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he never kra ilo? it daV r titii
keep dodgin', here W thar, same like ful badihat, when a poor feller’* jis
ft«Ud tauVlriickon, 1 wm'ptsfrt# a gstoinc to put out from these
cta&n**. to them •"* tf, r
sriakiu*tracks frum them diggins, tie-
.ther. . : .'V ; .. »•'
' We warnt so entirely backed out
tho’, as you. m*>ught s’posc; as it
warnt long afire we started agin.
One mdrnio’jisl as the crows ’gun to
toiler, we set off for llic, matter
mile to a big canc brake,
lots 6* Ingins an’ other varmi
Bein' a-* how ilia
flight roun* us, an* ntakin* sich ad'
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knowin
nothin’ ’bout in lotlier country, awfu
bad. It ’minds roc o’ ole Spixisnn wa
yuse t-> keep our school when I war.
chicken; he’d a sight o’ lamin’, an* ’<
read dean throng!: the psaltnslcr, an
never rest a bit. He’d a power o!
, what had j kiioWledge o* the scriptur, too; ha
pinints hi it j he, that same ole Spinson. One da
lw lerin’ *ii! hecutne over to dad's, an* let fly a fev
I* sich ado, jo* tHe savins an* Joins, what’s in t
yim’d aittoughl ole Nick war. tioVin .i: >od took,
ineetin* ’tnong'Vm, I an’ Bill jist tlio’t j That’s what war the case with n
we'd take a peep at 'em. to see if thar you see 1 couldn’t knuckle, bein’
belle
i peep at 'em. to see U thar j you’ies 1 couldi
warnt a chance lo gin ’em a scar, — ! h->wj|l war tied to a tree, an’ as ft
thinkia’as how, turn ’bout war far: Ratin', I reckon I beat ole Ac
play—an* slip hack to camp agin. i holler, a fastin’, fer 1 hadn’t eat a bi
When we got thar we seed lets o,! from the time I left camps.
'em, crcepiu’ long sale o’ the cane j didn’t treat Bill Scroggins n
brake, eemn ist ktvered tvith plunder.; nor me, as tha gin him a sh-
Wc trailed in Iliad’em, crcepin* Jong, | bad savins: • Yali V * Chah V * Wh<
then hidin’, anti then creopiif agin, to • e !» what all war, I s’posc, •you wiiii
get a chance to shoot. Well, who dog !’ and, * 1*11 skin you alive, a
should? Jist say ole Nick, -nnd he’s I eat out your gizzard!’ an’lhclike.-
tharl While we war a lookin’ arter j Bill »gun to think, right down serus
them what Ivor ahead, a camp meet- j it; hut ilia didn’t gin *im no chain*.*
in* o’ ’em cropc up on us frum totlter j the ontnaneriy niggers ! f
een, aii* afore wc knowd, ’bout a do- j rale ugly slieop eatin* posoui face In
ten kivered us. | pins crope up a hind a saplin’ wha
I seed the jig war up with me, an* Bill war tied to, an’ let ’mi have
so I thought I’d make a dyin’ sarinent
to ’em afore tha skdpt me : * No\y
dont!’ says I. 'you wouldn’t kill &
feller cretur afore he says his prayers
would you ? Jist wait a ininu, mis
ter Ingin, an’ let’s havo a bit o’ a chat
afore wc fight.’
• Yah !’ says one o* ’em what war
on my back.
• I’ll gin you a far shake,’ says I ;
'a rale gintpman’s chance fer your
skelp, if you’ll let me go. We’ll have
it far.’
• Yali l*
• Now, gin me hands room, an’ I'll
gin you a tussle, if that’s what you'
arter.’
•Boof
• If you’ll jist say 'greed, I kin lick
you an’ gin you two to one.’
• Car I*
• Well, dang your buttons, aint you
gwoine to do the clean thing to a fel
ler cretur? Its onnatral, mister In
gin,—its onhooman to keep a tod
so tarnation tight down here, jist clcr
the ring a bit an* ’gin a fresh.’
• Cha-tock-i-is* !’ says he, sorter
snappish.
• Well now, dont he arter boxin a
body afore he’s dead,’ says I, sorter
holin’ in my gab.
• Wi-ga-husf !’ says he.
• An* if she gins me a bus * sajrs I
• I’ll gin her a lew o’your rale Geor<
- gy colawlioppers. None o* your bu-
s i,’ 'bout me, you ugly, yallcr skin ras
cal 1'
Arter that, one o’ ’em, what had
Bill Scroggins, gin a whoop, an* then
wc heerd (other gang whoop, an* then
tha all whoop’d, ’(ill you’d a thought
the heavens an' yarth war comm'
together, au* when all got to driyin’
ahead, sich a fuss never war. heerd
since frum that what was made when
the big waters swallerd Noa*s Yark.
