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to comprehend the organization and the !
politics of Northern or VVastern society.
Mr. Tyler is one of the most extraordinary
specimens of the truth of this assertion.—
He honestly believes ho has a great party
at the North. lie honestly believes, no
doubt, that “the Democracy” of New Jor
soy, the other day nominated him for the
Presidency ! It would bo impossible for n
ny human being to convince him, or Mr.
Calhoun under like circumstances, that this
Democracy was only playing a trick with
I Jm. Neither of them could comprehend
the solemn farce there going on. Mr. Cal
houn would take it just as much in earnest
as Mr. Tyler docs. So would nearly all
the Democrats of the South, for in a sparse,
and amid a slave holding population, they
never come into contact with that incon
gruous, indescribable impulse, that is, as it
were, the electricity of the non slaveholding
populous States. They may he great men
on paper. They may make great speeches
in Congress. They may give us Presi
dents, and all that, but when measures are
to be adopted “ the Democracy of the
North” will have its way, which is to make
all the money it can, whether consistent, or
inconsistent with its principles.
Hws anTbazettl.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1843.
FOR FRENI!HINT,
maaißTr
OO” By the |toliteness of Mr. S. A. Holmes
of Augusta, we have been favored with a
copy of Bulwer’s new Novel, the “ Last of
the Barons.” It is interesting, possess
es the usual characteristics of Bulwer’s
writings, and is a specimen of the truly
historical novel, throwing much light upon
the times and extraordinary career of that
singular statesman Warwick, “the King
y Maker.” The work can be procured of
Mr. Holmes, for the low price of 18$ cents.
OCT The communication of our corres
pondent “ Juvenis,” contains some useful
hints concerning changes in the mail^be
tween this place and Augusta, which we
should he glad to see carried into effect.
Our mail accommodations have been nar
rowed down year after year, until the Au
gusta mail is now the only one of much im
portance which comes to this place ; every
thing has been made to yield for the con
venience and profit of the “ Georgia Rail
Road,” we now receive our Northern pa
pers and letters with far less regularity and
with no more expedition than we formerly
did when the mail was carried in stages,
and we should be glad to itave the mail re
turn to the old mode of conveyance : every
little snow-storm stops or delays the Rail
road cars ; every sleet or freshet is an in
surmountable obstacle in their way. We
think, since so little is left to us, that wo
ought to have the fullest practicable enjoy
ment of what the Post-Office Department
vouchsafes to us.
We would gladly move in the matter,
being as much interested as anybody ; but
our doing so might appear to sanction, out
correspondent’s heinous imputation of being
an “ elderly gentleman.” Let “Juvenis’
take the trouble on himself. “Kiderly
gentleman” indeed !—humph ! ask the La
dies.
The Comet.
This celestial stranger has created much
interest in all parts of the country ; the pa
pers from every direction being full of ac
counts of its appearance, and speculations
as to its nature. Some had supposed it to
be the phenomenon called the “Zodiacal
Light,” but that opinion seems now to be
generally abandoned, as its nec/cus lias
been discovered and described, and as it
differs so entirely from the “Zodiacal
Light,” that it seems strange it should ever
have been mistaken for it. As it is almost
the only subject of interest now stirring, we
have devoted some space to it to-day.
Since our last, it has increased in
splendor and size, and now appears one of
the most imposing phenomena that has been
witnessed by the present generation of man
have been but two that have equalled or
surpassed it in the length of its tail (which
is estimated to be over 100,000,000 of
miles,) though others have appeared more
brilliant. It is now on its course from the
sun and will shortly disappear. It is to be
hoped, therefore, that astronomers will take
advantage of this opportunity to determine
if possible, with more certainty, the nature
of these uncommon visitors.
