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NEWS JAZETTE. WASHINGTON, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1843. FOR PRESIDENT, L jDasrarar qw>^r ,Q£r More snow fell here on last Tuesday lian has fallen since 1833. Its average epth was about four inches. Ii is a visitor s unusual as it is uncomfortable, the first hat has fallen during this winter, and it is obe hoped the last. Snow is by no means welcome, when, as at present, many fruit reos are in bloom, except to the lovers of hat very damp amusement, snowballing. We make some extracts on our fourth page, from the Report of the Com nissioner of Patents, forwarded to us by Mr. Meriwether. The whole document is rery interesting, especially to farmers, and we shall continue our extracts for their benefit. 00“ We have received from S.A.Holmes, Agent, in Augusta, an Extra New World, containing the second part of the new Nov el by Dickens, &e. Those who wish to procure the work, can conveniently do so of Mr. Holmes. Slate of Parlies. Now that Congress has adjourned, and the Convention season is coining round we may expect some new movements among the candidates for the Presidency. Among the rival Democratic candidates; the fight is already becoming interesting; and in it, hi. Van Bucen seems to be rapidly gain ing the advantage. The prospect that Mr. Calhoun will get the nomination of the De mocratic National Convention, grows daily less, and in consequence his partizans dis play even more bitterness towards the Van Buren section of their party than towards their common enemy the Whigs. To such an extent does this feeling extend, that it is hinted that if Mr. Calhoun fails in getting the nomination (and he undoubtedly will fail, being no match lor the little magician in political manoeuvring,) he and his por tion of the party will come over to the sup port of Mr. Clay, a movement which can hardly be hoped for, although if there is a ny thing in the doctrine of affinities, they are much more likely to amalgamate with the Whigs than with the Northern Loco, focos. In the mean time, Mr. Tyler is actively at work on his own account. He is buy ing up such freemen as are for sale, whose number in this county, unfortunately, is not inconsiderable ; he is subsidizing press es, almost every day we hear or read of some papor having hoisted the Tyler flag, and he is employing the whole of his Exec utive power and patronage to secure a nom ination. lie has hitherto worked rather in the dark, but we may soon expect some de velopment of his designs ; his hope is pro bably that for the sake of compromise be tween Calhoun and Van Buren, the Demo- cratic party will nominate him. Me can of course expect nothing from the Whigs who m -thready determined and united up on til*'. candidate. With the influence of i° n * le l ,osscsses ant * l * le organized a the- active army of office-holders under his Command, the Captain is a candidate not to be despised by the Democrats ; as for the Whigs, they are accustomed to fight a gainst official power and can do without him. Cass,'•Johnson, and the minor candidates of our opponents, seem to be almost disre garded in the very pretty fight which is go ing on between the more important sections of the Democratic army. Whether they will ever rise to any importance in the con test cannot now be foreseen. The prospects of our success, under the banner of HENRY CLAY, are brighten ing daily. Every where unanimity and enthusiasm pervade the Whig party, good omens of a victory as great & more perfect than that of 1840. Quiet and seeming in activity now reigns among them, but the Whigs are ready, and when the time comes for action, will come to the contest with an energy and in numbers which will over whelm their adversaries. The National Intelligencer of the 2nd inst. says “Mr. Forward is no longer Secretary of the Treasury, his resignation having taken effect yesterday”. It is supposed that Mr. Forward was too much of a Whig to suit the President, and therefore he was compelled to obey the Cap tain’s word of command, ‘Forward March /’ The Hon. Henry A. Wise has been nom / inated to the Senate by the President of the United States, to be Minister Plenipotentia ry pr)d Envoy Extraordinary to France. (fCr Wo have before us a number of the “ Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State,” published in 1798. The politicians of that day were not much behind those of tile present in the science of political squib ing, witness the following : “ The people of New England, are so strenuously desirous of putting the sedition bill into operation, that an honest magis trate in the vicinity of Quincy, has com mitted a man to prison for saving that “ John Adams was born without a shirt !” Another man was apprehended for call ing the President’s dog a son of a b h ; hut for want of sufficient proof was dis charged ! The result of the municipal election in New Orleans was in favor of the Whigs.