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From the Boston Atlas.
LOCO FOCO MISREPRESENTATION.
“It (i. e. the Bank Bill) was carried at
lastly the vote of Mr. Preston, who notori
ously violates the almost unanimous pub
lic sentiment of his State.
We cut the above insolent, false and
characteristic paragraph fromthe Washing
ton Globe. It is notoriously untrue. Even
if it were true, the Globe is the very last pa
per to talk about misrepresentation, when
there are no less that ELEVEN of its own
partv>n the Senate who shamelessly, and
with the grossest disregard of past profession
of regard for instructions of the people, mis
represent. their own Stales !
What right has the Globe to assume that
South Carolina is almost unanimously op
posed to a Bank ? Is it because no loss
than six out of seven of her dolegat'on in
Congress voted for the late Bank ? or is it
because her Legislature did not vote for
General Harrison ? And admitting the
last to be conclusive evidence that South
Carolina is opposed to a Bank, and that
therefore Mr. Preston did not vote in viola
tion ofthe wishes of his constituents, what
an unblushing picceofarrogant assurance it
is for the Globe to charge Mr. Preston with
an offence committed by no less than eleven
of its own party ! It is not true that tlx;
Bank was carried by the vote of Mr. Pres
ton. The majority in its favor was three;
and there were absent one Whig, and one
Loco misrepresenting his constituents,Cuth
burt of Georgia. Had the vote been in obe
dience to representation, the bill would have
been triumphantly carried by avotcofmorc
than three to one, and not, as now, by a bare
majority.
On this point we fear not to come before
the people. They have demanded a Na
tional Bank by an overwhelming majority.
And, by the Tory Senators who have da
red to vote in defiance of their wishes, the
people have well nigh been defeated in ob
taining what they so much need, and which
they have demanded in a voice that may
not be misunderstood or unheeded. For
one Whig who may not have obeyed the
voice of the people of his State, we can
show the Globe eleven times as many Loco
Focos. Has the Globe no reproof, no cen
sure, no admonition for
OirREUEL WILLIAMS
who misrepresents IheStateofMaino, which
elected a Whig Legislature, a Whig Gov
ernor, and voted for President Harrison at
the last election ?
Has it none to bestow on
03” PERRY SMITH,
of Connecticut, a Whig State, with a Whig
majority of six thousand, and a Legislature
overwhelmingly Whig ?
None upon
03= SILAS WRIGHT,
who misrepresents the Empire State, with
a W big majority of fifteen thousand, and a
Whig Legislature ?
None upon
03” JAMES BUCHANAN AND DAN
IEL STURGEON, misrepresenting
the Whig State of Pennsylvania, with a
Whig Legislature.
None upon Messrs. Archer and Rives,
the Whig members from a State which e
lectcd last spring a Legislature Whig in
Loth tranches ?
None upon
03” ALFRED CUTHBURT, jf)
of Georgia, a Whig State, with a majority
of eight thousand, and a Whig Legislature ?
None upon
Oir WILLIAM ALLEN AND BENJA
MIN TAPPAN, of Ohio, who misrep
resent a State that gives an overwhelming
majority of 03” TWENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND'?
Nor none upon
03” R. J. WALKER,
of Mississippi, a State which gave a major
ity of two thousand, and has a Whig Legis
lature ?
None upon
03” ALEX. MOUTON,
of Louisiana, a Whig State, with a Whig
Legislature and a Whig majority of three
thousand ?
None upon
03” A. O. P. NICHOLSON,
from the Whig State ofTennessee, with a
Democratic majority of twelve thousand ?
Why does trot tile Globe haul some of its
own friends over the coals? Why does it
confine all its anger and censures for mis
representation to a case so doubtful as Mr.
Preston’s and omit to allude to such glaring
instances as those we have cited ? If the
Globe wishes to know how the vote would
have been in full Senate, supposing all the
Senators to have voted in accordance to the
wishes of their States as shown at the bal
lot box, we give the following table showing
the actual vote as compared with the vote
as it would have been in obedience to im
plied instructions.
