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VOL. XXIV.]
p GRIEVE & O It JI E ,
eniTnRS AND PROPRIETORS.
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July 20, 1313.
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS,
.Sllortscij a! Late,
UILLEDOEVILLE, GEORGIA
Darien Bank Building, West of Mr.
,'s Hotel,
oiv 7. 1813.
4 tf
J 0/1,1’ A'I T T,
.lltorury a! Late,
Jacksonville, Telfair County, Georgia.
ineO. 1843. 21 6m
J AS. A. II. MACON,
A T T O 11 N E Y AT LA W,
STARKVILLE, Let Co., Ga.
attend the courts of the Southwestern Circuit.
tober 11?, 1842. 40 5 y
Vi
ICC ESI-: & McIIEIVR V,
A TTORNEYS AT LA W,
MADISON, Murgan County, Ga.
^pril 26,184*2.—15 if
Ureal Reduction in Prices.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1843.
[NO. 31.
t Thhek Dollars, per annum, payable in
* Fol k Doll ars, if not paid before the end
,re So paper, in any case, sent out of the State,
’ ' e ,"..." first piid for in ADVANCE; or any new
ut '7 t rI i for a less period than ONE YEAR, unless
' r^t^lie rate FoUR Hollars per annum in
■ceNiNTS conspicuously inserted at theusual
, e sort without a specification of the number
wi'l be published until ordered out, and
'o'rdirgly.
Land and Negroes, bv Administrators, Eie-
• lardians. are required by law to be held on
j 3 y ; n ;he month, between the hours of ten
on and three in the afternon, at the Court-
i, ■ c „untv in which the property is situate.—
, „>se sales must be given in a public gazette
, previous to the day of sale,
for the sale of personal property must be giv-
manner, FORTY days previous to the day of
■ t0 t ; K debtors and creditors of an estate
7e published forty days.
hat application will be made to the C .u. t of
for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
lor FOUR MONTHS.
. for Letters of Administration, mustbepub-
faus— for dismission from administration,
months—(or dismission from Guardianship,
> foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
‘ r.jut months—for establishing lost papers, for
nf three months—for compelling titles from
Administrators, where a bond has been
l n,-.’eased the full space of three months.
ions will always be continued according to
lenal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
„ e3S in the line of Printing, will meet with
enticn at the Recorder Office.
s on business must be post-paid,
subscribers in requestingthe direction of their
meed from one Post-Office to another, are d«-
,-erv instance, in making such requests, to in-
well of the name of the Post-Office from which
■ it ebanned, as that to which they may there-
T HF, Subscriber would respectfully inform his i
fi lends, customers, and purchasers in Dry Goods
throughout the State, that he has purchased the entire i
interest in buisness at this place, and will hereafter ]
continue it on his own account. He will be able to of
fer greater inducements the approaching Autumn than i
ever before, and would respectfully solict a continu- 1
ance of that patronage which has been so liberallv be- !
stowed heretofore. E. W. BANCROFT. I
July 11, 1843. 26. tf
New Spring and Summer Goods. I
T HE Subscriber has commenced receiving his sup- \
ply of Spring and Summer Goods, among which ;
may be found all articles in ihe Dry Goods line, which 1
will be sold us low as at any House in Milledgeville or
the interior of Georeia.
E. M. COWLES.
April 18. 1843. 14 tf
JUST RECEIVED
At the New Boot & Shoe Store,
3,000 pr. Neg, oes lhick Black and Russet Brogans,
Also, a fuither supply of Ladies and Gent’s
1 Case Ladies finest Philadelphia Kid Slips,
1 Do do do New York do do,
Ladies fine Drab French lie Kid Slips,
Do thick sole spring heel Kill Slips,
Do fine French Morocco I r. tie Slips,
Gent’s finest French Calf Boots,
Do. do do do Philadelphia Brogans,
Do Velvet, Goat and Kid Slips,
And numerous other kinds and styles of Ladies and
Gent’s Shoes, which will he sold low for Central
money. F,. ALEXANDER.
Milledgevile, May 16. 1843. 13 tf
April 17. 1843.
MORE NEW GOODS OPENED
AT BANCROFT'S.
1 CASE rich Silk Parasols—^>0 gingham do. $1,00.
6 Cantons rich French Flowers.
20 pieces rich French Muslins.
More of the Jaconet Muslins, at 37^.
Ric h M ourning M uslins and Lawns.
100 4-4 Colton Shawls, at 374-
20 dozen Ladies Silk Cravats, at 50 els.
5 cases white Hoods, at 37£.
3 cases colored do. at 25.
New style Willow Bonnets, at $ 1,00.
Rich Bonnet Silks, &c. &c.
Don’t forget that we are offering the largest Stock of
Goods in Georgia, at “ astonirhing low prices,” for
Central Money at Par.
E. W. BANCROFT.
Milledgeville, April 17. 1843. 14 tf
JOII.1T IT. K. IKf . V,
Commission Merchant,
Savannah, Georgia.
August 1. 1843. 29 22t
HAMILTON, HARDEMAN cV Co.
Factors k General Commission Merchcts,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Savannah, July 25, 1343.
28 tf
FUBltUNQ & GOOLSBY,
Commission Merchants,
Savannah, Georgia.
ust 1. 1843.
29 lOt
A. C. SCOTT
ILL practice law in the several coun*ies of the
Fiintcircuit. Office at Jackson, Buttscounty,Ga.
tember 13,1842. 35 tf
LAW NOTICE •
l^HE iiniiersijined has opened an office in this place,
• and tenders his legal servicesto hisfriends and the
..p. A11 business confided to him, will be attended to
‘:'h promptness and fidelity.
He will attend the following Courts regularly : Bald-
w:»i. Morgan, Greene, Putnam, Wilkinson, Jones and
er, of the Ocmulgee circuit; Twiggs,of the South
ed Hancock, of the Northern circuit; and, duiing
Yi ess of thecircuit.other counties not too distant, in
irrangement of claims placnd in his hands.