— W. Frnret was elected Mayor by a major ity of 315 votes. The Virginia House of Delegates have carved anew county out of several of the old ones, and called it “Ritchie” in honor of the editor of the Richmond Enquirer.— Mr. R. has sent an earnest letter of remon strance to one of the members against hav ing “ honor thrust upon him” in this way. but we believe the House insisted upon it, and of course Mr. Ritchie must consent.— Indeed, we don't see how he is to help him self. • GENERAL CLINCH. The following'compliment is well merit ed by’ the General; In the House, on Wednesday, Mr. Stoke iey, from the Committee on Military Af fairs, reported a joint resolution requesting the President, to cause a Sword (to cost sl,- 000.) to be made, and presented to General Clinch, for his services and good conduct at the battle of VVitlilacoochic, in Florida ; read twice and referred to the committee of the Whole on the Slate of the Union. Savannah Georgian. The Washington correspondent of the U Stales Gazette says : “Mr. Nathan Dunn, of Philadelphia, now, 1 believe, in London, is spoken of as Minister to China. A more efficient or bet ter qualified man probably could not be found in this country. His long residence at Canton, and thorough knowledge of the character of the Chinese, as well as of their trade, eminently fit him for the important task of negotiating a commercial treaty be tween the two nations.” Important. —An eminent physician has recently discovered that the night-mare in nine cases out of ten, is produced from ow ing the Printer. Think of that, delinquents, and pay up 1 The Bill to lay off the State of Alabama into Congressional Districts upon th e white basis alone , has passed both Houses of the Lagisiature of that State, and is now a law. Thus, the principle laid down in the Con stitution of the United States, guaranteeing to three-fifths of the slave population full political weight in the distribution of politi cal power over the Union, is repudiated by a “ democratic ” slave.holding Stale. It will be remembered that a similar proposi tion was made by a democratic Senator in the Tennessee Legislature last fall, but was promptly scouted down. Why may not all the non-slave holding States of the Union with as much propriety disclaim the right of political power now enjoyed by the South on account of its slave population, as that the non slave holding counties in Ala bama should withhold it from the slave holding counties ’ Republican Banner. The Latimer Petition, which has been presented to the Legislature of Massachu setts, consists of a roll of paper two feet wide and half a mile long, equal to -if’.oo superficial feet. It is headed by Latimer the fugitive slave from Virginia, and 62,526 others, obtained in 205 towns in Massachu setts, beside, id ‘owns out of the State. Its gross weight ■ 150 ibs. The Congressional petition, now in the possession of John Quincy Adams for pres entation, is of the same dimensions as the above and headed by Latimer. On it arc ; the names of people from 174 towns in Mas sachusetts, and 22 unknown, comprising the names of 51,862 persons. A Phenomenon.—The St. Louis Era of the 13th ult. has the following paragraph: Some of the papers in the upper part of Missouri notice the fall of a dark substance resembling steel.dust, immediately after the heavy snow two weeks ago. The light of the sun was obscured all day, on Tues day, by dense clouds of this substance and it is known to have extended to several coun ties. From the Peoria Register, February 10. ECONOMY OF A SPECIE CURREN CY. The Receiver of the Dixon land office passed through town on Saturday last on his way to St. Louis, with $30,000 in spe cie. To convey this sum it was necessary to employ two wagons and three men, ma king, with the receiver himself, two for each wagon. They left Dixon on the Mon day previous, and, in consequence of the inclement weather and bad roads, did not arrive here, though the distance is but nine ty miles, till Friday night. Finding the river closed, the party went on by land, and will probably reach St. Louis in the course of next week. It is estimated that it will cost upwards of S2OO to transport this money to St. Lou is. We have been advised that it cost just about S2OO to collect a draft