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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1842)
PWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D, . COTTING, Editor. No. 33.— NEW SERIES.] mm & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. terms: Duhluihed weekly at Three Dollarsjie r annum, jit’ paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. O’ L-.ilers, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. JVo communication shall, be ‘published, unless wc are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, exceeding one square, first insertion, bt-ic,.’;-nc Cents; and for each sub sequent .. .•:crlio >, b fly Cents. A reduction will he .do o: i\. ■ -five ;er cent, to those who adve ■ i>. c Advci oemonts not litti ... ,i’ -o inserted till for bid. S.• -tori-, Ad m u • v., Ui ‘ ttifvs iNi ■ - , • .• “ . 0 *!:u ■ • ? Con. : • > . . £ roe *> mi.si. i.-o ,• - ■ notice ic> > - • Adm in ■ -1* aid Lc ‘.- —B— rtr • TANARUS” ,V N p VV rp>)-vvi;, A and Prune;.:. on’ sew'd Kip Shoatec: , : sew’d and peg’d ; Coarse • , . ..i.mg my assortment complete from the ilei-t .-izo to the largest extra size, low tor in. A. L. LEWIS. December 10, 1641. 10 o/Volice* A LI. persons indebted :o the late firm of Mc -I\. MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to make payment immediately to JOHN 11. DYSON. January 0, 1842. 19 JVoticem ALL persons indebted to the Subscriber ci ther by Note or Account, are requested to call and pay up immediately—if not, they will find their notes in the hands of the Justices. GEORGE VV. JARRETT. February 17, 1812. 20 JWoticc o rpilE Subscriber having sold out his Stock oi X GROCERIES to Mr. Edgar Vincent, respectfully recommend him to the patronage of his friends and former customers. GEORGE VV. JARRETT. February 8,1842. 3m HAVING purchased the Stock of GROCE RIES of Mr. George VV. Jaerett, the Subscriber will continue the business at tiio Store formerly occupied by Mr. Jarrelt, and will sell upon the most reasonable terms. Persons in want of Groceries are respectfully invited to call. EDGAR VINCENT. February 10,1842. 3m WDTCNKBo ALL Teachers having demands against the Poor School Fund of Wilkes county, will please render them in to the Secretary, before the first of May next, at winch time the same will he distributed to the several Teachers having claims, in proportion to their demand. ROYLAND BEASLEY, Sec’y. March 17, 1842. Com. Poor School. NOTICE. rpHE Subscriber, having bought out the in lerest of Mr. Joseph Moseley in the Shop lately occupied by him, will continue to carry on the Cabinet •Waking EBusiness, at the said Shop. All orders for work will bo punctually attended to. JOSEPH GARDNER. April 7,1842. 3t 32 To the Planters of Georgia. A PENNY SAVED IS TWO PENCE EARNED. THE Subscriber is now offering to the Far mers oi Georgia, “MIMS’ YVROUUHT IRON PLOUGH STOCK,” invented by the Messrs. Seaborn J. & Marshall Mims, of Oe lebbahan county, Mississippi, and patented by 7 them. This PLOUGH in every respect is the . most desirable PLOUGH STOCK ever offered to a planting community. It combines durabili ty with convenience—it will last a great many years without repair or expense, and will admit of every variety of Plough lloes, (three tooth harrow excepted,) with perfect convenience and facility—it is not heavier than the ordinary wood en stock, yet far stronger, and being so very sim ple in its construction, that any blacksmith in the country can make them. Sample Ploughs may be seen and tried at Mr. . Dense’s Shop in Milledgeville ; at Mr. Martin’s Shop in Sparta, and at Mr. F. R. Billingslea’s in Washington, Wilkes county. Let the Farmer examine the Plough, and he will purchase the right to use them. The Subscriber proposes to sell county rights on the most accommodating texrns. O’ All communications on this subject, post paid, addressed to me at Milledgeville, or Wash ington, Wilkes county, will meet with immedi ate attention. B. L. BARNES, Agent for S. J. & M. Mims. January 27, 1841. 22 ILf UUR months after date application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the Land belonging to the estate of Edward Jones, deceased. FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r. Voril 7.1842, de bonis non. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. rp HE undersigned, Stockholders in the Bank of t ho State of Georgia to the extent of up wards oi Fourteen Hundred Shares, [1400,] and in number, lliiity, hereby give notice foraMeet ing of the Stockholders, tube field in the Bank ot the State of Georgia, in the City of Savannah, on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of April next. The objects of which Meeting are as fol lows ; Ist. To examine into the nature, kind, and ex tent of the debts due to and from the Bank— when contracted, when due, and flow secured. 2d. To examine the Minutes of the proceed ings of (lie Board of Directors, and all the Books, papers, and correspondence of the tame, both to and by its officers. 