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NEWS & PLA NT E IIS’
*D. G. COTTING, Editor.
No. 38.-NEW SERIES]
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Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
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post.
COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTOUNIEB,
H AVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chetnicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
t Window Glass, 4”C. Spc.
REP°MOItTAR j AUGUSTA, Ga.
1 October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
States Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
&c. &c.
f? Being connected with Haviland,
’ Keese & Cos., New-York, and llav
l i land, Harral &. Allen, Charles
ton, they are constantly receiving
fresh supplies of every article in
iheir line, which they are enabled to sell at the
. jiwest market prices.
/ O” All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
* the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843. 51
I Bargains! Bargains!!
I The Subscriber will sell his Stock
of
Staple and Fancy ,
Foreign and Domestic
GO OPS,
At very reduced prices—cheaper than they
were ever offered in Washington before.
If you want good GOODS, at low prices,
call on
WILLIAM S. HEARD.
May 2, 1844. 2m 36
New Spring Summer
dOODS.
J. MAYER & BROTHERS,
Respectfully inform the citizens of
Washington and vicinity, that they have
just received a
New Supply of
Spreny & Summer
GOODS,
Consisting of the following Articles, viz.:
Foulard Silk, new style for Ladies’ Dresses, 371.
cents per yard,
Lawns and printed Muslins, 31 to 45 cts. per yd.
Calicoes, of every description, oto 18] do.
4-4 French Calico, 25 do.
Fine Irisii Linen, 50 to 87 do.
Summer fancy Casshners, 1 37 to 1 50 do.
Darp c ’ete’ for Summer wear, 87-jtofil do.
Large assortment of Broadcloths, §2 to §>6| do.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gloves of
every description, from 12A to .$1
Great variety of Linen Cambric
Pocket Handkerchiefs, 18$ to 81 each.
Summer Stuff for Pantaloons, 12.1 to 37 per yd.
Linen do. do. 37i to 62 do.
Swiss and Jaconet Muslins of every”
description, 25 to 62 do.
Scotch Gingham, 31 j do.
Also, a great variety of Manches
ter Ginghams, 12J to 18$ do.
All kinds of Laces, Silk and Fil
let Shawls, Neck Ties, of
Die latest style, 45 cts. to 87 each.
Ladies’ Silk and Cotton Hose of
all kinds, 12 cts. to 81 50
| Leghorn and Straw Bonnets of
every description, 81 12’ to 4 50
A great variety ol Bonnet and Cap Ribbons,
Marseilles Vesting from 20 cts. to 75
Latest style of Ready-made Summer Clothing
for Gentlemen’s wear, a large assortment,
Also, an assortment of Summer flats,
Ladies’ Shoes and Pumps of all kinds, from 25
cents a pair to 81 12 j
Also, a large assortment of Gentlemen’s Shoes
and Pumps, from 62j to 82 75 cts. per pair
Boots from 82 to 84. do.
Bleached and unbleached Homespun of every
description, at the Charleston prices.
Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco & Segars,
Which will be sold as cheap as can be bought
in this country. O’ Call and see—nothing
charged for showing Goods.
April 25. 1844 35
” FIHE INSURANCE.
The new.york contribution
ship FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
have established an Agency in Washington,
Wilkes county, Georgia, and are now prepared
to Insure Buildings and -Merchandize against
loss or damage by Fire. *
Capital $300,000,
All paid in and safely invested.
Apply to
WILLIAM S. HEARD, Agent,
Washington, Ga.
May 2,1844. 36
Richmond Motel.
THE Subscriber, having taken the
a^ove uame( l HOUSE, formerly oc
copied by Capt. Edward W. Collier, ‘
would be happy to receive the pat
ronage oi Ids friends ana the public generally.
The House is situated in the vicinity of many of
the principal Warehouses In Augusta, making it
a convenient location for persons visiting Die
city on business. Families can be accommoda
ted with retired and pleasant Rooms.
