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on” back to his den, and she, oveijoiced,
spread her gold-tipped pinions, and “bathed
them in the thunders home.” He shared
her rejoicings, and her prosperity. Fortune
£rn i]ed —beauty captivated —love wooed and
won —the object was fair, pious, devoted,
•chaste, and the prospect of happiness was
•cheering. Time sped onward with swift
w j n g —things began to change—losses came
and°Boon after death. But it was a trium
phant departure from time’s shore. He
came to the grave with the frost of fifty
winters on his head. Honored be his memo
,.yl Rested be his soul from all trouble!
Oh! how fleeting is human happiness, is hu
man prosperity and greatness —we but
grasp it, and it is gone. This thought called
up the histories of nations and cities, once
prosperous, but now erased from the earth.
I hear the mournful lament, over departed
greatness coming from the desert of the
East, where the destroying sirocco, sweep
ing across its arid bosom, has long since
murmured the death-song of Palmyra’s
glory through her mouldering columns, and
desolate habitations. The Acropolis where
he stood, that guided the affairs of the Gre
cian republic by his powerful eloquence,
remains a mournful monument of the same.
Might not Brutus subscribe to it, with his
•dagger dripping with the gore of a fallen
•emperor. Methink I hear a sound booming
o’er the broad Atlantic from Helena’s lonely
desolate rock—where grim dispair, and her
sister, grief, stalk sole monarch over the
hero’s conquered spirit. He, the conqueror
— he, to whom the mighty Alexander him
self must yield tire palm— hr, that swept
Europe with the besom of destruction—
that astounded the world by the brilliancy
and celerity of his successes— he must yield
with all to the common conqueror, Death.
Oh! how mournful stands this monument of
the instability of human glory! Shall we
profit by it? I will try. Judging from the
full page of history, may we not ask seri
ously whether our country may not fall ere
long 1 ! Whether posterity may not hear the
clink of Time’s chisel engraving upon the
mouldering foundation of our “Capitolium,”
the oft-inscribed epitaph, “They were, but
they are not ?” ’Tis not impossible—take
up the Ciceronian wail, “O! tempora, O!
mores.” ECCENTRIC).
Written for the “Southern Miscellany.”
NOAH DOOLITTLE’S DISSERTA
TION ON FISHING.
“Talking about fishing,” said Noah, “I
rather calculate there is more of it done than
yon are aware of. There is salt water fish
ing, fresh water fishing, and dry land fish
mg .
“ Dry land fishing!” replied I; “ why what
in the word do you mean by that?”
“Wall, now, I guess you needn’t stare at
a body so all-fired hard—they used to call it
bad manners to hum. But as you seem to
be a little curious, on this point, I’ll explain
it to you. Dry land fishing isn’t sicli an
uncommon thing as you might suppose. —
Political fishing is the most popular. From
the candidate for County Clerk to the can
didate for President, there is a considerable
business done in this line. The bait is va
ried according to the quality of the fish.
Some dry land fish, like mud cats, ain’t very
perticler about the bait, and will snap at
most any thing. The common bait for this
kind, is Rum. Then, there is tlie ‘big-fish’
—shy as a trout—you try all sorts of dainty
bait with him. You bait the hook with a
promise of office —you drag it carefully along
towards the fish—you rub it against his tail
•—you draw it slyly towards his nose, but it
ain’t no use; off he shoots, and gittin snug
under a root, gives you a sly look, as much
as to say, ‘abird in the hand is worth two
in the bush.’ You take up the hook, clap on
a * certain piece of property,’ that you know
will be acceptable. Again you drop it un
der his nose. The fish moves towards it a
little—sinqlls it—flys back—comes up and
•smells it again—hesitates, and finally moves
■slowly off’, saying, as plain as fish can say,
‘ I’ve -a character at stake!’ You lift your
hook the third time—you place, with the
(Other bait, an order for two thousand dol
lars, provided you are the successful candi
•date. This time you drop your hook with
a little more confidence. The fish sees it—
snakes a spring, and, lo! you have secured
.llie ‘big-fish.’
The Gambler fishes for suckers by enticing
them with gold which he takes care not to
loose.
