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GEORGIA COURIER.
J. G. M WHORTER
HENRY MEALING,
nm.TsiiERs.
Term* Tub Pap^r i published .very Monday and
Thursday afi.rnoon, at #.'■ W) per annum, payable in_,acJ-
rance, or *>j 00 at the xpira.ion of the year.
i T Ailvertireuicuts iu i xreedine a square, inserted the
Cm 'itne or 62 1-2 cents, anl 43 3-4 cents for eadi.cou-
the
the guard house with
curiosity.
An hour had elapsed, and every ear was
upon the rack for the discharge of the mus
ket, when, upon a sudden, the report was
heard. The guard immediately marched
most anxious j Greeks around the bpdy of Patroclus,
| their retreat vyill. be a*tprotr*cted defeat;
3tep after step, stript of armour and spoils
till at last thp dismembered and naked car
cass will be flung into the last trench of the
Mussulman empire. The time is past
accompanied, as before, by the colonel, j since Islamism poured her whitening tur-
Singidar Aioenture of a British Soldier.
In the year 1779, when the war with
America was conducted with great spirit
upon that continent, a division of the Brit
ish army was encamped on the banks of a
river, and in a position so favored bv na- I ,n y P os t» when I heard a rustling at some
and some of the most experienced officers
of the regiment. As they approached the
post, they saw the man advancing towards
them, dragging another man on the ground
by the hair of the head. When they came
up to him, it appeared to be an Indian
whom lie had shot. An explanation was
immediately required, “I told your hon
or,” said the man, “that I should fire if I
heard the least noise. The resolution I
had taken has saved my life, and led to
the discovery. I had not been iong on
lure, that it was difficult for any military
art to surprise it. War in America was
rather a species of hunting than a regular
campaign. “ If you fight with art,” said
Washington tothe soldiers, “you are sure
tube defeated. Acquire discipline enough
for concert, and the uniformity of combined
attack, and your country will prove the
best of the engineers.” So true was this
maxim of the American general, that the
English soldiers had to contend with little
else. The Americans had incorporated
the Indians into their ranks, and had made
• them useful in a species of war to which
their habits of life had peculiarlyfitted them.
They sallied out of their impenetrable for
ests <tnd jungles, and, with their arrows and
tomahawks, committed daily waste upon
the British army, surprising their Sentinels,
cutting off their stragglers, and even when
the alarm was given, and pursuit com-j
menced, they fled with a swiftness that (he j
speed of cavalry could not overtake, into J
rocks and fastnesses whither it was dan- j
ger’ou.s to follow them. In male# to limit
as far as possible this species of war, in
which there was so-much loss and so litile
honor, it was the custom with cveiy regi
ment to extend its outposts to a great dis
tance beyond the encampmen's ; to station
sentinels* some miles rn the woods, and
keep a constant guard round the main
body. A regiment of foot was, at this
time, stationed upon the confines of the
boundless Savannah. Its particular office
was to guard every avenue of approacli
to the main body; the sentinels whose
post penetrated into the woods, were sup
plied from the ranks, and the service of
_ th’s regiment was th is more hazardous
than that of any other. Its loss was like
wise great. The sentinels were perpe
tually surprised upon their putts bv the
Indians, and, what was most astonishing,
they were borne off their stations without
communicating anv alann, or being heard
of after. Not a trace was left of the man
ner in which they had been conveyed
away, except that upon one 01 two occa
sions, a few drops of blood had appeared
upon the leaves which covered the ground.
Many tmputed this unaccountable disap
pearance to treachery, .and suggested, as
an unanswerable argument, that the men
thus surprised might at least have fired
their muskets, and communicated the
•alarm to the contiguous posts. Others,
however, who could not be brought to
consider it ns treachery, wore content to
receive lias a mystery which time would
explain.
One morning, t’:e ■ enitels having been
stationed as usual over night, the guard
went at sunrise to relieve a post which
extended a considerable distance into the
woods. The sentinel was gone! The
surprise was great; but the circumstance
had occurred before. They left another
man, and departed wishing him bettpr luck.
