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from her calculations when she took leave
ofit on quitting her toilet; that is, sol!’ is
so exquisitely a matter of worship with her,
that aha determines to hit upon the exact
mode of rendering it a matter of worship to
other people.
Solitary Confinement. —The Mobile Her
ald remarks that there has been but one
birth in tho village iff Lee, lowa, in the
past year.
NEWSANDGAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1843.
FOR PRESIDENT,
mtasrara
“The times have come when it does not
weigh a feather in our estimation what men
may have formerly been.”— Cmislitutionalist,
June 13, 1843.
We'shall take for our text to-day, this
very remarkable sentence of Mr. Guieu.
The intentions of the Editor in making this
declaration immediately upon his return
from Milledgeville, are two-fold—to choke
down, if possible, the deep murmurs of those
old union democrats with whom he has
hitherto been as oracle, and to let such of
the Whigs as feel disposed to change their
position, know that “ now is the accepted
time.” Truly must the Democrats in this
State have come to a distressing condition,
when men amongst them who have been
distinguished for an honest, eloquent, and
long support of Democratic measures, are
to be much less esteemed than the last
deserters from the ranks of the enemy!!
What other fate awaits the great Demo
cratic party than to be stripped of all its
honorable veterans, when it is openly pro
claimed as a fundamental principle of that
party, that the “ times have come when it
does not weigh a feather what men may
have formerly been ?” The words of the
Editor of the Constitutionalist properly
translated, mean simply this : “It matters
net, how long you have been an uncompro
mising Nullifier—how much you have ad
vocated disunion, sedition and civil war
fare—how many vile and degrading epi
thets you have heaped upon those determin
ed at all hazards to uphold the glorious
Union—how long you were the advocate of
Protective Tariffs, a National Bank, splen
did scheme of Internal Improvement, pro
vided you will now profess to be a Demo
crat and support professed Democrats.” A
party composed of such odds and ends, so
many detestable fragments, would only re
peat the disgraceful struggles which were
acted at our Capitol last winter, and which
caused this same Mr. Guieu to shed so ma
ny tears, and utter so many groans.
In all ages of the world, in civilized coun
tries, there have been parties ; but, never,
never, we repeat, until now, now converts
wereentitled to all the honors and dignity
and consideration of old professors. It may
be that these new professors have joined for
office, for spoils, to be leaders : It may be
■ that as yet thmare not purged of their sins
and heresies, and have not learned the car
dinal principles of their adopted faith—
hence the propriety of their serving long
and in a low degree, to give proof of sinceri
ty and fitness. As to Mr. Guisu’s cordial
invitation to Whigs, we have only o ri-nl v
I that jt has come too late. Thank Gob
deserters are all gone ! Two years
litical martyrdom have driven from
ranks the weak-hearted, treacherous and
I cowardly
I \ jThe Whigs of Georgia and the Union
I | ;■erally are now too firm, united’ and en
I thusiastic, to be seduced from their all'egi-
I ance, by the empty declaration of political
I opponents, that if they will only desert their
I colors, they will be as highly esteemed as
I if they had never changed. Nothwithstand-
I ing the old and wily Editor of theConstitu
I tionalist may cry out the doors are wide o
Sthe feast is ready, and all who enter
share equally, no matter where they
i from, in what company they have
■ been, in what manner they have lived, we
■ firmly believe no Whigs will be found par
■taking of his poisonous dishes. He would,
■we think, be a consummate fool who would
■leave the bright banner of Henry Clay, to
■fellow the tattered flag of John C. Calhoun,
Hlefaced with such a multitude of inconsist-
Bnt mottos and devices that its followers
scarcely tell what they are.
H We,would hope, indeed, that there are
Borne ancient and worthy Democrats, men
Bvhom we trulj’ admire for their steadfast
ness, sincerity and ability, who would ex-
H|use themselves from mingling in a motley
where past services and firmness
|flre iven considered disqualifications for
station.
Hj Tl| sentence of Mr. Guieu, upon which
n e (|ive commented at such length, re-
forcibly of a passage in the Play
of Coriolanus, where this celebrated Ro
man eudeavors to excuse himself for turn
ing against his country :
■ ... “ 80, fellcst foos,
Whose passions and whose plots have broke
their sleep
To take the one the other, by sonic chance,
Some trick not worth an egg, shall grow dear
friends
And interjoin their issues. So with me : *
My birth-place hate I, and my love’s upon
This enemy’s town.”