The time has gone by when the appear
ance of these bodies created consternation
throughout the world. It has been doubt
ed whether their very near approach to the
earth could any effect on our plan
et on account ot their extreme tenuity and
the velooity with which they move out of
the sphere of the earth’s attraction. A
Comet is said once to have eclipsed the
Moon; consequently, passing vi ry near
the earth, without producing any effect, an
other got entangled among the Satellites of
Jupiter, making no apparent change in that
planet or its inoons, though the accident
seems to have some influence on the comet,
completely changing die period of its revo
lution. The probability that one of these
celestial vagabonds will come in contact
with the earth is so small, that it scarcely
amounts to a possibility, the chance of col
lision being estimated at one in 281,000,-
000.
We think the present Comet can hardly
he blamed, lor the extraordinarily cold
spring this year, as has been unjustly laid
to its charge. It is still some 100,000,000
of miles distant from us, and its approach
ought to produce heat instead of cold, as it
is now on its way from the sun, and its
temperature, if astronomers are to be be
lieved, cannot be much less than that of
red-hot iron. The comet of 1811, was sup
posed to have affected us only in that it
much improved the vintage of that year,
but the idea is probably as chimerical us
that which ascribed to it the character ot a
prognostic of our war with England which
ensued soon after. “ Comet Champagne”
is still famous however, and good as we
have reason to know.
Father Miller is a lucky fellow. Earth
quakes, storms, comets, midnight-cries,
(very common in the houses of married peo
ple blessed with babies;) “signs in the hea
vens and .-.igns upon earth” happening just
previous to the time when he fixed the ful
fillment of his predictions, will inevitably
tend to increase the delusion he lias caused.
Men and women previously half-inclined
to trust in his specious calculations, will
become zealous converts, and we may ex
pect for a time, to hear of more excitement
among his followers at the North, more
foolery and more insanity among those w ho
“ wrest the Scriptures to their own des
truction.”
FOU THE NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
Mr. Cotting : —By turning to the propo
salsofthe Post-Master General for carrying
the mail from this place to tiie Double
Wells, it will be seen that the mail from
Augusta is to arrive here on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 A. M., and
that the mail to Augusta is to leave her
oil Tuesdays, Thursdays ami Saturdays at
3P. M. We have several serious objec
tions to this plan, essentially the one now
existing. If carried into execution, our
letters to Augusta will be answered less
frequently and less quickly than they
should ; and persons going to Augusta w ill
be detained there much longer than they
would he under proper arrangements. If
the mail could start from hereon the after
noon of the same days it came in, by which
arrangement it would reach Augusta Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday mornings,
we could hear from our correspondents on
Wednesdays, Fridays and Mondays.—
Every one knows, who has tried tiie pres
ent arrangement, flint letters written on
Tuesday in reply to t/iose received by Mon
day morning’s mail, remain unanswered
until the Friday following ; and tbit let
ters written on Thursday in reply tolj those
received by Wednesday morning’s mail,
remain unanswered until Monday. Every
one knows, also, who is obliged to visit Au
gusta, that if he starts from here Tuesday
lie cannot return until Friday; and that if
he starts on Thursday, lie cannot return
until Monday. Should the alteration sug
gested he made, letters written Monday s
and Wednesdays, will he answered two
days sooner, and persons visiting Augusta
he enabled to return home two days sooner.
I hope tiiat you will call public attention to
the subject, and procure a memorial to the
Post-Master Genera!, requesting him to al
ter his plan before the new contracts are
made. I ask you to lead in the matter, be
cause you arc more interested than any oth
er single person, and because under the
auspices of an elderly gentleman like your
self, our wishes will certainly be carried
out. JUVENIS.
The Small Pox. —Since our last, three
new cases have appeared in the family ot
the City Physician, and a case of Varioloid
at tho Hospital. By proper vigilance on
the part of the Municipal officers, tiie terri
ble scourge may be confined to its present
localities —without it, there is no security,
as many have neglected vaccination alto
gether, and many more are satisfied with a
spurious‘mark’ ofthe kino pox. We think
it is as little as we could ask of tiie Mayor
and Alderman that all unnecessary com
munication witli the infected points should
be strictly prohibited, and that none of the
poor be overlooked 4>y those appointed to
vaccinate.
