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was’dl-S at together, because it
gentlemen u, " W ,?. u,e ” an,J
f. •’ ,nonp y each other. Besides
fec^he-d lt k. 0 ", 1 ' 1 I,ave riil awkward el
tobe rei -/* ii PU t bl , ,c , y stated or at any rate
tUe °1 ,ola ? “’ 1-rivatclile, ,U,
from’l7 r s °-and S) had won an estate
X,H J , (iraer, K : rn - II ‘ vaa therefore re
sohed that an estaolishment should be opened
n which all the members might play JLw
ti e proprietor, vs ho not ben,- 0 t the-? own
class but simply a tradesman, they could
fleece. ‘I he iate Duke of York,
Wt l } Lhe M wquis of 11 , and some oti.er
noblemen, are understood to have been the
parses with whom tins idea originated. It is
generally understood that oueni these parlies
w,.s in tne outset the principal thou-h sieeniu-
Krta Unconcern, *'! ‘ha Sp-A-ari. 5
I9u,UuO{. was advanced i.y him, Mr. Crock
ford being at that time too pix,r to “ put down”
tlie bank. It is now, however, as irererallv
supposed that the r.obie Marquis aTiuded to,
with two o:!.er noblemen, have retired from
the business, and that Mr. Crock bird is sole
proprietor. It is said that. the Marquis of
“ has from first to las - , in the course
of his life, won upwards of 1,5< ;(),()< KJ/ ; how
it has iieen spent,— lor it is understood to have
been lor the most part spent—is pretty no; er
aily known to the public, lie now puns but
seidom; hardly ever, unles- there is a p aeon
to be plucked.
Mr. Crockford now stands in need of r;n
one's pecuniary assistance. O.ie who should
know something <>t the matter, assures ino lie
is worth at least 300,000/. ii; this as it may*,
his is one of the banks which have never bro
ken. His inspector, or croupier, or some of
hie experienced friends, are ready at all times
t > take up any one ai. any panic, or to any
amount oi stakes. Let any nobleman or pen
tleman whose fortune is snfti uentlv large,
olier to piny for a stone of 100,000*. and he is
accepted by Crockford in a moment.
Crockford’s gains are some seasons eror
mous ; the seasons, namely, vvi en the greatest
number ot pigeons make their appearance. It
was slated some tune since by one who, if
report speaks true, was lim.-elt a suflerer, that
the gains a short time ago, in one year alone,
after paying all the expen.es (about 1,000/. a
week) ot the establishment, —were upwards
ot 100,001)/. ft is known for certain tbit one
of the principal servants got anew year’s gift
that season ol 500/. On one night, in the
season to which i refer, it is positively stated
by an “Enlightened Ein*,” that the enormous
sum o! nearly 1,000,000/. was turned over
from the time the play commenced till it con
cluded—a period ol eight hours, I his, I
know, will appear at first s giit an incredible
sum; but when it is recollected the players
were unusually numerous on the occasion,
and that many o; them were young noblemen,
just come into the possession ot large for
tunes, and who played at suc'i ieop game ihm
sometimes 10,00;:/. were di.wn on a single
event, —: he statement will not appear to bo
•so much out of the way
Independently of his chance, considered as
a mere gambler, against any one who plays
With him, Crockford nas an additional ch ime
in Ins favour, on account, as it is called, of the
house: that is to say, to enable hmi to defray
the expenses of so large an establishment.
The chances, or “ points,” as they are v:bed
in the language of the hells, in favor of the!
.bouse, vary with the different games. One
who has seen much of die gambling-table I
gives his de .rly pim based knowledge on tins j
subject in the io.lovv.ng terms :—“ i'he bank j
has certain points m its favor, upon each of’
which the stakes of the players lose in effect ;
. one-hall; thus each player imesa. whole stake j
I (wool these points. Lot the stake be one j
or five shillings - , nr any sum u;> re
t. it is all the same. At rouge el voir , j
w-hicit is played u ith cards, these pern's come |
/•lion an average two in sixty-eight events, I
m ur.o hour, one and a hail per cent, per
- . ■ r iUtl percent, per slake per hour ‘
ijr.iia iiit 1 player. At r ; ... e, p.a e.i wi it
9ft m ill ivory i*aii m a cy moer, ‘- it in to rty-
Ki’ events I’src.- ‘, n unit an nour. three per
ren:. per si.die, oi n.<> per it. p*r stake ;; r
half-hour, agamsi. the p vvr. At uv, dcu.e,
cinque, win* ii is played with a large ivory ball I
wiih lorty-eighl spies, twenty-tour black,
sixteen red, ami ei-hi blno ; six ui forty eight
events, robed in one hour, s.x percent, per
stake, or lt!U per cent per stake per Inin,
against the player.” Ibe author docs not
mention the points in favor -1 the house in the
game of French hazard. They are five per
ednt. jtcr even per stake; or 1(H) per cent,
per stake per hour; so that supp stng the
stakes risked to the house were 5,4:/ to each
event, then 500/. per hour would thus be sa
ori licet! to the house Without the player having
even a chance of winning a penny. I Ins,
supposing the hours of pa y were five every
night, and six nights out of he seven, —would
give for the wee.-., 25,0ik /. to the house. For
the six months, during which the season may
he said to he brisk, it would give ihe enormous
sum of 15U,0t)0/. which would go - o tlua colters
of Crocktoid to support ibe house, fr in this
source aloae. This is, however, on liie sup
position ihat the bank is the gamin.’ party m
every instance, which it is with very lew ex
cep;ions indeed, li.it even supposing the
playing were to be equal, and mat neither
party in the end had game I or Ins/, even in
that case ihe house would be a gamer from
the points in its tavor, to the extern ot half the
above sum; that is to say, ui six ui ‘oths ( roex
ford would sack 90,009/. I need not slate,
however, that tins would not be all clear prod;.
Upwards ol 90,009/. would be required .or the
ordinary expenses of the estabi.slnnent, puu
ting out of view the princely do <c ‘urn ■:; must
gve to the Greeks he has in ins e.np oy ,ne
losses he sometimes sustains train advancing
money which is never rep.ml -and other “in
cidentals.”
Persons not in the secret suppose, that it
one could by accident lay thou hands o:i
Crock lord’s ledger, some singular disclosures
as to the gambling hands ol our aristocracy
would be made. I’his is a mistake. *v nu
the caution winch tne keepers ot suen house-;
invariably - exercise, On.cKtord on no ou i*-. :.i
enters he real names of the winners or Users
in his books. They are all entered eit liar
wmler fictitious names, or by the initials on y.
The secrets of the pr.son-house will never . e
fully or effectually unfolded until some oi the
more noted gamblers give us such imtld.i.
“ Confessions ”as those ot Rousseau. ‘U.o
Count D’Orsnv ever iavour tne world with
h s Au ? obi*raphv, speaking in it the truth, 1
the whole trutn, ami nothing but the tnuh.-
1 wiil answer lor it tint the sa.e ■>! ue work
will exceed that of any book which has been
published for many years pa-..
1 have often heard peopie express tae:r
v surprise that men who are known to be as
p-uiny-ess as an Italian boy Vil:> plays
hand organ, or exhibits in white m.ce. m tne
streets, should be regular gamb.eis .u i ux -
ford’s. I myself was for soma tune at a loss
how to account for th 8. I’ dal seem tv ae
surprising that such persons as a v.e.i known
metropolitan M. 1\ and a tore gn Fount,
equally celebrated for the “ proo gani-acHg
of his whiskers and his gallantry to\vart a
Countess of great personal attract -s <a:u
distinguished literary reputation, but ‘v.t.iou ,
proverbially without, a farthing m die woirni,
—it did, Isay, seem surprising to mo mm
6 uch persons could, night alter mgn ,n“ :>-•}-
incr at Crockford’s to the amount oi thoosanus.
