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ATTtIII NIL'S AT LAXV,
1 ts Columbus, Georgia
\VM, RABUN SHIVERS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, O A.
Wili practice in all the courts of the Chattahoochee
circuit, ami in the adjacent counties in Alabama.
March 4 4 3rn
LA W .
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Pept. 16.1839. S3 ts
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June 14. 19lf J. M. CHERRY.
\Y. G. M. DAT IS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Apalachicola, Florida,
PRACTICES in the Courts of the Middle ani
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COUNTY. PRINCIPAL TOWNS.
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Baker, Albany & Newton,
Lee, Palmyra & SiarksviMe,
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Sumter, Amcricns,
Stewart, Lumpkin,
Earlv, Fort Gaines & Blakely
ALABAMA.
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Barbour, lrwinton and Clayton,
They beg leave to refer to the following gentlemen,
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Milledgeville —Hi? Excellency, Charles J.
McDonald. Iverson L. Harris.
Columbus. —Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn, Frank
lin A. Nishet.
Macon. —Messrs. Poe & Nesbit.Neshit, Hines &
Blake, Col. H. G. Lamar.
Fort Gaines. —lion. William Tavlor.
Palmyra, Lee Co.— Hon. Lott Warren.
Greensborougii. —Hon. William C. Dawson, T.
fi .1. Cunningham.
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St..losepii. Fl a— \N iley Mason. Esq.
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March 11 5 4t
E. 11. P L ATT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(CuthSert, Randolph County, Georgia.)
■ 47 1 EL promptly attend to any httsin ss entrusted
w to his care in the co nties of Stewart. M ari
on, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker. Lee, Sumter,
Macon and Dooly,Georgia, and Russell and Barbour
of Alabama.
REFERENCESt
Columbus—Hon. T. F. Foster and Colonel John
Banks.
Lexington—Joseph Henry 1 timpkin, F.sq. B. F.
Hardeman, Esq. Lewis J. Dupree and George F.
Platt.
Washington—Hon. Garnett Andrew s.
Macon —Col. D. O. Campbell, Jerry Cowls. Esq.
Forsvth —Messrs Dunn & Mar*i
Thomaton —John J. Carey. Esq. T. B. Bethel.
Apalachicola, Flo.— William G. Porter, Esq.
Charleston, S C.—William Harris.
New York.—Messrs. Collins, Reese & Eo.
March 11 5 ts
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Feb. 9. 1 ts
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nearly opposite Col. John Banks’ Drug Store.
Jan. 12. 47tf
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MADE on goods consigned to SM ITII. BEAT
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November 13 c 39 ts
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Office over William A. Redd & Co’s, store.
directors:
JON WARREN. JOHN TEABODY,
GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, THACKER B. HOWARD,
E. S. GREENWOOD, KENITH m’kINZIE.
JOHN BANKS. President.
Matt. R. Evans, Secretary.
Feb. 17 i ts ‘
LIST OF LETTERS
Rb M UN ING in the Host Office at Coiumbu-
March Ist, 1841.
A
Allen Jno S Atwood F G & W H
Archer F C Ain n James
Aiford l.ucretia or James Adams Susan
Amos Wrn Atwood Win H
Alden Geo W Averet Albright
Arno! i Benjamin Anderson Gto
Acee Doctor
B
Riggers Jos Britton Jos
Barite# J M Buel Batij F
Brown \Vm Beckham A G
Bradley Jared Barnett Janies C C
Billups .Mrs E A Banne Lewis
Busby Jacob Burxvell F W
Brown R R Bowen Thomas W
Ru ey N J B .nker Win
Barnard Edwd B nnett Simeon
Beall Rev J Beall Jn W
Bliss Thos W Barkalow W V
C
Cazey Miss Eliza “Chandler Ebcnezer
Chew Jno P II Cary Randal 2
Collins Lmdev Chaffaut James L
Chamberlain Rev R Coleman Col
Carloss W Coates A G
Oiouch Cyrus Cannon R T orN Graham
Carneroi D 2 Clark Richard
Cain Jn W Clernments Jtio F
Coleman Mrs Catharine Coleman Susan B
Crowell Canty E Carblac Allen
Canning Jno Clark Thos J H
Crittenden Samuel CooprrGerrge
Campbell J 11 3 Clark Louis
D
Davis Thos 2 Daniel Henry G
Hummer Capt Diggars Mrs Ann
Doles Miss Clarrissa B Doty Cyrus
Dockins Charles Dent M L
Dill Augustus A 2 Dawkins Pliebe A
E
Elliott Ceo W Engbsh A
Edwards Wm Elliott Mary D
English Louiza Elbert li C
F
Fanner Rufus Forrester Joel
Froxier Win Fratsure ‘1 lumas
Fleming Elizabeth G
G