“ 3 on need not be afraid,” said the man,
with warmth, “ I shall not desert.” The
relief-company returned to the guard
house.- The sentinels were replaced every
four hours, and, at the appointed time, the
guard again marched to relieve the post.
To their inexpressible astonishment, the
man. was gone ! They searched round the
post, but no traces could be found of his
disappearance. It was nec°.ssarv that the
station, from a stronger motive than ever,
should npt remain unoccupied : they weie
compelled to leave another man, and re
turned, ruminating on this strange circum
stance, to the guard house. The supersti
tion of the soldiers Was awakened, and ter
ror ran through the regiment. The colo
nel being apprised of the occurrence, signi
fied his intention to accompany the guard
distance ; I looked, and saw an American
hog, such as are common in the woods,
crawling along th** ground, and seemingly
looking for nuts under the trees, and a-
moiig the leaves. As these animals are so
very common, I ceased to consider it ful
some minutes ; but being on the constant
alarm and expectation of attack, and
scarcely knowing what to consider a real
cause of apprehension or not, I kept my
eye vigilantly fixed upon it, and marked
its progresss among the trees; still there
was no need to give the alarm, and my
thoughts were, notwithstanding, directed
to danger from another quarter. It struck
me, however, as somew hat singular to see
the animal making, by a circuitous pas
sage, for a thick coppice, immediately’be-
liind my post. I therefore kept my eyes
more constantly fixed upon it, when a few
| yards of the copice, hesitated whether I
[should not fire. My comrades,thought I,
w ill laugh at me for alarming them by
shooting a pig V' I had almost resolved to
let it alone, when just as it approached the
thicket, I thought I observed it give- an
unusual spring. I no longer hesitated;
I took my aim, discharged my piece, and
the animal was instantly stretched before
me with a groan which I conceived to
be that of a human creature. I went up
to it, and judge my astonishment, when I
found I had an Indian ! He had envelop
ed himself with the skin of one of these
wild hogs so artful and completely,. his
hands and feet were so entirely concealed
iu it, and his gait and appearance were
so exactly corresdondent to that of the
animal’s, that, imperfectly as they were
always seen through the trees and jungles,
the disguise could not be penetrated at a
distance, and scarcely discovered upon
the nearest aspect. He was armed with a
dagger and a tomahawk.” Such was
the substance of this man’s relation. The
Indians, skeltered in this disguise, secre
ted themselves in the coppice, watched the
moment when they could throw it off,
hurst upon the sentinels without previous
ala; m, and too quick to give them an op
portunity to discharge their pieces’, either
stabbed or scalped them, and bore their
bodies away, which they concealed at
some distance in the leaves.
bans, like sea foam, round the mightiest
capitals of Christian Europe : and when
her feiocious sons beheld the Caliph lead
er urge his horse into the sea, and lifting
up his han.d to heaven, invoke the Prophet
to witness. J! { that nature, and nature on
ly., resisted the further propagation of his
laws." The time for that burning zeal
has long past. But who can tell whether
Statt aratelature*
IN SENATE.
Wednesday Nov. 7-
Notices for leave to report bills, viz : -
By Mr. Muncrief—To legalize alid
make valid all grants of land which may
have heretofore issued without the Go
vernor’s signature being attached there
to.
By Mr. Cochrane—To extend the time
for fortunate drawers in the land lotter
ies of 1818, 1819, and 1821, to take out
their grants.
Mr. Williams presented the petition of
a number of the citizens ofHancock coun-
diers who fortunate drawers in the
date land lottery
Mr. Burnes—To compensate grand and
petit jurors.
Mr. Thomas-To make valid and le
gal all draws by such persons as served
by hiring substitutes ainder the provisions
of the act of the last session of the Legis
lature.
Mr. Shorter—To provide for recording
deeds of morgage upon real and personal
property within this state.