Persons favoring me with a call, will find duo
attention, comfortable lodgings, the best fare,
attentive hostlers and moderate charges.
JOHN T. WOOTTEN.
April 25, 1844. 35
Wilkes Agricultural Society.
A T the regular fall meeting of this Society
held in Washington on Friday the 16th in
stant, it was Resolved that Premiums be offered
for the following Stock, Produce, &c., to be ex
hibited on the 20th of October next:
Premium offered for the best Bull.
Do. do. do. Boar.
Do. do. do. Sow.
Do. do. do. Horse.
Do. do. Pig under 1 year old.
Do. do. do. Cow.
Do. do do. Native Cow,
and- if she be the best exhibited
may take botli premiums.
Do. for best Acre of Corn.
Do. do. Cotton.
Do. do. I “ Sweet Potatoes.
Do. do. 8 yards Negro Cloth
for winter wear.
Do. do. 8 yards of Jeans.
All persons competing for the above articles
of Produce will he required to report to the So
ciety an accurate and full account of the cir
cumstances under which his Crop was grown—
especially the kind of soil, the kind avid quantity
of manures employed, the amount of labor be
stowed, the quantity or land cultivated, the time
and method of plantiiJr, and the state of the sea
sons from planting tonihe maturity of the cron.
L. J. GARTRELL, Secretary.
Washington, February 23.1844.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) HAY 16, IS 14.
Jtiforra.nuotig.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WES
TERN WILDS.
BY C. WILKINS KENDALL.
A Young Hunter's Experience.
We had had a long and faiigueingmarch,
and but very little to eat. I had seen great
numbers of deer, which seemed remarka
bly tame ; and I had noticed that as they
were roused by oui appearance the main
body of them had gone in the direction of a
beautiful valley, scarcely a mile distant
from our camp. Confident that I should
find some of them feeding in this valley, I
shouldered my rifle and hobbled off, as well
as a lame ancle would permit me, in pur
suit.
The sun was just setting ns I crossed a
little roll which overlooked ‘.his retreat.—
So far from being disappointed in my ex
pectations of finding deer in this quiet dell,
I was agreeably surprised on seeing a large
drove of them feeding upon the short, sweet
grass. They saw me, too, for they lifted
their heads on high, gave the well-known
whistle, and stared with their mild, large
eyes, directly toward the spot where I was
standing ; but inste ad of leaping hurriedly
away, as is their wont when worried and
limited by either whites or Indians, they
soon bent ‘heir heads to the ground again,
and unconcernedly resumed their evening
meal.
I could have shot the nearest, from the
spot where I first discovered them and
without, to borrow one of the comedian
Hackett’s expressions, running any great
risk of straining my rifle ; but they were
so exceedingly tame that 1 thought I would
creep directly into their very midst, where
I could have my choice of the largest and
fattest buck. It seemed hardly necessary,
so little did the naturally timid animals re
gard my approach, to seek the cover affor
ded by some scattering inesquit trees ; vet
I made use of them, and in five minutes
was in a position where I could make my
selection from among at least fifty, and the
fartherst was not seventy yards from me.
I soon selected a victim, a noble buck,
whose plumpness and lightish blue color
betokened an exceeding degree of fatness.
Sitting upon the ground, I raised my rifle
across my knee, as a half rest, took a sight
which 1 thought close and deliberate, and
‘blazed away.’ The light blue smoke
curled slowly upwards in fleecy wreaths
up-.. tJiv evening air, and **■> ft -His
persed, I saw iny deer staring mX fu 11 in
the face, somewhat astonished, perhaps,
but far from frightened at the report of irry
rifle. He hoisted his tail, made five or six
bounds, and then stopped to give another
inquiring look in the direction where I was
sitting. Supposing of course, that I had
given him a mortal wound, I quietly began
to reload my rifle, with the intention of sa
crificing another buck, for not one of the
gang had moved ten steps ; but what was
my astonishment, after having driven well
home a bullet and put on a percussion cap,
to see the buck 1 had shot at absolutely nip
ping the grass with as good a relish as any
of the herd. I knew that I had hit him—l
could not, by any possibility, miss him at
so short a distance; but there he stood, a
living witness that if I had hit I had at least
not hurl him much.
