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“Within thy realm no discord’s jarring sound
Is heard, nor Cain and Abel there are found!”
THE WIFE’3 PRAYER.
Hear me—Oh! hear me now !
By the red flush upon thy wasted cheek.
By the deep tracery o’er thy marble brow,
Hear me! Bear with me, husband, while 1 speak !
I've mark’d thee, day by day—
Thine hours are all of anxious, vague unrest —
Thine eye hath caught a stern, unwonted ray—
Thy lip hath lost all memory of its jest.
This wakeful ear hath heard
Thoughts nursed by thee in solitude apart ;
Which, like the young of the devoted bird,
Feed on the burning life-blood of thy heart.
Thy wife sits pale beside—
Thy child shrinks back appalled from thine embrace—
Thy menials quail before thy mein of pride—
Thy very dog avoids thine altered face !
Oh! for poor Glory's wreath—
Casting from thee all tenderness and gladness—
Thou track’st a phantom on, whose fiery breath
Drieth the way-founts, till thou thirst to madness!
My prayer is all for theo—
My life in thine : by our remembered Miss,
By all thy watchful hours of misery,
What meed hath Fame to render tbee for this 7
If thou yet lovest me, hear !
How, while thy feet press onward to the gonl,
Turn thee, oh! turn thee, in thy stern career,
And thrust this mad ambition from thy soul!
Self. —This significant intruder is at all
times one of the most impertinent compan
ions in the world: you may try every art and
contrivance in your power to get free from
his troublesome conversation: the creature
will press upon your retirement, and force
himself upon you in spite of your teeth: will
be meddling in your affairs, setting them in
such a light as cannot fail of putting you out
of humor, or teasing you with reflections
that make you weary of your life. No place
is safe from him. He will force himself in
to the closet, hover about the bed, and pene
trate through the thickest darkness, into the
deepest recesses; will travel with you by
land or sea, and will not quit you, though
you be in banishment. There is a very
whimsical circumstance, at the same time,
attendant upon this paradoxical character.
Most people are reproached with loving him
with the greatest partiality and boldness;
and are greatly delighted, it is said, to hear
him praised, yet very few seek to come to
the knowledge of him or cultivate his ac
quaintance; nay, the greatest part, by all
possible means, avoid encountering him. It
is surprising to see, say they, the pains that
arc continually taken, and the contrivances
used to get rid of this continued phantom:
some flatter him; some bully lnm; some
endeavor to impose upon him, some carry
him to the gaming-table, others to the bottle,
and the like; but he never fails to detect
their frauds, and to lesent them with severi
ty; like the reckoning, he appears after
the banquet is ove r , and not unfrequcntly
reproaches one with profusion, and another
with satiety. Nay, so galling are his repre
hensions, and so troublesome his intrusion,
that there have not been wanting instances,
even in high life, of some, who not being
able to help him otherwise off, have called to
tlieir relief the halter, the dagger, or the
pistol; and fairly removed themselves into
another world, to get rid of him.
Forgirencss of injuries. —lt is the mild
and quiet half of the world, who are gener
ally outraged and borne down by the other
half of it; but in this they have the advan
tage ; whatever be the sense of their wrongs,
that pride stands not so watchful a sentinel
over tlieir forgiveness, as it does in the fierce
and froward; we should, all of us, I believe,
be more forgiving than we are, would the
world but give us leave, but it is apt to inter
pose its ill offices in remissions, especially
of this kind: the truth is, it has its laws, to
which the heart is not always a party; and
acts so like an unfeeling engine in all cases
without distinction, that it requires all the
firmness of the most settled humanity to
bear up against it.
Good sense. —lt will preserve us from
censoriousness; will leaa us to distinguish
circumstances; keep us from looking after
visionary perfection, and make us see things
in their proper light. It will lead us to stu
dy dispositions, peculiarities, accommoda
tions; to weigh consequences: to determine
what to observe, and what to pass by; when
to be immovable, and when to yield. It
will produce good manners, keep us from
taking freedoms, and handling things rough
ly, will never agitate claims of superiority,
but teach us to submit ourselvos one to an
other. Good Bense will lead persons to re
gard their own duties, rather than to recom
mend those of others.
Disease. —lt may be said that disease gen
erally brings that equality which death com
pletes. The distinctions which set one man
so far above another, are very little preserv
ed in the gloom of a sick chamber, where it
will be in vain to expect entertainment from
the gay, or instructions from the wise; where
all human glory is obliterated, the wit cloud
ed, the reason perplexed, and the hero sub
dued ; where the highest and brightest of
mortals find nothing left but consciousness
and innocence.
Mercies. —Were there but a single mercy
apportioned to each minute of our lives, the
sum would rise very high, but how is our
arithmetic confounded when every minute
has more than we can distinctly number.
