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[NO. 25.
yOL. XXVI.]
B y CBIEVE & OB9IE,
suitors and proprietors.
Ifnnce.
•ie y'
Notice to the debtors and ci
Leuttlished FORTY DAYS.
flrs. Smith’s School.
Hi". Spring term of Mrs Smith s School closed
on the I8th of June. The summer term com
e5 Oil the 7th of July. Mrs. Smith is grateful
(itilie pitronage received, and hopes to merit p. con-
„, 5 ,nre ofihe same.
Milledgeville, June 24. 1345 24 2t
To the Planters of Georgia,
T HE subscribers have established a simp in Mor
„ aM county, ten miles from Madison,and fifteen
(r„n llmticello. where they are prepared to do an
intensive business in the manufacture of
COTTON GINS,
of a very superior quality. Having a first rale set of
machinery driven by Water Power, and having the
mist skilful workmen, and using none but the best and
moil durable materials, they feel confident in saying
ta’t their Gins will be superior to any others made in
ir Suite, and equal to any in the United States, and
off.i ai creat inducements to purchasers as any other
estiblishmont in Georgia. The Gins will be delivered
to the purchaser in all cases, fiee of charge for trans
portation, and warranted to perform well in every re-
Let. All letters addressed to us at Madison. Mor-
,vi r-.ninty, Georgia, will be promptly attended to.
5 U*Repairing done in the best manner, and at
short nultce. mNSHn> KING & JOHNSON.
M irgun Co.. Go. May 27.1S4-5 20 12m»
Furniture and House Carpentering.
T)03ERT D. HALL, (successor of IV. Lord,)
II bus canstantlv on hand, makes to order, and re
pairs all kinds of Furniture.
Ail kinds of House Carpentering done in the
best manner, ar.d low.
All kinds of Paints can be had ready for use,
Glass cut to any size and Glazing done.
Also, Glass for Picture frames. See., of various si-
Z»s; Hardware Trimmings for furniture, &x., and
Mahogany and Black Walnut Draw Nobs, See.
rr Ladies will please call at Mr. Newell’s Store,
where they will be conducted into the Shop and can
le” the fill-nil tiro.
MdMgfville, June 10, 1845. 22 tf
DELAMOTTA SHEFTALL,
attorney at LAW,
Y>. f/ILL practice in the several Courts of the
?T Middle and Southern Circuits of Georgia.—
All Ini-iness entrusted to his care will be promptly al-
te.ided to. (Jdice at Reidsville, Tattnall county. Ga
June 3 1845 21 12m
ASIIURST & DIOMATARI,
. II lorniri at hair,
Eatontos, Ga.
I! i'll practice in all the Counties of the Ocmulgie
Circuit.
April 15, 1845 ** tf
WILLI ATI F. BROOKS.
•i Ti'Ois.vjKr .ir h.t tv,
TALBOTTON, GA.
\FTkL practice in thecounties of theChattahoo-
?T chee Circuit. All business confided to him
«iii meet with the most prompt attention,
jssuary 30, 1844 3
tf
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REFERENCES.
Macon.
23 12m
E- A. Nisbet, E-q. ?
Messrs. Poe & Nisbet, (
__Jnne_nd 1845
AT BANCROFT’S.
A LARGE a^orrment of Springand Sum*
' iner Goods for gentlemen’s wear.
,Bine, Green and Brown Broadcloths.
-sek and Blue Cassameres,
|Vy do.
viriibroons,
dand Plain Linens, 25 a 374 cents.
Goton Coating, (new article,)
juicy Linen Drill,
Goods, (for hoys—superior article,)
~ 0, tnnade and Plaid Gambrooti3,
I s arf,—Cravats—Ready made Shirts—Collars—
■ roa do—Patent do—Shajns—Stocks, &c. Sec.
ALSO,
A new Supply of
Ready Made Clothing.
. ''- DOLES Esq. , as usual, occupies the rooms over
' '■More where Clothes are mode in latest stvle, and
granted to fit.
Milledgeville. March 18, 1845. 10 tf
, HATS! HATS! !
1 ftOn’PALM LEAF HATS, 124 to 25 cts.
UU Panama Hats,
fates 1 ashinnnble Beaver Hats,
do Round Crown,
1 no Boy’s Hats.
■ Ah Caps, 75 cents each.
Mm j E. W. BANCROFT.
“““dgeville, April 15, 1845 14 tf
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 1 , 1845.
TERMS
e? The Recorder is published weekly, in the JVfa-
ii l! at Three Dollars, per annum, payable in
:C " ! u Four Dollars, if not paid before the end
No paper, ia any case, sent out of the Stale,
\ p.jtm first paid for tN ADVANCE; or any new
1 -.ttaken for a less period than ONE YEAR, nnlesg
it the rate of Four Dollars per annum in
crtsEMENTS conspicuously inserted at the usual
A ’ Vi >se sent without a specification of the number
f ' , I,, will he published until ordered out, and
01 fjci accordingly-
C ‘" ,i Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Exe-
" e Q aa rdians. are required by law to be held on
f 5 ; ' p ae3 day in the month, between the hours of ten
"" en „„ ti and three in the afternoon, at the Court
f -n tiie county in which the property is situate.
K 1 ‘ fe 1 f theie sales must be given in a public gazette
'ilTYDATS previous to the day of sale.
! v, t . . 8S for the sale of personal property must be^given
in like nianne
rY PAY- previous to the day of sale,
a and creditors of an estate must also
\- • that application will be made to the Court
Huiirv for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
■ Shed for FOUR MONTHS.
ins lor Letters of Administration, must be pub-
C lT4T . 1 i ays ,' jr dismission from administration,
tty 5,1
in'v days.