Irish Repeal Meetings in the
United States.
It is not at all surprising that in the City
of New.York a meeting should be hold for
the express purpose of assisting British sub
jects, by money and otherwise, in a mad
effort to sever the British Empire. It would
he passing strange if"worn-out and broken
down politicians did not seize the present I
remarkable position of affairs in Ireland, to
hoist themselves into power in this country.
We cannot however refrain from express
ing the utmost surprize that any portion of
the citizens of Georgia, or of the Southern
people, should approve or pursue this im
politic course of conduct, directly sanction
ing principles, against which ere long they
will be obliged to contend. If any part of
the American people should preach and
practice unceasingly the doctrine that the
citizens of different States should not inter- ;
sere in any manner with the internal af- j
fairs of each other, it is that part south of
Mason & Dixon’s Line. The advocates of
a “Repeal of the Union” urge, that Irish
subjects are deprived of civil liberty and
almost in the condition of slaves ; that if
Ireland could govern herself, all her evils
moral, social and political, would cease.
Those then in this part of the United States
who propose to assist the Irish people at
this crisis of their affairs, are engaged in
an effort to liberate British subjects and
sever the British Empire. What mould
these same individuals say should large
and overwhelming meetings be held in
England and Europe, generally, for the
purpose of expressing sympathy for our
slaves and of subscribing funds to assist
them in liberating themselves and estab
lishing a Legislature of their own ? What
would they say should the most influential
men in the countries, we have named pre
side over these meetings and denounce us
as tyrants for holding in bondage three mil
lions of human beings who have done us
no wrong, and are fully entitled to all the
enjoyments of civil and personal liberty,
as they, in their ignorance of our institu
tions, might take on themselves to affirm ‘.
We ask not what these individuals have
, said, in relation to our Northern friends—
they would no doubt call it unjust interfe
rence, impudent intrusion, dangerous med
dling—language could hardly express their
indignation and abhorrence. Suppose the
same sentiments should come from those
attending and presiding over these meet
ings, as have come from the base wretches
who edit the Federal Union, ever ready by
inflammatory appeals', to pander tQ the pas
sions of the mob, and excite one class of our
citizens against the others, “ that tjvery
people on earth have a right to feel and
speak in regard to the oppressions of the
African, and though thousands of whites
would surely lose their lives and property,
that should not check their abuse of South
ern slave-holders”—would not the country
resound with their bellowings and roarings?
We advise those of our fellow-citizens who
have not, to read “he story of ff3sop, respect
ing the g-ored bill l
The illustriot Washington, the fatherof
his country, w! lived through the
’ ’•eri..h Revolut: .■■■ n urged by eve
unite our beloved
. : 1 h rcrusade against
■ ‘■.’.rop : i upon the sub
:c t our intei fit r-.-nee with the struggles
os other nations ; “ Europe has a
of primary interes’. which to us have
non-? or a very remote relation: Hence she
must be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes of which are essentially foreign
to our concerns. Hence therefore it must
be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by
artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of
her politics, or the ordinary combinations
and collisions of her friendships and enmi
tiar- Why, by interweaving our destiny
with that of any part of Europe, entangle
our peace and prosperity in the toils of Eu
ropean ambition, rivalships, interests, hu
mors or caprices ?” These are words of
genuine wisdom and patriotism.
Approaching Elections. —lmportant elec
tions soon take place in Louisiana, Indiana,
Tennessee, Illinois and North Carolina.—
In Louisiana the election takes place in the
first week in July, and is for members of
Congress. In Indiana and Tennessee the
election takes place in August, and Gov
ernors are also to be elected. In Indiana
Gov. Bigger is the Whig candidate, Mr.
Whitcomb the Democratic. In Tennessee
James C. Jones, the present Governor, is
the Whig Candidate, and Jas. K. Polk, the
Democratic. Both are actively canvassing
the State. In Illinois members ofCongress
are to be chosen in August. In North Car
olina the election is also for members of
Congress.
Servants. —lt is estimated that in and a
bout the metropolis of London, there are
170,000 female servants.
From the Georgia Journal of the 20th inst.
THE WHIG CONVENTION.