N«w 1 felt sorter curi’s, an’ sorter not
curi’s nether, hut a sorter all uverish-
„ v ness ; twarnt so confounded genteel
fer a pack o’ yaller devils to keep sich
a fuss over pris’ners. o* war; nor
twarnt so alfircd nice o’ ’em, nether,
to bang us so unroarcifu) ; fer arter
V * tha’d tied us to a tree, tha ’gun to cut
sich capers os war never seed afore or
arterwards; gi’in us a pop, now an’
then, with their liom’ny beters, by way
^ o’ 'mcmbrancc, I reckon. Now, tha
nccd’nt adone tliat, fer you see, we
never fergitted it, but flunked up that
ar same game agin, arterwards,
; them.
‘ .When we come to thar carap—r
them same what we war watchin,
we seed lots o* pris’ners, gals an’ chil
dern. Now, when I seed them same
siltin’bar foot, bar-head, an* eenmos’
neked as they cotne- in the worl’. iny
- dander ris, an’ I jist felt snappish, sor-
?■’>*. ter rathv like.
• Hello !* says j$ * Mister Ingin, if
you dont let me loose from this 'ere
tree, I'll lick you every one, an’ skelp
;' you ’cause I kin !’
* V \ - *.; /. ',* Isa !’t says a big swamp jacket.
• Well, say jist what you want; but
I say, if you'll gin ine a far shake, 1
wont hurt you. Jist let loose these
’’ , *ere paws, will you V
The whole nation ’gun to laugh, an*
' v;r bein' as how, 1 didnt know what war
thar ncr* scrape, nor what -tha war
^ ' laughin’ arter.
• Goto «ho 4***1 J’sayal.
; i; - L v 4 Twarnt long afore the cretnrs
. r, ■T’guhtoatir. Tha’d t wos’ ripstaver-
; ^ ous feller ‘raong ’em what actid sorter
off’cer like,'* the same what war
right smack, with his hatchet on
side o' his head, air* he didn’t kick
ver agin fer 1 the matter o’ a year
ter wc went home to the ole folks, an
then, lie jist crope ’bout like a dyiii
shote what aint bed a bite o’ corn fc:
a month.
‘Now that’s wat I calls downrigli
’sasinaliun,’ says I, sciu’ as how Bii
warn! possible to keep himself. ‘N>
that's rale niggerish, that, to knock
feller cretur on the head, an’ not git
*im s chance to help ’imself. Y<
a you—you imps o’ satin.’
•Chali! chali!’ says a 'oinan.
When I Itctrd that ar, an’
how Bill Scroggins war * chali d,’
’gun to think I war a gone sucker, an
1 Ink a peep at the gals, au’ the chil
dern, to tell ’em good by tc, an’
a word to the ole horse; but as * duln*
sec none o’ ’em a coinin’, I sorte;
thought tha war afeared, an’ let oil
agin.
• See here, mister Ingin,' says I
you don’t let me loose from this
tree. I’ll gin you a Mud Creek liugfe
it, when I does git loose, an’ if y
dont know what’s that, jist hands oil
while, an’ gin me a far chance—on
at a time, and no foul play,
show you the skientifick, a alfirec
Georgy Squeeze, jist now ify<
you ugly scritch owls !’
• Cars !’ says the matter o’ a dozei
o' *enl.
‘An you yellei- Un-lcathcrs/say
I, 4 if you dont treat a pri«’ner o’ wa.
arter a generouser way, you'd bcttei
never come down into our parts, or
you’ll never see these ’ere diggins a-
gin, I’ll tell you that you tarnal devils.’
• Car,’ says all o* ’em
\f. Yes,' says I, *an’ you’ll be arter
playin' s«»me o* your polly whoppers
long o’ them ’ar gals, but you dont
horses. Jist one o’ you touch ’em if
you dar, an’ the way I'll gin you a side
donailer with these ere cornstealers
o’ mine, wont be slow ; I’ll make you
thrnk a 6treak o’ lightnin’ ’d run thru
you.’
•Ester, flog ’imj,’ says the big
swamp-jacket, an’ then a she-Ingin
let in with a whole tree top. Yon see
this ’ere cyp what’s shut up like a coon
in. cold weather, well, that ar imp o’
satin jist jobbed it out, ’cause I seed
the gals from that side.
• Wake Snakes,’ says 1. ‘ Hello
here, what you doin’, you ugly var
mint I whoep-e ! git out o’ my moon
shine.’
• Ester, put it hard, too.’* says the
big Ingin, agin.
