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THE TIMES,
u pablishad every Wednesday morning,
■ the tmmrf building,
Career of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets, by
I. FORSYTH, * ML JOUSSTOM,
PROPRIETORS.
TERMS—Three Dslum per ssnum, payable
MoorteMp in MtMce,for nts subscriptions.
Ho pap** trill be discontinned while eny arrearage*
is doe, nnlcM at the optioaof the proprietor, and
ro*a uoLLiRs will in all aue* be exacted where
payment ie not raxdir before the expiration of the
•übaeripuea year. *
AUV ERTIdEME-NTS conspicuously inserted at
0E OvLLiK per one hisdred words, for the first
aserioa,and riFTT cxsra for every subsequent
eodlinuance.
All Adtertisehksts, sent to us without specify
ing the number of insertion* desired, will he con*
Sinned ■ Mil ordered out, and charged accordingly.
Una AovKitnscMXNTs published at the usual
rates, end with rtrict attention to the reqnistßens
es the law.
tanmrr’s Su.rs under regular executions, must
fee advertised for thirty mats; under mortgage
fi fas, sixtt Oats before the day of saleu
SaS.cs of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guaidians, ferstm days before
the day of sale. * ‘*
8 iLRS of personal property (except aegross) forty
WAYS-
ClTxnovs by Clerks of Courts of Ordinary, npen
application for letters of administration arc to bo
published for thirty days.
CtTAMOirs apes application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators er (rtiardiaae, mouth
|y for six MONTHS.
ORDERS of Courts of Or<Hnarv, (accompanied with
a copy of tho bond, or agreement) to make title
to land, must be published three months.
Pievicts by Executors nr Adinraimrators-er (•■sard
inns, of application to the Court of Ordinary for
leave to sell the Land or Negroes of an estate,
FOCR MONTHS.
Nonces by Executors or administ rntors, to the
Rdbtsra and Creditors of an estat*„for six weeks
Jjr Lc rvr.Hi to the proprietors on Irustness, most
be post fa in, to entitle them to attention.
LAW NOTICES.
JOhn ML Bcthuue.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CoLUMAUS, Ga.
Kr. 12,1845. 46—ly.
A. G. FOSTER. i
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Columbus, Ga.
‘' r ILL practice ia Abe Courts of the wycral
Vv counties of the Chatt&hooche Circuit, and
Uie adj aning counties of the tdotilh-Western Circuit
r Ga. Ami aUe in ithe adjoining cotvß'tcs of Ala
bama.
EjrtRK.VC£B ;
*2<-rv Harper & Holmes, Apalachicola, Fla.
• W. Hearing & Sons, Charleston. S. C.
** For & Nisbet, Mte m, Ga.
*• N.(d. Fos’er A A.G. Foster,Madison, (4a.
Columbus, Oct. 8. Idli. 41—ly
SEARORY imLIAJIS
ATTORNEY AND GOIJNSELLOR
AT LAW, AND SOLICITOR IN
EQUITY.
Tuskkoer, Macon County, Ala.
Reference*— \lrsrrr Thoma & Downing, Co
lumbus. (a., Hon. James E. BeLer, Munlj,'niery,
Alabama.
October* 1845. 41—lv
CObdt'lTT & COOK,
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW;
LA ORANGE, GEORGIA.
Will pracnce in the counties of Troup, Meriwether
Coweta, Fayette, and Carroll.
Wutiii T. Gat.<iurr, Columbus, Ga.
Wm J. U. Cook, I.a Grange.
April 23, 34—>f
*:. iv. Piatt,
attorney at law,
Albany, Baker County, Ga.
/mI, 1345 l—rs
J. LAW,
ATTORNE Y A T LAW;
BAIN HIUIMiK, (DliS-’AFUKCO.) UA.
Will attend |iu->c’uai y the arijpcrmr Courts of the
counties •! K iriy, fife ptciiur of the South
Western, and oi the comfy nf Thomas of the South
•in Cnrirt. May 2), 1345 S? 4 u
CL §. Rockwell,
A T TOKNK Y Jr* I. A W 4
Columbus, Ga.
< firr on Broad SjHVeG over Mr. LuGay’s Jewel
ry Store. \
April 2, 184), • 14—if
Ktihitrt B. I.fsitdr
ATTOIIN EY A T LAW,
Tazewell Marion County Ga.
March 12 1815. 12—ly.
J;imii JI. Mitehell,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Residence-rlj ntu pk in, Georgia.
WILL and -v.ite h# attention hereafter, exclusive
ly in W prof**too, and wstj attend punctu
al'r to ali bustnes •■ntrnsteJ to lus care, in any ceu'u
tv in the Chau ah- -chce or South-Western (circuits.
’ Feb 5. 1845 6—l v
JOB PRINTING,
Plain and Ornamental ,
HEATLV AND PROMPLT EXECUTED AX’ THF.
nrtlCX. OF
C&e Columbus CCmrs.
Pamphlets, j Hand Bills,
Business Cards, { Way Bills,
Visiting do j Circulars,
Ball Tickets. { Blank Notes,
and evety tiling else in this line of business,
CHEAP, ami with Despatch.
l Oli RKNT.
AFTER the middle of February, one of tbe turner
ments of Mr. DeGraffmri.-d, b< lew the tJgle
<U<iye Hoso, an I after the IJth <f March the
trnrurat on the Corger now occupied by Messrs.
A dim i A Madden. Enquire of
ALFRED IVERSON, Trustee, &c.
Col infou*. Dec. 84, 1545. 54 —if
YANZANT AND JACKSON,
oasnrsT Awi. chair makers,
Warren (triangiLsireet, Columbus.
WINDSOR. Cane Jbd Flag B.utorr. Chajrs,
asaoe and ra,ired\gt}od styLe ,"> v
CANE SEAT OOU;\eR STOOLS.
