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KIKSCELLAIIEOIS.
THE U. STATES AND MACEDONIAN.
The following spirited account of
the celebrated battle between the U.
S. frigate United States, and the Brit
ish trigate Macedonian, in which the
latter was taken, is from a new work
entitled “Thirty years from Home, or
a voice from the main deck, by Sam
uel Leech." The author at the time
action. There were others also be
low, called sail trimmers; to assist in
working the ship, should it be neces
sary to change her position during bat
tle.
My station was at the filth gun on
the main deck. It was my duly to
supply the gun with powder, a boy
being appointed to each gun in the
stiip on the side we engaged, for this
purpose. A wool screen was placed
before the entrance to the magazine,
with a hole in it, through which the
was a lad on board the 'captured fri
gate, and his impressions of so terri-j .,
ble a contest are much more vivid cartridges were passed to the boys;
than one gleaned from official des . | we received them there, and covering
patches ° them with our jackets, hurried to our
The Sabbath came, and it brought respective guns. These precautions
with it a stiff breeze. We usually ! ««* observed to prevent the powder
made a sort of holiday of this sacred I taking fire before it reaches the gun.
day. After breakfast it was common . -Thus we all stood, waiting orders,
to muster the entire crew on the spar In motionless suspense. At last we
deck, sometimes in blue jackets and
white trowsers, or blue jackets and
blue trowsers ; at other times in blue
jackets, scarlot vests, and blue or white
trowsers; with our bright anchor but
tons glancing in the sun, and our black,
glossy hats, ornamented with black
ribbons, and with the name of our
ship painted upon them. After mus
ter, we frequently had church service
read by the captain ; the rest of the
day was devoted to idleness. But we
were destined to spend the Sabbath
just introduced to the reader in a very
different manner.
We had scarcely finished breakfast
before the man at the mast-head shout
ed, ‘Sail ho 1’
The captain rushed upon deck, ex
claiming ‘mast-head there P
‘Sir.’
‘Where away is the sail ?’
The precise answer to this question
I do not recollect, but the captain pro
ceeded to ask, ‘What does she look
like?’
‘A square rigged vessel, sir,’ was
the reply of the look-out.
After a few minutes, the captain
shouted again, ‘Mast-head there !’
‘Sir.’
‘What does she look like?’
*A large ship, sir, standing towards
us !’
By this time the most of the crew
were on deck, eagerly straining their
eyes to obtain a glimpse of the ap
proaching ship, and murmuring their
opinions to each other on her probable
character. Then came the voice of
captain, shouting, ‘Keep silence, fore
and aft I’ Silence being secured, he
hailed the look-out, who, to his ques
tion of‘What does she look like?’
replied, ‘A large frigate bearing down
upon us, sir!’
A whisper ran along the crew that
the strange ship was a Yankee frigate.
The thought was confirmed by the
command of ‘AH hands clear the ship
for action, ahoy!’
The drum and file beat to quarters ;
bulk-heads were knocked away; the
guns were released from their confine
ment; the whole dread paraphernalia
of battle was produced; and after the
lapse of a few minutes of hurry and
confusion, every man and boy was at
his post, ready to do his best service
for his country, except the band, who,
claiming exemption from the affray,
safely stowed themselves away in the
cable tier. We had only one sick
man on the list, and he, at the cry of
battle, hurried from his cot, feeble as
he was, to take his post of danger.
A few of the junior midshipmen were
stationed below, on the berth deck,
with orders, given in our hearing, to
shoot any man who attempted to run
from his quarters.
Our men were all in good spirits,
though they did not scruple to express
the wish that the coming foe was a
Frenchman rather than a Yankee.—
YVe had been told, by the Americans
on board, that frigates in the Ameri
can service carried more and heavier
metal than ours. This, together with
our consciousness of superiority over
the French at sea, led us to a prefei-
ence for a French antagonist.