' . for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
K far four months—for establishing lost papers, for
*■’"!* y -’ J eo f three months—for compelling titles from
tit rah spec ■ ^J ;[l inistrators, where a bond has been
tecamrs the. full space of three months.
vea by the aeuc. - .
r [inns will always be continued according to
1 ih ' b’ ll requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
- ° the line of Printing, will meet with
prompt'attention at the Recorder Office.
Letters on business must be post paid.
0lir subscribers, in requesting the direction of
'r r (-banned ftoin one Post Otliceto another, are
heir papers( , r in , ;taI1( . 8i j n making such requests, to
d.Mirei , _’" s we ,j t) f ti, e came of tile PostOlfice/rom which
nl,ir '" u f ..lunged, as that to which they may there-
tupy n
fit*r wish it
|. ] , r t b,, new Post Office Law, which goes into
itimt on the Nt of July, Newspapers can be sent
’L v miles free of postage.
Emory College. |
W ILLIAM I. SAMFORD, Esq , of Meriweth- |
er county, will deliver an address before the I
Literary Societies of Emory College, at the approach- !
ing Commencement, on the 22d davof July next.
SEABORN JONES, Jr.
Chairman of Com. Few Society.
May 13, 1345 ]8 8t’
MISCELLANEOUS.
E 1,
This road is edged by the
GREAT BARGAINS !
Oar extrusive Stork of Fancy * Staple Ory sea on olie side atld the Coll tin the Other ;
J£°*‘:° tr Z ea at f realty reduced price.. i and at one point especially, where theie is j
W I “ •"»« *>*■ ««». »><-■,e are several!
G«"ds will find it to their advantage to give us a call.
of perpetrating crimes of the very deepest I counterfeit head overtopped his own, with-
dye, either in the dungeons of the Inquisi-1 out feeling any ill effects from the cold a-
tion, where none but the monsters in hu- j gainst which he had so snugly sheltered
man for m, who tortured their victims in 6e- j himself from top to toe. Suddenly—just,
cret, co uld hear their shrieks for mercy ; or! at the turn of the road at the Coll de Bal- j
... . in distr icts which the Army of the Faith aguer, that fatal spot where so many
passesmeit e s irto acotdilleta mr moun-j li ad un de r its domination, persecuting and mysterious mutders and robberies had:
tain ru ge, nowu y t ie name of El Coll < castigr ding those whose words, actions or I been committed—a shot was fired from be
de rsalaguer, 1 U'- --k.. «i._ i •
[From Chambers' Journal]
COLL DE BAL AGUE R.
A MODERN CATALOSIAJt STORY.
The road from Barcelona to Valencia
5 Homespuns,
4-4 do
\ and 5-4 Bleached,
Prints,
4-4 French Prints,
Balzarine Mu.-lins,
Scotch Ginghams,
4 cents per yard.
8
7 to 12i
8 to 124
16
25
20
Just Received
Rich Polka Muslins.
Balzarine Muslins.
Frunch do
Plain Swiss Muslins.
Stripe do do
E. \V. BANCROFT.
Milledgeville, April29, 1845 16 tf
Hazard, Denslow & Webster,
Savannah, Ga.
(near the city HOTEL )
D EALERS in Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes,
Window Glass, Window Sashes, Paper, Paper
Hangings, Ink, Gon Powder, Stior, Bar Lead and
Agricultural Implements.
Amongst their assortment of Agricultural Im
plements, may be found the following articles, viz:
even looks, could be so distorted or raisin- hind one of the enormous blocks of stone
terpre ted as to be made the groundwork of, already described. The actor’s horse rear- j
a susp icion. j ed and threw his double headed and muf-
.. . 1 Thi s \ enceslas Uriarte’s habits were ex-1 Hed up rider, who, whilst struggling to dis-■
enoimous oc. s ot stone, which appear to j per,si »e, but the source- whence he drew ! encumber himself from the folds of his j
a\e ecome etac ed fiom the main rock,, Ins pt jcuniary supplies was unknown; and ! cloak, was terrified bevond measure at see-1
an . t .° ! ia ' e 0 ° eu ln suuations exactly 1 a ]tbo ugh be practised all the outward forms i ing a man with a carbine in his baud in the j
smtable for the concealment of banditti, ] of re figion with scrupulous exactitude, and ! act of pouncing upon him.
an a or ing facilities fot pouncing upon j on that account, gained a certain repu- j Fernando, however, was not wanting!
tatio n for piety in some quarters, he was j in courage, and, having luckily just at that j
gem .-rally looked upon as a dangerous per- j moment got free from the capa, he leap- ;
son. Strange and ominous expressions, j ed up on bis legs, and drawing forth a poin- ,
feat fully indicating that lie was familiar : ard, prepared for resistance,
wit’a crime, escaped his lips in unguarded I Venceslas Uriarte—for he it was who ,
00 meats ; and he gave wav occasionally ! was rushing upon his supposed victim—as-
to the most furious bursts of passion in al- {founded at having for the first time missed
ler< ;ations with his associates, his vengeful j his aim, was about to take to flight ; but
gla nces causing the bye-standers to tremble ' he lost all command over himself, and be-
les t lie should put an end to the dispute in
sot ne violent
the unsuspecting traveller from the narrow
passages by which they are separated.
Between the years 1S28 and 1831, se
veral robberies and assassinations had been
perpetrated close to this spot; and six rude
crosses erected within a very short distance of
each other were sad mementos of the fact.
All these murders had been accompanied
bv circumstances marked by a singular
similarity. The first victim who perished
in this dreaded neighborhood was a rich
merchant, who was travelling from Lerida
to Tortosa. It was supposed, that having
had occasion to transact business in places
out of the direct road, he had branched off
and had joined the Barcelona route near
the Coll de Balaguer. He was seen one
afternoon riding along on his mule in that
direction, and early on the following morn
2 B
do
(medium
2 horse
do
)
A 3
do
( do
2 do
do
)
A 2
do
(single
2 do
do
)
A 1 PI
oiigh.