The secret of the thing is tms:— m some
rases thev play solely on their own accttn -
If t hev win, so much the better for themselves,
of course; if they lose, -Mr. ( roc m'or.t does
not press them, but goes them creuu . m
oilier words, they contract a debt of ho.mr
with him. He knows wed what he is about.
A young nobleman gets no indulgence u..en
alldiis money is gone: he is no
contract a debt of honor unless h.s expe. a..-
c.es are sued as to hold out the certain pros
pect ot eventual, and not very distant, pav
mmit. But Crockford finds tint the other
parties are indispensable to the very existence
ot his house: dispense with them, and he
may shut up shop whenever he pleases. As
formerly mentioned, it is such individuals as
oieoe who catch flats—who brtng pigeons to
tne house. In many other cases Crockford,
iv is .said employs them when there are pigeons
to he plucked at o'her gambling establish
ments, to play for him. - he advancing th m
waatever amount of money may he required,
and auowing them a fourth part, or whatever
tne proportion may be agreed on, of the gains,
to themselves. There are o'her cases, again,
in Winch such persons play for other parties.
J or instance, it is no secret in certain circles,
that some years ago a popular actress, who
rejo'ces in a particularly handsome leg, was
in the habit oi employing the representative
ol a iiidic il constituency in themetropolis, to
P‘ H y ior her. I believe the lady in question
nas seen the fully of such a course, and has
ueen innocent of it for some time past.
V he,i a wed-leathered pigeon is “ in the
wmd such is the gambling-house phrase
cnogy—the hat-cuichi rs oi Crockford’s are ail
on me alert. Sometimes ttiev will keep their
eye on linn for a year or two before they ex
pect they can infix their talons on him. Ihe
puuur appearance oi no young nobleman. Cor
many yours past, has excited so much interest
at Crocktord’s as that of ihe Duke of Buc
c.eiiu. ihe immense wealth into the poc-
Hi--s.cn oi which they knew he would come,
.vrieii oi age, was too tempting a prize to ie
j overlooked. Every eiibrt was accordingly
i made to decoy him into the great hell in tit.
j James’s; hut it would not do. He never
evinced the least deposition for play. His
I taste, though oiten varying, was always op
. posed to gamoiing. At one time it. is lor
j imying olu books; at another tor collecting
| carious ancient vases, and other antiquities;
ben ii changes to fine furni ure. No mat-
I ter what il,reel ion it takes, so long as it keeps
i out of the way of ga bung. His princely
j fortune can enable him to gratify any other
j e, w n,it ever it may be, wTTTiout injuring
.ns i.'imiiy; but a few weeks in the hazard
room ot Crockiord, would in ail probability
! ee him a bejtgar.
I here is one goi.d regulation in Crock
’ ‘‘Td’s, i.f’d as are u;e domgs in other respects,
j winch does not exist in any oilier hell in the
metropolis. 1 refer to that of invariably shut
jting up the house at 12 o’clock on Saturday
h'gh , at'd not opening it again until past 12
o .Monday mor mg. Under no circumstan
ces is any deviation allowed from this regula
; lion, i here are cases in winch a gentleman
h -:S keen perempiorily refused parmission to
’ carry a puck oi cards home with him on a
Sunday. Jn ali other hells, again, Sunday is
| the principal ct.ay ior business.
‘■V nen Crockiord’s was first started, it was
i intimated to the inembers of Brookes’s,
U .hue’s, Boodle’s, and ihe other leading clubs,
! that tiiey were eiigime to the new club with
out the process oi balloting,—on the same
j terms as at the others; that is to sa} - , by
i paying twenty guineas entrance fnoney, and
j eu guineas of a yearly subscription. This
was ihe expedient ot the two well-known
; spotting Marquises to whom I have before
jaiiuded. i lie thing, aided by the individual
! persuasions of the same two noblemen, took
; .imaz.ngly : crowds of the aristocracy joined
J the new club instamer. An account of the
| present situation of the surviving first mem
her.-, vvi ii tii? causes which have led to it,
| would be one of ihe most interesting chap-
I tors m aristocratic history which were ever
; penned - 1 t .vv many who w ere then the pos
sessors o! pr.ueciy lortu aes, are now - , in con
! soqueiice o! gainbiing tuere, in beggary either
jat aoiiie cr on liie continent? flow many of
hem iiave sought refuge from the rein >rse
| brought on by tae r follies, hi self-destruction !
I low nia:;} - in ve led broken-hearted ? iiow
I many individuals, the wives and families and
; i!opei::ies;l relatives, are now paying the pen
ary, m cuinpe.rafive want and obscurity, of
oiie.r .liduigmg u lhe;r gambling propensi
’ ties ! Gould 1 answer each oi these
quest ions, the answers would fili the mind of
luveiji ’.erson, but the confirmed gamblerhim
nfcth w i.ii equal surpr.se and horror.
In order more effectually to conceal the
|real nature of the transactions which take
1 place at f roc it font’s—for if they were known
il ds m a iit he irigh'er ed —a number of noble
men were ptev riled on, at the time it was |
established, to form themselves u.toa commit- |
•ee of imuiagemeut, the same as at other 1
clubs. Tms committee, however, are a mere
committee oi s’ raw : t iicy have a nominal sort
of j>o\ver as regards the reading and talking,
and other such matters, in those rooms Witten
are open to ad ; but as respects the hazard
naan, they have not, and do not pretend to
liave, any more power, tli in Count D'Orsay
lias over the Emperor of Morocco. They
dare not even show their faces there, unless
they are prepared to “stand the hazard of the
die.” Crockiord reigns supreme in it : it is
Ins alone to let in or snut. out, —though in no
ins'ame does he do Hie latter, except where
the miserable wight has been “cleaned out,”
ina: is to say, plundered ot every tartlung he
has in the wuri i. if, in such circumstances,
tie pres.-es lor adm.ssa n, as victims often, by
a specie -of infatuation of wim h none nut
tiiemseivo- can orm an ides, do, —then some
of the more “able-bodied”.of the waiters are
iumieiiia.e y mstructeii to thrust—sometimes
to k.ck—nun out of the ltouse, by bru e force.
And t*.o iolit.vvs do not need to be twice loid
to oo iim, before th ay obey the injunction.—
The knaves are now as prompt in obey mg
occurs to that t nbc", as they were polite in
how'iiig” .he poor ii it uo and down stairs while
iie was undergoing • he process of being‘died,’
mother term m Hie vccahuiary oi the iieiis,
for being plundered.
i KvTiuof.y mentioned that there are many !
me tuners of tiio ciuo who never cross Lie
;nviho.ti oi tiie hazird room. The i>nke of
Uv'e i.a-yen is one ol these. He never gam-
L>p i a uouer any cir- tiiiistances* or :u the must !
;r,ii..._ amnuiA. iSome people say thathedul
ai oi.e Line “amble. Ii is not tor me lo give j
a positive contradiction to ihe statement. 1
ijiiiwi. say mat he never threw a the; but i
iiiweii tor this, that wiien, some years j
a r, as everybody vv.il recoiiec , the report
was current m the metropolis, that ho had ui i
a purlieu;.:? daylcsi the ast rh.iling he aad ;
at the vvortii, he n tl ni toe muds
a,.t.io ; lor a _oiiiie.ii“U vv .mill I ct.ti.tl i
ihe very hay after i.e was said to have ruined i
i ii.uiseit, and wiien the ueiiel that such wis 1
euse was me niosi gjnt?r.ii,—£U\v the above
•n'.u trails.t rre.i in urate’s name, e; her
.ro.ti tiie tn.ee-and-a-ha.f to tiie three per i
i e.iis, or from .he iaucr to tne former—l will.