The Americans among our num
bers felt quite disconcerted at the ne
cessity which compelled them to fight
against their own count
rymen. One,
of them named John Card, as brave j e . c l u , a !*Y revolting,
a seaman as ever trod a plank, ven
tured to present himself to the captain,
as a prisoner, frankly declaring his
objections to fight. That officer very
ungenerously ordered him to his quar-
fired three guns from the larboard side
of the mam deck ; this was followed
by the command, ‘Cease firing ; you
are throwing away your shot!’
Then came the orders to ‘wear
ship,’ and prepare to attack the enemy
with our starboard guns. Soon after
this I heard a firing from some other
quarter, which I at first supposed to
be a discharge from our quarter deck
guns; though it proved to be the roar
of the enemy’s cannon.
A strange noise, such as I never
heard before, next arrested my atten
tion ; it sounded like the tearing of
sails, just over our heads. This I soon
ascertained to be the enemy’s shot.
The firing, after a few minutes’ cessa
tion, recommenced. This roaring of
cannon could now be heard from all
parts of our trembling ship, and ming
ling as it did with that of our foes, it
made a most hideous noise. By and
by I heard the shots strike the side of
our ship; the whole scene became in-
discribably confused and horrible ; it
was like some awful tremendous thun
der storm, whose deafening roar is at
tended by the incessant streaks of
lightning, carrying death in every
flash, and strewing the ground with
the victims of its wrath; only, in our
case the scene was rendered more hor
rible than that, by the presence of tor
rents of blood which dyed our decks.
Though the recital may be painful,
yet as it will reveal the horrors of
war, and show at what a fearful price
a victory is won or lost, 1 present the
reader with things as they met my
eye during the progress of that dread
ful fight, 1 was busily supplying my
gun with powder, when I saw bloocl
suddenly fly from the arm of a man
stationed at our gun. I saw nothing
strike him ; the effect alone was visi
ble; in an instant the third lieutenant
tied his handkerchief round the wound
ed arm, and sent the groaning wretch
below to the surgeon.
The cries of the wounded now rang
through all parts of the ship. These
were carried to the cockpit as fast as
they fell, while those more fortunate
men who were killed outright, were
immediately thrown overboard. As
I was stationed but a short distance
from the main hatchway, I could catch
a glance at all who were carried be
low. A glance was all I could in
dulge in, for the boys belonging to the
guns next to mine were wounded in
the early part of the action, and I had
to spring with all my might to keep
three or four guns supplied with car
tridges.
1 saw two of these lads fall nearly
together. One of them was struck in
the leg by a large shot; he had to
suffer amputation above the wound.
The other had grape or canister shot
sent through his ancle. A stout York-
sliireman lifted him in his arms, and
hurried him to the cockpit, lie had
his foot cut oft', and was thus made
lame for life. Two of the boys sta
tioned on the quarter deck were killed.
They were both Portugese. A man
who saw one of them killed, after
wards told me that his powder caught
fire and burnt the flesh almost oft’ his
face. In this pitiable situation, the
agonized boy lilted up both hands, as
if imploring relief, when a passing
shot instantly cut him in two.
I was an eye-witness to a sight
A man named
* Aldrich had one of his hands cut off’
by a shot, and almost at the same
moment he received another shot,
which tore open his bowels in a ter
rible manner. As he fell, two or three
ters, threatening to shoot him if ho ! men caught him in their arms, and, as
made the request again. Poor fel-! Iie coultl 001 *>ve, threw him over-
low ! he obeyed the unjust command,
and was killed by a shot from his own
countrymen. This fact is more dis
graceful to the captain of the Mace
donian, than even the loss of his ship.
It was a gross and palpable violation
of the rights of man.