Mr. Lamar—To extend the timfe of
payment to purchasers of fractions and
lots in the (own of Macon/
Mercurial Mine in Boston. As
workmen were digging the foundation
houses the other day, under the sotrj ^
browofCopp’s Hill, in the northern ^
tion of thi> city, they discovered at T
depth of about three feet beneath the- *
face, globules ofnative Mercury, of
ous magnitudes, from one fourth rf*
inch diameter down to the size of n t
pin’s head. These globules are ln { j„ t . / ’
veins of siliceous earth, passing jj ~ n ',
clay of greyish colour. WhetheM^
: mine is extended, or whether the earth
; which the globules are bedded, is
I impregnated with the mineral, '
it may not be again rekindled hy collision ; praying to be annexed to the County
Mr. Freeman, of Oglethorpe-To pro- j has not yet advanced so far as to
vide for the construction of a turnpike \ Enough has been found to excitP tU
with the rival bigotty of Russia. To our
view, there are still materials in the Mus
sulman creed, for creating an enthusiasm,
equal in character, and perhaps in degree,
to that which enabled the Saracens to re
sist and baffle the shock of Europe’s most
warlike chivalry, with England’s Iion-
heart at itsdie'ad,precipitated on the shores
of Palestine. We are on the eve, as we
began with saying, of a tremendous crisis ;
and time only can decide, whether the
consequences of the new vial of military
desolation, which is about to be poured
out, will be pregnant with evil, or redun
dant with good.
of Bald win-r-wbich was read and referred
to a committee consisting of Messrs.
from Athens to Augusta.
■ , . e xcite the . u
I riosity and attention of the scientific w:
Mr. Brewster— To prohibit the farther ' eralogist and Chymist, who are nc
From the National Journal.
The name of Thomas Cooper, Presi
dent of Columbia College, South Caro-
Williams, Crawford, ofHancock and Ten- j
nille.
Mr» Henrick laid on the table the fol
lowing preampleand resolution :
Whereas the .Penitentiary system is a
subject in which considerable interest is
felt by the citizens ofthe State, and where
as a very considerable difference of opin
ion is entertained with regard to its utility, i
both as to its moral and pecuniary iuflu- j
cnce; and whereas on all subjects of such j
importance to the public, it is desirable j
both to the representatives of the people
and the people themselves, to ascertain as
nearly as practicable, the wishes of the
people ;
Be it therefore Resolved, That it shall
introduction of slaves into this State.
gaged in m iking analizations; and
Mr. Townsend—To give a more effec-; shortly be able to report. This
tual and speedy relief to purchasers, bona j only mine of the kind ever disc v /'.**
fide, of property which is encumbered by : in New England, and, I mav add
judgments and mortgages, previous to its] United States.— American Trail 1 } -
’transfer. " " ! ' tr '
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| Mr. Phillips—To create a new niili-
i tary division, of the 5th and 7th Division
| Georgia Militia, and to attach the new
j counties to the same. *
Mr. Green—To amend the act of 1826.
concerning the liability of endorsers, See.
Mr. L\man—To alter the time of lmld-
Soon after Lord Ken von was ,v
ed Master of the Rolls,'he was listenin'"
very attentively, to a voung clerk
was reading to him, before °a numbe-"-
gentlemen of the long robe, the
ances of an estate, and on
convey.
lino, is before the public as ’ the cliidf, and j be the dut y of ,h « Magistrates presiding at
—.»©<».—
From the British Traveller, of Sept. 18.
We are on the eve of a great crisis.
Scenes of intense and magnificent interest
are abont to be enacted in the East. It
appears, from the latest advices, that
Turkey is awaking from Iver sleep of ages,
and making the most formidable exertions
to peel the hostile aggressions of Russia,
and to retain her hold of her Greek
Bondsmen. The number »f soldiers dis
ciplined in the European fashion is stated
at 150,000 and the Grand Signor shortly
expects that force to be raised to 600,000.