Profundity. —Profundity of thought is
generally purchased at the expense of ver
satility. To be very profound, it is neces
sary that the intellectual eye be fixed, for a
long time, on one continuous series of oper
ations ; to be versatile, the mind must glance
from subject to subject, and brood over none.
Profundity plunges to the depths, while ver
satility skims the surface, of the sea of spec
ulation ; while the former is going down, the
latter is sporting onward on easy wing.
That trial is not fair, wliero affection or
prejudice is the judge.
THE \F
A bold peasantry, their country’s pride
When once destroy'd can never be supplied.”
From the Bellows Falls (Vl.) GaiteUe.
AGRICULTURE.
Demosthenes, when asked the first requi
site to eloquence replied, “action”—when
asked the second, he replied, “action”—
and the third, he still replied, “action.”—
Industry bears the same relation to agricul
ture that action did to eloquence in the esti
mation of the Athenian orator. With in
dustry the farmer may accomplish every
thing, and without it he can do nothing. Let
him then study the value of time. Time is
his great capital, and should be well invest
ed. The wealth of the world, its high
civilization, all its magnificent improvements,
have been created and fashioned by the la
bor and industry of man. Tho poorest soil
and the most unfavorable climate are scarce
impediments to an industrious and energetic
people. Look at Holland, reclaimed from
the ocean, fenced in by her embankments
and mud walls, literally, a smiling garden,
where once there was nothing but bogs
and ocean’s wave. Look at Switzerland,
where an industrious and hardy peasantry,
contending against the avalanches of snow
and ice, and the emboulment of mountain
masses of rock, falling and crushing for
miles, every thing before them, have cut the
hills and mountains in terraces and planted
them in vine. Lands which before, were
worth nothing, by this improvement sell for
ten thousand francs per acre.
“Six days shalt thou labor,” is the com
mand of God. It is as imperative as that
“thou shalt keep holy the seventh day.”
The Almighty labored six days in the crea
tion of the world and the things that are
therein, and he rested on the seventh. We
therefore violate this commandment just as
much in neglecting to work six days, as we
do in not keeping holy the seventh. How
many farmers are remiss in keeping this high
behest of heaven] How much time does
he lose every year in attending foolish shows,
unprofitable political meetings, vicious ga
therings, horse races, musters, and going to
E laces, public and private, where he has no
usinessl There are few, very few indeed,
whether farmers, mechanics or professional
men, who would like to see this calculation
made. The time thus spent is not only lost,
but the crop, farm or business, very often
sustains an injury which a dozen day’s work
cannot remedy. “A stich in time saves
nine,” is a homely proverb, but there is none
which embodies more wisdom.
No high improvement in the agriculture
of any nation can take place whilst the spirit
of emigration is abroad, and the population
a floating one. The farmer should have
fixed and abiding attachment to the soil. He
should love it because it is bis own, because
it has been his father’s, and is to be bis chil
dren’s. He will then feel a proper pride in
its improvement and cultivation. His en
deavor will be to make it bettor, instead of
wearing it out and moving to anew country.
In Rome it was disreputable to sell or aban
don the home of his fathers. I would have
the same feeling exist in New England.—
Every virtuous and patriotic citizen should
feel himself bound to the soil that gave him
birth—which has been the borne of bis fa
ther, and which contains the bones of his
ancestors. This miserably selfish, avaricious
and dastardly spirit of emigration, not only
paralyses the energy and improvement of
our country, but it destroys all local attach
ment and all love of country! He who is
constantly wandering from place to place
and from State to State, who is willing to
exchange Vermont for Michigan, and New
Hampshire for Texas, is utterly insensible
to a high, lofty and disinteresY'd feeling of
patriotism. HOMO.
Rockingham, Vt. 1542..
From the Yankee Farmer.
PROTECTION AGAINST DROUGHT.
In tillage, tho best protection against
drought that can he conveniently practised
to a great extent, is frequently stirring the
earth, so as to keep it light and loose.
In this way, the earth at the surface is in
many small particles, which serve as a non
conductor of moisture, and retains it below,
where the roots obtain a supply.
On the contrary, when the earth is hard
and compact, the moisture is readily con
ducted off through it, even to a great depth
in a very dry time. As an illustration, if
one end of a long bar of iron be put into a
fire, the heat will readily pass to the other
end; but if that bar be cut into pieces of one
inch or less in length, and laid along in the
manner of a bar, tho pieces would touch in
some places, and in others there would be a
small space between them; and on heating
one end, the other would not be effected, as
the heat would not pass but a small space
through the pieces.
