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. €i. COTTIIVG, Editor.
No. 42— NEW SERIES.]
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I\EW SHOES.
TO- WIT, the following: Ladies’ Kid, Calf,
and Prunelle Walking Shoes; Women’s
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
JYotice •
A LL persons indebted to the late firm of Mc
il MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to
make payment immediately to
JOHN 11. DYSON.
January 6, 1812. 19
Bonnets !
JUST received a lot of latest Styles, at pri
ces to suit the times, at
BELCHER’S Cheap Cash Store.
June 9, 1842 41
For Sale,
Bg-Jl A HOUSE and LOT, well hn
’ m iWm P r °ved and pleasantly situated in the
‘•I'laSP Town of Washington. For further
particulars, apply to
STEPHEN G. PETTUS.
May 19,1842. 68
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
next, tefore the Court-llouse door in
Washington, Wilkes county, between the legai
sale hours, the allowing Properly, to-wit:
Tract of Laud containing twenty-three
more or less, lying in said county, joining
Irvine and others, belonging to the estate of Bai
ley Lunsford, deceased. Sold for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors. Terms made known on
the day of sale.
PETER LUNSFORD, Adm’r.
May 5, 1842. 36
GEORGIA, ) Whereas, James M. Smythc,
Wilkes county. $ Guardian of Mary H. Smythe,
applies to me for Letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors 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 day
of May, 1842.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
May 12. m6m 37
GEORGIA, > Whereas, Eliza Mankin, ad-
Wilkes county. £ ministratrix, with the will an
nexed, on the estate of Benedictine Crews, de
ceased, applies for letters of dismission.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credi'-
nrs of said deceased, to be and appear at my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause (if any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this Bth day
of June, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
June 9. m6m 41
AND
THATCHES, Clocks, and Jewelry of every
~ * description repaired and warranted, by
A. W. KING.
Washington, April 28,1842. 35
Ileiluclion !
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the
public, that owing to the change in times,
he will work at the following reduced prices :
Putting in Main-spring, $2 00
“ Hair “ 1 00
“ Verges, 2 50
“ New Chain, 1 50
“ best Lunett Chrystalsf 75
“ Flint “ 50
“ Common “ 371
Cleaning Lever Watch, 1 50“
“ Common “ 75
And all other work in proportion.
O’ Work 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.
ILF All work warranted, and unless satisfac
tion is given, no charge made.
R. 11. VICKERS.
May 5,1842. 30
To the iuipfic.
FpilE undersigned will commence a School
-1- in the house formerly occupied by Mrs.
Allison, on Monday the 18lh instant, designed to
be oue of a permanent character. This institu
tion does not appear before the 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 the desire
of the Subscriber to connect tho interest of the
community with that of this School. This lie
will endeavor to do, first, and chiefly, by perse
vering effort on his part to raise the standard of
solid Education, and to confer its benefits, to the
utmost ot his ability, upon those committed to his
charge : And, secondly, by reducing the Rates
ol Tuition so as to correspond with the present
pecuniary pressure, which has touched our own
community as well as the country generally,
with its withering influence.
Pupils will be prepared for admission into any
College, either Northern or Southern.
Rates of Tuition :
Ist. Orthography, Reading, Writing, with El
ementary Geography and Aridimetie. $4 50 per
quarter.
2d. Practical Arithmetic, Algebra, Geography,
Grammar, Natural and Mental Philosophy, Lo
gic, Belle-Letlers, and Chemistry, Ss>6 25 per
quarter.
3rd. Latin, Greek and French Languages, Ge
ometry', Day’s Course of 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 of all the Pupils sufficiently’ advanced
to profit by them.
April 14, 1842. 33
TIIE Copartnership heretofore existing at
Petersburg, Georgia, under the copartner
ship name and style of BPEEI), HESTER, &
Cos., was dissolved on the 31st December last.—
Said Copartnership being composed of Wade
Speed, James M. Hester, and Uriah O. Tate.
U. O. TATE.
May 3, 1842. 36
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
VfIfTILL bo sold before the Court-House door
* * in 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
of Nathan Eckles, deceased, being the heirs in
this case. I’erms made known on the dav of
S ■ VER ‘ ns’r. ‘
April 21,1842. oi Matthew Favor, dec.