As the approaching ship showed
American colors, all doubt of her
character was at an end. ‘\Ve must
light her, was the conviction of every
breast. Every possible arrangement
that could insure success, was accord
ingly made. Tiieguns were shotted ;
the matches lighted; for although our
guns were furnished with first rate
locks, they were also provided with
matches attached by linyards, in case
the locks should miss fire. A lieu
tenant then passed through the ship,
directing the marines and boarders,
who were furnished with pikes, cutlas
ses and pistols, how to proceed if it
should be necessary to board the ene
my. lie was allowed by the captain,
who exhorted them to fidelity and
courage, urging upon their considera
tion the well known motto of the brave
board
One of the officers in my division
also fell in my sight, lie was a noble
hearted fellow, named Nan Ivivell.
A grape or canister shot siruck him
near the heait; exclaiming, ‘Oh ! my
God !’ he fell and was carried below,
where he shortly after died.
Mr. Hope, our first lieutenant, was
also slightly wounded by a grummet,
or small iron ring, probably torn from
a hammock clew by a shot. He went
below', shouting to the men to fight on.
Having had 'his.' wound dressed, he
came up ago,in, shouting to us at the
top of his voice, and bidding us fight
with all our might. There was not
a man in the ship but would have re
joiced had lie been in the place of our
master's mate, the unfortunate Nan
Kivell.
The battle went on. Our men kept
cheering with all their might. 1
cheered with them, though I confess
1 scarcely knew for what. Certainly
there was nothing very inspiring in
the aspect of things where 1 was sta
tioned. So terrible had been the de-
Nelson. ‘England expects every man i struction around us, it was termed the
to do his duty.’ In addition to all | slaughter-house. Not only had we
these preparations on deck, some men i had several boys or men killed or
were stationed in the top with small | wounded, but several ol the guns were
arms, whose duty it was to attend to! disabled.
trimming the sails, and to use their The one I belonged to had a piece
muskets, provided we came to close ef the muzzle knocked out; and when
the ship rolled, it struck a beam of the
upper deck with such force as to be
come jammed and fixed in that posi
tion. A twenty four pound shot had
also passed through <he screen of the
magazine, directly over the orifice
through which we passed our powder.
The schoolmaster received a death
wound. The brave boatswain, who
came from the sick bed to the din of
battle, was fastening a stopper on a
back stay which had been shot away,
when his head was smashed to pieces
by a cannon ball; another man, going
to complete the unfinished task, was
also struck down. Another of our
midshipmen also received a severe
wound. The unfortunate ward-room
steward, who attempted to cut his
throat on a former occasion, was killed.
A fellow named John, who for some
petty offence had been sent on board
as a punishment, was carried past me
wounded. I distinctly heard the large
bloodsdrops fall pat, pat, pat, on the
deck ; his wounds were mortal. Even
a poor goat, kept by the officers for
her milk, did not escape the general
carnage ; her hind legs were shot off,
and poor Nan was thrown overboard.
Such was the terrible scene, amid
which we kept on our shouting and
firing. Our men fought like tigers.
Some of them pulled off their jackets,
others their jackets and vests; while
some, still more determined had taken
off their shirts, and with nothing but
a handkerchief tied round the waist
bands of their trowsers, fought like
heroes. 1 also observed a boy named
Cooper stationed at a gun some dis
tance from the magazine. He came
to and fro on the full run, and appeared
to be as ‘merry as a cricket.’ The
third lieutenant cheered him along oc
casionally, by saying, ‘Well done, my
boy, you are worth your weight in
gold.’
I have often been asked what were
my feelings during this fight. 1 ielt
pretty much as 1 suppose every one
does at such a time. That meu are
without thought when they stand amid
the dying and the dead, is too absurd
an idea to be entertained a moment.
We all appeared cheerful, but I
know that many a serious thought
ran through my mind; still what could
we do but keep up a semblance, at
least, of animation ? To run from
our quarters would have been cer
tain death from the hands of our own
officers ; to give way to gloom or to
show fear would do no good, and might
brand us with the name of cowards,
and ensure certain defeat.