3d. To ascertain it there be any Director or Directors elected in said Bank on the part oi the Stockholders, who are not'b<ma fide, entitled in iiis own right to the requisite number of shares to qualify him or them as such. 4th. To revise and amend the By-Laws. sth. To regulate voting by proxy, in order to forbid officers of the Bank procuring, acquiring, or rating proxies, either to themselves or others. Hth. ‘I c revise the compensation (fixed by the | fstockhoiders hitherto,) of the President, and j consider the propriety of reducing the salaries and the number ol the officers generally, and to examine the securities given on their bonds. /th. To consider iho propriety ot applying to ’he Legislature to alter and amend the Charter oi the Institution, and in what respect. Bth. To investigate the affairs ot the Bank, nd the management of them, in every particu lar, since the iasi Meeting ot the Stockholders. inasmuch as no authority exists in the Charter or the voting by proxy, except in elections, all stockholders are earnestly requested to attend in person, and votes on questions will be taken ac cording to tiie scale in the Charter. The President, Cashiers, and Agents of the Branches are respectfully requested to prepare • tatements of eacu, giving exact particulars of -i ilio assets and property ot each, their liabili ties, &c., &c., to Le then and them laid bemre the Stockholders. in conformity with the foregoing, they hereby give public notice, that a Meeting of all the (Stockholders of the said Bank of the Stale of Georgia, is hereby caned and summoned to he held in the Banking-House, m Ike City ot Savan nah, oil Wednesday, the 27th day ot April next, commencing its sitting at 10 A. M. C. P. Richardsone, Gould & Buckley, G. R. Hendrickson, James M’Laws, N. B. Knapp, G. Jl. Gumming, Pres’t. Wm. Patterson, Execu- pro tempore Savannah tor Estate ot J). Moil- Insurance and Trust gin, Company, J. McDonald, James Dickson, L. F. Harris, Hiram Roberts, H. 11. Rohe, Janet Evans, per Attor’y. F. Pore her, C. P. Richardsone, Luke Christie, J. P. Screven, Francis Foley, Martini Hines, T. J. Parmelee, D. O’Byrne, John M. Turner, Ad- John Bradley, mimstrator of Jacob G. W. Wylly, Trustee, .■■■> brahains, M. Hopkins, 11. O. Wyer, Thomas Purse, C. B. Carhart, Cashier .fas. M’Laws, Trustee, of the Mechanics James M’Laws, Attor- Bank, ney for W. W. Mont- James VV. Davies, gomery, Trustee. March 3, 1842. 8t 27 IBank of the State of Georgia, Savannah, February 25, 1842. W’ HEREAS a paper has been pubic ited in the Savannah Republican of the 2lst in stant, calling a meeting of the Stockholders in tins Institution on til? 27tli (lay of April next.— Tha Board of Directors deem it due to the vast majority of the Stockholders not connected with this movement, to express publicly its views in relation to it. In the opinion of this Board, it is a duly incum bent on the Directors of every Bank, (derivable not only from its charter, but lrom considerations oi good faith paramount thereto,) to hold its af fairs at ali times open to the inspection and ex amination of those whose interests are committed to their custody. In this view of the duty which devolves upon it, this Board reiterates the call winch has been made, and expresses the hope that since it lias been made, it will be responded to by a meeting sufficiently large to give a full representation to the interests, and a fair expres sion to the wishes ol the Stockholders. it therefore earnestly requests all who can at tend, to be personally present, and those who can by no possibility be in attendance, to send their proxies. The only evil that can be the result of the contemplated meeting (other than that which the agitation of the question at a time of general depression and universal panic must necessarily produce,) is the non-attendance of the Stock holders, thus leaving the interests of the Institu tion in tiie hands oi a few who cannot fully rep resent the interests of the whole. To arrest as far as it can, the injurious conse quences of which the call for a meeting of stock holders at this time is productive, this Board deems it proper to allude more particularly to it. At a period when the public mind is excited a gainst alt Banks, by reason of the gross misman agement of many of them in our country, any movement of the kind contemplated, is calcula ted to operate injuriously on this, or any other institution: add to this consideration, which ap plies generally to all moneyed institutions, the fact, that heavy 7 losses have recently accrued at our branch at Macon, which in a time of unpre cedented difficulty have been promptly met by the Bank, and it will be perceived, that the move ment that has been made, is eminently calculated to injure this Institution, and when the circum stances attending on this call arc duly consider ed, it will be difficult to escape the conclusion, that evil to a greater or less extent, may be its consequence. No one of the Subscribers to