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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1841)
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 ‘Faxes* CIENTRAL MONEY for sale bv ’ WILLIS & CALLAWAY. August 18, 1841. It 51 • 1 Sempstress I 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-