Actual Vote. Instructed Vote.
Yeas. Nays. Yeas. Nays.
Massachusetts, 2 0 2 0
Maine, 11 2 0
N. Hampshire, 0 2 0 2
Vermont, 2 0 2 0
11. Island, 2 0 2 0
Connecticut, 11 2 0
New York, 11 2 0
New Jersey, 2 0 2 0
Delaware, 10 2 0
Pennsylvania, 0 2 2 0
Maryland, 2 0 2 0
Ohio, 0 2 2 0
Indiana, 2 0 2 0
Illinois, 0 2 0 2
Missouri, 0 2 0 2
Michigan, 2 0 2 0
Virginia, 0 2 2 0
N. Carolina, 2 0 2 0
Kentucky, 2 0 2 .0
Tennessee, 0 1 2 0
Arkansas, 0 2 0 2
(jS. Carolina, 11 0 2
Georgia, 10 2 0
Alabama, 0 2 0 2
Mississippi, 11 2 o
Louisiana, 11 2 0
28 23 10 12
I LIABILITY OF POSTMASTERS.
A case was recently tried in the Court
1 of Common Pleas of Boston, to recover the
sum of forty-four dollars, ofthe Post Master
at Now Bedford, which was alledged to
have been lost, with a letter enclosing it, at
his office. It was proved that an unsealed
letter directed by the plaintiff to the care of
Mr. Taylor at Boston, was taken to the New
Bedford office, and $44, in four bank bills,
inclosed in the presence of the assistant post
master. That the assistant’s attention was
called to the bills, and the letter then sealed
and given to him. It was also proved by
the post bills from Washington that no let
ter over triple postage left the New Bedford
office for Boston on the day upon which
this letter would have gone. (This letter
should have been quadruple postage.) —
There was also further proof adduced, that
went to show that neither Mr. Taylor nor
the plaintiff ever received the letters in ques
tion, from the Boston Post Office.
After argument of the case the Court
charged the jury that they must he satisfied
not only that the letter was put in the Office
hut that it did not leave it at the propel time
and manner. That the Postmaster was li
able for a want of ordinary diligence ; and
that, if placed in the assistant’s hands they
might presume upon the evidence that the
letter came into the defendant's possession
in the course of the business of the Office.
That the mis-acting was only proof, more
or less weighty ; of the letter in question
not being mailed. That they must consi
der the subsequent course ofthe mail, and
he satisfied not only that the letter was
more likely to have been lost in New Bed
ford than at Boston, but that it never left
New Bedford.
Verdict for the defendant.
Anew Si/st mos Telegraphs. —One ofthe |
most important and useful inventions we
have seen for a long time is anew system of
telegraphs invented by Monsieur Gonon,
now temporially a resident of this city. The
plan is now in successful operation in this
city, and to an extent which will give any
one, at a glance almost, an idea of its utili
ty and value. For the government it would
prove an all-important invention in time of
war or of threatened danger, and for indi
viduals both useful and important in time
of peace. Two stations have recently been
erected; the one here upon the top of the
north wing of the Capitol, and the other at
Bladensburg, 5 miles distant. A corres
pondence between the two is despatched
with marvelous rapidity and correctness ;
and a message of four hundred words, if
the stations were extended, could be trans
mitted from Washington to New York in ;
fifteen or twenty minutes. The two stations
have been erected here and at Bladensburg j
to illustrate to members of C ingress and
officers of the General Government, who
may wish to sec the plan in operation, the
success of a telegraphic system which is J
not only different but superior to all other!
plans in operation here or abroad. Any
one who may have the curiosity to become
better acquainted with the system may do
so by visiting either ofthe stations on any
day during this week.
Reported for the Boston Courier.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Habeas Corpus Case. — Slavery Prefer
red.—A colored girl, named Rose, was to
day brought before Chief Justice Shaw and
Judge Wild, on a writ of habeas corpus sued
out in her behalf by those vigilant enemies
oi slavery, the abolitionists. Elias Gray, .
