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POETRY.
From the Phil. Saturday Courier.
THE SOLDI TEAK.
AS SOSO BY J. HOWiID.
Upon the hill he turned.
To take a last lond look
Os the valley and the village church,
And the cottage by the brook.
He listened to the sounds
So familiar to his ear.
And the soldier leant upon bis sword,
And wip’d away a tear.
Beside that cottage poach
A girl was on her knees:
She held a loft a snowy scarf,
Which fluttered in the breeze;
£flie breath’d a prayer for him,
A prayer he could not hear,
But he paused to bless hor as she knelt,
And wip'd away a tear.
Hs turn'd and left the spot,
Oh! do not deem him weak;
For dauntless was the Soldier's heart,
Tho’ tears were on his cheek.
Go, watch the. foremost ranks
In danger’s dark career;
Bo sure tin hand most daring there,
Has wip’d away a tear.
Revolutionary Anecdote.
An efficer, distinguished by his inhumanity,
and constant oppression to the u.ffortunaie.
meeting Mrs. Ch.tries Elliot in a garden adorn
ed with a great variety of flowers, asked the
name of the chamomile, which appeared to
flourish in peculiar luxuriance.
“The rebel flower," she replied.
“Why was that name given to itasked
the officer.
“Because,” rejoinsd the lady, “it thrives most
when most trampled upon."
So much were the ladies attached to the
whig interest, habituated to injuries, and so
tesolute in supporting them, that they would
jocosely speak of misfortunes, though at th
moment severely suffering under their pressure.
Mrs. Sabine Elliot, having witnessed the activ
ity of an officer who had ordered the plunder
ing of her poultry houses,finding an old musco
vy drake which had escaped the general sea re 1
still straying about the premises, had h>m caught
and mounting a sfrva it on horseback, ordere<
him to follow and deliver the bird to the officei
with her compliments, as she cone uded th
in the hurn of departure, it had been left alto
gether by accident.
In the indulgence of wanton asperities to
wards the patriotic stir, the aggressors wer
not unfrequeutly answered with a kee me.*-
of repartee that left them little cause for tr
umph. The haughty Tarleton, vaunting hi
teats of g illantry to the great disp irageui ;•
of the officers of the continental cavalry, sai
to a lady of Whashingto:>, “I h ive a very eai
nest desire to see your far famed hero, co.
Washington.”
‘•Your wish, col. might have been fully
gratified,” she promptly replied, “h id you ven
tured to look b.liind you at the battle of th
Cowpens.” It was in this battle that Wash
ington had wounded Tarleton in the hand,
which gave rise to a still more pointed retort.
Conversing with Mrs. Wiley Jo.,es, col. Tarle
ton observed, “you appear to thi. k very highly
of col. Washington ; and yet I have been told
that he is so ignorant a fellow that he ca .
hardly write his own name.”
“It may be the case.” she readily replied,
“but no man, better than yourself, col., cu
testify, that he knows how to make his mark.”
The following >s a copy of a handbi'l found
nailed against a tree in an Irish chapel.} ard.
in 1743:— “Michael Flanagan, travelling dan
cing master, will give lessons for the next fort
night at Davy Dogherty’s barn, al the low rate
of two ..killeens and a tester the week, to b*
concluded by a ball, tickets, including a turn,
bier o’ punch, tenpeace.—Gentlemen taking a
ticket allowed to tr.»to a lady.
We never yet knew the person who did not
condemn scandal. Everybody cries jut against
it—yet what is there that circulates more read
ily—and one half ot commo i conversation is
m ide up of it. We insensibly slide into scan
dal. It is as current as gold. If we speak of
a person, before we are aware of it, the cloven
foot is protruded—we begin to pick out little
flaws ; and spots hardly discemablj to com
mon observers, are magnified into great blotch
es.—* Portland Times.
A scrap for debating societies.—At a debat.
ing club not far off. the question was discused,
whether there is more happiness in the pos
session or pursuit of an obj ct ? a id was deci
ded no doubt in favor of the following:—
‘Mister President,’ said the orator, ‘spose 1
was courtin’ a gal, and she was to run away,
and I was to ru > arter her, vould’ut I be hap
pier when Icotched her than when I was run
ning arter her,
Irish Bull.— Curran was one day pro
ceeding to the castle to atten d a drawing
room. There was much confusion and
jostling among the carriages. Suddenly
Curran let down one of the front glasses
of his chariot, and cried out to his coach
man, stop, stop; tiie pule of the carriage
behind has just come into the back of ours.
‘Then be asy, your honour, it’s all right
again; our pole has just gone through the
back of the carriage before us,’
Scotch punning.—T r e Scotch bankers wit
nessing the ascent ot Mrs. Graham in the bal
loon, the following con vei sat ion took place:—
“Sandy,” says on , “Iwas think if Mrs. G.
(who is in the family way) was to be put to
bed in the uadoon, what country the bairn would
belong to !” Sandy replied, ‘to the shire of Air
(Ayr.)” I think you are correct,” says tae third;
“1 was just thinking whether or no the bairn
might have a claim upon the Isle of Sky
(Skye.)”
“How is Mrs. W., your client this morning!”
said one of the members of the bar to another.
“1 think,” said the gentleman addressed, “she
is dying, I drew her will yesterday.” “Then I
think,” replied the first speaker, “she will re
cover; for every one knows a woman is always
better for having her eill.”
A large party of soldiers surprising some resur
rection men in a churchyard, the officer seizing
one of them asked him, what he had to say lor
himself. ‘-Say sir,” replied the surgeon's
provider, “why that we came here to raise a
corps* and not a regiment.”