We still think that no danger need be ap
prehended by planters and others who visit
the city. The house of the city physician
is quite remote from tiie business streets,
and the hospital entirely below the city lim
its.—Columbus Enquirer.
A matter of Taste. —“ That is right,
Tommy,” said a mother to her hopeful soc,
“ always do right, and people w :il always
give you praise.” “ Praise,” reiterated the
bud of promise, “ what is praise ? I’d ra
ther have a cud o’ gum !”
Nashua Telegraph.
Within the past two weeks wc have
heard of no less than three convictions for
murder, viz: one in Lumpkin, a father for
killing his son, another in Green for killing
a brother-in-law, and another in Gwinnett,
of a man for killing his overseer. In the
lust case the killing took place about 0
years since ; the murderer fled to Texas,
hot Inst year, having returned to Kentucky,
was arrested, brought to Georgia, and tried
last week.— Gcor. Journal.
The effects of Miilcrism in some eases is
frightful. The Worcester jEgis says—
“ that eleven insane people have been com
mitted to the State Hospital in Worcester
lor derangement, represented by their
friends as resulting from attendance on the
lectures of the Miller sect, and a deep inter
est in his theories and doctrines.”
The Augusta [Me.] Banner says that no
less than four maniaos were brought to the
hospital in that place, last week, from one
town at the East, who were made insane
by the Miller doctrine.
From the New Orleans Bulletin of the 13th.
ESCAPE OF THE TEXI AN PRISON
ERS.
A report was brought by the iast arrival
from Meiainoras, that (he prisoners who
were captured u! Mier, and who were being
marched to -the eopitol had overpowered
their guard and escaped, by way of Saltil
lo, to Texas. We had the pleasure on Sat
urday, of conversing with Mr. Thomas
Nelson, who was one of those prisoners.
Me informs us that on the evening of the
fifth day after leaving Matamoras, they ar
rived at a small t illage where the inhabi
tants were indulging in dancing and other
jollifications in which most of the guard
joined. The prisoners had all laid down,
secured as they while marching, with their
arms tied behind with a rope, and yoked
together in pairs like oxen. A few of the
prisoners having worked themselves loose,
Colonel Fisher was informed that they in
tended to make a break —and the matter be
ing generally understood, those who were
still tied were released, and the guard
rushed upon, arid after a short struggle
overpowered and all the arms tiiat could he
found brought off. In this affair it was es
timated the prisoners lost 14 of their num
ber. The survivors then, in a body, made
for the Rio Grande, by the lower route,
(which being soft and marshy is impassable
for cavalry.) where they arrived in about
48 hours., travelling night and day, and
crossed about 75 miles above Metamoras
During this march they had scarcely any
tiring to eat, and were nearly naked. Al
ter crossing the river, our informant says,
they divided into several small parties and
took different directions. Col. Fisher, with
from 15 to 20 companions, took the upper
route, for St. Antonio. Hr. Nelson came
by way of Gonzales and Washington and
thence via Nagadoches to this city.
The Late Awful Gales. —The sacrifice of
life and property at sea during the last six
weeks has been, we regret to say, without
parallel in the history ofour mercantile af
iairs Upon reference to Lloyd’s hooks and
other authentic documents, it appears that
the total number of vessels lost during the
dreadful hurricane on the night of the 13th
of last month was about 180 and that the
nun.eei >f persons who perished with them
umounted to not less than 453. On the coast
of England 154 vests* F .-re wrecked, and
D.)O lives iost ; on tin const of Ireland, five
vessels were lost, with 104 lives; on die
coast of Scotland 17 vessels were wrecked,
and 39 lives lost; and on the coast of France,
four vessels and 100 lives. Tiie value of
ihe vessels and cargoes have been roughly
stimated at £585,000, viz: the vessels at
405,000, and tiie cargoes at £IBO,OOO. —*
On the throe following days after tiie 13th
numerous other wrecks occurred, to the ex
tent of nearly 60, the losses of which were
upwards of £240,000; this with the others,
making a total of £825,000. To this is to
he addi and the great loss of vessels that oc
curred in tiie course of the storm of Friday
and Saturday last.