GEORGIA, / Whereas Baker Lipscomb,
Wilkes County. ( Guardian of Wylie M. Pope,
applies for Letters of dismission.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon,
and admonish, all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of said Minor, to be and appear at
my office, within the time prescribed by law, to
show cause, (if any they have,) why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 23d of
March, 1842. JOHN H. D\SON, Clerk c. o.
Marcii 31. mfim 31
‘...•EOfttiiA, l Whereas, James M. Smythe,
Wilkes county. ) applies to me for Letters of
Dismission on the Estate of Samuel M. Smythe,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular, the kindred and credi
tors of said deceased, to be and appear at my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause (if any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 9th of May,
1842.
JOHN H. DYSON, c.c.o.
May 12. m6m 37
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.
April 7,1842. de bonis non.
FOUR months after date, application will be
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 countv, deceased.
MARY H. BELL, Adm’x.
May 26,1842. m4m 39
ITIOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of 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. L. RAREST RAW, Ex’r.
March 17. 1842. m4m 29
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, tWILKES COUNTY, GA„) JUNE l. 1812.
COTTING &. BUTLER,
ATTOKMES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE over C. P. Co
zart’s Store.
January, 1842. 28
To the Planters of Ocorgia.
A PENNY SAVED IS TWO PENCE EARNED.
rpilE Subscriber is now offering to the Far-
JL mors of Georgia, “MIMS’ WROUGHT.
IRON PLOUGH STOCK,” invented by the
Messrs. Seaborn J. & Marshall Mims, of Oc
lebbahan county, Mississippi, and patented by
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 Hoes, (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 thorn.
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. 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 tiie most accommodating terms.
O’ All communications on this subject, post
paid, addressed to me at Miliedgeville, or Wash- j
ington, Wilkes county, will meet with immedi
ate attention. B. L. BARNES,
Agent for S. J. &. M. Mims.
January 27,1841. 22
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Trom the Marion ( Alabama) Herald.
SATIRE WELL AIMED.
We take particular pleasure in directing the
attention of the reader to “The Bustle,” by a
member of the Literary and Philosophical Socie
ty. The lines are really beautiful and caustic,
and we must say the subject which he satirizes
is one at which ridicule may with great proprie
ty be directed—at least in the opinions of the
gentlemen.
THE BUSTLE.
Haste, Venus ! daughter of the purple wave,
Unveil on earth thy radiant charms no more;
Hie, maid of beauty, to thy coral cave,
_ Thy peerless reign, alas ! too soon is o’er.
Nor longer now, ye artless Graces, raise
Your forms in sweet perfection to display :
Love, Grace and Beauty with the Goddess dies,
Since now la mode proclaims the “Bustle’s”
sway.
Hail! humpback’d muse, if such a muse there be,
Os gods begot, or of the briny sea,
List to my song, sweet goddess, now attend,
And with my verse thy bumpiest numbers bleud.
From Helicon, or from Parnassus’ height,
Look o’er my page and guide my pen aright.
Toll me, ye daughters ol the tuneful Nine,
If one of you o’er wore a hump behind !
Tell me, ye sisters of the graceful Three,
ll sucli a hump on one of you there be !
Oil! say, sweet goddess of the nimble chase,
Does such a hump your outward woman grace i
Proclaim it, mistress of the rosy morn,
Does such a hump your <#itward Eve adorn !
Speak, gentle Hebe, fairest of the fair,
And if a hump thou hast, sweet goddess, tell us j
where.
I Tail, beauteous Psyche ! thou whom nature blest j
With charms by far more perfect than the rest; j
In praise oi whom botli gods and men combine ; I
Say, lovely sprite, wearest thou a lminp behind
In vain, alas ! the sculptor’s god-like art
Bids grace and beauty into being start!
In vain be moulds tho female form divine,
If Venus lacks an extra hump behind I
In vain Apollo strikes the tuneful lyre,
And ail the Muses in her praise conspire !
Even Poets tinir, ’mid Tetnue’s floworv maze.
And gods combine to utter tortli her praise !
Ah, no ! ’mong all in vain I seek to find
-V maid who wears a shapeless hump behind.
Proclaim it, daughters ot tiie tuneful choir,
And touch my song with notes of liquid fire,
Whilst now 1 sing of etiquette, the laws,
Extol la mod'’, and plead a “ cause.