A good one.— A gentleman asked a wag the
other day, the reason why so many of the tall
gentleman were bachelors! The reply was
that “they were obliged to he cornerwisv in the
bed to keep their feet, and a wife would be in the
•way.” .
An unlucky bard, whose tragedy and comedy
had both been rejected by the managers* remark
ed, that he was wholly ata loss to account for
it. “For no one can sav,” be observed, “that
my tragedy was a sad performance, or that my
comedy was any thing to La ugh. at.” ,
A stranger having eut'-red the apartment,
•where the emperor Napoleon was shaving him
self, when in a little town in Italy, he said “1
want to see your greakeinperor—what are you
to him ” The "shave him.”
To a Lady in n Reverie.
Ob! let me gaze en that still brow, fair dame
And read the secrets of that pensive eye!
W hat are thy thoughts!—all tranquil as the
scene,
Or does yon cloud that shades the summer ;
moon,
Rest on thy face and mrtnuc ! Is it love.
Brooding o’er cherish’d cares with delicate
wing,
That holds thee so entranced ? or can sharp
sorrow
Touch with its envious tcoth that form superbl
Perchance it is not love—perchance not wo,
But memory’s spell that binds thee, o'er the
past
Pondering with deep emotion; deep yet still;
Tho gentle musing of some life serene.
As yet that knows no grief, but through the
world
As in a gar l*n of delight hath roamed,
Perfumed with bright prosperity!
Sweet lady:
The face I see not, yet methinks that form
Is one that I should know, an altar, surely,
Whereon my faith is pledged with holiest creed,
No doubt can e’er disturb. A beauty thine,
To make full many sigh, yet rarer gifts
Than beauty to thy lot; a soul most pure,
A generous spirit, and a he irt most true,
And all the charms of fancy like the spring,
lender, and sweet, and gay.
I will not wake
The gentle spirit from its reverie,
Nor dare to drcam thy thoughts may cluster
round
One nearer than thy hopes: but to the air.
The summer air that fans thy radiant cheek,
I breathe my blessing, grateful if it light
Upon thy cherished head, and bring thee bliss.
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
Self-Control.
BT MBS. SIGOURNEY.
S’ If-control is promoted by humility. Pride
is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the
ni id in disquiet. Too high an opinion of our
selves, involves the desire of impressing offi ers
vith the same opinion. This is often attended
vith difficulty. It we do not succeed in in
pi ring them with an equal idea of our own
uerits, we shall be expecting more deference
• d regard than they are inclined to pay. So,
ride will bn disappointed and offended. Pos-
■ bly we may see others the object of thos
ite.itions which were withheld from us. We
re sure that they are less worthy than our
elves. Then pride calls in envy and jealousy,
vho wait in her train, and raise# a mutiny in
he soul. So, the nind which ought to settle
<ud subside, that the powers which have a right
> rule within it, may rise to their just degrees
4’ascendency, becomes like the “troubled sea.
which cannot rest.” Humility is the antidote
if this evil. A# those who have taken the
widest range in knowledge, perceive untravel
;d regions beyond them, to which the “little
hour-glass ot man’s life” is not adequate, so
those who have gained the highest ascents in
rue wisdom, are disposed to take the lowest
place at the footstool of God. Sir Francis Ba
con, ia a devout address to the Almighty, pre
served among his manuscripts, says : “ Ever
when I have ascended before men, I have de
iceuded in humiliation before Thee.” The
great Boerhaave, so distinguished by the at
taiument of the most serene self-command, was
so profoundly humble, that when he heard of
any critni ml condemned to execution, he would
exclaim : “Who can tell, whether this man is
not better than I ? Or if lam better, it is not
to bu ascribed to myself, but to the goodness
of God.” The celebrated Elizabeth Smith,
whose short life was an unvaried scene of vir
tue, wh >s ■ industry vanquished many obsta
cles to obtai the knowledge of nine languages,
and whose translations from the Hebrew and
German were thewonderof the learned, gain
'd such a i intimate acquaintance with her
nature, and so entire a victory over it, that
her distinguish! ig feature was humility, and
she was sweetly characterized, as
“Still unobtrusive, serious, and meek,
The first to listen, and the last to speak.”
Self-govermneut is promoted by correct
views of life. She who considers it a state
where accomplishments will always ensure
admiration, and meiit receive full reward—
where it is necessary only to embark on the
“sm >oth #urface of a summer sea,” a id gain
■ he port, amid the applauses of favouring spec
ators—will discover that fancy and fiction
h ive deluded her. She who im tgines that its
duties may be easily discharged, or th*ir per
r’>rmai;ce always appreciated—that virtue will
have no foes to resist, and unalloyed happiness
flourish in aco genial soil, will find that she
lias mistaken a state of trial for a state of re
ward. She ,vho expects entire consistency
from those around, and is astonished that they
sometimes misunderstand and grieve her, should
lo >kdueper into her o .vn heart, and inquire,
why she exacts from others, a perfection which
she has not herself attained. Be not satisfied
my dear young friends, until you have gained
■.hat equanimity which is not depressed orela
ted by slight causes ; that dignity which de
scends neither to trifle, nor to be trifled with ;
and that perseverance in the pursuit of excel
lence, which presses onward and upward, as
an eagle toward the sun.