.43 kinds of Turning donjon shore notice.
Columbia, Pec. 24. 1845. X 52—t
Thomaston Factory
COTI'ON OSNABURUS.
WK have been appointed Ageuts for the sale oj
the Goads m.uiufactu'ed by the 1 honiaston
F actory.aud ate now prepared to supply applicants
ax the lawest market rates.
RUSE, PATTEN, & Cos.
C dumbos, Nov. 19,1815 47-ts
IHPORT4HT PIPROVEWEKT
OX THE WATER WHEEL,
WHICH is now evening nutch ‘merest, both in
Europe an i the United States. Three ol
these wheels are in operation at the City Mill, Co
s propelling two pair of stoae-t with 4 feet
bead aad fall, grinding 8 bushels per hour to each
paw. J. BRIDGES.
Anna* *7. 1845. So—ts
LOST.
SUPPOSED to have been taken from tlia street
ia Irvat of Mrs. Sfi trter’s residence, the morn
ing after the fire, a I trge Brussels Carpet—dark
ground, pas era not recollected partially worn.
Aay informal ion that may lead to its recovery, will
ha hbcral'y rewarded on application at the Bank of
St M>rv*s.
Dre'Sl, 1*45 1-ts
REMOVAL. ~
£ 4 EO, H. BETZ, has removed up stairs oyct
Dr. Ware’s Drug Store, on btoad street.
B-deujbus, 2i, 1545. s?— ; f
FORSYTH &i JOHNSTON, epitobs]
warehouse notices.
FIRE-f
ECOLUMBUS GEO.
FVHHE undersigned continue the WAREHOUSE
J. and COMMISSION business, at the well
known Fib e-Proof Warehouse, formerly occupi
ed by Hall, Ruse k Cos., and tender their services to
their friends and the public genera ly, for the Stor
ing of Oott°n and other Merchandise, and the
tiaasaction of
Commission business
in all its branches ; pledging themselves to use every
exertion to promote the interests and to render satis
faction to those who us ay conf.de business to their
■ charge.
They will at all times impart nny informafiojj to
their Plant ng friends that thy may he in possession
of, with regard to the CO TTON MARKET.
The usual advances made on cotton in store.
On hand, n large supply of BRKgillg (44. 4b,
52 inches) Rope tllld. TWlllC. which will be
furnished to their customers, at the lowest market
prices.
Their rates ofSTOR AGE are the same an hereto
fore. J. C. & F. N. RUSK.
Columbus Sept, 3, 1845 S6—4iii.
WE stave associated wit-h us La the above bun -:
ness, Messrs. RICHARD PATTEN $•
R. T. BRICK. The business will in future be
conducted under the firm of Ruse, Patten, Cos.
J. C. & F. N. RUSE.
Oct. 22, 1845. 43-ts ,
THE Subscribers have this day euteredinto co
partnership for lire purpose of iconducting the
Ware-House tuni Commission Business, under the
firm of Etißc, Patten <J- Cos.
J. C. RUSE.
F. N. RUSE,
JiICHAKD PATTEN
R. T. BRICE,
Oct. 1, 1845; 43—ts
GREENWOOD & CO’S
NEW FIRE-PROOF
WAREHOUSE.
j rgiH-EJ B..bribr.s would respectfully inform Plan
j JjL ter.< and Cotton Dealers generady, jhnt tliey
| will be prepared 10 receive Cotton at their
; New Fire-Proof Warehouse , |
on the corner of Randolph and Front Streets, on the
sth November.
We are prepared to offer all the advantages offer
ed by simitar establishments in the city, aS.>ifco usual
rates.
We hope bv prompt attention to busineas to merit
a share of public patronage.
GREENWOOD U CO.
THOS. E. GRF.KNtyOOD, ) j
K. S. GREENWOOD. $
Nov. 19, 1845. 47—4 in
YONGE, GARRARD&IiGGPER,
WAREHOUSE
ANH
Cosesfeion Merchants,
COLUMBUS, GA.
XVM. P. YONGU, WM- W. GARKAKD,
RICHARD KOQPiER.
Nov. in, 1845. 47—ts
HAN3ERD & MORRIS,
COTTON 3ROEERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
f’oi.uatßus Georgia.
JOSEPH HANSF.RD, (I
JOSIAH MORRIS.
Oct. 15. 1845. 42—6 m.
A- K. AYE SL
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
JVo. 7(i, Broad Street,
Co.Lupihus, Ga.
Nev. 18. 1845. 47.-tf
A UCTIOiV
AND
eoimissiox.
THE Undersigned most respectfully tender their
services to the public in the
Auction ami Commission Badness,
oyer the firm of ROBINSON & CO. ‘I heir
room is under the City Hotet. neurthe Market.
N. M. C. ROBINSON,
A. K. AYER.
Columbus, Nov. 26 1845. 48—’f.
’negroes,’
BOUGHT and sold oo Com'njssins, and libera;
advances made hv ROBINSON & CO.
Nov. 26 1544. 48—if.
THOMAS PRESTON*
COMMISSION MERCHANT
APALACHICOLA,
FLORIDA. !
WILL continue the Commission and General
Agency business at the i'.i ve plae.e. The
usual lac,ilities afforded to all those dtapoged to ship
cottous to any Foreign port, or any port in ike United
States. Receiving and forwarding business, strictly
ayd promptly atp udud tor
Agril 60 1845. 18—ts.
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND
At Apstlaeliieola, Florida.
THE subscriber, COMMISSION MER
CHANT 4’ FACTOR , at Apalachicola,
Flo r 'da. is prepaied to make Advances on Conqign
inen s made either to him, at the Bay, or to lys
friends in New York, Liverpool or Havre.