that document has ever intimated to the presiding officer of tiiis Institution, or to any member of tiiis Board, a de sire to have a meeting of Stockholders ; the call itself has never been communicated directly to, or been laid before this Board, and the first noti fication given was the insertion of it in tiie col umns of one of the gazettes of this city. Such course not only indicates a want of courtesy, but exhibits a distrust of the members of this Board, which cannot fail, within the sphere of its influ ence, to affect injuriously, the interests of the In stitution over which they preside, which distrust was not necessary in effecting the call, and was therefore entirely gratuitous. What motives have influenced to such course, the Board leaves to the decision of the public. Resolved, That the foregoing be published in the gazettes of Savannah, the Constitutionalist, PU R L ISI IK D EVE R Y TIIITR SD A Y MORN IN G . WASHINGTON, IWILKES ( OOTV, A„) Al’ltlL 11, IS IS. Augusta, the Recorder, Milledgeville, the Whig, Athens, and the Nows, Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia. True extract from the Minutes, A. DORTER, Cashier. March 10. 7t 28 NEW GOODS. The Subscriber is now receiving and has on hand a handsome assortment of Spring Sr Summer GOODS. CONSISTING IN PART OF English and American Prints. Furniture Do. Plaid Ginghams. Plain Do. Printed Lawns and Muslins. Jackonett Muslins. Book and Mull do. Check do. Plain and figured Swiss do. Black ami White Netting Thread Edgings and Laces Bobinet do. do. Scollop Trimming and Inserting Black and White Italian Crape Crape Leisse Lawn, tor Bonnets Fancy Shawls and Ties Worked Collars Irish Linens and Long Lawns Bird’s-Eye Diaper Brown Holland Grass and Brown Linen Dowlass and Oznaburgs Linen Towels Silk anil Cotton Umbrellas Brown Shirtings and Sheetings Bleached do. do. Gentlemen’s superfine Iloskin Gloves Ladies’ Kid and Silk do. Mils. Bonnet Ribbons Cap do. Belts Plain Lustring and Neck Ribbons Siik Handkerchiefs Black Italian Cravats Stocks. ►Sup. Wool-dyed I Hack Cloths, Do. Blue, Olive, Brown do. Invisible Green do. Cassimers, Vestings, Ermonetts and Casiimerets French Drap d’ etc. English do. for Gentlemen’s Summer Coats and Pants. Georgia Nankeens, Ladies’ black and white Cotton Hose Silk do. Cotton half Hose Leghorn Bonnets Plain English Straw do. Palm Leaf Hoods. Black and White Beaver Hats Palm Leaf do. Leghorn do. Gentlemen’s line Calf Shoes, Ladies’ fine Slippers, u Walking Slices, Children’s Leathcr&Morocco do. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales, Nails, Hardware and Crockery, Drugs, fcc. Sugar, Tea and Coffee, And a great variety of articles usually kept in his line, which he offers low for Cash, and on very reasonable terms to prompt customers. G. P. COZART. Washington, April 7, 1842. 32 to nit public. Tailor's Prices Reduced. rplIE Subscribers respectfully inform the in- A habitants of Washington and the Public generally, that they have removed to the F.ast side of the Public Square, where tiiey are pre pared to make GARMENTS in tiie most fash ionable and best style, at the following reduced prices, for cash ; Frock Coat, corded or bound, $9 50 Dress Coat, do. 9 00 Frock or Dress Coat, plain, 8 50 Gaiter Pantaloons, 3 50 Plain do. 3 00 Rolling Collar Vest, 2 50 Double-breasted Vest, 3 00 McGIIANAGHAN & DONNELLY. Washington, February 17,1842. 3m THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS, A N D . NO MONOPOLY ! fjjlHE Subscriber begs leave to inform the public and his former customers, that in consequence of the present Hard Times, he will make up Work in a Superior Style of Fashion, at a reduced price for Cash, Hog-meat, Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons wish ing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing to comply with the Times can do so by applying to the Subscriber. WILLIAM F. SOHAN. February 24, 1842. 26 ADMINISTRATRIX'S SALE. VV’ ILL be sold on the fast Tuesday in May next, before the Court-House door in Wilkc-s county, within the legal hours of sale, A Negro man named Aaron, belonging to the Estate of Benedictine Crews, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. ELIZA MANKJN, Adrn’x. with the will annexed. March 10, I>S4 0 2* A RUN For LIFE. AN INCIDENT OF INDIAN WARFARE. W i have before us “Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses \ an Campon, a surviving Soldier of the Revolution ; by Ids grandson, John N. Hubbard —a book full of stirring and per ilous adventure. Muj. Van Campon fought through the Revolutionary struggle in the deadly Indian warfare of the Susquehanna ami Genessee border country, and now lives honored and beloved, at Dansville, Livingston County, at the ripe age of 85 years. Though in many desperate encoun ters, and once a prisoner of the Indians, af ter seeing his father and brother butchered before his face, he was not in the disastrous battle of Wyoming, which doomed the re gion of the upper Susquehanna to slaught er