Hail, beauteous hump ! mysterious bustle! say j
Os flesh and blood, of rags, or bran or hay,
Art thou composed, and dost thou claim
A local habitation and a name ?
Say whence tiiou sprang, and what thy use and j
end,
And those I promise with my verse to blend. I
Tbou art, indeed, tiie pride of every belle
Who likes at all to cut an extra swell,
And, by thy will, secure the utmost honor
That feathers, rags, or hay, can heap upon her.
I know of humps, at least*a score in all,
Which have been worn time immemorial,
To-wit—tiie back, the shoulders; and ’ts said
That humps abound upon the smoothest head.
Now, if from these paternity you claim,
Then tell me, pray ! what is your proper name !
Some call thee “Bishop,” “Boiikey,” “ Tour
nure,”
And others, by at least a dozen more ;
But now, forsooth, myself will call thee “ Bus
tle,”
Which means, you know, to frisk about and hus
tle,
Or move, at least, witiiin so small a compass
As not to raise a riot, row, or rump- us.
But these aside, in thee alone we find
Love, grace and beauty, in one heap behind ; j
In thee alone new beauties rise and live,
Which only art and etiquette can give.
Among tiie grave, tiie gay, tiie sad, or merry,
Each maid displays a hump, la Dromedary;
The rich, the poor, tho’ duns & debts entrammel,
Are found equipped, ala mode de Camel ;
The young, the old, though long since tired of
fashion,
Alike delight tiie extra hump to lash on.
In truth, ’tis strange the gods should thus mis
take,
And place such beauties on a Dromcly’s back, j
When Venus, sure this mark of grace should j
claim,
And raise complete, her beauty, back and fame. ]
Ilail, wond’rous age ! when Nature’s perfect law \
Resigns the contest to a bag of straw ;
When Fashion bold, embracing every whim,
Augments the form where Nature fain would
trim,
And taste, as fickle as the fleeting wind,
Must needs attach an extra hump behind ;
While youth and beauty, bending ’neath the load,
Becomes a martyr to the laws de mode.
But, spite of these, I’ll plead a “ Bustle’s” cause,
Extol la mode, anil emulate the laws,
The age, the custom, etiquette, and taste,
The largest bustle, and the slenderest waist;
And it lor these I’m favored by tiie fair.
I’ll add the grace, the manners, and the air,
For all are written in that perfect code,
The Law of Fashion ; or, in French, la mode.
ORIE.
Jrii*StUiSiH O t • v-.
He’ll Do. —The Rochester Republican
tells of a man who come to market to dis
pose of his cattle, which naturally led to
conversation on the very common theme of
“hard times.” “Y T es,” said the cattle sel
ler, with an air of peevish positiveness,
“times are hard, and this is a hard world,
and in my opinion very few will get out
of it alive.”
A Frenchman, who was exhibiting va
rious sacred relics and other curiosities,
produced among other things a sword,
which he assured his visiters was “ de sword
dat Balaam had when he would kill de ass.”
A spectator remarked that Balaam had no
sword but wished for one. “ Ver well;
dis is de ver on“ he wish for.”
From the Tennessee Watchman.
ru E TWO HARPS.
Had they or hearts, or yes , that did tliese deeds !
Could eyes endure to gain* BUc i, cruel hands !
SUAKSPEAKE.
We present to our readers a narrative
which is identified with tho early history of
lenncssce, ami which must shock and hor
. rify the soul of every individual possessing
J the ordinary social feelings and sympathies
jof human nature. The tender, the delicate
i and tender female, tnay well feel the shud
derings of horror thrill through her soul,
and allow the pale mask of terror to mantle
her lovely visage, while she peruses a nar
rative of such tragic deeds of carnage and
death. Indeed, the bold and brave and
manly bosom, may indulge the risings of
i virtuous and chivalrous indignation, when
j ho reads the story of slaughtered babes and
I matrons, youths and men, murdered in cold
blood, merely to gratify a hellish thirst for
i carnage, and a fiendish delight in human
! misery, that men could possess, but a devil
incarnate, carrying within his unnatural
j and accursed bosom all the ranking and
j burning furies of the infernal regions:
“ In tiie year 1707 or ’OB, two men came
into the county of Knox, said to be from
j Georgia, and represented themselves as be
| ing brothers, bearing the name of Harp.