L. F. E. DUG4S,
Reference* ;
Pi lot & Leßarbier, New York,
Thos. J. Rogers 4- Cos. Charleston,
Wni. Dearing, *•
A. Sibley, Angara,
Arteaa* Gould, ••
(vardelle 4’ Rhmd, **
Pitray Sx Son, Havre.
r Nay J 9, 47—^f
I \
I REMOVAL. I
DOCTOR C t P. H ERVZnr,
HAS removed his Residence and Oflice 10 the
Duelling formerly occupied by DR. W’M. K.
SCHLEY, one door South of the Episcopal Chinch.
and duectly opposite the residence ol Captain P. T.
Schley, where he maybe found at ali times prepared
t nei sot in all operations appertaining to his profession
Jan. 7, 1846. 2--ts.
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GREAT BARGAINS
TO BS OBTAINED AT
HHLjrOODRLFF’S DRY GOODS
• in Buildings, three
doors abo^^^a|cin 4 s coufl^on Broad Street, below
the MsiketT^fcLgingiV obliged to remove my
stock of Goods of the late fire, and also
. wishing to make **JKI)UIIge 1U lUyhllsie
liesS,” I will apgWnls at New York prices, amJ
many articles Myor f\ner cent less than N. Y.
costj to any ofirof friends former customers who
have the caJrbs spare. Pomona having open ac
counts are jpooested call and seulaythe same, either
by cash as it is desirable that the Books
should HfhSlsnced. H. lI.MtpODRUFF.
Jatufesf I|, 1846, ‘ 5-2 1
THS C3HOK OF THE STATES, AMD THE SOVEftEHONTY OF TBE STATES.
FALL & WINTER
S.B.HAMILTOIY,
(One door Aortli of James Kid in.)
HAS ju4 received a large assornientof FALL
and WINTER CLOTHING, which will be
old cheap for €Usl).
Cloaks and Over-Coats,
Gents super Black and Green Cloth Cloaks;
Gent’s beaver and Pilot Overcoats;
Blue and Black, Frock and Dress Coats;
Green Brown and Olive Frock and dross Coats;
Cadet mixed Frock and Sack Coatv
Kentucky Jeans Frock and dues* Coats;
Blue and Bkw-k cloth Pacts*
Blue and Black Cashimere Pants -
Plaid striped and figured Oashunere Pants;
Saitinette and Twedes Pants;
Plain JJlack and figured Velvet Vests;
Plain Black and tigured Palin Vests;
Plaid striped an i figured Ca*hi nere Vests;
Wlrite Linen and M uslin shirts;
White Linen,C.oitoni Jeans and F!anne!l Drawers;
Merino Shiits and Drawers,
Stocks, Collars, Gloves, Suspenders, Cravats and
Scarfs;
Silk, Merino, Lambs wool and Cotton half Hose;
Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Hats andCaps.
November 5. 1815. 4—ts
M. LOUIS,
FRENCH BOUT-MAKER,
grrr“\ inform the Citizens
Wi ww of Col umbos, and adjacent
_ country, that he has just received
dirixt from Pans, a splendid as
sortment of French Leathers, to- 1
gather with several first-rate workirun, and he is now
prepared to make Boots at the shortest notice.
His Store is next door to the Post Office on Og!e
thorpe street. Columbus. Nov 19. 1845 47-ts
CHEAT BARGAINS!
8. Lessermann* & co.
HAVE removed their rcmaiHmg stock of Goods
saved trom the late Fire, to tie Store of M.
Brannon, on Broad street, two doors above the old
Insurance Bank, and one door lelcw .Mr. LeGuy’s
Jewolry Store.
They now.offer their entire uninjured stock of
Dry-Goods, Clothing Hats,
Caps, Boots, &c. &c.
at FIRST COST !
and the balance of their stock at 25 per cent, below
New Yoik Cost ! ,
Jan. 7, 1846 2—ts
JSoots, Shoes? &£•
H. McNEIJf r
fonced to the late
fire, hasSUreii ihe room, in Mclntosh
Row, near theSmlh East of Broad and .
Crawford streets, Rankins’ corner,
where he has nssoitmcnt of
BooTS '^r?kls HAß
all of wjgich., on red.son^n^tcrms.
P. S. are
•o call ir accounts, w iihoiit^^^^
Q^STKM.
IMM h.is h.en
caused by ie so extra >rdinanlv
Cheap, at litrftncw Book Stofe,
where may be other publication--,
I’he Waniering MxstnSuLof Paris, and oilier
New Works pnblisli^^k
His frieiidjdpioraijv. and par.ticin’arlv,
(if he rfques'ed toculwudsee him.
Jan. 14. 1846.
LUKE HEED, Jr-
HAS removed to his lower store, a tew doors be
low the Market House, on the west side broad
street, where he will he happy to -e all who wish
to settle th<.ir accounts with him or with the late
firm of James t-hiivv & Cos.
Columbus. Jan. 14, 1846. S.-ts
Boots Shoes, antd Brogans,
OF eviry description—a large slock, lo wioc i ad
ditions are constantly being made, f*r sale .n the
most reasonable terms, by LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden b ‘ct and saddle, a few doors be
low the Market House. Jan. 14, 4-ts
NAVAL ANECCOTE.
Before the war, says the Nautical Alagn
•zine, Captain Careen and the Macedoflm
weteat NorfusHv.; Decatur was there ton,
and a warm intimacy soon joined in friend
ship two kin-dred hearts. WJaile discussing
naval affairs one day, Carden enid :
“Decatur, your ships are good enough, ;
and you ate a clever set of fellows : but
what pract.ce have you in wars? There’s
the rub. One .of these days days we wili
probably have a brush <ng.eihcz, ami if
1 catch your ship at sea, I w ril knock her in
to a cocked hat, Stepea.”