What next ? —Part of Manchester) Eng
land, is kept clean by a street-sweeping
machine. This machine, by means of the
rotary motion of locomotive wheels, raises
tho loose soil from tiie surface of the ground,
and deposits it in a vehicle. Behind the
cart a series of brooms is fixed which, as
the wheels revolve, sweep the surface of
the street, and force the dirt up an inclined
plane, and then over into the body of the
cart. The cart is drawn by horse power,
and, as now in operation, will fill itself in
six minutes, leaving behind it aclear track.
This is termed in the patent “Whitworth’s
patent self-loading cart.”
DEATH BY DROWNING.
We are informed that on the night of the
12th inst. Mr. LITTLETON HUNT, of
Gwinnett County was found dead in the
Apalacha in that county, supposed to have
been drowned by the horse on which he
was riding getting into deep water. Mr.
Hunt is said to have been about 107 years
old. He was a soldier of the revolution,
serving in that war five years; was severe
ly wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs;
fought at die battle of Guilford, and per
formed about twelve months duty in the
neighborhood of Savannah- A braver
man, in all probability, never drew a sword
in defence of his country. He was a na
tive ofVirginia, but had been for the last
20 years a citizen of Gwinett county.
Athens Banner.
Legal Decision. —Judge Anderson, at the
March Term of Lumpkin Superior Court,
decided that a Mortgage not yet due. would
draw money to the exclusion of judgments
and fi. fas. in the hands of the sheriff, where
tiie judgments were rendered subsequent to
the execution of the mortgage.
A question was held up for advisement,
whether the increase of mortgaged personal
property was bound for the mortgage.
I Constitutionalist.
TilE COMET.
‘l'ho following account of comets is given
in the Encyclopaedia of Geography, and
will he found interesting and instructive at
this time:
Comets. —The fixed stars and the planets
are always visible when not obscured by
the superior light of the sun,; hut the class
of bodies called comets are seen only when
they are in that pari of their several paths
which lies nearest to the sun: at all other
times they move through regions of space
far beyond the reach of our vision, even
when assisted by the most powerful tele
scopes. The motions of the comets are,
like those ol” the planets, performed in elip
tic orbits according to Kepler’s laws ; but,
unlike the planetary orbits, the ellipses
which the comets describe are extremely
elongated: so that the small portion of their
orbits through which we have an opportu
nity of tracing them, coincides very nearly
‘with a parabola, the curve of which is the
limit of the ellipse when its greater axis is
indefinitely increased. The inclination of
the orbits of the cornets‘is very various;
some move in plains almost coincident
Willi tlie elliptic, and others in planes near
ly perpendicular to it They move also in
very different directions, the motion of seme
being direct and of others retrograde.
The comets differ widely from the plan
ets in their appearance, as well as in the
figure and position of their orbits. When
a comet is first seen, it is usually surroun
ded by a faintly luminous vapor, which be
comes more bright as the comet approach
es the sun, and at Ingth shoots out into a
long luminous and transparent train, very
much resembling a streamer, and exten
ding in a direction opposite to the sun.—
The dense part of tiie comet, which both to
th naked eye, and when viewed through a
telescope, resembles much the planetar)
bodies, is called the nucleus ; the faintly
luminous vapor by which it is surrounded
is called the coma ; and the long luminous
train proceeding from the comet in an op
posite direction from the sun is called the
tail. Between the nucleus and the coma
lies a part fainter than the former, hut
brighter than the latter, and in which the
nucleus appears involved: this is called tin
head of the comet.