The Merchant fishes for customers. The
most common bait for this sort is, ‘ Great
Bargains!’ ‘ Goods sold at New-York cost,
for cash /’ Up comes the fish, and swallows
the bait with avidity; but alas! he soon feels
the prick of the hook.
Then there are Literary fishermen. But
these are scarce. Bait is expensive and
most people prefer borrowing to the trouble
of fishing.” B. A. P.
Macon, Georgia.
Communicated.
HONOR AND GLORY.
I shall die ! 1 shall die!
Can it be ? that I!
Am elected clear,
For one whole year,
A Justice of the Peace!
Such wp.3 the fervid poetic language of
Willis Wiggletail, who emigrated front this
county some ten years since. The loss of
such citizens are always considered a calam
ity or public misfortune. He opposed one
of his neighbors for a vacancy in the magis
terial office for the district—having served
for a year or two in the subordinate one of
Bailiff, and could almost write his name. A
warm contest ensued in the election : Wil
lis had a majority of some three or four votes
—he treated more liberally than his oppo
nent—3o he was elected by the whiskey.—
The fact of his majority of votes being an
nounced, in overpowered exstacy he fell
sprawling over the threshold of the cabin
court house of the district. There he lay,
stretched and gasping in his glory, ending
fevery sentence with, “ Boys, I can’t bear
•t; 1 shall die!” But Willis lived, and long
.* after the term of his services expired, he
signed his name to notes, and his letters J••
P- His glory would not die !
N. B. A scrap from the recollections of
J. Bro>tn, Poet, of Pinchbacb.
Communicated.
When Brown, the poet, wrote his book,
And I received by mail
The notice Tommy Teasewell took,
Who lives at Bcavertail —
I thought if I could only win
Such fame, by writing one,
I would forthwith the work begin,
And haste to get it dune.
I then invok’d Erato’s aid.
And studied many ways ;
For well I knew 1 should be made,
If I could win the praise.
But poetry is hard to write,
And his could not be beat;
So, of the honor I lost sight,
And went to cut my wheat.
But when I heard of Tommy’s luck—
His pie and gingerbread—
I smack’p mv urs, and must’ring pluck,
Resolv’d to “go a-head !”
For I am very fond of pie,
And Tamar’s cakes are sweet;
And tho’ I fail, I mean to try —
I may get some to eat.
Her cakes are biggkb than at first,
And when she makes a pie,
She heaps the booster in the crust,
As long as it will lie.
There’s much to win ; nor can I see
That I can lose thereby ;
At least, I’ll risk the poetry,
If she will risk the pie.
And lest someone should eulogise
My poetry, and take,
As Tommy Teasewell did, the prizo,
I will this bargain make :
I’ll do as I would bo done by,
And not be hard to please ;
If he w ill give me half the pie,
I'll give him half the praise.
Now, Mr. Printer, lend a hand,
It may a vacuum fill;
For rooster pies are in demand,
And cakes are tasty still.
And if I only get a part,
You need not fear you’ll lack;
I’ll let you know with all my heart,
And you shall have a snack.
I’m done ; and wait with longing eyes
For gingerbread and pie ;
And it I fail• to win the prize,
I will come up and buv.
• JACOB WISHFUL.
Quietude, June, 1812.
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For the Southern Miscellany.
TO THE PEOPLE OF MORGAN
COUNTY.
In the last “Southern Miscellany,” I no
ticed an article over the signature of “ One
of the People,” making an attack on the
Justices of the Inferior Court, or a maiority
of them, for what the writer pleases to call
“an extraordinary and arbitrary edict” of
said court.
In the beginning the author makes a dis
claimer of making any attack upon the gen
tlemen composing the court, or any assault
upon their motives as officers; but in the
dissection of his piece, the insincerity of
“One of the People” will be so obvious that
even he himself will be astonished.
A short history of the facts forming the
bone of contention between the Court and
“One of the People,” will enable the com
munity to judge fairly between the parties.