Glasson Henry Griffith Ezekiel
Garrett Wm A Glass Janies
Cltss-on Miss Ellen J Garrett Obadiah
Gowan Sol Clenn Jno li
II
Iltigens Robert Hillyer Elizabeth
Hood Daniel Hisgins Thos B
Howell Jordan L Hopkins Lucius
Hamilton C P Houge Win
Holland O S Hoffman Sebastian
Hays Miss Harriett Hills Stephen Jun
Hoffe John liowel M W
Howell N Hoffman Michael
Hughes Jas M Higby Fomroy
Hill Janies V/ Hammock Mrs Martha
Hieelifield & Hyman llonfe.y Jno
Hunter Jas W Hal er Jacob
Hurt Mrs Lucy Hall Miss Martha A
Helms Elbert Harley Joshua D
I
Ivey Magirt Iverson Wm
Ingersoll Dr S M
J
J hnson Aaron Jenkins.Tno
Jones Master Burrows Jeffries Belin S
K
ICnight MissSelatha Keith Alexander
Kookogey Sam’l 2 Kenneymore Michael
K>nt Elijah Kirbo Joseph
Kimbrough B L King A C
Kenneymore Bynum
Lucas F W Levingston Jan as
Llovd James M Lawrenoe Eliza
Lewis P D Lawrence Miss Mary
Lxne Thos A Love Robt
Lintard Paul Law all M
Lane Wm G Gee Wm
LaTaste Victor 2 Lowe Willis
M
Manor John A Mai ten Capt Jno
Moffett Henry 2 May Jno
MorefieldJ li Mnkirovv Jeth W
Morgan Win H Motitgomry U M
Math"s H Minis B JM
Mott Mrs Nancy McGee Mrs Mary
Alack Lorenzo McGildany Janies
Morton Jno McCrarv Tnbert
Mail ie C S McAlistei Elizobeth C
Moss Alexander McQ,neen Robert, or his
Murphy W Agent
N
Newsom D R Nott Dr Rufus A
Neister H M Nut Jno
Nubhtt Thos P
O
O’Neal Wm VV Owens WmC
P
Pruett Alvin H Price Miss Lydia
Pardexv James A Partridge Jno
l-ortuvent Miss Rebecca Pavne Win C
Pace Wm Jr Park Wm
Porter Nathan Prator iito B
Peterson J S Pace Win Jr
Pye Valentine Pace Wm or
Ptnkark P Pace Ekanah
Philips Sarah Prather Emily C
Parker G Pool That as
Pruett JsiTU*: Pike James
Powers Wm A
R
Rogrrs Miss Martha M Ru=sell Jas
RylanderWm l llobmson Andrew Jr
Reeves Pryor Ruse George
Rogers Adam Reynolds Prudence
Robinson Andy Richardson Jno R
Ross Geo VV Rose Adrian T
S
Smith Rev W A Sharp Hubbard P
Shurman Jno Smith Mathew VV”
Shaw James Sluder Air
S.t tkey Dr R T Sxveet Manly A
Shafter Catharine Shepherd Jno
Stevens C G Sburlock Jno
Sievenson T. H. Shivers & Parker
Smith Esq Shipp Gustavos
Smith Moses Stem Janies A
Smith Hopson C A Stallings Mrs Emily
Stroud Jno Snowden G T
Shorter Catharine Stronss Jno
‘-eaxvell James Stratton C 2
Segnor Wm P
T
Tippet Rev H H Thornton Jonathan A
Tarver Jno Tucker Wm
Thornton Thos A Tarver Milton
Terrv Miss Caroline E Took Jno
Trent Wm B Taylor J W
iieknor James H Toxvns J G
Taylor Elizabeth Tozier Jno C
V
Vestra* H O Vance Marcus
w
Warren G L 2 Walker G A
Wynn Airs C T 2 Ward Wm G
Walton Jno Witherby P
Willis L K Willard Geo
VV ison Wm H Wright II L
Wood Thos G 2 Worsham Jno G
Walker .Mrs Sarah V Williams Janies S
Wilcox Airs Nancy Wtlliotns Wm
Wilson Joel Whealhinglon Wm
Woods Af G Walls Jesse
V
Young Samuel
JOHN SCHLEY. P. M.
“ YOUNG MEN'S
THE Democrat! Republican Young Men of
Randolph county, are requested to meet at.
Cuthbert on the first Tuesday in April next, for the
purpose of appointing a delegation of one hundred and
fifty, to attend the Young Men's Convention, to be ;
held at Milledgeville, on the first Monday of May
next.
Young Men of Randolph, the reins of Government
are in the hands of the enemies of your country, the
Post Office Deportment at Washington City, is now
under the control of an aholi'ionist, a'-d it devolves
upon you to unite with the Young ?.len of o'her sec
tions of the country, in hurling fanatics from high pla
ces and restoring Democracy in its puritv.
A. M. HUGHES,
E. H. PLATT,
March 25 7 2t Committee.
~ NEW BOOKS.
CJ EOOND part of Democracy in America, by De-
D Tocqtieviile ; being a continuation of his treatise
on our ins itutions, which are known as bein<r the
most correct < f any ever written.
A ne v supply of Georgia Scenes, illustrated edition.
The American Almanac for 1841.
Friendship’s Offering.
The Token.
Mercedes, hv Cooper, &c. &c.
Just received at
NORTON & LANGDON’S.
March 11 5 ts
“■"HTHEREAS Jairws Kirkpatrick, applies to me
W for letters of administration on the estate of
Thomas P. Kirk pat tick, late of said county, dec’d.—
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and appear at mv office, within thettme prescribed
bylaw, to show cause, if any exist, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, this 30th day of Jan
uary. 1811.
50 4 1 M. GRESHAM, r. c. o.
THE COLUMBUS TIMES.
FANNY WILLOUGHBY.