.ivji LjC pOfc*iiV<3 aIILaI. S.r AvJZ;i3rl I'ooi is? iiui
ain MHoer of x rock.ord’s. Great efforts have
.tee i made a, and. tie rent times to induce him to j
pnu tae ciuo ; outi without effect. All the |
,iKrai iitilue.tce in li.e worai would not prevail j
0.. a.;.i in ie seen tae re. The Right iionora- 1
o.e i> iroze'. is a mat: of re iiarkao.e prudence, j
i..d lias always, besides, manilested a most
: coai.iieudabie regard lor Ins moral character.
t'eopie tomeoii'es express their surprise,
,int as money lost at Crockford’s does not,
const-tute a legal deb , the parties losing
. should ever pay it. Such persons know but.
hu;e of the civic of morals which obtains in j
aristocratic life. i’o refuse, when one has i
i the means, to pay a debt of honor, as debts 1
contract l at ihe p':r.i!'. ( table are called, — .
vvou.d be to insure a sudden passage to Co-’
ventrv ; which be r.j translated into the ian-1
; gauge current amongst ordinary men, means j
t exclusion from toe society ol the h'glier class-1
ies. ‘1 is is what no aristocrat can endure:!
the firmest philosophy gives way at tiie bare j
I idea of such a fate. To owe a million of mo- j
i ney to poor hard-working tradesmen, should
. they be stinpie enough to give any titled per- i
: siru 4 as much creJi’, an ito lend a deaf ear,
I tM .1,2 ewroaties of the unfortunate parties for J
payment, is no offence, but rather the reverse,
in the eve of the morality which passes cur
rent in high life. The debt of honor is accord
ingly paid, as soon as the debtor obtains the
means ; and poor tradesmen and their families
may either beg, borrow, steal, or starve, just
as pleases themselves.
Ihe history ot Crockford is curious. His
| autobiography, nothing concealing and
| extenuating, would- be o-is of ‘.he most reads’
| ‘no vvai'Ks v. h.-li u ive ppe.T-o ! *. r many a
day. lie was originally a small ii.-.ima.vmr,
without a pe.my in the world, in the neigh
borhood of I’emple Bar. The following cop/
of an account for fish, w - hich appeared some
years since in a book called “ Life tn the
West,” will give some idea both of the extent
of hi business and of the measure of his in
timacy with the schoolmaster:
“ Mr. A ,
“ To William Crockford.
s. and.
“April 3 To pair of sow Is 1 3
5 Sprats (> 3
6 3 vitens 0 9
12 7 red herrings 0 0
19 2 makerils 0 8
35”
The way in which he is said to have risen
l in the worid is singular enough. Nature, it
appears, has made him a tiist rate mathemati
cia.ii in all that relates to money calculations.
I am assured by those who know him, that
the member icr Middlesex is a mere tyro to
him in this respect. By some inward process
—mental arithmetic, 1 believe, is the phrase,
though it is doubtful it Mr. Crockford knows
what is meant by ‘mental ’ —oy some inward
process, lie can calculate; provided there he
lirge stakes in the field, with an almost abso
lute certainty, what are to be the results in
certain games. I laving early discovered that
he possessed this most useful gilt, he began,
while yet a fishmonger in a small way, to pay
nightly visits, when the day’s business was
over, to a low hell in King’s Place, in the
neighborhood of Pail Mall. Here he com
menced his career as a gambler by risking a.
few shillings at English hazard. - Finding
himself almost invariably successful, he was
in the habit of proceeding next morning to
Billingsgate, when he laid in a stock of
•fowls’ (soles,) flat-fish, &c. &c. for the day.
He was gradually enabled to carry on his bu
siness to greater advantage and on a more
extensive scale ; while his increased profits
enabled him to bet at: he den reierred to much
more heavily than his limited resources would
in the first instance admit of. His first great
bet, however, was not m a gaming house.—
f he au'hor of ‘he work from which 1 have
copied the account tor 4 sowls,’and ‘ vitetis,’
and ‘makerils,’ says that his ‘first step of any
particular note to his present elevation was
taking immense long odds upon an ‘out’
horse, which he did upon private information,
given to him by a jockey, that it was to win.’
Soon after this, Crockford purchased, for 100/.,
the fourth share of a gambling bank, at No. 5,
K.ng Street, St. James’s. The proprietors of
the hell had previously quarrelled, and certain
extraordinary disclosures were the conse
quence. Amongst other startling facts, it. ap
peared that though the den was not one of anv
great note, the system of plunder had been
carried on in it on such an extensive scale,
that in o.ie night, the players were ‘ pigeoned ’
to the tune of 2,000/. One of the proprietors
being afraid that on this disclosure proceed
ings might be instituted against them, appro
priated lo himself his share of the 2,090/., and
disposed of lus interest in the concern, tor the
above-mentioned sum of 100/., to Crockford.
The three other partners were persons of the
names of Abbott, Austen, and lioldsworth.
I laving amassed a great deal of money at 5,
King Street, Crockford quitted the ‘ business ’
‘there, and opened a hell, with three other per
sons, m Bi, Piccadilly, for playing French
hazard. In one season, according so the state
ment of a gentleman who lost to a very consi
derable amount, the four proprietors must ha ve
divided amongst them the sum of 200,009/,
i-emg 59,000/. to each. That, however, was
the most successful season ever known. In
point of reai profit it. far exceeds any thing re
alized by the present princely establishment,
because the expenses oi keeping up ihe latter
are ten times as great as were tnose of the for
mer. At ihis place loaded dice were discov
ered, as I shall afterwards mention more par
ticularly. Here again a quarrel took place
among ihe partners about tile division ot the
plunder, and ttie establishment was conse-
broken up. Crockiord then purchased
the house No 50, Bt. James’s Street, but rind
ing it. much too small tor tlie crowds of noble
men and gentlemen who frequented it, lie pur
chased si. and subsequently 52 ; when, in
1825, he pulled the tinea houses down, and
erected on their site the present magnificent
edifice.
Buch is an outline of ‘ the riseand progress’
lo his present opulence, of tills well-known
public character. I have mentioned that he
is quite an illiterate person. Not only is his
onUogiaphy at limit at every third or fourth
worn he writes, hut, notwithstanding the po
tisiicd society into which circumstances have
brought him for many years past, he still
-peaks in ii e same hackney coachman .style
asformetly. 1 Ins is the mote singular, as
he is on a footing of peifi <■< equality with the
noblest ot his visitors while iliev ate in tiie
housi ; for the gaming table levels ai! distinc
tions oj rank. One night n June last, L” (f
Ashgrove lost 4 000/. which he observed in
Hie iff i> I ol Linkwond was ihe la-t fail*. • g
“t ready cash at his command. The noble
Lord, however, had undeniable prospective
resources, ‘Excuse me. inv Lad,’ said
Crockiord, making a very c tunsv bow, hut
still it was riie best at bis di-pos.il, —’excuse
me, my Lud, did 1 bear you say as how you
Had no more ready mot cy? Mv Lud, this 1
ere is the bank (pornliog to the hat'!.-): i : your !
Ludship vvi-hes it, 1,000/. or 2,000/. is ai your j
Ludsiiip’s service.”
‘Really, Mr. Crockford, you are very ohii
ging; but i don’t think 1 will play any more
to-i igbt.”