Some few months since “One of the Peo
ple” called upon some of the individual
members composing the Court, making a
request for permission to use the court room
as a suitable place for the meeting of a
Temperance Society, which had, or was
forming in this place; a part of the Court
gave their assent—a bare minority dissent
ing—who stated as a reason for that dissent,
that in times gone by, the old Court House
had been permitted to be used for like pur
poses—and that the abuse of that building
had been to such an extent that the old
Court, which he pleases to call “igno
ramuses,” endeavored time after time to
prevent, by having new bars and new locks
put to the doors, with strict orders (or as he
would call them “extraordinary and arbi
trary edicts”) to the clerks, who then kept
their offices up stairs, to keep them fast, and
lo permit no intrusion on the Court House.
But unfortunately the construction of the
old building was such that it proved im
practicable to carry this order into execu
tion—as the gentleman would call it, this
“extraordinary and arbitrary edict.” So,
this court of “ignoramuses,” which he makes
the court of 1842 treat so contemptuously,
did actually set the example for this Court
to follow; and the gentleman may rest as
sured that this court looks with respect up
on the motives and edicts of that body, “ar
bitrary” and “extraordinary” as they may
appear to be to “One of the People.”
But, fellow-citizens, such was the abuse
of that building, that decency forbids its
utterance. I can refer you to the Sheriffs
and Clerks for the truth of my assertion, as
well as to tho former members of the Court.
This being the case, the old Court of “ig
noramuses,” as they seem to he made to
appear, under an order of the Grand Jury
of the County, adopted and carried into
effect the present building, as best calcula
ted to prevent the disgraceful scenes perpe
trated. in the old Court House. First, by
having the court room to be appropriated
entirely for court purposes; secured from
intrusion of any kind; to be always ready
aud in order for the administration of justice
with comfort, (for in the old court room this
could rarely be done.) Secondly, by so
constructing the offices of tho Clerks, Sher
iff, &c., that none of the insurmountable dif
ficulties aforementioned, might occur; and
thirdly, that a commodious “vestibule,” as
the learned gentleman calls it, or spacious
passage intersecting the building at right
angles, and so constructed that Sheriff’s
sales, town meetings, meetings of the citi-.
zens of the county, on any occasion, might
bo held, with the utmost comfort. I will
here remark, that such has been the pres
sure of the times, together with the misfor
tunes of our losses in bridges, Sec., that the
! Court have not yet felt themselves able to
s (D®® mis m.st maa©mjl il a h
fit up this “vestibule,” or commodious pas
sages, in the manner contemplated. They
hope to be able to carry this fully into effect,
thereby finishing the intentions and carrying
out the plan of their predecessors; and for
doing which they at e now arraigned at the
bar of public opinion as a set of modern ty
rants, by “One of the People.”
On the 7th instant, the Court, as “One
of the People” says, passed this dreadful
“ edict,” which lias moved so sensitively the
ire, and called forth the legal powers of this
astute “One of the People,” for presuming
in opposition to his wishes to take care of
the public buildings, which the law and the
people have placed in their care. But stop,
fellow-citizens, did he tell you why this
edict was passed—or why the permission
already granted was revoked? Oh no! he
thought it best on this subject to bo silent.
I will tell you.
At the last meeting of the Temperance
Society so much carelessness was manifest
ed by them, that the court room was ma
terially injured, the windows and blinds
were left open without fastening, in conse
quence the panes of one window were near
ly all broken, the blind nearly knocked to
pieces, its fragments scattered‘in the court
yard—candles and tallow were strewed on
the clerk’s desk in dirty confusion—the
sheriff had to mend the benches for the peo
ple to sit upon. Taxing the people for re
pairs at a time when our taxes are high
enough; yet the law is imperative on the
Court to keep in repair the Court House, at
the expense of the County. I now ask you
what would you think of your Court were
they thus to permit your public buildings
abused, and no effort made on their part to
protect them? Would you not say- they
were recreant to their duty 1 I will here, in
the name of the Court, thank the learned
gentleman for the information he has im
parted to that body, by telling them, “that
as servants they ought not to become mas
ters.” It is well to remind “ignoramuses”
of their duty—they might forget from
whence they came, in this land of equality.
The above statement I consider a fair one
of facts. It has given rise to unmeasured
abuse, insidiously heaped upon the Court by
“ One of the People,” who sets out with
fair professions—it only requires half an eye
to see the assassin disposition both of char
acter and motive throughout his piece, tho’
studiously endeavoring lo cover it by a fair
exterior.