Coring and S. E. Scwall, Esq’rs. represent
ed to the Court that Rose came on from Mo- !
bile as the hired servant of Mrs. Eliza !
Ticknor ; that at Mobile she was a slave ; j
that being under 14, she was not adequate
to make her election between slavery and
freedom ; and that therefore the Court
ought not to regard any’ choice she might
make, hut let her free willy nitty , on the
ground that one who preferred slavery must
he incompetent to settle the question for
herself.
The Judges, however, thought fit to ex
amine the girl as to the inclination of her
mind, and she stated it to be her desire to
remain with Mrs. ‘Ticknor, and return to
Mobile, where she could see her brothers
and sisters.
Judge Wilde, expressing the opinion of i
the Court, said, that the girl having made j
her election, the only question was, wheth- I
er sho was competent to do so. It did not j
seem clear that she was under fourteen.
Her appearance indicated that she must be
1 fifteen or sixteen ; and her answers fluring
i the examination showed her to bo sufficient
ly intelligent to know what she preferred.
But even it she were under fourteen, there
was no analogy between the age fixed by
law as that at which a minor can choose a
guardian for himself and the age at which
sufficient intelligence may be exercised
upon the point now at issue. It was not a
question of time so much as of capacity.
And the girl appearing capable of a sound
choice, and having exercised it, the Court
saw no reason for interfering with her deci
sion. She was thereupon ordered to be dis
charged, and went her ways with Mrs.
Ticknor, much to the disappointment of
those who thought themselves better friends
to her than she was to herself, and present
ing a spectacle of tiie triumph of natural
affection over the deep, instinctive impulses
to freedom.
Diarroea. —People need not be long trou
bled with the disorder, so prevalent at this
season, commonly known as the Summer
or Bowel Complaint, when the certain re
medy therefore may be found on evev man’s
table, in the shape ofsalt and vingar. Two
teaspoons full of the former dissolved in a
half a gill ofthe latter, and swallowed at a
draught, will in most cases effect an instant
cure. The second dose if needed, will as
suredly accomplish it. We are ready to
give our certificates to Dr. Pickle in the
premises, for we witnessed the proof.—
Quod erat demonstrandum — which is as
much as to say, in Dutch, “it has been
tried.” This receipt should be published
I annually, every summer. —Nontncket En
’ quirer.
From the Macon Telegraph, 10 thinst.
MORE RASCALITY,
j On Saturday afternoon, as the Locomo
tive train, on, the Monroe Rail Road was
steaming it towards Forsyth and Far West
at the rate of 20 miles an hour, under the
excitement of their great triumph in our
Superior Court, some miscreant had laid a
chunk across the track, in a curve of the
Road, whore it could no be timely seen by
the Engineer, w hich brought up the train
all standing—throw the Locomotive on its
beam ends off the track—knocked the pas
sengers all into pi, and injured several of
them. It being within a mile or two of
Forsyth, where the accident happened, the
passengers were able to walk there, with
out much inconvenience, leaving tlie crip
j pled engine behind them. Fortunately,
there was another Locomotive at Forsyth,
which was soon fired up, so there was no
trip lost.
Seriously, it is time there was a stop put
j to this school boy play, (to call it by no
worse name,) of throwing obstacles on the
track of Rail Roads. Dure say, as the
Frogs say in the Fable, “it is sport to you,
but it may be death to some of us.” And
who knows whose chance it may be to be
killed first ? The whole community should
act in concert and energy in ferreting out
the culprits.
MURDER.
A most revolting murder was committed
in this county on Saturday last, about sev
en miles below Knoxville. The murder
was committed late on Saturday afternoon,
and the body was discovered on Sunday
morning, bearing upon it evident marks ofh
violence. The horse of the murdered man j
was found tied to a tree near the body.—
Upon his saddle-bags w hicli had been rifled,
was found tiie name of J. Hardy. The de
ceased was a middle aged man, and is be
lieved to have been a citizen of Cocke co.,
returning home from a visit to Middle or
West Tennessee, where lie had been, as is
understood, for the purpose of obtaining a
considerable sum of money.
