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eye now hold with all the gorgeous uni
verse of God—the splendors of the morning
the softness of the evening sky ; the bloom,
the beauty, the verdure of earth, the music
of the air and the waters—with all the j
associations of external nature, re-opened
to the fine avenues of sense; no, sir, though
poverty dogged me—though scorn pointed
its slow finger at me as 1 passed—though
want and destitution, and every element of
earthly misery, save only crime, met my
eye walking from day to day ; —not for the
brightest and noblest wreath that ever en
circled a statesman’s brow ; not, if some
angel commissioned by heaven, or some de
mon rather sent fresh from hell, to test the
resisting strength of virtuous resolution,
should tempt me back, with all the wealth
and all the honors which a world can be
stow ; not for all that time and all that
earth can give, would F cast from me this
precious pledge of a liberated mind, this
talisman against temptation, and plunge a
gain in the dangers and terrors which once
beset my path:—So help me Heaven, sir,
as I would spurn beneath my very feet all
the gifts the universe could offer, and live
and die as I am, poor but sober.
NEWS AnFbAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1842.
The June C onvent ion.
The Georgia Journal contains the names
of 60 Delegates to the June Convention, and
it is known that meetings have been held
and Delegates appointed by other counties
from which no returns have been received.
We hope our friends will endeavor to at
tend the meeting to be held in this place on
Tuesday after next —that will also boa
convenient day for meeting in the counties
adjacent to Wilkes, which have hitherto
had no action on the subject.
Legal Decision.
An important decision in relation to the
powers and jurisdiction of Justice’s Courts
in Georgia, has lately been made by Judge
Wellborn, of the Chattahoochee Circuit,
lie lias determined that Magistrate’s Courts
are not Courts of Record, and can have no
jurisdiction in causes where the defendants
(as in the case decided,) are by law suea
blo only in Courts of Record. And fur
ther, that when several suits are commen
ced by the same plaintitFagainst the same
defendant, at the same time, in the Justices’
Court, on several causes of action, which,
in the aggregate, exceed the jurisdiction of
such Court, and which in their nature are
capable of being united in the same action,
that the Superior Court is bound, oil the ap
plication of the defendant, to arrest the suits
below and compel the plaintiff either to sue
in the higher Courts or to abandon litiga
tion.
Judge Wellborn farther incidentally de
cided that the Act of 1811; giving to Justi
ces of the Peace jurisdiction in cases when
any debt over thirty dollars had been re
duced by payment or by other bond or note
to that sum or less; was contrary to the
Constitution as it existed at that time, and
therefore invalid—except the payment was
bona fide, or the bond or note given for the
purpose of negotiation, or of giving different
times of payment. This decision, if it is
held to be law throughout the State, as we
have no doubt it will be, will very much re
trench the jurisdiction of Justices, and do
away with the practice of dividing large
debts into small notes and of fraudulent en
dorsements, by which favorite cn ditars are
preferred and an immense power lodged in
the Justices’ Courts which w'us never in
tended to be conferred upon them. We
shall endeavor to publish Judge Wellborn’s
able and interesting decision next week.
Rhodc-island.
The suffrage parly seem to be hacking
out very fast. A number of members of
their Legislature have resigned, and Gov.
Dorr, himself, according to some accounts,
has taken to his heels and escaped into
Massachusetts. Before going, he and his
insurgents undertook the seige of the Arse
nal at Providence, but were obliged :o leave
it without effecting anything. A large bo
dy of the insurgents collected about the
house of Anthony, the suffrage Sheriff, hut
were nearly all dispersed, without resist
ance. A small body was left on the field
who at the last accounts were throwing up
breast-works—so the strife may not be end
ed yet. Dorr, who is the master-spirit of
the insurrection and one of the most notori
ous Abolitionists in the country, meets with
sympathy and assistance from all enemies
of good order in New-York, and is support
ed in his attempted usurpation by the Loco
loco papers there.
