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| a, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
VOLUME XV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,-THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1847.
NUMBER 1.
BV CHRISTY & LA3IPKM.
Qfice on Broad Slrttt.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
J.NVAJUAELY IS ADVASCX.
^ Rates •l AdvcrtUInc
Letters of Citation.....* $2 75
Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25
Four Month** Notices 4 00
Sale of Personal Property, by Executors, Adminis
trators, or GuardiaM 3 50
Sales of Lsndsor Negroes, by do 4 75
. «**»■• -
Application for Letters of Dismission
Other Advertisements will be charged 81 00 for every
twelve lines of email type, or less, first insertion, and 50
cents for each weekly continuance. If published
other week, C2J cents for each continuance. If publish
ed once a month it will be charged 75 cents each time.—
For a ain«le Insertion. $1 00 per square. ,4k-
Advertisements, when the number of insertions is not
marked upon them, will bo published till forbid and charg
ed accordingly.
OCT Notico of the tale cf Lands and Negroes, by Admin
istrators. Kxccutors, or Guardians, must be published
sixty DAY* previous to day of sale
tt-Thc sale of Personal Property, in like manner, must
bo published torty days previous to day of sale.
8Cr Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be
published forty days.
(CT Notice that Application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary fur leave to sell Land or Negroes must be pub
lished FOUR MONTHS.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Clark mortgage Sale.
O N thefirat Tuesday in June next, will be sold
before the court house door in the town of VV at-
kinsville, Clark county, within the usual hours ol
sale, the following property. to wit:
Two Negroes, to wit: Silia a woman about24 years
of age, and Imwiaa !>oy about 7 years old. Levied upon
• he property of William T. VVozencraft, by *
Georgia—Gtrlnnctl county.
W HEREAS, Nathaniel H. Gorden, Guardian
N. Gorden, n;.pli ;s to me for Letters of I
from said Guardianship—
These arc therefore to c
gular the kindred and all <
be granted.
GiTcn under my hand, at office, this 1st day of March,
1847. JESSE MURPHEY, c.c.o.
March 4
GEORGIA—Gwinnett Connty.
W HEREAS. John Bankston, Jr., applies to me
for letters of administration on the estate of
John Bankston, Sen., late of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred ..nd creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
;f -ny they have, why said letters
show cause, if
should not be grmted
Given under my hand, at office, this 20th dav of
February, 1647. JESSE MURPIIEY, C. C. 6.
Feb 25
<L
30d
GEORGIA—Gwinnett
W HEREAS, Kenan T. Terrell applies
Letters of Administration on the estate of James
Bruton, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu-
sof a
be granted,
Given under my hand,
February, 1847. JESSE MURPHEY,
should
this the 11th day of
GEORGIA—Gwinnett Connty
•^yHEREAS, Newton McDill applies to i
i for
„ ..om Clark Inferior Court upon fore-
mortgage, at the instance of Barton
ol a fifa
a‘stud* William T. Wozcncraft.
April 1, 1847. I. S. VINCENT, Sh'Jf
Hall Sheriff* Sale*.
“im/TIA. be sold before the Court Horn** door in the
* * town of Gainesville, between the usual hours
of sale, on the first Tuesday in May next, the fol
lowing property, to wit.
One negro boy. levied on as the property of Wm.
Mulli.ts, to satisfy
of John K. Brown vs William Mullins and Elisha
Jjowry. levied on by a constable.
Also, one bay mare. levied on as the property ol
Ezekiel Gaily, to satisfy a fi fa from Hall Superior
Court; RobertB. Lewis vs Ezekiel Gaily and Joseph
a!m>, two hundred and four acres of land, north
half of said lot lying on the waters of Oconee river.
Levied on as the property of Ellis Buffington, to sat
isfy a fi fa from Hall Superior Court; Brown &- Sul
livan vp Ellis Buffington and William Treadaway.
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1847.