“Will yoni” said Decatur; l will bet you
ia hat on i.l ”
The bet was t greed to, and the conver
sation changed. But a few months elapsed
ere the war that had been threatening, com
inenced, and the two captains, by some sin
gular coincident.e, inet. Captain Carden, on
going on board the United ss;ales, was re
ceived by a Lieutenant at the gangway, to
whom he tendered his sword.
“Not to me sir,’’ 6aid the officer, “but to
the Captain,”
“And whero is tbe Captain] ’said the em
barrassed Englishman.
“He is standing aft, there; that is thegen
tleman, sir, in a tarpaulin hat, and round
jackei.”
Carden went aft™and bis feelings gn
meeting, under such circumstances, his old
friend, may be imagined. As he offered his
sword to Decatur, that offioersaid;
“No Carden, I never take the sword of a
brave man—yon have fought gallantly,—
But,” said be, laying bis hand on the oili-*
er’s shoulder, “/ mill lake that hat, my deas
fellow.”
In transferring Jo the United States the
aui'e of Capt. Carden, a fine band was in
cluded. Jn the afternoon, when dinner was
announced in the cab;n, Capt. Carden aaid
to Decatur:—
“ Those musicians are very skillful, and
i have always had them on deck whilp at
dinner/’
“Very well,” said Decatur,“we will have
them up.”
The bard was ordered on deck to play,
and Com. Decatur was asked what air he
would like to hear.
“Let them piay Britannia Rules The
Wave,” said he with a slight laugh.
“An Empire on which ths Sun sever
sets.” — This beautiful figure, representing
;t vast empire, will it seems, apply to the
United States the moment Oregon is “an
nexed.” The Newburyport Herald says;
should we ever extend our possession over
North Oregon, as far as the Botnanzoff
M onntain, near the seventieth parallel, we
shall reach that latitude where the sun does
not set in summer. Near tbe mountains in
summer the sun appears to stand as still as
it did in tbe days of Joshua, la June it is
twenty-five degrees above the horizon at
“midnight,” ann the only mode of knowing
that it is midnight, is watching the sun when
it bagins to ascend.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21, 1646.
A Gem or Poftry.—7’ha lady to whom the fol
lowing verse* —mm before published—were ad
dressed, known to the reader* of Burns as “the blue
eyed lassie.” is *ne o( a race whose beauties and
virtues formed, for several generation*, the in
spiratien es the master of the Scottish soog. Her
mother was Agues Aitne'rong, in whose honor the
touching words and beautiful air of “Roslm Castle’’
were composed, and “Fairie fair” was her more re
mote progenitrix.
VVe are happy that it is in our power to publish
these lines, as u stupid error is now going the rounds
of the press, by which the lady in question is con
found and with the present iove of Burn’s voiuh “High*
land Mary.” We call the error stupid, because no
one who has ever faenrd of Burns ought to be *0 ig
norant that Highland Mary died while p’.igkted to
him as a wife, whereas the laoy of whom wo speak
still lives, honored and respected among us. Her fa
ther an eminent cleigyman of the CJmrchef Scotland
was one of tbe few in the higher ranks of society, who
during his life, properly appreciated the genius and
character ot Burns and the poems he addtess*-d ‘o
her were the homage which a poet, married, and the
father of children nearly as old as herself, may, in all
propriejy and honor, pay to tho opeuing ebarms of
•the ikugher of a revered and vaiued friend.— N. Y\
Mirrior.
SONG.
BY BUHNS NKVXR BIFORK FL’Bt.UUED.
[Air —Maggy Lauder.]
When fir?t 1 ?a v fair Jeannio’a face,
I couldna Veil wjiat ajledxne,
My heart went ifluit’rmg pit a-pat,
My ’een, they almost failed n.e„
She’s ay sae neat, s< a trim, Bae tight,
All grace dots round her hover,
Ae look deprived me o’ my heart,
And I became a lover.
She’s av, ay, .-ae biwhet sae gav,
She’s ay sae tdytiie eml i he*-rie,
She’* ay sae bmmy b. vthe, and gay,
Oh ! gm l were her dearie.
Had I DunJas’s wlio'e estate,
Or Hopuioun’s wealth toahlve in,
Did warlike laurels crown my brow,
Or humbler bays entwining,
I’d lay them a’ at Jeannie’s fot,
Could I but hope to move her,
And prouder than a belteu kntgh,
I’d be my my fever.
She’s ay, ay, sae blythe, sae pav,
She’s ay, sae blythe and chce’rje,
Shu’s ay sae bonny blythe and gay,
Oh ! gm i wei e her dearie.
But sairl fear some happier swain
Has gained sweet Jeauiiie’s faivor,
If so, may every bliss be hei’s
‘Though I maun never have her.
But garni she East or gang she West,
’Tvvixt Forth and weed ull over,
Where men have eyes, or ears or taste,
She’ll always find a fever
She’s ay. ay, sse blythe sae gay,
Shefe ay sae blyttho andieheeue,
She’s by sae bonny, blythe and gay,
Oh ! gm I were her dearie.
TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY,
BY FRANCES 8. OSq’ OjD,
Leave me not yet! leave me not cold and lonely,
Tt.od dear id nil of my pining heart!
Thou art Ihe friend—-the beautiful—the only,
‘” Whom I would keep, though a 1 the world depart!
Thou, ihat dost veil tho trailest 0 iwcr* with jjfery,
Spirit of ipht, and loveliness and truth !
Thou, that did’st tell me 41 sweet fairy story,
Os the dm. future.au ruy wast ful y’uth !