and devastation. Among those who were, however, was Lebbeus Hammond, whose descendants are now numerous in the Western part of tiiis State, from one of whom the author of the work before us re lates the following thrilling narratives: Lebbeus Hammond, was in the heat of the battle, and survived to witness the scenes which are here related, llis story commences at about the close of the con flict when the Indians were coll cling th spoils or their victory. In looking over the battle-ground, and in wandering through the woods and places adjoining, they not only came across articles which had been left in flight, hut also met with stragglers of the defeated army who hau not yet found a hiding place, or who were the last to leave the ground which had been so desper ately won. These they brought into a place where the Indians were collected up on the battle-ground ; Mr. Lebbeus Ham mond was among the number. They had collected twenty-eight, and made them sit upon the ground in a circle, with their feet extended toward its centre The warriors stood around them in consultation no doubt concerning their fate, for they could see their eyes every now and then directed to ward them, and by the tones of their voices and gestures they could determine that they were debating some question of importance. It was a question in which the captives felt interested, for their fate they considered to be yet uncertain. They watched, there fore, with earnestness every look and mo tion that they made, observing the differ ent feelings that rose and fell within tho savage breast, as they were drawn out upon the features of his face. They still continued to bring in prisoners, and the de bate among the warrior's was also in progress. While thus anxiously awaiting tha issue of the consultation, an old squaw came up bearing a hoy of about 12 or 13 years of age upon her back. He was a young fifer named William Buck, whose father held the office of Captain in one of the regiments, and he had gone out as a mu sician in the company under his father.— He was a beautiful and sprightly lad, and was said to have been one of the most prom ising boys of the settlement. While the squaw was thus bearing him along in evi dent delight upon her back, intending per haps to adopt him into her own family, a nother one of her own sex came up and planted the hatchet in the little boy’s head. Then immediately succeeded a contest be tween these two females. The one fell up on the other with the fury of a maniac, and others corning up joined in the struggle.— This scene occurring at about the distance of four rods from where tile warriors were in consultation, drew aside their attention from the business before them, and led them to interfere in settling this quarrel. Mr. Hammond watched the progress of this lit tle squabble with intense interest, supposing as the event proved, that its issue would have an influence in deciding his own and his companions’ fate. The combatants were soon separated and the warriors re turned to their places, but immediately af ter, the squaw who had been the first ag gressor, came forward to the ring and pla cing her hands upon the shoulders oftwoof the prisoners, made them lean to one side, while she stepped between them into their midst and advanced towards the centre of their circle with the deadly weapon in her hand. She came in directly toward Mr. Hammond, and he supposed that she had marked him for her victim, but as she came forward she fixed her eye upon one a little to his left, and coming up, planted the hatchet in his head. He sank back upon the ground without a groan. Mr. Ham mond then sat for a moment in awful sus pense, not knowing which way the cruel wretch would turn. Another stroke or f,Vo and his head might receive the droadf',;’, blow. But the squaw look the farther off to the left and. kept go“,g on this way a round the ring. [ 7 ' o r a few moments his mind was in a state of unutterable anguish Snd confusion. The thought that seemed to be uttermost was, that ho must die—that he must sit and see each one of his brave companions receive the unerring blow of the tomahawk until it should be his turn to meet the awful stroke. But must he sit still and wait a certain and terrible death without any effort to cling to life? Could there be the least probability to escape c ven though he should make the attempt ? 