last fall, sent by the Treasury Department to the person having charge of the work of improving the navigation of the Mississippi just below St. Louis; and we are also advised that it cost about S4OO to collect a draft of about $30,- 000 sent to Prairie du Chien the present winter. On the latter occasion one item was for the payment of S7O for transporting the specie in the stage from Dixon to Gale na, whicli is about half way to the Prairie. Who pays this enormous tax ? Does the Government or.tlie draft-holder? In either case it is certainly oppressive. Could we get back to the good old system of a solid National Bank, it would cost, to send uny amount of Government money from Dixon to St. Louis, just nothing at all, unless a special messenger was employed for the purpose, and then it would cost compara tively nothing. llow beautifully the sys tem works ? Correspondence of the Albany Evening Jour. WASHINGTON’S OLD SERVANT. Washington, Feb. 5. The spirit of patriotism within me has been refreshed this morning by communion with a mati whose existence constitutes a link—probably the only link—which con nects the present with the long, long past. Having noticed that a hill passed the House of Representatives granting a pen sion to John Carey, who was the servant of Col. Washington at Braddock’s defeat, and who was also his army servant during a part of the Revolutionary war, I inquired him out, and to-day the Hon. Mr. Briggs of Massachuse !s and the Hon. Mr. Morgan of our own State, accompanied me to the old veteran’s cabin, which is upon a branch of the Potomac, about a mile from the Navy yard. Wc found him in good health and with a strong feelingof gratitude to God and his country at the prospect of a pension.— lie says that the people ofVirginia, thirty year- ago, told him that if he came to Washington, lie would be sure to get a pen sion, and though lie has suffered many years of disappointment, instead of com plaining, tie has been thankful for the mer cies ami blessings he has enjoyed. When we commenced conversation with him his voice was tremulous and his utter ance difficult. But this, as his feelings rose, was overcome, and he talked for an hour and a half with much animation, evincing remarkable intelligence, a strict regard for truth, and a just sense of propriety. He did not know how old lie was but from in formation derived from persons who knew him best, fixes his birth in 1729. He says that he was several years older than the “Colonel” at Biaddock’s defeat. Wash ington took him as a servant when he en tered the army in 1743, telling him he must give away his fiddle, stop playing with dice, and he would take care of him, and that he found him a kind, good master. Ile gave us a brief but intelligent account of the disastrous battle in which the English General fell. This living chronicle of a battle which occurred almost one hundred years ago, from the lips, of one of the ac tors in the same, was deeply interesting. Mr. Briggs showed the old negro a sword belonging to General Washington, which by many was supposed to be the one worn at Braddock’s defeat. After examining it tlie old man said that it was not so : that the ■ Colonel” had two swords with him in that campaign, both of which he said he had the care of, and which he described. Mr. B. informed him that the sword came from Washington’s grand nephew ; but lie per sisted in saying that it was not used in that campaign as is the fact, for upon the belt buqkle“G. W. 1737” is engraven, show, ing that it was made two years after that battle. He then gave some accounts of scenes on the Brandywine, in the Revolutionary war, and of t he surrender of Cornwallis when he was again Washington’s servant, but with less distinctness, showing that the earliest scenes were best remembered. When he heard of Washington’s illness, he came from his residence to Mount Vernon, arri ving the day after the General died. At first no body there knew him, or who would allow ibni to see the remains, but his impor tunities finally brought some of the family out by whom he was recognized. \t'he close of the war General Wash* itigfon gave him one of his military coats, v. h hhe has carefully preserved, and val es it is a relic above any price the world can offer. This was shown to us. It is blue, with yellow facings, and large metal buttons, six of which have been feloniously cut off by visitors. In looking at and talk ing of this precious garment, the old man brightened up and became enthusiastic.