Thou, whocanVt weave a nalo round the spirit,
Through wiiich nought mean or evil dare intrude,
; Resume not thegifi, which! inherit
From Heajri.naud thee/that iWiesi, holiest geo.d
Leave me not now! leave 1110 1101 cold ant lon ly,
Thou stany prophet of my pining h ait!
Thou art the lriei d—the tenderegt—<h.e only,
With whom, o fa 1 ’iwould be despair to part.
Thou, tha,t -c>in)’st to me in my dreaming c'uluhood,
Shaping tike .hangefu clouds to pageants rare,
Peopling the 1 lulling vale and shaded wild wo. and
With airy being, faint, yet strangely fair ;
Tolling me ali the s >a born biet ze was sa< ing,
While it went whispering thro’ the w ding leaves,
Biddmg me ii-ten to the light ram playing
Its pleasant tune about the household tjipes;
Timing (the low sweet ripjile of the river,
Td its mi sfcdfgus niu,rinyr seegaied 1 song—
A tender and sad chant, repeated evei
A sweet, impassion'd plaint oflove and wrong.
Leave me not yet! leave me not cold and lonely,
1 h >u star ot promise o’er my clouded pafo!
Leave me not lie li'e, thnf borrows from thie only
Ail of delight and beau'v that it hath !
Her step is light, her song is wild.
Her laugh ns t>leeome us he hour
Which from the summer’s heaithatb smiled,
And dallied with the op’ntng flower.
Her ch. ek is tinged with rosy huo,
A fairy in each dimple lies ;
And in her eye, a softer h ue
Is gleaming, than fro"’ starry skies.
Os guileless thought and gentle word,
She changes not from day to day;
But carols gaily as a bird,
And smiles the clouds of care away.
Ah )yhat a store of joy and feye
in all -her .artiess spiritfcurns,
As linked with angel hearts above,
Sit j lives with them and uu by turns.
A .R. TANARUS,
mlscellanyl
I'ront the National Magazine.
THE LOAF OF BREAD.
BY JANE WEAVER.
‘Buy my matches—ohj do .buy them eir,’ 5
said a plaintive v.uice.
The person addressed, clad in an overcoat
was breasting the sharp wind of a Decem
ber da\, his throat tnufffed tip, leaving a por
tion of his face discernahle, but his dress
bespoke one in comfortable circumstances.
*1 don’t want your matches, lad,’ said he.
*But do buy boxes for a ftp.’
‘Get out ot the way’said the man sharp
. ly, for he had stopped the path.
‘Uh! do buy some said the boy, detain-!
ing him by the skirt ot lus coat, ‘mother is !
sick and I’ve had jiothing to eat to-day. Do I
buy a tips worth.’
The man hesitated. The natural im
pulses 0/ Ins heart were lor good, but he
was one accustomed to thiol; the world
worse than it was.
‘Pshaw? 5 he said, ‘that is the old story; get
out of the way you young scamp, or 1 shall
have you arrested.’
The boy meekly drew back, but a tear
fn-ze on his cheek in that bitter blast though
the rich tuan saw it not, for he hurried on.
Jt was getting late and the streets would
have been pitch dark, but for the lamps,
which at long intervals lit up tffc night—
Few were abroad in that w’iotry weather,
and so the boy stood shivering at his post
for a Long time betore a second passenger
came by. Poor fellow? he was thinly clad,
and his lips were blue with cold; yet he
kept his station, vainly offering bis matches,
but finding no buyers.
Ten o'clock struck, and with the tears
failing fast, he turned his footsteps towards
the cellar in which he lived. He had been
out all day and sold nothing, nor had a mor
sel of food crossed his rnou-ih since tbe night
before. Rut he thought more of hia sick
mother than himself. The little capital had
been exhausted in the purchase of his match
es. and they bad uot a cent remaining.
He paused, for at that iustant the light
from a baker shop streamed across the street.
The baker was just shutting up; his back
was turned, the door was invitingly open,
afid within reach lay a pile of leave?. A
sudden impulse seized ‘.he boy. An hour
previous ho had vainly begged at the same
shop, and that man roughly ordered him a.
way. He had never stolen in his life, but
now an iTresistiole temptation seized him.—
Should his mother starve, when a single ioaf
might save Iter, lie rushed in, grasped the
prize dashed down the street.
“Hdlo slop thief 1’ said the baker, turn
ing round just in tune to see theac*.
The boy heard the cry, and trembled all
over, fear lent speed to tns feet, and he ran
swiftly on, now and then turning his head
back to see if his pursuers gained on him.
Btop thief! slop thief!! stop thief!!! was
the cry that rung from as many pursuers; as
looking from their shops, they caught sight
o! the fugitive and joined in the chase.
Tiie boys heart beat wildly; he mechani
cally turned his steps to the cellar where he
lived; the narrow alley in which it was, open
ed into a street just ahead; ar.d lie strove
despaMWely to gain it. The watchmen’s,
rattles were now heard in front, behind, all
around; like a limited stag, panting and
frightened, ho gained the end of the alloy
and dashed into the dai k thoroughfare. But
at the instant, a man sprang out of the cor
ner hogse a.ud seized the fugitive.
“Ah J you voung thief—you were nearly
i ff, were you?—couie along—l am a magis
trate, you shail go to jail,’ and with these
words he dragged the culprit into his office.
The boy burst into tears.
‘Oh sir,’ eaid the boy, ‘let me go. I only
stole a l..af of bread, and I wouid’nt have
done that, but wo are ajl starving. Mother
And 1 bave’ut eaJ anything to-day* and moth
er is sick. I never stole before. Let me go
and i’ll never do it again,’
The magistrate’s office was now full ol
people, the baker among tl.o rett. The boy
sobbed piteoutls.—'The magistrate ordered
lights; tor hitherto the room had been dark.
’•The young - villian—so early in crime—
these match hoys should all be sent to the
house of refuge,’said o£.