1 ct would it not he better to part with life J in a struggle, than to puss away in that si | lent gloom where nothing was heard hut the dead noise of the hatchet as it descended upon one head after another as the squaw : continued her course around the ring ? Oil, j how could lie bear to await the death with j out nerving his arm to resist the stroke ! I Such were the thoughts that llushed across his mind in a moments space. Each one had liis own feelings, and they all sat pale | with the emotions that rushed into their bo | s °ms at the thoughts of dying, thus surrouu j ded by their cruel and inhuman foes. When the squaw had proceeded about : halt-way around the ring, Mr. Hammond j resolved upon making an effort for his life, i He had no idea that he could escape, for he j j saw that the warriors were standing in a i i row of about three in depth all around j j them. Tet he resolved to make atrial, deeming it better to meet death in a strug j gle for life, than tamely to submit when i there was a chance for an effort. And now i that he had formed a resolution, he wonder j ed that the rest sat motionless and quiet— J lie was almost surprised that they did not j start upon their feet, and dashing the old I squaw to the ground, contend from hand to hand with their savage foes until they were clasped in what would then seem to him the welcome embrace of death. But they all i sat in mute expectation of the dreadful mo | meat, and the most of them partly bent over | with their countenances sad and pale. The unseemly executioner kept on her j way around the ring, and Mr. Hammond j perceived that whenever she raised the hatchet, the eves of all wore directed to ward her, and he thought that this would be a good time for him to make his trial of what he could do. He began to draw up his feet by little and little until he got them pretty nearly under him, and when the squaw raised the hatchet over the third one to the right, ho started with a hound and ran with the utmost speed toward the ring of savages, pursuing a line directly forward, and to his surprise the Indians opened to the right and left before him, arid for a moment i seemed to be bewildered by this unexpect ed movement, lie passed through their j lines without being cut down, as lie had an ! ticipated, and kept on running with all his | might. He had not gone over three rods I from them before they began to send after i him their halcheis. Tie s- flow about him | for a few minutes in all directions—one I just grazed the tip of his ear—another pass- I ed directly in front of him and stuck in a J tree just before him. lie had a mind to S catch hold of it as it stood quivering in the 1 tree, yet he delayed not a moment in his | course, hut kept on running with all the energy lie could command. When about ten rods distant from them, he looked a round and .saw that three of their number had just started out in pursuit. lie was a very fast runner, and thought that perhaps now he might make his escape. But at no great distance before him was the swamp, and in this he must certainly he overtaken and tomahawked—he dared not turn to the right or left, for in that case they would flank him ; he continued to run therefore directly forward. When he had gone a bout ten rods farther he looked around and observed that he was gaining upon them, and he put to with the greater energy. In a ft v moments he descended into a little hollow which took him out of their sight, and seeing before him a large pine tree which was partly surrounded bv bushes, ho sprang iu behind it and stood with Iris back close up against it, hoping thus to elude their observation. The next moment the Indians came bounding by him, one on Iris left arid two on Iris right ; they continued on without stopping, and in a few moments were out of sight. But they would soon come to the swamp, and there they would find that they had left him in the rear.— They would in all probability return in a short time, and would doubtless see him in his place of concealment. He had no wea pon with which he could make a defence, and would he very likely to fall at last a victim to savage cruelty. He could not content himself with his situation, but look ed around to see if he could not find some thing upon which to lay his hand that would give him the power of offering some resist ance from to a second capture. lie saw at a little distance from him an old pine tree which had lain upon the ground till it was perfectly decayed, and out of which had rotted several knots. He stole from his hi ding-place and took up one which had quite a lengthy arm with a knot at one end, and placing his knee across it he found that it was capable of sustaining a heavy blow without breaking. ’I his furnished him with just what he desired, and he returned to his secret covert with the heart-felt joy that he could now meet an IndG'u with his tomahawk and feci himsqjj upon ar, equal footing in case of a combat, Ho intended to watch by; return, U c cp his eye upon him if he should Come near, and whenever he felt conscious he was seen, to rush out up on hitn and if possible administer the first blow. He did not remain in his position long, before he saw one of the savages com ing toward him looking out as though he wore in search of some captive. He stood ready, therefore, whenever he came up to give him battle. But when the Indian was within a few rods of the place where he stood partly concealed by the bushes, his eve caught the head of a soldier which was ! raised up from behind a log, whicli lay a few rods to Mr. Hammond’s right. The Indian immediately proceeded