Our only true philosophy, therefore,
was to make the best of our situation
by fighting bravely and cheerfully: 1
thought a great deal, however, of the
other world, every groan, every fall
ing man, told me that the next instant
I might be before the judge of all the
earth. For this I felt unprepared ;
but being without any particular
knowledge of religious truth, I satis
fied myself by repeating again and
again the Lord’s prayer, and promis
ing that if spared 1 would be more
attentive to religious duties than ever
before. This promise 1 had no doubt
at the time of keeping; but I have
learned since that it is easier to make
promises amidst the roar of battle’s
thunder, or in the horrors of ship
wreck than to keep them when dans
ger is absent, and safety smiles upon
our path.
While these thoughts secretly agi
tated my bosom, the din of battle con
tinued. Grape and cannister shot
were pouring through our port holes
like leaden rain, carrying death in the
trail. The large shot came against
the ship’s side like iron hail, shaking
her to the very keel,or passing through
her timbers, and scattering terrific
splinters, which did a more appaling
work than even their own deat '-giv-
ing blows. The reader may form an
idea of the effect of grape and cannis-
ter, when lie is told that grape shot is
formed by seven or eight balls confin
ed to an iron and tied in a cloth.
Those balls are scattered by the ex
plosion of the powder. Cannister
shot is made by filling a powder can
nister with balls, each as large as
two or three musket balls; these also
scatter witfi direful effect when dis
charged. What then with splinters,
cannon balls, grape and cannister,
poured incessantly upon us, the reader
may be assured that the work of death
went in a manner which must have
been satifactory even to the King of
Terrors himself.
Suddenly the rattling of the iron
hail ceased. We were ordered to
cease firing. A profound silence en
sued, broken only bv the stifled groans
of the brave sufferers below. It was
soon ascertained that the enemy had
shot ahead to repair damages, for she
was not so disabled but she could sail
without difficulty ; while we were so
cut up that we lay utterly hopeless.
Our head braces were shot away;
the lote and main top master were
gone ; the mizzen mast hung over the
stern, having carried several men
over in its fall; we were in a state of
complete wreck.
A council was now hejd among the
officers on the quarter deck. "Our
condition was perilous in the ex
treme; victory or escape wore alike
hopeless. Our ship was disabled ;
many of our men were killed, and
many more wounded. The enemy
would, without doubt, bear down
upon us in a few moments, and as she
could now chose her own position,
would, without doubt, rake us fore
and aft.
Any further resistance was there
fore folly. So, in spite of the hot-
brained Lieutenant, Mr. Hope, who
advised them not to strike but to sink
alongside, it was determined to strike
the bunting. This was done by the
hands of a brave fellow named Wat
son, whose saddened brow told how
severely it pained his lion heart to do
it. To me it was a pleasing sight,
for 1 had seen fighting enough for
one Sabalh ; more than 1 wished to
see again on a week day. His Bri
tannic Majesty’s frigate Macedonian
was now the prize of the American
frigate United States.
Beautiful when Finished A
poor Irish woman, with the simplicity
and the intelligence that character
izes her country, upon witnessing
some of the many wonderful improve
ments of the present age, exclaimed,
“Ah, then, what a beautiful world it
will be when it is finished !” The
idea led to a train of thought not alto
gether uninteresting, the result of
which was, to represent every thing
that hitherto seemed to be perfect, in
a most imperfect state ! from the con
templation of man, down to the infe
rior objects! Will lie be finished in
this state of existence ! No! the re
surrection day must dawn ere his per
fection will be accomplished !—and,
surely, when we turn to the page of
history, and trace the improvements
that have taken place only a few cen
turies back, down to our time, may we
not re-echo the poor Irish woman’s
exclamation of “ Ah, then, what a
beautiful world it will be when it is
finished 1”
The sublime and the kidiculous.