This is a new triumph for illiberality and
prejudice ; the triumph of European dis
cipline in Turkey will enable the Sultan
Mahmoud to prop the collapsing towers
of the Seraglio, and again lift up “the
abomination that malceth desolate,” over
the now beleagured circuit of the Atheni
an Acropolis. But though human -efforts
may daily, they will not, cannot ultimate
ly defeat the progress of knowledge,—
The revolution we daily witness attest
this in a voice of rhunder. The great cir
cle of improvement must finally he com
pleted. The sun which shines at Lisbon
will shine, in turn, at Cairo and Istam-
boul. We may disarm the march of
mighty events. If Europe does not
quickly interpose, the scvmitar of the ruth
less Ottoman will again be bathed in the
choicest blood i.f Greece. Russia has been
most able, opponent of the American Sys
tem iri th‘e South. In his denunciations
he is even bold enough to speak of a dis
solution of the Union ! When in Penn
sylvania, it is remembered he was a zea
lous defender of the cause which, with so
little decency, he now denounces. What
a difference in the climate ! Two or three
degrees have an astonishing c-llect upon
opinion ! But when at the North, the
system was popular. True: arid with ad
miral consistency the Judge still supports
the popular caus‘e. It is to him the rock
of Iloreb, from which issues honors and
hot toddy—more grateful than water to the
thirsty Israelites. It would be unjust,
however to ascribe to self-interest alone
this total change of ground. Faction is
the element of this distinguished man.—
It is as natural to him as the ocean’s waves
to mother Carey’s chickens. A Faction-
tot in England, affiliated with the Jacobins
of France, he sought to introduce there the
French System, and found it convenient
to emigrate hastily to America, to avoid a
compulsory voyage to another and more
distant region. Arrived here, Faction
still found him upon her bubbling surface.
He wrote a libel—sent it to the Attorney
General, avowing it to be his—accom
plished his purpose—was convicted—be
came a martyr—rose on the storm—was
appointed to office—and behold him Pres
ident Judge of a Judicial District. And
how did he behave? Strictly in charac
ter. A demigogue in pursuit of power ;
a tyrant in its exercise. For the people
and their rights he shewed the most per
fect contempt. To such an extent did
he carry his high-h«nded and overbearing
despotism that tiie Representatives of the
Judge
when they relieved the sentinel they had j_ completely foiled in her attack on Persia.
loft.. At the appointed time tl?-’*v all inarch
ed together: and again, to then unutterable
wonder, they found the post vicanf, and
thp man gone ! Lender these circumstan
ces the Col. hesitated whether he should
station a whole company here t.r whether
he should again submit the post to a single
Sentinel. The cause of these repeated dis-
The proud hopes of the Northern Auto
crat of scattering the green turbaned squa
drons ofTeflis, st the first charge of her
Georgian cavalry, and opening the road
for her Cal mucks and Cossacks to the
heart of Persia, have been baffled for the
present and thus ends the march to India
of the Northern Colossus. But her long
People were obliged to interfere.
Cooper was removed from office—justly
degraded—by the votes of two-thirds of
both brandies of the Assembly, and the
hearty concurrence of Governor Snyder.
Alter vainly striving to regain popularity
by sustaining the cause ofDomestic Man
ufactures, he received an offer of the
Presidency of Columbia College, South
Carolina. In this new station, the public
has heard more of disputes respecting re
ligious principles, than of the improve
ment of his pupils. The quiet and repose
of Academic shades, were however, little
suited to his taste, his temper, or habits.
Happily, for him, the public mind became
agitated on the subject of protecting our
homo industry—parties were excited—he
saw the whitecaps break, and heard the
roaring of the billows. ' Feeling that con
fusion was his element, he plunged.in, as
a Newfoundland dog dives into water.—
W hat. a pitty for him and his cause that
he is superannuated ; past seventy—it is
ton late even to iiope that he can live to
see the Union divided, though it might,
were he younger, propitiate the Govern
ment of Great Brittain, and open the way
for his forgiveness, and return to his na
tive shores. He has written voluminous
ly, and of his productions it may be said
1 Sunt bona, sunt quoedam unsdiocria, sunt mala
plura.”