JOHN GRIEVE McHENRY
REFERENCES.
>n.George U.Gilmer,Col.Joseph H.Lumpkin,Lex-
on, Geo.
>n. William C.Dawson, Greensborough, Geo.
on. E. A. Nisbet. Macon. Geo.
i nes McDowall, Esq.,EgbertB. Beall,Esq.,Augus
■ m. James M. Wayne, Andrew Low & Co., James
erson A: Co., Savannah. Geo.
iley , Lane *k Co . Charleston, S. C .
• iy M. Wilev & Co., New York.
i!ledgeville,Geo., Jnn. 19,1841. 1 tf
*H r G 1ST US C. U\*ITJES,
.Utoruf tf at IsMtc.
[/"ILL practice in the Counties of the Cherokee
i Ciicuit, und tenders his legal services to his
i Is and the public. All business confided to him
be attended to with promptness and fidelity.
ffick at Spring Place, Murray County,
bv 4. 1343. 25 12m
NOBLE A. HARDEE, & CO.
SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA,
ri"XAKE this mr-thoJ of informing tbrir friends and
A the public, that they still continue to transact a
general Factorage d Commission Bu
siness. Oiders for Bagging, Bale. Rope, family-
supplies, or other oommunications, addressed to them,
either winter or summer, will meet with faithful and
prompt attention.
August 1, 1843. 29 6m
Storage and Commission Ware-House.
The undersigned, late of Eatonton,
Ga. respectfully informs his friends
and the public generally, that he has
taken a Ware-House in Savannah for
le purpose of conducting the business of a Factor and
Commission Merchant. I- ronr ids long and intimate
acquaintance with the interests of the Farmers and
others of the interior, he flatters bimselt he under
stands, and pledges himselfthathe w ill use his most un
tiring efforts to promote them, so far as they may he
confided to him He gives the most unqualified assur
ance that he will not engage or be concerned in specu
lations in cotton or other produce, in any way. The
usual advances will be made on produce in Store.
He will be at bis post in Savannah hv the 20th of
September, and will from that time he pleased to re
ceive and forward goods, receive, store and sell cot
ton, and execute any other commissions that may be
entrusted to him in his line of business.
JEREMIAH CLARK.
August 8, 1843. 30 I7t
better late than never.
HE subscuiber is now opening a large assortment
J- of Spring: Goods, recently selected with
great care in New Y ork, which he offers to the public
on terms as usual almost as cheap as the cheap
est, such as
Calicoes from G| to 25 cts. per yard.
Ginghams from 20 to 37 cts. among which are striped
Earlstone, a good article for Gent’s Coats; also a few
patterns of Brocade Ginghams, a new and splendid
article.
Printed Muslins and Lawns, from 20 to 50 cts. pr yd.
Jaconet, Nansook, and Swiss Muslins.
Embroidered do
Lace stripe and lace plaid do
Crimp Dimity, a new article for Ladies’ collars.
Victoria Lawns.
Pink and white Tarlatan Muslin.
Lisle, Thread, Cambric and Swiss Edgings and In
serting.
Pink and white Crape Leise.
Thread, Cambric and Linen Lawn.
Irish Linens, from 25 cts tofl 25.
Linen and Russia Sheeting.
12-4 Cotton do
Hemstitched and hordered Handkerchiefs.
Ladies’ piaid and crimp crape Cravats.
Wrought Collars.
Kid and Pic Nic Gloves and Mitts.
Lisle do
Black and w hite silk Hose.
Cotton Hose, from 10 to 50 cts. per pair.
Black Li.le Hose.
Jans, Parasols, and Sunshades.
Fine Birdseye Diaper, as low as 18| cents per yard ;
warranted half cotton.
Superior Birdseye Diaper.
Table Damnsk.
Georgia Nankeens, as low as $1 124 cetits per piece;
warranted to fade the first time they are washed. I
Best kind Nankeens. §1 37 per piece.
Brown Linens and Drilling, from 20 to 50 cts. pryd. :
Linen Check for Gentlemen’s Coats.
Black Lasting, Cambleteen.
Silk warp Alparea Lustre.
Bombazine—Merino Cassimere.
Satin, Marseilles and Valentia Vesting*.
Gent's Horseskin, Thread Berlin and Lise Gloves. I
Northern Tow Cloth, excellent for servants.
Moleskin, Fur, Otter Brush and Leghorn Hats, all j
very low. I
Palm Leaf from 10 to 37 cents.
Amazon, Zephyrene, Florence Cypress and plain i
Straw Bonnets.
Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, Crewel}.
Spool Thread. 600 vnids for 12-4 ets.
Needles, w arranted first quality, for6^ cts. pet-paper
Ladies’ Kid and Seal Shoes, as low as 75 cts. pr. pair, i
New- York made Kid do. $1 25.
Shell and other Combs, very cheap.
Brown Shirtings, 5 yards for 25 cents.
do Sheetings, 12 yards for $ l 00.
North Carolina Sheeting, a superior article.
New York Mills and Manchester hleached Sheetings.
Crockery and Wood Ware, &c. &c.
All will be sold at the above named prices for
Central Money, Goods constantly received
through the season.
E. M. COWLES.
May 9, 1843. 17 tf
Greater Bargains now offered
BY SHAH AN,
Than was ever known before in Georgia.
T HE Summer season being considerably otlvanc
cd, I have concluded fo soil the balance of my
Summer Stock of Fancy Roods 25 pci'
CCnt lower than any man or merchant in Geor
gia—quality and style both considered. All in want
of Cheap Goods at e respectfully invited to call
immediately, or as soon as conveniut at
SHAH AN’S.
Julv 10, 1843. 26 tf
y
C hange in Bnsiness.