Again, wo will suppose that a fire of in
tense heat be made on a block of iron,
that is four feet square, and ten feet high,
the body of iron would fast beome heated
downward, even to the bottom. Now, if
that iron should he cut or broken into fine
pieces, and a body of iron formed of these
pieces, of the same size as the block, and a
fire of like degree of heat made thereon,
the fire would work down slowly, after pene
trating a small distance through the many
particles, and the air intervening between
them. We give this as the theory. Tt is
the practice, as in all other things, that we
rely on as the foundation of true science.
There is in a dry time, a great quantity
of moisture in the earth, that is continually
rising and passing off in evaporation; and if
this evaporation can be prevented, in a great
measure by a non-conductor of moisture at
the surface, the plants will suffer compara
tively but little. This is abundantly shown
in practice.
Those who have not witnessed from ex
periments and observations the advantages
of fine loose earth on the surface, as a pro
tection of plants against the drought, would
not be likely to suppose its effects so great
as it is, though the theory is plausible and
reasonable. Corn and othor vegetables that
have been well hoed in extremely dry times,
have flourished well, while some parts left
for experiment, were nearly destroyed by
drought.
Wo noticed the powerful effects of this
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firotection last season. We cultivated a
ew acres mostly dry land, and the drought
was severe indeed. ‘Where the soil was
frequently stirred and kept light and loose
on the top, there was a constant moisture a
short distance from the top; but where the
earth remained unmoved it dried to a great
depth.
A narrow strip, running across the piece,
was left for turnips, and remained unplough
ed. On this the soil became dry below the
usual depth of ploughing, and the weed 9
were almost dead for want of moisture,
while at the side, weeds were fresh and vig
orous, and the soil was dry only a few inches
on the surface.
Where some grain was sowed, the earth
was dry down six or seven inches; while by
the side of it, where the soil was often stir
red, it was dried down only three or four
inches. And in this latter case, the moist
earth had a good deal of moisture, while
the former contained but little.
On this subject an intelligent cultivator
observed, that he would rather have six men
among lands, stirring the earth to keep it
loose and fine, in a severe drought, than to
have the same number of men engaged in
watering the plants.
THE HBl)GM©[%[]
Be always as merry as ever you can
For no one delights in a sorrowful man.
Married in Spite of tlieir Teeth.—A choice
Anecdote. —Old Governor Saltonstall, of
Connecticut, who flourished some forty
years since, was a man of some humor, as
well as perseverance, in effecting the ends
he desired. Among other anecdotes told of
him by the New London people, the place
where he resided, is the following :
. Os the various sects which have flourish
ed for their day, and then ceased to exist,
was one known as the Rogerites, so called
from their founder; a John, or Tom, or
some other Rogers, who settled not far from
the goodly town aforesaid.
The distinguishing tenet of the sect, was
their denial of propriety, and “ scripturality”
of form of marriage. “It is not good for
man to be alone.” This they believed, and
also that one wife only should “ cleave to
her husband.” But this then should be a
matter of agreement merely, and the couple
should come together and live as man and
wife, dispensing with all the forms of the
marriage contract. The old Governor used
frequently to call upon Rogers, and. talk the
matter over with him, and endeavor to con
vince him of the impropriety of living with
Sarah as he did. But neither John nor Sa
rah, would give up the argument.
It was a matter of -conscience with them
—they were very happy together as they
were—of what use then could a mere form
be ? Suppose they would thereby escape
scandal; were they not bound “to take up
the cross,” and live according to the rules
they professed ] The Governor’s logic was
powerless.
“ Now, John,” says the Governor, after a
long discussion of the point, “ whj will you
not marry Sarah I Have you not taken her
to be your lawful wife I”
“ Yes, certainly,” replies John, “ but my
conscience will not permit me to marry her,
in the forms of the world’s people.”
“ Very well. But you love her!”
“ Yes.”
“ And respect her I”
“ Yes.”
“ And cherish her, as bone of your bone,
and flesh of your flesh ]”
“ Yes, certainly,” replies John.
“ And you, Sarah, have taken John to be
your lawful husband ]”
“Yes, certainly, I have.”
“ And you love him, and obey him, and re
spect him, and cherish him I”
“ Certainly, I do.”
“ Then,” cried the Governor, rising, “in
the name of the laws of God, and of tho
Commonwealth of Connecticut, I pronounce
you to be husband and wife!”
The ravings and rage of John and Sarah
were of no avail—the knot was tied by the
highest authority of the State.
Hands off. —A young damsel was going
to a party, when her mother charged her to
keep the beaux at a respectable distance.