It. H. WATERS Sh]f
JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT,
February Term, 1S47.
Elizabeth J. Bostwick, )
vs \ Libel for Divorce.
Marquis Do Lafayette Bostwick. )
I T appearing to the Court that the defendant is not
to be found, and that he lias gone beyond the lim
its oftliis State to parts unknown,
On motion of William L. Mitchell, plaintiff’s at
torney, it is ordered by the Court, that said defend
ant be served by publication of this rule,-"'*'' -
for four months in some pnblic Gazette
prior to the next term ol this Court.
A true copy from the minutes of said Court, this
March 27th, 1847.
JOHN J. McCULLOCH, Clerk.
April 1, 1847. 4m
letters of Administration on the Estate of Jas,
S. McDill, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore 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 can, why said Let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this Feb. 4th, 1847.
Feb. 11. ' JESSE MURPHEY, c. c. o.
MISCELLANEOUS.
to the Stamp Act, in Charleston, S. C.—
Mrs. C. continued the paper until 17S0,
when she removed to Salem, Mass., and
She
Fem!ale"Vriaten and Editor*. ,
TrtM'dat jv*| took her press and type with her.
Anne Franklin.—The first newspa- Polished .a paper at Salem for some
per printed in Rhode Island, was at New- 3 cars > aaa . returned to Providence with a
port, in 1732, James Franklin, a brother 15 ur ? e suffiicient for “creature comforts”
of the publisher. He died! du "“S ” er ■
soon after' add his widow continued the :, Penelope Russell succeeded her hus-
busiuess several Years. She was printer | P™**^ ‘he “ Censor” at Boston
to the colony, supplied blanks to thepuL- " 1 , 1771 -' hhfi waa “ v » r ”' ’" J "**
1- i,i’ i i —_ ‘ iru *
in 1771.- She was a very industrious
lie officers, published pamphlets, &c.- - aru ^ nctivc w°man. She not only set
The Newport Mercury, which is now re::- j '3 P e > but while at her case, invoked her
ularly issued, grew out of this printing ! nu5e and P U ‘. U P ‘JP e on tragical events
office ih 1756, and is the oldest paper in I m interesl,n g manner, without any
for the government an edition of the !«««!. In Connecticut, Mrs. Watson, the nod-
containing 840 pages. She was aide,' ; JJ " “fEbenezer Watson, who d.ed in 1777,
her office fcv.’ter ■ daughters. ” io. “nhedone of the publishers oftheCou-
were correct ancHrvVtft compositors Hartford for two years, when a
very sensible women. A servant of the |>® n „™ an ° to °^ K cr a ,®
house usually worked tbe press. Grego-
"Not Dead but Sleeping.”
A foreigu journal mentions a remarka
ble casefof a female supposed to be dead,
and who came near being buried alive,
but who'was saved from premature in
terment almost miraculously. The girl
■had sickened and died (as her friends
thought,) she was laid out as usual, and
remained to all appearance as a corpse for
three days, when the time arrived which
was appointed lor her burial. When the
undertakers came to screw down the lid
of tire coffin, a slight perspiration was no
ticed upon her skin which being immedi
ately regarded, an examination was made,
life was soon found to be in the body, and
she was restored to health. The most in
teresting part of the circumstance' is t
account that the girl gave of h • *-
GEORGIA—-Clark County.
W HEREAS, William D. Whitlow applies tome
for letters of Administration on the estate of
James Whitlow, late of 6aid county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
and all persons'interested, to be and appear at my of
fice within the time prescribed by law, to show cause
(if any exist) why said letters should not be granted,
l Watkinsville,
ASA’ M. JACKSON, C C. O.
GEORGIA—Clark County.
VMf HEREAS, James P. Mayne applies to me for
* “ letters of Administration on the Real Estate
of John G. Mayne, deceased:
This is to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap
pear at my Office within the time prescribed by law,
to shew cause (if any they have) why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Office in Watkinsville, this
llth day of January, 1847.