T HE Subscriber will make a change in business on j
the 1st of July; and it will be necessary to close
as soon as possible the business of the old concern. 1 I
would respectfully say to those with w hom we have ,
made small accounts, that the payment of them by j
the 4th of July will greatly oblige
E. W. BANCROFT. (
June 27, 1843. 24 if I
BACON—BACON.
g /A A / LBS. prime Bacon, consisting of|
1 y/ y Vr V/vZ Hams, Sides and Shoulders, just re- I
ceived, and fur sale low, by
WRIGHT & STETSON. j
August 1. 1843. 29 3t i
GEORGIA DECISIONS,
For sale at $2 per copy, specie funds.
June 13. 1843.
W. G. LITTLE.
22 tf
N consequence of the great improvement in Cen
tral funds, we ate now ready to offer greater in-
cements than ever before, to purchasers of Dry
"’J*. Now offering
•’"* brown Homespuns, 4J cetits.
v 4 bit-acueii do 5 cents.
FI (heavy) brown Sheeting, 9 to 12 cts.
Fl do bleached do 10 yards for $1.
Ticking, 18 yards for $ 1.
<0 do 12^ to 25 cts.
oOil piece. Calicoes. 20 yards for $1.
Jo do 10 to 12 J cts.
F4 f reach do 31 cts.
Georgia Nankeens, $1 a piece.
Unnin Cotton I Hose, IP pair for $1.
Lite Cotton Hose, 5 pair for $1.
Jo do 20 to 50 cts.
“■•trk and Slate Hose, 16 to 37£cts.
Uitien Cambric Handkerchiefs, 25 cts.
do 374 to $1 50.
FJ Cotton Diaper, 6 yards for $1.
and ] Linen do all prices,
j J White Jaconet Muslin, 31 to 50 cts.
-*-4 do Cotton Cambric. 6 yards for $1.
do 25 to50 cts.
- I i'ixid do 31 to 50 cts.
f .ir.iture Calico, 11 yards for $1.
I *° do 12| to 25 cts.
£"ttnn Stripes, 10 yards for $1.
“ a 'k Bombazine, $1 to $2.
oC }' black Net Shawls, 5 to $8.
k ti B ack and White Net Lace Veils, $1 75.
b-le riiread Lace. 12 yards for 37j cents.
°8un Umbrellas, for 75 cents.
„ do $1 to $1 75.
Brasilia. (Gingham.) 75 cents.
d<> Silk, $1 75.
^-aes. Muslins, and Ti immings.
4 French Muslins, 25 cts. per yard.
, do 374 to 50 cts.
A ^* eu f Hats, at $1 25 per dozen, &c.
^ e it tu say, that we are ready, “ as usual,” to
"r friends and customers throughout the State,
.VO 'Ll CL.
T | lHE Copartnership heretofore existing between the
I undersigned in the Factorage and Commission
business in Savannah, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. We tender to our patrons our sincere thanks
for their liberal support during the past season. The
unsettled business of the concern is in the hands of R.
H. Smith, who is authorised to settle the same.
W. V. BURNEY,
R. H. SMITH.
June 27, 1843.
Mr. Burney regrets that bis declining health compels
I him to give up his interest in the above business, and
| takes pleasure in recommending Mr. Smith to the pat-
1 ronase of the concern, and the public in general.
W. V. BURNEY.
R. II. S.VIITII,
Cotton Factor k Commission Merchant,
No. 1S9, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
T HE undersigned informs bis friends and the public
generally, that lie will continue to transact the
above business, and respectfully solicits a share of their
patronage. Having located permanently in Savannah,
and intending to bestow- his entire personal attention
to the business, in which he has hud considerable ex
perience, he indulges the belief that those v, bo fuvoi
him with their business will have no cause to regiet it.
Liberal cash advances will be made on cotton in store
when required, and orders for Bagging, Family sup
plies, See. promptly attended to, and in strict compli
ance with directions.
RANSOM H. SMITH.
Savannah, July 18. 1843. 27 tf
Commission Business.
SAVANNAH, GA.
T HE undersigned have formed a partnership for
the transaction of a Factorage and Commission
Business in the city of Savannah, and w ill open an of
fice on the first day of August next. They intend giving
their personal attention to the business, and hope to
merit, and if so, to receive a liberal share of public
patronage. JOHN L. SWINNEY,&Co.
Partners, 1
John L. Swinney, > February, 1843. 7 tf
James H. Burnet, S
GEORGIA :
A Proclamation.
By Charles J. McDonald, Governor of said Stale. |
To the Hon the Justices of the Inferior Court of the I
several Counties in this Stale.
HERKAS a vacancy has occured in the House
of Representatives of the Congress of the !
United States, by the resignation of the Hon. Mark A. j
Cooper, a member elect from the State of Georgia,
for two years from and after the third day of March
1843: I
Now in order that said vacancy may be filled, and in
pursuance of law, 1 have thought proper to issue this ,
niv writ of election, hereby requiring you, the said '
Justices aforesaid, to cause on election 10 be held on
Monday the second day of October next, at the sev
eral places of holding elections in your counties, giv
ing due notice thereof, for a Representative to fill |
said vacancy ; and I do fui ther require you to make |
a return of the said election, to the Executive Depart
ment,in thetime prescribed by law.
Given under mv hand, and the great seal of the State, ]
at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this the29th day of July j
1843, and of American Independence the sixtv eighth. !
Charles j. McDonald. j
By the Governor:
J. W. A. Sanford, Secretary of State.
Augnst 1, 1843. 29 3t I
E
Summer Clothing'.
W. BANCROFT has opened a small invoice j
, of ready made Clothing, adapted to the warm !
season. Gentlemen in want will du
to rail and
amine, as all the articles will be sold at prices to suit j
(he times “ af the sign of the N evv Dry Goods Store.”
Milledgeville, May 2 1843. 16 tf j
do
pplv
U \ Goods, at lower prices than ever before, and
1 'lie, can be purchased at any other establish*
<nea: >n the State.
Central Funds at Par.
, E, W. BANCROFT.
I'lilledn
June 20. 1843.
23 tf
rp •“formation Wanted.