1 love th'-e, Fanny Willoughby,
And that’s the why, ye see,
I woo thee, Fanny Willoughby,
Arid cannot let thee be ;
I sing for thee, I sigh for thee,
And O! you may depend on’t
I’ll weep for thee. I’ll die for thee,
And that xvi.l be the end on’t.
I love thy form. I worship it;
To me it always seems,
As if it were the counterfeit
Os some I’ve seen in dreams ;
It makes me feel as if I had
An Angel by my side,
And then 1 think I am so bad
You will not be my bride.
I lo ‘c the golden locks that gloxv
About that brow of thine,
I always thought them “so and so,”
But now they are divine;
They’re like an Alpine torrents rush,
Tlie finest under Heaven ;
They’relike the bolted clouds, that flush
The sky at summer’s even,
I lox'e thy clear and hazel eve—
They say the blue is fairer,
And I confess that formeily
I thought the blue the rarer;
But when l saw thine eye so clear
Though perffctly at rest,
I did kneel down and I did swear,
The hazel was the best.
I love thy hand, so pale and soft,
The which in days lang syne,
Ye, innocent as trusting, oft
Would softly cla.-p in mine;
I thought it sure was chiselled out
Os marble, by the Geniuses,
1 he which the Poets rant about,
Tlie Vngins and the Venuses.
I love the sounds that from thy lips
Gush holily and free,
As rills that from their cavers slip,
And prattle to the sea;
The melody for aye doth steal
To hearts by sorroxv riven,
And then I think, and then 1 feel,
That music conies from Heaven.
Now listen Fanny Willoughby,
To what I cannot keep :
AJy days ye rob of jollity,
My nights ye rob of sleep ;
And if ye don’t relent, why I
Beltve you will me kill,
For passion must have vent, and I
Will kilt myself, I will.
Twas thus xvhen love had made me mad
For Fanny Willoughby,
I told my tale half gay, half sad,
To Fanny Willoughby;
And Fanny look’d as maiden would
When love her heart did burn,
And sigh’d a.- maiden should
And murmur’d a return.
And so I woo’d Fenny Willoughby,
A maiden like a dove,
And so I won Fanny Willoughby,
The maiden of my love;
And tho’ sad years have pass’d since that,
And she is injhe sky,
I never, never can forget,
Sweet Fanny Wi.loughby!
New Haven, Conn., 1837.
From the Knickerbocker, March, 1841.
MARY HART.
The following narrative was derived from an officer of
General Wellborn’s corps, who was m bathe with
the Greek Indians, as below narrated, amt an eye
witness of the remarkable evenis here recorded.
The whole affords but anothor proof, that truth is
indeed often stranger than fiction.
The Creek war of 1836-7, was a most bar
barous one, and continued nearly two years,
l lie Creek population comprehended in the
treaty lor emigration westward, was tiventy
two thousand souls, about two thousand ol
whom, warriors, broke the treaty, and com
menced hostilities in May, 1836, by an attack
on tlie town of Roanoke, in tlie night, butch
ering iis inhabitants, putting them to flight,
and pillaging and setting fire to tfieir habita
tions. The terrors of an affrighted popula
tion, once exposed to Indian barbarities, can
hardly be conceived. Rumor follows quick
upon ihe heels of rumor; yet no story ean
exceed the horrors of Indian warfare, as it is
impossible for language adequately to depict
its tealities. his staled ol a man in flight
with his family from a supposed pursuit ol In
dians in this war, that having not fresh intel
ligence of alarm by tlie less hasiy flight ol
others who had overtaken him, he took up his
boy from behind Ins wagon, tossed him in,
and ran forward to whip up his team, when lo !
at tlie place of stopping, he found that the
violence of his action to save lus son, had kill
ed him by breaking his neck!
When General Jessup had reported the
Creek war at an end, and drawn otl his troops
into Florida to act against the beimnoles, con
trary to the remonstrances of the inhabitants
of Alabama—who assured him that the In
dians were not all subdued, but that some hun
dreds were still lurking in their hiding places
the war broke out afresh, with increased
barbarity ; and (he Governor of Alabama, ihe
Hon. Clement C. Clay, now Senator in Con
gress, was forced to act with great vigor in
mustering fresh troops lor tlie exigency, by
enlisting the citizens of tlie Slate into the ser
vice of the United States. General William
Wellborn received the command, and acquit
ted himself with great valor and honor, to the
end of the war.
Some time in the winter of 183 G-7, Gener
til Wellborn heard of an encampment of In
dians on the banks of Pee River, near its con
fluence with Pee Creek, between the Forks.
With a company of two hundred and jten
mounted men, he set oft’ in search of the foe.
Having discovered and reconnoitred their po
sition, from the west bank ol the Pee, without
being observed, he left one hundred and twen
ty of his troops on the higher grounds, about
half a mile from the river, at a point by which
the Indians must retreat, if dislodged, with di
stinctions to cut them oft whenever they
should he driven in upon them. With the re
mainder, ninety men, he descended the river
a few miles, and crossed on a bridge below
the confluence of the two streams, with a
view to come round and attack the Indians hv
surprise. Having made his way across Pee
Creek, he found the access greatly impeded
hv low and wet grounds, it being a time of
high water, and several lagoons, or channels
running from one river to the other, and at
this time flooded : cane-brakes and palmetto
thickets were to be broken through, and vari
ous obstacles, peculiar to that wild retreat, in
terposed. Nevertheless, the bravery and de
termination of the troops surmounted all im
pediments, and they arrived at last on the
hank of a lagoon, on the other side of which
was the Indian encampment, themselves
screened from observation bv a grove of pa ! -
metfos, and favorable grounds.