The lengtli of the tail is very various.—
Sometimes it extends only a few degrees ;
in other cases, it lias been found to reach
over more than a fourth part of the hea
vens. If a comet does not come very near
the sun, the comet does not shoot into a tail,
but retains the appearance of a nebulosity
round, the comet during the whole period of
its being visible. The tail sometimes con
sists of iwo or more diverging streams of
light, and is always so transparent that the
smallest stars are seen through it without
any sensible diminution of their brilliancy.
Nature of Comets. —ln ages of ignorance j
comets have always, from tiieir extract'd;- L
nary appearance, been sources of supersti/
tious terror to mankind. This fear hr
been dissipated by the light of scieuffe,
which lias shown that the appearanye of
comets arc regulated by the samella s a sl
other celestial phenomena. We eJ‘ still,
however, almost entirely of the
nature of these bodies, though threat ma
ny hypothesis have been formeyconcerning
them, They were considere/ by some oi
the ancients, and particularly by Aristotle,
as accidental fires or meteors generated in
the atmosphere of the ear/i ; hut this opin
ion is obviously groundless. If they were
connected with the eartn or its atmosphere,
they would partake ofthe diurnal motion
on the axis, and couk[not therefore appear
to have a diurnal revolution in the heavens
along with tiie other celestial bodies. Be
sides, their having no diurnal parallax
proves that they are at a great distance
from the earth ; while the fact of their ap
parent motion being affecteff Xfj the annual
motion of the earth shows that they are sit
uated in the planetary regions. Observa
tion hasdemonstratpd that, like tiie planets,
they are permanent bodies, and, in all pro
bability, derive tVeir light from the sun.
From thesni/l portion of the orbit of
any comet, w inch we have an opportunity
ofobserving/ve cannot ascertain with suffi
cient accut/cy the elements necessary for
determining the period of its return ; but
supposing that their orbits are not disturbed
by any cause in those distant regions of
space through which the greater portion of
the paths of comets lie, it is evident that by
accurately observing all tiie cornets that
come within view, and carefully recording
the results, in the course of ages, the return
of many comets inav be detected, and their
periodic times ascertained. Hence thegrea
ter axis of the orbit of each may be deter
mined by Kepler’s third law ; and the com
et's least distance from the sun being found
by observations, the less axis will also be
come known. In this manner tiie periodic
time of sortie comets has been found, and
their return predicted.
Danger from Comets. —As th<* comets
traverse the planetary regions in all direc
tions, it is natural to inquire whether there
is not a possibility that someone of them
may approach so near to tiie earth as great
ly to disturb its motion, or by an actual con
tact to produce the most disastrous effects.
Upon this subject, there is no reasonable
ground for fear. 1 fit is not absolutely itn
possible that a comet may come in contact
with the earth, the probabilities against
sucli an event happening are as millions to
one.’ Among bodies so small in compari
son, with the immense space in which they
move, and moving with all velocities, and
in orbits that are inclined in all directions,
and are of all dimensions, how small must
he the probability that any two sliali come
in contact! Small, however, as this pro
bability is for any one age, if we take into
account a long series of ages, the probabili
ty may be greatly increased.
If we suppose tiie earth actually to re
ceive such a shock, it is easy to imagine the
calamitous consequences which must fol
low. The axis and motion of rotation be
ing changed, the waters of tiie ocean would
leave their ancient position, and would he
precipitated towards the new equator. A
great part of the human race, and of the
j lower animals, would he drowned by this
universal deluge, or destroyed by tlio vio
- lent shock impressed on tiie terrestrial globe.
W hole speoies ot animals might be annihi
lated. All the monuments of human indus
try and invention would ho overthrown. In
such a catastrophe we find, too, acause ad
equate to account for the ocean having over
flowed lofty mountains, on which it lias left
incontestible evidence of its presence ; ami
to explain how the animals and plants of
the south may have existed in the climates
ol the north, where we find the remains and
impressions of them. Lastly, such an c
vent accounts for the recentness of the mod
ern world, the monuments of which go back
scarcely 3000 years. The human race,
reduced to a small number of individuals,
and to tiie most miserable condition, would
for a long time be mainly occupied in pro
viding for their preservation amidst the
wreck which surrounded them, and would
lose ail remembrance of arts and scienc e ;
and when, by tho progress of civilization,
they at lengtli became sensible of the want
of these, they would find it necessary to re
commence, as if man had been newly pla
ced upon earth.