— Mr. Briggs asked him what he would take for the coat. He saw the question was not in earnest, and barely replied, “Don’t ask such a question, massa.” Mr. Morgan, with apparent earnestness, repeated, “flow much money shall I give you for it, John?” At this he drew up and replied with spirit, that if he had nothing but rags to wear, and nothing to eat, all the money in the world could not buy that coat. But he added, “you may put it on as a heap ofladies and gen tlemen have done before.” Having been with him more than an hour, I spoke of going but he urged us so earnestly to stay that we remained much longer, listening with constantly increasing interest to one who has lived to more than fivescore and ten years. His mental faculties are yet unimpaired. His vision and speech are affected, but hearing is good. His wife is more than seventy years his junior, and his only com panion and nurse. They live in a cabin which he built before the late war. The bill which has passed the House un der the auspices of Col. Taliaferro and Mr. Briggs, gives him a pension of SBO per an num, commencing in 1842. A Novel Steamboat. —The Baltimore Clipper says:—“A steamboat is being built at New Castle, Delaware by Captain Rob inson, upon an entirely new plan. She is constructed without frame or timbers, be ing put together upon the principal of a hogshead, with iron hoops. She is eighty five feet long, has twelve feet beam, guards included, twenty-one feet six inches hold, and when ready, will not draw more than two and a half feet water. The hooping does away with caulking, and having no frame gives her more room and less weight as well as being a great saving of timber and monev. From the New York Express. THE NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.— THE SOMERS AFFAIR. There is much more going on in this ci ty pertaining to the Somers investigation, than what appears in the Reports. We have already noticed the mission to Massa chusetts of the Custom House Officer, S. S. Southworth, the correspondent of the Madi sonian; and we now see that the indefatiga ble Secretary at War, whose vigilance and whose vengeance were never known to sleep has dispatched here a prominent and close ly confidential Clerk in the Department of War on a mission somewhat similar to that ofS. S. Southworth in Massachusetts. It is certain that this Clerk, now in this city, has sought access to the prisoners brought home in the Somers for trial, under a charge of mutiny ; and it is to his pre sence we attributed the question of the Judge Advocate with regard to the employ ment ot the chief of the mutineers, in ma king Southwesters to keep himself and the other prisoners warm on the passage home; and also, in all probability, directly or in directly, the withdrawal of those prisoners from the jurisdiction of the Navy, has been brought about by his agency. To whatever agency this movement has been owing, the effect is most prejudicial to the attainment of just ice. Some of the apprentices are be lieved to be deeply guilt}’ ; others in a less degree. By keeping them apart, the less guilty might have been used not only to con vict the others hut to show the whole plan of the mutiny. But this would not have suited the insidious enemies of the officers of the Somers. In contempt and in subver sion ofall military and naval authority, these prisoners have been removed from the custody of the naval officers. They have been thrown together and furnished with facilities to consult and combine.— They have been emboldened in their hardi hood by being produced in the courts, sur rounded by sympathisers such as crime sel dom fails to command among us, and con verted into martrys, instead of being looked upon as men who fully meditated to be come the worst enemies of the human race. We need not enlarge upon the impropri ety of this extraordinary course of the Se cretary of War. If the Secretary of the Navy is the man we take him to be, he will not long tolerate this interference with the Navy ; and if the President be the man, he has been, he will inquire why a New York Custom House Officer was despatched to Massachusetts from his post here to pro cure testimony, but more particularly, why a Cleric in the War Department is absent from his post on so extraordioary a mis sion. Asa further specimen of what is going on, we must call attention to a scene that has been got up before the Recorder. Dan. McKinley, one of the apprentices brought before the Recorder on a Habeas Corpus, testified that several of the prisoners (ap prentices) who were confined by the Com mander ofthe Somers for mutiny, were ac tually sowed up in sacks, sometimes with their hands out, and sometimes with the sacks drawn over