• Keep your gab to yourself,’ says
I, • you ripstaverous coward, keep
your perlarver back; jist gin me hands
room, an* I kin lick a camp meetin’o’
you.’
Arter that ar she devil got done
threshin’ o’ me, she let ia oh the gals ;
but I reckon she didn’t heat ’em long,
fer you see, some o’ our boys, what’d
miss’d us. ’d come o huntin’ us, an’ ar-
tcr tha’d foun’ us, an’ seed what
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APRIL 0,1841.
Bsath of €r32L Harrison.
A gentleman who passed through thb those at
■lace on Wednesday, brought the pain-
of the President’s death. We
no Northern papers, and fear Jere
tiller, his fsmil 1
:«1 of J)r. May w
(all in.! Dr. Wc.
physician. Subsequently, ihe
c eiled in. This morning. Dr
lington, of Georgetown, wc
sioii. The family of the Gci
nd great Uneasiness
’he^cj'Jlhl.r Jen^ifw
rry hi
•l lhe diS4»r<ler. T-
iod in the disease.—
cly he realized. Public affairs are in
led and unsettled state, and all the inftue
i-n Harrison’s popularity is wanting in
jority of the people, v. ure indeed th
and the deadliest foe*
; t intetests. If he should
free institutions,
head of affairs obtained
tf.eir present situation, (since all power
enienates from'the people, and the ru-
selccted by them.) he would be
oxt is too true. The following to ld that, it is the result of party
count < f the Generals illness is from feeling and patty discipline, aiul that a
\\ ashington correspondent of the f ew intriguing office seekers produced
Charleston courier, under date of April a lj this. The last administration too, he
would be told was removed in a similar
way by prejudice and misrepresenta-
l; that it was so pure that no reason
able man could find fault with it—that
all their measures were wise and saluta
ry, but that notwithstanding all this, the
pdople had. imbibed a foolish prejudice
•&?«***. •*« ««» be,iuvcd * h “
Since tlie above i
.i.« auu>o *v M ,<i type, Wehave *<. \
informed that a slip from the fenced by selfish mouves.
tl’.oy used the public revenues to sub
serve their own interests, and Vetuin the
p«»wer they. had ,acquired. Moreover
ho tvouid-bo told, that those who voted
r the present national administration,
adtao confidence in their talents, in-
egrfty or fitness for office, but w
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PUBLIC MEETING.
In accordance with previous notice,' a.
numerous meeting of the citizens of
Clarke county, Ga., convened in the
Court House at Watkinsville, and was
hrgauizeil by calling- Major Tuomas
Mitchell to the Chair and appointing
A. M. J \ckson Secretary. Col. N. C
Barnett in a few brief remark's explain
ed the objects of the meeting to be to
take into consideration the embarrassed
condition of the country, the deranged
state of the currency, and to cousult up
on the best means of relief. Where
upon, Charles Dougherty, Esq. arose,
and in an able address, presented his
views as to the measures most likely to
regulate the currency and to relieve the
people from their present embarrass
ments.
On motion of G. B. Hay good, Esq.
the Chairman appointed a committee of
seven to draft resolutions expressi
the sense of the meeting. The follow-
gentlercen composed that commit
tee, viz : G. B. Hay good, Esq., Col. J.
•lobe Office was received in town
Wednesday, which confirms the uc
»ected and melancholy intelligence.—-
Placed at the head of this natiou by the
v’oice of the people—selected for the
xurity of his character, the firmnesses
iis purpose, and his devotion to the pub
ic weal, we had hoped that General
Harrison would be spared to carry out
hose measures so large a majority of
lie nation wished,
struck him ere he had hardly time to
njoy the flattering distinction, and
justify it by new services, and he has
eft us, wo devoutly hope, to repose
the bosom of hU father and his God,’
How afflicting will be the tidings to his
wife, whose heart broken by the rer<
loss of a beloved son, stood but little
•.iced of this last calamity, to fill the
neasure of her grief? But if it be true
hat some relief is obtained from seeing
hose around us sympathise ii
*i*w, let her cast her looks around heT,
md she will witness a nation mourniug
he loss it has sustained. She will see
leplore with her the loss of the in
vithont Teproach, of the enlightened
itizen, the brave soldier, and the
jorruptible and upright statesman.