It seems impossible to contemplate the
picture of calamity here drawn, without be
ing forcibly struck with this singular coin
eitlence ; that if we suppose the period, of
the comet of 1080 (which in that year made
a considerably near approach to the earth’s
orbit to be 575) years, and count buck, from
the year 1680, seven revolutions, or a peri
od of 4028 years, we reach the year 2349
before Christ; the year of the deluge, as
fixed by clirouologeis.
If we lake into consideration the great
velocity with which the comets rtiove in ap
proaching to and receding from the sun, it
vident that the mere approximation of a
comet to the terrestial orbit, /could be produc
tive of little or no I'Jfctn. Accordingly, j
though a comet is said io have eclipsed the
moon, in which case i: must have been ve- ‘
ry near tiie earth, no t rsible effect was
produced.
In addition to the above: notice oftheCom
ets, we give a portion of an article on the
same subject, translat'd from the fifteenth
edition of Francceurb Astronomy
“ Comets, which ‘ere formerly regarded
as meteors, engen ered by the atmosphere,
are truly stars ’ery far from the earth ;
they are planet’ which describe an ellipsis
excessively stitched out of which the sun
is the focus : they are often accompanied i
by a vaporous tail, through which one can
even dis'hguish the little stars. This is
only at first a nebulosity which surrounds j
the c'.nct; it increases in proportion as it
appr aches nearer to tiie sun, and forms
soretimes an immense train which reacln s
n w and then to 90 degrees in length.
—The shapes of comets, moreover, are
vefy uncertain. The tail of that of tiie
year 471 B. C., occupied a third of the
ffieavens, according to Aristotle; tiiat of
the year 130 B. C., at the birth of Mitliri
dales, appeared during 80 days as large as
the sun. Ten years before, there had been
seen one which seemed to inflame ail the
sky. Justin reports that it had a brilliancy
superior to the sun, and occupied a fourth
of the sky. The comet of the year 45 B.
C., was very fine, and it was supposed, af
ter the murder of Julius Caesar, tiiat it had j
come to announce that event. That of the I
year 117 was, they say, very frightful. !
According to Freret, that of 479 was able j
to eclipse the sun in an extraordinary man- j
ner. In 400 one was seen in form of a
sword, which stretched from the zenith to j
the horizon. That of 531, surnamed Lam- j
piadas, was very large and very terrible.
The moon was a little larger in appear
ance than those seen in 1066 and 1506.
As for tiie rest, there is reason to believe
that they have muted much exaggeration
with tiie truth; and since nature lias been j
better studied we have had no eA-„- lD t e 0 f j
comets of such extraordinary size and brn- j
liancy. The most remarkable have ap ,
peared in 837, 1106, 1402, 1450, 1532, 16
18, 1680, 1759, 1769, and 1811. That of
1618 had a tail of 104 degrees in length;
that of 1080, one of the most celebrated and
most remarkable had a tail from 70 to 90
degrees; that of 1744 had six tails disposed
in fan form. There are those to the con
trary, which have no tails, nor even tiiat
sort of troubled lights which is called
beard, or fibrous or nebulosity. The
pliasis which was observed in that of 1744,
has made us believe tiiat these stars are
opaque bodies, formed by a mass which ac
companied a vaporous train of uncertain in
ienseness and size. The opinion of the o
pacity of comets, is confirmed by the last
experiments of Arago, on the polarization of
the light of tiiat of the year 1819.