their head, on the passage ofthe brig from St. Thomas to New York. To make the most out of this, one ofthe ci ty papers that lives upon exaggeration, and libels, and then complains that it is so often sued for them (not half as often as deserved) announced, that “it appears in evidence, that Commander McKenzie double-ironed several naval apprentices, and had them tied up, besides, in bags or sacks, as you would shot grouse.” !! This horrible revelation seems so to have alarmed the Recorder that he let McKen ley loose, it may be to play the mutineer again. The true facts of the case, howo ver, have been brought out by Lieut. Gan sevort in his examination. And so far from these sacks having been used either for se curity or for the punishment of the prison ers, they were furnished to them from mo tives of the highest humanity. They were made expressly for their comfort and to protect them against the chillness of the night winds, and in consequence of com plaints from some of them that they were cold on deck. They were very large al lowing the free use of the limbs, and never drawn over the head at all, except at the will of the wearer, and in order more effec tually to protect them from *the weather, the “boys” were fnrnished with head-co,v erings called “south westers.” Every sol dier ofthe French Army in the Russian campaign, and every soldier in a winter campaign now, is provided with precisely such a protection, and such sacks are fur nished to the soldiers as regularly as any other part of bis field appointments. Cold weather . —Friday before last was a “cold Friday” at the North and East, to say nothing of places nearer home. At Au gusta, Me., the mercury fell to 17 below zero, and in some positions, 22. At Troy, N. Y., 24 below zero. At Norway, Maine, to 31 below zero. But this is nothing to what took place on the Housatonic Rail Road where the boiler of the Locomotive froze up, while under full head of steam !! The particulars of the phenomenon are thus stated in the Norwalk Gazette: Extreme cold. — We understand that the weather has been so intensely cold during the past week, on the lino of the Housaton ic Rail Road, that the water in the boiler of the locomotive actually congealed while the engine was in operation, and the train was brought to a dead stand ! It is not of ten that the weather is cold enough to pro duce such effects. LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI. The Gallatin Signal of the 10th ultimo, states that on Tuesday the 7th, two negro men belonging to a Mr. Burnett, were for cibly taken from the premises of that gen tleman, about 7 miles South of that place, and hanged, without the benefit of clergy, judge or jury. This is a most disgraceful affair, and the circumstances which led to it, are briefly these : A few days previous the negroes had went to the house of a Mr. Noland, when that gentleman was not at home, and after abusing his wife, rifled all the trunks, drawers, &c., about the house, and decamped. This outrage was i mine - diutely made known to the proper authori ties, who, neglecting to take the necessary steps to have the negroes arrested forth with, a number of Mr. Noland's friends as sembled together, to the number of about twenty, and went in a body to Mr. Bur nett’s, and taking the negroes front his over, seer, hanged them without ceremony, as above stated. N. O. Tropic. COUNTERFEIT DOLL A R.S. Some of the counterfeit coin which lias been introduced into the cities East of us, has reached this place. The Baltimore Clipper says: We were yesterday shown a counterfeit Mexican dollar, which was so admirably executed as to be detected ouly by the clo sest examination. There are two particu lars in which the counterfeit differs from the genuine dollar, viz.: the snake in the eagle’s mouth in the counterfeit touches the A in the word Republica, which is not the case with the genuine, and the branch run ning before that word is split at its termina tion, so that a part of it goes under the R, whereas in the genuine dollar it does not reach the R. The spurious dollar is defi cient in weight nearly a twelve and a half cent piece. Tested by aquafortis it does not immediately exhibit the copper, but af ter a short time the verdigris is plainly vis ible. Our citizens should keep a good look out for these counterfeits, as it is probable that many of them arc in circulation. COUNTERFEITING ESTABLISH MENT BROKEN UP. The Cincinnati Message of the 9th inst. gives the following account of the arrest of a notorious counterfeiter, and the discovery of his “mint:” Avery important arrest was made last