I could easily, from the spot where I
was sitting, have selected a victim for my
second shot much nearer than was my first
love by this time ; hut having certain mis
-1 givings that he might not have received a
mortal wound, I determined upon paying
my respects to him a second time —it was
my duty to put him ‘out of his misery’ as
quickly as possible. With these intentions,
I again rested my rifle across my knees,
again pulled the trigger, again the rifle
went off with a good, sharp, and as I thought
killing crack, and again the deer went off,
1 too, some half a dozen jumps across the
prairie. If! thought I had given him a
mortal wound the first time, I was sure of
it now—it could not be otherwise—-there
was no such thing as missing a vital part
twice at a distance which was absolutely
short enough for putting out a squirrel’s
eye without spoiling bis skin.
But to be ready for another, I again com-
menced reloading. Once or twice, while
handling the powder and lead, I cast a
glance at the buck to which I had already
dedicated two shots, every moment expec
ting to see him totter—to see his legs give
way—yet there he stood, as firm on his pins
as ever, and what was stranger than all,
again commenced a supper from which he
had been twice interrupted. Still, there
was no necessity of wasting more lead upon
him—he could not get away—and I there
fare commenced a survey of the herd for
the next biggest. There was no difficulty
in making a choice, for by the time my
rifle was ready for a third discharge, anotli
er large buck had fed along until he was
within forty steps of me. I waited until
he presented a fair broadside, and then
fired. The result was precisely the same
as on the first two discharges—the buck I
had last shot at jumped off as did the first;
bis bounds may have been a trifle longer,
and there may have been a few more of
them. That he was a dead or dying deer
there was no question.
Once more I commenced loading my ri
fie. Some of the deer in my more immedi
ate vicinity had, after three shots, placed a
few yards more of ground between us ; buD
others had
still wilhinjJl
ty : f
oessary to save his coun- j
*o make a Nucrifico of
**. He looked for I
in tho ;
— -ir home in-
and was ready to renew the destruction I
had commenced, the dark shades of even
ing had fallen upon the more distant prai
rie swells, yet it was still light enough for
me to see distinctly every object in my
neighborhood. Deeply did 1 regret the
lateness of t!ie hour, as with a little noro
light I was sanguine in the belief that I
could strew the prairie with trophies of my
skill as a hunter.
Often, while in the settlements, had I re
mained patiently at a stand, hour after
hour, watching for a pack of hounds to
drive some affrighted deer within gunshot,
and had even considered myself in some
way rewarded if, during a long day’s hunt,
1 had a glimpse of a buck dashing madly
through the bushes at a distance of three
or four hundred yards, and had heard the
exciting bay of the hounds while in hot
pursuit. If, by any chance, and such ac
cidents had happened two or three times in
my life, 1 was fortunate enough to bring
down a deer, the exploit would furnish me
with food for thought and speech for a
twelvemonth—now, look in what direction
1 would, the animals were staring me in
the face within stone’s throw, and seemed
coa.xingly to ask me to shoot at them—
surely, never before were deer seen so
tame.
Anxious to make the most of my time
before it was yet too dark, I drew up mv
rifle a fourth time and discharged it at still
another buck. He followed in the foot
steps of his shot at predecessors, evincing
astonishment or alarm no otherwise than
by bounding off a few jumps, and then stop
ping to gaze at me. Os the two. I was pro
bably the most astonished—astonished that
he did not fall instantly to the ground.
What was the matter ? It might be that
my rifle, ‘sighted’ for a distance of one
hundred and twenty-five yards, carried too
high at forty or fifty. But then, if I did
not shrot them directly through the heart,
the ball could not have passed far above it;
the animals must be badly, if not mortally
wounded.