I - undersigned, twelve or thirteen years ago,
w . e yet a boy, left his father’s family, and
mg been settled as to a permanent residence
1 ut time,neglected keeping up a regular corres-
1 1 w *th them, consequently knows nothing of
present whereabouts. When lie left them, they
■ 'mg near Luddite, in Canada. The family
.7 1 ;** his parents, Ja’s and Mary RlcCler-
1 J his three sisters, Margaret or Peggy, Biddy
i n ., re t | - An y information concerning them will be
h',iln. " thankfully received by the son and tbe
t.. : . I,J 13 anxious to return, and onee more take
t-.- , 1 "J, that code where is to be found the great-
a »are of „- or d| y happiness.
PATRICK McCLERNIN.
*'' d Marv.
Milled,
evi 'de, Georgia, Aug. 8, 1843.
30
TAKE NOTICE.
W ILL be sold to the highest bidder, without re- ]
serve, on the first Tuesday in September next, !
at the Court-House in tbe city of Milledgeville,
Five Negroes,
Viz: Silvester a man about 41 years old, Myra his
wife 29, and their three children, Maria 13, Jackson j
11, and Hudson one year old. Terms cash.
GEORGE LEF.VES. ]
August 8, 1843. 30 4t
M. S. BALL, & CO’S
Daily Eipress k General Forwarding k Commission House.
’ | ^ having granted to the Subscribers the privilege
of running an Express over their Road during the
present year, with the privilege of an apartment under
their ow-n Lock, they offer superior advantages for
the prompt and safe conveyance of valuable Arti
cles. Specie, &c. &c.; and are in hopes of being able
to make an arrangement w ith the Post Office Depart
ment, by which they will be allowed to carry a Mail
Bag.
They are prepared to receive and forward Goods
of all descriptions, to and from Savannah and Macon
and intermediate places, and between Savannah and
Charleston, with the greatest safety and despatch ; and
will also pay particular attention to the purchase of
Goods, collection and payment of Drafts. Notes, and
Bills, and transacting all kinds of business in the above
places.
They have also extended their arrangements to run
their Express by the Southern Boats to Picolata, in
Florida, and intermediate places on that route.
Macon—Office at the Washington Hall.
Savannah—Office at No. 153 Bay street.
Do. S. Philbrick, Agent, for receiving and for
warding Goods nud merchandise.
Charleston, So. Ca.—Amos Head, Agent, office No.
96, East Bay.
M. S. BALL & CO.
June 20, 1843. 23 26t
820 REWARD.
R ANAWAY on the 3d ot July, irom the subscrib- j
er’s residence in Greene county, four miles north 1
west of Greenesborough, a negro man by the name of
Ben. Ben is uboul thirty-eight years of age, dark
complexion, and has a cast down look when spoken to |
He is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has a little limp j
in his gait, caused by a hurt on one of his knees—the
said fellow can read and write. He ranuwuy last fall ]
and was taken up in Elbert county—he is a blacksmith I
by trade, and when taken up had furnished himself!
with a pass purporting to pass front one county to a- '
ernoth to work at his trade—he carried off one blue!
cloth coat, one pair of white pants, one pair of black
bombazine pants, also one new fur hat. I will give;
the above reward if delivered at my bouse in said ;
county, or $15 if confined in any safe jail so that I can
get him.
6 JOHN BRANCH.
Julv 13. 1843. 27 5t
Berkshire Pigs for Sale.
T HE subscriber having recently embarked into
the buisness of raising Berkshire stock for sale,
takes this method of informing the public, that she has
on hand fifteen pair very superior Berkshire Pigs for
sale, now ready for delivery. I hey are raised from fine (
stock, some of which' I purchased^ of Mr. Bonner of
White Plains, and the rest of Mr. N. Bomentof Albany,
New York. T hey are ns thorough bred, as can ba pro
cured any where, a I’edegree to the Pigs will be given
when required, which, together with the flesh murks,
will be the best evidence of their being superior and
genuine stock.
Persons w ishing to purchase Pigs, and also those
fond of viewing fine stock, are respectfully solicited to
call at my residence situated one mile west of White
Plains. I would remark to those who may favor me
with orders from a remote distance, that every care
and attention will be paid in selecting such as will
pleasp, as I am well aware, I have just what will
please those who fancy fine stock.
I would further remark that there are generally two
choices in a litter of Pigs raised from any stock, and
have thought it qute just to purchasers to class them
into two qualities, making a difference of two dollars a
piece for second choice, from the original customary-
price.
For further particulars those who may favor me with
orders for pigs, will please address Samuel XV right,
Greettesboro.Geo. who is mv agent in the business
NANCY WRIGHT.
July 4, 1343. 25 it
MISCELLANEOUS.
LINES.
•‘Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for
you.”—1st Petek, 5 c. 7 t.
Child of sorrow, mourning one,
Thou whose light of life is gone;
Thou who weepest, sad and lonely,
In whose heart dwells sorrow only;
Deepest darkness hovering over thee,
Nought but agony before thee;
Thou whose brightest nope is death,
Thou who pin’st to yield thy breath;
Thou from whom cold worldlings turn,
Leaving thee alone to mourn;
There is One for thee who careth,
Even though thy soul despaireth.
He is near w hile thou art sleeping,
He is nigh while thou art weeping;
He has marked thy every sigh,
Breathed when none beside was nigh;
Great is he in majesty,
Yet he stoops to care for thee.
Cast upon him all thy cares,
Breathe to Him perpetual prayers,
' He will never torn aw ay,
He will hear all thou canst say,
lie can view thine inmost heart,
He can know thee as thon art.
Thoughts by mortals all unseen,
Hidden by a calm, cold mein ;
Sufferings which thy spirit rend,
He can view and comprehend;
He can feel, how- tenderly!
Child of misery, for thee.
Conte, then, to thy Father, God,
He can stay the chastening rod ;
Cast thy cures and fears before Him,
And for help and peace implore Him;
To His love for refuge flee,
Child of tears, He cares for thee.
