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BY AUTHORITY.
EDUCATION
AN ACT to establish ft general system of Educa
tion by common Schools.
Sec, 1, B* it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho- !
rityof the same, That from and after the first day of
January, eighteen hundred And thirty-nine, the funds
of this State heretofore known as the Academic and
Poor School Funds, be, and the same are hereby con
solidated. and together with the interest on one third |
part of the surplus revenue, derived to this State j
from the United States, and heretofore set apart for j
luat purpose, shall compose and constitute a general !
fund for common Schools, for the State of Georgia.
Sec. 4. And Ik* it further enacted by the. authority
aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception <
of such notice, the School Commissioners shall as
semble together, and elect from their number a Presi- j
dent of the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also
appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond and seen- ;
rity to the Commissioners for the time being, and
their successorsjn office, in such sums ns they may
fix upon/conditioned faiihfVitly to discharge hit duty
as Treasurcv, and should any vacancies happen in j
such board of Commissioners, by death,resignation j
or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board
itself.
See. f>. And be it further enacted by the authority *
aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the School
t Commissioners n each division, or a majority of
Htiwin, to lay off their respective counties into school
districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the
l&rcsmiL Militia districts; in the same, in a manner
most suitable ami convenient for the purpose eon tern- .
plated in this net.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That they shall apply for, and receive
rfroin the state, their proportionable share of the gen- ;
fitful fund for Common Education, and shall upper- ,
Jion and divide the same among the several School J
district-, in their divisions, in proportion to the num
ber of children! in each, between the ages of five and
fiftcrn years, and shall make anr annual report to the
Governor, of the number of School districts in their i
rctpt < live divisions, the distriet* from which reports I
nave been made to them and the defaulting districts, j
the length of lime a school has been kept in each, and j
also the amount of funds received by themselves or
trlHui- 1 from the State; and from taxes raised, and
in what manner the same has been expended, and
the number of children taught in each district, which
report the said Commissioners shall cause to he re
corded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that pur- I
pose.
See. 7. And be it further enacted by tln- authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each S diool
division. >!iuU, by this act be, nnd they are hereby
constitut’ and a body corporate, under the name and
style of the Commissioners of the Common School,
nnd tW made, capable of suing and being sued, nnd •.
the Musteesof the several school districts of each di
vision shall also be a body corporate, under the name
and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with
like powers as above, both of which said Corjxiru- j
lions, shall lw* allowed and entitled to own real cs
raw* nnd other property, upon which to erect School
houses, and for other purposes connected with the
Sec. 9. And Ik* it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 days
after their appointment, proceed to ascertain the
number of free white persons in their respective dis
tricts, between the ages of five and fifteen years, and
return the same to the Commissioners of the Scliool j
division to which they belong. They shall also re
ceive from the school Commissioners or their Trea
surer the funds to which they are entitled under the ,
law, and on the first Monday of November in each j
year, make a report to the said Commissioners, show
ing the amount received, the manner of its expendi
ture, the number of children taught in their district, !
the length of time which a school has been taught, i
and the compensation paid to teachers nnd their |
names. They shall locate and superintend the erec
tion of suitable School houses in their respective dis
tricts, at the most convenient and suitable places for
the inhabitants nnd scholars residing in the same, i
shall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools, j
at least twice in the year.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
under this act, shall hold their office for twelve
months, or until their successors are elected, and re
ceive no compensation for tlieir service*.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That it shall lie the duty of the Governor;
annually to distribute to the Commissioners of each
School division in the State, their proportionable 1
part of the Common School fund, which apportion
ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next
census be taken, and then by that) according to the
number of free white peraona, between the ages of
five and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said
commissioners, in each division, immediate notice. ;
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the State !
by the Commissioners for School purposes, shall be I
expended for any other purposes, than for paying j
teachers and purchasing books and stationary for \
children whose parents arc unable to furnisii the ;
same.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori- ,
ty aforesaid, That after these schools snail have gone
into operation, no Trustees for districts shall be al- •
lowed to receive any funds from the Commissioners, i
unless they shall have made a return signed by a ;
majority of their number, showing the amount re
ceived by them, and how the same has leen expend- j
ed, and that a school has been kept in their districts, j
at least three months in the year preceding, or then i
ending.