‘I have seen the rascal prowling about my
door for the an hour,’said the baker.
‘Stop cry ing, said one of the watchmen,
g ving the boy a v iolent shake. ’You’re
done for, young ’un, so no whimpering.’
The glare ol the lights that were now
brought in fell full upon the face of the mag
is tr.ite, who had taken his seal, and than
shot their brilliant glare across the group
untij it rested on ike weeping child, Ac
this sight the magistrate started. He got
up and looked uvej ki desk mure closely at
the boy.
‘The lad really seems in want,’ saiJ he,
with a kinder tone, leaving his chair and
■advancing to” hi mi whose hsjid he took—
•“ Are you not the match boy I met to night?
The lad looked up and the recognition vyas
mutual.
*l>l yes, sir—and what I told you was all
true. Mother lives just up the alley—No.
16 in the cellar, You may go there and
see, don’t sand me to jail. It will break her
heart. Indeed—indet and I did’nt mean to
steal—but we are starving.’
‘This must be inquired into. Good God,
1 thought the child a cheat. But his lips
are blue, he is shivering, here boy eat that.’
He broke ofFa piece of the loaf as lie
spoke, and gave it to the lad, who devoured
it with an avidity that convinced every one
of the truth of his story. Jn a minute a
watclima© carae in Ac said he had been to the
cellar sthe child named, a sick woman was
really there, in a state of great destitution.—
She was sobbing for her absent boy, who
ought she said to have been home ldg
since.
‘Heaven forbid we should punish the child
then,’ said the magistrate fervently. Ho&v
fortunately lie was ar re .-ted by me; it saved
him from prison; for no one eltewoul 1 b,t.ve
-believed his story. Gentlemen 1 will s-ee
to the boy’s warns. I suppose you will
dismiss your .complaint added he turning to
the baker,.
‘O! yes sir;’ said the man, ‘he is welcome
to the loaf. I wojdn’Xhave refused any
one, who really v. aa in want; but then there
are eo many cheats about.’
‘Ah! there it is,’ said the magistrate with
self-reproach, ‘we thir.k all beggars deceiv
ers, and never trouble ourselves to enquire
into the truth of their story. Had I done
so, for this boy, he would not have stolen
yonr loaf.’
The rnagirtrate kept his word to the lad.
Immediate retif was administered to the
mother’s necessities and Ids; and subse
quently regular, though humble employ
ment obtained for each. They are comfort
able, happy and trust worthy. Would it
have been eo if the boy had been sent to
jail.
.ReaderJ this is no fancy sketch. Such
incidents occur daily in our great cities.—
“Go thou and do likewise.”
New Year’s Day was generally kept in
Washington. The Intelligencer has the fol
lowing notices:
Yesterday, being the Ist of January, 1-646,
was kept as a holiday at the puolic officeas, the
offices of the Corporation, and ail the offices
connected with the XJuncui-i and Criminal
Courts.
At noon an immense body of citizens, so
journers and strangers, repaired to the Execu
tive Mansion, and made the customary salu
talions to the President and his faui ly. Tire
East Room and the Reception Room wene
thronged with tne beauty and lasipon of the
metropolis, as well as others of all ranks and
and conditions of life. I ndeed,the President’s
House was a perfect jam for two or three
hours, and many who went thither to see the
Chief Magistrate of the nation had to roturn
without accomplishing their abject.
A great number of ladies and gentleman,
foreign Ministers, members of Congress, and
others, also called and paid iheir respects to
Mrs. Madison, ex President Adams and the
Mayor of the city, by whom they were most
cordially received.
The day being unusually fine, and even
mild for t.he season, there was a general turn
out on Pennsylvania avenue and in the other
street of tins metropolis, which throughout
the entire day presented a very animated and
lively spectacle.
The following is an advertisement in the
Charleston Courier.
“Wanted immediately, sound, able
bodied man, capable of flghtiug Indians, io
whom liberal wages and constant employ
ment will be given. Apply at this office.’
Hot Voting* —Joseph V. Mustard is a
candidate for Auditor in Pike county, Ohio
Stephen Pepper is his opponent,
A Trick.— A Liverpool paper, of a late
date, states that a man in that town lately
sold a number of birds as canaries, which
were found to be nothing hut sparrows paint
ed yellow.
[VOL. VI.—NO 4.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
LIST UK ACTS
Passed a f the last session of the General As
scmbly of the State of Georgia.
( Concluded.)
116. An act t-> re quire the Surveyor Gen
eral to issue a grant for fraction No. 169,
sth district us Decatur county, to Daniel
Belcher.
117. An act to repeal a part of the 11th
section ot an act entitled an act io empower
the Inferior Courts us the several Counties
of this State to order the laying out of pub
lic roads to order the budding and keeping
m repair of public bridges, approved Dec. j
4th. 15.99, and further toejuend and define
the power ol said Courts an to tl e construc
tion of bridges.
118. An act to amend the police of the j
Penitentiary, to authorize the appointment i
of Commissioners to value, from time to
time, the manufactured articles and assets
ol the Penitentiary, to allow the Governor
if necessary in his judgement, to draw fioni
the Treasury the remainder of the appro
propriution of 1843, and to apply the same
to the nse of the Penitentiary, and to com
pensate John Haddor out of the money
now in ibe Treasury for the use of the Pen.
itentivry.
119. An act'to alter and amend the sev
eral ac*s now in force in relation to the tak
ing of Sheriffs bonds.
120. To prohibit colored mechanics and
masons, being slaves or ftee persons of cul
i>r; from making contracts for the erec
tion or repair of inuidnigß, and declar
iug white persons directly'or indirectly
contracting with or employing them, as well
as ilia master, ecujdoyer, or agent for said
slavp, or guardian of said tree person of cu!
or, authorizing or permitting toe same, gml
ly of a misdemeanor, and prescribing pun
ishment for violating !his ac*.