Uncertainty of the Law.
THE junior counsel.
A toast there is in vogue at the Bar-mess,
and especially favored by the juniors, “ The
glorious uncertainty of the law.” None
who have given their atterition to the pro
ceedings of our criminal courts, will deny
the claim for a cordial reception which this
pithy sentence possesses on those to whom it
is addressed. What knowledge of human
nature, what nice discrimination of charaler,
dues the successful conduct ol a cause in
volve! What a trivial incident often deter
mines the verdict of a jury ! A fact inju
diciously disclosed, a line of cross-examina
tion indiscreetly pursued, the calling up of
one blundering, or unwilling witnness, the
dispensing with the testimony of another;
each of these, in turn, has led to unmerited
defeat ; while on the other hand, a touching
appeal to the feelings of a jury, or a hold and
dexterous descent to, and adoption of, their
coarser prejudices, art aptrepartee, a happy
retort, a humorous illustration, has crowned
with undeserved triumph many a desperate
case. Ahighei intellectual tieatthan that af
forded by the genius ofan able and practised
counsel, can scarcely be presented to a
thoughtful mind. Clear and consecutive
in his reasoning, quick and subtle in the
knowledge of what to present and what to
withhold, carrying his audience along with
him while he takes a full view of the whole
bearings of the question, and the relation in
which it may stand to general or special
laws, lulling all suspicion, and inducing, by
the common sense and practical experience
he displays, a feeliugof thorough security in
his averments—we forget that he is a paid
advocate, and extend to his integrity that
conviction which his facts and his arguments
have forced us to yield to his judgment.
Nor, in dwelling on the “ glorious un
certainty,” must it be forgotten, that occa
sionally a counsel takes a view of the case
totally opposed to that which his brief sug
gests to him. He not (infrequently dares
to think for himself; if erroneously, fiigiit-
ful indeed is the penalty yaid by those
whom he represents !
Thus did 1 reason duringthe trial for mur
der of Reza Gray, a deeply-wronged and
desperate woman, who for a short period
came under my care. She was defended, in
the absence from sudden illness of his lea
der, by a junior counsel, who aimed at the
reputation of “ an immensely clever young
man,” with “ very original views,” and who
“ had an opinion of his own” on most points.
He chose to consider her guilty, and as
such treated her. She asseverated her inno
cence. Repeatedly, ami in solemn terms, did
she protest that she had 110 knowledge direct
or indirect, of the crime laid to her charge ;
but her counsel, instead of crediting Iter, and
subjecting to severe cross-examination the
deponents against her, raised this point of
law, and that point of law, (which the judge
successively over-ruled) and showed an ev
ident reluctance to cross-examine any wit
ness for the prosecution, apparently afraid
of eliciting facts unfavorable to the prison
er. His defence was a series of quibbles,
not a thorough sifting of facts. The result
was—but I am anticipating.
The case was enveloped in mystery. On
a small farm, about ten miles from the
county town, resided a wealthy yeoman, of
the name of Ampthill. His family consist
ed of his wife, a dressy, volatile person,
many years younger than himself; a son by
a former marriage, who assisted him in the
farm ; and a housekeeper, or companion,
Reza Gray, a superior kind of servant,
whose conduct became subsequently the
subject of such a lengthened and painful
inquiry.
For the last seven months of his life, the
old yeoman’s health had gradually declin
ed ; and, yielding to the leiterated repre
sentations of his wife and son, he reluctant
ly made his will. Eleven weeks afterwa’ ds
he expired, under circumstances which be
came matter ofjudieial investigation. Ampt
hill was particularly fond of Suffolk dump
lings; and on the morning of his death,
begged that his favorite dish might form
part of that day's dinner. Of these dump
lings he ate freely ; his son moderately ; the
wife extremely spat ingly ; while by Reza,
the servant girl, they were declined alto
gether. Soon after the meal, the old yeo
man was seized with very alarming symp
toms. These were speedily shaied by his
son. The wife was taken ill; and the whole
house hold became panic-stricken. A med
ical man was sent for, who at qnce pronoun
ced the case of Mr. Ampthill to be beyond
all humau aid, and the son to be in immi
nent danger. “ For the wife’s recovery,
be added, “ he thought he could answer;
and affirm safely, from present appeal ances,
that tbe whole family had been poisoned !
The amazement this announcement cre
ated in a retired and quiet hamlet, may be
imagined. The surgeon’s prognosis proved
correct. Old Ampthill died a few miuutes
before midnight. A coroner’s inquest was
held ; tbe body was examined ; and tbe
presence of arsenic detected inthe contents
of the stomach. Further investigation was
deemed necessary. The remains of the
Suffolk dumplings were analysed, audsim-
1 ilar results obtained. It was clear the old
| farmer had perished by poison ; but, wheth-
! er accidentally or wilfully administered,
was the mooted question. To that a pain
ful answer seemed given, when a packet
containing arsenic was found in the maid
servant’s room. She was immediately tak
en up on suspicion ; a train of circumstan
ces all tending to criminate her were sub- 1
mitted to the consideration of the coroner’s
jury; and they, after a lengthened and pa- \
tient investigation, returned a verdict of!
“ Wilful Murder
The coroner at once issued his warrant, j
and she became the following morning the ;
inmate of a prison.
The nerve 3he possessed was remarka- j
hie. Rapid as had been the transition I
from a home of quiet and comfort to the
restraint and wt etched ness of a goal, no ;
murmurs, no tears, no womanish regrets \
escaped her. She affirmed—and from this j
statement she never varied—that she was j
guiltless of the crime alleged against her ;
and that she could explain, on her trial, j
easily and satisfactorily, every circumstance
on which her accusers relied. Of the 1
favourable issue of that trial she seemed
certain. She was, in fact, perfectly fear
less. When I ventured to tell her that her
life hung on the breath of twelve men ;
and that it was wisdom, by prayer and
t penitence to prepare for that final reckon
ing which could not he far off, and might
he very near, she replied quickly, but j
calmly,
“ No British jury will hang an innocent |
woman ! I know my countrymen better.” |
A warning was then hazarded against j
presumption ; and the weight of the cir- j
cumstantial evidence agaist her was, in de-
<1 ail, recalled to her memory. With a j
cheerful smile she replied,
“ Wh at will circumstaocial evidence avail
against innocence 1 I tell you that I am
not guilty ! I would not have hurt a hair
of that old man’s head. Murder lnm !—
No! Murder, sir, is not committed with
out some foul and constraining motive."
