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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
. G. COTTIPVG, Editor.
No. 41.—NEW SERIES.]
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sew’d Kip Shoetees ; Boys’ Calf and Kip Shoes,
sew’d and peg’d ; Coarse Brogans, making my
assortment complete from the smallest size to
the largest extra size, low for Cash.
A. L. LEWIS.
December 16, 1841. 16
• YiPlice, *
J'OITN 11. DYSON, Esq. will act as my A
gent during my absence from the State.
WILLIAM JONES.
May 12, 1842. 37
mYotice*
A LL persons indebted to the late firm of Mc
\IILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to
make payment immediately to
JOHN H. DYSON.
January 8, 1842. 19
Warning*
“’VT-tl’lCE is Hereby given, that the time for
j_N making Returns of Taxable Property will
expire on the 15th day of June next. All who
are then m default, wJi subject themselves to a
double Tax.
G. G. NORMAN, Ree. Tax Returns for
Wilkes county.
N. B.—l will attend in Washington on the
first Tuesday in June—also, on Tuesday and
Wednesday the 14th and 15'li days of June.
May 26,1842. 3* G. G. N.
For Sale •
* A HOUSE and LOT, well im-
P rovetl an< l pleasantly situated in the
|S;jiW Town ol Washington. For further
particulars, apply to
STEPHEN G. PETTUS.
May 10,1842. 28
Stolen,
- From the Subscriber’s Stable on
fcTX Augusta Road, seven miles below
Washington, a BAY HORSE r
>out eight or nine years old, near
sixteen .lands high, heavy made, very deep
through the shoulders and a little white on both
hind feet, trots very rough, and may be made to
rack a little ; he is in very good order. Any in
formation respecting the Horse will bo thank
fully received, and a liberal compensation paid
to any person who will return him to
WILLIAM CORNE [.[SON.
June 2,1842. 40
GEORGIA, { Whereas, James M. Smythe,
Wilkes county. ( Guardian of Mary 11. Smythe,
applies to me for Letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
, urs of said Minor, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(if any they have) why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 9th dav
of May, 1842.
JOHN 11. DYSON, c. c. o.
May 12. m6m 27
A N D
“VXJTATCIIES, Clocks, and Jewelry of every
description repaired and warranted, by
A. W. KING.
Washington, April 28,1842. 35
IZeduclion !
THE Subscriber respecttully informs the
public, tiiat owing to the change in times,
he will work at tlie following reduced prices :
Putting in Main-spring, $2 00
“ Hair “ 1 00
“ Verges, 2 50
“ New Chain, 1 50
“ best Lunett Chrystals, 75
“ Flint “ 50
“ Common “ ;;7<
Cleaning Lever Watch, 1 50
“ Common “ 75
And all other work in proportion.
CF \\ ork entrusted to his care will be prompt
ly and faithfully executed, and as the prices are
considerably reduced, he hopes still to receive a
share of public patronage.
dX All work warranted, and unless satisfac
tion is given, no ciiargc made.
R. 11. VICKERS.
May 5,1842. 30
To the Public.
THE undersigned will commence a School
in the house formerly occupied by Mrs.
Allison, on Monday the 18th instant, designed to
he one of a permanent character. This Institu
tion does not appear before tiie Public in an atti
tude of hostility to any other, but only in that of
friendly rivalry, soliciting a share of public pat
ronage so far as it may merit. It is tiie desire
ot the Subscriber to connect the interest ol the
community with that of this School. This he
will endeavor to do, first, and chiefly, by perse
vering eflbrt on his part to raise the standard of
solid Education, and to confer its benefits, to the
utmost of his ability, upon those committed to bis
charge: And, secondly, by reducing the Ratos
ot Tuition so as to correspond with the present
pecuniary pressure, which lias touched our own
community as well as tiie country generally,
with its withering influence.
Pupils will be prepared lor admission into any
College, either Northern or Southern.
Rates of Tuition :
Ist. Orthography, Reading, Writing, with El
ementary Geography and Arithmetic, !$4 50 per
quarter.
2d. Practical Arithmetic, Algebra, Geography,
Grammar, Natural and Mental Philosophy, Lo
gic, Belle-Letters, and Chemistry, !$0 25 per
quarter.
3rd. Latin, Greek and French Languages, Ge
ometry, Day’s Course ot Mathematics, including
Logarithms, Trigonometry, Mensuration of
Heights and Distances, and Surveying, $8 per
quarter.