Now what conclusion would any one,
•hoshouhl believe the above represen
tations, draw from them ? Must bo
A.ul too woll is it ehti led to the "ap
pellation 1 AVitb what arbitraiy tyranny
it'.rules human actions,' swnyiug and
moulding them tax its will! How it
absorbs; eugrqsses, all the kindlier feel
ings; wfrturnature.bluntsits sympathies,
rules and governs input councils, shapes
our laws^is the impelling forefc of all
moral motive power, is the household
goil of the prince and the peasant, the
mighty as well as the humble of this
earth. Evcu the mild precepts of
Christianity cannot he disseminated but
by its conseut and co-operatiou—its
‘omnipotent’ influence is made to-enter
largely into the composition of modern
devotion—it has ingrafted into the sys-
. and made its ostentatious use a part
and portion of it. It is an omnipotent j
monarch '. an elective one, inasmuch as
by the consent and co-oparution of socie
ty and individuals for ages, it has gone
oil in the creation of artificial wants,
binding and fettering to its will—creat
ing necessity of its presence and influ
ence, and increasing its potency. It is
a legitimate monarch ; for it governs
by common consent. If it has not reali
zed the dream of the alchymist. and
turned'all things to itself in substance,
it has done more; il lias made itself
>sary aed indispensable to all things
A LITTLE SINGULAR.
On the afiernoon of the 23d of last
month, the largo tavern, kept by Mr.
Hurry Lampkin, in the village of Port
Byron, was destroyed by fire—loss said
to be about $1,500, mostly insured. Ar
rangements had been made, we learn,
for selling, the premises—the writings
drawn, and all things prepared for the
signatures; but, just as these weq^to be
attached, it was found the pen was
poor; anti, while this was undergoing
the renovating process, the alarm of fire
was heard, which was seen bursting
through the roof.d the building ali^ut
to be sold; and thus the amount of the
insurance is placed beyond the reach of
The Auburn Journal considers
-ircumstauce a very important hint
for all mauner of persons never to sign
a paper excepting with a good pen!
A COSTLY MISSION.
Mr. Hawes, of Congress, shows in a
late article in the National Intelligen
cer, that the Mission to Spain lias cost
the United States, from 23d Sept. 1825
to 21st Dec. 1836, being 7 years nod
3 three months, the enormous sum of
SI 41,785 06; orthe rate of just 20,000
a year! During the wh le period, Mr.
Van Ness drew his salary, at the rate of
89,000 a year, with enormous charges
for contingencies, though he was recall
the 1st of Oct. 1835, and though
arrv niul VW ......— i _■
not'tbink that a largo majority of the
people are totally unfit to have any voice
iti the administration of public affairs, or
the selection of public officers. That
they were incapable of knowing or pro
filing their own best interests, and
therefore ought to submit to the gui-
But" 'death"^ha»j f»cebf the„pp° 3 itien^party, who out
of mere kindness and good feeling to
wards them, and comparison for their
degraded situation, would consent to
govern them ? Even so—but all will
not do, and every day adds additional
testimony to the fact, that the confidence
of the people in their new administra
tion is increasing with the most rapid
strftles, while the best inventions, and
most plausible misrepresentations of
the faction opposed to them, are viewed
with additional suspicion and augmen
ted distrust; so true it is, that falsehood
and'detraction cannot long ‘ffburish,
under the most skillful manage
ment, or in the most congenial soil.
H. Lowe, Col. N. C. Barnett, Rev. J. i j„ f orin , ;rt better ages of the
N. Glettn, Jamas Caraak, James C. mind, knowledge, virtue, poised ther
Branch, and Harris Thurman, EsqrsJ selves upon their merits, and claimed _
The committee having retired fur a short] 1-art oft he realm—Jemamle.l j Mr. Bair* and Mr. Eatoi. .veto uSh
, as a right, that distinctions, tl they ex- paid, successfully, outfits and sal.irl^o
reported the following resoltttton.j iste ,, 3 l lnula ^ basei | U|1I)n themselves; I for the same period of a year and .hr"
but humanity willed it otherwise—will-! months after the recall of Van Ness
ed that the * Omnipotent Dollar* should < Notwithstanding the enormous sum re-
be the touch-stone of distinction, the i ceived (98.60S 31.) Mr. Van Ness
Aristocrat—and mind, knowledge and j claims a balance due him of S,2,100,
irtue its tributary vassals- But bold ! whilst Mr. Forsyth contends that he h
Col. John H. Lowe, dissenting to the
1st, 2d, 4th and 6tli, and Harris Thur
man, Esq. dissenting to the 1st, 2d anJ
4th.
1. Resolved, That in the opinion of
this meeting it is 'the duty of all per
sons who have any regard to the ulti
mate good of the community, to give
full credit, and inspire, as far as possi-.
ble, general confidence in the Banking
Institutions of the Country, and as a
means, of expressing that confidence
they should, without hesitation receive
,t par value, the currency issued by the
luthority of the State through the Cen
tral Bank.