Case ofi Colt. It has just been decided
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer against
granting anew trial to Colt. The excep
tions in the case will now he taken up to
the Supreme Court.— N. Y. Herald.
CoiifrcM.
The appropriation bill has passed both
Houses—amended by appropriating $70,-
000 for finishing the Custom-House in Bos
ton, and $28,200 to the Custom-House in
New-York.
The President’s message relative to the !
pacification ofFlorida,was under discussion i
in the House, and Mr. Cooper of Geo. ex
erted his inconceivable eloquence in ridi- j
culing the idea that hostilities were ended
in Florida. Mr. Cooper’s sarcasms must
have produced tremendous terror and mor
tification in the mind of the President.
Mr. Allen of Ohio, has been endeavoring j
to get the Senate to act on his resolutions !
relative to the Rhode Island difficulties hut
without success, the Senate refusing to i
take up the resolutions, having no right, at
present, to interfere in the matter.
A resolution for the adjournment ofCoit
gressou the 15th proximo, was rejected in
the House. The Navy appropriation Bill
has been under consideration for some time
and we see the resistance of Mr. Merri
wether of this State to some of its provisions
highly applauded. The hill in the Senate
for refunding the amount of the fine of SIOOO
imposed on Gen. Jackson in the last war,
was rejected by a vote of 24 to 17. It is
somewhat singular that his friends never
thought of refunding this money while they
were in power, and should apply to his op
posers for it now. The fact is tiiey did not
wish the hill to pass, as they intended to
make political capital out of its rejection.
(fj = ’ Four cases of the Small Pox have
occurred in Macon—all Negroes, owned by
Col. A. L. Sims, of Athens, Ga.
03” John M. Niles has been elected, by
the Loco-focos of the Connecticut Legisla
ture, Senator in Congress for six years from
the fourth of March next.
o<r‘ Mr. Wise has been hound over to
keep the peace in the District of Columbia
for twelve months, in a penalty of $3,000.
The foolish and easily evaded provisions
of the Anti-Duelling law of Congress will
he no obstacle to prevent him and Mr. Stan
ley from fighting. A repeal of that law
would tend to make the blackguards in
Congress more decent.
BANK OFTHE STATE OF GEORGIA.
At an election held at the Banking House
in Savannah, on Monday, for Directors of
the different Branches of the Bank, to serve
twelve months from that date, the following !
gentlemen were elected :
At Augusta.
Geo. M. Newton, J. R. Bulkley,
Win. H. Turpin, Wm. Bostwick,
Isaac S. Tuttle, J. Davis,
James T. Gray.
At Washington.
A. L. Alexander, Tlios. Semmes,
G. Andrews, J. 11. Pope,
A. S. Wingfield.
At Eatonton.
J. Hudson, J. C. Mason,
H. Branham, J. Branham.
J. Flournoy, J. Clark.
At Athens.
W. L. Mitchell, J. 11 Newton,
T. N. Hamilton, S. Thomas.
Geo. Dent.
OCMULGEE BANK.
The directors ofthis Institution, we learn ;
by recent advices from Macon, are deter- j
mined to redeem their issues in Specie.— j
They assert the circulation of the Bank
is small and she has abundant means to re
deem it. The panic, therefore, which has
existed in this city for some days, will no
doubt subside immediately, and the hills
pass at whatever may be considered their
value, tho’ they cannot again be at par while
all the banks of the City refuse to receive
them. We apprehend, however the dis
count will be very trifling.— Augusta Chron
icle.
From the Columbus Argus,
Bank or Columbus, Dili May, 1842.
After a patient and thorough investiga
tion of the affairs of the Bank of Columbus,
item by item, debt by debt, liability by lia
bility, the undersigned feel authorized to
express, as the result of their enquiry, their
unequivocal belief, that the bank has un
doubted means to pay, and wo believe
within the next twelve months, every debt
against her.