A. L. LEWIS.
N. B.—Stated recitations in the Bible will be
required ol all the Pupils sutiiciently advanced
to profit by them.
April 14, 1842. 33
f TIE Copartnership heretoiore existing at
Petersburg, Georgia, under the copartner
■■ h.p name and style of SPEED, HESTER, &
Cos., was dissolved on the 31st December last.—
Said Copartnership being composed of Wade
hineei!, James M. lfester, and Uriah O. Tate.
U. O. TATE.
nay 3, 1812. 36_
\DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
T\7"ILL be sold before the Court-llouse door
” * m the town of Washington, Wilkes coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in July next, a
Negro Man,
named Sandy. Sold as the property of Matthew
Faver, deceased. Sold for the purpose of mak
ing a division among the heirs, the first children
ol Nathan Eckles, deceased, being the heirs in
this case. Terms made known on the day of
sale. THOMAS FAVER, Adm’r.
April 21,1842. of Matthew Favor, dec.
GEORGIA, l Whereas Baker Lipscomb,
Wilkes County. Guardian of Wylie M. Pope,
applies lor Letters of dismission.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon,
and admonish, all and singular, the kindred
and creditors ot said Minor, to be and appear at
my office, within the time prescribed by law, to
show cause, (if any they i . o,; why said letters
should i:o no granted.
’•riven under my 'hr ml at office, this 23d of
March, 1842. JOHN H. DY. Clerk c. o.
March 31. m! til
‘•'EOkGIA, l Whereas, James M. Smythe,
it ilkcs court it. ( , 1 .utters ot
Dismission - Si n le,
deceased.
These are, t here lore, to cite, iirrron, and ad
monish, all ands ,r, the ki.-iied and credi
tors of said decease Vs, boa id :at my of
fice, within the time pre-crib by r.w, to show
cause (if any they have,) why ,0 p . ers should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 9th of May,
1842.
JOHN 11. DYSON, c. c o.
May 12 mfim 37
months alter date application will be
made to the Honorable !’ie Interior Court
of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, lor leave to sell the I run! belonging to
the estate ol Edward Jones, deceased.
FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r.
April 1.1842. de bonis non.
riOCR monihs after date, application will be
JL made to the Inferior Court of Wilkes
county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for
leave to sell the Land belonging to the Estate of
Joseph Bell, late of said county, deceased.
MARY H. BELL, Adm’x.
May 26,1842. m4m 39
1,1 OUR months after dale application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
ol Wilkes court, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell a lot of Land, No. 233,
in the 10th District, Carroll county, Ga., belong
ing to the Estate of Rebecca Allison, deceased.
G. 1,. RAKESTRAW, Ex’r.
March 17, 1842. m4m 29
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
WiSHI\GTO\, (WILKES ( OIM'V, GA.,) .1I AE i>, 1842.
CUTTING & HUTLER,
ATTOHNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE over (1. I*. Co
zart’s Store.
January, 1842. 23
To tltc Planters of hieorgia.
A PENNY SAVED IS TWO PENCE EARNED.
r pHE Subscriber is now offering to the Far- 1
-1- mers of Georgia, “MIMS’ WROUGIIT
IKON PLOUGH STOCK,” invented by the j
Messrs. Seaborn J. & Marshall Mims, oi Oc
lebbaiian county, Mississippi, and patented by !
them. This I’LOUGH 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 1
years without repair or expense, and will admit
of every variety of Plough Hoes, (three tooth ;
harrow excepted,) with pertect convenience and i
facility—it is not heavier than the ordinary wood
en stock, yet. tar stronger, and being so very sim
ple in its construction, that any blacksmith in
ilie country can make them.
Sample Ploughs may be seen and tried at Mr.
Dense’s Shop in Miliedgeville ; at Mr. Martin’s
Shop in Sparta, and at Mr. F. B. Billingslcu’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 terms.
11 j” All communications on this subject, post
paid, addressed to me at. Miliedgeville,or Wash
ington, Wilkes county, will meet with immedi
ate attention. 15. L. BARNES,
Agent for S. J. & M. Mims.
January 27, 1841. 22
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ORIGINAL SONG.
BY A LADY.
Air—“ Auld Lang Syne.’’
1.
Leave vain regrets for errors past,
Nor cast the ship away;
But nail your colours to the mast,
And strike for Harry Clay!
From him no treason need be fear’d,
Four cause he’ll ne’er betray;
W hat name to freemen so endear’d,
As that of Harry Clay!
3.