At this moment a firing was heard in the
direction of the place where the one hundred
and twenty troops had been left, and it was
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APKIL 1, 1841.
mamiest, as none but Women and children
were to been seen*m opposite bank of the
lagoon, that the Indians had discovered the
whites on the west side of the Pee, and had
themselves become the assailants. This was
the more painful to observe, that the firing
grew rapidly more distant, an indication that
the Indians^were victorious, and in pursuit.
General Wellborn instantly conceived the
project, as retreat was impossible, of placing
bis men in line as near the bank of the lagoon
as he couid, lor a desperate onset on tlie re
turn o| the Indians ; and having oiven his or
ders, he retired to an eminence about a quar
ter of a nifle, and showed himself to the wo
men, who instantly raised the cry of • Esta
Hadka! Esta-Hadka /’ ‘Whiteman! While
man!’ pointing to General Wellborn, on the
distant eminence. This alarm v, as rapidly
conveyed by runners to the Indians now en
gaged on the other side of the Pee, and as
sooo as possible, some three hundred tverriors
or more came rushing back, flushed with vic
tory, and full of vengeauce. They seemed lo
know that they had routed the largest body
of their opponents, and were eager to find the
remainder. It was a critical moment when
they stood upon the open ground, within gun
shot of General Wellborn’s men, on the other
bank of the lagoon, demanding of tue women
where they had seen the white man. The
Indians knew that the lagoon was Ibrdable,
but their opponen s did not. At the moment
they were about to rush in, and at a given
signal, a well directed fire was poured in upon
them from the whole line, and they fell back,
with a shojt of terror and discomfiture, into
a pine wood, about forty rods distant, leaving
many of their number dead upon the field.
It was evident that die fiie told well, but no
less certain, that the foe would soon rally, and
return with a confidence of victory. They
knew there was no escape for the wnite man,
and that they had driven from the field Ins
strongest force. Violent speeches of the
duels and warriors were heard, and under
stood. In about forty minutes, a hideous yell
of onset rang through Hie finest, and the en-
tire array of the Indian lince leaped upon the
bank of the lago n, to cross and drive thtir
assailants by closer fight. At that moment
they received a second time the whole lire of
General Wellborn’s .nen ft out behind the pal
metlos, halted, staggered, and again fell back
into the woods, leaving the ground strewed
with tlie r slam. Again tlie rallying speeches
were heard, and General Wei I horn saw that
he and his men must transfer the action to tlie
other bank, or perish belore a superior force.
Believing, from the demonstrations of the In
dians, tlial the lagoon was fordable, he order
ed two men, at different points, to make the
attempt, and if they succeeded, the whole
corps were to plunge in, form upon the oppo
site bank, and rush upon the foe.
It was but tlie work of a moment, and eve
man was in line. Ihe conflict was desperate
and bloody. Women fought and fell with the
men. A single white man encountered a war
rior and two of Ins wives, all three of whom
were laid dead at his feel, by a necessity which
he could not avoid, in sell-preservation. The
Indians fled across a bridge of trees which
they had thrown over the i’ee, fighting and
falling in their retreat ; and all that could,
were soon out of the battle, leaving behind
them camp and spoils, the wounded, the dy
ing, and the dead. Seventy-three warriors,
averaging six feet and two inches in height,
were counted in the slain.
An old chief, Apothlo-Oholo, who afterward
escaped in the mgbt, being entirely disabled
by the shot he bail received in various parts
of his body, fell into the river, as he was at
tempting to cross the bridge of trees. He
clung to the branches, and buried himself en
tirely under water, while the victors were
crossing and re crossing, during and alter the
action. He lived to recover ol his wounds,
joined his party, and afterward made the fol
lowing speech to General Wellborn, atCon
chatto- Mecco’s Town, when about to emi
grate with his people:
“You are a Great Chief. I have fought
you as long as I could. You have beaten me.
You have killed and taken nearly all my peo
ple. lam now ready to go: the farther from
you the better. We cannot be friends. I
thank you for taking care of my women, chil
dren, and wounded warriors, and Ibrsendino
them back to me. You area Great Chief.”
In the sleeve of the coat of Apothlo-Oholo,
after the battle, were found twenty-eight hun
dred dollars. in gold; and many spoils that
had been taken from murdered white families,
or pillaged from ihetr deserted houses, were re
covered. A roll of bunk notes was also (bund.
Most i fll e Indian ponies were left behind, and
the whole ol the next day was consumed in ma
king preparations lor a vigorous pursuit of the
routed Indians. Nine of the ninety engaged
in this attack were kiiled. The carcasses of
the Indians, we are sorry to learn, were lift
without burial. The exasperated feelings of
the troops, themselves citizens ol a common
wealth doomed to the horrible atrocities of an
Indian war, with ;heir families exposed, many
of whom had already suffered, must stand as
an apology for no paying to a fallen enemy
the usual respect of civilized warfare. It was
a scene ol carnage, left to tlie face of the sun
and to the eyes of the stars.