(light, 1 mule
! or garden
do
)
6 iuch
do
(do 1 mule or
turning
do
)
7 do
do
(do 1 horse
do •
do
)
CHARLES S. HAWLEY,
.tltornry at hair,
HAWKINSVILLE, Pulaski Cocsty, Ga.
references.
Col. Herschell V. Johnson, Milledgeville. Ga.
Hon. C arleton B. Cole, Judee of the Superior
otirt, Southern Circuit, Midway, Ga.
Xov. 13, 1844 45 12m
J. S. MITCHELL,
AT T O R N E Y AT LAW,
STARKEVILLE, Lee County, Ga.
March 18. 1845 10 tf
GEO. W. FISH,
.ITTOIMT£1* .IT hut tf,
Milledgeville, Ga.
ILL practice in the courts of the counties of
Baldwin, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Pulaski, Lau-
is, and Washington.
Any professional business entrusted to him shall be
attended to with promptness and fidelity.
Milledgeville, March 25. 1845, II 26t
J. LAW,
,ittwle.y’H i* .1 r h.t ii*,
BATXBRIDGE, Decatur County. Ga.
W ILL attend punctually the Superior Courts of
the counties of Early, Baker and Decatur, of
itli-.vestern, and of the cojnty of Thomas of the
Southern Circuit.
May 6, 1345 17 tf
THOMAS C. NISBET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Savannah, Ga-
New pattern plough, for light soil.
Sub-soil plough, (for 4 oxen.)
do do No. 1, (for 2 horses.)
do do No. 0, (for 1 do
A 1 Side Hill or Swivel, (f>r 2 horses.)
No. 0, do do or do (for I do )
Cotton Trenching Plough.
Double Mould Board do
Cultivator Plough, or Horse Hoe.
Trace, ox chains and log chains.
Yankee Cast Ikon Ploughs, Nos. 10. 11, 12X£20. i • _ , • . c ■ r , , • ,
Connecticut Wrought Iron Ploughs, Nos. 1, 2, ! D «* a mendicant friar found Ins dead body
and 3. , bathed in blood. A bullet had struck him
Allen Pattern cast iron plough. in the forehead, just between the eyes.—
Ruggles, Nourse & Mason’s improved ploughs, Viz: i His ntouev and other light valuables were
Laglk Plough, (heavy 2 horse or ox plough.) i • " . . ° .
- - * - 'gone; but the assassin appeared to have
disdained to take any other part of his pro
perty ; for his mule was quietly cropping
the scanty grass a short distance off, and
the little portmanteau was still strapped on
the crupper pad. A remarkable, as well
as unaccountable, circumstance attending
this catastrophe was, that a roughiy fash
ioned wooden cross had been placed in
the clasped hands of the murdered mer
chant. The most prompt and diligent
steps were taken, under the direction of
the authorities, for the discovery of the as
sassin, but without effect.
Seven months afterwards, on the eve of
the festival of San Hilarion, in the month
of October, a dealer—who had been to
Nos. 2 Barcelona lo dispose of a latge quantity of
Segovia wool, anil who was on his way to
Mu tcia with a considerable sum of monev
in his possession—was robbed and mur
dered near the Coll de Balaguer; and
about the middle of the following year,
Don Andres Escoiiasa, a manufacturer of
fire-arms, was found dead at the same place.
In Februaiy, 1830, a pedlar named Zo-
annofer, who had been selling bis wares in
diflerenl parts of the country, commencing
bis traffic in Navarre and ending in Catalo
nia, when on his load from Barcelona to
Tortosa, in order to return to the North by
one of the passage-boats which ascend the
Hoes.
Brakes’ Patent, Nov. 0, 1,2, 3 and 4.
W. A. Lyndon’s Carolina Heavy, Nos. 1. 2 ar.d 3.
Lyndon’s New Ground, N09. PP and PPP crown.
Lyndon’s Round and Oval eye grubbing Hoe
and 3.
Lyndon’s Anchor Hoes, Nos. 00, 0, 1 and 2.
Collins & Co’s. Axes.
Various other kinds do
Shovels and Spade9.
Socket Spades.
Improved Cultivators.
Do Corn Shellers.
Do Corn and Cob Mills.
Do Straw Cutters.
Common do do
Fan Mills 9 sizes.
Patent Churns.
Ox Y'okes.
Grain Cradles, Scythes.
do Snaiths.
Hay and Manure Forks
Garden Implements.
Mould Boards, Points and Heels for the different EblO, was also killed by a bullet near the
fatal spot; and eight days before the festi
val of Todos los tsantos, or All Saints, in
in the same year, Antonio P. Dirba, a con-
trabandista, and also a great sportsman,
who bad that very morning succeeded iu
smuggling a cargo of French tobacco on
that part of the coast, was assassinated,
evidently without having had an oppor
tunity of defending himself; for the tra-
buco or blunderbus, with which lie was
armed, was still loaded and lying beside his
corpse.
In January, 1831, the dead body of a
person named Nervas y Alaves who bad
been selling a lot of liquorice juice at Tor-
losa, was discoveted at El Coll de Bala
guer.
, r . ... ... , These six victims bad all been rifled of
least 100 acres of it well adapted lo the raisins: oft the , . . , n ,
Spanish Tobacco. It lays near the Florida line. I ; then money alone, and ail had been mor-
would refer persons wishing to exnntine the land to tally Struck, with equal good aim, by
kinds of ploughs ; plough irons and stocks separate, in
which manner much saving can be made in transpor
ration.
A variety of implements not mentioned.