No vain abstractions fiil liis head,
To lead his heart astray;
For every noble promise made,
Is kept by Harry Clay!
4 ’
Then let not treason’s hated form
Thus fill you with dismay,
But gath’ring strength to breast the storm,
Stand fast by l larry Clay!
5.
Rise bravely for one effort more,
Your motto thus display;
Protection for our native shore!
Sustained by Harry Clay!
fi.
And o’er our gallant chieftains grave
Pledge we our faith this day,
In weal or wo, no change to know,
’Till triumphs Harry Clay!
Chorus.
’Till triumphs Harry Clay, my boys,
’Till triumphs Harry Clay;
In weal or wo, 110 change to know,
’Till triumphs Harry Clay.
iWftccUancoiis.
MARRIED IN SPITE OF THEIR
TEETH.
A choice Anecdote. —Old Governor Sal
tonstall, of Connecticut, who flourished
some forty years since was a man of some
i humor, as well as perseverance, in cflec
j ting the ends lie desired. Among other
anecdotes told ofhim by the New London
people, the place where he resided, is the
following :
Os the various sects which have flour
ished for their day, and then ceased to ex
ist, was one known as tire Rogersites, so
called from their founders, a John, or Torn,
or some other Rogers; who settled not far
from the goodly town aforesaid.
The distinguishing tenet of the sect was
their denial of the propriety and scriptural
ity of form of marriage. “It is not good
for a man to be alone.” This they be
lieved, and also that one wife only should
“cleave lo her husband,” but then this
should be a matter of agreement merely,
and the couple should come together and
live as man and wife, dispensing with all
forms of the marriage covenant. The
old Governor used frequently to call upon
Rogers, and talk the matter over with him
and endeavor to convince him of the impro
priety of living with Sarah as he did. But
neither John or Sarah would give up the
argument.
Jt was a matler of conscience with them
—they were very happy together as they
were—of what use then could a mere form
be? Suppose they would thereby escape
scandal ; were they not bound ‘to take up
the cross,’ and live according to the rules
they professed ? The Governor’s logic
was powerless.
He was in the neighborhood of John one
day, and meeting with him, accepted an in
j vitation to dine with him. The conversa
tion as usual turned upon the old subject.
‘Now, John,’ says the Governor, after a
debate of the point, ‘why will you not mar
ry Sarah? Have you not taken her to be
your lawful wife ?’
‘Yes, certainly,’ replied John, ‘hut my
conscience will not permit me to marry her
in the forms of the world’s people.’
‘Very well. But you love her?’
‘Yes?
‘And respect her.’
‘Yes.’
‘And cherish her, as boneofyour hone,
and flesh of your flesh?’
‘Yes, certainly, Ido.’
‘And you love him, and obey him, and
respect him, and cherish him?’
‘Certainly, I do.’
‘Then,’ cried the Governor, rising, ‘in the
name of the laws of God, and of the Com
monwealth of Connecticut, I pronounce you
lo he husband and wife ?’
The ravings and rage of John and Sarah
were of no avail—the knot was tied bv the
highest authority of the State.— Bos. Mail.
Punctuation. —lt was at least a century
after the discovery of the art of printing,
before any other marks of punctuation than
the colon or period was used. About that
time a perpendicular stroke, like a paren
thesis without its curves, was introduced to
designate the pause of a comma. The
notes of exclamation and interrogation was
not used till the early part of the last cen
tury. Law books were formerly printed
as law documents arc now written, without
stops, which rendered it somewhat difficult
to understand the meaning, and hence a
rosc the well known phrase, “ the trlorious j
uncertainty of the law
THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT.
A steamboat leaves Stockholm every
j week, touches at Gefle, Hudiksvall, Hen
nosand, Unich, and other pointson the wes
tern coasts of the Gulf of Bothnia, at Wash
on the eastern, on its way up toTornea, at
the head of the gulf. This voyage is a ve
ry pleasant one, and gives an opportunity
to those who wish to go up to that very nor
thern city at the summer solstice, or on St.
John’s day, when from the neighboring
mountain they can have their faith confirm
ed in the truth of the Copcrnican system.