Jan. 28 ASA M. JACKSON, c. c. o.
Georgia Hall County.
TZTHEPEAS. Harriet E. Chastain applies to me for I.et-
t V ters of Administration on the estate of Elias E. Chas
tain, late of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
IA11 „ U1 , UI , appear at my office, within the time prescribed by la>
this State, j phcw ca usc, if any exist, why said letters should n<
I granted.
n under my hand, at office, this 13ih dnv of Febm-
ry. 1847.
March 4.
E. M. JOHNSON c
30di
Executrix's Sajc,
W ILL bo sold on Tuesday, 27th of April nostat,
the late residence of James W. Shanker, late J y.,
of Jackson county,.deceased, within the legal hours j
of sale, a portion of the personal property belonging to j
the estate of 6aid deceased, consisting of calico, cam- j bc (
brics, bobinetU, vesting, broadcloth, homespun, Ken- j Givcn undcr my hanJ Bt officc> in Watkinksville, this
*’■'*» hats, j ,hc
GEORG!A—Clark County.
TX7I1EREAS, ThomasSansoni applies tome for Lcttcis
_7* of Administration on the estate of Jackson M
to and admonish all and singulai
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap-
my office, within the time prescribed by law, to
lusc (if any they have) why said Letters should not
tucky Jeans, handkerchiefs, overcoats, she
bonnets, iron, steel, hoes, molasses, coffee, tobacco,,
spun yarn, hardware, earthenware, cutlery, coperas,;
t of March, 1647.
ASA M. JACKSON c
ginger, saddles, bridles, martingales, blankets, steel- i Georgia Clark County.
yards, nails, saws, bagging, rope, corn, shotgun; a ; TITIIEREAS, Sarah Ann Hayes applies to me for Let-
great variety of medical drops and powders and a j IT tors of Administraion on the estate of John It.
groat variety of articles too tedious to mention, be- | Hayes, deceased :
longing to the stock of goods remaining on hand.— This is therefore to cite and admonish all ard singular
Also one brown mare. Sale to continue from day to ,hc kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and ap-
day until all is sold. Terras, [twelve months credit, | V™ at my office within the time prescribed by law, to she w
” • v*th approved security.'*' No property to ; ca “ s ^ , ( , lf any lhcy havc) wl,y said Leltcr8 • ll0u,d not be
small n
be removed until tnc terms are complied with.
LUCINDA SHANKER, JSxcc’x.
March 18,1847.
O
Executor's Sole.
,N the twenty-first day of April next, will be sold,
the late residence of Robert Ratchford, de-
sed, in Jackson county Georgia, a portion of the
personal property of said deceased, consisting of Corn,
Fodder, Wheat, kc.; also a few bags of Cotton, and
some other things too tedious to mention.
Terms of sale—Purchasers to give notes in amonnts
jiot exceeding thirty dollars, to become due the first
day of January next, with good personal security.
Mrach 3, 1847. WM. HENDERSON, Ex’r.
granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in IFatkinsville, this 2d
day of March, 1847
March 4 ASA M. JACKSON, c.c.o.
GEORGIA—CLARK COUNTY.
W HEREAS, James W. Barrett applies to me
Letters of Administration, with the will
nexed, on the Estate of Henry ITuff, deceased:
This is therefore to cite and admonish, all and:
gular the kindred and creditors ot said deceased, to
be and appear at my Office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause (if any they have) why said Let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, at Watkinsville,
this the 5th day of March, 1847.
ASA M. JACKSON c. c.
March 11,1847.
<4 dismission from said Guardianship—
It is therefore ordered, that the Clerk give notice in
one or more of the public gazettes of this State, re
quiring all persons concerned, to show cause, if any
■they have, on or before the first Monday in May
next, why the said Thomas P. Hudson, Guardian as
aforesaid, should not, onthatday.be discharged.