Believing that an agricultural establishment is much
wanted in this State, the subscribers will spare no
pains to keep a general assortment of implements, and
ill use their exertions to procure every improvement
in the Plough, and other implements adapted to this
State, and trust they may teceive a liberal share of
public patronage.
Orders thank fully received and promptly attended to.
February 4, 1845 4 12m
LOOK AT THIS !
T HE subscriber, desirous of selling Lot of Land
No. 137, in the 15th district Lowndes county,
would respectfully invite the attention of persons wish
ing to settle in that region of country, to examine the
land for themselves, believing they can’t help being
pleased with it. It contains 490 acres, at least 350
of which is excellent farming land, and there is at
Mr. John Me I ntyre. near the premises. My address
is Chattahoochee, Florida.
JOHN WHITE.
June 17, 1845 23 4t
SPRING_GOODS.
Just received and now opening;,
THE RICHEST STOCK OF
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods.
F v er be fo re offered iu this market.
C OBALTINES—new for Spring Dresses.
Lace stripe Muslins.
Rich Balzarines.
Plaid do
Rich Muslins and Cambrics.
M uslin Ginghams.
Plaid do
Organdi Muslins.
Plaid Lawns—new article.
3 000 yards light and dark Prints, worth 25 cents, at
12.4 cts.
2,000 “ rich American & English Prints, 18 j a 25.
5,000 “ Bleached and Brown Homesnuns. 5 a 10.
2.000 “ Jac. Muslins and Cambrics, 25a37i[cts.
L000 “ Check Cambrics.
Swiss and Book Muslins.
Irish Linens.
Table do
Linen Sheetings.
Tickings and Checks, Sec. Sec. Sec.
Gloves.
Ladies’ Black and Coi’d Kid Gloves,
do do do Net do
do do do do Mitts-
do Black and White Long Gloves and Mitts.
Gent s Black and Coi’d Kid Gloves,
do do and white Silk Gloves.
Paper Hangings.
500 Rolls Paper Hanging, at 18|
at 25 a 374
single bullet. Moreover, each was found
with a rough wooden cross fixed in his life
less hands.
The Coll de Balaguer became, as may
•naturally be supposed, the tenor of tiavel-
I lets, as well as of the surrounding country,
; in consequence of these murderous waylay-
iings; and few persons had the hardihood
1 to travel by that route, unless they were nu
merously anil stoutly accompanied. Many
; whose affairs called them from Barcelona
I tit Tortosa and Valencia, diverged from the
j highroad and willingly encountered the toil
I and inconvenience of making a circuit of
several leagues over rugged paths, regain-
ling that highroad at a safe distance from
i the dreaded Coll de Balaguer.
; Some goat herds, who occasionally con
ducted their flocks to browse upon the
mountain herbage near the spot, declared
that they had found some faded flowers
which had been deposited by an unknown
hand at the foot of each of the six wooden
crosses, which matked the burial places
of the murdered travellers; and they went
so far as to add, that at sunset, they had
more than once descried a tall figure en
veloped in a cloak gliding along until it ar
rived close to the crosses, when it sank on
its knee3 and appeared absorbed in prayer ;
but that upon their approach, it suddenly
vanished. They also imagined, that they
and tragical manner. Nor
we re their fears groundless, although the
fat al blow might not be struck in their pre-
se nee. J be following instances are char-
ac teristic of the man :
Some one having asked him how it was
tb at being so excellent a shot, he so seldom
w> ?nt out for a day’s sport, his reply was—
lo find a hare it is necessary to undergo
fa ligue. Then, if you shoot it, you must
ru n some little distance to pick it up ; and
yc m muM afterwards walk a long way if
yt m wish to sell it. * Tis much better to
vv ait for a man; he comes of his own ac-
ct »rd ; and when you have killed him. all
y< ju have to do is to ransack his alforjas"—
[s addle-bags.]
One day, however, he went to shoot wild
fi uvl in company with Antouio P. Dirba,
the contrabandista, to Los Alfaques, which
are a cluster of small island or banks neat
tf ie mouth of the Ebro, thickly overgrown
w ith tab reeds, and which afford shelter to
gt’eat numbers of wild ducks and flamin-
gt ies. At the close of their day’s sport,
h ey entered a fisherman’s hut in search of
re fteshment; but all they could obtain was
1 salad, cut into very small pieces, and as is
th e custom in Catalonia, swimming in a
pr effusion of liquid called caldo, composed
jf water, oil and vinegar.
Autonio, in helping his companion to
so me caldo, used rather clumsily the rough-
y fashioned wooden spoon which thefisher-
fiLiu had produced ; for though he seemed
to be ladling out the caldo, he in reality
ra.nsferred scarcely any to his companion’s
pi: ite ; and Venceslas insisted that he had
'ui ned the spoon the wrong way upwards,
umd that he was stupidly trying to take up
he caldo with the convex side of the spoon.
An tonio maintained that lie was using the
tol low part, and out of this trifling matter
1 m ost violent quarrel arose. And yet, as
s tl ie case with regard to many other seri
ous quarrels, the origin thereof was not only
msi gnificant, but groundless ; for a person
who accidently came into the fisheiman’s
hut, and to whom the matter was referred,
decl ared on the first glance al the object in
disp ute, that both sides of the spoon were
aliktj; that is, nearly flat.
T htee days after this absurd contention
betM’een Venceslas Uriaite and poor Anto
nio „P. Dirba, the latter was found lying
dead , with a rude wooden cross in his stif-
fene d hands, near the Coll de Balaguer.