‘Ashgrove,’ said Count Wliiskero. ‘Ash
grove, do accept Mr. Crockford’s liberal offer
ot’ 2.000/.; perhaps you may win back all you
liave lost.*
‘Nolhink,! azure your Ludship, viil give
me greatur pleastir limn to give you the mo- j
iievs,” sad Crockford.
’ VVeli, let me liave 2.000/.*
Crockiord dipped lus finger into the bank, j
took out 2 000/. and ha-nded it to his Lord
ship. ‘ Per’aps ymir Ludsiiip vould obleege
me -'ith an I O L : , and pay the amount at
your cotiveitiaiis.’
‘ I shell be able to pay it you in a couple
of months,-’ said his Lordship, handing the
ex-fishmonger tiie I o u.
• Y en Lmlship’s vverrv kind—vverry.”
Lud Ashgrove resumed the game: in an
hour and a half be was again penny less - .
In pe son M . Crockford is tall and corpu
ent. Hs appearance and manners are alto
gether ni,polished ; so that there is - no inc ui
si-tenev between them and his education. -
He looks 1 ke a country t'armer; iusi such a i
jierson as :i,c swell mob, were be unknown to
litem, would pronounce an admirable subject
on which to exercise their calling. He is lame]
on one leg, which gives to his walking a very
awkward appearance. He lives in a ltouse
intuitd ateiy adj ‘itiiug the club. Tiie regular
entranc ■ to Lis house is from Arlington street;
taut there is a private passage wtiiab It ad
| from the one i >’the otlier. He is married a
second time, anti has a fine family of ten chil
] dren. One of h s daughters is married to h
i clergyman in the e mntry. He fias given all
, fits grown-lip chiMriVi the best education
! which money can procure. His eldest son, a
wine-mr-rcham in > . J imes s Street, distin
!gnisbed himself at or Cambridge
i University,—l forget whirl*.
Prom tke October number of the Southern Literary
Messenger.
JOHN QUINCY ADAIRS, Esq.
I forward to (he Messenger from tie autograph of
J Ex-President Adams, which, at my request, he has
! allowed me to copy, the following lints, (the original j
J being in the possession of fairer hand:,) which show i
that arnia all ihe cares of public life, ad his vast and \
| multiform dudes, how easily his abutdantly stored j
i inind varies from the severe to the piajfu!—from the j
| profound to the poetic and fanciful,
j I can send ou but the initials of th 3 fair person
ages to whom they are oedteated, and who inspired
hem ; and if T could, it might not be pieasing, as rich
•y as they deserve the tribute, that your readers
shou'd be farther possessed.
Die lines to Ellen, are sweetly poefie ; and those
to Sally, are i lively and spirited imitation, and in
>ome respects are superior to the exquisite original, of
the 22 J Ode of the Ist Book of Horace, beginning
“Integer vitae scelerisque purtts
Non eget Mauris jaculus, neque arcu.”
Yl r - T. VV. White, Editoi Southern Literary
Messenger.
TO MISS E . . . . B
O’t! wherefore, Lady, was my lot
Cast, from thy own, so far ?
Why, by kind for une, live we not
Beneath one blessed star ?
For, had thy thread of life, and mine
But side bv side been spun ;
My heart had panted to entwine
Tiie tissue into one.
And why should Time conspire
To sever us in twain ?
And wherefore have I run my race,
And cannot st rt again 1
Thy thread, how long ! how short is mine I
Mine spent—thine scarce begun :
Alas ! we nev. r can entwine
The tissue into one.
But, tane my blessing on thy name :
The blessing of a sire,
Not from a Lover’s furnace flame——
’ ris from a holier tire :
A thread unseen beside of thine
By fairy forms is spun—
And hoty hands shall soon entwine
The tissue into one.
John Quincv Adams.
Washington, D. C. August 7,1541.
A CANZONET TO SALLY.
IMITATED FROM HORACE.
FOR Miss SALLY 8....
i.
The man in righteousness array’d,
A pure and blameless liver,
Ne ds not the keen Toledo blade,
Nor venom freighted quiver.
What .hough lie wind his toilsome way
O’er region’s wild and weary—
Through Zara’s burning de-ert strav !
Or Asia’s jungles dreary.
ii.
What though he plough the billowy deep
By lunar light, or solar,
Meet Ihe resistless Simoon’s sweep,
Or iceberg circumpolar.
In bog or quagmire deep and dark,
His foot shall never settle ;
He mounts the summit of Mount Blanc,
Or Pococatqpetel.
nr.
On Chimborazo’s breathless heightj
lie treads o’er burning lava ;
Or snuffs the Bohan Upas blight;
The deathful plant of Java.
Through every peril he shad pass,
By Virtue’s shield protected ;
And still by Truth’s unerring glass
His path shall be dir<cted.
i v.
Else, wherefore was it, Thursday last,
While strolling down.the vallev ;
Defenceless, musing as I pass’d
A Canzonet to Sally ;
A wolf, with tooth protruding snout,
Forth from ihe thicket bounded—
I clap’d my hands and raised a shoul—
He heard—and fled—confounded,
y.
Tangier nor Tunis never bred,
An animal more crabbed,
Nor Fez, dry nurse of Inns, fed
A m msler half so rabid.
Not Ararat so fierce a beast
Has seen, since days of Noah ;
Nor strung more eager for a feast,
The fell Constrictor Boa.
VI.
Oh 1 place me where the solar beam
Has scorch’d ail verdure .'vernal:
Or on the polar verge extreme.
Block’d up with ice eternal—
Still shall tny voice’s tender lavs
Os love, remain unbriwen ;
And sil 1 my charming Sadlv praise,
Sweet smiling, and sweet spoken.
John Qcincy Adams.
Washington, D O. August 7,1841.
THE S ME OF ALABAMA.
Court of Cnancery at Alotitgomery—sh-eond Chan
ei ry Di.-iric anti Southern Division of said -Stan—
T. \V. Smith & Cos. vs Pmio L>. Woodruff ant
James N. Bethune.
“FTNDiiH ihe authority and by virtue of a Decree
IfcJ p: Oii iuncid hv oitr said Cou t of Chancery, at
Us June i ei m A. D. 1841,’ sit ail proce. ci lo sell, on
Wednesday the 15’h day of i ecember next, lo the
igbest btdd r for cash, before the court house door m
the town of I’uskegee, Macon county, in said State,
the following tracts or parcels of land situated m the
counties of llttsse i, Macon and Barbour,m ihe State
aforesaid, known and distinguished in the original sur
vey of saiu counties, as follows : to-wit: No th half
of section do36.it! do 31, s! do 26, t! do 19,
s! do 7. . ! do 18, s| do 8, t'! do 9, ii| do 3.5 s halt do
30, n Ilf and > 15, w lif do 9, and- half of s 15, township •
15, iaiige 27—also the n hf si c 34 s hl’tJo 27, w hail
do 5 n hf do 15. n hf do 10, n hi do 21. ehfdo 6, slit
do 21. s It) do 10. ands hfsec 1, town to, range .8,
n lif sec 5, v hf do 10, n hf do 22, s hf do 20, n lit do 517,
s hfdo 12 audsec 15. town 15, range 29. also sec 5, sec
7. w lif do 21, s do 17 anti n hf do 18 in town 15 and
range 30, also e hfsec 1, s w { i.fseco, s hf io2, s hf
do 3, e hfdo 4 n “ a do 4, e hf s w \ do 4, n w j do
18, w It s tv 4 Jo 9, s i.f do 8, w hf oi it w | do 32, n hf
38, and r> hfv-c 13 i ‘ownship 14 and range 26, also
e. lif sec 32. w hfdo 34 s e | do. 10, n w / do 15, s lit
do 3, whi do 23. ne4do lo atm s'c 18, tn town 14
and range 25. also w hfsec 32, s hfdo 35 town 15 and
range 24 aiso w hf of se | of sec 32, s I.f sec 33, n lit
do 53. e lifs e 4 do 32 and 11 h sec 32 in town 15 and
range 26. aiso s e J sec. 22 w hf 523 and n e j do 29,
in ‘ownship !5 and ang - 25. also shf sec. 11 in town.