You may let them converse with you as much
as you please, but make them keep their
hands off.’ Miss went to the party, and saw
some young men there with very pretty
mouths and rich red lips, out of which came
very sweet words. She was highly delight
ed with one gallant, who told her she was
as sweet as rock candy, and appeared dis
posed to give ample proof that such was his
opinion, by sipping the delightful nectar
from her pouting lips. He put his arms a
lound her neck, in order to detain her for
the purpose, when she repulsed his advances
and cried “ Hands off, Sir!” He then be
gan to see humbly for the privilege of kiss
ing her very softly on one cheek. “Oh yes
you may kiss me as much as you please,”
said she, “ but mamma says you must keep
your hands oft'.”
A serious old Dutchman, in days gone by,
stopped in the vicinity of a boiling spring
to rest his team, and bathe his fevered brow.
Having left his son John at the horses’
heads, he proceeded with his bucket, and
began to dip tho water. At the first dip,
his pail dropped from his hands, and he re
turned to his wagon on a full run, shouting,
“ Shon ! Shon! trive on Shun ! h—l is not
von mile from dish place!”
Caleb Quotern. —An Ohio paper advertises
for a good practical printer, who would take
the charge of a printing office, read the
proof, make selections, scribble a paragraph
when necessary, rock and cradle, dig pota
toes, cut wood, and go with tho gals to sing
ing school, and neighboring quiltings.
A young miss being asked what was the
chief end of man, blushed considerably, and
wanted to know if she must answer the
question.
“ Certainly,” said her teacher; “ I repeat
the question, what is the chief end of man]”
“ To—to—pop tho question,” was tho
naive reply. Sho was sent home to her
mother.
The Genealogy of Suicide.— Foppery be
gat a spruce shopbboay —a spruce shop boy
begat a pair of half boots —a pair. of half
boots begat a little stick—a little stick and
the half boots begat ambition —ambition be
gat credit—credit begat a shop—a shop be
gat ahorse—a horse begat a chaise—a chaise
begat a cuiricle—a curricle begat expenses
—expenses begat a hazzard tabic—a haz
zard table begat losses —losses begfat bank
ruptcy —a bankruptcy begat a jail—a jail
begat want and misery—want and misery
begat a disregard for life—and a disregard
for life begat suicide—sic transit gloria
MUNDI.
Two men by the name of Beans were
hung in the north of England. A country
man passing near and seeing the crowd, in
quired what they were doing ] “Only string
ing Beans,” was the reply.
“ Daddy, daddy, it’s going to rain,” said
a little urchin to his father the other even
ing. “ What makes you think so, my son ]”
“ ’Cause there’s a tarnal great circumstance
round the mopn.”
“ I see tlfe villain in your face,” said a
western Judge to an Irish prisoner at the
bar. “ May’t is please your worship,” re
plied Pat, “ that must be a personal reflec
tion, sure.”
Absent-minded, rather. —A lady in New
York laid the mop in the cradle, and wiped
up the floor with her-baby. She discovered
her mistake by its squalling when she came
to ring it.
“ Grand ma,” said a little girl with rosy
cheeks to an elderly dame, “ ivliat makes it
thunder and lighten I” “ Well, my darlin’,
I ’spect the light from the blessed sun gits
lodged in the clouds, and when a snag on’t
gits together, it gits afire and busts. The
streaks that fly out is the lightnin’, and the
bustin’ is the thunder.’
A Militia captain in one of the northern
States, during the late war, learning that a
company had been organized for some speci
al service, exclaimed, “ The darn’d fools,
they’d better stick to the drum and five, than
go to the expense of buying organs .”
THE HAPPY PAIR.
Says Dick to Jack, “ your neighbors say
You wrangle with your wife eah day.”
“ Poo, poo,” says Jack, “ they only joke,
‘Tis now a fortnight since we spoke.”
AWEKTQSEtMEHm
Alfred A. Overton,
. Attorney at Daw,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
Office, one door north of the American Hotel.
April 5 lyl
To Hire,
1) Y the day, week or month, an able-bodied Negro
D Man, a good field hand and common laborer.
HUGH J. OGILBY.
Jane 11 3wll
Notice.
“ITTE do business on the Cash system- giving short
*’ credits to our customers for their accommodation.
Such as have not paid their running accounts, will o
hlige us bv calling and paying ns. We intend to sell
goods at the lowest possible profits. Such as have re
ceived a credit from us, we trust will notice this.
JOHN ROBSON & CO-
June 11 11
NOTICE.
THE subscribers having closed their business, (on ac-
J count of not being able to collect enough from our
debtors to continue if,) we take this method of notify
ing those who are in our debt to call and settle, if they
wish to save the cost of a suit. We shall shortly place
our notes and accounts in the hands of an officer for
collection SKINNER & TATIIAM.
TO RENT—The store house now occupied by the
subscribers, will be Rented for the terra of two years
and six months, on liberal terms. S. & T.
May 21 8
Houck’s Panacea!