A true copy from the minutes of said court, this
1st day of March, 1847. 40d
March 4,1847. JESSE MURPHEY, c. c. a
iCesrfla—Gwinnett county.
Cor kt or Ozdinxky, Masch Term, 1847.
WHEREAS, Thomas Mathis, Guardian of Thomas
iT Terry and ELzabeth Terry, orphans of Thomas Ter
ry'deceased, petitions this Court for Letters of Dismission
■ drem said Guardianship—
' At is therefore ordered by the Court, that the Clerk give
notice in one of the public gazettes of this State, requiring
all persons concerned to show canse, if any they hare,
or before the first Monday in May next, why the said
Thomas Mathis, guardian M aforesaid, should not,
day, be discharged.
o copy from tbe minutes of
of March, 1847.
March 4
JESSE MURPHEY, CO.
40d
Notice.
A LL persons indebted lo the Estate of John Driver,
late of Gwinnett County, deceased, are hereby re
quested to make immediate payment; and those holding
demands are requested to present them properly attested,
within tbs time prescribed bylaw.
March 25,1847. MARY DRIVER, Adm'x.j
TIOUR months after date application will be made to
J; Honorable Inferior Court of Gwinnett Connty, when
fitting as a Court of ordinary, tor leave to sell the Real
Estate of Henry Stevenson, late of said Connty, deceased.
> ’ WM. DAVIS, sr. ) 4 . .
March 25. WM. DAVIS, Jr.
Flora Sanders, executrix, John Shepherd, ex- I
ecutor of James Sanders, dec’d., and James >
O. Dickson, David Dickson, Elizabeth Ann j
Dickson, William C. Dickson, John S.Dick- |
son, Martha Dickson, and Willis Martin.
ry Dexter, an early settler of Providence,
usually worked for her when she had fi
large job, or an almanac to get out. It
seems printing with type was not her on
ly business. Read her advertisement:
“ The Printer hereof prints linens, cal
icoes, silks, &c., in figures very lively
and durable colors, and without the offen
sive smell which commonly attends linen
printed here.”
Mrs. Sarah Goddard, was also a prin
ter at Newport in 1776. She was born in
Rhode Island, 'was the widow of Giles
Goddard, printer of New London. She
received a good education, and was well
acquainted with many branches of liter
ature. She had the management of a
newspaper, and conducted it with much
ability for two years when John Carlef
associated with her, under the firm of
Sarah Goddard & Co.
Mrs. Margaret Draper, was the widow
of Richard Draper. She published the
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News
Letter, after his death. It was the first
paper established in North America. All
the newspapers excepting hers, ceased to
be published when Boston was besieged
by the English. She left Boston with the
British Army and went to England, where
a pension was settled upon her by the go
vernment for life.
Mrs. Cornelia Bradford, was. the wid
ow of Andrew Bradford, who died in
Philadelphia, in 1742. She continued
the printing business for a number of
years, and retired with a sufficiency of
“ worldly lucre.” ( . .
In the same city, Mrs. Janetkitkirf, at
the death of her father, in 1802, Continu
ed the business. Her reputation was
high, from the productions which issued
from her press. She was also noted for
correctness in proof-reading. ^ p
Mrs. Zedger, the widow of~JoW P.
Zenger, who published the second .news
paper established in New York, Oa^ied
on the business for years after ms death.
She was a modest woman ; the exact re
verse of her husband, who managed’ to
have as many libel suits on hand, as a
certain literary character of our time.—
The consequence was, Zenger got into
lull intimacy with the prisons for giving
public utterance to his liberal views.—
Mrs. Zenger conducted the “ New York
Weekly Journal!” with ability, for three
years until 174S.
Mrs. Mary Holt, widow of John Holt,
andpublisherofthe “ New York Journal,”
in 1793, was appointed printer to this
State. The paper did powerful service
during the Revolution.
Anne K. Greene was born in Holland.