“The highest and most profitable learning,”
says Thomas A. Kernpis, "is the knowledge
of ourselves. To have a low opinion ot our
own merits, and to thi de highly of others, is an
evidence of wisdom. Theiefore, though thou
seeest another ope-.ly offend, and commit sin.
take thence no occasion to value thyself forsu
perioi goodness, sii.ee thou canst not tell how
long thou wilt be able to persevere in the nar
row path of virtue. All men are frail, but thou
shoiildest reckon none so frail as thyself.”
No self government is perfect without reli
gion, for since there are agents within us,
whose force we may fail to estimate, and
which spring! 'g suddenly into action, may de
stroy the fabric on which philosophy has la
boured for years; and since we have not the
gift of prescience, and cannot always measure
the future by the past, it is not safest to rely
for aid on the Former ot our bodies, the Fath
er of our spirits, who hath said, “if any lack
wisdom, and ask of Him. he giveth liberally
and upbraideth not?”
Let us rest our self-control on the belief that
He is able to do all things— that he will do all
things well—that even evil shall work for the
rood of those who love him, that nothi ig can
divide us from his care, and that even death
cannot hurt those who have the passport to a
happy immortality.
The proposal.— Miss M. a young heiress of
considerable personal attractions, chanced to
be seated at a diun* r party next to a gentleman
remarkable in the fashionable circles for the
brilliancy of his wit, and who had long made
one in the train ot her admirers 1 The conver
sation turning on the uncertainty ot life, “I
mean to insure mine,” said t e young lady,
archly,-in the Hope.” “In the hope of what, ’
said her admirer, “a siren Ze life is hardly worth
insurmg; I propose that we should insure our
lives together, and if you have no objection, I
should prefer the Alliance.”
J. P. Setze & Co.
HAVE recently received from Paris, the fol
lowing dean able and fashionable GOODS
viz:
4-4 light and dark Calicoes, in great variety o:
patterns aud warranted not to tade in washing
9-8 house servants extra line Madras Hdkta
9-8 do do do Cotoliue do
9-8 gentleman’s fancy Cravats
Triple chain plain and rich figured Silks, new
style, of tho following colors: Fawn, Bottle
and Grass Green, Lilac, Violet, Lavender,
Slate, Light and Dark, Brown, Sea Green, Jet
and Blue Black, Light and Dark Grey, Blue
and Lead
Blk Florentine Silk for gentlemen's Vests
Marobout d’ecoupe, a beautiful vrticle ter Ladies
evening Dresses.
Ladies white an black silk Hosiery
Black and white silk Socks
Ladies and gentlemen’s IL S. and Buckskin
Gloves
Short and long PicNic and Kidskin do
5-4 Jet black Bombazin, some extra fine (cheap
er than any offered by them before)
Artificial Flowers and Wrcaths
Splenuid Ball and Wedding dresses, different
from those offered bust year
New style Belts to suit each dress
Silk Oil Cloth
Black Gros de Swiss
Do Italian Lutestrings
Do and colored Satins
Do do fancy Silk Shawls
Thibet wove Shawls
Rich belt Ribbons, assorted colors
Linen Towels with el’d borders
Linen Cambrio Handkerchiefs, quali
ties
Florence Silks
Taffeta Ribbons, from No. 6 to 22
Satin do do do
Black Girard Ribbon
Silk Braid, all colors
Black and white Blond Edgings
isuper embroidered Muslin Capes
Black Mateoni Cravats
Do Love Shawls and Veils
Rich Gauze Cap Ribbon
Gumelastic Suspenders
Also from New York.
3-4,4-4 5-4 Lvown Shirting and Sheeting
Black Carpeting
Plaided Satinetts
Cassimeres
New York .'fill Shirtings
Embroidered Cambrics
Fancy Dark Prints
Black and Lavender Prints
Rossetms, a new aud fashionable article for
dresses
Extra fine striped and checked Swiss Mustin
Do do plain do do
Assorted Vest Patterns
Scotch worked Capes and Collars (some extra
rich)
Low priced Green and Printed floor Baize
White Jeanes
White Canton Flannel
4-3 and 6-4 Bed Tick
Crash, tor Toweling
Fancy Gilt Buttons tor Children's Clothing
A good assortment of Thread Lace, Footing and
Edgings
Assorted Bobinet Footing and Edgings
Ladies superior Silk Stockings and Gloves
Drab and Brown Satinetts
Russia Diaper, Green Bombazetts
Black Siuchew Silk for Ladies Aprons
A fair assortment of Scolloped and Inserting
Trimmings
Linen Collars, black Bombasin Stocks
Ladies black and fancy col'd Merino Hose
Open worked White and Brown Cotton Hose
Do do do colored do do
Scarlet, Yellow and Green quality binding
Knitting Cotton
Fur Capes of the following description :
Petit Gris Capes
Spotted do do
Do do with end#
Siberian Squirrel Capes
Do do Tippetts
Chinchilla do
Black Genet do
Spotted and Grey Capes for Misses and children
Carpet Binding
Green Flannel
White and col’d Bed Lace
4-4 Furniture Dimity
6-4 lo jv priced and sup’r Cotton Cambrics
4-4 rich figured and sprig’d Bobinet Laces
White, black, brown and slate corded Dresses
Quilted Skirts
White and black worsted halfhosa
Assorted sizes Misses white and fancy colored
hose
Men’s lamb’s wool and Vigonia long hose, some
very fine,
Ladies’ embroidered cotton gloves.