Is there any thing more unfair than his
premises and deductions. He says, if the
legislature intended on giving the authority
to the Inferior Court to build court houses,
and keep them in repair, that they should be
used for that purpose and that alone, they
would have said so. Now take the reverse.
If the legislature intended that they should
be used for other purposes, they would have
said so in their enactments. “One of the
People,” as a lawyer, understands bow to
expound it better than lie lias done. His
sophistry is plain, and only calculated to de
ceive you. If it is a fair one, I would rather
live under the Autocrat of all the Russias,
than in a circuit where he might happen to
preside as judge. His decision would bear
this illustration:
The legislature passes a law, saying, if a
mar- steals your horse, he shall he sent to
the Penitentiary at hard labor for four years;
but the judge, taking the gentleman’s con
struction of law as his guide, sentences the
poor man to be hung until he is dead, then
to serve out his time as the law prescribes
in the Penitentiary. Ah! but the law does
not allow that. Yes, but it does not forbid
it; and if the legislature intended that the
poor man should suffer no other punishment,
how easy they could have said so. If you
will examine this tirade of abuse, you will
see that his premises are all equally false—
his reasons and his conclusions must be
equally so.
My recollections just remind me that
“One of the People” was a Justice of the
Inferior Court. His consciousness was so
acute, that be feared to do right for fear he
would do wrong. A poor old Revolution
ary soldier, who fought for our liberties,
applied to the Court for such certificates as,
by law, were necessary for liim to accomp
lish his object. It was also necessary that
the Court should certify that the signer of
his certificate was an ordained minister of
the Gospel. This the Court did. The cer
tifying minister had been preaching for years
in our County, and was of irreproachable
standing. This Justice of the Inferior Court
suddenly conceived he had awfully erred 1
How did he know that this minister was or
dained? “I must have my name off that
certificate.” The last that I heard of it was,
that he was in great tribulation. I have
forgotten whether or not the Clerk sent on
these certified papers. Wake up Mr. “One
of the People,” and do unto others as you
would they should do unto you. Think you
not, that the Court may have conscientious
scruples in the trusts committed to their
charge by the laws of the land?- You have
served your day and generation upon the
bench—have some compassion upon your
junior brethren—admonish and advise them
without villification.
The Court will take care of the public
buildings -without being dictated to by a
clique in Madison. I think the citizens of
the several districts of .Morgan County have
sacted rights; they have been heavily taxed
to erect this building, about which so much
fuss is made; and if it is necessary that they
should meet in “case of emergency,” the
Sheriff will soon open to them the doors of
the Court House; and the Court will feel
proud that, in the discharge of the duties
falling to tlieir lot, as a Court, they are able
to discern without advice from “One of the
People,” that they are not “masters,” but
the legal agents of the people.
The Court lay down these truths as in
controvertible: Ist, that the public buildings
belong to the people, tho whole people, and
not a fraction. 2d, that the Justices of the
Inferior Court are the legal agents of the
people, for the time they are elected, to
discharge such duties as the laws require.
Amongst these is, to take care of the public
buildings. If they abuse that trust, they
are liable to impeachment, and removable
from office, or they can be superseded at the
next election, or instructed out by the peo
ple, which is a fashionable doctrine of the
day.
Possibly the last would suit the object of
“One of the People” best, as he may be
getting ambitious in his latter days, and feels
too sensibly the loss of the dignity and hon
ors he prates about so much. If so, I will
just say to him, that if he will procure an
instruction fiom the people, the whole peo
ple, and not a fraction, not a Madison clique,
not a private Society who assume to be the
people of Morgan, or rather that the people
of Morgan and their public buildings should
belong to them of right, be shall have a chance
to regain his lost honors and dignity; and
if he will be as conscientious as he used to
be, and will construe the laws fairly, I will
go farther, I will promise to support him
for the dignified office which his heart seems
so intensely set on.
With my. best wishes for your peace, qui
etude, and happiness, u release from ail fu
ture purturbation of mind, I take a respect
ful leave of “One of the People,” hoping it
will be a long time before he will again
raise a storm in a tea-pot.