Sec 14. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any such i
defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be
distributed the next year, and apportioned among all
the districts in such divisions.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That should the Commissioners, in any
division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund re
ceived as directed by this law, that shall be subject
to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees
of any district in such division, in any court of law
in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of
damages so recovered, shall Ik- collected out of the
private property of such commissioners, and not
from the funds of the School.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all white persons between the ag**s
of five and fifteen years, shall be allowed to be taught
as scholar* in the respective districts in which they
... reside, or in case their location may make it inconve
nientda the adjoining district, by making applica
tion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe,
flbmgh no oae over the age of fifteen years and under
twfenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools.
IW” Iff Arid be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That in those counties where the inhabi
tants are thinly settled, the commissioners may, if
they thmk it best refuse to lay off the same into
school district*, but they shall employ a suitable
number of Teachers who shall under their directions,
school not longer than three months in any one
district or neighborhood, so that every section of such
county shall receive, as nearly as can be, equal ad
vantage from said fund; and it shall be the duty of
* the Commissioners of any-such county in which the
, itinerating*}-stem rtiay bethought best, to mention
the same in heir annual report, and so far as relates
to the county of Baker, the Commissionersahall con
m&m wMsmmvst wwmmwwm*
f fine themselves to the three Military districts of said
j county.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority
’ aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
elected as'aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they
enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take the
following oath lh*fore any Judge of the Superior
Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the
Peace, in the county w here they reside, viz.: 1. A. 8.,
i do solemnly swear, that 1 will faithfully perforin all
| the duties required of me by law, as Commissioner
| of Common Schools, or Trustee of Common Schools,
as the case may be.
’ JOSEPH DAY
Sneaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M ECHOLS.
President of the Senate.
Assented to, *2tkh December, 1837
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT,
I To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common schools—assented to 26th
December, 1837.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That the second and third sections
1 of the above recited act, be, and the same are hereby
I repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this
suite, shall lie considered and known as a common
school division; and that on the first Monday in
March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,
and on the first Monday in January, of every year
thereafter, or so soon after the above mentioned days,
as the same can be conveniently done, the justices o
the inferior court of each county in this state, shall
by order, entered upon the minutes of the court, ap
point five fit and proper persons ns commissioners of
common schools, in the division wherein such justi
ces muy resale, and shall within ten days, thereafter,
: cause a certified copy of such appointment, to be de
livered to them, which shall be sufficient notice, of the
| same. And such commissioners shall continue in
i office one year, or until their successors shall lc ap
j pointed.
See. 2. And le it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of
them, shall le unable at any time to procure tlie ser
vices of a treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth
section of the above recited act, it shall, and may be
lawful, for the president of such board of conunis- i
; sioners, to act as treasurer, who shall give bond und
security to his excellency the governor, and his suc
cessor for the faithful discharge of his duty, as trea
surer. And the said commissioners, within ten days
after their appointment, shall by order entered in the
minutes of their board appoint for each school dis
trict to be laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the
hlhivc recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re
side in the district for which they shall be appointed,
and shall be notified of their appointment within ten
days after it shall be made.
B<*r 3. And he it further enacted, That if the jus
tices of the inferior court of any county, shall not
within one month after the time herein before fixed
for that purpose 1 , select and appoint five commission
ers, as aforesaid, who shall accept their appoint
ments, tin* said justices of the inferior court shall
themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in
their division; and unless said commissioners shall,
within one month after their appointment, select ami
appoint three trustees in each district or division,
who shnll accept such appointments, the justices of
tie* peace, and such other person as the justices of
the peace, may appoint, shall discharge the duties of
trustees, in any district in which such appointmert
| shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap
pointment by the court, may fill by election any va
cancy which may occur in their board, during the
year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the
trustees, shall Im* competent to perform the duties rc
-1 quired of them res pec lively.