2. Resolved further. That we have en
tire confidence in the ultimate solvency
of the suspended Banks in this State,
and that the embarrassed condition of
Country required that the Banks
sh:>uld not t ike iti their outer circula
tion, as that would have deprived the
country of almost the entire paper cir
culation to be bad, and therefore, we
38tly recommend all persous to re-
> at par, the bills of the said institu-
TIIE NEXT CONGRESS.
Fifteen states havo chosen their rep
resentatives to the next CongretSs—&
tho other eleven, Rhode Island, Con
necticut and Virginia elect in April.—
An extra session of the Maryland Legis
lature is called on the 24th instant, when
a la\V for a special election will probably
bo passed. The Governors ofKentucky
and Indiana are authorized to call speci
al election Four of the other five
states, Illinois, Tennessee, North Caro
lina.and Alabama, hold their elections
in August. The remaining state. Mis
sissippi, hold its election in November.
Unless authority is invested tn the G01
vemors of these last named five states
to provide for a special election, the
legislatures must be convened, or the
states go unrepresented. A vacancy
occurs in the twenty-sixth district of
New-York, lately represented by Mr.
Granger, and the legislature will, no
doubt, oTdeT a special election .to fill it.
In Massachusetts the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Mr. Lincoln ia to
be filled. ■ : ’
VIRGINIA.
By the resignation of the Governor
of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Pat
ton is left to perform the duties of chief
magtorzte ad interim. The first official
of that geutleman has been to issue
his warrant for surrender of Robert F.
Curry, the fugitive from justice in this
State, the surrender of whom was refu
Bed by Gov. Gilmer.
The Richmond Whig states that
Gov. Patten has enclosed tho warrant
of Gov. Seward in a brief letter, con
taining a strong and decided retnon-
strtftice against the conduct of the Gov
ernor and. Legislature of New Yotk at
to-fugitives from justice and fugitive
slaves, with an earnest but respectful
spfibEd tQ them to arrest the unhappy
and- dangerous collisions which must
/n&ub from a perseverance in their
shults upon the rights of the State of
inia and the other Southern States.
OUR POLITICAL DUTIES.
The Boston Atlas inculcates sound
political views in relation -to the new
Administration, and the duties of its
Bill an me war in, an seed the gals, j “ Nothing;” rays the editor,
and .tHe children, Zick Pudscn let | CSIl ^ more easily den.dn«niS^i|
■*a cen if i■*will Laur\ ftia itiivJ’
at that Big login, when the whole
yarth war kivered with the dead an
sheered crcturs.
• E«*-hsr-jo—-a towm
n f —Creek Lanj
spokesman. He war ’bout as high a
chap as ever you seed, bein’ as bow
six foot five warnt a ’ginnin’ fer »iin ;
- / you’d «thought a feller (nought a lit
' - r > on the top o* his head an’ a seed clean
> - , oul creation.. --■A- thunderin’ chap
> • that same ; he wardrest with -a red
' hankcher. roun* his head, an* a red
? v V cloth roun’ his body, with a bagnet
stuck in’t fer a sword.
" Eve .war prpbasadously skeered
j-V ' : • "Wton hie come to us, an’ ontyin’ iis,
,., tok us down to a alfired rakish lookin'
. place; side o* a big swamp. But it
- warnt;so bad arter all, fer the vie-
mints jist only gin us a kiveror two o’
• dtickm's in the mud, an’'rubbed.,-u»
v jdeio afpre tha-war gwoine 1 to cook
i —'T '* us,an’.bein’ as tow we .warnt soal-
fired gnd o’.our swim min’scrape, an*
•. a ■, dkhtXJet on aogenteel *boat it, Aether
thalet inonus with a caution. -.Now
. I ’gun to think 'the-time *!d^jcuih fer
^ J^ktostand uolo his rack afore the
r«*e«
SAVANNAH March 30.
From Florida.—We yesterday re
ceived the St. AngUstine Nett* of Friday
last# forwarded per steamer Wm. Gas
ton, CapL Gairriv. . Extracts follows :
Glorious if True—Intelligence has
been received. here, that 400 Indians,
men, and women, and children, among
them 60 warriors, have been shipped for
the Wear, by Gen. Arraistead: Also,
that Hospitahka has gone into tol.
Worth, at Fort Cumming, with two
hundred of hia people, and signified his
willingness to emigrate. The chief was
supposed tor be tbs last who would give
op. : Sam Jones is still out; bit hopes
are entertained, that the surrender of
Hospitahlda wil, bring him,in. He was
one of the principals at tho Caloosabat-
chie massacre, and has co-operated with
Sam, Jones in retaining, until'lately; un
disturbed possession bf me Everglades,
, a.. .;■« f •
-harmless Irishir an was eating as
apple pie- with some quinces iuJit—*ar-
ralr dear honCy’ said-he, “if a few of
these^ quinces - give such flavor, how
an apple- ’pie taste made of .all
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AFFECTIONATE.