Two men suspected of having been en
gaged in this murder, have been arrested ;
one of them after being examined before
several magistrates of the county on Mon
day, was discharged, but was again arrest
ed on last evening, and, with the other sus
pected person is now in jail in this city.
Knoxville Register.
A German was arrested a few days ago
say’ the St. Louis papers, for a very novel
mode of stealing. It seems he bad at home
a cow and call'; ho would go to the city,
steal a calf and carry it to market tied, dri
ving the cow along and sell the cow and
calf. The purchaser would carry them
home, and turn out the cow, supposing she j
would return to the calf'; but no sooner was ■
she out than she would return to her own j
calf. The market master’s suspicions |
were first aroused by seeing tiie same cow j
frequently at the market, and on pursuing
the fellow up, the fact was proved.
The Ocmulgee and Flint Rail Road. —
We had the pleasure, says the Savannah
Republican, of conversing with an intelli
gent gentleman a day or two since, who has
recently passed over the whole line ofthe
Ocmulgeeand Flint Rail Road. He speaks
in the most flattering terms, not only of its
early completion, but alsoof its advantages
to that section of our State. Twenty miles
of the road is nearly completed, and ton
more continuously so. There are now up
wards of a hundred hands employed upon ,
the work. This argues well for the enter- i
prize, when it is stated that it is only about j
(bur months since it was commenced. It:
is intended in the coming winter to place !
between four and five hundred hands upon j
that road, and the Engineer, Gen. Bris- j
bane, is sanguine of having it completed and
in readiness for the crop of 1842. The en
tire length of the road is about 70 miles.—
Gen. Brisbane deserve great credit for his
energy in carrying on this work, and wo
look forward to its completion with a good
deal of interest, assured as we are, that its
advantages and benefits not only to that sec
tion of our State in which it is located, but
to our own city, will bo incalculable.
Dead Letters. —One of our citizens re
ceived fromthe dead letter office, at Wash
ington a feu days ago, says the Salem Re
gister, a sum of money which lie mailed for
a friend in New London, Ct., several months
since. The letter not being taken out of
the Connecticut post office by the person to
whom it was addressed, lie having left the
place before its arrival, was forwarded to!
Washington and opened according to law,
and the contents refunded to the writer of
ihe letter.
Our readers may have some idea of what
is done in this branch of the Post Office
Department by a brief account ofthe rou
tine of business. Tiie Raleigh Register
say—“ The dead letter office in the Post Of
fice Department at Washington is a great
curiosity. The dead letters are returned
to the General Post Office, with the quar
terly account, from the 13,000 post offices]
which now exist. The envelopes are !
taken fromthe packages by one clerk, who
ties a string around the contents and cast
them into a basket ; the next clerk assorts
them and compares them with the post bills
sending the letters to a clerk to be opened;
and on opening, the letters containing val
uable enclosures arc sent to the office where
they were mailed, and sent to the owner, if
found. If not claimed, all money is placed
in a separate fund,and the account recorded
so that it can be paid to the owner at any
future period, if demanded. They open a
bout 2b,000 letters per quarter. There
are now several cart loads in the office un
opened. The work of opening and assort
ing is very tedious and laborious.”
Coincidences. —ln the eventful life of
Napoleon, the number 18 was associated
with so many important events, that you
will scarcely deny something more than
casual ity. Such were the engagements
’ from which he assumed the consulate : that.
I of Torlina on the river Bcresina ; the bat
; tie of Leipsic and of Waterloo, which were
; all fought on the I Bth of the month. On
1 that day also ho was landed on St. Helena;
| and on the 18tli also, the Belle l’oule sailed
with his remains for France.— Dendy s Phi
| losophy of Mystery.
Fall of Manna. —Despatches from Tur
| kish Armenia, received at Constantinople,
| state that a copious shower of manna took
I place at Aleppo and its neighborhood on
the 3d of May! The manna, which is in
fact a tasteless seed, that becomes white
like flour after being kept a while, fell to
| the depth of two inches. Samples of it
| were to be chemically analyzed at Constan
tinople. What adds to the singularity of
the circumstance is, that a great dearth was
! prevailing at the time.