See. 4. Ami lie it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the trustees of the school district, to col
lect by subscription, such sums as the citizens of the
district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be
applied to supply an amount of money, in uddition
to what may be allowed by the state, sous to enable
them to employ suitable number of teachers in the
district, provided there shall be no liability on the
trustees for said subscription money, further than to
transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers
where such school may be taught
See f>. And be it further enacted, That the justi
ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in
this state, be, and they arc hereby authorized, at
th*ir discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec-
I tivc counties, not exceeding fifty percent, on the gen
eral tax, which shall be added to the common sc Wool
fund of saic county, and paid over to the commis
sioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give
bond and security for the, same, as in case of other
1 Kinds, for extra taxes.
See. 0. And be it further enacted, That the trus
: tees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby
i authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com
mon schools, any funds in their hands.
Bee. 7 And he it further enacted, That his excel
lency the governor, within the month of January
next, be requiresl to cause so much of the above re
cited act, us this act does not repeal, together with
this act to be published in the newspapers of this
state, and also, to cause the same to be published
with the acts of the present session.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-first,
and twenty-second sections,and so much of the ninth
section as refers to the notice to Ik* given by a justice
of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their
election, and so much of the. sixteenth section, as re
fers to the balances in the luuids of trustees of acade
mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate,
i Assented to 29th December. 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
ajoryrrs <£vmt>
Commission Jlen iianlK.
Durum, Ga.
Geo. T. Rogers,
11. A. Crane.
OFFER their services to the Merchants of
I the interior and the public generally, for the
| purchase or sale of PRODUCE or MER
CHANDISE, and will pay particular attention
I to the RECEIVING and FORWARDING
BUSINESS, having every facility for giving
| despatch, and pledging their personal attention
to all business entrusted to their care.
Darien. Jan. 22d, 1839.
WANTED.
Jo*} A convenient DWELLING HOUSE,
suitable for a small family. For further
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’ ImAlLpaper. ja 29-ts
Justices Court for 1 839.
A COURT, for the 271st District, will he holder.
XjL at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
lib Monday of each month—to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, “
Monday 25th March,
Monday 22d April,
Monday 27th May,
Monday 2kh June,
Monday 22d July, “
Monday 26th August, “
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November,
Monday 23d December, “
‘-j A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term ‘
i after the first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271st Distric t.
j D.irien, January 29st, 1839.
DAItIKN. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 111, 1839.
From the Boston Weekly Magaxinr.
THOUGHTS ON ATTENDING A FORMER
PUPIL TO THE GRAVE.
11V MRS. L. 11. SIGOURNEY.
Daughter, 1 will not leave thee—
Thou wert wont
To sit so close beside me, with thy task,
Lilting thy little book to scan my face,
And time thy question wisely to my cares:—
And thou wouldst gently put thy hand in mine,
When summer school was o’er, and strive to lead
Toward thine own pleasant home, bespeaking still
For me the things that unto thee were dear—
They white-haired grandsire’s kindness, and the
walk
In his sweet flower-garden—till I felt
That of a pupil 1 had made a friend.
1 will not leave thee, now that thou must take
The journey to thy sepulchre —l know
l low timid thou wert ever, and wouldst cling
Unto my arm, when childhood’s little fears
Or troubles daunted thee. But now, behold,
Thou on thy low and sable carriage lead’st
And marsliall’st us the way, where we must go,
Each for himself.—
Stranger and friend move on,
In long procession. Daughter, lam near
At this most solemn hour. I’ll stay until
The “dust to dust” that turns love’s cheek so pale,
Is uttered o’er thee—Till the turf is laid
Firmly and greenly o’er thy quiet breast,
1 will not leave thee, sweetest.