D tiring Lent, in the year 1832, a troop
of s trolling players had been performing
with great success at Tarragona, one of
tlioso Autos Sacramentales. or sacred plays
vvhic h excite grealinterest among the Span
ish people : inasmuch as they are living
repr esentaiions, displayed with gieat ex-
actn 3sss, aided by scenic illusions, of some
of the most remarkable and exciting events
recorded in the sacred writings; the mar
tyrdom of saints being frequently represen
ted on the stage apparently in all their hor
rible reality. The auto-sacramental which
the company had enacted with so much
eclat at Tarragona was, the beheading of
St John the Baptist ; and in the hope of
meeting with equal good fortune at. Torto
sa, they departed early one morning from
Tarragona by the high road which passes
by the Coll de Balaguer.
The baggage, wardrobe, and other the
atrical equipments of the company, were
laden upon several mules ; but the actor,
one Fernando Garcia, who performed the
paitof St. John, preferred to carry one
part of his costume himself.
Fernando Garcia was a short man, which
was a main point for the effective represen
tation of the principal character in the au
to sacramental ; for, in order to give an ap
pearance of reality to the scene of the be
heading of St. John the Baptist, a bonetillo
•or leathern skull cap, was placed on the
fcead of the actor oflow statue, and upon
tfhe said scull cap there was fixed, hy means
rtf a spring, a false head, imitating nature ;
and the actor’s dress or raiment was so ar
ranged as to reach above, and cover his
own head, leaving visible only the false one
which being struck off by the executioner,
on the stage, and placed apparently bleed-
300
50.
100 Rolls rich Sntin Hanging, 374 a
50 Rolls Bordering.
Carpetings and Rugs.
3 ply Carpeting.
French
Ingrain “
Cotton “ 25 cts.
Tufted Rugs,
Patent do •
French do., 2 25 a 3 50
’Ve are now offering the largest stock of goods, and
at lower prices than can be found in the interior of
Georgia.
Weinviteour friends and customers to call and ex
amine, bein<r certain that both the sryle nnd prices will
pleuse them. E- W. BANCROFT,
• Next door to the Post Office.
Milledgevillf, March IS. 1845. 10 tf
bad occasionally heard doleful groans and [ i tl g on a or charger, produced a start-
sobs, apparently proceeding from some ; ' ij„g aU( ] exc jting effect upon the specta
person in grief or suffering, at the foot of“
the Coll. Under these mysterious circum
stances, he would have been a bold man
who would venture to pass that spot alone,
after nightfall.
A few years antecedent to these startling
events, a person named Venceslas Uiiarte,
took up his residence in the environs of
Tortosa. He was not a Catalonian, and
his previous history was unknown in those
paits. It was rumored, however, that be
fore the revolution of 1822, when the In
quisition was abolished, he had been el-
caydc 01 jailor iu some piison belonging to
that dread tribunal. According to his own
account, he had served in what was called
the Army of the Faith ; a body of implaca-
■ ble fanatics, who hesitated at no means,
i however astute or cruel, to endeavor to
THE subscriber offers for sale his plantation, two I p er p eluate a system which had been for
Valuable Land & Town Lot for sale.
IE subscriber offers for sale his plantation, twe
JL miles north of Powelton, Hancock county, con
taining nine hundred and twenty-six acres, in a good
state of repair, lying remarkably well for improve
ment, w*th a well of excellent water. The place is
uncommonly healthy, and is one of the most beautiful
country residences in middle Georgia. Also, his house
and lot in Powelton, well suited for a boarding-house.
The village is remarkable for health and good morals,
and has one of the best schools in the State.
W. R. BATTLE.
March 18. 1845 10 tf
tVROUGHT TO JAIL on 23d May, a negro man
15 who says his name is SrRKKCS, and that he be
longs to Charles Ingram, of Wayne county, Georgia,
and was brought out to aell by a Mr. Dougherty. He
is about 40 years of age—about five feet high black,
with a scar on his forehead, and one on bis throat—
complains of being deaf. The owner is requested to
come forward, prove property, pay expenses, and lake
him from Jail, at Fayetteville, Ga.
R. HOLLIDAY, Jailer.
June 17, 1845 23 3t
ages the bane of domestic felicity, the curb
to rising intelligence, and the fosterer of
the most evil passions.
That baleful system having at length
been resisted in the most determined man
ner, by the mass of the Spanish people, the
majority of its agents and abettors had either
fallen in the various encounters between the
constitutional forces and those of the Army
of the Faith, or had emigrated to France,
Italy and other countries, whilst considera
ble numbers dispersed themselves iu various
parts of Spai n, where they were generally re-
gaided with suspicion and hatred, not un-
mingled with fear, in spite of their pros
trate position ; for they bore the indelible
stamp of beings who bad been in the habit
Now Fernando Garcia could not make
up his mind to confide this precious cabe-
za, or head, which was so essential an in
strument ot his theatrical success, to the
care of a muleteer; for it was not merely
well modelled, light in point of materials—
the features being so painted as to imitate
nature to perfection, with real hair parted
over the forehead, and hanging gracefully
over the back part of the neck—but it had
glass eyes, which were constantly in mo
tion by means of an internal spring, which
was acted upon by the pressure of the said
imitation-head on the skull-cap surmount
ing the actor’s real one.
So little Fernando thought that the safer
way of conveying this all-important piece
of mechanism was to make himself a head
taller on his journey, by engrafting it on his
own pate, as he was wont to do on the
s tage , and accordingly in this guise, and
mounted on a hired horse, he wended his
vtav towards Tortosa, with the rest ot the
c ompany.
Towards evening, however, he found
himself alone. He had loitered on the
r oad, and like all loiterers, he was exposed
t o iuconveuience. The weather ivas chil-
1 y, and in order to ward off its uncomforta
ble effects, he coverned his face, and even
1 tis eyes, , with his capa, or cloak ; and trust
ing to the intelligence and sure-footedness
of his horse, he beguiled the time by think-
i 0 g of the plaudits which would be show
ered down upon him at Tortosa, when he
should personate to the life tbe saint whose
came liveted to the spot upon beholding a
being with two heads ; the upper one—
that of St. John the Baptist—rolling its
eyes in the most horrible manner, whilst
the menacing orbs of little Fernando Gar
cia were flashing on him from their sock
ets in his own living head underneath, and
the glistening poiuard was elevated, ready
to be plunged into his breast.