ONE OF THE COURT.
Communicated.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH
OF JULY.
The Morgan County Temperance Society
resolved, at its last regular meeting, held in
the Court House, on Wednesday Evening,
the Ist instant, to celebrate the approaching
Fourth of July.
A large Committee of Arrangements was
appointed to make suitable preparations.—
That Committee met on the 7th instant, and
appointed a sub-committee to wait on the
citizens, requesting such contributions in ar
ticles of diet, ready prepared for use, as they
were willing to furnish for the dinner : that
Committee consists of Messrs. W. Woods,
J. W. Porter, and J. B. Walker.
A sub-committee was appointed to ar
range the Procession on the day of celebra
tion, and procure a suitable Banner, &c.—
Messrs. A. Alden, A. A. Overton, C. Whit
ing and J. Robson, are that Committee.
A sub-committee—consisting of Messrs.
W. Kolb, W. S. Stokes, John S. Walker,
Thomas J. Burney, A. G. Saffold and M.W.
Warren—was appointed to arrange the ta
bles, seats, &c., and receive and superintend
the Dinner, which will be at the Spring lot.
Messrs. C. Whiting, T. J. Burney, W. S.
Stokes, M. W. Warren and E. L. Wittich,
were appointed, at the regular meeting of
the Society, a Committee to select an Orator,
a Reader of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, and a Reader of a Declaration of In
dependence from under the dominion of
King Alcohol; that Committee selected Mr.
L. L. Wittich to deliver the Oration, Col
onel John B. Walker to read the first, and
Major William Woods the second Decla
ration of Independence.
The citizens of the County are respect
fully invited to attend.
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Saturday, June IS, 1848.
TO readers and correspondents.
We will be glad to receive the MS poem alluded to by
our friend “ J- M. H-” in hie letter of the lf>th.
“The Maniac’s Complaint” has not been consigned
to our “ grate,” but is still on file for publication.—
It shall appear in turn.
“My first visit to the Indian Springs” is without mer
it, and therefore inadmissible.
“S. H- C.’s” favor,-covering a selected article—a Chap
ter for Young Husbands—has been received. We
have laid it by for future consideration —perhaps,
publication.
OUR AUGUSTA AGENT.
Mr. S. A. Holmes is our authorized Agent
for the city of Augusta. Persons in that vi
cinity wishing to subscribe for the “ South
ern Miscellany” will please give him a call.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
Owing to an invitation to the Minister
and members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church to unite with the Presbyterians in
their communion on Sabbath (to-morrow)
morning, there will be no preaching at the
Methodist Church at that hoar. Service
may, however, be expected at tho Methodist
Church at night.
TIIE DISPUTE.
Agieeably to our promise, we publish the
reply of “One of the Court,” to the article
which appeared in our last. We wish to
show “fair play” to all parties; and we
hope, if this dispute is protracted, our
friends will not forget the subject of their
contention, and their own character as gen
tlemen, so far as to descend to personal
invective and vulgar abuse. We do not
think they will. We have seen nothing in
tho two article already published, to warrant
such an expectation. But we are too well
acquainted with the nature of controversy,
not to give a friendly warning. Human na
ture is such that it is impossible to conduct a
discussion of this sort, without causing some
ill-teeling in the parties; and, as it pro
gresses, this feeling is much more liable to
I be aggravated than allayed. Hence the
danger of abusing the right of free discus
sion, and making it a means of gratifying
personal spite.
In this case, as in all others of a similar
kind, the object is not to ascertain who is
the most caustic wit, or who can indite the
most flaming and angry periods, or cause
his antagonist to feel the most keenly under
his lash, but to determine where the error
lies, and who is in the wrong. The people
have an interest in the question. They have
a right to discuss it. It is a proper ques
tion, it appeai-s to us, to be examined through
the medium of a public print, and so long
as we remain of this opinion, we should be
unworthy of the capacity’ we have assumed
as publisher of a public journal, if we,
through any fear or favor, hesitated in giving
either party an opportunity of addressing
the public.