’My dear^, yon are not the woman I
that we can, if wo 1 will, keep the . gov
ernment of our country in the hands of
honest, capable and faithful public ser
vants, unless it be tbe certainty of^oul
inability to do so, if w.e.now ncgiecl
the imperative and vitsL duty of ^feill
preserving the sfrictcst discipline and
vigilance among the Democracy of
nnmbers. And nothings can/;.well- be
ftnagined more criminally ormote vttc
C'ly remiss in proper regard to / oi
country, than this, to ''allow bad men
and bad measures again to obtain. ’
ascendancy, when we have the powe
prevent it, and yet omit'td avail
selves of it. The duties of the_ Dei
era tic party are many
But the greatest is iuvol\
to preserve their present
loss of that involves, of ne
inability to discharge any of
to the country. It is
as an act of ;'self-preservation^ and as
means of being ahle to benefit the na-
tion, to restore it is as far as
from the mischief and bad effects of past
mai-administration' and to'shield it ~
future evils. It*can be easily secuf
but it can be much more .easily'
perhaps never-to .be regained.’*
M Hen. Henrt Clat. has so far re<
J *■*- m . to be ahl*. to -
Amonget other measures adopted by
Mrii r Van Buren’s Administration
throw odium upon-that of Gen. Harri
son, was the discontinuance of several
iraportaht mail routes on the ihird of
March. Amongihe rest, that leading
from this place to Madison, via VVat-
kinsville, Farmington and Salem, which
post offices if we are informed rightly,
no mails are received. We trust that
no time will be lost in laying the'
before the Department.
COMMUNICATED.
-Mf*. Editor.—-The following puzzle,
(which, as the novel writeis say, is foun
ded bn fact,) may interest some of your
• w.
,sCv;#iooey- • Friend
.lonce. had' ••-in both I Bet great store: ** a an
I Isat'my > and took his note therefo
Task’d mr ** St. nonnht h
Task’d my ^ Sv nonght but words I got, •* my of
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m *-* • myt
I’d keep ■ “ might plead for i
. ' _A HARRISON HCTORY.
y°A New'Orieans correspondent of the
Baltimore American' writes —‘You may
Remember the contested election of Gre
gory Byrne, which had been sent back
So the people for a now election. Tbe
contest 'took place yesterday, and Mr.
* ds been awfully beaten by the
of his sect, Mr. Jorda, (Whig)
This-is popular justice.
I* 1 :'
JI7GS.
TBe jng is the most singular utensil;
pail, tumbler, ordecanter may be raised
and yon majf satisfy yourself by optica]
-proof that the thing is clean; but the
; bas a little hole in the top, and the
i is all darkness. No eye pene-
, no^ hand moves over the surface,
* Ban it only by putting in wa
fit up, and pouring it out
es clean, you judgt
fed in purifying the
• Hence the jug is
he human'heart. No mortal eye
jhitq_ its recesses, but you
this is granting too much. Obedient
and subservient as have been all things
else, Mind, Knowledge, against fearful
odds, yet disputes tho dominion; claims
a precedence over the god of man's
idolatry—and is supported in its claims
by a few cboice spirits, who dare advo
cate the supremacy of the highest attri
bute of out nature, over tbe * Omnipotent
Dollar,' who dare, in the very teeth of
‘tyrant custom, worship mind instead of -
mammoth ; and protest in the language
of an independent mind,
**Tl:e wealth is but, the guinea’s stomp ;
The man’s the maw for a’ lhat and a' that
But these are but few—the mass are
loyal subjects, who will allow the ‘om
nipotent dollar' to gild villany, dignify
folly, and setve as a talisman to pass its
possessors along through life, in tho
high road destined alone for intrinsic
merit. So wags the world ! wealth
however acquired, by means fair or foul,
is worshipped—worth is neglected—
and so it will continue to be, while sor
did gain is tho great stimulant of human
acticn, until knowledge, learning, mind,
and virtuo, have broken the sceptre and
vanished that which ‘bestrides the world
like a Collosus*—the 1 Omnipotent Dol
lar !’
:rpaid S26.41S 41. Iti
idling
The Le :
journed
enllh <
3. Resolved, That the present embar
ssed condition of tbe country calls
loudly for all the forbearance and in
dulgence which tho creditor class have
iu their power to extend to the deb
r class.
4. Resolved further, That the contin
uance of specie payments by any Banks
the State is, in the opinion of this
meeting, greatly prejudicial to the gen-
■al interest of the country, and
therefore earnestly recommend that all
the Banks in this State do suspend spe-
payments until another crop cat
put into market.