In I7C7 she succeeded her husband in
printing the Marylaud GazcttertueJirst
paper printed in that State. She execut
ed the Colony printing, and continued
the business to her death in 1775.
Mrs. Hassebotch. The first printer in
Baltimore was Nicholas Hassebolcbv—
He was succeeded by his widow, who did
up business with expedition.
Mrs. Mary K. Goddard, was sister to
William Goddard of Rhode Island, who
established the Maryland Jpumal. Com
ing from a State where free toleration
was allowed, he was apt to write rather
harshly. He was several times mobbed,
his partner for life. The Courant is stU
published
All Difficulties may be Overcome-
There are few difficulties that hold out
against real attacks: they fly, like the
visible horizon before those who advance.
A pa^ivnate desire and unwearied will,
can perfoim impossibilities, or what seem
lo be such to the cold and feeble. If we do
but go on, some unseen path will open up
on the hills. We must not allow ourselves
to be discouraged by the apparent dispi
portion between the result of single efforts
and the magnitude of the obstacles to be
encountered. Nothing good or great is to
be obtained without courage and industry;
but courage and industry might have
sunk in despair, and the world must have
remained unornamented and unimproved,
if men had nicely compared the effect of
a single stroke of a chisel with the pyramid
to be raised, or of a single impression
of the spade, with the mountain to be
leveled. All exertion, too, is in itself de
lightful, and active amusements seldom
tire us. Helvetius Qwns that he could
hardly listen to a concert for two hours,
though he could play an instrument all
day loug. The chase, we know, has al
ways been the favorite amusement of
kings and nobles. Not only fame and
fortune, but pleasure, is to be earned.—
Efforts, > it must not be forgottten, are
perience during her inanirnutt ... i*;
said sho appearad tu dream th?*.* she was
dead, but was sensible to everything that
was passing around her, and distinctly
heard her friends bewail her death ; she
felt them envelope her in the shroud and
place her in the coffin. The sensation
gave her extreme agony, and she attempt
ed to speak, but her soul was unable to
act upon her body. She describes her
sensations as very contradictory, as if she
was in and out of her body at the same
If ever, reader, you meet a man who
speaks lightly of woman, who laughs and
rails at those who frequent her society,
beware of him, for his acquaintance is
dangerous. It is seldom that you meet
one, but there are those \yho never fre
quent the society ofvirtuous femaies, and
who are abashed when in the presence of
love and purity. They pass their days
no one knows where, and unknown to so
ciety, their existence is unimportant.—
They deprive themselves of the greatest
of blessings, and their departure from
the world may be 'heralded, but it is un-
regretted. There is a feeling of loneli
ness which creeps over our heart at the
mention of such people, for the death-bed
T / f w ^° no eye to weep for him,
J plicate l.und to smooth his brow, as
W(Vfr*an only can do, oo to mule voice
whose- accents falling on the ear, sound
like the echo of angel’s voices ; without
these death must be awfnl. In woman
one half of our joys are centered. The»*
smile of her face is a better reward for
troubles overcome, and days of hard la
bor, than heaps of shining gold. Her
voice, her looks, her words are a talisman
shielding us from temptation and emula
ting us to the performance of the great
instant. She attempted in vain to move] duties of life. We find her ready to re-
her arms, to open her eyes, to speak.— I joice at our success, and alike ready to
The agony was at its height when she J condole if we are unfortunate. Hcr’s is
heard the funeral hymn, and found they I a friendship and love which will never
about to nail down the coffin. The j fade, but continue while like lasts, pure
horror of being buried alive gave d
impulse to her mind, which resumed its
power over its corporeal organiazlion,
and produced the effects which excited
the notice of those who were about to
convey her to a premature grave.
TIso Pirate and Dove.