07“ The great length of the “History of
the Declaration of Independence,” which
commences on our first page, and an unusu
al quantity of original matter, has somewhat
reduced our usual variety of selected and
Editorial matter, this week. We hope to
make up for the deficiency in our next.
friends who have increased our
Subscription List, by giving us their names
during the last few days, will please accept
our cordial thanks. We like to getsubscri
bers. We look upon those who have sub
scribed for our paper as real friends—we
can’t help it. They have given the best
evidence of tlieir good will. Real friend
ship, by the way, is a valuable article, and
we like to increase the stock.
Water Melons, Peaches, and Figs,
have made their appearance in our market;
which we presume will be welcome news
to those who are anxious to get off their
surplus change for rarities. The melons
were not the production of our County, but
were brought from Augusta by that invulua
ble friend to the public, “ The Georgia Rail
Road and Banking Company.”
“FAMILY COMPANION.”
The J uno number of this work was placed
upon our table yesterday morning. We
have had no time to examino it, but shall do
so in time for our next, and notice it at
length. It is a very punctual and welcome
“Companion.”
“ The Washingtonian, or Total Absti
nence Advocate" —ls the title of anew paper
published in Augusta, wlijch is devoted to
the cause of “Total Abstinence.” We
wish it great success. It is engaged in a
noble work. The first number comes to us
neatly printed, and well supplied with inter
esting matter. All Washingtonians ought
to take it. Published by James McCafferty
every other Saturday. One Dollar per an
num in advance.
STRAWBERRIES.
We were presented on Saturday last,
with two bunches, containing seven large
strawberries, being the product of a second
crop, which were plucked from the garden
of Dr. Wingfield, of this place. The larg
est of the seven berries measured three
inches in circumference.
STICK A PIN HERE.
The herbcalled Pimpernel, or Red Chick
weed, is said to be an effectual cure for the
bite of a mad dog.
SEVERE CHASTISEMENT.
A school mistress, at Lynn, Massachusetts,
named Beckwith, a short time since killed
one of her pupils by hanging him up by the
heels and beating him with rulers. The
murdered lad was named Meads.
USE OF CROWS.
Crows are very useful to farmers, though
generally regarded with aversion. The
Magazine of Natural History says : “Eve
ry crow requires at least one pound of food
a week, and nine-tenths of their food con
sists of worms and insects. One hundred
crows then, in one season, destroy 4,780
pounds of worms, insects and larvae. From
this fact, some slight idea may be formed of
the usefulness of this much persecuted bird
to the farmer.”
TAKEN UNAWARES.
A young man, in Cincinnati, a few nights
since, attended a young lady home, and on
his return was oncountcred by a rival and
stabbed to the heart. The offender is at
large.
CENTRAL BANK NOTES.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of
Tuesday last, says: “We deefm it due to
our readers, many of whom rely upon our
quotations for their negotiations, to state,
that since our report on Wednesday last, of
the value of Central Bank notes, the ten
dency has been constantly downward, until
they have reached 20 to 22 per cent, dis
count, and we should not be surprised to see
them at 25 per cent, discount iri leas than a
week.”
Fell in a well.
A correspondent informs us that a little
girl, about three years old, tho daughter of
a Mr. Mayers, of Cobb County, fell into a
well some thirty-six feet deep, a short time
since, but was rescued without receiving any
injury.
WORTHY or IMITATION.
The citizens of Cumberland, New Jersey,-
have resolved that it is expedient and prac
ticable to celebrate the Fourth of July, on
the principle of total abstinence from all in
toxicating drinks. #
COCKED HATS,
We learn from our exchanges, are all the
rage among tlie bucks and beaux of Boston,
STATE RIGHTS CONVENTION.
This body convened in the Representa
tive Hall, Milledgeville, on Monday morn
ing last. Gen. Wimberly was called to the
Chair, after a call of each of the counties.
On motion of Mr. Jenkins, the Hon. Wib
liam C. Dawson was unanimously called to
preside over its deliberations. Maj. Steele
and J. S. Wright, Esq., were unanimously
chosen as Secretaries.
Mr. Dawson assumed the duties of the
Chair by a very few, but pertinent remarks.