The robber’s guilty conscience raised up
the most fearful imaginings ; his counte
nance became livid, his mouth gaped wide
ly, his parched tongue clove to the palate,
and he gazed wildly on the horrible appa
rition. ln a minute or two, however, he
made another desperate effort to escape ;
but, although accustomed to all the rugged
paths, and agile in surmounting every ob
stacle when pursuing his prey, or iu rapid
flight with his booty, such was his trepida
tion, thathis alpargatas, or hempen sandals,
got entangled among the btiers, and threw
him down several limes. He tried to climb
at once up to the higher part of the Coll,
and for that purpose caught at a shrub
which was growing out of a crevice ; but
the force of his desperate grasp, and tbe /
weight of his convulsed body, drew it out
by the root, and' he fell again at the feet of
the double-headed commedian, who had
hotly pursued him.
“Avaunt, Satan ! Touch me not,demo-
nio !” cried the assassin, making the sign
of the cross. But his-exoicisms had no
effect upon the bold Fernando Garcia, or
upon St. John the Baptist’s head ; for the
former stood over him with the drawn dag
ger, crying out stoutly at the same time for
his comrades by the odd names which ac
tors are apt to adopt, and which no doubt
sounded to the prostrate robber like calls
for a host of demons to carry him to the
realms of eternal torment ; and the latter
kept rolling its eyes frightfully.
The rest of the company hastened to the
relief of Fernando on hearing his cries, and
found the murderer helpless from the effect
of fright and a smiting conscience. He
was bound and taken to the nearest town,
were be was searched in presence of the
proper authoiities. He wore a close hair
cloth shirt; and there were found upon
him a rosary, a little book of prayeis, and
a sort of locket, containing—according to
a memorandum on the piece of parchment
in which it was wrapped—some of the hait
of St Dominic. But he carried also con
cealed a poiuard of highly tempered steel;
and in' a pouch wete four bullets, each
wrapped in a small piece of greased linen
and fitting his carbine. There were also
a few charges fine gunpowder in a flat
powder-horn.
This hypocritical and cruel malefactor
was reduced to a state of abject cowardice
by what he considered to have been a su
pernatural interposition, and confessed that
he was the assassin of Ell Coll de Balaguer.
“But,” said the magistrate, “ how could
you dare to p'ace the cross in the hands
of your victims 1”
“It is no great matter,” replied the reck
less murderer, “ to kill the body ; but to
destroy the soul is an abominable crime !
1 adorned their tombs with flowers, and I
prayed fervently that they might be spared
some days of purgatory. I placed in their
hands, immediately after their death, cross-)
es upon which I had previously procured
a blessing, in order that, if they were not
in a state of grace, they might at all events
repulse the devil! But there he is ! I see
him ! I see him now!” he cried, on per
ceiving little Fernando Garcia advancing
with his two heads, in order to show the
magistrate how it was that his life had
been saved.
“There he is! Avaunt, Safanos ! avaunt!”
muttered the wretched assassin, and he
fell into a swoon, after some violent con
tortions.
He was tried by the proper tribunal,
sentenced to death, aud executed ; and the
brave little comedian had reason to rejoice
fot the remainder of his days at the prac
tical proof which bad been exhibited in
his own person of the truth of the old say
ing, that two heads are better than one.
It is almost needless to add, that the auto
saciamental was witnessed at Tortosa, and
other places, with increased interest by
the thousands who flocked to the theatre
when it was represented, in consequence
of the important part the head had per
formed in the drama at the C<>11 de Bal
aguer, and in bringing to justice the no
torious Venceslas Uriarte.
Digcaled Foreign .Miscellany.
Germany appears to be in a state of
high excitement, in consequence of the
schism by M. Ronge, the new Luther, who
demands marriage for the Catholic priest
hood, and tbe celebration of mass in the
native, instead of the Latin, language.
The steamship Great Britain is expected
in the Mersey on the 3d of July, and will
leave Liverpool for New York on the 26th.
She continues, as heretofoie, to excite
great interest in the Thames.
The project of uniting the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans is in a fair way of being car
ried out.
The abdication of Don Carlos in favor of
his son, is the most striking event in Conti
nental news. The obstinate old man was
very unwilling to give up the semblance of
royalty, and was only iuduced to do so, it is
said, at the earnest entreaty of cooler and
wiser heads. The resignation of Don Car
los, coupled with the declaration of his son,
points to an alliance with the young Queen
of Spain—a project which would be sup
ported by a large party in that country.
The Catholic Bishops are up in arms
against the measure, now before Parlia
ment, for establishing Colleges in the
North, the South and the West of Ireland.
Indian Cholera in Sheffield.—It was last
week stated in the public papers, that ten
of the children of the Sheffield Workhouse
had an attack of Asiatic cholera of the
most virulent kind, and that one of them
had died.
Tom Thumbis still the lion of tbe day
in Paris.
Poland is still in a disturbed state; at
Warsaw, the prisons are daily increasing
the number of their victims. The danger
of correspondence is greatly augmented.
The House of Lords has passed the
Heavyside divorce bill. The lady, in this
ca3e, is the cher atnie of Dr. Lardner.
The Free-trade Bazaar at Covent Gar
den closed on Tuesday, tbe 27th ult. The
admission, which was raised to half a crown,
was subsequently reduced to a shilling ; at
which figure it remained till the close.—
The speculation appears to have been most
successful in “raising the wind.” The m>-
sold articles and the Gothic trappings of
tbe Bazaar, are to be removed to the Free-
Trade Hall in Manchester, where another
similar exhibition will take place in Au
gust. On oire of tbe stalls were a pair of
silver knee buckles, worn by Dr. Franklin,
and a silver stock buckle, worn by Gen.