After having poured a charge of powder
into my rifle, I found that 1 had but a sin
gle ball left—for not anticipating such luck
1 had started with only five. The confi
dence I at first felt, that the deer I had shot
at must soon fall, was now sensibly dimin
ishing, although lingering hopes were still
harbored in my mind that the more tender
portions of someone of them, at least, would
furnish the raw material for tny supper.—
I had finished loading, and on looking over
the !:"ie valley I noticed that the deer,
with the daylight, had become scarce.—
There was one buck, however, close by me,
not sixty yards distant. Determined to
make-sure of this one, if the others were
really unhurL.l crept up until I verily be
lieve he was not twenty steps from me.—
The motion of placing my rifle across my
kee, for I made each shot sitting upon foe
ground, attracted the animal’s attention so
much that he absolutely advanced several
steps toward me. He fairly seemed bent
upon his own destruction—to meet me half
way in my desire to make my last shot cer.
tain.
The dimness of night by this time render
ed it impossible to ‘draw a fine bead’ in
hunter’s parlance—but then at a distance
at which I could have killed him with a
brickbat, what was the necessity of being
too particular about my aim ? I fired.
The buck did not bound off as the others
had done, but, on the contrary, advanced
toward me with looks of inquiry ! I knew
that the severest and most mortal wounds
arc frequently unattended with pain or a
sense of injury —l must have given the buck
one of this description. I jumped from the
ground and hobbled towards him as fast as
my lameness would permit. He turned
and scampered off after his comrades. By
a fair mathematical calculation the animal
went at least twenty yards while I went
one; yet I continued the pursuit with the
hope that his race would soon be run. Un
til his broad, white tail was lost in the dim
twilight of evening did I press forward, and
only gave up the chase when I could see
nothing to pursue. Thus ends a long but
veritable account of an adventure with a
herd of deer on the Western prairies. To
account for their exceeding tameness and
approachability, I can offer no other solu
tion than that they had never before met
either the white or red man. The narrow
space of country which afforded them food
was bounded by sterile wastes, and their
natural enemies, the red men, had never
visited their peaceful dell.
I slowly picked my way back to carpu
out of humour and out ofconce**
self, my rifle, my powd"’ - **“',
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humiliating subserviency of his tool and
i mouth-piece, lias been able to roscuo him ;
| from hi* doom. ■ The editor now alleges
! the same affliction of tho ear as the cause j
| of his blunder in avowing himself ill favor
of annexation. But this pitiful attempt to
I stultify himself, and thereby escape the I
‘sjieinpt and disgrace that awaits him, will
■cceed ; the honest men of his party, !
=- ferenoe to their views of anneXa- ;
‘he wretch with the scorn j
~a***Ausehood
three M
ito the feelings generally. I strikes . 1
’ cihly, and I have little doubt the reu3 I
impressions are closely akin to mine, that i
underwork asevere attack of the ‘buck ague’
while oir the'little hunting excursion of
which I have just given a description.
THE WORTHIES OF VIRGINIA.
BY MRS ELIZABETH OAKS SMITH.
The Worthies of Virginia ! Well may
the eye kindle and the pulse throb, as we
approach a theme so majestic, so full of lof
ty and patriotic associations.
Even like tho heroes of Ossian, each
leaning from his cloud of mist, do we be
hold the noble array of patriots, orator
and statesmen sweep by us in the sternness
and grandeur of other days ! Virginia ! a
name associated with the proudest days of
English chivalry in its second baptismal
with the blood of freemen. In all ages the
patriot of every land shall turn his face
thitherward and do homage, even as the
pilgrim at the shrine of Mecca.
The worthiesof Virginia ! Let us pause
ere we enter their thrice sacred penetralia.
Centuries disappear, and we behold a
princely saloon, in which are congregated
stately dames and gallant knights, the
grace and the chivalry of old England.