The whole amount of notes in circulation
is $47,327, and the deposits $86,123 08, of
which, there iiad been deposited by officers,
and others, waiting for settlement 33,000,
making together, of the actual immediate
public indebtedness oftlie hank $100,450
08, exclusive of “Bills payable,” and
“cheeks,’ and “ certificates issued,” a
mounting to $130,743 76, a considerable
portion ot which, does not fall due, until it
is believed the bank will have ample means
to meet them. For a detailed statement of
the affairs of the bank, reference is made to
the simultaneous report made with this, and
transmitted to the Executive.
From a scrupulous valuation oftlie prop
erty of the bank, we express our unqualifi
ed btdief, that after the payment of every
liability against it, the stock will still bo
worth at least 87 cents in the dollar, and
this after throwing aside every bad and
doubtful debt among the assets, and the un
dersigned express the further belief, that
out of the amount thus thrown aside as
doubtful and bad, which is all in the bank,
we can, as honest men. characterise as such
that enough will he collected to makegood
any unanticipated loss that may occur in
the debts now considered undoubted, but
which during such times as these nothin”
can prove decisively to bo good hut their
collection.
Wo havodeerned this expression oftlie re
sult ofour investigation due to the directors
and officers of tho bank, us well us to the
truthful Correction of public opinion, in re
gard to the condition of the Bank ofCohnn
t bus.
(Signed) G. HARGRAVES, Sr. Ch’rn.
M. W. PERRY,
W. L. WYNN.
(’HAS. D. STEWART,
JAMES li. SHORTER,
MILLER GRIEVE,
JNO. FONTAINE,
GEO. HARGRAVES, Jr.
HINES HOLT.
Extract from the Minutes.
Edw. Cauey, See’y.
CENTRAL BANK.
From the reports of those who have late
j ly travelled in the up-country, we lean:
that this peculiar pet is beginning to be
strongly suspected. At Sparta and some
other places where one of our informants
stoeped, they would only take Central Bank
i money at a discount of 10 percent,
j Another gentleman who has lately been
j examining the records in several oftlie in
t tcrior counties, states, that lie every where
| found judments against individuals, and
j that in every instance the parties made the
return of no property.
When the people of Georgia understand
the rascality which lias been perpetrated
by this iniquitous concern, the bunk and its
authors will be execrated as they deserve.
It has lately lost the moderate sum ofsome
$400,000 in exchange. Its discounted pa
peramounls to near $2,000,000. We doubt
if $500,000 of this sum will ever bo col
lected. The U. S. Bank of Pensylvania
was as virtuous as a Lucretia compared to
this prostituted establishment. —Savannah
Republican.
MORE FORGERIES.
A singular case of Crime has just been
discovered at Windham county, Connecti
cut. On Saturday, 31st ult., and old gen
tleman named Mason, long a resident of
Woodstock, and one of its most respectable
citizens, died ; but hardly had the multi
tude which followed his remains to the
grave dispersed, before one who had joined
in the procession, a Mr. Carpenter, received
a letter from an officer of tho Thompson
Bank, informing him that a note, of which
lie was an endorser and Mr. Mason the
drawer, was protested for non-payment.—
| He rode to the Bank immediately, and sat
i isfied himself by actual inspection, that hi<
name had been forged to tho protested pa-
P e ‘“<
: This discovery led the Bank officers to a ‘
j general examination of the notes of the de
j ceased, and as the result, it was found that
i he had in the Bank about $3,000 of forged j
! paper. Subsequent examinations in the j
j Brooklyn Bank show about SB,OOO more of !
the same kind of paper ; in Southbridge 1
Bank $3,000, and Chipatchet Bank SSOO !
How many other banks have been defraud
ed in the same way is not yet known.
It is not the Banks, however, that have
j suffered mainly or most severely. Mr. M.
j was owing not less than $20,000 in Wood- j
1 stock, mostly borrowed money, and a large !
! proportion of it borrowed from people of i
j small means, from widows and guardians, j
1 and persons of that description, whose gen- :
! oral belief of his wealth led them to regard 1
O j
j money placed in his hands as secure as if it !