Washington. They belonged to the late
George Hammond, Esq., merchant of Liv
erpool. On the Leeds stall, were two au
tograph letters of Gen. Washington ; a
copy of one of which we subjoin :
“Sir—The applications for liberty to go
to the lines are so fiequent, that thev cause
much trouble. Aou will, therefore, sir,
grant passes to such as you may think pro
per ; at the same time, I would recommend
to you, that the officer who will attend up
on these occasions, be a person of sense,
and one who will carefully attend to the
conversation of those who meet on the lines.
“I am, sir, your most H. St.,
“G. Washington.
“Cambridge, 17th Dec., 1775.”
Woollen Manufactures and Wool.—Re
turns upon this subject have been issued
by order of the House of Commons. It
appears, that the declared value of the Bri
tish woollen manufactures, exported from
the United Kingdom in 1844, was <£8,204,-
936 ; of which, =£2,444,789 worth was ex
ported to the United States of America.—
During the same year, 65,079,5241b. of
sheep and lamb’s wool, foreign and colonial,
were imported into tbe United Kingdom ;
of which, 1,924,8261b. were re-exported
from the United Kingdom, chiefly to Bel
gium. Of British sheep and lamb’s wool,
8,947,6191b. were exported to foreign court
tries ; and 8,271,9061b. of British woollen
and worsted yarn, including yarn of wool or
worsted mixed with other materials. There
were also imported into the United King
dom 635,3571b. (of which, 47,8481b were
re-exported,) of alpaca and lama wood ;
and 1,290.771 lb of Mohair or goat’s wool;
of which, 97,5291b were re-exported.
Sale of Slave-grown Sugar in Liver
pool.—The second sale of Venezuela Su
gar, the produce of Slave L.tbor, admitted
under the authority of the order in Council,
of the 26th of April, took* place on Tues
day, the 27th ulr., in Liverpool. There
was a large attendance of buyers, and the
demand was fair. The importation, which
was per Cantab from LaGuavra, consisted
of 940 barrels divided into 20 lots. The
first lots offered were sold at 55s 6<1 per
cvvt., duty paid ; 56s were then offered,
and the prices gradually advanced until
they reached 60s 6d. The whole cat go
was sold for re-exportation to the Isle of
Man, and consequently the duty of 23s
and 4d per cwt. will be returned to the im
porters.
Disasters at Sea.—The Rtrssian Steam
er, plying between Hull and Riga, has been
lost in tbe North Sea. The crew were
saved. A sloop called the Daniel, belong
ing to Malden, in Essex, struck off Lowes-
toff; the ctew took to the Stoat, which cap
sized, and four out of the seven were
drowned. The vessel, it is expected, will
be saved. In the same gale on the night
of Wednesday, the 21st ultimo, several
vessels lying off Harwich and the Roads at
Yarmouth, were damaged by collisions and
otherwise. A large steam-tug called the
the Messon, belonging to London, found
ered during the gale. The Edmund, lad
en with coal for London, was wrecked off j
Yarmouth ; on the same night, a Swasea
trader foundered on the “Boston deep.'’—
Fiveotlier losses are reported off different
parts of Yorkshire.
The Queen's Visit to Ireland.—The
Queen received an address last week, at
Buckingham Palace, fiom the Lord Mayor
and Corporation of Dublin, soliciting Her
Majesty to visit Ireland. After reading
and presenting tbe address, the Lord May
or, kneeling, received acopy of the Queen’s
answer, and had the honor of kissing
hands. The answer was merely formal,
and means nothing It appears to be un
derstood and settled, that the royal visit to
Ireland will not take place this yeaF.
Danish Possessions in India.— The Co
penhagen Journal of the 17th ult., publish
es the text of the Convention, concluded at
Calcutta t»n the 2d of last February, rela
tive to the sale of tbe Danish possessions
in India. The possessions sold are tbe
town of Tratlquebar and its districts, on the
coast of Coromandel ; Serarapore, in Ben
gal ; a territory in Ballassore ; and all the
royal domains in those possessions. The
price of sale is 1J millions of rupees.
Use of the Electrical Telegraph.—A
sea-fai ing man, named Lane, who eloped
with a young woman whose personal
charms are considerable, from the roof of
her parents, the fugitives carrying with
them c£37, the property of the girl’s pa
rents, was arrested last week, in conse^
quence of a description of their persons
having been forwarded by tbe electrical
telegraph on the South-western railway.—
The officer was in attendance at the termi
nus. before tbe parties alighted from the
train.
Staves.—The Lords of the Treasury have
given notice, that they will permit all
staves exceeding 72 inches in length, to be
reduced in bond, at the expense of the par
ties, to the dimensions under which the
same would be admissible, duty free, by
the recent resolutions of the House of
Commons, upon the distinct understand
ing, that the staves be made use of for no
•other purpose than casks.
Beethoven.—The most extensive prepa
rations are making throughout Germany,
for the inauguration of the statue erected to
this great composer, in August next.—
There will be a monster concert, consist
ing of some thousands of vocal and instru
mental performers.
Sweden.—The advices from Stockholm
to tbe middle of Mav, state, that a famine
i-i generally apprehended in Upland, The
Captain-General of the district has request
ed the local authorities to inform him of
the necessities of their vicinities, and to
mention the securities they can offer for the
repnyment of the sums advanced for their
relief.
Navigation of the Caspian Sea.—A let
ter from St. Petersburg of the 9th of May
says : 1 iiree iron steamboats, each of 190
horse power, have been built at Astraccau.