She became ashy pale as she said this.—
“ But here—what had I to gain by rny poor
master’s death ? His will contained no
bequest to me ! You cannot frighten me.
I have much to repent of—much—but not
in this case. Here I am fearless. I am
innocent; and so it will appear. Erelong
a verdict of ‘ Not guilty,’ will unlock my
prison door.” - j
But in that opinion she stood alone.— j
l Her attorney did not place implicit faith j
in her declarations ; and her counsel was j
convinced she was a guilty woman. To
the former this appeared unusual and sus
picious ; she would give no account of the
previous portion of her life: would say j
nothing as to her connections ; and call no ■
witnesses as to character.
“It is the present you have to deal with.” 1
was her reply when pressed upon this j
point—“ not the past. There is one, and but
one question for consideration—am I, or
am I not, my master’s murderer !”
“She’s been in troubled waters before,’’
was her law-man’s conclusion ; “ and if she '
floats this time—it’s well ?”
The trial took place. Seijeant Lens
held the brief for the prosecution. Those
who recollect that equable, gentlemanly,
and benevolent man, will readily imagine
the delicacy and forbearance with which
he discharged a disagreeable duty. In
terms simple and well-chosen he detailed
the case against the prisoner. No tone of
exaggeration or ofactimony, no vehement
gesture, no affected phraseology, no senti-
met uttered for the sake of embellishment :
or effect, marred his manly and candid ad
dress. It was tbo dispassionate statement
of a conscientious man.
As the tiial proceeded there was a grad- !
ual disclosure of circumstances which seem- j
ed more or less to make against the priso
ner. The paper of arsenic, partly used,
found in her room, was produced ; and the
party who had the misfortune to detect it
was placed in the witness-box, and on oath
compelled to state when, where, and how it
was discovered. This arsenic, it was
shown, Reza had purchased about a month
previously, of a chemist in a neighbouring
town. Tito dumplings which had proved i
so noxious had been made by herself; nor j
had she quitted the kitchen during the en- :
tire morning preceding the fatal meal.— j
The contents of the barrel, whence she had
taken the flour used in making the dump- 1
ling, had been examined, and pronounced
perfectly good and wholesome 1 What,
however, seemed most to impress the jury, i
was the appearance in the witness-box of j
her late master’s son ; pale, feeble, and [
emaciated, from the effects of poison ; and |
the tale which he there, in low and tiemb- j
ling accents, told.
He deposed to two quarrels, on two dif- ]
ferent occasions, between bis late father j
and the prisoner ; and he swore that on |
each occasion Reza, who was “ short tern- J
pered, naggy, and verv irascible,” said, i
“Ah! well! a day will come, and soon,
old man, when you will repent this!” This
witness, whose evidence told so much a-
gainst his client, Mr. Harkaway, her coun
sel, declined to cross examine !
The medical evidence was then given ;
and with it the case for the prosecution
closed.
The judge, the late humane and excel
lent Baron Bayley, then called upon the
i prisoner for her defence. She read it |
| from a written paper. It was not lengthy,
but somewhat probable ; arid delivered in
acleai, sustained, and impressive tone.—
All the circumstances unfavourable to her
she admitted; and one by one explained.
The arsenic found in her box she declared
was purchased by her late master’s express j
direction, and with his own money, and for 1
the purpose of being mixed with the seed
wheat; a practice common in that part of|
the country ; and which he had adopted
for years. Some of the arsenic had been
so used, as her master’s son well knew;
and to prevent mischief she had taken the
remainder out of the kitchen draw r er, and
placed it under lock and key in a box in her
own room.
“ As to the fact,” she proceeded, “of
her not partaking at aU on that well-re
membered day of the yeast dumplings,—on
which circumstance much remark had been
made—the jury, she was sure, would agree
that that must go for nothing when they were
told that she never ale them ; they disa
greed with her?' To make this statement
good, she begged the judge would again
call aud question her late mistress. The
charge of having threatened her master she
met by observing that he had more lhau
once employed towards her very gross and
immoral language ; and that, with reference
to his age, his state of health, and his ap
parent nearness to the grave, she had told
him that a day was coming—his last day
she meant—when he would repent of hav-j He stopped the cause he was trying, and
ing used such expressions. » j again referred to his notes. While so en-
With a solemn, forcible, and earnest as-! gaged a bustle was heard without, and the
severaiion of her innocence, her defence jury in a body returned into court. The
closed. To it the judge paid marked at- solemn question was putin the twanging,
tention; and on its termination replaced nasal accents of a hardened and careless
young Ampthill and the widow in the wit- ‘ official :
ness-box. Their testimony unquestiona- j “Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed
bly corroborated a considerable portion of! upon your verdict? How say you? Is
the defence. The former admitted that it j the prisoner at the bar guilty, or not guil-
was his father’s practice to mingle arsenic ! ty.
with his seed-wheat ; and that he “ recol- “ GurLTT k ”
lected Reza on two occasions to have re-j “ You say she is guilty ; that is your ver-
ceived money from her late master to diet, and so you say all?”
purchase arsenic for that special purpose.” The judge slowly put on the black cap
The widow stated, reluctantly enough, that ' and proceeded to pass sentence. His ad-
“ on no previous occasion had she ever i dress was short, but impressive, and full of
known the prisoner to eat yeast dumpling ! feeling. Nothing in the shape of reproach
she “ invaiiably refused.” The threat was ! w r as to be found in it. He dwelt upon the
then adverted to; and the stepson, on j awful features of her position ; and entiea-
being hard pressed by the judge, admitted ted her wholly to abstract her thoughts
that his father had " very worrying W8ys ;"
and was not overnice in his language—
particularly towards women !”