The following interesting fact is relat
ed by Audubon, in his Ornithological Bi
ography. In speaking of the Zaniada
dove, he says: “ A man who was a pi
rate, assured me that several times, while
at certain wells dug in the burning shelly
sand of a well-known key, which must
here be nameless, the soft and melancholy
cry of the doves awoke in his breast feel
ings which had long slumbered, melted
his heart to repentance, and caused him
. _ to linger at the spot in a state of mind
as indispensable as desire. The globe which he only who compares the wretch-
is not to be circumnavigated by one wind, edness within him, with the happiness of
We should never do nothing. “It is j former innocence, can truly feel. He nev-
better to wear out than to rust out,” says i er left the place without increased fears
Bishop Cumberland. “ There will be ot fury, associated as he was, I believe
tiipd enough to repose in the grave,” said jby force, with a band of the most desper
Ntcole to Pascal- In (ruth, the proper >
rest for inan is change of occupation.—'
As a popular Italian writer justly, as well
as elegantly, compares procrastination to
the foiiy.ofa traveler vyhojjui sues a brook the only soothing sound he ever heard
till it widens into a river and is tost intbe fluking ha sd :feofhGr4^r thatthroagh these
I T appearing that the defendants in the above stated
case, Flora Sanders, executrix, and John SheD-
ate villians that ever an?/oycd the navi
gation of the Florida coast.
So deeply moved by the notes of any
bird, and especially, by those of the dove,
*t_- ; i l._ i i
sea.- The,toils as-wsll as-mkrofan ac
tive life are commonly pyerrap.d, so much’
ma3 r be done by the diligent use of or
dinary opportunities ; but they must not
always be waited for. We must not on
ly strike the iron whilst it is hot, but till
“ it is made hot.” Herschell y the astrono
mer, declares that ninety or a hundred
hours clear enough for observation cannot
be called an unproductive year. The
lazy, dissipated, and, the fearful, should
patiently see the active and the bold pass
them in their course. They must bring
down their pretensions to the level of
their talents. Those who have not en-
gy to work must learn to be humble,
and should not vainly hope to unite
the incompatible enjoyments of indolence
and enterprise, of ambition and self-indul
gence. I trust that ray young friends will
never attempt to reconcile them.
and undiminished. Seek her society, for
it has a purifying influence.
Moral of Relic-hood.
The “ Knickerbocker” thus discourses :
“ Here is a young lady who grows thin
because she is not a belle. Has she con
sidered what the life of a beauty is J, To
be flattered by every body, besieged with
* blarney’ and lies, mock affection and in
sincere friendship; to be stared at in the
street, and to be conscious that beauty is
preferred lo worth; to feel inferior arid
be superior in place; to be obliged to still
every true emotion of the heart; never to
love, but to be married in obedience to
what the fashionable world says she ought
to do; finally to wear false hair, false
teeth, and to be false in everything; and
dying, give directions about the grave
dress, as becoming or not. My dear young
lady, be a milk-maid ; dress your rich
tresses in the glass of the still water; love^,
some honest lad who will doat UQftfTyoIr
become the mother of good m§fljdi e with
some sense that yon have va ; n;
leave the menuw^/of gooj} de"ds to tfie
poor; that yon were,flrgMtl mother, a
nice house-keeper/a trugal wire . and
such a reputatiGff^g worth all the homage
.beauty revives, a thousand times over.”
plaintive notes, and them alone,'
duced to escape from his Vessel, abandon
his turbulent companions, and return to
a family deploring his absence. After
paying a parting visit to those wells, and
listening once more to the cooing of*the
Zaniada, he poured out his soul in suppli
cation for mercy, and once more became
what Pope declared to be * the noblest
work of God,’ an honest man. His es
cape was effected amidst difficulties and
danger; but no danger seemed to be com
parable with that of living in violation of
iuman and divine laws.”