WE offerfor sale, this valuable Vegetable preparation,
in pint bottles at the manufacturer’s price—$1 50
per bottle. Its celebrity in affording relief in lingering
diseases is well established, especially in Dyspepsia and
general debility. It is pleasant to the taste, and docs
not interfere with ordinary diet —making it a very agree
able medicine. Mr. Farguson’s certificate is annexed.
He is well known in this and the adjoining Counties.
JOHN ROBSON \ CO.,
Near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot, Madison.
June 11 3mll
CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify, that I purchased of Johnston &
Robson, of Madison, Georgia, six bottles of Houck’s
Panacea, which was administered to my wife who had
been lingering with Dyspepsia for Bor lOyears, scarce
ly ever seeing a well day. She has received so much
benefit from its use that she firmly believes she would
have been in the grave had she not have taken it. She
is now in good health, for her age, being now about CO
years old. It has also benefitteu my neighbors. Its use
will be very general in our County, when its virtues
are tested. It is mild and pleasant, and can be cheer
fully recommended by me as a very valuable Family
Medicine. JOHN FARGASON.
Henry County, Georgia, July 2,1841.
Morgan Sheriff’s Sales.
TI7TLL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next, bc
” fore the Court House door, in the Town of Madi
son, in said County, within the usual hours of sale,
One four wheel Carriage and Harness, and two hun
dred and forty acres of Land, lying on Hard Labor
Creek, adjoining lands belonging to N. Allen, Nathan
Massy, and others, levied on by virtue of a fi fa. issued
from Morgan Inferior Court, with others, in favor of
Harry S. Handly, vs. Francis M. Boon; property point
ed out by defendant. JAMES O’NEAL,
may 23 9 Deputy Sheriff.
executok’s sale.’
“WILL be sold on the first Tuesday of July next, at tho
‘’ Courthouse door in Madison, Morgan County, the
following property, to wit: Fix new Cotton Gins, and
Ginsaws, three threshing Machines, a lot of Carpen
ter’s Tools, Blach.mith Tools, one man Saddle,
some milk Cows and young Cattle, one shot Gun, sold
ns the property of David Peck, deceased. Credit un
til the 25th of December next.
MOSES DAVIS, Executor,
may 21. 8
Georgia, Morgan County:
“WHEREAS, Wilson Wntley, Jr., applies to me for
” Letters of Administration on tho estate of Ornon
Watley, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Madison.
JAMES C. TATE, Clerk C.O.
May 7 6
Georgia—Horgan County:
“WHEREAS, John W. Porter applies to mo for Let
” ters of Administration, de bonus non, with the
Will annexed, on the estate of Nancy D. G. Irving, de
ceased :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given uuder my hand, at office, in Madison.
JAMES C. TATE, Clerk C. O.
May 14 6w7
Hasonic Notice.
THE Anniversary of St.
i, John the Baptist will be ccl
. ebrated on the 24th of June
next ’ by ‘b e Madison Lodge.
Preparations will be made
>r ‘be entertainment of our
™ Brethren from abroad, and
they are cordially invited to
join in the exercises on that
A. ALDEN. 1
C. WHITING. ) Committee
C. F. HOFFMAN, ] . °* ~g
A. A. OVERTON, j Arrang is.
April 26 e.0.w.t.c.4
New-York Packets—Brig Line.
THE Brig Line of NEW-YORK PACKETS have
commenced their regular trips for the season, and
will hereafter he despatched in the following order, viz :
Brig MADISON, 314 tons, W. Bulkley master, will
sail on the 26th of May and sth of July.
Brig EXACT, (new,) 431 tons, J. Johnson master, on
the 7th of June and 19th of July.
Brig EXCEL, 325 tons, E. Sherwood master, on the
14th of June and 26th of July.
Brig AUGUSTA, 368 tons, A. M. Sherwood master,
on the 21st Os June and 2d of August.
Brig CLINTON, 379 tons, T. Lyon master, on the
28th of June and 9th of August.
These vessels are unsurpassed in point of comfort in
(heir cabin accommodations, or fast sailing qualities,
and are commanded by men of well known character
and long experience in the trade.
Every exertion will be used to promote the comfort
and convenience of passengers, and the strictest punc
tuality observed as regards the days of sailing.
JOHN R. WILDER.
Savannah, May 23, 1842. 4w9
Furniture ! Furniture ! !