A comet never lias any tail when it is
far from tiie sun, but as soon as it is thirty
millions of leagues from it, this vapor com
mences to form, and enlarges, in proportion
as it approaches the sun. Tho develop
ment has acquired its greatest dimension,
little after tiie periheiium. Afterwards, in
proportion as the comet increases in dis
tance from tiie Sun, the tail diminishes; it is
soon nothing but a cloud, and at last tiie
comet itself ceases to he perceptible.
Acknowledging an Error. —The Hon. N.
K. Tallmadge, in the U. S. Senate, recent
ly made the following acknowledgement of
an error committed by him several years
since. He was discussing his Exchequer
plan, and remarked that, the charter of the
U. S. Bank expired in 1811, another was
established in 1816. Tiiat charter expired
and he was one who voted against rechar
tering the Bank. He recollected well the
remark which a distinguished Senator from
Kentucky made to him shortly after lie had
given his vote. “.Sir,” said lie, “ there
was a young man from the West in Con
gress, in 1811, who voted against recltar
tering the old U. S. Bank. Time went on
and troubles on the country. We attempt
ed to get along without a National Bank,
but we found it indispensable to tiie proper
management of the finances of tiie country,
and the preservation of a sound and uniform
currency. Tiiat young man was convin
ced by experience, that the vote he hadgiv-
jen was at; erroneous one, and in 1816 ho
j voted to charter another United States Bank.
| You have now voted us that young man did
| at first, against rechniT ring the Bank ; hut
j time und experience will, I have no doubt.
| convince you, as they di i him, that you
i have committed un error.”
And sir, said Mr. TANARUS., 1 stand here to con
j fess that time und experience have convin
ced me of my error, and to ucknowli rigd
; that Mr. CLAY was right.
j The pertinacity w ith which Captain Ty
ler stuck to the nominations of Messrs,
j Wise and Cushing, reminds us of the reply
jof an old woman, of raul spunk, up the
country, who being examined and cross,
j examined in Court, until her dander ris,
i thus addressed tiie Attorney, who propoun
| ded the offensive int rrogulory to her, “Sir.
; I’m a woman of a strong compreliunktion.
j and when 1 gets my cotnpiniori fixed, I’m
hard to consequize.” Raleigh Star.
Caution in Settling Accounts—a Regal
Trap. —By a case lately decided in one of
our Courts, it turns out to he the law, that
when tho principal of a debt is received, an
action cannot he maintained for tiie inter
est. This is a point of law which it con
cerns the mercantile part of the community
to be familiar with, for it is a case which
may happen every day in ordinary deal
j ings. The policy or reason of the rule is
I not very plain, and it seems to he one of
| ‘hose remnants of barbarism which have
notyiolded to common sense. Such how
ever is plainly the law A creditor can
not receive tiie entire principal without sa
crificing tiie interest to which tie is just as
much entitled as the principal itself. Let
him leave a little of the principal, though
only one cent, and he is safe, but on no ac
count give a receipt for the whole.
N. Y. San.
A Nuisance. —A grand jury in Indiana
has presented tiie practice of dunning as a
nuisance.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
4 LL persons indebted to (bo Estate of Ilur
man Retail, late of New-York, deceased,
are requested to make payment, and those hav
ing any demands against the same will please
present them, in terms of law, for payment.
LEWIS S. BROWN, ) , , ,
JOHN 11 DYSON, J A<l "’ rs ’
March £3,1843. <t tit)
m'Ma
V LI, persons .;den eb to i,e Estate oTJoim
S. Higginb’ h in, deceased, tire requested
to make payin’ t, nd all .0 :a- : demands
against said estate, t e he by notified to present
thoir demands do authent ed to the admin
is’raters u ‘thin the time prescr .oil by law.
JOf;.\ G. lliwi .TABOTIIAM, ) .i ,
JOSE; •! SEWELL, \ Mmrs
March 13, ;543. eow3t 30
AD Mi Ms i RATOR’S SAIJS.