| One of them was a largo and big boned
i man, of a most vicious and savage counte-
I nance, whose name was Micajab, who had
a wife. The others name was Wiley, who
! was not married. As to where these men j
j were raised, or what their right names !
j were, Harp or not, has never yet been as- j
I certained. Shortly after settling themselves
j W iley married a young lady by tiie name
I of Rice, tiie daughter of an old gentleman
| who lived some five or six miles from Knox
: ville, while the other, Micajali Harp, took i
j another woman to live with him, by the !
j name of Roberts, and thus lived and coliab- !
j ited with both. They planted and cultiva- j
j ted a small crop, the first year after they |
j came to the country, and lived in peace and
friendship with their neighoors. But at the
end of the year they commenced stealing
and plundering ; however, it was some time
before they were detected. They stole
hogs and sheep from their neighbors, on j
Beaver Creek, and sold them to John Mil- i
ler, an old gentleman living in Knoxville, j
which sale led to the discovery of tho thieves. \
Shortly after, they stole several fine horses j
from a man by the name of Tie], who resi- j
ded in the immediate vicinity of Knoxville. !
,Tiel suspected the Harps, procured a few
of his friends to go with him in search of his j
horses ; they went to the house of the Harps |
and found they were not at home. Tiel j
and his friends went in search of them.— j
Upon examining the woods, they found
where horses had been fed ; and, taking the
trail, they pursued them across Clindf riv
er into tiie Cumberland Mountains, where
they found the Harps encamped in a large
cave, and the horses empounded near bv.
They succeeded in taking the thieves and
recovering the horses ; but before their ar
rival at Knoxville, the Harps broke custo
dy and escaped.
Shortly after this, tiie Harps commenced !
tho bloody work of inhuman and ruthless
murder, which they prosecuted to an extent |
that alarmed and terrified tho inhabitants of
the whole country. Their relentless and |
furious rage, neither the aged nor the youth; j
neither regarded sex nor color.
They first murdered a boy bv the name t
of Coffey, who was on bis way to mill, on {
Copper Ridge, in Knox county. Their next j
victim, so far as known, at least, was a man j
by the name of Johnson. They murdered j
him on the road about two miles below I
Knoxville. They shot him through the j
head, ripped him open, filled his abdomen
and chest with stones, and threw his body |
into tiie [lolston river.
These tragic deeds aroused the whole !
community. Every man carried his fire
arms, his dirk, or his butcher-knife about
him ; and search was made after the Harps
in every direction and every section of the
country. These monsters in human shape, j
afterwards murdered a man by the name of
Ballard, supposing him to have been Hugh
Dunlap, Esq., who had been very vigilant
in endeavoring to arrest them.
The whole community was now in a ;
state of consternation and alarm; compa
nies were raised, scouts kept continually J
out, and rewards offered for die apprehen
sion of those murderers and murdering
wretches; in consequence of which they
were compelled to seek shelter in a more
wild and uninhabited country ; and they,
therefore, fled, taking their women with
them, to the mountains, along the line be
tween Tennessee and Kentucky, occasion
ally breaking into the settlements and com
mitting tiie most awful murders.
When they left Tennessee, they went
through the mountains at the Cumberland
! Gap. When they had proceeded as far as
| Richland Creek, in Knox county, Kentucky,
they fell in company with a man by the
name of Peyton, wiio was peddling, having
his goods packed upon his horse. The
Harps murdered Peyton, took his horse and
goods, and proceeded on their journey.—
Shortly afterwards they came to the house
of a man by the name of Pharris, who was
settled upon the road, and kept a public
house, for the accommodation of travellers.