Saturday evening by officers O’Neill, of the sth, Ruffin, of the 2d, and Davidson, of the 3d ward, under the following circum stances : Officer Quigg, of the New-York City Po lice, arrived Imre on Friday evening, in quest of Leonard Whitcomb, with a requi sition from the Governor of New-York — and not meeting with the prompt assistance he expected on applying to the city mar shall, he made application to Mr. Davidson, who, with the co operation of Messrs. Ruf fin and O’Neil, succeeded in making the arrest, near the intersection of Sixth-street with the Whitewater canal, Whitcomb be ing then on his way into the city. On Sun day, officers Ruffin and Davidson went o ver to Covington, Ivy., and proceeded in company with officer Quigg. to Whitcomb’s residence, in the lower part of the city, where, after diligent search, they discover ed iiis whole coining apparatus, together with the metal and dies for half dollars, dimes, half dimes, six a fourth cent pieces, all of which they brought over to the city. These gentlemen deserve great credit for their promptness and energy in arresting this old and notorious ofi'ender. Whitcomb has been engaged in “tink ering with the currency” lor several years, and lias generally escaped through the meshes of the law. Amongst his papers was found a list containing the names of a desperate and organized gang, extending through the whole country. Apples of Sodom. —One of the first ob jects which attracted our notice on arriving at Ain Sidy, was a tree with singular fruit; which without knowing at the moment whether it had been observed by former travellers or not, instantly suggested to our mind the far-famed fruits “Which grow Near the bituminous lake where Sodom stood.” This was the ’Oslier of the Arabs, the Aselepias gigantea velprocera of botanists. * * We saw here several trees of the kind the trunks of which were six or eight inches in diameter ; and tbs whole height from ten to fifteen feet. It has a greyish cork-like bark, with long oval leaves, and in its general appearance and character it might be taken for a gigantic species ofthe milk weed, or silk weed found in the Northern parts of the American States. Its leaves and flowers are very similar to those of the latter plant, and when broken off, it in like manner dischar ges copiously a milky fluid. The fruit greatly resembles externally a large smooth apple ororange, hanging in clusters of three to four together ; and when ripe is ofa yel low color. It was now fair and delicious to the eye, and soft to the touch ; hut on be ing pressed or struck, it explodes with a puff, like a bladder or puff- ball, leaving the liand only the shreds of ihe thin rind and a few fibres.—lt is indeed filled chiefly with air, like a bladder, which gives it the round form, while in the centre a small slender pod runs through it from the stem, and is connected by thin filaments with the rind. The pod contains a smali quantity of fine silk with seeds, precisely like the pod ofthe silk weed, though very much smaller— being indeed scarcely the tenth part as large. The Arabs collect the silk and twist it into matches for tliir guns, prefer ing it to the common match, because it re quires no sulphur to render it combustible. The most definite account we have of the apples of Sodom, so called, is in Josephus ; vho as a native of the country is better au thority than Tacitus, or other foreign wri ters. After speaking of the conflagration of the plains, and the yet remaining tokens ofthe divine fire, he remarks, that “there are still to be seen ashes produced in the fruits ; which indeed resemble edible fruits in color, but on being plucked with the hands, are dissolved into smoke and ashes.” In this account, after due allowance for the marvellous in all popular reports, 1 find nothing which does not apply almost liter ally to the fruit of the ’Osher as we saw it. It must be plucked and handled with great care in order to preserve it from bursting. We attempted to carry some of the boughs and fruit with us to Jerusalem, but without success.— Robinson's Biblical Researches in Palestine, &c. SILK TO REPEL A BALL. The efficacy of silk in repelling a mus ket or pistol shot, L i freqtn utly been made a subject of doubt und (il.-.et.