AIL’ lid. be sotd on “i hursday the fourth day of
* * M.,y ne.\,, at. the i iantadoii, two miles
from Eibenon, and at the late residence of John
3. Higginbotham, deceased, aii the Perishable
Property belonging to said decea: ed, consisting
ol Horses, < ows, Hogs, Slice; , (lease, Corn,
Fodder, two Wagons, Household amt Kitchen
Furniture, Plantation Tools, Blacksmith's Tools,
and many other articles not here mentioned.—
The sale to commence at the Plantation two
miles from Eiberton, and to continue from day
to day until all is sold. Terms will be made
known on the day of sale.
JOHN G.'HIGGINBOTHAM, ) , , ,
JOSEPH SEWELL, S
March 13, 1343. eowtd 30
ADM i-N IST it AT 1 . >R’S SALE,
‘SIS r ILL be sold o:. Monday the eighth day of
* * May next, a. the J.ue residence of Haley
ilut.er, deceased, in Eibert county, all the Per
t bab'e Property belonging to said Estate, con
si mg of Horses, Cows, Hogs, 81 mop, Oxen, two
Wagons, Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Household and
Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools, Wheat-fan,
and many other articles not here mentioned.—•
The sale to continue from day today until all is
-•id. Terms will be made know on the day of
sale.
EPPY BOND, Adm’v.
March 14, 1843. eow3t 30
CJeorgiu, iilbcrl eounljr.
Court of Ordinary. March Term, 1843.
Present, their Honors Thuinn.-: J. Heard, Wil
liam Mels, .-nd Robert Hester, Esquires.
ON reading the : etition of Peter E. Burton,
Executor ol the last will and testament us
J. .m Burton, deceased, late of Frarikiin county,
Georgia, statiig that be holds as Executor as a
ioresaid, the bond of William Woods, deceased,
late of Elbert county, bearing (Lie on the twenty
second day of October, eigh-.eo.i hundred and
nineteen, binding the caid William Woods to
make good and iawtui tries to the said John Bur
ton, for a certain tract or parcel ol Land m the
county*of Prankii , co'itainiig four imndred A
cres, more or ie.-s, on tie waters of Tugaloßiv
er, granted to I'houiaJM erivveaf her, and bound
ed at the lime <■: surtpy, t*y i :-d
Payne, Cal), ami M.lVYodt;, and (bat the said
William Woods, delurted h - life without exe
cuting titles in cot)i*mity with r-aid bond.
It is Ordered by tie Court, that aii persons
are hereby require-/to show cause, if any they
have, on or before jte firs Monday m Ji.iy next,
why titles should /tot be made and executed far
said Land, or oj/laiiure oi such cause being
shewn, theConrjwiii grant a Rule absolute te
quiring Jeptha Y7Harris, the administrator outhe.
estate of Willitjfc Woods, deceased, to make anil
execute titles Jr said Land unto the heirs gen
eral of the sai/ John Burton, deceased, accord,
iug to the teirir and effect of said bond ; and it
is further Or/ered by the Court, that a copy of
this Rule ha published in the News and plant
ers’ Gacetta once a mouth for three months**
previous lonlie first. Monday tn July next, tins
6th day of March, 1843.
A true dopy from the Minutes of the Court oi
Ordinary o* Elbert cm tins 6th day of March,
1843. WiLUAMB. NELMB, c. c q.
March 24. tndm 3.1
ELBERT SHERIFF'S SALE.
[roST'ONED FKOiI MARCH AFEIL SALE*j
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, before ’he Court-House door in filbert
cou tty, within thqjogai sale hours, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Ore Ne°ro girl named Petit, about 14 tears
old ; two hay Horses, 1 dark ray Fily, a id ono
I two-horse Baroucli, all levied on as the proj erty
! of Robert L Edwards, to satisfy sum ry ii fi 1
from the Superior and Interior Courts o. L.beit
county, against i aid Robert L. Ejwards and
others, _ _
THOMAS F. WH.US. Pep. I )nr:;t,
March 10.1848. 80