On the morning of the third day, a pur
suit of the retreating Ibe was ordered, the
trail of which led them down the Pee, to the
plantations of two brothers, Josiah and Rob
ert Hart, about lorty “<iles below the battle
ground above described. As they approach
ed these settlements, il needed no prophet’s
ken to anticipate the fate of these unhappy
families. The Indians, still counting scarcely
less than two hundred warriors, came upon
them the second night.
Josiah Hart had a wife, a son, and two
daughters, the youngest of whom, Marv, was
nine years ot age. The family of Robert
Hart, living about a mile from his brother,
consisted of himself, two sons, a mairied
daughter, and son-in-law. The log cab.n of
Robert, as is usual in that country, was built
In two separate parts, with an open space or
court between, over which the roof of the
building extended, the door of each part be
ing in the middle of this court, opposite to each
other. A\va:e of the dangers to which lie
was exposed, Mr. Hart had ‘chinked’ the logs,
before open and admitting of being fired
through by the musketry or rifles of anenemv,
leaving heie and there a port hole, through
which the tenants might be able to repulse as
sailant?. He was also provided with nine
pieces of fire-arms, rifles, double hairel and
other, kept constantly charged, and ready for
a sudden emergency. Inoneot these build
ing?. the whole family slept by their armsand
ammunition, while the watch-dog kept his post
without.
At the mid-hour of this fatal night, they
were suddenly awakened by the earnest bark
ing of the dog, and the simultaneous yells of
the Indians. The dog was soon silenced by
the rifles of the savages; and the subsequent
stillness without, except when interrupted bv
the occasional hght tread or sudden hound of
the wily fie around the hous°, reconnoitering,
in preparation for the execution of his purpose,
W’as fearful. Having failed in their usual
stratagem of dr.vng out the tenants of the
house in affright, bv the yells of their onset, in
an opposite direction, where they would he
sure to tail into the hands of a party in am
bush, they sought opportunity to make an at
tack through the crevices of the logs which
composed the walls of the building. Not
succeeding in this, for the reason before men
tioned. and not venturing yet to enter the
court, for lear of a fire from within, which
had not vet opened upon them, their next
device was, to kindle a fire under the side of
the dwelling, by which, if successful, they
were sure of their prey. This, however, they
could not well do in the dark, without beco
ming marks lor an unseen hand. Accord
ingly, the first attempt proved fatal to those
engaged in it, and two or three Indians fell
before the sure aim of the riflie from within
the walls. Hour after hour, in painful sus
pense, passed away, with now and then a
shot from either party, to little or no purpose,
except H at a chance ball from an Indian rifle
found its way between the logs, and wound
ed Mr. Hart’s daughter in the arm. Not
daring to strike a light, they endeavored, as
well as they could, to bind it up, and to staunch
the blood. At length a lurid light cast upon
the clouds, discovered to Mr. Hart tha) his
brother’s house was in flames, and a yell ol
triumph broke from the horde of savages bv
whom he and his children were environed, se
cure, though less successful hitherto, in ac
complishing the same object. The flames
rose higher, and threw upon this besieged
habitation a flood of light, that compelled the
besiegers to retire behind the out houses for
protection, as they would otherwise be expos
ed to tlie fire of Mr. Hart and his sons.
Day dawned at last, and a desultory fire
was commenced, as chance invited, and‘as an
Indian h ad was exposed to view. Several of
the Indians tell. Exasperated by these fail
ures, they resolved to set the house on fire at
any hazard. They collected combustibles,
cl lose their position, and rushed with fire and
kindling-wood under the stick chimney of ttie
house, where, as it hanpened, the rifles trom
within could not be brought to bear. The
smoke was soon felt in the house, and not a
moment was to he lost. Despair finds wea
pons; and by the concert of an instant, a
bold device was projected, to strike through
the frail chimney back on the heads of the In
dians, and lay a sudden sortie, drive them
from the field, to purchase to themselves an
opportunity of escape to the Fort, a bout seven
miles distant. It. was done. Three or four
Indians were killed, and the rest fled. In
some two hours after, Mr. Hart and his chil
dren were ali safely lodged in the Fort, having
left their house to pillage and flames, to which
it was doomed in the course of that morning,
so soon as the Indians had mustered a strong
er force, and returned to renew the attack
Plunder was all they had to enjoy.
About thirty-six hours after the Indians had
quitted the plantation of the Harts, which
they had left a scene of ruin and of carnage,
and descended the river, little dreaming of
being pursued by the party whose power
they had fell two days belbre, General Well
horn and his men came in sight of the smok
ing ruins of’ Josiah Hart’s habitation and out
houses. Not a living creature moved before
their eyes, and every aspect was that ot des
olation. From a party in the advance, so
soon as they approached the ruins, a cry o!
horror and vengeance arose, which broke the
awful silence of the place; and each one as
he came near, was petrified at the spectacle
which was presented. In a yard, a tew rods
from the house, lay the mangled and naked
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Hart, their son and
eldest daughter; and a little removed from
them, the body of Mary, also naked, with her
skull apparently broken in by a pine-knot,
which la v by her side, covered with scattered
hair and blood. She was lying upon her side,
her person stabbed in several places, from
head to foot ; and the blood of each wound
extending in unbroken coagulation to the
ground, winch had drunk the crimson streams.
