKINS, one ol
I lie earliest settlers of Georgia, and a native of
[Charlotte county, V irginia.
I The deceased was tor many years a consistent
[member ot tiie .Methodist Episcopal Church;
|h:s bright example as a Christian, husband, father,
[neighbor and master, (if duly appreciated,) will
[mug exercise a hallowed influence upon all who
[knew him. Jlis Christian character was one of
[peculiar firmness and devotion. It was far from
[either that cold jndiflerence and presumptive
[security, or that Jitful enthusiasm which often
[mar - he chrisliat- profession and paralyze the vig
[ur ol the Church. The depth, gravity, and so
[lidity of his piety, was manifest to all that knew
[min. He prized religious truth for the purity
[and benevolence it taught, as well as for its cx-
Ihaustless consolations and support.. One oftlio
most prominent features of his Christian charac
ter, was his unbounded benevolence; he was
l uly a Methodist, and strongly attached to the
pecniiar doctrines ot his church ; but his religion
taught him to love all those ol other churches
wiw loved the same spirit of Christian benevo
lence which was an ornament to Ins life and the
church to which he belonged. In the death of
t.ns estimable man, we can only say, “what is
our loss, is his eternal gain.”
j B-T l'ho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel will
I e - c copy the above, aiid oblige A Friend.
I tkT’ i Imre win be ;i three day's
(Meeting .u this place ai the Methodist Episcopal
(Church, commencing Thursday night the 6th
•Ly o', May next; tube protracted il circum
o vs authorize. April 15, 1841.
• i JVew Discovery
Post A tasters lake notice
j Mr. Dauforth
|. ’ AI. at llanburg Sir
| it you will read tiie P. o. Law 1 think you will
| ; it iranking leters To this office on business of
I . private nature l'lease read and you will find
tiiat the Law is appointcdly against it and if you
Inmld frank a uoilter 1 shall feel myself hound
i'o send you back the same with the postage
-.‘lu-rgeed act-hording for that is the P.o.law if I
n see right do not become insulted at this for I
neat) no harm only wishing you To discontinue
business of this that kind
1 ELLERSLIE.
i\EW GOODS.
B'■ S’ ii K Subscriber has just received from New
3 *- fork, anew and handsome assortment of
IMus/ins, Calicoes, Linens, Lawns, Hosiery,
1 Ribbons, Fancy Shawls, Broadcloths,
Cassimers, Summer Cloths, and
w Georgia Nankeens.
|He also keeps on hand, a general assortment of
I Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery , Saddlery,
p Hats, Shoes, Drugs and Medicines,
School Books and Stationary,
Git() CK R IKS, &c.
I Ail ol which will bo sold on reason a bio terms
■ for Cash or credit.
A. A. CLEVELAND.
| Aril 15, 1941. 4r. 33
jiWW FAMILY BSOCERY.
IliliO Subscribers have just received and o
- pened, a full supply of
I'amiMy Groceries*
CONSISTING OF
| Brown and Loaf Sugars, Coffee, Molasses,
I i’oa, f hoc elate, Rice, Vinegar, Raisins, Al
im.mils, Ginger. Pepper, besi Chewing and Smo-
Ikmg Tobacco, Pine Apple Cheese, every variety
| -1 Washing and Shaving Soap, Salt, Pickles, A-
Imerican Jams, VVest-India Preserves, Brooms,
I Aoinatoe Ketchup, Pepper-Sauce, Cloves, Sakw
I fetus, German and American Starch, Blacking,
INutmegs, Yeast Powders, Seidlilz and Soda
■ Powders, Macaboy and Scotch Snuff, Putty,
I Glass 8 by 10 and 10 by 12, Candies, best l'rin-
Icipe.Segars, Lemons, &c., all of which they will
Iseil low for Cash.
MERRY At POrE.
I April 15,1841. ‘f 33
1 GEORGIA, l WHEREAS Ei.sUa Ogden,
| Wilkes County. ( applies for Letters of Admin
ration with the Will annexed, on the Estate
I EDWARD HATCHETT, deceased.
I These are, therefore, to cite, summon.
|- nd admonish, all and singular, the kindred
|a.'d creditors of said deceased, to be and ap
]i>car at my office within the time prescribed by
|law, to show cause, (if ?.ny they have,) why said
|letters should not beg: anted.
Given under my hand at office, this 13th day of
(April, 1841. JOHN 11. DYSON,
('lerk Court of Ordinary.
I April i5. It 33
I Months alter date, application will be
I-*- made to the Hon. the latenor Court ot Elbert
■county, while sitting for ordinary purposes, tor
■leave to sell a NEGRO MAN, by the name of
, belonging to the Estate of James N.
liJrown, deceased, this Oth ot April, 1841-
BENJAMIN BROWN. EYr.
| April 15. ui-lux- 33