SELECTED ITEMS.
Grcnwugh’s Statue of Washington. —The
ship Sea arrived at the Navy Yard on Fri
day evening, from Leghorn, bringing Grec
nough’s far-famed statue of the Father of
his Country. It is said to be a magnificent
work of art, imparting to the subject as
much of grace, dignity and sublimity as
was possible to conceive. It is destined to
take the place of Jefferson’s statue in the
Rotunda of the Capitol. It is of such a
colossal size that it will probably become
necessary to remove a portion of tho wall
of the Capitol to introduce it. The statue
of Jefferson, which Congress declined ac
cepting, will be removed, we understand,
to the yard in front of the President’s House.
! Washington Madisonian. J
Death from a Worm in the Ear. —A man j
died on one of the flat boats on the New Or
leans Levee, on the oth inst., of a disease •
which baflled his physician. A post mor- j
tern examination took place, and upon cx- j
animation of his brain it was discovered j
that ati insect about an inch long, known
by the name of a centipede, or hundred legs,
had crawled into his car, causing thereby j
an exorutiating death.
Baptism for the Dead. —Wc neglected to
mention last week, says the Warsaw (111.)
Signal, that a revolutionary soldier was
baptized at Nauvoo, on the 4th July, by one
of the Elders, for General Washington ;
another old soldier was baptized at the same
time for General Harrison. The doctrine
of the Mormons appears to be, that those
who are living must be baptized by one j
having authority from Joe Smith, or else go I
to hell ; but those who are already dead j
may be brought out of torment by a friend i
or relation receiving the baptismal rights in
their behalf. The nation may rejoice, 1
therefore, that the illustrious patriots above !
named are now taken from the possession of
the Prince of Darkness, and admitted into ■
the fellowship of the Saints !
J. C. Calhoun. —A writer over the signa
ture of “Lowndes,” in the Norfolk Herald, j
has concluded a series of articles reviewing j
the public career of Mr. Calhoun. They ;
show him to have been once the advocate \
of every principle he now opposes. These I
articles should be republished in phamphlet j
form, with a portrait, and filed among the j
curiosities of politics.”— Madisonian.
Samuel Swartwout. The New-York !
Times and Star says that Mr. Swartwout.
who was a passenger in the Acadia, comes !
at the request of the Committee for the in- !
vestigation of the Custom House frauds.—
His own accounts leave him far less in debt j
to government than was supposed, and that
debt is nearly covered by assignment of re
al estate.
The Richmond Star, a paper which finds
out a great many good things, states that a
conscientious lady in that City is preparing
to petition the Legislature for a divorce.—
Her reason is good— her husband refuses to
pay for his newspaper.
Cannon Stolen. —Two pieces of artillery
have been stolen at Auburn, one from the j
State Arsenal, (N. J.) and the other from
the quarters of a volunteer company.—
They were taken in the night, and it is sus
pected for the “ Patriot” service. There
does not however seem to be much ground j
for the suspicion.
Two other pieces of ordnance are miss
ing, viz: one belonging to an artillery
company in the town of Cato, and another
from the town of Seipio. There are reports
that others have been taken, but nothing j
definite beyond the foregoing.
Senator Benton. —But few like to hear
Mr. Benton speak, and when he rises for
this purpose tiie galleries are immediately
cleared especially ofthe ladies, and the or
ator is left almost “ solitary and alone.”—
But to Us he is one of the most interesting!
speakers on the floor of the Senate. This
arises not from any novelty of thought or
force of argument; not from any felicity of |
language, propriety of metaphor, or perti- |
nency of illustration ; not from any tiling
which usually gives power and attraction j
to the mental exhibitions of other men. It ■
lies in that composure, that serene self com- ;
placencv, which pervades every look, word [
and outward motion, lie seems so well
satisfied with his position, so satisfied with i
the view he is taking of it, so satisfied with ,
himself, that this complacency almost be
comes contagious ; and wc begin to think
that he is really to others what he seems to
himself; and we half excuse him for bein'*
so like the man described by Coleridge, and
who so was vain lie never took off bis hat
to any body but himself.— Philo,, North A
merican.