Mohair caps
India Rubber aprons
4-4 star thule lace
Ringlets, all colors
The f ollowing are now on the way and expected
daily :
Superior English Jong cloth
Scarlet Merino flannel
Sup’r. Oxford merino satinet
5-4 Italian lutestrings
Bird’s-eye diaper
Boys’ dark aud light silk pocket handkerchief#
Hernam, Uhally, and Thibet merino shawls
Sup’r. black watered belt ribbons
Ladies’ black H S gloves
Corsetts from No. 1 to 12
Assorted flax thread, Kentucky jeanes dowlas
Ir sh linen sheetings
French and English merino cloth
Mull muslins
Rogers’ patent white flannel
Crimson and plain white pongee handkerchiefs
Bonnet ribbons, black Italian crape
Damask napkins
Sup’r. Wilton hearth rugs
5-4 brown sheetings, &c. &.
Sept. 10,1836.—19
GEORGIA. CLARK COUNTY.
IALIZUR L. NEWTON, Administrator on
J the Estate of Levi May, applies for Letters
of Dismission on said Estate. This is there
fore to cite and admonish all, and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to shew cause (if any they have)why
said letters shouldnotbe granted.
Given uuder my hand at office, this 2d Janua
ry, 1837.
G. B. HAYGOOD, d. c. c. a.
Jan. 7,—36—6m
Executor’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
Febuary next,at the Court House in Che
rokee Co., Lot of Land No. 1134, third District
and second Section, in said county
containing 40 Acres ; sold as part of
the real estate of John Osborn of Clark county
deceased. Sold agreeable tu the last will of said
dec’d.
ISM A W. WOOLDRIDGE, ) - ,
NICHOLAS OSBORN, < Ex rs
Dec. 10,—32—tds
Sah%
V/VTILL be sold at the Court-house in Gwin
’ ’ nettt counly, on the first Tuesday in Fe
bruary next, the following property belonging to
the estate of Sarah Waits deceased, (viz) one
Lot or parcel of Land, lying in the sixth district
of Gwinnett county, Number three hundred and
fifteen, containing One hundred and sixty tw«
Acres more or less—One Negro man Pompev,
seventy years old. Prudence sixty years old,
Alley forty years old,Dave twenty-six years old,
Edy ten years old and Sally three vearsold.
ELLEMANDEK WARRINGTON, Adm’r.
Nov.tds 19, —29
A diiiiiiistrator’s Sale.
WW ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Fe
bruary next, at the Court-house in the
town of Watkinsville, Clark county, the likely
famous young Jack Nero, upon a credit of twelve
months, as the property of Joel Williams, late of
Alabama deceased.
WILLIAM WEATHERLY, Adm’r.
Salem, Dee. 10—32—tds
For Sale at this Office.
§duthertt ftts♦
WANTED
A NUMBER of able-bodied hands to work
. on the Georgia Rail Road, for which the
ugliest prices will be given. Application, •
post paid, will be promptly attended to.
BEARD <v PITTS.
Augusta, Georgia. |
For reference, please call at the office |
■if the Southern Whig, Athens.
Dec. 31 35 ts I
— I
Guardiaw’s Sale-
WILL be sold at the Court-house in the town ■
of Watkinsville, on the first Tuesday in |
February next, two hundred and twenty-live j
Acres ol Land, on the Oconee River in Clark
county, adjoining Wood and others, and
FOUR NEGROES,
two fellows and two womon, belonging to the ■
Orphans of Robert Trammell deceased.
Also the perishable property belonging to said i
orphans, will be sold at the residence of the sub- j
scriber on Friday tlie 30th December next. — i
Sold for the benefit of the orphans, by order of!
the Court of Ordinary for said County.— |
Terms credit till 25th Dec. 1837, with good Se
curity.
ELIZABETH TRAMMELL, Guar.
Nov.. 19.—29—tds
Madison Sheriff Sale.
NN the first Tuesday in February next, will |
be sold before the Court-house door in the
Town of Danielsville, Madison county, within j
the usual hours of sale, the following property, !
to wit:
One hundred Acres of Land, more or less, ;
joining A. Bullock and others, levied on as the
property of John Lester jr. to satisfy all fa. in
favor of James Long Ac Co. and others, propel ty
pointed out by the Plaintiff. Levy made and
returned to me by the Baliff.
Also one Sorrel filla about three year# old,
Saddle and Bridle; levied on as the property or I
Thomas H. Lester to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from i
the Sup’r. Court of Madison county, vs. Tho’s. 1
H. & John Lester, and others in favor of Lindsay !
G. Colbert Ac Johnson Spratlir, Exr’s of Philip
P. Colbert, deceased.
JAMES M. WARE, Sh’ff.
Dee. 31, 1836.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned not to
trade fora Note of hand, made by A. J. Pat
ton and the subscribers payable to the Admin
istrators ofWilliam Patton deceased, for Thir
ty-seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and se
ven cents, and due the first of August, 1833,
as the, same has been paid, and we are deter
mined not to pay it again.
C, L. WILLIAMS,
EDWARD WILLIAMS.
Nov. 19,—29—w3m
Administrator’s Sale.
AM7"ILL be sold at the late residence of Ro-
< • bert Williams, Sen’r. deceased, Madison
county, on Friday the 24th of February next,
ail the persoual property belonging to the Estate
of said dec’d., consisting of Corn, Fodder and
Oats, House-hold and Kitchen Furniture, Hors
es, Cattle, Sheep Ac Hogs, farming tools,Arc. Ace.
Terms on the day of sale.
DAWSON WILLIAMS, Adm’r.
Jan. 7, —36—tds
CITY LOTS.