• were deposited in the Savings Bank. It is j
1 now doubtful whether his estate will pay !
i ten cents on the dollarof the claims against ]
it. For what length of time Mr. M. had j
i carried on these forgeries cannot be aecu- ‘
rately known.
Repudiation. —The Governor of Miehi- I
gan has issued a proclamation repudiating |
about two millions, eight hundred thousand
dollars oftlie State debt; for the reason that :
no consideration for the same has been re- j
ceived by the commonwealth. It appears j
that the transferable bonds of the State to
the above amount were loaned or sold to
certain Improvement Companies who have
not made good their engagements.
Every one will see that this pretext is ut- j
terly worthless. The third parties recei
ving the State bonds had nothing to do with
the transaction between the State and the
Improvement Companies ; they took the
the paper for what it purported on its face
to be—the signed obligation of the Com
monwealth to pay a certain amount of mon
ey. The State now turns upon them and
throws anew condition into the contract; a
condition which did not appear on the pa
per itself—and taunting the unfortunate
holders for their unsuspecting simplicity,
bids them go whistle for their money. Poor
weak men ; how silly and credulous to trust
to the honr of the State of Michigan !—a
sovreign State that has the power of pas
sing what laws it pleases ; that holds itself
above the vulgar process of Courts, and
sneers at the weak attempts ofa creditor to ■
obtain justice.
The plea of Michigan we presume, is that |
the purchasers of these bonds bought thorn
at their own risk. Ol course; and a fear- 1
fulrisk it was; no security but tho faith ofa
Commonwealth that scruples not to disown ;
her official sign manual. Perhaps they
deserve no better. If they, or any one else,
ever trusts tho State of Michigan a<rain
they will deserve much worse.
yEsop tells a story of a wolf who suffered
much agony from a bone that lodged in bis
throat; the crane, a surgeon of repute, was
called in; and by means of his long head
and neck soon succeeded in removing the
cause of pain. When lie looked to receive
the fee which was his duo as a skillful
practitioner, the wolf growled, and told him
lie ought to be thankful that his head wasnot
snapped oft’when it was in a wolf’s mouth.
Let the Michigan bond holders be thankful
that they are not made tiie subjects of u bill
of attainder for daring to ask a sovreign
state to pay its debts. Shall sovreigntv be
dunned. ?— Balt. A merican
Ttxas. —As far as we have heard, the
j sentiments delivered bv Gen. Hamilton
j at a late meeting in Georgia, are general
.ly approved in this community. It is not
i thought that the Texians arc in a condition
|to conquer Mexico—it is not thought desi
\ ruble that they should do so—and finally,
it is by no menus thought to be the business
jol the United States to help them in doing
it. When charity is asked to enable one
country to conquer another, it is very apt
to bo considered carrying benevolence to
extremes. Besides, the Texians deserve to
j be a little punished forgetting up that hum
bug oftlie <‘1,3000 Mexicans in three divi
sions.”—Char. Mercury.
A Good One. —At the late races in
Washington, tho proprietor of the course,
upon the application of Mr. Stanley and
Mr. W isc for admission, told them that they
might enter upon condition of good beha
vior ; and, he added, that although they
claimed the right of doing as they pleased
in the capital, yet on his premises they must
conduct themselves with propriety.
Caught at Lsst. —We understand tiiat an
individual named Wm. Fountain, lias been
arrested and committed to Jail in Wilkin
son county, on the charge of bigamy.—
It appears that he has been married four
times in this State. One of his wives re
sides in this county. He came here some
I three years ago, and introduced himself to
a widow lady, worth some property, and
i soon married her—sold the property —
! bought a horse and buggy with a part of
the proceeds—took his wife and started to
Dublin, in Laurens county, but before lie
readied that place forced her to get out of
the carriage, and there left her standing in
the road, without friends, money or reputa
tion. We have since learned that she was
j his second wife, and that be lias since mar
j ried two more, and that all four are living
I in this State.— Sandersvil/e Telescope.