appearances of men, whose courage and indulged day dream of planting the Cross
honesty was never suspected, must be dis
covered; and it seemed not likelv that this
discovery could he obtained bv persisting
in the old method. Three brave men were
Dow lost to due reg 1 rent, and to assign the
post to a totH th, see med nothing less than
giving him up to destruction. The poor
fellow whose turn it was to t «ke the sta
tion, tho’ a man in other respects .of in-
•omparable resolution, trembled t'r.nn head
to loot. “ I must do mv du’v,” said he
to die officer, “ I know that; but I should
!ik to lose ray life with more credit.”—
“ I will leave no man,” said the colonel,
“against his will.” A man immediately
s'enped from the ranks, and desired to
take thp nnst. Every mouth commended
Us resolution. “ I will not be taken a-
live,” said he, “and you shall hear of me
on the least ala m. At all events I will
fi r « mv niece if I hear the least noise.—
It a crow hatters or a leaf fulls, you shall
g n . You may be alarmed v hen
s the matter; but you must tike
hear rr>
n ’bin
!|Ce °f that, as the condition et mv
a rag the discovery.’’ The colonel ip-
p 1 u e; his 'onrage, and told him he
h<; ri ht to fire nun ihe least noise
\v.vd) was uous. His comrades
SiM.'k n ”ds a • n hint, rid left hint with
a m •: iu■-h... 1 forcb ding The company
i , v o — - - - -;—•• j ' • “‘v i tuyai
marched ueck ; and waited th* event in reiterated r$sis»apce,
of the Czars on the Crescent crowned
domes of .Constantinople, appears on the
eve of accomplishment. According to a
letter from Poland, great activity is em
ployed in fitting out the Russian fleet in
the Black Sea,—a measure regarded as an
indispensable preliminary to a war with
the Porte. These preparations, we are
told, were hitherto disregarded bv the Di
van, because they were confined to the es
tablishment of a military force on the
Danube. But as soon as orders were
sent to equip a fleet on the Black Sea, the
intentions of Nicholas stood revealed, and
lia was considered as desirous of commen
cing a war, in which the destinies of the
world might be involved. Without a fleet
on the shores of the Black Sea, a Russian
armv, advancing into Walachia, ni'ght
be cut oft’, by landings in its rear ; whete-
as, if the Rusian fleet command the Sea,
the armv may proceed without danger,—
Notwithstanding this menacing appear
ance, we do not think, nor have we ever
thought, that the fall of Othman’s throne
will be be so easily accomplished as some
presume. Turkey will perish with the
convulsive throes of a dying giant. Her
undisciplined Spahis, and Scbockdars will
be driven back by the more regular charge
ofthe Russiai cavalry; but not. wiihoui
Like the retreatieg
yet, with his unappeasable hatred towards
Mr. Adams, and, in the absence of re
straining principle, seizing upon the Tariff
question, and the excited passions ofthe
South, were he but fifty or sixty, he might
still bpcome formidable. As it is—
Like the old mastiff— impotent from age
He barks and growls,—but toothless in his rage
Though full of venom—rabid in his spite.
He shows his toothless guins, but cannot bite.
AJAX.
The New Y r ork Albion of the 27th ult.
gives the following information.
“ Treaty of Ghe it—The commission
ers for setling the boundary under the sev
enth article of the above treaty, have, af
ter much labor and patient investigation,
this day closed their labors and made their
final report to their respective govern
ments. It is gratifying-to state, that the af
oresaid commissionres have amicably de
termined by far the largest portion of the
line ; two points odIv have been referred
to the governments, viz ; one affecting St.
George’s Island, below the Sault de Mar
ia, in the water communication between
lakes Huron and Superior; and the other
the water communication on lake Superi
or, northwest of that lake, & Luc La Plue.
The commissioners it will be recollected
are, Anthony Barclay Esq. and General-
Porter.”
the next general election, in the different
! counties in the State for members of the
I Legislature, to propose to ea-ch and every
| voter at the time of receiving his vote,
whether he is in favor of continuing the
Penitentiary system in this State or not,
and to request such voter to signify his
opinion by endorsing on his ticket the
word Penitentiary or no Penitentiary.
Thuesday Nov. 8.