Mr. Wilde then, with some remarks, of
fered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the expressions of opinion
which have reached us from a large number
of the people of this State in their primary
assemblies, touching the Presidential elec
tion—the instructions given to many of this
body by their constituents on that subject,
and the discretionary powers respecting it,
entrusted to others, be referred to a commit
tee of—, to consider and report thereon.
The blank was filled by the number twen
ty-one, and the resolution unanimously car
ried. The Chair named the following gen
tlemen that Committee:
Messrs. Wilde, Wirolierly, Nisbet, Billups,
W right, Watkins, Thomas, Caruthers,White
of Columbia, Grieve, McKenzie, Aided,
Brown, Sayre, Smead, Harmon, Besseat,
Patterson, Stephens, Shaw, Guyton.
At the session of the afternoon, the Com
mittee of 21 reported to the Convention a
Report and Resolutions nominating Henry
Clay for the Presidency, and leaving the
Vice-Presidency to subsequent action, to
gether with an address to the people of
Georgia.
The Convention on the first day number
ed 162 Delegates.
1 he following gentlemen were nominated
as candidates for Congress:
R. L. Gamble, of Jefferson.
R. W. Habersham, of Habersham,
T. B. King, of Glynn.
12. H. Wilde, of Richmond.
A. H. Kenan, of Baldwin.
. A. 11. Chappell, of Bibb,
H. P. Smead, of Talbot.
A. R. Wright, of Cass.
Communicated.
“ Bennett says His Serene Highness, the.
Devil, has arrived in New-York.”
Quere 1 How did J ames Gordon obtain
this information? We presume frotn tlie
Herald of that cloven footed personage.
A.
Question. —If a man has black eyes and a
pimple on his nose, how long will it take
him to win the heart of his lady, supposing
him addicted to stuttering ?
MASONIC CELEBRATION,
The Committee appoinf
ed to make suitable At
rangements for celebrating
l^e nativit y °f St. John the
Baptist, would respectful
ly report the following :
The Brethren will convene in thfcif Hall,
at 11 o'clock, on the morning of the 24th.
The Lodge will be opened in the entered
Apprentice’s degree. After which, a Pro
cession will form according to the order pre
scribed in the Chart, under the direction of
Brother Robson, Marshal of the day.
The Procession being formed Will pro
ceed in Masonic order to the Presbyterian
Church, where the exercises Will take place
in the following order :
1. Hymn, “Before Jehovah’sawful throne,”
2. Prayer, by the ReV. Mr. Duncan.
3. Address, by Brother Isham S. Fannin.
4. The Benediction.
The services at tbo Church being closed,
the Procession will again form and return to
their Hall, when the Lodge will close in due
form. The Lodge being closed, the bieth
ren will then repair to the American Hotel,
and, at 2 o'clock, P. M., partake of a Dinner.
The Stewards, brethren Wiley and Blount,
superintending the same.
The Brethren generally are requested to
appear in white aprons, white gloves and
blue sashes.
Our fellow-citizens generally are invited
to join us in the exercises at the Church.
THE COMMITTEE.
A CARD TO THE LADIES.
MRS. C. HOFFMAN respectfully informs the La
”■ dies of Madison, and vicinity, that she trill open Sat
a few days only a splendid assortment of late style
Silks, Gaged Lawn Bonnets,
Dresses, Capes, Sfc. Sfc.
and invite them to call at the Cheap Cash Store of C,
F. HOFFM AN, Court House Square, and examine for
themselves. June 18 lwl*
Strayed,
FROM my plantation, on or about the Gnat of May,
1 a bright sorrel mare Mule, of common size. She
was muchgalded on the shoulders by bar ness. A lib
eral reward will be paid for her delivery to me, 8 miles
from this place, or at the office of the “ Southern Mis
cellany,” or any information respecting her will be
thankfully received. THOMAS HARRIS.
June 18 4w*l
Georgia, Morgan County t
■HTHEREAS, William Whitfield applies to me for
” Letters of Administration oa the estate at Am
Martin, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all aftd
singular the kindred and creditor* of eatd deceased, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why Mid let
ters should not be granted. *
Given under my hand, at office, in'Madison.
. JAMES C. TATE, CleikC.O,
June 18 It