; by order of the Government, to navigate
! the Caspian Sea, which are intended not
merely to cruize in that sea, but lo convey
passengers and goods.
Pirates in the Mediterranean.—Accounts
from Messina, to the 6th of May, stats that
the brig Garrett, of Hull, had been chased
and attempted to be boarded on the 21st
ult. fifty miles west of Malta, by a schooner
under Turkish colors, of about 230 tons,
with painted ports, well armed and manned
and a very fast sailer, which, in attempting
to board the biig, carried away tbe jib-
boom and bow-spiit, and tbe brig’s main
gaff’, maintopgallarit mast, Sec.
Explosion of Four Corn Mills.—Ou
Tuesday night, about 1L o’clock, the four
extensive grinding mills in Basinghall, near
Sedgewick, blew up with a tremendous ex
plosion, which was heard for many miles.
Much alarm was excited, but no lives were
lost.
Her Majesty's Bal Costume.—The Queen
and Prince Albert inspected, yesterday, the
drawings for the illustrations of her Majes
ty's approaching bal cosuime, lo be pub
lished in the Pictorial Times, which were
submitted by Mr. Stephen Sly.
Execution.—Joseph Connor, who had
been convicted of the murder of Mary
Brothers, was executed at Newgate on
Monday, the 2d inst. He fully confessed
his guilt.
The Duke of Wellington recently ap
peared at the Marlborough Police office, to
prefer a complaint agninst Henry Woods,
the driver of one of tbo Fulham carrieis’-
carts. The Duke was-going out of Picca
dilly into Park Lane,.and in crossing the
road, was struck by defe«dant*9-cart on the
shoulder, and nearly knocked down-; had
he fallen, it would have been under the
wheels of two carts—the defendant’s and
anojher that was coming in an opposite di
rection. The driver w«s fined =£4, or to
be imprisoned for a montii^ and as the
money was i.ot forthcoaingtjie was-locked
up.
Those who take an interest in the pri-
vate habits of the Duke-of Wellington, de
clare that to his early rising,;.a mattress
bed, constant exercise in tbe open air, tem
perate habits, and the constant use of t lie
cold bath, may be attributed, the excel
lent health which be enjoys.
The Duke of Wellington, it is well
known, has in his pocket some fifty or six
ty proxies, to use on all occasions but in the
sittings of Committees ef the House, where
they aie not available, by which he can de
cide, or very nearly so,almost any question
brought under the consideration of the -
House of which he is a member.
Safe of Louisiana Sugar.—The first sale
of United States Sugar ever held in Liver
pool took place on the 19th. The quanti
ty exposed for sale was only smal', and it
sold very well. There are two other lots
in the port; but. as prices have risen very
greatly in America, owing to rhe smallness
of the Cuba sugar crop, and have become
much more moderate '.ban they were in
England some time since, owing to the
abundant supplies from the West Indies,
the Mauritius, and tbe East Indies, it is not
likely that much mora will be imported
from the United States at present.
Indian Coni.—The efforts of Dr. Bart
lett, of the New York. Albion, to.iuduce the
British Government to introduce Indian
Corn extensively into England, and to en
courage the consumption of It by the Eng
lish people, are exaiting some attention on
this side of the water. Cobbet, many
years ago, vainly, endeavored to draw at
tention to this excellent article of food.
Almost all the nobility aad gentty who
encourage the fine arts, and nearly all the
artists in London, have been to- see the
statue of the “Greek Slave,” by Mr. Hiram
Powers, an American Artist, who studied
under Thorvaldsen, and who has for some
time been resident a* Florence, where he
produced this work. The statue represents
a Greek ; the figure-is entirely nude, and
might have been called a Yenus^ but for
tbe chains by which the wrists are fettered.
It is a work of very high merit—indeed,
in modern art, of the very highest order.
The limbs are beautifully rounded, the con
tour perfect, aad tbe attitude fine. There
is a great delicacy and fine simplicity of
manner. The face is very beautiful, full
of character and expression. It is cat
out of a remarkaUy fine block of mar
ble.
A duel took, place recently, at Gosport,
between two officers, one of them &eton,
lately atiached to. ike Hussars; the other
Hawkey, a lieutenant in the Marines. The
parties met at a soiree, where Setoa danc
ed with, and, i» the opinion of her husband
paid too much attention to Hawkey’s wiie.
The latter attempted to kick tke other in
the tail-room, called him a blackguard, and
said that if he would not fight him he would
horse whip him the following day down
the Higb-s'reet of Portsmouth. Both are
married rrfeo, and their wives give versions
of the affair most favorable to their hus
bands. Mis. Hawkey declares that Mr.
Seton grossly insulted her ; Mis. Scton, on
the contrary, asserts that her husband was
insulted by Mr. Hawkey, who behaved ia
a most ungentlemanly mannei. Hawkey
has eseaped to France. They met next
morning, when Seton fell, it was thought
dangeiously wounded. Mr. Liston, the
popular London surgeon, was obliged to
be sent for to perform an operation. It is
uncertain whether the patient will live or
die.
Raggett’s Hotel, in Dover Street, Picca
dilly, London, was burned down on the
26th ult., and. shocking to relate, so rapid
wete the flames, so speedy tlie work of de
struction, that four persons lost their lives
bvthis calamity—namely, Mrs. Round, the
lady of the honorable member for Malden.
Essex ; Mr. Raggett, the proprietor of the
Hotel; his daughter, Miss Raggett, aged
27 ; and Mrs. Jones, a nurse in the service
of the Earl of Huntington, At the time of
the calamity, the Hotel was being occupied
by several noble and genteel families, who
had arrived from tbe country to be present
ed at the Queen’s drawing room the rext
day. Amongst the visitors for this purpose
wa9 the nnfortunate Mrs. Round. 1 he
Countess of Huntington has lost tbe whole