I For at that epoch, Ihe sun, to those who are
lon that elevation, does not descend below
the horizon, but is seen to decline to the
northwest, and verge more and more to the
j exact north, until it reaches at midnight its
I lowest point, hut it is just visible about the
j horizon. In a few minutes it is seen to
| commence its upwards course towards the
I northeast, and thus continues its glorious
1 progress until it reaches again its zenith in
the south. Even to one who is at Stockholm
at that epoch, the nights for two or three
weeks are sufficiently light, from the re
flection of the sun’s rays, owing to its being
so little beneath the horizon, for the per
formance of almost any business. We hap
pened about this time four year ago, to he
going up the promontory, of Upsala, and
were obliged to travel all night; and we
1 have a distinct recollection of reading a lct
j ter at midnight with ease, even whilst pas
j sirtg through a forest. And the year after
i at the same season, we often whiled away
: our leisure moments by sitting at the win
-1 dows of the house where we stayed, on the
I English quay in St. Petersburg, a city
i which is situated in the same deg. N. of
j Stockholm, and reading until midnight.—
j During that period scarcely a cloud was to
j be seen in the sky, which had both day and
, night, that light which is peculiar to these
j northern regions at that portion of the year i
and which is occasioned by the rays of the
sun striking the atmosphere of tiiat portion
of the earth at so small an angle. Scarce
ly a star was visible in the heavens at night,
and the moon, even when full, hardly
formed a shadow. At that season there is
something unnatural and deathlike in the
appearance of things as night sets in. Ilu- !
siness comes to an end before the sun goes
down, all nature falls into stillness and re
pose whilst it is yet light. And if you have j
been unaccustomed to such a state of things j
you seem, as you pass the streets, whether ‘
it be of Stockholm ofSt. Petersburg, Hen- ‘
nosand, orTornea, to be in the midst of a
city which is uninhabited. No living thing
perhaps is to be seen any where, as you
pass street after street, save some solitary
sentinel, with his grey coat and musket.—
Bards travels in Europe.
LOCUSTS.
This is a “locust year.” In many places
the woods for miles and miles in extent, are
alive with these singular insects. Durintr
the morning and noon hours of the day the
forest is filled with their monotonous noise.
The periodical visits of these insects in
multitudes excite tile wonder and curious
inquiry of some, and the ridiculous appre
hensions of others. It is said by some that
they appear every fourteenth year; others
say every seventh. All we happen to know
on tins head, is, that the last visitation of j
locusts occurred the same year that the big j
elephant ‘came round;’ hut whether that e?
vent was just fourteen years ago, passeth
our present ability toeompute. ‘This child’
trudged three miles, one broiling hot June
day, with a lonesome quarter of a dollar in
his pocket, to see the elephant,—and well
remembers having his cars dinned all the
way with the choral song of the hundred
thousand millions of locust-cs!
There are, or have been, very erroneous
and very superstitious notions indulged
concerning the locusts. In times past, cer
tain deep philosophers, who were specially
learned in entomological matters, did de
clare that they bored down into the bowels
of the earth for the space of seven years,
and bored up t’other seven. A decided
bore. They might find more profitable em
ployment than this.—lt has been quite a
prevalent opinion that these wonderful lit
tle sojourners carry upon their wings cer
tain prophetic signs of corning events. For
instance, when two W’s can ho made out
on their wings, War ami Want are prefig
ured ; two P’s indicate Peace and plenty.—
Some sharp-sighted folks, we understand,
have discovered, the letterE on their hacks
this year, which, in their sapient judgement
betokens war with England.—But perhaps
the most popular fallacy is, that they com
memorate the plague oflocusts in Egypt.
This notion was probably adopted because
they are called locusts, and because thev
are said continually to utter the name of
Pharaoh. We could never satisfy our
selves oftho correctness of this latter asser
tion, —being situated similarly of the fel
low who ‘cold ‘nt see the town for the hous
es,’ —the whole innumerable multitude
keeping up such a jabboring din, that it is
difficult to ascertain what any particular
individual does say. However, a few large
insects appear every year, called locusts,
and which, we believe, bear a pretty exact
resemblance to those at present under con
sideration ; they utter a sound which may
very readily be fancied to resemble the
word P-h-a-r-ci-o-h, sung with a peculiar
cadence and prolongation of the sound.—
The sound is strictly wild and pensive, and
not at all unpleasant to the observer
and lover of nature.—Early in June, when
vegetation is approaching its fullest luxuri
ance under the shining hot sun; when the
’ sultry glimmering, stvled “Larrcnce dan
ITI. K APPEL, Printer.
cing,” appears over the sunny fields and
along the hot lanes; when the morning war
blers have sought the cool shades, and their
songs are hushed; —when no sounds ap
proach your ears, hut the lazy “tvo-hoy” of
the distant ploughman—the impudent “bob
white ” or some solitary partridge—and the
shrill Phoraoh-ing of two or three locusts,
each in his lonely green hush, —you have
a subduing, overpowering sense of the pre
sence of sultry Summer.