Notices for leave to report bills, viz :
By Mr: D unigan—To alter and amend
the 3d, 7h, and 12th, sections of tho 1st
art. and the 1st and 3d sections of the 3d
art. of the Constitution, so as to require
the General Assembly to be elected and
meet biennially, and alter the terms of ser
vice of tIje Judges of the Superior courts,
State Attorneys, and Solicitors.
By Mr. Cochran—To amend the 32d
sec. ofthe Jodicary, passed 16th Febua-
ry, 1799, so far as respects the illegality in
execution.
By Mr. Swain-—To alter and amend
the Judieary laws of of this State, so far
as-relates to the jurisdiction of Justices of
the Peace.
Mr. Powell from the committee to
whom was referred the memorial of Tho
mas Spalding, reported a bill to grant to
Thomas Spalding and his associates, the
right of constructinga rail road of wood,
or of digging a caflal from the Ocmulgee
to the Flint rivers, with certain privileges
—eXvhich was read the first time.
On motion of Mr. Clay, of C. it wai
Resolved, That so much of the Gover
nor’s communication and accompanying
documents as relate to the prohibition by
the General Government of the surveys
of the territory acquired by the treaty of
the Indian Springs, and the tfireatning of
military force to coerce obedience to the
same, be referred to the committee on the
State of the Republic.
That so much of said comthunication
as refers to the acquisition of the territorv
at present occupied by the Cherokee In
dians, the absolute and jurisdictional right
of Georgia to the same and the manner in
which former applications to the Goner- -
al Government have been treated, be re
ferred to the same committee.
That so much ofsaid communication as j
refers to the boundary line between this j
State and Florida, and the late, but un
successful attempt, to ascertain and run
the same, be referred to the same commit
tee ;
That vo muA of said communication
as relates to the assumption of unconstitu
tional powers on the part of the General
Government, ra passing laws exclusively
for the encouragement of domestic man
ufactures, and for regulating the internal
improvements of the States, be referred to
the same committee ;
That so much of said communication
as relates to the internal improvement of
the State bv its own power and resources,
and the office and salarv ofthe Chief En
gineer, be referred tothe cummittee on
Internal Improvement.
That so much of said communication as-
relates to the organization of a Court -of
Errors, and the Annual Report of Judge
Schley,be referred to the Judiciary com
mittee ;
. Friday, Nov. 9.
• Notices for leave to report bills, viz:—
By 31 r. Sledge—To reduce the period
j within which it is now lawful to institute
j actions against fraudulent drawers in the
J last land lottery.
i By Mr. Cargille—To compel Justices
| of the Peace in this State to give bond and
| security.
ing the general elections in this State, and r Honor immediately
word enough pronounced it enoir—1{,
of the meeting of the legislature.
Tuesday, Nov. 8.
NOTICES.
By Mr. Wofford—To extend the ju
risdiction of this State, over the lands be
longing to the State, ip possession of the
Cherokee Indians.
Mr. Warren—To alter the time of
holding the Superior Courts in the Sou
thern Circuit.
Mr. Gray, of Warren—To require that
wills should be read to Court, and notice
thereof be given in some Gazette for one
term of the Court of Ordinary, before ad
mitted to proof and record.
Mr. Lewis—To authorise creditors to
collect debts on open accounts within the
jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace a-
gainst debtors, having removed out of the
county in which such debts were contract
ed.
Mr. Brewster—To lay off the state in
to Congressional Districts.
Mr. Daniel—To reduce the fees of
county officers, and salaries of other pub
lic officers in this state.
Mr. Kennon—To authorsc the Courts
of Ordinary to appoint guardians for the
persons and property of illegitimate chil
dren.
Mr. Park—* to authorise all persons to
plead and practice in the courts of this
state, who will comply with the rules and
laws now in force regulating the admission
of Attorneys &c.
On motion of Mr. Bevan,
Resolved, That the committee on Ag
riculture and Internal Improvement, be
instructed to enquire into the expediency
of authorising the Surveyor-General to
contract with proper persons, whether
eounty surveyors or not, for the formation
of a map of each county, situated in that
part of this state, the lands of which were
granted previous to the treaty of Fort
Wilkinson.