-.sion. Wo have lately met with what we conceive to be a strong demonstration of \\> repelling force, in a late publication by a m ib< til of ficer of the army, (Dr. A. Neele.) which derives additional interest from :i celeb rity of the person principal}’ eo. ■tried. ” Avery promising young officer of engi neer/. with whom I lived in habits of th greatest intimacy and friendship, while etc ployed in repairing the breaches ofCiudad Rodrigo, consulted mo respecting an obsti nate headache and giddiness, which 1 found was principally occasioned by his wearing a stiff leather stock. I earnestly recom mended him to lay it aside, which lie tena ciously declined ; when as . a further in ducement, 1 told him that, in the event of substituting a black silk handkerchief, it might one day preserve his life, as silk would certainly turn a hall which might penetrate leather. At length he complied, and, as I had predicted, his headache left him. We soon after separated—he going to the light division, and my station being with Lord Hill. Thecampuign commen ced, and in a few weeks 1 learned, with the greatest grief, that my gallant friend Lad fallen at the head of the first storming par ty at St. Sebastian. I was then stationed at Ileynoze, many leagues distant. As I believed him dead, my surprise and joy were great on recei ving a letter from him some weeks after wards, acquainting me that, when on the very glacis, he had been wounded with a musket-ball, by a man on the wails. He immediately fell, covered with blood, which streamed in profusion from his mouth and nostrils. One of his own corps dragged him immediately into the trench. lie was carried to his quarters and the wound, on examination, was pronounced mortal ; the hall not being found, was supposed to have lodged in the vertebrae of the neck. He lived, however, for three days, and no bad symptoms coming on, the surgeons began to doubt the accuracy of their opinions The sapper who saw him fall was examin ed, to ascertain whether he had seen the bullet, which was instantly produced from his waistcoat pocket, saving that, on unty ing Mr. Reid’s silk handkerchief, he found part of it carried into the wound, and using a little force in withdrawing it, the ball came out with it not a single thread of the silk handkerchief having given away, as appeared on examination. Mr. Ileid re covered, and is now a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and Governor ot the Bermudas. CCOi 5i CK Cl A I From the Chronicle and Sentinel, March 2. AUGUSTA EXCHANGE TABLE. STECIE BASIS. Augusta Notes. Mechanics’ Bank, par. Agency Brunswick Bank, . , . . “ Bank of Augusta, “ Augusta la.. Banking Company, . “ Branch Georgia Railroad, .... “ Branch State of Georgia, .... “ Savannah Notes. Slate Bank, par. Marine <)■ Fire Insurance Bank, “ Planters’ Bank, “ Central Rail road’Bank, . . 5 a 8 dis’nt. Country Notes. State Bant, Branch Macon, . . par. Other Brunches State Bank, . . “ Commercial Bank, Macon, . . “ Bruns unck Bank, **. Milkdgeiilie Bank, Georgia Railroad Bank, Athens, “ City Council of Augusta, ... “ Ruckerstille Bank, “ Branch Murine <(• Fire Ins. Bank. St. Mary's Bank, “ Branch Centralli.lt.Bank,Macon, 5 a S dis’t. Central Bank, 25 a 30 “ Exchange Bank of Brunswick, no sale. Insur. Bank of Columbus, Macon, no sale. Phoenix Bank, Columbus, . . no sale. Bank of Hau'kinsville, ... “ City Council of Columbus, Macon and Milledgeville, . . . uncertain. Monroe Railroad Bank, broke. Bonk of Darien and Branches, “ Chattahoochee R. R. f B'king Cos. “ H i stern Bank of Georgia, “ Bank of Columbus, .... “ Planters’ <|- Alec’s. B'k. Columbus, ** Bank of Octnulgee, “ Geo. 6 per ct. Bonds for Specie, a 50 per dol. Gco.ti “ “ “ none in market. South Carolina Notes. Charleston Banks, ...... par. Bank of Hamburg, ..... “ Country Banks, ....... “ Alabama Notes, ... 30 a dis’nt. Checks. On New- York, sight, . . . par. Philadelphia, “ Baltimore, “ Lexington, par a ’ “ On Richmond, Va. ... J a “ On Savannah, .... par a j dis’nt. On Charleston, .... par a-j “ months after date application will be ■*- made to the Honorable Interior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordi nary, for leave to sell the Real Estate of John W. Sherrer, deceased. WILLIAM SIIERRER, Adm’r. March 9, 1843. m4m 28 GEORGIA : ) Whereas, John L. Wynn Wilkes County. ( applies to me lor Letters ot Administration on the Rea! Estate of Argyle Norman, deceased. This is, therefore, to cite, summon, and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and appearat 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 6th of March, 1843. JOHN 11. DYSON, C. C. O. Marcli 9. It ‘-8 HOTIGH. PERSONS indebted to us for last years Ac count? are requested to cad and pay them. d s we onened no account but with die expecta .ou of its being punctually paid. WILLIS & HESTER. O* Persons indebted to me individually aie request'd to call and pay their Notes or ;'c counis. FRANCIS T. WILLIS February 23, 1843. T *26