! A haughty princess, with an air of stiff
courtesy —her queenly bearing hut ill dis
guising her woman’s coquetry—is present
ing a parchment to a kingly c artier, who
kneels to receive it.
I'hey are the Queenly Elizabeth and the
Chivalrie Raleigh. The noble, generous,
accomplished, but unfortunate Raleigh.
The parchment contains letters patent,
granting him full power “for the discover,
ins and settlingof new lands and countries,
no! actually possessed by any Christian.”
Under these auspices wa: and an expe
called Virginia, discover; --vefftpeon
that Sir Walter Raleigh must sic
as one of the eariy worthies of the State, as,
without his persevering enterprise, this
“goodly country” might have remained
still longer unknown.
The early discoverers gave the following
description of the country, would of itself
bd found sufficiently inviting at the present
day. “The soyle is most plentiful, sweet,
wholesome, and fruitful ofa'l others ; there
are about fourteen several sorts of sweete
smelling timber tree ; the most part of the
underwood, Bays and such like such Oaks
as we have, but far greater and betler.”
Years passed away, with their suffering,
trials and disappointments, and another of
the worthies <?f Virginia appears upon :he
stage. A man distinguished by all the
constituents of greatness, by all the attri
butes of a hero. Intrepid, brave, generous
and persevering, daunted by no perils, dis
mayed by no hardships, his clear, vigorous
mind penetrated the dim mist of futurity,
and beheld through “as in a glass darkly,”
vet did he behold something of the ultimate
g 1 J?tneoj. of the country for which he toiled
and suffered. !a perils by land, in perils
by sea, in fasting, inrihskedness,” a captive
and condemned to die, tie neither shrinks
nor is dismayed ; the same unflinching re
solution impels him onward, and tho same
buoyancy of hopes cheers him iq every dif
ficulty.
John Smith, or as the chroniclers of the
day invariably distinguished him, “Cap
tain John Smith,” was one of the most ex
traordinary men of the age in which he
lived. He should be regarded as iheshad
owing of Virginia for to his valor, skill and
judgement in counteracting the subtle poli
cy of the great Powhatan, may she be said
to owe her very existence.
There is still another, the beautiful per
sonution of all that is loveliest in woman—
the meek, loving child of the forest, whose
history Seems like a lale of romance, with
its sad melancholy close—who rises like a
beam of beauty upon the sight, winning the
admiration and gratitude of every heart
capable of one solitary response to all that
is lovely in woman and heroic in our race.
“The blessed Pocahontas, the great
King’s daughter of Virginia, (to quote the
admiring, if not loving language of Cap.
John Smith,’) beams forth iu those dark and
perilous times, like some kindly spirit,
hushing the tempest of savage passion, dis
pensing comfort and succor, to the dishear
tened exile, and with her own gentle bosom
warding off all the evils that threaten the
infant colony of Jamestown. Blessings
ever upon the kindly savage, the loveliest
of the Worthies of Virginia !”
But we will delay no longer to enter this
holy of holies foe *~ W fiwarowa'lWff'N
sum ,iana>'>
V -
CONVICTION OF MR. DORIt
Wo horu from Newport, that Mr. Dor
was this meaning convicted of Treason a
gainst this Stale. The jury went out las
night, and were out 2 hours and a quarter
Wo have learned, on corning into Cour
this morning, he moved un arrest of jedg
ment, founded on a bill of exceptions.
Providence Gazette, April 7.
CLAY CLUB.
AT a regular meeting of the CJ.UII, held on
Tuesday the7th instant, the following na
med gentlemen wore chosen Delegates to rep
resent the Club in the Convention to be held m
Millcdgeville ou Monday tho 24ih es June next:
JIEZEKIAH L. EMBRY,
, , DAVID G. CUTTING,
| fo JOHN L. WYNN,
; c - stokes.
■of Virg'nio. J’ R* Sneed, Secret ary.
as popular lea
found statesme...
uncotnpromisiifil f j
liberty withor KT3 , SY
without artar v.