Wednesday Ist February next., the sale of City Lots
will be continued ; to say,
t (MORE or less,) acre and half acre
JLkJvz Lots will, by order of City Council,
be sold at Auction, on the premises. The loca
tion of the most <>f these Lots, comprise situa
tions on commanding eminences, for private
dwellings, not surpassed by any in tho State.
The well ascertained fact of health and pure
water, are considerations sufficiently conducive
to attract those who wish for a permanent lo
cation, together with the proximity to the city
lor trade and business, and the Rail-Roads East I
and West which will very soon be in success
ful operation, are considerations not to be lost
sight of, as well as that these Lots are probably
the last which will be offered for sale by the
city.
Terms of sale one-half cash—one-fourth six
months—one-fourth twelve months.
LIPPITT if- HIGGINS, Auctioneers.
Recorder and Federal Uuion, Mil
ledgeville ; Chronicle and Constitutionalist,
Augusta ; Georgian and Republican, Savannah;
Whig, Athens ; Times, Columbia, S. C., and ;
Courier Charleston S. C., will insert the ab»ve j
twice, and forward their accounts.
N. C. BARNET
HAVING associated in business with him,
Mr. ASA M. JACKSON, is desirous to
close the books of his old concern; he respect
fully requests those having open accounts will
close them as soon as may be convenient.—He
also would solicit the continuance of that pa
tronage which has been so kindly bestowed,
and for which his grateful acknowledgements
are tendered.
Watkinsville, Jan. 21—38—3 t.
Executor’s Sale.
WILL be sold on Friday the third day of
Marchßnext at the late residence of Wil
liam Hodge, Esq., late of Madison county dec’d,
all the personal property belonging to the estate
of said deceased, (not already disposed of by the
Will,) consisting of Corn and fodder, Shucks,
Oats, Straw, Iron and Steel and numbers of
articles too tedious to mention. Terms on the
day.
ALLEN L. HODGE, Exr,
January 21—38—tds.
GEORGIA, MADISON COUNTY.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
January adjourned Term, 1837.
’IMTHEREAS, James Millican Executor of
John Millican, dec’d., have applied to the
Court aforesaid for Letters of Dismission.—
Ordered that after six months publication of this
order in one of the public Gazetts of this State,
the said James Millican Executor as aforesaid,
will be dismissed—unless cause be shewn to
the contrary, of which all concerned are hereby
notified.
A true copy from the minutes ot said Court,
this 10th January, 1837.
WILLIA.U SANDERS, c. c. o.
fan. 21,—38—6m
GEORGIA. MADISON CO UNT Y.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
January adjourned Term, 1837.
WILLIAM Ballinger Administrator of John
Hall dec’d., applies to this Court for Let
ters of dismission.
Ordered that after six months publication of
this order in one ot the public Gazetts of this
State, the said William Ballenger Administra
tor as aforesaid, will be dismissed, unless cause
be shewn to the contrary, of which all concern
ed are hereby notified.
. JA true copy from the minutes of said Cou.it,
this 10th January, 1837;
WILLIAM SANDERS, c. c. o.
Jan. 21,—38—6m.
FOUR mouths afterdate,application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court ol
Jackson county, when sitting as a Court ot or
dinary, for leave to sell the real estate of VVm.
M. Niblack late of said County deceased.
SAMUEL J. NIBLACK, )
THOMAS SHOCKLEY, j Ad '“ rS ’
Nov. 19,—29—4m
TBgilKE,
BY the month or year, two Negro Carpen
ters—Apply to J. W. JONES'.
Athens, Jan. 2C—39—tf.
Two A pp re 111 ices, ,
WILL be taken at this office. Boys '
from the vouxtry will be preferred. ;
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ron Von Tietz, which may be had complete, ei
ther in numbers, or neatly bound, forming vol.
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ed by a “Steam Voyage down the Danube, with
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key, &lc ” By Michael J. Quin, author of a
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has already appeared. Both these works have
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the part of the reading public for literary matter
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seminated among them, and for books that shall
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ficient in rational amusement, even while they
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ed to the world, by embodying, in a cheap and
compact form, a series of publications that
should have utility as their primary object, but
rational amusement in the manner of their con
coction. By issuing a small poition at a time,
and in frequent succession, he conceived that
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not the studious or the literary ones, of course
—to keep up with the publication, and not allow
their reading to run in arrear. By a well-timed
and well-judged selection of articles it is believ
ed that he accomplished, not only this ostensi
ble object, but a secret and more important one.
Gradually a desire for more solid reading in
creased in society, and that which originally
began in the hope of amusement, was continu
ed in the wish for information. Useful matter
was published at a comparatively cheap rate, it
was continually accumulating, yet the expense
was hardly felt. Encouraged by his success,
the enterprising publisher began to insert new
matter in his selections, and the public in return
rewarded his exertions and expenses by en
larged patronage.
Were Constable’s Miscellany current in the
United States, perhaps the publisher of the pre
sent series would not have found it expedient
to commence the latter work. But, be it re
membered, that in speaking of the cheapness of
Constable., it is but relatively—;.s eompared with
the publications in Great Britain generally,
which is dearer than that of any part of the
world. Constable’s Miscellany is published at
about half the English rate, but tbs present work
punioses to be at one-third even ot Constable.