JUSTICE.
! We do not know who wrote the followin'*
O
but will make affidavit that it w as no mar
ried man :
Talkativeness is generally attributed to
tiie fair sex, and held as their “peculiar and
besetting sin the truth of this is to be
questioned, J.,ot any impartial observer
I mark the tongues that play in every-day
life, and those ofthe lordly sex will he
j found any thing butsilent members. It may
] be allowed that when “two or three gentle
| creatures are gathered together,” in regu
lar gossipping there is a “pretty consider
| able” rattle kept up, the principal clappers
which are frivolity and scandal. Half an
hour will serve to destroy at least half a
dozen reputations, and discuss as many op
eras—opinions without any “just cause,”
and speech without “impediment” runs fast
and furious. Women certainly can make
an awful noise—but, shadoof Hippocrates,
just listen to a select few of the •■wise mas
culines,” rendered great in their eloquence
by the mingled glories of a “dinner party”
and say no more that ladies are the great
| appropriators of chatter. The roar of
j voices falls like a verbal Niagara; cachCi
j cero pours forth his flood oforatory, consis.
! ting of the densely profound or the extreme
ly imaginative ; each adds his bubble to
the ocean of unintelligible vociferation, and
proves that men can talk as much nonsense
and make more guttural riot than any set of
feminines in Christendom.
Stringy Cabbages. —The Boston Dost lias
the following good joke of a “hard ease”
who was accustomed to coining home late
at night in a “corned” state, and taking a
cold bite, which was usually set out for him
by iiis kind and forgiving wife :
“ One night, besides the usual dish of
cabbage, and pork, she left a wash bowl
filled with caps instaich. The lamp had
long been extinguished when the stagger
ing sot returned home, and, by mistake
when proceeding to satisfy his hunger, he
stuck his fork into the wrong dish. He ,
wori\v ,( l away at his mouthful of caps very j
patiently’ li' r some time, but finally, being |
unable to masticate them, he sang out to his j
wife—
“ Old woman, where did yo.J get your 1
cabbages—they are so and J string;'; I !
can’t chew them !”
“ My gracious,” replied the good lady, j
“if the stupid feller aint eating up all my]
caps that 1 pul in starch over night!”
MARRIAGES.
In old times editors had a delicate duty j
to discharge in the announcement of mar
riages. In some cases, where tiie parties j
were known or celebrated—especially the I
lady—a remark such as the following is
often seen in the papers :—Nov. 14, 1770 i
—“Lieut. John Ingersoll, of the battalion :
of train, of this State, to Miss Sally Spear,
Daughter ofCaptain David Spear—a lady
possessed of every qualification requisite
to conduce to the happiness ofthe marriage
state.” Sometimes this varied in expres
sion—“ A lady with accomplishments suf
ficient to render the marriage state most a
grceable and happy”—“ a lady of superior
merit”—“and accomplished young lady’ of
fortune.”
The following is the announcementof the j
happiness of a printer’s daughter, under I
the date of July 10, 1777 :—“Last Tues- j
day morning was married by the Rev. Mr. I
Howard’ Mr. Michael Gill, of Westminis- !
ter, to the amiable, virtuous,and agreeable j
Miss Nancy Gill, eldest daughter of Mr. I
John Gill, of this town, printer-a couple en
dowed with a sufficiency of every acquir
ment. to render the marriage state as happy
us ’tis lasting.”
The New England Chronicle, of Dec. 14, i
1770 announces the following :—“Bv the |
Rev Mr. Sargent, Rev. Mr. Samuel Parker \
pastor of Trinity Church, to Miss Nancv !
Cutler, daughter of Mr. John Cutle.r, foun
der and brazier—a most amiable young la
dy possessing every aceomplishm lit reqiF
site to render the marriage state agreeable
and happy.”