SUCCESSFUL HOAX.
The “Madisonian. “ organ of the present
Administration, recently published with a
I great flourish of trumpets, the Proceedings
ofan alleged Tyler meeting in Mr. A mold’s
! District, at which the former gentleman was
! lauded to the skies, and the latter denoun
ced. It turns out that the whole account is
a miserable hoax from beginning to end.—
‘ The individual who figures as Chairman,
J on the occasion, is a negro slave; one ofj
; the Committee is a poor drunken idiot ; an
-1 other is of about the same mental calibre ; j
j and a third is at this time in the Jail ofCar
j ter County, for stealing. Only two or three
iof the individuals named are respectable
; men— their names being doubtless inser- !
j ted by the authors of the hoax, that the com- ,
! munication might he more readily credited, j
j —Ral. Reg.
The ‘ Osage Valley,’ a paper printed at
Warsaw, in this State, says the St. Louis ,
j (Missouri) New Era, run up the name ofj
j Colonel Benton for the Presidency. In his j
j last paper, the editor substitutes tiie name of
j Richard M. Johnston for that ofC.ol.Ben- j
ton, and this is done because the Colonel j
i refused to boa candidate. In a letter to
j the editor oftlie ‘ Osage Valley,’ Col. Ben
j ton says :
“ I have to make you many thanks for
j your kind and friendly feelings in wishing j
j to bring mo forward as a candidate for the j
j Presidency of the United States, but at the j
j same time, I have to remind you that I have j
! constantly refused to permit my name to be j
j brought forward for that office ; and, dur
jingthe last summer, gave a formal atiu j
public answer to that effect to the call upon j
j me by a most respectable meeting of Dem- j
j ocratic citizens of the city and county of !
I Philadelphia. I enclose you a copy of tiie j
| proceedings of the meeting and of” my an
swer, and request that you will publish
! them in your paper, along with this note, i
j that all room for mistake or misapprehen- :
sion on this point may be obviated. My
j hope and belief is, that the Democracy will ;
he successful at tho next election, and 1 :
mean to do my part to make it successful, !
and for that purpose to practice upon my j
own motto —“ Every thing for the cause — j
nothing for men.”
MORE VIOLENCE.
The Hon. T. D. Arnold lias addressed a
letter to the Reporter of the National Intel
ligencer, in which the Hon. Mr. Weller is I
thus alluded to :
I do not hold myself hound, in the House
or out of it, to notice the intended insult ofj
every blackguard that may be prompted by j
his own malignant feelings or by the insti- j
gations of others to assail me, so long as j
they do not offer me personal violence. —-
Certainly 1 do not hold myself bound in the |
House to notice or redress any insult in- ;
tended or offered short of personal violence. \
Out of the House 1 will judge for myself, 1
who to notice and when to notice them.— j
This will be time enough when these in- j
suits are offered out of the House. This is
not. anew position for me. The feuds and
broils, and, I may add. the disgraceful as- j
saults and batteries which have occurred :
in this House for several years past, have j
been much talked of by the People, and, I 1
believe universally condemned by all men ■
and all parties. This I know was the case j
among my constituents. They universally j
condemned the practice of members raising j
rows and fighting each other upon the floor -
of this House while the House was in ses
sion.
I, when at home among my constituents, j
most heartily concurred in their condemna- ,
tion of this pugnacious temper and action
of tiie part of members. 1 have repeatedly
declared, that for such personal violence !
members ought to be expelled. On taking
my seat in this House at the Extra Session,
I took it with a full determination to act in
accordance with these views. I do not j
think I shall bo driven from them. My po- j
sition was taken after mature reflection,
and 1 have as yet seen no good reason wliv
I should abandon it. I took this position,
knowing full well the effect it would have
i upon the base and cowardly. I know that
they would feel licensed to insult tne upoi:
all occasions in the House, knowing they
i could do it there with impunity. Such I
consider the conduct of the base and cow
ardly skunk from Ohio on Saturday. Par
j tbian like, he shot bis arrow at me, and then
retreated behind the previous question.