The object then of Foster’s Cabinet Miscella
ny may be easily explained. It is to introduce
to the reading public, a series of works that
shall blend entertainment with imormation—
that shall take off the edge of the voracious ap
petite for mere fiction, which has been brought
on by too great a profusion of works of that de
scription—that shall gradually form a collection
of writings which may be referred to with sat
isfaction at a f uture day, whether to elucidate a
doubtful point, to refresh the memory, or to
compare with a more recent writer; that may
be an ornament to any private library or collec
tion; and that shall be cheaper than has ever
been issued.
The works collected in Foster’s Cabinet Mis
cellany, will be in every range jf pvlite litera
ture. It is intended to suit, as niAch as pos
sible, every taste, and by an agieeaole variety
of subjects as well as styles, to keep up a heal
thy excitement for rational entertainment.
Works of great length, of severe and deep in
vestigation, and of the more abstruse sciences
will, of course, find no pl ice here. It is of the
cheerful, elegant and easy writings of the day,
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ing in view, that only substantially good works
will be introduced: in order to which the pub
lisher will use every means to satisfy himself,
before he commits a work to press.
It is trusted that the Cabinet Miscellany will
be a melange of all that is valuable in modern
literature; it will assuredly be the medium ot
introducing works which would hardly find
their way to the American public generally,
through any other source, it will present them
at prices varying from one-fourth to one-sixth,
and in some cases even one-eighth of the Eng
lish cost; and the execution, it is hoped, will
meet with geneial approval.
Academical Notice.
T’lIE male and female Academies at this
place, will go into operation for the en
suing year, on the first Monday in January
next, under the charge of Mr. Wells, of highly
approved qualifications, aided by a competent
female Teacher, lessons in Music will be given
t.: such as may require—either by thuinstruct
eiess or bv a geutlemaa, who will instinct in
vocal and instrumental music, his professional
business. The moral and healthy condition of
this village, will afford an additional induce
ment to parents and guardians,from a broad to
send their children and wards—for the ac
commodation of whom boarding may be had
either in private families or at regular boarding
houses, from eight to ten dollars per month,
JOHN LOT IY,
w Board Triyy”
Salem, Clark Co. Ga. Dec. 10,Tte?'
GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
J AMES PHILIPS and David StevensT.xf
ecutors of John Harris, lateot Oglethorpe
county, dec’d. will apply for letters of'dismis
sion. These are therefore to cite and admon
ish all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear aZ my offii e
within the time prescribed by law to shew
cause (if any they have) why saidletters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this Ist Dec.
1836.
HENRY BRITAIN, c. c. o.
Dec. It),—32—6m
■rqOUR months afterdate application will be
J? made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Gwinnett county, when sitting for ordinary ■
purposes, for leave to sell the Land and Negroes 1
belonging to the estate of Jonathan Johnston
late of’said Comity dec’d., soldi’ >r the benefit of
the heirs and creditors.
C. HOWELL, Adm’r.
with the will annexed, i
Ao;t 13 20 4m I
PROPOSALS*
FOH PUBLISHING.
THE SOUTHERN BOTANIC JOURNAL
In Compliance with the numerous solicita
tions ofthe friends of the Thomsonian System,
the Subscribers have concluded to publish a
paper to be called THE SOUTHERN BOTAN
IC JOURNAL, to be dovoted to the support of
the Thomsonian System of practice of medicine,
by publishing such facts in relation to the cause
as will convey correct knowledge to the people)
and useful information to those who have adop
ted she prac ice in their own families.
The Journal will have nothing to do with
polities or religion, but shall be deveted to the
true interest of the South, so far as is consistent
with the original design of the work. It shall
be the constant aim of the publishers to lay be
fore their readers all the information they can,
with regard to the above practice, in the form
of essays, and correct reports of difficult cases
the treatment ofthe same, and the rationale of
the remedies—to select from other works all the
information calculated to be useful and interes
ting to the readers of the Botanic Journal.
The publishers will endeavor to render this
work a book ot reference for the Planter and
others who possess Thomson’s family right.
They flatter themselves that they will be able
to lay morsels before the scientific reader as
will be seasoned to his taste —they will endeavor
to deserve tho support and attention of the
philanthropist, at least in intention, if not in real
merit. The friend of truth shall find his cause
advocated on every page afthe Botanic Journal,
as they are determined not to swerve from
truth, nor suffer their prejudices to suppress
any thing that is likely to prove beneficial to
their fellow man. The cause of humanity shall
be fearleastly advocated, and no pains spared
to render the work worthy of its patrons.
The Southern Botanic Journa; will be issued
every other Saturday in Charleston S. C. each
No. containing sixteen Octavo pages on a super
royal sheet. There will be three pages for
Advertisements on the cover to accompay each
copy—so that the whole of the paper will be
filled with reading matter. The first No. to
appear the first Ist Saturday in February next.
Subcription price to be S'J.SO cts. per annum
{invariably in advance) viz. for 26 numbers—
making a volume of 416 pages — with a title
page and an index alphabetically arranged.
Editors who are disposed will give the above
a few incertions.
NARDIN & WOOD )
& y Publishers.
HARVEY’ & CARLISLE )
Dr. D.F. NARDIN Editor.
P. S. All of our Friends and the friends of
humanity generally are requested to lent! there
aid in procuring and forwarding subscripticns
for the Journal.
Dr, Thos. S, Mood will act as our agent in
Athens, and will receive subscriptions for the
above paper.
GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
WHERE AS, John Whitlow Jr. applies for
Letters of Administration on the Estate
of John Whitlow Sr. deceased. This is there
fore to cite and admonish al), and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law to shew cause, (if any they have) why
said letters should not be granted.
JOSEPH LIGON, c. c. o.