Jefferses l two or three \V
Ile bears , persons desiring
documen- 1 ,1 ’ t :" 1 8o0!i; /
the Dec;';; i Si ’i’ i 38
a 40OU
as a
; queoce, ot ma‘>; i .
i and solemn an lowest bidder, or tr-itur
jand wondersu 1 ,hfi buildmg.-oM,— ~
I he felt hitnsej shoal The letumM,,
j aim outi agei
; U ranee to i L. RAKESTRAW,
! sions, and in El’ll B. COFER,
: whole earth for COSBY, _ j*
| shall he endured nLLAVV A\,
Had Thomas Commissioners., v
| more than this, 1 ~ ‘
i tho admiration j ors Creditors,
rv enough for ot. , , T ANARUS, ~ , js
i sion has plan’.e ,t ® d *P.J ,,e Esta ‘ e Jolm J
I • ~ .oi \V likes county, deceae- w
p ;an R P :!! ns 11; p, v t |,, immediately, *
language whi. Ul -y iii. : Die Estate
ted for our g. terms of the law f.-f
country.
James Ma : HEARD ( p x ' rs
’ theelemri ril. W WI NN, J Kx rS ’
t& ‘\L‘. Jll __ v
Uili’.GiA : , Whereas, 1 nomas .n.ueN,
did foiinty. j .-on, appili “ tome fur .. tors
task s,rat *on on the Estate ot Thomas i>la
,ased.
c . on is, therefore, to cits, summon, and
illSh, all and singular, the kindred and* -
ditors of raid deceased, tobe and appearat my
gc withU—ct-<.*..•£ til
lion they had acineved should result on.
in a change of masters—a people nobly and
virtuously resolved to see to it, that they
did not exchange the glaring usurpation of
a foreign power for the equally to Lc dread- ‘
ed tyranny of aspiring demagogues. Such
a people would regard the best and wisest
institutions with distrust and suspicion:
whatever appears to throw light upon the
proceedings of those they had delegated to
legislate for them, was read with avidity.
Thus was produced (he Federalist, a wor' -
that will bring imperishable
the great men whoso patriotism and pr
spirit called it into existence. . cIIBe
James Monrcae—the upright \ T ANARUS,
tut.man! Others may have becii
brilliant, but no man ever more happily il.
Its.’.rated in his own practice, the simple
dignity and straight forward devotion to
public duty so beooroing*>ho chief magis
trate of a great Republic. AtTast, as if
to affix Die final seal of worthiness upon
him, he was suffered to depart qc (fl.-ouz~
great day of national jubilee, the day t-—’
shall we dare so say, to Presidents, and
ever ominous to tyrants.
Patrick Henry ! The school-toy as he
reads of Demosthenes and Cicero, and feels
his blood kindle at their eloquence, instinc
tively turns to tho fervid oratory of our
gifted countrymen, anu triumphantly eifes
the bold, daring Patrick Henry, as worthy
to compete with the great Grecian himself.’
Then, as his eye glows with enthusiasm
over the splendid diction and elegant ima
gery of Wirt, he deems him more than e
qual to the Roman. Half in wonder, half
in dread, lie pauses over the keen, cynical
Randolph, whose sarcasms were as sting
ing and adhesive as the nettle on the burr
tI'MK annoys him in his woodland rambles.
John Marshall 1 Who shall worthily
describe this most excellent amongst the
worthies of Virginia ? He who wore so
meekly the judicial robe. The upright
judge. Acute, skilful and profound, let
his crowning grace be his integrity. Not
a stain hath he left upon the spotless er
mine. With no rash hand did he presume
to touch the ark of our liberties. Woe to
him who shall dare to profane, even with a
touch, our holiest ofholies ; yea, though it
may shake and tremble amidst the tumult;
of popular excitement.
But we must forbear. It was but a
verend glance that wc wishedt|Aa*niqSt
few amidst the many wgjwfef• - ,;
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