131. Give to ui'Uhers certainrights in re
lation to the guardianship and custody of
their minor children.
122. Incorporate the Muscogee Railroad
Company, and to punish persons who may
violate the provisions ol the same.
123. To change the lino between the
counties of Henry and Pike, so as to a.ld io*s
j Nos. 126, 129 ami HO, in the 3d di-trict
Henry to tine county ot Pike; and to change
4]ie residence us eeiaatn persons therein
nairved.
124. For the relief of Abel Lewis, of the
county ot Burke, and his securirios; and also j
Win. VV. Seals, on certain conditions.
125. Establish nun dry election precincts!
in the counties thetem named, and to re
tfnove and to abolish sundry oitrers therein
specitie 1,
126. To incorporate Unity Lodge, No. 30,
of Jackson county.
127. Repeal an act passed 20ih Decem
ber, 1834, to keep open the Central Hatcltie
creek, in Heard county.
128. To authorize the Inferior courts of
the counties of Telfair and Ware, to ap
point Commissioners to have run and plain
ly marked, the line between said counties.
129. Authorize Hezekiah R. Foote to
build a mill dam across the Chat.ahoocliee
.river, at or near the place where the West
ern and Atlamic Railroad crosses the same
and to authorize Johnson P. Wolbronot the
county of Union, to bn ld a mill dam acsoas
Not'ey river, iq the county of Union.
.130. To raise a revenue 1"< r the city cl
Coiumbus, amendatory of an act to impose a
sdecial tax, cjfC. assented the 10th Decem
ber, 1841; and also, to make provision for the
poor residing in said city.
I‘Ji Authorize the Inferior Court of Floyd j
county to assess an extra tax on the cit zens i
of said county, for the purpose -of paying for
the public buildings of said cuuuty, and com
pepsate Win. H. Moore, County Surveyor
of sa-td county, tor aiding in running a line
between the counties of Floyd and Chatlo
ga.
i 12. Remove and establLh certain elec
tion precincts in certain counties therein
named.
13d. Authorize Nustaee Speer, Charles
E. Nisbet, James T. Nisbet and Thomas I
W. Alexander, jr., to plead and practice law
upon certain conditions presorted.
134 To iU’.hurze Nathan Mattox to build
a mill dam across Broad River, on his own |
land; and tlie owner of lot No. 268, in the
6th district cf the second sec ion, now Cas.s
county, to erset a mill dam across Etowah j
river.
436. To repeal an act to incorporate the
town ol Davisville, in the county of I‘ike, j
&.C., assented to Bth December, 1841.,
129. For relief of William Robertson, Jr.,
of the county of Forsyth.
137. For relict of B. W. Ca-tleberrv, of
Forsyth county, and Henrietta Weaver, of
the county of Cauiden,
138. For relief u) John Temples, of the (
county of Franklin.
139. To amend the act c( incorporation
of Oglethorpe University, and tlie several
acts in relation to Lie Academy at Carrollton I
in Carroll county,,
140. To authorize the Inferior C urt us
C >bb county to levy an extra tax on the ciii
zens of said com ty, for certain purposes
therein named,
141. To grant certain privileges and im
munities io Columbus Guards, a Volunteer
Infantry Corps in the ciiy of Columbus.
143. To reduce the amount of Sheriffs
bonus now required in tne cutury of Sum- *
ter.
143 To authorize the Sheriff of Dooly!
county to advertise ins sales in his Judicial ‘
circuit, or in the city of Macon.
144 To amend an act of 1813, entitled
an act to alter the time for the election of
Mayor and Aldermen of the Ci y of Savan-!
nah, &,?. so far as regard* thy 2 i,6tb and 7th
sections of this act.
145 To establish additional election pre
cints in ihe counties of Cher<>kee and Mus
cogee; and to remove certain election pre
cincts therein specified.
146. For relief of James M, Davis, of the
ceunty of Talbot.
147. To regulate the empannilling of
Grand and Petit Jurors in the couniy of
Camden.
146. To remit a forfeiture incurred by
James J. Davis.
149. For relief of Sarah McKoeo,
15U. To amend an act entitled an act to
j amend an act to alter and fix the times of
! holding tiie Superior Courts tn the Eastern
Circuit of this State, assented to 28th De-’
cember, 1537, assented to 23d December
1840.
151. To alter and fix -the times of holding
j the inferior courts ol Ware and Richmond
counties; and to fix the tunes of holding tiie
Superior Courts of the counties of Burke
Jefferson and Richmond.
452. To authorize the Inferior court of
Lowndes county to appoint commissioners
to make titles to lots so din said county,
j and to t,ell unsold lots.
153. To relieve James M. Ware, Henry
Kingsbury, Jonathan Long, Joel J. Flanigan
, and P. 11. Castleberry of tlw county of Paul
ding from the payment of a forfeited recog -
! nizance.
! 154. To amend an act authorizing the
establishment of the Southern lioianico Me
dics! College of Georgia, so as to authorize
its removal to the city of Macon, whenever
the Trustees shall deem it expedient and
conductive to ihe interests ot the institution.
155. To extend tlte ecorporatd existence
of the Bank of Augusta, and continue in force
the acts relative to the same; and to define
the liabilities of the stockholders, sod regu
late its i*tue in future.
156. To amend the 12th section of the
judiciary act of 1799, Relative to writs of
•cirrt far.iuS.)
157. To apportion the represents*ives a
inoug the sevetal counties cf this Stale, ac
cording to the 7th stet'on of the last article
of the constitution.