I’he sight of Mary was not so fearful as that
of the rest ot the family, though sutlicientlv
shocking. It was evident, that she had never
struggled or moved, from the moment she was
left m that position, thirty-six hours before.
Save her wounds, her appearance was that
of an innocent, mat hie repose.
The mutilated ami mangled condition of the
other memb.rsof the family was too horrib e
to be recorded. Mr. Hart had been pierced
with many halls; Mis. Hart with less; each
had been shot; and all were covered and dis
figured with ghastly wounds. The spectacle
filled the men with absolute madness. They
raved, stamped, ran to and fro, struck the
trees and stones with their clenched hands,
until the blood followed liom their blows,
without seeming to feel the wounds they in
flicted on themselves; and they ciied,‘Ven
geance! Vengeance! Vengeance!’ till all the
region rang with it, and lound enough to
awake the sleepi ig dead.
And it did awake the dead ! Surrounded
at this moment by a throng of these exasper
ated beholders, who were looking upon her
innocent countenance, and raising the>e fear
ful cries, hut not having yet presumed to touch
this relic of mortality, little Mary Hart open
ed her eyes, timed up her lace, aim said, au
dibly and distinctly, ‘How they did heat us!’
and then closed her eyes, and turned hack,
clasped again in the same silent and death like
repose! The moment was awful, and the
reeling of the spei talors entirely changed.
The innocent victim was carefully approached,
tenderly lifted up, her wounds bathed, and the
proper surgical applications attaahed. On
examination, it was found that life was not
extinct; hut she was so literally drained ol
her blood, that no symptom of reviving ani
mation could be awakened. Wrapped in a
blanket, she was carried on horseback in the
arms of Genera! Wellborn to ti e Fort, with
little more sign of hie than when first taken
from the ground, and was committed he the
charge of her uncle and ills family', whose es
cape has already been narrated.
The troops started off’ in hot pursuit of the
fly ino foe. h 11 . i after two day’s march overtook
them in Florida. Thirty-nine of them were
slain in the engagement that ensued ; many
prisoners were taken, with the booty from the
pillaged houses of the Harts; and the rest
took flight to the town of Concha tto Mecco,
where they surrendered for emigration, and
the Creek war was ended.
Mary Ha rt, by means of tender nursing,
anti the restoring powers of nature, gradually
recovered. The in lentnre in the skull proved
not to be a fracture, and she is now supposed
to bens well as if the massacre had never hap
pened. Site is at this time twelve or thirteen
vears of age, and sole heiress to a great es
tate.
Important Decision. —ln a case recently
before the Court of Common Pleas, in Dauphin
Cos., Pa, Judge Parsons decided “the true rule
of policy, and of law, to be—That when bank
notes are current at the place in which they
are paid, and they are received without objec
tion, and paid in good faith, without any knowl
edge that the ban ; had failed, or where, from
the facts, it could be inferred that it had, al
though at the time the notes in the place where
the bank is located, are not current but utter
ly worthless*still, in law, it is a valid payment
of a rre-esisting debt, and when so received,
and the debt or judgemen’ satisfied, it is a pay
ment, and the original debt is relinquished.”
The case has been removed to the Supreme
Court fur revision.—Charleston Patriot.
From the New World.
VOICES OF THE NIGHT.
BY PROFESSOR LON OFF L LOW.
It is a note-worthy circumstance in the an
nals of American literature, that a collection
of poems, within two years from its first day
of publication, readied a third edition. The
booksellers tell us that poetry is a drug in the
market—and ive believe them. We believe
ihat no small quantity of poems that are prin
ted, never see any light beyond that which
glimmers through the windows of a binder’s
attic. Thev wax old and dingy in the obscu
rity of unfolded sheets, and are never “drawn
out,” except by the trunkmaker. But the
reason of this is different from what the book
sellers suppose. The poems are not unsalea
ble because they are poems, hut because they
are had poems—or, at all events, so middling
that had were better. The same ideas in
prose would be quite as much neglected ;
though, perhaps, more people would be able
to tell how utterly worthless they were.
Good poetry —really good—poetry which
thrills the heart, makes the pulse beat faster,
and the eye grow dim with tears or brighten
with joy—poetry which elevates or subdues
—colors external objects with the hues of im
agination, and causes us to hear
“ A sound that brings
The feelings ot a dream—”
such poetry will always be popular, and what
me publisher may consider the more accepta
ble word, profitable.
With ilie “Earlier Poems” of Professor
Longfellow, contained in this volume, we can
not express ourselves especially gratified.—
They seem to us feeble, and written after a
bad model. In most of them we can discern
a mimicry of the afiectation of anoiher Amer
ican versifier, to whom the imitator is vastly
superior. We would not go so far as to as
sert that the imitation was intentional; hut it
is evident enough that it existed. A glaring
instance will satisfy the reader:
With what a tendi-r and impassioned voice
It till the vice and delicate ear of thought
When the fas -ushering slat- ol morning comes
O'er'ruling the grey hills with golden scarf;
Or when ilie cowled and dusky sandaled Eve
In mourning weeds, from, cut tile western gale
Departs with silent pace!