Bunker Hill monument is going up rap
, idly. Tho contractor lias until October of
18 13 to complete bis engagement, hut its
I lie has only about twenty courses of stone
; to lay, it will probably be finished this au
j tumn. Il will betwo hundred feet high one ;
superb shaft of granite.
|
The Saxons and Danes wore long beards;
j the Gauls, Britons, and Goths, merely mus
j taclies ; the Normans, neither. Indeed,
there is not, nor ever lias been, a universal j
j standard in this matter, and to shave or not j
to shave, is still tiie undecided question.
The following comparative view of the
prices of some of the necessaries of life in
. England, and the Western United States is
made up from the prices current of Liver
j pool and Cincinnati, on the first of April : j
Liverpool. Cincinnati.
Flour, per bbl. $8 4(1 $4 25
Wheat, per 60 ibs. 1 85 75
Indian corn, do. 1 20 25
j Oats per 45 lbs. 72 25
1 Pork, tness, per bbl. 18 00 650 j
I Beef, tness, do. 24 50 8 00
j Bacon, per 112 lbs. 10 80 308
Hams, do. 12 06 4 48
j Lard, do. 12 36 504 i
If John would only allow us a little
I “ free trade,” how we would feed him !
N. Y. Express, j
There is plenty of “free trade” between
j the Southern and Western United States, j
let them send their eatables down here and j
j they will get nearly as high a price for ;
them as John Bull would give.
THE COST OF A YARD OF COT- j
TON.
We seldom reflect how much real labor j
j even the common articles of use require,
j For example, before we can got one yard of i
j common cotton cloth, the seed must be i
sown, the plant cultivated, the ball picked, j
j the rough cotton ginned, the ginned cotton j
I packed, that transported to the merchant, j
j from the merchant it is stowed on shipboard, i
then performs a voyage at sea, then is ,
j transferred to the manufactory, then is cn rd j
‘ ed, then spun, then woven, then repacked,
j re-shipped, and sold in our markets. Each .
J of these particular processes involves tedi- :
ous and intricate labour, and could we fol
; low out this labor, into all its ramifications, j
j ive should find that a single yard of cotton, j
j which can be bought for twelve cents, re
quires the labour of more than eight months, j
and the operation of almost an army of
j hands.
| The apparently simple process of weav
j ing by the hand loom, is one of the most
| complicated pieces, not of manual labor >
merely, but of entire bodily service ; for,
according to some curious, but authentic
calculations, it lias linen proved that, to i
weave a piece of cloth 40 inches wide, and
1760 yards, or one mile long, for which the
j operative receives for his labor about $7,
his feet travel (with the treddles,) through a
space of nine hundred miles ; and his hands,
in picking the shuttle, travel through a space ‘
of 2161) miles —i. e. the feet of the weaver, j
in weaving by the band-loom one yard of
cotton, travel through the space of 900 yds. j
or over half a mile ; and his hands through j
a space of 2165 yards, or about one mile :
and a quarter. —Savannah Georgian.
Murdock, convicted ofmurder, was hung j
in Talbotton on the 29tli. ult, having con- ;
fessed his crime.
AUGUSTA EXCHANGE TABLE.
SPECIE BASIS.
Augusta ISotes.
Mechanics’ Rank, par.
Agency Brunswick Rank, ....
Rank of Augusta, “ .
Augusta Ins. ip Ranking Company, . “
Branch Georgia Railroad, .... “
Branch Stale of Georgia, .... “
Savannah Notes.
\ State Rank par. \
i Marine c|- Fire Insurance Bank,
’ Planters’ Rank, “
j Central Railroad Rank, . . 20 a25 dis’nt. j
Country Notes. j
j State Rank Branch Macon, . . par.