A Juvenile Yankee Trick.—In the vil
lage of New Bedford, (says the Provi
dence Herald,) the boys were in the hab
it of playing at ball. A cross-grained old
chap, who kept a crockery store, was
somewhat annoyed by the juvenile sports;
and whenever a ball came in his way
would seize upon it, take it into his store,
and clap it into the stove without ceremo
ny. A few days since, having raatle a
prize of one of the offensive articles
and had to finally quit die Stquestion, and adotped his usual course,
case, Flora Sanders, executrix, and John Shep
herd, executor of James Sanders, late of said county,
deceased,and James O. Dickson, Elizabeth Ann Dick-
son, William C. Dickson, John S. Dickson, Martha
Dickson and Willis Martin reside out of the county
erf Madison—It ir ordered that they be served by pub
lication in one of the Athens gazettes. 14th Janua
ry, 1847. JAMES S. GHOLSTON, Clerk.
Jan 21 _ 2mm
GEOBGIA—Clark Connty^
W HEREAS, Thomas Stewart, Guardian of Kitty
w * E. and Hannah R. Stewart, minors of said
Thomas Stewart, applies to me for Letters of Dismis
sion from said Guardianship:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested to be and appear at my office within
the time prescribed by law, to show cause (if any they
hare) why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Office at Watkinsville, this
9th day of Feb., 1847.
Feb. 11. ASA M. JACKSON, C. C. O.
Notice.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of J
Shanker, late of Jackson county, dec
James W.
. . _ deceased, are
requested to come forward and settle un their ac
counts without delay; and ail persons having de
mands against the estate are required to render them
in according to law.
turn to Providence. His sTSrel'Mary con:
ducted the paper for eight years, took in
jobwork, and acted as post-master until
1784. She was spirited in her writings,
and nothing but her sex saved her from
frequent flagellations.
Mrs. H. Boyle published a paper at
Williamsburgh, Va., in 1774. It favored
the Crown, and lived but a short time.
Clementine Bird succeeded her hus
band in tbe Virginia Gazette, in 1772.—
T. W. Jefferson was a contributor. She
died in 1775.
Mrs. (Elizabeth Timothee, after the
death of her husband in 1773, continued
publishing the Gazette, in Charleston, S.
C. She conducted the press two years,
when her son took it. '
Anne Timothee, tbe widow oi the son
of Elizabeth, just mentioned, after the
Revolutionary war ceased, revived the
Gazette, which had been established by
the elder Timothee. It had been discon
tinued while the British troops were in
possession of Charleston. She was ap
pointed printer, to the State, and held ihe
office until 1792.
Mary’Crouch was the widow of Charles
Crouch, and bom in Rhode Island. Her
husband established a paper iu opposition
he soon found he had “ caught a Tar
tar.” A horrible explosion took place—
the stove was blown “sky high,”—the
store was .shattered with the shock—-arid
about forty dollar’s worth of crockery
was dashed to pieces! It is unnecessary
to add, that tbe urchins who had so often
been interrupted in their sports by “ sour-
sops” had charged their ball with gun
powder, by way of a practical hint to the
old fellow to let them alone in future.'
A Curious cause op War.—In the year
1005, some soldiers-of the commonwealth of
Modena ran away with a bucket from a publii
well, belonging to the State of Bologna. This
implement might be worth a shilling; but it
produced a bloody quarrel, which was worked
up into a bloody war. Henry, the king of Sar
dinia for the Emperor or Henry the second
assisted the Modenese to keep possession of
Rnrcliard the Revivalist*
In the Editor’s Table of the Knicker
bocker for the present month, we find
the following from a correspondent:
“« They tellan excellent story of Burch-
ard, the Revivalist: not of him, exactly,
either, but of what happened at the close
of one of his meetings. He was iu the
habit of addressing his congregation in
this wise: * I am now going to pray; and
I want all that desire to be prayed for,
or to have any of their friends who are
absent prayed for, to send up their names
on a piece of paper.* On the occasion to
which we refer, there was at once sent
up to the desk quite a pile of little slips
of paper, with the names of persons on
whose behalf he was to * wrestle,’ as he
said with the Almighty.* A pause soonen-
Mahomttan Parable.—We do not recol
lect ever to have seen a more forcible il
lustration of the tenacity with which tho
lust of power is capable of seizing upon
the mind, than*the following, exhibited in
the lorm of an Oriental parable:
“ A grand signor caused his vizier’s arm
to be cut off and proclaimed that the arm
should be thrown up, whoever caught
it falling, should succeed in the vizier’s
place ; but upon terms to be served tho
same as his predecessor at the expiration
of the year. When the crowd was come '
together to catch his arm, one man more
diligent and dexterous than the rest caught
it. So he was vizier; and at the year’s
end, his right arm was cut off and thrown
up as before, and he himselt, with his left
arm, caught it again; and after his se
cond year his left arm was cut off, and
thrown up and he caught it with his
mouth.” vi-t
Post Office Scene.—Have you got a let
ter my for boss !” . . . *
Who’s your boss ?” * *
The one that I works for.”