The Delegates of the Whig Convention
assembled at the Capitol, in this place, on
yesterday at II o’clock A.M. But few Co
nventions, if any, have presented, both in
point of members, talent, and respectabil
ity, a more imposing appearance than the
one now assembled and deliberating upon j
the affairs pertaining to the interests of the
Whig cause. In it, upon the call of tho
Secretaries, two hundred and twenty.eight
delegates answered to their names, they
being all present—seventy-five counties of.
the State being represented. After the del
egates had convened in the Representative
Hall, upon motion of Mr. Clarke, a dele
gate from the county of Chatham, the Hon.
Charles Dougherty, a delegate from tho
county ofClark, was called to the Chair,
for the purpose oforganizing the Body, and
J. 11. Steele and J. S. Wright, Esqrs. ap
| pointed Secretaries. The counties being
called, and the names of tho delegates en
rolled, upon motion of Mr. Chappell, a de
legate from the county of Bibb, the lion.
Juo. M. Berrien, a delegate from the coun
ty of Chatham, was unanimously elected
President of the Convention. A committee
was then appointed by the Chair, consisting
of Messrs. A. H. Chappell, T. B. King,
11. A. Toombs, Jas. Camak and Jno. W.
Hooper, to wait upon Judge Berrien, in
form him of his election, and conduct him
to tho chair. This duty was performed,
and on taking the Seat as President of the
j Convention, Mr. Berrien delivered an ad-
I dress, which is doing this distinguished
| gentlemen scarcely justice to say, was elo
quent and impressive. The repeated ap
plause which interrupted him while speak
ing, was but faint testimony of the high val
ue set upon the address, by the Convention,
and a large crowd of persons assembled in
the lobby and gallery, We regret that time
does not permit us to dwell at length upon
the subject matter of the address.
After the President had ceased speaking,
and announced to the Convention, that the
Body was then organized, the following re
solution was proposed by the Hon. T. B.
King, of Glynn, and unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That a committee of 21, be
appointed by the chair, to report on such
matters as may be considered proper for the
action of this Convention.
The Convention then adjourned to 3
o’clock.
At 3 o’clock the Convention again as
sembled. The President announced the
committee of 21, who, after being absent an
hour or more, reported, in substance, that
they had taken into consideration the main
object for which the body bad assembled,
and recommended that it proceed to ballot,
on to day, at 9 o’clock, A. M. for a candi
date for Governor, without the announce
ment of any names, or debate—that a ma
jority of the whole be necessary to consti
tute a choice, and the committee beg leave
to sit again.
Giber resolutions of minor importance
wore passed, ail of w hich will be published
in our next. The Convention then adjourn
ed to 9 o’clock to day.
05” In addition to the above from the
Georgia Journal, we have only to add that
the Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and after some delay,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
OF RICHMOND COUNTY,
w'as unanimously nominated by acclamation
as the Whig Candidate for Governor at the
Election in October next, and
ALEXANDER K. STEPHENS,
OF TALIAFERRO,
was nominated (also by acclamation) to fill
the vacancy in Congress caused by the an
ticipated resignation of Mark A. Cooper.
A Resolution was offered and unani
mously agreed to, approving tiie conduct of
our Senator, the Hon. J. M. Berrien, (Mr.
Berrien having previously vacated the
Chair to Mr. Dougherty,) and Resolutions
recommending him to the National Conven-_
tion as the Candidate of the Whig party for
the Vice-Presidency, and thanking him for
the able manner in which he presided
over the Convention, were also adopted.
Delegates were appointed to the Nation
al Convention and they were instructed to
vote for HENRY CLAY as the candidate
of the Whigs of Georgia for the Presidency.
Mr. Berrien, upon resuming the Chair,
delivered a most able and eloquent Ad
dress, fully vindicating his conduct in re
taining his seat in Congress contrary to the
disgraceful and insulting instructions of the
last Legislature. His remarks were re
ceived with the most profound attention and
followed by enthusiastic applause. The
Convention then adjourned sine die.
We shall be able probably to present
our readies with a fuU account of the Pro- :
ceedings of the Convention next week. In
the mean time, we can assure them that the
most perfect harmony and good feeling uni
ted with the most deep-felt enthusiasm pre
vailed, and the Convention seperated with
the firmest assurance of, and determination
to deserve success in the contest which is
about to commence.