They arrived at Pharris’ about breakfast
time in the morning. A young man by the
’ name of Langford, from the State of Vir-
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j ginia, who was on his way to Kentucky,
I had lodged at Pharris’ the night previous,
[ and had not left, having tarried to take
i breakfast before lie set off’on bis journey,
j They also called for their breakfast which
was furnished them, and afier they had eat
en they disputed with the landlady (Phar
ris not being at home,) about tiie charge ;
upon which Langford remonstrated with
them for quarreling with a lady, whereupon
the Harps quarreled with Langford, who
told them that if they were scarce of money
! k “ as no justification for disputing with a
| lady, and that he would not permit anv man
ior any set of men to abuse a lady in his
j presence. Finally, Langford paid the
j charge for the Harps, and all set off togeth
! er. After travelling a few miles the Harps
i murdered Langford, and threw his body by
I the side of a log, and covered it over with
! brush. A few days after, a company of
J men were driving cattle along the road, and
j “hen tiie cattle arrived at tiie place where
j Langford had been murdered, they took
| 1 right and run in every direction, bellowing
most hideously. The drivers were aston
j ished at this strange and singular freak of
j the cattle, but their surprise was soon in
! creased ; for in collecting their cattle they
discovered the corpse of Langford. His
name was marked upon his clothing. His
corpse was carried to the house of Pharris,
and was immediately recognized by the fa
mily. Tiie Harps were pursued, arrested
and carried to Danville, Kentucky, and
committed to prison. They, however, soon
broke jail and made their escape. They
now went into tiie new part of Kentucky,
where they increased their attrocities to a
most dreadful extent; murdering ail class
es and sexes without distinction, not for
plunder, but for the love of shedding human
blood. They sometimes robbed travellers,
but from citizens they took nothing, except
such articles as their immediate necessities
demanded. Murder was their every day
occupation. Again those horrible transac
tions aroused the community, and they felt
it absolutely necessary for their safety to a
dopt some means to free themselves from
tiie depredations of such a marauding foe.
They collected into companies and scoured
the country, in search of tiiose brutal mur
derers ; and in consequence of which the
Harps returned to Tennessee, contriving,
however, on their march thither, to wreak
their blood-thirsty and hellish vengeance
upon almost every unsuspecting traveller
they met with on their route. This excur
sion of tiie Harps was made in 1790 or 1800,
and tlie many unknown murders committed
during tiiis excursion will only be revealed
when tiie secrets ofall hearts shall be made
known.
After their return from Kentucky, they
remained in Tennessee a short time before
it was known or ascertained that they had
returned ; but as soon as the citizens were
informed of their return, they began to be
on tire alert, and sent out scouting parties
to seek for them. They, however, soon re
turned again .to Kentucky, crossing Clinch
River in tiie eastern part of Roane county.
Thence travelling along what was called
the Kentucky trace, ascending tiie Cumber
land mountain, and crossing Emery’s river
at or near where the town of Montgomery
now stands. About two miles beyond the
river they met two men, one by the name of
Brasil, whom they murdered, while tiie oth
er, whose name is not recollected, made his
escape; Brasil had with him a gun, which
the Harps shattered and broke to pieces o
ver tiie rocks. They proceeded on into the
State of Kentucky, spreading death and de
solation among the inhabitants. On all
these bloody excursions they took their wo
men with them—camped in the woods or
lived in rock houses or caverns among the
nioti ntains.
When they entered Kentucky, they mur
dered a man by the name of Love, then
proceeded to Henderson (now Union,) a
thinly populated region. In this country
lived a man by the name of Slegall, who
had formerly lived in Knox county, Ten
nessee. The Harps had frequented his
house on former occasions, and it is said,
had cautioned Stegall’s family never to de
signate them by their real names in the pre
sence of any person. On their arrival in
Henderson, they encamped with their wo
men under a projecting bluff’of rocks, call
ed a rock-house. They went to the bouse
of Stegall early one morning, and called
for breakfast; Stegall not being at home,
Mrs. Stegall told them they could have
breakfast, but they would have to wait some
time, as her child was very fretful & cross,
and she had no one to nurse it. The Harps
replied that she might put the child in the
cradle, and they would attend to it until she
cooked their breakfast. She accordingly
placed her innocent babe in tho cradle, and
retired to the kitchen to prepare breakfast
for them, leaving them rocking the cradle.
After Mrs. Stegall had prepared their break
fast, and the ruthless and savage murderers
had partaken of her hospitality, she went to
the cradle to see if the child was asleep,
expressing some astonishment that the child
should remain quiet for so great a length of
time. And what must have been the hor
ror that seized upon a mother’s soul, and the
pang that rent bosom, when she beheld
her tender, harmless, and helpless infant,
! lying breathless, with its throat cut from
J ear to ear, and almost floating in its own
I blood ! She shrank with horror from the
J awful and shocking spectacle, uttering a
! loud and frightful scream ! while the rust
| ling current of Iter veins were pouring back
their floods upon her woe-stricken heart,
I and the warm blood curdling in her bosom.
1 Rut the relentless monsters 1 nqt theip.
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