! Other Branches Stale Rank, . . “
j Commercial Rank, Macon, . . “
. Brunswick Bank, “
.Milledgeville Rank, “
j Georgia Railroad Bank, Athens. “
! City Council of Augusta, ... “
j Iluckersiille Rank, “
Branch Marine ip Fire Ins. Rank, “
I St. Mary’s Rank, “
: Branch Central R.R. Rank, Macon, 20 a25 “
Insur. Rank of Columbus, Macon, 2a 5 “
Phtenix Rank, late Fanners’ Rank
of Chattahoochee, . ... 5a 6 “ j
j Central Bank, 14 a 15 “
City Council of Cotumbus, Macon
anil Milledgeville, ... 15 a2O “
Exchange Rank of Brunswick, 10 als “
j Monroe Railroad Rank, broke.
! Rank of Darien and Branches, “
j Chattahoochee R. R. <p R’king Cos. “
Western Rank if Georgia, “
j Rank of Columbus, .... “
j Planters’ cp Mec's. li’k. Columbus, “
‘ Rank of Hawkins idle, ... “
\ Geo. (j per ct. Bonds for Specie, 47 a 50 per dot.
Geo. 8 “ “ “ 15 a 20 ilis.
South Carolina Notes.
j Charleston Ranks, . . . . . . par.
! Rank of Hamburg. . ... . “
; Country Ranks, “
i Alabama Notes, ... 18 a 20 dis’nL
Cheeks.
On New-York, sight, ... a premium.
’ Philadelphia, a 1 “
; Baltimore, “1 “
jOn Charleston, .... par a!. “
!On Savannah, .... par aj- dis'nt.
;On Richmond, Ya. ... 1 <■/■{
1 Lexing'on. . :t a 5
f Hogue tiie Phiiadei phiu Astronomer,
foresees and predicts that Mr Wise Will
meet with n violent death. H ■ says that
from the complexion of the planet which
i<i;les his destiny, it’ lie lights Stanley, it
will be all up with him. “Wise, in his
wisdom,” had better no’ expose himself to
! certain deatK-
Furthermore, Mr. Sianley, his fieir an
tagonist, conies ofa lighting family. Ins la
ther having slmt Gov. Speight, of North
Carolina, in a duel, many years ago, and
two of his father” brothers having fallen in
duels, lie himself was concerned in a du
el a few years ago by sending a challenge.
iJYotlce*
ruillE W DIGS of Wilkes county are request
i ed to meet at the Court-House, in Wash
ington, at one o’clock, on the lirst Tuesday in
June next, tor the purpose of selecting Delegates
to represent them in tlie Convention to be held
in Milledgeville on the second Monday in June
ilex'. May 26, 1*42.
U ASHINGTON
IV’iit a f(> Srm itt a r if.
rgG IK second Term in this Institution comnicn
* ces on the first Monday in July and ends on
I the last Friday in November.
The Trustees have this day established the
j following reduced Rates of Tuition :
Ist Class, from si’s, reduced to S4O per annum.
I2d “ from 30, reduced to 28 “
j 3,1 •• from 24, reduced to 18 “
Music (Piano Forte,) SOO, reduced to SSO.
The Trustees are authorized in saying, tbs’
j Board can now be obtained in some of the most
respectable families in the place, for sl2 per
j month, every tiling included.
j.. Monday ana Tuesday next, being the la ‘
i days of the present Term, a general review of
j the Pupils in the studies oi the term, will be had,
lo which the friends and patrons oftlie In.-tit i<-
i tion are invited.
SAMUEL BARNETT, Treasurer.
May 25th, 1842. 4t 39
Fair It *a ruin if.
IVTOTICE is hereby given, that the time for
-Lx making Returns of Taxable Property will
i expire on the 15th day of June next. All who
I are then in default, will subject themselves to a
double Tax.
G. G. NORM \N. Rcc. Tax Returns for
W’ilkes county.
X. 15.—1 will abend in Washington on the
first Tuesday in Juno—also, on Tuesday and
Wednesday the 14thaml Isthdavs of June.
May 26,1842. 3t” G. G. X.