No —I'll wait
Till every lingerer turneth to his home,
And then I’ll breath a prnyer beside thy bed —
Thou who so oft has poured thy prayers with me.
To welcome me above- —if thro’ the trust
In my Redeemer’s strength, l thither rise, from dust.
TALES OF THE MAGI.
BY A. ALLAN, AUTHOR OF THE DRAMA OF LEILA.
THE GENIE’S WARNING.
Great were the rejoicings throughout Cltiz
nn. The sultana had been safely delivered of
a won—an heir to the sceptre, and, ns the na
tion fondly hoped, to the virtues of his father,
upon whose aged shoulders the weight of go
vernment was already beginning to press too
heavily. Aw if animated by a single soul, the
capital had become one universal scene of joy.
Throughout the day the palace had been
crowded with tributary princes—with the high
officers of the government and army, each
striving to outvie in the splendor of his pre
sents and the warmth of his congratulations;
while bonfires, processions and gorgeous spec
tacles served to amuse the gaping and shout
ing multitude. The wretched found a Lethe
for their sorrows, and the poor lost the sense of
their poverty, by gazing on the magnificence,
that surrounded them, while the hungry were
satisfied at tables spread for their accommoda
tion.
The shadows of evening were gathering
over the scene, when the sultan, overcome by
the long unhoped for consummation of his
dearest wishes, retired to the private gardens
of the palace to indulge, unobserved, the joy
ful emotions that crowded to his heart. Lost
in a pleasing reverie, in a dream of ambition,
of glories and conquests which his heir was
some day hereafter to achieve, lie wandered
amid the cooling fountains arid gay parterres,
inhaling the fragrance of many a rare and
beauteous flower, whose varied colors rivalled
the glories of Gerinistau. The moon had risen
in silver radiance, and the bright stars were
stealing out, one by one, like timid beauties,
into tiie presence of their queen, when his at
tention was arrested by the appearance of a
singularly shaped cloud, that was rapidly de
scending toward the earth. Not a breath of
air was stirring, yet on it came, apparently
self-impelled, expanding as it approached, and
changing in color from its roseate hue to a
deeper and deeper crimson, until at last it rest
ed on the ground before him. A thousand
flashes of brilliant light burst from it, followed
by a sound us of distant thunder; and then it
opened as u scroll, displaying to the eyes of
the astonished sultan Albarac, the guardian
genie of Chizna.
With fear and trembling the monarch bow
ed himself to the dust.
“Sultan of Chizna,” said the genic, and his
voice sounded like the sweet music of an
yEolian harp—“sultan of Chizna, the prophet,
wearied by thy prayers, has turned at last a
favorable car to thy request. Thou hast a son,
born to be the heir of thy throne. To thee is
committed the moulding of his mind and the
shaping of his destiny. He will become fa
mous either for his virtues or his crimes, a
blessing or a curse to the nations of the earth.
Wo unto thee, if he prove the latter.”
“Let him become a blessing to his people,
oh genie,” replied the sultan, “If my will is
consulted, let him become a blessing, and not
a curse.”
As thou plantest the seed, so will the flow
ers spring up, and as thou weedcst the rank
ness of the soil, so will they flourish,” rejoin
ed the genie. “Thy lips must instil virtue, and
wisdom and justice into his soul, and thine
eye must watch unceasingly to destroy the
evil passions that will arise to corrupt it.—
Teach him even as thou wouldst teach the
child of another; and when affection pleads
for the indulgence of a vicious desire, let judg
ment make thee firm to deny. Blessed here
after will be thy name, if thou provest faithful
to thy trust; but if thou failest, terrible will
I be thy punishment. Beware, sultan of Gllizna
! —thou art warned. Farewell.”
The lightning flushed, the thunder rolled,
and the breath as of a mighty wind swept over
the spot, depriving the sultan for a few mo
ments of the power to move. When he was
again able to look about him, the genie hud
departed. Thoughtfully he arose, and return
ed to the palace.