The answer of the Indian chief has
often been admired, who, at one of the
councils held with the agents of the
United States, on being invited to take
a chair, replied proudly, “ the earth is
my mother; I will repose upon her bo
som.” A good tiling has been going
the rounds of the newspapers, repre
senting the characteristic reply of a
western squatter to an inquiry with
regard to his place of abode. If it
were not for the homeliness of the
language, it would exceed in sublimity
the celebrated reply of the savage
chieftain. It shows how narrow is
the line which divides the sublime
from the ridiculous—for, in this case,
the effect arises from the irresistible
confounding of the two. The senti
ment is really lofty, while the maner
in which it is conveyed cannot fail to
provoke a smile. “Mister, where is
your house?” asked a curious trave
ler of a half-horse and half alligator
squatter. “House, eh ? do you think
I’m one of them sort? Stranger! I
sleeps in the government purchase—
I eats raw bear and buffalo, and drinks
out of the Mississippi 1”
“ready” in the house, handed it over,
and with it disappeared the merchant
and his clerk. A week passed away,
and ’tis hardly necessary to add, he
did not return. The ‘gold watch’
turned out to be a worthless affair,
“going” only when it was carried,
and the case base metal, made to look
like gold by the new process of “gal
vanizing.” His luggage, upon in
spection, proved to be a rustly port
manteau filled with shavings, and two
large stones to give it weight The
swindler is represented to be nearly
six feet high, dark complexion, mid
dle-aged, of gentlemanly address, and
speaking with a foreign accent. It is
to bo hoped that this exposure will
have a tendency to spoil his opera
tions in other quarters.—New Fork
paper.
Advancement of Mechanics.—
Three of the members elect to Con
gress Irom Tennessee, are mechan
ics. Andrew Johnson is a tailor; J.
W. Blackwell is a coppersmith ; and
G. W. Jones is a sadier. They are
said !o be all of line talents, and rose
to their present eminent station by
persevering industry and their own
good characters, without the aid of in
fluential friends.
Freaks or Fashion.—The lady
exquisites of Boston have taken to
sporting walking canes in their peram
bulations. The dandies, it is said, are
quite excited upon the subject, look
ing upon the fashion, no doubt, as an
invasion of their rights. Suits at law
for breaches of marriage promises,
will now decrease. Faithless swains
may now look out for good thrashings
if they don’t toe the mark. We don’t
know what else the girls want them
walking canes for—Memphis Enq.
Advertising.—We have seen two
stores, side by side, one crowded
with customers, the other vacant and
deserted. What made the differ
ence ? One advertised and the other
did not. We have seen two artists,
equally skilful, one going on the
flood-tide of fortune, the only neglect
ed on the flats, forlorn and discour
aged. The reason is obvious. One
had enf< rprise and liberality enough
to make himself known, the other had
not. YVe know not less than a dozen
examples of persons who have in
creased their business an hundred per
cent, within a few weeks by adver
tising. Hence we arc not only pros
perous ourselves, but the means of
conferring prosperity on others.
Strange that any one will neglect
such a glorious opportunity.
New mode of “ Raising the
YVind.”—One of the “swell mob”
practised a piece of “financiering”
on a boarding-house keeper last week
of rather a novel order. He engaged
apartments about three weeks since
ir a highly respectable boarding
house up town, representing himself
to be a “ Front street merchant." On
the morning ol Sunday week, at the
usual hour for the family assembling
at breakfast, his clerk arrived with
the letters from the post; on their
perusal Mr. Merchant feigned to be
excessively agitated, and rising from
the breakfast table, begged a moment’s
private conversation with the hostess,
which granted, he represented to her
the unpleasant news had arrived from
Baltimore in relation to the solvency
of a house in that city, largely indebt
ed to his “firm” and that it was abso
lutely necessary that he should pro
ceed on by the same morning’s boat;
that as he was unprovided with cash
for such an emergency, she would
render him an essential service by the
loan of $50 until his return, and, said
he, “as our acquaintance is short, I
beg you will retain my watch as se
curity.” The hostess, wishing to
oblige her highly respectable lodger,
and having the necessarv amount of
The Strait YYay to Heaven.—
An itinerant preacher, of more zeal
than discretion, was in the habit of
accosting those he met in his walks,
and inquring into their spiritual wel
fare. Passing along a country rood
that led through a small settlement,
he met a simple country feilow driv
ing a cart, loaded with corn. “Do
you believe in God, sir?” said he
to the countryman. “Yes, sir,” was
the instant reply. “Do you read
your bible, pray to your maker, and
attend to divine worship regularly ?”