The Locofoco Convention ofNew Hamp
shire, has nominated John 11. Steele, of Pe
terborough, for Governor. The was some
skirmishing on the subject of a national
convention, and resolutions were passed ad
mitting that Mr. Van Buren is the choice of
the democracy of New-Hampshire. The
Charleston Mercury will please to note this,
and be a little less lavish of its flattery to the
“ unterrified Commonwealth of New Hamp
shire.” N. Y. Cour. A- Enq.
From the Macon Messenger.
NULLIFYING DEMC)CRA'I’S.
That the Nullifying Democrats have out
generallcd the Union brunch of tho party,
is a fact too palpable to be denied ; how they
have succeeded in getting on tho blind side
of such old stagers, is one of tho tricks of
trade, that none can account for, but these
who h ave had some personal knowledge of
the astuteness and tact of certain of their
prominent leaders. Laying the morale of
the maneuvre out of the question, they de
serve some credit lor the management by
which they have accomplished their object.
We areata loss which most to admire, the
pushing, driving, go ahead, and wc may
say, impudent pertinacity with which a few
ambitious fadtionists have succeeded in be
guiling an entire party, and usurping their
most desirable offices ; or the forbearance
and resignation, with which this party have
surrendered all their ancient prejudices,
and quietly submitted to be shoved off the
stools, which they have been keeping w arm
for so long a time. ,
Cooper, Colquit and Black are a wonder
ful trio—they must be in possession of some
philter, by which they succeed in concilia
ting their most bitter enemies. A hydro
-1 phobic patient never held cold water in
i more detestation than did these three Nulli
| fiers a few years back, a Union man ; the
English vocabulary was too sparse of terms
of reproach & contumely,with which to ex
press their contempt for ••submission men,”
and “soap-tails.” We well remember a
speech made by Mark A. Cooper in tho Le
gislature, in the palmy or palmetto days of
Nullification ; he was then a plain blunt
man, spoke right on, just as he thought, and
his thoughts breathed of any thing else but
love and charity for his opponents. The
time when, and the circumstances under
which this speech was delivered, have
made it memorable ; It was delivered on the
second day cf the session—Upon a resolu
tion introduced by Major Cooper, denying
the sovereignty of the General Government,
ailedging that allegiance was solely and
exclusively due to the State of Georgia ; he
then took occasion to speak his mind of the
members on the other side of the house, and
the party they represented. The arrows he
threw among them, were not merely barb
ed, but poisoned ; the writhings and con
tortions of his victims showed that every
one told with the most annoying effect.—
Echols, Dunnigan, Bates, Wofford, Baxter,
Maj-s and Glascock, were listeners to one
I of the most violent Philippics that was ever
uttered in a deliberate assembly. Starke,
too heard himself and party denounced, in
terms which must have made the blood
course rapidly through his veins. Little
did he then think that such a libeller of Un
ion principles, would have been with him a
co-nominee of a Democratic Convention.
Walter T. Colquitt, was equally zeal
ous and equally denunciatory. While Ed
ward J. Black would snarl, and spit his
venom upon every Union man that crossed
his path. Therecould not have been three
men selected from the State Rights party,
who concentered more of, what our oppo
nents would term, “the virus of Nullifica
tion,” than these three men; and where
are those even among their own tried and
faithful ranks, whom they more delight to
! honor ? They are ai the topmost round,
| crowding- ribt others, but themselves for
| highef elevation. One has a six year lease
|of the first office in the gift of the Legisla
! ture, with the conceded right of dictation to
the party —another is a member ofCongress,
Sand another the candidate for Governor.
1 We know of no parallel instance, at least
in political life, where defection has been
so signally rewarded. These three men
have become without any probation, the
shining lights of Democracy, Ask a Dem
ocrat who are the great men of his party,
j and the response is, COOPER. COL
| QUITT and BLACK. With the same
pride thatanimated the bosom of the Roman
Matron, they point to Cooper, Colquitt, and
Black, as their jewels, forgetting the tact,
that they have no claim upon them, either
on the score of parantage or education, but
that they hold them by the fragile tenure of
adoption.
Weareglad that these and other Nulli
fying Democrats, have acquired such su
premacy among our opponents ; for we are
very sure, that should the days of Nullifi
cation ever return, these men who have now
got their coats wrong side out, will be sure
to turn them right again.