Here is one of a little different shape :
“ Worchester, Oct. 21, 1772.—This day
Ebenezer Brandish, Esq. was united in the
most agreeable state of human life, to Miss
Hannah Paine, only daughter ofthe [lon. I
Timothy Paine, Esq of this place—of whom 1
it may not be told her acquaintance thatshr :
is one of the most deserving of her sex.
“So shall each lair and fond companion bless
When sense and virtue dwell in beauty’s dress.”
Boston Post.
SUSPECTED M 1 ’IIDER.
On Sunday 24th tilt. Miss Mary Ann 110- i
gers, a young and beautiful woman, who |
resides with iter mother, at 120 Nassau
street New York, left her home for Ihe pur- ‘
pose of going to church, as she stated. As j
she did not return at night, great anxiety
was felt for her, hut notwithstanding the |
most vigorous ellorts they failed to hear any 1
thing from until Wednesday last. On that
day 7 , her body was found floating near the !
Sybil’s Cave at Hoboken, and with every
appearance of having undergone the me s ,
brutal treatment, and afterwards murd' jre( j
The coroner’s jury, who sat upon thy, h 0( ly”
returned a verdict of wilful murd dl . against
some person, or persons un' xnom ® and
prompt steps have been take „ t 0 arrest onc
young man upon whom s US pj cion strongly
fastens, but who has absented himself sud
den.y. The whole affair is wrapped in
mystery so far, an j appears also to have
been exceeding! y slow in reaching the pub
lic ear. Un*j| Thursday or Friday, the
body was r recognized, and when the hor
rible ocourrence was first published it was
half discredited from its air of sanguinary
[ r °Giance. The Police of our city are now
I on the alert, and the perpetrator cannot es-
J cape justice.— Bro. Jonathan.
I
(CP’ VY o are authorized to an
nounce JOHN B. JACKSON, Ksq., as a
Candidate for Receiver and Tax Collector for the
County ot Wilkes* at the Election in January
“ext. August 18, 1841. 51
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4 LIBERAL price will be given for a
-t a SEMPSTRESS of good qualities. Apply
at this Oftfoe August 18, 1811. mi
For Sate*
a The Subscriber offers for sale it; t
i <s;*§£> place, within one mile ot Baytown,
jiiifjgl 1 Taliaten-o county, situated oil
... vL 1 ’ ” ‘■ Buavenlaiu Creek, adjoining Janies
Uroia..-., and Mo-sr- Lockett's. The im
provements arc goes', with a Gin and Gm 1 louse.
‘ There ere about Three Hundred and Sixty A
ercH m the Tract, mid about 175 Acres of which
are tvoodk nd. The place 0 very healthy, and
(here is a good Springe! Water rvir the ])•;• .
ling-Houce.
Also, —A Tract of Land in •■aid count}', situ
1 ted between Raytown and Washington, on-liar-
I den’s ( reck, con'aining Onc Hundred Acres,
adjoining Mr. Joseph Campbell and Mr*. Ran
dolph. About <3O Acres of tics Tract Is Wood
I land—with some improvements thereon.
Any person wishing to purchase the above
property can have them on re.’ .enable terms.
App yto TERRENf E ROARK-
Raytown, August 18, 1811. If
GEORGIA, f U’ IIE REAS .Mary S. Rob-
I \\ ilkes County. £ * * ert, Guardian ot Rich
] yard W.Joyner and Elizabeth
■ Joyner, applies for Letters of dismission.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon,
j and admonish, all and singular, the kindrgd
] and creditors of said Minors, to be and appearaf
, my office, within the time prescribed by law, to
show cause, (if any they have,) why said letters
I should not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, this I2th of
August, 1841. JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk c. o
August 12. mCm 50
GEORGIA, ) Whereas James M. SamSidge,
] Elbert County, j applies to me lor letters of ad
j ministration de bonis non, on the Estate of Jacob
Higginbotham, deceased.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, ail and singular the kindred and credit
ors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(it any they have) why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under mv hand at Office, this 26th day
of July, 1841. ‘ WM. B. NELMS, c. r. o.