158. To authorize A.II. Reese to erect
a mill dam from the Western bank to an
island in the bed of the Chattahoochee river,
and to authorize James Law to erect a 101 l
bridge across the Chattahoochee river.
159. To incorporate the Fri-ni R.vet
Steamboat Company,
160. For the to lief of John C. Edmonson
of Wilkinson county, and E. R. Young, of
l'hoinas county.
161. To incorporate the “Augusta Mans
! laciurmg Company”—the “Richmond Man
| ufai luring Company”—and the “Georgia
Manufacturing Company.”
162. To authorise a grant b>t No. 178, in
•the 13th district, Doily, to irsue to Elisha
; Smart; and to correct and amend the Lottery
list of fortunate drasvers, as far as the drawer
of said lot is concerned.
163. To change the name of David
Thrash to David Smith.
164. To change the place of bolding tho
Justices Courts of the 26th mil.tia dismcllu
the couniy of Glynn.
165. To incor|)oratc the Columbus Wa.
ter Lot Company, in the city of Columbus.
166. To amend the several acts hereto
fore passed, and now ( f force, incorporating
•uni relating to the Central Railioad ami
Banking Company of Georgia ; and to con
tinue anil.extend its road fioni the county of
Hi rib to the Chattahoochee river, at or ad
joining the city of Columbus.
167. To commute the bonds of ibis State
issued in redemption of the bids and liabili
ties of the Central Bank of Georgia.
168. An in relation to affidavits of il
legality.
169. For the limitation of proceedings in
caveating wills.
170. To authorise the issuing of grants
to such lots or fractions as are embraced in
the several counties of this State in the land
Lotteries of 1821, and 1827, and the Land
and Gold Lotteries of 1832, and no provis
ions heretofore, made for granting— and to
such other lots (embraced in the aforesaid
Land and Gold Lotteries) as the granting of
which has been arrested by an Executive
order on account of forgeries alterations,
and erasures upon tho books of the Execu
tive Department.
171. To compel the Banks of this Stato
to pay a tax on the highest amount of Bank
Stock hereafter returned by them as subject
to taxation, within the limits of their res
pective charters.
172. To define the right and powers of
administrators de bonis non .
173. An act for the admission of certain
evidence in cases mentioned.
171. To prescribe the made of signing
judgments and issuing execution against
endorsers in certain eases.
175. To alter the time for the election of
Electors of President and V r ice Presideat ol”
the United States,
176. To exempt journeymen'mechanics
and laborers of this State, from tho garnish
ment of their wages.
177- To amend an act entitled an act “to
.establish a general system of education by
com moo schools,” passed 23d Dec. 1813, so
far as relates tn Lowndes county.
1?8- To amend the sth section of an act
for establishing and regulating Patrols, ap
proved November. 18, 1765.
179. More ellectually to provide for the
■collection and disbursement of fines impos
ed by courts of inquiry.
180. To explain and amend the first sec
tion of an act approved 20th December,
1826, entitled an act to define the liabilities
of securities on appeal, on stay of execution,
aril for the protection of bail on recognizance,
bond, note or other contract.
181. To alter and amend the llth section
of the tenth division of ihe penal code.
182. To explain the Kith section of an
art passed on 18ih December, 1792, entitled
an act to protect the estates of orphans, Ac.
183. An act in relation to insolvent debi
tors.
184 To authorize the Inferior Court ot
Lowndes county to sell and dispose of all
the land in and about Franklinvillw, w-hlch
belongs to said county.
185. ‘To allow to Alexander Mobley,
late tax collector of the county of Irwin, his
insolvent ii-fs.
186. For the reliet of H. T. Dicken, of
the county of Butts, and Samuel T. Au
diews of the county of Itandolph.
187. To change ihe court of ordinary in
the county of Camden, to the Ist Monday
in January.
189. To compel all persons, residents, in
the couniy of Camden, to give in and pay
the tax upon the taxable property which
they hold in said county.
I*B9. To establish additional election pro
ducts, and remove others already establish
ed, in certain counties therein named, and
to regulate the same.
190. To amend the 25th section of an act
to incorporate certain academics, and to ap
point irustees for the same, and to confer
certain rights and privileges upon the same,
<scc. passed the 31st December, 1833. so far
as to enlarge and extend the power of tho
Commissioners of the Waynesboro Acade
my in Burke coynty.
191. To rej*eal so much of an act passed
3d December, 1839, as relates to the mode
and manner of electing (lie Cietk and Mar
shal of the city of Milledgeville.
192. Tn amend an act incorporating tha
Talbot Guards, assented to 7th Dec. 1841.
J - To authorize the Inferior court of
Randolph county to pay John B. Sevilla
his account for leaching poor children in
1833 and 1839 from the poor S.hool fund;
and to authorize tire Inferior Court of Stew
art county to remunerate Samuel Adam*
for money paid by him for teaching poor
children under the common School law of
1839.
194. To cede to .ihe United States, nil tho
right, tide and interest of the Sta'e of Geor
gia, in, to and over a reserve of 20 acres of
land on the Island of Cockspur in the Sa
vannah Viver, and also, the jurisdiction
thereof.
195. To authorize the several Courts of
Ordinary of this State to appoint their clerks
guardians in ctrtain cases, and for other pur
poses therein named.
196. To compensate grand and petit ju
rors for the counties of Floyd and Jacks*.n,
and to authorize the Inferior courts to levy
an extra tax for that purpose.
197. To allow any person applying for n
grant to any reverted lot under the act of
1843. to file an affidavit of intention to set
tle the same, and to give preference to such
applicant ; and to alter she price of grants
as herein provided, and to extend the time of
granting at the present price.
198. An act in relation to pmceedings to
re ‘over debts not <!ue. .. ,
19'J. To provide tor tiie scKice of ori-n
a! jiiocess upon corporations.