Saturday, Nov. 10.
NOTICES/
3Tr. Bevan—-To promote and encour
age the cultivation of the vine.
Mr. Heard—To reduce the price of
lottery grants in the lottery of 1827.
Mr Brewster—To require the disposi
tion of the bodies of executed felons in
such manner as will promote anatomical
science.
3Ir. Byrd—To extend the authority of
interrupted him
1 Hold 1 hold ! you must stand corrected
enough is, according to the vernacular
custom pronounced enuf and so must a r
other English words which terminated
oughns tough, rough, cough, See T-'
clerk bowed, blushed, and went on f *
some time, when coming to the u - 0 rc
plough, he, with a loud voice, and pent,
trating look at his Honor, called it pl u ff:
The great lawyer stroked his chin, aai ;
with a smile candidly said, “Yrrnng’man
I sit corrected.”
A sudden. Rtcollection.—An Indian
the Abipones (an equestrian people of
South-America) was about tube baptised.
\ ou will certainly go to Heaven after
this ceremony, when you die,” said the
Jesuit who was to christen him ; the In-
dian was content. Just as the water was
on the point of being thrown, however, a
doubt arose in the mind ef the savage.—
“By this water I shall go to Heaven?’'
said he. rt As sure as there are Mosqui
toes in Ameriea,” answered the father
But my friends, who will not he baptised
—they mnst go to hell ?’’ “ Assurpdlv
they shall not miss, a man of them.”—
“ Then excuse me ; I am sorry to have
given you this trouble; but I shall chooJt,
to go too.”
Augustus and the Poor Poet.—A. ,
■Greek poet used from time to time, to
present Augustus with Greek epigrams
but although the empetor took them, ,lt
he never gave him any thing. One ’dav
having a mind to ridicule him, and to shake
nim off, as soon as he saw him cornin'-' to
present his verses, the emperor sent him
a Greek epigram of his own composing
written with his own hand, the poet re
ceived it with joy, and as he was reaffirm
it, shewed by his looks and. gestures, that
he was mightily pleased with it. After he |
read it he pulied out his purse, and com
ing near Augustus gave some few pencr l
saying, T a*ie this, Ctesar ; I give you
not according to your great fortune, 'but
according to ray poor ability ; had I more
I would make you a larger present.’ The
whole company fell a laughing—and the
emperor more than any of the rest, wlio
ordered him a hundred thousand crowns.
It may not be perhaps known, that Stc-
phen Elliott, Esq. who is to be the Editor
Justices of the Peace to 100 dollars, by ofthe proposed Southern Review, is a Cot-
requiring them to consolidate any amounts' responding Member of the Royal Society
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday Nov. 7.
Notices for the appointment of Com
mittees to report bills.
Mr. Echols—To give further indul
gence to fortunate drawers in the lotteries
of 1818, 1819, and 1821 to take cut their
grants.
3Ir. Beu§n—To prevent more effectu
ally the sale of tickets of unauthorised lot
teries ; and also, to prevent the forgery
of tickets in lotteries authorised by the
laws of the State-and
put mfo their hands for collection when
the same is.in favor of the same plaintiff
and against the same defendant-—and
To alter the 7th sec. 1st art. ofthe
Constitution.
Mr. Everitt—To lay out a road from
the Great Falls on the Chattahoochie, by
Fort Gaines and Fort Scott to the East
Florida line, to intersect such mad >s may
be opened by East Florida to Tallahasee.
Mr. Shorter-To define and make cer
tain the interests of husbands in the prop
erty of deceased wives.
31 r. Vanner—To alter so much of the
8th section of the Judiciary system of 17-
99, as relates to the service of process.
31 r. Dillon —For the reliefofthe secu
rities of Thomas H. Handley, late tax
coTloctot of Richmond County.
Mr. Wilcox—To abolish so much of
the penal code as relates to Penitentiary
confinement.