15 and range 23. also se Is 31 sw!do 31 and whf
no 32 in town !6 at.d range 25, also an equal and nti
dtvidi and in ie.tv in the following parcels of land, situa’e
as aforesaid and known and distinguished as the n hf
j of sec 3 an t the n hf sec 35 town 14 and range 2G—
sec 34, s 28, s 21, n w ! Ho 11, w hf do 22 and w hf do
j 27 ‘own 15 and range 26. the s hf s 2 and ne j of sec
: 11 in town 13 an 1 range 26. also n w J of n e J s 17
1 and e hf of u w J see. 17. town 13 anil range 27 amoun
ting in he aggregate ft tie undivided tnoieiy included)
to 23 4SJ acres tn ire or less.
Stud lads wiil be sold to satisfy a debt of tvty
fmr ihoiismd and lliar- and interest irons the 31 of July
last, due from the defendants to complainants. So
nine ‘ of sai l lands w iil be sold at the tune specified,
as wilt be sufficient to satisfy one ha f the debt and all
C'S’ • They will be sold in such lets or parcels as may
be convenient to purchasers and most ben'-ficrai to ai’
p riles concern’ and. The sale will continue from day
to day until closed, commencing ai 12 o’clock on each
day and ending at 4 o’clock.
WALTER L. COLS MAM,
Register of said Court.
October 7 35 id
wars houss and GOjiMissiuN
BUSINESS.
’ VT undersigned have formed a conrtectic'n f>r
ft he transaction ol the
Wire lliij'e & General Cotnnrswi Business
under the firm of Smith & Hayward, and will ocdnuy
the ware house formerly known as Havwaid & Gar
rard’s upper ware hou e, back of Greenwood and !
irune?. They hope to sha-i a pan of the pubuc!
patronage. HAMfTON S. SMITH,
AUG. HAYWARD.
August 28 29 9t
A HMIMSTRATOR’S SALK .—Agreeably to
fS. an order of the honorable the Inferior court of
Randolph county, while sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold before the court house floor in the town
it ‘ .‘titlthert, on the first Tuesday ’ October ne\t.
wt’htn the usual hours o’ sale, all the lots in sai 1
town, which beloiicr to the estate >f the late Julin
M avnard, dec’ 1. ; a sooae hundred acres of land, ad
joining said town. JOHN G. GfLBRKT,
August 5 55 id Administrator
| We arc authorized to announce A. Cal
j houn, is a candidate for Tax Collector, of Muscogee
I county, at the ensuing eleedon iu January next.
’ October 14 * 86 td
We are authorized to announce William
W. Pool as a can.li late so Tax Collector of Mus
cogee County, at the ensuing election in January
next. October 14 33 td
D” We are authorized to announce Nelson
McLester, as a can ‘idate for Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Muscogee co.infy,at the ensuing election in
January September 30
ETWe are authorized to announce BENJA
MIN S. Marsh ale, a candidate for the office ot Tax
Collector of Muscogee couniv, at the ensuing election
tn January. Oct. 7 35 td
EXCHANGE & BANK NOTE TABLE
CORRECTED BV NORTON & LANGDON.
EXCHANGE.
Rills on New York at sight, 12 percent prem.
Rills on Baltimore, 10 “
Bills on Richmond, 10 •*
Bills on Mobile, 2 “
Bills on Savannah, 10 “
Bdis on Charleston, 12 “
Bills on Philadelphia, 10 “
Specie, 9
CURRENT NOTES.
Bank of Columbus,
Planters ani Mechanic’s Bank.
Central Rink of Georgia,
Ruckersvilie Bonking Cos. 5 pre.
Georgia ii. R. and Banking Company. 6 prem
SPECIE PAYING BANKS.
Insurance Bank of Columbus at Macon.
Commercial Bonk at Macon.
Bank of State of Georgia and Branches.
Bonk of Augusta,
Bank of St. Mary’s
Bonk of Milledgeville.
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company.
Bank of Brunswick and Branch at Augusta.
Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta.
-Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of Savannah and
Brand, at Macon.
Branch of the Georgia Rail Road at Augusta.
Pi mters’ Bank in Savannah.
Partners’ Bank of the Chattahoochee.
Ocuiulgee Bank at Macon,
Alabama Banks, 3 pr
So ith Carolina Bank Notes, 10 a 12 prem.
Specie paving Bank Notes, 8 per cent premium.
‘ UNCURRENT BANK NOTES.
Bank of Darien and Branches, uncertain
Chattahoochee R, it. & .Banking Company, 75 per
cent. dis.
Monroe R. R. & B’g Cos.
at Macon, 50 do.
Bank of Ua-vkinsville, 10 do.
Western Bank, uncertain.
Life Ins. and Trust Cos. 60 do.
Union Bank of Florida, 60 do.
Bank of Pensacola, uncertain.
CuLUivIBUS PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED XVEIKLV BV HIRAM YOUNG & CO.
Bagging —Kentucky, yd 00 a 28
indiaii, : : : “ 30 a 35
Inverness, t i “ 00 a 25
American Tow, -j : “ 00 a 00
Bale Rope, : i : lb 12J a 14
BacoS— Hams, : t “ 7 a (9
Sides, s : : “ 07 a 8
Shoulders, i t “ 00 a 10
Beep—Mess, : : bbl 00 a 00
Prime, : : : “ 00 a 00
Butter— Goshen, s lb 25 a 37£
Western, : t s “ 15 a 20
Candles —Sperm, : “ 50 o 00
Tallow, : : i “ 00 a 18
Castings, : s s “ 6 a 7
Cheese —Northern, : “ 12 a 15
Cotton, .* : : “ 6 a 7 L
Coffee —Havana green, “ 00 a 15”
Rio, 00 a 16.
Fish —Mackerel No. 1, bbl 00 a 00 4
“ “ 2, : “ 00 a 00
“ “ 3, : “ 00 a 00
Herrings, : : : box 00 a2 00
Flour—Northern, : bbl 00 a 8
Western, : : : “ 7 00 a 7 50
Country, : : ! “ 6 00 a 7 00
Grain—Corn, : : bli 00 a 50
Wheat, • i t <l 00 a 75
Gunpowder, : : keg 7 00 a 800
Hides, : : : lb 7 a 8
Iron, : : t : “ 07 a 8
Lard, : : : : “ 00 a 12
Peas, : t : : bu 00 a 75
Raisins, : : : box 300 a4 00
L.tme, : : : cask 00 a 5 00
Molasses—N. O. : gal 35 a 37
Nails, : : t : lb 8 a 9
Pork, —Mess, : : : bbl 00 a <0
Prime, : : : lb 00 a 00
Rice, : : : “ CO a 06
Pipper, : : : “ 12 a 15
Spirits—Brandy, Cog. gal 1 75 a 2 50
Peach, : : : ‘* 1 00 a 1 25
Appe, : : : “ 00 a 70
Gin—Holland, : : “ 1 50 a 1 75
Domestic, : i : “ 45 a 50
Rum —Jamaica, : : “ 1 75 a 2 00
Domestic, : : s “ 00 a 45
W ns key—lrish, : “ 0 i o 400
Monopgahela, : : “ 87 a 1 00
New Orleans, : : “ 35 a 40
Suatß—New Orleans, lb 08 a 10
St. Croix, : : : “ 12 a 13
Loaf, : : : •< 18 a 25
Salt, : : ■; : sack 00 a2 50
Soap, : s : : lb 8 a 10
Shot, : : : : “ 00 a 12
MARRIED,
On Thursday the 23 t September, by the Rev. T.