)UR months after date, application \\i 1 be
made lo the Inferior Court of Wbikes
county, while sit - ing as a Court of Ordinary, for
leave lo s 1 the I, mil belonging to the Estate of
Joseph Bell, late oi said county, deceased.
MARY 11. “BELL, Adm'x.
M iv 2< i. 181 1. m4m 39
GEORGIA, l Whereas Presley N. Seal,
Lincoln County. applies lo me for letters of
dismission as Gu..rd:au h r Robert J. Seal.
Those are therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
moii .-di, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors ot sa; I M n r, lo ho and appear at mv Of
fice, within tiie rim < prescribed by law, to show
cause (if any they live,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, this 18th dav
of Mav, 1813. ‘
HUGH HENDERSON, c. c.o.
May 26. mtim 39
GEORGIA, t Whereas, Shelton Oliver ap-
Etuert Come'.;. \ plies to motor letters of Ad
ministration on the Estate of Leroy Upshaw,
deceased.
These are there lore to cite, summon, and ad
mmnsh, all and singular the kindred and creditors
o: said it.:: eased, to be and appear at my office
w.lhin the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(it any they have,) why said letters should not be
Given under mv hand at office, this 18th Mav,
1812. “ WM. IS. NELMS, c. c. o. ’
May 26. It 39
./likes Siaeriflf’s Sales.
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will lie sold on the first Tuesday in Ju'y next,
heiore tiie Court-llouso door m Washington,
\\ ilkes county, between the usual hours of
sate, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro girl by tho name ot Frances, about
nine years ot age, levied on as tho property of
ritomas Truitt, to satisfy a fi. fa. from Wilkes
Superior Court, in the name of John E. King vs.
Thomas Truitt, Thomas Chaffin, and William P.
Truitt, security oil stay of execution. Property
pointed out by Thomas Truitt.
ALSO,
■ >ue Negro man by the name of Harry, about
forty-four years of age, levied on as the property
ot John T. Laugiuer, to satisfy a ri. fa. from the
Superior Court of said county, in the name of
Isaiah T. Irvin vs. said John T. Laughter. Prop
erty pointed out by said Laughter.
ALSO,
(POSTPONED.)
One House and Lot in the Town of Washing-
I ton, on the North side of the Public Square, ad
; joining Bradford Merry and otiiers, levied on by
i virtue ot a ti. fa. from the Superior Court of said
’ county, in the name of Francis Branham vs. Wil.
ham S. Thomas anil William A. Quigley, and
i other ti. fas. vs. said Thomas, as the property of
| said Thomas.
GEORGE W. JARRETT, Sheriff
May 26,1842. 39
MORTGAGE SHERIFF SALK
Will be sold on the first. Tuesday in August next,
before the Court-House door in Washington,
Wilkes comity, between the usual hours of
j sale, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro man by I lie name of Anthony, a.
, bout lorty years of age ; Buck, a man, about
thirty years of age, and Ransom, a boy, about 18
j years of age, all levied on by virtue ot a mortgage
j li. fa. in the name of William Slaton vs. Thomas
j Truitt. Property pointed out in said (i. fa., and
1 lett in possession ol defendant by order of the
: plaintiff.
GEORGE W. JARRETT, Sheriff.
May 26, 1842. 39
CORONER’S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court-House door, in the.
Town of Washington, Wilkes countv, on the
I first Tuesday in July next, within the
usual hours of sale, the tallowing property,
to-wit :
j One House and Lot, in the Town of Wash
ington, containing two Acres, adjoining lands of
Elizabeth Worsham, and others, and West by
the Greensboro’ Road, levied on as the property
iol Johnston \\ . Bridwell, to ,-fv a mortgage
li. fa. issued irom the Superior Court of Wilkes
county, in favor of George W. Jarrett vs. said
| Bndwcll. Property pointed out in said mort
gage ti. fa S. KIRKLAND, Coroner,
Mav 26. 18J2 39