TH E subscriber offers for sale a fine stock of Ncw-
J York furniture. The following are a part of his
stock on hand:
Piano Fortes, Sideboards, all sizes and qualities,
Sofas, Bureaus with large Mirrors, plain Bureaus,
Secretarys with Book Cases,
Centre Tables, with white and colored marble tops,
Mahogany, curled maple and cherry Bedsteads,
Chairs of every variety of size and quality,
Footstools, mahogany Washstands,
Toilette Swing Glasses, Mattresses, &c. &c.
lie also has a large stock of Furniture made at his
shop in this place, which he will sell at the following
REDi'CED prices to suit the hard limes :
Wardrobes, at 25 instead of S3O, 20 instead of $25,
12 instead sls, and 8 instead of sl2; plain Bedsteads,
at 3 50; French Bedsteads, at 7 00; Tcaster Bed
steads, with cords, at a 00 ; ditto, with slats, at 10 00—
all other kinds of Bedsteads in tho same proportion.
Safes, at 8,10,15 and $lB ; Folding Tables,at 6 and
8 00 instead of 8 and 10 ; painted Sideboards, at 20 00
instead of 25 ; painted Bureaus, at 20 00 instead of 25;
Washstands, at 3 and 4 00 ; pine Book Cases, at 12 00
instead of 15; small pine Tables, at 2 00. He pledges
himself to dispose of all other kinds of Furniture made
at his shop in the same proportion as stated nbove.
ALFRED SHAW
may 21 6imß
Goods at Cost!!!
THE subscribers would take this method of informing
4- the public in general, and those who wish to buy
Cheap Goods in particular, that they are still selling off
their stock of Dry Goods at Cost, on a credit until the
first day of January next.
They have a great many very good and seasonable
Goods, and at prices (which will enable any person to
buy, and economise too) suited, os the phrase goes, to
the hardness of the times.
They have some excellent Broadcloths, Cassimeres,
Calicoes, Muslins, Bobinets, Ribbons,
Hosiery. Laces, Muslin Trimmings,
Bonnet Silks, Straw and Leghorn Bonnets,
AND,ALSO,
Fashionable Silk Bonnets, handsomely trimmed,
Hats, Shoes, Hardware, Crockery,
Paints, Medicines, et cetera.
They have, likewise, some Botanical Medicines.
They continue to sell YARNS at Factory prices, for
Cash; and Groceries, for Cash, as cheap as can be ob
tained in the place.
They shall keep a constant supply of MEAL for the
accommodation of up-town bread-eaters.
L. L. WITTICH & CO.
May 28 9
.Fast Received !
A SUPPLY of Dr. Houck’s celebrated Panacea so
popular os a remedy for Dyspepsia and general de
bility. Price, $1 50 in pint bottles.
Paints, assorted ; Linseed, Lamp and Train Oils,
Spirits Turpentine, Varnish, Window Glass and Putty,
Castor Oil, by the gallon, also in quart, pint & 4 pint hot.
Calomel, Jalap, Cream Tartar, Salts, and the usual
medicines,
Indigo, madder. Alum, with nil the Dving materials,
Hnrdwnre and Tools, for houses and house carpenters.
We have-now on hand, and are constantly receiving
fresh Flour, Bacon Hams, sides and shoulders, Lard,
Corn and Corn meal.
A lot of superior and common Sugars,
Salt, Molasses and Vinegar,
A fine supply of the various kinds of Iron,
Nails, of all sorts; Crockery ware,
Jugs and Jars, Ovens, Pots, odd Lids,
All sorts of Cooking utensils, Tin ware, &.C.
Unbleached and blenched Homespuns, all kinds,
Broadcloths, Sattinels, Kentucky Jeans, and Calicoes.
Mens’ white and black Hats, Shoes and Boots.
Fine assortment ofiadies’, rnissrs and children’s Shoes.
Factory Yarns, striped and plain Cloth & Nankeens.
Our assortment of Goods is very general, and at pri
ces to suit the times. Call and see us. Our articles are
all for sale at the lowest cash prices.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.