Jan. 7.—36—1 m
Administrator’s Sale*
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, at the Court-house in Law
renceville, all the personal property of Isaac S.
Lacy, dec’d, consisting of one horse, one pair
saddle bags, one bridle, and a variety of wearing
apparel. Sold for the benefit ofthe creditors.
B. S. PENDLETON, Adm’r.
Dei, 17—33—tds
I
Guardian
Agreeably to an <>r<i<’J|||
Court of ordinary of
sold ro the higheec bidder at Greenville, Meri
wether county, on the first Tuesday in March
next, within the usual hours of sale, on« lot
of land, No. 57 in the Sth district, originally
/'roup, now Meriwether county, belonging to
the orphans of Timothy Veasy dec’d, containing
202 -2 acres. Terms made known on the
day of sale.
THOMAS STEPHENSON, ) r „
F D- WOODYARD, £ Guard s.
D<?c. 17,—33*—tds
ORIGIINAL OIL PAINTINGS.
A BRILLIANT collection of Original Oil
Paintings, from old and the best masters
! putupin the mostSPLENDID GILT FRAMES
for sale by J. W. JONES.
Oct. 15,—24—tf
Administrator’s sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, at the Court House in Pauld
ing county, Lot No. 734, 2nd district, 3rd sec
tion. Also—will be sold on the same day at the
Court house in Cobb county, Lot No. 587, 16th
dist. 2nd section. Sold for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of David Delk late of Gwin
nett county dec’d.
C. HOWELL, ) A . ,
DAVID DELK. ( Adm rs *
Ort 22—25—tds.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary
of Madison County, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell a Negro woman, be
longing to the Estate of William L. Grifleth de-
Ct ‘ Se FRANCIS P. EBERHART, ) . .
JAMES LONG, f Admr
Nov. 12,—28—4m
AVCTION AND COMMISSION HUSINESS.
THE Subscriber havingengaged in the above
business, will punctually attend to all bu
siness confided to him in that line.
SAMUEL FROST.
Refferences
Tho’s. Hancock,
Stevens Thomas,
Asbury Hull, Eqr’s.
Athens, Dec. 31,-35—eow3m,
Administrator’s Sale#
1 GREEABLE to an order from the Honora
jA ble the Inferior Court of the County ot
Oglethorpe, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary
for said County, will be sold, on th“ first Tues
day in March next, to the highest bidder
before the Court-Louse door in Early Coun
ty, Two hundred and fifty Acres of the first
quality oak and hickory Land, known as No.
360, in the 4th District of said County.—
Likewise on the first Tuesday of Feb’y. next,
>at Carnesville, Franklin County, One hundred
VA cres of Land en the waters of Webbs' Creek,
Cos survey.—
EY, Adm’r:
i Sale.
■nry next, will
ise door in the
ounty, within
nng property,
irears old, and
i; levied on as
, f satisfy a 11.
fa. for cost, in favor of Stroud Melton, vs- Fran
cis M. MeCree, and one attachment at the in
stance ot William B. Wood, vs. Francis MeCree.
Levied upon the above property and returnable
to the Superior Court in February next.
Two beds and furniture, four bedsteads, one
dozen Windsor ciairs, one let crockery-ware,
one lot glass-ware, one lot books, one lot medi
cine, one bureau, 1-2 dozen pine tables, one set
knives mid forks, and one pair andirons; levied
upon as the property of James M. Burton, to sa
tisfy a fi. fa. in favor of John W. Moody, vs.
James M. Burton, and sundry other fi. fas. vs.
the said James M. Burton.
ISAAC S. VINCENT, Sh’ff.
Jan. 7,1837. !
WATKINSVILLE ACADEMY.
THE Exercises of this Academy will com
mence on the first Monday in February
next, under the direction and management of the
former Rector Mr Clarke and Mr#. Clarke.
Any thing said in commendation of the abili
ty with which this Institution has been conduct
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, would seem entirely
unnecessary to those who have had an opportu
nity of visiting their School or attending their 1
Examinations, it is sufficient to say that the
growing popularity of this School has rendered
it necessary to engage an assistant teacher,
which has been dune by the present Rector, and
by this arrangement from 120 to J. 50 Pupils can
be comfortably accommodated.
A musical teaches lifts also been employed to
give lessons to such as may wish to be instruct
ed in that branch of science.
Boarding in private families can be had upost
reasonable terms in the Village*
Terms of tuition usual. jjs ~
THE TRUSTEES.
Dec. 31,—35—t1F
—PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERN REVIEW.
TO be published at Washington,quarterly,il»
an Bvo. No. of 275 to 300 pages, price 85’
per annum, payable in advance. The place
is chosen, not only for its facilties of information
literary and political, but as that at which thtf
Southern State can be united upon the under*-
taking, with the greatest ease, and with th*-
comuletest exemption from all State or Party
jealousies.
Os the matter* three-fourths (say 225 pp.>
shall consist of regular Reviews-, making about
9of 25 pp. each. These must,as literary work#
at least, return as a general rule, somewhat to
wards that older method, now almost forgotten
and give a regular analysis ofthe book reviewed,
if it be of any merit. In Politics snd upon ©»•
casional Topics, there may be a greater liberty
of deviating into mere disquistition.
In this portion of the Review, there will b*
given, in each No. a paper historical of tho
Politics and general events of the day; to
serve as a Historical Register. Its execution
will alway be committed to the strongest hands
only; and its purpose, to give a unity and con
sistency to the Public Doctrines of the Review
such as can scarcely be so well effected in any
other manner.