Unassisted by the italics evert, which we
have thrown into the lines, he who remembers
the quires of blank-verse which issued to eli
cit the admiration of boarding-school misses
and under-graduates, will easily acknowledge
their resemblance to the effusions of “Roy”—
the youthful signature of Mr. N. P. Willis.
The “Voices of the Night”—poems that
give a title to the volume—are so totally dif
ferent from these “Earlier Poems,” that we
can hardly convince ourselves of the same
ness of their origin. Between his earlier and
his later years, the taste of the writer seems
to have been taught in a school of chaste and
severe forms of beauty. His mind grew, ex
panded, blossomed and bore fruit in the at
mosphere of generous study. Its roots were
moisiened by water from “ the old well ol
English undefiled,” and its branches warmed
by the rays of German genius. Indeed, so
much nurture Inis this poet derived from, the
primeval authors of our Saxon tongue and
the great spirits of modern Germany, that he
has, with some shadow of reason, been accused
of plagiarism. A single instance will suffice to
illustrate the grounds upon which this poet is
charged with a lack of originality.
When John Neal —himself a poet of great
excellence—was connected with the critical
department of tins journal he quoted and “ set
a going,” prefaced by one of his hursts of en
thusiastic eulogy, a stanzas, which has since
been transferred to nine-tenths of our news
papers—
“ Art is ‘ong and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.”
Straying the into alcove of a iibrarv, the other
day, we lighted upon a small volume, con
taining among other scraps ol old English po
etry, these verses by King, Bishop of Chi
chester:
But hark ! my pulse like a soft drum
Beats my approach to thee—l come!
And slow liowe’er my marches be
I shall at last lie down with thee.
It is not at all impossible that Professor Long’
fellow may not have seen the latter quotation;
but, as the kind old toady in Miss Pickering's
admirable novel, “Who shall be heirs” says,
“it is a striking coincidence!”
We have rumbled on to a much greater
length than we intended in taking up our pen
—the simple object of which was to echo the
praises bestowed on these elahorate produc
lionsot a favorite author. The volume, which
has been the immediate cause of this notice, is
a very elegant one from the press of John
Owen, Cambridge, Mass. The type really
seems to luxuriate in the breadth of margin by
which it is surrounded ; pretty as it is, how
ever, it is rather too small for itssituation, and
puts us in mind ofthe pet ofthefamily seated
in grandfather’s beautiful, big arm chair.
“ So, oli dark mystery of the moral wbrld !
so, unlike the order of external universe; glide
together, side by side, the shadowy steeds of
.Night and Morning. Examine life on its
own world: confound not that world, the inner
one the practical one, with the more visible,
yet airier and less substantial system, doing ho
mage to the sun, to whose throne afar in the in
finiie space, the human heart, has no wings to
flee. In life, the inind and the circumstance
give tie true seasons, and regulate the dark
ness and the light. Os two men standing on
the same foot of earth, the one revels in joy
noon, the other shudders in the solitude of
night. For Hope at Fortune the daystar is
ever shining. The “ Annmuth Strahlendos”*
live ever in the air. For care and penury, night
changes not with the ticking of the clock or
the shadow on the dial. Morning for the heir,
night for the houseless, and God’s eye on both?
—Bulwers Night and Morning.
* tichilcr.
Pickled Beef and Pork, in the south and
west, is apt to sour. Take it out and dry it,
throw away the old pickle, or clean it by boil
ing. Smoke the barrel thoroughly and repack
ihe meat.
Don’t throwaway the Udder of your beef cow
Salted, smoked and dried, it is rich, delicious
eating. Boil and eat it cold like tongue. Try
it.
Lard never spoils in warm weather if it is
cooked enough in frying out.
Wash your butter thoroughly in cold water,
and work out all the butter-milk; pack it in a
stone jar and stop the mouth air tight, and it
will keep sweet forever.
Tomatoes make an excellent preserve.
Sweet or Oiive Oil is a certain cure for the
bite of a rattlesnake . Apply it interhal and
externally.
To cure Scratches on a horse.—Wash the
legs with a warm strong soap suds, and then
with beef brine. Two applications will cure
the worst case.
Emigrants.— The Department of State h HS
a statement of the number and description 01
passengers who arrived in the United States,
from foreign countries, in the year 1840, solar
as returns have been received at the Depart
ment.—The returns are incomplete; they,
however, show that 11.3,206 persons came to
the United States, by sea, during the venr.
VOL. I. NO. .8
THE FREE HANKING LAW.
It would seem by the following article from
the Georg; soman, that we are to have
another Bank under the Free Banking Law,
and perhaps two.
We publish on the first page of to-day’s pa
per, the act establishing the Free Banking
system in this State. The interest which the
people begin to feel in this system of banking,
and the much greater security it holds out To
the bill-holder over the old one, induces us to
furnish them with whatever information we
possess on the subject.
We observe that two new banks upon this
system are projected, and may be expected
shortly to go into operation; one at Greenville,
in Meriwether county, and the other at Cuth
bert, in Randolph county.
Ol the latter we can only say, that the pre
liminary measures for calling a meeting have
just been taken, and the institution is yet in its
incipient state.
I hat at Greenville is further advanced.—-
The Bank has been fully determined upon;
and fifteen hundred shares of the Stock taken.
It will go into operation about the first of May.
Officers.— Henry Harris, President; Wi
ley P. Burks, Cashier ; Thomas Leslie, Book
Keeper.