Madison, (near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot,
June 4, 1842. 10
Georgia, 1 To the Superior Court
Morgan county, j of said County:
THE petition of Ephraim Trotter sheweth that here
tofore, to wit: on the eighth day of February, in the
year eighteen hundred and forty-one, Edmund Wheat
of said county, made and delivered to your petitioner
his certain mortgage deed, in writing, of that date, and
thereby, for and in consideration that your petitioner
was security for the said Edmund on two promissory
notes—one for three hundred and fifteen dollars, due
December twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and forty,
payable to H. Wade, or bearer, and dated November
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and
one other note for the same amount, due on or before
the twenty-fifth of December, eighteen hundred and
forty-one, and bearing date with said last mentioned
note, and payable as above—as well as for and in con
sideration of the sum of five dollars in hand paid by
your petitioner to the said Edmund, the receipt where
of in said deed is acknowledged, did grant, bargain,
sell and convey unto the saidTSphraim, his heirs and
nssigns, the following property,to wit: one certain tract
of land containing three hundred acres, more or less,
adjoining land of Dr. H. Wade, Matthew Cockran, and
others, also the crop now growing, or to be grown up
on the same, to have and to hold said bargained pre
mises, or property, to the said Ephraim, his heirs and
nssigns, to his and their own proper use, benefit and
behoof; and the said Edmund, for himself, his execu
tors and administrators, the said bargained property or
premises unto the said Ephraim did warrant and forev
er defend against the claim of himself, his heirs, and
against the claim of all other persons whatever: pro
vided nevertheless, that it the said Edmund, his heirs,
executors and administrators shall and do truly pay, or
cause to be paid unto the aforesaid Wade, or bearer,
the aforementioned sum of six hundred and thirty dol
lars on the days and times mentioned for the payment
thereof in the said promissory notes mentioned, with
lawful interest u|ion the same, according to the tenor
of said notes, then and from thenceforth, as well as the
present indenture and the right to the property thereby
conveyed, as the said promissory notes shall cease, de
termine nnd be void to all intents and purposes. And
it being further shown to the Court that the said Ed
mund Wheat has not complied with the condition of
said deed of mortgage, nnd that your petitioner has been
compelled to pay on said notes said sum of money, with
lawful interest thereon. It is
Ordered by the Court, that the said Edmund Wheat
show cause, on or before the first day of the next term
of said Court, why the equity of redemption in and to
the said mortgaged premises, or property, should not be
forever barred and foreclosed. And, it is further
Ordered hy the Court, that a copy of this rule be
served upon the said Edmund in person three months
before tho next term of this Court, or published in one
of the public gazettes of this State four months previous
to the next term of said Court.
A. A. OVERTON,
Attorney for Mortgagee.
True Extract from the minutes Superior Court, given
under my hand at office, 26th April, 1842.
JNO. C. REES, Clerk.
May 3 4m5
Just Received!
T ADIES New Style Cypress Bonnets—a beautiful
U article at $2 each, just to suit the times, handsome
nnd cheap. A fresh supply of Falm-lenf Hoods and
Bonnets at 62 1-2 and 75 cents each. Men's and Boys
Falmeto hats, from 25 to 87 1-2 cents.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.
June 4,1812. 10
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Prices Reduced!
UITIT3D STATES HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and
4- patrons that in accordance with the preasure of the
times, he will, on and after the first day of June next
reduce his rates as lollows :
Transient boarders, per day, .... $1 50
Day boarders, per month 15 00
Other boarders in proportion.
Thankful for past encouragement he respectfully so
lids a continuance. WM. M. FRAZER.
May 31, 1812.
F. S. The Omnibus nnd General Stage Office, are
kept at this house. 6wlo
general stage office.
GLOBE HOTEL,
McDonough, Georgia.
THE subscribers would respectfully inform the Trav
-- oiling public that this House, situated on the Wes*
corner of the Public Square, is still open, under the su—
perintendance of James W. & David F. Knott, whose
attention to business, and experience, entitle them to
some claims on the travelling public-
This being the General Stage Office, seats may bo
secured on either Pilot or Defiance Lines of Four Horse
Post Coaches for the East or West—the Hack Line
from Covington or Newnan, East or West, or Hugh
Knox's Line from Forsyth to Decatur, via Indian
Springs, or vice versa.
The subscribers would most respectfully tender their
thanks to the public for the very liberal patronage here
tofore extended, and most respectfully solicit a contin
uance of the same, pledging themselves, on their part,,
to use their best exertions to accommodate and please:
those who may call on them.
J. VV. & D. F. KNOTT.
April 19 ly3
American Hotel,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber, grateful for the patronage he has rc-
J- ceived since the above establishment has been open,
respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling pub
lic, that he is prepared to accommodate all who may
give him a call. J. M. EVANS.
April 5, 1842. 1
Berkshire Hogs.
THE subscriber having been for some time engaged
4- in raieing Berkshire stock, would inform those who
feel desirous of improving their Hogs, that he has now
on hand eight or ten SUPERIOR SOWS, selected
from the stock of the best breeders at die North, viz:
From Mr. Lossing, of Albany, New-York, one sow ;
from Mr. C. N. Bemcnt, of Three Hills Farm, near .Al
bany, three sows ; and from Messrs. A. & G. Brentnall,.
of Canterbury, New-York, three sows—together with:
some of my own raising, the produce of some of the
above named sows. I have also a hoar from Mr. Los
sing, and a very superior boar from Mr. Bement.
My stock of hogs are the produce of the most cele
brated boars ever imported into this country, among
which may be mentioned Reading, Black Prince, Siday,
Ontario, and Jack of New burg, who are too well known
to require comment. My boar “Marquis,” purchased
from Mr. Bement, was pronounced by that gentleman’
superior in point of form to his celebrated hoar “Rip-
Van Winkle,” (his half-brother,) who received the first
prize at the Fair of the New-York State Agricultural’
Society, held at Syracuse in September last: I have
also a full blooded China sow, purchased from Mr.Be
ment, whose produce hy Marquis, 1 Shall have to dis
pose of this fall. I have one pair of White Hogs, a:
large English breed, imported direct from England, and
landed in Savannah in June last; and also a very su
perior Berkshire sow, imported direct, who will shortly
arrive.