5. Resolved, That wo earnestly re
commend to our fellow citizens that
they practice the most rigid economy
and use the most untiring itidustiy in
their business, believing confidently that |
by this course, in another year most of - ... . . . - . . .
the embarrassments under which the I <‘Pf ak; "g agamst time-the. period
ntry ia now laboring, will, under the
blessingofProvidence.be * v “* ,,n ' ,n
gislaturc of Virginia has ad-
sinc die, and left the Common-
without a Governor, tbe proposi-
going into the election of a suc-
) Governor Gilmer having been
laid on the table. The resignation l>e-
ing entirely unlocked for, tho members
had left the Legislature in great num
bers for tlieir homes, and the absentees
•ere most numerous among the Whigs;
> that but for this postponement of the
. anotlTer year most of 1 proposition, obtained by the Whig.
6. Resolved, That our fellow citizens
of the several counties of this State, be
quested to take this subject into con
sideration, and pass 6uch resolutions
thereupon as the crisis may seem to re
quire.
7. Resolved, That the editors of this
State friendly to these views, bo reques
ted to publish these resolutions.
The resolutions being read, G. B.
Haygood, Esq., in an eloquent and
mentative oddrec:
which were with great unanimity passed.
On motion, tbe meeting adjourned.
THOMAS MITCHELL,
Chairman.
Asa M. Jackson, Secretary.
fixed upon by joint resolution—loco Fo-
coism would have elected a Governor
their own kidney. Citizen Ritchie, of
the Enquirer, puts himself into an im
mense pheeze in being thus disappoint
ed in the hope of foisting tit a chief ma
gistrate of the State, by a palpable fraud
upon the people. Every body else, vve
believe, will rejoice that Virginia has
made such an escape.
HISTORY.
What a gloomy page will he that
;ed their adoption, | which the History of tbe last four years
is* recorded ! Gen. Jackson (toasted,
on the -1th of March 1837, that, he left
us, a “ great people, prosperous and
happy.” Though not altogether true,
this was true to some extent, particular
ly if we compare our condition then with
condition now. But the seeds
MURDER AND CONVICTION.
On the 2d of March, ultimo, Nathan
Taunton was murdered iu the town of
Lanier, Macon county, by Robert T.
Downing Thedifficulty between them
was of a trivial character. A few words
passed respecting a tot of fifty cents,
which one of them had made on a game
called ‘Fox and Geese,’ when Downing
drew a pistol and shot Taunton through
the lower part of the head, of which he
died instantly.
The trial of Downing came on before
Judge Taylor, at the regular term of tho
Superior Court for Macon county, which
resulted iu his conviction of the crime
of murder. He was sentenced to to
hung on the 21st May next. Tho case
was ably managed on botlitJfdes by seve
ral attorneys, and strong dibits were
made by the prisoner's counsel, to post
pone the trial till the next term. The
reason advanced were deemed insuffici
ent by the judge, and such a course sub
versive of the ends of justice. The jury
who sat upon the case, were amotig^to
most respectablecitizensof the coudKf;
and we believe that there is uo dis ent-
ing voice in the community there the
r was coir mitted. but that they
one justice by their verdict; and
to hoped that the example which
will afford, will not to
this (
lost, where such an example (it is .gene
rally admitted) has long toon ueedbd.
Downing has been committed to jail in
this city for safe keeping.— Macon Mes
senger.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
An importan decision was made a few
days since before a Van Buren court in
Philadelphia, respecting the forfeiture
of the charter of tho United States Bank
°f Pennsylvania, as a consequence of its
suspension of specie payments. Tho
penalty of forfeiture was claimed under
resolutions passed by the Legislature
since the charter of the Bank—the char
ter prescribing the penalty of refusing
specie to hill holders, (a payment of 124
per cent, interest.) It was decided to
to an ex post facto provision, to which
the Bank had never assented, and with
out which, she could not to bound bv «*.
A law of the last Legislature of this
State, on the same subject, no doubt
will share the same toe when tested iu
a similar manner.—Macon Messenger.