and this string of questions was also
answered in the affirmative. “Go on
your way rejoicing my lad,” continu
ed he, “you are in the high way to
heaven.” Clodpole flourished his
whip, and drove on, much delighted,
no doubt, with the blessed intelli
gence. Another person came up by
this time, and he also was interrogat
ed with an unceremonious—“Do you
believe in God, sir?’, “YY’hat have
you to do, sir, with what 1 believe ?”
replied the person accosted, with a
look of surprise. “You are in the
gall of bitterness, and bond of ini
quity,” cried the offended preacher ;
look at that poor lad, whistling along
the road, and driving his cait before
him, “he is on the straight way to
heaven.” “It may be so, sir,” said the
person interrogated, “but to my cer
tain knowledge, if he’s going there,
he’s going with a cart load of stolen
corn.”
LAGRANfiE HERALD.
The undersigned have been induced,
through the long and argent solicitations of
their friends in Troup and the adjoining
counties, to commence the publication of a
weekly Newspaper in the town of La-
Granoe, to be entitled the “ LaGranoe
Herald.”
The location of LaGrange—the general
intelligence and wealth of it» citizens—the
different branches of Education taught in
its various flourishing Schools, combiae to
make it one of the most enviable locations
in the whole South, for the establishment,
of a public journal.
In announcing to the public the speedy
forthcoming of the Herald, it is not out
intentions now' to puff its merits, nor en
deavor to ingratiate ourselves into the good 1
graces of our fellow-citizens by “many
promisesbut to make known the leading
principles that will be firmly and unflinch
ingly advocated through its columns.
The Herald will advocate the leading
principles of the Whig party—will lend its
aid in the establishment of a United States
Bank, and will support a Tariff for Reve
nue—sufficient to defray the expenses of
an economical administration of the Ge
neral Government. HENRY CLAY, of
Kentucky, is our choice for the Presidency.
In asserting our rights, our principles,
and proclaiming the Liberty of the Press,
we shall be tearless and independent; and,
in all of our remarks, shall endeavor to
plumb the line of honesty.
The columns of the Herald will be de
voted to the dissemination of Political,
Agricultural, Commercial, Foreign and Do
mestic intelligence. The several impor
tant Cotton Markets of Georgia, Alabama,
South Carolina and Louisiana, will be quo
ted with great care. A synopsis of the
proceedings of the Legislature of Georgia,
will be given, weekly, during its session.—
And last, though not least, the Literary,
Scientific, Miscellaneous, and Poetical De
partments of the Herald, shall receive due
attention.
An Act of Gratitude.—The No-
ticioso de Ambos Mundos relates that
a yaung Spanish Surgeon, named Hu-
tardo, after the battle of Ocana under
took the care of a Pole, who was dan
gerously wounded in that battle. He
dressed his numerous wounds and
conducted him to Madrid, where he
was received in the house of a lady
named Luja. This lady and llurtado
were assiduous in their attentions to
the wounded soldier, so that, contrary
to expectation, he recovered, and took
his departure with the warmest ex
pressions of gratitude to his benefac
tors. The Polish soldier proved to
be the Prince Brownoski. This
prince lately died at Warsaw, and in
his will bequeathed to Dr. Hutardo,
who had become one of the first phy
sicians of Spain, a legacy of 50,000
francs, and to the Senora Luja a like
sum, in grateful acknowledgment on
tiis part, of services which they re
garded as the mere discharge of a
duty. Sir Hutardo lately passed
through Bayonne, on his way to War
saw, for the purpose of receiving pay
ment of the legacy.
TERMS.
The LaGrange Herald will be issued
weekly, on an imperial sheet, at Three
Dollars per annum.
Any person remitting us $25, shall re
ceive Ten copies of the paper for one year.