The summing up was beautiful. It a-
bounded with humanity, precision, and
from that world which was so soon to close
upon her lor ever. The wretched woman
gazed widely around her when Baron Bay-
ley began his address, as if wholly unpre
pared for the verdict, and utterly unabie to
caution. Those who were at all conver- i realize it. She grasped the dock convul-
sant with Judge Bayley’s character, or cog- sively with her hands; her face became
uizant of his aversion to capital punish- | perfectly livid ; and her bosom heaved with
ments, or aware of the reluctance with ! a vehemence and rapidity frightful to wit-
vvhich he approached cases where the pen- ness. But as his lordship proceeded, the
ally was death, the share they occupied extraordinary nerve, which he had hitherto
of his thoughts, and the painful and ab- j displayed, returned ; and she listened calm-
sorbing attention with which, when com- i ly and submissively to her sentence. At
polled to try capital offences, he perused ! its close she curtsied most respectfully to
each disposition previous to ascending the the court, and uttered in tones low, but dis-
judgment seat, were prepared for no corn tinctlv audible in the stillness that prevail-
mon display of humanity and discrimina- | ed, “ lam innocent, my Lord; andsoit trill
tion on this occasion. Nor were they dis-' one day appear.”
appointed. He dwelt on every circum- j A very few minutes sufficed to disperse
stance favorable to the prisoner. He en-j the dense assemblage collected within the
larged on the absence of all motive. He | county hall. Suspense had given place to
drew the jury’s attention to the fact of the certainty ; and the curiosity of the idler
deceased being accustomed to mix arsenic > was appeased. In squeezing through the
with his seed-wheal ; and the probability portal, 1 passed into a group of counsel,
there was of some of this wheat finding its i who were discussing the evidence,
way into the flower barrel, atwl thus that j “ Was there ever,” said one, “ a line of
this fatal occurrence might have been al- 1 defence so promising and so marred ?—
together accidental. The language used j Why not have called the deceased wid-
by the prisoner to her late master did not, | ow ? Where was she on the morning
in Ins opinion, amount to a threat ; and the j of old Ampthill’s death ? Risk there could
explanation she gave of it was natural and j have been none in in subjecting her to a
reasonable. He expressed surprise that no ; raking cross-examination !”
witnesses had been called to character ; j “ The prisoner herself suggested it,”
the more because the jury would see that | remarked another “ Through her attor-
the prisoner had received an education far, 1 ney she handed a slip of paper to her
very far superior to that usually bestowed ; counsel. Its purport was, ‘ Call my late
on persons in her rank of life. On the | mistress as to my character and conduct
whole, it was clear that this was the inter-j while her servant. Ctoss examine her.—
pretation which judge Buyley wished the She cannot speak ill of me.” The genius
jury to adopt in evidence—viz., that Amp-! replied, ‘ It is useless : the case is coin-
thill’s death was accidental. The eon-1 plete !’ ,T
elusion of his address was dignified and j “Ha! ha? ha!—a remark worthy of ‘ an
solemn. He reminded the jury of their original thinker,’—truly descriptive of the
featful responsibilities. He warned them : man who has ‘ an opinion of his own,’ on
of the effect of their decision upon the | all points,”
unhappy woman now before them. It was
not sufficient that the case against the pris
oner was one of strong suspicion. Her life
was in their hands ; and before they took
it away they must be satisfied that she
“ I remember Sir Vicary Gibbs telling
me,” resumed the first speaker “ that he
had more than once, * known a prisoner hung
by his oten Counsel /” I set it down as one
of Sir Vicary’s vinegar speeches, and nev-
was, with malice aforethought, wantonly er could man say a bitter thing with gieater
and wilfully the murderess of Iter master,
as chatged in the indictment.
The jury retired to consider their ver
dict. Five, ten, twenty minutes elapsed ;
the next case was called, and a fresh jury
swoin, and still the fate Reza Gray hung
in the balance. Forty minutes passed ;
and the anxiety of a crowded court was be
coming momentarily more marked and vis
ible, when tbe jury returned into court.—
gusto; but to-day have* I seen it exemplified.
The party who has actually tied the noose
round the neck of that unhappy woman
is ”
“ Her own counsel,” said Sergeant
Pell, coming up, and finishing the sen
tence.
What shall I take ?—A lady of our
acquaintance, says an exchange paper,
Every eye was fixed on the foreman ; who, yourtg, lovely and intelligent, called in a
instead of delivering the expected verdict, celebrated physician to “ do something” for
asked the judge for tome explanation on
that part of the evidence which related to
the discovery of arsenic in the prisoner’s
box.
You must take that fact,” was bis lord
ship’s reply, “ as you find it stated in the
evidence. I can give you no explanation
rush of blood to the head.
“ I have been doctoring myself,” said the
languid fair one, with a smile, to the bluff’,
though kind M. I>., as he was feeling her
pulse.
“ Ah ! how ?”
“ Why I have taken Brandreth’s pills,
Take!” exclaimed the doctor, eyeing
her from head to foot. “ Take !” exclaim
ed he, after a moment’s reflection—“ lake !
why take off your corsets /”
A Fealheral.—Perhaps some of our readers
have never heard the Fealheral story, alt bo’ to
others it is familiar. The actors in the scene
lived in this county. One of them was a Can
didate for the Legislature, of which body he
The prisoner accounts for it by saying, that j Tan’s pills, Staiuburn’s pills, Sand’s sarsa-
she placed it there by way of precaution. ; parilla, Jayne’s expectorant, used Dr. Sher-
Her aim was, she asserts, to prevent mis- j man’s lozenges arid plaster, and ”
chief.” “ My God, Madam,” interrupted the ae-
“ But in her box," said the foreman in- j tonished doctor,all these do your tom-
quiringly, “arsenic was found; that box j Plaint no good!
was locked ; and she held the key ?” “ No ! lhel1 wbat shal1 1 takft pettish-
., 7 „ , ly inquired the patient.