in this di rection, but had not gone far when the sett ler. as he pro veil to be. aros ; ’ and with Iris n. .i. K4PPEL, Printer. rifle shot hint through and then fell back a gain behind the log. What a fortunate cir cu instance was this for Mr. Hammond ! I le was thus evidently spared from a con test which might have been doubtful, yet lie did not know at first whether it would turn to his advantage or not, for the tiring might bring other Indians to the spot. But there wore guns constantly discharging in every part of the forest, so that this partic ular spot would not be distinguished from any other, and he felt still more assurance in having a friend near by in case of the re turn ol the remaining ttvo Indians who had started out in his pursuit. Yet those did not come, and if they had, he felt assured that his friend would be prepared to.meet them, for he could distinctly hear him re loading liis musket. It was now a little after sun-set, and twi light began to throw her mellow shades a round him. Soon it would be dark, and then he would have an opportunity of seek ing the Fort, lie kept his position until the dark veil of evening was drawing her folds thicker and closer upon the earth, and then ventured to address in a low tone of voice the companion ho had found near him. He made him understand that he was a friend, and that they must come near each other for mutual protection and aid. They came together and determined that they would endeavor to seek the Fort. They proceeded on their way cautiously, every now and then coming upon a dead or a wounded soldier. Mr. Hammond searched for some time among the slain for a gun, but the Indians had been over the ground and taken them all away ; he therefore went on with his war-club, trusting to this in case of danger. They passed olftlie bat tle-ground in safety and soon arrived at the Fort. They did not know but what this in tiie mean-time had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and they approached it with cau tion. They crept up silently to the gate anti soon could distinguish voices with which they were familiar. Upon making themselves known, they were admitted into the Fort, and rejoiced in being permitted to meet once more with some of their friends and in feeling themselves again in a place of security. Mr. Hammond related the scene which transpired after the battle, and also his narrow escape, and was advised, as there were not a sufficient number of men to defend the Fort, and as it would unques tionably have to he surrendered to the ene my the next day, to pursue his course down along the river, until he was beyond the reach of the Indians. He did so with his companion, and thus made good his escape. From the Raleigh Register. Mr. Gales:—ln an old Newspaper, I find the following curious Rule : To find on what day of the week any given day of month fell, or may fall, for anv year— past, present or future. RULE. To the given year, add its one fourth and one four hundreth part (omitting fractions) also the number of days, from the beginning of the year up to given date inclusive.— From this amount, subtract the one hun dredth part of the given year, throwing off fractions. Then divide the remainder by seven; and if, after this division, there be any remaining, the number of the remain der will be the number of the day of the week as required. Thus, if the remainder be one, the day is Sunday ; if two, the day is Monday, and soon, but if there be no re mainder, the required day will be Sunday. EXAMPLE. Question? On what day of week did the 2d of May 1798—fall? 1798 —the given year. 419 —I-4th of the given year, fractions omitted, 4—l-400th, part of the given year, omitted, 122—the number of days from the Ist January, the 2d of May, 2373-sum, 17—1-lOOth part of the given year, fractions omitted, 7)2 356 —remai tide r, 336-4. The remainder. (Answer, lilt day, Wednesday, Note —ls the given be Leap Year tin; unit must be subtracted from one fourth of the given year. Thus if the given year be 1820. The first quotient will 454 instead of 455, the proper quotient. If the given year is exactly divisible by 4, it is Lea; Year. Will someone give the “ rationale ’’ o the above rule, for it is both curious ami useful. American Independence was de clared on Thursday, as may be seen by calculating it by the rule. A SUBSCRIBER. House-Fly. —The eye of the common house-fly is fixed so as to enable its prom inent organs of vision to view accurately i the objects around in every direction ; it is I furnished with 8000 hexagonal faces, all I calculated to convey perfect images to th ! optic nerve, all slightly convex all act in ; us so many cornea—Bo9o included with) | a space no larger than the head of a pin all hexagonal—all of the best possible fori to prevent a waste of space! This is i wonderful, that it would stagger belief, not vouched for by being the result of tl. microscopical researches of such men : Lewenit'>. k. am! 7 ehprs.cqiial! v eminent [YOU ME XX V]]