P. Montgomery. Josia h Jordan of Stewart count' 1 ,
to Miss Mary Ann Fanning, of Talbot ton.
On the 9th inst by the Rev. T. P. Montgomery.
Coi. Levi B. Smith, io Miss Mary Gullet, all of I
Ta b itton.
In Meriwether county, On. on the 29 It September I
by 15. W. Anderson, Esq. Dr. J. D. Brooks, uf.A a 1
bama, to Mrs. P. M. Roberson, of the former place. !
~ OBITUARY.
Died, on Flag Island, near St. George’s light, on
the Apalachicola Bay, on the 241 h of August, 1811,
of the yel ow fever, OSEPii B. WEBB, Editor j
of the “ Florida Journal.”
Tite deceased was confined but a few days, during !
a g eat portion of which time strong hopes were en
terluined ol his recovery. But mysterious are the j
ways of Providence! In the very bloom of man
hood—with all the buoyant hopes of a long and bright
career before him; surrounded by a inu ing friends, i
wlio mourn his untimely ileuih, this gifted cl.iid ol
genius and of sympathy was snatched from amongst j
us, and called to Ins long account. It is but j islice
to hts memory to say, that lie fell a victim to ins own 1
deep and abiding friend drips, and in the observance j
oft tie sweet duties oi charity and mercy. For many
weeks prev ous to his death, during the prevalence ol l
that terrible scourge which still rages in our devo'ed j
ci v, he hid imploved his nights and days in alluvia- •
ling the sufferings of tho-e hy whom he was surround- j
ed. Pie walelied with affection bv ihe bed of disease j
—cooled -ih’- parched lips ol the dung sufferer—and
like ai aigelof mercy, soothed the departing spirit
in its e.x.t lo iis long home.
In ihe death f Mr. Webb, the corps editorial has j
lost one of it; brightest ornaments—luerature one of
its warmest admirers, and genius one of her most j
gifted sons; The Muses will shed tears o’er his j
ionely gr ive.
Asa man, he was warm-hearted, generous, and |
honorable in his b'-aritig ; as a friend, sincere, true
a id unwavering; as a citizen, patriotic, devo id and i
ardent. Bill lie is no more! —He sleeps in his narrow I
hi and upon the ionely isle, mournfully hallowed by his
death. The w iling sea bird a"id the ocean winds
keep melancholy music over his far off grave; but
though his earthly remains are laid in solitude by the
de p sea, bis memory arid those bright qu dines
which made him the sot?Lof song anj poetry, will
long be cherished, as well by the admirers of genius.
| as bv those favored ‘ew who have known arid loved
i him.—C. St. Joseph Times.
i On the 6th of September last, at his residence in
| Russell countv. in the sixtieth year of his age, Mr.
j JOHN VANCE, after a long and pamful illness,
! which he bore with Christian fo-titude. never miir
l munitg at the afflicting ban If F ro- I deuce, and when
| th“ final sep-irau nos soul and body was about taking
i p'ate, slid not even struggle with the stern monster
] d-ath but calmly yielded op his spirit to the source
! from whence it came, thus giving every a°surat:c
-! tka; his immortal soul no v re its in .Abraham’s bosom,
i ile has left a large family and fr iends to mourn his
j Ess ; he was a vin 1 Itu baud and fa her, a friend to
j the needy arid an honorable and worthy member of
| society. P.
At bis residence in Randolph countv, on the 231
I m-t. of congestive ff-ver. Col. Allen Move, in die
[ 41st year of hi age. Co'. M was a native of Nor;h
I Carolina, from whence he removed in early life, and
j settled in Barnwell District., South’ Carolina, when
j he enjoyed the confidence of all who knew him ; he
I was several times select and to represent that District
jin the Legislature, in 1534, he moved to the resi
i deuce at which he died, wher i he was much < steemed
an J was ho ored several times with a seat in the Le
gislature oft is sta’e. At the time of hi- death hr
, was again a candidate to represent his conn tv in the
Senate.
i fn the death of Col. M. Society has mat one of its
i best members ; a; a friend, he w ;s ardent and devo
i'ed, and as anariizi:. zea'om An 1 uneomoromising,
1 supnoitng at all'imes. the doctrine of equal rights
’ and privileges, t'e was a member of the Bxo’ist
ch ire” and io his last moments gave evidence of the
enjovmsn’ of that ho'v religion “ which taketh awav
thefearof dea'b ” He has left an affectionate wife
and several chi dren to bewail his loss. But he who
rules the universe has promised to be a frien I to the
. widow and theorohan. May they therefore be recon
ciled to ihedtsoen ; at ou of Providence and follow the
honest and virtuo is example of their friend. 11.
DIED, of a broken heart, in Glcnvil’e, on T uesaay
28th ult. at the residence of her brother. Capt. Julius
C. Mi eheli. Mr . ELIZABETH BLAKE, of Mis
sissippi, in the 54th year oi lier age.
Mrs Biake was the mother of the unfortunate ITen
rv Blake who was found nr.i dered in this county in
February last, of ‘lnch George W. Lore, stands ac
cused. The unlo tunate mother we are informed,
has not, since she heard the death of her son. enjoyed
a moments health. W’ en the news first reached her
she was fir two months confined to her bed, arid so
soon as her health had rec over and sufficiently to travel,
sh? came to this state for ihe purpose ot visiting the
grave of her onlv son. When the resting place ot her
child was pointed out to her, so deep settled was her
grief that she instantly fain'ed. Nature at that mo
rnent received a shock from which it could not recov
er, and dually, she sunk under her severe affliction,
dying with a broken heart, the victim of a relentless
murderer, and robber.—lrwintnn Shield, Oct. 6.
In this dace, on Sunday night iast, Dr. LEVI T.
WELLBORN—Ib.
On the Bth iost, in this cite, the infant son of J:-ntes
and Emily F. Rosseau, aged 13 months and srven
teen days.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, *
StPITMBLR 20, 1841.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, His Honor the Mayor, Aldermen Abbott,
Greene, Holstead, Morton, Morris, Quin and Siur
g,s -
After reading the journal of the last meeting, Ah
oerman Abbott moved to reconsider so much of the
action ot the last meeting as relates to the aporopna
tion of tight hundred dollars for the building a break
water. Rejected.
On the rejection ther of, the veas and navs were
required to be recorded. Yeas 3, Navs 4.” Those
who voted in the affirmative were Aldermen Abbott,
Quin and Sturgis. 1 hose in the negative, Aldermen
Greene, H< Istead. Morton, Morris-
By Alderman Quin.
Resolved, That acommittee be appointed to report
at our next meeting, the situation of the river bank
on front street, immediately below the wharf. Adop
ted. Whereupon his honor appointed
Messrs. Quin,
Abbott,
Sturgis,
Ccrtmnittee.
A communication was presented to Council from
John Bethune. City Treasurer, in relation to the
City Deppsites in the Columbus Bank and the Chat
tahoochee Rail Road and Banking Company of Geor
gia-
V\ hereupon, Alderman Sturgis offered the follow
ing>;
Resolved, That the‘Mayor appoint a se’ecf com
tr.ittee to enquire into the condition of the accounts
between the City Treasurer and the Bank of Colum
bus and CbaTtalioocliee Rail Road Batik ; as also in
relation to the summons of garnishment at the inslance
o( the Bank of Columbus vs the Chattahoochee Rail
Road anti Banking Company ofGeorgia. and lhat the
committee report the necessary course of action
thereon by .the Council Adopted. Whereupon his
honor the Mayor appointed
Messrs. Sturgis,
Gkkene,
Morton,
Select Committee.