Those who wish to ascertain the quality of my stock
are referred to n communication from Mr. Bement, in
the May number of the Cultivator, accompanying the
portrait of Rip Van Winkle,in which he snys : “lsent
last year to Mr. John Bonnet, of White Plains, Georgia,
several breeding sows, and no one, 1 assure you, has
been more rigidor particular to procure the pure blond,
and the best animals too. Aftplicants for pigs, in that,
section, may depend on procuring from him the real
‘ simeon pures.’ ” I deem it but justice to myself to.
state, that at the Fair of the “ Planter’s Club,” of Han
cock County, held at Sparta, on the 6th of December
last, the only prize awarded for a boar, was given to
“ Black John,” a pig lour months and twelve days old r
nnd weighing 166 pounds that day. The above pig was
bred by myself and sold to Mr A. E. W. Brown, near
Sparta, and was the only one of nlv stock that was
present at the Fair.
It is necessary also to state that full nnd written ped
igrees, running back to the original stock imported
from England, will he given of every pig pur
chased from me, together with a certificate of age.
To the produce of the sow purchased from Mr. Lossing
I can give no pedigree on the mother’s side, not having
been able to procure one from him. I have been par
ticularly careful to obtnin full and correct pedigrees, not
only for the purpose of procuring the best stock, but
because without them, no breeder can ascertain wheth
er or not he is really crossing his stock, which is ad
mitted by all to be very essential. I believe that I have
been at more trouble and greater expense, than any
other man in Georgia, in obtaining the very best hogs,
invariably ordering the best without limitation of price.
I have contracted for, nnd will receive this fall, from
Mr. A. B. Allen, of Buffiilo, New-York, a very superi
or young boar, the produce of his best importation of
last fall; sothat I shall constantly haven cross from
the best and most celebrated boars, both of this coun
try and England. Persons wishing to procure the gen
uine breed arc invited to cnll and view my stock, and
all who may order pigs are assured that they will re
ceive those that are not only full blooded, but pure as
imported. 1 freely challenge a comparison of my stock
with that of any other breeder of Berkshires in Geor
gia, and am confident that they will prove themselves
equal, if not superior, to any in the State. At any rate
I am perfectly willing that the character of my stock
should be either raised or sunk by the event of such a
comparison. Os this fact, however, the public may
rest assured, that i am determined not to be surpas
sed, and if 1 do not have the best hogs, it will be be
cause money will not procure them. My Sows will
commence littering in July or August, after which time
I shad be pleased to furnish pigs to any who may favor
me with their orders. My price for pigs is invariably
Twenty Dollars per pair; no pigs being offered for sale
that are not fully equal to those sold by other breeders.
The hospitality of my house will be freely extended to
all who may pay me a visit, either with a view of pur
chasing pigs, or for the pleasure of viewing fine stock.
JOHN BONNER.
P. S. Orders for Pigs accompanied with the Cash,
will always secure a preference; otherwise, the first
applicants will be first served, and due notice given
when the pigs will be ready for delivery.
White Plains, Ga., May 24th, 1842. 5c0w19
Flour, Bacon and Lard.
A MOST superior lot of Bncon, Flour nnd Lard for
sale, very cheap, by JOHN ROBSON & CO.
June 11 , 11
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TERMS OF THE
Southern miscellany.
The Miscellany is published every Saturday Morn
ing,in the Town ofMadison, Morgan County, Georgia,
and furnished to subscribers at the very low price of
TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per an
num. One Dollar and Fifty Cents for six months.
invariably required in advance.
As an inducement to Clubs, we will send nine copies
of the Miscellany, one yenr, for Twenty Dollars. —
None but par money will be received for subscriptions,
and no letter taken out of tho Post-Office unless it
comes free or post-paid. *
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar per
square of fourteen lines, the first, and Fifty Cents for
each subsequent insertion. Lnrgor ones in proportion-
No advertisement will be counted less than a squares
and, unless limited when handed in, they will be pub
lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Liberal
deductions made to those who advertise by the year—
but none will be considered yearly advertisers unless
contracts arc first entered into.
Religious and Obituary Notices (if of a reasonable
length) inserted gratis. Cake should properly accom
pany Mnrriage notices —but, as we occasionally have
it at our house, it is not essential, particularly when the
couple don’t have any themselves.
Job Pointing, in all its branches, neatly and
expeditiously executed at this cfficc.