3Ir. Thomas—To authorise the Gov
ernor, in all cases where he is satisfied
that mistakes have been made in the names
of fortunate diawers in the late lottery, to
rectify jhe same.
On motion of Mr. Burnside, Resolved
that the Judiciary Committee, enquire in
to the expediency of passing a law, to e-
qualise the duties of tho several judges of
the state, and if they should deem
such a measure necessary to prepare and
report some plan for that purpose.
On motion of Mr. Townsend, Resolv
ed, (hat the Judiciary Committee, enquire
into the expediency of so altering the laws
of this state, as to give magistrates’ Courts
Jurisdiction in cases sounding in damages
under thirty dollars.
On motion of 3Ir. Saffold, Resolved,
that the Committee, on the state ofthe
Republic, enquire into the expediency of
making a certain and permanent prevision
for the support of the indigent Revolu
tionary soldiers of this state, and also to
Sore eyes.—The leaves of drawn tea ap
plied in the form of a poultice, on going
to bed, are said to be aa excellent remedy
for so: o eye^,
To authorise certain individuals of! P rovide ' for ' ,he parishioners of this state,
Chatham, Richmond and 31cIntosh conn
ties to plead and practice law in ihe courts
of this State-and
More effectually to enforce the act of
1826, as regards the arrival of persons of
color in the several ports of this State.
3Ir. Srewart-To draft the plan of a
Town, and provide for the laying off the
Reserve at the Falls of the Chattahoochie
iuto lots.
Mr. Jordao-To give relief to the sol-.
_ i and make the expense operate equally cm
1 tMe citizens thereof.
The Orange Crops.—The St. Augus
tine Herald says—“ this is an abundant
season, and the fxports will be large. It
is estimated that the grove in and around
the city will amount to about 2,000,000.—•
The exports of the week is about 400,000
Many vessels are needed to carry away
what remains.”
of Agriculture and Botany at Ghent. This
Institution has annual exhibitions uf fl.nv-
eis and plants either newly discovered or
distinguished by their rarity or usefulness
It is customary too, to compliment dis
tinguished ni£n ot different countries,
bv dedicating to them particular flowers.
Thus amangst a list of royal and noble
characters, we find the following tribute
to American talents. To Henry Clay—
the Kalmia Glauca and Kamellia Japan-
ica. To John Q. Adams, the Alctromeria
Ligtu and the Erica ignesetns. to Albert
Gallatin, the Philica Capitala and the
Crystcssus Purpureus. To the memory
of 3Ir. Bayard, a Cypress. A classical
and affectionate Epitaph also marks the
respect the Society’ boie to this virtuous
man, who like the French Hero of the
same name, liveu “ sans pour, sans ritv
prochc.”
Politics.—Here and there interspersed
with th> dry and morose polemics of the
day, we see a spark of wit, which tends in
a degree to reconcile one to the monoto
nous repast. We saw an account the o-
therday of a candidate for the office o!
Sheriff, who assured his friends if he was
elected, the presidential question should
not influence him in the selection of Ju*
rors. The following is an equally success
ful hit at the prevalent mania.
“Married, on Sunday last, by Jacob
Kuhns, Esq. Mr. William Patterson, ■>'
Miss Margaret Kean, both of Westmore
land—All for Jackson.—Com.
Eating Sallads.—A lad, wtio had late
ly gone to service, having sallad served up
to dinner every day for a week, ran away;
and when asked why he had left his place,
he leplied—“They made me veat gra S;>
i’th summer, and I war afraid they’d mak
me yeat hav i’th winter.; and I could nc
stand that, and so I wur off!”
Contagious Glanders in Horses.—It ^
said that Mr. Lewel, the very able assis
tant Professor of the Veterinary College
(EnglandJ and celebrated Menotonist
has been so fc r unate as todsscover ai.®‘
edy for the above mentioned malady, Hith
erto considered incurable. It is Sulphate
of Copper, ("blue vitrol^ given in bolus or
balls, in doses of from one to two ounces
daily, for several weeks.
Philosophical Magaztnf.-