The following morning a decree went forth
into the cities and provinces of the kingdom,
commanding all the wise men —those who
were in any way celebrated for their know
ledge and virtues —to appear in the presence
of their sovereign; and when they came, the
sullan selected from among them teachers for
his son, commanding them to bring him up in
the paths of rectitude. And at the first faint
glimmering of reason, the child was taken
from the women, and delivered into their
hands.
Time passed away, and the prince grew up,
giving signs of a powerful and precocious in
tellect. llis masters labored unceasingly to
instil into bis mind the treasures they had
themselves acquired, until at last ho could even
dispute with them the. palm of superiority. —
All they could teaclied he learned eagerly, but
mostly be delighted in acquiring a knowledge
of every warlike sport and exercise.
“The genius of thy son is greater than our
own, oh sultan,” said the wise men, when their
task was completed. “If he passes snfrly
through the temptations and allurements that
must soon assail him, he will bring honor to
thy age and happiness to thy people. Pros
perity and joy will smile upon his reign.”
But the hand of time was pressing heavily
upon the head of the aged sultan, and the
strength of his understanding was fast yield
ing to the infirmities of his body. As years
rolled on, the warning of the genic came faint
er and fainter to his memory, and his vigilance
relaxed more and more, even when it was most
needed, at that period when the dark passions
of our nature struggle most fiercely for the
mastery of the soul. Pride, ambition and li
centiousness sprang up in the heart of the
young prince, at first with a timid and uncer
tain growth, but increasing in strength and
vigor, till they ruled him with n giant power ;
and his father slept, unconscious of their birth.
But at Hist the muriTUirsof the people arose.
Fathers complained of their daughters’ dis
honor, husbands of the violation of the harem’s
sanctity, maidens of broken faith and trust
deceived ; and their voices reached the sultan,
causing him to tremble on his throne; but he
turned away his head as though he henrd not,
consoling himself with the fallacious hope that
the follies’ of youth would be banished by the
wisdom of manhood.
Again and again were the cries of the injur
ed henrd, till it became at last a common and
unheeded thing.
One day, when the sultan was sealed on his
throne, surrounded by his counsellors, distri
: buting justice, an old man of venerable ap
; pearance prostrated himself at his feet, crying
vehemently, “Justice, oh sultan ! In the name
of Allah, I demand justice at thy hands.”
And the heart of the sultan misgave him as
he demanded. “Upon whom?”
“Upon thy son, the prince, oh sultan,” repli
ed the old man: “he has robbed me of my
daughter, and the heir of my house and for
; tunes has fallen by his hand.”
“Alas!” sighed the sultan, “what justice can
I give ? Mahoiwncd spurns my prayers, and
| will no longer listen to my counsel. What
i wouldst thou have me to do ?”
“Does not the law say, ‘a life for a life,’ who
so slayeth his fellow shall be put to death ?”
Thy son hath murdered my .first born, the staff
and pride of my old age. Even as thou wouldst
in such a ease deal upon another, deal now
upon him.”
And the wrath of the sultan was kindled
against the old man for bis words, and he ex
claimed, “Audacius slave, wouldst then that I
should put the heir of iny throne to death ?
Begone, lest in mine anger I chastise thee for
thy insolent demand;” and, at the waving of
his hand, the ready mutes advanced with the
bowstring.
Stern and frowning were the features of llie
old man as he arose. “Sultan of Chizna, he
said, ‘thou hast been unfaithful to thy trust;
prepare to meet thy reward.”
As the knell of doom were his words to the
heart of the sultan. 110 started from his throne,
overwhelmed with terror, for he remem
bered the warning he had received in the gar
dens of the palace, and knew that it was the
genic who had stood before him. When lie
recovered his self-possession, and found that
Albaree was gone, lie dismissed the audience,
and summoning his son to his presence, rebuk
ed him bitterly for his evil courses. But the
haughty spirit of the prince look fire, and re
sented the interference of his father, so that
there was a breach between them.