Persons enclosing money for Subscrip
tions, will save postage by getting the Post
master either to write or frank their letters.
Law Blanks, Cards, and Job Work of
all kinds, executed wiilr neatness and des
patch, at moderate prices.
The first number of the Herald will be
issued on the 7th of September next.
All Letters on business with the Office,
should be addressed, postvaid, to
BENTON & BRONSON,
August, 1843. LaGrange. Geo.
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A Terrible Affair.—Seduction,
Insanity and Heath.— We do not wish
to be considered as speaking compli
mental y, when we say that the good
people of the north are increasing in
wickedness and immorality in an ad
mirable manner. Every mail brings
us some new accounts of their moiali-
ty, the last specimen ol which is the
following :
Some eighteen months ago, a Rev.
Mr. Lefevre came to a quiet valley
of the Susquehannah, Pennsylvania,
in quest of a congregation over which
to exercise his pastoral charge.—
His clothes were somewhat threads
worn, and the wig of his reverence
had evidently seen better days. His
devout appearance and ex reeding j
zeal, accompanied by considerable I
talent, soon ingratiated him with the j
people of a Presbyterian Church, '
who, after some attention to the out- j
ward man in the way of a coat and j
wig, placed him in their pulpit, where ,
lie continued for months, the admiras
tion of the surrounding country for
his eloquence, zeal and piety.
A few weeks ago, it was discover
ed that this wig covered reverend
gentlemen had made a young mem'
ber of his church a mother, without
the usual riles which arc ordered by
the Church. Her situation was im
mediately made known, and the guilt
brought home to the reverend sedu*
cer. Her mother, then lying very ill,
was thrown into convulsions, from
which she only recovered to be a rav
ing man iac for life. Still more dread
ful, her father, who had through life
cherished a spotless reputation for him
self and family, on hearing his daugh
ter’s shame, and his pastor’s villainy,
“pressed both hands to his breast—
gave one groan—and died 1”—Mobile
Herald.
YVe see, in an article in the Boston
Journal, that C. M. Clay, who was
recently concerned in the fracas with
Mr. Brown, post ■ ince agent, is called
“a nephew ol tienry Clay.” YVith
that quarrel and the degree of blame
to be attached to the one or the oilier
combatant, we know only what is
stated in the papers. But it is right
that it should be known that Mr. C.
M. Clay is in no way related to Hen
ry Clay, except in name.—.3(ex. Gas.
SHERIFF SALES.
TilOUP COUNTY.
ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in
October next, within the legal hours of
sale, before the Court house door in the town of
LaGrange, Troup county, the following proper
ty, to wit:
A negro woman by the name of Elsey, about
27 years old, a good house woman ; also her
child, a negro bov by the name of Columbus,
about four years old: levied on as the property
of Nalhan H. Phillips, to satisfy two fi fas from
Troup Superior Court, one of said fi fas in favor
of Hugh It. Haralson vs Nathan H. Phillips
and Harman H. Harvey, security on the stay of
execution: the other in favor of Walker Dunson
and Robert F. McGehee, security on the stay of
execution. Property pointed out by the plain
tiffs.
A negro boy by the name of Joe : levied on
as the property of Gideon Arther, to satisfy sun
dry ti fas from Pulaski Superior and Inferior
Courts, also some from a Justice’s Court, iu fa
vor of Watson & Warren, uttd others vs said
Arther. Ptoperty pointed out by Wm. Dough
erty.
One center table, one sofa, one dozen Windsor
chairs, two large carpets, one brass fender, one
pair btass andirons, one bureau, twelve beds and
bedsteads and their furniture, consisting of two
sheets and one bed quilt to each bed, with their
pillows and bolsters, also two horses : all levied
on as die property of Joseph Wilson, to satisfy
a fi fa front Troup Inferior Court, in favor of
William Nix vs said Wilson. Property pointed
out by said Wilson.
Aug. 30. S. J. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
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BUSINESS,
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