From the Georgia Journal.
THE TRIANGLE.
The Democratic Gubernatorial nominee,
Maj. Mark A. Cooper—now a Representa
tive in Congress—Mr. Senator Colquitt, &
Mr. Black, at present -a Member of Con
gress from this State, form and constitute
the democratic political Triangle of Georgia,
and into whose hands the destiny of the
“Union party of Georgia” has fallen. The
two gentlemen first named were influential
as Troup men, and as such led in the well
remembered opposition to John C. Calhoun
previous to 1832 ; after that period, they
were bold and valiant captains in the War
against the “Submissionists” of Georgia,
then known as the “Union Parly”. Per
haps it is due to Mr. Black to say, what has
already been indicated by the “Triangle,”
that he acted with the two gentlemen with
whom his name is here associated ; but it
is not believed that he was ever able to lead
an intelligent mind.
The Three officials remained in the ser
vice ofthe “State Rights Party,” so long
as the two first were permitted an absolute
controlling influence ; but the very moment
it was ascertained, they could no longer
control the party with whom they had pre
viously acted as leaders, the three bolted
forthwith into the ranks of their ‘ancient
enemies”—and there they will remain, so
long‘as the Democratic party shew, in truth,’
they are “submissionists” to their dictation,
and it is not-believed they will remain one
moment longer. Who would not prefer to
“reign in Hell than serve in Heaven” ?
Crumbs sometimes fall from these rich
men’s tables ; and therefore the nomination
of Stark to supply Cooper’s vacancy in Con
gress. “They are the party.” X
DEMOCRATIC CORRESPONDENCE. I
From the Macon Telegraph, 13f/t inst.
The House was called to order at 10 o’-
clock, A. M., on Monday, by the appoint
ment, temporarily’, of Joseph Day, Esq. of
Jones, as Chairman, and F. 11. Sanford, as
Secretary, In a short time, the Convention
proceeded to ballot for a President. The
name of Dr. Fort was suggested, and he
was unanimously cltoseg to preside over the
deliberations of the Convention; F. 11.
Sanford was retained as Secretary.
Monday was occupied in the organiza
tion oi the House, appointment of Commit
tees, dec. On Monday, after some sharp
opposition from the Van Buren side of tin
House, a Committee, consisting of 21 mem
bers, was raised, to report to the Conven
tion, whether it was expedient to nominate
a candidate for the Presidency, and who the
candidate should he, &o. It is remarkable
that, on this Committee, hut one Van Buren
matt, we believe, (Judge Kenan,) was put;
the balance being all Calhoun nten. The
proceedings attending the appointment of
this Committee, plainly indicated the pur
pose of the Calhoun leaders—which was to
nominate Mr, Calhoun, regardless of oppo
sition and of the interest and principles of
the Democratic Partv.
On Tuesday morning, their namby-pam
by report was received, and ordered to lie
on the table until the nomination for Gov
ernor was over. Party machinery had de
creed that the Van Buren Party of Georgia
should nominate a Calhoun nian for Gov
ernor, and then nominate Mr. Calhoun him
self for President! At it the Convention
went, and after some four or five ballotings,
Mark A Cooper, Esq., was nominated as
the candidate of the Democratic Party for
Governor, by a majority of some twenty
votes over Judge Warner. Maj. Cooper’s
nomination was urged mainly’ by the nulli
fying Democrats, who are far from being
willing that their leaders shall occupy a
subordinate station in the ranks of the De
mocracy they profess to love so much.
Next in the programme, came the Cal
houn Report and Resolutions. The excite
ment was now intense ; and as soon as the
Report and Resolutions were read, Dr.
Kendall, of Upson, submitted a substitute,
proposing the name of Mr. Van Buren as
the most suitable candidate for the Demo
cratic Party to run for President. Dr.
Kendall made some pertinent remarks in
favor of his substitute, and was followed by
the Hon. Howell Cobb, in an excellent
speech on the same side, and in favor of
Mr. Van B uren. When Mr. Cobb had con
cluded his speech, Mr. Hunter, ofCrawford,
offered a substitute for the Report and Res
olutions of the Committee, and for the sub
stitute ofDr. Kendall. Tho substitute pro
posed that a Convention should be held in
November next, in Milledgeville, for the
express pur pane of making a nomination of
candidates for President and Vice-Presi
dent ; and that the Party be requested to
hold meetings during the summer and fall,
and express their preference, &c. Mr.