Shortly afterward, the sultan was missing
from his throne and from his palace and it was
rumored abroad that he was dead, for Mabom
med reigned in iiis stead ; but they who were
acquainted with the secret knew that lie lin
gered out the remainder of his days, the sight
less habitant of a dungeon.
For those who would learn the after for
tunes of his son, arc not his conquests and his
crimes recorded in the history of Chizna? a
fearful story of unbridled passions recklessly
indulged!
FAITHFUL LOVE.
‘‘Come rest in this bosom’ my ownatrikrn dear,
Though thee hrd have Hid from the,thy home is
still hero :
Hero still is the smile that no cloud can o’ercast,
And the heart and the hand, all thine own to the
last.
“Oli ! what was love mode for, if‘tis not the same
Through joy and through sorrow, through glory
and shame I
I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart,
1 but know that 1 love the, whatever thou art.”
When wo first heard of the recent horri
ble affray at the (Salt House in Louisville,
in which judge Wilkerson, of Mississippi,
was the most prominent actor, and princi
pal in the homicide of two citizens of that
place, we heard, as an item to heighten the
sensibilities in the fortunate affair, that the
judge was then engaged to be married to
an accomplished young lady of Kentucky
and that the marriage was to have been soi
cinizcd in a day or two after the fatal ren
contre occurred. The report was no doubt
accurate, as is proved by the following an
nunciation in a late Kentucky paper.
“Married.— ln llardstown, Ky. on
Thursday evening, Judge Wilkerson, of
Mississippi, to Miss Eliza f'rozier, of the
former place.”
There is a mortal sublimity in this mar
riage that throws an additional charm over
the character of woman. The lines at the
head of this aiticie are eminently expres
sive of the ease under consideration. Judge
Wilkerson had been denounced as a mur
derer—the popular cry had been raised a
gninst him, and tlie populace could scarce
ly be repressed from expending its fury in
violence upon his person. The noisy de
votees of Judge Lynch openly and loudly
threatened to immolate the unfortunate
Wilkerson under the sanction of the sum
mary and bloody Lynch code.—The re
spectable Mississippian seemed all of a sud
den, to lie bereft of friends and utterly deser
ted. The buttefly crowd that had been ho
vering around him in his hours of cheerful
ness and prosperity soon disappeared. lie
was now locked in a cold, dark, and gloomy
prison. His case was prejudged by the
multitude, and he was openly proclaimed a
murderous malefactor. In this period of
agonizing adversity, how peculiarly need
ful was he of some consolation, of at least
one friend, in whose bosom lie could pour
the secret sorrows of his soul, and where
he could be sure to find a faithful and sym
pathetic response. He knew, indeed, that
he had exchanged vows of love and devo
tion with one dear to his heart ; but she
was in a distant place, and even her feeling
might be changed towards him in this sea
son of adversity, disgrace and desertion.
Would she still prove true I Would she
yet consent to follow his fortune ? Could
it be possible that she would still be willing
to connect herself with a man, arraigned
under the violated laws of his country for
the horrid crime of murder ? And that, too,
before his trial had taken place, and when
it was even possible he might be pronoun
ced guilty ? To expect her faithful and un
wavering, under such circumstances, was
too much even for his own fond hopes !
lie was perplexed in the extreme. He could
not but doubt ! But ah ! this involuntary
doubt did injustice to the devoted faithful
ness of woman ! He told her his melan
choly story—he extended his conduct—but
it was unnecessary. She had prejudged
his case favorably—there had been no sha
dow of change in her. But even if he should
prove guilty, yet she new she loved him—
faithful, unalterable love reigned paramount
in her heart—and she said to him—
•'Come rest in this bosom my otvn stricken dear,
Though the herd Imve fled from I lice, Iby home is
still here;
I know not. I ask not, if guilt’s In that heart,
1 but now that I love thee what ever thou art!”