Directors.— llenry Harris, Thomas E.
Hardway, R >bert Hamilton, Wiley P. Burke, *
James A. Perdue, Francis Jeter, R. 11. Gates,
Thomas Leslie, Nathan Truit.
Mexican Dollars. —Dr. Hurt, theassav
er ol the United Slates Branch Mint at New
Orleans, informs such persons as are in the
habit of depositing Mexican dollars at the
Mint, under the impression of realizing some
profit from the recoinage, that there is at pre
sent in circulation in New Orleans, a large
amount ol Mexican dollars, of a depreciated
standard, and varying considerably as to the
extent ol depreciation. From the results of
repeated assays made during tfie three last
years, lie has discovered four descriptions
of the above currency, of the following respec
tive values.
Ol the Ist description, dollar worth 62 22-100
Os the 2 1 do do do 72 22 100
Os the 3d do do do 83 50-100
Os the 4th do do do 96 83 100
At the present time the dollar of the Sd de
scription worth 83 1-2 cents, are by far the
most abundant in circulation. They are sd
well executed that very few persons, even the
must experienced, can detect them. The
letter “D ’ is stamped on them, intimating
that they came from the mint at Durango.—
He further observes, that the Mexican gold
coins have hitherto on an average sustained
their legal title and estimated value.
Fresh Pond are enormous—and during a cold
season the supply may be considered inex
ha-. stible. The amount of this refreshing
article; shipped last year from Charlestown
and Boston was about 32,000 lons —neatly all
of which came from Fresh Pond. During
the year, several large ice houses have been
erected, near Spy Pond in W T esl Cambridge;
which tlie proprietors are now busily engaged
in filling. ‘The exportation of ice taken from
tnese two ponds, during the present year, will
probably amount to 40,000 tons— employing
IS3 vessels, each carrying 300 tons ”
Tills business must increase to a very con
siderable extent. Ice is highly valued m
Southern ports, wherever it has been intro
duced —and the people are exceedingly reluc
tant to forego the luxury. In many Targe and
populous towns in the West India Islands, ice
has not yet been introduced—but if we judge
correctly of Yankee enterprise, it soon will be.
When ti e Charlestown branch railroad is ex
tended to Fresh Pond, tins will become an
important article of export.--Boston Evening
Journal.
The Nashville Union of the 4th inst. says:
“ Gen. Jackson visited his friends in Nashville
on Monday, returning to the Hermitage on the
next day. We cannot perceive that the men
tal faculties of this venerable man are im
paired in the slightest degree. With ali the
great questions of national policy, both for
eign and domestic, he preserves that thorough
knowledge for which he was distinguished in
active life, and freely discusses them with his
usual frankness and clearness; Ill's general
health seems to be as good as it has been for
several years, and the country have reason to
hope that lie will yet be preserved to it for a
considerable period as a guide and a livino
light to the pat h of young republicans who ard
determined through liie to “be just and fear
not.’”
Good Advice.— The following correspon
dence and advice are from St. Louis Penant:
Air. Editor: I have been paying my respects
to a young lady of this city for some time, and
love her as hard as a cannon can shoot. But
she dresses so fine, that I’m affraid if I were to
ask her she wmuld keep my nose eternally to
the grindstone. Will you be so kind as to give
me some advice on the subject?
Yours, W. 11. C.
We advise you sir, to run home immediate
ly, and relieve your dear mother’s anxiety; she
certainly don’t know you’re out.
Flour.— The amount of flour inspected in
Baltimore duiing the year 1840, was 763,115
barrels and 31,606 half barrels.
Great Britain.— The population of the
Lmled Kingdoms of Great Britain is stated
to be 27,200,008.
Breach of Mail Laws. —About 150 suits
have been commenced in New York, against
persons who have incurred the penalty for
vwiting on the margin ot newspapers sent to
their friends by mail. The line for each of
fence is 810.
Steamers.—The first steamer on the Mis
sissippi was launched in 1811 ; there are now
more (ban 700 on that river and ii ß tributa
ries Jhe first steamer on the lakes was built
at Lullalo in 1818. These inland seas are
now navigated by 61 steam-ships, some of
them of ihe largest class and most magnificent
structure.
It is stated in the Philadelphia National
Gazette that, the honorable and lucrative post
of Solicitor of the Treasury, at Washington
has been offered to the Hon. Charles B. Pen!
rose, now a member of the Senate of Pennsyll
vama. It is not known whether he will ac
cept it.
A Kins of many Avocations.— Louis Phil
lipe. besides King u! a nation of 80 000 000
ot people, is an agriculturalist, an iron thunder,
a wood merchant, a house holder, a rent ow
ner, an I a speculator in the fund g.—Southern
Pa l riot.
Mr. Kendall, in his Expositor, after re
counting the late transaction in the Senate in
tegard to the Editor of the Globe, bears this
testimony in favor of one whom he has known
long. We value this testimonal 100 highly
to exclude it,- although it may look like vanity
I to insert it:
“Os Mr. Clay’s private character we sliail
not speak. Mr. Blair we have known “through
| good report and evil report,” upwards of twen
ty years. In all the relations ol life, as a son,
; brother, husband, father, and citizen, we be
| iieve tliers are few who can boast a more faith
| ful and exemplary performance of t heir various
i duties.”—Glob-*.