Occasional Retrospective Reviews will also ho
embo fled in this part of the plan, with a view
of favoring, in a certain degree, the more curi
ous studies; or to revive the knowledge of im
portant books, forgotten in the confusion ol
modern learning.
Writers will be led, of regulaj purpose to give
their papers, wherever the subject will permit,
the form of a Series-, in older not only that they
may thus afford a completer body of in formation,
■ serve, also, to re-print apart, for popular circu
, lation; a method that will much augment both
the reputation and usefulness of the Review.
A body of Miscellaniesfsny some 50 pp.) wiMt
form the subordinate and more amusing part
of the Journal. Ita contents will be somewhat
various; but will, for the most part, consist of
short Literary Notices; Bibliograpical Articles;
a critical list of New Publications, foreign aud
domestic, and general Literary, Intelligence.
In Communications, the most compressed
mode of writing will be every where required..
Papers, in which the works do not bear a just
proportion tn the information conveyed or the
effect intended, will be either rejected, without
scruple, or abridged, without in«-rcy.
To warrant tins exaction, the usual rate of
compansation to writers will be advanced to
2 1-2 dollars per printed page; a price that will
offer fair remuneration to the talents and labor
which we wish to secure. •
Os this revival of a Review of the South, tho
purpose is, to give once more tuour region, (now
eminently needing it) an interpreter and a Da
fender; the common Representative ol our In-
ofthe Mind itsef among us. Such
ol Opinion, where tho
are now so largely
.'GHi have already
(ML. It is timeto make our
and respected there. The
journ« which shall do this, must combine tho
general strength ot ail who, throughout tba
South, love the country, and are capable of
doing it mtellected service. It must, then, be,
not the champion or the propagandist of Local
opinions, but the friend of all that pursue the
public good. Imo the vulgar nitthodsof Poli
ties, debased by Partizan rancour, or corrupted
by the interest, or overborne by the popular
passion of the hour, it must not fall.—From it,
the pride of the Nullifier *muts leceive no di
minution,the fidelity of the*Unionis no reproach.
—lt must be no vantage-ground to either part;
nor serve but as an equal field, where they will
only contend which shall most advance the
cause of the South, and of that older doctrine
of Jeffersonian State Rights, avowed by both
parties alike, and now the only hope of rallying
and of rescuing the country.
I To vindicate, than, our pecular Instituitons;
I to rebel with argument, lest presently we bo
forced to rebel with arms, all interference with
our domestic condition; against the wild rule
of mere Chance and Corruption, to uphold a
Republican and Federative, as distinguished
from a Democratic and Consolidating ad mini s
tration administration of the National affairs:
from the disorders of the Central government—
Where Reform is hopeless and even useless,
till you have given yourselves stronger and
wiser local systems—to direct the public view
towards a home policy of the Slate, capab.e,
through itself; to confer upon us the blessings of
well-ordered Liberty, expected in vain from the
Federal Power: from the delusions o* Party.
Politics abroad, to call home the wise and brave
have often raised petty Slates into noble and
prosperous Commonwealths; to attach men,
lif possible.to their birth-place,and convert them,
from wandering and selfish adventurers, into,
citizens, the lovers of civilization: to re-animato
public spirit, and give it purpose, as well as
energy; to hold, over Parties and Politicians, the;
tribunal of a Public Opinion far different from
i that idle and corrupt one, of which the News,
papar Press is the voice; for these purposes, to
diffuse through the land sound and well con
sidered public doctrines, with Knowledge and
Taste, their natural allies such will be the gen
eral aim of that literary league, among the best
talents of the country, which has been set on
foot, in the present undertaking.
Os its critical purposes,it is not necessary to
speak so minutely. In general,it will ofcourse
strive to guide the popular taste towards the
best sources, in Knowledge, and the truest
models in Elegant Letters. Its judgments will
however, found themselves upon dent of his
temporary renown, nor that of his birth ®o
this or the other side of the Atlantic. Towards
the few good writers, that want of cultivation
has yet permitted us to have, in America, it will
know how to be respectful. But in Literature,
as lately in Trade, we shall insist that no man’s
bad commodity be forced upon us, under pat
riotic pretences. Upon all that school of wri
ters, whose works, fur want of every other
merit, attempt to make themselves one, out of
the verv fact that they are not English, air un
sparing war will be waged; nor less upon that
other great division of the invading army of
Dulness —the endless compilers of bad and
illiterate Schoolbooks —a sort that drive out
every thing humane amongst us, by poisoning
its very fountains, where they pass. Over
these and whatever else of pernicicous the
Northern Press pours out upon us, a strict
supervision must, for our very safely, he main
tained.
Upon the Literature of mere Amusement
Novels, Verses, the Travels of ignorant and
impertinent people, or the the like; upon An
niversary Orations, Inaugural Discourses, apd
those volumes of Indigestion which pass for
Public. Speeches: upon the Biograpnies of
Presidential Candidates, and of all illustrious
and heroical persons in general, that are still
alive: upon Charity or Missionary or Tem
perance or Antimasonin Sermons or Reports;
and upon all Awful Disclosures whatever, the
current criticism of the Review must proceed
by notices, jus|ls proportioned to the brevity of
exis'ence enjoyed by this literary grass, which
flourishes greenly in the mording, and is cut
down and flung away before the night. Life
is too short, Art too long, and Learning grown
too prolific, for people to occupy themselves
s ose than an instant with bad books, while
such great bodies of good ones roc. most uh
rend.