How inexpressibly precious must such a
being he to a man situated as Judge Wilk
erson ! If he has a tithe ol the feelings
which usually belong to human nature, lie
will forever cherish her with ten fold more
care than the “apple of his eve.” He will
not even permit “the winds of Heaven to
visit her to roughly,”
And what volumes docs the conduct of
the young lady of Bardstown speak for the
fortitude, the daring, the fnultering faithful
ness of the gentler sex ! How sublime,
how delightful to man is the contemplation
of their fond, their devoted love ! Noinis
forlune, iy> adversity can change them, but
“Tkrmigfi joy and through sorrow, through glory
and slminc,”
Their heart, their and votion, is always the same.
Note. —our readers will recollect thut
Judge Wilkerson underwent an examina
tion before the examining court at Louis
ville, and that the circumstances of the fa
tal affray proved to he much more favora
ble to him than was anticipated, or the pub
lished accounts led the public to believe,
lie was accordingly admitted to bail, under
a bond for his apjH arancc of $60,000 —this
heavy sum being suggested by the Judge
himself—at the same time declaring that
lie desired nothing but a fair trial.
Cincanatti Whig.
Introduction, of Hiee. into Carolina. —
Rice is a grain of India, and was introduc
ed into Carolina by a mere accident. In
1736, the master of a vessel from Madagas
car, landed about half a bushel of an excel
lent kind; from which small beginning
sprung an immense source of wealth to tile
southern provinces of America. Within
little more than half a century from that
time, ISJO.OOO bnrrels of rice were in one
year exported from South Carolina; 18,000
from Georgia; and all from the remnant of
a seastore left in the bottom of a sack—
King'n Journey to the shores of the Arctic
Ocean.
VOL. 1. NO. 5.
TOIIOPEKA.
fii.l Thomas Clay, Esq. — December, iB3R
“Disorder, horror, fear and mutiny,
Shall here inhabit, and this land be call’d
The field of Golgotha and dead men’s sculls.”
Tohopcka is the Indian name of that bend
in the Tallapoosa River, where the United
States troops under the command of General
Jackson, on the 27th of January, 1813, gave
the finishing stroke in a war with the Creeks.
This memorable place lies a few miles north of
Dudevtlle, the seat of justice for the county of
Tallapoosa, in tho. State of Alabama.
None who should see this bend would doubt
the propriety of the Indians having selected it
as a strong-hold, in which to make a last effort
against the federal forces; for certain it was, if
they could erect no citadel of sufety in Ibis
great natural fortress, in vain could the unfor
tunate race hope to find, or erect a castle of
defence elsewhere.
The Horse Shoe Bend is made by a circular
turn of the river to the South, forming a pen
insula. with an arena of one hundred one and
a half acres. The neck of this encircled tract
is three hundred und fifty yards wide, across
which the Indians had erected a bulwark, prin
cipally of pine logs, leaving but one place of
entrance, and a double row of port-holes. Two
hundred yards in front of the remains of this
breastwork, arises an oval eminence, upon
which the urtillcry of the United States army
was mounted when the battle at this place oc
curred.
The troops under General Coffee were plac
ed on the opposite side of the river, encircling,
in u measure, the entire Horse Shoe Bend.—
The troops under General Jackson, soon after
the attack, advanced upon the breastwork and
sealed its ramparts. Upon this, the Indians,
driven back, endeavored to conceal them
selves amongst the shrubs and brush within
their fortification. From this position they
soon were driven, when, determined, not to
surrender, many of them leaped down the pre
cipitate banks, which were overhung with
trees, and there coucculed themselves. A
number of them, however, had taken a position
behind the brush at the west end of their forti
fication, from which, by the aid of tho artillery,
followed by a spirited charge, they were soon
effectually dislodged.