Hunter spoke at considerable length, in
support of his substitute—denying the au
thority of the Convention to act upon die
question of the next Presidency—denounc
ing Mr. Calhoun—and expressing his pre
ference for Mr. Van Buren. The substi
tute was lost, and the question then arose
on Dr. Kendall’s substitute; and the yeas
and nays being taken, there were, I think,
68 yeas and 92 nays. The 92 yeas, how
ever, represent a minority of the Democrat
ic Party. Greene county, with her 100
Democratic voters, went for Mr. Calhoun,
giving him five votes in the Convention;
while Habersham, with her 1,000 Demo
cratic voters, went for Van Buren, and was
allowed only a single vote in tho Conven
tion ; the privilege ofgiving the full vote of
the county having been refused the only
member in attendance The nomination
of Mr. Calhoun, under the circumstances,
is therefore not binding, as 1 conceive, on
the Democratic Party—having been made
without authority, and without knowing the
wi sites of the Party on the subject. Mr.
Van Buren is the choice of the Democracy
of Georgia for President
Janies H. Stark, Esq. ofßutts, was nom
inated, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the nomination of Major Cooper.
SPECTATOR.
From the Georgia Messenger.
MR. CALHOUN.
In 1810, the god-father of a protective
tariff’; in 1832, the advocate of Nullifica
tion to overthrow it. In 1833 the suppor
ter of the Compromise act; in 1841, the vi
olent opponent ofit; in 1810, the advocate
ofa National Bank ; in 1834 proposing to
extend its charter 12 years ; in 1828 and
1841, denouncing it as unconstitutional;
in 1816, the advocate of a system of Inter
nal Improvements; in 1819, the moving
spirit, that breathed life into it; In 1832,
the denouncer ofit, as entailing all the ev.ils
ofthe Tariff; In 1843, again its advocate;
In 1830, the advocate of distributing the
proceeds ofthe sales of tho Public Lands
among the States, and the author of the
scheme. In 1841, the revilerofthe scheme
as unconstitutional ; In 1842 the advocate
ofthe proceeds of the public lands being
continued at the Treasury, as the only con
stitutional mode of application ; In’ 1834,
the author of the proposition to take them
from the old States, and to cede them to the
States in which they lie ; In 1810, the au
thor of the proposition to appropriate the
bonds of the United States Band, to works
of Internal Improvement. In 1840, the re
viler of those who voted for his proposition.
In 1825, the proud boaster of his great ser
vices in giving being to the “American sys
tern”—now the traducer of those who ac
ted with Lim, and followed his lead ; The
author ofthe system of Internal Improve
ments, which has squandered so many mil
lions of dollars for no good end, and now
the persecuting reviler of those who attemp
ted to carry out the schemes he planned;
the opponent of the Sub Treasury in 1834,
the great advocate of it now. The advo
cate of every measure hated by the South,
and the bold Senator, who declared in 1842,
that he had not changed any of these prin- .
I oiplrs, and yet the supplicant f r llietr
I votes; The blustering advocate ol “free
! trade” in his whole Congressional carer r
before his connection with Mr. Monroe s
Cabinet, he was the ultra advocate of pr.
tectimi both by his voles and speeches. A
member of the Senate since lt-32, amid;'!
all the excitement of the Tariff question,
he has never yet presented to the America:,
people, the first free.trade proposition ; lh
is the politician, who never yet raised a
party around him, and this is tho political
weathercock, whose friends have elected a
press at Macon, to pursuade tho people oi
Georgia to follow him. This is the Presi
dential who cannot get the vote
of any two States in the Union ! What an
imposition upon common sense !
8188.
A WESTERN JUSTICE.