Our locusts arc nothing moiethan aspe
cies of large grasshoppers, and hear no re
resemblance, in their habits, to the great
destroying locusts of the East. They are
an innocent, harmless little people, incapa
ble of devouring a single leaf or blade of
grass. But these locusts of Egypt “cov
ered the face of the whole earth, so that
the land was darkened ; and they did cat
every herb of the land, and all the fruit of
the trees which the hail had left, and there
remained not any green thing in the trees,
or in the herbs of the field, throughout all
the land of Egypt.”
Commentators on the bible, and natural
ists, say that the locust (of the East) be
longs to a genus of insects known by the
name Grylli: which includes three species,
Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Locusts. The
I great brown locust is about three inches in
length, resembling in its general appear
ance a grasshopper; but its mouth fitted
with an apparatus enabling it to destroy
vegetation with great facility. Eastern
travellers relate that they come in vast
clouds, which extend from fifteen to eight
teen miles in length, and from nine to twelve
in breadth, so as to obscure the brightest
day. Both ancient and modern writers ve
rify the scripture account, that they come
and go in the direction of the wind. “And
Moses stretched forth his rod over the land
of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east
; wind upon the land all that day, and all
night, and when it was morning, the east
wind brought the locusts.”—Exodus, x 13.
“And the Lord turned a mighty strong west
wind which took away the locusts, and cast
them into the Red sea ; there remained not
one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.”—lb.
I x. 19.
We have no account that these fearful
insects ever appeared in our laud.
Greens. Put.
Tin; Aeeaolitj:. —A New Invention. —
This is anew instrument of most ingenious
C?
! invention, and of great importance to sci
! ence. The purpose it is intended for is
to ascertain, to a mathematical certainty,
the aera of any irregular given surface, or
the square of a circle. It is of material
use to surveyors, who by means of it, can
ascertain the exact contents of any given
plot, no matter how irregular. It is ascer
taining the surface upon the known princi
ple of ascertaining solids. We have all
heard ofgiving the number of cubic inches
in a handfull of brush, by placing the same
in water, and measuring the amount dis
placed. This instrument acts upon the
same principle in regard to surfaces. It
consists of two plates of glass, of very even
and regular surfaces, placed together in
a frame, so close together as to admit only
a piece of common drawing paper between
them. It is of a retangular form and closed
on three sides, the fourth being open to ad
{ mit a given amount of quicksilver. The
area in the frame, occupied by the quicksil
ver is then ascertained.
The plot correctly cut on the paper is
then introduced, and the space between the
glass plates being no greater than the
thickness of'tlio paper, the quicksilver is
displaced, as water would he in a vessel in
which any solid is introduced. They are
now occupied by the quicksilver, with the
plot in its midst, is measured and ascer.
tained, and the difference between this and
that occupied by the quicksilver alone,
gives the exact area of the plot.
It is the invention of Dr. Thomas Wood,
of Smithfield, Jefferson co., Ohio, who has
secured his evention hv patent. It has been
I adopted by the Legislature of Ohio, for the
State Surveyors. The Franklin Institute
lof Penn., have presented a medal to Dr.
Wood for his invention, after a careful ex
| animation of the instrument, to which they
give in a certificate, the most unqalified re
commendation. It is one of those simple
inventions that strikes you at once, and
founded as all simple inventions, are upon
the principles of truth, produces admira
tion and conviction at first sight.—Pitts
burg Daily Amcr.
Beans. —The people down east are death
on beans ; cold baked beans; beans ‘boil
ed in a bag ;’ beans mixed with corn ;
string beans ; beans in all their variety and
excellence. They are folks who ‘ know
beans.’ On Sundays, especially, do they
attack these poor innocent vegetables. A
good old Dominie who labored in one of
these bean eating towns, made a calcula
tion, by which he concluded that he preach
ed to about four bushels of beans every
Sunday. A ;ongregation of vegetables.
Something new under the Sun. —A new
enemy to the cotton planter lias made its
appearance in Panola and DeSoto counties,
Mississippi, in tiio shape of innumerable
Snails, which eat up and destroy the plant,
commencing with the leaf, and ending their
repast with the hud. They are apparently
the common sized snail without a shell,
such as may be found adhering to the bark
iof trees in wet weather. Several entire
j cotton plantations have been ruined by
1 th'-m. Memphis Enquirer.
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