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
We should make it a principle to ox-
of fellowship to every
if j tend the hand
AV4P1PP nrTTWITTlTTi disease had been sown broadcast, and man who discharges faithfully his du-
AVARICE OUTWITTED. bitterh.ve beet, the fruit, W el,»v« since ties and mnimnin. good nrder-whe
1 he case of John Eyre. Esq., who, reaped.—In what other country was it j manifests a deep interest in the welfare
though wrrth upwards of *£30 000, was ever known, that no less than three sev- | of general society—whose deportment
convicted at the Old Baily, and senten- ern l suspicions «>f specie payments took is upright, whose mind is intelligent,
place place within four years? One wi-hout stopping to inquire whether he
_r “ “is enough for a score of swings a hammer or draws a thread.—
have been afflicted with There is nothing so distant from all *>at-
three ; and each successive effort at the ural claim as the reluctant, the backward
transportation, for stealing elev
quires of common writing paper, was such
rendered more memorable, by the op- j y ea ,
portunity which w ( tu .„i » n ro ...... v , aill , oa lllclolutini „ me nacmrare
peach the integrity of Lord Mansfield, j extrication has but plunged the strug- sympathy—the for ced smile—the check-
who was supposed to have erred .nad- ! g i in! j vlct i m , „f ,b e -• espmntents.” cd convocation—the hesilateing com-
mining him to bail. An aueedi
related of Mr. Eyre, which sli
expiriments,” • cd conversation—the hesitateing c
deeper in the rare,—Why? Why is pliauco, which the yvelloff aie too apt
it that the Banks cannot resume success- to manifest those a little down, with
striking manner, the depiavity of the hu-.j fully / Because it has pleased the gov- wham, tn comparrison of intellect and
man heart, and may help to account fiir | ernment of the country to throw obsta- principles of virtue, they frequently sink
the meanness of the crime of which he j c j es ; n the way. Because the dominant tuto insignificance.—Daniel Webster.
Rtnnd convicted An uncle of his. a I 1.-.. «... •
stood convicted An uncle of his, a p arty has been excited by
gentleman of considerable property, | pl ace s to wage a fatal war against the
“i* *. “ " C ' e ~ prosperity of the country. Because
made his will in favor of a clergym;
who was his intimate friend, and com
mitted it, unknown to the rest of his fam
ily, to the custody of the div tie. How
ever, not long before his death, having
altered his mind with regard to the dis
posal of his wealth, he made another
will, in which he left the clergyman on
ly <£500, leaving the bulk of his large
fortune to go to his nephew and heir-at-
law, Mr. Eyre.
Soon after the old gentleman’s death,
Mr. Eye rumaging over his drawers,
found this last will, and perceiving the
legacy of «£500, in it for the clergyman,
without any hesitation or scruple of con
science, put it in the fire, and took pos
session of the whole eff cts, in conse
quence of bis uncle’s being supposed to
have died intestate. The clergyman
coming to town soon after, and inquiring
into' tbe circumstances of bis old friend’s
death, asked if he had made any will be
fore he diecl ? On being answered by
Mr. Eyre in the negative, the clergy-
very coolly put his hand in his
pocket, and pulled out the former will,
which had toen committed to his care,
which Mr. Eyre had beqnethed him
the whole of his fortune, amounting to
several thousand pounds, excepting a
legacy of <£500 to his nephew.
PRETTY GOOD.
A correspondent of the Spirit of the
if the Banking system, travels.
f IT ** '* ’’
ppealed
Times tells a capital story of Western
He and his companions rode
tell, have appealed to t'>e baser passi<
of ignorant men, and excited thorn to
de-truction instead of reform.
How many men who were wealthy
on the 4th of March 1837, are .bankrupt
on the 4th of March 1641: How many
families who were livingin comfortthen,
feel the pinch of want now ! How ma
ny men who were then deemed honest, |
have become, under the wide, spread
depravation of morals, seif-banished de
faulters and peculators! Thousands,
thousands ! not only in the great marts
of commerce, where such things -will
sometimes, happen, but in' the villages
and neighborhoods of the country. In
stead of calculating upon a- gain from
their labors, men now thitik themselves
for unate-if they can close a year as well
off as they^togan it.
What ahgloomy page, we repeat, will
be .that in which the history of the last
four years is recorded!
The National Intelligencer is aut boris.
ed from an official.source, to announce
General Hamilton’s success in negotiat
ing in France the loan for Texas.
~~ m -
tertainment’ chalked on a board over
the door. They asked if they could
have dintier. ‘No—they had no bread,
no meat, no potatoes, no nothiug.’ Well,
they could take the horses and give them
something. ‘No—they had no hay, no
corn, nofodderofanysort.’ The travel
lers astonished at the limited means up
on which they had opened a public
house, asked. ‘Why, how So you dod*
.‘Pretty well. I thank ye—lmw do you
do?’ was the quick and unatural answer.
_ RECEIPTS.
Cotpulent persons desirous of regain
ing their shape, should apply to some
newspaper establishment lor the ofi^£
of collector. They will run the fat^ff
long before their station becomes a sine-
Flower of brimstone and molasses
taken inwardly is an invaluable remedy
fortheso who have an itch for office.
Sausages staffed with ted flannel and
horse meat are an economicrl article for
a young couple just going to housekeep-
ng. .. V •> ..