August 5. It 49
FOR THE NEWS A GAZETTE.
Answer of the poor Farmer of Elbert to the
excellent Speech of the Honorable and
good Farmer of Wilkes.
Dear Sir:
You cannot be astonished when I tel!
you that it is a source of considerable plea
sure to hear that the county of my nativity
has such an honorable son as you nre, and
if you are not a lawyer 1 am sure you
ought to be, lor von are certainly a great
orator ; and I think you must be kinfolks
of Bob Toombs, for you mind his language
mighty well. As for my pointing you to
any Act, I cannot do it, for 1 am a poor
Farmer and have to work hard, and the Acts
of our honorable Legislature do not come
out until about weeding cotton-time, and
then the nights are so short that I cannot
read after night, and I have no time in day
time, and by the time nights get long the
Acts arc altered, so I cannot keep up with
them ; and as for what the papers say, 1
have never been able to pay for a paper,
and so I know nothing about it from the
Acts nor papers ; but I tell you what l doe
know about it; trie thinks me heard some
of the more big folks who know about these
things, say that Mr. Toombs had sonic
long time ago a case on hand which ho
could not succeed with, and may he if you
will look all about you may find some great
long things called petitions that lie carried
to the Legislature, and may he so you may
find someone that will tell you how him
and some others colleagued together and
cleared them murderers, Brooks und others,
and got these follows money, and perhaps
he told some who didn't like it that lie was
bound to do his best for his client, and mav
bo so he didn’t think that he was bound to
support the Constitution, and that this man
ought to hang according to law.
My brother Farmer wants me to go to
Congress ; if lie was to run me, 1 think 1
should only get his vote, and that I should
object to, being as it would be lowering his
dignity to support me, ami I wish him too
well for that; but 1 hope when Van gets
done sheep shearing and is run for Presi
dent again, that the people oftlie Union will
not do his honor, my brother, so much in
justice as not to run him lor Yioe-President,
at least. Dear Sir, you say a>’. laws. aro
made for the good of the Fanners ; may i
assume the honor of asking y, u a
questions, as I want imAmctfo,; f rom you:
Is there not a b.g school at Athens called
a College, or some big name ? Is there
appropriations made “ ear(y by our L egis.
latuie to tha’ be hoc , ? Docs not that mon
ey come out of lbc t axos 0 f | b f. people ?
Does not a stn j e nt have to undergo an ex
amination I’.efore ho can he admitted into
t ltit belie e! ? Does it not require an edu
cation oeyond what a poor man genefallv
,s b'Mo to give his child to fit him for that
examination ? In short, Does not the poor
| Farmers’ tax go to educate the big mans
| son ? 1 could mention more, but. they are
I all known to vour honor ; so 1 shall write
] no more with you, but go and try and bor
-1 row some money to pay Mr. (Hotting for his
paper, as I am fond of reading your fine
writing, and if you will write I’ll read all
night but what I’ll read them.
Sir, I thank you kindly for your kindness
to me, and Sir. I think that the lawyers
I stand in the same relation to the Farmers
j that a puddle duck does in a wet spell in
! grass time, when we mourn the Duck re
| joices ; so when the people are at variance
| it is a feast for the Lawyers.
Dear Sir, let us have a little plain lan
guage ; Sir, I have the constitutional right
to express my opinions in relation to any
subject that you or any other man has, and
am not afraid to do it, and I think it a hard
case that some Lawyer should attempt to
j lnake I'ght of me because I am not a learn
|ed man. 1 have sense enough, to know
I “ i |at l Want, and to try to express it •if 1
fail, impute it to my ignorance. I want
biennial sessions of our Legislature ; T
want the wages reduced ; I want steady
Farmers to go ; I want tire pet Bank sys.
tern done away; I want a National Bank
with a branch in each State ; Ido not want
so much money spent for nonsense*
Adieu, for the present,
FRANCIS S. ROBERT’S.
Elbert. co.. Aug. 4 1841, i-