The most efficient use the old squire made
j of his judicial authority was upon the oe
j casion of a fight between him and old Jack
j Crow, at a cotton picking. They were both
then widowers, and rival suitors for the at'-
| lections of the plump and saucy, widow
i Jenkins. After picking cotton was over,
j there was a fiddle and tin pan introduced, a
tune sti tick up, and also a dance. The old
squire was on tiie floor w ith the widow for
a partner, and old Jack was in tho circle
that surrounded the dancers, looking on
like a poor man at a frolic. The old squire
in passing, purposely put his heel'upon old
Jack’stoe. This he repeated several times
until old Jack insisted upon a fight, as a
matter of redtess. The old squire told him
“agreed,” and at it they went; hut the old
squire being the most active of the two, got
the start of old Jack, and beat him a good
deal before the old fellow could get under
“headway;” but when old Jack did get
himself in motion, lie was about to prove
too hard for the old squire, when, suddenly •
he pushed old Jack away from him, and
roared out in a commanding tone, “ 1 com
mand peace.” Instantly old Jack stopped.
as if spoil-bound. “If you speak a word,”
said the old squire, “I will fine you ten •
dollars.” They stood and gazed at each
other for some time, like two tired chickens
until the old squire said, “ at it again,” and
at it they went, the squire again heating
old Jack almost to a mummy before he
could get under way. and no sooner had
old Jack obtained the advantage, than the
old squire roared out again, “ 1 command
the peace,” and instantly the fight ceased.
It is almost useless to add, that the old
squire took the widow’s eye, and afterward
married her. Poor old Jack, he did net
know what was once said by a member oi’
the Missouri Legislature, “ tiiat even the
Governor was no more iu a light than any
other man.”
(Q® The Members of the Total
Abstinence Society are requested to attend a
meeting This Evening, at the Court-House.
June 22, 1943. 43
Lafayette Lodge::
There will be a Mason
ic Oration, delivered be
'MT * fore this Lodge, on the
> yggj3P r 34th instant, in the Br.p.
list- Church, at 3 oVock
I>. M- Transient Breth
=■l ren are requc •• ■< join
-ti. ~--ji the procession at t .. tiali
—and the Citizens generally are trn.'ed to at
tend at the Church By or.ier,
ROYLAND BEASLEY, See’v.
J unc 33, 1843 43
a Notice*
A I.L persons ;i and hieii to the Estate or ('inborn
-TSI Sandidge, deceased, are requested to make
payment, and all those having demands against
the Estate of said deceased, are hereby notified
to present their demands, duly authenticated, to
the Administrators, within the time prescribed by
law, this 13th day of June, 1843.
JAMES M. SANDIDGE, ). , ,
ANDREW J. SANDIDGE, 5 Atlmr ’
June 33,1843. 6t 43
GEOROIA, ( j’o Thomas O’Keily and his
Elbert count]i \ wife Elizabeth O’Kelly, Thom
as J. Sandidge, Richard S. Sandidge, Albert G.
Sandidge, John Q. A. Sandidge, Louisa A. Pace,
Elizabeth Jane Pace, and Martha Pace, heirs at
law and distributees of the Estate of Claborn
Sandidge, deceased, late of Elbert county, you
are hereby notified that we intend to apply to the
Honorable the Interior Court of Elbert countv,
while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, on the firs:
Monday in November next, for an order and to
divide the Negroes belonging to the Estate of
Claborn Sandidge, deceased.
JAMES M. SANDIDGE, ,
ANDREW J SANDIDGE, y Adm rfi
June 33,1843. m4ui 43
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Sep
* ’ tember next, before the Court-House door
in Cuthbert, Randolph county, a Lot of Land
known by number (131) one hundred and thir
ty-one, in the (8) eighth District of said countv.
as the property of James Sutlej', late of said
county, deceased. Sold for the purpose of a di
vision, and by an order of the Honorable the In
ferior Court of Randolph county
JOHN M. CHRISTIAN, Adm’r.
Randolph co. June 33, 1813. i)t 43
months alter date, application will Lo
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinarj', for leave to sell a part of the Laud and
Negroes belonging to the Estate of William
Hughes, deceased, late of said countv.
. BARNARD H. HUGHES, Ex'r.
J une 22,1843. m4m 43
BTIOUR months after date, application will bo
J- made to the Honorable the Inferior Court,
ot Wilkes count} 7 , while sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell the Real Estate be
longing to Mary Hughes, deceased, late of said
cou.ity.
BARNARD 11. HUGHES, Adm’r.
J une 22, 1843. m4m 43
JC'OUR, months aner date, application will he
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell part of the Negroes be
longing to tho Estate of Abner Wellborn, late oC
said county, deceased.
NICHOLAS WYLIE, Executor.
June 22, 1843. wire