On motion of Alderman Green, Council then ad
journed tiil Monday, Sept. 27th, jnst.
WM. A. DOUGLASS, Clerk.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
“|T A DIES Kid Slips and Ties
-EL.J do Black and colored Gaiters
do Kid and Calf Walking Shoes
Missis do do do ‘ do
Gentlemens’ Calf and Gaiter Boots
do do Morocco Shoes
Boys Calf Boots and Brogans
Mens, Womens S Boys Black & Russett Broguns
At the new Boot and Shoe Store, one door below
Preston’s corner. Broad-street.
JAMES T. EPPINGER& Cos.
October 14 36- ts
WESTWARD HO !
SWILL sell at public auction, on the first Satur
day in December next, at my residence in Stewart
county, all my personal properly, viz : corn and fod
<l- r, horses, tnulfrs, a good wagon and team, carl and
oxen,land about 150 head of cattle, hogs, plantation
tools, household and kitchen furniture. Also 1 will
offer for sale, if not sold b fore, the following tracts of
land, to-wit : 5-8 o-" 400 acres, Barbour county, south
Cowiga waters ; 3 8 240 acres, Macon county, Sou
keehatchy waters; 3 8 240 acres Taifapoosa county ;
2-8 of 160,acres, Pea River, Dale county ; also two
town lots half acre each, in the town of Geneva. Dak
county ; 6-8 of 4SO acres. Walton county. West
Florida, tn Choelawhatchv River. On “this last
place are 60 acres good cane brake river land cleared
and in cultivation litis year. Any person wishing to
buy of those lands will call on nte al my plantation in
Stewart. I am able to sell first rate bargains in ativ
or all those lands, as 1 entered them myself and have
Government certificates for titles. Teims o'sale of
nersoha! property act edit un'ii ‘lie Ist Jantiaiv, 1843
Note and good security in every case will Be required
as land terms very easily being made safe. All per
sons having d-tnandri against nte either hr note ot
account, will please cotne forward; ts I can’t plank
tip the rhino. I can fix it with the best sort of paper.
I am bound for Texas !
THOMAS J. STELL.
October 14 36 ts
NOTICE.
/2: 1■ 1 id subscriber intending to close up his business
el. here, requests those indebted to him to moke
itmnediat • payment, and those having demands v.if
please present them forthwith for payment.
Oct. 7 35 ts R. S. S I OCKTON
1U E undersigned yvill at f end to the PRACTICF
ft. OF LAW, in the name es JONES & BEN
NING. in most of the counties of this Circuit, and r>
few of the adjoining counties of Alahao a. Their
Office- will be found near the Oglethorpe House.
SEABORN JONES, j
HENRY L. BENNING.
Sept. 16,1839. S3 ts
DISSOLUTION.
co-partnership heretofore existing at Apa-
M. lachico'a, between the subscribers, under the
firm of GnhLtein St ( V was dissolved on the Ist Jan
urv last. The outstanding business will he settled by
11. D. Darden. DAVID GOLDSTEJ N
H. D. DARDEN.
August 2S 29 2m
BROUGH T TO JAIL
Columbus, Georgia, on the 11th August, a ne-
M. pro mart wh > says his name i- DICK ; he is rath
er of a copper color, s y lie belongs to Madison Hey
woqd, ol I’ailadega county, Ala. The said negro
has been run iway for nearly two years. II • broke
ju ! from me 27 h July. IS4IJ, and he then said he- be
long’d to Edward YVuli imof Talladega county, and j
tii a went by ‘he name of Joe; his age 23 or 24 vats; j
5 f-et. 8 inches high, The owner is icqoesjed to
come forward, prove property, pav expenses and take
-him away. ‘W. BROWN, Jailor.
September 9 31 ts
W. G. M. DAVIS,
ATTflMrf AT LAW, j
Apalachicola, Florid i,
L^RACTIC EE in the Courts of the Middle am ’
A. Western Districts, and th? .Court of Appeals !
Refers to Hon. J. S. G* ■ n ojn, John Eon- i
tain>; E-q. and S. li. Bonii. k, Esq., Columbu-
Georgi i. 4052 t. j
r’f’VlE subscribers having connected themselves in
.J*. the practice of LAW, will attend all the!
County Courts of the Chattahoochee Oircui . and the ;
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosi j
Row, immediately over Alien & Young’s Store,
ALFRED IVERSON, ‘
June 14. 19tf J. M. GTTERRY.
NEW BOOKS.
OJEOOND part of Democracy in America.'by De
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ori our institutions. which are known as being the most j
correct of any written.
Anew s .pply of Georgia Scenes.illustrated edition. ;
The Araori -an Almanac for 1841.
Friend-hip’s Offering.
The Tok.-n.
Mercedes, by Cooper, &c. &C.
Jnu received at
NORTON k LANGDGN’S. ;
M ireh It 5 ts i
SIT UAT IO X WA N T UD.
Y avoung ra m. either as book keeper or general!
23 clerk. ni a wholesale establishment. Saiiffcc-|
lory references given it required. A line addressee j
to A, li. through the Po-t Offrte, statiug t'*e anionic j
ofsalary that would heai'O - ed. if satisfaction is given, i
will iriect with prompt atttn ion.
September 00 34 ts |
BROUGHT TO JAIL
/ThY the 22d dav of Feb uary last, two negro boys. J
Sandy about 25 years old, ycllovv cotnplecte .
who -avs he belongs to Phi ip Schley, Esq. of Colum
bus. Georgia. The other a b y Daniel. 20 years old,
black comicecti-n. who says he belongs to Bait Ing
ram of Alabama, living 20 miles from Cohimbns.Ga.
m the Montgomery s'age road. The owners of said
n grnes are requested to come forward, comply with
he terms of the law and take th rr. awav.
ROBERT REAVES, sh’ff. I
Stewart co. March 25 7 ts
STRAYED OR STOLEN
4 1 TOM one of the Democratic stables in this city
£ on Sunday night last , a small bright bay horse
vith h ack m ine and tail, three years old next sp-uig;
ie has a black s'r-.;k ,al ng his back, from his m jie
o hi< tail. No other nia ks recollected. I will grfi
i rtasonab! ■ reward fir his recovery or Or itifortna
ion ) th it I can get him. B, S. MARSHALL.