Whilst the battle was progressing in front of
the line, the forces under General Coffee were
performing the most effectnal operations on
tho opposite side of the river; night, however,
came on, and the few of those unfortunute be
ings who hud escaped the carnage of the day,
were enabled to make their exit under the
cover of darkness. Thus is portrayed a limi
ted and imperfect outline of the battle of the
Horse Shoe.
Whose bosom is so cold ns not to sympathize
with the Indians of America? Unfortunate
people, though the aboriginal inhabitants of
the lund, and once its only lords—“ Where are
they, or their descendants ? Either‘with years
beyond tho flood,’ or driven back by the swel
ling tide of our population, from tho borders of
tlie Atlantic to the deserts of the West.”
Tiie Horse Shoe Bend is now converted into
a farm—the legal title is in a citizen of Texus
—the individual in possession is a Mr. White;
and, strange to say, lie has consulted me, pro
fessionally, with the view of procuring,
through the medium of a Court of Chancery,
title to this hallowed or unhallowed spot.
The breastwork, from the elapse of time and
the ravages of fire, is scarcely visible; but like
the admantine pyramids, unmutilalcd und un
changed, stands, the eminence in front of these
demolished battlements, upon which, twenty
five yeurs ago, was reared the United States
Artillery,—“ready mounted to spit forth their
fiery indignation.”
Mournful, indeed is the aspect of this battle
ground—whilst the same pits in whose cold
bosoms wore interred our unfortunate few,
open their grassy mouths toward the vuulty
heavens, here and there are seen lonely pines
whose tops have been sundered by the iron
bowels of our ordnance, with their verdant
boughs weeping o’er the hones and the ashes
of the red man.
Cannon balls are yet found upon this ancient
field, and the bones of those unfortunate sons
of the forest, after sustaining the dilapidations
of a quarter of a century, yet lie bleaching
upon the bosom of the Horse Shoe.
This little peninsula is composed of a light,
sandy, and prolific loam, and by improvement,
cultivation, and embellishment, could be con
verted from a field of carnage and slaughter
into a paradise of tranquility and beauty. The
climate of this spot is of the most mild and sa
lubrious character, situated between thirty-two
and thirty-three degrees of latitude.
In the annals of the time-honored tenant of
the Hermitage, this place is hallowed next to
the field of Orleans; and whilst this spot has,
for aquarter ofaccntury, stood “unhurt amidst
the war of elements,” the head of this sage
military and political chief is varnished o’er
with a silvery whiteness; and whilst one shall
endure until the advent of the trumpet angel,
yet but a little season and we shall say of the
other, as was said of tlie old disfavored Wol
sey;
“He gave bis honors to the world again,
His blessed part to Heaven, mid slept in peaee.”
An American in Russia. —Mr. Stephens,
in his “Incidents Travel in Greece, Russia
and Poland,” states that he found, in the
neighborhood of Odessa, an American who
had been twenty years in Russia, and has
gone through all the routine of offices and
honors up to the grade of grand counsellor
of the empire, which gives him the title of
“his excellency.” He is a native of Phila
delphia, first enlisted in our navy,-and serv
ed as sailing master on bo|jd the
terwaril became dissatisfied, anti- entered
the Russian navy, anil came round to the
Black Sea as captain of a frigate,* was
transferred to the land service; and in the
campaign of 1814, entered Paris with the
allied artny as colonel of the regiment. He
left the army with the rank of a brigadier
general, and was appointed inspector of the
port of Odessa, an office next in ran£ to the
governor of Ciimca. During tlie absence
of count AVoronzow, the governor, he lived
in the palace, and exercised the duties of
the office for eight months. Ilemarried a
lady of rank, with an estate and several
hundred slaves near Moscow, but resides
mostly on his farm, a short distance from, *
Odessa which contains.six hundred acres,
principally laid down in wheat, and in; tSmL
tii a led by white slaves. Tho, value of the j
farm is e.-liiiiuieo at (*160,000. Tin- ufrrJtd
of tin.- individual is said to be
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