“ 1 hat is in evidence ; and also, added J 2- - - r
thejudge, with emphasis. “ that the mo
ment she found that suspicion had attached
to her, she voluntarily deliveted up the
key of that box, and desired that it might
he searched, and every aiticle she had.—
The whole of that portion of the evidence
must beconsideted : not a part."
The jury rented.
And such a jury ! God help the poor
1 c l. had formerly been a member. \V In st canvas-
prisoner teuch tunes, and such tutors ; . . , ,
* , 1 \ smg rite countv he fell in with a man who in
as I have known leave my own country | )rtv j ous contests was one of his staunchest sup-
parish ! Jurors to whom 1 would not eu- ■ porters, but who now avowed that he should
trust the fate of a favorite dog. Obstinate, ; not vote for hint. Why not, said the Candi-
prejudiced, narrow-minded, cruel, deaf to . date ?,what reason is there for your change of o-
reason, and inaccessible to remonstance ; ; pmionrespecting me? Oh, replied the man, I
men as Lord John Russell aptly described hear have ,arned Fealheral. Fealheral,
them, “ whose intellects are as muddy as> ld ? ,h I e C audkia,e good-humrredly, what is
. . - . . . that: 1 don t know exactly, responded llie
their roads and their wills far more obsti- but j u[[ow l7alV , a hurn J an ,
nate than those oi the biutes they drive, j [Wilmington Chronicle.
Such beings bad their representatives in j — i—
the jury-box that morning. The foreman j Tk« influenza,
set with lips firmly screwed together, knit- j This plague, after hovering overtire city about
ted brows, attd a lowering, resolute eye, ; a fortnight, like a fish-hawk, has at last made its
which said as plainly as lips and eyes could swoop, and a pretty splashing has come ol it.
,, », - 1 ■ 'i ‘ ,i- 1 Coughing and sneeezing are the order of tbe
sav, “ My mind is made up. this is a hang- - s . , , 5 . . . .
. * * n,, r\ 1 • • j • day—mustard baths and herb tea the prepar
ing matter ? Once this expression varied t tion for „ )e ni hu Well> pa£ience . i/ not
when thejudge, in his chaige, dwelt on j unendurable, as we can testify, after a two days’
the points favorable to the prisoner. J he { trial. Saving and excepting that it makes one’s
foreman then rolled his eyes in tbe most j bones feel as if they had been broken in several
extraordinary manner round the court, and j crooked pieces—and one’s throat as it it was a
fixed them finally on the ceiling. It was ' ba g ol' compressed cotton—and one’s nose as
tantamount to “ Tell that to the marines !” j if itwas r a baule “ f . ca > en f ne L pepp«-and one’s
c . • 11 • eves as if they had been taken out and roasted
W Uhin two of him was an aged, sharp vis- * mjslake ch „ DU ts-and one’s head as if it
aged man, who sat oolt uptight, the \ery ■ jj a( j rU n through with a hot skewer—sav-
prototype of honour ! He held his hands i j n g these trifling inconveniences, the Influenza
closely clasped together; and as the evidence ! is nothing very remarkable.—Charleston Mer.
proceeded, seemed to say * What! poison! »
the master ! ! ! on his own homestead, with j Increase or Temperance.—A letter from
his “ missis” by his side, surrounded by | a traveller published in the Cincinnati Morning
his eruntirnr piers, and crackling hens, en- j Star, makes the tollowing statement as to the
circled by all that makes life dear ; the kine i present decrease of ardent spirits by the travel-
lowimr in their stalls and the geese hissing ! ,n « P ubllc ’. Tb ' 3 shows a ver >' & reat reduc: ' oa
to ittg in met jt , S . 5 m the quantity of spirits consumed, and a corres
ponding improvement in the moral condition of
the country:
In my late journey from Tazewell, Tennessee,
to Baltimore aud Philadelphia, I was greatly
pleased to see the good effects of Temperance—
From Tazewell to Lexington, Ky., we travelled
in the stage. Liquor was offered to the passen
gers only once or twice tu the whole distance,
one hundred and fifty-five miles. From LexiDg-
ton to Maysvilie, a distance of sixty-four miles,
not a drop of spirits was seen or offered. From
Maysvilie to Wheeling, three hundred aDd thirty
miles, on the Swifture, with upwards of one hun
dred ladies and gentlemen, cabin passengers, I
did not see a drop of spirits drank by any of
them. A bar was on the boat, well supplied with
all kinds ofdrink, and a few of the deck passen
gers and hands drank a Irttle, but it was done
“ behind the door,” as if they were ashamed of
it. From Wheeling to Cumberland, one hun
dred and thirty-one miles, in stage over the Na
tional Road, no spirits were used.or offered. The
same was the case on the railroad, one hundred
and eighty miles, to Baltimore, although a large
number were in the cars. What a pleasure thus
to travel!
on the green. Tear him from existence,
and thus ! Death by flame would be too
mild a punishment.”
On the same row was another agricul
turist, a broad faced, wide mouthed, drow-
sy-looking being, who, yawned at times
fearfully, and seemed much inclined to
snore. But he had manners ! Whenever
thejudge spoke, he roused himself. And
when Baron Bayley commented, as be could
scarcely avoid doing, on the enormity of
the crime, our somnolent friend shook his
head slowly but zealously, much in the
spirit of tbe candidate on the Bristol hus
tings, who cried, “ I say ditto to Mr. Burke :
1 say ditto to Mr. Burke.”
Marked and visible was the effect which
the uncertainly of the jury produced upon
the court. An air of deepened gravity stole
over the features of thejudge. It seemed
as if then, and for the first time, his mind
bad admitted the conviction that the ver
dict of the jury would b« unfavorable.-—