Haiioca, October 7 34 It
REPORT
C f the City Treasurer of Columbus, 3d Quarter, 1841
July 9 To balance in Treasury $14,360 87J
- 9 ‘I o atn’t rte’d rum feriy £99 00
“30 do do City Tax 272 17
“ 31 i o do retail license 60 09
Aug 31 do do city tax 199 45
“ 31 do do on notes mar
ket bouse rent 45 00
“31 do do front bridge 570 09
“ 31 do do retaftlicenses 120 00
“ 31 do Marshal’s sale
flat, rope, &c. 62 75
Sep 30 do do City Tax this
month 914 16$
Oct 9 do do fium Bridge 825 00
“ 9 do do fines 20 00
“ 9 do do wharf reut 24 07
“ 9 do do auction sales
Sin.t'\&Beattie 70 00 ,
“ 9 do do City Bills 5625 00 9407 10$
23,767 98
1841. Cr.
July 13 By c'sh pM W A Douglass 100 00
“ 13 do J Bethune I*2 00
“ 15 do John Godwin SOO 00
“16 do RN R Bardwell 21 00
“21 do Wm R Shivers 60 00
“ 21 do John Godwin 300 00
“24 do Wn J Rylander 85 18
“ 26 do J L Morton 12 50
“ 26 do W H Alston 12 50
“30 do R. Gray’s salary 50 00
“30 do hire of negro titan 45 00
“ 30 do Simon Hill 1 00
1099 18
Attg. 2 do John Godwin 1050 00
“ 2 do Thomas Dutton 5 00
“ 5 do John Godwin 2,000 00
“ 19 do do 500 00
“ 19 do DZW; rd 2 OC>
“ 2i> do Win Jepson 65 00
“ 20 do John Banks 11 25
“ 20 do A J Abbott 15 62
“ 20 do C AnniVlcGee 6 00
“20 do Bethune & Ellis 16 50
“ 20 do J Ennis &Cos 15 00
“ 23 do T W Dutton 16 00
“ 31 do Al AlcQuaid 2 00
“ 31 do postage letter Judge
King 63
3705 00
Sept 2 do John Godwin 200 00
“2 do E B WSpivey 97 68
“ 2 do Times Office 59 00
“ 6 do R Gray’s salary 50 00
“ 6 do Lamp Gil for bridge 15 00
“ 14 do John Godwin Allen
& Vonge’s order 127 75
“ 22 do B F Robinson 53 80
“ 23 do John Quin 2 00
“ 23 do John Godwin’s or
der to Morton 23 50
“2S do Felix Riba’s ac’t. 300
“ 30 do City Guaid 300 00
Oct. 2 do Deputy Marshal 150 00
“ 6 do Clerk of Alarket 62 50
“ 8 do niul’ed bills burntl2Bl 87
“ 9 do City Alai sha | 625 00
“ 9 do Clerk of Couneil 150 00
“ 9 do City Treasurer 200 00
“ 9 do City Physician 50 00
3451 10 8255 28
Balance in Treasury,Oct. 9 $15512 70
J. BETHUNE, Treasurer.
October 14 36 It
LOTTERIES .
Drawing expected, Saturday, Oct. 2S.
Greene and Pulaski Monument Lottery.
CLASS 32 CAPITAL PHIZES
30,000 DOLLARS, 10,000 DOLLARS;
5,000 DOLLARS, 40 of 2,000 DOLLS
Ticiiets slo—Halves $5.
Drawing expected on Saturday, October 30.
CLASS 33 —CAPITALS
5 0,000 DOLLARS,
30,000 DOLLARS, 25,000 DOLLARS;
10,000 DOLLARS.
10 of 81,500—10 of 1,250.
50 of 1000 are 50,000 DOLLARS.
Tickets S2O, Halves $lO. Quarters $5.
Drawing- expected on Saturday, November 0:
CLASS 34 CAPITALS
35,000 DOLLARS, 12,500 DOLLARS,
10,000 LOLLARS, 10 of 2,000 DOL’S.
Tickets $lO, Halves 5.
For tickets, or shares or certificate of packages ill
any of the above Eotleries. address post pair)
J. H. ANDREWS,CoIumbus.
October 14 36 2t
BROUGHT TO JAIL
A negro man who says his name is DICK, and be
longs to Robex Ware and Benj. H. Warren of
Augusta Ga., and runaway from Robert Ware of
Montgomery county, Ala ; said negro is about 60 years
old. The owners are requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges and take him away.
WM. BROWN, Jailor.
July 22 24 ts
BROUGHT TO JAIL,
ON the s'h April, a negro man by the name o
LEWIS, who says he belongs to M.ts. Harriet
| Pope, of Jackson county. Florida. The owner is re
i quested to come forward, pay expenses and take him
j awav. WM BROWN,jailor.
| Columbus, Ga. April 29 12 ts
j THE MUSCOGEE INSURANCE CO’Y
i & HE now ready lor the transaction of business.—2
j Jt&L. Office over William A. Redd & Go’s, store.
DIRECTORS:
’ JON WARREN. JOHN PEABODY,
GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, THACKER B. HOWARD
E. S. GREENWOOD, KENITH M’KINZIE.
JOHN BANKS, President.
Matt. R. Evans, Secretary.
17 2 ts
PLANTERS HOTEL. ‘ ,
npiiE subscriber lias reo oved from his old stand
ii at tin: corner of Oglethorpe and Bryan
lo the building-- diagonally opposite, above Calhoun’s
Warehouse. He avails .himself of this oppoitunity to’
return his thanks to his friends and the public general
ly,for the hlieial patronage heretofore extended to him,
and hopes by continued exertions and const, ni endeav
ors to please, to merit a continuance. Transient cus
tomers and regular boarders wiil be accommodated
prices as low as circumsianc.es wiil permit. Horses
will be sent to the livery stable of Mr. Halstead, v.hete
evtry attention will be paid to them.
F. B. NANCE.
March. 4 : h, 1841. 4tf
MUSCOGEE SPRINGS.
Tp-NH E subscriber, formerly proprietor of the Coltmi
jii bus Hotel, wiil open on the 25 h June next, C
house of entertainment io those persons visiting the
Muscogee, better known as the Fine Knot Springs,in
thiscounty. The excellent properties ofthese waters,
inferior to none in the Uniteii States, the healthy state
of the neighbo hood and the fim society which may al
ways be found at these springs, yvifl rendef them a
place of t'oiiui r anil fashionable resort. Prof. Uniting
the Slate Geologist, visited these springs, analyzed
the yvaters, and pronounced them in point of healthy
medicinal properties, inferior to none in the Stale'—
He hopes that hy proper attention to the wants of hts
friends he will be favored with a large share of public
patronage. Dancing will he allowed to those who de
light in the amusement, and every effort made to please
He invites his friends to give htm a call andassuie
their they shall not go away disappointed. . .
JESSE B. REEVES.
June 24 20 ts
BROUGHT TO JAIL,
A NEGRO man bv the name of Daniel, who says
lie belongs to George Gunigan of Talbot county.’
The owner is requested to come forward, provp prop
erty, pav expenses and take, him awav. Said boy i 4
about 25 years old. WM. BROWN, Jailor.
July 8 22 ts
TIIE CELEBRATED HORSE,
ROBIN HOOD,
4joJILL stand the ensuing season, one ha'f of his
v V tune at my stable, nineteen miles ah.7e Colum
bus, in Russell county, Ala., and the other part of his
time at Lafayette, Chambers county. Ali.. and will be
let to mares at the reduced price oi Fitly Dollars, due
25 h of December next. Mares Sent over thirty
nulls will be fed t o months gratis. P rsont failin •
to get a colt in the Spring, will l>e allowed the Fa\
season gratis, if the mares are sent to my stable. All
care will be taken to prevent accidents and escapes
but no liabit.Jes for either.
A to Robin’s performances on the turf, a referenca
to ‘he Stud Book or the Spirit of the Times, will giva
e-Are sa'ufaction. It is also due him tosav. lhat hts
Coil- ,so Ur as trials have been made, have been sur
passed bv none in the United States.
i he season yv 1! commence the first o r an
end the first of Julv. Z. WHITE & . ,
JNO. CROWELL.
Jan. 27. 1841. 49 ts
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
UJi i RAI ED or stolen from the subscriber on Fri
j U 5 dav nigm. 3d ins', at the camp ground, near Sa
i .cm, Russell countr, Alabama, a bay horse, saddle*
, bri-he and martingales, about six years old, and about
j forefeet high, with a blaek mane and tail, legs black
up to the knee, wi'h the end of the right rar off, and
I bio shot on the right side. The above reward whi br
; paid tor the delivery of ihe sad horse to the snbscribef
near Salem. Any information thsnl fidly received.
THOMA& COLQUITT.
I September 13 5® 4’