What’s his name, you idiot ?”
Robert Brown sure.”
There’s none here for him.”
It ain’t for hinaT wants it. It’s alet-
ter for myself, but I axes for him bekase
his name is better known than mine.”
sued, when he said, * Sen ( d ’em up! send
’em up! I can pray for five thousand jest
the bucket: and in one of the battles he
was made prisoner. His father, the Emperor,
offered a chain of gold that would encircle Bo
logna, which is seven miles in compass for hia
son’s ransom, but in vain. After twenty twd
years imprisonment, and his father being dead,
he pined away and died. His monument is
still extant in the church of the Dominicans.
This fatal bucket is still exhibited in the tower
of the Cathedral of Modena, enclosed
as easy as I can pray for a dozen. Send
’em up ! If you hav’ri’t any paper,
get up and name the fnend you want
prayed for.* At this stage .of the pro
ceeding a man whom we shall call Oziel
Beggs, a stalwart person of six feet and
half in his stockings, a notorious unbe
liever and a confirmed wag to boot, rose
in the midst of the congregation, a mark
for all and amidst the winks and becks and
smiles.of auditory, saidr Mr. Burchard,
I want you to pray for Jim Thompson !*
The reverend petitioner saw, from the
excitement in the audience that Oziel was
a i hard case.’ ‘ What isyour name, sir ?
—and who is Mr. Thompson ?’ It’s Jim
Thompson; he keeps a tavern down in
Thompsonville, and I keep a public house a
little below him. He is an infernal scoun
drel and I want you to give him a lift. But,*
said Mr. Burchard, ‘ have you faith in the
efficacy of prayer ? Do you believe in
the *power of petition ? * That’s n’ilker
here nor there,’ responded Oziel; f I want
you to try it on him 7 ”
EscapeS—Nine prisoners broke jail and
escaped on the 19th instant, in New Or
Jeans, $180 is offered for their arrest.
Curious Timepiece.—-In one of the most
fashionable resorts in Paris is a cannon*
loaded and primed, and so placed the
focus of the burning glass falls upou tbe
powder precisely at 12 o’clock; of course,
every pleasant day the hour of noon is in
dicated by the firing of the cannon. On
every such a day, a crowd gathers round
it to watch the progress of the sun v spot,
and the manner in which the motion of
the earth on its axis is made to fire off ar
tillery. • ,‘
A rather laughable affair occurred a
few weaks ago, in one of our principle
hotels, showing the peculiar regard which
some men have to rank or title in dffiqe. „
Several members ol the house of repre
sentatives were seated at tbe dining table*
(feeling, rather dignified, we suppose,)
when one of them said, “ Will the gentle^
mao from Andover please pass the but
ter this way.” Pretty soon another spoke,
“Will the gentleman, from Worcester
please pass the salt this way,” when one
of our city wags, taking the hinU turned
round to the blach waitcr, and says, dis
tinctly-, “ Will the gentleman from Africa
please pass the bread this way ."-Path-
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